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A Column of N«w». TOrtehr Told, Inter**! to Our Meny Reader*. McCall * Burch will move in their new otore July l'»- Mr. and Mrs. Geo E Dargan are at Rawley Spring*, Va. C. A. Wood*. Et»q ,of Marion, is on a visit to Darlington. Mr. R. A, Dixon, of Bishop- ville. is on a visit to friends in Darlington. Attend Sligh* Rucker’s great removal sale, and buy summer good* at cost. Mr. A. K Stuckey, of Sumter, advertises for a man to run n tobacco farm. Two tobacco prize houses are to be erected on Wood* Street, opposite the residence of Dr. A. T. Baird. Mr. C. 8. Huggins, now of Roanoke, Va., has been on a visit to hi* friends and relatives in Darlington. Miss Mary E. Coggeshall ha* lieen re elected a teacher in the Rock Hill Graded Schools for the coming session. The “Glorious Fourth” was celebiatedv r quietly h r . The bunks, the government ottices, and some of the stores were closed in honor of it. Mr. L. M. Rhodes, of The News, has returned to his post after a vacation spent with friends in Augusta and in sever al sections of this State. The Rev. R. W. Lide, who ha* been unwell for some time past, has been given two weeks’ holi day by his congregation, which he is spending at Cleveland Springs. Mr. J. T. China, w|(p was for merly telegraph operator at the C. S. & N. depot at this place, but who now resides in Ben nettsville, is in town on a visit to friends. Mr. L. Tegram Dargan, son of Mr. Keith Dargan, who lias been attending Harvard College for the past three years, gradu ated from that institution last week, and is now at home. The entertainment given at Dr. R. B. R. 0. Wallace’s on July 4th to raise funds for send ing the State’s Exhibit to the Atlanta Exposition was well at tended. and was a marked sue cess in every particular. Col. D J. Auld, D D. O. C., of District No. G, will visit Dar lington Lodge, No. 7, K. of P., on next Tuesday night, to pro mulgate the Semi-Annual pass word, and to install Mr. N. R. Harrell, the newly elected M. of F. Letters addressed to the fol lowing persons remain uncalled for at the Darlington postoffice, and are advertised as “dead’ for the week ending July Glh J. L. hhumake, Klerlly Johnson, Billie Jones, Miss Linda Corn field. The Township Conservative Club held a meeting on Monday to elect delegates to the County Conservative Convention which met here on the following d iy. Mr. L. E. Williamson was elect ed President of ihe club, rice J. C. Willcox, deceased The Columbia State of Sun day says: “Mr. R. Lawton Dar gan, a prominent young gentle man of Abbeville, stoppeu over in Columbia last week en route to his home in Darlington. M-. Dargan is w’ell known here and is popular in Columbia society ’ A young son of Mr. 0. M Rhodes, while playing on the high trestle near the Factory on the 0. & D. road a few days ago, missed his footing and fell to the ground. The fall must have been a terrible one, but, strange to say, the lad sustained no serious injury. T h e Florence Times save: “Rev. R. W. Barnwell, acco'm panied by three of our young men, are taking a trip to Ham- mell’s Inlet, a popular summer resort. They left Monday morn ing and will moke the trip by private conveyance. A very pleasant time will be had.” Dt-rtincratic Primary Election in July, the meeting < f the T- - bacco Growers’ Association will be held on Tuesday the 83 rd. The topics for discussion will be curing and proper caie of to bacco after cuiing, including grading. W. E. James, President. Bkioiit Williamson, Secretary. OArlington at the c*po»ition. Col. E L. Roche, the Commi* sinner in charge of the State’s exhibit at Atlanta, waa here yesterday, and conferred with those interested in the matter in regard to having Darlington tooacco represented at the Ex position. It i* purposed to place in a promim n’ ploce at the Ex position a miniature tobacco barn, with flues and everything complete, the sides to be of glass, and the interior to be fill ed with Darlington County to bacCO. Dei Hi ®f Mr*. MeCelhrtin, [fotmnuairAted.J Mrs J. 0- McCullman, nee Catlwrine Leonora Dove, de parted this life on July 1st, in ihe forty-eighth year of her nge. She leaves a husband, eight children and many relatives and friends to mourn her loss; i but they have the comforting ssurance, from her own lips, : hat she has gone to that betti r land “where the wicked cease from troubling, and the weary are at rest.” The husband and children would avail themsel ves of this opportunity of re turning heartfelt thanks for the unthing kindness which has l>een shown them by their f'ienda. Attend Sligh & Rucker's great removal sale, and buy summer goods at cost. —tti—r=»- Frult jars and jelly tumblers: G. 0. Mertz. Inspection of The Darlington Guard*. The Darlington Guards were inspected on the Square yester day afternoon by Lieutenant Colonel Bruce, Assistant Adjut ant and Inspector General of the State. They turned out thirty-nine men. rank and file. The enlistment roll as signed by the Company last January and filed in the Adjutant Gen eral’s office was called over. Three of the men present hav mg joined the Company since the roll was originally made up, their names did not appear on it, and they were thereupon add- el t > it hy the inspecting officer. Does It Pay? Doesaivertisingin The News pay? Well, we would not like to make too positive an ass'-rt ion on the subject, but we do not mind mentioning a little in cident in connection with it. A gentleman who found a gold chain recently put an advertise ment in these columns enquir ing for the owner, hut without describing the chain. We do not know how many people read that auvertisement, (their number probably runs up into the thousands), but we do know that no less than nine persons who have recently lost gold chains called at this office to see the one we had advertised. Not « Reform Organ editor, Columbia Beqister: In your issue of yesterday, in an interview with Mr. D, H. I’raxler, he is reported as saying that the ’1 i.nmonsville Enter prise is a Reform paper. How the facts, known to Mr. Traxler, could have been twisted into anything resembling such a statement is only a matter of conjecture to me. for on several occasions I informed him that the Enterprise would be non- f olitical. Rlease do me the indness to correct this erron eous report and oblige, Yours respectfully, J. W. Rausdalr, Edito , Enterprise, Timmonsville, July 5. Attend Sligh & Rucker’s great removal sale, and buy summer goods at cost. A “Huitling Firm". Messrs. Sligh Si Rucker have an advertisement in this issue announcing that, preparatory to their removal to their new quarters, and in order to facili tate it, they are now offering the balance of their summer stock at prices ranging from c >st, in some instances, to far below cost in others. This is a veritable opportunity to secure bargains, and the people of the Town and County, the ladies in particular, will doubtless avail themselves of it to the fullest possible extent. Messrs. Sligh & Rucker, .is already stated in these columns, arc having the two adjoining stores in the Hewht building low occupied by J. D. Baird and McCall & Burch renovated and fitted up for their occupancy tne coming season. This enterprising firm have “made things hustle” in the business world of Darling ton during the few months they have been with us, and we pre diet that they will be heard from further, and in no uncer tain way, in the enlarged and improved quarters into which they will remove their stock on Aug. 1. The Cleveltnd Spring* Excunion Citizens who accompany the Darlington Guards to Cleve land Springs on Aug. 3 will be given board at the hotel at the rate of $G a week, the regular rate being $10. The round trip ticket, good for fifteen dayt. will cost $3: the regular summer ex cursion ticket from Darlington to Cleveland Springs and return costs $8.40. This will show that the trip is the cheapest one ever offered the people of Darlington that it will be a most enjoyable one goes without saying. The railroad connection between here and Cleveland Springs is ve’ry bad this season. A stop over has to be made at Hamlet for a whole night. To obviate this, the Darlington Guards will run a special train from here early in the morning to connect with the train for Cleve land Springs. This, therefore, will be the only opportunity that the people of Darlington will have this season of getting to Cleveland the same day they leave here, and without even a change of cars. While the ex cursionists will be expected to go together, all on the same train, they need not return to gether, but can come back as they please, on any regular tain, and at any time within the fif- 1 teen days. Such an opportuni Mr. P. P. Chambers, of Doves- ville, set out three acres of to bacco on tbe 30th day of April fiom which he gathered a barn on the second day of July, and finished curing it on the uth. He graded and sold it on July 8th for a pood price, the total time from its being set out to its be ing sold amounting to sixtv eight days. Mrs. Kauffman, mother of Mr. Isaac Kauffman, who clerks for I. Lewenthal, died suddenly on the morning of July 5, at her home in New York City. She had been very sick, but had been pronounced out of danger by the ty as this is rarely offered. The doctois. Mrs. Kauffman was a Cleveland waters are fully equal sister of Messrs. Isaac and Sum- to those of the Greenbrier White uel L* wenthal. Mr. KauffmaiLSulphur. A two wo ks' use of ana the Messrs. Lewenthal left them at this season will build for New York as soon as they. up the most “run down” con- received the sad intelligence, jstitution for a year to come, Darlington Agricultural Society. The annual meeting of the Darlington Agricultural Society will be held at the Fair Grounds on Tuesday, August 13, at 11 A M. 8ubjects:“Diversifled Farm ing, or Diversity of Crops;” Chairman, J. J. Lawton; E. R. Mclver, J. W. Beasley, R. H. Rogers, E. L. Gray; “How far Can Tobacco be Made to Take the place of Cotton as a Money Crop?” Chairman, M. 8. Hay ns worth, B. F. Williamson, D M. Smoo , 8. B. Gandy, Paul Whip pie; “Causes of the Decline in Agriculture, and Remedies Therefor;” Chairman, Edward E. Evans, J. L. Coker, J J. Lu cas, W. C. Coker, J. J. Ward Dr W. B. Burney, of the South Carolina College, has been in vited to be present and address the Society on tbe most econom ical way of feeding stock. By resolutions passed by thp Society years ago, every white farmer in Darlington County was made a member of it, and all are invited to be present. By order of the President: A. A. Gandy, Secretay. Attend Sligh & Rucker’s great removal sale, and buy summer goods at cost. • An Enj oysble Entert-inment. [ Reported for Ths News,] The entertainment given at the residence of Mr. B. Fields on Friday evening, June 18th, was quite a success. The stage was very beautifully decorated, and comfortable seats were pre pared for the audience. The following was the programme: “Welcome;” Vocal Duet,“Beau tiful Moonlight;” “The Bache lor’s Sale,” Miss Sadie Fields; Piano Duet. “Golden Clouds;” “Uncle Nathan’sCreed,” Luther Fields: Piano Solo, “Myosotis Waltz;” “Jimmy Butler and the Owl,” W. H. Fields; Vocal So lo, “Bells of Seville;” “The Pe ri.” Recitation and Pantomime; Quartette, “Fairy Footsteps Gently Falling;”" Money musk,” Miss Driggers; Piano Duet, “Tripping Through the Daises,” “Nearer my God to Thee,” Song and Pantomime; “Bald-Heoded Men,” Rosa Fields; Quartette, ‘ ComeWhere the Lilies Bloom;” “How Bones Stole a Duck,” W. H. Fields; Piano Solo, “Chajtoon Des Alpes;” “Queen Vashti’s Lament,” Miss Driggers; “An Ethiopian Farce,” A. E. Drig gers, W. H. Fields and Tommie Rinehart. The mus e, both vocal an in strumental, occupied a very prour'nent part in the exercises, and was very fine indeed. It was given princ.pally by Miss Driggers and Miss Rosa Fields. The music by Miss Fields cer tainly reflected great credit on hersolt and her teacher. The Pantomimes “The Peri” and Nearer my God to Theo” were also very gracefully rendered by Miss Fields. A special fea ture of the evening were the recitations of Miss Driggers. 1 ill venture the assertion that the audience never heard better ones. The music for the Quar tettes, “Fairy Footsteps Gtntly Falling” and “Come Where the Lilies Bloom.” was furnished by Mrs. Dr. Wallace. Refresh ments were served during the evening. Upon the whole the exercises were fine, and were highly enjoyed by all present. L. Attend Sligh & Rucker’s great removal sale, and buy summer goods at cost. For iced tea, try Chase & Sanborn’s “Orloff” brand; 70 cents per pound; G. O. Mertz. The Lodfc* of Sorrow. (Reported for Thk News.) On Tuesday night, July 9th 1895, being the year 5895 of Masonry, a Lodge of Sorrow was held in the town of Dar lington in memory of deceased brothers, F. E. Norment and Jas. C. Willcox. Tickets were issued to the friends of the Lodge, St. David’s, No. 72, A. F. M., and at the appointed hour, 8.30 o’clock, the Armory of the Darlington Guards, where the ceremony was to take piace, was filled. The precession en tered the hall in the following order: Royal Society of Good Fellows, Knights of Honor, American Legion of Honor, Knights of Pythias, Deputations from Sister Masonic Lodges, St. David’s Lodge bringing up the rear beaded by two Stewards with white rods. During the approach of the procession Pleyels Hymn was played by the orchestra consisting of Piano, Violin and Cornet. Ac cording to Masonic law the door was then closed and tyled by G. A. Bland, the Tyler of St. David’s Lodge. The Eastern Chair was occupied by the Wor shipful Master of the Lodge, W. E. James, D. D. G. M. The other officers present who took part in the ceremony were, A. F. Northcutt, S. W.; P. B. Al len, J. W.; J. L. Michie, Secret ary; U. Hennig, Acting Treas urer, H. Blount, 8. D.; I. S. San ford, J. D., Brothers Butler and Terry Stewards; G, A. Bland, Tyler. The Lodge being opened, the Chaplain, Rev. R. A Child, was requested to lead in prayer. A selected Male Quartette consist- ingof Messrs. Pogues and James, tenors, and Messrs. Wilds and Edwards, bassos, with violin, cornet and piano aocompani ment, sang the beautiful hymn ‘•L-jad K nily L'ght.” The address of the Worshipful Mas ter came next, and a very im pressive and instructive one it was. A most beautiful instru mental piece was then rendered by piano, cornet and violin, af ter which the reading from Ho ly Writ by the Chaplain was listened to with great attention, and as he spoke of the soul go ing out into the land of dark ness, the lights were suddenly extinguished, leaving but a glimmering taper in the east, wont and south, which served only to show more plainly the gloom with which we are sur rounded. Just then the soft notes of the hymn “Nearer My God to Thee” came floating ov er the assembly, and the solemn tones of the bell were heard tol ling the midnight hour. The question came from the Wor-I shipful Master, “Brother Senior Warden, in this hour of dark ness, what shall we do?” The answer came, “Look to the Au thor ufkllgood.” Aprayerwss then offered by the Chaplain, after which the Worshipful Master asked Senior and Junior Wardens to join him in decor ating the catafalque. The sol emn procession marched around carying the emblems of the Or der, and, beginning with tl e Junior Warden, the tomb was decorated with flowers and ev ergreens, the officers making appropriate remarks. The Chaplain, approaching near the Catafalque, read a se cond selection from the Bible amid a silence that was eloq uent. At the conclusion of the reading the room was again led with light, and the or chestra burst forth in the in spiring strains of the Marseilles Hymn. A Masonic address was then made by Mr. J. L. Michie, in which a brief history of the Masonic order was given, telling of the antiquity of its origin and tbe great good it had done in the world, charity being the corner stone of tbe arch, The speaker made a very touch ing reference to the dead in whose honor this lodge had con vened. Afte. music by the choir the first speaker was in troduced, Mr. G. W. Brown who delivered an eloqnent eu logy upon Mr. F. E. Norment, a deceased brother of St. David’s Lodge. Mr. J. M. Johnson fol lowed with a eulogy on Dr. J. C. Willcox, which he delivered with his accustomed grace and effectiveness. After these ad dresses there came more music, and then the closing exercises by the Master and Wardens. A prayer and benediction were made by the Chaplain, and the Worshipful Master declared the session of t^e Lodge of Sorrow closed. The hall was filled dur ing the ceremonies with a select audience, both of ladies and gentlemen, and throughout there was a solemnity befitting the occasion. Fresh lino of candy received weekly at Sims & Young’s. Attend Sligh & Rucker’s great removal sale, and buy summer goods at cost. Try a small “Continental’’ ham at 121 cents per pound; G. O, Mertz. ths Costervative Convention. Retorted for The Ne%s,i A convention of the CotlMf* vatives of Darlingtoh County was held in th*- Court House on Tuesday, which was called to ordir by Mr. W. F. Dargan, who read the call which had been previously published. Dr. A. T. Baird was made tempor ary Secretary. A committee of three was appointed on creden tials, consisting of Messrs. E. R. liclver, J. W. Coker and J. A. DuBose, who reported that nine townships were represent ed. making a majority of the townships in the county. Maj. J. J. Lucas was then elected rmanent Chairman, and Mr, H. McKee, Secretary. The resignation of W. D. Coker as the member from this County of the State Executive Commit tee o( the Conservatives was accepted. Mr. W. F. Dargan was then elected to succeed him. Motion prevailed that a com mittee of three he appointed by the chair, who should confer with the Reformers and see if an eoual division of nntrammel ed delegates to the Constitution al Convention oan be had. The chair appointed Messrs. E. R. Mclver, W. F. Dargan and A T. Baird, as such committee. Motion prevailed that this com mittee oe instructed to report the result «f the conference to the County Executive Commit tee of the Conservatives, and that the oominittee have full power to take such action they may see fit in regard to naming conservative delegates, in case theirpropositionisagreed to. The County Conservative Executive Committee will meet July 15th. The following re solution was adopted: “Thitwe, the Conservatives of Darling ton County, will go into the primary % only upon an equal di vision of untrarameled dele gates.” Delegates to this con vention were requested to let it be known in their respective neighborhoods what was the actio j of the convention as re gards a division of delegates, and also in regard to going into the primary. The convention then adjourned. REMOUHL SALE now going on at SLIGH & RUCKER’S PHILADELPHIA. Mr. John Siskron and daugh ter visited nlatives here last Sunday. Curing tobacco has commenc ed, and some of the boys are having t > hustle. Mr. Leonard Pipkin, former ly of this place, but now a resi dent of Florida, made a short visit here last week. On Friday, ths 5th inst., Mr. George Simms was instantly killed at Mr. W. R. S. Lawson’s, his head being caught in a brick mill which crushed his skull and broke his neck. The affair was purely accidental, and greatly deplored by Mr. Lawson’s fam ily. Mr. Simms was a young man wed thought of by all who knew him, and tbe family has tbe sympathy of the communi- ty. Attend Sligh & Rucker’s great removal sale, and. buy summer goods at cost. Fresh banquet Merts. wafer; G. O. Reciprocity. The Cheraw correspondent of the News and Courier says: “Some of Cheraw’s merchants are selling Darlington smoking tobacco, while some of the Dar lington men hints are selling Cheraw socks. An interchange of the manufactured products of neighboring towns is a pleas ant way of developing the re sources of the State and at the same time serves to bring about a spirit of enterprise and good feeling in the different towns. Attend Sligh & Rucker’s great removal sale, and buy summer goods at cost. We have received from Cadet R. McLendon, of C'lemson Col lege, an invitation to attend the joint debate between the Col umbian and Palmetto Literary Societies of that institution on the 19th. inst. , von dysps3*ia. »,|.1 f-:nm*nh dUonlef*, t*k» BROWN ■ IHOH BITTICH*. ' .I da«lrr* n it,*1 parhnttla. (icnnlnahe* r«V n>ar« am! cr «ad Nd Him* on wrappar. LAOin Neadlac • tonic, or children who UTTUia. U’ Notice of Solo. NDER AND BY VIRTUE OF A Bil I of Sale made to me by W. R. killeu, of Darlington County, dated the 2«th day of January, A. D. 18U2 and recorded in the office of R. M. t\ for Darlington County in Book 10. P*ge 27#, 1 will offer for sale to the highest bidder for eaah at the conrt houee door at Darlington at 12 o'clock M , on Monday, the 2#th day of July, IMW, the following deeerlbed property to wit: One Grey Mare, One One-bone Wagon. , . H. B. ROSE, July 11—St. Mortgagee. We have just tak en our annual inven tory, and find that the result of our past business has been ve ry satisfactory. We will now give our s friends and patrons the opportunity of buying all summer goods at cost. On Aug. 1 we will ffiOiZE into the two stores in the Hewitt building now occupied by J. D. Baird and McCall & Burch, which are to be renovated and nicely fitted up for our business. u t niitra