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VOL. XXII, NO. IT DARLINGTON, S. 0., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1895. WHOLE NUMBER 1,085. LOCAL LACOMCS. MATTERS in and around the TOWN OF DARLINGTON. A Column of News, Tersely Told, of Interest to Our Many Readers. Rev. R. W. Lide is quite sick. Next Thursday will be Thanks giving Day. J. Buckner Floyd, Esq., is visiting the Exposition. Middling cotton brought 7l cents at this market yesterday. It was a decided cold wave that struck this section yester day. Mr. H. M. Willcox has rented the Gainey cottage on Mowry Street. A ten days’ revival meeting has just been closed at’.Pond Hollow. Dr. Barrentine is occupying one of L. G. McCall’s cottages on Mowry Street. Mr. B. E. Whittington, of Atlanta, is visiting relatives in Darlington. Gen. James and Mr. J. A. Blackwell returned from At lanta on Saturday. Quite a number of young peo ple left Darlington on Monday to visit the Exposition. Miss Gena Dargan. a daugh ter of Col. John J. Dargan, is clerking at the Book Store. Messrs. B. L. Outlaw and S. M. Forest, of Clyde, have gone to Danville, Va., on a business trip. Mr. C. Alexander has opened a grocery store in his new build ing on the corner of Pearl and Grove streets. Mr. H. A. Edwards, who is now superintendent of the Hartsville paper mill, was in town on Monday. Mr. C. 8. McCullough has bought LaMotte's beef market, and will hereafter conduct it in his own interests. A caution against trespassing on the lands of E. R. Mclver, W. C. Ervin, and Miss E. C. Fountain is given in this issue. Rev. John Kershaw, of Sum ter, recently elected rector of St. Michael’s Church, Charles ton, w<*8 in Darlington yester day. Mr. Peter Mclver, a brother of Maj. J J. Mclver, died sud denly in Bennettsville on Sun day morning last at eleven o'clock. Capt. B. Mantoue, formerly one of Charleston’s leading bus iness men, but now of New York City, was in Darlington this week on business. Mr. W. D. Coggeshall had a new buggy and set of harness stolen from the stable on his premises on Monday night. The thief must have been a most daring one. Mrs. W. L. King died at the residence of her husband near Darlington on Monday. Mrs. King was a Miss Josey, of Or angeburg County. The remains were taken there yesterday for interment. Mr. Bacot Law lost a tobacco barn by accidental fire last Sat urday night with 13,000 pounds of tobacco in it. The barn was insured for $100 and the tobac co for $1,500 in companies rep resented by Mrs. Lucy M. Nor- ment. • The two horse sales on Satur day last, conducted respective ly by Messrs. McCullough <Sr Cooley and W. D, Coggeshall & Co., were well attended, and a large number of horses were sold by both firms at marvel lously low prices. Mr. E. P. Canrfon, the well known drummer, who for some years has been with Sligh & Rucker, of Florence, in charge of their men’s furnishing de partment, has again gone on the road, and has made Darling ton one of nis first points He is handling a fine line of shoes, and will no doubt find all of his old customers glad to see him. Quite a number of Darlington people attended the State Fair last week. Darlington’s tobac co exhibit is said to have been Ihe feature of the occasion. Fa kirs and “fake” shows were to be seen in abundance—some of them so “tough” that they had been driven off the Midway I’laisance, in Atlanta. That fort of thing will ruin the Fair if it’s not put a stop to. Mr. J. Walter James left for, Atlanta on Monday. C A. Woods, Esq., of Marion is on a brief visit to Darlington. Prof. A Poindexter Taylor, of Hartsville, has gone to the Ex position. The exodus of Darlington peo- 1 pie to Atlanta still continues in large numbers. Mr. C. W, Hewitt went to| Charlotte last night to bring back a car load of buggies. J The colored Methodist church and parsonage have been sur rounded with a neat new fence. Bear in mind the fact that the publication of “The House on the Marsh” will be begun in the next issue of this paper. Dr. J. F. Watson, who has been practising medicine in the Leavensworth neighborhood for several years past, will shortly move to Lamar. Mr. B. F. Williamson was elected last week one of the! vice-presidents of the South Carolina Agricultural and Me chanical Fair Company. R L. Dargan, Esq., has been appointed Judge Advocate Gen eral with the rank of Major on the staff of Gen. Richbourg, commanding Second Brigade, S. C. V. T. Messrs. Moorhead, Cox & Co. have had a cash rail-road sys tem put up in their store, and they find it a great convenience. Some of the other merchants will soon follow their example. Mr. J. L. Edwards advertises that he has coal and wood- for sale. Orders mav be sent him by telephone to the office of the Darlington Manufacturing Com pany, or they may be given to the driver of his wagon. On Friday night last, the meeting of the Ep worth League was held at the residence of the Misses Rast on Pearl street. There was a progressive discus sion on the Bible, which proved to be very interesting and in structive. Messrs. Strauss & Rosen, of Georgetown, have moved to Darlington, and have opened two clothing stores—one in the Allen store on Pearl Street, and the other in the S. Marco build ing on the Square During the debate in the Con stitutional Convention on Fri day last on the subject of in creasing the school tax from two to three mills, Mr. J. O. A. Moore took the floor, and read a carefully prepared speech in fa vor of the proposition. School Commissioner Perritt has obtained leave of absence from the Constitutional Conven tion, and will spend the next week or ten days in making his official visits to the various schools of the County, in ac cordance with the announce ment which has already been made in these columns. Mr. W. F. Early is the duly authorized agent for the collec tion of all monies due The Dar- LiNGToxNKWS.and in the course of a tour which he expects to make through the County at an early day, he will take occasion to call on those of our sub scribers whose memories need to be “jogged.” Mr. A. E. Skinner, ex-county dispenser, was married on Wed- nesday night of last week to Miss Leila Moore, daughter of Mr. W. W. Moore, of Stokes Bridge. The wedding took place at Wesley Chapel, at 4.30 o’clock in the afternoon. The bridal couple left for the Exposi tion on Monday. Letters addressed to the fol lowing persons remain uncalled for at the Darlington postoffice, and are advertised as “dead” for the week endi.ig Nov. 18th: C. H. Kervin, E. M. Andrews, Wm. Belin, T. C Young (a), J. M. Woodard, W. L. Williams, Henry White, Herbert Tisdale, J. B. Rollins, Jim May. P. J. Muri, Hector Warning. B. J. Puritt, Laura Sott, Maud Gray, Julia Holmes, Lucy Johnson. For the information of the public. Mr. Gandy, the postmas ter, requests us to announce that the regular hours for keep ing the postoffice open are from 8 A. M. to 6 P M. The office is again opened for a short time at night for the delivery of the mails that come in then. All mails close twenty-five minutes prior to the departure of trains, a full schedule of which is pub lished elsewhere in these col umns. Bargains In Horse Flesh, Messrs. McCullough & Cooley have gone into the ; uction sale business with a vengence. and they evidently intend to supply the farmers of this section with fine horses at. the lowest possi ble prices. From their large advertisement, which appears again this week, it will be seen that they are to have another big sale here on Saturday next. They are also to have sales at Cheraw on Friday, Nov. 29th, and at Florence on Saturday, Nov. 30th. Their sale at Lake City on tne 14th was a most successful one in every respect. Every purchaser of a horse here on Saturday was presented with a ticket entitling him to partici pate in a raffle which was to take place at the close of the sale for a fine mare which was put up for that purpose by Mes srs. McCullough & Cooley. Mr. Abram Weinberg was the lucky winner of this mare. They will give another raffle of the same kind after their sale here on next Saturday. 1,000 bushels of county raised seed red rust proof oats. Me Cullough & Cooley. We are selling a good pair of pants for 50 cents; Blackwell Bros. The New Schedule. The Sunday train was put on last Sunday, and a general change of schedule on the At lantic Ce ist Line went into ef fect on tnat day, exactly as was outlined and predicted in last week’s issue of The News, ex cept that the Sunday train does not run in the evening. The Hartsville train now comes down two hours later in the morning, and connection is made at Florence with a morn ing train for Charleston. Both of these improvements were greatly needed, and Darlington now has fine schedules—the best we have ever had—and we trust sincerely that the Coast Line authorises will find it to their advantage to continue them for many a day to come. As we have had occasion to remark before, it is a great pity, when these changes of sched ule are made, that sufficient notice of them is not given to enable the travelling public to become acquainted with the fact. Tne local agent himself did not know until within three days of the change that it was contemplated even. As a re sult, a number of people were left on Monday who went the depot to take the C. S. & N. train for Columbia. Atlanta and other points, not knowing tha', the schedule had been changed so that the train was to leave earlier. All of our efforts to se cure one of the new time tables for publication have been in vain. Through the kindness of Mr. Pegues, we have had a peep at his, and reproduce the following, which will doubtless be of interest to our readers. BOAD. C. & D., How The Sultan's Sister Rides. “If General Lew Wallace were in Cincini ati to day he would doubtless go over to The T. T. Haydock Carriage Fac tory, at Plum and Twelfth streets, and take a long look at to day. a little three-spring phieton that stands in the wareroom. It Senator Byrd's Successor. j Convention Echoes. [News and Courier.] | Columbia, November 17—The! Florence, November ig.— jConstitutional Convention is The election for Senator to fill now on the “homestretch.” The the unexpired term of Dr. J. () members are working witli; Byrd from this county was held | more heart and vim and begin j J. E. Pettigrew, Demo ! to feel that the daylight of ad , crat, and D. H. Bowen, Repibli- join nment is ahead. There is can, were the candidates at the not a member of the Convention is a little jewel of a wagon, and polls. Pettigrew got 219 votes, was built expressly for the Prin- Bowen 87. Timmonsville, Ebe- cess Zame Sultana, the sister of j nez er and Cartersx illehave been the Sultan of Turkey. It would heard from, giving Pettigrew a probably remind the author of hig majority The country vote “Ben Hur” of a pleasant period ! W1 n SW H1 Pettigrew's majority of his life spent in the Orient, considerably, thus snowing un- Some sixty days ago the order der the negro preacher. The was received from Constanti leaders of the negroes worked nople through purveyors to Her hard here to get their brothers- Saturday’s C. S. & N , •Sunday only. tDaily except Sun day. tMonday*, Wednesdays and Friday*. ^Tuesdays, Thursday* and Saturdav*- The Hartsville freight, which comes up from Florence every morning, reaches Darlington at 9.20 o’clock. Excellency, and as it stands, from the artistic wing dash to the crimson silk brocade that illuminatesitsseat and cushions, it is purely a Cincinnati product, and will start on its long jour ney in a few days. Its top is of hand-buffed leather and light yellow broad cloth lining Her dainty foot will rest upon a yard of Wilton carpet, which, with the panels of the box, is of Na tional colors. The lamps are silver mounted, and from first to last it is a thing of mechani cal completeness. The T. T. Haydock Company has also a few special orde-s from far away Capetown, in South Africa, and others from points in the south of this country—or dered through their magnificent exhibition of articles at the big Atlanta show. These compli ments to Cincinnati craft and in black to vote, but they could do nothing. Do you want a sewing mach ine? If so, call on us. Black- well Bros. , Darlington in The Convention, [News and Courier. 1 Mr. Perritt said that he was serving h i s second term as school commissiom*r He want ed to see the people of South Carolina educated and favored the section of the committee. Mr. Parrott urged that the school system was more efficient now with reduced pay. He was afraid of the usurpation of legis lative power. The whole mat ter should be left to the Legis lature. Are we afraid to trust the Legislature when a third of the members belong to the Leg- who had any idea that the ses sion would last as long as it has. It has been a strain on I many, and none will regret j when it is over, and all will re turn home with the conscious ness that the best possible has been done for the good of the old State. The journal of last proceedings will ‘forty-ninth day,” have on it power to provide for the five higher educational institutions of this State. The old Consti tution contained the word “shall,” which is construed to he a Constitutional command, but the colleges under that pro vision have had to meet opposi tion the same as is expected with the change to the word “may.” The section as amended be gins thus: “The General Assem bly may provide for the main tenance of Clemson Agricultu ral College and the University of South Carolina as now estab lished.” The University of SouthCaro- lina embraces the Winthrop and from that some idea of the j College, the South College, the work and time can be had. It Citadel and Claflin College, has taken a very long time to; There was an all day debate re-frame the Constitution, and on the simple changing of the the general opinion is that what word “shall” as reported by the has been done has been accom I committee, to “may.’? The plished as rapidly as possible, suggestion was made ropeated- and that it will take from ten ly during the course of the heat- to fifteen days to complete the ed argument that it was more task. a fight of denominational col- workmanship will not pass - without the satisfactory notice islature? of all interested in the welfare and advancement of home in | Mr. Parrott thought dustry and the Queen City’s pie could take care of market ” The above extract is ♦«ken from the Cincinnati The T. T. Haydock Company have a magnificent exhibit at the Atlanta Exposition, which has been greatly admired by all j ves. poor, the peo- themsel- In his district, which was there were three schools. Mr. H. C. Burn, the orator from Darlington, made a pat riotic speech for the common schools and the poor young boys free tui- or eignt months. He was thoroughly in earnest and insisted on having good common schools. the Darlington people who have ! and girls. He wanted been there. Mr. W. W. Lewis. ;tion for six or eight the popular and accomplished travelling salesman of the Com pany, was in Darlington this week. His mission was to sell another car load lot of the Com pany’s buggies to Mr. N. L. Harrell, who has been handling them here successfully for years. Mr. Harrell has a few still on hand from his last order, and is expecting another large lot soon. HOPEWELL. oats are looking LEAVE* FOB: TIME. Florence, *7.80 a. m HarUville, *9.20 a. m. Wadeeboro, t9 IS a. in. Florence, 46.05 P. m. 44.30 P- m. 47.20 a. m. Hartsville, 48.05 P- m. Sumter, 47.25 a. m. Bennettsville, 48.00 P» m. n J1.00 P m. Sumter, 12 05 P- m. Sewing machines, needles and supplies for all the leading ma chines, at Blackwell Bros.’ A half-rate excursion ticket for children ($4.10) has been put on froiq Darlington to At lanta and rtturn on account of the Exposition. Call at the Darlington Shoe Store and ask to see our celebrat ed $2 shoe for ladies; all styles and widths, kid and goat. This is the best shoe ever brought to Darlington for that price, and we have been entirely out of them for the past two weeks, but received another large lot this week. We have them also in the “housekeepers” at the same prices Woods & Milling. Early sown well. Mr. B. R. Copeland spent sev eral days last week in Columb ia. Mr. R. L. Hagood, of Cypress, visited our community last week. Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Huggins, of Cypress, visited relatives here recently. Married, on the 10th inst., by Rev. J. J. Reynol is, Mr. Wm. Watford to Miss Lula Baker. Miss J«sie Mixon, of Philadel phia, is spending some time with her sister, Mr. R. L. Du- Bose. Rev. C. D. Mann preached on last Sabbath to a large and at tentive audience on the mode of baptism. Mr. Parrott: “Don’t you think the country people are for the three mills and the only opposi tion is from the cities?” Mr. Watson: “I know what we want is a three mill tax, and I believe all are for it.” Mr. Parrott said that the ar gument could not be made that a liberal provision had been made for the common schools. Only $3 per capita was provided The Convention has for a long time had the dream of a .conflict with the Legislature to disturd its members. It was thought that the Legislature would have to be in session at the same time with the Conven tion, but the “people”—that is what they call the Convention— took hold of the matter and postponed the Legislative ses sion nntd the 14th of January. Whether the Convention has the Constitutional right to post pone the Legislative session un til the old Constitution was re pealed by a new one being adopted or not mattered not; the Legislative session had to be postponed, and it was done without question or quibble, and no one is sorry for the de lay. In future years the Legis lative sessions will be held in January, and it may be as well to make the start in that direct ion at this time. The general expectation now' is that the Legislature will be in session from forty to sixty days on account of the voulme of work that will be necessary in making the statute law con form to the new Constitution. The past week has been one of the most important in the progress of the Convention. The educational committee re port, which more directly and continuously affects the inter ests ot the people of the State more than any other article, was given that attention which it deserved. The Convention has already for; that it was not a sin tor a ■ done much for the improvement man to love his church and his [of the educational system, and if what has already been done leges against State institutions than anything else. Be that as it may every one will have to measure motives as he sees fit. An analysis of the vote may or may not influence such an opin ion. It may be remarked that most of the speeches in favor of the amendment were made by those interested in Newber ry, Wofford and Furman col leges, through association, eith er as alumni or friends, and on the other hand, with the rarest exceptions, the graduates of State instituions supported the committee report as it stood. So far as the practical results are concerned the colleges will all be left upon the same plane, and Clemson and the South Carolina College and the Cita del are all left with the same safeguards and the one is likely to fall or the other. What change this course'] will have upon the subsc iuent action upon the article cannot be anticipat ed, but some seem to think it will influence the final vote up on its ailoption. Exclusive of pairs there were thirty-four absentees. The sec tion is not yet near its final adoption and there have been sufficient amendments offered to engage the attention of the Convention for another day if it cares to listen to arguments as it did to-day. The ordinance postponing the session of the Legislature until the middle of January was ratified to-night and Governor Evans issued his proclamation in obedience to the provision of the ordinances. church institutions and for that reason he coul1 support the amendments. Clothing—anything you want in that line, and all sizes and prices; Blackwell Bros. Carlivle-Roland. [New* and Courier.] Laurens, Nov. 6.— The mar- raige of the Rev John E. Car lisle and Miss Kate Roland drew a large crowd to the Methodist Church this morning. Prompt ly at 12 o’clock, the appointed hour, Mendelssohn’s Wedding March pealed forth, and the ushers. John Brooks and Clar ence Gray, of Laurens, W. M. Hopewell Literary Society Jones, of Spartanburg and Eldon was reorganized on last Friday Dibble, of Orangeburg, advanc- evening with every prospect of i ed up the right and left aisles to future success. ■ (the chancel, followed by the bride and groom. The Rev. J. Among those who “took in” the State Fair last week were Messrs. J. R. Copeland, Wheel er Reynolds, Wash Brown and Frank Copeland. They missed their train at Cartersville and M. Carlisle, of Spartanburg, the father of the groom, then pro ceeded to perform the simple but impressive ceremony. The bridal party at its conclusion re- , , . . .. t paired to the home of the bride, had , t0 T alk ^ Ver . t0 . t ^ e , where a breakfast was served, station in order to catch the next train. They returned home considerably the worse for wear. RIVERDALE. Mr. R. Hay paid a flying vis it to Lydia a few days ago. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Polston attended the State Fair last week. Mr. and Mrs. John B. Rhodes paid a brief visit to the family of Mr. Harding Howell recently. A party of youn ft men from this neighborhood attended "Pawnee Bill’s” show in Flor ence last Saturday. The farmers, with a few ex- iceptions, are through gathering j their crops, and their granaries I ars well tilled. after which Mr. and Mrs. 'Jar- lisle took the train for Atlanta and other points of interest. The church decorations, mainly in white and yellow chrysanthe mums, were unusually graceful and beautiful. The bride’s dress was a traveling suit of brown mohair, with velvet trimmings. The bridal bouquet was of white chrysanthemums. The bride is a daughter of J. J. Roland, a prominent merchant here, and is a very charming woman. The groom has been a pastor of the Methodist Church here for a year and is exceedingly popular among his congregation as well as the posessor of talents which render him an honor to church. County raised seed rye for sale liamson. _ seed oats and ; Bright Wil- were not supplemented at all, the common schools of the State would be better provided for than they have ever been. In addition to the three mill tax, the $1 poll tax and the sup plemental tax, the committee expect to have the Convention accept its suggestions with ref erence to the profits of the Dis pensary and the Penitentiary, as well as the revenue from es cheated estates. The income from the Dispensary has been put down at a minimum of $100, 000, and the chances are that with the use of the Dispensary profits for school purposes that it will be considerably increased as prices will be somewhat in creased on account of the more general suppoit that will be ex pected for the law. The amount of profit to be derived from the Penitentiary is somewhat uncertain on ac count of the introduction of the chain gang system, which is doing such fiine work on the roads in the counties. It is, however, expected that, by the use of the available employees and the good management that is now being had, the Peniten tiary can and will help the school fund. There is one rath er peculiar feature about the action of the Convention on the educational matters. Many of the delegates personally favor the three mill tax as well as the $2 poll tax, but have voted against these propositions be cause “their people do not want the three mill tax or more than a $2 poll tax.” The sixth section, which pro vides for the collection and dis tribution of the public school fund, which is the real back- his | bone of the school system, , passed as reported, but : without a hard contest. MARRIED. At the residence of E. O. Woods, Esq , Darlington, S C., on Wednesday evening, Nov. 2Qf by the Rev. John Kershaw, Ena Ogier, daughter of the late Mr. Theodore D. Wagner, of Charleston, to Claylon R. Woods, of Darlington. * Men’s heavy winter shoes and ladies’ Dongoia buttoned shoes at $1.25; Blackwell Bros. P. A. Willcox, Esq., executor, advertises that on Friday,.Nov. 29, he will sell at public auction a considerable amount of per sonal property at the plantation of the late Dr. J. C. Willcox, in this county. The best overcoat for the smallest amount of money; Blackwell Bros. In the case of Bollman Bros. Co. vs. J. M. Woodham, the sale of the land as advertised by the Clerk will not take place next saleday, and the advertise ment will not appear in the next issue of this paper. Dandruff is an exudation from the puresoftheskin that spreads and dries, forming scurf and causing the hair to fall out, Hall’s Hair Renewer curesTt. Most people know a good j thing when they see it, and no- j Columbia, November 18—The Messrs. W. H. Mozingo, J. F. can help "seeing that we Convention tonight by a vote of Middleton and W. W. Isgett have the trade; Blackwell Bros. G3 to 49 accepted Mf. Watson’s wettt o Hartsville last week to . amendment by which the Gen- attend the Welsh Neck Associa- The best red rust-proof seed eral Assembly is given discre tion which met in that town. I oats; Blackwell Bros. Itiouary, instead of mandatory, Administrator's Sale. STATS OF SO UTH (JA R OLINA. County of Darlington. I JURSUANT to an order of W. B. Boole, Judge of Probate for the County of Darlington; on the plantation of the late J. C. Willcox in Darlington county, Friday, the 29th day of November. 18115. I will aell at public out-cry, or in such other man ner a* in‘i y be most to the interest of WRa ; the estate, all of the pereouai proper “ ty situate on the s*id plantation, con- n °4 elating of farm implement*, wagon*, horse*, mules, cow*, hogs, sheep, cot ton *eed, potatoes, corn, etc ; terms cash, or one-half oa*h and credit twelve month*, secured. Said sale to begin at 12 o'clock on Friday, the 29th day of November, u* above stated, and to continue from day to day-un til disposed of. P. A WILLCOX, Administrator,