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VOL. XX, NO. 5. DARLINGTON, S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1893. WHOLE NUMBER 940. LOCAL LACOMt'S. MATTERS IN AND AROUND PROS PEROUS DARLINGTON. A Column of News, Tersely Told, of Interest to Our Many Readers. The time for making returns for town taxation will expire t e Wednesday next. Messrs Suggs, Blackwell & Co have opened a beef market near PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Brief Mention About People You Know and People You Don’t Know. Mr. Jerome P. Chase, of Flor ence, was in town THE SCHOOL TAX. MEETING OF THE CITIZEN OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. on Saturday., T . . , . J | The Levy Raised from 3 1-2 Mills to 4 Miss Addie (Jaeger, of Charles- Mills—The Reasons Therefor— ton, is visiting Mrs. A. VV. ! Other Proceedings. elling. j j n accordance with the notice Mr. and Mrs L. I. Parrott, of published in The News, a meet- Surnter, spent a few days of last ; f lhecitizensof the .. Sc hool week in Darlington. * . , , „ „ iDistnctoftheTownofDarhng- Miss May McCall leftonTues-!, ,, , ,, • rt McCullough & Blackwell’s sta- day for Columbia to attend the 1 bles. | Columbia Female College. House on Friday to decide i adjourned. ,, . . . . ., ... t.. , . what tax should be levied We have devoted Courtis now in session inj Misses Mollie Dickson and[ Florence and the trial of the! Sue Stevenson, of Marion, are Ba ringer brothers for the kill-1 visiting Mrs. W. O. Dickson, ing of Talbert is in progress. J The friends of Judge H E p THE WORLD S \EWS. | WHAT HAS HAPPENED DURING THE PAST WEEK Democratic Senator Elected Kansas — Hawaii Desires Annexation. from ered by a vote of 23 to 10. The five gentlemen who advanced the money were among the ten who voted in the negative. W. F. Dargan, Esq. v then made another motion, to make the 1 wy 4 mills, wh’cT p evailcd. Dr. Alexander’s resolution was then adopted. The chair then appointed the following gentle men on the committee provided for in the resolution: Messrs W. F. Dargan, J. C. Willcox, C. Alexander, W. A. Parrott, J By a dynamite explosion in W. H. Lawrence. There being Bessemer, Ala., on Friday, two no further business the meeting men were killed. Lumber! Lumber!! J UST arrived and for] sale cheap An explosion at last week, killed people. Alton, 111., twenty four this Mr. Louis Haynsworth met with a painful accident on Sun day. He was thrown from his horse and had his arm broken. We are requested to state that, as the first grade at St. Joha’sSchool is now full, no more beginners can be admitted. A notice is published in this issue calling for an important meeting of the County Alliance I on Friday for Saturday, the 11 inst., at j and Mrs H Flinn’s Crossroads. Sanders, who has been sick for several weeks, will be glad to learn that he is improving. Mr. and Mrs. Carey B. Town send, of Savannah, who have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. F. Pegues, returned home yester day. space A white boy, agtd 17, was deem hanged in Birmingham, Ala., on for the support of the Darling- lo matter because we p f murd r it very important that the tax- * murder. payer should understand why By an explosion in a mine in the levy was raised one half [ Austria last week one hundred ton Public Schools for the en suing year. The attendance on the meeting was as large as usual. Col. E. R. Mclver presided and Mr. J. E Norment! acted as secretary. , R. W. Boyd, Esq., in behalf of the Board of Trustees, read a! report showing the schools to be -a • *9 for cash, six car loads of rough nd dressed lumber, xuch as Fram ing, Flooring, Ceiling and Weathar .loaning, at EARLY’S LUMBER YARD, on I ina C. 8. & N. K. R. Mch 24-tr. BANK OF DARLINGTON DARLINGTON, 8. C., Capital, — — $100,000 Surplus and Undivi ded Profits, — $45,973.80 DIRECTORS: The following Darlingtonians! in a most «oiirishi,.g condition, attended the dance in Florence treasurer C. B. Edw ards then evening last. Mr submitted his annual leport C. Starr, Jr., Mis-'for the session ses Nonie Williamson and Alma which 8howed a treasury of $396,39. The Trus tees asked for a levy of 31 mills, mill. and thirty men lost their lives. Kansas City beef in every , The remains of Judge L. Q. C. Wednesday. H. J. La Motte. La,nur were interred in Macon, „ jUa., where died, with most im at the play HOUSE posing ceremonies on Friday i last. Two Good Performances—The Hey- 7 O I Watson, the Thil d | wood Celebrities and Wilfred Clarke. The “Hey wood leader of Georgia, is busy pi e paring to contest his opponent, Major Black’s, election to Con MeCown and Messrs R. L. Dar gan and C. M. Ward. Mrs. W. W. Finney, of Rich-S Celebrities,” one of the best mush al aggrega- of last year tions in this country, will give Representative balance in the;an entertainment in the Dar- ~ lington Opera House, as pre- She is adjourn, but before it was put home at to the meeting. Dr. W. J. Alex- Notice of the dissolution of the firm of Edwards, Norment & Co and the formation of the new firm of Edwards & Co is pub- m ond Va., visited relatives in ! tae same * ev y ma< * e * ast '. y ear lished in this issue. Darlington last week. She was On motion the levy was grant- Now that the weather has originally from this county, ed. moderated, work upon the elec her maiden name being Miss. A motion was then made to trie light plant has been resum*' Constance \Y illiams. ed. It is thought that the town now visiting her old _ . H H I , will be furnished with lights in 1 S° c,et y Hill. ander rose and introduced the! famous Madame Patti during a'-out two weeks. The Darlington boys are re . f o> 1 « wil >g resolution : last season, and another, the „ ■ ine Liarungron ooys are re Resolved, that whenever any sur violinist, was knighted by the The Darlington GerfnanClub c living then share of society plus G f the school fund shall accrue Queen of Spai i for his musical was organized by the dancing honors at Furman University, the trustees he instructed to reim people of Darlington on Tucs At a recent meeting of the Phil- hurse Messrs r. B. Edwards E. K day night. Mrs. A. M. Woods osophian Literary Sock ty the Tw aTvil foV^the iosL They is President and Mr. Eugene following Darlingtonians were lmvo sustained in carrying the bonds Vaughn, Secretary and Treas- elected officers : J. B. Bozeman, issued by this school district and (hat urer ’ ' | Vice President undone of the acomuittee, to be appointed by this Anniversary Debaters : R. E | to examine the validity of Messrs Branch & Andrews, Hart R ecor(lintr Secretary; J. the,r losS< ‘ 8 ’ be authorised, lf *>“'>> of Wilmington, are in Dockery, of Missouri, has introduced a reso lution in Congress looking to the W. C. Coker, J. L Coker, R. W. Boyd, J. J. Ward. E. K. Mclver, A. Nachman, Bright Williamson. Transacts a General Banking Business. viously announced, on Wednes- removal of the Cnpital of t! day next, the h inst. The press United States from Washing- notices we have received give t on this company the fullest praise. The newspapers, in both Europe and this country, highly com mend the performance. Three of the company supported the n a rii„,r Hart, Recording Secretary; o. losse are found to he valid, to in marling- A Coker, Corresponding Secre struct the Board of Trustees to - pay tary ; R. E. Howie, Jr., Censor;. these losses, as ahbve prov*led, and W.'S. Dove, Sergeant at Arms. ! re I H,rt ,he result of their action in Mr. H. J.La Mottehas lower ed his prices on beef in conse quence of the reduction caused by competition. HE BUILT A PEN ton for the purpose of writing up the town. Last year these gentlemen gave Florence a good write up. They put their work in pamphlet form. There is no end to the enter prise of Editor Hammond, of the Florence Messenger. In addi tion to his weekly paper, he pro poses to give Florence an after j noon daily to be called Evening Messenger. The soiree of Miss Lucas’ dancing school, which was giv J and three o’clock, John, alias en in the Guards’ armory on Axley, Harrison, a young color- Thursday evening last, was a ed man, was shot by Mr. W. H. very enjoyable and successful Rhodes. The shootingoccurr*d affair. The dancing lessons about five niiles above Darling-1 e y u ntil the bonds were issued. the And, as a Consequence, Received Two school loads of Shot. j were made with Dr. Andrew On Sunday last, between two Simonds, of Charleston, for placing these bonds at par. ihe money was needed, howev er, immediately. It was im practicable to wait for the mon writing to the next meeting of the body. The reasons which lead Dr. J Alexander to introduce the reso- j lution are. briefly stated, these: When the schools were first es- j tablished the citizens of the! school district voted *5,000 worth of bonds for budding the | houses. Arrangements For the Week Ending Wednesday Feb ruary I. A negro killed a white man and a white woman in New Or leans on Wednesday of last week and he was immediately lynched 1 y the citizens of the neighborhood. The Populist Legislature in Kansas combined on Wednesday of last week withthe Democrat ic member# and elected Judge John Mart in. aprominent Demo crat, United States Senator. It will he remembered that Kan sas has two Legislatures, each was here last fall and he com ( .i a i ln i ng to be the legal one pic tel y “captu e i ’ the town The Republican legislature did Reserved seats for Mr. Clarke no t participate in the election are also now on sale at the Book store ; price $1 accrue ( Queen of Spai talent. Reserved seats are now on sale a* fie Bookstore for $1.! On the 27 inst. Wilfred Clarke will give a performance at the | Opera House. Comment on i this actor is unnecessary. He the This is positively the last week that Winhurn’s photo, gallery will remain in Darling ton. DARLINGTON COTTON MARKET . Good Middling 9 Middling 81 Strict Low Middling 8! Low MiddlingSl and will protest against seating of Judge Martin. In the Hawaiian Islands, in the Pacific Ocean, reside a num ber of white citizens, mostly ! Americans. The government has heretofore been in the hands of the natives. The foreigneis \ recently overturned the native (government, having become ! dissatisfied with the conduct of Ihe Queen, and a commission, representing the new govern ment, has arrived in this coun* 1 try to ask the United States to I annex Hawaii. Savings Department. $1 and upwards Deposits of received. Interest allowed at rate of 5 per cent, per annum from date of deposit—payable quarterly on the first day of January, April, July and October. For further information ap ply at the Bank. Accounts in both Depart ments solicited and will be given careful attention. BRIGHT WILLIAMSON, President. L. E. WILLIAMSON, Cashier. Dec. 31—tf Math ^|oLsu Conp, Of Chicago, Ills. have been discontinued. At the receut State conven tion of the liquor dealers, held . , in Charleston, a committee of , 8 00 V 1 #- fifty was appointed to conduct ^ a ln ^ e , hel, i and , the the caiHDB*a^ 'xmmat the pro agtvlMiy ton, in Leavensworth township, lherefore five members of the, - — - ; R oar d 0 f Trustees, .Messrs E. Hon. Ju 'ge Gary. Ernest Garv, STATE NEWS. and hi t - t ‘‘k**"" 1 law.J. M. James and S 'err.-rtiK-nns rub Lewenthal, of Darlington, are on the committee. Mr. R. L. Carmichael, of Marion county, won the cadet ship at West Point from this district at the competitive ex- amination held in F lorence on the 30 ult. Mr. C. T. Dudley, of Marlboro, stood second in the examination and is, therefore alternate. on the place Of Mr. J. F. Rhodes ; I ^d’Wili Preside at’ the nfxt I Gathered From Our Exchanges, the father of the man who did! Keith Dargan. G. W Dargan , u , nn of Court for Darlington Put in Paragraphs the shooting. Harrison had R- • Boyd, J. J. \V ard and C. county which will convene on Campbell Citv B. Edwards, borrowed the mon- \f arc h 6 «e was recentlv .n WlUiam u. Campbell, uity Rhodes’ thought he had done ey, $5,000 on their individual elected Judge of the Fifth Cir- LonfiS of their hogs. : credit and loaned it to the school . uiL H is term does not com- SfTon Thursday f was added: and | building purposes, expecting, mence until July,but he was ap-; y> — as all arrangements had been p 0 j llte( j Ry Q ov '-pij| man to e if is stated that the National | 1 hey approached the'"hi the c lo>T,Wl mtViree'^tnc mwk oa ..n-’T t - l> at the approaching terms Union Store Company, which is Vhen young Rhodes was aboJ 10 "’ 9 . wMch were very high upaud nar- MeamvV Circuit in place of Judge operating five Alliance stores in j twenty seven feet off he fired a I Liiyb"'£-U-barred, thp changing light the fire, turnG. vw i 10 j g too g j c ^ to in this State, will retire from' L°; id 0 D No i 9 . at Harrison P a y this indebtefeness when they ten whaVs . business. iich took effect in his neckU should be issued. ‘ •*— Edward Bryan colored kick- The negro began to run and! Before the bonds Kershaw Mwara uryan, colored, kick Represented by NKTTLKS& Nkttlks,-! Darlington, S. C. Will loan money on good farm or eity property for ten years at 2 per cent, per annum- Dec 5—Sin Desirable Lot For Sale. WE olf.-r f r sale the lot of the late Mrs. A. A. Baker in the Town of Dar lington. PAUL WHIPPLE. J. GREGG MCCALL, J. E. NETTLES. Executors. Ap 21—tf •<j O o ^ tri • ^ <! & £ £ tion to steal soon as he pays the costs in the case he will be released fom custody. The ministers of Darlington have organized a local ministers union for the purpose of holding union meetings, once a month, in the different churches. The first union meeting will he held m the Methodist Church on Sun day evening next and will be conducted by Rev. J. G. Law. Our readers and correspond ents must pardon us for having only one letter from the county -r v m our last issue. That letter! ° ° un * Men Purchase Mr Ha y n *' was theonly one received in time ' worth’s Furniture store, for publication, but a batch of Mr J. D. Haynsworth has sold letters were received after The Ids furniture business to Messrs J. I) Bain! and Geo. E. Dargan young-Rhodes fired again, the \ sued Dr. Simonds died^and his itheTack^T. hitting hi,n - hei fr fU8ed to the Umtls the back. The negro was cap on the tqnns agreed upon b, I tured and brought to jail. He bim. The five gentlemen who ad was only slightly hurt. He vanced tfie money bad, there- sta ,es that it was not his inten- fore, to carry the bonds at their the hogs and as! ow n expense and this serve. • -Mirsel f, sir,*" "divP'l! 11 ’ Iieen broken.” brought yon (Other Locals on Secu,.^ . Next Monday, which is sale- be the last day that \\ inburn will open his photo !gallery in Darlington. ANOTHER BUSINESS CHANGE. HARD ON PRESIDENTS. Our Chief Magistrates Seldom Live to Good Old Age. [Greenville News.] ’ H is a curious fact that only hving ex-president For Sale. 7 Krtn hard pineGuage shingles, at a verv lowprice J. H. EARLT. uncle' made ti»"l!'ghf ot’lS? colored, in and finding myself alone with Mm l did ( 8e e around u£ seen' lo preie, 10 not wish him to Suppose me helpless. guffer and be mat e ^ ig6rable by Indigestion, <'onstipation, , «'ii.7i , >lin , d t i?i 1 L u 1 un this the stomach in Colleton conn last week. Jenkins died from the blow. Appetite, A charter has been issued to the Florence County Hedge ! F ence Company. The incorpor the atorsareJ. W. MeCown, G A. i 8 a Hoffmeyer, J. W. King. Nkws was published. Whv the - we are unable to explain. • W. J. Garner’s brick they did tor sometime. After trying in vain to place the bonds at par they were compelled finally to sell them at 80 cents on the dol lar, or $4,000 for the whole lot. • i . Ihe gentlemen thus lost out of'o' 68 " "Uj 6 ect ’ W,1C> wil1 bein-i R n i mP w u- their own resources ♦ I 000 id us a ‘F u rated again the 4th of vr white, killed the difference iu imerest 1 be v Vet we have had a col Vre d boy, tween what the bonds bore and fi^ht presidents sines I860 and ri K ^ Stre «t in Charleston on what they had to pay on the . tbere are ^un living no older lhur8da V Campbell, money borrowed, tlfe whole LlnColu would be, had lie WiZ^ ° ther J ° y8 ’ was teasin 8 amounting to about $1,100, or «• s.u . | “ g- $220 a piece. a,x of the ei «ht are dead and 1110 Secretary of State has is- On introducing the resolution t?. 116 0t the,n Wt,re old men. sued a commission for the es- ' e!e seems to be a fatality ^hhshment of an immense cot- Dr. Alexander made an explana- a E the" tion to the tnoMfino- ... a,, out the Peter corn occu ded that the introduction of the i resolution was entirely volunta- - ry on his part and that he had done so against the expressed wishesof the gentlemenconcern- is now clerk for Mr Havns f a ’. who preferred that the re^o worth. iMr. Dargan. who isde- Utl0U be , not int reduced. He pot agent of the C. 8. & N. Rail- 10 ' vev ’er looked upon the nmt- road, will continue to hold that as a ,usht that the communi- position. ~ The business will hereafter be conducted by these gentlemen ing on the west'side of fir ^ p nara ? . f,f Baird re is very nearly comnlet- K * < f, r>! ' dn ’ 5 *. r - Baird will per- ’he store on the interior is I ^"SiTiv’7 pV bl | sineS8 - Isome as any in towr ‘l. _ l8t 5 U V . ir ’. Z ’ B : Kerby who ' is greatly due to the v painting of Mr. >s. As soon as >, the store will be oy Dr. J. A. Boyd. e Darlington amateurs ap- /q in Bennettsville on Fri At before a delighted au the performance proving fete success in every re- ** f^he troupe, accompanied I a . ] ar K 0 number of their! lyTheeVcUon of'aT!? U° rt i of a committee will leave at 3 o’clock two ^ b ck lndl < i ro"°^ e i ’ 1 Xam " 10 the validity of building will be completed in, tion by which ihe ’ tion to the meeting similar to i ul tbe of Bce, aside from the L* 0 ® f actor y m Columbia, with a the one we give above He ad-1 cna [ lces . uf assassination. | capital stock of $700,000 • There is, we believ* mi ' M . , , Prom re, not one | ment.capitalists of the North are 'ing ex \ i ;o president, at the head of the scheme. jvei y man who has been presi- i i it /-.i , . dent of the senate is dead ev H ' ( . i “! ip ’t 21 whlte n,an - uea.i ex- wa S waylaid and murdered in I Fairfield county on Fridaj night ( lamp’s wife and two white men have been arrested cept the present one. Jolin Michaels, his wife and three little children w.> . , -re frozen to death near Parkersvilfe, \v ' a., on Saturday night. Both of these gentle-! ty °i!! e * d f ,,d thought that it are well known in Darlington ' H 40 I? . pa,d ’ The resolu- —•— and their many friends will °^ Iirir ! all V introduced, A strike among the workmen wish them a successful issue out r P ^ nt ld ^ th nffi f< M the pa - v ' ^comotive worksat Dunkirk of their new business. i nlus Hint ^ debt U 1 an - v sur - ^ • T , has become so threaten “*‘ >"» O-rnor for the crime and suspicion also points to another white man I he murder has cause consider able sensation. Another Brick Building. gentlemen deredout troops for the preser- “T M M«roo wil, begin .hort The Harrison tljea- - , . will go out witli a shortage in introduction the United States Treasury of hundred million ' " The Supreme Court has grant ed a rule on the town council of, Chester to show cause, on the has or- third Tuesday of April, why a | mandamus shall not be issued to compel that body to issue a ~7 . . ■- license to W. H. Hoover to sell administration ! liquor in Chester for one the year.! 1893.- Mr. Hoover, a liquor deal er of Chester, takes this For Sale. L LIMITED quantity of cotton seed of the Allen long staple va riety. The need is taken from cotton which brought Ilf cents. This varie ty has produced as much .cotton per acre as any I have ever planted. Price 50cts a bushel. P. P. CHAMBERS, Jan20—3t Dovesville, 8. C. -- .T.... 3.S50 a m Urn ante. 4.35 am Arrive Columbia 6.15 a m No. C*. Leave Sumter 9.43 a m Arrive Columbia 10.5* « m . ■ 1 umu.g Notice. HE annual returns of all Execu- JL tors, Administrators, Trustees, and Guardians, appointed by the Pro bate Court, are due in the month of January and February. The Judge of Probate trusts lie will not have oc casion to enforce the penalty of the law upon any delinquents. T. H 8HAIN. Judge of Probate. Jan. 26—2t. , PARTIES Who are contemplating plant- I mg .tobacco the coming vear will do well to call at the Tobacco Warehouse . Where all aid and informa tion concerning Tobacco Plantin St K Etc., will be cheerfully given. Experienced tobacco men fur nished. Distributed|FREE to all he* glnners.- * Mr. C M. Wardjf^’onway at subscription ^"Chadbourn 5:20 p. TOBACfV had bourn 7:15 a. m. and jo j V- , h-. * rriv « H ub at 8:00 a. m. and 6:25 p. in. Returning leave Hub 9:00 a. m. and 6:45 p. tu , arrive at Chad- bourn 9:45 a. m. and 7:30 p m. Daily except Sunday. JOHN F. D, VINE, Cen'l Sup’t. When ClevVl»n"i'" . dollars, independently of the other 'h’ Cleveland s admmistra quor dealers of the State, to te > time for Ihe spring trade. ^ ^ ,we... . lorence... Palmetto. Darlington Floyd’s. Jovann Arrrive Hartsville. a m .50 a m . 6.02 a m • 6.15 a m . 9.00 p in 9.15 p m 9.80 p m 9.45 p m 10.06 p ia 10.26 p J. F. DIVINE, Gen. Supt. FOR SALE A Second-hand Sewing Machine; in excellent condition. Apply at Tan DARunaroc News OAee.