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VOL. XXIII, NO. 17. DARLINGTON, S. U., THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1896. LOCAL LACONICS. (IATTERS in and around the TOWN OF DARLINGTON. Or' t of News, Tersely Told, o‘ tlJU ‘ interest to Our Many Readers. BOA There was no preaching at he Baptist Church last Sunday. The teachers’ examination dll be held in the Court House jmmorrow. There will be a meeting of the oard of trade at six o’clock in he afternoon at the Armory riday next. The soda founts in other owns in the State ara now in peration. What’s the matter ith those in" Darlington? What is the matter with the andidau-s in this county. They ieem to be bashful about an jouncing themselves for office. Mr. J. D. Gillespie has gone ,o Lake City for the purpose of nan ufactu ring tobacco barn lues. He expects to be away or about two mouths. After paying expenses $31.90 was realized from Maj. Bacon’s ecture. This amount was di vided equally between the lec- nrer and St. John's Library Fund. If Darlington business men can conduct a large cotton fac tory successfully it is reason able to suppose that they could make a small knitting mill of some description pay. Mr. A. S. Mclver, the first publisher of the Darlington Herald, was in town yesterday. Mr Mclver is now representing the Southern Newspaper Un- on at Charlotte. Mrs. Sallie F. Chapin, presi dent of the W. C. T. U. in this State, died at her home in Char eston on the 19. Mrs. Chapin was a sister of Mr. J. O. A Moore, of Darlington. The Cheraw lleporter of lasft week said: “Miss Edith Law, who has been spending some time with Miss Daisy Powell, of this place, returned to her home in Darlington last Tuesday af ternoon. Attention is called to the ad vertisement of Baird Bros., which appears in another col umn. The season for mosquito canopies will soon be here, and there is no bettei made than the “Livingston”. Mr. J. E. Norment went up to Cheraw last Sunday night. Mr. Norment spent several days in that beautiful town gathering data for a “write up” which will appear in the Xeirs and Courier in the near future. The “lilly white” republican convention of the sixth Con gressional district met in Flor ence on the 16th. Mr. C. S. Net ties, of Darlington, and Dr. J. R. Levy (colored), of Florence, were elected delegates to St Louis. A children’s ice-cream festi val will be given by the "King’s Daughters” at the Academy Green on May Day (May 1st) at S o’clock p. m. The proceeds will be devoted to charitable purposes The public generally are cordially invited to attend The schedule on the C. & D. changed last Sunday. The train now gets here at 7 48 in the morning instead of 7.23 The up train arrives at the same time. There are also slight changes in the freight schedule and also on the Gibsou Branch. Maj. Bacon gave a piano reci tal for the enjoyment of a num her of invited guests at the resi deuce of the Hon. Geo. W. Dar gnn 1 ist Friday morning. Ma jor Bacon is a master of the piano and it is a great pleasure to lovers of music to hear him perform. Capt II. T. Thompson spent several days in Sumter last week on business connected W'ith the order of Knights of Pythias. Capt. Thompson is high up in the councils of the order in this State and holds a position on an important com mittee. Mr. T. L. Spinks has request ed that the statement made in these columns several weeks ago to the effect that he had gone oil to play ball the coming sea son be corrected. He is with Die International Fruit Dealers’ Despatch and Refrigerating Co., ?f Ft. Valley, Ga , and does not >nt md to play ball at all. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. | Brief Mention About People You Know ami People You Don't Know. Mr. C. D. Evans spent Sun day at Society Hill. Rev. J. W. Perry will preach at the Baptist Church next Sun day morning. • Mr. B. F. Taylor, superinten dent of the Phosphate Works, has gone to Augusta on busi ness. Messrs. Thos. Gregg and Chal mers Johnson, of Mars Bluff, visited Mr. J. Lido Nettles last week. Mrs. C. C. Beck; of Florence, is spending a few days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Bland. Dr. C. Kollock, of Cheraw, attended the meeting of the Pee Dee Medical Association last Saturday. Mrs H. J. Lee died at the residence of her son-in-law Dr. J. M Josey at Lydia last Mon day night. Mr. J. Gregg McCall attended the meeting of the Grand Lodge of the Knights of Honor in Co lumbia last week. Master C. K. Waddill, of Cheraw, spent last Saturday in Darlington with his uncle, the editor of The News. Maj.W. H. Gibbs, of Colum bia. was in town vesterday on business. Major Gibbs expects to be in this county for several days. Mr O B. Davis attended the wedding reception, in Sumter last Monday night, given to Mr. and Mrs. Allen R. Flowers who were married in Darlington •Sunday afternoon. Major J. C. Coit, of Cheraw, spent last Thursday night in Darlington with his son, Mr. D. G. Coit. Major Coit was on his way home from the Spartanburg Exposition meeting. Miss Ida May Meacham, who has been spending the winter with the family of Dr. W. L. Galloway, returned to her home in Now Haven. Conn , on Thurs day, the 9th inst. TOBACCO GROWERS MEET. An Interesting Meeting Held in The Court House on Tuesday Last. The Tobocc > Growers Associ ation, of Darlington County, was re organized in the Court House last Tuesday by electing Gen. W. E. James president; J. 0. Clements first vice presi dent and J. J. Ward second vice president; A. Sydnor sec rotary. The president was authorized to appoint one mem her from each township to con* stitute an executive committee. None of those appointed to read essays or make addresses being present, the meeting was imme diately thrown open for full discussian on the work for the coming month. Remarks were made by Bright Williamson, J. W. King, J. C. Clements, R. N. Howie, J. F. Howie, I. 8. Burch and others. By resolution the association adopted the fourth .Saturday in each month as its regular meeting days* The association requested the president, through theexecutive committee, to find out the number of acres of tobacco to be planted in this county this season The association also asked the president to give an account of the Darlington to bacco exhibit at the Atlanta Exposition which he did. His remarks were listened to very attentively and much appreci ated. Dead Letters. Letters addressed to the fol- lowing persons remain uncalled for af the Dari ngton postoffice, and arc advertised as “dead” for the week ending April 20th: G. G. Jordan, Samuel Johnson, W. 1). Johnson, W. A George, A. W. Good, T. P. Galloway. Win. Freeman, P. E. Edwards, Jim Covington, A. B. Mitchiern, E. E. McIntosh, J. W Robert son, Dozier Sanders, M. C. Wil liamson, Mrs. Rosa Mai Adams, Miss Louise Keith, Miss Lou Johnson, M : ss L. G. Fargaet. A Strange Bird. While out hunting in the neighborhood of Parrott’s mill pond last week. Mr. Julie Floyd shot and killed a loon, an im mense writer fowl. The loon is an inhabitant of ;he northern lakes, and it is not often that one is seen in this part of the country. The bird is web-foot ed. and its feet are so far back that it cannot walk. It is about the size of a turkey, and lives altogether in the water. MAJ. BACON'S LICTUBE. A REALISTIC PICTURE OLDEN TIME.” OF “YE A Lecture Which Should Have Been Heard by Every Young Person in Tha South. The lecture of Maj. Jas. T. Bacon, delivered in the Armory of the Darlington Guards on Friday night last, was a most enjoyable one. It was a picture of the old days in South Car olina; what they were and of what characters were the men and women who lived in them by comparison with those of the present time. Particularly did he dwell on the manners and customs of the “ole days befo’ de war.” His stories of the old- time negro “Mauma,” and “Mammy,” so dear to the hearts of all who remember them, was like a revelation to the children and young people of the present day who know nothing of that relation of master to slave. Maj. Bacon was introduced by Col. John J. Dargan, in a most felicitous manner; refer ring to the many who had made the name of Bacon famous in the history of England and America, Major Bacon, he said, was a lineal descendant of Na thaniel Bacon so famous in the history of this country, and he was a worthy representative of so illustrious a lineage. Major Bacon began his lecture by begging to be allowed to keep to the native pronuncia tion of his native part of South Carolina. It was what he had learned in his boyhood, and it would be hard for him at this day to alter it to suit present ideas. He then proceeded to give very laughable illustrations of attempts on the part of young people from the South to change their manner of pronouncing words at was the custom in colleges at the North, where they had been sent to be educated, and how signally they had failed to do so. The free and easy manners of the present day by comparison with the courtesy of the former age were brought out in start ling contrast. The marked re spect paid in the old days to age and to women, had made a race of men and women the like of which could have been found no where else except in these Southern States. That training was what mads the Confederate soldier what he was, and gave dignity to the Bench, making the statesman of the former day, where now we only have the politician. The speaker criticised in strong language the slang of the present, even in the mouths of young ladies, a thing unheard of then, in polite circles. Now it is almost a language of itself, intelligible only to the initiated. Even the different cliques have their different slang expressions, and one set must not use the slang of another, A very Touching description was given of the death of an old “Mammy,” who, in her last hours, was attended by all the members of the white family, and was buried by torchlight, as was the custom of the negroes in those days. The sermon at the grave by the old negro preacher was given with a strict adherance to the quaint expres sions and imagery so much in vogue among this people. The wild, solemn chant, the sway ing of the body and the groans of approval as the preacher an nounced with earnestness that “Mammy” had gone straight to heaven, and was even then sing ing with the angels around the g*-eat white throne were admir ably portrayed. During the lecture, an illus tration was given of the music of that day and compared with that of the present. As speci mens of Virginia Reel music, be played “Hell broke loose in Georgia”, “Money Musk”, “Ar kansas Traveler”, and many other airs familiar to those who were young in that day and had tripped the “light fantastic toe” to those very tunes. The grand old houses came in for a share of praise, too; houses where the rooms could be thrown together for the purpose of accommodat ing the many guests with which they were filled on Christmas or at some family re union. The number of carriages, and servants necessary to bring so many people together, espec ially before the - days of rail roads, the handsome dresses of the ladies, and their courtly manners, were all given in de tail, making the picture full of life and beauty. Such a lec ture should be heard by all of the youths of the present fast age, and it is certain that no one is better able to paint such a picture than the courtly gen tleman who in so charming a manner entertained his hearers on Friday night. He is a fitting representative of the times of which he so aptly speaks, pos sessing all the charm of manner which makes the dead past so dear to those who love all that is high and chivalrous in South Carolina. OARLINGTON^N THE LEAD. The Official Figures Show That The Local Tobacco Market is The Beat. The South Carolina Tobacco- nint has gotten together and published a statement of the to bacco sales, in pounds, made in South Carolina last year. The figures show that Darlington is at the head of the list, there hav ing been sold on our market more than twice as much tobac co as on any other market in the State. The Tobacconist says that out of ten million pounds of tobacco raised in South Caro lina last year, about five mil lion pounds were sold on the markets of this State, and near ly two million pounds of this were sold in Darlington. The figures published by the Tobac conist are authentic and tney show conclusively that the claim that the Darlington market is the best in the State is well founded and perfectly correct. To say that more tobacco was sold on this market last year than on any other two in the Statu is saying a good deal, and yet the records show this to be a fact. There must be some good rea son for this. The planters do not sell their tobacco here sim ply because it is the Darlington market, but because they get higher prices, better accommoda tions and t\\<-most polite service here. All of these are very es sential to a successful market. That our market has the best accommodations, the largest corps of buyers and some of the most polite and successful ware housemen and experienced auc tioneers to be found, cannot be disputed. Darlington has forged its way far ahead of all other tobacco markets in this State, and in the matter of sales and prices it will maintain the position that it has held in the past. THE WEST POINT EXAMINATION. Uongretsmtn McLaurin Has Named The Examiners. In a special from Washington to the ( News and Courier last Sunday, the correspondent had the following to say regarding the Anapolis and West Point cadetships: Representative McLaurin has at his disposal appointments at both West Point and Annapolis, and he has decided to make the selection by competitive exam inations. The candidates for both places will be examined at Florence, 8. C., on May 16. One examination * will cover both places, provided the applicant is not debarred by the age lim its. The examiners are T.B.Stac- house, Little Rock, S C.; A. J. A. Perritt, Lamar, 8. C , and H. A. Brunson, Florence, S. (J. Dr. F. P. Covington, of Florence, is medical examiner. The appli cants are subject to a rigid pny- sical examination, and the liter ary examination will be in read ing, writing, history, geogra phy, grammar and arithmetic lu the last the applicant must be able to solve any problem capable of solution by arith metical methods. Club Meeting. There will be a meeting of the Philadelphia Democratic Club at McCall branch at 3 o’clock p. in., Saturday, May 2, for the purpose of electing delegates to the county convention. Walter Vaughan, President. Exchange Your Seed for Meal. We have a lot of meal which onn„ M , j. ,, „ , . ^ we will exchange for seed. ^ p .^ 1 ^ After planting farmers can 300 “ •< •• •* « 15b bring in their seed and we will All in common sense and opera toe. make the exchange. Darling- solid, and the newest lasts. Also ton Phosphate Co. f l,0 . ut J 5 2 n *7 * tv,e S ‘5 SlS . Mated hand sewed Oxfords for ladiaa, . v- „ , ; at from >2 50 to $8 50. bmeet New Orleans molasses, -nr a « . 60 cents a gallon; G. O. Merts. > «* 000.8 <fe Milling’. THE REGULAR ANNUAL CONVEN TION OF THE PHYSICIANS Of The Pee Dee Medical Aeeociation. Delegatee Elected to Spartan burg and Atlanta. The Pee Medical Society met in the parlor of the Enterprise Hotel Saturday the 18th at 11 a. m , Dr. C. Kollock, president, in the chair. The members present were: Dr. C. Kollock, of Cheraw; Drs. J. Lunney, R. E. Lee, A. M. Hill, W. L. Gallow ay, B. C. Norment, J. W. Will iamson. W. J. Garner, Walter Griffin, A. T. Baird, and C. B. Lanneau, all of Darlington coun ty Dr. W. J. Garner read a very interesting paper on “Serum Theraphy” with special refer ence to the anti toxin treatment of diptheria; Dr. A. T. Baird read one on “Malaqua vs. Mala ria.” The doctor emphasized the fact that pure drinking water was a most potent factor in de termining one’s health and call ed attention to numerous cases to support his theory. He said that this idea of pure water was agitating the country and cited the fact of numerous ar tesian wells being bored by farmers. Ho further said that the boring of the wells by the fanners would be of far reach ing ami incalculable benefit to them. It would not only be a blessing to the family but its use by live stock would give better bone and muscle to the horses and purer and sweeter milk and butter from the cows. Verbal reports were made as follows: Dr. C. Kollock related a case of appendicitis compli cated with Fibroid tumor: Dr. Lunney a case of ovariotomy: Dr Williamson presented a couple of albinoes rather rare as both parents were white: Dr. Baird reported a case of double pneumonia. Alt the cases re lated elicited much discussion. Delegates were elected to the State Medical Association, which meets at Spartanburg on the 22nd, as follows: Dre. J Lun- ney, W. L. Galloway, R E. Loe, S. D. Harrell, J. W. Williamson, Culpepper, J. M. Josey, C. B. Lanueau, S. Y. King, W. J Garner, Napier and Jas. Evans. Delegates to the American Med ical Association, which meets in Atlanta May 15th, wereelect- ed as follows: Dre 0. KoBock, W. J. Garner and A. T. Biard. At the next meeting the sub jects to be discussed and those appointed to open each debate are as follows: Obstetrics. Di. C. B. Lanneau; Pract ice of Med icine, Dr. R. E. Lee;Sura;ery,Dr. A. T. Biard. Dr. C. B. Lanneau was elected a member of the society. Dre. W. J. Garner and A. T. Baird were appointed a committee to draft resolutions on the deaths of Dr. Horace Williamson and Dr. J.C. Wilicox. Dr. Kollock was re-elected pres ident, Dr. W. J. Garner vice- president, Dr. J. Lunney secretary and treasurer; after which the meeting adjourned. MARRIED. At the residence of Mr. L. I. Parrott, Darlington, S. 0., Sun day afternoon, April 19, 1896, at 4 30 o’clock, Mr. Allen R. Flowers, of Sumter, S. C„ to Miss Bettie Cain, of Darlington, 8. C., the Rev. R. A. Child of ficiating. On Wednesday evening, Apr. 22. i896 at the residence of the bride’s mother, Darlington, 8. C., by the Rev. R A. Child, Mr Harry H. Hills, of Locmille, Ky.. to Miss Alice Parrott, of Darlington, S. C., a daughter of the late S. F. Parrott. Every man and boy in Darlington County and City will have have a New Spring Suit. We do not expect, to sell all of the Clothing that will be sold in Darlington this Spring, hot we do expect to sell all of the BEST CASH TRADE. For the simple reason that we are tile only merchants in Darlington who carry anything like A STOCK OF CLOTHING. r* We have in stock Strouss Bros.’ and Hamberger Bros.’ fine tailor-made clothing. When yon put on a suit made by either of the above firms, no man can tell whether it waa MADE TO ORDER or not. If you aie A BIG, STOUT MAN. dont worry jo • reelf by thinking that joa CANT GET A FIT. We remembered you placing our Spring Orders. TALL MEN WITH LONG ARMS, We have a suit for you. DUDES AND SOCIETY BOYS, We can fit you in a fine dress or any other kind of a suit you may want. SOMETHING ELSE We wmnt to tell you about. id Hals. (Other Locals on last page.) We have by far the largest stock of Gent’s Furnishings ever in Darlington. Hot weather will soon be here and we will appreciate a look from yon before placing your order for summer underware. If you want a nobby hat, just come to our store and we will show you the latest things out. We have in stock johk i. smsors unc.ii. emmets fne iuts. We have a tremendous stock of STRAW + HATS, •MU Kind^ftsom ICc up* DOT ■ GOODS ■ MD • These departments are so well known that it doea not mpeh talk. We are simply doing the Dry Goods of Darlington. Merchants who do a credit businees are no competitors of ours—they are STRICTLY MOT When it comes to selling goods for cash, we want j will treat you right, hud as for prices- ever accused