Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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garlmgton HENRY T. THOMPSON, j WADDY THOMPSON, i Editors. Thursday, March 16,1893, IN CONTEMPT OF COURT. Governor Tillman did not give praise, as we thought he would do, or remain silent, as his offi cial position should lead him to do, in regard to Judge Simon- ton’s decision on the dispensary bill, which decision was favora ble to the Governor’s position in the matter. Unfortunately he made another unwarranted at tack upon the judiciary, which should be, and is, the safeguard ot the country. The very man who has sworn that he will do all in his power to uphold the law, is bringing the law into disrepute by making utterances, amounting to charges of dishon esty, against a Judge. The Governor is quoted as saying that the Judge’s decision “bears all the marks of a job gotten up between Bimonton and those two lawyers to give an opportunity to hedge by a decision in the State’s favor, to obliterate in a measure the un- favo able impression created by his recent decision in the rail road cases.” To ascribe to a Judge in making a decision a desire to “hedge” is to accuse him of being swayed by an un worthy, dishonest motive. If such accusations against Judges are to continue to come from the Chief Magistrate of a great State, what will be the end ? With the Judges in disrepute and the Courts held in con tempt, this country will soon be in chaos. is an historic interest in the selection of April 30 ; this is the date upon which Washington, the first President, was inaugu rated. THE COUNTY NEWS. Matters from Cypress and Other Flouris-iing Sections. A few of our early birds have planted corn. Mr A. M. Lee is building a nice barn on his plantation. Mr. J. A. DuBose is agent at this place for Wanamaker & Brown, the Philadelphia cloth iers. Mr. Stever Beasley and wife have gone to Charleston. They were accompanied by Dr. J. M. Josey. A good many of our people attended Court at Darlington both last week and this week as jurors and witnesses. Mr. Boyd DuBose is having lumber sawed for the purpose of erecting a nice dwelling on his place. This looks suspi cious. The seines along Lynche’s River are doing fairly well and the run of fish is reported very good. As many as seventy fish have been caught at Fields’ Landing in a day. The Alliance at this place is preparing to have a big day soon. Several distinguished speakers are expected to be on hand and the other Alliances will be invited to join in the festivities. There will be a general rally of the members of the order. Mr. E. 0. Parham has gone to Charleston on a business visit. Mr. C. F. DuBose paid a visit to Sumter county last week, accompanied by Miss Eva Huggins. Mr. S. M. Huggins and Miss Agnes DuBose also went to Sumter last week. Mr. J. W. Crosswell spent last Sun day at Bishopville with his par ents. quently, Mrs. Weatherford sav ed but very little, for the house was enveloped in flames shortly after the fire was discovered. Our farmers are busily engag ed in preparing their land for planting. Some have planted corn. Two gentlemen are here rep resenting Dr Hale’s medicine. They seem to be disposing of a considerable amount. Mrs. Mary Middleton has re turned from a very pleasant visit to relatives and friends at Palmetto and Florence. — —• — CLYDE. Rev. J. A White, our pastor, is giving us excellent sermons. Several of our people have been attending Court as jurors. Mr. H. P. Harris has added quite a nice dining room to his residence. Mr. J. W. Outlaw and others from Chesterfield county attend ed Court at Darlington last week. Mr. H. S. Kelley and Miss Sallie Brown were married re cently by Trial Justice Smith. All are of Kelleytown. last and the respite was granted for the purpose of having an examination made as to his san ity- Willie Cooper, a young eigh teen-year-old white boy of Sum ter county, who killed Albert Montgomery, colored, in Oct ober, was acquitted in the Sum ter Court on Friday. Among the recent additions to the list of candidates from this State for federal offices, it is said that Major J. C. Hemp hill,editor of the Wen-Band Cour ier, is a candidate for the posi tion of minister to England. R. R. Kemmington and San ford Deas, both white, became involved in a difficulty on the streets of Lancaster last week, and Kemmington shot Deas, in flicting a dangerous wound from which it is not probable that he will recover. A negro, named Oscar Jones, has been arrested on suspicion of having murdered Mr. and Mis. Tweitman, who were so horribly butchered near Char leston last week. Jones com mitted a murder in Georgia a few year ago. GENERAL NEWS. IN THE SUPREME COURT. A special to the News and Courier from Washington, da ted March, 7, says: “The Uni ted States Supreme Court to-day granted a motion made yester day by the council for the three sheriffs in South Carolina for leave to file petition for writs of habeas corpus on their behalf, and issued a rule, returnable on the 27th inst, calling on the United States marshal of South Carolina to show cause why they should not be released and set free from the Judge’s man date confining them fordisobey- ing his order protecting the property of the Richmond and Danville and South Carolina Railroad companies from seizure for taxes allegal to be unlaw ful.” This is the result of the regu lar habeas corpus proceeding, under which the cases of the three Sheriffs, who were fined $500 each by the United States District Court, have been car ried by the State authorities to the United States Supreme Court. The 27 day of this month is the time set for the marshal to make his return and a date will on that day be fixed for a hearing of the case. At this hearing the matter will be de cided on its merits. This should be satisfactory to the State, the railroads and the people, for it will put an end to this much vexed question. A DESIRABLE CHANGE. Senator Sherman has intro duced a resolution into the Uni ted States Senate, providing for a constitutional amendment changing the date for the Presi dent’s inauguration from March 4 to April 30. For years the idea of charging “Inauguration Day” has been growing in pop ular favor. A no more unde sirable date could be chosen than March 4, as it is in the midst of a season that is subject to the severest and most un pleasant weather, and the re cent inauguration of President Cleveland amid sleet and snow has again brought the matter prominently before the country. We hope that the contempla ted change will be made. The inauguration of a President is now made the occasion for great National festivities and should be held when the weath er promises to be auspicious. Items ol Interest From World. All Over The UNA. Mrs. Carrie Hicks is quite sick. We are looking forward to a marriage shortly. Mrs. M. A Witherspoon has gone on a visit to Lancaster. Mrs. William Northcutt has been right sick, but is now bet ter. Miss Julia Gresham is visit ing her brother, Rev. G. T. Gresham. Mr. Wadt Hicks is at home for a short while from Oak Ridge Instil ute, N. C. Mrs. T. .1. Price and Miss Clara Crosfwell have gone to Florida, wh -re they will visit for about a month. Mrs. San h Mixon, relict of Christopher Mixon, died after a long term o suffering, on Feb ruary 19 and was buried on the following day at Hebron. She was in the sixty-third year of her age. The travelling public will be glad to know that DuBose’s bridge, across Lynche’s River, is undergoing a thorough re pairing. In fact it will be as good as a new bridge. It is ex pected that the work will be completed by the last of this week. Ffty blooded horses and Hols- tein'eows were burned to death in a fire near Baltimore on Thursday. Mrs. Edgar Woods and her four children were droWned on Thursday while attempting to cross a creek near Rome, Ga. President Cleveland has an nounced that he will not appoint persons to office who held office during his first administration. Rev. 8, H. Buchanan, treas urer of the Arkansas insane asy lum, has stoled $120,000 of the State's funds. He acknowl edges his guilt. A disastrous fire visited Bos ton on Friday, when $3,000,000 worth of property was destroy ed. Three people were killed and thirty injured. John McLanahan, a negro, killed R. M. Hillard, white, near Birmingham, Ala., on Friday. The murderer resisted arrest and was himself killed. The President has withdrawn the treaty sent to the United States Senate by ex-President Harrison, providing for the annexation of the Hawaiian Is lands. Over three hund el families were rendered homeless in Mis sissippi by the huricane that visited that and adjoining States last week, and twenty-nine peo ple were killed in that State alone. Marion Clinton, a white man of good family, living near New Smyrna, Fla., has confessed that he killed four people at one time in December last. The murders have caused great ex citement. Having just received the Latest HoYeltie IN SpriigMillwf, MW Iky Mit, I am prepared to wait on my friends and the public ip general. WNo trouble to show goods. Call and examine stock and prices. M. J. BYRD, West Side Public Square. Marld-to Jul 1. JASPER. Rev. B. F. Parrott will occupy out pulpit at Lake Swamp on the second Sunday in April. The Heavensdeclare theglory of God and the firmament show- eth His handy works in forming the sun, moon and stars. Mr. Walter Anderson, one of our worthy young men, has about completed quite a neat residence for his mother and family. The health of this community is quite good just now. Mrs. Rl Vaughn is much improved and is now spending a few days with her mother Mrs. Lewis. SOI PLAIN FACTS WORTH READINIi! With the short crop and low prices how are the people to supply their many wants ? Our answer is, Buy where your dollar will bring you the most. Friendship and small favors in the past were all very well, but this year every dol lar MUST DO DOUBLE MJTY IF POSSIBLE. We claim fo be the place to buy, and ask your considera tion of the following— WE BUY STRICTLY FOR CASH and discount every bill, thus buying fifteen to twenfy per cent, cheaper than our competitor who buys on four months time. We are willing to give our customers this difference. We have just returned from New York with the most com plete stock of — Dry Mb, Mins, Mss, Eats asi mailing - - - that we have ever shown here. No Seconds, ' Misfits, Off Colors, or Job Lots from auction, but all elegant and reliable goods. Remember, don’t buy a dollar’s worth until you see our stock All we ash. is a fair and square comparison of our goods. Thanking you for your past liberal patronage, we invite you to call and see us. Yours respectfully, A. J. BROOM. Call on C. MOONEY -FOR- mm mi« urn appointed Gray, of Clerk's Sale. State of South Carolina, County of Darlington. In Common Pleas. James M. Seignious vs. Lula P. Pate, et al. Foreclosure. Pursuant to an Order of Court made in the above stated case, I will offer for sale in front of the Court House in Darlington County, on the first Monday in April next, the following described real estate: First. A tract containing thirteen and three fourths acres, more or less, with buildings thereon, and I rounded on the north and west by lands of H. J. DuBose, east by the public road leading from Mt Elon to Fields' Bridge, and south by tha public road leading from DuBose’s Bridge to Mars Bluff. Second, A tract of land containing one and one-half acres, more or less, bounded north by the public road leading from Bishopville to Tim- monsville, south by land of J. W. Du Bose, east by land of J. A. DuBose, and west by land of H. J. DuBose. Third, A tract of land containing fifty acres, more or less, bounded north by land of Robert Rogers, east by land of W. L. Hutson, south by land of E J. Jeffords, and west by land of Jarrot Pompey. Fourth, A tract of land containing ninety acres, more or less, bounded north by lands of R. L. DuBose, east by lands of M. Marco, south by lands of H. M. DuBose and the estate of B. 8. Josey, and west by the public road j from Cartersvilie to Mt. Elon. Fifth, A tract of laud containing fifty-five acres, more or less, bounds The President has ex-GovernorIsaac P. Indiana, Minister to Mexico. Governor Gray has twice been | .“orthby U^dS of John a prominent candidate for the Democratic nomination for Vice President. It is staled that a suicide club of six members has been organ ized in Augusta, Ga. The mem bers in turn will commit suicide, drawing lots for the order in ! which they will go into the oth er world. Next week a negro, named! George Winn, who has been convicted of vagrancy, will be sold in Fayette, Mo., at auction to the highest bidder for six months. This is the second sale under the vagrant law of that state, which provides for selling vagrants to work as la borers. by lauds of A. 8. Stokes, and sonth and west by lands of J. B. Stokes, and south by J. R l rosswell’s land. Terms of sale: One-third cash, bal ance in one and two years; credit portion seemed by bond of purchaser and mortgage of the premises sold; purchaser to pay for all necessary pa pers. W. ALBERT PARROTT, Mclil6—3t, Clerk. STATE NEWS. IF YOU DOST- Like the Watch you have trade it off for another at Mason’s Jewelry Stork. W e haveplen ty of Waltham,Ellgin and Illinois Railroad Watches, in Gold, Silver and Nickel, at reasonable prices. Feb23—tf being push pu V Preparations are ed for planting corn. very few of the farmers have planted corn yet, but several will pro bably do so this week. Only one of our tobacco farmers will try the enterprise again this year. Some were unsuccessful last year. and Private Instruction. Gathered From Our Exchanges. Put In Paragraphs. The State’s new bonds amounting to $2,250,000, have J at school or colleges^ by the all been placed. RIVATE instruction given in La tin, Greek, Mathematics, English, j oranvof other branches usuallytaught ‘ h lytai Rev. Ed : ward McCrady, A. B., a recent grad- uate of the University of the South John Ferguson, colored, nr.ur- An appointment may be made with dered his wife in Laurens on Mr McCrady for the purpose of ob- Sunday by cutting her throat. ! J ainin k.iqformatiqn as to terms, Ac., I Nb Wyatt Samuel, colored, was killed in Spartanburg county last week by falling into a six- foot hole. applying <EWS Office. at The Darlinoton Copartnership Notice. The session of Mrs. Richard- ^ , son’s school at Jasper will clo e foot hole ' ]\( OT . ICE . i8 h 7® b y tha ‘ the oti I liursdaj' next, the 23 inst. Isaicih \\ illmms was killed & ed a copartnership under the firm The commencement exercises few days since at Branchville; name of Norment & Co. for the pur- will be held on the following i by Jim Raysor. The killing is (Friday,) night, begining at 8 said to have been deliberate and aegining o’clock. W should like to have the School Commissioner and the Editor of The News present on that occasion. RIJERDALE. Mrs. Mary Poston is quite ill. We hope she will soon recover. A house on Mrs. Charles’ plantation w ns burned one day last week, t was occupied by •* * d. - ! pofe of conducting a retail businega m dry good, dress goods, notions, Ac., cold blooded. Bill Langston, white, who was stealing a ride last week on a train between Spartanburg and Greenville, was accidental ly thrown off and killed. Napoleon Lavelle, the white man who was convicted of mur dering his wife in Charleston several years ago, and who has so often escaped the gallows in the town of Darlington, at the Nachman stand, corner of I'ashua Street and the Public Square. T. W. NORM ENT, L. M. NORM ENT, Darlington, 8. C., Feb. 87, 1893. March 8—8t. The Darlington Driving Associa tion. 1 8 now ready to break colts and train horses for lx>th running and trotting. The celebrated standard bred stallion Highland Red will make What better day could be select- IP 8 '. Se,ina ' Ve atherford. The through legal technicalities, has this sewon at the stable* of theasso- fire is suppo: -d to have origin- respited by the Governor Nation. For terms etc. address, ated from t ie flue while the lor thirty days. He was sen- - E. R. McIVER. family were away, and, conse- 'fenced to be hanged on Friday ed than one in the balmy time of late spring? Besides there Willcox's Old Drug Store. THESE ARE of all kinds. All orders filled promptly, and faction guaranteed. Aug 25—6m satis- I LINESJ. WE CARRY: Dry Goods Dress Goods, Trimmings, Notions, Laces, White Goods, Embroidery, Shoes, Ready-made (Jlothing, Tinware, Hardware, Crockery, Gla^s, OIEtOCIEIRIiES, (at Wholesale and Retail.) We would just like the public to know that we have opened up a large and complete line in all the above departments For Spring, 1893. Customers who have dealt with us in the past know what that means. To those who never deatlt with us we wish to say that we pride ourselves on the reputation we have justly earned—“One of the cheapest and most reliable houses in the city of Darlington.” BRUNSON, LUNN & CO. Gilm &1M, — FIRE — Insurance Agents, Represent some of the strongest companies in the world, such as THE HOME of New York, and THE HARTFORD of Hartford, Conn. :o: * General Agents for THE MUTUAL LIFE Insurance Company Of Neidr York, For the Counties of Darlington, Sumter and Marion. o Prompt personal attention given to all business entrusted to them. June 9—lyr BANK OF DARLINGTON, DARLINGTON, S. C., Capital, — — $100,000 Surplus and Undivi ded Profits, — $4(5,973.80 J. 1 IS NOW A complete line of every thing usual to a first-class Hardware Store. Also a full line of igricihtnl lutylrati, Higim' Splits, Machiwj, Sims AlTD TIISTWARE, And will sell at the very lowest prices for cash. Tinning, Roofing & Plumbing DIRECTORS: W. C. Coker, J. L Coker, R. W. Boyd, J. J. Ward. E. R. Mclver, A. Nachman, Bright Williamson. Transacts a General Banking Business. Savings Department. Deposits of received. $1 and upwards 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. 81—tf -A. SIFECIA.LT'X-. Oct 6—tf Mtuggies, Surreyx, Phwtonsj invited. Darlington Lodge No. 7, Knights of Pythi as, meets on 1st and 3rd Tuesday Evenings in each month,' at Castle Hall, Florence street, opposite Broad. Visit ing brothers fraternally Pres. & Treas. D. D. A. March 8—4m. ROAD CARTS, WAGONS, HARNESS SADDLES, BRIDLES, COLLARS, HALTERS, CURRY COMBS, BRUSHES, LEATHER, WHIPS, LAP ROBES, HARNESS OIL, COFFINS, BURIAL ROBES, ETC., CASKETS, ETC. N. L. Harrell, - - Jbincemt! COGGESHALL & CO. Beg leave to inform the Darlington people that their line of STAPLE AND FANCY GRO CERIES, CROCKERY, GLASSWARE AND LAMPS is complete and solicit your patronage. They try to have on hand what you call for —but if they fail in any particular they can and will quickly get any thing you want in their line. Goods promptly deliv ered to all parts of the city. Darlington, 8. C. COGGESHALL &C0. (Edwards, Norment & Go’s old gro cery stand.) Mara—4m