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Put Yoor Wants TIE DiiLHinS. The RteRENei D^ly TTmes, RIYET YOUR E x es OUR ADS. VOL. III. FLORENCE, S C. TUESDAY WKNING, JANUARY 26.1887 No. 138 PENNY’S Big Slaughter Sale WORTH OF GOODS % THAT MUST BE Qor)Verted into ©osl) In order to do this and to wind up this business, I have this day inaugurated a AND CLEARANCE SALE. I know this will not please my competitors, as they are . aling on all sides now. I am not working for my competitors, but for my customers. >«r\ or in the history of b lorence have such gigantic bargains been offered to the people. J^UGHTERED GOODS TOO NUMEROUS TO QUOTE. Come to the store, if ^ is what you want, and be astonished. Yours for business, B. F. PENNY* LOCALS IN BRIEF. CIRCUITS ASSIGNED. BITTER COLD. 1IRB WEEK BEGUN. Short Paragraphs of Hoie Hap penings. Pernounl ami Genvrnl Mention of Home Folk* anil.Ollier. Whom w e all Knn'.ir. No special notice or communi cation of any kind of more than one-half column in length will be received later thun 12 o’clock of the day on which publication of such is desired. To Advertiser* lathe Daily Time*. On and after Tuesday, Jan. 19, new advertisements and changes of advertisements must be sent in not later than n o’clock of the day on w hich it is desired that they ap pear. Otherwise, tjiey will not appear until the next day. Florence is full of people to-day who came to attend court. Mr. B. D. Townsend, of V\ il- mington, is in the city to-day. Mr. R. D. Medlin of the Medlin Lumber Co., Dunbar, N. C., was in the city yesterday- Mr. Schafer, of Little Rock, is spending the week with his sister, Mrs. Dejongh on Dargan street. The sign of B. F. Penny, an nouncing a 115,000 sale of goods at cost was hoisted yesterday after- noon. Mr. J. A. GamMe, who has been jn North Carolina several weeks prospecting, has returned to Florence. Mon. Henry Mclver, of Cheraw, Chief Justice of the South Carolina supreme court, spent last night at tfie Central. Misses Bessie and E Ina Macfie, who have been visiting relatives in Sumter and Packsville, have re turned home. Mr. Fred S. Jones, operator for the Roanoke Times, Roanoke, Va., will arrive in Florence to-night on a visit to his father, Mr. M. L. Jones. Winburn’s photograph gallery has been raised on the vacant lot on the corner of Evans and Irby streets. Mr. Merene D. Hadlee, who is in charge, is now ready for work. Norlliwest. At the Opera House Last Night. The Emma Warren Theatre Co., opened their week’s engagement here last night in “St. Patrick’s Eve,” an Irish comedy. The play was good. The speciadies intro duced by little Miss Byan Evans were greatly enjoyed as shovtn by the repeated encores. She has a remarkably easy and natural ges ture and an excellent voice for a child of her age. The other actors did justice to their parts. To-night the company will pre sent “Camille,” a heavy play, by Alexander Dumas, Jr. — t » ' Monthly Meeting. Thu regular monthly meeting of the Daughters of the Confederacy will be held at Mrs. Thomas H. Hod lee’s, Cheves street, on Feb 4th (Thursday) at 4 p. m. Annual dues to be paid at this time ftlits. V. C. Tarrh, Sec’ty. D. C. Jan. 15, 1897. The Suprvtue Court Hu* AmniRcil 'lie Hoarlng' for the April Term—Where — 1If .. , .. ..........j 4.k : Ternble Winter Weather a thel Chief Justic.} Mclver v st'-i J iy issued an ord-*r giving ih • < : !< r in which cases shall be beard at the April term of the Supr.-m. court and assigning a certain num ber of days to each circuit. B i >w is the order for the third and fourth circuits: Too third circuit, begninuig on Tuesday, the 11th day of May, is allowed four day*, which will b*- divkUd amongst the count,i.-s com posing that circuit as follows, v z: the cases from the county of l\or- ence are assigned for Tu isday, the 11 of May; the cases from tho counties of Williamsburg md Georgetown are assigned for \Y d- nesday, the 12th of May; the on es from Clarendon county nr.- u-- signeJ for Thursday, the 13th of May; and the cases from Hunuer county are assigned for Friday, the 14ih of May. The fourth circuit, beginning on Monday, the 17th of May, is el- lowed four days, which will be di vided amongst the counties com posing that circuit as follows, vaz : the cases from Marion county are assigned for Monday, the 17th of May; the cases from the cminti ?s of Horry and Chesterfield are as signed for Tuesday, the 18th of May; the cases from Marlborough county are assigned for Wednes day, the Ifkh of May; and the cases from Darlington are assigned for Thursday, the 20th of May. A Slight Change in Colil W are SiKiial, The city c erk received a letter from J. W. Bauer, section director of the weather bureau, Columbia, S. C, yesterday \vhich reads: “Hereafter when cold-wave sig nals are ordered, or when the regular foiecast contains warning of a cold wave, the cold wave sig nal will be displayed alone, and in no case flags representing the weather element be di-played from the same staff with the cold wave signal.” -Dmember 24, 1872, 2F be- las t;ie tempmature lalleu m Married. Miss Annie E. Talbot of this city was married to Mr. ^Charles Rick, artist, of France, in Trinity church, Atlanta, Ga , on January 21st. Miss Talbot is a daughter of Mrs. K. B Talbot of this city and removed to Atlanta about a year ago. A correspondent of the New York Press claims that baked bananas are the ideal food for m rv- ous persons and brain workers. He also says that this food will un failingly build up and strengthen lean, blood-poor persons. The banana should be baked in its skin in an oven for 15 or 20 minu.es until it is quite soft and buis s open. ThmmuuUx are Sutfualng in Chi- e g(*. The Mayor Calls i »r 4100,000-—Conditions in Other Places. Chiaug Jan. 25.—The people >f Chicago in bodies and a? indi- vi.i uU were arouied t >-d.. to ;ak • prompt and g-merous ... tion for the ruled of the two score the ismdd oiitulH inhabitantsi\ ho «r 1 offering for want of fuel, f >od 11. clothing. Suffering has r ach ed ■ n extreme stage as a result 01 tho emtio cold wave which came up.m tho city Saturday, increas ng in intensity uiHil to-day, vh n it reached the lowest point ecordi.d in nearly n quarter of a ceuuiry. i’> Tween' 5 and 7 o’clock this morning the weather bureau in the auditorium to ver, wh.-re it is •var ii t than on the street, re- <• »r .'d 20 degrees below zero. On y nee in the history ..f th" nu- l.'U 1—1) .e.Pinlwir Oi 1S70 O'! 1 low- I >w Fiorn 9 a. u;. to 2 p t her • was a gradutl rise, t>m range beh.g 18 to 22 degrees, but the r di f was hardly felt when Accom panied with a cutting wind tom the northwest. The h z-ru'and to-night the mercury is moving slowly down again, wah no hope of material relief held out f >r to-morrow. * Mayor Swift issued .a proclama tion this aft‘ruorm appealing jn urgent language tu all citizens who h tve the means to sp ireMo con- tribute at once supplies to pre vail the starvation and fre eing of unfortunate thousands. Te n^g d that a subscription of 81C0,- OtK) would be none too u uch t > af ford the help ue.dtd. All police ftatums have been thrown open to the homeless, and to-night every one w ts crowd d with ref a? jus from the fre< zing air. St. Louis, January 25th.-— At 7 o’clo:k this morning ■<dwj temperature here was exactly zeio. At noon, three degrees above.was ted rated and at 5 p. m., fou de- gro. s above was recorded. This extr me low temperature foliov . d Jftiiry 25 Proves t) bean in teresting Day in tbe H(tt}ider(on Introdubos a Bill to itybli a Bureau ot Labor— Wo Spicy Debates in the Senate. A interesting sesskm of the ho«2|; waa h id yesterday. mg th ' new bills introduced wtrt^li * following: Rogers (tty request)—Re- fto.boards of heAlth This Hkes the chairman of the township hoards of com- Hers in each county mem- the county board of health. HLooch—R dating to the L cf express and teb uranh pqes. Th .s is the same as Efl intioduceii m the senate. [Sullivan to amend the Irw ;to railroads. The purpose fill is to make the road do. freight liable for any to said freight, but no ing road shall be relieved ity. Tone—To amend the free iw so that the boards of ‘shall provide for one each of said school di«- •ttempt was made f o exempt cer tain counties. Then on motion the bill was recommitted. The bill relating to the disturb ing of public worship was ordered to a third reading without < ubale. Mr. Riiusford’s bill requiring fire and life insurance companies to deposit 410,000 as security with the State authorities was discussed, but no action wae taken. Without debate the senate bill to amend tho act to authorize and empower cities, towns, townships au i other municipal corporatisns to issue negotiable coupon bonds for the refunding of paynv-nt in whole or in part of bonded indebt edness and any unpaid past due interest thereon existing at ths time of the adoption of the present constitut ion was ordered to a third reading. The house adopted the senate resolution to extend ths time for the collection of the commutation road tax in ths several counties after changing the date of March 15 to April 1, by an amendment offered by Mr. Cushmau. In th« St-nute. Mr. Moses presided over the senate yesterday. The session was made interesting by two warm debates, one on the concurrent resolution to allow to be intro duced a bill to incorporate tbe At lantic Coast Line railroad cum- Bouth Carolina and to au- A FREE BICYCLE. Cot tbe Coopons Dot And Cast Yoor Ballot. A i'lmnco For 801110 One to Win a Firnt-Class Wheel—Head What Follows. On Saturday April 17,one day be fore Easter Sunday, C. H. Bar ringer will give away one lady’s or gentleman’s bicycle. The con ditions of this plan are as follows; Below will be been two coupons. Fill one or both with the name of the person for whom you desire to vote. Take the coupons to the store of C. H. Barringer and for every 10cent purchase you will be allowed one coupon-vote. A list of Che names with the vote polled will appear in each issue of the Daily Times and Times-Messen- ger. On Saturdav> April 17, the person having the largest uumbjrof votes will get a first-class bicycle. Cut out the coupons and cast vonr ballots. « iaroly upon a 1- »ug season <.l mil<i weather and found th jusui (is There are said to be 10 Scottish Dukes, 5 Marquises, 20 Earls and 5 Lords—40 in all—who have a di rect financial interest in the con tinuation of the drink traffic. In England and Wales the names oi no fewer than 172 members cf the upper House appear as owners of one or more licensed places. Try Hot Chocolate Soda Water at Lake’s Drug Store. LANDS FOB SALE. Valuable lots suitable for residences, located on Church and Evans Streets, in the Western portion of the city, for sale. Terms easy. Apply to Mbs. V. M. Gamble, or J. P. McNeill, January 14 1897. - Attorney, ns-d-wlmo After taking inventory of stock we find we have too much winter clothing, and in order to reduce our stock, we now offer $10, $12,- 50 ai d $15 suits for $7 50. We will sell our $5, and $6.50 suits for $3.75. This is a spot cash sale. Goods neitber'exchanged nor sent on approval. Look in our window and he convinced. DJIOtf. E. F. Douglas. 0*: p >oi‘ families unprepare h The chm md upon th« associ Urtd eh ir- itie- for food and fael was nevor gre Si . Paul, Minn, Jan. 25- —Ex- ces:. ive cold weather is reponed again to-night, all over the nor h- wes t. U is 20 below in St. Puul and as low as 32 below at ftoiuts non invest of her. N ew York, Jan, 25..-'; rue aver- age temperature in this city to-da) was 10 above zero. At midnight tiie thermometer registered 6 above zero. This is the lowest so far this winter. Toronto, Jan. 25.—The coldest weatlurof the season prevailed thro ghout Ontario to-day. The low< t temperature reported tc^ day is .)2 degrees below zero at White River in the Northwestern j art of the province. Omaha, Jan. 25.—Pitiful stories of vant and destitution are coming to the attention of the authorities, aggravated ty the intense cold which still holds its grip on the city and State. The Missouri river is entirely Iroz n over and ice has formed a loo 1 thick on the lake-i. Out in the State the thermometer ranges from 12 to 17 degr. es below zero. Jackson, Miss., Jan. 25.—There was a drop of 38 degrees in te n- p rature here la-t night. The thermometer jesterday was 60 de grees ar.d to-day stands at 22 de grees above. Some sleet and snow have fallen. MjYjWM Davis—To amend the digpefoBrv law’, by striking out tbe sectkAcB thereof relating to the grantLM of special privileges to hoe Mr.lllderton—To exempt por tions VW Cam’s and McMi'lan t^wusllis in Florence . county, from tlL operation of the provis ions ofllhe g^neral^stock law. Mr. Alderton—To equalize and graduate licenses or privilege taxes imposed by municipal corpora tions upon the classes made sub ject thereto. Mr. Patton—A bill tore-district the State. -The districts proposed are as follows: Pee Dee District—Chesterfield, Marlboro, Darlington, Floreuc-, M riou and Horry. Santee District — Georgetown Williamsburg, Charleston, Berke ley and Dorchester, Edisto District — Orangeburg, Barnwell, Colleton, Hampton and Beaufort. Wateree District—Fairfield, Ker shaw, Richland, Sumter and Clar endon, Salnda District—Laurens Greon- woid, Newberry, Saluda. L xing- tin and Aiken. Northern District—Spartanburg Cherokee, Union, York, Chester and Lancaster. Piedmont District—Greenville, Pickens, Oconee, Anderson and Abbeville. Mr. Ilderton—A bill to “estab lish a bureau of labor for the pur pose of protecting laborers and gathering of labor statistics, weights and measures in S mth Carolina.’’ Mr. Ilderton—A bill to regulate the hours of labor for men, women and children and to respect State legal and national holidays and to provide punishment for viola tions of the provision! thereof. Mr. Raiusford’s anti-trust bill passed its second reading, after change by amendment. When Mr. Westmoreland’s bill to require county officers to keep itemized accounts of their income and to make annual reports was taken up for a final reading, an e other bn a bill to *i free school law so as to require school trustees of each school district to be elected by qualified electors. The resolution failed to pass and the bill was killed. The following were among tbe new bills introdueed: Mr. Hay—A bill to exempt Confederate veterans from having to take out a hawker’s or pedlar’s license. Mr. Ragsdale—A bill to impose a penalty for ruuning, leasing or operating competing Hues of rail roads iu this State, the penalty imposed being $100 for each day such roads are operated. Mr. Ragsdale—Ajoiut resolution to provide for the appointmeut of a commission to consider all couu. ty government bills aud report at the next session. 22 OT Lost. On Thursday night, January 21«t, a white spotted bay pony. The spots are about the size of a doilar. Finder will be rewarded by calling at this office. LAW LI BRAKY FOR SALK. Because of the infirmities consequent on my increasing years thereby in capacitating me from active practice, I propose to dispose of my entire law library, consisting of some six hundred (600) volumes of text books and South Carolina State reports. The library is in excellently good order, and can be had on easy terms if the purchaser does not find it conven ient to pay all cash. For detailed con dition of sale, and price asked, apply to Mr. J. M. Johnson, Solicitor 4th cir cuit, Marion, S. C.,or the undersigned. W. W. Habllke. Florence, S. C., Jan. 1897. w £ (z) H < Q Below is the result of the vote up to the hour cf closing last uight: Mr*. Cha*. Cole ...- SM Mis* Ada Huggln*. —• '-4Z Mis* Llill-n swalla 212 Mr*. T. C. Walew » WUlleBafcklua - Rtv. net Lucas - —• *1 MM Mary Byrd *• Mis* Mae Bowaer — - Mi** J. K. Hchouboe . Janies Willoughby —— Mils Jennie Jackson........ J. Willie Williamson - Cbas A. Hucbheit Jr., >•*•••••••••••••• 28 28 11 in M 4 i ion Notice. The county board of peueion ex aminers for Ftoreuce county will meet at the auditor’s office at the court house of Florence on Monday, 1st day of February, 1897, at 11 o’clock a. m., to consider aud pass upon all applications for pensions. By order R. G. Howard, Chairman. J 28-Det-wn. General Insurance Agency OF SANBORN CHASE, Fire, Life & Accident Insurance. Surety Bonds Issued. Phene a. * FLORENCE. 5. C Wanted to Rent Two good 3-horse farms within 6 miles of Florence or Timmons* ville, together or separate. Address , W. TiMaf'Mvtsfvam-