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/VOL. XX, NO. 8. DARLINGTON, S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1893. WHOLE NUMBER 9|3. local umm. MATTERS IN AND AROUND PROS PEROUS DARLINGTON. A Column of News, Tersely Told, of Interest to Our MaAy Readers. Mr. K. D. Lucas is now clerk ing for Messrs Strauss & Co. The Darlington Building and Loan will me^t on. Saturday night next, the 25 inst. Mr C. M. Ward is agent for cotton and tobacco fertilizers. Read his advertisement. Messrs McDonald & Godfrey, of Hoffman, N C., advertise lumber, ceiling and flooring. J. H. Mason, the jeweller, has two advertisements in this issue which will be certain to interest you. Gardeners will beinterested in Mr. D. S. McCullough’s adver tisement which appears in this issue. Mr. C. T DeLorme, of Doves- ville, advertises for sale “cereal- ite,” a highly recommended fertilizer. The town seems to be infested with chicken thieves. Quite a number of fowl houses have been robbed recently. We are requested to state that the first issue of the Harts- ville Messenger will appear on Wednesday next, the 1st proxi mo. The PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Brief Mention About People You Know and People You Don’t Know. Miss Julia Dargan, of Flor ence, is visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Law. Miss Jo Norwood, of Green ville, S. C., is visiting Miss Sal- lie Edwards at Palmetto. Miss Alice Parrott has return ed from Sumter, where she has been visiting for about a week. Rev. J. Q. Adims, pastor of the Baptist Church at Asheville, was in Darlington last week on a visit to Mr. E. E. Lunn. Judged. H. Hudson passed through Darlington on Satur day, en route to Kingstree, where he is now bolding court. Mr. H. Machby, who has been clerking for Mt. 8. Tombacher, will return in a few days to his former home in New Bedford, Mass., to reside. Col. and Mrs. J. B. Patrick, of Anderson, S. C., are expect ed to arrive in Darlington to- brief HERE’S THE LIST. IS YOUR NAME NUMBERED AMONG THEJURORS? Court Will Convene on the First Mon day in March—The Grand Jury and the Petit Juries. The spring term of Court for Darlington county will convene on the first Monday in March, the Cth proximo. Hon. Ernest Gary, of Edgefield, will^act as presiding Judge in place of . Judge Kershaw who is too un- j well to serve. Mr. Gary, it will be remembered, will succeed Judge Kershaw as Judge of the Fifth Circuit in July. The jury commission yester day drew the following grand jury to serve for the year and the following petit juries to serve at the approaching term of Court. Grand Jury—B. F. Gandy, day. They will pay a brief j. w Ferguson, J. T. Ellis, L. visit to Mr. and Mrs. Howard l. Rose, J. 8. White, H. J. A. Edwards. ] Coker, G. W. Mims, W. D. The friendsof Mr. E. A. Smith, Blackman, A. E. Skinner, Sr., formerly a photograher at this E. L. Gray, T. J. Price, J. L. place, will be glad to know that l^e, D. W. Gilbert, B. F. James, he is doing well in Galveston, R. M. Saverance, J. K. Wind- Texas, where he has charge of | ham, A. F. Miller, John W. an cPdail have been repainted. The blinds of the Court House have also received like atten tion. Mr. C. D. Evans has accepted the position of stenographer in the law office of Messrs Woods & Spain and will enter upon his duties on the 1st proximo. A letter remains uncalled for in the postoffice addressed to “Little-eyed Tom, Darlington, S. C.” The claimant may obtain the same by proving his identi ty- The Hebrews, not only of Darlington but of the Pee Dee section, are- looking forward with brightest anticipations to the “Purim Ball” on Thursday evening next. At the entertainment of Wil fred Clarke on Monday evening next Mr. Clarke will present each lady in his audience with a pretty little souvenir of his visit to Darlington Quite a party of Darlington- ians will attend Cleveland’s in auguration. The price of the round trip ticket from Darling ton is $18.16 The ticketis good **'follows' from March 1 to March 8. Messrs Burton Bros., who are greatly pleasing their numerous patrons in this section with the administration’of their “Algine painless dentistry,” will remain in Darlington another week. Mr. A. Hyman, who is pre paring to open his general mer chandise store in the Manne building, has purchased Mr. S. Tombacher’s entire stock. Mr. Tombacher will remove to New York where he will enter business. The citizens of Donerailehave reported to the County Commis sioners the practice the people of the town have of dumping trash and garbage at the bridge on Swift Creek and have peti tioned the commissioners to put a stop to the nuisance. Mr. R. L. Dargan, who has for sometime been engaged in life insurance has also gone in to the fire insurance business, having become associated with Mr. L. E. Williamson in the latter business under the firm name of L. E. Williamson & Co. The Sumter Watchman and Southron of last week says: “A harmless lunatic, who gave her name as Mary Odell, was taken up on Mr. M. B. New man’s place in Concord town ship last week. She claims to come from Darlington County. If no ones claims her, she w ill be sent to the Poor House.” A petition of the citizens of this town has been forwarded to Washington, asking for the appointment of Henry Brown, the bricklayer, as a watchman at the National Capitol. Henry is a worthy colored man, who enjoys the confidence and es teem of all our people, and has been a life-long Democrat. Thb News hopes that he will receive the appointment. Coker Petit Jury, First Week—J. W. McFarland, Albert Jordan, D. F. Morrison, C. I. Fields, A. J. Blackman, J. J. Rhodes, E. B. DuBose, M. D. Johnson, A. promotion of I Butler, Caleb Odom, Jesse a worthy young man. Lewis, J. I Register, W. H. Col. C. S. Nettles has received Mozingo, J. B. Garland, \V . A. from Gen. Martin T. McMahon, a photograph gallery. Mr. Rufus R. Clark, who was formerly employed in The N ews office, has become part proprie tor and one of the editors of the Statesville (N. C.j Landmark. This is a deserved OUR NEW SYSTEM. It is an Advantage Both to This Paper and its Subscribers. Instead of the old method of addressing in pencil the copies of The News sent out to our patrons each week, we will here after use small red labels, on which will be printed, in addi tion to the subscribers’ names, the dates on which their respect ive subscriptions expire, the re gular weekly imparting of this information being by no means the least of the many advan tages to be derived from the new system. It is believed that a considerable number of those uow in arrears to tho paper are in that condition simply because they are ignorant of the fact. The yearly price of The News was decreased by a hundred per cent some time since on the theory that $1 cash, payable in ad ranee, would be more profit able than $2 on credit. Our ob jection, therefore, to senuing the paper to our patrons on credit at the present rate does not, in most instances, arise from any doubt on our part as to their responsibility for so small an amount, but rests sole ly on the plain business proposi tion that the printing of 52 pa pers for each subscriber yearly for the sum of $1 leaves too small a margin of profit to ad- THE COUNTY NEWS. FROM ALL SECTIONS AS TOLD BY OUR CORRESPONDENTS. The Farmers About New Providence Will not Increase the Acreage in Cotton—Other Matters. We are glad to report that Miss Sarah Edwards is better. Mr. Duncan Crowley and Miss Annie Johnson were* mar ried on the 16 inst. Mr. Francis Howie, Sr., who is eighty years old, is quite fee ble at this writing. Some of our farmers are changing cotton seed for guano and others for cotton seed meal. Mr. E. D. Boseman has a very fine two year old colt. Mr. J. 1). McFarland has also a splen did mule colt Owing to the recent wet weath er and the hauling of so much guano the roads are in bad con dition in some places. A prayer meeting will be held at Miss Lydia Rogers’ on Sun day afternoon at three o’clock. A number of the prominent la dies of the community will be present. Several of our neighbors are on the sick list, among them be ing Mrs. Alexander Edwards, mit of the credit 8)stem being Mrs . M . McIntosh and MissCar- of New York, who is Marshal for Cleveland's inaugural cere Newsom, Early Woodham, T. C. Rhodes, W. J. W. Skinner, Elias Farmer (colored,) Jesse W. monie«' notice"thaThe 4 has been | Moor e, Jacob Spears, M. D. appohited'^Aide^de-Camp^othe J. N Hi£ Rowland Good General for that occasion. ^ >n - J : P - Wa l) er «- £- A. Byrd , w T m I -' 1 - Culpeper, Z. E. Goodson, D. ” T ^ nr ' A J. Johnson, B. N. Stuckey, W. Messrs J. D. Trevathan and Hunter Moore, of Florence, visi ted Darlington on Monday. They came and returned on bicycles, making 1 the distance between Florence and Darling ton in an hour and a quarter. -JARNDYCE AND JARNDYCE.” A Repetition in Our Courts of the Fa mous Law Suit of Fiction. M. Dalrymple, Joseph W. Gan dy, J. R. Blackwell, Arthur Goodson, M. M. King, J. A. Mc- Dougalr Petit Jury, Second Week— James Register, L Z. Hicks, D. C. McCall, C. S. McCullough, T W. Privett, W. H. Blackwell, Z. M. Bozeman, H. A. Gandy. H. F. Boykin,— J. E. Sumner, , , . . John W. Beasley J. J. Parrott, A law case is about to be set- j r j, F Byrd; s 0 . Parrott, tied in this county, which af- y DuBose, W. P. Woodham, fords a strong illustration of | R L Lavton, R. M. Mclnville, how long such matters may re- [ j w Adams, W. J. Huggins, main in the Courts. As exem-1 B W gegars, T. F. Wallace, J. plifying the law’s delay it.is , p Mozingo, C. A. Jordan, D. S. very interesting and forcibly re-j Pate) L ^ Woodham, J. R. minds one of Dickens famous JowerS) w w Gand w "Jarndyce and Jarndyce. I he vv at f ord) g. B . DuBose, O. case is over twenty-six years 1 old and most of the parties orig inally conneoted with itaredead. The particulars of the case are Turnage, E. P. Phillips, F. Taylor, J. E. Andrews, W. Rodgers, J. W. Segars. J. D. A. J. James W. Owens, a citizen of this county, was killed in war. His son, Henry W. Owens, as admit istrator, brought suit for a partition sale of the estate lands near Tim- monsville. The papers were lodged in the Sheriff ’s office on January, 9, 1807 and were serv ed by W. B. Timmons, the last Democratic Sheriff before Re construction. Col. B. W. Ed wards was the attorney in the case. The sale was made on December 0, 1875 by A. Baruch, the last radical Sheriff, and Dr. J. E. Byrd was the purchaser. For various reasons the terms were not complied with until last week, the deed to the prop erty being made to Dr. Byrd's heirs on February 14, 1893, by Sheriff Scarborough over twen ty six years after the case was first carried into the Court. The administrator, who brought the suit, the purchaser, the attorney and the Sheriff, who served the papers, are all dead. The Sheriff who made the sale (Baruch) is either dead or gone to parts un known. Still, the case is not yet quite settled. The money derived from the sale is in the hands of the county authorities and must remain so until the Court makes the proper dispo sition of it. Home Improvement Company. The Home Improvement Com pany, of Darlington, the forma tion of which was mentioned A complete lineof Oxfords and the lo w cut shoes for ladies just re ceived at the Darlington Shoe Store. Woods & Milling Pro prietors. 2t NORMENT &CO. The New Firm to Begin Business in a Very Short Time. The many friends and pros pective patrons of the new firm of Norment & Co will read with pleasure our announcement that the firm will be ready for busi ness very soon. Their stand, the corner store in the Nach man building, is beingthorough ly overhauled, repainted andre- modled, and will be ready for occupancy the latter next week. Mr. J. E. Norment, who will manage the business, will leave next week for the North to purchase the spring stock. The store will be open ed for business early next month, which will be in ample time for the spring trade. As has already been stated, the firm will deal in dry goods, dress goods, notions and ladies goods exclusively, and in their store the ladies will find everything they want. su cessfully practised. We feel sure that the justice of this prop osition will appeal to each and every one of our subscribers at a glance; that his next glance v-ill be directed to the symbolic red label pasted on the t >p of his paper, and i..dt he will gov ern himself in accordance witli the information which he shall receive therefrom. rie Coker. Miss M. some better. A. Kilgore is THE WHIP AND SPUR. The Darlington Driving Association Soon Ready for Business. The information we gave our readers a short time ago con ceming the work to be done by the Darlington Driving Associa tion i^about to be confirmed. The association will be ready to receive horses for training next week, about the first of March. The stables are very nearly com pleted. No stables in the State are handsomer, while at the same time, they are substantial and commodious. The building contains accommodations for sixteen horses besides an office and harness room. An inspec tion of the’ stables alone, fitted as they are with the very best appointments, will convince one that the association “moans business,” and first-class busi ness at that. Work upon the race track is being pushed and this will be finished this week. The association is So far as your correspondent has been able to learn the peo ple in this section will increase the acreage in cotton very little if any. We learn that while cotton has advanced, bacon has advanced more, and how are we to help reduce t he price of bacon by planting all cotton. We must have the grain upon which to raise the meat. A county glutted with cotton is like a drum with a hole in the head and stuffed with straw; the sound is gone. With the price of cotton low and no bacon rais ed the sound of the almighty dollar is gone in buying sup plies. RIVERDALE. Rev. J. A. White and his ex cellent wife paid a brief visit to our community recently. Mr. William Killen has erect ed a dwelling near his merchan dise store and is now occupying it. Rev. Messrs Ta letonof North Carolina, and Merritt, of An derson, visited this section last week. The prevailing epidemic known as matrimony seems to effect the very yc ung in some places. The most recent vic tims in this section are Mr. Ed ward Bayley and Miss Leila Weatherford, who were mar ried on the 19 inst., Rev. J. A. White officiating. The bride is sixteen and the bridegroom seventeen. We wish the youth ful couple a long and happy life. THE MISSIONARY SERMON. Or. Powell Delighted his Hearers at the Baptist Church on Sunday. The services in the Baptist Church on Sunday morning last were conducted, in accordance with the previous notice, by Rev. W. D. Powell, D. D., in the interest of the permanent cen tennial mission fund. The con gregation was very large, the Swift Creek and Black Creek congregations joining the Dar lington Baptists. In place of a sermon Dr. Powell delivered a lecture, giving his experience as a missionary in Mexico. He is an attractive speaker and his lecture was full of interesting incidents of mission life. His hearers enjoyed a genuine treat. A collection was taken up for the benefiLof the centenial fund and a sum exeeding eighty dollars was raised. Dr. Powell delivered another lecture in the Baptist Church on Tuesday night. This lecture was as enjoyable to the large number present as his first one was. (Other Locals on Second Page.) LYDIA. Mr. N. L. Harrell, of Darling ton, spent last Sunday with relatives. Prof. Massabeaus, of Hebron, will preach at Wesley Chapel next Sunday afternoon. Miss Alma Garner, of Phila delphia, has returned from a visit to the Misses King. Mrs. Furman Parrott, of Bish- opville, who has been quite ill at her sister’s, Mrs. Dr. Wallace, is improving. Dr. M. L. Harrell, accompan- liedby his brother, Mr. Albert , - . , thoroughly : H arre ii i e ft 0 n Friday for Hot equq p *d foritsundertaking and g pr j ni r S Ark. under the skilful management: of Mr. J. F. White, the exper- j Rev. S. J. Bethea was greeted ienced horse-trainer engaged for by quite a large congregation the purpose, lovers of fine hor-1 last Sunday afternoon, in which ses in this section may confi- 1 the “brides and grooms were in dently look to Darlington as the; the majority.” woming centre for the training of stock that will becomfe the kings and queens of the turf. Mr. Frank Miller, recently of Sumter, has returned to his old home where he expects to re- “Nothing Succeeds Like Success." j main until he can get a “favora- Attention is called to the ad i ble position” which he thinks vertisement of Mr. J. D. Baird, agent of the Eastern is not far in the future. resident Building and Loan Association, We hope the fine weather will continue for sometime. Our of Syracuse N. Y. After two: f armerg )j ave Been jjj ue f or years o this association s v’ .irk ^e p a st month, but think that in /Ml «• tmxrn \xm /l/\n/»rfi-»inlr«:r»xr. ... | the “blues” will soon ! if it does not rain soon. CYPRESS. vaninsh building on some A Huge Catamount. Mr. Henry Dargan, while hunting rabbits on the Pee Dee River a few days since, met with a huge catamount. Mr. Dargan had no weapon with 1 , ur * n our town we do not think any part of should hesitate a moment to in- ^ vest in this enterprise. It has fulfilled all its promises to our people and has given universal satisfaction. As it claims to lo in money cheaper than any- other prominent association, might it not be advantageous to the prospective borrower to in vestigate its phi ns before invest ing elsewhere ? The higest tes timonial that can be^riven, and! other yeaf. this should be sufficient, is that the association has loaned over hi , , a8t week Th *o0,000 m the erection of t wenty- raade l ; ome sale8 0 f mules and^ hve stores and buildings in Dar- f RW . ins * lington, to the satisfaction of all 1 1 ^ ' Dr. J. M. Josey is good tenement houses of his plantations. Mr. S 0. Parnell has purchas ed the Elisha Rogers plantation and speaks of moving to it an- Several horse-drovers were at TO INVESTORS Tt Browers: Mens; Lead S^PerCjitPirlim. Investors Guaraiteed2l Per Cent From P3r Annum. IF you want to BOY a House; IF you want to BUILD a house; IF you want to BUILD a store; IF you want to LIFT a mort gage; IF you want to BORROW money $42.38 Cheaper on each $900 Cash Loan than ether Associa tions doing business here, Buy Eastern Stcck, And the Eastern will supply You Money Promptly, Costing but Five .and Nine-tenths Per Cent Inter est Per Annum and Guarantee the Loan to Expire in 78 Months, and Guarantee you Against Loss by s ating the amount you bor rowed and interest in your mort gage; you signing 78 notes,pac ing one note monthly, receiving the note as your receipt, and when you pay the 78 notes you have paid the mortgage and in terest and have the 78 receipts, when the mortgage will be con- celled making it borrowers. To the World's Fair. The following parties, who are well known in this section,! have been appointed to repre- recently in The News, hasob- him, only a boat paddle, but sent South Carolina in the tained a charter from the Secre- with this he struck the wild j world’s congresses which will A Definite Proposition, No Other Association Will Do tary of State. The capital stock is $10,000. The officers are President tnd Treasurer, Geo. H. Edwards ; Secretary, H. A. Edwards ; Directors H. A. Ed wards, W. G. Dickson and Geo. H. Edwards. The company will develop principally the pro beast across the head and killed him. The animal, when stretch ed out, measured six feet from the tips of his fore paws to the tips of the hind paws. It was brought to ^own on Monday and excited much interest on the Square Some of the oldest perty of Mr. "C. B. Edwards in huntsmen say that it is as large the southwestern portion of the a catamount as they have ever town. I seen. be held in Chicago during the World’s Fair: World’s Con gress in the Department of Gov- enrnment, August 28, Rev. Sidi II. Brown, on arbitration and peace; World’s Congress of Science and Philosophy, August 21, Dr. W. J. Alexander, on philosophy; World’s Sunday Rest Congress, Rev. J. A. Rice. Mr. T. J. McLendon brought some fine beef to town last Sat urday and it readily sold for good prices. The patrons of the school at this place met on Saturday last and made up a good school for Prof. Joseph A. Graham. The high price paid for cot ton seed has brought a good deal of cash into this section and the cash trade is very good. The seine company put their seine in Lynche’s River last week and caught lots of fine fish until the river rose too high. Subscriptions for Stock Apply to SAMUEL CARPENTER, Special Representative. And J. D. BAIRD, Resident Agent. Feb23—1m * AS USUAL We shall for the SEASON OIB 1 1593 MAKE A We shall carry a Larger - • Stock Than ••• Ever! Lumber Fur Sale. W RITE for pri *8 of Pine Lum ber, delivered at Darlington tressed and kiln dried ceiling >ring especially. MCDONALD & GODFREY Hoffman N. 0. f th. <W—4t. tjm and floori: Get Our Prices Before you buy.