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DARLINGTON, S. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24. 1889. WHOLE NO 771 VOL XV. NO 43. LOC-A-L items. WAIMkY TflOJIPSOA, ■*'*■*■ L»CJil t:4ltor. Mb. C. C. Eedic is in town on a visit to his many friends. The many friends of Mr. D. D. Evans will regret to learn that he is very ill. Mb. D. W. Watebs, the cot ton buyer, was in town this week. A “Flying Jenny” has been erected on Pearle Street, which is being liberally patronized. A wandering gypsy, with a trained bear, delighted a large audience on the Square last Sat urday. Mb. Eugene Vaughan, of Timmonsville, has secured a po sition in Dr. W. J. Oartaer’sdrug store, * Thebe are now twenty cars at the depot, loaded with mis cellaneous freight for delivery to our local merchants. Rev. Hknby M. Mood, of Manning, conducted the servi ces in the Methodist Church on last Sunday morning. ^ Mb. E. D. * Sompaybao, of Society Hill, has been elected President of the Sophomore Class of the State Uuiversity. Db. McGirt, of Little Rock, Marion County, was in town a few days ago, prospecting with a view to locating here for the practice of dentistry. The Society Hill Alliance No. 133 will hereafter meet on the last Tuesday in every month, at 11 A. M. at the village Library, instead of on Saturday, as here tofore. Db. J. S. Garner will soon erect a house which will be occu pied by Messrs. Joye & Sanders, on Broad Street, on the* corner diagonally opposite the resi dence of Mr. C. Alexander. The County Fair, which will "be held next week on Wednes day and Thursday, October 30th and 31st, and Friday, November 1st, will be a grand success, and everybody should attend. At a meeting of the trustees of the Public Schools, on Satur day, it was decided to close the period of admission into the schools, as it is impossible to ac commodate any more pupils. The number of bales of cotton shipped from this depot during the month of September 1880 was 3,100 and for the corres ponding month of last year 1,300, which is an increase of 1,800 bales! These figures speak for themselves. In addition to the cotton bag ging received some time since, 2,200 yards were received, at this depot a few days ago Messrs. Woods & Woods now have a large supply of the bag ging for sale. Mb. T. O. Stewart has recent ly come into possession of a valuable relic in the shape of an American dollar, which was coined in 1798. It has been stated that only three dollars were coined that year and that each one is valued at $130. Eveby one should read the bargain sales offered in another column by Mr. J. Frank Early. You must read for yourself what he says to understand thorough ly the reduction he has made in dress goods and misses’ hosiery. He offers good inducements oi which advantage should be ta ken. Thebe will be no services in tho Methodist Church on Sun day, as the pastor, Rev. J. A Rice, will be absent in attend ance on the Union Camp Meet ing in Chesterfield County. As Rev. J. G. Law will also be ab sent on Sunday, the. Presbyte rian Church will also be closed on that day. The work on the new jail has progressed sufficiently to enable the transfer to be made to it o:: the prisoners, who were incar cerated in other jails to await trial at the present term of A meeting of the cotton bag ging committee of the Farmers’ Alliance will be held in Darling ton on Monday. Mb. R. Hay, of Darlington, has a madstone, which has been in the possession of his family for over one hundred years. These stones, which are taken from a white deer, are said to be very valuable as remedies for the bite of a mad dog. Mr. Hay’s madstone was obtained from a deer, which was slain in North Carolina during the last century. A foloml Bov Killed. Two colored boys, named Rosia Williams and Charlie Parrott, while hunting in Jef frey’s Creek, in the Philadel phia neighborhood, on Monday night, were caught under a fall ing tree. Rosia Williams was instantly killed, and the other boy, Charlie Parrott, was dan gerously, if not -mortally wounded, his leg being broken in two places and his skull fractured. Alliance Notes The Dovesville Alliance met in the Academy on Saturday the 12th inst., at 4 P. M. The meeting was fully attended, and the names of Messrs. E. G. Kir- ven, Thos. Bradshaw and Howie were added to our roll. The State Exchange was adopt ed. After adjourning, a stray lot of 700 yards of cotton bag ging which had accidentally (?) found its way to the depot, was delivered by our business agent. Next meeting at 3.30 P. M., Sat urday the 2(lth of October. .♦» Muuiciptd Matters. The Town Council met on Tuesday night, after a long re cess, and was most prolific with transactions of unusual T . i • i j A im P. or ' j son and burglary, but “guilty” tance. It was decided to widen l to larcen “ it J having trans- the east side-walk of Grove Street p ire d during the progress of the to the width that it has at the J a8e that tl * defendant had eat en some of the groceries taken from the store, and that he had even sold some. The case of the State vs. John Steadman, colored, for robbery was then tried. Steadman was | charged with robbing, together with Harvey White, one Monroe Crosland on the streets of Dar lington, in broad daylight, a short time ago, a full account of which was given in The Dar lington News of last week. joint of intersection with Pearle Street, so that it would be uni- orm throughout. J. J. Ward, £sq., was instructed to negotiate with the Grove Hill Cemetery 1 Company for six acres of their and for the purpose of convert ing it into a “Potter’s Field.” , ~t was also decided to extend i ' Iroad Street on the east to the residence of Mr. R. C. Galloway. An ordinance was passed in re gard to shooting galleries, which is published in full in another upon the stove, some of the ar^ tides he had stolen from the smokehouse. Suspicion was di rected towards the defendant, Lewis Williamson, who is a small colored boy, and, when Mr. Adams approached him on the subject, he made a full con fession. Verdict guilty. Then was called the case of the State vs. Stepney Sanders, colored, for outrageous assault. The State failed to make out its case to the satisfaction of the jury and the verdict was not guilty. George W. Brown, Esq., owing to the youth and igno rance of the defendant, gener ously offered to examine the witnesses, which he did in his usual able manner. Thus ended the first day’s proceedings. When court convened on Tues day morning, Bristow Burch, a colored boy about 17 years old, was put on trial under the charge of having robbed and burned a little store and dwel ling in Springville on Oct. Cth, owned by Wash Jones, colored. Bradley Copeland and Ab. Bland, both white, had also been indicted for this offence, but the Grand Jury found “no bills” against them. Burch, the col ored boy, was tried for arson, burglary and larce y, the form er being a capital felony. The charge being so grave, and the prisoner being without counsel, the court appointed Messrs. J. J. Ward and H. T. Thompson to defend him. Burch testified that he was present when the crime was committed, and that he assisted in carrying away the goods from the store to his house, but that his presence and co-op eration were due to the fact that Copeland and Bland threatened to kill him u.iless he went with them. The jury seemed to be lieve his story, and brought in a verdict of “not guilty” as to ar- is puDiisned in run in anotner column. The -hooting gallery “ now located on Pearle Street was required to be discontinued within two days and only to b; guilty, with a recommendation to mercy. Next case was State vs. Nel- r steal- commenced again, subject to the son Stephenson, for privily restrictions of the new ordi-; ing from the person. Th of the case are these: nance. It was also decided cumstances that, on and after January 1st Ephraim Arthur, a very colored next, the license for the person, came to Darlington on sale of liquorS should be increased from $150 to $500 and _ that proper notice be given those attached to his vest by a now engaged in the business. rio ” r,a " siivm- < After the transaction of other business of a routine nature the Council adjourned. The Fall Term of Court The Court of General Sessions convened here on Monday, Judge William H. Wallace, pre siding. The Court immediately proceeded to work. The first case called was the State vs. Henry D. M. Freeman, 7th of October last, wearing a Waterbury watch, which was verv showy German silver chain. Ephraim got drunk and, while lying asleep in the lot in the rear of the Enterprise Grocery, some one, the prosecutor alleges, robbed him of his watch, two dollars and twenty cents in money and two paper parcels. Sometime afterwards the watch was found upon the person of the defendant. Ephraim was informed that defendant had his watch and when he saw the defendant he recognized his white, for disposing of property watch chain and defendant then under lien. The testimony of offered to sell the watch to him. the State tended to show that; a warrant was at once taken the defendant gave a lien on his ! ou t for the defendant and he crop of the year 1888 to C. N. j wa s committed for trial. Oats & Bro. and that he failed to deliver to the prosecutors, C. N. Oats & Bro., the cotton pro duced on his farm, but other wise disposed of it. C. P. Dar- gan,Esq. the defendant's counsel took the position that the de fendant was a share cropper and, therefore, could not be con victed upon an indictment based upon the Act of the Legislature relating to selling property un der lien. That the i ct referred to landlords and tenants, but not to those working for a share of the crop. This position was sustained by the Judge in his charge to the jury and the de fendant was acquitted. It is at the present term of ; proper to state that Mr. Court. The galvanized iron cor-; josey, with whom defendant nice on the building, which is j worked, testified that defendant attracting much admiration, is had delivered all his share of of South Carolina^ _make,_ the ! the crop to C. N. Oats & Bro. The following cases were not tried for the reasons given: O. S. Ellis, white, assault and bat tery, two separate indictments, transferred to Florence County; Solomon Morris, colored, con cealing self in dwelling house with intent to kill, plead guilty; Henry Lowry, colored, obtain ing money under false pretences And after the war, at the Springville place, and later at the Hartsville place, when most of the children were married and living elsewhere ; the old order and harmony and loving kind- i ness continued ; and the aged j couple were as devoted to (-ach j other, and as cordially courte ous to their visitors as in the and grand larceny, plead guilty; Harry Sellars, colored, forgery, plead guilty; D. W. Waters, white, assault with intent to kill and carrying concealed weapons, nol pressed on pay ment of cost: John R. Kirven cr more than throe years before and Luke K. Krtven, both white, j his beloved Hannah. daysof a larger prosperity. They Were truly one heart and one mind. Fifty-four years they UVed thus, on “devoted to each other the fifty-fourth as the first year.” He passed over the riv assault and battery, continued. PiM-enlnuMiI of the bmiid Jury. Statc of South Carolina, \ Darlington County To the Honorable W. H. Wal lace, Presiding Judge : We have examined the office, books and vouchers of the Coun ty Commissioners, and find them in a satisfactory coudition We have also examined the office, books and papers of the Clerk of the Court, and find much improvement in the ar rangement of old records for reference and examination. We specially commeud this action on his part. We nave nothing to add in reference to the other offices which have already had our at tention. We find many of the public roads and bridges in the County in need of repair, and ask the attention of the County Com missioners thereto. Much dissatisfaction exists throughout the County, as to the working of the present Road Law, but the Grand Jury is pow* erless - to effect or propose any reform. We have visited and inspect* ed the New Jail, and are most favorably impressed with its lo cation, and the preparation made for the safety and comfort of prisoners. Respectfully submitted. J. J. Lucas, Foreman. Oct. 22, ’89. FLORENCE —The merchants are doing an immense business this season. Everyone has a complete stock and a full force of clerks em ployed. There is not an idle man in town. —Messrs. Layton, Pendleton and Newton have gone to Sa vannah, Ga., to accept positions in the Central Railroad shops. These gentlemen are first-class mechanics and are competent to fill the positions they have se cured. —Mary Jane Brown, colored, aged about 40 years, died very suddenly on Tuesday morning, about nine o’clock. The coro ner was notified and he empan elled a jury, who, after consult ing with Dfs. Covington and Ilderton, returned a verdict that the deceased came to her death from heart affection. : A J he dear old lady suffered dOr- ' ing the hist ten yearsjof her life ! from failing vision, and from at tacks of painful maladier-, and the parting for a while from her beloved husband, but none of these things moved her from her confidence in the reign of the Living Love. To the last “her faith was beautiful, and her pa tience wonderful,” until with undimmed eyes she looked upon a lovelier landscape than this world contains, and with him, who, we believe, could not have been perfectly happy in Paradise without her, was conducted by the Blessed One to their own mansion In the Father’s house. I am sure that during the last years of her life here, the sim ple Scotch song of another aged and worn disciple of Jesus ex pressed the clinging faith and sustaining hope of her heart: “I sin farfrae my Lame an’ I’m weary aftenwhilcs For tho landed for hame-bringinR, an’ my Father’s welcome smiles; 1 11 ne'er be fu'content until my een do see The gowden pates of heaven, an’ my ain countrie. Like a bairn to its mither, a wee bir die to its fiest, I wad fain be panpinp noo unto my Saviour’s breast, Hut he bids me still to wait, an’ ready aye to be, To panp at onv moment to my ain Wm. T. Cackhs. "■™." *9 countrie.' In Memoriam. Died, September 15,1889, Mrs. Hannah Maria Nettles, in the eighty-first year of her age. venerable indeed was this The defendant stated, on trial, that he had purchased the watch from John Steadman. Steadman, when put upon the stand, testified that he had met Ephraim on the 7th of October, that Ephraim was drinking and wanted to borrow a dollar from him. Witness refused to let him have it, but Ephraim of fered to pledge his watch as se curity, and witness then gave him the dollar and took the watch. It was agreed that the money should be refunded in three days, but Euhraim did not redeem his watch in the time called for and witness sold the watch to defendant. One or roper to state that Mr. H. A. two witnesses testified that they P” —„— 'JaiandA.nt bad seen the watch in Stead man's possession, before it was found in possession of defen dant. Verdict not guilty. MAUU1KD. Michie—Ervin.—In the Pres byterian Church, Morganton, N. C., on the ICth inst., l>y the Rev. Robt. Anderson, D. D., J. L. Michie, Darlington. 8. C., to Annie Davis, youngest daughter of J. Witherspoon Ervin, Esq., Morganton, N. C. DIED At her residence in Sumter, S. C*, on October 19th, 1889, Mrs. Addie Hodges, nee Gary, the wife of Rev. E. T. Hodges. Mrs. Hodges was in tho prime of life and, during the ministerial charge of her husband in the Lydia section, she endeared her self to all the people of Darling ton Countv, who came in con tact with her. They will deeply mourn her death and the sympa thies of these are with the fam ily in their bereavement. In ac cordance with her request, that she be buried by the side of her three children, the remains were brought to Darlington and in terred in the Methodist Ceme tery on Sunday afternoon. Rev. Henry M. Mood, of Manning, conducted the funeral services and a large number of friends were present. The pall bearers were Messrs. C. S. McCullough, C. W. Hewitt, A. B. Stuckey, W. F. Early, S. A. Woods and W. A. Parrott. Besides her husband one child survives her. [Locals continued men!.] in Supple- wmii yi©i 9 vi€ju A Commercial Waterloo and THE YICTORir OURS i Tlie Leader ol Low Prices Still Leading; Ihose that are, Able may follow! Tho Lilipute and the weak-kneed must go down. W® make no vain assertions to deceive. We belong to no Trade Union, Trust; or Combination. We have but one to dictate to us and he is that “Almighty American Dollar I” By his aid, coupled vith a never-tiring energy and an unerring judgment, we are enabled to place before the public prices that will bury competion. LlSTEJlSr "WHILE! "WEI SIHSTO-1 Best heavy round thread Homespun at 5 cts. per yard ; best heavy \ Brown Shirting aMi cts. ; best heavy 1 Brown Shirting at 5 cts. ; best heavy yard wide Brown Shirting at 5* cts. ; all wool Salem Jeans at 25 cts. ; all wool Salem Kerseys at 30 cts. Blank ets from $1 to $10 a pair; Shoes from 25 cts. to the best at $4 a pair; Hats from 15 cts. to the best at $4 ; Clothing Suits from $1.50 to $25 ; Trunks from 50 cts. to $10. Also a full line of Dress Goods, early call and you will find that we have not told half. Only Cash and no judgment required to bo a customer of the Leader. The ignorant buy as cheap as those of experience. Give us a c^Jl and see how we will save you money. Very respectfully, Ao <Jo BBOOM, October 10, 1889. 9 S V ienna t Bakery OPENED THIS WEEK, will furnish every day fresh baked BREAD a™ CAKES. In all the new and improved styles. Party and Wedding Cakes will be made oi 6bo?t Noticei SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. * The ladies are respectfully invited to give me a call, and a liberal share of their patronage is solicited. KARL HOFFMAN. September 26, 1889—Cm manufacturer being R. M. Mas ters, of Charleston. Rev. P. B. Jackson, who is well and favorably known m Darlington as the former pastor of the Methodist Church, owing to his ill health, has returned from California to this State. He is now at Mauldin, 8. C. While his many friends will be glad to know that he is again with us, ths cause of his return The next case called was the State vs. Lewis Williams for housebreaking and larceny. On Wednesday morning, Sen eca O’Neal, colored, defended by Messrs. Boyd & Brown, was Testhnony*for the State showed tried for buying seed cotton at that on the 11th of last August, ; which was Sunday, while Mr. i Adams, who lives near Leavens- j worth, was at church, his smoke house was broken into and a 1 small quantity of flour, lard and bacon were stolen and, at the same time, his dwelling house witn us, tha cause or ms reiuru, ^ ^ wafj evl . Iho Sirtiof'iu!” 7 K "' r0W 'deacetta* the thief had cooked- night. The jury acquitted him. Intho afternoon, Johnson Free man, white, who was represent ed by the same firm, was con victed of malicious mischief. The trial of Lewis Williams for murder will be begun this morn- imr The James trial will begin , o/konday morning next at 9:30 j fb® 61, g ©'Otookr' aged, noble-hearted, s in g 1 e- minded, sweet-spirited lady. During the last twenty years her picture has been framed and fix ed in the gallery of my memory, and there it will remain, by the side of that of her husband, the late Gen. Jos. B. Nettles. Mrs. Nettles resembled the vir tuous womon of the Bible. “The lieart of her husband trusteth in her : She doeth him good and not evil all the days of her life. She worketh willingly with her hands. She spreadeth out her hand to the poor, yea, she reach eth forth her hands to the needy. Strength and dignity are her clothing. She openethher mouth with wisdom ; and the law of kindness is on her tongue. She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the breml of idleness. Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land. Her children rise up and call her blessed. Favour is de ceitful and beauty is (rain; but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.” All their lives General and Mrs. Nettles resided in Darling ton County. In ante helium times their plantation home was the abode of a happy household. ! Public Square, or from any There their children grew up in the light of parental care and fowd not tew than. $10, or to the warmth of parental tender- dayn imprisonment, or both, at the There the law was love, discretion of the Mayor, for each and atmosphere peace, and every Hay such ^ ll ^ r ^ 8 I ^ I j, 1 ^ nce - Bargain Sale atJ. F. Early’s. 1,000 yds Dress Goods ranging in price loom 20cts to 40cts, put down at lOcts per yd to close. 32 boxes M isses’ Fine Hose worth 25cts, 85cts and 75cts, marked down to 15cts, 20cts and 25cts to close. Come early before these pins go. >ct. 24th. Cotton Seed Wanted. I want cotton seed and will pay $14 per ton for them. This ! price is, of course, subject to change without further notice. B. K. DeLORME, Agent Oct. 24, ’89 . 11 Welling & Bonnoitt, Dealers Ih Shelf km Heavy Hardware/ CUTLERY, OCXS, PISTOLS. SPORTING GOODS, HARNESS, SAODLERt, STOVES, TIN WARE. AGENTS FOR COTTON 6 IN Si Wind milLb; MOWERS, REAPERS, HAY RAKES, CHURCH BKLLSi FARM BELLS. Carry a pull line of Rubber aiid Leather Belt ing, Lace Leather and Mill Supplies. PUMPS AND PIPE FOR DRIVEN WELLS We thank our fih nds for past lavora and here state that we are better prepared than ever to reduce the cost of Hardware to them. July 25, 1889. lUftf Banfi TRANSACTS A LOAN, -EXCHANGE AND SAVINGS BANtT' BUSINESS. Receives deposits at any time, aad allows interest, at Iks rats sf 5 psr not. per aanast on lime deposits, payable quarterly if desired. Maintains its popnlar miss sf disoaunt for Soboot Oertiflealsa nnd Count/ Claims generally. Csllan- lections reoeivt careful ntlention. Beard ©f ©irecters B Y*. fi. Parrioan, John j. p. ]4ETTLas / KEITH DAEGAN, i’rtaideot. ©ffieers John ^iskrok, P, p. McPviXOUOH, p, JUlfH pA*oir*; WM. A. OAKRIGAN. Vice rreeidnat Okfick of thk Mator, Darlington, 8. C., Oct. 22, '89. f Ordinance 51. Be it further ordain- I ed, that on and after the passage of thin Ordinance, no person or persons, i shall be allowed to erect or conduct, or cuu.se to be erected or conducted, a, i shooting stand, leu than 100 feet and the target less than 150 feet from the ! Public Square, or from any ntreet fl. L. CHABLES, CvMrr. Emit, ness. the aboundini hospitality mlod ' Attest.': » 8.6."