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YOL. XX, NO. 50. DARLINGTON, S. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1893. WHOLE NUMBER 982. MATTERS IN AND AROUND PROS PEROUS DARLINGTON. A Column of News, Tersely Told, of Interest to Our Many Readers. Monday next is salesday. A joyful Thanksgiving to all. Most of the leading stores will be closed to-day. Good cotton is bringing from 7.30 to 7.40 in Darlington. The Legislature convened in annual session on Tuesday. R. K. Charles, Esq., has been appointed a notary public by Governor Tillman. A special meeting of the Dar lington Building and Loan As sociation will be held to morrow (Friday) evening. Governor Tillman has ap pointed Messrs W. F. Wilkes and Leonce Vaughan, both of this County, notaries public. J. J. Ward, Esq., is prepar in« to remove his office to the building on Exchange Street, used, until recently, as the ex press office. An oyster supper will be giv en at the residence of Mr. J. C. Clements, at Oats, to-morrow No 1 (Friday) night, the proceeds of rott’s. which will be devoted to the I. 0. G. T. Lodge at that plad'e. The usual union Thanksgiv ing service will be held in the Presbyterian Church this morn ing at 11.30 o’clock. The col lection will be devoted to the Thornwell Orphanage at Clin ton. The stock of groceries and store fixtures of Mr. S. Manne will be sold at public auction at Mr. Manne’s store on Pearl Street, on Monday next, by Mr. R. L. Dargan, agent of the mort- gagee. m A novel sight was witnessed in Darlington one day last week when two colored women, who were sentenced by the town au thorities to work on the streets, were put to cleaning up the court house park. The C.. S. & N. Railroad will run an excursion to the Augus ta Exposition to-day (Thursday) The train will pass Darlington at 6.01 a. m. and will arrive at Augusta at 1 p. m. The fare for the round trip from Darling ton will be $4 05. Last week we mentioned that second crop apples, of good size, had been brought to this office, but now comes Mr. J. T. Bry ant, of the Dovesville section, who beats this. He presents us with apples from the third crop and a bloom for the fourth. The annual meeting of the Darlington Driving Association will be held on Tuesday nexfc when officers to serve for the ensuing year will be elected. It is probable that the association will hold its first regular races shortly and this matter will be discussed at the meeting. The South Carolina Confer ence of the Methodist Church will meet in Sumter, on Wed nesday next, the 6 proximo. The delegates from this (Flor ence) district are Dr. J. F. Pearce, Mars Bluff; Messrs J. F. Carraway, Williamsburg; James Eppes, Kingstree, and J. Gregg McCall, Darlington. Darlington will be in good fortune next spring in having two religious bodies to meet ‘with her. The Columbia Con vocation of the Episcopal Church will meet hereon April 8 and the Florence District Con ference of the Methodist Church will meet here about the latter part of the same month. On Friday of next week, the 8 proximo, the Darlington Ama teurs will repeat, in the Guards’ Armory, the entertainment, “A Box of Monkeys’’ and “The Country School,” which they presented during the recent chrysanthemum show. The proceeds of the entertainment will be devoted to the Guards. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Brief Mention About People You Know and People You Don't Know. Geo. M. Trenholm, Esq, of the Charleston bar, was in town this week. Mr. John Witherspoon Ervin, of Morganton, N. C., is visiting relatives in town. Mr. Thomas Frost, of Charles ton, paid a brief visit to D a r - lington last week. Miss Ethel Boatwright, of Edgefield, is visiting her sister, Mrs. W. B. Brunson. Dr. A. T. Baird will leave in a few days for a brief business visit to his old home in Louisi ana. Miss Mary Scott, of Mars Bluff, who has been visiting the Misses Williamson, at Palmetto, has returned to her home. Mr. T. E. Early left yesterday for Washington to enter upon his duties as assistant door keeper of the House of Repre sentatives. '■ Miss Carrie and Miss Emmie James, accompanied by Miss Mary White, of Abbeville, who has been the guest of Miss Mc- Iver, left yesterday for Wedge- field to visit friends. mackerel at W. J. Par- 4 mmm hail. knows of his A NEW SCHEDULE. Darlington in Unusually Good Luck This Time. Darlington is in luck with the new schedule which will go in to effect on the C. & D. Railroad on Monday next. We are to have two trains a day, each way, to Charleston and Columbia. No material change has been made in the time for the regu lar passenger trains, s o u t fa- bound in the morning, and north bound in the evening (on ly the up train arrives here at 7.38 P. M. instead of 7.53 P. M.) Otherwise they will run as here tofore. The schedules of the night trains on the W. C. & A.' and the Northeastern have been so changed that the north and South-bound trains on those roads will arrive at Florence in time to make close connection with our north and south-bound freight trains, whose chedules remain the same. This will be a great convenience to our peo ple and we hope the arrange ment will continue. It is said that this change will enable us to get the daily papers on the morning freight. Fine teas at W. J. Parrott's. DEATH IN FLORENCE. Miss Sarah W. Kennedy, Aged Sixty- Eight. Goes to Her Reward. [Florence Times, Nov. 23. J It is with regret that we an nounce the death of Miss Sarah W. Kennedy, who died Monday morning about 7 o’clock after a long spell of sickness. Miss Kennedy was a native of old Darlington now Florence coun ty. She was an aunt of Mr. James Howe. She was 68 years old, and was a member of Hope- well Presbyterian church for many years previous to her death. The funeral services were held at the Presbyterian church here on Tuesday morning by Rev. J. H. Dixon. The inter ment was made at Mt. Hope. Miss Kennedy had accumulated considerable property and made a will some time before her death bequeathing it to her rel atives. A PEACEFUL, BUT UNbUCCESSFUL, ANTI-DISPENSARY RAID. The Sheriff Visits Mr. J. M. James’s Establishment, Looking for a “Blind Tiger.” Where is the “blind tiger”? You need not ask the authori ties for they know no more about the haunts of the tiger than you do (and of course you know nothing). The tiger may be “blind”— they say he is—but the “lynx eye of the law” cannot catch him. Darlington had her first raid under the dispensary law on Friday morning last, but noth ing was found to prove the exist ence of the tiger. The estab lishment that was raided came out clear and the authorities had nothing to show for their trouble. They were told by affidavits that the establishment sold whiskey (the affidavits are given below), but their search on Friday failed to prove any thing of the sort. Be it said to Darlington’s credit that peace and good order prevailed during the raid. Everybody was in a good hum or; the officers of the law, the supposed victims and the spect ators were all very pleasant about it and an amusing time was had of the affair. Mr. J. M. James’s establish ment was the one raided. Re ference to the affidavits will show that Mr. James had been reported time and again-or sell ing liquor contrary to the dis pensary law, but the charge fell to the ground when put to the test on Friday. So much com plaint had been made to the State authorities that they prob ably thought they had a good case against Mr. James, but re sults showed differently. The particulars of the raid are as follows: The ball was started in mo tion by. Mr. L. K. Kirven mak ing an affidavit to the effect that he had seen Mr. J. M. James sell whiskey. The fol lowing is a copy of his affidavit: State of South Carolina, ) County of Darlington. f 8. O., which deponent own knowledge to !>e located on the public square in said town, not far from the corner of Pearl Street, known as the James Har up to July 1, 1893, adjoining the lots of and , which house is yet in the posses sion of said J. M. James,, as deponent is informed and bFlieves; that said J. M. James is not a Dispenser and that said ulaee is not a Dispensary as pro vided for in the Act known as the Dispensary Act; that various other complaints than the annexed affidavit of Mr. Kirven have been made to de- ponent as to the sale of intoxicating liquors bv the defendant, J. M. James, at said place since the Dispensary Act has gone into effect in this State, but that deponent has demanded as peci- tlic charge on oath, such as is now fur nished by Mr- Kirven, before proceed ing: that deponent as now required by said Act, as he understands it, ap plies to your Honor, Judge T. B. Fra ser, Judge of the Third Circuit of said State, at Sumter, 8. C., for the in- junctim and order hereto annexed and proposed. • [Signed) J. M. Johnson. Sworn to and subscribed, 23rd day of November 1893. [Signed] J. D. Graham, C. C. P. Judge Frasert hereupon issued the following temporary in junction and warrant for “search and seizure”: The State of South Carolina, Dar lington County. The State of South Carolina, Plaintiff, vs. J. M. James, Defendant, Order of Tem porary Injunction. Whereas i Roast Beef, J. Parrott’s. lib cans, 10c W. FELL IN THE CREEK. to A Defective Bridge Causes Parties Get a Cold Wetting. On Saturday, while Mf. 8. Hatchell was crossing Slack on the bridge at Black Creek Church, the bridge collapsed. He had his little son with him an action has been com menced against the de(pndant ior the abatement of a nuisance prohibited by the Act of the General Assembly of 1892 for the prohibition of the sale and manufacture of intoxica. ing liquors except as therein provided, and a fit and proper case having been shown to the Court for the purpose of applying the remedies mentioned in said Act, on the affidavits ot J. M. Johnson, Solicitor of the 4th. Circuit, and of L. K. Kirven, stating the ma terial facts on their own knowledge, now on motion of .1. M. Johnson, So licitor of the 4th Circuit, Judge J. H. lludson^being absent at Edgefield, it is ordered that an injunction to issue, and i. is hereby ordered that the de fendant, his servants, agents, or work men he restrained from doing any thing, or keeping, or maintaining the certain place therein described and defined as a nuisance wherein intoxi cating liquors are illegally kept for sale in violation of the above Act. And it is ordered that a copy of this order he served upon the defendant, J M. James, and it is further ordered that the officer serving this order do at once diligently search the premises referred to and described in the com plaint and petition, and carefully in voice all the articles found therein, used in or about the carrying on of said unlawful business, and ithe shall find upon such premises any intoxi cating liquor or liquors of any kind, he shall take the same in o his custo dy and turn them over to the Sheriff of the County who is hereby ordered to securely bold the same to abide the final judgement of the Court in the action, the expenses of which are _ „ , , - i to be taxed as a part of the cost of Personally appeared liefore me, L. t j,j g ac tj., n . M. Crossweil, Trial Justice in and for I (Signed] T. B. Fraser. the said County of the said State, L. j judge 3rd Circuit. K. Kervin, who being duly sworn ; D ated n,;, 23a a ay „f November 1893. says, that on the 18th day of W, A. 4l ._ , , , D , 1893, he, in company with a friend, walked into the bar of I. M. James, in Darlington, furnished said friend with the money and saw him buy of said J. M. James one pint of whiskey and pay fifty cents for the same. [Signed] L. K. Kirven. Sworn to before me this 20th day of Nov. A. D., 1893. [Signed] L. M. Crosswell. Trial Justice. The matter was then put in the hands of Solicitor Johnson. Judge Hudson was absent from his circuit (it will be remem bered that he refused before to issue a “warrant for search and seizure”) and the time seemed propitious to the State authori ties to secure the necessary pa pers for the raid. With our own Circuit Judge absent the papers could be secured from another Judge. This explains the following telegram. Columbia 8. C., 28 Nov, 1893. To Hon. J. M. Johnson: Hudson at Edgefield and Fraser at Sumter. D. A. Townsend. Solicitor Johnson next com menced action againgt M r . James for the abatement of a nuisance and appeared before Judge Fraser,at Sumter, and applied for a temporary injunc tion against Mr. James, basing his application upon Mr. Kir- ven’s affidavit ana his own. The following is a copy of the | Solicitors affidavit: i State of South Carolina vs J. M. ; James. Application for Temporary Injunction, Personally appears J. M. Johnson, | who on oath says he is Solicitor of i ‘.he 4th Judicial Circuit of South Car- | olina and that deponent is informed 1 by the annexed telegram from Atty, ! Genl. D. A. Townsend, and that he | believes the information to be true, i that Judge J. H Hudson, of the 4th Circuit, is absent from said Circuit, | to wit. at Edgefield in said State, that, Solicitor as aforesaid, deponent has brought by the Solicitor against Mr. James for the abatement of a nuisance under the dispensary law have been lodged in the of fice of the Clerk of the Court, where they will remain until the case is heard in the Common Pleas Court for Darlington County. In the meantime Mr. James will not remain inactive. Last summer a case was brought against him for violating the dispensary law and this case he had removed to the United States Court. He claims there fore that the State of South Carolina is without jurisdiction in the matter. Upon this ground, besides others, his counsel, Messrs Nettles & Net tles, will appear immediately before Judge Fraser with a mo tion that the Judge dissolve his injunction (copied above), for bidding Mr. James from selling liquor. Again we ask: is there a “blind tiger” in Darlington ? if so, where is it? A RAILROAD VICTORY. The South Carolina Railway Can Now Haul Liquor into This State. On Friday the railroads gain ed another victory in the tight against the dispensary law. Certain individuals petitioned Judge Simon ton of the United States Court to direct the South Carolina Railway to haul liquor to them in the State from points without the State. The hearing was set for Friday, in Charles ton, but when that time came the attorneys for the State fail- ed-to put in an appearance, thus giving up the fight without an effort. Judge Simonton, there upon, issued an order directing the South Carolina Railway to haul and deliverall goodsof what ever nature that is presented to it for shipment. This will ena ble the South Carolina Railway to bring liquor into this State from other States the— and was driving two mules in (U1 ^ 1IU1V „, „„„ a wagon. When the collapse ] applied Pj wTite’ thr"a^d*vit came everything went into the hereto annexed, signed by L. K. Kir- water, wagon, occupants and veil, to institute proceedings to abate Mr. J. 0. Garrison met with mules. The creek is very dee a painful and severe accident at that point, but Mr. Hatchel while on a fishing trip on Thurs- and his son got out and succeed-! that deponent has commenced an ac- day. He was cutting wood and i ed in saving the mules. A load | tion in the name of the state therefor the axe slipped and cut a deep of com which was in the wagon ^ ** his was lost. Sometime ago the (iud rer |ly believe* that intoxicating lose the Dovesville correspondent of The Mquor*, to wit, whiskey and beer, are News called the attention of the kept for sale and are *old by the said J. M James on the premises particu- gash across the instep left foot. He will not foot, but two of the] severed and will prot useless. His friends syi ize with him in his accident. be But all these legal documents were all for naught. Solicitor Johnson appeared in Darlington Thursday to direct the raid. All that night Mr. Jame’s es tablishment was strictly guard ed by the authorities to keep the liquor supposed to be therefrom being removed. Next morning the Sheriff served the papers upon Mr. James and the latter made no resistance nor objection whatever to his premises un dergoing a search. The building was thoroughly searched, the store proper, the rooms upstairs and the cellar. Even the back yard was not overlooked. But this search “from garret to cellar” resulted only in a water or rather a so da-water, haul. After all the trouble of getting the necessary papers the Sheriff has only an amazing “invoice” of what he found to report to the authori ties. Here is the “invoice”: Five empty soda crates, two crates of sodawater, twenty empty jugs, one case of empty flasks, three empty whiskey barrels, seven bottles of apple cider, one half barrel of bottled sodftwater, six tumblers, three small tumblers, one cork puller one lot of stopperspers, two bot tles of gingerale, one bottle of apple cider, a one gollon pot, part of a barrel of rock syrup, one fire-proof safe. As all the articles jn the “in voice” are harmless and not at at all intoxicating they were not seized but were allowed to remain in the building. As we have stated everything was done good naturedly. Quite a crowd of spectators watched the proceeding with a g eat d e a 1 of interest and amusement. The authorities take very pleasantly their fail ure to find the “tigei” which they supposed bad its lair in the building searched. They “pounced” and gdt nothing, but they are not disposed to be ill- tempered about it. One of them THE MILITARY PLAY. To be Presented at the Opera House on Tuesday Night. Theatre goers should not for get the military play “Stone wall Jackson, or the Fortunes of War”, which will be present ed by a New York company at the opera house at about the close of the holiday season, un der the auspices of the Darling ton Guards. During the present season this play has had a great “run” in New York. The mem bers of the Guards will have the tickets for sale, prices, 50 cts for general admission and 75 for reserved seats. A parti cular feature of the entertain ment will be a vote for the most popular private in the company, each ticket entitling the holder to one vote. The fortunate candidate will receive a scarf pin valued at $20. "VH 1 H In M IparM. We have a few nice dress pat terns left that we will sell out very cheap; former price $1, now $80 cents. A good many remnants—just enough to make a nice dress for a child—at bar gain prices. Cloak Department. Cloaks for ladies and children; newest styles and lowest prices. In these goods we will make you special prices. Also Full and Winter Stock of DRY GOODS, DRESS GOODS, KOTIQHS. TRUNKS AND VALISES. GROCERIES. Rigs! Engs! Eigs! inches, 30 at 54 inches, inches, inches, 72 inches, 54 60 Mr. 1 rustee'%Sale. N. V S. Gibson, trustee, ad vertises that he will sell begin ning on Monday, January 8,18- 94, at public outcry, that most valuable track of unimproved land, the [ r iperty of Mr. W. D. Woods, situated on Cashua Street in the Town of Darling ton and containing eighty five acres more or less. The proper ty will be sold in lots, which have been marked off with stakes indicating how many feet are contained in each lot. Smyrna, 18 by $1.25. Smyrna, 20 by $2. Smyrna, 26 by $2.50. Smyrna, 30 by $3.50. Smyrna, 36 by $4.50. A few velvet rugs left: 27 63 at $2.75; 36 by 72 at $5. If you will come in and see these goods you will observe at once that they are very cheap. Now is the time if you want to see whatyou can do with a dollar. We are going to sell them. at at at at by County Commissioners to the dangerous bridge. condition of this ' premise* parti tie complaint hi to annexed, to wit, in that certain building in the town of Darlington, The Horticultural Society. The meeting of the Darling ton Horticultural Society which was announced for last Monday was not held at that time on ac count of the inclemency of the weather. We are requested to state that the meeting will be held on Monday afternoon next, at four o’clock, at the residence of the Misses Williamson on Broad Street. A full attend ance is desired. It 11 Cost lot NOTHING! To examine our stock. { You Will Save M B (.DOING SO. & fa Imr jutol Im Etta! Cools' Ftroioliig Copirtoioil, Judging from the way we are we are selling this line we must have the nicest lot in town. This year we are making a special run on $10, $12.50 and $15 suits, and they are beauties for that price. All we want you to do is to come in and try them on and 866 How Nicely They Fit 1 Cambric Dress Linings . Standard Prints, very best .... Standard Dress Ging hams Finest fancy Dress Ging hams Double-widthWoolCash- meres 36-inch Worsteds, all shades 4c yd 5c yd 61c yd 9c yd 16c yd 18c yd DIED In Darlington, S. C., Satur day, November 25, Sophia M. Wagner, relict of Theodore D. Wagner Of Charleston, S. C. Flour $4 per bbl, W. J. Par rott’s. ' Hat Department. Another lot of Tourist and Youmans’s hats jusc in—newest styles and shapes. Collars, Cuffs, Gloves and Neck wear in abundance. The trial of those charged with leading the mob that re cently assaulted the jail at Roanoke, Va , which resulted in a riot aqd and the death of a blandly rema rked that he would j number of persons, was in prog- have to report that so far as he ress last week. Several of the can see Darlington, barring the j accused were convicted but dispensary, is “dry as a chip.” their punichment waa very The papers in the action ] light. Shoe Department. Everybody knows the reputa tion we have in this line, so it is not much use to say anything else except that we are still giv ing our customers the beet shoe for the money we can. get. DRESS GOODS & TRIMMINGS,, DRY GOODS & NOTIONS, HOSIERY & GLOVES, CORSETS ft • UNDERWEAR, RUGS ft FANCY ARTICLES, TAILOR-MADE CLOAKS ft CAPES. I IN THESE LINES We Are Headquarters Mil KIM.Hint St Co, NACHMAN BUILDING, Cor Cashua St. and Public Square.