The Darlington news. (Darlington, S.C.) 1875-1909, February 16, 1893, Image 1
VOL. XX, NO. 7.
DARLINGTON, S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1893.
WHOLE NUMBER 942.
local mm.
MATTERS IN AND AROUND PROS
PEROUS DARLINGTON.
A Column of News, Tersely Told,
interest to Our Many
Readers.
of
A dance was given in the
Cleveland Hotel on Friday
night.
The County Commissioners
will meet on Thursday next, the
23 inst.
The frame for Capt. W. C.
Coker’s new residence has been
erected
Watch for the electric lights !
They will be turned on fciatur-
d ty night.
Mr. Joe Gandy is erecting a
cottage on the east end of Cash
ua Street
Darlington Lodge, No. 7,
Knights of Pythias, will meet
on Tuesday next.
The street force has been em
ployed this week in clearing
out the drains on the Square. •
The Darlington German Club
will probably give a fancy dress
german after the close of Lent.
Mr. J. L. Edwards’ residence,
which is located between Pearl
and New Streets, is very nearly
completed.
A portion of the Sunday even
ing worship in the Baptist Church
will hereafter be devoted to a
song service.
Mr. H H. Thompson, who ha<
heretofore been employed in the
Bookstore, is now clerking in
Mr. Muldrow’s drug store.
Mr. Charlie Humphries, who
has been clerking for Messrs
Strauss & Co , has accepted a po
sition with Mr. I Lewenthal.
Mrs. A. M. Woods gave a
valentine party to the very
young folks at her residence on
Cashua Street on Tuesday
night.
Mr. J. Goldman, Pearl Street
merchant, announces in this is
sue that he has taken Mr Sam
uel Harris in copartnership in
his business.
Mr. Abram Hyman, who was
burnt out when Mr. Alexander’s
store was destroyed, is opening
a new general merchandise
stock in the Manne building.
A special meeting of the
County Alliance was held at
Flinn’s Crossroads on Saturday.
Many matters of routine nature
were attended to, but nothing
of public interest transpired.
We are requested by the
Clerk of the Court to state that
he has received the printed
copies of the recent Acts of the
Legislature and that the Trial
Justices may obtain them from
him.
There is a laige hole on the.
extreme end of Cashi^, Street,
just this side of Swift Creek
bridge, which the town authori
ties should repair at once. It is
a constant danger to passing
vehicles.
The Lenten season began yes
terday, “Ash Wednesday.”
Easter the close of the season,
will fall this year on April 2.
During Lent services will be
held in St. Matthew’s Episcopal
Church on Wednesday and Fri
day afternoons.
“Hey wood’s Celebrities” gave
a performance in the opera
house on Wednesday night of
last week to a large audience.
Some portions of the entertain
ment were very good, but on
the whole the audience was
disappointed, as the perform
ance did not come up to expecta
tions.
The manager of t h e opera
house is negotiating with the
railroad authorities for a special
train to run between Hartsville
and Dqrlington on the 27 inst.,
the date of Wilfred Clarke’s en
gagement here, in order to give
the people of Hartsville and vi
cinity an opportunity to see this
famous actor The train, if se
cured, will return to Hartsville
that night.
Burton Bros.,surgeon dentists
of Asbury Park. N. J., whom
we announced in our last issue
would visit Darlington, arrived
on Monday and have opened
their office in the Early build
ing. Already numbers of peo
ple from all parts of the county
nave called on them and receiv
ed with satisfactory results
their treatment, the "Algine
Painless Dentistry.”
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
Brief Mention About People You Know
and People You Don’t Know.
Mrs. Jane Wardlaw, of New
Orleans, is visiting her nephew,
Mr. P; t rson Wardlaw.
Mrs. T. I. Rogers and son,
of Bennettsville, are visiting the
family of Dr. W.B. McGirt.
Mr. R. J. Blackwell, President
of the Marion Oil Mill, was in
town this week on a business
visit.
Messrs J. DeJongh and J. R.
Coggeshall, of the Florence bar,
were in town this week on busi
ness.
Mr. John Kuker, of New
York, who is well known in this
community, spent Friday in
Darlington.
Mr. Quarles, of Abbeville, is
in Darlington and will remain
here a month for the purpose of
buying cotton.
Mr. Harry White left on Fri
day for Spartanburg where he
has entered Wofford College
Fitting School.
Mr. I. Kaufman, of New York,
has removed to Darlington,
having accepted a position with
Mr. I Lewenthal.
Mrs. W. J. Binford, of Rich
mond, is in Darlington on a
visit to her uncle, Dr. B. C.
Norment. She is accompanied
by her little daughter, Virginia.
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ANOTHER FIRM.
ON
PERM L LEVY
CARS OF THE CHARLESTON
SUMTER &. NORTHERN.
The Road Fails to Pay its Taxes and
the Sheriff Makes a Levy—The
Road Will Settle.
While other counties in the
State are having tussles with
the railroads in the now famous j informed by the Sheriff that
the railroad has just paid $2,-
ough to release the cars levied
upon as soon as the railroad
pays into the county treasury i
$2,625.41 or eighty-six per cent
of the taxes due. This amount;
will probably be paid shortly
and, as soon as it is done, the
cars will be released. This will
put an end, and a peaceful one
at that, to Darlington’s share in |
the railroad tax war.
Later—As we go to press we 1
THE COUNTY NEWS
tax war, Darlington is not to be
outdone. This county is also
participating, but fortunately
peaceable way. In some
FROM ALL SECTIONS AS TOLD BY
OUR CORRESPONDENTS.
Matters Around About Clyde—Bad
Weather and the Mormon Mis
sionaries—Personal s.
Mr. Z. F. Warren is still suf
fering greatly with his eye.
The wet weather that we have
work greatly
Messrs Coggeshall & Co. Enter Our
Business Circh-s.
Darlington has a new firm,
Messrs Coggeshall & Co. It
consists of Messrs A. C. Cogge
shall, W. D. Coggeshall andT.
H. Rogers. These gentlemen
have purchased the crockery,
glassware and a portion of the
grocery stock of Messrs Edwards
& Co, and will conduct in the
store, heretofore used by Ed
wards & Co. as the grocery de
partment, a wholesale and re
tail grocery, making a specialty
of glassware and crockery.
The management of the store
will be under the care of Mes
srs A. C. and W. D. Coggeshall.
Mr. Rogers, who is uowemploy-
ed in the People s Bank, will
continue in that position. The
new firm will begin business
in a
counties there have been forci
ble levies upon railroad property,
attended with excitement and
sensations, but here in old Dar
lington everything has moved
quietly and smoothly, yet the
State’s interests have been pro
tected. This satisfactory and
peaceful management of the
railroad tax war in Darlington
is due to the courteous and con
siderate manner in which Sher
iff Scarborough has treated the
only road which owes its taxes'
—the Charleston, Sumter &
Northern.
The Hartsville Railroad has
paid its taxes in full and the
Cheraw & Darlington is ex
empted from taxation. The
Charleston, Sumter & Northern
failed to pay its taxes and Treas
urer Bass, therefore, issued an
execution against it. The
amount of taxes due the county
by this road is $2,832.00, but the
penalties and costs haveincreas
ed the indebtedness to $3,253.-
53. The Sheriff, unwilling to
subject the railroad to any un-
neccessary hardships, notified
the General Manager of the ex
ecution. The General Manager
however asked to be allowed
until Tuesday of last week to
pay the taxes, §.s he hoped to be
aple to do so on that day. The
Sheriff granted the request.
Tuesday cTme and the rail-
625.46, or eighty-six per cent of P ut farm
the tax due, which amount was enina -
agreed upon between the State J Mr. Luther Guy, of Chester
authorities and the railroad, fieln, paid us a flying visit a few
Immediately upon the payment
of the money, the Sheriff releas
ed the cars upon which he had
levied.
A NEWSPAPER CHANGE.
Our Contemporary, “The Darlington
Herald” Changes Hands.
Mr. W. D. Woods has sold
the Darlington Herald to Mr. J.
Shannon McCreight, late of Col
umbia. Mr. McCreight is a
young man, but he has had con
siderable experience in journal
ism, having been employed for
a number of years in different
capacities upon daily papers in
Columbia. He has more recent
ly been connecteted with the
Florence Messenger. To the
new proprietor of our contem
porary. The News extends its
best wishes for his success j charge of a school
Mr. McCreight will have charge, Segars’.
day ago
Mr. J. C. Watkins is on a vis
it to relatives and friends at
Chesterfield C. H.
Mr. C. P. Hall was thrown
from a buggy last week, but re
ceived only slight injuries.
Our farmers are buying more
guano this season than they
have done for several years.
The young folks enjoyed a
dance on Tuesday night of last
week at the residence of Mr.
John Segars.
Mrs. Anna Morrison, of dies
I terfleld county, paid Mrs. Anna
Morrison, of Darlington county,
a brief visit last week.
Miss Mary Nelson’s school at
Kelly town was closed last week.
Miss Nelson has since taken
at Mr. S. E.
of the business department of
the Herald, while Mr. Woods
will continue in the editorial
management. The friends of
Mr. YVoods, and their name is
legion, will welcome the news
that he will continue in the
newspaper business, in which
he has labored so faithfully for
the upbuilding of Darlington
and the State.
DR. POWELL S VISIT.
The Baptist of Darlington and Vicinity
Await it With Interest.
Sunday next is the time set
for the visit of Rev. \\'. D. Pow
ell, D. D., a missionary of the
road was unable to pay the tax
es. The General Manager, Southern Baptist Church in
thereupon, offered the Sheriff | Mexico. He will conduct ser-
five box cars, one flat car, one, vices in the morning in the
gondola and one passenger Rapt s Church at this place,
coach as security until the taxes j n the interest of the permanent
should be paid. The Sheriff j c^utenial mission fund, of
immeliately and will carry with however levied only on four of which he is special agent. The
them the best wishes of their the box cars and the passenger occa8 i on will be of great inter-
many friends. ear, as these, in his opinion est to the Baptists ofthiscom-
It is not to be understood bv \ v ® re * umL ‘ ien L t '' cover the ia I munitv and the congregations
this that Messrs Edwards & Co 'lebtedness. 1 he passenger car 0 ' Black Creek and Swift Creek
will retire from t K e grocery is on a spur near the depot and | (jhurches will unite in the ser
On the contrary thev I * )0X cars are at ^ ie ^hos- j v j ce with the congregation of
in the general I’hate Works. The Sheriff will the Darlington Church. While,
merchandise business, conduc- hold the J se oars until the taxes! 0 f course, the service will be of
ting their grocery hardware and j ar £, l iaid ', , ., .. special interest to Baptists, a
business,
will continue
We hear that the Mormon
elders are in this vicinity.
They were at Ashland last w»ek
so we will not be suprise if they
come here soon.
Mr. J. A Outlaw, of Sumter
county, passed through thissec-
tion on Friday, while on his
way home from the Chesterfield
Court. Mr. J. W. Outlaw also
attended the same Court.
On account of the recent wet
weather some of our roads are
in a bad condition. We hope
soon to see the washout in the
causeway at New Market brid
ged. It seems that it can only
be made passable with abridge.
CYPRESS.
Mr. Hester, of Kernersville,
N. C., is at this place with a
drove of fine horses and mules.
Mr. C. W. Harris, of this
place, who has been in Nash
ville, Tenn., attending a medi
cal college, returned home last
Thursday.
The. seine company of this
place will put their seine in
Lyache’s River this week and
feast on some of
that inhabit the
thi v expect to
crockery trade in the store here-1
A VALENTINE PARTY.
Throughout the entire corres-; cordial invitation to attend is
tofore used by them exclusively i l )ond ^ nce „ be ^' ve ? n ,,*^ e extended to the public. Dr.
for the drv (roods department and tae Gte neral Manager the Powell will conduct services in
ary gooas aepartment. courtegy prevaile<1 and the Baptigt Churchat Hartsville
the General Manager expressed 0ll Sunday night and in the
his thanks for the considerate I (j^urch at Society Hill on Tues-
manner in which *the Sheriff da y morning,
had acted. The railroad has
shown every indication of a
willingness to pay the taxes and
hopes to do so very soon. In
the meantime it has surrendered
Ob-
Darlington Joins Swift Creek
serving the Popular Festival.
A very large and enjoyable
“Valentine party” was given
at Early’s Crossroads on Tues
day evening by the young peo
ple of that section. A number
of Darlingtonians joined their
Swift Creek friends in making
the evening merry. It was one
of the largest and most pleasant
entertainments ever given in
this county and it was late in
the night before the fun came
to an end. The following are
the young ladies and gentlemen
from Darlington who attended:
Miss Alice Parrott, Miss Lila
Kelley, Miss Mamie Kelley, Miss
Rosa McCown, Miss Alma Me
Cown, Miss Laurie Law, Miss
Maggie Burch, MissCarrid’Law,
Miss Ida Law. Messrs C. W.
DuBose, W. A. Parrott, O. 0.
Riddle, Eugene Vaughn, Law-
ton Dargan, B. F. Smoot, F. F.
Martin, Harry Andrews, R. L
Blackmon, P. J. Boatwright,
W. T. Montgomery, Dargan
Montgomery, \V. B. McCown,
Fred Law, Charlton Law, Wil
lie Law, E. C. Burch, Harry
Smith, Eugene Harrell.
DARLINGTON COTTON MARKET.
TIME FOR CLOSING MAILS.
property as security.
Tne railroad officials visited
the Governor in Columbia on
Friday and arranged the mat
ter amicably as will be seen
from the following which we
clip from the Columbia Regis
ter of Saturday:
“Messrs. Hugh L. Bond, Jr.,
and Knox Livingston, counsel
for the Charleston, Sumter and
Northern Railroad, and General
Manager J. H. Averill of that
company were in the city yes
terday, and held a conference
with Governor Tillman and Mr.
James Norton of the Comptroll
er General’s office in regard to
their road’s taxes. Theconfei-
ence was satisfactory to all par-
| ties concerned, but the details
! of the arrangements made have
not been given to the public. It
j is learned, however, that no
more levies will be made upon
the Charleston, Sumter and
Northern property, and that the
| company will pay its taxes
full at an early date.
“The railroad men asked for
A Schedule that Will be of Interest to
this Cummunity.
a little further time in which to
For the Week Ending Wednesday Feb- j pay the taxes of their road and
ruary 16.
As there seems to be a gener
al misapprehension as to the
hours for closing the mails at
the Darlington postoffice, we
publish the following schedule
for the information of the pub
lic :
7 A. M. for Dovesville, Socie
ty Hill, Cash's, Cheraw, Wades-
boro and intermediate points.
1 P. M. for Bennettsville and
intermediate pointc-.
6 P. M. for Chorleston and all
points North, South and West.
9 P. M.for Hartsville; Stokes
Bridge, Ashland and Clyde.
9 P. M. for Charleston and
all intermediate points on the
C. S. & N. Railroad and for
Oats, Cypress, Philadelphia,
Lydia and Una.
The mail for Riverdale leaves
on Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Saturdays a 1 P. M.
The postoffice is open from 7
A. M. io 7 P. M., except when
m i the mails are being opened. Mon
ey Orders are issued during
office hours until 4.30 P. M.
ed nor even expected, but will
fomeone offer something better?
We predict that it will make the
prohibition party in South Caro
lina sufficiently strong in the
future to pass a strictly prohibi
tion law.
JASPER.
Mrs. R. Vaughn is improvin j.
We are hopeful that she w ill
soon be well.
Rev. Jeremiah H. Ham is oc
cupying the premises formerly
owned by Mrs. C. M. Wilkes.
We are glad to report that our
farmers are encouraged in re
gard to the oat crop. Not as
much was killed as was at first
supposed.
Mrs. Sarah Goodson, wife of
Mr. S. F. Goodson, died on the
8 inst., after an illness of about
two weeks’ duration. Her re
mains were interred at Lake
Smamp Church.
Miss Agnes Richardson will
soon close her school at Mt. Ida,
two miles from this place. We
hope that Miss Richardson will
be employed to continue teach
ing in this neighborhood.
Our church looks much better
since it has been plastered If
the incendiary will consent to
keep Satan in the rear, we may
not have the necessity of build
ing another house of worship in
fifty years.
The rains have been so fre
quent that we have not been
able to make much headway on
our farms. Some of our farm- j
ers have been planting as much '
as they could. Most of us are
selling cotton seed in exchange
for fertilizers.
the'finest fish
river.
The rain has put the farmers
very badly behind with their
work. The oat crop was not
near so badly damaged by the
cold snap as was at first sup
posed and most of the farmers
have good stands.
Since cotton seed has advan
ced in price and is selling at $22
a ton, the farmers are haul
ing their seed to the depots at
break neck speed. Some of
them are exchanging one ton of
seed for one ton of 2i per cent
ammoniated guano, whileothers
are selling for cash. A lot of
money is thus being brought in
to the country. The farmers
will get about as much money
for their seed as they did for
their cotton. Most of them are
barely saving enough seed for
planting purposes. Now, if the
farmers will reduce their cotton
acreage again this year, they
will get high prices for both
seed and lint next fall. They
have a bonanza,if they will only
keep it and not go wild.
A'pe Painless Cenlisuy.
K urton Bros , Surgeon Dentists,
of Asbury Park, N. J., will intro
duce in Darlington their famous local
anaesthetic Algine for the painless ex
traction of teeth, beginning on Mon
day, February 13, at their office in
Early’s new block, opposite th« Court
House Teeth extracted without a
particle of pain and without making
you unconscious. No gas, ether, or I
chloroform—we refer to \V. H. Ross,
D. D. 8., of Clausen. Mrs. M. Jacobi,
Rev Dr. J. H. Dixon and any citizen
of Florence—See circulars and read
the testimonials of physicians, den-1
lists and leading citizens of New York,
Philadelphia, Washington, D. O., j
Florence, S. C., and Asbury Park,
N. J.
Feb. 9—8t.
Darlington Lodge
No. 7, Knights of Pythi
as, meets on 1st and 3rd
Tuesday Evenings in
each mouth, at Castle
Hall, Florence street, )
opposite Broad. Visit
ing brothers fraternally
Call on
C. MOONEY
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m m h lw
cq
of all kinds.
All orders filled promptly, and
faction guaranteed.
Aug(25—6in
satis-
Good Middling 8i
Middling 8J
Strict Low Middling 81
Low Middlings
stated they were taking no part
in the fight being made by some
roads against the State It is
said that Colonel Averill stated
that it was without the know
ledge or consent of the author-
• litiesofthe Charleston, Sumter
votes of the dif- and Northern Railroad that that
[Other Locals on Second Rage )
D. F. Collins committed sui
cide at Haverhill, Mass, on Sun
day. Before doing so, however,
he confessed that in June last
ha hired two men to set fire to
and destry one of his houses.
The electoral
ferent States were counted by road was put in the fight at the | The occupants of the house,
Congress on Wednesday of last j start.” - | father and son, were burned to
week. Cleveland and Steven- The State officials having death. He said that he had the
son were declared elected Presi- been assured by the railro id au- house burned to get the insur-
dent and Vice President. The | thorities that the taxes would ance money, but that he did not; Evans Dispensary
vote stood, Cleveland,
Harrison, 145; Weaver 22,
277 ; be paid, the Comptroller Gener- intend that the occupants should
I al instructed Sheriff Scarbor-1 be burnt to death.
UNA,
Mrfcj T. J. Price and Miss
Clara Crosswell will shortly
take a trip to Florida.
Mr. Bruce Galloway, former
ly of this place but now of Man
ning, is here on a visit.
Messrs T. J. Price and Ferdi
nand Galloway have purchased
the buildings on the Kahn place
and are moving them.
Mr. Robert Josey has return
ed from Florida and Mr. C. T.
Price from Sumter to take up
their abode with us again.
A good many farmers are
disposing of their cotton seed to
the oil mills by exchanging it
for meal and other fertilizers,
the greatly increased price giv
en for seed being the cause.
Much is being said about the
bill through
— FIRE —
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Represent some of the strongest
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as THE HOME of New York, i
and THE HARTFORD of
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General Agents for
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Of New York,
.
For the Counties of Darlington, |
Sumter and Marion.
Prompt personal
given to all business
to them.
June 9—lyr