The Darlington news. (Darlington, S.C.) 1875-1909, August 29, 1889, Image 4
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