Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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V THE DARLipQTW HEWS,- PUBLISH*!, BV*RYTHURSDAY MOKMNO HEN^T/THOMPSON. PRyKH^KTUB.. I'E If ■*—$.! Pf»r Annum in Advinre. 0n6 tirti !nscflion*.*••91.00 l)ne Square, second insertion............. .60 qrery subseqent insertion 60 Contract adrertiaements inserted upon the aosi reasonab’e terms. Marriage Notices and Obituaries, not exceeding %»« line*. - ipeerte4 free. — THE DARLINGTON NEWS. •FOR US PRINCIPLE IS PRINCIPLE—RIOIIT IS RIGHT—YESTERDAY, TO-DAY, TO-MORROW, FOR EVER. VOL. XIV. NO 7. DARLINGTON, ,S Cm THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16.1888. WHOLE NO 683. JOB DEPARTMENT, Our job department Issupplied vith ever facility neoesaary to enable ua to compete both aa to price and quality of work, with eser thoee ef the eitiee, and we guarantee aati>, faction in every particularercharge netting for oer work. We are alwaya prepared to ill ordera at ahept neaiea for Blanks, BU Heada, Letter Heada. Carda, hand lilit Postera. Cireulnra, Pampkieu, Ac. AUjeh work mast ha paid f«? Cash on Delivery. Woman Proposes (luap tbae. ) “rm.|crrj, Clnrn” he quietly said, ‘■Yet 1 fear it wiuld not doi" And added, u-lowly ebr bowed her hen I. “Bni HI be a bcothrg to yon ” ( Memphis * A valsncbe. Thoughts for the Month [From the Febuary Cultivator.] PRELIMINARY. This is the beginning of the busy work of preparing for tbe nez* crop. The fftQbnow deuiritidn ail the eu eifiMP ojPh, 1 facmer who would I ty a oroad ftiunuatiou fur a Huccess- ful Aff'p. work. It-ds impossible to ioiesee what will be the charac ter of the seasons in tbe tuture. We h^iow, that it will be either •‘wVt^w ,, “atyj ,, ‘ or ‘‘seasonaitle.’’ It is well to provide against either extreme as far as praciicable. On ly ordinary skill and j d^tomotu on the par. of the farmer are required to mako * reasonably fair crop in a fair!) reasonable year. But it d.en require a high degree of skill, and a judgment that is based ou experi ence and study to di-count in a i vanoe,the drawbacks anil casual ties thift are possibilities and pro- balities of the futare. U is often said that, “a crop well 'planted is half made ^ but the lard must be properly prepaied, surely protected against stock, judiciously feitilized, etc, and tbe seed properly selected and planted beiore it may be truly saiq thut the crop has been “well plautej.” Some have said that a i tamer ought to plapt such an area in corn as will yield under the un st [ adverse circumstuuixwr, a sufficiency for-home use. This is putting it ralhtrtoo stioug. Eveiy farm«r of a dozen years ej^ierieuce knows that seaM>ua occur wlieu it would have been better to have planted iuo corn at all; and piobably he ] would not if he could have lot e- an the result! The satertule iwto adjust rel Ive areas (ia provision crops es- uially) with reference to expected tveragMseasons, so that an abuud luce will be produced with such easons. It is well enough to pre pare the land and space the plants i If expecting a dry* year. Then 'good seasons pioved nothing rill have been lost, and if a drouth i:orat the critical period tbe ex labor of preparation and the nde spacing will tell wonderfully the Huai result. Let every far- ler consider what he wishes or ipects to secure by the labors of le year. vVhat a<e tbe u ost pressing and iiniispeiiaable wan’s long those that m y he supplied fy the farm Ohviousiy, food >meslirst; clothing next, and so u. ' Tlie essent at business of a |irmer is to make a living (me it id bread, h dging and clothing) >r inaseif and family. In our lgmeiit|.the man who makea the luctiou of cotton the main ob- ut of effort, and who look« upon growing of food crops and otb- departments of farm industry, there incidents or unavoidable iwbacks, makes a very serious, lical mtstdke. Such mistakes frequdht, and are frequently if generally, the cause of failure! sb mistakes are the cause ot the t>iit depression in Southern ficulture. Te should first produce what we most—what we must have— at we consume, not what we do need (or ueqd bar littie of) and it we cautuHc usurae. The far tbo.plaus, pilches, prepates, its and cultivates - with direct lid to supplying his family with in such variety and qf such jlesome quality as may on )e produced under bis own eye, ' not be likely to suffer for tbe ]kpy reasonable comfort, ne l lie even modest luxury that be outside the limits of actual le production. The prudent nsion for “plenty ot everything” such a farmer will make will rrally result in such a surplus tne or more products of his la- | as will procure such other ob of desire, to say nothing of | returns from the cotton or other illed “money crop.” reclaim no originality in the joiug “Thought*,* except pos- in the man**! Of presenting 1 of them. In the main they Rubstautially the “eld stoty.” [would that bv any means we 'it impress upon Southern far- that the essential idea and [in farming—an object that is inable in no other pursuit on Ti—should be to supply tbe ' necessaries and many of tbe ries of life dir«cdy from tbe The mechanic, the miner, lere laborer, the professional tbe follower of every other must exchange the products labor for money, and with Honey purchase in the market il object of desire and ueces Not so with lbs true farmer, Dh a climate and with such a ’ soil as onrs. all well enough to say that i is an aniucky number, bat loa started in business with States, and seamed to be _ her own up to the time of to press.—Xoadoa TU BiU. The New York World and the Confed erate Soldier. (R. K. Charles, in the Sunday Dlapatch.) I notice in yonr last issue an ex tract from tbe N. Y. World as fol lows: “Justice Hayusworth of South Carolina, who was shot dur ing a skirmish in his office, is said to be the same man who fired the first shot at Fort Buurer in April, 1861. Retribution has be«u a long time overtaking the Justice.” If this means anything, it means to sny that Justice BUynsworth deserves tbe fate he met for bis crime and has been deserving it all these many gears since. Now there can be no distinction between Jus tice Haynsworth’s crime and that of every other Confederate Soldier from the Potomac to the Rio Grande There can be uo criminal di tiutiou between the first, gun and the I ist gun or between the middle gun and any other. Nor can there lie any criminal distinction between the soldier who happened to have tbe good fortune to be detailed to pall tbe lanyard and the general in command who gave tbe order for the lanyard to be palled or the President at Mont gomery who approved the order or tbe millions of glad hearts who rent Southern skies with shouts of j y and were willing to do the sam^ thing and did go and do very simi lar things. S» the only conclusion is that.al though the Radical party kindly spared our lives after despoiling us of our property and placing our ne groesover us, still Mr. Pulitzer pro fessing to speak the seiitimenis of the New York Democracy, is not appeased aud will not be uuiil a like reirilHitiou overtakes every Confederate soldier. If such is the fact it is high time that we cut loose from the New York Democracy aud look to the brave and generous Southwo-t for allies. It is certainly the duty of every Confederate soldier to se that no such publication as tbe JlTetr York World ever enter his portals to teach his children that their fattier was a traitor aud a criminal deserv ing death. Bill Nye and th« President- Washington, Jan. 31.—Presi dent Cleveland J to-day received two distinguished guests at the White House—Bill Nye an 1 Charles Dick ens. They were introduced to the President by Major J B. Pond. President Cleveland accorded them a private iuterview in the Red Rot m. At its • L se he personally escorted his callers all thiough the Execut.ve Mansion, explaining - he different rmins aud giving a suc cinct history of each. Bill Nye’s modesty shone on the occasion as conspicuously as hi* bald bead, ii*- wasdeLb'e t with the rrceptou. In speaking of it afterwards he said: “I was never more agreeably dis appoin ed in any one man than I was witti Mr. Cleveland. He is truly a fine mau. What surprised jne abuv all things was Ins thor ough simplicity, nuaffecteduessand tranKue-s. For a man holding his posi ion be is astonishingly ingenu ous. It is seldom that 1 rub mt knees against greatue -a, aud I have seen ho litll ■ of the world aud tbe great things in it that 1 was at a loss to latk to the President in that free and easy way that I desired and that he would have apprecia ted. I found to-day the (ruth of i he remark made by some great man iu the hazy past thai the mau who can say a smart thing to-day cannot say a smart thing / to-mor row. After 1 left the President there were a great many smart things flooding my mmd.ai it were. If I could only have thought of them at the t roper time I know thq President and myself would have had a pleasant time. But for ths moment 1 was tongue tied.” Others who were present, how. ever, tell a different tale. They say that William captivated the Presi dent at the outset by bis quaint witticisms, and that the interview was prolonged by Mr. Cleveland the more to eujoy Bill’s original re marks. “The Bravest Are Tenderest-” Painvikw, Neb., Feb. 8.—Miss Louie M. Boyce, a school teacher who lay on the prairie all night dur ing tbe recent blizzard with three of her pupils, all of whom died in her arms, had both feet amputated here yesterday. Her left arm is badly deformed by a large piece of fiesta dropping off, but tbe physi cian says it will probably not be necessary to amputate it. Misa Etta Sbattuck, the teacher who was imprisoned for three days in s hay stack daring and after the S reat blizzard, died this morning, loth her legs below the knees bad been amputated. A fund of about $4,000 had been raised for Miss Sbattuck, aud sub soriptions are iu progress for Miss B<>yoe and Mias Miuuie Freeman, who saved sixteen children by ty ing tuem to one another and to her self and leading them three-quar ters of a mile through tbe storm. Miss Freeman has had twenty nine ofleis marnsge sinoe the storm. A Mysterious Vault. (Columbia Cor. Newa and Courier.) Some commotion was caused to day in the neighborhood of tbe clothing store of Mr. Robiusou, on Main street, by the discovery in the back yard of the store of what was reiiorted to be an underground vault containing human bones. A colored mau was employed seiting out young shad.* trees iu the yard, aud while dig ing a hole his spade came wi cuninet with a brick wall. The aHsisUnee of another negro was secured and a pickaxe was brought into service. When a num ber of bricks bad beer temoved a cavity was reached in which there were found a unrulier of bones. They were old aud broken up, and with the exception of one, which was well preserved and might have belong d to a man’s fore-arm, they could not be recognized as belonging to say portion of a mau or animal. The excavation was continued, aud a quantity of ashes, a man’s shoe ami some brass but tons and melted glass were turned out. When tbe hole was made suf- fioiently large, the foundations of some large building, probably burned iu 1865, became visible. Tbe whole place seemed to have been paved with rock four feet below the Burf.iee, and tbe brick founda tion* built upon that Exactly bow the bones got into tbe foundations, and whether they are human or otherwise, still remains a mystery. » A Charleston Newspaper Man Figures as a Hero iu New York. Tbe New York World of Friday says: A lady, leading by the hand her two year-old daughter, was ou tbe downtown platform of the ele vated railroad at Fifty-third street and Third avenue yegierday, and -mong the others wailing for tbe train was O. C. Cohen, of the Char leston, (S. C.) Budget. Just before the Irani reached the station the child trotted across the platform, laughing and throwing kisses to her mother. The traiu was at the end of the platform when the little one neared the edge, lost its footing and tell off. The mm her shrieked aud the cuild screamed, but before the little girl had touched ih« track Mr. Coh n rushed forward, caught her clothing and pu led her up to s-tfeiy just us (he engine rushed by, tearing tbe child's clothing. The mother, paralyzed by terror, bad been uuable to go to her child’s rescue, but when she received ii from Mr. Cohen tbe revulsion was almost too great and, scaicely able to speak, she thanked him with her tears as she bugged her child close to her bosom. Mr Cohi-u partially quieted her aud boarded tne waiting traiu. Several gentle men who had seen the re-cue asked him lor his name, bu t be modestly replied: *4 beg your pardou, but I am so agitated that I really can’t recollect who 1 am.” It was im possible to iearu the lady’s uame. Senator Stanford’s Reasons for Voting tor Lamar- Senator Stanford, of California, haa written the tollowing letter to a constituent whu asked his reasons for voting tor the confirmation of Mr. Lamar as Justice of the United States Supreme Court: “Your letter asking my reasons tor voting for Lamar received. 1 voted tor him because I Considered him one of tbe best m«-n iu the ■South for the place. He is in my judgment a broad, liberal miinlcd mau, of a great deal of learning. He was professor of law in the Uni versity in Mississippi. I think he is a thoroughly converted Unionist, and I do not think it wise to reject any one on the ground aloue that they were engaged in tbe late re bellion. I think that we want to be one people, politically and so cially. Gen. Grant expressed the idea wben he said: ’Let us have peace.’ “Lamar’s loyalty aud integrity to the Union was passed upon most conclusively when both bouses ot Congress provided for the succes sion to thePn-sdaui-vand made time heir, only a few removes from the Presidency. I am reluctant to And myself not in harmony with all the Republican Senators, bat it was a case so far as my action was con cerued, entirely for my own judg ment and conscience, aud I rfiled accordingly.” How A Dime is Coined. Just st present there is a lively demaud all over the country for silver dimes, and hundieds of thousands of dollars of them are being shipped to New York Chicago, Cincinnati, St. Loeis and other Eastern cities. Two of tbe money presses are, and have been for some time, running exclusively on this coin. The demand is so great that these machines are not even stopped on Sundays, and will be run ou that day through the present mouth. Tbe process ot dime-makiug k an interesting one. Tbe silver W lion is first melted and ran into two-pound bars, These in torn are ran through immense rollers and flattened ont to the thickness of the ooin. These silver strips are then passed through a machine, which cuts them into the proper size for tbe presses, the Btri|>s first having been treated with a kind ot tallow to prevent their being scratched iu their passage through the cut ters. The silver pieces are then pat into tbe feeder of the printing presses, and are fed to tbe die by automatic machinery at tb# rate of 100 per minute, 48,000 dimes being turned out in a regular working day of eight boors. As the smooth pieces are pressed between the ponderons printing dies they receive the lettered and figured impression in a manner similar to that of a paper pressed npoa a form of type; st the same time tbe piece is ex panded in a slight degree, and the small corrugations are cat into its rim. Tbe machine drops the com pleted coin into a receiver, and it is ready for tbe counter’s bands. A Mathematical Curissity. Write yonr age in years, months and days, in one line across, as tor a multiplication sum, commencing with the figure of the yeats ou the left aod ending with tbe figures of the daysou tbe right. Multiply this sum by 2. Then add 1788 aud 1988. Divide the whole by 2, and then subtiaot 1888. You will find a result that will surprise you.—Orangeburg Times and Demo crat. Too Stupid for Anything. “George,” she said to young Sampson, a Wall street broker, “1 read in the paper to-day the 'shoots’ are being squeezed.” George, who has been playing that side himself, shifted uneasily in bis seat, bat made uo reply. “Speculating in stocks mnst be a very tascinating business,” the girl weuton, “aud do you know, George,” she said, “that I thiuk 1 would like to be a ‘short.’ ’ In a recent examination under the United States Civil Service rules in this city one of the geogra phy questions propounded was: ’Name tbe highest mountain peaks in the United States.” One of tbe answers was: “Pike’s Peak, Cbeaspeake and Peek-a-boo.”— Philadelphia Call. A Western Judge has decided that a mau is iu duty bound to tell lis wife where be B|>en<ls his even ings when he is away from home. He generally does -but niue tunes out of ten be hasn’t been there. And wben he tell* her the troth, she thinks he h.«s been aomewherc else auvhow. MOM TO LOAN! —THE— SCOTTISH LAND MORTGAGE COMPANIES Will make loans ou Cotton Planta tions in sums ranging from 81,000 to 82,000. Apply to E. KEITH DARGAN. Feb. 9, ’88—2t Notice. All persons indebted to the estate ol B. P. Byrd are requested to set tle at once, and persons having claims against the estate are re quested to present them for pay ment. J. N. GARNER. Jan. 31, 88—3t Adtn’r. Final Notice- Notiea ia hereby given to all concerned, that on tbe 16lb day of March next, I will file my Final Account ic tbe office of tbe Prebate Court for tbe 'County of Dnrling- ton, no Executor of tbe InK Will and Teg ument of Henriettn M. Roger*, aod apply for a final diaobarco aa auoh. F. M. ROGERS, Executor. Feb 9, ’88—1m 1 4 THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA DARLINGTON COUNTY. Court of Common I’leen, MATTIE O. ALLEN, Plaintiff, agalaat Julia Mitchell, Burrell Mitobrll, lehntn Mitchell, Ambrua Mitchell and Elixnbetb Jefferaon at heir* at law of Sylvester Mitchell, deceased, defendanU. Copy Summon* for Relitf, (Complaint not Servad ) To tbe Defendant*, I*HAM MITCHELL and BURRELL MITCHELL! You are hereby summoned and required U aniwer the complaint ia tbiv aetion which ia filed ia tba office of tk* Clerk of tbe Court of Common Floes for asid Coun ty and to terve a copy ef your answer to the said complaint eu tbe subscriber* at their office at DarlingtonC. H„ S. C , with in twenty day* after tbe aerviee bareof, exclusive of tbe day of eucb aerviee ; and if you fat) to answer tbe complaint within tbe lime aforesaid, the plalo iff in this ao tion will apply to the Court for tbe relief demanded iu the complaint. BOYD A BROWN Plaintiff a Attorney*. Dated December 19, ’87. Janl9—88 Notice. Having purchased the stock of goods of our lather, Mr. S A. Woods. Sr., we will con tinue the business in all its branches, at his old stand, un der the firm name of Woods & Woods, and will endeavor to merit the liberal patronage ex tended to him by a generous public. s. a. woods, C. R. WOODS. Nov. 21, 1887; M Pilus k At tbe old eland on PEARLK 8 I’REET. Maune baa just returned from tbe North, where he wan appointed apeeial agent tor THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE’S PRIVATE STOCK PURE RYE WHISKEY, An fin* n brand ae baa ever been brought to Darlington He ia aia* agent for REDMOND’S CORN WHISKEY. Sep 29, ’87. ly. A CARD. I desire to inform the citizens of Darliiigtttn and the public general ly that the Nashville Novelty Foun dry Co., of Nnstirille, Tent), haa appointed me agent for the counties of Darlington, Georgetown, Wil liamsburg sad Horry, with head quarters st this place, aud that i am sow prepared by means of the New Patent Adjustible Castings which is tbe specialty of ibis Com pauy to repair any stove or r nge of tiny make, from the old-fashion ed a'ep-atovc to tbe most modern range. A boon to housekeepers. All work promptly attended toand satisfaction guaranteed. T. J. Cook. NEW Grocery Store. The attention of the public ia called to fact that 1 have rented that deeirable stand on the Publlo Square occupied until recently by A Hansmann. where I am pre pared to supply the trade with a choice line of Groceries and Liquors. Give me a call. HENRY HEN NIG. Dec 29, ’87. LAW CARDS a. a. w*no. n. *. woods WARD & WOODS. Attorneys It Counselors at Law, DARLINGTON, 8. C. Wil praotioc in all State and Federal Courts. 1 a. a. aarTLi*. c. a. ■itti.es Nettles & Nettles, Attorneys k Counselors it Law, Darlington C. H. f 8. C. Will practice in all the State and Federal Courts. Prompt personal attention given to collection of claims. Sep. 2, ’86 ly. n. W. BOYD, oao. w. mown BOYD & BROWN- Ittomeyi And Counselors tt Law m Office in rear of Darlington Nation al Bank. DARLINGTON C. H, S C. PROMPT PERSONAL ATTENTION TO ALL BUSINESS. Feb. *, ‘87-17. C. <P. mftGdK Attorney at Law and Trial Justice. Practice* in th* United Statea Court and in lb* aib and &tb oiroMit*. Prompt alien - tion tn al buaiaeaa entruited to him. Office la Bsehaage Street, nest tk**Dan- uauroR N«w« Office. Paragon ol Bargains. -OUR- Great November Offering DRY GOODS, BOOTS, SHOES MD CLOTHING, DWARFING ALL FORMER EFFORTS. GANSOtf & BROOM, bid farewell to profits, and and cat savagely into prevailing prioea, L« nor competition flatter Iteelet that we are here for a few short montbjj Not so j we have come to atay. This will not please our competitors, bui will sat sfy the masses who desire the very best value for their money, STARTLING ARRAY OF MATCHLESS BARGAINS 1 A earn pie line of Shoes, over 1,200 pairs, all qualities, at lesa than prime cost. The goods are perfect in every way, although the prices are so low. We got a bargain aud will give bargains. Womeu’s polka abooa worth 81 now fur 65 cents ; women’s ball lined shoes, worth 81.25, now for 90 cents; a fine ladies’ she for 8.40 worth 82.25 ; men’s heavy full stock bro. gan shoes for 90 cents; a splendid gaiter shoe for 81.85. FASCINATING AND DAZZLING BARGAINS I Six Thousand Yards Plaid Homespun for 6) cents a yard, eold every wh.*re at 8 cents a yard ; 1,000 yards heavy white domestic at 51 cents a yard ; 25 yards bleach domestic for one dollar; 25 yards standard prints for one dollar; 16 yards bed-tick for one dollar; heavy pants Jeans, only 12 cents a yard. CONVINCING BARGAINS, SWEEPING REDUCTIONS I Five Hundred pair men’s pauts, from 60 cents a pair up; over 1,000 hats, men’s, boys’ aud children’s, st less than one-balf mannf.tcturePs price WE ALWAYS LEAD, NEVER FCLLOW I To compete with us is out of the question—to attempt it ts fol have the means and tbe business requirements, aud thoee well be era. ployed to still further increase tbe unprecedented patronage so liberally bestewed upon us. Very Respectfoll GANSON & BROOM. December 1, 1887. Valuable Information! GOOD NEWS FOR ALL! All Preparation for an Immense Fall and Winter Trade At the Store of /. M@8£JVMBSe, CORNER OF PEARIE STREET - -A. IN'32) _ A large assortment in every department to keep puce with steadily increasing trade. A complete stock of SHOES, CLOTHING, DRY GOODS, BOOTS and SHOES, HATS, GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS, Ac., Ac., Surpassing that of any previous season in point of excellence and style. My goods always sold at a low price heretofore, are now within the reach of all, and the moat fastidious can be satisfied. The stock of MEN’S, CliOTUIlTa- Embraces a full line of YOUTHS’, BOYS’ and Dress'and business suits. CHILDREN’S i This department consists of DRKSS GOODS, ALPACCAS, SILKS, SATINS, VELVETS, TRIMMINGS And everything to be found in a firat-claas establishment of this kind. Tbe BOOT -A.3STID SHOE BEBABTMEHT Cod tains styles to suit the wants and pockets of all and as to comfort and durability are unsurpassed, HATS To please tbe fancy of all classes of purchasers from the low crown ebesp article worn by the laborer to tbe plug hat ot tbe faobioBablo Dude. A fall line of Groceries and Cannei Goods. In fact my stock is complete in every particular and it will pay all to Mr to thorn 1 an d ex amine it before purchasing elsewhere. oit. "®l Remember tbe place and tbe name, No trout September 15, 1887. J, ROSENBERG-, S W Cornet Pearle Street and Pablio Square. Ci um V. »