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VOL. XXIV, NO. :>o.
DARLIXOTOX, S. <’., TIITRSI)AY, DECKMIiI]R III. 1897.
WHOLE NUMBER 1,190
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LOCAL
ITERS IN /'■iD AROUNJ
'OWN OF DARLING T CN
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Column of Nf-ws, Tersely Told, of
Interest to Our Many
Readers.
horse ilrovers are still in
on the Fair Grounds.
Frank Swinton, eoh AV, I'as
raised some ver\ lar^e eollards
in his garden in town tliis year.
One of them is on exhibition in
1'he horse drovers are still in front of K it Jametj' store, is
ramp on the Fair Grounds about ti\o feet hi^h \ ou
. ... . . sliould see it -it is a curiosity
Roliins in Kmat minihers are J
reported in the Swamps Tliis The flight of wild pigeons
is a sign of cold weather I lately spoken of in many of the
„ . ... I papers of the State, wliich oc-
Mr, W. A. t arrigan still c,,n ‘ i enrred sometim ■ about tiie year
tinue® quite unwell and makes ^ js Wl . n r ,. (ll , nn hered' liv
slow progess towards regaining m;mv who live in tliis county,
his health, and who as hoys had a fine
string band was . time shooting them
a crowd in tht
Fnterprise Hotel
III
A colored
entertaining
lohhv f tie
on Friday night.
Fidmund Deas has gone hack
to Wtishington and the post
office situation still remains in
delightful uncertainty
The time for paying State]
and countv
Ah•( k Dudley's string hand,]
com i ed of himself and two 1
sons, fourteen and eleven res-j
pectively, have been re ently
furnishing -' me good music to
the citizens of the town, the]
smallest hoy, who is eleven
years old, plays the lead violin
. , and seems to understand his
taxes ^/l'H-'ngj tjUHintisNa(imjral) | T [
SEVERAL LINES OF
Shoos, Clothing
and Dress Goods.
awnv Itememher there w
he no extension after Dec 31st ; On Monday morning a young
colored employee at Beck's gin
house had his hand badly cut
he attempted to clean away the
' j moter, while the gin was run
ning and his hand was caught
and drawn m. He was at once
LOST—A scarf pin in shape! taken to Dr. Luntiey who sewed
of a gold sword with diamond, i up the wound and who thinks
Sunday night last hetwwn (■ that the hand will be saved.
(in Sunday night there was a
tine meteor seen, going in aj
sout herly direction The i
various lights seen in it were
beautiful.
Regardless
S Nettles’ house on Broad St ,
and the Armory building.
h (’. Jeffords Jr., is getting
ready to move his business
from the Siskron stand on F’lor
ence street to his new shop next
to the Macedonia
church.
Darlington people send off a
lot of clothes every week to he
laundried in other towns That
work could he kept at home
and give employment to some
of our citizens.
Cards are
ri.age of Mr
Darlington,
Workman,
marriage w
(kainden on Dec. J'ird.
The
out for the mar
A. S. White, of
to Miss Ri
>f Camden.
II take place in
Artesian well which lias
been bond at St John's
Academy, a part of the Graded
School system, is now (lowing
and gives promise of being a
good one. Tl)“ How is about
twelve gallons to the minute
Next Sunday Dec. lath has
been appointed as day on which
all Episcopal ministers in the
State will preach on the sacred
ness of human life. The minis
tersof other churches are urged
to join the ir Episcopal brethren
Mr C D Evans has been ap
pointed agent for the sale of a
life of Gen. Robert E. Lee, is
sued by the Royal Publishing
Co. He will be glad to show a
prospectus of the work, and to
take subscriptions for the same
Thwre is some talk of a re
ception by the Darlington
Guards during the Christmas
Holidays. If it is not given it
is probable that the young men
will take advantage of the sea
son to give one of their enjoy
able hops.
On Friday night last the old
Matt. Brunson house lately, oc
copied by Mrs W-einburg. burr,
ed. The house had caught the
night before from the stove
pipe but was put out. Very
little was saved. There was
•jd 800 insurance on the property
Messrs J O Keys and Willie
Atkinson went fox hunting
last Tuesday night a - J brought
back the next morning a tine
large one The brush was
beautiful and was much ad
mired by lovers of the sport,
who crowded around Hr. Keys
on the square to inspect it.
The friends in all denomina
tions of the Rev. R. A. Child
will be pleased to know that
Conference has sent him back
to Darlington again This will
make the fourth and last year
for Mr. Child here, as a minis
can not remain in one place
more than four years, according
to the rules of the Methodist
Church.
A dance was given at James'
Hotel on Tuesday nignt, which
was enjoyed by all present
The colored band which has
been here for some days gave
the music There were several
visiting young people present,
and besides the chaperones sev
eral young ladies who did not
dance were looking on. The
German was led by Mr P J.
Boatwright, who acquitted
himself with credit, ami !*aw
that every one had a pleasant
lime.
There will he at hristmasEve
serv'ce for the children at the
Episcopal Church on Friday af
ternoon the tilth inst. at four
o'clock
Christmusiiiorning ^Saturday)
Baptist there will he an early celebra
tion of the Huh Communion at
a quarter to eight o'clock to
which a loving invitation is ex-i
tended to members of other
churches.
The King's Daughters will
serve lunch, with oysters. In
the rooms adjoining the Tele
grapli office, Enterprise Hotel
becca I budding on Thursdav and FTi i
The!'*' 1 -'’ ' I<,c -^ iU,, l -L day and j
evening. They will also have
dressed dolls and some fanev
articles for sale in Miss Maggie
Jones, miHiecry.store. Sim has
k illdI v 1 1 red her window for
j the display of those ai l lole
( In Sun da v serv ires were
I held in the difiV rent churches of
I the town by members of the
Methodis' Conference in session
in F’lorence. The Methodist
Church was (dosed; many of the
congregation going to F’lorence
in
Cue ari see the BUNS ere
are now
EDWARDS & CO.
strikes, when he is on the snie
of justice and right If Gov.
F’Jlerhe could have heard on
the da) of execution here the
curses he ih loud and deep,
hurled against him by stalwart
Reformers as well as Straight
outs, he would have thrilled to
his inmost fibre, even if he had
had the hide of a copper rhi-
roceros. While the last act n
the drama of death has been
played, djUU it is not too late
to cornffienr upon his untimely
taking off. The efforts made by
his counsel and others through
the medium of petitions, and oth
er influences at work to save his
life and then effect have called
into history, but a review of
some said pioceedings places.
Gov. Ellerbo in a position so
obnoxious that it will take the
strongest of logic to justify his
conduct. The Register, in its
local coldmus several days be-
fori the execution, stated that
John Wright's sentence had
been commuted to life imprison
ment. How did the city editor
of the Register become possess
ed of this informatimi except
through the channel.-. <>f the
Governors private ^Secretary?
No eiher means of informaticn
was possible, unless the report
er had dreamed it and news
matter, the product of dream
sleep, do not find place space in
the columns of a metropolitan
daily. Dovetale the news item
with the almost certainty that
telegrams were sent from here
to the Governor after above
mentioned item was seen in the
Regis 1 er to the effect that if
John Wright’s sentence was
commuted, it would diminish
his political pull in this county.
Place this matter in juxt a posi
jtion with the Governor’s re
; fusal to stay the hand of the
! executioner, ami the conclusion
j is almost a violent one that the
chief executive of the State in a
political game of chance for re
election has, in one instance,
loaded his political dice with
] blood to win—If this be true
' blood guiltiness is on his gnher
natorial ermine and all the tears
of political repentance will not
wash awav the gorv drops.
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Bound for N.tsno g
Misses F'J.iz.i and Sidney Gille
spie and two brothers. Randolph
See our line
Xmas eannetl ^oods
Coo'oY'slmll A To.
and F'runk (Hllespie,
Mrs. H. A. Blaokwe
the morning Mr Duncan
preached at the Baptist church, i enoe countv, Miss Marv
and Mr. Richardson at the Pres j ( ,f Society Hill, Mr. FI
by terian church. At night at | of DaGington, am
the union service which was
held at the Presbyterian church
Mr. Hayes preached.
Mr T J Brooks, the special
correspondent of the Atlanta
('oust 11 ut tun, is in town for the
purpose of writing it up for his
journal, Mr. Brooks had the
misfi r line to lose his hearing
and ) -eeh two years ago from
an attack of scarlet fever, while
studying medicine in Atlanta
He has been fortunate to secure
a place on so well known a
journal, and will visit many of
the towns in this section in the YVRl'ds A 0
of t’lieraw
I, of Flor-
ueus,
Lido,
Miss Ethel
Boatwright, of Edgotiold. sailed
from (. harleston on the Lilli on
the Iroquois for New York
where they took t hi steamer
Niagara for Nassau on the i 'dh
Mrs. 1, ,1 Wiley, who has
charge of a hotel in Nassau, is
in charge of the party who will
spend the winter in Nassau.
dearliorough -.vliohad been with
Hie Chief in making the strict.
\f tor the pn-1 iniitiary on Mon
day morning the man was
sent to jail to await the
act ion i .f t he higher
court Mis naum is Clarence
Broekiiigton. and he has just
been released from a term on
tic chain gang. Ho will find
that entering a house at night
for the purpose of stealing is
quite another oil’.-nse from petty
lareen v.
Buy ('hnstmas
^ •
fruits, (Mindies and
(‘Packers from Ed-
are
g'reat
Edwards
still
bargains
A Co.,
offering
clothing,
and
interest of his paper.
The Darlington Guards are to
present “Captain Dick’’ in
FHorenee on Dec 31. A special
train will bring them hack io
Darlington that night after the
performance. Any of their
friends who desire to aceom
panv them can do so, going
down on the regular train at
n 3d in the evening, and return
mg on the special at 11 3d p m.
The railroad fare for the round
trip will he forty cents. The 1
signal success which attended
the presentation of “Captain
Dick” in F’lorcncc some months
ago will doubtless ensure the
Guards a packed house for their
return iigagoment there
G.
— • •
Tcimvs. Roysters
and Low ncys fancy
candies found at
Coggeshall’s.
Instead of buying n half gal
Ion of So proof whiskey for
Christmas, buy a half pound of
Tetleys tea and see if you don't
feel better for it Deans Bros,
This is sound sense.
k.'ioo china <
>r sab- at the
toys, i ov
tion at i he 1
of everv
>k Store.
Git Vi
. 1 >. M,
111' ( III
rti.
ups and s
Book Store.
Hmas fruit fro
■rs
in
dress goods
shoes. It will
pay you to examine
them.
Dinner sets, tea
sets, chocolate sets,
salad dishes and all
kinds of beautiful
china and glass ware
at DoggeshaH's.
I (cans Bros, want to Imv pioo
bushels of home raised corn.
About a Odd selected Florida
oranges at G. (). Mertz.
A No. 1 breakfast cocoa, ten
cents a can now at Deans Bris
. -• •
Handsome line of
jewelry for Christ
mas presents at Ed
wards A Co's.
A large
seed just
shall's.
purchase of swamp
arrived at Cogge-
■ largest
m the c
stock of In
nintv at the
The Editor of The News Interviews
Mr R L. Dargan, Counsel for John
Wright The Governer Shown Up
m a Bad Light
Mr Dargan what do you
think of Governor Ellerbe s re
fusing to pardon John Wright?
1 am constrained to say that
Gov. Ellerbe was influenced by
his political friends and the
facts, merits and justice of the
ease were not considered by
him.
Did you not Mr. Dargan, go
over the whole case with him
several times and tile all the
papers in order that he might
he thoroughly posted on every
point?
Yes, and those papers consist
ed among others of a letter to
the Governor from I). A Town
send, the presiding Judge in
this case, stating the facts and
commuting on the testimony |
and showing to the Governor]
that according to that testimo-
nv John Wright could not;
Large
ch ina war
a ssort men t
■ at G G M
of cheap
rtz
Do you reckon anvhodv ever
sold as much lyc as Deans Bros,
havo sold m the hist month.
They sell four boxes of M--m!el
son's lyc for J"> cents.
Raisins, currants,
citron, nicest quality
at Edwards A Co.
Peanut hritt le can
dy at Coggeshall's.
How«e Brea king
( hi Frida) night tie-
Mrs. Bristow was . up
her pocketbook lak
contum-d a small
money I'lic 1’olici
mice not i tied,
jumped out
whore his feet
press, and t his
for the Chielf
C(
mi- an
1 li">k at till' till'' so
legally have been convicted of
R •(•! !
a ..f '
lri--'i-il and iindi'-ss
murder. I'uit the strangest
h mis.'
"f
.:•;<! (!
41- at (
i () M'-rtz
pait uf the Judge's letter is
iT'-J ;i
mi
where he admits that he made
1 u ll
-li
1 he
EiMo ial
in the News on Goyer-
a mi- take in not granting my
sum
of
nor
tllert)-
Complimented Anoth
motion for a new trial. And
WIT'-
at
er
Chapter
in the John Wright
this in itself ought to have been
The man had
of the u mdo w
made a ciear im-
WSS ril e enough
A E. Dargan.
who took tin- cast- in hand
After looking elsewhere the
chief visited the Merry Go
Round, and saw the man whom
he suspected The shoes cor
responded v* 11h the tracks, and
the prisoner was taken to the
Guard ILiusm where he confess
ed the crime to Rolie^imin
Tr.lgcly
i.riito)- \i irs
Your editorial of last >\ oek
on the John Wright tragedy,
had the ring of true gold about
it and was the core of the truth
m the matter. It was the
trumpeting of a righteous in
dignatiou. The utterances of a
fearless and conscientious editor
who will nurl the thunderbolts
of his wrath right and left re
gardless of where the lightning
in co-partnership with tin
Byrds. The Byrds brought
their friends to John Wright's
h juse. All ad mitted that the)
drank ami some to excess. Th*
'date’s witnesses say that John
Wright was a peUce make!
during the morning and ther»
was a great deal of “cussing"
and raising the mischief gem-r
ally in front of his door. Hi
begged them to leave and sojm
of tltega lefj, bufcClarmxe* Byrl,
Robt. ByFd, Barefoot and a
negro named Cicero Byrd, in
the employ of Clarence Byrd,
remained.
What did Mr. Barefoot, the
only disinterested eye witness,
state Mr. Dargan?
He said that John Wright
had been a peace maker, that
there was a great row raised in
front of his door, that he asked
them to leave and all left ex
cept himself and the others
mentioned above. That John
Wright, at the time he stoed on
his own steps said, that if he
could not protect his house in
one way he would in another,
and requested those who had
not left to get out of his yard.
This they start' d to do, but
Clarence Byrd, the deceased,
wheeled around and faced John
Wright with a pistol in his
hand. Then John Wright’s hot
him.
Robt. Byrd and Cicero Byrd
state they saw no pistols, but
left the scene of the tragedy
immediately.
What was the character of
the petition, Mr. Dargan, that
you presentod to the Governur?
It was pronounced by all who
saw it to he the strongest peti
tion that could possibly be pre
sented for a commutation of
sentence. I hod the names of
every juryman whom I ap
proached ami a letter from the
foreman. I also had letters
from the master and coroner of
the rounty, stating the facts in
the case and that John Wright
was guilto’oLnq greater oriaim
“at moBfprhan tnar of‘ niam
slaughter
The members of the bar, court
officials and well known citi
zens who had informed them,
sel -’es of the facts in the case,
including the two magistrates
Of for Darlington, two members of
the Legislature, one of whom
heard the case and so wrote the
Governor, all voluntarily and
freely signed the petition for
commutation
Was there a counter petition
Mr. Dargan? Yes there was.
Did it contain many names?
I don’t know, hut the Governor
said it contained 500 names of
the best citizens in Darlington
county.
What was your reply to the
Governor, Mr. Dargan?
I first asked him to let me
see the petition, but he refused.
I then told him that I did not
believe that 500 of the best, citi
zens of Darlington would sign a
man's death warrant
What did you tell him as to
numbers, Mr. Dargan?
I told him that I had not got
ten up my petition with a view
to numbers, hut only went to
those who had heard the case
or were acquainted with all the
facts, but if he would give me
three days I would bring him
5000 names for his 500.
What did you think when you
left him, Mr. Dargan?
He told me that the 500 names
made no difference, as he did
not want numbers, and that I
had a strong petition. Ho was
to write me that night but did
not do it—yet the Columbia
Register stated the next day
that he granted the commuta
tion.
Wihat do you think caused
him to change his mind, Mr.
Dargan?
I am informed that strong
political pressure was brought
to bear on him, through tele
grams, by certain parties after
seeing in the Register that he
had commuted John Wright’s
sentence.
What did you as; the Gov
ernor to do when you went to
see him in Marion on saloday,
Mr. Dargan?
1 asked him to tell me what
he wanted to know if he was in
doubt, lie replied that he v.ould
go hack to Columbia, review
THE COI
ITEMS FRC
AS TOLOI
Thfl
is vet
m.
if'?
(are to'be
fin this
* Mr. P.- A. Henstiss is still
making molasses and is giving
satisfaction to all.
We are afraid there is a blind-
tiger near here as we hear of
drunkennes often.
Mr. J. W. Goodson lost a fine
cow last week. She had eaten
some molasies skimmings.
Master Curtis Winburn son of
Mr. Tim Winburn while playing
with an axe cut off his big toe.
A large number of us attend
ed Miss Matie P.-rry’s protrac
ted meeting! at Lamar the past
two weeks.
Air. Robert Player of Tim •
mousville visited this section
last week. There were visitors
from other sections also.
Mr H. K. Rogers has built
two new chimneys and improv
ed his dwelling house very
much recently. He also hae a
fine buggy and horse.
Mr. C. L. Rivers singing
school at Mt Olivet church will
close next Saturday with a
picnic. Come out and hear
some good singing.
Young men’s prayer meeting
is held at New Providence
every Saturday night at seven
o’clock. Come on boys and
bring the strangers with you.
Miss Mattie Perry closed a
very interesting protracted
meeting at Bethlehem .on the
28. 35 souls were brought.to
Christ. Those who know Miss
Persy best b)ve her most. May
God bless her where ever she
goes.
Those who do not believe in
sanctification will hear a ser
mon on the subject at New
Providence by the Rev. Mr.
Henderson, if they will come to
chu r ch at 11 o’clock in the
morning on the third Sunday in
this month.
Irish potatoes and Lemons at
CoggeshaH’s.
Pecan nuts, Almonds,
English Walnut, Brazil nuts
and raisins at Deans Bros.
Figs, nuts, dates raisins
G. O: Mertz.
at
t" cause him to com- , , ,
sentence, or respite I l,lt ' wlu >le matrer and wire me
But I have never heard from
him, and John Wright now lies
in his grave I consider it a
judicial murder.
fcurticieni
mute Hu
him for thirty days, at least,
until the mitigu’ing eircum
stances, acknowledged by all
unprejiidieed persons who heard
the trial, could tie investigated
and more fully explained.
What was the character of
the testimony, Mr. Dargan?
The testimony was all for the
State and the reason for that is
that John Wright had 20 gal- . 1 , /A ’-
Ions of hard eider at hia house . WATCiS L/O S.
Nice line of useful
articles for Christ
mas presents at Ed-
Peaches, apples and all kinds
of dried fruit at Coggeshall’s.
CARTERSViLLE.
Some little time ago fire burn
ed the residence of Mr. W, C.
Atkinson at this place, consum
ing nearly the entire contents.
Fortunately for the owner there
was a $300 insurance on the
building which entirely cover
ed the Foss.
Misss Bertha King, of Edisto,
has taken charge of the Fair
Hope school. This beautiful
and accomplished lady brings
the perfect testimonals of
efficency as a teacher, and we
feel sure the Fair Hope peo
ple have made no mistake in a
teacher.
Miss Mattie Perry, with two
of her brothers and a sister
have been carrying on a meet
ing at Lamar for 14 days and
it still continues. l T p to Sun
day night they reported 138
conversions and sancitifications
which is certainly progressive.
We say let the good work go
on.
On the night of the 9th, fire
burned the residence of Mr, I.
Mack Baker one mile above
Cartersville. About 10 o’clock
on that night Mr. Baker was
aroused from his slumbers to
find the L of his house in a
blaze and too far gone to save
any of its contents. His din
ing room, pantry and closets
were in that part of the house
containing much valuable pro
perty and his siore of pro
visions. Ue and his wife sav
ed some bedding and a small
part of their clothing, the rest
was all lost. This is a sad blow
to poor Mack, who is a hard
working farmer and has very-
poor health. He needs the
substantial sympathy of all his
friends as he h&u no insuraaoe.
-m ttm ^ ■ ' 4. i
Maccaroni
Coggeshall's.
(Continued i
and cbe