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A broadside of hot MiOC into the
gpberuatorial craft of Moaes T li-
wan. Mr. Tillman’s agricultural
college sc he me it a good one, bat
be has injured t be progress of the
work ol establishing sqch au insti-
maining in bed most of the days and
nights, asd bj h«d<lliug (outfit
as so uiang swite. Th#/ »eeml<»‘
well provide^Pth stnrv sjattre^se
and blanlud^and seern to be We
feil. Tliejni! tsnliliog p'mld nol
be on AtfpubtP s<^arS|tor ban
and obvious reasons. We wou!
respectfullv recommend that tbe
present building and lot be so‘d and
a new jail lie built ou some eligible
lot oil of the public square, when
all of the modern improvements lor
heating, water-closets, etc., may be
made* ttillr fegflrtl to the jail
building most df Th£ ftcommenda-
tOti<M)-by bis attack on the mass of | a8t ^ huu:
the citlzeps of South Carolina,
tbrpugh their officers and represen
tatives. Our i>eo|/le are aTraid of
those who are too eager for the wel-
■s i fare of tbe people, as they hmensi-
• Wy look back to the “Reform* and
'“Indeiwndeiil* movements Mr.
Tiliiaaii may be i>erfectly honest in
’. bit tlesiie to aid the farmers and
>• help them oat of their troubles, but
•^toplae tfirthk of the people of the
Rotate, It looks as if Mr. Tillman
pauted. U»e farmers to help him.
Be has been much loo violeut iu his
: prodaiaations to suit the conserva*
btrtaers, and others in the
! State, ami Mr. Lipscomb has s.dd
, no more, probably, than was deserv
ud. Still it would have been in
•* l better taste tor t4t Secretary of
^ State for South ^Carolina, to Fiave
’ wgirdMl hBrepIg iu milder phrases.
^ f ! t'lie R]]hir^HdaiajliionnJ Bill, pi
^whiqb wJ$l>ubJiBh a samat.iry,pass
a ed the U/d Seuatoon Friday, by a
ttofa of 36 to 11. It yet remains to
Irfbwuv^fhat will be Its fate iu the
B!
fear you will get left. Please now,
don't jhjmk me presuggn uqum, or -1
ineliiMPln even to d
whedp you alone
chumTe. My sunpt
asMir old leader 3f)roiapm rnmto
tbps wiite you. \^u mjpy\r JR I
know nave already crossed the
Rubicon, but have not seen it 1
feared the pressure around you
among the office holders wight
keep you lr(m acting till some
would say you were driven ifito it,
though 1 know y« nr iudepeudeut
g
rangers
I 1 ’ 1 11 «—m—■——3——
give my views on questions of |iub-
itcekr
s let
thou as
and
Iu as
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lest
gard fij
i do so,
lothmgj
ty to maj
)U chooj
jslu-s al
!j4. a *
l Capt J. W.
die
DePasa of Camden,
y, 1st iustj. He lias
spiiit don’t nil* in that^liUii ^ j
good many prominent ‘Gt
my many friends iu your section,
am,
“Very respectfully and fraternally,
. Jas. Lipscomb.^
Watch the lawyers.
(Cor. News iiiiJ Conner.)
Moud
it i^inberiof
ll Trial Justice o
it ClMiruiai^of
laticLOrgaiiilutio
1 He M is abot^ fi
a flraii orfamtl.t
fulfilled, but were it lo remain as it
now is, in a short timeitwil re
quire a eonsuirrable outlay «f mon
ey to place, tbe lower part of the
building in good condition. We
find that mauy of the lights are out,
aud it wiU soon be necessary to re
pair all of tbe footing and ceilings
of the entire lower story.
ia the Court House ai) of the re-
commentUtlous of the hist grfluid
jury have been fulfilled. We mid
that with the rapid accumulation of
papers nearly all ol the offices are
too small and theie is no room in
the building suttuOle (or the grand
jury to meet in. We prefrMo make
no rrooimneodatioas as to tbe Court
House attbis term, but *ill take
tbe matter into conslderatiou till
our next presentment iu June.
We found our Poor House iu
good condition aud heard no (sun
piaiutafrom tbe inmates either a«
to clothing, blankets or rations.
There are now in the Poor House
seventeen paupers.
In conclusion tbe grand jury de
sire to acknowledge tbe aaomiauen
rendered them iu tie discharge of
thetv duties, by your Honor and the
offloers of the Court.
W. E. JAMB8, Foreman.
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y iji v • Court Bocord.
On Wedriesday the grand jury
•VfortuB tftts bills against Spencer W.
^ AatoheH aMooR a»<l liatlery: Mai
eolm B. Timmons, assault and bat
tery; Lawton Sam, carrying con
cealed weapons; 'John Roberson,
alias Jack Roberson, murder; John
• ’ M-TViwerS, obtaining property by
falfe presences; Rufus McPherson,
Man sou StcPberson and George
Grooms, robbery and larceny ;01em
Allen aud Esther Allen, larceny of
ahotr; Alexander Moravian, alias,
< Sadly Moravian, murder. Willlani
Beustess was trie ion lodlQtment
mtsohief, verdict,
my motive aud take oUense where
we wish tobelp ,\ou, and sliow our
gard. Our county is guiuu s did
farmers’ couveutiou. Yours,
vfTy truly.
“CoLt’MBlA, fck O., Peb. 18, *80.
“MB. :' •
“My Dkab Sir :-^-Tliere was no
liberty taken h your writing to me
as you did iu yoursof the l^lh, aud
Mo apology ttet-ded. 1 am glad to
receive a letter expressing such con-
aideraliou for me aud recognising
my honest efiorts in tbe past in be-
bait of agt H iiiture amt the farmers
of the State. <
“It was, and is, ai labor of fove to
me, and after some thirty year*
spent id that way* I' feel tioiucliua-
tion of reason to change, I am
just as deejdy iuteresthd hi add an
loya ly devoted to the agrictdtural
interest 1 ,' aud Classes of tile Stute
and conntrv nbw as 1 : eYef have
Mr. Tillman calls on
to hold a convention so as to adopt
Johnson Countv, Ga„ claims to
liave a pine tree that glows acorns.
* It now has an ahundalit crop of the
. ahi ormai production. The Wash
ingtou Recorder declares that the
* free cmi he pointed out lo thecuii
Uie tanners oos of skeptieal.
The City Council of Orangebarg
has bought a lot whereou t«> erect a
years the h r ity,fiall, a guard botk«e and a pub
he town, |j c 'market.
ot' iCeV- i 8 - B. ,, Williamson, profes-
• o »«r of languaffs anA mathematics
J ‘ iin Jitug’aMoBtaiu Kill tary School
at Yorkville, has resigned to accept
a jMisiiiou iu Minneapolis. Mr.
Maddox, of the Virginia Millitary
Institute, will succeed Prof. Wil
liamson.
. . . . ttjvriii ca » i ii i ivAti
1|/S sq dq pfease don’t miacoi* true r" I Wy are^tTit engagedTn Uiokhig
against everyl>ody, and especially
against (Heir ^natural eaemies, the
lawyers. 1' ■ - ■ d i«i
It is high time these gentlemen
Should lie curlied Tlitey are aje
piiqiriatiiig nearly all tbe fat offices
tu the Htate. Nearly ewery thm-
gressmau, all the Judges, a wry
large (Hoportinu of the iv^embefs of I
the Legislai are, aud many other i
officials are lawyers.
The subtle wiles of these gentle- j
men are apparent in the tact that {
two promfnerit'menrbers of the Bar 1
take :he ground that the Univer
sity ought not to afford free educ<i- :
tion. -They well know that with |
wont farmers their sous cannot re
ceive college education it they have
to pay for tuition. One says:
'“Education not paid tor is uot ap
ppeeiated.” i . i .
We all know that, before the war,
the. beneficiaries iu college (the
Uauptui, Hutchison and Mauui>ig
for the golden candlestick of Solo
mon’s Temple which Titus carried
to Rome in triumph, and which is
supposed to be in the bed of the
Tibet:
Mrs. K Elmore, who died in New-
beiry, regally, left a will which has
been admitted to probate in the
Probate Judge’s office of Ni wherry
’ CouiityT By that will she gives
one third of her property to the
Newberry Lutheran Ubnrch, one-
rhird to tbe Bachman endowment
fund of Newberry » ollege and tbe
remaining one third to her nephew,
Mr. L. W. Long Her property is
estimated to be worth in ire than
83 000.
been, and I am ready and au*ibh*i acholarahips) made fine students. |
tp wort zeal oris! v and ilfflepfrtih'uM Tbenwgeutleuieti say tbe poor farm-
ly 'tti pttunotiiig f th* jr wHrafb. None j er ouglit uotr to be taxed to educate
knbw better “tliiut V°d atid your tbenob. Wby^ who pays tbot-uik
for malicious
guilty.;
On Thursday, thU cases tried
W«re: Bandy Moruvlati, tntirder,
! not guilty; Sam Brown and Sandy
Brown, malicious trespass, and San
, * dy Brown, ass^Wlt and battery: ven
* ,di6C pf^UOt‘guilty.
-Oti Frttlay tile case against E»-
*- , <h^f At1i‘n“,’' lar«Miy of a hog, was
‘ 'trietT, ififh a'v'erdict of guilty.
? The following sentences were pro*
y nounded.' Wm Lucas, retailing
without license, peuileutiary one
year at hard l*bpr.
John Ogrter, bouse breaking aud
larceny, plead guilty, i»ehltentiary
* at hard labor for 3 years,
» .• . ‘ Stepheit Huggins, larceny ot a
:. . \ol phu^tirt?j> b»r4 f alXJr for
tawferi ftaifi,
tery with jlntprtt to kill, penUcuttary
B l’kt oard labor for IS moutha.
, Lawton Sam, carrying,concealed
weapons,'peniteutiaty for 6 mouths.
Geoffrey Gregg, laropd\ of a bale
of cotton, uchltentlary at hard la
bor tor 2 yepr*- i-i 1
Ervin Parrott, larceny of cotton
from the Held, penitentiary at hard
labbffor 3 years.
- Wm Heuatiss, malicious mischief,
to pay a fine df 835 and six months
_ iu the peiiltentialry, but should tbe
,.(V ^ " ®ie oe paid the sentence to be re-
') % . diiceU, lo one day in the county jail:
‘ Esther Allen, larceny of a hog,
penitentiary at haul labor tor oue
year.
▲ftpr passing < the usual orders,
l, Court of Sessions was Adjourned,
j, tine die, ou Saturday Ou Monday
oi ihis week. Court of Oommou
Pleas was jntllcd. There beiuKino
Summary of the Blair Bill.
Tbe educational bill as it paasei
the Senate on Friday, provides
that —
For eight years after its passage
there shall Ih; annuully . ppropria-
ted from the treasury the tollowing
sums iu aid-of common school edu
cation ia the Stales mid Territories,
and the District of Columbia atid,
Alaska: First year 17,000,000,
f scond vear 810,000,000, third year
15.000,000, fifth year Iljj500,000,
ith year 19,000,000, sevcutli year
,000,000, aud eighth yem 15,000,-
000, makigg |7'^000,000, U-sides
which there is a special appropria
tion of 12,000, o alii in the erec
tion of school booses itt spArsuly
settled districts, making the total
fund •7^,000,000, ’ ‘ ;/
The money is j|iven to the several
Ststes and Territories “in that pro-
portion Which the whole number of
persoAs'ln each who, being of tlis
age of 10 years aud over, cUtmut
write, bears to the whole number of
such persons iu the United States,’*
according to the census of 1880, n!ie
til tbe census figures of 1890 shall
be obtuiiied, and then According to
the latter figures. Iti States hav
ing separate schools for white and
odTotpd chtldretf the money shall be
such whjteaud
siiectlVelj'' In pro
fellow farmers of “-how for
years 1 have urged the vin(l need
iff organization qf thp'tJWle and me-
flop. This I stiP deeiii didst essen*.
tfal to any scbi-hte, podey or pian
that will successfully advance their-
Iree Interests, and “ conseqhefUly
tne'trbe and liest interests of the-
entire couhlry"au<T whole people. ‘
“To stchre 1 thbt, I should say
that, ns hu important auxiliary, oo-
OfiertHivo inaobincry, or streng-
theoing adjunct, a couveotion com-
po.-tsi of •dlatniers, represeiitiug
tanners,'knowing what is due to
farmers, and at the R.«mo time due
U> others—ready to demand what
is due themselves and determined
to accept no less; re* y toi:iV-»
cogniZH and res[iec,t the rights ot
mily tour pieces of fainl were ottered
1 At the delinquent laud sales in
of taxes f Tbe amount apisxtprrat- | Orangeburg,
ed to the Bodlb Carolina College j mm ; berof part l (!8 flo(u W.uns
requires on*, who owns *1,U0U to * , the Moo(Jv aml
a tax irt teneC»tH(or two agars s , illk . y reviva , wTllc b wi n s0 on oe
l "I ****' a a u U , keH 1 Su iti Charleston.
810,960 to:produce one dollar tax. h
And yet they any iiiaC-; tins tax l Tbe City scIumiIs of Orasgebarg
o|hii esses poor tanners. Ttie) are reported to be iu a doiinshiug
don't objecttu face arhooi tux, and j condition by the correspondent ol
yol th e College appit>pnation | the brauchviile Banner,
would not ran the tree schools tour —
STATE ITEMS.
The pegch trees are in bloom
iu the Southern part of the StaL*. j — »■ -*■
Bean tort has been invaded by , Carolina Branch of the Valley
acarletina aud whooping cough. , Mutual Life Association of Va.
Laurens is to have a normal j Columbia, S. C., Feb. 1, *85.
school for both whites and blacks , j j, a v0’been appointed State Agt.
this year. j of “The Valley Mntnal Life Asso-
The prosp cts for a graded pchool ( elation of Virginia,* slid Col Lee
iu Barnwell are good, so says the Uagood has l»een appointed Man
People. I i>g« r The office of the South Car
,, . . | oltna Department is at Colum-
TheifcmMsays quHd a nom Hir j b ^ JL Ma1n St (under tbe
o( new buildings are lo P* 3 erec l e “ ; jj a || j ’ v
soon In Laurens. j j w ^jj | lia i iH ' ai | active canvass of
Tbe Sentinel says malignant , the State, and want the assistance
utea.'lyg is prevailing iu sections of of a n u in Iter 1 ot live men to canvass
Pickens county. ■ every county in the State
The Times and Democrat says
Lost, ..
A Bond mid MortgAfcft mrfe t/B ff. a ij
C. D. Charles, for $1,000, dated sbout 30:h
Ocioher. 1885, lo Tbomsi Stephetison, left
by me in bunds of an attorney, has di'sap.
pcared. All persons are notifi.ed that the
same is null and void.
March 4, ’86—3t
B. A* CnARLEfl.
Are yon made miser.thle by ladigeslioa
Coiislipnlion, Diziine-s, Loss of Apneiite*
Yellow Skin t Shiloh’s Vlulijer^is x
positire car-<. For sale at J, A. Bo-(Fa
Drug Store.
ai
Mi,”
B.-J*; WILSON wiM eoBiinue -teaaJl oul
his Slock of Oeneral Merchandise at the
Bed F!*g ” oeit Ijf Mr. JS. K, Dargen’g
office, cutitl the wli*k- flaolsi^ Jispoeet of.
Now is the-time lo muke Hue trades—«eery
thing at first cost. Will also be prepared
lo lurnisk boasd and lo ging to uiy friends
and (he pablre by the first of kUrch, on
the diobi reasonable terms. Call and see
me, on Main Street.
8 P. WILSON
Darlington, 3. C.. Feb- 18. ’86—U
Shiloh’s Catarrh remedy —a positive cure
for Catarrh, Diptheria. and Caaker Mouth.
For sale at J. A. Boyd’s Drug Store.
KEITH DA HO AN.
E. K
days in the peur. These gi ntieiueu ;
r ? , i4 4apte» ready fqr jury trial, the juries
'were discharged uutil Weduesday,
v ^f' ,i ji%ertlaT, whet) tbe rtf T. J.
WalkVfvs. the W.C. * A. Rnilr^d,
otauw&j ty breach of conA-act
?'l
• L!
ihitt
»n
ir'lfihl, and Occupied the
ay. * Tbe plaintiff' was rrp-
fby Bu W. Be yd, Esq , ntid
Brqwn, Esq,, the railroad
[u|(l ou' in support of such wh|te and
oolqrqil shhools'rei
portion that White ami colored'chil.-t
ffren between JO aud’21 ykiifs oitl
Iri such Sr ate bear to each Other
thb census. No Slate is to receive
the Wlu'ftt W the Act, until 1W Gov,
eruor ahull file with the secretary ol
the Interior a statement giving full
•'Utiaticsof the school system; at-
tenJanFe of white and Colored chil
dren, amount pf mouey expended,
&C., the nfimber and coiupeiisatiiot
' of teachers, &c. No State of Ter
ritory shal: receive in any year from
this fund more money than it has
paid oiit the previous y'c.tc from its
own revetines for common 8chqols.
If any State or Territory declines to
take its share of the national land,
Such share is to be distributed
among tbe States accepting the
benefits of the fufid. If any State
or Territory mhwpplies the fund or
fails to C4)mply with the conditions,
it loses ad subsequent apportion*
meuts. ^ampfes ot allVhqql books
iu use iu the Common schools of the
States aud Territories sha l be pled
with the secretary of the interior.
Any Statq or Teiruoiy accepting
the provisions”" of ihe Act at the
first sessfbh of its legislature after
tbe passage of the Act shall'receive
itfi pro rata share ot all ursvlou s
others; ready to assume a policy
true, botreat, jpst and^ fair; ready’
to reform and tinpnm* the laws,
customs and systems that govern
and affect agriculture and farmers,
instead ot destn ying them—would
be extremely desirable and emiueut-
ly betiHiotal. This 'I, you and
other* have lor yemw . been try ing
to do tbtough tbe Grange ami
Oth«f' agriculfurnl organiz ditius,
Miih, haontend, srgaiil, though par'
tial, success Huch a couvcntiou I
shall hail with joy, aud to uch I
will give toy most cordial support
and zealous aid.
“But to a convention tube called
Htiil 'rtd<fro1led, ! appointed and or-
ganikeif‘by'Mr. B. R. Tillman,' >vfio
hfts outraged all the courtesies ami
deicencieM of lVft‘; w ho has shown
an utter recklessness in his tisser
rtbns ailtl luVlttnftfious irs'to men
ami tbitigs ; Who wants fo tlo noth
ing go»>d but wliat yutt and I ftml
mnhy other farthers hate bee if for
years working for, fljif l feay iTfcdces
to pul down, (lesl'roy atid obliterate
every thing ami evt rybbdv, froib
Hampton and ‘ DeniocrAcy down to
hitnylfand chaos; wip* is ;ui avow
ed tlesivuOtipuist instead ofqdu
slfnct oiiisi ; wjio asserts that bo
iijan ju the State, faimer qro’jM'i,
has ever bt;cn put iii .office that he
did not at once ami ttn li become
disloyal, cOirupt ai d veii.il ; who
proposes to dcstrdy all the institu
tious established for t|ie beiiefitof
the fanners by others, and lias
nothing to replace them »it'll ex
.cent a college with him as fvastce ;
who from sej( deficiency* cannot re
oaiinoti fool-me; they know that
those ol high education aud train
ed minds run the Butte; and hence,
don’t want the sous of poor tnriners
to have the only imssible chance of
a high education.
All these things must be guarded
Agonist. Let us hold a convent on
and admit! none except those who
are fanners, and tanners only,
M-oto ol the lawyers are u*so larim
ers, but these inuki' unt b>- mlinit
ted. Also cant should he lakei: lo
exclude tit so mercliants w uo are
also tanners;, tor the m.ijonty ol
these also anvil farms. Let the
onveulion be of
SIMON ttj'HW FAIUCKIW.
The younger members of tbo
Wiiihsboro Bar will soon form a
byetcle cliib fd While away the long
summer afternoons.
The demand for Winnsboro
granite is increasing, aud the
owners ol tbe quarries can hardly
fill the orders, they art coining in so
fast.
Several Northern invalids are
wintering iu Elko, Barnwell coun
ty, and others ate expected to ar
rive KOi It I.
The fcrtd'z-r tiianulaclured by
the Anderson Od Mill Company
is in great demand. Tire com
pauy can hauily keep ahead ol its
or dcis. ...
This Company was organized
1 eight (8) years a go by some of the
leading business men of Virginia,
with the view of furnishing our peo-
1 pie with good sonnd insurance at
the lowest possible cost. Its suc
cess lias been nnprecetited; certain-
' ly fai exceeding th. t of any corn-
' pany organized in the South. Its
liabilities from its organization to
! this date have been liilly met. Its
Reserve Fund of 8108,000, securely
invested, with an actual member
ship of abont 88,000, aggregating
over 815,000,000 of insurance.
Any communications addressed
to me, or the manager at Columbia,
will receive prompt attention.
Wm. M. Bostick, Jr.,
State Agent.
Bueklen’s Arnica Salve.
The best Salve in the world for
Cuts, Bruises, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped
Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all
Skin Eruptions, and positively
cures Piles, or no pay required. It
is guaranteed to give perfect satis-
faetiou, or money refunded. Price
25cents per buy. For sale by Will-
cox &. Co.
OAHOAN,
£- Keith Dargan & Son,
Attorneys and Connselers at Law,
DA RUNG TON t.>, 8. C,
Practice iu all State aud Federal
Courts.
Collections and Mercantile Law,
Specialties.
Th* Junior member of Ihe firm wilt be
al Timmoniiville every Wednesday, and can
be lound at (be efilce of Trial Justine 8. F.
Cole. • ' « . ’ . •
Dec 31, ’85-6m
For Dyspensia and Liver Complaint, you
haven printed guarantee on every bottlv of
Shiloh’s Vitalixer. It never falls fo cOro.
For sa’e at J A. Boyds Drug 8:<»re.
DARLINGTON BARBERSHOP.
-AND- „
Bath Rooms.
Next door to National BsiiIl, under
News office.
The patronage of the public is
respectfully solicited
Remember this is the only first
class bai ber shop in town.
R. M. NIXON,
K. T. HARLLEE.
Aug. 8, ’85 ly.
Messrs. -Barron ft
E K. Dargan of Ifar
JPreseutraeut of the brand Jury.
) the Mote. A P. Aldeiok, Presid-
8W'-t
U*£
. f*
4a:<.8
*t Tho Grand Jury having taken
jA**?: M»i».«9Usiderati0L’ all matters lire
1 * seuted fi>r their attention by your
y.... Cqiw^, .^espcctiuily^Mb:
* *the (uliowtug as tlioir final pre
sentment: . !0
t. ^ examined the books ami
-5 X .fapneia of allthe qoogky au 4
..rift-Afftf •ud well
watla and bridges in
|be county gre iu fair condition and
. , Wq have bad but lew. complaiuts.
\ * r s? i ljb^bridg% across Jeffrie's Creek,
■ ) •'fisai tbe to.id leading Low the (mini
-fiy seat to Tiannousville, is, said to
public InterMt iu you, and -we dot
sire to see yob continued hi high
dm
— y 7 vcoaoy of farmers’ r*CMar-bJ« core
kqiu bad qqndkion. Tde mui^ud maaded the admiration of oar far
ing fpoat this - place to < Florence, men over here and made ns feel a
within the oori>oc«te limits pf the i
i Town of DarliugUsu, is also iu bad
f J edwdiUou. .infl ni \ <
We arc sorry 4o state that our
county jab, ait hough found to be
• -^“^liWy otaiMfi fapd neatly kqpt,
ifidch, 1 in -Aba ooudttioo ol
ban yoar Houor hi
ur charge to oar 9ai(y. There are
to the jail pro-
ot beating it. The
i iiiahn. jail did
ufrdmgl durf
extu-SIe _______
' re-
RRd
wm only ke;
cbM .owallun
pt com fort A blc by
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A Literary CnHnsfty.
TheGiassSot Time; in the First
and Srcoml A^e. Divinely Han
dled by Thomas Peyton, of Lin-
qodues lithe, (ie|il Seen and Al
lowed. Londdu : L’riateil by Beru-
ui k Alsop for Lawrence Chapin in,'
and are to be so d at Itt* 8no‘> over
a:ains: Stap e lime, 1G2D. Now re- 1
printed ru a neat volume, Long
Primer type, bound in fine cloth,
g It beveled boards. Price'
.71) ei-’its
Tiie quaiht itoem. of tbe title page
ot which tin” ibaive is a trauVcrip ,
appeared hr tiny half a century ear
lier th^u Paradise Lost, and it isin-
trlnsicanjr piiibftble that it would
have til en uliddr the eye df MiMon;
in any wise there are striking points
of leseihbtance between the two
poems, and manv have supposed
Milton’s immoitai wbrk to lave
bo-ii inspired by tb« lormer. Only
pwo copies of the \'bikare known
to ho iii e'xHtepce previous to the
tss^tc of.Uie pre-eut edition, oue be
.ii g in tie Uijtij.il Mu^eiim, tbqoth
er in the. Boillein Libr.ji'y, Cji’oid.
The copy in ihe Bi‘.;isb Museum
was pdVuhasyd at. a.notiwl sale ol
old books in W9, by. Baron Bo'-
afize iu any other purity of piotivc j laud, ipjw Oofes it bun a blank !e;ir
or honesty of purpose ; to sVcb a j that it cost, him ^.U 27* Od,'(ilJont
' * H ” A ' Sonic years ago a geqt em.iu
coiiveutinn, callert aud manipulated
by such a man for speh purposes,,,
L aud .vqw» ami the fanners of the
Slate, cannot look fof he j) nr good.
/OU,. „ ^ ‘J, '
rvgrclU'i^having to attack you, but
coulj mit liejp ii to keep froin be
ing personal towards others.’ lit;
said you alone ‘SjHike tor nis reso'u
ol
. . . . •, i . " ' tiansj slid he Ueuies iny hojiestv of
the Acf. ^'
' The hill now goes to the Houso
of Representatives for concurrence.
— ■■*>.—m
The Fanners’ Movertlent.
[Columbia Register.
Hoc.,.James N. Lipscomb has
aothorized fhe pnblicaijou q| the
foUpikipg letter, iu reply; )( to, cue
from a promiueuf fariqer auj poli
tician -iu tbe eastern part of the
State ou the “fatiuera’ Moyeuicu:J*
which has attracted so murk atten
tion gild disct^aimi : i,-
. in ‘SFkbRU’ABV 12. 1880. t
“ifon. J. N. Lipsvotubi* «
“DEAR Sir : Pardon fjiu liberty
I take iu writiug^o you on a |WV*
soaal matter—yet when looked at
from all sjdes it is hardly personhi,
Yodr open, matily, courageous ad
UO).
qfVirgiui*!
lroiu, tlp? ol
Jhr 'J.L Peyipu, Kjituiig
English family of I hat
ifame,' , uiade an accurate tranherpt
te, caunoVluDk
l say,.•'Mr. Tillman wrote the he^oLtbe copy in the Urpjsh luh^um,
prgser* itig even the qu nut sp. Iliug,
jmuhtmatioe*cajp;a1iziiig ; an,d ital
n-izpig oi the original. This pres
eiR edition is priute i \vi:Imu: nlter-
ijlpir' 1 MMWMWf ^
place. A fowd mnny bvfcrkere,
have expressed the hope that, you
would throw the weight of yoor in
fiaeuoe toward the fttrmera'oouven-
tto»> though’' Tillman did horstob
yoU a IRfle ovet hese. He - wrote
me ho rsigrotted havisg>to (lo it< hut
ehdld wot holy it, to ’keepotrom be
iog pet son id toward others. ; He
said yos olono spoki for his resofu
ijni>*. The wave, is betlwvev *«lb
S'MNtp the Rrato, and w« SCWal you
to go with us, and nniesa von do I
•pyjiy cU^s. and iiisii|nates that 1
aut ( a coifu|it poruiei.ni, working m
the harness of a' ru g and for it. l»e-
tnyting the trust played in my
bauds by bu’h the tanuers and
Democrats of Uoiifh* Oarolina. S«iGh
a ii an cau be no Closes’ for me,
uor cau Lo safely be for any portion
of the fanueis of this Stale, So,
fof a jeal simoi- pure faiigers’ con
veutjou K ^st count me iu for all I
m or ever »ytpec,£/tb be, but for
ation. Apart from it-i pnsuiiicd
conuectiofi, with Paradise Roef. the
p«H , ji]. l Ua^.very con-ider.ibre merits
of its owu, aud js in every way n
Ijterary curiositv. Jujiu B f Alden,
publisher,,^ew Yoik.
Thr •Andersom JtitcHlgencer of ti e
4th iii. Uuf state* that k m.-bbiftiic
ot Belton ciaim* that he has suc-
ceedt'd iu getting perpetual mo
tion
Mi. G. M. Hunter ol Fish Pond,
Barnwell county, last year made
eighteeu barrels of cane syrup —
eiabt hundred and ten g illous—on
two acres ot laud.
Oscar Smith, colored, was lodged
in jail Friday lnght charged with a
felonious assault upon his step
daughter, a child seven years old.
—Barmcell People, ith.
The Camden Gore/Ie of tUcOili in
slant sa s it is difficult to .rent a
dw 1 lliug house iu (Jamdcu. More
new residences are needed to sup
ply the demand.
Port Royal wants a custom house,
as it is the second |H>rt ot entry in
the State and does a pretty good
business with the Treasury De
portment.
Master Ai.temus II. Goodwiu ol
Oukey Springs, Lexington county,
recently killed an eagle which
measured seventeen feet from tip
to tip ol wings.
The Lif-bei) Agricultural Club
ol Laurens county has invited Cap
tain B. R. Tillman to lie present at
its meeting ou Saturday, Marcti 24,
and address that organization on
ihe farmers’ movement.
Mrs. Polly Duckett of Newberry
county, who is 89 years old, is as
lively as a dneket. One day last
week she walked three miles to sec
a neighbor ami returned home the
same day
The Port Royal Post announces
the presence in that town of Mr.
Jmu»es Mitchell, President of the
New York Stock Exchange, and
Mr. U- K. Mallory of the well known
(inn ot C- H Mallory & Co.
There is a petition going around,,
baking the Council to order an !
eleetti ti to tie held to decide wheth- !
eror not the town shall tssne 82,-
OOO'ln bonds, if so ntnch be iiecos |
sary, to improve onr water supply
and tirv depai-tment.->-NuN<fer A«/« [
vance, 0'h. ' ■ • •
The Uev. Geo. H. Tiiayer, of Bourbon,
lud., says: "Both tnyseif and wife ow -our
live; lo Shiloh’s Oon“um*->tion Cure.” For
si* at J. A. Boyd’s Drug Store.
Insurance !
o-
FIRE INSURANCE AGENCY
P. P. NoitMENT.
Represents TEN of the Oldest aud Most
Kvliab'e Fire lusuranee Coiitpanics iu (be
World.
Office in the fhmrt Houso.
Jan 23 lyr.
John Saul’s Catalogue
—DP —
New, Rare and Beaulilut ITulIs for 188C,
IS NOW READY.
Il is fall of realty goo I un i beautifn)
plains, as well ns all ihe uovelties of iu'-rli i
The rich collection of floe Foliage and
other Gr-enhou e and Hothouse plants, are
well ero"n aud al tow price*.
ORCHIDS—A very large stock of choice
East Indian, American, eio.
Alvo. Catalogues of roses, orch ids, seed®,
tree-, etc. JOHN AUL,
Washington, D. C.
Ft-b25 ’86
DARLINGTON.
Jewelry Store,
ATARR.H CURED, beiUih aud sweet
breath seour d, by Shiloh’s Catarru Reioe.
dy. Price 50 cents. Nasal Injector free.
For sale at J. A. Boyd’s Drug Store.
Elegant and 1’roflja^le Past-tiim'.
Quite h liuuibcr of the young a
die* in Hn* A^nUal part o! the cny
ttf'ChijiwalflfiHi ato,. dovniing tl.ciu-
sclvMie. i<h.thn., jnjikiug of arilieiiil
tio.anq'a. 'j^c bnl.iesquo liinlc: the
r r**t / ■"> | illfllt*»«livU*;Uf a t»Hn|»ctc|ll tcaqlicr,
^jTiVHlRn’aijtf^Iiat ho, *bbffc;| # i 1< ] h»v« mndt* r*MH.tik*Ulo jiro-
stju’^o^ipi ipv-qift. I bj|ve w^Uteu jjr^M.umhn Jnfr dictwiion. Quo of
you pltRui;', fpi it Is my w.ft ■ t^t>! ! niWifi • , UI>' »*• b'jnch of; i he.-n*
Uu« uudyr Uio^ ciroum.-t, ''^ Affij i iiMMm^'«IGfirnAq.IWwers t<> ohoicii,
^oou as i^o proc«^|j«gs ,OW|w r» ; ^ B ,i m>ii|KfrbtUttwatt the «trluei.ni
cent session . yf Iho Utato Grange . tiiatllioya wwUA .have tlecciyod the
ar$> prinjcd I WjU you,a |4 .y* i»fcfiii>ri»ptivird,fim« t i.h,** nmk
aud ask you til read my address, jyg „f toon* -fiowers "finn a m i-y
which.is pail o^, my public official ^mut-taul hours of profitah e .tiuii.-e
record. As,fpr my being coutinueij^ Tbo-mauulacture cosis iu
u pfiice, it.is Ipv the iieaplc sa^, j |j||je,■ and tiKui-hcs tint meau-s of
iucumbyat t, mak« ndcl^qu.pver inexpensive but beautiful ornamen-
j other good Democntt ir pMV| latiftioaiap ois ly lor the docyraiinn
oniy plea is honesty, tideiuy, l«>3al^. t ^ giavr-e T-.e Hit is not a new 1 H m . w ortf a n , OP
aud duty dptie, V< huievec; .d'S jjnu^ buk^is, incntasing iu inipular-1 ihe^Metlihdfsr Church F.ir
missed I rui ready t,o ret re. to,th« .^ % , |t . c. the Met! hrtfsf Chnrch. For about
ruuks of lie farmers a.id Dt'..c- ‘^ 1 an hou^mu..^ the w-pnl ” and »uy
crats without ^ubfitiou or ffi«Uj)ur v {Altolegram jast luceived iu Lon Jhat’b mr Sb^^dred to^av'I
But I hayg.fqq much faith iu the dou. lM u Friday j*#mmuu«a. that | ^ 1 ^ ^‘'^d to pay a
people of <s .uth Usrpljpa U^think I Mount Etna is in asutnot 'erup UH
am to be punished for u*t udauit j turn. Ciut^i sand sumes *<« oou
ting or acceptiug Mr. B^TjlJuiuu [ Muually being Unown up, and u is)
as Uie^’Miise^” aud leader ot the supposed that Java is coining cut of
farmers, erpoopk' of this tj(aie. j.t,c or lor, but as U js.ewvered t»y g
/“The imiHuiatoie i gt tach to the ’.lease mist uo ptoptu ob.-<ervaljous
iwbdgpLi ^01 oji;; ch»si| i» v»y uuly CH „ p,. takau.. ..' HgUt shocki of
apology tor the l.-tigtliotMiifhfttvfla^ititbqsaks byte boo., igii u,e
as I teel bound 10 treeiy aud tufty f, M »t of rhe mouulsiu.
AND
EYE GLASSES,
which will be fitted up by an ex
perienced Optician. If you old
people want to see a* good «.* you
ever did, ask for the Lemare’s Rock
Crystal (Jlasses.
JAMES H. MASON,
Pearl Street. Darlington, S. C.
Doc 17. ly
A SUPERB
M Pnte ail Tnit!
Hear the Witnesses tl
10 to 20 Founds! I!
Au Atlanta M in’s W*ight and Ap^Miitr.
“1 look four bottle* Guinn’s Pioneer a.iii
gained 16 pouuJs in fti-sh. My apncxiia
has n rfislbred I have prncnr8<l a lot
for use in my family. Yours r,-peelfully,
GKO. TUGMF.SUN,
M) Ilnniphriev Sc, Ailaum, Ga.
A MAN OF .SIXTY-EIGIH’WINTERS.
1 am 68 years of age, an I regard Guinn's
Pioneer a tine tonic f.,r Ihe feeble. By iia
use my slrengiii has been reatorelaafi my
weight increased lea pounds.
A. F. G. CAMPBEL,
Cotion Gin maker.
Macon, Go.. Feb. 18, ’86.
A CRIPPLED CONFEDERATE d.vf.S .-
1 only weighed >28 pounds wbon I cmn-
menced Gaiifo’s Pioneer, and now weigh
147 pounds. I couid hardly walk with a
stick lo support me and can now walk tong
distances wi'hoot help. Its benefit to me
is beyond calculation.
D, RCFi’.S BOSTHJK.
Macon, Ga. UttUon guyer.
MR. A. It. BRAMLETT, Hardware Mer
chant, F#sytb, On.', wrltee:
It acted like a chnrin on my general
heahh. I con-i ler it a flue louie. I weig i
more than L iiuVe for 2o years.
A. ll. UKAMLETT.
MR. W. F. JONES, Macon, says:
My wife bn* rrgnlred ber strength and
increased ten pounds in waight. We re-
n .uimeud Gu uu’a Pioneer as the best tonic.
W. F. JONES.
DR G. W.HELBRIDGE. of Ailasila. Ga.,
Writes of Guinn’s Pioneer.
Guinn’s Picneer Blood Renewer has
been need for years with M’lprecedented
success. It i«entirely vegetable and does
the sysiem nivAarwi, It iaprovesthe »p-
peti'.e, digcsiion and blooa-aukiag. siimu-
lating, invigbi-aling and toning up all the
functions and tissues of tjie system, sod
thus becomes (be great bloM renewer and
health restorer.” i:’F J
GUINN’S PIONEER BLOOp RENEWER
Cares alt blood and skitl diseases, rheuma
tism, scrofula, old sores, A perfe,l Spring
Medicine.
If not in yoor market It will he forward
ed on receipt o« price. Small bottles S 2;
large bottles $1.76
Essay on Blood and Skin Diseases mail
ed free
MACON MEDICINE COMPANY,
Macon, Ga.
:V
Oite evening regeutly, while Mr.
M. H Lu curt ami tamily of Bulling
UpriuUH towiirdHp were at 6ti|i|ier,
muna.tme entered the htiune and
• carried pf a e.hest and abstracted
, tlieielrmn 8210 an I wveral iiutr f
AKRtfijlAMtig MiO.’—Lexington Dis
patch, 3d.
The yonng jiCopie of Heneca City
are haVi e“V um Partie*” for the
i Are. made piiserable by indigi's|ion, con-
! sliimli, n, disxi ness, yellow skin? Shiloh’s
1 Vital *er is a positive core
For sale by
Feb il&, ’86
BeHEWSR'
! W1LLCOX kCO.
' JPOTJTZ'S
NORSK AMO CATTLK POWDERS
We k*aru that/on the night of
February 19tl» Simon Trotti, Jr., a
coloretl mail who reshled on the ,
SimkiiiR |ilace, in Bieepy llollmv '
t«iw<|ahip, with the house occupied
hy hiir, consumed to ashes. Cause !
of fire uukuowu, but foul play is
suapected. —Aikru Journal, ltK~. i
B»>ATHn than a man with toal so dead
Who never to his wife hath sold,
I will a fiowar garden make.
Both for my own and thy dear sake.
And sow with seeds to come ap quick.
Which you, of course, will buy cT Vick 1”
If such there be. 1 pray repent,
And have an order quickly tent.'
Then sweet thy rest. I'm sure, will be.
And thy dedr wife will smile ok thee.
TheOtno* Is a woiVnf ISO pages. Colored Plates , tooo
, m-r— i Eociuh
Owyio cents, which may fee deducted (Vom first order.
itnroxLYvrrK^firaE^. ATHtADgcmrEas.
• JAKES VICK, 82EDBMAN, Roehaster, N Y.
Mo flonnT win ilia bf rottci, Hots or T'iS.o
I SfV.lSWt If Hi lt-
J route 5 I ow *U*n* vb lUi'Miv utvl pro) »»t * I ,,,I ‘ R '*
! h‘*»te’i» ivt.irti »ni.|wix*riii rayM* n » v ; •
| Tim/. * l p\Ml«r* f di UMraMd# the Rimut't) «; r r ’JJ
prs-e the iiimat '
. and siaist the iwt. rfm
wi« Cream 'M.itt
nd ssect.
Fiaita’s I’/iwiters wm cure or prevent slmoet kv««T
*» 1 'to *> lilcJt Hona-s sml ( aula sro saWM.
roevr-a I owt.rs, wtu. otre iaTIsraorroS
•old evurywbere.
DAVID I. FOUTB, Propvletor.
BALTIMOBK.KO
For hh!o at Or, J. A. BojrU^.