The Darlington news. (Darlington, S.C.) 1875-1909, July 18, 1895, Image 3
- Our Two Opinions.
[Eugone Field.]
tt9 l*o win boye when we fell oat—
Nigh to the age uv my youngest
now;
Don’t rec'lect what’t wm about,
Some small deefTrenee I’ll allow
Lived next neighbours twenty years,
A-hatin’ each other, me 'nd Jim,—
He havin’ hi* opinyin uv me,
’nd I havin’ mj/ opinyin uv him.
Grew up together hid wouldn’t speak,
Courted sisters, ’nd marr'd ’em, too:
’tended same meetin’-house oncet a
week,
A-hatin’ each other through ’nd
through!
But when Abe Linkern asked the
West
Fr soldiers, we answered,—me ’nd
Jim,-
Ht havin’ hi* opinyin uv me,
’nd / havin’ my opinyin uv him.
But down in Tennessee one night
Ther wuz sound uv firin' fur away,
'nd the sergeant allowed ther’d be a
fight
With the Johnnie Rebs some time
nex’ day;
'nd as I wuz thlnkin' uv Lizzie 'nd
home
Jim stood afore me, long 'nd slim,—
He havin’ hi* opinyin uv me,
’nd / havin' my opinyin uv him.
Seemed like we knew ther wuz^goin’
to be
Serious trouble f*r me ’nd him;
Us two shuck hands, did Jim ’nd me,
But never a word from me or Jim!
He went his way ’nd / went mfne,
'nd into the battle’s roar went we,—
1 havin' my opinyin uv Jim,
’nd he havin’ his opinyin uv me.
Jim never come back from the war
again,
But 1 hain’t forgot that last, last
night
When, waitin’ fr orders, us two men
Made up ’nd shuck hands, afore the
fight.
'nd after it all, it’s soothin’ to know
That here I be 'nd yonder’s Jim, -
He havin’ his opinyin uv me,
’nd / havin' my opinyin uv him.
Taming A Tartar.
(Jerome K. Jerome.)
Another bull-dog exhibition
that occurs to me w ts one given
oy my uncle. He had had a
bull dog—a young one—given
to him by a friend. It was a
grand dog, so his friend had
told him; all it wanted was
training—it had not been pro
perly trained. My uncle did
not profess to know much about
the training of bull dogs; but it
seemed a simple enough matter,
so he thanked the man, and
took his prize home at the end
of a rope.
“Have we got to live in the
this?” asked
me—I was stopping with them
at the time—“and see if you
can find any sugar; I think
there’s some under the big rose
bush. If not, you’d better go
to Jones’s and order some ”
And on the cook’s inquiring
what she should get ready for
lunch, my aunt would say:
“Well, I’m sure, Jane, I hard
ly know. What have we? Are
there any chops in the garden,
or was it a bit of steak that I
noticed on the lawn?”
On the second afternoon the
plumbers came to do « little job
to the kitchen boiler. The dog,
being engaged at the time in
the front of the house, driving
away the postman, did not no
tice their arrival. He was
broken-hearted at finding them
theie when he got down stairs,
and evidently blamed himself
most bitterly. Still, there they
were, all owing to his’careless
ness, and the only thing to be
done now was to ase that they
did not escape.
There were three plumbert
(it always takes three plumbers
to do a job: the first man comes
on ahead to tell yon that the
second man will be there soon,
the second man comes to say
that he can’t stop, and the third
man follows to ask if the first
man has been there); and that
faithful, dumb animal kept
them pinned up in the kitchen
—fancy wanting to keep plum
bers in a house longer than is
absolutely necessary!—for five
hours, until my uncle came
home; and the bill ran:
“Self and two men engaged
six hours, repairing boiler tap,
18s; materials, 2d.—Total 18s.
2d.”
He took a dislike to the cook
from the very first. We did not
blame him for this. She was a
disagreeable old woman, and
we did not think much of her
ourselves. But when it came
to keeping her out of the kitch
en, so that she could not do her
work, and my aunt and uncle
had to cook the dinner them
selves, assisted by the house
maid—a willing enough girl,
but necessarily inexperienced
we felt that the woman was be
ing subject to persecution
My uncle, after this, decided
that the dog’s training must be
no longer neglected. The man
next door but one always talk
ed as if he knew a lot about
sporting matters, and to him
my uncle went for advice as to
how to set about it.
“Oh, yes,” said the man,
cheerfully, “very simnle thing,
training a bull-dog. Wants pa
tience, that’s all.”
‘•Oh, that will be all right,”
said my uncle; “it can’t want
house with this?” asked my 8ai u .. _ .
Iff^imuch more than living in the
game house with him before
the room about an hour after
the dog’s advent, followed by
the quadruped himself, wear
ing an idiotically self satisfied
air.
“That!” exclaimed my uncle,
in astonishment; “why, it’s a
splendid dog. His father was
honorably mentioned only last
year at the Aquarium.”
“Ah. well, all I can say is,
that his son isn’t going the way
to get honorably mentioned in
this neighborhood,” replied_my
aunt, with bitterness; “he’s just
finished killing poor Mrs. Mc-
Slanger’s cat, it you want to
know what he has been doing.
And a pretty row there’ll be
about it, too!”
“Can’t we hush it up?” said
my uncle.
“Hush it up!” retorted my
aunt. “If you’d heard the row,
you woulun’t sit. there and talk
like a fool. And if you’ll take
my advice,” added my aunt,
“you’ll set to work on this
‘training.’ or whatever it is,
that has got to be done to the
dog, before any human life is
lost.” .
My uncle was too busy to de
vote any time to the dog for the
next day or so, and all that
could be done was to keep the
animal carefully confined to the
house.
And a nice time we had with
him! It was not that the ani
mal was bad-hearted. He meant
well—he tried to do his duty
"What was wrong with him was
that he was too hard-working
He wanted to do too much. He
started with an exaggerated and
totally erroneous notion of his
duties and responsibilities. His
idea was that he had been
brought into the house for the
purpose of preventing any liv
ings human soul from coming
near it and of preventing any
person who might by chance
have managed to slip in from
ever again leaving it.
We endeavored to induce him
to take a less exalted view of
his position, but in vain. That
wps the conception he had form
ed in his own mind concerning
his earthly task, and that con
ception he insisted on living up
to with, what appeared to us to
be, unnecessary conscientious
ness.
He so effectually frightened
away all the trades-people, that
they at last refused to ente r the
gate. All that, they would do
was to bring their goods and
drop them over the fence into
the front garden, from where
we had to go and fetch them as
we wanted them.
“I wish you’d run into the
garden,” my aunt would say.to
he’s trained does. How do you
start?”
“Well, I’ll tell you,” said the
next door-but one. “Yon take
him up into a room where there's
not much furniture, and yog
shut the door and bolt it.”
“I see,” said my uncle.
“Then you place him on the
floor in the middle of the room,
me well enough to feel sure that
the arrangements will be taste
ful, and, at the same time, un
ostentatious!”
And out my uncle walked.
We next consulted the butch
er, who agreed that the prize
ring method v. as absurd, especi
ally when recommended to a
short-winded, elderly family
man, and who recommended,
instead, plenty of out-door ex
ercise for the dog, under ray
uncle’s strict supervision and
control.
“Get a fairly long chain for
him,” said the butcher, “and
take him out for a good stiff run
every evening. Never let him
get away from you; make him
mind yon, and bring him home
always thoroughly exhausted.
You stick to that for a month
or two, regular, and you’ll have
him like a little child.”
“Um!—seems to me that I’m
going to get more training over
this job than anybody else,”
muttered my uncle, as he thank
ed the man and left the shop;
“but I suppose it’s got to be
done. Wish I’d never had the
dog now!”
So, religiously, every evening,
my uncle would fasten a long
chain to that poor dog, and drag
him away from his happy home
with the ideaof exhausting him;
and the dog would come back
as fresh as paint, my uncle be
hind him, panting and clamor
ing for brandy.
My uncle said he should never
have dreamed there could have
been such stirring times in this
prosaic nineteenth century as
he had, training that dog.
Oh, the wild, wild scamper-
ings over the breezy common—
the dog trying to catch a swal
low, and my uncle, unable to
hold him back, following at the
other end of the chain!
Oh, the merry frolics in the
fields, when the dog wanted to
kill a cow, and the oow wanted
to kill the dog. and they each
dodged round my uncle, trying
to do it!
And, oh! the pleasant chats
with the old ladies when the
dog wound the chain into a knot
around their legs, and upset
them, and my uncle had to sit
down in the road beside them,
and untie them before they
could get up again!
But a crisis came at last. It
was a Saturday afternoon—un
cle being exercised by dog in
usual way—nervous children
playing in road, see dog, scream
and run—playful young dog
thinks it a game, jerks chain
out of uncle’s grasp and flies
after them—uncle flies after
dog, calling it names—fond pa
rent in front garden, seeine be
loved children chased by savage
dog, followed by careless own
er, flies after unole, calling him
names—householders come to
doors and cry, “Shame!”—also
throw things at dug-*things
don’t hit dog, hit uncle—things
that don’t nit uncle, hit fond
parent—through the village and
up the hill, over the bridge and
round by the green—grand run,
mile and a half without a break'
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July 4— Darlington, S. C.
Have That Old Bicycle Fixed Up
■nd nude to run easy and look sttrsctlre.
We tune tbe proper Uiola aud a ipeclallT
trained workman, and miarantee beneet work
and moderate ehanpw. It vou want
PATCHING RUBBER, CEMENT, ETC.,
to carry on your tripe, we can furntah you.
RIDE A MONARCH
If you want to *et ahead of the heat and stay
In good trim for the winter.
W. It. PEARSON,
Beneath the Bnterpriae Hotel.
Darlington, - • S. C.
Notice of Stockholders' Meeting.
A S THERE WAS NO MEETING
held at the last regular time for
the animal meeting, the stockholders
of the Fee Dee Compress Co. are here
by notified to meet in the office of the
President of the Hank of Darlington
on Monday, Ang. 6,1895, at 18o’clock
for the purpoee of electing a new
Board of Di.ectors. and also for the
purpose of considering the advisabili
ty of winding np the affairs of the
Company; of going into llouidation,
and acting upon the same. By order
of the Board of Directors:
W. J. MOORHEAD,
BRIGHT WILLIM80N, Pres’t.
Beefy
Regu
S.A.
MOODS
&C0.
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Health Ordinance.
Darlington, 8. 0., June 34,1895.
E 11 ORDERED AND ORDAINED:
That the following Rules and
gulations, passed and adopted by
the Board of Health of the town of
Darlington, 8. C., having been ap
proved by the Town Council of the
town of Darlington, 8. C., are hereby
declared to be Ordinances of the said
Town,
AV. F. DARGAN,
J. W. EVANS. Mayor.
Clerk.
RiJlzs and Rkqulations ok the I
Board ok Health ok thk Town
OK DaRLINOTON, 8. O., M ADK OK |
Forck Jink 34th, 1895.
Rule I. That any person, who, in I
any manner, hinders or obstructs the
Health Officer of this Board, or any
member of this Board, or any author
ized Officer of the Town acting under |
authority of tbe Board, in the inspec
tion of premises within the Town lim
its; or in the abatement of any nui
sance, which, In the opinion of the i
Board, is deemed prejudicial to the
public health; or in the ditoharge of
any duties prescribed by the said
Board of Health, for the correction |
and preservation of the sanitary con
dition of the Town, shall bepunished |
by a fine of not more than Fifty Dol
lars, or by imprisonment not exceed
tig thirty days
Rule II. Tha
^ wm.r irnA«m I Children sink exhausted—dog
and you go down On vour knees ^ up &mOQ( r them—child-
in front of him, and begin 1° i —fond narent and
irritate him.”
Oh!” , ,
Yes—and you go on irritat
ing him until you have made
lim quite savage.”/
“Which, from what I know
of the dog, won’t take long,”
observed my unole, thought*
fully. ,
“So much the better, The
moment he gets savage he will
fly at you
ren go into fits—fond parent and
uncle come up together, both
breathless.
"Why don’t you call your
dog off, you wicked old man?
“Because I can’t recollect his
name, you old fool, you!”
]fond parent accuses uncle of
having set dog on—uncle, in
dignant, reviles fond parent-
exasperated fond parent attacks
unole—unole retaliates with um
brella-faithful dog comes to
My uncle agreed that the ide*
seemed plausible. - - .
“He will fly at your throat.
.ale II. That anyperson who re
fuses or neglects to abate or remove
any nuisance, or any matter, or any
thing, which, in the opinion of the
Board of Health, is likely to endau-
g er the public health, after having
een directed to do so by the Health
Officer, or any member of said Board
of Health, shall be punished by a fine
of not less than Fifteen Dollars or by
imprisonment not exceeding thirty
days for every such offense; aud in
such event of said refusal and neglect
it shall be the duty of the Health Of
ficer to have removed or abated snch
uutsuuoe; and all expenses incurred
by reason of such removal or abate
ment shall be recovered, as la legally
provided for, from the tenant or own
er of the property on which said nui
sance is found,
Rule III- That any person who al
lows a dead animal to remain on any
premises within the corporate limits
of the Town to him or her belonging,
or by him or her controlled, fora long
er period than twenty four hours,
shall be punished by a fine of not less
than Five Dollars, or by imprison
ment not exceeding thirty days.
Rule IV. That on aud after Deo. 81,
prox., it shall be unlawful for any
E ersou or persons to keep any hog or I
age un any premises within the cor
porate limits of the Town; and any
person or persons so doing shall be
punished by a fine of not less than
Ten Dollars, or by imprisonment not
exceeding thirty days, or both, at the
discretion of said board of Health.
Rale V- Section 1. That it shall 1
be the dnty of ail physicians practic
ing within the town to report to the
Secretary of the said Board of Health
the names and residences of all per-
great injury on fond parent— son8 uuder thelr urofesslonal
arrival Of police^—<10g^ aliaCKB j a? infectious disease! said
continued the next door but-on«
man, “ana this is where you
will have to |be careful. As
he springs toward you, and be
fore he gets hold of you, you
must hit him a fair straight
blow on his nose, and knock
lim down.”
“Yes, I see what you mean
“Quite so—well, the moment
ou have knocked him down,
e will jomp up and go for you
again. You must knock him
down again; and you must keep
on doing this, until the dog is
thoroughly cowed and exhaust
ed. Once he is thoroughly oow-
ed, the thing’s done—dog’s as
gentle as a lamb after that.”
“Oh!” says my uncle, ming
from his chair, “you think that
a good way, do you?”
“Certainly,” replied the next
door-but one man; “it never
fails.” ' J , j
* “Oh! I wasn’t doubting it,”
said my uncle; “only it's just
occurred to me that, as you un
derstand the knack of these
things, perhaps you’d JUre to
come in and try your hand on
the dog? We can give you a
room quite to yourselves) and
I’ll undertake that nobodv
comes near to interfere With
you. And if-if,*’ continued
my uncle, with that kindly
ti’n^ahwi' ne h!s W treatment d of I Smith, who is afflicted with a
others, “if, by any ehaoce, you sore throat, has asked his friend
should miss hitting the dog at Brown * ***®“*” fc A*’ S Jth ,_
the proper critical moment, or, Brown (peewg down Smith s
if you should get cowed and ex-1 throat^On which side is the
hausted first, iusiead of the dog sore spot? ,
whv I shall only be too pleas- Smith (speaking with difflcul
tSkke wholeburden p< ty)-On ibeMt side,
the funeral Ftpensee <*my own Brown—Coming up or going
shoulders; and I hope you know [down?
police—uncle and fond parent
both taken into custody—unole
fined five pounds and costs for
keeping a ferocious dog at large
—uncle fined five pounds and
costs for assault on fond parent
—uncle fined five pounds and
costs for assault on police!
My uncle gave the dog away
soon after that. He did not
waste him. He gave him as a
wedding present to a near rela
tion.
Marvelous Result*
From a letter written by Rev.
J. Qunderman, of Dimondale,
Mich-, we are permitted to make
this extract: "I have no hesita
tion in recommending Dr. King’s
New Discovery, as the results
were almost marvelous in the
case of my wife. While I was
pastor of the Baptist Church at
Rives Junction she was brought
down with Pneumonia succeed
ing La Grippe. Terrible parox-
S ams of coughing would last
oura with Tittle interruption
and it aeemed as if she could
not survive them. A friend re
commended Dr. King’s New
Discovery; it was quick in its
work and highly satisfactory in
results.” Trial bottles free at
Willcox A Co.’s Drug Store.
desire to announce to the people
of Darlington County in general,
and to the ladies in particular,
that they are now opening, at
their handsome establishment on
the east side of the Public Square,
a large and varied assortment of
Which for STYLE AND
PRICES is not to be excelled
in this section of South Carolina.
Give them a call and examine
their beautiful stock before decid
ing
where you will make your
Spring purchases.
THE
port to be made to the Secretory, eith .
er verbally or in writing, within two
days after such disease 1* contracted.
■Section 9. The* It shall be the du
ty of all physicians and mid-wives to
report to tha Secretary of this Board
all births, together with sex and race,
happening within tbe corporate lim
its of tbe Town; said report to be de
livered to the Secretary of the Board,
either verbally o< In writing, within
two days af«er occurrence of such |
birth or births.
Section 8. That it shall be the du
ty of all physicians and undrtakers to I
report to the Secretary of this Board
all deaths occurring within the cor
porate limits of the Town, together
With cause of death, name, residence,
age and race of deceased; said report
to be delivered, either verbally or in
writing, within two days after such
death or deaths.
Section 4. Any physician, mid-wife
or undertaker failing to comply with
the requirements of this Rule will be
fined not less than Five Dollars or
more than Fifty Dollars at the dis
cretion of said Board.
Rule VI. That it shall be the duty
of the Health Officer of this Hoard to
visit and personally inspect all prem
ises within the corporate limits of the
Town; and any premises found to be
in an unhealthy or unsanitary condi
tion, the owner or tenant thereof will
be punished by a fine of from One
Dollar to Fifty Dollars, or imprison
ment not exceeding thirty davs, or
both, at the discretion of said Board.
RuleVII. That eny person who ab
stracts in any way the drains, water
courses or ditches of the Town, or
who throws paper, rags, trash, gar
bage or any other refuse matter in
the street*, or on the Public Square,
or on or about either of the banks of
Swift Creek, or who orders it thrown
lu any of such places, shall be punish
ed b> a fine of not less than One Dol
lar or more ttun Ten Dollars, or by
imprisonment tar not less than thirty
days, or both. In the discretion of sola
Board.
By order of be Board:
W. J. GARNER. M. D..
D. P. LIDE, President.
Secretary,
Jua37—
XT'ARTSV1LLE RAILROAD.
** June 8, 1894.
MIXED TRAIN.
Leave Hartsville 4.80 a 9
Floyd’s
. 5.05 a m
Darlington
5.25 am
Palmetto
5.40 a m
Arrive Florence
6.00 a m
Leave Florence
9.00 p m
Palmetto
9.15 i m
Darlington
9.35 p
Floyds
9.45 p m
Jovaun
10.00 p *u
Hartsville
10.15 p m
J. F. DIVINE. Gen. Supt.
f'l ft D. and C. ft S. RAILROADS.
In effect June 8, 1894.
MIXED TRAIN
Leave Wadesboro
3.00 ;> m
Bennett’s
2.35 p m
Morven’s
. 2.40 p m
McFarland
. 2 55 p m
Cberaw
8.45 p m
Cash's
Society Hill
4.40 p in
Dove's
5.15 pm
Floyd’s
5.30 pm
Darlington
6.05 p w
Palmetto
Arrive Florence
Leave Florence
. 8.15 a m
Palmetto
8.40 a m
Darlington —
9.15 a m
Floyd’s
9.40 a m
Dove’s
. 9 55 a m
Society Hill
10 85 a m
Cash's
10.55 a in
Cheraw
11.40 a m
McFarland
13.20 p m
Morven's
12.35 p m
Bennett's -
12.50 p m
Arrive Wadesboro
1.10 p m
Local Freight.
Leave Darlington
4 JO p m
Palmetto
4.42 p in
Arrive Florence
5.00 p in
Leave Florence
8.15 a m
Palmetto
8 .40 a m
Arrive Darlington
8 55 a m
A. F. RAVENEL. President.
N ortheastern railroad.
In effect Noy. 18, 1894;
SOUTH BOUND.
Leave Florence
Nr>. 85.
.. a.iO a m
Lanes
4.20 a in
Arrive Charleston
C.10 s m
Leave Florence
No. 38.
Kingstree
. 8.46 pm
lanes
9.07 p in
Arrive Charleston
Leave lanes
No. 53.
. 7.05 p m
Arrive Charleston
8.40 p m
NORTH BOUND.
Leave Charleston
No. 78.
lanes
. 0.30 am
Kingstree
. 0.40 a m
Arrive Florence
7.55 a in
Leave Charleston
No. 83.
4.80 p m
Lanes
.. 0.08 p in
Kingstree
Arrive Florence
. 7.16 p m
Leave Charleston
No. 58.
. 7.00 a in
Arrive Lanes
No. 53 runs through to Columbia
via Central R. R. of 8. C.
Train Noe. 78 and 14 rune via Wilson
and Fayetteville—Short Line—and
makes close connection for all points
North.
J. F. DIVINE, Gen. Supt.
w
ILM1NGTON, COLUMBIA *
AUGUSTA RALROAD.
In effect May 26, 189o#
SOUTH BOUND.
COMPANY,
whose place of business is at their
new warehouse on Russel Street,
near the C. S. & N. Depot, offer
to the retail trade, as well as to>
consumers, in original, unbroken
packages,
FOR SPOT CASH,
a full line of choice family groce
ries, at the very lowest wholesale
prices. Housekeepers are now re
minded that they need not send
off to buy their usual barrel -of
sugar or barrel of flour, and the
like, for they can get them just
as cheap at their very doors,, and
save freight.
No. 55.
Leave Wilmington *3.80 p m
Leave Marion 8.84 p in
Arrive Florence 7.08 p m
Leave Florence *7.30 p m
Arrive Sumter 8.88 p m
Leave Sumter 8.88 p w
Arrive Columbia 10.00 p m
' No. 51.
Leave Florence *3.15 a m
Arrive Sumter 4 19 a m
No. 58.
Leave Sumter *9.48 a m
Arrive Columbia 11-05 a m
No. 58 runs through from Charles
ton via Central Railroad; leaving
Lanes 8.88 a m, Manning 9 15 a in.
NORTH BOUND.
No. 56.
Leave ColumbU .»•«««««•• *5.30am
Arrive Sumter.... . 6.48 am
Leave Sumter 6.43 a m
Arrive Florence . 8.00 a m
Leave Florence 8.25 a m
Leave Marion 9.00 a m
Arrive Wilmington 11.50am
No. 58.
Leave Columbia *4.95 pm
Arrive Sumter 6.48 p m
No. 50.
Leave Sumter.... *6.05 p m
Arrive Florence 7.15 p m
•Daily. tDaily except Sunday.
No. 53 runs thiougu to ouarleston
via central Railroad, arriving Man
ning 6.21 p m, Lanes 7.00 p »
charleston 8.40 pnr.
Trains on South and North Caro
lina R. R., leave Elliott 7.02 p. m., ar
rive Bishopville 7.39 p. m., Lucknow
8.10 p- m. Returning, leave Luck
now 6.80 a. m., BUhopville 7.00 a. m..
arrive Elliott 7.88 a. m. Daily except
Sunday.
Trains on Wilmingtonfc Conway E.
R., leave Chad bourn at 10.30 a m, ar
rive at Conway 18.85 p m, returning
leave Conway 8 30 p m. arrive Chad-
bourn 5.00 p.m., leave Chadbourn 5 84
m, arrive at Hub 6.80 p m. re
turning leave Hnb 8.15 a m, arrive at
Chadbourn 9.00 a m. Daily exepet
Sac lay.
Trains leave Pregnalls 8.15 Jh m-,
Summerton 4.47 p. m.,
p. m., Dari nzton 7.20 p. HI
■ettsville 8.19 p. m., arrive
9.15 p. m. Returning, leave Hamlet
6.15 a. m., Bennettsv.lle 7.11 a. m.,
Darlington 8.11 a. m., Samter 9.45 a.
m, Summerton 10.40 *• m., arrive
Pregnalls 18.15 p. m. Dally excep
Sunday.
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