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VOL. XX, NO. 10. DARLINGTON, S. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1893. WHOLE NUMBER 945. LOCAL LACONICS. MATTERS IN AND AROUND PROS PEROUS DARLINGTON. A Column of News, Tersely Told, of Interest to Our Many Readers. Mr. S. Marco, is beginning the erection of his two story brick building on the west side of the Square. The county authorities have extended the jail fence around the residence portion of the building. The people of Darlington were very much surprised to see the snow fall on Saturday, fort unately it was not a heavy storm. The tax returns of the town of Darlington will remain open for inspection until March 29. Read the notice concerning com plaints, etc. A petition has been forwarded to Washington asking that a ostoffice be established at ont Clare, in this county, on the C. S. & N. Railroad. E. Keith Dargan, Esq., is 1 erecting a store at the “Loafers Bridge” section, on Pearl Street, on the lot where several of his buildings were recently destroy ed by fire. The Kachman building, which will be occupied by Norment & Co, has been greatly improved both on the inside and outside. The exterior has been hand somely repainted. The regular meeting of the Tennyson Club will be held to morrow (Friday) evening at the residence of Rev. J. G. Law, Mr. C. D. Evans will read an essay on “Charity.” We wish to return thanks to Mr. J. E. 803% for an invita tion to attend the commence ment exercises of the South Carolina Medical College which were held in Charleston last evening. Mr. Geo. H. McKee has re sumed his former position as bookkeeper for Mr. M. Marco. He succeeds Mr. H. Appelt whose time is now entirely oc cupied with the business of the Portner Bottling Works. Mr. C. Alexander had two fine Berkshire hogs stolen from his premises on Broad Street on Monday night. The thief was bold, for he killed the hogs be fore carrying them off, leaving pools of blood in the yard. Mr. J. G Hutchinson, who has long enjoyed the confidence of the community as a shoe maker, is again doing business on his own account. He has opened a shop opposite McCul lough & Blackwell’s stables. We wish to call the attention of our readers to the advertise ment of Messrs Coggeshall & Co., the new merchants. They are determined to please the public and everybody wanting anything in their line would do well to call upon them. A special to the News and Courier of Tuesday says that among the number of prom inent Southerners who were ex tended the privileges of the floor of the New York Cotton Exchange, on Saturday, were Messrs C. R. Woods and L. S. Welling of Darlington. Mrs. Martha Sansbury, wife of Mr. John Sanbury, of Tim- monsville, died on Friday last and was buried in High Hill township on Sunday. Besides her husband, seven children survive her. Mrs. Sansbury was the sister of Messrs John, E. L. and Evander Gray and Mrs. I. F. Reddick and Mrs. J. S. Car ter. Judge Dargan had on Tues day an amusing case of assault and battery among a party of Arabs wrho reside in town. The same parties had previously been before the Judge. The Arabs could not speak English, but with the kind assistance of the Judge, they all made friends with one another and the case was compromised. Several changes have been made in the constabulary force in service upon the Court now in session Mr. John Smith, of Stokes Bridge, succeeds Mr. J. A. Hutchinson as Court Crier. Mr. Hutchinson has filled this sition for a number of years he constables are E. H. Carter, I. S. Tolar, J. W. DeFee, C. G. W. Humphries, Sr., T. J. Cook and Ransom Anderson. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Brief Mention About People You Know and People You Don't Know. Miss Hallie Carson, of Sumter, is visiting the Misses McCown. Miss Shadie Livingston has returned to her home in Ben- nettsville. Mrs. J. W. Evans has gone to Charleston on a brief visit to relatives. Mr. George Corney, of Char-I leston, is visiting the family of Mr. C. K. Rogers. Mr. Jules Kahn, of Charles ton, formerly of Timmonsville, was in town this week. Miss Katie Bonner; of Char leston is in Darlington on a visit to Mrs. L. S. Welling. Miss Carrie Goldsmith, who has been visiting Mrs. C. Alex ander, returned to her home in | Charleston on Monday. Hons. George Lamb Buist and Simeon Hyde, of Charleston, are among the visiting lawyers who attended Court this week. Miss Bessie Lucas, after spending a pleasant winter in Darlington, returned to her home in Society Hill on Satur day. Hon. D. C. Roper, of Marl boro, the father of the famous Roper prohibition bill of the last Legislature, was in town yes terday. Mr. J. M. Waddill, who has been in Washington for about two months, has returned home. Mrs. Waddill, who went to the inauguration, has also returned. Miss Rosa Sittenfield, who has been visiting Miss Hannah Manne, returned to her home in Georgetown yesterday. Miss Florence Michalson also left yesterday for Sumter, where she will remain for a few days before visiting Miss Sittenfield in Georgetown. Evaporated apples. W. & H THE FIRE LADDIES. THU (MM C011T The Volunteer Company Thoroughly Organized—What is Needed. The admirable work done by i the members of the volunteer fire company in fighting the Pearl street fire on Monday night has called forth the general com mendation of our people. It serves also to bring forcibly to our minds by its practical re sults the importance of encour aging and maintaining this valuable organization. There is no telling how much proper ty may be saved at the time of lire by the volunteer company. In this connection we will state that the fire department is being put upon a substantial and useful basis. It is being thoroughly reorganized. Alrea dy it has among its members some of the very best material available among the young men. About fifteen more earnest, willing workers are needed, how ever, and we believe that these can easily be secured for so good a cause. The recent improvements in the fire apparatus have given the company quite an impetus, which we believe will be perma nent. But w-e should have a truck. The News has long ad vocated this. A truck could be purchased at a small price and will be of great service at a fire, for it is always ready for use, as it depends on neither steam nor water. Jelly, 10c per lb. West & H. A Removal. Mr. I Lewenthal has removed his general merchandise store to the stand under the Enterprise Hotel lately occupied by Mr. 8. Tombacher. He will remain there until August 1, when he will remove to the now brick building now in course of erec tion at the Marco & Lewenthal old stand on the west side of the Square. Mr. H. Lewenthal will continue his liquor business, to which he will add groceries, at his present stand on the corner of the Square and Pearl Street. Choice creamery butter and cheese. West & Honour. MARRIED. At the residence of the bride’s father, by Rev. J. G. Law, on Wednesday, March 8, 1893, R. L. Bonnoitt to Laura, daughter of E. M. Price, all of Darlington county. No Cards. Mixed pickles, U) to 75c a jar. West & Honour. CONVENED IN ITS SPRING TERM ON MONDAY. A Light and Uninteresting Docket—The Cases Tried—The Moody Case Set for To-day{ The Spring Term of the Court was convened on Monday morn ing at 10 o’clock, Hon. Ernest Gary, special Judge, presiding. The commission of the Govern or appointing Judge Gary as special Judge to sit in place of Judge Kershaw at this term of Court was read in open Court, as were also the commissions of Solicitor Johnson, Sheriff Scar borough and Clerk Parrott, showing that they had entered upon the discharge of the duties of their office for the four years next ensuing. After his Honor had charged the new Grand Jury for the year 1893, they re tired for consideration of sundry bills which were ready for them. cases tried. The first case tried was that against Jack Michal, charged with aggravated assault and battery, Messrs Nettles & Net tles appearing for the defendant. The jury rendered a verdic{ of “guilty.” Allen Thompson was next tried under a similar charge, this case and the pre ceding one being “cross ’dict- ments.” There seems to be con- siderable “bad blood” between the parties in interest, all of whom are colored people. Mes srs Dargan & Thompson repre sented Allen Thompson. The jury rendered a verdict of “not guilty.” On Tuesday George Davis, a youthful and rather weak mind ed colored boy, was tried for entering the store of Mr. G. T. Parris, at Dovesville, and steal ing a small sum of money there from. Thedefendantwaswith- out counsel: he was convicted. Calbert Gilbert, represented by Messrs Boyd & Brown, was then tried for seriously cutting R. B. Layton near the residence of|Mr. John F. Atkinson, in the Stokes Bridge neighborhood, shortly before last Christmas. The parties in this case are two young men, between whom con siderable feeling has existed for some time past. The defendant was acquitted. As we go to press on Wednesday, the Court is engaged with the trial of the case against Cornelius Smoot, colored, charged with seriously cutting Mr. Trezevant E. Pur vis, near the C., S. & N. rail road, in the town of Darlington, on the first Monday in Decem ber, 1891. The defendant is represented by Messrs Nettles & Nettles. CASES TO BE TRIED. Court will probably extend some time into next week. The fertilizer cases have been set for Monday next, though it is not certain that they will tried this term, as nothing defi nite has been heard as yet from the Attorney-General who has charge of the prosecution. The defendants Dunning and Alp- house will be represented by Messrs. Hyde & Reynolds, of Sumter, and by Messrs. Dargan & Thompson. The case against old man Richard Moody and his nephew John Moody, charged with being accessories to the killing of Jones, has been as signed for today (Thursday), though it is by no means cer tain as yet that it will tried at this term. TRUE BILLS. The Grand Jury havebrought in true bills against the follow ing: Nathan Young, receiving stolen goods; Elmore Jones, alias Ravenel Jones, burglary and larceny; George Davis, en tering house with intent to steal; Bartow James, assault and battery (two cases); W. Caleb Gibson, assault and bat tery; Manuel L. Lever, obtain ing goods by false pretences; Dozier Hunter ; larceny, Judge B. Reynolds, disposing of prop erty under lien; J. W. Outlaw, obtaining goods under false pretences; Edmund Brown and Ella Brown, assault and battery; Bill Scott, taking and using mare without owner’s consent; John Dukes, John Williams, Handy Morris, Harrison Gor- dan, arson ; Allen Thompson, assault and battery. NO BILLS—CONTINUED CASES. The Grand Jury have return ed no bills in the following cas P 1 D es : Henry Warren and June Warren, Jr., housebreaking and larceny ; Jas. Dorrity, resisting and officer. The following cases have been continued until next Court: James I Seaffe, assault and bat tery ; L. H. Gilmore, assault and battery ; Nathan Young, receiving stolen goods. CASES NOL PROSSED. The cases that have been nol crossed are as follows: George owdy, assault and battery ; Augustus G. Tedder, malicious mischief ; Dorus Jackson, burg lary ; L. Manley Wilkes, arson (defendant adjudged insane and sent to the Asylum;) Delane Register, disturbing religious worship (no jurisdiction ;) Bar tow James, assault and battery in two cases (defendant paid costs in both cases amounting to $31.10.) Full line fancy cakes. W.&H. WORK OF THE FLAMES. Pearl Street Again Visited by the Fur ious Fire. On Monday night, about half past eleven o’clock, the frame building on Pearl street which was occupied by Mr. A. Wein stein as general merchandise store, caught on fire. The build ing was an old frame structure and it fell an easy prey to the flames. It was impossible to save it and it was soon burned to the ground. The brick store occupied by Mr. C. N. Oates as a grocery stood right by the side of the burning building and the efforts of the citizens were directed towards saving this. And they did good work. The store caught several times between the ceil ing and roof by the flames en tering through ventilatingopen- ings in the side of the wall and the skylight on the roof was burned. By dint of hard work the building was saved, how ever, from the fate with which it seemed doomed. It was dam aged about to the amount of $400. Great credit is due to the workers, especially the members of the volunteer fire department for preventing the fire from do ing further damage. Mr. Weinstein lost almost all of his stock and most of his furniture. The latter was in the rear of the building where he resided. His stock was val ued at about $2,500 and he had insurance upon it for $1,800. Upon his furniture he had $200 insurance. Mr. Oates’ stock was very badly damaged by water, the exact extent of which has not yet been ascertained, but his insurance will cover the loss. The racket store which adjoins Mr. Oates’ was slightly damaged about the building, but the stock was not hurt at all. The building destroyed belonged to Messrs J. J. Ward and E. Keith Dargan. It was valued at $600 and had $500 in surance upon it. The two brick buildings also belonged to these gentlemen and the damage here is fully covered by insurance. Mr. Weinstein has removed the little stock he saved to one of the Manne stores on Pearl Street and is preparing to there begin his business anew. A BUSINESS CHANGE Messrs Louis Siskron and A. S. An drews Buy Out Mr. John Siskron. Mr. John Siskron has sold his establishment on Main Street to his son, Mr. Louis Siskron and Mr. A. S. Andrews. This is one of the oldest enterprises in Dar lington and no man is better known in our business circles than Mr. John Siskron who has for many years been identified with the interests uf the town. He has built up a large and lu crative business, and this he will turn over to good hands. Both Mr. Louis Siskron and Mr. Andrews are expert work men in this line of business and they will keep up the good repu tation that the establishment has heretofore borne. They are honest, industrious and capable and will give their patrons every satisfaction. The new firm will be styled Siskron & Andrews. Their business is so well known that it is hardly ne cessary to state that it consists of a buggy, wagon and harness factory, planing mill, furniture and undertaking establishment. Prunes, raisins and citron. West & Honour. {Other Locals on Second Fage.) FROM ALL SECTIONS AS TOLD BY OUR CORRESPONDENTS. Paragraph* from Philadelphia—A Lit tie Child Badly Bnrned— Personal Pickings. Mr. A. G. Stafford came through this community this week sellingtobacco. He seems to have met with much success. Messrs Gray and Eady have completed a neat little store near their their saw mill, which they will soon fill with grocer ies. Messrs Race and Decker re moved their stock of merchan dise last week to their new place of business in Kershaw county. We wish them good luck. The severe, cold and windy weathy on last Saturday and Sunday has, it is believed, done considerable damage to the garden seed that has just come up. Rev. J. E. shaw, of Lynch burg, S. C., preached as an evangelist at the Academy two nights of last week. Much of his views was not acceptable to many of his hearers. Some of our farmers are still enjoying spare ribs and sausage and there are some shoats yet to butcher. This beats buying western salt, with a little pork mixed in it, at 15 cts. a pound. ilft > m crease m the use of fertilizers this year by the farmers in this section, we do not believe that there will be much increase in acreage. This is as it should be. Miss Fannie Beasley and Mr. Fields, of Cypress, and Miss Minkey Stevens and Mr. Jim mie Wilkes, of Jasper, visited this community last Sunday. Well, some things are looking suspicious. The meeting of the reading club at the residence of Rev. A. W. Parrott, on last Friday evening, was very enjoyable, especially to those who arrived in time to get a pull at the large roasted turkey that was prepar ed for the occasion. The session of Miss Mollie Odom’s school for the public term closed last week. Her pa trons have employed her for at least two months to teach a pri vate school. Miss Mollie seems to have won the confidence and esteem of both her patrons and pupils. • It seems that this community is unfortunate as to burned children. Mr. M. N. Sansburj’s little four-year old boy followed his father a few days ago into a field where he was burning off a ditch bank. The little fellow’s clothes caught on fire and he was very severely burned be fore Mr. Sansbury could extin guish the flames. Inasmuch as a large majority of the Demociatic voters of the State favor a prohibitory law, we certainly think their wishes should be carried out and they have to a certain extent. To those who are so opposed to the Evans dispensary bill we say, in the language of your Una correspondent, let them aj.rgest something better. It is the opinion of this writer that, if the dispensary law is sustained, it will be a stepping stone to permanent prohibition. GREEN PLAINS. Dr. Waddell and family have removed to this place. People are still moving here, but we can take a few more yet. We are glad to have no sick ness in our community to re port. Our people seem to be enjoying very good health. The oat crop has been dam aged much more than it was at first thought. Much of it has died since the cold spell. A mad dog, belonging to Mr. L. G. Byrd, disturbed this com munity last week It was kill ed after biting a cow and a cat. Mr. J. H. Coker’s new store is nearing completion. It will add considerably to the conven ience and appearance of the community. Some have not yet purchased their fertilizers while others have already begun to put theirs in the ground. We saw one or two farmers planting corn last week. Some have planted their cane, while others are waiting for the land to dry a little. This crop will be considerably in creased this year. We received a copy of the Re form Sentinel last Saturday. We like the paper although it seems to be a vt ry strong ad ministration sheet. Comeagain neighbor, friendship increases with acquaintance. The time for services at An tioch has been changed. The services hre mw held in the mom ing on the first and second Sundays, at 11.30 o’clock, and in the afternoon on the the third and fourth Sundays. Mr. E. Howie tilled two pigs a few days ag>. They were both six months old and weigh' ed 126 and 124 pounds respect ively. Mr. Howie thinks that the farmer can cure his meat in six months instead of twelve. — — NEW PRO /IDENCE Mr. W. C. Gandy and Miss Emma Mclnvilh were married on the 26 ult. We wish them a happy life. Some of our farmers have found it difficult to get their or ders for guano fi lied this year. One of our neighbors planted corn on the first inst. Mr. Wm. Smithers, accom panied by his daughter, Miss Mattie, paid us e visit last Sun day. Mr. W. Heustiss, Jr., was also in the neighborhood on Sunday. The time for services at New Providence Church has been changed. Services are now held on the first Sunday at four o’clock in the afternoon and on the third Sunday in the morn ing at eleven o’clock. A railroad co lision in Rhode island on Wed lesday of last week caused the death of one person and the injury of six. TO INVESTORS To Bonowers: Moo;;Lomi6-n«;litmt SrotaU’srki. Investors Guannteed 21 Per Cent Profit % Annum. IF you want to BUY 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. I0RR0W money $42,38 Cheaper on each $900 Cash Loan than other Associa tions doing business here, Buy Eastern Stock, And the Eastern will supply Yon money Promptly, Costing but Five and Nine-tenths Per Cent Inter est Per Annum and Guarantee the Loan to Exphe in 78 months, and Guarantee ) ou Against Loss by s ating the a nount you bor rowed and interest in your mort gage; you signing 78 notos, pay 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 A Definite Mortgage Proposition, No Other Association Will Do This. Subscriptions for Stock Apply to SAMUEL CARPENTER, Special Representative. And J. D. BAIRD, Resident Agent. Feb23—lm Haber- TAX NOTICE. T HE Tax Return* ot the Town of Darlington, 3. C., are now on file with the Clerk and will remain open for inspection until March, 2V, 1883. A1 person* having complaints against'he value of as sessments assigned by the board of assessors must file t leir protests with the Clerk before th) day mentioned. By Older of the Mayor, J. W. EVANS, Clert March 9—tf. Ery! And you will learn that we carry an ex quisite line of Neck wear, Shirts, Col lars and Cuffs. Each line is com plete and we cordi ally invite you to call and examine them. ecvweal. * Four-in-Hands, Tecks, Dude Bows, Lawn Ties, in latest shades and styles, from 25 cents to $1.50 * P.-K. Fronts, Plaited Bosoms, and Plain and Embroidered, at from $1 to $2. A full line of the following makes: E. & W., Anchor Brand, Gold and Silver. &L&.- We are now opening ourstock of Spring Clothing for Men and Boys. Call and look at them. They are perfectly beautiful and we guarantee to give you A No. 1 prices on them. Come and let us show them to you anyway. Respectfully,