The Darlington news. (Darlington, S.C.) 1875-1909, August 27, 1891, Image 1
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VOL. XVIII. NO. 35.
DARLINGTON, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 27. L891.
WHOLE NO. 866-
local ITEMS.
Mk. W. J. Moorhead
to bo at work again.
Mr. M. T. Lido advertises in
this issue a good buggy and
saddle horse for sale.
Mr. 8. 8. Burch is again at
his post, after having spent a
pleasant vacation at
Virginia
Mr. L. I. Parrott, of Sumter,
is able s f , ent Sunday in Darlington.
i iIl{ - S. Mamie has returned
j from a pleasure trip to the fn-
imous summer resorts of the
horth.
Messrs. Jones, Lee & Co.,
cotton factors, of Norfolk, Vir-
Roanoke, 8|nia, have an advertisement in
this issue. The firm
The friends of Dr. W.
i , ... gives
^ splendid references. It has
done considerable business
plaver are glad to see him on I '.‘"“V. ^“"meiauie ousiness in
the streets again after his long arl,11 gton in the past and the
spell of sickness. {prospects are that it will do
\ t t ,• even m ire m the future.
The subject for the meeting ^ A
of the Young Men’s Christian! ' N ist b. mst., during a
Association, on Sunday after- h ^ v Y rt * the mill and dam
is: “Laying upifl„ th s I )0U< b on the Society
I Hill road, were completely
] washed away. Portions of the
W. Hammond, of mill’s machinery were swept a
was.in | considerable distance down the
We millrace. The damage to the
The j property, which belonged to
Mrs. A. T. Baird, will approx-
la8t r nate $ 2,00 °. Tl ‘e work of re
an uuSUC- ^ Uild i n « the dam a " d ,,,il1 hllS
cessful attempt to break into read ^ ^ e 8 un -
the residence of Mr. A. J.Broom, i Work has been commenced on
on Main Street. the erection of the building for
u t xf„vr„i „ i * 1 c °tton compress, which will
n Mr - J - chao1 ’ ? f be located on east Broad Street,
Orangeburg, has been made| jugt in the rc , ar of M . 8ch()ol
editor of the Bishopvil e EagU,, A 8ide track is now f )ei . laiJ
111 V t u i i-.w I' a h ° from th « C. 8. & N. Railroad to
was killed on July 4. , ^ 8 j te f or tke com p re88
Mr. Edward M. Wells, of | enterprise will be ready to begin
Clieraw, the new salesman for {operations about October 1. The
Messrs. Edwards. Norment & j capacity of the compress will
noon next,
Treasurer.”
Editor J.
the Florence Messenger,
Darlington on Monday,
were glad to see him at
News office.
Os Tuesday night of
week some one made an unsuc-1;
Co., has arrived in Darlington
and is now at his post of duty.
Mrs. L. R. Brazell, of Flor
ence, visited Messrs. J. K.
Carter, Jr., and J. E. Rhodes,
in the Swift Creek section last
week and returned home on
Monday.
The Darlington Herald has
be five hundred bales a day.
The first bales of new cotton,
raised in Darlington County,
were brought to town on Thurs
day last. They w-ere five in
number; three were grown by
Mr. M. Marco, at Lydia, and
the other two were raised on
Messrs. Marco & Lewenthal’s
place in Meehanicsville. Mr.
MT. IDA,
Nellie Vaughn
The Band Concert. An Interesting Trial.
1 he bourth Regiment Band, A preliminary hearing of un- —Miss
f Sumter, gave a most delight- usua | interest was held by Trial turned home on Saturday
ul concert in the Opera House, j Utj tice Dargan, in the Court j a visit of several weeks to
House, on Monday. The defen-' tives in North Carolina.
on Thursday night last. A very
good audience was in attend
ance. The band is undoubtedly
one of the best in the State and
its performance here will add to
re-
from
rela-
dantin the
Watford,
young man
case was Mr. Lee
-Fodder ptilling and cotton
, a highly respected picking art , now un der way.
an who lives near La- g^vera! bales of cotton were
neighborhood
the" reputation it has already lnar ’. He was charged with the pj c k e( j j n this
1 already m urder of his wife Of course! 5 uring thepa8t week .
a trial of this nature always at
tracts a crowd, and quite
a
attained. The instrumental
part of the entertainment w-as
particularly good the plantation nU mber of persons from the
ays rendered by the band being neighborhood, in which the
one of the best things of the 1
evening. In the vocal perform
ance Mrs. Harhy and Miss Anita
DeLorme rendered their parts
admirably and round after
young man resides, were pres
ent and took the deepest inter
est in the proceedings.
The wife of the defendant
died some few weeks ago. The
—A very angry looking cloud
passed over this section on the
18th inst. At Mr. George Mor
ris’ place it was in the nature of
a cyclone. Where the storm
passed through his fields the
crops were badly beaten. A lot
of corn was uprooted and car-
round of applause greeted these CO uple, both of whom were quite I ried off. The cloud passed from
sweet singers at every appeal - young, had been married not west to east,
ance on the stage. I he comic q U j te two years. Last spring
recitations of Mr. Bennett were ^ rs Watford made complaint
greatly enjoyed by the audience, j ^.jore Trial j ust ice Morris that
her husband had beaten her,
but the Trial Justice, after in
vestigating the case, threw out
the complaint. Certain circum-
Onee you smoke the “May
Kirby" cigar you will have no
other; Edwards, Norment <St Co.
-Rev
MT. ELON.
Geo. T. Gresham left
On the whole the entertainment
was very creditable to themem-
bers of the organization. The
band in the street parade, dur-
ing the afternoon, received many stances "attending the death of oa Monday for Virginia to visit
compliments on its admirable j the woman, which as stated Ids parents,
music and the tine appearance a hove occurred a few weeks —Mr. John Amerson's child
its members made in their hand- {l g 0> j e j 80 me people to take the ; has
some uniforms. | ground that her death had re- now
An Enterprising Firm. I suited from the beating that it |
Mr. S. A. Woods, of thefirm! w . a8 alleged her husband had
of Woods & Woods, has just i 8 lven her last spring. Watford
returned from the North after was accordingly brought before
having made most fortunate se-1 ^ ria Justice Dargan. A thor-
lections in securing the fall and °4® 1 U m yestigation was had in
winter stock for his store. The ; w hich, of course, only the wit-
carry this year the' nesse8 the Mate were ex-
J - 1 n Dr. J. A. Cole, who
; Hotel, bought the entire lot at 7
{cents and shipped them to Eure,
Gregory & Co., of Norfolk.
purchased a cylinder power; R w p arkei . ; of the Enterprise
press and has otherwise im- lHot.pl homrht, t.hp pnt.irp lot. nt 7
proved its outfit. The paper
will hereafter be printed entire
ly at home.
, , t, , . . „ Rev. G. B. Moore preached
T he colored Presbyterians of j,j s f a i- ewe ll sermon at the Bap-
Darlington have organized a tist Church on Sundav. During
Sunday school. The organiza- the service three persons were
j baptized. Mr. Moore leaves
1 j this week for Furman Universi
ty, wffiere he will fill the chair
] of English. The Baptist con
gregation has called Rev. Baylis
tion was effected by Rev Dil
lard, of Columbia. A church
will be erected shortly
The Southern Express Com
pany has established offices at
Jovann and Hartsville, with
Mr. 8. C. King as agent at the
former place and Mr. J.
Hearon at the latter.
On Friday last a white inmate
of the Asylum from Darlington
County, who had recently es
caped and returned to his home,
was taken back to the Asylum
by an attendant of that insti
tution.
Cade, of Louisburg, North Caro
lina, to the pastorate of the
Z. I church. It is not known, as
;yet, whether he will accept the
call.
Mr. M. Marco will erect at wo-
story brick store on the vacant
lot on Pearl Street, just east of
! Mr. Hennig’s store. The con
tract has been given out and the
j work will begin immediately.
Mr. Marco will also move back
j nine feet the building occupied
1 by the New \ ork Cheap Store
i and this wdll leave only the store
j occupied by Mr. J. Rosenberg
I jutting out on the sidewalk of
In the list of prisoners confin
ed in the jail, which was pub
lished in the last issue of The
News, the name of John Saw
yer, colored, appeared. T h e
name should have been James
Sawyer.
,, , , . I On Tuesdav a large cotton
Several of our merchants, gta | k con t a ining many bolls
who recently went North to j wa „ brought to The News office,
purchase the fall and winter j cotton had all rotted in the
goods, have returned home and boll The 8talk came from \i r .
among them we note Messrs. 8. p reston s . Carter’s place in
Woods, J. S. Burch an u; g w jfj Creek and is a sample of
’! that portion of Pearl Street.
On
A.
Claude Milling.
| the condition of his crop, grown
firm will w „„ wre ,
most complete line of dress goods a ’ am j , j , ■
and trimmings that thev have unended Mrs. Watford during
ever had. A new department ) er ^ckne-ss, testified that her
--- - - i death was due to natural causes.
been very sick, but it is
improving. dovesville.
—It was gratifying to us to 1 —Mr. J. P. Wilson has gone
see a letter recently from Mrs. on his annual visit to the Vir-
S. E. Draper. She wishes to be ginia Mineral Springs,
remembered to all. —The colored people have
their bill for lumber and will
shortly erect a large and coin
ed their store and are ready for modious house of worship near
the fall trade.
GREEN PLAINS. ! Evangelist Leitch in Trouble.
—Our farmers are busy pulling [The State, August 24.]
fodder. , Quite a sensation is brewing
—The excessively hot weather ; n religious circles, and it will
has been very disastrous to the ; 800 n be ready to swoop down on
cotton, causing firing and much . a certain evangelist with much
8 ^ edd * n g’, . more force than the New York
—The singing school at An-1 touches up the Rev. Sam
tioch closed last week with a; Jones
picnic, which was a very en- The ' i n i tial movement was
joyable affair. We noticed j made in the Methodist Confer-
several visitors present among | ence on g a t ur <]ay by the adop-
whoin were Mrs. E. L. Wilkins j[j on 0 f a resolution referring to
and her sister, both of Charles- j unholy evangelists and caution-
* ,on - . . \ ing the trustees to be very care-
—The heaviest rain fall that jf u i i n their selection of evangel-
we hane had since the cloud j 8 t 8 i n the future. This resolu-
i burst fell in the Antioch section ] t i 0 n The State correctly sup-
i on J uesday evening, doingmuch ; posed referred to “recent utter-
I damage to crops and other anceg m ade in Columbia.”
property. We notice that in a a short time ago the Rev.
the cotton Thomas Leitch came here and
, , , . a scalded to ] ie u jjjg tent meetings. It was
to build them a store. \\ e wish , death. I10 t long before he attacked the
—Mrs. Patience Byrd, whom | different religious denomina-
we mentioned some time agoas t ions and their ministers in lan-
being quite ill, died very sud-1 guage which was considered so
denly on Friday morning. She I ou trageous that the Rev. H. F.
was the oldest lady in this neigh- (’hreitzberg wrote him a letter
borhood. She leaves a large an d a meeting of the ministers
number of children, all of whom wa8 held. The affair blew over,
are grown, and many grand-1 however. Yesterday it was as-
LAMAR.
—Prof. Mitchell left on Tues-;
day for his home in Arkansas.
—A two-thirds cotton crop at
best is all this section will put
on the market this season.
—Mr. J. E. Windham shipped
three bales of new cotton last
week to Messrs. Bardin & Mur
doch, of Charleston.
—The weather is extremely
wet and open cotton in the fields
is faring badly. The corn and!
pea crops are very good.
—Messrs John Jove and M.
M. Cox are building stores and
expect to commence business
soon.
—Messrs Parker & Pittman,
of Williamsburg County, have
bought a lot here and have con- good many places
tracted with Mr. R. L. DuBose seems to have been
the new firm success.
—Our farmers are all in favor
of cutting down the cotton crop
hereafter to ten acres to the
mule. We regard this as the
only way of controlling prices
to any extent, but the plan
must be universally adopted.
j children to mourn her loss.
Lee to Hampton.
General Wade Hampton
has
—Messrs Kelley and Gatlin,
our new merchants, have open
of the old Mt. Zion
has been established on the sec-
dismissed the
& Brown
ond floor for ladies and Mrs. B. i* 1 became so clear that the wo-
C. Law will be in charge of it. man died Iiuma disease, which
In this department will be found 'Y a8 m no . wa - v connected with
ladies, misses and children’s H ie ^uble oetween herself and
cloaks, ladies’ underwear, chil- l lt,r husband in the spring, that
dren’s ready made dresses, etc..; Jud 8 e Dargan
in great abundance and in every case - Messrs Boyd
stvle. Here everyone's taste; represented the defendant,
can be suited and Mrs. Law will ,.Hr- Watford stated that the
take pleasure in showing the ^Rerence between himselt and
ladies; at any time, the entire 1 hl8 Wlfe , last spring was merely
stock. Whatever a lady may
want Mrs. Law will be sure to
have it for sale on very reasou-
the site
Church.
—Some of our young people —Rev. C. L. Dowell,
wish to return thanks to their conducting, what promised to be,
friends at Oats for the courte- a very successful protracted
sies shown them at the icecream! meeting at Black Creek Church,
festival at that place on Mon- was stricken with fever and has
| a quarrel, and that he struck no
day night.
McCall & Burch have a few
more negligee shirts at cost.
Look in their show window.
SOCIETY HILL.
—Mr. J. D. Russell, of
rinburg, North
Lau-
Carolina, is
able terms. But while Messrs.
Woods & Woods have’taken
particular pains to fit up the la
dies’ department to perfection,
they have not neglected the oth
er branches of their establish
ment. They will carry this
season the usual line of clothing,
shoes and hats—and “the usual
line” with them means the very
best. Their groceries will also
be of the first quality. The town
and county of Darlington are
growing very rapidly, but this
firm intends to keep abreast
of the times. On all sides new
houses are in the course of erec
tion which necessarily have to
be furnished and, to enable this
to be done in the right way,
Messrs. Woods & Woods have
determined to present to the
public a very handsome line c
- ulk im clerking for Messrs. W. A. Car- [4 eu tember
blows. The young man has al- r jg an ^gon. p
been quite sick, but we are hap
py to state is convalescing.
—The trustees have received
j several applications from well
recommended teachers and will,
we nresume, make a judicious
selection in time for the opening
of the institute, which should
occur on the first Monday in
ways born a good reputation
and his manv friends are glad —Mr. \\ . C. Wilson has gone
that he has been cleared ot the' North to purchase the stock of
grave charge. We are also in- fall and winter goods for Messrs,
formed that the disposition W. C. Coker & Co.
made of the case is regarded by _j tr j) l Winters is build-
those who live in Mr. Watford's ing a verv ] arge 8 ji 0 f or Mr. A.
Gandy. The building is 50 xlo
and will hold two hundred and
j seventy tons of ensilage.
neighborhood as the only one
that could have been justly
made.
The far-famed Smith’s mill,
which has successfully with
stood the floods of over half a
century (having been erected
about 1830), reluctantly suc-
j cumbed to the terrific force of
' the deluge on the evening of the
' 18th inst., and came down with
a mighty crash bringing, in the
general wreck, two new gins, a
cotton press, and a saw mill and
A few more ginghams and
muslins at cost at McCall &
Burch’s.
RIVERDALE.
—Cotton is opening, and cot
ton picking will soon be the or
der of the day.
—Mr. W. W. Sumner has re- i grist mill complete, all of which
signed the position of salesman : now lie wrecked and ruined un-
at Messrs. W. C. Coker & Co’s! der the miscellaneous debris,
store. The vacancy has been i The building was a large two
filled by Mr. Hart Coker. Mr. | story structure with brick base-
Sumner will take a course in ' ment, and will be a heavy loss
some college this fall. to the owners, though we are
—— — i informed they intend rebuilding
We are still offering great in- immediately and will be ready
—Messrs. Warr & Blackman ! ducements at our bargain coun- in t j m e to gin the present crop.
have purchased the saw mill of ter: Edwards, Norment & Co. — —
Messrs. Suggs & Hatchel and | ~ *CLYDE lydia.
put it on the land of Mr. J. A. j „ ™ —A few of the farmers have
carnets and rues Goods boueht Middle ^° n ’ ' vl } ere they w.ll fill -Mr. R. F. Warner s little commenced I)icking cotton .
of this firm wffl be deliveredNo orders for thei . r ca8tomere - daughter is quite c -Some thirty persons were i
any part of the town and, when Another beautiful line of elass — Mr. Jim Ellis, of Kershaw, baptized on Sunday of last week
anerson makesa rmrehasein drv Anotnerheautitul line ot glass lgon a V18lt to relatives and at the Marshall bridge.
g^T oT$2ro P r more! these Ht M * friends at this place. | -We have not yet seen
presented to the Louisiana His
torical Society a letter which he
received from Gen. Robert E.
Lee just after the close of the
war. The letter shows the high
appreciation with which the
... great Confederate leader re-
whiie garded Hampton both as a sol-
d’er and a friend. It is worthy
o.' note that Leo says in this
letter that, had Hampton and
his cavalry been at the battle of
Five Forks, “the result would
have been different.” The let
ter, which was published in the
New Orleans Picayune, is as
follows;
Near Charlottesville, 1
August 1, 1805. j
My Dear General: 1 was very
much gratified yesterday at the
receipt of your letter of the 5th
ult. I have been very anxious
concerning you, and could ob
tain no satisfactory information.
You cannot regret as much as I
do that you were not with us at
our final struggle. The absence
of troops I had sent to North
and South Carolina was, I be
lieve, the cause of our imme
diate disaster. Our small force
of cavalry (a large, portion of
certained that one of the leading
Columbia ministers would soon
E refer charges against Mr.
.eitch which will be made
through the Southern Christian
Advocate and that these charges
will attempt to prove that Mr.
Leitch is grossly violating the
tenets of his profession. They
will be preferred merely “to
bring Mr. Leitch to his senses,
and try to bring him back to a
condition where he can use his
ability to do good for the cause
of the church, which ho so
groundlessly and wantonly at
tacks.” It is stated that it is
impossible to find what Confer
ence Mr. Leitch belongs to, and
whether he has a license to
preach or not.
A Crow From Cheraw.
[Corrospondence The State, Aur. 21 ]
Cheraw and Darlington played
their third game of ball of the
season this afternoon at the
park in Cheraw, and the game
resulted in a tremendous victory
for Cheraw, the score standing
20 to 7, in a game of not quite
seven innings for Cheraw. This
makes two out of three games
for Cheraw with Darlington.
J. B. Floyd pitched for Darling
ton this afternoon, and the nine
which played, according to Mr.
the men who had been sent to Floyd himself, is a stronger one
the interior to winter their than he took to Charleston when
horses had not rejoined their x) ar ij ngt on and Charleston
regiments) was unable to resist pl a y e d in that city. Every one
the united Federal cavalry un- { n Cheraw is elated over the
der Sheridan, which obliged me victory, as the Darlington nine
to detach Pickett’s division to were fully confident of beating
Fitz Lee’s support, thereby to-dav. Darlington played mis-
weakening my main line and erably, Floyd pitching badly,
yet not accomplishing my pur- w hil e Cheraw played a good
pose. If you had been there | game _ Had there been time to
with all of our cavalry the re- pl a y the nine innings there is no
suit at Five Forks would have telling how much Cheraw would
been different. But how long have beaten them. Cheraw
the contest could have been stands ahead on match games
I prolonged it is difficult to say. pi aV ed this year, having beaten
It is over, and, though the pres- Darlington two games out of
the ! ent is depressing and disheart- 1 three; Palmetto one to one, the
The Misses Fountain left on upon land on which he raised
Tuesday for New York where I two thousand pounds to the acre
they will purchase their fall and last year. The reports that
winter stock of Millinery. They! come to this office from other
will be absent from town about parts of the county indicate that
two weeks, and during that much of the cotton crop is rot-
time their store will be closed. ting very badly.
Sheriff Cole returned from | The Edgefield Chronicle of
Monroe, North Carolina, on
goods will be delivered, with ’
freight prepaid, to any railroad 1 ASHLAND.
station not over fifty miles from .. , f
Darlington. In fact the propri- a T^any of our farmers have
n nWs* th« ™nl« I finished pulling fodder.
—Mr. Luther A. Moore is pre
paring to make a large kiln of
brick near his house.
,, , w * \r bad effects of cider in this com-j ening, I trust the future may third a tie. which has not been
have iust* 1 returned from a trip nmnity and hope not to see it prove bright. We must at least played off, and Rockingham
f a e A^fvillf Nn^ rTrnlfn^ this year.
—We think the Lydia boys j to make it so. I hat every hap- standing 28 to 2.
etors intend to please the people
and everybody in the county
appeciates the fact that they
know how to do so.
—Mr. James W. McKenzie
was the first in this section to
have a new bale of cotton gin-
last week has this to say of the
Monday, bringing with him | junior member of the new firm
Henry M. Hicks, a white man of Brunson, Lunn & Co: “On
from this county, who is charged Monday morning last, our be-
with abduction. Hicks had fied i loved young friend, Purvis
the county and was captured at { Boatwright, son of Capt. James
Monroe. j Boatwright, of the Ridge, left
„ -, , , „ , , Edgefield to take up his resi-
Thk Darlington base ball club de * cein Dar ii ng t 0 n, where he
will play the Cheraw nine at enter into business. In los-
the latter place this afternoon, j Purvis Boatwright, Edge-
1 he club is determined to re- Lj^ lose8 one 0 f her noblest
tneve its reputation which was b HaHington will soon dis-
so seriously impaired in thej coveI . borowl aja;andwehope
game with Cheraw last week. . she will a pp r e C iate it.”
Messrs. Brunson, Lunn & Co. —„
are busy opening their goods' Go to Edwards, is or ment &
and a hasty glance over the {Co’s for your fresh crackers,
stock convinced us that this **'
store will be second to none in Victory and Defeat.
Darlington. The firm will be The Darlington base ball club
ready for business by Saturday, i won a victory on its own grounds
. , i . , on Thursday last, but suffered a
At a recent meeting * (most disastrous defeat on the
board of trustees of the Dar- following day in Cheraw. The
^b ic Schools, Misses Thursday at the home
Mary E. Falls, of King’s Moun- »“ pk wa ~
tain, North Carolina, and Mattie j;
E. Mills of Mayesville were nillg th ” e game was very close,
elected teachers for St John s y u ^ ter having SCO red one run
Academy. while Darlington had nothing
Ado Renty, an old colored to her credit. A costly error on
man, who lived on the place at;the part of Sumter during the
Cashua Ferry belonging to tjie fifth inning turned the tables in
estate of B. W. Edwards, was favor of Darlington, the latter
killed near his home on Friday.' scoring four runs in that inning.
He was driving an ox and the! In the eighth inning Sumter
animal becoming frightened ran made another run, but another
away, throwing the old man I costly error of the visitors again
out of the cart, with the result gave Darlington four runs,
above mentioned. Neither side made any more runs
| and the score stood at the end
A large quantity of goods 0 f the ninth inning, Darlington
have recently been stolen from 8, Sumter 2.
freight cars in Florence. On ' I n Cheraw on Friday the Dar-
Sunday Joe "Bowden, a negro, lington club crossed liats with
was arrested und he confessed the Cheraw nine. The score
his guilt, implicating another tells a sad tale for our club; 20
"Ed Jeffords. On
Resolutions.
At the session of the Darling
ton County Sunday School Con
ference, held at Bethel Church,! ned.
on July 23-26,1891, the death of | —Quite a number from this
D jssey G. DuBose was announ j section have just returned from ke ' r ' 0 f t "h e Clyde circuit,
ced. Hie deceased was long Wilmington, where they attend- _ ...
and favorably known as a Sun- 1
day-school worker and a high
ly esteemed citizen, Christian
ous condition. We wish
to Asheville. North Carolina,
which they enjoyed very much.
j —The weather is very rainy
and the boys are having a bad
time with their fodder. Some
of our farmers sold new cotton
on Saturday for 6 cents.
—A protracted meeting is in
progress at New Market. It is
conducted by Rev. J. D. Frier
son, assisted by Rev. J. Whita-
have acted wisely in dropping piness may attend you and yours
base ball. They are busy at is the earnest prayer of your
work that will do them good. friend, R. E. Lee.
—It is reported that typhoid — ~ j'*' *•’ —
fever has appeared in several r. ous o . as.
sections of the county and has, [Detroit Free Pre**.]
proven fatal in several instances, Did you ever have the extreme
but it has not come to this sec- pleasure of meeting Mr. Was—
tion yet. Mr. Yousto B Was? He is a
—Lydia has already been rep- j small man who
resented at the county seat, as
in this game
Cheraw is,
therefore, prepared to play any
nine in the State, during the next
week or ten days, which will
come to Cheraw.
OBITUARY.
Mrs. Gulie V. Carter, wife of
James K. Carter Jr., departed
stands very this life, on August 18,1891, at
! straight and looks so wise as to her residence in Darlington
it carried three bales of new cot- be almost severe. I met him ; County.
gentleman and brother. After
remarks eulogistic of the de
ceased, a committee was ap
pointed to give suitable expres
sion by preamble and resolution
park was between Sumter and
Darlington. Up to the fifth in-
_ fait She was forty-one
ed the annual Conference of the —The bridge across Black ton there on Friday. They were first at a game of billiards. He {years of age. Of these years
Second Adventists The next Creek on the Camden and ra i 8e( i 0 n Mr. Marco’s place, said he used to be an exceeding- twenty-seven were spent as a
Conference will be held at Sa-! Society Hill road is in adanger- j Hurrah for Lydia! ly skillful player; that he was; consistent member of the Swift
vanna, South Carolina, in July ous condition. We wish the —Some persons in this section ' at one time counted among the Creek Baptist
1892.
Canned tripe and lamb's
to the sense of the Conference * ca f e at Edwards > Norment &
in regard to the sad event.
submits the !
JASPER.
Alex Galloway
The committee
following: , „ .. „ ,
Whereas, in the inscrutable, Adcx Galloway has
but all wise and unerring, Pro- established a Freewill Baptist
vidence of God, our brother and ! at Pleasant Grove on
fellow laborer in the Sunday-, Rake Swamp,
school cause, Dossey G. DuBose | —Rev. B. F. Parrott will fill
was, on June 10, 1891, removed the appointment of our pastor
by death, therefore. a t Lake Swamp on the first
Resolved First, That, while I Sunday in September,
fully persuaded of the peaceful ~ . ...
end' of the deceased and his _“: ( ,? tton pK .' klnK 1 1 8 ,®” 1 picking cotton at a lively rate.
proper authorities would give it are planting sugar cane for the! very
their immediate attention.
Wanted—Housekeepers to try
our pickling spices, sixteen dif
ferent kinds in the assortment;
Edwards. Norment & Co.
CYPRESS.
—The public road
put in very good condition.
—Mr. E. H. Hearon is build
ing a large tarn on his planta
tion.
of
blissful entrance into the high- tant ltani n?w, and all of us
er and better state, we are, W ct to [ lve ,^ 8Weat .
nevertheless, deeply affected by ^ brow should put our shoul-
his departure; the heart is pain- ders to t b e wheel,
ed by the sundering of loving —Mrs.C.A.Lewisanddaugh-
ties and is saddened by the con- ter have returned home; the
sideration of the loss to the Sun- former has been visiting near
day-school, the Church, the Bishopville and the batter at
County, and especially to the Jacksonville, Florida,
particular home so desolate with- i
out him. „ ,
his stopped
Church and she
best of billiardists, but ever adorned her profession
, first time and they are expecting | that he had not played the game with a well ordered work and
an abundant harvest. If their for a long time and had forgot- with noble Christian deport-
j expectations are realized they ten nearly all he ever knew. ment. No kinder wife, mother,
will “sop” all winter. j Then he took up his cue and friend and neighbor has ever
! —Old Uncle Bill Brairley, col-; leveled the wrong end of it at a! lived. “None knew her but to
ored, died on the 7th inst. In ball. He didn’t make a shot love her.” She had the pleas-
i his young days he was an ex- during the game, but he count- ure of seeing her only child be-
cellent blacksmith, and even in | ed one for every attempt, and come a member of the Baptist
has been bis old age he was very good at! kept telling me that he was out Church, before she was called
the trade. He was always a of practice. When the game to the home above. She leaves
faithful follower of the white was finished he said: j a husband, one son, and many
men. ! “Well, considering that you ’ relatives and friends to mourn
—A large number of tbe far- had about three shots to my her lost.
mers are erecting gins, prepara- one, I held you a pretty close — - - -
—Fodder pulling is a thing of ^ tory to ginning. The price of race. I think if I had shot as ;
the past and the farmers are! cotton is so low that we would often as you did I should have
ing cotton at a lively rate, not object to the ginners cutting i beaten you.”
. , prices as they did a year or so The next time I met him we
—W e are still having lots of o but we ^ b j nk they have ! played whist together. He be-
rain and also lots of sickness. f ound ou t that this does not gan by saying that when he was
Messrs J. H. Huggins and J. M.
B’ulton are on the sick list.
pay.
We congratulate the people
—Report says that two new ; of Oats for the pleasant time
stores will be opened at this i they afforded their guests on the
place in a few days. We hope 17th inst. It is unnecessary to
that the rumor is true, as “com- say that we always have an en-
T i i i petition is the life of trade.” joyable time when among these
Jule Black, colored, has, B a flv hospitable folks. We thank
the mail on —Mr. A. M. Lee made a ny-
Resolved Second, That his | sioppeu carrying u.e -.nr. them all and hope that they will
long association and cooperation! Ifi e E J dia roa f a ? , 1 % tn P r , t k repeat their hospitality,
with the members of tins body , McEachern, white has been ap-1 Clarendon bounties /ust week i Mr w Thomas, Jr.,
was most pleasant, and his ef- pointed earner. We do not ob- looking over the fine lands He whi)e walki a few d ^
forts to promote the Sunday- to the chan K e ’ ex P ect8 to mve8t in ^ larendon ’ an 0 ld field which had gfown j one spots,
school interests were abundant, | —“The heavens declare the —Messrs J. L. McLendon and i up in broom sage and grass,, I met Mr. Was a great many
zealous and useful. glory of the Lord, and the firm- C. W. Harris leave in a few {heard a strange noise near him times after that, not by any pre
an officer in the navy he was
rated the best whist player in
his squadron, but he explained
that he had not played the game
for many years and would be a
little clumsy at first. He was. I
Ho played the deuce of clubs on
the ace of trumps and raked in
the trick, smilingly warning
our opponents that if they ex-,
pected to take tricks they must
play something bigger than
nfegro, named Ed Jeffords.
Sunday night Jeffords was]
found at the passenger depot.
He attempted to escape, but the
police fired at him and wounded
Him in two places. He was
then captured. The wounds
are not serious. Both of the
ves are now lodged in jail.
to 7 in favor of Cheraw. Floyd,
the Darlington pitcher, played a
very wild game and this, of
course, “rattled” the entire
nine.
Closing out hardware, tinware
and crockery at cost; McCall &
Burch.
Resolved Third, That the re
collection of his lovely spirit
and pure example be cherished
in our thoughts and affections,
and that a page in our Confer
ence journal be dedicated to his
memory.
A.. W. Parrott, 1
A. H. Lester, > Committee.
A. J. A. Perritt j
ament shr.weth his handy
! works.” The rains continue to
1 come in copious showers, but
we should not murmur even if
j it does impede our progress in
the harvesting of crops. His
will be done, hot ours.
days for Mt. Pleasant, North
Carolina, where they will attend
school. We hope they may
grow in knowledge and also in
size.
and turning around, he saw a arrangement, but just happen-
huge coachwhip ready to spring ed to meet him—unawares, you
upon him. One may imagine; know. The last time I met him
how he jumped away in his! was the day the girls and I went
Mr. Th<
fright.
McCall & Burch will
mence on Monday next to
corn-
open
reptile was about ten feet long
and seven inches in circumfer
ence at the centre of its body.
It growled at him like a lion and
held its tail about three feet in
j, „ o —a. the air. He got his gun but did
our salmon steak; Ed-1 He will have your clothes done j goods ever brought to Darling- not succeed in killing the mon
ster.
Thomas says the out to pick cherries. Mr. Was
Don’t forget that A. W. Hoff-; up one of the finest and cheap-
man is agent for the Dixie est lines of dry goods, shoes,
Steam Laundry, of Florence, clothing and gents’ furnishing
Norment & Co.
I up in first class order.
saw us and came over to help
He was not an available cherr
picker. He could not reac
even the lowest limbs.
“I used to be the champion
cherry picker,” said he, “but
t that was when I was a great
ideal taller than I am now. "
Down to a fine point
—that’s whe.e the making of
corsets has been brought to.
Kabo for the “bones’’—it
can’t break or kink.
Loops of corset lace in
stead of metal eyelets—they
can’t rust or cut the laces.
The Ball Corset for ease
and comfort; the Kabo Cor
set for unyielding strength.
Each is the best of it’s kind
If you don’t think so, after
wearing for two or three
weeks, return it to us and get
your money back.
fidward*, Norment & Co-