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The tiumoing Frag. thnia, or the distemper, or the sometimes and lay for a bit'. Ik compliance with the re- conBum P tion - or something of Oneday a feller—a ttranger in quest of a friend of mine, who ^at kind They used to give, the camp he was-come acrost ' — I call- her tw<> or hree hundred yards’i mm with his box, and says- wrote me from the East, that ed on good-natured, garrulous start,.aoJ t..”i pass her under j “ What might it be old Simon Wheeler, and inquir- "ay; but al« tys at the fag-end . you’ve got in the box?' ed after my friend’s friend, the race- .e d get excited and | “And Smiley says, sorter in- — - -- desperate-likc. and come cavort-1 different-like, ‘It might be a ing and straddling up, and scat-1 parrot, or it might be a canary, “—it’s only Leonidas W. Smiley, as request ed to do, and I hereunto append the result. I have a lurking tering her legs around limber, maybe, but it ain’t- sometimes in the air, and some times out to one side amongst the fences, and kicking up m-o-r-e dust and raising m-o r-e pei kii suspicion that Leonidas If Smiley is a myth; that my friend never knew such a per sonage; and that he only con jectured that if I asked old Wheeler about him, it would. - - remind him of his infamous Jim !~“ an ^ . a ‘® r(i !/* fetch up at the Smiley, arid he would go io | stand just about a neck ahead, work and l ore me to death with near as you could cipher it some exasr^rating reminiscence down of him as long and as tedious as it should be useless to me. If that was the design, it succeed ed. I found Simon Wheeler doz- just a frog.’ “And the feller took it, and looked at it careful, and turned it round this way and that, and ing comfortably by the bar room stove of the dilapidated tavern in the decayed mining camp of Angel’s, and I noticed that be was fat an 1 bald-head ed, and had an expression of winning gentleness and simpli city upon his tranquil counten ance. He roused up and gave me good day. I told him a friend of mine had commission ed me to make some inquiries about a cherished companion of his boyhood, named Leonidas If. Smiley—Rev. Leonidas Wl Smiley—a young minister the gospel, who he had heard was at one time a resident of Angel’s Camp. I added that if Mr. Wheeler could tell me any thing about this Rev. Leonidas W. Smiley, I would feel under many obligations to him. Simon Wheeler backed me in to a corner and blockaded me there with his chair, and then sat down and reeled off the monotonous narrative which follows this paragraph. He never smiled, he never frowned, he never changed his voice from the gentle flowing key to which he tuned his initial sentence, he never betrayed the slightest suspicion of enthusiasm; but all through the interminable narra tive there ran a vein of impres sive earnestness and sincerity which showed me plainly that, so far font his imagining that there was anything ridiculous or funny about his story, he re garded it as a really important matter, and admired its two heroes as men of transcendent genius in finesse. I let him go on in his own way, and never interrupted him once. "Rev. Leonidas W. H’ra, Rev erend Le—well, there was a feller here once by the name of Jim Smiley, in the winter of '49, or maybe it was the spring of ’50—I don’t recollect exactly, somehow, though what makes me think it was one or the oth er, is because I remember the big flume warn’t finished when he first come to the camp; but anyway, he was the cunousest man about, always betting on anything :hat turned up you ever see, if he could get any body to bet on the other side; and if he couldn’t, he’d change sides. Any way that suited the other side would suit Aim—any way, just bo’s he got a bet, he was satisfied. But still he was lucky, uncommon lucky; he most always come out winner. He was always ready, and lay ing for a chance; there couldn’t be no solit’ry thing mentioned but that feller’d offer to bet on it, and take ary side you please, as I was just tellin’ you. If there was a horse race, you’d find him flush or you’d find him busted at the end of it; if there was a dog fight, he’d bet on it; if there was a cat fight, he’d bet on it; if there was a chicken fight, he’d bet on it; why, if there was two birds set ting on a fence, he would bet you which one would fly first; or if there was a camp-meeting, he would be there reg’lar to bet on Parson Walker, which he judged to be the best exhorter about here; and so he was, too, and a good man. If he even see a stradile-bug start to go any wheres, he would bet you how long it would take him to get to—to wherever he was going to; and if you took him up, he would foller that straddle-bu. to Mexico, but what he woul find out where he was bound for, and how long he was on the road. Lots of the boys here has seen that Smiley, and can tell you about him. Why, it never made no difference to Aim—he’d bet any thing—the dangdeet feller. Parson Walk er’s wife laid very sick once for a good while, and it seemed as if they warn’t going to save her; but one morning he come in, and Smiley up and asked him how she was, and he said she was consid’able better- thank the l<ord for his inf’nit mercy!—and coming on so smart that, with the blessing of Prov’dence, she’d get well yet; and Smiley, before he thought, says, ‘Well, I’ll resk two-and-a- half she don’t, anyway.’ "Thish-yer Smiley had a mare —the boys called her the fifteen- minute nag, but that was only in fun, you know, because of course she was faster than that —and he used to win money on that horse, for all she was so slow, and always had the as- “And he had a little small bull-pup, that to look at him you’d think he warn’t worth a cent but to set around and look ornery, and lay for a chance to steal something. But as soon as money was up on him he was a different dog; his under-jaw’d begin to stick out like the to’- castle of a steamboat, and his teeth would uncover and shine like the furnaces. And a dog might tackle him and bullyrag him, and bite him. and throw him over his shoulder two or three times, and Andrew Jack- son—which was the name of the pup—Andrew Jackson would never let on but what he was satisfied, and hadn’t expected () f nothing else—and the bets be ing doubled and doubled on the other side all the time, till the money was all up; and then all of a sudden he would grab the other dog jest by the j’int of his hind leg and freeze to it—not chaw, £ou understand, but only just grip and hang on till they throweu up the sponge, if it was a year. Smiley always come out winner on that pup, till he harnessed a dog once that didn’t have no hind legs, because they’d been sawed off in a circular saw, and when the thing had gone along far enough, and the money was all up, and he come to make a snatch for his pet holt, he see in a minute how he’d been imposed on, and how the other dog had him in the door, so to speak, and he ’pear- ed surprise t, and then he look ed sorter discouraged-like, and didn’t try no more to win the fight, and so he got shucked out bad. He give Smiley a look, as much as to say his heart was broke, and it was his fault, for racket with her coughing and | says, ‘H’m—so ’tis. Well, sneezing and blowing her nose what’s he good fori” “‘Well,’ Smiley says, easy and careless, ‘he’s good enough for one thing, I should judge— he can outjump any frog in Calaveras County.’ “The feller took the box again, and took another long, particu lar look, and give it back to Smiley, and says, very deliber ate, ‘Well,’ he says, ‘I don’t see no p’ints about that frog that’s auy better’n any other frog.’ “‘Maybe you don’t,’ Smiley says. ‘Maybe you understand frogs, and maybe you don’t un derstand ’em; maybe you’ve had experience, and maybe you ain’t only a amature, as it were. Anyways, I’ve got my opinion, and I’ll resk forty dollars that he can outjump any frog in Calaveras County.’ “And the feller studied amin- ute, and then says, kinder sad like, ‘Well, I’m only a stranger here, and I ain’t got no frog; but if I had a frog, I’d bet you.’ “And then Smiley says, ‘That’s all right—that’s all right —if you’ll hold my box a min ute, I’ll go and get you a frog.’ And so the feller took the box, and put up his forty dollars along with Smiley’s, and set down to wait. “So he set there a good while, thinking and thinking to his- self, and then he got the frog out and prized his mouth open, and took a teaspoon and filled him full of quail shot—filled him pretty near up to his chin— and set him on the floor, Smiley he went to the swamp and slop ped around in the mud for a long time, and finally he ketch- ed a frog, and fetched him in, and give him to this feller, and says: “‘Now, if you’re ready, set him alongside of Dan’l, with bis fore-paws just even with Dan’l’s, and I’ll give the word.’ Then he says, ‘One—two—three —git!’ and him and the feller touched up the frogs from be hind, and the new frog hopped off lively, but Dan’l give a heave, and hysted up his should ers—so—like a Frenchman, but it warn’t no use—he couldn’t budge; he was planted as solid as a church, and he couldn’t no more stir than if he was anchor ed out. Smiley was a good deal surprised, and he was disgusted too, but he didn’t have no idea what the matter was, of course. “The feller took the money and started away; and when he was going out at the door, he sorter jerked his thumb over his shoulder—so—at Dan’l, and says again, very deliberate, ‘Well,’ne says, ‘/don’t see no p’ints about that frog that’s any better’n any other frog “Smiley he stood scratching his head and looking down at Dan’l a long time, and at last he says, ‘I do wonder what in the nation that frog throw’d off for—I wonder if there ain’t something the matter with him —he ’pears to look mighty bag S r, somehow.’ And he ketched an’l by the nap of the neck, and hefted him, and says. ‘Why, blame my cats if he don’t weigh five pound!’ and turned him upside down, and he belch ed out a double handful of shot. And then he see how it was, and he was the maddest man he set the frog down and took out after the feller, but he never ketchod him. And [Here Simon Wheeler heard his name called from the front yard, and got up to see what was wanted.] “A turning to me as he moved away, he said: ‘Just set where you are, Strang er, and rest easy—I ain’t going to be gone a second.’ ’’ Rut, by your leave, I did not think that a continuation of the history of the enterprising vaga bond Jim Smiley would be like ly to afford me much informa tion concerning the Rev. Leon idas IV. Smiley, and so I start ed away. At the door I met the sociable Wheeler returning, and he but ton-holed me and re-commenc ed: “Well, this yer Smiley had a J eller one eyed cow that didn’t ave no tail, only jest a short stump like a bannanner, and Clerk’s Sales. STATE OP SOUTH CAROLINA. County of Darlington. In Court of Common Plena. Thoa. P. Rhode* aa Attlgnee, against Nancy M. 'finer, etal. Judgment for Forecloture. Puraunnt to n Judgment for Foreclos ure made In the above atand cane, 1 will offer for Dale in front of the conrt honae in Darlington county, State aforesaid, on the fir*t Monday in Nov, next, the following describ ed real estate, to wit: “All my right, title and interest in and to a tract of land, aituate in Dar lington county and State of South Carolina containing eighty-two acres, more or lee*, and bounded north by ids of Mary Ann King, south by lands of George W. Bozeman, east by lands of O. M. Rbodee, and west by lands formerly of estate of Peter Bozeman, but now held by P. H. 'fin er and having such metes and bounds, corners and distances as are represent ed on a plat of the same made by W. H. Jamison, surveyor, Nov. til, 1882 and having been conveyed to me by Elizabeth Goodson, Mary D. Rhodes and Nancy M. Tiner by deed bearing date Dee. 8, 1882.” Terms of sale one-half cash and bal ance in one year secured by bond of purchaser and mortgage of premises sold. Purchaser to pay for all neces sary papers. W. ALBERT PARROTT, Get. 15, 1804. Clerk. & putting up a dog that hadn’t no hind logs for him to take holt of, which was his main depend ence in a tight; and then he limped off a piece and laid down and died. It was a good pup, was that Andrew Jackson, and would have made a name for hisself if he’d lived, for the stuff was in him and he nad genius— I know it, because ho hadn’t no opportunities to speak of, and it don’t stand to reason that a dog could make such a fight as he could under them circum stances if he hadn't no talent. It always makes me feel sorry when I think of that last fight of his’n, and the way it turned out. “Well, this-yer Smiley had rat-tarriers, and chicken cocks, and tom-cats and all them kind of things, till you couldn’t rest, and you couldn’t fetch nothin, for him to bet on but he’d mate you. He ketched a frog one day, and took him home, and said he cal’lated to educate him; and so he never done nothing for three months but set in his back yard and learn that frog to jump And you bet you he did learn him, too. He’d give him a little punch behind, and the next minute you’d see that frog whirling in the air like a doughu it—see him turn one summerset, or maybe a couple, if he got a good start, and come down flat-footed and all right, like a cat. He got him up so in the matter of ketching flies, and kep’ him in practice so constant, that he’d nail a fly every time as fur as he could see him Smiley said all a frog wanted was education, and he could do ’most anything—and I believe him. Why, I’ve seen him set Dan’l Webster down here on this floor—Dan’l Webster was the name of the frog—and sing out, ‘Flies, Dan’l, flies!’ and quicker’n you could wink he’d spring straight up and snake a fly off’n the counter there, and flop down on the floor ag’in as solid as a gob of mud, and fall to scratching the side of his head with his hind foot as in different as if he hadn’t no idea he’d been doin’ any more’n any frog might do. You never see a frog so modest and straight- for’ard as he was, for all he was so gifted. And when it come to fair and square jumping on a dead level, he could get over more ground at one straddle than any animal of his breed you ever see. Jumping on a dead level was his strong suit, you understand; and when it come to that, Smiley would ante up money on him as long as he had a red. Smiley was monst rous proud of his frog, and well he might be, for fellers that had traveled and been everywhere*, all said he laid over any frog that ever they see. “Well, Smiley kep’ the beast in a little lattice box, and he used to fetch him down-town However, lacking both time and inclination, I did not wait to hear about the afflicted cow, but took my leave. >W. 8. McGIRl,U. 0. S., Offer* hit profetaiuum t>ei vice* the people of Darlington and vicinity. Offiee over the store of Edwatd*. f *- ment ft Go. Jan U.’AO-It Attenion Mechanics I All penon* in need of babbitt metal can purchase it cheap at TBK Dak uveroK News office. BTATB OF SOUTH CAROLINA. Darlington County. Conrt of Common Pleas. John McSween va Martha Windham, et«!. Judgment for Foreclosure. Pursuant to a Judgment for Foreclos ure made in the above stated case, I will offer for sale in front of the court bouse in Darlington county, on the first Monday in Nov. next, the following described real estate, to wit: All that piece, parcel or tract of land lying, being and situate in Dar lington eounty in the State aforesaid, containing eighty-nine acres, more or less, and bounded as follows, to wit: by the put" ing to Stokes Bridge, on the east by lands of Ellas Windham and Abram Windham; on the south by lands of Abram Windham and J. K Windham and on the west by lands of J. K. Windham, Elias Watford and Mary Boykin. Terms of rale one-half cash and bal ance in one year secured by bond of the purchaser and mortgage of the premise* sold; purchaser to pay for all necessary papers. — LBERT PARROTT, W. "Al April 18,1804. Clerk. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA County of Darlington. In Court of Common Pleas. The Bank of Charleston vs. Elizabeth Winters etal. Judgment tor Foreclosure. Pursuant to a Judgment for Fore closure made in the above stated case, I will offer for sale in front oi the court house in Darlington ooun ty on the first Monday in Nov. next the following described real e» tate: All that tract or parcel of land situ ate, lying and being in Society Hill township, containing one thousand acres, more or less, bounded on the north by the Pee Dee river, south by land of Elixabeth Winters, east by laud of John C. Lampley and Pee Dee river and west by land of Mrs. Sallie Henderson and John W. Williams. To be sold in two tracts, plats of which will be exhibited on day of sale. Terms of sale one-third cash; bal ance in one and two years; credit por tion secured by bond of purchaser and mortgage of the premisee sold; purchaser to pay for all necessary j per*. W. ALBERT PARROTT, Oct. 15, 1804. Clerk STATE 6F SOUTH CAROLINA County of Darlington. In Court of Common Pleas. A. J. Salinas ft Sons vs. Peter Robin son. Judgment for Foreclosure. Pursuant to a Judgment for Foreclos ure In the above stated case, I will offer for sale In front of the court house In Darlington county on tbe first Monday in November next the following described real estate: All that tract of land situate in tbe county and State aforetaid, contain ing one hundred acres, more or less and bounded as follows, to wit: north by estate lands of Evan J, Lide, de ceased, and lands formerly owned by George Bland, deceased, east by es tate Lands of Evan J. Lide, deceased, south and west by lands formerly owned by J. B. Nettles, same being the land conveyed to the said Peter Robinson by one W. E. Dargan by deed bearing date the 5th day of Dec ember A D. 1888 and to secure the purchase money said mortgage was given. Terms of sale one-third cash and balance In one and two years secured by oosmI of purchaser and mortgage of the premises sold. Pnrshaser to pay for all necessary papers. W. ALBERTPARROTT, Oct. 15,1804. Clerk. STATE OP SOUTH CAROLINA. County of Darlington. Id Court of Common Pleas. M. 8. O. B. Robinson, Receiver, vs Mm dock J. Outlnw el si. Judgmsnt for Fomelotore. Pursuant to n Judgment of Foreclosnn in the above staled case, I will offe for sale in front of the Coart House ii Darlington County on the first Mon dny in November next, tbe followini reel estate, to wit; All that tract of parcel of land con Uining six hundred and seven (407) sera more or leas, bounded on the north b] lands of John Begun, east by lands o Sing and — — Kelley aoutl of the ~ ‘ ie aald Murdoch J. Outlaw land. lands Nancy A. Outlaw and west by lan 8. F. Moore and — — Stuckey and Ing such boundaries as are reprem on n pint thereof made on the fiftfa of December, 1800, by J. H. Pats, 8u or, and being known na the “Sty landa," Terms of sals; one-third cnahand ance in one and two yean, secure bond of purchaser and mortgage o! premises sold. Purchaser to pay f. necessary papen. W. ALBERT PABROTT 0«t. 15, 1801 C. C. D STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA County of Darlington. In Court of Common Plena. W. K. Ryan ft Son vs. A. B. Dove. Judgment for Foreclosure. Pursuant to a Judgment for Foreclosure in the above stated case, I will offer for sale in front of the court house in Darlington eounty on the fint Mon day in November next the fallowing described real estate: All that tract of land situate in the coontv and Slate aforesaid, containing one hundred and seventy-five acres, more or lese, and bounded aa follows, to wit: north by lands of Mrs. Abegail Dove; east by lands of Mrs. Abegail Dove; south by lands of Robert Rigill and Black Creek and west by lands of Isaiah S. Candy, same being a part of tbe tract of land conveyed to the defen dant A. B. Dove by A. Baruch, Sheriff, by deed bearing date Feby. — A. D, 1878 and recorded in office R. M. C. for said county in Book M No. 2 page 178. Also all that tract of land situate in the coun ty and State aforesaid, containing twentv-two acres, more or less, ana bounued as follows, to wit: north and eaxt by lands of 8. C. Boswell and pub lic road leading from Darlington court house to Society Mill; south by lands of Mrs. A. J. DeLorme, and west by lands of Mrs. A. J. DeLorme. same being the land conveyed to the defendant A. B. Dove by 8. C. Boswell by deed bearing date the 28rd. day of Feby. A. D. 1887, and recorded in office R. M. C. for Dar lington county in Book W. No. 2, page 579. Terms of sale one-third cash and bal ance in one and two years secured by bond of the purchaser and mortgage of the premises sold. Purchaser to pay for all necessary papers. W. ALBERT PARROTT, Oct. 15, 1804. Clerk. STA TE OF SO UTH CA ROLINA. County of Darlington. IK COURT or COMMON PLEAS. W. A. Carigan vs J. E. Nettles et al. Decree of Foreclosure. Pursuant to a decree of foreclosure in the above stated case, I will offer for sale in front of the Court House in Darlington County, on the first Mon day in November next, the following described real estate, to wit: “All that lot of land situate, lying and being in the Town and County Darling ton, State aforesaid, and bounded on the north by the Darlington Manufacturing Company, east, by an unnamed street, south by Pearl Street and lot of H. A. James and west by lot of H. A. James and lands of Darlington Manufacturing Company." Terms of sale, cash. Purchaser to pay for all necessary papers. W. ALBERT PARROTT, Oct. 15, 1804. Clerjp STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. County of Darlington. In Court of .Common Pleas. Sheriffs Sale. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. Cou nty of Darlington. W. T. Flake as Administrator of Eat. of J. A. Gaddy deceased, vs. J. N. Kelly, 8. U. Kelly and J. R. Kelly. Execution against Property. By virtue of the above stated execu tion to me directed, I will sell in front of the Court House of Darling ton eounty. State aforesaid on tne first Monday in November, next, during the legal hours of sale. All the right title and interest of tbe defendant J. N. Kelly in and to the following described real estate. All that tract or parcel of land in Darlington county containing sixty- six and i-9 acres more or less, and bounded on the north by lands of 8. H. and B J. Kelly, east by lauds for merly of Robert Kelly, south by lands of B 'It Outlaw and west by lands of Mariah Brown to satisfy the above execution. Terms cash. O. P. SCARBOROUGH, Oct. 15. 1804. 8. D. C. STA TB OF 80 UTH CA ROLINA. County of Darlington. COlTItT OF COMMON PLEAS. Copy Summons. For Relief. (Com plaint not Served.) Mary Byrd, Plaintiff, against Rocksy Kelly. Albert B. DuBose, M. L. Du- Bose, Willie J. DuBose, A. Edward DuBose, A. Oily DuBose, Clarence F. Da Bose, Agnes DuBose, and Robert E. DuBose, Defendants. To tbe Defendants Rocksy Kelly, Albert B. DuBose, M. L. DuBose, Willie J. DuBose, A. Edward DuBose, A. Oily DuBose, Clarence F. DuBose, Agnes DuBose and Robert E. Du- Bose. You are hereby summoned and re quired to answer the complaint in this action, which is filed in the office of the.clerk of the court of Com mon Pleas, for the said county, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscribers at their offioes at Darlington court house within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fall to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will app'y to the conrt for the relief demanded in the complaint. Dated September 28th., A D. 1894. NETTLES & NETTLES, Plaintiff’s Attorneys. To tbe defendants Rocksy Kelly, Til lie J. DuBose and A. Edward Du Bose. Take notice that the complaint in the above entitled action is filed In the office of the clerk of the court of ommon Pleas for Darlington county. NETTLES ft KETTLES, Plaintiff’s Attorneys. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Darlington. Conrt of Common Pleas. Summons. (Complaint not served.) E. L. Wilkins, and Oeo. A. Norwood, Jr., eo-partners and doing business under the Firm name of O. A. Nor wood ft Co., Plaintiffs, against C. 8. Nettles; the Bank of Cheraw, a cor poration dot) chartered and doing business under the laws of South C.-.rolina; West Publishing Com pany. a corporation duly chartered and doing business under the laws of Minnesota; Greenville Saviuga Bank, a corporation da y chartered and doing business und <r the lairs of South Carolina; The Bank of Dar lington, a corporation duly charter ed and doing business under the laws of South Carolina; A. Nach man; J. C. W:eters, T. R. McGahan, A. S. Brown, K. P. Evans, and James Dillingham, co-partners as McGahan. Brown ft Evans; the Bank of Tiu monsville. a corpora tion duly chartered and doing busi ness under the laws of South Caro lina; Salt Springs National Bank, a corporation duly chartered and dcing business under the laws of the United State 1 - of America; Third National Bank, a corporation dnly chartered and doing business under the laws < f the Uuited States of America; the Darlington Building A Loan Association, a corporation duly chartered and doing business under the laws of South Carolina, Defendants. To the Defendants: C. S. Nettles; The Bank of Cheraw, West Publishing Co.; Greenville Sav ings Bank; The Bank of Darlington; A. Nachman: J C. Wieters; McGahan, Brown A Evans; The Bank of Tun- monsville; Salt Springs National Bank; Third National Bank of Syra cuse; The Darlington Building and Loan Association. You are hereby summoned, and re quired to answer the complaint in this action which is filed in the office of the clerk of tbe court of Common Pleas for said county, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said com- laint on the subscribers at their of- ce, Darlington, 8. C., within twenty days after tna service hereof, exclus ive of the day of such fervioe; und if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plain tiffs in this Action will apply to the court for the relief demanded in the complaint. WOODS & SPAIN, Plaintiffs' Attorneys. Sept. 26, 1894. To the Defendants above tamed: You will please take notice that the complaint in this action was duly filed in the office of the clerk of the court of Court of Commoo Pleas for Darlington county on the 28th. day of September. 1894. WOODS ft SPAIN. Plaintiff’s Attorneys. Sept 27.—6t- Decree of Court. Greig & Matthews vs Nancy Pate et al. Pursuant to a Decree of Court in the above slated case, I will offer for sale in front of the Court House in Dar lington County, on the first Monday in November next, the following describ ed real estate, to wit: All that tract, parcel or piece of land situate, lying and being in Stokes Bridge Township, in the County of Darlington, State above written, containsng three hundred and fifty acres, more or less, and bounded as follows, to wit: on the north bv lauds of Dorcas Pats, east by lands of J. H. Pate, south t>r lands of W U. McKenzie and west by Lynches River. Terms of sale; ene-tbird cash and bal ance In one and two years, secured by bond of purchaser and mortgage of the premises sold. Purchaser to pay for all necessary prpers. W. ALBERT PARROTT, Oct. 15.1894- C. C. D. C. Sheriffs Sales. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. County of Darlington. Matilda S. Kelly vs. S. B. Padget, H. H. Redic, M. M. Padget, H. W. North- eutt and L. A. Redic. Execution against Property. By virtue of the above stated Execu tion to me directed, I will sell in front of the court house of Darling ton county State aforesaid on the first Monday In November next dnr ing the legal hours of sale. All of the undivided right, title and intereat of the defendant H. W. Nortbcutt in one hundred and sixtr- eight acres of land more or less bonn- ded on the north and west by lands of T. L. Nortbcutt, east by J. W. Stuckey and couth by E. H. Cran ford. Terms cash. G. P. SCARBOROUGH, Oot 15, 1894. 8. D. C. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. County of Darlington. The State against Murphy Lands. Tax Execution. . By virtue of the above stated Tax execution, I wilt sell in front of the conrt house of Darliugtuu county daring the legal hours of sale on the flist Monday In November next. AU that tract of land lying being and situate in Hartevllle township, containing two hundred and five acre* more or less and bounded as fol lows: north by Wm. Brown, east by M. Jackson, south by Matthew Beas ley, west by Matthew Beasley. Also under the some process, all that tract of land in Hartevllle township containing three hundred acres mote or less, and bounded on the north by Est. J. O. Johnson, east by W. A. Carrigan, south by C. J. Woodruff and west by Matthew Culpepper and known as the Bladen lands. Also one hundred acres of Und in LydU town ship, known as unknown lands and bounded on the north by J. B. Gar land. east by W. E. Rhodes, south by W. E. Rhodes and wast by H. L. Oar- land. Also, one hundred acres of land in Hattaville township, and bounded on the north by H. M. Smith, on the east by J. L. Parnell, couth by J. L. Parnell and west by James Par* nail. O. P. SCARBOROUGH, Oct. 15, 1804- S. D. C. ■» No. 7, Knights of Pythl as, meets on 1st and 8rd Tuesday Evenings In each month, at Castle Hall, Florence street, opposite Broad. Visit ing brothers fraternally invited. Oct 4—6t. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. County of Darlington. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. L. H. Gilmore, Plaintiff, against O. W. Hopkins and Charles Marthinson, Defendants. Copy Sammons. Fur Relief. (Complaint not Served.) To Tbe Defendants O. W. Hopkins and Charles Marthinson: You are hereby summoned and re quired to answer the complaint in this action, which will be filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court o( Common Pleas, for the said County, and to serve a copy of your answer to the complaint on the subscribers at their offices at Darlington C. H., S. C., within twenty days alter the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if yon fall to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff In this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. Dated September, 10th., A. D 1894. NETTLES ft NETTLES, Plaintiff's Attorney. To The Defendant O. W. Hopkins: Take notice, that the compUint In the above entitled action is filed in the office the Clerk of the Court of Common Plena. NETTLES ft NETTLES. 1 Plaintiff’s Attorney. Sept. £0—Jt. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. County of Darlington. Conrt of Common Pleas. Summons for Relief. (Complaint not served.) , S. D. Harrell, as Administrator with the will annexed of I. M. Harrell, deceased, Plaintiff against J. N. Parrott, Jno. Siskron, C. S. McCul lough and J. C. Blackwell, trading as McCullough ft Blackwell, T. A. Wilbur and T. Smith Wilbur, trad ing as T. A. Wilbur ft Son, Bettie J. Gandy, Ashlsy Phosphate Co., F. W- Wagener and Oeo. A. Wag- ener, trading as F. W. Wagener ft Son, and G- W. Foster, Defendants Tai Notice. Treasurer’s Office, Darlington, 8. C., Sept. 15, ’94 f T HE Treasurer’s books will be Often for collection of State, county, school and special and poll taxes of the county for present 1698 4 fiscal year from Oct. 15th, to Decem ber 81st, 1894, without penalty in ac cordance wild l.iw excepting Thanks giving day, election day and Christ man holiday. 1 will attend in person or by deputy places and dates uamed below. The office at Darlington ('. H. will not be open on days 1 am visiting country nreciucts. Taxpayer* will please ob serve this. Will be at Stokes Bridge, Tuesday, Oct. 16th. Ashland, Wednesday, Oct. 17th. Hartsville, Thursday and Friday, Oct. 18th. end 19th. Cypress, Tuesday, Oct. 23riL. Lamar, Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 24th, and 25th. High Kill, Friday, Oct. 28‘:h. Antioch, Tu -day, ftet. 80th. Philadelphia, Wednesday Oct. 81st, Mechauicsville. Thm-sday, Nov. 1st. Lydia, Wednesday, wov. 7th. Leavensworth, Thursday. Nov, 8th. Ja«per, Friday, Nov. 9th. Society Hill, Moi day and Tuesday, No /. 12th and 18th. Swift Creek, Wednesday, Nov.14. Darlingto i, October 15, 20,22, 27,29, November 2 8,5, 15 to December 81 inclusive. Books will close at 2 P. M. on Sat urdays, and on last days at precincts where two days are given. Tax paye s take due notice. Levy for State purposes, 5 mills. Levy for County purposes, 8 mills. Le»y for Constitutional Schools, i mills. Levy for Graded Schools, 4 mills' Levy for interest on bonds Grad ed Schools, ) mill. Levy for all County purpose* out side Graded Schools, 10 mills. I.evy for all purposes in Graded Schools, 4) mills Levy for all purposes in County, 144 nulls. Poll Ux, $1 J. E. BASS, Sept 18—4t Treasurer, D. C. To the Defendants J. N. Parrott, Jno. Siskron, C. 8. McCullough, J. C. Blackwell, trading as McCullough ft Blackwell, T. A. Wilbur and T. Smith Wilbur, trading as T. A. Wilbur & Son, Bettie J. Gaudy, Ashley Phos phate Co., F. W. Wagner and Geo. A. Wagner, trading aa F. W. Wag ner ft Co., and G. W. Foster. You are hereby summoned and re quired to answer the complaint io this action, which is tiled in the office of the clerk of the court of Common Pleas for the said connty, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscribers, at their offiee at Darlington, S- C., within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the com plaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the conrt for the relief demanded in the ec upialnt. WOODS ft SPAIN, Plaintiff’s Attorneys. Oct 9,1804. To the Defendants above named: You will please take notice that the complaint In this action was duly filed In the office of the clerk of the eourt of Ceuimou Pleas for Darling ton county on the 0th. day of Octob er, 1894. WOODS ft SPAIN, Plaintiff’s Attorneys. Oct. U—fit To Our Customers of the Pee Dee Section: We have decided here after to conduct our business in your terri tory direct with buyers. We can thus better as sure you of prompt at tention, low prices, and clear agreements not liable to misunderstand ing and confusion as in the past under.ajdiffer- ent system. To responsible and honorable buyers we will make it an object to correspond with us, and we want to deal with no other class. Write us for prices on any make or kind of machinery you want, and we will make an honest effort to serve your best interests. W H. GIBBES, JB„ ft CO., COLUMBIA, 8. C. Dec 28—ly