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aicfc'Aiy'A. —i* ^ V HEAD-ENO COLLISION W LEXlNQTpN COUNTY. Trtow Col lid* Nmt EKmiwm on lh« Florida Contra! and Ponlnaular R. R *•1 Swanaoa. Laxington Co., Oct. 18. BpaoM: It would hardly be pooalhle x: *o teagiM • more aoriooa wrack than ooenrrod early this morning two and a half miles from this hamlet. Three lives were destroyed and others mi- racalonsly saved. One poor creature, while at his post was slowly burned to death while begging and pleading for help that eonld not be given him. Indeed the charted remains of three human beings are all that is left of three men who Imperilled their lives for the convenience and comfort of others. The futalaties are; L. A. Thomas, postal route agent burned to death. W. D. Lines, baggage master and, expresrt agent, burned to death. J. S. Ulmer, flagman, burned to death. D. F- James, mail agent, leg and chest braised. D. Price, sub-express agent, cut about head. A F. Farmer, baggage master, scarred and braised. Railroading in this day and time is one of quick, prompt action and ordi narily there are but few serious acci dents, and when the vast volume of travel is sonsidered the fatalities are but Inflniteaeiinal. The Florida Central andPeninsu mr Road runs through from Colum- nm to Jacksonville and Florida potato, it has an admirable service, one equipment and makes rapid time, and has been remarably free nom trouble. But the day for a tragedy had to come, as unhappily to be the fate of so many rall- "With a» aw run CBASS." The momentum was toe great, and with an awful crash ths two snglnss cams together, ensh trying for the supremacy of the track. Ho 10 held to the track and No go drove her Loo noee right into her rival. Up on top of the locomotive of train 86 went the tender, and behind it in a mess went the baggage and mail car with the accomodation coach. TBkSLurana istact. The two sleepers of the train from Columbia were ail that remained on tprra firm a. On the north-bound train the dan age was not so serious, ths mail and express car being ths only one turned over on the enbank- ment, and this was badly shat'ered. so 88 AX HOUR AXD A HALF LAT*. Ho 86, as it is called, is the train go mg to Florida with the Cuban mail. No. 68 is the counter train running northward and coming from Jackson ville to Columbia. No. 86 was one hour and twenty-live minutes late when it left Columbia for Florida. All was well aboard. Baggage Mas- ^* r Line * smi Postal Agent Thomas »md * great deal of bueinees. They rushed their work, so as not to deity ^ lr ™ tr * In “ nd this morning the Florida-bound train pulled out, ?* P0nilibIe for the passengen little dreaming of what an ordeal they would have to pass through be- iofq the dawn of day. THS “TRA1X ORDER” SYSTEM. Under the present system of operat ing trains In the South the move ments are regulated by what are known as “train orders.” These or ders are conveyed by telegraph, and from all experiments and tests the telegraph system is found the beet »nd most reliable for the rapid move ment of trains on Southern roads. Train orders are made out in mani fold form, one copy for the engineer, another for the conductor and the third is reserved for a record, and when there are “specials” more copies are taken and distributed. The rail road authorities try to be very par ticular about these orders ol life and death. They are repeated to the sending offliee. checked, and signed for all interested. A further requii e- ment is that the conductor and engi- neer should read the orders over In the presence of the operator who re- oelyes and hands them their ■“orders.” This morning Mr. Fechlig received the orders by which Ho 86 was to be run, until It received further advice. From all that can be understood the orders were entirely and properly un derstood when the train left Colum bia. HOW THR FATAL ORDER READS. The orders were, so it is said, “No. 85, engine TO, will wait at Swansea until 8.16 a. m. (4.15 Columbia time) for No 86, engine 68. No 88 will not wait variation.” By the variation is meant the rale which requires a wait of five minutes after the time specified for the oppo site train of the same class, and the order was that ths five-minnts “va riation” should not be regarded. The Florida bound train, Ho 85, was galloping for all it was worth for Savannah. It had a 88 mile stretch to make before it reached Swansea. THR uAOBB OF IT ALL. How it happened, or why, may nev er be known, bnt when Ho 86 got to Swansea she rolled on by the station, instead of going in the side track as the order contemplated. The order, so it is said, was Understood to mean Sweden instead of Swansea Ho 86 was going to Sweden to meet its P*9ioo at a station 88 idles below Swfcmea, But such was not jatayui. •d, and when abont two milss and a half from Swansea ths twe Iron giants «um tun to fase—for these two loeo- ••ttws »*• veritable giants of ma- COLLIDRD AT A CDBVE. [90 time for signals, for | *«are'Jnst roundfoi ot ths approach iVeaUmdtt*-} r Petit, ntf] ‘ BaR, of Ho 86, iltlcket MACK JAMES. Something That Shows What His Men agsr Thinks of His Ability. In the Washington Port of a recent date appeared the following in regard to the youpg South Carolinian who made snch a reputation as a pitcher in the National league during the season just closed. Of course, no one can be lieve James used the language attribu ted te him, but “everything goes” in baaeball: “There is s peculiarity that exists among the old seasoned players that a close observer of the game has doubtless discovered, end that ia their avereon to sacrifice hitting. They are ever posess- ed of a desire to ‘hit it ont,’ to ‘cut her through ths infield.’ The sing of tbs ball when It meets the bat with a re sounding swat ia music to tbs ear of the veterans, and often when one of the old guard ia ordered to sacrifice he cannot restrain the temptation to take a hard fall ont of the bell. If he succeeds In making n hit his chest Inflates and a grin frescees hia visage, and be saya to his captain: ‘I knew I eonld cep thnt one and bing, I let her go for a single. Di<{ yon see me place it through that infield?’ Of coqfoe the captain forgives ths vet eran for disregarding instructions, but if that hit failed to materialize the old- timer receives an emphatic call-down on returning to the bench. ‘Whut fell did yon try to kill thnt ball for? What didn’t you sacrifice’’ bellows the hate captain. ‘Well, you sec, cap, I thought I could lins out a single. He put It right over, bnt I hit it too near ths handle. Tough lock.’ “Mac James is s husky South Caro lina illusration of the bewhiskered ax iom that csnfldsncs is 60 per cent- of the batter. On the first western trip of the Senators Mac was wallowing in the slough of despond becanse be failed to win games. A bunch of defeats con fronted him like Banque's ghost, and poor Mac lost his appetite and his sleep. In Cincinnati he lost s close game, and in the ’bus returning to the hoted he nn- nosomed his woes to Joyce In n Dixie dialect 'It’s no use, cap, sah By gad, aah, I can’t pitch In this league. Give me my release and m go home right from here. I reckon I’m only good enongh for a minor league?’ Scrappy’s Hibernian visage pnekered with disgust, and with a Chimmy Fadden hunch of the shoulders he said: ‘See here, you big Rube, listen to me and have some sense. Every time you go on that slab to pitch juat imagine that you’re going against a gang of Rubes who’ve got more hayseed on ’em then yourself. If they joeh you, just crack back at ’em. Then they will think you’re the real thing, and next season you’ll thank me for talking the way I do. D’yer see?’ Mac didn’t take kindly to Scrappy’s left upper cat and right-hand swing style of diction, but he appreciated the philosophy of the veteran’s advice, and those blnnt re marks stimulated and encouraged him. With the valuable pointers in pitching given him by Mercer, and ths rough- and-ready advice of Joyce, couched In dislocated English, he gained' in science and confidence. When Joyce was in Washington two weeks ago he and Mac recalled the conversation in ths ’bus af ter Mac lost the game in Cincinnati on the first trip. ‘If it wasn't for that talk yon gave ms, cap, I would have packed my trunk and left for home that night I swear I would, sah,’ said Mac. ‘And if I knew that you didn’t have the stuff in you, Mac, you could have gone and good riddaAce,’ bluntly responded Scrappy.” TOBACCO FIRE IN FLORENCE. A Large Frame Building and 15,000 Pounds of Leaf Bumad—No Inaur- anca on ths Tobacco. Florbhcr, Oct. 16—One of the three- story frame buildings used as a prize hooeefor tobacco, located within a few yards of ths Fenners’ Warehouse, in CcR street, was destroyed by firs at 9.18 o’clock tcnlghL la ths building was abont 16,000 pounds of leaf tobacco, be longing to Bray A Co. of'North Carolina and the managers of ths Farmers Ware- The building was valued at $1,880 and waa insured for $886, there was no insurance on the tobacco destroy ed A two-story building used as stables was also destroyed. Value $160; no in- Cause of fire unknown.■‘-JVrtC* and VourUr. Sudden's Arnica Salve. The Best Bairs in the world for Gate, Braises, Bores, tlloers, ^ Rheum, Fersr Sores, Tetter, ppad Hands Chilblains, and all Skin Xraptiobs, posntirely ensss Piles, or no Xt'is foaranleed satisfaction, or . Price 36 cents ’ box. For sale at Or. J. ▲. ’sand OvB Daris’ drag BENERAL NEWS. Germany exported $8,000,000 worth sfmachlnery to Rutsie last Year. . There were 68,000 cases of cholera in Jkpan last year, 40,000 of which were fatal. West Woolwich, Me., is perhaps un ique In not having a dog within the city limits. ■ Nice, Italy, Oct. 18.—An earth quake shock wss felt at Montone last Friday morning. In a coal mine at Hazeiton, Pa, elec tricity has been substituted for mules in the hauling of coal. In Brooks County, Ga., experiments have shown that a good wine can be made of Le Conte pears. During the past summer hundreds of dollars worth of pearls have been taken from a brook in Benton, Me. A stock company has been formed in Springfield, Mass., to manufacture mus ical instruments of sluminum. A certain Chinese sect teaches that women who wear short hair will be transformed into men in the great here after. Little Falls, N. Y., Oct. 16.—Free man Ives A Co. produce dealers, hays assigned. They are rated at $150,000 to $800,000. Wasxihotox, Oct 16.—The Mercan. tile National bank of New Orleans, La, capital $900,000, has been authorized to begin baslnass. The biggest poultry ranch in the world is to be established near San Francisco. It is expected to j teld 90,000 thousand broilers and 9,000,000 eggs a year. In France licenses are issned to wom en to wear male clothing. This sug gests a great scheme for the ’‘Octopus.” Let the Octopus pass such a law and let the licenses go to the dispensary, Londoh, Oct. 16.—The Chroniclt this morning published a dispatch from Con stantinople saying that Turkish soldiers, whoso pay is long in arrears, are begging alms of the foreigners. Boulogne, Oct. 16—P. J. P. Tynan, the alleged Irish-Amerlcrn dynamiter, who was released from imprisonment here last evening, started for Peris at 18.80 p. m. today. will sail from Cherbonrgh for New York Sunday on board the steamer Saale. CheRaw, 8, C. Oct. 15—An urgent call for Dr. T. H. James' te the upper portion of the county developed the fact that the family of Mr. James Rivera had been poisoned by canned blackberries. Two of the children ware already dead, and another likely to succumb. Seven persons partook of the fatal dish. Millions of Bold Coming. New York, Oct. 16—The steamship Colnmbia, which arrived from South ampton this morning brought gold as follow*: Lazard F re res $1,307,500; Hei- delbach, Ickelheimer A Co., $500,000; and Na,ional City bank, $115,000; total $1,- 662,000. Lazard Freres will have coasigntnents of $1,200,000 on the Normannia and $600,000 on tho Etruria, and Ladenburg; Thalmann A Co. will have $260,000 on the Etruria. Heldelbach, Ickleheimer A Co. will have $600,000 gold an the Etruria and $600,000 on the Lahn. The Bank of British North America also has engaged $260,000 for import. Thismakss tho total engagements thus far today $8,800,000. London, Oct 16.—The withdrawals of gold from the Bank of England today in cluded 428,000 pounds destined for ship ment to the United Statee. “Flee!” cried she. “You mean fly, don’t you?” he asked. 'Never mind mean; just nit. —Harlem Life. what insect Pa’s coming. COME TO Charleston AT (hi Cat A Mils! THE Electric Bitters. Electric Bitters is a medicine suited for any season, bnt per haps more generally needed, when the languid exhausted feeling prevails, when the liver is torpid and sluggish and the need, of a tonic and alterative is felt. A promptose of this med icine has often averted long and perhaps fatal billious fevers No medicine will act more sure ly in counteracting and freeing the system from the malaral poison. Headache, Indigestion, Constipation, Dizziness yield to Electric Bitters. 50c. and $1.00 r bottle at J. A. Boyd’s and B. Davis’ Drug Stores. FESTIVAL OF 1896. Commences October 26. AND LASTS ONE WEEK. •• »-• SEE PAIN’S STORMING OF 11R0CME A WEEK OF ENJOYMENT. A STATE HOSE CONTEST. A FIREMAN’S PARADE. HORSE RACING. A FANTASTIC CARNIVAL. A FLORAL PARADE. • FREE CONCERTS DAILY. AMUSEMENTS EVERYWHERE. EXHIBITION BY THE UNITED STATES LIFE SAVING STATION. A WARM W ELCOME FOR ALL. COME TO CHARLESTON! STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. County of Darlington. By IK. B. Hoole, Enq , Probate Judge. WHEREAS, S K. Jeffords hath made suit to me, to grant unto itim Letters of Administration of theEstate of and effects of Caleb Boone, de ceased, these are therefore to cite and admonish aH and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Caleb Boone, deceased, that they be and ap pear before me, in the Court of Prob- bate, to be held at Darlington C. H., on Oct. 26th, next, after publication hereof, at 11 o’clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given underaiy hand, this 10th day of Oct., Anno Domini, 1895. W. BJIOOLE, Oct. 15-*. Judge of Probate. BATS OF SOUTH CAROLINA. County of Darlington. Court of Common Pleas. Summoni For Relief. (Complaint Served. C. S. Nettles, Assignee Plaintiff against Clara Stanley, Defendant. To the Defendant Clara Stanley: Yon are hereby summoned and re- nired to answer the complaint in this aetlon, of which a copy i» here with served npon yon, and to serve s copy of your answer to the said com plaint on the subseriber at his office at Darlington C. H., within twenty days after the serrioe hereof, excln ■ive of the day of snch serrioe; and if yon fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, ths i lain- tiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded In the complaint. B L DARGAN. Plaintiff’s Attorney. Oet. 5th, A. D. 1806. To the Defendant Clara Stanley: Ton will please take notice that the ebmpblnt in this action was filed in the oflfoe of the Clerk of the Court of Conunon Pleas for the County of Darlington on the 6lh day of October, R.L DARGAN, Plaintiff’s Attorney. Judicial Sales. By th» Master. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Darlington. By virtue of Decretal Orders in the several actions designated below is suing out of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas in Chancery, I will sell in front of the court house door on the first Monday in November 1896, between the hours of eleven o’clock in the forenoon and five in the afternoon the property described in the several cases below. John C Wieters vs*C. 8. Smoot et al. All that tract of land situate in the County and State aforesaid, con taining forty-six Acres, more or less, and bounded as follows to wit: North by a public road leading from the Florence road to the Timmonsville road; East by lands of J. A. Smoot: South by lands Lewis Reddic and West by lands of R. H. Rogers; Also that tract of land situate in said State and county containing twelve acres more or less, bounded north by lands of A. T. Dargan; east by lands o( Evan Sparks; south by Palmetto Branch and west by lands of Kelly Bacot. Terms of sale, one-half cash, the balance upon a credit of one year se- suied by bond of purchaser and mortgage of premises with interest from date of sale with leave to pur chaser or purchasers to pay all cash. Woods & Macfarlan, Plaintiff’s Attorneys. lands of D. M. Smoot and Est. McCall. Terms of sale cash. Spain & Thompson, Plaintiff's Attorneys. Moorhead, Cox & Co. vs. J. N. Par rott et al. All that certain tract of land situ ate, lying and being in the county and State aforesaid containing two hundred and forty acres, more or less, and bounded north by lands former ly of B. W. Edwards and G. M. Mc- Cown, east by lands of J. L. Parrott; south by lands of S. E. Seabrooks and J alia Parrott and west by lands formerly belonging to the estate of Sarah Kelly, the same being the land conveyed to J. N. Parrott by Julia Parrott, by bleed bearing date the 15th day of January A. D. 1883. m Terms of saie one-half cash, bal ance on a credit of oue year secured by the bond of the purchaser or pur chasers with a mortgage of the prem ises, with privilege to purchaser to pay all cash. W. F. Dargan, Plaintiff’s Attorney. James R. Coggeshall, Plaintiff, against Minnie C. Alexander, C. Alexander, J. J. Ward and J H. Early, The Bank of Darlington, The People’s Bank of Darlington and C. B. Ed wards, H. A. Edwards and James L. Coker, trading as Edwards & Co., Aron Silverburg and Jacob H. Steinberg, trading as Silverberg & Co., Samuel Lewenthal and B. E. P. Sanders as Administrator of the Estate of J D. Haynsworth, De fendants. All the right, title and interest of Minnie C. Alexander the same being a two-thirds interests in all that cer tain lot of land situate lying and be ing in the town of Darlington and in the county and State aforesaid front- ing on the public square of said town one hundred feet more or less, and running back three hundred and twenty-five feet more or less, and bounded on the northeast by the S iiblic square, southeast by lot of r. arco, northwest by lot of Dr. W. J. Garner and on the west by lauds of Mrs. M. A. Huggins, said lot being known as the old Darlington Hotel lot. Terms of sal*', one third cash and the other two thirds in two equal an uual installments, the first installment twelve months aft^r the day of sale and the second installment twelve months thereafter with legal interest on the unpaid balance from the day of sale to be secured by bond of pur chaser and mortgage of premises, with lenv to pay all cash.e Dargan & Coggeshall, Plaintiff’s Attorneys. Each and every the above lots, par cels and tracts of land sold to convex all right, title and interest, and al equities of all parties to the record in the respective actions, and as the property of , he respective defendants therein, to foreclose mortgages. R. K. CH ARLES, Master. Oct. 2nd. 1896. Buggies, W agons, H arness. I have received two car loads of buggies and one car load of wagons, the largest stock I have had in 15 years. Also a big stock of harness. CALL AND SAVE MONEY BEFORE BUYING ELSEWHERE, C »f. HEWITT, DARLINGTON. S. C. Albert L. Richardson, vs. William E. Rhodes, and B. A. Early, “All that lot or tract of land, lying in the County of Darlington and State of South Carolina, described as fol lows, to wit; Two hundred and seven ty-seven (277) acres, more or less, bounded on the nor-li by Jeffries Creek, on the east by lands of J. S. Garner, on the south by lands of G. E. Norwood and on the west by lands of the -estate of Asa Garland,” as ap pears in said mortgage. Terms of sale, one-half cath, bal ance upon credit of one year secured bv bond of purchaser and mortgage of premises with interest from day of sale, with leave to purchaser to pay ail cash. Purchaser to pay for all necessary papers. Woods & Macfarlan, Plaintiff’s Attorneys. j have just beon added to our STOCK. 1 Some new WARDROBES have come in. I A new parlor suit in cherry upholstered in Silk Brocco- |telle. The finest wicker chairs that ever come here. A new Bed Lounge of removable mattress upholstered in Normandy Plush. A Single Lounge of exquisite beauty jUpholstered in Normandy Plush A SIS 00 Side Board for! $10 00- Some fine professional BANJOS. A new line of jACCORDIANS and GUITORS DON’T © DON’T © DON’T Look in our front door and think we keep only fine FURNITURE {We selected our stock with utmost eare in the medium and cheap line us well as the best. We hav» FURNITURE as cheap as any ean be had. We can fit any purse, our Mr. Band will always be on hand iand give you the best values for the money that can he hud W > carry in Stock The CHICAGO COTTAGE ORGANS, and are Agents for The NEEDHAM PIANOS and ORGANS, and the famous IVERS and POND PIANOS. Prof. Leisch says of them—“BETTER THAN THE FISHER"—a Instrument. We will make it to your interest to do business with ns PEGTAL PRICES NOW ON BABY CARRIAGES GIVE THE BABY ONE AM) MAKE ^The Home Circle Happy, * * * THE MONEY TALKS WITH US BAIRD BROS., * * I over $44,900,000! -A-HSTD- ii Mary E. Wilson v«. Edmund H. Cran ford, Minnie E. Cranford, D. M. Smoot- Two Hundred and forty-four acres of land in Cypres* Township, County and State above written, bounded north by lands of N. N. Northcutt, east bv lands of Ed. Davis, sjnth by land* of D. M. Smoot and west by All business intrusted to us will have prompt and careful attention, and in case of loss, liberal adjustment. RESPECTFULLY, DARGAN & BAIRD, GENERAL INSURANCE AGENTS. Office Up Stairs, in Hewitt Block. SHEPHERD SUPPLY COMP^NyT 232 MEETING STREET, — — CHARLESTON, S C. STATE AGENTS FOR SALE OF AND * j' A- , l D„ DARLINGTON, S. Office over BoytT s Dr tty More Okkiob Hottns: 11 a m to 1 p m; 4:30 p m to 7 p m MarfrM-lv. WHOLESALE STOVES, TIN WARES, HOUSEFURNISHING GOODS, OIL HEATERS TIN PLATE, SHEET IRON, TINNERS SUPPLIES. GAL VANIZED, GUTTER* PIPE. Over 200 different styles of Cooking and Heating Stoves, also Uil Heaters and Cookers. We want the leading uerchan' in every town in the state to sell our lines of stoves. We guarantee full protection in his territory to eacli agent we appoint. It not sold in your town send dlreet to us for cuts and prices. Uao0'06-lyr. YOUR OLD 1'HIKNI, s, Sydnor & May, WILL AGAIN HAVE CHARGE OF Ugtoi Mate! M;csg Open Tuesday, August II, and every day thereafter. We want your patronage and will do all that can be done for you. YOURS TRULY, SYONOR & TREDWAY. Darlington Lodge. No. 7, Knight* of Pythi as, meets on 1st and 3rd llasuai Evenings in each montn, a> . untie Hall, Florence street opposite Broad. Visit ing brothers fraternally » Hd. GROVES TASTELESS CHILL TONIC IS JUST AS COOD FOR ADULTS WARRANTED. PRICE 50cts. Gxlatia, Ills., Nov. 1«, r.M. '*aris Medicine Co., St. Louis, Mo. GentlemenWo lu.-.t your, COG bottles t 1ROVKS TASTELKSS CHILL ToNJC oik! b.-vo •ought three gross already this your. In nil our « x- .•erietice of H years, in tho drurj bmdness, have •.ever sold nn urtielo that cave such univcrutl t-atis* Yours truly, action us your Tonic. ABNEY .CAUK A v C For sale by O. It. DAVIS and HR. .1. A. ItOYD. June 11—Um (i. 8. II UMli & 5I!\ Manufacturers —OF— Doors, S}i«li, Blums, JUT O LJ JL. 231JSJ ca & — ANj- Building Material ’ISTAIiLISliFI l i H2. CHARLESTON, S. a April, 20 8'J_ y Tobacco Hopboads Turning, Planing -AND- Mill te i all Kills undertaken, and sati>f;:eiit»n guaranteed JOHH SISKHOn SHOP?: COfFINS FOR A I I’LTS FROM $:) UR. CASKETS tind l ndertakors 1 supplies always on hand at low orices. Aho CYPRESS SHINGLES and LUMBER at the lowest prices, T. C. Jeffords, Jr. J&Al'Vtt—1 y r.