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\ 1 ( JU4. vor,. XXVIII, NO. 31 DARLINGTON, S (J., THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, WHOLE NUMBER 1,475 iia(hcre4 Froa Varltms S«Brrr>* aa4 ('•■4rn»r4 for Quirk ReadDK. Wilson Barrett, a world-fam ous English actor, died in Lon don on Friday of cancer. The meat packers’ strike con tinues, the attempt at arbitration having fallen through. Robert Keys, a prosperous farmer, was shot and killed on Sunday at Jonesboro, Tenn., by Joe Martin, his son-in-law. About 25,000 cotton mill oper atives went out on strike in Fall River, Mass., yesterday because of a second reduction of wages 12 1-2 per cent. Bob Souther and Courtenay Baker, negroes, negroes, will be hanged at Rome, Ga., Aug. 18th. The former killed two negroes; the latter killed his wife. Frank Satterwhite, a farmer of Princess Anne county, Va., crazed by jealousy killed his wife on Friday night with a monkey-wrench. He fled and has not been captured. Senator Burton, of Kansas, convicted of accepting a fee for services before the postofflce de partment while a senator, has appealed to the United States supreme court and his case will be heard before that tribunal in the fall. The testimony in the trial of W E Breese, of the First Nation- 1 al bank of Asheville, N. C., for embezzlement reveals, among other things, that the widow of the late Bill Nye entrusted all her property to him and lost it. W T Scott, colored, the can didate for president of the na tional liberty party, has be m deposed because he is servin a sentence in St Louis jail for keeping a disorderly house, and George E Taylor of Ottumwa, Iowa, has been chosen to fill the place. The cotton crop in Southeast em, Ala, was badly damaged b a ten-ific hail storm. Bryan has issued a mamf, in which ho i n i.Les t ■ me f> Parker u Ou ■ • Miss Rm.e Levy, aged nr, milted si:wide in New \ c' 1 ,? -jer r ath '• a retin. r < 'vnt wo • , no’ let her mu, tee young man sh<> loved. It k U en estimated that the total amount of insurance money paid to those who lost their lives in the great Balth , e Are will exceed thirty millio illars. Fully 300 phys ..u : re to be sent irom the U./mJ States to the isthmus of P; oama to en deavor to make labor on the big c«nal safe from a sanitary stand point. Colonel John S Mosby, of Con federate guerrilla fame, who was recently appointed an Assistant Attorney in the Department of Justice, at Washington, is 71 years old. Edgar T Washburn, a big grain merchant of Buffalo, N Y, -shot and killed his wife and slaughter and then committed suicide on Friday. Business troubles is stated as the cause. A cat owned by Uriah Adams, of Mt Holly, N J, recently killed a rat which had about its neck a diamond ring belonging to his laughter. Search for the lost l ring had been abandoned. Frank Carter, of Lawton, Ok lahoma, and his wife have been married but eighteen years, and they are the join* parents of twenty-three children aH liv- j ing. Fourteen of the children are twins. (’apt John Taylor W"<ni.grand son of Zachary Taylor and ne phew of Jefferson I>avis, died I last week at Halifax, Nova Soc- ita, aged 74. He was on the staff of President Davis during I the C’.vil War. There has been placed in the State Library, at Richmond, plate armor taken from the body of a Federal soldier on the Seven Pint's field. It is claimed that this sustains the charge that Northern soldiers wore armor. Wiley Davis, of Bremen, Har- rolson com ty, Georgia, is dead, at the a.- of 115 years. He lived in m r ,on county nearly all of ’ and had been a very man until a few year-. ;i m le was considered th< ' ~v >an in Georgia. U r er s Story of a Juggler. Philadelphia Record. directors’ meeting in - V >rk recently John D del idler is said to have told t) - hiory. “The other day 1 1 -d of a woman who would 'tade an excellent account ■ a: r. This woman’s hus- Lv.au always left in her posses sion a number of blank signed checks She was free to use these checks, but he required from her a full explanation of the expenditure that had been made with each of them. ' :li was looking over the ■ u i.e< day. ' an say here,’ he said, •k v.fj, for J‘f went .ai ■ xp, • w What hi). , ••! «• r> W. • I: te?’ .v I Urr an, ,’ was ,he won.all's ns . *. STATE mi Items of Interest Culled From Our Various Exchanges. There are nine candidates for coroner of Greenwood county The State summer school at Winthrop college. Rock Hill, closed on Wednesday, j Two negroes were killed by I light ning on St Helena Island near Beaufort last week. | J A Summersett, trainmaster ! of the O, N & L road has mov ed from Columbia to Laurens J M Sullivan was re-elt'Cted mayor of Anderson on Monday, i defeating Paul E Ayer by 141 ! votes. The Columbia Record says .there are Lti,.ioi; (hi K n in the State, valued at $4d7,t;i;i'>, and Only 40.1 :Sv sheep' valued at $11] ,770. H H Crum, late liquor eom- ' missioner, died at his home in i Uenmark, Bamberg county, a 1 few days ago from a stroke of paralysis. A Union county constable I found a nice suit case in a ne gro’s house and in it a tin can | with two gallons of corn liquor J E Gilmer, a young white i | man, was arrested in Columbia on the charge of raising a dol lar bill to a ten dollar bill. There are six men under sen tence of death in the Eighth circuit—one of them, Hoyt ilayesof Oconee, being a white man, the others negroes. At a meeting of cotton mill men in Greenville it was de | cided to reduce their produc tion 25 per cent during the months of August and Septem ber. The surety company that was on the bond of E D Free, the defaulting treasurer of Barn well county, has paid the defal cation, amounting to $1 IJhio.t 1 Arr; .emeu!-' are being made gin pairs • which s i i auction ai in the fad as no serious effects from the fluid The Columbia State reports 'hat it is thought now that the S luthern will build its exten sion from Wards to Saluda in a few months. That ho engii has been in Columbia in eon nection with the survey of in. proposed line and that the • seems little doubt but that tu, road will f e built very soon. Lawrence Russell, night watchman at the Anderson cot ton mills, accidentally killed himself by taking an overdose of anti-febrine by mistake. He supposed he was taking Epsom salts. He was fifty-five years old ami married. Governor Heyward has grant ed b pardon to Hugh Nicholson of Chesterfb Id countv, who seems to be weak-minded. He killed a man named Sutton and was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to three years on the chamgang. Nicholson is in very poor health. W E Deaton was convicted in York county of the murder of J Lawrence Patterson, a Fort Mill barber, and a recom mendation to mercy was made by the jury Deaton and his wife were both on trial and the wife testified that she fired the fatal shot and that Patterson had ruined Heaton’s home, she being criminally conncc*" ' it the jury refus' d to belie ( In r story and found Imr not gull and to r husband guilty. ( m,' \ out hunting hart beerde one day with a rifle which had not been used for a long time. While tinkering with a charge the gun exploded, tearing his left thumb in shreds. 1 rug r'- companions wanted to \. e hunt and hurry to • t . r. t surgeon, hut the ning Boer refused Taking out his hunting knife he placed the lacerated thumb u. stock of the rifle and u .ted it himself. By tying ,r ; ie stump a piece "f raw- I, stopped the flow of 1 blood, and, winding around it! his red handkerchief, he con- 1 tinned the sport. Once, when he was chasing a buffalo bull and his horse had | brought him close to the game the buffalo stumbled and fell into a wallow filled by recent raias from muddy pool Un-| ahf« to check his speed, the horee followed, and with his ridor fell in a heap oil the bull. Not for an instant did Kruger lose his presence ot mind. He sprung from his horse, and seizing the horns of the bnffalh, twisted the head so as to Wing the nose and mouth of the ani mal under water. There he held it by mam force, himself astride of the buffalo, until it was drowned. Cost! Cost!! Why h Wpp j (Jouniry “So glad to come out here to see you,” said the visitors, ac cording to the Cleveland Plain Dealer. “The place is just lovely. But tell me—why did you move so far away from the city? Was the smoke to dis agreeable?” “No.” ‘Oh, the noise of the street curs bothered you?'' “No.” “Was it the rush and rattle that you couldn’t stand v ’' “No.” “Then why, pray, did you come out here?” “Just to try and get away from the inquisitive bores in the city.” hotel privile, been granted 1 of control. . i.e necessary re Larleston hotel, . '-iiny s. •!' i . tvill be i i i urist hotel. A has alreadv he state hoard Sarah Bennet. i ■ I nurse, was arrested in Cun-, 'on for sprinkling the h ■ ;• ear-old child of Conductor Thomas Jellico, of the Southern rail way, with a solution of carbolic | acid, which burnt the child's \head and face and neck con siderahly. The solution had been used in sprinkling plants to kill insects and the woman turned the sprinkler on the child. It is said that the ne gro has maltreated the child before and the sprinkling of ( acid was done in wanton mean ness. The child is badly hlist- lered, hut will doubtless suffer ii. It has been reported fron Charleston licit a row is said ' | he impending in the iiffain the Virginia-Carolina Chemu ! company, which may result in I the disruption of the big ferti- ilizer trust and the organization ot a competing company. Aciording to the reports, it is said, the affairs are in a had way for the company holding together on account of dissen- lions among the stockholders. Stories ot Oom Paul Kruger. As an athlete the late “Oom” Kruger’s physical powers of strength and endurance were almost beyond belief. At is years of age for a sma w ige wer a st-aightwa' com sr • i Too , h actual oiiL .ir a good .me i Iden •% : p ", •oiient. i of his nr - i . . oral I >-i mances, sc U, ’hica. > riiiij e was an C _ re i.gj'n •* a number of Kaf chi* is the pick of that trT The course as laid out covered so miles. He was so far ahead that lie went in and made him self a cup of coffee. Being dis covered by his father, the old man, fearful of the result, angrily hade him be gone. The young fellow obeyed, of course, but bef ire starting took up a favorite light rifle, determined to obtain some game. Tnat afternoon he led his opponents sufficiently to permit of his taking a short hunt. The result of it was that he searched the veldt, shot a lion and reached the goal hours in advance of Ins competitors. 'I ''me aer c mon'i- ers, ie• " “d ; is , ufeu :i ' ree r’s famous decision in inheritance is in an- :• and worthy of Solo- ement. Two broth : t her had bequeath rty to be equally iween them, could i -ree upon the division, n !o Oom Paul to settle F *i • ite. He said to the elu a: “You ire the eldest, are . a not?” and, being an swered in the affirmative, con tinued: “Then you shall divide tho. property. The elder broth er was mm'h pleaded and the younger u respondingly crest fallen Hut < m Paul went on. Turning o' mother: “You are ’■ yo ia so yon shall have . choice of the lots.” 00,000 DAMAGE BY HAIL. - itfic Storm Devastates South- eastern Alabama. 1 ■ \ Ala,,July 27.—Details bail “tormlUot, mssed im isi Ala i •>“ f t-> <- il v ■ , ( /as turn alia I mere 1 to Cotton was stripped of •i r '6ti foliage, and the bare si.dk is left as evidence of the severity of the storm. The loss on cotton is estimat ed at fully $100,000, and the loss on other crops, buildings and stocks at $200,000. Hail as large as hen eggs fell, and many stones yet remain on the ground All the sufferers are land rent ers. An appeal for aid is made. You have no doubt heard this often--but we are going to make this one interesting to you. Every article enumerated below will be sold at cost for the next three weeks. .•. .•. .•. All Suits, ” Extra Pants, Serge Coats and Vest, ” Serge Coats, ” Alpaca Coats, Pagamas, Straw Hats, Linen Caps, White Duck Caps, Nainsook Drawers. Our Fall Stock will commence to arrive in a few weeks, and we want room; hence this sale. Cunningham & Dove, Gents Outfitters Mr Kruger, when a young A CONVICT SUICIDES. Fred Brown Cuts His Throat at the Penitentiary. Fred Brown, a negro convict at the penitentiary, committed suicide today by cutting his throat. Tiie negro was either temporarily insane or frighten ed when he committed the deed, as there ppears to be little reason for :. Brown > as oae of the cooks, and this m rn.ng had a row with Johh W uBhmgton, another negro, who h a: > at work in the kitchen. s not known exactly whnt ■ au f the row, but the guards hearing the noise put a stop n it at once and threatened both with pun- isl.-nent if it w is not stopi ed. Then the suicide v>nk plan- so juickly that there was no t mt for medical aid t< s&ve the darkey’s life. He simply drew the knife across h.s throat and fell down. The jugular vein was served, and ot course there was no hope tor him. Brown was scrying a life sen tence from Lexington county for the murder of another negro in 1891. While not a trusty he was, as a rule, quiet and only occaaiocally gave trouble. 8upt Griffith, who regrets the affair very much, was notified at once and made arrangements for the disposal of the body. The suici de created a great deal of excite ment among the other prisoners who happened to be in the pen itentiary at the time, but no trouble was given and the guards were in command of the situation throughout. Ua Kind To Snakes. Most farmers, and especially boys, take trouble to hunt down a snake when they are really the farmers’ friends. Many persons will leave a carriage or team m the road to kill a snake they see upon the roadside. And as for the black snake that hves under the house or old porch, it is e greater enemy to mic; 'pod rats than Pie best cat cc j uld oovsihl La, white it would not harm ac i-iant; in fact, could be lamed io be very interest ing. Kindness always wins snakes, and they willsb' w it as perceptibly as most creatures black Some people an like whiskers They live on cheek Some men look for : fob »s though they are a f r, thjv might get it. When the tenor sings * wom- ing Through the Rye” is it necessarily a high haw ? Many a man who has been carried away by bis own en thusiasm has been obliged to walk back. The inventor of a flying ma chine isn’t the only one to real- iz- that riches take unto them- se ves wings The man who comes out or top loses sight of the fact that the froth on a glass of beer does the same trick. The temperance agitator w A black snake pet is mor. leH you that the m(xra wou , d cleanly adog or cat is tar ful! if u wo , lld onl 8tick less trouble, will respond to the m j| ky w . J Ih!^ CaU “ 1 uic i ly ’ U’h all wob’enou^h to scatter i.An 17 evidence of aJfec- of kin , lQest> * bui don , t tion as sincerely, and if its wcu t,. R n T ,. llr a , fangs should scratch the skin gome 0 { j t f or a rai da or even penetrate the flesh the Ths trouble with the people result m not so annoying as the who are ^ proud to tegznd scratcv.os from the briars that ^ honest to steal is that they pick "“ o ' rr"*"* * ,m ^ “ Tabloid Philosophy. The girl who has the most ring isn’t always a belle. Fresh Turnip Seeds for fall planting. G O Mertz. WHITTINGTON’S. |= The Night And Day Drug Stoi re. is the place to buy if you wish to get the best goods for the least mon- ey. We can save you money on many things in the drug line. Seven of The Best Five Cent Cigars For T wenty Five Cents. We are sending out the Finest Ice Cream in all the most Popular Flavors. All Cold Drinks Five Cents. TELEPHONE ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED. Opeen Until Midnight M M Hi} «}. WHITTINGTON’S DRUG STORE*