VOL. III.
OA11LIKGTON, SOUTH
AY,
CURRENT TOPICS.
ITIAT YOU KNOW AND WHAT YOV
DON’T KNOW.
Ptrsonls ait Shari Urns of In*
terest to (he Local art General
Healer.
Maj. J. B. Ezell, of Columbia,
was in town on Tuesday.
Mias Onssie Barnes, of Forestou,
is visiting at Mrs. Bast’s.
Mr. Ben Smoot has returned from
a Short trip to the mountains.
Miss Mary Ooit, of Cheraw, is
visiting the Misses Williamson.
Mr. S. A. Woods left on Monday
for fh short trip to the sea coast.
Goat E, M. Law. of York, is yis-
iting bis brother, Mr. J.Tj. Law.
Cadet Wightman Garner returned
from the citadel on Friday night
Mr. T. J. Boatwright has returned
from his trip to the World’s Fair.
Mr. Marion Lide has returned
from a visit to Cleveland Springs.
Mr. Louis M. Norment left
Tuesday for a visit to North Caro
lina.
Bev. G. T. Gresham preaohed at
the Baptist church on Sunday
morning.
Misses Emma and Ellen Harrell,
of Sumter, are visiting their uncle,
Mr. N. L. Harrell.
Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Mixon have
returned from a visit to friends and
relatives in Williamsburg.
The Union service was held at the
Presbyterian church on Sunday
night and conducted by Bev. J. G.
Law.
Misses Wayns Brown aod Eloise
Poster, of Lancaster, are visiting
their uncle, Mr. G» W. Brown.
Mr. L. B. Welling, Dr. Earle and
P. E, Norment left on Monday for
a trip to the Little Foe Dee, where
they will spend two weeks in fishing.
Mr. and Mrs. Welling, of Charles
ton, who have been spending several
weeks with Mr. and Mrs. West, will
tetnrn to their home on Saturday
neit.
Mia Mamie Watson, who taught
the graded school last session,
the first scholarship,
l county, in the Win-
GOOD HOADS.
The
Wide
..fjSil Bowles, of New
York, eon of Prof. Bowles, ai rived
in Darlington Wednesday morning,
and rill spend some time here with
his relatives.
On Wednesday last a tenant house
in the yard of Mr. A. Weinberg
caught mu fire, and the alarm caused
quite a consternation. No serious
damage waa done, as the fire was soon
eiUngnished.
Mr. T. J- Boatright, who has re
cently returned from the World’s
Fair, informs us that there is not
ths slightest dilfionity about securing
accommodation at reasonable rates,
and says that every one who can pos
sibly word it should take the trip.
He was there only one week, but
law something new every day, and
could have enjoyed staying longer.
The heat seems to have had a
■ effect on the law breakers,
j the sheriff and trial justices re
porting everything as very dull in
their respective Hues. Sheriff Scar
borough intends relieving the dull
monotony of his office by a trip to
Chimgm He will have to keep his
eyes open there or he will be
catchee instead of, as at home, the
catcher.
One day last week we rode out to
the farm of Mr. W. S. Hatchel,
•bout four miles from town, to see
his crop anl those in the neighbor
hood. Mr. Hatchel has some very
fine corn that is growing on a piece
of flat land that bad heretofore been
regarded as worthless, until he took
itla hand. This shows what can
be done by intelligent and skillful
farming. Under proper treatment
we have yery little land in our sec
tiftp that can't be made to produce
<£9pd crops.
a very substantial brick sidewalk In
front of bis new itoMS, Which by
the way are fitted up and painted in
the most tasty manner, so as to have
everything correspond in appear
ance. The building of such busi
ness houses as these shows what a
■hrowd business man thinks of the
future of Darlington. The Himes
estate owns one hundred feet frontage
between Mr. Msroo’i and Dr. Garners
and we hope that this will soon be
bnilt up. It is a splendid location
for a fine hotel.
Mr. B. Frank Parrott left on
Wednesday for Clemson College, and
will esrry with him the best wishes
ef his many friends. During the
mat mouth or two he has been em
ployed fa the Hmuu) office and
made remarkably rapid progress in
Wrnfaf ths art of printing. His
rclnti'wM with the office have been of
the raotv pleasant character and
i only aemed on aooount of his
mi desire to mil himself of the
afforded at Clemson.
iogtoa will have a most
—-l*t this MW
•P>‘57*V'i
Advantages of Using
Wagon Tires.
The subject of improving our
public highways is one of para
mount interest, especially to the
farmers, ami demands the serious
consideration of those who have the
public welfare at heart. Nature is
very impartial in the disposal of its
gifts, and where the soil is composed
entirely of clay, there is nearly
always an abundance of rocks near
the roads that can be utilized to
make them hard and firm. Of
course it is out of the question to
macadamize our roads, owing to the
absence of rock and even if it
could be easily procured it would
not answer in onr sandy soil, and
the problem we have to consider is the
best means that can, under this con
dition of affairs, be adopted to keep
them in good condition. It is very
strange, yet none the less true, that
the farmer who stands more iu need
of good roads than any one else, and
who is loudest in bis complaints
when they are in bad condition, does
more to injure them than everybody
else put together. This charge is
very easily proved when his persis
tency in plowing up the public roads
is called attention to, and the prac
tice is so universal that there are
scarcely any of our highways that
will allow the passage of two ve
hicles without their passing through
S lowed ground. This practice must
e stopped if we are to have any
thing like an approach to decent
roads, for until it is every plan sug-
{ ested for their improvement will
c in vain, even if the attempt were
made to carry them ouj. The roads,
to begin with, should be at least
twenty-five feet in the clear, that is
outside of the drain that should bo
dug on each side, and kept at this
width.
The subject of wide tires for
wagons has attracted a good deal of
attention and have been tried in a
good many sections with very satis
factory results. One of two of the
counties in Tennessee have, a» an
inducement to the farmers to use
to xemib-pne-
the'^rosH taxes of'those
who will make this change in their
wagons. Another improvement is
in, not os heretofore, having the
point and rear wheals to run in the
same track, but to have one. axle
six or e|ght inches longer than the
other.
Another great advantage possessed
by the wide tires is that in hauling
in the crops, which has often to be
done when the ground is very soft,
the wagon does not cut down in the
soil as it wonld do with narrow
rims, and this being the case it is
very easy to see what a difference
there would be in the weight of the
load that could be carried. It wou Id
cost very little to try the experiment
of using wide tires and see how they
would answer «n our roads. In the
mean time, as a etc] i in the right di
rection, let the farmers keep their
plows from running into the public
roads, and if they would not do it
willingly the county ! " s ‘
dta' ‘ '
THE UMMEAiil
WILL
OPEN TO-DAY
O’CLOCK.
AT ONE
Associate Justice Pope Causes a
Big Sensation—Judge Hudson's
Decision Nullified.
The dispensary will open to-day.
All thirstv citizens should assem
ble at k the Marco building at 1
o’clock, when Mr. J. 11. Floyd, the
dispenser, will quench their
thirst.
The following telegram was re
ceived yesterday:
Colvuiua, S. U, July SO.
To Boyd & Brown, 'Darlington,
*' v • a i i
Order-staying ord»r. of .injunction
is filed vesterdav. Certified conies
should
commissioners
take them in hand.
Musicale.
Miss Bessie Williamson entertained
her friends on Monday night with a
musicale which was largely attended
and very much enjoyed by the
lovers of music.
The folk wing program was ren
dered:
1. Minnet (Paderewski), Miss
Clara Ward.
2. Vocal Solo, “The Blue
Alsatian Mountains,” Mr. C. 1).
Evans.
3. “Rondeau Brilliante,” Miss
Wayne Brown.
4. “Burst Ye .Apple Buds,” Miss
Bessie Williamson.
Piano Solso, “2d Mazurka,” Miss
Donna Spain.
0. Vocal Solo, “ Tis Not True,”
Mr. C. D. Evans.
7. Piano Solo, “Narcissus,” Miss
Clara Ward.
8. Vocal Solo, “Scene and Prayer
from Der Freischutze,” Miw Bessie
Williamson.
Besides the regular programme
there was o number of othef pieces
rendered which contributed very
much to the pleasure of the even
ing. The accompttnanieuts Were
played by Mrs. Frank Pegues.
The Agricultural Society.
The Darli gton Agricultural So
ciety will hold its annual meeting
at the fair grounds on Tuesday,
was filed yesterday. Certified copies
will be sent you to-day. Floyd may
open at once. D. A. Townsend,
Attorney General.
The State of yesterday contains
the following:
State of Stmth Carolina, Darling
ton County. In the Supromi
Court. John Buckner Floyd and
others, Petitioners, in re Charles
S. McCullough and others, Plain
tiffs, vs. John Buckner Floyd and
others, Defendants.
On hearing the verified petition
of John Buckner Floyd, George Just
Briwn, Wi P, Carter C. P. Kir-
viu, and it appearing that the appeal
m said cause has been per fee ted by
filing the return in tne office of the
Clerk of this Court.
On motion of D." A. Tdwnstnd,
Attorney General, for the petition
ers :
Ordered that the said restraining
order in said cause, dated July 7,
18D3, and signed by his Honor Judge
J, H. Hudson, be, and the same is
hereby stayed and superceded until
the further order of this court.
(Signed) Y. J, Poi'E,
Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court of S. C., Wednesday, the 19th
day of July, 1893.
Whether or not Justice Pope’s de
cision will be sustained remains to
bo seen. In any event the dispensa
ry will be selling “hilarity juice”
to-day.
Temperance Lecture.
The feinperance lecture that was
advertised for Msnday night was not
delivered, owing to theyfaot that gff
audience could not besecored. This
is very much to be regretted, os Mr.
Gibson.is the regularly accredited
lecturer of the Good .Templars, and
he had a right to expect that the
members of the order here would
pay the slight courtesy of being
present. It seems strange, to say
the very least, that after all the
blowing of trumpets aud boasts of
carrying the State, at the primary,
on the part of the prohibitionists
that their interest in the cause of
temperance should so suddenly cease.
This is t^e only construction that
oon be poc on their failure to turn
out and hear Mr. Gibson, unless it
be that they deem the estab
lishment of a dispotirary as such
a triumph for their cause as to ren-
df any furtyrjtfor*, a» (hairpart,
ttnneeessiry: Wc afe firmly of the
opinion thut there never has been a
time, in the whole history of the
State, that called for more earnest,
persistent and common sense efforts
in behalf of temperance than exists
uuder the present condition of af
fairs, when the State attempts to
derive a revenue from the unfortu
nate weakness of its own citizens.
The
JULY 21, 1893.
NO. 47.
Alliance Follows
Tillman’s Example.
To any one who baS patched the
trend of Alliance peiliacs, the de
feat of Mr. Donaldson was a fore
gone conclusion, be having failed to
be elected a delegate, frbm his own
county, to the meeting of the State
Alliance, which of course means
that this order has followed the ex-
ample of its practical dictator, Goy,- several
Tillman, aud blacklisted Mr. I)op-
aldsou simply because he supported
Y-IS MILD.
HE ^CRADDOCK” AUTHORSHIP
DENIED.
aricy’s Ckargrs as Ridiculous as
They are False—Somebody Made
a Mistake,
St-* 8 p
Mwond
? tffertokcfmmhn*¥ot this
ley shoi
aafcns 1 ,
i «nhrnW
strong
of them are iu sympathy,with the
ThirdJ’arty, and fl ragoujj. the ^ si ate
ir^o supporting the mifcmml anil so
cialistic vagaries of the Ocala de-
mauda. As a nutter of course the
Alliance has a perfect right toblack-
list Mr. Donaldsou or anybody else,
but at the same time they should
are
ratter.
It would be infinitely better in every
way if those of our people who are
in foil! sympathy with the jiolicy and
demands of the Third Party would
come out openly and cast their for
tunes with this party, and not stul
tify themselves by remaiuiug iu a
party for whose principles they ex
press such abhorence. They should
not, in justice to themselves, attempt
the impossible feat of running with
the hare and following with the
hounds at the same time, but have
the candor and courage to cast their
fortunes with the party for whose
demands they profess so much ad
miration, Why they should with to
give even a nominal allcgiabce to a
party which) as they claim) is dom
inated by Wall street and whose
power is used entirely in the inter
ests of capital and to oppress labor,
passes comprehension; the only so
lution of their inconsisteimy oeing
that they are willing to suffer a good
deal of wrong aud oppression if they
are allowed some of the honors and
emoluments of the party that exer
else its power only by tne
of the capitalists c/f. Wall street.
Agricultural Society
In another column we publish the
notice of the meeting of the A,
good will
£0 a commum-
iSked ift the
daily papers from General
Farley, abnsiog me for supposed'
wrongs I had done him. I cannot
engage in a personal abusive cuntro-
yeriy with General Farley, or any-
Body else, The public are not in
terested in such literature, aud tfiere-
ivro do not expect me in this reply
to engage in any Such blackguardism.
The.public, however, have a right to
be informed -as to the truth or falsity
of any statement of alleged fact t hat
may be contaiued iu Geueral Far
ley's article.
There are only two statements of
moment in the letter as I read it
First. That I dictated to my
private secretary of. an article,
which appeared, the second week of
March m tne Augusta Chronicle,
signed “Craddock,” without the
consent or knowledge of the person
who uses that nom dc plume.
Second. That I inspired au edi
torial, which was written by Mr.
T. W. Crews, iu the Luurensville
Herald. '
The first charge is as ridiculous
as it is false. The idea of a person
with a thimble full of sense forging
the name of a newspaper man is
laughable in the extreme: but I am
willing that the public should know
the whole truth about that “Crad
dock” lettefi
Mr. James H. Tillman, a son of
Congressman Tillman, was, about
the date of the “Craddock” letter,
the correspondent of the Augusta
Chronicle in Washington) and
“Craddock” was his nom do plume.
On Saturday) just one week after
the inauguration of the president,
Major William T. Gary of Augusta
and Mr. James H. Tillman came
into my sitting room at the National
Hotel. Major Gary said to Tillman
that what he had told him a few
moments before ought to be re
peated to Irby. I asked what it was
and Tillman told the following
talet
Ut, ami saying that it would go oil
by telegraph iu a few iiiimiles.
As to the piece referred to from
the Laurensville Herald I cau only
say that 1 knew nothing of it until
I saw it in print. The subjoined
letter from Mr. Crews on that sub
ject will explain itself. (The letter
corroborates the statement).
In conclusion, I will ask the pub
lic to think of one thing only:
Why did not Geueral Farley ask of
me an explanation, if he believed
whiit he pretends to believe of the
assumed wrong I did him. The
evident reason to me why he sought
no explanation is that, if he had
done so, ho wonld not have had the
opportunity to abuse me for political
purposes, for he knew had he called
on me, a satisfactory answer would
have been given him, his excuse for
denouncing me and his chance for
ingratiating himself with the Con
servative element would have been
lost.
I leave it to the public to say
whether events subsequent to the
fourth of last March have not
proved that Jim Tillman told the
truth when he came to me with the
report of the conversation between
him and General Farley. I need not
give the argument why I believe
Jim Tillman told the truth, for I
am satisfied that every one who
reads the newspapers and who has
watched the turns in politics will
see that there was truth and lots of
it in what Tillman said.
BICYCLE RACES.
A GRAND MEET IN FLORENCE
ON JULY SO.
Darlington Will be Well Repre-
sented—Riders frsa Stater art
Mariet Expected.
Friday, July 28, will be n gala
day for bicycle riders.
The Florence boys will entertain
the visiting wheelmen, and nse every
effort to make the event a pleasant
one.
On the program will be seven
races for men aud two for boys and
doubtless there will be other races
besides those on the program.
The Darlington boys will be pres
ent iu full force. There are now at
least half a dozen who are preparing
for the occasion, and they propose
to bring back several of the prizes.
The committee will also act as
the judges; and as Uapt. Henry T.
Thompson is the Darlington com
mitteeman, our boys need have no
fear in entering.
Au excursion train will leave here
at 2 o’clock and return about dark.
The fare will be in the reach of all,
and a large crowd will attend from
this place.
The program will be given in full
next week, Auy one wishing further
information is invited to call at this
office.
■This philippic against me is but 0 N THE HILL,
the fulfillment of the scheme us
concocted last March. The scheme,
however, was amended by leaving
out Governor Tillman for reasons
which must be apparent to every
sensible person. Genural Farley
reasons thus! I will abuse Irby
and thereby please every Conserva
tive in the State and will threaten
Tillman and sew his mouth up, aud
by praising Shell will get enough
Tillmauites to beat SUtnyarne Wil
son for Congress.
With this explanation I have done
with the newspapers as a means of
adjusting differences,
am very respectfully,
John L. A
Iuby.
August 8.189D.
The folio
lowing is the report of the
committees:
Farm experimentation, best
method oi conducting—E. T. Coker,
chairman; i/’caa McIntosh, E. M.
Williamson, Dr. J. M. Josey, J. J.
Ward.
Cheapest meat tupply for this
section—J. W. Beask-v, chairman:
A. A. Gandy, It. H. Bogus, John S,
Scott, P. P. O’ nbers.
A question l will be provided
us a new feature of the society.
W. C. Coker,
First Vice President
W. E. James, Secretary.
Mr.
tfW Gk
Will Ooggeshall has returned
ivetadSprinfG
A Dangerous Movement.
Some of tbu boys, both white and
colored, are in the habit cf congre
gating at the C. & D. ‘dejxjt on the
arrival of the trains, and are very
often seen jumping on and off the
cars, making a poiut of riding to
the crossing ind getting off there.
Unless the practice is stopped there
will, some day, be a bad accident,
and some too indu' jeitf mother will
mourn the death of a boy that came
to an untimely end by her negli
gence. Boys sfiould not, unless ac
companied by some grown person,
be allowed to go to the depot st all,
and unless their parents put a stop
to it, the police will be compelled to
interfere, although it is no part of
their business to look after the chil
dren of negligent parents. Boys
who are allowed to roam the streets
at night and keep bad company, are,
by hopeful parents, but by what
process nobody else can divine, ex
pect to develop Into good and use
ful men, and when they turn out
otherwise it is called a mysterious
dispensation of Providence. If the
parents of these loafing boys would
follow the injunction of the wise
king, Solomon, a little more closely,
it would be much better in the end,
both for themselves and their chil
dren.
Far Sale.
Stock and good will. Paying busi
ness. No oppqiitlou. Proprietor
wishes to attend Business College.
Dauunoton Book Store.
July H-2t Darlington, B. C.
Johnn.on'u Mognetic Oil cures
cramp* ami colic and internal neu
ralgia] AO and 7fi cwuU. Bold at
Dr, J, A
cdttural ydSmyJfmd trust that there
will b*e a large turnout of the farm-
era to hear the essays and (o' take
part in the discussion of the sub
jects that will be brought to their
attention. Imese annual meetings
dimuuition either in attendance or
in interest. The subjects that are
to be discussed are of great im
portance and those who till the
soil should embrace every oppor
tunity to increase their knowledge
of this most important of all occu
pations, agriculture. A new and
very important feature will be the
question box; where all questions
relating to farm topics, will bo read
and answered by some one that will
be designated by the president. We
urge upon every farmer the impor-
tauce of attending and doing what
he can (ft further tfce aims «f this
society.
ttdftf M World's Fair.
If uotluug uufovseeu occurs, the
editor will go to the World’s Fair
some time in August, aud while
there will keep the readers of the
Uuuald posted as to its wonders.
We propose taking full notes .of
everything of interest and #ifl put
our best efforts to make the SflMes,
descriptive of this great exposition,
of interest to those who cauot make
the trip. One of these urticl
pear each week for a period ’of several
mouths, aud trust that they may be
the means of giving our friends
soma faint conception of ths largest
exhibition that has over beeu held
in the world.
A Cistern Needed.
We are not in the habit of finding
fault with our city fathers, and sel
dom offer a suggestion, but the
Weiuberg Ore has brought to light
the fuebthut acifteru is badly needed
ca Broad stfcoti umV Uiafe ieoj ’ttear
the residence of Mr. Weiuberg,
As both sides of tjjn street are
liued with handsome two story rcel-
deooe«, a fire wonld undoubtedly
sweep them to the ground, as things
now are.
Let the council protect its citi
zens by digging a cistern with a ca
pacity hi 00^)00 gallons of water.
Nettles aid Bond.
Washington, July 17.—[Special
r 0. 8.' N«
ign- That he had just left tbe Metro-
here rmllDin TTnlpI wliprp be hiul a Inner ....i
politan Hotel, where he had a long
conversation with General H. L.
Farley, who had remained in Wash
ington since the inauguration. He
said that Farley hod read him a
long abusive communication ad
dressed to the Reformers of South
Carolina, showing that Tillman and
Irby were unsafe, unwise, extreme,
dangerous leaders; and that the Re
form movement could not be per
petuated without throwing them
overboard and putting more conser
vative leaders in front. He asked
Tillman to publish it iu the Augusta
Chronicle with his (Farley’s) noin
de plume, saying that the piece
would attract great attention, create
a great sensation, and that, at the
proper time, he would come out and
assume his authorship. Tillmau
said that he refused to publish it
unless he would allow the editor of
his paper to know the anthor. He
told Tillman that he was the opening
gun of the campaign nextycar against
Tillman’s and Irby’s leadership of
the Reform movement. lie further
3uid that the following slate had
been arranged and agreed upon:
Thut General Butler was to run for
re-electiou to the Senate, Shell was
to be supported by the Conserva
tives or antis, and milder Reform
ers for Governor; aud that he
(General Farley) was to run for
Cougress in Shell’s district. He
said they wonld like to get Talbert
iuto the combiu&tion, but tbi t it
could uot be arranged unless George
Tillman would agree to let up ou
aud support Talbert, aud, in that
way, get the Conservatives to sup
t Talbert for re-election. Far-
Tillman a place on the
•’Victor Flyers” in the Vaa.
From Chicago Inter-Ocean,
Cycling has become such a universal
pastime as well as a healthful recreation
and business expedient that some of the
is in the countfy are de-
ufacture of The modern
Net-
, is here
day m Balti-
with Nicolas
C.,
to the State.]—Lawyer
ties, of Darlington, S,
again. He spout the
more in conference
Bond. Titty are prepariug to swoop
down on ths dispensary Taw. The
Richmond and Dauviik wise against
the South C-Toliua Railroad Com-
mir um, brought before Judge Rond,
has no connection mmu tho case to
be brought to lest. U' iho eoifatitu-
tionality of the law by Messrs. Net
tles am. Bond, _
Mr. Gnofge Bruiiuutou is visitjug
frifwiilnVM*
vehicle. But there is only one establish
ment in the United States in which an
entire machine is made, including the
steel parts, leather Jwork, rubber tires,
nickel-plating, tools, etc., and on this
account nicety of adjustment, smooth
ness of bearing, lightness and strength
are insured, ail of which arc essential
elements in a perfect wheel. This great
factory is located at Chicopee Kalis,
Mass., and bears the name of the Over
man Wheel Company, familiarjto cyclists
the world over. This company intro
duced the safety bicycle in America, and
on that account as well as by reason of
superlative merit "The Victor” has
steadily held lirsl place in popular favor.
It is universally preferred because its
makers arc known to be masters of im
proved construction. The “Victor
Flyer” has undoubtedly . attained the
highest plane of perfection The
Overman Company has the handsome
exhibit in the balcony of the Transpor
tation Building at the World’s
Fair. This exhibit is built mainly of
solid mahogany, elaborately carved and
ornamented with gold. It far surpasses
any other display in this department,
was designed by one of Boston's best
a.cliiiects, and bnilt Ijj the most lulistii
cabinet-makers of that city. The dis
play of "Victor” machines here is at
tracting tho attention of all wheelmen,
as well as the notice of thousands of
young men and women who hope and
expect to become export riders. The
company has issued an elegantly printed
and embossed “Victor” catalogue for
18it:J covering every feature of their
splendid machines, as well as cycling in
general. Tho work is as fine ns the
printer’s an can make it, and gives
much useful, valuable and interesting
information. Visitors to the exhibit
can obtain copies of this catalogue on
request.
“The Victor” fully deserves its high
reputation for the reason that it is made
with as much skill and care us the tinest
piece of mechanism. The vast fnetorios
built by the Messrs. Overman were in
tended expressly and solely for its man
ufacture, and with the express object in
view of turning out the best ant. high
est grade bicycles in the world.
The Enterprise of Florence.
We were iu Florence on Saturday,
and were surprised at the progress
thut hus beeu made m building up
the burnt district. This shows real
enterprise on the part of our neigh
bors for Which they deserve credit.
They did not sit down in the ashes
and mourn, but commeuced clearing
up the ruins almost before the fire
had died out. The Central Hotel
will be larger aud fitter than the one
destroyed by fire and will be the
most conspicuous building iu Flor
ence. Mr. Barringer lost a great
deal by the fire, but there is no end
enterprise and pluck and he will give
our neighbors the finest hotel iu this
sectiou aud one of the best iu the
State. In addition to its other
buildings, the town has recently
erected a Urge building for the use
of the Graded School. What is ■•of
really .rtoro importance than alk is
that they have secured an abundant
Tillman) had written and was'the supply of good artesian water. This
author of tho “Craddock” letter.* alone will be of immense benefit to
That night in my room between 9 the town,
end 10 c’elook, while Dr. Pope and
Happenings In an4 Arnnrt the Fac
tory This Week.
Mrs. J. J. Smith has returned
from North Carolina.
Mrs. Lee Sanders is visiting rela
tives in this community.
Rev. J. A. White will conduct
services iu the hall every third and
fifth Sunday night.
Miss Addie Scott has returned
from Wadesboro, N. G., where she
has been visiting relatives.
The Sunday school at the hall has
changed its hour of meeting from
4 o’clock to 5 o’clock and will meet
at that hour nntil further notice.
Owing to the hot weather and the
absence of some of the preachers
the afternoon services at the hall
will be discoutinned until rite first
of September.
Mr. 'W. J. MMiwdttmrirno Wit
employed here for about two years
as a card grinder, died at his home
in Concord, N. C., July 6. Mr.
Richardson was a young man, and
while residing here, made quite a
number of frieuds, all of whom will
regret to learn of his death.
On the evening of July 13, the
operatives gave Rev. J. A. White a
good pounding with such weapons
as hams, barrels of Hour, stands of
lard, etc., for which he requests the
following card to be published:
“I desire to express many thanks
to the people of the Darlington cot
ton mills, from whom on the evening
of the 13th inst., I received many
tokens of kindnesss.
J. A. White.”
port
ley offered
ticket us Adjutant and Inspector
General if he would go to his father
and make the arrangements by
which he would not oppose but sup
port Talbert's re-election. (At this
time every one in Washington knew
that the Governor and Colonel Till
man were not on speaking terms. I
asked Mr. Tillmau what his reply
to Farley was, and he said that he
told Farley that blood was thicker
than water, and he would be d—d
if he would go back on his uncle for
Butler or anybody else. I asked
him if this was a newspaper fake or
the truth and he replied:
To show yon that I mean busi
ness, I’ll publish it in full. There
and then he wrote a piece sigued
“Craddock.” 1 did not have any
thing further to do with it; did not
see it any more Until it uppeuredd iu
the papers { thought nothing cf it
until the following week, when I
hoard him read a certificate from
gome one to the effect that he (Jim
A Worthy Example.
Wc notice the statement that a
good many young men are unable to
attend Clemson College on account
of poverty, aud in this connection
we nniition, for iufonualiou of those
who have the means, the plan pur
sued by Alexander II. Stephens to
help worthy young men through
college, and by which he, iu the :
course of his long and useful life,'
managed to help quite a number. 1 ;
As is generally known Mr. Stephens;
was never rich and had he pursued!
the plan of giving the money out^
right, could only have helped two op!-
three to secure an education. Instead
of this he loaned tnem the money,
without interest, which was to be re
turned in a certain number of years,
and just us soon as it was paid in he
would let it out again on the same
terms. In this way he accomplished
a great deal of good with a 4 com
paratively small amount of mopey.
There are a great many in the State
that cau easily afford to follow Mr.
Stephens’ example, and there is iio
way in which they can do more reffi
good to their respective communities
to the State, to say nothing of the.,
personal gratification. Between fifty.
and sixty years ago, CoL James
Gillespie, a prominent citizej) aud
wealthy planter cf Marlboro-tfotHity
sent a poor boy to the South Caro
lina College, where he graduated
with distinction and then entered
the ministry of the Presbyterian
church. In a few years this poor
boy became one of the most pro
found theologians in the United
'States and. intellectually ranked
above almost' every one of his con
temporaries in the church. The
name-of this inteflectuai giant waa
Jameajtf. Thorn well.- d n-i
I were talking, Jim Tillman came
in, and I asked him to rehearse the
whole tole to Dr. Pope, which
4iti, sxkibjtipg tks “Cr#4itailt” 1*
Mr. J. D. Baird received
Columbia bicycles this week,
is a good wheel aud bM
three
This
quite to
A Nsiive Mlrt Header.; 4
Mr. J. ODSluldrow gave'tj,’n jeihi-
bitiou of mind trading oti* Mojkday
atvnujon and wni Successful i* .ev
erythin he mtderflMu Mr. Mill-
drow hta had very litti&foMptice kffd
his success, under the cinnfaggtances,
is very markqd. While ifr jfcnH, no
practical value, -the subject'
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