Y~- : j s**r mM. Jk^. L.«.,J.* ' Ss^r- VOL. IV. DA.RLINGTON, SOUTH CAltOLlKA, FRIDAY, MAKCH 16, 1894. NO, 15 AROUND THE CITY »IAT fOV KHOW AND WHAT YOU DON’T KNOW. • }» remnls ai4 Short Items of li teral to the focal ani Geier- al Reader. e gardens in the city aix> l«ok- beir l)est. Uhth Kelly is visiting the Blackwell. Cite us a call when iu need of job printing. Mr. John Taylor, of Florence, was in the city Sunday. Dried apples and peaches 5 c. a pound at Deans Bros. Mr. J. Marion Robertson, of Flor ence, was here Tuesday. Alim’‘Gandy, of Society Hill, is Tinting Miss Helen Waddell. Jndge J. H. Hudson, of Bennetts- riHe, risited the $ity yesterday. Messrs. J. E. Norment and S. A. Woods hare returned from New York. Maws. Charles Jar rot and John Power, of Florence, were here Thurs- day. Mayor W. W. Horsey, of Florence, was among the visitors in the city yesterday. . v Miss Clara Ward entertained a small party of her friends on Mon day evening. Mr. Osca' Matthews has moved his shooting gallery from this place to Georgetown. Miss Rebecca E. Tnrbeville, of Florence, visited relatives in this city last Sunday. Mr. J. J. Shepard, proprietor of the Red Flag Racket, is in New York purchasing his spring and summer stock. The remaioing stock of Jewelry and Watches of J. H. Mason will be sold at cost—private sale, for the next ten days. The council have had some nice work done on the square and the grass is very pretty and looks very fresh and green. The Feast of Pnrim will be cele brated on Thursday evening of next week by a grand i>all at Hewitt’s Hall. There will be quite a uumber of visitors from abroad in attend ance. Mr*. T. T. Waivh who has had charge of St. Matthews Church for put few‘months, will leave on Sat urday for the purpose of continuing his theological studies at Suwanec, Tenn. A meeting will be held at the ar mory of the Guards to-morrow for the purpose of making arrangements for a floral fair and also to elect of ficers of the Horticultural Society. A full meeting is requested. Joe Davis, a colored mad, an em ployee of the Phosphate Company, had his left foot badly lacerated by stepping into a conveyor. The acci dent happened on Saturday. Dr Willcox dressed the wound and will save the foot Euter will fall on the 25th of Marti) and will be appropriately ob served in the Methodist and Episco pal churches, both of which will be decorated with flowers on that day. There is no place in the Slate that can show finer flowers than are to be found in Darlington. On Tuesday evening there was quite a large gathering at the resi dence of Hon. G. W. Dargan, all of whom were charmingly entertained by the fine music that was given. Misses Ora Thomas and Lillie Cov ington, of Laurinburg, N. C., Bessie Williamson, Clara Ward, Emma Edwards and Messrs,' T. T. Walsh, C. D. Kyans and S. H. Wilds were the ones that took part in the music. Mr. J. T. Lunn, of the Swift Creek section, died very suddenly, on his way from church, last Sun day. He was a good citizen and stood very high iu the estimation of the people of the community among which bis whole life was passed. He was in the army during the war and made a faithful soldier. He was buried at Swift Creek Church, the pastor of the church conducting the services. A wife and several children lurriw him, CONCLUSION OF THE COURT. Fiial Proceedings of the March Term for This County. A our last issue we aunounced that the case against Judge Reynolds, James Reynolds and Rowland Wind ham, charged with the murder of Cephns Pipkin, was continued to the J une term. The next case was against J. I). Flint) for assmillund battery and was continued to the June term.- The court then-went iuiu the cose against J. S. MoUroight for breach of trust. The suit was brought by J. D. Trevtvthannml a bicycle com pany to recover some machines which were sold fly the defendant on commission. This case occupied the court from Thursday afternoon to Monday afternoon. The solicitor,was assisted in the prosecution by Dar gan & Thompson and the defendant by Boyd & Brown. The jury brought in a verdict of guilty with a recom mendation to mercy. • The sentence was twenty months in the peniten tiary. His counsel will appeal to the Supreme Court for a new tria!. The next case was that of Daniel Davis, for hog stealing. He was found guilty and sentenced to serve one year in the penitentiary. He was represented by Boyd & Brawn. The last case before the court was that of Peter Jordan for burning the barn of J. N. Suggs, in Phila delphia township. The jnry brought in a verdict of guilty with a recom mendation to mercy. As it was a capital offense this recommendation saved his life and he get fifteen years in the penitentiary instead. He was defended by Messrs. H. T. Thomp son and C. P. Dargan, by appoint ment of the court. The Court of General Sessions then adjourned for the term. . SPY MEEKINS Git Hold of the Wrong Man on Last Friday. On Friday of last week Mr. For man, the superintendent of the Elec tric light works, stepped off the 0., 8. & N. train with a valise in his hand. Just as he did so. Met kins, one of the Dispensary spies, seized the valise and attempted to take it away from Mr. Forman, who, of course, resented such an unwan ant- able proceeding and pushed the spy off. Meekins then drew his revolver and said he would search the valise anyhow. Quick as a flash Mr. For man jerked out his pistol and told him if he touched it he would do so at the risk of being shot Just at this juncture some gentlemen inter fered and prevented a collision. Mr. Forman, however, carried off his valise and Meekins was complete ly balked. We have no hesitation in saying that we sustain Mr. Forman and think that he was perfectly justifia ble in resisting what is nothing more nor less, even if done under the form of law, than an infamous invasion of personal liberty and one that should be resisted at all haz ards. Gov. Tillman had just as well learn at once and for all time that he is not the ruler of a province of despotic Russia, peopled with its ignorant inhabitants, but the Gover nor of a sovereign State and is the servant and not the master of its citizens, and that submission to tyranny is opposed to all the in stincts and traditions of the Anglo Saxon race. HARD TIMES. REV. KILGO CREATES A SENSA TION AT BENNETTSV1LLE. Miserable Little 10-l’ent a (al um n Reporters—Logic of tbe Unman Mind, Except in the case of those irro- sjKinsihle and often ivnoraiii men, called cvHiigeliiti!, Tmj: llBaAi.it hoe never contained a line of criticism on any uttolitical organization, no matter how strongly entrenched, can withstand its resistless onslaughts. Our purpose, however, is not to defend the press against this attack, for if that were all there would be no occasion for the writing of this article, for it is very certain that it will not cost any of the editors in the State one moment’s repose or in any manner disturb the even tenor of their ways. It may not, however, be amiss to state that whatever other ways they may have been at fault, the newspapers have ever shown the utmost courtesy aud consideration towards ministers aud have always given them all the assistance iu their power. , The point we wish to make, and it cannot be too often repeated or too strongly emphasized, is this: That the duty of a minister is to preach the Gosjiel in all its simplicity and purity, and never, under any cir cumstances, degrade his high and holy office by discussing social and political subjects from the pulpit. The grand cardinal doctrines of Christianity furnish an inexhaust ible theme upon which to base his discourses and the cx{>o8itiou and illustration of its divine teachings give ample scope to the greatest powers of eloquence and logic of which the human mind is capable Nothing Initewl can come from i departure from this imperative duty, and the minister who has no higher conception of his calling than to use the pulfit for the utterance of political tirades, ought to follow some oilier profession. It is far ! better for him to leave the discussion of social aud political topics to thosc who ha.e made them a study, and who a r c just .is couscienli jus and us anxious to bring about needed forms as the minister himself. A very large majority of the people who attend church on Sunday go to hear sermons, in the true meaning of the tcrit), ami uot s|hsatioual har angues which do hlrm instead of good. They have Jiad, perhaps, many cares and anxieties to face during the week and when they take their places in the house of God they want words of comfort and of cheer. They want to put aoide worldly troubles aud let their minds dwell upon all the tender and Hope ful prumi*-* of the One who hug promised to Csiiv f ir- n!id prone! all n ho coil tipun his holy name. They want to feel that they are listening to the counsel of one who has held close communion with his Maker, and whose words of Jt^ape and Ipve PITHY ITEMS. shingle baptized with the Holy Spirit They want to gather new 'inspirations oi duty aud greater stirengtb for the temptations and responsibilities of life, aud unless they ire helped to do this, then it would be iar better for them to remain at home and spend the time in contemplation of the wisdom and mercy of the Creator. In writing the above it is very far from our intention to be in the least unkind or unjust'to Mr. Kilgo, but merely to call att|iitioi^to What will, unless checked, impai^his use fulness and bring repfuncb, not only upon his own chural, but to the cause of Christiunity.JfHnrge. FARM T mouth’s treatment. Agents wantet| r