Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I Put Yoor Wants ..IN... TEE BMLY TIMES. TtlB HLQRENeE DHILY TIMES. rivet you* Eyes ...ON... OUR ADS. | VOL. III. FLORENCE. S C. THURSDAY EVENING. MARCH 25. 1897 No. 187. LOCALS lb BRIEF. Short Paragraphs of Home Hap penings. ballads at each p«ifornaanc«. Piicea for admission will bo 25, 50 and 75 cents. A SHOCKING GONE SKYWARD AN OFFICIAL VICTORY. store# to I'loae at T OVIoek. All the merchants of the city, except two, have consented to close their stores at 7 o’clock beginning next Thursday, April 1st. and con- Prruonal and General Mention of Home . . in ..... .. tn.uing through the summer Kll „ w . months. One of the two geutle- No special notice or eommuni- who refused to sign the peti- ration of any kind of more than Uou has since expressed himselt one-half column in length will be as being in favor of the movement received later than 12 o’clock of and will very probably fall in line the day on which publication of j the others. 1 he clerks are such is desired. happy, and it is very natural that | they should be, on the success of To AdvertiMrs in the Iwily Tm.es. movemeu t. \y e commend the On and after 1 uesday, Jan. 19, merchants for their action in the new advertisements and changes of ma ^ er advertisements must be sent in not — TRAGEDY. Paris Mountain the First Choir* of the Teaehers. Prof. Wardlaw has A FREE BICYCLE. Solicitor Thurmond Shoots Mr. W. G. Harris, i SpanWt. Claim to Have Kille.l <7 Cuban* in Hattie. , # written to Habana, March 2t.— General j ® 0llt h Carolina ('ollege faculty Linares reports that his command that the executive committee of of 1.600 men, comprising infantry. The State Teacher's association 1 has decided upon Paris Mountain as the place for the annual ,meot- cavalry and artillery, left Songo, in the province of Santiago de Cuba, and at La Sal ranch encoun- Cut the Coupons Out And Cist Your Ballot. later than n o’clock of the day on which it is desired that they ap pear. Otherwise, they will not appear until the next day. Mrs. J. E. Ellerbe spent last night in the city. Miss Lillian Janney.of Virginia, is visiting Miss Nettie Evans. Mr. A. L. Evans, ofCheraw, was! registered at the Central last i Rodgers night. County treasurer R. D. Rollins, of Williamsburg county, is in the city. Mrs. John W. Moore and daugh ter have returned home after a pleasant visit to relatives at cile. 1.081. Master Car and Locomotive Painter’s Association pin, engine and coach engraved on front with the following letters M. C. tSr L. P. A. 1870. My name on back cut with a knife. Reward for return to. G. R. Casey, R. R. Shop. Hay and grain for sale by 8. D. M 25-lw. Mr. James Johnson has Steam Laundry Kstablmhcd. Mr. C. H. Barringer, one of our enterprising young merchants, has established a steam laundry at No. 206 Dargan street. Though just begun, he has attracted con-* Lu- siderable custom, and will, in all probability be well patronized by the citizens of Florence and sur- , . , ^ g-'en roun ji D g towns and cities. Mr. up his position with Geo. P>. Mur- o ^ t • j _ i. * ^ . . tt Barringer is an enterprising and hustling young man. We wish rell & Co., Queensdale. He will leave for Savannah in a few days to accept a position on the F. C. & P- R. R. him much success. Urown Leghorn Egg*. I have the genuine single comb Brown Leghorn fowls that are non eggs at 11.oo An old negro man was trying to .wu a baby tattl. U «h£, «•«.. setters Ml moriimg. tw he| p( , ri3 Either leave at this office or apply to the under- I. E. Watson, Dairy Farm. The following names have been cabbage runt*- drawn as jurors for the United Cabbage plants ready for set- States court to be held in Charles- ting, 20c, per hundred, ton the fir*t week in May : Grand W. C. Blount. Jurors—Smiley A. Gregg and W. approached was our friend Major Swope. The Major didn’t make • , .. u ' l signed the purchase, however. R. Jackson. Petit Jurors—George DuBose and R. C. Saverance. Upturned the Wio.ftoo. State Treasurer Timmerman re- Tb* lilt date for paying eieou- ceivod a check for *10,000 yester- tions for Stale and county taxesIron, Clemson College. This in the hands of the sheriff will be is amount the college overdrew Saturday, April 3rd. After that,the appropriation two or three tiny the property will bo adver- years ago, owing to clerical error tised for sale. This is important and which the board of trustees de- to delinquents, so paste this no- termined at its last meeting to re- tice in your hat for reference. ! turn to the State.—Columbia Reg- A portion of the rescued passen- | i ster . gers of the steamship Niagara. which was towed into Charleston harbor yesterday in a disabled condition, passed through Florence last evening in Pullman sleepers eu route for the north. Mr. Arthur McEwen one of the editors of the New York Journal, with his fam ily, was among the passengers. Mr. O’K. W. Howard, who has recently severed his connection with The Herald, left Monday eve ning for his home in Florence. Mr. Howard made many friends during his stay in Dillon who sin cerely regret his departure and would be glad to welcome him back among us whenever he would be pleased to return.—Dillon Herald. The great Barlow Bros. Minstrel company will give their perform ance in the opera house to-night. Marvelous voices are possessed by the singers of this company. Among the vocalists are Thos. Cow# Cantu red. The undersigned has control of over 150 acres of good grass lands and desires to pasture a limited number of cows for the spring and summer months. Price 25c. each per week. Cows called for in the morning and delivered at night. My personal supervision. Apply to John K. Niles. Merchants will find it to interest to advertise in the Times. their Daily Go to C. I>. Brinton for nice bananas, oranges, lemons, best raisins, currants, dried apples, jelly, butter, cheese, etc. Best cigars, cheroots, all grades chew ing and smoking tobacco etc., etc. The first piece of beefsteak that ever reached the gold fields of Alaska sold for $48 per pound. The piece of beefsteak was carried Crockett, the phenotn mal male two hundred and fifty miles by soprano; Bert Gilderoy, Stereop- Thomas O'Brien, from Forty-mile ticon singer; Chas. D. Klmay, Creek to Circle City, and weighed high baritone, VvGH G. Muck, a fraction over ten pounds. It primo bass\ R. E. Moody, bari- was put on exhibition at Circle tone, and the wonderful basso pro- City, and attracted much atteo- fuudo, Ed. C. Samson. Little tion, and was subsequently dis- Eddie Samson, the beautiful boy posed of for $480, the proceeds go- vocalist from the choir of Grace ing to swell the miners’ hospital Church Chicago, will render pretty fund at that place. The Well-Knowu Salesman of the Murray Drug Company—But One Eye Witness. Edgefield, March 24.—A sad and unfortunate homicide occurred here at 6 o’clock this afternoon. Solicitor Thurmond shot and kill ed W. G. Harris, a drummer for The Murray Drug company of Columbia, S. C. Mr. Harris is a nephew of Collector of Internal Revenue Townes and sou of W. G. Han is, a prominent citizen of Edgefieli) county. The trouble, it seems, arose out of the fact thaf while Mr. Thur mond wap a member of the State legislature he recommended that Governor Evans appoint a gentle man named Glover as magistrate instead of Harris, the old incum bent and father of the deceased. Since Mr. Thurmond has been so licitor he had nothing whatever to do with recommending applicants for positions of magistrate, but under Governor Ellerbe’sadminis tration Mr. Harris, senior, wss again au applicant, but Glover, who was appointed by Governor Evans, was re-appointed by Eller be. Mr. W. G. Harris deceased, seenred to think that Solicitor Thurmond was instrumental m having it done and about it he accosted Solicitor Thurmond this afternoon at about 5 o’clock in the drug store of W. E. Lynch. Mr. Harris, it is said, had been drinking and used very hot lan- age. Thurmond, to avoid difii- iCyfcctr store and went to his office. He was there engaged at work when Mr. Harris passed by on the way to his hotel, in company with Capt. DuBose, the proprietor. On reaching the doorway to Thurmond’s office Harris stopped. Capt. DuBose walked ou a few steps. The sub ject of former discussion was again brought up by Harris, the latter finally saying to Thurmond that he (Thurmond) had acted like a “G—d d—d dog and scoundrel,” and threw hie hand to his pocket as if to draw his pistol and placed his foot on Thurmond’s doorstep. Thereupon Thurmond fired from where he was sitting. Harris stag gered backwards and fell upon the sidewalk. He got up aud walked a few paces, when he fell dead. The ball eutered from the front just below the shirt stud aud pass ed into the cavity of the heart. A jury of inquest has been sum moned, and, after viewing the body adjourned until to-morrow. Great regret is felt here over the occur rence. Solicitor Thurmond was never known to have had any trou ble before and is regarded by everybody as a peaceful and law- abiding citizen. He surrendered himself and is now in jail. He is completely overcome by ihe mis fortune. He has retained Messrs. Croft & Tillman and N. G. Evans to defend him.—The State. . . « • Important for the Ladle#. We cordially invite the ladies of our city to caU 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 <fc SON. ing, aud June 30, as the date, pro- tered several parties of rebels uu- vided au auditorium be erected |der the leadership of Cebreco, with If not they propose to meet at the 1 whom they had a sharp engage South Carolina college, July 19-22. ment- The rebels were finally ‘It is said that the auditorium will forced to retire from their posi- be built, heuce the committee's decision is for Paris Mountain. j Spanish troops. lu responce to Prof. Wardlaw « It is reported that the camp of letter, the members of the faculty Calixto Garcia's column has been requested Dr. Flinn to say that ,captured by the Spaniards after a the faculty regretted the commit- severe struggle at the conclusion I »» <» 1 1 I f A L. ^ * * Jt ... V ('Imiice For Some One to Win a First-Class Wheel—Kend| ><> What Follows. On Saturday April 17,oueday be fore Easter Sunday, C. H. Bar ringer will give away one lady’s ,• i • , • j u .l or gentleman's bicycle. The con- tions, which were occupied by the , ” . , . , J 1 ditionsof this plan are as follows; Below will be seen two coupons. tee’s inability to accept their in vitation. They expressed their of which the insurgents were found to have left 16 of their number 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 belief that it would be prejudicial dead on the field. The capture of i a i ,owed 0110 cou P ou * votfl - A liat to the association’s interests to the camp was e^cted by a dash- f ; 7 VOt6 meet so late as July 19, at any ing cavaljry chjurg**. The rebels place in the State, because at that were re-info rood by the band un time all professors and teacher^ dor Rabi, and awaited the troo|A would be scattered to their homes, nt Baire Aarriba, but were obliged planes of summer rest, summer to retire to a point within sight schools or other summer work for of Jiguani. In thecourse of these their own improvement and for journeys and the engagements the the good of their schools. Hence'rebels lost 27 men killed. The a good attendance could not be Spaniards had one lieutenant and secured, for travel in such circum- jfour privates wounded, stances would be iuconvomeut and By order of Captain General! expensive. Besides many of the , Weyler, Isabella Rafael Bourke,! college faculty had formed plans an English prisoner, who had that would involve their absence.; been for some time detained at Ihe faculty expresses the hope | Cioufuegos, was yesterday released. will appear in each issue of the Daily Times and Times-Mkssen- (i K It. On Saturday, April 17, the person having the largest number of votes will get a first-class bicycle. Cut out the coupons and east your ballots. (/) that the association will meet in Columbia next year. The invita tion will probably be rewarded for that time.—The State. PRIZES FOR TWO INVENTORS. One for « Bicycle Brake and tlie Other for a Monkey Wrench. A highly interesting competition between a large number of new inventions has just been decided by a very distinguished Board of Awards, and a handsome cash prize and solid gold medal award ed as the result of the decision. For some time the patent firm of John Wedderburn & Co., of Wash ington, D. C., have given a month ly reward of $150 to the inventor who should sutmit the best in vention from the standpoint of simplicity, novelty and utility. The Board of Awards, composed of Senator William Stewart, of Nevada, chairman; Representa tive Claude A. Swanson, of Vir ginia; Mr. John C. Eckloff, cash ier of the Second National Bank of Washington, and Messrs. A. C. Moses, of W. B. Moses’ Sons, and Frederick E. Woodward, of Wood ward & Lathrop, two of the lead ing merchants of the capital city. This board has just selected the prize winners in the contest par ticipated in by inventors who sub mitted their devices during the month of January. The prize of $150 goes to William Taylor, of Kearney, N. J., the inventor of a bicycle brake of simple construc- Go to H. $. Rose for fertilizers cash or time. MEISSONIER'S M807. M The Painting of th« Napolaonic Wars Nbw in York. Meissonier’s favorites among his own pictures were the “Siege of Paris,” the “Death Scene,” which is at Amsterdam; the “Barricade," which he had presented to Eugene Delacroix; the “Prayer," the “Vir gin of St. Mark," the “Tuileries," “3ameon," “1807" aud “1814.” The “1807" is in the New York Metro politan museum, having Deed bought by the late A. T. Stewart and pre sented to the museum by his busi ness successor, Judge Hilton. It is one of the artist’s largest and most labored works, aud he appears to have been at infinite pains to se cure histoycal accuracy in the de tails. For instance, he learned from an officer who had served under Ney that that general had been in the habit of wearing his capote with the sleeves hanging loose, after the fashion of a hussar's jacket; and Ney is so painted in the picture. Having adverted to his idea of giving merely a hint of war’s destruction by the trampling down of a field of un ripe grain, he adds: “How many difficulties might I not have avoided by replacing this green wheat with dust!" Doubtless, the trouble that the picture had cost him made it seem to him more perfect than it really is. Yet he always regretted not having begun it earlier, when there were more veterans of the Na poleonic wars alive to supply him with further details. An unacknowledged feeling of dis satisfaction with the picture partly on this, partly on purely artistic grounds, was perhaps at the bottom of his painting the subject all over & W to o $ tion, aud the gold medal to Theo dore G. Thomas, of Laraarque, Texas, for a monkey wrench of novel design. — — — Reliable Garden seed at Lake’s Drug Store. Subscribe for this paper. again in water colors, quite as much as the desire to have It engraved. This water color was bought, for two hundred thousand francs by a M. Simond. The original picture cost Judge Hilton two hundred and fifty thousand francs. We need hardly add that it is now considered one of the chief treasures of the Met- 1 eonolitan museum.—Art Amateur. Motif* Fowor From Sanbeani*. t-u ! Prof. George M. Minch in, the En* Ask to flee our line of children gllsh astronomer, recently made the and misses, hosiery we are selling announcement that by the use of Below is the result of the vote up to the hour of closing last night: Mis# Lillian avail# J.*M3 Mr#. L’has. Cole 1302 Mm. T. C. Water# 1031 Ml## Ada Huttuln# 7K7 J. Willie Williamson 137 Ml#« J. F. Hcbouboe ns futvenel Lucas - 79 Miss Jennie Jackson 75 Willie BuKklus .... 71 ('has. A. Huchhelt Jr., 71 Janie# Willoughby . 53 Ml#a Ma ry Byrd 43 M Ik# Mae Bowner 7a These Shoes at 5 cents per pair at Rucker’s. Our entire line of wash silks beautiful paterus all go at 19 cents at Rucker’s. Naphtha Campho is a protection from Moths. Lake’s Drug Store. i Advertising pays. UreMmaklng. Miss Mary Edwards has return ed and will resume dress making j _T .' at the same place .comer Jarrott General Insurance Agency and Day streets, No. 117. — OK FOUND—In Penny store a gold necklace. Owner can have same by proving property and paying for this advertisement. Apply at Penny’s store- SANBORN CHASE, Fire, Life & Accident Insurance. Surety Bonds Issued. Pham a. FLORENCE. 5. C photo-electric cells, consisting of two metals immersed in a liquid hydro- | carbon, affixed to a telescope in the place of the eyepiece, lie had obtained a measurable electromotive force by exposure to starlight alone. The light ! of Venus gave a force of about one- tenth volt, and that of .Serius one-fif teenth volt. The purpose of the ex periment was mainly to ascertain with greater certainty, by a most delicate teat, the relative brightness of start.— ' 1 ^ j u r Philadelphia Baeord? j ‘ ach P a,r Guaranteed by factory and C. ’A. Barringer. Prices $1.38, O !s ,. +x> and ,,.,0. Costs nothing to examine this line. V C H. BARRINGER. Tans^ —arc made in Blacks Razor or Coin Toe, Senior Partner (returning from vaca tion).—Who brought dot ting in our store? Take it oud, right avay! Junior Partner—Vet’s der matter? — - Dot’s a new patent vatar cooler I a splendid variety of Tobacco 1 “ t ™ k - . „ , seed for sale at Palace Drug Store. Senior Partner (much reli«v.d).-Ohl j COVINGTON & McLkoD. —dot'a different.—I thought it vas a Ira egatingnisber!—Puck. Propr’a.