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tW-' VOL. XX, NO. 37. f DARLINGTON, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1893. WHOLE NUMBER 969. LOCAL LACONICS. MATTERS IN AND AROUND PROS PEROUS DARLINGTON. A Column of News, Tersely Told, of Interest to Our Many Reader*. The Cleveland H jtel opened its doors to guests yesterday. Darlington Lodge, No. 7. Knights of Pythias, will meet on Tuesday evening next. The County Commissioners will meet to day and they will probably have business of im portance to transact. The Darlington Public Schools will reopen Sept 25. Full in formation on the subject is to be found in another column. A private office for the use of the Superintendent of the Grad ed Schools is being added to the St. John’s Academy building. Mr. R. A. Smith, late of the Enterprise Hotel, has moved to one of Mr. Louis G. McCall’s new cottages on Mowry Street. An important meeting of the Darlington Guards will be held on Wednesday evening next, Sept 6. A full attendance is re quested. A party from town went down to Mr. C. J. Milling’s place on Friday on another deer hunt. Two fine deer were brought back as the result of the expedi tion. A special meeting of the Dar- lington Building and Loan As sociation will be held at the office of E. Keith Dargan, Esq., to morrow (Friday) evening at 7 o’clock. The iron front for the Dar- Ifbgton Guards’ new armory, decidedly the handsomest thing of the kind ever seen here, has arrived, and will be put in posi tion this week. Mr. S Wolfram’s jewelry store and Mr. F. E. Norment’s insurance office, just in rear of it. are being repainted and re novated for the approaching business season. A considerable addition is made to the store of Messrs. Blackwell Bros, which will in crease its capacity a great deal, and the store itself is being thor oughly renovated. The injuries to Mr. J. M. James’s dbg, Pee Dee, have not proven fatal as at first it was thought they would. Though very seriously injured both Daisy and Pee Dee are about. The young men gave a de lightful german at Hewitt’s hall on Wednesday evening last in compliment to the young ladies who are at present visiting in town. The affair was voted a success in every sense of the word. At a recent meeting of the trustees of thfe Graded Schools the following new teachers were elected: Miss Anabel Johnson, Union; Miss Clara L. Johnston, Elko; Miss Katherine Ashley, Trenton; Miss Mary E. Coit, Cheraw. A young man recent! _ tly left Darlington for a trip. He pur chased his ticket which read and way stations.” Turning with a puzzled face to his friend, who had accompa nied him to the depot, he asked “Is Andway station in South Carolina P” Every indication points to the bicycle races to-morrow being a grand success in every parti cular. Baird, Charleston’s champion, Roach the celebrat ed racer from Columbia, and a number of other rapid riders from those two cities, have signified their intention of at tending. The Darlington Guards have received from Capt. Cogswell, the commanding officer of the Washington Light Infantry, a very pleasant letter of thanks for their intended courtesies at the time that they thought the Charleston boys were going to pass through here on their wav to Fayetteville, N. C., last week. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Brief Mention About People You Know •nd People You Don’t Know. Miss Emmie James is on a visit to Pawley’s Island. Mr. James B. Law is off for a visit to the World’s Fair. Mr. Jno. McL 'cas, of Marion, is visiting Mr. E. C. Coker. Miss Rhea Dallas, of Charles ton, is visiting Mrs. M. J. Byrd. Miss Mary Price, of Marion, is visiting Mr. W. G. Dickson. J. DeJongh, Esq., of Florence, was in Darlington on Tues day. Miss Fannie Lucas, of Society Hill, is on a visit to Mrs. J. K. Mclver. Miss Ressie Smoot has return ed from a visit to relatives at Society Hill. Miss Sadie Dargan who has been on a visit to Saluda, N. C., has returned. Miss Nonie Williamson has returned from a delightful trip to Saluda, N. C. Mr. and Mrs. Patterson Ward- law left on Tuesday night for a visit to Hartsville. * Mr. Jno. D. Baird, who has been on a trip to the mountains, returned on Thursday. Mr. J. H. Mason, who has been on a visit to Winston, N. C., returned on Saturday last. Miss Rettie Cain, of Kentucky, left yesterday to visit the fam ily of Mr. L. I. Parrott in Sum ter. Mr. R. T. Caston, president of the Bank of Cheraw, spent Friday in Darlington on busi ness. Misses Clara and Alynne Ward returned on Tuesday from a visit to relatives at Green ville. Rev. and Mrs. J. E. Carlisle have returned from a visit to Spartanburg and the mountains oi North Carolina. Mr. W. Albert Parrott has al most fully recovered from his injuries and has been out at his duties for several days Mr. J. Gregg McCall and his brother, Mr. Geo. E. McCall of Florence, returned on Thursday last from a visit to Cleveland Springs^' A sociable was given at the residence of Dr. S. F. Parrott on Friday evening last in com- liment to Miss Bettie Cain, of entucky. Misses May Ervin, and Meta and Annie Williamson and Messrs. B. F. Williamson and R. E. James have returned from Pawley’s Island. Mr. John S. Burch has gone North on a purchasing tour for the firm of McCall & Burch. He will buy goods for the fall and winter trade. Miss Zada Hughson, of Sum ter, who has been on < Tt visit to Miss Rosa McCown, was called to her home on Monday by the illness of a relative. Mr. J. E. Norment will leave in a few days for a trip to North ern markets where he will select the fall and winter stock for Messrs. Norment & Co. Prof. J. S. Murray, formerly an instructor at the South Caro lina College, and now professor of ancient languages at Mercer College, Georgia, is on a visit to relatives in this county. Mr. L. C. Glenn, who filled the position of principal of St. John’s School at its last session, but who is now travelling for a large anti-dei*>sitory book company, spent several days in Darlington last week. His many friends were pleased to see him. The Charlotte (N. C.) News of recent date says: “Mr. J. D. Baird, of Darlington, S. C., is in the city. Mr. Baird is the commander of t h e cham military company of the metto State. He says that his company will camp here next summer, even if they have to do it alone.” WORK OF THE WIND. ipion Pal- New Jewelry Firm. Mr. P. P. Chambers, agent of a new jewelry firm will start i Fidelity Mutual Life Asso- business in Darlin " - of Philadelphia, paid to I r 0 wV Mr. W. L. fearson. who J. Alexander yester-1 has been associated with Mr. J. the sum of $10,000, the H. Mason for the past year, will commence business for himself at the stand now occupied by Mr. Mason. Mr. Pearson has has another party associated with him and the firm name will be W. L. Pearson St Co. insurance which her late husband had in that com pany. Strictly speaking, the amount was not even due until ninety days after the filing of the proofs of death. A MOST DISASTROUS GALE VISITS SOUTH CAROLINA. The Dam*x« Done in Darlington— Charleston Suffers Great Loss —Island Submerged. A most terrific wind storm of cyclonic appearances visited South Carolina on Sunday eve ning about 9 o’clock and lasted until Monday afternoon. In Darlington some of the largest trees ware snapped off at their bases like so many twigs, and others were uprooted as if there had been nothing holding them in their natural position. Sev eral buildings were damaged considerably, while nearly ev ery building in town was shak en up a great deal. PROSPHATE COMPANY SUPPERS. The Darlington Phosphate Company suffered the severest The building in which the acid chambers and some ma chinery were located was rend ered a complete wreck by the wind. The sides were broken in and the roof came crashing down. The loss of the compa ny is estimated at between $12,. 000 and $15,000. Fortunately the entire property is insured in the New York Home and the Orient Insurance Companies, of which Mr. F. E. Norment is the local agent, for $30,000 against tornadoes. The building and machinery which were wrecked have a tornado policy of $15,000 on them. DAMAGE TO CORN AND COTTON. The corn and cotton crops in this county were badly dam aged and in some instances al most totally destroyed. Vast fields of corn were blown and whipped around until, to a cas ual observer, it looked like the thatched roof of a log house Cotton, while it is claimed by some people who seem to know that it is not much injured, seems to have suffered severely. Owing to the thick foliage and heavy bolls of the cotton plant it does not take a great amount of wind to level a field of it Acres and acres of it in this county are lying flat and the loss appears to be very great. THE RAINPALL. A gentleman living about three miles from Darlington says he measured the rainfall and ascertained that it had reached 41 inches in twenty-four hours. WIRES ALL DOWN. The telegraph and electric light wires were badly twisted and tangled, and, as a conse quence, nothing could be heard from Charleston or anywhere else. It was only through the untiring efforts of Mr. J. J. Forman, superintendent of the electric light plant, that the town was not in utter darkness on Sunday and Monday nights. PLORENCE GETS HER SHARE. News comes from Florence that the storm struck there and did a good deal of damage. Several buildings, among them a colored church, were blown down, as were also a number of trees. IN CHARLESTON. The people of Darlington were especially anxious about the condition of affairs in Charles ton. Telegraphic communica tion was entirely cut off; no trains were coming from or go ing to the “City by the Sea,” and, therefore, no mail was re ceived. Rumors of all kinds were afloat, some of them fear fully exaggerated. Not until Tuesday night were the minds of the people here relieved. The train from Florence came about an hour late and brought up the News and Courier, A large crowd met the ’busses and eag erly grabbed for their papers. The damage in Charleston, as reported in the News and Cour ter, is very great, and the loss is estimated to be more than $1,100,000. There were six lives lost, three in the city and three on Sullivan’s Island. The Is land was completely submerged, and a large number of houses were swept away. The human mind usually roaches a degree of maturity before it gnwpa the general idea of space, but a little 8-year- old Philadelphia girl is more precocious. A few days ago in the midst of her play she became though*^!, and after a few moments broke out: “Mamma, what is U taT—Youth’* •MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING 1 Unnecessary Resolutions Passed by the Mechanicsville Alliance. Riverdale, S. C., Aug. 26.— At a regular meeting of Me chanicsville AHiance, No. 192, we, the members of said alli ance, having seen a notice of P. Whipple in The Darlington News saying that the lease of MechanicsvHle Alliance had ex pired, and that therefore there would be no hunting or fishing allowed on certain named places: Resolved, 1st, That we deny that there ever was any dealing of any character by the Mechan icsville Alliance with said P. Whipple; Resolved, 2d, That hereafter any person that may lease any thing to us will please notify us before it expires, so that we can look after our interests in the matter; Resolved, 3d, That these reso- utions be published in the Re form Sentinel and also in The Darlington News. J. W. Warr, P. T. Warr, President. Sec. pro tern. [Capt. Whipple's advertisement was (o the effect that his lease with the Mechanicsville Chib having expired, etc. When he came to Tmc Jficws olHoe, he dictated it to the regular Editor, who, being engaged at the time in writing a report of an alliance meeting, took down, through inad vertence, the words “Mechanicsville Alliance" instead of “Meehanicsville Club." The error was not discovered r anyone In the office until ('apt. hippie came in to call attention to it after it had been published twice. In the two succeeding issues of the paper in which the advertisement ap- sared, the proper correction was du ly made. This exp the emissary of Meehanicsville"Alli ance who brought us the above reso lutions, but as he seemed to want them published anyhow, we do so to accommodate him, and not because we see any necessity for it.—Ed i‘or, The News.) A TRANSFER STATION At Camden Junction Petitioned for by the Cilixent of Darlington. [Columbia Cor. News and Courier.] The railroad commissioners have received a petition from thirty eight signers at Darling ton asking the board to secure a transfer of packages at Cam den Junction for Darlington and Sumter. The petition was presented by C. M. Ward, who is in charge of a tobacco ware house, and who argues that Darlington wants to get tobac co via the Camden Junction. It is expected that a petition from 'Sumter will soon be presented. The South Carolina Railway some months ago gave its ulti matum in the matter. It ex pressed a willingness to trans fer carload lots at the junction, and that was accepted by the commission as being satisfac tory. The road holds that the transfer of packages would ne cessitate the employment of an agent at the junction, and that the occasional business done would not warrant such an ex penditure, and that it cannot be called upon to make such an unwarranted outlay of money simply for an occasional trans fer of freight. There is no local business whatever that origin ates at Camden Junction. A CALL TO ST. JOHN’S. The Vestry of the Fl<>-»nee Episcopal Church Select a Rector. he vestry of 8t. John’s P. E. Church at Florence have sent a call to Rev. Robert W. Barn well, of Paduca, Kentucky, to fill the vacancy in that church caused by the resignation ot of Rev. W. A. Guerry. Rev. Mr. Barnwell is a South Caro linian and a very able divine. It is not known, however, wheth- er he will accept the call; should he decide to do so the citizens of both Florence and Darling ton will have just cause to con gratulate themselves upon hav ing secured such a talented rec tor. A DWELLING BURNED. Mr B. M. Reddick Lose* His Houpe and Furniture on Thursday Night. On Thursday night last the one story frame dwelling house owned and occupied by Mr. B. M. Reddick, who lives about three miles south of Darlington was consumed by fire. The ori f in of the disaster is believed to ave been a defective flue. The loss is estimated at about $500; insurance $350, of which $300 was on the house and $50 on the furniture. The property was insured with Messrs. Gibson ft Woods’s agency. THE COUNTY NEWS.. FROM ALL SECTIONS AS TOLD BY OUR CORRESPONDENTS. 1 he Storm Strikers Dovasville—A Sleepless Night—Alliance Union and Picnic. The alliance union and picnic was, according to appointment, held at the Academy on Friday last. The meeting was address ed hv Dr. J. Wm. Stokes, the speaker of the occasion, Rev. J. Wilson Warr, Mr. W. U. Law rence and the Rev. Mr. Gres ham. The attendance, owing, we presume, to the hard times, was not as large as was expec ted, but the table was bounti fully spread with all the delica cies of the season, which were enjoyed, we think, by all pres ent. Nothing occurred to mar the peace and harmony of the occasion. A fearful wind and rain storm struck t^is place about 10 o’clock Sunday night, prostrat- ting corn and cotton, b’owing down some trees, and almost carpeting the ground with small limbs and leaves torn from the neighboring forest around. The storm first broke upon our sleepy village directly from the south, accompanied by a pecu liar roaring and whistling noise, and blew tn continuous gusts, with almost cyclonic fury, for some hours, and then suddenly veered to the northwest. Just before day it as suddenly chang ed to the east, from which point it blew all day Monday with slightly abated force. We ex pect to have to report great damage to crops when all points are heard from. HARTSVILLE. Mr. Elisha Edwards had the misfortune to lose one of his horses recently. The Baptists held a protracted meeting last week. The pastor was assisted by Rev. J. A. Smith, of Fair Bluff, N. C. Rev. James Green, of Little Rock, Ark., who has been visit ing in town for some time, preached in the Presbyterian Church last Sunday morning. It is with deep regret that we MILTON NOBLES IN FLORENCE. He Will Play His Celebrated "Phoenix" There on Saturday Night. Milton Nobles, the celebrated actor, will present his ever- popular play “Phoenix” at the Florence Opera House next Sat urday night. It is difficult to withstand, even in these hard times, the temptation afforded by such an unusual treat, and it is not unlikely that quite a number of people will go down from here to attend the perform ance. Reserved seats may be secured by applying to the man ager of the Darlington Opera House, and Mr. D. S. McCul lough will run a line of hacks to Florence and hack for the ac- commodatian of those who may wish to attend at a cost of $1 for the round trip. JThe Bank of FlorencsT) The Bank of Florence is mak ing payment by means of thirty- day due-bills. It seems tho roughly understood this is but a temporary expedient, restort ed to on account of the phenom- inal stringency of tho times, and the business men of the community, knowing the insti tution to be perfectly solvent, accept these due-bills as so much cash without the slightest ques tion. Mrs. Disher Dead. Mr. H. J. LaMotte was called to Atlanta on Saturday by the illness of his sister, Mrs. Dish er. On Monday a telegram was received bearing the sad tidings that she was dead. Mrs. Dish er had many friends in Darling ton, where she frequently came as a visitor to her brother’s family, and the unexpected news of her death will cause great sadness here. (Other Locals on 2nd Page.) so regr cle the J. Gillam Law, son of Mr H. Lide Law, which occurred last Thursday morning. Mr. Law was nearly 22 years old, and on The Author of “Gulliter.** Between 1714 and 1726, fur a dozen years, Swift remained in Ireland, with out intermission, altogether apart from pnblic life. At the latter date he went to London, probably needing a change of aoeno after the shock of Miss Van- homrigh'a death and the grievona sense he must have had that it was he who bad killed her, and it was then that “Gulliver” was published. The latter portiona of it, which the children have rejected, we are glad to have no space to dwell upon. The bitterness, passion and misery of them are beyond parallel. One would like to have any ground for be lieving that the Hoayhnhms and the rest came into being after Stella's death, hut this was not the case. She waa only a ly lacked one year of graduating woman and waa not, after all, of such at the South Carolina Military i vital Lnportance in the man's existence. ' cademy. He possessed many admirable traits and was liked by all who knew him. He con tracted a cold while the cadets were in the encampment at Aiken, S. O., from which he never fully recovered. This was followed* by an attack of fever to which he finally suc cumbed. The funeral services were conducted by the Rev. N. W. Edmunds, of Sumter. We extend to the bereaved father and relatives our most sincere sympathy. TO DISCUSS THE SITUATION. The County Alliance Will Telk About The Financial Outlook. A call meeting of the County Alliance will he held at Dar lington C. H., Thursday, Sep tember 7, for the purpose of dis cussing the financial situation so far as it pertains to moving the present crop of cotton, and other matters of interest to our order. A mass meeting of the farm ers and farm laborers will also be held in connection and the plans and suggestions of the banks of Darlington will be made known, with a view of co operating in giving us relief. Come one, come all. W. H. Lawrence, Pres. D. C. F. A. THE COLORED TEACHERS. Programme for the Naxt Masting of the Association. Editor Darlington News: Please make the following announcement in your next issue: The Colored Teachers Associa tion will meet in the Court House on Saturday morning, September 2nd, at 11 o’clock. The following programme has been selected for the occasion: Arithmetic and grammar in their higher course; arithmetic, Miss Ophelia Sanders and G. W. Casley; grammar, Mrs. Ella P. Smith, and Rev. J. P. Drake. A. W. Wunts, Sec. Withdrawal from the life he loved, confinement in a narrow sphere, the dis appointment of a soul which felt itself horn for greatness and had tasted the high excitements of power, bnt now had nothing to do bnt fight over the choir with his archbishop and give occasion for a hundred anecdotes in the Dublin coteries, had matured the angry passion in him and sonred the sweetness of na ture. Few people now, when they take up their "Gulliver,” go beyond Brob- dingnag. The reet is like a succession of bad dreams, the confused miseries of a feveri To think that in a deanery, that calm seat oflfeclesiastical luxury, with in sound of the cathedral bells and the choristers’ chants, a brain so dark and distracted and dreams so terrible should have found shelter!—Mrs. Oliphant m Centunr. Special Attention, Darlington Guards! T will School Notice. We offer ourer Stock of Straw Hats and quarter Shoes of ery kind At Cost fir Casli! A SPECIAL meeting of the stock- /A holders of the Darlington Build ing and Loan Association will he held at the office of E. Keith Dargan, Eeq. to-morrow (Friday) evening, at 7 o'clock. A full attendance is request ed as business of special importance will be transacted. CHA8. K. ROGERS, Secretary. HE regular weekly meet ings of the Comnany be resumed on Wednes day, Sept. 6, at 8.80 o’clock. A full attendance is desired in order that the work of the fall and winter may be entered up on without delay. By order of the Captain. I* G. McCALL, First Bergt. » ■ HK next session of the Darling ton Public Schools is to begin Monday, Sept. 25. Ail pupils that have not received grade tickets and all new applicants for admiision must be examined and graded before they can enter school. The following is the schedule of examinations: Mayo: children under 10 years of age, Sept. 11 and 18; children over 10 years of age, Sept. 14 and 15. Factory School; Monday, Sept. 18. St Johx'b: Children under 10 years of age, Sept 19 and 30; children over 10 years of age. Sept 31 and 334 T.'e members of St. John’s High School or their parents are requested tc meet me Saturday, Sept. 16, for the purpose of arranging the election of th*i’ stndiea. PATTERSON WARDLAW,