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VOL. XIX, NO. 30. DARLINGTON, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1892. WHOLE NUMBER 913. IDOL X matters in and around pros perous DARLINGTON. A Column of Newt, Personj I and Oth erwise, of Interest to Our Many Readers. Mrs. McC. Wiilis has gone to Cleveland Springs. Mr. J. E. Norment is in North Carolina on a brief vacation. Messrs M. Marco and C. Kal- mus left on Tuesday for New York. Mr. L. W. Westervelt adver tises pine and cypress shingles for sale. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Milling left yesterday for Cleveland Springs. A ticket for delegates to the State Convention is announced in this issue. Miss Clara Smith, of Macon, Ga., is visiting Mr. J. Gregg McCall's family. The Darlington Building and Loan Association will meet to morrow (Friday) night. Mr. C. J. Epps was in Darling ton this week. All of his old friends were glad to see him Capt. F O. Spain has gone to North Island, Georgetowncoun ty, on a brief visit to friends. Rev. W. S. Jacobs will preach in the Presbyterian Church Sun day morning and evening next Rev G. B. Moore, the former pastor of the Baptist Church, - ill conduct services in that churc . on Sunday next. Mr. A. McP. Hamby, of Georgetown, who many years ago was principal of Sj. John s Academy at this place is in town. Mr. Geo. H. McKee left on Tuesday for Bridgeport Coun., to superintend the manufacture of the first lot of his patent calendars. An unsuccessful attempt was made to break into the Racket store on Pearl Street on Tuesday night. The burglars were frightened off Mr. B. E. Geer, who has been clerking for Messrs Moorhead Cox & Co., has returned to his home in Belton. He will enter Furman University in the fall. The people of Sumter ran an excursion to Eutaw Springs on Friday. The train started from Darlington and a number of our people joined the excursion ists. On Sunday next the C. S. & N. Railroad will sell round trip tickets from Darlington to Sul livan’s Island for $2,50. The train will leave in the morning and return at night. A card is published in this issue from Mr. N. D. Gandy, stating that, haying recovered from his recent illness, he may again be found at his blacksmith shop on Casnua Street. The “merry-go-round” has been engaged this (Thursday) afternoon for the benefit of the library fund of St. John’s Acad emy. The time is from 5 to 8.30. AH interested in the school library should take a ride. The Alliance conference for the Sixth Congressional district met in Florence on Tuesday and “suggested” Hon. J. L. Mc- THE TOBACCO WAREHOUSE. The Work of Construction Already Begun.—Darlington’s Great To bacco Crop. Darlington can succeed at anything that her citizens go about. Such is the case with the tobacco warehouse. A few weeks ago it was decided to build one here and already the work of menced m\) FOR THE CAMPAIGN MEETING QUIET AND ORDERLY. Darlingtonians Retain their Reputation as a Peaceful and Well Behaved People—Good Ex imple for _ the Rest of the State. Darlington county has cer- j 1 com 1 * tainly set a good example to the of construction was begun and re8tof the State - Tlie meet,n K in about four weeks the ware- heM here Thursday last was, house will be completed. It so the speakers say, the most will be located at the C. S. & N. IT cotton ’ h comOT^8. ’’’rhe i ent cam P a '8 n . The,.w„ none i orderly one held during the pres- cotton compress, warehouse will be very large and commodious and will con tain all the most recent im provements. The capital stock of the company, $5,000, has nearly all been subscribed. The erection of the warehouse will give a great impetus to the cultivation of tobacco, which has alredy become an important factor in the farming interests of Darlington county. Darling ton was the first county in the State to have a barn of tobacco cured and ready this year foi the market and it has probably the largest area in South Caro lina planted in tobacco and is still forging ahead. The area of Darlington’s tobacco crop is estimated at a thousand acres and is valued at one hundred thousand dollars. A warehouse is erected for the purpose of giving to the farm ers a place to put their tobacco, where it can be sold at auction to the highest bidder. We are headquarters for dress goods, shoes, clothing, hats and gents furnishing goods. McCall 6c Burch. Lemon fruit juice, W. & H. AMATEUR MINSTRELS. A Party of Darlington Young Men Wil Give an Entertainment. A number of young men in Darlington have formed a min strel company and will give their first entertainment in tne opera house on Tuesday even ing next. The proceeds will be devoted to the factory band, whose generous serviceson many occasions have placed the peo pie of Darlington under great obligations. The people owe it to the cause that they attend the entertainment. The best ocal talent has been secured, and a splendid programme has been arranged. The committee in charge consists of Messrs R. C. Starr, J. E. Boyd and Hugh Thompson, Jr. The price of admission will be 25 cents. Buy the Reynolds Shoes found only at Blackwell Bros. Choice creamery butter, West& Honour. Remnants of ribbons 1 to yds at bargain prices McCall & Burch. Laurm, of Marlboro, the present Attorney General, as the Alii ance candidate for Congress. We have received two com munications advocating p r o - hibition. As we have given Rev. G. T. Gresham space in our paper for the discussion of that subject, we have forward ed the communications to him Mr. J. C. Register died at his home near Oats on Monday and his remains were interred in Wesley Chapel cemetery on the following day. Mr. Register was in the prime of life. He was very popular in his section. At a recent meeting of the stockholders of the Darlington Ginning, Milling, Fertilizer and Warehouse Company a divi dend of 15 per cent was declar ed. The president’s report showed that the company is in a prosperous condition. At the meeting of the State Teachers Association in Colum bia last week Mr. Patterson Wardlaw, of the Darlington public schools, was elected president; Mr. A. McP. Ham by, former principal of St. John’s Academy, third vice president and Mr. L. W. Dick, the recent principal of the Dar lington public schools, secreta ry and treasurer. The ladies auxilliary society of the Young Men's Christian will give an ice cream (estival in the associa tion' event The Templars of South Carolina is now in session in Florence. A large number of delegates are in attendance, among them be ing several from Darlington. NOT INTO THE THIRD PARTY. A Denial that Rev.J. ASligh and Dr. S. Pope Favor the Third Party. On Saturday the News and Courier published a statement from twenty one citizens of Newberry county, who attended the conference at which it is alleged that Rev. J. A Sligh and Dr. 8. Pope, both of New berry, declared themselves in favor of the third party. The statement denies emphatically that these gentlemen made speeches favoring the Third par ty, and states that they spoke earnestly in favor of remaining in the Democratic party. Bird seed, West & Honour. A nice lot of negligee shirts just received, McCall & Burch. Pants for for 60 cts to $5 00 at Blackwell Bros. DARLINGTON ALL RIGHT. The People Have Reaeon to be Grati fied at Their Orderly Meeting. Editor Darlington News: I know 1 voice the sentiments of every Tillmanite in Darling ton county when I express my gratification for the orderly meeting yesterday. The people of this county have reason to be thankful and should express in fitting terms' re8en ted were their high appreciation of those | p] ac;i ble gentlemen who by their advice and influence led to the under standing that every true Dar- lingtoman should frown down any effort at disturbance. Mr. Parrott, Chairman of Executive Committee, Geo. W. Brown, Esq., our worthy Mayor W. F. Dargan Esq., and many ot 'ers, set examples of a high standard of the rowdy behavior that has disgraced most of the meetings elsewhere. Everything pissed of quietly, yiie speakers on both sides were given fair play. A hearing was accorded all of them. The crowd present has been variously estimated from one to two thousand. Early in the morning people began pouring into town and continued to do so until the time for speaking to begin. Of the political affilia tions it is difficult to state any thing definite, except that the Tillmanites were in the majori ty—not a large majority, how ever, by any means. The Con servadves were out in large numbers, nearly as large as the Tillmanites. The latter cheer ed their speakers more than the Conservatives did and this gave them the appearance of being largely in the majority. The meeting was quite different from the one held here two years ago l when the Tillmanites were so largely in excess of the “antis ” The large Conservative force resent at the meeting on 'hursday shows what great strength that faction has gained in the county since the last cam paign. County Chairman J. N. Par rott called the meeting to order. Rev. Simpson Jones opened with prayer, asking for peace and harmony at the meeting and throughout the country. During his supplications Mr. Jones said “Give us God-fear ing men to ruie.” Chairman Parrott then requested the au dience to preserve good order and asked that every man take it as his individual duty to do all in his power toward that end. W. P. Murphy. The Conservative candidate for Attorney General. Hon. W. P. Murphy, was the first speak er. He charged that Tillman was inconsistent in refusing a direct primary for State offi cers after having advocated it; that his policy towards corpora tion had driven capital from the State, when capital was the great thing we needed ; that his abuse of the judges had injured the credit of the State. The speaker said that Judge Wal lace’s decision in the Cantwell case showed his honesty, for had be decided it in accordance with Tillman’s wishes he would now be a justice of the Supreme Court. Mr. Murphy then show ed the injury to the poor people and the loss to the State thatth‘' $3 poll tax would cause. He said that Tillman was responsi ble for the factions now exist ing in the Democratic party and that for this reason and be cause Tillman had injured the State Tillmanism should be fought. J. E. Tindal. The next speaker was Hon J. E. Tindal, the present Secretary of State. He laid the blame of the present bitterness between the factions to the implacable hatred of the opposition to the administration. He said it was a fight between the money pow er and the people. He urged the Tillmanites to stand togeth er and break down this hatred to the people's cause. It was the old fight, he said, of the town people to control the coun try. Mr. Tindal defended the Governor’s action in the Coo- saw- and bank cases and his charges against the judiciary. He deprecated the opposition’s treatment of Tillman, as the office of Governor demanded more respect. J. C. Sheppard. Hon J. C. Sheppard, the Con servative candidate for Govern- , or, followed Mr. Tindal. He denied that the people he rep- overned by im ed. What we need is more money. Banks and factories will bring this, and, therefore, Tillman is injuring the people when he attacks the corpora tions. Free coinage of silver will relieve us but little. What we need particularly is State banks of issue, because they would incre»se the currency. Multiply the banks and factor ies and money would be more plentiful. The more factories we have, the more will they pay in taxes, and thus the revennes of the State could be raised by more taxes from corporations and less taxes from the people, but the few banks and factories have should not be taxed WHO 9I.UIE IT we unjustly. Someone in the crowd asked Gov. Sheppard if he was pinned to Cleveland’s coat tails, and his admirable reply deny ing that he is swinging to any body’s coat-tailed silenced the questioner. Gov. Sheppard then warned the people against a Constitutional Convention that would not submit the new Con stitution to the people to ap prove or reject. The safest way to alter the Constitution is to! vote for amendments to it at the ballot box. He thanked the audience in closing for the re-1 spectful hearing given him. Gov. Sheppard made an admir- able, dispassionate speech, which was highly praised by I members of both factions. B. R. Tillman. Governor Tillman was intro duced next. He said that in 1886 he advised the people of; Darlington to overthrow the ring and showed them how to do it and they had overthrown it. Dibble and other Conserva ALLEGED COMBINE BETWEEN HAS- KELLITES AND REPUBLICAN. A Diligent Search Fail* to Show any Man in Either Party that Made Such a Bargain. The sensation of the campaign meeting in Darlington was the reading by Gov. Tillman, in the course of his speech, of the fol lowing circular: “Headquarter* of the Republican ex ecutive committee of the Sixth Con- KrcKKional district of South Caro lina. Daiu.inoton, S. C., Oct 31*t, 1891. Dear Sir: You are hereby instruct ed and urzed to see that the “Straiuht- out*" or Haskell Democrats carry out their obligation to vote for our con gressional candidate Hon. E. H. Deas, as was piotuised by them, as a con dition of our support of their county ami State ticket. The Kepuhlic:ih supervisor* are expected to asceitain early in the morning whether or not the Straightouts are redeeming their promises by voting for our standard liearer for Congress; if they are not, the information must lie given to the precinct chairmen and toother promi- i nent Republicans, who must at once give the Straightout leaders tounder- i stand that unless they vote for Mr. ; Deas, the Republicans will not vote for Mr Haskell. Yours respectfully, 8- W. Williams, Chairman Executive Committee. 8. 8. Drkhek, Chairman Special Committee. This circular is no new thing to the public. It was published in several of the State papers just after the election of 1890. It was denied then by persons in position to make a denial. As Gov. Tillman again brought it before the public, The News determined to further investi- tives had been claiming Darling- gate the matter and ascertain if ton saying that there had been any such agreement was made a great landslide in the county against him (Tillman), so he would take a hand primary on the question, and a large number of hands went up for him. Many in the audience told him that he was strom er than ever in the county. He asked how many lawyers in Darlington were for him, and the answer was not one. He said that of gf hatred towards the between the Haskellites and Republicans. The investigation shows conclusively that no such agreement was made. HISTORY OF THE CIRCULAR. The circular read by Gov. Tillman was printed on yellow paper. It was given to him on the day of the meeting by Mr. J. O. Howard, of Stokes Bridge. Mr. Howard states that he was the 700 lawyers in the State on- j ames Crossroads in Florence ly about thirtj -five or forty county on election day of 1890. favored him. He said that i sa i a h Williams, colored, there Sheppard swings on to Orr’s g aV e him one of the circulars coat-tail and that Dibble was a nd at the same time gave one trying to pin him to Cleveland to Mr. E. E. Hudson, a resident and Stevenson’s. He read from 0 f t | iat 8ect i on . Williams stat- the “farmers movement” plat ed that he had received them form of 1890 to show that a di- j f rom Harrell, the colored post- rect primary for State officers ma ster at Timmonsville. was notadvocated, and said that On the day of the Darlington Murphy, who talked so much meeting Mr. Hudson sent the about the direct primary, did circular in his possession to Mr. not dare to advocate it in his y owarc | ^is son, Mr. Jacob own county, Colleton. He jj U( i Ron> an( j agked that the cir- would be elected in spite of the cular be given to Sheppard or Conservatives because the votes | Tillman. Mr. Howard gave it of free South Carolinians could J t0 Tillman, not be bought. He explained j NQ BAROA1N WA8 MAL)Ei his position on the $3 poll tax, , , , , and a hand primary again , Although we have searched showed that a large part of the for ,t diligently we have not crowd agreed with him. The *>«?» a bl <? to find that any bar- Governor stated that he had gam existed. The leaders in been told that a number of the the Haskell party and the Re poor teachers of Darlington P“ bl,c an P art )' .deny making county had their pay certificates ®"y , bar ff am - *f ne, ther discounted at a large percentage Deas Williams nor Dreher made at a bank in Darlington, when it, and they were the only per- this bank had not paid its taxes.! sons in position to make such a Had this bank paid its taxes, he bar K a '.o for their party who did said, the county treasurer could it for the Republicans.^ have paid the teachers their If neither Capt Quirk the Has wages without any discount. kell CongreMmnal chairman Governor Tillman’c speech took "or Dr. Wi lcox the member of well with his followers and he the Haskell committee for Dar lington, had anything to do with making such an agreement, who made it for the Haskellite-7 „ . , , , Mr. Ward, the county chairman The Conservative candidate 0 f Haskell party in Darling for Secretary of State, Col. L. j 0I1) k noW8 nothing of the W. Youmans, spoke neTt. Be- [ )ar g a i ni an d, in fact, who does? fore he made his speech Tillman There is but one answer. No left the stand. He quoted ut-; jj ar g a j n wa8 ever made, terances from 1 illman to show w j 10 j e thing is a fraud and that he is a protectionist. He f a n 8 to the ground, said Tillman had charged Shep- This paper would be willing pard with swallowing P'® 1 ' to expose any such agreement forms ; Tillman was the great. exist and it went to work swallower. Tillman ridiculed to get at the truth. It has no the sub-treasury, calling it “pa- 'detdre toconceal a wrong though ternalism run mad.” yet when jj. ^ perpetrated by its friends. Ben Terrell, Stokes and Talbert -phe investigation proved the got after him about it he swal-; existence of no bargain, but on lowed the sub-treasury. Tillman other hand showed that the asked for more power, when the Haskellites were entirely free people elected a legislature that fj. 0 m any such charge, would not dohis biding he call-: WILLIAM8 DENI k8 it. ed the legislators driftwood. He urged the people not to surren- S. W. Williams, the chair- der their freedom by electing a man of the Republican party for legislature that would be sub-1 this Congressional district, de- servient to Tillman’s dictation.! nies that any bargain wasmado Tillman was inconsistant in the through him. His name is at- matter of rotation in office and tached to the circular read by the reduction of salaries. 'Gov. Tillman. When the j L McLaurln charge was first made just after Attorney General McLaurin the last election Williams made followed Col. Youmans. He an affldavR at the request of made a very humorous speech and had the crowd laughing a was frequently interrupted with load applause. L. W. Youmans. farmers, and the charge was unworthy in a man holding so high a office as Mr. Tindal. He is a Democrat and a friend to the farmers and so are his fol lowers. He would be the last man to do anything to injure the farmers, for all the political preferment that he had ever se cured was given by the farmers. of hospitality, a generous un-! He asked where are the reforms partisan reception and enter- that Tillman had promised? Are tainment of the gentlemen who! the people more prosperous, is were making the canvass that | mone y more plentiful, are Uxes will not fail of good effect. I lower? No, money is tighter Such high consideration I an d taxes are higher. The great shown all the candidates by ev il with us is fede-al taxation, these gentlemen will go a long The little State of South Caro way towards spanning the ■ ij na pays annually in taxes into chasm of factional at strife. the United States Treasury Jno. M. Waddall, Darlington 8. C., July 22 ’92. $7,000,000. This excessive fed oral taxation should he remov< good deal. He directed his ridicule chiefly against You mans. Gen. McLaurin praised Gen. Earle for writing his now famous letter and predicted that Youmans would soon follow Earle’s example. He said cred it should be given Tillman for creating interest in public af fairs, such as Clemson College. He laid the blame of the State’s credit depreciating to the course pursued oy the News and Cour ier. The meeting ended at the close of Gen. McLaurin’s speech and the crowd quietly dispersed. Youmans Again. At six o’clock Col. Youmans made another speech. He ad dressed a large crowd in front of the Court House. Capt. Ouirk, of Florence, the Haskell Congressional ’chair man. This affidavit was pub lished in the Florence Messen ger on November 7,1890 and in the News and Courier about the same time. The following is a copy of the affidavit: State oe South Carolina, County of Florence. Personally appeared before me S. W. Williams, chairman of the executive committee of the Sixth Congressional District of the Republican party, who makes oath that he was called on to-day by Capt. Wm. Quirk chairman of the Democratic committee of the Sixth Con gressional District, and asked if he had seen the circular pub lished in to-day’s issue of the Charleston World over his sig nature as chairman. He said yes, said circular had been sent ' r ! A , _ i -• s./', > to deponent from Darlington, but as far as Capt. Quirk is con cerned, according to deponent's knowledge and belief it was the first time he had seen it and that no compact or understand ing of any sort had been made between Capt. Quirk and mvself in regard to the Congressional election or other election on the 4th inst. [Signed] S W. Williams, Ch. 6th Con. Dis Sworn to before me this 6th day of November, 1890. E. W. Lloyd, Trial Justice. In addition to this the follow ing certificate was obtained from S. W. Williams on Tues day : Florence, S. C., July 26, 1892. I hereby certify that I never made any bargain with any Straightout Democrat or Has kellite in regard to swapping votes at the regular election of 1890. S. W. Williams, Ch. 6th Dis. S. C. for Rep. F Witness: Waddy Thompson, R. C. Commander. Personally came before me Waddy Thompson and R. C. Commander who made oath that they saw S. W. Williams sign the above certificate. [Signed] Waddy Thompson, R. C. Commander. Sworn and subscribed before me this July 26, 1892. Jerome P. Chase, Notary Public. DREHER DENIES IT. S. S. Dreher, chairman of the special committee for the Re publican party, whose name was also attached to the circu lar, makes the following affida vit : State of South Carolina, l County of Darlington. / Personally came before me S. 8. Dreher, who upon oath says that he is a resident of the town and county of Darlington, State aforesaid and in 1890 was chair man of the special committee of the Republican party of the Sixth Congressional District; that he knows nothing of any arrangements madejbetween the Straightout Democrats or Hask ellites” as to them supporting Deas the Republican candidate for Congress from said District provided Deas in return would cause the Republ.can votes to be cast for the Haskell ticket and does not believe that any such arrangement was made because he was officially in a position to know if any thing of the kind had been done; that so far as the circular is concerned which Gov. Tillman read at the meeting at Darlington he has no recollection of it in any way. [Signed] S. 8 Dreher. Sworn to before me this 26th day of July, A. D. 1892. T. H. Spain, Notary Public. DEAS DENIES IT. E. H. Deas, the Republican candidate for Congress, denies that a bargain was made. He would have been the beneficiary of such a bargain and would above all men know if such a bargain existed. Yet he states that none was made. The following affidavit is self explanatory : State of South Carolina, 1 County of Darlington. / Personally came before me Jas. C. Willcox, M. D.. who up on oath says that he is a resi dent of the town of Darlington, County and State aforesaid. That during the year A. D 1890 he represented Darlington Coun ty on the Executive Committee of the Straightout Democracy or what was popularly termed by some persons as the Haskell )arty of the 6th Congressional district of the State of South Carolina. That he knows noth ing of any arrangement be tween said Straightout Democ racy and the Republican party for the support of E. H. Deas, the Republican candidate for Congress provided he, Deas, would influence the Republican vote for the Haskell ticket, or for any other person on said ticket; that any such arrange ment or promises to that effect, either directly or indirectly, could not well have been made without his knowledge and never was spoken of or inti mated either to him or in his hearing or knowledge, and if it had been so intimated either by any word or act on the part of any member of said committee would have been spurned by him and exposed to the public. That the first time that he ever saw the circular in ques tion was when it was published in one of the Charleston daily papers, if his recollection serves him correctly it was the World, which was then published in the city of Charleston; that in a day or two afterwards he saw the same published in the Flor ence Messenger and other pa pers; that he had just begun to investigate the matter when he saw published in the Charleston News and Courier an affidavit over the signature of 8. W Williams, Chairman of the Ex ecutive Committee of Republi can party of the 6th Congress ional District denying any such compact as was implied in said circular; that thinking that the denial was sufficient proof of the falsity of said charges he made no further efforts to in vestigate the matter; that he was astonished at the campaign meeting at Darlington, 8. C., on the 21st day of July, A. D. 1892, when Gov. B. R. Tillman again preferred the charges in his presence by reading the cir cular above referred to; that he, deponent, did there and then pronounce the whole matter a lie, and so instructed Mr. Gibbs, the reporter of the State, to so pronounce it; that he has ever since been thoroughly investi gating all matters pertaining to it, but has been in a measure hampered on account of the temporary absence of witnesses; that he has procured affidavits of E. H. Deas and Wm. Quirk absolutely denying the correct ness of the charges, and has placed them personally in the hands of the Hon. John C. Sheppard for use in causing a conclusive correction of same; that from the evidence which has been obtained, an 1 inas much as the said affidavit of Williams had been extensively published a few days after the first appearance of same in at least the most prominent daily papers of South Carolina, now quite one year and eight and half months, he is forced to the belief that the charges in both instances were maliciously made. [Sgnd] Jas. C. Willcox, M. D. Sworn to before mo this 26th day of July, A. D. 1892. W. F. Daruan, Notary Public. Dr. Willcox states that the affidavits of Capt Quirk and Deas were given to Governor Sheppard. The News wishing to sift the matter to the bottom will publish these affidavits as soon as copies of them can be obtained. Deas is absent from Darlington, hence our inability to see him in person another denial. J. J. Ward, Esq., who was County Chairman of the Has- keliite party in Darlington dur ing the campaign of 1890, sub mils the following affidavit: State ok South Carolina, 1 County of Darlington. / Personally appeared before me J. J. Ward, who on oath says that he was Chairman of the Straightout Democratic or Haskellite party for Darlington County in 1890, and that he knows of no agreement having been made between said Demo crats and the Republican party as to trading votes in the elec tion of 1890, and that no propo sition was ever made to him looking to such an agreement. [Signed] J. J. Ward. Sworn to before me this 27th day of July, 1892. W. F. Daroan, Notary Public. THE COUNTY NEWS. FROM ALL SECTIONS AS TOLD BY OUR CORRESPONDENTS. Matters In and Around Cypress.—Two Democratic Clubs.—A Temperance Society. A protracted meeting is in irogress at Wayside Baptist Ohurch. Our boys have a bad attack of base ball fever and are play ing games nearly every day. Mr. S. C. Parnell is having his saw mill repaired. He will resume operations in a few days. Our Democratic clubs meet every Saturday afternoon. Our city has become so large that we have found it necessary to have two clubs. Crops have improved very much since we have had some clear weather. Most of our farm ers have about conquered Gen. Green and are about through laying by. A temperance society has been organized here with a good membership. The colored Ma sons gave a dinner at their hall on Saturday, which was well attended. Mr. M. W. Harris has cured a barn of his tobacco cron and is well pleased with it. Mr. Gray, an expert tobacco curer from North Carolina, has charge of Mr. Harris’ tobacco. Abram Lee, a colored preach er, celebrated his birthday on the 15th inst. He invited all his children and grand children to an enjoyable dinner He is the father of nearly thirty chil dren. We want the balance of the county to get out of the way, as we can furnish candidates from this township for every office in the county and they are good men too. We want the offices and must have them. Stokes Bridge across Lynch’s River has been completed. Some of our roads and ditch bridges are in very bad condi tion. We would like some of our road commissioners to pass this way and look at them, but before they do so it would be best for them to insure their lives and their horses. A few thin coats and vests for the hot weather are being clos ed out very low at Blackwell Bros. — UNA. Rev. G. T. Gresham, of this place, is conducting a meeting at Lake Swamp. A few more summer suits close out cheap at McCall Burch’s. Olives 15, 25 and 50 cts jars West & Honour. PEE DEE LIGHT ARTILLERY. The Annual Reunion of Thia Famous Battery. [Re|>orte<l for Thk Nkwh ] The annual reunion of the survivor’s association of the Pee Dee Light Artillery was held at the mineral spring on Wednes day of last week. The meeting was called to order by Vice Pre sident J. E. Pettigrew, who de livered an address of welcome E. Keith Dargan Esq. read a letter from Comrade J. J. Blake,! church with Ids now of Mt. Vernon, N. Y., the “fighting” commissary of the battery, who was perhaps the only commissary in the Army of Northern Virginia who dis- lensed rations to the men and ought in every battle from Me- chanicsville to Second Cold Harbor (twenty-two battles in all). His fighting was entirely a voluntary act as his office as commissary relieved him of all other duties. Comrade Blake was our only representative at the recent unveiling of the A. P. Hill monument in Richmond. Gen. Walker’s oration at the unveiling of the Hill monument was read, and it made the old boys proud to know that they did so much towards enrolling the name of A. P. Hill in the ranks of the immortals. The President and Secretary were directed to petition the next General Assembly to in crease the pensions of the Con federate soldiers and widows. Col. James Armstrong, of Char leston, was invited to address the association at its next meet ing on July 21, 1893. The ser vices of the survivors were of fered the ladies of Darlington to assist them in removing the Confederate monument to the park around the Court House. The thanks of the association were tendered Mrs. Hibben Le- land, of McClellanville, for pre senting palmetto cockades to the detail ordered to the Hill monument unveiling. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, W. E. Zimmerman; First Vice President, J. L. Na pier; Second Vice President, R. B. Hepburn; Committee on Ar ts, E. J. C. Byrd, E. K. Dargan, W. M. Brunson, Mr. E. H. Hearon returned on Friday from a brief visit to his aunt, Mrs. Medlin, in North Carolina. The rains have been much heavier recently in the western part of this section and it is thought that the crops are in jured. Mrs. S. E. Kelley purchased the ginning outfit of Mr. T. J. Bell and traded it for an engine of greater power, which slqi ex pects to put in position in am ple time for the coming season. Mrs. Stokes, of Stokes Bridge died suddenly on Tuesday of last week. She was about fifty- five years of age. Mr. James Walters, her son-in-law, with whom she waa living went to ife, leaving Mrs. Stokes appearently in as good health as usual. She was taken ill while they were at church and died about two o’clock. Why use inferior machines when you can get the popular light running New Home or the improved Wheeler Sc Wilson No. 9 at Blackwell Bros. ? wif Yeast cakes, West & Honour. Dress newest Burch. shirt white bows, styles at McCall the & mcintosh mill. Mr. J. C. McIntosh has found it necessary to cut a very cost ly ditch to dry off his fields. The meeting at Cold water on the 16 inst was very interesting. Mr. Waddill addressed the au dience. Mr. J. T. Rogers is suffering from a severe attack of sick ness. Mrs. W. C. Gandy is still very ill. The name we have given to these items will be changed to New Providence, as it is moie appropriate than McIntosh Mill for the territory covered by this correspondence. We wish to state that the card playing at McIntosh mill, of which we complained a short time ago, was unknown to Miss Nancy McIntosh, the owner of the mill. It was contrary to her orders and when she heard of it she put a stop to it. The miller states that, while he did not fancy it, he allowed it only for people to amui