The Darlington herald. (Darlington, S.C.) 1890-1895, October 06, 1893, Image 1
THE DARLINGTON HERALD.
VOL. IV.
DARLINGTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1893.
NO. 6
CURRENT TOPICS.
WflAT YOG KNOW AND WIAT YOG
DON'T KNOW.
PerMMls fti4 8k»rt Items tf In
terest to the Ucal ai4 Geaeral
Kea4er.
Cotton is worth today from 71 to
71.
Dr. L. Y. King, of Florence was
in town yesterday.
Miss Salli Coker has returned from
a visit to Ashville.
Miss Maria Lee Evans, spent part
of last week with Misses Williamsons.
Mrs. R. W. Boyd has returned
from a visit to New York and
Chicago.
' Mrs W. T. Thompson of Char
leston, is visiting relatives in Dar
lington.
Mrs. W. J. Alexander and family
have returned from their summer
home at Saluda N. C.
Miss Bessie Williamson left on
Monday for Winnsboro where she
will teach in a private family.
Since the above was in type we
learn that the little fellow has recov
ered from the effects of his fall.
The union meeting was at the
Methodist Church on Sunday night,
the services being conducted by Bev.
J. B. Wilson.
Mr. and Mrs. Hewitt, their son.
Carl and Misses Corinne Player and
Mary Coggeshall have returned from
the World’s Fair.
The Tennyson Club has resumed
its meetings, which were suspended
for the summer, and will meet to
night at the residence of Dr. A. C.
Spain.
Reckling, the celebrated Colombia
Photographer, will visit Darlington
for one week, beginning Monday,
Oct 16. Samples of his work are
now on exhibition at Bristow’s book
store, where orders may be left for
him.
On the opening day at the Tobacco
Warehouse over forty thonsand
pounds of tobacco were sold at an
average of ten cents per pound. The
average would have been considerably
higher, but for the fact that it was
cut down by the sale of some storm
damaged tobacco.
Some of the street bridges are in
need of repair. We hope that Mr.
Byrd will fly aronnd a little and have
them put in good order. In this
connection we suggest that where'
bridges are built that only heart
lumber be used, as the sap rots in a
year or two, making constant re
pairs necessary.
When there are added together the
failures that have have resulted from
the lack of oontidence, the individual
losson securities forced upon the
market, the premiums paid on cur-
ruucy, the loss on adverse exchange,
the interest lost by hoarding, and the
wages lost by men thrown out of em
ployment, th* cost of the country’s
excursions into the Imsiness of pur
chasing silver will foot up an appall
ing total.
Monday was Saleeday but there
were not many people in town, in
fact not as many as is usually seen
on Saturdays. The stores seemed to
have a pretty good days trade and
of course the Dispensary came in
for its share of the cash. The State
is not as obliging to its customers'ap
the merchants are because it exacts
the cash for all its sales, whereas the
merchants are expected to sell on
credit
Dr. Willcox has a very fine jap-
anse persimmon tree m his yard
that is loaded with fruit and presents
a very handsome appearance, re
sembling, at a little distance, an
orange tree. It is only about five or
six feet high and was planted out
fcnr years ago. The fruit is mnch
larger than the native persiinihoo
and is much better flavored. In our
climate it will probably prove to be
as handy as the native ranaty, and
will do a great asquisition to onr
list of frnits.
Onr Hebrew fellow citizens have
organized a literary societv here and
have named it in honor of Sir Moses
Montefiore, the meat philanthropist
of England. The following are the
officers. - President, E. Rotholz;
Vice President, Miss Lena Witoover;
Secretary, Miss Delia Weinberg;
Treasurer, Miss Hannah Manne;
Ex'-< u rive Committee, 8. Tombacher,
Alexander; Dave Witoover. Fi-
committee, Miss Gertie Marco,
8. Tombacher, M. A. Weinberg,
club meets twice a month, the
tings being held at the residences
of the members.
Disp .ches from Washington bring
the intelligence that Justice Brad-
TEN CENT COTTON.
ley has decided in favor of the
State in regard to the Palmetto trade
mark. The Palmetto tree was
first made historic by Gen. Monltrie
in his gallant defense of Fort Moul
trie during the Revolutionary War,
and since then has been the emblem
1 the State. We sincerelv trust that
tio one will ever call South Carolina
Palmetto State amun. Govei
or Tillman wonld make his act of
desecration complete if he would nut
the signature of General Monitre
under the Palmetto tree.
Wkat Alfcrd B. Shepperson Thinks
•f This Years Crop.
New Yokk, Sept 30.—Alfred B.
Shepperson, author of “Cotton Facts,”
has furnished the Southern Associa
ted Press with the following opinion
as to this year’s cotton crop. Mr.
Shepperson is neither a buyer nor a
seller of cotton, but possesses unusu
ally good facilities for accurate in
formatiou covering the entire cotton
belt He said:
“While in many sections the
cotton plant has matured so large a
proportion of its fruitage that the
yield would not be appreciably
increased by delay of frosts, there is
a great deal of fertile bottom land
upon which the plant will continue
lo make and mature fruit until kil
led by seyere frosts. No frosts have
yet occurred in the cotton belt
Estimates at this time of the proba
ble size of the cotton crop are, there
fore, necessarily based upon the oc
currence of general killing frosts
throughout the South at about the
usual or average dates. Should
these frosts be delayed until later
than usual, the crop will eas<ly ex
ceed any present estimate by several
hundred thousand bales, while
should they occur earlier than usual,
the crop will be far below the esti
mate. The acreage is calculated by
the department of agriculture as
ractically the same as last season,
he general conditions affecting the
crop nave been unfavorable. A late
and cold spring, followed by protrac
ted drought in Texas, have resulted
ip bad stands, with considerable re
planting and some abandonment of
acreage. Excess of rain and several
stonnes in the Atlantic States, with
drought again iu other sections and
serious damage by worms in the
Gulf States are the features of the
season. These things are not the
usual indications of a good crop.
Assuming that general killing frosts
will occur at about the usual time my
advices indicate a probable yield of
about 6,800000. Frosts last fall
were earlier than for several years,
aud seriously curtailed the crop. For
several seasons large quantities of
cotton have been marketed with each
crop which was grown in preceding
crops.
‘The old cotton has now been
about all marketed and it is probable
that the commercial crop of this
year will not differ appreciably from
the actual yield. I estimated the
actual yield of cotton last season at
6,400,000; the difference between
that and the commercial crop being
made np from cotton from previous
crop. Compared with last season’s
ild the present indications point to
•Rowing gains, viz 360,000 bales
in Alabama, Mississippi, and Louis
iana, being 20 per cent; 200,000 bales
in Arkansas, being 33 per cent;
240,000 bales in the two Darolinas,
Georgia and Florida, being 15 per
cent The total of the gains in 800-
000 bales. The yield in Texas is
estimated at 1,750,000 being a loss of
400,000 bales. This debucted from
the estimated gains will leave a net
gain of 400,000 bales npon last year’s
yield of 6,400,000 bales. Tennessee
will probably make about the same
crop as last season.
Some correspondents, whose facili
ties for obtaining information are ex
cellent and whose standing are of the
highest, do not think the gain in Al
abama, Mississippi and Louisiaha
will be over 15 per cent, while I am
informed that the commissioner of
agriculture of Georgia estimates the
yield of Georgia will not exceed that
of last year. The receipts at the
ports for the week just ended were
20,000 more than for the correspon
ding weak last year, and it is proba
ble that this week’s receipts are no
indication of the extent of the crop,
for a small crop may mature quickly
and be promptly marketed.
“The supply of cotton in the
world, which means the stock out
side of the mills, is about 400,000
bales less than a year ago. The
stock held by European and Ameri
can spinners is far below last year’s,
while the consumption in Europe is
as great as at that time last year,
and many British mills have made
contracts for their entire prodnet for
several months ahead. Owing to the
financial troubles our own spinners
are buying very sparingly. European
views of the market are based upon
the American crop of 7,500,000 or
more.
“The Liverpool price today is 4
l-2d for middling, being l-4d high
er than this day last year. Liverpool
merchants of standing, think that
with an American crop of 7,250,000
bales, cotton would easily be worth
5d in that market In this opinion,
one of our older and most esteemed
cotton merchants oencurs aud I, not
only «gree with him but think the
resulting speculttive purchases might
easily carry the prices a half penny
higher. In the matter of cotton
prices ; New York follows Liver
pool and sets the gait for all Ameri
can markets. Much interest is felt
on the report of the condition of the <
cotton crop on Oct. 1, to be issued by |
the department of agriculture.
While I have not even an acquaint-
anoo with the statistician who makes
up the department reports of the
vie]
crops, I am saisfied the October
report will show u" lower condition
<>f the crop tnan any October croj
report since 1883.”
CONDITION OF THE CROPS.
The Weather ef the Past Week
Beaeficlal to Cottei Picking.
The weatbej for the past week has
been beneficial for cotton picking,
which is m full blast with all avail
able force in the field. The cool
days aud nights of the first part of
the week have retarded the opening
slightly and allowed the men to cat
ch np with their work, although now
cotton is again ahead of the pickers.
At only a few stations has more
than one rain occurred for two week*
and at many places none
rain did but little' damage, falli:
lightly and not being act
by high winds.
Tobacco in Oconee county has
shown some damage by previous wet
weather.
Peas, sweet potatoes and turnips
are reported good, but gardens gen
erally are not of much account Pea
vine hay is a magnificent crop. Some
parts of Orangeburg county reports
indicate peas and potatoes will only
run a two-thirds crops. Along the
coast the yield of potatoes is good
but the quality poor. Beaufort conn
unty says where potatoes were sub
merged by salt • water and were re
ported as putting on new leaves, the
fact has developed that tubers are
forming.
Cane, potatoes and peas iu Barn
well county need rain. Some hay
not yet housed in Lexington county
was damaged by recent raius. Pear
trees and some peach trees are bloom
in Chesterfield county. Oat plant
ing is in order in Darlington county.
Sorghum is beiug made up with »
fair yield. Hogs aud chickens are
dying from cholera in parts of Lex
ington county. Many correspondents
think a good deal of small grain will
bo sown this fall. Some oats are up
in Newberry county.
Cotton is opening rapinly and with
good weather the crop will be all
gathered by November 1. S>me
damage from water dropping off wet
leaves and staining the staple is re
ported iu West counties. Abbeville
county reports cotton nearly half
gathered. There will be no late crop
or very little in many oouutie*.
Estimates still give cotton at about
half crop. In Newberry county all
cotton on red lands is open and that
on sandy lands opening rapidly.
Some trouble is being experienced in
gatheaing in Lancaster county on
account of so much being dead from
rust and covered with grass. Crop
will be less than last year. All hands
are at work in Orangeburg county,
where very iittle remains to open.
The erop is being rapidly sold.
Many farmers have finished and the
yield for the majority of planters
will be less than a half crop; the
worst yield ever known to farmers in
that section. The crop in Berkeley
county is turning out badly and not
thirding itself in ginning. What
sea island cotton remains is being
picked; it is of a poor quality.
PEE DEE PRESBYTERY.
Proceedings of the Receat Meeting
at Kentyre Chnreh.
Pee Dee Presbytery met at Ken
tyre Church, Marion county on Sep
tember 21. Rev. W. B. Corbett
preached the openiug sermon. Eight
ministers and eight ruling elders
were present Rev. J. G. Richards
was elected moderator and Mr. M.
J. McLaughlin temporary clerk. Rev.
H. B. Zernow reported the organi
zation of a new church at Latte with
eleven members. Revs. J. G. Law and
H. Dixon with Elder J. J. James
were appointed a committee to pre-
are a programme foi the next El-
era’ and Deacons’ Con 'ntion. After
some time given to the earnest con
sideration of the subject, a committee
on colored evangelization, consisting
of Rev. J. G. Richards, Rev. J. G
Law and Elder John McSween, was
appointed. Presbytery then discussed
home missions and the plan of the
Assembly was endorsed. Collections
will be taken up for the assembly’s
home mission work in January and
September and for Presbytery’s own
mission work in February, June and
August Rev. A. H. McAm was
appointed corresponding agent of
home missions. The revised direct
ory was unanimously adopted. Pres
bytery adjourned on the night of
September 23. The next meeting
will be held at Florence on Friday
nigut before the third Sunday io
April.
Sam, the little son of Mr. George
Jnst Brown, met with a serious occi
dent the other day. He fell from a
tree and struck on his head. The
doctors fear that his skull was .frac
tured.
We hope in a few weeks, to be able
to say that the fire traps to which we
have been calling attention, have been
removed.
Pants for boys youths and men 60
cents to $5.00 at Blackwell Bros.
Youths aud mens suits $4.00
$15.00 at Blackwell Bros.
AT THE FAIR.
WONDERFUL DISPLAY IN THE
HORTICULTURAL BUILDING.
Beaatiful Plaits an4 Flowers af all
Deseripliais.
To the botauist and lover of flow
ers this building possesses almost
innumerable attractions, and the
true lover of the wonders of the
vegetable kingdom might spend
several days in feasting his eyes on
the many beautiful plants and flow
era that are gathered from all port
ions of the Earth, and display under
the Immense glass rgbC tnat covers
Che building devoted to* this special
building, it may be well to give some
acoount of the flowers aud plants
that are exhibited on the grounds,
and which make one of the fiuest
features of the Fair. All the ground
not needed for wallways and build
ings is planred flowers and grass, all
of which have been brought up to
the highest state of perfection by the
skill and care of professional florists.
Even without the flowers, the
beautiful grass, that covers the gro
und like a velvet carpet, is a sight
that one never tires of and will not
soon forget It is upt simply in
small patches but there are acres of
it, and the sprinklers and lawn
mowers are kept constantly at work
in order to keep it as ' beautiful as
possible. From the first opening of
spring to the present time that has
been a succession of flowers, and the
blooming season of most of them
has been extended by pushing them
forward under glass, numerous con
servatories haying been erected for
this special purpose. Almost every
imminent florisit iu this country and
a good many from Europe have spe
cial exhibits which of course add very
much to the variety and beauty of
the display. Immense beds of can-
oas, gladioli, geraniums, and other
brilliant bloomsng plants are seen on
every side, and the display of color
and the almost endlers, vowete excit
es the wonder of every visitor. A
great many of these gorgeous colors
are the result of skillful hybridising,
which has enabled the florists to
multiply the vaireties almost in-
definetely. There are b&ls of mag
nificent Japanese lilies that perfume
the air for some distance around,
and which might verp appropuately
take the place of the
rose as the Queen of
flowers. One of the curiositios of
this department is the display of
cactus plants, some of which are
eight or ten feet high and fifteen or
sixteen inches in diameter. They
stand in the r pen ground, but being
natives of Niw Mexico are not cap
able of enduring much cold. In one
of the main roadways is a beautiful
jond, for the display of agnatic
plants, which contains white, yellow,
Hue and pink pond Klies all in
bloom, to say nothing of the other
water plants.
Inside the Harticultural Building
are displayed the rarer end more de-
licated plants, some of which will
very readily neccumb to a cold
wind. Perhaps the most noticeable
plants are the large tree ferns from
Australia. The stemesunbles a
palmetto and grow up about eight
feet and then throws out a cluster of
beautiful fan shaped ferns, which
raukes it is a trutly beautiful and
graceful plant. A great many of
the plants and flowers in this buil
ding are known only by thiu botani
cal names which are only familiar to
the Florist or boalanist. There is
an almost endlers variety of cactus,
which is considered by botanists as
one of the most interesting and
carious of the whole family of
plants. Some of them are hardly
while others are very sensitive to
cold, being found only iu tropical
countries. One of the woudeiful
•erties possessed by most of the
varieties of this family is thin
ability to grow ami flourish in the
hottest ana most aud regions, where
rain is comparatively unknown. It
seems to derive sumoient moisture
from the atmosphere to supply its
needs. There was, ou exhibition, a
very fine specimen of the pin cushi
on cactus, which gets its name from
a striking resemblance to that useful
article of a lady’s room, which was
forty five years old and had never
been watered in all that time. It
may be of interest to sttte that
while there is a great variety in. col
or and shape in the cactus blooms,
the largest flowers are borne by the
well known Night Bloomiug cerens,
the culture of which is simple
than any one can keep them
The rarest and most costly plants
are the orchids, nearly all of which
are found in the dense forests of
tropical countries. Some of the
varieties are beaatiful almost beyond
description, but their cost aud the
great skill and care required for
their cultivation put them entirely
out of the reach of the ameture cul
tivator. The display of plants is
very fine ar d their stately beauty and
grace excites the admiration of every
one who visits the building. Nearly
to »R tropical r id semi tropical coun
tries are represented in this
and one of the enriosities is the
dwarf plants exhibited by the Jap
auese, who by some method of cut
ture, known only to themselves,
manage to grow minatrue trees, only
1 few inches high, which are perfect
in every respect, and, with fruit
bearing trees, make them bloom and
bear fruit Under the immense
glass dome there is a minature rep
resentation of a mountain, about
sixly or seventy feet high, which is
covered with lust* such vegetation
that would be round on o real moun
tain which adds a great deal to the
attractiveness of the building. The
exquisite perfume from a large bee
of lilies of the valley is noticeaole in
a large section of tha building, and
these delicate and fragrant little
flowers present a strange contrast to
others that are noted for their size
This display has
n not only made up by the con
tributions of foreign ceuntries, but
by the loan of plants from private
collections in this country. Probably
the most curious and less known
plants are from Australia, the plant
life of which furbishes a good many
specimens that are not found in any
other portion of the Globe. While
the cultivation of flowers and rare
plants may be considered by some
people as simply a luxury, it may U*
well to bear in mind that to the in
telligent and enthusiastic botanist
we owe a great deal of useful klnowl
edge, and that nearly all of onr most
essential and common medicines are
derived from the vegetable kingdom.
Near the Horticultrual Building are
some fine orange trees, with the fruit
on them, from California, which
were planted »n the open ground as
soon as the weather would admit of
its being done with safety.
In this connection it may not be
amiss to speak of the beauty of the
grass and flowers in the various city
parks, and which add so much to the
attractiveness of Chicago, where no
expense or fairs are spared to make
them as attractive as possible. The
city has several thousand acres in
parks and they are all kept in the
nicest possible order. Visitors are
allowed to walk over the grass with
out any let or hindrance but are re
quested to keep off the flower beds.
The police do not seem to exercise
any special supervision over the
flowers, but so far as ws could gath
er they are never disturbed. The
city has in addition to the parks im
mense conservatories where the plants
are cnltivated and made ready for
putting out in the open ground.
To the true lover of flowers, the
Horticultural building and parks
would amply repay him for the
pense of the trip.
ms
ex-
Aaong the October Periodicals.
The October New Peterson is a
fine specimen of one of our best
magazines. Its pages range from
grave to gay, from instructive to en
tertaining, and the excellence of its
contents is as noticeable as the
variety. The illustrations are num
erous and of admirable quality, and
the stories, sketches, and poems are
from the pens of leading authors.
Tne opening paper, ’’The Land of
the Dawning,” by M. McCarthy
O’Leary, is the most interesting ac
count of Queensland that has ever
come under onr notice, and is il
lustrated by effective photogrvures.
Another delightful illustrated art
icle is “Daughters of the Revolution,”
by Gilberta 8. Whittle. “A Celeb
rated Case,” by E’izabeth Cavazza, is
oie of those charming Calabrii n
sketches which have made their aut
hor famous. “A Congo Market’
Day,” by George Washington Cole
man, offers a fairly uniqe phase of
Virginia negro life. “Alma Lo veil, ’
by Lillie B. Chace Wyman, is as
e iwerful as it is realistic. “A Half-
oar’s Ride from the Quaker Ciey,”
by Anna Whittier Wendell, gives a
graphic description of Philadelphia’s
environs, with accompany photo
graphs. These are only a few of the
number’s attractions. To meet the
constantly increasing demand for
still cheaper periodicals. The New
Peterson will, beginning with Nov
ember, be published at One Dollar a
year; a sample copy will be sent for
five cents. Address Petterson
magazine Co., 112 South Third St.
Philadelphia.
'building,
$300
The Dispeisary.
The following statement will show
how the Dispensary is getting on in
the way of selling whiskey.
Amount of sales for September,
$2,201 37i; for August, $1,179 52;
toss profits, September, $524 211;
August, $283 96; expenses, Septem
ber, $139 44; August, $151 93; bal
ance on hand, September, $384 77;
August, $133 03; total balance ou
hand for the two months, $517 80.
From this $517 80 will have to be
deducted the salary of the Dispenser
and his clerk, the amount of which
has not yet been fixed. The sig
nificant feature about the amount of
sales is in the fact that the whiskey
has been bought by the moderate
drinker, as the known drunkards are
not allowed to purchase at all.
Our stock of dress goods pants
ginghams etc. was never before bet
ter, and are offering special bargains
for the next two days. BlaokweU
Blto.
Free?
THE HERALD desires to visit every
house in Darling-ton County, and a few
energetic men or ladies can reap a golden
harvest. Read the following wonderful
offer:
Diamond Rambler Bicycle.
To the first person sending us Cue Hundred paid up yearly subscrip
tions we will give one of the famous Diamond Rambler Bicycles.
One Two-Horse Wagon.
To the second person sending us One Hundred paid np yearly sub
scriptions we will give a Two-Horse Wagon. Call at C. W. Hewett’s and
examine the wagon.
Fine Suite ef Furniture.
To the third person sending us One Hundred paid up yearly sub
scriptions we will give a Fifty Dollar Suite of Furniture. Ask J. D.
Baird, the Furniture Prince, to show you the furniture.
Standard Sewing Machine.
To the fourth person sending us One Hundred paid up yearly sub
scriptions we will give a Standard Sewing Machine. You can see these
Machines at Blackwell Bros.
Persons competing for these prizes will please advise the proprietor of
THE HERALD. Cash must accompany all orders. When twelve new
subscriptions have been received, THE HERALD will send receipt book
to the agent. For further Information, address,
DARLINGTON, 8. O.