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THE DARLINGTON NEWS. HENRY T. THOMPSON, EDITOR: THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1889. TO Oil CORRESPOSDESTS. The CorreBpondents of The Darlington News throughout the Couaty, 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 Notes. c»pt. P. H. Keillejr, • JiitingDisbed oiti- mo of Qreraville, died io (bat oil/ on TaMday. A mm riot i« reported from the to»o ot Jordan Brooke, Ark., in wbioh eereral per- 1 were killed and many wounded. Three eotton mi Me in Augusta Oa , hare decided to manufaotnre eotton bagging and they are going to work at onoe. Tka Republicans of Virginia, in conven tion aaeembled at Norfolk, on Thursday, nominated William Mehone for Governor. Robert Marvel, aged 65, died at Indian- apolle on Aug 20,nflerabetainin| from| food for sizty-eeven daye. He ate hie laet meal ea Jane 18. 8. W. MeKinley, a prominent colored pelitielan ot Charleeton, bne reooivod the minor appointment of cpeelal inspector of •aatome at Louieville, Ky. The Moffatt Manufacturing Company, of Cheater, wbeee purpose is to manufaoturo agricultnrtl maohinery, has obtained a charter from the Secretary of State. Aa explosion occurred in a mine at Sereaton, Pa., oa Thursday la wbioh five men were badly and perhaps fatally in- Jared. Mr. Lenie Soidemen, and old resident of Blaekville, 8. C., committed eaiotde on Friday. Excessive use ef alchohol it said to be the mum. Albert Meridith shot and killed John JoaM.aa the Moult of a quarrel, at Enoree, Laurens County, on Saturday. Both par- Um wore eolored. % At Rewman’e Grove, Mies., on Saturday, a ■booting affray occurred which grow out of an election rcw. One man was killed, one mortally wound od and Mveral eerioualy injured. Perry Thrall, of Macon, Mo., while on hie death bed, on Friday,confected to have murdered a man and wife in 1884, For this crime a negro bed been hung aome time aga. Thirty-twa eotoniets from Germany ar rived at Walhalla on Saturday for the pur- bom af making that place their home. They art reported to be penone of Mme meaaa and will make good cltisone. Col. J.S. R. Thornton, a prominent law- £ er of Spartanburg, who has been twios layer of that eity and hue served in the Legislature, died suddenly at bis home aa the 22nd last. Thrae eotteo aad woolen mills la Rhode Island failed laat wsek aad a fourth la iu a preaarioua oeaditiea. The treuhle ia due to tha failure of a large wool dealing firm. Mm. Maybrlok, of Liverpool, whose oeatenee to be hang for the murder of her hushend has oauaed so much sympathy In bar behalf, has had her sentence commu ted to penal eervitude for life. The Inter State Farmers Congreat met at Mantgomery, Ala., on Tuesday of last WMk. Delsgatsa were present from twelve Southern States. A strong resolu tion ia favor of cotton begging was adopted. A train containing part of Barnum’e S cat cireus show waa wrecked near Pota- jd, N, Y., on Thursday. Two oamola and twentv-four horses wer* killed and n number of animal* injured. The lots is about f40,000. At a barbecue to be had oa the battle- Sold of Chickamauga eu September 20, at which both Confederate and Union veter ans will be present, Gen J.B. Gordon will make the address of welcome and General RosecMn* will reply. On July 8, a crank named Charles T. Rogers, left Boston to cross the ocean to Parie in an eight foot boat. He was pick ed up by a passing veseel on August 10, ia a helpless condition and almost blind. He ia now grad a* II y recoverieg, A gasoline still at Alleghany City, Pa., exploded on Ang. 21. The entire plant tMk fire aad was rapidly dMtroyed. The onginMr la missing and the watchman was blown many test and badly burned aad bruised. The lose is at leaat $226,000, A train loaded with Grand Army veter ans and their friends, bound for the En campment at Milwaukee, Wis , was wreck ed when near Streator, III., on Monday. Fifty p*Mona were injured, ten ef whom are seriously hurt. M are women. lost of the injured At Fair Play, Oeonoe County, oa tha sight of tka 16th last, two young white men, J. L. King and Matthew Knox, who are both well connecto- 1 * * * * * * 8 , became engaged in e eutting affray. Fears are entertained that King will not survive his injuries while Knox’s wonnde are lees serious. A young man named D. M. Howard, of Ooaeord, N. C., while waiting for a train sear Charlotte, on Uo night of Augaat21, became eUepy aad be pot hie bead upon the track trusting that the headlight on tbs eagiae would wake him. Ho was mistak on, however, and tha train rolled over him erasking him so badly that he died in a very abort time. Early on Thursday morning a burglar named McElwain brake into tha rMidonos of C. W. Lucas in Brooklyn. The thief was detected by tbt occupant who endeav ored to eaplaro him. The eeuffle aroused the familv, but toe late to save Lucas, who was stabbed to the heart in the proMue* of his wife aad child. The murderer has been captured. On Thursday a train making a trial trip over the new road, Knoxville, Cum berland Gap A Louisville, aad carrying a select crowd of excursionists, oompeaed af tha repreaeatative moo of Knoxville, was wreaked abeat twenty milts from that city. Oat of fifty six persons oa the train forty-ea* wore injured. Five arc dead aad others cannot live. Tha aoci- mat horrible. States af tha South a* it it Misty due to protection that aimilar industries ia tha North oould oompets with them. He farth er said that a usgro axjdnt would be temporarily it,caav«oient, but pormaneui- ly beneficial te the South. A eolored editor and preacher af Selma Ala,, has written an editorial on the race qneation. in wbioh be says that the day of externiinatiou for tbs whites would surely, Cume and that he hoped tbs black* would wipe them completely out of existence. This eoce diary article has caused consid erable excitement and the whites are look ing towards taking steps to suppress suoh dangerous utterances. On Friday a white boy at Ml Pleasant, S. C„ named Fred Scharfer, accidentally killed % negro woman. Immediately the negroes rose up en masse and demanded vengeance, saying the killing wat inten tional. The Sheriff protected tb i boy from the roob but fearing trouble from the freo- aied negroes, be sent to Charleston for militia. Two companies were therefote sent to tbo scene and carried the boy to the Charleston jail for safe keeping. Four men, Patrick Packenham, James Nolan, Ferdinand Caro lio and Jack Lewis, the last named colored, were banged in the Tombs at Nsw York on Friday. They were all convicted ot murdering women. Two were haoged at a time. The first two, Packeaham and Nolan died without a struggle, but there was bungling la tha execution of Lewie and Carolin, whose deaths wer* torturous and frightful. Car- olio was very blasphemous even when on the scaffold. Hampton was iatarviawad by a reproseataiive af a Washlsgtea paper re cently an (ha political situation. He said (hat Harviaoa'e policy is act sufiMent- ly defined to bo eritioiood; (hat the tariff t weald not pasta ia the sot ityare Democratic i proa- Buoiag THE EXPERIMENTAL STATION- TAX. To most of the readers of The News the facts iu oonuectiou with the location of the Darlingtion Ex perimental Station are well known, bat it will not be amiss to review them briefly at this time, Under the Act of the Legislature eetab^ lishing these Station, every County in the State which desired to have one of them located within its bor ders was to make a bid for the privilege to the State Board of Ag riculture either in money or real estate. The time daring wbioh these bids were to be received be' ing short, and the general senti ment being apparently favorable to tbe establishment of the Station for “the lower tier of OonotieB” in Dar lington Ooanty, ten of our leading citizens guaranteed that tbe sam of $0,000 would be paid for the privil lage. Subsequently, at several im portant meetings held at tbe Court House, this action was endorsed. At the last session of the General Assembly, a clanae waa inserted in tbe Sopply Bill providing for the levy of a special tax of one mill in Darlington Ooanty to reimbarse tbe ten guarantors for the $5,000 paid oat by them. Since then there has been considerable discussion in tbe Ooanty in regard to this legis lation, and Mr. J. W. Beasley pub* lished an article In The Darling ton News several weeks ago con demning it vigorouely, and alleging that public sentiment in the Ooan ty was opposed to the special tax. In the same issue, Senator Edwards came forward promptly to present the other side of the question, ex plaining in detail why tbe provision had been inserted in tbe Bill by the members of the General As sembly from Ibis County. Tbe enactment of auy special Legialation wbioh is not first re ferred to a vote ot the people in order that each one might be allow ed a tree expression of opinion on the snbjeei, we have always re garded as unwise and inexpedient The objection to it is that when un scrupulous men come into authority in the place of those who are now there, this action may be useil as a precedent for the passage of the'moat unjust and oppressive measures. At the same time, we cannot donbt that, io this instance, our Senator and Representatives felt fully war ranted iu the belie! that io levying tbe tax, they were but execut ing the will of their constituents. Indeed, Senator Edwards, in his communication to which we have referred, expressly claims that in introducing tha measure for which be waa responaible, he was but ear ryiog out the well-known aud ex press wishes of those whom he rep resents. We have always been, and we arejstill, heartily in favor of tbe Dar lington Station, and, iu our opinion, taxation was tbe most just aud equitable way of paying for it. It is our belief farther that the clause authorizing the levy *111 uo( be found upon investigation to be re pugnautto the Ooastitntion ; bat, in any event, Darlington Goanty is in honor bonnd to redeem her pledge, and, if we mistake not, her people would be the last iu the State to attempt to avoid such an obliga tion. On these grounds, and inas much as no public complaint or protest ha<l been made, we refrains ed, for tbe sake ef harmony, from any expression of opinion on this subject for the time being. As it has now been suggested, however, that the measure was passed at the instance of tbe so-celled “Town Bing, 9 we deem it proper to come forward and make public tbe views which we have always entertained, and which wonld have been ex. pressed before bat for tbe stated As a matter of foot, we venture to say that if a vote of the town were taken, nine-tenths of its citizens would record themselves as not coDcurriog in the passage of tlii* extra lax without the question of its advisability bavin.' be«‘n first submitted to the people in such a manner aa would afford each voter the oppor’unity of making hia wish es known. Nay, we go even lurth er, and assert our belief that a ma jority of tbe guarantors won d be found “on actual count’’ to be of tbe same opinion. We understand that an effort is being made to effeet a satisfactory adjustment of this vexed question, and knowing as we do tbe biglt character ot those who paid the guaiou’ced bum, w * have no doubt that, with their welNkuown ,.oer ality, they will lend all tbe assis tance ii: their power to bring the effoit to a successful issue. In the mean time, there is no occasion for harsh criticisms aud unkind feeling, for whatever maybe the differen ces of opinion on tbe sub)eet,it can not be doubted that those who rep resent ns acted with tbe utmost good faith from first to last. We trust most sincerely, therefore, that in the further consideration of this matter perfect harmony will prevail, aud that bo dissensions will arise to affect that dignity which tbe citizens of Darlington County have heretofore maintained, aud wbiab has always made her so justly honored aud respected abroad. THE CATERPILLAR PLAGUE. From the reporta which reach us from tbe different sections of the County, it would seem that a veri table caterpillar plague has attack ed tbe cotton crop, and that it will inflict serious damage before tbe season is over. In previous years they have appeared in the County in isolated spots and on matured plants, but from present indications their advent this year will be gen era). The crop is just at that stage where it will suffer most from the ravages of (he vermin, audit be hooves the farmers, therefore, to apply tbe remedy promptly. Tbe only known remedy which has prov ed at all effective is Parissgreen applied iu tbe form of a powder. Those who have tested its efficacy in the liquid shape have found that it fell far short of what waa expect ed of it When applied as a pow der it adheres closely to tbe leaves of tbe plants, and even a heavy rain does not wash it off. It is a most deadly poison, and every liv ing thing which feeds upon it dies outright. The usual m -thod is to mix Paris-green with flour before applying it, twenty pounds of (he latter substance to every one of the poison; tbe iugredionts mixed io this proportion will cover from 10 to 12 acres ot growing cotton, aud will literally annihilate tbe cater* pillars. Tbe most interior grade of flour, even that which is damaged, will answer c-very purpose; this cun be obtaiued for about $3 50 a barrel, while tbe Paris grei-u costs about thirty cents a pound. The mixture must be applied very oare ; folly aud not be allowed to come in contact with any scratch or abra sion upon one’s hand or it will cause trouble on account of its deadly poisonous nature Tbe best method of sprinkling it is to place a quan tity of the mixture in crocus bag' ging, attached to either end of a stick, tbe length of which is equal to the width of the rows. The par ty making the application walks between tbe rows, striking the stick, aud holding it in such a posi tion that each ot the hags contain' ing tbe mixture is above a row, and two rows are thus attended :o at the same time. There will be some doubtless who will hesitate about applying this remedy ou account of its cost, but this extra expense will enable them to save a crop which would other, wise be completely ruined. > r. J. D. McCall, the superintendent of tbe Experimental Station, tells ns that he was troubled very badly with caterpillars several years ago. Out of a track of six acres which was suffering from the pests, he selected two acres upon which he applied Paris green, allowing tbe others to go without remedy. From tbe two acres to which tbe staff had been applied, he gathered 1,530 pounds of seed cotton to the auc; while on tbe remaining four he gathered bn* 550 ponnda to the acre. By all means let tbe farmers who are enffering, try this wonder ful exterminator at oooe if they wish to save their crops. THE WAR*ON*JUTE. It would seem from the latest re ports that the total product of all tiie mills now engaged in manufac- tariog cotton into bagging will sap- ply only about ooe-lifth of tbe cot ton produced in the South. Aa the crop of this country is something leas than half of the entire crop of the world, there will really be but one tenth of tbe total yivld for the year 1889, which will be clothed in the cotton covering. Tbe Liverpool merebaots realizing wbat a small proportion of tbe crop will be put up iu cotton, and being in league doubtless with tbe “sharks” who control tbe “jute bagging trust” iu this country, have given out that, tor various reasons, they cannot endorse tbe use of the coitnu cov ering. We mistake the material of which the Farmers’ Alliance is composed if it is to be frightened at this “bluff.” Let the members use tbe cotton baggiug as far as it will go, and one fifth of tbe entire crop of the country will thus be snatched Irom tbe grasp ot the “jnte mon ster.” Everything coaid not be accomplished the first year, aud when this much shall have been done, there will beevidence at least of what is to be expected next sea son, when the Alliance m$n will still stand “shoulder to shoulder,” with enough eotton baggiug at their back to cover tbe entire crop. THE RAILROAD “BOOM ” From tbe advertisement in an other column it will be seen that tbe Hartsville Railro id Company are applying fora charter to ex tend their line Trains have been running the fall length of this road for several weeks. Three different roads are now giving notices of ap plications for charters through the columns of The News, aud it looks as if there were no telling where it all wonld end. Come ahead, gen tlemen ! There’s room for you all, and the people of Darlingtou Gouu ty are glad to have you. The Society Hill Base Ball Club. Editor Darlington bom: Please state that the “Pee Dee” nine disbanded after its last game with Cberaw, also that hut two of tbe team played with tbe midget “Cedar Creeks.” By so doing you will greatly oblige, T- S. Lucas. The Use and Abuse ot Commercial FertHizers (Essay by Mqj, J. L. Color, Delirere-i be fore tb* Darlington Agricultural Society It is to be preniuped that the first agriculturalists were not long in learning of tbe benefits to be de rivtd from tbe application of oer tain manures tc tbe fields they cul tivated. No doubt they applied to the land the maunre from the cat tie; aud later, perhaps, the ashes from the hearth; and later still, lime and other substances. Thus guided by empirical knowledge they added to tbe yield of i heir fields. Bui for ages it was not known what special elements rendered manures valuable, it was not nn- til chemistry came to the a-sisi auco of husbandry that this was understojd. Agricultural chumis try, though yet hi its infancy 1 sup pose, has demonstrated b.v scien tific methods (hat ni rogeii, phos phoric acid, potanb aud lime, and a few other substances iu less de gree, are oue or mote of them (he ess utial constituents ot every oue ot the manures which bad been found to be useful by the unscieu tific obseivtr. When this was un derstood, these particular cousti - ueuts were sought for in other sub stances and began to come into use in new forms. Various guanos were discovered aud were carried long voyages to supplv with fenidz ng material (be fields of civilization. Phosphate rock, cop roll tes aud oth er phospbatio material aud kainit were unearthed; nitrates of soda and of potash were carefully gath ered, and the wastage of nitrogen ous substances from tbe butcheries and fisheries was prevented, so that the fish terap aud dried blood and snob like material, might fiud it* way to the farmer. Tbe demand for these articles, separate or com bined, baa caused the trade in commercial fertilizers to increase aud grow to its present enormous magnitude. Wbeo we investigate this business, we find that tbe use of commercial fertilizers extends to every enlightened nation ot the world, and that as a rale intelligent farmers, except ou richest virgin sod, add,by purchase,to their stock of fertilizing material. Onr subject suggests an inquiry into the profitableness of this al most universal practice Now the profits of any business method can' not be more certainly proved tbau by ita common use among careful and intelligent business men. Tbe consensus of opinion among this class of farmers it seems to me is srgnmeut enough to settle the ques tion once for all, as to the wisdom of tbe use of good commercial fer tilizers; that is, so long as the prices of fertilizer aud product b.ar the relation to each other now ex isting. Every eye beholds the lux- uriance and fruitfulness of the su perb crops well fed with the plsnt food which commercial fertilizers furnish; and on evsiy hand ore to be seen substantia! evidenoes of tbe thrift of the careful former who asee guano. It being taken as proved that the use of commercial fertilizers is wise, we are then to consider whet fertil isers should be purchased. Fortanately only a few articles ore to be sought for. Not that plants do not require quite a num ber of elementary substances for their growth and maturity—bat many of them arc already super abundant in the soil. The esaen- tial constituents ot fertilizing ma ) terial which are usually wanting in ; tbe toil are, as before intimated, i only these namely, nitrogen, pb»* pboric acid, potash and sometim * lime. If there is uo sufficient home , supply of this material tbe deficieu- cy mast be supplied by pareba**-. i Of course the :armer should make | his purchases as small as possible ; and very much may be doue to pr- , pare these costly constituents »t ! home. If he is thoughtful aud pm dent the great laboratory of u itui>* may be used, aud tbs pea and otb er crops enlisted in tbe woi k ot storing up nitrogen and pot-s!'. j Every avai able deposit of v.uue j shonid be gathered to his comp at piles, while the manures from stock of all kind sbonld be husb.tu«l> <1 with care. But when the farmer has doue all that is possible to sun e up and furnish from his own re sources the necessary fertilizing material, iu most cases it wil! be found that tiie supply is insufficient and that it is necessary to resort to commercial fertilizers. I will not venture to ary what exact amount of fertilizer abonld be csed to produce the best results. That of course depends upon cir cumstances. With every field of every farm iu the State the condi tions will be fonnd to vary, and good judgment mast be used to meet as nearly as possible the vary ing condition*. I will only advise that tbe novice in farming should follow the practice and take the advice of bis more experienced neighbors, until by experiment and scientific research be may be ab'.e to determine for himself what brings tbe largest profit. It is well estab lished, however, that different crops demand the material above men tioned in different combinations. With grains and grasses, nitrogen is tbe article that must predomi nate; with peas and other legumin ous plants, potash and Mme ; with cotton, phospbatic manures. I think the average J dgmeut of good farmers in this section would direct the application to tbe cotton cropjfertiliziug material to furnish in available condition, phospho ric acid, 20 to 25 lbs per acre ; am monia (or nitrogen equivalent), 12 to 13 lbs per acre; Potash, (kainit 20). 12 to 13 llm per acre. These amounts nre about what are con tained in a mixture of 150 lbs cot ton seed meal, 150 lbs dissolved bone, aud 100 lb-ka nit. It would be better 1 think to app'y the ni trogen in several forms, rep .icing a portion of the cotton se< d meal in the above mixture with nit rat* of soda and dried blood, or like lorms of nitrogenous matter. For on' acre of corn tbe quantity usually nqtnred is ammonia (or uitrnceu equivalent), 20 lbs; pbos photic acid, 10 lbs; potash, 6 to 10 lbs. For oats the application of fcrtil izers to onr sandy soil in often un profitable. Nitrogenous manures nonictim-8 produce wonderful re suits, and if we were sure of getting a fall planting of oats safely through tbe winter, I would not hesitate to say, use the proper kind of commercial leriiliz<-is liberriiy on this crop. But my exi>erii-uce is that ih<-ii use on the fall sown red oat is injudicious ou s tudy sod, b-caiis - of the probability of wm ter killi g. When the sowing is made iu January or February, it is probable that nitrate ot soda, say 100 lbs per acre, applied just before the piaut bushes to head may give good results. Iu favorable season < this soluble and quick acting appli calicii produces results which are simply marvelous, as in 1888 for instance; but laat spring its use was a complete loss, because of tbe long continued drought. The pea crop may be great!. lien efitted by potash aud lime witn small amounts of phospbatic acid A model ate application of kainit and superphosphate is probably tbe best mode of supplyiug these sub' stauces, the lime in this mixture being in tbe form of sulphate of lime, which U perhaps as good fur peas as it Is for clover. How are these fertilizers to be applied! Tbe common practice seems to me to be good; that is for cotton, drill the fertilizer in a far row as late as is convenient to bed up the laud and prepare lor plant ing. Part of tbe application of nitrogen may be made iu the form of nitrate of soda, as a side manur ing in June, and this plan is gener ally advisable For corn two ap plications are always to be pro ferred, say oue half the fertilizer at planting, and the other at second ploughing. For peas the fertilizer mast be put in with tbe grain. If it is determined to owe a fertilize r upon the oat ciop it should be put in at the sowing time, except in case very soluble articles are chosen. Then should be sown ou tbe surface, as before indicated. Commercial Fertilizers are abus ed (or misused 1 would prefer to say) by all farmers at times aud iu innumerable ways. Applications in quantitica too large for profit are commou: also in quantities too small to bring tbe plant through to ita maturity. Application of any article where there is already a safficieut quantity of that article in the soil is a gross misuse. Then • wrong combination of tbe ingredients ot a fertilizer is very common The use of fertilizers of low grade is not proper or rronom ical. Thousand* of tous of ierui izers of small value are foisted apon ignorant or ansnspecting farmers, or are sold to those penny-wise per- •oaa,who to save a littia in first cost pay freight on large quantities ot worthless material. These miss takes are now better guarded against than formerly, because of tbe wise lew requiring a printed, guaranteed analysis to go along with the goods and providing for the inspection of all fertilizers sold. By this law, maay of us bsvs been waved from imposition. With or- d.nary care we may avoid tbe pur chase of worthless or ioferior arti- tides, and we should net fail to uke every necessary precaution is a matter so important. But with ever so much care— with the use of our best judgment— w.- cannot avoid all mistakes. For no study is more intricate tbau tb «t of sgrioalture, and perfection in this science will never be reached. Constant improvement, however, should be made, and the more brains (or “gumtion,” as Edward A ’kinsoo terms it), we put into onr pursuit the more rapid will t»e onr progress in all that make towards the proper use ot our re-onrees. Building New Railroads Tbe Darlington News recent ly publish* d a formal notice from several citizens of Columbia that they would apply to the Lcgislas tare at its next session tor a char ter to bnild a railroad from rive North Carolina line through Ches terfield or Marlboro County and on to Sumter, The explanation s that the Cougaree Constraction Com pany of tbis city, which is now building tbe Columbia, Newberry and Lanrens Railroad, has infor mation that if it can obtain tbe charter desired it can secure tbe contract for bailding the line. There is said to be money behind the project, aud not belonging to tbe Entawville oor the South b-mnd l*eople either. The Construction Company proposes to branch out and take all tbe construction work it can attend to Mr. W. D. Childs, of tbe company, thinks that next winter that organization, woiking with Northern moneyed men, will be able to bnild a palsc - hotel iu Columbia for the accoinmo fatiou of winter sojourners in tbe South With an energetic company to push tbis project it ought certainly to lie successful.—Columbia Corremond- ent News and Courier. Revival Services (W. 0. Potty io Bopiiat Courier.) Mt Elon, Aug. 13 —On the 25tb of Juh we closed a meeting of five days, daring which Bro. John. A Brunson did most acceptable preaching for m. The congrega tions were good and attentive. 1 have baptized five of our Sunday- school scholars as tbe immediate re*ult ot tbe meeting. I have a>sojust closed a meeting at Ltke Swamp. Onr congrega tions were nnusual'y good and very serious Four have been received lor bapli-m, and I think there are other* who will follow. Tiie church is encouraged and very hopeful fc r the future. According to a Lw of Miotoari four tramp*, arreotrd at Maborly. Mo , for va grancy wore put up ot pubtie auction an Monday from the Court Homo otepa. The •ale had bron duly adrertiosd •cording to low, and there wm a la-go crowd present. The bidding was not very spirited Two of lbe tramps went to farmer* for $2 a head, and another was hid in for 76 oonio. The fourth tramp could Bad no purobMOr, and h- was returned to jail. Tbe thro* who wore sold must serve their purahMcro f >r four monibs. Notice. Application will be male lo the General Ass-n Wly of this Stale nl it* neat seodon lo sineiid ihe Cba-ler of The HarUtiile R. K. Co , so as 10 auihoritc ibe extension of the loud. J L COKER, E W. CANNON, C. J. WOODRUFF, J J LAWTON. J. L. COKER. JR DireetoM. Ang 29, ’89 Attention. Bagging Committee. Members of Ibe County B-igging Com- miite* nre requested to attend an impor tant meeting of that Committe. at Darling, ton C. H , Monday, September 2nd LUCAS MelNTOSH, Chairman. I'oveoville, Aug 29, ’*9 Alliance Notice. The Presidents of Sub-Atli ino-s in tha County, are requested lo meet me on Mon day, September 2nd, at Dar'ingion C. H., to confer on a matter of importance LUCAS MelNTOSH, Pro*. F. A, of D. 0. Doreorille, Ang 29, ’89 HUNDRED DOLLAR* PER MONTH mode handling Dr. Talmago’o New Book. Addreso, with stomp, V. A. AUSTIN A CO., Columbia. 8. C. Aug 29. ’89 Farmers, Attention! 1 hare a large supply of Rod Rust Proof Oats for sale. Ha*in/ been raUiny those oat* for fifteen years, 1 guarantee satisfac tion and will fill all orders oont mo. Sam ples may b* had at Tax Daelixotom News o«o*. J. C LAMP LEY, Society Hill, 8. C. Ang. 15, ’89 —7t For Sale, One 6 Horae Engino, one 60-Saw Gin, on* Steam I’roos, one Saw Mill. APP'J to J. B. LAW. Aug. 16, ’89-tf Final Notice. Notice ia hereby givea that I will, oa the 18th day of September next, file my final aoeonnt ■■ Administrator of the Kstato^f W. David Lewis, in lb* ofioo of the Judge of Probate for Darliagton Oontiy, and ap ply for LotUrs dismiooorr G. WALTER LEWIS. Adm’r. Aug 18, ’89—4t th* Goa oral Aaoombly af (hSsuu^Sjltt Carolina, at ho no^M^, for the ineorp* ration of a Milroodeai*. p, “ y •If not and operate a lino of railroad from oomo point in Mariwl tho^Nonh CouBt J' 91 ot “ear the North Carolina line, thronsh iw-. Countieo of Darlington and Sumter, and iheroon to oom, p.i. t „ tb , garonnah River. w. H. LYLES, JAMES WOODROW. W. A. CLARK. W. O. CHILDS, J. 8. MULLER, aad others. August 10, 1889. Finsl Notice. Notice is It-reby given ihu( will, on II e 11th day of Soptomber a-r, fi's my 6‘ial account m Administrator of the E*- ute of Rebecs* Kilgore, ia the offloe of Judge of Probate for Darlington Ceuatj, and apply for Letten diamtaaory. G. M. KILGORE, Adm’r.' Ang. 14, ’89-At NEW ORDMU OFFICE OF THE MAYOR TOWN OF DARLINGTON Darliagton, 8 C.. Aug. 16, 1889. Obdixamci No. 49. Be it further Or- daiued : Secttuu 1. That on and after tbe I6tb day of Augu-1, A. D. f 1889, no bouse storr, lent or any o.ber building of au description whatercr, shall be ereoted constructed or set ap within tli» following '‘-ills to be known m th* Fir* District wit; ’ II All that area surrounding tbe Public 8qua *, in tb* Town of Darlington, etn- braced wukiu the red linee ee a plat of the same made July 15tb, 1889. by Geo. . Earle. C. E , and de scribed M follows -wit: Commencing at a point on the South aide ot Cashua Street and 164 feet from the Public Square and running S 82| # E a distance of 899 feet. Tbeaeea course S 57® W to a point on the west side of Brotdway Street 206 feet from the Public Square, and eroaelng Exchange Street also 206 feet from the Public Square ; thenee 8 69® W to the west aide of Grove Street, crossing Grove Street 219 feet from Pearl* Street ; Ihe.iee8 67 W« distance of 110 feet ; tbenoe N 82* W to a point on lb* north aid* ef P^rl* Street, ero-sinx Pearle Street 76 feet from Meteor Slreot i* d from the Public Square. Then N 0* W 10o feet ; then N 26 £ 244 feet; then N 82* W 807 feet, erowtng Grange Street 81* feat from Mata Street : E ^ * #et ' 0l0, *»i»g Main Street’ 228 feet from Public Square ; then 8 824 £ lo th* beginning ■ — ** but of bnek, stout or i on. an 1 covered with iron, tin, .late, or tiles s and any person or persona who shall erect, con struct, or set up, or ail or assist do cr.o< or eonotrnut, any building ot siruoturv* eonirary l* tbo true intent and meaning of this Ordinance, shall be find in n sum not less then One Dollar, or be imprisoned not lees than Two days, or both in Ik* diseretien ef the Mayor, and shall also re no Vo ••••h building er structure beyond th* limit* of the ani l Fi„ District. Srotiea 2. That no per*** or perrons shall remove, or oaaro t* be removed, er aid or Moist lo remove any bailding of timh-r from its pr-sent location within the said Fir* Diet,iot. er odd to or enlarge any such building or structure under a penalty of Fifty dollar* flue, or imprison ment 30 days, or both in tbe discretion of the Mayor, provided, nothing herein eon- tain-d ebali prevent the removal ,f frame buildings beyond th* limit of the said Fir* Dietriet Provided, further, that reralra to the roofing of bull ling* of timbsr with in the said Fire Dietriet a»o***nry to pro- vent decay or damage to property, may b* mad* by tb* owner or oceapanl non tbe written permit of th* Ceuieil tab* gr.nl- * I only ou written Applies lion fl| v i w j, b the clerk ten days before tb* bearing sat by a unanimous vet* of the Mayor aad Aldermen. SeeUenl That n* bniUing or eirno tar* of brisk, or of any other material, •bMl b« er«eted or set ap wiihia the Unit* of the said Fir* Dietriet, uiltl Us ptaae and speetflealions thereof shall be submit ted to the Connell for tb* period of t-a day*, and its consent thereto in writing be obtained ; and any person or pereoss violating this Seetioa of this Ordinance ■hall be fined in a sum of not Iocs then Fiflj Dollars, or be imprisoned not Its* than 80 daye, or both ia th* diseretien of tbe Mayor. * Section 4. That Ordintnoe 81 and all amendments thereto be aad the tame are hereby repealed. Amendment to Ordinano* No. 8. Be it further ordained. That oa and after this oat*,.any person or persons conducting a mercantile business aud disposing of their goods by auctioneering aome ehall be re quired to pay a lioense of Fifty Dollar* ($60) per day. J. C. W1LLCOK. Attest; Mv0r 8. 8. BURCH Clerk. Ang. 16, ’89—2l iOM TO LEND. Th* National Mutual B. A L. Associa tion of New York, loans money to its mem ber* payable in Bight Year*, at lee* than 7 per cent, interest per ana um. Why pay rent when yea can borrow tbe nton>y to build and pay it back in inetallmcnls t Far farther particular 5 apply to E. O. DOUGLAS, Agent, _ Florence, 8. C. Ang. 22, ’89—2t C. MOONEY, Dealer in ALL STYLES ©F NM CAM AED -A. XjA.RGKB ASSORTNENT OF TEE u? FURNITURE MOW ON TH* American Market. „ Aug. 22, ’89 ly R. N. NIXON 4 CO, T©NS©RIAL ARTISTS. Qdir Cut • 25 cento. Bhave • 15 “ Shauipcoiuj' 25 “ Next door to Bank of D.ulington. Ang 22, ’80-janl