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f Pu; 'lour Wants ..IN. THE MILT TIMES. The fJoRENeE Daily TTmes. RIVET yODR Eyes ..ON . OUR ADS. Vol. III. FLORENCE. S C. TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 23. 1S97 No. 185 LOCALS IN BRIEF. Short Paragraphs ot Home Hap penings. Personal anti General Mention of Home Folk* ami Otltem \\ hom we all Know. Our Popu’^r Sheriff, CHILDREN PERISH. In a letter received by Sheri IT -— McLendon from Messrs. Covington T«*i.ii»ie i> *Mt.-r cunseti b> cyclone m and Redwine, prominent lawyers au A<*d.my w.-e.ke.i. of Monroe, N. C, they say: “Mr. , Savannah, March22—A special Armheld did not go to Florence in to’the Morning News trom Arling- the interest of the prosecution of ton, Ga. f says: A terrible cyclone MaGee aad Traylor, but in their struck here this morning about well known 8.30 o’clock. It passed through SEEN IN THE HEAVENS. Castle* ami Animat* Seen on a Cur tain IlntigiUK I’l Ole Sky. A Blade reader at Aquone, N. C., describes some wonderful sights seen down that way the other night in the following thrill ing style: Last Saturday night one of the interest. This was before he left, and while he was the south side of town and totally gone. Sheritl J oru reached here wrecked the academy and partial- «n 08t romi ‘ rk a , ' l « phenomena that No special notice or communi-! «a£ely Friday night with the pris- ly demolished several other houses ; has ever been described in the au- No special notice or comnni , , iU havw a heari At the academy a number of nals of newspaper production that cation of anv kind of more than oners ana tney win nave a nearing j • , . 11 1 nnxt Mniidav the 29th What children were assembled tor one-half column in length will be liexl ™onuay me <jui. o u»i r than 12 o’clock of we do for them will be a plenty.” school. The building was 1 whk-h publication of The, never .loot! a chance to R et P'^'y <le>noli»hed and on remov- 1 away after vou put hands on them, al of the debris, eight were found received later the day on such is desired. away alter you put though they and their counsel To Advertiser* lu ti.e i>aiiy Tim»*i. ; thought they had a “soft thing.” On and after Tuesday, Jan. 19. j The sheriff and Griffin speak in new advertisements and changes of high terms of the service you reu- advertisements must be sent in not deml them , aiu i t he people of this later than 11 o’clock of the day on CO unty are under obligation to which it is desired that they ap- y ou f or y 0lir assistance. Wo may pt ar. Otherwise, they will not need y 0U as a witness in court in appear until the next day. Mrs. Louis B. H. Darr, is visit ing the Misses Darr in Sumter. Mrs. F. P. Covington has re turned from a visit to friends at Hartsville. Mr. George Stackley has four acres of the finest oats in Florence city or vicinity. which event we hope you will be able to come.” Master Car and Locomotive Painter’s Association pin, engine and coach engraved on front with the following letters M. C. & L. P. A. 1870. My name on back cut with a knife. Reward for return I to. G. R. Casey, R. R. Shop. lH ! On Monday wo offer a big drive in remnants of all kind at your re . own price. Ask to see the line at B. turned home after a pleasant visit R ucker to relatives.in Mayesvillo. Magnificent Minutrei*. mtii j The date for Barlow Bros. Mag Mr. Lee Howard, a prosperous .... , c <• *1 m mficent Minstrels at the opera young farmer ot the Claussen sec- 1 , . r , J house is fixed for Thursday night. Charleston will make her first shipment of strawberries during this week. Miss Annie McCown has tion, called in to see us this morn ing. Dr. R. H. Pearce, of Claussen, .called in to see us this morning and left a substantial reminder of his visit. The recently"appotntea board of assessors for the city of Florence have begun the work equalizing and assessing taxable property. Rev. John Owen, presiding elder of the Orangeburg district passed through Florence this morning. He will spend some days at Mullins. Mr. Gabriel Levy representing the Armour Soap Works is in the city to-day. This company does a large business in this State and is under the sole control of Mr. L. Arthur O’Neill, of Charles ton. To all who are anxious to read the telegraphic correspondence be tween Sheriff' McLendon and the North Carolina officials can bo ac commodated by calling at the sheriff’s office. We would publish same but haven’t room. Of 78 young men and two young women who were recently subject ed to a hard and prolonged exami nation for admission to the Bar in Boston 41 of the men and both women passed. According to this test one women is at least as brigh t as 20 men. Did you ever see a real Brownie? Of course you have not. Well, if you attend the Barlow Bros. Min strels you will see the only Brownie who has ever escaped from Fairy land. Bring the children to see little Eddie Pinaud, the Brownie bicyclist and athlete. He only weighs TOjpounds and is the most skillful wheelmen in the country. There are 4,000 saloons selling liquor within a radius of four miles from the City Hall, New York, without a State license. There are 6,379 liquor selling places in the State which pay the Federal tax, but have no State licenses , This organization is without ex ception, the finest of the kind now traveling. It is especially efficient in the comedy element, but its, superiority musically has gainer) _ ‘‘magnificent.” It contains nearlyi a score of excellent vocalists, many of the voices being phenomenal, while its orchestra is undoubtedly the best ever seen with a minstrel company. The feature this sea- is the next President of minstrelsy, “Harry Ward.” FOUND—In Penny store a gold necklace. Owner can have same by proving property and paying for this advertisement. Apply at Penny’s store. dead and 15 injured Five or six escaped with slight bruises and scratches. Prof. W. A. Covington, principal of the school, badly bruised, but no fractures; will recover. Prof. Walker, assistant teacher, seriously injured, internal injuries and one leg broken ; will probably die. This is the worst disaster that has ever visited this quiet little village. The rain has been pour ing down in torrents all day, but no one, either male or female, has failed to do either his or her duty in administering to the suffering. Every store and business house in the town has been closed for the day and every countenance has been saddened by the tragical deaths of the children. All neigh boring towns have wired senti ments of deepest sympathy. Telegrams from B. C. Epperson and T. B. Kline of the Central Railway company, have also been Offering any assistance in the /power of the company to render. startled the citizens of this quiet town. About 8.30 p. m. long leaping streaks of red appeared in the north, disturbing the starlit sky and changing it a ruddy brown in One instant, and in another, black as midnight, while a deep muttering thunder echoed through l )ro P 0,e( ^ * aw » ! M<9,.»40,40t> the firmament, iuterspersed, now Revenues collected * ' 1 Obi A **0 • and then, with deafening, <*pnati- tuo,s.>-•, ing thunder bolts that The Memphis relief committee and ti e mayor to-day telegraphed the secretary of war for two thou sand tents in which to shelter the thousands of refugees now being provided for here. NEW "TARIFF BILL. l^iiormou* Int reaiM' I'imim-■'<1—Out McKlu- lev 1 i»k WrK'utoy. Washington, March 22.—The ways and means committee made public to-day a detailed statement showing tin* estimated revenue mi ller the McKinley law, the present law and the pending bill: Dutiable value of merchandise for the year 1893, $100,069,058; for 1896, $390,796,.Mil; estimated by A FREE BICYCLE. Cut the Coupons Out And Cast Your in 1893, crash- $ HI'S,273,452; in 1896, 8150,104,- shook estimated by proposed law, $273,501,721. Important for the Ladle*. We cordially invite the ladies of our city to call and see all the latest spring novelties suitable for Easter presents, which have just been received. Everything care fully selected to suit the public. SULZBACHER & SON. At the Opera Hoese Apiil l*t. Rev. Thomas Dixon, Jr., of New York, the celebrated lecturer, will lecture in the opera house on the evening of April 1st. The lecture will be given for the benefit of the Methodist church. ' Cabbage IMantn- Cabbage plants ready for set ting, 20c, per hundred. W. C. Blount. Our Grand Special Sale will continue through next week. Big values offered daily at B. H. Ruck er’s. Send in your subscription to the Daily Times, it costs only ten cents a week. Considerable damage was done iu the vicinity of Damascus, 10miles south of here, but no lives were lost. been learned from the surrounding country. the towering hills to their very summits, the elements keeping up Equivalent ad valorem under this blood curdling tumult for some ; ^' aw °* 1890, 49.08 per cent.; twenty minutes. The pheuome- under law of 1893, 39.5M per cent.; non was merely a prologue of UIU ‘ er proposed law, 57.03. the still more remarkable and tru- ly sublime pyrotechnic al show I Miss Mary Edwards has return- that was about to commence. 0( j am i w jn resume drees making Suddenly the spell bound popu- a ^ the eame place ,corner lace were thrilled beyond descrip- am i i) av greets, No. 117. tiou to see a misty moon-lit veil drop from the zenith, and extend darrott ing to the limits east and west, and forming a large semicircle on which appeared a diamond cross, blazing with what appeared to be a million incandescent lights. It flashed for about fifty seconds and disappeared; whereupon the heav ens set up another thunderous plaudit that made the earth trem ble with terror. In a moment more u mammoth blazing ?hip, similar to the cross so far as lights are concsrued, hung suspended on the calm veil-like sheet that hung -..w ...... Cow* ra»ture«l. The undersigned has control of over 150 acres of good grass lands ! and desires to pasture a limited j number of cows for the spring and summer mouths. Brice 25c. |each per week. Cows called for in the morning and delivered at night. My personal supervision. Apply to John K. Nii.ks. A Cliuucc Tor Some One to Win a First-CInsM Wheel—-ItemtJ o What Follow.s. On Saturday April 17,one day vie fore Easter Sunday, C. li. Bar ringer will give away one lady’s or gentleman’s bicycle. The con ditions of this plan areas follows; Below will be seen 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. II. Barringer and for every 10cent purchase you will be allowed one coupon-vote. A list of the names with the vote polled will appear in each issue of the Daily Times and Timks-Mlhskn- qkr. On Saturday, April 17, the person having the largest number of votes will get a first-class bicycle. Cut out the coupons and oast your ballots. TJ C rt BACK SWAMP BUBBLES. John Culleu, the marvelous baton expert with the Barlow Bros. Minstrels, is one of the youngest artists in his Hue iu the United States. He controls sev eral hundred maneuvers with the silver staff. He may be seeu Up to May 1 laat, whan 'the'Uah.es l he 8tre<!t P“ r “ d8 ° f rum law took ell'ect, there had 111,9 company, been chartered in the State only ~~~~ 845 clubs. From that date until , Naphtha Campho ta a protect,on „, , , . , from Moths. November 24 there were chartered , Lake’s Drug Store. 3 360 clubs, and between that time , W. R. Jackson sells one dozen and January 13au addition of 351 fine quality oranges for only i8c. was made—total 3,711. Subscribe this for paper Reliable Garden seed at Lake’s Drug Store. Uratid Dining at a Hi pliable Country Home—Tobacco Bet 9 * Id Fine Condition - Personal Meatlon, Has it raiued out your way? The farmers as a general rule are behind with their work. Miss Edna A. Clarke is on a visit to relatives in Sumter county. Little Walter, the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. T, Harllee, is much better at this writing. We hope he will soon be out with the other little ones. Mr. T. A. Clarke had the mis fortune to have a full blooded Jersey cow injured by being pushed off a canal bridge. He fears he will lose her. The tobacco beds are fine in these parts. The finest stands that we have ever had. Every thing points to a fine crop if care ful preparation is any sign. Miss Bessie, the accomplished daughter of Mr. E. M. Ewin, has charge of the school in our town ship, and from all we can learn she is doing fine work. Miss Bes sie, besides being an accomplished young lady is just such a one to win the admiration of those with whom she comes in contact. She is liked by all her scholars. Mr. Editor, you should have been with me on last Thursday. I know you would have enjoyed yourself. The event was a dining at the residence of Mrs. J. H. Clarke given by Mr. Perrineau Bacot to his friends. Mr. Bacot killed the Famous Holland Hill Turkev. To my personal knowl edge it was 8 years old. He weigh ed 24 lbs. and the slices from his breast measured “6 by 10” and furnished dinner for 23 grown peo ple, your humble scribe carved him, aud nothing was touched at the dinuer but the breast and one wing. The turkey was a wild one. Beautiful Hue of ox blood and tan shoes for misses and children just received at B. H. Rucker’s. with loud crashes of thunder. This mystifying spectacle was kept up for about twenty minutes, and various things passed in slow sequence, viz: an elephant, camel, a city, icebegs, a quaint old castle, gigantic cannon thousands of feet in length. Finally the heavens became black as ink and every thing grew calm, when great drops of blood-red rain bespotted the clothing of the awe-stricken spec tators aud painted the ground a dark Vermillion color. The like was never befere known or heard of here, and the phe nomena is the subjectof continual discussion by the thousands of North Carolinians who beheld it. Many think the signs are precur sory of awful war and carnage. THE MISSISSIPPI FLOOD. No More Break* in the Levee*—Two Thou sand Tents Wanted for Refugees in Meinplii*. Memphis, Tenu., March 22 —So far as can be ascertained there were no additional breaks in the levee system along the Mississippi to-day, but by far the greatest stretches of them, especially to the north, are unconnected with the outer world by wire, so that news from them must come through steamers, and none has arrived to-day. The river here has been about stationary to-day at 37 feet, though it is rising above. Broken levees there will perhaps serve to divert the water, so that no higher stage may appear on the local gauge. It was reported to-day at noon that three men, J. J. Nichols, his nephew, Nat McClure, and Joseph Fleming, were drowned yesterday at island 35, which is about twenty miles above this city. A family of negroes was also reported drowned, but con firmation is not to be had. Heavy rains last night and to-day caused the Tombigbee at Columbus, Miss., j to go up with a rush until it is now close to the stage attained five years ago, when a tremendous loss of life and property ensued. Heavy rain is still falling there. For Um Cltiaen* of Florence. To the Bailor of The Dally Time*: Having been solicited by a num ber of friends who have tho best hqa'-L L respectfully announce to the citi zens of Florence, through tho col umns of your paper, that 1 am a candidate for the ofiico of Mayer. I wish to state emphatically, that 1 am not a candidate of any particular party or faction, and that I am not offering myself on any particular issue, but my plat form is, as it always has been, for good government, low taxalion, economy, good roads, a proper, just and equal assessment on all real aud personal property, enforce ment of the laws, and special privileges to none. I claim to have the interests of Florence at heart, being a tax payer aud property owner, and, if elected, my endeavors shall all be centered on the upbuilding of Florence. My record as an alderman for the past three years stands for it self, and, if the line of policy as ndicated above, is what the citi zens of Florence desire, 1 ask for their suffrago at the coming elec tion. Respectfully, Howard L. Odiorne. Ntuiul* at tilt. Hea«l. Aug. j. Bogel, the leading drug gist of Shreveport, La., says: “Dr. King’s New Discovery is the only thing that cures my cough, and it is the best seller 1 have.” J. E. Campbell, merchant ot Safl'ord, Ariz, writes: “Dr. King’s New Dis covery is all that is claimed for it; it never tails, and is a sure cure for Consumption, Coughs and Colds. I cannot say enough for its merits.” Dr. King’s New Discovery for Con sumption, Coughs and Colds is not an experiment. It has been tried for a quarter of a century, and to day stands at the head. It never disappoints. Free trial bottles at T. D. Rhodes & Go’s, drug store. If Q— W __3 C_3 OQ C/3 ha U4 C£> 5E: pa ca OQ PC W < 2 w H < Q IT, <V o JZ V) t/f XI o 5 O cn Q I Cfl 4J —; O in ** <u C * w. V- nj x u c^> UJ i—a C_P OQ CO ha pa <pp ca pa OQ QO X) c rt w v o -C cn in' X W k—H < w H Q O ^ £ Q -2 w O ID * in Li <J CJD G x u Below is tho result up to the hour of night: of the vote closing last Mis* LillianHwall* Mr*. Clin*. Cole Mr*. T. C. Waters .... Miss Ada iiuKKln* J. Wlllte WUIIainaon Miss J. F. Hchoulxie Raveubl Lucas Mias Jennle Jackson Willie Baskina (’has. A. Buchbelt Jr Ml** Mary Hyrd James Willoughby Miss Mae Bowser .1322 .1278 .. 975 .. 7K7 . 120 .. 110 .. 79 >»••• •••••*•••••••••••• 75 74 ...... 71 45 45 20 These Shoes Merchants will find it to their interest to advertise in the Daily Times. General Insurance Agency OK SANBORN CHASE, Fire, Life & Accident Insurance. Surety Bonds Issued. FLORENCE. S. C —are made in Blacks and Tans, Razor or Coin Toe, each pair guaranteed by factory and C. 71. Barringer. Prices $1.38, $1.48, $1.73 and $2.10. Costs nothing to examine this line. A^C. H. BARRINGER. A splendid variety of Tobacco seed for sale at Palace Drug Store. Covington & McLeod. * Propr’a.