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VOL. XX, NO. 21. DARLINGTON, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1803. WHOLE NUMBER 056. MATTERS IN AND AROUND PROS PEROUS DARLINGTON. A Column of News, Tersely Told, of Interest to Our Many Readers. Don’t forget the races at the 4rack to-raorrow. A party of young ladies and gentlemen will give a picnic at Lowther’s Lake to-day. An important meeting of the Darlington Guards will be held to-morrow (Friday) evening. A picnic was given at Low ther’s Lake yesterday by a party of our Hebrew friends. The young ladies of the Harts- ville High School will give a reception at Hartsville to-mor row evening. The Bank of the Carolinas, of Florence, which suspended last week, will, its directors state, resume business very soon. A dance was given at the res idence of Mr. M. A. Muldrow, in High Hfll, on Friday night. A number of Darlingtonians attended. The “T. K.” Club, instead of holding its regular meeting last evening, gavean enjoyable lawn party at the residence of Mrs. A. M. Edwards. The hour for holding the pray er meetings of the Baptist Church, which are held every Tuesday, has been changed to 6.30 in the afternoon. The barkeepers of Darlington, like their bretheren throughout the ** ~te, seem to have accept ed ti ‘ ■'evitable and are pre- S aring to close their saloons on uly 1. A committee from the grand jury thoroughly examined all the county offices this week preparatory to making their report at the June term of Court. Bear in mind that Prof. Fran cis DeLeon, of Boston, will give an hypnotic performance in the opera house this (Thursday) evening. Popular prices will be charged. The date to which the time for paying town taxes was ex tended is Wednesday of next '.veek, May 31. All who have not yet paid their taxes should bear this in mind. The- TennySon Club has dis continued its meetings for the summer. The next meeting, which will be for reorganiza tion, will be held on the first Friday in September. We are requested to state that the ladies of W esley Chapel will give a festival at the resi dence of Dr. Wallace, at Lydia, to-morrow (Friday) evening. The pubHc is cordially invited. The treasuier of the Darling ton Guards on yesterday re ceived a check for the $200, which the company won as the championship prize in the com petitive drill in Columbia last week. Mr. Chas. Marthinson, who has several timber camps on the Pee Dee River, announces that he wants good men to float and drift a lot of cypress to Georgetown. Read his adver tisement. Rev. *J. E. Carlisle conducted services in the Methodist Church at Florence on Sunday last and the pulpit of t h e Methodist Church at this place was filled on that day by his father, Rev. J. M. Carlisle. Messrs 8. A. Woods, F. E. Norment, L. S. Welling and E. R. James, of Darlington, and Mr. John Erwin, ot New York, left on Monday for the Little Pee Dee River, in Marion coun ty, where they will spend the week fishing. A call appears in another col umn for a meeting of the citi zens of the town for to morrow (Friday) evening in the Court House, at 8.30 o’clock, to decide whether Darlington shall have a dispensary and to act upon other matters of interest to the town. The committee in charge of the military reception for Thurs day evening next (mention of which is made in another col umn) asks that we impress up- , on those who expect to attend the importance of arriving at the dance promptly at 9 o’clock, the time at which the entertain ment will begin. The crowd in attendance will be large and a special programme has peeu ar ranged for the occasion, hence the request. • PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Brief Mention About People You Know and People You Don’t Know. Mr. J. Gregg McCall spent Tuesday in Charleston on a business visit. Miss Lillie Lucas, of Florence, has been visiting her niece,Mrs. R. C. Starr, Jr. Mr. F. Joye. of Sumter, was in town this week on a visit to his son, Mr. T. S. Joye. E. O. Woods, Esq. ; was last week admitted to practise in the United States Court. Miss May Er/in has returned home from Norway, S. C., where she has been teaching school. Rev. J. M. Carlisle, who has been in Darlington for several weeks on a visit to his son, Rev. J. E. Carlisle, left on Tuesday for Camden to visit another son. The Misses Aichel, of Char leston, are visiting Mrs. R. W. Boyd. These ladies have mark ed musical talent and Mrs. Boyd will give a musicale in compli ment to them at her residence to-morrow evening, to which a few friends have been invited. Mrs. M. E. Player, Miss An nie Williamson. Miss Meta Wil liamson and little Miss Elma Wilds will leave next week for a visit to the World’s Fair. From thence Mrs. Player and Miss Wilds will proceed to Mer ced, California, to visit relatives. Dotted Swiss, white goods and summer fabrics just in. Norment & Co. GENERAL BEAUREGARD. Darlington Ex.Confederates Send a Beautiful Tribute to His Family. Our readers will remember that shortly after the death of Gen. G. T. Beauregard, the dis tinguished Confederate leader, a memorial meeting was held in the Court House at this place by the ex-Confederates of Dar lington. A committee was ap pointed to take suitable action upon the death of the great General. This committee de cided to send a memorial card to Beauregard’s family. There was some delay in completing the work which had to be done in New Orleans. The card has been finished, however, and has been sent to Judge Beauregard, a son of the General. The memorial is a small card board of black, with the inscrip tion made upon it in letters of gold. The design is very pretty and tasty. In the centre of the card is a representation of the Confederate battle flag. The following is the inscription: IN MEMORIAM. The Survivors of the Lost Cause, At Darlington, South Carolina, Who followed the Great Commander, General P. G. T. Bkaurkoard. Mexico, 1846,1847. Vera Cruz, Contreras, City of Mexico. 1881—1865. The First Gun: Ft. Sumter, Charleston, ApriM2, 1861. Manassas, Virginia, July 21, 1861. Shiloh, Tennessee, April 6, 1862 Petersburg, Virginia, June 16-18,1864 and Until the Close of the Great Drama. THE Jl.\E COURT. ONE WEEK DEVOTED TO THE TRIAL OF CRIMINAL CASES. Judge Hudson Will Preside—The Petit Jury Drawn—The List of Jail Birds and the Important Cases. The June term of the Circuit Court for Darlington county will begin on the first Monday in June, the fifth day of the month-, with Judge J. H. Hud son, presiding. This court only continues in session one week and is devoted exclusively to the trial of criminal cases. On Friday last the jury commis sioners met and drew THE PETIT JURY to serve for this one week of court. The following are those whose names were drawn upon the panel: W. B. Lloyd, C. E Odom, R. N. Parnell, L. H. Gil nore, Lew is M. Byrd, D. 8. Barefoot, Jr., D. B McDuffie, John Wesley Woodham, F. R. Rhodes, 8. E. Blackman, W. N. Lloyd, A. G. Huggins, G. B. Jordon, Wilson Davis (colored), R.M. Vaughan, A. M. Sompayrac, J. H. Elmore, H. M. Melton, M. T. Mixon, C. H. Powers, R. A. Suggs, H. Freeman, G. E. Watkins, B. F. King, W. 8. King, 8. C. Parnell, C. L. Odom, W. H. Mclnville, J. C. Somersett, C. B. Bass, J. W. Gardner, W. K. Howell, J. R. Large, Robt Odom, Sr.,Dove Crowley, Russia Gainey. THE JAH. BIRDS. The following are the names of those who are in jail await ing trial at this court, together with the charges upon which they werecommitted: MatFree- man (white), larceny of live stock; Silas B. Bass, burglary and larceny; Ben Freeman, burglary and larceny; J i m Thompson, burglary and lar ceny; Janies Holloway, assault and battery of a high and ag gravated nature. THE LAMAR INCENDIARY CASES. There are also in jail the four negroes, John Williams, John Dukes, Hardy Morris and Har rison Gordan, who were con victed at the last term of court of being the perpetrators of the sundry burnings last fall in the Lamar section, causing a great destruction of property. They were sentenced to ten years each in the penitentiary, but their attorneys, Messrs Boyd & Brown gave notice of an appeal to the Supreme Court for a new trial. The appeal to that court was abandoned, however, and Mes srs Boyd & Brown will, in its stead, make a motion at the ap proaching Circuit Court for a new trial on the ground of new ly discovered evidence. Should the motion be granted the cases will probably be tried at this court. OTHER CASES. The docket is very light and there are but few cases of im portance. Those of general in terest are the case agxinst Silas B. Bass, colored, an 1 his wife for burglaries committed upon the canning factory and upon a number of our citizens’ hen roosts and the case against Mur ray Warr, white, for shooting at (but not wounding) his bro ther-in-law, Calvin Britt, which trouble occurred in the Lamar section a few months ago. New lot of latest styles laces Just received. Norment & Co. On Fame's Eternal Scroll His Record is Spread, And Glory points with pardonable pride To this One Name, Of All Our Illustrious Dead. New lot of pineapple tissues at 9 cts. Norment & Co. THE CONFEDERATE MONUMENT. It Will Probably be Removed to the Square Thi* Summer. Interest in the matter of re moving the Confederate monu ment to the Public Square has been revived. The ladies of the memorial association are very anxious to have it done, and probably, with the co-operation of the citizens of the town, the removal will be made this sum mer. Nothing definite has been settled about the matter, but the suggestion has been made, and it meets with general ap proval, that Col. James Arm strong, Charleston’s gifted ora tor, be invited to deliver an address on the occasion. ECHOES FROM THE CARNIVAL. How the Good News was Received Here—A Word About the Drill. , When the news reached Dar-1 lington on Wednesday evening of last week that the Darling ton Guards had won the State championship in the competi tive drill at the Columbia Car nival, the town went wild with joy. The glorious news spread rapidly and when the Coast Line train arrived that night, upon which the Guards were ex pected to return home, a large crowd assembled at the depot to give the boys a royal wel come. The mill men, all of whom are friends of the Guards, had there the Coker Brass Band and the “Baby Ruth” cannon. To the regret of all, however, the Guards missed the train in Columbia and did not return home until next morning The little cannon pealed forth its joyous congratulations and the band played “Dixie” all the same. It is a matter to be deplored that some of the daily papers gave so begrudgingly the cham pionship to the Guards, when all the spectators, as well as the i judges, declared that our boys had won the the prize. The ! Guards drilled beautifully and every skilful movement they made upon the ground was cheered to the echo by the au dience. CHAMPIONS OP THE STATE. That is What the Recent Victory in Co lumbia Means for the Guards. fColumbia Journal.] The German Fusiliers and many other companies, which did not participate, had as much notice of the prize drill as any of the competing companies and the prize was offered for the best drilled company in the State. Several companies responded^ and after a sharp contest the Darlington company was de clared winner, not only by com petent judges, but by the ver dict of the crowd who witnessed the contest. They not only “claim” to be, but they are, the best drilled company in the State; certainly unless the Ger man Fusiliers, or some of the companies which did not parti cipate, demonstrate on the drill ground that thev have superior skill. The Darlington Guards car ried off the prize and will be given due credit for it unless that honor is taken from them by some other company. We heartily join in the suggestion that we have a prize drill during the next Fair and offer a prize of from $500 to $1000. That pop ular feature would be an addi tional attraction to the Fair, and would give the companies which did not participate an op portunity of plucking the lau rels from the brow of the Dar lington boys—if they can. THE COUNTY DISPENSARY. The Board of Control Not Yet Organ- zed but Soon Will Be. THE COUNTY NEWS. FROM ALL SECTIONS AS TOLD BY OUR CORRESPONDENTS. Una Happening*—The Death of Two Children—Some Fine Shoat*—A Fishing Party. . Mrs. T. J. Price is visiting Mr. J. F. Price of Wedgefield. Mr. L. Z. Hicks, formerly of this place but now of Hartsville, has gone to Virginia and Mary land on a business trip. A little child of Mr. John Lyles, about sixteen months old, died on Tuesday of last week and was buried on the following day in Mt. Elon cemetery. The remains of a child of Mr. Mid dleton Josey were also interred at Mt. Elon on the same day. Messrs E H. Hearon, W. F. Crosswell, R. M. Josey and E. O. Parham, the champion fish ermen of Lynche’s river, had their annual picnic last Friday. As fish were scarce Mr. Crom well had to make his dinner on eggs. He only consumed sev enteen and says that he can do that at any time after a hard day’s fishing. Guineas are lay ing now and he probably found a nest. Mr. William E. Hearon, of Stokes Bridge, killed six shoats on November 11 last. They were eleven and a half months old and weighed 1,712 pounds and from this he obtained 450 pounds of lar i. Cumulating the pork at 10 cents per pound, at which it was selling at the time, it amounted to $171.20, and, adding to this, $67.50 for the lard (15 cents per pound) we have the total $238.70. This is what Mr. Hearon’s shoats were worth then and they would bring more now. PHILADELPHIA. $ SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS. The Result of the Recent Examination for Teachers. At the recent examination for teachers in the public schools of Darlington there were thir- j teen applicants. The Board of j Examiners has just finished ex amining the papers and it has been lound that ten of the ap plicants had passed and to these certificates have been issued. The following are the success ful applicants: WHITE. First grade—Miss Mattie Lide, Miss Edith Law. Third grade—J. 8. Garner. COLORED. Second grade—E. D. Wash ington, A. W. Wines. Third grade—N. R Johnson, E. R. Mclver, D. A. Gabriel, Henry Bonaparte^T. H. Hunter. New seasonable dry goods just in. Call at the Ladies Store. Noiment & Co. Mr. Geo. Just Brown has ualified as a member of the ounty Board of Control, but the other two members, Messrs J. O. A. Moore and W. P. Car ter, have not yet done so. As soon as all have qualified and have received their commissions the board will organize. The State board has requested the county boards to organize not later than the first Monday in June and this request will prob ably be complied with by our board. Should the citizens de cide to have a dispensary, about which there is now some doubt, ten days notice will then be given by the board, as required by law, for applicants for the position of county dispenser to file their petitions. The board will have to work rapidly as the time is short. FOR A GOOD CAUSE. A Concert for the Benefit of the Meth odist Cemetery Fence. A concert will be given on Tuesday evening next, in the opera house, at 8.30 o’clock, for the purpose of raising a fund for repairing the fence enclos ing the Methodist cemetery. The entertainment will be un der the management of Mrs. R. W. Boyd and a capital pro- f ramme has been arranged. he will be assisted by the Miss es Aichel, of Charleston, nd by an abundance of the musical talent in this and neighboring towns. Such a good cause should bring out a large crowd. Mr. R. A. Suggs has a child that is very sick. Many of our farmers have very poor stands of cotton. Some of our early birds are planting peas. The wheat crop in this section is good while the oat crop is very poor indeed. I hardly think there will be more than half a crop in the latter made this year. i Messrs Harby & McClure have their saw mill in full operation at Syracuse. They have * e n yokes of oxen that they draw j up their stock logs with, which is a novel sight in these parts. Your Una and New Prcvi dence correspondents have men tioned some of the disastrous events in the history of our i country in the past few years, I but they failed to mention any of the events during the same period that have been for the betterment of our country and especially of our State. Among these are the rise and success of the reform party in 1890 and the passage of the dispensary Act by that party in 1892, both of which are I believe for the ultimate good of the yeo manry of our land. Inasmuch as seed sugar cane was so scarce some of our farm ers have planted sorgum millet as a substitute for the cane, which they will have manufac tured into syrup. — - — OATS. Miss M. J. Harrell attended the Columbia Carnival last week. Mr 8. W. Helms, a photog- raplter, has spread his tent at this place. He advertises good work and low prices. Commencing with the first Sunday in June there will be preaching dt Wesley Chapel ev ery Sunday morning. Mr Lee Wilson, who has been working at Oates’ restaurant in Darlington for some time, is here now, engaged in turpen tine work. There has been a singing ex ercise at the Academy for sev eral afternoons recently. The children belonging to Wesley Chapel and Mt. Elon Sunday- schools were invited to attend. A match game of hall was played on last, Saturday after noon between the Lydia and Cypress baseball clubs at the latter place. Lydia was victorious by a score of—we are almost ashamed to tell it—31 to 13. The Cypress team will, however, make another trial on next Saturday afternoon at the grounds of the Lydia club. GREEN PLAIN. We have sect red good stands of cotton at la. c t, and are mov ing on naturally, only some what behind. ’hopping is not half over. We have some cut worms but the) do not amount to much. The rain has mproved every thing, especial!) theoats, though this crop is far oelow the aver age. This section i enjoying good health now. \\ e have but one sick person, Mr . Janies Kervin, and we hope s ie will soon be well again. Mr. W. T. Boswell, one of our young men who left here for Florida about eighfeen months ago, re urned home on Saturday. He will go back to Florida in the ft 11. Rev. F. M. Sat-erwhite preach ed, according to appointment, a very interesting and instructive sermon on sail' tification to a large and attent ve audience on the 14 inst., taking his text from Acts, XX, 32. r ”he sermon will be published in the Baptist Courier. Our young fol ^s appear to be having some very pleasant, and we hope prol table, evening meetings, as thev seem to spend most of the time practising sing ing. We are anticipating a very pleasant time or the young people at the cl ising exercises of the school a Bethlehem on next Saturday. LYDIA. Mr. and Mrs. E. E. King, of Hartsville, paid friends a visit on Sunday. The friends of Mr. A. S. Har rell are glad tc welcome him back from Little Rock, Ark. The teachers cf Wesley Chap el are making e> tensive prepar ations for “Chib ren’s Day” on the first Sunday in June. The ladies of Nesley Chapel will give an ice cream festival at the residence if Dr. Wallace to-morrow (Frid iy) evening, at 8 o’clock. A young man rom Clyde was recently seen at his place with his hand satcht l and wearing his travelling s tit. .We hope our young men will not let the bachelors treat hem in such a manner again. (Other Locals >n 2nd Page.) 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 prices. These are all nice, new goods. Citizens’ fleeting. A T the request o mass-mqeting called for to-morrov in the Court House decide whether Dai a dispensary and t matters of g-eat int W- F. D many persons a of the town is y i the town (Friday) evening, at 8 30 o’clock, to iington shall have act upon other •rest to the town. iKGAN, Mayor. We have just received an other lot of Thompson's glove fitting corsets. We also call your attention to our line of Lacee, Embroid eries, Ribbons, Gloves, Hand kerchiefs, Fans, etc., which is complete in every detail. , Darli igton Guards! A TTEND I Special Meeting to-morrow (Friday) eve ning, at 8.30 /clock. Business 1 of importune • to he transacted ' and a full at* endance is desir ed. By order o the Captain. L G. McCALL, First Sergt. Cypress Tiubermen! Come into our store and we v guarantee you both pleasure and s: isfaction. McCall Cf Burch. BE CAREFUL! Most men are not careful enougli when buying 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 variety of SPRING SUITS. Call and examine them. U J E have 6,000 died and down. We offer it. jobs to the right p drift to Georgetowi ed; boats and tools and good chances f< Address CHAS. I Muv3.V 2t •ypress trees gir about 1,200 cut :i large and small .rties to float and : roads are clear- ill on the ground, | r the rigtit men. j IARTHINSON, Darlington. 8. C. Gibi l Wools, 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 Shirt $1 EACH. — FIRE — Insurance Agents, Represent some if the strongest companies in Iho world, such as THE HOME of New York, and THE HERTFORD of Hartford, Con i. HIJLTS. We have hats in styles and sizes 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. -:t :- General A jents for THE HUT JAL LIFE Insurance Company Of NeYr York, For the Countie of Darlington, Sumter at d Marion. SHOES. For summer wear a colored shoe is 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. Prompt per- >nal attention given to all bin ness entrusted to them. II June9—lyr [ Mall & M.