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THE DARLINGTON NEWS. THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1886 ir: ii devomald d evaws. editor- We pablisb this week tbe call for *n agricaltaral conTeotion to be held bv farmer# eicla#ively, at Colom bia, on Tbareday, tbe 29th of April next. Tbie call baa been signed by ninety-two fanner#, from tbe differ ent parta of tbe State. But not one irom Darlington coonty appear# on tbe Hat, but among them we see several of tbe moat prominent far mer# of MarltxW. We do not prt pose to disco## tbe wording and sentiment# of the call at this time, bnt desire to show that in Darling ton county, the farmers have had large representation in tbe legisla tive and county officers, and that those much Tillman berated nufor tuuatea, tbe lawyers and non farm eratfcave bad amall showing. Our Senator, was a farmer and merchant, aad is now a farmer and president of a cotton factory. In 1880 1, In 18823, in 1884 5, we have had three farmers as members of the Legisla ture for each term. Our clerk of court, sheriff, school commissioner, and three conuty commissioners are farmer#, our probate judge a lawyer, our treasurer was a railroad and telegraph 4gent, and our audi tor is a fire insurance agent In our system of agriculture, tbe farmers, in selecting delegates to a convention, such a# is called for April ifill, we,think, have some difficulty in deciding who are and who are not farmers. There is the real far mer, who living on bis farm, makes . bis living out of the land. Then there is the farmer who i# also a merchant, keeping a store to sell to bis hands and to others on a lien; then there is the merchant who does an extensive farming business as an auxiliary. So also wo have the farmer-lawyer, the lawyer-farmer In fhet, so many of our people com bine farming with other business, tb<*t it would take a wise man to •tell where tbe dividing line between formers, and those engaged in otb- «(r bnsineses, lies. We will look with interest at tbe list of delegates in April and see bow many simon- pure farmers there are among them. A Letter from Texas. Long view, Gregg Co., Tex. 1 - Marsh 3, 1886. } Editor Darlington Neva : 1 fear you are uot a prophet, for I seeyoucontinue to hammer at the “Bone-yard,* and from all yon ##y it is still tbe common resort of all colors, characters and pursuit# and tbe great mart of the town for tbe sale ami exchange of skeletons in the shape of horses, males and oxen, . yet, if you recollect when that prop erty exchange*! owners, you came ' out with a joyful editorial proclaim ing the glad tidings, far and near, and predicted mighty results, say ing, that efe long the buzz of tbe 8*w, sound of tt)e hammer, plane and trowel will be heard and those lots known by tbe classic name of “Bone-yard,* will soon be built up. .“Bo mote it be* I said, yet I know that it requires money to put aud keep auob things in motion. It wpukd seem from all you said then that by now, Pearl Street would be jammed , with two or three-story buildings for stores and dwellings, and the rhar of the Baptist Church With pottages, yards and gardens, and the oak grove with livery #ta- bles. But, alas, it seems to be about as in tbe days of yore, except the palling down of s tew old buildings —disturbing the rats. I thought then you were rather premature iu year prediction# and quite inoon- Biderate. There is such a tbiug a# bleeding a man often if not deplet ed-tod much at any one time, then it’s necessary Ur- give him time to rally and regain bis strength, and perbapa “that’s whet’s the matter with Hannah.* With the coutiu- spelt expense* of Hv|ng, they may .hot ligve fully convalesced from tbe ftfSt venesection, therefore you should forfdar, give time add be patient. and. you may yet have a racket in that direction. , It would afford me a pleasure, were it possible, to show you so of tbe results of that sale. I have four hundred acres of good laud— 200 under ienoe—a beautiful two-story brick residence, with a brick dining room and brick kitcb en attached, finished neatly and of the best material, outbuildings, a large brick smoke house, well ven tilated and fly-proof; barn, Stables fpr ten horses, good gin house, car- rUge fiooire, two large negro bouses, fowl-bonse, wasb-hous?. storeroom- dairy and a comfortable house far cropper—built 16 years ago. Other improvetaentain the shape -of a nice flower garden and large vegetable garden paled in; 10 acre* of Bermuda grass, fenced with plank and npodock; two apple and peach and two plnm orchards; grape lot is in tbo junction of two public , and as tbe building* are on a / ) well from all dfrectioqs. .. j former owner named the plaee “Fancy Hill.* . T have the beet of freestone wa ter in five springs and a well, one a mineral spring near tbe boose as stroiig as the Mineral Spring above Darlington. Ny land lies well, soil deop and loose and easy to cultivate. Grass lot sowes one feed per deg for four horses and the? keep fat iu crop time; feed noon and night, turn in lot, and go to work iu tbe morning. It also keeps my cow# and calves fat, and all kinds of poul try like it, and it teems with vari ous insect# for them to feast on. My residence is about tbe centre of this lot and stand# north and south, front door east, and 1 have an open ing around me of near 300 acres, except toward the north—100 acres belonging to another person—I get every breeze. The location has al ways been very healthy. Bnt with all this some are not satisfied because it’s in tbe country, and it’s uot best to move from a town (if ever so small) to the conn I have also three good mares try. and a good horse, a 2 horse Tennes see wagon, two cows and calves, stock bogs, plantation utensils, and bought rations to make my crop, all with that money and had a little left. So much for tbe “Boneyard.” Yon can pop away at it as you please, bat I shall always think of it with pleasure, and shall ever be thankful to the gentlemen who bought it, as it gives me a pleasant hpnre and bread in old age. It was a gift from my kind father, which still nhelter# me and his great-grand children. Mr. Editor, I see with regret that Timmonsville grants license after being dry so long. Is it not strange that intelligent men advanced in ysars should advocate anything so wrong, when their inflnente should be for good when they are so near their graves T It is said tbe license will tomefitthe business of the town. How absurd f It helps grog-shops, officers, lawyers and tile devil, but no others, and it will make drunk ards of tbe yonug, kill off the old, Cause the loss of seals and give min isters harder work, as whiskey aids the devil very much. I am ont of it, yet I have a kind regard for tbe place and people, and am sorry snch a calamity has happened to that community. What has become of your corres pondent at Timmonsvillef He did not report in the last papet as be promised, and I am interested iu that quarter. J. M. H. < To my Friends and the Public. You all well know that my hab its have been stumbling blocks on tbe road to success, and the too free indulgence iu intoxicating drinks have robbed me of the position I should this day occupy. 1 have now determined to forswear the cup that inebriates, and take this method of begging my friends to assist me iu my resolution. As I cannot take one drink without craving a second, a third and innumerable others— ending in intoxication—I earnestly ask all of those interested in my welifare, and that of my wife and children, never to ask me to take a drink. The determination never to toacb liquor in any shape, of my ^R /ree will shall, with God’s help, ntver lie shaken. Tbe public gen erally know my ability as a business man, and 1 would be thankful for employiEect of any kind that is hon est and honorable. Respectfully, T. J. Brown. Darlington, Mch. 15, ’86. Call For An Agricultural Convention at Columbia. To the Fanners of South Carolina: Seveuty-six per ceut. ot our State’s population are actively engaged iu agricultural pursuits. At least one- half ot the remaiuder are directly dependent upon the farmers for the means of a livelihood. We may justly claim, then, that wecousti tute the State, yet we do not govern K, nor are tbe laws administered iu our interests, and few are passed for our benefit We pay taxe* and vote and there is no further us« for us. These taxes do not grow any less, while our ability to pay them grow# small er year by year, and nothing worth naming has b* eu done to foster and encourage that interest which feeds and sustains all others. The ne grees used to be tbe “mudsills* of our economic fabric; but thousands ofjwhite meu—land owning farmers —find themselves slowly but surely sinking beneath the waves to be adcled to tbe foundation upon which a^fow men and corporations are erecting their fortunes. Impend iug bankruptcy s'ares thousands in the face, while other thousands are oversqaiug their own plantations for their victuals and clothes. An insane system of farming largeR prevails and oar lauds are growing poorer year by year. Large areas ot Sooth Carolina are being made a desert to feed negroes, while tbe laud owners, giving no thought to tbe future of themselves and a fidren, stand idly by, c r assist Q direct this skimming of a State, which, by reason of soil, climate and geographical position, might be made a veritable Garden of Eden. Tbe negroes will “go West” when the bones are picked. What will we do! We are “farming to wards despair* iu thus continuing to impoverish our lands by ignor- ant culture, but nothing is done by our Legislature, or Its creatures, to stop it, or to try to teach the people a better and wiser system Forty thousand dollars are spent annually iu the State, three-fourths of it paid by formers, to educate meu tor other professions and pursuits; tbe farmers get nothing, and are lett to gtope their way to ward# the grave iu iguorauce aud its consequent poverty. Even the K ittaoce donated to educate farmers ,\r the United States Government is taken from us and appropriated to sustain the institution at wbieb our future masters are beiug train ed. How tbankfal we should be to tbe good Lord for such generosity aud wisdom amoug our statesmen, so-oalledt Again, we pay 125,000 annually by s|iecific tax, which come- out of tbe farmer alone, to MiMtaiu a de partment of agriculture. A good slice of this is spent to collect tbe phosphate royalty, which goes to support the State Governmeut, aud the rest is frittered and wasted, so far as we can see, the only bene fit received by the farmers beiug a partial protection against fraudu lent fertilizers. A majority ot tbe board of agri culture are uot engaged in fanning. Who wonders, then, that so little has been done by it to benefit our farming interests f Four bad crops out of five and the consequent poverty of the farm era cry aloud tor economy and re duction of taxes. But this cry, which came from every county, was ignored by the last Legislature, which also (lersisteutly refused to obey a plain maudtteof tbe Con stitution to provide for a reappor- tionraeut of representatives by holding a census. It is small won der, then, that nothing was done to protect farmers against robbery by dishonest fertilizer manufac turers Tbe Legislature which recently adjourned, though not corrupt, has been very negligent of tbe public welfare. Tbe thoughtful and iu telligeut farmers of the State oau- not afford to elect another such body of law-makers aud Coustitu tiou breakers. Nor oau they afford to allow tbe agricultural interests of tbe State to be subordinated to everything else, aud no effort made tc foster aud protect them Other States with less expenditure than we are making, are doing ten times as much to encourage aud assist those engaged iu farming. But tbe mouey spent is not entrusted t politicians or to those elected bv politicians. Tbe farmer# manage aud control it themselves Believing, therefore, that tbe crisi# demands prompt aud united action on the part of the true and loyal farmers ol the State, and tnat a convention ot such can only re dound to the benefit ot agriculture and consequently of every other in terest aud calling, we call such a convention to meet in the city of Columbia, Thursday, the 29th of next April, to take into cousidera- ticn the questiou touched upon in this address, together with such other matters as they may deem of importance to the political, social, educational or industrial interests of the farmers and ot tbe State. Eacli county agricultural society is requested to send five delegates. Each local or township agricul tural club is requested to send one delegate. The farmers of each county are requested to send five delegates over and above those from organiz ed societies, and to effect tins it is suggested that those in avinpathy with the movement call a mass meeting or county convention of farmers in their respective counties to appoint said delegates. if the wisest aud best- of our farmers thus assem b e we lee and believe there is enough of both patriotism aud statesmanship among us to fii d remedies for those evils and, without trenching upon the right# of others, manhood enough to demand ami obtain a proper re cognition of our rights nd needs. While this is essentially a farm ers’ movement we invite the sym pathy and moral support of goo* men of every calling. Agriculture is tbe basts of* ur economic stiuc tore and supports the rest- It can not rise without carrying with it tbe superstructure. There is among the politicians in South Caroliua an up-country am low country. There is no such line of division amoug the farmers. Our interests are one. Let ns come to gether from the mountains to the sea, and, exercising the God-given right that the majority shouU govern, organize as farmers an* obliterate this line forever. that time, she has labored on iu tbe ace ot discouragement, danger, discomfort, disease and death. Her first born lies buried in a Chinese grave. She is often called to grieve over tb< sickness of her four little ones. Once her physician was iu despair as to her own life. One day. as slm was going to prayer meeting, a drunken < tiiuamau snatched her umbrella from ber bands, aud before bystanders could stop him he struck ber over the shoulders with it. Iu such ahun daut missionary laliors and trials, Mr. and Mra. DuBose have neither time nor opportunity to make mouey. They are poor, while mak ing others rich tor eternity. All this she bears witbi ut a murmur. 6. Tbe amount of money needed to pay for the lot, put a wall around it to keep out thieves, au build tbe bouse, is 83,000. About a third of this has been contributed. John W. Davis. The new Catholic Church at Florence will be completed by Easter. It is fifty-five feet long by twenty-eight wide. Busiusas boomed to such an ex tent at Port Royal last week that ! the railroad had four engines doing shifting duty. New Advertisements. E. DALLAS, llkj ui ta-Mikiig. —NEXT TO — Tft An Appeal. January 1886 My Dear Brother : I am trying to raise money to en able my co laborer. Rev. H. C. Du Bose, of Soocbow, China, to build a healthful house for himself and fain ily. 1 ask your aid for tbe follow iug reasons: 1. Mr. DuBose is a Sooth Caro liniau, sou of a Presbyterian minis ter who lived and died in this State 2. He has been, since 1872, when* he went to China, faithful, earueat aud uutiriug iu his missionary work. In July and Aug oat, 1885 he preached 180 times. In one year he preached 700 timea. Be sides preaching, he sells Christian books and tracts. He sold a in year ll,0o0 copies He is doing the work of two men. 3. A very desirable lot, in tbe centre of Soocbow, conveniently situated for mission work, secured to tbe “Church of Jeeus* (uot to Mr DuBose) by full, dear titles, bus been obtained. 4. He and hie family occupy a low, oioee, damp, native bouse, un healthy aud uncomfortable to live in, and inconveniently situated as to bis work. 5. His wife deserves a good home. Some years ago there was a riot iu Soocbow. Tbe mob entered Mr. Du Bose’s bouse add tore to pieces everything ou tbe first flooi, aud then went upstairs. They met Mrs. DuBose, who stood before ber chamber door. She was alone. Calmly she faced them, and talked to them in Chinese, which she speaks with great ease. There were no tears, no fury. It was simply the heroic bearing of a u* ble Southern woman. Aud so she kept that bowling mob at bay until tbe soldiers, called for by Mr. DuBose, came and drove them out. Since The Southern Methodist Senate. Tbe General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, gontb, meets quadrennially, and, accord ing to the Book ot Discipline of that Church, in the “month of April or May.* It meets this year, and at Richmond, Virginia. The one hun dredth anniversary of the Methodist Episcopal Church’s formal organi zation was celebrated in December, 1884, at tbe city of Baltimore, where the Church was organized at tbe celebrated “Christmas Confer ence* of 1784. The original Methodist Episcopal Church was separated into two dis tinct branches, of co ordinate au thority and jurisdictiou. by the ac tion of the General Conference which met in New York city in May, 824. This was practically the division of the Church into a North ern and Southern Church. The oc casion ot tbe division was tbe agi tation ot the si very question. The Northern Church kept the old name, aud is still called the Methodist Episcopal Church. Tbe Southern Church took the name of the Metho dist Episcopal Church, South, and waa formally organized into a separate body iu 1845, at Louis ville. Kentucky. Its first General Conference was held at Peteisburg, Virginia, in 1846. The General Conference has met regularly every four years since, ex cept at tbe appointed time iu 1862, when the civil war interfered. The sesaion this year will lie the tenth, it wi I be composed of nearly 275 members—one-half of whom will be laymen. The delegates are elected by the annual Conferences, each Conference being entitled to one clerical delegate to every thirty- six members, aud to unequal nuiu ber of lay delegates. Tbe South Caro'ina Conference at its recent session iu Columbia elected the fol lowing delegates: Clerical.—W. W. Djncan, S B Jones, S. A. Weber, A. M, Creitz- berg, W. D. Kirkland and A. M. Shipp. Alternates—J. M. Hoyd and A. Coke Smith. Lay.—James U. Carlisle, J. Ful ler Lyon, W. T. D. Cousar, li Baer, R II. Lemiioniugs and J, G. Clink scales. Alternates—G. E, Prince and W. L. Gray. The Bishops preside at the ses sions of tbe General Conference, aud n case no Bishop is present the Coulereiice chooses a president pro tern. The business of tbe Gen eral Conference is to make mles and regulatiuus lor the Church, under wise constitutional limita tions, and to provide by n< cessaiy legislation for running the maeliiu ery of this extei sive and aggresMve Church. It will legislate tor about one million mcinbeis, who are organized into forty Conferences, distributed along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, from Maryland lo Mexico. There are three Confer ences on the Pa ific coast, several in the far ‘West, one in tiie Indian Teriitory and one iu Illinois; be sides the original territory, iu the Southern States, to which the Cburoh was at first confined. Besides ita mission work in this country among the Mexicans, In dians, Germans and iu the Terri tories and on the Pacific coast, the Cburoh has missions iu China and Brazil. All these will engage the attention of the General Conference. Several ; ddilional Bishops will be elected. i> INVITES THE Xj A. DIES AND THE Public in General TO CALL AND EXAMINE —HER— SDPRIJXTQ- STOCK. Hoop skirts, Corsets and Bustles a SPECIALTY. March 18, ’86 use Dr. SALMON’S HOG CHOLERA SPECIFICI CHICKEN POWDER-SHEEP POWDER. jattle powder.—condition powder. r PREVENT A CURE HOO CHOLERA. ( DESTROY* PREVENT HOG LICE* WORMS. WE CAN < CURE CATTLE MURRAIN,TEXAS FEVER, dU. CURE CHICKEN CHOLERA St GAPES, j l CURE SHEEP ROT, TAPE WORM, Ao. MANUFACTURED BY THE VETERINARY MEDICINE OC NASHVILLE, TENN. SEISTID OK CA-XjXj FOKOIUCTJXaAEI. FOR SALE BY iy By thefinloi April I will be prepared lo furnish all who are in ueid of Lumber. Mill located on place known as the Milling plantation, about one and n half milea fr m Darlington depot. Apply at mill or to J. J. WARD, Darliogton, 8 0. March 16, ’B0 -8m. Final Notice. Thirty day* alter date l will file my Fi nal Account a* Adtn’z ot Archie Manning, deceased, and apply lo the Judge of Pro bate for Darlington County, for Letters of Dismisaiou. AMY MANNING, Admini-trairix. March 18. ’86—1m SHERIFF’S SALES. W. P. COLE, as Sheriff of Darlington Coun- •y, *». JOHN MoSWEEN, as Truatee of MARTHA J. NORRIS and MARTHA J. NORRIS. Judgment for Foi tcloiure. By eirtue of an order of Court mvt.- in tho above stated action, uf date Match the 12lh, 18S3, I wil' sell in front of the Court House of Darlington Countv, on the first Mon lay in April next, ur the Tuesday thereafter: All that tract or pa ce) of land situate, lying and h-ing iu ilie County of Darling ton, an ! Slate aforesaid oo tl lining Oie Hundred nnd 78 acres, more or less, known as Lot No. 1, of the estate Of Mrs. Ann II. MeCown, an I hound* I on i he north hy lot No. 2. of shi I estalH ; west by lands ot K J. Muhlrow aud J. K Cole, an-l on south and east bv lands of J. J. Mo owu ALSO All 'hat tract or ptroel of land kno.va :t- Lot No. 2, of said estate, uomaining One Hundred and twenty-sev.-n acres, more or less, bounded north hy Jeff ies Creek : soutli by Lot No. l,ot sai l estate ; west by lands of J. K. Cole, said lots being repre sented ou a pla' of the estate of M>s. Ann It. McCowu. made bv Kiihu Muldrow, sur veyor, tbe 21st day ol Fehimry. 1880. Terms of sah- ca*h W. P. COLE, 8 D C. March 15, '66. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. COUNTY OF DARLINGTON. JOHN MoSWEEN, as survivor. Plaintiff, va. SAMUEL O McCOWN, et al. Defendanta Order of Sale. Purauant lo an order of oourl made in tbe above stated case, I will offer for sale in front of tbe Court House in Darlington County, on tba first Monday in April next, the following described real astaU. AH that tract of land situate iu the Coun ty and Stale aforesaid, cmuiuing Two (200) hundred acres, more or lcs<, and bounded as follow* : 8ouibeast hy estate lands of Charles Dargau ; southwest by es tate lands of Win. Gee; wesl hy eelate lands of S. B. Wi'aon, and lying on the north ride of M>ddlt Swamu and hi-secliug tbe road leading from Darlington Court House to Effingham it b Ing on tbe weal aide aud bring a portion of the'and alot ted to John A. Gee by his lather, Newell Qee. Terms of sale one-half cash, balance In twelve mouth’s credit with interest, lobe secured by bond of purchaser and mort gage of Premises. Purchaser to pay for all necessaty papers. J N GARNER, CC P Ma v ch 15th, 1886. CROUP, WHOOPING COUGH and Bron chitis immediately relieved by Shilnb't Cure. For sale »tj. A. Boyd’s Drug Store X. KK1TH I) a a o a x. R. B. W. EDA ARDS, E. S. KILPATRICK. AND J. C. CA MP. BELL. Execution against Projmtg. By virtue of the above 1 xecutiou to me directed, 1 will sell in fr.mi of the Court House of Uarlinzton Coun'y ou the first Monday in April next or the Tuesday tlterealter. All that tract ot land situate in Darling ton County. S'ate of South Carolina, Co >- taiuing One hundred acres more or less, bailndeti North by hinds of Sarah Kilpat rick, East hy lands of William White, 8ouih by lands of Mary Nettles and Wesl bv lands of James Carter, and formerly belong! tg to the defendant J. C. Camp hell. Levied on as the property of J C. Campbell, at the « tit of B. W. Edwards. Terms of sale cash. W. P COLE, 8. D. C. March 15 ’86. STATE UF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF DARLING ION. Wbareas, H. D. Rice of said County and Stale, on the lam day ot J.inu-iry. 1882, made and executed a mo’tgagr lo Jotin Mo- Swcii of tbe same County a-id State, lo secure the payment ol a not* of the said H. D. Rice to the said John McSwceu, of date 19th January, 1882, for the sum of Seventy-five dollars, payable ou lie 1st day of November. 1882, which mortgage was tecorded til iIk office of the Kegirfet of Mesne Cou»eyanc~. for Darlington Count., on the 80tb ( day of January, 1882, Volume K. No. 2- pages 601, 6<»2 and «03, and the sum of Ninety eight dol »rs atiu thirteen cents is now due on lb - said mort gage debt, and whereas default has bee made in the payment of the note secured bythesiiid mortgage, the eai I on t*gage will be foreclosed by a solo uf tbe *aid t remisee, by virtue of the power contain* ed in the mortgage, which sale will he iL-ide hy the evhacrihor, a' puMio auction, at Darlington Court House, in front of ihe Court Hmive do.ir on the tir-i nnday in April next, it 12 M Tetius ol eaL-cash. The following is u description of the Saiii mortgaged preiuj.-es: AH 'hat tree: of land, situate in L'.rlingtou County, and iu the Si a' c uior -raid, con'ainiu* One Hun dred acres, inore or less, aud I nuude i on the north nd we-l by thl right of way id' the W., l\ ii A. It. K Company : on the Gael hy lauds of A. M. Rice, and on Ihe soui'i aud west hy lands ol lb • i-staiu ol limoiby Lee and ;be run of Bay Di-iucu. JOHN McnWEEN. Mmigngee. March 18. ’86- 8 . % haroxr. E. Keith Dargan & Son, Attorneys and Gounselora at La w DA KLIN OWN C. H., S. C. Practice in all Sure ami Kc.ieral Courts. Collections ami Mercantile La-v, ■Spcci.ilties. Tbe Junior lueiuber of the firm will tm al Timii-onsvitle every Wedneediy. aad can he found al lb# office of Trial JuMier 8. P. Cole. Dec 81, ’8.5—6m Why will you cuugh when will give immediate relief. 60cts , and $1. At J. A. Store. Shiloh's Cur Price 10 c's., Bnyd’e Drug DARLINGTON BARBERSHOP. — VND— Bath Rooms. Next*looi' to National Bank, umi«r News office. The patronage ol the public is ivifpectfully solicited ReineiulK'i- this is the only first class baiber shop in town. R. M. NIXON, R. T. HARULEE. Aug. 8, ’85 \y. For lame buck, aide or o!te«., use dhil.ii’ Porous Plaster Price 25 cents. At J A. Doy-t’a Drug Mote. DARLINGTON. Jewelry Store, SHILOH 8 COUGH mid f'ttu-ntnpiioQ Cure i- so’d bv ii- on a gin,rant'e 1. cure. Coil.-11 minimi For vale at J. \. IL.yd’g Drug Stare. South Carolina Branch of the Valley Mutual Life Association of Va. CdHuMBIA, S. C., Feb. i, ’85. I have been appointed State Agt. of “The Valley Mutual Life Asso ciation of Virginia,* and Col Lee Hagood bus been appointed Man ager. The office of tbe South Car oiina Departme.it is at Colum bia, No. , Main St., (under tbe City Hall.) 1 will make an active canvass of tbe State, and want the assistance of a number otiive men to canvass every county iu the State This Company was organized eight (8) years ago by some of the leading business men of Virginia, witb the view of furnishing our peo pie witb good sound insurance at tbe lowest possible cost. Its sue cess has been unpreceuted; certain ly fai exceeding tht't of any com pany organized in the South. Its liabilities from its organization to tins date have been fnlty met Its Reserve Fund of 1108,000, securely invested, with an actnal member ship of about *8,000, aggregating over *15,000,000 of insurance. Any comniotiicalioua addressed to me, or the manager at Columbia, will receive prompt attention. Wm. M. Bostick, Jb., Slate Agent. Tbe U. 8. Senate on Tuesday of last week confirmed tbe appoint ment of Gen. John D. Kennedy to be Consul General At Shanghai. THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA DARLINGTON COUNTY. Mortgagee’s Sale. Pursuant to aud by virtue of authority vested in us by a certain mortgage of rea! •state, executed by L. C, Rollins, beat in* date tbe 31x1 day of ecember. U84, and recorded in the office of tbe Register of Meane Conveyance for Darlington County, in Book X. No 2, page 230. we will offer for sale, at public auction or vendue, on Saleaday in April next, Net ween Ihe hours of 11 A. M. and 3 P. M., iu ironl of tbe Court Hou«e door at Darlington, S. C.. the following described real estate, lo-wit: All that trac of land situate, lying and being in tbe County an t S'ate above writ ten, containing Sixty acres, more or less, and bounded as follows, vii: On Ihe north hy the W„ C. A A. Railroad ; on the cast by the Public Road ; on the south by the 1 ublic Road lendiug irom Timiuonsville to Ca-ieraville end on the west by Sparrow Swamp Terms of sale caab —purchaser to pay for papers CARR1GAN A SILOOX. by Ward & . ettles their attorneys. March 10, ’86. THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF DARLINGTON. F. J PELZER.SR., vs EDMUND EZEKIEL. Judgment for Foreclosure. Purtuanl to a Judgmi ot of Florecloeure and eatein the above elated case, I will offer for sale in front of Ihe Court Hous# in Darlington County, on the first Mo-t- <5av iu April next, the following describ ed real estate: AH that tract of land aituale in toe County and State nfsreeaid. containing Two Hundred and ninety (‘>20) acres, more or less, and bounded north by lands formsriy of Oswell t. Smith and lands of Luoas McIntosh ; east by lands of Dove ; •out* by lands of Dovo nd JamesP. Wil- son. and west by land* ef L cat Mcloto-b and Jamss P. Wilooo, and having snob other metes and bound* as are represent ed on a plal of tba sama made by W. H. Jamison, surveyor. January 25, |8»0. and attached to a Deed of the premises by Os well E. Smith to 8. Mares A 1. Lewenthal Terms of sale cat' — purchaser to pay for popors. .. J 1* GARNER, C C P. March 16, '86 SP-ECTA.CLES AND EYE GLASSES, wliif.lt will be litted up by an «*x perienced Optician, it you o'd people want to «ee as good aa you ever ditl, ask for t -e Leniaiv’a Bock Crystal Glasses. JAMES H. MASON. Pearl Street, Darlington. S. C. Dec 17. ly '-Hacknietack” a las in: ai.d fragrant perfume. Price 25 aud 50 cent-. At J. A. Boyd’e Drug Store. THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF DARLINGTON. By Eliku C. Baker, Esq , Probate Judge Whereas W C. GANDY, ha? tnittle suit unto me to grant unto him Letter* o Ad- ministration t>f the estalo and efftete of Maggie I. Gandy, decea-ed, a minor. These are therefore to cite anti u-lmon- ish nil and siavnUr the keolrcd anti cred itors of said Ma gia J. G >nly that they be an<l nppetr before me, in the C >urt of Pro bate to be held at Darlington Court Houso, on Tuesday, Match the 23rd. inst., after putilication hereof. a‘ elrve-i o’o.ock iu the forenoon, to sfijw cause, if any they have, why the said administration should not be granted. Givea under my band this 8th day of March A. D , 1886 EL1HU C. BAKER. March 8, -2t Probate Judge. A SUPERB Proto mi Pool:! Hear the Witnesses !! 10 to 20 Pounds! I! An Atlanta M in's tWigfit an I \ppetite. “I took lour bottle- (■ tinn's Pionre • a .«! gained 15 pounds in tL »li. My appetite It >a be n rmdore,| | h >ve pmonre-l a lot lot use in tny lamily Yours i-e-peotfu: e, UE'». THOMP.SON. M) Hott pltries Si., Atlanta, <!s. A M\> OF .Sixty-EIGHT Wl ; IK ;s. 1 ant 68 yearsof ng.(. >u regard <} < nn's Pioneer a tine tonic f r tli>- |.-rb a. By ita nee my strength hi-lieen e-tof-lavd ny weight increu-ed ton po in Is. A. F <: t amprkl. 1 ot .*11 On itiVNcr. Muctia, G.i.. F«ti 18. 'Sit. A CRIPPLED CON FKDKK VTE 'AYS : I only weighed 128 pound* | C lin . menced Guinn'* Pioneer, and u..w treigi, Id- pounds. I enuid hardly w., k witaa stick to support me and can n ,w w ,tk | . dt-tnnee* without Help. It* heii.-tii t„ ts bey nnd calculation. D. KUFU-i HiMTH’K i.'nccu. Ua. r^ lell MR. A. H. BRA MLETT, llarlw chant, Forsyth, 0o„ writ* It t.eled tike a charm on n,v ht-alth. I consider it all te icnie more than I have for 25 vcai- -. A. H. It RAM LETT. MR. W. F. JONES, Macon, *ay*: My wile Ima I I *, *t miBr |, -n( , inerru-ed it-n pn indg m w.-i„hi. tv* n*. ti'iuweiiil ( *u ini's Pioneer »- ih - b- si i «uir. W. V. JONES DR G. W. DELBRIDGK. of Allauta. Ga., writes of Guinn’s Pioneer. Guinn’s Pirneer Blood Renewcr has been u,ed for years with n preeedsn.ed success. It is entirely veg -tible au I I.,.,, i n" barm. It iiuprnv-« tl«» ep- pett-e, digestion and blooa-niaking. ail.nu- tating, invigorating and toning up all the l "* tbsnes ot Ih* ayaieHi. and bus becomes the great blood renewr and health reetorer." GUINN’S PIONEER BLOOD RKNRWKR Cure, »t| b'ood an t skiu diseases, rbe.iuia- Medicine 0 ^” *' 0, * 1 * 0r *"' A P ’ rfe 1 *P ri "< If not in your market it will be forward- , 0D 1 eo «'P' ol price. Small bottle., * ± large bottles ft.75 ™ w- Etsay »n Blood aad Skin nj, e , ISM nia ii_ e<i free MACON MEDICINE COMPANY, Macon, Ga. 'ire Mer- g-ti*ril I w .if'» Sbiioh s < ure will immediately relieve Croup Wnooping Cough aud Brouchitis. For sale at J. A. Boyd's Drug Siore- Lost, A Bond and Mortgage made by E. 0. and C. D. Charles, for $1,000, dated about 30.h October, I88n, to Thomas Stephenson, left by me in liat.ds of an attorney, has disap peared All p* *on* are notified that tbe same is null and void. R. K. CHARLES. March 4, '86—8t nit war pie 3=*-A.I ID FOE, Hides Furs, A3STID COUNTRY PRODUCE, The CASH will ba paid for 20,000 pounds Beeswax. Wu FRESH GARDEN SEED lot- Sale by . ,M. WELSH. J«o. 19—Ij. For sale by Feb 26, ’86 W1LLCQX ft CO. SHILOH’S VITALIZER is what yon need for Conetipetion Loss 0 f Appetite, Pr!» n ^ft , ’ "rV of Dyspepeia. I':' 0 '"* J 6 °* n ‘« P« bottle. Ai J. A B"yd s Drug Store, F O XJT Z* S HORtl AMO CATTLK POWDKMt ... va? JjaTpoSLy^^SSt ?uTu£ Fontza ' ,n ' , twevent HoaCnwurtr. prevent (i*ee. ix 1 -i ,k wnl rre^m ,nrr < »‘* the qnnnetv i t r vod insert. ** ,UI ’ per C * UL - * n<1 “ake tbs lamer Lria Dls^.V J,’Vif.'r’.T 1 " r * r « ? r prevent almost «r*»T roL-ri-s ii 0 "'"* ' atUearo wihiert. W,Li “ ,T * •Avmrocu,.. ®*IV1D *. IfOVTS, 1»ro SALTIin For tale at Dr. J $