The Darlington news. (Darlington, S.C.) 1875-1909, January 23, 1896, Image 1
VOL. XXIII, NO. 4.
DARLINGTON, S. 0., THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1896.
LOCAL LACONICS.
MATTERS IN AND AROUND THE
TOWN OF DARLINGTON.
of
A Column of Newt, Tertely Told,
Interest to Our Many
Readers.
Mr. Carl Hewitt is quite sick
with measles.
Mr. Archie Dargan is clerk
ing for Mr. J. O. Muldrow.
Cotton is bringing from 7.25
to 7.80 cents at this market.
Mr. Bright Williamson went
to Charleston yesterday on bus
iness.
R. W. Boyd, Esq., was in
Columbia this week attending
the Supreme Court.
The young people are talking
of having a “Leap Year’- party
and also a ’‘Valentine” party.
Messrs. George W. Dargan
and E. Keith Dargan were in
attendance upon the Supreme
Court on Monday.
The M'sses Fountain adver
tise for rent the large residence
formerly occupied by Dr. and
Mrs. A. H. Hayden.
The town is billed for a circus
which is to be here on Feb. 1st.
A balloon ascension is among
the attractions promised.
Mr. J. Wilkins Norwood.
President of the Atlantic Na
tional Bank, of Wilmington,
spent Monday in Darlington.
Mr Bright Williamson desires
to advertise that he has tor sale
on his plantation pure bred
Essex pigs, from imported stock.
Dr. W J. Garner will leave
today for New York, where he
expects to take a post-graduate
course relating especially to
diseases of women and children.
The many friends of the Rev
R. W. Lide will be glad to know
that he has returned home much
improved in health. He occu
pied his pulpit on Sunday.
Measles have taken posession
of the town. A large number
of children and some of the
grown people are sick with it,
keeping the doctors busy.
Married, at Swift Creek par
sonage, on Sunday morning
last, by the Rev. N. N. Burton,
Mr. Robert Odom and Miss
Minnie Gray, both of Darlington
County.
Mr J. A. DuBqse, of Cypress,
passed through Darlington on
Saturday on his way from
Charleston, where he had been
in attendance upon the United
States Court as a witness.
Several horses and mules
will be sold to the highest bid
ders for cash at the plantation
of the late Dr. J. C. Willcox on
Saturday Jan 25, by P. A. Will
cox, the administrator of the
estate. Read his advertisement.
Prof. J. D, Rast, wio is now
principal of the graded schools
of Rockingham, N. C., has been
quPe sick for some weexs past.
He is somewhat better now,
however, and has come to Dar
lington, but he is still too unwell
to leave the house.
YoungEddieMcNelty, nephew
of Mr. M. Bonnoitt, was hand
ling a few days ago a pisto!
which was supposed to be un
loaded, when the weapon was
discharged, the ball passing
through his hand and inflicting
a painful wound.
The Darlington Grocery ant:
Warehouse Company have
opened a branch office at Hen-
nig’s store on Pearl Street
which will be under the manage
mentot Mr. W. McG. Buck
Any orders left there for him
will receive his prompt and
careful attention.
Very successful tobacco sales
have been held at both of the
warehou-< almost every day
since the holidays. 1het< bacco
sold has brought good prices,
and those who came to market
with it had abundant reason to
be satisfied in every respect.
The ladies of the Presbyte
rian Church expect to give an
entertainment at an early day
for the benefit of the Sunday
school. A full programme of
the? entertainment, together
with the date on which it is to
be given, will be published in
these columns next week.
Mr. R S. Galloway, a prom
iment Bishopville merchant,
died at that place on the 12th
inst. Mr. G. ’loway formerly
resided at Lydia, and had a
large number of friends in this
County. He had been in fail
ing health for several years
past.
Mr. Sam Odom and Miss Lida,
daughter of Mr. J. T. Rhodes,
both of Swift Creek Township,
were married on the 12th inst.
Knox Livingston. Esq., of
Bennettsville, passed through
town on Tuesday on his way to
Cheraw, where he was to argue
a case before Judge Watts.
Mr. L. C. Glenn received a
few days ago the sad intelli
gence of the death of his broth
er. He has gone to his former
home in North Carolina to at
tend the funeral.
Messrs. M. and R. L. Bonnoitt
were called to Charleston on
Monday by the sad intelligence
of the death of .their mother,
which occurred in that city
quite suddenly on the day nam
ed.
Not A Mystery,
Advertising is not a mystery.
There's no black art about it—
nothing deep or dark. It is
simple as the snnshine. Tell
people what you have in the
simplest, most straightforward
way, convince them that they
want it—and the thing is £one.
If you can't do it yourself in a
way that will bring customers
to your store, tell some bright
newspaper man your ideas and
ask him to put them into words.
He’ll be glad to do it, and a
brief trim will show if he can
do it right.—The Counting
Room.
Wellington Ervin, a well
known colored man about 60
yen «. of age, was stricken with
ar wlexy about dark Saturday
niuH w’ule pushing a wheel
barrow along the street in the
neighborhood of the old depot,
le died shortly after he was
taken home, never having re^
covered consciousness.
Messrs. McCullough & Co. had
a ho-se sale at Florence on Tues
day at the stables of McCall &
Jones. Mr. W. W. Cooley, the
junior member of the firm, and
Mr. Hartzog, the book keeper,
went down to conduct the sale,
and they report it to have been
attended by quite a crowd. They
sold every horse they had there
—twenty head.
There is a fine schedule on
the C. & D. road now. Owing
to the fact that the mixed train
i the only one on the road) has
to run all the way to Wades-
boro, and to the large amounts
of fertilizers being hauled at
this season, the train, which is
due to arrive here at 6 in the
evening, has not been getting
here of late until way on in the
night.
Isham Jackson, a well known
colored man about 45 years old
died of pneumonia on Monday
last. Jackson was one of those
who were sent to the peniten
tiary charged with conspiracy
to burn the town of Darlington
in 1876. There was always a
strong doubt about his guilt,
and he was pardoned by Gover
nor Thompson after he had
served ten years of his sentence.
At the annual banquet of the
German Friendly Society held
in Charleston, on the 15th inst.,
C. S. Nettles, Esq., responded
to one of the regular toasts of
the evening. The News and
Courier writes of the matter as
follows: “Mr. C. S. Nettles, of
Darlington, responded to the
third toast of the evening
which was: ‘Our Country—Our
country’s welfare is our first
concern, and who promotes that
best—best proves his duty.'
Mr. Nettles was overflowing
with patriotism and love ot
country. His words caused
much applause.”
Dead Letters.
Lett ts addressed to the fol
lov mg p«.’•sons remain uncallec
for at the Darlington postoffice,
and are advertised as “dead”
for the week endiag Jan. 20th
N. D. DuBose. W B. Patt, Al
fred Pratt, I. Clack, Waltermore
Mumphy, 0. S. Richards, Dan
iel Graham, Alfred Lide, U. F
Clements, Capt. A. J Ellington,
W. H. Coleman, C. A. Moody,
A. H. Dagnall, (Pkg.) Mrs. Ida
Moody, M. 8. Jacobs, Lida
Gray, Miss Fisher \M’Neal,
Fannie Nash, Violer Kurven.
Maggie V Howell, Sarah
Ma< oy, Massie McGurt.
Fine all wool blankets going
very cheap at Sligh & Rucker’s.
A Confederate Veteran Camp.
From the card published in
another column, it will be seen
that the Confederate survivors
of the County ^ire called to meet
in the Court House on Feb. 10
for the purpose of forming a
Confederate Veteran Camp.
This is an important matter,
and it is to be hoped that every
old Confederate soldier in the
County will attend the meeting.
These Camps have been formed
all over the South, and it will
not do for Darlington County,
which contributed so many
brave soldiers to the late war,
to be behind the rest of the
country in the effort which is
being made to organise these
useful and important associa
tions in every hamlet.
“Nobby” line of gents’ i
The Rev. Mr. Bern well's Appointment*.
The Rev. W. H. Barnwell,
the new rector of the Espicopal
Church at this place, preached
to large congregations on Sun
day at 11.30 in the morning and
at 7,30 in the evening. He will
preach here twice again on Sun
day next, at the same hours.
On the following Sunday he
will preach at Marion, and the
Sunday succeeding that at Mars
Bluff As already announced
in these columns, beginning with
February, his regular Sundays
here will be the second and
fourth of every month. Mr.
Barnwell is staying at Mrs.
Alexander’s on Orange Street.
Tobacco fertilizers,high grade
cotton fertilizers, acid and kai-
nit, at lowest prices, at Black-
well Bros.’
Dssth of Mr. William T. Wallace.
Mr. William T. Wallace, who
was well known throughout
the county, died on Wednesday,
Jan. 15, after an illness of two
months, and was buried in the
Presbyterian graveyard at this
place on the following day, the
Rev. D. M. Fulton officiating.
Mr. Wallace was nearly fifty-
four years of age. He leaves a
wife and six children, two sons
and four daughters. One of the
latter was recently married to
Mr. Dargan P. Lide. Mr. Wal
lace was an amiable man, and
lossessed many good qualities.
Us death will be generally re
gretted by all who knew hi n.
Do you want a nice rug? Sligh
& Rucker are selling them at
COft.
A Heavy Loaa.
Mr. J. B. Law met with a
heavy loss on the 15th inst, his
barn and its contents being to
tally destroyed by fire, and there
being no insurance on the prop
erty. There were 2,300 bushels
of corn and 600 bushels of oats
in the building at the time. The
loss is estimated at f2,500. Some
laborers were at work within
fifteen feet of the building when
the fire was discovered, but it
bad already made such headway
that it was impossible to save
anything. Mr. Law says he
put three loads of wet corn in
the middle of the barn shortly
before the occurrence, and be
thinks that the fire was caused
by spontaneous combustion.
Just
meat.
received; a
Deans Bros.
carload of
Another Auction Sale of Horae*.
Messrs. McCullough & Co.
could not have their horse sale
as advertised on Saturday be
cause the horses did not get
here in time. A large and dis
appointed crowd was on hand
to attend the sale. McCullough
& Co. request us to state, how
ever, that their customers will
n rt be the losers in the matter
in the end, as the horses have
now arrived, and they will be
in so much better condition by
Saturday next than they would
have been on last Saturday, im
mediately after their long jour
ney, that prospective purchas
ers will be able to make their
selections to much greater ad
vantage. We had the pleasure
of seeing this stock to-day.
It is really an unusually
fine lot of horses. Those who
wish to purchase at the auction
are invited to call and examine
them early Saturday morning
before the sale begins. McCul
lough dc Co. will also have by
the end of the week a carload
of mules, which they will dis
pose of at private sale.
Any winter suit of clothes in
l
Rucker
Do you want a bai
farm mule or horse?
Bros.
...—
,in in a
lack well
A Brilliant Event,
A brilliant wedding occurred
our house at cost. Sligh &
at the issidence of Mr W. Wit-
cover on Tuesday evening, when
his daughter, Miss Essie, was
married to Mr. S. Tombacher,
the Pearl street merchant. The
ceremony was performed by Dr.
Mendelssohn, a Rabbi from
Charleston. A large number
of guests were present from
abroad. At the conclusion of
the ceremony, the guests ad
journed to an adjoining room,
where an elegant supper was
spread. Later in the evening
a grand ball was given at the
Cleveland House, compliment
ary to the bride and groom
both of whom have many
friends in Darlington.
All of our colored winter dress
goods at cost. Sligh 8c Rucker.
i -■
L*e’t Birthday at Hartavilla.
(Reported for Tas News.)
The Welsh Neck High School
celebrated Lee’s Birthday on
Monday night in a highly cred
itable manner. Tbe program
me was as follows: Bong,
“Tenting on the Old Camp
Ground”; Recitation, “An Ode
to the South”, by A. D. Ousley;
Recitation, “A Tribute to the
Brave”, by Huger Byrd; “Be
citation, “RespecttottieSoutli”,
by F. J. Barringer; Recitation,
“The Surrender of Lee”, by J.
D. Coker; Song, “Dixie”; Ad
dress on the “Life and Charac
ter of Gen. R. E. Lee” by
H. A. Brunson, Esq., of Flor
ence; Recitation, “The Sword
of Lee”, Thos. Goodson.
The young gentlemen render
ed their selections happily and
expressively, while the songs
were appropriate to the occasion
and were much enjoyed by all
present.
The special feature of the'
evening was the address of Mr.
Brunson. Few attempting to
sneak of our great general are
aole to eliminate other persons
and matters from their address,
and to confine themselves en
tirely to their subject as well as
did Mr. Brunson. He presented
us. in nicely rounded sentences,
with a picture of Lee’s early
was a days, his student life, anu his
Police career as a soldier in the United
A Useful Omselsstton.
The Farmers’ Mutual
saraace Association of
ton Ooonty held Us
meeting in '
terday. Mr. Lucas
was re-elected
Mr. H. Lide Law
Secretary, Treasurer and Agent
of the Association,
meats were made for
the affairs of the Association on
a firm business basis, and
reserve fond will be largely in
creased. A broad of di
was organised, consisting of
one member from each town
ship in the County. The As
sociation, during the brief per
iod of its existence, has done a
great deal of good, and gives
promise of even greater useful
ness in the future. Every farm
er in tee County should be a
member of it, as it affords the
very cheapest kind of safe in
surance, and keeps the people’s
money at home instead of send
ing it abroad.
The Dumb Boy Speak*.
Juan Sylvester, the colored
boy who stole Mr. Clarence An
derson’s watch from the engine
room of the electric light works,
and was subsequently arrested
in Sumter, was brought back
here by a constable on Saturday
night. He was tried before
Tnal Justice Warr on Monday,
and sentenced to thirty days on
the chain gang. It will be re
membered that Sylvester was
supposed to be a deaf mute. It
turns out that he was only sham
ming, and he says that he has
been keeping up the sham- suc
cessfully, so as to impose on peo
ple, for the past four years. A 1 !
during the trial he kept it up,
and his trick was not discovered
until he was put on the chain
gang, when, so overcome was
he by the base treatment he
~— J he was receiving, teat
kfssssy. Vice 1
B. DuBose, Censor;
Morris, Secretary an
urer; and Prof. E. R.
Literary Critic,
purposes giving a series of ]
lie
he who was supposed to be dumb
at last spoke—nay, more, he
swots violently, rending this air
with his abuse of those who had
him in charge. None of the
stolen property was recovered.
Sylvester says he sold it and di
vided the proceeds with an ac
complice, whose name, howev
er, he would not divulge.
Piug tobacco as low as twen
ty cents a pound at Blackwell
Bros.’
Shoes are
before at Blackwell Bros.’
DmOi of nan. Gordon's FrimS
I Koto and Ooerior.l
In his wonderful lecture
“The Last Day* of tbe
eracy’’Gen. John B.Gordon telle
a very thrilling story about a
Federal officer who wi
ately wounded in the
Gettysburg and of how
tee apparently dying
drink of water from his
and comforted him as
man could comfort
the presence of death It Is
wonderful story. The Federal
officer was Gen. Francis G. Bar-
low, of New York,
for many years to servo fete
country faithfully incivillifem
he had served it in the Add.
and who died Inst week full of
honors. We are i
who have huagi
words will ragrot 1
Tobacco
Sligh*
Ins
[News and Oomtw.l
The Atlantic Coast Lina sys-
Caught in tha Toila.
A nice looking, well dressed
young drummer, representing
himself to be one W.S. Williams,
and as being the agent for a
well known Northern tailoring
establishment, has been doing
a brisk business here recently,
taking orders for suits of clothes.
The samples he exhibited were
very fine, and the remarkably
low rates at which he was offer
ing to sell the suits aroused some
little distrust in the minds of
his customers at the start. His
plan, after taking the order
and the customer’s measure,was
to demand a few dollars as a
cash payment, the rest of the
bill to be paid when tbe goods
were delivered. Some »»f those
who gave him orders let him
have the cash payment, but
others, more wary, declined to
do so The news finally reach
ed hsra from Sumter that Wil
liams had been plying the same
trade there, and that he
swindler. The Chief of
here then telegraphed the firm States Army He deecribed, in
whom ^ illiams claimed to rep a most impressive manner, Lee’s
resent, and received an answer action in leaving that army and
to the effect that they knew joining his fortunes with thoe«
nothing of him. He was there | of his native State. In passing,
upon arrested and placed in jail 1 the speaker briefly outlined the
to await his trial at the next I causes of the Civil War. After
term of the Court WilliamsJ referring in a few words to Gen.
says he is from Missouri, but, 1 Lee’s deeds as the leader of tee
on being interviewed, declines Southern Ann;, Mr. Brunson
CLYDE.
It snowed a little here one
night last week.
Our farmers are sowing
good deal of oats just now.
Mrs. Elisabeth Johnson is
visiting relatives in Chester
field.
Mr. A. 0. Guy, of upper Ches
terfield, paid a visit to this com
munity last week.
Mr. J. M. King has moved to
Georgia. We were sorry to have
to give him np.
Mr J. C. Jowers, who Is
teaching in this neighborhood,
has a full school just now.
Mr Dave Crawley has moved
to tea Byrd settlemeat, near
Bethlehem Church.
A number of our young peo
ple enjoyed a dance at Mr. G.
F. Turnage’s on the evening of
the llte inst
Married, on the 15th hist, Mr.
Ervin Folsom, of the Stokee
Bridge section, and Mias Edna
Newsom, of Clyde.
Judging from the amount of
fertilisers they are hauling, tee
farmers must be going to use a
lot of tee stuff this year.
We have been visiting recent
ly in lower Chesterfield and saw
th re lots of cotton which
farmers are still holding.
'Ski '
try
within
Irish
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odist-ehurch.i
New
Sligh *
spring dn
Rucker’s.
goods at
to tell anything more about
himself, or to say anything
about the charges which have
been made against him.
proceeded to show how, in the
gloom of defeat, his greatness
waa, if possible, more dearly
| demonstrated than ever before.
His closing remarks were in-
We claim that the “Capital” ! tended to hold np the great
tobacco fertiliser is the highest man’s life as an example for tbe
the market. Black- young men of his audienoe. The
HMtTBUtUJE.
Certain of our eitisene are
making arrangements to have
Artesian wells bored on their
premises.
Mr. J W. Norwood, of Wfi.
mingtoa, has bean
friends in HartaviUe
the past few -days.
grade on
well Bros.
hats just
I Ruckeris.
opened
We claim to have the largest
and finest line of black drees
goods in town. Sligh * Ruck
er.
address was. much
all who heard it, and
much complimented.
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Woollen underwear at coat.
Sligh * Rucker.
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