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The Florence Daily TJmes.
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VOL. III.
FLORENCE. 8 C. WEDNESDAY EVKMNG, JANUARY 13, )S97
Nc. 127.
LOCALS IM BRIEF.
Short Paragraphs of Hooie Hap-
pings.
Beautiful Bleach Muslin's at 4
and 5 cents per yard. At Penny’s.
New tobacco eeed just received
nt Lake’* Corner Drug Store.
General Insurance Agency
or
SANBORN CHASE,
Fire, Life & Aceident luseraoee.
Surety Bonds Issued.
r PtoitENoe. 5. c
P nonal and Ganeral Meutlon of Home
Folke and Ot her* Whom we all
Know.
Editor Stackhouse, of the Ma
rion Star, is spending the day In
our city.
We are glad to see Mr. E. C.
Bass out again after a long and
serious illness.
The Swiss Bell Ringers gave
their second and last entertain
ment in the opera house last night.
Mrs. J E. Edwards and chil
dren, after spending a month with
relatives in Columbia, have return
ed home.
Mr. John W. Moore is still quite
sick with La Grippe. It is hoped
that he will be out by the latter
part of this week.
Mr. L. W. Hodges, who was
taken with La Grippe several
days ago has somewhat improved,
but has not as yet sufficiently re
covered to be out.
Mr. James Macfie who was
severely burned several days
ago by hot greese is still unable
to do any work. He is able,
however, to superintend.
Mr. W. H. Miller, one of our
efficient job printers, is stfll con
fined to his bed with La Grfppe.
We hope to have him with us by
the latter part of the week.
SeWfcil days ago the small
child of Mose Brown, colored,
fell into the fire and it was thought
fatally burned. The child is im-
proving and will probably recSVer.
Messrs. Rollins & Cannon will
open their furniture store
this week in Sligh & Rucker’s old
stand on Dargan street. A por
tion of their stock has already
arrived.
Senator B. R. Tillman who ad
dressed the people at Dillon last
Monday, on the new county issue
passed through Florence yesterday
for Columbia where he expects to
spead a few days before returning
to Washington.
We recommend that all tramps,
that disturb the peace and quietude
of the families of our citi
zens be routed from the city. It
has come to pass lately that it is
unsafe for a man to leave his fami
ly for any length of time during
the night, even in a thickly settled
community.
Mr. J. W. Hatchell of the A. C.
L. coach shops met with a painful
accident yesterday. A piece of
timber fell from the top of the
coach on which he was working
and inflicted two painful wounds,
one on his head and one on the
left side of his face. Mr. Hatch
ell was fortunate in receiving no
more serious wounds. Though
somewha; disfigured, he is still at
work.
Lost.—On Coit street between
Evans street and the residence of
Mr. Jerome P. Chase, a ladies gold
watch with the word “Lillie” en
graved on the front. The finder
will be rewarded by leaving same at
this office.
Stock for Sole.
New one horse wagon for sale
cheap.
Also set wagon harness, new.
One Texas Pony.
One Ox.
Apply at this office.
Calicos are selling at Penny’s at
3 cents per yard.
Shoes, Shoes. $1.25 Ladies
Shoes at 79 cents. $1.00 Ladies
Shoes at 69 cents. Fine hand
sewed $3.00 Shoes at $1.79. Gen
tleman shoes hand sewed $4.00, at
$2.26. $2.00 Shoes at St.25, at
Penny’s.
For Sole.
Two extra good milch cows with
young calves. Prices $25 and $40.
Also plug horse cheap. Apply at
this office.
Remainder of fall stock millinery
regardless of price At Penny’s.
Clothing—Our shelves are full.
We must unload. For the next 10
days will duplicate any price at 25
per cent, less than any house in
the State. At Penny’s.
If you want a horse or mule wait
on S. D. Rogers. He leaves to
night for theJVirginia Stock Mar
kets.
For bill heads, note heads, let
ter heads and envelopes. Go to
the Times Messenger office.
Hot Beef Tea
Store.
at Lake’s Drug
A splendid variety of Tobacco
seed for sale at Palace Drug Store.
Covington & McLeod.
* Propr’s.
We have on hand suits from
$5.00 a suit to $25.00 a suit that
we will sell for the next 10 days.
Your choice of any one of them
for $12.50. At Penny’s.
Notice two stocks of goods to be
sold at Penny s. Must unload.
Cash tells the tale.
Watch for Penny’s big adver
tisement in a few days. Big bai-
gains for cash pursqhases.
Star Racket for Holiday Goods.
Wanted, general agent, resident
at Florence, to sell pianos in citv
and surrounding country. Ad
dress W. S. Mouteith, Columbia,
8. C. D 10-4t. *
We are headquarters for Xmas
presents. Star Racket. *
When making Christmas presents
remember that Sulzbacher & Son
have a select stock of Christmas
goods. *
That is right, there are others
but none have as complete an as
sortment of books and stationary
as Sulzbacher & Son. *
Mules, Mules.
8. D. Rogers has just arrived
with a lot of fine young mules suit
able for all purposes. Call on
him.
J-8 3t.
Brick for Pavements.
I am making and will be ready
to deliver in 90 days special brick
for paving streets. Apply for
prices. D. A. Layton,
Florence, S. C
Lost.
One red cow with horns sawed
off. Finder will be rewarded by
leaving same at th* residence of
Mr. Chas. Cole on Pine street.
A few gentlemen boarders can
be accommodated at reasonable
rates.
Mrs. H. T. Young.
D-28 4t. 139 Jarrott St.
Mortgagees Sale.
Under and by virtue of the power of
eale contained in, and by authority of
certain Chattel Mortgages executed by
W. F. Penny, dated respectivt ly, lull
day of August, 1894, and 9th day of
October, 1890, I wiP sell at Florence,
8. C., tp the highest bidder for cash, at
the store house heretofore occupied by
KSCUpii
of Du
W. F. Penny, on the corner 01 uargan
and F.vans streets in said city, on 19th
day of January, 1897, commencing a:
10 o’clock, a. in., the stock of merchan
dise contained in said storehouse,con
sisting of dry goods, hats, shoes,
clothing, millinery, notions, etc., the
said property having been seized by me
and to be sold to satisfy the debts se
cured by aforesaid Chattel Mortgages.
B. F. Penny, Mortgagee,
F. L. " illcox. Agent for Mortgagee.
JM. 12, ’97. D-7t.
The General Assembly.
Both Houses Meet, Organize
And Begin Work.
Ortlcers Elected—Speaker Gary
Again—The Senate Commit
tees — A Number of Bills
Introduced.
Promptly at 12 o’clock yester
day the House of Representatives
of South Caroliua was called to
order by Clerk J. Waite’ 1 Gray.
There were few absentees, and
among those present many new
faces were noticed. On motion
Mr. 0. W. Garris, of Colleton, was
made temporary chairman. The
roll was called immediately and
the members were sworn in b\
counties. Signing the roll fol
lowed, and an inspection thereof
showed a very small number ol
absentees for the first day of th>
semion.
Without dallying the Hous>
proceeded to elect a speaker. Mr.
Frank B. Gary, of Abbeville, wa.
nominated and elected, receiving
107 votes, the total number cast
A committee duly appointed
'•etired, and, returning, es
corted him to the chair. After
taking the oath he thanked the
House for the honor conferred
He said that he would know no
party or faction; that he would
be the Speaker of the House of
Representatives, and with their
co-operation he hoped that the
business of the house would no'
suffer.
For Clerk Gen. J. Walter Gray
Mr. Jesse T. Gantt and Mr. J. T
Austin were nominated. The vot-
resulted as follows: Gray 59, Ga'Ur
48, Ausfcui 4. Gen. iirmj ws* de
clared elected and sworn in.
For Sergeant-at-arms Mr. N H.
Stansell and Mr. S G. Holley wen-
nominated. The vote resulted a?
follows: Stansell 87, Holley 25.
Mr. Stansell was declared electee
and sworn in.
Mr. J. S. Withers was elected
reading clerk without opposition.
There were two nominations for
Chaplain, Rev. J. C. Abtmy am!
Rev. M. M. Kioard. Mr. Kinard
received 53 votes and Mr. Abney
46. Mr. Kinard was declared
elected.
On motion the rules of the old
house were adopted, and then be-
fcau the drawing for seats by
counties. A boy drew the uainea
of the counties from a hat, and
Fl ireuce was drawn Uat. She
had to take the seals left.
The governor’s message came ii>
just after the election of Chaplain
Its reading was postponed until
the printer could place copies on
the desks of all members.
public buddings and is a member
of th * following committees:
commerce and manufacturers and
legisla.ivo library.
A KuLberjr.
The general merchandise store
of M. L Kuker, was broken into
liist night. Two or three dollars
A IEEE BICYCLE.
drawer. Nothing further than
that is missing. The thief made
Senator Brown, of Marion, is ' Vl,re • to, * D ou t the money
chairman of the committee on ed
ucation and is a member of the
committees on county officers and i4r ’ e *Brauce by throwing a brick
printing. | through the glass portion of the
Senator DuH, »n, of D.rlinRtoD, l '* ck L dour ““ d the “ <l‘"
U chairman of the oomm.Ue. on the hoi.
mines and mining and i. a tn.m- 8 y the l,r ' ck ' Tb “ r " bbM '
bnf of the committee on agricul-
was not known until the employ
tore, finance, commerce and man- T “P 81 ""* tb ,“ ,tore ‘h' 8 morm "<-
nfactnrere, county affioee, » »« d.. to th. rnhb-r.
grossed bills, immigration,
eu-1
and
public lands.
Senator Williams of Williams
burg is chairman of the committee
on nvdieal atl.iirs and besides
does! duty on the following com-
mitteeoef.: agriculture, finance.
Advertising pays.
After taking inventory of stool:
w<- find we have too much
clothing, and in order to reduce
oit stocK, we now offer $10, $12,-
50 ai d $15 suits for $7 50. We
will sell our $5, and $6.50 suits f- i
Cot the Coopons Oot Aid Cut
Your Ballot.
, . , . ,$3 i5. This is a spot cash sale,
roadl, bridges, femes, rail roads I Goods neither exchanged nor sent
improvements, and
and internal
rule|.
Senator Ragin of Clarendon is
okaom-.iii of the committee on
printing and is a member of the
following committees: contingent
acco-iiits, penitentiary and public
laud-.
Th * following senators
chairmen of the committees dos-
igna-. \: Senator McDaniel, of
Chester, agriculture; Senator
Moses, of Sumter, claims and
grievances; Senator Buist, of
Charleston, finance; Senator
Archer, of Spartanburg, commerce
and manufacturers ; Senator
Stackhouse, of Marlboro, Federal
relations; Senator Henderson, of
Aiken, corporations; Senator May-
field, of Barnwell, judiciary; Sen
ator Mower, of Newberry, privi
leges and elections; Senator Sloan
of Richland, railroads and internal
improvements
on approval. Look in our window
a"d he convinced.
D.HOtf. 1 E.F. Douglas
DISK ASKS OK TIIK SKIN,
lie intense iU'hing anil smarting inc*
do-1 to e'-znva, tettor, snlt-rlieum.iuia other
'li> •in “8 of the skin is instnntlv a I laved by
i pi'lyi in Chamberlain's Eye and Skin
Ointment. Many very bad cases have been
; |s ■ manently cured by it. It is equally
are etli-ient for itebinu (dies and a favorite rein
ed' for sore nipples; cbniqicd bands, diil-
blnina, frost bites, anil chronic sore eyes,
i'or sale by druggists at 2f> cents per box.
Try Or. Cady’s Condition Powders, they
rm just wlmt a horse needs when in bad condi
tion. Tonic, blood pnritiernnd vermifuge.
V Chance For Some One to Win *
First-Class Wheel—Read
What Follows.
On Saturday April 17,ooedftj be
fore Easter Sunday, C. H. Bar
ringer will give away one lady’s
r gentleman’s bicycle. The con
ditions of this plan areas follows;
Below will be seen two coupons,
f tU one or both with the name of
winter the person for whom you desire to
vote. Take the coupons to the
store of 0. II. Barringer and for
•wry 10cent purchase you will be
allowed one coup ui-vote. A list
ot the names with the vote polled
will appear in each iNsue of the
Daily Timks and Timks-Mehsbii-
GKR.
On Saturday, April 17, the persou
having the largest number of votes
"ill get a first-cla^s bicycle.
Cut out the coupons and cast
■ our ballots.
Notice, Pensioners.
Florence, S. C\, Jan. 5 1897.
In compliance with an act of
tho General Assembly approved
the 9th day ol March A. 1). 1896,
thd county Examining Board of
Pensions will meet at the court
house at Florence, S. G\, on the
ih..rd Monday in January 1897 at
bilk—were ii^eJuci d* '■
The Senate adjourned before the
governor’s message was sent in.
It will be read to-day.
Good for (he Hound*.
Tnis morning just before day
light, Mr. George 8. Turbeville,
who was stationed on tne freight
yard since the repeated oar rob-
beriss, surprised a negro breaking
into a cur. Th<' robber fl-d and
Mr.* Turbeville wfter firing at him
without effect went in hot pursuit
About d.iyiight, the nogro who was
a Hundred or m ire yards ahead of
Mr. Turbeville passed through Mr.
I. E. Watson’s dairy tann. Mr
Watson saw him and could have
easily overtaken him had he known
the cause of the negro’s flight,
but by the time Mr. Turbevilb
reached there the bird had fl >wu
through Pie branch. Mr. Watson
hurriedly went for the hounds and
their trainer, Mr. Jones. Within
•’ll hour and a half the dogs were
< n isidering the *applieaUons for
jiensious provided for inlaid act
By order of l
R. G. How ard,
Chairman.
Notice of Dissolution of Co-part
nership.
Vht* co-partnership heretofore exist
ing between the undersigned is dis
solved by inutuai consent.
W. I). JOHNSON,
J. M .JOHNSON,
J. W. JOHNSON,
J. DkJONOH,
1>. U. HANCKEL.
January 1, 1897.
put on the trail. They took it
Speaker Gary was hard at work through the wood*
last night, and in all probability and rtijdo a beautiful chase of
he announced his committees this j tt iree or four miles and bayed
morning. , their pray. The negro goes by t ^
of Alex. Jackson. He was brongi.
In the Senate.
Promptly at noon Lieutenant
Governor Timmerman rapped for
order, and with marvelous ease the
Senate settled down to work.
Only two Senators were absent.
A number of new Snuators were
sworn in.
Gen. R. R. Hemphill was re
elected clerk. Senator D. K. Nor-
A Nuisance.
Last night while Mr. Theodore
Kuker was at the opera house with
... the band, an Irish tramp went to
rig, of A'ldenoD.^was jtlecUtd prai- | h j s |, ome aad his , arni | y ,
back by Messrs. Turbeville and
Jones and lodged in jail. It is
hoped that this example will break
up th- repeated robberies on the
freight yard.
ideutprotem; Mr. W. H. Stew
ard, reading clerk, and Rev. J. H
Willoughby, Chaplain.
gave
'bal scare. The tramp begged as
sistance and stated that he must
a pistol out of
called for assis-
. J have it. He persisted in his de-
ere were several ca,1 ^idatee man ^ s an( j wou j ( j not j eave unt ;i
O' .od o„ tb,; Mrs _ Kuker , firt j
third ballot Col J. W. fiord, of. thewiod „ w a „ d
era law, «ae ,:i red ©.i-CiOl. , ance _ This same Irish tramp has
Ou motion last yea,’. ,ol„, .e,e |oafi about Florcnce for
adopted. ! , 6 ,
r . A _ : two or three weeks. He is always
ieu , * ao - ovornor Timmer- anc j exceedingly cheeky,
man read h,s appointment, ol- havi , r , ldy jrightened sevora ,
clorks, page., door k..p.r. and th. ! , adie8 . The cit officiaIs would do
l.k. and then announced th. Sen.; weIlt0 march himout of the ci
ate committees. .• -i
« _ limits.
Senator Pettigrew, of Florence is
Notice of Formation of Co-part-
neraliip.
The undersigned have this day
formed a co-partnership in the practice
of law for Florence county under the
firm name of Johnson & Wells.
W. D. JOHNSON,
J. M. JOHNSON,
J. W. JOHNSON,
WALTER H. WELLS.
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♦ Low Prices *
CALL AT
H. b. KUKER’S.
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Subscribe for this paper.
Wanted to Rent
Two good 3-horse farms within
6 miles of Florence or Timmons-
vilie, together or separate.
Address yj
Times-Messenoer.
Notice.
No penalty will he added to city
taxes until afrr Jan 15, 1897.
By order of Council
E. H. Lucas
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Below is the result of the vote
ip to the hour of closing last
night:
din Lillian Hwall* 40
'(./.•I.fi Lucas 14
Mi*. Chaa Cole... • ••••• ••••••
<4r*. T. C. W ater* 2
Notice.
The city will charge 5 per cent
ibovo the actual cost of brick and
brick layers’ work for laying the
juvements for various parties.
By order of Council.
E. H. Lucas,
C. C. & T.
NOTICE.
To executors, adminstrators, guardians
and trustees:
The law requires all executors, ad
ministrators, guardians and trustees to
report annually to the Probate Judge
if the county the condition of ^the es-
iate or trust in their hands. This re-
;M»rt must be made during the months
of January and February; severe pen-
ilties are prescribed for a failure to
make this report. » „
I would earnestly request that all
persons acting in any of the capacities
■lamed above give thia matter prompt
Attention. Chas. M. Beistow,
Probate Judge
flanted-An Idea ££3