The Darlington news. (Darlington, S.C.) 1875-1909, July 27, 1893, Image 2
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VETERANS MEET.
THE
REUNION OF THE PEE
LIGHT ARTILLERY.
DEE
A Pleasant Day Spent at the Spring-
Col. James Armstrong's Elo.
quent Oration.
The thirteenth annual reunion
of the survivors of the Pee Dee
Light Artillery at the mineral
spring, on Friday last, was one
of the most successful ever giv
en by this historic and gallant
command. It was unusually
well attended, many of the vet
erans coming from a distance,
notably Mr. J. J." Blake, who
came from his far off home in
Mt. Vernon, N. Y. The follow
ing is the list of the members of
the old battery who were pres
ent: James Lawhon, Timmons-
ville; J. J. Blake, Mt. Vernon,
N. Y.; J. W. Brunson, Spartan
burg; Elihu Muldrow, Ebenezer;
R. McLendon, J. E. Pettigrew,
J. R Cole, Florence; R. B. Hep
bum, Ebenezer; J. L. Napier,
Blenheim, Marlboro county;
Hibben Leland, McClellanville,
Charleston county; E. J. D
Munn, Effingham; Henry Coats,
Hartsville; R. Langston, Ebe
nezer; James Gregg, MarsBluff;
Sandy Gardner, Emngham; Ed
ward Williamson, Florence; H.
C. Byrd, Wesley Byrd, E. J. C.
Byrd, Hemy Miller, W. M.
Brunson, I. F. Reddick, A. Ad
ams, John Moody, Alex Moody,
E. Keith Dargan, Darlington.
Col. James Armstrong, of
Charleston, of the 1st 8. C. Vol
unteers, and Col John S. Fair-
ley, of Charleston, A. D. C. to
Gen. Hampton, were present as
special guests of the association,
the former being the orator of
the occasion.
The morning was pleasantly
spent in impromptu speech
making, cracking *jokes, and
telling humorous, pathetic and
thrilling tales of the war. In
the absence of the president Dr.
Napier presided at the meeting.
The dinner was far different
from what the old soldiers had
to eat thirty years ago. Instead
of the hardtack of the Virginia
campo they feasted on the best
viands of the season. Pleasan t-
ly, indeed, did the day pass to
these warriors, who, though
their hairs are changing to gray
and their paths are turning to
wards the setting sun, forget
not the time of their youth
when the clash of amis upon
the battlefield caused them to
put forth their best efforts in
defence of their country. Nor
will the world forget them and
their deeds of bravery.
The election of officers for the
ensuing year resulted as fol
lows: President, James Law
hon; first vice-president, J. J.
Blake; second vice-president, J.
W. Brunson; secretary, Elihu
Muldrow; committee, R. Mc
Lendon, J. E. Pettigrew, J. R.
Cole. The Pee Dee Artillery
survivors were the inaugurators
of the movement which secured
the present State pensions for
indigent Confederates and now
they are moving to have the
pensions increased. Resolutions
were adopted'asking the Legis
lature to increase the pensions
and the secretary was instruc
ted to send copies of the resolu
tions to the Senators and Repre
sentatives from Darlington and
Florence counties.
At six o’clock Col. James
Armstrong delivered his oration
on the academy green. A very
large crowd, containing a num
ber of ladies, was present. It
was a grand effort. Eloquently
he spoke of the trying times of
war. The pathetic manner in
which he told of the sufferings
of the South brought tears to
the eyes of the old soldiers, but
these were soon effaced by the
smiles that were occasioned by
his ready Irish wit. A better
oration was never heard in Dar
lington and all who were so for
tunate as to be present enjoyed
it thoroughly.
Evening Pleasantly Spent
Mazes of the Waltz.
The following ladies and gen
tlemen enjoyed a most delight
ful dance in the Hewitt build
ing on Thursday night last: Dr.
and Mrs. A. T. Baird, Mr. and
Mrs. W. B. Brunson, A£rs W.
E. Snowden of Charleston, Mr.
C. M. Ward and Miss Mayme
Brown, of Lancaster, Mr. T. H.
Rogers and Miss Carrie Mont
gomery, of Williamsburg, Mr.
Walter Griffin and Miss Sadie
Rhett, of Charleston, Mr. Claude
Milling and Miss Emmie San
ders, of Sumter, Mr. Malcolm
C. Woods and Miss Eloise Fos
ter, of Lancaster, Mr. Howard
Norment and Miss Mary Lucas,
of Society Hill, Mr. W. Albert
Parrott and Miss Ella Davis, of
Camden, Mr. R. L. Dargan and
Miss Emma Williamson, Mr.W.
W. Gardner and Miss Ola Rast,
Dr. W. J. Garner and Miss Don
na Spain, Mr. Lawton Dargan
and Miss Emmk James, Mr. J.
D. Baird and Miss Clara Ward,
Mr. D. G. Coit and Miss Sadie
Dargan, Messrs J. E. Boyd, E.
J. Lide, C. S. Nettles, E. ().
Woods, R. F. Woods, C. D.
Evans, H. H. Pegues, Eugene
Vaughan, Bright Williamson,
W. T. Montgomery, P. J. Boat
wright. The german was led
by Mr. J. E. Boyd.
WHO IS THE AUTHOR?
A Oarlmgtonian it Poetical on the
Diapensar/ Question.
The following poem appeared
in Sunday’s issue of the State;
From a Pee Dee Jungle.
(With ttie humblest apologies to Lord
Tennyson.)
Break ! Break ! Break !
Your pints and quarts, you lout,
And I am glad t ha t my tongue cannot
utter
The oaths that my soul (mints out.
It is well for the Pispensary man,
That lie gets a fresh order each day;
And it is duecedlv well for yourself.
That is in the Dispensei'a pay.
And my stately walk I take,
To the haven under the hi!L
Where I drink to the full of tin
corn juice,
That is brewed from a "blind-tiger
still."
e pure
The Darlington Warehouse to be op
ened on or about Seotember I.
Mr. R. A. Croxton, of Virginia,
who has leased the Darlington
Leaf Tobacco Warehouse, was
in town last week arranging for
the approaching tobacco season.
Mr. Croxton was for several
years proprietor of the ware
house at Florence and in that
capacity he became well and
favorably known by the tobacco
men and the people generally of
this section. Our planters are
glad that his services have been
secured for this place. He will
open the warehouse for business
on or about September 1. Mr
Croxton has secured a corps of
assistants, who, like himself,
are experienced in the tobacco
business. Mr. R. C. Crute “the
champion auctioneer of the
South,” will be on hand, togeth
er with a large number of home
and foreign buyers who promise
to pay the highest market prices
for the weed. With the ware
house having every facility for
assorting, grading and selling
tobacco Mr. Croxton feels satis
fied that he will be able to give
universal satisfaction. Look
out for old Darlington taking
the lead in South Carolina as a
tobacco market!
THE COLORED TEACHERS.
The Programme for the Regular Meet
ing on August 6.
The following subjects have
been selected for discussion at
the next regular meeting of the
Colored Teachers’ Association
for Darlington county, which
will be held in the Court House
on Saturday, August 5:
1. The fundamental rules of
arithmetic, by Prof. U. Brown,
Jr.
'i. The best method for teach
ing grammar to beginners, by
Prof. L. W. Patterson.
It is hoped that all teachers
and friends of education will be
present and join freely in the
discussion of the subjects given
above. A. W. Wines,
Secretary.
Break I Break I Break !
All your pints and your quarts in
your glee,
But never a drop of your dispensary
grog,
Will ever come nigh unto me!
('alu m Kvi.k.
Darlington, S. C., 21st, July, 18U8.
A NEW STORE.
Mr. J. D. Joye, of Sumter, to Open a
General Merchadiee Store Here.
We mentioned recently that
Mr. J. D. Joye, of Sumter, bro
ther of our fellow-townsman
Mr T. S. Joye, had visited Dar
lington, prospecting with a view
to engaging in husmesss at this
place. He was so much pleased
with the town that he has decid
ed to locate here and he will,
on September 1, open a general
merchandise store on Pearl
Street, probably in the Manne
building. Mr Joye has had con
siderable experience in this line
of business and will probably
meet with success in so flourish-
g a town as Darlington. Fe
ill remove heie with his fam-
ini
wi
ily this week and will occupy
Mrs. Pierce’s now house in East
Darlington, on the corner of
Russel Street and Ward’s Lane
A SNAKE FOR A LIVER.
A Remarkable Stoiy from Our Neigh
boring City of Florence.
[Florence Messenger]
A dog belong ng to Mr. J. R.
Cole, a farmer living a few miles
from this city, became strangely
afflicted a few days ago, and
finally, every remedy failing of
relief, the animal was killed to
relieve it of it* misery. It ap
peared to be gradually choaking
to death, still nothing could be
found in its throat. After death
a post mortem revealed the fact
that the dog had not a particle
of liver Where the liver ought
to have been there was nothing
but a little matter of the appear
ance of jelly. Stranger still,
there was found In the dog’s
body near the heart a live snake
about three feet long. The
viper, it is supiiosed, had eaten
the liver away.
IRBY DRAWS HIS KNIFE
In a
Con-
Personal Encounter with
grestman Shell at Laurens.
The following, which is taken
from the Stale, concerns the
fight which is alleged to have
taken place between Senator
Irby and Congressman Shell,
two promineut Tillmanites, at
Laurens on Thursday last:
Laurens, July 22 —The Irby-
Shell incident was atl accidental
meeting at Col. J. D. M. Shaw’s
residence. Senator Irby asked
Congressman Shell if he saw
the Farley letter before publica
tion. Shell said he did. Irby
then asked him if he endorsed
it. Shell responded that he did,
in part. Whereupon Irby
struck Shell, who was seated,
overturning him and the chair.
Irby drew a kmfe and Shell
picked up a chair. Parties in
terposed and the incident
closed.
DUrofced la the Street.
Thewis • Toong .colored damsel in
wboea wml is at present
filled with wrath betafase of the smn-
ection taken by a society woman
to whom she had been handmaiden.
With ways that are dark and tricks that
are vain the young woman proved her
self conversant by making away with
articles of valne. Among these was a
silk drear of which her mistress had been
especially fond. Though accused of the
theft, tho woman stoutly denied it and
took her dismissal, vehemently protesting
her innocence. Not long afterward, as
the daughter of Ham was sailing down
the street in all the glory of the stolen
garment, she came npon her mistress
rapidly walking toward her with the
look of a great purpose in her eye.
Retreat was impossible, as wss a fail-
n-j to comply with the astonishing de
mand that she then and there divest
herself of the gown. As the alternative
was to be immediately handed over to
the police, the perturbed young woman
did as she was bid with all speed possi
ble, and in aa brief a time as it takes to
tell the tale she stood with her ebony
perfections exposed to public view while
in an opigwite direction her former mis
tress walked away, bearing in triumph
the stolen property.—Kate Field's Warfi-
ington.
Mow Not to Kitoimlnsto tho Indians.
Let ns not rigoronsly crowd the Indi
ans to abandon tribal organization. If
this is done before they are ready for it,
they will surely lapse into degradation.
Let them remain in conpact bodies on
reservations to help mis another over the
change and do not compel them to com
mingle and compete with the white race
in a struggle in which they must be hope
lessly doomed. Slowly by law and by
instruction teach them the value of onr
property laws. Do not force citizenship
npon them, bat let them sae for it We
should hold ourselves ever ready to grant
it, bat let them first discover its benefits.
If such a policy is maintained for two
generations more, the problem will be
solved—the remnant of the Indians will
be saved and absorbed in modern en
lightenment.—Major J. W. Powell in
Forum.
Falcon* In Japan.
In the olden times in Japan all the dai-
tnios (similar to the old English lord) had
great sport with falcons, as they went
out to the field to catch other birds with
falcons. The falcons were tamed well
and nsed to catch large birds, mostly
cranes. When people now go out bant
ing with falcons, the men in charge hold
the falcons npon their fingers. As soon
as one sees any bird he lets the falcon
rush at the bird; as soon as the falcon
reaches the bird he bites at the throat
and throws the bird down to the ground.
Meanwhile the holder runs to the place
where they are lud catches both of them.
Falcons are not large birds, bat as they
belong to the eagle family they are
strong and brave and never afraid to go
at any bird to kill it, but the men in
charge of falcons of course take great
care in feeding and taming them.—Chi
cago News-Record.
LINES
WE CARRY:
Good*,
Dress Goods,
Trimmings,
Notions, Laces,
White . oods,
Embroidery,
Slices, Ready-made Clothing, Tinware,
Hardware, Crockery, Glass,
G-ZROOIERXIES,
(at Wholesale and Retail.)
We would just like the public to know that we have opened up a large
and complete line in all the above departments
For Spring, 1893.
Customers who hav5 dealt with us in the past know what that means. To
those who never deatlt with us we wish to say that we pride ourselves on the
reputation we have justly earned—“One of the cheapest and most reliable
houses in the city of Darlington.”
BRUNSON, LUNN & CO.
Doors, Sash,
Manulacturers
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SLELPi COMFORT
Mixing Melodies.
What on the lips of the "intellectual
doubter" would have been only profane
sarcasm was irresistibly funny because
of its innocence, when Lewis, his im
agination fired by the first opera he had
ever witnessed, inextricably mixed np
Moody and Sankey and “The Mikado”
as follows: The day following his at
tendance at the latter performance he
burst npon the scandalized maternal
vision attired ininiitation of his admired
Ko-Ko in a patchwork crib quilt and a
feather duster in his lands waving ac
centuation to each syllable aa he capered
abont chanting:
The will of the Lord be done, he done.
And *o you hud better euccumb, cutuh, cum hi
—Washington News.
A MUCHLY ARRESTED MAN.
In-
A Huge Melon.
We were highly favored last
week with the presentation of
aa elegant watermelon, one of
the largest we have ever seen,
weighing sixty pounds. It was
of the “Georgia rattlesnake va
riety” and was grown on the
model farm of Mr. J. A. Black-
well, a former resident of this
place, now living in Williams
burg county. Mr. Blackwell
has on his
place a number of
this immense size.
the melon
A Negro to Answer for Thirty-five
dictmertts for Forgery.
Lucius Jackson, a young
colored man about town and son
of Bill Jackson, is a muchly
arrested man. He is held for
thirty five cases of forgery. He
has been carrying on this prac
tice for several months but has
just been detected^ All the
forgeries wore in the shape of
orders which were passed upon
Mr S. Lewenthal and in every
case the name f orged w.as Clay
ton Cannon. Ncne of the orders
are for a large sum, but
collectively they amount to
$23.85. Trial Justice Dargan
has committed Jackson to jail
it was as to answer for the thirty-five in
dictments made against him.
A Startling Story of the Affray.
A gentleman who arrived in
Columbia yesterday from Lau
rens tells a story of the Irby-
Shell encounter, which he
claims to have secured from in
terested parties. It is merely
ven for what it is worth, the 1
ate having no means of inves
tigating it farther. .
e says that on the night be
fore the difficulty Shaw sent to
Congressman Shell’s house, and
told nim to come to see him—
that he wanted to see him ‘on a
very important matter. It was
very dark, and Congressman
man Shell, being somewhat
suspicious, did not go, but wait
ed till after daylight, and then
went. After he had been there
a little while, Irby came in
Shaw, in admitting Irby, went
out himself. Irby at once asked
Shell if Farley had shown him
his article before it was pub
lished. Shell told him that Gen.
h ailoy had done so. Irby then
asked him if he approved of it.
Shell replied that he approved
of that portion that referred to
what “Craddock” had written.
Irby, so the story goes, then hit
Shell, and drew a dirk, making
for the Congressman. O. C.
Cunningham, who was present,
drew a pistol, and poiming it at
Irby, told him that if he ad
vanced he would have to fire.
The relator states also that
Congressman Shell considers
that he owes bis life to Cunning
ham. He statesalso that Shell’s
friends believe that it was an
attempt to assassinate Shell.
As stated above, this story is
merely given as it is related,
and its correctness is not vouch
ed for.
A Standoff.
Chclly—How oftun does your tailor
send in his bill?
Fweddie—Every week.
Cholly—Gracious! Yon don’t get
clothes that often, do you?
Fweddie—No, and neyether does the
tailor get his money .—Detroit Free Press
Notice to Trespassers.
T HE Lease to the Mechanicsvilie
Alliance ha.ing experedl here
by renew the notice that all persons
are forbidden to hunt, fish, or other
wise trespass on my lauds (including
the J. W. Fountain tract). All viola
tors of this notice will be punished
to the full extent of the law.
PAUL WHIPPLE.
July 20—3t.
For Rent.
F ROM September 1, 1888, the Hag-
gins house on Orange Street.
Apply to
- JOHN 8. BURCH,
at McCall & Burch's store
Jul 20—4t. Darlington, 8. C.
A FOUHTAINDF HEALTH!
BE "LHIICSTOI,"
They are made from a very fine close mesh netting especially
adapted for the SOUTHERN TRAJ)E. Heretofore the general
complaint has been tbat tha mt?h of the netting was too large.
This objection is overcome in tlie LIVINGSTON. We have them
from $1.70 to $3.85.
We have a complete line of HAMMOCKS from 90c up to $3.50.
Now is the time to buy Refrigerators, Ice Boxes and Lawn Set
tees. . *
Can’t w* sell you ?
T£i.e> JF’xarnitTJLx-© Store,
To the Public:
HEN yon are in the city don’t
fail to call at the
w
Enterprise Hotel Barber Shop
It is the only first-class shop in the
city. Fashionable hair cuts, first-
class shaves and the
Unit Mai Egg Stup.
Four polite Barbers always on hand
to wait on you.
Hizon & Harllee,
Proprietors.
Un ler Enterprise Hotel, South side
Public Square.
What is
Life
Assurance?
An easy means of secur
ing your wife and family
against want in the event
of your death.
A creditable means of se
curing a better financial
standing in the business
world.
The most safe and profit
able means of investing
your savings for use in
after years.
All Life Insurance is
good. The
May 10—ly
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Nature', own remedy for the relief of
the rick and suffering.
mVIMD
SPRINGS,
CLEVELAND COUNTY, N. C.
fiimtUfflAII!
Was inaugurated on the 4th of March last and
THE'«F WILIJI RBDH
We JIpe Still in the !|inff!
And receiving new goods and big bargains every day. THEY
MUST BE SOLD. Come and see us. We offer
SPECIAL BARGAINS
In Dry Goods, Notions and Hats
For the Next Thirty Days !
SHOES AT ALL PRICES; a large stock that must be closed
out to make room for our large Spring Stock. COME AND SAVE
MONEY.
We have just received a large stock of Hardware, Crockery-
wale, Glassware, Lamps and Tinware, that we are selling at
prices that alarm competition.
We keep a large stock of Groceries—the largest we have ever
Tat '
is the best
For (Ull particular*. addrMi
W. J. R0DDEY, Manager,
carolTnas. RochHIH,S.C.
His Honor—Have you any
thing to say before sentence is
passed upon you ?
Tiie Convicted—Yes, your
honor, I have one simple request |
to make. In sentenciagr me
please don’t say that I was con
victed by a jury of my peers.—
Life.
The moat wonderful health giving
vater^ in the country.
A large and commodious hotel with
all modern convenience*.
A telegraph office is located in the
building, and the railroad station is
but two miles off.
Always a popular resort with the
people of Darlington, the proprietor,
who has made every effort to render
the season of 1883 particularly attrac
tive, solicits a continuance of their
patronage.
For circulars containing all further
information, address
J. B. WILKINSON, Shelby, N. C.
July 20—tf
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Will receive a carload of Flour this week,
mone^ on Flour.. See us.
We can save you
Mr. John
known citizei
on Friday.
Feehan, a well
i of Sumter, died
e have a full stock of General Merchandise, and we can
please you.
TOBACCO—W e have a splendid Tobacco at 25c per lb.
Come see us. We do not fear competition.
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