The Darlington news. (Darlington, S.C.) 1875-1909, April 13, 1893, Image 1
DARLINGTON, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1893
WHOLE NUMBER 950
VOL, XX, NO. 15.
LO LACIM.
MATTERS IN AND AROUND PROS
PEROUS DARLINGTON.
A Column of News, Tersely Told, of
Interest to Our Many
Readers.
A reward is offered in this is
sue for the recovery of a lost
dog.
The Darlington Club will give
the annual reception on Wed
nesday night, the 26 inst.
The town is using nice sprink
lers or fountains for watering
the grass in the Court House
park.
A very enjoyable dance was
given at the Cleveland House
on Monday night by the He
brews.
The frame for Mrs. L. V.
Zimmermans residence near the
Methodist Church has been
erected.
The County Board of Equali
zation held its final meeting on
Tuesday and heard complaints
from those whose returns had
been raised.
Applicants for certificates to
teach in the public schools
should remember the date of
the examination, which is Fri
day of next week, the 21 inst.
The Darlington Guards have
decided to enter the first grade
military contest at the Spring
Carnival in Columbia on May
17. The prize for this contest
is $200.
The Tennyson Club will meet
to night (Thursday) at the resi
dence of Mrs. A. M. Woods. Dr.
W. J. Garner will entertain the
club with an account of his re-
eent travels in Europe.
Mr. S. Wolfram and Messrs.
A. Weinstein & Bro ad
vertise their respective lines of
business in this issue and Messrs
Joye & Sanders and Mr. A. J.
Broom have interesting changes
in their advertisements.
The town authorities did a
good thing on Monday when
they had the business portion
of the town watered with the
fire hose. .It would be well for
the authorities to repeat this of
ten during the dusty weather.
The trotting races, which the
Driving Asssociation is having
upon its track, for the purpose
of practising the horses, afford
an enjoyable pastime. Yester
day afternoon races were given
to tfhich the ladies were espe
cially invited.
Messrs Moorhead Cox & Co.
announce in this issue that
they have for sale Wilkinson's
Matchless Mineral Water, which
has stood the best chemical
analysis, and is especially adapt
ed to dyspepsia, headaches and
similar troubles.
Jack Johnson, colored, living
about a mile and a half from
town had his foot so seriously in
jured by an accident some weeks
ago as to require its amputation
on yesterday. Dr W. J. Gar
ner, assisted by Mr. Jno. A.
Boyd, performed the operation.
The Atlantic Coast Line will
sell round trip tickets to the
naval rendezvous, at Hampton
Roads, Va., next week. War
ships of all the nations of the
world will participate in the
display. The priceof the round
trip ticket from Darlington is
$12,85.
The school trustees who still
hold the poll tax lists burnished
them by the Auditor should re
turn them as soon as possible.
The following are the townships
whose trustees st’ll hold the
lists : Darlington, High Hill,
Leavensworth, Lisbon, Lydia,
Society Hill and Stokes Bridge.
Until further notice the hours
for services in the Presbyterian
Church will, beginning on Sun
day next, be as follows : Morn
ing Sunday service, 11 o’clock ;
evening Sunday service, 8
o’clock ; prayer meeting, Wed
nesday afternoon at 5 o’clock.
Communion services will be
held on Sunday morning next,
with a preparatory service on
Saturday.
The annual conference of
Florence district will be held in
Cheraw next week, beginning on
Wednesday, the 19 inst., and
clos’ngon the Sunday follow
ing. The delegates from the
Methodist Church at this place
are Rev. J. E. Carlisle and Mes
srs J. Gregg McCall and W. J.
Rogers. This delegation is in
structed to invite the conference
to meet here next year.
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
Brief Mention About People You Know
and People You Don’t Know.
Mr. A. W. Moore, Jr., of Cam
den, visited Mr. C. M. Ward
last week.
Mr. Sam Edmunds, of Sum
ter, visited Mr. C. W. Hewitt
this week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Edwards
returned on Saturday from
Charleston.
Miss Sophie Thurston, of Sum
merville, is visiting Mr. and
Mrs. E. O. Woods.
Mr. Clark Willcox, of Marion,
brotherof Dr. J. C. and Mr. H. M.
Willcox, visited Darlington this
week.
Prof, and Mrs. J. B. Duffie
are visiting Mr. C. W. Hewitt.
Prof. Duffie is superintendent
of the Sumter Public Schools.
Mrs. Frank R. Chambers, of
New York, and her daughters,
Misses Greta and Mary are visi
ting their relatives, Rev. and
Mrs. John Stout.
Miss Maria Lee Evans, of
Florence, and Miss Louise Pow
ell of Virginia, spent a few days
this week as the guests of Miss
Nonie Williamson.
Mr. J. Gregg McCall will rep
resent the Darlington Lodge of
the Knights of Honor at the
meeting of the Grand Lodge in
Orangeburg on Tuesday.
Mr. H. B. Evans, superintend
ent of the Pee Dee Compress
Company, has returned to his
position at the compress after
an extended visit to Georgia.
Mrs. A. J. Baird left yester
day to join her husband at Char
lotte where they will make their
future home. Mr. Baird is now
superintendent of the electric
railway of that city.
The Columbia Carnival com
mittee has invited Messrs G. W.
Brown. E. G. Woods and R. E.
James to act in the civic escort
to the orator and other notable
guests during the great Carni
val parade.
Mr. Angus Gainey, a former
Darlingtonian now residing in
Greenville, Tenn., will shortly
go into the music and furniture
business at that place on his
own account. Mr. Gainey ex
pects to visit his old friends in
Darlington next week.
Mr. Harry Smith, who has
been working with Mr. C. R.
Woods in the cotton business at
this place for about two years,
returned to his home in Char
lotte on Mondav. The many
friendsof Mr. Smith trust that
he will return to Darlington in
the fall.
,
SEVEN HUNDRED AND TEN CANS.
Stolen from the Canning Factory—No
Starvation for that Fellow.
For sometime it has been sus
pected from the number of
goods missing that the canning
factory was being robbed. Sus
picion finally pointed to Silas
B. Bass, colored, who was ar
rested on Monday night. His
premises, near tbe C., S. & N.
depot, were searched, and in a
loft were found seven hundred
and ten unopened cans from the
factory, some containing okra,
others tomatoes, peas, etc.
Bass also had a queer arrange
ment under his house for hiding
chickens, and he had a lot of
them there, but the casual ob
server would not know it, for
the only access to the chicken-
coop under the house was
through a flower pit. It was a
novel scheme. Bass is now in
jail. One of his ostensible
means of living was preaching.
On Tuesday Bass’ wife and
her little brother were arrested.
For sometime past our citizens
have been greatly worried by
cnicken thieves and when the
news of the discovery of Bass
queer coop had spread abroad
many thought that there they
would find their stolen fowls
and quite a number did find
their fowls there. It was an
amusing spectacle to see on
Tuesday so many ladies and
gentlemen gathered at Bass’
house for the purpose of recog
nizing and recovering their
chickens that they had given
up for gone.
“Hypnotism.”
To-morrow (Friday) evening
is the time appointed for Mr. L
I. Parrott's experiments on
“Hypnotism”, in the opera
house, foi* ihe benefit of the
library fund of St. John’s school.
Reserved seats, 25 cts.; general
admission, adults 25 cts., child
ren 15 cts.
m\(l THE HOSES.
THE FINAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR
THE FLORAL FAIR.
The Entertainment Promises to be a
Great Success—The Cantata and
the Names of Those in It.
The ladies of the Darlington
Horticultural Society are spar
ing no pains to make their flor
al fair a great success. They
have spent a great deal of time
and thought upon the entertain
ment and they have decided up
on many attractive features for
the fair, besides the floral ex
hibit. They are bent upon
making the society one of the
most useful and popular in Dar
lington and we believe they
will be successful. A meeting
of the society will be held this
(Thursday) afternoon at the
residence of Hon. Geo. W. Dar-
gan at four o’clock. The pur
pose of the meeting is to make
final arrangements for the fair
and the attendance of every
member of the society" is request
ed.
In view of this spring being
very early and of the rapid
opening of the flowers, it is pro
bable that the fair will be held
two weeks earlier than it was
first intended, or about the lat
ter part of this mo th.
All the arrangements for the
cantata, which will be given on
the first evening, have been
completed. The cantata is
named, “The Flower Queen, or
the Coronation of the Rose.”
The synopsis, briefly stated, is
that the flowers (each represent
ed by a lady) retire to a secluded
dell to select a queen from among
themselves. In this dell a re
cluse, tiredof life had, unknown
to the flowers, sought refuge.
Each flower recites its claim to
the position of queen, but the
rose is finally selected. In the
meantime, however, the recluse
is so impressed by the recitals
of right and duty that the
flowers make that he decides to
return to a life of usefulness.
The recluse will be imperson
ated by Mr. R. E. James and
the following is the list of la
dies who will participate, togeth
er with the flowers they will
represent: Miss Emma Edwards,
rose; Miss Jennie Rast, hya
cinth; Miss Nonie Williamson,
dahlia; Miss Sadie Dargan,
daisy; Mrs. H. A. Edwards,
lily; Miss Emma Williamson,
violet; Miss Clara Ward, pansy;
Miss Bertie Wardlaw, pink;
Miss Lizzie Rast, fern; Miss
Marie Lide, tulip; Miss Alma
McCown, wild rose; Miss Mary
Law, sunflower; Miss Bessie
Ervin, blue bell; Mrs. G. E. Dar
gan, Forget-me-not.
ALMOST A CHAIN GANO.*
George Brockenton the First Man to
Goto Jail at Hard Labor.
Trial Justice Floyd sent
George Brockenton, colored, to
jail, on Monday, for twenty days,
for stealing five pounds of can
dy from Mr. Pinkston’s store.
The public interest in this case
lies in the fact that the Trial
Justice added hard labor to the
sentence, the first case of its
kind in this county. It was
done under the Act of the last
Legislature which allows any
court to add hard labor to a
sentence of imprisonment in the
jail for a period less than twelve
months.
This is a good law and is in
tended to keep prisoners from
lying idle in the jail at the
county’s expense. The County
Commissioners may use such
prisoners sentenced to hard la
bor for work upon the public
roads or municipal authorities
may use them for working the
streets. Whichever authority
uses them must furnish suitable
guard and must feed the prison
ers. It is probable the town au
thorities will use Brockenton.
THE PEE DEE DOCTORS.
Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of
An Old Association.
The Pee Dee Medical Associa
tion met in the parlor of the
Enterprise Hotel on Wednesday
of last week, with Dr. C. Kol-
lock, of Cheraw, the President,
in the chair. The following
members were present: Drs.
Miller, Evans and Culpeper, of
Florence, Willcox, Lunney,
Garner, Hill, Josey, H. Wil
liamson, J. W. Williamson,
Griffin and Baird, of Darling
ton.
The following were elected to
membership in the association:
Drs. B. G. Gregg and L. Y.
King, of Florence, and Drs M.
G. and R. E Lee, of Darlington.
It was decided to have writ
ten a history of the society
from its organization to the pre
sent day and Dr. E. Miller was
selected to prepare it.
Dr. A. T. Baird, the regular
appointed essayist, read an ad
mirable and carefully prepared
essay on “Hypnotism,” which
was much enjoyed by his hear
ers. Dr. W. J. Garner read an in
teresting paper on the surgical
treatment of diseases of the
tonsils and Drs. J. Lunney and
C. Kollock gave accounts of
difficult operations performed.
Each subject presented mot
with a free and interesting dis
cussion, in which all present
participated.
A resolution offered by Dr. J.
C. Willcox looking to the
reorganization of the State
Board of Medical Examiners
was adopted. The pres'dent ap
pointed the following delegation
to the State Medical Association,
which meets in Sumter on the
19 inst: Drs. Evans. Miller,
Willcox, Lunney, Baird, Gar
ner, Hill, Culpeper and Josey.
The election of officers for the
ensuing year resulted asfollows •
President, Dr. C. Kollock ; Vice
President; Dr. J. C. Willcox,
Secretary and Treasurer, Dr. J.
Lunney.
The meeting then adjourned
and the doctors enjoyed an am-
| pie spread in the dining room
of the hotel.
Town Taxes.
The time for the payment
of town taxes for the year
1893 is approaching. The an
nouncement is made in this issue
that payment should be made
at the office of the Judge of Pro
bate from April 15 (Saturday
next) to May 15. The rate of
taxation for this year has been
f ilaced at 5 mills, the same as
ast year. The provision in the
town charter for taxing dogs at
$2 a head will be rigidly enfor
ced and the owners of these
animals should bear this in
mind.
Have your spring and sum
mer suits made to order by
Ohem&Co., merchant tailors,
Baltimore, represented by Fred
Lewenthal at S. Manne’s. Fit
guaranteed. 4t
TOTIGHT TILLMAN.
The Wage Workers' League Gaining
Foothold in Darlington.
It is stated by the daily news
papers that the Wage Workers’
Democratic League of this State
J has developed marvellous
strength. The work of organi
zation was done quietly but
most effectively and there are
; now four hundred sub-leagues
established throughout the
I State. The movement, it will
| be remembered, was inaugura-
J ted among working men, who
consider the Tillman legisla
tion against corporations as
more injurious to them, the em
ployees or wage-workers, than
anybody else.
The State Convention meets
on Wednesday next. The work
of organizing throughout the
; State has been so secretly done,
that little is known so far as
regards the membership. The
News has run across the leaders
of the movement in Darlington
however, and, while we are not
at liberty to tell all we know,
we can state that a sub-league
will be established in Darling
ton in time to send a delegation
to the State Convention. The
prime object of the association,
and no secret is made of this, is
to get control of the State from
out of the hands of Tillman and
his lieutenants.
BOTH ARMS BROKEN.
A Colored Man Badly Injured—He has
an Arrest Made.
Jet Calhoun, a Darlington
colored man, received severe in
juries on the C., S. & N. Rail
road, near Syracuse, on Mon
day. Both of his arms were
broken and his face was badly
mashed. He swore out a war-
i rant against Mr. W. H. Simp-
! son, the conductorjof the north-
| bound passenger train, alleging
that Mr. Simpson had pushed
him off the platform of the
train while he was endeavoring
to pay his fare. This Mr. Simp
son denies, his side of the story
being that Calhoun either jump
ed off or fell off accidentally.
Mr. Simpson was put under a
$400 bond to appear at a hear-
j iug before Trial J ustice Floyd
1 on Saturday next.
FROM ALL SECTIONS AS TOLD BY
OUR CORRESPONDENTS.
Chips from Cypress—Four Thousand
Turpentine boxes Destroyed by
Fire—Personal.
Mr. J. W. DuBose has the
finest crop of wheat in this sec
tion.
The cotton crop in this neigh
borhood will be larger than last
year.
Miss Ida DuBose has returned
home from a visit to friends at
Clyde.
Mr. J. W. Crosswell, of Rish-
opville, visited this place not
long since.
Mr. J. M. Hoover, of North
Carolina, spent several days
hire recently. Cypress seems
to be quite a favorite place with
the “tar heels.”
Samuel Simon, a colored man,
while recently clearing off a
small piece of rough pasture
land, accidentally let the fire
get into a pine forest destroying
about four thousand turpentine
boxes. It also ruined a field of
oats, belonging to a colored
man.
LYDIA.
The farmers are busily en
gaged in planting cotton.
The party season is about over
and croquet “is all the go.”
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Davis
spent several days in Sumter
last week.
Our “M. D’s.” report the peo
ple of this community distress
ingly healthy.
The farmers say that the past
continuous cold weather has
played the “mischief” with
them.
Mr. O. D. Lee is rebuildin
his ginhouse which was burnei
in January. Mr. Lee has a
quantity of plough stock timber
on hand that he would be glad
to get rid of.
We would be glad if the Una
correspondent would make his
reference, which he referred us
to in the last Lydia letter, more
plain as we are a little dull of
comprehension.
JASPER.
Farmers are busily planting
cotton regardless of the dry,
windy weather. The cotton will
not come up until it rains.
Mrs. E. J. Stephens had her
arm broken on the 6 inst. Dr.
Culpeper was immediately sum
moned. Mrs. Stephens suffered
intensely, but she is doing as
well as can be expected.
Harry Harrison, an old color
ed man who lived near Mr. T.
J. Sansbury, died on Thursday
last. He was seized the day
before with cramp cholic and
died in the most excruciating
pain.
We have been visited by sev
eral forest fires recently and
some damage has been done by
burning- rails. Pasture fences
were burnt and animals had
some freedom in roving. We
see the light from fires every
night.
RIVERDALE.
The people of Meehan icsville
church have organized a Sun
day school, with thirty odd
members enrolled.
Capt. Whipple recently furn
ished the Darlington market
with a Holstein beef which net
ted eleven hundred and sixty
pounds when dressed.
Mr. J. A. Middleton has had
his dwelling plastered and is
applying the painter’s brush,
which makes the appearance, a
great deal more attractive.
Lowther’s Lake is quite a
favorite resort at this season
and it seems that the visitors
possess fine piscatorial skill for
they succeed in capturing a
great many of the “finny tribe.”
Messrs Woods & Woods will
receive next week complete
lines of full dress vests and thin
coats and vests.
(Other Locals on 2nd Page.)
Reward.
L OST or stolen a bl
dog ; bud on collar and lock ; an
swer to name of “Pet.'’ Party having
same will be liberally rewarded if he
dog is returned to the office of Tmt
Dakuxotob Nkws.
Our Spring Stock of Novelties in
DRESS FABRICS,
All in single dr 'ss 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,
SATIN E OLORIA,
CANTON CLOTH,
TITANIA,
INDIA MULL.
PERSIAN MULL,
INDIA DIMITY,
EMPRESS STRIPES,
LLAMA CLOTH,
IRISH LAWN,
SICILIAN TULLE,
VENETIAN FABRICS,
OUTINGS,
SCOTCH G NGHAMS,
LINEN CHAMBRAY.
We.also call your attention
to our line of lacee, Embroid
eries, Ribbons, Gloves, Hand
kerchiefs. Fans, etc., which is
complete in every detail.
We are agen.s for the cele
brated Thomson’s “Glove-flt-
Ung” Corsets.
We carry a s ilendid line of
Ladies’ Shoes and Slippers.
Come into our store and we will
guarantee you both pleasure and sat
isfaction.
McCall Cf Burch.
Having just received the
Latest Hoyelties
IN
Spring Milkj, lotWFutj
Bool:,
I am prepared to wait on my friends
and the public in general.
HT’No trouble to show goods. Call
and examine stock and prices.
M. J. BYRD,
West Side Public Square.
Marl8—to Jul 1.
COGGESHALL & CO.
GROCERIES, GLASSWARE,
HAY AND CROCKERY,
GRAIN. 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.
«T Goods DELIVERED
FREE and promptly to all
parts of the city.
O-INTE TTS ^ O.A_IL,]L,.
Respectfully,
COGGESHALL & CO.
(Edwards, Norment & Co’s old gro
cery stand.)
Mar2—4m
Many people can give fits
That will make you very sad,
But we give you a new kind of fit—
The kind that makes you glad.
McCALL & BURCH
— CAB FIT —
YOUR EYES 1
YOUR TASTE 1
YOUR PURSE!
Most men are not careful
enough when l uying clothes;
they should lot k more closely
into the worth, style and FIT
of the garment.
There is a vein of stylish
grace that, run'i through our
entire variet} of
SPRING SUITS.
Call and exami ic them.
Our NECKWEAR Depart
ment is overloaded with new
Spring styles and shades, and
if you want any thing
REAL “TONY” & UNIQUE
make us a visit.
SHOES! SHOES! SHOES!
McCall Si Birci
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.
Feb28—tf
J. L. SISKRON.
W. 8. ANDREWS.
SlSKRDN & A«W8,
FURNITURE,
COFFINS,
John Siskron’sOId Stand,
Darlington, S. 0.
Satisfaction Guaranteed.
GENERAL REPAIRING,
Mar 16—ly.
Hut & Wools,
- 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 New Tork,
For the Counties of Darlington,
Sumter and Marion.
Prompt personal attention
given to all business entrusted
to them.
June 9—lyr
For Sale.
V KOn hard pineGuage shinglss
at a vary lowprlca.
J.H. SAKLYi