The Darlington news. (Darlington, S.C.) 1875-1909, March 08, 1888, Image 2

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■ THE DARLINGTON NEWS. numsDAY, mMien s, ihsa. 1 - i. 'h r{. mi ■ fe| ■ i — — Illv\ RY T. KD1TOH- NATIONAL AID TO EDUCATION. It isftBort Biiikiog sud siKtiifl- 6*Dt fact tliat of *11 tbc euligbtoui d Boro(M‘Aa eoantrioM wbich no# boaot of tbfir very Haperlor vduo* tiounl HdvMtages lher« ##» not ouo in vbi«U tko poverty »Bd •elfish uess of its various communities in regai d to educational matters, could be overcome uutil resort was bad to national aid tor education as a suppleiueut to local eflort. In the ) ear 1884 ao less than 130,000, 000 was takeu out of the Freneti treasury tor the puriiose of national education, while during the same year the Italian government, one of the very poorest in Europe, expend ed 10,000,000 in the same cause. Statistics show further that the same liberal spirit is adopted by all the leading nationalities of ibe world, and a learned American au thor in oomtnenting upon this fact •ays: M If these coautriea continue to advance as rapidly for the next ten years as during the last decade, and we move as slowly, we ahull en joy the sweu viable distinction of bo ing the most ignorant of the great dvilixeti nations. May Ood avert the day I” Fully twenty five per cent, of the population of this country ia classed as illiterate. Just think of it I If this illiteracy were equally distribu ted throughout the Union it might he*vercome,for the influence which three educated persons in a com munity would gradually » exert over the fouitb who Is illiterate would be gradually felt; but the trouble is that this monster of illit eracy Is to • very large extent eoooentrated in the South—so much lathis the esse that it is useless to hope that the small leaven of educa tion will have any appreciable effect upon the whole lump of evil. Much if the opposition which the South has to the Blair Bill is das to the feeling against anything which aavers of national control of Stats affairs. If anyone who teals this way would take the trou- ble to read the text of the Bill which is now before Congress he would Immediately perceive his error. The United States goveru- meut does not propose to interfere ia any way with the mouey appro priatsd after it has been turned over to the various States. The aaly provision is that, in that event that a Stats shall in any year dis tribate this fanu contrary to the law, the new appropriation lor the followtag year is te he withheld llrom the State so offending. Is then any ground for fearing Fed oral interference when the t.rw is like thief Wo have do idea that the Blair Bill will pass Congress; there are too maay selfish interests pulling against it, and It will, in all proba bility he smotheiedin the House Oommittse before which fair mind- ad body it bow lies for considers tloa; bat if it should have the good fcrtaae to escape the snares and pitfiails which its enemies have dug §0t It, and should finally become a law, it will prove the best law for the Sooth which has been passed •lam the war. Washington Letter- (FtwwOar Regular Correspondent.) Washington, Mnr. 2nd. ’88 Hon. Samuel J. Randall made a few remarks in the House oo Wed r, which secured him a round applause from the Dcmo- •catle aide and from the galleries. It was daring the discussion on Mr. Mill's resolution authorizing the Secret *ry of the Treasury to porehase bonds with the surplus, wUeh discussion, by the way, was the amot iaterestiug thus far of the •timiim The tenor of Mr. Ran- dalTs remarks was such that little 4sabt remains that be will support tke tariff bill which has been pro- poard by the majority of the Ways Bad Means Committee. He closed a saying that he hoped and believ- thst the Democratic party would at the proper time be found acting ether lr. Breckinridge of Kentucky made aa excellent Wirift speech oo Wednesday la the House. He argaed that Revenue reform was aaaesaary to the prosperity of the caaatrr, and that it was the duty •f tke Demoeratic majority of the Baaaa to pass a bill looking there- to, leaving the Republican Senate Ska responsibility of defeating the will ei the people if they dare do it, bff rejecting the bill that has been .‘By drawn by the majority Ways and Means Commit- 1, upon which the iberoof the Ways have been t the bexir. • re tha full lie fairly charg* able (o th>* K publi- ean un mbeis of that c uiuiittoe. Thf bill pr.pores to reduce th«- ie\i nut-s <>l the Goveinmeut Iroiu 850,000,0110 to 870,000,000 a year. Senator Vest mnde a Speecn on the Do endeut Rendon bill Wed- netday in siiicli he fairly flayed that ei.iss of statesmen who are al »‘ij> it tdy to pose as the special euitmpions of the soidier'e interests Ue said they were turning the na tions legislative balls, into auction rooms in which ’bev could Lid tor the soldier vote in the coming con test. '‘Partisan or non partisan, my convictions require me to vote against the bill; and 1 hope It may ‘die the death’ in the other branch of the National Congre.-s; and if not there, ut the hands of the Exe cutive. It that Is* unparliamentary make the most of it.” Ha rd on the Pension Robbers On the 29th ult., Senator Vest, of Missouri, made a fine speech in Congress in opposition to tbs Bill to Pension Union soldiers which was pending. Among other pithy remarks, he said: lu (his city is a corps of men en gaged in inventing legislation to t ike more money out ot the Feder al treasury. The teport of the com missioner of pensions shows that when ihe Arrears-of Pensions Act of 1879 was passed there were some 30,000 applications for pensions p nding. The very next year the number of' applications jumped to 110,000. Claim agents invented that law and pat a limitation on it, and the number of applications for Iiensious jumped in one year from 30,000 to 110,000 amPthe emount of disbursements from thirty millions to fifty-seven millions. Senator Ve.<t went on to say that of t he 2,300,000 men e irolh-d as soldiers during the font years of the w»r th ro were applioatioi s from 1,200,000 for pen-dons on ac count of disability. Such military execution has never been known in the history of the whole world The Contetlerates had thought tiiat they bad bad powder ami ordnance st< res, and yet, making due allow ance for the effect of climate in prodneing disability, it would ap pear that one Confederate soldier, halt clothed and half fed, had disa bled three ot his adversaries. There had been no such destruction in military annals since the Children of Israel marched through the wildernessdestroyiug whole nations in a single day. The marksmanship of the Per sian Prince in the Arabian Nights, whose arrows crossed mountains and rivers and despised space in their light, bad been noihiug to that of the Confederal soldier. His bullet must have hit two or more at the same time and struck where it was not aimed. Fifty per cent, of all the host of the Union army were applicants for pensions en ac count of disabilities. Who, be ask ed, believed th it they were honest Applicants f Who believed that these pension bills hail not degen erated into a political abuse which cried alond in the faces of all hon est men for redress f had a great regard for manv of his friends on the opposite side of the chamber, and in the words which he had spoken be had wish ed to give an opportunity to some one of them who hod lurked back in the contest over the bill to throw his shining lance atnoung “the Con federate brigadiers," and try to car ry off the Republican nomination for the Presidency. Th^ recent dispatch from Paris hail caused Presidential candidates to become as thick < ‘as leaves in Valutuhrosa.’’ Before that dispatch bail come un der the yeasty waves of the ocean, the Republican party had been in the condition of a man, who having gone home some hours before his usual time in the morning and hav ing been asked why he had gone home so soon, replied that every other place in the town was shut np. The doors of the Republican party were now open and Presiden tial candidates were coming to the front without limit astoqiiMitityor locality. The Senate had been en gaged for some (‘ays past in a po litical auction for the soldier vote. lelsy wifi A Case in Point- [Editorial in the Newt and Courier.] The letter of Mr. D. K. Norris, the president of the Farmer-’ As. sociatlon of Somh Carolina, covers a great deal of ground, and at one point, at least, seems to cover rath er too much for his pu’-pose. Mr. Norris commits himself in eflect to the claim that, inasmuch as Con gress has given certain sums of money for the encouragement of agriculture in this State, and be- cuaee the farmers pay a tax on fer tilizers, they have thn right, ami they alone, to determine how the amount thus obtained should lie expended, and for what specific purimses. This claim will not bear a close and fair examination. The safest way to test its merits, perhaps, is by applying the same rale to other matters with which the public are more familiar, and which have not been complicated by much discus sion. The State, for example, le- vise a tax of two mills every year for school purposes and the poll tax is applied also to the support ottlie schools. ' if • be Blair bill (dull be come a law, moreover, the General Government will contribute a large som annually for the encourage t of Education in the State. On the principle contended for by Mr. Norris, the whole of thee*' funds sbonld be controlled and disbursed is appropriated. In like manner the railway companies, which are mkt-d as sucii, and the telegraph companies us we I, might claim tha* they too shot id dispxs* < f so much of thr general tax tuu i as they con tribute. Pu-ht-d lO its final and logical conclusion, the plan of Mi. Norris would cut off the taxes altogether, aa e.tih ui«u would ci.dut the right to dispo-e of a. msch of the tax land as he hnn»slf conti ibu’ed, and his first and most natural uae of that pi ivilegn would be to decline to pay iiuy lurtker tax at ail. Sale of Celebrated Thoroughbreds. The thoroughbred sales iu Lex ington, Ky, which begin on Ma> 2 with the sale ot the Fair-view, yeat- lings promise to be the largest and mo.-t important ever known in this country. Over 1,000 thorough breds are booke t to be stdd, and Lexington hoiseman count upon nearly 81,QUO,000 as the aggregate of these sales. The Ruuuymede •ale promises to lie the mo-t seura- tioniU one of tne lot, as there are brothers to Hanover, Blur V. ing and Hinds, and full sisters to Oatal- pa, Wanda, Hindoo Rost', Miss Woodfoid, Builston, and Modesty in the 20 to be disposed of. The fuil brother to Hanover is an espe cially fine looking youngster, and Kentuckians count on bis bringing close to 810,000. There arc also half sisters to both Racelaud and Sir Dixon in the lot, and the sensa tional caret'rs of the two colt* will make the fillie-t, both of w Inch are sired by Hindoo, bring a good still price. Thu youngsters will be sold on May 5, on which day the Gold- stream yearlings will also be sold. Woodburn yeai lings will be sold on May 3: those bred at Eimeudorf on May 4; the Dixiaua, McGrutLiana, and Lake View yearlings on May 7 : Kingston, Iroquois, and Fleet- wood yearlings on May 8; the Meadow thorpe and Fdgewaier youngsters on May 9, end the Leonatus yearlings on May 10. The River Gives Up Its Dead- The bj>dy of Isaac Nettles, the convict who was drowned iu Broad River while working upon the Columbia, Newberry and Laurens Railroad bridge on Fein nary 9th, was found last week by two color ed men odged in a tree near the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad bridge over the Conguree. The body had evidently been brought down the river iu the re cent freshet and had been left in the tree when the waters snlisid-d. A coroner’s inquest was held to-day. The verdict of the jury was acci dental drowning. Nettles was 25 years old In 1878 he was convict ed in Darlington County of arson and was sentenced by Judge Al drich to imprisonment for life,— Neics and Courier. Dow We Will Ride- On Thursday evening last a thnll •f satisfaction and pleasure on ah si'Jss was apparent in seeing 'he train pull in with the new passed ger coach attached. Nearly all of Bishopville l<-ft their places ot bnsi ness to meet it at the depot. Presj. dent Bridgers was aboard and a number of ladies from Atkins. The new coach is a neat and convenient- iy arranged one, and travel over the Bishopville railroad herealter cannot be bat pleasant from here to Atkins. A regular schedule went into effect last Monday, which will be found iu another column of to day’s issue Again, we say three cheers for the Bishopville Railroad Company and its accommodating President, Mr. P. L. Bndgers!— Buhopville Enterprine. COUNTY NEWS. CYPRESS —Cypress is to have three mails a week alter July 1, 1888. —Mr. Q. J. Joyner, of Carters villc, is keeping books for Mr. L. 8. Pate. —Col. J. A. DuKose is building in our town a tine residence with all the modern improvements. —Services weie conducted iu the Cypress M. E Church on last Sun day by the Rev. Mr. Murray. —Soiueot the ladies of the neigh borhood were in oar litile town last week soliciting contributions for the Methodist Parsonage. —Our Trial Justice his been kept busy of lute try inn some of our colored citizens for incendiary acts and for disposing of cotton un der a lien. —Our County Courts do not take into consideration the fact that the fanners are very busy at tins sea son of ihe year. Several of them have been c died noon this week to attend court as jurors, —Owing to the excessive rains, the fanners in this sec:ion are rath er backward iu making prepara tion for the cultivation of another crop. May thi yarbe as prosper ousamongibe farmers as the last. —The Cypress High School, un der the management of its efficient teacher, Mr. A. 8. Harrell, is in a flourishing condition. Mr. Harrell ha-* proved himself worthy of the | cdufld pstn T1MMONSYILLK- —Oar labor question is quite sat isfactory, and work is fully up to the season. —Some few farmers have plant ednom, but the wsaiber U very uufavorabls to putting seed of any kind into mother earth yet- —Rev. J. E. Be.-rd has been car rying ou an evaugeliMtio misting for two weeks iu tke Methodist Church «li h sneouragisg susevas, and as so.»s as he sloses Rev. Mr. Richardson wilt open a prottasted meeting iu the Baptist Chsreh. If our people are not good, it is not for the want »f good preaching. —According to previous notice a full meeting of the citisous ot this portion of the county end Florence was held recently in Truxlet’s Hall, to take steps to organise a cotton heed oil mid at this place, Mr. Jtio. McSwecn was c.abed to the chair and Mr. D. H. Trailer acted as secretary. Letters were read from several oil mill companies and from parties proposing to tursish the machinery and outfit for our enter prise Twelve of th<He present were selected to apply for a char ter for the oil mill, and as soon a* legal notice is given through the papers the company wnl meet again and elect permanent officers. D0VE8VILLE. —An election for Inteadunt and Wardens ot the Town of Dovcsville will be h<-ld on the 13th cl March.' —There has been shipped, so the agent informs us, from this d-pot, to date—3158 bale* of cotton and over 1105 tons of fertilizers. —Mr. A. Weinberg has rented and opened a general stook of mefcbaudise iu the brick store, and is already besieged by customers, “too numerous to mention.’’ —The cheerful lace of M r. C. T. DeLoruie, who has been confine i to ‘he house tor a long time by a painful indisposition, is again seen bereaved in smiles at the old stand on the corner. —We will most heartly congrat ulate Darlington on the pi ogress and completion of the Arlesian well, the biggest little thing ever projected in Darlington of inesti mable benefit to her citizens and indirectly p blessing to her country coumus, for now ii will be expected at least, that they will get pure water in their iquur. ^ —There was a large and highly intelligent congregation assembled at the Dovesrllle Ins Lute on Sun day afternoon, to listen to the ex pected eeruiou of the much loved and ever |K>pnlar Rev J. Got don Law but greatly to their dUapp. intment they had to return i > their tespec tive homes wi.hout the glorious fea<tt. Mr. Law tor some good reason not being present. STOKES BRIDGE. —The fall sowing of oats is look ing flue. —The farmers are all busy pre paring thsir lauds tor the coming crop—the use of tertilizcis i* great er than ever before. —There i* a flourishing Sunday, school ut Uetuon Church, number* ing over two hundred scholars and teachers. —The recent freshet did consider able damage to the bridge ou Lynches Riter at thi* place. The County Commissioners will ao w, 11 to look after the bridge*. —There is a fine o,m nmg at this place fora good Doctor. Dr II. D. Green ha* moved back to Sumter County, which leaves us without an M. D. nearer than Lydia. — We have a flourishing private School her*, taught by Mi>s Lina A. McLeod, a most accompli-h d young lady. She gives g ueial satislaciiou and is highly spoken of by every one. —J. H. Pate, Mie merchant at this place, is receiving large ship ments ot spring and summer goods; he ha* also make some new addi tions to his store house, which is well arranged to snow goi>ds to advantage. Give him a call. UMAR. —Mrs. Esther Rogers has been very sick, but nnder the skillful treatment of Dr Josey has improv ed considerably and her Blends now euiwrtaiu hopes of her rsoov- •iy. —In o«r itesis ef two wesks ago, oue on the death of Mrs. Balnea Bey aolds, we were wads to say by the tipe-setter that she was the mother of Mr. D. C. Reyiohls. We would corree- that by slD'.iug again that she was the m/e of Mr. D. G. Reynolds. —We learn from your Csrters- ville correspondent that ths asms ef that p.>stottiee, tor some rsasos has lot bets changed to “Walters.’’ It we Bray be allowed, we would mildly suggest to eur Carter»ville trieuils to propose the uame ot '‘Carters." Would this uot be au appropriate uame wheB its past history and fiist settlers are consid ered. All whom we have heard •peak of this subject agree with us. —On lust Friday afternoon we were much pleased to sec our old “chum," Mr. J. A. White, of Dar- liugtou, w ho droppe d iu upou us to spend the night it carried us b:tck to “hard tack’’ days when Battery Wagner was wrapped in smoke by the burs ing of sliell thrown from Uncle Sam’s gnu-boats. Mr. White is the foreman in the News office; be was out iu the inteto»l of that paper, and. as is usual with him, “made a raise" us he went. Ue ex pressed surprise at the growth and piogresMtespirit o our little town and was much pleased with the fertile lauds with which it is »ur roauded. ASHLAND. — Some of our earlv farmers have finished planting their corn. —Miss Margaret King, formerly with Miss Gainey, the dress maker at Darlington, is spending some time with her relatives at Ashland, —The singing society at Pleas ant Gtove school house is still t-row- ing in interest. It now has 55 mem bers and there are additions to the number every Friday night. —There was a very large freshet in Lvnches River daring the re cent heavy rains. The water rose so high tbai crossing was almost impossible. —Messrs. Thomas J. Coffey, Jno. Barden, Hi u Council and other stockim'ii, of Boone, N. C., passed Ashland on their return home last week, having sold ai'out 100 head ot horses and mules in tlr.g State since Chn.-tmas. EBENEZKK. —Doctor McBride, of Tenues-tee, is visiting relatives in this place. —Two lovely waifs arrived here last week and were cared lor. —J. E. Ward’s extensive onion field is doing fairly well. He will give them a dose of cotton seed meal soon. —Considering the unfavorable season tarm work has progressed rapidly and preparations tor plant ing are almost completed. — Hancock, who saw a legion of vipers roll a giant log into Goose Creek some weeks ago, is visiting his brother at this place. —The Enenezer Bass Ball Club was orgauizid last Satmday and a game was pla\ed between the first and second Nines without am start ling iucidi-ut, exc**pt a broken fi> • g-T oi two and tne umpire’s using his left, eat as slioit si Op success fully. —Dr. S. O. McCowu is remodel- ing the R. A. McCowu- house aud win occupy it with bis family when completed. The old building, “Sleepy H dlow," where he now lives and whieh he has owned tor a uumiH.'r of years, Was the boyhood home i f Cougie-xiiiao Daigati and his piogenitots. This old structure mens repairs m the reason why Mr. McCowu make* this temporary change of homes. R1VERDALE. —There has leeusomneb rain re- cenlly that ihc farmers are badiy behind with their empe. — Rev. Mr. Liw, of Darlingtrn, wifi preach at Mechauicsville next SiDday afternoon. —Misses Sarah Rose and Lee Bo*w eii have just returned to their tomes af:er a Yeiy pleasant visn to relatives aud friends in our section. —Messrs. Suggs A Hatch*'II are running a stw mid iu thi* comma niiy and all who want good lumber wilt d<> well to give them s call. —»Rev. Mr. Durant i* preaching at New Chapel this year, (heap point meuis being the first and third .Sundays iu each mouth, — Fish are selling at a very high price. Herrings bring 50 cents a dozen a* soon as they are c*ugbt out of the water. —A new school housejis being erected ou the church grounds at M-cha'iicarill?. and we understand that Miss E'oise Fountain will hate charge ot the school. •It would lie well if the Road Com* mission-r* would ride over some ot the roads down here. The bridge ovet Black Creek near Mr. B. F. Williamsou’s is gutting iu a very bad con-iition. —Rev. G. B. Moore delivered a very tine sermon at Mechunicsville on the iourthSuudayof last month; we lealu that be will preach at that place every 4th Sunday evening during this year. —Mr. Lee Bass, one of our most enterprising young firmer*, is now keeping bachelor’s bul< with the assls'ance of Mr. U. W. Mnzingo. Mr. Bass’s wife i* off on a visit to friends aud relatives. dunce bestowed ou him by the I t0 1,0 , qU ^ »" ed m* . f the schoo'. Every day I “ c “ t, ® , ! a boo™ •moug the darke** | of Ashland. One of them told tips by the school children ot the State, Railroad, and as we now have to and especially by the illiterate go about fifteen or twenty m)l«a to children, as it is for the education get to a railroad, we think a bridge ol the children and especially the j over the river at this point is very illiterate children that the money necessary. at noon, be can b ■ Been dtillmg his , •*•'*'*» * ■““'ir *> - : H —The people of this community Kelly Powers as Principal. The are very much iu need of a bridge exercises are iuteispursed with fine across Lynches river at Fields’! vocaj music. They have a nomber crossing. \Ye would then be with m fmr miles of the Bishopville The News ot the Week. Tbe County of Abbeville hsa gone dry. Tbt gront rodrood strike in ibe Stole of Illinolo ooniinues. Tbe Le|i*loinr§ of Virginio bos pro- oouneeil itself os heartily in favor of tbo Blair Bdl. Tbo reporl that Col, Cash true, but ha ia said to bo weak. I* Hea l is un* vary ill aod of officers, some of them are as fol lows: Johu Johnson, “Dictator;" Whittemore King, “Professor of vo cal music;" Joe Cope!in, “Specta tor;” Anthony McIntosh, “Moder ator;" Moae McCall urn, “Champion Speller," Ac. A handsome bust to the Hoi. C. G. Mem- minger, ths great friend of oduoatioo, wan un vetted ia Charlootoo laat week. An tfTort la being made to indues the government lo place a garrison at hie t aria aid Fort Moultrie on Sullvaa r t Island. Tha report of Capt. Bixby, the officer la charge of river im;rovsments In Bonk Carolina, akowa that tka auas of 887,488.11 kaabeaa sj ent oa tha iaprovament of tka Paa Daa River up la Jwua 80, 1887, and tbaSlt will raquiro aa appropriation of 880,000 to complete tka work, THE LATEST ENTERPRISE. A HARNESS STORE CON TAINING ALL THE LATEST MVi-M Iff SARXESS. BOTH r D0¥BLE AXD SINGILsES, Colara, plow-bridlaa, riding bridlea, Ac., Ac., by McCullough & Blackwell, Anj portion of harness, however amall, always kep4 on- sale, and supplied promptlj. t FIRST-CLASS SADDLER HAS JUST BEES lillREJD TO CONDUCT TNIS ENTERPRISE. Save money by calling on them. alohn K. JRcIver, DEALER IN HOUSE FUIVNTSIIIITO OOODS, Hardware, Wooden and Willow-ware, G laas-wara. C'iDektry and tia-wmv Window Shades, Oorulce Fait**, Hutting, Carpeting, Pictures, Mouldings, fie, Aa. a. luste or Staple and Fancy a-ROOERIBlS HAS BEEN ADDED. w- The Patronage of the Public it > elicited. -u A Good Time Coming G. H. MIMS, A.T Lamar, - - - - S. L Deane* tn inform his friends and the public generally that be li heav ily H'ocked, aud ths burden is still iuereaatng), with GROCERIES, DRYGOODS, CLOTHING, BOOT* BHOB* HU** HARDWARE, FARMING IMPLEMENTS, iaatediag tbe DAISY AND DIXIE PLOWS, Aa., Ac. Hu ha*, is fact, everything generally found ia a flrstclm*a emmet »t' rr, aud he will take especial pleasure and ear* in faratshiug With anything they may aeed Ut farther their buxine** intaroslg hi pines* ot welfare, at the loieeet pomible rates ; and fot cash, will mUi at ROCK BOTTOM PRICES He Sae also opened a Blacksmith and Woodshop Wifi-re Mr. J. M. Best will always be found at the forgo, spurt ting < ad kind* of work relating to plows, carta, wagons nad buggi*-. tednAi painting and trimming in the nuateet styles, guaran euimz oitflitiaciioe i all thing*. Look alter your best interest by catling to ••« him. 'January 26, ’88. ROCERY, PEAHLE - - - - STREET SALT, SALT, SALT. Just received St the Enterprise Grocery 200 Sacks 3..It wkiah we sfftrs 90 cunts per Sack. IK.A.IRID'W-A.iR.IE - A.KTX3 — Agricultural Implement: ONFECTIOJfERY, CIGARS — AND — TD BaACCO. -o- The Very Highest Cash Price Paid For COTTON. A. S WHITE. Manager, September 15, 87 B 1 . E. IsTORILdCESTT, I2TSU».AuNOE AJSTD Represents Tsn ef ths eldest end most retiabls Five laeovance Got nh*s in the world. Special attention given re mikieg Tax Retnrns and paying Taxes par tine living at a distance* OBoe up stairs in brick building next Iff tbe Darlington National j January 3t, 1887