The Darlington news. (Darlington, S.C.) 1875-1909, July 19, 1888, Image 3
THURSDAY, JULY 19, 1888.
LOC-A-Xj items.
Messes. Scud lay and Moore ex
changed pulpits on Sunday morn
ing last.
B. W. Boyd, Esq., has been elect
ed one of the Vice-Presidents of
the Stale Teachers’ Association.
Seven bales of cotton were
shipped from this depot during the
month of July.
MB. W. M. Hoggins, a worthy
citizen of Cypress Township, is
announced for County Commission
er in this issue.
MR. 0. Alexander has gone to
New York to spend a portion of the
summer, his family having | reced
ed him there several weeks ago.
Me. Oe rge W. Pettigrew, one
ot the leading citizens of the lower
part of the County, is announced
lor the Legislature.
Mr Louis Wilds, of Fairfield
County, after an absence of five
years from bis old home in Dar-
lingtou has returned on a visit to
his brother, Mr. R. E. Wilds.
Business men would do well to
bear in mind the fact that the mail
closes a half hou 1 * earlier since the
change in schedule, namely, at ten
o’clock.
Mb. J. A. Byrd, the efficient tele
graph opera' or and assistant agent
at the depot, is off for a short vaca
tion, his place being temporarily
tilled by Mr. J. F. Parnell.
Messes. Evan J. Lide, Clifton 8
Huggins and George E. Dargan
left ou Siituiday for Cleveland
Springs, where they will spend a
poitiou of the summer.
The brick kilu near Tallulah
Spring is now turning out 30,000
bricks a day, and they are the finest
quality which have ever been made
in this neighboihood.
Mb. D F Houston, who lias
been on a t^it to bis brother in
Monroe, N. C, since ihe close of
the session oi the South Carolina
College, has returned home. '
Messrs. R. T. Caston. W. S.
Jackson and A. G. Koliock, of Che-
raw, snri Mr. H. A. Brunson, of
Florence, were in town on Friday
to attend the moonlight fete.
AT a grand military ball to be
given the Governor and bis Stafi
during the Eiiciimpnient at Green-
vile, General James and Capt. J.
K. Mclver will act as members of
the Committee ou Reception.
An altercation which occurred
betw en two young operatives at
the Factory on Thursday last, re
suited in one of them receiving a
painful hu< not serious wound in
the arm iroin a knife.
A FINK -et ot scales capable ol
accommodating two and a half tons,
together with a lot of the most ap
proved agricultural implement'*,
have been received at the Experi
mental Station.
Work has been begun on the
new btidge over the branch which
flows from the Mineral Spring, and
under the efficient supervision of
Capt. Blackwell it will soon be com
pleted.
Mr. William Milling, a former
resident of Darlington, who lor the
past two years has resided in Paris,
Texas, is in town on a visit to his
relatives His many friends were
delighted to see him again,
Tickets to Greenville for the
Encampment will be ou sale on
Monday morning, and will lie good
for ten days; fare for the military
93.70 for the round trip; for civil
ians, 98.60.
Messrs. W. H. Evans and T. H.
Spain, who have filled so satisfac
torily the respective offices of
School Commissioner and Judge of
Probate, are announced in this
iS'Ue as candidates lor reuomina-
tion.
The tent of the Holiness Asso
elation, which has been at the de
pot since the meeting of that body
in this place, was removed on Mon
day to Sardis Church, in the Anti
och section, where a large camp
meeting will begin to-day.
Mb. W. B. Bonham, who is the
travelling agent for the Charleston
World, has been in town for several
days looking alter the interests of
that progressive journal. A fine
letter from him desoiibiug the town
appeared in the B'or/d yesterday.
Pbof. J Allen Holt, Principal
Of Oak Ridge Institute, North Caro
lina, was ou a visit to Darlington
a few days since, and paid u« a
pleasant visit. Tbe Professor has
several cadets from this Conmy,
who are a credit to bis institution.
The first services will be held in
the Episcopal Chapel on Sauday,
Augnst 6, at 11.30 A. M., and at
9 P. M. They will be condnoted
by Rev. John Kershaw, of Sumter,
and the public are cordially invited
to attend them.
Afl tbe Adjutant General of the
Third Brigade s unable to attend
the Encampment* at Greenville,
Capt. T. S. Lucas, of Society Hill,
has been appointed to act in his
Stead on that occasion. It is need
less to state that tbe service will be
most efficiently performed.
Thb resident correspondent of
the OkarUtton World recently sent
down a letter enumerating the d f-
ferent buildings which are in coarse
in Darlington. That
headed t he communication
is: ‘‘They Never Mind
Booms and
l
wsau
On the 21st of July, the re union
of the survivors of the Pee Dee
Light Ariillery will be at the Min
eral Spring, near the Fair Ground.
W. P. Cole, E. Keith Dargan, E, J.
C. Byrd an.| J. o. Biunsnu, consti
tute the committee of arrange
meuts.
Mb. John McSween has been
drawn as a grand juror to serve for
the October term of the United
States Court to be held in Charles
ton, and Mr. John Kuker, will
serve as petit juror tor the same
Court to be held at Columbia in
November.
Sew Trial Granted-
The case of Theorlore L. Caiter
vs. Lawrence L. Rose, in which J.
P. McNeill, Esq., appealed lor the
ji’aimiff and E. O. Woods, Esq , for
the defendant, as 1 itely published,
is to i.o tried again. Ml* Wood*
made a motion before Trial Justice
Sanders for a new trial, on certain
legal grounds and the motion was
granted.
We received a
visit on Saturday
A. G. Koliock, of the Cheraw Re
porter. Mr. Koliock is a “live”
newspaper man, and under his
efficient management the Reporter
will soon become one of the leading
journals of tho Pee Dee Section.
The South Carolina Railtoad
will ran excursions to Charleston
and Sullivan’s Island every Satur
day during the summer. W hat a
pity tho Atlantic Coast Lino could
not be prevailed upon to adopt the
same plan for tho accommodation
of the people of this section J
Mb. L. I. Parrott, the popular
S enographer of the Third Circuit,
lett on a visit to Kentucky recently.
He will return about August 1,
bringing with him one of the tairest
daughters of the “Blue Grass”
Section, who will bo warmly wel
comed by her new friends iu Dar
lington.
The mail on the route from Dar
lington to Lydia, Stokes Bridge,
Ashland, Clyde and Hartsville is
now carried by Mr. A. L. Welsh,
who performs tho work in a very-
satisfactory manner, and returns to
Darlington by six o’clock instead
of after dark as was the case with
his predecessor.
The Ginning, Milling, Fertilizer
and Warehouse Company” has
been duly organized with Mr. C. S.
McCullough as Pn-sidi-nt, and
books of subscription will t>c open
ed to day at the office of McCul
lough, Blackwell & Co. The cor
poration will shortly erect a com
modious building of corrugated
iron near the depot.
The crops ihroughout the Coun
ty are slill sutleriug for rain. The
steady drizzle which fell • retty
genera ly during the day on Sun
day did not do more than moisten
the top soil. Corn is already con
siderably damaged, hut cotton can
still do well if the rain comes .soon.
The weed, generally speaking, is
small for this season of the year,
but is well laden with fruit.
Mu. S. M. Furman, who has been
living in Fort Worth Texas lor the
past nine years, visited his num
erous relatives in the County this
week. His father, Dr. Ki hard
Furman, one of the moat • isiing-
uished divines of the Baptist
Church iu Irs day, was tdeutiticd
with Darlington, he having mar
ried here and having p ssed a c n-
siderabh* portion ot bis uselul life
within its borders.
A TELEGRAM has been rce ived
from one of the mo.-t prominent
citizens of the town ot Bennetts
ville stating that tho C- uiity Ci»u
vention which was held there on
Monday instructed its delegates to
vote for Primaries for tbe Congres
sional i ouiination The same au
thority su>s that three oftbe six
delegates sent are pionouuced
Dargan men, though the Netc* and
Courier repot is that i he w hoi** dele
gation is instructed for Newon.
An Efficient Officer Discharged.
Capt. J. E. Suhoiiboe, the effi-
eieut Deputy Collector of Intern U
Revenue for tins District, has been
very pleasant discharged, owing to the appropria
last from Bro. tion for bis department having been
reduced by Congress. Capt. Schou
boe has received a letter from the
Collector of internal Revenue, ex
pressing regret that this course was
necessary, and complimenting him
in the v«-ry highest tenns, as being
a most efficient public officer. Capt.
C. A. Malloy now lias charge of
this District.
A Most Successful Worker
Representative Dargan, in his
quiet, dignified way, is a most suc
cessful worker in committee, ami
his word on any subject that he has
examined is seldom called in quos
tion by bis associates. His reports
are models of fine English, alwa.ts
brief and thoroughly comprehen
sive.— Washington Cor. Netcs and
Courier.
County Tax Settlement.
D H. Traxler, Treasurer of Dar
lington Co., has made the following
settlement with the Comptioller-
Geueral: Total State tax charged
919,231.77; commissi ns, 1419.90;
abatedb> Compt roller G«neral, 924.
57; nulla bona, 9958 80; forfeited
to tbe State, 9347.76; iu hands of
sheriff, 81.74 ;paid State Treasurer,
817,479.
Eclipse ot the Moon.
An eclipse of the moon will occur
on the 22ud of July and will be
more interesting th in the one of
January 28th. The diameter of the
earth’s sh idow will be much larger
at that time in proportion to the
diameter of the moon, darkening
tbe surface more, totally. It will
take place at midnight, when the
moon is higher in the heavens, and
it will be visible in this section.
Base Ball-
After the defeat of the home
team by the Palmetto club it was
hoped that the boy s would redeem
tbemselves iu tbe next game. But
this they did not. The game be
tween Darlington and Swift Creek
was a poor apology for bail play
ing and was nothing more than a
comedy of errors. Though Dar
lington won by a score of 21 to 17
the victory reflected no credit npou
the team. Tbe.club left for Sum
ter by private conveyances on Tues
day and played the club at #iat
place yesterday, from thence
they will go to jOatnden playing
there thia morning and afternoon.
As the team has been greatly
strengthened it is hoped that they
will do better abroad than they
bay* done of late at home.
Changes in Railroad Schedule
Some important changes have
been made in the schedu'e on the
Cheraw & Darlingion Railroad.
The down train now h-aves Wades
boro at 2.50 P. M., arriving at Che
raw 4 15 P. M. There is no change
in the anivul of the down train at
Dai lington, the time still being 5.35
P. M. It arrives at Palmetto, how
ever, at 5.48 and at Florence at
0.05. In the schedule of the up
trqiu there is a greater change. It
now leaves Florence at 10 A. M.*,
arriving at Palmetto 10.15, and at
Darlington 10.28 A. M. instead of
11.04 as heretofore. There is no
change iu the schedule ot the
freight trains.
Pfc-Nie at Lynche’s Mill.
In accordance with the an
iiounce jient alread.v made, Capt.
McKniglit’s Company, the Lynche’s
River Light Dragoons, together
with a large number of their friends
gave a pic nic at Lynche’s Mill on
Friday last; General James and
C pt C. S. Nettles attended iu re
sponse to special invitations, and
returned deligiped with their trip,
and with the very many hospitali
ties which were extended them.
Both of them addressed the Com
pany and gave the members some
advice on military matters. Speech
es were a’.ao made by Messrs. J. O.
By id, 11 E. C. Fountain, D. H.
Trailer, S. F. Cole and W. E. Mc-
Knight.
Let Her Be Retained.
A letter has been received from
Miss Conner, w ho had charge of
the. telegraph office here last win
ter, stating that she would not re
turn. It is not known yet w hether
Mi>s Ormaud, w ho is tilling the
place temporarily, will be letained,
but it the question were left to the
busti esy men of Darlington it
would not take them long to decide
it. Miss Urmand lias proved her
self efficient, painstaking aud
obliging, and during tho Uriel
period for which she has had charge
of the office, has rendered such per
fect satMaction, that the Snpeiin
teudeut in charge of this depart
ment of the Western Uuiou Tele-
graph Company’s line could not
please the community better, or do
more to acvance the interests of
his corporation, than by piac-ng
her iu
office.
permanent ch rge of the
Betting on Cleveland.
The statement is made, on the
authority of Mr. Dalton, the Post
master of tho House of Represeuta-
lives, that more than 9100,000 is
uow available at the Capitol to be
wagered upon the election of Cleve
land and Thurman. Congressman
Tim Campbell of New York is au
thorized by a political club iu New
York city to bet 825,000 iu this
manner at odds of 100 to 50. A
number ot Democratic Congress
men iu tbe House have also soni
fied their desire to make individual
wagers of from |5,000 to 810,000
each at substantially the foregoing
odds.
The local sporting men are by
no means behind their Northern
brethren in this matter and a cer
tain merchant oft'erel recently a
bet of fifty dollars to twenty-five in
favor ot Cleveland ; his proposition
was promptly accepted by Edmund
Deas.
J the Encampment on a special train
Monday morning at 4.10 o’clock.
This train, which w ill go through
to Greenville, will also carry the
; Gordon Rifles,of Bcunettsvill**, tak
ing th- in on at Saei t,\ Hill. Any
ladies, who contemplate visiting
i the Mountain City during Gala
Week, will be able to go as far as
Sumter on this train but at this
place tbey will have to take anoth
er train. It is hoped that tbe com
pany will carry twenty-five men,
rank aud file, to Gieeuviile- The
fatigue uniforms tor the officers
have arrived, aud aie very band-
sou: e.
Water! Water!
Last Satin d ty, w hen the
sian well bad le died the depth
about 319 feet, the flow of the
er tin refrom became so strong that
the steam engine was brought ont
to see whether the supply could be
exhausted. It was soon fouud t at
this could not be done, the well
readily supplying the engine with
about nue hundred gallons a min
ute. The watet has now reached
the surface, but it is impossible to
say to what depth it -will be neces
sary to dig, in order to obtain a
spontaneous flow. The depth is
325 feet; the work does not pro
ceed rapidly at present on account
of the sand, which pours in contin
uously and is a serious obstruction.
Tho prospect, however, for first
class artesian water In the near
future is very promising indeed.
week ending Saturday, July
14, 1888, Persons calling for them
will please mention the fact that
they were advertised:
men’s list.
( has Oiossliug, Max C-uhriol,
Rev. M. Dm mt, O. W. DuB s**.
Ah xander Edwards, T. W, W.
Eckels, Jas.%i. Gaudy, L L. Hun
ter, J. D Wankings, S|>eneei
James, D King, Jos. Lucas, Frank
Luke, .1 U. Martin. W. S. Muron
J. O. Melon, N. 8. McDanie', P. W,
Woodbeary, J. W. Williams, Sher
man Malechei, F. P. Yates.
women’s list.
Betsy Cciuian, Jennie A. Jack
son.
Survivors’ - Badge.
There is uow on exhibition at
this office a very handsome badge
ot solid gold, ornamented with eu
amel, which has been adopted as
tbe emblem ot the Richland Sur
vivor^ Association. Two Oouted
erate Hags (one of them the battle
flag) arc crossed upon a shield,
and above tliem the word “Survi-
ur” is written. Between the flags
are ^he letters ‘ C. S. A.,” iu mono
gram, while lieseath them are the
dates “1861” and “1865” and the
motto 'Deo Vindice” Altogether
the badge is as beautiful a one as
We. have ever seen, and should by
all means he adopted as the em
blem of the Darlington Comity
Survivors’ Association. The si lid
gold om* costs only 83 50, and we
doubt not that cheaper ones, made
ot plate, could be obtained to suit
the pocket books of the more needy
members ot this noble body.
The Darlington Guards-
Only a few da> s intervene before
the d parture of the Dar'iugton
Guards for tbe Greenville Encamp
ment and tbe company in apprecia
tion of this fact, is drilling regular
ly. Aa the last dress parade will
be to morrow atternoou, it is earn
estly hoped that all the members,
who iuteud going to Greenville will
answer to the roll call on that occa
sion- The Guards will leave for
■ ' ‘ I-*, . v ;
.
The Moonlight Fete. ? • ^ * *
The Moonlight Fete which was
arranged for Friday evening on St.
John’s Academy lawn was in every
way successful and the pleasant
time anticipated by they uug peo
ple was fully realized. Air pie prep
arations had brett made for the
occasion aud nothing was wanting
to make the participants thorough
ly enjoy themselves. The green was
liglred with Chinese lanterns aud
the brilliuucy thereof was only ex
ceeded by the beauty and grace ol
the fair ladies present. One room
of the Academy was cleared of its
iuruiture, in outer that those who
so desired might enjoy the mazes
of the dance. Others no* so incliu
ed watched “the nipping of the
ligl.t fantastic,’’ aud enjoyed a quiet
chat iu the adjoining rcom of the
Academy or on the lawn under the
trees, where refreshments were
served. The festivities coutiuucd
until about one o’clock when all
weut home voting it the pleasant
est affair of the season. Many vis
iting ladies and gentlemen were
present from neighboring towns,
and all Darlington seemed to be
there.
A New Tleasnre Drive-
Pursuaut to tbe call the Darling
ton Township Club met at the
Cuurt House at tour o’clock on
Tuesday afternoon, with the Presi
dent, Mr. J. E Nettles, in the chair.
Mr. VV A. Panott was requested
to a;t as Secretary. Sixteen dele
gates aud four alternates, whose
names will be foui.d elsewhere,
where elected to the County Con
vention which meets to-morrow.
On u otion of Mr. E. O. Woods,
each of these delegates aud alter
nates were called upon to express
his preference in the matter of the
Congressional nomination, and it
was fouud tiiat th *y were for Dar
gan, without a single exception.
In fact, there was uot a siugle New
ton man in the hall, aud Mr. Dar-
gan’s friends have the satisfaction
of knowing that he receivi d the
endorsement ot his home club iu
the mest decided and unqualified
terms. When the name of Mr. A.
Manuo was reaciied he created a
laugh by announcing, “Dargan,
from the bottom of my heart.”
At this stage of tho proceedings
some member ot the club moved
that Mr. Mamie be heard ou the
subject of Tallulah Spring. That
gentleman respoi ded, aud so forci
bly did be present tbe benefit which
would be derived from placing this
delightful resort in proper condition,
and constructing a neat drive to it,
that tho meeting uncouscioasly,
and without any apparent effort,
w s divested of its political aspect,
aud being resolved into a “com
mittee ot tbe whole,” proceeded to
discuss matters relating to “the
public welfaie,” with Mr. Nettles
still in the chair. It was soon ap
parent that this object which The
Darlington News has been advo
eating for so long a time was about
to be accomplished, and that the
improvement of Tallulah Spring is
a thing ot tbe near future. A sub
scriptiou list w as at once < pened,
and the smn of 862 was promptly
contributed by those present. The
interest in the movement seems to
be so decided, that this amount
will, in all probability, be greatly
increased within the next few days.
A committee of five, consisting of
Messrs. C. S. McCullough, R. W.
Boyd, C. Alexander, J. C. Black-
well and W. F. Daigan, was ap
pointed by the chairman to take
the whole matter in charge, aud
more particularly to negotiate with
the owner of the property witji a
view to obtaining certain privil
eges.
Tbe importance of this matter
cannot be overestimated, aud we
are truly glad to know that so effi
cient a committee has it in charge.
Tbe Mineral Spring, which is at
present tbe great resort, and the
drive leading to it, have contribut
ed no little to rendering oar town
as attractive aa it is. With this ad
ditional advantage which possesses
such striking attractions, Darling
ton bids fair to become one of the
pleasantest places m the State.
sl r
r Unclaimed Letters
The following la tbe lis^ of on-
claimed letters remaining in the
postoffice at Dailington for the
Delegates to the County Convention
The following is .. lUt ot the del
egates and alternates to the County
Convention to mnuow os far As we
have been able to ascertain them:
Cartersville : II. A. Mims, E. B.
Mims, R. F. Humphrey. R. F. Hill,
J. M. Copeland, C T. Hayuie.
Darlington, delegates: J. E
Nettles, B. W. Edwards, J C.
Blackwell, C. S Nettles, G. VV.
Brown, J. D. McC il, E. O Woods,
C. S. McCallough, VV F. Dargan.
F. E. Norment, A. Mamie, VV E.
Dargan, A. S. White, 8 A. Woods,
J.J. Ward, J. K. Reiver; Alter
nates, W A. Parrott, J. E. Nor
incur, J. H. Early, A. Weinberg.
Ebenezer: J. C. Wils>n, C. C.
Hepburn, S. I. Blackwell, J R
McCown, H P. Davis, J. E. Ward.
Florence: T VV’. Williamson, VV.
A. Btunson. V\m. Qniik, Jas. Al
len, J. F. Howie, R. N. McOorcle,
Isaac Snlzbacher, D. li. Hamby,
John W Daigan, Jr., B. G. Gregg,
C. M. Covington, J P. McNeill, E
O. Douglas, f. 11. Uarllee, Jr., K.
VV. Llo d, Ed. Niles, Ptiil. Buch
heit, Sidney Jacobi, P. E. HatcLell,
J. 8. Beck; Alternates, S T Burch,
Nat. Phillips, S. J. Harrell, P. A.
Brunson, Sr, H H Husbands.
Uartsvill*- delegates: Walter Mc
Intosh, Albeit Jordan. C. J. Wo d-
rufl', E. VV. Cannon, J VV. Harring
ton, H. L. Law, N. K. Gibson, G.
M. Kilgore, R. S Kelly, M. J Out
law ; Alternati s, AmDew Miller,
J.J. Lawton, VV. M McIntosh.
High Hili: John Melton, J. F.
Garner, R F. Howie, J.N. Parrott,
Caieb Odom, John A. Jordon, Dr.
P. A. Wilson.
Lydia delegates: J C. Clements,
W.R.S.Lawson,S.D. H.tneD, Elias
Reddick, A. VV. Parrott, C Rhino-
be.irdt, R. M.Josey, T J. Price,Quil
ler Witherspoon ; Alternates, S M
Harrell, James Register, Henry A.
Josey
Palmetto: PL R. Mclver, M. S.
Haimmirth, It. II. Rogers.
Philadelphia : C It. King, G H.
A. Dowling, F. A Dowling, W F.
Wilkes, E F. S.tusburv, T. J. Saus-
buty, C. A. Joidau.
Stokes Bridge delegates: C. W.
Woodham, J. II. Pate, J. I). Howie,
J. F. Mozmgo, (}. I*. Mozingo, Jr.,
A. E. Skinner, Z. It. Mixon : Alter
nates, T. P King, J. U. Hicks.
Swift Creek: J. K. Panott, T.
E. Early, It. N. Howie. B F. James
It E. Lee, J. L Lee, T. N. Rhodes,
U U Rhodes, T 1J Parrott.
Timmousville delegates: J. O.
Byrd, H L. Mortis, Jno. McSw«en,
8. F. Cole, E. F. McGill. It. .McLeu
don, VV. Vaughn, J. VV Hammond,
L. J. Rolling, J a spei Hill; Al'er
nates, Wiley Anderson, J. B Mon
ris, S. W Hatchell, D. H. Trailer.
LAMAR.
—The Fanm-is Alliance is grow
ing in member hip at tnis place
very fast.
—As far as our observations have
reached, crops hio below an aver
age: especially corn.
—Mr. G H. Mims, will iu a f^w
days oiler to tbe public a nice stock
of turuitare.
—Tbe political pot has begun to
simmer at ibis place. The gentle
men whose nuims are announced
for the different offices ate all first
rate men, aud as matters no* stand
we predict a good lollowiug for
each.
—The monotony of this sanctum
was broken on the 13ih mst, by a
visit ot .Mrs. Dr. Josey, aud Miss
Leila Alexande r, ol Cypress. These
ladies carry sunshine w ith them
and we were much pleased to have
them speud a day with us.
SOCIETY HILL.
—Mr. and Mrs. U irsey are here
on a visit to tnends.
—Several deaths have occurred
among the colored people in the
vicinity of this place.
—Capt. E. E. Evans sent us a
basket of fine ripe tomatoes. O- e
of tbe finest weighing eighteen aud
one half ounces.
—Mr. Alfred White, of Chester
field, died on the 14th inst. Hia
son, Mr. B. F. White, was summon
ed to bis bedside an i was with him
when bodied.
—Dr. F. E. Wilson has been quite
sick, but we hear that he is im
proving Our doctors are so useful
and so highly appreciated that it is
can e ot general regret when tbey
are unwell.
—The protracted meeting at the
Baptist Church commenced with a
prayer meeting mi the night of the
16th inst- Rev. Mr. Golphiu did
uot arrive as was expected, on tbe
17th inst.
—Tbe meeting of tbe State Farm
ers’ Alienee was a giaud affair. f‘s
results are generally known
so we will not attempt o ue-
scriptiou, as we have neither time
nor space to do justice to the cause
or the grand body of men wio met
together to farther the bee; inter
ests of their country.
—Mr. J. W. Weatherford and
Mr. John Gundy say that ou the
5th inst., thev killed n snake (water
j raltl**) near Black Creek bridge,
! about five feet I'M':' *iud live inches
tin diameter, and t mt they eut
| off Ins head and aim k out fifty
tv-three fish aud <>ue bird. The
fish were | ikes, iu-twmouths and
snn perch.
PHILADELPHIA.
— A col >red woman living on Mr
James Andrews’ place near here
died -at week very suddenly of
heart disease.
—Tiieie are some isolated oases
of measles in this section, but no
very grave oases as yet that we
have beaul id.
— Droiiih continues. Corn will
he a tadure where nol planted very
* arly or very late. There will md
be more than half of an average
crop.
—We arc no ' having three mails
a week, Tuesday, Thursday and
S.tiuul iy ; a thing of no little cou-
wuieiioe, although not necessary
at all, uul-*ss there were more mail
matter brought Inoe than there s
—Tnut chi cki d cotton mentioned
in our previous writing-*. Is doing
fairly well, much bet'er indeed than
where planted in then ml way,
which his been damaged by tbe
recent hot, dry weather.
—This *8 going to be a heated,
fiery, fierce campaign, but we
should look well before we choose
our man to fill the Gubernatorial
chair. Tis a inat’er ot big moment
—greater In far, with u<, than who
til's the Presidential chair.
—The new mill of Mrs. S. E S.
McCown is completed ami presents
a very neat appearance, compared
with he oiiginal dilapidated old
structure tint is now numbered
among the things that were. It
was rebuilt by Mr. George Howie,
Mr. Ransom Galloway and Mr. S.
Harrison McCown.
EBENEZER.
—Brother Barn says be wants
some Silo seed.
— Hog cholera is making our
neighbor’s swine give up the ghost.
Mis. Aiimh Luun, and husband,
from Georgia are visiting the lat-
tei’s relatives at this place.
—The protracted meeting at Pis
gah M. E Church, ended last Sun
day ; result not known.
—Mr. John Large commenced his
second inning iu married life on the
12th instant. Miss Martha King
is the Sappy b ide.
—Tbe echo produced by tbe Car
tersviHe, Walters & Co. string band
iu r'*ude r ing their favorite planta
tion air, “M> mammy’s bf<ck baby
boy” on the 23rd of May last, still
haunts the qi.iet shades of “Sleepy
Hollow.”
—Tne enterprise of our estimaol •
merchant, saw mill man aud quasi
divine, Gus. IL ffmever, E-q., is ir
repressible. At no distant day he
will be the ow:;er of a r ral village,
ull his own handiwork. Improve
ment never stops with him ; build
ing, draining and tilling is always
in order on his expensive farm. His
is the right kind of a “Farmers’
movement.” No |>olitics in it.
—Mr. M. E. Morris. wbo*e tarin
is not over two miles from this
place, has luring past years inised
melons for the Florence market
His success in this direction has
given him such ercoiirageiuent tbst
he has decided that next season he
will pi mt fitly acres of his best
laud in wateruii Ims, satisfied that
there is mere money iu them than
there is in cotton; hesuis their
pro i net ion cost scarcely one half as
much as cotton.
OATS
—Crops nre very small
comtrunity, snd unless
in this
we have
uow ou, will
—A gentleman representing a
large concern at Philadelphia, Pa.,
has been eaft'iujr shone for a saw
mill site at this p'ace. There will
lie uo trouble in obtaining the
O’-cessarv grounds' lorn Icoitmn.
aud it a sufficient timber supp'v
can lie secured, >t is likci.v that the
i mill will be established at an ear y
day.
—Ca|d. G. K Ji-lTordn has been
down with fever. Ou Sundnv even
ing his wife’s mother, Mrs. Hatch-
eD, who is partially paralyti*, fed
down while walking along the
piazza at their home, and broke
her arm and hand near the wrist.
A physician was prompt y called
in to adjust the fracture. Owing
to ihe decay of i-ei v-m vitality in
tbe injured member, no pain was
occasioned in the resetting.
—Ou Sitnrd iy night, Tine. Mo
Iwr, colored, aftei returning home
from her day’s woik betook hersell
to scouring out h, r l.t.!>* cabin in
anticip nio i of Sund *>’■ To assist
the oiieration sbeemid >yed theusn-
al comitanl, a box of lye. Indue
course the box containing the con
centrated e rrosive, pulia’ly filled
with water, was sit «si*le tor a few
monien * to be convenient tor birth.
er use. Those few moments, how-
ever, proved to b.- fatal ones—fatal
to the life of her Hi lie child, who
in unsuspecting iunoccuoe was t nl-
dling liiihernnd thither - bout over
the floor. The child, espying tho
box, and iniotaking it lor a cup of
nectar Iroin the gods, drank • f the
deadly con ent«, and died iu one
hour. How many more snch ex.
iimples of guilty c lelessuess will
we have to record f Concentrated
lye should bo labelled pois >n and
set away aa secuiely as any other
death dealing dmg.
FLORlTNPjri
—A meeting of the/ Florence
Democratic c ub was h.-HI last Mon
day night, at which tim • delegates
weie cL'Cted to the appio ichiug
County Convention. Th<* fo;lowing
resolutions were adopted: esolved,
That it is the sense of thikclub that
the Congressional, aud Judicial
nomination lie made by Primary*
Resolved, That (hisolub endorse
Z. T. Kershaw as a candidate lor
the Legislature, and pledge him its
suppoit. Delegates to County Con
vention are niiinstnic ed.
—A movement to organize u joint
stock company iu F!orc*uce for (be
purpose ot erecting a hotel in the
business portion ot the town, lia»
been inaugurated under lavore'
prospects The capital sto*
the company will be 820,000
ed into shares of 910 esc’
an enterprise is u long fi-l.'t
is meeting wiih great
meiit. Eight thousum
already been subscrib
Allen is the prime n
cause. This “boom” *
ly aid Florence, and
be a success. Tbe site .
has not vet been select*« (
choictst placv will be the corner of
Dargan and Evans Street, the
the piemises now occupied by
Messrs. Husband and Taylor, W,
E. D. Gregg and L. R. Dos A Co.
This pmperty belongs to Mr. C. M,
Covington.
MARRIED.
Herron-Dennis.—At tbe res
idence of Rev. VV. O. Petty, tbe
officiating clergyman, near Lydia,
S. C-, on Sunday, Juy 15tli, Miss
Jennie Dei uia, toriu*-rly of Virginia
but uow of this County, to J. A.
Herron, of Darlington S C.
seasons to suit from
be almost a failure.
—Onr nail days have been
changed from Tuesdays and Fri
days t*> Tuesday’s Tnursday’s and
Saturdays.
—Politics are beginning to bub
ble our. We see new iMiidida'es
in every issue of the County papers.
Well, somebody has got to be left.
—The Treasurer’s office must be
a fat place, if we are to judge from
the aspiiants to tliatofHce; trade
ill* gentlemen!
—The “Children’s Day” at An
drewV Mill on last Saturday was a
grand success. The people of that
community are keeping pace with
the day.
—The drummeis are keeping
times lively, and our merchants are
kept hnsy looking at goods. Yon
had better look at the crops, Dram
men*.
—The work ou the Miuerul Spring
is progressing finely, but if tbe
weather does uot turn warmer there
will uot be fcadl nse for it this
summer.
—Mr. L. E. Wadiord has return-
td from his Florida trip, aocom
p-mied by Mr. Robbert Hendrix,
Mr. Wadford says that, tbe pan ol
F.orida he visited is lorty years
behind this county. ,
Obituary.
On the 23rd of June. 1888, at
11.30 A. M., Mrs. Lovda Byrd, wife
of Mr. Matthew Bvrd, of Darling,
ton County, S. C-, breathed her last,
aftei a period of four weeks of phys
ical suffering and distress. She
was i luce times in.trriad, re
moving lothis State after h**t sec.
oud marriaae where she resided
until her death, m th.* 59th )ear et
her age. She left Seven children,
two sous ami five daughters.
Mrs Byrd was a consistent, ham-
ble Chiisiian, a member :or many
years of the Antioch Baptist
Church near which she resided.
She was a kind hearted neighbor,
and Iriendof tbe poor. God in his
wisdom has taken her from her
earthly borne aud fiieuds to brigh
ter joys on high; to that blessed
happy bou*e, where Jesus reigns,
and uo sorrow can ever come,
T. B. W,
TIMMONSV1LLK.
—Mr. aud > rs. Kuker returned
from their xuinmer tour ou Sunday
morning, hrinciu* with them •
breath of tb * ur.liy North
—Mt. James A. Powers bad his
right srm broken just al ove tbe
wrist while ou the way to a flab
pio-uio on Lynches River one day
laet week. He expects to return io
Florida shortly
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