The Darlington news. (Darlington, S.C.) 1875-1909, March 30, 1893, Image 1
DARLINGTON, S. 0., THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1893.
WHOLE NUMBER 948.
A Column of News, Tersely Told,
Interest to Our Many
Readers.
Darlington Lodge, Knights
of Pythias, meets on Tuesday
night.
Read J. A. Pugh’s advertise
ment. He is a good tailor who
will give satisfaction.
A lodge of the “Society of
Chosen Friends” has been or
ganized in Darlington.
Mr. S. Wolf tom is erecting a
residence on Spring Street in
the rear of Dr. Norment’s.
Mr. N. R. Harrell, who clerks
for Messrs Blackwell Bros., has
been quite sick, but he is now
improving.
The mermaid and the snake
are holding forth in one
of the vacant stores in the
Manne building.
The annual meeting of the
Darlington Club is called for
Tuesday evening next, the 4
inst., when an election for offi
cers for the ensuing year will
be held.
No services will be held in
the Presbyterian Church# on
Sunday next, owing to the ab
sence of the pastor who is in at
tendance upon the meeting of
the Pee Dee Presbytery.
The Tennyson Club met at the
residence of J. E. Nettles, Esq.,
on Friday night last. The
chief feature of the evening was
a very entertaining essay from
Mr. F. E. Norment on “Modern
Spiritualism.”
The lecture of Dr. J. A.
George, the Armenian medical
missionary, in the Baptist
Church on Sunday night, was
interesting and instructive and
was much enjoyed by the large
congregation present.
tsirds are out for the marriage
of Rev. Edward McCrady, rec
tor i f St. Mi t’bew sP. E. Church
at this place, and Miss Mary
Ormond Tucker, of Jackson
ville, Fla. The marriage will
take place at St. John s Church
in that city on April 5.
During the present week, the
last week of Lent, services
have fceen held in St. Matthew s
Episcopal Church twice a day,
at 7,30 A. M. and 4.30 P. M.
To-morrow will be Good Friday
and services will be held at 7.30
A. M., 11 A. M. and 4.30 P. M
Mr. H. H. Thompson, who
was formerly with Mr. B. ().
Bristow in the sewing machine
business, will take full charge
of the Darlington postoffice for
Postmaster Gatlin on Saturday.
He will hold the position until
a successor to the present in
cumbent is appointed.
Fire destroyed on Monday
night the large frame building
in Timmonsville, formerly oc
cupied by Mr. Theo Kuker as a
store, which belonged to his
wife, Mrs. M. L. Kuker. The
store was unoccupied at the
time and the origin of the fire
is unknown. The insurance on
Ihe building was between $2,000
and $3,000.
A commission for a charter
has been issued to the Black
Creek Land and Lumber Com
pany at Hartsville. The cor
porate s are Messrs. J. M. Muir-
nead, J. B. Morrison and H. T.
Morrison, all of Berkeley coun
ty. The capital stock of the
company is to be $10,000, and it
proposes to do a general lumber
and land business.
Miss Gussie Kervin and Mr.
]). II. Wilson were married on
Tuesday afternoon at the resi
dence of the bride’s father, Mr.
E. R. Kervin, in Leavensworth
township. The groom lives in
Jacksonville, Fla., but is a
former Darlingtonian and a
brother of Mr J. Coit Wilson.
After the marriage the couple
left for theirhome in the “Land
of Flowers.”
Dr W. R. Johnson, of Mars
Bluff, a well known and highly
respected gentleman and an
able physician, died on Satur
day. He was nearly eighty
yeare old. Before the war he
represented Marion county in
the i8tate Senate. Dr. Johnson
leaves a daughter and three
sons, one of whom is E. W.
Johnson ex-Sheriff of Marion
Brief Mention About People You Know
and People You Don't Know.
John J. McMahon, Esq., of
Columbia, spent Thursday in
Darlington.
Mrs. J. A. Brunson, of Che-
raw, visited Mrs. J. C. Black-
well last week.
XMr. J. P. McNeill, of the Flor
ence bar, was in lown on busi
ness on Tuesday.
Misses Janie and Bannie Bass,
of Swift Creek, spent Saturday
with Mrs. R. A. Smith.
Miss Mary E. Schermerhorn,
of Dedham, Mass., is visiting
Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Woods.
Mr. and Mrs. English Des-
Champs, of Sumter, are visiting
Mrs. DesChamps’ parents, Mr.
and Mrs. W. E. McCall.
Miss Alice Jones, of Balti
more, has removed to Darling
ton and is filling the position of
milliner at the Racket Store.
Miss Lena Shsiever, of Brook
lyn, N. Y., and Miss Andrea
Schroder, of* Charleston, are
visiting Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Wel
ling.
The friends of J. E. Nettles,
Esq., who has been quite sick
for a week or so, will be glad to
know that he is rapidly conva
lescing.
Prof. W. S. Morrison, profes
sor of languages at Clemson
College, was in town on Friday
on business connected with that
institution.
Miss Lula Lucas, of Swift
Creek, spent several days last
week in Darlington as the guest
of Mrs. R. A. Smith at the En
terprise Hotel.
Miss Judith Hodges, of Sum
ter, spent a short time last week
in Darlington with Mrs. J. H.
Sanders, while on her way to
Bennettsville.
Mr. J. W. Bowden, editor of
the Cotton Plant and the leader
of the Third party in this State,
was theguest of Mr. J. M. Wad-
dill on Friday. He was on his
way to Bennettsville, but he will
return to Darlington in time to
attend the County Alliance
meeting at Cypress next Satur
day.
Suits made to order, fit guar
anteed. Big line of samples to
select from. Edwards & Co.
THE STATE DISPENSER. ,N
THE TRIAL JUSTICE COURT.
Try the new food—crystal rice.
Coggeshall & Co.
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THE NEW SCHEDULE.
A REPORTER INTERVIEWS MR. D.
H TRAXLER.
He is a Prohibitionist and Accepts the
Dispensary as the Best to be Had
at Present.
[Columbia Journal, March 28.]
Mr. D. H. Traxler, the newly
appointed State Dispenser, was
interviewed on the Coast Line
train coming to Columbia this
morning, by a Journal man.
He said that he was receiving
a large number of applications
for all sorts of positions, but
had made no appointments as
yet. He wanted it distinctly
understood that his book-keep
er must not only be a compe
tent man, but a good manager.
He also stated that he had
made no arrangement in refer
ence to securing the stock for
the dispensary, but, with every
thing being equal, the dealers
in the State would receive the
preference, according to law.
After talking some time, the
reporter asked this question:
“Mr. Traxler, did you expect to
get the appointment?”
“No, it was a surprise to me.
I am a prohibitionist, but I am
a member of no organization of
that kind. I consider the dis
pensary the best that the Legis
lature could do, and am surpris
ed that the prohibitionists are
kicking. I don’t think that,
with as little study as Evans
had, it could be improved. I
accept the bill as a Christian
man. I prayed to God to guide
me in this action, and niv con
science tells me to go ahead. I
am the last man to bring reflec
tion on my church and Chris
tianity, and feel conscientious in
this movement. Under this con
scientious opinion I am going
ahead, notwithstanding any op
position, and carry the law into
effect as far as I am able. I be
lieve that the result will com
mend itself to the people of the
State, and some of those who
oppose it now will be friends of
the bill after seeing the work.
Have your spring and sum
mer suits made to order by
Ohem&Co., merchant tailors,
Baltimore, represented by Fred
Lewenthal at S. Mamie’s. Fit
guaranteed. — 4t
Another assortment of shirts
just in. Edwards & Co.
A Much More Satisfactory Change on
the C. S. & N. Railroad.
As it was stated in the last
issue of The News would be
the case, the schedule on the
Charleston, rfumter and North
ern Railroad was changed on
Monday. Through passenger
trains each way daily have been
placed on the road. Thesa trains
pass each other at Darlington at
12.10 in the day. The following
is the condensed schedule :
The southbound passenger
leaves Bennettsville at 11,25 A.
M. ; Robins Neck, 11.40; Mont
Clare, 11,53 Darlington, 12,10 P.
M. ; Syracuse, 12,26 ; Lamar,
12,41 jSumtei, 1,51 and arrivts
at Charleston at 5,30 P. M.
The northbound leaves Char
leston at 6.50 A. M.; Sumter
10,44 ; Lamar, 11,40 ; Syracuse,
11,55 ; Darlington, 12,10 P. M. ;
Mont Clare, 12,28; Robins Neck,
12,40 and arrives at Bennetts
ville at 1,10. P. M.
The southbound freight leaves
Darlington at 1,39 P. M. and the
northbound at 2,51 P. M.
It is reported, however, that
this schedule is not permanent
but in fact will continue only un
til Monday next, when the
northbound passenger will ar
rive at Darlington about 10 A.
M. and the southbound at about
5.30 P. M.
Two Interesting; Cases—The Troubles
of the Arabian Colony.
Trial Justice Floyd has sent a
young white boy, named Mat
Freeman, to jail to await trial
at the higher court for burglary
and larceny of live stock. He
is charged with breaking into
the stable of Alfred Bacot, col
ored, on Mr. W. A. Law’s place,
and stealing his horse.
Daniel Dickson, colored, who
is now in jail, is a “muchly” ar
rested man. He was arrested
on six separate indictments, all
for petit larceny, for stealing
cotton seed at Early’s cross
roads. Trial Justice Dargan on
Monday fined him $20 and in
default of fine, sent him to jail
for twelve days for each indict
ment or seventv-two days in
all.
There is a “colony” of Ara
bians, six or seven in number,
in Darlington. They do not
constitute a “very happy fami
ly” and their petty quarrels are
constantly bringing them to the
courts, keeping both the Trial
Justices busy with the difficult
task of administering justice to
them upon their testimony giv
en in broken and almost incom
prehensible English.
OUR ENTERPRISINQ MERCHANTS,
A Perusal of Their Advertisements
Will be Profitable.
Attention is called to the new
advertisements which appear in
this issue. Messrs Norment &
Co are the new firm that has
just opened their store. They
deal in ladies goods only and
this on a cash basis. The fol
lowing accomplished salesmen
are in the store ready to wait
upon the public: Messrs J. E.
Norment, L. M. Norment and
B. F. Smoot.
Messrs Woods & Milling, the
popular shoe merchants, make
an important announcement
concerning their large stock of
shoes, rubber goods, hats, etc.
They call particular attention
to their Oxfords for ladies and
misses and their $3 glove fitting
good-year welt for gentlemen
and, also, their Borneo yacht
hats, a new summer style.
Messrs Woods & Woods have
an interesting advertisement in
this issue, which {ells all about
their hand ome line of dry
goods, dress goods, clothing,
shoes, carpets, etc.
Ladies’ goods exclusively at
“The Ladies store.” Norment
&Co.
THE PEE DEE DOCTORS
FROM ALL SECTIONS AS TOLD BY
OUR CORRESPONDENTS.
Cypress Chips—The Meeting of the
County Alliance—A Fish Dinner-
Personals.
Miss Ida DuBose is visiting
relatives and friends at Clyde.
Dr. J. M. Josey commenced
to plant cotton on last Monday.
Mr Henry Hill and bride, of
Timmonsville, spent Sunday at
th s place.
Miss Maggie Parham has re
turned home from Florence
where she has been spending
sometime.
Mr. Charlie Dalton, a travel
ing salesman for B. N. Dalton,
of Daltoil, N. C., has been
spending a few days at this
place.
Young Dr. Skinner, who
graduated sometime ago in
medicine at Nashville, spent
one night of last week with
friends at this place.
A party of gentlemen from
this place went down to the
seine landing at Fields’ Bridge
on Lynche’s River one night of
last week and had a pleasant
fish supper.
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. DuBose,
formerly of this place but now
of Florence, spent Saturday and
Sunday at this place with rela
tives and friends. Mr. DuBose
is deputy-sheriff of Florence
county.
Mr. Boyd DuBose has 1,200
feet of lumber and 1,200 shingles
for the purpose of building for
Ben Jackson a piazza to his res
idence. You quoted me as say
ing in my last letter that he had
1,000 feet of lumber.
This correspondent has been
requested by several members
of the Alliance to remind their
friends, through The News, of
the Alliance meeting to be held
at this place on Saturday next,
April 1. An invitation is ex
tended to other Alliances and
the public generally. A jolly
big time is anticipated. Bring
your basket along.
Our Spring StocI of Noveltien In
DRESS FABRICS,
All in single dn ms patterns, no
two alike, has arrived, and we
will take pleasure in display
ing them to our friends, the
public.
We would call especial attention to
our
WASH GOODS DEP T
Consisting in part of
DOTTED SWISS,
SATINE GLORIA,
CANTON CLOTH,
TITANIA,
INDIA MULL,
PERSIAN MULL,
INDIA DIMITY,
EMPRESS STRIPES,
LLAMA CLOTH,
IRISH LAWN,
SICILIAN TULLE,
VENETIAN FABRICS,
OUTINGS,
SCOTCH GINGHAMS,
LINEN CHAMBRAY.
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We^aiso call y >ur attention
to our line of Li oe«, Embroid
eries, Ribbons, Gloves, Hand
kerchiefs, Fans, etc., which is
complete in every detail.
We are agent t for the cele
brated Thomsoi's “Glove-fit
ting” Corsets.
We carry a splendid line of
Ladies’ Shoes and Slippers.
Come into our store and we will
guarantee you both pleasure and sat
isfaction.
Having just received the
Latest Novelties
IN
SoMFuc;
M,
I am prepared to wait on my friends
and the public in general.
tVNo trouble to show goods. Call
and examine stock and prices.
M. J. BYRD,
West Side Public Square.
Marlfi—to Jul 1.
COGGESHALL & CO.
GROCERIES,
HAY AND
GRAIN.
GLASSWARE,
CROCKERY,
AND LAMPS.
WOOD AND WILLOW WARE.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
Our stock in the above lines
is complete in every detail.
We have on hand at all
times a choice and fresh line
of STAPLE AND FANCY
GROCERIES.
ty Goods DELIVERED
FREE and promptly to all
parts of the city.
O-IYTIE TTS .A. CAJLiL.
Respectfully,
COGGESHALL &C0.
(Edwards, Norment A Co's old gro
cery stand.)
Mar2—4m
CLYDE,
farmers are
hard
THE GRAND OPENING.
Messrs Woods & Woods Handsomely
Entertain their Many Friends.
Messrs Woods & Woods’ store
presentedabeautiful appearance
on yesterday and the day pre
vious, the occasion of their
grand spring opening. On both
days, from morning to night,
crowds streamed into the store
and admired the splendid array
of goods. Just inside the
store on the right was an exqui
site display of dress goods, im
ported suits, zephyrs etc. and
on the left lawns, organdies and _
all kinds of wash goods. Up; the occasion is Dr A. T. Baird,
stairs there were displayed in 0 f Darlington. He has selected
Will Gather in Annual Meeting Here
Wednesday.
The annual meeting of the
historic Pee Dee Medical Asso
ciation will be held in Darling
ton on Wednesday next in the
parlor of the Enterprise Hotel
at 10 a m. Dr. C. Kollock, of
|Cheraw, the President, will pre
side. Besides the annual elec
tion of officers and the transac
tion of other routine business, a
number of papers on subjects
of interest to the medical frater
nity will be read. Theessayistfor
the most perfect taste, on the
right, table linen, and, on t^e
left, ladies ready made dresses
and dress goods of all kinds. In
the carpet room were exhibited
all kinds of carpets and mat-
“Hypnotism” for his subject
and has prepared an able and
interesting article on the ques
tion that is now not only at
tracting tne attention of medi
cal men but of the public gen-
tings from the cocoa matting to; erally. The Pee Dee Medical
The price tells—the quality
sells ; dry goods. Norment
Co.
A Mad Dog Killed.
A mad dog entered the house
of Mr. W. T. Flowers in High
Hill last week and attacked his
wife and children. Mr. Flow
ers was absent at the time, but
his little son, about twelve years
old, shot the animal and killed
it before any of the family were j
bitten. The dog had previously 1
bitten a colored man and two
other dogs, one of which belong
ed to Mr. Flowers, who had it
killed.
the Brussels carpet. Interspers
ed with the magnificent goods
were flowers which added great
ly to the tout ensemble of the
scene. There were also many
unique and pretty designs such
as a pyramid of handkerchiefs,
an immense fan, made of ordi
nary size fans and stretching
from wall to wall, and the
words “Welcome, Woods” made
artisically of doylies. On the
whole it was as pretty a scene
of its kind as was ever present-
& ed to Darlington people and the
large number of ladies and gen
tlemen who visited the store
Association is the oldest scciety
of its kind in the State and its
meetings are always of great
interest to the members.
during the two days were great
ly pleased with the taste and en
terprise displayed by the popu
lar firm of Woods & Woods-
Laces and embroideries at
lowest prices ever seen he r e.
Norment & Co.
and Florence counties. He was —
related to a number of people in A beautiful lot of silk four-in
this county and was the uncle hands at 25 cts. Edwards & j srs McCullough & Blackwell’s
of Mr. J. Gregg McCall. | Co. I stables on that day.
Veterinary Surgeon.
Benj. Mclnnes, Jr., M. R. C.
Y. S., the well known veterina
ry surgeon cf Charleston, will
visit Darlington on April 5.
Those who wish to see him pro
fessionally will find him at Mes-
AN EXPLODED RIFLE.
Peter Dunday Painfully Injured n<
Dovesville on Sunday last.
On Sunday morning last a
colored man named Peter Dun-
day came near being killed by
his carelessness. Dunday works
for Mr. J. I. Gandy, about four
miles from Dovesville, and on
the day of the accident he got
an old rifle and loaded it up
with bird shot, with the averred
intention of killing a hawk. In
stead of shooting at a hawk he
blazed away at one of Mr.
Gandy’s tame squirrels. As he
fired the rifle exploded at the
breech and a portion of it struck
Dunday just over one of his
eyes, inflicting a painful wound.
The powder burned his face and
eyes very badly. Dr. J. W.
Williamson attended Dunday
and at last report he is doing all
right.
(Other Locals on 2nd and ith
Pages.)
The
work.
We have just completed
excellent pasture for stock
the creek.
Mrs. Martha Parnell is quite
sick. Mr. D. D. Johnson and)
wife are both on the sick list.
Mr. George Weatherford and
family, of Boggy Swamp neigh
borhood, paid Mr. H. Jones a
visit on Sunday.
Mr. D. F. Morrison has mov
ed into his new house and the
young folks intend giving him
a “house warming” before long.
We heard an excellent ser
mon on Sunday at New Market
from Rev. J. A. White. His
text was taken from Psalms,
XI, 1.
It is reported that on Saturday
night there was an immense
crowd of people at Mrs. E. Lun-
day’s, but for what purpose we
are unable to tell.
The Sunday-school at New
Market was reorganized on Sun
day last. There was a good at
tendance. Mr. C. P. Hall was
elected superintendent. -^We
hope to have a good school this
year.
The Mormon elders are preach
ing at every crossroad and every
old out house in this communi
ty and are exciteing some of our
people. What will have to be
done with them we do not
know.
Married on the 26 inst., at the
residence of Mr. S. E. Segars,
Rev. J. A. White officiating,
Mr. J. T. Parnell, of Darlington
county, and Miss Mary Nelson,
of Charleston. After the cere
mony. the wedding party repair
ed to the residence of Mr. S. G.
Parnell where a fine supper was
served. All the guests seemed
to enjoy the occasion very
much. We wish the couple a
happy life
(Other County News on Page4.)
Within an hour of the time
that Wade Haines was to be
hanged in Columbia last Friday
the Governor respited him for a
month. Haines is a colored boy
who was convicted purely on
circumstantial evidence of kill
ing a lady several years ago. |
His case has excited consider- 1
able interest for few people be
lieve him guilty. I
McCall Cf Burch.
Many people can /rive fit*
That will make you very sad,
But we give you h new kind of flt-
The kind that makes you glad.
McCALL & BURCH
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YOUR EYES I
IF YOU DON’T-
Like the Watch you
have trade it off for
another at Mason’s
Jewelry Store.
We have plenty of
Waltham,Elgin and
Illinois Railroad
Watches, in Gold,
Silver and Nickel,
at reasonable prices.
Feb23—tf
J. L. SISKKON.
W. S. ANDREWS.
Sis« & Andrews,
FURNITURE,
COFFINS,
" wm.
YOUR TASTE!
YOUR PURSE!
Most men an not careful
enough when buying clothes;
they should lool. more closely
into the worth, ttyle and FIT
of the garment.
There is a vein of stylish
grace ttiat runs through our
entire variety of
SPRING SUITS.
Call and examine them.
Our NECKWEAR Depart
ment fs overloaded with new
Spring styles and shades, and
if you want anything
REAL “T0NT” & UNIftUE
make us a visit.
SHOES! SHOES! SHOES!
Mall & Bui
John Siskron’sOld Stand,
Darlington, S. 0.
Satisfaction Guaranteed.
GENERAL REPAIRING,
Mar 16—ly.
Gibsm & foods,
- 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.
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General Agents for
THE MUTUAL LIFE
Insurance Company
Of New York,
For the Counties of Darlington,
Sumter and Marion.
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Prompt personal attention
given to all business entrusted
to them.
June 9—lyr
For Sale.
r CCfAf) hard pineGuage «hingle*
at a very lowprie*.
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