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LOCH UCOMCS. here- MATTERS IN AND AROUND PROS PEROUS DARLINGTON. of A Column of New*, Tersely Told, Interest to Our Many Readers. Mrs. E. Keith Drrgan has re turned from the north. C. A. Woods, Esq., of Marion, was in town on Monday. Miss Fanny Lucas, of Society Hill, is visiting Mrs. R. W. Boyd. The recent good rains will help the corn crop very materi ally. The prohibition ordinance of the town went into effect on Monday last. Mr. Louis J. Bristow is now employed at Thk Darlington News office. Mr.C. M. Ward has returned from an extended business visit to North Carolina. Mrs. M. J. Byrd advertises that she is selling her entire stock of millinery at cost. Read the supplement with this issue in regard to Baird & Smoot’s 2 for 5. Mr. W. McG. Buck, of the firm of S. A. Woods & Co., vis ited Darlington this week. Big bargains are appreciated all the more in hard times. See Baird & Smoot’s offer of 2 for 5. The handsome new lock boxes, with the word combination, have been put in place at the postoffice. Mr. R. E. James has opened a merchandise brokerage busi ness. His office is in the Dar lington Guards Armory build- ing. E. O. Woods, Esq., Assistant United States District Attorney has returned from Charleston, where he has been attending the United States Court. Miss Alma Breeden, of Ben nettsville, and Miss Stockton, of Winston, N. C., spent Sunday in Darlington, the guests of Mrs Hodges at the Enterprise Hotel A match game of baseball played on Monday afternoonbe- tween the Victors and the Mllxi cans, two of Darlington’s most juvenile clubs, showed that the former were true to their name, for they won by a score of I'J to 17. Our Clyde correspondent men tioned by mistake in a recent letter that the commencement exercises of Mr. J. C. Jowers’s school at that place would be held to-morrow evening. The proper time is this (Thursday) evening. Cards are out announcing the marriage of Miss Beulah Estelle, daughter of Dr. P. A. Wilson, to Rev. J. 8. M. Finch, of Flor ence, S. C., which is to take place at High Hill Baptist Church on Thursday evening, May 31. The grand jury of the United States Court, at the rocent ses- ion in Charleston, found a true bill against J. H. Schmid for embezzling funds from the Dar lington postotfice. Mr. Schmid has left town and he did not ap pear at the court as his bond re quired he should do. Mr. Guss Johnson, formerly in the employ of Mr. S. Wolf ram, has opened a watch-repair ing and jewelry business of his own in the front portion of Fine ken’s Bakery establishment. Mr. Johnson is well known to the people of Darlington as be ing a reliable young man and a skilled workman, and he will doubtless secure his full share of the public patronage. Mr. Jack Gandy died sudden ly at his home on Rev. J. Wil son Warr’s place, obout three miles from town, on Saturday. He was about forty-five years old and was apparently in the best of health. On Friday while working in the field he was attacked with a sunstroke. He gradually declined until his death next day. The deceased was afamiliar figure in Darling ton. Among those who were admit ted to the bar last week is Mr. R. L. Dargan, of Darlington. Mr. Dargan is a young man of promise and his host of friends wish him a successful future. He has not decided yet where he will locate for the practice of his profession. Another young Darlington ian, who is now residing in Florence, Mr C. S. Welsh, was admitted at the same time. The banks are to close after at one o’clock. (juite a number of Darlington 1 people went to Charleston yes terday on the excursion over the C. 8. & N. road. The Florial Fair has been indefinitely postponed. The la dies in charge of it expect, how ever, to give an entertainment for the benefit of the Darlington Guards on Friday of next week. Full accounts of this proposed entertainment will be given in our next issue. The many friends of the Rev. Mr. Stout were greatly alarmed at receiving on Monday last a telegram from Dallas, Texas, where the Baptist Convention has been in session, to the effect that Mr. Stout was very ill there. Since then, however, the gratifying intelligence has been received that he is a great deal better. THE JURORS DRAWN FOR THE SUMMER TERM. Cheap Ice. Mr. H. J. LaMotte has made arrangements to serve a very large number of our citizens with ice at one half of a cent a pound. He does this by con tract with the purchaser and cash payments are always re quired. This is a cheap and a very convenient way for every body to get ice and all who wish to take advantage of it should see Mr. LaMotte right off and make the contract with him. Photographs of the Holy Land. Rev. W. G. Rollins, the ener getic State canvasser, is in Dar lington in the interest of "Photo graphs of the Holy Land”. This beautiful book of photographs takes the reader in a few min utes over Palestine, showing the most wonderful land of his tory as it is today. It repro duces the exact scenes of the great events of the Bible—the tombs of Abraham, David and Absalom, the wells of Jacob, the Dead Sea; views of Jerusa lem. its walls, mosques, churches and the many hallowed places in its vicinity. The work pos sesses intrinsic merit which will appeal at once to the prospective purchaser. DARLINGTON VANQUISHED. The Home Team Defeated in Sumter. A Good Game To-Day. The Darlington boys were not the victors iu the baseball con test in Sumter last week. They played good ball in the first game, however, Sumter only winning by a struggle of the hardest kind. It was a beau tiful contest as the score, 4 to 3 will testify. In the second game Darlington did not do near so well. This was largely due to the fact that two of the mem bers of the team were disabled which caused a serious disar rangement of the nine. The town has excellent ma terial and the boys are deter mined to so perfect themselves that rival teams will have to hustle to down them. A pretty game will be played here this (Thursday) afternoon when Florence and Darlington will cross bats. Lovers of the sport should not miss it. Ladies will be admitted to the game free. Buy a McCormick Harvester and Binder for jour oats from Welling & Bonnoitt. THE JUDE COl'RT. Heavy Docket Which Cannot Disposed of in the On* Week’s Session. be The June term of court for Arlington County will convene on the second Monday in June, the 11 proximo, Judge W. C. Bennett presiding. This will be Judge Bennett’s first appear ance in Darlington in his pres ent official capacity. Only crim inal cases will be tried and the session will continue but one week. IMPORTANT CASES. Four murder cases (a very arge number for this county) will be called up: J. B. Rey nolds, Jas. Reynolds and Roland Windham for killing Cephas Pipkin; W. L. Best for killing Rufus A. Mixon; Dr. B. H. Pay ne for killing HenryGreen (color ed); J. D. McLendon for killing F. E. Norment and O. C. Cam for killling L. L. Redmond. All of the defendants are white and the two last named cases are those growing out of the killing in the recent dispensary “riot.” On account of the shortness of the session it is probable that only those charged with the murder of Cephas Pipkin, a- gainst whom true bills nave al ready been found, will be tried at this court. Another importantant case which will be called up is that against John Wiliams, John Dukes, Hardy Morris and Harrison Gordon, all colored, for arson. These were once con victed of sundry burnings at La mar and were sentenced each to ten years imprisonment in the >enitentiary,butweresubsequent y granted a new trial by the Supreme Court. OFFICES INSPECTED. A committee from the grand jury inspected the several coun ty offices on Monday with a view to making its report to the approaching court. THE JURY LIST. The following are the names of the jurors that have boon drawn: J. C. Melton, W. D. Joye, I. W. Reynolds, L. 8. Welling. J. A. Russell, L. B. DuBose, 8. K. Jeffords, T. S. Joye, C. H. Race, Z. M. Blackwell, Ira N. Clem ents, Paul Whipple, S. W. Ham, J. T. Sumner, J. T. Suggs, E. R. Moore, J. W. Boykin, G. C. Kelley, M. J. Johnson, Elias Elmore, H. A. Dowling, E. J. C. Byrd, J. E. King, J. O. Melton, Isaac Ovsley, G. A. Bland, John W. Grantham, W. T. Gibson, John F. Hart, E. H. Redic, Smilie Vaughan, C. W. Hewitt, John W. Windham, Jr., J. K. Gardner, W. L. Smith, J. C. White. THE FIGHT FOR PROHIBITION tions of law, and they will be called upon to bear their part of the common obligation. Those who visit these places and sustain by their patronage these violations of law may reasona bly be expected to be required to furnish such evidence as they have of the violation, and it is the purpose of the organization to make us3 of the information in that w ay as well as in any oth - er by which it can be made a- vailable to accomplish the su- { ression of the liquor traffic, t need not be expected that the prohibitionists, as that term is understood to refer to those who have heretofore been organized in the prohibition movement, propose to assume to themselves the burden of this fight against the saloon in which every citi zen of South Carolina is equally interested. Our idea is that all must be made to bear the full responsibility which attaches to him as a citizen, and so far as we are concerned we propose to assign the share which belongs to those who are aiding and countenancing by their patron age this violation of law to take that part which belongs to them “Themunicipalauthoritieswill be furnished with evidence upon which they can appiy the prop er municipal penalties against the violators, and in addition to that these violotors will have the opportunity of testing whether the grand and petit juries of the country are, as they claim they are, in league with them to de feat the operations of the law. “I am satisfied that the law is being violated to a certain ex tent in Columbia, but from my persona) observation and from information I do not believe that liquor is being sold to any thing like the extent it was be ing sold from the time when the field was thrown open by Gov. Tillman’s assurance th a t he would not interfere with it im mediately after the first decis ion of the Supreme Court up to the time of the proclamation is sued by Mayor Sloan. Many of those who were responsible and reputable who engaged in the traffic under the suposition that they could do so lawfully with out license seemed to have be come so far satisfied by the THE COUNTY NEWS. FROM ALL SECTIONS AS TOLD BY OUR CORRESPONDENTS. Th« Crops of Green Plains—Agricultu ralists Considerably Encourag ed by Good Seasons. The fruit crop is termed a de cided failure. Cotton chopping is about over and some few have begun to cut oats. We have had refreshing rains, and the weather is now unusal- ly cool for this season of the year. There has been more stealing in this section (chiefly of fertil izers) during the past three months than for many years previous. Mr. J. W. Moore has the best field of corn in this section. His new residence, which is nearing completion, will be the finest in this region. It has been so long since we tried t > write for The News, and so much has passed, both good and bad. that we hardly know where to "take hold” again, but we will try to lose sight of the past, and commence with the “living present.” Crops are looking remarkably well considering the lateSpring. Gardens are backward, but are now coming out very fast, and the vegetables are beginning to help out considerably. The oat crop here has improved so much that we are now looking for ward to a very good yield. Wheat is also in good condition. Messrs. C. H. Powe, W. D. Young, R- H. Boswell, D. W. Byrd and J. W. O’Neill have the finest oats we have seen, though Mr. Powe is a little in the lead of them all. DIED IN MARLBORO. The Sudden Passing Away of a Dar. lington Lady. Mrs. Lizzie Sternberger, wife of Mr. H. Sternberger, died at her home in Clio, Marlboro County, on Friday morning, in the forty seventh year of her age. Her death was very sud den. Her remains were brought through Darlington Fridav afternoon and were car ried to Florence and interred in the Hebrew Cemetery at that place. Mrs. Sternberger was a Darlington lady. She was born, reared and married in this town. Her father was Mr. Isaac Iseman, for a long time a prominent merchant here and who died m Marion only a week or so ago. She resided in Dar lington until about seven years ago, when her husband, who was also once a large merchant here, removed to Clio, his pres ent home. Mrs. Sternberger leavs six children. She was an excellent woman and mother and her death is much regreted- Sev eral relatives and friends from Darlington accompanied the re mains to Florence. Repairs for McCormick har vesters and mowers kept always j in stock. Welling & Bonnoitt. The commencement exercises House keepers say that the of Dovesvijle Academy will be two handsome rocking-chairs held on Friday evening of next *■• — •--- week, June 1, when an enjoy able entertainment, consisting of recitations, music, etc., by the pupils will be given. After the I lington. exercises refreshments will be which Baird & Smoot are offer ing for $5 represent one of the biggest bargains for the money ever offered the people of Dar- ved for the benefit of a fund which it is wished to raise for repairs and additions to the school building. The public is I The Darlington News office, cordially invited. Admission j will get exactly the same qual- to the exercises will be free, a| ity pf work, and will then have If you send to Charleston for your job printing, you will pay ihe same price that is charged at small charge only for refreshments. being made to pay express package. charges on the All Illicit Sales to be Promptly Report ed—In Hopes of Making the Law Effective. (The State, May, 18. | There is likely, from all that can be ascertained, to be active proceedings in the courts very shortly against some of those who it is alleged are selling li quor in violation of the new ac cidental prohibition law. This applies not only to men in Col umbia but elsewhere about the State. When the ball opens up in earnest, too, there are going to be some interesting proceed ings no doubt. The prohibi tionists have been crying for prohibition. Now they have a prohibition law, and they seem to be actively at work prepar ing to see that it is enforced. Along this line the following statement given to the press yesterday by Mr. T. J. LaMotte, one of the members of the State prohibition executive committee, will be of great in terest: “The prohibitionists are by no means inactive, as the newspaper men seem so anx ious to make it appear and the public believe. Organizations having for their special purpose the suppression of the illegal traffic in liquor now prevailing throughout the State nave been perfected in various parts of the State. They comprise discreet, earnest citizens heretofore iden tified with the prohibitionists’ movement. Such organizations exist in Sumter, Lancaster and Columbia. They propose to use every lawful means, whether supplied by the ordinances or statutes of force, which can be brought to bear upon the offen ders. The places where it is al leged liquor is being sold are be ing brought under the observa tion of the organization and the necessary steps will be taken to secure evidence which it is be lieved will in all cases be suffi cient to secure conviction. Every citizen should understand that in the view of those upon whom this work has been de volved they are equally interest ed in the suppression of viola- re- M pc they have gone out of the busi ness, and the business i s now confined to irresponsible parties acting for themselves or others, who are willing to take the risk involved for the money there is in it. “Of course those who are mov ing in this matter are not anx ious to enter into this fight if it can be avoided; they wouldprefer that the men who are thus open ly violating the law and defying the public sentiment on this sub ject should, in view of all the consequences, desist from doing so; but they may rest assured if the evil continues that it is the determined purpose of those thus organized against it to use every means within their power to establish the suprem acy of law and order in this State.” COUNTY PROHIBITION. Another Letter from the Cheirman of the Exectitive Committee. I wish to remind our friends again of the Prohibition Con vention to be held in Columbia June, 7th., proximo. It is not proposed to antago- ize existing political organize tions, and I again ask the friends of prohibition in Darlington county to meet at Darlington,C. H. , on Monday, June, 4th , at 12 M., to elect eight delegates to the State Convention. We wish to send level-headed men to represent us in that Conven tion, and we propose to divide the delegation between Tillman ites and Conservatives in pro portion to the vote of the two factions at the last election. We are not attempting, nor desiring, to form prohibition clubs at this time, nor do we know that we shall attempt such a thing at all. Our present pur pose is to get together in Con vention our wisest of both fac tions to discuss the situation and to decide upon the best plan of operation for the coming cam paign. No man knows, nor has any man the right to know, what that plan will be. It is to be composed of thoughtful, honest, earnest men, who will endeavor to the best of their ability to do the very best thing that can be done under the circumstances. Shall Darlington be represented in that Convention? If so, will not the friends ot prohibition in the different sections of the coun ty work to have a full represen tation at the county Convention on June, 4th.? Will you not, dear friends, write me at once and suggest the best men to represent us at Columbia. Will you be prepared to say who will go if elected? This movement will not run itself; who will put his shoulder to the wheel? Only cool-headed men are wanted. Why can’t our preachers speak out ? G. T. Gresham, Co. Chairman. The time for the payment of town taxes has been extended until June 16. TIMMONSVILLE. Fires were comfortable last Sunday, omethings unusual for the 20th of May. On account of rain last Fri day night, the moonlight picnic at Garner’s Mill was postponed. Mr. W. J. Ragsdale, accom panied by a friend, paid his rel atives and friends a visit Sun day. Rev. Mr. Speigner, pastor of the Methodist Church, gave notice last Sunday that he would begin a protracted meeting here on next Sunday night. Di. J. F. Culpeper, who was commissioned by Gov. Tillman to visit the battlefield of Chick- amauga, Tenn., made the trip and returned home last Sunday evening. The Rev. John Rollins, the oldest Baptist minister in the Pee Dee section, filled the pul- it of the Baptist Church here Junday night. Mr. Rollins is at present in the colporterage and mission work. PHILADELPHIA. Messrs Parrott & Munn start ed their saw to turning last week. Mr. S. W. Truett’s cotton crop would compare well with the best in the country. Thus far seasons have been very favorable, consequently crops are in good condition. Cotton seems to be in advance of corn. Rev. B. F. Parrott preached a most excellent sermon for us on the first Sunday in this month, and promises to be with us again the first Sunday in June Hab Keith, of Darlington, has the contract of repairing the house on Dr. Josey’s place here. The work is being executed rapidly and will be indeed an improvement to the place and community. We agree with the editoral in the last week’s News, and in dorse it as being in the right spirit. Let us have no more re solutions or anything else that will tend to irritate strife or en gender bad feeling, but let peace and prosperity be restored. UNA. Mr. C. T. Price is here on a visit from Florida. We had a heavy rain on last Wednesday evening and a con siderable wind for a few min utes. The entertainment that was given by the ladies of the Church and Sunday School in honor of Mrs. W. O. Petty on last Wed nesday evening was a very plea sant one. Miss Julia Gresham, who has been teaching School at this place, left on last Friday for Hartsville, where she will spend a while with Mrs. L. Z. Hicks. From there she expects to go to Edgefield, and from thence to her home in Virginia. Mrs. W. 0. Petty, who has been visiting here for about two weeks, will leave this week for Murfreesboro, N. C., her future home. It will be remembered that the Rev. W. O. Petty, her husband, has been principal of a high school at Ridge Spring for some time, but, on account of his health, he had to give up his work there and make a change. CYPRESS. A decided cold wave struck us on Saturday. Mr. J. A. DuBose went to Charleston on Tuesday on busi ness. The oat crop is much better now than we thought some time ago it would be. Mrs. Dr. Josey, and several others from this section, went to Charleston on Wednesday’s excursion. A good deal of sickness is re ported by the doctors. Mr. Walter J. DuBose has a little child that is very ill. Mr. S. M. Beasley killed 166 rats one day last week in his ham, weighing in the aggre gate 31 pounds, and he says that it was not a good day for rats either; that the few he kill ed cannot be missed from the place. A REFORMER TALKS. He Disapproves of the Extraordinary Resolutions of Cypress. Editor Darlington News: It is with much interest that I have read in The News re cently several earnest appeals to the people for peace and I wish to say a word in reference to the resolutions adopted by Cypress people. I think that Re formers as well as Straightouts should do all in their power to restore peace. These resolutions were absolutely unnecessary First, because, even if the peo ple of Darlington have any ill will towards the Reformers of South Carolina, they would not insult a lady for what her hus band or father has done; in other words, they would respect the wives and daughters of their worst enemies as they would those of their best friends. Se cond, because these resolutions or any other manifestations of malice only tend to increase strife and not to bestow any good on the people. Why are we divided and why cannot we all unite our energies and efforts to restore peace and prove to the sister States of this grand Union that a wise and untrammelled opinion prevails in South Carolina?. I speak as a Reformer and feel justified in saying that I voice the sentiments of a large number of the Reformers in this section, when I bid God-sneed to the peacemakers and adieu to those who would continue strife. D. R. Blackmon, Swift Creek, 24 May ’94. •M-4«H"H-H-+4-4"H"H'4-4"M , 4 , +4-4 , 4‘» The World’s Fair gold medal Harvesters, Reapers and Mow ers are the McCormick’s. Sold by Welling & Bonnoitt, Hard time prices on Domestic sewing machines; $45 the for mer price, $25 the present price, $20 saved on each machine. McCall & Burch. There is no profit for Baird & Smoot in the two rocking-chairs they are offering for $5. This is simply a “leader” to the rest of their flourishing furniture business. Guss Johnson, Watch-Maker and Jeweller. Repairing of watches and clocks a specialty. The patronage of the peo ple of the town and county of Dar lington respectfully solicited. Prompt personal attention given to all work and satisfaction guaranteed Place of business, in the front [>ortion of Kincken's Bajtery. May 24—3m Notice. W E hereby agree to close the Banks at one o'clock from this date till Sept. 1st, next. PEOPLES BANK, BANK OF DARLINGTON. Darlington, S. C. May 17 1894. Notice. A LL PERSONS HAVING CLAIMS against the United States for Personal Property captured or confis cated by the Federal Army during the Civil War will find it to their in terest to correspond concerning the same with SMYTH E & LEE, Law yere, 7 and 9 Broad street Charles ton, 8. C. May 24—3t. To Lovers of Music: d NALL on C. N. Spinks, at Darling- ^7 ton Shoe Store, and inspect line of musical goods, such as strings and trimmings for the violin, guitar, banjo and autcharp. Just received and will continue to receive monthly from Oliver DitsonCo , of New York, all of the latest songs; also latest pub^ lications in sacred music. Apl2—2m The Darlington Building and Loan Association. T HE Annual Meeting ot the Stock holders of the Association will be held at the office of the People's Bank of Darlington, on Friday the 23th inst., at 8.30 o'clock p. m. Please send your pro*) if y< u can not attend. The monthly colli ctions will be offered for wile cs usual. C. K. ROGERS, May 17—2t. Sec’y and Treas, wnrasimt. A customer who dropped a silver dollar on the floor re marked as it rolled away: “A dollar goes a long way in this store ” * vL 'C 'C O'. Sp THIS IS THE GENERAL VERDICT. Our Goods are Standard Values. Prices Correct. Respectfully, * * Normt & Co. Mar 29— >. -t--t--t,-t-.». -t- .t. .1, _«. VTVTTTXTVrX’rXTVTXTTTTTXTTT New and Complete -LINE of- JUST ARRIVED. I occupy the store next to Norment & Co’s, on the east side of the Square, (formerly occupied by Mrs. Rotholz,) where I will be pleased to serve the ladies of Darlington and vicinity. Call and examine my stock of Spring Millinery and Novelties, as it will give me pleasure to show them to you. Yours for a pretty Spring Hat, MISS MAGGIE JONES. Mch22—4 m BANK OF DARLINGTON, DARLINGTON, S. C., Capital, — — $100,000 Surplus and Undivi ded Profits, — $45,973.80 DIRECTORS:. W. C. Coker, J. L Coker, R. W. Boyd, J. J. Ward. E. R. Mclver, A. Nachman, Bright Williamson. Transacts a General Banking Business. Savings Department, Deposits of $1 and upwards received. Interest allowed at rate of 6 per cent, per annum from date of deposit—payable quarterly on the first day of January, April, July and October. For further information ap ply at the Bank. Accounts in both Depart ments solicited and will be *iven careful attention. BRIGHT WILLIAMSON, President. L. E. WILLIAMSON, Caahier. Dec. 81-tf SPRING Sc SUMMER Millinery ! Lates! New York Styles 1 A call will convince you that my goods are newest styles and lowest prices. L. I Apll2—8m