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T % M 4* 4 VOL. XXI, NO. 10. DARLINGTON, S. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1894. WHOLE NUMBER 996. LOCAL LACONICS. RATTERS IN AND AROUND PROS PEROUS DARLINGTON. A Column of Ntwt, Tersely Told, of Intorost to Our Many Raadara. Good cotton is bringing 7 cents. Congressman McLaurin was in Darlington on Friday. Mr. P. P. Chambers advertises a fine milch cow for sale. Mr. Harry Bowles and family removed to Danville, Va., on Monday. Miss Nela Davis, of Charles ton. is visiting her sister, Mrs. F. £. Norment. The Governor has reappointed Mr. J. F. Garner, of High Hill, supervisor of registration for this county. At a meeting of the town council on Thursday night the assessments for town taxation were equalized. Mr. Geo. Just Brown, recent ly editor of the Reform Sentinel, has been made State Constable in place of Mr. J. I. King, re signed. Mr. Robert Wilson, an em ployee of the factory, had both hands badly mashed on Friday by having them caught in the machinery. Mr. A. A. Gandy has remov ed to the Gandy house on North Main Street. The house lately occupied by him is advertised for rent by Dr. J. S. Garner. The Driving Association be gan on Monday the erection of another stable at the park with the dimensions of 126 by 18 feet. The building will contain twelve stalls. The ladies of the Darlington Horticultural Society will hold a meeting next week to begin preparations for the annual floral fair which they propose to hold in the near future. A new business has been commenced on Pearl Street, A. F. Honour having opened a gro cery store in the Marco build ing. The establishment is in charge of W. E. Honour, Jr. Mr. Gus Dutton, a young man who lives on factory hill, was accidentally shot in the hand by his friend, Mr. Tom Colvin, on Thursday. Twoof the Angers of the injured member had to be amputated. Miss Maggie Jones has return ed from the North and is busily engaged in opening, in the store on the Square recently occupied by. Mr. Kotholz, the new and stylish line of millinery, which she purchased while away. Decidedly one of the pleasant est dances the young people have had this season was given at the residence of Major S. H. Bacot, in Springville, on Friday night It was largely attended and everybody reports having had a splendid time. , * Messrs Jas. R. Harrell and U. W. Jones, who, as we mention ed in our last issue, contemplat ed erecting an iron foundry in Darlington, have, we are sorry to state, concluded not to do so. They will continue their busi ness at Bennettsville. The baseball enthusiasts con template building a park near the tobacco warehouse. There is a movement on foot to organ ize for this summer a league composed of Darlington, Col umbia, Sumter, Florence, Che- raw an l Georgetown. Mr. 8. A. Woods went to New York on Tuesday to purchase the spring and summer stock for Messrs. S. A. Woods & Co. This firm will carry the usual handsome line of goods, which it proposes to sell cheaper than ever to suit the hard times. Through a mistake in t h e blowing of the whistles at the phosphate works on Monday the impression was created up town that a fire was in progress in that neighborhood. Quite a number of people tushea there to And that the mistake had caused a false alarm. The Clerk of the .0 Jurt made two sales on Monday. In the case of H. F. Boykin, et al, vs Martha J. Fulton, et al, eighty- three acres in Cvpress township were sold to P. 6. McLendon for $816 and in the case of R. 8. Galloway vs A. M. Watkins, et •1, one hundred and forty acres in Lydia township were sold to G. L. Boykin for $476. GRANTED A NEW TRIAL. The Four Colored Men Convicted of Sundry Burnings at Lamar, For over a year John Dukes, John Williams, Hardy Morris and Harrison Gordon, all color ed, have been lying in jail. They were arrested on the charge of having committed sundry burn ings in the Lamar section in December 1892 and were con victed at the spring term of court in 1893, Judge Earnest Gary presiding. They »were sentenced to ten years imprison ment iu the penitentiary, but were never sent to that institu tion because their attorneys, Messrs Boyd & Brown, imme diately appealed to the Supreme Court in their behalf. The ap peal was heard at the last ses sion of that tribunal and a de cision was rendered on Friday sustaining the appeal and grant- ■ng the defendants a new trial. The attorneys based the appeal mainly upon the incompetency of the testimony of John Green, a small colored boy, who testifl- ed in regard to events that tran spired after the crime, with which the defendants were charged, had been committed. The defendants will not be given their mew trial at the present term of Court, but the case will be continued until the June term. Corn starch 10c a package. A. F. Honour. METHODISTS IN COUNCIL. The Time Appointed for the Meeting of the Florence Conference. Presiding Elder J. B. Wilson has fixed the dates for the an nual meeting of the Florence District Conference of the Meth odist Church, which, as has al ready been stated in these col umns, will be held this year in Darlington. It will meet on Thursday, the 29 inst., and will continue in session until the following Sunday night, April 1. The Conference, counting both clerical and lay dele gates, consists of about ninety members, most of whom will certainly attend. Efforts are making to having Bishop Har grove, of Tennessee, preside. The Methodists of the town will give the delegates a hearty reception and are already pre paring for their entertainment. Darlington is fortunate in re gard to religious gatherings for this spring, as'ihe Columbia Convocation of the Episcopal Church will meet here about the middle of next month.' THE POLITICAL POT BEGINS TO BOIL IN DARLINGTON COUNTY. Condensed milk, A. F Honour. 12c a can. WILFRED CLARKE. The Famous Comedian to Pay ua An. other Vialt. Theatre-goers will be delight ed to hear that Wilfred Clarke, the famous and popular come dian, will pay another visit to Darlington. He will give a per formance in the opera house on Wednesday, the 21st inst., pre senting on that occasion the very humorous play, “Little Butterfly.” He has given our people this comedy before and during its rendition the au dience was kept in a continual roar of laughter. ‘The people will be glad to have it repeated. The prices are as follows : Gen eral admission, 60 cents; first four rows of seats, $1; other re served seats, 76 cents. Armour’s F. Honour. pic-nic hams. A. A Good Timo Promitad. The y*o u n g people of the Dovesville community will give an entertainment at the Doves ville Academy on Thursday evening ot next week, the 15 inst., which will consist of charades, tableaux, music, etc. They are diligently preparing themselves for the occasion and promise a good time to all who attend. The entertainment will be given for a good object, for the benefit of the Black Creek Church, and it should be liber ally patronized. Only a small admission fee will be charged. At yet It it Only Simmering, How ever—A Cell for a County Matt-Meeting. The political pot has begun to boil in Darlington county.. As yet, however, it is only simmer ing, the season being too early for it to boil in earnest. ' GATHERING OF THE FAITHFUL. In addition to Monday being salesday, it was also the open ing day of court and in conse- quense the crowd in town was unusually large. As many of those composing it were Till- manites, or “reformers” as they are pleased to style themselves, the occasion appeared propitious for the issuing of a call for the gathering of the faithful. Ac cordingly a paper was circula ted among the leaders for signa tures which called for A MASS MEETING to be held on Saturday of this month, the 31st. In order to understand the full purport of the call it is necessary to review briefly the course taken by poli- tics in this State during recent months. Two factions have arisen in the ranks of the Tillmanites, the one is styled the Irby fac tion and the other the Alliance faction. The former favors John Gary Evans for Governor and the latter W. H. Ellerbe. The feeling between the fac tions has become somewhat in tense, their disagreement rest ing upon the question of A STATE CONVENTION. The Alliance people want an early convention for the sug- f estion of condidates for the tate offices and the Irbyites want a late convention. Each faction tried to win Governor Tillman over to its side. The Governor at first declared for a late convention, thus favoring the Irbyites. The Alliance peo ple were not at all dismayed by this, however, but kept up their clamor for an early convention and soon showed that they were the stronger faction. The Governor thereupon, as every one knew he would do, tnmbled over to the winning side. Fortunately for him THE COLLETON PLAN, so called because it originated among the “reformers” of Col leton county, was suggested as a compromise and the Governor, though it was inconsistent with his previous declaration in fa vor of a late convention, imme diately grabbed at it to extri cate himself from the embar rassing position of being on the weaker side. The “Colleton plan” calls for State convention or conference of one delegate from each coun ty to be held in 'Apffl, this con vention to decide (1)- whether candidates for any State offices shall be suggested by a State convention (2) if so, for which offices candidates shall be so suggested, and (3) when such convention shall be held. This plan means virtually AN ALLIANCE VICTORY for it calls for an early conven tion, for which that faction has been contending. While from outward appear ances it seems that the Alliance faction is in the majority in Darlington county, it is impos sible to assert it with any de gree of certainty. At a recent -meeting of the County Alliance the early convention idea was endorsed, yet it is known that several of the prominent Till manites of the county, who were asked on Monday to sign New white beans, our. A. F. Hon Judge H. E. P. Sanders has been appointed by Judge Simon- ton United States Commissioner at this place. Laundry starch A. F. Honour. 7c a pound. the call for a county mass meeting, REFUSED TO DO SO, but this may be due to the fact that most of the farmers are very busy at this season of the year and have, therefore, not yet given much thought to poli tics. Be this as it may, the mass meeting will be held on the 31st inst., as the following which is THE TEXT OF THE CALL will show: Whereas, Reformers of. the State are considering the neces sity of a convention, the time when such a convention should be held and, whereas, our prin ciples and rules demand that the rank and file shall decide what will bring the greatest possible good to the greatest number, now, Therefore, We, the under signed Reformers, do issue the following call: To the Reformers of Darlington county: You are requested to meet in mass meeting at the Court House in Darlington, on Satur day, the 81st day of March,1894, to take into consideration the advisability of having a conven tion of one from each county in t’ e State to decide upon the ne cessity of a convention to sug gest State officers and if the ne- ce'isity be determined to fix the date ror calling the same. If such county meeting decide that such convention should be called then to elect one commit teeman delegated to represent the county in said convention; to request counties who have not already called meetings to do so. We suggest that such conven tion be held in Columbia on April 4 and that if such April 4 convention provides for calling a convention to suggest any or all State officers that the date be fixed and a call be issued. (Signed) W. H. Lawrence. J. J. Smith, J. J. Carter, 8. Lane, J. W. Warr, Walter Vaughan, P. T. Warr, Geo. Just Brown, G. P. Scarborough, J. T. Warr, R. F. Willeford, J. F. Garner, J. M. Fulton, P. A. Wilson, E. R. Moore, Jos. B. Rhodes, W. F. Chaplin, J. W. Davis, W. M. McIntosh, J. R. Watford, J. B. Odom, G. W. Odom, J. N. Par rott, J. O. A. Moore, D. C. Mc Call, C. Rineheart. Good molasses 60c a gallon. A. F. Honour. AN INTERESTING BOOK. A Former Darlingtoman Enters the Literary World. [Communicated. ] “Preaching in Sinim; or The Gospel to the Gentiles” is the title of a most interesting book of 240 pages, recently published by the Presbyterian Committee of Publication at Richmond, Va. Its author is the Rev. Hampden C. DuBose D. D., a missionary from the Southern Presbyterian Church to the land of China. For twenty-one years he has stood at his post, faithfully preaching the gospel of Christ in Soochow, and the surround ing villages and country, and is well qualified by experience, education, and grace for the au thorship of such a book as he has given to the people of his native land. He is also the au thor of several other works in Chinese and English of which, “The Dragon, Image and De mon; or The Three Religions of China” is the most widely known. The book is divided into seven teen chapters, and deals in a most attractive style with the following subjects, “The gran deur of the oulpit”. “Sinim’s call,” “Apostolicaction-” “The street chapel”, “Itineration and woman’s work”, “The spiritual kingdom”, “The ambassador to Sinim”, “Literary preparation”, “The style of preaching”, “Nat ural theology”, “The Light of ethics and the darkness of sin”, “Preaching Christ”, “Jesus the model preacher to the heathen”, “Paul the preacher”, “The work of the Holy Spirit”, “The wonders of the uwt days”, “The reaper and his reward”. The author in his preface, reveals the design of his work. “The thoughts have been committed to writing, ” he says, “with the desire that they might be of ser vice to newly-arrived mission aries, and aid them in preach ing to the heathen who know not God” ; and again, “As the preaching is the great work of the Church of God no doubt many of the friends of missions in the home ladd desire to know how those whom they send forth toll to the untutored pagan the new story of God’s love, and we trust they will find these chap ters satisfactory.” Dr. DuBose u well known in Darlington the home of his childhood and youth, and his many friends would derive both profit and pleasure from a per usal of this most valuable pro duction of his sanctified brain and heart. The book may be obtained from the Presbyterian Commit tee of Publication, 1001 Main st., Richmond, Va., at the price of $1 for the cloth bound, and 60 cents for the paper covered volume. J. G. L. Onions 5o a quart. A. F. Honour. THE WHEELS OF JUSTICE GRIND ING ON A HEAVY DOCKET. What Has been Done in the Three Days Session—A Murder Case to be Tried To-Day. The spring term of the Court of General Sessions convened pn Monday, Judge James Al drich presiding, with a heavy docket confronting it. The first day was consumed in the usual routine of the Soli citor handing cases to the grand jury, striking others from the docket, etc. THE LIQUOR CASES. Among the most important cases nol pressed were those against J. M. James, E. R. James and Henry Appelt tor selling liquor contrary to the dispensary law. As stated in our last issue these parties were arrested under the old law which placed their trial in the jurisdiction of the Circuit Court, while under the present law such cases are tried by the trial justice. For this reason they were nol prossed. These gentle man may, however, be rearrest ed on the same charge without the alleged offence being again committed, should new war rants be sworn out. They would then be tried by the trial justice and, if convicted, sentenced un der the *new law. Tho punish ment in such cases is thirty days imprisonment or one hun dred dollars fine. THE MERTON KELLY CASE. Another important case that was nol prossed was that against young F. Merton Kelly for the killing of his companion, Ho mer King, in Kellytown in Nov ember. The indictment charg ed “murder by mishap”. The Solicitor after examining the papers in the case found that the killing was purely accident al and hence threw the indict ment out. CONVICTION AND ACQUITTAL. The Court was engaged on Tuesday in the trial of two cases. The case of the State vs. John Evans (colored), charged with burglary and larceny, was tried first The defendant was represented by W. W. Hursey, Esq., of the Florence bar. John Evans was charged with having broken into and entered the dwelling house of Ida Shields, in the Society Hill section, and stolen therefrom ten dollars in money and a lot of bacon. The jury were satisfied with the de fendant’s guilt and brought in verdict of guilty with a recom mendation to the mercy of the Court. He was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary. The next case tried was the State vs. Cain Pompey, Carrie Pompey and Wesley McCutchen (all colored), stealing from the gin house ot Mr. Stephen Lane, near Cartersville, about 1,400 pounds of seed cotton. The de fendants Carrie Pompey and Wesley McCutchen were not- present so that Cain Pompey alone was tried. The defendant was represented by Messrs Boyd & Brown. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty. THE O’NAILS ON TRIAL. The trial of Will O’Nails and Charles O’Nails (both white), commenced yesterday morning and was still in progress at the time we went to press. They are charged with burglary and larceny committed upon 8. W. Tedder and A. G. Tedder, near Society Hill in December. From one a horse and buggy was tak en and from the other a horse and roadcart, consequently there are two indictments against the O’Nails, who are represented by Messrs Boyd & Brown. It will be remembered that the O’Nails were arrested in North (Carolina. THE MURDER CASE. To-day (Thursday) has been set as the time for the trial of Judge B. Reynolds, James Rey nolds and Rowland Windham (all white), who are charged with the murder of Cephus Pip kin iu the Lamar section m De cember. They will be defended by Messrs Woods & Spain. The case against Peter Jordan the elder and Peter Jordan the younger (colored), for burning the barn of Mr. J. N. Suggs, in Philadelphia last summer, &n- other capital offence, will be tried to-morrow (Friday). As the defendants appeared with out attorneys the Court appoint ed Messrs H. T. Thompson and C. P. Dargan to defend them. GRAND JURY DISCHARGED. The grant] jury, having com pleted their work, made their final presentment yesterday and were discharged. The present ment was handed in too late for publication in this issue. TRUE BILLS. The grand jury found the fol lowing true bills: G. C. C. Tay lor, (white) disposing of prop erty under a lien; John Evans, burglary and larceny; Daniel Davis, larceny of live stock; Wesley McCutchen, Carrie Pompey, Cain Pompey, larceny; Andrew Bailey, housebreaking and larceny; Will O’Nails (white) and Charles O’Nails (white), burglary and larceny of horse and buggy; same par- t i e s, burglary and larceny; Judge B. Reynolds, James Rey nolds and Rowland Windham (all white), murder; Peter Jor don the elder and Peter Jordon the younger, arson; J. 8. Mc- Creight (white) breach of trust; Simon Scott, assault and bat tery with intent to kill; Cain Pompey, larceny of cotton from the field; J. L. Garland, dispos ing of property under a lien. NO BILLS. The following no bills were returned by t h e grand jury: Philip Parrott, larceny of live stock; Thomas Garrison (white), assault and battery; Quincy Harrison, assault and battery of a high and aggravated na ture. NOL PROSSED, ETC. In addition to the cases al ready mentioned as nol prossed, the following were treated in a similar manner by the Solicitor: J. N. Kelly (white), disposing of property under a lien; same par ty, assault with intent to kill; Irene Brisbone, assault and bat tery with intent to kill; J. E. Truett (white), obtaining prop erty by false pretences; G. C.C. Taylor (white), disposing of property under a lien (upon pay ment of costs). The Solicitor also had the following cases stricken from the docket, as the defendants cannot be found for trial: Robert Drake, assault and battery with intent to kill; Silas B. Bass, housebreaking and larceny. Lard 10c pound. A. F. Honour. ANOTHER INEXCUSABLE SEARCH. Spies Break Open a Box of Candy While Looking for Liquor. On Friday morning two im ported spies—one P. P. Meekins from Marlboro and the other from Sumter, but whose name we could not ascertain—broke into a box of candy at the C. & D. depot in search of contra band liquor. The candy was consigned to the Book and Toy Company and the box was plain ly labelled from the “Columbia Candy Company.” The bill of lading also called for candy. One of the spies inserted a wire into the box and was convinced that it only contained candy, but the other was not so easily satisfied so he broke open the box but of course he found no liquor. This is but another of the many searches by the spies for which there can be found no excuse. It is not the first time, either that a package be longing to the Book and Toy Company has been broken open by spies, for they recently treat ed a barrel containing glass fish S lobes in the same manner. low long is this offensively in quisitorial system to continue? Cut loaf sugar. A. F. Honour. AN OIL MILL. A Movement on Foot to Eetablith One at Bishopville. [Bishopville Banner.] Our enterprising citizen, Mr. W. A. James, Jr., will in a few days call upon the citizens in this section in the interest of an oil mill. The way the mill is to be built will be fully explain ed in the columns of The Banner next week. Mr. James is on the right track and he should have the assistance of all citi zens who have the good of this section at heart. The Banner has been advocating enterprises of this kind for weeks ana it is beginning to look as if we are to nave an oil mill. With Mr. James as tho promoter of this enterprise, we have no doubt but what it will be built. Sapolio, A, F. Honour. ROBBING THE STATE. UNKNOWN PARTIES BREAK INTO THE DISPENSARY. It Appears that There Has Been a Systematic Stealing of Offi cial Booze. For sometime past Dispenser Floyd has been missing goods from the county dispensary and was led to believe that some party or parties had been sys tematically robbing the estab lishment. On Tuesday night events occurred which proved that his suppositions were cor rect. Mr. Floyd and his assistant, Mr. King, sleep in a room just above the dispensary and on Tuesday night they were awak ened by a noise down stairs. The disturbance proceeded from the dispensary so they immedi ately went into the establish ment to investigate. As they approached two men rushed out of the rear of tho dispensary. Mr. Floyd and Mr. King fired at the robbers but the latter made good their es cape. In their haste to get away they dropped a valise which they had filled with bot tles of dispensary liquor. The robbers effected an en trance by prizing up a section of the steps leading from the rear up to the second floor of the building. An opening was thus made through which they passed into the dispensary. In coming down the steps in the dark, in search of the robbers, Mr. Floyd and Mr. King both fell through the opening. This gave .he robbers time to escape. Mr. Floyd has been put upon his guard by this occurence and should the robbers repeat the performance they will get into trouble. To Write Up Darlington, Mr. G. J. Luhn, editor of the Sea Side Thoughts, a bright and interesting magazine pub lished in Charleston, is in Dar lington. The object ot his visit is to give Darlington, “the Pearl of the Pee Dee” a write-up in his journal. He recently pub lished an admirable review o? Sumter. Where Snow i« Red. Snow is sometimes found in Polar and Alpine regions, where it lies unmelted from year to year, and the annual fall is small, colored red by the pres ence of innumerable small red plants. In its native state the plant consists of brilliant red globules on a gelatinous mass. Red snow was observed by the ancients, a passage in Aristotle referring to it, but it attracted little or no attention until 1760, when Sanssure observed it in the Alps, and concluded that it was due to the pollen of a plant. It was also noticed by the Arc tic Expedition under Captain Ross on Baffins Bay shore on a range of cliffs, the red color penetrating to a depth of twelve feet. Less frequent is a green growth on snow,—March La dies’ Home Journal. There's Nothing Cheap About It Dr. Drummond’s Lightning Remedy for Rheumatism is put up in large bottles, and the price is five dollars a bottle. It cures every time. All the cheap rem edies put together are not worth one bottle of Dr. Drummond’s Lightning Remedy, and any sufferer will bear witness to that fact, and any druggist who has sold it is ready and willing to offer evidence. One bottle will cure any ordinary case, and the money will be returned if it fails. Sent to any address prepaid on receipt of price. Drummond Medicine Co., 48-50 Maiden Lane, New York. Agents wanted. “My wife went down town to day in all the rain to buy some thing that she couldn’t ao with out, and she parted with it al most as soon as she got home." “Wasn’t that rather a strange proceeding?” “Not at all. She bought a comb.”—King's Jester. Two negroes, in an attempt to rob the house of Moore Baker, a white man, at Franklin Park, N. J., on Thursday, killed Mrs. Baker and her baby. The fren zied husband and father killed both of the negroes before they could escape from the house.