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v;l. XVII. NO 48
DARLINGTON, S. 0, THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 27. 1890.
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I*OO.AIi ITEMS The Mm-.ra William: oi ;m
— ' = iOMking vrrv extensiveimiuoye
Mb-H. Lia-s Liw was quit- ments on their‘reside
sick, hut i.< now niueii hetter. Rr >; d Street.
MiDDUNd cotton is liringini?
y f-8 cents in this market.
The Town Council has
taken action looking towards
improving Pearle Street.
To-day is
‘K-, Evans Gandy, whi’e
’ ll En- neighborhood of
Wn.iams Lake, near Society
Iii;., a row dajs ago, canio a-
cross two immense wild cats
, . . onguged in a death struggle
~ “Thanksgivings with each other. Ho opened
Day” and the stores as a general fire upon them, killing one and
rule are closed. breaking the leg of the other.
Messrs. Joye & Sanders will ‘ ] lf : hitter retreated immediate-
sho.tlv erect a residence on the O', but soon again reappeared
lot adjoining Mr. W. B. Brun- Wlt h the tenacity peculiar
son’s on Broad street. to the feline renewed the fight
80 . % with the dead cat. Mr. Gandv
Christmas season is a great then fired again and killed the
time for having photographs surviving cat. He secured the
taken and all who wish Mr. E. skins of both animals.
— , . , vii both animals
A. Smith to have their photo- - ...
graphs ready before the rush Honored in His Adopted Home,
commences would do well to John K Law E ^ of Mf;r .
call on him at once. ced, California, has recently
Mr. C. W. Hewitt is adding been elected Associate Justice
another room to the second of the Supreme Court of Cali-
storv of his building, just in the fornia. Mr. Law. who is a native
tear of The News’ office. It of Darlington Countv, is well
will be used as a studio by Mr. and favorably remembered by a
E. W. Sutton, the photographer, host of friends at this place who
Mavy of our lawyers were in 'T 111 receiv « ^eat pleasure
Columbia this week in attend- of tlm honor Hat has
„ oV VL Hia Poin t becu conferred upon him. He
A HOT supper will be given Another Limb of the Law.
on Friday night, December 5, at w c Hough Esq ; a you
the residence of Dr. K. Il. i. . attorney at law, has moved to
M allace at Lydia, by the ladies Darlimrton md will ni-ictifiA
of Wesley Chapel. The proceeds PL^!' 60 ^!. 8
because Evan's name was writ*
ten on them in pencil. He also
claimed that the action of the
county board was illegal because
its members had never been
sworn before beginning their
canvass. Mr. Geo. Brown, re
presenting Mr. Evans, protested
that he was entitled to notice
and grounds of appeal from the
decision of the county board
and had never been served with
them. This brought up the
question of the regularity of the
appeal. Mr. Parrott said he
was not a lawyer and had not
known that a formal appeal was
necessary. After retirement for
consultation the board an
nounced that it could not hear
the .appeal in the Parrott case,
as it had not been properly
brought up.
will be devoted to the chapel.
i proceeds uanington and wil _
r-RnrA^ profession at this place. Mr.
^ ' Hough is a graduate of the law
Mr. S. F. Ervin has pur- department of the State Univer-
chased 117 acres of land just be- sity and we wish for him a suc-
yond the “Two Bridges” from cessful future. He will practise
Col. E. R. Mclver and will under the firm name of Kennedy
shortly establish a dairy farm & Hough, Mr. E. J. Kennedy,
thereon. a lawyer at the Lancaster bar,
Quite a number of Darling- b, ‘i n K 'jie senior member of the
nians will attend the operatic j irm ' Hough s office will
* Q lie over Edwards, Nonnent
performances of the famous sin- R® ,° v ® 1 ' "
jer, Miss Juch, who will, begin- L0 s - storo -
&
ning with to night, appear in j The Coroner . s ,
Charleston the remainder of the . M
the coroner s inquest over
. , the body of W. Calvin Rhodes
The First Presbyterian church‘ was helll on Saturday. Dr. W.
of Anniston Alabama, of which j Garner, assisted by Drs. Lun-
the Rev. R. Means DuBose, ne y an( j Baird, made a post
formerly of this county is pastor, mortem examination, and re-
has offered to support a mis- ported that Mr. Rhodes’ death
sionary in heathen lands. ^ was caU sed from the ball of a
Application has made to the i pistol which penetrated his
Secretary of State for a charter brain. A number of witnesses
for the Darlington Light, Water 1° the sad affair were then ex-
and Power Company, $14,000 amined. The jury rendered a
of the capital stock having been verdict to the effect that the de-
subscribed. ceased had come to his death
from a gunshot wound inflicted
It is stated that the friends of the hand of John W. Floyd.
Mr. S. A. Woods will present X h e attorneys of Mr. Floyd
his name for Mayor to the voters w jjj this week make application
of Darlington at the municipal f or the latter's release on hail.
election, which takes place in .... ...
the early part of next month. Death ofa Prominent Physician.
Mr. J. Gregg McCall has Dr. McLane McFarland, a
rented his former stand on the | prominent physician of the
corner of the Square and Main Ha
dreet, to Mr. J. C. White, who
will remove his stove and tin
shop to that place.
The residence of Mr. L. S.
Welling on Broad Street is
Death of Mr. W. Calvin Rhodes.
Mr. \s Calvin Rhodes, who
was shot hv his brother-in-law,
.Mr. John W. Floyd, on Monday
nigh; of last week in Rosen
berg s bar. an account of which
was given in last week’s issue
of The N ws, died at his home
ou Thursday morning last about
10 o’clock. He died without re
covering consciousness. His
remains were interred in the
Swift Creek church-yard on
Friday afternoon, Rev. J. L.
| Vass officiating at the funeral
I services. A Urge number of
friends were present to pay their
last marks of respect to the de
ceased. Thu following gentle-
intn acted as pall-bearers:
Messrs. H. McHodge, P. C.
Beck, T. E. Lucas, Fad Odom,
J. H. Schmid and John Pierce.
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The General Assembly.
The Legislature met on Tues-
day. The Senate elected Senator
Meetze, of Lexington, Presi
dent pro. tern. Dr. Sampson
Pope, of Newberry, was elected
clerk; F. C. Caughman, of Lex
ington, reading clerk and J. C.
Elliott sergeant-at-arms.
The House of Representatives
met with Hon. John Gary
Evans, of Aiken, in the chair.
Coi. J. L. M. Irby, of Laurens,
was elected speaker. Gen. Wal
ter Gray, of Greenville, was
elected clerk; J. C. Wilburno,of
York, was elected reading clerk
and W. H. Stansell sergeant at
arms. There was indeed a “clean
sweep,” every officer of both) exercised in piloting the alliance
houses being a new man. ( in its financial affairs.
The legislature then proceeded 2d. That this alliance also ex-
to the transaction of business, j tend its thanks io the Bank of
but adjourned without doing Darlington for the loan of suf-
anything further of general in- ficient money to do its business
terest. on a cash basis during the past
year.
An election for a board of di-
I rectors and business agent for
| the coming year was then held.
Some changes were made in the
board of directors. Mr. E. L.
Gray was re-elected business
agent.
Fine table apples.
West & Honour.
Cranberries. 15 cents a quart.
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Resolutions Adopted.
At the last regular meeting
of the Farmers Alliance of
Lamar, the business agent, Mr.
E. L. Gray reported the alliance
out of debt and informed the
alliance that his term as agent
had expired. The following re
solutions were adopted.
1st. That this alliance extend
its thanks and appreciations to
Mr. E. L. Gray for his faithful
and satisfactory services as
agent during the past season,
and also to the board of direc
tors for the wisdom thev had
JASPER
—Mr. G. 1). Wilkes will soon
occupy his new and neat build
ing one mile from Jasper post-
office.
—Mr. Furman Goodson has
purchased the estate lands of
the late William Wilkes, Sr.,
and expects to move there soon.
—Miss Fannie Dalrymple is
teaching her second school term
at Mt. Ida. She has the reputa
tion of being an excellent
teacher.
—The farmers of this com
munity are through gathering
crops and are sowing oats.
Some few farmers have small
grain up.
—Miss Sallie Dickinson has a
large school. The patrons are
well pleased with her faithful
discharge of duty and her ex
emplary light is worthy of our
admiration.
—We have to give up our
pastor, Rev. W. O. Petty and
take the chances of finding one
ta serve the Lake Swamp Bap
tist church for the ensuing year.
We have a recommendation
from the Rev. Jasper, of Barn
well countv.
—A very fine mule belonging
to Mr. T. A. Clarke dropped
dead in the harness last Satur
day, there being no apparent
signs of death until it fell.
—Mrs. H.E. Tiller has gone on
a protracted visit to her chil
dren in Birmingham Alabama.
—We think we can hear tb
wedding bells a ringing in t'..>
isection; from observation we
think that there will be a cU ;
of them this winter.
We have a fresh supply
| our choice Fulton market lb
jin this week, only 10 cents
1 pound.
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OATS.
j —Mrs. *U H. Best is visiting
relatives here.
—Miss Hannah Hendrix is
very ill.
—Mr. J. W. McLaughlin was
down last week on business.
—Rev. Simpson Jones will
preach at Wesley Chapel next
Sunday at 11 o’clock.
—A new tenant house is being
erected on Mr. J. W. Oats’
placo.
West & Honour.
A Race Riot.
On Sunday night the Intend-
ant of Bishopville arrested a
negro and placed him in the
guard house. The negroes be-
1 came infuriated and took the
prisoner by force from the guard
house. Soon the negroes were
collected in large numbers and
a riot ensued. Six negroes, two'
of whom are women, were
wounded. One of the women i
may die; the rest of the wounded
received only slight injuries,
None of the whites were hurt, j
The Sumter Light Infantry —Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Outlaw,
went to the scene to help restore of Sumter, are over on a visit to
order. The people of Bishop- relatives and friends,
ville were, re-intorced by par- —Oldman Jessie John, who
ties of white men from neigh- [ j, as down with rheumatism
CLYDE.
—Mr. Beedy Waters is very
__artsville neighborhood, died
at his residence near that place
ion Thursday of last week, after
i a long attack of pneumonia,
i His remains werq interred at
! old Damascus Church yard on
w . , i Friday morning. Dr. McFar-
, nearing completion. j an( j was a na tive of this county
le finishing touches are being an j wag a bout fifty years old.
it on Dr. McGirt s residence in j) ur j n g p j s practice, which ex
ist Darlington. tended over a period of many
Arch Goodale, white, was years, he made many friends in
it in jail last week on the Darlington, who will sorely miss
arge of having burned the his familiar form and his kind
celling house of Mrs. Hall, ministrations. His wife and
ar the Chesterfield line, seve- three children survive him.
1 weeks ago. Entertainments Past and to Come.
The News and Courier says , Roge 0sbo th * e well-known
at on the meeting of the State appeared at the ()p0I . a
nate on Tuesday, Lieute House, on Saturday night, in
jvernor Mauldin addressed the a verv thrilling
nate m feeling terms on e Lragedy. Her acting proved
ath °f the late , enat - ber to be f u iiy worthy of all the
mis, of Darlington. praise that has been bestowed
A numerously signed petition upon her. Her support was un
being circulated in Darlington usually good and the whole per-
lich will be forwarded to the fprmance was far superior to
thorities of the Postal Tele- j most of the entertainments
aph Company requesting that heretofore given in Darlington,
ey extend their line to Dar- Her audience
boring sections, among whom
were two squads of the good
people of Stokes Bridge, this
county. Twelve negroes were
arrested and carried to the Sum
ter jail. Quiet has been re
stored and no further trouble is
anticipated.
For a while our peeple could
obtain, but meagre news from
Bishopville, and the entire town
was anxious about the friends
across the river until the news \
came that the riot had
quelled.
for some time is better now.
—Mr. D. D. Johnson has been
very ill for a few days past, but
is some better now.
Large Bunch Malaga Grapes,
20 cents a pound.
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GREEN PLAINS.
—Mrs. Griggs has been quite
beeiii 8 ' 0 ^ again, but the doctor
thinks she is now better.
—Miss Carry Byrd returned
home Sunday from a visit to re
latives at Riverdale.
igton.
i was quite large.
To-morrow night Amy Rus-
sell, a very popular acress, will
The Town Council on Friday, reuder j n the Opera House
cgnsidered their action in rc-i«Life in the Metropolis.” Re-
the license of Mr. | served seats are on sale at R. L.
erg, and in stead imposed j) ar nr an & Co's, book store.
Ine of one hundred dollars
on him. Mr. Rosenberg has Real Estate Transfers,
mmed business. The following real estate
Dennis Mclver, who recently transfers were recorded ’ in the
tile resisting arrest inflicted auditor’s office for the w^ek
inful wounds upon Chief A. ending Saturday Novembei 22,
Dargan, was arrested by Mr. 18!)0: n
irgau early last Sunday J. C. Windham to Sabic J.
oming and is now in jail Blackwell, 20 acres in I hiladel-
miting trial at the next term' phia township for $05; A. M.
the Circuit Court. He is Josey to I. M. Harrell, 97 acres
iarged with several offenses. in Lydia township for •'rl,.>oo,
, , j- f Laura A. Brown to Clara Davis,
A party of young ladies of one lot in the town of Dar iing-
o Swift Creek neighborhood ton for $40 . Craven N. Oats to
jnt ’possum hunting one night tt n Hennig, 200 acres in
stweek. They “treed ’ a pos- town
The Election Contest.
On Saturday last the State
Board of Canvassers in session —Mr. G. C. Taylor is finish-
at Columbia decided that Col. j n g jjjg jj 0U8e) which he com-
W. H. Evans had been elected menced building last spring.
School Commissioner of Dar-1
lington County. The Board de- , - '^ r ^ • Moore has a hog
cided that it could not hear Rev. that now weighs 500 pounds
A. W. Parrott's appeal because ilni . he hopes soon to have the
it was not presented properly, animal weigh another hundred.
The Sunday News gives this ac- —We hear that the Hessian
count of Friday’s proceedings fly has already renewed its at-
of the Board with reference to tacks upon the young grain,
the contest, mistaking for the We trust that some remedy may
contestant Mr. J. N. Parrott, be found that will put an end
who represented his brother.” to their ravages.
“ As soon as opportunity offered J _ nr o ** u-*
Mr. Parrott, of Darlington, who - R . ev - Satterwhite
is contesting the seat of Mr. preached at Mt. Olivet last bun-
Evans, returned by the Darling- i ^7 morning and at Antioch
ton board as having been elected ^ un ^ a ' + 9 n ^ ie
school commissioner, having ijfmf < . a ', Bethleham the new
secured a reconsideration of the Methodist Church in this neigh-
vote by which his appeal from borb ® 0 .^’ dedicated, the
that decision was dismissed, R ^ e lverin K
1 dedication sermon.
the
STOKES' BRIDGE.
—Rev. J. K. McKain preached
his farewell sermon last Sun
day evening at Hebron.
—Colton picking will soon be
over in this section for this
year.
—A good many of our people
attended the State Fair and re
port a very pleasant trip.
—Mr. L. Scarborough’s plan
ing machine is in operation and
is turning out some excellent
specimens of work.
—The Hebron School com
menced on the first instant, with
Prof. W. W. Hentz as the
teacher. Prof. Hentz is from
Newberry.
—The farmers are speaking of
forming a joint stock company
and erect a 40-horse steam
engine for the purpose of doing
all the ginning, grinding and
sawing for their own conven
ience.
—The farmers in this neigh
borhood who planted sugar cane
are now having their molasses
made and seem to be well
pleased with the result. It is a
very profitable crop. The finest
ribbon cane we have seen was
made by Mr. A. E. Skinner;
it was matured seven feet and
had twenty-five well matured
joints.
We are selling light “C” Su
gar, 141 pounds for $100.
West & Honour.
LAMAR.
—Capt. R. S. Pringle, contrac
tor on the C. S. and N. R. R.,
has moved his convict force over
—Mr. J. C. Register lost a fine
Pickeled cucumbers, 10cents, horse and buggy by fire while
a dozen. I in Sumter county last week.
Persimmons are ripe and
’possums and hound dogs' are
getting fat and sassy.
—Messrs. Houston and Ise-
[man, horse-drovers, passed
through our town last week.
—Rev. J. K. McKain accom
panied by Rev. A. H. Best, left
for the South Carolina Confer
ence last Friday.
—Our school is in a flourish
ing condition. Eighty-six pupils
are enrolled and the number is
increasing daily.
—Mr. Willie Stuckey, of Mt.
Elon, is staying at Mr. James
Register’s, and is attending
Union Academy.
Canary BirdSeed, 10 cents a
]pockage.
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PHILADELPHIA.
—The past few days of fine
weather have enabled the far
mers to pick aboit all of their
cotton.
—Mr. W. L. Parrott of Bishop-
ville was visiting friend and
relatives here last week with
his Bride.
—The top crop of cotton that
has been made since August
18th will open very imperfectly,
and will be of a very poor quali
ty.
—Mr. J. J. Parrott, Jr , has
manufactured quite a quantity
of very fine syrup this season
from the cane grown by his
neighbors.
—Mr. J. F Garner’s marriage
to Miss. Maggie May of Monroe
North Carolina very much sur
prised his friends and neighbors,
who have given his bride a
them.
Accidentally Killing.
(From the Marlboro Democrat.)
On Wedncsdey afternoon last
a sad accident occured on Mr. J.
L. McLaurin’s place one mile
North of town by which a col
ored boy about fifteen years, son
of Dennis David, was killed.
It seems that Mr. McLaurin had
gone into the yard to shoot a
dog: as he fired Dennis was
passing down the road with his
son in a wagon with supplies
from town. Dennis says after
he passed the house ai.d had
driven a hundred yards or more
and had occasion to speak to his
son and discovered that he was
speechless. A hasty examina
tion was made, and an incision
made by a large shot was found
on the back of his head. He at
once surmised that a stray shot
from McLourin’sguu had struck
him. Medical attention
was summoned and every at
tention given, but it was found
the shot had struck a vital spot,
and the boy died soon after.
An inquest was held on
Thursday morning and the jury
returned a verdict of accidental
shooting. None regret it more
than Mr. McLaurin.
Ho Got Knotigli to Eiit.
In one of tho leading hotels a few
days ago one of those blustering, inde
pendent farmers was tho shir figure in
a very amusing incident, lie eame in
and sat down at a table where I was
breakfasting and began studying tho
bill of fare. Tho printed list of eat
ables confused him not a little, but lie
made a bold bluff at tho waiter and
then leaned back in his eiiair satislled
that lie would soon have a good break
fast, Hut ho drew a blank. Ho had
made a bad choice from tho bill of
fare and did not get enough to keep a
squirrel from starving. Ho put it out
of sight in a jiffy. Ho was still hungry
and began to ligure on some way to
get another deal. lie examined tho
card for a few moments and then be
gan trying to catch a waiter. But they
all wore busy and did not notice tho
famished tiller of tho soil.
Ho tapped with his luiifo on his
plate, called ‘‘hey, there!" and tried to
pluck their sleeves. It was no go, and
his efforts remained unheeded. Finally,
driven to desperation, ho put ills two
thumbs in his mouth and whistled.
Sucli a whistle, too! It could have
been heard a mile. Tho waiters jumped
as though they had boon shot, and two
nervous ladies screamed a little. The
solemn head waiter and two or three
of ins nimble assistants ran to the old
man, who calmly said: “I wish you
would pass the victuals again. I didn't
get enough." Ilo soon had enougli
around him, and the head waiter kept
an eye on him to see that the supply
remained good.—Exchange.
and has located his camp near Welsh’theZ a long andTa^p-
fhl8 P lace ' | py life.
—Revs. J. L. Vass, of Swift
Creek, and E. J. Forrester, of
Hartsville, visited this place on
the 17th instant. At 7 o’clock
p. m. Air. Vass preached an in
teresting sermon at the Aca
demy to a well-filled house. They
—Air. G. W. Wilson opened
his school here last Monday.
He was principal of this school
last year, when he made for
himself many friends among us.
He seems to have endeared him-
left for their homes on the next se ^ to his pupils.
launched into a speech of such
tragic earnestness, extraordi
nary emphasis and marvellous
eccentricity that the members
of the board had hard work to
disguise their smiles.
He asserted that certain ille
gally large tickets, samples of Walton has been quite sick for
which he exhibited, had been the past week
voted for his competitor, and
that the decision in favor of —Rev. Mr. Martin preached
that competitor had been a baptismal sermon at Pisgah
HIGH HILL.
—Chicken thieves are getting
numerous in our neighborhood.
—A little child of Mr. C. A.
ii, but as none of tho party
ild cut down tho tree the ani- iq acres in Cypress
d was not caught One of towni . hip fs)r ?10() . th e Darliug-
5 party, the fairest of the fair t(m Agricultural and Alechnni-
t, said by way of an excuse ^ Fair Company to Laura
r the failure of the hunt: ” 6 j Brown, SO acres in Dariington
ild not catch the ’possum be- township f or £300; J. L. Parrott!
use the dogs would not climb t() j ulia p arro tt, 200 acres in j
j tree. I thought all good L dia township f 0 r $2,800; AleC.
m could climb trees. I a m ! Willis and. C. S. Nettles to|
Ider now, but wiser.” Henry Hennig one lot in the!
negro man was creating a town of Darlington, (the “Welsh
turbance in the roar of J. lot” on Pearl street) for UbOiK);
ank Early’s store Saturday S. L. F. Byrd to David AY.
ernoon. From his actions it Byrd, 78 3-4 acres in Antioch
is difficult to discern whether township for $787.50; M. E.
was drank or crazy or whet-! Weatherford to J. Flinn Par-
r he was affected with both rott, 140 acres in Swift Creek
naladies. ” When the marshals township for $1,000.
lempted to arrest him he be-; ' ,
so violent that he hail to Choice Florida Oranges, large
he could be I fruic. 40 to 00 cents a dozen.
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reached by the .county board by
counting for Evans nine votes
thrown out at Lamar because
they had his name scratched
and.Evans written in pencil,
and that counting in these nine
votes thrown out gave Evans
a majority of two votes. He
protested further that the
county board had never organ
ized properly by taking the legal
oath, and laid great stress on
tho hardship of having his own
on the 3d Sunday of this month.
—We were pleased to see Miss
Nettie Thomas at High Hill, last
Sunday. Aliss Thomas is now
teaching school at Palmetto.
—Our farmers are nearly
through harvesting and the
fields indicate that Christmas is
drawing nigh.
—Mr. A. F. Stuckey hasre-
moddled his house and it adds
scratched tickets used to defeat much to the appearance of the
him. Finally, the board al- neighborhood,
lowed him fifteen minutes —News is scarce as hen’s
further argument at noon to- teeth. One can’t even hear one
morrow.” of those Jolly “sand-papered
On Saturday the case was skeeters;” some body thinks
again taken up and the Acms they got on the political train
and Courier says: “Mr. Parrott w jth Editor Hammond of the
made another characteristic Florence Messenger and conse-
speech in his own behalf. He quently got left,
stated that the county board,;
hv including nine scratched —Kind readers, we will inform
ballots cast for Evans at Lamar you that the High Hill postoffice
and thrown out by the manager! died a natural death and was
at that poll, had made the result buried without any ceremony,
stand, Evans 748, Parrott 719. out we will let you know soon
and he argued that the votes I about the "noi, supper” that was
| had been properly thrown out | to be or is to be.
morning.
—A meeting of the citizens of
Lamar was held in the Academy
on the 18th instant, to discuss
the advisability of applying to
the Legislature for a charter to
incorporate the town. Air. G.
W. Stith was called to the chair
and D. A. Gray requested to act
as secretary. The chair ex
plained the object of the meet
ing and after some discussion a
motion was made and carried
that application be made for a
charter. E. L. Gray then made
a motion that the charter shall
contain a prohibition clause for j
a period of twenty years. This
was seconded by Dr. J. A. Cole.
After discussion by several per
sons the motion was put and
overwhelmingly carried. So
Lamar, if incorporated under i
this charter, is dry for twenty
years.
Fruit Puddine assorted fla-
—Our young people gave a
social entertainment on the
evening of the 7th at Mr. R. F.
Howie’s in honor of Alisses Luf-
sey, of Richmond, Virginia, and
| Austin, of Alonroe, North Caroli
na. It was a success, and was
very much enjoyed by all pres
ent.
—On Sunday night, the ICth
inst.at Mrs. Mary Ann Jordan’s,
about 3 miles south of here, a
difficulty occured between Bill
Windham, Halibert Blackwell
and Robert Loyd, in which
Blackwell received several se
vere, though not necessarily
dangerous, stabs on his person
and Loyd received several stun-
ing blows. Whiskey seemed to
be the cause.
vors, 10 cents a package.
West & Hor
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onour.
—The farmers have about fin
ished gathering their crops.
—Mr. P. E. Campbell, of
Clarendon County, is visiting
his son Mr. W. T. Campbell, of
this place.
—The firm of Alartin & Clark
has been dissolved by mutual
consent and the business is now
carried on by the junior mem
ber Mr. T. A. Clark.
—Sherman Jackson, a colored
man of this place, picked four
hundred and eighty-seven lbs. of
cotton in 10) hours about four
weeks ago in the field of Mr. J.
T. Vann, Sr.
—Miss Minnie Smith, of Tjjgp-
ton, South Carolina, is visitWg
her school mates Misses Anna
McFarland and Anna Miller.
Pickled Salmon, 12) cents a
pound.
West & Honour.
DIED.
On Monday November 24,
1890, the baby boy of Mr. and
Mrs. H. M. Willcox went to
Heaven. X.
How to Defeat Hampton.
(From the SpaitonburgHerald)
The Herald learns from ro-
! liable autharity that Mr. Irby
! will have to fight for Senator
; Hampton’s place if he gets it.
j The present plan is said to be
i that they will offer the Senator-
ship to Judge Wallace, with the
assurance that he is not ousting
Hampton, for that he will be
left out anyhow. In C8.se Judge
Wallace should become a party
of this scheme it is currently
reported in Laurens that Mr. R.
C. Watts, who is an ardent Till
man man, will be a candidate
ifor the Judgeship. But will
! Judge Wallace do it ? Hardly.
A I- ino Tree.
The grandest sycamore tree in Now
England, perhaps, is at Newton, in
Connecticut. It is 85 feet high, 21 feet
in circumference and tho crown casts a
shade 100 feet in diameter. The foliage
is so dense it is impossible to discern a
ray of light falling through it, and twi-
! light reigns all the summer beneath it.
The leaves are 5 inches long, about 4
j inches wide and are of a beautiful
glossy hue. When tho wind rustles
tho leaves tho sound they make is like
that of falling rain. The blossoms are
largo and like silk (loss, and falling
cover the ground inches deep with an
elastic robe that is like a wonderful
snow white silken carpet. The giant
tree is a landmark in all tho region,
and is visible to a person on the hill
tops miles away, a vast dark pillar
overtopping all other trees. —Cor. New
York Sun.
Victoria Asaiunc* Authority.
One of tho first tilings Queen Vic
toria did on hearing that William IV
was dead and that she had succeeded
to tho throne was to call one of her
mother's ladies in waiting.
“Am I really queen?" asked the ex
cited princess.
“You are, indeed, madam,” replied
tho lady in waiting.
“And I can do what I choose by
right?” continued Victoria.
“Certainly, your majesty."
“Then give me a cup of green tea;
mamma would never let me havo it;
now I mean to know what harm it can
do mo.”
And flic young queen drank tlirce
cups, had a violent lit of the shivers
and lias never liked tea since.—London
Tit-Bits.
Automatic ISlcycle.
An automatic bicycle has been pat
ented which gives free use of the hands
and considerable relief to tho muscles
si the ride;. It can be QxtA to any
safety or tricycle in five minutes, and
is only a few ounces in weight. It is
as valuable to learners as it is to ex
perienced riders. Tho advantages
claimed for it are that on straight roads
it automatically steers the machine
and allows liberty of hands with entire
safety, thus avoiding considerable hand
vibration, and that when meeting ob
stacles tho front wheel glances off and
regains its direct course. Great assist
ance is, moreover, afforded in climbing
hills, and the invention acts us a spring-
stop to the front fork, and leaves the
machine rigid when placed against a
wall.—New York Commercial Adver
tiser.
It sometimes happens that a mechan
ic will fool around fifteen or twenty
minutes trying to find out tho number
of threads per inch in tho stud hole in
some obscure comer of an engine or
other machinery. About the best way
out of the difficulty is to whittle a soft
pine plug and screw it into tho hole.
When removed the threads can be
coanted easily and measured; also
very good approximation of the size
the bole can he made.
HI. socrluce.
Highwayman (to deaf individual)—-
Money or your Ufa!
Deaf Individual (in carriage with
wife)—What’s that? Money or my
wife? Well, then, take my wife.—
Kpoch.
Scratcluttu tl>« ilacli In 1'i-yr-r.
In a communication to a Vienna
j medical journal Dr. Fenykovy fur-
j nislics an interesting account of obser-
j vations made by him on tho treatment
| of intermittent fever by means of fric
tion of tho back along tho patient's
I spine. Many years ago, as appears
! from this account, there occurred—
while ho was at Niseh with his regi
ment—so many cases of intermittent
fever that tho stock of quinine was be
coming rapidly exhausted, and, in order
that the patients might not bo entirely
without some sort of treatment, it was
ordered that they should be rubbed
twice a day along the spine with simple
ointment.
Tile result was in tho highest degree
satisfactory, for the day succeeding tho
giving of tho order 4/1 appearance of
tho usual attack was to be seen. Ac-
| cordingly since that time Dr. Fenykovy
has freely employed tho same kind of
treatment, and commonly with mos|
gratifying success; indeed, ho statq
that three-fourths of his cases have,
dono very well without any quinine
at nil.
“Devil's Fruit."
When potatoes were first introduced
kite liussla by a Mr. RowXtnd (tho
exact date of tho introduction of tho
tuber into that benighted country be
ing a subject of some controversy, but
usually set down at 1791) tho people
would neither plant nor toucli them,
they saying that they were (lie devil's
fruit, given to him on his complaint to
God that he had no fruit, when ho was
told to “search tho earth for fruit,”
which ho did actually and literally,
finding only potatoes growing therein.
• — St. Louis Republic.
He Mixed Ills Proverbs.
“A seclusion and a dare,” said young
Malapropos, os lie kissed her under tho
friendly seclusion of a big tree.
But ho says lie’ll never get that
quotation wrong again; it's “a delu
sion and a snare,” and lie can prove it.
—Detroit Free Press.
Mot Worth Foui ting.
In California, it is said, they have
no smaller coin in circulation than a
nickel. People In that land of sudden
fortunes and wholesale incomes cannot
appreciate the turning of a penny or
oven tho chase of tho “nimble six
pence.” A San Francisco paper illus
trates tho contempt of Californians for
pennies by tho following:
“Give mo silver for this, please,” said
an Eastern tourist yesterday, ns ho
dumped a double handful of one cent
pieces on the counter of a prominent
money broker.
“I don't want them. They're not
worth counting. I wouldn’t give fifty
cents on tho dollar for them,” was the
reply.
“I never took them but once, and
then I had to. A fellow owed mo five
dollars, and after repeated duns offered
payment in coppers. Tho next day ho
came in, and shoving a copper cent in
my hand asked me to give him credit
for that amount upon tho debt.
“Ho kept that u-\ making a payment
of one cent every morning, noon and
night—three cents every day—until I
accumulated a cigar box full of coppers.
They’re here yet, and they’ll stay hero
until some ono comes along who has
more time than money. I won’t count
them.”
Coffee Dying Out.
“Tlie time is not far distant when
coffee will have ceased to bo tho
beverago of the people. ” This declara
tion was made by Mr. J. J. Grinlinton,
who has been a resident of tho island
of Ceylon for tliirty years. Mr. Grin
linton says there is a marked deeadonco
in coffee raising both in Ceylon and
Brazil Ho also says:
“Some few years ago a fungus para
site attacked the plant and is gradually
killing it out. Not only is this true in
Ceylon, bat it is also tho case in Brazil
and elsewhere. People must learn to
take tea Instead. You haws noticed
that the price of coffee has been grad
ually ascending. It will continue to do
so, and tho time is not far distant when
tho plant will havo died out.”—Cor.
New York Herald.
'uaa "fHoXar Ature.
Senator Jones, of Nevada, was put
off a street car in San Francisco be
cause ho did not happen to have a
nickel in his pocket to pay ills fare.
The story of tho incident traveled
through tho west, and his friends in a
spirit of humor and friendship had a
gold headed cane made, which con
tained in tlie handle a compartment
sufficiently largo to store ono hundred
five cent nickels.
The simple pressure of tlie thumb re
leases a nickel, and another slips into
.taes ready for use, like the cartridges
a magazine gun. On tho handle
was engraved “United States Senator
J. P. Jones, with the best wishes of his
Utah friends.” Tlie cane was formally
presented to the senator recently by
ex-Govemor West, of Utah, in the pres
ence of a number of senators and rep
resentatives.—Chicago Inter-Ocean.
£
Fine Tree Soap.
A patent has been taken out for a
process for utilizing the resinous matter
present in the needle like leaves of tho
order Pinus,. By extraction with al
kali a resin soap is formed from which
the woody fiber can be removed, and
which, on the addition of fat and com
pletion of the saponification, yields an
ordinary soap, containing resin and
fatty acids.—New York Commercial
Advertiser.
Wrath Tnrnrd Away.
Merchant (angrily, as clerk en
three honn late) — Where in
name
Clerk offers him a twenty-five i
cigar.
Mere ’iant (continuing)—of sense
you buy such good cigars?—Epoch.
(Locals Continued on Next Pay*
noticeT
Notice is hereby given that a i
gage from C. Pate to W. A. Carri
which has been lost, is not negot
and will be valueless in ham
finder.
W. A. CARRIGAN.
Nettles & Nettles, Att’ys
Nov. 27. tf For C. T