The Darlington news. (Darlington, S.C.) 1875-1909, March 23, 1893, Image 1
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YOL. XX, NO. 12.
DARLINGTON, S. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1893.
WHOLE NUMBER 947.
LOt'lL HCOMCS.
MATTERS IN AND AROUND PROS
PEROUS DARLINGTON.
A Column of News, Tersely Told, of
Interest to Our Many
Readers.
Mr. H. Machby is clerking for
Mr. P. B. Allen.
The fire company was out
practising on Tuesday.
The grass in the Court House
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
Brief Mention About People You Know
and People You Don’t Know.
Mrs. J. W. Evans has return
ed from a visit to Charleston.
Hon. J. L. McLaurin, of Ben-
nettsville, visited Darlington
again this week.
Mr. R. S. Galloway, of Bish-
opville, formerly of Lydia, was
in town on Tuesday.
Dr. W. H. Lawton,ofOrange-
TIIE FLORAL FAIR.
OUR RAILROAD FACILITIES.
the
burg county, spent several days
pat k has been treated to a good | j n p) ar ij aa ,ton last week. premium list and completed
Miss Alartha Stanley, of Mar- other preliminary arrange
ion county, is visiting the fam- ^ ments for the Floral Fair,
ily of Capt. Robt. Dickinson. j The fa j r w jn b e held on May 8
Miss Bessie Williamson is at and 9 ut the opera house. On
home for a few weeks frotji the
South Carolina College for Wo
men.
mowing.
The Darlington Building and
Loan Association meets on Sat
urday night.
Read the change in Cogge-
shall & Go’s advertisement on
the fourth page.
All of the merchants are busi
ly engaged opening their spring
and summer goods.
Presiding Elder J. B. Wilson
held the quarterly conference
of the Methodist Church on
Monday.
B. Pressley Barron, Esq., of
the Manning bar, was in town
last Friday on business with the
Court.
! The A. C. L. Will do Nothin*, but
C. S. & N. Will Help Us.
A citizen of Darlington re
cently complained to the State
Railroad Commissioners about
the poor passenger facilities af
forded Darlington by the rail
roads. The Commissioners re
ferred the complaint to the rail
roads and the Atlantic Coast
Line authorities repli d to the
effect that Darlington had no
cause to complain as their road
furnished the town with ample
passenger facilities. The gen
eral manager of the Charleston.
Sumter and Northern acknowl
edged that the mixed trains
were unsatisfactory, but said
that the road was compelled to
both days the fair will open at resor tto them on account of the
4 P. M. and close at 12 P. M.i recent poor passenger business.
There will be a change of pro-1 He added, however, that the
something attractive ‘ roa(1 contemplated restoring the
MOST OF THE PRELIMINARY AR
RANGEMENTS COMPLETED.
An Attractive Programme Arranged
J and the Premium List Fixed—A Good
Time Promised.
The executive committee of
the Darlington Horticultural
| Society met at the residence of
Mr. T. W. Norment on Tuesday
afternoon and decided upon the
THE COUNTY NEWS.
gramme
and pleasing, for each evening—
' on one evening an operetta wi 1
, Miss Hannah Manne,
Owing to the indisposition of | home on Monday.
Rev. John Stout no services
were held in the Baptist Church
on Sunday.
The town authorities have
placed an arc light on Main
Street in front of Mr. D. S. Mc
Cullough’s stables.
The town authorities will
shortly have the ordinances of
the town printed in pamphlet
from for distribution among the
citizens.
Miss Lizzie Mittle, of New- b e given and on the other pro
bably a drill. The admission fee
berry, who has been visiting
returned
Miss Hallie Carson, who has
been the guest of the Misses
McCown, returned to her home
in Sumter on Monday.
Capt. W. R. Delgar, of Sum-
ter, soliciting agent of the C. S. fund pf 8 i u v
& N. Railroad was in Darling- addition to the floral exhibit re
ton on business on Monday. fresh ments will be served and
I six little girls, each dressed to
represent a flower, will act as
will be 10 cents, but on the sec
ond afternoon the children of
the public schools will be admit
ted for 5 cents.
As has already been stated in
these columns the proceeds of the
fair will be given to the library
School. In
Rev. A. H. McArn, pastor of
the Presbyterian Church at
Cheraw, will conduct services
at Society Hill next Sunday
morning.
The School Commissioner
publishes a notice in regard to
the examination of applicants
for certificates to teach in the
free public schools.
On Friday last, St. Patrick’s
day, the green flag of old Erin
floated to the breeze from the
top of an electric light pole on
the west side of the Square.
The Adjutant and Inspector
General has issued commissions
to Messrs M. T. Lide and W. A.
Parrott as second and third lieu
tenants respectively of the Dar
lington Guards.
The Pee Dee Presbytery will
hold its spring meeting in Che
raw on Thursday evening next
at 8 o’clock. Rev. J. G. Law
and Gen. W. E. James will at
tend from the Presbyterian
Church at this place.
On Tuesday Governor Till
man appointed Mr. D. II. Trax-
ler, of Timmonsville, State dis
penser under the Evans law.
Mr. Traxler is well known
throughout Darlington, having
been County Treasurer several
years ago.
No services were held iri the
Baptist Church on Sunday last
owing to the slight indisposi
tion of the pastor, Rev. John
Stout. As Mr. Stout will not go
to Sumter as expected, he will
conduct services here at the us
ual hour on Sunday moVning
next.
The Guards are making ex
tensive arrangements for their
reception on April 7. The com
mittee having the matter in
charge consists of Lietenant R.
E. James, Sergeant P. J. Boat
wright, Corpal Eugene Vaughn
and Privates B. F. Smoot and
J. D. Baird.
Bishop M. Salter, of Colum
bia, a Biphop in the A. M. E.
Church, will preach in the
church of that denomination in
Darlington on Sunday next, in
the interest of the fund which
the congregation is raising to
build a new house of worship.
The present church is on Broad
Street.
Dr. G. G. Palmer, a prom
inent physician of the Carters-
ville section of Florence county,
visited Darlington on Tuesday.
A HUMAN HOLOCAUST.
a
waitresses. A fancy table will
also be one of the attractions of
the fair. Articles upon this ta
ble will be sold at a small price
and the proceeds of this will also
be devoted to the school library
fund. Parties who wish to con
tribute articles for this table
should leave them at any time
before the fair at the residence
of Hon. G. W. Dargan. All
A Child Burned to Death'and Another
Seriously Injured.
[From Our Regular Correspondent.!
Yesterday (Monday) after
noon Minerva Cole,
woman who lives
ParrotPs place in
me wood J® a v-1 has”been arranged:
mg alone at home her two little ie $1 best cut
chfldren, one six years old and | cu ’ ^
the other three. On her return - -
™ m- t t sucb articles will be gratefully
| received by the society.
t + f thlS ’® c . tlon \ The following premium list
went off to get some wood leav-1 s> c. _
home she found that the clothes
had been burned off
child and the child
been terribly injured, while the
younger child was still wrapped
in flames.
Dr. J. P. Parrott was imme
diately summoned, but he could
do nothing for the elder child
who died in a few hours.
While the younger child is se
verely burned there are hopes
for its recovery. The child that
died stated before its death that
its clothes had become wet and
in trying to dry them at the fire
place they caught on fire and
accidentally the flames were
transmitted to the younger
child.
This horrible accident should
serve as a warning to mothers
not to leave their children
alone. They should always
have proper protection.
W. A. 1).
Philadelphia, 21 Mch, ’93.
The latest improvement in
sewing machines is the rotary
shuttle, found only in the “No.
9” and “Standard”. See them
at Blackwell Bros’.
fast through p issenger trains on
Monday next.
The fast through passenger
trains to be placed on Monday
on the C. S. & N., as mentioned
above, will run from Charleston
to Hamlet. We are informed
by the agent at this place that
these trains, the north .and
south bound, will probably pass
each other at Darlington at 12
o’clock in the day.
New scarfs for Easter ; you
will miss it if you fail to see the
beautiful stock of neck ware at
Edwards & Co’s before you pur
chased.
Duryea’s coin sta ch, 10 cts a
pkg. West & Honour.
LESS THAN TWO CENTS A COPY.
This is the Reason We Insist Upon
Cash-m-Advance Subscriptions.
Every subscriber of The
News is now informed weekly,
by means of the little red label
pasted at the top of the paper,
w hen his subscription expires.
As we have had occasion to
mention before, our rigid rule
of exacting payment in advan-
C3 is not due, in the vast ma-
to any doubt as
loss amounting
Best cut
roses, $1;
best design
Ul > n * k \ we J;\ $1 j beBt han K in t? | jorlty*of cases,
the elder i bas ^ e V f D best 8 PP cimen 8in K*^ j to the responsibility of our pat-
itself had 1 I , l ant ^ > bes ^ an ^ ' a, 'S® st ; rons, but is based on the simple
collection of greenhouse plants, j )Ufi j nesg p r0 p OS ition that the
$2; best collection of vegetaldes, kjj ca ^j on ^ copies of the
paper a vear for $1—less than
The exhibits will not be limit- two cen ^ 8 a copy—makes the
ed to this county alone, but re-; mar ^i n 0 f profit too close to ad-
sidents of other counties are | m it 0 £ an y but a cash system
cordially invited to n^ae en- being adopted. There are no
tnes. Each entry will be ae ‘ ji scr i m i na ti 0 ns in this matter;
signaled by a number alone and ru j e a p D ii e8 t 0 the most
FROM ALL SECTIONS AS TOLD BY
OUR CORRESPONDENTS.
Cypress Chips—Some Cold Weather—
A Home-sick Juror—A Determined
Young Man.
We had some bitter cold days
last week with a slight sleet on
Friday morning and another on
Saturday morning. We also
had thick ice on several morn
ings last week and the ground
was frozen hard on Friday.
Rev. D. C. Mann preached a
very interesting sermon at the
Methodist Church at this place
on last Sunday morning. The
day being a beautiful one he
had a large congregation. Rev.
Mr. Mann stands high in this
community and is well liked
both as a preacher and a man.
Your correspondent made a
mistake in his last letter in say
ing that Mr. B' yd DuBo^e is
preparing to build a residence
on his plantation. He is only
adding a large piazza to the res
idence of Mr. B. Johnson which
is on his (Mr. DuBose’s) place.
He has about one thousand feet
of lumber for this purpose.
A young friend of ours in this
neighborhood went to
young lady in Sumter county
one night last week. When he
reached the river at DuBose’s
bridge he was disagreeably sur
prised to find the bridge had
been torn up for repairs. Noth
ing daunted, however, he laid
down three planks and led his
horse across at the risk of his
own and the animal’s life. He
evidently believes that
heart ne’er won fair lady.”
One of our young men who
served on the jury at Darling
ton last week is a champion
walker. When he was dismiss
ed on Thursday evening he at
once bade the court and the
town good-bye and set off afoot
at a rapid rate for his home
nineteen miles away. He made
the trip in about three hours
and made a long and loud blow
as he reached his father’s front
door. He says he was homesick
and could not wait for the
train.
— "*401
tools, his total
to about $50.
The Hartsville Messenger is a
good paper ami the die form
Sentinel is highly esteemed, but
we must not forget The News.
It has been the county’s com
panion for so many years and
is now as good a paper as ever.
We ought not to complain of
hard times when it is our own
fault. And it is our fault wlien
we plant all cotton and no
grain, when we raise no hogs
nor poultry and keep no cows.
Some of our merchants do more
in this line on their farms than
some of our farmers do on their
hundreds of acr ‘8. It is high
time for the fermers to give
this matter thought and in so
doing help themselves and the
country.
LOOK
v
FOR
V
CLYDE.
Mr. B. L. Outlaw, of Kelley-
town, visited friends in Sumter
last week.
Mr. D. D. Johnson is quite
sick, but we hope soon to see
him up again.
Mr. C. P. Hall has his farm
in nice shape. On his farm Mr.
Hall is a worker
Some of our farmers have
planted corn, bui we think there
call on a is plenty of time yet.
Mr. A. M. McNair has had a
nice job done on the bridge on
the public road ut his mill. Mr.
McNair is a man that likes good
work done aroun d him.
The Mormon e’ders have been j
working up the people in this |
section and are doing consider- j
able harm. It would be a bkssj
“faint ing to the country should they
leave.
Mr. J. H. HoTman brought
one Ed Bone, of Chesterfield
county, before Trial Justice
Smith one day of last week and
had him bound over for a mis
demeanor.
Our whole county has it seems
taken on new life. We have
not seen so much buildings go
ing on or so much land being
cleared in one spring in many a
year. Our boys are going to
put in a good acreage of corn.
ADVERTISEMENT
NEXT WEEK
Haber-
Dash-
Ery!
(Other County News onPagei.)
A gallon jar mixed pickles
75 cts, West & Honour.
GRAND SPRING OPENING.
Messrs Woods & Woods Will Enter
tain Their Friends and Patrons.
If our readers will refer to
Messrs Woods & Woods’ card
which appears in another col
umn, they will see that this
well known and popular estab
lishment will give a grand
“Spring Opening.” Messrs
" — X A ~ s v ✓-v ✓ I r-
the name of the exhibitor will
thus be unknown to the judges.
This will ensure absolute im
partiality in the awarding of
the prizes.
The society although in its
infancy promises to give us a
good fair this spring. When it
bee irnes a little older and
stronger a larger premium list
will be offered. Another meet
ing of the executive committee
will be held at the residence of
Mr. T. W. Norment on April 4
to make final arrangements for
the fair. We may safely advise
the community to expect a most
enjoyable and attractive enter
tainment.
Edwards & Co. have the Far-
guhar cotton planter and Iron
Age harrow at lowest prices
Choice table peaches, peas,
plums, etc. W. & H.
WOE UNTO THE BOYS.
prosperous of our subscribers as
well as to the poorest, and we
must respectfully ask that it be
observed by all alike. There
doubtless are some who find a
dollar hard to raise in these
tight times, but there is no man
in the county who cannot pay
down 25 cents to keep his paper
running for three months.
Have you seen the new styles
of Stetson’s hats at Edwards
& Co’s?
Have you a spring dress to
make? Buy a “No. 9”, “New
Horn e”, or “Standard” of
Blackwell Bros.
A MEDICAL MISSIONARY.
the
A Young Armenian to Lecture in
Baptist Church.
Dr. J. A. George, a young
man, a native of Armenia, in
Asia Minor, is in Darlington on
a visit to Rev. John Stout. He
has been six years in this coun
try preparing to become a medi
cal missionary. He has com
pleted a medical course at Balti
more and a theological course
i at Chester, Pa. His intention
One of our contemporaries
stated last week that a Mr. M.
J. Outlaw had removed to North
Carolina. The impression got
abroad that Mr. Murdoch J.
Outlaw was meant, and this
gentleman requests us to state
that he still resides in Darling-
The Town Council Makes War on the
Sling-Shot Nuisance.
At a special meeting of the
town council, held on Saturday
night, action was taken in re
gard to the practice the small
boys have of shooting 8 Ji n g‘1 j s t 0 re tum to his native coun-
. „ . _ . shots, or “straddle jacks, on! try to do medical and missiona-
Woods & Woods have just re- the streets. The practice is now wor j c Q n Sunday evening
ceived one of the handsomest so common among the bgys that next y,.' Georgo will deliver
and largest line of spring and it has become a great nuisance. a lectura in th e Baptist Church
summer goods ever placed upon Many depredations have recent- on the ‘‘Manners, Customs and
the Darlington market and on ly been committed with these the R( ii g j 0U8 Conditions of tl e
Tuesday and Wednesday next, weapons, the large number of ^rmeiiiana ” and a collection
the dates of the opening, they ! electric lights globes broken be
opening
will display with their usual ing not the least among them.
| taste their fine array of goods | The council passed an ordi-
that the eye may feast upon the! nance offering a reward of $25
many pretty things. It is im- j for every person reported, with
possible for the firm to issue | proof to convict, of using the
special cards of invitation to | sling-shot or “straddle jack” on
ton and7s“ koeoTnVa“Iman W each and every one of their the streets. The ordinance pro
house on Mairf'sfreet ^opposite many friends and patrons, so vides al^o that_ any person con-
Smith’s stables
Ban-
Says the Bennettsville
ner, of the 16 inst
train on the C., S.
the cars of which were loaded
with fiirtilizers, jumped the
track at a point between Robins
Neck and Mount Clare, last
Thursday, four box cars being
wrecked. Nobody was hurt,
and the wreckage was promptly
removed in a few hours.”
they have adopted the plan of victed of the offence may be fin-
cordially inviting the public
through the columns of The
“A freight] News. The opening will be a
& N. road, | big occasion and everybody
should attend. On the first
night of the opening (Tuesday)
the store will remain open until
eleven o’clock.
ed not less than $25, or impris
oned for not less than thirty
days, or both in the
of the Mayor.
Armenians,” and a
will be taken up for the prosecu
tion of his woru..
A Very Creditable Stand.
Cadet Wightman W. Garner,
of the Citadel Academy, a bro
ther of our fellow townsmen,
Drs. J. S. and W. J. Garner, is
acquitting hims df in his studies
with great credit. At the ie
examinations he took second
discretion ] honor in a class of thirty-two.
Such a boy will make his mark.
Pie peaches
cts a can. W
and apples,
& H.
15
A pair of Reynolds’ shoes will
See a handsome line of pants 1 wear you for 12 months. New
and spring suits at
Bros’
Blackwell j lot just received at Blackwell
Bros’.
The prettiest dress shirt and
best dollar unlaundried shirt are
at Edwards & Co’s.
PHILADELPHIA.
The continued wintry weather
has kept most of our farmers
from planting corn.
Mrs. H. A. Dowling has been
very sick, but we are glad to
report her as improving.
Mr. W. P. DuBose has enclos
ed a part of his plantation with
a neat board fence, which adds
much to the appearance of the
place.
Rev. J. E. Carter preached at
this place last Sunday morning.
His subject was “Christian
Duty” taking his text from
Jonah V, 2.
News has reached us of the
death of Mr. Ezekiel Tiner, a
native of this county, who for
several years past has been a
resident of Texas. This will be
regretted by his many relatives
and friends in this county.
Messrs Eady, Gray & Co have
added to their saw mill a plan
ing machine and a lath saw and
will soon add a turning lathe.
They will then be prepared to
furnish building material of
any kind to complete a fancy
building at hard time prices.
Hurrah for old Philadelphia!
Messrs. McLaurin & McClure,
of Sumter, have been prospect
ing here preparatory to estab
lishing a mammoth saw mill
business at Syracuse on the C.
S. & N. Railroad. We are in
formed that they will begin
work toward arranging the site
in a few days. Tl ey will build
a tram road up through this
section to transport the timber
to the r.iiil at the road. There
is a vast quantity of timber
within four or five miles of
Syracuse.
NEW PROVIDENCE.
The weather has kept some
of our people from planting
corn.
Mr. Mac Gainey and Miss
Mattie Webb were married on
| the 11 inst.
Mr. J. T. Goodson has pur
chased a new thirty-horse-pow
er boiler for his engine. This
shows that he means business.
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
them.
examine
'weeM'.'
Four-in-Hands, Tecks, Dude
Bows, Lawn Ties, in latest
shades and styles, from 25 cents
to $1.50
Special Invitation
P.-K. Fronts, Plaited Bosoms,
To Everybody / and Plain and Embroidered, at
" ; from $1 to $2.
93 Spuing 93
^giTan^
OPENING
A full line of
makes: E. &
the following
W., Anchor
Brand, Gold and Silver.
kuna'
» ♦ VYW T*T ▼▼▼▼▼▼
Tuesday&Y/ednesday
MARCH 28 AND 29,
-AT-
We are now opening our stock
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,
(Other Locals on 2nd and Mh
Pages.)
A small barn on the premises
of Mr. J. T. Goodson was des
troyed by fire on the 13 inst. In
the fire Mr. T. E. Webb lost
guano, fodder, provisions and
In place of Cards we take this
method of cordially inviting the
public.
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