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THE DAKLINGTQN NEWS, TlfflRSDAY, MAY 16. 1*». HKMIY T. THOMPfiOX RIMTOK. TO OUR CORRESPOSDESTS. The Correspondents of Thk Darlingtok News throughout the Cou.ity, are particularly requested to bear in mind that we greatly desire to have from them, as often as possible, (the oftener the better) the Local Eveuts of their sections. We want the news every week, if it is only a line. .Editorial Motes. Four drinking fountain* htvo been to. ••ted about the pub'io tquare of Spartan- btirg. Mr. W. C. McMillan, drugfiil, one of Ike I'adlng merchant* ol Marion, died on Mondnjr last. Terrible ferest Are* have 1 tt.-ljr raged in Jibe wild eictions of Minnesota and ■‘"‘fr An eaithquake *bock waa felt at Annap- olia. Mainland at 8 46 o’clock on Satnrdny morning la«C Dr. J. B. Jenninga, nn old and highly feepeotod eitiaen of Marlbo'e’ County died nt Renneliaville on Mny fr. El Preaident Davit bat boon invitel to deliver the Centennial Oration at Fayette ville, N. C., but decline on account of bi* •Es ther* nro ainteen conteated olection •net for the next Congroai already on lit with the Clerk of the Home Election* Uommittn. Rogulatora bav* mad* their appearance in Sumter County. Tbia ia tb« nenroal nppvoacb ta Kupluiieur that tbs aounty las bad far a long time. A tornado awepl Ibrongb Stafford Conn- ly, Kaoaaa last weak, dottroying bonaoa tree a, barns and fenoea, and killing and maiming man nnd boast. The John* Hopklna Hoipital ia Haiti, moan tka largest and moat riehly endowed inntitntioa of tho kind in the world, wna opened on tha 7th of May. Tha State Denartment of Agrieultnra bna appointed Mr. T. E. Horton, ofdreaa villt to represent South Carolina at the Paris Oairarsnl Exposition. Mianeaotn baa paaaed n law proriding for rxerntion* before aunriio, and allow ing Ibo oondemnrd man in invita three fetaone to witnova hia taking off. MaJ. 8. Lwroy Sbaw. a prooiinent eitum of Snmter County, died on Sunday of ty- nkoki fever. M^J. Shaw Dad a Aoe record both ta n oiliien nnd aa a soldier, Cnumallr dial motive floods occurred io Eastern Ohio nnd Western Pennsylvania Uat week, from which many live* were ’oot sad an enermous an cunt of property was swept away. At the recent meeting of the College of Riahopa of tho M.E. Church, South, Blab- on Jehu C. Keener, of New Orleana, waa assigned to the South Carolina Conference for the ssming year. Mr. If. S. Cunningham, editor of the Orandguburg Spectator and one of hia printer* bav* beoo arrested charged with burning up Ibo printing office ia order to get tbo insuraoco money. Tho Diooeaan Convention of the Episco pal Church met at Aiken on the Sib inst. the '•colored" question was again di*. onanod, and it ia thought that tbo maitor will nt Uat be adjusted. On May 6, in Chesterfield County. A. 0. Douglass was *bot and instantly killed by W. D. Merriman. There bad been bad feeling b tween them fi-r several months on aooonat of a dispute ai-o-jt some laed. H ia prakable that the next Legia’alurc will b* asked to provide an asylum in another city for colored patient*, a* tbelr number ia increasing so rapidly as to •critualy overtax the capaci y of tbo’pres •nt building in Columbia. Tbo WBi department Lai published the allotments of the $400,000 appropriated by Congrea* for tba use of the militia. Tboao allotment* are baaed on the repre sentation of tba Stata* in Congees*. South Carolina received $8,543. The annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention waa be^at in Mampbis on the 10th last , and adjourned yesterday 3 W. Haralson, of Alabama, was o'reiod president. The sessions of.tko body were uaMally Interesting. Mr. II«ary W. Grady, as the result of •boervationa gathered from bis trip to the New York Centennial, baa pabliabed in tbo Atlanta Constitution tbo prediction that Qrover Cleveland will be the next Democratie nominee for tbo Presidency . The Board of Director* of tho Presby terian Theological Seminary mot in Co lumbia on May 7, aal remained In session two days. Certificates were orossnted to Moasrs. day and Latimer of South Caro- Kna, and Cartledge, of Ga , the three members rf ike |radnating alas*. Owing ta tba recent abenga in the office ef Treasurer (f the Uiitg|i Slate*, it will be naeesimry to-mfie an aotuil count of tko $900.000,000 now ia tko treasury vaults. It will tako sixty maa four months, working as bard aa tkoy eaa, ta aoeompliak Ibis task. * i ■ Mr. Famuol Tomlinsou uf Max, Sumter County, died on tbo 80th ult., and was kwrfed at Bethel Baptiat Cburok Mr. TomHnaon was seventy-two year* cld. and bad lived a vary qniai abd unobtrusive Christian life. Ha ana well and favorably known aa a prominent and successful sur veyor. . . Tba seaeass of tba formation of tho ex- •autiva department of agrioultnro by tbo teat Congroos baa stirred up tho advocate* Wf acw Cabiaet port foil-a. Effort* will be mada at tko eomlag Coagaess to have cre ated a secretary of industries sad public works and n aeeroisry of harbor and wa fer ways. Falbar Dacian, a Catbolie Pi lest fiom Bolgiam, who wont to wandwiab I*lands aixtota year* ago to aonvert the lepara, EM thera roaaatiy of that dreadful dis- mm. Ha kmaw that tba task be uodar- leak meant eortaln death, ia tbo moat hor rible farm, and bis ret af self aaeriOeo f* r • prinaipla waa aao of lha mast remarks- bla wkiak tha warld baa over knows. Tba afrika at A. M. Cox’s broom facto ry in Delink, Mlnoaaola. Wat fettled in n rather singular n anntr Inst week. The prop-iotor increased tne wage* of all his married employees, and gave the single men noti e that they would not be warned afl-r the end of Ibr month iin'es- thry were ir.nrrie-l by ibsl time, in which rve-it they would be retained at incirased wage*. in October, 1887, Morris Amerson, a farmer jiving near Ant-urn, New York, went to town, and ay ter ' disnoeing of his pro-luce got ilrnnk. 'n driving bo'iic his i orre* ran away and ha was killed. His widow binttithl suit under ibo Civil Dm • { age lei lor $->.OOU damages against II II Prrry. o«ner of the bcildiog in whhh the I saloon is locaied wlere Amerman h- ughi | will be opeoetl promptly on its ar- riv»l every uigbt, ami wilt not be clo«**tl tl-e next »<>rning until a glint t time In tore the departure of tbe I ruin THE SOUTH AS A MA.NUFACTUKING CENTER. The tlirecioig of the \Vlji:« field ! eotton itiilln h. se ilr-titletl to re move the uiKchiotry and equipmeut of their faclory ut Jft-wbiryp->tf, ... , , . , . Mhrh., to SpHiUnbury. S. 0. They •iiioofi it loratevj wlere Amer-iimn liotixiit | bis whisky. Oil Mrny fttb tbe jurjhr*>u|i»i j '"*1 they have takm !!ii8 ac in ti. Vf*rtli<*f in foVttr n( lh« wiJntsi last | —S a _ I in a verdict in favor of the widow Tor $1,5001 When Orrver Cleveland bad finished his spore n at the centennial banquet lust <see!i those who were looking nt him saw » pleasing bit of by play between him and bis wife. 8he was aealad in a box behind bits. A* bo waa about to ait down lie turned and looked for her. She w*» fan ning brrvelf, Each -aught the ilhrr’e eye, and into his be threw a queeiioiiing gist ce. aa if to ray : “How did 1 do ?" In reply abc ga-e her fan a twin i:ili- which she tbr.-w the eloquerce that only si woman ii-id a fan em combine. Him fun aecmed to say : - You did splendidly." Til a CiliMiil-ia correspondent of the A'rrr ana Courier says : “Tbe Secretary of State, aa ytqiire-l under the Aci, ha* made np a pension roll for eich county, giving au abstract of each application, which baa bam, done and sent io the clerk* of tbe Courts of the several coon- tie* to be by t|om submitted to tbe county examining boorda and of tbo suivivors designated in tba Pension Aotas p*u*inu commisalonera, when auoh eommissionir- have bean appointed by lira survivors As soon as ibe prasion cemmi'iioiisrs and the examining boards pass upon the ro Is, certify them to the clerks uf Courts, and tbe roils, ac certified, an recorded i.i the clerk's office and returned to the secretary of State, ibo secretary of Stale will file ihem with ihs oomptrollea general, wh.i will issue bis warrant to each pension-r for throe dollars per monib, beginning fiom tbo first of Februrry last, Tho pro visions of tbo Act are vary compi-oii^d, and a groat deal of lime has been neces sarily consumed in puttiu - them into < r- •raiion." Tbe froigbt train wkiak was transport- lagthafemoiu Libby Priaoa from Rieb- mind ta Cbiaago, was wreaked saves milaa snot af Mayeavilla, Ky., on tka 7tk inst, by ~ af tka axlo af ona of tha ears, of tka war ralio war* pro- - — aboat. and peoyla flaakad all day la secure old bricks (j» oao was DARLINGTON CUT OFF FROM THE BUSINESS WORLD. By the operation of the new mil road schedule which went into effect ou Monday last, the Pee Dei Section of the Stale is agaiu Lx u- ished Io the middle of tbe century, aud Ddrliugtou is suffering Irom worse mail facilitiea than she h ie had since ni'roads were first known in the State. When the rumor o the propused change was first beard, our people found some com fort in tbe tbcugbt that they would be able to go to Ciiaileston and rt turn on the same day ; but tbe result proves that us far as beiug able to transact any business on such a trip is c< ucerued they are debarred that poor privilege even, since tbe train wb ch passes Dam lingtou at 8 42 in tbe morn ing going dow u does not arrive in Charirstou until 1 30 iu tbe after noun, and it leaves Charleston again for Darlington at 4.30 P. M. The t-chedule to Columbia is slight ly better, as one leaving Darlington airives th- re at 11 55 A. M., aud dies nut le.ive until 5.30 in the alferuoou. It we are correctly in formed, however, it still reacbes Columbia alter tbe train on tbe Grei uville road has left, so that b.i tbe new arraugemeut passengers for tbe summer resorts iu the up country will still have to lie over in Columbia fur a day, au inconven ience which it was hoped the uew schedule would teek to prevent. Tbe oul) other trains to be run be tween be two cities aud tbe Pee Dee Section arc the night trains uow iu operation, which arrive at Floience aud leave there nt various times between midnight and day light. No mateiiul chauge l as been made iu tbe schedule between Wilmington and Florence. From tills it w ill be seen that the first train during the day that con- Ut cts Darling'on wi b ti e ret-t of tbe State is the one which arrivis here ut 8 35 at night, nnd that the people along the Hue of tbe Noith easteru and Ck.eraw and Dulling ton railroads will not nceive tl-e city papers until ihi-y are almost a day old. It will be observed fuith- ertliat ttfe NorHwrh and Western mails intended for Darlington reach Florence at preseut shortly alter one o’clock at Right, but that they are held over there nutII after eight the follow iug evening, a peiind of nearly twenty hours. Wh«-u we remember that Florence ia only ten miles off, tl e idea of such a de'ay in tbia pr< gr« s»ive age is sim ply exasperating. It ia too txaso perating te be brooked quietly by tbe go abe-ul business men of Dar lington, ai d as soon as they under atood bow umiters were, arrange incuts weie made to rai.-e a sab •cription lor tbe puri use of sending to Florence for the mails every morning by private conveyance. The idea was subsequelly abandoned, however, when a was learned that this would not result in obmiuiug the Cimrlesiou and Columbia mails any sooner. Our enterprising postmistress, al ways alive to tbe interests of the town, will do all in her power to alleviate the great discomfort to which' we are to be subjected under the new order of things. The trail tion because liny wish to avail thems Ives of the immense advan tages the Sou' li possesses for manu factures, i-ucb as cheaper raw ma terial, cheaper fuel, lower cost of 1 ving, cbi apci labor, aud tin* more favorable legislation which exists u this State iu legard to Libor. The Whiii-fielil mills f rm an enor mous cnterpiis**, and their removal to tins -Slate will be a great thing for Soui h Cato! na. Thi? is the *« co:>d case of the kind which h-tsoccurml 1st. ly, cue of the largest mills of ihc North having Imcii removed recent'y to Alabama, aud wc believe it is not sayiug too much to predict that many other instances will follow within the uext tew ,\ car*. For tbe reasons given above, and lor many others which might be enum erated, the South is pic eminently fitted by nature for a manufactur ing section, evm'more so than the North. “Tbe luture home of the cotton maniifnciurit g industry will be iu the South, where the cotton is grown/ Our people are at last finding this out, as is evidenced by the number of milla which are being erected everywhere. The level headed Northerners are dbcover- iug it, too, as will be seen Irom tbe action they are uow taking. May tbe day soon come when tbe atten tion of tbe South will be equally divided between manufactures and agricnliure, so that iu the eveut of a bad crop year, the whole businesa of the country will i ot be paralyxed as it now is when tbe people are dependent upon a sin Je industry tor success. “IT HAS NOT ANOTHER SAY” WOi»D TO It will be remembered that in our issue of two weeks ago we publish ed an admirable letter written by Prof. W. .1. Alexander to the New York Nation, iu which the errors of that journal in dealing with the question * f the ad ministration ot justice to the colored man in South Carolina were cleaily shown np. e also publi-hed at the same lim» tbe exceedingly lame editorial ol the Nation, in which the effort was apparently made to maiutaiuiis po sition. Our readers will find else where to-day Prof. Alexander’s re ply, aud no other comment on it is utcessary from us than merely to mention tbe fact that the Nation, which never “takes the last lick” if it Cxn help itself, vouchsafed no reply whatever to this last com munication- Iteins ot Interest. Amelie Kives-Chanler has a - traded a great deal of attention iu Paris. It is said that Sar-h Bern hardt is very auxious to meet her Senator Hrown, of Georgia, has been desperately ill but is uow con sidered by hia physicians to be out of danger. The redoubtable . Wiggins, tbe fabe propb> t, after a long silence is before the world agaiu in his predictions as to what the weather is to be for tbe next six mouths. The time a< t for tin dedication « f the German Confederate Monunivut in Charleston wawyesterd > afiei. noon at five o’clock. Damp ton v at the orator ot th*- day. Th^ mini- fial exctcSsi s of the Wltubiop Training School cf Co lumbia took place.last nigh', ou which occasion Ijr .1 L. M. Curry the General Ag**u; of ibe Pcahodv Fund, was expected to deliver au address. During the progress of a tiial in Kansas Citv on ir'aturday, the pris oner rush* d upon a det* rtive in the room aud cut his throat. Be then made a desperate attempt to es. cape, but fell d* ad with five bul’ets n his body tr<>ui the piste's of the IKilicemeu who were iu atteudauce. Major J. W. Wham, a paymaster iu the United States Army, while on his way through Arizona ou iSMturrlay with $20,000 «u hia rersou au-l a guard of twelve al ien.ling him, was attacked by » gang cf umhUHhrd men aud the money was taken Irom him. The New York Irmra has caused a stir among military men in this State by publishing what it aileg d to be a report made by an army offic-r, to the eft', ct that the South Jarolina troops presenUd a tnisi-ra- rle ap|«earame at tbe New York Ceuteiuial aud were kittle better than “au armed mob.” Woolsely, the celebrated Eng- war. Mr. Davis has written a very caustic reply, in which he present* iu a forcible light some of the mis statements of the distinguished military man. A row between tbo rac**s in New Orleans oc Saturday led to the buruing of the engine house and the armory cf the colored compan ies and of tbe colored Baptist Church, with a number ot houses. NoImhIv was kil ed, ilrnugh several were injured. It is claimed that the origin of the fir* a is unknown, but tl ere can be Unit* d« u'>t that they were ret by the ra*c.tily white men. Tbe trustees of Vand.-rbilt Uni versity, Nashville, Term., have elected Bishop R. K. Hat grove us the successor of tbe Lite Bishop H. N. McTycire in tbo presidency of the board of trust. Bishop Mu- Tyr ire was made presidiUt for hie by Com mod. re Vanderbilt, the founder of ti e nuivetsity, with au annual salary of $3,000. Bishop Hargrove is elected president for lib- without salary, but will receive 81,000 a year for house rent. He owns au cleg ut residenc-in the uew town of West Nashville. Bish op Hargrove is a native of AD.- bama, is 57 years of ag.-, nnd was tlected Bishop at the General Con ference which met in Nashville in 1882. Prior to his being made Bish op he had be« u | resident of C« ns teuary Ft male Institute, Sommer vrile, Ala., and of the Teun. s’ee Female College, Franklin, Teuu. Facts tor the Farmers. The various snl -Alliauc- s in Berkeley County met ut Pinopt lis •t-cendy and organizt d a County Alliance. Gen. C. St. G. Bmkl. r was elected president. The meet iug was large and enthusiastic. A n eetingof the business agents of thirty-two Alliances of the Farm ers’ Alliance was belli hi the Court House at Greeuville on the 11th inst. The most important matter act.d upon by the agents wus mak ing a move to establish, in the City of Greeuville, a central business bureau with a couuty agent to ar range the matter ot prices ol sup plies between the merchants a ad tarni«-rs. It is intended that this action shall take effect at as eatly a day as possible. Tbe following weather crop bul letin was issued by the State weath er service bureau for the week end ing Saturday last: The rainfall lor the State wasuoue. Tbe sunstiiue for tbe .State was above the normal Temperature for the State wa< cor mal. The absence of rainfall during the week, the annual tempera:ure, aud the amount of surishiue above the normal have ttuded in a great measure to act injuriously upon all growing crops. The small grain crop has bceu injur- d lo a vast extent and what may bo made will be of light weight. Gardens are suffering. . Corn iu most places is doing very w.ll. Coliou prospect* rue very g'oowy. The last three day* ol a torrid wave are dueout ag ing to ali interest, d tu agriculture The contract which was made at Augusta in tween the repres* uta lives of the Farm* is’ Alliance ot South Carolina and ol two of tl e S. ritheru ceMon factories will give the fanners of this State one million yards of cotton covering lor their cotton bales, if they shall determine to use that amount. D sh.>uM be noted, however, that the contract ing mills wi I not begiu to m-tnu facture the uew cover rug until or ders for cue million yards shall have been (eceive«l. It is irnpor taut, therefore, that the branches of rhe Farmers’ Alliance, in the several counties, shall be prepared to seud in their orders as s. on as practicable. The Cotton Conven tion at Birmingham, Alabama, will meet next Wednesday, and proba bly will recommend the general use ol cottou covering. If this recom mendation shall be made, each Al lianoe should order the amount it will require within the week follow ing. Tbe sooner the mills shall get to work ou their contracts, tbe safer the farmers will he, and the sooner the power of the Jute Tru-t will be broken.—A’err* and Courier. 1IO UWU settle such questions for itself. South CaroUna, for example, has very rigid laws governing the mar riage relation—laws so severe that Northern State We are riage relation it is certain no would put up with them. “amenable to on’side criticism of a di?-it: teres ted and friendly kind” th.-ir eyes oa him during ti e entire rerformunce. Republicans are already begin- uing to compare Harrison with Hayes aud Arthur; they *ay that he i* timid almost to the extent of cowardice. It is stid that tbe Post office Department is appointing cl-rks JjCt Unfortunately, not very much of j in the Railway Mari Service and this sort ot criticism comes to ns ' daring their appoint meats iu April from (he North ; and eieu when it in order to avuid compliance with is of Wits character, it so often nt terly ignores the condition nr d. i which we live, that it is of no prac tical worth to us. My remark about tbe gradu.il diminution of crime bad reference only lo the 2M-riod be-weeu and 1883, as you will see by refer ring io my article. My obj.ct was to show why, in the 1st ter year, tie laws were relaxed and tic prrni-b- mrnt mitigated. Bat eii-ce that time, crime seems to have i.icu-as- ed—whether in consequence m snob relaxation and mitigation i d» not know. Get tainly “tbe mntr r <te serves further investigation.” Such “further investigatiou” might re veal the fact that the punishments indicted have no great terrors for the negroes It might be discov ered that a little Delaware justice {the whipping p-»8i) would lie more effectual than iAiprisonuit ut iu the Perdteuiiary. It is cert..iu that some i.egroes have committed crimi s in order to go to pris n, where they might be f.d and cloth ed without care to themsev. s, and might be relieved oi lire responsi bility of providing feed sn.l cloth ing for their wives aud ehi'dreu. Aud there are other tbiugs that deserve “further investigation.” Among these is tbe fact that iusao it)' ia increasing among tbe negroes, the increase in insanity being al most parallel with the increase iu erime. There is no lack of phe nomeoa in this race that “deserve investigation,” and we welcome all investigation and critcism, “of a disinterested and friendly kind,” that will enable ns to do what is best for the collective interests of the people of our State. Boyd sells tbe celebrated “Whip ped Cream” Soda. cml service rules under which .11 such appointments sbou'd have been made sin.e May. Senator Go: man thinks ibalCal viu B. Biice will be elected chair man uf the National Ml. TkekatmmU»,atAmeHeti., ufaetion, and jfou would not, fy. double your tnvettmenL bo witioutk blackwelL bbos?*' Agentt for Darlington Count* May 16, ’89-f/ " committee to succeed Btuaior Baruutu. This is taken here to mean that Senator Gorman will not acc. pt the position. Tin odore Roosevelt, of New York, who has just been appoiu ed as one ot the Republican Civil Ser vice Commisroners, is a pronounc ed Iree trader. Funny isn’t it, that man elected President solely be cause he whs a rigid protec ionist should give Such a proruineut ap pointment to a free trader. The newspaper man’s luck has not yet deseited him. The uew Public Printer is a member of ibe fraternity. notice Is lirrebr fifnii that on BatwrUi, i„ a- 12 o'cock. a meetiwg oNheSio!!!* hu drrs or the Darlington Qinnio,. Uinlt*' Democratic ; Fertiliser Warokou** Comp**. the late ex- j 'V"’’* • t,e °® c ® of Hi* Compau/ u . >Her ibo proposal increase of it)*' r. nl !\ flock to $80,000, forth, purpose ganixiitg , Colton Seed Oil Mill Mar 1ft, -SO-ai Try B i) d’s. ‘Wliinpi. d (Jrean ” 3oda at Hsb general, nnblisbed an article iu the last nomber of the North Amer ican Review in which be severely criticised Ex-President Davis for some of bis political acts daring tbe South Carolina Convicts Ayan. (I’ruf. 'Y. J. Ah'xauder, io The Natioo.) In y our comment* on my reply to your ar tide, ‘‘N- g:o Convicts in 3 ufh (arc!ink,” atu-r remarking (but ho ime liiiuld “be sent to pri sou for « v« u five years for st» aliug ten pour-ds of tha r or a .-uit of cloth< s,” you ask, “Can our cone sp-Mitb ut point to 'he case ot auy w hite man receiving such a punish ment t” In buswer to this inquiry, I Rend you, meins.d. a bru t sia'eim nt ot such rase*. grv« u rue !•) the Superj iriteiidi-ut of iho Peiiiii uiiary or fhi* 8 ate. Among rliesi- o*ses 1 C-il your special Mllerdiouto tiiesi: (1) John G. Jackson is Nf-uieuced to the Pei-itentiary for life hr burg- l«y, although iu tbe act of burgla ry he Nucceeds in stealing uothing Cut a fiddle; (2) Thomas Gul en re ceives the sumopuniahmeut for the same offence, though be succeeds in stealing ouly a pair of pain* and $27; (3) P. B. Chappell, for stealing gram not yet severed Irom the ree- bold, is sen ent ed to one y ear’s ini. prisonmeur. Hois “said to have »tolm twelve ear* ot com from hi* own laud which he hud rented out to a colored man.” These, and all the cases given iu the Superintendent’* letter, ar* white men, and go to show that white men suffer the penalties of tbe severe laws against burglary and arson aa well as the negroes Whether these laws are too severe, Washington Letter. (From Our Regular Correspondent.) Washington, May 10th, ’8b. Harrison made tbe best appoint ment that he has yet made when be selected Ex Gov. 'Hiotupxou, of South Carolina, hh tbe Democratic member of tbe Civil StM vice Corn- miseion. Gov. Thornp.-ou was As sistant Been tary ot the treasury under Cleveland’s administration, aud was during the last days of Congress appointed by Mr. Clere laud to tbe same position he has just received from a Republican Presideut, but the Senate did nut act ou bis nomination. There is weeping and wailing, and gnashing of :eeth among the little crowd of late applicants ibr the position ot Public Printer, five of whom are understood to ba\e made a combination, each promis rug to give the other four appoint merits iu tbe ofiicc if made Public Pnuter, over the lact that the coveted prize has gone toExCou gressman Frank YV. Palmer, form «rly postmaster at Chicago. Wha h er Harrisou suspected the “mm bine” which these applic-iuts Imd enter* d into 1 eauuot s»y, but it i* known tba: some days ago he told a gentleman that be'should uotap point any of the applicants up to that lime and asked him to n me a good man for the office. Palmer was named, and alter further in vestigation the office was tendered to him, and be accepted it. When tlieappoictmeut was made pub icil was really amusing tosce tbe mem bers of the “combine” chasing around trying to tied somebody to introduce them to the new Public Printer so they could get in their applications tor the “tat” position* under him. It is thought that oue of these uien-Douub, nomiually of Pennsy lvania, really of the District tf Columbia, may lose bis mind so great shock has the disappointmeut been at uot being made Public Piiuter. He was sa certain that lie was to gel the appointment that he had already given away several of the most important places in tbe Governtreut Priming office. It is evideutly the purpose ol the Republican poltticiaus to make the census bureau ou asylum for tbeir political prvteges. The interior Depart, eat-has dccidtd that tbe appointuieupi iu this bureau are not under the civil service rules. Tbe bureau will have next ye r when it gets regularly to work, over 1,500 clt rks, bt sides an army of special agents, aud the most of these will be kept for two years or longer. It will be a great conven ience to prominent Republicans to use these positions to pay off their political debts, and if the appoint ments were made coder civil ser vice rules that would be impos sible. The fiist of the fifteen contested election cases which are to come before the Fifty first Congress was opened by the Clerk of the Honse this week. It was Chalmers vs. Morgan, of the second Mississippi District. Harrison having provided a snog Executions by Klcrtririty Tin- tirat mmdercr convicted in Nt-w York sii c« Jauuaiy 1 has been sentenced to deaib, and’he interest in his case is intensified by ibe fact that he wil 1 be the fiist convict who is to be excell ed by th« new e’ectric process, which, under ilie law> of New Y.xk, is to be .-uhstiluti d lor banging. The el. crrical appumtus his been bought, and wdl be erected in each of the tbiee Stab* prianna— Auburn, Clinton and B ug Bing— iu a few days. Tne cost will lie about $8,000, 82,fMIO K*.s than th State appropriated. Mr. Biowu sold to the State thr*-e Westing- house dynamos. The.-e produce what is known as the ‘ nltern-iting” cuuent, iu contradistinction to the “continual’ and ‘pulsating” cur tents. They are dynamos which were made for electric lighting, and each has a pnssureof 1,00(1 “volts.” It has lieeii deim n tratei that the alternating current wil kill at 140 vol's. In addition to a YVestiugbuusedynamo, each prison will require an “excilei,” to lie usee as au auxiliary to the dynamo; a strong oaken chair, in which the convict is to sit and be killed, au electrical cap aud electrical shoes The electrical cap is mae’eof meta', covered with sponge, which is satu rated with salt water before beiDj put ou the convict’s head. When it is ou it is called an “electrode,” and the other “electrode” to be put on the convict’s feet is a heavy pair <f igbtjj is ceil shots with springs inside. A wire under ihe oaken chair ia connected with bis slues aud cap, the warden of the prison closes the “circuit” f< r fifteen seconds, and it is all over with the convict.—Aeir# and Couriet. Railroad Eccentricities. (From Ibo News anil Courier.) The change of schedule on the Atlantic Coast Line, which went in o eff-ct yesterday, will affect v*ry seiiously Charleston’s mail tan tries with the entire uortbeaa- te n p«rt of the State. The con nection at Columbia has not been resumed, but the public are not specially afiicted by this, as they have niiothei outlet to Columbia. The matt«r which does most seriously concern Chat lesion’s busi ness relations with the Pee-Der section is that all morning connec tious at Lane’s aud F orence have been broken, aud tbe mail for poiuts on the Cberaw aud Darlingtou, and ou tbe Wilmingtou, Colombia and Augusta Railroad will not go oat from this city until 4.30 P. M., reaching Florence at 7.55: Dar lington at 835; Society Hill at 9.12; Cberaw at 9 39 P. M., arrir- b g at Wndesboro, N. O., at 11 o’clock at night. 1 bis’s too bad. It cuts Charles ton off from a very large part of the State, and so far as auy one can see, will benefit no one. It pfactic ally makes New York as near as Charleston to Wadesboro and Flor enee, and deprives the business men and tbe newspapers t-f this city of direct and speedy commun ication with the Pee-Dee country. It is hoped that the authorities of the Atlantic Coast Liufc will not at tempt to run their trains on the old stage coach plan, and that they will cba> ge buck to the old sclrcdole before tbe end of tbe present week. They cannot afford to hoi t them selves by hurting their friends. piece for bis brother i* now, *o it i* said, about to appoint Blaiue’s brother to oue ot the most iuciativs local offices in YYasbingtou-Regis- ter of Will*, The new Secretary ot Agriculture iu order to prove bis familiarity with farming implements, and may be to get solid wkh tho farmers of tbe country, put in a half an hoar eattiag grate with a soy the in the grounds surrounding hie depart I will not ondertake to ssy; that meat, one day this week. Of coarse question is foreign to my present be was entirely ignorant of the fact purpose. Each State ia the light * that several newspaper men had Verdict Extraordinary. Sometime since, Judge T. S. Sam- ter, who dispenses justice to and among the dwellers io Stateburg Township, was approached by oue of the Turk s of Redbones of that v ciuity, who desired to take oat a warrant for the arrest oi s party whom he accused of ducking one of bis sjos in a certain apriug. The Judge issued a warrant for assault and battery and had the d> feudant brought before him tor trial. He pleaded not gmiiy, of course, aud a jury was hB|a>i-|.-«i to try the case. Alter a tin rough inve*. tigation, th** record wa* given to ' the :u •iligtu j ry, w'it» render'd the tui ow.ii;: NiHi-iliug vculic*. -We find ib/uetcujuu'guilty <>t b.u viy but no suit.” The veidict para lyzed tbe Judge lor the time, but he is slowly recording.—tfumfer i Advance. Alliance aMting. * " The members of O.'k G ova Al Haiice nro req, ; *.Hted to at'end regular meeting on Satordav u. * 25r ", at 4 O’clock, P. M. Bndnei of importance will lie trinsaci*i W. M. McIntosh, Sc?;’, Horse Shoeing. Y°u will fiud H. W, HICKS at Dor ^ Lewi* old stand, not! door to th. * Hnuae ; h. will .ho. .lUroudd for (J All kind of rep airing in il, Bl««k lino and Wb.el-itrighl wot*-.Uo neatly and satisfactory. April 25, '89-4t T. G. lEACflEH, BLACH-SM1T1I AND HOR8E-8HOEK, Florence Struct, . . Darlington, g. q. The very finesl oIms of work gnanw trtd- Gi»e bin a trial, aad you will snr. Io eel satisfaction. March 2i. ’89. NOTICE! Th. fub io gon.rai'y, and tho Toin Council particular!arc . hereby watsa •gainst irrspasaiwg on my premises, aa a law in future wilfhe enforced against d .'(fender*. . B. C. NOBMKNT. April 94, ’89 New Store, New Goods, i Low Prices. I lake pteaauro ia inlo-ming my fri.aj and the public generally lb*t I hart opti ed a full lino of general mo-ohs-idi* cou.isliny of Ury G-od*. doll | .g. gooli Shoes Hal*. C*p», Drug*. Modieiae Hardware, Groceries. &•.. fte., *tth«»| stand of L. 8. Pale, at Cypres*. Datliii ton County, and that I have nothing tod with iho hooka, accounts, notes, So., t Ibe old bu tnosa of L. 8. P*‘o. SoHoitia a ahai* of the patronage and hoping h hard work, and fair aad ho neat dealing t merit the sniue. I am. " Very Reaped fully, .. L. 8. PATE, Agenl Marc 14, 1889. ‘ PATENTS Obtained, nnd all Patent buainesi tended to Promptly and for Moderate Fe Our office is opposit* the 0. 8. P»i« Office, and we oan obtain Patents in h time than those remote from Washinru Send Model of Drawing. Wn advise •o patentability free of charge; and' make No Charge unless Patent ia teeun W* refer, here, to tho Postmaster, t Supt. of Money Order Dir , and to ..Bin, of the U. 8. Patent Office. For circoh •dvice, term* nod references lo sciuslc aut# in your own State or County, irrte C. A. SNOW A CO., Opposite Patent Office, Washington. D.i Nor 11, ’;6 IT. HEXmG. SOUTH WEST CORNER OF PEARLE - . . SIR El AND THK PUBLIC SQUARE, has recently purchased Mr. J. I seuberg’s entire stock of CHOICE LKptS, and Is prepared to furnish hie ci tomera with ell the FA-jsroY SUMMER ©RINKS; FURNISHED IN NEAT AS COMFORTABLE PRIVATE APARTMENTS. MU—— A full line of Staple and Fane} GROCERIES also carried iu stock all the ye round. Aj.ril 18, ’89. OFFICE OF DARLINGTON, S. C„ March 21. ’8 T HE FOLLOWINQ. ACT IS PDBLU RD in accord sane, with Sootios Aa not to allow unimproved lands ark hare not bee* on tho tax books *i 1875 lo bo listed without penalty. Section 1, Bo it enaeted by (he Son and House of Rtpree-aUtiroa of tho St of South CarolUa, bow met aad aittiag General Assembly, and by the antbority lh« same. That ia ail ease* where na! proved lead which baa boon Upon tho I book* sine* th* fiscal yaar oonuneaeii November 1, 1887, nnit whieh are oot tbo forfeited list, shall at any tim< hofi tho 1st day of Ociobor, 1889, be refer* to the Cou .ty Auditor for tsxatioa, * said Auditor be, and ia htr*by inatroot* to a as ess tho same and to •star it npc*< duplicate of Iho fiaeal yaar eommww November 1, 1887. with t|fe almp'a U* •t that year. Section 2. That all such lands as MY returned to the Auditor for taxatloa h tween ihe first day of October, 1888.W tbe fir* day of Ootober, 1889, oball bs i eeeaed and charged with th* aiapl* of the lw« ImsI yaar* eemmoaoisg, 1 speetively, on fee first day af NovoMj 1887, and the drat day of November, W Becii.n ». That aa oooa as praotifeb st>vr the pas»age of tbia Aft, thf CM troll'r G.uerai is dlreottd fe f*twM •■.py. ol tho asms lo eaelt Auditor j** state, and ttio Auditors *r* r«q®lr*8 puhlisb tbo earn, in each of lhar CsM (spare, one. a weik for It ret ag tho year 18M8. uml for tho rlod of time .luring Hie year 1889 j ss com i.f Mjrli p >t>i.e«tiou ahall ho P** ( ■ Lo • oni,iy treasurer, upon tbo • hr c U(>ty IVminte-l.tnore. out t>( * * i i-.»ry OfUi.iy tax i**l ouileoted. Approved DcocuiLcr 19,18f>7. * IV u LAWRFN r,f . Au.llt»r i’t'r •*•*■*»“ “ Match ai,’89-~iU.