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VOL. XVIII, XO. 49. DARLINGTON, S. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1891. WHOLE NUMBER 880. LOCAL BREVITIES. the church yard. MATTERS IN AND AROUND PROS- Hebron ’ in Darlin gton County, Held Up PEROUS DARLINGTON. ! as a Model. A Column of News, Personal and Oth- v ^^. in * ^ iH»on writes to erwise, of Interest to Our Many , Christian Advo- Readers. , cafe as follows: “One of the most Edward Mclver, Esq., of Che- '. 1 ' 8t . r ® !jS,ll K, si Kl>t8 in our country raw, was in town on yesterday. C h llr ,.h unke,, H ,t condition of Mi.„s I^u Mclver an,, Alma! CoSunSVSi, Sf.E THE METHODIST CONFERENCE. NOW IN The ANNUAL SESSION IN DAR LINGTON. MrCown have returned from a own hou» jiri teMbeTuS v.Mt u. Wmn.boro ly .re often contend wSip The town Council is making itt a church surrounded bv rot- an improvement long needed by ting logs, unsightly stumps levelling up Pearl Street. labyrinth-like roots* scattered The town authorities are fill-1 ston c s and such offenses to good ing up the duck pond at the Weeds and bushes grow southwest corner of the Court !? e . r sk clter to add to the con- House. I fusion. Strangely enough this mu r j-v ,. | condition of things seems to be The young men of Darlington accepted without thought of a purpose giving a “Sixteenth better way. Even where a taste Century Ball; on Christmas ful church building has been lllgnt- [erected, the yard around mars Mr. T. G. Dargan is ch-rking a ** * t8 beauty, destroys all its in the hardware and grocery i e ^ ect - Now and then a church store of Messrs Edwards, Nor- 1 ma T found where good taste nient & Co. j juarks the yard, cemetery and Th, n P h 1 fiB 8 °\ h 111 the C , hurch ; * u l ) country. And” Hebron 1 of the(CoiiferenceoXndTymorm ing and evening. a sight upon which eyes of saint and sinner rest approvingly. As Miss Maggie Cofield, who has j 1 ’ 8 —or at least after its fash- been visiting her aunt, Mrs. A. ion—all our church yards and M. Woods, has returned to her cem eteries should be. It does home in Spartanburg. not need argument to show the The. cold wave on Sunday ’ ^, d . Wdl . k * P S yard81 brought sleet and snow to Dar- ,.1. . lts ar< ^ ara , oar lington. The snow melted, P tha » od s ‘ however, as fast us it fell. . ? ev e^.n,« d ’ TA W ° I reverence God we ought to care Rev. T. H. Law, of Spartan- for His sanctuary. An ill kept burg, passed through Darlington yard must cause the world toj doubt our affection for the! Church, or to think on Saturday on his way to visit his old home in Hartsville. An election in Cheraw on Tuesday, on the “wet” and “dry” issue, resulted in a victory for the former by a vote of 103 75. As we go to press we learn that Associate Justice Henry Mclver, of Cheraw, was elected Chief Justice by the Legislature on Tuesday. In accordance with the pre vious announcement regular mails were put on the Charles ton, Sumter and Northern Rail road on Tuesday. The fame of The Darlington News Job Department is ex tending away from home, and orders for work received from Chesterfield C. H., are being filled this week. The regular monthly business meeting of the Y. M. C. A, has been postponed until next Wed nesday night. A member of the Conference will conduct the meeting on Sunday afternoon. Messrs E. M. Wells and Wal ter Harrell leave this morning for Cheraw to attend the wed ding of Mr. T. S. Wellsand Miss Annie Huggins, which will take place in that town this after noon. At a meeting of the Darling ton Club on Monday night a constitution and by-laws were adopted, which will ensure the maintenance of the good pur poses of the organization. A special meeting of the Dar lington Building and Loan As sociation has been called for Thursday evening next, in the office of E. Keith Dargan, Esq. Business of importance is to be transacted. The members of the Darling ton Guards are requested to bear in mind the fact that the regular monthly meeting of the company will be held at the Armory to-morrow (Friday) night at 8.30 o’clock. A petition, asking the Legis- mature, the case not having yet latnre to pay Mrs. 8. E. R. Me-j come before the Court in proper Cown for her mill pond which f orin . As the result ofa simi- was condemned as a public j i ar motion made by the Solicitor nuisance, was recently circulat- ; n the case of the StatevsMerri- ed in the town and county and Inan , from Chesterfield County, has been presented to the Legis- the appeal in that case was dis- lature. missed. The same fate w-ill , . .. doubtless befall the James case regular communication.^ 0 ^ , t . a ri , ;1 ,. lu>fl bv the Su- or to tnink we are grossly lacking in good taste.! A neglected cemetery arouses thoughts that do the living no credit. These things are not insignificant. Tasteful surround- i igs to our places of worship will inspire respect for them and for the cause of Christ. Neglected ( yards may inspire the opposite feeling. There are not only “sermons in stones,” but in the very dust of Ziou Will not our brethren and sisters think on this apparently simple matter? Will they not determine to amend? Will they not make beautiful the grounds so sa cred?” THE TOvVN CHARTER. The To Legislature Will Be Asked Make Some Changes In It. A bill is now being prepared for presentation to the Legisla ture, providing for a number of changes in the charter of the town of Darlington. Among tlie most important matters to be asked for are an extension of the town limits, a change in the mode of assessing and collect ing town taxes ami authority to tax dogs. The proposed exten sion of the town's limits is as follows: The nortliern boundary will be located one mile from the Court House, which will place it near the Fair Grounds. The eastern boundary will also be a mile from the Court House and the southern boundary one mile and a quarter The west ern boundary will he run from a point on the Timmonsville road, just beyond Mr, C. B. Edwards’ place, to Indian Branch. Can Peaches, Pine Apples, Pears, Apricots, Cherries, Egg Plums; West & Honour. The Appeal In the James Case. The James case was dismiss ed by the Supremo Court last week on the ground that the motion of the Solicitor was pre- ..... Delegates Have Arrived and the Conference is Hard at Work.—The Meeting of the Historical Society. Titis week is “Methodist Week” in Darlington. The South Carolina Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, is now in session here and the town is crowded with delegates, ministers and lay men. Darlington, with iter accus tomed hospitality,has opened her doors wide to give the visitors a hearty welcome. About three hundred guests are now within the town limits and every one is receiving the attention of our people. The Conference met yesterday morning in the Methodist Church, Bishop Granberry, of Virginia, presiding, and will continue in session until the early part of next week. A full account of the proceedings will he given later in The News. The Board of Missions met in the Methodist Church on Tues day. The following compose the Board: J. B. Tray wick, Pres ident: Jesse A. Clifton, First Vice President; J. H. McCain, Second Vice President; J. Lemack Stokes, Secretary; C. G. Dantzler, Esq, Treasurer; J. B. Wilson, J. E. Carlisle, D. D. Dantzler, D. P. Boyd, N. B. Clarkson, A. J. Stalford, Ben jamin Greig, J. H. Hueitt, W. T. D. Cousar, Jas. Cothran, Jr., J. A. Sprott, J. F. Caraway, Evan Norton, J. W. Uiiillian, S. M. Rice. The committees to examine applicants for the ministry and those who have been in the min istry for one, two, three and four years also met on Tuesday. The following are the commit tees: Applicants, 8. A. Weber, Chairman; J. T. Pate, M. M. Brabham, W W. Daniel. First Year, R. W. Barber, Chairman; J. E. Rushton, T. E. Morris, W. W. Williams. Second Year, J. B. Campbell, Chairman; A. C. Walker, S. J. Bethea, W. P. Meadows. Third Year, Thos. Ruysor, Chairman; J. E. Beard, W. Olin Watson, W. M. Dun can. Fourth Year, Wm. A. Rogers, Chairman; J. W r . Dan- ; iels, Dove Tiller, Chas. B. Smith. On Tuesday night the annual meeting of the Historical Society of the Conference was held in ; the Methodist Church. There! was quite a large attendance. Rev. Samuel Weber, A. M., of Aiken, delivered an admirable address. The greater part of his address was devoted to read ing Rev. William Wilson’s rem iniscences of the church as it was forty years ago, which is a very interesting and instructive paper. All of the officers of the Society who served last NEW BUILDINGS. Work Has Been Begun For The Erec* lion of Several New Buildings of Pearl Street. Mr. A. Nachman, wlio recent ly purchased Mr. Martin Han ley’s two" lots on Pearl Street, has sold them to Messrs I. Strauss, of Sumter, and A. P. Levy, of thir place. These gentlemen have already begun ! to haul material and to make I other preparations for the im mediate erection of two brick buildings on the lots. Mr G. O. Mertz has also begun prep arations for the erection of two brick stores on his lots on the same street. Mr. J. W. Robert son lias the contract for erect ing all of these buildings. It is understood that Mrs. Mamie will begin in a very short time j to erect three brick stores on her property on Pearl Street. Mr. J. Goldman, who is now temporarily at J. Frank Early’s old stand, will occupy one of i Messrs Strauss and Levy's stores and Messrs. Strauss and CULLING TO ACCOUNT. COL. E. R. MclVER GIVES SOME FACTS AND FIGURES. Which Show the Inaccuracies in the Financial Statement Contained in the Governor s Message. Col. E. R. Mclver, ex-State Treasurer of Soutli Carolina, writes as follows to the Xews mul Courier, under date of Nov. 23, in regard to the financial statistics of the Governor’s message: “In an official document read to the Legislature on the 24th HE ACKNOWLEDGES HIS ERROR. Colonel Mclver's Letter Makes Govern or Tillman “Own Up.” We clip the following from the letter of the Columbia cor respondent of the Siin<l<ii/ Xeivs, dated Nov. 28: “The fol lowing from Governor Tillman will explain itself to those who read the Xews and Courier to day. He said that he would frankly admit that the com para live statement between 18!)0 and 181)1 as to the cash on hand quoted from his message and commented upon in the Xews •tnd Courier to-day by the Hon. E. R. Mclver. ex-State Treasu- DARLINGTON COUNTT. NEWS OF ALL SECTIONS AS TOLD BY OUR CORRESPONDENTS. What Our Neighbors Are Doing And Saying A Brief Resume of the Week. JASPER. . Hill is very sick for nearly a instant, and published iu the rer, was incorrect. That that Xews and Courier of the 25th instant, I find the following statement, viz: Tlie following is a comparative Ktute- ■nentbetween 1890 and 1891 ne to citsh on liand: 1890. Cash balance October 31, 1890 $77,943.93 Outstanding Warrants . Net cash balance Borrowed money Levy will conduct a grocery and I Overdrawn on banks . liquor business in the other. Mince Meat; West & Honour. 41,802.82 $88,141.11 50,500.00 22,800.00 portion of his message was pre pared through inadvertence and for convenience from a newspa- | per clipping, which he assumed ! to be correct and agreeing with : an official statement, both of which were before him. His information row is that the newspaper statement was incor rect, and that it was furnished to some of the newsj apers by a clerk in the Comptroller Gener al's office.” Full supply fancy cakes; West & Honour. CONFESSIONS IN ORDER. The Governor Should Make a General Confession of His Weaknesses. [News and Courier.] Governor Tillman frankly ad-! mits that the statement which he made as to the cash in the j State treasury in 1C9I. as co n- pared with 1^00, wes incon'ect. i also was the one providing that[ stat . e 1 ^ a f 8U 1 rer a re P^ r ° ry ? a , r T1,at P’Y °' hU M ® s8 . a »« was icers designate what i endl,i ? 0ctober J1 > 1891 .’ and 1 P re P ared through inadvert- Due by State October 31, 1891 Less cash .$78,300.09 . 30,141.11 | THE LEGISLATURE. New Bills Introduced —Two Important Bills Killed. The Legislature met on Tues day of last week. Among the bills left over from lust session, the one to empower the Govern or to remove Sheriff’s under cer tain contingencies was killed, as Leaving net debt, October 31, 1890 $37,158.89 1891. Cash on hand October 31, 1891 $64,615.02 la-ss outstanding warrants... 14,250.83 Net balance $50,364 19 Add balance paid for 1890.... 37,158,89 —Mrs. S. I [ ind has been so uionth. —People who have fat pigs ! would do well tokillthem. Some of our neighbors have butchered a few. —Our community has had sad experience in the matter of churches, having had two de stroyed within eight years. The incendiary is still at large. CLYDE. —We had a light fall of snow- on Sunday w-ith some sleet. —Some few of our farmers have a little cotton in the field yet. —The session of the public school at the Morman school house has begun, with Mr. J. C. Jowers as teacher, and he is certainly a good one. —A public road will soon bo run from Kellytown to the Mor man place on the Camden road. It will be a great convenience to those residing north of Black Creek. Difference in fuvor <if 1891 .$H7,.">23.08 I have carefully examined the State Treasurer’s report for year the State officers designat papers shall publish official ad- ence.” It w-ill be observed, how ever. that while frankly admit- draf ts amounting to $22,800. I ting his error, the Governor tries am therefore correct in asserting to throw the blame for the mis- RIVERDALt. —Mr. W. H. Mozingo is haul ing lumber for the erection of a dwelling house. —The session of the Riverdale school commenced on Monday, with Miss Anna Coggeshall as teacher. -Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Hay and H. Mozingo have been unable to find any vertisements. The bill provld- *“‘2 to „ 8how ., that i he ,P aid ® ver , ing for marriage license to be biaslair'to becorne'a’Uw^aLo ‘{> at n,) such dobt .contracted by fake on a clerk in the Comptrol- the bill autlnoizing county and the previous Administration was er General s office It would municipal authorities to employ f aid out 0 , f the ^ ce, P t8 of the proper now for the Governor Penitentiary convicts u p o n, trea8ur y dar j a g the fiscal year 8a y that fie m.srepresented hindiwavi nnfi atmat* * lending October 31, 1891. De- Charleston in respect to the sup- ....... , . 05 ' t |. |!jn s i n tn>- ducting the $22,800 mentioned port given to the pauper and de- P a id a brief visit to relatives at from the difference in fuvor of pendent classes in this county. ^T dla ^ as t week 1891, which is$87,523.08, we find It would also be in place for him —Mechanicsville Church has the result is $04,723.08. ! to express regret for his hide- been newly painted, which Now, it is well known that the cent attacks upon Judge Wal- greatly improves its outward South Carolina Railway did not lace and Judge’Simon ton. It appearance. pay any part of its taxes that would be greatly to his credit if I were due from 15th October, he should recast the statement 1889, to Febr iary 1, 1890, but in his Message relating to the Ashland. that said taxes were paid after charge of “incipient rottenness” the session of the Legislature in in previous Administr ions. Among the new duced are the following: To in corporate the town of Hartsville to require railroads to furnish separate coaches for white and colored passenger; to reapport ion representation in the Gen eral Assembly in accordance with the census of 1890, to con- firm and validate the consoli dation of the Bennettsville and Cheraw Railroad with theChar- leston, Sumter and Northern; to change the time for the meeting of the General Assembly from the fourth Tuesday in Novem- 1 ber to the Third Tuesday in Jan uary. ••• Cranberries; West & Honour. THE COLORED FAIR. Fine Exhibits In Many Departments— A Great Occasion For The Colored People. The fair of the Darlington | Colored Agricultural and Mech anical Fair Company, which was held last week, was quite a success and reflected very much j credit upon the colored people. 'The December, 1890, under a joint resolution authorizing the sev eral county treasurers to receive same, with interest added. These taxes amounted to $17,- 719.59, without interest, and should rightfully be deducted from the balance as above—$04,- 723.08 less $17,719.59=147,003.49, which is all the difference that. He would be all the stronger for making a general confession of his weaknesses, Assorted flavor : West & Honour ‘Jelly,” 10c —Hog cholera has made its iappearance. % —Some of our farmers have planted “Allen silk” withaeon- siderable degree of success. —The tobacco fever has not yet struck this section, although the actions of some of our most prominent farmers indicate that Pythian Officers. The follow-ing officers, to serve •„ . ■ . , for the ensuing year, were elect- ^ wlU el l ter mto diversified can justly be claimed in of the fiscal year ending Octo ber 31, 1891. On page 24 of Treasurer’s re port for the year ending Octo ber 31, 1891, he enters $21,427.84 as received from back taxes, which, 1 suppose, covers the amount received from the South Carolina Railway for past due taxes, with interest added. Then there is a discrepancy of about $40,000 between the state- favor od at a meeting of the Knights ,a,nun 8 ncxt J uir - of Pythias on Tuesday night: S. Lewenthal, C. C.; A. C. Mc- Fall. V. C.; J. G. Law, P.: Geo. Onslow, M. E.; S. S. Burch, M. F. & K. R. & S.: W. G. Dick son, M. A.; A. Weinberg, trustee of hard times, for three years; C. Alexander and Geo. Onslow, representa- I lives to the Grand Lodge; A. ; Weinberg and I. Lewenthal, alternates. These officers will i be installed at the next regular meeting. The Asylum. The following is taken from ^ ^ mentof the document mentioned Rev. A. Coke Smith will not be Jcr<M^ in”aCtendanice.""fhe"eY above and the official leport of able to accept the invitation to ! b j b j ts j n some departments were the State Treasurer, which I deliver the special sermon toj vervbne p ar ti cu larlv the fan- will not attempt to explain, nor the Young Men’s Christian As- j work! field crops poultry 1 make any comment there- sociation. He is quite sick and! sw j 1 ’ ie xi iere was a isoa on > bu t l eave y oar readers to if he attends the Conference at | | ar „ e 0xb { b jj 0 f i lor[ie8 . Many form their own conclusions, all it will be only during the 0 f the exhibits came from other I It is said that comparisons are latter part of the session. Counties Ou Friday speeches °^* ous > but I fear neither com- The Conference is a great were ma ,j e ‘ : : — u "" event for Darlington, but the neat co j ore( i _ . _ , people are determined that the ^ wb ite people attended the mentof the office of State Treas- During the year 311 were admit town hhull be equal to the occa- j a j r an( | t ] 10 managers showed 81on - _ them every courtesy. French Pate s Truffled; West -phy prices charged at The & Honour. | Darlinoton News Job Office I are tbe same as prevail in If you need anything in the! charleston and Columbia, while Horse drovers are daily seen riding over the roads and they sell some stock occasionally, notwithstanding the low price of cotton and the universal cry —The neat sign boards erect ed throughout the County, as well as the present condition of the State Treasury, reflect a considerable degree of credit on our new administration. —Last spring the pupils of the Sunday-school at Savanna Chapel planted a pound of cot- the annual report of the Super- ton seed each, for the purpose intendent of the Asvhnn- purchasing additional book* intendentof the Asylum: “At the beginning of the year there were present 778 patients—389 male and 389 female. Of these were w-hite, and 333 colored. by several promi- pansons nor investigations hon- 445 w. 1 men. A number ‘ ;s tJy conducted of my manage- I hero were absent on trial 43 urer, feeling sure that the ministration with which I the honor to be associated not suffer thereby.” Ad- had will for the Sunday-school library The plan seems to have worked remarkably well, for they have already realized thirty-five or forty dollars and a considerable amount is to be received yet. DR. BATES INTERVIEWED. ted, and the number under treat ment 1,132. The highest num ber of patients was 782, and the lowest 730. There were dis charged 384, of whom 94 were clased as recovered, 37 as itn- I poved, 6unimproved; 44 were re' PHILADELPHIA. —Short crops and low prices; hence the farmers are blue. The Lodge, A. F. M.>ben it is reached by the of St. David’s Lodge, a. r. m.,\ . ■ f orm I1PX t will be held in the Masonic preme lOourt HI due form next Temple on Wednesday night of montli. ^ _ r _ next week at eight o’clock. A | State Bar Association. full attendance is earnestly re- tRn PTeentive quested as an election for ofti- Ata. mee ing - ^ cers will be held. ! committee of the State Bar As , j sociation, held m Columma on An excursion was run from: p r j ( j a y i tlie time for holding the Hartsville to Darlington to ena-1 next annua j meeting of the as way of Job Printing, keep your the quality of the work is not to He Says the Governor Did money in circulation at home by be surpassed. Those Figures From Him patronizing The Daklinjton ——— A representative of the State N EWS Job Office. in THE TOILS of the law. ( . alled State Trea8urer Rates tmf rnEAT pee dee and aske< l b ’ m ^ or a statement Henry McQueen. Colored, Arrested on concerning the card from Col. What The Government Has Done To- The Charge of HorseStealing. E. R. Mclver on the subject of Henry McQueen, colored, has 4he Governor s message, which Not Get moved; 5 eloped; 159 died; 4<iare absent on trial. The result at wards Improving The River, The following information in been arrested on the charge of ^J^BamsStates that the fi*- (rurd to the trovernment work ■ stealing a very valuable mare Dr. rsau! stales mat li e ng gard to me government ora » • The !ures used by Governor Tillman, ble persons from that place t0 sociation was changed from attciwl tha tnfprt.ninment of the ! r, o orwl 3 1891 to DOC- attend the entertainment of tbe I December 2 and 3, 1891 to Dec- Blumenberg Concert Company : 0m b er g an d 10, 1891. E. Keith on Wednesday night of last i DargEtn, Esq., was appointed on 'OOk rtrvrn m Oil rGCOPtiOIl ell)*! week. Twenty-one persons took advantage of this opportunity. The circus on Saturday drew large crowds at both its after noon and night performances. The show was very good, par ticularly the bicycle and uni- cycle riding, which was the best ever exhibited in Darlington. Mrs. Nancy Riles, a very old and much esteemed lady, was burned to death on Monday at her son, Mr. John Riles’, resi dence near Cartersrille. She was alone and it is thought she had a fit and fell in the fire. At the request of the Meth odist congregation, Miss Bessie Williamson, who is now at school in Columbia, will return to Darlington to sing at the morning and evening services at the Methodist Church on Sun day next. Miss Helen Mallov, of Cheraw, will also sing on the same occasion. the committee on reception G W. Brown, Esq., is a mem ber of the general council and also a member of tho committee on jurisprudence and law form. Plum Pudding; W. & H. on the Great Pee Dee River is fr<) . in ^ r - M. J. Outlaw. The an j quott . d by Col Mclver form tntpn from the renort of the animal waa taken from the arm quoiMi uy c-tn. jit,iver,iorm taken trom me report or tne ,, M Outlaw’s til ace no part of his (the treasurer’s) chief of engineers, having stables on itr. uuuaw s place, | and that he was in no r'hnrtrp of the river and harbor near Clyde, on Friday night. I re P ort - ami mat ne was in no cnaige oi me river ana naroor, .. notified of the way connected with them, improvements in South Caro-1 Ine ohentt was notinea ot me ,,m. table” continued Di li.,q, (<The imnroveirents made theft on Saturday morning and u tne tame, continued ur. lina: < The improvements made | ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Bates, “must have crept into a decided Queen arrested in Cheraw. At th . e governor s message by some While originally I So time of hi. arrest he had the *»• 5,1 mare m his nossession. and it peareu on my oooks. Being asked where the “stray —Mr. J. C. King, of Society Hill, was here last Saturday. —Messrs A. R. Garner and Howie are erecting a commo dious dwelling on their lot at Syracuse. —Mr. C. W. Stewart killed , , T .[ two shoats, on the 18 inst., which D.ed In the Guard Hous-t. together weighed 568 pounds. Custis Tindal, a white resi- VVe are 80rry to report Mr. dent of Florence, was arrested Stewart on our sick list, though the end of the year is 738 patients, 308 male and 370 female, of whom 423 are white and 315 colored.” on Monday night of last week and lodged in the guard house for being helplessly drunk on the streets. Early next morn ing it was found that he had died during the night. on this river by the United j States have been of a decided Queen arrested re character. .. - —-e, | „ , L dangerously obstructed by snags j mare m bls possession, and it and logs everywhere, it has been | was turned over to the rightful quite thoroughly cleared and 9'Y. Iier - McQueen is now in now the channel has a width of 80 feet and a depth of 9 feet at jail. Bologna Sausage; W. & H. low water for a distance of 50 miles from the mouth, and a I — ExtenT^Tof Ti™. width of 80 feet and depth of 4 feet up to 172 miles above the In the House of Representa- mouth. To complete the project lives on Tuesday a joint resol- thero is required $37,500.” ution was passed providing for | come from the comptroller gen eral’s office, being given out prematurely. When asked if the figures I were correct, the treasurer re- uuon was passeu Rruv.u.ug jur that he would prefer not to the extension of the time for ^p re88 an opinion. “Patronize home enterprise” j ^ f ?,V riiai 7 A» a matter of fact, the fig- by having your Letter-heads,; . ?u he . 8en , a .V!..r i '!U° l, ‘ ures used in the OBITUARY. John Edward Hicks, son of Mrs. Sarah Hicks, died on July 22, 1891 The deceased was about twenty-five years old and table had probably come from, bid fair to make his mark in he said that such a table was recently printed in the papers, and that it had most probably w-e will soon be well A Comic Opera. Beatrice Goldie's Comic Opera Company has been hooked for Darlington for the nights of the 14, and 15 insts This company has a wide reputation, so having your Letter-neaas, « ures used in the message were so. that within ten minutes printed at The ably pass the resolution also. published, not in tabulated form, after the annou 1 < Dari ln’oton News Job Office. * however, in the &7a/e on Novem- coming the manager 01 mu v* 1 aii.,»«. rv.w Opera House sold fifty-seven re serve seats and in twenty-four hours he had sold one hundred and ten reserve seats for the first night and ninety-seven for the second. Consequently those who have not yet secured their seats had better do so at once. Alliance Dap DARLINGTON COTTON MARKET For the Week Ending Wednesday, De cember 2. Good Middling, 7 Middling, Ot Strict Low Middling, Ot Low Middling, Ot ber 10, and in the article it was MT. ELON. —Mrs. Sarah Hicks, of the Ashland neighborhood, visited our community about a week ago. —Rev. G. T. Gresham will leave this week to attend the Baptist State Convention which meets at Spartanburg. —Mr. R. B. Gatlin has pur chased Mrs. S. E. Kelly’s inter est in the firm of Kelly & Gatlin and will conduct tho business hereafter on his own account. —Notice has been received of the establishment of a postoffice at this place. The office will be located at Mr. Grtlin’s store and he will doubtless be post master. This will be a great convenience to our people ( Jmi oIs continued on second page.) hope he again. —Mr. J. J. Parrott, Jr., is still very busy manufacturing molasses. The fine grade of syrup he is making gives gener al satisfaction. Mostevery farm er in this section is raising his own sugar cane. —Work upon the building for the Philadelphia Academy, which was commmenced last his vocation as a larmer. He 8 p r jng, has been finished. Mr. was an affectionate son and j. c. Dowling has been elected brother, and, although cut off principal of the Academy for an eight months’ term. —Rev. Mr. Rushton seems to have endeared himself to his in the beginning of life, he had made many friends. He had never left his mother’s roof and expected soon to take charge of .. . , her business. Eddie was devot congregation at this place who, ed to his mother and was never we 8a ^° m saying, oude contented until he knew that all r, ‘ uch P lea f d of her wants were satisfied. Conference see fit to retum hnn Well it was that he had this t0 th > 8 char £° for another > ear - M loving care, for on tlie death of —Rev. J. E. Rushton’s Sua- his father, Mr. Robert Hicks, | Jay school cotton farmers,(who almost twenty years ago, the planted each a package of cot- Wednesday of last week was clearly stated that they were support of a large family de- ton seed last spring, the pro- Alliance day at the Augusta from an abstract furnished the ’ pended solely ou the Christian ceeds of which to be applied Exposition. A large number of comptroller general for incorpo- mother. Besides his mother, a equally to the missionary col- AlHancemen from thisStateand ration in his report. The figures, brother and three sisters sur-1 lections and the Sunday-school Georgia were present. Pres- as also stated in the article, vive to mourn his loss. May have raised about two thousand ident Livingston, of the Geor- were given, upon application, the good Lord comfort and cheer pounds of seed cotton from gia Alliance, was the orator of by the officials of the comptrol-1 them in their sad affliction, the occasion. 1 ler’s office. [ * * * thirty-eight packages. The plan has worked like a charm STATE NEWS. Gathered From Our Exchanges. Manning wants a railroad to tap the C., S. & N. The Baptist State Convention is in session at Spartanbu.g this week. Ex-Senator George F. Ed munds and family, of Vermont, are in Aiken. The bridge across Little Pee Dee river at Gallivant’s ferry, in Marion County, was destroyed by tire recently. John W. Patterson, colored, was hanged at Conway on Nov. 2(1 for the murder of Constable H. C. Hardee in June last. Mr. James Norton, Chief Clerk of the Comptroller General and a member of the LegTslature from Marion County, has re signed the former position. The Columbia Record says: A hack carriage from the Grand Central hotel to the Ex ecutive mansion from 5 to 10 p. m. would pay handsomely.” Mr. George Pucker, who shot himself in Columbia recently, with suicidal intent, and who was carried to Charleston, died on tlie 26th of No /e rber. The Governor, tlie Senate hav ing ratified his act in removing Supervisor of Registration Cant well, of Charleston County, has appointed Mr. David S. Cuttino as his successor. Joe Hughes, who was to have been hanged at Conway on the 20 of Nov., and who had been respited by the Governor, died suddenly in the Horry jail on Tuesday morning of last week. A wreck occurred on the South Carolina Railway near Summer ville on the night of Nov. 28, in which Mason Parker, colored fireman, was instantly killed, and several white passengers were seriously injured. Dr. C. Kollock, of Cheraw, was elected vice president of the American Gynaecological Socie ty at its annual meeting in Washington in September. He was also e’ected vice president of the Southern Surgical and Gymecological Association which met in Richmond on the 10th of November. The Newberry Observer says: “Wade Hampton, who led the Democrats to victory in the re demption of the State in 1876, and Judge Wallace, who as Speaker of the Democratic House secured the victory that had been so nobly won, seem to be marked out by the present ad ministration as special objects of hatred. But the people of the State will not forget the debt of gratitude and honor they owe these distinguished citizens.” Sumter County and town and some of the citizens have a big law suit facing them. It is clain rd by the heirs of Gen. Sumter, the Revolutionary hero, that the latter leased the land where the court house now stands and the lot where the old jail stood to tho county for ninety-nine years and that the lease will expire next year. The jail lot was subsequently sold by the county partly to the town and partly to private individuals. Upon this lot now stands the town hall and several fine stores. The property involved is in the heart of the town. Tho heirs of Gen. Sumter will bring suit to recover the entire property. A sensational story comes from England to the effect that a Catholic priest from Rome had disguised himself and se cured employment as a servant in the house of Lord Salisbury, England’s prime minister. It is conjectured that the priest is the spy of the Pope, sent to watch the movements of the English government. The famine in Russia is still severe. Thousands are without food at all, and the poor quality of food secured by the others is causing death and pestilence. People are roaming aimlessly from town to town in hopes of bettering their condition, while some even prefer b eak Siberia to their present miserable con dition. Congress meets Monday next,