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VOL. XXIII, NO. 25. DARLINGTON, S. U., THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1896 LOCAL LACONICS. MATTERS IN AND AROUND THE TOWN OF DARLINGTON. A Column of New*, Tersely Told, of Interest to Our Many Readers, Several bales of cotton were sold here last Saturday. The Strauss building, on Pearl street, is undergoing repairs. . Mr. A. C McFall and family, of Bennettsville, have been vis iting in town. Miss Alma McCown is visit ing the family of Dr. J. S. Hugh- son in Sumter. Mrs. L. I. Parrott, of Darling ton, is visiting Mrq. A L. Flow ers.—Sumter Freeman. The Kev. R. W. Lide has gone to Glenn Springs to try the wa ters of that famous resort. Miss Mary McCutchen, of Williamsburg county, if on a visit to Miss Carrie Mclver. The Rev. J. B. Holly, of the Black Creek Church, will preach in the Baptist Church here next Sunday. There was a mass meeting of the different Sunday Schools of the town in the Methodist church last Sunday. The "King’s Daughters” gave an ice cream festival on the Darlington Guards’ drill ground last Friday night. Mrs. Lucy M. Norment is spendingafew weeks in Charles ton with the family of her father Col. Zimmerman Davis. Mrs. Minnie Hoole, of Dar lington, spent several days with Mrs. DeBerry last week.— Timmonsyille Enterprise. Miss Louise Schmid, the pop ular milliner, is having a brick pavement put in front of her store on Cashua street. In accordance with the pre vious announcement, the Rev. W. W. Willis, of Ebenezer, preached at the Baptist, church last Sunday. Mr. Charlie E. Onslow, eldest son of Mr. Geo Onslow, has gone to Poughkeepsie, N. Y.. to take a business course at the Eastman Business College. Married, at the residence of the groom’s father, Mr Geo F. Rogers, by the Rev. J. Wilson Warr, on May 28, 1896, Mr. J. E. Rogers to Miss Miss Cally Flowers, all of Darlington, S. C. Married, on Sunday, June 7th, Mr. J. A. Nance, of Vienna, Ga., to Miss Agnes DuBose, of Cy press, Darlington County, S. C., at the residence of the bride’s sister, Mrs. M. R. Kelly, Vien na. Ga. Mr. Hampton Garner has re turned from Atlanta, Ga., where he took a course in book keep ing at Sullivan & Creighton’s business college. Mr. Garner took a very fine stand, graduat ing at the head of his class. Sligh & Rucker say they will begin on the 19th to sell a lot of their summer goods at cost. As they are carrying a fine line of goods their customers will be able to get great bargains. Re member that the reauction will last :10 days only. Two colored boys were up be fore the Mayor on Monday morn ing for having a fight on Broad street on Sunday with another colored boy. (Jne of the boys was cut in the head with a brick. The Mayor fined the two boys $2 each. Maj. Alex. McQ. Sally, of Orangeburg, spent last Thusday night in Darlington on his way to Cheraw to visit his old friend Maj. Alexander McQueen. Maj. Sally was sheriff of Orangeburg county from 188J to 1892 when he was defeated by a Tillman- ite. Dr. J. W. Williamson, of Dovesville, is said to have a 10- acre field of tobacco in the An tioch section that is extra fine. The "weed ’ in his field is said to be larger and more thrifty than that of any of his neigh bors, and in the entire field there are remarkably few bad stalks. "Many friends” se^d an an nouncement to The News this week of a candidate for Harts- ville township. No name is signed to the request to have the announcement publised and no money is sent to pay for it. Those who are interested will please »tmd the cash if they de sire the announcement inserted. * THE MATO SCHOOL. Annual Commencement of an Excellent Colored Institution. The closing concert of Mayo School was given at Macedonia Baptist Church, Monday night June 8th. There was a large crowd present and though the programme was a long one it was very much enjoyed by the audience. Limited space will not allow the programme to be given in full. It is sufficient to say that it was excellently got ten up and well carried out. The stage was tastefully de corated and draped with Ameri can flags. The stars and stripes in ail their beauty were there and were typical of a reunited and devoted patriotism. Among the recitations special mention should be made of "Is you Dead Little Cat?” by Alma Duncan; “Nicodemus Quadrille” by Jo seph Ervin; “The Drummer Boy” by Lizzie Lang; “A Med ley” by Mamie Townsend; "The Signboard” by Etta Keith, whose delivery for one so young was remarkable; "The Negro’s Hope” by Stephen J. Wright. The solos “Sweet Land of Dreams” and "I Love Only You” were well rendered The duet "I Don’t want to Flay in Your Yard” by Maude Lee and Alonzo Ervin was charmingly rendered. There were six in the finishing class. Supt, L. C. Glenn delivered the certificates to them. Hon. R. W. Boyd presented the prizes. He snoke of the great interest which he had in the advancement of the race and the progress of the school, complimented the prin cipal and teachereT on the result of their work and wished them much success. Many of our leading white citizens were out and evinced great pleasure in the exercises. The following morning at the schoolhouse before a large audi ence which had assembled to witness the final exercises and before the whole school, Supt. Glenn delivered a remarkable address. He said that before coming to Darlington, he had only a vague interest in the education of the Negro, but since being in charge here he felt great interest in them and believed that along industrial lines the success of the race greatly depended. He had hoped before he left to have seen at Mayo, a well establish ed industrial school. That the relations between the whites and blacks of Darlington were as friendly as anywhere in the country and that it was due to the fact that each race willing ly met the other half way in {Hi that pertained to their different stations. That Mayo school and its principal had done more to accomplish this than any other influences. At the close of the Supt’s address the boys gave the Mayo yell and three cheers and a tiger for Mr. Glenn. The whole school love Mr. Glenn and view his departure with great sorrow. The year jnst closed has been a very success ful one for the school and Pnn. Cottin and his corps of teachers well deserve their vacation. Winburn would like to make you some photographs before he leaves town. He offers you the best of work. Give him a rush until next Monday, which is his last day in our city. A carload of the whitest meal we have ever had, just received; Deans Bros. A BIG CELEBRATION. -‘Citizen’’ Suggest* a Capital Plan for JJy 4th. Editor, Darlington News: What say you to an old-fash ion celebration of the 4th of Ju ly? A military parade, a pro cession with banners and appro priate mottoes, a band of music, the reading of the Declaration of Independence and a speech or speeches by some citizens who are practiced in public speaking. This was thfl way our fathers celebrated the great day, and it was a better way than we sometimes do it—by fish fries and big drunks. Such a celebration as is herein sug gested would prove instructive and beneficial—the other is pos itively injurious. Let’s make the change. Citizen. Darlington, June 16. Large size cans of pie peaches, apples and okra and tomatoes, 5 cents per can; M. D. Trull. - — Buy your fruit jars from Deans Bros. THE JONH COOBT. VERY FEW CASES TR ED AT THE RECENT TERM. The “Blind Tiger” Case Against Ben Kelly Tried Twice.—He And Greem Convicted. The Court of General Sessions for Darlington county conven ed on Monday’ of last week, Judge Buchanan presiding. The grand jury proved a business body and promptly returned the bills submitted to them. The first case called tor trial was the State vs. D. F. Simmons for larceny of live stock. Dur ing the progress of the trial it became apparent to the Court that the title to the property was involved and the Solicitor nol prossed the case on terms. The next case was the State vs. Henry Lowry, larceny of a horse. The indictment charged 1 hat during the month of Dec ember, 1895, the defendant broke into the stables of Mr. W. W. Hearon, of this county, and stole his horse. The thief was ar rested at Manning with the horse. The jury brought in a verdict of guilty, and Lowry was sentenced to two years and six months in the penitentiary. The case of the State vs. Peter Williams for burglary and lar ceny was next called for trial. The facts developed were these: It seems that Mr. G. O Mertz had discovered that his barn was being frequently broken into and corn stolen therefrom. Mr. Mertz consulted the Chief of Police who advised him to £ ut a decoy in his barn. Mr. lertz placed in his barn one half bushel of Pennsylvania Golden Dent corn The corn was in a peanut sack. The thief came that night, broke a plank'd?, went in and stole the yellow dent. Upon discovering that it had disappeared, Mr. Mertz sent his clerk Mr. Marion Sims to the different stores to see if he could find the corn. Mr. Sims found in Mr. Lewen- thal’s store some yellow corn which he testified as being iden tically like that of Mr. Mertz’s. Mr. Geo. Hill testified that that corn had been purchased that morning from the defendant. The defendant admitted selling the corn found in Mr. Lewen- thal’s store but said he had sold it for one Sarah Green who had requested him to do so. The jury must have concluded that the corn was not sufficiently identified and brought in a ver dict of not guilty. The next case called was the case of the State vs. John Is- ham, colored, assault and bat tery with intent to kill. The testimony for the State showed that John Isham was walking along one of the streets of Dar lington in company with his girl. Dr. C. B. Graham and Mr. J. W. Stuckey, on their wheels, were meeting them. They saw John pushing the girl as if to thrust her in the way of the wheels. Mr. Stuckey dropped behind Dr. Graham and the girl got behind John. Dr. Graham passed and as Mr. Stuckey was passing, John pushed Mr. Stucxey off his wheel. As soon as Mr. Stuckey arose from the ground, Isham confronted him with a knife cursing and threatening him. Dr. Graham came back and placed himself between them and advised Stuckey to get op his wheel and leave. Stuckey did so and John Isham followed brandishing his knife and threatening to see him again. The testimony of the defense was to the effect that Dr. Gra ham and Mr. Stuckey, riding abreast, were meeting defendant and his comnanion; that the riders occupied most of the side walk; that Dr. Graham passed furthest from them and Stuckey so near that defendant thought he struck the dress of his com panion and that he shoved him; that Stuckey struck him and drawing a knife assaulted him; that he defendant had no knife but only a little putty knife with blade only an inch long. Some other witnesses (golored) supported the testimony of the defendant. The jury could not agree on a verdict and a mis trial was ordered. The next case called was' the case of the State vs. G. B. Kel ly and Jim Green, for maintain ing a nuisance, to wit, a "blind tiger” in the town of Darling ton. This case created more interest than any case tried. It resulted in a mistrial and was tried again on Friday and Sat urday. The case of the State vs. Henry Davis, for arson was next tried. The property burned was a barn on the plantation of Mr. Alva Cogge- shall, and in the possession of Cynthia McDaniel (colored). Verdict, not guilty. The next case called was the State vs. H. M. Skinner and T. C. Pate, assault and battery with intent to kill. This was the case in which the defendants are charged with severely cut ting and beating Mr. B. W. Mc Kenzie at Stokes Bridge. It re sulted in a mistrial. When the case of Ben Kelly, white, and Jim Green, colored, came up for its second trial it was evident that there was go ing to be trouble about getting a jury. The case having been tried once already, the regular panel of jurymen was soon ex hausted and extra jurymen had to be drawn. Aftpr quite a num ber of challenges from both sides the following Jury was se lected to sit on the case: B. F. Campion, foreman; N. B. Mims, W. K. Lafferdy, G. A. Bland, P. B. McLendon, B. W. Segars, B. O. Bristow, E. P. Lide. Nero Davis (colored), B. M. Eason, J. L. Lee and W. W. Heustiss. In selecting the jury the defence objected to John M. Lide, C. E. Gandy, C. C Anderson T. H. Wilson, W. R. 8. Lawson, G. W. Houck, Epaphroditus Howie, J. J. James, J. D. McFarlan and J. G. Plummer, and the State objected to W. M. Lloyd and F. M. Sims. The following were set aside by the Court on their voir dire: J. B. Law, J. D. Rhodes, J. C. Blackwell, L. M. Norment, C. B. Lunn, A. E. Smalls (colored) and J. G. Hutchinson. By the consent of both sides, juror S F. Ervin was excused from sitting on the case. More than usual interest was manifested in this case and the Court House was filled with spectators during the two entire days of its trial. Quite a large number of witnesses were ex amined on both sides. The testimoev for the State showed that Ben Kelly had been for some time running a "blind tiger” in the town of Darling ton and that he had repeatedly gotten liquor into town for his ,o Tif We have an unusually large stock of LADIES’ OXFORD TIES in all the latest styles that we are selling very cheap to close out. Also a large line of Misses’ and children’s oxfords at just a little above cost. DARLINGTON SHOE STORE, WOODS A MILLIKC, Frtprtefw purposes with the assistance of Green; that both he and Green had received whiskey at Floyds, Mont Clare, Palmetto and other adjacent points and hauled it into Darlington; that at one time last winter Kelly brought some liquor into town on a train and refused to allow the liquor constables to have the same, guarding it with a gun; that he had Jim Green to throw liquor off the train to him at different ints along the railroad, which e brought into Darlington. The defense showed that the only "stuff” brought into the town by the defendants ^as for the personal use of themselves; that Kelly had been running nor "tiger”; that he ran a grocery’ store and that Green was in his employ for that purpose. The testimony for the defence denied that either Kelly or Green had ever sold liquor here. The de fense noted several objections to the rulings of the Circuit Judge, and several "tilts” oc curred between the attorneys for the defendants and the Solic itor. The testimony was con cluded about noon on Saturday, and the jury retired that after noon and returned with a ver dict of "guilty”. The sentence of the Judge was six months in jail and $200 fine <*s to Kelly, and six months in jail as to Green, and in case Kelly’s fine is not paid, then three addition al months imprisonment for him. The defence gave notice of an appeal to tne Supreme Court for a new trial, and Kelly is out on bond while the appeal is pending. ITEMS FROM SEVERAL SECTIONS AS TOLD BY CORRE6PONOETS. Heavy Hail £lorm at Lamar.—An Artesian Well For Lamar.— Other Correspondence. Corn crops are better than usual, while cotton crops are fully up to the average. Miss Anna Fields, a lady of this place, is quite but, at last iccounts, was bet ter. The rebuilding of the tobacco warehouse is progressing and in all probability it will be ready for the incoming crop. Our town council has employ ed a man to begin again the boring of the artesian well and we hope soon to have a flow of water plenteous and pure. Mr. T. F. Wilson has been drawn as a petit juror in the United States court which will convene on the 6th July in Charleston. There is a good deal of sick ness in this community, and among those of our little village who are sick, are Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Wilkes and Mr. C. M. Spears; but we are glad that we can report them improving. Gardens are sorry as a gen eral thing and scarcely any fruit, but the speckle pea patch will soon be in its blooming glory and the sunburnt, weath erbeaten, grassbitten silverite will be the first man there. If you don’t believe that just trot out your goldbug. . A heavy hail storm passed down Lynches River about four miles from here on Tuesday of last week, and was very des tructive to the tobacco crops. I understand that some parties have cut their tobacco off near the ground in order that it might sucker out and others have plowed it up and. put in corn. "Wont You Play House With Me,” one of the latest songs; C. N. Spinks, at Barrentine’s. Monday next is positively the last day that Winburn, the big tent photographer, will remain in Dai lington. He has worked for a good many people since he came, and has done good work for every customer. EBENEZER. Tobacco is not as flourishing as could be wished. The oat crop is unsatisfactory, but with full barns of corn in stead, there will be no grumb ling. The oldest inhabitant says tbat the corn and cotton crops around Ebenezer are more pro mising than has ever been seen in this section. We are glad to welcome the family of Mr. Hibben Leland, of McClennansville, and hope the experience of a summer among us, will induce a longer stay. The fruit crop is not encour aging, and housekeepers are canning gallons of luscious blackberries, besides reveling in dumplings and pies of tt e same, with a prospect of huckleberries in profusion. Mr. Wm. Goe takes the pre- muium on cabbages. He says the little English sparrows, so generally abused, kept his cab bage free of worms', hence the large head* with not a worm eaten leaf, Messrs. J. W. King and Gus Hoffmyer have most attractive hedges of the Osage bordering the public around their homes, reminding one of the English style of hedgeways. Miss Olive Blackwell has re turned from the College for Wo men in Columbia, bringing with her a certificate in book-keep ing, ard Miss Camilla King holds a diploma from the Col umbia Female College. Our young folks have organ ized a "Social Circle.” Recita tions, reading and music are to be the order of the evening. The circle will meet on the even ing of the 19th inst at the resi dence of Dr. 8.1. Blackwell. Mr. Madison Jeffords, ws re gret to say, has a very sick child. Tim little fellow has been sick, off and on for a and fights gallantly for ' ‘ through the various disi which he has fallen ing that thne. orange roads We have just finished taking our Dual inventory and find that we have a very satisfactory year. We also find have entirely too many summer goods dH hand and we propose to reduce thi NOW IS YOUR TIME to Ruy goods cheap. We do not want any profit for nest thirty days—simply want what we paid for tfa and when you get goods at cost from ffLfffH It yon get them as low down ss spot cash eaa buy merchant in the Southern States buys goods for less than we do. We do not handle Backet Store Trash We handle first-class goods from first-class _ claim to give as good values for the money as in the Itate. houses, and we FRIDHY, JUNE 19TH. 30 We have on hand 550 children’s suits, aged 3 to 15 yd|rs.—You can take your choice at nctual cost We have that we must sellliefore August 1st as oar fall clothing wifL be coming in by the and we have other reasons for wanting to sell onr summer goods; one of then: is and we propose to have it if low down will get it and will, as it .did. contemplate baying any of dry goods. or shoes It WiU Png to give us a look no catch advc word we say. call at our vinoe