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.•V VOL. XXIII, NO. 50. DARLINGTON, S. 0., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1896. WHOLE NUMBER 1,1 v v'.' LOCAL LACONICS. MATTERS in and around the TOWN OF DARLINGTON. A Column of News, Tersely Told, of Interest to Our Many Readers. T. H. Spain, Esq., attended salesday in Florence. Rev. Mr. Bailey, of Timmons- ville, was in town Tuesday. The number of those register ed for the town election is 257. Mr. J. L. Michie went to Charleston Monday afternoon to spend a day or two. Miss Melita Lucas, of Society Hill, has been spending a few days in town with friends. Capt. H. T. Thompson left Monday morning for Columbia to attend a meeting of the State Military Board, of which he is a member. There will be no services in the Methodist Church next Sun day, on account of the absence of the Rev. R. A. Child, who is attending Conference. Misses Ray and Lena Schultz returned from Savannah last Friday night where they had been to make a visit and attend the wedding of their brother Louis. Rabbi Chumicero hold ser* vices in the hall of the Knights of Pythias last Sunday. The Jewish cemetery was also con secrated on that day. The members of the Choral Society will sing in the Baptist church next Sunday night at the Union services which will be held in that church. The wife of Cornelius Sparks, colored, gave birth to triplets, a boy and two girls, Thursday night last. AH were well grown and doing well at last accounts. Editor Ragsdale, of the Tim- monsville Enterprise, called at The News office Tuesday last. Mr. Ragsdale thinks Timmons- ville will do a big tobacco busi ness this season. One of our prominent business men recently wrote two letters, one to a friend on business and another to a young lady. After it was too late he discovered that he had sent the love letter to the man and the business let ter to the lady. Remember that the Darling Warehouse, Sydnordt Tredway proprietors, will be closed from Dec. 16th to Jan. 4th, but that that the Planters’ Warehouse, Smoot & Walden proprietors, wlil be closed from Dec. 22nd to Jan. 4th. Gen. W. E James and Mr. J. L. Michie are representing St. David’s Masonic Lodge at the meeting of the Qrand Lodge in Charleston this week: Mr. S. E Moore represents the Hartsville lodge and Mr. James Register the lodge at Lydia. Messrs. W. F. Dargan, S. A. Woods and W. M. HaynS are the candidates so far an nounced for the office of May or. Several others have been mentioned for the position, but the above named are the only real candidates so far. Those who owe for The News will please come forward and pay their subscriptions. A sub scriber can always tell when his subscription expires if he will examine the little slip upon which his name is printed, and save the newspaper man the ex pense and trouble of sending a bill. Those who want to enjoy a genuine intellectual treat are requested to bear in mind the fact that Dr. Willi ts appears at the Armory on Wednesday night next (Dec. 16th). The price of admission will be 50 cents. Reserved seats may now be secured without extra charge. Mr. E. Parker, of High Hill, had an ox stolen from Mr. E. G. Jetfords’ place in Palmetto township Nov. 30. The thief sold the ox to Mr. Ives in Flor ence for $18.00, and the latter, upon finding that the animal had been stolen, delivered it to Mr. Parker. The thief has not been capture I yet. Mr. Drake brought down a load of 660 cabbages for Mr. L. E. Carrigan, of Society Hill, on sale day. Mr. Drake says he sold them all out. the most of them at 121 and 15 cents a piece. And yet we order thousamts of cabbages from the north and elsewhere when they can be raised right at home. Mr. Witherspoon Ervin, who nas been spending several montns with his son at Morgan- ton, N. C., returned to Darling ton Saturday night last. Mr Ervin reports that the snow in the mountains of N. C. was not as heavy as it was in the more level country further South. The Planters Will Not Close Dec. 18. The proprietors of the Plan ters Warehouse desire to an nounce that they will not close their warehouse Dec. 16, but will be open and ready for busi- nees, with a full corps of buy ers, until Dec. 22. when the warehouse will be closed until January 4. The Town Election. Remember that the election for Mayor and Aldermen will be held Tuesday the 1*. If you want to vote bring with you your registration certificate and tax receipt. Let. us have a square, honest election and let there be no doubt that the de feated candidates are fairly b iaten. Sslssday. There were probably 1,500 or 2,000 people in town last Mon day, salesday. Considerable land was sold and some of it brought very good prices. There was also an auction of old worn out horses and mules on the square and McCullough & Co. had a horse sale on the drill ground next to the Armory, with the largo crowd and the selling of horses and land the day was quite lively and the merchants enjoyed a good trade. Dead Letters. Letters addressed to the fol lowing persons remain uncalled for at the Darlington postoffice, and are advertised as "dead for the week ending Dec. 7th: J. D. Adchison, A. Bancus, H. Chatman, B. Josil, T. Marion, Lamer Merraven, Frank Scharf D. W. Smith, Eddie Wilds, care of Wille Lee. A A. Williams. Misses A. E L. Gafins, Alice Grage; M. R Brockenton, Mrs. B. L. Swinton, Mrs, Fan nie Bacot, Mrs Ettic Berring ton, Mrs. M Bloomfeild. A Great Orator. Rev. Thos. Dixon, Jr., lectur ed in the Armory on Friday night according to appointment. Owing to the bad weather there were not more than 150 people present. Notwithstanding that fact, however, the lecture was a great success. Mr. Dixon com pletely captivated his audience. Many of those present pronoun ced him the greatest orator they ever heard, not even excepting the redoubtable Sam Jones. There seems to have been but one opinion on the subject of the lecture, so general was the pleasure and satisfaction P gave to those who heard it. As a re suit a big demand has arisen for Mr. Dixon to retnrn to Darling ton and deliver h<s lecture on ‘‘Fools.” An effort will be made to induce him to do so about the middle oi January. "A Midnight Bell” In Florence. The popular comedian, Digby Bell and his charming wife, the brilliant contralto, Laura Joyce- Bell, will be seen aud heard to decided advantage in the re spective roles of “Deacon Tidd” and the "Spinster” in Hoyt’s reatest comedy, "A Midnight elj,” in Florence tomorrow (Friday) night. Complete new music has been arranged for the comedy by the famous Con ductor of Gilmore’s 22nd Reg iment Band, Victor Herbert, composer of the operas "Prince Ananias” and “The Wizard of the Nile.” Among the num bers are concerted pieces for a "Midnight Bell” Quartette. Entire new scenery has been designed and executed by the celebrated artist Arthur Voegt- lin, for the presentation. The cast will consist of twenty-three well known and established artists, specially engaged for their particular fitness for the various characters in the com edy The production will be under the personal management and direction of Mr. Duncan B. Harrison. Arrangements have been made to run an ex cursion train from Darlington to Florenee and back tomorrow night, provided a sufficient number of our people express a desire to go down to see the play. Those who desire to go are re quested to see Mr. Pegues, the depot agent. The fare the round trip will be only 50 cents. A Most Chsrmins Performance. The Mozart Symphony Com- panp, according to annnouce. ment, gave a performance in the Opera House last Saturday night. As the-train did not ar rive until about 9.30 and the performance did not begin un til nearly ten o’clock, the au dience was smalL Neverteless— the whole program was carried out and the musicians respond ed willingly to every encore. It is difficult to sajr which is the most gifted musician among the four men and one lady who took part—everything was so perfect that it was a pleasure and delight to listen. Miss Marie Louise Gumaer has a con tralto voice of wonderful rich ness and depth. Some of her notes are nearly as low as those of a man baritone singer and her higher notes are very clear and sweet. Miss Gumaer pro nounces her words with great distinctness and there is a quiet charm about her singing which is not generally noticed in pro fessionals. The violin and cor net playing was superb and cap tivated the audience, every piece on the program being en cored. Mr. Michie is to be con gratulated upon securing such a charming performance for the lovers of music in Darlington, and it is to be hoped that the next time the weather will be better, the train earlier and the audience larger. Mr. King Hat Hit Say On Tha Raad Quattion. Editor News:—In your issue of Nov. 26th Dr. Hayden, of Riverdale, asks some questions that he wished answered in J our last issue, which I should ave been glad to have answer ed as they are important, owing to the short time in which he has to readvise the people of his towvship, but serious sickness in my family, which resulted in the death of my wife, prevented me from doing so. Dr. Hayden save "Last year there was an option with the taxpayer rela tive to bow and where be should pay this tax. This is an erronous impres sion. The law was so amended 0 ,, - r after the time for the pavment t<> be sold^byThe barrel before of tnis tax had expired that it Xmas Dean Bros’. . rendered a good many persons Municipal Ticket. A large and enthusiastic meeting of representative citi zens was held last night, and, after passing resolutions look ing for reforms in the city gov ernment, nominated the follow ing ticket: For Mayor. Wm M. HAYN8WORTH. For Aldermen: W. C. COKER, * L. 8. WELLING, W. B BRUNSON, GEO. E. DARGAN. A Choral Society Organiied. A Choral Society, consisting of 25 or 30 members, was organ ized in the Armory reading room Monday ni^ht last with the following officers: C B. Edwards president, Mrs. Robt. Hairston vice-president, J. E. Norment. secretary, E.Vaughan, treasurer and C. B. Edwards, R. E. James and Miss Elisabeth WatKins executive committee. Mr. J. W. Tillinghast was elected musical director The society will meet in the Armory once a week, Monday nights, for piactice, an 1 the result of these practicings will probably be a series of concerts and entertainments given at differ ent times during the winter. ig Quick Work. Mr. Haynesworth and Mr. Forman aie to be congratulated upon tho short time in which they got their electric lights to working after the wires were broken by- the ice. All the houses and stores in town, which use the electric lights, were without lights Wednesday night only, and the next night nearly all of the incandescent lights were working again. The arc lights were burning again Saturday night for the first time, and this extra delay was caused by the fear that some one might get injured, if the electricity was turned on before the wires wore raised up to their usual height. As the ice did not break the large wires the town couid have had the arc lights all the time, except for the danger involved to persons coming in contact with the wires on the ground or near to it. 160 barrels apples that have liable to road duty that were exempt from said duty prior to the amendment. This was done without extend ing the time for the payment of the tax. The County Board of Com missioners thought it would be an act of Justice to allow the persons affected by the amend ment an opportunity to pay the tax. and not force them to work the road. Again he says: "And an option also with the Super visor relative to how and where he spends this money.” This is true in a sense. The Supervisor, with the approved of the County Board of Cxm- missioners, expends the money where he thinks it is most need ed and will do the most good. Right here I wish to say for the benefit of those who insist on the Supervisor’s expending the money collected in a township, in that township, that the law makes the road tax fund a a county fund and not a town ship fund. The notice publish ed by order of the County Board of Commissioners relative to the payment of the road tax is simply a warning to those who, like Dr. Hayden, have fallen into the error of regarding the courtesy of the Commissioners as law. As to the assertion that other townships, "Lamar, Cypress etc.” have received alms at the expense of Mechanicsville, I re fer for his information, to the general instructions issued last April to the Township Com missioners. They were as fol lows: "Put the roods and bridges in better condition than they have ever been and keep them so, using first the de linquents in the Township, and if that is not sufficient, hire hands not more than 15 nor less than 10, per day, at 6 cents per hour”—work was begun at once and pushed in all the Townships, with the exception of Mechanicsville, and perhaps, a few othere. I haye never in structed any overseer to collect enough money to pay his salary. I may have said that should there be more collected in that way than was needed it might be applied in that way. I do not wish to enter into a controversy as to the merits or demerits of the present County S overment law with Dr. Hay en or any one else, but I make this reply to some of his ques tions, because he so requests. Had Dr. Hayden read carefully the notice published by order of the Commissioners, I think he would have found answers to a good many of his questions and saved himself the trouble of writing his lengthy communi cation to the News W. 8. King, Supervisor. Another Good Lecturer. To the Public: While the Rev. A. A. Willits, D. D., the next lecturer in the Darlington Guards’ Lecture Course, comes to Darlington comparatively unknown, I de sire to assure you that he is a lecturer of the very highest or der, and that the entertainment he is to give here on the 16th will be a first-class one in every respect. I feel no hesitancy in predicting that all who attend will be delighted with Dr. Wil lits. The Southern Lyceum Bureau, under whose auspices he is making this season’s tour- says of him: "It is with pleas ure we piesent the name of our genial friend, Dr. A. A. Willits, to our patrons for a limited number of engagements for the coming season. Dr. Willits has for years stood in the very front rank of pulpit orators and lec turers. From all his eni ments we have yet to learn of a single disappointed or dissatis- audience. He is a univer sally taking card. There is no man in the field more popular. We could fill volumes with the enthusiastic press and personal notices which Dr. Willits’ Lec tures have called forth wherever delivered. We present a few as specimens.” The price of admission to Dr. Willits’ lecture will be 50 cents. Reserved seats may now be cured without extra charge. Henry T. Thompson, II Bills fiUOTS BANANAS Frail Cake Mince Meat DATES ALMONDS FIGS GRAPES GRAPE Fin : :To Our Friends and Patrons::: Once more we have the pleas-; | ; |ure of placing before you our im-:: mense stock of. Holiday Goods • Our stock is larger aud morebeatt; : tiful than ever before, embracing Everything in the Grocery, China, j : Glass and Queensware lines; Our: ; China is handsome and delicately : -tinted. We have bought a large L lot of Holiday China from theii : bankrupt stock otF. M. Baker ■ Co. which enables us to buy: ; cheaper and at the same time finer: : Goods than ever before. Dinneb: : ■ :Sets, Tea Sets, Oat Meal Sets,:: After Dinner Coffee Sets, Chock-:: : plate Sets, Cups and Saucers, Bon-:: : bon Dishes, Plates, Salads Flakes,:: i^c. ^ IITetsiri :: Kindly call and inspect our: : line of Solid Jeweley and Plate :." ::Wabe. We can save you money: :in this line. FIRE WORKS of:: : every description will be found at: : pur house. Fruits, Nuts* Candies,::' :Rasins, Figs and Holiday Goods:: :pf all kinds. Werespectfully Solicit a part: :pf your Holiday purchases.:: : Thanking you for yonr past libeiv: Mpogayw : pi patronage we aska continuance: :pf same. While using our every: : effort to please yon and wishing j. .' ^ : One and all a MERRY CHRIST-:: : :M AS, we beg to remain I: :: YOURS RfcSPFCTFULLY, i: I AfflB Rev. Dr. Willits, of Philadel phia, proved himself entitled to renter praise than all his pre- ecessors. In the next course we hope to see him placed first on the list, and if he agrees to speak upon the same theme as that chosen last night, there is not a ball in the city capable of holding one-half of the crowd. He came to us unknown, but bis name will remain long in the memories of all who heard him, and his lecture will be re membered as (me of the bright est rays of sunshine that flashed across their lives.”—Grand Ra pids, Mich. To the Lecture Associations and other organisations in Texas: We desire hereby to testify to our extreme appreciation of Dr. A. A. Willits as a lecturer. He lectured for us last night, Dec ember 16th, oh the subject ‘Sun shine.’ It was the very beet lecture we have ever had, at least our patrons so regard it. We can not recommend Dr. Willits too highly. His lecture is intellectual and instructive; it is bright and filled with wit and humor and breathes a high tone of morality. We have told him that he shall be a perpetual feature of our lecture course as long as God sparea him to us.— D. 8. Switzer, President; J. A, Lomax, Secretary: H. L. Most ly, Manager, Weatherford, Tex., Dec. 17, 1894. "Sunshine.—The lecture was filled with apt illustrations and felicitous anecdotes; and the au dience was one moment moved to mirth and another to convic tion of the good sense that was so profusely ottered. The lec ture was one of the best that has been given in Boston for years, and should be heard everywhere.”—Boston Poet. is i privilege which, can not fail to make life brighter and bet ter ”—D. A. Sinclair, Secretary of the Y. M. C. A., and of the Star Lectors Course, Dayton, Ohio. Do!«s! MU! MW Tim young Indies of the Pres byterian church will have a sale of dressed dolls at reason able prices Iran Dec. fist, through Christasaa. They will be on exhibition at Miss Maggie Jonee’ Spare a little cash now. liable insurance, any kinds—all kind—every kind. Mrs. Lucy M. Norment. IWi A well J ■sqalMl it. As he wm i portunity. Smoke etts. Admiral cigar- "Papa what is a brokerf” "A man, JB>7 *». whose chief ef fort in Ufcis torcdnoehii to thnt flnnhainl soodMoi by tbs signiflonni term of’broke.’ Par this reason, Harry, be U called a broker. Washington Staca, to my la tbor.wbo fail ia the iMng at SMl’ evidently isB.cn «| mid the srohbtshap, — BomsBBM Words.