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atUnafcm VOL. XX, NO. 39. DARLINGTON, S. C,, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1893. WHOLE NUMBER 971. MATTERS IN AND AROUND PROS PEROUS DARLINGTON. A Column of News, Tersely Told, of Interest to Our Many Readers. The Darlington Lodge, No 7, Knights of Pythias, will meet on 'niesday evening next. The regular Sunday morning lay-services at the Episcopal Chapel will be resumed on Sun day next at 11.30 o’clock. Persons having farms in good condition for sale would do well to read the advertisement in this issue inquiring for one. A game of baseball was play ed between Palmetto and Back Swamp on Saturday afternoon on the grounds of the former club. Palmetto was victorious by a score of 13 to 10. Aleck Dudley, colored, is hav ing his little blind boy’s musi cal talent carefully cultivated Recent exhibitions show the wonderful progress that the little fellow is making. The Enterprise Hotel was closed on Friday night for the want of a lessee. It will be re opened as soon as arrangements can be made for renting it, and, in the meantime the hotel will be completely renovated and re paired. A colored man, named Harri son, who is employed at the oil mill, had his right arm so bad ly mashed in the machinery on Tuesday that it had to be am putated at the shoulder. Drs. Lunney and Garner performed the operation. The examination of applicants for admission into the public schools and of the former pupils who have not received grada- j tion tickets are now in progress and will continue through next week. The schools will open on the 25 inst. Mr. W. I. Wilkinson, propri etor of the Wilkinson Tobacco Warehouse, of Oxford, N. (’., has a notice in this issue which we certainly advise all the to bacco growers in this county to read. It is replete with valu able information. The death of Cadet J. Gil lum law creates a vacancy in the Darlington scholarship in the Citadel Academy. A notice ap pears in another column that the vacancy will be filled by a competitive examination at this place on October 5. Mrs. A. J. Sutton has opened a dry goods and millinery es tablishment on Railroad Street, near the A. C. L. depot. She respectfully solicits, in this is sue, the patronage of the public and guarantees satisfaction both as to styles and prices. The Jewish year 5C54 began on Monday. The Jews of Dar lington observed New Year’s Day. or “Rosh Hashono”, by closing their places of business. “Yum Kippur”, the Day of Atonement, will fall on Wed nesday of next week, when the Jews will again close their stores. Mr. E. W. Sutton, the well known photographer, makes a liberal offer this week. Read his advertisement in which he says that “with every order given him for a dozen cabinet photographs, at a cost of $4 a dozen, he will include, free of cost, a fine crayon portrait of the subject, half life size”. -A A petition is being circulated in town and numerously sig led asking for the pardon of “Pop” Gowens, an old negro known by everybody in Darlington. He was sent to the penitentiary from Florence about three years ''ago for burglary, in connection with the famous Leb Scott gang. All the members of the gang, except Gowens, have been par doned. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. • Brief Mention About People You Know and People You Don't Know. Miss Laura Ellerbe, of Mar ion, is visiting Miss Laurie Law. Dr. A T. Baird will leave next week for a visit to the World’s Fair. Mr. L. M. Norment will leave to-day for a visit to relatives in North Carolina. Mr. W. D. Mclver, of Sa vannah, Ga., visited Dr. A. T. Baird this week. Capt. W. C. Heath, of Mon roe, N. C., was in Darlington this week on a visit. Rev. T. P. Lide, of Orange burg, a former resident of Dar lington, is visiting relatives here. Mr. T. S. Joye left on Monday for New York to purchase the fall and winter stock for Joye & Sanders. Rev. Marion Dargan, finan cial agent of the Columbia Fe male College, is on a visit to Darlington. Miss Mary Lucas, who has been visiting Mrs. A. T. Baird, has returned to her home at Society Hill. Mr. J. Clarence Bristow, a former resident of Darlington, has recently removed to Over land, Colorado. Mr. J. E. Norment is in New York purchasing stock for his store. He will return the latter part of the week. Dr. J. C. Willcox has return ed from Washington, where he attended the Pan American Medical Congress. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Hewitt and Master Carl Hewitt will leave in a few days for a visit to the World’s Fair. Miss Carrie Godfrey, of Che- raw, visited the family of Col. E. R. Mclver for a few days during the past week. Mrs. R. A. Brand and family, who have been visiting Mr. C. W. Hewitt, returned to their home in Sumter on Tuesday. Mr. E. Rotholz, who has been for several months on a pleasant visit to his old homo in Ger many, returned to Darlington on Thursday. Capt. T. S. Lucas, who has been living out West for several months, is at home again at Society Hill. He spent yester day in Darlington. Mr. R. A. Croxton, the pro prietor of the Darlington To bacco Warehouse, is expected here in a few days to arrange matters preparatory to opening the warehouse on October 1. Mr. L. P. Dargan left on Fri day to visit the World’s Fair. He will not return home but will, after seeing the sights at the great exposition, resume his studios at Harvard University. Rev. J. G. Law and family, who have been spending the summer on Sullivan's Island, will return to Darlington this week. Mr. Law will conduct the services in the Presbyterian Church on Sunday next. Mr. T. E. Goodson, of Harts- ville, who was injured quite seriously in the recent accident at Clemson College, is now out of danger. His many friends will be glad to hear this and they hope that he will soon be entirely recovered. Miss Annie Burnette, of New York, who is well known in Darlington, having worked here several years ago, has accepted the position of saleslady for Messrs Norment &Co. Miss Burnette is exceedingly well versed in the latest styles in dress goods and trimmings and she will make a valuable acces sion to a popular establishment. MONEY TO MOVE THE COTTON CROP OF DARLINGTON COUNTY. The Proceedings of the Meeting of the Farmers Alliance Called to Discuss the Financial Situation. The special meeting of the Darlington County Alliance which was held in the Court House on Thursday last was largely attended. It was called for the purpose of discus sing the financial situation, especially as it concerns the moving of thocotton crop. The meeting was brought about by the apprehension on the part of the farmers that on account of the stringency of the times they would not be able to obtain the money needed in moving the crop. The Alliance met in se cret session. After the body had assembled, however, it was found that there was no cause for alarm as t h e Darlington banks gave every assurance that they had money enough to move the crop. Tne receipt of this information quickly dispelled all doubts and the Alliance took no action, as it was unneces sary, in the matter for which the meeting was called. Other business was then pro ceeded with and the following resolutions were unanimously adopted: Whereas, Evidence from all sources, agricultural, mechani cal and professional, is abund ant and the practical needs, wants and demands of our pro ducing classes urday next to consider the pro position. A call for this meet ing is published in another col umn. Following the meeting of the Alliance a public mass meeting of farmers and farm laborers was held in the Court House. The business men of Darlington were invited to attend and par ticipate in the proceedings. In formal speeches were made by farmers and town people. The bank presidents addressed the meeting, again giving assur ance that the banks can furnish all the money necessary to move the crop. Everybody was in a good, hopeful humor and seem ed encouraged by the outlook for better times. The stay law was not men tioned at all in the meeting of the alliance and it was only in cidentally referred to in the mass meeting. T h e present concensus of opinion among the farmers of Darlington county, with the present light before them, is evidently in opposition to the law. THE COUNTY NEWS. Why not buy “The Livingston Mosquito Canopy” and sleep in comfort ? J. D. Baird. THE THEATRICAL SEASON. the ap- declare in un mistakable tones that the vol ume of our money is not sulli- cient to do the business of our County, State and Nation, and Whereas, Our producingclass- es, and especially the Farmers Alliance organization, stand a unit in demanding Congress to give relief by enacting into law the sub-treasury plan or some better plan, Therefore be it Resolved, That we ihe Dar lington County Farmers Alli ance and Industrial Union, in session assembled, do reiterate our pledges to each and every demand made by the national order at Ocala, Fla., reindorsed at St. Louis, Memphis and In dianapolis, and we appeal w ith all sincerity to the Congress of the United States, now in ses sion, who can relieve the strin gency, to act at once in behalf of our business world and the depressed agricultural and min ing people. Resolved, That we heartily endorse the action of our Con gressmen on the silver question and pledge our support as long as they voice and vote the ;/ill of the majority of the people. » Resolved, That we deplore and unhesitatingly condemn the action of W. H. Brawley on said silver question and call up on our bretheren of the First district to show him where “he is at” at the next election. The Alliance also elected Mes- Will Begin Monday Night with Famous Bangs in “Alabama. Mr. Frank C. Bangs will pear at our opera house on Mon day evening next, in the pop ular play “Alabama.” Mr. Bangs is one of the famous actors of America and many of our people, who have have seen him, remember him most fav orably in “Jim the Penman” and the “Silver King.” His new play “Alabama” is having an unprecedented run in large cities and Darlington is fortun ate in securing it and Mr. Bangs. The Nashville Herald says: “It is an epoch making drama. The author is the first dramatist that has succeeded in depicting the smooth, even How of South ern life and in presenting characters that appear to be really to the manner born. In “Zeb” which will be pre sented here on the 23 inst, Miss Evans, one of the three surviv ing actors who were performing when Lincoln was killed, will appear. A RAILROAD ACCIDENT. FROM ALL SECTIONS AS TOLD BY OUR CORRESPONDENTS. Cypress Chips—Picking Cotton with a Rush—Items of Per sonal Interest. Miss Isabelle McCown.of Flor ence, is visaing Miss Janie Parham. Mr E. O. Parham left last Monday for Charleston to buy goods for his firm. Mr. S. W. Hellems has pitch ed his tent hero for the purpose of taking photographs. The recent storm has badly damaged, if not destroyed, the crops on Lynche’s River. The people are now giving Governor Tillman a rest and are talking about hard times. Misses Sallie DuRant and Katie Carnes, of Bishopville, are visiting friends at this place. Miss Belle Newsom, of Clyde, spent a few days last week at this place with Miss IdaDuBose. Mr. J. L. McLendon left on Monday for Mt. Pleasant, N. C., to attend the college at that place. Mr. W. B. DuBose, formerly of Cypress but now deputy Sheriff of Florence county, is very ill at this place with fever. Prof. J. A. Graham has re turned to take charge of the school at this place. The Pro fessor seems to have been much benefitted by his recreation in the mountains of North Caro lina. Our young friend, S. P. H., is now behind the counter at L. P. Pate & Co’s store. He says he is prepared to serve the young ladies in grand style and would be pleased to have them call. Whether they wish to make purchases or not makes no difference with they come around. The farmers are picking cot ton with a rush. Since the rise in the price of cotton our people are ready to praise Major | Brawley for voting against the free coinage of silver and begin to see where Major Brawley’s head was level and to appreciate that he was working for the farmer and not for Ws as he was accused. The Rains on Tuesday Caused Wash, outs on Both Roads. The rains pf Tuesday caused washouts on both the Charles ton, Sumter and Northern and Cheraw and Darlington Rail roads. The washout on the Charleston, Sumter and North ern was quite serious. It was on the Marlboro side of the Pee Dee trestle. Nothing being known about it, the freight train attempted to pass and nine box-cars tumbled in. For tunately nobody was hurt. Traffic on that end of the roac was, of course, stopped and up to the time we went to press yesterday had not been resumed. The work of repairing is rapid and the ly going on, however, srs P. T. Warr and B. M. Red-j trains will probably run through to Bennettsville to-day. dick swot n cotton weighers for 1 The total amount of money contributed by the citizens of Darlington for the relief of the Beaufort sufferers from the storm has reached f 121.25. The cost of transmitting the money was 85 cents, leaving a balance, ing of 1120.40, which was forward-1W. FOR SAFE KEEPING. A White Man Charged with Murder Brought to the Darlington Jail Yesterday afternoon Travis Evans, a middle-aged white man, was brought here from Chesterfield and lodged in jail. He is charged with murder,jhav- killed his brother in-law, A. Courteney, about two Darlington and Mr. W. S. King for Hartsville. A committee, consisting of Messrs M. W. Harris, John I. King, D. C. Mc Call. D. W. Byrd, G. W. Stith, W. R. S. Lawson and J. N. Par rot, was appointed to confer with the authoi ities of the town of Darfington with a view to procuring a cotton yard. Ar rangements ha .’e already been made for a similar yard at IJartsville. After this the Alli ance adjourned. It is probable that a change will be made in the matter of weighers for Darlington, for at! a consultation between the town authorities and the alliance committee, held subsequent to the meeting of the alliance, the town authorities made the fol lowing proposition. That they would furnish the cotton yard free of rent and pass all ordi nances necessary to enforce the storage of cotton in the yard and the weighing of it by the sworn weighers, but that the weighers should be selected one by the town and the cotton buy ers and the other by the alliance the weigher selected t>y each side to be acceptable to the oth- The washout on the Cheraw and Darlington, which was be tween Dovesville and Society Hill, was only slight and was repaired in time to prevent any serious delay of the trains. BMIMe Ini Tiis! -AT- Limst Trices! We offer our entire him, just so' Stock of CLYDE. Straw Hats and low- aii street | quarter Shoes of ev ery kind ed to the proper authorities and months ago. He receipt for same obtained. The very respectable He is said to be a er. receipt for same obtained. The! very respectable man. Court! In all likelihood this proposi- listof the contributors, all re- is now in session in Chesterfield tion will meet with the approval ceipts, vouchers, etc., have been but Evans’s case was postpon-! of the Alliance, at least so its filed in the Clerk of the Court’s ed until the February term and, | leaders think. It is certainly a office, where they may be in spected at any time. On Fri day the ladies sent several large bundles of clothing to Beaufort. POPULAR AND EN1 ERPRISING. The Darlington Shoe Store Keeping up with the Procession. The enterprising and popular firm of Woods & Milling are keeping up with the times as is evidenced by their new adver- tisment on the second page of this issue of The News. Pop ular as the Darlington Shoe Store is every whit of its pop ularity is well merited. The proprietors are alive to the interests of their trade and alwaysendeavor to please. They buy their goods in large quanti- ites direct from the best man ufacturers and every purchaser may rest assured that he re ceives fresh goods of the latest styles. Their new stock for the fall and winter trade is arriving daily and will be sold at a very small margin. If you need any thing in the line of footwear call on them. They have some specialties which they would like to show you. {Other Locals on 2nd Page.) Mr. H. A. Caddell is sick with fever. Mr. J. M. Thomas, of Flor ence, passed through this com munity last week. Some of our farmers are gin ning cotton while others have j scarcely any open. Mr. S. G. Parnell has greatly improved his dwelling by put ting on a new roof. Mr. W. E. Johnson has re turned from a visit to Mr. Tim Goodson at Palmetto. Mr. A. M. McNair has opened a new public road from Clyde to old Centre Point church. Mr. A. M. McNair and family have returned from a visit to Mr. A. C. McKinnon in Sumter. Mr. G. F. Turnage and Miss Dora Harris, both of this com munity, were married on the 10 inst., at the parsonage, by Rev. J. A. White. We wish the young couple a long and happy ife. At Cost br Csd! BANK OF DARLINGTON, DARLINGTON, 8. C., Capital, — — . $100,000 Surplus and Undivi ded Profits, — $45,973.80 the Chesterfield jail being un- fair, business like proposal and safe, he was brought here to be should be^ accepted. A special kept imprisoned until his case is tried. meeting of the Alliance will be held in the Court House on Sat- Three farm hands were killed by unknowq parties near Sav annah on Thursday night. UNA. The collection at Mt. Elon on Sunday for the Beaufort suffer ers amounted to $5. The biggest item of news we have to report this week is an immense guantity of mosquitoes and gallinippers. Mr. Ferdinand Galloway has the contract for repairing Mr. M. Marco’s milldam which was swept away by the recent storm. Mr. L. Z. Hicks, formerly of this place but now of Hartsville, will leave on the 18 inst for King and Queen County, Vir ginia, where he will be united in marriage to Miss Julia Hoskins of that place. No cards. Your Hartsville correspondent asks where are the corres pondents that used to be. The delay in the different postoffices along the route is the trouble with this correspondence. Fre quently our letters do not reach their destination until after The News is published. DIRECTORS: W. C. Coker, J. I* Coker, R. W. Boyd, J. J. Ward. E. R. Mclver. A. Nachman, Bright Williamson. Transacts a General Banking Business. Savings Department. Deposits of $1 and upwards received. Interest allowed at rate of 5 per cent, per annum from date of deposit—payable quarterly on the first day of January, April, July and October. For further information ap ply at the Bank. Accounts in both Depart ments solicited and will be given careful attention. o BRIGHT WILLIAMSON, President. L. E. WILLIAMSON. Cashier. Dec. 81-tf W.B.McGIRl,D.D.S.,m Offers his professional s« rices to the people of Darlington and vicinity. Office over the store of Edwards, Moo- ment k Co. Jan l#.’»0-ly m RENT! {Other County News on Page 4) ’ 5 4 ROOM HOUSE. GOOD LOCATION. Opposite Dr. A. T. Baird’s. Apply to J. H. MASON, Dr. A. T. Baird, ° r ’ H. M. Smith. $8.60 PER MONTH. Yi-’vc * ’•f" 1 * 3#t vvk ‘p-y-- -!sLi