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LOTH LACONICS. | Tobacco planter* would do wiifr«d a»™e it th« Op«r» Houm. well to read Messrs. Edwards & Wilfred Clarke, the popular Co.’s new advertisement which young comedian, will be here the c«mr \m. matters in and around TOWN OF DARUNGTON. of A Column of New*. Tersely Told, Interest to Our Many Readers. Cotton is lernbly ‘on the rise” just Dr. C. H. Prince, of Florence, was in town yesterday. on Thursday night next. April 4th. Speaking of Mr. Clarke’s performances in that city, the Philadelphia, Pa., Item of Noy. ‘ 4, 1894, says. “For six consecu-l tive weeks, from Sept. 24th to Nov.lst, Mr. Blarke has held THE appears in this issue. The many friends of Dr. J.C. Willcox, who is so dangerously ill a Paris, Texas, will be glad to learn that he is better. The latest telegram stated that there was “marked improvement.” the board* at Girard Avenne made little preparation for corn WashhigtoTirv'ing. The Rev. Dr. McPheeters, of Theatre, of this city, nightly planting. Columbia, conducted services turning people away from its «j- wo }f orn j an elders while at the Presbyterian Church on doors. Mr. Clark is the best ex- digtributi tractB here’recent- The annual examination of Sunday morning last, and again ponent of good, cleanwhole- i y> me t with such a cold recept SOCIETY HILL. Mrs. R. W. Lide, of Darling- [ ton, is spending a few town. Mrs. Thos. Frost and daugh ter, of Charleston, are visiting oovesville. relatives here. The ground continue* so cold The ij terarv c j u b will study next tue Life and Works of FROM ALL SECTIONS AS TOLD BY OUR CORRESPONDENTS. davs in u »ffleai»yow & good m foor liror, I l**w Dr. C. B. LAHHEAU, (Formerly of Charleston, SC.) AND and wet that the farmers have teachers will be held on April 19. Mr. A. J. Caldwell, who repre sents the Columbia Slate, is in town. Mr. W. J. Dickson, of Marion, is on a visit to his son, Mr. Mi. G. Dickson. Mr. B. F. Campion is now clerking for Mr. J. D. Baird, ‘•the furniture man.” Miss Ellen Pinkston, of Wadesboro, is visiting her sis ter. Mrs. P. B. Allen. Messrs. Bennett & Holt have At a special meeting members of the Presbyterian Church on Saturday last, a call was extended the Rev. D. M. Fulton to the pastorate of the church. Rev. Mr. Fulton is a native of Williamsburg County, and is now a student at the Presbyterian Theological Semi nary at Columbia, but will graduate in May. Messrs. C ggeshall & Co. have , „ . , a new advertisement in this is- opened a neat restaurant m the !)Ue w bich will repay a careful rear of their store on ‘ ear * perusal. Jt presents a list of Street. prices that will prove surpris- Mr. J. R. T. Watson, of Now mg. For every ten dollar pur- York City, is in Darlington on •■base they give, free of charge, a visit to his brother, Mr. G. G. Watson. in the afternoon. Union servic- some comedy now before the es were held at night in the American public. He possesses Baptist Church, the Rev. Mr. jail the elements for acting, he H-^ges! of Florence, officiating, is original in hi*- method, iaimi- of the table in facial expression, and refined in manner. We look to him to wear the mantles of Jno. Sleeper Clark and Joseph Jeffer son.” Reserved seats are now on sale at Bristow’s Book Store, price, 75 cents. Salt, 50 cents Bros. a sack: Deans "Keeping Everlastingly Success." At It Bring* ion that they hastily made tracks (or the sand hills. Mr. W. C. Gandy, while handling house poles, broke his arm; and on the same day Mr. Thomas Kirven had his foot painfully hurt. The Baptist parsonage has been sold to Mr. J. Wilson Gan dy, the church reserving the right to use it for one year. The free school near here, taught by Mrs. Wallace, closed on the 2l'st. with a fine exhibi tion of talent and training. The programme consisted of sixty- five tableaux, charades and dialogues, interspersed with ap- Among the visitors in town last Sunday were Messrs. Dove, DeLorme and Coleman. Mr. H. C. Burs left on Mon day for Columbia as a delegate to the “Forty Convention.” Four tobacco barns will be built for Capt. W. A. Carrigan, six for Mr. L. E. Carrigan and three for Messrs. J. B. Winters and A. M. Coker. Dr. R. A. Trippett and Mr. N. V. Dandrich took part in a “con’est hunt” recently. Mr. W. C. Wilson acted as judge, and decided in favor of Dr. Trippett. Services were conducted at the St. David’s Academy on Sunday morning by the Rev. A. H. McArn, of the Cheraw Fres- Having d -cided to leave the coast, will locate in Darlinsfton. Office and residence. West Broad Street, formerly occupied by Mr. Jno. Z. Hearon. MM M ol ill Mi satisfaction undertaken, and guaranteed at JOHN MUON'S SHOPS; mention, Darlington Guards! T HE regular weekly meet ing of the Company wtll be held to-night, Thursday, Mar M. A full attendance is requested. By order of the Captain: C. D. EVANS, Secretary. COFFINS, CASKETS and Undeitakers’ supplies ways on hand at low prices. al- We publish in another column the new advertisement of Mes srs. Sligh & Rucker. Though they have been in business here ET®?.™ skier’sTast preached an excellent sermon for a short time only, they have ” aiiace, m i ne Dauor s tasi, r already made for themselves a Hymn Miss Dora hyterian Church. At night he was perfect, creating a^oa large coogregation at the Teachers’ Examination. B y ORDER OF HON w D MAY- field. State Superintendent cf Education, the County Board < f Ex- amineis will meet in my office on the l»th. day of April next, at 10 o'clock A. M. for the pnrpoee of examining appli cants for County teacher's certiticates and for the transaction of all other bnsinees that may come before the Board. Let all persons whoexpect to teach in Darlington .'o< nty take due notice and govern thei-.-elves accord ingly. A. J. A.. PERK1TT, Sch. Com. D T. C. Jeffords, Jr, Sov. 15—3m. Tic Pearl Street Grecere is still gaining ground. It ig a pleasure for us to announce that our trade is beyond our ex- pectations, but the reason why it is so is, C. Welsh Neck Memorial Hall. The Rev. D. M. Fulton will preach at the Presbyterian | Church on Sunday next at 11.30 a. m. and 8.00 p. m. Mr. C. J. Milling wishes it known that he has nine or ten fine young milch-cows for sale. His postoffice address is Mont Clare. A new schedule went into ef fect on the Atlantic Coast Line on Monday. The changes made on this end of the line were slight. The Colored Teachers’ Asso ciation, of Darlington County, will meet in the Mayo school building on Saturday next, at 12 o’clock. Mr. T. C. Jeffords, Jr., adver tises that he is prepared to d » planing and turning, and to un dertake contract work of all kinds. Give him a call at Sis kron's shops. Mr. R. Keith Charles, former ly of Darlington, but now trav eling representative of the Mu tual Life Insurance Company, was in town last week in the interest of his company. Mr. II. A. James is preparing to erect a store on Pearl Street near the factory, on the site where his old one stood, which was burned sou * w*<eks ago, and will open a grocery there as soon as the building is com pleted. The Rev. R. W. Lide, Capt. >V. C. Coker and Mr. P. H. Ed wards are the delegates from the Baptist Church at this place to the Union meeting which is to be held at Antioch Baptist Church on Saturday and Sun day next. Mr. Samuel Carpenter, the well known special represent ative of the Eastern Building & Loan Association, has subscrib ed the sum of $50 towards the purchase of new uniforms for the Darlington Guards. Who's the next? Mr. J. H. Early advertises that he has tobacco baru flues for sale at 4) cents a pound. Mr. Early is one of our most reliable business men, and any orders entrusted to him will be sure to receive prompt and care ful attention. to the purchaser a three-fourths big reputation for selling fine good imitation, in miniature, of life size crayon portrait This KOod9 at low price8t and f 0 r the “brinv deep in the ° a f Largest stock of spring cloth- rehable house, and they Muare deal ins: with their cus- ® f ing iToarlington at Sligh & is a mean rhat they say. ot-Ai-v gel” was admirable: her spirit- dav, and the firm will soon be ua ‘ appearance making her ap- 1- ilnincr na hicr a liiminps.fi in Dar- what she desired to be. Jesse Bryant as “Hiawatha’ , ant “T ker” and Hattie Flowers as “Minnehaha” deserve unstintei goods at low prices they ; gqujire dealing with their cus tomers. Their two stores are crowded with customers Dead Letters. Letters addressed to the fol-! doing as big a business in Dar lowing parties remain uncalled lington as they are doing in - _. for at the Darlington postoffice Florence, where for several Dorsey Bryant 'Ihe Anowma- and are advertised as "dead”: years past they have swept for the week ending March 23: 1 everything before them. They . ^ . Lyon Hynes, W. Lewis, Lewis have au unusually largo stock pra' 8 * f° r their conception and Scott, E. B. Sanders, Abner of goods on hand for their impersonation of their respect- Williamson, H. B. Bonebart. spring trade, hut they will i^re characters. The school clos- Frank Bell, G. W. Byrd, Simon ; doubtless be able to dispose of ed wuh thirty-nine pupils. 1 e Lee, Jesse Anderson, Mrs. M. the most of it at the prices at patrons speak in '~ which they are now “rattling it ^ re - off”. Messrs. Sligh & Rucker will have a “spring opening”. on April 2nd. and 3rd., when at the lowest possible prices. of dried fruit at their stores will probably be filled to overflowing with the ladies of both the town and the county. Rucker’s. STATE OP SOUTH CAROLINA. County of Darlington. By W. B. Hoole, E*q„ Probate Judge. Where**. B. F. Oandy hath f Just received. “Swans Down” Bros. a car-load of flour; Deans At tha “Racket Store" S. McLeod, Mrs. L. Whildon. Miss Ella Bishop, Miss Anna Esell. AU kinds Deans Bros.’ Wils^r vs. McLaurin. Most complete stock of dress goods ever opened in Darling ton; Sligh & Rucker. The testimony before the no tary public in the matter of the contest against Congressman McLaurin is still going on here. Nothing of any particular ad vantage to the contestant has -A Word To The Wiser*' been developed as yet, and from Few people realize haw tho the present outlook the result i the columns of The will probably be that Congress-; are scanned every week, man McLaurin will retain his an{ j bow gure it is that it pars place in Congress (unless he is to advertise in this paper; but removed for purely partisan i every now and then we come < across a man who has had his reasons) and the Rev. Joshua! \\ ilson will earn and obtain the j e yes opened on the subject. The $2,000 set apart by law for tiiej i atest conver t is Mr. A. A. Gan- use of every Congressional can I dv, our efficient postmaster, didate who makes a contest. \v e proposed to him a short — • \ ^ . time since that if he would send Just received, a choice lot of ug over every week a list of the fine fruits; Sims & loung. | unclaimed letters remaining in More Arrests in the Lamar Election \ Riot Case- A a result of the riot at the! Lamar polls during the election j last November, in addition to the negroes now under arrest, i . . the following white men have | P been arrested under a “cross his office, we would publish it free of charge for the inform ation of our readers. Mr. Gan dy informs us that the result has been that the “dead letter business” is pretty much broken Mr. J. J. Shepard, the enter- prising proprietor of the “Racket Store”, has a new ad vertisement in this issue which highest praise the people of Darlington would Wallace as a teacher. |find it to their advantage to read. Mr. Shepard returned Deans Bros, are selling flour last week from the North, where he has been laying m a large | supply of new spring goods. His stock is now coming in, and i it is simplv enormous, covering | Rev. Hartwell Edwards every portion of available space preached an excellent sermou in his store; but he does not at Mecbanicsville last Sunday, seem to have anv fears about Miss Amanda Morris and Mr. i hi * >«iag able to “hustle it off” RIVERDALE. made suit to me to praut unto bun Lettersof A»lmini*t ration of the Estate of and effect* of Miss Bettie J. Gan- • dy. . , These are therefore to cite and ad monish all said singular the kindred and Creditors of the said Miss Bettie J. Gandy, deceased, that they be and appear before me. in the Court of Pro bate, to be held at Darlington, C. H- on Apiil 5th next, after publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my Hand this 22d day of March Anne Domini, 1885. W. B. HOOLE. Mar. 38 —2t Judge of Probate. Duncan Morris spent last Satur- in t * ie * ame ^® ^ a8 dav and Sunda) with friends generally succeeded in doing . - heretofore. Special attention will be devoted to the millinery Dr. and Mrs. Sellers, Mre department this season, and Wurren and her daughter. Miss Miss Sal lie Hall an accomplish- Mamie, of Massachusetts, are e d Baltimore Milliner, who is visiting their kinsman, Capt. well up in all the latest modes, Paul Whipple has been placed in charge of it. Miss Edna Dargan's term of school closed last Friday, and she gave her pupils a picnic on Low there’ Lake on Saturday, which they all enjoyed very much. From the small amount of fertilizers we have seen e» route to the plantations, we judge that it will not be near so ex tensively used this season as heretofore. Headquarters for groceries at lowest prices; Sims It Young. Just received, a car-load of “Obelisk” flour; Deans Bros. Final Notion. N otice is hereby given that. on April 35th next ensuing, I will file my final account and apply to the Judge of Probate for Darling ton County for letters dismissory as Administrator de bonis non of the es tate of John G. Fraser, deceased. GEO. H. EDWARDS, Administrator de bonis non. M28—It. We Sell So Cheap it compels people to buy. Here are some of the prices we are selling at: Soda 4c. Good Molases, per gal 15c. J Soap, 12 oz. bar 4c. Derby Flour, per bbl.,....... .$3.75. Goo-1 Ground Coffee 334. j We sell cheaper than any 3 house in Darlington, for we §ell for cash onlv. QUICK Sales and SMALL Profits is our motto. Call on us; we will treat you right We wish to thank you for past fston, and solicit a continuance of the same. We have opened a first-class MARKET and RESTAURANT in the rear of nor grocery. We pay the highest market prices for cattle and country produce. Yours for bargains. Mi & In As- Meeting of the Tobacco Growers' sociation. The Tobacco Growers’ Asso ciation, of Darlington County, met in the Court House on last Tuesday. The meeting was Diana Davi*, a colored wo- „ . man living on Mr. J. M. Lide’s called to order at the appointed office. He say* that place near here captured a hawk hour by the president, Gen. W. the notice published in these one day last week. The hawk E. James. At the time of the ! columns every week enables ba d caught a chicken and was indictment” A B tVindham ’’’’’‘J' w eek enables' ba d caught achicken and was ( call there were over one hundred I R Revnolds Robt Mixon’ him to find the owners of nearly i n the act of flying off with it members present, which speaks "•J^eynoius, ttoox. auxon,!^, ..neinimed letters that w hen the woman ran out. This well for the work done in the frightened it and caused it to: opinion of so many of the most drop the fowl, but it came back j intelligent farmers of this sec-1 and darted at it again. The tion, that they should lay aside then sprang forward : their work for a day to be pres- The ■ meeting Court of General Sessions in the I read and P rofit b y the notices certainly a most unusual occur-! were read, and the subject for Court ot Utneral session. t | wb j cb tbe business men of the rence. * discussion was opened by Mr. J. J. Ward. The topics were NOTICE. O WNERS of lots in the town are notified that the premises of all person* living in the town of Darling ton will be visited every two weeks by an official of the town, who will report all lots and premises kept in 1 an unhealthy condition. J. W. EVANS, Town Clerk. The Darlington Building and Loan Association. A SPECIAL meeting will be held to-morrow. (Friday!, Mar. 2J. at 12 o'clock M., at the office of E. Keith Dargan, Esq., for the purpose of dis posing of the business of the last re gular meeting, which failed for want of a quorum. CHA8. K.ROGER3, Secty. and Treas. Mai. 28, 1885. liHMcciini-Ui?! FIRE INSURANCE A SPECIALTY. Representing only the strong est and most reliable Compa nies, we offer special induce ments. Jeff. Windham, Jim Wadford,I‘ h f n ““hlf 1 Ezekiel Hicks and William Par- h ‘ a in ^ iL ^n t ^ 11 ^.f verv few remain to be sent up nelL The preliminary heanng - fho tWri Tetter nflfieo in was held before Trial Justice! the Dead [ Washington Letter office in The same people Warr on Tuesday Justice Warr i asn,D K lon . ine »aino people 1 woman then sprang forward «» ““J.*" w bound each of'them over for who read these notice8 of Mr and succeeded in catching the ent at these meetings, tria^ at the next t“m of the Gand - V ’ 8 and b y them * hawk by the wing*. It was minutes of the last m. i. ri T. a » ^ _ o read and profit by the notice* rertainlv a moat unusual occur- ^ere read, and the subie, sum of $200. j community insert in The News Every body invited to Sligh & i concerning the wares that they Fu ji stoc k spring clothing April I have for **1* 1 erbu,n sa P- Sligh & Rucker s. at Rucker’s spring opening, 2nd and 3rd “How To Make Cotton.” The following is a school boy’s composition on cotton. It reads as if it were almost “too good to be true” but the original from which it was set is to be seen at this office, and was written by .. 0 , onluesdav and a promising youth of this coun- ^ednewtiy, April 2nd and 3rd. •. “How to make cotton W e ‘ i:„, tv. Pugh, the well-known tailor, is making suits of clothes for Mr. Lucas McIntosh and Capt. Paul Whipple out of cloth manu factured from wool raised on their respective plantations. The cloth is a neat plaid, and will make very handsome suits. The bondsmen of Ex-Postmas-. drst P ,ow tbe S rol { nd and tben ter Gatlin are in trouble. Some r ? in c,nt * r fun t and ] he ? 8Catter official* of the postoffice Depart- lbe cotton 8eed8 . and . J hen 8 °^ ment were in town this week an( l then ridge it and trying to force them to pav up ** then plant the a shortage which is alleged to cotton and when it gets up we have occurred in the postoffice chop it and side it and then during the Gatlin administra- b “ st . m,dd ' e and b °w ant ] lion. when it opens we pick it and haul it to the gin and then when Miss Maggie Jones has return- it ig ginned we carry it to Dar-! ed from tbe North, where she linjrton and srive it awav. , * v “*- purchase sap. Finest line of crackers in Dar lington; Dean* Bros. Of Interest to the Ladies. As already announced in these CYPRESS. Miss Harriet Fields died sud denly on Sunday. freely discussed by Messrs. M. S. Haynsworth, S. W. William son, Ross, W. E. James, Bright Williamson and others. One thing which prevails in these, meetings .s the freedom and ease : of the discussions and the deep coiumns, Messrs. 8. A. Woods; & Co. -ill The older people say this will j interest manifested by every be a good fruit year. member. No better evidence of m t u;* this can be given than the state-1 have their annual ment that ten minutes before onTuesday and ^ eam ready to ser e lbe adjournment of the meeting, the P ubhc ' which lasted nearly two houre Dr. J. M. Josey and Messrs, and a half, there were as many J. W. and J. A. DuBose have 1 members present as at any time wo have j during the meeting. The next 'meeting of the Association will They extend a cordial invitation to all the ladies of the town and county to attend it. These an nual “functions” of thi* well known house have become one the best oats that we have seen The fishing in Lynches River has been to purchase her new spring and summer stock, and and will have her annual spring “opening” on Tuesday aud Wednesday next, to which all the ladies of both town and county are invited. The committee appointed by the stockholders of the Bank of Darlington recently, to examine Syrup, Deans B , only 15 cents a gallon; •ros. * of the ftaluree ot tho spring sea'. l-» b«; ^ soa in Darlington, and tho £ “opening” to be held next week ^ is already being looked forward We stated last week that a to with great interest by the la- prayer meeting would be held dies, as the firm have promised at the Academy every Thurs- that they intend this time to day night; we should have said surpass all their previous efforts Wednesday on similar occasions-a promise y litt , e farm work ha8 which means a good deal, but ^ ^ t 0ur fanner8 which we feel sure, knowingly, uge a ^ ut ha , f be held on the last Tuesday m April, at 11 o’clock. We have been requested to state that these meetings will be called promptly at the appointed hour, and that a notice of the subjects to be discussed at the next meet ing will hereafter be announced. Claude Milling, LOCAL AGENT FOR Wamiker & firm’s C £LEBRAT Eo Bents’ClothinB Veritable bargains now offered. LATEST STYLE, FINEST QUALITY, MOST PERFECT FIT. FULL LINE OF SAMPLES. Examine them and be convinced. Promptness and accuracy shall mark all the dealings of our office. 1 E. WENT & CO. J. E. SOKMKST. MRS. LUCY M. XORMKXf. Oiflc* over Welling & Bonnoilt’s store. C/1 in Map Jus wishes to annouACe that she has moved her place of business to the stand betweed Joye's and Harrell's, and that she is selling off her ENTIRE STOCK OF Millinery, */ ' Hats, &c., -AT- m mm m Just received, another load of the Hartsville canned goods: luriiu^cr aa uduoi. i ue cuiion acreage will be reduced, more Th« DaHington Light and Water Com- them as we do, they^ will be f ert jijzer as usual. The cotton pan,. The local electric light plant has again changed hands. Mr. W. M. Haynsworth bought a contr filing interest in it recent ly and at the last meeting of the as much Deans Bros. lady who puchases for cash as much as five dollars worth of goods on the occasion of the “opening,” a ticket will be giv en entitling the holder to par corn and other grain crops planted, and some tobacco. of $38.48, whice was found have been “over. was elected secretary. The following were chosen as direc- I tors for the ensuing year: W. At the regular weekly meet-! M. Havnsworth, E. Keith Dar ing of the Darlii gun Guards gan, C. 8. McCullough, S Marco on Thursday night last, Mr. W. and J. H. Earlv. The name of Albert Parrott was elected Sec- the new company is “The Dar- cond Lieutenant to fill the va- lington Light and Water Com- cancy caused by the resignation pany”. Mr. Haynsworth’s of- of Mr. M. T. Lide. and Mr. E. tices will be in the brick build- R. Cox was elected Third Lieu- ing south of the Bank of Dar- ( tenant to fill the vacancy cans lington, in th rooms formerly pair given. These curtains are now on exhibition in one of the show windows of Woods’ store. An other feature of the “opening” will be a special department to be devoted to ,the display of a CLYDE. A number of our farmers will! plant corn this week. Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson is visiting friends in Chesterfield County. Messrs. D. A. and J. A. Out- ■ law, of Sumter County, were here on business recently. Mr. Alexander Johnson, of Mfftiv . < r*4>n-- art 1. 1 owtwortt or Lcrstt,.. «■_ Brown's Iror Buirr* i^r... , aids dwemca. niaotv. , «t On Um For Malaria, Liver Trou ble, or Indigest ion, ase BROWN’S IRON BITTERS Bxnr TroTTit Tobacco Barn Flues Important to Tobacco Planters. We would call the attention of those who are preparing to plant Tobacco to the IMPERIAL j BRIGHT LEAF TOBACCO GBOWEB, Manufactured By IMPERIAL FERTILIZER CO., Charleston, S. C. A high grade fertilizer prepared especially to supply the need* of the Tobacco Plant, and has been used for several years by some of the largest and most successful Tobacco Planters in Darlington and Florence Counties. ANALYSIS BY SHEPARD LABORATORY, Charleston, 8. C February 15th, 1895: line of goods brought over from Chesterfield, haI been on a brief AT CFMTC PFR PRIlim IT Available Phosphoric Acid 8.49 per cent 1 ouf OJMffiaiASk cavwl «. —r. - ^.n_- a ^ 1 Ulpll 0 U I Lll I UUTVII HI A miI10t))4i 3 S&? pCf CCOt. I LI CT/\D| V s ’ Pot " h ' K 30 3 45 per ee n t n. E»MnL.T fok sale by w w r> q Edwards & Co. DARUNGTON, S. C. last season, and which are to be sole out at bargain prices. visit to his son at this place. • We are glad to learn that our PUBLIC SQUARE, u . „ „ . ~ , People acre coming together. Let' , . , — -- — — — ,-—o—, — — .x V iu.c.j onus Ot i oung are abreast of us trv and forget the oast ani ed by the promotion of Mr. Par- j occupied by the Darlington Her- j the times, both to quality and work in unity for our common DARLINGTON, - «>«• |oW. j prices; give them a call. good. s. c. MaxtS-3m-