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: - ,0 f ■ , • t; Vr*t. CiiHil Middlins ... 7j ...... 7+ Strict I/nv i.ulillii'j; 71 !/)»• lliildlins 7 T1112 American Legion of Hon or meets to-night. Shkpakd, “the Racket Store’’ hustler, is having a “big run” on millinery this week. of in Editor J. W. Hammond, the Florence iWcs.sent/er. was Darlington on Tuesday. Mk. Charles Spinks has gone on a visit of a few days to his former home in Georgia. Rev. W. A. Guerry will con duct services in the Episcopal Chapel on Sunday night next. in Darlington President C. E. Kimhall and . General Manager J. H. Averill, '1 he time in which hunting ir- of the C. S. & N. Railroad, and forbidden by the game law of President Lash ami General South Carolina expired on 2\'ov-! Manager Frye, of C. F. & Y. V. ember 1. j Railroad, visited Darlington A special meeting of the yest '' 1 ,' ia 1 - v ' J hey wore accom- Athletic Club will be hold to- P, 3 -,, by . Lunball and morrow (Friday) night, at 9 ! "l a rt in (the latter a sister o'clock, in the Guard’s armory, p y' AlI . ( !i lor ^f the o>- of iN.). Ihe visitors were The subject for the meeting driven around the town bv a of the Young Men’s Christian party of Darlingtonians. Association on Sunday after noon next is: “Too Good to be kept Secret;” Mark, 5: 1-20. Mk. G. 0. Mertz has opened At The Opera House. ‘ Darlington s Citizen Soldiery. The next performance at the J Attheregularmonthlynieet- Darlington Opera House will be | mg of the Darlington Guards given on Thursday night next I held on Friday night, Messrs, (the l!)ih inst.) by the Sun’s IS. S. Burch and It. E. James Phantasma and Novelty Com-j were elected first and second pany. Spea-ing of this com- lieutenants, respectively, to fill puny the Norfolk (Va.) Daily | the vacancies recently created! Landmark, of the 19th. ult.,! by the resignation of Messrs. J. says: “At the Opera House last j S. Burch and Bright William-1 night before a good audience! son. The two new officers are ! Mr. R. W. Parker has sold p Ul s Phantasma and Novelty I thoroughly qualified in every bis lease of the Enterprise Hotel < -' on, I ,an - v "'ade its fi st appear- respect to discharge the duties to Mr. R. A. Smith who will a,lce an, l was well received, of the responsible positions to ! take charge on January 1 Mr ! t ' K ' 8e who were present seeming which they have been elected. Smith married Miss Mairirie Phased with what was | Their long period of service in I Parrott about a year ago and t P ven - While a specialty com-1 the ranks of the company, and* ! she will assist him in Ihe con-! ^ an>v ’ ^ere is an entire absence afterwards as non-commission- jduct of the hotel, which ensures !-_ j 1 * 1 ® usual variety business |ed officers strongly identifies its successful management. Mr. Parker will continue to reside or so T he Male of November 8 h 'Sa>s: “Dr. W. H. Gilliland, of Darlington, a graduate of the bout.i Carolina College, >s in the city, on his way to New York city< where he is to take a full course in veterinary sur- igery.” store, which will be completed in a short time. Several dwell ings are now going up and a number of others are in con- temptation. Mr. King, of Kcr shaw, is erecting a very nic< little cottage. and the whole programme is I clean and refined. Most of the specialties were well worth see ing and were roundly applaud ed. Madame Venna in siight- of-haud work; Kenno, the con tortionist; George Sun, the jug gler, and the Barcelona mystery were excellent.” j an active member, while letters Following this, on the night of application for active mem- of the 25th. insf, the Boston bership were received from Quintette Club, travelling under j Messrs. Harry Andrews, N. the name of the Blumenberg' R. Harrell, E. S. Howie and E. Concert Company, will give a! M. Wells. The prospects of the performance in Darlington. I company continue to grow —— | brighter every week, it being | A good shoe for $1 at Black-(the intention of officers and New jams and West & Honour. LYDIA. marmalade: them with the organization, and fits them to labor efficiently' for the advancement of its in terests. Mr. A C. Byrd was also eleclect secretary of the, company on Friday night, and ~^ r -. . “ 1 arre ^ l )au ‘ us a .Mr. J. D. Baird treasurer. Mr . Hying visit Sunday. Robert F. Woods was elected —Mrs. A.Bolin and daughters, of McKays, paid the Misses King a visit last week. —Mrs. M. Manne and family, of Darlington are spending a few davs with Mr. M. Morco. SOCIETY HILL. —Quite a number of our young men are attending the State Fair at Columbia, —There will be a musical en tertainment next Friday night at tne Hall. Admission free —Our young people are ex- GREEN plains. peeling to enjoy a sociable soon j —Miss Minnie Sumner, ol at the residence of one of our Robeson County, North Caro near neighbors. Hina, is teaching at the fret —Misses Mag aid Narcissus '? tb A >0 J, at , Garris ( reck i t i.-- - Emanuel have returned tc held County. from Limestone Institute —Most of the farmers favoi and arc spending sonic time the ten acre move and it is like- with their aunt, Mrs. T. Som-j ly that the cotton crop next payrac. 1 year will be much smaller than the present one. his grocery' ami fruit store tern porarily in the building on the north side of the square formei ly used by Dr Boyd store. » Mr. M. Marco, who for many weu 1}r08 '' >»>«» alike to bring the coin- years has conducted a smnornl i tt 1 77 ***“ , . , mand up to such a state of effi- wS“l^tS^S’ ^ ! ma^/iit a n credU toTl!c y tow S „ anil st uT He annm,n^ r fn 8 '> r Columbia, and in equally as; Buy the Reynolds shoe, broad siana. no announces in this £ 00( j 8 tyj e v 1 - - as a drug! issue that in order to spare him- i * J self the expense of removing A large lot of blankets *..» Witcover's oysters, large and DarWton h°c win^edl ' 1 ^ <lie8 underwear just received, | Keep your money in circula- iuscious bivalves, would tempt ow cost will nut'not ^* po l )ular P rlce 8; Joye & ban- tiou a V home by 'encoura,ing the most fastidious appetite, ami | ^^n his Sore a t th P is place i ^ - ! 1-al enterprises; send your’ or" ■' New buckwheat; West & H. Iders for joo-work to The Dar- ,. I linoton News office. —Lydia has lost one of her most prominent merchants. ; Lydia’s loss is Hartsville’s gain. —A very pleasant evening was spent at Mrs. M. King's on Friday last, b) r the young peo ple of this place. —Mr. Ellie King, while call ing last Sunday night, discov- | and comfortable, it will last you ered that Ins mule “had left !2 months; Blackwell Bros. him,” and at day light he found him in a cornfield. Buy the Wheeler & Improved No. his popular restaurant is fast becoming one of the institutions Lewis Williams has been | of the town. granted another lease 011 life. j To-morrow was the day set a-1 jpart for his execution, but, upon | (the recommendation of Sheriff | Cole and Solicitor Johnson a life time: Wilson 9, it will last you Blackwell Bros. Governor Tillman, on Friday last, respited him until the last Friday in April next. This ac tion was taken in order to post pone the execution of Williams until the case against Joseph W. James can be finally settled. to our our store on last Miss Laura Wadsworth, who has been visiting the Misses Williamson, returned to her home in Charlotte on Tuesday. She was called homo by the ill ness of her brother. The hours for holding Sun day' services in the Methodist Chureh have been changed. Un til further notice the morning service will be held at 11.30 and the evening service at 7.30. The Florence County Alliance made arrangements on Monday to have two Alliance stores or ganized in the county. One will he located at Florence and the other in the Hymansville section on the Pee Dee River. Mr. Martin Hanley has rented the building on Main street, oc cupied until within the last few clays by the postoffice, and will open a restaurant there imme diately. He will be glad to see all of his old friends and cus tomers. The insurance adjusters, rep resenting the different compan ies that sustained losses in the recent fire, are busy making settlements. As soon as the | their play found a loaded pistol work is completed a detailed ! on the shelf aud while they were statement of the losses will be tampering with it the pistol published in The News. fired, the ball entering the head D t Jt- Of Willie, the five year old son Messrs Brunson, Lunn & Co of Welfington. From the ef- announce that owing to a da ly fects (jf th « wound thu b died increasing trade they havehadto j on the following day . The oldett | child among the party was not over seven years of age and the The Moody Case. Sometime ago the The A. P. Hill Monument. Asylum authorities returned to the The fol’owing letter, which is county of Darlington one Hor- self explanatory', will he of in- Mqody, white, a harmless | terest to ex-Confederates in Dar lington and vicinity: Headquarters Grand Camp Confederate Veterans. Department of Virginia. Richmond, Va., Oct. 31, 1891. ace imbecile who bad been confined in that institution. The county j authorities put him in the poor! house, but as there was no way to keep him confined there, he —Most of the cotton is picked and we are now looking after the corn, peas and potatoes. Some grain has been planted and it is probable that much more will be planted this week though the ground is still dry. —The molasses season has come again and Mr. J. W. Da vis, who is very busy', can not keep up with the demands. We notice cane coming all the way from Society Hill and from the present outlook we judge that the crop will be much larger than that of last year. —Our school opened last Mon day with Miss Sanders as prin cipal. The school opened on such short notice that the at tendance is not as good as it should he. The Coldwater school opened on the same day, with Miss Durham, of Chester, in charge, consequently we have cwo schools within four milesof each other. —We regret to announce that Messrs Young & Melton's gin house was destroyed by fire on Saturday of last week. The loss was heavy as the gin, presses and some seventeen bales of cotton were also burned. The cotton will not he wholly lost as several of the bales were saved, but in a damaged con- The total receipts at the State treasury from the phosphate royalty for the fiscal year end ing October 31, 1891, amount to $184,502.4(1. Mr. L. J. Langford, of Lex ington, has notified the Secreta ry of State that he desires to r nf p ont withdraw from the bond of Mr. rOl ncIM. A nos A Banks, County Com- A numbor of desirable offices on the 1 second lloor of the Nachman building mis .» ncr of L^ xington. now f or ren j on eag y terms. Ap- Tho Confederate Veterans’ *’h i to WARD & WOODS. August 6-tf For Rent. A number of handsomely finished, wall papered rooms on the second floor of our new building, sui'ahle for offices or sleeping apartments, and furnished with electric lights and water works. tf. WELLING & BONNOITT. lamage idition. The wind was blowing ! very hard at the time and the house caught fire from the en gine. STATE NEWS. Mr. W. G. Field,Trial Justice at Pelzer, Anderson County, has | resigned. The Colored Fair Association will give an exhibition in Co lumbia, November 23 27. It is said that the prohihition- j ists will make a strong fight in the coming Legislature. Ex-President R. B. Hayes and Dr. J. L. M. Curry were given a escaped and was roaming aim- jCapt. E. Keith Dargan lessly around the county, when ; My Dear Sir—Your favor of A Card. Trial Justice Josey sent him to the 24th only reached me yester- 1 . .11 jail for vagrancy. The few rel- day, and if gave me pleasure on We desire to return our thanks ative8tha f Moo / yhasareunable no - ti ’ ng the " on tents. We had tioniltPJ Knm inends and j ^ provide for him. A full ac-j expected to have had the A. P. ■ 1 11 > ir ° t 7 t ' S81 ’• • 1 - .count of the case was given in Hill statue ready by this time Baird and K. D. Charles for The NeW8 at the The for unveiling. The monument their generous assistance during \ matter was reported to the is ready and has been so for the fire at Wednesday. Respectfully, West & Honour, Fancy Grocers, Nov. 11,1891. Pearl Street. Accidc tally killed. On Wednesday of last week and as there is no place in the Wellington Wilds, colored, and county to keep him, he will be his wife, who live on Mr. R. E. ; Wilds’ place near Palmetto, j went off to woik leaving several little children, all colored, in their house. The children in j grand jury and'that body re-1 some weeks, and the delay has ! ferred it to the court at its been in getting the statue itself recent session. The court right. A photograph of the clay thereupon ordered Moody re- statue was presented the coin- examined. Drs. P. E. Griffin j mittee here to accept it by, but and W. J. Garner examined as shown by the photograph it him on Tuesday and reported was not at all satisfactory. But that he should be kept confined | we were assured by the artist that it was all right, the photo buy an almost entirely new stock of goods. They are now offering special bargainsin their dry goods and wholesale grocery departments. The Slat; of Sunday last says: “Yesterday the Secretary of State granted a charter to the E. J. Parker Company, of La mar, Darlington County. The officers and directors have been elected and the regular capital subscribed and paid in.” The colored people of the County are making great prep arations for their first annual fair, which will he held on the grounds of the Agricultural and Mechanical Fair Company, on the 24th, 2fith, and 27th insts. If enthusiasm and energy count for aught the fair will be a de cided success. The arrangements for locat ing the postoffice in Messrs Welling & Bonnoitt’s building on the public square have been completed and the office was removed there on Saturday. All the arrangements for con ducting the postal service in the new office are neat and com modious and will add greatly to the convenience of the pub lic. Rev. J. A. Rice delivered an address on missionary work at a mass meeting at Wesley Chapel on Saturday. On Sunday he exchang ed pulpits with Rev. W. L. Wait, preaching in the morning killing was purely an accident. the result of Off For The Penitentiary. On Tuesday morning a guard from the State penitentiary ear ried to that institution the pris oners sentenced to be confined there at the recent Court of General Sessions for Darlington County. The names of the pris oners and their terms are as follows: Henry Hicks (white), abduction, five years; John W. Floyd (white), manslaughter, ten years, (Floyd’s attorneys having decided not to make an appeal); Buck Pugh (colored), burglary and larceny, five years: Dandy Johnson (colored), house breaking and larceny, one year; Solomon Morris (colored), plac ing obstruction on railroad track, one year; Pever Jordan (colored), taking and using horse without consent of owner sent to the Asylum immediate ly. This action gives rise to an interesting question as to whether the Asylum authorities will receive the unfortunate man after having turned him away from that institution. ——♦ * New preservegiugor; W. & II. Have your letter-heads, bill- heads, envelopes, circulars, hand-bills, check-books, receipt- books, pamphlets, &c., printed at The Darlington N e \v s office. If you want a nice suit, over coat, buggy robe, &c., at a bar gain see Blackwell Bros. Desertine and puddine just in; West & Honour. . '*** CYPRESS. —Mr. A. B. DuBose’s little' daughter is very ill with typhoid 1 fever. There is a good deal of sickness in this neighborhood. —Prot. W. L. Floyd has or-j ganized a reading club at this place and we think that every one should take an interest in it. —Mr. G. D. Galloway' speaks ^ of purchasing a farm in Orange burg county and residing there. We trust that he will remain at Cypress, the garden spot of j South Carolina. —The death of Mr. L. S. Pate, ! on Sunday night last, was • a great shock to the whole com munity. Mr. Pate had a host of friends and relatives who mourn his untimely death ami his family have the sympathy warm reception in Columbia last of all. His life was insured in week. very defective, ; necessary to send Equi table $3,000. of New York for HIGH HILL. An epidemic of “blind stag gers” is reported among the horses in some portions of State. the graph being which made a sub-committee to New York! to see it and judge of it. That committee, composed of Maj. —Miss Leila Stuckey, of Giuterand Col. Palmer, are now j Orangeburg, is visiting relatives in New Y T ork and in a few days; in our neighborhood, we can determine something ,. T ^ ^ ,, about our arrangements for the -We regret to report the ill- unveiling. I will, with great ness of Mr R. W. Jordan s 111- pleasure keep you posted about faut daughter, Beulah, all of the arrangements as soon —Messrs. F. E. Stokes and J. as completed; it cannot now be B. Gray have been awarded the earfier than the coming spring contract for repai ring the bridge The State Fair is in progress VV e ar ;' a11 delighted to hear that across Jeffrey’s Creek. this woek at Columbia, and we a nuin t r o l 's <> < 1 omnium —Mr. Henry Byrd, whom we i learn that large crowds are in are coining on .0 k uiimi mg, reported as having gone to Flor-1 attendance dailv. but particularly that your old ■*; , 1 i- j u r ' co,hove ■«p,K.i„to, a dele dof FloweS" i »'• E - <>• Dowlas, a very pop- gallon to represent them, and 1 ♦ ^ . 1 , , |ular young man of Florence, that you are among the number and Uirned hls face homeward. died ^ his £ otne in that city on Do not let any possibilities keep —A party of young folks spent Thursday last. has been H. M. Murray has been ap pointed Coroner of Berkeley County vice F C. Washington deceased. Elsie Lewis, colored, a witness in a robbery case, died suddenly in tin' Richland County jail on last Thursday. Court Proceedings. ! you from coining, as we must The Court of Common Pleas ! have you present. Weall think, is still in session and will pro- i when we get what we contracted bably continue until the end of the week. The first case tried in this Court was that of Henry J. Ham against Darlington County, a suit for $5,000 dam ages to himself and his mule on account of a defective bridge. The jury gave the plaintiff a verdict for $250 damages. Mes srs A. B. Stuckey and Dargan & Dargan appeared for plaintiff and Messrs E. Keith Dargan and G. W. Brown for defend ant Following this, the case of Sarah L. F. Byrd against Peter J. Byrd, for recovery of the pos session of real estate, was tried. for, that it wiil be creditable and satisfactory to his old fol lowers. With kind regards, in which Major Brander unites, I remain, Yours very truly. Thomas Ell: tt, A<lj. Gen. a very pleasant evening at the Mr w A A11 s _ residence of Mr. A. F. Stuckey, elected to the Legislature from on hiursilay the 29th ult. We HarnweU County in placeof Dr. with us j Smith, deceased. The New Home or V Wilson sold on easy Blackwell Bros’. were pleased to have Miss Mary Morris, of Perriel. —Mr. G. M. Potter had to suspend ginning for some time, on account of some break in the machinery, but we hear the I sound of the whistle again and our farmers will soon have their November 17 and 18 is the time set for the holding of the fairof the Camden Horticultural Association at Camden. The Columbia Canal is near ing completion, and that city is ’heeler & top crop of cotton ready for the | looking for grand results there- torms at market. HARTSVILLE. New raisins, citron and cur rants; West & Honour. CLYDE. from in the near future. Mrs. Hattie R. Lester, wife of Rev. A. H. Lester of the South Carolina Conference, died at Cartersville, Friday, October 30. A-sociation of South Carolina in vts in Columbia to-day'. The lection of officers will be held md other important business transacted. The latest sensation in Charles ton is a female M. D. Dr. Anna M. Longshore, of Philadelphia, has decided to locate there and practice the profession of medi cine. The South Carolina exhibit at the Augusta Exposition is said to be remarkably fine and gives the visitors from other States an idea of our many advantages. Mr. J N. Brand, Chief Clerk to the General Manager of the C., S. & N. Railroad, has been promoted and now holds the po sition of Train Master for the entire road. The second annual exhibition of the South Carolina Poultry and Pet Stock Association (in corporated), will he held nt Co lumbia, January 12-10, 1892. Messrs. W. L. McDowell and B. B. Clarke have sold the Cam den Chronicle to Messrs. T. J. Kirkland and W. 1. Yillipigue, who will hereafter conduct the affairs of that newspaper. Col. C. J. Colcock, who com manded the Confederate forces at the battle of Honey Hill, died at his home in Hampton County recently in the 73rd year of his age. Prof. W. W. Brown, an A. M. of Furman University and for several years principal of the preparatory department of that institution, has been elected President of Piedmont College, Cumming, Ga., and has en tered upon the discharge of his duties. A special to the Columbia lleqister from Cash’s Depot, un der date of November 2, says: “The dwelling of Mrs. Margaret Rue, two and a half miles North of this place, was destroyed by lire last night about 8 o’clock, together with the household and kitchen furniture. Onlyasmall quantity of clothing was saved. As the family had retired for the night the Haines had gained considerable headway before it was discovered. The loss is es timated at $2,000; no insurance. It is thought to be the work of an incendiary. Mrs. Rea is a widow lady and has within the last few months lost both her husband and father and she is now left almost destitute with a family of four children.” IN MEMORIAM. Cr. W. A. Player. The beloved physician is no more, Between midnight and dawn of day, He erowed over to the other shore, To test forever, our Father, we pray. He stood with us beside our loved ones, Sympathy flowing from the manly heart; Our Saviour, grant that he lias heard ‘’Well done,” Which is of heaven so fair a part. His untold acts of mercy, scattered far and wide, Are numbered in the lifeliook. And we know that whatever betide, On that fair record our Saviour will look. He believed in the sinners’ friend, And cried, “Lord have mercy on me;” Our Saviour listens to every cry to the end, That prayer a passport to heaven may be. We commit to Thy Almighty keeping, The loved ones to him ever dear, Watch over them, guarding, guiding. Thy strong arm fcrjver near. flMW.B. McGIRT, D. D. S.*» Offers his professional services to the people of Darlington and vicinity. Office over the store of Edwards, Nor- ment & Co. Jan 19,’90—ly Portraits Painted in Oil or Crayon, ami Lessons Given in Drawing and Painting. Terms reasonable and work guaranteed to give satisfaction. MRS.S. S. BURCH, Oet. 15—tf Orange Street. For Sale. Three hundred and fifty (:(50) acres of land, fifty acres of which are under cultivation, situated three miles north of the growing town of Hartville. For terms, Ac., apply to W. M. SMOTHERS, Hartsviile, S. 0. For Sale, at a Sacrifice. Eighty acre farm, good land, supe rior water, plenty of wood, new house and outbuildings complete, very healthy location, line climate, satis factory reasons for selling. For de scription, price &e , address W. BIDDLE GILMAN, M. D , Seneca, Oconee County. P. O. Box 13. S. C. A First Class Bakery. I am now prepared to make all kinds of bread and cake, and will always keep on hand fresli bread. Fruit, pound, jelly and plain cake carefully prepared from the very best materials. Plain and ornamental Icing done on short notice. Dried and green fruit alwavH on hand. Your patronage so licited. MRS. R. SCHMID. Oct. 15—4t House Established 18jo- W M JONCa. JOKES, LEE 4 CO., COTTON FACTORS, Norfolk, Va. Liberal advances made on consign ments. Correspondence and Shipments So licited. Refer to Tlie Norfolk National Bank and Citizens’ Bank, of Norfolk, Va. Having purchased Mr. \V. N. Pink ston's Grocery Deparlmenl, I purpose supplying the people of Darlington ami its vicinity witli a choice line of Family Grccsrisa, at tlie Pinkston stand on the west side of the Public Square. The patronage of the community is respectfully solicited. P. B. ALLEN. Oct. 1—2m People’s Bank -OF- Da rlington. 5 per cent Interest paid on lime depos its from day of de posit. Saving is the Road to Wealth. E. KEITH DARGAN, President. W. A. CARRIGAN, Vice President. H. L. CHARLES, Cashier. and without intent to steal, one, -p be verd i c t found for plaintiff y ear ' “the land in dispute and $140 Make your'monev do double i d £ ma / t ‘ 8 '’ Me f r . s Ward & buying your clothing Woods represented the plaintiff —Quite a numbsr of persons in this neghborhood are suffer-1 ing from the grip or colds. duty by from Joye & Sanders. Death of Mr. L. S. Pale. Mr. Lee S. Pate, a well known resident of the western portion of the County, died at his home in Cypress, on Sunday night at 10.20 o’clock of hemorrhagic fever. His death was very sud den, he having been confined to at Hebron and in the evening bia j. ooin on ] y abo ut three days. at Bethel, while Mr. Wait con ducted services in the Methodist Church at this place in tlie morning and evening. The last issue of the Southern Chrixtian Advocate containsthe following item of interest: Bam berg, S. C., proposes to $15,000 if the Trustees of ford College will locate one of the new Fitting Schools in that thriving town. Thisis a liberal proposition. But what are the towns in the Eastern section of the State doing in this matter!’ Will Marion, Bennettsville, Dar lington and Florence be outdone by plucky little Bamberg? Mr. Pate was born field County about in Chester- forty years —Some efforts have been made to form a combined liter ary and social club, but thus far there has been a failure. The Rei)0rler 8ays that Che . —The cotton crop throughout raw does not claim to be the ! this section is estimated at from “Metropolis of the Pee Dee,” two thirds to three fourths, but it is the “Athens of the Pee Messrs. Smith .c Outlaw 'p b j S) combined with the low i Dee Section.” prices now prevailing, makes The Methodists all over the our little town somewhat dull. world wiU coranience a week o£ —Rev. Mr. Perry', successor prayer on the 15 inst. It will be to Rev. E. J. Forrester, as pas- observed by the denomination tor of the Church at this place, j throughout this State, has arrived His first sermon Mr T R . Jones, of Greenville, was lister ed to by a large and won a prize at Chattanooga, attentive congregation who! q' enn . recently as the best bar- were very favorably impressed. Rone 8 j n g t . r i a the South. The The Hartsviile young people contest was open to the South. a very good condition. The are do i,)g very little in the so- underwork of the bridge is ex- c j a [ |j ne nowadays. Since Blind i cellent. Tom’s performance at Darling- will return this week from In- and E. Keith Dargan, Esq., the ] diana with their stock of horses. defendant. —Some of the farmers are The remaining time of the j ra pidl y finishing the gathering Court up to this writing has 0 f tbe 'i r C r 0 ps. Digging pota- been occupied with cases of F. t oeH j 8 now keeping us busy. W. Wagener & Co against the, The crop is not verv good. Grange. Only one of these \ „ Tr , , . . cases has been finished, namely, | —We are glad to report that the case against T. E. Howie the bridge across Black Creek and others, in which a verdict has been repaired and is nowjn was found for the defendants. As we go to press two cases of F. W. Wagener & Co., one a- Mr. F. F. Covington, the pres ent Stenographer of this Circuit, has been appointed Chief En- ago, but he removed when quite and ti young to Darlington County, j Rollif gainst C. B. Bass and others, —The petition asking the ton reheumatism has been quite g ross j n g Clerk for the coming the other against R. D. F. Legislature to pass a prohibi- prevalent at this P‘ a ^ e ) ow ( la K> seg8 i on 0 f (he Legislature. _ „ Rollins and others, are being| tion law has not received many I suppose, to the fact that the! with his father. Mr. C. Pate, tried. The rases are similar signatures in tliis section. We night of the performance was Mr. L. 1). Kyle,of rayettevule, who died only a short time since. and are , therefore, being tried hope, however, that the law will very cold and damp- has been appointed About ten years ago he opened | together. In all of these cases be passed, so that the evil ef-; __Th e building boom still con- & p ar g an rep . f ftCt8 0 f w hiskev may be stop- tinues The store of Messrs. . » , , * Cannon & Matthews, which is Boyd & Brown the defendants. , .nowin the course of erection, paw er, ^ .jj ^ ^ very handsome buiid- i iug, and speaks well for the taste and skill of Mr. Matthews, give a general merchandise store at Messrs Dargan & Dargan rep- fects of whiskey Wof-1 Cypress and was conducting resent the plaintiffs and Messrs p e d. that business at the time of his death. Mr. Pate wa> a whole- soul man. and, while like all men he had faults. Cleveland baking West & Honour. A new lot of dress goods ai e they were! ex pected this week; Joye & „ —;—.'•* *?■ . , —k -t. , r wr ’“” K who was a Miss Dixon, of Bish-1 Have you seen the new lot of, Blackwell Bros . I onville and one child a daugh- childrens, misses and ladies — —- „ „ r™*” ’ ter/survive ££ I cloaks at Blackwell Bros’? i Large No. 1 mackerel; W.&H ling a large Messrs Lee are also build- and substantial been appointed General Freight and Passenger Agent of the C., S. & N. Railroad, with headquarters at Sumter. On Saturday night John C. Turner struck George Eafeon over the head with a stick and from the effects of the blow Eason died on Sunday. The affair occurred near Marion. Eason was drunk and forced the quarrel upon Turner. Rest, kind Doctor, ’neath tlie wilder ness of flowers, By loving hands laid on thy quiet breast, May- they be watered by heavenly showers, Pure emblems of eternal rest. A Friknd. (Locals continued on second page.) Hgy/ Full Millinery Just opened in all the Latest Styles for Ladies, Misses and Children, which I have Carefully Selected from tlie North. The Inspection and Patronage of the Public are invited. Prices sure to suit all. Respectfully, Sept. 10—3m Pipe! Pipe! FIRE! J. Goldman, iho enterprising Pearl Street Merchant, had tlie roof burnt over his head at the time of the recent great lire in Darlington, but his stock was rescued, and lias been placed in the store formerly occupied by J. Frank Early on the north side of Grange Street near the Public Square, where he offers the people of Darlington some Choice Bargains during the next 30 days. Special attention is called to his stock of SHOES, which for cheapness and dura bility are not to be surpassed. THEY ARE HERE. A. ETTXiL LUSTE OE Millinery, Infants’ Caps, Children's Hats, Boys' Hats and Caps, Every conceivable form of Ladies’ Headwear and Un derwear, With MUs Burnette in charge of that de partment. Mrs. O’Doyle, of Balti more, a lady of long expe rience, has our Dress-Making Department, and d trial will convince yon of her skill- COME AXl* SEE R. W. PARKER. Sept. 10—3m