The Darlington herald. (Darlington, S.C.) 1890-1895, May 12, 1893, Image 1
THE DARLINGTON HERALD.
VOL. III.
DA1ILINGTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MAY 12, 1893.
NO. 37.
CURRENT TOPICS.
WHAT YOU KNOW AND WHAT YOU
DON’T KNOW.
PersM&ls and Short Items of In
terest to the Local and General
Reader.
If you would save money patronize
The Herald job office.
Mr. S. Wolfram will move into
his new residence on Monday.
According to the usual custom all
the stores were closel on 'memorial
day.
Printed envelopes from $2 to $3
per thousand at The Herald job
office. . . . . -
Mrs. Sallie F. Chapin, of Charles
ton, is visiting her brother Mr. J. 0.
A. Moore.
A basket picnic at McCown’s pond
was grealy enjoyed on Saturday by
the young folks.
There was no services at the Pres
byterian church on li st Sunday
owing to the absence of the pastor.
“The Rambler,” the best bycicle
in America, can now be bought on
easy terms. Apply at The Herald
office.
The Herald has just received a
job press fresh from the manu
facturer, and will compete with any
printing house in the State in style
and prices.
The Tennyson Club met at the
residence of Mr. J. J. Ward on
Friday night, but owing to the small
attendance the regular programme
waa not observed.
Bev. T. M. Lowry, Financial
Agent of Columbia Theological
Seminary, will preach in the Presby
terian Church next Sabbath at 11
A. M. and 8.15 P. M.
Tickets to Chicago via Richmond
or Petersburg, Va., final limit Novem
ber 15, 1893, are now on sale at the
following rates: From Darlington
Cheraw $37.15, Sumter
Owing to the appointment as
general manager of the Port Royal
lailroad, Colonel Averill has resign-
d his position on the C. S. & N.
L R. and Mr. Curtis Millard has
«en appointed in his place.
Mr. J. H. Schmid, the assistant
Postmaster, has had the lobby of the
jostoffice scoured out, and it now
ooks a great deal more presentable.
Chis is the first cleaning that the
dace has ever had.
Mat :or Dargan and E. 0. Woods
!sq., nave returned from Charleston;
rhile there they secured the services
if Samuel Lord Esq. to assist them
n the case of the Atlantic Trust
Company vs. the town of Darlington.
Mr. H. K. Zerbee, representing the
>opular music house of Thomas &
Jarton, of Agusta,is iu the city for a
;ew days. Those wishing to purchase
i piano, or have their instruments
uned, will do well to call on him at
:he Enterprise Hotel.
A party of fishermen hud arranged
or a trip to Little Pee Dee on Tues-
lay but the cool rainy weather forced
hem to postpone it. They will go a
ittle later, and when they do the
Uh will suffer, as most of the paivy
ire skilled in the use of the rod.
Mrs. M. Manne and her daughter,
f Us Sadie leaves today for New York
o be oresent at the reception on
iunday iu honor of the engagement
jetween Miss Carrie Manne and Mr.
k. Silverberg of New York. The
narriage will be performed some
ime next month.
Under the heading of “Re careful
vhat tou eat’’ an advertiser iu the
Wpgeburg Enterprise furnishes the
bliftwing bill of fare which would
jrobahiy be very acceptable to a goat
>r an ostrich. Rutter, crackers*, lard
lam non-explosive o l, laT.o wicks,
juni, powder, shot, hooks and lines.
The Darlington Guards will have
t special car, on Wednesday 17th
ivhTch will run through to Columbia
without change. They have about
;wenty seats to spare and will allow
;hem to be occupied by any of their
friends who may wish to make the
trip. Apply early as the miller’s
rule, “first come first served,” will be
observed.
The Southern Rupt'st Convention
meets in Nashville today. The fol
lowing delegates from the Welsh
(feck A association are iu attendance:
Rev. John Stout, of Darlington; Rev.
J. A. Brunsou, of Cheraw; Rev. C. L.
Dowell, of Do.es, and Rev. J. W.
Perry, of H-ilsville. Mrs. J. A.
Brnnson will accompany her husband
on this trip.
There was a tornado in the Jovann
section on Thursday, of lust week,
which did considerable damage to
the crops, small buildings and fenc
ing, but so far as we could learn no
persons in its path was injured. Its
course was from west to cast and it
extended over a space of about four
hundred feet wide. The cotton and
corn in its track w ", completely
destroyed aod the groind had the
appearance of having been subjected
-t severe heat. The destruction
i so entire that the crops, iu its
pkutul. .
WANT 0111 SOLDIERS.
An Invitation for Them to tome to
llk'linioud.
The following letter from chair
man P. W. McKinney, of the com
mittee in charge of the arrangements
incident to the reinterment of the
dead president of the Confederacy,
directed to the adjutant general, is
sclf-cx-phumtory:
Dear Sir: Enclosed please find an
invitation from R. K. Lee Camp
Confederate Veterans No. 1, to the
ceremonies incident to the reception
and reinterment of t he remains of
President Jefferson Davis on May 31
1892.
The invitation committee respect
fully request that you will notify
the several regiments and companies
iu your State of the invitation and
urge that they accept and unite in the
ceremonies. All military organiza
tions contemplating taking part in
the ceremonies will report to Gen. C.
J. Anderson, Richmond, Va., at as
early a day as possible the number of
officers and men exiiected, with the
date and hour of arrival and depart
ure, that all necessary arrangements
may be made for their accomodation
Wc take this method of reaching
every military organization iu the
State, as we have no roster to be gov
erned by, and therefore must ask the
favor of you to issue an order so
that all will be advised of the invita
tion.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
( hangc of Owners of Valuable Dar
lington Property.
The following transfers of Dar
lington realty have been received in
the clerk of court’s office to May 11:
McU. Willis to G. H. Edwards, one-
half interest in lot in city, $1,050.
G. 11. Edwards to Warley Swinton,
lot in town, $200.
J. C. Willcox to N. E. Gandy, lot
iu city, $058.
W. D. Marshall to J. I*. Muzingo,
two and three-fourth acres, $55.
G. H. Edwards to Home Insurance
Company, thirty-nine acres iu city,
$0,000.
I. Siskron to Ida S. Jeffords, lot in
city, $400.
• T. P. Smith to C. Mooney, two lots
in city, $200.
C. R. Edwards to A. L\ Lee, nine
ty-eight acres, $983.
T. H. Cannon to R. O. Neill &
Sou, twenty-three acres, $1,200.
G. W. Brown to 11. M. Haig, trus
tee, lot in Society Hill, $10.
D. L. Winters to G. W. Brown, lot
in Society Hill, $10.
- Florida on Wheels.
This attractive and novel exhibi
tion was in our town on Wednesday
and was visited by a large number
of people, and it is safe to say that
they all felt repaid for their expense
iu seeing it. It was a beautiful and
well arranged exhibit of the many
rare, curious and useful productions
of semi-tropical Florida, and no
better way could be well devised to
advertise the attractions of that
State. The display of tropical and
semi-tropical fruits was alone worth
the price of admission, and quite a
number were showu that never reach
our markets, a few of them being too
tender for transportation. Mandarin,
Tangerine and navel oranges, the
latter seedless, are the choicest varie
ties, but find their way to New York
where they command high prices.
There were immense lemons, limes,
prunes, figs, olives, gauvas, sappa-
dillos, tamaimds, grape fruit and
cocoanuts, a line variety of wines,
preserved fruits, sugar and numerous
other tilings to tempt the appetite.
Of course there were a great variety
of plants, shells, sea mosses and
curious fish from the sea. There was
a huge tarpon, about live feet long,
which is found in the St. John’s
river, and furnishes the finest sport
for the fisherman. An eight foot
uligator is one of the attractions.
The specimens of timber adds very
much to the interest of the display,
as does the phosphate rock and other
things that are found under the soil.
A piece of coquina is exhibited which
derives interest from the fact that it
is the only building material that
seems to absolutely defy the tooth of
time mid the disintegrating action of
the elements.
Atteulioi), Musicians 2
Mr. II. K. Zerbee, representing the
well known music house of Augusta,
Messrs. Thomas & Barton, will be in
Darlington on May 15. While in the
city lie will take orders for fine grade
musical instruments, and will give
particular attention to the tuning of
pianos. The following testimonial
will explain itself.
It gives me pleasure to say that 1
know Mr. 11. K. Zerbee, of Augusta.
He is a representative of the New
England conservatory of music, in
which iustitiuion he made a thorough
study of piano tuning under the
best master. He has tuned my piano
and I consider his coming to our
village a rare opportunity for any
one who desire- to have pianos cared
for. This testimonial is unsolicited.
Rev. E. E. Ay res.
Summerton, S. C., April 21.
Mr. Zerbee arrived in the city
yesterduv, and will he found at the
iimujnsv Hotel)
MEMORIAL DAY.
FAYING TRIBUTE TO THE CON
FEDERATE SOLDIERS.
The Eloquent Address of Rev.
Edward McCrady—The Exer
cises.
Nothingeould so fully demonstrate
the undying affection that is felt for
our immortal dead, than the tre
mendous outpouring of all classes of
our citizens on Wednesday afternoon
to pay the annual tribute of decorat
ing their graves with flowers. The
crowd that assembled at the Metho
dist church, where part of the exer
cises were held, was the largest ever
gathered for this purpose and it was
imjmsslble for them all to find room
in the building and a great many
had to remain outside during the
prayer and singing. All the central
part of the church was reserved for
the children, who marched in the
procession, the Darlington Guards,
who acted us the escort, and the
survivors, but despite this the boys
all had to be putiu the gallery. The
Guards occupied four rows of seats
in the central part of the church, the
seats in the rear of the company
being taken up by the little girls. To
the survivors were given the front
seats, as every one felt anxious to do
them all possible honor. Rev. J. G.
Law presided and read the scripture
lesson and made the prayer. An ap
propriate selection, “Cover them over
with beautiful flowers.” was well
rendered by the choir. The con
cluding song was a solo, “Tread
softly a soldier’n sl?eping there,”
sung with fine effect by Mr. Robert
James. Mrs. James lead the singing
and Miss Jennie Hast presided at the
organ. The other members of the
choir were Misses Emma Edwards
and Mary Law, and Messrs. C. 1).
Edwards, S. II. Wilds, J. E. Normeut
and R. E. James.
The procession then marched to
the monument where the rest of the
exercises were held. Miss Marie
Lide, whose father was a soldier, was
then introduced by Mr. Law, and
very gracefully recited the following
poem:
Wher# shall their dust bo laid?—
On the mountain’s starry crest,
Whoso kindling lights are signals made
To the mansions of the blest:
No,—-no,—no I
For. bright though the mountain be,
It has no gem in its diadem
Like the life-spark of the free!
Where shall their dust be laid ?—
On the ocean’s stormy shore,
With wailing woods at their backs ar
rayed,
And shouting seas before:
No,—no,—no!
For, deep as its waters be,
They have no de^ i like the faith which
tired
The martyrs of the free!
Where shall their dust belaid V—
By the valley’s greenest'spot,
As it ripples down, in leaps of shade,
To the blue forget-me-not:
No,—no,—no!
For, green as the valley be,
It has no flower like the bleeding-Heart
Of the heroes of tho free!—
Or M^iere muffled pageants march,
Through the spired and chiming pile,
To the chancel-rail of its oriel arch,
To the organ-flooded aisle:
No,—no,—no!
For, grand as the minsters be,
They could never hold all the knightly
hosts
Of Jackson and of Lee !
Where shall their dust be laid ?—
In the uin of the Human Heait,
Where its purest dreams are lirst dis
played
And Us passionate longings start:
Yes,—yes,—yes!
By Memory’s pictured wave,
Is a living shrine for the dead we love,
In the land they died to save!
At the conclusion of the recitation,
Rev. Edward McL'rudy, who had been
selected as the annual orator, was
introduced, and delivered the follow
ing chaste and appropriate address:
the address.
Once more you have met together
to review the memories of the past,
and to do honor to the gallant ones
who for you staked their lives in
defence of those rights and princi
ples so dear to every Southern heart,
and which you and they alike
esteemed a sacred privilege and duty
to maintain. Doubtless there are
those among you here to-day whose
hearts arc bound with even closer
ties than these, to the long, dark
years of ceaseless pain and unre-
mitted suffering—the memory of
sons and brothers lost forever from
your earthly homes. Ah, what wonder
is it that these thoughts cun never
die, that all Hie hum and tumult of
awakened thought and roused ambi
tion that echo through our land
to-day, can never drown those silent
voices of the past. Forgetfulness
were sacrilege indeed. To heed them
not, would be to play the truant to
yourselves and them. Rut, my
fellow Southerners, you who your
selves have seen those hard fought
days, and you who are here with me
have seen another South spring
phoenix-like from out the ashes of
the past, we have yet another and a
deeper lesson here to learn. I might
I relate again the oft-repeated story of
those days—tell the tale of every well
i fought field from Sumter to the sad
I surrender—-recount anew the thou-
! sand gallant deeds of noble sons, the
mighty names whose memory shall
i never die to Southern hearts. Rut
ittom kuw* too well, lu^majj
shaft and speaking epitaph, tears and
regret for loved ones passed away,
the tribute of a few short words to
duty nobly done, can never do
sufficient homage to our dead. Their
memory calls for deeper things than
these. Their names must he pre
served in a more enduring monument
than stone. Their true memorials
must be wrought in flesh and blood,
in living thought and chaiaeter, in
sons and daughters worthy of their
name and parentage. We cannot
rest upon the laurels of the past, the
honor of our dead demauds that our
lives shall be us true as theirs in
heart and mind and principle.
What but this, I ask you, is the
meaning of it all? What means this
constant yearning for things that are
no more? Why cherish we the
memory of men whose cause has fallen
never to be raised again. Why?
Becanse of their spirit which can
never die. The spirit that gave itself
for principle and duty. Ah, herein
lies the secret of their hidden influ
ence. They gave their lives for
principle, and principle and charac
ter are imperishable. After all, these
are what the world most sorely needs;
these must she ever hold most dear,
these she must love and reverence to
the end. More than intellect, more
than power, more than wealth and
luxury and reputation, more than all
this life can give besides, is the honor
of a great ami lasting name. Only
give us these—men of principle, men
of character, men of soul, and we
shall not want for more. Men of
this stamp are built for every task
and circumstance of life. Nor need
we seek such heroes on the battle
field alone. No times call louder for
heroic deeds, for more unshrinking
toil and sacrifice, for truer, braver,
more devoted lives; no times, I say,
demand it more than these—these
so-called “times of peace.” Ah! on
tho character of men and women here
to-day hangs all the future of the
land we love. The present, future,
destiny of a nation is moulded on the
character of her sons, look where you
will for evidence of the same. Fro n
where in ancient days the sons of
noble Romans, then sordid with the
luxury of vast estates, bereft of all
ancestral principle, before a whirl
wind of barbarian hordes laid their
diseased and sluggish manhood iu the
dust—to where in modern times the
ravings of a mad Voltaire exposed the
hellish spirit which had seized a
nation’s heart, which plunged all
Europe in a revolution never felt
before. These are the products of
degenerate hopes, the work of low
ambition, of men who steeped in
luxury and ease would hurl contempt
on what is high and noble, would
make mere playthings of our works
of art, would sneer at what are called
religious truths, and scoff at deep
convictions, would smother all of
genius that the world holds dear,
would meanly, basely give up all the
manhood that they have to welter,
waste and rot within a darkened
world of folly and of vice. Again,
what say we. Are these the princi
ples which insure success and power?
Are these the builders of the tower
ing empires, those mile-stones on the
march of history! Yet, how shall
we meet the temper of the times?
Oh! thanks that we have a history;
thanks that we have sacred memo
ries of duty nobly done; thanks that
we still have high examples of ideal 1
aims and noble lives; thank God that
even yet, despite the heat and pres
sure of the times, the grand old past
has yet a voice of counsel and com
mand; that all the fever of our mod
ern life can never wholly wipe out or
destroy, that men, at times must
lear.
Yes, thank God for all these sacred
memories of strong, devoted lives.
For on such lives the kingdoms ot
the world are founded on such lives
humanity has reached the ilood-tide
of her present thought and culture,
on such lives rests all the worth and
loveliness of life. Oh! while a voice
for utterance be left us—while
thought and feeling still remains
undrugged by all the foul disease and
and langure of the times—while
strength remains to lift onr heads
above the smoke and dust of low
ambition and of aimless life, let us
preserve those sacred memories which
long have been the- strength and
solace of our Southern hearts, let us
revive those principles which thou
sands of earth’s best and noblest
have perished to maintain, that every
page of history repeats and diefies,
that all creation loves and sings.
The graves of the soldiers, in tho
different cemeteries, were decorated
with flowers by committees appointed
for the purpose. The monument was
almost hidden, except the shaft, by
the great number of flowers that were
placed upon it, and presented a very
handsome appearance.
Too much praise cannot be given
the ladies who worked so hard to
fittingly honor the day. There were
only twenty-one survivors in the pro
cession, and these were: W. E.
James, E. R. Melvor, II. E. 1*.
Sanders, If. R. Nettles, J. C. Hursey,
\V. A. Law, L. W. Lide, J. H. Kelly,
I’eterBowles, Murdock Outlaw, M. S.
Racot, J. J. James, J. G. McCall,
Parrott MoNeese, T. E. Griffin, J. M.
Waddell, W. M. Stafford, J. W.
Woodham, E. 0. Green, G, W, Abbott
uu4 Q, l) toariwykj
ON THE HILL.
HAPPENINGS AT THE FACTORY
THIS WEEK.
Personal Paragraphs Pertaining to
Visiting People—Improvements
and Other News.
The mill turned off over one him
dred thousand yards of cloth last
week.
The Sunday-school has changed
the hour of meeting to 4 o’clock
instead of 3 o’clock.
Mr. W. G. Dickson is spending a
week’s vacation with friends and
relatives in Marion, his old home.
The Coker band is giving open air
concerts at the band . stand twice a
week. The public is invited to attend.
Rev. J. A. AVhite closed the pro
tracted meeting at the hall last
Sunday night. He will preach here
again Saturday night, May 20th.
The company held their annual
meeting last Thursday and declared
a dividend of 7 per cent. Capt.
W. C. Coker was again elected presi
dent and treasurer.
The ladies organized a Mission
Society here last Sunday evening
with twelve members. Mrs. John
Stout was elected president and Miss
Louise Northcott secretary and treas
urer. The society will meet at the
hall the first Sunday in each month.
The stockholders of the bathing
house held a meeting last Tuesday
night and decided to put in new
piping and open the house for use
again in the near future.
The Railroads.
The State Railroad Commissioner
has not received the statement of the
earnings of the month of March of
all the railroads iu the State save
the roads of tho Richmond and Dan
ville system,
There are only six roads which
show a decrease in the earnings.
The six which show the decrease are as
follows: Carolina Midland, $479.15;
Central of South Carolina, $290.72;
Cheraw and Darlington, $142.82;
South and North Carlina, $350.27;
Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta,
$21,508.08.
The decrease in the earnings of
the Wilmington, Columbia r.nd
Augusta railroad is due to the fact
that the Wilson Short Cut of the
Atlantic Coast Line is now mopertion
and the through freight and travel
has been diverted from this road.
This is shown by the earnings of the
Florence railroad for the month as
compared with the same month of
the preceding year. The increase is
$12,701.15. The passenger earnings
of this road show an increase of
$0,000.27 or 2,199.2 per cent.
The South Round road shows an
increase of $7,075.40 or 52.01 per
cent, over the earnings of the same
month last year The increase iu the
passenger department of this road is
73.17 per cent.
The Fort Royal and Agusta road
siiows an increase of $8,142.54 or
37.18per cent; and the Port Royal
and Western Caroline road of $2,530.
89 or 8.27 per cent.
The Charleston, Sumter and
Northern road shows an increase of
$1,537.17 and the Charleston and
Savannah $5,15140. The Columbia,
Newberry and Laurens gives an in
crease of $1,781.71, with a passenger
increase of 170.19 per cent.
Of interest to Pensioners.
The Confederate pensioners in Dar
lington comity will receive $22 each!
for the present year, and can now j
obtain the same from the clerk of;
court. Those entitled to pensions are: I
Robert Dumpier, W. H. II. Miller,
Robert Harrell, R. A. Howell, Benja
min Outlaw, I>. D. Roan, Thomas
Poison, J. It. Hunter. W. J. Dew,
E. A. Bostick, M. L. Melton, Maria
Flowers, M. S. Jacobs, Elizabeth
King, Caroline McDonald, E. S. C.
Davis, Ann Emerson, II. M. Peebles,
J. J. Mozingo, S. V'. Scarborough,
Malinda Gainey, N. >S. II. Privett,
Dorcas Pate, Hannah Goodson, Nan
cy Lunday, Amelia Anderson, E. A.
\Vilson, Mary Fields, Patience Ha-
good; Sarah A. Cook, M. F. Byrd,
F. E. Witherspoon, M. A. E. Lewis,
Margaret Hill, M. E. Braddock, E. J.
Tyner, M. E. Bozeman, Martha Har
rell, E. (i. lloole, Orphia Bozeman,
C. A. Hill, Susan Reddick, Margaret
Cooper, Louisa Morrell, E. A. El
more, 1). J. Harris, Mary William
son, Susannah Best, Adaline Kelly,
Anna Dumpier, Mira A. .Severance,
Margaret A. Christmas, J. J. Ued-
Reddick, Lucy Ann Poison, Hannah
Powers, Harmon Jones, William J.
Windham, Sallie H. Huggins W. I).
Baskins, M. Bradshaw, J. A 'uiett,
M. K. Willian •, Peter Odo , S. S.
Huggins.
F-uts Worth knowing.
By re .erring to our columns in this
issue will find 14 factsset forth rela
tive to the leading music house in
South Carolina by M. A Malone Bros.
Columbia, S. C. This enterprising
music house can supply you with the
best goods for the least money and
warrant every instrument sold by
them. Cull on them when you goto
the Columbia Carnival May 17 ami
THE DENMARK LYNCHING.
Solicitor Jcrrey, of Charleston, Re
fuses to be Ordered About.
Governor Tillman last week in
structed Solicitor Jervey to take
charge of the Denmark matter and
prosucutc the lynchers, and Mr.
Jervey answers as follows:
Sin:—Your letter of the 6th inst.
is received. Undoubledly section 511
of the General Statutes does make it
the duty of the solicitors to .'“give
their council and advice to the gov
ernor mid other State officers in mat
ters of public concern*whenever they
shall be required by them so to do,”
and Your Excellency done me ■ the
honor to call upon me Jor. ".council
and advice, it would have" been freely
given. But iu your letter of the 4th
inst. you asked no advice, but per-
emptorially “directed” me to do an
act forbidden by the Constitution.
Now, however, if you really wish
advice and purpose to have the Den
mark affair investigated, I respect
fully suggest that you call upon the
Solicitor of the Second Circuit to ob
tain the information necessary on
which to base prosecutions and see
that warrants arc issued. When
suits or prosecutions arc so begun it
will be within your power to direct
the Attorney General or the Solicitor
of some other circuit to assist in
such prosecutions, and should it then
appear that the Solicitor of the
Second Circuit is confronted by the
possible embarrassment to which he
has alluded, he may be relieved, by
his assistant, of all further active
participation.
I repeat what I have before written:
“Whatever the Solicitor of the
Second Circuit shall have performed
his functions under the law, and a
prosecution has been begun in Barn
well county, should you think that
the interests of tho State would be
subserved by my presence, I shall
promptly obey the direction of Your
Excellency.”"
Ido not propose to bn misrepresented
in this matter. I have not declined
nor do I propose to decline, any duty
which may be imposed upon me by
competent authority and in a lawful
mauucr. 1 decline to waive my
honest conclusion of the law, or!
suffer myself to be placed in a false
position, and I decline to notice your
unwarranted criticism and in*
struoiions.
Respectfully,
W. St. Julikx Jervey.
Stockholder* Meeting.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Darlington Manufact
uring Company was held on Friday,
the 5th, at the office of the president.
The whole number of shares is 2,250
and out of this number 1,830 were
represented. The president’s annual
report was a very gratifying one and
showed that the affairs of the comp
any were in very prosperous condition
During the past year the consump
tion was 4,000 bales of cotton. The
output of the mill was|4,000,000 yds.
of cloth and 375,000 pounds of yarn
The whole cost of the cotton was
$175,000, which was, after its man
ufacture, worth $3iu,000. $52,000
was paid out for laoor, $10,000 to: -
fuel and $16,000 for Ileigm. aiesars.
W. G. Coker, J. L. ‘Joker, G. A.
Norwood, J. J. Ward, \V. A. Carri-
gau, E. Keith Dargan, B. Willliam-
son, 1. LeWeiitlial, J. G. McCall aim
11. Baer were elected directors lor
the ensuing year. Capt. W. (J. Coker
was re-elected president and treasure,
and the entire management of the
business placed in his hands. A
dividend of 7 per cent was declared,
which however does not represent all
the earnings of the company, lie-
balance being kept, in hand as i re
serve fund. The mill has been
splendidly managed froni I he very
start, and has been llie mo.-t potent
factor in the growth of onr town.
The amount $05,000 paid for la
bor and fuel, is practically all spent
here, and put a good deal money into
circulation every month. There has
never been a serious accident to any
of the machinery and very little time
has been lost in making repairs.
An .trrident.
Mrs. (’. J. Coney, who has been
visiting in Da dington for sometime
met with quite a serious accident on
Friday which will l.e:p her confined
to the house for a long time. While
riding with her daughter Mrs. C. K.
Rogers, the horse stumbled and this
caused Mrs. Coney to fall against
the dashboard of the dog cart.
In
some way her ankle was wrenched
and the bone between it and the knee
was fractured in three places. The
broken limb has been carefully cot.
anti does rot give a great deal of
pain.
The Guards.
The names of the Guards that will
compete for the prize at the Columbia
Carnival are as follows:
Capt. H. T. Thompson.
1st Lieut. B. Williamson.
2nd Lieut. J. 1). Baird,
Privates—R. E. James, M. T.
Lide, Howard Normeut, I*. J. Boat-
right, C. S. McCullough, Jr., C. W.
DuBose, Lawton Dargan, E. M.
Wells, E. R. Cox, W. A. Parrott.
Louis Bristow, 1.. M. Normeut, Wal
ter James, L. G. McCall, C. N.
Spinks, James Gillespie, Eugeua
Ywpi J- £• Itoyd)
CROP REPORT.
AN INTERESTING REPORT FROM
THE STATE OBSERVER.
The Condition of the Crops for the
Past Week—The Showing for
Darlington.
The following is the weekly weath
er and crop bulletin issued Tuesday
by the State obaerver
Along the Savannah river counties
the rainfall has been generally bene
ficial. toit the temperature too low
for cotton, born and gardens. High
winds did considerable damage in
Abbeville and Edgefield counties;
some houses and trees were blown
down and excessive rains washed the
lauds and" crops badly. .The cool
nights have made the cut worms
very bad. Oats will not go over half
a crop. Wheat is good, but the rain
came too late for corn. Some sweet
potatoes have been transplanted. On
the 2d and 3d a sand storm swept
Barnwell county killing much cotton;
on one farm 100 out of 250 acres
was killed and is being plowed up.
The melon crop was also badly dam
aged. Away from the path of the
storm crops arc in an improving
condition, although small grain will
not make more than a two-third crop.
Cotton is being worked and is com
ing up nicely.
Aloi ig the coast corn looks well,
but iu low lands is being injured by
worms. Although cotton up looks
well it is only a fair stand. Tem
perature continues too low. Fall
oats have been improved by rains,
but late sown will be a failure from
drought. The high winds killed
some cotton, probably one-fourth
will have to be replanted; one farm
er reports a loss of forty acres.
Strawberries will run a three-fourths
crop and not as good as last year.
Rice planting nearly done.
Along the North Carolina border
and Darlington and Florence coun
ties cotton is coming up badly; the
dry weather kept the '.-eed in the
ground till it rotted^and many farm
ers are plowing it as fast as they
can. Seed is extremely scarce, $1 a
bushel having been paid. Hail,
high winds and frost have all visited
this section during the past seven
days, making replanting of cotton iu
most localities necessary. Florence
county reports a large per cent, of
tobacco crop set. < *at crop promises
poorly. W heat generally good, some
little rusted.. High winds iu some
cases amounting to a tornado, have
caused injury to all cereals and
fruits in parts of Pickens, Union and
York counties, some houses and fruit
trees being blown down. CoYn is
being injured by worms on bottom
land.
In the middle counties cotton is
coming up nicely, and the prospects
for grainjs much improved by rains,
especially*for oats and wheat which
will make about half a crop. About
two-thirds of the cotton crop is up.
Kershaw reports that the rains have
injured the grape crop. Peach trees
are so overlmrclctuul with fruit they
are orgimug to break. A severe
cyclone pas-ed through Lexington
and Newberry counin-s doing great
damage to crops, timber and boild-
tngs, and causing loss of life. Out-
. nle oi the path of tile sioi'ui, however
crops are doing nicely.
Before Justice Floyd.
During the present week Justice
Floyd disposed of the following cases:
Ben Freeman, burglary and lar
ceny, sent up,
Henry Banders, trespass and ma
licious mischief, fifteen days iu jail
at hard labor.
Henry Knappeaud Johnson Wright
stealing a pair of boots; case dis
missed for want of evidence.
The postmaster general has estab
lished a regular postollice on the
grounds cf the World’s Fair at
Chicago, and it will have every
facility for the transaction of busi
ness. Letters and packages can bo
directed to any special building and
they will be promptly delivered. TLe
name of the office is the “World’s
Fair Station, Chicago, III,” and all
letters should be directed in this way.
It will be managed just as the offios
in Chicago is conducted, and will bo
a very great convenience, not only to
visitors but to all connected with tho
fair.
The Columbia Journal says: It is
amusing to watch the gyrations of
the newspapers in the cities which
have a baseball team iu the South
ern League. The staid and solemn
Augusta Chronicle rises to ask the
Augusta boys to play ball. Editor
Walsh never displays wrath and in a
half coiiium article he appeals to
the team with the fervency of a man
is soing to rain, to hus’le, and winds
up with “A word to the wise issufli-
cieut.” His article shows a knowl
edge of baseball that is surprising.
The Charleston team started out
with a flourish and stood at the
head for a while. It is now lagging
and the baseball editor of the News
mul Courier groans and laments tho
poor playing and ill luck of the Sea
Gulls. The lamentations of Atlanta
are pathetic, and tho same is tho
case with tho newspapers of other
cities whose teams do sot stand nea|
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