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-5 p- 1,0011,1.IOIIMOS. No More Seed For Distribution. MATTERS IN AND AROUND THE TOWN OF DARLINGTON. A Column of News, Tersely Told, of Interest to Our Msny Resders. Next Monday isSalesday. Mr. 8. Tombacher has moved to New York to live. Mr. H. J. LaMotte has return ed from Wilmington, N. C. Mr. Lee Rivers, of Charleston, is clerking for Mr. J. II. Early. Mr. L. E. Smith has opened a livery stable in Mr. C. W. Hew itt’s old stables in the rear of the Hewitt Block. Mr. W. C. Campbell has erect ed a grist mill on the vacant lot on Florence Street just be yond the C. 8. & N. railroad. The members of the bar held a meeting yesterday afternoon at four o'clock to arrange a ros ter for the approaching Term. Mr. A. J. Broom, who moved to Durham, N. C., recently, is on a brief visit to Darlington in the interest of his business here. The colored Teachers’ Asso ciation will meet in the Mayo School building on the second Saturday in March, at 12 o'clock. No services were held in the Baptist Church on Sunday morning on account of the ill ness of the pastor, the Rev. R. W. Lide. Mr. J. E. Norment wrote an interesting trade review of the progressive city of Anderson which occupied more than a ppge of the News and Courier on Saturday last. Who is Mrs. Sarah A. Cook? Can anybody tell the Clerk of Court? He has had some pen sion money for her ever since last May, and has never been able to find out who she is. Mr. W. F. Dargan and Mr. L. S. Welling are going to experi ment in raising watermelons for shipment. They will plant seventy-five acres in them on Mr. Dargan’s plantation this year It is announced that Ex-Com- missioner Traxler has been ap- C tinted soliciting agent of the arlington Phosphate Company. Mr. Traxler will begin work just as soon as he finishes up in Columbia. At a meeting of the Darling ton Guards held last Thursday night, Dr. J. E. Boyd was elect ed First Lieutenant of the Com pany to fill the vacancy in that office created recently by the resignation of Mr. R. E. James. The Rev Dr. McPheeters, of Columbia, will conduct services at the Presbyterian Church on Sunday morningatll.30o’clock, and again at 7.30 in the evening. After the morning services, a congregational meeting will be Mr. R. A. Brand, of the At lantic Coast Line, who has been local agent in Augusta, has n appointed general agent of e line, with headquarters in Augusta. Mr. Brand is one of the most popular and progres sive railroad men in the South, and his promotion is a deserved one. Mr. Laurin Parrott is taking in about $200 a month as a lec turer on hypnotism. He is now drawing crowded houses in Georgia. The people of Beau fort were charmed with him when he was there last week. Those who have seen him lately say that some of his feats are simply marvelous. The Town Council desire to give notice, (the official adver tisement of which will appear in our next issue,) to the effect that the municipal officers will begin in a few weeks their reg ular inspection of all premises in town, and will continue such inspections at intervals of from two to three weeks during the spring and summer. Property holders within the corporate limits are requested to be gov erned accordingly. The Columbian Building and Loan Association was organized yesterday with the following officers: President, S. A. Woods; Vice Presi lent, J. Bart White; Secretary and Treasurer, L. E. Williamson; Attorneys, Spain & Thompson; Directors, J. J. Ward, H. J. LaMotte, A. Wein berg, F. M Sims, E. E. McGill and B. F. Smoot; Appraisers, H. J. LaMotte, J. Bart White and J. J. Ward. The Association expects to lend a lot of money here. The Darlington Fertilizer Company is hauling to Tim- monsville by the “dirt road’’ all the fertilizers with which they are supplying the people of that vicinity this season Mr. Me Cullough, the superintendent of the company, when asked the reason for a return tj this prim itive method of transportion which was used of necessity by our great grand fathers, said that it was cheaper to haul the stuff that way than by the At lantic Coast Line route. Mr. J. H. Sanders will go to I ! Durham, N. C., on Wednesday j Editor Darlington New$ next, to complete his arrange ments for opening a store at that place. THE COUNTY NEWS. Dr. A. M. Hill has opened up a stock of drugs in his office on the corner of Broad and Railroad Streets, for the convenience of the uptown people. Mr. Thomas Taylor, Jr., >f Orangeburg, was here this week on a visit to his brother, Mr. B. F. Taylor, the superintendent of the phosphate works. Mr. Charles Atkinson, of the United States Army, who is stationed at St. Augustine, Fla., is visiting his relatives at his former home in this County. The Florence Messenger says that Mr. Frank Hursey, who has been running as u baggage master for some time, has been promoted to conductor on the Cheraw and Darlington Rail road. Furniture at Bargain Prices. We call attention to the new advertisement of Mr. J. D. Baird, “The Furniture Man’’. He has the largest furniture store in the Pee Dee section of the state, and guarantees prices with the largest markets. The amount of goods he is shipping out of this county would seem to prove the fact that he is offer ing inducements to those want ing artistic and well made furn iture at a low cost. It is to the interest of all prospective pur chasers in his line to examine his fine stock. The Warehouse to be Rebuilt. At a meeting of the board of directors of the Darlington To bacco Warehouse Company held on Monday it was decided to re build the warehouse at once. The new building will be much larger than the one that was burned, and will be erected on the same site. A special com mittee, consisting of Messrs. W. J. Moorhead, L. 8. Welling aud Paul Whipple, was appointed to obtain estimates, &c., and to decide w nether the new building should be made of brick, corru gated iron or wood. Meeting of the Board of Trade. A very important meeting of the Board of Trade was held in the rooms of the Darlington Club on last Thursday night. A constitution and by-laws were presented by the executive com mittee. and were unanimously adopted. The constitution pro vides that an initiation fee of one dollar be charged each new member, and places the annual dues of the members at one dol lar, the money thus derived to be used by the executive com mittee for purchasing and dis tributing among the farmers literature on the subject of to bacco cu'ture. The matter of building prize houses in connec tion with new tobacco ware houses which are to be erected here this spring was discussed and referred to the executive committee, the action of which committee is to be reported at the next meeting of the Board. The following committee on membership was appointed: L. S. Welling, Chairman; G. K. King and W. F. Dargan. At this meeting Mr. R. H. Tread way, Jr., resigned the office of secretary and treasurer of the Board, and Mr. J. D. Baird was unanimously elected to fill the vacancy. - Ichabodl A well founded rumor has it that at a meeting of the Direc tors of the Atlantic Coast Line held last week the C. S. & N. road, recently purchased by them, was divided into three parts, which are to be respect ively tacked on to and made parts of three of the roads pre viously owned by the Coast Line system. That portion of what is now known as the C. 8. & N. road between Darlington and Gibson’s, N. C., is to be added to the Cheraw & Darling ton road; the portion between Darlington and Sumter is to be put down to the Manchester & Augusta road, and the linafrom Sumter to PregnalPs is to fall to the North-Eastern. The rum or is also to the effect that the bridge over the Santee, which is made chiefly of wood, will not be kept up. That means, of course, that there is to be no further connection with Char leston by means of what is now known as the C. S. & N. road, and that the only connection between here and there will be, as formerly, byjway of Florence. It is not going too far either to conclude that all close conneo tion north of Gibson’s will be discontinued, and that the only route from here North will hie by way of Florence, as it used to be. Thus is the C. S. & N. road “gobbled up” completely, and even the name thereof is to be lost in oblivion, together with the $80,000 that the people of Darlington paid to help build it. Ichabod! Please announce to the public' that there are no more seed at 1 the Agricultural Department' for distribution. I sent them in response to applications by mail, and regret that ’.hose that applied late will be disappoint-1 ed. Jno. L. McLaurin. Washington, D. C., Feb 21, 1895 ' Deans Bros, are sole agents in Darlington for the three lead ing and most popular brands of flour, namely, “Swans Down,” “Obelisk” and “Orange Blos som.” Grove Hill Cemetenr. At a meeting of the stock holders of Grove Hill Cemetery Company held last week, the following directors were chosen: C. B. Edwards, J. G. McCall, J. W. Blackwell, E. C. Lide and F. T. Biggs. Mr. C. B. Edwards was elected president, Mr. J. G. McCall Treasurer, and Mr. E. C. Lide Secretary. A constitu- tution and by-laws for the gov ernment of the company were adopted. The annual meetings are to be held on the first Wed nesday in May. The annual re port of the Treasurer shows that the affairs of the company are in a prosperous condition, and they will now be able to make some much needed improve ments. “Swans Down,” “Obelisk” and “Orange Blossom” flour is sold in Darlington only by Deans Bros. FROM ALL SECTIONS AS TOLD BY OUR CORRESPONDENTS. CYPRESS. Miss Ida DuBose has return ed from a visit to Sumter coun ty- Mr. B. L. Harris has returned from Vanderbilt Medical Col lege. Prof. J. L. McLendon’s school will close in a few days, and he will engage in the culture of to bacco. The oats crop has been badly damaged; in some instances killed. The farmers will lose heavily. Mr. Ralph McLendon, after an absence of some months, has resumed his studies at Clemson College. Not a sack of commercial fer tilizer has been brought to this section yet, and most of the farmers speak of not using any. Miss Hannah Byrd will close her school in a few days; she has made many friends who hope to see her again next ses sion. Several of our friends who went to Florida to seek their fortunes are among us again, declaring there is no place like home. Mr. King, the cotton buyer for the Darlington Manufactur ing Co., has been here recently and bought two hundred bales of cotton for his mill. RIVEROALE. Miss Sallie Williamson, of iDovesville, is visiting Mrs. F. ‘ M. Collins. The Misses McCall, of Flor- i ence, visited Miss Edna Dargan 1 the latter part of last week. A number of young folks en- ! joyed a dance at the residence (of Mr. J. A. Middleton on Wed- nesdav evening, the 20th. inst. A tenant house on Dr. Wil liamson’s plantation accidently caught fire one morning last week. Fortunately the flames were discovered in time to save the building. The inclement weather has greatly retarded farm work in j this section, but we have had {several beautiful, golden days recently of which the farmers have been taking advantage. So many of our people are go ing to engage in the cultivation of tobacco that the day laborer has plenty of work to do cut ting wood and getting poles, boards and shingles for the con struction of barns. Do You Want To Borrow Money? It is a mistaken notion to sup pose that the hard times so pre valent throughout the country are caused by a general scarcity of money. We get in the habit of thinking that to be the case because we see so little money here. As a matter of fact, how ever, there is plenty of money at the North—so much, in .act, that the people there are hav ing a hard time to invest it all. The Eastern Building and Loan Association, for instance, has on hand just now $100,000 which it is ready and anxious to lend out in Darlington at a low rate of interest. For particulars ap ply to Spain & Thompson, the local attorneys of the Associa tion, or to Howard A. Edwards, local secretary. LAMAR. Miss Daisy Stuckey, of High Hill, has been here on a visit. Dr. Baker, of Williamsburg, spent several days here recent ly. Mr. Jacob Spears is making the stock trade lively at this place Capt. R. F. Williford spent several days in Columbia last week. The Lamar Seine Co. launch ed their boat at Ca rter’s Cross- Messrs. 8. A. Woods & Co. are selling Coat’s celebrated spool cotton at 45 cents a dozen. “Her Eyes Don’t Shine Like Diamonds,” and other late songs, 15 cents; C. N. Spinks, at the Darlington Shoe Store. m v A Heavy Docket. The following cases are await ing trial at the approaching term of the Court of General Sessions: Joe Woods and Jesse Whit tington, obtaining goods by false pretences; Flander Logan, disposing of property under jjen; Lucius Jackson, forgery; Willie J. Howie, disposing of property under lien, two cases; Julia Coleman, larceny; Mack Strick land, breach of trust; Robert B. Brown, perjury; Ida Wingate, compound larceny; B. U. Payne, murder; J. L. Garlann. dispos ing of property under lien; Zim E. Davis, violation of the Dis pensary law; J. D. Flinn, as sault and battery with intent to kill; J. R. Kelley and Arius gel- ley, selling liquor: Jacob Davis, disposing of property under lien: J. R. Kelley and Mrs. Lou Kel ley, selling liquor; Ed Green, assault and battery; George Ross, bastardy; J. J. Timmus, selling crop under lien; Law rence Davis, selling property under lien; Newitt Kelley, as sault and battery; Willie Sow ers, criminal assault, and burg lary and larceny, Neal Smoot and John Green, assault and battery with intent to kill; Em ma Boston, adultery; Robert J. Scarborough, murder; James Sawyer, grand larceny; Jim Berry, murder; Alonza Williams, assault and battery; A. P. Levy and K. D. Lucas, selling liquor; Levy Lucas, Henry Martin and Henry Ennick, attempt to kill and intimidating voters at elec tion; Martin Lloyd, breach of trust; A. P. Levy, selling con traband liquor; A. H. Tayior, obtaining property by false pre tences; Nickle Enlow, assault and battery; E. J. Wilson, sel ling contraband liquor; Will Harrington, assault and battery; Frank Geddings and Sam Net tles, housebreaking andlarceny; James Fondvill, burglary and larceny; Joe Gardner, house breaking; J. R. Kelley and New itt Kelley, assault and battery with intent to kill; J. L. Bennet and Mrs. J. L. Bennet, selling liquor; Mose Lewis, burglary and larceny; Hector Murdock, larceny of live stock, Pat An trim, disposing of property un der lien; C. F. Fields, murder; Joe Brown, burglary and lar ceny; Cha'rles Lide, stealing I grain from the field; Charles Allen, assault and battery; Jas. Young, burglary and larceny; Jack Campbell, murder; Jane McClerrille, house breaking and larceny; Mose Lewis, burglary and larceny; Dorsey Clare, burg lary; General Jackson, assault and carrying concealed weapon. ing on the 25th. inst. Mr. Scruggs’ appointment at this place is not at 8.30 o’clock, as in last week’s items, but at 3.30. Tobacco barn raising is the order of the day with our farm ers; they are raising the barns now and will raise the tobacco later. Mr. W. C. Hough has a cow that gives five quarts of milk a day, which when churned pro duces two pounds of butter (so says Mr. Hough): we would like to know if anybody’s cow can heat that! JASPER. Mr. M. N. Sansbury, of Phila delphia, spent a day here last week. Thomas Mixon and brother are building tobacco barns: they iptend to cultivate fifty acres. Rev. B. F. Parrott is expected to preach at Lake Swamp the first Sunday in March. Messrs. W. J. Carter, P. N. Weaver, G. D. Norris and others of Mt. Ida have made several brief visits to our community recently. A burglar entered T. J Sans bury’s store the other night, but failed to obtain as muph as he intended. Some of the family heard a noise, the rogue became frightened and left with only ninety cents. The next day he came to trade and was captur ed: he owned being guilty. CLYDE. Mr. James W. Gainey has moved to Ashland. Mr. J. W. Outlaw is on a bus iness trip to Sumter. Mr. J. A. Outlaw, of Sumter County, spent Sunday at this place. Mr. C. I. Hoffman, of Harts, ville, and Miss Fannie Walters, of Clyde, were married on the 24tn. inst. Our farmers are sowing oats again, some of them for the third time, and are preparing their land for a large crop of corn. nettles'mill. The pastor will preach next Sunday at New Providence. Mr. Charley Boseman turned a mule out some time since and it strayed off: he found it near Society Hill about four days afterwards. Dr. Parkhurst’s first article to women in The Ladies' Home Journal has proved so popular that the entire huge edition of the February issue of the maga zine was exhausted within ten days, and a second edition of 45,000 copies has been printed. Lady Aberdeen tried a novel I solution of the evervexing ser- i vant-girl problem in her homes in Scotland and Canada, and in the April number of The Ladies’ Hume Journal she will, in an article, explain the method she adopted. Darlington Tobacco Warahouse Burn ed. [J. E. N. In Itewe and Courier, Feb. 28.J The warehouse and prize room of the Darlington Tobacco Company were destroyed by fire this morning at 4 o’clock. The warehouse was all ablaze when the watchman sounded the alarm, and it burnt like tin der. The prize rooms, stored with tobacco, were very near, and these with their contents were also entirely destroyed. It is not known how the fire origi nated, and the loss will be over ten thousand dollars, only parti ally covered by insurance. Mes srs. Sydner & Ths Darlington Bond Cats. [News aud Courier.] The briefs and arguments in the now celebrated Darlington bond ca*e, of the town of Dar lington vs the Atlantic Trust Company, have been printed. The case is a writ in error to the Circuit Court of the United States and will be heard before the United States Circuit Court of Appeals. The suit was brought to enforce the payment of certain bonds issued by the town of Darlington in aid of the construction of the Charleston, Sumter and Northern Railroad. Messrs. Sullivan & Cromwell and Smy the & Lee are attorneys for the Atlantic Trust Company and Messrs. W. J. Carter and E. B. Hill of counsel. Messrs. J. E. Burke and H. A. M. Smith represent the town of Darling ton. tIOO.OOO TO LEND! The Eastern Building and Loan Association have a hundred thousand dollars which they wish to put out at interest in Darlington at once. Fo, particulars, apply to Spain & Thoiup. son, the local attorney* for the Asso ciation, or to H. A. EDWARDS, F21- Secretary. my. will lose nothing by the fire, have already leased another building, and their buyers will remain here throughout the sea son, and the Darlington tobacco market will handle tobacco as before. On the evening before the tire occurred the Darlington board of trade held a large meeting and preliminaries were arranged for the erection of more buildings for handling to bacco. Before the next season two large warehouses certainly, and probably others, will be ready for all* the tobacco that comes to this market. The peo ple of Darlington wish it dis tinctly understood that from now out they will be fully pre f iared to handle tobacco proper- y and in any quantities. Syn)n;ers—Williamson. fTha State, Feb. 27,1 One of Columbia’s most bril liant, talented and attractive young ladies last evening be came a bride—Miss Isabelle Ross Symmers, the only daughter of the late Mr. George Symmers. He who now claims her as his bride is one of Darlington’s most popular and most success ful young men, Mr. Benjaman Franklin Williamson, a gradu ate of the South Carolina Col lege in the class of 1886, and now a most successful planter. The wedding was a quiet home affair, being celebrated at the residence of the charming and beautiful youug bride’s mother at the comer of Lady and Mar ion streets at 8 o’clock last eve ning. Dr. W. E. Evans, of Trinity Church, performed the ceremony in the presence of a select party of invited guests. Mr. Bright Williamson, of Dar lington, was the best man. Among the society people of Darlington who came over to attend the wedding were Misses Meta and Annie Williamson, Emmie James and Anne Gasque, and E. Mclver Williamson. Af ter a reception at the residence, the young couple left on the night train for a wedding tour in Florida, all wishing them a happy voyage qn the sea of life. Miss Symmers is one of Colura. bia’s most highly cultivated young women, one of the bright est stars iu the musical world of the capital city. She will be badly missed here by scores of admirers. No young man in the State, perhaps, stands higher in the esteem of those who know him than does Mr. Williamson. He is a young man of the high est character and none know him but to like him. The Columbia correspondent of the News and Courier says, in referring to the wedding: “Miss Symmers, though quite young, has very many friends here and has won a foremost place among Carolina’s artists. She took a special course under Gorutatowski, of the National Conservatory of Music in New York. Her musical taleqts have been much admired here. She is a grandniece of Capt. Ross, of Crimean fame, and both she and the groom are of prominent Scotch families. Mr. William son is a prosperous young farm er, of Darlington Coumy, and while at the South Carolina Col lege made many warm friends. Until the skating season shall have closed a man’s bumps has nothing to do with phrenology. —Cleveland Plain Dealer. ft Truckers’ Association, [News and Courier] Sumter, February 20.—The Melon and Truckers’ Associa tion of Eastern South Carolina met at the Court House today at 12 o’clock. Very many spec tators were present in addition to the ninety-four delegates who enrolled their names. The committee appointed for that purpose at a previous meeting, formulated a constitution, which was presented and adopted. Mr. E. M. Averill opened the meet ing, after which Col. J. J. Dar gan was called to the chair. A permanent organization of the association was then effected by the election of E. R. Mclver, of Darlington, president; J. F. Breeden, of Marlboro, vice pres ident, and J. W. Knight, of Sumter, secretary and treasurer! The advisibility n f growing vegetables for market was next taken up and was generally dis cussed. A general discussion in regard to planting early peas and other vegetables consumed some time, after which Mr. S. H. Sanders, of Bamberg, gave his experience in growing mel ons for the market. Capt P. L* Breeden, of Marlboro, Dr. A. M. Snyder, of EUoree, and Mr. E. M. Averill, of Sumter, were elected as the executive corns mittee. Business Men, Attention) Advertising pays: newspaper advertising pays best of all. Our mpst successful merchants and tradesmen, whose bright record has added imperishable lustre to the history of American commerce, can all testify to this truth from personal experience. The newspaper is the com mercial traveler in city and country homes, who tells at the fireside, to its evening circle, the merits of your wares and merchandise, if you are wise enough to employ it to speak for you. It never is neglected, never goes unheeded, never speaks to inattentive or unwill ing ears. It never bores. It never tires. It is always a wel come visitor and meets a cordial reception. It speaks when the day is done, when cares vanish, when the mind at peace and at rest is in its most receptive mood. Then it is that its story is told and all who read treasure what it says, and are influenced to go where it directs for the thing of which it speaks. What other influences can be so potent to help trade as this quiet but powerful advocate? Let it become a salesman in every home for your wares. Let it make its mighty plea for your benefit. Anu wo assure you it will do more than all other influences to promote your business and put money in your purse. In our long experience we know whereof we speak. Try “Th« Sign of th« Four.” As we have had occasion to remark before, the story feature of this paper has been rapidly growing in importance, owing, we believe, entirely to the care with which, as a rule, the seri als have been selected. They are not trashy stories, such as are to be found between the covers of too many of the novels of the day, but are all by cele^ brated writers, are of absorbing interest, and have decided merit from a literary stand point. On all sides we hear approving comments on the serial we are now running, “In the Midst of Alarms”, which, we are free to say, is decidedly the best thing of the kind we have published up to this time. So popular has it been with our readers, that we have had some difficulty in finding another which could take its place when it was end ed; but we believe we have at last succeeded. “The Sign of the Four” the first and greatest of the celebrated “Sherlock Hol mes” stories that have made the author, Dr. Conan Doyle, fam ous wherever the English lan guage is spoken, will be begun in our issue of March 14th. This story alone, our readers ma; take our word for it, is we worth the price of the paper for a year, and lovers of romance who fail to read it will lose a treat. OilflUleGartemiin. Do you want the finest melon in existence? If you do. try the Jumbo, the larg. est melon ever grown, often weighing as much as 70 pounds: nas the finest flavor and is the earliest melon on record. Try it, and you will be delighted. We will give $100 to the person raising the largest melon from our seed, and $50 each to the next four. Full instructions given with each order. The price is 25 cents per packet, but to in troduce it we will mail post paid with each order eight packets of the following seeds, all extra’early: cab bage, cucumber, onion, pep per, squash, tree tomato, turnip—enough to plant your garden for only a quar ter. The above collection is well worth $1. Send at once, as this is a special offer. Stamps will be taken for payment. JlNaMi, HAMBURG, S. C. nSWE!! He-hM-Cuiilt;!. FIRE INSURANCE' A SPECIALTY. j Representing only the strong- | est and most reliable Compa-1 nies, we offer special induce- 1 ** ments. Promptness and accuracy sh#i mark all the dealings of our office. I J. E. NOffiT & CO. J. E. NORMK3T. MRS. LDCT M. KORMK.'tT. Oriice over Welling & Bonnoitt’e store. W. B. tycpjRT'D. O.S,, Offer* his professional services to the people of Darlington and vicinity Office over the store of Edward* A Co Jan 18. 94— Claude Milling, LOCAL AGENT FOR WaioMsi & Ms C£V-EBRAT CC) TGentsWhinG Veritable bargains now offered. LATEST STYLE, FINEST QUALITY, • MOST PERFECT FIT. FULL LINE OF SAMPLES. Examine them and be convinced. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. County of Darlington. By IT. B. HooU, Esq., Probate Judge Whereas, W. H. Blackwell hatl made suit to me to grant unto hia I^ttersof Administration of the Estati Qf and effect* p( Mr*. Fannj* Biff I well. These are therefore to cite and ad monish all and singular the kindrec and Creditors of the said Fannie Black well, deceased, that they be and ap pear before me. In the Court of Pro bate, to be held at Darlington, C. II I on Ma ch 9th. next, after pnbllcatior (Thereof, at 11 o’clock In the forenoon to show cause, if any they have, whj the said Administration should not lx granted. Given underlay Hand, this25tliday of Feb. Anno Domini, 1895. W. B. HOOLE, Feb. 28.—2L Judge of Probate.