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T VOL. XXI, NO. 1. DARLINGTON, S. 0., THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1894. WHOLE NUMBER 987. > -. —— MATTERS (N AND AROUND PROS PEROUS DARLINGTON. A Column of News, Tersely Told, Interest to Our Many Reader^. Mr. J. N. into town. of Suggs has moved Qood cotton brought rosy WEEK OF PRAYER. The Procram Which will be Observed Next Week. The Evangelical Alliance j Week of Prayer will be observ ed in this town as usual, com mencing on Sunday next, the 7th inst. and continuing through the following Sunday, the 14th inst., by the Baptist, Methodist and ' Presbyterian Churches. The pastijja. are all expected to take part in every service. The public is cordially invited to at tend. Friends would do well to cut out for reference during the week the program which is as follows: Sunday Night, Jan. 7, 7.30 o’clock—Services at the Presby terian Church; sermon by Rev. John Stout Topic, “Pentecost al Power.” Monday Night, Jan. 8, 7.30 o’clock—Services at the Presby terian Church; leader, Rev. J. ,. . ..A . , u , ,E. Carlisle. Topic, “Humili- paid by the People’s Bank on and Thanksgiving.” Tuesday Night, Jan. 9, 7.30 o’clock—Services at the Presby- OFFICUL SUES. -f 7 cents in Darlington yesterday. The quarterly statements of Darlington’s two banks appear in this issue. A neat and commodious cot tage is advertised in this issue for rent on reasonable terms. A grand masquerade ball for the near future is discussed by the young society people of the town. .The dividend regular semi-annual of 3 per cent, will be and after January 10! Mr. John S. Jeffords, a son of Mr. T. C. Jeffords of Palmetto, Ifeft on Monday to attend a bus iness college, at Rome, Ga. Miss Fifine Parrott, of Lydia, has gone to Atlanta, where she will take a course in stenography and typewriting in tha Atlanta Business College. . . Mr. J. A. Hearon hts removed to Cypress. Dr. A. T. Baird, who' recently purchased Mr Fearon’s house on Columbian Avenue, has moved‘into it. The-annual • meeting of the stockholders of the Bank of Darlington will be held on Tuesday next. Notice of the meeting aopears elsewhere. New Year’s Pqy passed in Darlington wjtho indent. The brinks, county onices and the postofflce were the only places of business clos ed. Mr. John Kelley and family have returned to their former home in Lydia. Mr. R. A. Smith hah removed to the hpase on Cashua Street occupied by them and will there o, wn a boarding house. , The trustee’s sale of the prop erty of Mr. W. D. Woods, on Cashua Street, will begin on law should Monday hext and will continue each successive day until the sale is completed. The concert for the benefit of the Methodist Church will be given in the Guard's Armory on Friday eveningof next week, the 12 inst. It will be under the direction of Mrs. R, Boyd, j mapgmMmmpft* - 1 h: time for returning all property, real and personal, for town taxation will begin on next, January 8, and itinue until February t. turns will be receivec^at |ce of the Judge of terian Church; leader, Rev. J. G. Law. Topic, “The Church Universal.” Wednesday Night, Jan. 10, 7.30 o’clock—Services at the Baptist Church, leader, Rev John Stout. Topic, “Nations and their Rulers.” Thursday Night, Jan. 11, 7.- 30 o’clock—Services at the Bap tist Church, leader. Rev. J. E. Carlisle. Topic, “Foreign Mis sions.” Friday Night, Jan. 12, 7.30 o’clock—Services at the Metho dist Church, leader, Rev. J. G. Law, Topic, “Home Missions.” Saturday , Jan. 13, o’clock—Services at the Metho dist Church; leader Rev. John Stout. Topic, “The Family.” ahyspediabj Sunday Night, Jan. 14,7.30 o’clock—Services at the Baptist Church; sermon by Rev. J. E. Carlisle. Topic, “The Second Criming of Our Lord.” A few cloaks and rugs at closing out prices. Norment & WmIL-S * J ■■ ' WATCH THE PROFITS I Monda will cc Thei the of bate. e to Notice appears in this i the effect that Messrs Gil Woods, who have been doing a real estate, insurance and t>ro kerage business in Darlington, have dissolved their c<5 partner- nership. Mr- Gibson- has re- u r n e d to his plantation in Florence County. 7 . Two of Darlington’s young men have decided to try their fortunes in the great West. Today Messrs John Skinner and Eugene Harrell left for Paris, Texas. The former has been clerking for Messrs McCall & Burch and the latter for Mes srs Morehead, Cox & Co. ’ Mr. J. H. Moore, the popular Pearl Street restaurateur, has purchased Mr. W L. Oats’s in terest in Oats & j Co’s, restau rant and will hereafter conduct the business by himself. Mr. Moore is a most competent ca terer and his many fririnds will gladly continue to patronize him. Messrs West & Honour, the Pearl Street grocei s, have dis solved copartnership. A notice appears in another column to the effect that their stock will “ e , 8 °ld under a mortgage. The 6 commence to-morrow (Friday) at 11 a. m., and will continue from day to day until the entire stock is sold. By an error, winch we regret, it was stated in our last issue that a meeting of the Darling ton County ’Teachers’ Associa tion would be held on Saturday next, the 6 inst., whereas it is the colored teachers’association that will meet on that day. ihe next meeting of the white teachers will be held on the 13 > inst. The Towns Must Enforce the Dispen. sary Law to Get Their Revenues. Under the new dispensary any city or town fail to co operate with the State authorities in enforcing the law, the profits that would ordinarily accrue to such cities or towns may be with-held and used to pay the dispensary constables. The State board of control has, therefore, notified the authori- W. |ties of all the cities and towns that they must give evidence by the 15 inst of their intention to co-operate with the State au thorities in enforcing the dis pensary law and that the profits will be with-held from such towns as fail to do so. The State boards has also notified the county board to report the municipalities that fail to com ply with the instructions. In the Columbia correspondence of the News and Courier' it is stated that the Governor will direct his attention in this mat ter first to Columbia, Darling ton and Beaufort. The town council of Darling ton will take action up on the instructions received from the State board at its next meeting which will be held the eaily part of next week. “QUEEN ESTHER” The Florence Amateurs at ihe Opera House To Night. The Florence amateurs were, owing to unavoidable ctrcum stances, prevented from keeping their engagement in Darlington last month, but they will with out fail appear in the opera house this (Thursday) evening. They will present the grand spectacular sacred opera, “Queen Esther,” supported by a chorus of about fifty voices. These who saw the performance in Florence recently speak in the highest terms of it, and guarantee that it is well worth seeing. The players have, by constant rehearsals, reached a degree of marked proficiency. Florence has always patronized our amateur performances lib erally and we should reciprocate by giving “Queen Esther” a large audience to-night. The performance will be given for a good cause—the organ funds of the Methodist, Baptist and Presbytehfiri Churches at Florence. /Prices for tickets are, resear/ed seats 50 cents, general admission, 35 cents. The perfownance will commence at M0 olclock. A VERY LARGE NUMBER MADE ON TUESDAY LAST. Valuable Property Change* Hands — Name* of the Purchaser* and the Prices Paid. A very large number of offi- sales were made on Tuesday (Monday being a legal holiday), with the following result: # The Sheriff sold in the case of John C. Wieters vs Ann E. Earle, James M. Earle and oth ers three acres in the town of Darlingtorf (the house and prem ises on Orange street occupied by Mr. E. Rotholz) to John C. Wie ters for $1,700. The same officer sold in the case of John C. Wie ters vs Ann D. Flinn 500 acres in High Hill township to John O. Wieters for $2,600; 1,8941 acres in High Hill township to John C. Wieters for $5,100; 6 and 45 100 acres in the town of Darlington (the houseandprem ises near the depot, occupied by Sheriff Scarborough) to John C. Wieters for $1,300. * The Clerk made the following sales: In the cases of A. Wein berg vs Annie Dqmp'.er, et all 100 acres in Hartsvilletownshiq to A. Weinberg for $425; F. J Pelzer vs Wm. Dalrymple 274 acres in Stokes Endue township to R. W. Boyd for $) ,200; F. J. Pelzer vs Wm. Dalrymple, et al, 376 acres in Stokes Bridge town ship to R. W. Boyd for $5; R. S. Galloway vs A. M. Watkins, et al. 140 acres in Lydia township to E. E. King for $680; H. F. Boykin, et al, vs M. J. Fulton, et al, 83 acres in Cypress town ship to R. M. Josey for $1,062; W. Perry Carter, et al, vs A. McNeely Lee, et al, 150 acres in Lisbon township to S. W. Cope land for $500; Griffin & Wilson vs P. Brooks Kervin 20 acres in Swift Creek township to Griffin & Wilson for $100; J. C. Brown vs H. B. Brown 53 acres in Kel- leytown to J. C Brown for $405, and 47 acr. s of the same tract to R. W. Boyd for $200; W. C. Wilson, et al, vs M. E. Wilson, et al, two lots in the village of Society Hill to W. A. Carrigan for $35; Mary Byrd, extrx , vs M. E Lechner, et al. 261 acres in High Hill township to W. A. Carrigan for $1,454. The Clerk’s sale in the case of W. K. Ryan & Son vs R. E. L. Kervin was withdrawn. ANOTHER OUTBREAK. A Second, but Small, Fire at the Fac* tory Cotton Warehouse. On Friday morning it was found that tire had again broken out in the cotton warehouse at the factory. Some of the cotton in the portion of the warehouse that had not been affected by the disastrious fire of a day or two previous had not been re moved from the building and it was in this cotton that the se cond fire originated. The alarm was given but the fire was ex tinguished by the employees of the factory in its incipiency. The fire department went to the scene but assistance was not needed. Only about half a doz en bales caught and the fiames were promptly subdued. The loss is fully covered by insur ance. Agents of the insurance com panies interested in the first fire are here and the work of arranging for the adjustment of the loss is in progress. It will probably take several weeks for a settlement to be reached. EMANCIPATION DAY. The Colored People Celebrate their Day of Freedom in the Usual Style. The colored people celebrated Emanicipation Day in their us ual style on Monday. In the morning a procession marched through the streets, the follow ing organizations participating, Masons, Odd Fellowh and cadets of the Mayo School. The pro cession was broken i t the Mace donia Baptist Church, where a large crowd had assembled to hear the address of Rev. Hector Raiford, of Columbia, secretary of the colored Baptist Publica tion Society and financial agent of the colored Baptist conven- tion of South Carolit a. His ad dress was an able discourse up on subjects appropriate to the occasion. At night a concert was given at t h e Macedonia Church and a festival at the Mayo School. A FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE. A North Carolinian, Wanted for Burg, lary, Arrested in Darlington. On Monday Chief, of Police Dargan received a telegram from the Sheriff of Anson coun ty, North Carolina, to arrest J. E. Gilmore, white, a passenger on that afternoon’s south bound train on the C. S. & N. Rail road. The telegram gave a description of the man wanted and Chief Dargan experienced no difficulty in arresting him. He is charged with having com mitted a burglary on a store at Lilesville, N. C., on Sunday. When arrested here he had some eighty dollars in change on his person. Gilmore was lodged in jail and on the follow ing day, Tuesday, Deputy Sher iff Williams, of Anson county, came to Darlington and identi fied the prisoner, taking him back immediately to Anson county.. Gilmore is said to be- lang to a very respectable North Carolina family. DISPENSARY CLERK. The Board Fill* the Position at a Meet ing on Saturday. At a meeting of the county board of control, on Saturday, Mr. James King was elected clerk of the dispensary. Mr. King is the son of Mr. J. W. King, of Ebenezer, Florence county, l ut he has been living for sometime in the Ifervin set tlement in Leavensworth. The salary Of the clerk is $500 a year. Mr. C. G. Williams has been acting as clerk of the dispen sary for some months past and why he was not retained we cannot explain. He is a good man, as everybody knows, and the only charge that can be brought against him is that he is not a “reformer”. The board of control will hold another meeting to-day to pass upon the dispenser’s report for the month of December. DEATH OF AN ESTIMABLE LADY. Tta Relict of Dr. Reese Gregg, of Mars Bluff, Passes Away. News has been received here of the death of Mrs. Mary Ann Gregg, which occurred on Tues day, in Winnsboro, at the resi dence of her daughter Mrs. Geo H. McMaster. The deceased was seventy-seven years old and was the relict of Dr. Reese Gregg of Mars Bluff. She was a native of the town of Darling ton and was a daughter of the late Evander Mclver. Mrs. Gregg had many relatives in this section and many friedds, all of whom recognized her as a most estimable lady. Her re mains will be interred this morning at Hopewell Cemetery in Florence county. THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH, A Theological Student to Take Tem porary Charge. Mr. Walsh, of Sumter, who is preparing for the Episcopal ministry in the theological sem inary at the University of the Sonth, will spend his holidays, the months of January, Feb ruary and March, in Darling ton. During his stay here he will have charge of St. Mat thew’s Episcopal Church. Mr. Walsh is expected to arrive in Darlington this week in time to conduct the regular services at the church on Sunday morning next at 11.30 o’clock. The Epis copalians will give him a hearty welcome. TO TAXPAYERS. A LETTER OF INTEREST FROM THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL. Advice in the Matterof Returning Prop erty—The Kind of Equalization Board Wanted. Auditor Lawrence has receiv ed the following letter from the Comptroller General which will be of interest to taxpayers: Dear Sir : Returns for taxa- ation from the 1st January, 18 94, to the 20th Febuary, must embrace both Real and Personal Property. Auditors can not be too careful in taking these re turn s. Returns of every species of taxable property should be secured, and in every case where the Auditor or his assistant has reasons to suspect or believe that there is any desire or pur pose on the part of the taxp iyer or his agent to evade a full R >- turn of all property, he should by proper questions and inves tigations bring out all the facts and secure a full, complete and just Return of all taxable prop erty as required by law to be made. Great care should be exercised in the selection and appointment of the Township Boards of As sessors. None but clear, fair, impartial men of good sound business judgment and informa tion should be appointed mem bers of these Boards. If these Boards will exercise discretion, and take pains in getting at and placing on Returnsevery species of taxable property, and justly equalize, as Detween individual taxpayers in their respective townships or tax districts ; and the County Boards of Equaliza tion, composed of the Chairman of the Township Boards, will exercise the same discretion, care and judgment as between Townships, and in all cases of appeal, the crying evjl of gross inequalities of assessments will disappear and no longer be heard. Gross inequalities of assessments do now exist, and the remedy is largely in the hands of Auditors in the discharge of their duties and in these Boards appointed by the Auditors to value and equalize assessments. There is no law for assessing and equalizing taxable property upon a basis of 66f per cent., or any other basis than its “true value in money.” Our laws re- Sec- QOOD NEWS. Tha Tima for the Payment of Taxes Extended to February Firat. On Monday the Comptroller General issued a circular to the several county treasurers in forming them that he had ex tended the time for the payment of taxes to the first day of Feb ruary. Thiz will be good news to those who have not been able to pay their taxos. The Comp troller General states that he has taken this action, because the times have been so very hard that the number who have not been able to pay their taxes is unusually large this year. He thinks that the extension will afford the people some re lief and doubtless it will do so. Three of the very best papers of their kind in the country, the Weekly News and Courier and the Southern Cultivator, and The Darungton News will all be sent to any address for one year for $2.46. 4t quire all taxable property, Real, Personal and Possessory, to ue placed upon the tax books at the “true value in money. Lands worth $1.00, $5.00, $10.- 00, $20.00, or more, should be assessed at that value, no more and no less. Bank stock worth $20.00 above the par value of $100.00 should be assessed at $120.00 per share, and others in proportion. Bank stock worth less than par value should be assessed at its value, and no more. Corporations other than Banks, stock of which is non- taxable, must have a taxable interest equal to the real or market value of its stock and this market value of stock will furnish a fair basis for assess ment of the taxable interest of such corporations as it may have in machinery, material, etc. The productive powers of taxable property, Real, Person al or Possessory, is an important factor in fixing the “true money values” for taxation. Lands producing one bale of cotton or twenty-five bushels of corn and oats per acre are worth more than those producing one half of these amounts. So with oth er classes of taxable property. Values are influenced by in come derived from such proper ty. The greater percentage of the burden of taxation rests now too heavily upon the less pro ductive properties of the State, and should oe remedied. Personal friendships, neigh borly intercourse and Primary elections should not influence Auditors nor Boards in these matters cf assessments, but they should be actuated by the broad principles of absolute jus tice to all taxpayers and the full, true value in money placed upon each and every taxable interest, class and character of property in the Statrf. If the Boards of Assessors do their work in a haphazard way, and Boards of Equalization do not correct these gross inequal • ities, we shall insist upon Audi tors proceeding in each case, as is required by Section 239, etc., General Statutes, as construed by the Legislature in 1692, after the construction by the Courts of this and other germane tions. Your special ittention is call ed to the fact t hat millions of dollars in credit s, such as bonds, mortgages, n >tes, accounts, cash, etc., etc., now escape par tially or wholly from their just share of taxati< n. Let us have every dollar of .axable property in the State at ts true value in money upon th< tax books, and the levy as now made can be reduced by sou athing like one- half. 1 espectfully, V. H. Ellerbe, Com ptroller General. A MUSICAL TREAT. The Pres* Notices of the Torbett Con cert Company. The Torbett C mcert Company, composed of Mias Ollie Torbett, violinist, Mr. sidore Moquist, Pianist, and th Lutteman Sex tette, of Stoc :holm, Sweden, which is to appear at the Dar lington Guards Armory on Jan. 15, bids fair to afford the com munity such a musical treat as it has never h id before, if we are to judge from fthe success which has attended its perform ances in other places, both in this country ai>d in Europe, as will appear fro n the following press notices: Miss Ollie lorbett won the favor of the audience before she played, and held it more firmly after she produ -ed those exqui site tones upon her violin. As an angel face, wrapped in golden halo of enderly entwin ing curls, and i .ending over her favored instrur ent, this young girl presented t picture to move one to thought)- of livin * in face and for n, in full harm ony with her own sweet music, so rich in melo< y, so rare in the mastery of technical difficulties. —Chicago Inter-Ocean. The Sextette was a grand suc cess, giving a variety of selec tions, the majority of which were Swedish melodies and folk songs. There were two other numbers, an arrangement of “Annie Lauri >” by Dudley Buck, and Ban by’s “Sweet and Low.” The re t was character istically Swed sh. The voices blend very beautifully, their sotto voce and sostenuto produc ing an effect w‘dch was irresist ible to the audience. It might be called a little “catchy,” but it is done so nicely, so clearly, with almost ar organ effect on the sostenuto, that the gentle men can easi.y be pardoned. One of the be it things of the evening was th > “Peasant Wed ding” of Soderman, introducing the familiar “V. r edding March,” and the Annie Laurie was very nicely rendered —Boston Morn ing Journal. The report from Pittsburg says: “Mr. Mnsquit, t h e re nowned pianis. and composer, executed several numbers, and was rapturously applauded. As a performer on the piano he has obtained a mastery that must be called marvt lous. His meth od is fine, his touch elegant, sometimes like a whisper, some times overwhel ningly powerful and strong.” A paper publ jhed in Dresden, Germany, say): “The voices are full and soi-orous, carefully and diligently trained, and so thoroughly blended that they nearly attain to perfection. One of the principe 1 merits of the quartette is thi ir extraordinary piano, which it capable of being drawn out even to the softest dying away of the voices. The effect ot an e..tra number, a Swedish song, which begins quite pianissimo, rises louder and louder up to fortissimo, and then finishes in the same man ner as it con menced, was a genuine masterpiece of art and execution.” New dry goods and kid gloves —prices still tho lowest. Nor ment & Co. _ . Smoot, of Darlington ; J. E. Bass, Jr., and J. W. Goodson, of Hartsville, were the ushers for the occasion, and they per- formed their duties to the satis faction of all. Mr. Burch is a popular young man, and has many friends here, where he once lived. Mrs. Burch is regarded by all who know her as one of the noblest types of womanhood. The Mes senger joins the many friends of Mr. and Mrs. Burch in wishing them a long, ” perous life. happy and pros- AT HYMEM'S ALTAR. A Former Darlingt >ni*n Wed* a Lady of Hai tiville. [Hartsville Messenger ] Mr. EL C. Ruich, of Ebenezer, and Miss Mamia McIntosh, of Hartsville, weio married in the Hartsville Bapt.st Church at 4 p. m., on Wednesday, 27th inst., Rev. J. W. Per.-y officiating. The church was well filled with the relatives, friends and acquaintances < f the bride and groom, quite a number of per sons coming from Darlington to witness the ceremony. The decorations we e lovely indeed, and it was one of the prettiest weddings we ever witnessed. Messrs L. M. Norment and B. Just in, a lot of ~':1 Ladies’ Wraps, Latest Styles. W e can sell those stylish gar ments lilov k M Cost. We positively guarantee these the best value for the money overseen in Darlington. 0 A new lot of Dry Goods just in at lower pjices than ever. For the Holidays we have just received new goods in silk and linen handkerchiefs, kid gloves, and Smyrna and Mo- quette rugs. The goods are new and latest styles. The prices are low and guaranteed. NmU Co, NACHMAN BUILDING, Cor Caahoa St. and Pnblie Square. MINISTERING ANGELS ea the plains of Arizona. READ ABOUT THEM IN FOES IN AMBUSH the new Serial by CAP! CHARLES KING IN THIS PAPER Lore and A4Tentwro