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VOL. XX, NO. 22. DARLINGTON, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1893. WHOLE NUMBER 95.7 LOCAL LACONICS. MATTERS IN AND AROUND PROS PEROUS DARLINGTON. A Column of News, Tersely Told, of Interest to Our Many Readers. Next Monday is salesday. Darlington’s public schools will close for the summer va cation on Tuesday next. Mr. J. H. Norment had to kill his dog, a fine setter, last week, as it showed signs of going mad. The regular meeting of Dar lington Lodge, Knights of Py thias, will be held on Tuesday evening next. The time for paying town tax es expired yesterday. Execu tions against delinquents are now in order. The June term of Court for Darlington will convene on Monday next, Judge J. H. Hud son presiding. A party from l^ishopville pass ed through Darlington on Tues day on the way to Lowther’s Lake for a fishing trip. Our neighbor, the Bishopville Eagle, has suspended publica tion. It is stated that the sus pension is only temporary. Mr. A. Weinberg announces that instead of leasingtheCleve- land Hotel he will rent the rooms in suites or single. Read his advertisement. Union services will be held in the Presbyterian Church on Sunday night next, beginning at 8.30 o’clock, and will be con ducted by Rev. J. E. Carlisle. The Atlantic Coast Line will shortly begin to run weekly ex cursions to Sullivan’s Island. One can then leave Darlington on Saturday and return on Mon day at a cheap rate. Rev. S. M. Richardson, who has for several years served as pastor of the Baptist Church at Timmonsville, died at that place on Monday. He was welfknown throughout this section. A crowd of young men who went to Florence on Tuesday afternoon to witness a game of ball between Charleston and Florence were disappointed as the game did not take place un til yesterday. About a dozen Rambler bicy cles have been ordered this week for parties in Darlington. A club will be organized immedi ately which will probably be converted later into a bicycle- military company. Rev. C. L.* Dowell hasarrang- ed for a series of meetings at Black Creek Church which he will conduct, beginning with this (Thursday) nijrht and con tinuing every night until Sun day night, wjth a service also on Sunday morning. On Monday Jack Hines, a colored boy about fifteen years old, struck Mr. Murray Suggs, with whom he was having a difficulty, over the head with a stick, which cut to the bone inflicting a painful wound. Dr. W. J. Garner had to sew up the injured place. Judge Dargan sent Hines to the higher court for aggravated assault and bat tery. The Atlantic Coast Line has sent us a pamphlet containing the summer excursion rates from Darlington to the various health resorts. The round trip tickets will be sold from June 1 and will be good until October 31. Any of our readers desir ing further information on the subject may call at The News office and examine the pam phlet. / An accident at a picnic at ^ Lowther’s Lake last week came ® ^ 0- near ending fatally. A boat in which were Mr. A. A. Cohen, .of Florence, and Master Myer SVeinberg, of this place, turned over in deep water. Neither could swim and drawing seem ed imminent, but Mr §. Tom- bacher, assisted by a colored man, succeeded in rescuing them from their perilous position. Since writing the account, which appears in another col umn, or the capture of Willie Thomas, who is charged with burning the depot at Lamar, in Sumter, on Sunday, we learn from a reliable source that he has made a confession implicat ing a number of colored people. As the affair will probably be fully ventilated in Court next week we refrain from publishing the interview for obvious rea sons. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Brief Mention About People You Know and People You Don’t Know. Mr. Howard Norment is clerk ing in Dr. Boyd’s drug store. Miss Nela Davis, of Charles ton, is visiting her sister, Mrs. F. E. Norment. Mr. A. E. Gonzales, of Col umbia, agent for the Slate, was in town this week. Mr. E. F. Douglas, a leading merchant of Florence, spent Monday in Darlington. Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Rouse, “of Georgetown, have been visiting Mr. P. Z. Had lee. Miss Mamie Bailey, of George town, is in Darlington on a visit to the family of R. W. Boyd, Esq. Chancellor Johnson, of Ma rion. spent several days last week in Darlington as the guest of Mr. S. A. Woods. Dr. Roland, who recently graduated from the Baltimore Medical College, is visiting his brother, Mr. P. P. Roland. Miss Mitilene Howie, of Flor ence, and Miss Mamie Howie, of Swift Creek, are visiting the family of Dr. J. S. Garner. Miss Maffit, of Charlotte, and Miss Janie Dudley and Messrs. J. T. and Carl Dudley, of Ben- nettsville, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. F. Pegues. As the graded schools of Ben- nettsville have closed for the summer, the principal, Mr. J. D. Rast, has returned home to spend the holidays. Messrs Charles I. Malone, of New York, and P. B. Thomp son, of Baltimore, both prom inent officials of the Seaboard Air Line, visited Darlington on Monday in the interest of their road. Mrs. J. C. Preston, of Dade City, Fla., Mrs. Perry, of Lake Line, Fla., and Miss Jane Pres ton, of Bristol, Tenn., are visit ing relatives in this section and are now the guests of Mrs. C. B. Law. We wish to return thanks to Miss M. Caroline Mclver and Miss Emma James for an in vitation to attend the commence ment exercises of the South Carolina College for Women, at Columbia, June 4—6, when both of these young ladies will grad uate. A SHREWD NEGRO. Fresh line of French candy, Coggeshall & Co. Good Rio coffee, West & Honour. 20c per lb. A POT OF MONEY. The Fortunate Find of a Citizen of the Stokes Bridge Section A report has reached town from the Stokes Br’dge section, which sounds like a fairy tale, but is said upon reliable author ity to be absolutely true. Mr. J. S. Amos, who is a painter by trade, while plowing in his field in Stokes Bridge a few days since, struck a piece of iron, which upon investigation prov ed to be a gun barrel stuck erect in the ground. Moved by curi osity Mr. Amos dug into the ground with a spade and upon reaching the end of the gun barrel he found a pot contain ing a large amount of money, about $5,000 dollars. It is sup posed that the money was bur ied there at the close of the war when Sherman’s army passed through that neighborhood and that the gun barrel was used to mark the spot. Choice new butter. W. & H. SILAS B BASS ESCAPES FROM DARLINGTON COUNTY JAIL. His Ingenious and Well Formed Plan Succeeds—Skips to Parts Unknown. Darlington has had a jail breaking which for Ingenuity almost rivals the escape of the convict Jenkins from the State penitentiary in Columbia last week. Jenkins’ escape caused quite a sensation because the well formed plan showed so much shrewdness and now Silas B. Bass gives Darlington a sen sation of a similar nature. bass’ career. Bass is a ginger colored negro wdio successfully stole from the canning factory, before his ar rest a month or so ago, seven hundred and ten cans of veg etables, but it was in his fond ness for other people's fowls that he showed his greatest in genuity. It will be remember ed that he kept the stolen chick ens in a curiously devised coop under his house, the only access to which was through a flower pit. Another sensational feature in Bass’ career in Darlington was his preliminary hearing in the canning factory case, in which he acted as his own law yer. He examined and cross- examined the witnesses and made a bombastic speech in his wife’s behalf. Xs a result of the hearing the cases against Bass, his wife and the latter’s little brother were sent to the higher court. Bass and the lit tle boy went to jail and the wo man was released on bail. All were to have been tried at the Circuit Court next week. THE ESCAPE. Bass escaped from the jail on Friday night or Saturday morn ing before day. His ingenuity in entering buildings enabled him to get out of this one. He was locked up for the night in the first cell on the lower floor of the first department of the jail. The cell adjoining his was unoccupied and was. there fore, unlocked and it was thiough this that he escape. There is a sink in each cell and these sinks are connected with each other by a sewer about 10 by 12 inches in size. The sink proper and the sewer are of iron but the top of the sink is of wood. This wooden top Bass removed and crawling into the sink other cell * THROUGH THE SEWER, once thefe, the when his arms had gotten through, the iron bars of the window just above him, he was aj)le to pull his entire body out and then jumping to the ground he skipped. The other prisoners say they knew nothing about Bass’ es cape; they heard the noise but did not know at the time what it was. This was shortly before day. Just after his escape he went by his home and TOLD HIS WIFE GOOD-BYE and this, she says, was just a little after daylight. So it seems that he made his escape just before dawn. On Saturday morning a rep resentative of The New s asked the prisoners about the affair. JoHn Williams, of Lamar incen diary fame, seemed to be spokes man for the crowd and he re plied in substance as follows: They knew nothing about the escape. For several nights they had heard a noise similar to that made when Bass escaped, but that ever since Bill Scott, the negro w’ho turned State’s evidence in the James case, died in jail several years ago, the be lief had become common that the jail was haunted and when they heard the noise they thought jt was made by BILL SCOTT’S GHOST. They, therefore, did nothing while the noise was going on. They were afraid to give an alarm, so they kept quiet, but decided that if Bill Scott’s ghost was really haunting the jail that they would get the author ities to drive it out. Mr. Yancy Scarborough, the jailor, states that he knew noth ing of the escape until after he had opened the doors of the oth er prisoners’ cells and had re turned to his quarters. He was then sent for by Williams who told him ot the affair. After their doors were opened and Mr. Scarborough had left there was nothing to keep the other pris oners from getting out of the jail through the hole Bass had made. They did not do’ it, they say, because they did not want to, but that they were afraid because it was daylight proba bly had more to do with their not making the attempt than any honest intentions on their part. As soon as Mr. Scarbor ough became cognizant of the hole in the wall, he locked the made his prisoners securely in the cage. GONE TO PARTS UNKNOW N. Bass has so far made good his escape. Every effort to ascer tain his whereabouts has been of no avail and we doubt if he will ever be recaptured. His whole career shows that be is a shrewd negro and he is proba- _ bly by this time a long way he got into the 0 ff from Darlington. On the day after his escape his wife was put in jaif on the and, once there, the greater charge of stealing a dress pat- portion of his work was accom- tern plished, for as already stated, this cell was unoccupied and unlocked, and he went from thence into the corridor. Bass must have had his es cape PLANNED FOR SOME TIME for he first removed from the window in his cell the two sash weights, which are stout pieces jf iron sharp at one end. Both were found in the jail after his escape. He used these in priz ing off the top of the sink and subsequently in boring a hole in the outer wall of the jail. The adjoining cell had not been locked for several days and he probably noticed this and watched his opportunity. On the morning after his es cape his under clothes were found upon the floor of the ad joining cell. It is thought that from Rotholz’s store. A warrant had been out against her for this for some time, awaiting the outcome of the other charges against her. She will be kept securely confined until her trial at court next week. Use Obelisk flour, “the best.” West & Honour. THE COUNTY NEWS. Fresh bird seed, Coggeshall AROUND THE TRACK The Result of the Driving Association's Races on Friday Last. Races were held at the track on Friday last in accordance with the announcement. The first race was between “High land Red” and Mr. J. H. Black well’s “R. O.” This race was declared off, because Highland lost his shoe before the first half-mile was completed. The entries for the second race were “R. C.” and Capt. Whipple's “J. R.” -The former won by about half a head. The third race was between Mr. W. F. Dargan’s “Eugene Wrayburn,” Mr. C. R. Woods’ “Bessie” aud and Col. E. R. Mclver’s “Belle” and the> crossed the line in the order named. armeuts minus through in his under- then redressed himse the underwear. HIS NEXT MOVEMENTS. The first department of the jail, where Bass was confined, is not like the second, inasmuch as there is no locked cage in front of the cell doors as in the latter and, consequently, once out of the cell there was noth ing to stop his progress. He proceeded immediately to the rear part o f he jail and again using A SASH WEIGHT he cut a hole into the outside brick wall of the jail just under the last window in the northeast corner. This hole was about 12 by 18 inches. It is evident that to get out by this hole Bass had to crawl through ON HIS BACK and by grasping on the outside, FROM ALL SECTIONS AS TOLD BY OUR CORRESPONDENTS. Matters About Cypress—Baseball and the Crops—Look Out for a Wedding. Miss Maggie Parham has gone to Florence on a visit. Mr. G. D. Galloway says that he has cotton, squash and young watermelons. We have a good deal of sick ness in this community, mostly caused by the grip and colds. G. W Brown, Esq., of Dar lington, was at this place one day last week on professional business. If the weather permits our farmers will be busy this week harvesting grain, though the oat crap will be short. Mr. Charlie DuBose and bliss es Bailie and Ida DuBose visit ed friends in Philadelphia on Saturday and Sunday last. Your correspondent attended the Columbia carnival and was much interested in the competi tive drill and was greatly pleas ed that our Darlington boys took off the prize. Dr. J. M. Josey has the finest field of corn in this section and Mr. C. B. Pate the finest piece of cotton, but Mr. J. W. Du Bose can down anyone on a patch of wheat. The long dry spell was broken on Monday last by aheavy rain, which we gladly welcomed and which will revive our gardens and crops, put a move on Gen eral Green and start the farmers to planting peas. One of our widowers seems to be taking a high hand of late in driving the young-ladies around with his fine horse. So, Mr. Editor, if this correspond ent has to report a wedding soon do not be surprised. Our Cypress boys and the Lydia boys have played two games of ball, in both of which the Lydia team was victorious by a small score. Our boys say that they will shut out the Ly dia players next time. What the Cypress club needs isagood captain and eight more good players and when they are se cured Lydia had better look to her laurels. Fruit jars, Coggeshall & Co. THE CONCERT For Raising a Fund for the Methodist Cemetery Fence. The concert given at the op era house on Tuesday night to raise a fund for repairing the fence of the Methodist cemetery was a very pleasant affair. All of the music was very good and some was especially fine. The h good, friends witness the trial of their skill. There is a young man in town —we cannot style him as either a dandy or a dude—who is very fond of the ladies and ornamen tal headgear. Dr. R. A. Trippett returned home last Friday from the World’s Fair. The Doctor looks well as usual and we are all glad to see him again. Mr. W. A. Carrigan on Mon day received a telegram from Mr. John Scott, of Greensboro, N. C.^ saying his son, W. A. Carrigan, Jr., had been acci dentally shot through the lower jaw. Mr. L. E. Carrigan loft at once for Oak Ridge Institute, N. C., where the wounded young man is attending school. The ladies gave an ice cream festival at the hall last Friday night. Quite a number of la dies were out. Among them we noticed some from Doves- ville and other places. A good sum of money was raised which will be used for repairing the Baptist church organ. All en joyed themselves until a late hour. OATS. Mr. Wm. Warr lost a horse last week. Mr. A. S. Harrell has returned from his Western trip. Mr. Henry Skinqer, of Sum ter county, has been visiting among us recently. The wheat crop in the vicinity is rather poor; in fact the grain crop generally is below the av erage. The Lydia baseball club ex pects to play a match game with the Dovesville boys next Friday afternoon at Hartsville. Dr. Harrell is building an ad dition to his present office. When the addition is completed he will use it as an office instead of the old one. Mr. H. B. Stuckey has some very fine corn. Dr. Harrell also has some which is looking well. There may be others who have corn equally as good which we have not noticed. The second game of ball be tween Cypress and Lydia was played on Saturday afternoon. The score stood 37 to 4 in favor of Lydia. There is a maxim which says “I’ll try and will succeed,” but Cypress seems to be an exception to the rule when they tackle the Lydia team. joining cell, it is thougnt that attendance, t h o u g he first pushed his upper-clothes | w & 8 hot as large as it should through the sewer, crawled have been, but this was doubt less due entirely to the fact that the short notice prevented the entertainment from being prop erly advertised. All who at tended were very attentive and seemed well pleased. The fol lowing are the names of those who took part in the program : Mrs. R. W. Boyd, Misses Aichel, of Charleston, Miss Mamie Bai ley, of Georgetown, Miss Janie Dudley, of Bennettsville, Miss Jennie Rast. Miss Emma Ed wards, Miss Clara Ward, Mr. R. E. James, Mr. J. W. James. CLYDE. Mr. D. D. Johnson is some better. Some fine fish are being caught from Black Creek. “General Green” is making some of us hustle early and late. We are having nice weather for farming and our boys are making good use of it. We heard an excellent ser mon at New Market on Sun day evening last from Rev. J. A. White. Misses Mary and Florence Tyner, of Hartsville, attended the services at New Market on Sunday evening. Some of our young men are visiting the Union section fre quently and we hope to get some cake before long. There is a lot of sickness in our community at present. Mrs. H. M. Pope and Mrs. B. W. Brown are among those on the list. The Mormons are gone and it will be good for them always to look out for the boys when the engine whistles and the bell rings. On Saturday morning the tub to Mr. A. M. McNair’s still bursted, letting all the water out, so he has had to stop work again for a few days. Mrs. Mary Caddell died at her home near Clyde on the night of the 26th ult. She leaves five children and a lot of friends to mourn her loss. Her remains were carried over into Chester field and were interred in the family burying ground near Mr. Sandy Johnson’s. People in need of tobacco bas kets and sticks should remem ber that I am State agent for the Tobacco Hanger Mfg. Co., of Houston, Va., who manufac ture these articles. W. D. Coggeshall. 2t Full line fancy cakes. W.&H. (Other Locals on 2nd Page.) A SWEEPING REDUCTION I 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 cloning out at greatly reduced prices. These are all nice, new goods. We have Just received an other lot of Thompson's glove fitting (jorsets. We also call your attention to our line of Laces, Embroid eries, Ribbons, Gloves, Hand kerchiefs, Fans, etc., which is complete in every detail. JASPER. Miss Addie Sansbury, of Sum ter, visited this community re cently. Rev. B. F. Parrott will preach at Lake Swamp on the fourth Sunday in June. Mr. W. D. Hill, who has been quite sick, is improving. We are glad to state that he is able to go about again. On Sunday, the 14 uit., Mr. Dozier Stokes and Miss Fannie Jeffords, both of Philadelphia township, were married by Rev. B. F. Parrott. Our community feels cheered that it is even as well with us as it is. Our Supreme Guide could have visited us with much worse troubles, but the bowels of Hi^compassion withheld the chastening rad of punishment due for our disobedience. Tobacco is looking well. Only a few of us planted it this year, however. Messrs Stephens, Vaughn and Coker are trying it. Messrs E. F. Sansbury & Son cultivated the weed last year, but with so little satisfaction that they abandoned it and again gave old King Cotton the crown. NEW PROVIDENCE. Mr. H. J. Nettles’ wheat is a crop, notwithstanding the ry spring. Mr. H. K. Rogers was the first person we know of to finish chopping cotton. Mr. Watson, Sr., of Marion, accompanied our pastor to New Providence on Sunday, the 21st ult? Come into our store and we will guarantee you both pleasure and sat isfaction. McCall & Burch. BE CAREFUL! Most men are not careful enough when buying clothes; they should look more closely into the worth, style aud FIT of the garment. There is a vein of stylish grace that runs through our entire varietj of SPRING SUITS. Call and examine them. 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. EH-A-TS. 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. S ECO ICS- For summer wear a colored shoe is quite the proper thing. Our Russia leather shoes walk away from every- SOCIETY HILL. Dr.Gandy spent sometime here extracting teeth with the Algine painless process. We have decided not to have a dispensary. We live too near the line to go to so much trou ble. The gun club will arrange seats at their grounds and will be glad to have their lady . . ::ing else for comfort, durability and Rev. J. J. Bateman expects 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. soon to unite with New Provi dence by letter from Hartsville church. Mr. Wm. Smothers and his daughter, Miss Nancy, visited relatived in this section on Sat urday, the 20th ult., and attend ed services at New Providence on the day following. (Other County News on Page 4) ' Ikl,