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DARLINGTON, S. 0., THURSDAY, JUNE 12, L890.
WHOLE NO 604.
A quantity of babbitt-metal
for sale cheap; apply at this of
fice.
The pupils of Miss Player's
school enjoyed a picnic at the
Fair Grounds Tuesday.
The Darlington News will
be found for sale every week at
Dargan & Lide's Book Store.
Rev. J. M. Plowden will
preach at Centre Point on Sun
day morning next at eleven
o’clock.
Copies of The Darlington
News will always be found on
sale at Dargan & Lide's Book
Store.
Mr. S. A. Woods has returned
from Saluda, having carried his
family there to spend the sum
mer.
Rev. W. A. Guerry will preach
in the Episcopal Chapel on Sun
day evening next, at half past
eight o’clock.
Just think of it! The Dar-
ungtonIJews will be sent to
any address during the entire
summer for twenty-five cents !
Mr. Frank R. Rhodes has re
turned from Poughkeepsie, N.
Y., where he has just completed
a course at a business college.
A State Teachers’ Institute is
to be held at Greenville this
summer. Read the advertise
ment published in another col
umn.
The customers of M. C. Alex
ander are requested to bear in
mind that that establishment is
now supplying ice at the rate of
$1 a hundred.
Patronize home enterprises!
The Darlington News office is
prepared to bring out first class
job work, and solicits the pat
ronage of the public.
The rain in the Swift Creek
section was so heavy on Sunday
afternoon as to induce the be
lief that there had been a cloud
burst.
The homeless and friendless j
travelling man who was taken
so ill at the Darlington Hotel
some weeks ago has been carried
to the Poor House,
Patrons of the Dovesville
High School and other persons
living in that vicinity will find a
school notice of interest to them
published in another column.
DrJ. S. Garner and Mr. C.
W. Hewitt have returned from '
Texas delighted with their trip.
The Doctor brought back two
prairie dogs as trophies.
The building for the canning
factory has been completed. |
The machinery for it will be
brought on and placed in position
by an expert about the 15th of
the month.
A shepherd dog belonging to
Mr. E. B. Dargan acted as if it
were mad on Sunday, and bit
several other dogs in the neigh
borhood. The animal was final
ly killed.
Mrs. E. L. Murray, accompa
nied by some of her pupils, went
to Florence on Tuesday night to
take part in the concert to be
given for the benefit of the
Florence Reed and Brass Band.
The Dime Entertainment
which was to have been given at
the residence of Mr. George W.
Dargan last night was postponed
on account of the death of Col.
B. W. Edwards.
All of the merchants of the
town, with one or two exceptions,
entered into “the early closing
movement'’ this week, aad their
places of business are now clos-)
ed at seven o’clock in the after
noon.
Mr. E. J. Mims certainly “car
ries off the palm,, this year. On
the 8th of the month, he discov
ered in his cotton patch near
Oats a beautiful cotton bloom,
which was left for exhibition at
this office.
The chairman of the County
Democratic Executive Commit
tee desires it stated that there
will be an important meeting
of the Committee in the court
house on Salesday next, for the
purpose of preparing for the
campaign.
Mr. W. P. Few, who heldthe
: posi tion of principal of the Grad
ed School for white pupils dur
ing the past session, left for his
home in Greenville County on
I Tuesdi,v. Mr. Few will not re
turn iKxt session, but will prob
ably take a course at Johns
Hopkins University.
The special agent of the Cen-
| sus Bureau who was engaged
recently in investigating the
books of the Clerk's office found
that 3,411 mortgages had been
recorded in this County for the
ten years ending May 31, 1890.
; There were 2,958 mortgages re-
j corded in Marion County during
: the same period.
I
The Charleston Xetvs and
Courier speaks of Gherardi, the
Admiral of the United States
Navy now in Charleston, as an
unusually handsome man. The
Charleston World publishes a
picture of the gentleman taken
by its special artist. One of our
: “esteemed cotemporaries” is
mistaken ; which one is it?
The competition for the Nor-
ment Medal was close at the
Graded School this year. The
standings of Messrs. Preston',Ed
I wards and Andrew Wordlaw
: were so nearly equal that it was
impossible to distinguish be
tween them, and a medal was ac
cordingly award 1 to each of
! them.
The remains of a man. so
much decomposed as to make it
impossible to tell whether he
I was white or colored, were found
i by a party of boys last week in
a ditch back of Mrs. Warley’s
place in Donneraile From the
appearance of the body, the pre
sumption is strong that it had
served as a subject for some
(young “saw-bones."
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Only .i Respite
Wallac e Brown, colored, was
convicted of burglary and lar
ceny before Judge Pressley, at
the Spring Term of the Court in
this County last year. C. P.
Dargan, Esq, attorney for the
defendant, appealed to the Su
preme Court, alleging error on
the part of the Judge in refusing
to admit certain evidence, and in
charging on the facts. The ap
peal has been overruled, and at
the Fall Term of the Court,
Brown will be rcsentenced to the
penitentiary.
A omlertnl luvrntiou.
Col. A. Coward, who now
represents the Equitable Life
Insurance Company is on a visit
to Darlington. Col. Coward is
one of the most popular men in
the State, and deservedly so ; he
has many warm friends to wel
come him here.
The alumni association of the
State University will whole its
annual meeting and banquet on
the night of the 25th. inst. The
alumni of the institution in Dar
lington who expect to attend
the commencement exercises
should not fail to be present at
this meeting.
At the regular meeting of the
Darlington Guards on Monday
night Private C. D. Evans pre
sented a photograph of himself to
the company. Lieutenant W.
J. Garner, in behalf of the
Guards, received the gift, with
a brief, but appropriate speech,
in which he referred to Mr.
Evans’ services in the Confed
erate army. To this Mr. Evans
responded feelingly.
An Ope list it I’ertoriuarn’e-
Some of the musical talent of
the town are being trained by
Mrs. E. L. Murray in a new opera
entitled “Laila” which will be
rendered some time during the
present month. Mrs. Murray's
unusual musical attainments,
and the success which has attend
ed her previous ventures of the
kind, ensure her a good house on
the occasion of the performance,
which our people are already be
ginning to look forward to with
pleasure.
A Marrow Kscape.
Tuesday the 3rd inst., Mr. D. P.
Lide received from Charleston a
fine dog. which his brother, the
Rev. R. W. Lide, wished him to
keep for him during the summer.
The dog had been on the road a
considerable length of time, and
while lying under the table as
the family of Mr. D. P. Lide
were at supper, it suddenly went
mad. Its movements were so
frantic, that at one time it seem
ed certain that it would inflict
serious injuries upon members of
the family, but it fortunately
rushed out of the house into the
yard, where Mr. Lide succeeded
in shooting it.
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I'lic New Hotel MamigciiiciH.
As already mentioned, Mr. R.
W. Parker, assisted by his broth
er, has taken charge of the En
terprise Hotel, They are both
gentlemen of agreeable manners,
and possess many of the elements
of success. They keep a good
table, and from the enterprising
manner in which they have gone
to work, it is evidently their in
tention to conduct a first-class
house in every respect. The
Messrs. Parker are already fa
vorites with the travelling pub
lic, and the Enterprise Hotel
will soon be known to the credit
of Darlington throughout the
State.
One of Edison’s phonographs
is on exhibition on the Public
Square, which is indeed a won
derful invention. The exhibi-
j tor has a box of little rubber
cylinders, each of which will
reproduce the oration of some
statesman, the singing of a cele
brated musician. Ac. For the
sum of ten cents, one can hear
the music of the finest brass
band in the country, composed
of forty different instruments
Heal Kstatr TranslVi *.
The following real estate
transfers were recorded in the
Auditor’s office for the week
ending June 7, 1890 : J. Walter
Bradley, M. E. Walker etal and
Josie Alexander to L R. Cope
land. 78 acres in LLoon Town
ship for $351 ; P. E. Cooper to
Margaret and H. Cooper, lotand
building in the Town of Dar
lington for $373 ; T. C. Hogg to
J. A. Chapman, eight acres in
Antioch Township for $1.
Darlhiifton’s Fair baiigiitprs.
The commencement exercises
i of the Charlotte Female Insti
tute were held on the 3rd inst.
Among the young ladies men
tioned as “distinguished” for
high standard were Misses Bes
sie Williamson and E m m i e
James, of Darlington. A corres
pondent of The Xetvs and Cour
ier who was present at the exer
cises says: “Miss Bessie Wil
liamson, of Darlington, carried
the audience by storm by her
spirited and exquisite rendering
of Tours’s ‘Hymn to the Angels.'
She was enthusiastically encor-
(ed, but only returned to the stage 1
to recognize the compliment by
a graceful curtesy.”
No Spring Tcr'.n of Court.
The Spring Term of the Court
■ of General Sessions for Darling
ton County was convened on
1 Monday morning last, but ow
ing to the absence of Judge Ker
shaw, who is undergoing medi
cal treatment in New York,
there was no business transact
ed, and the Clerk will adjourn
the Court from day to day until
the end of the week. The crim
inal docket was unusually small
anyway, there being no prison
ers in jail awaiting trial. The
only new cases were the one ]
against W. M. Keziah, charged
with criminal assault, and that
against James B. I. Scaff for as-1
sault and battery. The civil
docket, however, is growing
formidable, there being no less
than 239 cases awaiting trial,
one of which has been contin
ued 59 times. If something is
not done to unburden it soon, its
dimensions will become simply;
enormous.
Tr iisnrrr Uclvcr Wi.dies to Rtsinn.
The Columbia correspondent
of the Xetrs and Courier says :
“State Treasurer Melver did
not go to Greenville to-day and
does not expect to speak during
the campaign, except in his
home county. It is understood
that although there is no one in
the field against him Treasurer
Melver has no present intention
of being a candidate for re-elec
tion. He dot s not find office
holding much more profitable
than farming, and as there is no
such opposition to him as to
warrant the claim that ho retires
in the face of the enemy, he is
inclined to go back to his planta
tion.
Col. Melver has made an ex
cellent officer, and withal has
never been u candidate. He re
ceived his appointment without
solicitation, and was elected by
the Legislature without effort on
his part.
GRF.KN PI.u’n.S.
—The crops are growing very
rapidly.
—Miss Florence Huggins is at
home on a short visit. We are
glad to see her looking so well.
—The railroad surveyor reach
ed this place last Thursday, but
seemed to get off the track, and
went back to start again.
—Mr. James Bozeman, who
was so seriously injured by his
horse running away, improves
slowly.
—The members of Antioch
Church have completed their re
pairs, uuJ lire Church has been
greatly improved thereby.
—A run-away hor° attached
to a vehicle careered madly
about the streets on Saturday
last, frightening a number of
people, and injuring a lad se
verely.
—A festival for the benefit of
Harmony Lodge, K. of P., will
be held on June 25, 2»> and 27.
This is the first time that this
noble charity hasasked the com
munity for its patronage in any
way, and it is to be hoped that
it will, therefore, be encouraged
on this occasion. The ladies
have taken charge of the entire
affair, which naturally affords
the members of the Order in
Florence the greatest hopes of
success.
—The closing exercises of the
Graded Schools were held on
Thursday and Friday evenings
last. A large audience was
present on both occasions, and
were delighted with the training
of the scholars, which certainly
reflected the greatest credit on |
Prof. Rankin and his able corps
of assistants. This is the se
cond season Prof. Rankin has
had charge of the schools, and
he has proven himself worthy of
the esteem and confidence with
which he is regarded alike by pa- ;
tronsandpupils. Theprogramme
of Thursday was repeated on
Monday night.
1 1 V i s.
—Mrs. B. F. Melton has been
quite sick for some time.
—There seems to be a good
deal of sickness around, and Dr.
OhYDK.
—Crops arc looking well, and
everybody seems to be hopeful.
—Planting peas and housing
out ,, ‘ will be the o.’der of the day
this week.
—On Sunday last Rev. J. K. Philadelphia, no. 130.
McCain preached an earnest On last Saturday afternoon
sermon against the taking of jour Alliance met, with a large
human life. He attributed the number in attendance. The
frequency of the crime to the meeting was interesting through
failure on the part of the pulpit j out.
and the press to educate the The prevailing sentiments
-We have not much Tillman- public mind to a rightful under- seemed to be to stick to cotton
ism, but just across the way we
have plenty of Mormonism.
—Mr. A. M. McNair's mill
dam give way one day Iasi \\ -k
and his saw mill was badly
washed up.
We hope our Hartsvillc
will let us know when
and the State Ex-
i pic-
friend
the M<>r-
st an ding of its enormity. His bagging
text was “He that sheds man's change,
blood, by man shall his blood be it was resolved to have
shed
erod
ral.
The following preamble
The sermon was consul- tiic on the 15th of July, so as to
coining when needed. discuss Alliance matters in gen-
Tbis section has been bloss-
with refreshing rains, and|
Ot
each of
gro)
and
h of a number "of our pro- i resolutions were unanimously
.„.,.ssive farmers is congratula- adopted:
mens will preach there so ting himself on having the best Whereas, the March conven-
we can go to see them. cotton crop. We have made t 1 . 011 adopted a platform of prin-
—Mr. A. C. Guy, of Chester- some enquiries concerning this 'jiples in accord with right, and
field C. II., paid us a flying vis- j matter, and from what we can ’'Ugsested the name of B. R. I ill-
it recently, and reported good gather would decide that man as a proper p i rson for Gov-
crops in his neighborhood. | Mr. M. Marco is entitled to the <'™v of South Carolina ; there-
Mr i i* , | credit for the best crop. Mr. J. I01 j'’ , , ..
1 C. Clements comes next, while Aeso/red, 1 hat we the Ihila-
wife spent a day or two with us f . ,,1. delphui Alliance, do unanimous-
last week. Mr. Wright looks Y.i'KVnvn tl',e,s' m V lv and heartily endorse both the
very feeble yet, and it will be'-dhcis.u. rc p latform anc i j^ R . Tillman,
some time before he will be able i ‘ ‘ ' m and do hereby pledge our un
to preach. j SOCIKTY HILL. wavering support to uoth.
„„ ... . Resolved, That a copy of this
— 1 here will be a meeting of p reani iji e a nd these Resolutions
the Democratic ( lub on the 11tli bo furnished The Darlington
inst., at five o (dock m the af- Xew s the Xetvs and Courier
ternoon. I ant | t ] u , Charleston World for
ind his ! publication.
TlMUONSVlLLi:
—Mr. W. S. Cook has return
ed from his trip North.
—Messrs. Ward & McGill have
commenced shipping lumber.
—Mr. J. Z. Hearon
daughter, Miss Minnie, paid us
a short visit the first of tin'
—Mr. and Mrs. Jules Kahn week. It looks very natural to
spent Wednesday with us : they have them with us
P. A. Wilson, Pres.
W. A. Dowling, Sec’ty.
to Charleston Thurs-
JOVAS.v.
early corn is
being
Our Latest Feauuv.
Beginning with the present
issue, there will always be found
on our second page some select
articles on the subject of the
Alliance, and other matters of
interest to the farmers. It is
purposed to make this page one
of the most readable in the pa
per, and one to which every far
mer in the County will look for
ward to week by week. In ad
dition to this, we have our regu
lar Alliance correspondent in
every Township, so that our
readers are promptly supplied
with all local Alliance happen
ings which may prove of inter
est. The thoroughness with
which we purpose to conduct
this department, will make it
alone, without considering any
other feature of the paper, well
worth the subscription price
(twenty-five ecnt> for three
months) to any farmer in the
County.
A Wife Beater.
A very serious case of wife
beating has come to the atten
tion of the authorities. Unmer-
! cifully beating his wife has been
I for some time past the favorite
j amusement of John Gregg, col-
|ored, who lives beyond Mr. Wil-
lliam Law's place, near Black
Creek Church. On two occa
sions recently she has besought
Judge Sanders to issue warrants
against her loving spouse, only
to beg the latter off after he got
into the hands of the law, a
weakness which the Judge says
is commonly >-indulged in by
those of her race and sex. One
day last week, the unfortunate
woman was found alone in her
house, and so horribly mutila
ted that there is scarcely any
chance of Ifer recovery. Her
condition is too desperate to
make it possible for her to throw
any light on the affair, and it is
only surmised that her husband,
who, by the way, has disappear
ed, has been at Uis old tricks.
The authorities are hot on his
track, and will doubtless catch
him before long.
Tlie Charlestou Excursionists.
A train of six coaches, loaded
down with colored excursionists
from Charleston, arrived here
on Monday morning at ten
o’clock and remained until ten
that night. In a quiet, orderly
way, they fairly “took posses
sion of the town” during their
■ stay, and seemed to enjoy them
selves heartily in a simple fash
ion. The hall up-stairs in the
old wooden building on the east
side of the Square, recently own
ed by Mr. C. W. Hewitt, was
rented to them, and dancing was
kept up there at a great rate all
day long. In the afternoon, a
large crowd congregated at the
colored Methodist Church, where
a concert was given. The good
conduct of the visitors has been
commented upmi by everyone.
They did not have much money
to spend, but they certainly new
how to behave themselves. A
force of nine extra policemen
were put on duty by our ever
vigilant Mayor, but their servi
ces were only needed some five
or six times during the entire,
day, and then only for the pur
pose of arresting would-be bel- j
ligerents from Darlington itself,
or from the surrounding country
which was represented by great
j crowds that began flocking to
town like black birds early in the i
day.
—The
“laid by.
—Mr. H. E. Tiller is visiting
friends in this community.
—Messrs. W. 8. Kelly and 8.
C. King paid a flying visit to
Florence last Saturday even
ing.
—John Gregg, the negro who
boat his wife so unmercifully
with a hot iron last week, has
not yet been captured. The wo
man is improving.
—The Mormons who have
been preaching in the upper part
of the County sent a lot of their
circulars to Hartsvillei st week,
and, as the Hartsville corres
pondent stated, they intend
preaching there at an early
day.
KINGSTON.
—Kingston Alliance will meet
on Saturday, June 21st.
—Mr. Walter Lewis is build
ing a neat little cottage which
will be completed by October.
—Our friend Awfie Ham died
on last Tuesday, and was hur
ried at Salem on Wednesday.
—Mr. D. L. Lewis is at home
now for a season from the Pea
body School, at Nashville; he
will return in September.
—Tillman and the farmers’
movement are very favorably
spoken of in our township, es
pecially around Kingston.
—Oats are better in our com
munity than they have been for
ten years, and some farmers of
long experience say they never
made as good a crop before. The
cotton crops are also looking far
better than they have for many
years past. We need rain on
our garnens.
Harrell is kept pretty busy.
—Miss Sammy DeWitt is
spending some time with rela-,
tives at this place.
—The closing exercises of
Union Academy will come off
on the evening of the 24th inst.,
at Oats.
—The Oats Alliance met last
Saturday afternoon. It meets
now only once a month, on the
first Saturday.
—A goodly number of the peo
ple of the vicinity were in at
tendance upon the annual cele
bration of Children's Day at Mt. |
Elon last Sunday.
—About all the oats in the vi
cinity have been harvested. The
fall oats and those which were
sown the early part of the year
and fertilized well made very
good oats.
I’HILADELFHA.
—This community was favored
with fine rain on Tuesday after
noon, much to the benefi t of the
gardens and the growing crops.
—At the request of the mem- 1
hers of Philadelphia Church,
Rev. B. F. Parrott has kindly
consented to preach regularly on
the third Sabbath of each month,
for a few months at least.
—The Linwood Reading Club
will celebrate its seventh anni
versary on Friday evening, June
13th, at the residence of J. F.
Garner, Esq. A Dime Reading
will be held and refreshments
will be served. A general invi
tation is extended.
—Important if true : Survey
or Ragsdale is en route from
Chester to Florence, surveying
the K. A. & A. Railroad, which
it is hoped will pass directly
through this immediate section.
Capt. J. C. Lawson, with his
usual enthusiasm in railroad
matters, is furthering the enter
prise.
returned
day.
—Professor M. 1). Mhrray’s
school closed last Wednesday.
Mr. Murray has returned to
Orangeburg to spend the sum
mer vacation.
—Mr. E. P. Cannon and fami
ly will leave for Charleston on
Wednesday. We regret this
very much, as they are quite an
acquisition to any community.
—Mrs. Lawrence Winters has
gone on a pleasure trip to Bos-
—Rev. W. S. Martin, pastor!ton, Mass., where she will re
ef the Methodist Church has main for some time as the guest elected at the next session of the Lett
.. ., . -i i.,,,. islature. As the majority of the lei;
given notice that a revival ser- or ner aunt. ...
After Hamilton’s Seat-
| News and Courier, |
I A special dispatch to the New
York Herald from Columbia
j says :
“It is announced that if Cant. Benj.
It. Tillman, the farmers’ candidate for
Governor, la alaetad, he vrffll beaeaa-
i didate for Senator against Gen. Wade
Hampton, whose successor will he
vice of several days will com
mence at his church on the 4th
Sunday in June.
—Rev. D. M. Pierce, pastor of
the colored Baptist Church, in
forms us that his congregation
has purchased a 400 pound bell,
which will be the largest bell of
all of our four churches when it
is put in place.
—The small grain crop is be
ing gatlierod, and the yield is
about half what was expected.
Cotton was never better at this
season of the year. Corn is good.
No tobacco is being cultivated
in this section because plants
could not be obtained in time.
—The Democratic Club, upon
a reorganization, elected R. Mc
Lendon, president; S. W.
Hatchcl and L. J. Rollins, vice
j islators are followera of Tillman there
—Mr. T. H. Coker and Mr. (). is no doubt of his being able to defeat
B. Carter left on Monday to take 11(1111 this r ‘‘ aRon the Til >
a tour by private conveyance
into North Carolina. They will
visit Rocky River Springs, Mon
roe, and other places of interest.
man party arc moving very cautious
ly in their selection of a candidate for
Lieutenant Governor in view of the
probability of his stepping into the
Gubernatorial chair.”
Is it true that Capt. Tillman
—Correspondents will slip up intends to use the office of Gov-
“occasionally. It is Miss Ella ernor, if he shall get it, as a
Sumner who is the beautiful i stepping stone to a seat in the
and accomplished teacher at j United States Senate? It was
Green Plains, and Miss Anna is rumored some time ago that he
her beautiful and accomplished
sister.
—The past two weeks have
been busy ones with the farm
ers,—harvesting and hauling in
oats, putting in late corn on the
had said that ho did not care
a dime about the Governorship,
that it was the Senate that he
was after, and there arc reasons
to believe that the Herald’s story
is not without foundation in fact.
river, and sowing down peas for Capt. Tillman himself has ad-
forage, in addition to keeping vised his followers to look well
up with the regular work on the after the Legislature, and it has
farm. Every horse, mule and ; been more than two months since
hand that could be hunted up Major Coit declined to accept
.. , ti rri i have been put in requisition, the “suggestion for Lieutenant
presidents ; I). H. 1 raxler, sec- Tll( , oat croi) on tho r j V( . r is vcry Governor on the Tillman ticket.
firm .1 () , . , . , , . ^ 'tu, .,,^.-.1
good indeed, and planters
very much encouraged.
retary and treasurer, and J. O.
Byrd, member executive com
mittee. A committee of five
were appointed to canvass the| —Mr. George Hopkins, whose
voters and enroll for the present illness has been reported, ^ died
campaign. The following reso- at the residence of Mr. E. W.
lutions were adopted : Burn on Thursday, the5th inst.,
Whereas, we, the Timmonsville about three o clock I . M. I he
Democratic Club, recognize that this funeral services were held in tho
is a Government of the people, by tlie | Baptist Church at four o'clock
people and for tlie people^ and Hiat the following day, after which
and
as a eonseruience the offices belong to,, . - , , • ..
1 the remains were interred m tho
Resolved, That we fully endorse the
March Convention and platform
are i Tho people of the State have a
right to know what Capt. Till
man is after, and whether it is
true that ho is looking to the
! United States Senate. We have
reason to believe that he has a
grudge against Senator Hamp
ton and that he will use all his
influence to defeat Hampton's
1 re-election to the Senate.
The Democratic voters of the
State should be very careful how
Welsh Neck cemetery. Mr. Hop- they give their support to Till-
kins was well known through- mani and the friends and sup-
. out our county, ami enjoyed the p 0r t ors 0 f Hampton should not
rosnoct .■mil tripm shin (if manv , . . . ,
adopted by it.
2. That we endorse B. R. Tliman j , if - , i i • f r
for Governor, and will use all honoru- respect ana inenusnip 01 man) neglect any opportunity to make
ble means in our iKiwer to elect a Till-' who now extend their sympa- - - - - -
man delegation to the State Conven- thy to the bereaved family,
tion, September 10.
CYPRESS
—A debating society has been
organized at this place, and the
last debate was, “Which is the
most bonefitto afamily, religion
or a milch cow ?” The cow won.
—Prof. W. L. Floyd’s school
at this place holds up to a very
good average considering the
warm weather. He will close
his school on July 10th, and is
arranging for a grand affair.
—Mr. J. M. Fulton “takes the
cake” for the best twenty-acre
field of cotton that we have seen
and Dr. Josey “cleans up the
crumbs” for the best field of
corn.
—The farmers are well up
with their work, and we see on
every hand the finest crops that
we have ever had at this season
of the year. Our farmers are
level-headed ; they are paying
more attention to their farms
than they are to politics or Till
man
FLORENCE.
—Capt. W. H. Day andfamily
have gone to Richmond, Va.
—The closing exercises of
Miss Edith Waring’s school will
be held on the 18th inst.
—Mr. James Allen has return
ed considerably improved after
his visit to some of the popular
summer resorts
—Miss Emma Do Jongh, of
Hamburg, Germany, is visiting
her brother, J. De Jongh, Esq.,
and will probably make Florence
her home in the future.
—Mr. Geo. Stackley has pur
chased the Harper property,
and will erect a two-story dwell
ing on the lot facing Darlington
Street.
their influence felt in the pri
mary work of the party. It
would be to them the subject of
lasting regret if, by their failure
in politics, Wade
—On Friday, at 8 P. M., the
closing exercises of St. David’s
Academy, under the auspices of (to take part
Prof, and Mrs. Dunford, assist
ed in the tnusical department by office to make room for Capt
Mrs. Laura M. Jones, took place Tillman orany of Capt. Tillman’s
xpected to i lieutenants. It is the duty of
P
assist- Hampton should be retired from
at the Hall. It was expected to
ASHLAND.
—Our crops are still flourish
ing.
—Mr. George W. Moore has
the best field of cotton in this
section.
—The academy at Hebron is
receiving a fresh coat of paint, (
at the hands of Mr. A. L. Wil
son.
—Since Mr. A. M. McNair’s
mill dam washed up, that place
has been quite a resort for the
small boys and fishermen.
—In travelling from here to
Andrews’ mill, the finestfield of
cotton to be seen is that of Mr.
John Adams, below Oats’ Cross
Roads.
—Savanna Chapel sent a large
delegation to the District Con
ference held at Andrews’ Mill j
last Saturday. The committees
on Temperance, Sunday-schools,
etc., read interesting essays.
—Your correspondent had the
pleasure of attending Children’s
Day at Mt. Elon last Sunday.
Of course the exercises were
verj interesting, and everything
was performed very systemati
cally, for the Mt. Elon people
uever do anything by halves.
—The closing exercises of Miss
Klma Yeadon’s school, at Union,
came off on Fniday evening, the
30th ult., and those of Miss Kate
McKinnon’s school on Tuesday
evening, June 3. Both pro
grammes were well selected,
and all performed their venous
parts very well indeed, giving
evidence of the most thorough
training. Both teachers left tor
their homes in Sumter last Sat-
qrday, carrying with them the
best wishes of many friends.
LYDIA.
—Mrs. H. Parrott, of Florence,
is visiting her daughter, Mrs.
Dr. Wallace.
Dr. W. S. Galloway s oat | )0 a ver y brilliant affair and a
crop is very fine, the yield being ver y j ar g e number of people
CO or 70 bushels per acre. j f rom every section of the coun-
—The many friends of Dr. j ty were in attendance. The
Wallace will be pleased to learn ! Hall was completely packed,
that he is now convalescent. j aven the door and windows be-
_ , , , ing crowded. For two hours
—Mr. H. Appelt contemplates | an( j j-jjjpty ni j uu tes the intelli-
a visit to his relatives in San g en t; an j cultivated audience Democratic methods were mak-
Francisco. We wish him a we re entertained and delighted ing their force felt in the poli-
Hampton’s friends to come to
the front and to meet organiza
tion with organization. It will
ho too late to save Hampton after
Tillman has captured the Leg
islature. The work must be
done now, and it is high time
that those who believe in regular
his relatives in San
We wish him
pleasant trip. ! by the teachers and the child -1 tics of the State.
—Mr. M. Marco left for Balti-j ren. We. regret that we have
more on Sunday, to be absent j not space to do justice to the Three Lawyers ami One Farmer,
several weeks. ' The Lydia Brass | occasion. Every parent's heart [From the Greenville News.]
Band complimented him with a glowed with pride and pleasure Gen. Y. J. Pope formally an-
serenade the night before he as they witnessed tho proficien- ] nounces himself as a candidate
left. ey of their children. Somethir- for Attorney General, “upon the
_Thpr,> iK somewhat of a mad t y' four P ieces were rendered,— ticket of the Farmers’ Move-
. 3;®“ hmt 1 o„r sor instrumental solos, duets, reci- ment.” This makes tho Tillman
dog scare throughout our sec- tatjon8) declamations and cho .' ticket , S o far:
and oHmrs will soon follow-’ roses by the school, Prof. Dun-, For Governor, B. R. Tillman,
„ llri . n j ford rendered “Asleep on the}of Edgefield,
May the good work go on, until jj rH Dunford sang by
there is not one of the critters (re q Uegti <<The Last Hymn.”
left to molest us. Calisthenics closed the enter-
—Politics in this community j tainment. These beautiful ex
may be compared to the “still j erc i ses excited great applause,
water which runs deep.” OnIy; We canuo t say too much in
a few have been bold enough to p ra i se 0 f Die entertainment; &-• Jl ^,^.i a ■
declare themselves, but if those j con g ra Dj] a u ons are rimst freely j one funner, two colonels, one
who have not done SO are Of the hest.nwed .and richlv deserved oamornl a pnntnin nnd rm nri.
same mind, Mr. Tillman will
have but a small following here.
—Mr. Lem Watford, while
visiting the afflicted family of j with us in the future.
Mr. J. J. Rhodes last Sunday)
afternoon, was suddenly strick-
down with paralysis. He
His New Dodge
Housewife—Go on ! You can’t
get anything here. This is no
harbor for tramps.
Hungry McC'luskey (drawing
himself up)—Madam, I am no
tramp. 1 am a census enumer
ator, an’ if yer don’t gimme
_ . somethin’ ter stop ther cravin’s
Melver, lecturer; J. C. Boswell,' of my stummick the law’ll he ov
door-keeper ; P. S. Wilds, assis- yer. Thanks! (Departing with
tant door-keeper ; S. F. Ervin, a roast chicken) — Smotherin’
en
was removed to his home on
Monday morning. While his
condition is extremely critical,
hopes are entertained of his re
covery.
—The Lydia School will hold
its commencement exercises on
the evening of the 20th inst.
Quite an interesting programme
is expected, as Prof. A. S. Har
rell, the principal, is determined
that his school is not to be ex
For Attorney General, Y. J.
Pope, of Newberry and E. B.
Gary, of Abbeville.
For Adjutant General, Col.
Hugh L. Farley, of Spartan
burg.
This gives three lawyers and
„ -ie farmer, two colonels,
bestowed and richly deserved general, a captain and no pri
on the Professor and his lady ' vates.
assistants, and it is the wish of Symmetry would be promoted
every one that they may remain j if Col. Gary and Gen. Pope could
be sorter spread out over the
ticket. Two men covering one
DARLINGTON, NO. 186.
Darlington Alliance met last j
Saturday, and the annual elec-!
tion of officers was held. Col.
E. R. Melver having declined (
renomination, Gen. W. E. James j
was elected president. W. H.
Lawrence was elected vice-pres- j
ident; M. T. l ide, secretary; R.
H. Rogers, treasurer : Col. E. R.
i place is a little awkward.
celled by any in this section, i steward. Delegates to the Conn
ty Alliance; S. F. Ervin, J. J.
James, 5. M. Smoot, G. H. Car-
raway and W. H. Lawrence
There will be no picnic the day
after the exercises as was an
nounced.
Jacob, ain't it a great go! I’ll
keep the scheme darker thereat
o’ tho fellers ’ll git onto it!—
Lawrence American,