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X 1 VOL XVI. NC 12. DARLINGTON, 8. 0^ THURSDAY, MARCH 20. 1890. WHOLE NO 792. LOO-A-Xj ITB3MS. I . —. Mb. J. Frank Early has gone to Florida on a brief visit. Hon. James H.Rice, State Su perintendent of Education, was in town yesterday, inspecting the Graded Schools. He ex- The bag-pipe and the monkey pressed himself as highly pleased ive aorain been in our midst. | with the work done in these in- stitutions. have again been in our midst. Several families at the fac tory are afflicted with the measles. Mb. B. A. Weinberg, the aged father of Mr. A. Weinberg, is very sick. K. D. Charles, Esq., has re moved to his former home in Timmonsville. Mr. J. Witherspoon Evans is confined to his home from an at tack of the “grip.” The Swiss Bell Ringers gave an entertainment at the Opera House last evening. Judge Willcox, of Marion, was in town this week on a visit to his son, Dr. J. C. Willcox. Monday, March 17, was “St. Patrick’s Day,” but it was not observed at all in Darlington. Most of our merchants are now busily engaged in opening their spring and summer goods. The list of the “grip” victims is increasing. Mr. R. E. James is confined to his home from an attack. Mr. J. H. Early is erecting a neat cottage on Washington Street, near the corner of Flor ence Street. Mr. C. W. Hewitt has suffi ciently recovered from an at tack of the “grip” to be out on the streets again. Mr. C. C. Redic, the popular tonsorial artist, formerly of this place, was in town last week visiting his friends. The Town Council has au thorized the Mayor to have E rinted the bonds which are to e issued for the new railroad. Mr. H. H. Huggins has com pleted the drafting of his map of the town of Darlington and it is an excellent piece of workman ship. Mrs. B. F. Whittemore, the wife of “Parson” Whittemore of Reconstruction times, has been visiting the family of 8. J. Keith. Messrs. Bright Williamson, ! C. B. Edwards and I. Lewen- i thal, the committee on the new railroad, left on Tuesday for Charleston for the purpose of soliciting subscriptions from the business men of that city. The congregation of the Bap tist Church are now considering the advisability of turning the church around so that the build ing will face Broad Street and selling that portion of the lot between the present site of the Church and Florence Street. It is said, however, that there is considerable opposition to this proposition. It is common report on the streets that the authorities of the Charleston, Sumter and Northern Railroad have pur chased from Mr. John Siskron the lot on Florence Street, upon which was formerly located the house of R. W. Boyd, Esq., which was destroyed by the cy clone, and that they will erect their depot upon this land. On the first Sunday in April, “Easter Sunday,” Rev. A. Coke Smith, D. D., of Wofford Col lege, will conduct the services in the Methodist Church, both morning and night. Dr. Smith’s ability is so well recognized not only in Darlington, but through out the entire State, that the mere mention of the fact that he is to preach here on that day will be sufficient guarantee that our people will be given two ex cellent sermons. The taxable property of the town as so far returned for this year is $1,030,730, which is an increase of $233,973 over the re turns of last year. Taxes are now paid upon $516,740 worth of real estate and $513,990 person alty. Several parties have not yet paid their taxes, so that these figures are not absolutely correct, but are approximately true and they speak for them selves. In the examinations recently held at the State University, for those students who were too un well to be examined in Februa ry the Darlington delegation did remarxably well. In the Senior Class, Mr. J. R. Coggshall is distinguished; in the Junior, Messrs. J. E. Boyd and D. R. Coker are proficient; and in the Sophomore, Messrs. A. M. Coker and E. F. Wilson both obtained the grade of proficiency. At a meeting of the County Commissioners, on Thursday, a committee was appointed to lo cate the road running from the Society Hill road to the old place of Mr. Thomas P. Lide, with a view to making it a public road. This road is commonly known Dr. S. I. Blackwell, of Eben ity of the act that imposed the i degrees below freezing Sunday ezer, has received the New Home duty on you. If you refuse to morning. ■ sewing machine, which he drew as a premium at the recent prize drawing of the subscribers to the Weekly News and Courier, 1 means, the question can It is a very fine machine and brought before the courts in! has all the modern attachments, such shape as will test its legal ity at the expense of the county. sign the warrant the beneficia- _ Th ailing 0 p in i 0 n was , - , nes of this act can only require that th e P H essian fly had been drawing of the subscribers to you to show cause and, by this l de8troyed by the freeze of March be A New Millinery Kstablishinent. Miss Louise Schmid has open ed a new millinery store on Cashua Street. . Miss Schmid was well instructed in the trade in Philadelphia several years ago and has since then worked in Augusta and Bruns wick,Geor gia. Wherever she has been employed she has given her cus tomers universal satisfaction and we feel certain that she will please the ladies of Darlington. The public, and the ladies espe cially, are invited to read her advertisement in this issue and to call and examine her brand new stock. There will be a special meet ing of the Ufiiform Rank, Knights of Pythias, at their armory to-morrow evening at 8 o’clock. Mr. George H. McKee and family have moved to town and -are now occupying their mew residence on West End, Broad Street. Me. Peter Bowles is meeting with much success in his house and sign painting business and seems to be giving general satis faction. Benj. Mclnnes, a Veterinary Surgeon, has an advertisement in this issue which will be of in terest to 'all persons owning-) as “the long road to the Mineral live stock. All of Col. W. H. Evans’ f^kids were glad to see last w3£k that he had sufficiently recovered to attend to the busi ness of his office. Spring” and was closed up a short time ago. The parties concerned have agreed to let it be opened again and it will here after be devoted to public use. A pound party was given on Saturday last at the residence of Rev. W. A. Wright, about six miles from town. We re turn thanks for an invitation. Taxpayers must pay their town taxes to the Town Clerk on or before the 20th of April. Persons failing to pay by the time specified will be subjected to a penalty of 50 per cent. The old Muldrow carriage shop is being pulled down. The material will be used by Dr. J. S. Gamer in the erection of sev eral tenement houses on Wash ington Street. The County Board of Equali zation will meet on Monday to hear complaints of tax payers relating to assessments of real estate. Notice of the meeting is published elsewhere. W. H. Ingram,Esq.,attomey- at-law and editor of the Sumter Watchman and Southron, is in town in the interest of the South western Building and Loan As sociation, of New Orleans. On Easter Sunday night ser vices appropriate to the occasion will be held in the Episcopal Chapel by Rev. W. A. Guerry, and the public are very cordial ly invite*! to attend. The Second Quarterly Con ference for Darlington Station, M. E. Church, South, will be held here on Saturday and Sun day. Presiding Elder, John O. Willson, will be present. G. W. Brown, Esq., has re ceived an invitation to deliver the commencement address, in June, before the Calhoun Liter ary Society of the Monroe High School, at Monroe, N. C. Our not building boom. Hampton Smyrl and Aimwell Weston are both inthe tJR thrifty colored people are behind the rest of us in the The Clarendon Enterprise, of March 13, says : “We learn that Judge Kershaw is quite ill from a stroke of paralysis in Sumter, and that court there has ad journed. Such an able jurist and a noble gentleman would be missed from the bench, but it seems that his health will force him to retire.” If this news be true it will carry sadness to the hearts of all Darlingtonians, for there are many here who fol lowed his brave leadership on the heated field of battle. His courtesy, too, to everyone, since he has been on the bench, has won for him very many friends in Darlington. A circular letter has been prepared by the Darlington Ag ricultural and Mechanical Fair Company and has been sent to the Sub-Alliances of Darlington, calling on the members of the Order, to make as large an ex hibit as possible at the Fall Fair so that the best exhibits may be sent in bulk to Columbia and there^displayod at the State Fair as the Darlington County exhib it. A letter of similar import is also.being circulated among the farmers individually. Mr. Lu cas McIntosh, President of the County Alliance, strongly urges upon the members, by letter, the importance of the matter. We trust that these letters will be received favorably. A rumor comes from Florence which, if true, tells a most hor rible tale. It is reported that Nellie Davis, colored, who moved from this place to Florence last year, saturated, a few days ago, with kerosene oil the clothes of a sixteen year old girl who was adopted by her and then set fire to tne garments. It is said that the child was asleep at the time. The unfortunate victim was so badly burned that she lived but a short time. And rumor has it, that before the girl died she sta ted that the woman set her on fire. It is also said that the wo- confessed to have commit- thejleed and that she is now This Tlie James Trial. The second trial of Joseph W. James for the murder of his father, Joseph James, Sr., has come to an end and for a second time the defendant has been found guilty. As was stated in our last issue, the trial com menced on Tuesday of last week and on Tuesday night of this week the case was ended. The full proceedings of the first trial were published in The Darling ton News and, as there was no very material change in the tes timony elicited at this trial, it is not necessary to reproduce it in these columns. Our readers are familiar with the whole case. It is generally conceded, however, that both the State and the de fence made out stronger cases this time than before. The State introduced a very important witness on this trial that did not appear in the other, Mr. W. J. Fields, now of Georgia, who was present at the scene of the murder a few hours after the deed was committed. He testi-., • xu - a* j fied that he saw James and Bill | fecUy plain in the matter and Scott talking together at the well and heard James say to Scott: “I’ll pay you.” Tuesday morning and afternoon the Court was occupied w ith the ar guments of counsel on both sides. Messrs. E. Keith Dargan and Geo. W. Dargan both made excellent speeches and Solicitor Johnson presented the case of the State in an able manner. After the Judge’s charge the case was given to the jury at 7 P. M. It required two hours and fifty minutes for them to agree and at 10.35 P. M., Court was reconvened and the jury handed in a verdict of “guiltv.” We are requested to say that the statement made in yester day’s issue of the Charleston World, that the jury stood, on the first ballot, eight for convic tion and four for acquittal, is incorrect. At no time did any vote for acquittal, but four were at first undecided. The following card of thanks which was unanimously vofbd by the jury will explain itself : To His Honor, Judge I. D. Witherspoon : We, the undersigned petit ju rors, on the case of The State vs. J. W. James, hereby tender our thanks for the kind atten tion shown us, and your consid eration for our comfort and wel fare. We also desire to thank Sher iff W. P. Cole for his efforts in carrying out the instructions of your Honor. We further desire to render our thanks to Mrs. T. A ; Cole, proprietress of the Darlington Hotel, for the bountiful and well prepared meals furnished by her. for it is your right to defend your official acts with all the power and wealth of the county. All that I seek in this move is to bring the question to the courts. I do not ask you to take my opinion on any question of law and shall not press on you the constitutional objections to this tax and the law that levied it, although I have studied them closely and have very decided opinions, but I only want you to get the opinion of the best iudges. I protest against your taking in this matter the advice of your regular attorneys. I understand that they have advised you that it is your duty to sign the war rant. It seems to me that good taste would have required tnem when consulted to say : ‘Gentle men, we are too deeply interest ed in this case to counsel and must ask that you seek other counsel.’ This I know is the rule and there seems to me no excuse for its violation in this instance, unless every lawyer in the county is interested to the same extent and I know that such is not the case. Nobody is bound by a law that is contrary to the constitution and every man, whether private or public, has the right to ques tion any act of the Legislature. The experience of all time is that we must guard our rights with great care or we will soon have more to guard. No such act as the one in question has before been passed in South Carolina and we cannot afford to let it become a precedent, for if the Legislature can impose a tax of this kind on the county it can do so for any purpose. To me your duty seems per- think with a little consideration you will have no trouble to come to the same conclusion. In the action I suggest you do nobody any wrong unless it be that par ties have set their minds on overriding the law. You only bring a judicial investigation, to which there can be no rea sonable objection.” cold, early slim ULYDK. —We have had some windy weather and the peach bloom stands a chance. —We regret to learn that Mrs. D. Johnson, of Chesterfield, is in very feeble health and trust that the good old lady will soon be up again. —The late sown oats were badly nipped by the recent cold spell, but we hope not seriously, as a good part of our county is planted in that grain. —Married, at the residence of the bride’s parents, on the 13th inst., Mr. John Langley, of Ker shaw County, to Miss Edney Langley, of Darlington. We wish the couple a happy life. —Died, on the 9th inst., at her residence in Kelly town, Mrs. Betsy Brown. She was a very old lady and during her long life was always kind to her neighbors and friends. She will be greatly missed in her commu nity. The family have the sym pathy of the entire county. —We are glad to know that the long-felt need for a doctor at Clyde has at last been sup plied in the person of Dr. J. A. Rutledge, who has come into our midst. We feel assured that the young M. D. has settled in a good location and, judging from the number of calls he has al ready received, he will be kept very busy. Success to him. —Died, on the 7th inst., little Luther, only son of Mr. and Mrs. J.P. Morrison.aged one year,one of month and fifteen days. It was hard for the parents to part with the little one, but God’s will be j3, but on the return of a few warm days last week, these pests made their appearance on the oats again. There is no hope now of an oat crop. —A shooting affray occurred on the plantation of Mr. Clar ence McCall last week. Two colored men, Stephen Roderic and Murphy Sanders, became involved m a quarrel over some family trouble. A fight ensued and a little son of Sanders’ran in the house, procured a pistol and fired on Roderic, wounding him. The wound is not very serious. Roderic is industrious and generally respected by the white people in the community. —Our worthy Deacon Wither spoon created something of a sensation in our Baptist ranks last week. He went to Darling ton a real cold day, “because he was compelled to go on pressing business.” In the evening he told his son to go on and wait for him at Lydia, as he had ac cepted the invitation of a friend to ride out that far with him. His son waited for him at Lydia till nearly eleven o’clock, but, growing very cold, concluded to wait no longer. Nine, ten, eleven o’clock next day and still the deacon did not arrive. Late in in the evening he was brought home to his wife, who had occa sion to bestow blessings on the Pate that conceived the idea of thus acting the Good Samaritan. It seems that Mr. J• A. Hearon had kindly taken him to his home where himself and his estimable and charming lady did all in their power to promote his com fort and happiness. We, of course, expected him to return clothed in sackcloth and ashes and no doubt his faithful wife had words of encouragement and consolation laid up for him, lest he should be overwhelmed by mortification and sorrow. But alas! alas! for all our hopes, true to the nature of hi& sex, he returned looking as inno cent as if he had been to a pro tracted meeting, and rejoicing ovev the pleasant time had at Mr. Heamn’s, and their hospit able entertainment, and, like father Adam of old, was ready to put the blame on some one else, even on the friend _ of his bosom who offered to bring 1IARTSVILLK. —Mr. R^ L. King is quite sick with the “grip.” We wish him a speedy recovery. —The train makes no connec-1 tions on Monday and Saturday nights, as was usually the case heretofore. —We have oue Racket store in the progressive little town of Hartsville, owned by a Mr. Rus sell of North Carolina. —The farmers of this section are generally ready for planting, being more forward at present than usual at this season of the year. —The new gin house of Mr. W. M. King, has reached comple tion, and he intends to serve his many friends and fellow-citizens as before. —Your correspondent has been in attendance upon Court, hence items from Hartsville failed to appear for the past few weeks. —The young men of this lo cality contemplate organizing a debating society at the Metno- dist school house at an early date. —On Sunday next at 11 A. M. sermon to be Who Pays The Taxes ? This firm is for Cash and Cash only, consequently we are not willing and have no need to tax our friends 50 per cent, on goods to meet the credit losses or to hide the exhorbitant prices charged. Spend your cash where there is hut one way. We are getting very near to all active, thoughtful with our CLOSE-CUT CASH PRICES. We are in to Win ! customers we expect an able delivered by the pastor in charge as full power as a dynamite of the Methodist Church. It will be in referer ce to St. Paul and Agrippa. —A negro, named Watson Alston, met with the misfortune of having his leg broken one day last week, by a log falling on it, while trying to assist in darning up a place at Black Creek. —Died, at his residence near this place, on the 13th inst., of pneumonia, Mr. Willis Rogers, aged about 30 years. His re mains were interred at the Bap tist cemetery on the following day. We sympathize with the bereaved family in their sad af fliction. NO STAGE THUNDER OR BLANK CARTRIGES! NO BURN ED POWDER OR EMPTY SHELLS ! NO QUAKER GUNS IN THIS CAMPAIGN, But every counter and shelf are effective weapons, loaded with We are daily receiving our Spring i Goods. They are arguments that can never be answered. We still defy competition and invite comparison. Get prices every where then, come to us and we will discount them. We invito every one to come and examine our New Spring Stock. It will pay you even though you do not buy. We are still and ever will bo him out, saying “He forgot to call for me and, having no other way to come, of course I had to stay.” But, truly, as Josiah Allen’s wife says, “Men’s con sciences are like injy rubber, dretful easy and stretchy, and almost impossible to break like a bruised reed.” THE LEADER OF LOW PRICES! Very respectfully. A. So BROOM, February 27, 1880. The Experimental Station Tax. The following is the text of the argument made by Mr. J. W. Beasley before the County Commissioners on March 11, in regard to the Experimentel Sta tion tax, which we publish at Mr. Beasley’s request: “Gentlemen of the Board County Commissioners : You occupy a very responsi . . ble position in relation to the done. Suffer little children to Experiment Station tax, and come unto me and forbid them have it in your power now to j not, for of such^ is the kingdom remedy, in a measure, the wrong that has been done the county I in the levy and collection of this tax, and I hold that it is your duty to do whatever you can in this matter as guardians of the county’s finances. We realized; from the very first that the levy; of this tax was an insult as well! as a grievous wrong to the peo ple of the county, but owing to conditions of law that could not be remedied, we could make no of Heaven.” The remains were interred iu the burial ground at Prospect Church, on the 9th inst., in the presence of a large concourse of relatives and friends. —On Saturday, March 8, Mr. J. W. Outlaw narrowly escaped meeting with a very serious ac cident. He was returning from Darlington in a road cart and the horse ran away, throwing him from the vehicle and in resistance to it and as you know flj c ting some injuries. He was were forced to pay it. We have been satisfied from the beginning of this business that the whole thing is a violation of our most sacred rights, but up to this E Qint we nave been forced to ow to the yoke. We have come, however, to a point when resist ance can be made and we earn estly appeal to you at officials of the county to block the con summation of this great wrong. I believe you owe it to the county now to refuse your war rant to the County Treasurer for this money. This, of ou badly bruised about the head and his arm was sprained. The road-cart struck a tree and was smashed to pieces. Mr. Outlaw would have had to walk home had not Mr. J. G. Newsom hap pened along and took him up in his vehicle. MT. KLON. —The Mt. Elon Woman’s Mis sion Society meets at 3 P. M., on the Saturaay before the 2nd Sunday in each month at the pastor’s residence. All the course, mem bers are earnestly requested , h £Ita SS; to attend regularly, ou have any the legal- ad eleven SWIFT CREEK. —Mr. S. Odom has erected for his own use a nice home in the Fork. —We congratulate The News on its marked improvement. _ It is now all that one could desire. —Mr. John Galloway has re ceived the contract for erecting a neat and substantial fence around the grave yard at the old Bethel Church. —Miss Nettie Dickerson has opened a flourishing school at the Swift Creek Academy. There are now thirty-five pupils in attendance. —Mr. W. T. Campbell has the sympathy of our entire commu nity on account of his recent loss by fire. Substantial sympa thy in the shape of aid is ready for hipi also. PHILADELPHIA —Some of our farmers have finished planting com, while others have planted none as yet. —We wonder what is the mat ter ? We did not receive The Darlington News last week at our postoffice. —The 16th of March has come and brought with it the coldest snap of the whole winter. Sun day morning the temperature was down to 22°. —We see quite a quantity of fertilizers and supplies coming from our booming neighbor town, Hartsville. Hurrah for Hartsville ! —The people of this vicinity have manifested very little in terest in the James trial now in progress. Certainly not to the extent of leaving their business to attend its proceedings. —The statement in these items several weeks ago that Messrs. Smith & Bro. were going to erect a turpentine still on the Garner & Howie still-site is a mistake. The project has been abandoned. —Uncle Daniel Hull (an old colored man of eighty odd years) is authority for the prediction that there will be severe cold until late in the spring. He says he has signs that lead him to this prediction and that they never fail. We’ll observe. —The Philadelphia communi ty is in need of a public log roll ing, as some of our busy sons of the field have not had the time to cut and roll their logs and have had to drag the plow over them in breaking the ground for coming crop. FLORENCE. —Mr. Ed. Wingate has re signed the clerkship in the South ern Express office. —Died, on Tuesday morning, the 11th inst., of typhoid pneu monia, Elizabeth, the eldest child of Mr. and Mrs. Redman Williams, aged 17 years and one month. —The Rev. John W. Mott, formerly of Cheraw, but now of Darien, Georgia, paid his form er friends a visit last week. On Sunday of last week Mr. Mott officiated twice for our rec tor, Rev. W. A. Guerry. He has returned home. —Messrs. M. H. and S. J. Beck, of New Castle, Delaware, are visiting their parents, Capt. and Mrs. J. S. Beck. These gen tlemen left here a few years ago, and upon their return they were very agreeably surprised at the growth of the town. DOVESVILLE. —Rev. C. L. Dowell has just received the sad intelligence that his brother is lying hopelessly ill of Bright’s disease in New York, and that his sister is very ill at her home in North Caro lina. —Any information as to the whereabouts of Mamie and Rob ert McIntosh, colored, aged re spectively 15 and 13, who left their parents on the 13th inst., without cause, will be grateful ly received by Esau McIntosh, at Gainey’s Cross Roads. —The mill dam, at Leavens- worth, was undermined near the pierhead a few days since. It caved in pondward carrying the breastworks with it, and made it necessary to draw off the water for repairs, which will be rapidly made and the mill will be ready for grist again in a short time. —Mr. W. T. Campbell, living near Jovann, lost, by incendiary fire, on the night of the 12th inst., his barn, stables, 4 horses, 1 mule, wagon, rockaway, bug gy, 3 sets harness, 5 sets plow gear, all his farming implements, about 75 bushels peas, 200 bush els corn and the year’s supply of rough feed. Three of the horses and the mule were valuable and the vehicles good as new. The loss is estimated at $2.000; no insurance. The barn, stables and wagon sheds were all under one roof, with a passage way running through the centre and were located about fifty yards in rear of the dwelling. There was a stiff wind blowing direct ly from the stables toward the residence. The fire fiend applied the match to the windward and when the crackling flames awoke Mr. Campbell at about 12 o’clock, it was impossible, with the limited help at hand, to save anything—all hands had to jjpve their best efforts to the dwelling, which miraculously escaped. We visited the scene of the fire the next afternoon and obtained our information from first source. We beheld with sorrow the ru ins, the charred remains of the poor horses, as they lay in their respective stables, save two, which had evidently burst their doors and tried to escape through the passage way, but nad to suc cumb to the all-devouring flames. It was indeed a pitiful sight; it would touch even the flinty heart of the hellish incendiary himself. OATS. —Mr. Hardy Howell has a child dangerously ill. —Hon. J. C. Clements has j erected quite a nice plank fence on his place. —Mr. Green Watford is hav ing his old residence completely renovated. —Mr. R. H. Josey was attack ed by the “grip” in its worst form last week. —A great many of the garden plants have been severely in jured by the recent cold. —Sudden changes in the weather have caused considera ble sickness of late in our com munity. —Mr. James Register has madfe some splendid changes in the public roads on his planta tion. —Mr. Elbe King, of Lydia, is going to school at this place. We extend a hearty welcome to all who may come. —Messrs. Howard & Rains are preparing to run the turpen tine still, a short distance below here, which was last year worked by Mr. A. R. Autrey. —Mr. B. T. Kea is hauling lumber preparatory to erecting a house and we hear that he is not going to live by himself either. —Some of our farmers have finished planting corn. If the weather continues as it is now, they will have the pleasure of planting again. —This is certainly a hard year on oats. The “Hessian flly” is still playing havoc with spring oats in this community. It is feared by some they will get on corn after it comes up. Is there any remedy to keep them off ? Is there anything to kill them on the oats? Will nitrate of so da kill them on oats? HIGH HILL —Just as we predicted, we have had winter weather at last and nearly all of our fruit is killed. —Miss Nettie Thomas, of Un ion, who taught the public school at this place, is now teach ing a pay school. —Fortunately not many of our farmers had planted corn before the last freeze. The motto of those that did is, we will try again. —On last Thursday, while go ing to Darlington, Mr. Mann Humphries was robbed by strange negroes. Fortunately he didn’t have but five dollars. —Eevrybody seems to be en joying by anticipation the Union Meeting which commences at High Hill on Friday before the 5th Sunday in this month. —Everybody seems to be tak ing a great deal of interest in the James case and some of our smartest men look pleased when something happens so they will have to go to Darlington. —Miss Sarah Rose, of Flor ence, has returned to her home after a pleasant visit to frends in our community. We have al ready heard of one young man trying to commit suicide. —Mrs. Matilda Jeffords, of Charleston, is visiting relatives on the Turn Pike. Mrs. is a very agreeable lady and we hope her visit will be a one. -W A SOCIETY HILL. —Part of the machinery, and a considerable quantity of cord wood has been placed on the brick yard which is quietly pro gressing. -When Col. W. H. Evans was so exceedingly ill the con gregation of the Baptist Church united in prayer to God for his recovery, and Sunday morning of last week, at his request, the congregation again united in a thanksgiving service in ac knowledgment of God’s mercy in restoring him to health again. —Mr. Evans Gandy gives an, amusing and he says truthful account of a recent turkey hunt. A friend of his who had nevpr killed a wild turkey was recent ly placed where he would soon get a shot. Hearing the report Mr. Gandy ran up and his friend and a tremendous wild turkey were having a terrible battle. The friend held the head of the gobler, with both hands with a grasp equal to “La grippe.” The turkey was scratching the skin and blood from the face and hands of his friend with “a vengeance,” and flapping him with his wings like a thrashing machine. Mr. Gandy says he has seen a fight, but this beats them all. The gentleman was unmercifully beaten, and but for Mr. Gandy’s speedy arrival would have been whipped MILLIHERY. o MISS L. M. SCHMID has open ed a beautiful line of SPRING and SUMMER Millinery, Flowers, Ribbons, and Laces of all kinds, baby bonnets, &c.; Hats just received from New York. The public, and the la dies especially, are invited to call. March 20, ’90—3m TOWN TAXIS! Office of the Mayor, r Darlington, 8. C., March 20, ’90.) Notice ie hereby given that the Town Taxes for the current year are called for by Council, i>ayable to the undersigned at his oftied on or before the 20th day of April 1890. All per sons failing to pay by the time speci fied will be subjected to the usual pen alty. By order of the Council. 8. S. BURCH, Clerk. March 20, VO—It AUDITOR’S OFFICE, i Darlington, 8. C., March 20,1890. f The County Board of Equalization will meet at the office of the County Auditor, Monday, March 24th, to hear complaints of Taxpayers relating to the assessment of Real Estate as fixed by said board for taxation for the pre sent fiscal year. All persons will take due notice that all claims not pre sented in person or by proxy, on that date, will be barred the privilege of , redress so far as the Board extend. W. H. LA\VBENCE, Clerl March 20, *90—It Veterinary Surgery. ai $ B enjamin Mon C. V. 8., Vet R. r3i Charleston, 8. C., will (D.V.) visit Darlington the second week in April, and will be found at McCullough, Blackwell & Co.’s. March 20-3t. tm Peter Bowles and ■ B the ■ mt '"a i ''V'.l .JS ■I V • ..anya** ♦i*? mml Mi mi