The Darlington news. (Darlington, S.C.) 1875-1909, September 24, 1896, Image 1
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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
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