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SHh Jarlmgton gfirs. HENRY T. THOMPSON. | WAOOY THOMPSON, t Editor*. Killing of K. Pennington. and Courier. Oet. 15 ] cused, but the the result was a mistrial, the jury sta 'said, 7 for conviction and 5 for [Sumter Correspondent of tjie New* j mistrial, the jury standing, it is The killing of K. Pennington acquitul. The following men Tbarsday, Oct. 22, 1891. EDITORIAL NOTES. The Ecumenical Council, in Washington, adjourned on Tuesday. Mrs. Anna Dodge, an inmate of the poor house at Butte, Mon tana, 80 years of age, has re ceived notice that she is heir to $9,000,000 in England. Fire destroyed a tenement house in London on Friday and two women and three children who were occupants of the house were burned to death. Oen. Miles in his annual re port suggests that the militia of all the States be mobilized at the World’s Fair, and that Con gress pay the expenses. A man named Thos. Early, at tempted to kill his wife with a knife at Cheyenne, Michigan, on Friday. He was drunk and missed his aim and the knife passed through the body of his baby, killing it instantly. Fred E. Scrimer, president, and M. Dawson, cashier of a bank at Laramie City, Wyo ming, were drowned in a lake near that place on Friday, by the overturning of a sail boat. It has been decided that the stars and stripes shall wave eleven hundred and twenty feet above the ground at the World’s Fair. The tower over which it will wave will be the highest structure in the world. A shooting scrape occurred in a bank at Barnwell on Saturday, between Charlie Brown on one side and Henry and John Creech, brothers, on the other. Henry Creech was slightly and John Creech seriously wounded. All parties are white. Gen. W. H. F. Lee, a member of Congress from Virginia and a son of Gen. Robert E. Lee, died at his home in Fairfax County, Virginia, on Thursday. He was also adistinguished cavalry general in the Confederate army. A train was wrecked near Chicago on Wednesday night of last week. Three newspaper reporters, who were riding on the engine for the purpose of writing up the trip, were killed. The engineer was also killed. The fly wheel of a factory at Manchester, New Hampshire, broke loose from the machinery on Thursday last and tore through the floor of the first and second stories. Two men were killed outright and a dozen bad ly wounded. Nearly one hundred delegates to the Women’s Christian Tem perance Union convention at Bradford, Pennsylvania, were poisoned from something they ate or drank at a reception on Friday. While several of the cases were serious none proved to be fatal. Albert E. Cline, a Methodist S reacher at Blue Earth City, [innesota, has developed into an all-round rascal. It has been discovered that he is a bigamist, forger and horse thief and has wisely fled to parts unknown. The discovery has caused great excitement among his congrega tion. A very large Confederate re union was held in Memphis on Tuesday of last week. Fully two thousand men were in line, among them a number of distin guished ex-Confederate gener als. An interesting feature of the procession was the remnant of Forrest’s famous cavalry bri gade. There is a movement on foot to have the government extend The municipal election at Indianapolis, Indiana, on Tues day of last week, resulted in a sweeping victory for the Dem- ocratic ticket. .Indianapolis is a t LynciibuTg o'n last Saturdav coinposed the jury that'sat in ^ the home of President Harrison.' • • - . — — 41.:^ —— w * 1 Duncan Nathaniel Commodore in the States Navy, died "ii Frida) liewasa nativ^of I ifited between Pennington and, Charleston and was in the; the Phillips family for some time l Thomas ^ Caughman, E. eighty-eighth year of his age. on account of Pennington’s 1 l- ur8 t, R- B. Dinkins, D. Before he joined the Confedqr- prosecutions for alleged rob’>er-; *'’ ra * iam > ^ Moore, acy he had served in the UnRed | ies, etc. These prosecutions Sued for Flirting. A love-sick swain of St. Paul has brought suit atrainst his sweet heart for flirting, laying damages at $5,000. The Dress-Making. w. M. States navy from boyhood. For his gallantry he received a number of tokens of honor from the United States, his native State and his countrymen. The Commodore was one gf the most distinguished naval officers pro duced by this country. THE CHARLESTON DEMOCRACY. The compromise recently pro posed by Governor Tillman for the solution of the trouble ex isting in the ranks of the Char leston Democracy, namely, that three commissioners, acceptable to both factions, be appointed to revise the club roils and take charge of the municipal pri mary, has so far worked like a charm. The commissioners selected are gentlemen of un impeachable character and their work of revising the club rolls has been accepted by all as final So far, so good. The primary for the nomi nation of the Democratic candi dates for the municipal offices was held on Tuesday. Both sides had full tickets in the field and the campaign preceding the primary waxed warm and excit ing. The “Regulars” headed their ticket with Hon. Geo. D. Bryan, the present encumbent, for May or and the “Reform” nominee for that office was Hon. John F. Fieken. Mr. Bryan has filled the office of Mayor for four years and Mr. Fieken has for a number of years been a prominent member of the Legis lature. Both are good men and the selection of either would have ensured for the city an able and honest administration of her affairs for the next four years. The primary on Tuesday re sulted in the nomination of John F. Fieken; the result of the vote was Bryan 1,558 and Fieken 1,715. The aldermanic ticket is mixed having both “regulars” and “reformers” on it. Wo trust that this settles the trouble among the Democrats in | Charleston, and that the party | in the future will be united. never amounted to anything, A Notable Murder Case, however, and a good many jj.,.,, 1)p( . In(lt . x ] people besides the Phillipses re- D A M cDougald, of Laurin- garded Pennington’s acts a8 )burg N c > * ho ’ i8 charged i with the murder of his uncle. persecutions. The trial of young Phillips here last week for car rying concealed weapons, result ing in his conviction, was pros ecuted by Pennington. It was the very irony of fate that Pen nington should be killed by the same man and th? same pistol. Young Phillips is a youth about 18 years of age and when seen in the jail told a short, simple story of the killing He said, without apparent hesitation, that after his trial and convic tion here last week and paying his fine he went to his attorney and got the pistol and put it in his pocket, where it could be plainly seen. On Saturday af ternoon, in company with his father, he took the train for Lynchburg, his home, arriving there about 8 o’clock. When he got there he at once started for home, but had gone only a short distance when he was told that Simeon Conoly on the 21st of April, was anaigned for trial at Lumberton on the 6th instant, but on motion of the defense the case was transferred to Fayetteville and will be tried November 17th. McDougald is represented by .Col. John D. Shaw, of Rockingham, and Col. W. Foster French and W. S. Norment, Esq., of Lumberton. The State is represented by the Solicitor assisted by Walter II. Neal, of Laurinburg, and N. A. McLean, of Lumberton. This will be the most notable trial in the history of North Carolina for the past thirty years. There are about 150 witnesses, all the evidence being circumstantial, and it will take ten days to try it. The defendant stood as high in point of character as any man in the State, and the case guilty. No scale of penalties | has yet been adopted for this j offence, but the Chicago Mail j suggests the following: “A look askance, $5; winking with one eye, $25; with both, $10); a hand squeeze, $+00; re gulation squeeze, $900; a kiss, $1,000; combination kiss and squeeze, $#,000.” Having recently moved Into the new apartinent* prepared for me in the Hewitt Building, on the North *ide of the Public Square, 1 am now prepared to resume n.y work of dre**- making with better facilities than | ever before, and desire to solicit a <*<mt immure of the public's patronage. All measurements taken by mean* of ; tlie McDowell Garment Drafting Ma chine, and perfect fits guaranteed. MBS. L. E. WILLIAMSON. THEY ARE HERE. ^ i will tie watched with great in- his brother Jim was being beaten | terest . Both side8 a * e . at the depot. He handed hi* 1 sented b y superb lawyers. Mr. bundle to a negro, and hurrying | N A yfcLean has been employ- back to the depot, found his ed bv the citizell3 of Robeson brother in the hands of one C0Un J ty andMr WalterH. Neal, Boyle, with K Pennington wh o is a fearless and aggressive beating him m the head. He i awyer . b y the New York Mu- got upon the Platform when tua f Life J In8urance Company, Pennington stopped beating his in which the life 0 f the murder- brother, and, cursing him, (de- ed unc j e was insured. Both fendant), advanced and struck s i des bav e the ablest lawyers him a blow which knocked him and advocates in that section of off the platform on the railroad North Carolina and the contest track. W hen he fell his pistol wiU be a niei norable one. Mc- dropped out of his pocket. Pen- D ld ia charged with mur . nmgton having run his hand der j ng b j s uncle for the insu- mto hispocketand made amove rance money, the policy being as if he was going to come down ; n his favor from the platform at him, he ’ picked up his pistol and com menced firing, which he did three times, resulting in the death of Pennington. Asked! Tallahassee, Fla.,Oct. 19.— about the report that he was On Friday last John L. Craw following up Pennington in the ford, Secretary of State, attached streets of Sumter, Phillips de-! his signature and the great seal nied it, saying that he had noj°f the State of Florida to a copy weapon of any sort until he got the proceedings of the joint Secretary Rusk preserves many of the primeval manners of his rustic boyhood. It is a rare thing to find him up after 9 o’clock in the evening, and if nothing prevents he goes to bed ; derwear at 8:30. He gets up at daybreak ^ * and instead of a lunch at noon has dinner at that hour and sup per at C. Fashion smiles at him a little for these eccentricities, but that does not prevent him from being the most popular of ficial in Washington. A. ITTTIjIj 3LIJSTE OF Millinery, Infants' Caps, Clnldren's Hats, Boys' Hats and Caps, Every conceivable form of Ladies’ Headwear and Un- John D. Rockfeller, who has the largest annual income of any man in America, has spent the summer working on his Ohio farm, just as if he was a common laborer, and doing quite as much labor as any ot his hired men. He has done it in pursuit of health. With Miss Burnette in eh a rg'e of th at de partment. Mrs. O’Doyle, of Balti more, a lady of long expe rience, has oar Dress-Making Department, and a trial will convince you of her skill. < ONF. AND SKC MRS. R. W. PARKER. Sept. 10—3ni O. HT. O-A-TES At the stand formerly occupied by Wellinsr A Bonnoitt on lower P^i Street, carrie* a large and carefully assorted stock of ^Choice Family Groceries,:xc A, weii^-orng^u^of^ Fresh Fruits and Vegetables always on hnad. A large line of Candies and Crackers just received. Goo Js delivered anywhere in town. R. L. BLACKMON, Manager. “Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, But not expressed in fancy; rich, not gaudy ! For the apparel oft proclaims the man.” —Hamlet. How to dress with the greatest taste is a problem which has interested the world since the time when man (and woman, too, for that matter) was limited, in making a se lection, to the choice of forest leaves. The rule laid down by “the melancholy Dane” for dressing in taste has been the established law of the fash ionable world for three centuries. An opportunity is offered the people of Darlington dressing in accordance with it by calling at of moods $i moods' ■where is to be found a fall and winter stock of goods, all of the very latest styles, which will delight the men as much as the ladies of the community. DABILXNC4TON 9 S WHOluESALE Wc have in stock and One car to arrive in a few days, load of Bacon. ‘ “ Corn. ‘ 11 Flour. ‘ “ Molassses. * Latest Phases of the Alliance Fight Against Senator Call. his from his attorney. This statement of young Phillips is sustained oy G. W. Stokes, one of the witnesses at the inquest, who testified that he was with young Phillips and his father when they heard of the fight, declared They all started back, but Wil lie Phillips got to the depot ahead of the others. He saw him run up on the platform and that he either jumped off the j platform or was shoved off on | the railroad track when he ! turned round and commenced ! firing, and after shooting sev- i 111 111^, CllJVA CliXVv>X Oil' J V/ 111 11^ O V v — ' »- I eral times turned and walked P^itute Supreme Court^ proceed-! off with his father and brother, saying, “We have been imposed A NEW COUNTY NEWSPAPER. The Lamar Bulletin made its first appearance last week. The editors of the new paper are not on long enough,” etc. Stokes's unknown to the literary circles ! testimony was corroborated by of Darlington Countv, Mr. T. E. j ot ] ie J r witnesses. Sam Rose tes- c , - * , . . , j tinea as to the circumstances of Early, the chief, having acted I the fi>?ht between Jim p hillips as “The Skilletsville Reporter” and Boyle, which Pennington of The Daklingtox News for agged on by encouraging Boyle, some time prior to its control by a,1 d that when Willie Phillips . . came up Pennington said to him the present management, while he ha(1 {, othing to do with it and Mr. E. L. Gray, the Associate took hold of him and threw him Editor, has been our local cor- off the platform on the railroad respondent at Lamar for many track, when Phillips commenced i shooting at Pennington. Rose | ran off when the shooting com menced. W’hen he got back he session of the Legislature from April 12 to May 26, inclusive, certifying to the correctness of the same. This shows, of course, the proceedings of May 26, upon which date Wilkinson Call was duly elected United States Senator. This is the on ly instrument bearing the sig nature of Crawford and the seal of the State. He declined abso lutely to affix them to the Gov ernor's certificate of Davidson’s appointment. Some days ago Governor Fleming instructed Attorney General Lamar to in- In fact everything in the ‘HEAVY GROCERY’’ LINE We handle in large quantities. We invite a comparison of prices in Wholesale Department with any market. Respectfully, J. Frank Early. Mr. Look Out! Look Out! ! For the Many Bartfaius Now Being Offered by— MOORHEAD, Moorhead has COX k 00. years. The old adage of “there’s ways room for one more,’ never truer than when applied to competition in the newspaper world, and as Lamar is a grow- al- heard one of the Phillips boys say, “Come on father, we have got him,” but did not know whether Pennington or Boyle ,. was alluded to. The immediate in £ aa y- ing town, situated in the center cause of the killing was the fight the free mairdelivery system to a t h r ' v ' n & countl T. the new between Boyle and Jim Phillips, A Negro Camp Meeting. all the towns and villages in the organ will doubtless obtain a which Pennington encouraged, Blac kvxlle, October 19.— country, so that the mail can be good patronage. It is always f. krmgmg the trouble on Special: Yesterday (Sunday) carried to everybody’s door. i mi)OS sible to predicate upon the nrnSe f ltS CO / 1S l f" the negroes in the surrounding impossible to predicate upon the quences. Thecasew.il not be C ou nt ? v went out to Jericho first issue of a paper any hy- tried until the next term of the what its future Court. * mgs for the issuance of a man damus compelling Crawford to sign and seal this appointment! of Davidson. This morning La-1 mar filed with the Governor his official reply to the Governor’s 1 instructions, in which he de-1 dines to institute such proceed ings, giving his reasons there for in detail. The Attorney General holds that there is noth ing iu the Constitution or stat utes of the State or the United Oi t ff tLb h *| ,r, t < t eed I ()ur stock in tllis line is simply immense; and while oftoe opinion that Ctdf wasTe rU11 strictlv a shoe 8tore we have as lar « e a 8tock a « any house in gaily eleded and would be seit^^ e / lty ’ andeXpeCttOSellthemat P rice8that wiU P lease ed. Call already has in his pos- ' TT + XX + , T session this certified copy of the JI RTS. ritllS. xllltS. joint sessions of the Legislature, i rr, • . , . . , , . . ,, , , and Senator Pasco will present v™* 8 St ° C > 18 lar l? e - aniPcoinprises allthe latest styles. it in the Senate upon the open- VVe can su,t a,,d fit ever ? man aud bo >' ,n tlie count y- Our stock of men, youths and bops’ OULOTPTIlNrGi- is large, was bought cheap aud must be sold. A Large and Varied Assortment of Dim M ni TriBiigs, Liiies, Misses m! Wu’i SDaks, Radius’ ^Indmmr, $liUtlrrn’£ Jtc,sj5c.s; prn’is (Clotbmg, and 58atji$, Carpets, Ijucs, k A Complete Line of Choice Family G-x-o o e s always on hand. Our many Custome s throughout the County welcome to our Headquarters on Orange Street. are always just returned from the Northern markets where he purchased a large and well assorted stock of Dry Goods, Notions, &c. We would like the public generally and the ladies especially to know that we propose from this date to carry a full stock of Staple and Fancy Dry Goods and Notions. Boots and Shoes. Our stock in this line is simply immense; and while we do not everybody’s door This system is now in practice in cities of 10,000 inhabitants or more. It is said that Post master General Wannamaker favors the scheme. Mr. Willis Fore, of Marion County, was killed by a train at Marion Court House, last week. He was in attendance upon the trial of William Sommersett, colored, for the murder of his brother, Ed. M. Fore, in 1885. The trial of Sommersett resulted in conviction. It was a peculiar case and excited much interest. A number of the members of the Grand Army of the Repub lic in Providence, Rhode Island, have formed a new organization to be known as “The Old pothesis as to what its will be, but The News extends, to its youngest competitor a hearty welcome to the field of journalism, apd indulges the| hope that it may meet with all the encouragement its enterprise mav merit. The Keels Forgery Case. [Watchman and Southron.] Tiie trial of John R. Keels for forgery has excited a great deal of i n cerest an d com men 11 li rough - out Sumter County, and for that ; reason alone a more extended notice than is usually given of such cases is furnished for the of the readers of camp ground, about seven miles j from here, where a camp meet ing was being held. Among those who went were restaurant keepers, with all their para phernalia, hucksters, etc. The crowd had hardly gathered be fore the fighting commenced, j Post Glover, a darky from our town, was there as a clerk for John Sanders, who had a re staurant, and pop-skull as aside line. In the evening Howell Tyler got too full of the oh-be- THE FALL FAIR. It is with pleasure that we are information able to promise the people of the this paper. The case was dock- joyful'and advanced upon Post Pee Dee section an enjoyable i e t e< i f° r 1 uesday morning, but with a drawn razor. Post was fair at this nlace on Thnrsduv * be re< J uest dobn ^ reen ’ 80 *' tua t e d that he could notget fatrat this place on Thursday - who app<>ared for the de - away> aild therefore drew his and hrtday of next week. The fense, the case was continued pistol and put a bullet in the) fair company has indeed taken until Friday. This J ~ The stock of Staple and Fancy Groceries is larger than ever be fore, and we are now duplicating Charleston prices on wholesale lots; also on Bagging and Ties. We have just received two car loads of New Crop Flour and one car load of Red Rust Proof Oats for seed, which we are offering very cheaply. We extend a cordial invitation to all ^o call and see us while in the city. Remember the place—Southeast corner Public Square, under the Opera House. Yours to please, MOORHEAD, COX & CO. Guards.” The avowed nurnose ia,r co,,,pany ,,as ,nueea ««en j unui r rmay. inis was done, oreast of Tyler, just above the of the organization is to put a new lifeand are determined that although the State was ready for j heart, stop to fraudulent and question- the approaching fair shall excel We men the able pensions and to expose all those of the past, those that have already been tioned in last week’s issn« granted. All of the members 1 , in , Wee \ 8 . 188Ue . are Republicans. number of new and interesting On Saturday night a party of; features that wiU Padded to drunken negroes resisted arrest the usual attractions. The re- at Clifton Forge, Virginia, duced rates and special trial, and the witnesses who! Trial Justice Hammett issued were present would be mconv(v; a warrant for Post and he now nienced by the postponement.' languishes in our guard house, When the case was called Tri- awaiting transportation to the day, Gen. Leroy \oumaus ap- couuty jail. Post, thiukingdis- peared as an additional counsel cre tion the better part of valor, for John R. Keels. There was turned State's evidence this a decided disinclination on the evening, and says that John trains part of the defense to go to trial Sanders had the liquor for sale, NOTICE TO INSURERS, Get The Best Insurance For The Least Monet. THE LIVERPOOL & LONDON & GLOBE INSURANCE CO., oi Liverpool Entfland, is the Priest Fire Company in the world. ’ THE XCTNA, of Hartford, Connecticut, is the largest of all the American Fire Companies. THE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA, of Philadelphia ia the second largest of all American Fire Combanies. I HE HOME INSURANCE COMPANY, of New York city, is the third larg est of all American Fire Companies ” THE HARTFt)RD, of Hartford, Connecticut, is the fourth largest of all the American Fire Companies. All of the above companies, and several others, represented in the ageney IF 1 . lEJ. September 11, 1890. JSTOR-MIEITT, Da. lmgton, 8. C. . on the merits of the ease. They fired upon the posse and will be the cause of many per , rw, i a K> r returned *!>« 8 hots. . neietiborincr counties I fir8t ino ti°n made by Gen. You One white man was killed, an- 8 « n8 from neighboring counties mang wa8 to have the whole ve . { - other seriously injured and a visiting us on this occasion. I nire di8mi8ged( a ,ie gin g that the I T vler is dangerously wound- The special trains will Pa^y ^ e r ethL * a from Cheraw and arrested and that night three of them were lynched. Elizabeth Darby, a trained nurse of Philadelphia, set fire to a house in which she was em- be Th® and he was only the clerk, a I warrant was therefore issued Sanders. He gave bail, dangerously wounded, I at hours which will of course suit the convenience of the people of those town. The reg ular trains from Florence and run ; notices had been illegally served. | but jg yet alive. Bennettsville This motion was overruled by ; ' Sudge Norton. The next move ~ •— was to have the indictment A New ,ssue - quashed, the grounds for this [Sumter Advance.] move being some trivial differ- The indications now are, as ployed a few days since. Ihe i Sumter run in good time for at fire was detected in time to save * . .u * ■ j the house, but had the house, tendance u P° n the fa,r and burned a dozen persons would special trains from those points probably have lost their lives, will, therefore, be unnecessary. Miss Darby is well connected. Reduced rates will be given for V—• aching com- ence between the original in- an Alliance man expressed it j dictment and the warrant, such the other day in Sumter, there I as the use of in one place will be no “Tillman” in the instead of “and” in the other, i next campaign, but it will be The Judge did notentertain this| Alliance and Anti-Alliance. If motion either, as slight differ-(this be the case, we expect to ence madeno materialdifference'see in South Carolina next year in the case. A mass of evidence quite a number of conversions iBo O. BHIHTOW, REAL ESTATE AHD IHSURAHCE. r>4 o, B.U (HTO Bookseller, Stutioucr _ . -A-isriD Anything in tlie Stationery, Musical or Nov elty Line to be had at the Woods & Woods. “ALL THINGS COME TO THOSE WHO WAIT,” May sound well io the Philosopher, but “Huslle or CJet Left” Has a true ring to the buying public this season. If there ever was a time when you felt that your dollars must do a double duty or they will get left, that time is now. was submitted during Friday afternoon and Saturday morn ing. The evidence seemed con clusive of the guilt of to Alliance doctrines, by men who are not farmers, but who j might be persuaded to accept au > office. Davlingtcm ilcolt Stove, o. bristow. - - - Proprietor.' Y/illcox s Old Drugstore. Realizing this condition we come before the trade offering inducements that cannot lie equaled. We do not ask your patronage simply for friendship’s sake, n >r for past favors, but we conm as honest business men and ask your trade for the dollars and cents we will save you. With pluck, energy and an unerring judgment, lucked by the ALMIGHTY AMERICAN DOLLAR. we have secured BARGAINS that no ninety day CREDIT CONCERN catti hope to reach. We are no longer strangers among you, but have proven the past four years that we fulfil everv promise we make. We now propose .o sell you goo 's at prices tomeet those of your cotton. With many thanks to the public tor the very liberal patron age of the past, we respectfully invite everyone to call at our new stand and we will prove that we ate still The Leaders of Low Prices. Very respectfully, A. J. BROOM.