The Darlington news. (Darlington, S.C.) 1875-1909, August 21, 1890, Image 1
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.
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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.
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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.
—!•
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