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VOL XV. NG 38. DARLINGTON, S. C, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 19, 1889. WHOLE NO 766 3L.OC-A.I-i IXBM1S- WAODY Tlionpsov, Local Fdftor. The Darlington cotton market is “booming.” At least GOO bales have been received since our last report, a large propor tion of which came in on Satur day, Middling is bringing 101. Qpkn air religious services were held in front of the Court House on Sunday afternoon by Mr. Robert M. Adam, a flour drummer. A small audience was present to hear him. Mb. P. E. Cooper, the well known brick mason and plaster er, will be absent from town for a few weeks, but he hopes that on his return his friends will continue to call on him for work in his line. Mr. Patterson Wardlaw has returned to Darlington after a brief visit to his old home in Abbeville. He is accompanied by the family of his late father Major A. B. Wardlaw, who will hereafter reside with him. Mrs. E. L. Murray hasTnot rented the old McCall place, as we noticed in our last issue, but continues to give music lessons at her residence on New Street. For further particulars see her advertisement elsewhere. Mr. W. H. Talley will shortly *begin the erection of a residence on the new street recently open ed through the Woods property from Cashua to Swift Creek, immediately west of Mr. W. F. Dargan’s. At the recent closing exerci ses of Prof C. A. Seabrook’s school at Stokes’ Bridge, an ed ucational address was delivered by R. W. Boyd,, Esq., which is said, by all who heard it, to have been unusually fine. A telegraphic message receiv ed yesterday from Wadesboro by The Darlington News states that Mr. William Marshall is getting well. The heartfelt con gratulations of the entire Coun ty of Darlington are extended him. Mr. George Webb, determin ed, as he is, ever to keep abreast of the seasons has made arrange ments to receive fresh Norfolk oysters during the “R” months. Commencing with to-morrow he will be ready to supply the pub lic with oysters served in any style. Mr. J. L. Coker,-Jr., was mar ried on September 10, to Miss Vivien Gay. The ceremony was solemnized at Mount Ver non, New York, the home of the bride. The groom was attended at the wedding by his brother, Mr. David R. Coker. The bridal party arrived home Thursday, norne upon a special train of the Hartsville Railroad, which met them at Florence. The young couple, have a host of friends who wish them a life of happi ness and prosperity. Tbe Shooting Gallery Nuisance. Another nuisance, has appear ed in our midst in the shape of a shooting gallery. It is located on the business portion of Pearle Street, in close proximity to the Square. The loud report of the rifle continually frightens horses and sopie serious •accident may result from it. Moreover, the gallery always has a crowd gathered around it which adds much to the difficulty and in convenience of passage on that thoroughfare. We do not wish to interfere with any man’s oc cupation but, in this case, we think public safety demands that the gallery be removed from its present stand. The Week of Prayer for Missions. The Mission Board of the M. E. Church, South, has asked all the charges in the Connection to observe a “Week of Prayer” for missions, during, which each family is requested to make a special offering for that cause. The following is the programme arranged for the church here : Sunday evening, September 22, China; Monday evening, Sep tember 23, Japan; Tuesday evening, September 24, Mexico ; Wednesday evening, September 25, Indian Mission; Thursday evening, September 26, Western Work; Friday evening, Septem ber 27, Brazil; Saturday even ing and Sunday morning and evening, the general subject of missions. These services will all begin promptly at 8 P. M., and will be short and as inter- - , .... i esting as they can be made, for recordmgeeed and hnt cotton Thege varioU8 fields will be dis- purchased, and farmers books, cugged with reference to the for recording cotton picking, ore; nwVinmQaa ^4 prospect of the Friday, Rev. J. W. who has been six years Alliance in Brazil, now on a visit to rela- yards of tives in this State, will reach ,y and here and remain until Monday, A conducting all the services dur- hisstay. The public are Dr. J. S. Gamer has returned from his short vacation. The railroad authorities have placed a lamp at each end of the platform at the depot. Mr. C. J. Epps, of Kingstree, is now clerking for Dr. J. A. Boyd. Mr. B. Selig, of Norfolk, Va., has secured a position as clerk in the Racket Store. Mr. Frank Shiver, of Colum bia, is in Darlington on a visit to friends. Merchants’ “Cotton Book,” for recording bales purchased, are on sale at the Book Store. Mr. J. P. Wilson, of Leavens- worth* is on a visit to Cleveland Springs. Mr. J. 0. Muldrow will com mence clerking for Dr. W. J. Gamer to-morrow. Mr. George E. Dargan is *now working in the railroad office at the depot. Read the advertisement of N. L. Harrell & Co., dealers in bug gies, harness, saddles, &c. Mr. F. E. Floyd is employed by Mr. J. C. Keys to assist him in the cotton business. Miss A. C. Player will take a small number ofi pupils, term beginning September 30th, 1889. Ip the author of the letter from Centre Point will furnish us with his name, we will publish the communication. Mb. W. Ryan, the popular representative of the New York Life Insurance Company, is again with us for the season. Mr. C. W. Hewitt has return ed from his summer trip, and his friends will find him at his old stand up stairs. A full report of the Alliance proceedings at the Fair Grounds to-day, wul be published in the next issue of The News. Miss G. H. Dargan will re sume her lessons in music at the residence of Mr. L. E. Williim- son, on this date. It is reported that the Charles ton dealers are all well stocked with jute bagging and that the trade is dull. Messrs. Blackwell Bros., two of Darlington’s most enterpris ing merchants, have opened a branch store at the depot. Mr. H. H. Huggins has re signed his position as Secretary of the Experimental Station at the State University, and has returned home. Mr. Fred Lewenthal, at M. Manne’s, has been appointed agent for Marx Arnheim, the celebrated New York Clothier. Read his advertisement. An enormous crowd is expect ed at the Fair Grounds to-day to hear the address of Col. Benj, Terrell, the national Lecturer of the Farmers’ Alliance. I Blank books of all kinds, for the use of merchants and far mers, ranging in price from 3 cents to $5 are on sajo at the Book Store. Mr. McC. Willis and wife have returned home from Ash land, Virginia, where they have been spending their summer va cation. Wanted, three shares of stock of the Darlington Building and Loan Association; the highest market price paid; apply at the office of The Daklington News. Work has commenced on the residence of Mr. D. S. McCul lough, which will be erected on Broad Street between Mr. W. B. Brunson’s and the house occu pied by Rev. J. G. Law. The Clerk of Court will re ceive the pension checks for the months of August and September during the first week of Octo ber. The amount for each pen sioner will be $6. Mb. C. W. Hewitt has just re ceived a car load of fine beef cat tle from the* mountains. Per sons wishing the beef should call at Mr. Isaac Garland’s stall at the market. ^Merchants’ “Cotton Books” nt books The officers of the received five thousand cotton bagging on it at the — --K7M l is expected dai Where to buy Goods. In accordance with the time honored custom of The News w'e begin our annual review of Darlington’s business and busi nessmen . We propose to show our readers that there is no place which affords better trading in ducements than Darlington. Our merchants have any and everything, and can supply the wants of the community to the very best advantage. In view of the recent enlarge ment and improvement of their stock we know of no better be- gining to make than with WOODS A WOODS * who now carry nearly double the stock of previous years. Nor is this increase confined to any one line of goods, but the whole general stock has been augment ed to meet the growing demands of a thrifty and well-to-do pub lic. Their supply of dry goods, shoes and gent’s furnishing goods are the largest they have ever handled. With ladies dress goods and dress trimmings the firm is abundantly supplied and in fancy groceries it takes the first rank. All varieties of trunks may also be had here: Among the many special induce ments worthy of mention, that Woods & Woods are offering, are : The best lady’s shoe for $ljthe 5 cents calico and 25 cents jeans; and, what is a mar vel in its line, the 8i cents nov elty cords gingham. We must not fail to mention the carpet department, which is a most prominent feature of their com- >lete outfit. A specialty will icreafter be made of this line of goods, and a personal inspec tion of the carpets, rugs and matting will bear us out in say ing that this department has never been excelled in these parts. In addition to their giv ing a good bargain in these ar tides Woods & Woods will cut the carpet to suit the size of any room and will also have it tack ed down for their customers, “the racket store,” J. J. Shepard, proprietor, is too well known in this community to need an introduction. It is truly a friend in need to the poor man, because its goods are put at “rock bottom” prices. “The Racket” has everything in the dry goods line from do mestic to fine dress goods. The millinery department, which has been conducted so success fully in the past, will if that be possible, have an even more propitious future. A lady, an adept in such matters, will ar rive very shortly to take charge of this department. The st<ick of shoes has been so greatly en larged that the whole of one side of the store is occupied with them, although all the stock of this line has not yet been re ceived. Many of the shoes are made by contract orders and bear upon them the “Racket” trade mark. To give an idea of the cheapness of the Racket prices we will state that shirts made of New York mills muslin can be had there at 48 cents, and fine French woven corsets at 49 cents. These are but ex amples, and the prices of every thing else at this store is in har mony with them. Besides what is enumerated above, we find at this popular establishment a largo supply of fancy goods, glass, tin and crockery-ware, domestic sheeting, etc. This store is the only legitimite and authorized branch of the great New York Racket Store in Dar lington County, and as the gen eral management buys goods in immense quantities, it is thus enabled to compete with every thing in the way of prices. C. BELLINGER, AGENT, is a recent acquisition to our cir cle of business men, and he brings with him a goodly supply of groceries, tobacco, can goods and fancy notions. He occupies W. C. Byrd’s old stand on the Square, where he will dispense the finest and choicest flour, the famous Holmes & Coutt’s bis cuits, fine green and black tea and coffees; in fact, his is a first class family grocery. The cof fee is ground fresh every week and this ensures its purity. In the tobacco line he has the cele brated “A. A. A.” cigars and sells fine tobacco at 25 cents per pound. We would advise any of our readers wishing to pur chase in his line to favor Mr, Bellinger with a call, for we feel assured that they will get satisfa ?ti( n. Mi MANNK, Since the demise of Mr. A. Manne, the business of this well known establishment has been conducted by Mr. S, Manne, who proposes to sustain to the fullest * 1 his father. He recently made a visit to New York and person ally superintended the arrange ments for a large stock of fall and winter goods, which he will sell as cheap as any merchant in town. I: e has everything in the general merchandise line, his supply of cheap shoes be ing particularly noticeable, and we would call special attention to his $1 shoe. Mr. Manne is the sole agent in Darlington for “Diamond Drops,” the latest improvement on the famous Golden Drops Rye Whiskey. The special feature of this house is the large line of auction gdods which are to be sold cheap, as they were pure based’at the very lowest New York rates. Society Hill Circnit. Rev. W. A. Wright closed re cently ap interesting meeting of eight days at New Chapel. The membership of the church was greatly benefited. There were six applicants for membership and ten conversions. The ser vices were attended with mark ed attention. The preacher in charge did all the work. He preaches with unction, is highly gifted, eloquent in language and E remises to become one of our est ministers. We have one more meeting yet, at Sandy Grove. Our circuit is greatly improving. Hope the good work will continue to prosper. God is with us. Steward. Sept. 9th, 1889. EAST DARLINGTON. —The crops on Pee Dee River are nearly a total loss. —Upland corn is good. In fact the best we have had in sev eral years. As regards cotton, the outlook is not so hopeful and the crop in this staple will prob ably be short. Peas and other crops are fair. —The lumber crop we think will be good. Messrs. F. Gan dy, E. M. Williamson, B. Wil liamson, L. H. Gilmore, Suggs fit Hatched, and J. J, Ward all run saw mills. Messrs. J. J. Ward and J. L. Edwards are also sawing oak lumber in Pee Dee swamp for shipment. Have you seen the beautiful fine of watch charms at Mason’s Jewelry Store ? TIMMGNnVILI.E —Miss Lizzie Ragsdale is vis iting friends in Columbia. —Mr. G. C. McEaohern and his bride have returned from their Northern tour. —Mrs. John McSween is away on a visit to relatives in Halifax, North Carolina. —The general report of fann ers in this section indicates that there will be a short crop of cot ton. .—Mrs. Dr. Culpeper has re turned from Virginia, where she has been on a visit to her pa rents. —The primary election passed off quietly here. Not more than half of the voters came to the poles to vote. —Rev. J. E. Beard, pastor of , pa the Methodist Church, has been carrying on a protracted meet ing here since last week. —Messrs. W. D. Heape& Co,, of Florence, have opened a large and well assorted stock of furni ture in the store under the Ma sonic Hall at this place. —Mr. F. M. Leuchor, our en ergetic worker in the Young Men’s Christian Association at this place, organized an associa tion at Pisgan Church, Friday evening, the 13th inst, —The Timmonsvllle High School was opened on Septem ber 2nd, by Prof. Murray, of Orangeburg, the new principal. Patrons and students are highly pleased with Mr. Murray as a teacher. —The family of Mr. K. W. Watford, consisting of himself, his wife, and three children, was stricken down about three weeks ago with typhoid , fever. Nora, his eldest daughter, died Sunday night. Mrs. Watford is still in a very serious condition. It is to be hoped the balance of the family may recover. Have your watches repaired and warranted, at Mason’s Jew elry Store, SOCIJCTY HILL. —Mrs. C. T. Fort, of Cedar Springs, Georgia, Is on a visit to her old home. —Miss Ena Carrigan, Annie Hearon and Mr. T. H, Coker and Master Thos. Coker have gone to Cleveland Springs. —Mr. W. C. Wilson has re* turned from New York and Bal timore. His large and select stock of goods may be looked for in a few days. —There is a great deal of ma larial fever among the laborers in the swamp, and quite a num ber of shingle-getters have re turned, in consequence, to their homes in North Carolina. —Nitrate of soda has had a wonderful effect on Mr. L. G. Byrd’s cotton. Where it was used the cotton is green and growing while the cotton to which it was not applied is shed ding and failing. —Willie Purcell is the efficient clerk of Rev. James Carey in his Alliance work, which is becom ing very onerous. Purcell has a good character and no reflec tions were intended in our re cent notice of his return from Chesterfield C. H. —On Sunday there was a very large attendance at the Baptist Church and the ushers were kept busy in their efforts to find seats for the great number of people. After the services the ordinance of Baptism was administered by Mr. Stout to some sixteen or more candidates. Many people came from a distance to witness the ceremony. —Edmund Degs, wfio h&fi re cently been appointed to succeed Capt. Malloy in the Revenue Service, visited this place a few days ago. He is presumably carrying in his vest pocket the Cheraw postoffice, as he has of fered it to one iyho l\as had ex perience as a postmaster, but who cannot afford to take so small an office, unless the pas torate of a church goes with it to help out the salary. —The Alliance met on the 7th inst., with quite a full attend ance, and a lengthy meeting was h6Id. rrangements were made to secure distribution of cot ton bagging. Messrs. J. M. Waddill, A. Gandy and H. C. Burn were elected a committee of arrangements for the Society Hill Alliance pictnic, to be held on the 19th inst, when in corn- worried him so much that he pany with all the County Alii- offered a reward to the finder. | ances and with the presence of Mr. Eugene Harrell found it and the Hon. Benj. Terrell, of Tex- has been since carrying it for a?, a#*™ 1 tim . e 18 expected at ASHLAND. —Wc have had a beautiful week for gathering cotton. —Owing to the fact that cot ton covering cannot be obtained the Alliance men are forced to use jute. —Who shall have Ashland’s cotton? Darlington, Hartsville or Bishopville ? The place that pays the highest price. —Miss Annie Calcutt, who has been visiting at Florence for some time, returned last Sdtur- day bringing home with her Miss Mamie Biggs. —The cotton is opening rath er slowly; and we have plenty of labor to gather it as fast as it opens. Cotton pickers are often seen going far away from home to get work to do. —The cry for hotter roads must have reached some official’s ear, for after working the roads only a few weeks ago we are now told" to work three days this week. This is a step in the right direction which should have been taken a few weeks sooner. LYDIA. —Mr, 0. A. Jackson left re cently for Bishopville, where he will make his future home. —Misses Mamie and Mertie Howie have been spending a few days with Misses Mamie and Lila Kelley. —A sociable was enjoyed by a number of young people at the residence of Mrs. H. E. Miller on Tuesday night of last week. —Messrs. Ravenel Howie and John Ellis, two fine young men of Florence, have been spending a few days with relatives and friends at this place, —Diphtheria is spreading rap idly among children. Clifford, the infant son Pf Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Galloway* has been Very sick, but we are glad to say he is improving. -=rWe Have a lad in this neigh borhood who has for some time been carrying on his person the left hind foot of a graveyard rabbit. He was unfortunate enough to lose it, which fact —On Friday last Mr. Charles Robertson, who fives just across Cedar Creek .visited a hollow log on the creek, from which on pre vious occasions he had taken two rabbits, for the purpose of getting a third rabbit. He ran his stick into the log and, feeling some thing soft, was sure of his game. After cutting the log he inserted his hand. No sooner, however, had he done so than he was se verely bitten on the back of his middle finger. Grasping . the finger in his mouth he began to suck and spit out the blood, but it continued to swell to an enor mous size even to the elbow. On reaching home he drank freely of spirits of turpentine. The Doctor afterwards lanced and cauterized the wound and gave him alcohol. Since the oc currence ten small rattle snakes have been taken from the log each about 10 inches long. The old snake has not been found. Mr. Robertson is now doing well, LAMAR. —Miss Fanny Hodges, of Newberry, is visiting friends at this place. —Miss Mary Gray is very ill, but at last accounts was improv ing. —Mr. L. L. Gray lost his fine horse, the celebrated “White Cloud” on last Thursday. —The first bale of cotton brought to our market was on the 4th inst., by Mr. John Joy ; it was sold to Mr, Jos, Spears at 10.40. —Our people are opposed to paying the tax for the Experi* mental Station, and endorse the article of Mr. Beasley published in The News some time ago. —Mrs. Helen P. Mims is hav ing her dwelling repaired and enlarged, Messrs. Somerset and Mansill are the workmen in charge. —The pea forage crops with us are exceedingly fine,but peas planted in the com fields are verv poor. Farmers are now gathering their forage, and up to this time have had fine weath er fpr it. —This is one of the best cot ton sections there is in the coun ty, and there is no doubt about a short crop with us. The most observant farmere believe that it will full short at least one- third. The weed is large, but it has thrown off the fruit. I have talked with farmers from other sections and they report the same. Cotton pickers are walking about looking for work. -■—Tuesday night of last week a moonlight pic-nic was had in the yard of Mr. J. B. Mims. The table was decorated with beau tiful flowers, and was lighted only by the gentle rays of “Old Luna.” The edibles furnished were much enjoyed. The brass band of this place was in attend ance also. Miss Maggie Sher man, of Culpeper, Virginia, and Miss Fanny Hodges, of Newber ry, S. C., added greatly to the pleasure of the occasion by their presence. The amusements were varied, and were greatly enjoy, ed by the young people. —Your reporter was in Dar lington some days ago, and in terviewed a couple of Darling ton's most enterprising and business men on the railroad question. He found that the matter of building a road from Sumter to Bennettsville via Dar lington is no idle talk. In the course of conversation one of these gentlemen remarked that Darlington had invested nearly one million dollars in different enterprises since 1880, and would no^r come to the front with one hundred thousand dollars more on this proposed railroad. Dar lington is to be congratulated on her grand work for the last few years, and we venture to say there is not a town in the St^te of its size that has excelled it. But the day may be coming, and may even be nehr at hand, when, without more and better rail road facilities she may yet be left in the woods. This situa tion we know,, however, Dar lington’s business men are awake to. We might say right here, in passing along, that La mar is a growing little village, situated in one of the most fer tile sections of the county, which is peopled by industrious and wide awake farmers ; we believe that we are directly on the route from Sumter to Darlington. Our people look or this railroad pro ject as almost a certainty; as it is a well known f$ct that the town of Darlington for the last ten years has not taken a ward step, and they have anticipations of the day not distant when the DOVEaViLLK. —Mr. T. S. Lucas is erecting quite a commodious store house at Smith’s mill. —Dr. J. W. t Williamson s building a wholesale and reta 1 emporium in the bend of Kimr Street. —Mr. G. T. Parris is leaving the better half of his store house converted into a dwelling—it looks suspicious—and the natu ral inference is that he is going to add another better half to his household. << The first shall be last” is the only remark with which' we could console ourselves on the long delayed completion of the Black Creek Church bridge which, important event, oc curred on Saturday last. The contractor says that the timbers of the old bridge were promised him, but when he went tq lopk for them they were missing, which caused unnecessary delay in having others hewn. gathering fast ns it —The fanners are their cotton about as opens. —The Literary Society at this place is progressing finely under the management of Prof. Jones. —Oatsville is on a boom with her two stores, one sawmill,gin and the best school in the County. —Work on the new road lead- ing from this place.by the way of W. R. S. Lawson’s, and inter secting the Darlington fqad. at J. j. Parrott’s has been com menced. We hope it wifi reach completion in a few days. *--Qulte a number of lads and lasses passed through Oats- ville on Sept. 5th on an excur sion from Lydia to the Mineral Spring near Mr. C. B. Rhodes’, Sr., which is a great place for the young people to spend their evenings. DIED At her residence, near Harts ville, on Sunday avaaing. Sen- teraber 15, 1889, Mrs. fianhift M. Nettles, relict of Gen. Joseph B. Nettles, in the eighty-second year of her age. A native of this County, her whole life was spent among our people, and. by her exemplary character and Christian demeanor, she endear ed herself to every one. It was her lot to be revered and respect ed by all who knew her. By a dispensation, as beautiful os ap propriate, she was suffered to pass, after the peace of God’s hallowed day, gently “over the river” as the evening sun was sinking to its rest. Mrs. Nettles leaves seven chil dren and many grand children. The funeral services were held on Tuesday morning at the Methodist Church at this place, where a large coneourse of friends of the family gathered to pay their last mark of respect to the deceased. Her remains wore interred in the Methodist cemetery. a w. Hirr Desires to say to bis manv friends and*i-u*t»tncrR thmiii'hout the County that he is still to be found at his old stand, car up stajrs> ^ over tis Migtoi Ififfs Met, ou the northeast side af thp - PUBLIC SQUARE, with a complete and CHOWR ASSORTMENT — or —. BUGGIES, SADDLES, HARNESS, WHIPS, ac v (■HE HIM i CALI! Septemb* r H>, ’#9—tf THESTATE OP SOUTH CAROLINA ROUX’S* OF DARLINGTOX. By T. U. Spain, Saq., Probat* Judyt^ Whereas, G. M. Kilgore hath suit to me, to grant unto hie of Administration, de bonis . Will annexed, of the Estate of effects of James Kilgore. ~ „ 1 fe*e are thexeftye cite and ad monish all and singular the and creditors of thei “ “ gore, deceased, that i pear, before me. bate, to be heldi on the;