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Garner has been commissioned as junior second lieutenant of the Darlington Guards. Old papers, suitable for Wrap ping purposes, can be purchased at The Darlington News office at the rate “nickel.” of twenty for a Awnings are i being pi over the Square. They lid line of shade ^ut out all ■P now form a solid line of shade from the Ba ;k of Darlington to Tom- baeher’s comer. The work of erecting the plant of the canning factory has commenced, and tnis industry will probably be in operation by June 15. Mr. Simon Kalmus, who has been clerking for Mr. J. Rosen berg, has accepted a position with Mr. A. A. Cohen, of Flor ence. The Williamsburg County Re cord says: “Mr. C. J. Kelley, of this place, was married to Miss Leila Beck, of Darlington, on the 14th inst.” The Florence Messenger says: “Mr. George McCall has sam ples of brick from Society Hill, which are by far the prettiest ever brought to Florence, ex cepting pressed brick.” A CORRESPONDENT of theNeWS and Courier, under the signa ture of “Pee Dee,” has nomina ted John Bratton for Governor and John J. Dargan for Lieu tenant Governor. The Board of Trustees of the Public Schools met on Thursday last and transacted business in cident to the closing of the schools for the summer vaca tion. A lady’s gold bracelet was found in the Presbvterian Church yard, between thejchurch and the gate, on Sunday morn ing. The owner may recover the same by calling at The News office. The Sumter Watchman and Southron says: “Mr. Walter James, of the S. C. University, son of Gen. W. E. James, of Darlington, spent several days in the city last week visiting friends.” At a meeting of the stock holders of the Enterprise Hotel Company on Monday, a semi annual dividend of 3 per cent, payable July 1, was declared. The directors who served during the past year were re-elected. Messrs. John J. Mclver, W. A. Carrigan, C. R. Woods, and G. A. Bland, all of Darlington County, have been drawn as ju rors for the United States Dis trict Court which will be con vened in Charleston in July. The Florence Times says: “Gen. and Mrs. W. W. Harllee will celebrate their golden wed ding on Wednesday next, Mav 28. Their many friends wish them continued prosperity and happiness. The Times is pleas ed to note the event.” Mr. R. M. Josey has left at The News office some stalks of cotton which are marvels of de velopment in regard to their sixe and the number of forms they contain. The best part of it is that Mr. Josey has twenty-five acres of which these wers an av erage specimen. Dr. J. M. McBryde, Director of the Experimental Stations, was expected here yesterday, and a fish dinner at the Mineral Spring wasgotton up for his en tertainment. The Doctor was prevented from coming, how ever, and his hosts were com pelled to proceed without him. Mr. J. E. Norment, will, as usual, present a handsome gold medal this year to the pupil of the two highest grades of St. John’s Academy who at tains the greatest degree of effi ciency. The medal may be seen by the pupils at Edwards, Nor- meat & Co’s, store. The Columbia* corres,po'n- d e n t of the Charleston World says : “Mr T. S. Lucas of Society Hiil, who has been sur veying on the Columbia, New berry and Laurens railroH turned to his home to-day, he will begin work on the nettsville and Society Hill road. re- Maj. Geo. W. Earle arrived ed for Darlington County : The following committee was i we have been able to gather con- Mr. Jacob Spears has had in Darlington on Sunday morn- Antioch, F. D. Jett.; Back appointed to see that every Dem-‘ cerning this most horrible horn i- his homestead set off. Mr. T. ing with his corps of engineers, Swamp, Wm D. Humbert; Cy- ocratinthe Township was duly cide up to the time of going to p Wilson represented the cred- their intention beLig to push the press, Chas. G.Humphres; Dar- registered : J. F. Early, chair- press. litors while Messrs .1 S Du- survey of the C. S. & N. road to fington, Wm. E. Charles :Harts- man, C. P. Dargan, J. T. Bris- Bose and G M Butler repre- Surateras rapidly as possible, ville, R. F. Howie ; High Hill, tow, J. H. Early, W. C. Ervin, SOCIKTY HILL. sen ted Mr Spears The line between Darlington and Wm.M. Brunson; Leavenworth, J. B. Law, M. T. Lide, J. E. —After th« mornimr service at „ \ ‘ ‘ T Bennetts ville has now been Wm. E. Zimmerman; Lisbon, Norment, J. P. Coleman, H. M. the *Bantist Church fliss Alirv —Mr. J.J. Carter, Jr., requests definitely fixed by the survey. Meipio P. Simmons; Lydia, J. C. Willcox. The meeting was the Weatherford was married to Mr ! “ 8 ‘° X ^ ' l 'X 1 ,R n “" > a Dn. A. II. Hayden left on ; Mechan.csv.lle, G. largest of the kmd we have ever: James Wright, of Hartsville. ! SXentv Jre iiX of oit" owed Mondav for Pearson Marlboro W - Casle y ! Philadelphia, J. N. seen m Darlington, audit would w . T T T ,, a twenty acre nemoroais .o* e.i cwft where he mo’iM^s nrac Pftrrott i Palmetto, C. L. Odom; seem that the interest in the ap- -Maj. J. J. Lucas left on in January and Kebruary. he tish^‘hCnro7essi?r^l P doc' ^iety Hill, John T. Rafra ; preaching-ampaign has already the freight train to-day to at- will treat that man and tins r- 1 Stokes Bridge, Thos P. King; begun. tend the unveiling of the R. E. porter to a barbecue on the his stay i^DarHn^on aH of Swift Creek ’ Wm ’ T - Wallace ’ ” — Lee monument at Richmond. Fourth of July. Now, gentle- whom follow him to his newi . „ , bio.hcr Sl.ij» l.iother home with their very best wish- * Pro * peroU ‘ t ray Knotts, a son of Mr es for his success. ' The annual meeting of the Epu. iam Knotts, who lives about stockholders of the Darlington two miles north of Oats, in this Mr. James Cook, who — —Those farmers reported as —The farmers are too busy allowing their work to push fighting grass to talk politics them, took the advantage of the now. past tan days of fair weather _c r „ p8 in this nc i gW K> r hood , ana caugnt up. are as ^ ne as we j ulve ever —We had the heaviest rain of , them. ! the season last Mondav ; all were JOVANN. —Mr. W. T. Campbell, who himself, and has secured a stand at the store of McCown Bros., where his friends will find him in the future. Mr. Cook is a first class watch repairer, and de serves to receive the patronage of the people of Darlington. By far the handsomest hall in some time much im- Swift Creek, Wm. T. ,, , . —ThP i-Ain* seem to have set ! men ° f the bra k r oat cro l )t< - whHt 1 he rams 8 ^ m are you going to do about it ? in in earnest, and potato draws - 6 7^ ^ are being set out for the main —— , , ,, , ,, .crop. A great deal of the oat i 1 . , T ! Building and Loan Association C oant y> shot and killed his broth- cr0 p ^ own an j will have to -i * employed at Mason s Jewelry was held in the office of the Pe0 . er Ben on Saturday morning last, gtand the weather. has i l)een 81<k for Store, has gone into business for j ple , s Bank on Monday night, atabout half past nine o’clock. past ’ , 1S n0W Vt ' ry Messrs J J Ward E Keith There had been bad feeling be- . —Mr. Edwm Sompayrac hav- proved. r w ; r V it?.™ tween the brothers for some mg yon the West Point cadet- , xr t Da ^ an ;, Tr Z - tTme In company with Charles ship at the competitive examin-1 , ~ We h .ad heavy rains Mon- thal and John Siskron were re- wme. 111 company wiiuLnaries je ui nrP nee i^ At hnme, da y evonm {? and night which elected members of the Board of a,,(i Henry Knotts, two I reeeivinir the congratulations of were somewhat injurious to the Directors. Nine hundred dol- 1 brothers, they were at work in receiving the congratulations ot ~ larswas sold; part of it at a! their father’s field on the day premium of 40, and the remain- named, when the quarrel between der at a premium of 35 cents. Murray and Ben was renewed. town is situated up stairs in the The affairs of the association 1 ?be former left the field, and go- tt *aa -ui _ j 1 1 1 ~ a HiiF un to thfi hoiiRP told thftir fa- are m a flourishing condition, the statement showing an actual profit of 42 per cent, for the past two years, as gathered from the actual assets. Hewitt building, and has been fitted up by the Darlington Guards as their armory. The command is to be congratulated upon this progressive step, which will greatly increase the inter est of the members in the or- Gentlemen of tlie Jury. ganization. The following have been drawn The regular quarterly con- on the jury for the Spring Term ference of the Methodist Church of the Court of General Sessions will be held on Saturday and for Darlington County, Sunday. Following this a pro- convenes on Monday, June 9th, 1 whTch was*lo tracted meeting will be held in 1 Judge Kershaw presiding: f x f nrtv 1, l. The Presiding El- J B. Odom, S K. Rogers W. t L hous/wi L. King, J. G. Elli H. A. Wom- mack, L. V. Du lose, E. M. Lynch, W. W. Alexander, J. A. Vaughan, Jos. Spears, W. V. Moore, R. L. Hart, S. E. Black man, C. E. Carter, Solomon Hall, Curtis Fields, J. S. Good ing up to the house told their fa ther that if he did not make his brother let him alone there would be trouble. The old gentleman replied that they were both of age, and must settle their troub les between them. The man said that if that was the , case, he would look out for him- I self, or words to that effect. He ... then took down his shot gun wnien j from the rack, each barrel of his 1’riends. — Mr. B. F. White is very much pleased with his oat crop on his Campbelton place. He thinks he will make on some acres as much as one hundred j bushels per acre. The land is i rich alluvial river bottom, and is not many miles from “Starva- small crops. —Mr. Martin, of Florence, has been looking up timber in this section for the purpose of furn ishing the foreign market with lumber. This is a very good place for such an enterprise. May success attend him. —Masters Marvin and Janies tion Empire,” where the prize. King, aged seven and nine years young acr e corn crop of 254 bushels and respectively, “Everlastin caught out of 49 pounds was made on one acre “Everlasting Branch,” a few of what was formerly poor, san- days ago, wnat seemed to them dy land. 1 to be “the father of rats,” which -On Wednesday niglri the . fo M r . P®"”!* 8 - It was a that church, der, Rev. John O. Wilson, the pastor of the church, and prob ably other ministers will con duct these services. loaded with from thir- Baptist Church will be decora-] buck shot, and left ted in honor of the marriar * One of the strongest petitions we have ever seen has just been forwardqd to Washington pray ing for the retention of Mrs. B. C. Law in the Darlington post- office. Mrs. Law has given such universal satisfaction to the business men of the community, the house with it, going to work j Miss Mamie ^Stogner to Mr in a field ad joiniug-that in which his brothers were, and tying his f ;un to the plow in front of him. n a short time the three other brothers, having finished their plowing in the first field, came over to continue their work in IF; Blackman, W. T. Flow ers, E. F. Sansbury, Elias El more, Reddin Stokes, P. S. Car- that they arc all anxioua to have | J ^in Kin".™' k'JeL™; N. D. Marshall, Chas. H. Ellis, J. R. Segars, C. L. Parnell, J. son, C. N. Parrott, J- J- the one where Murray was occu- ? rU ^: i P ied - Ben and Murray renewed her reappointed The tank, pipe and fittings for the water works have been ordered. Ihese will be put in place as soon as received, which will be in a very short time. Fire and water hydrants will be erected at convenient distances N. Galloway. their quarrelling. One of the other brothers remarked that if they were going to fight they had better take their horses out of the plow, whereupon Ben advan ced to his horse’s head as if ns, of BennSttsville ; the cere mony will be performed by Rev. John Stout, at 8 P. M. We hear, too, that two more of our charm ing young ladies are contempla ting a visit of some length to a distant State. We don’t know what our boys are going to do about it, but we would advise them to retaliate by taking hos tages on the first opportunity. peculiar looking animal, and we judge from the odor that it must have been a musk rat. — t may be of interest to some of the readers of The News to hear from our little town. Per haps many of them do not even know that there is such a place in the county. We are very advantageously situated on the Hartsville Railroad, and lots are hard to buy at from one to four hundred dollars per acre. The town is in one of the best sec- | tions of farming lands in the county, and possesses many oth er advantages that 1 may speak of in the future. carry out the suggestion. At that time Murray was forty pa ces off; he immediately, ad- A Good Investment. vanced upon Ben until he came The story which was begun in within five pac es of him, when last week’s issue of The Dar- -''a^mg his gun to his shoulder lington News is alone well | be fi red directly at him, the load is being Six inch pipe will be used frem| 7 of ‘VbsTrtotion* i taking effect in the right side the tank to the Square and tour worth the price 01 suDscnpuon, » _ t u 1 : and CO mDlete- nlnmr fhn remainder i which > as will be remembered, just aoove tne nip anu complete 5 g has now been reduced to $1 a «wn>r,ncr w r,<rht arm. It ! year, fifty cents for six months, An old man named Thomas ^ 0 r twenty-five cents for three Brinkly, a travelling herb doc-1 months. The Darlington News and. The Weekly Newsand Cour ier, if taken together, can be obtained for the marvellously reasonable sum of 81.75 a year. Neither of these papers covers any of the ground occupied by ly shattering his right arm. It is said, (though it is nmpossible for us to say on what the state ment is based), that Murray —On Friday night, the 23rd, a nice little entertainment, lit erary and musical, was given at 1 the hall. Quite a large number were present to enjov the occa sion, and a delightful time was had. The first thing on the pro gramme was a duet by the Misses Evans, “Wandering j Dreams.” after which a solo was rendered by Mrs. Dunford. A1 , . Then “Aunt Prue,” a sedate old order of tlie Gay maid with cap, spectacles white oa .^ 1 cra P 18 bem £ harvested ; it tippet, apron, and knitting, en- Wld no ^ prove a* great a failure gaged in conversation with a SARDIS. —Antioch Church painted. —We have had excellent sea sons so far. Planting peas is day. The rvesl ,t a f as was at one time feared. tor, was .taken ill at the Dar lington Hotel about a month ago, and has been confined to his bed ever since. He is en tirely friendless and unknown. To relieve his more pressing ne cessities, a small purse was made up for him by some of our citi zens several days ago. The town bell is struck every beautiful young miss, her niece, w 10 was confessing the “first —Sunday, May 18, was ob served here as “Children’s Day. ” would have Arod again, but for ] c j 3S 0 f i 0V e” and proposal of Rev. J. E.- Rushton preached the fact that the cap on the oth er barrel of the gun was knocked off by the concussion from the heavy load The wounded man walked around as if to place the brother and day now at twelve o’clock sharp, during the week, together " ith and its benefit as a “civilizer” a general outline of the news of is being already recognized. All; S f ate and tb f, f ,, the steam whistles in town are | the other, he gathers a more full ■*■ 0 f the State regulated by this time, and when the bell begins to ring, and the shrill whistles join in from all quarters, one begins to realize that this is indeed fast the-other. From the one, the hciree between his subscriber obtains a general! himself, but on getting on the summary of all the events which other side of the animal he fell have happened in the County to the ground He was taken - - ■ * • ■ jj | up and carried to his father s house, where he lingered in his terribly mutilated condition un til about half past two o’clock Sunday morning. Coroner Parnell, accompatied by Mr. Thomas, the Sheriff’s very appropriate, interesting and instructive sermon to them from Isaiah 13th chap ter and part of the 21st verse, “Doleful creatures.” from account of the State news, as well as general items of interest occurring throughout the world. No home in Darlington County should be without the two, and becoming “the Birmingham of they are a veritable bargain on South Carolina.” tbe terms at which they are now : offered. Mr. Waddy Thompson, as will ^ be seen from his advertisement „„ ... published elsewhere, is nowen-! I li* Democracy ol Darhnarto . gaged in the fire insurance busi- The Darlington Township ness, and occupies an office up- Democratic Club met in the stairs in the Hewitt building, on Court House on Friday af ter- the north side of the Public noon, J. E. Nettles, Esq., in the Square. Mr. Thompson repre sents some of the finest compa nies in the country, and will en deavor to merit the patronage of the public. marriage. The fair dame tri-1 umphantly declared that she once was young and had never once been asked to marry.” Prof. Dunford “electrified” the house with “the fear of lightning,” as „ r ,• 11 • * j illustrated by “Mrs. McWil- r W< F Were r ?! iab y info + r . med Hams.” Mrs. C. C. Wilson then a few da y 8a g<> that two or three rendered a solo entitled “Mar- Mormons are preaching in the garet,” which was one of the 1 viemity of Cadden’s store^ on most decided “hits” of the even ing. Mrs. J. L. Wilson was at his best in reading “Sam’s Let ter,” written either by a lunatic or a philosoper, some times one . . , x , * sometimes the other. The Misses deputy, repaired to the scene of Evans followed in the duet, the homicide on Sunday. A ju- “Larlord Watch, Ahoy !” The ry was empanelled, and after quartette, “Moonlight on the a post mortem examination had Lake,” was simply superb, and been made by Drs. Wallace and wag called for again. It is not Gamer found a verdict in accor- necessary to say anything in, , , . dance with the above facts, praise of our hometalent, which °^ e y ed » ^ 00 The deadly load had torn a hole i S already so well and favorably 111 the side of the deceasedabout known. We must add, however, the size of a m a n s hand* some that the charming Mrs. C. C. of the shot lodging in the most Wilson added greatly to the , ., vital of the internal organs, pleasures of the occasion by her chair. After the chairman had Thirty-two duck shot were taken splendid singing. Mrs. L. M. stated the object of the meeting, from the body. In the opinion Jones performed admirably on the piano. Refreshments, cake Mr. Vernei’s Ofli. ial Visit Comptroller General J. S. Verner was in town on Friday for the purpose of verifying the settlement made between the County Treasurer and Auditor. He'lxamined the vouchers for disbursements from the school and State taxes collected, and found everything to be correct. it was announced that Hon. f. S. Verner, Comptroller General, • was in town on official business, whereupon a resolution was adopted that a committee be ap pointed to wait upon him and request him to address the meet ing. Mr. Verner responded promptly to the invitation, and made a most excellent address of about thirty minutes length, showing conclusively, and be yond the shadow of contradic tion, that there could not possi- in the ad- He did not complete hto wo7k. "ly be any corruption in the Rd- however, but will return late7 S tato ,Gov- r -e xi oroment. Mr. Verner sremarics ^verify the diBbureements from wererecc . Ted wjth the c|ose , t the county ordmary fund. attention> and he waa frequent ~ tr'*"*' r, ly interrupted by loud and near- IwrcMiur Property Wine*. t y applause. When he had con- An examination of the Audi- eluded, a resolution was adopt- tore duplicate for this fiscal ed thanking him for his eloquent year shows that the assessment and instructive address, and re- of real property for Darlington questing the County Executive County is $1,928,290 against $1,- Committee to invite him to 819,455 for last year, which is speak in Darlington on the reg- an increase of $108,835. The as- ular Democratic campaign day, sessment of personal property July Kith, when Mr. B. R. Till- for this yearis$l,161,075against man will probably be here. In the of the doctors death resulted from internal hemorrhage. The coroner took posession of Murray Knotts’ gun, and drew the loads from both barrels, it appearing that the latter, immediately af ter firing at his brother, had re loaded the empty barrel on the spot, again using some thirty odd duck shot. There is one feature of the killing which remains up to this time an unexplained mystery*, notwithstanding the most earn est efforts which have been madg to fathom it, and that is, what was the cause of the dif ference between the two brothers | which led to so serious a breach. If that cause is known, (and it and ice cream, and all thepleas- the! nep | ures attendant concluded festivities of the evening. —We regret to report that Mr. T. F. Wilson is quite sick. —Jesse DuBose, a colored ten ant of Mrs. Helen P. Mims, is the first to report a cotton form this season, he having seen one last Thursday. $1,112,788 for 1889, an increase f The cluf> then elected the fol-; The remains of the unfortunate of $48,287. The total assess-1 lowing officers for the ensuing man were interred at the Gully ment of real and personal prop- term : J. E. Nettles, President; Church on Sunday. Mr. Eph- erty for this year is $3,089,365 c. S. McCullough, Vice Presi- against $2,932,243 for the past dent; F. E. Norment, Secretary, The total increase is,, and J. F. Early, Member of the Committee. An year, therefore, $157,122. The Ccusu^. The work of taking the Cen sus, which is made by the Uni ted State Government once in ten years, will be begun on mon day next, and will probably last for about two weeks. The enu merators are paid two cents for every name recorded, the Gov- * ' “thattheir not less than $5 a enumerators Executive Committee, i earnest appeal was made by the president to all the Democrats ! present that they see to the re- i newal of their registration cer- I tificates in case there were any which had been lost or destroy ed. They were reminded that SI —The trade agent of our Al- liance has sent in an order to must be known to some one), it 1 * be County agent for 3,500 yards tl eme n from was carefully kept back at the o* cotton bagging, and all the g unde r inquest,themo8tvigorousefforts|t al « ls «otyettold. -At a mass meeting of the of the coroner and his jury fail- —Last Thursday night, at tax naV ers held last Mondav ing to bring it to ight. The; the time when Mr* G. W. Wil- e vemng?Tt waT deeMed to com deceased was about twenty- son was known to be “in dream- tinue t £ e tax of two m in 8 f 0 r eight years of age, while the land,” some one entered his thc Graded Schools. As far as brother who took his life was room through the window, and „ an done the gramroar- twenty-one. The former was relieved his pockets of twenty 8( .} 100 i andurimarv departments much the better man physically, dollars. He has no suspicions will be ‘ made f re e, while the as to who the miscreant was. prices for the classical depart- —The TAmar Alliance has ap- ment will be increased. Capt. pointed committees to visit the G. G. Lynch was re-elected a mx* me d iff eren f farms and report on a school commissioner from e domestic i condition of the crops, gar- Ward 1. —There is some talk of having a picnic at the close of Miss Dickinson’s school. —Some parties have been to our friend with tears in their i- * 1 1 * eyes, begging him to take off \\ esteni Darlington has lost ^ inp fppf nml a inphps two valuable mules and one ox recently from the bite of mad glad to see it, except those hav ing oats down. Our storm beat en cotton was looking badly, but will revive now since the ram. some of the 39 feet and 9 inches, so that they could believe some of it, but he persistently refuses to do so. pic Fri- dogs, and these alone were worth more than all the dogs in the county. We are ready to vote for any man for the Legis lature who will advocate a tax on dogs of $5 per capita. GREKN PLAINS. —Crops are growing and the farmers are very busy. The weather is all that we could wish for ; plenty of rain and the land is in fine condition for work. —Miss Ella Sumner’s school has closed, and the basket nic will take place here on day, the 30th inst. We would be glad to see here the editor of The News on that day. —We hear that two Mormon Elders have appeared on the edge of Chesterfield County. Some of the boys have been on the lookout but have failed so far to get on their track. —B. R. Tillman is fast gain ing ground in this neighbor hood. “Tillman and reform” is the watchword. The News and Courier has done most of the work. —It is with much sorrow that we mention the bereavement of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Boswell. Death entered their home last Wednesday night and took away their little daughter Ella, who was much beloved by them and by all who knew her. She was nearly ten years old and was a, —Farmers are unusually busy very promising child. The fu- tR> s week. neral services were rendered _Mr. I. N. Clements has re- very impressive by Rev. F. M. I cently erected a fine barn. Satterwhite, the paster, at Anti- _ Prof A s Harrell announ _ ces that the closing exercises of CLYDK. —We have been having rain, 1 and the crops and the grass are 1 both looking well. —No preaching at Newmar ket on Sunday. What was the reason? We want a preacher. —Miss Sal lie Morrison, of Chesterfield County, who has been sick for some months past, is now much better, and is vis iting her brothers at this place. —There are two Mormon eld ers moving around through the adjoining county. They seem to have some friends among our people who harbor them. We hope the good men of Darling ton and Chesterfield will not al low these pests to stay long. RIYEItDALK. —There was a Democratic meeting held at Mechanicsville last Saturday afternoon. —The Farmers’ Alliance con venes at Mechanicsville on the fourth Saturday of every month. —Farmers in this section are so deeply engrossed in business that their cotton farms form the theme of conversation. OATS. och Church, after which the re mains were interred in the church cemetery. —Mr. James Boseman had a very serious if not fatal acci dent last Wednesday evening. While going from this place on the face by a dog home in his wngon nhout (lurk, while w&lkin^ nlong Lydia Academy will be held on the night of the 20th of June and the picnic the following day. —Mr. Noel Clements was bit last week the road. to have caused gen- in this corn- near Mr. R. M. Gandy’s, his Tj ie dog 1S 8U r mule became frightened and ran- h Pon mad and away. Mr. Gandy heard the Lral excitement noise, and ran out in time to munity stop the mule, which by that _ A colored contra< , tor from Darlington has undertaken the time had broken loose from the the lower edge of Chesterfield and the northwestern edge of Darlington. They were driven from the community last year, and now are back again. We have thought to drive these men from our midst and hope all who feel interested in themselves and prosperity, will muster up courage enough to go in this territory and give them the word to retreat, and have their orders FLORENCE —Mr. C. B. Hodges has gone to “The Hammocks” for a few days. —The Court of General Ses sions opened here on Monday morning last. —Capt. D. T. Kelly has re turned home from a visit to Nor- — 1 folk, Va. LAMAR. —The firemen’s excursion to —Mr. G. W. Wilson is teach- “The Hammocks” yielded $\3(), ing the school at this place. besides a very pleasant trip. wagon. Mr. Boseman was found in the road unconscious. Re storatives were applied but with very little effect. He was bleed ing freely from a bad cut on the forehead and other bruises on the face. Mr. Gandy and Mr. Charley Moore, assisted by some colored men, did all that they could for him. Dr. Carroll was called in to attend him. At last accounts the sufferer was but a shade better. HARTSVILLE. —Mrs. Calvin Register is se riously ill. —The branch railroad to the factory has been completed. —The foundations of the pulp factory are being laid and a sub stantial office is being erected for the president. —The corn crop looks very contract for making 200,000 brick for Messrs. J. C. Clem ents, James Register, J. C. Law- son, and others. The kiln is lo cated on the lands of Hon. J. C. Clements. ASHLAND. —The present outlook of the farmers is certainly very prom ising, and during the past two weeks of favorable weather they have been improving their stands. 1 —After a very painful illness of several days, a little son of Mr. Frank Walters died on the 21st inst. We extend our heart felt sympathy to the bereaved parents. —Elder P. G. Bowman, form erly of this county, but for the ast few years of Brooklyn, N. —The Misses Stephens are making prenarations for their school exhibition, which will take place to-morrow (Friday) night, in Barringer’s hall. —The Florence Reed and Brass Band will give a concert for their benefit about June 10. They will be assisted in their undertaking by ladies and gen- Darlington and promising, while the cotton crop lew 7 e ? ,, is, so far, the best we have had X'’ P r ® ac R® d an able sermon on for vpafh the duty of constant prayer, at y ' Savanna Chapel last Sunday. —Henry Harrison, colored, The audience was large and at- residing on Maj. J. L. Coker’s tentive, and the discourse was premises, had the misfortune to interesting and instructive, lose his barn by an accidental fire on Saturday. —Though nptice of the Demo- * di 1 r. 1 • cratic meeting at Stokes Bridge ,nf g ■ . Black C , re ? k .x 1S very shoit the attendance all the rage just now, but the wa8 good . The p re . fishermen do not appear to be vad i n g sentiment was for Till- working in any great degree of man> J nd> of C0ursC; Tillman 1UC wr wr • T r i * men were elected as officers. At —Mr. Marion Hart, w.io for last the farmers are awaking to some time past has been in the ge0 where they are drifting, employ of Messrs. J. L. Coker Hold up your heads, farmers ! & Co. as their sawyer, has re sawyer, cently accepted a similar posi tion with Capt. E. W. Cannon. Card of Thanks. To the citizens of Darlington who have stood by me in my sad bereavement, with their aid and sympathy, we hereby return our sincere thanks, and we will always cherish them in our af fections. James Cook. raim Knotts and his wife are most estimable people, and are crushed at the terrible calamity which has overtaken them. Murray went to his fa ther’s house immediately after the shooting, and remained tht i v . , . ■■ until Sunday morning. He was teresting and instructive. there when the coroner got —Fish dinners are now very there, but he was not seen after common. A crowd from this their dens, work animals, farming im plements, the different methods of cultivation, &c. These re ports will no doubt be both in- eu iuoT wo*® , . that. It is not known what IP i ^nvai the first Monday in Juneand the j steps, if anv, have been taken taj baskets, betook themselves to ® r pn ti r pFv recovered flrrt Monday in July were the arrest him. It is that Ben the banks of Lynches River on | but h “ 8 en,,rely recuvered - days left on which Knotts, while lying wounded at could be made, his father’s house remarked that somebody would suffer for this if he ever got over it, or words to that effect. The above is all on which sued renewal cuum be made, and that those who did not take would be only tw® »renewal day. The following this precaution, would be una- re nave been appoint- 1 ble to exercise their right to vote, MT. ELON. —The fall sown oats are near- ; ly all harvested and the yield is i much better than expected. —Mr. J. H. Hicks was quite I sick on his return from the Southern Baptist Convention TIMMONSV1LLE —Rev. Elias Phillips, who re-1 sided near town, died on Mon day morning after a brief illness. —Mrs. Fetch and Mrs. Stroth er, of Charleston, are visiting Mrs. J. O. Byrd. —Master Seth Padelford left j on Saturday for New York, ] where he has recently obtained | a position. —Mr. W. S. Cook left on Sun- Darlington, - day night for Richmond, where D> a . c. r. sid*i, meat, he will be present at the unveil- “ “ smoked, ing of the Lee monument and Molasses, will then go to Baltimore for a L^^ P p Urt , ^ few days before returning home. Flour, Family ’ ~ ~ »t, Weekly Market Quotations, Fur nished by the ENTERPRISE GROCERT, - s. c. —We have just learned from H a resident of Magnolia, S. C., picnic Hams,’ that John Morris shot and in- i Suirar, pranul , Ex. C, white, man named Wilson near that dace last -Mr. T. J. Bell has seventy- place, accompanied with baskets, betook then Lynches Thursday and enjoyed the con- HH! _ I _ . tents of their baskets, (picking five acres of cotton on his home the bones of a few of “the finny ] place which is the finest in the tribe”), and entertained them-1 community. Mr. R. M. Joeey’s solves with boat-riding is the next best. pia ;They quarrelled wife. Saturday evening about Morris’ SWIFT CREEK. «<• 7c SO to 50 40 to 60 10 4.50 to 5.50 6.00 16 » L 14 0 30 to 85 Coffee, Java, 80 to 33 Butter, Elgir creamery on ice, 80 Cheese, choice cream, oa ke, 80 Salt, per sack, 75 Soap, 16 oz. cake, per uox, 8.50 Soap, Frank Biddall’s, per box, 3.00 Toliacco, 20 < ICO -Emmett Blackman, a son of ’ Matohes per gross . N. H. Blackman, while playing with some other boys Home Shoe Nails, best, recently, had his hip dislocated. Mr .Ham