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VOL. XXIII, NO. 49. DARLINGTON, S. 0., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1896. LOCAL LACONICS. matters in and around the town OF DARLINGTON. A Column of News, Tersely Told, ot Interest to Our Many Readers, Mrs. A. Sydnor visited in Florence last week. Mr. Henry Appelt stuck type in the News office one day last week. Mr D. G. Coit spent Thanks giving in Cheraw with his father’s family. Mr Me. M. C. King, of Char leston, spent a day or two with his brother Mr. G. K. King last week. Miss Emma Williamson re turned from Charleston last week where she had been making a visit. The weather has been so warm recently that people are sorry that they have put away their summer clothes. Mr. and Mrs. R. E. James have moved to Palmetto temporarily and are living with Gen. W. E, James’ family. Mr. Tony Brown has been working a few days in the News office on account of the sickness of Mr. 0. W. Hill. Mr. J. W. Tillinghast and his singing class at Cheraw will give a concert in Cheraw the Tuesday before Christmas. There was ice Tuesday morn ing. Therefore the fall in the temperature in 36 hours must have been from 40 to 45 degrees. Rev. H. R. Moseley, of Rock Hill, delivered a very interest ing lecture on Mexico in the Baptist church last Sunday morning. Mr. J. K. Mclver left Mon day for Glennwood, Ga., on the Alabama & Georgia R. R., where he will fill the position of cashier for the Walkee Lum ber Co. The Rev. Mr. Fulton preach ed at the Methodist church Thanksgiving day. A collec tion was taken up for Thorn well, Connie Maxwell and Ep- worth orphanages. Last Thursday was like Sun day in Darlington, all the stores being closed. A large crowd went to church in the morning and many of the young men and boys were off hunting all day. The collection taken up at the Methodist church on Thanks giving day amounted to $40.00, which was divided equally be tween the three orphanages of the Presbyterian, Baptist and Methodist denominations. The Episcopal Church chan cel was decorated on Thanks giving uay with vegetables, fruits and flowers and present ed quite an attractive appear ance. After the services they were given out to the poor )f the parish. Mr. Edwin B. Craven, of Marion, spent last Thursday, Tnanksgiving day, with Mr. L. M. Rhodes, of the News office. Mr. Craven and Mr. Rhodes were classmates at the Deaf and Dumb and Blind Institu tion at Spartanburg. Miss Elizabeth Watkins, of Milton N. C., sung “My Re deemer Liveth” at the Baptist church Sunday morning. Miss Watkins’ voice is highly culti vated and her singing was much admired by those who heard her at the Baptist church. Quite an enjoyable dance was given at the Amory hall last Thursday night. The music was furnished by Mr Angus Gainey on the viulen and Mr. J. W. Tillinghast on the piano and was excellent. Mr. Charley Wells of Marion led the Jer man. Tickets for the Rev. Thos. Dixon’s lectue tomorrow (Fri day) night are now on sale at the Armory—75 cents each, no extra charge being made for re served seats Those who desire to secure them had better do so at once, as there are not many choice ones left now. Baird Bros, will sell holiday goods at cut prices—Their ladies desk sale will be some thing remarkable for this sec tion—Desks like they propose to sell in solid woods are worth just double the price they will offer them at—It is impossible for them to make anything on them at $3.99. A good live business See advertisement column. in for sale, another The time for paying town taxes has been extended again and this time the 15 of Decem ber is the last day. Messrs. J. E. Norment, D. P Lide and \V. C. Byrd have been appointed managers for the town election the 15th. The Viol da Gamba Solo by Mr. Mario Blodeck from “De Wit,” was interpreted in de lightful style and called for an encore.—Opera House Saturday night. The town election will be held December 15, Read carefully the ordinance about registration and go and register at once. The law for municipal elections has been changed and those who are not registered can not vote. The Jell Empty, Sheriff Scarboroug says the jail is now empty for the first time since he has been in office. The law which provide for pris- ouers to work on the chain gang tffairs far the has caused this state of a and the prisoners are too from town to come back to jail at night. A Sudden Change In The Weather. The cold wave struck Dar lington between three and four o’clock Sunday afternoon. All of a sudden a rushing wind and rustle of the leaves was heard and the change in the tempera ture was noticed at once. It was a tremendrous change after the Spring weather we had been having. The Tobacco Warehouses. The tobacco warehouses of Darlington will close for the holidays December 16th and open again for business Jan. 4th 1897 The buyers are anx ious to go home for Christmas and therefore it was thought best to close the warehouses for a fow weeks. Darlington has handled more tobacco this sea son than ever before and will handle a good deal more before the warehouses close in the Spring Thanksgiving Hunters Kill A Large Buck. A party of young men from Darlmgton went hunting in the river swamp Thanksgiving day and brought back a large buck, which weighed 135 pounds dressed, and a wild turkey. It is supposed that Mr. L. 8. Well ing wounded the animal severe ly before several others of the party shot at him. The antlsrs fell to Mr. Robt. Hairston who took a leading part in the slaughter. Dr. A. T. Baird bagged the wild turkey. Dead Letter*. Letters addressed to the fol lowing persons remain uncalled for at the Darlington postofflee, and are advertised as “dead” for the week ending Nov. 30th: J. C. Dubose, Henrv Goodson, Flave Jones, Henry Mclver, A. Polen, Bil Scot, Mozingo Wil liams. Misses Catharine Gra ham, Lisa Jackson, Mary Li- mon, Leygille, Loves Manoried, care of John Melon Price, Mary Jane Soza, Beckey Sturgeon, Emma Tist. Indemnity For Chief Dargan. A few weeks ago, Chief A. E. Dargan got his left arm, which happens to be his right arm also, badly scalded. He was laid up for two weeks and was unable to discharge his duties even though he has two right arms and two left arms. The Chief has an accident poli cy in the Travelers Accident Insurance Co , of Hartford, and now he has a check for bis indemnity money, handed him by Mrs. Lucy M. Norment, local agent for the Travelers. THE. STORM. Wind, Rain, Sleet end Snow. We have certainly had to pay for the warm weather which we have been having. Duriu the last three days a biting nort wind has been blowing and yesterday, in addition to the wind, we were treated to rain, sleet and snow. The trees are loaded down with ice and many are ruined, the limbs blocking the streets. Last night Darling ton was in darkness, on account of the electric wires being down and it will beone or two nights yet before the damage will be repaired. The Clemson Protestor*. Last Saturday Profs. Craig head, Harden, Wyman and Hart, of Clemson delivered ad dresses to a crowd of a hundred or more farmers in the court house. Prof. Harden discussed different kinds of waters and their effect on the people drink ing them; Prof. Wyman devoted his remarks to distemper of horses and other animals; Prof Hart talked of the kinds of feed and the different methods of feeding animals for slaughter, and Prof. Craighead made a speech in which he spoke of agriculture as the noblest of all callings and the foundation of the world’s prosperity. The audience listened very atten tively to the discussions and quite a number of questions were asked the professors by the different farmers present. The concert given by Mozart Symphony Club as the first en tertainment in the Star Course at the Y. M. C.A. last eveniag. was perhaps the finest musical entertainment ever given under the auspices of the Assocation. Every member was heartily en cored. The music from the stringed quartette was artistic, sweet and soothing. The Solo ists were stars of the first mag nitude.—Opera House Saturday night. JOHN KOLB MclVER CHAPTER. Daughter* of the Confederacy. The recently organized chap ter of the Daughters of the Con federacy held an important meeting at the Armory last Friday. The meeting was for the purpose of organizing and also of attending to other im portant business. The election of officers made Miss Lou Penn Mclver president, Miss Mary A. Wilds, vice-president, Mrs. Lu cy M. Norment, secretary and Mrs. Geo. W. Brown, treasurer. Mrs. Lucy M. Norment was elected a delegate to the annual convention of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, which meets in Charleston on the ninth of December. The members of this Chapter ear nestly request^ all inteiested ones to lend their assistance by joining this organization. Its purposes are sacred and it is sincerely hoped that the next meeting which will soon be held will have many applications tor membership from interested and patriotic women. Mr. Blodeck introduced the Yiol de Gamba to Rockford au dience last evening bringing out with good effect its man beautiful qualities of tone. He rendered Chopin’s “Nocturne” in a faultless manner.—Opera House Saturday Night. You Can Y*t Ragister. Electors who failed to get their legistration certificate when the books were opened prior to the last general elec tion, will have another oppor- nitunity of doing so on the first Monday in December, as .the following extract from the reg istration law will show. “The books of registration shall be opened by the boards on the first Monday in April, 1896 at tbe court house in each county and kept open for at least six consecutive weeks. They shall be opened again at the court house on the first Mon day in June, July, August and September, A. D. 1896, and kept open continually for at least one week in each of said months. Thep shall be closed 30 days before the general elec- in 1896. After the general elec tion in 1896 the books of regis tration shall be opened on the first Monday of each month at tbe court house and kept open for three successive days before the election in 1898, when they shall be closed until the said general election shall have taken place. The offices and books must be kept open from 9o’olock in the forenoon until So’clock in the afternoon. “The board of registration is the judge of the qualification of all opplicants for registration up to January 1st 1898. Mr. Mario Blodeck brings harmony from the six-stringed Vial de Gamba, music of great er volume than that of the Celia full round notes that are pleas ing to the ear and esthetically sympathetic.—Opera House Sat urday night. Spare a little cash now. Re liable insurance, any kinds—all WHOLE NUMBER 1,139. ✓ 9 kind—every kind. M. Norment. Mrs. Lucy Tom Dixon In Darlington. As the time draws near for the appearnnee of the great Tom Dixon at the Armory to morrow (Friday) evening, the interest in that event perceptib ly increases in tne community. A large number of season tick ets have been sold for the Guards Lecture Course, and the indications are that Mr. Dixon will be greeted here by a pack ed house. The price of admis sion for his lecture will be 75 cents, there will be no extra charge for reserved seats. The Nashville American speaking of Mr. Dixon’s recent appearance in that city, says: “Before the preliminary service was over at the Tabernacle yes terday afternoon the vast audi torium was full of people, and Summer street, for a full block in each direction, was thronged with two streams of humanity S ouring toward tbe building to ear Rev. Thomas Dixon, Jr. At 2.45 at was necessary to shut and fasten tbe doors as the Ta bernacle was packed to suffoca tion, and there was a blockade from the door to Ohurcb street, and another extending down to Broad.” The Dallas, Texas, News of Jan. 12, 1896, says: “He is one of the most unique orators of the present day, was 32 yean old yef terday, and can hold an audience as long as he can talk. He talks as fast as a nervous woman iu a church sewing cir cle and is a master of all the arts of oratory. In one mo ment he blazes like a meteor, in the next he thunders like a crest of belching batteries; again, he dazzles his audiences with a prodigal scattering of gems of thought, and then pounds them with a hailstorm of logic. His lecture on Mod ern Babylon was the attraction which filled the auditorium of the City Hail last night. Every seat was occupied, and for two hours every person present lis tened with intense interest. Every one was so well enter tained that when the speaker concluded many were surprised to find that he had spoken two hours instead of forty minutes.” Lamar Townahio Fares Badly un d*r tn* new Road Law. Mr. O. S. Huggins has some thing to cay on the snbject- Editor of Darlington News— We of this section of the conn try heartily endorse every word of the article written by Dr. A. H. Hayden in your last issue in regard to the workings of the public road law. Under the C resent system many roads and ridges are neglected and in many places are almost impass able. There is one road in this township (Lamar) that has’nt had any work this year. The commutation tax has been paid by the majority of our citizens with tbe expectation that the roads in our township would be improved thereby but we have been disapointed, and again we are expected to pay ipto the treasury by Dec, 31st the com mutation tax of one dollar which would be two years road tax paid by many of us and yet no work done to some of our roads The only alternative is to work four days during the next if the tax is not paid by Dec. 31st Our public road bosses doat seem to know what the road law is when asked why such and such is the case. If the law is not plain enough to be under stood by those whose duty it is to administer the law it should either b e simplified or men E laced in power who are capa- le of administering the law in justice and with fairness and impartiality. We want the money paid by the citizens of our township applied to the mblic roads of our township or the improvements of our own roads and not for the im provements made elswnere in the county, for I daresay there is no section in this county that has been more neglected than the greater portion of Lamar Township as to the improve ment of her public highways. Instead of our condition being better*! in this respect, it is far worse than it was under the old law, and it would be best for the next Legislature to make some necessary changes or abolish tbe law altogether that seems to authorise the rob bing of one section for the ben efit of another. Very truly Yours, O. 3. Huggins t Hopewell, 3. C. Look Out For 'M .'.'r'ls COCCeSHHLL’S • ' ■ ’ . >' '■ ' r ' -• J '' - .- •.*' . ■. ' ' '• . VV' Holiday Letter Next Week. THE COUNTY NEWS. j ITEMS FROM SEVERAL SECTIONS AS TOLD BY CORRE8PONDET8. LAMAR. Lamar is going to organize a cavalry company. Mr. W. 8. Reynolds has the finest hogs to kill in the coun try. The farmers in this section say they can raise anything on their farms, but the “mort- gage.” Prof. Wilson and one of his students visited Darlington on Saturday, the 28th, to hear Prof. Craighead lecture. Miss Grace Alford, of Marion, a very superior young lady, is the assistant teacher with Prof. Perritt at the Newman Swamp School. Some of our citizens are dis appointed over the failure of es tablishing Salem county—while others seem delighted. It takes a variety of people to make * world. The pastor of the Methodist church here, leaves next week to attend the State Conteronee which meets in Abbeville. We sincerely hope he will be re turned to this circuit, for he is a very acceptable man. Hyman’* Silken Knot. Mr. Will Hill, of Elliott’s Sumter Co., came over to La mar on Sunday afternoon not on a warlike mission, but rather to enjoy the triumph and claim his trophy in a battle already fought and won. where a heart was, the battlefield and cupid thecomander-inchief, forhe was married to Miss Sarah J. Map.- cil.. eldest daughter of Mr. Per-..» - ry Mancil of tbie place. The bride was adorned in a beautf-J 1 * er * 46 •- G. E ful cream casbmere gown'whh floweis to match «c: ‘ They left on the early train Monday for the grooms home,! where they will be welcomed )>y a, host of friends. We extended our congratulations qn their departure aad truly trust, that their li fe will be,l6a« their' paths^fofhs fraught with sunshine rotbarl* M>n ’ than shadows. Rev. John 3. Dubose performed the ceremm ny. , ; ■ B. O* - r ^ **! i All of them were grown young people, three ladies and three gentlemen. This speaks well for the eminent young divine. Crops are nil gathered and the farmers are counting their losses and gains. Cotton and tobacco have not proved to be YetY remunerative crops. The yield of corn and syrup has been finite satisfactory, but peas and potatoes are only tol erable. Taking ail things into consideration we think the far mers are in very good shape, the most of them bate paid out and have corn and meat. Quite a large ac&rege of rye and oats is being sown and huge quanti ties of domestic manure is being raised. The worst feature among the farmers we notice, is the large quantity of cotton seed being sold, now at $9 per ton. The fanner that sells his cottonseed deprives his lands of the best fertilizer. ■v. ■ »> " SOCIETY HILL. Mr. L. E. Carrigan lost a large new gin house recently by fire. Mrs. E. T. Coker and child ren are spending a few days at Cheraw. Several nights ago an attempt was made to slMl a bale of cot ton from Cap*. Carrigna’s gin house. Miss Ray Coker is visiting friends and relatives at Tim- monsvflls.— T. H. Coker dc Ben are now doing a general brokerage bus iness and would be pleased to famish quotations Upon appli cation. They also will call oa the merchants in any of ths 31 AJ! IHTmULIM v M >.d HARTSVtLUE. Thanksgiving was Yery quiet here, nothing occurring to break the monotony. Mr. E. C. Burch and wife, of Ebenezer, were araohg the .many visitors hers on Sunday Inst. „ The lecture given here on last Friday night by the Rev. Mr. Moeely, of Bock Hill, was very much enjoyed by everybody. He gave a very touching ae- count of the mission work in Mexico and of 1 the habits add customs of the Mexicans. Be made many friends daring Me short stay here and we would gladly welcome him back. HOH HILL. Well winter has come at last in fnll force and it bitee. We were glad to have Mr. Jessie Hill of Midway with us last Monday night. The writer had the pleasure of taking a trip tbrons* liamsbuig eonnty, last] Saturday and Sunday, people seem «o be living up to the time ia that part ef tkm State. • O'" mm m For the Ht* I THE NKW-YOBK TDOSlMa 1 iVM ' CARTERSVlLLE. Mrs. Lithe Folsom and one of her little children are very sick with typhoid and malarial fever. Cards are out announcing the If around Clyde for the BIST invitations ate out for Nettie Win* Moot C.„, Wednesday eve Nev-tth. i December opens Cnld. Tiro thermometer below . freezing _ M®- ' UsmT; leaver Society BiU iei drag store, , store and ment opened Ml - .coY ' CLYOg- From what we can learn the liquor-spiee have been frequent- ass marriage of Mr. Bason O. Cathera 'to> Miss Alma Ross, on the 9th of Dec. The ceremony will take place at 7 p. m. at Fair Hope church. Mr. James Chandler had a severe case of mumps in the spring, went to work before be had sufficiently recovered and' had a relapse. He has been lingering tne whole time since and at this time the doctors have lost all hope of his recov ery. We are sorry to announce the death of Mr. Walter Norris’s youngest child on Saturday M, inst- The funeral services were conducted by Rev. R. O. BaileY on Sunday at the Baptist church at Cartersvillei after which the child was buried in the Baptist cemetery -at that place. The family have the sympathy of the whole community. The Rev. E. 0. Bailey preach ed quite an interesting sertnoh at Fair Hope Prow: fewdaya, '[ Our beYs are making ribbon dm pretty fait; i > their Up tM e and the yield is eebyterian 29th Oct., after which the doors of the church were opened and six converts presented themselves to the chorch for admission. Hope church, on Sunday 21 he door Mr. 8. M. Forrester, of KeUey- town, returned Saturday from Chesterfield C. 9., where he had been on business. Died at his home in Kelley- town, D. W. Poison. His re mains were taken over in Ches terfield to the family burying ground, • it • ‘ s'.. ’i Mr/ James Warr, of Lydia, has moved into oar section on Mr. 8. E. Segnrs’ pines. Mrs. Elisa Morrison, of 'Ches terfield county, has been on a visit to bar sons, Messrs. I). F. nndA. J. Morrison, of this place. 1 ^ We enjoyed a fine sermon at New Market Sunday at 11 a. by per. J. W. Warr. That wonderfal - Thai rov Th« a Addrem all < TftF KXW-TO THEl - -sml few* PS— ' J - 41 - went straight dly.