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VOL. XX, NO. 24. DARLINGTON, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1893 WHOLE NUMBER 958. LOCH UCO.VICS. MATTERS IN AND AROUND PROS PEROUS DARLINGTON. A Column of News, Tersely Told, of Interest to Our Many Readers. Dr. J C. Willcox offers a re ward for the recovery of a lost Morocco pocket case Mr. S. Marco advertises for rent the two stores in his new building on the west side of the Square. The grass in the Court House park needs .mowing and the flowers should be treated to a weeding. When will the business por tion of Pearl street be widened ? is a question frequently asked now-a-days. The regular meeting of Dar lington Lodge, No. 7, Knights of Pythias, will be held on Tues day evening next. The excursion, which we men tioned in our last issue that the mill men will have, will be run on Saturday, the 24th inst. • The commencement exercises of the South Carolina College will be held next week. In the list of graduates we notice the name of Mr. E. C. Bacot, of this county. The Charleston, Sumter and Northern Railroad has sent us its excursion rates to the differ ent summer resorts, wnich our readers may inspect by calling at our office. An excursion for colored peo- S le will be run on July 6, from dbsons, N.C., to Augusta, pass ing through Darlington. The fare for the round trip from this place is $1.50. Mr. T. C. Jeffords, of Palmet to, has brought us the first cot ton blossom we have seen this season. He said he had one for The News last Friday, but was not able to get it to us. Work has been commenced upon Mr. C. B. Edwards’s new residence on “Yankee Hill.” The house promises to be very handsome and Mr. J. L. Wrenn has the work in charge. The regular meeting of the white teachers’ association for Darlington county will be held at the Court House on Saturday. The colored association will hold its next meeting on the Saturday following. The fire department of Flor ence will run an excursion to Waccamaw Lake, on Thursday next, the 22. The price of the round trip ticket from Florence is $1,25. Darlingtonians, who wish to go, may leave on the regular morning train and reach Florence in time to join the ex cursionists. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Brief Mention About People You Know and People You Don't Know. Dr. Archie China, of Sumter, is in Darlington. Dr. W. H. Darby, of Florence, was in town on Sunday. Mrs. W. J. Early is visiting relatives in the low country. Miss Ella Wagner has return ed from a brief visit to Charles ton. Mr. I. Stauss, of Sumter, was in town yesterday on a business trip. Miss Pauline Sanders, of Sum ter, is visiting Miss Louise Wil liamson. Miss Lillie Lucas, of Florence, spent Sunday with relatives in Darlington. The many friends of Mr. 0. 0. Riddle are glad to see him on the streets again. Mr. Hyman Witcover, of Sav annah, is visiting his father, Mr. W. Witcover. Mr. R. L. Hart has accepted a position in the office of Messrs Gibson & Woods. Mr. L C. Glenn, principal of St. John's School, has returned to his home in North Carolina. J. DeJongh, Esq., of the Flor ence Bar, spent Monday in Dar lington on professional busi ness. Miss Maggie Burch, of Ebe- nezer, who has been visiting Miss Alice Parrott, has return ed home. Miss Tisnelda Aichel left on Monday for her home in Charles ton, after a pleasant visit to Mrs. R. W. Boyd. Mr. Sam Atkinson is able to be out again after a severe ill ness. He has many friends and all welcome his recovery. Miss Donna Spain has return ed home from Atlanta, where she has for several months been pursuing a course in music. i Dr. J. M. Earle and Mr. J. D. Haynsworth have returned from two weeks’ successful fish ing on the Little Pee Dee river. Rev. Marion Dargan, a former Darlingtonian, now financial agent of the Columbia Female College, spent Monday in Dar lington as the guest of his sister, Mrs. J. G. McCall. No services were held in the Methodist Church on Sunday, owing to the absence of the pas tor, Rev. J. E. Carlisle, who at tended the commencement exer cises of Wofford College. Rev. John Stout is in Green ville attending the meeting of the board of trustees of Furman University, of which he is a member. He will return to Darlington to-morrow (Friday). The annual reunion of the survivors of the Pee Dee Light Artillery will be held in Dar lington on July 21. Major Jas. Armstrong, Charleston’s bril liant orator, has been invited to deliver an address on that occa sion and has accepted. The definite programme for the meeting will be announced la ter. There is a movement on foot to have two new streets opened in the heart of the town. One will run between Pearl and Broad streets and parallel to them, extending from Edwards street in the direction of Grove. The other will run at right an gles to this, beginning at a point on Pea-l street, near the DuPre place, and extending in the di rection of Broad street. The following prisoners, who were sentenced at the last term of court to imprisonment in the penitentiary, were carried over to that institution yesterday: Jim Thompson, housebreaking and larceny, three years; Jerry W. Wingate, larceny of live stock, one year; Mat Freeman (v*hite), larceny of live stock, two years, Jack Hines, assault and battery of a high and ag gravated nature, four months. A bicycle rider ran into a horse and buggy on the Square on Saturday last. The buggy had three occupants—a young lady, a little girl and a boy. The little boy was thrown out Miss Lizzie Bardin, who has been visiting the Misses Mc- Cown, left on Monday for Sum ter, where she will pay a brief visit to friends, and from thence she will return to her home in Charleston. Mr J. D. Haynsworth will leave shortly for Chicago to see the World’s Fair. He will make his visit to the great ex position quite an extended one, probably not returning home before the fall. Col. M. B. McSweeney, editor of the Hampton Guardian, spent Friday in Darlington. Col. McSweeney is interested in an oil mill now in the course of construction at his home and while here he inspected our model mill. Dr. and Mrs. W. L. (Calloway leave this week for Cleveland Springs, where the Doctor holds the position of resident physi cian during the summer season. Before returning to Dariington they will go, about the latter part of August, to the World’s Fair. Miss Bessie Williamson, Miss Carrie Mclver, Miss Emmie James, and Miss Mary Lucas, the last named of Society Hill, have returned home from the College for Women in Colum bia. Miss May McCall has re turned from the Columbia Fe male College. upon the ground, but was not hurt beyond a bruise or two. A serious accident was, perhaps, prevented by the presence of mind of the ’cyclist, who, as the collision took place, grasped the horse by the bits, thus keeping it from running away. Cards are on* for the marriage of Mr. Patterson Wardlaw, su perintendent of the public schools, and Miss Claude Ed wards, which event will take place on Wednesday evening, I the 21st inst., at the residence of the prospective bride's moth er, Mrs. A. M. Edwards, on Pearl street. THE m OF COURT. THE PROCEEDINGS AT THE CLOSE OF THE GENERAL SESSIONS. John Moody Acquitted, Richard Moody Convicted on One Count—The Flinn Case Po-tpor.ed. The Moody case, which was being tried at the time that The News went to press last week, resulted in a verdict of acquittal for John Moody, tiie young man who was present when his cou sin, George Moody, fired the fatal shot. Old Richard Moody was convicted in the third count of the indictment, that is of being an accessory after the fact (harboring his son, George, after the killing). The jury re commended him to the mercy of the court. This verdict was brought in on Thursday after noon. On Friday morning the coun sel for Richard Moody moved for a new trial on the ground that there was not enough evi dence to support the verdict and because a member of the ury was seen talking to an iutsider from a window of the jury room. Judge Hudson over ruled the motion on both grounds, holding that there was sufficient evidence to sustain the verdict and that the said verdict was not affected in any way by the conversation which the member of the panel had with the outsider, as, while the conversation was indiscreet, it did not refer in the most remote degree to the case on trial, but only to a matter of personal in terest to the parties holding it.; In view of Richard Mdody’s old age and. bodily infirmities his Honor announced that he would construe as literally as possible the jury’s recommendation to mercy and he sentenced Moody to two months’ imprisonment in the county jail. Before the completion of the Moody t?rial, on Thursday, the case against J. Dozier Flinn, charged with assault and bat tery with intent to kill, was, on motion of Messrs Nettles & Nettles, attorneys for the de fence, postponed until the next term of court, an affidavit being produced from Dr. P. A. Wil son to the effect that the defend ant was sick and unable to at tend court. On Friday, Messrs Boyd & Brown, representing the four defendants who were convicted at the last term of court of burning Mr. E. L. Gray’s barn at Lamar, made a motion for a new trial for their clients on ground of after discovered evi dence,vhich consisted chiefly of affidavits tending to show that one John Green, colored, a lead ing witness for the prosecution, had testified falsely, o n e of which affidavits was made by Green himself who acknowledg ed that he had committed per jury. A strong fight was made by defendants’ counsel as well as by the Solicitor who argued against the motion. The result was that Judge Hudson allowed the verdict to stand. When the defendants in this case were convicted at the last term of court they were sen tenced to an imprisonment of ten years each in the penitenti ary. Tljey were never sent to that institution, however, but remained in jail, because their attorneys immediately appealed to the Supreme Court. This ap peal is still pending and until it is settled the defendants will stay in jail. Willie Thomas, colored, who is charged with being the lead er of the gang tnat committed the several burnings in the Lam ar section and who is now under arrest in Sumter, will as already stated in these columns, be tried in the federal court on the charge of robbing the mails at Mayesville, before our court can try him for the Lamar of fences. A Call Declined. Mr. Patterson Wardlaw, su perintendent of the public schools, recently received a call to the head mastership of the Rock Hill High School. He took the matter under advise ment, but after a conference with the trustees of ourschools, Mr. Wardlaw declined the offer, much to the gratifica' ion of his many admirers in this com munity who would regret to see him leave. A SAD, SAD BLOW. Dr. W. J. Alexander Stricken With Ap oplexy—A Gloom over the Town. To say that Darlington was shocked on Tuesday morning to learn that on the previous night Dr. W. J. Alexander, president of the phosphate company, had been stricken with apoplexy, would be but feebly expressing the sorrowful feeling that the news caused. The whole com munity was saddened at what is regarded as a public calamity. There is little hope of his re covery, he has been unconscious ever since the stroke and his life, at the time The News goes to press is hanging by only a slender thread*. A hushed, solemn expectancy holds the town; the people sor row for they fear it is the pass ing of a good man. Everyone feels that the life of one of his best neighbors, one of the truest citizens, is hanging; in the bal ance, hence the grief that has been occasioned is a grief com mon to all. The “hope that springs eternal in the human breast” causes us to trust that the noble man may yet be spar ed us, though there is little chance that such will be the case. THE APPOINTMENT MADE. The Governor Fills Mr Moore's Place on the Board of Control. Governor Tillman has ap pointed Mr. J. P. Kervin, of Dovesville, a member of the county board of control to fill the vacancy caused by the re signation of Mr. J. O. A. Moore. Mr. Kervin took the oath of office on Saturday afternoon last. Since the appointment was made opposition to Mr. Kervin has been developed in the Tillman ranks of this coun ty. The Governor has been re quested to withhold his commis sion, but whether he will do so has not been learned. The com- missission has not yet reached the Clerk of Court’s office where such matters usually go. The board, it will be re membered, will meet on Satur day to pass upon the applica tions of the three candidates for county dispenser and to select one of them, if it sees fit, to hold this responsible position. The board will also probably decide at this meeting upon a suitable location for the dis pensary. A GIFT SHOW. Signor Bosco to Appear in Darlington in a Magic Entertainment. Signor Bosco, who several years ago gave a series of suc cessful entertainments in Dar lington, will again appear at the opera house at this place to-morrow (Friday) night, Sat urday night and Monday night. As he did in his previous enter tainment, he will give presents to those who draw the lucky tickets which he will distribute in the audience. The Elizabeth City News, of May 19, says: “Professor Bosco began a three nights engagement at the opera house on Monday night and has been playing to crowded houses. He gives a splendid show and gives away a large Lumber of beautiful presents.” MR WARD RESIGNS. A Vacancy in the Town Council to be Filled by a Special Election. J. J. Ward, Esq.,hasresigned the position of alderman for the town of Darlington. This will be a surprise to everybody. Mr. Ward has been a member of the Town Council for a number of years and there are many who will regret exceedingly that he deems it best to lea ve the service of the town. In an other column is published an ordinance calling a special elec tion for June 30 to fill the va- icancy. The books for the regis- J tration of voters for said election will be opened at the council chamber on June 28 and 29 from 9 a. m. to 0 p. m. Free art and embroidery ex hibition at Blackwell Bros’ store on Friday, Saturday and Mon day next. Don’t fail to be pres ent. (Other Locals on 2nd Page.) THE COUNTY NEWS. FROM ALL SECTIONS AS TOLD BY OUR CORRESPONDENTS. A Long and Newsy Letter from Cy. press—Weddings and Rumors of Weddings—6rops. Mr. E. O. Parham has had his pet lot of fine oats harvest ed. Spring chickens have just commenced to come into mar ket. Miss Janie Parham is in Flor ence on a visit to relatives and friends. Dr. J. M* Josey has built a nea. plank fence around one of his fields. Dr. W. L. Galloway, of Dar lington, visited friends in this community last Saturday. Messrs Jessie and Charley McLendon have returned home from school and are both look ing well. Lynche’s River was very high a few days ago and the freshet did some damage to the crops in the bottoms. Ben Jackson, a colored farm er of this section, has about as fine a crop, and one as well cul tivated, as any we have seen. Cypress can boast of the finest crops and the prettiest girls of any section of the county. Now, boys, this is no invitation for you to come around. Dr. J. M. Josey still leads for the finest corn in this section. The Doctor fertilizes his corn very lightly, only using about 1,000 pounds to the acre. Mr. Boyd DuBose has very nearly completed h i s house, which when finished will be a credit to the county. So we expect to have another wedding to report soon. Enough said. Mr. R..M. Josey sent to your correspondent last week a lot of the very finest peaches. Many thanks to our worthy trial jus tice. Mr. Josey says he has an abundant crop of this elegant fruit. Mr. B. A. DuBose and Miss Addie DuRant, of Bishopville, were married on Wednesday evening of last week at the res idence of Rev. C. D. Mann. We wish the young couple a long, prosperous and happy life. Prof J. A. Graham’s school closed on Friday. Miss C. Hug gins received the first prize for dictionary lessons and little Miss Edith Huggins the first prize in spelling for the young er pupils. Prof. Graham is much liked by parents and pu pils. Your correspondent would like to call the attention of the county commissioners to the fact that the public road lead ing from this place in the direc tion of Lydia has not been work ed this year. There are some ! very bad holes in it between here and Cypress Church and one or two bridges in poor con dition. This road ought to be looked after. Sunday school} of Timmonsville had a picnic there last Satur day. The prospects at present are very encouraging for our farm ers. Cotton, corn, etc, are look ing well, and bid fair to make an abundant yield. If the price of cotton will get up to eight cents, we will all be happy. HIGH HILL Rain ! rain ! grass ! grass ! grass! Huckleberries are ripe and the “roving little darkey” is happy. We are glad to report the re covery of Mr. S. J. Parker, who has been quite sick. Miss Lois Horton, a charming young lady of Lancaster, is vis iting her sister, Mrs. Kelley. We we were glad to have our friend, Mr. E. L. Gray, of La mar, spend a night of last week with us. Miss Daisy Wilson, of Lin- wood, spent a few days of last week with relatives in this com munity. Mr. Arthur Humphries has the largest cotton we have seen. Mr. C. L. Odom takes the lead in tomatoes; he dined on ripe ones of his own raising on the 5th inst. Our pastor preached an excel lent sermon Sunday from the text found in Romans 8th chap ter and 28th verse: “And we know that all things work to gether for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His pur pose.” CLYDE. Mr. Alex Caddell is still very sick with fever. General Green has been con quered only in a few instances. Mr. D. D. Johnson is better than he has been for some days past. We will sell to the highest bidder one and a half acres of cotton near Pond Hollow bridge on one day of next week. Mr. J. E. King, of Kelly town, has the best piece of corn in that section. Mr. N. B. Caddell has the best piece of corn around Clyde. Mr. J. R. Segars, Sr., lost his dwelling by fire on the 8 inst. He saved nearly all of his furni ture, save in the dining room where he lost everything. There was no insurance'. Rev. J. A. White conducted services at Pond Hallow on Sunday. He will be at that place again on the second Sun day of next month and we h'ope a large congregation will be out to hear him. Rev. J. W. Warr will preach at New Market on the fourth Sunday night of this month. We hope that he will also have a large congregation. JASPER. Mr. John L. Weber, of the editorial staff of the News and Courier, has been called to the chair of English literature at Trinity College, a Methodist institution in North Carolina. RIVERDALE. Miss Bertha Bland, of Dar lington, has been visiting the family of Mr. J A. Middleton. Miss Clara Howie, who ban been visiting Mrs. W. H. Mozin- go, has returned to Darlington. i Mr. G. W. Abbott, Jr., has returned from Oak Ridge Insti- jtute, N. C., where he has been j attending school. The recent copious rains have revived vegetation and the crops and gardens aregrowingnicely. It has also induced “General Green” to muster his troops and he is giving our people a hard fight CARTERSVILLE. Mrs. M. W. Peel has been sick, but is now convalescent. Dr. John H. Peel, of North j Carolina, has located here for the practice of medicine. The Sunday school of the Methodist Church will have “Children Day” on the fourth Sunday. The exercises will commence at 10 a. m. We have had several mar riages recently, the latest ones being, Mr. T. J. Walker to Miss Mattie Elvington and Mr. A Lane to Miss Lila DuBose. Mr. C. T. Haynie is fixing up a nice park for the benefit of picnics, and the colored Baptist Mrs. Lewis has been quite sick for several days, but we are glad to learn that she is now better. Mrs. Lizzie Truett has been very ill, but the news of her convalescence is quite cheering to her friends and relatives. Our Sunday-school at Lake Swamp is, under the superin tendency of Mr. W.J. Carter, in a very flourishing condition. Mr. D. L. Lewis has closed his school at Hartsville and will spend the vacation with rel atives and friends around here. He will resume the exercises of his school in September. We are pleased to say that qutte refreshing showers have come this week. We were need ing rain, despite the showers of last week. The garden and field crops are looking well, but above all tobacco presents the best appearance. Ford’s old theatre, in Wash ington, the same in which Lin coln was shot, collapsed on Fri day with a fearful loss of life. The building was used by the government as a part of the war department and there were about five hundred employees in it at the time of the catas trophe. Three floors fell with a crash and numbers of people were buried in the mass of ruins. Twenty-four persons were kill ed and forty-five injured. The building had been several times condemned as unsafe and the government, in continuing to use it, is blamed for the terrible loss of life. A WOMAN'S ADVICE. “Hello, George, have you or dered your summer suit yet ? “Well, don’t delay a minute, but go at once to McCall & Burch’s and— “What! That horrid thing! No, indeed, you shall never wear it. Makes you look like a slouch. Throw it away and get one of McCall & Burch’s, which they are selling at cost for cash. They’re just too lovely. And they always give such perfect fits. “That’s a dear. Yes, come early. “Good-by ” AGreatSuit SALE. —AT— Our entire line of Spring and Summer Suits must be closed out in the next sixty days. We will sell you anything in this line AT COST FOR CASH We mean what we All we want is for you to cal and see for yourself. Another fresh arrival of $1 Negligee Shirts — the best in Darlington for the money. Something new in Windsor Scarfs at 50c, the very thing to wear with negligee shirts. We are still making a special ty of Shoes. We have about 35 pairs in sizes ranging from No. 5 to No. 7, which we are selling out re gardless of cost. These shoes are regular $5 and $0 goods, but owing to the unpopular sizes we will close them out at $1.50 per pair. A nice line of extra light weight coats and vests; also ex tra pants. IN OUR HATS. In our Hat stock we have a few more Straw Hats left which we are selling at reduced prices; not at cost.