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MATTERS IN AND AROUND PROS PEROUS DARLINGTON. A Column of News, Person; I and Oth erwise, of Interest to Our Many Readers. The American Legion of Hon or meets to-night (Thursday). Mr. 0. B. DuBose advertises for sale the place upon which he now resides. Mr. C. M. Ward left yester day for a brief business trip to Winston, N. C. A brick pavement is being E laced in front of the Strauss uilding on Pearl Street. Mr. C. J. Epps left on Tues day for Savannah, where he will take a course in a business college. Rev. T. H. Edwards, of Pal metto, will preach in the Bap tist Church on Sunday morning, at the usual hour. Mr. J. J. Lucas, Jr., of Bruns wick, Ga., was in town this week. He is on a visit to his family at Society-Hill. A reward is offered in this is sue for the return to The News office of a small silver pencil, recently lost in Darlington. The congregation of the Bap tist Church, on Sunday last, again unanimously called Rev. John Stout, of Society Hill, to the pastorate of the church. The time for the payment of the State and County taxes ex pires on Saturday of next week. The time for making returns for town taxes expires to day. At a meeting of the Pee Dee Compress Company, on Friday, by-law were adopted and Dr. J. C. Willcox and Mr. McC Willis were added to the Board of Directors. MissHallie Carson, who has been visiting the Misses Mc- Cown, returned to her home in Sumter on Tuesday. She was accompanied by Miss Alma Mc- Cown. Mrs. M. Manne has made an assignment for the benefit of her c.editors. Mr. A. Nachman is the assignee. A meeting of her creditors has been called for the 15th of this month. The Darlington Guards’ ar mory has been enlarged and otherwise greatly improved. The billiard and reading rooms have become quite a popular re sort among the members. Messrs. R. E. James and B. F. Williamson were elected First and Second Lieutenants of the Darlington Girards, respectively, at a meeting of the company held on the 4th inst. The subject for the meeting of the Young Men’s Christian Association on Sunday after noon next is, “Acquaintance with God and its Consequences’’, Job XXII, 21-30; John XVII, 3. We have been requested to state that the young ladies of the Presbyterian Sunday-School have-abandoned the idea of hav ing the oyster supper, mention of which has been made in The News. Mr. J. J. Shepard, proprietor of the Racket store, has remov ed to Wilmington. Mr. Geo. Brazington, who has been em ployed in the store for some time, is now managing it for Mr. Shepard. Heretofore it has been the custom of the Board of Stew ards of the Methodist Church to make the church collections, but at a recent meeting the Board authorized Mr. T. J. Drew to make these collections. The County Commissioners of Sumter and Darlington Coun ties will meet at Stokes Bridge, on Lynche’s River, on the 20 inst., for the purpose of letting out the rebuilding of the bridge. A notice concerning the same is published elsewhere. Mr. Henry Taylor, of New York, and his bride, nee Miss Annie Marco, have been in Dar lington on a visit to the latter's sister, Mrs. I Lewenihal. A dance was given in the opera house on Monday night in com pliment to the young couple. The leap year dance, given by the young ladies of Darlington, on Friday evening last, was a greater success than even its promoters anticipated. Every one enjoyed it. There were no wallflowers and, in fact, every gentleman seemed to be a belle. Mr. C. C. Wilson, a former Darlingtonian, but now a mem ber of the firm of Wilson & Hud gins, of Roanoke Va., is at his old home in Society Hill. He is prepared to do surveying in this County until March 15 and he publishes a card in The News to that effect- tie annual meeting of the lington, Light, Water and Forthe Week Ending Wednesday. Feb- rer Company was held on ror,no 10 Inesday of last week. The ruarv ,a iwing directors were elected G. McCall. W. F. Dargan.Esq., was re-elected President and Treasurer, and Mr. J. H. Early was elected Secretary. At the business meeting of the Young Men’s Christian Associa tion, on Wednesday night of last week, it was decided that a Ladies Auxilliary to the Asso ciation be organized. The mat ter of organization has been left to a committee consisting of Rev. J. A. Rice and Messrs C. W. Hewitt and Patterson Ward- law. THE CRUEL FLAMES The Handsome Residence of Maj. J. J. Lucas, at Society Hill Destroyed by Fire.—The Loss Great.—No Insur ance. About ten o’clock on Thurs day morning last the residence of Maj. J. J. Lucas, at Society- Hill, was destroyed by lire. When the fire was discovered it was confined to but a small spot on the roof and if it could have been reached in time it could have been extinguished easily. But unfortunately this could not be done immediately and the flames spread so rapidly that it was impossible to save the house. In a little over an hour all that was left of the once handsome residence were the chimneys and pillars. Most of the furniture on the first floor was saved, but^all of the furniture in the upper story was destroyed. A good part of the family silver was also lost. The house contained a magnifi cent library and many hand some paintings and all of these were destroyed. Much of the loss in silver, books and paint ings could not be replaced by the value in money. Fifteen thousand dollars will hardly cover the loss and the most unfortunate feature of the fire is that Maj. Lucas had no insurance at all, either upon the house or furniture. Dr. A. T. Baird, of this place, had his fur niture stored in the house, and a small portion of it was destroy ed, but insurance will cover his entire loss. Maj. Lucas’ house was one of the finest residences in the State. It was built three or four generations ago by Capt. DeWitt and inl859, in Carolina’s palmy days, Dr. Thomas Smith, who at that time owned it,made a very handsome addition. The destruction of the residence is a very severe loss to Maj. Lucas and he and his family have the sincere sympathy off all through out the County and State in their misfortune. Maj Lucas in his efforts to save his property was somewhat burned about the face'and hands. While his wounds are very pain ful, they are not serious. Choice table prunes, W. & H. Bargains in remnants of dress goods, calicos, ginghams, Sat- ines, canton flannels, white and red flannel, laces, embroideries, at McCall & Burch. DEATH OF MR. A. P GRAY. The Father of the Edi or of the Lamar Bulletin—That Journal Will not Ap pear This Week in Consequence. Mr. A. P. Gray, of High Hill, ! died at his residence in that; township, on Tuesday morning.; Mr. Gray was a very old man,' having passed his seventy-ninth | birthday. He had been sick for nearly two months. The de ceased was the father of Mr. E L. Gray, editor of the Lamar Bulletin, and in consequence of Mr. Gray’s affliction the Bulle tin will not be issued this week. We feel sure that the readers of that journal will readily grant an- indulgence for its non-ap pearance and will extend their heartfelt condolence to its editor. The News also extends its sym pathy . Dixie plows; $1 75, McCall & Burch. AN ALLIANCE CELEBRATION. A Great Occasion for the Lamar Sub- Alliance on the 22 inst. The sub-Alliance at Lamar will have a gala day on the 22 inst. (Washington’s birthday.) A private meeting ;of tho sub- AHiance will be held in the Academy at that place at 11 o’clock in the morning. To this meeting all members of the Far mers Alliance are cordially in vited. In the afternoon, at 3 o’clock, Col John J. Dargan of, Sumter, editor of the breeman, will deliver an address to which the public is invited. The occasion promises to be a great one for Alliance men*and the attendance will probably be large. Winter shirts, extra pants, overcoats, negligee shirts, boys’ suits, all at cost for cash. Mc Call & Burch. DARLINGTON COTTON MARKET THE COLUMBIA PHOSPHATE COM PANY AGAIN OFFERS PREMIUMS. For the Largest and Second Largest Yields of Cotton on one Acre—List of Contestants for 1891—Rules for 1892. Editor Darlington News: In February 1891 the Colum bia Phosphate Company offered, through the State Agricultural and Mechanical Society of South Carolina, a premium of $20') for the largest yield, and a pre mium of $100 for the next largest yield of seed cotton upon one acre of land manured ex clusively with fertilizers manu factured by the said company. Thirty four farmers in different sections of the State competed for these prizes, but from some cause only seventeen reported results. The returns were ex amined by a committee appoint ed by the Society at its meeting in Columbia on 3 inst. and the premiums were awarded as fol lows, viz: First prize, $200, to Good Brothers, Sedalia, Union Coun ty, yield 30291 pounds; second prize, $100; to E. M. Williamson Dovesville, Darlington County, yield 2501 pounds. I enclose you a list of con testants and yields reported, which may be interesting to your readers. The Columbia Phosphate Company offers similar pre miums for the present year and i hope many farmers of this county will compete for them. The contest is not limited to members of the Society, but any one who controls’an acre of land outside of a city or town can enter the list. The rules (a copy of which 1 enclose) are plain and simple. Any other information on the subject can be obtained by ad dressing Thos. W. Holloway, Secretary, Pomaria S. C., or the undeisigned. E. R McIvek. Palmetto S. C., Feb. 8, 1892. LIST OF COXTESTANTS. Following is a list of the con testants in 1891 for premiums of fered for the largest and next largest yield of seed cotton upon one acre of land manured exclu sively with fertilizers manufac tured by the Columbia Phos phate Company: ( ment shall be filed with the Sec- i retary of the Society on or be- ; fore a date to be hereafter fixed, notice of which will be given to | each competitor by the Secre- |tary. We have just received the largest and handsomest line of umbrellas, in gloria and in silk, ever carried in Darlington. Woods & Milling. A BUSINESS COMBINE. I It i* Proposed to Consolidate two of Darlington's Most Important In dustries. The directors of the Dai ling- ton Phosphate Company and the directors of the Darlington Ginnnig, Milling, Fertilizer and Warehouse Company met in I the office of the President of the Bank of Darlington, on Satur ! day afternoon, and, after a full discussion, decided to recom mend to the stockholders of their respective companies that the two industries be consoli dated. For this’purpose a meet ing of the stockholders of each i company is called for March 15. Notices concerning these meet ings are published in another | column. The question of con- i solidation will be submitted to the stockholders at these meet ings. There are a number of rea- | sons why the consolidation ap- pears feasible to the officers of | the two companies. The busi- | ness of the companies is closely allied and can well be worked together. The plants are locat ed near each other and one set ( of officers and clerks can man- \ '' age both concerns. The com panies can then be operated much more economically than at present. The capital stock of the phosphate company is |$70,000 and the ginning, mill ing, fertilizer and warehouse company $35,000. It is pro- ! posed to increase this combined cauital stock to $150,000. NEWS OF ALL SECTIONS AS TOLD BY OUR CORRESPONDENTS. which was . -Messrs J.\ rnin « ip a field ' Walters and ^A. Parnell, J. 1 | ter What Our Neighbors Are Doing And Saying.—A Brief Resume of the Week. MT ELON. large school —Mrs. J. H. Hicks is right: scho01 house- sick. been added to\. J. Morrison have —Mr. Walten ur sk'k list, been quite sick |Segars, who has with typhoid fev^for some time '.or, is some bet- Mr. J. C. Jot* at (jet s has a very He the Morman is an excel- THE mi FAIR. EXTENSIVE PREPARATIONS FOR THE WORLD'S EXPOSITION. A Description of the Magnificent Build ings and Grounds—The Fair to be I lent teacher. Mr. T. J. Price is erecting a Fancy evaporat small tenant house on his place. West & Honour. *1 apples, —The lake bridges at DuBose’s crossing, which were washed up by the recent large freshet in Lynche’s River, are, at last, re- around here to some e.'cultivated built. As this is doubt- 1 MT. IDA. -Tobacco will be COXTKSTANTS. County. (food B others.... Union E. la. Williamson Darlington.. J. A. Lomax Abbeville... W. 8. Allen Edgefield... Jas. McRae Marion T. B. Stackhouse Marion T. B. Earle Anderson .. It. JI. Allison York E. R. Mclver Darlington. F. A. Neel -FuirfteM —. J. E. Ellerbe Marion .1. H. Counts Islington.. L. T Wilds Fairfield ... E. Lee Hays Newberry.. T. W. Rawls Fairfield. .. J. M. Glenn Fairfield ... M. P. Kelley Lineaster. . Y1KI.D IN LBS 3,0211* ,501 2,488 1 2,473 2,445 2,157 2,1354 2,107 2,077 _2,075 8(033} 1,919 1,914 1.832 1,749 l.Olil 1,261 Rio coffee, 20 cts. lb.,W. & H. I Keep your money in circula tion at home by patronizing The Darlington News job office. DEATH OF A YOUNG MAN. An Employee of the Factory Succumbs to Pneumonia. Mr. W. E. Board died at his residence near the factory on Friday night. Ihe cause of his death was pneumonia, and he had only been sick for nine days. Mr. Board was original ly from Cheraw and he came to Darlington a year or so ago. When he first came to this place i he worked at the carpenter’s I trade, but later he served on the police force. This position he ! held for some time. At the time of his death he was em ployed at the factory. Mr. Board was about twenty-six years of age. He married the daughter of Mr. J. P. Coleman and the young widow has the sympathy of all her friends in (her distress. He leaves no children Hi'S-'--TeiR juris were interred in the Baptist Church yard, on Saturday afternoon, Rev. J. A. Rice conducting the funeral services. less the most public crossing on Lynch’es River, this will be wel come news to the travelling public. —Messrs W. H. Crosswell and T. P. King, are visiting Mr. Bartow King, who now resides at Remini, down on Santee Riv er. It is suspected that Mr. King is prospecting down there, with the intention of settling in that country. —The farmers of western Mt- Elon, announce their intention of cutting down the cotton acreage, planting more grain and using less guano this year. It is needless to say that this is a more in the right direction. If the farmers all over the cot ton belt, haven’t learned a last-1 Chapef, o‘n Sunday last, tng lesson by their past exper ience, there, is no hope of their —Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Byrd ever learning anything. ! P ai(1 a v > 8i t t° our community _ , . . last Sunday. We aie always — Perhaps it is not known pleased to welcome them in our that Mr. J. M. Woodham of ri^st western Mt Elon and his brother! »--*. Larrie have a ginning and Carolina at Chicago. milling establishment, which I turns out more baled cotton dur- A Communication in Regard to the ing the season, than any other establishment of its kind out side of Darlington or Hartsville. They ginned in 1890, nearly or quite 1,100 hales and in 1891, about 1,000, notwithstanding the short crop. We understand —Our farmers are st'* 011 ^ ing oats to meet the shcRl plant- corn. -rtage in —Mr. W. D. Coker In chased a saw mill and wivs pur- be ready for business \H soon —The school at this pl\ doing well under the malace is ment of Miss Katie Lewis, \iatre- —The cotton area and the a- s mount of fertilizers used will be reduced at least one third in this section. Evaporated pears and plums, West & Honour. RIVERDALE. —Rev. E. M. Merritt delivered excellent sermon at New an State’s Exhibit at the World’s Fair. OFFICE OF Columbia Board of Trade. Columbia, S. C., Feb. 5th, 1892. Editor Darlington News : Will you kindly publish the that they are going to remove following call their stock of goods from Stokes 1 Tothe Citizens of South Car- Bridge to the mill, for the pur- olina: pose of conducting their mer- Appreciating tho importance cantile business in connection of a proper representation of with the milling and ginning South Carolina at the World’s business. ' Columbian Exposition as to its * ! agricultural, mechanical, and Warner’s safe West & Honour. yeast cake, CYPRESS other resources, the Board of Trade would earnestly ask every city, town, and hamlet, every manufacturing and every pub- —Hog cholera seems to be | Uc organization, to send dele- playing havoc with the hogs in gates to a convention to he held this section. Some call it the in the city of Columbia on Thurs- “hog grip.” day and Friday, March 10th and Ar . , . t~. * . 111th; the purpose of such con- . isses Janie I avis and vention being to settle upon some Maggie Gregg of Jeffries Creek, |definite lan * of representation, a ^, V : 18Ul , ng relatlves and frlend8 i and to elect five commissioners, whose duty it shall be to carry at this place. —P. Boston, a colored man [ out such plan, living near this place, lost his house by fire Saturday night. He saved most of his furniture. W. —A valentine party will be given by the young people of the neighborhood, to-morrow night, at the residence of Mr. S J. Murray, President. Fred. A. Sale, Secretary. Letter heads and bill heads put up in pads constitute a spe RULES. Barley and tapioca, W. & H. THE SOCIETY HILL BRIDGE. Some of the job work turned , ... ! out by The Darlington News The following rules will gov- office du ri llg t h e past ten days ern the competition for the pre- has been very generally admired iniums offered for 1892: l) .v the business men of the com- 1. The area of land planted to Inun * t yj ^ compete for the foregoing pre-' miums must be one acre accu- j rately measured, and must belo-; cated outside of the limits of any city or town. Changes are to be Made in the Interest 2. No other manure or com- ° f Navigation, mercial fertilizer must be used | [Marlboro Democrat.] in the cultivation of the compe-; j n a communication to Con- ting crop than such as are maim- g i es8 the chief of engineers says factured and sold by the Col- t hat he has served notice on the bia Phosphate Compmiy. But j pre8ident of the Society Hill no limit is hxed to the amount an( j Marlboro Bridge Company, of such ferLhzers to be used. owners of the bridge across This is left tothe judgment of Great ]> ee .x)ee River, to make the competitor. necessary changes in thatstruc- 3. Each person intending to ture in the interest of naviga- compete for the foregoing pre miums must file with Col. Thom as W. Holloway, Secretary of; the State A. & M. Society of South Carolina, Pomaria, S. C., i on or before the 1st day of May, tion. The alterations required are: The driving of fender and protection piles above and be low the bridge and in the dra"w opening, to prevent injury to passing vessels. The changes 1891, written notice of such in- i are to be completed by Septem- tention ; and must, in said no- her next. tice, indicate clearly the Town- ship and County wherein lo- Choice new dried figs, W. & H. cated. I *— 4. The President of the Socie- R ^® OLUTI ® N ® complimentary. ty will appoint an agent in each community in which there will be competition for the foregoing premiums, to supervise the har vesting of each competing crop, The Epworth League Regrets the De parture from Town of One of its Most Faithful Members. At a meeting of the Epworth who will accurately weigh and J League, on Monday night, the keep a record of each picking, following resolutions were un- and, at the end of the harvest animomriy adopted: season, report the result in writ ing to the Secretary of the So ciety Resolved, That we have heard with sincere regret of the de parture of Brother C. J. Epps 5. Each competitor shall make i we f etd greatly our loss, we to the Secretary of the Society a hereby assure him of our inter- written statement under oath, j n bis welfare and of our setting forth in detail the char- prayers for God’s richest bless- acter and the quality of the land j ng8 apoQ bim in his new field cultivated ; the name or variety 1 0 f labor, of seed planted ; the brand of , at t» c icmuLiiee oi ivir. o cial Mature of the work done by ' TV 1 " c . 0 ^ hm ^ n the job department of The Dar- to the young ladies visiting Mr. DuBose’s family. ’\ —Dr. J. M- Josey has placed a large farm bei! oU t'is^ planta tion at this place. It is trie largest farm bell in this section, being five feet in circumference. Its chimes at morning and mid day are heard quite a distance. —The farmers have given in and are now hauling fertilizers with a vim. They could not stand the temptation any lon ger. From the present outlook lington News. ■ -• •*- THE MERRIMAN CASE. the The Defendant Sentenced for i-ourth T-iffie -Date of Exvtfi tion June 10. [The State.] Cheraw, Feb. 5.—When court convened to-day the at torneys for W. D. Merriman moved for a new trial on the ground of newly discovered evi dence. Almost the entire day the Greatest Ever Held. [Youth'* Companion.] The World's Fair to be held in ' Chicago next year will undoubt edly be the greatest enterprise j of the kind that the over seen. Not only will the variety of subjects illustrated in the national exhibits be lar ger than on any previous occa sion, but the space occupied will be more extensive than any oth er world’s fair, while the build ings will surpass in size the lar gest exhibition buildings pvo> before planned. ..nought that the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia was planned on an enormous scale, when the ground space covered by the main buildings was forty-eight and one-half acres ; but in Chi cago the buildings will cover one hundred and five acres, or more than twice as much. In the great Paris Exposition of 1889 the entire space of ground devoted to the Fair was only one hundred and seventy-three acres. Chicago devotes to the same purpose nearly four times as much. The size of the buildings now being erected for exhibits at the Chicago Fair may be judtred from the fact that the largest of them will be a full mile in cir cumference. Inside of this huge building, as one of the managers of the Fair recently stated, the largest building of the Paris Exposition might have been placed, without filling, either in length or breadth, the central i aisle alone of the Chicago build ing ; and the roof of the Ameri can structure would have ex tended fully fifty feet above that of the Paris building. The centre of the arched roof ■ of this Chicago building is near- ;ly three-quarters as high as the topmost point on the great don e of the Capitol at Washington, and if we leave out of account the dome itself the Manufactures building at Chicago could easily take inside of itself two build ings the size of the Washington ! Capitol. Eleven buildings for exhibi tion purposes will he erected at Chicago, where Philadelphia had hut seven, and Paris still fewer. These comparisons will ! serve to illustrate the scale on which the managers have made their plans. A peculiarly attractive feature of the Chicago Fair will he its long frontageon Lake Michigan, along which will run five miles of docks and nearly two miles of shore, besides along, winding lake extending through the cen- ; tre of the exhibition grounds. Of the other features planned or 1 suggested, such as a tower to rival that of Paris, and a “mova ble platform” on which the vis •itur Chii'step hi any., p« int he carried along a’riCyt things that this Exposition will accomplish will be the inducing of foreign people by the hundred thousands to journey across our country, and see for themselves the greatness of its interior re sources. MUST COME TOGETHER. The 27th of March Suggested for the Meeting of a Convention. To the Editor of The State : From the expressions of the cof- respmdenceof 'Ihe State there world has. seems to he a general sentiment in favor of a convention, and that at no distant day. Confi dence must he restored. Peace must be established within the Democratic rank. The differen ces must be settled. Conserva tism must bring us together. The men who sow discord among brethren can never make peace. Another ci.’Iu'a will destroy the ^itv.tlcratic party. To under take to force the party to sup port Tillman will only widen the breach and strengthen in- dependentism. There are thou sands who voted for him before, that cannot and will not vote for him again. They are con scientious, honest Democrats. They feel that they have been deceived and are dissatisfied. The farmers want to do right. They feel the burdens of the present mismanagement and are anxious for relief. They are studying the situation, and are becoming tired of following the tail end of the party. They are becoming tired of so much liti gation, and of an administration that knows just enough to get into law-suits and spend the people’s money, hut never gains anything for them. It will take something more than the records of the courts to satisfy the peo ple. The Greenville Enterprise and Mountaineer and the An derson Intelligencer are crying out for a primary election to nominate officers from Governor down. Irby says we can’t have it. We need a convention to settle that question. Where there is a will there is a way. Letjussee whether the Democrat ic party can rule itself, or whether it must he ruled by a few office holders styling them selves the “executive commit tee.” What business have a batch of office holders on that committee any how ? A sense of decency would lead some men to decline a place on that com mittee, whenever they become candidates for office. Now, let there be a call in every county for a mass meeting on salesday in March to elect delegates to a convention to meet in Columbia on the 27 of that month to pre pare for the coming campaign. Let the people demand their rights. Send your best men. If the people want a primary, it is their right and they should have it. S. and the The^lo FIRE IN FLORENCE. orence Smoking Tobacco Woo Totally Destroyed. [Florence Messenger, Feb. 5.] The Florence Smoking To bacco Works, belonging to Mr. Thomas E. Gregg, in the ex treme south western limits of the city, were discovered on fire shortly after 8 o’clock Wednes- grounds, space will not penNjMay night and were soon reduc- 4*..ii zw.•f'* "oHar with all the con- it seems that the usual amount wa8 taken up in the reading of of cotton will be planted this evidence, affidavits and argu- year. Rice flour for cow food, 40 cts. bushel, West & Honour. STOKES BRIDGE. —There is a great deal of sick ness in our community. Most of the sufferers have the grip. —We have had favorable weather during the oast two weeks for farm work and the farmers have been making good ! have tried in every way to save use of it. ! their client. An appeal from —No guano has been hauled J 1 ud » e Nort< ? n ’ s rulin K wil1 i r >b- to this place yet. The farmers ablv be taken at thls session do not seem so anxious about of court ’, Th es « appeals have getting it as they have been in prevented the execution hereto fore, but this time the date has been placed about one week af- ments of counsel. Judge Nor ton refused the motion, and sentenced the prisoner, for the fourth time, to death, the date of execution this time being June 10. Merriman killed Douglass about three years ago, and was tried and convicted soon after wards. Since then the case has gone up in the Supreme Court three or four times. Attorneys Kennedy, Prince and Stevenson the past. —Burch, the young son of Mr. and Mrs. P. W. McKinzie, died on the 31ult. He had a severe attack of pneutnonin sick only one week ter the case will be disposed of by the Supreme Court, so that ! in case the action of that court and was is against him he will not have The re- j to he resentenced, but will be the ensuing year: Messrs F. Dargan, 8. Lewental, J. Early, J. 0. Willcox and J. ruary 10. Good Middling, 6 Middling, 5} Strict Low Middling, 51 Low Middling, 5 fertilizer used ; the amount ap plied and mode of application ; For sale: A $250 Herring com bination safe, good as new, for mains were interred in Hebron hanged under the present sen- Ohurch-yard on the evening of tence, unless the hearing is the day that he died. postponed by the Supreme Court —The bridge across Lynche’s River, at this place, was wash ed away during the recent fresh et. The loss of the bridge great inconvenience to our trvellers. Oatmeal, 5 cts. lb., W. & H. the system of cultivation and $180, payable $10 a month. Can manner of harvest; the gross be seen at the Court House. Ap- yield of seed cotton, and the to- ply to W. tal .cost of the crop. This state- Mason A. Parrott or J or the Governor commutes the sentence. The prisoner has been confin- is a ed 80 l° n 8 and given so many new leases of life that some sympathy is being aroused in his behalf. Besides the long confinement and great strain have about shattered his health. CLYDE | Taken all together this has ’ been one of the most remarka- ” c had a slight snow on | hie and hardest fought criminal Saturday night last. , cases ever tried in Chesterfield, —Little Burrell, son of Mrs. if noC in the entire State - Joe Shirley, was burned to death — — 1 Sm i th ’ 8 , p ! ace - | n Why send to Charleston for Kelljtown one day last week, your job printing when you can He was between three and tour ge t the same class of work done years old. Ihe little fellow s a t The Darlington Nkws office clothes caught fire from grass I for the same price ? full description. Many more such features are sure to be ad (led between now and the spring J of next year. The Chicago Fair commemor ates the discovery of America by Columbus—whence the fa miliar name, “Columbian Expo sition.” October 12, 1892, will be the four hundredth anniversary of that discovery, and it was there fore originally intended to hold I the Fair this year. Unfortu nately, the undertaking was not begun until trie summer of 1890, and this left too short a time for preparation. The managers of the Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia had five years for | preparation after Congress had voted on the place. Paris oc cupied four years in preparing for its fair of 1889. As it is, | Chicago will have had less than I three years in which to do the ! same and greater work ; for the i opening of the Exposition will | be on the First of May. 1893. Columbus’discovery will have its celebration, however, on the proper date, and the buildings of the Fair will be ‘dedicated” next October by the President of the United Slates, in the pres ence. so tar as can he arranged, of all the State governors, con- ' gressmen and military officers, and with a great national dis- It was by vote of Congress, in April, 1890, that Chicago was selected as the site for the World’s Fair. It will he re membered that there was an ex citing contest then between New York and Chicago as to which should have the Fair. The con test has given rise to much good- humored bantering of Chicago by New York and other cities ; but now that the greatness of this World’s Exposition begins to be appreciated, all of our States and cities are coming for- ward generously to contribute [toits success. I Perhaps the greatest of all eu tv/ with all the con tents of the establismueni. MX-.. Gregg’s stable was also destroy ed at the same time. The fire alarm was sounded and the department turned out, but a brisk breeze was blowing at the time, and before the engines could reach the spot, it being in an out-of-way locality, thep op- erty was burned into tinder. Mr. Gregg estimates the total loss at $1,400. The property was insured with the agency if Jerome P. Chase & Sons, of this city, for $850. Mr. Gregg says that the only cause he can assign for the fire is that a match may have been ignited by a rat among the to bacco. The works were near Mr. Gregg’s dwelling. OBITUARY. Mrs. Jessie Pearce, wife of Capt. J. E. Pearce, of Kershaw, Lancaster County, died at that place of pneumonia, on Sunday night, January 31, 1892. Her remains were interred in the Kershaw cemetery on the fol lowing afternoon. Mrs. Pearce was a highly respected lady and a large concourse of friends and citizens attended her funeral. She was a daughter of the late O. D. Lee, Sr., of Darlington County. She married in Dar lington and subsequently re moved to Sumter, and from thence she removed to Kershaw. Besides J)er husband, she leaves two daughters and one son to mourn her loss. J. B. W. Fire in New York. The Hotel Royal, in New York City, was destroyed by fire Sunday night. There were one hundred and fifty-two per sons in the hotel at the time. Of these eighty-two are known to be safe, twelve bodies have been found in the ruins and fifty-eight persons remain un accounted for, though it is prob able that most of those unac counted £or escaped., . —