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LOCAL LACOAICS. MATTERS IN AND AROUND TOWN OF DARLINGTON. 1 THE A Column of Newt, Tertely Told, Interest to Our Many Readers. of 1 30 Both banks now closo at o’clock. Dr. James A. Cole, ot Lamar, spent Monday in town. Maj. J. L. Coker, of Harts- ville, was in town on Monday. The buildings in “Tobacco Town” are going up at a great rate. Dr. W. B. McQirt has gone on a brief visit to Marlboro County. The cotton crop has been con siderably benefited by the recent spell of hot weather. Col. James R. Sparkman, of Georgetown, was on a visit to Darlington this week. Col. E. R. Mclver has been elected a director of the South Carolina College for Women, at Columbia. Mr. W. G. Dickson, who re cently moved from Darlington to Columbia, spent Sunday in town with his family. Jenkins, the detective who was so seriously shot while in Hartsville some months ago, is in town attending Court. Mrs. Lucy M. Norment has gone on a visit to Richmond During her absence, Mr. L. S Welling will look after her in surance business. Prof. John B. Duffle, Princi pal of the Sumter Graded Schools, accompanied by Mrs. Duffle, has been on a visit to relatives in Darlington. Mr. F. F, Martin, formerly bookkeeper for Messrs. Black- well Bros., who now resides in Bennettsville, was in town last week on a visit to friends. Mr. W. W. McCutchen, who has been visiting his brother-in law, Mr. B. O. Bristow, for some weeks past, left on Tuesday for his home in Richmond, Va. Comptroller General Norton, whq was here recently to exam ine the books of the Auditor and Treasurer, expresses himself as much pleased with the result of his investigations. Frank Geddings, the colored convict who was drowned near Hartsville some days ago, was one Of those sent to work on the chain gang in March for break ing into the store of Mr. Jacob Freed last winter. Coroner Parnell was summon ed yesterday to hold an inquest over the body of a colored wo man who had died about ten miles from here, in Philadelphia Township, under circumstances that led to a suspicion that she might have been poisoned. Programmes are out for the twenty fourth annual meeting of the State Teachers’ Associa tion, which will be held this year at Converse College, Spar tanburg, beginning June 30th, and continuing until July 4th. The programme is a varied and interesting one. The News and Courier of the 6th inst. says: Mayor Wm. F Dargan, of Darlington, was in Charleston yasterday. and was greeted by a number of friends who are always glad to see him. Mayor Dargan is one of the leading attorneys of the thriving little city of Darlington. Mr. Z. P. Kirby, who clerked formely for Mr. J. D. Baird, is now in the phonograph busi ness, and his apparatus is on ex hibition at Willcox’s Drug Store. Mr. Kirby has been on a tour with it throughout, the State, and has met with great success in the exhibitions he has been giving. The Rev. R. W. Lide, who is a member of the Board of trus tees' of Furman University, at Greenville, left on Monday to attend the commencement exer cises of that institution. He de livered an address to the Alum nae Society yesterday. Mr. Lide will, however, return in time to conduct services at the Baptist Church on Sunday. Arrangements are being made to have a number of tennis games between the teams from Darlington and the surrounding towns. The opening game will be played on Wednesday next between the Darlington and Bennettsville teams at the latter place. The Darlington team will be composed of Messrs. E. C. Coker, E J. Lide, E B. Dar gan and P. H. Edwards. The game of base ball played between the teams of Darling ton and Hartsville at the latter place on Friday last resulted in a victory for Darlington by a score of 18 to 4. This makes the second game the local team has played this season and it has won both by a heavy set re. The batteries last Friday were: for Hartsville, Carrigan and Law; for Darlington, McCullough and Hutchinson. Mr. G. W. Dargan Is at Cleve land Springs. Mr. H. H. Pegues is off on a brief vacation. In his absence his place at the depot here is being filled by Mr. J. E. Mc Cutchen, the assistant to the agent at Hartsville. The newspapers state that Mr. William Preston Few, who taught school here several years ago, has been gaining some high literary honors at Harvard, where he has been taking a post-graduate course. Mr. Arthur H. Rogers, a son of Mr. P. H. Rogers, of Society Hill, has been awarded the Fur man University scholarship of fered by that institution to the Welsh Neck High School. Mr. Rogers is quite a bright young pro- t Un man, and is sure to make his | Burton to lead. Tht Welsh Neck Union Meeting. The followirg is the gramme of the Welsh Neck ion Meeting which is to be held at the Mt. Elon Baptist Church on Saturday and Sunday, June 29th and 30th: Saturday, 11 A. M., Sermon by the Rev. F. M. Satterwhite, subject, "The New Testament doctrine of a church”; General discussion, subject, “Christian, Education.” Rev. R. W. Lide to j lead; General discussion. sub-| ject, "The motive and measure ! of Christian giving,” Rev. J.! W. Perry to lead. 8.15 P. M., Sermon by Rev. J. 11. Holly, subject of his own se lection; General discussion, sub ject "Christian dicipline: Are we enforcing it?” Rev. N.- N. THE COUNTY NEWS. mark at the university. Miss Ellen Traxler, daughter of Mr. D H. Traxler, of Tim- monsville, was married on the 6th inst. to Mr. J. Thomas Arn old, of Greenville. The wed ding took place in the Baptist Church at Timmonsville, the Rev. C. D. Mann officiating, and was a brilliant affair. Sunday, 10 A. M., Sunday School mass meeting, addresses by the Rev. J. B. Holly and Prof A. Poindexter Taylor: L\j votional exercises, coaducied ! y Prof. A. Poindexter Taylor; Missionary sermon by the Rev. C. L. Dowell. FROM ALL SECTIONS AS TOLD BY OUR CORRESPONDENTS. JASPER. Tobacco is growing fast; farmers are watching the worms and grasshoppers, which are numerous. Mr. J. A. Ham, one of our most energetic farmers, and a highly esteemed neighbor, died on May 30. Mr. G. D. Wilkes has the fin est garden we have seen: two weelcs ago he had cabbages thirty-nine inches in diameter. We are somewhat discourag ed in consequence of the cool nights, but our crops are grow ing, and some varieties are do ing very well. A Sunday school was orgau- iz< d at Mt. Ida on the first Sun day in J une, J. A. Stephens be ing Superintendent. Thirty- nine pupils are enrolled. Fresh line of candy received weekly at Sims & Young’s. Accident to Mr. L. M. Rhodes. Mr. Luther M. Rhodes, one of the compositors employed on The News, in jumping down into the cellar beneath the print ing press on Saturday lust to as sist in repairing a portion of the machinery that had gotten out of order, stepped on a long piece of sharp glass that cut clear through his shoe into his foot, inflicting a bad wound. Mr. Rhodes is one of the most popu lar young men in Darlington, and his many friends will be glad to learn that his injury, while quite painful, will not prove serious. InvesticatinK “Tobacco Hanging." The committee, consisting of Messrs. Bright Williamson, W. E. James and D. M. Smoot, ap pointed at the last meeting of the Tobacco Growers’ Associa tion for the purpose of examin ing into the matter of “tobacco hanging”, with a view to en lightening the farmers as to the best methods, say that they are hard at work, and will be ready to make their report in a few days. If it should be deemed necessary, an extra meeting of the Association will be called to hear the conclusions of the committee. Dead Letters. Letters addressed to the fol lowing persons remain uncalled for at the Darlington postoffice, and are advertised as “dead” for the week ending June 8th: J. A. Bridon, John F. Morgan, D. W. Mills, Andy Rhodes, B, M. Spencer, C. Lide, Henry James, G. W. Goodson, Isaac Holliway, Mrs. J. L. Furgerson, Mrs. Pauline Kelly (3), Miss Virginia Nelson, Miss Jane Mc- Croe, Miss Mary Holmes, Miss Virginia Coachmand, Miss O Chapman, Miss Lizzie Hast, Miss Hattie Becaull, Miss Florie King. Election of a Board of Health. In accordance with the notice previously published, an elec tion was held on Friday last for a Board of Health for the town of Darlington, with the follow ing result: Member from Ward I, I. H. Sanford; Ward 2, H. A. Edwards; Ward 3, W. J. Garner; Ward, 4, R. T. Harllee; Wards, W. B. McGirt. Very little in terest was manifested in the election, there being but twenty- six votes cast in all, and only forty persons registered. The managers of the election were J. Bart White, H. Appelt and D. P. Lide. U ourt of General Seisions. The June Term of the Court of General Sessions was con vened on Monday morning by Judge Witherspoon, Presiding Judge. There were no cases of general interest tried. The work was light all round Both the Grand and Petit Juries were discharged yesterday, and the Court will adjourn sine die to day. The Grand Jury found “no bill” in the case of Betsey Lew is and Jane Lewis, charged with murder. The Soliciior nol pressed the following: Alonzo Davis, charged with larceny of live stock; Martin Lloyd and Asgel Lloyd, burglary and lar ceny. The following plead guilty: Dosia Williams, charged with assault and battery; Ned Davis, larceny of live stock. The following were convicted: Fred McNeill, charged with burglary and larceny, repre sented by Messrs. Boyd & Brown; John Flowers, housebreaking and larceny, without councel. The following were acquitted: W. B. James, charged with as sault and battery, represented by Messrs Boyd & Brown; Jas. L. Atkinson, selling contraband liquor, same councel; Adam Taylor, assault and battery, no councel; Jas. L. Wilkes, assault and battery with intent to kill, lepresented by Messrs. Boyd & Brown; Led Scott, same offence, represented by Messrs. Dargan & Coggeshall. GREEN PLAINS. Some of our tobacco farmers are looking blue. C ops look discouraging in our section. Gardens also are poor. Mr. E. W. Boswell’s shop caught fire recently, but help was at hand and not much dam age was done. Mr. Wommack is putting in a circular saw for Mr. L. E. Car rigan at the old Cedar Creek mill, so we will soon be supplied with lumber. The Postmaster General made us glad recently by giving us two mails per week. We had begged so long that we had giv- eir up hope, but we find that our wishes are at last realized. In Military Circles. The Darlington Guards, un der the new organization of the State Milttia, has been designa ted as Company “A” of the Fourth Regiment, which has been made a port of the Second Brigade, coi m tided by Gen Richbourg. ' h > old Third Brig ade. commanded by Gen. James, has been abolished, and the companies composing it have been divided out between the First Brigade (Cavalry) and the Second (Infantry). Field offi cers of the Fourth Regiment- Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel, and Major, are to be elected this week. For the purposes of this election a special meeting of the Darlington Guards will be held at the Armory to mor row (Friday) night, at9o’clock. The ballot box will be opened at the Armory to morrow even ing at 7 o’clock, and will be kept open until Saturday even ing at the same hour. The fol lowing have been appointed Managers of Election for the oc casion: Lieutenant Parrott, Ser geant McCullough and Corporal Rogers. An Institution to be Proud Of. A full account of the com mencement exercises of the Welsh Neck High School, from a pen other than ours, ''s given in another column. This school is in a very flourishing condi tion, and is a great credit not only to the progressive town of Hartsville in which it is located, but to the entire County of Dar lington. The corps of teachers is a most efficient one, and too much praise cannot be given Prof. A. P. Taylor, the accom plished superintendent of the institution, for what he has made of it during the first year of its existence. It is a source of general regret that the school is to be deprived of his valuable services after this session. The pupils are as bright and well behaved a set of young ladies and gentlemen as it has been our good fortune to see gathered together in many a day; while the audience which assembled on Friday last to attend the commencement exe cises was composed of as representative a set of South Carolinians as is to be found in the State. Harts ville is a beautiful town, with a number of important enterpris es, and a bright future ahead of it, if a fine climate, cultured, intelligent people, and excep tional business advantages count for anything. A Daring Robbery. Burglars entered and robbed the store of Messrs. Deans Bros, last Saturday night. The en trance was made by way of the front door, presumably by means of a key which had been lost by a member of the firm. The burglars were evidently well acquaited with the premises, tor they went aroujd to the lot in the rear of the store, and procu- ing a cart which belonged on the place, hauled off in it Messrs. Deans Bros.’ safe, which was a very small one, and robbed it. The safe was broken open with a cold chisel, and the money contained in it was carried off. There were quite a number of checks and other va’uable pa pers in the safe, but these were not touched. The robbers got between $480 and $500 in money, and a quantity of small packa ges of groceries, which last were found the next morning near the Methodist Church. One Elijah Witherspoon, a colored man who has been in Darling ton for some time, has been ar rested on suspicion of having been connected with the robbery and lodged in jail. When ar rested, he had on his person 31 cents and a letter from one Ives, from Florence, asking for a loau nell, has been on the track of it of $20, from which it is inferred | ever since- It is said that Mr. that Witherspoon was in the Parnell found the letter in the habit of loaning Ives money, possession of the constable be- At th« Citadel. Cadet James M. Josey, a son of Dr. J. M. Josey, and a mem ber of the Fourth Class at the Citadel Academy, has been quite ill at that institution. He is now at home on a furlough and is improving. His brother, Mr. B. Sidney Josey, who is a member of the Third Class, won last week, in a competitive drill, the prize for being the best drilled man in the corps, which numbers a hundred and fifty men, many of whom have been attending the institution just twice as long as Mr. Josey has. The military standard at the Citadel is very high, second only to that at West Point, aud to be regarded as the best drilled cadet in such an institution is certainly worth something to a young titan. Judge Goff Over-ruled. In our issue of May 16, con cerning the ruling of Judge Goff on the registration law and the ruling of Judge Simonton on the dispensary law, we said: "As a question of law it is doubtful whether the Supreme Court will sustain Judge Goff. * * * There is scarcely any doubt that the Supreme Court will affirm Judge Simonton’s ruling.” Our first prediction having been fulfilled, we wait now t> see what will happen in regard to the second. The Court of Appeals of the United States, sitting at Rich mond, on Monday last, having over ruled Judge Goff’s decision on the registration laws of South Carolina, they remain in just the condition they were before that decision was ren dered, and those who present themselves at the polls to vote for delegates to the Constitution al Convention must have regis tration certificates made out in accordance with our statutes on the subject. of delight to the fortunate pu- tgh pils. Then came an interesting address by Maj. J. L. Coker, President of the Board of Trus tees, in which he spoke of the successful year’s work. After another piece of music, beautifully rendered by Miss Josephine Lawton, Capt. H. T. Thompson, the orator of the day, was introduced. He had chosen for his theme the burn ing question of "Female Suf frage,” and it goes without say ing that so intelligent, conser vative and well-balanced a gentleman as he is would take the negative side. in the latest styles front ISTEW YORK. Prices To Suit All. OATS. Mr. J. C. Clements is topping tobacco this week. Mr. James Lloyd lost a little child on Saturday. Crops are very small, but are doing very well under the cir cumstances. The school at Union Academy will close in about three weeks; it will be run the last two weeks as a free or public school. Will you please explain the Australian mode of balloting? Many of our citizens are inter ested in the matter. A Grand Opportunity For Darlington. The Bennettsville correspond ent of The State sends the fol lowing to that paper under date of June 7: For some time past the friends ol Wofford College have been consider ing the need of a fitting school as a feeder to that institution in the Pee Dee section. There can be no better place for such an institution in this secMon than Bennettsv lie and our citizens are working for it, Col. C. 8 McCall having started the ball in mo- tin with an offer to give five hundred of five thousand dollars to secure its location here The board of trustees of V offord, now in session, at Spar tanburg, have been advised of this action and it is hoped that they will decide to give us the institution. What a grand thing it would be if Darlington could secure such a prize as this? And it is not too late to d 3 so yet, if we are correctly informed about the matter. How would it do to put in a competitive bid against our enterprising sister town on the east of the Pee Dee? Ugly for Murray Clements. Mr. Murray Clements was ar res'.ed at Florence and lodged in the jail at that place on Mon day night by Sheriff McLendon on a warrant sworn out by Dep uty United States Marshal Par nell before United States Com missioner Lloyd. Mr. Clements is charged with fraudulently ob taining possession of mail ad dressed to Mr. E. J. Wilson of this place. The mail referred to was a letter containing some information wh ch Mr. Clements hoped to use as evidence in the cate now pending on appeal | ag tinst Wilson,and which Clem- euts had “worked up.” Mr.Wil son says that he had never seen the letter, and that Clements, or someone else, had gotten it from the postoffice by calling for his (Mr. Wilson’s) mail. Commis sioner Lloyd has not fixed any day as yet for the preliminary, and Clements is, therefore, still in the Florence jail. He was a dispensary constable at this place, and had "worked up” several cases against "blind ti gers,” all of which fell through except the Wilson case. Wilson heard of the letter that Clem ents was believed to have gotten hold of some four months ago, and he, together with Mr. Par- money. The loss is right heavy on Messrs. Deans Bros., young men of un tiring energy who are just be ginning to get a start in the world, and they have the sym pathy of the entire community. fore he swore out the warrant for his arrest. Clements is well known here, he being a native of this county, and, for quite number of the town T r years, a resident of of Darlington. Presentment of the Grand Jury. To the Hon. I. D Witherspoon, Presiding Judge: The Grand Jury makes its presentment for the June Term as follows: We have acted on all bills re ferred to us by the Court, and have considered all matters con tained in yourHonor’s charge to our Jury. We have examined all the County offices, and find the books and records neatly and well kept, particularly so in the Clerk of Court’s office. In the Probate office we find that' a number of executors, adminis trators and guardians have fail ed to make their annual returns, and we recommand that the Probate Judge notify delin quents to do so at once. We have examined the Jail and Poorhouse and find them in fair condition, their affairs properly administered, and have heard no complaint from their inmates. We recommend that a new matting be laid in the passage-way of the Court Room. The Treasurer, School Com missioner, and Clerk of Court have made full reports, which we find correct. All the Trial Justices have made reports of the criminal business done by them, and all fines and fees have been turned over to the Treasurer. Respectfully sub mitted: J. W. Ferguson, Foreman. Wel*h Neck High School Commence ment. The following account of the commencement exercises at the Welsh Neck High School last week, prepared by a prominent citizen of Hartsville and for warded to The News office yes terday, is published by request: Although the above named institution has been in existence only one year, yet the closing exercises were of such a charac ter as will justify more than a local publicity. Hence I write a few lines for the columns of your paper, giving a brief out line of what was done. On Thursday evening a goodly congregation assembled at the Baptist, house of worship to hear the annual sermon preached by Dr. R. W. Sanders, of Florence* He chose for his subject, the prime minister and servant of God. He showed the greatness of the man, as manifested by the prominence given him in the government of the greatest empire then on the lace of the earth, Fut show- ing itself more strikingly in his fidelity to his religious convict ions. The speaker closed with an appeal to the pupils and oth ers to imitate Daniel in that part of his life which it is possi ble for the humblest to copy, namely, his single hearted obe dience to the requirements of God’s Word. On Friday morning a large and appreciative audience as sembled in the hall of the school building to witness the exerci ses of the commencement prop er. After prayer by the Rev. F. M. Satterwhite, the people listened to a piano duet by Miss Darlington and Miss Annie Per ry. Then followed the award ing of the certificates and dis tinctions to the successful stu dents, which was an occasion of pleasure to the spectators,and this scribe has done a little thinking on that line for him self, and has read a little of what others have thought and written,yet he does not hesitate to say that the address of Capt. Thompson was the most elabor ate discussion of that question, and the most complete refuta tion of the arguments advanced by the advocates of “Female Suffrage” that he has ever heard. It is to be hoped that Capt. Thompson will give the public the benefit of his think ing on that subject in some widely circulated periodical It is worthy of a place in the Fo rum. At the conclusion of this ad dress. the audience listened to the “Hunter’s Song” by Miss Sallie Tobin, which was ren dered in a style that reflected credit upon herself and her teacher. Then followed an ad dress by Prof. Taylor, in which he gave the pupils some admir able advice, and closed by mak ing them sad by telling them that he would not be with them any more as teacher. The be nediction was pronounced by the Rev. R. W. Lide. In the evening a very large audience assembled to witness the celebration of t h e John Stout Literary Society. Several of the young ladies had kindly consented to intersperse the ex ercises with music, so that quite a delightful treat was furnished the audience. After music by Misses Tobin and Lawton, the President, Mr. W. E. Law, gave an address outlining the history of the Society. Then a ‘ Spring Song” by Miss Annio Perry, af ter which the audience listened to a declamation by Mr. E. P. Willingham. This was-follow ed by Godard’s "Second V ilse,” by Miss Darlington and Miss Susie Coker. Then “the deck was cleared for action,” and the piece de re sistance of the evening followed. Thu was a debate by four young men, and, curiously enough, the theme was “That the right of suffrage should be granted to women;” the speakers for the affirmative were J. W. Gandy and J. J. McKenzie, and for the negative, H. S. Parnell and T. E. Goodson. It may be very safely assumed that the gentle men for the affirmative did not feel burdened with a load of gratitude to Capt Thompson. Mr. Parnell had been taken sick and his speech was read by Daniel Coker. All the speakers did well, but the judges, Rev. F. M. Satterwhite, Maj. J. L. Coker, and Rev. N. N. Burton, decided that the negative had the best of the argument. After a beautiful duet by Miss Darlington and Miss Annie James, an oration on “General Marion” was delivered by Ar thur Rogers, of Society Hill. It was a most excellent sketch of the life and character of our Revolutionary hero, and was well delivered and well received. After a beautiful piece of music by Miss Susie Coker, the exerci ses closed, and the audience dispersed. Thus has clpsed the first session of the Welsh Neck High School; may this success ful beginning be but a harbinger of many, many successful years to come. “Spectator.” My friends from the country and th< public generally are in vited to call before purchasing .. , . their new HATS & BONNETS, Alth ?“f,„ and CHILDREN’S HATS and CAPS. U1 cn Respectfully, ILn ScMi LAW CAROS. R. W. BOYD. GKO. W. BROWN R. L. DARGAN, Attorney at Law. Darlington, S. C. Office opposite Court House. SPECIALTIES, REAL ESTATE, INSURANCE, and COMMERCIAL LAW. K. o WOODS. ROBKRT MACKARLAX. WOODS & MACFARLAN. (Successors to Woods A Spain.) ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Darlington, S. C. Offices over The Bank of Darlington. JaulO—lv LiHirt-Jsiital-hallj! FIRE INSURANCE A SPECIALTY. BOYD & BROWN- Attorneys and Oonnselors at Law Office in brick building south of the Bank of Darlington. DARLINGTON C. B., & O. 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