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ITTHUB.8DAY MOKHIHQ F. THOMPSON. PftOPEIXTOB. ..$S Per 4w»m iaAdTMM. Oaatqw**, fint insertion f 1.00 One ftqasre, second insertion e««eeeneef• 60 ■very sabeeqent insertion ••eoosceo •••oaoeoc • 60 Oontrsct ndTertisements inserted upon the asst rosoonsble tome. Msrrisge Notices end Obitueries, not xooodinc six lines, inserted free. THE DARLINGTON NEWS. “FOE US PB1NCIPLE IS PRINCIPLE—KIOHT IS RIGilT—YE8TERDAT, TO-DAY. TO MORROW, FOREVER. VOL. XV. NO 4. DARLINGTON, S. C, THURSDAY. JANUARY 24 1889. WHOLE NO 732. WINDS. AsnhtbtbeegMledonherfsrbcf|toona . The btsek nerth wind shrieks shrUl along tbeelr. While startled doodsars toased afar like plumes And atfleken forests shiver In deapalr. ESS on the hcorlng ocean, rast and dark. Tbs mad storm drives with swift, sucoeedlac aftoeks And angr? hisa, a traO and mastkss bark To Other doom upon the expectant rocks. Heavy with spice, and lancnoroos with calm, The soft south «ind. fresh from gold tropic assn tbrsasm with delicious wafts of balm The summer glory of the AnUllea ft seeks, amid the emerald of its bowers, Tbs hammock where a Creole, pale and fair, tim like a flow or among the other flowers, And plays with tho soft splendors of her hnirl isInPittabu f. K. I iPittatnwg Bulletin. FERGUS CAMPBELL When mj publishers nanlgned to me the duty of reporting tho Montreal carnival I telegraphed to Fergus Campbell to en gage n room for me in the boose where be had his lodgings. Already there had been a tumultuous rash for the hotels, ■id lodgings were at a premium. Fexgus Campbell wan a Scot whom I bad met in Dunblane, but for ten years be had been engaged on the reportoriol Staff of a Montreal journal. He hired looms of aa aged Frenchwoman who owned a dilapidated chateau on Dorches ter street Ordinarily he was her sole lodger, and madame was too decrepit to properly attend even to hisstihple wants; out in those days of activity and festiv ity she imbibed some of the prevalent spirit of enterprise, and agreed to rent me a room. Certainly I would never have chosen the chateau for my permanent abode, al beit 1 was glad to spend a week with Campbell. It wrs composed of a crum bling mam of gray stone, and was dingy and cheerless. Campbell hired a bed room and a sitting room in this unpleas ant dwelling, and two mors unwhole- aome and disorderly apartments it would be difficult to find. It was long after midnight when I first entered the chateau. I had visited Do minion square, and seen the ice palace with its turroted towers and frowning battlements: wo had tried the steepest, speediest toboggan shoot in the city; I bad seen the governor general open the carnival, and hod sent his speech ver batim to Hie Pittsburg Bellows before I asnewed my acquaintance with Fergus LtieasU was he was engaged in cook ing our supper. He was committing the ■unary atrocity of frying a beefsteak, and was smoking a p jpo while he worked. l of 85 years, ■ was a man i years, with a hujp, angular frame and big lungs. He fig- brown iiair, a broAd, white fore head. keen blue eyes under shaggy brows, and a board that presented os un kempt an appearance aa a blackthorn badge. His big frame was clothed in a ragged dressing gown that had long done doable service os a garment and pen Certainly no one would have d him of being a “ladles' man,” 'the hero of a romance, yet I subsc- he had < learned that > a woman. once been wiper. C suspected ! Mr the hci •neatl y lean betrothed to We had a very delightful time over our beefsteak and ale, for Campbell was ex cellent company. Ho was slipshod and tattered; he drank ale out of a pewter mug, and smoked the worst tobacco in tho ( luccn’s dominion. Ho was ugly and eccentric, but he was picturesque, and was undeniably a gentleman. He seemed to be uncomplainingly submissive to the nardahips in his life. I biul need of his cheer for several days, for my work proved arduous. I was expected to send nome entertaining accounts of the carnival, and it was vir tually suspended. A warm rain had drenched mo to the skin, and had made the ice palace preoeptiblv thinner. If it Continued, this fairy building would soon be obliterated. Out of door pastimes were impossible, and I returnca to the chateau one night feeling tired and dis heartened. I intended to leave Montreal on tho following morning. I found Corapbcl I in on unusually silent mood. It was a black night, ana I sus pected tliut he was depressed by the bad weather and by my approaching depart ure. The man was naturally sociable, and had enjoyed companionship as ardently •a a boy. As wc sat close to his rusted old stove, I kept wondering why this big hearted Scotchman was so removed from the rest of the world. A man of his •Mtity could earn a living anywhere. Why, in the name of reason, had he never made use of his voice? Evidently it had been cultivated, and he sang so well that he might have been famous throughout the world. I tun not superstitious nor imaginative, hut on that night I disliked my surround ings. Tho room was dimly lighted. In the adjoining apartment I could see Campbell’s dressing gown hanging on one of the high, old fashioned bed posts, and 1 could not rid myself of tho fancy that an emaciated figure stood in the Ucokohman's bedroom, clothed in his tat tered gown. Worse than that, the fig ure had the rigidity of a corpse. I turned •y back upon it ••Vsmi SMirvVit i States, where journalism has more to feed upon.” He had been smoking in silence; but How bespoke. “Montreal is not a bad place. It is a daftl cleaner than your town of Pitts burg, and a deal less infernal." “You know about aa much of Pitts- aa you do of the infernal regions,” I, surprised at his remark. “You jpe^yeflterdy JEhat^ you had never He crossed his legs, dropped his chin his big chest and eyed me from •his shaggy brows. Then he made emarkable statement: “What I said yesterday was true: but i then I have vjsited New York, N< r and Pennsylvania. Tho last town ’Was Pittsburg, and I hope I may i like again. _ /as he joking ISheeteg under sime hallucii...uY:i? mu exjxeerion was aericn*—nay. cv< a Mann, There were heavy shatlovi - :< bout Ufl eyes and his fane was pallid. Had be Men drinking} No; his battered mug i hia untouched ale. ‘Of course you don’t expect metnho- Bcvo you," I said. “Mo man over trav eled the distance you mention in a sk-glo •tight of his life." 1 know that perfectly," he answered, earn: ••:!;•; “lut I wasn’t alive. Man, I toeadeaur i wan resurrected this mornlngT “NYhaijokei.:v you In spite of my- ing that ; hideous “I am not joking,” he answered, seri ously. “I could not jest about so grave a matter as death. But, Bradford, I died! At 4 o'clock this morning my spirit left my body yonder in that small room. If you will listen respectfully III talk of I took a drink of ale. self I could not help seeing figure in tho other room. It ai now like Campbell’s skeleton clad" in his gown. He did not begin his story at once, but sat wrapped in profound thought, while the wind soughed dismally and his pipe went out unheeded. It was not until I aroused him from his reverie that he spoke. “I don’t know why I feel like talking of myself to you,” he said, “for you are full of gibes and ridicule; but 1 like you, lad, and although 1 have chosen to live a hermit’s lifo, I sometimes grow weary of silence and solitude, and hunger a bit for human sympathy. “I was born in Dunblane, and began life in humble circumstances. My father died when I was a bairn, and my mother was too poor to give me an easy life, though she care me a bit of school ing. On Saturdays I worked in the bishop’s library, where I earned a little money by dusting and climbing for the librarian. After my mother died I went to live with a great singer. I was a good scholar, and he made me his secretafy. When I had been with him a little while I went to the opera to hoar him sing and this experience turned my head. 1 wished to be a singer, too. I heard him practicing, and I practiced. I was itis Imitator, nis emulator, his parrot. And I could sing. I knew well that I had the talent, the fervor, the patience and the enthusiasm of on artist. Oh. man, man! I had the vanity, too, of all stage struck lunatics, and was sure I would he a mas ter. “My employer heard me sing, and of fered to teach me. I was 25 years old when I was offered my first engagement to sing in public. “You probably remember the Bishop’s Walk in Dunblane. It runs close to tne River Allan, and was named for the bishop, Robert Leighton. I used to be very fond of that walk, and one spring morning I found a woman in it who liked if also—as bright and blithe a woman as ever trod upon Scottish heather. I do not pretend to be a connois seur of feminine loveliness, but I know that Mailie Morrison was beautiful. Her eyes were blue and sweet, her hair brown and bonnie and lier throat was like snow. Bradford, I can’t make you see her as she looked coming down the Bishop's Walk with her hands full of primroses, and her cheeks surpassing them. The kos was straight and trim and strong, and there was a deal of shy sweetness looking from under tho broad brim of her hat “After 1 knew her my life was changed. My greatest object baa been to become a famous singer, but now that ambition was secondary, I wanted to marry Mai- lie Morrison. ’Her father was not willing that I should visit her, but I cared little, since I found my Lisa in the fields by the mins of the Cathedral of Bt. BLanq, and ever and again in the Bishop's Walk. But by and by 1 had reason to leave Dunblane. I needed to study more, and my manager offered to take me to Italy, where, ho said, I could take lessons Hi the great conservatories and still earn my living with him. Moilio Morrison contented to marry me and go with me If we could gain her father’s consent “Morrison was a Covenanter and a man of such iron will that he was an un pleasant opponent to tackle. He was (-* *’ ’ ’ * ’ *rs. pro- gateway of heU. Besides his aversion to my profeseion, he had an other and more personal grudge agaiiwt me. He bad been up for mayor cf tho place, and blamed me for his defeat. I had tried my ’prentice band at journal ism, and had written Gome fierce things against ids party. But I could not think he would long oppose my suit for two such reasons. “I had reckoned without my host. He hated me. He would have rejoiced if hell had opened and taken me in. What? I, a singer, marry the daughter of so great a man as hel Lord, man, he'd have sooner trusted her to old Beelze bub I He raved at my proposal and lashed himself Into a terrible fury. Ho said that I had written such a pack of lies about him he had lost his election, “My lass took her Bible for guidance, and found nothing in it to justify her wedding without ner father^ consent. It said: ‘Children, obey your parents in the Lord, this is right,’ and to her simple mind nothing could be plainer than her duty. Certainly she could find no passage commanding obedience to her lover. Her father told her that if we married he would curse us and our children. “I besought her not to yield to his un reasonable prejudice, but she stood in the Bishop’s Walk, white as a ghost, and bade mo good-by. I told her she had not the heart of a woman or she could not send mo away. “I did not go to Italy, for my ambition had vankhed. How could 1 sing with such a heavy heart? I chose the me cf a recluse. I came to Montreal and scratched oat such a living os my pen would yield. “Morrison was so mortified by his po litical defeat that he could not bide in Dunblane. He and his daughter went to live in Pittsburg. I learned of this through a Dunblane newspaper. “As yesterday was my birthday, Brad ford, I made some resolutions. I re solved that I would waste no more time. For tea years I have bided in this house, hugging a foolish hope that Mailic Mor rison might some day wish to recall me, and knowing that it would be easy to trace me here. But last night I resolved to go away and complete my study of music. I told myself that maybe the lass was married and had forgotten the Bishop’s Walk. “It was midnight when I went to bed. This old house seemed desolate, and I could not sleep. I heard the clock strike I, 8 and 4, ana then—man, I cannot de scribe it, but I had the most horrible sensation I ever experienced. Nothing but death could give it A sweat was on my lips and forehead. My breath came laboriouaiy. My pulse* ceased and the action of my heart was impercepti ble. I knew I was dying. I tried to rally. My life has new been what I de sired. yet 1 was wildly eager to live. I tried desperately to cast off the dreadful lethargy into which I was sinking. I tried to cry out for help, but could not make a wound. | wad struggling with death, and such » fignt it Wasthat I henTrecan* *——*- tve to the t t'.: my respiration grew alowci «. , :.ad finally ceased; my hear stopped beating, my jaw dropped, and I was dead! “During my life I had always believed in a dual existence—a bodily and a spir itual one. Now this duality was proven. My spirit left my body and stopped to look at the house it had 1 [ tenant my spiritual vision I saw my eyes close •nd my limbs grow rigid. I saw that I was dead! “My mental faculties remained, but I had no control of my actions. My spirit waa mysteriously borne from the room, from the house and from tho town. I traveled in mid air and with a velocity that appalled me. 1 cannot describe my sensations. I cannot say that the wind rushed into my face, for 1 had no face. I cannot say that my head swam, for I had no head. And vet I felt that the wind was blowing cold and wet, and the awful swiftness of my locomotion thrilled me with terror. I kept thinking ’I'm dead, and where am I going? I am pretty hi^h up, and am devoutly thank- I had been regarding Campbell with curiosity as well as suspicion. Some times I believed that he was manufact uring his dream or vision or ghost story out of whole cloth. I was tempted to rate him soundly for trying to make a tool of me, but something in his manner restrained me. “I waa not up too high," he continued, “to see where I waa traveling. I was passing over Albany, for I saw the out line of a building that must have been the Capitol I continued southward with the same awful Impetus, passing over towns that I sui Newburg and West Point I folio’ the Hudson until I came to New Jersey, and went over the interior of that state. All this time I waa wondering whether eccentric fashion? Some of mv friends had died, and. in the awful stillnees and loneliness of that hour, I longed for their companionship. But the air was empty, and only my spirit waa astir. “I changed my course at length and went westward. I seemed to be crossing over the stats of Pennsylvania. Sud denly I thought 1 knew where I waa going, and, Bradford, I can give you no Idea of the agony I experienced at the discovery. I was pasting over a dark country, and beyond mo waa a hideous light. I could see no buildings, but I saw a blaze of fire that filled me with horror. It waa below me, and as it belched out in all its lurid intensity I thought I knew what it was. Man alive! I thought I was going to hell as fast as I could travel, and that nothing could save me. “It was not tho infernal regions, after all. It was your boasted town of Pitts burg! The fire tliat had frightened me was from the iron foundries, the copper smelting mills and the oil refineries, for which the place in famous. I could feel the air hex with their fiery breath. I passed them and a cathedral, and finally I reached a suburb of the town. Then 1 went slower and lower, and at last stopped before a t welling. “In an upper room a uunp was burn ing, and a womanV hhadow occasionally fell upon the curtain. 1 knew it was Moilio Morrison’s even before she stopped at tho window and looked out Brad ford, it was my loss, grown older, bat with the same sweet face that I had last seen In the 'Bishop’s Walk. An Instant later her father jerked the curtains aside ioe her. and stood betide ner. lie was homblv changed. His eyes were bloodshot, hu face waa purple and his form wasted. He was wholly unlike the etrong bodied politician of Dunblane. For ten years 1 had hated him, but this morning 1 was touched by hia wretched condition. I was grieved to know I was invitit le to my lass; but her father saw me! Good heaven! Can 1 ever forget what wrath and malice distorted his face at sight of me? He seemed crazed with rage, and he beat with his two clinched litis upon the glass, shivering the pane into thou sands of bits and cutting his flesh to the bone. He waa a maniac, and he believed I was in the flesh, for he tried to reach me and strangle me with his bleeding hands. Man, man! in his blind ana eager fury he hurled his wretched body from the window to tho ground. I, a thing of air, could do naught to save him, and I saw him fall dead before me! I could not speak to my lass, who also saw his act; but I was forced to see the onguiih in her white, distracted face. And while the people came from the house to carry the dead man In I was suddenly borne away. “I returned with even greater swift ness, and by tho same long route by which 1 had gone. I reached Montrail before light was fairly here, and entered the chateau unhindered by windows and doors. I saw my dead body still lying with drawn face, closed eyes ana fallen jaw. My spirit seemed to recognize my *y os its natural home, for in the iterea it He was horribh twinkling of on eye it cm art My hcari began'to pulsate, myTlood was flowing and my brain awake. Fer gus Campbell was In tho fleeh again! “I sat up and lighted my lamp. I was still cold and wet with clammy perspira tion. Tho clock was striking 7, and I remembered that I had been to Pitta- burg and back by an unnecessarily long route in cxactlv three hours." “You certainly made remarkably quick time," I commented. ‘Td say you’d been suffering from delirium tremens If I waa not aware of your temperate hab its. You had tho nightmare, CampbelL" Ho placed a telegram In my hands. “Read it,” ho sud, eagerly. “It came this evening, and it proves that I saw Morriaon die.” The dispatch was from a relative of Campbell’s in Pittsburg. These were its contents: “Morrison killed himself this morning by jumping from his window. He has been mad for veers." Wo looked at each other la silence. “By Jove!” I said at last, “you have •tther been telling a stupendous lie or this is a remarkable coincidence." “It’s no lie.” he answered, solemnly. “Bradford, it’s os true as gospel" s * • • r # s Two years passed before I «w Camp bell again. Be came down the corridor oKthaWindsor hotel, and 1 could not tail to notion that his appearance had mained unaltered, and I could not mis take him. “You are Fergus Campbell,” I said, ■nd offered my hand. Ha graspad it cordially. “1 eras Fergus Campbell once," be •aid; “but"—with aa irresistible and contagious grin—“they call ms Signor Quubtilini now!" “Then you have finished jour stodiesT “Yea," ha answered. *1 am a&l lodged opera singer now.” I longed to ask him If ha was married, “pome to my rooms.” he said, as if he knew whal was la my mind, "and sea wife and balm, fI am married to Morriaon, Bradford. After her :'s violent de«ta she went back to >kme and I fallowed her. I met her the Bishop's Walk and we agreed that we would never be separated again. Come, and ITl sing for you. And it will be no Italian melody to-night, but a good Scotch song about ‘The flower o' Dun blane.’”—Francis B. Currie in Flank Leslie's. The Lass Weed In Orefaa. In a recent issue of The Scientific American, under heading of “Natural History Notes,” you sneak of the “loco" or "crazy weed" of Texas and that its reputed power of producing insanity and death hat been proved unfounded. This assertion of the innocence of the “loco weed” I cannot contradict; but the fact of a certain weed (by some called the “loco”) that grows on the Columbia river bottoms, between the “Cascades” and “The Dalles,” that will cause temporary insanity in horses not accustomed to feed on the bottom lands, is too well known to doubt Although I have never seen an animal directly under the influence of the weed, yet I nave seen them imme diately afterwards, and the signs were ' ithlis I LAW C ARDS unmistakable—the animal wli head and fore legs bruised and bleeding, tho stall, manger and feed boxes totally de ft ter- armer the bright soft hay from t lands. About midnight awakened by a terrific molished, and evi rible struggle. Almost every occupying bottom lands will tell you the same story, not among his own stock, aa they are accustomed to it, but of neigh bors’ teams from the uplands, that occa sionally put up over night and feed of new lowland hay. The teams are watered and securely tied in their stalls and bountifully fed on the bright soft hay from the overflowed the owner is uproar in the stables. Hastening thither, the teamster is astounded to see his horse or horses in A perfect frenzy of madness, rearing, striking, biting and kicking. Nothing, however, can be done until the effects of the weed pass off, and morning finds the horse, If he has not injured himself, but little the worse for nis night's antics. What weed this is I do not know, nor have I ever found any one tliat could positively say that they knew, but it is certain that there is something in the new cut bottom hay that will cause tem porary insanity in nones. It is no un common tiling to see a man driving a horse with a bruised and swollen head, and, upon inquiring the cause, he will answer, "Oh. I was down on the bot toms last night, and my horse got a dose of crazy weed.” Whether tliis is the famous “loco weed,” or whether it is con fined to this locality, is beyond my “ken.”—H. C. Coe in Scientific Ameri can. Um Gennaa Army. It Is impossible to conceive of a more thorough system than that on whioh the German army is baaed. In every village war. Next to the city hell is the armory, arsenal and barracks of the place. Here are the cannon and the smaller arms, the ammunition and every roquitito for war. The officers live in the building. Scattered tiiroughout the village are the tho lint term soldiers. Those who of service are engni tho in various occu pation n. Every horse in the village is Duly ticketed and appraised. At slated timcG tho horse is taken from his position in tlie eliafta of a carriage or butcher's, bnkor’B cr candleetiok maker's wagon, moimted l y a wildicr or hitched to a gun cnrriagv. drilled into his busineui and returned politely to Lis owner. The in stant war breaks out tho horse becomes the property of William II. This condition of things exists in every comer of the empire. Hie instant the emperor decides on war the entire tele graphic and railroad service is turned over to the state; the shoemaker in the village dons his uniform, jumps on his neighbor’s hone, reports at the barracks, the nag of money is put in the gun car riage, and within a few hours the entire force of the village, town or city is in the rood ready mounted and roughly equipped for active service. Everything is arranged, all contingen cies foreshadowed, and on army of 8,000,000 men stands waiting for orders within a few hours after the declaration of war. It is marvelous.—Blakely Hall in Boston Globei Brick Veneering for Fran* Hon CM. A construction detail that is gaining much popularity in some western cities is the bricking in of frame houses. The building is tided up with matched stuff, as If complete; then a brick face wtil four inches thick is laid in contact with the exterior, tied on by spikes about every sixth course. A boy distributes them all around on top of the wall They are held in the mortar bed ready, and driven through into the riding till the heads are flush with the face of the wall, when the next courses are laid, and so on. The walls present the appearance of solid masonry, are durable, and, as they add to the warmth of the buildings, seem to prOcnt substantial recommenda tions, especially in severe climates.— American Builder. A New Valuable Drag. According to Gassell’s Magazine a new dnur of great value has recen tly appeared in the market It consists of powder jambul seed*—the seeds of a plant, Syzy- gium jambolanum or Eugenia janibol- ana, found in various ports of India, the Mauritius, Ceylon and the United States of Colombia. It baa been well tooted by tbemadkaP ‘ ~ and the a promising remedy in all cases of dia betes. The action of the drug is to pre vent formation of sugar in the system, and so to stay waste; and cases are on record sbowiiur that muter Its Influence the special restrictive diet so obnoxious to diabetes patients can be dispensed with. —Frank Leslie's leal faculty in England, Germany United State*, and is said to be Not Always a ▼toSus. With aU that is justly said about the virtue of contentment, there is one spe cies of It that lies like a worm at the core of all human progress. It is that which renders a man satisfied with his own ftthiovemente, content to remain where he to in the different spheres of activity or thoiurht or iintfnlnri instead of * psineureia usa. to others which an open to • which he a Week. are may be ! b’gOflh but tee lie) no time to ga e’sgoaa’ has* one mar* York Sun. i. i WAXD. B O. MOOD* WARD A WOODS. Attorney! k Counselor! at Low. DARLING LOS, S. C\ Wil pmciice in «ll P-taic and Frtlcrsl Court a.I 8pcci.il atfcutiin paid to ail mat ters peituia-.iig to the buying, sell- lug. rcntibg or leasing of teal relate. Auy pur'\ liuviug bnainoa iu tins bn.* would do well to call on the firm, who have control ot eotue of the moat deairablu property iu tin Town and County. J. B. BBTTLBS. 0. S. BBTTLB* Nettles & Nettles, Attonoyi k Counselors at Law, Darlington €. H., f*. C. Will practice in all the State and Federal Com t*. Prompt personal attention ^iven to collection ol claims. Sep. 2, ’86 ly. T. B. SPAIN.! Attorney at I aw. DARLINGTON, C. IL, S. C. Will practice in Circuit Courta and Supreme Court of South Carolina. Prompt attention given to all bit- sines*, and special atteutiou given to (mulections. B W. BOTD, OBO W. BBOWB BOYD & BROWN- Attorneys and Counselors at Ltw Office iu rear of Darington Nation al bank. DARLINGTOS C /?., A C. I’UOill’T personal attention to ALL BU8INKM. Feb. 8, ’S7-ly. C. P. UdftGdX, Attorney at Law and Trial Justice. Pi'ietier. iu (be Unite.! -Ribii-b Court and in tbe Mb and 5ih olre^iu Prompt alien- lion loel bueiure. eniru.leti In him. Office In Eiehnnxe Street, noil ihe;DAR- MsaroN Nows Office. To Planters and Mill Mer- of DARLINGTON. Your eniiecial at.iruiinn in invited to the telebiH t d b:^8 Prennen. Variable Feed Shm Milln, .Straight Li* e E tgioeK, N « Eva boilers, end Shading, Pttile.lK, jfce. inaiinhictnBrd by the Liddell Co., ot Charlotte, N C.. for «Inch I am Slate age it, end upon which 1 am prep*,red to nic;l-e clone estimate*. Van Winkle, Prai» aud W iunhip Cotton gins; Coibin bi>c ilauows, Planet. Jr, Horae Cultivators; Thomas lnipi-ii.il Uxy Kaken. Co< 'ou Planters, Ac. Deering one anil two borne mowers, Mniteis, and light reaper*. Windmills erected and fitting same a specialty. Esti mates furnished on brick making and wood wot king machinery. Write to W. H. GIbbES, Jr., Columbia, S. (3. or It 0- ('ommaiider, agent for Dar lington Co , Caricrsville, 8. C. Final Notice- Nnticn is h*r,-bjr given that l will Sin my final account, in the office of the Pro bate Judge, lor Darlington County, on the 2nd day of Februtry cazt, as trustee of John H Uriggs. aud will apply for Letters Ditmiraory U W EDWARDS, Truataa. January I, 1881—41 Beef Pork, Fish. I daeira to inform the people of Darling ton that I have gone into the butcher bnaiaoea, ani will be found in the Market House nt the firM stall on the right aa the building » rntare-l, wbera I vill be pre pared at all limrs to furuiah Ibe very beat quality af meat an ! flab Patronage re- apectfully aoticiird; ■aiiafaoiion guaraa lead Goods delivered by m»\ ROUT NIXON. TO THE PUBLIC! Do not buy hu Engine, Boiler, 8sw mill, Corn mill, Colton Gio, or Cotton Press, ant : you write to me for prices. 1 AM GEN KB A L AGENT iu thi* State lor the well-kuowu Him ol TALBOTT & SONS, Richmond Va., and offer to>ou the best machinery for ibe mouey that is sold iu this market Agknts fob HALL, EAGLK, aud LUMMU8 GINS •t popular price*. Write to me be fore yoo boy Y. 0. bADHAM, Columbia, 8. C. or Talbott A Sons, Richmond, Vs. May 17, ’88— JOB DMTMBH. Our job department la supplied with ever facility necessary to enable ue to compete both asteprice’andqnality of work, with ever those af the cities, nnd we gnarantee eatia faction in ovary particulararabnrge nothing for our work. We are always prepared la fill orders nt abort notice for Blanks, Bi) Heads, Latter Heads. Cards, Hand bill* Poster*. Circulars, Pamphlet*. *e. All job work must be paid for Cash on Delivery th usual fine stock of GROCERIES, WINES, LIQUORS. T (] / (< ( M CIGARS IS TO BK FOUND AT JML O. A.l©3cctn.ci©r»s, CORN Kit OF PEAbLE AND GROVE STREETS. Litrge QiMiititm* of Good* ar« b* iiig r*i ein-tt d.Mly and the many cas- tourer* of tlii* well kitown e*Ubl(slim*>nr throughout Darlington County are guarantied tlml u continuaHce id their patronage will m-au for them “Tho Best Goods lot the Least Money.” September 6, 1888—ly MULES! m’cillouuii, mmm & co, Wow have on sale at their stables an|'udU§«aSiyfliiie lot of large nin es, which were carefully![selected by ^apirjBlackwelij on a re* centvfrip to|jthe West. Call # aml make jour purchases while you have a large lot from which’to select, and can thus buy to the best advantage. January 10, 1889. m Begs to remind the public that he fl better prepared than ever before to meet the demands of the present season, which promises to be the most active that Darlington has seen for years. His stock, which embraces every line, almost, one can think of, taken as a whole, is probably the largest ever carried bv any single firm in Dari ngton ; has been carefully selected with a view to meeting the wants of the multitude who favor him with their patronage. Here are a few of the many B A G- A I JV SU HIS STORE I FILLED WITH 36 inch Wool Cashmere at 26 cents per yard, worth 35 ctv 36 inch Henrietta Cloth at 50 cents per yard, worth 65 cenD A full line ol Black Cashmeres from 15 cents to $1 per yard A lull line of Braided Sets and Velvets at various prices and shades to match the large line of DRESS GOODS. A. FTTLL LI2TE OF GENTS’, U-DIE'3, AND CHILDREN’ SHOES. 12000 yards Plaids, bought below the market, and will be sold accordingly. 500 suits Men’s, Boys’ and Children’s ready-made clothing, at Sweeping Bargains. Hats and fchirts in proportion. 200 Barrels Flour bought direct from the Mills before a vance in the market, and being sold at less than legular price All heavy Groceries bought in Car Load quantities, and a old ia bulk a t prices that compare favorably with Chariest) Uur Hardware Department, in charge of Mr. J. H. Early, has in htock the largest, as well as the best, assortment of Stoves and Stove Furniture ever exhabited in Eastern South Carolina. Having bought by Car Load entrely, we arc pre pared to make figures that defy competition. In Sewing Machines we handle the White, American, House hold and Hartford, all strickly first-class; also machine need les, oils and attachments tor all machines. We carry a largo line of Engines and Mill supplies, such aa Belting, Packing, l«ncing, and all kinds of Steam Fittings in iron and brass; Lubricating and Cylinder Oils, Tallow, etc. Machine Bolts in every size. Agricultural machinery, such as Cotton Gins, Feeders and Condensers, Presses, Mowers, Horse Rakes, Grain Drills, etc. Pumps lor driven wells, a specialty. We are agents for several firat class Steam Engines and Mills and would be pleased to give bottom figures to those desiring to purchase a ginning or saw mill outfit, September 13, 1888,