The Darlington news. (Darlington, S.C.) 1875-1909, June 18, 1896, Image 1
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.
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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.
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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.
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