Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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ip*. s,'- (k? v' • W'- Btsht Thtrsdat MMumre. ▲LAX. 0. XOI.I.OCX. ■DITO&AKD PEOPBIBTOR. TBKH8—#1 Per Annum in Advnn«^; 00 eenta for tiz month*: 28 eont* for 0 munths. Advxrtirixs Katas: On* Square, flnt insertion $1.00 Erery sabseqnent insertion 50 Contract advertisements inserted npon the most reasonable ter&e. H ii'u The editorials in this paper are writ ten in the singnlar number, the editorial ‘we" having been discarded. AN OLD TIME 4TH OF JULY CELE BRATION. In another column will be seen a communication from "Citizen” proposing that Dar lington have an old time fourth of July celebration this year. Before the war the southern people took great interest in these celebrations and patriotic addresses were delivered by dis tinguished citizens in the differ ent towns in the south. Since the war, however, the impres sion has grown among the peo pie that fouth of July celebra tions should be confined to the north for the ration that the south tried to form a separate government and her people did not feel like taking part in cele brations which glorified the Union. Such an idea, however, is erroneous—the south was largely instrumental in estab lishing this government and a southern State, Virginia, has furnished five presidents of the United Siates. No, the south really has more right than the north to keep up this custom- in this section of the United States the great principles upon which the government was founded have been more sacred ly guarded and maintained than in the north. Therefore, let all the people turn out and have a big time on that occasion. A committee is at work now making arrangements for the celebration and it is their inten tion to invite an eloquent speak er from a neighboring town to deliver the oration. Very little has been said about Mr. A. B. Williams leav ing the State and his name still appears as one of the proprietors of the Greenville News The News stated about a week ago that perhaps Tillman and Evans would be interested to know that the same hand which had penned many articles in the News about the bond deal had penned the article in the New York Times, or words to that ef fect. In the light of the above facts it is remotely possible that Mr. Williams has not left South Carolina for good, but has gone North to do special work, such, for instance, as ferreting out and publishiug the details of our bond steal. It is said that Mr. Williams knows a great deal about this affair, his cousin having been one of the syndi cate, and it is to be hoped that he has really gone North to ex pose the whole business and then come back to South Caroli na. If he accomplishes such aa object South Carolina can well afford to give him leave of ab sence for a time. State Treasurer Bates’ expla nation of the $2,000 which ,he received for services rendered the syndicate which refunded the State debt appears, in another column. Dr. Bates, it may of course be said, took no money which belonged to the State and put it in his pocket, but State officials, who arf paid salaries, are not expected to hire themselves out to syndicates which have business with the State. He might with pmpriety have attended to the work, and placed the money which he re ceived, less his expenseejforclerk hire, to the credit of the State. High toned officials would not “ the least susaMon to attaek to their reputafons, but Dr. Bates has proven himself to be »maf got abovl reproach. its, him as a l ted And now comes the informa tion from New York that Gov. Thompson was offered $80,000 to refund the State debt, but having no faitb in the Tillman government and not liking the appearance of things. Gov. It is astonishing how the dis pensary oases seem to overshad ow everything else in import ance in the eyes of the Tillman judges. It is reported that Judge Buchanan, while holding court at Chesterfield, took very little interest in the proceedings Thompson refused to undertake of court until he struck a dis pensary case, and then he was all earnestness and appeared to be continually on the alert- During the trial of Ben Kelly At Darlington it was remarked by a number of people that the same judge was making use of all of bis power and influence to convict Kelly. While no one seemed to question his guilt, the sympathies of some were arous ed in his behalf on accouat of the strenuous efforts of Judge Buchanan to convict him. John Gary Evans, Colin Rhind, Major W. T. Gary and Ben Tillman all happened in Augusta at the same time. Evans says he did not see Rbind and Tillman says he did not know the Governor was in Augusta. Possibly not. bit honest, fairminded people will not believe such statements, es pecially when they come from men who are believed' to have robbed the State treasury. Honest officials do not delay and consult together when charges of dishonesty are brought to their attention in the public prints. The very fact that Tillman, Evans and Rhind did not all come out .at once and tell their own story in their own way is evidence sufficient to convict them of having tak en the people’s money. LET US HAVE A SPECIAL TRAIN. The people of Darlington are in earnest about having a rous ing 4th of July celebration: the Coast Line authorities should be requested to run an excur sion train from Wades boro to Darlington for occasion. Many would, doubtless, come from all along the line, especially from Cheraw, if a special train were run down in the morning and back late in the afternoon. Of course, the crowd from points along the 0. & D. will be very small if only the usual accom modations are provided. Let the committee communicate with the railroad people at once in regard to this matter. The Columbia Register seems to have reliable information that Judge Earle will be a can didate for the U. S. Senate. Earle and Irby are cousins and it is possible that they will play into each other’s hands in order to defeat John Gary Evans. You may depend upon it that Joe Earle is scheming now to be on the big side when the crash comes—when the whole rotten structure of Tillman ism tum bles Joe Earle will be solid on tbs winning side and the keen est man to jail the rascals.. Will.some kind friend, no matter what his politics, ex plain why Darlington county owe $10,000 in these piping days of "refawm?” Before the advent of Tillmanism the coun ty is said to have been out of debt with money in the treasury, but now what do we see. An investigation into the af fairs of Darlington county might not come amiss in order that the people might know why they have had to pay so much for “refawm.” Railroad Commissioner Ev ans was in town one day last week. He expressed himself as very indignant at the action of the 'Coast Line officials in their treatment of the people along the line of the road from Dar lington to Wades boro. Many of them would doubtless feel like voting for him for Congress against McLaurin if he would cause the train to be put back again. The exposure of the bond steal is only the beginning— the people of South Carolina, during the next few years, are going to be nauseated with the unearthing of official rotten- througbout the length and breadth of the State. the job. It takes honest, high- toned men to refuse such tempt ing baits, but Thompson did not feel that he could run the risk of tarnishing his reputation by having any dealing with such men as Tillman, Evans and Rhind. | It is reported that Johnnie McLaurin used his influence in Congress in favor of Murray in the contest between Elliott and Murray, and when the time came to vote on the question, McLaurin was absent. I do not vouch for the truth of this state ment, but it would do well for the people of Charleston to look into the matter and find out if McLaurin has proven traitor af ter making such great preten ces of working in their interest while in Congress. A MOST WORTHY CAUSE. The following letter and cir cular explain themselves: Charleston, June 15, ’96. Mrs. Rowena Warley, Dear Madam:—1 am directed by the Ladies Memorial Associ ation to enclose to you the with in circular, in the hope that it will enlist your active co-opera tion in their effort to raise a fund from South Carolina. If there is a Memorial Association in your city, will you be kind enough to place yourself in communication with the mem bers, and get them to make an effort to raise something for this object? Trusting that your will do what you can to assist in this good work, I am Yours very truly, Mrs. Zimmerman Davis, Cor. Sec. 124 Tradd Street. Charleston, 8. C., May 28, ’96. In the Stonewall Cemetery, Winchester, Va., 149 Confeder ate Soldiers from South. Caro lina are buried; some years ago the Ladies’ Memorial Associa tion of Charleston, with a com bined effort through the State, placed head stones to them all. Many of the Southern States are now putting monuments to their dead in that Cemetery. The Ladies’ Memorial Abe oci ation feel that our soldiers must be honored too, and now ask the co-operation of your Mem orial Association, and of all others in the State, also of those who have loved ones there, or cherish a tender regard for the memory of the men who gave their lives for our defence, to come forward and help this good work. A noble Viiginian, who, (though now living in New York) cannot forget the patriot ic dead, Mr. Charles Broadway Rouss, has offered to give as much as the State will raise to E lace a monument to the South arolina dead in Stonewall cemetery,—surely we cannot shame ourselves by not meeting this generous offer with an ef fort to raise the needed five hundred dollars for our share of this monument, to record the names of the gallant men who died at Winchester, Va. for their Country. Our women must be true to their past record. Contributions may be sent to the News and Courier, or Miss F. E. DeSacssure, Treasurer L. M. A. 142 Church Street. Insure against bicycle accid dms with Dargan & Baird, gen eral agents of the great United States Casualty Co. Rate, $2 per $1,000. 50 more New Homes and ball bearing Wheeler & Wilson. Blackwell Bros. CAPTUhEO BY THE CHIEF. Two Colored Men Charged With Stealing Coffee Behind The Bars. Chief of Police Dargan cap tured on the Florence road, last Thursday night, two colored men, by the names of Marion Smith and Will Hunter, who are charged with stealing coffee frequently in small quantities from Mr. Hennig’s store on Pearl street. Gue Israel, anoth negro-, is also charged with the theft, but he has not yet been captured. Marion Smith, who had been selling qpme ef the coffee down at the factorv, claims that he got it from Will Hunter and Will Hunter says that Gus Israel has been fur nishing |i> m coffee regularly The two negroes were lodged in the guard house to await their prelimina'ry hearing. A The T own Narrowly Escapes A Large And Destructive Fire. t Last Tuesday night, about 9.15 o’clock several pistol shots were heard in town and soon the fire alarm bell was rung in the Court House. It was soon discovered that the kitchen in the rear of Mr. J. A. Black- well’6 house on Broad street was in flames and that all efforts to save the building would be un availing. Chief of police Dar gan, therefore, ran his horse as hard as be'could go to the en gine house, calling as he went to the men whom he passed on the way to go back and get the ladders and reel. Only a few paid any attention to his frantic appeals, and, when the reel reached the fire, hauled by about a half dozen men, all danger was over. Many of those at the fire did excellent work in keeping Mr. Black well’s house wet and thus sav ing it from the flames—others rendered other valuable assist ance which was greatly appre ciated. It is not known how the fire originated—Mr. and Mrs. Blackwell had left the children at home with a servant and were in church when the fire broke out. The building became enveloped in flames so suddenly, that the servants, who roomed there, saved noth ing at all and everything was consumed. The fire was kept under such good control that none of the neighboring houses were damaged—had the wind been in another direction, how ever, their efforts might have proved unavailing and the damage might have been enor mous. See what bargains in crock ery at Sims Grocery. Look next week for our man with the combination wrench and buggy jack. It sells on sight. Blackwell Bros. The Unknown Pea. 400 bushels of unknown peas which we will sell for 45 cents a bushel; Darlington Phosphate THE CONFEDERATE RE-.UNION. A Very Important Communication from CapL E. W. Cannon. Only two of those appointed to represent “Camp Darlington” at the reunion in Richmond have notified me that they can’t go and I have filled their places. 1 am anxious to hear from all. If you can’t go get some one to take your place and notify me. The railroad faro for the round trip will be $8 00 from Darlington and $8 20 from Hartsville. The whole trip will cost not less than $12.00 with nothing left for lemonade. If there are any other veterans go ing we want them to join us. We want as large a represent ation from our Camp as pos- bible. I will give further parti culars next week. E. W. Cannon. Closing out a job in hats—See them before they are all sold; Blackwell Bros. My entire stock of. crockery and glassware almost at your own price; Sims’ Grocery. Where Was the Hook and Ladder Com- ny? Darlington is supposed to have a hook and ladder compa ny, but no one would have sus pected such a thing last Tues day night. About six men were all that could be induced to serve, and, after tugging man fully, they managed to have their burden to the fire too late to do any good. Scores could be found, however, who were willing to haul the ladders back to the engine house and their shouts could be beard through out the town as they rushed through the streets. What a commentary on the people of a town the size of Darlington! Special cuts on Blackwell Bros.’ clothing at It is reported that cotton has been damaged of late by the cool nights and too much rain in some sections. Lice have al so made their appearance and caused damage to the plant. Never saw the like—how the sewing machines go at Black- well Bros.’ CARTERSVILLE. I am pleased to report that Dr. G G. Palmer has sutticienly recovered to go to a health re sort in North Carolina. At the residence of Mr. J. N. Carter, on the night of the 7th, the Rev. C. D. Mann united Mr. Bureguerd Hodge and Miss Eu genia Campbell in the holy bonds of matrimony. We wish the young couple a long, happy and useful life. The tobacco boys of Fair Hope have organized a literary club. Several meetings were held at which essays were read and dif ferent questions discussed by the members. Many of our pret ty girls are members and con tribute much to the interest of the meetings. The tobacco boys’ string band of Fair Hope, or a part of them, Messrs. T. W. and J. W. Mims, M. G. Severance and I. J New berry, chaperoned by Mr. M. M. McCall, went serenading last Tuesday night. The boys are to be congratulated upon their success—boquets, good wishes and other enjoyable things were mixed up with the pleasure of the evening, This locality has been visited by severe wind and rain storms and in some places hail fell in such quantities that it injured tobacco so severely that the farmers were compelled to cut it off at the ground so as to al low it to sprout or succor out and grow another crop How much of it has thus been injured I am unable to report. I hear the wind partially blew down one of Mr. H. E. C. Fountain’s tobacco barns, and other houses were wrecked but I could not ascertain where they were. Much damage was done to fruit trees, grape vines and gardens. Dead Letters. Letters addressed to the fol lowing persons remain uncalled for at the Dari ngton postoffice, and are .advertised as “dead” for the week ending June 15th: Messrs. Dozier Kirven,'Isaac Garner, Andrew Anderson, A. B. Anderson, J. Shannon Mc- Creight, Ben Scott, D. S. Seg- ears, L. D. Smith, W. K. With erspoon, Dr. James Evans, Mrs. Chatery Russell, Miss Janie Garner, Miss Mary Rodgers. RIVERDALE. A base ball club was organiz ed here last Saturday afternoon. Miss Florrie Girt, who has been spending some time with Mrs. C. J. Milling, returned to her home in Charleston on Monday. A protracted meeting will be begun at Mechauicsville on Sunday June 28th. The pastor. Rev. J. B. Holly, expects Rev. Mr. Peele, of Mt. Elon, to assist him during the meeting. The weeping clouds, which caused “General Green” to com mand reinforcements have disappeared, and Phoebus in all his resplendent glory is aiding the farmers to gain the victory. The prospects for a fine crop in this section are very encour aging. Corn is generally good and cotton is as fine as we have ever known at this season Tobacco is not as good as it was last year because of so many ages, but it is growing and looking very well. A good cow with Jersey calf for sale by Blackwell Bros. - - PALMETTO. Cotton blossoms have become a common thing in this section. Laying by corn will soon be a thing of the past in this neigh borhood. The farmers are still kept busy fighting “General Green” but hope to have him crushed soon. Mr. Arno!; and Miss Lena Outlaw, of Darlington, paid a A Card From Mr. Blackwell- I desire to exp.-ess my thanks to those who worked so faithful ly to prevent my house from burning last Tuesday night. Had it not been for their ef forts it is probable that the dam- age would have been much more serious. J. A. Blackwell. flying visit to the latter’s sister, Mrs. Nina Jeffords, last Sunday. It is reported that Mr. E. C. Burch has the finest Irish pota toes and mutton corn in this section. A gloom has been cast over this community by the sad death of Mrs. Mary A. Jeffords. She had heart disease and the end came on Thursday, June 11th, at 2 o’clock A. M. Mrs. Jeffords leaves a husband and seven children, three daughters and four sons. They have the sym pathy of our community. 1 DIED. On Monday, June 8th, near Hartsville, Alice,- daughter of Wm. M. andSallie D. McIntosh, aged 15 months and 7 days. Don’t forget that we import tea; Deans Bros. Mr. J. P. Coffin, of Florence, paid a visit to The News office yesterday. Town and country dwellings, barns and other substantial buildings and their contents in sured against wind storms, at lowest rates by Dargan & Baird. CREDITORS'NOTICE. A LLPERSONSHAVINft CLAIMS against the es ate of Mary Or- mand, deceased, will present them legally proved to my Attorneys, Messrs. Spain & Thompson, at Dar lington, S. C.; and all persons indebt ed to said deceased will make pay ment to me at Belair, Lancaster County, 8. C. 8. J. ORMAND, June 11—3t. Administrator. Candidates’ Cards, FOR SOLICITOR. T HE FRIENDS OF SOLICITOR J M Johnson request the an nouncement of his candidacy for re- nomination as Solicitor of the 4th Circuit, subject to the action of the Democratic party, with a promise on his part, if nominated and elected, to devote his best energy and experience to the discharge of that office for the ensuing term. FOR CLERK OF THE COURT. ~ 1 HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF as a candidate for re-election to the office of Clerk of Court for Dar lington County subject to the Demo cratic primary. W. ALBERT PARROTT. I HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF as a candidate foi the office of Clerk of Court of Darlington County, according to the Democratic platform of 1870, subject to the primary. GEO. O. LEE. June 2. 18i)G. ' FOR MAGISTRATE. T HE FRIENDS OF MR S. P. Thomas desire to announce him as a candidate for Magistrate of Lydia Township, subject to the action of the democratic primary, CRHSH! SMHSH! A DOWNFALL IN CHINA! Whole Dishes but Bvohen Prices* PRESIDENT CLEVELAND— it is high time that you were stepping in between the strug- gling patriots of QUBA H11( i that brutal and barbaric n, ouster of monsters, SPAIN, and we will settle the CHINA question by giving our customers a large stock to select from AT BOTTOM PRICES. ••• Many of the business men of the town have been closing their stores for an hour in the morn ing in order that their clerks might be able to attend the ser vices at the Methodist church. Coggeshall & Co. quote prices on their china and glass-ware this week. If their prices on these goods are as low as those on groceries, their customers will be able to derive some fine bargains in these lines. Read their advertisement and ex amine their goods. Look out for wind storms! The cheapest tornado policy on the market is written by Dar- gan & Baird. Rates p^r $1,000: 1 year, $2; 2 years, $4; 3 years; $6. I H (/) (Q &tI)o <1 P—H H &, ry §111* £Oo § KO<! People in Glass Houses Can't Throw Stones^ But we CM N make low prices. Plates, per Set, 28c Cups and Saucers, 34c Nice Ham Dishes, ea, 33c Tea Sets, Dinner Sets, Coffee Cups and all other kinds of China. Fruit Jars, doz, 80c & §1 Tumblers, per set 22c Butter Dishes, ea, lOc Lamps, from lOc to 810 Lamp Fixtures of Every Description* Keep your china closets in trim; we will make price to suit. ••• # 00 -w- lu null. ^ COGGESHALL 6 CO.’S