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DARLINGTON, S. 0., THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 11. 1890.
WHOLE NO 817.
quite
Thk improvements at the
Baptist Church are progressing
rapidly.
Mr. L. W. Dick, the new
. Mr. Young, who has been ly- The town council meets to-
I ! n £> 80 desperately ill at the res morrow night,
was in idence of Mrs. Dean, is some-
i what better, and Dr. Willcox,
the attending physician, now
' entertains some hope of his re
covery.
The Governor has appointed of the Graded Schools,
the following commissioners of wa8 111 town last week,
election for Darlington County: Mr. G. W. Lucas has moved
•T. M. James, J. B. Law and D. i yito one of Capt. C. S. Nettles’
T ook out for Early's ad. next M Smoot for the State election cottages on Florence Street,
week if yo° to *.« a J McftKo/thoZn" ..«»» ««'>' pickson.a s UU.r„f
opener . gressional.
The New Home machines are ;
sAllintr like “hot cakes” at Black- Gen. \\ . L. James returned
. 11 Rros from Ninety-Six on Friday, he
wei ' having instituted a fine lodge
tin
LOO-AJL ITIEIMIS-
Rev. W. A. Guerrv
toW n on Tuesday.
Hon. G. W. Dargan
sick.
Mk Lawton Dargan has a
position in Woods’ store.
>[,: J. M. James spent Mon
day in Columbia. Watch Tom '
Mr. W. J. Dickson, the well
known contractor, died
Marion on the 4th inst.
i n
The trustee stockholders of
tfic Alliance Exchange will
meet next Tuesday.
Call and see the handsome
oil paintings which are being
given away at Blackwell Bros.
A party of young men enjoy
a game of lawn tennis on the
academy green every afternoon.
A colored man named Charles
Lewis has been declared insane
and sent to Columbia to the
Asylum.
Mrs. W. E. Honour, Jr., the
wife of one of the member of
the firm of West and Honour,
died in Charleston on Friday.
Mr. Ellison Capers, Jr., a son
of the Rev. E. Capers, D. D., of requested. The
Columbia, spent Saturday and not be expected
Sunday in Darlington.
Mr. T. E. Early has accepted
a position at J. F. Early’s, and
will move to Darlington with
his family.
Miss A. C. Player will take a
limited number of private pupils
this season. Her term will be-
of Knights of Pythias there tlie
night before. Mr. Geo. H. Mc
Kee was prevented at the last
minute from accompanying him
on the trip.
Mr. J. T. Bristow has rented
the lower story of Mr. G. W.
Dargan’s building on the east
side of the Square, and purposes
establishing a fire insurance of
fice there, with his son, Mr.
Blackwell Bristow, in charge of
the business.
The Uniform Rank, K. of 1\,
failed to have their meeting last
week, but expect to hold it at
eight o’clock tomorrow evening
in their armory on Pearl Street.
A full attendance is earnestly
members will
to appear in
uniform.
Mr. Theo. Moye, of Ebenezer,
fell from his wagon some days
ago and was caught between
the wheels and the body of the
vehicle. The sinews of his leg
were so seriously twisted as to
i cause him extreme pain and
to necessitate his using crutches
for many weeks to come.
Messrs. T. H. Spain, C. P.
Dargan and several others have
gone over to Columbia to take
in the State Convention.
The literary entertainment
which was to have been given
at the residence of the Hon. G.
W. Dargan tonight has been
postponed.
Some of the commissioners of
election recently appointed by
the Governor for this County
says that they will decline to
serve.
It is said that the present
clerk and sheriff of Florence
County will contest the election
of the new officers who were
nominated at the recent county
convention, on the ground that
under the act of the legislature
creating the new county the
terms of the incumbents have
not yet expired.
Two “New Era Graders and
Ditchers”, very novel machines,
passed througli town yesterday
'on their way to Robbins Neck,
where Messrs. Campbell and Co.
purpose using them in their
railroad work. The machines
are enormous, it requiring no
less than twelve mules to oper
ate each of them.
gin Sept. 22.
The scholarship in the Win-
throp Training School from this The Secretary of State has
county was won by Miss A. R. issued a charter to the Darling- Capt. F. O. Spain has been
Dickinson. ton Water Works Company appointed travelling agent for
at; with the following corporators: the Atlanta Exposition which
Mr. W. H. Talley is out „ .."L ■ , v
last, and is again at workjC. S McCullough, G T •
tVinnc/h Vio ^ fppliniT VCFY ^UOWll, tJ. J. £11(1, iL. Kcitll
though ho is still teeling very Da A Weinberg, A Nach-
unwe11 ' man, C. Alexander, C. W. He-
The State Convention for the w {tt and I. Lewenthal.
nomination of a full State ticket
met yesterday. Up to the hour
of our going to press, no news
of its action had been received.
We call attention to the new
advertisement of Mr. F. E. Nor-
ment, w ho represents the largest
foreign and American Fire In
surance Companies.
Mr. Buchanan has Mr. W. T.
Wallace buying cotton for him
at Hartsville and Mr. J. W.
Wallace assisting him at this
place.
Those in need of stencils for
marking cotton or other goods
intended for shipment would do
is to be held this fall, and will
i visit the principal cities of South
Carolina, Georgia, Alabama
: and Tennessee, for the purpose
of inducing companies to enter
. a great military drill which is
Capt. T. S. Lucas, of Society t0 be he i d in Atlanta at the
Hill, has gone to Milledgevdle, time of the Exposition. Capt.
where he was recently appoint-, Spain i eft on Thursday
ed commandant of cadets ■"
Death Claims A Noble Man.
in the
State Agricultural and Mechani
cal College of Georgia, the same
position which was held succes
sively by Capt. Kenneth Math-
' eson, of Cheraw, and Capt. F.
!0. Spain, of this place.
Williams, the tramp, who
was run over by the train some
time ago, is still at the Poor
House, where he was carried
the day after the accident. He
is not doing so well, and Dr.
Garner fears that he will have
Mr. Octavus Cohen, Editor of
the Charleston World, is in Co
lumbia for the purpose of writ
ing up an account of the State
Convention from a Tillmanite
standpoint. In a telegram to
his paper yesterday, he gives a
list of about a dozen of the
most prominent delegates who
have reached Columbia. The
only Darlingtonian mentioned
is Mr. T. E. Early.
Those engaged last week in
the
well to call on Prof. R. S. Po- to amputate the wounded foot, fining the fire well on the north
well at the Enterprise Hotel. or a portion of it at all events. s j de 0 f the Square with water
Mb. William B Black of Dr. J. M. Earle has completed t^notiff^ho’ol^'colomi
Rockingham, N. C., and Miss hiswork on the north fire well, lected to notify the old colored
Rosa Morgan, of Darlington, , md j t wa8 filled with water
were married by Trial Justice i as t week. This well gives prom-
Dargan on Sundsy. } se 0 f being quite as much of a
Mr. D. C. Milling has resign- success as the one on the south
ed his position as book-keeper at side of the Square, which the
the Enterprise Grocery, and has accomplished doctor fixed up
tfie iUnterprise grocery, aim naa ------ -r
been employed to wind up the some weeks ago, and which now
business of the old Enterprise contains an abundant supply of
Grocery Company.
water for use in case of fire.
In the match game of ball A^Iessrs. T. J. Cannon. A. Mc-
played near Palmetto on Friday .frag,
betw
metto boys won by a score of 18
to 4.
The peanut crop has failed for
several successive years and the
price of the toothsome product
will probably be doubled next
winter. Rough on our Legisla
tors !
Taggert and J. M. Humphrey
between a nine from that place were nominated for county com-
and one from Cheraw, the Pal- missioners at the recent conven-
xion in Florence; Mr. H. T.
Harllee received the nomination
for jury commissioner, Mr. T.
A. Clarke for supervisor of
registration. Mr. S. T. Burch for
coroner, and Mr. J. E. Pettigrew
or school commissioner,
The trustees of the County
The State has supplied the Alliance met on Thursday and
members of the Darlington re-elected Mr. J. W. Ferguson
Guards with handsome blue fa- purchasing agent. He opened
tigue coats. They were receiv- the Alliance
ed yesterday and the boys are Tuesday in the building
quite proud of them.
Mr. D. A. G. Ouzts, the man
with “yaller” on his legs who ^
travels for the Charleston
VT’V V V • A - y ’
He
warehouse on
rented
from Edwards, Norment & Co.
near the depot. Mr. W. S. Kmg
was elected president of the Ex
change, and Mr. M. Lide secre-
World, was in town on Monday
He crows more and more like ,
He grows more ana mo
Speaker Reed every day.
is
The friends of Mr. Thos. H.
Parrott will regret to learn that
he met with a very painful ac
cident while driving down Ter
rell Hill on Monday on his way
to town to sell two bales of
cotton. His team ran away
and overturned the cotton on
man side, and calling upon said
commissioners to resign.
Darlington Should Follow Suit
The ladies of Asheville, N. C., Mr. G. (j. S. Rhodes, of the
held a meeting last week in re- Swift Creek neighborhood, died
use to a call published in the
man who was at work in
well that the water was
about to be turned on, and a
severe ducking was the first in
formation he received on the
subject. It was right funny to
see how he scrambled up the
ladder and poked his head out
of the well looking like a half
drowned rat.
Mr. S. E. Gregg, one of the
best painters and decorators in
the State, came to Darlington a
year or so ago to find employ
ment, and he found so much
that he can’t attend to it all.
He has rented the cottage on
Broad Street recently occupied
by Mr. G. W. Lucas, and has
moved his family over from
Marion, his purpose being to
make Darlington his future
home.
Messrs. McCall & Burch have
just finished opening their stock
of ladies’ dress goods, and if
that line is any indication of
what the rest of their stock is
like, they will have as large a
run of trade as any merchants
in Darlington this season. The
store is crowded with lad ies all
day long, who have nothing but
praise for the taste which Mr.
Burch displayed in selecting the
stock.
The Congressional Conven
tion of the Sixth District met
in Florence on Tuesday night,
with J. E. Davis, of Clarendon,
as president, and J. E. Ellerbee,
spon
Cit izen to take action on the
servant girl question, which has
been agitated there for several
weeks. General incornpeteucy
and unreliabil.ty were the com
plaints made. A Mrs Fitch was
elected president and she read a
paper advocating the formation
of a union of housekeepers to
secure good servants and to fix
schedules of capacity and of
rates of wages. This is the first
society of the kind ever formed
in the Southern States. The
second one should be organized
in Darlington.
Darlington is Proud of Him.
The improvements at the Bank
of Darlington have been com
pleted, and they certainly re
flect the highest credit on Mr.
C. Mooney, who had them in
charge. A neat standing desk
has been placed in one corner
of the room for the use of the
customers of the bank, while
the desk in Capt. Coker’s pri
vate room, made of native pine,
could not have been construct
ed better anywhere in this
country. The entire v; o r k
stands as a monument to the
talent of Mr. Mooney, and is a
credit to the town which is so
fortunate as to number such a
workman among its citizens.
The Scarcity of Change.
Change has been scarce in
Darlington before in “cotton
picking tiaie," but we have
never seen such a dearth of it
as there is at present. So seri
ous did the difficulty become on
one or two days last week that
business was really interfered
with on account of it. With
their usual determination to do
on Saturday morning last, and
was buried the following day at
Swift Creek Church. The Rev.
J. L. Yass, who
the funeral services, delivered a
brief address which has been |
commented upon far and wide
as being particularly beautiful
and appropriatr. Mr. Rhodes
had been in failing health for
some time, and he went to the
North recently for medical
treatment, but his condition
was such that nothing could be
done for him. He was a mem
ber of the Royal Society of
Good Fellows and of the
Knights of Honor, in which
societies his life was insured for
the aggregate sum of $5,000.
Six young children survive him,
his wife having died several
years ago. Mr. Rhodes was one
of the very best men in Darling
ton County, and was universal
ly admired and respected on ac
count of his unusually high
character. Death claims one
or more of Darlington’s citizens
every week, but it is rare that
we are called upon to mourn
the loss of so noble a man as
George Rhodes.
An Unprecedented Offer.
Charles Dickens' novels are
the most popular works of
fiction ever written ; the South
ern Cultivator is more nearly
, adapted to the needs of the
' South Carolina farmer than any
other agricultural journal pub
lished ; the News and Courier is
undoubtedly the best weekly
paper in the State, while The
Darlinoton News will compare
favorably as a “newsgatherer”
with any country newspaper in
• the land. If any one who reads
Disingenuous Mr. Burn.
Society Hill, Sep. 0, 1890.
Capt. II. T. Thompson :
Please insert what I have
written below as an adveitise-
meut in this week’s
LAMAR.
Miss Eugenia Morris has
one on a visit to relatives in
eorgia.
—The members of the Farmers’
Dari.ing- : Alliance at this place who have
go;
Ge
conducted N Nkws and if vou decide to been trading through the Order
all in their power to accommo- j this doubts the last assertion,
The Darlington Guards
the only white military organi
zation in the State that has
not endorsed General Bonham
for re-election to the office of
adjutant and inspector get oral., p arrott severely mashing ^ [
Mr. Buchanan has his cotton b i R hands and inflicting painful 0 f 'Marion, as secretary. Col
office in the front portion of Mr. injuries on his back and side. p t. Stackhouse was unani
J. G. McCall’s old store, facing . .. . fin mously nominated for congress
the Square, while Mr. Talley’s The examination t Resolutions were passed con-
office is in the rear portion of , vacancy at the Citadel m demni Gov Richardson for
the same building at the head this County v. ill be hudm the int f tho commissioners
of Orange Street. court house today There are from tne anti-Till-
n , , rii ix* six applicants. The Kev. John
The ladies of Bethel Methodist Q has been appointed to
Church will hold an ice cream | ac j. ag a mem ber of the board of
festival at the residence of Mr. ex . u liners iu pi aC e of Capt. F.
Jesse W. Parrott, on Ihursday ^ s pa in who has been unex- Real Estate Transfers.
cane,, a,.a, J-
The Messrs. Woods have the Champion Artist colored, office for the week ending Sep-
largest stock this season they, whUe tryinK to get home on Sat- j tember 0 : E. B. Mims to Joseph
have ever brought out. Their | urd n J - ht found b i H i oad 0 f j gpears, deed of assignment; O.
capacious store is so crowded; j. ^ too bea vy, and lay down | D. Lee to Chapman Pate, 500
that it looks as if there was inthenl {ddle of the thor- acres of land in Stokes Bridge
scarcely room to turn around in £ rou „ hfare at the corner of Township for $3,000 ; B. F. and
lt - Pearl and Depot Streets, so that A. W. Parrott to Julia Parrott,
The annual inspection of the all the vehicles that passed 74 acres Lydia Township for
Darlington Guards, which was along that way had to drive!$219: W C. Coker to William
•o have been held on Monday around him. Finally a “good fprincej three acres, Society Hill
night, has been postponed until Samaritan” in the shape or an : Township, $00 ; D. W. Byrd to
the 19th inst. Preparatory old darkey, who was driving a; J. W. Davis and J. F. Howie, et
thereto drills have been order- red ox with a star on its fore-, a l., five acres in Antioch lown-
15th and 18th of head, carte along, and gave the | ship, as a gift to the M.
unfortunate a lift homewards. J Church.
date the public, both banks
have been endeavoring to supply
the deficiency, and they each
have a large amount of silver
now on the way which will pro
bably relieve the stringency for
the time being. The Bank of
Darlington made change for no
less than three thousand dollars
last week.
A Skilful Workman.
PrO;. R. 8. Powell, of Reids-
allow me the space asked for
say so in the same connection.
Yours truly,
Henry C. Bi i:n.
Society Hill, Sep. 9. 'no.
To The Public :
Please reserve your judgment
until I am heard in reply to the
Messrs. Thompson, fl am trying
to negotiate for space in The
Darlington News for next
week. Henry C. Burn.
JFnmi The Darlington News, Sep. 8]
« * * • * *
In conclusion permit me to
say that the columns of The
News are open to you at any
and all times. I would respect
fully request, however, that you
frame your articles so as to come
right to the point under discus
sion, and so as not to occupy
any unneccessary space.
Very respectfully,
Henry T Thompson.
are settling promptly with the
business agent.
-Mr. M. M. Cox has returned
to our village with his shoe-
hammer and last, and will fit
anv one wanting shoes at short
notice ami at reasonable rates.
—Miss Nannie Gee, of Peniel,
who has been visiting friends in
this section, has returned home,
and has left behind several
mourners.
—Mr. G. W. Stith is building
a millinery establishmen t which,
when completed, will be con
ducted by Mrs. Stith, who hopes
to supply her lady friends with
anything they may need in her
line.
—Our merchants say the re
ceipts of cotton to date are much
heavier than usual. This isow
ing to the unusually early open
ing of the staple. The general
opinion is that the crop will not
be as heavy as it was once
thought it would be.
—In addition to our regular
line of merchants, Messrs. J. \V.
Smith and C. L. Reynolds have
opened a grocery store in the
Mims’ millinery building, and
Messrs. Joy & Bigham, of Ef
fingham, have opened on the
corner formerly owned by Mr.
G. H. Mims.
let him call at this office, and
we believe we can convince him
after he has taken a look at our
exchanges. We will offer, for
a limited period only, the three
papers named for one year, to
gether with Dickens’ oompletc
works in twelve volumes, to
any subscriber who pays us $2.-
80 in cash, or The News and
the Dickens’ works will be sup
plied for $1.50. Such a dub
bing rate is something un
precedented, and those who con-
ville, North Carolina, one of the template subscribing to either or
most accomplished stencil cut- all of these papers would do
ters in the country, comes to us well to do so at once. The
after a stay of seven months in ! Darlington News, the Weekly
Bennettsville, where he gave News and Courier and the
great satisfaction to all who pa- j Cultivator will be sent to any
tronized him. The professor is address for one year for $2.30,
an old school teacher, and J or The News together with
brings the very highest testimo-1 either one of them will be sup-
nials as to his character and j plied for $1.05 per annum. A
ability. He certainly does beau-! complete set of the Dickens’
tiful work, and any of our citi-. works referred to above is now
zens who maybe in need of sten-1 on exhibition at this office. Call
cil plates for marking clothes, | and examine them.
cane or umbrella plates, key * m *
checks, key rings, checks for!
dog collars, &c., would do well
to patronize him. Ho has estab
lished his office and work bench
EBENEZER.
—Cottn has been damaged by
recent rains.
—Mr. Jas. Hepburn has been
turned over to the tender mer
cies of the cook.
—Mr. R. Langston lost a val-
A Much Married Man.
Early in 1887, one J. F. Haw-
affable, pleasant
Enterprise Hotel, 11 wheTe ctowSs manner?.came to Darlington
gather every day to Avatch the
skilful manner in Avhich he exe
cutes his work.
County to live, leavin
g a wife
behind him in North Carolina.
He paid his addresses to a young
lady in this county, carefully
■ " concealing from her, of course,
They are Bound to Succeed. tbe f acd ^ ba t J ie bad a w jf e) and
The firm of Blackwell Bros, she subsequently married him.
is one which is bound to sue- Some time after his second at-
ceed, for while its members are tempt at matrimony Hawley
among our very youngest mer- went to Georgia, where he mar-
chants, they go to work in a ried a third time. His second
business-like Avay. and have al- Avife and a child born as the is-
ready convinced the people of sue of that marriage are still
Darlington County that thev living in this county. Her
knoAv how to buy cheap and sell friends were so indignant Avhen
at “rock bottom” prices. It is'they found out about Hawley’s
their purpose put before the rascality, that they had a Avar-
readers of The News from time rant taken out for his arrest, and
to time during the season a few Sheriff Cole AA-ent to Atlanta in
pointed statements in regard to April, 1887, armed with a requi-
the large stock Avhich they are sition for him. rr ‘’-
OATS.
—Prof. C. P. Jones’ new res
idence is nearly completed.
—The Alliance had its regu
lar meeting on Saturday. It
now meets once a month.
—Mrs. Robertson, of Camden,
accompanied by her mother,
has be n visiting relatives here.
Miss Chapel, of Newberry,
has also been visiting in the
neighborhood.
CYPRESS.
—We are having two much
rain for gathering peavine hay uab j e cow i as t week ; murrain
and picking cotton. j g sa j d bave been the cause of
—The young folks will have death,
an entertainment next I hurs- —p’rom the output of candi-
day evening at the residence of dates b y the Tillman convention
Mr. \V. H. B. DuBose. on September 1st, it looks as if
—There was a party on Tues- the “baby county” was sadly in
day night, at the residence of j need of a Avet nurse.
Mr. H. J. DuBose. and all who! —That slice of Ebenezer that
attended report haA’ing had) 0W eg allegiance to Darlington
quite a pleasant time. County is “a trump,” and we
—Mr. S. C. Parnell ginned admire the way Mr. Large
something over one hundred “holds the fort.”
bales of cotton by the 5th of —The project of having all the
September, and it continues b* ( Baptist churches in Florence
rush m on him. County organize a hcav associa-
—Watermelons are getting tion, to be known as the Flor-
very scarce. Mr. J. W. R. Alex- ence Association, was discussed
ander brought some fine ones to by the Ebenezer Baptist Church
this market last week, and they last Saturday. The feeling
readily sold for 15 cents apiece, seemed to be unanimous to re-
—Mr. D. S. McCall has pur- main with the old Welsh Neck,
chased a new molasses mill and : The wounds made by the arbi-
evaporator for making a fine trary enforcement of this peo-
grade of molasses. Those who P^ e ou t of Darlington County
plant cane would do well to see nave not entirely healed, and to
his machinery and a sample of sever this last tender link of a
his molasses before trading else- united brotherhood places the
wbere Ebenezer Baptists in a sore
, strait, and they will Aveigh the
—Timmonsville seems to be matt( , r we ll before they adopt
getting the bulk of the cotton ^ b j s ] a test innovation,
from this section this year. aV hy
is it that Darlington is so be-
carrying this fall. Their an
nouncement in this issue calls
attention to their line of shoes
and men’s and boys’ clothing.
The Messrs. Blackwell avUI
spare no effort to
customers, and
The authorities
of that State, however, refusad
to give him up, as they wished
to try him for the bigamy Avhich
he had committed there. He
was found guilty and sentenced
please their j to three year’s imprisonment in
we venture to! the penitentiary at Atlanta. In
E.
assert that all who visit their the multitude of duties connect-
establishment will be satisfied; ed with his office, the whole
with their purchases. matter would possibly have pass-
_ ed from Sheriff Cole’s mind by
this time, had he not received
recently a letter from a friend
A family consisting of a fath- of Hawley’s first wife in North
er, mother and ten children, Carolina reminding him that
named Sanders, are in deep dis- HaAvley's term in the Georgia'
tress on Factory Hill. The fath- penitentiary was about to ex- j
Worthy Objects of Charity.
pire. This correspondent said
that the charges against the
criminal in North Carolina and
in this State would probably
have been allowed to rest but
fact that
er and mother are both invalids,
and moved here from North
Carolina some time ago in order
that the children might find em
ployment in the factory. Short-
fy after their arrival, the whole for the fact that HaAvley had
family was taken down with the recently been annoying his first
measles. Two of the little boys wife by Avriling to tell her that
have since had typhoid fever, as soon as he got out of the
from which they are just recov- Georgia penitentiary he would
ering, while three of the girls return to North Carolina, and
are now desperately ill with would take away from her the
that dread disease. Dr. B. C. little child whicli she had as the
Norment, the attending physi- issue of the marriage with him.
cian, is doing all he can for , Sheriff Cole acted promptly on
them, but as one of the little the suggestion of his correspond-
boys is the only one who is able ent, and has gone to Georgia
to work in the factory, and as after Hawley, his purpose being
they are all crowded together in to bring him back as soon as his
two small rooms, their condi- term expires there and have him
tion, as may be imagined, is pit- tried in the courts of this coun-
iable in the extreme. The King’s ty. After he has served ou; his
Daughters are looking after South Carolina sentence, he will
them as far as is in their power, be passed on to the courts of the
but the poor people are in such old North State, so it will prob-
very needy circumstances that ably be many years before he
the efforts of the ladies must of will have the opportunity of an-
necessity be supplemented by noying any of his three wives
the charity of the community. , again.
hind this year in prices?
[As Darlington has no less than live
buyers, who receive orders for cotton
every week from all oA’er the world, it
is doubtful whether there is a market
in the State that is paying more for
cotton, and our correspondent must
surely be mistaken iu his assertion.—
Ed. News.]
ASHLAND.
—We have plenty of cotton to
pick in this section.
—Mr. Hartwell Galloway has
been employed to complete Mrs.
L. A. Moore’s cottage.
—Ashland enjoyed the strains
of the Stokes Bridge Band, col
ored, on Saturday afternoon.
—Messrs. Gardner Bros, are
rapidly manufacturing molasses
from the cane planted around
here. This crop is beginning to
be cultivated more extensively
than formerly.
—The series of meetings at
Savanna Chapel, conducted by
the Rev. Messrs. King, of Wil
mington, N. C., and J. S. Du
Bose, of Lamar, closed last Tues
day night. The meeting result
ed in five ccessions to the mem
bership of the church.
RIVERDALE.
—Mr. Robert Reaves, of Stokes
Bridge, has accepted a position
with Mr. R. L. Bass. Mr. Reaves
is a young man of worth, and
we wish him every success.
—Mr. T. H. Cook has opened
a line of goods at Mechanicsville,
in the store formerly occupied
by Mr. J. L. Edwards. He will
be pleased to have his customers
call and see him.
—The dedication of Sandy
Grove Church will be made on
the ICth of November by the
Rev. John O. Willson, Presiding
Elder. The public are cordially
invited to attend.
—The fourth quarterly con
ference convenes at New Chap
el on Friday, the 10th of Octo
ber. The protracted meeting
will begin on the second Wed
nesday in October.
—We wish to call the atten
tion of the county commission
ers to the road leading from
Lowther’s Hill toCashua Ferry,
which is getting almost impas
sable and is even dangerous.
PHILADELPHIA.
—Rev. B. F. Parrott filled the
pulpit at this place last Sunday.
—The protracted services that
were to have begun here on last
Sabbath have been postponed.
—The friends of Mr. F. A.
Dowling, Sr., will be pleased to
learn that he is convalescing
from his recent illness.
—Mr. Josey Large, a lad of 17
summers, picked 300 pounds of
cotton in nine and a half hours
one day last week. Who can
beat that record ?
—The Philadelphia Sunday-
school contributed $3.25 last
Sunday to aid the Methodists
at Jackson Station, in Aiken
county, in building a neAV
church.
—We would just like to say
to those who seem to doubt that
Mr. A. W. Parrott was nomina
ted for school commissioner in
the recent convention, that if
they will remember, it was stat
ed at the time that some voted
for Mr. Evans at first who were
not members of the convention,
and that when the roll was call
ed Mr. Parrott received a ma
jority. We think it was fairly
done, and that the nomination
justly belongs to Mr. Parrott.
—Why is it, Mr. Editor, that
the town of Darlington has pro
vided no watering troughs for
the accommodation of the Avork
animals from the country when
they are driven in town ? It is
a fact to be regretted that there
is not a single public watering
place in the town except the one
at the Artesian well, and from
the pecular taste of that water
very few animals from the coun
try will drink it. It is true that
there are one or two very incon
venient tubs in private lots. We
hope the town authorities Avill
give this matter their consider
ation, for it would be quite an
accommodation to the patrons
of our county “metropolis.”
we are now undergoing here.
“Ten Thousand a Year” is
one of the best of English novels
and was Avritten a good many
years ago. The plot and action
centre about one Tittlebat Tit
mouse, who in the course of his
adventures becomes a candidate
for Parliament on the popular
side, being particularly earnest
in his support of a measure al
leged by the novelist to be then
pending and known as “The
Bill to Give FIverybody Every
thing.”
Mr. Titmouse’s opponent had
the misfortune to be a gentle
man of good breeding who
could not understand the need
for turning everything upside
down for benefits only vaguelv
promised, and the correction by
unknown means of unknown
evils and wrongs vaguely hint
ed at but never specifically
charged or proved. Here is Mr.
Titmouse’s speech to his con
stituents on the occasion of his
appearance on the hustings, as
reported by his biographer. We
think it will have a familiar
appearance to those who have
been reading the newspapers
during the past few weeks :
“Gentlemen,—Most uncom
mon, unaccustomed as I am,
(cheers)—happy—memorabl e,—
proudest—high h o n o u r—u n-
worthy, (cheering)—day of my
life—important crisis, (cheers)
—day gone by, and arrived—too
late, (iheerino)—civil and religi
ous liberty all over the world,
(immense cheering, led by Mr.
Mudflint.) Yes, gentlemen—I
Avoukl observe—it is unneces
sary to say—passing of that
truly glorious Bill—charter—no
mistake—Britons never shall be
slaves, (enthusiasitic cheers)—
Gentlemen, unaccustomed as l
am to address an assembly of
this—ahem! (hear! hear! hear!
and cheers)—civil and religious
liberty all over the Avorld,
(cheers)—yet the tongue can
reel where the heart cannot ex
press the (cheers)—so help me
! universal suffrage and
cheap and enlightened equality,
(cries of ‘that’s it, lad!”)—
which can never fear to see es
tablished in this country—
(cheers)—it only true to—indus
trious classes and corn laws—
yes, gentlemen, 1 am of op
[hush! cries of ’say lad what
dost say about THEM?’) work
ing out the principles which con
duced to the establishment a—a
—a—civil and religious liberty
liberty of the press (cheers])
and the Avorking classes, (hush !)
■ Gentlemen, unaccustomed as
I am—well—at any rate—will
you—I Say—will you ?’ (vehe
ment cries of No! No! Never!)
unless you are true to your
selves ! Gentlemen, without go
ing—Vote by Ballot (cheers) and
quarterly Parliaments, (loud
cheering)—three polar stars of
my public conduct—(here the
great central banner was waAr-
ed to and fro, amidst enthusi
astic cheering)—and reducing
the over-grown Church Es
tablishment to a—difference be
tween me and my honourable
opponent, (loud cheers and
groans.) I live among you,
(cheers)—spend my money in
the borough, (cheers)—no busi
ness to come here. (No, no !)—
right about, close borough, (hiss
es!)—patient attention, which I
will not further trespass upon,
(hear! hear! and loud cheering)
—full explanation—rush early
to the base, bloody, and brutal
(chee rs)-poll s—triumphant—ex
tinguish for ever, (cheers)—
Gentlemen, these are my senti
ments—wish you many happy
—re—hem! a hem—and by ear
ly displaying a determination
to (cries of ‘ice will! we will!’)
—eyes of the whole country up
on you—crisis of our national
representation—patient atten
tion-latest day of my life,—
—Gentlemen, yours truly ”
When it is added that all who
attempted to speak in the inter
est of Tittlebat litmouse’s op
ponent were hooted down, that
when the opponent himself un
dertook to speak his voice was
troAvned and he was finally
struck in the face with a rock
and by that interesting process
silenced in the interest of pop
ular rights, self government
and freedom of speech, the pic
ture is complete.
The picture of the English
election is evidently drawn from
nature. It is comforting be
cause it assures us that our
people even when they are un
reasonable are no more unrea
sonable than other people, who
have come all right in the end,
have been before them. It is
interesting as illustrative of the
fact that Tittlebat Titmouse
methods and oratory have not
even the merit of originality.—
Greenville Daily News.
Familiar Oratory.
Recent efforts of oratory and
the accompanying performances
are new things to South Caro
lina but they are not new under
the sun. As we have remarked
on several occatsions, history is
full of experiences of the kind
Dr. J. W. King, one of Flor
ence’s most prominent citizens,
died on Sunday last.
Cotton is still pouring in at a
great rate. The number of
bales shipped from this market
up to date has been 1759. Mid
dling cotton is bringing 9.40.
A fine mule belonging to
Messrs. McCullough, Blackwell
& Co. fell dead in harness on
Tuesday while drawing a wag
on up the hill just this side of
Swift Creek, on the east side of
town.
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