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THE DARLINGTON HERALD.
VOL. III.
DARLINGTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JUNE 2J,
NO. 43.
CURRENT TOPICS.
WHAT YOU KNOW AND WHAT YOU
DON’T KNOW.
Personals and Short Items or In
terest to the Local and General
Header.
Attraction in the x>pcra house
to-night
Remember the races at the truck
this afternoon.
Remember the excursion to the'
Hammocks to-morrow. Train leaves
6.00 o’clock, a. m.
Tama Kennedy has been convicted
of petty larceny by Trial Justice
Dargou and sentenced to twenty-one
daysTncmmty jail. .
Tho young folks had a very pleas
ant sociable last night at the resi
dence of Mr. H, iS. McCullough,
which was well attended.
Mr. C. S. McCullough hits been
elected president and treasurer of the
Phosphate Company, in place of the
late Dr. W. J. Alexander.
Mr. C. B. Edwards has commenced
building his house on Yankee hill. It
is one of the prettiest sites in town
and has some very line trees on it.
To-morrow morning at 0 o’clock
the excursion train to the Hammocks
will leave. Get your ticket to-day
from Messrs. W. G. Dickson or II. A.
James.
The Herald returns thanks for
an invitation from Mrs. Manne, to
attend the wedding reception of Miss
Carrie Manne who will marry Mr.
Aaron Silverburg on Tuesday even
ing, June 27. We extend our good
wishes and congratulations.
Up to tho present time, the corn
crop promises to be one of the best
that we have ever had. One or two
more good rains will make it per
fectly safe. The farmer who buys
bis corn next year will have to make
Some Other excuse for his folly and
not charge it up against the weather.
Every bottle of the dispensary
whiskey ought to have a corkscrew
tied to it so that it cun be opened
without any trouble. Just imagine
the annoyance that it will cause the
thirsty citizen to have to draw the
cork with his teeth or gouge it out
with a knife, There is no patent on
| V this suggestion,
Ur, D, A. G, Outs, the big
Edgefield man, who made himself
conspicuous in the late campaign bv
wearing stripes on his pants with
Charleston World written on them,
has been appointed shipping clerk
for the State dispensary. We sug-
S st that be advertise this institution
the same way.
The ladles who are emploved in the
State dispensary arc paid the misera
ble pittance of fifty cents for ten
hours work. This furnishes a
Splendid occasion for General Hemp
hill and Colonel Dargan to raise a
howl about Injustice to the fair sex in
the way of salaries, and, in this case
at least, they will have justice on
their side.
There was a slight earthquake
shock on Tuesday night, between
eleven and twelve o’clock. A good
many people who keep early hours
were asleep and the disturbance was
not great enough to wake those who
are sound sleepers. There is not the
least occasion for nervous folks to
lose any sleep in worrying about
these slight shocks, that arc never
severe enough in our section, to do the
least harm.
The Winnsboro News and Herald
says: The death of Dr. W. J. Alex
ander in Darlington removcsJrom the
State a high type of a gentleman, a
i irofound scholar, and a man eingu-
arly pore. He was formerly pro
fessor of Logic and Psychology in the
South Carolina College. His old
students, who remember him so
~ pleasantly and recall the ability with
, which he filled his chair, are espe
cially grieved at his death. Truth is
advanced by the lives of such men as
Alexander.
At the Bosco entertainment on
Eridsy night, a well known young
inst), whose face is about os destitute
bf beard as a girls, drew a moustache
.{tip. He is hesitating us to whether
he will trade It ofi or try the efificacy
bf a bottle of beard elixir. We extend
bur sincere sympathy to this young
g lenten, and trust that he will
in mind the fact that a thing
>ver so.bad but what it might be
worse. Just suppose, for instance,
that he had drawn a razor and
(having brush.
We are extremely sorry that our
fellow townsman, lion. "George W.
Dargan, did not secure the position
of District Attorney, but tiiis could
not be, and we arc truly glad that
the choice of the president should
have fallen on Mr. Murphy, who i?
thoroughly competent m every re-
apect to discharge (he responsible
duties of the office, and will reflect
credit both upon himself and the
State. We aiucerely trust that Mr.
Cleveland may be as happy in his
ether appointments as he has in the
case of Mr. Murphy. Even the
Columbia Register admits his legal
ability and his other qualifications
for the place.
Professor Goshauu in the opera
’lb*.
ON THE WING.
Arrivals and Departures in Dar
lington This Week.
Mr. W. D. Waters, a former resi
dent is in town.
Miss Edith Law is visiting rela
tives in Gheraw.
Mr Russell Hart is back from
Furman University.
Mr. Frank Wurdlaw lias returned
from Davidson College.
Mr. and Mrs. M.« Marco left on
Monday for New York.
Mr. W. A. Brunson, of Florence,
was in town yesterday.
Miss Dell Walsh, of Boston, is
visiting friends in town.
Miss Clara Dunn, of Columbia, .is
visiting Miss Emmie Edwards.
Mr. S. A. Woods has returned from
a two weeks visit to the seacoust.
Miss Addio DesChanips, of Sumter,
is visiting Miss Josephine McCall.
Mr. Walter Norment, one of our
finest wheelmen, has gone to Balti
more.
Walter and Preston Edwards re
turned last week from Furman Uni
versity.
Miss Annie Patrick, of Greenville,
is visiting her sister, Mrs. Howard
Edwards.
Mr. E. M. Wilson, of Gheraw, a
popular traveling man, was in the
city yesterday.
Mr. G. K. King left on Friday to
spend the summer in the upper part
of North Carolina.
Mr. L. W. Dick, the former prin
cipal of the St. John’H School, is in
town on a short visit.
The friends of Mr. David Witcover
will lie pleased to learn that he, is
very much improved.
Dr. and Mrs. Perry, of Florida,
will spend several weeks with rela
tives in Darlington this summer.
Dr. and Mrs. Galloway left yester
day for Cleveland Springs where they
will spend the balance of the summer.
Miss Janie Bass, of Swift Creek,
who has been visiting friends in
Greenville returned to her home last
week.
Misses Mamie and Lula Vuss,
formerly of this county, but now of
Greenwood, arc visiting Miss Janie
Howie.
Mr,5. K|mmic Johnson, of Manning,
is visiting her parents, Capt. anti
Mrs. Buss, in the Swift Greek neigh
borhood.
Misses Edna and Eliza Dargan
have returned from All Healing
prings, N. C., where they have been
attending school.
Mr. Thos. P. Weston Jr., of (he
Columbia State was in town yester
day arranging for the delivery of Ids
paper on the day of its publication.
Miss Mamie Dove, one of the recent
graduates of the Sumter Institute,
won the medal for scholarship at the
final examination of that institution.
Mr. G. C. Walsh, who has been a
resident of the town for sometime,
will leave on the July 1st for Texas
where he will take charge of an oil
mill.
Mr. E. Rotholz left on Wednesday
for a trip to Germany, and will be
gone several months. The object of
his visit is to see his mother who is
now very old.
Mr. J. W. Thompson, of Abbeville,
spent a few days of this . week in
Darlington. He came down to attend
the wedding of Mr. Wardlaw and
Miss Edwards.
Miss Barbara Parrott, who has
been in Kansas City preparing her
self to become a missionary, lias re
turned to Darlington on account of
the death of her sister, Mrs. F. R.
Rhodes.
Floyi the Lucky Alan.
On Saturday last Mr. J. Buckne"
Floyd was appointed county dispel',
ser.
There were three applicants for tne
position, viz: Messrs. Frank R.
Rhodes, J. Buckner Floyd, G. A.
Bland.
Mr. C. 8. Nettles has been employed
bv citizens who are opposed to the
dispensary, to get an injunction to
ke«> the dispensary from opening.
The board of control will meet
to-morrow nivl decide where the dis
pensary will be located and elect a
clerk to the dispenser.
Mr. Floyd, the successful candi
date, is a young man of about twenty-
four years, and is a son of Trial
Justice Floyd.
A Home Wedding.
Mr. Patterson Wardlaw and Miss
Claudia Edwards were married on
Wednesday nightr at the residence of j
the bride’s mother, t he ceremony I
being performed by l!ev. John Stout.!
The following were the maids of!
honor: Misses Emmie Edw.uds, j
Mary Coker, Mattie Lide,Clara Dunn j
of Columbia, Bertie ’Vardlaw, Floriej
Rogers, Annie Edwa. Js. Flower girl j
—Mary Woodruff. The wedding was 1
attended by a large number oi the
relatives and friends of the contract
ing parties. Mr. and Mrs. Wardlaw
left on Thursday morning fora short
bridal trip.
Light coats and vests for the
summer wwulhvf wiling very low at
BlMkwollBrQii “ 9 *
BICYCLE NOTES.
SEVERAL FINE WHEELS ARRIVE
THIS WEEK.
is riding a
Prdcstrians Should Take the Inside
of the Pavement in Order to
Avoid Collisions.
Mr. Louis Bristow
Wavcrly.
Mr. L. Williamson has purchased
a Waverly.
Mr. C. M. Ward is riding a No. 4
Rambler racer.
Mr. G. 0. Lee, of Lydia, is riding
a No. 1 Rambler.
Mr. Louis Norment has purchased
a Rambler track racer.
Mr. J. Buckner Floyd lias ordered
a Rambler track racer.
In turning corners wheelmen
should ring their bells several times.
Mrs. C. 8. McCullough and Mrs.
F. E. Norment were out yesterday
afternoon on their wheels.
It is likely that a meeting of the
cyclists will lie culled next week, for
the purpose of organizing.
Mr. G. E. Dargan, agent of the
C. 8. & N. Railroad at this place, is
“breaking” a No. 4 Rambler racer.
In order to avoid collisions,
pedestrians are requested to take the
inside of the pavement and the
wheelmen the outside.
Mr. J. E. Norment is now the
proud owner of a Rambler racer.
With black enamel frame, copper
rims and nickel spokes, it is the
showiest wheel in Darlington.
Attention Farmers.
While our farmers are complain
ing of the scarcity of money, and
stand ready to sustain any measure
that promises relief, it would be well
for them to pause and consider how
how much they are responsible for
this condition of affairs, and if the
remedy be in reach to make use of it
without delay. In order to prove
what we say we present a few figures
lor their consideration and challenge
anyone to deny their correctness, it
is estimated by conservative and
reliable business men that over
§1100,000 goes out of this county
every year for meat, and to say
nothing of other things which would
add considerably to the figures we
have given. Of course there are a
great many farmers who make their
own supplies and we are yet to hear
of one that docs this that has not
succeeded in making a good living
and being able to meet his financial
obligations, but a large number of
them persist in the suicidal policy of
buying all their provisions, and it is
to thelc that our remark* are directed.
If the merchants could help it there
is not one that would ever let a box
of meat or a bushel of corn be put iu
his store, but as the case now stands
they are compelled to use their credit
to the utmost limit in order to
furnish farmers with what they
ought to make at home. §300,000
iu our banks, for the purpose of
making loans, would make nmey
matters comparatively easy with us,
especially when it is taken into con
sideration that if this money would
belong to our own people, and that
the farmer instead of being a
borrower might be a lender. If the
tariff could be revised and put on an
equitable basis, the 8tate and county
taxes all paid by the dispensary and
cotton keep up to ten cents, we would
not, with all these advantages, bo a
truly prosperous and independent
people until we put an absolute stop
to this great drainage on our financial
resources.
Death of Air. C. T. Alason.
The Sumter Watchman says: Mr.
C. T. Mason died at his borne iu this
city yesterday afternoon, after a long
illness. He was 64 years old and had
been a resident of Sumter for more
than forty years. He was the son of
the Rev. Thomas Mason, a Baptist
minister, mid was born in Darlington
county and raised in Camden, re
moving from that place to Sumter in
1850. He engaged in the watch and
jewelry business which he continued
for about forty years until failing
health caused him to retire a few
years since.
He devoted much of his time to
the stuly of electricity and telegraphy
and during the war was superintend
ent of the telegraph service of the
Confederate States, and made m
Sumter all the telegraph instruments
used in the service. Ho made a
number of improvements iu electrical
devices, but was never able to realize
the pecuniary return that their im
portance merited.
He was married twice, his first wife
being a Miss Britton, and his second
a daughter of Major William Single-
ton.
The funeral services were held at
his late residence this morning, and
was attended by a number of friends
of the deceased,
Mr. J. H. Mason and Mrs. T. S,
Joye, children of the deceased, and
Mrs. Alason and Mr. Joye attended
tho funeral services.
SALUTED GENERAL HAAII’TON.
Do you want the best household
sewing machine on the market, then
buy the "New Home” No. 0 or
SUudttril of JiJttvkwoll Broil
A Solitary Veteran in Colorado
parades in Honor of His Old Com
mander.
[From the Denver (Col.) News.)
For soim reason or other the reroii-
aut reverberation of marching legions
out at Sterling a few days ago failed
to reach the ears of the military
sleuths who nightly put their ears to
the ground iu the vicinity of the ar
mory in search of “Injun sign.”
The Confederate army at Sterling
turned out for escort duty and
marched to the depot. Jim May is
his name.
General Wade Hampton has had
lots of receptions in his time, includ
ing some of a very emjbusiastic char-
actei from the bine-coated soldiers,
but 'never harHttrltrtfFptlon like.'mi-
to that put up by Jim May. That
ancient warrior for twenty years has
mingled himself with the Union Pa
cific pay roll us a plearaut pastime
for piping times of peace, but when
he heard that his old commander,
the man whom he had carried on his
own broad shoulders across fourteen
miles of swamp, was coming West,
the warlike throb of the Clan May
pulsated again in his bosom and he
resolved that, come what may, the
general should receive a military
greeting at his hands. His mind
went back to the days when he stood
in the forefront of the strife clamp
ing the shattered staff from which
fluttered the colors of the South, and
he then thought of the next day,
when they had recovered their breath
after the hard running occorioned by
tv well-fed troop of Federal cavalry
and General Hampton complimented
him by name for his bravery.
So the Confederate army of Ster
ling dug up hia beloved old butter
nut uniform and lovingly girdled it.
around as ranch of his person us it
would encompass. It wouldn’t go
all the way round, for Jim’s diges
tive apparatus has thrived since it
ceased wrestling with hard tack and
insufficiently masticated shoe leather.
The army deployed in a solid
coinmnon the main street and march
ed to tho depot amid the acclimation
of the populace.
When General Hampton’s train
arrived, Commander May advanced,
saluted, gave three'cheers and then
went into the car, soiled and worn
uniform collapsed hat and all, and
had a hearty handshake with his old
leader. Maybe it was a foolish sort
of an affair, but the big crowd at
Sterling was very quiet while it was
going on, and when old Jim May,
with a suspicious lump in his throat,
marched buck up the street to his
work, he got a cheer that could be
head out on the prairie.
A Hcautiful Exhibit.
Nothing more strikingly shows the
perfects m to which the sewing
machine has been brought than the
almost marvelous variety of work
that can be done witli Jit. For three
days Blackwell Bros, had a magni
ficent display of work on exhibition
was done by the New Home Sewing
Machine, and it would be difficult to
believe it had not been done by hand,
except for the fact that they had an
expert at work all the time, showing
how easy it was to do the most intri
cate embroidery, and that too in every
variety of color. The colors, in the
heads of animals and in the flower
pieces were as well blended as if it
had been done by the painters brush.
This exhibit was of course merely to
show what the machine was capable
of and not for sale. For one pair of
embroidered velvet curtains the com
pany have been offered $1,000, but
will not dispose of them at any price.
In addition to its perfect accuracy,
the rapidity with which the work can
be done puts it in the power of those
who purchase these machines, to
ornament their homes at a very small
cost of time and labor. Any lady
who can use the machine, and who
has a good eye for colors, can easily
learn to do the work, which requires
no attachments whatever.
ON THE HILL.
HAPPENINGS AT THE FACTORY
THIS WEEK.
FIRED FOR FRA ID.
Personal Paragraphs Pertaining to
W holcsalc Dismissal of Federal Offi
cials in the State of Washington
Wakjiinutox, June 20.—Patrick
If. Winston, United States Attorney,
Thos. R. Brown, !’idled States Alar-
“EQUAL RIGHTS.”
GEN. IIEAIPIIILL DREARS LOOSE
IN A NEW PLACE.
Visiting People—Improvements I Andrew Watson, United States
and Other News.
lion. John Brown, of Mullins,
again * iib us for a day or so.
Air. Will Lowe, of Charleston, is
visiting friends in this vicinity.
Our people were alarmed on
Tuesday night by a slight earthquake
shock.
Airs. Afamie Tulton, of North
Carolina, is visiting her father, A! r.
W. A. Creason.
Rev. J. A. White organized a
Methodist chmcn here last Saturday
night, with alout twenty member?.
The mill will closedown Saturday
and the operatives will all be afforded
an opportunity of visiting the Ham
mocks, an opportunity that all should
take advantage of.
The Coker band desires it an
nounced that they will be prepared
to serve meals and refreshments on
board the train next Saturday. Their
terms will be reasonable.
Collector at Port Townsend, C. J.
I Afnlkey, United States special agent,
’•Land six special inspectors of customs
' in the Puget Round district, all in
the State ef Washington, have ! eoer.
dismissed as a result of reports made
to Secretary Carlisle by Special Tn
as-
He Makes an Appeal to tbc Young
•Wen of the State—Peace and
Popular Rights.
There are a number of promising
young men in this State who might
be of service to their day and genera
tion if they were not so blinded by
passion ami prejudice. The way to
An Interesting Catalogue.
We have received from President
D. B. Johnson the catalogue of the
Winthrop Normal College which con
tains not only the exercises Peabody
Alemonal Day, but also short sketches
of the historic women of South Caio-
lina. These sketches are, of neces
sity, short buc are well gotten up ai*l
reflect credit on the young ladies to
whom was assigned the task of
writing them. We do not know who
originated the idea of these sketches,
but it was a good one, os it not only
furnishes an incentive to the pupils
for historic research, but also keeps
us familiar with names that should
not be allowed to die. This college
is doing a great work in South Caro
lina and should be aided and en
couraged in every possible way. One
of .e greatest difficulties in the way
oi making our schools what they
ought to be is the lack of trained
teachers, and anything that tends in
the slightest degree to obviate this
trouble ought to commend itself to
every one. Teaching is a profession
and should not be regarded us a
stepping stone for something else.
Cypress News.
We have had some very fine rains
lately and General Green is making
his appearance in full force.
Miss Mamie Durant, of Bishopville,
spent last week at this place visiting
friends.
Air. Louis Rollins, of Lancaster,
spent iast Saturday in this conmiu-
uity.
Miss Lou Dunlap, of Bishopville,
paid a flying visit to friends in this
community last Saturday.
_ Mr, C. W. DuBose, of Darlington,
visited this place lust Sunday.
Wash Williams, u colored funner tn
this section is the first to report u
cotton bloom.
Air. J. II. Huggins has a very tine
crop of corn.
Cypress was well repiesentcd at
Hebron last Sunday afternoon at the
celebration of Children’s Day.
We have a good deal of sickness
in this community at present.
Air. C. L.Yntis, an insurance agent
of Greenville S, U., has been here for
some time and is doing a good deal
of work for his company. He repre
sents the Mutual of Kentucky.
Our boys have played two matches
with the DuBose’s Bridge boys. The
first game was 10 to 18 in favor of the
home team and the second game stood
13 to 26 iu favor of the Cypress boys.
He Found the Key.
Yesterday afternoon, Professor
Goshauu, the mind reader, gave u
good exhibition of his power which
mystified those who witnessed it, no
one attempting any explanation of
how he accomplished the feat.
Messrs. D. S. McCullough and L, S.
Welling hid a postomce hey in
a clock in Air. AIcCullouglBs office.
He led them to the place of conceal
ment, found the key, then went to
the postoffice, opened the box and de
livered a letter found in it to Mr.
L. AI. Norment. He was blind-folded
at the time. There was, so far as we
can know, no collusion about the
matter, iiml we would like for some
one to offer in explanation of how he
did it. His performance lust night
coming off after we go to press we
will have to defer an account of it
until our next issue.
Planting Sugar Cano.
We sincerely tmst that our friends
throughout the county will send us
the news in regard to the crop pros
pects, as anything in this connection
is of interest to all classes of our
readers. We trust that every one
who could do so has planted seme
sugar cane and will make his own
molasses. This is a paying crop, and
some of our friends have made money
planting it. Some of the best
molasses we have ever tasted was
made in this county and readily sold i
for from sixty to seventy-five cents J
per gallon. It may be generally
known, but it is it fact nevertheless
that the watermelons make a most
excellent quality of molasses, which
is piefered by some people to that
made from cane.
m y Agents W ood and Lewis. They j l 1olitical , an(l judicial honors is open
are charged with being connected Hiem if they would discard the
with one of the most extensive and j raen 1vll ° ai ' e leading them to obsen-
successful conspiracies ever formed! nt y- Tlle y are standing in the shad-
to smuggle Chinese and opinni into ow a ^ office seekers driven to
the United States across the North- desperation by loss of power,
western territory. ri ' h V se y° un g m en could get into-
Scandals for the past twelve or fif- the line of promotion without the
teen years have attached more or less sa enffce of principle or the Ibss of
to those officials m tiie Puget Sound self-respect. Hie fundamental idea
district, whose duty it was to guard . Reform movement is equal
against tie violation of the law as to al 'd 1)0 special privileges. Any
the cllicit busines of Chinese and American ought to be willing to
opium smuggling into the United espouse such principle. It is sound
States. Politics lias never entered democracy. ^
into it, but the immense profit in the ... * * * .* . *
business seemed to have corrupted " c are * 01 ' peace but to gain it we
many officials. are J ! ot i. n favor of submitting to (he
Alore than two months ago Agents domination of an arrogant minority.
Wood and Lewis, new men from the ' . ? re ^ or 1 ,0 P 1 ^ ir rights against
East, were detailed to secretly ilives* P rivl * e £ e > f° r “equal rights for all
tigate the alleged frauds, with the and s P ecial privileges to none.” We
results as stated. Uninfluenced by Pf 0 P°se to stand up for these princi-
local surroundings or affiliations, P fjS are tne foundation of the
they went to work and unearthed 8 reu t re * on n movement but do not
what is regarded here us on- of the P^pose to abuse the opposition. That
greatest conspiracies in which gov- 'vould not strengthen the cause of
ernnient officials were ever implicated, democracy and the misguided men
Not to defeat the continuance of the T 0 al ;° res l sll > , 8 people are more
investigation, all the prominent gov- deserving of pity tlmn anything else
eminent officials named were retnov- . ‘ , ^ od ' lui j t 1 a * ien ^' om them nil
ed by the President and their siteces- uu d they are hot in their
sore appointed, with the usual an- n ght minds, winch .are beclouded
nomicements being made. The pur- W1 f n pnssion and prejudice and do
pose was to keep the public in igno- ,10 t Work right.—Abbeville Medium,
ranee that other implicated persons . •‘•he above extracts, from an editor*
might be caught. ‘ “VJ 1 the Medium, show pretty
The new men appointed in the P iain lyt i) " sentiments that actuate
place of those removed were: James t| ic ‘ iwhticul conduct of the editor of
L. Saunders, collector at Port Town- that paper. If the first ot these ex*
send; James C. Drake, United States! does not savor of political
Marshal; W. II. Bunker, United I b i' lb f, r y> then we confess mir ignorance
States attorney, Other removals arc 1 Uleamu g °f Pj aui Lnghsh
yet to come, and the mutter iu due )*, or( 8 ». a, ! d kaye, thereby, done
: course of time will find its way into ■ Hempluil a very gross
the courts. i injustice for * winch we express, m
j advance our great regret. Iu order
; to induce our best and moat talented
, : young men to join the reform rank!,
get in: he holds out to them the hope of
for running or they j political preferment, and fondly
grief. The chief of jiuingines that this will furnish suffi
cient inducement to them to sacrifice
their political principles, which he
seems to think they hold as cheaply
as did the editor of the Medium when
he covered himself with political
infamy by applying to the notorious
Governor Moses for a judgeship.
It is to the everlasting glory of the
i young men, whom he seeks to bribe,
A Timely Warning,
The evil doers hud better
good practice for
will come to
jKjlice has been practicing on a
bicycle and will soon be able to out
run a Rabbit, an animal whose speed
is too well known to need any de
scription. We take the liberty of
suggesting to Clref Dargan that it
would be a wise thiim to trade off the
little stubby legged lice that has been
following him around for several
years, and get a dog that is put up
somewhat on the giraffe style of
architecture. To expect this little
abbreviated specimen of a canine to
keep up with a bicycle is not only
unreasonable, but in the highest
for it is just as truly an attempt at
bribery as if money were the stake,
that they hold their honor too dear to
listen for a moment to such offers,
and ambitious us they may be they
i prefer poverty uud obscurity and the
degree cruel and humiliating to the \ niaintuinance of their honor to all the
feelings of this poor little fellow who ease and notoriety that could come
was put up when dog material
very scarce.
was
Current Events.
The union service will be held on
Sunday night at the Presbyterian
church, Rev. John Stout will preach
the sermon.
Atr. A. C. Galloway, an enterprising
farmer, had a wagon load of ripe
watermelons in town yesterday. This
is very early for them.
Air. Byrd is flying around with his
hands and giving the street drains a
much need cleaning up. He is also
making way with the grass and weeds
that spring up in every coi ner that
can’t be used by pedestrians or
vehicles.
There is an open well on one of the
vacant lots on the square, that should
be filled up at the expense of the
owner. There is positively no excuse
for leaving such traps exposed, and
from political advancement pur
chased at the price of principle. To
ail who truly love their State, with
all its past glory and renown, it is a
matter of profound congratulation
that there are hundreds of educated,
talented young men in South Caro
lina who would not barter a single
political principle to gain the highest
office in the gift of the people. They
are made of sterner stuff than such
men as Irby, Wilson and others whom
we might name, who went into the
reform movement merely to gratify
their lust for office. These young
men still reverence the memory and
the teachings of the greatest of all
Carolinians who sacrificed the presi
dency of the United Stab's for what
others regarded as a mere quibble.
I None of them probably are endowed
with the towering intellectual en
dowment of this truly grand States
man and patroit, but in their princi
ples they can at least equal him, and
ever bring dis-
the owners of the property should be j uo wl of their> will
held responsible for any accident that | fixnoi o*» the State which enjoys tie
occurs. imcri.ixtii’B glory of having given
If tome mechanical genius will j’blrlh to Calhoun.,
ivent an automatic fan that can be i . In thin coftrOi'■.uoii, at least, wo da
used on a bicycle, the extremely warm not care to discuss, with the editor
Straw hats at ooit
BlackwelUIttitfi
for cssit at
The City Pump.
We have been requested by a good
many citizens to call the attention of
the council to the condition of the
pump at the artesian well, and to ask
that it be fixed so that It will be
possible to get water without being
splashed with mud. There ought to
be a drinking trough for horses at
some distance from the pump, and
what is most important of all the
pump itself should he so guarded
that it will be impossible for any one
to drink from the spout. To say the
least it is not very clearly, putting
aside the possible danger of con*ract
ing some disease. The space around
the pump slioald be covered with
cement or brick, and a small shed put
over it all.
weather would induce everyone to
invest in one of these fascinating
machine?, and make use of all their
spare time in sailing around, just to
keep the fan going.
Plum hunting has been the fashion
for several weeks, but the season for
this juicy fruit is about over. How
ever the watermelons are now about
ready, the only drawback to them
being the fact that they don’t grow
wild and consequently can’t be con
fiscated, as is the case with plums,
ns public property.
Air. J. H. Schmid’s English walnut
trees, of which we gave an account
some time ago, are full of young nuts
and promise to yield a fine crop.
They are only seven years old and
bore for the first time iast year. They
are certainly superior to the pecan in
iu this respect, as they certainly
of the Medium, either the reform
movement or the principles of demo
cracy, believing as we do, that he
went into the one for the sake of
office and would hardly be accepted
as an exponent of the principles of
any party that could lay any claim
to' honesty and respect. It is very
true that General Hemphill au-
uouuces himself ns the apostle of
peace, but if any other paper iu the
State lias said any harder things
about the conservatives than have
appeared from time to time in the
editorial columns of theAIedium, we
have failed to see them. The con
servatives can certainly dispense
with the pity of the Medium and
give no thought to a persistent mis
representation whose impotence is
come into bearing a good deal sooner.! only equaled by its absurdity. If
Miss PuuUne Sanders, whp has
been visiting relatives here, left for
lift iwmg |j) Uwter on Saturday.
They will grow and flourish iu the
same kind of soil that sustains the
hickory, and the rich hill sides
bordering a good many of our streams,
where the slope is too grout to plant
iu any kiud of a livid crpp.
they are not in their rigid minds,
then we suppose it is somewhat akin
to the kind of insanity that prompted
him to seek office under that prihot}
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