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Mr. Them Taylor, Jr., of Col umbia, was in Darlington yes terday. Miss Helen Malloy, of Cher aw, is visiting friends in Dar lington. Mr. J. J. Seibels, of Columbia, was in Darlington this week on a business visit Miss Florence Allen, of Flor ence, spent Tuesday in Darling ton with friends. Mr. J. D. W. Churchill, of Richmond, Va., is in Darling ton on a business trip. Mr. W. N. Pinkston,of Wades- boro, formerly of Darlington, was in town this week. Mr. John Bulcken will re move to his new brick store on Pearl Street on Monday Mr. Malcolm Woods has re turned home from Ashland. Va, where he has been attending Randolph-Macon College. Rev W. A. Guerry will con duct services in St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church on Sunday afternoon next at 4.30 o’clock. Knox Livingston and L. C. Caston, Esqs., of Bennettsville, and P. A. Willcox, Esq., of Florence, are among the visiting lawyers who attended court this week. Rev. J. W. Flinn, of the South Carolina College, filled the pul pit of the Presbyterian Church on Sunday last. The services next Sunday will be conducted by the pastor. Quite an enjoyable sociable was given at the residence of Mr. S. A. Woods, on Friday night, in compliment to Miss McLeroy, who is the guest of Mr. Wood’s family. Mr. M. Marco has removed to his new two-story brick build ing on Pearl Street, where he will be glad to see his old friends. Since the fire Mr. Marco has been occupying the front por tion of Messrs P. C. Beck & Bro’s store. The rainfall on Saturday af ternoon last was the heaviest that we have had in several years. A number of the bridges about town were damaged and it would be well for the authori ties to have them fixed as soon us possible. At the commencement exer cises of the South Carolina Col lege for Women, in Columbia, on Tuesday, Miss Bessie L. Williamson, of Darlington, was among the graduates. This is the first class that has graduat ed from the institution. We wish to return thanks to Mr. E. 0. Serratt, principal of the Dovesville Academy, for an invitation to attend the closing exercises of the school on Tues day evening next at 8.30 o’clock. We are requested to state that the public is cordially invited to be present. Mr. J. D. Baird, who is agent for the Fidelity Mutual Life As sociation of Philadelphia, wrote more policies for his company, during the month of May, than any other agent in the Southern States. As a reward for his ef ficient services the company has presented him with a railroad ticket to the World’s Fair. A great deal of complaint has been made to this office recent ly to the effect that The News is often received several days late and we wish to inform our readers that it is not our fault Every week we mail the papers on time and if they fail to reach their destination it is because of the in efficiency in the postal service. The greatest trouble seems to be on the route going North on the Cheraw & Darlington Railroad. The capers on this route did not reach their destination on time last week. We put the papers in the postoffice on Thursday last several hours before the time for the departure of the up mail, yet they were not receiv ed at Dovesville, only seven miles off, and Society Hill, only fifteen miles off, until Saturday night. One of our subscribers, whose postoffice isatHartsville. was in town on Monday and he reported to this office that up to Saturday The News had not been received at Hartsville. Of course this irregularity in the mails is very annoying to us and we can only assure our readers that wo are not respon sible for it. We do not see how it can be helped. The trouble is in the postal service and as long as incompetent men hold positions in this service the trouble will continue. We al ways mail the papers on time, thus doing all in our power to ensure their prompt delivery to our readers To put up your fruit in \he easiest and quickest way buy the lightning fruit jar from Ed wards, Norment & Co. A NEW TOWN HALL. The Old One to be Removed and An other to be Put in its Place. The town authorities are tear ing down the old two story- frame buildiugonCashua street, formerly used as the town t all. Sometime ago the building was advertised for sale, but, as no C ' urchaser was found, it has een decided to use the material in it for the erection of a small | er and neater building for muni cipal purposes. The new hall | will be situated on the same lot, , but will probably be built furth er back front the street. All of the town officers will be in this building. The Council room ; and the Mayors’s court room j will be removed there from their : present location over Messrs ; Blackwell Bros.’ store and it having been found necessary that the town have police head quarters a room will be used for this purpose. The removal of the old, unsightly hall from the street will be a great improve ment. Farmers wanting Seed Peas can be supplied at Hearon & Parham’s, Cypress 8. C. Be sure to call on us at Cypress, for we have another firm at Bishopville, 8. C., styled Hear on & Bro. Hearon & Parham, Cypress, 8. C. DEATH OF A WELL KNOWN CITIZEN. M r. Josiah M. Coker Dies at a Ripe Old Age—A Good Man Gone. On Wednesday of last week Mr. Josiah M. Coker died at his j residence in Darlington county, 1 not far fromTimmousville. He The condition of the bridge over Swift Creek, ontheCashua Ferry road, which has been very bad for sometime, has been made much worse by the recent heavy rains. It is now danger ous for vehicles to cross the bridge and its immediate repa> r would be of great benefit to the public. With the next issue our new serial story, “Sister Martha”, by Augusta Lamed, will be be gun. This story is short, but very interesting. On the com pletion of it, we will give our readers, Mrs. Gainsborough’s Diamonds”, an admirable story by the famous Julian Haw thorne The ladies auxilliary of the Young Men’s Christian Associa tion will give another ice cream festival in the hall of the asso ciation on Wednesday evening next beginning at 7 o’clock. The festival will be given for the benefit of the association. There will be no price for ad mission and only a small charge will 1 e made for refreshments. We call attention to the ad vertisement of Messrs Gibson & Woods. This firm represents some of the largest Are insuran ce companies in the world and are also agents for the New York Mutual Life, an insurance company so well known through out the United States that it needs no praise from us. Messrs Gibson A Woods promise prompt, personal attention to all business entrusted to them. was born in the Antioch section in October,1819, and was, conse quently, at the time of his death in the seventy-third year of his age. He was the last of five brothers and was the uncle of Capt. W. C. Coker, of this place. Nine children, all growr, sur vive him. ilis remains were in terred on Thursday in cemetery at the Lake Swamp Church, of which church he was > mem ber. Mr. Coker had lived longer than the time usually allotted to man, but his life was well spent. He earned for himself tne respect and esteem of his friends and neighbors. In go to his final account, he mg leaves to this world a reputation for upright and sterling worth. Door checks at Welling & B. June 2—4t. DELINQUENT TAXPAYERS. The State Will Move Against Them — Their Land to be Sold for Taxes. The State administration is preparing to move against de linquent taxpayers. Property upon which taxes have not been paid will be sold. In many ca ses the taxes have not been paid in from five to twenty years. | The non payment appears to be quite general, and exists in ci 1 ties as well as in the country I The total amount due the State on such property is said to be | between $250,000 and $300,000. j Unless a settlement is made the State proposes to sell the land I in order to get the taxes. Dar- I lingtou county comes in for her I share, having 7,741 acres to be Isold. Mrs. Clarke Waring, of Col umbia, president of the Women's Society of Souih Carolina for the World’s Fair, has appointed Mrs. J. W. Evans and Mrs. A. a committee of ladii s to have charge of the Women’s work in Darlington. The last last legislature failed to make an appropriation for South Car olina's exhibit at the fair, but the citizens of the State have determined to furnish an exhibit worthy of South Carolina. Much work has been done towards this end during the past months and most of it has been done by the Women’s auxilliary society. Every county in the State has sent contributions for this laud able purpose, save Darlington, and it is time that we should be “up and doing.” The committee has decided tjjat Darlington shall not lag behind her sister counties in this good movement and has decided to give an entertain ment in order to raise Darling ton’s contribution. The enter tainment will oe held during the latter part of this month, the date and full programme of j which will be given later in The News. The programme; will consist mainly of theatri-! cals and refreshments and only a small price will be charged. The entertainment will be in itself, well worth attending, but when the good cause for which it is given is considered there is a great additional reason why it should be liberally patron ized. FORTY FIRE LADDIES. Darlington to have an Efficient and Well Equipped Volunteer Fire Department. Forty young Darlingtonians having decided to organize a volunteer fire company, the Town Council gave them per mission to do so. The Council has turned over to their charge the enginge and all the fire ap paratus. Heretofore the town has had a paid fire department consisting off six men and the new organization is to take the place of this. In order that the reorganization might be complete, Mr. C. Alexander, who has for many years been chief of the fire department, resigned and the Council accept ed his resignation. Forty active and enthusiastic young men have joined the new organization, determined to bat tle against the fires that will visit Darlington in the future. A meeting of the new company was held on Tuesday, and a temporary organization was ef fected by the selection of Mr. L. S. Welling as president and Mr. E. R. Cox secretary. The fol lowing committees were ap pointed : On constitution and by-laws: J. D. Haynsworth, Bright Williamson, M. Bonnoitt; on the nomination of officers : W. D. Coggshell, C. Mooney, P. J. Boatwright, L. M. Norment, A. B. Tomlinson, E. R. Cox, L. G. McCall, B. F. Smoot, E. M. Wells. The next meeting of the new organization will be held on Tuesday evening at 7.oclok. THE DARLINGTON CLUB. Will Give the Second Reception of the Season This Evening. The Darlington Club will again honor its friends with a reception which will be given in the club rooms this (Thursday) evening. This will be the se cond reception of the club for this season and every arange- ment is being made to have this one to equal or if not exceed the reception given during the win ter, which all who attended pro nounced one of the most suc cessful entertainments ever giv en in Darlington's social circles. The following committees have charge of this evening’s reception: Chaperons, Mrs. W. F. Dargan, Mrs. G. W. Dar- gan, Mrs. H. T. Thompson, Mrs. J. L. Michie, Mrs. 8. A. Woods; executive committee, Bright Williamson, E. R. Mclver, W. F. Dargan, J. D. Haynsworth, J. C. Willcox, J. L. Michie j floor managers, E. O. Woods, R. E. James. Electric Trains Overhead. New' York, June 2.—Electric motors on the elevated railways of the Metropolis seem to be as sured. Professor Short, of Cleve land, head of the Short Electric | Bailway Company, of Cleve land. has declared that he is ( prepared to run the trains on | the Third Avenue Elevated j Railroad by electricity, and has made an offer to the Manhattan 1 Elevated Company to that effect. The electricity will flow through | a rail between the tracks and not overhead. That will neces-1 sitate, to run the seventy trains I operated at times during the! day, 20,000 horse power and facilities for such a cut-off as will not delay uptown trains when there may be accidents down town, and vice versa. The Manhattan will probably test the system soon. Blaine's Strength Increasing—Talk of Harrison’s Followers Flopping to McKinley to Defeat the Maine Statesman. The Republican National con vention met in Minneapolis on Tuesday and is now in session. No nominations have been made yet. In order to furnish our readers with the latest news we yesterday received the follow ing specials: Minneapolis, Wednesday 12. m.—No nomination yet at Min neapolis. Convention will not be ready for definite work un til to-morrow (Thursday) as platform and other committees will not report until then. Gov ernor McKinley, of Ohio, was unanimously elected permanent chairman. Blaine is still gain ing and tjiere is talk of Harri son men flopping to beat him. Minneapolis 12.50 p m.—The convention adjourned until 11 o’clock to-morrow (Thursday.) THE CONDITION OF THE FARMER. Mr. J. H Merritt has Something to Say on this Interesting Subject. Editor Darlington News: Excuse us for an instant, while we view the present con dition of the farmers of South Carolina. Some of them are now laboring under debts that can never be paid at the present price of cotton. In order to meet his financial demands, the farmer must go to the monopo list and give a mortgage on his crop and then pay an extortion ate rate of interest. When we go back to the days of 1877-78, when cotton was 12 and 15 cents per pound, we then could say the farmer “lived at home and boarded at the same place.” Then he could take a bale of cotton to market and get $i!0 for it; buy a stove for $30: pay $25 on his mortgage debt; put $5 in his pocket and return home. But now he takes a bale to market; gets $30 for it; buys a stove for $15 and pays $15 on his debt. Returning home he finds that he has no money and nothing to show for it, jumps on Kate and thrashes her in stead of the mortgagee. Seeing this, how can we say vote for a man who will stand by Wall street, sink or swim? We want men who are in favor of our movement and who will give us our demands, equal rights and justice to all and special privileges to none. J. H. Merritt. Hartsville, S. C., June <i, ’92. SOME LEADING QUESTIONS. A Few Very Pointed Interrogations for Our Governor to Answer. [Poor Laborer in Edgefield Monitor.] Editor Monitor : If the fol lowing questions are satisfac torily answered by Governor Tillman, or his henchmen, he will get a great many more votes among the poor laboring class than he otherwise will; 1. Did not Governor Tillman lose the taxpayers one hundred thousand dollars in the Coosaw litagation ? 2. Has not Governor Tillman paid attorneys fees to the amount of about ten thousand dollars for work done byj them that should, according to his own words two years ago, been done by the Attorney general ? 3. Did not Governor Tillman charge incipient rottenness in the State government, and ha* he found where the State had lost one cent by such ? 4. And if there had been robbery and fraud in the man agement of the government be fore he went into office, is there not much more now ? as our taxes are $30,000 more than before he took charge of affairs. 5. And that $3 poll tax - and doing away with the lien law, which the Governor once said would enable the land owners to control labor and votes mare successfully. G. That if accepting a free pass was a crime for his prede cessor, is it not a worse crime for him, as he claims to be the great reform Governor ? “Now, Mr. Editor, these are a few questions we must have an swered, or it will cost Mr. Till man thousands of the poor la borers’ votes, who have always, and are still, earning an honest living by hard labor. I was raised between the plow handles and have never earned a cent except by hard labor. markieo. On Wednesday, June 1, 1892, at the residence of the bride’s father in Columbia 8. C., by Rev. Ellison Capers, D. D., Edith daughter of Mr. Louis Plate, and H. H. Huggins, of Roanoke Va., formerly of Dar lington, S. C. The Third party has recently been organized in Alabama and Florida. Mr. J. D. Flinn Acquitted of the Charge of Murder—The Testimony in the Case—Other Cases. The June Term of the Court of General Sessions for Darling ton County was convened on Monday last by Judge Wallace, the presiding judge. The first day was spent chiefly in trying to find something to do. Still, the following convictions were secured : Jesse Gillard, house breaking and larceny, (2 cases), total sentences, seven years in the penitentiary; Alonzo Coach man, assault and battery, re commended to mercy, and sen tenced to imprisonment in jail for one month. THE FLINN CASE. On Tuesday Mr. J. Dozier Flinn was tried for murder. He killed Mr. S. E Kelly on Oct ober 30, 1891. The following is a summary of the testimony given in the case: R. Sidney Kelly testified: Sami E. Kelly, the deceased, was my brother. He was killed by Dozier Flinn on the night ot the 30th October, 1891. My brother Sam and myself were going into Manigault James’ barroom. I was in front and had entered the door. My broth er was behind. As my brother got to the dear he stumbled—he was under the influence of li quor—he stumbled and one of his feet slipped from under him. This caused me to turn my head and I saw Mr. Dozier Flinn coming in, walking hurriedly, and before my brother could re cover Mr. Flinn stumbled on my brother’s leg. I saw that Mr. Flinn was angry so I turn ed right to him and said, “Doz ier. that is my brother; please don’t notice him. he didn’t mean to hurt your feelings.” Mr. Dozier caught hold of my broth er and said, “what did you trip me for?” Sam said, “Mr.” .or “Stranger, I didn’t mean to trip you up; I beg your pardon.” Dozier says, “You are a damn liar, you did.” I grabbed Doz ier and walked right through the partition door with him in to the pool room said I would go back and take charge of my brother. He never spoke and 1 noticed then that he had a knife in his hand and was trying to open it with his teeth. I had the other arm pressed down to his side. In a short time my brother came in there and made a lick I reckon, my back was turned to that door. Mr. Flinn somehow got out of my arm and they got together and weredown there scuttling and the pistol fired twice. That was the first I knew of any pistol in the crowd. Dr. J. C. Willcox testified: I called to see Mr. Sam Kelly immediately after the shooting and found him suffering from two pistol shot wounds, one in the abdomen and one in the thigh. I saw that the abdom inal wound was a mortal wound unless an operation was per formed to repair the damages which the intestines had receiv ed. I had him removed to my office. He was suffering from the shock produced by the shot. As soon as I got the consent of his relations, and as soon as he recovered from the shock, we performed the operation of laparotony. D r s . Wallace, Lunney and Garner were pre sent, assisting. We performed the operation on Saturday night, he died on Sunday night. The wound was necessarily fatal without the operation. W. S. Atkinson testified: I was standing in the door of Manigault James’ bar on Fri day evening. I noticed Mr. Flinn came stumbling in over the door aud Sam Kelly was sort of in a half stooping posi tion in front of the door. Mr. Flinn turned around and said, “you tried to trip me up.” Kelly said “No, I beg your pardon, I didn’t intend to tri" about that time Mr. Sam Kelly rushed through the front parti tion doors with a pistol in his hand and commenced striking at Flinn. He had the butt of the pistol in his hand and com menced striking him, struck two licks and about the third lick he made at Mr. Flinn, Mr. Flinn fell on his knees, and the pistol fell out of his (Kelly's) hand, and went out in front of them and they both made a rush for the pistol, Flinn wasin front and gained possession of the pistol and about that time two shots were fired. Sid Kelly had hold of Flinn when Sam rushed in there and commenced strik ing him with the pistol. The first two licks seemed to be slight, they seemed to be parti ally warded off by Mr. Sid Kelly. Sam was striking Flinn over Sid. When Mr. Flinn gained of the pistol both possession rip you up; ide and Mr. Flinn ma de some re mark. I don’t know whether they got together then. Then Sid Kelly got hold of Mr. Flinn and they walked through those folding doors. I got hold of Air. Sam Kelly and begged him not to do anything; he was drink ing. They were all drinking in there. Sam Kelly got his pis tol out and was rearing around there. I got hold of him and Mr. Levy and me couldn't do anything with him. He push ed those doors open and went in and they got together in the bar room and that is all I know. E. R. James testified: I was in the pool room the night of the shooting at the fire, and I heard a fuss out in front. I went for ward into the bar and saw Mr Sid Kelly with Mr. Flinn come into the barroom. Mr. Sid Kelly had Mr. Flinn around the waist. Flinn appeared to be making an effort^ to get loose from him. Mr. Flinn had a knife in bis hand. Sid Kelly was telling Flinn to be quiet that qo one should hurt him and were in a stooping position. He started up with the pistol in his hand, and held it up in his hand and Mr. Kelly commenced grab bing for it, or grabbing at him. When the pistol fired my im pression is that both had hold of it, or Mr. Kelly either had hold of the pistol or had hold of Mr. Flinn’s hand. They were in a stooping position when the pistol fired. Only a moment elapsed between the first and second shot. At the second shot I saw Mr. Kelly commence sink ing down I got there as quick as I could and got hold of the pistol and asked them to turn it loose, Mr. Flinn or Mr. Kelly, or, perhaps, both asked me if I had it. 1 told them to turn it loose, I would t ike the pistol and took it. The testimony of the prosecu tion closed here. • The following Testimony was adduced on the part of the de fence. W. D. Fountain testified that he met Air. Sam Kelly and his brother, Sid, on the afternoon of the killing and Mr. Sam Kel ly began to talk about manhood and got hold of witness and be gan slinging him about, and him slung down on the pavement. Sid Kelly apologized for his brother Sam and asked witness not to be offended; that his broth er was drinking. John Alore testified : On the evening of the shooting he was going into Pinkston’s store and as he was crossing the threshold Sam Kelly tripped him and wit ness fell on his knees. J. DozierFlinn, the defendant, testified : About 20 minutes to 9 o’clock on the evening of 30th October I drove up to Mr. James’ barroom, got out and started to go in. A man was coming down the street just in front of me and as I was enter ing the door he placed his foot between mine and caused me to stumble. I turned and caught him by the arm, and he caught me by the arm. I asked him why he tripped me. He said he didn't do it, I told him he was a damn liar. I caught him in stumbling by the arm and he caught me by the arm. He hauled back to strick and I caught him by his wrist, and about that time Mr. Sid Kelly came up and pushed us apart and pushed me through the lat tice door into the barroom. Then somebody hit me over the head, I did’t know who it was, I was struck from behind. The next lick knocked me loose from Nr. Kelly. The third lick he missed my head and his wrist hit me on the shoulder and the but of the pistol hit me on the fist and it fell out of his hand. We both made a rush to get the pistol. I got the pistol. We struggled with the pistol, he was trying to wring it out of my hand. I tried to cock it but could not And the hammer. He was pushing it down to the ground I could’t raise it. I couldn’t move my hand. I mess ed the handle and pulled the trigger and the pistol fired. I didn’t know who it was I was having the encounter with. I never had seen him before in my life. The jury retired on Tuesday afternoon and after a few min utes deliberation returned a verdict of not guilty. The de fendant was represented by Messrs Boyd & Brown. TRUE BILLS. The Grand Jury returned true bills against the following: Wesley Moore and Luther A. Moore, assault and battery with intent to kill ; Doris Jackson, housebreaking and larceny; Augustus G. Tedder, malicious mischief ; Jonas Kirven, assault and battery; Dennis Shields, burglary and larceny ; William Howard, housebreaking and larceny; Samuel T. Sinclair, ma licious mischief ; Doris Jackson and William Williams, house breaking and larceny. Law rence N. Cox, obtaining pro perty by false pretences; Doris Jackson, burglary; L. Manly Wilkes, arson; James Hooten, larceny; Joseph Pipkin, Jack Afichael, assault and battery. Willie Williams plead guilty to a charge of housebreaking and larcency and was sentenced to imprisonment in the penitenti ary for two years. OTHER OASES. On Wednesday morning Dud ley Plato was convicted of ob taining goods by false preten ses. and was sentenced to im prisonment in jail for one month. Geo. F. Rogers and John Rogers, father and son, who live about three miles from town were tried under a charge of stealing some silver money j from a North Carolina pedlar named Geo W. Ward while he was spending the night at their house some months ago. The defendants were represented by Messrs Boyd & Brown. The trial of this case is in progress as we go to press. To fill the vacancies on the jury caused by the absence of some of those originally drawn the following additional jurors were drawn to serve at this term:, W. J. Moorhead, L. V. Scott, D. Lewis. Nelson Cooper, J. S. Carter, R. F. Blackman, B. A. Early, R. C. Galloway. The grand jury made its final pre sentment yesterday and was discharged. STATE NEWS. Gathered From Our Exchanges, And Put in Paragraphs. A negro man named Jeffrey Bennett, was killed on a railroad near Charleston on Tuesday of last week J. B. Livingston, a white man,! was killed near Manning on Wednesday of last week while at work in a saw mill. A new paper, the Ixidder, has been established in Kingstree. | It will be run in the interest of the Farmers’ Alliance. Dr. S. E. Babcock, a promi- 1 nent citizen of Chester, and father of the superintendent of the State lunatic asylum, died last week. At a large meeting of colored people in Columbia on Tuesday of last week, resolutions were passed appealing to white peo ple to do all in their power to stop the frequent lynchings of colored people. On Thursday night a disas trous fire visited Barnwell. The opera house and five stores were destroyed. The total loss ap proximates $20,000. The fire is thought to be qf an incendiary origin. At a conference of the dele gates from the Farmer’s Al liance in the Fifth Congression al district, held in Rok Hill on Friday, State Senator T. J. Strait, of Lancaster, was nomi nated to make the race for Congress against J. J. Hemp hill the present incumbent. Last week a colored man, named Boyd Simpson, was cap tured in Florence. A short time ago he shot and seriously wounded a white man named Theodore Mappus in Berkeley county. The friends of Mappus had offered a reward of $75 for his capture. At the next meeting of the Sumter County Democratic Ex ecutive committee a resolution will be introduced to dispense with the campaign day in Sum ter. The reason assigned for such action is that the speaking will do no good, but will tend to increase the bitter feeling already existing in the party. The United States governmen- has authorized the organization of a “Naval Reseive” in each State, a military force to be un der the supervision of the secret tary of the Navy and to be sup ported by an appropriation from the federal government. Three companies in South Carolina, one each in Charleston,Berkeley and Beaufort were transferred from the State militia to the “Naval Reserve.” While Mrs. H. H. Hill, of Bamberg, was absent from home on Tuesday of last week, the nurse, a colored girl, gave her (Mrs. Hill’s) baby concentrated lye from the effects of which the baby died in great agony on the following day. The girl poisoned the baby to “get even” with Mrs. Hill, who had refused to let her go on an excursion. The girl is now lodged in jail. Scared Burglars by His Voice. [London Tit-Bits.] The ventriloquist, Fred Mac- cabe, has put his special gift to good use. Retiring late one night he tossed about for some time unable to fall asleep, and then, hearing footsteps down stairs, he felt convinced that thieves had got into the house. Crawling down stealthily close to where they were at work he, by means of ventriloquism, be gan a conversation and hulla balloo in many voices: “Here they are! Bring the lights ! There they go! Shoot, shoot them quick!” The whole gang of burglars thereupon bolted in panic, leaving all their intend- od plunder behind. A missionary who recently returned from Liberia states that many of the ex-slaves who have emmigrated there from America have themselves be come slave owners in their new THE COUNTY NEWS. FROM all sections as told by OUR CORRESPONDENTS. What Our Neighbors Are Doing And Saying.---A Brief Resume of the Week. PHILADELHIA. Rev. B. F. Parrott and Mr. T. H. Stok.es have been quite sick, but we are glad to report that both are improving. Recent purchases of merchan dise through the Alliance State Exchange in Columbia have proven very satisfactory. We had the heaviest rainfall on Saturday that wo have had for several years. The rain washed across the fields, doing much damage to crops and up setting bridges. On the night of the 1st inst., Bony Holmes broke into the fowl house of Mr. J, J. Parrott, Jr., and stole a dozen or more chickens. On the same night the thief made a raid on Rev. A. W. Parrott’s chicken roost, but only succeeded in lifting one turkey. This was the most outrageous part of the crime, the stealing of a turkey from a Methodist preacher. On the following morning the thief was pursued by the Messrs. Parrott. The fowls were identified in Darlington even before he had finished selling them. A war rant was issued for the arrest of Bony Holmes, but he becom ing suspicious made his escape to Swift Creek, with his ox, leaving his road cart behind. OATS. We have had rain for several days in abuniance. The rain of last Saturday afternoon was the largest that has fallen in a great while. The game of ball between the Mt. Elon and Union Clubs which was announced for last Satur day was postponed on account of the inclemency of the weath er. The game will probably be played next Saturday after noon. The present session of the Oats High School will close on the 17 inst. The usual com mencement exercises will be dispensed with this year. This will no doubt be a disappoint ment to many, as these enter tainments have always been greatly enjoyed by the people of the surrounding country. We have some fine corn in our community, among those having the best may be mention ed Dr. S. D. Harrell. The Doc tor says it is not heavy fertiliz ing which gives him the advan tage in the corn line, but pure, “scientific farming.” T h e others whose corn deserves men tion are II. B. Stuckey, C. Rine hart and W. J. Oats. DOVESVILLE. Miss Anna Sumner is at home again from All Healing Springs. Mrs. Reams, of Durham N.C., is visiting her daughter, Mrs. C. L. Dowell. We have been blessed with frequent and copious showers during the past week, causing all vegetation to grow most luxuriantly. The present session of the Dovesville school will close with an entertainment on the night of Tuesday, the 14 inst. The entertainment will consist of speeches, tableaux, charades, etc. Messrs Carroll & McCallman have purchased the right for the Singletary horse detacher for Darlington county, two townships excepted, and are now prepared to supply the public with this, the best and most perfect device of the kind yet invented. - ■ ■ »•»—-»• ■■ ..... CYPRESS. We had lots of rain during the past week. The oldest peo ple here say that the rain on Saturday afternoon was the heaviest they have ever seen fall. Mr. C. W. Harris has return ed from Mt. Pleasant, N. C., where he has been attending school. We are glad to report that he has not only taken first honor, but has brought off a medal. Our people are preparing for children’s day and a picnic to be held about July 1. A big time is in store for the Sunday- school children and they are all looking forward to the day that will bring great pleasure to their hearts. The editor of the Columbia Register isdoingsome big blow ing about the subscription list of his paper. If the rest of South Carolina is like Cypress the cir culation of the State is double that of the Register. The State is in the lead, although Cypress is as strong a Tillman neigbor- hood as can bo found. The Register with all its blowing will have to play second fiddle for a while longer. UK Pa