The Darlington news. (Darlington, S.C.) 1875-1909, July 11, 1889, Image 1

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mm THE DARLINGTON NEWS, rttBUBHIB IVMtTIHCESDA Y MORNIMO . HENRY iTtHOMPSON. PROPRIETOR. tERM8-$2 Per Annum in AdTtnef. One Square, fan* Insertion • •••••••• •«•••• $1.00 One Square, oeoond insertion 60 leery snbseqent insertion •••••••eeoeeneesee • 60 Centrnot advertisements inserted upon the mest reasonable terms. . Marriage Notions and Obituaries, not ezeeeding six linos, inserted free. DARLINGTON NEWS. ‘•FOR US PRINCIPLE IS PRINCIPLE—RIGHT IS RIGHT—YESTERDAY, TO-DAY. TO-MORROW, FOREVER. VOL XV. NG 28. She Showed Him Stars. tor .very shooting star be claimed a kiss ; She, seeming coy, at first demurred to this; But he, persisting, would not be denied, When he at length a flying meteor spied. And so, as evening grew apsee, (heir ores Oft soann’d the glittering aspect of the skies; And when a darting star eaught cither’s sight A sound of kissing broke upon the night. And so ft earns to pass anon that she Look’d for a shooting star as much as he. Nay, if by chance a star escaped bis view, She called his woud'ring faney to it, too. When intervals seemed long between each hug. She called him on a passing lightning bug, And, ever tixing her ingenious mind. Her ready wit enabled her to And More shooting stars in three short fleeting hours Than would compote whole meteoric show ers. But when she did her last pretext exhaust, Aad was about tv yield her case as lost, She saw a switchman's lantern circling awing And got the youth down to a steady thing. — Vattar Mitttllany. Taber and Dawson. The fate of Capt Dawson recalls the end of William Taber, of Char leston, once tho brilliant and hand some young editor of tbe Charles ton Mercury, then and for some years after, one of the ablest and most aggressive of southern newss papers. Sometime in the late summer ot 1867,1 think, Charleston was shock ed, by tbe death of Taber, as she was shocked recently, at the sad* den and sad killing of Dawson. In the years jnst preceding tbe war poliiical excitement ian high in the Soatb, and especially in South Carolina and tbe Mercury waa a political journal that daily added to its warmth. It was own ed and oon’.rolled by the Rhett family, noted in Soatb Carolina, and young Taber, a relative ot tbe family, was on its editorial staff. Re was young, brilliant and popu lar, a ttagn ficeut specimeu of handsome manhood and bad troops of friends. Ha was quite as amiahe and gentle in manner aa was Daw*, son when tbe writer first saw him, i nd though a man of courage, was not aggressive in manners or dis position. But in those days tbe duello was a recognized institution among tbe young men ot the South aud nowhere more strongly than in South Carolina. At tbe date lelerred to there ap peared some caustic commamca- tiousin tbe Mercury, aimed at Judge Magrath, who Mill enjoys a robust and honorable old age, and who was then a candidate for Congress from l be Cbark-stou district. These were supposed to have been writ ten by Edmund Rbett. They pro voked replies, and finally Edward Magratb, a brother ot the Judge, became involved in a bostiL- cor respondence; wita Taber, who, throngh a punctili o ot tbe code, became tbe avowed sponsor of ihe article complained of. A meeting was held at the usual place, near the old Washington race course. Despite the efforts of mutual friends aud tbe active aud indignant pro tests of Dr. Beilii^er, a disting uished physician, tbe combat was foiced to the third exchange of fire, at which the handsome and gilud young Taber fell with a bullet in his brain, aud Edwatd Magrath went from what was called the field of honorable combat to a wrecked life. Charleston aud tbe South were shocked by this tragedy, but these were days in wbicb they were not nncommon. Subsequent to the teirible war which followed young Dawson found his first employment on coming to South Carolina ou tbe Charleston Mercury, over which Taber bad presided. Stranger still, when at tbe head of tbe Kevot and Courier be beoame renownea aud received a guerdon from the pope for bis refusal to pd*. gage iu a duel with Col. Alfred Rbett and his earnest and snccess- fnl attack upon the practice. Taber, yonog, handsome aud brave, fell upon what was called tbe field of honor in a quarrel not of bis own seeking and making. Years after Dawson, who had most powerfully aided in des'roying tbe so called field of honor, met bis fate in Char leston in attempting to defend the sanctity of his home. Judge Msgrath, tbe innocent anthor of the Taber tragedy, lives, fall of honors, and is the advocate to de~ fend the alayer of Dawson. What ft strange thing is life. How many startling events are embraced with in its bunod that make the solid troth cast into shade all the efforts ot fiction! Which was tbe sadder fste that of Taber or Dawson !— Exchange. A Horror Near BishopvUle. (Cor. Nowa and Oouriar.) Bishopville, July 4.-On last Friday two young white people, Mr. and Mrs. Daniels, appealed In the neighborhood of Bethlehem Church, about three milea above “•re, and stopped over night with one Ransom J. Anderson, a colored n '* 0 » fthd on Monday inoming •tutted out for Bishopville to look •; r w oi“b* On their way to town they were met by one Ned Williams, « '"ung negio, who bears a very Uu i<pu:a ion, and were decoyed by Ned to his bonse, where be said they could remain daring Saturday, and he oonld then pilot them ou Sunday to a good place to stay un til they could obtaiu work. Ou Sunday morning Ned Wil liams went off, ostensibly to see about getting a house for tbe young couple. Bis real object, however, was to summon four of his com rades, Ed Slater, John Williams, bis brother Turn, Cbailes and Prea ton Jefferson, to aid him iu a scheme he had planned. The live negroes held a meeting just outside of Williams’s house and in sight of their victims. A little after dark Williams told ihe young white man and his wile that he would now conduct them to tbe home be had secured for them, and tb.y set out with him, but had ooly gone about two hundred yards from the bonse when Ned’s four companions jumped on yonng Daniels and beat him, and drove him away. Then ^he five, with drawn pistols, assaulted tbe wo man, each abasing her to bis heart’s content. The poor creature, half dead, was forced back into Ned Williams’s house and there kept until tbe next morning, when Wil liams’s wife carried her to tbe house ct Preston Jefferson, and he took her to tbs house of Jane Cupid, who resides on Mr. O. C. Scars borough’s place. Cupid and his wife are kind colored people, aud she remained with them until last night, when the white people of the vicinity got the first inkling of the crime. Investigation followed and Mr. R. E. Carnes, our trial justice, is sued warrants for four men, three of whom were parties wanted. The fourth, being innocent, was dis charged thia morning, aud two more were secured. At the pre liminary examinatiou all the parties made statements which amount in fact to a plea of guilty. Our town is iu a fever of excitement and knots of men, both white and col ored, are seen all about town dis cussing the question aud a large guard is placed over the prisoners to prevent any possibility of lynch iug. The prisoners will be taken iu the morning to Sumter, where they will be lodged, to await the fail term of Court. Mr. O C. Scarborough, our in teudant, aud Mr. R H. Carnes, trial justice, deserve ciedit tor the man tier iu which they have worked up this matier. The >ouug husband has not been heard from aud fears are entertain ed that be has been killed. A searching party will scour the woods this evening. Our colored people are highly incensed and are loud iu their denunciations of this atrocious ctime. The young wo man claims to be from Marion ('oun ty and was a Miss Nora Huggins before her marriage to Daniels. The Spirit of Progress in South Caro lina- Darlington, S. C., June 17. To the Editor of the Tradesman — Dar’iugtou is a town of about two thousand inhabitants, situated in the eastern portion of the State and is tbe cenlieof the cotton belt. This town np to within the last five or six years was one of those South Carolina county seats, the people of which seemed content to let well enough alone. Not caring tor tbe future but satisfied it (bey could show as many buildings and as many occupants of tbe same at the end of tbe year as there w^s at the first. But a change has come on tbe spirit of their dreams within the time mentioned above, and she to-day will bear a favorable com parison with any town ot her size iu tbe State aud surpassing many more pretentions towns iu push aud energy. Her people seem alive to the interest ot their town and do not hesitate to invest their money and devote their time iu any teasi- ble enterprise that will pay a small dividend aud help to build np tbe town, tbe result is people are com ing iu almost every day, new build ings are being erected on almost every street, aud many new streets opened, graded and the famous “Darlington oak” plat.ted to make future shades for the rising gener* ations. Tbe manufacturing enterprises now iu operation conaistof a cotton factory with a capital of $250,000, wbicb is declaring satistactory div idends each year, and baa orders lor goods manufactured many months ahead; a ginnery and ter tilizer factory wbicb does a busi ness of from $50,000 to $60,000 each year; a brick yard where tbe brick machine is ran by steam and like tbe cotton factory, are behind tbeir orders; two planing mills that do a good business each ; a wagon fac tory, aud many other similar indus tries. Tbe Ginning Go., have no* iu course of erection, a twenty ton oetton seed oil mill to run in con nection with their established busi ness. Darlington boasts of one of the finest mineral springs in tbe State. The water of which con tains many curative properties and is visited by many persons ftom a distance. There is here an artesian DARLINGTON, S. C, THURSDAY. JULY 11, 1889. well giving forth pure cool water trom many hundred feet below the surface. Many new business bong es are going up, frame buildings are being torn down or removed > nd handsome brick structures are tak ing tbeir place. Darlinuton has two banks, both doing well and two hotels well kept. There is market ed here every year, about 25,000 bales of cotton. Well assorted stores of goods -an be found in the storesof a pushingsetof merchants. —Chattanooga Tradesman. A Five Years’ Test of the Varieties ot Cotton. (Columbia Cor News and Courier.) It will be of peculiar iuterest to tbe people of tbe State to note the tests ot the varieties of cotton planted in South Gendina. Tests ooverng five years, conducted by the Golumbia Experimental Sta tion, of which Dr. McBryde is di rector and Mr. Gaillard superin tendent, have just been completed. Tbe cotton was planted in dupli cate plats, receiving exactly the same treatment throughout. In all the tests of varieties care was tak en to prevent any variety occupy iog the same two plats for two years in succession. This rotation was for tbe purpose of eliminating, as far as possible, any difference ol tbe soil. Tbe result of the tests is as follows: Average per acre for (be five year*. 1884 1886, 1836, 1887, 1888 : • Lint and Per ot Lint Seed Seed of Variety— ibs. 'b*. lbs. Lint Peterkin 481 804 1,285 37.69 Dickson’s Impr’d. 429 946 1,374 81.35 Jones’* Improved 423 966 1,389 30.66 Thomas 909 1,323 31.34 Duno&n'* Mamm'tb 405 856 1,260 31.92 Common .402 915 1,817 30.67 New Texas 399 892 1,291 3091 Dicksou’sClusier.. .398 910 1.308 30 50 Oner’* Silk .390 861 1,251 81.24 Cobweb 875 1,260 30.08 Hay’s China .378 852 1,225 30.52 Crawford .872 934 1,206 30 91 Richardson’* lmp'd367 834 1,201 80 60 In this table the Peterkin still maintains the superiority, giving an average of fifty-two pounds more but per acre than tbe next best veriety, tbe Dickson’s. It mxy be noted that 373 pounds of cotton seed meal.' 100 pounds ot acid phosphate and 85 pounds mu- riate of potash per acre were used as fertilizers iu these experiments. The Farmers to Meet (Columbia Cor. Ne»» and Courier.) The regular summer meeting of the Stnte Agricultural aud Meehan ical A sociatiou 's to beheld at Pendleton from the 7th to tbe 9tb of August. A number of essays have been assigned. Thus tar Mr. Tbos. J. McKie has consented to present a paoer on “The preserva tion of laud by terracing against hillsidu ditching.’’ Mr. T. J. Moore, of Spartanburg, will discuss “For age crops.” Mr. J. J. Lucas, of Society Hill, “Gra|»e Culture and Wine making.” The Hon. Jere miah Rusk, secretary of agricul ture, has been invited, aud he may be present. Tbe committee iu charge have obtained reduced rates over tho Richmond and Danville aud Wil mington, Golumbia and Augusta railioads. The rates are: Thirty miles and under $1,20 lor the round trip, tbe rate per mile decreasing as the distance becomes greater, as for 100 miles the rate is $3.25, for 150 miles $4 30 and for 200 miles $5. The other lailroads of the State have been asked to ofier reduced rates, but have not yet been beard from. Those who expect to attend these meetings should write Mr. O. A. Bowen, at Pendleton, so that he may make necessary arrangements. Tbe people of Pendleton will ex hibit tbeir excellent stock and crop prodacts. Fruits and flowers will be displayed, and altogether a good exhibit may be expected from this rich district. Cotton Seed Halls as Feed Tbeie is an astounding statement printed elsewhere to tbe effect that “the balls of the cotton seed ot tbe cotton States will produce more beef, batter, milk, and cheese, more wool and mutton than all tbe clov er aud blue grass of Tennessee, Kentucky, and Ohio.” And yet it appears to be true. An Atlanta firm fattened 5,300 beeves last year on cottonseed bulls at a profit ot $20,000. Two trainloads of these beeves were shipped from Atlanta to Philadelphia and sold there in competition with Gbicago beef. This same firm will fatten 10,000 steers next winter. Mr. Joel Gban dler Harris, an authority ou fox bounds, bees, and Jerseys, is feed ing his herd on cotton seed halls, a< d nays the result in milk, butter and beef is amazing. Iu the South ern Farm, Mr. W. M. Towers ot Rome writes of a test between corn, cotiou seed meal and cotton seed balls, in which tbe latter prodncod vastly better results. And yet on- til »year ago cotton seed halls were used ms fuel for engines or cast away as worthless. Of all the plants tbst grow cotton is the miracle, and its wonders are not yet tried, its little blackwrinkled seed is as full cf meaning as an old Hebrew verb.—At/asta Constitu tion. Don’t Take Her Arm, Young Man. Tbe question is often put, “Whether it is ever permissible to take a young lady’s nrui iu acting as her escort on a promenade after nightfall I” Unhesitatingly and peremptorily, no. Not after night- tall, nor by daylight, nor at any other time. An invalid may lean upon a young woman’s arm; a grandfather, if he is infirm, may avail himself ol a similar support, and a muscular policeman seems to have acquired the riglu to propel bis charges in petticoats across the thoroughfare by a grasp upon tbe arm, but these are the only male persons so privileged. For an ac quaintance, or a friend, or one who aspires to a still nearer place, to take tbe arm of a young woman when walking with ber on the pub lie highway is inexcusable. You may be sure nothing will so quick ly offend her good taste, although she may lack tbe social skill to resent and avoid it. And the spectacle iu ilself is most unpicas- ing. To see a young woman pushed along a little iu front of her escort, by bis clutch upon her arm, is neither suitable or piotaresqne. It reverses all preconceived ideas ol gallantry. Tbe fair should lean upon tbe brave. Verile strength ought ever to support feminine frailness. Offer ber your arm young man, every time, aud never under any circumstances commit the familiarity and offense ot lakiog hera.—Columbia Record. No Flies on I's On last Tuesday evening about a half dozen of our young men pro cured a hack at the livery stable for the puritose of taking a ride out. Before leaving town they went driving around, cutting figure 6’s aud remarking to tbeir friends, “There’s no flies ou us.” When just iu front of our office they en deavored to perform an extraor dinary pirouette one of tha front wheels ran off, tbe h ick turned over and the wbt.le concern was knocked into pi. There was such a mixture of exclamations that we did not exactly catch tbe fall tenor of the remarks made. We heard mention made of those things they stop water with at the mills. “What’s the matter 1’’ “Hello 1’’ “Git off my bead!” “Whoa!” “Aouhing broke !” Ac. The wheel was captured, replaced and tiny quietly drove off with (we suppose) flies ou ’em.—liishopeille Eagle. They Mean to Win The News and Courier says “op position to the Jute Trust has quickened the life of tbe Alliance. The memtiership has increased, and members, once indifferent, now at tend the meetings and all express determination to use cotton bag ging if they pay more for it There are none so dangerous when amus ed as the patient and long sufi'ci ing, as the farmers of tho South will teach the Jut* Trust and others later on.” Our contemporary is right. Our farmers are aroused aud they mean to rout the Jute Trust horse, toot and dragoon.— Marion Star. A Sad Contrast On the night of his release Mo- HCNRV OLIVER ft I.% W t'AnuM Dow received his friends at bis res idence, and indeed, in tl e very office in which he had slain bis vic tim. Ladies were there in numbers, and floral offerings were nameron*. The mansion was gaily illuminated, while around the corner, with dark ened rooms and closed windows, which could not shut out tbe sounds of rejoicing, sat tbe winow and children of the dead man, and tbe “Swiss maid,” who was “so will ing.”—Charleston Cor. Columbia Register. OBO. W DABOAN. HBBBT T. TUOMMOB Not So Bad- “I want you,” said a detective to a stranger uc had been shadowing arouuddown for an hour. “Am i arrested!” “Yon are.” “And got to be locked np f” “Yes.” “Well, go ahead- I knew it would come sooner or later, and I’m glad it’s off my mind. Yes, I stole Gharlie Ross.” “Ob, you did,” replied tbe detec tive* “If that’s all I’ll let you go. 1 suspected you of ttealingan over coat.”—Exchange. DARGAN & THOMPSON, Attomayi at Law, $-Northe»M side of tho Public Square Darlington, S. C. Another Mail Route A petition is being circulated asking that a mail route from Gbes- terfield G. U. to Doves on tho C. k D. R R. be established wuh post offices at Grant’s Mill, G. W. In gram’s And Leaveiiswortb. We trust ths route will be given, for it passes through a section of the country where better postal facili ties are needed.—Chesterfield Ad vertiser. Your Mail. We have been urgently request ed by tbe Secretary of theNen dens Purchasing Agency to say to the clnb that hereafter tbev will find their mail at the store ot Mr. D. S. Pate. He finds the work of distributing the mails somewhat onerous, as there are frequently aa many as two letters to deliver.- Bishoptille Eagle. WHOLE NO 756. Our job depnrtmoui W -oppli 4 arithtfor fooiliijr MOCOMury to CBoble h* ■„ roMptlt bulb hs ioprior anUtinolity olwwvV. »ilh eror thou* oftiiocitioB, ami w« gitnraBivc iBtia faction in every particular or thargr nothir g for our work. W> are aiwaya prepared to 111 order? at short notice for Blank*, Bil HeAiN, Letter Head*. Card*, rtaod BUlt Posters. Circular*. Pamphlet*, ft*. All job *ork must be paid for Cash on Delivery SPRINGS, Spartanburg County, 8. C. This Famous Itewort will be open to Ylaltoni from Slay 1st. to October A5lh- Ft is ncce-xiblo from Bpsttanhur,.' by a Dailv Hack Litn.nniki< g good connection with nil trains. GLENN SPRINGS MINERAL WATER, A SAFE, PLEASANT AND EFFECTIVE REMEDY For All Diseases ol the ICIdsTEYS, LIVER, STOMACH AND SKIN. It A^ets ©n the B®\x/els, Cleanses Ihe System, AND REGULATES THE LIVER, And ia a Specific for most FEMALE DISORDERS. SIMPSON £ SIMPSON, Proprietors, GLENN SPRINGS, S. C. For Sale by Dr. J. A, Bojd. June 6, 1889.—tf. SWEEPING REDUCTIONS In ail Spring and Although our Spring trade has been far better than wo expected ; Wo have decided to make our Summer business equally as good. To accomplish this we must, give induce ments tlmt will reach beyond all marnerof competition. We offer no such petty baits as. “Needles and Pina at a penny a paper,” SUCH AS THOSE WE GIVE AWAY. Our bargains are in Standard^gonds. The latest styles and newest novelties. JYo Old Shoddy Goods. We defy all legitimate competition to match our prices. The lellowing are a few we mention : Simpson, Windsor and Arn- 1 Id 8 pr»‘ts at Gt cts per yard ; Figured Lawns from 3* to 10 cents; Deautiiul ('bailies at 7 cents per yard ; A full line Cottonades, all styles, from 10c. up. Our fbu: th Stock of ill M Biuutni. OCO.C.TOALC, HCNRV Ol Geo. E. Toale & Co, MANUFACTURERS —AND— WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Doors, Sash, (Blinds, Builders’ Hardware, AND Btml Mig Mtltriil. OFFICE AND SALESROOMS 10 and 12 llayne Street, GHABLE8TON, - - 8. G Write fer Estimates. M»y 31, 1888. The Darlington Land Im- ment Company, Have desirable Building Lois and land* for rale, Apply to J. J. WARD, President and Treasurer. Jan. 24, ’Sfl-ly 1= than ever. Don’t buy until you see just received, cheaper them. On Shoes we are well fixed. Will discount any price you can get. Our Lad.ea 15 button Straight liy & cat fi ut . ton Shoes brings joy to every lady. Kvery pair warranted Alwther lot tf 60 1>er p, *' r ' AI1 0lller S™ 1 ''" ns cheap. W. L. DOUGLAS’ CELE BRATED Try them if jou want full satisfaction. TS^fo^00 A,PaCa an<1 Scersucker Coats and Vests from Our line of bargains in everj department are too numerous to more than give mention to a few, but if you feel that this is (lie time to make your dollar do double duty, then call on us And we-will take pleasure in showing you Will prove what we say, Very Respectfully, our many values. A. j. BROOM. WABD. B. n. WOOD* WARD & WOODS. AMormcyi k Goanselori at Law, DARLINGTON, 8. C. Wil practice in *11 Plate and Fedaral Court*.! Special iittenlit n paid to all mat ters pertain.tig to the buying, fell ing. renting or leasing of ieal er-tate. Any parly having btifiners in this line woold do well to call on ibe firm, who have control ot some of tbe most desirable preperty in Un Town and Gounty. j. B. BBTTLB*. C. B. BBTTLB* Nettles & Nettles, Attorneys k Counsolors at Law, Darlington CL II., ft. Will practice in alt the State and Federal Courts. Prompt personal attention given to collection of claims. Sep. 2, ’86 ly. May 30 1889. T. H. SPAIN. Attorney at I aw, DARLINGTON, C. H., S. C. Will practice in Circuit Gourts and Supreme Court of South Carolina. Prompt attention given to all bu siness, and special attention given to collections. BOOTS AND SHOES, HATS anil CAPS. A FULL LINE OF EACH JVew Goods, LOWEST PRICES H IR ID W .A. IR, IE •AT CIPHTl Groceries A Specialty A.T B. W. BOTD, OBO. W. BBOWB BOYD A BROWN- Attoraayi and Oonnaalori at Law Office in rear of Darlington Nation al Bank. DARLINGTON C. H., 8 C. PROMPT PERSONAL ATTENTION TO ALL BUSINESS. Feb. 8, ’87—lj. Enterprise Grocery. A- S WHITE, Manager. September 13, ’89 W- F. DARGAN. Attorney at Law, Darlington, - • - S-C- Offica up stairs, over l he Post office March 28. ’89 ly. C. P. DABGAJf, Attorney at Law and Trial Justice. Prietice* in the United State* Court and in th* 4th and 5th circuit*. Prompt ot'*n- Hob to all bosiaett ontruotod to him. Ottco ia Eichongo Street, next tho Dab- linoroB Nbw* Oftct. Misses McCullough & Garvey Beg to announce that they have rented the MIIaLUSTIEIR-Y IDEFARTMBISrT of Edwards A Norment’s store and have opened an entirely new line of Newest Styles Bats, Bonnets, Mbons, Flow ers and Feathers. HAT3 TRIMMED TO ORDER and SATISFACTION GUARANTEED OUR GOODS ARE NEW AND STYLISH-OUR PRICES RBA.SON’A.Bi.B, We aolicit an early call and will always be pleased to show ear goods Respectfully, MISSES McGULLOUGl! k GARVEY, of Bslt fa April 18, 1880. note. ■bSI