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VOL. XVI. NC 34. DARLINGTON, S. 0, THURSDAY, AUGUST 21. 1890. WHOLE NO 814. LOO^X, ITIEIktS- Mb. W. H. Talley is quite sick. C. S. Nettles, Esq., has gone to Richmond. Mr. R. K. Daeuan is on a visit to the Hammocks. Miss Hannah Manne is “sum mering it” at the Hammocks. Mb. W. F. Dargan has re turned from his Northern tour. Mb. W. D. Mclver, of Sav annah, was in town on Tuesday. Mr. J. H. Mason has gone to Laurens for a visit of a few days. Mb. J. A. Buchanan, the popular cotton buyer, has re turned for the season’s work. At last reports Mr. L. L. Mc Gee was somewhat better, though not yet out of danger. v Dk. Playek and Mb. Hewitt have returned from their trip to Cleveland Springs. General James has returned from his trip to Cleveland Springs. The Building and Loan As sociation meets next Monday night. Mb. E. E. Niegles has accept ed a position at the Enterprise Grocery. Mb. C. S. McCullough left for the Hammocks on a Hying trip last week, and is al ready back at work. The Linwood Reading Club will hold a meeting at the resi dence of Mr. J. F. Garner, at 0 o’clock P. M., August 22, 1899. Mr. F. R. Rhodes will he found by his former friends and customers this season at his old dace in the store of Messrs, i’oods & Woods. Mb. T. O. Joye, of the popular ! firm of Joye & Sanders, has I gone North to purchase his fall stock. The member* of the Reading ! Club enjoyed a hop at the arm ory of the Darlington Guards last night. The Rev. Mr. Law expects to move into the new parsonage when he returns from his sum mer vacation. Dr. J. S. Garner ' will then move to the William- I son house which he purchased j some time ago, and which is j now occupied by Mr. Law. The l Doctor will rent the house which he occupies at present to Mr. Welling. It is rumored that a colored man named Gardner, living in the Lamar neighborhood, poison ed his wife, who died about a week ago and was buried. The rumor having reached the ears of the coroner, he went to Gard ner’s house yesterday, accom panied by Dr. Garner, their purpose being to disinter the body, and hold a post mortem examination. The. following “summer swal lows” returned on Tuesday: Messrs. E. K. Dargan, A. C. Spain, J. M. Earle, and R. F. Woods. Counterfeit twenty dollar bills are said to he circulating in the South, but we have not seen anything of them, strange to say. Mb. Walter J. Parrott, find ing that the business did not pay, has sold out his stock of funiture, and closed his board ing house. Dr. A. H. Hayden, of Pear son, Marlboro County, is on a visit to his friends in Darling ton. The doctor expresses him self as delighted with his new home. The Rev. G. B. Moore will preach a special sermon t at the Baptist church next Sunday morning; subject, “Heaven”. The public are cordially invited to attend. Mb. S. A. Woods returned from his Northern trip on Tues day. He has purchased a hand some supply of fall goods which will delight the many customers of his firm. An Alliance picnic will be held under the auspices of the Philadelphia Alliance at Mr. J. F. Garner’s, on August 21, 1890. Invitation general, baskets ex pected. The many friends of Col. J. J. Dargan, of Sumter County, will regret to learn that he sprained his ankle very severely some davs ago while pruning i h’ trees in his yard In noting a certain transfer of land recordered on the audit or’s books last week from A. Weinberg to Rosa Weinberg, the record should have been re ported as reading “from Aaron Weinberg, of Manning, to Rosa Weinberg, of Darlington”. The Factory shipped 200 bales of goods last week, half of that number being to fill its order from Shanghai, China. Work is being pushed rapidly on the balance of the order, three hundred bales, the first hundred having been shipped some time ago. Messrs. Blackwell Bros., re cognized to be among Darling ton’s most enterprising merch ants, are determined to conduct the sewing machine, business this season in real city style, and now have an excellent ad vertisement in their handsome machine delivery wagon which appeared on our streets for the first time a day or two ago. The News has engaged the services of Mr. Luther M. Rhodes, a son of Mr. Joshua E. Rhodes, of the Swift Creek sec tion. Young Rhodes is a deaf- mute and learned the printer’s trade at the State institution for deaf-mutes at Cedar Springs, Spartanburg County, where lie graduated a short tune ago. Miss Louisa Schmid heard sounds coming from her chicken house recently which indicated that her pets were in great dis tress. Ongoing to them, she found that a mink was in their midst playing havoc with them. The youiiTfJgdy went for a gun which she lev^nW^ th ® little anima!, making him ^* the «U8t promptly. A Very Sad Occurrence. Mrs. W. J. Dickson, nee Miss Lizzie Bristow, died at the res idence of her father, Mr. J. T. Bristow, on Saturday last, under peculiarly sad circumstances. Mrs. Dickson had been married about a year. She had been the organist at the Baptist church for a number of years, and was one of the most popular young ladies in the community. The funeral services, which were held at the Baptist church on Sunday morning, were attend ed by a large concourse of sor-! rowing friends. A Good Picture of Darlington. The enormous wheel for the new wind mill was placed in position yesterday, and the structure is almost completed. The view of the town from the i top is the finest we have ever had. Mr. Smith, the enterpris ing photographer, took his camera up, and made a picture ! of the view, which includes the entire town, even to the oil mill beyond the depot. These pic tures, which really give one a first rate idea of the appearance i of Darlington, are now on sale at Smith’s Studio at 75 cents ■ each. Opening of The Cotton Season. i The first cotton of the season reached this market on Friday morning last, Aug. 16, which is considerably earlier than it has' come in for a number of years past. Messrs. Marco (Sr Lewen- thal get the credit of the first bale, which was raised on their place near Riverdale. Mr. C. S. McCullough brought in one from his place on Friday after noon, and Messrs. Blackwell Bros, shipped a bale of their own ; raising on Saturday, which was | the first shipment of the season. | Since then some five or six other bales have been received by the ; different merchants, and the i market has fairly opened. Several bales have been sold at 101, though this cannot be taken as a positive market quotation, as they probably brought more than they would otherwise have done owing to their being among the first received. —-«• They Acted Wisely. There will be found on our fourth page an editorial urging upon the County Executive Committee the importance of having the delegates to the September State Convention and to the Congressional Convention elected over, on the ground that their election by the recent County Convention was illegal. After that article had been writ ten and put in type, the Execut ive Committee held a meeting, and as will be seen from the amended cal! for a County Con vention publishedjin another col umn, decided to incorporate in it a clause providing for the re- election of these delegates. As the County Convention undoubt edly erred, the action of the Committee in overruling it was timely. Col. Irby, the newly elected chairman of the Demo- critic party has now issued or ders for the re-election of these delegates in all the counties where illegal elections were held. The Alliance Warehouse. At a meeting of the County I Alliance held on Monday, the i trustees of the County Exchange were empowered to rent the building of Messrs. Edwards, I Norment & Co., at the depot, and to take the necessary steps towards converting into an All iance warehouse at once. By this arrangement the farmer who brings his cotton to town for the purpose of selling it to meet a note or other maturing obligation, and finds that the market is too close for him to sell to advantage, is not forced to do so. He deposits his cotton in the Alliance warehouse, pay ing a small amount for insur ance and storage, and obtains a receipt from the Alliance agent, which he either takes home with him to wait for a rise in the market, or deposits in the bank as collateral to meet his pending | obligation. It is also the in tention of the Alliance to sell i the cotton of its members in bulk to the buyers, either here or elsewhere, who will give them the highest market price. By methods such as these, the Order will be doing a noble work in saving hundreds of dol lars to its members every year. The Census of Darlington County. The official returns of the re cent United States census show the population of the various townships in the County to be , as follows : Antioch, 1,459 ; Back Swamp, 620; Cypress, 1,- 692; Darlington, 4,125; Harts- ville, 1,906; High Hiil, 2,050; Leavensworth, 2,011 ; Lisbon, i 2,611 ; Lydia, 1,512 ; Mechanics- ville, 1,563 ; Philadelphia, 1,962 ; | Palmetto, 808; Society Hill, 2,- 694 ; Stokes Bridge, 2,121 ; Swift Creek, 1,911; Total. 28,145 ; to tal 1880, 31,550 ; Town of Dar lington, 2,406. As the popula tion of the town in 1880 was about 1,200, it will be seen that the increase in ten years time has been just about 1,200, or at the rate of a hundred per cent. The loss to Darlington County in population by the formation of Florence County is as follows: Back Swamp, 759; Ebenezer, 1,010; Cartersville; 1,165; Ef fingham, 1,207 ; Florence Town ship, 4,824 ; Town of Florence, 3,390 ; James’ Cross Roods, 524; Tans Bay, 1,145 ; Timmonsville, 1,367 ; total, 13,401. From this it will be seen that the population of all that territory known a i Darlington County before the division is 41,545, as opposed to 31.550 for the year 1880, showing a net gain for that area of nearly 33 per cent. The State Convention. When we went to press last week, the State Convention had just elected Talbert temporary president after heated argument, and, a committee on credentials having been appointed, the Con vention then took a recess until they could make a report. This report was not completed until half past nine o'clock on Wed nesday night. It recommended the unseating of the anti-Till-1 man delegation which had been elected from Fairfield, and the retention of the Tillmanites from Florence, both of which reports were adopted after a series of stormy scenes had been enacted. During the progress of the de- 1 bate on the Fairfield case, while Dr. Sampson Pope, of Newberry, was speaking, Col. T. W. Wood ward, of Fairfield, said, “You are uttering a direct and palp able lie, Dr. Pope, and you know it.” The scene which en sued is indescribable ; for a few moments a serious personal con flict between the two factions was imminent. The temporary organization was then made permanent, Mr. Talbert being elected president. Mr. J. N. Parrott was appoint ed from Darlington on the com mittee on constitution, and Mr. T. E. Early on the committee on the platform and resolutions. After much squabbling the Till manites succeeded in adopting a new constitution for the government of the Democratic party in this State, notwith standing the earnest protest of the minority, based upon the question of the legality of such a step. The “Straightouts”, so- called, thereupon left the hall in a body. The Convention also elected a new Executive Com mittee, with J. L. M. Irby as chairman. T. E. Early rep resents Darlington on that com mittee, and Bigham represents Florence. After - an all night session, the Convention adjourn ed at 5.40 o’clock on Thursday morning, the motion to nomin ate the State ticket at the Sept ember Convention having, of course, been adopted. No ef fort was made by any of the leaders of the Tillman element to make the nominations at this time. When the anti-Tillmanites, numbering about fifty, with drew from the Convention, they repaired to the Agricultural hail and held a meeting of their own, with Maj. Buist as chairman. The body was composed of the delegations from Charleston, Richland, Beaufort and George town, together with those mem bers of the Sumter delegation who are opposed to Tillman. A committee of five, with Judge A. C. Haskell as chairman, was appointed to deliver an address to the people of the State setting forth the reasons of the seceding delegations for leaving the Con vention. This address was pub lished the following day, and takes the ground that the Con vention had been called for a specific purpose, and had there fore exceeded its authority in electing a new Executive Com mittee and adopting a new con stitution. Col. Hoyt claims that the committee of which he is chair man is still in office ; that Irbys’ committee was illegally elected, and that his committee will not retire until the end of their term of office, on Sept. 10. Col. Irby has called a meeting of his com mittee to be held in Columbia today. What the outcome will be is uncertain ; it is only cert ain that we have two executive committees at present, each of 1 which claims to be the legally constituted one. The Conven tion was probably the most dis orderly and disgraceful meet ing ever held by white people in South Carolina. Not a Republican. It is reported that certain members of that faction of the Democratic party to which Mr. Burn belongs, residents of the western portion of the County, have started a rumor to the ef fect that he affiliated with the Republican party up to 1876. At Mr. Burn's request, we pub lish the following as a refuta tion of such rumor. We, the undersigned, having known Mr. Henry C. Burn inti mately from boyhood, take pleasure in testifying to his character as a gentleman and true Democrat. W. C. Coker, L. McIntosh. Mr. Nettles' Road Law. Editor Darlington News: We agree with the Hon. J. E. Nettles that it is important to agitate the road law question. Our people are disgusted with the present system, and are de manding something better. Mr. Nettles prepared a Bill for the last legislature that gave us a better plan, in fact the best yet offered, and we are sorry it did not receive the attention of that body. We had hoped to see Mr. Nettles go back to push his Bill through : . winter, but he is an "anti'' and will therefore have to wait. Just “bide your time,” Mr. Nettles ; we can af ford to wait two years. W. JOVANN. —Master David Martin, of Florence, is visiting in this I neighborhood. —There was a large picnic at Antioch on Tuesday last, and a very pleasant sociable that night. —Martin & Clark, of Flor ence, are erecting a large saw mill in this section ; with this we will have eight mills within sound of each other, and there is still plenty of timber here for several more. -—The colored folks of this section had a grand time at Cen terville Church last Saturday. They had a game of base ball in which Centerville scored a vic tory over her opponent, and everything went well with them until Deputy Sheriff Thomas came up and tried to carry one of the crowd off to board in the “brick hotel'' at Darlington for a while, but the darkey object ed vigorously, and Thomas left him to enjoy the day. A ; FLORENCE.) —Mrs. Robertson and family are visiting friends in Kingstree. —Mr. John W. Moore is able to be at his business again. —Our steam laundry is to have its headquarters intheold Stern- berger store on Evans Street. —Mr. Phil. Buchheit has gone to Alabama on a visit to rela tives. —We are glad to say that Dr. King is improving; we hope he will soon be out again. —The recent census shows that the population of Florence is 3,390, as opposed to 1,917 by the census of 1880, --The annual meeting of the Hope Steam Fire engine Com pany was held on the 13th inst. Mr. W. B. Morris was elected president for the ensuing year. —Some of the Tillmanites are surprised at their success, and now want more. At the next instalment of the county con vention, they will try to let us know what they want. —Mr. H. L. Odom, of Green ville, has arrived to take charge of the Florence Oil Mill, of which he has been elected superintend ent. The mill will be ready for 1 work in the fall. —Mr. Sidney Jacol i is dead. The sad intelligence was receiv ed here on last Sunday night. Mr. Jacobi died at Highlands, N. C., where he had been for some time for the benefit of his health. Death has taken away one of our most upright and re spected citizens. Mr. Jacobi was about 27 years old, and was one of the leading merchants of Florence. He started in busi ness for himself about three years ago, and since that time has built up a trade second to none in this community. His mother, his brother-in-law and a few friends were with him at the lime of his death, which oc curred on Saturday morning, the body was embalmed and was brought home on Monday evening at 7.50. A large num ber of friends were at the de pot to pay their last tribute of respect to the deceased. Mr. Jacobi was a member of Har mony Lodge, K. of P., and of Florence Council, A. L. of H. In this last Order he was insur ed for $3,000. The remains were carried on to their final restin, I place, the Jewish burial groun' ;near Charleston. OATS. —Work has commenced on Prof. ('. P. Jones’ residence. —The Oats Alliance met last Saturday. —Mr. B. T. Kece has the fin est sugar cane that we have seen. —Mr. Albert Register and Miss Lizzie Skipper were mar ried last Sunday. —Mrs. Belle Clarke, of Flor ence, has been spending some time with relatives at this place. —Misses Maggie and Oltie Folsom, of Kershaw, have been spending some time here. —Messrs. C. N. Oats & Bro. are putting up a new gin house which will be considerably more convenient than their old one. —There will be no preaching at Wesley Chapel next Sunday on account of the absence of Rev. J. K. McCain. —The oldest child of Mr. Lee Melton died last Friday morning and the remains were interred at the cemetery next day. The bereaved parents have the sym pathy of the entire community. —We are afraid that Capt. Cannon has got a little two “far off in the field.” We heartily indorse The News in its deter mination to support the regular nominee of the party. —The farmers will soon be done pulling fodder; cotton picking will be next on the pro gramme Mr. B. F. Melton be gan picking cotton on the 13th inst. —The Oats Alliance has 3,900 yards of hemp and flax bagging as covering for their cotton. We presume the bagging will be distributed among its mem bers in a few days. —We attended the closing ex ercises of Prof. C. A. Seabrook’s school, at, the Hebron Acade my, on the 15th inst. The se lections of the scholars were all good, and were rendered nicely. We do not feel that it is our place to criticise any who were in attendance, but we think the majority of those present will join with us when we say that the pleasure of the exercises might have been very much in creased had it not been for some political “roughs,” who by their; constant yelling and hurrahing from one side of the crowd t4 the other disturbed the audience considerably, and no doubt dis turbed those who were engaged in the exercises also. Mb. C. Alexander desires to call the attention of builders to the fact that he has a large sup ply of pine and cypress shingles on hand, and that all orders en trusted to him will receive prompt attention. LYDIA. —Some of our people have commenced to gather their cot ton. —Miss Rena Boswell, of Cam den, is visiting the family of Mrs. Mary King. —Mr. George Garland, jr., recently of Columbia, is on a {wo months visit to his father —Misses Helen Harrell and Leila Kelly will leave for col lege at Monroe, N. C., next week. —Mr. Henry King left on Monday for Timmonsville, where he will spend a few days before returning to Eastover. —Messrs. U. A. Jackson, T. E. Munn and W. E. Harrell, of Bishopville, paid us a flying vis it on last Sunday. —We are sorry to learn that Dr. Wallace, a leading physi cian of this section, is thinking of moving to Florence. We hope he will change his mind as we will miss him very much. DOVESVILLE. —Cotton picking is going on in rusty spots. —Prof. Watson is teaching a singing school at Black Creek Church, —Miss Rosa Taylor, of Vir ginia. is visiting Miss Abbelle McCallman. —Mr. Donald Fraser, of Sum ter, is studying tclegrapiiy un der the railroad agent at this place. —The trustees of Dovesvillo Institute have employed Mr. Pringle, of Sumter, as teacher next session. —Miss Clara Shine, accom-: panied by Miss Tibbie Carroll, i has returned to her home in North Carolina. —Miss Abbott, of Riverdale, | while on the way to Black Creek Church on Sunday, was thrown from a road cart and received a 1 painful but uot serious wound on the head. —As a result bf the protract ed meeting at Black Creek Church, which terminated Sun-! day, there were fifteen converts baptized, ranging in ages from! 12 to 60 yea; CYPRESS. —Miss Lila DuBose, of Car tersville, is on a visit to this place. —Mr. S. C. Parnell, the saw mill man at this place, is saw ing lumber “with a vim.” —The farmers have commenc ed to pick cotton like they mean business, and we expect to hear the gins humming this week. A cotton buyer would do well | to locate here this fall, as this is | a great cotton section, and he would handle the staple "live ly.” —The Cypress colored brass band serenaded our town on last Saturday night, and treated us to some very good music. They deserve credit for performing so well with so little training. —Messrs. Houston and Ise- man were at this place last week with a lot of stock. Don’t be in too big a hurry, gentlemen ; we fear that you are ahead of the money season. See the handsome line of new goods at Blackwell Bros. EBENEZER. —Mr. James Hepburn is grad ually getting weaker with slow, torturing typhoid fever. —If dry weather continues for a few weeks longer, the cotton crop will be gathered by Octo ber 1st. —Mrs. S. 1. Blackwell and Mrs. Cuttk.o entertained the lit tle folk; at Sleepy Hollow last week with lemonade and cake. —There is some prospect of our having a new depot at this place. The increasing ship ments from this point certainly demand it. —Politics in this county dur ing the present recess of the county convention are managed on “bone yard” principles; swapping all around. —The first bale of the now crop of cotton was sold in Flor ence on last Saturday for 101 cents. C E. McPherson “stands head” among the grangers in Florence county. J. B. Killough & Co., of Flor ence, S. C., report a large in crease in their business (luring JlgApast year. They are now selling pianos and organs all along the line from Georgetown on the sea coast to the Blue Ridge mountains in North Car olina. Read their new adver tisement in this issue, and write them for catalogues and prices, »+». RIVERDALE. —Cotton is beginning to open quite rapidly, and cotton pick ing will soon be the order of the day. —Miss Leila Johnson is visit ing relatives in the vicinity of Lydia. —Miss Lizzie Abbott has re turned from a very pleasant vis it to relatives at Lake City. —Misses Mary Williamson, of Dovesville, and Ella Rose, of Florence, have been on a brief visit to our community. —One of Capt. Whipple’s to bacco barns was burned last Saturday while he is away on his annual trip to the North. The amount of the loss has not been ascertained. —The meeting at Mechanics- ville closed last Saturday even ing with five applicants for membership and one for restor ation. We think we can safely say that the church has been greatly benefited by it. Rev. Mr. Dowell conducted all the services. He is an excellent man and his people are well pleased with him. His discour ses were genuine, pratical^ Bi ble productions, full of gentle admonition—the spirit greatly manife ding itself in his ser mons. The candidates will re ceive baptism at Isgett’s mill on the 24th inst., at three o'clock P, M. KINGSTON. —Farmers are making their fodder a matter of importance which should be looked after in its proper season before cotton picking comes on. —Wo have had refreshin showers of rain since the 25t! day of July, which will add 2u per cent, to the general crop yield. —Miss Ola Rast, of Darling ton, is visiting Miss Kate Lew is in this community ; we pre sume she is enjoying her brief stay. —We hope the Cypress corre spondent will quietly come un der the watchful care of Cap tain B. R. Tillman, and not grieve so much over nis sad dis appointment. —Kingston Alliance has re cently installed its officers as follows: J. T. Hill, president; W. D. Coker, vice-president; W. F. Wilkes, secretary ; E. F. Sansbury, treasurer ; J. A. Ste phens, chaplain; Clinton Jor don, lecturer; S. W. Ham, door* keeper; T. H. Sansbury, con ductor ; S. P. Wilkes, assistant lecturer; J. H. Ham, steward. GREEN PLAINS. —We are in the midst of fod der pulling, with pleasant weath er. —Mr. W. H. Huggins undone of his daughters left us yester day on a visit to relatives near Bishopville ; they expect to be absent about a week. —Cotton has begun to open, and if we have good weather the farmer will soon have his hands full enough without pol itics. —We have been having some cool nights ; as a result we hear the horn and the fox-hunter on the hill, and occasionally wesee the fox. May thev catch ’em all ! —Mr. J. W. Moore has re turned from Georgia where he went a few weeks ago in search of turpentine business for the next season ; he expresses him self as pleased with the country he visited. —The protracted meeting at Mt. Olivet, mentioned last week, was an interesting one, result ing in the addition of three new members. Rev. B. G. Coving ton, of Florence, was present, and did some good preaching ; we would be glad to see him again soon. Blackwell Bros’. Magnolia Hams are unusually fine. FAIR HOPE —Wo are to have a “spell ing bee” at an early day. —Cotton is opening very rap idly indeed, and there are some here who could carry a bale to market if it was picked. [—The meetings of the debating society of Fair Hope are very interesting indeed, the last one being particularly so. —We are still enjoying the pleasure of having one of the Miss Johnsons with us, Miss Jessie ; her sister, Miss Jennie, is visiting friends near Darling ton. SOCIETY HILL. —There was a singing picnic at Antioch on Tuesday, the 19th. —Mr. T. H. Coker and bride have returned from Tate Springs. —Miss Bessie Coker, of Ben- nettsville, is on a visit to Miss Minnie Coker of this place. —Cotton is taking the rust, and is opening very fast in some places. —Our little town is very heal thy and there is no sickness that we can hear of. —Mr. Lide Wilson has return ed after a pleasant trip to Vir ginia. —The Society Hill Alliance has ordered 2,100 yards of hemp bagging through the Exchange. —Mrs. J. M. Waddill is spend ing the summer in the moun tains of North Carolina. —Mr. Ebenezer Wells and Misses Brock and Bright, of Cheraw, attended services at the Baptist Church on Sunday. —Rev. and Mrs. John Stout will leave for Tate Springs some time this week, and will be ab sent for several weeks. —Bethesda Baptist Church, colored, is engaged in a protract ed meeting, and large congrega tions are in attendance at night. —The Democrats will meet on Monday, the 25th inst., at 5 P. M., to elect delegates to the county convention on the 27th inst. —Mr. J. R. Burn took advant age of the recent excursion to Greenville to visit Paris Moun tain, where he is delighted with the scenery and the improve ments which are being made. —The congregation of the An tioch Baptist Church are to be congratulated on the improve ments they have made on their edifice. It is now nicely paint ed within and without. On Tuesday, the 19th inst., the clos ing exercises of Prof. J. H. Wat son’s singing school terminated with a singing picnic. A large and intelligent audience were in attendance, and the singing was delightful—15 hymns were ren dered in succession, and Miss Ella Sumner performed heauti- fully on the organ. After the exercises an elegant dinner was served which was certainly en- J 'oyed by every one present, ’rof. Watson's scholars deserve the highest praise for the effi ciency they have attained with in so short a time. MT. ELON. —The Cypress Democratic club meets Saturday, the 23rd, at 9 o'clock A. M. —Mrs. Mattie Kelly, Miss Mary Thomas and Mr. Ellie Parham, are visiting relatives and friends in Lancaster county. —The sociable given last week at Mr. W. H. Croswell’s in hon or of four visiting young ladies. Misses Sue King, Rosa Josey, Florie Cooper, and Lizzie San ders, was a very pleasant occa sion. —On the second Sunday of this month our church voted Pastor Petty one month's vaca tion ; he has accepted, and will ^ako a rest until the second Sun day in September. —Mr. Jehu Woodham has erected a large and commodious gin house, and will soon be ready for the ginning season. He ginned over 500 bales last year, and gave general satisfac tion. —Witherspoon & Bro. are re pairing their ginnery and will be ready this week to work for their customers. This firm be gan to gin for the public in 1882, and up to January 1890 had ginned nearly 3,500 bales. A fair record, considering the 1 power used, only a six-horse engine. HARTSVILLE. —Cotton has commenced open- | ing rapidly, owing to the rust, which is general throughout this immediate section. —Mr. William Chapman, an aged gentleman of this commu nity is quite ill, and his many friends are anxious about his condition. —Mr. E. W. Sutton, a photo grapher formerly of Darlington, has pitched his tent in our midst and desires a liberal pa- I tronage from the surrounding | country. Give him a call. —Mr. C. J. Woodruff, a part ner of the firm of J. L. Coker & Co., has gone North to purchase their supply of fall goods, and as he is a man of experience in sncli matters, their stock will , doubtless be an unusually fine one. —Dr. J. B. C. Wright and lady are on a brief visit to rela tives and friends of this place. The Doctor delivered an inter esting address to the Sunday- school at the Methodist Church, | on Sunday morning last, at 10 o’clock. —Your correspondent attend ed an enjoyable picnic on Satur- 1 day last, at New MarketChurch. In the morning speeches were made by the children, under the management of Mr. Johnson, a hospitable gentlemen of that place. An Alliance meeting | was held in the afternoon, at which Mr. J. W. McFarland delivered a “red hot” speech to the society. Quite a pleasant time was spent, and everybody enjoyed the day - . Railroad Gossip. -The cool nights of last week “ —ugi have checked the growth in cot ton, and will cause it to shed. —The pea crop is very prom ising, and that sown for hay is equally as good as last year. —Harvesting fodder is about over and cotton-picking will be in order this week. —Mrs. Dr. J. J. Horton and •on, of Lancaster, are visiting relatives in our community this week. : « dim We are indebted to the News and Courier for the following railroad news: The work on the extension of the Charleston, Sumter and Northern Road from Sumter to Bennettsville, under the superintendence of Contrac tor R. S. Pringle, is being ad vanced without delay. Mr. Pringle has recently made ar rangements for the hiring of one hundred convicts to do the work, and a stockade is now being built for their reception in Swimming Pens township in Sumter County. The people in Marlboro and the portion of Darlington through which this road will run are looking forward to its completion with great interest. Heretofore they have been al most wholly cut off from Char leston, and, in fact, the whole State, and this line will give them the first regular communi cation with this market that they ever had. The line will also assist Charleston’s business very much in every branch, be sides bringing a great deal of cotton here that. now goes to Norfolk, Wilmington and other ports to tRe north. The work of locating the line of the Carolina Southern Rail road, which has been surveyed from Cheraw to Sumter, has been completed as far South as Black Creek. This road is ex pected to bo in operation in a year between Chtraw and Sum- teT, arfd this will give Charles ton another feeder into a splen did farming section, as welj as another outlet to the North. All things seem forking together for the good of the City by the Sea. —!• Thompson School and Business College. Siler City, Chatham County, N. C. .A first-claati boarding school with military features. Healthful and beautiful location with new building, elegant furniture and flit urea. One of the best equipped schools in the South. Thorough preparation for college, teaching or business. Fall Term begins August 27th. Send for illustrated catalogue of each. J. W. THOMPSON, Supt. Aug. 7, ’W-St