The Darlington news. (Darlington, S.C.) 1875-1909, March 12, 1891, Image 1
VOL. XVIII. NG 11.
DARLINGTON, S. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 12. 1891.
WHOLE NO 842
LOO^JL. ITEI-flrS.
A liberal reward will be Swift Creek, is a pupil at the
.... ‘ )a ’'* ^ or return uf the gold school and before he could es-
Middling cotton is bringing 8 watch, recently lost at Society cape from the burning building,
cfnt' 8 - Mil', to L. Faulkner at that he was badly, but not danger-
Sekvices will be held in thej P‘ lce fin l. 150 (luestions will b ously, burned about the face
Episcopal Chapel next Sunday ' asked on its return. The watch
night. I can be wound either by thestem
. rt r , or a key.
Kev. J. G. Law wdl pieach at
1 The trial of J I). Chandler
for the killing of his brother-in-
next Sunday at
Dovesville
P. M.
The Court of General Sessions
will probably continae until
Saturday.
The Baptist Sunday School is
making an effort to increase the
size of its library.
Mk. E. J. Lide has returned
from New York, where he has
been on a visit for some time
past.
Hon. George W
whose term in Congr
piredon Wednesday of last week,
lias returned homo. ,
A new case has been placed
in the Sheriff's office for the
reception and preservation of
the records of the office.
'fR C. W. Hewitt is erecting
a w arehouse in the rear of his
building to be used by Messrs
Haynsworth & Boyd.
The last meeting of the
County Equalization Board wilp w i.| -
be held on Tuesday, March 24. | ot , Tnes.l
See notice published elsewhere.
and arms. The injured young
man is about seventeen years
old. " He has been brought to
his home in Swift Creek by his
brother. Mr. F. R. Rhodes. As
law J. R Hurst, in Sumter, i ias j every occupant of the building
resulted in an acquittal This wa8 asle *P at the f ime th . e . hre
is the case on account of which ! commenced it is impossible to
Judge Fraser adjourned. court i a80e . rta \ n an >' tlim « ab c ut lt8
last Friday and Saturday in or-! on «' n > bat 1118 generally sup-
tier tu appear as a witness ' P osed to have buen the work . of
. an incendiary. The loss on the
I hh: following transfers of building is $900 and on furniture
real estate were recorded in the-1 and library $0,000. The pupils
Auditors oflice for the week ! saved their trunks and clothing.
JASPER.
—We are getting
rain. Lake Swamp
The Trial of John W. Floyd. tiffed FloVd's pistol, a hammer- eould.
plenty of When Court was convened on Iff 8 , double-action, Smith and mai >:
has more Monday morning the trial of ,'esson revolver.)
vyater now than it has had at John \V. Floyd for the killing Cross-examined. Rhodestalk
any one time during the P a8 t of \V. Calvin Rhodes on Nov. hoisterously, and walked
year. 17,1890, was begun. The de-! aron nd thg rooin some live min-
—Mr. Elihu Muldrow survey-Teiulant was represented by ^.! 8 c . a, ' s '" s ^ '"V,.!' 1 '
ed the estate lands of the late Messrs. Boyd & Brown, assisted a PP artati, > 1,1 a o ,M '‘ • ;y •
a hy R. B. Boone, Esq., of the A hue cursing, he stmek me
North Carolina Bar. T.ie f 0 l-1 latticed door hetween th. rooms
i low ing jury was drawn: T. J w, ^ b b ’ s l' s L and knock".
t,
informed by one of the party
that they recently killed over '
seven hundred birds, mostly
robins, in one day.
Saturday, Murch 7. 18 Q 1: Accommodations for the pupils
A. VV einberg to Robert Lewis ( have been secured elsewhere in
Tin pm n i 1 “ ( . ) acres in Philadelphia town- Monroe and the exercises
! 8b *P k 1 ’r’! 1 )*’. T ( ' McCul- school will be continued.
‘ k lough to ( . \v . Hewitt Olie lot seonentlv nil of the nnnih
ugh to C. W. Hewitt one lot
on North side nf Public Square,
town of Darlington, 24 feet by
120 for $1,000.
of the
Con
sequently all of the pupils from
this county, with the exception
of Mr. Rhodes, will remain at
the school. Mr. Rhodes’ family
recently met with a very sad
bereavement and it is earnestly
As has already been stated
the agency for Darlington
County, of Columbia’s new pnp-
er, the Siute, has been placed
at The News office. The price |
of the daily for one year, in-;
eluding the Sunday edition, is! The Board of Pensions for
$8,50; six months, $4,50; three | Darlington County nietf on
months, $2,25. The price of the Thursday last and passed upon
edition, published j applications for pensions. The
and Fridays, for j applications of the following
one year »is $2,00; six months were passed upon favorably:
hoped that the young man will
soon recover from his inj ries.
The Board of Pensions.
The Board of Pensions
Darlington County nietf
BETHLEHEM.
—The oat crop in this section
is good and every thing bids fair
■for a fine yield.
—We dote on our postoffice at
Green Plains. We get the mail
every Saturday afternoon.
—We were favored with a
very eloquent sermon by Rev.
G. R. Whittaker at Bethlehem ,
recently.
—Miss Bertie Weatherford, |
who has been visiting frjends
and relatives in this community,;
has returned to her home in
Columbia.
Mrs. Hannah Powers, Mrs.
Margaret A. Christmas, Mrs.
r l he work of laying the pipes 7l ,t>0; three months 50 cents,
along the Square and streets for i u ir > ,
the water works, which has Kon. rhomas Hardeman died Sallie H. Huggins, Mrs. Lucy
been interrupted for some time, 1 llt jj s bo,ne 'a Macon, Georgia, A nn Poison, Mrs. Serena M.
has been commenced again. <m , r,<,a y. Mr. Hardeman was j Truett, J. J. Reddic and William
a brother of Mrs. 1). 1). Spam, j Windham The Board for-
Messrs Welling & Bonnoitt «;f this place He was a very i WaK tKam^ of tK £r-
are teaiing dovvn^the om Lide distinguished man and held ties to the State Board of Pen-
huilding ou the South side of many high offices of trust, and sjoas with the recommendation
the Square, preparatory to honor. lie has been Speaker of ; that they be placed on the pen-
erecting n, brick store ^ on tne j the Cieorgici House of Represen-' gjon roll. There ure now fifty-
site.
Rev. T. Hartwell Edwards,
of Palmetto, will occupy the
pulpit of the Baptist Church
next Sunday morning. There
will be no service in thatchurch
Sunday night. ,
On account of the indisposi Fhe Board of Directors of the
tionof Rev. (J. B. Moore, hisser- Darlington Fanners ^ Alliance
mori on “Popular errors in re-, Company met on Wednesday
ligion,” which was to have been • “ ie ^ b 1, } sb and formally took
delivered on last Sunday uight,l char » e of the warehouse at this
has been postponed.
On Monday the schedule
the up passenger train on
tatives, a member of Congress i tive pensioners on the roll from
from that State both before and this CoVmty and should the ap
since the war and was, during plications of all the parties nam-
Cleveland’s administration, od be approved by the State
postmaster at Macon. | Board the number will be in-
...—— j creased to sixty-two.
The Alliance Warehouse. - —
Presentment of the Grand Jury.
The following is a copy of the
presentment of the grand jury
made last week:
The Hon. T. B. Fraser, Pre-
Cheraw and Darlington Rail
road was changed. It will now
leave hert*8.50 P. M. instead of
8.;i5 P. M. as heretofore.
The crossings at the jqjiction
of the Charleston, Sumter and
Northern and Cheraw and Dar
lington Railroads, just below
the depot of the latter road,
have been placed into position.
The County Commissioners
of Darli^ton • and Florence
Counties^we a notice in this
issue in regard to letting the
contract for rebuilding
Bridge on Ufcick Creek.
Rev. John J. Lafferty, I). L.
will lecture at the Opera House
for the benefit of the Epworth
League on the 19th hist, in-
I place and assumed control of its niding Judge: Having disposed
j business. r l lie directors found j of all the indictments submitted
0 * the affairs of the warehouse in j to it, and examined the public
the an excellent condition with t'
business steadily
Mr. J. W\ Ferguson
ted manager, and
Lide will remain as assistant.
The company has rented a
large and commodious ware
house and proposes to have al
ways on hand a full supply of
certain staph* goods required by
the farmer and wid also store
cotton, fertilizers etc. The
company does not propose to
ie buildingsjand offices, the grand
increasing, jury makes the following pre-
was re-elec- J sentment.
Mr. M. T. The material condition of said
buildings is good, in general,
the Auditor’s office, however
needs more furniture, and some
dwellings at the poor-house are
in need of repairs.
information as to the various
financial and other interest of
the County will be obtained by
a committee of the jury, and
of
See Blackwell Bi
list next week.
pncc-
W. B. Haul lar.'„ week for
division among the heirs.
—Mr. John Windham’s sons Bell,Yoreihan, W. J. Rogers, through several of lie
and a few others around here pj ^ Winters' Samuel Harrell! Ah® u t ber side. When he ea ::t
excel in bird killing. We are j,,),,, ft. Sumner, J. P. Mozingo' : f rom the front part of the build
Sr., R. H. Grantham, F. w! the last time, his nnmnei
Howie, L. E Carrigan, J. K. had undergone a decided rlimige.
Carter, Jr., M. A. Witherspoon and when he approached Floyd,
and John H Privett. he ba(1 il quiet, determined look
John Siskron, the first witness on his face. Floyd was attend-
for the State, testified as fol- 111 ^* Aguiar business at
lows; I was in J. Rosenberg’s tht ‘ Pool table. Calvin cursed
billiard saloon about eight li' 111 , ^veral tmies, and he said
o’clock. Some dozen or more ; farm* t'm* wou m bike it.
persons there. 1 sat down at kam Manye was tlie next wit-
end of pool table. Floyd was » l,8S : Somebody asked F loyd to
attending to tliis table, keeping leave, or there would be trouble,
account of the game, and tak- : *^ c> ’ I V ai1 ^ b avc* l 11
ing the balls from the pockets, take all his cursing, but it he
As I sat down, Rhodes passed ^. nk f s ino ' b klb blJ ^ •
in front of me, coining between Rhodes said he thought he had
the billiard table and the pool 'aised a gentleman hut found
table. He stood for a minute ,mt tba t he had raised a scoun-
with his back to the pool rack, i u^ 1 - ^ •a' 1 * >» t b 'J ba r talking
and then walked up to Floyd loudly, he said he had been
and said, “John, you are a
trilling thieving scoundrel!”
Floyd replied, “That’s all right,
Calvin.” Rhodes then grabbed
i him by the coat with his right
j hand and struck at him with
—At a recent meeting of the his left; a short, quick blow;
patrons of the Green Plains F’loyd turned and-received it on |
school Miss Leila Huggins was the 9ack of his head. He start-
reelected teacher. We are all)ed backwards between me and,
very much pleased with her. , the end of the table with Rhodes
'still holding him. He broke
BreaKfast Relishes, Salmon his hold when near the billiard
Steak, Scotch Herring, Lobster, 'able, and Rhodes staggered,
MacKerel, Oxford Sausage and back against the narrow plat
form extending around the room
on which the chairs are placed.
Floyd stepped back three paces,
drew his pistol and shot him.
Neither said anything at mo
ment of shooting. They were |
five or six feet apart when the
shot was fired.. Rhodes had his
hqnds down by his side, and!
was standing perfectly still.
F’loyd was between the two T .
tables, nearly opposite the centre | lnto i . tbc buibb ng i\N itnoss then
pockets. The licks struck by-
Rhodes were light; he struck
twice. Defendant and deceased
Rhodes much the better blows were rained down right
don’t think defendent I and left,
would have it>od much of aj Cross-examined: Heard that
chance with him in a fair fight, j Rhodes had been swindled out
If deceased staggered, I did not]of money at Rosenberg's, and
set it. The whole thing happen-[that the latter had to pay him
c.il iii a remarkably brief space]some money as a compromise to
of time. Rhodes hit him hard;'keep him quiet so as to keep up
know I would have hated to the reputation of the establish-
have had the lick. j ment.
S. 1). Jordan: When Rhodes! John W. Floyd, the defendant,
came in he said he could whip then testified. His account of
Codfish Balls; West & Honour.
DOVESVILLE.
—Our “old Prob” says that
the fruit hereabouts has not
been seriously injured by the
ricent snow and sleet.
—With the exception of a
very few, very short days it has
been raining here all the year
and is still at it. Old Noah,
himself, could not have desired
a'more auspicious season for his
aquatic adventure.
—Another batch of forty-five w f rc br °ther8-in-law.
convicts arrived here a few days; to1 w a s a new ' ine '
since to augment the force at ■ < l I ? b ’ I T ( 1 . 0Ve ] r ..l” '
work on the C. S. & N. Rail- Floyd lived with
hty- s0!ne tune. Deceased had been
X ) w drinking; defendant was per-
rob
bed. (Witness’testimony in ail
other material points was simi
lar to that given by Norment.)
Henry Hennig, sworn, said :
Was standing opposite in my
store door; heard Rhodes’ curs
ing in loud voice, and
there. When they cai
or, 1 went to back of Rhodes
and Norment went up to Floyd,
to part them. I got Rhodes by
the shoulder a few seconds be
fore shot was fired. They were
three or four feet apart. Rhodes
was drunk. F'irst thing I heard
that evening was Rhodes yell
ing as he usually does when
drunk. (Witness, as to other
matters, confirmed the testimo
ny of those who preceded him.)
Cross-examined : Rhodes ad
vanced continuously and F’loyd
retreated during the whole of
tiie affair.
Baruch Marco : Heard Rhodes
give a “war whoop” as he came
.my two —-rascals in the room
lie cursed Floyd repeatedly and
most violently. When he fired,
he stepped back about one step;
Calvin looked as if he was com
ing on him. Defendant was
near the middle pocket of the
pool table when he fired. From
the platform to the tables is
about three feet.
Cross-examined: Deceased
was well under influence of
liquor. I considered him in
about tie* condition he usually
was when he was going to clean
up a man. When he came back
from front room the last time,
lie seemed cool and determined,
and his words were clear. Seem
ed to strike with all his force.
F’loyd was dodging, and kept
both hands above his head to
ward off the blows. When Ik*
struck the door he said, “I
would do the rascal the same
way if he would stand up before
me.
J. G. Hutchinson: Rhodes diet’
Thursday
it about ten
morning.
the killing did not differ mater
ially from that of other witness
ed. Couldn’t say what griev
ance deceased had against him,
but had been warned that even
ing to look out as. Rhodes had
made serious threats against
him. l^tried in every way to
avoid him, when he came in I
thought he would beat me to
death the way he was doing,
and pulling my pistol fired with
out aim. I had said that I
would take all of his cursing,
but that I would not allow him
to beat me up. I gave myself
up immediately after shooting.
(Witness described difficulties
he had with deceased going to
show the latter’s enormous
strength, and that he would be
no match for him in a fair light.)
Heard Rhodes tell F’raiiK Nor-
ment that he would Keep quiet,
but that he would break my
necK before morning. No
body made a move to stop him,
mo
and I thought he would no
after he was greatda nage. .
o’clock in tin* On the cross-examination do
the pack o
J. C. Willcox: Examined body
of deceased after killing: there
were no weapons on him; didn't
have a pocket knife. Ball en
tered just over right eye.
The State he e tried to intro
duce certahi facts in relation to
a deck of marked cards and a
man named Cook, who had been
seen playing cards with deceas
ed in a private room at Rosen
berg’s, but the Court ruled out
the testimony, as it was not
shown to relate to defendant in
’ fendant was handed
marked cards, but disclaimed
all knowledge of ever having
] seen them' before, or that lie
had ever heard that Calvin
claimed that by means of them
he had been swindled out of a
large sum of money in Rosen-
! berg's establishment by a man
! name Cook.
F. E. Norment testified that
; when he was talKing to Rhodes
] in the store in front of the pool
room on the evening of the
Killing the latter said “Fie
any way. G ,,lte a 11,11 1
be;
ft (Floyd) robbed me of all my
The pis-
The ball
right eye.
Rhodes for
witnesses testified that Rhodes money, and I'm going to break
was a peaceable man wtien sob-! hi 8 neck.” He said he had
er, but that he was quarrelsome j robbed him of $530 or $0(0;
confirmed all substantial points when under the influence of didn’t say how. 1 didn't tell
testified to by other witnesses.) liquor, and hard to manage, as ; F h>yd what Rhodes had said, as
D. C. Milling: When Rhodes a rule. There was considerable 1 feared it might lead to trouble,
came to pool room he said, testimony going to show the re-1 J- Rosenberg: Rhodes gave
“There’s a 'coundrcl in lative size and strength of the! Floyd his watch
there.” When he returned from two men, the purport of which
front room where he had been ! was that whi’e the defendant
antagonize any other legitimate i presented at the June term
business, but will conduct its 1 the Court,
affairs in the interest for which There is urgent necessity
tor
Muses, it was established. The charter work on the public roads of the
for the company lias been re- County, as they are at some
ceived. points almost impassable, and
therfe is a sad deficiency of sign
A Gang Broken Up. boards at forks and crossings oi
On Thursday last Leb Scott, faid roads; the repairing and
buildingot bridges, also requires
immediate attention, especiaiy
stead of the 20th inst. as here-. a notorious thief, was captured
tofore announced. The subject in Florence by John FT Dennis,
of his lecture will be,
Times and the New.”
at a wash-out across
the da(n
in High
‘Old a one armed white *111311, liv-
ing on the outskirts of the town. McCown Mu
While on the way to jail Scott G 1 1 Township by which the
made an attempt to escape, i P ubhc r t 0 . ad . l\ aS
He was ordered to halt and on been entirely obstructed for the
his refusal to do so Dennis fired l' a8 t seven months. In order to
secure prompt action 111 these
road, making, in all, ei{,
seven convicts at work on
road near this place. Dr. J. W.
Williamson lias the contract for
furnishing them medical ser
vices.
—An exceedingly dark, dis
mal and portentous tjiunder
cloud, of huge dimensions and
preceded by heavy winds, came
across the sky from the North
west Sunday afternoon and
burst upon our quiet little vil
lage with cyclonic fury. Some
of the forest giants snapped,
crashed and fell to the earth be
fore the gale as though we were
going to have a terrific tornado,
but, with this exception, there
lias been no damage reported.
Several big bargains in Ladies’
Dress Goods at Blackwell Bros.
icre lie nan neen was that whi e
talking with Norment, he seem- was a good ma 1 physically, the
ed quiet and sober, and 1 didn’t deceased was greatly his super-
think he was going to renew the ior under ordinary conditions.
Cross-examined by Mr. G. W. j difficulty. He cursed Floyd A number of witnesses testified
Brown : A very "short time! again most violently, and the to the fact that the deceased al-
fectly sober.
as collateral
for $50 which the latter lent
him. I owed F’loyd that amount
and paid it over to Rhodes for
him.
Cross-examined : Cook beat
Rhodes out of $150; they were in
my place nearly all day on Sat-
latter said he would take it. 1
heard Floyd say that if Rhodes
he would defend
would take the
elapsed between the striking of
the first blow and the firing of , , , .
the pistol. Hennig raised up as attacked nun
pistol fired; the two had just lumseif; that he
’■•issed him. After.Floyd broke causing, hut that he must not
strike Jinn.
Cross-examined
ways prided himself on lighting urduy before the Killin
loose from him, Rhodes did not
advance. . F’loyd had been re
treating in an easterly direction; outweighed defendant by about
as he got loose he stepped back 150 pounds*, and wasa much more
fair, that is, with his fists alone,
and without the use of weapons.
J. O. Baker testified as fol
lows: Am employed as a clerk
at the drug store of Willcox &:
Deceased!Co. Shortly after, the killing
powerful iryin. Deceased wasa
very aggressi
] drinking, and there were
defendant came to the store and
asked for Dr. Willcox; said he
wanted to surrender, that he had
killed Calvin Rhodes. Someone
said, “You haven’t killed him,
Rhodes was KicKing up a fuss
about it, and a lawyer came to
me, and advised me to adjust
the matter with him. 1 there
upon gave Rhodes a due bill for
$55 as a compromise. (Tin* de
fence showed subsequently by
several witnesses that defend
ant was out of town on Satur
day.) The decK of marKed
cards was produced and show
ed to witness, but he disclaimed
Knowledge of having seen
F’rom the Btafe we learn tha:
a morning train on the Atlantic
Coast Line from Columbia to
the Pee Dee section will proba-, .. .
bly be a thing of the near fu- a P° a particulars an order from your
ture. Everyone in this section 11 * remembered is the ’ne- Honor is respectfuly requested,
wdl welcome such a train. «who leaped through the 1 a8 recommendations of this na-
Wokk has been commenced window of the Sheriff’s office at * ;ur ® baNe been too often ignoitd
on the wall of the brick build- this place while being tried be- 111 tbe P ast * la order to secure
ing. wl)ich is to be erected just fore Judge Sanders for stealing j thorough repair and prese -
east of the artesian well. The last Summer and made his es- vation of the public iigi\\. s.
electric light plant will be plac- capp- 'Since bis arresf lie has tb e jury is of the opinion la
- ' together made a confession that a gang tax should be levied and collect-
for the 0 f burglars have been working ed, to defray the expense n-
I Florence and that he was | curred m accomplishing tins de
member of it. Several of the ; 8, rable end. p„ rrfltt
parties he implicated have been j ' ' ^ ’
arrested, among whom is Julius March 4, 189J. Foreman.
Coachman, colored, formerly of -
Darlington, who was arrested society hill.
here Friday night and sent to |« _ The dime reading given by
Florence the next day. . the young ladies at the Hall
in a southerly.direction, at right
angles to the course he had been very aggressive man w h e n
previously taking. , , - , . . , . „ • ... ,,
F’ FI Norment testified as w ho were his equals physically; have you.*' and he replied, 'Yes, eu to
follows* I went to Rosenberg's was a great fighter when drink- I shot tokill him, and he’s dead!” tall k
between 7 and 8 o’clock with i'lff- He was cursing very of- W. B. Hoole also testified to the them before.
Mr G. W. Brown to play a Pensively; was evidently mad, same facts. The defence nere c
of billiards Had been and wanted to fight somebody. A. E. Dargan: Calvin was very testimony. I he State, in reply,
1 saw him strike the door; hit it drunk. About 25 minutes before put up C. S. McCullough, who
a heavy lick. The first lick he the killing, I found him in Beck’s testified as to Ids efforts, when
hit defendant was evidently in bar, and took him to his .buggy'acting mayor of the town some
tended to be with his full force, and tried to persuade him to go five or six years ago, to arrest
: game
there some ton or fifteen min-1
utes when I heard a loud shout
in the liquor saloon, and shortly
afterwards Calvin came in, very
here closed its
ed in this building
with the steam pump
water works.
The darkest cloud passed over
Darlington Sunday that the
people of this section have seen
in many a day. FYars were
entertained that it would bring
a cyclone with it, but, beyond a
very heavy rain fall, it had no
effect whatever.
Rev. J. C. Furman, D. D.,
one of the most prominent di
vines of the Baptist Church in
this State, died at his home in
Greenville, on March 3. About
1844 he was pastor of the Welch
Neck Baptist Church at Society
Hill.
The police of Florence tele i ,„,re „
graphed to the Darlington an- was quite a success
thorities to arrest him and in —Work has been commenced
less than twenty minutes after on our public roads and wfe hope
the receipt of the telegram soon to have them in good con-
Chjef Dargan arrested Coach- dition.
man near Loafer’s Bridge. E L. _ Misg McIntosh’s house has
McCarthy, a white man,
LAMAR.
—The weather is extremely
bad and farm work is very
much behind.
—Mr. R. L. DuBose has his
material on the grhund for the
erection of a dwelling.
—Dr. Tomlinson, of Claren
don, a dental surgeon, is in town
doing some work in his line.
—Mr. Oates, our school teach
er, very unexpectedly dismiss
ed his school and took his leave
for his home in North Carolina.
though it lost some of its effect,
as it struck him on the back of
t li e head. From that time,
expression that he intended the there was no cessation on Ins
remark for him, and 1 took Cal- part as far as I could see; seem-
vin in the store at the front of' **4 to be following F loyd up
noisy and boisterous; said,
“There is a thief in
here.” I saw by John Fioyd’s
the building, and talked to him;
tlicii returned to billiard room
and commenced to play. Mr.
| D. C. Milling was at the pool
table playing with Sam Mamie.
After that Mr. Brown took Cal
vin one side and talked to him,
while I spoke to John; told him
thafCalvio was drinking, and ...
that he had better get out of the tion of being a good,
man for his inches.
is
if to crush him. No one inter-
1 ferred; no one caught Rhodes.
Re-direct (By Mr. JohYison):
] Calvin always had the repu
tation of being a fair fighter.
F'resuine defendant knew Ids
I,character in that respect. He
was reputed to fight only with
and Ids fists. FToyd has the reputa-
-Our esteemed fellow towns- way or there would be a ditti-
n. Mr. W. C. Miras, who had culty. He replied, “I m not
man, * . . - .
the misfortune to lose his dwell- * going to pay any attention to
is re- anything he says, but if he
strikes me, I’m going te kill
• . , him.” After Brown was through
—With favorable circumstnn- wilh Ca i vin j too k the latter in-
ing by fire last Christmas,
building on the same site.
who
. - , just received the last coat of
several yeareago was dog catch- , )a int and presents quite a neat
er for the town of Darlington
at the residence
Garner.
of Mr. J.
speiit several months with us
day) eveninn at seven o'clock I Known in Darlington as a bad last year and made many
nay) evening, at seven 0 c J or *> j 0 an d has already had a friends among us, who regretted
taste of penitentiary life. » to have him leave.
| *" TV. —Mrs. Bainbridge, of Brook-
The Auditor has received a Fatal Fire. u-n New York, is visiting our
from the Comptroller General The M onroe High School t o W ' n . She has travelled around
an official notice of the tax levy ^ Monroe, North Carolina. t h 0 world visiting the missiona
ry stations and is well versed in
missionary work. She will
afford the Indies a rare treat, as
she proposes to give some lectures
on her travels.
' —Several of our most influen
tial citizens have organized a
for Darlington County for the js a ‘ n institution well patronized
Tbe . total bv and popular with the people
the ^ r. ‘ ... —
Darlington and there are
fiscal year 1890—91
levy on property within
Darlington *Graded School dl8 -1 now sevenpupils at the school
tnct is 141 mills and on prop-' r fr()m this County. The school
^rty 111 other portions of the j wag v j 8 j te d by a serious ron-
C’ounty is 101. flagration at half past three
Dn. J. C. Willcox has pur- o'clock last Thursday morning, stoc t eompany for the purpose
chased from J. J. Ward, Esq., the results of which are I" w f erecting a telegraph line from
the building now used as the ] liarly sad and distressing. I n town to the depot. Officers
Postoffice. He will have the j building, which is three stories have been e i ec ted ancf we hope
building torn down and a hand- high and made of onoK, wa b&Te the line up and wc
some two story bricK building burned to the ground. 1 KI)on
erected on the site. His drug, pupils, Albert Bost. of Nor 1 an( j' eTer y 0n e should encourage
store will be removed to the Carolina, and T. C. Plumberton, J
lower floor of the new building of Arkansas, were burned to j
and the upper floor will be death. Mr. Herbert C. Rhodes, . 1 w Xr w
divided into a number of offices. | a son of Mr. W. E. Rhodes, of I Fresh Bolognas, W. & H
This fills a long felt want
eryone shoul
the new enterprise.
ees the long looked for and
much desired track of the C. S.
Sc N. Railroad will have: readi
ed Lamar by the time this is in
print.
Miss Nettie Thomas, who
has been teaching near Pal
metto,. is stopping for a few
days with Mrs. E. L Gray at
this place, before leaving for
her home in Union County. Miss
Thomas is much beloved wher
ever she is known and her many
frier ds are loath to have her
leave.
—Rev. J. E. Rushton, of this
place, has determined to put
the Sunday-School children tp
farming. He is distributing
among them small packages of
cotton seed, which they will
plant and give the proceeds to
the Sunday School. All the
packages are the same size and
the one who makes the largest
proceeds will win a prize. ,
Dr. J. A. Cole will plant
twenty- eight acres in water
melons near this place for the
Northern market. He has
bought $28 worth of seed and
has procured the services of Mr.
E. G. Grav, the great melon
raiser. Messrs W. D. Joye and
W. K. Windham also intend to
plant this crop largely and have
arranged for Mr. Gray to do the
thumping and pulling.
to the store again to talk to
him. Calvin came back into
the room, walked between the
tables, and stood with his back
to the rack in which the pool
balls are kept. Someone called
out to him to get out of the way
A 8 they could not see how many
balls were in the rack. Calvin
then went up to F’loyd, called
him a .—
at him.
muscular
I regard
him as pluckly, and as one who
will fight when there is occa
sion for it.
C S. Huggins: They were
eight or nine feet apart when
home. His foot slipped on the defendant on the occasion of his
step of the buggy, and I hud to being involved in a certain diffi-
help him in. After the killing culty. Defendant resisted ar-
defendant was in my charge., rest; drew a pistol and leveled it
Mr. Dixon came up and asked, at witness, ordering him t o
“Is Calvin killed:*' 1 ’ I replied, halt; witness halted. Defendant
“He has been shot in the lungs.” had then left Darlington for
Defendant said, “No, he was some years, and had not return-
shot between the eyes.” j ed until a few months before
John B. Rhodes: My soadidn’t the killing of Rhodes,
speak or know anything after The testimony was all closed
he was shot until he died. He on Tuesday evening. The ar-
had a gold watch for which he guments were made on \\ ed-
paid $50. Have seen defendant nesday morning, Messrs. R. W.
with a watch that looked jugt Boyd and Geo. W. Brown de-
lj Ke if livering able speeches for the
The State here closed its case, defence, and Mr. J. M. Johnson
Mr. C. R. Woods and others had presenting the case of the State
testified that deceased was 8 o m a telling argument. After a
drunk as to be unable to do careful charge from the Judge,
much fighting, and that defend- the jury retired at five F. M.
protected him- No verdict had been reached at
the
or Wheeler
terms of
New
& Wilson
Blackwell
, .ant couldliave r .
the shot was fired. After Floyd self against him without arms^ tbe hour of going to press,
freed himself from Rhodes’ ( but the defence put up a num- 77 T'
gras]), the latter staggered a- her of witnesses (notable among' Huy the Improved
gainst the platform, fie had whom was Mr. D. C. Milling, 1 Home
hardly recovered from the stag- who spoke in the most emphatic l ^ n eas T
ger, and could not have taken a manner,) to prove that in the B ros -
step forward, before shot wa-i scuffle 111 the billiard room, ,
fired. He was not advancing Rhodes was in his very best con-j A handsome line of Mens and
at all. He had no weapon, dition physically, and that he 1 Hoys Spring baits just received
When drunk he was regarded was capable of inflicting serious at Blackwell Bros,
as a dangerous man, hut he injury by the blows he was
thief, and struck | fought on his manhood; never raming down upon defendant.
John had a cigar in 1 heard of hia using weapons; he The defence further showed
his mouth, and the sparks fiew | was a man who would’nt take that shortly before going to
from it when Calvin struck, j anything, but would fight. Rosenberg’s Rhodes had court-
They then scuffled together;
John broke loose from him and
Calvin stumbled back. John
reached back for his pistol, and
I laid down my cue and started
forward, but fell back involun
tarily as I perceived that 1 was
directly in his line of fire. On
that instant the shot was fired.
Calvin was standing erect look
ing at John, with his heels right
Cross-examined: Rhodes could ed several difficulties, with J.
have advanced if he had want- Wilson Fountain, with his un-
ed to. He was not pursuing c le, Mr. Bill Rhods, with Henry
defendant when he was shot; Jones, with Sheriff Cole, and
though there were no evidences with a hegro boy and a negro
that he had ceased fighting, man eaeli of whom he knocked
Floyd retreated continuously, down, and that he was in a in public life are alreatry familiar
His hat knocked off. Rhodes quarrelsome and offensive hum-] to the pulilic. They retire to
was much the best man physi- or generally. private life spotless "and clean,
cally. J. B. Floyd, a cousin of de-; witli the well done of their fel-
W. H. Evans, Jr.: When fendant, testified that he was in
Hampton and Dargan.
[Florence Mexwenger.J
The fifty first v Congress ad
journed on Wednesday last, and
with its adjournment the terms
of several good men expired.
One among them was Wade
Hampton; another Congressman
Dargan from this district. The
records of both these gentlemen
uiTagainst the platform. They 1 Rl odes came in, he cursed de-J Rosenberg’s the evening of
were six feet apart. Neither of fendant most violently. The the shooting. Rhodes came in,
them said anything at that latter said he would take it. gave a “keen yell” and called
that time. Rhodes was unarmed. Rhodes struck him three times, ior a bottle of Siitz (beer).- He
He hit Floyd an ordinary lick He said, “Don't hit me that cursed violently as other wit-
with his right hand, J think, way,” and retn a ing Tq!ween nesses have described, first in a
He was standing . erect when the two tables, drew his pistol general way, and then the de
shot; had just straightened him- and fired. _ | fendant directly. While strik
low-citizens, whom they have
served faithfully, honestly and
ably. Their constituents have
looked upon their service during
its progress with pride. But
the feathers on the American
eagle must have fallen when
they stepped down to give place
to their successors. And it the
self after stumbling; was not; Cross-examined: The attack ing defendant the latter had palmetto leaves didn't wilt in
moving at all, and made no ad-j on part of deceased was contin- both hands up to avoid the shame it wai because they were
vance forward. That _ was nous, defendant retreating from , blows, and was dodging contin- held up in anger.
about two minutes after Floyd
had told me he would kill him if
he struck him. (Witness iden-
him, and seeming to be trying | uously. Rhodes took a step I
to get to the door, out of hi" 1 forward as Floyd fired. Wl ei] Sweet Florida
way. He backed as fast as he 1 Rhodes was striking him, the j Blackwell Bros.
Oranges at