The Darlington news. (Darlington, S.C.) 1875-1909, June 29, 1893, Image 1
VOL. XX, NO. 2G.
DARLINGTON, S. G, THURSDAY, JUNE 2«>, 1893.
WHOLE NUMBER 9G0.
LOCAL LACONICS.
MATTERS IN AND AROUND PROS
PEROUS DARLINGTON.
A Column of News, Tersely Told,
Interest to Our Many
Readers.
To-morrow is the day for
bars to be closed.
of
the
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
THE FIGHT IS (fl.
Brief Mention About People You Know
and People You Don't Know
Mr. E. B. Dargan is at Cleve
land Springs.
Mr. M. Lewenthal is clerking
for Mr. S. Manne.
Mr. and Mrs Patterson Ward-
law have gone to Bat Cave, N
C
A dance will be given in the
Hewitt hall to-night.
A reward is offered in this is
sue for the recovery of a lost
pocket case.
Mr. J. H. Mason advertises
for rent a house in the eastern
portion of the town.
Mrs. R. L. Warley has pur
chased the residence of the late
Mrs. A. A. Baker on Orange
street.
The Bank of the Carolinas, of
Florence, which recently closed
its doors, resumed business on
Friday last.
Mr. F. Pegues advertises for
rent the desirable residence on
Broad street, formerly owned
by Mr. T. S. Joye.
Very large watermelons can !
now be seen for sale on the |
streets of Darlington. They be- j
gan coming in last week.
The union services will be
held in the Baptist Church on
Sunday night next and will be
conducted by Rev. J. E. Carlisle.
Mr. J. M. James has sold’ his
fine pointer, ‘•Val,” to Mr. T. F.
Malloy, of Asheville, N. C. T h e
price paid for the animal was
§50.
The Young Men’.s Christian
Association of Sumter will run
an excursion to Eutaw Springs
on Tuesday. Tbe fare for the
round trip from Darlington is
$1.
A grand bicycle tournament
will be given in Columbia on
Tuesday next, July 4. We have
received a copy of the splendid
programme arranged for the
occasion.
Don’t fail to read the call
which appears in another col
umn for a Democratic munici
pal meeting to be held in the
Court House this (Thursday)
evening at 8.30 o’clock.
Hon. John L. McLaurin,
member of Congress from this
district, will address the people
of Stokes Bridge, at Ashland,
on Friday July 14. A picnic
will be given in connection with
the meeting.
We have been asked to state
that there will be no services
in the MeChanicsville Church
until the second Sunday in July.
The Sunday-school will give a
basket picnic at the church on
Saturday, the 8 inst.
The monster colored excur
sion from Gibson, N. C., to Au-
. gusta, Ga., will be run op
Thursday next. The fare from
Robin’s Neck is $1 75, Mont
Clare $1.65, Darlington $1.50,
Syracuse $1.40, Lamar $1.40.
Our readers should not fail to
read the opening chapters of
our new story, “ANympthof
the West”, which begins in this
issue. It is full of thrilling ad
ventures and is interesting to
the end. Not a chapter should
be missed.
At a meeting of the trustees
of the Darlington public schools,
last week, a committee was ap
pointed to look into the ad visa
bility of having an additional
room built at St. John’s school.
The crowded condition of the
school has led the trustees to
take this step.
Mr. J. W. Northcutt, an old
man who lives on factory hill,
took an overdose of laudanum,
one and a half ounces, on Mon
day night. The timely arrival
of Drs. Willcox and Hill, who
removed the poison by means of
a stomach pump, was all that
saved the old man’s life.
We are requested to announce
that the ladies of Mt. Elon will
have an ice cream festival at
the Baptist parsonage, at Una,
on to morrow (Friday) evening,
when ice cream, cake, sherbet
and lemonade will be served at
reasonable prices. Everybody
is cord’ally invited to attend.
Last week Ed, the little son
of Mr. J. C. Garrison, about
four years old, met with a pain- _ .
ul accident at the residence of | given a three weeks
us father on Dr. A. C. Spain's by his congregation
place. While walking across!lea .. -
the floor he fell, breaking his i by Mrs. Stout, to spend the time
hip We are glad to say that at the Hammocks, “ ~
the uttle fellow is now doing as
well as could be expected.
Mrs. Leighton W. Lide is vis
iting Mrs. E. J. Forrester at
Greenwood.
Miss Addie DesChamps, of
Sumter, is the guest of Miss
Josephine McCall.
Mr. R. Keith Charles, former
ly ot this place but now of Rock
Hill, is in Darlington.
Mr. J. L. Wrenn has been
awarded the contract for build
ing the new city hall in Sum
ter.
Mr. B. O. Bristow and family
will leave this morning for a
brief sojourn on Sullivan’s Is
land.
Miss Alice Parrott has gone
to Sumter, where she will spend
several weeks visiting relatives
and friends.
Miss Juliette Watson is visit
ing Mrs. A. T. Baird, prior to
returning to her home in Roan
oke, Va., next week.
Miss Tillie Wolkoviskie, who
has been visiting relatives in
New York, returned to Darling
ton on Thursday last.
Mr. Robt. F. Woods returned
on Monday from Nashville,
Tenn., where he has been at
tending Vanderbilt University.
Miss Cora Davis has returned
home from the “City by the
Sea,” where she has been at
tending the Charleston Female
Seminary.
Rev. A. J. Stafford, who was
pastor of the Methodist Church
at this place shortly after the
war, passed through Darlington
yesterday.
Mr. S. Manne is in New York,
where he went to attend the
wedding of his sister, Miss Car
rie, which took place on Tues
day night.
Mrs. J. J. Forman has return
ed from an extended visit to the
Northwest. On her way back
to Darlington she visited the
World’s Fair.
Mrs. E. A. Gainey and her
daughter, Miss RebecCa, will
remove shortly to Greenville,
Tenn., where Mrs. Gainey's son,
Mr. Angus Gainey, resides.
Miss Lillie Covington and
Miss Sallie McEachiu, of Laur-
inburg, N C., will visit Mrs.
B. C. Norment. They are ex
pected to arrive, this afternoon.
Mr. J. D. Joye, of Sumter,
AN INJUNCTION AGAINST THE DIS
PENSARY TO BE ASKED FOR.
An Important Suit in Which Everybody
is Interested—What Will be the
Outcome 7
The fight against the county
dispensary being opened on
Saturday, with Mr. J. Buckner
Floyd as dispenser, is on and
an injunction will be asked for.
The property owners of the
town who have looked into the
matter are satisfied that Mr.
Floyd’s appointment has been
made illegally and will, there
fore, go into the court. All the
necessary papers have been pre
pared and C. S, Nettles, Esq.,
who has been employed as
counsel, will go toBennettsville
this (Thursday) morning for the
purpose of asking Judge Hud
son to issue an injunction re
straining Mr. Floyd from open
ing the county dispensary on
Saturday. If an injunction is
granted Darlington will have
no dispensary for a while at
least, otherwise the State’s bar
room will be opened here on
Saturday.
The county board of control
held a meeting on Thursday
last, although the regular meet
ing was called for the next day
and at this called meetingtrans-
actad business set for the regu
lar meeting. The board approv
ed Mr. Floyd’s bond for $3,000
and issued the “permit” to him
as dispenser. Mr. Perry Carter,
a member of the board, refused
to sign the permit or any other
papers pertaining thereto, be-
satisfied with
RECEIVED TEN CENTS.
A Policyholder in the Piedmont and Ar.
lingion Gets this Large Sum.
The following letter, which is
self-explanatory, will be of in
terest to Uie many people in this
county, who held policies in the
j Piedmont and Arlington Life
I Insurance Company, of Virgin-
! ia, which is now defunct:
J. Gregg McCall, Esq., Dar
lington, S. C.:
Dear Sir: Our young friend,
Arthur McCall, informed me
some days since that you
desired to know something
of the Piedmont and Ar
lington Life Insurance Com
pany, having seen notice, 1 pre
sume, in the papers that I had
notice of some payments to the
policyholders. The facts in the
case are these : My father, one
of the unfortunates at the time
the company went into liquida
tion, held a policy, and execu
ted power of attorney to Car
rington, Lynan & Carrington,
attorneys-at-law, Richmond,
Va., to represent him. This
was about 1C or 18 years ago,
and nothing was heard of the
matter again till a short time
since when he rece : ved a circ*
lar, dated May 25, 1893, signed
C. Irvin Carrington, successor
to Carrington, Lynan & Carring
ton, ifl which he says to sign
the “enclosed slip” and return
to him as he had recently “se
cured a decree authorizing a
dividend of 2 per cent, which
has been ordered to be paid,”
and that he would send check
for the amount at once. My
father signed the paper as re
quested and, after waiting a
considerable time, I wrote again
to Mr. Carrington and on yes
terday received a letter enclos
ing a check on a Richmond
bank for ten cents, with the
statement that the dividend was
THE COUNTY NEWS.
FROM ALL SECTIONS AS TOLD BY
OUR CORRESPONDENTS.
Notes from New Providence—The Peo-
pie of Chesterfield Better Off
than Those of Darlington.
Twice in our items Mr. Hude
Kervin’s name has been printed
Fude Kervin by mistake.
Mr. H. J. Nettles plucked his
first ripe watermelon on the 22d
inst. Who can beat this ?
Mr. Alexander Coker, theold-
estsonof Mr. J.W. Coker, has re
turned home from Furman Uni
versity for the vacation.
Mr. T. J. Price, of Una, vis
ited friends in this section on
the 17th inst. and attended
church on the following day.
Some of us felt the earth
quake on the night of the 20th,
while others were too sound
asleep to know anything about
it.
The regular church conference
at New Providence has been
set for Saturday and we hope
for a large attendance of the
members.
We expect to do some work
on the New Providence church
yard very soon and hope that
all the male members will be
ready to help us.
The people in Chesterfield
have milk, butter, fat yearlings,
fat kids, fat lambs and fat pigs,
while most of us in Darlington
county have only a little fat ba
con from a good merchant’s cel
lar at 1C cents per pound.
Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Jones
highly appreciate the many
kind acts done them by friends
during the latter’s recent ill
ness. They wish especially to
WINTHROP TRA NING SCHOOL.
Important Facts About the Scholarship
Examination.
Apropos of the competitive
examination for the scholarship
from this county in the Win-
throp Normal College, at Col
umbia, which will be held in
the Court House at this place
on July 7, we publish the fol
lowing extracts from a letter
from the president of the col
lege to the School Commission
er, which will be of interest to
those who propose standing the
examination :
“The announcement that the
competitive examination for
scholarships in the Winthrop
Normal College would be held
on Friday, July 7, at your
county seat, is now running in
your county paper. The exam
ination will be upon the school
branches — aritl metic, gram
mar, geography. United States
history, composition, reading,
writing and spelling.
“Applicants for the scholar
ship must be not less than sev
enteen years of age; of irre
proachable moral character; in
good health; and with no physi
cal defects, habits or eccentri
cities which would interfere
with success in teaching.
“The questions for the exam
ination will be si nt in due time.
“I hope you may be able to
bring the great opportunities of
this institution to the attention
of some worthy young ladies of
your county and thus help them
and eventually bring material
benefit to your public schools.
MOODY PARDONED.
The Old Man Released from Confine,
ment in the County Jail.
Governor Tillman on Thurs
day pardoned old man Richard
was convicted at
Mrs. 8. C. Moore, together with i ^ ie t crm °f_ court of being
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 Sc
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 dean Yes, come
early.
“Good-by.”
AGreatSuit
SA.3LE.
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cause he was not sausnea wun siaiemeni mai xneaiviaenu was i v
the more of procedure in the $2.10 and his cost for collection | ^Intosh^and | ^no
matter. 82. He never did say in his cir-
At the hour for the regular j cular whether the dividend was
meeting on Friday Mr. Nettles 2 per cent, on the face value of
the policy or on amount of pre
miums paid in from time to
time. Truly your friend,
J. E. SCHOUBOE.
Florence, 8. C., June 23, ’93.
appeared at the office of the
board to ask for a hearing, but
Mr. Carter was the only mem
ber of the board present. The
clerk was there with him, but
the others members wereabsent.
Mr. Nettles subsequently made
another attempt to have the
matter of tbe dispenser reopen
ed, this time by letter address
ed to the board, and the chair-
'man replied that Mr. Nettles
and any citizens who so wished
it would be given a hearing at
the regu'ar meeting of the board
I on Monday afternoon next. As
this, however, will be after the
tyne set for opening the dis-
i pensary Mr. Nettles will go
ahead and ask immediately for
an injunction. These are the
facts in the case.
It is claimed by some that the
meeting was held on Thursday,
instead of Friday the appointed
‘ if
a number of relatives.
CLYDE.
brother of Mr. T. 8. Joye, was time > forestall, if possible
this week prospecting any action that the citizens of
the town might see fit to take.
in town this week prospecting
with a view to opening a gener
al merchandise store at this
place.
Mr. L. Pegram Dargan has
returned from Harvard Univer
sity. Mr. D. F. Houston, who
has been attending the same
university is expected home to
morrow.
Mr. Frank Wardlaw left on
Monday to attend the Moody
Summer School in Massachu
setts as a delegate from the Y.
M. C. A. at Davidson College.
He will be away about three
weeks.
Mr. W. C. Milling, who is
now a prosperous merchant of |
Paris, Texas, having resided in j
that city for about 8 years, is
in Darlington on a visit to his
home folks and all his old
friends have given him a hearty
welcome.
AN OUTRAGEOUS ASSAULT.
Lime Thrown With Serious Effect into
the Eyes of a Policeman.
Mary Jane Malloy, a colored
woman, committed an outra
geous assault upon Private
Dozier Bell, colored, of the
police force on Thursday night.
She had been incarcerated in
the guardhouse and Dozier went
t^ere to remove her from the
corridor to one of t h e cells.
Just as he was in the act of do
ing so, she threw a frying-pan
full of lime in his face, much of
it going into his eyes. He was
immediately given the best
medical attention possible. His
suffering was, and is still, in
tense. Dr. W. o. Garner, who
is attending him says that both
On the other hand, however, Mr
George Just Brown, the chair- 1 of his eyes are seriously injured
man of the board, gives the fol- and it is feared that sight will
lowing explanation for holding be lost in one. Dozier is a
the meeting on Thursday in- worthy colored man and is
stead of Friday. He says that courteous- and faithful in the
the board found it more con-! discharge of his duties. Every-
venient to meet on Thursday
and therefore did. This was
the sole reason. The board had
not received any intimation that
citizens wished to appear before
it, else the time for the meeting er court. For her outrageous
would not have been changed, act Trial Justice Dargan com-
The meeting for Friday had mitted her on the charges of
body sincerely simpathizes with
him in his misfortune.
The woman was subsequently
C ut in jail in default of a $600
ond to await trial at the high-
assault and battery of a high
and aggravated nature and
Mr Henry Jones preached at
Pond Hollow on Sunday morn
ing.
Mr. J. C. Watkins has been
quite sick for a few days, but is
now better.
With the present fine weath
er our boys are about to con
quer General Green.
We hold interesting prayer
meetingsatMr. D. D. Johnson’s
every Saturday night.
Rev. J. A. White will preach
at New Market on Sunday
morning at 11 o’clock and we
hope a large congregation will
attend.
We had excellent sermons at
J New Market, on Sunday morn
ing and evening, from Rev. J.
W. Warr. All of us like to
hear Mr. Warr and hope he will
visit us again soon.
Died at his home near Kelley-
town, on the 23 inst., Mr. E. F.
Outlaw. His remains were in
terred in Febron cemetery on
the following day. He leaves
a wife, three children and a
host of friends to mourn his
loss.
RlVERDALE.
Miss Connie White, of Robins
Neck, is visiting Miss Amanda
Morris.
Misses Edna and Eliza Dargan
] have returned from All Heal
ing, N. C.
The Sunday-school at Mech-
been called off, because it was
not necessary as all the
iness was transacted at Thurs- “mayhem”. The latter ts an | anicsville will give a picnic on
day’s meeting. The board is
very willing to give the citizens
a hearing, but it is impossible
for this to be done until the reg
ular meeting on Monday next.
At Thursday’s meeting the
board alsojdecided to locate the
offence known in common law
and consists in maiming or at
tempting to maim another with
intent to injure an important
member, such as tbe hand, eye
! etc.
St. John the Baptist’s day i dispensary in Mr. S. Marco’s
was celebrated by the Masons new building on the west side
of lower Williamsburg county S of the Square. A clerk for the
on Saturday last. Among the l dispenser will not be elected un-
was til it is found necessary to have
CITIZENS' MEETING.
Democratic Voters Asked ot Nominate
a Candidate for Alderman.
speakers on the occasion
one.
Gen. W. E. James, who is the
District Deputy Grand Master
of the order.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Shaw, of
Laurinburg, N. C., are visiting ^lack-grape and port wine
Mrs. T. W. Norment. Mrs. brandy, beer, gin and rum. It
Shaw, whose maiden name was: j g eX p ec ted that the liquor will
Miss Bettie Thomas, is a lUoat . irr j V e here in time for theopen-
favorite among our people. Miss j n g Q f dispensary on Satur-
Ora Thomas, the sister of Mrs.' (lay
We have been requested to
On Monday the liquor for the , state that there will be a meet-
county dispensary, about $1,000 : >ng of the Democratic voters of
worth, was ordered. The supply ^e town of Darlington ln
consists of rye and corn whiskey, Uourt House this (Ihursday)
Shaw, i« also the guest of Mrs
Norment.
Rev. John Stout, pastor of
I the Baptist Church, has been
walking across leave on Mon lay, accompanied
' Lla ! i... vi -o Rtsint. t.n snendthel
the well
known seaside resort near Wil
mington.
Look at the bargains in ging
hams and dress goods on the 5
and 6 cent counters at the Red
vacation | Flag Racket Store. All stand-
He will ard goods, remember.
House this
evening, at 8.30 o’clock, for the
purpose of nominating a candi
date for alderman, to be voted
for at the election to be held to
morrow (Friday) to fill the va
cancy caused by the resignation
of J. J. Ward, Esq. All Demo
crats are earnestly requested to
attend the meeting.
To-day is the last day for reg
istration of voters. The books
; will be open for this purpose in
the Council Chamber from 9 a.
the 8 prox.
Mr. Hugh Poston’s cotton is
very fine. There may be other
farms equally as good, which
we have not noticed.
Mr. John Byrd, who has been
residing on Byrd’s Island has
moved his family out to the
Charles residence for the sum
mer.
Mr. John King, Jr., visited
Marion recently, and on his re
turn he was accompanied by
his bride, nee Miss Ella Forte
We wish the young couple a
long and happy life.
an accessory after the fact in
the Moody murder case, or for
harboring his son, George, af
ter the latter had killed Henry
Jones in Februi ry, 1892. He
was sentenced to two months’
imprisonment in thecounty jail.
The pardon was received here
by Sheriff Scarborough on Fri
day and Moody was released
from custody, having served
three weeks of his sentence.
The pardon was granted on ac
count of the old man’s bodily
infirmities and in response to a
strong petition which was sent
to the Governor.
Called to a Larger Field.
Rev. W. A. Guerry, who is
rector of the Episcopal Church
at Florence anil also of the
Episcopal Churches in Darling
ton and Marion, has been called
to the rectorship of Trinity
Church in Columbia to succeed
Rev. Ellison Caoers, who has
been elected Astistant Bishop.
Mr. Guerry is a young minister
ofhinusual force and eloquence,
and the Episcopalians in this
section suffer a great loss in his
removal to a larger field.
T’le Board of Health.
At the last noeting of the
Town Council Dr. B. C. Nor
ment, Dr. W. B. McGirt and
Mr. C. B. Edwards were elected
members of the Board of Health.
Mr. Edwards, however, has de
clined to serve and his successor
will be elected at the next meet
ing of the Council. It's hoped
that when the board organizes
it will keep a sharp look-out on
the sanitary condition of the
town.
(Other Locals on “ind Page.)
TO MAKE A CITY.
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 FOE CASH
We mean what we
All we want is for you to call
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 $6 < 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.
m. to 6 p m. It is important
that everybody should register
er’s, is rapidly nearing comple-1 ia order that a full vote be cast
tion, j to-morrow.
Mr. W. J. Moorhead’s res
idence, near Capt. W. C. Cok- j
MARRIED.
At the residence of the bride’s
mother, by Rev. John Stout, on
Wednesday. June 21, 1893, Mr
Patterson Wardlaw and Miss
Claude Murray, daughter of the
late B. W. Edwards, Esq., all of
Darlington, S. C.
At the residence of the bride’s
stepfather in Society Hill, by
Rev. D. W. Key, on June 18,
1893, Mr. J. F. Nordon, of Ear
ly’s Crossroads, and Miss Bettie
Lafferty.
The Scheme of the Three Freeholders
of Pleasant Hill.
[The State.)
The incorporation of Pleasant
Hill, Lancaster county, seems
to have salved the dispensary
[uestion in a most harmonious
ashion. There are three free
hold voters in the incorporation,
according to the Rock Hill
Herald. Lancaster C. H. and
Kershaw had refused to have
dispensaries. One of the free
holders of Pleasant Hill saw
the opportunity of making his
ineprporation the metropolis of 1
the* county. The remaining
freeholders—one white, one
colored—agreed with him, sign
ed the petition, and the thing
was done.
Lizzie Borden, who wascharg-1
ed with the murder of her fath
er and mother at Falls River,
Mass., in Augus 1 ,, was acquitted
last week. The trial excited
considerable interest and the
verdict is generally approved, ,
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. •