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THE DABLINGTOH HERALD. FRIDAY, JULY «, 1894. Pcrsunal DlfiiUvu. Mr. John Irwin, of New York, 1H visiting Mr. S. A. Woods. Chi« f of l*olii!e ILtrgan is spoud- ing a few dwys in Clarleston. Miss Muiiheini, *if Sumter, is visiting Miss Essie Wi(cover. tin., Miss Clara Smith, of Macon, is visiting Mrs. J. G. McCall. Rev. .1. E. Carlisle left on Monday to spend two weeks in Spartanburg. Mr. W. II. Gilliland, a former resident, is visiting friends in town. Cadet Wightmun Garner, of the Citadel, is at home for the vacation. Miss Sara Pogues, of Chcraw, is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pegnes. Mr. J. A. Raird, of Jacksonville, Fla., is tilling relatives in Darling ton. Mr. T. li. Crosland, of Bennetts ville, visited Darlington hist Tues day. Mr. C. A. Willcox and family, of Marion, is visiting relatives in Dar lington. Chief of Police Tnrbeville, of Florence, spent last Tuesday in Darlington. Mr. J. I). Hast left on Saturday to attend the teachers’ meeting at Spartanburg. Mrs. Henry Beck, who has been visiting her parents jn Columbia, has returned home. Misses Essie Witcover uud Celia Weiulierg have returned from a pleasant visit to Sumter. Miss Jennie East left on Monday for Lexington comity, where she will spend several weeks. Superintendent Ward law, of the Graded School, is attending the teachers’ meeting at Spartanburg. Mr. D. K.'Dantzlcr, of Orange burg, visited his brother, Mr. A. L. DanUler, of Darlington this week. Capt Frank Welch, manager of the Opera House Hotel, at Florence, were among the visitors to Darling ton this week. Miss Amy Otis, of Charleston, who has been spending some time with Dr. ami Mrs. Hayden has re turned home. Messrs. L. Y. King and W. J. Wilkins, of Florence, spent last Monday in Darlington on ‘•profes sional” business, Mr. J. J. Shepard, proprietor of the Red Flag Racket, who has been on a yisit to it's home in Wilmington, N. 0., for the last two mouths, re turned to Darlington last Monday. Mr. Waddy Thompson, the former editor of The News, but now a resi dent of New York, is visiting Dar lington and will have charge of The News during the absence of Capt. Thompson at the encampment. News ef Local Interest. Insure your Tobacco Burns and Gin Houses with B. U. Bristow. The only observance of the 4th in Darlington was the closing of the banks. The weather bu.. u reports plenty of rain, in some places excessive and the crop prospect much im proved. While the Darlington Gnards are attending the encampment the livery stable horses rejoice. They are get ting a much needed reit. There is a shutter on one of the upper windows over CoggeshaH’s store that ought to be taken down. It is hanging by one hinge and liable to drop at any moment. Monday, salesday, was very quiet and t here were no official sales. A good many came in for the purpose of registering, it U-ing the lust day that certificates could !>e secured. Fouxn—Between Swift Creek hill and the bridge, one charm. Hus white stone set and is old English gold with three initial letters on its face. The owner can net same by- proving property and paying for this notice. A New Enterprise. Mr. I’. B. Allen, the well-known merchandise broker, bus perfected arraugemeiils’ with Armour & Co., one of the largest packing houses in the roiintry, to carry in stock bore all kinds of meat*, lard, hi Mils, canned goods, tie., which will be a great, tonvenieuev for the merchants. Mr. Allen will also carry other goods in stock soon, which he will tell you about through the columns of The Hkuai.d. ('heap Money Orders. The following reduced rates on (Hist office money orders went into effect July 1st: 'ol I NCfuli air ¥2. 50 .‘.e Xfn’t’dilis/ . •AGO -.hmI not »ver■) 5<- u 5 (t “ to 8c «« 10 tt “ 'JO Hh- it i!0 “ “ JKI tec u ;;o “ “ in IS. (( •*o *« “ GO 18c it 50 “ “ GO 20c it 00 tt “ 75 25e ii 75 tt “. 100 30e The jiosl-il note was discontinued on June dOih. I'hurcli News. The seiyice at the Presbyterian Chu-ch on .Sunday w ill be conducted by the pastor, if he reaches home in time, if not his pulpit wiM he filled by Rev. Mr. McArn, of Chcraw. ' Rey. J. W. Perry, of. Ilartsville, will pivach at the Buplint Church on Sunday morning. The morning service at the Metho dist Church will he conducted by Rev. J. B. Wilson. No service in this church at night. On Sunday, July 15, Re r . EdwardS. Jones, of Columbia, will preach both morning and night. The services for Sunday night will he announced Lom the pulpits ol the different churches in the morn- ing. Death of an Aged Lady. Mrs. Mary Gordon Law, the aged mother of Rev. J. G. Law, died at the home of her daughter in Mem phis, Tenu., on Thursday of last week. She bad reached the extreme age of 89 and her death vras from the exhaustion of physical vitality. Mrs. Law was perhaps as well-known throughont the Southwest as any other lady in that whole section, and had a very large circle of friends and relatives. She was conspicuous during the war for her intense patriotism and for her untiring efforts in behalf of the Confederate cause. Her name was known by every soldier in the army of the West and there was no one more honored and revered than this cul tured and noble Christian lady. She possessed a bright and cheerful nature and was esteemed by every one with whom she came in contact. In furtherance of her efforts in be half of the soldiers and the hospital service she, on several occasions, was in the midst of the army at which time the prominent officers of the Confederacy delighted to do her honor uud made her the recipient of every attention it was iu their power to bestow. Iu all the relations of life she was true to herself, her family and her God, and living as she did her death-is not a cause of sorrow but rather of thankful! ness that the pure soul of this sainted woman has escaped from its earthly tenement and is now at rest under the shadow of the throne of Go!. A Sad Death. Mr. L. L. Taylor, who has been a resident of our town for some months, died on Sunday and his death is peculiarly sad when it is considered that ho was a very poor man and leaves a wife and seven children, the youngest only two weeks old, who have no income what ever and who must inevitably suffer unless they receive some assistance. 11 would he a lasting reproach to let any one, especially little children, suffer for the necessaries of life and we trust that all of our citizens, who can possibly do so, will render them some assistance. It is true that times arc hard but the fact makes it all the more imperative that help should he extended and that it should he done without delay. Those who arc blest with comfortable homes and who enjoy all needful comforts can I buye very little conception of the afte The Gnards Triumphant. By a dispatch received yesterday moon, we learn the welcome news that the Darlington Guard* took the company prize at the Spar tanburg encampment. Mr M. II. Nonnont won the second prize in the individual drill. The Guards will return home to-night. The Greenville Guards came out second in the contest. They had been drilled dry a West I’oint gradu ate and had six of the Citadel cadets their ranks. This makes the in triumph of our company all the greater. Off for Ikf Eiirampmriit. As was previously anuouiiced the Darlingtiiii Guards left on Monday for Spartanburg where tiny will re main for ten days. They will of course enter for the prize to be given to the best drilled company, and also try in capture the individual prize for the best drilled soldier. A num ber of the friends of the company left at the same time for Spartan burg. The following are the names of those who went: Mrs. G. W. Dargan, Miss Suhlee Dargan, Miss Annie Williamson, Miss Anna Coggcshull, Miss Donna Spain, Mrs. G. T. Scarborough, Miss Lizzie Searlhirotigli and Messrs. J. Bart While and Emil Dargan. Messrs 0. D. Evans, W. G. Dickson ami 1’. S. Wilds members of the company were also along, but are not mem Ik-re of the drill squad. Mr. C. D. Evans is the only active member of the company who was in the Confederate army, Of course the Guards hud to take Sam Keith with them to look after things and keep the commis sary department iu go-id order. Our friend Nnnvvasu cook during toe war, was not afraid of shells an- 1 miiiiii- 1 balls and what he don't know about camp life and foraging is hardly worth trying to find out. The Exhibition Drill. Corporal C. W. DuBose won the gold medal offered by Capt. Thomp son for the member of the company making the best average in the in dividual drill. C. 8. McCullough, Jr., were next to Mr. DuBose in point of merit. These with L. J. Bristow and J. W. James will enter for the individual contest at Spar tanburg. The arrangements of the drill squad is as follows: Captain—H. T. Thompson. Lieutenants—Lide and Parrott. Right Guide—R. E. James. Left Guide—E. R. Cox. First Four—M. II. Norment, N. R. Harrell, T. J. Boatwright, C. S. McCullough, Jr. Second Four—l). G. Coit, E. M. Wells, L. J. Bristow, C. W. DuBose. Third Four—L. M. Norment, T. II. Rogers, J. D. Baird, J. W. James. Fourth Four—L. G. McCall, II. II. Rust, J. D. Gillespie, E. Vaughn, Letter from Hopewell. From our Regular Corrcspoiuleut. Hopewell, S. C., .Inly 1,1894.— Perhaps a line from this section would be of interest to your readers, and as this is considered by some and has hitherto been a somewhat isolated part of the comity we deem it the more a duty that we correct the mistaken idea that because a place is situat'd in the backwoods that it is always inhabited by des peradoes and ignoramuses anil that it can never be reached by moral influ ences. We claim very few of the above .Mentioned classes. Hopewell is situated in the south eastern part of the county, a few miles east of Lamar, and is sur rounded by some ns fertile hinds as are found anywhere in Darlington county. Unfortunately fur this sec tion it has never had as good educa tional facilities as were enjoyed l-v more favored localities. Good public j roads al.-o add to any community. We have had a road only two years, so you see we are in our infancy as a community. We organized a Sunday-school in our midst, a few mouths ago, the first that had ever been in the reach of some who had resided here for years. No doubt this section is im proving rapidly iu morals as well as teniporaly. We use noudenomina- tional literature iu our school and we have preaching occusionaly. Our pulpit is upon to any preacher w ho is a true man of God auil who preaches the gospel and takes the Bible for his guide, be he of any denomina tion o.- profession. We ho|>e that no circuit rider will think for otic moment that our. intentions are an tagonistic to any church or creed, and that any local preacher who feels disposed, when it does not cou- ilict wit h other clerical work assigned hint, will drop in and give us a word of encouragement and not be pre vented from doing so simply because we are in the backwoods, as has been the case recently. We think that no ciicuit rider who has the spiritual welfare of the people at heart wonld take that view of it. Rev. John Anderson has just closed a series of services at our church. He has had very large and attentive congregations and no doubt there has been good accomplished. He is what is known as a holiness preacher and is very much lined by the people in this community. Mobe Axon. Fourth of July Baseball. Reported f--r Tub IIekalo. Darlington played Florcuci two games on the Florence grounds on July 4, Florence winning the morn ing game by a score of 9 to 10, hut - Darlington got even with her in the! P‘ i,ce . 0, ‘ ‘ l '^ knturdav and Sim- ufternouu, winning the second hv morning. Sunday being a rainy superb hutting and battery work, the 11 ^ l ‘ v ; persons attended. Letter from Cypress. From our Regular Correspondent. Cypress, S. C., July a, 1894.— Mr. J. Boyd DuBose, of this piece, was married on Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock to Miss Belle Nusom, of the Clyde section. His father, Mr. J. W. DuBose gave them a reception on Wednesday. We extend our cou- gratulalion to this young couple. Mr. B. Sidney Jusoy, who has been attending the Citadel Academy at Charleston, returned home on last Saturday from Rock Hill and York- villo, where they have been iu en campment. Sidney looks well and very much like a soldier. Elder J. B. Wilron preached two very strong and foreenble sermons at Factory Dots. From our Regular Correspondent. Mr. Jessie Burns is on the sick list this week. Mrs. Butler is visiting relatives and. friends in Marion this week. Master John Staton is very ill, but it is hoped that lie will soon recover. Mrs. Wade Smith and Miss Alice McKay is visiting friends in Sumter this week. Misses Pauline and Maggie Rol lins, of Timmousyille, visited friends and relatives here this week. The mill closed down on Wednes day, July 4. Some of the young folks attended the hall games iu Florence. Mr. Anderson and family left for Columbia on Wednesday where they will engage in the cotton mill. They have the best wishes of this com munity. l!ev. J. A. Williams, of Columbia, sjient last Sunday at this place visit ing relatives and friends. He left on Monday for Benuettsville where he is to hold a revival meeting. No Protection Against Kain. Editor Darlington Herald: Want you please allow me space to call the attention of the Buselmll Association to the fact that the stand in the Park is no protection against rain, and to beg that they put a shingle roof on it. At the game last week, for the benefit of the Guards, when it rained so hard, a good many of the ladies had their dresses almost muted by getting them wet Now Mr. Editor you can well immagine how bad this was, especially in hard times like this and is very earnestly hoped that this complaint will be heeded. Of course we, the ladies, all want to look our best, not only to encourage the players, but, alas! for the confession of feminine vanity, also to outshine each other. In the name of all the ladies I appeal to The Herald to use its influence to give us a water tight roof on the stand. One of the Sufferers. The Herald will do its best in the way of prodding up the Baseball Association. very little conception The Coker Cornet Band will give! privatioui and actual sufferings that are too often the portion of the poor; »n tee cream festival at their hand stand on Tuesday evening, July 10, for the purpose of buying new in struments. it is hoped that the f tublic will patronize the festival literally. Complaint has been made in refer ence to the habit that some folks in dulge, in of pouring the contents of their slop buckets from the windows of thiir rooms in the business part of the town. Police can secure par ticulars by culliug at this office. At the recent commencement of Wofford College the-degree of D. D. was confered on Rev. George Will iams Walker. Mr. Walker or rather Dr. Walker, Was a former pastor of the Methodist Church here and his many friends will Ik- glad to learn of this recognition of bis knowledge of theology. Rev, J. A. Rice, who has rocentlv been elected president of IheCulmu- Ha Female College, has had another honor confered on him and is no., Dr. Rice, the degree of D. D. having been confered on him ut the recent commencement of the South Caro lina College, of which institution ho is a distinguished graduate, lie is one of the best scholars iu the South UrviliM Cwlvrawk for if they did suffering on-the part of those who are unfortunate would he comparatively unknown. If any otic feels disposed to wonder why the poor arc with us, the answer is an easy one. Were they not here there would never be the opportunity to exercise our charity, and were this not done we wonld all very soon grow callous and seltish and all the truer and grander part of our nature would wither and die. No one can be a true Christian unless his heart is tilled with love uud compassion for his suffering fellow-creatures and illustrates by his acts the teachings of One whose life, while on earth was one of sublime charity for all who suffered. Any contributions for this family can be left at The Herald office. score being 8 to 9. The Darlington hoys before leaving town heard ru mors to the effect that the Florence manager had telegraphed for the Savannah professional battery and on arriving ut Florence the said rumor proved to be true for the Savannah battery held the points for Florence in the afternoon game and they proved to he a couple of good players. Very few pitchers could have made any headway against such terrific batting as the Darlington hoys put up. The weather was fear ful, Old Sol came very near knock ing out sonic of the players on the first strike, it was regular 18 karat July heat. The attendance ut the morning game was small. There was a large crowd iu the afternoon, among which was a good representa tion from Darlington,thereby making Darlington’s victory all the better, for Florence, with the help of her pro fessional battery, was determined ti win, but alas, as one of the players remarked, the grounds were turned into a cemetery, in which their hopes were buried. The first g one lacked a crowd and was not very interesting. Darlington lost the game by not having but eight of her regular players. The features of this game was McCul lough’s playing, he is Credited with one home run, one two base hit and three runs. Corniff also played fine ball, striking out twelve men, mak ing a double, one single and two runs. Jennings and Myers also played well. The evening game was full of in terest. The feature was the mag nificent playing of Register. He knocked a home run in the fifth in ning and repeated it in thi event!), and in the eight he knock 1 three of the longest balls ever id iu Florence, but unforim . > they were in the foul lin'' ’ - pitched Some sneak thief stole out of Cypress Church the carpet, lamps and sacrament set. A reward will be paid for the recovery of the property and proof to convict the thief. We hope everybody will keep on the lookout for these stolen articles. Don’t Employ Bad Characters. It would be well for the police to keep a strict watch for sneak thieves. Several attempts were made last week to break into Mrs. Pierce’s house and on Friday night some one forced an entrance into Mr. Sam Leweuthal’s store and secured all the loose charge in the money drawer. The people themselves are "somewhat to blame for these thefts, for the reason that they sometimes give employment to those who are known to be professional thieves. To illus trate what wc mean we call attention to the case of a little colored boy who has been living in town for sometime. He is a hopeless scamp and has been in jail mid the guard house a mini her of times for chicken stealing, yet, despite this, he is given odd jobs and on one or two occas ions we have seen him helping to sweep out one of the stores on the square. This chap should not lie allowed to enter a store for he will undoubtedly steal anything that he can lay his hands on. If he were to find some way to get. into the store that gave him work it would of course lie charged to the neglect of the police, but in fact would be the fault of the proprietor himself. Be sides this giving employment to those We have had lob. of raiu^at last 1 of bad character is an injustice to the large number of honest industri ons colored people who arc always glad to secure work and our people look cheerful and happy and they are busy sowing down peas in their stuble lands. J. A. D. Give Us the News Regularly. We are very glad to publish the letter of our Hopewell correspondent and hope, that lie mil give us a letter at least every few weeks. If our friends in different sections of the county would make a point of giving us the news, from time to time, it would add very much to the interest of the paper and also bring the people into closer relation with each other. A man who lives in one s-o- tion of the county likes to know what is going on in other communi ties, and the only way iu which this can be accomplished is through the instrumentality of the newspapers. The folks who live iu the town like to know what is going on in the country and the farmers like to keep posted on the doings of the people who follow other occupations. As we have stated time and again it is our desire to make The Herald a welcome visitor to the homes and firesides of the people, and iu order to do this wc must give them all the news that is worth knowing. We oi ly request that our friends make their letters, us short as they can and only give us news that will be of general interest, and also to hear in mind that it is notVe'I to mix up news and polit-co, for they are en- | tirely distinct ic liter relations to each other. In this connection we wish to say BUSINESS, NOT GAS I Don’t Be Blind, There’s Com in Yet, and the World Moves Just the Same. Egypt on 1 am in the procession and take the lead, let those follow who can. No mail can sell goods cheaper than I can and stay in business. My goods are arguments, my prices are eloquence itself. My aim is to make both goods and prices satisfactory to all. I succeed when others fail to save you money. Calk and see what it means to deal with a progressive wide-awake man and be convinced. Some say I sell goods too cheap, yes I sell cheap because I can do it. I don’t bribe the public with cheap goods, everything is a bargain. Compare goods and prices and be convinced. We haye but one price and that is ABSOLUTELY CASH. Just received 4,920 pairs of Socks and Stockings, 16,507 yards Laces, 2,000 yards China Silks, bought at 50 and 60 per cent, under value. h Folloiig Prices Til Me h Gent’s imported Balbriggau Socks, only 15c.; worth 25c. Children’s full ribbed, only 5c. Ladies’ black seamless, only 10c. Five pound Note Paper, only 2c. per quire. Best Needles, seven papers for 5c. Turkish Bath Soap, three cakes for 5c. Window Shades, 25c. and up. Oxford Ties, solid, 05c. Floor Matting, 12 }c. and up. Water-proof Collars, 10c. 4,920 pairs Stockings, 5c. and up. 16,507 yards of Lace, one-half cent per yard and up. Balbriggan Seamless Socks, 10c. per pair. SPECIAL SILK SALE! 'wo Thousand yards Chia j2 Resolution of Respect. Headquarters Darlington Guards, Darlington, S. C., June JO, 1894. Whereas, It has pleased God to re move Inim ns the Rev. John Stout a non-active member of our compony. Resolved, That in his death our company has sustained a great loss. That in him we have lost one of our most zealous, useful uud valuable members. And further, That our com munity has lost one of its noblest, purest and most public-spirited citi zens, a useful and devoted Christian gentleman, a loss which will bo long missed. That our sympathy he extended to his bereaved family. That a page in our minute book be devoted to his memory and that a copy of those resolutions be sent to his family and published iu The Darlington Herald and The News. M. T. Lidf, W. A. Parrott, R. E. James, Committee. Annual meeting of the Phosphate Company. The Darlington Phosphate Com pany li'-ll its aniuml meeting on July 2. The old board of directors were re-elected. At the request of Mr. C. S. McCullough he was re- a flue game, yielding . tour base hits. Hutchinson also p i yed a flue'onr Cypress correspondent that ho lieved of the duties of president and game, as his record will slnw. The' 1 ‘ ‘ ' 1 11 -i— managed to escape a g>*>d that we proposed to give his long silence. He has escape and we has just scolding him for made a very narrow Mr. E. Keith Dargan was elected to this position. Mr. McCullough was elected general manager. The busi ness has increased very rapidly and The excise law in Boston permits j Florence plays Darlington one nope it will be u warning to him. it has been found necessary to in druggists to sell liquor under a spec-1 g a , uo oll Monday evening at thoj _ crease their plant, which will be ial license. Some pharmacists | Darlington park, and it promises to The lirst iron bridge ever erected done ini mediately, making it a tifty taking out the license have opend j t, 0 ver y exciting. j in the world, ami which is in con- ton mill. A compress for pressing half a dozen branch stores and huve| -o- I stunt use ut the present lime, spans! the hulls into merchantable shape, lecu doing h thriving whiskey j The lirst hale of new crop cottoiU a little river in the country of Salop, j has been ordered, which will make business in each. Now the State! was shipped from Houston, Texas, on the railroad leading fron Shrews- 1 the plant more complete. It will board has ruled that this cannot be | July 2, to New York. It hailed. Iniry to Worcester, England. Iti cost $3,000. Despite the hard times done unless u financially interested j from Duval county, Texas, and was i was huiit in the year 1778 uud is 96 I the company has had a successful partner has charge of the branch > graded about strict middling and was sold at auction tot' >1 cents. feet in length ; total amount of iron uicd iu cofiiU'uctiou, >78 tons. season and have declared a dividend Of ti JX:f CGltt and Light colors for Waists, 25c, 26, 27 and 28 cents; cost 37ic. to import. We have a full line of White Goods, 5 a and up. dial lies, all wool, Saltines Prints, in fact all kiuds of Summer Dress Goods. Full line Ladies’ Uudenvare, handsome goods. Undervests, 5c. each. We also have a factory and make Pants and Shirts. Good Pants, only 65c. Lust, but not least, is our Millinery Department In charge of our MISS SARAH GARDNER. She is a first* class artist Can make any kind of a Hat or Bonnet from its base and garnish it to suit the most fastidious, hats and be convinced as to quality and price, and none can follow. Call and see her She leads in both Respectfully, RED FLAG RACKET, J. J. SHEPARD, Pearl Street, Proprietor. Darlington,. S.^C.