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V V X 1 r-f* : <#' VOL XVI. NO 39. _ LOO-AJL. ITEMS Mb. S. Marco has returned from the North Mb. Evan J. Lido, Jr., has re turned from a trip to Charles-1 ton. A brick pavement is to be put down in front of the office of E. Keith Dargan, Esq. Mb. B. O. Bristow advertises a valuable fann for sale in Williamsburg County. Mb. T. H. Parrott is slightly better, though his injured hand is still troubling him greatly. The construction of Dr. Mc- Girt's new house on Mowry Street is well under way. Gen. James instituted the new Lodge of Knights of Pyth ias at Anderson on Monday night. The Bennettsville papers state that Gen. James is expected to review the military company at that place to-day. Mb. A. C. McFall has pur chased a lot on Broad Street, and expects to erect a residence on it at an early day The inspection of the Darling ton Guards and the reception at their armory will come off to morrow (Friday) night. DARLINGTON, S. 0, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25. 1890. WHOLE NO 819 KINGSTON. The announcement was in- dition of the road in that vicin- advertently made in these col- ity. The Board of Trade have . . . , . umns last week that Mrs. Swy-, at last taken the matter in hand k^ A * ! co ^ of P amt would gert, the Columbia milliner who | and a committee consisting considerable improvement recently located here, would Messrs.^ wards^'w p! 40 Lake 8 wamp Baptist Church, carry a stock of dress goods. Dargan and C. S. McCullough —Mr. G. D. Wilkes will soon Her stock will consist only of were appointed to look into it. complete quite a fancy little millinery goods ami notions. These are not men to n^aste time dwelling houue. but in these two departments it: and it affords us pleasure to , . .. is her intention not to be excell- state that the condition of the ... B -.V;. 8te P he ns has been sick ed in Darlington County. i hills on both sides of the branch Our theatrical season, such ' !t alr ® ad > r improved, and Bv reference to our advertis ing columns it will be seen that the National House, Charleston, 8. C., is for rent. Mr. 8. H. Wentworth, who has been keeping a grocery near the railroad crossing on Pearl Street, has accepted a position in a factory near Rome, Ga. Any one who wishes a name put on a pistol, gun or umbrella will get a good job by patroniz- ~ 1. Powell at the Enter ing Prof prise Hotel. Edmund Deas is reported as saying that he will not be a can didate for congressional honors this year, but that he will prob ably be heard from in 1892. Dr. W. L. Galloway returned from Cleveland Springs on Thursday last. Mrs. Galloway is much better, and has gone to the “Hammocks” for the bal ance of the summer. The Rev. W. A. Guerry preached at the Episcopal Chap el on Sunday night. Mr. Guerry has declined the call which he received recently to Louisville, Ky. The Republican convention of the Sixth Congressional Dis trict will be held in Florence to-day, and from all that can be ascertained at this time, it is highly probable that there will be opposition to Col. Stackhouse. William Howie, of the Green Plains section has been put under a $200 bond to appear at the next term of the court under a charge of assault and battery committed on the person of old man John Gainey. Mr. Young, Blackwell Bros’, sewing machine man, who has been ill so long with typhoid fe ver, had a relapse last week, and for several days was not expected to live, but he is now considerably better. Oub Hebrew friends observed the “Day of Atonement” yes terday by a general closing of their places of business. “Yom Kippur,” as it is called, is the most solemn celebration of the whole Hebrew year. * A colored man named Morris struck a white man named Cardwood in the head with a brick on Saturday night, inflict ing a severe wound which ex tended from the skull to the bone. The Darlington Manufacturing Co., have filled the order which they received from Shanghai, China, for six car-loads of their shirtings, and have since obtain ed a second order from the same place for about five hundred bales. Mrs. R. Schmid has several handsome banana trees grow ing in her front yard from which she obtains a supply of the lus cious fruit every season. One of them contains now a cluster of about a dozen bananas which are almost ready for picking. The Misses Fountain have now opened their beautiful. stock of fall millinery and notions and are ready to receive their cus tomers. The ladies of the County who have not yet visit ed their establishment have a treat in store for themselves. The smell of stale fish which thoroughly permeates the at mosphere in the neighborhood of the town hall must be very obnoxious to those residing in that quarter of the town, and is certainly not beneficial to their health. Can't something be done to remedy the evil ? J. B. Russell white, who was convicted of breach of trust at the Maffch term of the court and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for three years, was recently pardoned by the Governor. He has re turned home looking consider ably the worse for wear. season, as it is, was opened at the Opera House on Tuesday night by the Fitzgerald Family. The per formance was very fair, and the audience present, which was a good one, seemed to be highly entertained. The company which played “Larking” here so successfully last season are booked again for Oct. 28. Have you an idea of applying for a patent ? Or do you wish to know anything about pat ents, a subject in which every body is interested ? Messrs. C. A. Snow & Co., 710 8th St. N. W., Washington, D. C., will obtain your patent or answer your questions. We know them to be entirely trustworthy. Read their advertisement in an other column. Shepard, the “Racket” man, has moved his large stock into the brick building on Pearl Street formerly occupied by the Enterprise Grocery. He has never had sufficient room for the proper display of his stock heretofore, and now that he has secured thisfine stand, his trade, good as it has been in the past, will doubtless be increased ten fold. The Newberry Herald and News says: “Mr. W a d d y Thompson, who recently took the position of city ed tor of the Columbia Register, has resign ed on account of ill health. He is an excellent gentleman, and promised to make a good news paper man. We trust he will soon be restored to his usual health and again be at his post.” The Enterprise Grocery have t ust received 25,000 pounds of iaeon and 200 barrels of flour, which they purchased in these quantities in order that they might get them at “rock bot tom” prices. It is now their intention to close out the entire lots at a bargain, and they mean every word they say. Bacon is quoted by them this week at Cl. Now is the time to buy before a rise takes place in prices. Now that the schools are be ginning to open, the readers of The News are requested to bear mind that Messrs. R. L. that by the time this appears in print the farmers will have no further trouble in regard to the matter. with chills weeks. and fever for three —Rev. W. O. Petty preached one of his “hard to beat” ser mons at Lake Swamp on the 14th inst. A Fashionable Resort. —Pinckney McLendon, who . has been afflicted with dropsy There is no doubt about it that for ten years or more died re- Messrs. McCall & Burch havejcently. -The farmers are quite busy ; yet picking cotton ; if the hands could be obtained in sufficient numbers, the business of pick ing would close by the 15th of ! October. one of the handsomest stores in this section of South Carolina, and it is being crowded every day with ladies who are anxious to get a look at the handsome stock which they have just brought out. Mr. J. S. Burch, the junior member of the firm, —There seems to be no end to who was with Messrs. Edwards, the wet weather. To judge from Norment & Co. for so many the constant cloudiness of the years, has entire charge of the atmosphere, rains are passing dress goods department, and around every day; we get all the large line, including all want. the most fashionable shades, _ Mr Thomas Conyers and winch was especially selected by Mr8 . Lovett, both of Florence him is attracting universal at- County, were married at Mid- tention . His assortment of trim- way< in that CO unty, by the Rev. mings in silk, plush and velvet ^.R. Hill, on the 14th inst. is one of the most complete A t the same time and place, Mr. we have ever seen. Calicoes, Simon Courtenay, of Florence sateens and ginghams are on ex- County, and Miss Isadore Hicks, hibition in large variety, and the, 0 f Sardis, were also married, supply of flannels suitable for!On the 10th inst., Mr. William making sacques is greatly ad- Smith, of Timmonsville, was mired. In the line of piece married to Miss Griffin, of goods is to be found the famous Mayesville. and on the 17th, at farmers friend jeans,” in all j the residence of Mr. Thomas. H. colors, at the low price of 25 j stokes, Mr. J. H. Ham and Miss cents a yard. The department j an ; e Stokes, both of this com- of men sclothingand underwear m unity, were married bv the ip one of the most popular in the K e v. 3. O. Petty. establishment,and is being large- ly patronized. Mr. J. G. McCall sardis. will be found at his usual place behind the shoe counter, and with a stock at his back that delights his heart, as one can very well see from the way in which he explains its merits. The man or woman who who could not et suited by him would indeed >6 hard to please. In the rear portion of the store there is a choice supply of groceries which every house-keeper in the coun ty should see before purchasing elsewhere. Mr. Burch is local agent for the well known New York merchant tailor, Marks Arnheim, and will take the measures of those who may de sire it, guaranteeing a fit in every instance. Look At This, Ladies. in Dargan & Co. are the only mer chants in the county who handle books exclusively. By order ing from them the purchaser will be spared the trouble and expense of sending to the North, as all of their books are marked at New York retail prices. Any book not in stock can be order ed out on short notice. All of the Voads in the County are in very bad condition since the recent rains, and that leading from the bridge over Swift Creek near the factory to Mr. H. M. Smith’s residence is well-nigh impassable. It is alleged that tnis is due to the fact that Mr. E. M Smith, who was appointed overseer, is dead, and that if the road commis sioners would fill his place the proper repairs could be made on the road at once. Our old friend Mr. R. S. Powell, the stencil manufactur er, is quite a walker. He left her on Saturday and strolled out some distance beyond Lydia, coming back to Darlington the following afternoon, and took advantage of his trip to make the acquaintance of quite a number of our people. The heavy rain of Sunday afternoon overtook him about Indian Branch, nearly swamping him, and he came into town looking like a half drowned rat. Dr. J. S. Garner is making several improvements on the residence wnich he purchased recently from Mr. L. E. Wil liamson, near the foot of Pearle Street. He is adding to the piazza, so that it will extend almost the whole way around the house, and will lay off a beautiful lawn on the lot east of the building, making a second entrance on that side of the house. When these alterations have been completed, the resi dence will be one of the very handsomest in Darlington. Messrs. Hoke & Herron, in ventors and patentees of a “spark extinguisher,” have their device now on exhibition here, and are meeting with con siderable success in selling it. The Darlington Planing Mill has been using one of them for some time past, and they fur nish an excellent certificate as io its merits. All who use steam power in any shape or form will be interested in reading the ad vertisement of Messrs. Hoke & Herron which appears in an other column. An Enterprising Board of Trade. The farmers who have to haul their cotton to town over Indian Branch have been making great complaints recently of the coc- —Rev. W. D. Kirkland, of Columbia, will be with us next Saturday. —Some of our farmers have not picked over their cotton the first time yet. —Our new church will be ded icated on the 4th Saturday in November. Brother John O. Willson will be with us then. —Mr. Jno. W. Davis has his corn mill ready for work; re member he has an evaporator too, and is prepared to do good work for the community. —Mr. George. W. Wright’s school at this place closed on the 12th inst., and he has mov ed to Chesterfield County to take charge of a free school there. Mr. Wrights health has been very much impaired by ! close confinement. CLYDE. —Mrs. F. C. McNair has on a visit to Bishopville. If the McKinley bill goes into effect on October 1, there will be one of the greatest dry goods panics which this country has ever known, and the price of commodities in that line will be increased at least twenty-five per cent. Now that this has — A protracted meeting been brought to the attention of [j e nr un a t Newmarket on the community, they would con- ( j ay suit their own interests by go- ' , ,,, , „ ing at once to Messrs. Jove & —Our Utah “dudes Sanders, and laying in a supply skipped, and it is well for of whatever they may need be- that they did. fore the rise iu prices takes _Mrs. Nancy King is place. The low prices at which s j ck at t h e residence of her fath- this firm purposed selling their er j^j,. j jj Brown, goods when they first came ’ ligible to the stranger; for in stance we have one near by,: which is intended to represent! 7 miles from Darlington which is marked “IIV.” OATS. —Mr. C. C. Wilson came around last week getting the right of way for the Carolina Southern Railroad. —We would inform the Phila delphia correspondent that Mr. Eli Register, of this place, has beat his large cotton picker, he having picked 418 pounds in ten hours. —Owing to the recent rains and to the consequent rapidity with which cotton lias opened, there is a greater demand for cotton pickers this season than there has been for several years past. HARTSVILLE. her are gone was Sun- have them very —Miss L. A. Carter and mother, of Timmonsville, visiting relatives here. —We have had plenty of rain during the past week, rather too much for harvesting the fleecy staple and peavine hay. —Mr. R. H. Lee, an estimable young man of this place, has accepted a situation as sales man with J. L. Coker & Co. —Messrs. Cannon & Law have commenced the erection of a guano house near their gin house at the depot. —Rev. E. J. Forrester deliv ered an interesting sermon to the children on Sunday morning last at 11 A. M. —The protracted meeting which w as in progress at Da mascus some time ago resulted in one addition to the church and no conversions. —Mr. J. G. Ellis, a prominent farmer of this place, has recent ly had his residence neatly painted, which helps its appear ance considerably. —The young ladies of the Methodist Church have formed a missionary society which meets every Sunday evening at 4 P. M. —Messrs. J. L. Coker & Co. hnve mo\ ed into their new store at the depot. On Friday last they purchased 150 bales of cot ton, at which time middling was bringing 91 cents. Up to Sep tember 1st, this firm purchased and shipped 350 bales of cotton. JOVANN. —Mr. Henry W. King, who bad his arm broken some time ago, is very much improved. —Mr. W. J. Galloway has ac- i cepted a position as superintend ent of Mr. W. S. King’s gin. to this date ginned 200 bales of cotton, and with the energetic and systematic management of Mr. K. F. Howie the business goes on without friction or dis satisfaction. Their grist mill turns out as good meal as can be ground in any steam mill, and their patrons are favored with the most convenient ar rangements to be found at any other gin in the county. LAMAR. —Master Geo. Ervin DuBose has obtained a clerkship with Mr. G. W. Mims. —The gins of Messrs. Cole & Reynolds, and that of Mr. Jos. Spears, are kept at their utmost speed all the time now. —The weather remains wet and picking out cotton and pre serving peavine hay is hindered very much thereby. —Mr. J. J. Carter, of Lynches River, reported a few days ago that he had manufactured over (100 gallons of very fine syrup. —Mr. H. C. Burn, County Al liance lecturer, delivered a fine talk on the objects and work ings of the Order at this place on last Saturday. —Mr. Ira Andrews, who has spent the last twelve months at this place, returned to his home in North Carolina on the 14th inst. Mr. Andrews is a fine young man and made a good many friends in our community who regret his leaving. —Mr. M. M. Cox, in addition to shoemaking, is prepared to repair old harness or make a new set in excellent style. Mr. Cox is very anxious to procure the services of a first-class work man in his line, and any one desiring such employment would do well to communicate with him at once. —From what we learn from your Ebenezer correspondent, and from other sources, the question of forming a new Bap tist Association in Florence County, to be known as the Florence Association, is being very generally discussed in the churches of that county. Unless this would greatly advance the cause of Christ, we would re gret to see the old Welsh Neck severed in twain, and we hope that the matter will rest where it is. But perhaps the brethren of Florence know best as to the welfare of the cause in their territory. —Mr. John Kiraery is dispos ing of his effects preparatory to making his home in Georgia, for which place he will leave about December 1st. —A goodly number of our young men have obtained profit able employment in Florence. Hie last to hie himself away to that city of bad water is Mr. Dozier Cuttino. If this epidemic continues our handsome young ladies will find sociables, lawn tennis and candy pullings mo notonous indeed. —A chirographer has posses sion of the school house near the depot, and for a consideration is teaching quite a number of boys and girls to shape pothooks and hangers correctly. We are on the lookout for the spelling professional, and as soon as he has done up our leg islative aspirants will send him up your way. ASHLAND. —On Sunday, the 14th inst., Elder J. S. DuBose buried five persons in baptism. —Our cotton fields remain white with the fleecy staple, and we are paying fifty cents per hundred for picking, too. —Mr. T. S. McLendon passed through Ashland last week on his way from Blowing Rock, N. C., to Sumter County, where he expects to enter the mercantile business. —Since the recent heavy rains our roads in some places are al most impassable. If there is any officer in the county whose duty it is to compel people to work the roads, he should immediate ly see that those in this section are attended to. It is really dangerous to travel in some places with a loaded wagon. Some of the roads are worked out nicely, while with others it would seem that those who have them in charge have registered a vow that they will not work any more until they are forced to do so. We trust that some one will attend to this impor tant matter very soon. —Owing to some severe criti cisms made by Rev. J. K. Mc Cain at Hebron Church with reference to the doctrines held by the Second Adventists, the members of Savanna Chapel held a meeting recently, and in a very friendly manner sent Mr. McCain the following prop osition : “Dear Brother Mc Cain—Inasmuch as you have as sailed the doctrines held by us as a denomination we, the mem bers of Savanna Chapel, in a Christian spirit, do ask you to meet one of our ministers in a gather their cotton. A good ublic debate, to discuss at many of them say it is rotting —Our friend J. W. Moore, mentioned in our last as having fever, is out again. —A neighbor at Doves tells me that he will make more cot ton on 50 acres this year than he made on 105 last year. We ought to be thankful for the bountiful harvest, we having suffered severely from the cloud burst last year. —Your correspondent went to Society Hill last Friday and saw some fine crops, but the farm ers are badly behind with cotton picking, owing, we suppose to the cotton opening so fast and to the scarcity of hands, some of them having gone to work on the railroad. —The members of Mt. Olivet Church have decided to build a new house of worship. They very much need a new one, and both pastor and people are anxious for it. We trust they will receive the necessary as sistance and wo wish them suc cess in their praiseworthy un dertaking. CYPRESS. —We are still having lots of rain and the farmers cannot Electric Lights for Darlington. Mr. W. R. Rommell, rep resenting the National Electric Light Company, of Washing ton, D. C., was in town last week trying to induce the Town Council and the merchants to support him in his endeavor to supply the town with electric lights. His proposition is to light the streets oy using six teen arc lights, at a fixed rent al to the town of $100 each per annum, but he demands further that the merchants subscribe for at least four hundred in candescent lights for their re sidences and places of business. These last will cost twelve dol lars a year each for stores, and seventy-five cents for residences. It is highly important that Dar lington should be rescued from the Stygian darkness which has afflicted it so long, and it is to be hoped that the business men of the community will do all in their power to have it lighted by electricity here, a little over a year ago, . , .. - • caused such a rush to their es- large quantity of cotton and is Mr. A. M. McNair is buying a tablishment that they could scarcely keep themselves sup plied with goods; since that time their prices have been kept down and the rush has con sequently kept up. They have a desirable selection of ladies’ dress goods, including tricot, 38 in., at 25 cts., faille, armure, silks, black and colored, 40 in. Henrietta in all colors ; outings in various colors, plaid and striped ; also a number o f braided suits ready to make up; black stockings, warranted, at 25 cts; many attractive novel ties in the way of chenille braid, laces and trimmings generally. Their plush table covers and plush for curtains, plain and figured, commands general at tention from the ladies, who will also find buckles of all kinds, from 5 cts. to $1.00. In the shoe-department customers will find Evitts Brothers shoes and a large assortment of all kinds for ladies and children, also handbags and trunks to suit all. They have on hand ladies’, gents’ and children’s undervests at reasonable prices. A visit to their establishment will repay purchasers who wish to make good bargains. RIVERDALE. —Mrs. Margaret Josey, of Oats, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. R. L. Bass. —Mr. W. E. Dargan is con structing a new apartment to his dwelling house which will greatly add to its comfort. —An old colored man died in our community last Thursday who was said to be 105 years of age. —Mrs. E. J. Garner and chil dren, who have been visiting the family of Mr. R. Hay, have returned to their home at Philadelphia. —Mr. S. S. Dowling and Miss Beulah Dowling, of Philadel phia, have been on a brief visit to friends here, us have also Messrs. O. Reaves and R. Pate, of Stokes Bridge. paying a good price for it. —Rev. J. G. Law delivered an unusually fine sermon at Hartsville last Saturday night. —We are having an abundance of rain, and the cotton is rotting rapidly. Unless it holds up very soon, the crop in this section will be damaged seriously. —Mr. W. T. Good son has a stalk of cotton raised on sandy land which measures 7 feet 3 inches in height, and has 147 well developed bolls on it. Who can beat that ? —Married, on the 10th inst., at the residence of the bride’s father, Mr. N. C. Johnson and Miss Hattie Gaskins. On the same date Mr. J. R. Hall, of Chesterfield County, was mar ried to Miss Lula Bladen, of Dar lington. DOVESVILLE. —Mr. H. A. DeLorme has gone to Louisville, Ky., to take a course in medicine. —Prof. Pringle’sschool opened with twenty pupils, and is pro gressing very satisfactorily. —Dr. John Wilson and fam ily, of Cheraw, have moved to Leavens worth. —Rev. C. L. Dowell is visiting his grandmother in Washing ton, who is now going on 93 years of age. —The suggestion as to sign boards is sensible, and is of con siderable importance to the travelling public, as we who are continually traversing the coun ty, can testify to, and we hope that the new board of county commissioners who, we pre sume, were “suggested” for j length the doctrinal points held I by us as denominations. You may have the prerogative to -Rozier Hall, a colored lad of choose time, place amf subjects his hand badly for discussion If you do not ' feel disposed to meet him your self, our minister will willingly outh this place, bad lacerated in Martin & Clarke’s butting saw a few days ago. Miss Anna McIntosh, a for mer student of the Cedar Springs Institution, will return to re sume her course there next Tuesday. —The Hon. Henry Clay B. seems to have a hard time of it trying to keep himself on the Tillman ticket. Look out for yourself Mr. B., or you will be ousted. —The Hartsville Railroad seems to be doing a thriving bu siness now, and the train makes two trips a day. Section Master Gandy has erected a neat cot tage just above this place, and intends to keep things straight. —The public roads in this sec tion are badly washed up. The rains we have had for the past few weeks have been most un usual, and the farmers are get ting uneasy lest their cot ton will sprout in the bolls; it has already been damaged to a great extent. EBENEZER. —Hard cider and political sore heads are with us occasionally. meet any minister in the Sout Carolina Conference. We will meet you with a Christian in good standing, known as such where he lives. We propose that the debate be conducted strictly on religious principles, and discussed in a Christian spirit.” As soon as Mr. McCain is heard from, we will announce the place and date of discussion through the columns of The News. our PHILADELPHIA. —Mr. H. C. Burn was in midst on last Sunday. —We have had several very | heavy rains which have dam aged cotton considerably. —Cotton pickers are in de mand here, and we are paying at the rate of fifty cents a hun dred. —In our opinion the cotton I crop is short at least 25 per cent I in this section. —The rainfall here on last [ Sunday afternoon was very heavy indeed, much to the dam age of cotton. —Miss Mamie Wilson, of a j Dovesville, who was on a visit spot ror to Miss Kate Seabrook recently, his daughter, Mrs. Humphries. j has returned home. —Misses Mamie Hepburn and —Mr. Editor, is it a fact that Gertrude Langston will leave the State debt has increased for All Healing College on the $592,617.42 in the last ten years, cozy cottage near the de ot for 1 29th inst. —Miss Singletary, of Florence, will have charge of the South side public school for the com ing session as is stated by the census com missioners of this State ? —The farmers are considera bly behind with cotton picking as the labor at command is not —Our tobacco farmers express | by any means sufficient for the “sugge s” will their “goodness” will soon give us not only sign boards, but mile posts also, properly made and accurately marked ; for those we have would be a dis- grace to Helligoland itself; some are figured bottom side up, some backside foremost, and all are in such condition as to be wholly misleading and unintel- themselves as well pleased with that industry, and find it remu nerative. —Florence County has a Si mon-pure “straightout” Democ racy, no “so-called” about it, as will be fully demonstrated at the November election. —Mrs. Gandy, whose husband died about a month ago, left last week in company with Mrs. Mc Queen Jordan for their former home in Georgia Mr. P. M. Jordan will «oon change his present place of abode for a home in far off Mott Township, in this county, where the citizens breathe musquitoes and eat pancakes and home made molasses the year round. supply of cotton which has opened. —We think your Cypress cor respondent is about right about Timmonsville and Hartsville be ing better cotton markets than Darlington, &s some farmers from this section are selling their cotton at the first named places. —A mule attached to the bug gy of Mr. F. A. Dowling, Jr., ran away while Mr. Dowling was leaving church last Sunday, but fortunately no one was hurt seriously and but lit tle damage was done. —Merit always wins: there is no truer evidence of the fact than the case of Messrs. Gamer & Howie’s gin. They have up in the field. —Mr. S. C. Parnell has ginned about 200 bales of cotton this season, and not a single one has been covered with Alliance bag ging. What is the matter ? —Mr. J. A. Fields, of Oats, and Miss Clara Brown of Lynch es River were married by the Rev. Mr. Mozingo on the 11th inst. It was a run-away match. —Two of the nominees for the legislature, living only eight mile apart, are not acquainted with each other. Perhaps they will know each other better in the next two years. —The farmers are complain ing that they cannot get hands to pick cotton. Where have all the hands gone to ? Perhaps they are working on the new railroads, or it may be that the cotton is opening faster than labor can be obtained to gath er it. Mr. C. C. Wilson, the ad vance agent of the Carolina Southern R .R., passed through this place last week getting the right of way along the line through which this road is to run. He informed your corres pondent that work would com mence pretty soon now. He was looking around at this place for a location for a depot. GREEN PLAINS. —We are having an abund ance of rain, which is damaging the cotton considerably. —We have had a few cases of fever, but the general health of the neighborhood is very good. —We had a “Children’s Day” at Antioch on Sunday which was much enjoyed, both by pas tor and people. We all love our pastor and wish him much suc cess in his work. —One of our neighbors who made five bales of cotton to one horse last year has alread; picked out eight bales and wi: get three more. He did not use any fertilizer last year. Mr. Charley Huggins is at home from Georgia for a few days ; also Miss Florence Hug gins is on a short visit from Timmonsville. We welcome these young friends at home once more. —The ladies will give an ice cream festival at the parson next Friday night. We do not know for what purpose the en tertainment is given, but know it is for some good cause, and we hope to have a good turnout. 5 The Late J. F. Early. The undersigned, appointed to prepare a suitable tribute to the memory of Companion J. F. Early, report as follows: We record with sorrow the death of Companion James Frank Early, who departed this life on the 30th day of July, A. D. 1890., at his home in this Town, after months of slow decline and much suffering. He was born in Blackville, Barnwell County, S. C., on the 3rd day of Jan uary, 1841. His father, who v/as an accomplished teacher, socu removed fo be city of Chark don, and at an early age our Companion became a clerk in the commission house of Ogden, Lemon & Co. Just be fore the opening of the late war. he commenced the study of medicine in the office of Dr. Davega, but at the call of his State, he volunteered and enter ed as a private the LaFayette Artillery. With that gallant command he served to the close of the war, enduring all priva tions, bearing all fatigues, and facing death with the cheerful spirit of a brave and patriotic soldier. Very soon after the war, he came to Darlington C. H. and commenced the business of merchandising, to which he devoted the balance of his life, and was at the time of his death the proprietor of a large and lucrative business with hosts of atrons and well-wishers. He ecame a member of The Legion on the 9th. August 1883, and was until his death an attached, faithful and honored C o m- panion. Companion Early was a bright, level-headed, well in formed gentleman, with pleas ant manners, agreeable and full of wit in conversation, and of a large, warm Irish heart. He was charitable and public spirited, and this Town owes much to his energy, enterprise and liberality. He took an active interest in politics, but never sought office. For ten years he was the Chairman of the working Committee of the Darlington Democratic Club, and was untiring in his efforts to promote the interests of true Democracy. He was for many years a member of the Demo cratic Executive Committee of the County, and in the discharge of his duties not many equalled him in judgment, zeal and activity. In religion he was a sincere Catholic. His brotherly kindness was such that there was grief not only throughout this community, but through out the whole County when he passed away. Peace to his ashes! Resolved: That this tribute to the memory of Companion James Frank Early be inscrib ed on a separate page of our minutes, that a copy be sent to each of his brothers and sister, and that they be published in our County W. Boyd. Keith Dabgan. E. Nobment. (Locals Continued on Next 1