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VOL. XVIII. NTG 6 DARLINGTON, S. 0., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1891. WHOLE NO 837 noo A-Tl. itsivts. a pair Midduxu cotton is briiisriair 8* cent^ Cai’T. Whipple offers of wagon mules for sale. Dr. W. A. Player is still con- fiucil to his home from sickness. Work has begun on the wall of Mrs. Schmid's residence and store. Mr. George E. Bargan has In our last is.<ue we state! that communion services would hereaftor be held in the Metho dist Church on every Sunday morning. The sentence should have read: ’‘C< mmuniou ser vices will be held hereafter on County carried the case to the the morning of the ft rut Sunday SupremeCourt. hut that tribunal refused to hear the case on the I ground that Col. W. H. Evans, the incumbent, had not-been The School Commissioner Contest. A short time since Messrs. | Dudley & Newton, of Bennetts- ville, attorneys for Kev. A. W. Parrott in the case of the School ! Commissioner for Darlington i:i eve-y month. Qtick sales always accom pany good stock, and this is the reason why Mr. C. W. Hewitt has so rapidly disposed of his last lot of horses and mules. To gone to \\ ashington on a brief mee t the emergency, however, pleasure tnp. he will receive another very fine and mules by receive lot of horses Saturday. The Darlington Planing Mill McCafferty’s I an ‘l Construction Company has served with a notice that the case would he brought before the court. Such notice, how- lever. was served on Col. Evans by Mr. Parrott’s attorneys on Monday and the case will again j come up before the Supreme ! Court at the April term. Rev. J. G. Law will preach at Back Swamp next Sunday afternoon at 4 o’clock. Don’t forget horse and mule sale at Florence i applied to the Secretary of State . on Wednesday next. Feb. 11. Mora charter. The capital stock t stock from McCafferty Bros, on Mr Tam, S \ Whim whr, : "11* T* 5 ^ 12 ' 000 - They have the occasion of their recent hem sick Vor some ' a<lde<i a new feature tlieir visit to Darlington, but intend )(..n sick for sonic time past, egtahlishment, namely, the ' ‘ has gone to Mars Bluff on a brief | visit. A Large Stock Sale. Those who failed to purchase C., S. & N. Railroad. The Xews and Courier, of Friday says: “Railroad Com missioner Jervey has inspected the portion of the Charleston, Sumter, and Northern Railroad completed beyond Sumter, and the line is found to he in good condition. This portion of the road will do a big local business, which will come from the rich country between Darlington and Sumter, which has heretofore been practically cut off from this city. The agricultural lands lying there are as fine as any in the State, and ' havy only needed development to make them valuable. There aye also large tracts of timber, which have been untouched heretofore because of a lack of railroad facilities.” ment, namely, the re- ing doing so at some future day. | ceiving of contracts for building! will regret to learn that their houses complete. | next visit, on Wednesday Feb. Five carloads of meat were , Mr. R. R. Wood of Columbia 'll, will he at Florence instead received at the depot one day has taken charge of the tinning Darlington | business which Mr. John F. I last week for tin; market. Early has added to his estab lishment. Mr. Wood comes highly recommended as a first of here. Still. Florence is not far off, and those desirous of obtaining bargains in the way of horses or mules will not hesi tate to go that distance to do so. class mechanic and a thorough Messrs McCafferty have master of his business. We ex tend to him a hearty welcome. Mk. J. Madison King, a prom inent resident of the Lydia sec tion, died on Sunday evening. He was about fifty years old. The six hundred dollars ap propriated from the Peabody Dn Monday night while An- Tund for the Darlington Graded Mrew Bacot, colored, was en- ~ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ | deavoring to quiet a crowd of i men who were very boisterous jin front of his house, on the The Electric Lights. Society Hill road about two) The long promised electric miles from town, one of the lights and water works seem at 'party cut him with a knife, I last to be facts of the very near | making a serious wound in I future. A meeting of the stock- | the arm. I holders of the Darlington Light. Schools has been received. Messrs Welling & Bonroitt are offering for building n o w Haynsworth & niture store. sale the frame' occupied by Boyd as'a fur- already established their repu tation throughout the length and breadth of the Pee Dee section, and their auction sale at Flor ence will doubtless be largely at tended. A very large crowd was in town on Monday, Salesday. No official sales were made but there was the usual amount of swapping of horses. Water and Power Company was he' * of perfecting an McCafferty Bros, have given , ,, r P , , . Darlington the h ? ld on . Tuesday for the purpose I time, though they have-not gone i mV P«>]ecting an organization. , far. Their next great auction S^ ng ^ 0a ^ 1 ‘i f dir f to ^ A gang of forty three convicts | sale of horses and mules will p* V.dwanls J H Kartv*’ j’ . Lewenthal, all of Darlington ’ an „I and L. N. Co spent Monday night in Darling- t ake place in Florence on I 1 ' - 1 ' 1 ton en route to Pee Dee River, j Wednesday next, Feb where they will do grading for the C. S. & N Railroad. I of Darlington County. A very severe hail storm H. i- it is probable that a good many 11 ,• , ’ , ’I , will attend it from tins section ‘ he dlre L tors £ lect . ad of Darlimrton County. iDargan, Esq , Preside visited a portion of Springville N n « SI V % L ‘i ls ' , T!'i' on Thursday last. In some Mrs. II. C. Byrd; of High Hill, places the ground was alinhst ler s tcani saw 1111 * » K U1 > entirely covered by the hail. cotton press an4 grist mill and their contents, destroyed by A hot supper will be given on fi re . There was no insurance the evening of February 1.1 af and the loss was heavy. A the residence of (). I). Lee Jr. large-amount of cotton seed and The proceeds will be devoted to a considerable portion of her Wesley Chapel. The public are farming implements were de- invited. | stroyed. Henry McGill, colored, a Read the advertisement of the painter by trade, who was 1 Darlington Milling Company, well known about town, died on Their argument seenjs tobethat Monday night. He was about cheap fertilizers do not neces- m of in on fifty years old. Mr. John T. Rogers, of Socie ty Hill, has been drawn as a grand juror to serve at the-Api il term of the United States Court which convenes at Charlestor. Mr. G. R. Isgett, of Swift, , , , . „ Creek, recently killed two hogs, * HI ; : young ladies of the I res- eighteen months old, which bvterian Sunday School ''ill together weighed 051 pounds. K ive . an oyster supper knday From these hogs he obtained 120 evening at the old Darling- pounds of lard. t*’ 11 Hotel. 1 he p r o c e e d s of the supper will he devoted to sanly mean good fertilizers; other words that the value this commodity is governed the same way as any other the market, and that the pur chaser usually pays for exactly what he gets. Cox, of Washington. W. F.! nt. The collection of twenty •per cent of the capital stock subscribed, $15,000, has been commenced. Mr. Cox in formes us that the laying of the wires will begin next week. Confusion a! the Post Office. In accordance with the an nouncement already made Mrs. Law turned over the postoffice to her successor, John G. Gatlin, ion Saturday last. The new postmaster has his son assisting him. Neithei^of them is capa- I hie of conducting the business, and as a result things have been I in the most indescribable con fusion at the office for several days past, and the business in terests of the town have been seriously involved. Rafra, the colored postmaster at Society Hill, came down on Monday and has been doing what he could to 1 straighten out matters, but, of course, he cannot remain in tin- office permanently. What the outcome will he is not known; it 1 is only certain that the post- Mr. E. G. Orrell has accepted the library fund of the Sunday master and his son must hav the position of express messen- s ch ool. An enjovabie time for ger on the routes from * lorence a wort hy object will be afforded to Marion and from Florence to a n w ho attend and the public Roland, North C arolina. generally is invited. some competent help, or a scene of chaos, such as marked the first days of the present week, will again ensue. Mr. L. I.. Martin, bookkeeper for the Central Carolina Land Improvement Company, exhibit ed three dogs at the poultry and pet stock show in Greenville and every one received a premium. The Lenten season, which is observed the world over by the Pro.testant Episcopal and Ro- To Our Subscribers and Corre spondents. Should any of our subscribers fail to receive this week’s issue I generally The Darlington Guards wilV| hold their next meeting to-mor row (Friday) night, and the re gular meetings of the corps will ; be held on every Friday night thereafter until further notice, of The Darlington News or any A full and regular attendance of the subsequent issues fat some I of all the members is earnestly time to come, we think they xvw- requested in order that the very | may safely attribute the cause man Catholic Churches, will greatest amount of good may ! of the failure to the condition of begin on Wednesday next-the: be accom P llshed th e weekly j the postoffice at Darlington day known in those churches as drills.- “j Inesday.” Beginning on Monday night The trial of the suit of Dr. J. next the New 7 York Theatre C. Wifieox against the Rich- Company will appear for three mond and Danville Railroad for consecutive nights at the Dar- $5,000 damages, which was lington Opera House. Parties docketed for the United States who saw the performances ol Court now 7 in session at Green- this company in Florence re- ville, has been postponed until cently commend it very highly the-April term of that court to and the performances here next ^ the same cause, for as much- beheld in Charleston. t week ^vill probably be well uncertainty surrounds the re 'veil as the mailing We shall do out best With such chaos as exists in that office at present we can not predict with any certainty that matter mailed in our postoffice! "ill ever reach its destination. And our correspondents, who kindly furnish us with the news from their respective sections, may also attribute the absence of their letters from our columns ceiving as last week - of matter. and ‘angels can do no more.” . worth fseeing. The town' council chamber 1 has been removed from the town , ON Wednesday of hall to a room over Blackwell Mr. \\ . N. Kane, while driving Bros’ store, which has been a Kiur T J nu ‘ i e wagon on Cashua rented for that purpose. The Kerry Road, met with a serious new quarters are being fitted up ac l cidenti Oie mules became nicely. The Mayor’sCourt will frightened and ran a" 7 ay and Mr. p 0se 0 f inducing citizens to place also be held in tliis room. Kane was thrown violently to brick pavements in front of Me nicipal Matters. The town council, for tliepur- Several car loads of rails for the C. S. & N Railroad art; at the ground, other cut Besides sustaining j tfieir places of business, will ir injuries a deep gash w 7 as p a y $5 f or in his head. The accident Ihncks laiu. .. 8. the depot and the work of track occurred near Messrs. Siiggs & q as been authorized to purchase laying from this point lias been Hatchell’s mill. Mr. Kane is a potter's field for both races. every one laid. Mr. J. thousand J. Ward commenced and on Monday now doing very well. an engine will he on hand to transport the rails to differ cut points on the road. A New Buildinf 7 and Loan. On Monday last tw 7 o freight, Mr. Samuel Carpenter, was in trains were-put on the Cheraw town last week representing the 4 .. _ L'. < 4-«\ l-e 111 I, I 1 rwr on,l I O t A & Darlington Railroad—one a Eastern Building and Loan through freight to Wadesboro Association, of Syracuse New and the other a through freight ^ or . b ', / M 8 # ia i S ,i a to Hartsville. The Wadesboro capital -‘dock of v>0,0.0 and the freight will do the local work, object of Mr. Carpenter s visit was to organize a branch in Dar- Mrs. Louisa Brown, proprie- lington. As the inducements of tress of the Mansion House, of ferred were good and seemed to Sumter, died in that city on afford an opportunity for safe Sunday,* January 25. Mrs. investments a large number of Brown w T as a native of this citizens took stock in it. The county. Her maiden name was l*cal branch was organized with The contract for the electric lights has been closed with Mr. Cox. The thanks of the council were extended to the fire de partment of Florence for the valuable assistance in the re cent fire and a request was also sent to the ' department asking for a statement of the expenses incurred that the council might defray the same. The Darling ton fire department will be put on a thoroughly efficient foot ing and to this end the employ ment of six firemen, at a salary' of $25 each per annum and ex emption from street duty, has been authorized. There will Ixmisa Dickson and she was a the following officers and direct- j also be an engineer and a fire- darghter of the late LeGrand ors: President, E. Keith Dar- Dickson, a well known citizen gan; Vice President, C. S. Me of Darlington. She married Mr. Cullough; Secretary, Treasurer J. M. Brown, Jr., a brother of and Agent, L. S. Welling; Mr. T. J. Brown, of this place, Attorney, j! J. Ward; Directors, who died some years since in A. Nachman, Samuel Marco, Bennettsville. Her remains W. F. Dargau, James C. Wilcox were interred in Manning. land C. Mooney. man for the engine. The pres ent engineer will be retained. The communication from Mrs. Sanders in reference to the street donated to the town by Mrs. E. E. McCall, deceased was referred to the coramiiee on streets. , The Alliance Meeting. The Alliance mass mooting, in the interest of the warehouse, was held in the Court TIouse on Friday * last. A largo number was in attendance. Mr. W. S. King presided and Mr. W. J. Rogers acted as Secretary. The proposition to establish the warehouse was freely discussed and wet with a warm approval, but nothing definite " 7 as done Positive steps will be taken at the meeting of the stockholders, which is called for Friday, February 12, and a notice of which is published in tliis issue. The name of the warehouse company will be the “Darlington Farmers Alliance Company,” the purposes of which " 7 ill be to conduct a general inanufactu- .ring, merchandise, warehouse and commission business. The capital stock will be $4,000, di vided in 800 shares at a par value of $5 each. We publish this week a notice concerning the application for acharter. Dr.rlington’s Immigration Bureau. At a meeting of the Board of Trade held last Friday night an Immigration Bureau was es tablished witli E. K. Dargau as President, J. J. Ward, Vice Pre sident, ami H. T. Thompson, Se cretary and Treasurer. T h e local bureau is a branch of the Southern Inter-States immi gration Association with head quarters at Raleigh, North Carolina. This Association has done wonders during the past few years in adding to the growth and prosperity of many Southern towns, and as the members of the local bureau are going to work in a business like wa) 7 , it is probable that Darling ton w 7 ill also derive great bene fit from it. One of the features of the As sociation is that it sends .out weekly bulletins concerning information which is wanted about the South by capitalists of the North and West. These bulletins contain all sorts of en quiries about any farming lands timber tracts, &c., which may be for sale. *4hey svill be kept on tile in this office, where they can be read every week by those who may by bo interested in them. Real Estate Transfers. The following transfers of real estate were recorded in the Auditor’s office for the week ending January 31, 181)1: Geo. W. Mims to J.. J Plummer one lot in town of Darlington for $100; Eliza A. Turberville et al Abram H. Windham l-K) acres in Libson township (interest in estate of Eliza J. W indham] for $100; Bardin and Murdoch to M. J. Outlaw 75 acres in Hartsville township for $75; A. Weinberg to Needham Reynolds 100 acres in Philadelphia township for $500; A. Weinberg to James Kirven 100 acres in Philadelphia township for $1,250; J. Boyd Brunson to J. C. Blackwell 400 acres in Darlington township for $3,500; M. E. & 8. W r . Dar- gan to Mary Manne one lot dn Spring Street in town of Dar lington for $300; The Darlington Land Improvement Company to Lucinda Scott 5 acres in Dar lington township for $175; Eliz- fibeth M. Woodham to John W r . Woodham 370 acres in Stokes Bridge township for $3,450; S. Marco and I. Lewenthal to Ed. Ezekiel and C. Dargan 50 acres in “Society Hill township for $550; M. Marco to Bragg Wood ham 370 acres in Stokes Bridge for $3,000; H. C. Rast to C. W r . Hewitt one lot on Pearl Street in the town of Darlington for $425: S. W r . Young, trustee, to Jos Spears 31)5 acres in Cartcrs- ville township, originally in this county for $2,000; W. L. Flowers to J. Wilson Gandy 103 acres in Societv Hill township for $1,500. Moorhead, Cox & Co. have just received the following: ten car loads of fertilizers, two car loads of flour, and a car load each of corn, seed oats, salt, bacon and N. O. molases. They also havef on hand a large supply of hardware, farming inmle- ments, dry 7 goods, boots, slroes, hats and rubber goods, which they are selling off at the lowest market prices. After Many Years. Richard Smothers was a mere boy when he entered the Con federate army from this county in 18C)3, but he battled bravely and nobly for his coun try’s sake and took part in some impoitint engagements. In 1805 when Sherman was making his raid through the State, with the Confederates retreating be fore him, the Seventeenth corps of the Northern army came through this county. It was in the last days of the war and for the poor Confederate soldier it 'was then a case of “every man for himself,” and Mr. Smothers sought Boggy Swamp for a hiding place. The Yankees were pressing close upon him ( so he hid his gun in the hollow of a tree. A few minutes after wards he was captured and tak en to the North as a prisoner. Whan the war ended he was liberated and has since lived in Ohio and Michigan. In Octo ber last ho returned to his old j home in the upper part of this county .and, remembering ex actly where he hid his gun many years before, he repaired to the spot and there he found his gun just as he left it in the hollow of the tree. Twenty-five years had passed, but, amid all the rains and winds and storms and ever ehanging events which had happened during that time, the gun remained in the old untouched and uninjured. Smothers cleaned up the and on New Year’s day killed a turkey with it. He values the gun very highly and nothing could induce him to part with it. Grated Horse Honour. Radish; West dr tree Mr. gun Pineapple Cheese; West & Honour. CLYDE. —Mr. M. S. McKinon has been spending a few days in Sumter. —Mr. J. A. Outlaw, of Sum ter, has been on a visit to his brother, Mr. M. J. Outlaw. —Mr. A. C Guy, from Ches terfield C. H., paid us a short visit recently. —Mr. S. P. McNair, of Wil mington, North Carolina, was Queen ^ Olives, 15, 2 in our community last week. j bottle; West & Honour. ASHLAND. —Miss Anna Mixon, of Bish- lonville, is visiting relatives and friends in this place. —The Second Adventists "11 hold a Quarterly Cocfereme at Savanna (’hape! n'. 7 :t Satur day and Sunday, the 7th and 8th insts. —Tin; news of the death of Mr. C. Rate, of Stokes Bridge, was received with sincere regret in this section. His unbounded generosity " 7 ou for him many friends wherever he was known. - Mr. Janies K. Moore has at tached a grist mill tohis engine: and is no" 7 ready to grind for his many customers. His ma chinery is always first, and his work satisfactory. . — - . "Tiuirher’s” Delicious Relish; West <St Honour. . COVANN. —Mr. Coker King’s horse be came frightened while on the way to church last Sunday morning and ran away, but did not do much damage. —Mr. W. S. King has been appointed depot agent at Jovann vice W. T. Campbell resigned. Mr. King has his son, Mr. Coker King, in charge of it for him. —Mr. T. E. Howie was at home from the Charleston Med ical College last week. We were glad to sec him looking so well. He returned to Charleston on Tuesday last. —Mr. Richard H. Lee and Miss Anna Miller were united in thijilioly bonds of matrimony on Wednesday of last week, at the residenceof the bridp’s fath er. Mr. F. Miller, near Harts ville, Rev. J. L. Yass officiating. Mr. Thomas C. Wright and Miss Stokes were married on Wednes day of last week by Rev. E. J. Forrester. We wish the two happy couples along and pros perous life. 50cts Small White Onion Pickles; West & Honour. JASPER. * —Mr. Andrew Jordon is quite sick. —Mrs. Sarah A. Ham is quite sick. We hope that she will soon recover. —We are having plenty of rain now and the bottom lands and swamps are filling up rap idly. —Mrs. Sarah Jordon, of our community, died after a long illness on January 29. Her re mains were interred in the Lake Swamp cem :tery on the follow ing day. Our loss is her eternal 1 gain. To arrive, Van Houten's Co coa; West & Honour. OATS. —At tliis writing Prof. Jones is still sick though much im proved. . ! —Wh'at has become of the {Carolina Southern Railroad ?i We had hoped to have a depot 1 near this place. The project seems to have suddenly col lapsed. Is this the case? —Farm work is somewhat retarded by the continued rains. ! Cotton stalks, however, are being cleared from the-fields and the general work about the farm ; is being attended to. —Some of our farmers are j hauling their fertilizers from Hartsville. We hope soon to ‘see the C. S. <fe. N. Railroad ! compieted, for then our distance from a depot will be gAatiy lessened WIT. ELON. —M iss Eva King, of Timmons- ville, has been visiting in this community —We hoped that the new administration would havegiven us a better system of working the roads, hut we looked in vain. —The public roads, as a gen eral rule, are in a worse condi tion in our community at present than they have been for many years. —The booming of the explo sives used in uprooting stumps etc., along the line of the C. S. & N. Railroad can be heard distinctly at this place. —Mrs. Draper was quite sick during the early part of the week, consequently the school was temporarily suspended. * —Mr. \< 7 . W. McK enzie one of our nc" 7 County Commissioners, has staked off the public road that runs through his place. We hope that others who have been cultivating too far into the roads w 7 ill take notice and follow the example. • -•- Malaga Grapes; West & Hon our. Wax Candles 15cts lb; West & Honour. TIMMONSVILLE. —Mr. Frank Miller was in town last week with a drove of mules. --Mr. W. L. McKnight, who has been confined to his bed for the last two months, is now able to get out again. — The Bank of Timmonsville j opened on last Monday for busi ness. The building is nearing j completion. —Miss M. Lou Keith has ac cepted the position of principal of the Fair Hope School and be gan teaching last Monday.* —Mr. W. Witcoverhas recent ly moved to Darlington pnd there opened a bar. We learn that his family will shortly move there also. —Judge S. F. Cole has recent-; ly transferred the trial justice ship at this place to Mr. W. W. Moore, who was recently ap pointed by Gov. B. R. Tillman. , ROBBIN S NECK. —A new bridge is being built across Flat Creek on theGeorge- town road. —Our roads are in a bad fix, but our County Commissioners have arranged to have them worked as soon as the weather will permit. . —We are now finishing pick ing cotton and must hurry up or be left by our upland neigh bors. The oat crop is not prom ising; all planted late. —Messrs. Campbell* <fe Co. have almost completed the large embankment for the railroad bed. They have had had weath er but have made the best of it. They deserve credit for their gentlemanly bearing and honest work. o —That ugly and dangerous gully at Mr. S. B. Gandy’s, on the Darlington road, is being put in order at last. This place has been brought before the grand jury but has never been fixed previous to this. —The following gentlemen have been appointed road over seers for Mechanicsville town ship : Paul Whipple, W. E. Dargan, Hugh Polston, General Moody, E. M. Williamson, J. A. Middelton, W. W. Isget, T. S. Williamson. dant was found guilty of the murder of his father Joseph James on May 8, 1888. He was granted a new trial by the Su premeCourt. Attlte November term, the case again came up for trial. The result was con- viction. Tfce defendant was igain sentenced to be hanged on Jay 9, 1800, and for the second time appealed to the Supreme 'ourt. Originally there were three - oarties indicted for the murder f Mr. Joseph James. They were Joseph \V. James, the son of the murdered man, William Scott and Lewis Williams. The Solicitor elected to try James separately. The theory of the State was that the killing was done by Williams, Arthur and Scott, negroes, for a copipensa- tion promised them by the de fendant, Joseph W. James, who was not to appear in the horrible business. One of the theories ' of the defense was that the de ceased met his death at the hands of both Scott and Lewis Williams, because they were jealous of his relations with their wives. Exceptions were taken as fol lows : A juror on his voir dire declared that he was opposed to capital punishment. The judge 1 ordered him to stand aside. The court says this was not an error of law. Another juror said he had expressed an opinion as to the guilt or innocence of the de fendant, that he discredited some of the witnesses who were sv/orn J on the trial of Williams, and if the same witnesses were sworn again in the trial of James hoi would discredit their evidence. The juror " r as ordered to stand aside. This was held as no error of law on the part of the trial judge. * Another juror said that from what he had heard about the case he thought tin 7 defen dant guilty, hut that he could go on the jury and render a fair and impartial verdict according I to the law and the evidence. The juror was directed to be pre sented to the defendant. The court says that in doing so they are unable to say that the trial judge commitfed error: that the impression of the juror based upon w 7 liat he had heard, was not more decided than that of the juror Toland in the Colum bia case. During the progress of the trial several questions arose as to the advisability of certain evidence, the rulings of the low er court being sustained by the decision, which was rendered by Associate Justice McGowan. The court concluded its decision ; of fifteen pages with the short and final paragraph: “We are unable to discover in the record any such errors of law as enti tle him (defendant James) to a new trial, and therefore the ! judgment of this court is that the judgmentof the circuit court be affirmed, etc.” James w ill lie re-sentenced at the next term of the court for Darlington County. Returned From Russia. [Florence Times.] Mr. John S. Scott, who left 1 Mars Bluff two years ago to teach the people of Russia how to plant cotton, has returned, his mission having been accom plished. There is not a great area in Russia where cotton can’ be raised, and that is scattered over the immense territory Russia occuj'ies in little patches. He was well received and well treated while he was over there, ami kept thoroughly posted on events in this country by reading the Florence Times every week. He is pleased with the appear ance of things around his old home, and is now looking up his old friends. Several Northern journals have already been after Mr. Scott to write his experien ces and impressions of Russia. The article will bo anxiously expected. Cheap Glassware: C goblets 25cts, 0 tumblers 25cts, water pitcher 25cts; West & Honour. —Mr. F. C. Lechner has been | seriously ill for the past few clays, blit we are glad to note! that his condition has changed 1 for the better and we hope to soon see him out again. The James Murder Case. [Charleston World.] The decision of the Supreme Court in the James murder case, of Darlington County, was men tioned in the World to-day. This was the second time this case had been before the Su preme Court for a new trial. At James’s first trial at the November term, 1889, of the Court of General Sessions for Darlington County, the defen- An Extraordinary Romance. [Florence Messenger, Jan. 30.] A very extraordinary mar riage ceremony w as .performed at the Cominerical Hotel on Wednesday night last, by which a man was married the second ( time to the same woman. Early in the year 1887 J. F. Hawley, a man of affable man ners and pleasant appearance, came to Darlington County to live, leaving behind him a wife in North Carolina. He soon | become acquainted witn Miss I Ella Huggins, a beautiful brown-eyed damsel of the Tim- monsville section, and to her 1 paid his addresses, * carefully concealing from her, of course, the fact that he had a wife. Having won the young lady’s heart the two were made one, and appeared to be as happy as the days are long in July. Finally Hawley suspected that his first wife had got the wind of- his matrimonial escapade here, and for fear she would be after him he unceremoniously left these parts and went to Georgia. Some time after his departure a child was horn as the result of his second mar riage. In Georgia he married a third wife. But here the au thorities caught up with him. He was arrested, convicted of , bigamy and sent to the Georgia penitentiary for three years. While serving out his sentence the authorities in Georgia be came aware of his matrimonial operations in this State, and when his time was up there he was turned over to Sheriff Cole, of Darlington, who brought him back and lodged him mi Darling ton jail, where he has been quartered for some time await ing trial. When the county of Florence was established it threw that part of Darlington where Hawley’s second marri age took place in this county, and consequently brought his case into this court. While Hawley was in the penitentiary his first wife got a divorce, and his Georgia wife has recently died. On Tuesday Hawley’s case "'^is called up in the court of sessions for trial. His Tim monsville wife and child were on hand, but did not want to prosecute him. In the mean time Hawley and his w T ife No. 2 got together and the old spark of love which illuminated their hearts years ago was rekindled. They agreed to be reunited, provided the solicitor would nol pros, the case, Hawley promis ing to lead a new and better life. Solicitor Wilson agreed and the ease 'vas dropped. Rev. II. Bascom Browne was sum moned, and on Wednesday night, in the Commercial Hotel, they were married the second time. Mrs. Hawley and her bright little daughter returned home yesterday morning, while Mr. Hawley remained in Florence, where he obtained employment at his old occupation of house painting and went to work with the firm resolution to stick to one wife and keep in the middle of the road the remainder of his life. The State Farmers’ Alliance. [Columbia Cor., News and Courier.] An impoftant and significant meeting of the executive com mittee of the State Farmers’ Alliance was held to-night at the Hotel Jerome, Dr. Stokes, president of the Alliance, in the chair. An adjournment was not had until twenty minutes to 12 o'clock, the session having been for nearly tive hours. It is always difficult, if not im possible, to obtain any of the proceedings of this body, hut Dr Stokes said that he had no objection to stating such parts of the details as might interest the public. Among other things he said that an organizer w 7 ill be put in the field and that there w ill he a movement all along the line. “We have arranged,” he said, “for a series of lectures, the dates for which have not yet been fixed. One series will bo delivered during the spring and the other in the summer. It is proposed that one of the series shall be given with respect to Congressional districts, and the other for the various counties. I cannot speak positively, but it is my impression that the lectures in the districts will be the first delivered.” Dr. Stokes said that the exec utive committee " 7 as w 7 ell rep resented numerically and other wise and that he is convinced that there will he progress not only in the matter or forming new Alliances, hut in develop ing the objects for which tho Alliance has its existence. OBITUARY. Pate.—Died at his home in Stokes Bridge township, on Jan uary 2<;th, 1891, Chapman Pate. He was horn in Kershaw County in 1828 and was, therefore, in his sixty-fourth year. He was married in 1850 to Nancy Segars, and of eighteen children liorn to them, thirteen survive him. He was a loving husband, a ten- derfather, and agenerous neigh bor and friend. The poor have often felt the ministrations of his bounty, the sick his patient watchfulness aud tenderestcare and all who have needed sympa thy or aid have felt sure of find ing from him an attentive ear and a willing hand. Fdr sever al years lie has been a consistent member of the Advent Church, and the greater part of tho time a high officer in its ranks. Thoroughly convinced that he was right he has ever been a staunch supporter of the ^dvent doctrine. Seldom was his place vacant at church on Sunday and so accustomed to him have all become that the eye still seeks him in his usual place and one after another repeats “How w 7 e miss him.” His chair by the fireside is vacant, the hearts of the home are sad, and all who knew 7 him cannot but wish that lie might have been spared to them longer Seeming to pen etrate the depths of the great beyond just before ho died he whispered softly “I’m going home. How far is it hyme ?” And understanding their mean ing much fuller thaiv wo can know .he sang the beautiful words of ' Home, Sweet Home.’ We feel assured that he “sleeps in Jesus” and that “when Christ who is our life shall appear then he also shall appear with him in glory and be ever with the Lord.” Lula.