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Tffl DOMES IMS WHAT THE CANDIDATES HAD TO SAY TO THE ••DEAR PEOPLE.” Flight* of Eloqu«nc« and Witty Say lags which war* Appreciated by the Crowd. The last of the series of cam paign meeting was held at this place on Saturday 8th inst., there being about one hundred citisens present from various sections of the county. Chair man J. P. Kirven, having call ed order, the meeting was open ed with an appropriate prayer by Rev. J. W. Warr. J. W. Hearon, was then in troduced as candidate for Co Supervisor. Said ho had no speech to make, but thought hi* was competent and if elected would be much obliged. R. M. Josey, for Co. Super visor, made a short and appro priate speech; told an amusing joke on the other fellow j, and thought all were lacking, in some respect, except himself. J. J. Fields, for Co. Snpervi sor, read a witty and appro priate speech in which he com pared his competitors to peti- whi9h.were, invariably, spoiled If elected would do his best, - P. J. McLendon, for County Supervisor, thought he wa<- competent, and if elected would do his best, claimed to be » hustler and would measure a road, for a poor man the samt* as for the nch man and would feed all out of the same spoon. W. P. Cole, for Sheriff, re counted his past services whiU sheriff; thought it unnecessary to make a speech being well known; said his competitors were all good men, but could not do what he had done. Re oeived with applause. ’ R. ,L. Base, for Sheriff; was not-rn- the habit of speaking, but thought he could fill the offict satisfactorily. > D.>B.'Munn, for Sheriff; had npcapeeoh. to make, but was s solid man and thought he could fill tho bill. J.. N. Parrott, for Clerk Court; in his characteristic mannet stated that there were several good reasons why the peoph should vote for him. The pres ent incumbent after eight years of office work had admitted that he bad just learned to die charge the duties of his office, and he thought that some of ws other fellows could learn in u much shorter time. . His com* petitor claimed to have been n Tillmanite all tl e time whereas it was wqU .known. that. th« antis supported him, believing him to bo one of them. He then went for cousin Albert with gloves off, in regard to tht imitation Tillman ticket and other matters relating thoreto. W. Albert Parrott, candidah for re-election Clerk of Court, said ha had no speech to make, but would trust to his past re cord and was then interrogated by T. J. Kirven, as follows: "Were you in favor of prohibi tion four years ago? Ans—Yes. Why did.your name appear on the cdnservatsve ticket in ’92. Ans—You will have to ask some one else about that. Did you vote for Tillman, four years ago? Ansr-rl .voted for him in the general election. Did you not say at the Antioch mee ' that you voted for Tillman in the primary? Ans—I don’t think so. Did you not say at Antioch that you voted tb ticket you bad made out? (You know that, that was.a primary and not a general election ticket and was headed the Tillman ticket.) Ans—Yes. Then you admit, now, that you voted for Tillman in the primary? Ans— Yes I suppose so. T. J. Kirvqu, for Glfrk Court, saia. lam a reformer and a Til) manite, and am not ashamedjof it. Improvements have been made that would not have come but fpr reform'.*., 1 am opposed to whiskey in every form. Am in favor of the.dispensary, be cause it is an improvement on the barrooms, and ail must ac knowledge that it has done good. The refunding of the State debt, th? three mill school tax, the Winthrop Female Col lege are all attainments of the reform party, and I claim that the silver party owes its success so far, iu a large measure, to Tillman, the .father, of reform; and much more, which was well received with applause. J. W. Wood ham, candidate for. Treasurer, being intro duced said, my books have been examined by an expert and found all right. I got a big majority in the last elec tion and will get it again. The other fellow says I can’t be elected, but “I have done got the coon and gone on.” Well uceived and applauded. R. F. Howie, for County Treasurer, made a short but telling speech and. to the point, The meeting wa» then called off from labor to refreshments, the candidates all having been invited to dine at Judge S. M. Crocewell’s, who with T. J. Kirven and friends had provid ed a sumptuous repast “ala” picnic. C. P. Dargan, candidate for Coroner, ignoring all argu- meat pertaining to the office, launched out in an eloquent free silver speech to the edifi cation and entertainment of the audience. He compared, by appropriate anecdote, our little State to Jupiter, which stood firm when the world seemed to be burning up in the meteoric shower of 1833, we believe. He soared aloft among the celestial constellation to such a fearful elevation that we feared he was lost among those innumerable bodies and that we never more should see the sheen of his sil ver wings on earth; but just as one’s optics were strained to the last degree, he threw out his parachute and safely descended, and we then, realized, by well merited applause, that he was in our midst again and in the flesh. Walter Vaughn, for Auditor, said he was not accustomed to making speeches, but if elected would fill the office io the best of his ability and with impar tiality. J. P. Mozingo, for Auditor, said he bad no speech to make, knew he could fill the office sat isfactoriiy. H. A. Josey, for Auditor, could not speak after dinner, had been so well fed here, and elsewhere,during the campaign, that if it was generally known there would be more candidates than voters. Dr. W. J. Garner, for Repre sentative, made a sensible and flowing speech, free of fault finding and abuse, and especial ly pleasing to the ladies. (ieo. W. Brown, for Repre sentative, said I am a democrat and don’t.know how to be any thing else as long as the patty is true to itself. I am a silver democrat, and not like Hill, who is a gold democrat Though at first opposed, now think the new constitution a priceless boon to the State; am in favor of buryii g all dissensions in the Democratic party. Mr Brown’s speech contained much more, of coune, than reported; was sensible as usual, and re ceived with applause. J. £. Miller, for Representa live, made a neat speech, brim ful of good sense and sound doctrine. L. A. Moore, for Representa tive, stood on his past record as Representative, made many happy hits, related seveial amusing anecdotes at the ex pense of his competitors, and was well received and applaud ed. The chairman, hpre read a letter from T. E. Early, for Re presentative, who for reasons assigned withdrew from the canvass. Rev. J. W. Warr, for Repre sentative, who in the beginning of his speech became so en tangled in a net of questions relative to the fish law, which he found difficult to answer, concluded in short form, by de daring that, whether elected oi not, he had money enough, and would go to Columbia and see that the next legislature, abol ished the whole thing. J. B. Floyd, forRepresenta- tive s said that, he was in favor of the dispensary, was not a prohibitionist, because it did uqt prohibit. Had been a staunch reformer from the first, and. if elected would gun for larger, game than fish and yal ler “dogs.” ,He here, took such a .matrimonial and celestial flight on canary bird wings that with the din in the house, the reporter lopt ear pf him, but discovered a few minutes later, th^t he had returned to terra firma, and was seated amid ap plause. - Rev. A. W. Parrott, 8upt., Education,..said that the free school system was a farce, un der the constitution of ’68 which was a radical rag, but that the constitution of ’95, was bright as the sun, fair as the moon and terrible as an army with ban ners. He here read at large from some book, made,some charges against, his competitor, Mr. Burn, who promptly denied them and proceded with his speech, the remainder of which, was lost to the reporter on ac count of boisterous talking in his vicinity by those who had said their say and were anxious to get in the creek. H. C. Burn, Supt. Education, spoke eloquently and at lengtn on the free school system. Re futed the charges made by his competitor, and closed by an intelligent talk on other topics. The little misunderstanding between him and his opponent, was then talked over and ami cably adjusted and thus the last campaign meeting, save one, appointed, by request, for Garner’s store, on Saturday next, closed peaceably - aud pleasantly. For smiles that are suave, and handshakes that are hard, the county candidate is pecu liar. The Worlds Fair gold medal mower is the McComick; Wel ling & Bonooitt, Agents. Tl CDOm DEWS. ITEMS FROM SEVERAL SECTIONS AS TOLD BY CORRESPONDETS. SOCIETY HILL. Miss Lou Penn, Mildred, Julia and Harriett Ervin, of Darlington, are visiting at Maj. J. J. Mclver’s. A meeting of the citizens of the town was held today (Tues day) at 10 a. m., to decide what measures to take towards secur ing mother doctor. A commit tee of four was appointed as follows to consult about the matter: Messrs. W. C. Wilson, A. M. Sompayrac, L. E. Car- rigan and C. L. Dowell. Dr. R. A. Trippett died last Saturday, August 8th, at 12 o'clock and was buried Sunday at 10 o’clock a. m. in the Welsh Neck Cemetery. Rev. 0. L. Dowell conducted the funeral services and the following gen tleman were the pall bearers: Messrs. Lucas Mcintosh, C. T Coker, W. C. Wilson, A. M. Somparyac, J. A. Blackman and J. T. Rogers. Dr. Trippott was much beloved aud respect ed by all in the communnity and his untimely end is greatly deplored. He was a man of noole qualities, a splendid doctor and an honest and up Tight citizen. As a physician he was attentive and kind and always ready and willing to respond to calls. He studied his cases with accuracy and was noted for his skill. We truly miss our doctor and will always look back to his death as our of the saddest our communi ty has ever experienced. We ex tend our heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved widow and trust that she with her two little children may be comforted by the Divine Providence which has seed fit to send this seem ingly great affliction. Dr. Trip >ett came here in 1884 from ndianna, his former home, having just completed a course of study at the Louisville Medi cal College. His practice of 12 years here was a large and successful one. SWIFT CREEK. We are having some fine wea ther now, and work is progress ing very rapidly. Curing tobacco is rapi dly coming to a close and picking cotton will soon be the feature of the day. Mrs. J. L. Wysong and daughter, Miss Annie of Charles ton are visiting the family oi Mi. J. F. Howie, of this place. Some of our people had tin pleasure of attending the meet ing at Bethel las r week ano were very much impressed with the eloquent preaching of tht pastor. Your correspondent had the pleasure of attending the cam paign meetmg at Dovesville on Saturday last and had a very nice time. The most remark able feature of the day occurred about one o’clock when the au dience retired to the residence of Mr. Crosswell where a sump tious repast was served. Some of our young people had the pleasure of Attending a very nice fish supper given at the residence of Mrs. Wade Black mon on the evening of the 2nd, inst.. Supper was served at rather a late hour, but plenty of girls and refreshments made it quite lively. The question is; boys can’t we have another, but on a little larger scale? RIVERDALE. Mrs. John King has been on a visit to felatives in Marion. We had a very nice rain on Monday night which was great ly needed. Little May Belle Williamson, of Mont Clare, has been visit ing the family of Mr. F. M. Collins. Some of our people attended the Sunday School Conference at Bethel, and report a very pleasant time. Mr. Johnnie Rose and sister, Miss Annie, of Florence, and Miss Neta Carter, of Swift Creek, visited friends here last week. The majority of our tobacco planters have finished curiug the weed, and will soon be in the midst of grading and pre paring it for the market. PALMETTO. Several of our farmers will finish curing tobacco this week. Mr. T. A. Gandy spent a few days at his old home, near Dovesville, S. C., last week. Most of our farmers are through pulling fodder and some have commenced picking cotton. Mr. B. Edwards, of Green ville, 8. C-, is spending some time in this section with friends and relatives. Miss Minnie aud Effie Tru- luck are spending some time with friends and relatives at Lake City, S. C. Messrs. Mane and Calvin Jones traveled through Ker shaw county last weelc and report a fine time. Mr. J. H. Humphries, the ex pert ginner, has been engaged to run the gin this fall for Messrs. T. C. Jeffords & Son. A Tribute to the Memory of Lula Boykin. Lula Boykin, the daughter of W. F. and Hattie Boykiu, wsts born April 14th 1877 and died July 2, 1896, aged 19 years, 2 months aud 18 days. She join ed the church when but seven years old and lias ever been a consistent member. She was always pleasant and affable in her bearing and seemed not to care for any worldly amuse ments. She readily aided in any thing that she believed to advance the healthy condition of society. She was loyal to her church and Sunday School. If she was selected as teacher for her school she did what she could (and this was much) to enlighten the minds of her pupils aud lead them to Christ. She was a devoted daughter and never did anything to grieve the hearts of her parents. She was the eldest child and manifested for her brothers and sisters the care and affection of a mother and the sympathy and companionship of a sister. None of her schoolmates, either in the common schools or at college, can point out anything but noble, true, and Christian traits of character in her life. May we all emulate the life of this our departed friend, class mate, pupil, sister, daughter and teacher, for she was all these to us. This is the tribute of love and respect of Newman Swamp Sunday School, which they re quest to be published in the Advocate and county papers, and a copy of same sent to the bereaved family. (Signed.) H. M. Jove, Supt. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. The Best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, So’res. Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter,: Chapped Hands Chilblains, I Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, | and posilively cures Piles, or no ■ pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or | money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale at Dr. J. A. Boyd's drugstore. Repairs for McCormick mow ers kept in stock by Welling & Bonnoitt. WILL. J. GAME, M. D„ DARLINGTON, S. C. Office over Boyd's Drug Store. Office Hours: 11 a in to 11' in; 4:80 P in to Mart-96-1 y. p m. Insure your leaf tobacco. Lowest rates given. Mrs. Lucy M. Norment. CYPRESS. Mr. P. B. McLendon has a little daughter very sick. The protracted meeting at this place closed last Saturday night. Little Clara DeWitt, who lives with her uncle, Mr. A. M. Lee, is sick at this writing. Mr. J. H. Huggins is right sick at this writing with fever, but we hope for him a speedy recovery. Mr. Sidney Josey and Mrs. H. Boykin’s family, who have been down with fever, were all improving at last accounts. Mrs. E. A. G. DuBose and son Charley, left on Tuesday morning for Cokesbury to spend some time with relatives and friends. Mr. John N^rthcut, formerly of this place, but who has been living in Idaho for several years is here on a visit to relatives aud friends. He gives glowing accounts of Idaho. Cotton is opening very fast and if the weather continues hot and dry it w ill soon be all open. The farmers are about through gathering fodder, and as the weather has been very favorable, they have saved a fine grade. The bay crop this year will be excellent. Seed for fall planting at G. O. Mertz’s. Make your leaf tobacco crop absolutely safe by insuring it. Mrs. Lucy M. Norment. Dead Letters. Letters addressed to the fob lowing persons remain uncalled for at the Darlington postoffice, and are advertised as “dead for the week ending August 10th: Vander Ervine, Paul Wil liams, T. W. Wilson, Ben Brown, Joseph B. Ervings, Ben Garies, Henry Farrell, Ben Jackson. Mrs. Mary Wil lard, A. H. Coker, Misses Ad- die Johnston, A. B. McKinnon. Did You Ever Try Electric Bitters as a rem edy for your troubles? If not, get a bottle now and get relief. This medicine has been found to be peculiarly adapted to the relief and cure of all Female Complaints, exerting a wonder ful, direct influence in giving strength and tone to the organs If you have loss of appetite,con stipation, headache, fainting spells, or are nervous, sleepless, excitable or melancholy or troubled with dizzy spell, Elec tric Bitters is the medicine you need. Health and strength are guaranteed by its use. Large bottles only fifty cents at Dr. J. A. Boyd’s and O B. Davis’ Drug Stores. Mr. J. W. Tillinghast, who brought the Sumter amateurs to Darlington in Pinafore, in tends locating here and desires to teach piano, violin, guitar and harmony. Persons inter ested will find him ever ready to give information on the sub- S ct. He is at the Enterprise otel. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. County of Darlington. Court of Common I’U'hr Summons For Relief (Complaint Not ServeJ. John H. Early and William J. Early Executors of the will of J. Fiank Early, • lantitTs against Emanuel Johnson, Harry J Johnson, LotJ. Johnson, Lilly McMillan, Julia Beasley, Arthur McMillan, Lilly Kelly, General Lee Johnson, Annie Harrison. Charlie Johnson and Henry McMi lau in his own right and as natural guardian for his minor children Lilly McMillan aud Authur Mcmillan Defendants. To the Defeudents Emanuel John son, Harry J. Johnson, Lot J. John son. Lilly McMillan, Julia Beasley, Arthur McMillan, Lilly Kelly, Gen eral Lee Johnson, Annie Larrison, Charlie Johnson and Henry McMillan. You are hereby summoned aud re quired to answer the complaint in this action which complaint is liled in the offlee of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said county and to serve a copy of your answer to said complaint on the subscribers at their office at Darlington, 8. C„ within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the com plaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. You will take notice that no per sonal claim is made against you in this action. DARGAN & COGGESHALL, PlantifT's Attorney, August 10, 1896. Darlington Lodge. No.7, Knights of Pythi- an, meets on 1st and 3rd TUKSWAY Evenings in each month, at Castle Hall, Florence street opposite Broad. V isit- ing brothers fraternally invited. TASTELESS THE DARLINGTON NEWS The Oldest Xempaper In Harlintlun CuiibIj * * * Founded Titenlj-Tbree V ew< Goes into the Homes and Places of Business of the Substantial People of This Section. **'**» Its TOWN and COUNTY NEWS COLUMNS and LITERARY FEATURES arc imsurims^cil: ns nn ailvcrlisluK iiic. ( || ub lo reuvh the |M!<>|>le who have money t Knd it Is uneiiunlcd, 52 NUMBERS, THF BANK OF OARLINGToT DARLINGTON. S. C. CAPITAL, —- — — — $100,000 SURPLUS, *50,004 per Savings Department, Interest allowed at rate of J cent, tier annum from date of deposit —payable quarterly on tne first day of January, April, July and October. Transacts a General Banking Business. DIRECTORS: W. C. Coker, J. L Coker, R. W. Boyd. J. Gregg McCall E. R. Mclver, A. Nachman. ’ Bright Williamson. BRIGHT WILLIAMSON, President, L. E. WILLIAMSON, Cashier. IS JUST AS GOOD FOR ADULTS. WARRANTED. PRlCSSC Ct3. GALATIA, IlJ/L, NOV. 1G, Paris Medicine Co., Ct. Louiff, Mo. Gentlemen:—Wo sold Inat year, GOO bottlen oi GHOVE’S TAf.TEljF.S8 CHILL TONIC nmi lint bought three gross already this year. In all ovr ex perience of 14 year*, in tho dnifj bm.l ic-*, have never sold nn article that gave pip li univer. ul uatii- tftCtiou tts your Toulc. lours truly, Ahnzy.Cauk kCc For sale by O. 11. Drug; June 11—0 m DAVIS lists. and all CVARAaTEED -1 a HABIT Over LOnn.TOinxof sold. JtfO.OCO cores prove !ta power to dortroy tS? desire for tobr.eeo in e ny form. No-to-bneIs tboirrea-estnerve-food in the world. Many pain 19 pounds In iOdavs sin fnils to make tne weak mipocont man strong, vigorous and magnetic. .1 id t t ry » box. You v lighted. We expect yon to believe what we suy, for a cure is absolutely gu.iro of jet? oy drug*! where. Send fof our booklet •‘Don’t Tobacco 8plt and 8niok*' Your Life A«ay." K'l.ori tree sample. Address Til75 STfilLLlNO liLMElk Y CO., C’hIc*«gL or fietv *o> h. 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