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fetSlK VfV, * .« ■WT- THE DARLINGTON NEWS. THURSDAY, JUNE.3, 1886. Port Office Honrs. Open from S.HO A. SI. lo 2 P. M. Open from *.30 P. M. to 7 P. M Down Mail Close* at 10.30 A. M Dp Slail Closes at 4.30 P. M ilartsrille, Lydia, Clyde and Stokes’ Bridge Mail leases eyery Monday, Wednes day sod Friday at 6 A. M. BLANCH 0. LAW, Postmistress- April 20, 1886. •e Darlington Reds to Florence came, Expecting to beat the Blues to shame, And (berate raise themselves to fame. And katk C (he Sumters out of a game, different the gay Blues without murmur until boys back borne to re- LOCAL ITELfES. Wk advise our Swift Creek re porter uot to read tbe daily papers at present as they are full of the marriage of President Cleveland to Miss Folsom. No services were held at the Methodist or Presbyterian Church es on Sunday, owing to the ab seuce of Revs. J. G. Law and P. 11. Jackson. Me. Jno. White; tinner, was called to Rockingham this week to assist in recovering one ot tbe cot ton factories and several stores un roofed by a storm on last Fr.day. These was'a very heavy rain of two or three hou[s duration on Monday about sundown, extending from below Timmonsville between Lake Swamp and Lynches River. There was no wind or hail, but one of the heaviest rains of tbe season. F. E. Norment, auditor, got in May 14, the tirst abstracts of per- aonal aod real property in tbe State for 1886. These abstracts were not due until June 30. They show an increase over last return of $280,000. AT a convention of Darlington Lodge, K. of P., Tuesday night, Past Chancellors, C. K. Rogers and D. D. Evans, were elected as dele gates to attend organization of a Grand Lodge, at Charleston, on June 5. The street brigade have cleaned ont the canal on the south side of the town and are now engaged on tbe connecting ditches. These have not been thoroughly cleaned in years and when complete will drain all that part of town lying south of Broad Street, and both sides of the Florence road. All the other ditch es have already been put in thor ough ’order. The notorious horse thief, W. W. Clark, was brought in and lodged in jail on* Monday morning by Sberiil Cole. Clark was arres ted at Shelby, N. C., where be had just come from Georgia with a stolen animal, lie was recognized by W. G. Clark, of Lancaster, a xail road contractor, and arrested by the North Carolina authorities. The prisoner has confessed to a good many of his depredations, lie is the one who stole Milling’s horse, G. E McCall’s mare, a saddle from E. M. Williamson, and lias given such iutormation that Mr. Henckle left Monday to get the McCall mare Mr. Milling will probably recover bis. The record of his stealing is a long one and iClark will probably lie an inmate of tbe State Hotel for years. Sheriff Oole has given a fresh proof of his «kill as a detective. It was through information procured by him, and a reward offered by himself together with private do- ecriptions sent out that the horse thief was arrested. The prisoner has been visited by several citizens who bad met him before. Since he was here he has shaved his beard, bat can still be recognized. Rase Rail. Tbe Wilmington Star of Tuesday and Wednesday of last week speak in praise of tbe playing of Garner and Woods, with the Marion Club, in tbe amateur contest with the Seasides. Tbe second series of Southern League games was finished on Saturday and the visiting clubs will now return to the East and com Dienccd to play tbe third series Monday. The Eastern clubs will now play together and the Western dabs will do likewise. Charleston goes to Macon and (days theie on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday; Savannah goes to An gusta, Atlanta goes to.Nashvi'Je and Chattanooga goes to Memphis There is no off day in the schedule this week. On Friday the clubs will swing around. Charleston go ing to Augusta, Savannah to Ma con, Atlanta to Memphis and Chattanooga to Nashville, Atlanta is ahead with 20 games won ; Char’eston is at the foot of the list with a credit of 10. Tuesday morning the Darlington dub went over to Sumter in the fsist mad to play with the Sam ter dab at the base ball grounds. Fifteen or twenty citizens went Great interest was taken in the game and a bulletin board was set op, and tbe dispatches as received, posted. On tbe first inning Dar lington stood 2. On the third inn ing Sumter made 2, on the eighth Darlington made 1, on the ninth Snmter made 3 and Darlington 1, giving tbe game to Sumter by a score of 5 to 4, It was a well play ed game for amatenrs, pnd a very large andience witnessed it. Dar lington expects to challenge Sam- ter for a game at an early date, to be played at Darlington. Tbe poetry (f) below is taken from tbe Florence correspondence of tbe Sumter Advance, written in referenoe to the match game played at Florence by the 2nd nines of the Florence and Darlington clubs.* If tbe poet of tbe Darlington clob cannot rhyme ont a better lot of words, we move that the Town Council order them to disband at 4>noe and leave town, on penalty of (an days in jail; Bat oh, bow Uat And worked tbe; seat The Dorliogtoa lent Their defeat. And what the Diamond point* meant. The Blue* gagged the Reds with 20 and 6, ’Twas done very artful—before they could fix. Eight inning* were of the reds Who scored just eighteen, in spite of confeds.”- played against nine TIMMONSVILLE, —Maj. R, D. F. Rollins died at bis home near this place on the 28th ultimo; aged 66 years. —Plenty of rain and crops are growing fast. The stand of cotton is uot good; oats only about one- baif of a crop. —Dysentery prevails to some ex tent in our community. —Prof. Cbas. A, Smith’s school will close on the 24th instant, with a grand commencement. —Some talk of the fall elections. Most ot onr people are in favor of primary elections. —Dr. Byrd excarsion to 22ud instant. —May apples and plums are on the market. Eggs are plentiful at 10 cents a dozen. B. proposes to run Columbia about DOVESVILLE. —Crops looking well. —Not needing rain just now. —Oats will be harvested soon. —Very little sickness in this sec tion at this writing, and we trust it will continue so; bat what will the doctors do ! —Mr. \V. L. Flowers, one of our go-a-head and progressive farmers has a fine crop indeed, and tbe beauty of it is, he has it thorough ly cleaned and in good order. Ho has a good set of plow and hoe hands. He says his oats will tutu out better this year than last. —Our school will have its exhi bition on or about the 16th instant. We will, at our next writing, state tbe time and the day. It will be a public exhibition, and we extend to all a cordial invitation to be present. —Our “new shoe-maker,” we be lieve, is doing a good business. EARLY’S X ROARS. —All crops are growing wHl. —No pic nics in prospect. What is tbe matter! —Reading clubs are all the rage, and we are glad to see them pros per. —We bear much talk about grass liars, fish liars, and crop liat s, but for stiaigbtout funny lying, on all subjects, we can produce a man who is deserving of the whole bak ery shop. Don’t forget to remem ber it. —Much is said about the typical majors of our country, and we re gret that so many of them have succumbed to the seductive infiu- enco of mountain dew and oilier brands of corn juice, but a few are still It ft and they occasionally get off'some good things. One of our majors got off, among other good things last week, a pair of pants that had adopted the 15th amend ment, and was looking tor at least five more amendments. —Political questions are begin uing to agitate in a mild way our people. The majority ot our citi zens like to talk politics, and keep pretty well posted. Many are the surmises as to who will succeed Capt. (Joker, in the event ot his uot allowing Himself to be returned. Two candidates are very favorably s|>okcii of by many citizens in Swift Creek and Hartsville Townships— either of whom would make good Senators. The Legislature will pro bably be a little shaken up, with possibly some changes as the result, nut it will uot materially effect the price of piuders in Wilmington. —A question involving much ar gument and a little bitterness, even in this isolated community, was happily settled in your last issue, and tbe country is saved. The ques tion wag the certainty as to who was the first man on the roof of the building and recklessly braved tbe dangers of tbe burning chimney a short time ago, and the man unless to be bo '<1 who threw down everytbiL„ and appeared first at tbe post of duty at tbe engine house. All we have to say is, that such prompt action in time of great danger, shows a heroism unexcelled and deserving of higher encomiums than have been awarded these gen tlemen by the press at large. CENTRE. —We have had some very re freshing rains, and the boys will have to pick up tbeir hoes or Mas ter Green will take possession. —The Centro has been still and quiet fora longtime—taking a rest, you know, so we thought we would step forth and let you bear from us again. bear from yon where Skilletts- —Sam, let us again, and tell ns ville is, what it is bounded by and whether it sits on legs or not and if it bus aflat bottom. Dovesville. I do not know wbat you will do with your Baptist sin ner. Guess, however, you will have to talk poetry to him, a id oc casionally send him in a boquet. * —Swift Creek, can’t you aftord a name! If yon can’t, just let us know and we will try and look you up a sobriquet. —We agree with the reporter from the Cross Ro.ids, and like t > hear from the president, but w% like to read something new some times. —Now, Mr. E. L. G., of Lamar, we will very respectfully ask you a few questions. First, we would like to know bow large is the city you call Lamar ! We think it must be wonderful. We notice the city can alibi'd two reporters, and we want to know if it is running tbe dry ticket ! Guess that is the rea son we bear from you sc often. —The Rev. G. B. Moore preach es at Hub Hill tbe first and third Sunday afternoons in each mouth, and bow we do love to bear him preach! Gentlemen, when you are carrying your best girl, bold your reins tight, if you don’t, some time you may hSve to spend a lit tle money on ycur baggies. We wish it particularly nfiderstood that our seats are free and we like large congregations. Simon. SKILLETSVILLE ITEMS. —Frogs is on the increase, so is flies and all kinds of agents. —There is much sickness in this settlement, but the abundance ot doctors is equal to tbe rush ot bu si ness. —The long dry spell was broken into a few days ago and Skiiletts- ville is save^from an awful calam ity. Many of our citizens feared a collard famine as tbe plant was fast drying out, but all is uot gloom to iSkillettsville folks now. —The Darlington News is about tbe only papt r that comes to this town. We will try and get yon some subscribers next fall, as tbe punier patches look better than ever before at this season of tbe year. About tbe only books read now are the various almanacs. Our crops are looking flue and the tur peutine schooners crowd tbe roads going to Darlington and Uamdeu. —The Skillettsvilie consolidated reading club had its tirst grand ral ly in tbe old log school-house last Saturday night, Dandy Jim in the chair. Bill Simkins was elected crRic. Bill wanted to know of the audience what was a critic! What had a critic to do with a reading club anyhow, and would the chair enlighten him as tolhe duties of sa d office ! Bill has been twice a delegate from this place to tbe couu ty convention and is hard to down on parliaiuentums and such like. The chair told him that his duties were simply to notice each reader and correct all mistakes they might make. Then the president looked into a little book and said there would have to be a secretary elect ed.n Miss Zola Damperinll was elected as she knew a right smart about reading and figuring and wri ting and was a graduate of Pit Hall Academy. After the officers were all got into their places. Pres ident Jim made an awful highfalu tin speech, in which he thanked all hands for the great unmerited hon or they had loaded him with by making him president of the Skil- lettsvide Consolidated Read i n g Club. He would always led proud of it and hoped that, under his ad ministration, the club would grow stronger every day All communi ties iiad pros|>erotis reading clubs, and why not Skillettsvilie! lie would see to it that our people keep fully abreast ot the times. The c ub should have a motto and he had selected three; they were, 'vE pluribus uuim,” “Excelsior” and “Sic semper tyrannis.” He thought the latter sound’d better and would look well on a shield which each member ot the Consolidated should wear. He knew that in assuming the awful responsibilmes of j.resi dent of the dub, the danger!? that surrounded him and tbe snares.that would be set to entrap him, but lie defied tbem all; bis sole object was to work fearlessly, untiringly ami zealously for tbe success of the reading club Here, Bill Simkins. got up and seconded the motion; he had been trying bard all along to get an opening to second tbe mo tion, but tbe president was warmed up, be just spit in Ins bands, took a gourd of water and went on. He said when he gazed around bim at such an array < f iovliness(be allud ed to tbe ladies), could be be blam ed for feeling proud ! No! And be didn’t care a fillibuster wbo blam ed him. (Here, Sal Green, wbo was sitting by the desk, turned her wavy blue eyes on Dandy Jim and sort 6’ snickered). Jim went on and said that every man ought to etand firm when duty called on him, and he was going to stand firm. Bill Simkins wos mighty uneasy for a long time, and finally jumped up and seconded the motion ; which was about tbe best thing Bill ever did, for it flustrated Jim so. much that he quit shore off and sat down ; he seemed to be wound up to run 24 hours. It was now time for tbe reading to commence, but as no one bad brought a book and as the only book found in tbe teacher’s desk was one called “Love and courtship made easy,” aud the fat splinters had given out tbe club adjourned to meet that night two weeks. All went tbeir several ways home, through tbe woods, feeling power ful full of information , intellect and Dandy Jim. Sam. Call at the Council Room and see a lot of samples of new goods just receiver! from the clothing house of Jacob Reed & Sous, in all the latest summer styles. Dress, business, military aud other suits made to or der aud fit guaranteed, may 13 Henry Brown, agt. - -- . :«i*V V J, Gregg McCall. j ^ ^n.i/s r i ’01l| B V lit 111: SHOES “Keep eool and let your •hair grow.” Samm r Clothing at hot weather Prices. SEE!: L: KEKS, LINEN AND SILK SEr.RSlJCKERS, CO CO f ^^*-4 | >1 i T h : i®! -ZAUNTD f iiimsnm; A Specialty. AT SIGN OF THE BIG BOOT. I J. Gregg McCall. March 25, 1S86. 3 m IS,-JIT C. <3-0 TO THE DARLINGTON JEWELRY STORE OJF JAMES H. M A S O jtf, PEAK!. STREET, F O Tl BEST WATCHES THIS IS WITHOUT DOUBT THE B K ST $1 SHIRT M A I) E. BEST MATERIALS AND PERFECT FITTING. Edwards Ac Norme SOLE AGKN li3, The Best WAG ,4 fa vl In the State for the Price —IS AT— JOHN SISKRON’S F’’ A. CTO n Y Call on him lie fore purchasing and examine liin Stock of Fur- niturc, Wagons, Buggies and Harness. 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