The Darlington news. (Darlington, S.C.) 1875-1909, March 10, 1892, Image 1
VOL. XIX, NO. 11.
DARLINGTON, S. ., THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1892.
WHOLE NUMBER 894.
MATTERS IN AND AROUND PROS.
PEROUS DARLINGTON.
A Column of News, Persons) and Oth
erwise, of Interest to Our Many
Readers.
Read the advertisement of
lumber for sale.
Rev. J. A. Rice has gone to
Georgetown on a brief visit.
The American Legion of Hon
or meets to-night (Thursday.)
A black and tan terrior is ad
vertised as *'lost” in this issue.
An important meeting of the
Darlington Guards will be held
to-morrow (Friday) night.
The crowd in town on Mon
day, “saleday”, was very row
dy and an unusual number of
arrests were made.
Mrs. M. E. Player is having
erected a large cottage on her
lot between her present residence
and Mrs. A. D. Flinn’s.
Mr. John E. Boyd has return
ed home to spend his vacation.
He has been attending the med
ical college in Charleston.
A notice is published in this
issue in regard to the exami
nation for teachers of the public
schools of Darlington County.
The subject for the meeting
of the Y. M. C. A., on Sunday
afternoon next, is: “Christ s
praver for his people”, John
Ail.
Col. E. R. Mclver, as a repre
sentative of the Stale Agricul
tural Society, will attend the
Worlds Fair Convention in Col
umbia to-day.
The registration books were
opened in idariuigtoii again on
Monday. A number of people
registered, the colored people
largely predominating.
Messrs Brunson Luun & Co.,
Joye & Sanders and A. J. Broom
have new advertisements in this
issue wlkch will be of interest
to the purchasing public.
Mr. Howard Fleming, of
Charleston, dealer in cement
and all kinds of plaster, has a
notice in this issue which is of
importance to those who con
template replacing their burnt
property.
Mr. E. A. Smith, the photog
rapher, who recently left Dar
lington to reside in Savannah,
is in town looking after
the insurance on his pho
tographic supplies which were
destroyed by the recent fire.
The Lamar Bulletin failed to
appear last week. It is said
that some dissatisfaction exists
among the stockholders, though
it is not improbable that mat
ters will be adjusted and the
paper issued soon again.
On Monday, last two white
men, Joe Pipkin and Tom
Dampier, became involved in a
quarrel in Darlington, and, as a
consequence. Pipkin cut Dam
pier on the head. Dr. J. C.
Willcox dressed I> a m p i e r’s
wounds, which are not serious.
The brick building which
Messrs Ward and Nachman are
erecting on the east side of the
Square will contain two stores,
one of which will be occupied
by Mr. J. C. White, the tinner.
The building will be two stories
high, but the second story will
not extend the full length.
The many friends of G. W.
Brown, Esq., will be pained to
learn of the death of his father,
Mr. D. W. Brown which occur
red in Florida one day last week.
The deceased was sixty nine
years old His home was in
Lancaster, but he had gone to
Florida in hopes of improving
his health.
Seven penitentiary convicls
who were working in Barnwell
County escaped on Friday.
Among them was Daniel Wright,
co'ored, who was sent from this
County to the penitentiary for
three years, at the fall term of
Court of last year, for breaking
into J. L. Coker & Co’s store at
Hartsville.
Col. T. B. Demaree, of Ken
tucky, the famous temperance
lecturer will deliver a lecture in
Darlington on Monday night, in
the interest of the Independent
Crier of Good Templars, a
branch of which society will
p obahly be organized here.
T ie place for the lecture will be
announced from the churches on
Sunday.
Mr. 8. A. Woods left for New
York on Monday to purchase
stock for Messrs Woods &
Woods. As this firm saved but
very little of their dry goods,
ladies’ and gent’s furnishing
goods, shoes etc, their stock,
when replenished in these lines,
will be complete and new. They
will receive the new stock as
soon as possible.
It would be well for the town
authorities to empty bricks and
other debris from the fire into
the large gully in the rear of
Mr. Hewitt’s stables. It would
to a great extent prevent the
sand from being washed into
Swift Creek from this gully.
The sand accummulatingln the
bed of the creek has much to do
with the water so often over
flowing the banks.
The Adjuttment of Losses Continues
But Few of the Sufferers from
the Fire Have Made ary
Definite Plans.
The sufferers from the recent
fire still have their business in
an unsettled condition and, in
fact, very few have as yet made
any definite plans. They have
spent the past week adjusting
the losses with the representa
tives of the insurance compan
ies. This required a great deal
of work and while many of the
losses have been adjusted, there
are still some unsettled. We
hope to give in our next issue
a detailed statement of the ad
justments.
We mentioned in our last is
sue tho temporary stands that
the merchants, wfio were burnt
out, had obtained. In most
cases the merchants will remain
at these stands for the present
at least. Mr. W. T. Sanford
has removed his jewelry estab
lishment to the Racket Store.
Mr. J. M. James has re-opened
his saloon at the old stand. The
building was badly damaged,
but will be repaired immediate
ly. The Fortner Bottling W’orks,
of which Mr. 8. Kalmus is
agent, have already commenced
to erect a building near the C.
S. & N. depot, where they will
continue to manufacture seltzer
and soda and bottle beer. Mr.
J. C. White has found tempora
ry business quarters in the resi
dence portion of the jail.
But few of the land owners in
the burnt district have decided
as yet on plans for rebuilding.
Mr. J. H. Early has decided to
build two brick stores on his
lot on the western side of the
Square, where the stand of P.
B. Allen & Co. formerly stood.
Mrs. M. J. Byrd will also build
on her lot on the square and Mr.
A. Weinberg expects to build
four stores on Pearl Street. Dr.
John Lunney will begin as soon
as possible the erection of five
brick stores on Pearl Street and
will also erect several cottages
facing on Mclver Street.
Seven electric light poles were
burned by the fire and this, of
course, broke the circuit. On
the second night following the
tire the incandescent lights were
again burning and by Monday
night of this week the arc lights
were turned on. Immediately
after the fire Messrs Forman
began to repair the breakage
and the quickness with which
they completed their work is
greatly to be commended.
A high grade fertilizers is the
cheapest. Buy fish scrap from
Edwards, Norment & Co’s and
you get 9 per cent of ammonia.
THE COUNTY DEMOCRACY.
A Call Issued by the Darlington County
Democratic Executive Committee.
In accordance with the notice
previously given in this paper
the Democratic Executive Com
mittee of Darlington County
met in Darlington on Monday.
The action taken by the Com
mittee is embodied in the fol
lowing call from the Chairman:
To the Democracy of Darling
ton C yunty:
Pursuant to the order qf the
Darlington County Democratic
Executive Committee the re
spective Democratic Clubs of
Darlington County will meet at
their usual places of meeting on
April 9, at 3 pm, for the pur
pose of reorganizing said clubs
according to the Constitution of
the Democratic party of South
Carolina and to elect delegates
to the County Convention to be
held on the first Monday in
May, at Darlington, at 12 in.
The purpose of this conven
tion is to reorganize the party
in the County and to elect eight
delegates to the State Conven
tion to be held in Columbia, on
Wednesday, May 18, for the pur
pose of electing delegates to the
National Democratic Conven
tion.
Each club will be entitled to
one delegate to the County Con
vention for every twenty-five
members and an additional del
egate for a majority fraction of
twenty-five.
Each club will elect or nomi
nate a member of the County
Executive Committee.
J. W. Beasley,
Chairman.
Chow Chow, mixed and onion
pickles, West &. Honour.
BURNED TO DEATH.
Th« Horrible Fate of an old Colored
Woman.
An old colored woman named
Cloney Lee, was burned to death
on Friday. She lived on Messrs
Marco & Lewenthal’s place in
the Mechamcsville neighbor
hood. She had gone into the
field alone that morning for the
purpose of burningtrash. About
ten o’clock in the day some of
the other hands came upon her
charred remains in flie field,
wlure far removed worn all
assistance she had fallen a vic
tim to the flames of her own
making and had been burned to
death. The woman was over
fifty years of age.
Chocolat Menier, W. & H.
FLORENCE^
THE C. S. & N. RAILROAD.
TOM TALBERT SHOT DOWN ON THE
STREET.
The Trouble Grew Out of Talbert's
Charging Charles Barrenger
With Slandering his Daugh
ter.—The Homicide Fol
lows a Cowhiding
[News and Courier.)
Florence, March 7.
once is again the scene of blood
shed, this time prominent and 1
well connected citizens figuring !
in the tragedy.
Tom Talbert, a machinist,
was killed this morning in a
fight with W. R. Barrenger, Jr,
and C. H. Barrenger, managers
of the new Central Hotel.
From a careful examination
of the witnesses it is almost im-
posibleto say who fired the pis
tol shot The testimony of the
three leading witnesses differs
widely. However, the coroner’s
jury find Charles
principal and Will
THE CRIMINAL COURT.
Addresses a Communication to the
Farmers Along Their Line of Road.
OeficeofGeneralManauer, )
Sumter, S. C., Feb. 27, 1892. /
To the Farmers on the Line
of the Charleston, Sumter and !
Northern Railroad
As the subject of diversfied
crops is now being considered
| by you, we beg to call to your
Flor- attention the question of plant-
, ing Irish and sweet potatoes,
cabbage, beans, onions and
watermelons for Northern and
Western markets.
We are now arranj ing with
our connections for a fast
Vegetable Train to be put on
from Pregnall’s to Baltimore,
Philadelphia, New York via
Norfolk; and to Pittsburg,
Harrisburg, Buffalo and other
points in the North and East, to
Cincinnati. Louisville, and other
points in the West, via Roanoke,
Va. We confidently expect to
announce these schedules in the
near future. Letters have been
Barrenger! addressed to merchants in these
Barrenger | c it* e8 > sonrm of which we have
THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE LAST
DAYS.
Sentences Passed.—Jos. W. James
Sentenced to be Hanged on June
10.—Three Murder Cases Post*
pone d.—Presentment of
the Grand Jury.
Only two cases were tried in
the Court of General Sessions
since the report of the proceed- fire, during one
duties required of her, whose
sole pay is her rations. We re
commend that a competent wo
man nurse be employed, who is
able to nurse the sick, dress
their wounds, keep the sick
rooms clean, and generally look
after and wait upon the sick.
Sixth. We found also a
grown young man of about
twenty years old in a most de
plorable condition. He is an
idiot and an epileptic. Some
time in January he fell into the
of his fits, and
ings in our last issue. On Wed- was
nesday of last week James Ted- ulS
der was tried for assault and
badly burned. His care
b6en so neglected that .t
was almost impossible to enter
his house to see him, the stench
battery with intent to kill. Some was so offensive. Being an
months ago he shot Dr. J. W. «P*leptic he should be watched,
Williamson, of DoveevUle. Th. ^ d b 3 “> d “^b/'rolS
jury found him guilty of assault i„to the fire. We recommend
and battery of a high and'ag- that the proper steps be taken
gravated nature, but recom- at once to see if he
FROM ALL SECTIONS AS TOLD BY
OUR CORRESPONDENTS.
What Our Neighbors Are Doing And
Saying.—A Brief Resume of the
Week.
ROBBIN S NECK.
The Couiitv Commissioners
will meet on the 17th. inst.
Mr. Geo. H. Edwards has
store at Bobbin’s Neck. Mr. J.
BANKS BETTER THAN PITCHERS.
Mr*. Annie Ottiano, of Columbia, Rob
bed of Seven Hundred Dollar*
Which She Kept in a Pitcher.
[Columbia State, Feb. 22.)
Mrs. Annie Ottiano is an ener
getic woman who has been do
ing business in the Columbia
Hotel block for several years,
and has met with considerable
success. She is known far and
wide as the successful fruit
dealer of the city. During all
a these years she has, unknowm
to any but a very few, refused
I to place any of her
B. Winters is in charge of it. , l0 , )Jace any 0I ner money in
The seine fisherman will soon bank, but has been hoarding her
i begin fishing in the Great Pee savings and keeping them in her
bed room in the rear portion of
the store.
She kept her wealth in a
pitcher which she always kept
securely in a wardrobe near her
Dee and then fish dinners will
be the order of the day.
The silo built and filled by
Mr. A. A. Gandy was a success
Court.
La „a... . ■ i • ocvuici/ in u naruruue near ner
^I?,! 8hln * the I bed’ a “d at this time she had in
it about $(500 in gold
paper
accessory before the fact. ~ ! published for your information.
The killing of Talbert was the These indicate that you can
culmination of a difilculty which dud good markets for potatoes,
has been forming for some time
past. The good name of a mod
est and beautiful girl, the
daughter of the dead man, hail
been profaned, and the irate
father held Charlie Barrenger
resnonsible, the other party
having left the city. On Satur
day evening Talbert, in the
presence of a large
of citizens, attacked
with a cowhide, and several
licks, passed between the two,
Talbert having the advantage.
This morning the difficulty was
renewed and the following ac
count of what occured is taken
fr m the testimony of Capt.
Beck :
Beck and Talbert walked to
the freight depot together, talk -1
ing over the occurrence of Sat
urday afternoon. Talbert hav
ing to pass the hotel on his way
home requested Capt. Beck to
walk with him. After passing
the hotel Talbert noticed the
two Barrengers following rapid
ly. At Stackley’s corner they
overtook Talbert and Beck.
Will Barrenger called to Tal
bert asking to speak to him a
moment. Talbert went a little
distance and stopped, saying :
“This is far enough.” Will then
began to reproach Talbert for
vegetables and water melons.
The large Northern markets are
too well known to require any
explanation in regard to them.
Your land is specially adapted
to the raising of potatoes. Sel
ect good seed and we are ready
to meet you more than half
w ay with rates and schedules
number of 1 fbat will greatly assist in solv-
Barrenger ( * n g the^ question of what you
are to plant in the future
Any further information you
may desire will be cheerfully
given on application to
G. W. Smith,
but recom- a t once to fee it lie can be ad- market with fat cattle. , it about $(500 in gold coin, and
mended him to the mercy of the IV' ie um and, if so, The railroad bed has caused a about $100 in silver and
that he be sent there good deal of damage to the
t find that no re- farmers, not enough space hav-
, 1 rtf fL separation j ng 5 een j e f t for water to g0
Thursday was spent in pass- °* f“ e races, one room being oc- through. *
ing sentences upon prisoners. f a pied by a white person and
x 1 the next room by a colored per-
I he time of the Court was oc- • . . c
AN ARSON CASE.
Seventh.
J gard is paid to
currency.
Yesterday afternoon she went
to the wardrobe for the purpose
of putting some money in the
itcher and then made the start
ing discovery that the pitcher
d 1
r __ On account of the wet weath- {j
son. This is wrong and should the brick yard has shut down, l-,,! „n fVo
cupied on Friday and Saturday be stopped immediately. We vv,ien the ground becomes dry f
with the trial of W. Horace recommend that the houses on enough, 25,000 dry pressed L r08trated ' b th rii 8 ! ;
McGee and John A. McGee, one street be U8e<1 b y whi t« peo- hncks will be turned out i t.hp r*>nli , 3rritirm r\f +
white, for arson. They P 1 ? on tbe other strw >t by , ‘ la >'-
Soliciting Agent,
J. W. Wiggins,
Agent, Holly Hill.
E. D. Kyle,
Genl. Freight Agent, Sumter.
J. H. Aveuill,
Genl. Manager, Sumter.
both j .
were charged with burning the co l° re d people,
barn of Mr. W. P. Woodham,' Eighth. We find that the
near Lamar. The jury render- amount of wood furnished for
ed a verdict of not guilty. fuel is entirely too little, not
The Court of General Sessions enough to keep them warm,
adjourned on Monday recommend that enough
CASES continued. woo ‘ 1 b f b > keep them
comfortable. In the matter of
Quite a number of cases were food we are satisfied they have
continued to the next term of a u they need.
Court, the most important of Complaint is made that the! ^ on will be planted than in for-
which were three murder cases, public road is obstructed near! ,ner y earH and less guano will
as follows: J. D. Flinn for kill- the C. & D. depot in this town be uswi - Corn will take the
! ing S. L. Kelley; Richard Moody by trains frequently blocking l^ ace cotton.
the realization of the fact that
all her wealth had been stolen.
Mr. J. B. Winters has applied! Chief Higbe was at oncenotified
for a postoffice at this place and and after examining the pre-
ilile reply, mises and ascertaining all the
facts, he immediately detailed
has received a favorable reply.
We expect soon to be in com
munication with the outside
world.
The oat crop in the Neck is
small and does not look well.
The acreage is large. Less cot-
LYDIA.
Lamar. John Moody, accessories to the road so as to detain owners
the killing of Henry Jones by 0 f ve bicles for a considerable
George Moody, and Primus time. We recommend that the Messrs Lee & Bro.,
Gainey for the killing of S. P. proper authorities take such ville, paid us a flying
\V ilson. steps as to make the C. & D. R.: cently.
THE JAMES CASE. R. Co. Stop this practice. ! yr e b a ve
On Thursday morning Joseph! We have appointed a com-| our town
the ac
an officer to work up the case.
It is not known when the rob-
beiy was committed, as the last
time Mrs. Ottiano looked into
the pitcher was more than a
week ago, when she returned to
the city after a visit to Charles
ton, and put $40 more in it.
STATE NEWS.
P,- . to , , W. James was brought into mittee to examine into
est & P Hononr cheese, Court and the Judge sentenced counts, management and bonds
a
in
shoemaker.
new
the
of Harts-
visit re-
addition to
person of a
And
was
West & Honour.
S. R. Buckwheat, W. & H.
him to be hanged on June 10. of the various offices in our Mr. Dove Pate has been quite „ iid ut ^ UUKrt , HOUmu ouicl[ _
It is stated on good authority County, as charged by your, s >clc with pneumonia, but is now house, died in Marion on Tues-
Gathered From Our Exchanges,
Put in Paragraphs.
Willie Phillips, white,
acquitted last week for killing
K. Pennington in SumterCounty
last October.
Mrs. Annie E. Stackhouse
wife of Congressman Stack-
WHO WANTS THE PLACE ?
is Reported that Representative.
Stackhouse Will Retire from
Con ress.
| Honor; this committee to report
at next term of the Court.
In conclusion we desire to
improving
Mr. Bartow King, of Remini,
has been visiting his mother
The Washington correspond-
taking advantage of his brother, ent of the News and Courier, in
at the same time giving the lie his letter of the 4th inst , says :
to the reports upon which Tal- It is whispered around in the. n
bert undertook to thrash Char South Caroliha colony that Capt. ' “ „
lie. Talbert then attem r>t “ rl ^ .-n — . three months
that an effort will be made to
have the Governor respite
Lewis Williams to the day fix- „„„„
ed for James’ execution. The thank your Honor for the cour- >i rs a. King
day now set for Williams’exe- tes y a »d consideration you have
cution is April 2(5. shown us. Judging from a glimpse we
Respectfully submitted, recently had, Mr. Hicks has the
A. B. Dove, fastest troting horse in Harts-
Foreman. v iHe.
CONVICTIONS AND SENTENCES.
The following are the con
victions and the sentences there
for:
Alexander Byrd, aggravated'
assault and battery, $50 fine or
in the peniten
tiary (the fine was paid); Henry
McQueen, larceny, (horse steal
ing), plead guilty, two years in
day of last week.
A large oil mill at Rock Hill
( was destroyed by fire on Sun-
J day night. The loss was heavy
and the insurance will not cover
it.
HOMICIDE IN FLORENCE
HE WALKED OFF.
Arch Moss, a white man re
siding in Spartanburg County,
died last week from having
morphine administered to him
by mistake for quinine.
ted to Stockhouse wiliTo? ^“urn^to I ^ In a Negro DancTHous^"" '' Someone Eise's Money/ | A man, named Jike Sheel,
draw his pistol. Wifi said: Washington again during the *7 Ft™™™ \f Q v ■ t (Pee Dee Index.) was run over and killed by an
“Don’t you draw your pistol.” present session, and the proba- ^ c Q u ® en >* ar< :® n y’ (horse steal- F lorence, March 4. Tom T . M w q „ engine,on Tuesday of last week.
High words ensued again and a bilities are that he will ^retire 1?^ ’ P e -^ ^ 7’ rS 10 '"'a' 118 ’ al,as ^ lll,a |y ^ e ' 80n - ’’.j • j while walking on the track of
second time Talbert began to from Congress. He is quite an tbe P enit cntiary; \N ilhe Jones, as killedat a negro dance last ( , m- ’ p, * j , , ! the South Carolina Railway at
draw his nistol Will said • ! <>l.i man tLo-aaa compound larceny (recommend- night by William Wingate. Ed. Gallivant s P erry Alliance < denot in ~ ‘ '
draw his pistol. Will saui ; ( oM man and the recent bereave- ed to K the rnercy the Court)< Wingate, his brother, is held by through its trade agent, Rev. the umon depot m
affected him He may*™-^^" 8 * x montbB * n the penitentiary; the coroner’s jury as an acces- J. W. Kirton. During the fall
“Give your pistol to Capt Beck
Capt Beck then called attention
to the fact that Charlie had a
pistol in his hand, and ordered
all parties to deliver their pis- for him to remain in
tols to him. Before this could
be done the lie was passed again
ment he sustained has seriously
. retain
his membership in the present
House, but there is no necessity
Washing
party
could
i ton. If any important
question should arise he
and W’ill struck Talbert in the reach here within twenty-four
face. Talbert drew his pistol hours. He may decide to give
| up his seat and give Governor
Tillman an opportunity to call
a special election to choose his
and fired.
Here the testimony of the
witnesses varies. One swears
that Charlie shot almost instan
taneously, so that the two re
ports might be taken for one.
To resume Capt Beck’s testi
mony : After the first fire Will
staggered and almost fell. Tal
bert turned to enter the store.
Will recovered and pursued him
and fired, the ball taking effect
in the door. Capt Beck got in
the door and prevented Will cn
tering or firing again. A few
minutes later a third shot was
fired in rear of the store. This
shot not one of the witnesses ex
plained. The supposition of the
jury is that Talbert fired it him
self. Neither could any of the
witnesses swear that Charlie
was in the street at the time it
was fired.
The Barrengers were taken in
charge by Deputy Sheriff Ted
der, who was near the scene of
the tragedy.
Lem Gadsden was the only wit
ness who heard four shots. He
was the one who testified that
Charlie shot immediately after
Talbert; also that Charlie did
not have a pistol drawn, and
that Will, when Capt Beck call
ed attention to the fact that
Charlie had a pistol, ordered
him to put it up.
The character of the wound
and the position of the parties
at the time of the first fire sup
port Gadsden’s testimony. The
coroner’ jury found the verdict
then as given in the outset of
this article.
Talbert was wounded in the
left breast, the pulmonary ar
tery was cut ana death resulted
from hemorrhage of the lung.
Death ensued in about half an
hour.
Talbert was one of the most
popular men in town, and one of
the best machinist in the coun
try. He was the father of the In
ternational Order of Machinists,
and at one time was its nation
al president- He was a Knight
of Honor and as well as a mem
ber of several other orders He
leaves a wife and a number of
small children.
The Barrengers were both
young men, just of age, and
jefy popular with everybody^/
Calvin Emanuel, resisting ofti
cer, aggravated assault, carry
ing razor concealed on person
(plead guilty), one year in peni
tentiary; Calvin Emanuel, car
rying concealed weapon (plead
guilty), three months in peni
tentiary; Elmore Davis, two
cases for forgery (plead guilty
sory before the fact. A dispute
began between the first two,
one charging the other with
stepping on his foot. A quarrel
ensued and blows followed
words. Ed Wingate joined in
to assist his brother. He held
Nelson while Willie stabbed
him in the throat with a pocket
ig
Mr. Foxworth gave Kirton for
collection,the liens and bills of
sale which he had taken from
the Alliancemen. Kirton col
lected the money, but failed to
depot in Columbia.
His head was severed from his
body.
A number of counties have
elected delegates to the conven
tion to nominate a ticket in op
position to Tillman, which will
to both), two years inthepeni- knife, severing the jugular vein.
A _A_* - 1 • l?,l \\r- A„J 1...A
successor*
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Citron, currants
West & Honour.
and raisins,
THE MERRY MINSTREL.
Guy Brothers Give a Splendid Enter
tainment at the Opera House.
We were able only to make
mention in our last issue of the
fact that the Guy Bros’ Min
strels gave an entertainment
in the Opera House on Wednes
day of last week. We feel that
it would be unfair to that com
pany not to give a more extend
ed notice of its performance.
The company is undoubtedly
one of the best that has ever they have pi
visited Darlington. Its perfor-! bills handed
mance was refined and enter
taining and everybody enjoyed
it. The dancing and singing
were unusually good. The peo
pie of Darlington will always
De glad of the opportunity to
atteud so good an entertainment
as the one the Guy Brothers’
gave us.
tentiary for each case; Cassie
Caston, assault with intent to
kill, $25 fine or two months in
the penitentiary, (a motion was
made for a new trial in this
case, but it was refused); James
Tedder, assault and battery of
Ed Wingate was arrested, but
Willie tried to escape to Dar- begged for a week’s
lington. He was found by which to raise the
Officer Smart concealed in an
old barn. Both he and his
brother are now in jail. The
hall where Nelson was killed is
turn it over to Mr. Foxworth, be held in Columbia on the 24th
though frequently called on to inst.
do so. Two weeks ago Mr j. R . Keels , E8q . ; of the Sum .
S°^ cw ?. r J b b, < Kirton ton that n er bar> was tried for forgery
if he did not pay over the mon-1 | a8t we ek. The case resulted
ey he would indict him. Kirton i i n a mistrial on Thursday.
time in There is another case of forgery
money, a g a i n8 t Mr. Keels.
high and aggravated nature said by the police to be a bad
(recommended to the mercy of den, that should have been
the Court), $100 fine or one year broken up long ago.
in the penitentiary, fine paid.
PRESENTMENT OF THE GRAND
JURY.
The grand jury made the fol
lowing presentment:
To His Honor, Judge J. J.
Norton, Presiding:
The grand jury drawn at this
term beg leave to report that
assed upon all the
us Dy your Honor
and in accordance with your in
structions have examined the
Court House building and find:
First The floor of the Sher
iff’s office to be needing repairs
and we recommend that the
same be duly repaired.
Second. We find that the
rooms used as jury rooms by the
! petit jury to be badly kept, the
Queen and Maple syrup, West air is so foul that it isa hardship
[Hi
& Honour.
A CARD OF THANKS.
Mr. J. Gregg McCall Acknowledges
the A**i»tance Rendered him Dur
ing the Fire.
Editor Darlington News:
I desire to thank the citizens
of Darlington, through the col
umns of your paper, for the
kind and generous assistance
rendered me at my residence
during the recent fire. A num
ber of people came to my aid
and did good work which I
greatly appreciate. Not being
able to remember who all of
them were, on account of the
excitement incident to the occa
sion, I cannot thank my good
friends individually, so I take
this means of showing them all
my sincere gratitude for their
valuable assistance.
J. Gregg McCall.
on the juror to be forced to
stand it, sometimes for days and
nights, and we recommend that
suitable arrangements to these
rooms be made so as to make
them comfortable ; we further
recommend that twelve chairs
be put in each room for the use
of the jurors.
Third. We find three boxes
of old papers and tax returns
for several years back, in the
passage of the Court House.
We recommend, in accordance
with the recommendation of the
former grand jury, t*>at the said
lot of papers he taken out of the
passage way of the Court House
and stored away in the jail for
safe keeping.
Fourth. We visited the jail
and find it in good condition
and the prisoners well cared
for.
Fifth. We also visited the
rom the Pioneer Tobacco Farmer of
South Carolina.
Office F. M. Rodgers, Jr., \
Florence, S. C., Jan. 18, ’92. J
Quinipiac Company :—I used
your “Pine Island” Fertilizer on
my Tobacco crop last year, and
can say that the results were
all that could be expected. I
have never used a fertilizer that
the results were better. I can
heartily recommend it to all to
bacco growers as a first-class
fertilizer for growing ./me tobac
co. I shall use it this year.
F. M. Rodgers, Jr.
For prices and further particu
lars concerning this fertilizer,
apply to Woods & Woods.
Mch 10—3t.
Roll of Honor.
The following is the roll of
honor for Hebron High School-
Hattie Hearon, Edward Mozin-
go, Earnest Woodham, Annie
Mozingo. Eva Morris, Boyd
Beasley, Albert Bruce, Edgar
Smith, Mattie Stewart, Etson
Mozingo, Daisy Pate, Rosa
and it was given him. At the
end of that time Mr. Foxworth
went to see him, but was in
formed that Kiiton had run
away to Texas. Kirton’sbroth
er told Mr. Foxworth that J. W-
Kirton left home on the night
of the 21st of February for Gal-
velston, Tex. Mr. Foxworth
at first thought Kirton was hid
ing somewhere near home to
escape arrest, but has since con
cluded that he has really gone
to Texas. The money collected
by Kirton, which has not been
accounted for by him, amounts
to nearly $800. Kirton was a
prominent man in Horry, and
came within two or three votes
of being nominated for the leg
islature on the reform ticket in
1890.
Pine Island Fertilizer.
[From one who has perfeeted the
cure of tobacco and lias done more
to revolutionize the curing and
handling of tobacco than the whole
world.)
Office of Modern Tobacco Barn
Company, High Point, N. C.,
January 15,1892.
The Quinnipiac Company.—
Gentlemen :—I expect to grow
a crop of thirty acres of Tobacco
at Tifton, Ga., this year and
have made up my mind to use
“Pine Island Fertilizer.” I
have a good opinion of it as a
tobacco
first-class tobacco fertilizer,
Moore, Luther Skinner, Marvin gained from many sources,
Mozingo. Thofollowinggentle- among them R. H Ricks of
visitors to the
Rev. M. Mozingo and
H. Evans.
men were recent
school:
Col. W
The Point At Issue.
[Pee Dee Index.)
After the primaries
both
must
wings of the Democracy
flap together.—O r an gebu rg ;
Times and Democrat. W T e are
not to have any State primary
and that is what the people
want. Give us a fair, open
Nash County, N. C., A. J. Hes
ter of N. C., and F. M. Rogers,
Jr., of Florence, 8. C., who are
: among the very best and most
successful tobacco growers in
these tobacco States.
Yours truly,
W. H. Snow.
For prices and further partic
ulars concerning this fertilizer.
Apply to Woods & Woods.
Mch 10—3t.
At a meeting of the State
Democratic Executive Commit
tee, held on Tuesday, it was de
cided that Probate Judges and
Masters of Equity should be vo
ted for at the State primary.
John R. Keels, Esq, of Sumter,
was acquitted last week of the
charge of murdering William
McCoy, colored. A case of self-
defense was shown. The kill
ing occured some months ago.
Van Thomas, colored, was
hanged at Abbeville, on Friday,
for murdering John Brackett,
also colored. He confessed the
crime and also admitted that
he had killed a man in Chester
in 1889.
Solon Lewis, mechanic, and
Sam Cole, merchant, exchang
ed nine pistol shots on the streets
of Latta, Marion County, on
Thursday. Cole received five
shots and Lewis one. Neither
is dangerously wounded.
At Reid’s in Sumter Countv,
on Wednesday of last week,
| two negroes got into a quarrel
about rations. One struck the
other over the head with an ax
handle, fracturing his skull.
The wounded man then shot his
antagonist inflicting a mortal
wound.
At the last election a Consti
tutional amendment was passed
abolishing the boards of County
Commissioners. The Attorney
General has decided that, while
the County Commissioner is not
a Constitutional office, it exists
by tbe authority of the Legisla
ture and will continue to exist
until abolished by an Act of the
Legislature. County Commis
sioners will, therefore, be voted
for at the election this fall.
New prunes West & Honour.
. , _ r —. In New Orleans, on Tuesday
poor house. We found the State primary and you will see of last week, Jack Burke and
nar . 8e cb arge of the sick and both wings of the Democracy Needham, both feather weights,
afflicted to be a woman entirely i “flapping” together in Novem- I had a prize fight. Burke was
incompetent to perform the I ber. I knocked out m the tenth round.
MARRIED.
On Sunday, February 28,1892,
at the residence of the bride’s
father, by Rev. E. H. Cuttino,
of Ebenezer, Mr. E. E. McGill,
of Darlington, and Miss Lizzio
Smoot, daughter ot J. A. Smoot,
of Palmetto.