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the DABLIAIGTON NEWS, PUBLisoiu. ivi LYZHtmSDAY MOKNINO HENRY T. THOMPSON. PROPRIETOR. rg(lfS«-K PfT An.un. in ARrancn. Od® S(ju®r®i first insertion, One Squ|re, second inecrtion.^ .60 grery s^se^ent ineertlcn •••••••««••••••••• • 60 Contreot adTertisements inserted upon the most reasonable terms. Marriage Notices and Obituaries, not exceeding six lines, ineerted/ree. THE DARLINGTON NEWS. •FOR US PRINCIPLE IS PRINCIPLE—RIGHT IS RIGHT—YESTERDAY, TO-DAY. TO MORROW, FOREVER. VOL. XIV. NO 15. DARLINGTON, .S C.. THURSDAY, APRIL 12. 1888. WHOLE NO 691. Bemember, Boys M*ke Men- When tou see a ragged urchin Standing wist Oil in the street. With tore hat and kneeless trousers, Dirty face and bare red feet. Pass not by the child unheeding ; Smile upon him. Marh.me. when He Is grown he’ll not forget ii ; For remember, boys make men. When the buoyant youthful spirits Overflow in boyish freak, Chide your chili in gentle accents ; Do not in your anger «p ak. You must sow is youthful bosoms Seeds ef tender mercies ; then Plants will grow and bear good fruitage, When toe erring boys are men. Hare you neser seen a grandsire, With hie eyes aglow with joy, Bring to mind some acts of kindness— Something edd to him a bos T Or relate some slight or coldness, With a brow all cloud -d, when He said they were all too thoughtless To remember boye make men T Let «s try to ad<J some pleasures To the life of eeery boy ; For each child needs tender interest In its sorrows ana its joys ; Cal', your boys home by its brightness; They’ll avoid a gloomy den, And will seek f «r comfort elsewhere— And remember, boys make men JOB DIMin. Ourjob department issupplied with ever* facility necessary to enable us to comprir both as toprice and quality of work, with ever those et the cities, and we guarantee satis faction in every particulareroharg* nothing for our work. We are always prepared to fill oHers at short notice for Blanks, HU Heads, Letter Heads. Cards, hind Im)!» Posters. Circulars; Pamphlets, 4c. All job work must be paid for Cash on Delivery* For the Month of April, (ftputbern Cultivator.) April is the great planting month in the South, and ia emphatically oar Ke«-d time, as October is the harvest. In the extreme South oc casional fields ot bottom lauds are yet to be flauted in corn, and cot ton planting is yet goit g on ; while farther north a large part of the corn area ia yet to be planted, and cotton plantuig is only beginning. As March is the main corn planting month, so April witnesses most ,of the cottoq .planting. PLOWING CORN. The earlier fields of corn will re quire plowing towards the latter part of the mouth. Where the I mil was well'prepared shortly before planting it is not generally advisa ble to plow very early. It is better t« wait till the plants have attain ed a height and stockiues* (hat will permit the first siding to be done without too much inconvenience from covering. Wh’le still young and the root development is incon siderable, close, deep, plowing will not material!' check growth ; and tor the same reason that the pre paratory bieaking *hould be as late as practicable, the first plowing of the land after planting should be deferred as long as may be expe dient. On light, clean, smooth laud —in fact Whenever and wherever such implements will perforin well their characteristic work—sweeps or cultivators mhy be used from the very beginning. It was David Dickson’s method to use 2‘J inch sweeps at the first plowing. But on clay aoils, ‘or comparatively rough lards, siding with a three inch scooter with a proper board or fender, ia the most satisfactory ini tial work.' Our {ifRcUce is to side the entire crop finst and then break out the middles. Sometimes it may be expedient to side with small scooter and then finish out with sweeps or cultivators. The thin ning to a stand is most convenient ly and expeditiously done in ad vance of.(be siding. It may even be done on days when the ground is too wet to plow. Let the bauds be provided with a long, narrow, wooden paddle or spoon, and each take one or two rows a;-a time. Missing hills may be replanted at the same titpe and with the same C ddle. Hoeing corn should rarely necessary, and will not if the previous preparation and pi wing have been well and skillfully done. It ia good practice to make a sec ond application of fertilizers to corn at the time of the first plowing, dropping or scattering the same in the siding farrows and covering with the next furrows. Fertilizers applied in this way—during the period of active growth—should be of a soluble and promptly availa- character, the cruder and less con centrated fertilizers having been used before or at planting time. COTTON PLANTING. This is a work that many farm ers think should be done ‘‘in a hur ry” and with the smallest expendi ture of labor. It Is all very well to perform a given job in good style with the least labor, but it is well to consider that by taking a little more lime and expending a little more labor and care at planting, much luture work may be saved. The first requisite to securing a good stand and subsequent good yield is good, sound, uarefully se lected planting seed of* an improv ed kin') of cotton. There is no great difference In the productive ness of the different varieties offer ed for sale. Their chief general merit oonaiata in and de|>end8 upon the fact that the seed have been aelected with 1 more or less care for R number of yean. Farmers often plant aeed that appear to be sound and “all right,” but oo account of imperfect development or partial beating, it is fonod that the vitality of many of the germa ia either orig inally defective or it baa been im paired. The result is*a poor atand koble, dying plants. Secure **** of good selection, even if no more than enough to plant, a small field from which to save seed next fall, and test the vitality of any that may be doubtful by planting early a few haudsful in a warm, sunny exposure in the gar den or in a hot bed. It sound and good ninety per cent, of them should make vigorous, healthy plants. The expediency of planting in bills or checks depends on the quality of the seed, the fixed and uniform produ< tiveness of the in dividual plants, and the natural or added fertility of the soil The very largest yields on small areas have generally been from plautiag and cultivating in hills from seed that were carefully selected with refer ence to symmetrical development and productiveness. By this care ful selection the plants have be come individualized, so that (he single stalk that may lie left in a bill may be counted on to make a large yield—the maximum that may be reasonably expected from the areas appropriated to its use. The hill system requires not more than one fonrth as many seed, which, therefore, may lie the more select and costly; it requires more labor in the planting, but less in the subsequent culture. It is admitted that greater care io the planting and early cullira lion will lie necessary iu order to secure and maintain a perfect stand, but it is very probable that such increased care will lie more than repaid by the ease of subseq'ieut cultivation and the improved qual ity and quan ity of the product. Preparatory to planting, espe cially if to be dropped or distribu ted by band, the seed should l>e ‘rolled ” Au> good, iron bound barrel will answer. The axle is two indies square ami goes through tiom end to end. The hole iu the side is about ten inches square, made bvcuitingthrough twostaves the pieces cut out being battened together to form a shutter to close the hole. Put in the barrel two bushels of seed amt an ordiuary bucketful of water ; fasten the door and turn slowly back and forth : minute or two, or uutil the seed are thoroughly wet. Now turn the barrel with the opening (which need not be water-tight) under neath and let the surplus water run out. Theu add about ten pounds of any very fine, dry mate rial as a dryer and turn as before. The operation need i ot comsume more than five minutes and you have two bushels of perfectly roll ed seed. Fine, dry laud-plaster is the best dryer, as the seed will then be perfectly white and easily seen in the furrow. If desired the quantity of drying material may bo increased so as to serve aa a smalL dose of fertilizer, nsing any fine dry ammouiated superphos phate. Acid phosphate would pro bably be damaging to the germ. We have used the best Peruvian guano with excellent results. We have generally found scrap ting off the cotton beds ahead of the planting to be veiy substantial aid to proper planting and snbseqaeut cultivation For this purpose a piece of 2x6 scantly, five feet io leugth (for three foot rows), with rough shafts, to be drawn by oue mule, and doing two rows at a time, is a good implement The same may ba used for covering tbo seed after distributing with a planting machine or by baud. It will do still better if there are two cross pieces, two feet apart, constructed like the “Stokes Harrow,” substituting a board iu place of each cross tooth- bar. FORAGE CROPS. This is the proper mouth and the best time to make the first and main plantings of most kinds of annual forage plants. Let no far mer place sole reliance on corn, fodder and oats, but add oue or more of the well tried sciliog crops. Millo maize, Kaffir corn, cat tail, sorghum, collards, forage coru (In dian) are each and all good. As a greeu food that is highly nutritious and prodactive and generally relish ed by every animal on the farm, includiug the ffentu homo, we speak in praise of the old Georgia collards. We believe if hogs are led liberally with them throughout the season, cholera will be a very rare com- plaiut. Among the later improved bog crops, the particular variety of peanut, kuown as the “Spanish” peanut, has met with almost uni versal favor. It ia ea’lj, produc tive aud very easily cultivated ai d harvested. The Southern fanners ought to produce every pound of bacou aud lard consumed iu the South. They can produce it at less Ml cost thau in the West. Our farm era will never become prosperous until they mdiee that good form ing—true farming—necessarily in cludes the home production of the staple foods ueoeasary to carrying ou a farm. PLANTING SWEET POTATOES. ^Nothing is gained by very early planting of sweet potatoes, except to insure a larger area from a givei • sized bed by drawing and setting the first alips that appear and get ting them ont of Jpe wag of the next crop. Slips planted' eat in April require more cultivation aud rarely produce so well as those planted in May and June. The grounil for the first and each suc cessive planting should be kept in mellow condition by occasional plowing and re-bedding. By no m»ans should slips be set out after a rain until the beds have been freshered by re-bedding, or at least listing. Slips set in a sodden bed rarely do well. But more next mouth ou this subject. Bank Surplus Taxable. (Columbia Cor. News and Courier.] Attorney Genai al Earl-- has just giveu an opinion which will not be relished by the banking institu tions in this State. Some time ago the auditor of Abbeville assessed the national bank of that towu not only for the lace value of their shares, but their actu d value. He assessed the surplus, which was invested in United States Bonds. The bank protested, and the mUt ter was reterred to the comptroller genetal, who iu tutu reterred the question to the attoruoy general. To the questiou. “How sb uld banks be taxed —should they lie taxed on their capital stock alone, or should the surplus also be return ed for taxation t r the attorney gen erai says: “My opinion is, that all shares of the share holders in any bank or banking association should be listed against them individually at their true value iu money, aud that this valuation shou d include all surplus or extra mou ys, capital, and every species of personal properly, of value, ow ned or in the possession of auy such back. Gen. Stats, Section 198. “It matters not that such surplus or capital may have been iuvested iu Uuiled States bonds or otbei non taxable securities “Under Section 5,219 of the Re- vn-ed Siatutt-s ot the United Sta'es, it is declared that nothing in said Statutes shall prevent all the shares in auy association fiom beiug in cluded iu the valuation oi the per sonal property of the owner or holder ot such shares iu assessing taxes imposed by the authority of the State within which the associa tion is located, &c. “Aly opinion is, that, under this section, when construed with the other provisions of the United States banking laws, the State lias the authority to impose a tax upon th ■ actual value, iu money, of the shares ol the shareholders without reference to the character of the securities in which the capital or surplus ot any bauk may be iuvest ed. Van Allen vs the Assessors, 3 Wal, 595. “The president aud cashLrol every such bank or banking as sociation should be required to make the return as required by Sec tiou 201 ot tho General Statutes. “Heretofore the banks have only- been returning for taxation their capital stock. . This opinion will require a rad cal change.” The comptroller general to day sent a circular to the county au ditors iu which be said : “The respeciive county auditors will immediately, upon the receipt of this circular, extend the informs tion above given to the banks and banking institutions, and they will requ : re all such corporations to re vise the returns made by them, taking care to ascertain, as near as they possibly can, the true money value of the shares iu such institu- tious, includiug their surplus, with out reference to the character of the securities in which the capital or surplus may be iuvested.” Our Public Schools. A good deal of attention is beiug directed to tbesubject of publioedu- cation in South (Jarolio, but there ia not as much interest taken in this important matter as there should be. Our people should give their children the opportunity of getting an education by establish ing and maintaining good schools in every part of the country. This they could easily do for the present by supplementing the regular two mill school tax by a small tui tion fee as is done in many places, but the Legislature ought to do something of a general character for the improvement of our public school system. Io this enlightened day it is very generally accepted that education is necessary for the greatest enjoyment of file, and we are not going to write a long ser- mou or a text that has been worn out by abler pens than ours, be cause we think the jieople general ly understand the value of educa tion, and consequently a sermon on the matter is anuecessary, but we want to say something about our present system of public schools. It will be readily granted that there moat be a system of public schools for the adooeUoD ef the children, and it aeema to be the general opin ion that the present system ia not aa efficie Jt as it ought to be. There ought to be longer ter mb and bet ter equipped school houses. How to aeeuare these is the questiou. Home are very confident that the people will not boar a higher tax for education. But wc take it, as the world around becomes enlight ened and progressive, sn our State will not be content with what has been done or what ia doing, but will press towards the mark of higher achievements and greater things b yond. The present tax is more than it was under Radical rule, and with time it may be in creased. At present it may not be judicious to make the tax higher. But it is possible to have a large educational fund. When the Leg islature shall devise a b« tier, a moie certain, a thorough s.\stein ol assessing property and coui|>el ail men who vote to pay a school tax theie will be money enough As the Wilmington Star says it looLg ridiculous for a people to higgle over a million dollars school tax wheu they spend eight or ten mil lions annually in voluuttfry drinks. —Marion Star. A CARD. I desire to inform the citizens of Darlington and the public general ly that the Nashville Novelty Foun dry Co., of Nashville, Tenu , has appointed me agent lor the counties of Darlington, Georgetown, Wil liamsburg and Horry, • with head quarters at this place, and that 1 am now prepared by means of the New Patent Adjustible Castings which is the specialty of this Com pany to repair any stove or r nge of any make, from the old-fashion ed s'ep-stove to the most modern range. A boon to housekee|>ers. All work promptly attended to and satisfaction guaranteed. T. J. Cook. Notice. Having purchased the stock of goods of our father, 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. Notice of Copartnership, Wc have thie -lay takvn into nur firm D- S McCullough Th„ firm aanirt will here after br McCullough, Blackwell 4 Go., who are thr mcce-eor* to the firm of Mo Cullough 4 HUckw,-ll. Tho«e iu leb'f't to as will plea*? mikr soli lenient with us at one,-, »s the Notes an<i Accounts of the old firm have not been transferred to the new. We thank our frienda and the public for the liberal patronage they have for a num ber of years given us and solicit a contin uance of the same liberality wliioh we promise to merit. MeCULLOUGH 4 BLACKWELL March ‘6. ’88. - 1 3 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF DARLINGTON. fiy 7'. 77. Spain, E»q., I'robatt Judge. Whereas. J. N. Garner. C. C. P., has made suit unto me to grant unto him Let. lers of Administration, de bonis non, of the Estate ef and effects of H, K. W. Flinn, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admon ish all md singular the kindred and eredi- tore of the said H. K. W Plum, decease,1. that they b- and appear before tns iu the Court of 1’roh tie to be held at Darlington C. H.. on Saturd «y, April T8th, nest, after publication hereof, at It o'olook in the forenoon, to sb «v cause, if any tbev have, why the said administration should not be itrtn'ed. Given under my hand, this 21st day of March, A. D., ISv*. T. H. SPAIN, March 22, '88—fit Probate Judge Pee Dee Hambletcni&n, Sired by MELVILLE CHIEF, No. 22-j3. Thie Stan lard Bred Trotting Stallion will make t te Spring Season of 1888, be ginning the 1st of April and ending June 30ui, 1888. at the old b miesteud of Moses S. McCall, io Backswamp Township, Dar lington County, forth.- low service offl6, payable in advance. This |rivileges a mare to be returned until she proves with foal. Parties desiring a 'ull and extended pedi gree or other information can apply to, H. T. HAKLLEE, Mob. 16—Im Mars Bluff. S. C BOOTS, SHOES, Harness and Saddles Made and repaircl Having opened a business of the above natur* at McCul lough 4 Blackwell's harness establish ment iunnediatrly opposite thsi livery sta ble. I respectfully ask tlie patronage of the public. 1 have bad twenty year's experi ence in the business, and not only know the wants of the people, but uni prenared with the proper material to do their work at the skorteai possible ae'iee. Mob. 15, -tf W. C. YOUNG. H oods & Woods THEIR STOCK OF Spring and Summer Goods And now have it ready for inspection; this stock: • \ EMBRACES A FULL ASSORTMENT OF EVERYTHING HANDLED BY THE FIRM. THE LINE OF ID H. ESS Q* O O 3D S Embracing all the Novelties in Worsted Goods, White Goods, &c., has received their special attention and the ladies of Darlington County will find both pleasure and profit, in inspecting the many beautiful arti cles now on exhibition at their The Cash Company. G4NSON & BROOM. -A.IRE a4f LIVELY EARLY We stand by our motto, under buy and utidets II, ami stake our ctiaucea on tlie merit of our value*, wltic.li are .>itd aiwit>8 will be the very best. Out wonderful suecess for the past six months induces us to put forth teuewed effoit* to still further extend and |augti.ent our now rapidly iuuieA'iiig business. We plead not for pain nag* on account of Friendship, nor solicit cus. om under the worthless excuse of favor, but with out money to back ul and our shelves aud counters jammed >nd loadedj with unequalled bar. gains, we are determined to sweep the ti, Id. ifroim: yoirik: Our Senior Partner writes that he has fowarded some Landslides Pulse quickening bargains that will show the cash buyer the difference between our cash plan and the credit system, the distinction between ;our 10 per cent, profit and the old regular 50 and 75 per cent. A FEW MINOS SPECIMENS. A Ladies State Prison made shoe worth tl.50 for 11.20. A Gent* $2.00 Gaiter or Lace Shoe for $1.50. All other grades equally az cheap 121 White Counterpane for $1.10, cheap at 1.50. And from Sheriff’* Sale » big line of men’s and youth’s hats aud pants at about* one half their actual wotth. LOOK FOR OUR In a £eus weeks Anouncing the arrival of our new Spring and SUMMER NOVELTIES, Very Respeetfull GANSON & BROOM. THIS SPACE MET MB March 29, 1888. FOR J*. Whose Advertisement will Appear in onr next ISSTTE. k. ; »t n 'h ■v t***«£ r *# HI WM*. •r ' l atfa . *• wu ti v w. ■ ^ r,