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VOL. XIX, NO. 20. DARLINGTON, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1892. WHOLE NUMBER 903. UWAL LU'MIl’S. MATTERS IN AND AROUND PROS. PEROUS DARLINGTON. A Column of Newt, Pertont I and Oth erwise, of Interest to Our Many Readers. The time for the payment of town taxes will expire on Sat urday. The session of the Darlington Public Schools will close on the 27 inst. Both of the livery stables are now carrying passengers to and from the depots free of charge. J. A. Smith, of Darlington, has been drawn on the petit jury for the July term of the United States Court. In our last issue we inadver tently published a letter as coming from ‘‘Cypress” when it should have been “Philadel phia.” The subject for the meeting of the Y. M. C. A. on Sunday afternoon next is, “Secret sins— open judgment,” I Samuel XII, I -12. Mr. LeRoy Springs, of Lan caster, and Messrs C. Ellis, Jr., and C. B. Simmons, of Colum bia, were in Darlington this week. Bartow James, one of the white men engaged in the re cent riot at Hartsville, came to Darlington last week and gave bond for his appearance at the next term of court. Mr. J. J. Shepard, proprietor of the “Racket” will arrive in Darlington from New York in a few da^s, bringing with him a lanre and well assorted spring and summer stock. At a recent meeting of the board of trustees of the Darling ton Public Schools it was decid ed to employ an additional teacher for St. John’s Academy during the next session. The closing of the stores at 7 P. M. was begun on Mond»y. We gave in our last issue the names of the merchants who have agreed to observed this year this time honored custom. We wish to return thanks to Prof L. D. Andrews, princi- S al of the Monroe (N. C.) High cbool, for an invitation to at tend the commencement exer cises of that institution on May 29—June 2. Since the telegraphic service has been extended to Hartsville the telephone between that place and Darlington, which has been in use for several years, has been discontinued and the line has been taken down. The colored people of Darling ton will run an excursion to Fayetteville, N. C.. on June 2, over the C. S. & N. Railroad. The fare for the round trip from Darlington, Mont Clare and Robbins Neck will be $1.60. DEATH OF MAJ. EARLE. TTI.'IK' A Prominent end Highly Respected Citizen of Darlington Gathered Unto His Father's. Major George W. Earle died at his residence in Darlingshor'.- ly after two o’clock on Thurs- THE AMATEUR ENTERTAINMENT, A Delightful Evening at the Darlington Opera House. ,, . —vz i The entertainment given by day afternoon. The immediate ^ the local talent at the cause of his death was a carbun- Opera i . i , , ,, ^ |House, on Wednesday night of cle f om which he had been suf- last week, for the j.nnt benetit fering for several weeks of the Young Men’s Christian n- J 0 ^.. *‘ ar * e was born in Association and the Darlington Greenville on August 8. 18321 Guards. was one of the best at- | tractions of its kind ever pre sented to a Darlington audience. August 8, and was, consequently, in the sixtieth year of his age. He was a son of Elias Drayton Earle, a distinguished lawyer of Green ville, and was the elder brother of Gen. Joseph H. Earle and Dr. Thomas T. Earle, both of Green ville. He entered the South, Carolina Military Academy when sixteen years old and two years later, while still a cadet, was appointed assistant profes sor of mathematics. Major Earle was undoubtedly one of the ablest mathematicians in the country. He devoted his! young ladies life to civil engineering and was; these tableaux most efficient hi his profession. He has been at various times, engaged in the construction of many large enterprises, among them being a number of rail roads in this and neighboring States. A gallant Confederate soldier, he carried into the army a skillful knowledge of his pro fession and was able to render valuable services to his State and the Confederacy. On December 9, 1858, Major Earle married Annie E. McCall, daughter of the late James S. McCall, of Darlington. Shortly afterwards he removed to this faces with their hair. As they place, residing here to the tune went through the movements of the dance they had the appear- The programme was varied and interesting. The musical portion of the programme was excellent and, where all the participants do so well, it is difficult to give a fair criticism entirely devoid of dis crimination. “Dame History’s Peep Show” consisted of beau tiful tableaux depicting scenes in the life of the famous Joau of Arc and were greatly admir ed by the audience a number of participated in Mr. A. E. Co - zales received round after round of applause for his admirable presentation of a negro sermon and in response to an encore he gave a negro political speech. The drill of a picked squad from the Darlington Guards showed what practice could do. The revised tactics were used and the soldier-boys acquitted themselves most creditably. A very amusing feature of the evening was the “Bellamy Quadrille.” Eight youngladies placed masks on the backs of their heads and covered their of his death on Thursday. His wife and four children survive him. Of the railroads in this section of the State, Major Earle was engaged in the construction of the Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta, the Northeastern, the Cheraw and Darlington and the Charleston, Sumter and Northern. His funeral services were con ducted by Rev. J. A. Rice in the Methodist Church on Friday afternoon and his remains were interred in the Methodist Ceme tery. The following gentlemen acted as pallbears: Messrs C. S. Nettles, G. W. Brown, C. W. Milling, W. P. Cole, D. Lewis, H. M. Willcox. During the hour for the funeral all the places of business were closed and a large number of persons ! gathered at the grave to attest their respect and esteem for one so generally beloved. Layer figs, West & Honour. ance of “looking backward” and walking backward. It was a most amusing sight. On every side we have heard nothing but high praise for the entertainment and the ladies who had it in charge certainly have cause to congratulatethem- selves on its success. Some thing over $75 was realized Celluloid starch, W. & H. Remember McCall & Burch when you want a pair of shoes cheap. MEMORIAL DAY. THE HARTSVILLE ROW, Mr. J. W. Meeks Makes a Statement, Giving his Version of the affair. Editor Darlington Xeu's: Please allow me to make my statement about the so-called Hartsville riot. On Monday evening I went to Hartsville on business. I was under the influence of whiskey, but did not get into any row with the policeman and I made no attempt to resist whatever. I was arrested by him and was dragged from La Coste Evans’ corner up to Mr. Bell's stables and then back to the depot, some four or five hundred yards. I was tried by the Council while I was beastly drunk and fined thirty dollars or thirty days in jail for cursing these sacred persons. On Wednesday morning, after I had paid the fine, I went back to Hartsville on important bus iness. My feelings were hurt about the way in which I was treated and I expressed my opinion about it very freely. We then had business on the other side of the town and when we came back we saw the citi zens all congregated across the street with pistols in their hands. We then thought we would turn around and go back. As we were about to turn the citizens of Hartsville opened fire on us. The fire was not returned by us until some twenty shots were fired at us. We had no arms except one little pistol and it w,as not used until the negro was hit. Now, Mr. Editor, this is a true statement of the case. We did not resist any officer, neither did we create any riot or anything of the kind. When the citizens of the town try to shoot down country people as they did us on that day, we think it is time to call a halt. J. W. Meeks. Fine table peaches, large cans, 25 cts, West & Honour. m\) BYE, kl\<; COTTON t i largely seduced THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. THE FARMERS NO LONGER AC KNOWLEDGE YOUR RULE. The N w and Couritr's f * imate—The Reduction of the Cotton Acreage Fully One Fourth.—The Re ports from Darlington. Great interest is being mani fested all over the country in the matter of the reduction of the cotton acreage. In order to get at some definite idea as to the extent of this reduction in South Carolina the News and Courier, on Wednesday of last week, published reports from every county in the State. These re ports show that the acreage planted in cotton is fully one fourth less this year than that of last and that the reduction in some places is as much as fifty percent. Numbers of farmers have abandoned cotton em. e y and there is a marked increase in the acreage planted in corn and all kinds of grain. The re port on the whole is admira ble and we give below the information furnished from the correspondents at Dar lington C. H. and Society Hill in regard to the reduction in this county. Darlington, April 30.—The cotton crop here is planted and there is no doubt that for the first time a reduction of some consequence has been made in the acreage planted. A great many obstacles are in the way of reducing the area planted in cotton, obstacles that are hard to overcome because of the con siderations involved. The far mers have always regarded cot ton as the staple crop and i perfectly familiar with all J. J. Ward E. R. Mclver J. W. Ferguson. F. P ('hainl)ent.. Lucas Me P. H. Ro J. T. Rog G. M M<- i J. C. Blackweil O. H. & T. H. E ! W. E. Dargan... C. B. Rhodes . 1891. 1892. 500 49 200 80 50 25 150 48 140 93 200 150 loo 50 100 70 137 .’0 300 166 •>0 10 250 160 350 200 240 80 50 2* 65 50 25 — THE COUNTY NEWS. C. B. Edwards The Reduction at Society Hill. Society Hill, April 20.—A considerable reduction in the cotton acreage has been made in t^is vicinity by planters, as the following table will show: 1891. 1892 J. J. Luca* 110 I ,ueas McIntosh. .. 130 120 K. Mclver Williamson ... 45 L N. ( rosewell 87 J. T. Rogers 70 J. W. Stogner 10 W. J. Howie 40 Total .. 778 482 Decrease about 38 per cent. The list contains all the names of planters interviewed. The reduction of acreage among the tenantry is considerable. A greater decrease in the coming crop may be expected from the reduction in the use of fertili zers rather than reduced acreage, although that will pro bably be 20 or 25 per cent for the county. Cotton planted early in the month is not ready to be chop ped out, and much of it is not out of the ground. FIRE AT LAMAR. Two Stores in That Town Burned to the Ground. are I the necessary details of Rev. J. G. Law Away on an Extended tj vat j on> gathering and mar-i Trip.—The Pulpit Will be Supplied . .. .. . , During hi. Absence. ! ketin K’ Then the 8 y 8tem ° f „ T ^ r i r* renting land to tenants, who Rev. J. G. Law left on Mon- , .. . and a nnir of Brains day for the West and will be l ,lant ver y sma11 cro P 8 > nece8S1 - ter his efforts 1 Darlington A fresh lot of pretty goods, McCall & Burch, A FINE SHOWING. wash jobbing agent patterns. The firm carries a $500 stock and can fill orders at sight. Miss Annie Mixon is in charge in connection with the sheet music department. At the convention of the Re form Republican party for this (Sixth) Congressional district, held in Florence on Saturday, Capt. W. E. Charles, of Darling ton, was elected a delegate to the Republican National Con vention. The other delegate elected from this district is W. C. Rush, Jr., colored. Rev John Stout attended the convention of the Southern Baptists, in Atlanta last week, ana in consequence of his ab sence no services were held in the Baptist Church on Sunday. The prayer meeting for Tuesday evening was postponed until this (Thursday) evening also in consequence of Mr. Stout’s ab sence. Rev. J. A. Rice has during the past week been assisting Rev. W. B. Duncan in a pro tracted meeting at Timmons- ville. On Sunday last they ex changed pulpits, Mr. Rice £ reaching in Timmonsville and [r. Duncan conducting the ser vices in the Methodist Church at Darlington Sunday morning and evening. Everybody should bear in mind the ice cream festival to morrow (Friday) evening, for the benefit of the # Young Men’s Christian Association. It will be given in the Association’s hall and a pleasat evening is promised. No charge will be made for admission and refresh ments will be served at a very small price. Dr. J. A. Boyd has been made spent for Huyfer’s famous can dies and he receives a fresh sup ply every week. Huyler is the most celebrated confectioner in the world; his placing his goods in Darlington is quite a compli ment to Dr. Boyd, for Charleston and Greenville are the only oth er places in the State where these delightful candies are •old. The Annual Meeting of the Stockhold er, of the Fac.ory.—The Presi dent’, Report and Election of Director, and Offi cers. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Darlington Manufacturing Company was held on Thursday. Fourteen hundred shares were represent ed. The president’s report for the past yearmadean admirable showing for the company. We take from his report the follow ing figures which will give the reader a good idea of the work accomplished. The number of pounds of cot ton consumed is 2,500,000, val ued at $200,000, and from this was manufactured 500,000 yards of cloth and 385,000 pounds of yarn, the combined value of these products being $300,000. The salaries paid laborers amounted to $52 000 or $1,000 per week and the amount paid tor freight on shipments and receipts is $7,300. A dividend of six per cent was declared. This dividend does not represent the total earninga for the year for a good portion was reserved as “undivided profits.” The following directors were elected to serve for the ensuing year: W.C. Coker, J. L. Coker, J. J. Ward, E. R. Mclver, R. W. Boyd, H. Baer, Charleston, G. A. Norwood, Greenville, E. Keith Dargan, I. Lewenthal, Bright Williamson, W. A. Car- rigan and J. G. McCall. At a subsequent meeting of the Di rectors Capt. W. C. Coker was re-elected president and treas urer and Mr. George H. Ed wards was elected secretary pro tem. Beautiful Service, in Memory Confederate Dead. the weather [Reported for the New,.] Just a little after sunset on Sunday last, the store of Mr. E. J. Parker, situated near the depot at this place, was found to be on fire. Mr. Parker was in another part of the town and of | no one was about the store. The its cul- fi re l ia< l ma d e suc h headway be fore the citizens of the place had gathered at the scene that nothing was saved except one show case, with its contents, Mr. Par- planting ker in his efforts to 8ave his FROM ALL SECTIONS AS TOLD BY OUR CORRESPONDENTS. What Our Neighbor, Are Doing And Saying.—A Brief Resume of the Week. CYPRESS. Dr. Josey reports a good deal of sickness in this section. Major Earle’s many friends in this section were very much pained to learn of his death. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. DuBose, of Timmonsville, spent Sunday in Cypress. Mr. J. W. DuBose, of this place, spent Monday in Columbia on business. We are having quite a dry spell and the oat crop is suffer ing considerably. There is great deal of complaint among the farmers about bad stands of cotton. Our farmers are taking ad vantage of the dry spell and are clearing their cotton of the grass. It is always the first crop of grass that gives the farmer trouble. Miss Janie Parham, of the Lynche’s River neighborhood, has moved to this place and is residing with her brother, Mr. E. O. Parham. We are always glad to welcome as many young ladies as will come to our little village. Mr. A. B. DuBose, who is in terested somewhat in truck farming, says that he will have his potato crop ready to ship by the last of this month. He ex pects to realize good profits as the truck market is very active this season. Politics are very quiet in this section and we do not yet hear of any candidates, but the sup position is that there isaplenty. They are feeling their way along and are waiting to see which way the tide turns, before com ing off the political fence. They had better be careful lest they jump off on the wrong side. beverage should be denounced by the ministers of the Gospel, the press and the women of the State The subject for discus sion at the next meeting is, Should B. R. Tillman again be Governor of South Carolina ? RIVERDALE. Miss Dora Jordan has return ed from a very pleasant visit to relatives near Timmonsville. The Misses Gray, who have been visiting the family of Mr. John Siskron, have returned to their home at Philadelphia. Messrs Sumner and Charley Watson, of Jovann, were the f utsts of Mr. Willie King last unday. The dry weather has seriously affected gardens in our com munity and oats are beginning to suffer. The stand of cotton is not what is desired, but we perceive clouds on the horizon and hope to get a nice rain which will bring up the replant ed. OLD INDIAN MOUNDS. of for tales, almost, the e—**s - trunk wa(J dragged from the this staple crop. burning building by Mr. E. M. In addition to these consider- Rogers. The building was en- fact that tirely consumed, nnt o,i I Mr. M. M. Cox’s store, which n0t aa *' ' ’ proximity to the to the ations is the further the average farmer is absent from I sometime. He will attend the of the General Assembly of the South ern Presbyterian Church which ,will convene in Hot Springs, Although tie weat er was ^ r |j on q’hursday next. While — — . . exceedingly unprop,turns on t Wesf he wiH aiso visit his dic ted to experimenting on new T 88 m clo8 f Tuesday,“MemorialDay, averv w t>1 mtieu io experimenting on new hre) wa8 a i so burned large crowd gathered at the! 8 ?: ». T h crops requiring new and per- ground. The front portion of Methodist Church to witness “ an g em ent8 to have the pulpit haps more difficult cultivation, this building was occupied by the impressive ceremonies in 0 f t S e Presbyterian Church sup-j This season, however, all obsta- Mr. Cox as an establishment for plied during his absence. On I cles have to a certain extent services will be I been laid aside and the cotton the hcurch by | acreage in Darlington county, ommemoration of the dead heroes of the Lost Cause. The ladies, little girls and boys formed into line in front of the church and, under the escort of the Darlington Guards, march ed into the church, which was soon crowded to overflowing. A select choir sang the “Con quered Banner” and Rev. J. A. Rice then delivered a most elo quent prayer. The choir next beautifully rendered “O, Ye Tears!” The line was then reformed and the march was made to the monument. Here thirteen little girls, who had been admirably drilled by Miss Claudia Ed wards, gaye brief recitations. Each girl wore the Confederate coat of arms and had a large letter upon the front of her dress and they advanced one at a time to the front of the monu ment reciting poetry. The pas sages were taken from Anna Peyre Dennies’ “Carolina” and J. M. Shirer’s “Our Dead Com rades.” When the thirteen girls stood in front of the monu ment the large letters upon their dresses read “South Caro lina.”. At the close of this pretty feature of the programe, beautiful floral decorations were placed upon the monument. After this the graves of the Confederate dead in the several cemeteries were decorated. The attendance up on these memorial exercises was the largest in several years. The Sunday next conducted in Rev. J. F. agent of the j Presbyterian Jacobs, financial Clinton (S. C.) College. On the | Sunday following, the third Sunday in May, the pulpit will be filled by Rev. W. R. Atkin son, D. D., president of t h e South Carolina College for Wo men, in Columbia, and on the fourth Sunday Rev. H. M. Brearley, of Marlboro, will con duct the services. There will be no services in the church on the first Sunday in June and comparatively speaking, is very much reduced. .. T ... , ^ , that 40 per cent less of fertilizer Mr. Law will return to Darling- ta „ s bave been sold in the State ♦ tn 4-x rv* 4- y-v *i I I 4- Pv y-v *-» I _ 1 « ton in time to fill the pulpit on the second Sunday. Evaporated apricots and pies, West & Honour. ap- Straw hats of all kinds and shapes, lOcts to $1.50, McCall & Burch. . Fulton Market beef, W. & H. THE PEE DEE COMPRESS. The Annual Meeting of the Stockhold er* of the Company. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Pee Dee Compress Company was held on Tuesday. Only routine busi ness was transacted, which is of little interest to the public. The following board of direc tors was elected : W. J. Moor head, J. M. Heath, Lancaster, T. H. Snowden, Charleston, S. A. Woods, J. H. Sanders, H. Hennig, P. B. Ford, Columbia, J. C. Willcox, C. Alexander. The election of officers for the ensuing year was postponed^ A NEW BUILDING. Another Brick Structure for Pearl Street. Mr. C. Alexander has sold the vacant lot on Pearl Street be tween his present stand and Mr. G. O. Mertz’s store, to Messrs R. P. L. Smith & Bro., of Lex ington <N. C. The dimensions of the lot are 22x135 feet. The purchasers will begin very soon the erection of a two story brick building. Messrs Smith a yeai or so ago conducted a saloon on Pearl Street. They will return to Darlington and occupy the building they propose to erect. It is understood that they will change their business to general merchandise. Dried peaches, W. & H. McCall & Burch are closing out a lot of corsets cheap. Pure lime fruit juice, W. & H. * •«- — A GOOD FELLOW'S VISIT. The Highest Official of the Royal So ciety of Good Fellows Will Visit Darlington. The Hon. W. R. Spooner, of New York City, Premier of the Royal Society of Good Fellows, will visit Darlington about the middle of next week. The Pre mier is the highest official of the society and his visit to Dar-1 rename men m me various larm- lington will be of particular in-1 w « 8ectl0 . n8 of our re ' terest to the members of the or der at this place. He will be their guest, coming at their special invitation, and he will be entertained in a royal man ner by the Royal Good Fellows of Darlington. Mr. Spooner is also a prominent member of the Knights of Honor and is the representative of the Grand Lodge of that order in New York State at the meeting of the Supreme Lodge which is now in session in Charleston S. C. shoe and harness making, rear of the building was occu pied by Mr. John Hancock, a railroad section master. None of the occupants were at home. The citizens, however, broke It is very hard to ascertain j n to the house and saved the positively, however, what the entire contents. Heroic efforts total average reduction is, ow- were made to save the building ing to the fact that it is impossi- a i 8 o > but without avail. The ble to interview the small plan- depot was in some danger, but ters and tenants. These consti- water was thrown on it contin- tute a large number, and what ua iiy and this, together with a they plant will make some ag- f aV orable wind, saved it from gregate figures of importance. any damage. A consideration of some impor- ^he fire orignated in the rear tance on this subject is the fact p art 0 j iyj r p ar ker’s building, but the cause is unknown. Mr. : Parker had $1,000 insurance on j his stock, which will about cov er his loss in that particular, ! but he had no insurance on the which was valued at here was no insurance on Mr. Cox’s building. G. Lamar, 8. C., May 9, ’92. this year than were sold last season. Fully this difference exists in the actual sales of fer tilizer in this county, and this buildin amount is distributed over di- versified crops of corn, tobacco ^ and small grain crops in addi tion to what is used on the cot ton crop. This is not the right course,; however, as the intensive sys tem, under the present circura- j stances, would be more econo mical and yield better results. There seems to be practical un- HOW IT WAS DONE. The Way in Which Merriman Escaped Erom the Chesterfield Jail. [Chentertleld Advertiser.] “W. D. Merriman and Frank animity among well posted, Sellers broke jail last night,” reliable men in the various farm- New May butter, W. & H. was the sensational news for those who got up early Saturday garding the extent of the re- morning. \ hole in the over- duction in this season’s crop, head ceiling of each of their Out of about fifty represen ta- cells, and another in the western live farmers interviewed every gable, with a blanket rope to man, except one, said the aver- the ground below, were facts in age reduction would be from 25 sight. Those who examined to 35 per cent less than the crop closely, it is said, concluded of last year. that an inch and a half auger These opinions were express- ed by men who are careful and hole8 m 8e,ler8 cel1 were bored conservative and who were in a position to know. These esti mates are corroberated by the | interviews, where the difference between the crops of the two OATS. Mr. W. J Oates has recently erected a commodious barn on his place. Some of the farmers of the community have had to plant cotton a second time. The cold and also dry weather are the cause attributed to the failure in procuring a stand. The ice-cream sociable given in the interest of the Epworth League, at Lydia on the G inst., was a success and greatly en joyed by all. The literary fea tures of the evening were reci tations, reading, and music. Misses Mary Harrell and Net tie Dickinson contributed the recitations in a very pleasing manner. The ladies in charge deserve praise for the creditable manner in which the whole af fair was conducted. The gay crowd lingered chatting to- ether until the “wee small” ours of the night. There was rather an unusual occurence, and one which excit ed the interest of not a few, in our neighborhood last week. About the year 1853 a son of Mr. William Lloyd died and was buried at a private buring ground near this place. After the body had lain beneath the sod these thirty nine years, the idea was conceived by the sis ter of the deceased, that it should be disinterred and re moved to the Gully grave-yard. After digging down about five feet there was found upon the rotten remains of what was once the bottom of the coffin and a few turfs of hair and several teeth. These were placed in a coffin, borne to the church-yard, and buried, where they will doubtless rest without further molestation until the final day. ANOTHER BUILDING AND LOAN. The Life Insurance Company of Vir ginia in Darlington. The Life Insurance Company of Virginia, with headquarters at Richmond, has organized a new building and loan associa tion in Darlington, by means oi a feature of the company known as the “Endownment Fund.” The officers of the local branch are: E. Keith Dargan, president; J. G. McCall, vice- president; Geo. Onslow, secre tary and treasurer; W. F. Dar gan, local attornev; E. Keith Dargan, J. G. McCall,"H. M. Smith, N. 8. Gibson, C. W. Hewitt, directors; C. W. Hew itt, local agent. from below, smooth at bottom and splintered at top, while those in Merriman’s cell were made from above, smooth at 'Itis reported that Merriman re ceived the auger on Thursday while the jailor was gone for j their dinner. That one of his seasons was carefully written down. Further corroboration is |. . . * . . .. . , gained by the ligure, kindly given your correspondent by Mr CL S. McCullough, who and threw a gravel against his ken* a window, causing a string to de similar Utt very carefully In «cendand return with the m- both instances the average re- fT duction was 35 per cent. These 10th ^ thed f.y ttxe<1 for h . 18 figures will not hold good i n e*ecut.om Sellers was awa.t- reference to the entire crop, as L ng tria u C ’ n w tba t V b8 f . only the larger planters were in- ^ u™ terviewed. The force of their brou K h v tba ‘ :k n b y h il rtll °“ amounts to a great bunduy morning Sheriff Doug- UNA. example amounts to a g deal, and a safe estimate of the reduction would probably be 25 per cent. The list of names given below shows the representative far mers who have made the great est reduction, and their exam ple is worth a great deal. Un-: Ellis, of Lynchwood, Kershaw der the present outlook the crop ■ county, and John Shoemake, of planted another season will be I Ashland, Darlington county. lass is making every effort pos sible to recapture his prisoner, and has offered a reward of one hundred dollars. MAKRIED. On Sunday May 8, 1892, Mary We regret to report that Mrs. 8. A. Croswell is not yet well enough to leave her house. There will be a called meeting of the Good Templars on Satur day afternoon next at 3 o’clock. Owing to the absence of the pastor, who was in attendance upon the Southern Baptist Con vention in Atlanta, tnere were no services at this place on Sunday. The ladies of this place will give an ice cream festival and an entertainment for the bene fit of the church on to-morrow (Friday) afternoon, commenc ing at 4 o’clock and continuing until 10. No charge will be made for admission and the public generally is invited. A good time is anticipated by all By invitation we were pleased to attend a meeting of the Simms Literary Society of Prcf. Masse bean’s school on Friday afternoon last. The society numbers thirty-six mem bers and is in a prosperous con dition. The subject for debate was that the sale of intoxicating liquors should be prohibitec in South Carolina. The speak ers did well and it was remark ed by one that the use of the Two in Darlington County That May be Examined With Profit by the World's Fair People. Parties, who are interesting themselves in the matter of hav ing a good exhibit for South Carolina at the World’s Fair, have been examining old mounds, supposed to be Indian structures, near Columbia and in other portions of the State, with a view to getting old In dian relics for the exhibit. Mr. E. W. Dabbs, a former resident of this county, but now of Anniston, Ala., writes an inter esting letter to the State about some old mounds in Darlington and Sumter counties. We quote the following from his, letter in regard to the mounds in this county : “I have been reading with in terest the accounts in The State of the mound below Columbia, and the one on an island in the Catawba river, and I write to give your readers the location of three mounds that I know of in Darlington and Sumter coun ties. “In the eastern part of Dar lington county on the farm of Mr. W. E. Dargan there are two Indian mounds—one of them is in the lower part of Mr. Dar- gan’s field and has been plowed over for many years. Quanti ties of Indian relics covered the round, pieces of pottery, arrow- eads, hatchets, etc., and if my memory serves me right, hu man bones were sometimes plowed up. “Not far from this mound was the grave of Maj. Standard of Revolutionary War fame and that part of the plantation was known as the 'Standard old field.’ About a third of a mile east of this mound in the fork of Black Swamp and Alligator creeks was the other mound sur rounded on all sides by swamp. It was from five to eight feet high and covered between an eight and a quarter of an acre. “It do not know that it was ever opened ; but I remember, as a boy, hearing it discussed ; and the conclusion v/as that it was a burial place*. It was not built on account of freshets, for neither of the streams ever rise high enough to do any damage. In the fork of these streams was evidently a camping place, and probably the workshop of an Indian tribe, judging by the many pieces of pottery, arrow heads, etc, that were scattered around, many of them in an un finished state, while some were perfect specimens of their art and skill. ‘In thisconnection I will state that I often heard an old negro, long since dead, tell my father about their unearthing a gigan tic earthenware coffin contain ing the bones of a man about eight feet tall while building the dam around Witherspoon’s island in the Pee Dee river about two miles east of the place where the two mounds above mentioned are located. “Perhaps Col. John Wither- n of Society Hill can verify this statement, and, if it is true, can tell w hat ever became of the coffin. The island belonged to his father, I think. He may remember the old negro—Solo mon—who made the state ment.” National Republican Convention. The Atlantic Coast Line will sell excursion tickets to the Republican National Conven tion, which meets in Minneapo lis on June 7. The tickets will be good from June 2 to June 25. The price of the round trip tick et from Darlington is $35. Resitting an Officer. W. C. Cave, a white man, was shot and killed by the town marshal of Bamberg last week. He was a very desper ate man and the marshal at tempted to arrest him for being drunk and disorderly. He re sisted arrest and both drew pis tols. The marshal shot him with the effect mentioned above.