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VOL. XXI, NO. 11 DARLINGTON, S. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1894. WHOLE NUMBER 997. LOCAL LACONICS. MATTERS IN AND AROUND PROS PEROUS DARLINGTON. A Column of Newt, Tersely Told, of Interest to Our Many Readers. Mrs. Z. P. Kirby has gone to North Carolina an a visit to relatives. A neat iron railing has been placed around the counter in the express office. People are preparing for Eas ter which comes very early this year—Sunday of next week, the 25 inst. Dr. W. J. Garner is prepar ing to erect a handsome two- story residence on the west end of Broad Street. The Hebrews of Darlington will celebrate the Feast of Pu- rim on Thursday evening next with a hop in Hewitt’s hall. Messrs S. A. Woods and J. E. Norment returned yesterday from the North, where they purchased the spring and sum mer goods for their respective stores. An announcement appears in this issue to the effect that the personal property of the estate of Jordan Lang will be sold on Thursday next at his late resi dence on the Timmonsville road. A meoting of the Darlington Horticultuial Society will be held in the Guards’ Armory to morrow (Friday) afternoon for the purpose of electing officers and to begin arrangements for the annual floral fair. Mr. T. Tracy Walsh, who has had temporary charge of St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church at this place, will leave on Satur day for Sewanee, Tenn., where he will resume his studies in the theological department of the University of the South. Mr. W. E. Lucas, formerly of Darlington but now of Spartan burg, and Mr. V. M. Montgom ery also of Spartanburg, were in town this week. Mr. Mont gomery came for the purpose of buying some horses, having heard of Darlington’s fine stock. We are requested to remind the public of the entertainment which will be given this (Thurs day) evening at Dovesville Academy for the benefit of Black Creek Church. The pro gram selected promises an en joyable evening to all who will attend. A colored man, named Joe Davis, an employee of the Dar lington Phosphate Company, had his foot badly lacerated at the works on Saturday by step- E ing backward into a conveyor. >r. J. C. Willcox dressed the wound and the injured man is doing all right. Rev. J. A. W. Thomas and wife, of Bennettsville, celebrat ed their golden wedding, the fiftieth anniversary of their married life, on Saturday. Mr. Thomas is the beloved pastor of the Baptist Church at that place, and is well known throughout this county. It is scarcely necessary to re mind theatre goers that Wil fred Clarke will present his very funny comedy “The Little Butterfly” in the opera house on Wednesday evening next, the 21 inst. He is so popular in Darlington that the mere men tion of his coming will ensure him a large audience. The liquor recently seized at the C. & D. depot by one of the State constabulary and subse quently taken possession of by Deas, as deputy revenue collec tor, has been turned over to the State dispensary by order of Collector Townes. No reason was assigned, but it is fair to presume that the revenue au thorities hold that their officer should not have interfered in the matter. Miss Maggie Jones has receiv ed her lines of new and fashion able millinery, which she re cently selected herself at the Nortn and will exhibit them to the ladies of the town and coun ty at an opening, which she will give on Tuesday and Wed' nesday next, the 20 and 21 insts. Miss Jones’s exquisite taste is well recognized in this com munity and the ladies will be glad of the opportunity to in spect her beautiful and hand some millinery. She earnestly invites all to visit her store on Tuesday and Wednesday next a? from her varied stock she can please everybody. THE UNCERTAINTY OF LIFE. The Sudden Death of a Good Citizen of the Swift Creek Section. Mr. J. T. Lunn, of Swift Creek, died suddenly on Sunday. He had been in attendance upon services at Swift Creek Church and was apparently in the best of health. He remained at the church for a short while after the se-vices and chatted pleas antly with friends. Witn the intention of going home he got into his carriage and drove off in company with several mem bers of his family. He had not proceeded more than one hun dred and fifty yards from the church, when he fell over in his seat and died almost instantly. Heart disease was the cause of his death. Mr. Lunn was one of the best men that ever lived in Darling ton county. He was born m Swift Creek township and pass ed his whole life of sixty-thrfe J ears in that section. He was ighly respected and his neigh bors had the warmest attach ment for him. During the war Mr. Lunn served his country as gallantly as any soldier in the Confederate army. The remains were in terred in the family burying 5 round in Swift Creek on Mon- ay, Rev. N. N. Burton conduct ing the services. It was proba bly the largest funeral ever held in the township, a great con course of people having gather ed at the grave to attest their respect for the memory of a good man. Mr. Lunn’s wife and a large family survive him. He was also the uncle of Mr. E. E. Lunn, a prominent merchant of this place. THE CONFERENCE. THE Famous Alraeta fee. M. J. West. roasted cof- Fresh candies Parrott’s. at Walter J. Butter Honour. and cheese. A. F. TEACHERS IN COUNCIL. Both of the County Aeeociations Held Meetings on Saturday. Both of the county teachers’ associations met on Saturday. At the meeting of the white teachers, Mr. J. L. Mann was elected president. Arithmetic was discussed by Mr. Patterson Wardlaw and the remainder of the proceedings was devoted to the consideration of “The Li brary in the Country School”. The next meeting of the associa tion will be held on May 5, when the following subjects will be discussed: The Reduction of Tractions to Lower Terms; the ! deduction of Fractions to High er Terms or to Common Divisor; the Management of the Country School Library. The colored teachers discuss ed the following subjects at their meeting: Addition, by G. W. Casley; What Amount of Geography may be Taught without a Text Book ? by L. W. Patterson; “Common Errors”, by all the teachers. The next meeting will be held on the third Saturday in April, the program for which will be published in the county papers later. Best flour in town for the money at Parrott’s. Apricots, 31b. Ap M. J. cans for 35 cts. West. TIME FOR IT TO CONVENE NEAR AT HAND. Th« Methodists Continue Their Prepa rations—Program of the Work to be Done. Only two weeks now re main before the time fixed for the meeting of the Florence District Conference at this place. As already stated it will meet on Thursday, the 29th inst. and continue in session un til the following Sunday night, April 1. Preparations for the reception of the delegates are still in prog ress and the program of the work to be done has been ar ranged. The following outline, which shows the several sub jects to be considered and which is as complete as it can be made at this writing, will give the reader a correct idea of what will be done by the Conference : The Spiritual state of the church. (1) Reports from pas tors; (2) Discussions, (a) Is the spiritual condition of the church keeping abreast with its mate rial and financial advancement? (b) What can be done to im prove the spiritual condition of the church, (c) Family religion, attendance upon the social meetings of the church, and the Sacraments. Missions. (1) Is there any un occupied territory within our bounds where we ought to es tablish new missions ? (2) Are we supporting our domestic missionaries as we should, and, if not, what is the cause ? (3) How may we plan to increase our contributions to foreign missions ? Financial systems. (1) Re ports from laymen; Discussions, ia) What influence should the preachers exert on collec tions ? (b) The influence of stew ards upon collections. Condition of houses of wor ship and parsonages. (1) How may we improve and better care for our houses of worship and parsonages ? (2) What shall be done to protect our houses of worship against improper uses ? Christian education. (1) Sun day schools; (2) The common and high schools; (3) Influence of Christian literature; (4) Our colleges. A PLEASANT EVENING. Vocal and Instrumental Music Make a Delightful Entertainment. On Tuesday evening a most successful musicals was given at the residence of Mr. Geo. W. Dargan. Quite a number were present and the music given was of a high order. Misses Bessie Williamson, Emma Ed wards, Clara Ward, Lily Cov ington, of North Carolina, Ora Thomas, of North Carolina, and Messrs T. T. Walsh, 8. H. Wilds and C. D. Evans, gave music both instrumental and vocal, which was enjoyed by the lai company present. It would well if the musical people of Darlington would form a club, both for their own improvement and for the enjoyment of the lovers of good music in the com munity. We have a good deal of talent here which could be utilized in this way. The remaining stock of jewel ry and watches of J. H. Mason will be sold at cost —pri vate sale — for the next ten days. Just received at the Darling ton Shoe Store a fresh lot of our celebrated $2 shoes for ladies, in opera toe, common sense and spring heel; also a lot of $2.50 and $3 turn shoes of the latest style. Woods & Milling. The best of everything in the rocery line at lowest prices at loggeshall & Co’s. A SPY BALKED. g' O A Trzvtller Refutes to Allow hit Va lise to be Searched. On Friday afternoon a diffi culty occurred at the C. 8. & N. depot which might have had serious results had it not been for the intervention of bystand ers. When the train from the North rolled up to the depot, Mr. J. J. Forman, superintend ent of the electric light works, who was a passenger on board, stepped off to the platform with a valise in his hand. P. P. Meekins, the spy from Marl boro, who was “nosing” around the depot, grabbed at the valise for the purpose of searching it. Mr. Forman resisted and push ed the spy away. Both parties then drew pistols. Things look ed decidedly squally for a short time, but bystanders interfered in the interest of peace Mee kins did not insist further upon making the search and Mr. For man came on up town with his valise unopened. No warrants have yet been issued on account of the affair. Potatoes, turnips, onions and cabbages. A. F. Honour. California peaches, 31b. cans for 25 cts. M. J. West. Soda 5 Parrott’s. Hard time prices on Domestic sewing machines; $45 the for mer price, $25 the present price, $30 saved on each machine. McCall & Burch. A GRAND OPENING. Matirt S A. Wood* & Co. to Inaugu rate the Spring Seaaon. In springtime the ladies’ fan cies naturally turn to thoughts of the many pretty styles and fashions that have been de vised for their special benefit— that they may array themselves in costumes befitting the balmy spring, the prettiest season of all the year. The ladies of Dar lington will be given an oppor tunity to satisfy themselves as to what styles lead in the fash ionable world this spring by an inspection of as fine a display of new ladies’ goods as the eye ever rested upon, on Tuesday and Wednesday, the 27th and 28th insts., when Messrs S. A. Woods & Co. will give a grand spring opening. The success which attended the opening given by this popu lar establishment last spring is guarantee enough that its repe tition this year will be a great event for the ladies. The firm will surrender the store uncon ditionally to the gentler sex on the days mentioned and they cor dially invite all in the town and county and neighboring coun ties to come and take possession ot the establishment. These will truly be the “ladies’ days” and the store will present.a beautiful sight, decorated and arranged especially for the oc casion and graced, as we knqw it will be, by the presence of the la lies of Darlington and the surrounding country. Egg plums, 31b. cts. M. J. West. cans for 20 Oranges and lemons. A. F. Honour. Baseball cigars, best in town, at Parrott’s. cents per pound at THE COUNTY DISPENSARY. A Representative of the State Dispen. sary Make* an Inspection. On Saturday last Mr. W. H. Yeldell, of Edgefield, special in spector for the State dispensary, visited Darlington and made an examination of the books, ac counts, etc., of the local dispen sary, forwarding the report of his examination to the State board, which shows the business done from July 21, 1893, to March 7, 1894. The report, as obtained by us from Dispenser Floyd, is as fol lows: Dr. Cr. To Mdae as per account $15,142 21 By amt sales at inv prices... $12,212 21 Stock on liand 2,609 19 Breakage and shortage not on account... 43 13 Dittoonacct... 198 24 Burglary 59 40 D 8 license.... 25 00 Nad puller 1 50 By Balance S 46 $15,148 67 $15,148 67 To amt Mdse... .$15,142 21 Byst'konh’nd 2,609 19 Breakage and shortage not on account... 43 13 Credits as per account 12,300 76 Bottles not on account 88 59 To bal due State Dispenser.... 150 54 $15,142 21 $15,142 21 To amt gr's sales $15,993 66 Sales at in voice prices. $12,202 21 Gross profits.. 3,781 45 $15,993 66 $15,993 66 To gross profits.$ 3,781 45 Ezp from July 21 to Feb 1.. 1,429 01 $ 2,352 44 By amt paid to coonty $ 1,670 27 •Amt paid city. 382 78 To bal due State 150 54 $ 2,502 98 Cash in bank.. 686 64 By Balance 236 71 | $ 2,739 69 $ 2,739 69 GENERAL SESSIONS. •This payment was the profits for the first quarter; the second quarter’s profits were paid to the city by the County Board of Control and amount ed to $544, making in all $926 78 paid to the city. Finest lines of town at Parrott’s. candies in Cross & Blackwell’s jam, 20 cts a jar. M. J. West. Large glass J. West. jelly, 10 cts., M. Three of the very best papers of their kind in the country, the Weekly News and Courier and the Southern Cultivator, and Thb Darlington News will all be sent to any address for one year for $2.45. 4t PROGRESS MADE IN CLEARING THE CRIMINAL DOCKET. Two Men Acquitted and Three Con victed—Court Adjourned Yesterday. As we went to press on Wed nesday afternoon last the Court was engaged in the trial of Will O’Nails and Charles O’Nails (both white) for burglary and larceny. They were charged with stealing two horses, a bug gy and a road cart from the Tedders'near Society Hill. On Thursday the trial ended with the acquittal of both parties. They were represented by Mes srs Boyd & Brown. THE MURDER CASE CONTINUED. Thursday was the day ap pointed for the trial of Judge B. Reynolds, James Reynolds uii<! Rowland Windham (all white; upon the charge of the murder of Cephus Pipkin near Lamar in December. When the case was called Messrs Woods & Spain, attorneys for the de fence, explained to the Court that one of the defendants, James Reynolds, was confined to his home from sickness and was unable to appear for trial. The case against these three men was, therefore, continued until the June term. The case against J. Dozier Flinn (white) for assault and battery, which has been on the docket for sometime, was again continued until June. THE BICYCLE CASE. Upon the completion of the O’Nails’ trial on Thursday af ternoon, the case against J. S. McCreight (white) for breach of trust was taken up. This case excited considerable interest among the townspeople as it rew out of sundry trades in icycles made by the defendant who is well known in the com munity, having been at o n e time proprietor of the Darling ton Herald. The trial-occupied the attention of the Court from Thursday afternoon to Monday afternoon, when the jury brought in a verdict of guilty with a recommendation of mer cy. The Judge sentenced Mc Creight to twenty months in the penitentiary. Messrs Boyd & Brown, who represented the defendant, will appeal to the Supreme Court for a new trial. OTHER CASES. The next case tried was the one against Daniel Davis (col ored) for larceny of live stock, stealing a hog from Harriet Evans (also colored) in Lydia township. On Tuesday morn ing the jury found the defend ant guilty and he was senten ced to one year’s imprisonment in the penitentiary. He was represented by Messrs Boyd & Brown. Following this on Tuesday the case against Peter Jor dan (colored), for arson, was taken up. Jordan was charged with burning the barn of Mr. J. N. Suggs in Philadel phia last summer, a capital of fence as the building was locat ed within two hundred yards of a dwelling. The defendant was represented by Messrs H. T. Thompson and C. P. Dargan by appointment of the Court. The jury returned a verdict of guilty with a recommendation of mer cy, which saved the defendant’s life, and the Judge sentenced him to fifteen years in the peni tentiary. As this was the last case be fore the Court of General Sessions it adjourned sine die at the conclusion of the trial. THE FINAL PRESENTMENT. As stated in our last issue the grand jury made its final pre sentment on Wednesday after noon of last week too late for it to be published in that issue. We, therefore, giye it now: To the Hon. James Aldrich, Pre siding Judge : Having acted upon all mat ters presented to us by your Honor, we beg to make the fol lowing report and presentment: That we find the poor-house in good condition, the inmates properly cared for and satisfied. We recommend that the mat ting in the Clerk’s office and the floor and safe in the Sher iff’s office receive the attention of our County Commissioners, and that said commissioners be required to repair ceiling in the Auditor’s office and furnish him E roper ooks and papers. We find that there are parties evading payment of poll tax without sufficient cause, and we recommend that the Auditor take steps to prevent the same. That we find the jail in good condition and the prisoners well cared for. We recommend that artesian water be used in the jail if practicable. That we condemn in unmeas ured terms the indifferent man ner in which our roads are worked under the present sys tem, as well as the system itself, and we hope that the Legisla ture will devise some plan that will give us better roads. We have appointed a commit tee to examine the books and bonds of the county officers, which will make its report at the next term of court. Our jury has listened with pleasure and interest to the wise and eloquent appeal of your Honor for the improve ment of our public schools. We heartily endorse the bold and patriotic stand that you have taken; your earnest appeal from the ber ch for the education of our Anglo-Saxon peop’e, and we trust that its effect will be felt not only by our jury but by the people, and that we will all unite not only in improving our public schools, but also in de manding that they shall be kept open at least seven months in each year. We thank your Honor for the kind cons'deration and invalua- b’e counsel extendedtoour jury; we respectfully submit the above report. B. A. Early, Foreman. Starch Ole at Parrott’s. Columbia River cts , M. J. West. salmon, 20 THE DARLINGTON POSTOFFICE. The President Finally Secures a Solu tion of the Question. Ever since the people of Dar lington protested last fall against the appointment of Mr. J. M. Waddill as postmaster, the mat ter has been hanging fire. A solution was found last week, however, when the President revoked the appointment of Mr Waddill and named Mr. A. A. Gandy for the place. The new appointee, while a “reformer”, is popular with both factions of the Democratic party and his nomination will be very accept able to the patrons of the office. He will also make an efficient postmaster. Mr. Gandy is a member of the board of county commissioners and also clerk of said board and clerk of the county board of control. On entering upon his new duties as postmaster he will, of course, resign these offices in accord ance with the law. Sliced pineapple 10 cts a can, M. J. West. THE LAMAR FIGHT Heinz’s sweet pickles at Par rott’s at 25 cents per quart. Always Get the Best. Persons who suffer from rheu matism want immediate relief. It is not enough that the pain should be eased and the appetite be increased. Anything short of a cure is only prolonging tor ture. The poisonous acids in the blood, which is the direct cause of Rheumatism are im mediately and effectually ex- E el led by Dr. Drummond’s .ightning Remedy. Where it fails to perform a cure, the price is refunded. If the druggist cannot furnish it the remedy will be sent prepaid to any ad dress on receipt of price, five dollars, Drummond Medicine Co., 48-50 Maiden Lane, New York. Agents wanted. “The lady should alwajrs pre cede the gentleman on entoring the church,” remarked Miss Prudence. “All right: go ahead, Pm af ter you,” responded Hal, and after that it was smooth sailing. —Drover’s Journal. All Free. Those who have used Dr. King’s New Discovery know its value, and those who have not, have now the opportunity to try it Free. Call on the adver tised Druggist and get a Trial Bottle, Free. Send your name and address to H. E. Bucklen & Co., Chicago, and get a sam ple box of Dr. King’s New Life Pills Free, as well as a copy of Guide to Health and Household Instructor, Free. All of which is guaranteed to do you good and cost you nothing. Sold at Willcox « Co’s. Drugstore. OVER THE MUCH VEXED DISPEN SARY QUESTION. An Interesting Letter on the Subject from Rev. C. D. Mann, of that Town. The following letter we re publish from the News and Courier at the request of the author: To the Editor of the News and Courier: I see in the News and Courier of February 26 that some “citizens” of this place have taken your Cypress corre spondent to task concerning a notice which was published in your paper some days ago. They claim that his notice relative to the dispensary is very mislead ing and erroneous. They would have you and the public believe they are “persecuted tor right eousness’ sake” in this good and legitimate cause which they are so strenuously advocating. The cause which they are advocat ing locates them clearly, with out any comment from me or anyone else. The establishment of a dispensary in our midst would, you know, be a great re formatory, tending to the eleva tion of the people mentally, morally and spiritually. Good people always advocate bar rooms, dispensaries and other such haunts of vice and dissipa tion. Can this be true? If so the interpretation of the term “good people” has become eith er paradoxical or lost its mean ing. Can the preacher and the good people of Lamtu who are opposed to the dispensary stand in the light of God’s Word and say to the world that they are not in league with the devil while they are advocating the establishment of one of the pre cincts of vice and immorality in our midst to debauch the lives of men, old and young, to make widows and orphans and, in the end, drown the souls of men in perdition? Are these the works of good men? So they claim. Ah, gentlemen, “Tell it not in Gath, nor publish it in Askelon, for you cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of the devil.” Would it be any more misleading and erroneous to say “good devil” than to apply the epithet, “good people,” in this instance, when some of them admit the fact that morally it is wrong to have this dispensary, yet from a fi nancial standpoint they want it? They say, in the next place, the only opponents of the dis pensary at Lamar within the town are parties either prejudi ced to the Tillman party or to some persons engaged in tbe advocacy of the dispensary, un less it be possibly one or two It is beneath the dignity of any gentleman to judge or impugn the motives of those not favor ing a dispensary and make the above statement. The man who wrote this knew when he did it that it was thoroughly untrue, for 95 per cent of those who signed against it in the township were Tillman men; neither did he tell you that all the county officers, from the Senator down, with the except ion of two, signed petitions against this and nad sent them to the State board, or rather to the chairman, stating that in their judgment it would be best not to have but one in the coun ty. Of course the county offi cers of Darlington who were elected on the “Reform plat form” are Mr. Tillman’s ene mies and the other class, if not opposed to Tillman, are to some one else advocating the dispen sary. As the first charge is false this one is more so. All the preachers and the ood people are not against the ispensary” as it appeared in the News and Courier some time ago, “there being four preachers in town, counting white and colored, and only one so far has publicly declared himself against it.” In regard to the preachers, perhaps I know something of them as I have been fighting the thing from its incipiency until now, and I ex- honerate my colored brethren from the charge, inasmuch as they have both signed the peti tion publicly against the dis pensary. So there is only one preacher with the “good people” of Lamar. I am the man who they claim was a dispensary man last year. I confess I thought the dispen sary law as it was operated last year was a decided improve- (Continued on ith page.)