The Darlington news. (Darlington, S.C.) 1875-1909, May 31, 1894, Image 4
MATTERS IN AND AROUND PROS
PEROUS DARLINGTON.
A Column of Newt, Tersely Told,
Interest to Our Many
Readers.
Mr. C. R. W<xxIb ha*
North for the summer.
Sumter is to hare fine bicycle
races on June 28th and 2!»th.
Prof. J. D. East, of Bennetts
ville, was on a visit to his rela
tives in Darlington this week.
The Athletic Base ball club
defeated the Factory nine by a
score of Bt to 12 on Saturday
last.
Mr. Albert Woods, who has
been going to school at Bell
Buckle, Tenn. is at home for
the holidays.
The many friends of Mr.
Hugh Wilds throughout the
county will regret to learn that
he is quite sick.
Mr. P. J. Boatwright has re
turned from a visit of several
weeks to his fonner homo in
Edgefield County.
Mr. G. J. McCown, who mov
ed to Georgia recently, was
back in Darlington this week on
a visit to his relatives.
Court is in session at Florence
this week.
It is feared that the recent
j cold weather will seriously af-
| feet the cotton crop.
of I Dr. B. H. Payne has returned
! to Darlington from a visit to
| the upper portion of the State.
gone E- Bishop will preach
at the Presbyterian Church
next Sunday morning at 11
o’clock.
An excursion was run from
N. C.,
&. N.
of the
Yesterday (May 30) was Dec
oration Day at the North, cor-
responding with our Memorial
Day, May-10.
Rev. J. E. Carlisle conducted
the regular union services at
the Presbyterian Church last
Sunday night.
Col. Hinsdale and Mr. Smith,
two prominent members of the
Raleigh, N. C. bar, were in
town on Monday on professional
business.
Bishop Capers, of the Episco
pal Church, passed through
Darlington yesterday afternoon
on his way to Society Hill,
where he is to preach to-day.
Mr. E. Keith Dargan left on
Monday for Richmond, where
he is to attend the unvailing of
the monument to the soldiers
and sailors of the Confedracv.
Base Ball Galore.
The Darlington Base Ball
Club was organized this week
with Mr. Bright Williamson as
President, and Mr. George E.
Dargan as Secretary and Treas
urer. Mr. Louis G. McCall is
to act as manager of the players
and Mr. J. Walter James as
captain of the nine. This or
ganization will work in connec
tion with the Darlington Base
Ball Association which was
formed earlier in the season,
but is separate and distinct
from it. Some good players
have been secured, the team
has been re-organized and is
now in first-class condition. On
Thursday and Friday of this
week (today and tomorrow)
they will plav the Sumter club
andtwo fine games may be count
ed on.
Sumter to Red Springs,
yesterday, over the C. S.
road, under the auspices
Sumter Light Infantry.
The latest nows from the Rev.
Mr. Stout is to the effect that
’ he was out of all danger. It will
be some little time, however,
before he will be able to return
home.
The board of health des're
property owners to be informed
that a thorough in section of all
the premises in town is to be
made in the course of the next
ten days.
Dr. and Mrs. A. T. Baird,
gave a reception at their resi
dence last Friday evening com
plimentary to a young lady
from Charleston who is visiting
in the community.
Maj. M. McR. McLauchlin, the
well-known teacher, who for
merly had charge of a school in
this county, returned to his rhifi yeox
home in Cheraw oij^JJjA*y3irf?r
. ijistu.. after wm Sbsence of live
months spent in the State of
Alabama.
Two enterprising photograph
ers have been in town for the
past week making photographs
of the public buildings and of
inany private residences for
S which they found a ready sale.
Right Rev. E. Capers, Assis-
lant Bishop of the Diocese of
South Carolina, w ill preach at
the Episcopal Chapel on S mday
evening next, at 8.30o’clock, af
ter which he will confer the
rite of confirmation.
Rev. J. E. Carlisle has sent
to The News and Courier in the
name of ‘‘The Darlington
Churches” the sum of $20.24,
the amount of last Sunday’s un
ion collection for the benefit of
the Bluffton sufferers.
The advertisement of Cleve
land Springs, that famous sum
mer resort so popular with the
people of Darlington, appears
in this issue. The prospect is
that a considerable number of
our people will go there
again
More About Pe»-vine Hey.
Editor Darlington News:
1 read in a recent issue of The
News “H’b” letter on pea-vine
hav, and I endorse what he says,
but I wish to call his attention
to the fact that the speckled pea
of which he speaks is by no
means the earliest pea that will
make a good crop. I have been
forced by short corn and oat
crops to plant pease for early
feed, and in hunting for an ear
lier pea than the life-preserver, |
I succeeded in finding one var
iety that is three weeks and an
other that is ten days earlier. I
have these two varieties, togeth
er with “H’s” speckled pea,
planted, and I expect to begin
feeding with the earliest of them
all about June 20th.
H. T. J.
Hard time prices on Domestic
sewing machines; $45 the for
mer price, $25 the present price,
$20 saved on each machine.
McCall & Burch.
At The Guards' Armory.
The ladies of the community
will give an entertainment, con
sisting of vocal and instrument
al music, for the benifit of the
Guards, at the Armory, to
morrow (Friday) evening, at 8.-
30 o’clock. An enjoyable pro
gramme is promised, and the
prospects are that there will be
an unusually large crowd in at
tendance. The price of admis
sion will be 25 cents for grown
people and 10 cents for children'.
At the conclusion of the enter
tainment, refreshments will be
served at reasonable prices, aud
the floor will be cleared for dan
cing. The afternoon of the
same day will be devoted to the
children, the doors opening at 4
o’clock. There will be music
and other forms of amusement
provided, and ice-cream will be
furnished the little ones at 5
cents a saucer. The price of
admission for them in the after
noon will also be 5 cents.
Nurses accompanying children
will be admitted free of charge.
Three of the very best papers
of their kind in the country, the
Weekly News and Courier and
the Southern Cultivator, and
The Darlington News will all
fie sent to any "ddress Jor one
'yedYfor $2.45.
perience, perhaps homes would,
not have been saddened. You
claim to believe there are good
citizens of Cypress of the Reform
faith who do not endorse the!
sentiments expressed. Yes, there
are many good citizens of Cy
press township of the Reform
faith, but they will be hard to I
find who will endorse insurrec
tions, insults, and high taxes
caused by unwise actions,
you find them, please let us
know them. Your belief
surely faint. You attempt
convey the idea that said reso
lutions are void of the truth.
That the truth is in said resolu
tions is verified by the actions
THE CODiTV SEWS.
FROM ALL SECTIONS AS TOLD BY
OUR CORRESPONDENTS.
RIVERDALE.
Miss Bertha Bland, of Dar
lington, spent last Saturday
and Sunday with her aunt, Mrs.
jflj. A. Middleton.
Miss Clara Howie has return-
* 81 ed to her home in Darlington,
t° after a pleasant visit to Mrs.
W. H. Mozingo.
A match game of baseball
played here on Saturday
is still
only
some-
was
NETTLES’S MILL
Mr. W. S. McIntosh
seriously sick.
Peter Beasley lost his
horse last week.
Mr. B. H. Goodson is
what improving.
Our c itton looks bad this weak
from the effects of the cold.
Mr. D. S. Barefoot, Jr., killed
an unusually big owl in his
chicken coop recently.
Mr. W. T. Gainey and Miss
Margret Woods, both of this
section, were married on the Itfih
inst.
of the town the world knows, j ^ft®™ 0 ©!! between the Mechan-
Mrs. Kehoe the mother of Mrs.
J. M. James, died here very
suddenly on Thursday of last
week. Mrs. Kehoe had been
On Tuesday Trial Justice
Dargan committed for trial at
the approaching term of the
Court of General Sessions Maria
Ingo, a colored girl about thir
teen years of age, charged with
forgery. She had an order on
.i . i * * , i a merchant in town for fifty
4i!!!L. ( a . u « ht « , °, r u ,out cents which she is said to have
three weeks. She had been in
feeble health for some time.
The remains were sent to Nor
folk, Va., for interment.
Quite a number of Darlington
people went on the excursion to
Red Springs yesterday. Lots
of amusements were promised
the excursionists in the way of
base-ball, bicycle races, &c.
The programme mentions a
special number of a “half mile
race for Darlington riders on
ly.”
Col T. M. Berry, late of
Chester, who moved to this
County with his family early
in the year and settled near his
brother-in-law, Mr. P. .P.
Chambers, had the misfortune
to lose his little infant, about
five months old, on the 24th inst.
The funeral took place at Black
Creek Church.
The Atlantic Coast Line has
issued a schedule of its summer
rates to the springs of Virginia
and the Carolinas, a copy of
which can be obtained by ap-;
“raised” to $3.
Mrs. Lizzie White, a sister-in
law of Mr. J. C. White, died on
the Factory Hill on Saturday
last, and was buried in Grove
Hill Cemetery the following
day. She was the widow of
Mr. Jerry White, and resided
formerly at Timmonsville. Six
children survive her, some of
them quite young.
The residence of Mr. Com
mander, about a mile from
Florence on the left hand side
of the C. & D. railroad track
going down, was destroyed by
fire on Tuesday morning. The
building was a new one, Mr.
Commander’s first house built
on the same site having been
lost in the same way only a few
months ago.
The following compose the
prize squad of the Darlington
Guards which is to enter the
competitive drill at Spartan
burg in July: Lieutenants
James, Lide, Parrott; Sergeants
Florence vs Darlington.
The game of ball between
Florence and Darlington on
Thursday of last week was an
interesting one, and it is a great
pity it could not have been play
ed to the finish. Florence scor
ed three runs in the first inning
and three more in the fourth.
Darlington made no runs at all
until the eighth inning, when
three were scored. Three more
were made on the ninth inning,
putting the two nines even, 6 to
C. Florence had played its last
inning; Darlington had only
one man out and a runner on
first base, when the Florence
nine appealed to the umpire to
rule the Darlington team be
cause they claimed that one of
its men had “cut off” in run
ning to third base. The umpire
over-ruled the request, on the
ground that if the alleged irre
gularity did occur, he failed to
see it. Florence thereupon
refused to plav the game out,
and under the baseball rules, it
was declared forfeited in favor
of Darlington by a score of 9 to
0.
“Advertising certainly pays”,
say Baird & Smoot, smiling
blandly, as they telegraph off
for additional supplies of their
celebrated rocking-chairs.
The Reformers of Cypress.
Editor Darlington News:
In justice to ourselves and
other Reformers of Cypress, we
would like to have a few words
to say through the columns of
your paper in reference to the
resolutions adopted by some of
the Cypress Reformers. In the
first place, the statement that
these resolutions were adopted
by the Reformers of Cypress is
very misleading, as those who
acted in the matter represent
only a very small portion of the
Reformers of this place. In
fact, most of us knew nothing
about any such resolutions be
ing passed until we read them
in the Columbia Register, and
were greatly surprised when we
saw them. We believe that we
would be safe in saying that
nine-tenths of the Reformers of
Cypress did i ot know anything
about the matter until it was
all over. AVe are sure that we
have as good and as honorable
a set of Reformers at Cypress as
is to be found in any section of
this county, and we can well as
sure the people of the town of
Darlington that we have no an
imosity against them. Dar
lington has as many good and
law-abiding citizens in it as any
other town of its size in the
’biate.
We believe that \ne paTvic
who passed the resolutions re
ferred to did so without care
fully considering them, and
that they may now regret them,
but it seems that occasionally
people will let passion and pre
judice over-ride their better
judgement. We do not want
any more strife among our peo
ple. Let us have peace and
good will and brotherly love
among us, and when we do, we
will place ourselves on a higher
plane and on a surer road to
success. We appeal to all good
citizens to do their best to keep
down strife and bad feeling.
“A house divided against it
self is sure to fall.” is a rule
that we must bear in mind if we
ever expect to see better times,
or to become a more prosperous
people. We commend The
News very highly for the mild
way in which it commented on
the resolutions, and the good
spirit it has manifested, and
good advice it has offered, all of
which we hope our people will
heed and profit by.
J. W. DuBose,
P. A. Savarance, and others.
Cypress, 8. C., May 28, 1894.
hence the resolutions. The Re
formers of Cypress wish to place
themselves ou record as being
apart from such violations of
the law by insurrections as Gov.
Tillman and the resolutions
have properly defined. You say
the constables were interlopers,
strangers in your midst. They
were where they had a right to
be. They were sent by the
State to put down violations of
the law. Did the town aid
them, or did it oppose them!’' If
strangers, they were on a good
mission. Much more could be
said in this reply to your com
ments or criticisms, but as you
claim to be a penitent, and not
wishing the wound to be reopen
ed, I must be lenient in my re
ply.
I agree with you, Mr. Editor,
let us heal old wounds, avoid
making new ones, and using
your language, “Bone of our
bone; flesh of our flesh”, let us
be brothers together. Why did
you not proclaim this earlier,
and louder teach and practice,
and learn that the majority will
rule? The Reformers of Cypress
are a liberal-hearted and a for
giving people, yet firm in their
resolutions.
T. L. Northcutt.
A handsome ornament to any
piazza—Baird & Smoot’s two
rockers for $5.
For style and neatness The
Darlington News job-work is
unsurpassed. Don’t take our
word for it. See samples and
be convinced.
icsville and Back Swamp teams.
The contest resulted in a score
of 10 to (> in favor of Back
Swamp. Mechanicsville will
cross bats with Back Swamp at
their grounds next Saturday af
ternoon.
Mrs. Jane Wallace, nee Wil
liamson, died at her home at
Palmetto on the 20th inst, af
ter several'years of great suffer
ing. Her remains were brought
here and interred in Lowther’s
Hill Cemetery on
day. A large concourse of rela
tives and friends were present
to pay the last tribute of respect
to a noble woman.
On Wednesday of last week
Willie Fields, a little colored
boy who lives on Mr. W. E.
Dargan’s plantation, was struck
on the top of his cranium by
lightning while returning from
the field, carrying under his
arm a tin pan. His hat was
torn to pieces, and the electrici
ty passed down his left side to
the knee, splitting his apparel
and slightly burning him on
the shoulder. It crossed to the
right leg at the knee, rent his
pants and burnt his toe. He
was apparently dead at first,
but was restored to conscious
ness within the space of an
hour, and is now doing well.
It was certainly a most remark
able occurrence.
Buy the celebrated Walter A.
Wood mowers and harvesters
from Walter J. Parrott.
plying to Mr. Pegues, the agent | Cox, James, Boatwright; Cor
at this place. Tickets will MB ~
on sale at these rates from June
1 to Sept. 30, inclusive, and will
be good for return passage on or
before Oct. 1, 1894.
On July fi. at Howe's Spring,
in Florence County, there will
be a big Alliance meeting. The
following speakers have been
invited and will probably accept
the invitations: Governor Till
man, Congressman McLaurin,
Comptroller-General Ellerbe,
Secretary of State Tindal, Pres
ident W. D. Evans, of the State
Alliance, and Dr. J. William
Stokes.
The factory operatives will
run their annual excursion on
June 23. They go to Sullivan’s
Island this year, the fare for
the round trip being only $1.50.
These excursions are always ad
mirably managed. The best of
order is maintained and it is
probable that a great many peo
pie will avail themselves of the
fine opportunity offered them
of taking a brief trip to the sea
shore.
The Malloys (colored) of So
ciety Hill, are in “hot water.”
Leighton Malloy was bound
over at Cheraw "a few days ago
to appear at the next term of
the United States Court to an
swer to a charge of passing
counterfeit money, while Depu
ty Collector Stackhouse over
hauled Bob Malloy recently on
the highway between Cheraw
and W adesboro and took tii irty-
five gallons of illicit liquor away
iiom him. ^:
* £&***+ - v j* >
For sale at great bargains for
cash—a lot of second-hand sew
ing machines, many of them
practically as good as new; ap
ply at this office.
porals DuBose, Wells, Vaughn,
McCullough; Prhates Baird,
Bristow, Coit, Gillespie, Har
rell, Johnson, McCullough, H
Norment, L. Norment, Rast,
Rogers, Smoot.
J. S. McCreight, who was
convicted of breach of trust
with fraudulent intent at tne
last term of the Court of Gener
al Sessions, was taken to the
Penitentiary on Monday, where
he is to serve a sentence of
twenty months. McCreight
has been in jail since Court ad
journed. He had intended ap
pealing to the Supreme Court
for a new trial, but it seems
that his appeal has been aban
doned.
Death of Mr*. Wardlaw.
Mrs. Patterson Wardlaw died
on Thursday of last week, and
was buried the following day
in Grove Hill Cemetery. The
funeral services were held at
the Baptist Church, of which
the deceased was a member, the
Rev. Mr. Perry, of Hartsville,
officiating. The church was
crowded to overflowing with
sorrowing friends if the bereav
ed family. Messrs. L. C. Glenn,
G. K. King, Bright Williamson,
M. T. Lide, W. D. Coggeshall
aud T. H. Rogers acted as pall
bearers. Mrs. Wardlaw was
Miss Claudia Edwards, a daugh
ter of the late Col. B. W. Ed
wards. She had been married
less than a year. Her s^d death
cast a gloom over the entire
community.
Who Want* Thi* Office?
Many persons may have for
gotten that the last Legislature
created a new office, namely,
that of “County Supervisor.”
This officer is elected at every
general election, serving for two
years. The salary in Darling
ton County is $800 per annum.
The duties of the position are
set forth as follows under the
law, from which it will be seen
that that the County Supervi.
sor is to take the place of the
Board of County Commissioners,
the latter office having been
abolished: “The County Super
visor shall have general juris
diction over all public high
ways, roads, bridges and fer
ries, and over the paupers, and
in all matters relating to taxes
and disbursements of public
funds for Countv purposes, in
their respective Counties, and
in any other case that may be
necessary for the internal im
provement and local concerns
of their respective Counties;
said Supervisor shall have pow
er and authority to administer
oaths to any person in reference
to matters ap" rtaining to his
office.”
Baird & Smoot are “rattling
off” at a lively rate the great
bargain of the season which
they are offering—two hand
some rockers for $5.
Buy a New Home or Wheeler
& Wilson sewing-machine and
pay next fall; found only at
Blackwell Bros.
Those Cypress Resolutions.
Editor Darlington News:
Please allow me space in your
columns to reply to your com
ments of May the 17th, upon
the resolutions of the Reformers
of Cypress. You start out by
saying you were not asked to
publish said resolutions but
had done so for the benefit of
your readers. The committee
discussed whether you should
be asked to publish them or not,
but after deciding that you
would knife said resolutions,
decided not to make the request;
nevertheless you knifed and
published said resolutions, and
warped them to suit your politi
cal views; on one side you cry,
“peace, moderation”, and on
the other pour out gall. You
claim said resolutions to be very
bitter with political animosity.
This I deny; said resolutions
condemn the insurrection as be
ing lawless and unwise, and
condemn as uncalled for insults
on the part of the town. You
claim that said resolutions can
do South Carolina no good but
a vast deal of injury. Said re
solutions will not do any harm
to the good name of South Car
olina, but allow me to say that
insurrections and heaping up a
burden of taxes on the people
by the town’s unwise actions
can do Darlington no good. You
claim the purpose of the Reform
ers of Cypress is to keep up
fratricidal strife; were this true,
then they would truly deserve
the disapprobation of all true
and good men. but said resolu
tions set forth different views
from this. They go forth con
demning those who would mur
der their brother. Oh, had you
taught such before the sad ex-
The latest song but,”
Marie”, by Raymond
for sale by C. N. Spinks.
sweet
Moore,
CLYDE.
We notice a few scattering
apples left from the March
-reeze.
The recent frost damaged cot
ton and other growing crops
somewhat.
The “red top” cane planted
in. this section is fine, much
UetlcYVas. 4 '’’' -.“.ribbon.”
Do you want a sewing ma
chine, $15 to$35? See Blackwell
Brojs.
Examining the Body of Constable
Pepper.
[The News and Courier.]
A permit for the exhumation
of the body of R. H. Pepper,
the State Constable who was
killed at Darlington at Ihe time
of the late dispensary distur
bances there, for the purpose of
holding an autopsy, w as applied
for at the health office on May
8. Dr. Horlbeck expressed
himself as not opposed to the
exhumation taking place, and
the body was exhumed and an
autopsy held by by Dr. B. N.
Lebby, it is presumed, at the
order of the Governor. This
much is certain—however noth
ing else about this mysterious
affair is—as Dr. Lebby, when
seen by a Reporter, refused to
be interviewed, declaring that
he was not at liberty to make
any statement whatsoever.
Current report has it that de
claring at the time that Pepper
had been killed by Redmond
was a put up job, it being so
stated to save from the annoy
ance of legal proceedings the
true slayer, and that the Gov
ernor has determined to have
this autopsy held in order to
learn the size of the balls with
which Pepper was killed, and
We are having fine weather
for farm-work, and our boys
are getting their crops in good
fix.
The fall sown crop of oats in
this section is very fine, but
that sown in the spring is not
so go. d.
Master Willie Hall killed a
huge rattle snake last Friday
measuring four feet three inch
es, and having thirteen rattles
and a button.
Mr. D. W. Smith, accompan
ied by Mr. G. J McCown, who
is now a resident of Georgia,
paid Mr. B. L. Outlaw a flying
visit on Saturday.
Mr. D. F. Morrison’s mule
ran away last Friday night
while he was returning from
the exhibition at Bell’s school
house. The buggy was badly
smafhed up, but fortunately no
one was seriously hurt-
The exhibition at the Bell
school-house came off on the
evening of the 25th inst, and,
as we expected, it was one of
the best ever witnessed hers.
Everything passed off nicely,
and the occasion will be long re
membered by the large assem
blage present.
LAMAR.
Mr. E. G. Gray, of High Hill,
spent several days last week in
Lamar.
The oat crop is being housed;
What Governor Tillman Says About
Clemson.
[News and Courier.]
Governor Tillman, who re
turned this evening from the
meeting of the board of trustees
of Clemson College, reports that
the board of trustees has decid
ed to advertise for bids for the
rebuilding the main building of
Clemson College. The bids are
to be opened on the 27th of June
and work immediately com
menced. It is evident from this
that no effort will bo made to
rebuild the College foil the pre
sent session. Ample jarrange-
ments have been maoe for the
requisite class rooms, i The new
mechanical hall proxies six or
eight good class rooris without
inttrfering with the fork. The
experimental station office has
been converted inf) a class
room, and a good rfom in the
old Calhoun mansifn will be
used. To supply anf other re
quirement wooden J structures
will at once be builU After the
emergency is ovei fbese build
ings will be used/ or the ser
vants. They havefieen wanted
for some time. At to the loss
Governor Tillman says that it
is impracticable t> estimate it
until the walls ar«carefully ex
amined. Bruce tnd Morgan,
the architects, tbnk that most
of the walls are iolid and will
not have to be t*rn down, but
the portion nearrst the old ex
hibit and the rhysical depart
ment were pretfr badly shatter
ed. The tower is left standing
and will very probably be of
use, as it wa* only gutted by
the fire. The board was very
much gratifief to see that the
loss was vert much less than
they had fejred it would be.
They expect f> have everything
' L.apple-pie order by next ses
sion. \U.of the members of the
board, except' r ®fL t KR Tindal,
Stackhouse and Bowen, nZre
present and the board had a
long and thorough session. Gov
ernor Tillman attributed the
leaving of the cadets to the hard
times and the idea that after
the fire there would be a vaca
tion. Governor Tillman in a
speech urged all the cadets to
stick to their work. He does
not think the corps will fall be
low the 500 mark, and he be
lieves that the leaving spurt
has died out. The board has
decided to let the cadets have a
ten days’ outing at the Spartan
burg encampment. A fire bri
gade will at once be organized,
the boys will be drilled and the
professors will get up a brigade
for work in the vacation season
should the emergency arise.
so, by comparing the size of the estimate is that about half
balls with the pistols used, dis-
cover whether Pepper was kill
ed Dy Redmond or by another
person in the fray, who is said
to have declared that he killed
Pepper. The balls are said not
to be in the body, the shooting
having been done at such close | [ast 1
?L U ™ r v? that 1 h 6 y paSSed * The completion of the Baptist
rp. , * u , j Church at this place is being
The Reporter was told vester-! hed forwar(i P a * 8 rapid | y £
°, U , n , d0 u bt 4 possible; the frame work is fin
ed veracity that Dr. Lebby had { a u„j
said that Pepper had been kill
ed by two balls, one 32 calibre
and the other 38. A physician.
a crop will be made
Mrs. S. C. Starr and Mr. Ben
nie Starr went to Columbia to
visit relatives last week.
Rev. C. D. Mann preached a
very interesting sermon on the
subject of missions on Sunday
upon being consulted, expressed
great doubt whether, after hav
ing been buried since April 1, it
would be possible to tell the
size of the balls from
wounds.
ished.
Miss Abbey Murray, of North
Carolina, is visiting the family
of Mr. T. F. Wilson, and the
boys seem to think there is no
body like Mr. Wilson.
Mr. Jacob Spears has painted
th e his new dwelling. If others
would follow Mr. Spears’ ex
ample, we think it would add
very much to the appearance of
our town.
The militia company at this
place has been sworn in and
armed. The company has six-
all of whom
The Darlington News office
turned out a pile of job work
last week.
Ladies’ Oxfords, 65 cts to $1 50
at Blackwell Bros.
The very finest quality of
wedding and ball invitations
printed at The Darlington
News job-office with neatness
and despatch.
New Home and Wheeler S
—r — — out. The company is drilling
Extras for 'Walter A. Wood | twic « a w eek. The officers are
harvesters and mowers at Wal-i as ^ 0 !^ 0W _ S: _^- F. Willeford.
ter J. Parrott’s.
— »»»■■■ —» —
For solid comfort
try one of Baird
rockers.
captain; J. K. Windham, L. L.
1 Rose. J.B. Reynolds, lieutenants;
when tired R L. DuBose, M. M. Cox, C. L.
& Smoot’s Reynolds, H. M. Murray, Ser-
| geauts.
Big Fire In Mayesville.
ITheNews and Courier,]
Sumter, May 26.—This after
noon at half past 5 o’clock the
alarm of fire was sounded and
the fire department responded
promptly. The cause of alarm
was a request from the people
of Mayesville to send them as
sistance, as their town was on
fire and beyond their control.
ln*a remarkably short time the
Sumter fire department were at
the Atlantic Coast line depot
ready to go to Mayesville.
About that time a telegram was
received by Chief Bloom, say
ing the fire was under control
and that assistance was not
needed.
From what can be learned
three buildings were burned,
the postoffice, store of Weather
Cooper and a warehouse of Mr.
Hudson. The drug store Of Mr.
Mayes and several smaller
buildings and the large store of
J. E. Mayes caught fire several
times, but the flames were ex
tinguished. The losses cannot
at this hour be ascertained.
The fire originated in Hudson’s
warehouse.
All Nature Looks for Spring,
and is It not natural? Yet this is a
season that is characterized by a feel
ing of “malaise,’’ when biliousness
becomes more prevalent than at any
other time during the year, the sym-
toms being a bitter taste, offensive
breath, coated tongue, sick headache,
and loss of appetite. If this condi
tion is allowed to continue serious
aud fatal consequences may follow.
Do you know that Cleveland Springs
meets all these requirements, and a
few weeks stay there will make you
f. el as if you had a new lease on life?
Address J. B. Wilkinson, Prop , 6hel
by N. O. Resident Physician, Dr. W.
J. Hamer, of Darlington.