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VOL. XVIII. NO 26. DARLINGTON, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 25, L891. WHOLE NO 857 LOCAL ITEMS'. A i. YHiiK pi'Miic v/ill be given at Garner's Mill to-day. Mb. B. 0. Bristow, who lias been (ju.te sick for some time, is able to be out again. Mb. L. W. Dick and family have returned to their home in Sumter for the vacation. The shedule of the C., X. Railroad, corrected to is published in this issue. Messrs. P. C. Beck & Bro. have moved into their new store on the corner of Cashim Street and the Public Square. The freight depot at the C. S. S. & date, Bright Williamson Grou n d will be broken for the erection of the plant before July 1. An im portant notice concerning the payment of the first instatment of the capital stock is published ! in another column. The latest thing in jelly tum blers at Edwards, Nor men t & Co’s. AIr. Thorn well McMaster, of urer and Columbia, was in Darlington on Secretary business yesterday. Prof. J. S. Murray, late of the South Carolina University, is visiting Mr. 0. H. and Rev. T. H. Edwards at Palme.to. Now that the holidays have j commenced, most of the young ladies and gentlemen who have been off to college have return ed home. —-• A New Railroad. On Thursday last a new'rail road company was organized [that w’ill have some bearing on the interests of Darlington. The name of the company is tl.e & N. station at this place has was committed to jail on Mon- n , at i iin ,i h will build i road been finished and the passenger day. by Trial Justice H. E. P. from Bennettsville^To Ilainhet deiK.t is rapidly nearing com- .Sanders for breach of trust. He| North Carolina, a distance of I M c had sold wood for Capt. J C. about twenty-one miles. The Mb. H. H. Huggins returned Black well and failed to turn the road will connect at that place to his new home in Roanoke, money over to him. \\ illiams with the Carolina Central Virginia, on Monday, after confessed bis guilt and was and the Seaboard Air Line, spending a short time with rela- sentenced lo pay a fine of 510 or Maj. G. W. Earle, of Darling- lives in Darlington. serve thirty days in jail. ton, has surveyed the route and Several articles were left hv The excursion from this place I the following officers of the the Baptist Church to Charleston on Thursday last company have been elected: A. TT ’ M of New York, Dolby, of New A game of ball will be played at the Palmetto Park, on Satur day, the 27th inst., between the Palmetto and Florence clubs. Tl^, public is invited. Sherman Williams, colored, adies in the Baptist Church . , , —^ — • » - it , , during Dr. Pearson’s services famed a large number of color- Ames Howlett, and the same may be recovered cd people. During the day the t resident; M. L. by calling for them at the office 100 *^ re d Burlington base ball club played a game with the “Fear . K ots”, a similar organi zation of Charleston, which re sulted in a victory for the latter at Society Hill. The congrega tion unanimously accepted the recommendation. It is not on t] ie cheraw- known as yet whether Mr. Stout Railroad, on Monday, there are will accept the call. Mr. Stout now six trains passing through is well known in Darlington and Darlington every day on that is very highly respected. His r oad. three each way. The re acceptance of the call would he gular southbound passenger gratifying to his many friends tr aj n leaves Darlington at (’,.20 m Darlington both within and A . ji., the Huntsville down without the Baptist Church, freight at!) A. M. and the down Rev. G. B. Moore, whose resig- } oca i freight at 0.40 P M. The nut on was accepted to take ef- U p locu i freight leaves Darling- feet Oil August 23, will, at his ^ on 7 45 ^ M., the Hartsville own request, be relieved from up freight at 2.25 P. M. and tin* further service as pastor on| regular northbound passenger Sunday next. at 9 P. M. As all these trains carry passengers one has three day, for A Change of Schedule. MT. ELON. By a change of schedule made —“General Green” is still & Darlington doing his work. —Mrs. S. E. Draper’s school will close to-morrow. There will he no exhibition. —Mr. T. J. Prie ‘ lost a tenant house <m last Monday night by fire. The origin of the lire is unknown. Mr. Geo. Windham. Blooms are no scarecrows, now, how ever. —Mrs. Helen P. Mims, Mrs. J. S. DuBose and Miss Martha Andrews are on our sick list, hut all arc improving at this writitur. Attention Mechanics! All persons in need of babbitt metal can purchase it cheap at The Dar- linuton Nkws office. Jims 12. ’90—tf Notice. ... *ii • passengers one Ask to see the bargains on 0 each our remnant counter: Edwards, | Darli ’ ngtou . wht . n goim Norment & Co. A Base Ball Waterloo. by or the Clerk of the Court. A special meeting of the Darlington Lodge, No7. Knights of Pythias, will be held to-mor- York, Vice President; C. S. Net tles, of Darlington, Treasurer; and Knox Livingston, of Ben nettsville, Secretary. row night, at 8.20 o'clock, for club by a score of 10 to 2 the purpose of electing officers. Mr. J. T. Parnell, the former depot agent of the Atlantic Coast Line at this place, left on Monday for Tampa, Florida, to accept a position in a railroad office in that city. McCall & Burch are closing out their entire line of spring suits at cost for cash. All clubbing rates on the part of The Darlington News are hereby suspended, except i those established with the Southern Cultivator and the Weekly News and Courier. Either of these papers will he sent with The Darlington As soon as through trains are News to any address for $1.70, put on the C., S. & N. Railroad payable in advance; all three - • papers can be obtained for s>2.40 night ot last wee frofn Charleston to Rennetts- Fresh cream cheese; W. tfz II. Rev. R. G. Pearson, D. D. As already stated in thesecol- utnns, Dr. R. G. Pearson, the evangelist, closed his meetings at this place on Wednesday Interest in —Sam Spencer, colored, a harmless imbecile living in this section, is a fit subject, we think, for the poor house. —Anna Eighty. colored, who lived on Mr. Willie Hearon's place neaf Stokes Bridge, died very suddenly on last Thursday from heart failure. Do you want a nice alpacca coat, or other thin goods? See Blackwell Bros. OATS. —Cotton blooms are plentiful. —Miss Atlanta Rineheart has returned from Florence. 8.50; Floyds 9.11: Dovesville9.17 __ Mr j w . Register, of Sum- and Society Hill 9.52. t e ,. ; pa j ( i us a visit on Sunday. T .. „ The Hartsville down train w ^ *, stood, Davids 18 ; leaves Hartsville at 6.10 A. M.; —Mr. J. C. Dowling, recently Until the begin- jovann 5.25; Floyds 0.20; Pal- of Atlanta, spent a few days in metto 9.25 and arrives at Flor- town this week, visiting his old ence at 9.50. The up train friends, leaves Florence at 2 P. M.; Pal metto. 2.15; Floyds .9.10; Jovann 9.20 and arrives at Hartsville 9.50 P. M. The annual meeting of the utock- holders of tin* Darlington Ginning, M.. u v c ,.i .. .,,1, i,.,*, i Milling, Fertiltier and Warebonw- -Mr. H. W Scarborough bits ( , ((inp ^ iy wU| beheU1 at 18 0 * c i <>( . k 011 return sales for fifteen barrels j Wednesday, July Dt, at tin* office of if Irish potatoes, which he ship-; the company. The stockholders are ped to Philadelphia. The gross receipts were over 570. —Dr. Cole had a niuletostray from his lot on the 14th. inst., and two men werq in pursuit of it for five days. When found it was in Kershaw County. per annum, in advance. ville, which will he about July 15, a regular mail service will be placed on the road. A very enjoyable sociable the pupils of Hebron School, in was given at the residence of Stokes Bridge township, on Mr. J. F. Garner in Philadelphia Sunday. Rev. W. L. Wait, who the meetings never once abated and the congregation at the last Rev. J. A. Rice will preach service was as large as the one the commencement sermon to The Darlington Base Ball Club met with a Waterloo, on Wednesday of last week, in the second game with the Davids, of Charleston. The home team played an even poorer game than the one of the day preced ing and, consequently, the Charleston Club ran its score up very high at the expense of Dar lington. When the game clos ed the score Darlington : ning of the sixth inning, how ever, Darlington showed up very well and were able to hold down the score of the Davids, but on that inning the home pitcher, Mr. J. B. Floyd, be came disabled and, beingunable to pitch in his usual manner, j the Davids batted him all over, the field. Towards the end of 1 the game another battery, I I Messrs Sanders and James, was substituted for Darlington’sreg- J ular battery and the visitors j were then shut out twice. The Darlington Club expects tomeet ! the Davids, on the Charleston either north or south. Th ; down nassenger train arrives in Columbia at 9.45 A. M. and con nects at that point with the train for Asheville. The down passenger leaves Society Hill at5 4oA. M.,Doves- ville 5.58, Floyd's 15.00,Palmetto 0.20 and arrives at Florence at 0.45. The up passenger leaves Florence at 8.35 P. M.; Palmetto —The County Farmers Alli ance will meet at this place on Friday, July rtHiiU‘nt**il to bpprt*si*nt or H*n<l proi BRIGHT WILLIAMSON, J uni* '.s- tf Secretary. mcc T T T ' AllxOkJ i-i ill TS now prepared to at her new store < with all the Ijit Millinery, Ladies, Misses and Children’s serve eustoiiieni in Cushua Street, st Styles of 2 Some of the, leading mouthpieces are expect- HatS, BcmietS and Caps, ed to be on hand and we will lAili(>(1 . Trimined Hllt8 froln .vx-ts to something good Misses'from 25etfi to $4.00; Baby Caps from 23cts to $2.50. Since the recent disastrous fire from which he suffered so severely doubtless hear for the order. Smoke our “May Kirby” and feel happy; Edwards, meat & Co. cigar Nor- CYPRESS. D: : p n ^ A i Ullii iii DU y u. - Mr. R. M again from and is lookin' DuBose is at home Wofford College r well. of on at at the first. He made many .grounds, in a short time and w< friends in Darlington, who will Bust that the club will bail Do you want a bargain in a straw hat? See Blackwell Bros. Celery sauce and pickled on ions at Edwards, Norment & Co’s. He Shot Himsel ". On Friday morning the com munity was shocked to learn that William A. Carraway, a —The closing exercises j Union Academy will he held Wednesday evening, July 1, 18 o’clock. —Hon. J. C. Clements has ' commenced work on his new residence, which promises to be a very commodious, as well as beautiful, structure when com- I pleted. —After July I, services will he held at Wesley Chapel in the morning. For the past six months they have been held in this church in the afternoon and —Rev. J. E. Rushton is get ting up an excursion to Char leston over the C. S. & N. Rail road. —Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Pate’s little baby, that we reported sick last week, died on Thurs day, the 18th. inst. —Several persons brought cotton blooms to this place last week, Mr. W. H. Crosswell be ing one among the first. —Mrs. Dr. Josey has the finest potatoes in this section. She sent your correspondent one that was about twice the size of has charge of the Darlington Circuit, will fill Mr. Rice’splace in the Methodist Church at this place Sunday morning and night. On Monday morning le nt township on Thursday night. A large party of young ladies and gentlemen from this place were present. There will be no more meet ings of St. David’s Lodge, A. F. M.. until Wednesday night on or before the full moon in Sep tember, the lodge having “called off” until that time. Rev. J. Thomas Pate, who was for several years pastor of the Methodist Church at Flor ence, has had the degree of doctor of divinity conferred up- pressure that would be neces- on him by Rutherford College, Bar y ) should it be, at any time, North Carolina. desired to extend the pipes over Mr. James Garrison brought the town. The steam pump has quite a curiosity to The News been ordered and it is expected office last week. It was three that the water works will be in well matured cucumbers grown j operation by August 1. on one stem. One of them was rp HE an i, ua i statement of the double so in reality there were ]) ar ij ng ton. Ginning, Milling, always rememember with pleas- better ' ‘ spo- week- luck Mr. Rice and Mr. Wait will liver educational addresses the Hebron school. The water works company is laying new ten inch pipes from j the artesian well to the Square. These pipes are larger than those previously put down and : the change is made that the mains may stand the increased ure the forcible and plain ken, hut courteous, manner in which he advocated the cause of religion. He left for his home in Asheville on Thursday, | where he will enjoy a good rest before making a journey to the Holy Land, which he proposes! doing in a short time. Owing to indisposition, Dr. Pearson was compelled to cancel the en gagement he had made to con duct a series of meetings at [C chi i wil ia\e y OUn g white man well known have proved satisfactory, being a goose egg. than it iaa as a ^ out town, had shot himself very convenient for all in this ^ . -.it ir.. • .v,ith suicidal intent. The affair neighborhood. has tlm finest field of co Norfolk. Virginia, on Sunday last. We have the latest designs in chamber sets; Edwards, Nor ment & Co. tt, • , , i occurred about ten o'clock m inis inms ai< P ’ the morning in a small restau- m every week;VVest & Honour. rant on Pet 7 rl y treetj kept by an A _ . .TTr . c D |old colored woman, named An- A Delightful Health and Summer Re- ^ Hohnes Carraway had sort ' gone there for his breakfast Mr. Charles B. Jordan, of an d, before entering the restau- Bennettsville, S. C., is now in. ra nt, talked in a very melan- charge of the Mt. Airy White* c holy and morose manner to the Sulphur Springs, three and one-1 proprietress, but in too vague half miles from Mt. Airy , N. C., a wa y to give her any suspicions and is prepared to make it bene-, about what he intended to do. beginning tieial, comfortable, convenient and pleasant for those who may wish to visit said Spring. This water is claimed, by competent judges, to be equal to the Green brier White Sulphur of Virgin ia. or the Cleveland of North Carolina, and for beauty of scenery and pleasantness of lo cation, is hardly surpassed by any other Spring. It is at the | his side base of the Blue Ridge Mount- j ghastly four on the stem. The Young Men's Christian Fire At the Experimental Station. About half past eight o’clock on Sunday morning the tobacco barn on Mr. J. M. McCown’s place across Swift Creek, form- Fercilizer and Warehouse Com- erly the Experimental Station, pany has been completed. It was destroyed by fire. In the Association meets every Sunday, gives the business done during ham was about two hundred | affording such delightful sports at 4 p.m., in the Presbyterian the past year and shows the fdollars worth of tobacco, tm- a8 boating, fishing, bathing, &c Church. ' The subject for the flourishing condition of the property of Mr. C. S. McCul Conveyances will meet parties meeting on Sunday next is: company. Reasonable profits lough, which was being cured, j at t he trains to convey “Worthy of being coveted.”— have been made and the com- and this, too, was destroyed. First Corinthians, XII, 21; XIII. pany is now on a stronger basis The building caught from the . T -vr **i _ e than it has been at any time flue. The tobacco was to have since it commenced business. been shipped to the market on the following day and the loss We have a beautiful line of straw matting to select from; Edwards, Norment & Co. MT. IDA, —A pump has been ordered for the church at Lake Swamp. —Mr. P. N. Weaver reported the first cotton bloom in this section on the 15th inst. —While rains have been pas sing frequently, we, in this sec tion, are in the midst of a von can get it hard am drought of several weeks dura- Edwards, Norment & t tion. —Rev. George T. Gresham, Mr. A. J. Nettles, formerly the express messenger on the Sumter and Wadesboro route. has is a disappointment to Mr. Mc- The Comptroller General passed through Darlington on received abstracts of personal Cullough, for a prize had been Tuesday night, in the place of j property and of additional real. offere ,j f or t he first tobacco cur- Mr. J. C. Dinkins, the regular i estate since the_last assessment e j an( } pu t on the market for messenger, who stopped over at for a number of counties. I he this season and he was making 3ii# home in Sumter. following wi.l show the increase an e jf ort to secure it. The barn for the year for Darlington , wag va [ ue( j a t about $100 and was a total loss to Mr. McCown Mb. W. W . Coker, of ^‘e Q ount y : jg<| Ui rea ] estate$1.928,- Jfm<W office, left yesterday tor ]7 . $2,005.1(55; increase, Cheraw, where he will resume $78,994; personal P ropertv, 189:>, his former position on ™e $ 72 4 , 8; 1891) $, ^ in- Jieporter. Mr Henry Gasque, ( . reaS e, $171,177. The total in- of Cheraw. will accept the posi- crease for the Countv is $250,- tion in the Herald office made ]7] vacant by Mr. Coker's depart- 1 ' ure . The work of widening Pearl Among the young men, who Street is being pushed as rapidly graduated at the several State as possible. 1 he owner of tlm colleges last week, we noticed buildings, occupied by tlie New the following from Darlington Cheap Store and Mr. J. Countv Mossrs D R Coker Rosenberg, will not give per- . mid | J 'lV Roat' „ the South mission to have the stores moved case went to the Supreme Court Carolina University and Time, i back, so the Town Council has on an appeal; a new trial was -- - ‘ Tj n iv e r. i decided to widen the street up to refused, out, before the remitit these buildings and in order to ter was sent to the lower court, ido this they will take the pave- a motion was made for a new The school at Hartsville will , nen t on the north side away, hearing. This motion was re clow this evening with an ex- f ro m Hennig’s brick store to the fused by the Supreme Court last The woman put his breakfast on the table, and Carraway ate only sparingly of it. The wo man said she was then called out of the room and that while she was absent the deed ivas done. As soon as the pistol fired, a number of persons from of Gaffney City, Spartanburg the street rushed into the room County, has accepted the call to and found Carraway lying on serve the Mt. Elon and Lake on the floor with a \ Swamp Churches. He is ex- wound in his head, pected to preach at Lake Swamp ams, and that beautiful stream j when he was raised up a 32 cal-1 on the first Sunday in July at the Ararat river, flows through 1 jbre pistol, a cigar, and ten cents 111 a. m. the grounds, near the spring,; in money were found on the floor, _ u wag our j fortune t0 where he had been lying upon attend chil(lr f n ' s Day and a . t* • 1 , 1 1,,, I picnic combined at Salem n Dr i V' 17Ar’aUm ded the Church on Saturday. The pro- Dr. J. M. Earle, attended ; gramme f or the occasion was wounded man and probed for nicely carried out The people the bal! It was found that thi of th f lt nei g hbo rhood have long ball had pierced the temporally noted * for their hosp i ta i ity and, as we saw the long table loaded with good things to eat, ins still tton in this section, but he must keep on moving or he will have to turn the cake over to some of his neighbors. —We have learned that the Charleston, Sumter and North ern Railroad would very soon build a branch road from Lamar up by this place; that it will be in operation by September 1 and will take this year's crop to market. has purchased the stock of Dr. W. J. Garner, and has leased the latter’s desirable business stand on the West side of the 1’ublie Square for a term of years. Here tiis friends and patrons will lind him in the future provide I as heretofore with a large and select assoi tment of DRUGS, MEDICINES, TOILET ARTICLES, FANCY ARTICLES, &C., &C. J3T A continuance of the libera patronage which has been accorded him in the past is respectfully solicit ed. Jan. 15-tf. Patronize Home Industries. The Darlington Ginning, Milling, Fertilizer and Warehouse Company are turning out the T-' T T 1 T Y t Uiyinnt 1 T" ~ p X aIaWW J AAA ww'w A AAA Wk w | grouiiil from best, sound corn, and ab solutely free from adulteration. They propose to sell it jis low as pure goods can be sold. Buyers, ask your mer chant for Darlington Meal and take no other; it is always fresh and always reliable. Merchants, patronize your home mill and give your customers the best meal to be had, besides save writing, exchange on bills, and haul ing. (rive us your orders. Tlie Darlington M F & W Co. Iaa it 1 1 vk a i. • Ww Don’t buy melted butter when firm at o's. n a. » Muv 21-tf HARTSVILLE FIRE INSURANCE AGENCY. GIN HOUSES, DWELLINGS. STORES, BARNS. them lirectly to the Springs. A first- class laundry and livery stable are connected with the Spring. Board, first-class in every j artic-j bone just above the right ear ular. Rates: Per day, $2; per ami, ranging downward, had week, $8 to ^10; per month, $25 | lodged in the brain. we felt satisfied that their pres- hut are wanted to make the to 830. Special rates to families Carraway is still alive. t d j n ^at line did not Confederate reports complete. Mount Airy is reached via the ; His case is very serious, but 1 eni recor(1 1,110 U1U ,lul - - Carolinians at Chickamauga. [News and Courier.] The following letter from Gen. Marcus J. Wright, formerly a distinguished officer of the Con federate army, and now special agent of the war department, And all insurable property placed at needs no comment to obtain for lowent adequate rates of premium it the prompt and careful con sideration of any who can give the desired information: War Records Office, 1 Washington, June 15, 1891. j To the Editor of The News and Courier: The following named official reports of the ’ battle of Chickamauga are not 'on file in the war records office, as there was no insurance upon it. Ladies, now is the time to get you a nice white embroidered | robe cheap at McCall & Burch’s, j The James Case. At the March 1890 term of Court Joseph W. James was convicted of the murder of his father, Joseph Janies Sr. The C., S. & N. Railroad, which connects with the C. F. & Y. V. at Bennettsville. For circulars or for further information ad dress Charles B. Jordan, Mount Airy, N. C. Do you want a sewing chine? See Blackwell Bros. ma il. Rogers, at jsity. Furman his doctors think there is a chance for his recovery. The young man is the son of Mr. G. H. Carraway, a well-to-do and highly respected farmer, who lives a few miles above Dar lington, and the sympathies’ of ent record in that line did not Confederate reports deviate from that of the past. : Will you kindly publish the list and request Do you want summer suit? Bros. a bargain in a See Blackwell SOCIETY HILL. information to be sent to *me of the surviving offi cers of the respective com mands? Very respectfully, Marcus J. Wright, Agent of the war department for the collection of Confederate RIVERDALE. —Cotton blooms have appearance —“General Green” has must ered his hibUiou A well selected pro- public Sqaure. gramme has been arranged and f the town are a pleasant tune is anticipated 1 -. ’ , . • t sons from tend. will at- to build the two additional rooms needed at St. John’s Academy. Darlington The entertainment will be given TwENTY-two persons connect- in the Opera House and an ex- ed themselves with the several cellent programme has been churches of the town on Sun- selected. Refreshments will day. Seven joined the Metho- u l st > be served. As it is for a dist, seven the Presbyterian and worthy object it is hoped that <eight the Baptist. There are t be public will patronize the others who will join these musicale very liberally. The week and the Clerk of the Court for Darlington County has re ceived the reinititter, which re mands the case to the Circuit Court for the purpose of assign ing a new date for the execu tion of the death sentence. James will, therefore, be resentenced at the fall term of Court which convenes on October 2(5. Lewis Williams, colored, who was convicted at the same time for the same offence, has again been respited by the Governor Until November 13. I gal jars pickles 35c; W. & H. Go to McCall & Burch's and get you a nice pair of ladies’ .»■■■ button shoos for 75c, The Darlington Phosphate Company. 1 — .. , . . A Pastor Called, At a meeting of the stoex-j , . . holders of the Darlington Phos- The committee, consisting of phate Company, held on Mon- Rev. G. B. Moore and Messrs, day, in the office of the Presi- W. C. Coker and C. B. Edwards, The first cotton blooms for dent of the Bank of Darlington, which was api>ointed by the this season were brought to The the following were elected the Baptist Church at this place to News office on Thursday last Board of Directors; W. J.-Alex- recommend a pastor to succeed t>y Messrs. B. F. Rhodes, from ander, G W. Dargan, E. R. Me- Rev. G. B. Moore, who has ac- Swift Creek, James Garrison, Iver, E. Keith Dargan, C. S. cepted the professorship of Eng- from Dr. A. C. Spain’s place, Me .ullough, McC. Willis. J. J. lish at Furman Lniversity, re- and Marco & Lewenthal from Ward and Bright Williamson, commended, at a meeting of the their plantation on the river. At a subsequent meeting of the congregation on Sunday inorn- Bince then a large number of: Directors, Dr. W. J. Alexander 1 ing, Rev. John Stout, who is others have brought ip blooms. I waselected President and freas-1 now pastor of the Baptist Church churches later. At the commencement oxer- edsc* of St. Joseiih’s Academy An Sumter, on Tuesday, Miss Hannah Manne, of this place, was awarded a gold medal for musk. At the dose of the exer cises a grand ball was given and several Darlingtonians were present to enjoy the “mazes of the dance”. date will ho announced later. Several mid summer bargains next few weeks at Blackwell Bros’. Have you tried our boneless pigs feet in 31b tins? Edwards, Norment & Co. The C. S. &. N. Railroad. The work upon the C. S. & N. Railroad between Darlington and Bennettsville is being push ed forward rapidly. The track extending north from Darling ton will be connected with the one extending south from Ben nettsville about the last of this week and the line will then be completed. Trains will be run ning from Charleston to Ben nettsville by the middle of July and about the first of August a through train will be run, over the Charleston, Sumter and Northern and Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railroads, from Charleston to Greensboro,North Carolina, which will there con nect with the Richmond and Danville train for New York. There will be three stations between here and Bennettsville. The first, situated on the line —Children’s Day at this place between the “Round O” plan- has been postponed until July 10. tationand Mr. E. M. William- _ Tjie c s & N R R Com . S. Haid and Capt. E. J. Gog- -Col. John , ~ —Mr. Merriman. of Wilming- the community are with the pa- ton, has charge of the depot at records. rent in this hour of affliction. this place. 7th Soutli Carolina—Lieut. McCall & Burch are offering' —Mr. John Winters is paint- J - their entire line of straw hats at 1 ing the Baptist parsonage at s very low prices to close out. Dovesville. h gtti South Carolina —Mrs. J. L. Wilson and Miss W. Henegan. Fannie Wilson are visiting 15th South Carolina—Col. Jo- again i friends and relatives in Green- seph F. Gist, made their appearance to de- ville. 3d South Carolina Battery- light the eyes of the enraptured . T • j r , Capt. Joshua M Townsend, farmers. -Mrs. A. J. Baird of Chat- £ th 8outh Carolina-Col. tanooga, and Mrs. J. Z Hearou, Clement H> Stevens and Lieut. forces and is making ^ V1Sltll,g MrS ’ Col. Ellison Capers. '• ^ ^ <lrrl S a, L [The seventh, eighth and fifteenth rapid progress since the recent ^ pj Baker super- South Carolina regiments, mentioned rainfalls. ^ * 4 * rY a ~ . above, formed a part of Hen. J. H. intendent of Messrs. A. C. Spain j^ en *j iaw , 8 brigade. In the eighth W e are glad that our pastor, j & Qo\s brick yard at this place, youth Carolina there were two com- j Rev. J. D. Frierson, has sufti- is occupying Miss M. E. Me- panies from Darlington County;’ ciently recovered from his recent Intosh’s house. company E, Capt. Joye, and company illness to resume his ministerial _ We are leaged to learnthat , nim^rof aurviv^Tof 1 in the Largest Companies. Any information cheerfully given. Call and see us. J. L COKER a CO. HARTSVILLE, S. C. Feb. ID-Om. Tnp | Tpn | Inn ! iOw . IwU 1 Iww . I will keep on hand during the sum mer months a large supply of U which will he furnished my customers at the lowest market price. S. KALMUS. nr The trade Supplied with freshly bottled beer and soda water. May 14-tf work. He is yet quite weak, T but delivered an intensely inter-1 ,• k - ,-' oompayrac, esting sermon at New Chapel l i ace ’ ha8 I ,assed ^eessfully last Sunday. the examinations at West Point . _. and has been promoted to cor- Buy one of our 5 gallon cans 1 poral. and save waste in oil; Edwards, _Q u ite a number of Norment & Co. 1 - of this our PHILADELPHIA. nics, now res.ding in the county, w ho can give Gen Wright information that will greatly assist him in his work.—Editor Thk Nkws.J . MARRIED. On June 14, 1891, by Judge C. P. Dargan, Miss Ella Dutton and Mr. William Odom, all of at son s place, about miles pan y j s building the depot from Darlington, wiU be named ^ acu8e Mont Clare, after Mr. E- M. i Williamson’s plantation. The —We ure^ sorry to chronicle next station, a few miles he- the death o£ Mr. and Mrs. J. B. vond, will he Bobbin's Neck. Parker’s little Rosa, only one 'The third station will he across I year old, which occured’on the the river and will be named 19th inst. Mandeville. after the old Keitt —Since the failure of the Mu- PJ ac . 0 ' J, he H , ta V on Bobbin g tua [ p r j n ting Company, of At- Neck will only be a flag station ] an ta, Mr. J. C. Dowling, their —the train stopping there on bookkeeper, has returned to his signals—while the other two i j^ome at this place. will be regulal stations. Ladies, it will pay you to go to McCall & Burch’s and seethe bargains they are offering on their bargain counter this week. —Misses Lizzie Andrews and Hattie Phifer, of Monroe, North Carolina, and Ella Jeffords, of Palmetto, are visiting friends in this community. « young friends returned home from school last week, among „ .. „ . whom are Messrs. Frank Win Darlington County, ters, from Graham 8. C., T. H. On June 20, 1891, by Judge C.: Rogers and Hart Coker, from' P-Dargan, Miss Zilla Mirinda Furman, Edwards Wilson, from and Mr. Pressley B. Franklin, the State University, and Miss both of Richmond County, Nor*h Ray Coker, from Greenville Carolina. Female College. nar-i«nn«*Es ■jwfu-urgsra&ams * DIED. You can always find crackers At her residence in Darling- fresh and sweet at Edwards, ton, on Sunday, June 21, 1891, } Mrs. Lulu Blanche Lide, wife of ! Mr. Dargan P. Lide. Mrs. Lide was the daughter of Col. Frank Norment <!k Co’s. LAMAR. —Mr. T. E. Early, our Coffee- Miles, of Marion County, and town friend, was in our town was thirty years old. Four on last Saturday on business. little children remain with the j i.r , .. j , , , father to mourn the loss of the -^o rk 0 J l ‘ he de P^ and a ^° devoted mother and wife. The Mims 6 has been^suspended for serviceswereconductwi some time for want of material., bytSanClmrch on Monday a‘f- —The first cotton bloom was I ternoon and the remains wore brought in on the 10th. inst. by ■ interred in Grovehill Cemetery. What would you liko —in the v/ey of a corset? Something that’s easy and comfortable, with “bones”, that can’t break or kink, and soft eyelets that won’t rust or cut the laces—something that clasps the figure closely, but yields to every movement? Then you want the Ball’s Corset. If you find that you don’t, after wearing for two or three weeks, you have only to return it to us and get your money back. JSdwurdti, Nurmeut & C».