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imi imm. MATTERS IN AND AROUND PROS. PEROUS DARLINGTON. erwite, The Horrible Fate of a Respectable Old Colored Woman. “Maum” Emily, the well know old servant of Dr B. C. Norment’s family, met with a horrible death on Saturday. She lived in a house in Dr. Nor- The quarterly statements of ] ment's yard and eary on ^at- Darlinj?ton's hanks are publish urday morning, while in front ed in this issue. j of the fi replace in her house, she Mr ' I something similar to it, and fell into the fire. Being very A Column of News, Persons) and Oth* of Interest to Our Many Readers. Probate of Clarendon County, has been visiting friends in town. Rev. John Stout Conducts his Initial Services in the Baptist Church on Sunday. Rev. John Stout, the new pas tor of the Baptist Church, con ducted his first service in that Church on Sunday morning. The congregation was very large, among the number being many of the members of his former congregation at Society Hill. He took his text from II CorinthiansIV, 5. “Wepreach old and almost absolutely help- not ourselves, but Christ Jesus, Editor J. W. Hammond, of | less she was most horribly burn- the Lord.” The sermon was the Florence Messenger, paid i ed when she was found in the listened to attentively by the The News office a visit on Mon-, yard, still-enwrapped in flames, [congregation, the able discourse day. Mrs. J. Roseudorf, of New York, who has been visiting Mrs. I. Lewenthal, returned home on Saturday. Misses Lilly and Carrie Moses, who have been visiting Mrs. Manne, returned to their home in Georgetown on Tuesday. Hon. Knox Livingsfon, a prominent member of the Ben nettsville Bar, was in town last week on professional business. Mr. A. O. Newton was taken suddenly and dangerously ill while in church on Sunday night. He is now some better. Mr. E. W. Sutton, the photog rapher who is gaining an en viable reputation for fine work, has an advertisement in this issue. Mr. H. Hennig, who has had his building twice badly dam aged by fire recently, has had the same repaired and the front painted anew. A committee of the Town Council has been appointed to examine into the matter of pro curing a truck for the use of the fire department. The notice of the annual meet ing of the stockholders of the People’s Bank, which will be held on the 25 hist., appears in another column. The town taxes are now re ceivable at the office of the Judge of Probate. The books were opened yesterday and will continue until the 30 inst The announcement of the an nual meeting of the South Car olina Medical Association is published in this issue. The meeting will be held in George town on the 29 inst. Mr. Pattersori Wardlaw de livered an able and instructive address to the Epworth League on Monday night, his subject be ing, “The Life and character of Thomas 15. Macauley. The Methodist Sunday-school, i on Sunday, elected Mr. Walter J. Parrott and Mrs. W. F. Dar- gan delegates to the State Sun day-school Convention, which met in Marion this week. The Pee Dee Presbytery meets at Reedy Creek church in Mar ion County on Thursday next. Mr. R. E. Dubose will represent the Darlington Church, with Mr. W. A. Law as alternate. Fourteen colored men were arrested on Sunday night on the charge of gambling. W hen carried before the Mayor on Monday, however, the cases against them were dismissed. Miss L M. Schmid, the well known and popular milliner, • has an important notice in this issue in regard to her beautiful line of spring and summer mil linery which has just been open ed. The Lydia Township Demo cratic Club will meet at the Gully Church, Saturday after noon next at 4 o clock. All white voters in the township are earnestly requested to be present. Mr. W. D. Woods has several beautiful calla lilies in bloom, which have been very generally admired. The bloom of the largest is twelve inches long and it has a leaf twenty-four in ches long. Mr. Frank Niernsee, the Col umbia architect. was in town vesterdav examining the walls of some of the buildings now in the course of construction. The examination was made at the request of the Town Council. The Darlington Democratic Club will meet in the Court House on Saturday, at 3 P. M.. for the purpose of reorganizing and electing dele gates to the County Convention to assemble the first Monday in May. Rev. E. Palmer Hutson, of Cheraw, and Rev. J G. Law, of this place, will exchange pul pits on Sunday morning and evening, Rev. Mr. Hutson preaching at the Darlington Presbyterian Church at the usual hours. by a member of household. The the Doctor s I deeply impressing them, family gave Before the morning service her evey kind attention and as- Mr. Stout delivered an address sistance, but it was of no avail, to the Sunday-school. Imme- for her wounds were so severe diately after the service the that she died Saturday night. Church conference was held “Maum” Emily was well and Capt. W. C. Coker, a dea- MOVEMENT ON FOOT FOR A NEW HOTEL AND OPERA HOUSE. Both to be Located on Pearl Street.— The Plana if Carried out Will Fur nish two Handsome Struct ures for the Town. The building boom in Dar lington has in nowise abated and a new hotel and anew opera house are now on the tapis. A few weeks ago we mentioned that Dr. John Lunney would erect five stores on his property on Pearl Street. This plan he will carry into effect, but he proposes to go his intention building into a further. It is to convert the hotel. On the first floor four of the rooms fac- known in Darlington and every- con of the Church, in behalf of ing on Pearl Street will be used body respected her. She must! the congregation, welcomed have been very near one hun- Mr. Stout to his new charge, dred years old. For some years The pastor then made an infor- past she has been very feeble mal talk to the members present, and helpless and unable to leave Three persons were admitted in ker home. She was Dr. Nor- to the Church. After the con- ment’s nurse and b e later owned iference the pastor administered her, bringing her to Darlington ; the rite of communion, from Virginia about 1857 and At the evening services a she has lived with his family large congregation again greet- ever since. She belonged to that good old class, the “Tore de war” darkies, and had all the good qualities of those worthy people. She was faithful unto the last to the Doctor's family and they in turn cared for her willingly and generously. Her remains were interred in the colored cemeterv on Sunday afternoon, Dr. Norment’s sons acting as pall bearers. The New Bush Lima only 25cts a pt at Boyd’s. ge c ed Mr. Stout. No services were held in the Presbyterian Church, in order that the members of that congregation might attend the services in the Baptist Church, in which Rev. J. G. Law assisted Mr. Stout. The welcome given Mr. Stout on Sunday is but a forecaste of the cordial relation that will exist between the pastor and his peo ple, a relation that will un doubtedly be productive of Beans good, and we trust will be 2t. long duration. The work six MILITARY ELECTION. so worthy a man as Mr. Stout cannot but redound to the bene fit of the town. as stores and the fifth will be the hotel office. In the rear of the office will be situated the dining room. The ladies en trance will also be on Pearl Street. The parlors and sleep ing apartments will be on the second floor and in two wings which will be extended from the rear of the building. The building will have have a front of 120 feet and a depth of 80 feet. Handsome designs have been selected and the cost of the building, which will be fitted up with all modern improvements, is est mated at $15,000. , Mr. A. Weinberg has under contemplation the construction of the new opera house. He is of preparing to build four of i on his property on Pearl stores Street THE DAHLINGTON ELECTRIC LIGHT WORKS vs. L. N. COX. The Governor Grants a Requisition for the Delivery of Cox to the Darling ton County Authorities, but Subsequently Stops Pro- ceejings. L. N. Cox, who sold the elec tric light plant to the Darling ton Light, Water and Power Company, is now the centre of very interesting proceedings The company had a warrant is sued for his arrest on the charges of selling property un der mortgage and obtaining money under false pretences. Cox is in Washington and Gov ernor Tillman issued a requisi tion on the authorities of the District of Columbia for his de livery to the South Carolina au thorities. Sheriff Cole ami W F. Dargan, Esq., president of the company, went to Washing ton on Wednesday of last week, but on Monday they returned to Darlington without their man. At our request Mr. Dargan furnished The News the follow, ing statement of what trans pired in Washington : One L N. Cox, sometime last year, went in with two or three of our citizens here and formed an Electric Light Co., he taking a little less than one-half of the stock of the Company. He then made a contract with the Com pany to put in the Electric Plant here in connection with our Water Works Co. for a certain amount. He put in a steam plant and the electric light ma in another plant, we would let I that Cox will appear to answer) him take his out without any to any indictment”, trouble. We are how informed that We then notified Mr. Cox that j Governor Tillman has tele- unless he satisfied Mr. Thomp- graphed Judge Bingham tore- kins by a certain time, we turn the requisition papers, that FROM ALL SECTIONS AS TOLD BY OUR CORRESPONDENTS. would issue a warrant against him. We heard nothing from Mr. Cox about this matter, all this time Mr. Cox being one ol the Directors of the Company. We heard nothing from Mr. Cox, the warrant was issued, and a registered letter address ed to him at Washington, stat ing that the warrant had been issued, and notifying him to come forward and give bond for his appearance to meet the is sue. This he failed to do We thereupon applied to theGovern- or of South Carolina for a requisi tion on the authorities at Wash ington for Cox. We got the re quisition papers, sent them to What Our Neighbors Are Doing And Saying.—A Brief Resume of the Week. DOVESVILLE Miss MellaS win ton, of Char- family of Washington and were notified | Dean and Mr. Geo. I). he, the Governor, wished to withdraw them. Judge Bing ham has telegraphed that he wished to have his order in due form to that effect. The citizens of Darlington have reason to know Mr. Cox a | Jeston, isvisiting the little better than either Geo. 1). \t,. a r Tillman or B. R. Tillman, by e - reason of the fact that he has swindled them out of something over four thousand dollars. He had trouble with the peo ple of Florencejabout their plant, which he put in. Governor Tillman has not giv en any further hearing in this matter. We understand that Mr. Mills The Commissioned Officers of the Dar lington Guards Elected; the Non-Commissioned Offi cers Appointed. The annual meeting of the Darlington Guards was held in the Armory on Friday night. The commissioned officers were re-elected, as follows: H. T. | Thompson, Captain; R. E. James, First Lieutenant; B. F. Williamson, Second Lieutenant;; W. J Garner, Surgeon. The' following non-commissioned •— — of 400. It will be a little gem Mr. F. Lewenthal, at S. Man- an d w ju be situated in the rear ne’s store, has just received a 0 f the stores with the main en lot of handsome spring and sum- trance on Pearl Street. An ex- mer samples from the famous ca vatiou will be made so as to Chicago clothing house Brown pi ace the parquet, private boxes M. & Co. am i stage partially below the — ~ • ground. There will also be a springville. gallery. The opera house will be built upon the most modern A Correspondent Advocates the Res- styles and will have plenty of toration of that Summer Resort ventilation. In fact this little to its Former Popularity. theatre will be a model of its Editor Darlington News: kind. adjoining Dr. Lunney’s and he will probably add an opera . house with a seating capacity chinery and settled with us for officers were then ap lointed: M.: The early settlers in the Pee T. Lide, First Sergeant; T. E Dee Valley discovered that the McCullough. Second Sergeant; high sand hills of Black Creek A H. Byrd, Third Sergeant; ■ were the health resort for the W, A. Parrott, Fourth Sergeant; happy dwellers in the fertle P. S. Wilds, Fifth Sergeant; L. plain. From adjoining coun- G. McCall, P. Z. Harllee, J. ties there came in the first part Walter James and C. W. Du- of the centery youths to attend Bose, Corporals. The company the fine Academy there estab is still in a flourishing condi- bshed. In the decade pievious THE FEAST OF THE FLOWERS. that Cox had been arrested and was in the custody of the mar shal. The Sheriff went on to Washington, carrying one of the attorneys for the Company with him in case Cox might re-; sist by legal measures. Tillman are great friends, and that he, failing to carry his point before the courts, adopted the method of inducing Congressman Till man to espouse his cause. It is a strange anomaly that a Representative of the State of As we go to press (as you would say) a destructive forest fire is raging near the suburbs. Mrs. Abigail Dove, who has been quite ill for sometime past, is, we are happy to state, rapid- ily convalescing. Mrs. G. A. Norman and in fant daughter, accompanied by Miss Abelle McCallman, all of Walhalla, are visiting relatives and friends in town. A Northern timber syndicate has purchased large tracks of swamp land on both sides of the Pee Dee River. The com- - . . . . pany has established several (>n arriving there these part- 1 South Carolina, and the Chief camps and are cutting with a ies found that Cox had sued out Kxecutive of the State, should vim the whit© and black cy- a writ of habeas corpus before ] step in and subvert the law of | press, which they girdle, cut Judge Bingham, one of the Jus- j the State of South Carolina to; and raft to their mills near tices of the Supreme Court of protect a man who is known to Georgetown, the District of Columbia. The have swindled an unsuspecting r hearing was had the next day. people of their own State. Mr. S. J. (Mom, one of our Mr. Cox was represented by M'r. Had this been a question n f l' 10 ^P r '.'K r cssiyeyoungfarmers, Mills Dean, now of Washington dollars and cents, there was an i ls Pj a . ntm g eight acres in tobac. and formerly of Spartanburg j opportunity offered by ji r | co tins y^ar as an experiment South Carolina, and the State 1 Cox’s attorney in Washington of South Carolina_wasrepresent-; for a settlement of it, Mr. Mills! ar as an ! and, in order to thorroughly as- j certain the variety of soil best ed by Mr. Henry E. Davis, of the] Dean stating to Mr. Dargan that' ? da P t ^ 1 to ^e weed,he isplant- d:.ii j;, t :* 1 , , „ , • • • tmrHatches on several different number ranks. of acquisitions to its Evaporated apples and peach es, West & Honour. April 28 and 29 Selected as the Dates for the Charleston Floral Fair. [News and Courier.] The Floral Fair committee of the Agricultural Society, after a careful consideration of the P _ situation, has fixed upon Thurs- tion. having recently received a to the war palatial residences day and Friday, April 28 and ’■ 9 • ' ■ were erected in the parks along 29, for holding the Annual floral the banks of one of the clearest, exhibition of the Society. The coolest streams in America and best informed flower growers a fine school attracted the plant- \ agree that the dates named will ers from the riverine lands to afford the best opportunity for fix their homes in Springville, a a full display of the wealth of village as long as New York. the Charleston gardens. After the war there was ne- The season has been, as a cessarily a change, and many ! whole, a cold one. While there families removed from this has been no very intense cold beautiful and health giving sec- during the entire winter, yet tion. Now the pendulum the deficiency in temperature swings back. The C. S. & N. from January 1 to date, as com- Railroad put Springville within pared with a period of fifteen friends of E. H. Deas beg your five minutes of the city and the years, amounts to 1.38°. The correspondent to state that the courteous company would no result of this absence of heat aspirant for Congress was not doubt gladly erect a handsome during the month of February responsible for the recent row platform at this sanitarium, especially has caused a much that ended in his being locked 1 A laijd company who with $2,000 healthier condition among vhe up. There was a great deal of would erect ten cabins in the roses than usual, and the bloom excitement around the Conven- nati' e f irest wotl 1 this year re- promises to be the finest in many tion hall at the time, and Deas ceive a fine remuneration .or years THE FLORENCE ROW The News and Courier Correspondent at Florence Makes a Statement. The News and Courier corre spondent at Florence says in his letter of April 1: “The did not s-'e why he should have been arrested by Smart, one of the parties to the Convention, and the others go free. He re garded it as something of a political outrage. In view of these mitigating circumstances, the pristV^r was released on the payment 07^5, and was not held responsible iW the misdemeanor of resisting aa officer. Maple Syrup 25 cts a quart at Edwards, Norment & Co’s. A NICE COMPLIMENT. What is Said About Work Done by The “News" Job Office. [News and Courier.] The News m.d Courier has re ceived a copy of the “Proceed ings” of the twentieth annual meeting of the State Teachers’ Association of South Carolina , . i held at Anderson in July, 1891. township pam phlet is a neat one com- th sir expenditure and probab'y * The Hon P. J. Berckmans in two or three years there has consented to act as judge of would be a call for summer the rose exhibit, which will give homes for fifty or a hundred general satisfaction to the ex families. The very cold nights hibitors. and the delightful bathing The premium list is in course would attract the residents of of preparation and will be issu- Darlingtou and of the surround-! e a in a day or two. ing country and perhaps of the i The lailroads have been peti- lowercounties. Summer schools! tioned to grant special rates nd distinguished lectureas from April 27 to Monday, May would be the next step in the l, and there is every reason to occupation of the land of health, believe that the same rates Rickfield. | which were accorded last year w []i he given this year. The Unsweetened Evaporated Fair will be held at German Cream the best. Try a can. Artillery Hall, and every effort Edwards, Norment & Co. will be used to make the ex- •— — ! hibition of 1892 exceed even the mail contracts. magnificent show of 1891, which everyone will remember with The Postmaster General Awards Two 1 pleasure. Our friends from the country, who always take such - a deep interest in our annual flower shows, have a little over it; we turning over to him bonds and stock of the Company, and other securities, in payment. He presented an account against the Company for an excess over the contract price, which at the time the Board of Directors thought was correct. We af terwards discovered that he had charged us with an excess in boiler power that he did not furnish. We found also that he had charged us twice as much for the excess in dynamo as the Companies charged in their price lists. We notified him that we would decline to pay this exorbitant excess price. We then found out that he had failed to furnish us with enough transformers, lamps, etc., to run the machinery, in the contract. He then sought to force this ac count upon us, and tried to get us to pay The Thompkins Co. for the steam plant. We then heard for the first time that the steam plant had not been paid for, or at least, only partially paid for, and that the Thomp kins Co. was’claiming a balance of some $2,400 against Cox. The Board of Directors regard ed this as a matter between Thompkins and Cox. Thomp kins at this step failing to get a payment from Cox, presented his account to us for payment, which we declined to pay, stat ing that we did not owe him anything, and that the account that Mr. Cox claimed against us we found was a fraudulent one, except in one or two very minor matters. The Thompkins Com pany thereupon presented a Vendor’s lien, and claimed the steam plant. This lien we found had been recorded in the County before we settled with Cox and before we paid him for this identical steam plant. We declined to deliver the steam plant to the Thompkins Co. But on submitting the matter to our attorney we found that the Thompliias Co. h; d an equit; b e lien upon the sieam plant, and could take it away from us. We tfiereupon notified Mr. Cox that unless he arranged with Mr. Thompkins, that we would in dict him for obtaining our bonds, money etc. under false pretenses, and for selling us property under lien without giv- intr n* tbf* niircbasers’ notice in Darlington County. The Postmaster General has awarded the contract for carry- [ ing the daily mail from Lamar to Oats and the tri-weekly from r Jasper to Timmonsville. The prising sixty-one pages of read- former was awarded to H. 0. not ing matter, and does credit to Roop, of Carrolton. Ga, with an mai The Darlington News Steam annual compensation of $297, Presses, by which it was print- and the latter to J. L. Yaden, ed. The “Proceedings” contain j of Londoa, Ky., with an annual the minutes of the three days’ compensation of $58 These session of the Association, the j contracts continue in force from reports of committees, the reso July 1, 1892 to June 30, 1896. lutions adopted, the papers dis Anchovy paste, queen olives, French pates, tripe, lunch tongue and boneless pigs feet, cussed, the constitution, and the officers for 1892. Pineapple cheese, Wes Edam and est & Honour. cream West & Honour. three weeks in which to make their arrangements to down to Charleston and enjoy only tht^flowers. but the many attractions which Charles ton offers in the early spring. They will meet with a hearty welcome, and the more the mer rier. DROWNED IN A POND. come this criminal charge, that as to We accept thanks for an in vitation to attend the ceremon- The Good Templars. At a recent meeting of the ies of the laying of the corner! Darlington brqnch of the In- stone of tbo n® w building for j dependent Order of Good Tern- College in Spartan-1 plars, ten now members were nil take place on Selected, which makes the total Converse burg, which the 21 inst. An interesting pro gramme has been arranged for fhe occasion. enrollment fifty. 8 i x appli cations for membership were also received. ' > New Building*. Messrs P. B. Allen and B. Block have purchased from Mr. H. Hennig the loton Peal Street, where the Welsh building for merly stood. The price paid was $3,000. These gentlemen will erect on the lot a two story brick building containing two stores. An Old Colored Man’* Fate Near Harltville. Derry Woods, a very old colored man was drowned in K Igore’s mill pond, near Harts- ville, on Saturday night last. A party of men were fishing nearby.when the catastrophe occurred. They heard the noise when the old man fell in the water, but they did not know the cause. The following morning some of the party re turned to the pond and found the old man’s body. His neck was broken. ing us the purchasers’ notice thereof. He thereupon offered to arbitrate all the matters be tween us. We of course de clined to arbitrate with a man who had been guilty of a crimi nal offence, but told him that when he had purged himself of the disputed account between him andtheCompany, we would agree to abitrate that, and agree to give bond in any amount to pay any sum that might be awarded in his favor. This he neglected to accede to. Thomp kins, when pressing Cox was told by Cox to take the plant from us ; Coxe’s whole object being to force us to pay Thomp kins’ claim, and thereby forcing us to pay his fraudulent account against us. We declined, and always have declined to pay Thompkins, not that Thomp kins is a party to this fraud in any way, but simply that we would thereby satisfy the full object that Cox had in present ing this purious account against us. We therefore notified this Thompkins Co. that we would not buy their steam plant at any price, and if he would al low us a reasonable time to put firm of Ridley & Davis, former District Attorney under Presid ent Cleveland. Mr. Cox’s at- to r ney made the point that the Company had had construction notice of the steam plant being under lien, and that no crime had been committed. The Judge did not agree with him on this point and after two or three hearings and most elabor ate arguments on both sides, Judge Bingham decided to dis miss the writ of habeas corpus, and remanded the prisoner to the custody of the Marshal, thence to be turned over to the Sheriff of Darlington County, who was then waiting for him. Mr. Cox respectfully gave notice that he would appeal from Judge Bingham to the General Term of the Supreme Court of the District of Colum bia, at the same time request ing that he be given bail pend ing appeal. To this the attor ney for the State of South Car olina objected, stating that the law was that the writ of habeas corpus having been dismissed on its merits, that Mr. Cox the prisoner was not entitled to bail pending appeal—that there was no appeal. Mr. Dean, for Mr. Cox, insisting upon his point that he was entitled to bail, J udge Bingham stated that he wanted his authorities for that position, and another hearing was granted for the next day at one o’clock. On the calling of the case the next day at one o’clock Judge Bingham stated to the attorneys that it was no use to proceed with the further hearing, as he had received a telegram from the Governor B. R. Tillman to stay further pro ceedings in the case bee use he had been informed that there was a conspiracy against Cox, and that the matter was under investigation by him The Attorney tor the Com pany, Mr. W. F. Dargan, asked the Judge to let him see the telegram of Governor Tillman which was shown to him. He then went to work to find out who it was in Washington had so much influence with Govern or Tillman as to get from him such a telegram, and also to find out who was the conspir ators against Cox After much effort and one or two mistakes, he found the man, who was the Hon. Geo. D. Tillman, Congress man from South Carolina. He admitted that he had sent a telegram to Governor Tillman in the Cox matter. He stated, as an excuse for his actions, that Mrs. Cox was a South Car olina lady, and had been around and worked on his feelings and sympathies, and that his sym pathies were with the “under dog” in the fight, and that we would never ^et Mr Cox under that requisition. He assured Mr. Dargan that Mr. Cox would stand a hearing when an indict ment was found against him, and offered to go on his bond for his appearance. Thereupon Mr. Dargan took him at his prop osition to stand Mr. Cox’s bond, the Congressman, though, very prudently, backed out, but assured Mr. Dargan that if Mr. Cox did not appear he would owe him his very humble apolo gies. This, as a matter of course, was very poor comfort to Mr. Dargan, but as the Hon orable Congressman had more influence' with Governor Till man than an outraged and agrieved citizen of South Caro lina had, he was compelled to rest content with it. Governor Tillman was then telegraphed to and asked, not to take any action in the matter until he had jpven the pros ecutors a hearing. His reply was: > “I have sufficient guarantee if he would meet him in an I ing patches on several kinds of land. He tells us that, while removing his corn from replied that he had nothing to I ? ne b .®T n v t< , ) a ™ th f rec l <,nt ( '- v ; settle. That we did not cliim h «- w 4 lth ^P’^ lled on® bushel that Mr Cox owed us any- ^ r f 8 ’ 1 w, ” c . h 18 to tw< '- hundred of the pestiverous ro- could be adjusted. Mr. Dargan us any thing but had sold us propertv . . u - j i r .i and obtained pay for it, which ,lent8 > a8 0ne hundred of them, he didn’t own. He also offered to put up two thousands dollars of the bonds of the Company for Mr. Cox’s appearance. Mr. Dargan assured him that that would be evidence to his mind that Mr. Cox never would ap pear. Before leaving Washington to return home Mr. Dargan ad dressed a communication to Congressman Tillman, which, he, also at our request, allows us to publish. It is as follows: ( The Arlington, ( Washington, 1>. April 3, '«2. Hon. G. I). Tillman, Wimhiiurton, My Dear 8ir: Pardon this letter, but I recollect that 1 have heard from our mutual friend, Mr H. W. Dargan, that you were a man who did not dis like plain speaking and one who had the courage of Ids convictions, and with the assurance that I have no mo tive or desire to unnecessarily offend you, I would earnestly request that you would appear for &Ir. Cox at the City Court, or Supreme Court of the Disti ict, on Tuesday next at 3 p. m. and there give expression to your iie- culiar legal views and apply the laws of South Carolina thereto, in the in terest of justice and to the end that the result should establish a precedent for the guidance of all the Governors of these United States, irrespective of fraternal influence, as well as for prac titioners and the unwary citizen. 1 write Mr. Henry Davis at this hour to meet you on these points and also re quest him to consent to reoiien all the questions for argument for your benetit, except the question of the identity of the accused, which has been admitted. Remember that I am ready to vouch to the trial justice of South Carolina that your name to Mr. Cox's bond for his appearance is all sufficient when ever it is decided by the Governor of South Carolina that your will, and not the law, is to prevail. This letter is writ;eu at 2.50 a. m. I leave at 4 30 a. m. It will not be my fault it the Cox case does not establish a precedent which will be either to your glory or mine. Respectfully, W. F. Dargan. Now is the time you need Flower Pots, Hanging Baskets, &c. Buy them from Edwards, Norment & Co. by actual measurement half bushel measure. filled a CYPRESS. Mr. C. W, DuBose, of Dar lington, spent Sunday with friends at this place. Our people are very healthy at present and the doctors have little to do ir. their line. Cotton planting is now the or der of the day and the farmers are pushing forward their work as rapidly as possible. Some of our people have gone to Lowthers Lake on a fishing excursion and they expect to have a great time and big luck. Mr. E. I). Kyle, general agent of the C. S. & N. Railroad, was at this place last week, inspect ing the country and our little village. Mr. O. C. Scarborough, a cot ton buyer of Bishopville, was at this place last week. He bought a good lot of cotton from Mr. J. H. Huggins at hard time pri ces. The Democratic Club of this township meets here Satutday afternoon at 3 o’clock, for the purpose of reorganizing and transacting other business that may come before it. We hope that every Democrat in the township will attend. have others will Chipped beef in West & Honour. cans, 25 cts., ANNUAL ELECTION. The Darlington Club Elects Officers for the Ensuing Year. The annual meeting of the Darlington Club was held on Tuesday night, when business of importance to that organiza tion was transacted. The an nual report of the Treasurer was presented, showing the club to be in a good financial condition. The following offi cers were elected to serve for the ensuing year: President, Bright Williamson ;V;ce Presi dent, E. R. Mclver ; Secretary and Treasurer, J. L. Michie : Managing Committee, W. F. Dargan, J. C. Willcoxand J. D. Haynsworth. Pitted Cherries and ^Evopora- ted Apples and Peaches at Edwards Norment & Co’s. This is the season for them. N ice assortment fancy takes just in, West & Honor. They died Together. Several houses were burned in Wilkesbarre, Pa., on Friday. A lady, named Mrs. Eashy, at tempted to rescue her child from one of the burning buildings when an explosion of gunpow der occurred and the ch "' HIGH HILL. A few of the farmers planted cotton and plant this week. Mr. B. G. Pitts and MrsE. L. Gray, of Lamar, visited our neighborhood on last Sunday. “April fool’s” day passed off very quietly. There was a par ty at the residence of Mr. E. G. Jeffords that night. We are sorry to report the ill ness of Miss N. B. Jordan. Mr. R. P. Reddick who has been suffering with an attack of the grip, is convalescing. The fish fever is raging in this section. Lowthers Lake seams to be the favorite rendezvous. Less cotton, less fertilizer and mo e Tillman, is our motto. Messrs Walter Jordan and Henry Stuckey, are competing for the production of the first ripe watermelon. We are in favor of the one that has prom ised us the first melon. RIVERDALE. Miss Dora Jordan is visiting relatives near Timmonsville. Mr. Lester Wadford, of Ly dia, has a situation with Mr. John Siskron. Little Carrie Siskron is quite sick. We hope she will speedily recover. The majority of our farmers are through planting corn and are busy preparing their cotton lands, which are not near so ex tensive as last year. Raisins, currants, prunes and citron, West & Honour.