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VOL. XX, NO. 10. DARLINGTON, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1893. WHOLE NUMBER 951. uirtL wnrties. MATTERS IN AND AROUND PROS PEROUS DARLINGTON. A Column of News, Tersely Told, of Interest to Our Many Readers. A postoffice has been establish ed at Mont Clare, in this county, on the C. 8. & N. Railroad. Mr. Louis G. McCall is pre paring to erect two nice cottages on Mowry street in East Dar lington. The annual meeting of the Florence District Conference of thS Methodist Church is now in session at Cheraw. The Darlington Building and Loan meets Tuesday night next, the 25th inst., at 7 o’clock, (note the change of hour). Mr. E. Rotholz brought to The News office last week a duck egg which was quite a curiosity in regard to shape. The Evening Visitor has sus- f tended temporarily and its pub- ication will be resumed as soon as arrangements can be perfect ed. There will be interesting races at the race track to-morrow (Friday) afternoon. The public, and ladies especially, are in vited. In view of the fact that the dates for the Floral Fair have been changed to the 2(5 and 27 insts., the annual reception of the Darlington Club has been postponed to May 3. Rev. J. G. Law will conduct services at Back Swamp on Sun day afternoon next at 5 o’clock and, in consequence, there will be no services in the Presbyte rian Church on Sunday night Says the Sumter Watchman and Southron, of recent date : “The Darlington News dis played considerable enterprise and ingenuity in giving, in its last issue, a map showing the district burned by the Florence fire.” Mr. J. Dozier Flinn, against whom a warrant was issued about three weeks ago and who refused to be arrested, came to town on Tuesday and appeared before Trial Justice Floyd, who put him under a $500 bond to appear for trial at the next term of court. Burglars entered the store of State Dispenser Traxler, in Tim- monsville, on Friday night last, and blew open the safe. They must have been hunting for something other than money as they did not take the contents of the safe which amounted to $1.25 in cash and some papers, Silas Cooper, colored, met with an unfortunate accident on Monday at the sawmill of PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Brief Mention About People You Know and People You Don’t Know. Mr. P. B. Allen has gone to Wadesboroon a visit. Mr. H. M. Smith, who has been quite sick, is at work again. Miss Bettie Gandy, of Society Hill, is visiting her brother, Mr A. A. Gandy. Mr. J. Samuel Bee, Jr., and bride, of Charleston, are visit ing Mr. A. W. Welling. Messrs J. W. Mills and H. C. Parsons, of Wadesboro, visited Mr. W. T. Mills last week. Miss Ormond, the telegraph operator, who has been quite sick, is again at her post of du ty- Capt. R. A. Brand, of Sumter, soliciting agent of the Atlantic Coast Line was in town this week. Drs. W. J. Garner and J. C. Willcox are attending the meet ing of the State Medical Associ ation at Sumter. Rev. Edward McCrady has returned to Darlington with his bride, nee Miss Mamie Tucker, of Jacksonville, Fla. Messrs J. DeJongh, P. A. Will cox, Z. T. Kershaw and W. W. Hursey, of the Florence Bar, were in Darlington on Monday. Mr. Peter I Wilson, who has been employed in Messrs Boyd & Brown’s office, returned to his home at Ebener on Saturday to resume the pursuit of farm ing. The Misses Fountain, who for years have conducted a mil linery establishment in Darling ton, will retire from business on September 1. The many ladies who are patrons of the Misses Fountain will all regret exceedingly iheir retirement. A fresh supply of patent lea ther Oxfords and pumps just re ceived at the Darlington Shoe Store. Another instalment of negli gee shirts just in. Edwards & Co's. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. D. Mr. S. H. Wilds about six miles from town. He had three of his fingers and a portion of his thumb, on his left hand, cutoff. Dr Lunney dressed the wounds and Cooper is now doing very well. The handsome corner-stone, with the inscription thereon, which was used for the Mason ic ceremony in connection with the new Armory on the7th inst., was presented to the Darlington Guards by Mr. G. G Watson, for which generous gift a suit able resolution of thanks to the donor was passed at a meeting of the company held last even ing. Mr. G. O. Mertz has moved into town and is occupying Mis. S. M. White’s resilience on Broad Street. Mr. Mertz will build in town soon. Mr. H. J. LaMotte has moved to Mr. Mertz’s house in the country and Mr. J. W. Robertson is oc cupying the house opposite the Methodist Church vacated by Mr. LaMotte. Trial Justice Floyd dismissed on Saturday, for want of suffi cient evidence, the case against Conductor Simpson of the C., S. & N. Railroad. Jet Calhoun, colored, had both arms broken by falling from a train last week and he swore out a war rant against Mr. Simpson, who, he alleged, pushed him off. The particulars were given in the last issue of The News. It is reported that the follow ing will be appointed the board of control for the dispensary business in this county : Messrs Perry Carter, of Lamar, J - O. A. Moore, of Darlington th 0 THU FLORAL FAIR. and Geo. Just Brown, of Dar lington. The last named is editor of the Reform Sentinel. I he candidates for County Dis- S inser are Messrs Frank R. hodes and J. Buckner Floyd. A Passenger Train on the C. & Every Day and Sunday Too. A decided change was made in the schedule of the Atlantic Coast Line on Tuesday. A pas senger train now leaves Dar lington daily at 7.00 a m, and runs through to Charleston, connecting at Florence with passenger train to Columbia. Returning this passenger train runs from Charleston to Dar lington, arriving here at 9.25 p m. This train connects at Flor ence with train from Columbia. It will be noted that the passen ger train starts at Darlington going south and stops at Dar lington going north, or, in other words, the passenger train that arrives here from the south at night lies over in Darlington and returns next morning. A mixed train is run from Hartsville to Darlington to con nect in the morning with the southbound passenger starting from this point. This mixed train remains here all day, re turning to Hartsville at night after connecting with the north bound passenger stopping at this point. The schedule of the through mixed train between Florence and Wadesboro has only a slight change. The time is ten minutes later going north than heretofore, this train passing Darlington at 7.40 a m. Re turning south there is no change. The people along the line of the C. & D. above Floyd’s are, therefore, not benefitted by the change of schedule. The Darlington local mixed train, which heretofore arrived here at 9 45 am and left p m. has been taken off. The feature of the change which will be of greatest inter est to the people of this town is that the Darlington passenger train will go to and return from Charleston on Sunday. This is the first Sunday train ever placed on the C. & D. Railroad There will be no connection with Columbia on Sunday, how ever, for the train for that city which connectsat Florence with Darlington train on other EVERYTHING NOW IN READINESS FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT. The Dates Fixed for Wednesday and Thursday of Next Week—T h e Judges and the Committees. The Horticultural Society will hold the floral fair on Wednes day and Thursday of next week, the 26 and 27 insts, in the opera house. The fair will begin on Wed nesday night at 8 o’clock with the cantata. Next day (Thurs day) the fair will open at 10 in the morning. This is done to enable people who live some distance from Darlington to at tend. Five o’clock that after noon will be the “children’s hour”, which will be devoted especially to the pupils of the graded school. There will be attractions suitable to them, such as a donkey party, archery tree, grab-bas:, etc. The child ren’s entertainment will be in charge of Mrs. E. T. West, Mrs. A. T. Baird and Mrs. T. W. Norment. That nigl t (the se cond night of the fair)amusical programme has been arranged, one of the chief features of which will be singing by little Kenneth James, who has an unusually sweet voice. The prices of admission will be 25 cts for adults and 15 cts for children (except the after noon devoted to the children, when the pupils of the graded schools will be admitted for 5 cts.) On the night ol the can tata a few seats will be reserved and sold for 10 cents extra. All tickets are on sale at the book store. All entries for the exhibit must be sent to the hall before 10 o’clock of the firstday (Wed nesday), and in the case of roses contributors are requested to put the name of the rose upon each exhibit. The following judges have been appointed for awarding the memiums: Cut flowers, Mrs. W. E. James, Miss M dlieBoyd, Mrs. H. L. Charles, ILr. G. O. Mertz; pot plants, Mrs. H. E. P. Sanders, Mrs. S. F. Parrott, Miss Sue Winston, Mr. W. D. Woods; strawberries, Mrs. W. M. Haynsworth, Mrs. A. T. Baird, Mrs. T. W. Norment; vegetables, Mrs. D. S. McCul lough, Mrs. T. S. Joye, Miss Virginia Williamson. There will be five booths for refreshments in charge of the following ladies: Ice cream, Mrs. A. T. Baird, Mrs C. Alex ander, Miss Kate Williamson, Mrs. T. W. Norment; cake, Mrs D. S. McCullough, Mrs. E. T. West; lemonade, Mrs. J. A. Hearon, Mrs. W. M. Hayns- worth; candy, Mrs. F E. Nor ment, Mrs.- C. S. Nettles; ice tea and sandwich, Mrs. A. C. Mc- FaM. The ladies in charge of the decoration of the hall are Mrs. H. E. P. Sanders, Sirs. C. K. Rogers, Miss Sue Winston. Every arrangement has been made to ensure the fair being a most enjoyable entertainment and everybody will attend. at 5 CHICKENS AND CANNED GOODS. The Status of the Case Against Bass, His Wife and the Little Boy. Silas B. Bass, colored, his wife and the latter’s little bro ther, who were charged with stealing goods from the Can ning Factory, were given a pre liminary hearing by Trial Jus tice Dargan on Wednesday of last week. Such a large crowd gathered to attend the trial that the Judge had to hold the hear ing in the Court House, which was soon crowded with eager listeners. The proceedings were made very amusing by Bass’ conduct. He acted as his own lawyer and the manner in which he conducted the cross examination and his speech ex onerating his wife caused im mense amusement. Judge Dar gan put Bass under a $300 bond, his wife under a 3200 bond, and dismissed the case against the little boy. The woman gave bond, but Bass is now in jail in default of bail. Both will be tried at the Court of General sessions. The woman was afterwards rearrested for shoplifting from McCall & Burch and Trial Jus tice Floyd on Monday fined her $10 or thirty days in jail for this offence. She took the thirty days in jail. Judge Dargan has another warrant against her for shoplifting from Rotholz, wait ing for her present sentence to expire to be disposed of. Th^ little boy is also in jail. He is there on another charge, chick en stealing. I have fitted up an office in Darlington, over Welling & Bonnoitt’s hardware store, and by the use of Dr. Burton’s cele brated Algine I am prepared to extract teeth without pain. N. D. Gandy. Call and see our handsome line of china and glassware. Coggeshall & Co. w»— FOR SWEET CHARITY'S SAKE. The Ladies to Organize Another Most Laudable Society The ladies of the town are making an effort to organize a fiower mission for the distribu tion of flowers among the sick and poor and the zeal and ener gy of the leading spirits in this movement of charity ensure its success. A meeting for the purpose of organization will be held in the opera house on Fri day morning of next week at 10 o’clock. The mission will not be under the direction of any one denomination, but it is es pecially desired that all ladies who feel an interest in the work will join, and they are earnestly invited to attend the first meet ing at the time mentioned above. Similar missions at other places have brought forth most satisfactory results for the cause of charity. Full assortment of tennis shoes for men, boys and ladies at Edwards & Co’s. days does not run on Sunday. French candy. C. & Co. The prettiest russet shoe on ~ r the market at Edwards & Co’s. | Coggeshall & Co. Have your spring and sum mer suits made to order by Ohem&Co., merchant tailors, Baltimore, represented by Fred Lewenthal at S. Marne’s. Fit guaranteed. GOOD FOR THE CLERKS. Their Employers Remember Their Faithful and Energetic Services. Since our article on another page in regard to early closing was printed the following no tice was handed us : We the undersigned mer chants of Darlington agree to close our stoies at 7 o'clock ev ery evening (Saturday s and fac tory nights excepted) from Maj 1st until September 1st, 1893. J. C. White, Baird & Dargan, McCall & Burch, Brunson,Lunn & Co., M. Marco, Moorhead, Cox & Co., Book & Toy Co., Edwards & Co., N. L. Harrell, S. Wolfram, Joye & Sanders, Norment & Co., Woods & Woods, Coggeshall & Co., E. C. Ro tholz, Woods & Milling. A lot of second hand sewing machines, some of th ;m almost as good as new, for sale at a bargain. For information con cerning the same, ap tly at The Darlington News office. Lime and lemon fruit juice. A big reduction in canned fruits and jams. Coggeshall&Co A Newspaper Bureau. The Columbia Journal has es tablished a bureau in Darling ton with Mr. J. E. Norment as manager. He will receive sub scriptions for the Capital City’s enterprising afternoon paper. Mr. Norment will also act as correspondent of the Journal for this place and the many friends of the paper in this sec tion will be glad to see his facile writings appear in its columns. Fresh crackers Coggeshall & Co. and cakes. Don’t fail to see our neckwear for negligee shirts. Edwards & Co. JACK BRADLEY EXECUTED FOR MURDERING L. D. TAYLOR. He Confesses his Guilt and Dies With out a Quiver—Taylor Well Known in Darlington. [The State.] Bennettsville, April 14.— Jack Bradley, alias “Bigoty Jack,” colored, was hanged here to-day for the murder of L. D. Taylor, a white man, on the night of August 6, 1892. Bradley passed a quiet night, sleeping peacefully. He went to his death without the slight est sign of fear, expressing his willingness to die, and saying his sentence was just. Even up to the last moment he appeared perfectly calm and smiling, without any of the bravado or religious frenzy that usually characterizes such occasions with the negro race. His neck was broken by the fall, which was from a scaffold arranged within the walls of the jail, and which has been used twice be fore. Although the execution was private, a curious crowd collected without the walls of the jail yard in hope of getting a glimpse of the proceedings. Jack Bradley and Henry Smith, another negro, were tried for the crime, and both were convicted; but in the case of Smith a recommendation to mercy by the jury caused his sentence to be commuted to life imprisonment. Taylor, who was said to hail from Pennsylvania, was sitting at the water tank near the de pot, on the night he was killed. Some one from out in the dark ness fired six shots at him, the last one taking effect in the back and killing him instantly. Investigation led to the arrest of Smith and Bradley, who, af ter being ably defended by counsel appointed by the court, were convicted. Bradley, since his trial, has made a confession, acknowledg ing his guilt. According to his statement, his true name was Henry Perry, and he was con victed in Kershaw county, and sent to the penitentiary for life, from which institution he es caped. He seems to have been barely acquainted with his victim, and the shooting, which was done both by himself and Smith, was more to frighten Taylor than to harm him. [L. D. Taylor, the imirilered man, was a contractor on the C. 8. & N. Riilroail anil in this capacity he spent much of his time in Darlington anil many our people were acquainted with him.—Kditor The News.] {.Other Locals on 2nd Page.) The Second Presbyterian Church of Columbia recently suspended one of its members, a young lady named Miss Means, for working in a telephone of fice on Sunday. Last week the Presbytery sustained the action of the church, but the friends of the young lady will appeal to the Synod. The affair has caused great excitement in church circles. Hay, grain and Cogge8hall.& Co. mill feed. Fresh butter and Coggeshall & Co. cheese. Our Spring Steel of Novelties in DRESS IABRICS, All in single dr ss patterns, no two alike, has i rrived, and we will take pleasi re in display ing them to oi r friends, the public. We would call es lecial attention to our WASH GO )DS DEP T Consisting in part of DOTTED SWISS, SATIN f GLORIA, ( ANTON CLOTH, TITANIA, INDIA \IULL. PERSIAN MULL, INDIA DIMITY, EMPRESS 5TRIPES, LLAMA CLOTH, IRISH LAWN, SICILIA!' TULLE, VENETIAN FABRICS, OUTINGS, SCOTCH GINGHAMS, LINEN CHAMBRAY. We also call j our attention to our line of L ces, Embroid eries. Ribbons, (loves, Hand kerchiefs. Fans etc., which is complete in eve y detail. We are agent for the cele brated Thomsoi's “Glove-lit- ting” Corsets. We carry a s| lendid line of Ladies’ Shot's ai d Slippers. Come into our s ore and we will guarantee you both pleasure and sat isfaction. McCall Burch. Having just received the Latest Novelties IN SfritjMillittijJdiiisIiFmj m, I am prepared to wait on my friends and the public in general, MTNo trouble to show goods. Call and examine stock and prices. M. J. BYRD, West Side Public Square. Marlll—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. tir Goods DELIVERED FREE and promptly to all parts of the city. O-XVE US JK Respectfully, COGGESHALL &C0. (Edwards, Norment A Go's old gro cery stand.) Mar2—4m We are requested to state that | all who have not paid their | P. O. box rent for this quarter by Saturday the boxes will be | considered vacant. GENERAL NEWS. Items o' Interest From All Over The World. By an explosion in a mill at Mataro, Spain, on Wednesday of last week, ten persons were killed. The English, Scottish and Australian Chartered Bank, of London, has failed and thirty million dollars has vanished in the air. An explosion occurred in a mine in Wales last week. So far it is impossible to tell how many workmen have been killed, but fifty-three bodies have been recovered. A terrific cyclone swept the Mississippi valley from one end to the other last week, carrying death and destruction in its path. Many towns were des troyed and the number of peo ple killed was very great. Twenty-five valuable brood mares were killed by lightning, near Gallatin, Tenn., on Wed nesday of last week. The loss is $300,000. On the following day sixteen fine horses were burned to death, near Brooklyn, N. Y. The United States flag, which for two months has floated over the government building at Hawaii, has been hauled down and the protectorate of this country over the Islands has been withdrawn. Whether the United States will annex Hawaii is still a matter of conjecture. Duncan Clarke’s female min strels will appeer in the opera house on Saturday night next, the 22 inst. adv YOUR EYES I Many people can ive fits That will make 'ou very sad, But we give you i new kind of fit— The kind that n ukee you glad. McCALL & BURCH — CA5 IT — YOUR T VSTE 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. SISKRON. W. S. ANDREWS. Sim & Andrews, FURNITURE, COFFINS, o- YOUR PURSE Most men ar not careful enough when buying clothes; they should loo'. more closely into the worth, tyle and FIT of the garment. There is a vi in of stylish grace that runs through our entire variety o SPRING SUITS. Call and eiamii.; them. Our NECKWEAR Depart ment is overloai ed with new Spring styles ai 1 shades, and if you wunt any hing REAL “TONY A UNIGUE make us a visit. SHOES i 8HO 5S! SHOES! John Siskron’s Old Stand, Darlington, S. C. Satisfaction Guaranteed. GENERAL REPAIRING, Mar 16—ly. - 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 York, For the Counties of Darlington, Sumter and Marion. Mall ii M. Prompt personal attention given to all business entrusted to them. June 9—lyr For Sale. V PJOn h*rd piueGuage shiuglea 1 it a very lowprice. J.B. SARLT.