The Darlington news. (Darlington, S.C.) 1875-1909, May 21, 1896, Image 1
DARLINGTON, S. 0., THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1896
VOL. XXIII, NO. 21.
LOCAL LACONICS.
matters in and around the
TOWN OF DARLINGTON.
A Column of News, Tersely Told, of
Interest to Our Many
Readers,
The union services wei-e held
at the Methodist Church last
Sunday niRht.
Several of our young men
attended a leap year dance in
Florence last Tuesday night.
Miss Fannie Lucas and Miss
Singleton, of Acton, spent sev
eral days with Mrs. Frank
Pegues last week.
The pension board met in the
CourfHouse on Thursday and-
approved quite a number of ap
plications for pensions.
At a meeting of the patrons
of the Palmetto school held re
cently Miss E. A. Bacot was
elected teacher for the next
year.
Correspondents will please
remember to send in their com
munications so they will reach
Darlington not later than Tues
day night.
The Timmonsville Enterprise
of last week said: “E. R. Cox
and J. B, Muldrow, of Darling
ton, spent a few hours here
Wednesday.”
The Banner-Messenger of
last week said: Mrs, Elizabeth
Heath, of Darlington, is visiting
her daughter, Mrs. J. S. Hus
bands, of this city.
The Baptist Young People’s
Union has invited the Epworth
League to meet with the Union
at the Baptist church next Sun
day afternoon at 5.30 o’clock.
One of the rooms on the first
floor of the Darlington Quards’
Armory is being fitted up to be
used as library, which the Com
pany will begin in short while.
The Banner-Messenger of
last week said: Miss Mamie
Dorsey, who has been visiting
her sister Mrs. Sligh of Dar
lington, has returned to Flor
ence.
The Southern Tobacco Jour
noi of last week said: Mr. Ira
S. Burch, manufacturer of
smoking tobacco, Darlington,
S C., was iu Winston the latter
part of last week.
The Timmonsville Enterprise
of last week said: “Chas. A.
Smith has awarded the contract
to build a cottage to Hab Keith,
of Darlington. The carpenters
began work on it Tuesday.
The Southern Tobacco Jour
not of last week said: Mr. John
Coleman, the leaf dealer of
Darlington, S. C., is in Winston
and will remain here until the
beginning of the new sales sea
son in South Carolina.
The Sumter Freeman of last
week said: Mr. J. R. Drake,
who auctioneered for Messrs.
Smoot ft McGill, at Darlington,
S. 0.. last season, has been em
ployed by the warehouse‘here
for the coming season.
The June Term of the Court
of General Sessions will con
vene on Monday, June 8th,
Judge O. O. Buchanan presid
ing. This will be Judge Buch
anan’s first appearance in Dar
lington in his present official
capacity.
The Rev. J. R. Johnson, of
Columbia, has requested that
the following notice be publish
ed: “There will be a quarterly
conference of the Freewill Bap
tist church, 1,109 Gervias street,
Columbia, S. C., from May 38th
to 30th, inclusive.”
The Darlington Tobacco
Growers’ Association will meet
in the Court House next Satur
day at 11 o’clock. It is expect
ed that the committee appointed
to ascertain the number of acres
planted in tobacco in the county
will be able to report at the
meeting.
There will be an ice cream
an 1 strawberry festival at the
residence of Mr. J. C. Clements
in the Oats section Tuesday
the 26th at 5 o’clock p. m. The
proceeds will be given towards
digging an artesian well at
Wesley Chapel church. The
public are invited.
Letters addressed to the fol
lowing persons remain uncalled
for at the Darl.ngton postofiice,
and are advertised as “dead”
for the week ending May 18th:
Henry Toney Saens; Joe Bass,
F- S. Salmon, Dr. Stephen L.
Lloyd, Mrs. Hester Mathis, Bes
sie Marshal, Mary Grant, Ella
Loginn, Miss China Graham,
Miss Hora Brack.
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
Brief Mention About People You Know
and People You Don’t Know. '
Mr. Claude Smith spent Sun
day in Florence.
Mr. R. Keith Charles, of Tim-
monsville, spent Saturday in
town.
Mr Geo. Atkinson, of Tim
monsville, was in town last
Tuesday.
Mr. Albert Woods returned to
Wofford College last Tuesday
morning.
Mr. S. C. Venn, of Franklin-
ton, N C., was in town last Fri
day on business.
Miss Mary Coit, of Cheraw, is
visiting Mrs. J. L. Michie and
Miss Bessie McLean.
Mr. J. J. Ward, of Darlington,
delivered a most eloquent speech
at Southern Pines last week.—
The Rev. Mr. Peele, of Lamar,
preached an excellent sermon
to a large congregation at the
Baptist church last Sunday.
Mr. J. E. Norment spent a
few days in Spartanburg last
week, and while there attended
the great musical festival at
Converse College.
Messrs. Wilson Malloy and
W. T. Powell, of Cheraw, came
to Darlington on bicycles last
Sunday and returned home on
the train Sunday night.
Mr. Harry H. Rast left last
Monday afternoon for Pough
keepsie, where he will take a
course in stenography and type
writing at Eastman Business
College.
Mr. and Mrs. 0. A. Woods, of
Marion, are visiting relatives in
town. They will sail for Eu
rope on the 30th of this month,
accompanied by Mr. John Mc-
Sween, of Timmonsville, and
others.
Rev. and Mrs. R. W. Lide re
turned from Society Hill last
Monday afternoon. Mr. Lide
seems much improved in health
and is going to Red Springs, N.
0., next week to still further
recuperate.
Messrs. L. St Welling, Wal
ter Norment. Robert James and
Janies Earle, of Darlington and
Mr. Baker, of Sumter, left yes
terduy ror Little Pee Dee on a
two weeks fishing and camping
expedition.
Mr. and Mrs. E. 0. Woods and
children returned from Charles
ton last Sunday night where
they had been spending about
two weeks, Mr. Woods, in the
meantime, attending to his du
ties in the United States Court.
Insure with Dargan & Baird,
who represents the leading fire,
life and accident insurance com
panics.
Thin coais and vests for the
hot weather at Blackwell Bros.'
AN ENJOYABLE AFFAIR.
A Pleasant Dance Given By The Dar
lington Cotillon Club.
On Thursday last, the Dar
lington Cotillon Club gave one
of their enjoyable dances at the
Planters’ Tobacco Warehouse.
In spite of the fact that the day
had been an unusually warm
one, the night was cool, and a
fine breeze was blowing, which
made the large hall a most de
sirable place for dancing. Vis
itors were present from all of
the surrounding counties and
towns, and the number assem
bled was larger than usual. The
Club had secured the Italian
band from Columbia, S. C.,
and this was, in itself, suffK
cient to insure the success of
the entertainment.
Many of the guests did not
reach the hall until late, but
the dancing had already begun,
and was kept up until a late
hour, the german lasting about
three hours The entertainments
of the Darlington Cotillon Club
have always been successful,
and this was no exception to
the rule. All who attend
them are anxious to come again,
and an invitation from the
Club is always hailed with
pleasure. The hall used for
this dance was a most desirable
one, having a .floor which will
improve every time it is used,
and being large enough to ac
commodate all who will ever
respond to the invitation of the
club.
The Liver, y weighs only 23
pounds; il will carry with safe
ty a 250 pound man. They are
guaranteed and sold by Black-
well Bros.
A NOVEL BALL.
THE “BROWNIE” CLUB GIVES A
PLEASANT ENTERTAINMENT.
A Dance That Waa Much Enjoyed by
All Present.—Striking Tableaux
and Tasteful Costumes.
|Reported for The News.)
The large and comodious
pack house of Mr W. E. Dar
gan, in the Riverdale section,
was the scene of a gay and fes
tive assemblage Friday hight
last. The occassion of all
this merriment and good
cheer was a large “masquerade
revel” given under the auspi
ces of the “Brownie Club,” a
literary society that can boast
of a goodly amount of beauty
and intelligence. Quite a num
ber of invitations were sent out
for the occasion, and there
were probably between seventy-
five and one hundred persons
present, the major part being
costumed. It would take up too
much space to mention all the
different characters represented
but some of the most noticable
were “The Heavenly Twins,”
“Joan of Arc,” “The Woman
of the Period,” “Count of Monte
Cristo,” “Two Little Girls in
Blue,” Two Spanish Senoritas,
a Turk, “Mary, Mary, Quite
Contrary,” and a host of
“Brownies,” Cb icemen,
“Sponks,” &c. During the
evening some of the characters
resei ted striking tableaux, a
panish Benorita coquetting
with “Uncle Sam” and a Turk
in amiable conversation with a
Christian, suggesting to one’s
mind the burning questions of
the day, “Shall Cuba be free?”
and shall the actrocieties in
Armenia continue?” But in the
gay throng these thoughts were
quickly passed and the looker-
on would fall to speculating on
the identy of the different char
acters.
Late iu the evening the crowd
repu.red to a large hall, where
a sumptuous supper was served,
after which dancing was re
sumed and kept up till the early
hours of the morning. This
was an unusually well attended,
as well as a most successful
ball, and the universial verdict
was that every one present
had an enjoyable evening.
The costumes were all admir
ably arranged and the wearers
deserve lots of credit for the
taste displayed in selecting
them. The chaperons were:
Mrs. E. M. Ervin, Mrs. R. M.
Rogers, Mrs. H. T. Harllee and
Mrs. W. E. Dargan.
A new lot of alpaca coats,
straw hats and ladies oxfords
just received at Brunson, Lunn
ft Co.’s.
Do you want a wheel f The
Liberty is one of the best in the
world. Blackwell Bros.
Insure against bicycle accid-
dnvs with Dargan ft Baird, gen
eral agents of the great United
States Casualty Co. Rate, $2
per $1,000.
ON TO RICHMOND!
List of Tbs RepretentativM of Camp
Darlington.
Headquarters, )
Camp Darungton, U. C. V., I
Darlington, 8. C , May 15,1896. j
The following members are
hereby appointed to represent
this Camp at the meeting of the
United Confederate Veterans in
the city of Richmond on June
30th, July 1st and 2nd:
First Lieutenant Commander
E. W. Cannon, Second Lieu
tenant Commander J C. Clem
ents, Third Lieutenant Com
mander J. W. Wood ham,
Fourth Lieutenant Commander
J. W. Ferguson, Adjutant W.
E. James, Treasurer E. R. Me-
Iver, Quartermaster W. C. Co
ker, Comrades G. P. Scarbo
rough, H. C. Burn, John Floyd,
J. E. Bass, Lucas McIntosh, J.
J. Lucas, J. T. Rhodes, J. F.
Howie, L. M. Crosswell, J. W.
Davis, T. P. King, W. 8. King.
J. W. Harrington, J. J. Ward,
C. Rinehart, J. F. Atkinson,
W. E. Zimmerman, James Reg
ister, Dove Clayton, I. Reddick.
Those who cannot attend will
please report the same to Lieu
tenant Commander E. W. Can
non, who is hereby authorized
to appoint substitutes.
By order of
E. Keith Dargan,
Major Commanding!
W. E. James,
. Adjutant.
Lemons, 15 cants per dosen;
F, M. Sims.
ANNIE ABBOTT.
The Wonderful “Electric Women" To
Appear at The Opera House.
This “little woman of myste
ry”, as the press of the country
calls her, will appear at the-
Opera House here to-morrow
night. She announces that this
will positively be her last tour
of the States. During the last
three years she has appeared be
fore the Queen of England, the
Prince of Wales, the Emperor
of Germany, the Emperor of
Austria, the CzaXpf Russia, the
King of Denmark, she Sultan of
Turkey, the little Kihg of Spain
and, in fact, before all the
crowned heads of the md world.
They presented her with many
valuaole presents. She was
honored with one of the great
medals of Germany, the VBlack
Eagle,” of which there are but
four in the world. By a touch
of her electric hands, she heals
all kinds of diseases free of
charge. She invites the public
to call on her and be convinced.
The following is a copy of one
of her certificates of recent date:
“The ‘little woman of mystery’
last night proved a mystery in
deed. I was one of the 15 gen
tlemen who acted on her com
mittee, and was so deaf that I
could not hear one word the lit
tle woman said. After a strug
gle of ten minutes to find out
what she wanted me to do, I
became disgusted and turned to
walk away, when some one in
the audience said, “He is deaf!”
“Well,” said the little woman,
“I will fix him so he can hear
me and you, too. She asked
to be seated. She placed her
electric hands over my ears—
that since my childhood’s days
had not heard a sound—and, to
the surprise of all present, in a
few minutes I could hear every,
thing said. Outside of her elec
trie powers, her performance is
most wonderful. No one should
fail to see this wonder-worker
of miracles while they have an.
opportunity. My case was not
the only one she healed, but
many were made happy by her
wonderful touch.” Signed by
S. 0. Ticjar, Lebanon, Tenn.
Reserved seats, 50 cents; on
sale at Bristow’s Book Store.
A wagon-load of cabbage re
ceived every other day at F. M.
Sims’.
Use exposition soap, 3 cakes
in box, lOcts. per box at Cogge-
shall & Co.’s.
Old sewing machines taken in
exchange for new ones at Black-
well Bros.
DEATH OF MISS LIZZIE FOUNTAIN.
An Fttimable Lady gone to h«r
Reward.
Miss Lizzie Fountain, one of
the best known residents of our
town, passed quietly away on
Saturday morning, leaving a
large circle of relatives and
friends to mourn her departure.
She was the daughter of the
late Captain John Fountain, of
the Riverdale section, and her
death leaves oalyone member of
the family surviving.. For
over twenty years she resided
in town and the announcement
of her death was received with
universal regret, although
every one felt that to her it was
infinite gain and freedom from
all earthly suffering. She was
conscious to the last, but for
her death had no terrors and
she awaited its coming with
that calmness and confidence
that is only felt by those who
have kept the statutes and or
dinances of the Lord. In early
life she connected herself with
the Presbyterian church and as
long as health and strength per
mitted she was always in her
place in the choir, of which she
was a very zealous member.
She was not only an active
worker in all the enterprises of
the church but a liberal contrib
utor, as well, to its support,
and appeals to her charity were
never unheeded.
She was buried, on Sunday
morning, at Grove Hill Cem-
etary, the services being con
ducted by her pastor, Rev. D.
M. Fulton.
The following gentlemen act
ed as pall bearers: W. B. Mc-
Girt, C. B. Edwards, W. E.
James, S A. Woods, C. W.
Hewitt, W. F. Dargan.
If none of our men have called
on you and you are interested in
o n>-w sewing machine, drop us
a card, and we will show you
the New Home or Wkeler dt
Wilson. Blackwell Bros.
. (Other Locale on last page.)
ITEMS FROM SEVERAL SECTIONS
AS TOLD BY CORRESPONDCTS.
The Newt Around Cyprett.—A Good
Hotel.—Dry Weather.—Other
Corretpondence.
All of our roads have nearly
been worked over and are some
what improved.
There will be a pic-nic today
(Wednesday) at Field’s bridge
on Lynches river. Only a few
families are invited.
The contract for repairing
Field’s bridge has been awarded
to the road overseer and it will
soon be put in good condition.
We are still having very dry
weather and crops and gardens
are beginning to suffer. The
oat crop will be cut very short.
There seems to be great dis
satisfaction among the people
in reference to the new road
law. Those under and over
age who paid the road tax can
not get it back now under the
recent decision of the Attorney
General. Some of the author
ities seem to think it is all
right, out I claim that in plain
English it is highway robbery.
Such is reform, however.
The Bachelor Hotel, which
was opened here a short time
ago, seems to be doing a flour
ishing business. Among the
arrivals last Sunday i noticed
the following names: Mr. H. T.
Harris, of Stokes Bridge; Mas
ter Mallon Harris and Dr. C. W.
Parnell, of Mt. Pleasant; Dr.
B. L. Harris, Nashville Tenn.;
Mr. J. D. Large, Wayside; Mr.
R. E. DuBose, city. If our sis
ter city Lamar does not look
to its laurels our city will out
rival her and leave her in the
shade.
Summer Dress Goods, Lawns
etc , going cheap at Brunson,
Lunn & Co.’s.
The Liberty bicycle is the best;
for sale by Blackwell Bros.
BETHLEHEM.
Large rice fields greet the eye
on every side.
The music of the farm bells is
heard now at 5 o’clock a. m.
Mrs. Lizzie Winburn and Mrs.
E. D. Howie have both been
very sick.
Oats are very good, and some
of them will be ready to cut in
a few days.
Mrs. Lovda I. Byrd came to
the front in beans having s mess
on the 14th inst
Master Shook, son of Mr. P.
J. Byrd, has been critically ill,
bui. is now better.
Corn is the best we have ever
had at this time of the year,
and cotton is looking very prom
ising.
Mr. Joe Boswell’s little baby
is very sick, and Mr. Charlie
Edwards’ oldest boy is also.
Miss Maggie Gainey, who has
been so cntically ill, has taken
a change for the better.
Messrs. J. X. Coker ft Co.
have put in a corn crusher at
their mills at McIntosh’s. The
machine grinds 25 bushels in
an hour. It uses corn in the ear
making an excellent food for
stock. Mr. Albert Jordan is
manager and has two men to
help him with the many bushels
that go there.
Don’t fail to call on us when
you want anything in the line
of clothing or gents furnishing
goods. Brunson, Lunn ft Co.
Just received—a big lot of
glassware and crockeryware.
Prices so low that your hair will
rise. F. M. Sims.
JASPER.
We have good stands of cotton
around here, and very little
trouble from insects.
The stands of corn in bottoms
are not so good, and gardens
are not yet promising.
Mr. Truell, of North Carolina,
who is cultivating « tobacco
farm near here, was called to
his home on the 7th on account
of the sickness of his wife.
If planters who set out tobac
co in dry weather would put a
half pint of water in the hele,
place the plant in the water and
then pack, the dirt ai
plant it woula live,
it often dies when water
ed dirt is nut around it.
(Other Countynewson 4th
We Want To Talk To Yon J
Every man and boy in Darlington County and CHj will have to
have a New Spring Suit. We do not expect to sell all of
the Clothing that wiU be sold in Darlington this
Spring, but we do expect to sell all of Mm
For the simple reason that we are
the only merchants in Darlington
BEST CASH TRADED—
who carry anything Iflm
A STOCK OF CLOTI
We have m stock Stronss Bros.’ and Bamberger Brea.’ fine
tailor-made clothing. Whan yon put on a sort
made by either of the above firms, no man
can tell whether it was
«
MAPE^rOiORDEBb ^
A BIG, STOUT MAN.
dent worry yourself by thlwMwg that y
CANT GET A FIT.
placing our Spring Orders.
TALL MEN WITH LONG
W« h... • mit t-r yo«. - ' ^
DUDES AND SOCIETY BOYS,
We can fit yon in a fine dram or any
other kind of a suit you may want.
SOMETHING ELSE
S
We have by far the largest stock of Gent’s
in Darlington. Hot weather will soc
will appreciate a loek fmm yon
year order far sammer nadsi
want a nobby hat, just
tore and we will
yon the latest
hinge
out.
We have in stock
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