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\ < <1 . XXIII, NO. 89. DARLINGTON, S. 0., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1896. WHOLE NUMBER 1,129. 'NBvSINES WE MU MUST AND WILL DO THE DUSMESS DHRLINCTON. That's Exactlj What We Came Here To Da We have more floor space, more goods and more salesmen than any two stores in Darlington. Our dress goods Department Is way ahead of any thirg In this p"rt of the State. Onr shoe room speaks for itself and our clothing room is the only one in Darlington. We do not do a credit business, hence we have but one price—A child of 10 years can buy goods to as good advantag in our Stock as an export shopper of 40. We guarantee to give as good value for your money as any merchant in America. We think we know our business—We have salesmen that know theirs, so we do not need any assistance or advice from outsiders how to run our business. We want to please our customers and Mends and don’t care a.snap about any body else likes or dislikes. YOURS FOR BUSINESS, LOCAL LACONICS. MATTERS IN AND AROUND THE TOWN OF DARLINGTON. A Column of News, Tersely Told, of Interest to Our Many Readers. The graded school opens Mon day ntxt. Mr. W. T. Montgomery spent hist Sunday in Charleston. Mr. T. P. Harrall, of Cheraw, was in town last Thursday. Mr. Carl Hewitt left for Davidson College last Monthly. Mr. S. Frank Parrott left for the South Carolina College yes terday. Presiding Elder E. T. Hodges preached at the Baptist Church last Sunday night. Mr. Hodges, of the Enter prise Hotel, spent several days in Charleston last week. Mr. ,1. E Norment returned home last Saturday night after .in absence of several weeks. Mi ssrs. Geo. W. Dargan, J. B. Cuggeshall and G. W. Brown at tended court in Florence last Monday. Miss E'hel Parrott left last Tuesday for Columbia where she entered the Columbia Fe male College- It' you want one of those State Constitutions come to The News cilice and get one l« r live cents. Mr. T. S. Trull and daughter, .Miss Darcus, have come from Monroo to Darlington to live with Mr. M. I). Trull. Mr. Henry Buck us back again in Darlington. Mr. Buck will return to the South Caro liua College next w ‘k.. - Mr. Ira S. Bureli, who was in Durham last Friday, says he heard Bryan speak and was much pleased with him. The Rev. R. W. Lide, pastor of the Baptist church, pleached last Sunday for the lirst time since last February. His many friends hope that his health will continue to improve. Miss Amelia Harllee, of Little Rock, S. C.. and Miss Alice Harllee, of Palmetto, Fla , are visiting Mr. and Mrs. P. Z. Har llee. Mr. Hubert Rhodes, of Swift Creek, who left here to enter the United States Army about three years ago, returned home last week. Misses Bertie Wardlaw and Louise Ward will leave next Monday for Columbia whore they will enter the South Car olina College. F. M. Sims, of Darlington, is in town to day. He will open up a new stock of goods next week in McLendon’s old stand. —Timruonsville Enterprise. Miss Mary Coit, of Cheraw, has been elected as a teacher to the graded school to fill a va cancy caused by the resigna tion of Miss Warreu of Char leston. Mr. Lide Nettles, who had intended entering the Citadel this Fall, has decided to take a College course at Davidson. Mr. Nettles left for Davidson last Monday. The woman shot by Boston Smalls, is reported by Dr. Gar ner to bo doing finely. A1 • though recovery is rare in such cases, Dr. Garner thinks her chances are excellent. Go to Sligh & Rucker’s and see their largo stock of clothing, shoes, dress goods and notions. They h ive almost anything you need and only want yo i to visit their store to be convinced that they tell the truth about their goods. Mr. Angus Gainey advertis es in The News his services as a teacher of the violin, cornet and slide t r ombone. Mr. Gai ney has had eight years ex perience as a practical instruct or of bands and orchestras and is known to be a fine musician. ■ The new office of the Enter prise Hotel has been neatly pa- ' pered, so that it presents now a very attractive appearance. The changing of the office from the second to the lirst floor, will add a great deal to the comfort and convenience of the I guests of the hotel. The terrible hot spell was broken last Saturday uight. Rain fell in this section Tues day and the weather is delight ful at last. Mr. F. Marion Sims moved bis stock of goods to Timmons- ville Tuesday. Darlington is sorry to lose Mr. Sims, but his friends wish for him success iu his new home. Mr. M. C. Woods went to Charleston last Saturday to take a steamer for New York. From there he went to Cam bridge Mass, to be m time for the opening of Harvard College. Rev. ft. E. Palmer, State can vasser for the colored college at Orangeburg and professor of ardent and English classics, spoke at the colored Baptist church last night. Mr. J. C Patrick has an ad vertisement in The News this week of his green grocery at the old LaMotte stand. If you want anything in the shape of meat, fruit, potatoes &c. call on him. The Mutual Lloyds, of New York, have just paid Mr. S. J. Joues, Peuiel Postoffice, Flor ence county, $69.75, the amount of his insurance on a tobacco barn which was burned a short time ago. Mr. W. H. Evans, of Society Hill, has been awarded the scholarship to the Citadel from this county. Mr. Evans passed an excellent examination and his friends congratulate him on his success and predict for him a successful career at the Cita del. The directors of the People’s Bank, at a meeting held on t'i»o 16th, decided to purchase the J. M. Janies store on the square for a bank building. The ue- cessarv alterations &c., will soon be made in the building, and, when the work is com pleted, the People’s Bank will have more convenient and bet ter accommodations than they have nad heretofore. A Little Girl Dancer. It is learned that little Miss Kate Moses, of Sumter, will probably come over and dance her immitable skirt dance aU the Floral Fair Concert. It is j said by those who have ser n ! her that Miss Kate’s dancing is; something quite above and dis tinct from the work of that kind usually done by little girls Our people are exceedingly anxious to see her. Darlington will give her a hearty welcome. She is about seven years old. Fresh crimson clover and rye seed at G. O. Mertz. 50 to 75 second hand sewing machines at $2.50 up.—Going like hot cakes because they are rare bargains. Blackwell Bros. Fruit, fruit, always on hand at CoggeshalPsr A Real Curioeity. The petrified man, which was found in the low grounds about five miles from Columbia, on Nov. 10th 1895, has been on ex hibition in Darlington during the last five or six days. The body shows marks of two or three stabs, which probably caused the death of the man. It is not known when he died, but some think he must have been a soldier during the Rev olutionary war. The body weighs 313 pounds and is pro nounced by many physicians to bo i. human body in a petri fied cond'tion. The manager left with his curiosity for Ben- uettsville yesterday, where he will remain the rest of the week. Monday and Tuesday of next week, the petrified man will be exhibited at Society Hill and Cheraw will be the next point. Organ Recital Next week. The date for the Organ Re cital at the Baptist Church has been fixed for Wednesday eve ning next—Sept. 30th at half past 8 o’cloct. The new pipe or gan is now being put up by Mr. Joseph Leisch and will be ready for use on that occasion. The program will consist of instru mental pieces, rendered by Mr. Leisch, who is a skillful musi cian, and vocal choruses, duets and solos by the best musical talent of the community, which has been thoroughly trained by Mr. J. W. Tillinghast. Admission will be free. A collection will be taken for the benefit of the organ fund. The full amount necessary to pay for the organ has not been rais ed, but it is hoped that the en tire balance will be raised on this occasion. There is every reason to believe there will be a large audience and they will en joy a musical treat. The Darlington Tobaoso Market Sales have been food iu the tobacco market for the past week and prices satisfactory. Sydnor and Tredway sold 18,- 000 pounds yesteraav at an average of $8 50 for all grades. The Darlington warehousemen are doing all they carilor their patrons and the faiMers are saving money by seUfig their tobacco at home This market has sold More to bacco them ever before lor the same length of time aac prices have been more satisfaclfery. Now as the cool ap- proaches remember you can get a bargain in a fall suit at Back- well Bros’. Fresh oatmeal, Sago. Fariua i and Tapioca at G. O. Mertz. Jugs, jugs, jugs, Coggcshall & Go’s. all sizes at Are your dollars dead or alive? If you carry them iu your pock et they are dead but if you will invest them at Blackwell Bors. they will return to you big val ue. A Colored Boy Strikes Two Colored Girls With A Stick, Killing One Of Them. The Other May Die. Last Monday morning, about ten o’clock, coroner Dargan re ceived a telegroin to go to Lamar to bold an inquest over the body of a little colored girl who had been killed the day before. During the inquest the following testimony was given: Gertrilde Thomas and her sister, two colored girls, aged six and five years respectively, are sup posed to hav^been playing with a colord boy, by the name of Eli Pompey, aged twelve years, near Lantitr last Sundy after noon. Pompey says he struck the girls with a stick, not in tending to kill them, with the result that Gertrude, the oldest, died from the effects of the blows The younger girl is said to be in a critical condition. The verdict of the coroner’s jury was that Gertrude Thomas came to her death by means of a stick in the hand of Eli Pora- ncy. Pompey was arrested by the sheriff’s deputy who brought him to Darlington and placed him in jail. Isam & McKinzie’s Plug To bacco factory at Stoke’s Bridge is now in operation and youcan find a supply of their goods at Deans Bros.' Nice line of CoggeshalPs. china just in at Children come in and get your lunch boxes from Cogge- shall & Co’s. Michigan maple syrup and buckwheat flour at G. O. Merta. Rev. R W. Lide. Services at the Baptist church last Sunday morning were con ducted by the pastor, the Rev. R. W. Lide, who was assisted by the Rev. T. H. Edwards. Mr. Lide has been unable, owing to ill health, to api>ear before his people for some time and a large congregation greet ed him on the occasion. After appropriate introductory re- 1 marks, expressing his apprecia tion of what had been done for him by his congregation and the bretheren of this associa tion, Mr. Lide preached an in teresting and instructive eer- mon from Matthew, 12th chap, and 50th verse—“Whosoever shall do ihe will of my Father who is in Heaven, the tame is my mother and sister atMt brother.’’ His subject kinship of Christ ami mon was heard by ent Mr. Lide’s friends bored among every in this community, aHi will rejoice to know stored to ' heis The Board of Trad*. The Darlington Board of Trade took up the matter of onr railroad schedules last week, with the result that Capt. H. T. Thompson, a member of the Executive Committee of the Board, received a letter on Fri day from Mr. J. R. Kenly,*the General Manager of the Atlan tic Coast Line, In which he said: “I am considering the schedule of the pmeenger train, and think that I wdlbe able to so adjust it as to give Darling ton a morning and eveoing con nection in bout directions with our main line trains at Flor ence, which I understand is what your citizens desire." Following this came the new schedule which went into effect on Tuesday, and which will be found published in another column. The chief change made is in the running of the C. & D., passenger train, which now remains at Darlington, all night, leaving for Florence af ter the trains and Bennettsville early in the morning. It leaves Florence on the return trip at 8.55 a. m., passes Darlington at 9.28, and arrives at Cheraw at 10.40 a. m. Again, it leaves Cheraw at 5.20 p. m* Darling ton at 6.30, and reaches Flor ence at 7 p. m. Ijastly it leaves Florence at 7.45 p. at,, and ar rives at Darlington at 8.15 p. m. In other words, the ] gertraim _ the day—twe l Ungton and between raw. - The new at close * 1 Ml points in Darlington < otrtainly .vj