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THE DARLINGTON NEWS. ^BSSSSSSSmSSSSSSSmiSS^^seSmim THURSDAT, MAT 23,1889. WA0DY TH9HI-SO.X, 1#—lEAlfr. loo-ajl. mBMs. tn street bands are at w^rk npon tbs Sqosre. Bdmoitd Dess has retained from Washington. Hon. George W. Dargsn has gone on % brief trip taBnutes. Mb. Geo. W. Brown left jester* day for a visit to bis old home iu Lancaster. A LABOB number of colored peo pie from this place enjoyed an ex cursion to Columbia on Tuesday. Mb. So* ton, the photographer has removed bis tent to the vaesut lot adjoining the express office, <M> the north side of the Square. RBY. John G. Law, the chaplain of tbs Darlington Guards, will p eseta them a special sermon on the first Sunday in June. Mb. D, D. Evans, who has been recrciting at Society Hill for S( me time past will leave for Glenn Springs this week. TfcK new schedule has badly dis arranged The Darlington News mails but we trust that matters Bill again be reduced to a systema tic basis by the next issue. Mb. Lolls McCall has gone to Columbia to msks arrangements preparatory to bis entering the Ststc University at the next ses •bn- WB are prepared to guarantee (bat the retail prioea which prevail at the Book Store are as reasonable as are to be found in Cbarleaton or at the North. Bxy. G, B- Moore and Col, B. \ v . Edwards have returned from Mem phis, where they have been in *(• tendance npon the Southern Bap tist Convention. The eogioe was engaged yest r- day in drawing off the water from the cistern on the north side of the Squere, in order that repairs might be made upon it THE Chesterfield Lodge of the Ancient Free Masons, will celebrut* St, John’s Day at that place on the 21st of June. Dr.J. F. Gnlpopjier, of Tlmmoneville, has been invited *o deliver (ha oration. The latest loccl jotat stock com* B oy is the bathroom association* r. 0. C. Bedic has the matter in charge and it bids fsir to be sue* ceaatul. The capital stock wi|l be J500 with shares at f 10 eaco. Thebe is an erroneous impres sion in the commau|ty that Dr. A- H. Hayden bas removed from Uar- ,, ling Lon. This is s> mistake tor we •till hnve him in onr midst and in active practice. Hp is now at the residence of Mi a Mary Spain. MB. J. M. James was one of the the sttendaiits upon the marriage oeremony oi Walter 1. Hat by, of Sumter, and Miss jMcqneline Levy, of Charleston, which interesting event whs solemized iu the latter B4jF on Tuesday evening. Shobtly before m daight on the 23rd iust, the still of Mr. Winters to the New Chapel neighborhood pas totally deatroyd by an acoi dental fire, and considerable pro. perty was lost, there lieiug no iu surauce on it whatever. Col. E. R. Mclver went to Go iwnbia yesterday to attend the meeting of the committee that is to arrange the programme for the sum mer meeting ot the South Carolina Agrionltnral Society, n bicb will be held at Pendleton this year. GTILL no rain 1 Twice during the past week it bas clouded up sad it looked ss if w.e were really going to get it, but, alas, oo hotu occasions NA were doomed to disappointment! Crops are ip a deplorable oot dition, pod thejmattei is getting very se rious. A 2>apeb is being circulated Among the merchants of the town for their signatures to an agree ment to cloee the storee at half past six o’clock, every evening except Msturdays and pay days at the fac tory, from the first of Joue .to the Ant of September. ,J. B.KiLLOUOHbM arranged with Beber Bro, Decker Bro,, fiobmer, Meher A Steinway to represent them in Sooth Carolina. Mr. Kil- ioagh will ship djrect from mann. fact arms. His recent trip to New Tprk was confined to bnainets SdMl ylewjng the centennial.. Rev. W. C. Power, Presiding Elder of jtyorenoe District, will dp- liver an Address in the Methodist Church at this place, next Sunday mornlpg, op “The History of Metb pdiam in Sonth Carolina/ The Address will donbless be interesting Ann highly instructive end it Is bop AdthattheattendauoewilJbe large. Mb. j. H. Sanders, of Sumter, was in town this week, looking •round with a view to locating here. He bad heard so many good things About Darlington that be determin- •d to oomu and see for himself. He Wto most agreeably surprised at Mm hpslpess prospects of the town •nd ho hopes to open a mercantile business herp at an early day. IT is said that op Sunday night last two of the young men of the town created such a disturbance in the MAthodjst Charon ss u> inter. Iwu seriously wjth the devoti dm of the congregation. Such oondi-ct is WbenhMely ioexcnsable, and we are Aa it seem* that bo other ar* raogemeot eaa be mad*, it would be a good Idea If the town author!, ties would arrungjitP bare the streets watered tag the engine dnr* inf ihe dusty summer mouth*. Can not our eateaprUiug Mayor take the matter iu hand ami effect this greatly-to be deal red improve ment f Qjf Tuesdays sod Fridays of raeii week* for several week* to come Mr. McCall will place tome ot the ^ne beef from the Kx|>erimriiu! Station ou the market. The first •opply was so d oo Tuesday laa.\ and was a peifect treat at thia sea son of the year when good fresh meat ^ so diffivo t to. obtain in a market w.hqp* facilities ate sa lim ited. Mb. Dufl^\ the eootc-ictor who has in charge the new brick store adjoining the R ink of Ditrlington is a regular '•k»*tler,” and he al- ready haa the «all* at such an im posing Mgbr »a to attract atten lion. Everybody around him has to work, and the laxy, indolent colond laboiers, tor whom Darling ton is ho fanioiix, b-«ve up time to cri‘rp around as ia their wont-. Childben's Day, which is anon-, ally observtg by the Mptbodut Episcopal Church, South, on the thud Supday In May was appro priately culebrntr-d at the Metho dist Church at i hbi place OD last Sunday afiernoou- He»i<l*-8 the u«nal cxerciaeH incident to kucIi an oceaeion, interesting and instructive addres*e* weie made to the yoong people by Mr. B. W. Boyd and Rev. J. G L»w. Pbeston Cooper, a very indue trions man, met with a sfriona loss on Saturday aiternnon. He had Invented “his little all” iu material for a «eat cottage, which he was ereoling iq the southern portion of the town, ami the building was well under way when out of the stillness of (be atmosphere there arose one of those unaccountable phenomena known aa a ‘ihnrri ane,” which was of such violence that it tore the si rupture tp piepaa apd leveled it to the ground- On the eveping pf Wednesday. May 29 b, the amsteurs of thetown will give an enreitainment in the Qperg House. Popular prices will prevail, and a fine progr-tinme hiq* been prepared. In addilipj to a charming play entitled, “Leqd Me a Dollar’' thp world renewed “Mrs. Jarley's Wax Worka” will be ren dered by the yoong people of tbp community. The entertainment will certainly be one of the most enjoyable of the season. Reserved seats can be secured at Boyd’s Drag Store without egtra njtiargt. Where Fo Bay Machinery. Mr. W. H. Gibbrs, of Colombia, the well known dealer in all kind* of maebioety, makes a good pr >po sition to the planters and mill men of Darlington. He offers at the cioeest prices, ponsjafniit With t.qod quality, the best and most improved steam saw mi l,ginning, harvesting, woodwork and cotton seed oil mill machinery. He bas on band Lid 4ell Co’s, presses, engines, etc; Van Winkle, Pratt and WiiiHiiip gins and the best mowers, rea|*ers and rakes. Write him for any kind ot machinery and be guaiauiaea to save yon money. The Summer Encampment. The Darlington Gnarda are mak iug strenuous efforts to give an ex hibition {fr'l 1 »t an early d». v - 4 committee consisting rf Capt.J. K. Mclver and Sergeants 8. 8. Burch and R. E. James,have (bematter in charge. A picked squad of sixteen men will give an exhibition drill iu the afternpop, to be followed at night by a plume drjll. The Guards are also consider jug the advisability of barjug an eocqnipjp' nt at WrlgbtsvjUle Supud this summer. 8teps are being taken to have an encampment of the Third Brigade, but even if this be not feasible the Gnards will nevertheless endeavor to take their trip to the Sound. pM to learn that steps are being JelMm to bring the power of the tar igaipst tfe offenders. A Vlonrishing Enterprise. The Payliogton Building sod Loan Association has pa bln. bed its drstsonasl statement, embracing transactions to May 13, 1889- The report shows > moat flourishing condition and is indicative qf the Miami b*»i* of the Aseociatiou. To give A n of the profitf sc orning from tbo Association, the average premium which is being made on loans ja neariv 48 per cent and while the pgr value of each share is 112, the estimated value i* •17,57 With every prospect of each succeeding year being as pros- perous as the first, the enterprise may be justly regarded as s very snooessfnl venture. The annual meeting of the Stockholders gill be held do Satnrday night, fhRO the officers for the pusuiug ypar will bp elected,. The Cotton Seed Oil Xilb Darlington’s Cotton Seed Qil Mill has been so long talked about that it is difficult for our perpje to realize that the enterprise is now thoroughly nnder way, and that Wfore the next seacon opens jt wjll be in tOQoeasful operation. At a recent meeting of the Directors, Mr- A- G. McFslI, of Greenville, waselepted superintendent of the mill, and visited Darlington on Monday to cooler with the Board, after which he left for Dayton, Ohio, to purchase the complete out fit of maobiuery. Mr. McFa)j ha* had an experience of five year* in the bnsiness, and the Director* could not have secured a better man for the work- Under his ad. ministration the enterprise is sma to be a faeces*,- and will an * rdl^ pay b«l»4*om* divide The Petit Jarors. The following petit jarors hsvs been drawn for the Jane terra ot Conn, which convenes on the 10th of June, Judge J* J. Norton pit- siding : t N Gibson, Tom Flinn, 8. H. McOown, W. .\L Gocdsou, X T. Sumner, W. T Campbell. Claude Milling, J. W. Evans, George Jack sou, 8r. t E. 0. Burch, B. F. Will jam. son, A. G. Coggesball, J. W. Har rington. G. N. Oats. VV. K. Chsiles John Z. ilearon, B M. Parrott, J,’. M. WuddiU, If. H. R;»gi-ra. Walter X Parrott, F. R. Rhotl^H, O. II. Ed wards, T. H. Coker. C. J. Gainer, W. H. Talley, D. 8. McfoMougb. W. B. Brunson, J. W. Ferguson, T. H. Parrott, H. M. Willcox, I. Lewenthnl, VV. R. James, John Floyd, John Sinkren, 0. A. Me* Cowu, P. 0. Beck. Thia will be Judge Noit- u’s first appeaianci iu DHrlingto:i iu his official capacity. From the fine tuipr asiou he haa created in ^ pt(ier Cuunlie^of ihe State, how ever, w© predict that he will give complete satisfaction. The Methodist Festival. The lud^eawiio have been vo^k* iug for apm" time pist to uive an euterlalnnient for the Item-fit of the Methodist Church bad their lanug- ableefiorts crowned with coinplnte success at the festival a* lb-* Opera House on Friday night. Thu en- teitainment opened with a well Selected programme consisting of “posteies,* '‘statuary,” etc. "ihe curtain first los npon a t bleau representing a wreath of heanty, in w^ich all the young ladtea who participated in thesobsi qiient parts were pr sent. This t waa quickly followed by ihe “Woidles* Poem,” the young ladies being dressed in appropriate costumes repn si nting, by postures, the emotions of “ex pectalioi:*,” “uftection,” ‘•anger,” '.joy/ ‘.fear,” ‘‘religions devotion” and ‘(faiewejl.” The graceful rep- lesentation* of tho yoong ladies met with the hearty applause of the andience. The statuary was excel- If.it, {‘Roc* of Ages” and “The Reapei” being particular y fine. A solo by one of the yoqug Indies W»» excee«ling!y well rendered, abd the fatm us “CocpefV Chorus” was one of tbf |v polar features of the evening To Gainey’s Baud tips andience was tndebud Iqr the fine interludes. Alter the pro gramme was exhausted a.j b took themselves to booths where refresh- meLis were served. These boo'hs had been tastily decorated at d the whole scene presented was very pleasing. The blenoing of beauty with the many other attractions left upon a'l, and the young gal lauts in particular, an impression destined not soon to vanish. The ladies who bad the nflair in charge, h»?e every reason to coi gratulate themselves. The Latest Phase of the Janies Case. It was rumored <n the sheets her* Monday bat the Supreme Court had refused to grant Joe J unes a new trial and that triends qf from D irliugton w on d make an effort to reacueJMm by force- It wes saiij that Sheriff Wall had received a telegram from Sheriff Cole, of Darlington, telling him to he on his guaid against any attempt at a rescue. It was farther rumored that deiaclunenra from the Marioq Rifles were to lie detailed to gpaid thejail every night. Inquiry de veloped the tact that Sheriff' Wall has received from Sheriff Cole a tel egramaiijja leher eonveyiug the above intelligence. Iu bis letter Sheriff Cole stated that be had in* formation from a reliable source that an attempt would he made to release James and that Jam- s bad promised hia rescaer* the sum of •8,000 for their qervices. James is to be hung on t|)e 31st of Jai-e an less the Supreme Court grants him a new trial and it aeetna M at he hai despaired of tbi*. Sheriff Wall ])*'• accordingly tak-m ample precau tions ami should anything of the kind be attempted the attacking party will bare a warm reception. Sheriff Cole beieg interviewed on the nboee article which appeared in l^e Mar ieo Dtt Index ef jtil.ej-dnjr, say* that ae far aa hia cooneedfa with the affair i( concerned, the ilnietnent* ma te are eub- eiantUUy correct ; (bat the eonret from which be obtained tho inrorqaii'on was so reliable *< to load bijp to bp iere that there conld be no donbl ae to it* truth. He eaye further that tbi* talk of reecuing Janes bae been going on in Ibe woitern portion of tha Oounty feme time. The Information gninad bjr tno Marien paner did not eomo through Sheriff Cole, why j* ‘.‘hs dymb ae an oyetejr” eoneeming the affair, and kept it perfrcUj quiet from atrery cne except Sheriff Walt Hr. W. C. Ebo lee, yho eayi that he ia Jnmee' meet intimate friend, acknowledge* to hare beard tome rambling talk amoqg lb* country people of n propose^ rescue, but be nneerte that all there*; of ihe above rumor ia anqoaiifedly and maliciously fnlee; boeayethat he manages all of Mr. Jayp*' bueicens usd that l^e l^ftey could not have wade tho offer qf a reward fitk- out hie knowing it. Nothing haa been hoard as yet from the Supremo Court. The Cemetery Company- A mvttting ot the stockholders of the Cemetery Coippsny was held iu the office of Mr. j. J. Ward pit last iburaday afternoon. Upon the eleetii n of Mr. J. J, Ward as chatr- man and Mr. J. E. Noymeut secre tary, tjhe company imtnediatelv proceeded to business. Messrs, f. E. Nettles and G. >V. ^rown, wt)o at a previous meeting were appoint ed a committee 10 prepare a charter, reported that tjiey had drawp a petition npoq (he Cjrrk ot the Court for a charter- The pe'jtiou fixed the capital stock at pot less than •900 nor {note than •10,009. The report of ibe committee was imme diately adopted. On motfou a com mittee, consisting of Messrs. J. E. torment, J. W. Blackwell and J. Q. McCall, wap appointed to nom inate a temporary Roard pf Direp ton. They named the following, who were ncanimously elected: Messrs. J. J. Ward, John Stskrnu, O-.B. Edwaras, W<D. Woo'U and J. G- MsCaU/ The Board will take in,©barge all mstUiyq, relating to the company and w£l ^-port a suit- Stale name the a>-socidiioii at the neat meeting. At a meeting of the Board 9*, Friday last a temporary organiza tion was had with the following offl eers: John Sisk ran, Pmidi-rif • J. J. Ward, Vior-Presideut; 0. B. E<1- wank. Secretary*, and J. G. McCall, Treasurer. The stock of the com- piny will be collected immediately' And the committee appointed to lay off tkqgrcjtyda we^e instructed to proceed to work at once and the preliminary steps were begun 011 Monday. As soon as a charter is obtained a permanent organ zatiou will he perfected. Under the aide management ot the temporary offi cers and hoard of directors wo in >y look for a speedy couHiiniuiatioii ot the work ot the orgauiz.it 10 >, A Vi Interesting $«*»*»* Last. Sunday being the tenth an niversary of the JBev. J. G. Law’s pastorate of tjie ^res'iyteiian Church iu Daijmgtryi, a large con gregation was ^atbqr.^ iu the morning tqltyar tbo beloved preach er, who tpok his text a% follows: “Moreover, aa for G, d for bid 1 hat I should rin against the Lord iu ceasing vent ton at Birmingham, Ala., Col. E. R Mclver was selqctrd sa presi dent pro tem, Cspt. K. VV. Cannon aa vice-pie* dent, anti Rev. Simp- soti Jones aa ehaplais. After or ganization the pteshleut stated the ohjvcf ot the meeting, which was to take finni action as to what posi tion the County ADian » will eocc- py it. the gem ml effort hy the Cot ton States to “down” the Jute Trust. A loose rein was given the Alliance by President Mclver, and this moineutona question had a free and fill! d scuse^on. What was snid and done is not for pal lication, hot we can safeh say. that Otd Darlington lias many nohM men in her A! Mime rank who will not prove re©j.eiiut to the high trust imposed iu them, and who will fight the Ju*e monopolists ty, the ‘■bitter end.” The following committee will It tv© dt^argei ot tha hugging inter- cnUoethe County Alliance: J. W. Ferae On, G. B. Howie, T. J. Bell 4- J- i^udth, and J. VV. pavis. They will he asetMed by a cbmmitt-e consisting of Messes. Lncas McIn tosh. E. R. Mclver, E. VV. Cannon, E. M. Williamson and J. L Ed wards. Partington, ^'o.utiiy. Sunday Srhool Conference, M E. Church, South. The Scveiir< euth Annual^ssion of (his body \nll be he!d at New- mau Swamp ^urch, commencing Thursday night 25tb ^oly, with im ^ trodnetory at-impu by ^fev J. K. to pray" lor you : taut 1 will teach yon the food and the right way : only fear the Lord, 8ii|ierinteiidepta will * plcape re- meiulier tocleut delegates on or hy- and serve Him Ht'trath'with all f '”e ti'e first Sunday in July and your heart; for consider how great things He bath \loiie lor you.” 1 Samuel xii. 23 25. After reference by way of intro- doction to the historical events iu oonn-ction with the text, ibe tbi-me was dodneed: The ^u^y of the gos;ie\ minister to the poo^l^ of God among his lot is cast, and over whom he is placed as an under sbeperd responsible to the Chief Sheperd tor the oh re of bis flock. With * giatefnl acknowlgiigemrut of the uniform kindness that bad Uepu extended by the people to tbeir pastor, and a tribute of praise to tl;e Great I^tug and Head of the Chnroh for the continuation ot the pastoral relation through the iieripii pf ten years without one unpleasant jar, the lext was expounded under five heads. " I. It is (be duty of jjie npnister to teach the people the ' good and the right way. As in the days of the apostles, the people are to he taught publicly ahyl from Imitse to house by the reading and expositmt; pf the word of God. This depart ment of miuiaterisJ work was ein pbasized as absolntely essentia! to a healthy type of * piety in the Church. The exampleof Jesus as cited as going into the iivupgqgqes, teaching amf prpachiug the king dom of God. And as Jesus tiaciar ed Himscif to be the wav, ibg sa- pretiie <lnty of the miuisfor resolves itself into this, to preach Christ and Him crucified. Tbi* is teaching the good and the right way. II. 1. is the duty of 1 he minister to vxbort the ptn ( ile to fear and serve the Lord, reaching must tat followed by exhortation. The ol punishment is g prtper m« to lead lit.* dinner po Cnrtst for par d»u, protection, and sg'va'iuty, an-l 'heri ihere nil be n fijur’ H|pI re verential tear of G *j hpigie whose holy pre.-eiice the sinless angi-ls veil tbeir spotlesN faces. The Lord is to be served by d- lotion iu res ligipn, and by diligence in bqsiuess. The fear and service of ihe Lord was represented as. the secret ol a happy and useful life. III. K is the duty ql tpipigter to comfort ami eucoili^ge the p o- p!e. The nunjber ot names ou the roll qfpoiuipunicauts at the begin gig.4 fif the present pastoral telui ion leu years ago was IW. The pipsetil rnemnership is Ifif. There have been added to the communion ol the Church during the ten years 125 souls, (ji this'number 74 were received 011 profession of faith in Christ, aud 51 by ceitiflcate of membership in th^ congregations from whose bonuds they had re moved. The Church jjas jopt by de tb 22 uiembers,' and 34 have been dismissed by certificate aud removal. 43 lufauts aud 2J Adults have been baptised. Theie has been only one communion sea-on daring ihe ten y ears without some additious to tjj© ptiarch. IV. It is thp duty gt tig tp ujtrfcr to warn and admcmlsh (he peopje. The Jiible abounds in solemn yarn'- iugs apd admonitions, autj the min ister who does uqt sbnnd (be warn ipg trumpet, and Imlmouish he people will beheld to a strict ac count before the Judge of all the earth. Repent or perish is tlye al ternative to be 8£t before tbe peo ple by the minister of the gospel. It becomes ns all then to receive with meekness and humility ol heart the solemn warnings and faithfnl admonitions of ihe word of God, 10 tarn at his repr. ots, and living soberly, righ eously, and boldly iu this present eyil world, walk butgbly with onr God, do just ly, aud jdve mercy. 80 an aonudant entrance will be administered unto ns into the kingdom of onr uord Jeans, aud we will receive from his hands the crown of life. Down with the fiaggigg Twit- (Reported for the Ncw«.^ The cajled meeting of the County Alliance ot Darhngton ou the 17th of May drew from the subordinate Alliances tbeir most active and in teUigent members, mep who will ho d to principle and not poljcy iu the pending prlsis of thia jnte war fare. In the absence of the presi dent, Lncas McIntosh, Esq., who in representing the South Carolina forward uames of same to meat Thciuonavillc, that they may have homes provided and a roll ready. Ratio of repreiptiriition—one dele gate for every ,«rgai.>z<-d s hool of 15 members; one delegate for every 50 and (tactioual part thereof ex ceeding 15 All Superintendents and mill inters of thg connection are incmlie.njqf (he Conference. We tariM stly hope only those will be elected who have the int«r- est of the woik at heart. The Extcutivp Committee met on tbe 9th in*: , and formulated the programme which will soon appear lit the Advocate And conntv papers. As Florence County "wtfl probably organize her own County Confer ence let us beir this in mind in or-. f aniztug aud .selecting places for 890. Let even clrirch aud every £cho« 1 offer prayer froip now i^ptn we for God’s blesstugs to re-t upon our labors. J. B. C. Wright, Clitu’u Ex. Com. • Unclaimed Letters The toilowing is the list of an claimed IctteiM remaining in the jio-toft'ice at Darlington for the week ending Saturday. May 18. l§39. R. rknjjs palling to; them wjll p ease* mention tbs fact that they were advertised: MEN’S LIST. A. 8. Adam 4 , Kelly Baeo’, John R. (’oelson. J. a. Hili, Washington Uenen, Wi|-*y L tyd, Willie Morri son, U. A. Mns .Ik, Alexander Pc- lets, Rufus Stelh-r. women’s list. Mr* R. M. Gandy, Mrs. J. A. Ilearon, El zu Jojinapn, Mary Pe- goes. . .* u.i ^ll^XKZKR. —Onrpax’or has teliirned safe and sniiud. The last rain was on the first day of M ay. —Vegetables grp non ett inrentui. — Ploughiitt; in hope is the order of the day ; the crops may become visible alter a r.dit. FLOUKNCK- —R«*v. W. A Guerry is in at- tetplaiice npo.i the Cpuvegtioi) at Ridge 8| ring. — Mr. David Sterubcrger is iu«v crearing the dimeiizions of hisstore, and has commenced the erection of an addition to i>. — The poujjty Commissioners held * meeting p;; Monday last and transacted wonderful wprk pf im portance. —Mis-) 3- Stack ley contem plates building a $25,000 hotel on the epmer ot Evgus and Church Sireets. —Miw JuliaLide, of Darlington, It visiting Miss Fannie P. Wilson. —Miss Carrie Sanders, of Sum ter, Is spending some weeks with Mrs. R. A. Trippert. J. C. McIntosh, of Harts> viile, pan a flying visit to Society Hill, during ihi post week. —Mrs. & some time with M. E. Boro. S. King is spending tb'bei* daughter, Mrs. —Theyoung folks had, a delight fnl little party at the residence of Msjor Winters on Friday night last. —Miss M. E. McIntosh will be absent for several months 011 her nanal summer tour. —M. ssrs. Joseph Evans and Jno. Walsh have been booking up the little perch in superb style. —A small slower of rain fell ou Saturday evening; below here it was heavier. —Owing lot tyevere gqjd, Mr. Stoat was unable to £0 00 to Bos. ton as expected. —Rev. J. A. Branson wil^ eu( r on the work ot an evangelist before going as missionary to Japan. There is a prospect ot his spending a part of hfa time here this summer. This event will be looked forwaid to with interest. —J T. Rtfra bas been < i p|>oiuted postmaster at Society Hill, not withstanding assurances were giv en a few days ago hy Mr. Clarkson. Assistant Pottittaster General, that ?tkfre was no necessity for * change gt tb|s ojfice at present.” For quite a number of years Rafra has beeu passing as a Democrat in ordar to secore the position of teacher in one of the public schools. Letters were wr tten by him to the trustees renouncing all affiliation with Repablicspisin. it is also charged that as agent for the doth ing house of Wanamaker A Brown he has used (be mails for fraudu lent purposes, gud has swindle*! bis employers by o^deiing sdits of clothing for himself at ten per cent, discount, which is the usnal dis conut allowed by the firm to cler gymen. In order to obtain a forth er advantage from the preacher’s discount he has ordainec and sets tied “preachers” of bis own all over the country. Packages expressed to these fictitions names, we are told were receipted tor by RaTra himself, so that the temporary Doc tors of Divinity were never aware of their honors or their losses. This is Civil Service Reform with a ven- { eanoe a la Harrison A Wunama- er! Turn out a conservative Re inbltcan and put in a white-washed democrat who ia sharp enough “to cast anchor to windward.” representing toe oouin vtaroiioa size 01 small marote Alliances ip the Colton States Coo- 1 alight at this place. — Miss Bn lab White, the arcotn- pli-lied daughter Qf Mr. R. E. White, and J)r. William II(jer(ou, of Snnimeryilli*, wepe married 00 Monday night i t (be resilience of the bride’s father, by the Rev. B. G. Covington, —The editorial in the Farmert’ friend of last week on the subject of the new County haa created some comment here. Belton CFNeall Townsend. E«q , being communica ted with on the *nbject says that he has never, in a (••rtnal official w»v, advised the Florence County Ct m- mtoriouers that he thought the Cposiitplfou of South Carolina pro hibits the toitiriiriWe from taking territpry from any existjiig county to add to the grea of an adjoining existing pouiijy, yet recent studies have canoed Mr, Townsend to so frequently ndvance this opinion in informal di»cu*i«fouB with prom- inept men in Florence County, that Mr. Hammond’s tnisapprejiegaiop was nstnrai. Mr. Townsend uoes not doubt but that ,625 square miles sod more reipaiq'ju Darlington. Jji* upinjou p» th«* c institutional question simply indicates bis idea of the proper remedy in case the are* is legally adjudicated. SOCIETY HILL. —On the 14th inst., a hail s(orm passed over thli motion. Hail the aise of small marbles (eji; it was —Mr. B. B. Shiiley bas a very sick child. —Mr. Weeley Moore has the fin est field of corn we have seen. —Mr. Braswell is selling quite a large number of organs in this part of the county. * *• —No rain yet and many bave not halt a stand of oottou The pros- pect £t present is indeed very gloomy. —The oat crop has been materi* ally injured by the peesen* dry weather, and Mr. Hugh Segars says that it will be imposaible for him to save his crop nulew he nses a p nr of shears. —Farmer* in this section srp al most entirely without work to do, bat instpad^pf wearing Iqpg faces because they bave bod stands of cotton and gloomy prospects, they are having jolly times at fish fries. They had a most ^delightful one at Sand Point, on Lynches River, re cently. " ‘ { -r-Mr. W. V. Moore and family accompanied by bis sister, Mias Lelsud Moore, left la$t ^riday for tbeir mountain home at Blowing Rock, N. C. Blowing Rock is a most delightful summer resort on top ot the Bine Ridge mountains. Messrs. W. y. A & ft. Mpqfe own a large store and beautiful boarding boqsp there. Tbeir boarding hoare is so oentrally sitnatedou top of ihe Blqe Ridge that the water running from the eaves in the front yard is tributary the Minsissipp and find its way totbe Gnlf of Mexico, while the water falling from the eaves in the back yard finds its way to the Atlantic* STOKES BRIDGE. —It still remains but, dry dasty and stands of cptton wretched. —Willjem Daniels, colored, lost a male on Thursday pight the 10th iost. —Some few farmers have fallen jn on early sown oata to kelp meet the want pf rough feed which is scarcer in thie section than has ever been koewn before. —Mr Willis DnBp*o was in thia commanity on Monday, canvassing in the interegt of (lessrs. Hood A Winn, Rich/nopd narseymen, and did a very good business in bis line. -H&“ Sunday the 12th inst., Mr. M. Galloway lost a nice marp, which died from colic atter having been driven to Carterayflle and back the same day. ’ ' —Died at her l}oq)e, op Friday morning, the 10th inst., Mra. Char lotte Mixon,- wife of Z/ R. Mixon Mrs. Miron leaves k hgsband’ had font cbiltlren, one of them an inlant pnlj a weak Old. Her death was a very sad one. She leave* a host of relative** sod friend* to monrn her loss, as she woe highly esteemed by all who knew her. boe woe a lov. log and gentle friend and neighbor to all with whom she won aeqnsiitt- ed. The beiesved family b&ve the deepest: HympHtby of the * nme commauiiy. ^ —The tSeSlib ot this ccmn.unity is not very go< dat present. * — We have a very gloomy pn«* pect for crops ; boil stands of o-r* ton in every field. ^ —The spring sown oats si* most a failure 'unless We gi t raW in a few day*. ' ^ * —It is tipn^ed that the Mor mons have not gone far from In re,* but ihe rumor is false, for they 'are' surely gone. * • 0 —Happy days for the boys {; (e Is so dry that they are about dII uji with their (arm work and Block Creek is their piwcg.of abod . fish ing day and night. *“ '* DOVEsVlLLE. —Rev. L. T. Carroll, of Guor;u- town, poid us*a flying visit on Sat urday. — Under the auspices of dhe po- PU". S bshket pic nic will Ife givru at the Institute on Friday next. The sober and res|>ec‘ablel public accompanied by well filled'bHskef. are coidially invited to attehd. ^ —W© had every indication of » heavy rain storm on Saturday even ing last. A dark, diWal and pore lentous cloud, accompanied by wind and thunder, arose in the east and passed over rapidly towatd the west. But after alitbe blow ami blaster we received only a gentle shower—enough’ td 4 lay the dusL Even that was very accepts Id©/ however, as oats and garden traci? of every kind are literally burniud up. “Be gracious Heaven, for now laborous man hath jtype It's pnrt”' — We note with inexpressible pleasure the gradna! di*ap|ieiir-' ance of the noisome caterpill »r. If they turn to butterflies, as some say they do, the name of- tuat pat,, ticular fly will surely be “legion,^ for we have wafdl'edcatefuliy* and have never seen anything yet that would eat them except the all-de- vonring toad. We were fold re cently, however, by a freer; pi ah'eV, that the crows feed upon them to such an extent that when the ‘*var- ments” a hear (he ominon* “caw” of the crow they can be seen scampe,. ing off in every dir ction fo seek h safe retreat from I heir dreaded f.ies. We have not seen the experiment tested aud, therefore, cannot vouch for the truth of the assertipn ' Cleveland’s Popularity. Washington, May 13tb —The readers of foe polUfoai stars have no donbt that if Mr. Clevefatid is alive in 1892 his name will ‘ eeitain- ly be co* sidfred in connection with the Presidential nomination, mid his name will have greater strenuth from the fact that no one wonldfoe- Here be would be personally 1-03. neefed with any iutrignes in tiiat direction. It Is evident \\tkl' tib element of pqnsequedeb iil New York has taken Mr. Cle'velanif tipi and with the purpose of bringing him forward in 1892. This element sttaehes no significance to thu cry that a defeated CanflitlatiPfor tue Presidency has never been renom inated, for it holds that whiln Mr. Cleveland was defeated according to the forma of law, be was still the chpice ^ tne American peojde. It ig marvelpus to note what a strong bold Mr. Cleveland haa upon tho Public mipd, and there could be l& mofe repiaikable demonstratiqii ot thia than the contrast betrfOi-n the reception accorded him and that (o President Harrison at the raceut centennial observance in New York upon the three m< inorableooqos' 0 h* when tiny were parallel fignrea. A leading Democratic Senator who broke with Mr. Cleveland early in bis administration, and who bos no love whatever for him, aajd to-day he is the strongest man Mfore the American |ieoplc. Thia Senator, though not himself a member of tbff national committee, is on clo*b terms with a majerity of its organ ization, and he expressed the he ief that ce;tain jn|jueiices will lie brought to put in as chairman & friend of Cleveland, while all the l^ew York influences antaupgi^Vj to Cleveland wjl| be 4 t ‘§P < * r *! ( ‘'y exerted to prevent it. Items of Interest The Woodroqr controversy i* agaio'before tha Southern Presby terian Assembly, and the heated dtPCUHSioti arising theietorm has lieen renewed. The feasibility of establishing a home in North Caro'ina for the qiit- abled ex-Confederate soldiers'of that State Is Inii Mrs. May brick, a nipce of Hou. Jefterhop Davis, was arrested in Liverpool recently and ja now in jail pn the charge of pchgJning hur husband. Iirucrmt' »OIUIt*r8 11^ la lug seriously coh> * # faro-la tT i CHEAP STiTIONERY. • • • • w Lead pencil*, 5 cents each State pencils, 5 os e eh. Faicou pi ns, 5 ots each. £©n holders, 1 cent each. Ink, {j ct* ft b^u' 1 ** Mucilage, 5 cts a bottle, fetter fiHfier, 5 cts a q«.ire. mirelcpe*, 5 cts a paok. Photograph slbumr, 15 ots eioi, ’ Testaments, 5 cts tab. All of the above articles are of the very beat quality, And can l q bad at Thb Book Stork, Darlington News Building March 28, ’89. * IH '*8 imSiE&teteiisM