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VOL. XXIII, NO. 4. DARLINGTON, S. 0., THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1896. LOCAL LACONICS. MATTERS IN AND AROUND THE TOWN OF DARLINGTON. of A Column of Newt, Tertely Told, Interest to Our Many Readers. Mr. Carl Hewitt is quite sick with measles. Mr. Archie Dargan is clerk ing for Mr. J. O. Muldrow. Cotton is bringing from 7.25 to 7.80 cents at this market. Mr. Bright Williamson went to Charleston yesterday on bus iness. R. W. Boyd, Esq., was in Columbia this week attending the Supreme Court. The young people are talking of having a “Leap Year’- party and also a ’‘Valentine” party. Messrs. George W. Dargan and E. Keith Dargan were in attendance upon the Supreme Court on Monday. The M'sses Fountain adver tise for rent the large residence formerly occupied by Dr. and Mrs. A. H. Hayden. The town is billed for a circus which is to be here on Feb. 1st. A balloon ascension is among the attractions promised. Mr. J. Wilkins Norwood. President of the Atlantic Na tional Bank, of Wilmington, spent Monday in Darlington. Mr Bright Williamson desires to advertise that he has tor sale on his plantation pure bred Essex pigs, from imported stock. Dr. W J. Garner will leave today for New York, where he expects to take a post-graduate course relating especially to diseases of women and children. The many friends of the Rev R. W. Lide will be glad to know that he has returned home much improved in health. He occu pied his pulpit on Sunday. Measles have taken posession of the town. A large number of children and some of the grown people are sick with it, keeping the doctors busy. Married, at Swift Creek par sonage, on Sunday morning last, by the Rev. N. N. Burton, Mr. Robert Odom and Miss Minnie Gray, both of Darlington County. Mr J. A. DuBqse, of Cypress, passed through Darlington on Saturday on his way from Charleston, where he had been in attendance upon the United States Court as a witness. Several horses and mules will be sold to the highest bid ders for cash at the plantation of the late Dr. J. C. Willcox on Saturday Jan 25, by P. A. Will cox, the administrator of the estate. Read his advertisement. Prof. J. D, Rast, wio is now principal of the graded schools of Rockingham, N. C., has been quPe sick for some weexs past. He is somewhat better now, however, and has come to Dar lington, but he is still too unwell to leave the house. YoungEddieMcNelty, nephew of Mr. M. Bonnoitt, was hand ling a few days ago a pisto! which was supposed to be un loaded, when the weapon was discharged, the ball passing through his hand and inflicting a painful wound. The Darlington Grocery ant: Warehouse Company have opened a branch office at Hen- nig’s store on Pearl Street which will be under the manage mentot Mr. W. McG. Buck Any orders left there for him will receive his prompt and careful attention. Very successful tobacco sales have been held at both of the warehou-< almost every day since the holidays. 1het< bacco sold has brought good prices, and those who came to market with it had abundant reason to be satisfied in every respect. The ladies of the Presbyte rian Church expect to give an entertainment at an early day for the benefit of the Sunday school. A full programme of the? entertainment, together with the date on which it is to be given, will be published in these columns next week. Mr. R S. Galloway, a prom iment Bishopville merchant, died at that place on the 12th inst. Mr. G. ’loway formerly resided at Lydia, and had a large number of friends in this County. He had been in fail ing health for several years past. Mr. Sam Odom and Miss Lida, daughter of Mr. J. T. Rhodes, both of Swift Creek Township, were married on the 12th inst. Knox Livingston. Esq., of Bennettsville, passed through town on Tuesday on his way to Cheraw, where he was to argue a case before Judge Watts. Mr. L. C. Glenn received a few days ago the sad intelli gence of the death of his broth er. He has gone to his former home in North Carolina to at tend the funeral. Messrs. M. and R. L. Bonnoitt were called to Charleston on Monday by the sad intelligence of the death of .their mother, which occurred in that city quite suddenly on the day nam ed. Not A Mystery, Advertising is not a mystery. There's no black art about it— nothing deep or dark. It is simple as the snnshine. Tell people what you have in the simplest, most straightforward way, convince them that they want it—and the thing is £one. If you can't do it yourself in a way that will bring customers to your store, tell some bright newspaper man your ideas and ask him to put them into words. He’ll be glad to do it, and a brief trim will show if he can do it right.—The Counting Room. Wellington Ervin, a well known colored man about 60 yen «. of age, was stricken with ar wlexy about dark Saturday niuH w’ule pushing a wheel barrow along the street in the neighborhood of the old depot, le died shortly after he was taken home, never having re^ covered consciousness. Messrs. McCullough & Co. had a ho-se sale at Florence on Tues day at the stables of McCall & Jones. Mr. W. W. Cooley, the junior member of the firm, and Mr. Hartzog, the book keeper, went down to conduct the sale, and they report it to have been attended by quite a crowd. They sold every horse they had there —twenty head. There is a fine schedule on the C. & D. road now. Owing to the fact that the mixed train i the only one on the road) has to run all the way to Wades- boro, and to the large amounts of fertilizers being hauled at this season, the train, which is due to arrive here at 6 in the evening, has not been getting here of late until way on in the night. Isham Jackson, a well known colored man about 45 years old died of pneumonia on Monday last. Jackson was one of those who were sent to the peniten tiary charged with conspiracy to burn the town of Darlington in 1876. There was always a strong doubt about his guilt, and he was pardoned by Gover nor Thompson after he had served ten years of his sentence. At the annual banquet of the German Friendly Society held in Charleston, on the 15th inst., C. S. Nettles, Esq., responded to one of the regular toasts of the evening. The News and Courier writes of the matter as follows: “Mr. C. S. Nettles, of Darlington, responded to the third toast of the evening which was: ‘Our Country—Our country’s welfare is our first concern, and who promotes that best—best proves his duty.' Mr. Nettles was overflowing with patriotism and love ot country. His words caused much applause.” Dead Letters. Lett ts addressed to the fol lov mg p«.’•sons remain uncallec for at the Darlington postoffice, and are advertised as “dead” for the week endiag Jan. 20th N. D. DuBose. W B. Patt, Al fred Pratt, I. Clack, Waltermore Mumphy, 0. S. Richards, Dan iel Graham, Alfred Lide, U. F Clements, Capt. A. J Ellington, W. H. Coleman, C. A. Moody, A. H. Dagnall, (Pkg.) Mrs. Ida Moody, M. 8. Jacobs, Lida Gray, Miss Fisher \M’Neal, Fannie Nash, Violer Kurven. Maggie V Howell, Sarah Ma< oy, Massie McGurt. Fine all wool blankets going very cheap at Sligh & Rucker’s. A Confederate Veteran Camp. From the card published in another column, it will be seen that the Confederate survivors of the County ^ire called to meet in the Court House on Feb. 10 for the purpose of forming a Confederate Veteran Camp. This is an important matter, and it is to be hoped that every old Confederate soldier in the County will attend the meeting. These Camps have been formed all over the South, and it will not do for Darlington County, which contributed so many brave soldiers to the late war, to be behind the rest of the country in the effort which is being made to organise these useful and important associa tions in every hamlet. “Nobby” line of gents’ i The Rev. Mr. Bern well's Appointment*. The Rev. W. H. Barnwell, the new rector of the Espicopal Church at this place, preached to large congregations on Sun day at 11.30 in the morning and at 7,30 in the evening. He will preach here twice again on Sun day next, at the same hours. On the following Sunday he will preach at Marion, and the Sunday succeeding that at Mars Bluff As already announced in these columns, beginning with February, his regular Sundays here will be the second and fourth of every month. Mr. Barnwell is staying at Mrs. Alexander’s on Orange Street. Tobacco fertilizers,high grade cotton fertilizers, acid and kai- nit, at lowest prices, at Black- well Bros.’ Dssth of Mr. William T. Wallace. Mr. William T. Wallace, who was well known throughout the county, died on Wednesday, Jan. 15, after an illness of two months, and was buried in the Presbyterian graveyard at this place on the following day, the Rev. D. M. Fulton officiating. Mr. Wallace was nearly fifty- four years of age. He leaves a wife and six children, two sons and four daughters. One of the latter was recently married to Mr. Dargan P. Lide. Mr. Wal lace was an amiable man, and lossessed many good qualities. Us death will be generally re gretted by all who knew hi n. Do you want a nice rug? Sligh & Rucker are selling them at COft. A Heavy Loaa. Mr. J. B. Law met with a heavy loss on the 15th inst, his barn and its contents being to tally destroyed by fire, and there being no insurance on the prop erty. There were 2,300 bushels of corn and 600 bushels of oats in the building at the time. The loss is estimated at f2,500. Some laborers were at work within fifteen feet of the building when the fire was discovered, but it bad already made such headway that it was impossible to save anything. Mr. Law says he put three loads of wet corn in the middle of the barn shortly before the occurrence, and be thinks that the fire was caused by spontaneous combustion. Just meat. received; a Deans Bros. carload of Another Auction Sale of Horae*. Messrs. McCullough & Co. could not have their horse sale as advertised on Saturday be cause the horses did not get here in time. A large and dis appointed crowd was on hand to attend the sale. McCullough & Co. request us to state, how ever, that their customers will n rt be the losers in the matter in the end, as the horses have now arrived, and they will be in so much better condition by Saturday next than they would have been on last Saturday, im mediately after their long jour ney, that prospective purchas ers will be able to make their selections to much greater ad vantage. We had the pleasure of seeing this stock to-day. It is really an unusually fine lot of horses. Those who wish to purchase at the auction are invited to call and examine them early Saturday morning before the sale begins. McCul lough dc Co. will also have by the end of the week a carload of mules, which they will dis pose of at private sale. Any winter suit of clothes in l Rucker Do you want a bai farm mule or horse? Bros. ...— ,in in a lack well A Brilliant Event, A brilliant wedding occurred our house at cost. Sligh & at the issidence of Mr W. Wit- cover on Tuesday evening, when his daughter, Miss Essie, was married to Mr. S. Tombacher, the Pearl street merchant. The ceremony was performed by Dr. Mendelssohn, a Rabbi from Charleston. A large number of guests were present from abroad. At the conclusion of the ceremony, the guests ad journed to an adjoining room, where an elegant supper was spread. Later in the evening a grand ball was given at the Cleveland House, compliment ary to the bride and groom both of whom have many friends in Darlington. All of our colored winter dress goods at cost. Sligh 8c Rucker. i -■ L*e’t Birthday at Hartavilla. (Reported for Tas News.) The Welsh Neck High School celebrated Lee’s Birthday on Monday night in a highly cred itable manner. Tbe program me was as follows: Bong, “Tenting on the Old Camp Ground”; Recitation, “An Ode to the South”, by A. D. Ousley; Recitation, “A Tribute to the Brave”, by Huger Byrd; “Be citation, “RespecttottieSoutli”, by F. J. Barringer; Recitation, “The Surrender of Lee”, by J. D. Coker; Song, “Dixie”; Ad dress on the “Life and Charac ter of Gen. R. E. Lee” by H. A. Brunson, Esq., of Flor ence; Recitation, “The Sword of Lee”, Thos. Goodson. The young gentlemen render ed their selections happily and expressively, while the songs were appropriate to the occasion and were much enjoyed by all present. The special feature of the' evening was the address of Mr. Brunson. Few attempting to sneak of our great general are aole to eliminate other persons and matters from their address, and to confine themselves en tirely to their subject as well as did Mr. Brunson. He presented us. in nicely rounded sentences, with a picture of Lee’s early was a days, his student life, anu his Police career as a soldier in the United A Useful Omselsstton. The Farmers’ Mutual saraace Association of ton Ooonty held Us meeting in ' terday. Mr. Lucas was re-elected Mr. H. Lide Law Secretary, Treasurer and Agent of the Association, meats were made for the affairs of the Association on a firm business basis, and reserve fond will be largely in creased. A broad of di was organised, consisting of one member from each town ship in the County. The As sociation, during the brief per iod of its existence, has done a great deal of good, and gives promise of even greater useful ness in the future. Every farm er in tee County should be a member of it, as it affords the very cheapest kind of safe in surance, and keeps the people’s money at home instead of send ing it abroad. The Dumb Boy Speak*. Juan Sylvester, the colored boy who stole Mr. Clarence An derson’s watch from the engine room of the electric light works, and was subsequently arrested in Sumter, was brought back here by a constable on Saturday night. He was tried before Tnal Justice Warr on Monday, and sentenced to thirty days on the chain gang. It will be re membered that Sylvester was supposed to be a deaf mute. It turns out that he was only sham ming, and he says that he has been keeping up the sham- suc cessfully, so as to impose on peo ple, for the past four years. A 1 ! during the trial he kept it up, and his trick was not discovered until he was put on the chain gang, when, so overcome was he by the base treatment he ~— J he was receiving, teat kfssssy. Vice 1 B. DuBose, Censor; Morris, Secretary an urer; and Prof. E. R. Literary Critic, purposes giving a series of ] lie he who was supposed to be dumb at last spoke—nay, more, he swots violently, rending this air with his abuse of those who had him in charge. None of the stolen property was recovered. Sylvester says he sold it and di vided the proceeds with an ac complice, whose name, howev er, he would not divulge. Piug tobacco as low as twen ty cents a pound at Blackwell Bros.’ Shoes are before at Blackwell Bros.’ DmOi of nan. Gordon's FrimS I Koto and Ooerior.l In his wonderful lecture “The Last Day* of tbe eracy’’Gen. John B.Gordon telle a very thrilling story about a Federal officer who wi ately wounded in the Gettysburg and of how tee apparently dying drink of water from his and comforted him as man could comfort the presence of death It Is wonderful story. The Federal officer was Gen. Francis G. Bar- low, of New York, for many years to servo fete country faithfully incivillifem he had served it in the Add. and who died Inst week full of honors. We are i who have huagi words will ragrot 1 Tobacco Sligh* Ins [News and Oomtw.l The Atlantic Coast Lina sys- Caught in tha Toila. A nice looking, well dressed young drummer, representing himself to be one W.S. Williams, and as being the agent for a well known Northern tailoring establishment, has been doing a brisk business here recently, taking orders for suits of clothes. The samples he exhibited were very fine, and the remarkably low rates at which he was offer ing to sell the suits aroused some little distrust in the minds of his customers at the start. His plan, after taking the order and the customer’s measure,was to demand a few dollars as a cash payment, the rest of the bill to be paid when tbe goods were delivered. Some »»f those who gave him orders let him have the cash payment, but others, more wary, declined to do so The news finally reach ed hsra from Sumter that Wil liams had been plying the same trade there, and that he swindler. The Chief of here then telegraphed the firm States Army He deecribed, in whom ^ illiams claimed to rep a most impressive manner, Lee’s resent, and received an answer action in leaving that army and to the effect that they knew joining his fortunes with thoe« nothing of him. He was there | of his native State. In passing, upon arrested and placed in jail 1 the speaker briefly outlined the to await his trial at the next I causes of the Civil War. After term of the Court WilliamsJ referring in a few words to Gen. says he is from Missouri, but, 1 Lee’s deeds as the leader of tee on being interviewed, declines Southern Ann;, Mr. Brunson CLYDE. It snowed a little here one night last week. Our farmers are sowing good deal of oats just now. Mrs. Elisabeth Johnson is visiting relatives in Chester field. Mr. A. 0. Guy, of upper Ches terfield, paid a visit to this com munity last week. Mr. J. M. King has moved to Georgia. We were sorry to have to give him np. Mr J. C. Jowers, who Is teaching in this neighborhood, has a full school just now. Mr Dave Crawley has moved to tea Byrd settlemeat, near Bethlehem Church. A number of our young peo ple enjoyed a dance at Mr. G. F. Turnage’s on the evening of the llte inst Married, on the 15th hist, Mr. Ervin Folsom, of the Stokee Bridge section, and Mias Edna Newsom, of Clyde. Judging from the amount of fertilisers they are hauling, tee farmers must be going to use a lot of tee stuff this year. We have been visiting recent ly in lower Chesterfield and saw th re lots of cotton which farmers are still holding. 'Ski ' try within Irish * * odist-ehurch.i New Sligh * spring dn Rucker’s. goods at to tell anything more about himself, or to say anything about the charges which have been made against him. proceeded to show how, in the gloom of defeat, his greatness waa, if possible, more dearly | demonstrated than ever before. His closing remarks were in- We claim that the “Capital” ! tended to hold np the great tobacco fertiliser is the highest man’s life as an example for tbe the market. Black- young men of his audienoe. The HMtTBUtUJE. Certain of our eitisene are making arrangements to have Artesian wells bored on their premises. Mr. J W. Norwood, of Wfi. mingtoa, has bean friends in HartaviUe the past few -days. grade on well Bros. hats just I Ruckeris. opened We claim to have the largest and finest line of black drees goods in town. Sligh * Ruck er. address was. much all who heard it, and much complimented. m JIM Woollen underwear at coat. Sligh * Rucker. onoe part of) Wand Wateoh sr tom which J.E. B A town election was held I on Tuesday, w‘ making Mr. J. eat and worth, J. •n* _, Quito i