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■‘■■V< • .* DARLINGTON, S. 0., THURSDAY, Thk Misses Fountain have re turned from the North. Mr. J- C. Keys, the popular cotton buyer, is again with us. A meeting of the Uniform Mr. A. Weinberg is moving into his handsome new residence on Broad Street. The house w hich he has been occupying on Pearle Street will he taken by Mr. J. Rosenberg. Mu. L. 1. Parrott, of Sumter, accompanied by his wife and Rank, Knights of Pythias, was Mrs. Parrott’s sister. MissBettie Cain, of Guston, Ky., spent several days in Darlington dur ing the present week. held last night. Mr. Keith Charles has obtain ed a position with Edwards, Norment & Co. Mr. W. F. Early has resigned his position in J. F store. The only real estate transfer recorded in the auditor’s office Early’s \ f° r the week ending August 30, • I was that of 284 acres of land in „ , Swift Creek Township from Mr. H. A. Hymes has return- Mary A. Parrott to Carrie Keith ed to the theological seminary an( j Jessie Severance for $2,000. at Hamden-Sidney College. r. , It is probable that Mrs. Cole Messrs. Bowman iv Inuram w ju give up the Darlington advertise fine cotton lands f°r Hotel at an early day to move sale in Sumter County. to Florida, and that the premises The trustees of the Timmons- w ’h he leased to Mr. T. O. Stew- ville High School are rdvertis- ar t’ who formerly conducted ing for a principal. th e Enterprise Hotel. The annual examination for _ The annual inspection of the teachers of the public schools will be held in the court house on Oct. 3. Messrs. Law and Rice have have both returned, and were at their respective churches on Sunday. Gen. W. E. James and Mr. George H. McKee leave for Ninety-six today to organize a lodge of Knights of Pythias. The county commissioners held a meeting on Monday, but transacted no business to he giv en to the public. Maj. Geo. Lamb Buist, of Charleston, was in town on Tuesday on professional busi ness. Mr. G. Witte, a member of the well known firm of Witte Bros., Charleston, was in town on Tuesday. A colored woman named Ha- gar Thomas was carried to the Asylum by the She ’Ts deputy News and the book store, which Darlington Guards will take place in their armory on Mon day night. Gen. Bonham is unable to attend, and has re quested Geri. James to act in his stead. Miss L. M. Schmid has just opened a beautiful stock of fall millinery, and ladies who visit her store will be greatly enter tained. She uses every endea vor to please her customers and deserves to receive a liberal patronage. A game of ball will be played tomorrow (Friday) afternoon between the Palmetto and Cheraw clubs at the grounds of the former near Palmetto. Citi zens of Darlington who are in terested in the sport are cordial ly invited to attend. Mrs. John Swygert, of Col umbia, will open a fashionable millinery establishment in the old Hewitt building, formerly occupied by The Darlington on Saturday. Swift Creek AlPance has or- j dered six thousand yards of “anti-trust" bagg ng and a hun dred bundles of ties. Mr. G. K. King returned last week, but after taking a look at the local cotton market, he left to spend the season in Texas. The latest of the returning “summer swallows” are Messrs. J. E. Norment. C. S. Nettles | T S. Joye and S. S. Burch. is now being prepared for her reception. Mr. W. H. Talley has rented a convenient office just at the head of Orange Street, in the rear portion of the store former ly occupied bv Mr. J. G. Mc Call. While Mr. Talley is sick, Mr. R. E. James conducts his business. Messrs. West & Honour have their stock arranged, and are now ready for business They and their have a tine stand, I*, baud ha, gone to Society this His n any speedy re- Hill to rec ipere.te. friends wish hii * a eovery. The down train was delayed several hours on Fr day morn ing by a “wash out” near Gandy’s, just below Society Hill. The members of Swift Creek Alliance are requested to meet at their hall on the 2nd Satur day in September at 10 o’clock, to transact important business. The clerks still keep moving. Mr. C. J. Epps has secured a position with West & Honour, while Mr. A. B. Tomlinson will be found at J. F. Early’s. Mr. W. H. Evans, Jr, is on a visit to Darlington. Mr. Evans is now running on the Mississippi Valley R. R. froth Memphis to New Orleans. Mr. L. E. Williamson’s house in the extreme eastern portion of the town is well un- ^‘“^with ice last dor way and promises to be a Ja block 0 f j t f e u 0 u his foot, very neat structure. inflicting a painful injury. Rev. Mr. Pearson, the great revivalist, will begin a series of so it is probable that they command a heavy trade season. Mr. J. A. Hearon has moved into the cottage recently occup ied by Mr. E. L. Murray. Mr. J. Walter Parrott, who occup ied it temporarily, has moved to a cottage which has been erect ed for him fu -ther west on the same street. While Cen. James’ carriage, bearing c ic or two ladies, was being driven from church to his house on Sunday morning, the horses took fright and ran away. They succeeded in to tally disengaging themselves from the vehicle, but fortunate ly no one was hurt. Mr. Joe Gaines, the efficient foreman of Messrs. McCullough, Blackwell & Co.’s drays, is un fortunate. He has recovered from the “pawing” which one of the mules gave him a short time ago, but while loading a ice last week a As already mentioned, Mr. Ezra C. Lide purchased recent ly eighteen lots of land from the Darlington Planing Mill Com pany. Mr. Lide is now begin ning the erection of a dozen or more houses on these lots. Mr. L. S. Welling, of the firm of Welling & Bonnoitt, has rented the house now occupied by Mr. Bonnoitt, and will move his family up from Charleston as soon as Mr. Bonnoitt’s new housoVm Broad Street is com pleted and he is ready to vacate. Mr. Welling has also purchased a lot on Broad Street adjoining Mr. Bonnoitt’s and expects to build on it in the near future. Mr. A. J. Broom has an advertisement in this issue which will furnish interesting reading matter for the public. During the few years he has been with us Mr. Broom has al ready established his reputation as one of the foremost mer chants of the town, and as a leader of low prices. His an nouncements, therefore, always repay a careful perusal. As will be seen from the advertisement published in this issue, the Darlington schools j will reopen on Sept. 22. All pupils who have not received grade tickets, and all new appli cants for admission, must be ex amined and graded before they can enter the schools, so it would be well for those interest ed to read carefully the dates which have been set for the ex aminations. * [ A Novel Sight on the Streets of Dar- lington. Messrs. West & Honour, who have just opened a first-class family grocery store on Pearle | Street, have an important addi- tion to the grocery business in I the way of a delivery wagon for the prompt delivery of groceries to their patrons. The wagon, horse and harness are all in keeping with the enterprise of the firm. See their advertise ment in to-day’s issue. - The Canning Factory. Mr. M. H. Harrison, of Balti more, the manager of the Champion Canning Company’s works, has arrived, and the | work of canning was begun yes terday. A limited force of hands, about fifteen in all, will be employed, and tomatoes will be the only articles canned for the present. The operations of this year will be necessarily limited, as they were begun too late for the planting of the sup ply crops, but the company ex pect to make sufficient head way to convince people of what | they expect to do next season. portion of his life in the school house and is an experienced and successful teacher. Having taught for many years in dif ferent sections of the State satisfactorily and successfully, he comes among us at the solic : i tat ion of some of our most prominent citizens. Possessed as he is of all the qualities and qualifications requisite to the suci cssful teacher, we regard Mr. Seabrook as an acquisition, and are confident that he will prove such to the community.” The Changes at the Methodist Church, The improvements at the 1 Methodist Church, of which we made mention in last week’s is sue, have now been completed and will add considerably to the looks and comfort of the edifice. Part of the front gallery has been taken out, only enough of it having been retained to cover the new vestibule. The organ has been removed from the rear of the building, immediately back of the pulpit, and placed on a raised platform against the wall of the vestibule. The old unsightly altar-railing has been replaced with a handsome new one. It may not be amiss to state that this railing, which is an unusually fine piece of work, reflects great credit on the skill o Mr. H. J. LaMotto, the super intendent of the Planing Mill, who constructed it. —Cotton is coming in very —The familiar sound of the freely for this season of the year steam engine is heard in the and prices seem to hold up well.' land. —The cotton pickers in this section are getting all the em ployment they wa it, and the farmers are paj ing them 50 cts us. Literary Entertainment. The Ladies’ Industrial As sociation of the Baptist Church will give an entertainment con sisting of readings, recitations and music, at the residence of Hon. G. W. Dargan on Thurs day evening next. Sept. 11. At the conclusion of the entertain ment, refreshments will be served. The ladies are laboring in a worthy cause, and it is to be hoped that their efforts will be rewarded with a liberal pat ronage. meetings at this place in No vember ; the exact date is not yet fixed. Mr. D. F. Houston has turned to Spartanburg to range for the re-opening of graded schools of that city, which he is superintendent. The Rev. J. W. Murray, sisted by the Rev. Mr. Duncan, of Cartersville, has been con- re- ar- the of as- Capt. H. L. Townsend, a leading business man of Char leston, is on a visit to Darling ton. He has been negotiating for the purchase of the Enter prise Grocery, but the negotia tions failed, and he wili con tinue his business in Charleston. Miss A. C. Player will take a ^united number of private pu pils this season, term beginning on September 22. Her reputa tion as a teacher has long since ducting a protracted meeting at been ' f u i] v established in Dar- the Lamar Methodist Church. Rngton, and she will always be Intelligence has been re-1 able to command as many pu- ceived of the death of Mr. J. S. pils as it is possible for her to M. Smith at Greenville, Ala. accommodate. Mr. Smith was once a promi- c OXTO n is pouring in. We re- nent citizen of Timmonsville. , g re j t0 state, however, that the A “union meeting” was held price has fallen considerably, at the colored Baptist Church middling cotton now commami- on Sunday, and the roads lead- j ing only 9} in this market. 1 he ing to town were fairly black | factory has purchased a few with the assembling worship- bales. Messrs. J. A. Buchanan pers and D. M. Smoot are represent- t „ ing that institution in the mar- Riv. John O. Willson, P 1 " 6 * ke t again this season. S d eSS e 6h« C t d v M.,«, E T. We., and W night. The regular Quarterly E. Honour are boarding conference was postponed until Mr. A. W. Welling, t H ’ r r of the Darlington Planing Oct. 10 postponed m ,. .. . MU1, who has moved into ihe Two more ladies from this , ’ recen ti v occupied by Dr. section left for North Carolina j g Garner on Pearl Street, schools this week. Miss Ethel G’ West bas purchased one of Morris, of Timmonsville, has * he ’ wil i is i ots on Broad street, *one to Salem and Miss Kate am! exl)ec t 8 to build a residence ! thereon at some future time wis to Monroe. The drains running from the j bkilenson, the new new jail have never worked sat- watc i ima ker and jeweller, has had considerable trouble with them. He is now at work lay- j Xombacher - g . store Mr. adjoining Be’.lenson into the small ing a Urge w<S>den drain imme- j making a specialty of rear of ^9 bmldmg,! Paring, an d will use his ut- SSl r , iZt endeavors to give entire v the refuse water fro: the Artesian well to run through satisfaction to lionize him. those who pat- An Eloquent Young Preacher. In accordance with the an nouncement made last week in The News, Mr. H. A. Hymes preached in the Presbyterian Church on Sunday, both in the morning and at night. Mr. Hymes is very popular in his old home, and owing to the fact of the strong interest taken in him, the church was crowded on both occasions. His sermons were very fine, indicating deep religious conviction as well as a well trained mind. It is need less to say that the congrega tions were delighted, and that Darlington is indeed proud of her talented son. Special mu sic was rendered on both occa sions by the excellent choir of the church. ■ A Distressing Case. Mr. B. P. Young of Pendle ton, who came to Darlington several weeks ago to conduct the machinery department of Blackwell Bros, business, was taken sick only a few days after his arrival with typhoid fever, and has been desperately ill. Mr. Young has his wire and a little infant with him, and as he is without money and unable to work, their j^ndition is pitiable in the extreme. The family have rooms at the residence of Mrs. Dean, near the Episcopal chapel, who has been very kind to them, but it is of course im possible for her to do much for them. The “King’s Daughters” have taken the case in hand, and will doubtless do all in their power to mitigate the sufferings of the unfortunates. Darlington County Sustains a Serious Loss. The Columbia Register says editorally: “Mr. C. A. Seabrook, I now of Darlington County, pro poses to open a high school in Columbia. This accomplished gentleman received his early education at the South Carolina College, has spent the greater A Successful Exhibition. (Reported for’l’ilK News.) One of the finest schools in the County is situated at Cart er’s Cross Roads, and is under the efficient supervision of Miss Manda Wilson, of North Caro lina. On the evening of the 28th ult., the pupils of this school gave an entertainment, which reflected such great cred it both upon them and their ac complished tei cher. that 1 feel sure that the readers of The News would like to hear some thing about it. Mr. George Wilson, a brother j of the principal of the school. [ introduced the several perform ers. The programme was as j follows: music on the organ, 1 by MisH Claude Cox, accompanied ( bv several violins : an amusing dialogue, which was acted by several of the pupils of the | school; declamation by Miss Ethel Huggins; essay, Miss Dosier Huggins : dialogue by 1 four of the scholars; declam ation, Young Parnell; dialogue, Misses Minnie and Marion Hug gins; declamtion. Miss Eva Huggins; song by five little girls ; “When I’m a man”, by ten little boys; declamation, Mr. F. A. Taylor ; an illustrated story on the black board, by Messrs. Rogers and Parnell. Miss Leila Carter, a charming young lady, read an admirable essay, which would have done credit to the most finished col lege graduate. Then followed quite a number of dialogues by the little folks, all of which were well rendered, and were applauded to the echo by the audience. A tableau illustrating a scence on a Confederate battle field was very effective. The graduating class then appeared on the stage, and an impressive valedictory address was deliver ed. The entertainment was inter spersed throughout with delight ful music, and was a decided success in every respect. The people of that neighborhood are extremely fortunate in having secured the services of so gifted a teacher as Miss Carter, and she gives promise of great future usefulness in their midst. DOVESVILLE. —Mrs. C. L. Dowell has gone on a visit to her former home in North Carolina. —Dr. G. A. Norman and wife, of Walhalla, are visiting rela tives and friends in town. —Misses Mamie and Nina Dove have returned from quite an extended and pleasant visit to friends in Charleston. —Cotton is opening very fast, and judging from what we have seen in our tra els, the crop will fall very far short of the pre dicted seven millions. —Mr. Abner Byrd has erect ed a new gin house about one mile from the depot, and pro poses to gin for the public at twenty cents per hundred. —The poor census enumerator who patiently bore the heat and | burden of the day is still wait ing on his rich “uncle” for his little pay. —A son of Neil Patterson, col ored, about five years old, died in the suburbs of town on Sun day from an overdose of whis key carelessly given him on : Saturday afternoon. —The Messrs. Lucas have j erected a very neat and substan tial barn at Smith’s mill and are busily engaged in curing to bacco, ginning, grinding and sawing. —We had a “first cousin” to a cloud burst on Thursday night which completely deluged the neighborhood und, as usual, : caused • washout on the rail road at Gandy’s Bay. per hundred poum —Cypress is at last “on a boom,” and we all have been waked up out of our dark corner. We have been honored by hav ing one of the representatives to the legislature chosen from Cy press. Hurrah for the conven tion ! Now, gentlemen, you be gin to see that we were right; we have beei telling you all along that we had some very smart chaps at Cypress. But we do not think that you have done your duty yet; why didn’t you give us a congressman, too? We know that we have some fully competent for the position. JOVANN. —Mr. S. Coker King lias ac cepted a position as lumber in spector with Martin & Clarke. —Mr. Josiah Campbell lias been employed as salesman with W. T. Campbell & Co. —Misses Alma and Rosa Mc- Cown and Alice Parrott, of Dar lington, were visiting the family of Mr. J. W. Harrington re cently. —Messrs. W. T. Campbell and J. W. Griggs left last week for Wilmington, N. C., where they expect to lay in a fine stock of goods for the fall trade. —Henry Polston, white, and Tom Gardner, colored, became involved in a difficulty last Fri day, during which Polston re ceived an ugly gash on tl-e head from a stick in the hands of Gardner. —Mr. Henry W. King had the misfortune to break his arm last Friday moi .iing in some pa^ts of the gin machinery ; this is the beginning of the gin accidents for ths season, ard wet - st it will p -ove a w.„m ! ng to raa ly. —Can any one explain to us why it is that our mail continues to come round by Hartsville ? It was changed from that route some time ago, and it came very well up to within the past three weeks, but now it has changed back to the s.,me old route, which is extremely inconven ient. -•# « MT. ELON. —Mr. G. W. McLeod’s sing ing school came to a close on August 23. —Mrs. Ella Garner, of the Garner neighborhood, and Mrs. Acock, of North Carolina, wore recently guests of Mr. Wm. T. Hill. —Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher Jones little babe, about a year old, died on the 2otli ult.. and was buried at this place on the following day. —Rev. J. E. Rushton did not keep his last regular appoint ment here, owing to his having been called a •> ay at that time tq preach the funeral of Mrs. Dicy Johnson. —It was once thought that over an average crop would be made this year, but our expecta- tations will fall short. If we get three-fourths of a crop of cotton we will feel very thank ful. ’ —As already stated in your columns, a large crowd of our citizens were apprehended re cently for raiding the premises of C. B. Rollins in search of Mormon Elders. We are relia- bly r informed that it is the inten tion of t e e citizens to get rid of the Elders at all hazards should they return. An intelli gent people cannot and will not uphold Mqnnonisni. ICE. j larreiu: FLORENCE —Mr. \J. L. Barredger has, opened his ne v ;u d commodious store with a oe’ec ; stock of new goods at very reasonable prices. —Mr. Hector McSween has returned from New York, where he has been purchasing fall and 1 winter goods. —The Florence Steam Fire i Engine Company had their an-1 ; nual parade on last Friday even ing, after which they repaired 1 to the Baptist Church and list ened to a \ e - y instructive lec-! ture by their chaplain, the Rev. j B. G. Covington. —The Rev. and Mrs. W. A. I Guerry are expected home next Friday morning. Divine servi ces will be held at Christ Church, jMars Bluff, at 11 o’clock A. M. on Sunday, and at St. John’s, Florence, at 8 P. M., the same i day. —The steam laundry is in full -We hear from eight to ten lind , the ^ Y° rk d ™ e steam whistles every morning, by it proved satisfactory. The ° machinery is the most compnca- —Our young people have stop- ted we have seen for some time, ped visiting and gone to work Messrs. J. T. Forbes and F. H. picking cotton. Smith, the two gentlemen who -The Darlington News gets } ,vtit a l>> certainly know their better and better ; last week’s ,us,nes8 .-f nd f V nderstand bow <— - ZZJSZ cS —If the public roads near Dar- on their employers, Messrs. Em- lington are not put in better merson & Co., of Charleston, condition Hartsnlle will get the / _ The 8econd in8tallme nt of bulk of the co„ on from this por tion of the courty this season, j —Mr. Samuel E. Kelly, ofi Hartsville, has bought the With- erspoon homestead, near Mt. Elon, for $3,600. He purchased it with a view of making it his permanent home, and we think he has secured a good bargain. —Our county schools are be hind as usual in securing their teachers. There are a few schools that set us a good ex ample by perfecting their ar rangements for another session as soon as one closes, but we are slow to act in that respect. :— LYDIA. —Mr. M. Marco has returned from Baltimore. —Mr. O. D. Lee, jr., has just received a full line of goods. —Mr. John Folsom, of Stokes Bridge, has a position with Dr. Lee. —Rev. A. H. Best, of the Che raw circuit, gave us an interest ing sermon on Sunday. —Mr. Leonard Galloway, the overseer of Mr. Marco’s gin, was bruised pretty badly on last Fri day by the engine belt. We are glad to see him out again. —Mr. W. W. Hence, of New berry, a graduate of the South Carolina College, has applied for the Lydia School. He Is on a visit to his schoolmate, Mr. George Lee. Mr. Hence is a very accomplished young man, and we trust that we will secure his services. -a* • - CLYDE. —Several of “our hoys” wo attending Court at Chester field. —Mr. J. T. Goodson and family, of Lydia, paid us a brief visit recently. —The Tillman hurrah has “kinder” ceased and we are all looking for another man. —The funeral of the late W. H. Johnson was preached by the Rev. M. Dunn at Taberna cle Church on Sunday. —A series of meetings are in progress at Taliernacle Church, just across the Chesterfield line; they are iieing conducted by tLe Rev. M. Dunn, of Cartersville. m the county convention was held on Monday to determine how county officers should be chosen. It did not take long to reach a conclusion, the conve ition plan being evidently the best for run ning through a “cut-and-dried” ticket. The offices were par celled out as follows ; Senator, L. S. Bigham ; Representatives, S. R. Chandler and B. B. Mc- White ; Clerk of Court, J. W. McCown ; Sheriff, R. McLendon; Auditor, W. L. Harrell; Treas urer, H. E. C. Fountain ; Pro- ^bate Judge^^J. P. McNeill. KINGSTON. ■ —Mrs. Lizzie Kelly, of Sum ter, is on a visit to her relatives in this com aunity. —We have plenty of rain now to keep turnips, potatoes and grass in a flourishing condition. —We are busily engaged now picking cotton in this communi ty; we are not expecting a heavy yield. —Mr. S. W. Ha n has a little boy nearly five years old who picked 55 pounds cotton one day last week. —Miss Sue Wilkes has left again for a three weeks visit to ! Swift Creek friends; her health is wonderfully improved. —The community sympathi zes with Mr. Melvin Howell in the loss of his little infant, which occurred recently. —Harrell’s mill-dam broke last Saturday afternoon; the accident was caused by a de fective plank. —Mr. B. F. Harrell has re turned from Blackville, North Carolina, and was visiting friends here last week. —Messrs. C. S. Register and L. B. Wadford made a flying trip to Sumter County on Satur day. —Rev. A. H. Best, accompan ied by his wife and mother, are visiting friends and relatives’ here. Mr. Best preached at Wesley Chapel last Sunday. —Messrs. J. C. Clements and J. C. Register have purchased the ginning outfit of Mr. N. L. i Harrell, and are now prepared to do first class work at Mr. Harrell’s old stand. —Mrs. Nancy Harrell, who I lias been a great sufferer for several years, died at the re sidence of Mr. James Register! on the 25th ult. Mrs. Harrell was over eighty years of age. The remains were interred in the cemetery at Wesley Chapel on Tuesday afternoon. The services were conducted by Rev. J. K. McKain, and a largo con course of people were present to do honor to the memory of one who had spent a long and use-! ful life among them, and who was universally beloved by all who knew her. STOKES BRIDGE. —Mrs. L. Scarborough is suf fering from a very severe attack of rheumatism. —Politics have “simmered down”, and all the talk now is about cotton picking. —The whistles from the steam gins of Messrs. J. W. Wood- ham, J. II. Pate, and J. W. Gatlin are heard early every morning. —A series of meetings are be ing conducted at Savannah Chapel by Elders Jos. P. King, of Wilmington, and J. S. Du- Bose and W. D. Grantham, of this County. —Mr. L. A. Moore, of Ash land, and Miss Sophronia Skin ner, of Stokes Bridge, were married by Elder Jos. P. King on Aug. 31, at the residence of : the bride’s father. GREEN PLAINS. —The farmers are very busy harvesting their cotton. —We had an unusually heavy rain on Thursday night. —Mr. and Mrs. John Tiner lost a little infant on Aug. 24. —Mr. W. H. Huggins has been quite ill with fever, but is now out again; Mr. J. ’ W. Moore is also laid up with fever. —Misses Carrie and Eliza Moore and Bessie Byrd paid a flying visit to their friends here last week. —Prof. Watson’s singing school at Antioch Church closed with a picnic on Aug. 19., and a dance was given afterwards at the residence of Mr. W. H. Moore. —Rev. F. M. Satterwhite closed a series of meetings at. New Providence recently. He has met with wonderful success in all the meetings which he has held. MILLINERY. Just received from New York, a beautiful stock of Fall and Winter Millinery, -*» STOCK, ■* West St tar, Pearls Street. -:o:- tetT GOODS DELIVERED ** F M IE E OF C U A M U E, To any part of the town by our GROCERY WAGON. All Orders Promptly Executed. The ladies and the public in gen eral are respectfully invited to give us a call. A full line of Foreign and Do mestic Canned Goods, Pre serves, Jams, &c. A Few Leading Articles: Preserved Ginger, 30 and 60 cts per jar ; fresh salmon, 13 cts per can ; canned Beef, 13 cts per can ; Milk, large can, 13 cts ; To matoes, 8 and 10 cts per can ; Crosse & Blackwell pickles, as sorted, 35 cts per bottle; best leaf Lard, 10 cts ; fine imported Olivj Oils. We call particular attention to our Coffees and Teas, We are satisfied we can please. Wo grind Coffee at store in our large and improved mill. We also call particular atten tion to our Imported Cigars, We are making quite a run on them ; give them a trial. Wo also have a full line of Cigars of other grades. Our aim will be to sell goods at the Lowest Notch. A call is respectfully solicited. West & Honour. PEARLE STREET. Sep. 4, 1890. School Notice. Ti le Annual Examination for TVarh- erw of the Public Hchoolx will tie held in the Court House on the timt Friday in October next (Oct. 3). By order of State Superintendent. \V. H. EVANS, School Commissioner. Sep. 4, '90—4t Creditors’ Notice. All persons having claims against the estate of B. W. Edwards, are re quested to present them properly proved, and all persons indebted to said estate will make payment to C. B. EliWAKDS, J. L. EDWARDS, (i. H. EDWARDS. Executors. Sep 4, 'OO-Ot INSURE WITH THE Mutual Life Insurance Co., OF NEW YORK. EDW. L. GERNAND, Gen. Agent. COLUMBIA, S. C., The Oldest, Largest, Strongest and the Best Company in the World. the latest styles in Ladies’, Misses' .mil Children's Rats and Bonnets, velvets, —Mr. Thomas Oliver is gin ning all the cotton he possibly ( can manage now at $1.50 a bale, plushes and ribbons, plumes, tips Mr. Marion Hart has commenced ginning recently at his place on the road leading from Lake Swamp Church to George Howie’s mill. , tips, feathers and binls of all kinds. No extra charge for trimming hats or bonnets. Inspection of stock invited. MISttL. M. SCHMID. Sep- 4, 1800—Dur FAIR HOPE. —The Misses Johnson, who have been visiting in this neighborhood, have returned home, and the boys all seem to have the “blues”. 1 —Mr. Stephen Lane has just finished putting up a very fine molasses mill, and is now pre pared to work for a number of those who have planted cane in this section. —Messrs. J. A. and L. L. Rose have been very successful with ! their tobacco curing. They went to the expense of putting up a patent steam “curer”, but they nave been well repaid for it, as thei rtobacco is “first class” in every^respect. J BEILENSON, Watch-Makep & Jeweller Next Door To Tombacher's, * Darlington, S. C. Dealer in Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Spectacles, &c. Re- i pairing a specialty and satisfac tion guaranteed. ter- Orders by mail promptly attended to. September 4, ’90 ly For Sale. Fine Cotton Lands in Sumter Couu- ty. Apply to i BOWMAN if INORAM. 4 Real Estate Brokers. Sumter, S. C. i Sep 4, 90—3ni Cash Resources Over One Hundn and Thirty Millions of Dollars. — THIS — Gbreat Corporation Has earned for and paid out to its policy holders in cash profits in twenty-one years the enormous sum of $73,000,000, WHICH IS NEARLY' Eleven Millions of DOLLARS More than the combined returns attained by the next two leading companies LINDSAY & LATTA, Agts. For the Counties of Darlington, Florence, Chesterfield, Chester and York, Yorkville, S. C. Feb. 27, 1890.