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’.rht+y -v- iil 1 I4 VOL. XX, NO. 20. DARLINGTON, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1893. WHOLE NUMBER 955. LOCAL LACOMCS. MATTERS IN AND AROUND PROS PEROUS DARLINGTON. A Column of News, Tersely Told, of Interest to Our Many Readers. Read McCall & Burch’s new advertisement. At a meeting of the Town Council on Monday it was deci ded to extend the time for pay ing the town taxes until, but not including, June 1. The annual meeting of the Darlington Building and Loan Association is called for Thurs day evening next, 25th inst. Notice hour of meeting. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Darlington Brick and Iron Works is called for June 19, for the purpose of electing a board of directors. The injuries received by Dr. A. T. Baird’s horse in ihe recent runaway were so serious that the Doctor had to kill the ani- mal on Saturday to relieve it from its sufferings. Messrs Baird & Dargan have an interesting advertisement in this issue. They call particular attention to the “Livingston Mosquito Canopy,” which is es pecially adapted to the Southern climate. No services will be held in the Presbyterian Church on Sunday next or the Sunday fol lowing, owing to the absence of the pastor who will assist in in stallations elsewhere in the Presbytery on those days. As Rev. John Stout was ab sent in attendance upon the Southern Baptist Convention no services were held in the Bap tist Church on Sunday last. He will return in time, however, to conduct services as usual on Sunday next. The regular monthly commu nication of St. David’s Lodge, A. F. M., will be held in Mason ic Temple on Wednesday eve ning next, at 8 o’clock sharp, when the third degree will be conferred. All affiliated Masons are cordially invited to attend. Florence is unfortunate. She had two fires on Saturday. The dwelling of Mr. W. Allen was totally destroyed. Mr. E. P Pawley’s store caught on fire and his stock was bad ly damaged His loss is about $11,000 and he had $8,500 insurance. The build ing was saved. Col J. H. Averill has resign ed the position of general man ager of the Charleston. Sumter and Northern Railroad to ac cept the receivership of the Port Royal and Augusta Railroad. Mr. C. Millard succeeds Col. Averill as general manager of the Charleston, Sumter and Northern. The warehouse formerly used by Messrs Woods & Woods at their old stand on Orange Street has been moved across the lot to Main Street. The building is being completely renovated and repaired and will be occu pied as a tin and stove estab lishment by Mr. J. C. White who will remove there from the Square. We wish to return thanks to Messrs W. H. Hicks and G. W. Abbott, Jr., both of thiscounty, who are students of Oak Ridge (N. C.) Institute, for an invita- tion to attend the commence ment exercises of the school on May 28-30. We note that Mr. Hicks and Mr. W. A. Carrigan, Jr., the latter also from this county, are among the managers for the occasion. In accordance with the an nouncement previously given, Rev. T. M. Lowry, financial agent of the Theological Semi nary at Columbia, conducted services in the Presbyterian Church oa Sunday morning and evening. He has also been con ducting services during the week. T iring his stay in Dar lington he has been working in the interest of the Seminary. An hypnotic entertainment will be given in the opera house at this place on Thursday eve ning next, the 25th inst., by Francis DeLeon, of Boston, pro fessor of hypnotism Prof. De Leon recently gave a su cessful performance in Bennettsville. In order that everybody may at tend the price for reserved seats has been placed at 35 cents, and for general admission 25 cents. Reserved seats may be secured At the bookstore. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Brief Mention About People You Know and People You Don’t Know. Mr. W. G. Dickson spent last week at his old home in Marion. Miss Nina Dove, of Doves- ville, visited Mrs. J. H. Sanders last week. Mr. Tris M. Evans, of Marion, is employed in Messrs Gibson & Woods’ office. Mrs. Theo. Melchers, of Char leston, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. L. S. Welling. Hon. John L. McLaurin, mem ber of Congress from this dis trict, spent Monday in Darling ton. Sheriff Marion Sanders, of Sumter county, spent the latter part of last week in Darlington on official business. Mr. A. B. Stuckey, formerly of this county but now a promi nent memberof the Sumter Bar, visited Darlington on Saturday on professional business. Mr. John Erwin, of New York, the well known and pop ular “Knight of the Grip”, has been spending several days in Darlington as the guest of Mr. S. A. Woods. We have received the business card of Messrs Cornelius and Baruch Marco, lately of this place, who are now engaged in the gents’ furnishing business at 41 W. 28 St, New York City under the firm name of Marco Bros. The Darlington friends of these young gentlemen wish them success in their venture. A reception was given in New York City, on Sunday, at the residence of the aunt of the prospective bride, in compli ment to Mr. A. Silverberg, of New York, and Miss Carrie Manne, of Darlington, who will be married next month. Mrs. M. Manne and Miss Sadie Man ne, of this place, attended the reception. Judge J. K. Law, of the Su perior Court of California, a former Darlingtonian, spent several days this week in town on a visit to relatives and all his old friends gave him a hearty welcome. He was on his way to the General Assembly of the Northern Presbyterian Church, which is now in session at Washington. Judge Law was accompanied on his visit to his old home by Miss Lida Law, the daughter of his brother, Mr. T. C. Law, who also resides in California. THE FLOWER MISSION. GOOD FOR THE GUARDS! Important Matters Concerning Worthy Society. The regular meeting of this the flower mission was held on Tuesday last and over thirty beautiful bunches of flowers were distribubMl. The ladies have met with so much encour agement in their movement from all sides that they feel very much gratified and wish to re turn sincere thanks, through The News, to all who have so kindly assisted them. The mis sion will discontinue its weekly distribution of flowers on June l,as by that time the flower sea son will be over owing to the intense heat. Consequently only two meetings will be held for the distribution between now and that time and the la dies, therefore, request that their friends send all the flowers they can for the remaining two meet ings, which will be held, as us ual, on Tuesdays, at the resi dence of E O. Woods, Esq. OUR BOYS MARCH OFF WITH THE FIRST PRIZE. Their Nerve and Pluck Win Against Heavy Odds in Columbia—The Best in the State. [Special Dispatch to Tub News ] Columbia, S. C., May 17—In the completitive drill here to day the Darlington Guards, H. T. Thompson, Captain, won the first prize, $200, over some of the “crack” companies of the State. Among those who en tered were the Sumter Guards of Charleston, the Gordon Light Infantry of Winnsboro, and others. The Darlington Guards drill ed in blue fatigue coats, white pants, patent leather shoes and ordinary military caps. They made a splendid appearance and were highly complimented by the spectators, especially by the ladies. Private E. R. Cox won the second prize in the individual contest. The Darlington boys in win ning in this contest also win the honor of being thebestdrill- ed company in the State. THE TRIP. The passenger train to which the Guards’ special car was at tached left Darlington at 7 o’clock a. m. On the train and in the special car were a num ber of ladies and gentlemen of Darlington. The trip to Col umbia was very pleasant and at some points on the road the people waved the boys their good wishes as the train sped by. On arrival in Columbia the company was met by Major Metts and Major Duffle and immediately escorted to the military quarters. THE PICKED SQUAD. The following members of the Guards composed the picked squad which entered the com petitive drill for the $200 prize : Captain H. T. Thompson, First Lieutenant Bright Williamson, Second Lieutenant J. D. Baird, Privates R. E. James, M. T. Lide, M. H. Norment, C. S Mc Cullough, Jr., C. W. DuBose, P. J. Boatwright, E. R. Cox, J. E. Boyd, L. M. Norment, Law- ton Dargan, E. M. Wells, W. A. Parrott, Walter Janies, Louis Bristow, L. G. McCall, C. N. Spinks, E. Vaughn and James Gillespie. Messrs C. D. Evans, Henry Dargan, P. S. Wilds, Carl Hill and Eugene Harrell, members of the Guards, but not in the prize squad, are among those who came. THE LADIES. The following are the names of the ladies: Mrs. Kate Gilles pie, Mrs. A. C. Spain, Mrs. G. W. Brown, Misses Corinne Player, Annie Hearon, Catsie Spain, Grace Smith, Meta Wil liamson, Mamie Kelley, Eva Lee, Mary Jane Harrell, Nonie Williamson, Emma Williamson, Anna Rogers, Mary Watson, Annie Williamson. Miss Annie Williamson acted as sponsor for the Guards. THE CIVILIANS. Messrs. W. T. Montgomery, J. H. Appelt, E. B. Dargan, C. 8. McCullough, Ernest McCul lough, C. P. Dargan, S. H. Wilds, G. K. King, A. R. Gar ner, W. D. Woods, C M. Ward, D. S. McCullough, J. E. Nor ment, E. R. Mclver, and B. F. Williamson. Henry Brown, “the war drum mer,” also accompanied the boys. AROUND THE TRACK. The Regular Races of the Driving As sociation on Friday Last. The regular races of the Dar lington Association on Friday afternoon last were more large ly attended than any yet given on our track. Among the spec tators were a number of ladies who took great interest in the horses as thev sped aiong the turf. The following is the re sult of the races. First race, two heats, “R. C.”, Mr. J. H. Blackwell, of Wil liamsburg, and “Mac”, Mr. D. S. McCullough. “R. C.” won both heats. Second race, one mile, “Eu gene Wrayburn”, Mr. W. F. Dargan, and “Bessie”, Mr. C. R. Woods. “Eugene Wray burn” won. Third race, one mile, “Mac”, Mr. G. W. Brown, and “Sam Jones”, Dr. W. J. Garner. “Mac” won. Highland Red gave his usual exhibition trot, making the mile in 2.371. The affairs of the association are now in a most flourishing condition and everything is moving along smoothly. All the stalls are full, but, like the omnibus and the street car, “there is always room for one more.” The position for the spectators of the races (where the grand stand will soon be erected) has been changed to the west side of the track, which is a great improvement for it places the afternoon sun at the people’s backs. It has been decided that it is best to have the races only on every alternate Friday, conse quently there will be none to morrow, but a good programme will be arranged for Friday of next week. A fresh lot of hams and break fast bacon at Brunson, Lunn & Co’s. At the Presbyterian Church. Rev. T. M. Lowry will deliver a lecture on foreign missions at the Presbyterian Church at 11 o’clock to-morrow (Friday) morning. The ladies of all the churches are invited to be pres ent, and while the lecture is es pecially for ladies the gentle men are cordially requested to attend. Mr. Lowry will preach to night at 8.30 o’clock also. (Other Locals on Ind Page.) STATE NEWS. Gathered From Our Exchanges, and Put In Paragraphs. Sumter is to have a new cot ton xactory with a $200,bOO capi tal. The Attorney General has de cided that personal property of towns is liable to State and county taxes. A young negro, Joe Brannon, was hanged at Chester, on Fri day, for the murder of Stephen Kearney, an* aged white man, in that town in August last. A negro named Monk Barks dale was lynched in 'Laurens county on Wednesday of last week for attempting to assault a little white girl. He confess ed his guilt. THE BOARD OF CONTROL. Governor Tillman has Made the Ap pointments for This County. As we predicted would be the case Governor Tillman has ap- pointid MessrsGeo. Just Brown, editor of the Reform Sentinel, J. O. A. Moore, of Darlington, and W. P. Carter, of Lamar, members of the Board of Con trol for Darlington county. This Board will have control of the dispensary business in the coun ty. Nothing can be done until the members have uualified, which they have not done yet But as tli# time before July 1, the date upon which the Act oes into effect, is short the oard will get to work as soon as possible. The first and most important matters to be acted upon are the selection of the county dispenser and the loca THE LIQUOR MEN. The Chester Case Decided and the Bars Will be Closed, it is Thought. THE COUNTY NEWS. FROM ALL SECTIONS AS TOLD BY OUR CORRESPONDENTS. Matters Around Society Hill — The Presbyterian Church Nearly Completed—Gun Club. The Star Troupe of this place will reorganize soon and give one of their famous perform ances. We had quite a number on our sick list last week, but we pee most of them out again at tending to their business as usual. The Presbyterian Church, which was commenced some time ago is nearly completed. It is situated on Pressley’s ave nue and is quite a nice build ing. Dr. R. A. Tripnett left last week for Chicago to attend the World’s Fair. He will bn ab sent about three weeks and will visit his relatives and friends while away. The good rains that we have had made most of the farmers look happy, and the oat crop on the river will be some better than was expected. We hear that the grasshoppers are de stroying the tobacco planted in this section. The Society Hill Gun Club was organized on the 4th inst. with nine members. R. A. Trippett, M. D., was elected president and J. E. Sumner secretary and Treasurer. This is the first or ganization of its kind in this place and it bids fair to be quite a success as all the members are good shots. They meet for practice twice a week, on Tues days and Fridays, and use the blue rock trap and birds. The score will not be given just yet, but some make an average of thirteen out of sixteen at six teen yards rise. A friendly contest to test the validity of the new State bonds came up in a case before the Supreme Court on Tuesday of last week. The Court decided that the bonds are legal. The Charleston base ball club started out well at the first of the season. It was in the lead ™ ^ i- ii n th® Southern League, but I he liquor men in Darlington subsequent poor playing caused anxiously, hke the c ? ub £ dro H p \ 0 K 8eventh their bretheren throughout the { p ] ace State, the decision of the Su-1 1 preme Court in the case of the Rufus Sanders and Rufus Chester liquor dealer. This is i Moore, both white, became en- the case wherein an appeal was gaged in a fatal quarrel at Barn- carried to the Supreme Court to well on Wednesday of last week, test the legality of the dispen- Sanders was shot and killed and sary law. The decision was ren- Moore received a severe wound dered on Tuesday in favor of across his face with a knife, the law. The general feeling is since the Port Royal & Au- that the decision will settle the|g Us ta Rail'>ad has been taken whole question of the legality of j f rom uncL*i the control of a the law and as it is favorable ^ 8 y n( jj ca te hostile to the interests to the law the barkeepers G f p 0l q Royal, already a boom throughout the State will, it is f or that town has begun. An thought, close their saloons on English shipping firm, one of July 1, the date the dispensary : jbe largest in the world, is ne- NEW PROVIDENCE. Mr. J. C. McIntosh has the finest field of oats your corre spondent has seen. Mr. J. T. Goodson is prepar ing to saw a nice lot of lumber for Messrs J. L. Coker & Co to use in repairing McIntosh Mill. Mr. James Oats’ horse ran away recently while its owner was riding it. The animal fell and Mr Oats received slight in juries, but he has about recov ered. • The correspondents all speak about the cotton and other grain, but what about the rice? Owing to the previous dry weather this crop is not so prom ising in this section, but we hope for the best. The sugar cane is in about the same con dition as the rice. The Unacorrespondentspeaks in his last letter of events hap pening around us in past years. We might say direful events happen every year and in every section and here are a few that the correspondent failed to men tion as happening elsewhere, yellow fever, the Chicago fire, the overflow of the Mississippi, the Johnstown flood, the cy clones this year and the hail storms in this and past years. This section is no less favored than others, and mark the pas sage in which Solomon says “one event happeneth to all men alike”. CYPRESS. Several of our citizens attend ed the Columbia Carnival this week. Mr. C. B. Pale went to Wil mington, N. C., last week on a business trip. The cutworms have about dis appeared, but the house flies have taken their place. The rains of last week have improved the oat crop very much and have brought up very good stands of cotton. The farmers are well up with their farm work and have Gen. Green under control. They hope to keep the General in re treat until the battle is ended. Well, Mr. Editor, your corres pondent has no big worm story to tell except one from a friend who says that the cutworms cleaned up everything in his garden in the shape of vegeta bles and are now cutting away his fence posts. One of our young sports re cently called on a young lady and stayed so long that his horse became tiled and walked off. The young man was com pelled to stay all night and take an early start in the morning. Ciesar, Cicero and Hannibal had their day and our friend says he expects to have his way in the sweet “bye-and-bye.” TIMMONSVILLE. Rev. 8. M. Richardson is quite sick at his home at this place. Dr. J. O. Byrd recently sold his drug business to Mr. S. F. Cole. Mrs. Marian McEachern has improved so much as to be up again. Miss Jane Bardin, of Charles ton, is visiting the family of Mr. D. F. Traxler. The infant daughter of Mr. D. McLendon died on Monday. It was sick about three weeks. Mr. D. H. Traxler has been confined to his bed with fever for a week and is still very sick. Mr. Spencer W. Hatchell, an old and respected farmer living near town, died on Sunday night after a long and painful illness. the j act will go into effect. Three of the nine liquor dealers in Darlington also sell either gro ceries or general merchandise, namely, Messrs H. Lewenthal, S. Lewenthal and S. Manne. tion of the county dispensary. These parties will continue their Capt. W. R. Delgar, ofSum- These matters will be acted up- other lines of business ^ after ter, has been appointed receiver gotiating with a view to estab lishing a direct line of steamers between Port Royal, Liverpool, Havre and the Mediterranean ports. on soon and we readers posted. will keep our July 1 in any event, [ only their bars. closing (0 f the Champion Canning |pany by Judge J. H. Hud OATS. We regret to report the illness of Mr. C. N. Oates. The residence of Mr. J. W. Reynolds is nearing comple tion. The cut worms have been very destructive to cotton in this vicinity. Mrs. S. J. Bethea has return ed from a visit to relatives in Marion county. There will be a church confer ence held next Sunday after- n#on at Wesley Chapel. The children of Wesley Chap- iel Sunday-school, and all others j connected with it, are requested ! to meet at the Church on next | Saturday afternoon for the pur pose of preparing for “Children’s [ Day.” The I. O. G. T. will change their place of meeting. Their | next meeting will be held in the j hall over Dr. Harrell’s office, which has been fitted up for ! their use. The time of the meet- . ing is the fourth Saturday after- Inoon of May at 4,30 o’clock. CLYDE. Mr. N. B. Caddell is improv ing. I % . We are having lovely weath er for farming. Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Segars are both quite sick. I Several of our boys are chop ping and plowing cotton Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Parker of lower Darlington visited our community on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Walters went to Union on Sunday to at tend church at that place. On Thursday night Mr. A. M. McNair lost his turpentine still and fixtures by fire. Mr. J. F. Kelly also lost a lot ot dips. The fire originated from the dross. Some of our boys “tackled” the Mormons a few days ago and completely wound them up in their doctrines. We think they had better not come to Pond Hollow any more. New line of crockery and glassware, fruit and jam jars and jelly glasses at C. N. Oates’. FLORENCE IN A FLURRY. The Bank of the Carolina s Suspends Payment. [Columbia Journal.] Florence, S. C., May 16.— Much surprise and some little excitement were caused in Flor ence this morning when the fol lowing notice appeared on the closed doors of the Bank of the Carolinas: “This bank has suspended payment until a meeting of directors can be held, “John P. Uokkin, President.” This bank has various branch es throughout North and South Carolina. It is impossible to obtain any definite information from the officials and things will prob ably remain in statu quo until the meeting of the directors next Thursday. All parties seem hopeful. This is comparatively a new bank, having been in existence only a few years. 1 m', vj ViP* A SWEEPING REDUCTION! McCall & Burch have inaug urated the Spring and Summer campaign by a sweeping reduc tion in dress goods. If you wish to profit bo the sacrifice stand not on the order of your shop ping but come at once, as the bargains are being snapped up quickly. We have a few Novelties in SINGLE DRESS PATTERNS, which we are closing out at greatly reduced price*. These are all nice, new good*. -0- We have just received an other lot of Thompeon’* glove tltting corsets. We also call your attention to our line of Laces, Embroid eries, Ribbons, Gloves, Hand kerchiefs, Fans, etc., which is complete in every detail. Come into our store and we will guarantee you both pleasure and sat isfaction. McCall Cf Burch. BECH! Most men are not careful enough when buyinr clothes; they should look more closely into the worth, style and FIT of the garment. There is a vein of stylish grace that runs through our entire varietj of SPRING SUITS. Call and examine them. f. Our NECKWEAR Depart ment is overloaded with new Spring styles and shades, and if you want anything REAL “TONY" & UNIQUE make us a visit. Something new in WIND SOR SCARFS for Negligee Shirts. Another lot of Beautiful Negligee Shirts, $1 EACH. HIA.TS. B We have hats in styles and sixes for young and old, great and small. The handsome man, the proud man, the plain man, the modest man and the “gentleman with the great head” may find a style to suit his taste and complexion at a moderate price. SHOES. For summer wear a colored shoe !■ quite the proper thing. Our Russia leather shoes walk away from every thing else for comfort, durability and cheapness. The man, woman or child who would be well and neatly shod will find a complete stock of summer footwear to choose from in our shoe department. Best Elgin creamery butter at Brunson, Lunn & Co.’s