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• 'Sr’’- 5 'he gar ' HENRY T. THOMPSON, Editor. THURSDAY, NOV. 2*. 1889. Kdltorf&l Ndkm. It Iscstiiuated that Mr. St4Mi<Tgs'r. of Florence, lost $20,(W> by the recent destruction of his store by lire. The insurance was $15,625. Mr. Marquis, late Democratic can didate for Lieutenant Governor of i Ohio, will contest the election of his Republican opponent. On Tuesday of last week the tuf; Fearless was wrecked oIT the coast of Oregon. All on board, about fifteen in number, were drowned. It is rumored that the white Repub* Uoan Tariff’league of Alabama will memorialize Congress to disfranchise the negro. M . John K. McLeod, a much val ued and esi j'med citizen of Oak Grove, Marion County, S. C., died on the 21st instant. On last Friday Stephen L. Pettus, a prominent citizen of New York, was shot down in broad day light on Ful ton St'vet in that city by a woman named Mrs. Hannah Soutliworth. The commission of Dr. Clayton, whore appointment as postmaster at Columhii drew from Senate Hamp ton his remarkable letter 1 ter General Warn"- 1 1 o-;tmas- on Tap- 1 —^ *0r..7iuKer, was signed hay. Gen. John D. Kennedy, who has been Consul at Shanghai, China, for several years, arrived at his home in Camden on Saturday. He was re ceived at his native heath with quite an ovation. Prof. Van Tassel, a balloonist, while making an ascent in a balloon at Hon olulu on the Sandwich Islands on No vember 16, fell from the balloon into the ocean about two miles from the short'. He was seen no more and it Is 3®! William Carpenter and Whitfield T<W«rn Murrell, two white lads of Edgefield Jl,u ' 5tern kOUth County, aged 18 and 20 years respect- trust that the ivply, were found guilty of murder on fitrr ee with Wednesday of last week. It will be a # ree Wlt h . *^*„**.*» iu uuicii v^reoic remembered that these boys, while that,if the new building bo made thence up Black Creek to Muse’s Wo will the point where the Cheraw & Darlington Railroad crosses Carolina.” committee wm tt* » tr,,, ^ . . High Hill Creek, thence down us in the opinion High Hill Creek to Black Creek, Large Line drunk, deliberately mordeml Preton #7 • , I m, , . < V, • t0 T 18 ® . 8 ' Younce, an Inoffensive young white I ^ ric k, it will be to the advant- Bridge, thence following the dl- | SXrSnS J V ne - In ! age of both the Coast Line and rftCtfcnofa RtrmVI>t Una f nnngmg in tlieir verdict the jury rec- •* , , ommended the prisoners to the mercy j Its patrons, for reasons too nu- of the Governor. Thev were sentenced 1 to be hanged on January 3,1890. This is the first instance in which a white person has been convicted of murder in Edgefield County in forty years. [t rection of a straight line from , Muse’s Bridge to Cashua Ferry ', to Back Swamp, thence down merous to mention, but which ! Back Swamp to Herring Creek, short'. He was seen no more and it is ., t,.., ... . i , » , levied witn impunity, and evils supposed that he was eaten by sharks, the Bill will probably be known. might arise from j t wMch would mi. .. t \r i I lie (lOVPmor’R pniof rpncrm * * • Cv;-. r < v ' '■ X-Mx i The city of Lynn, Massachusetts, the largest shoe manufacturing place in this country, was visited by fire on Tuesday. A square mile of the busi ness jjortion of the city was devasta ted and it is estimated that $10,000,000 worth of property was destroyed. The one hundredth anniversary of the adoption of the Federal Constitu tion by North Carolina was celebra ted in Fayetteville last week. There was a large crowd present during the festivities the and attraetions offered visitors were numerous and magnifi cent. In Dayton, Ohio, on Monday the two story prick residence of Scott Hawthorne was blown to atoms by the explosion of natural gas. Two children were killed and Mr. Haw thorne, his wife and father received terrible injuries, which will probably prove fatal. The Survivors of the Tenth South Carolina Regiment, C. 8. A., had a re union last week at Georgetown, S. C. This Regiment was composed of com panies from Marion, Georgetown and Horry Counties. Senator M. C. But ler was the orator at the reunion and the affair was a grand success. The town of Marion, 8. C., lias had six years of prohibition ami the sys tem seems to have been a failure in that town. A mass meeting was re cently held there and a committee of representative citizens was appointed for the purpose of using every effort to have the law obeyed. Henry M. Stanley, the daring Afri can explorer, who was supposed to have been murdered in the wilds of that continent, has been heard from. He arrived at Mpwampa, a town in the eastern part of Africa, on Novem ber 10, having fought the natives through the ’.. hole journey. On Saturday morning D. Burdick, a well known citizen of East Saginaw, Mich., who has been insane for some time, escaped from his attendant and rushed to the railroad station, where he threw himself before a moving en gine. He was instantly killed, the wheels cutting oil his head and one foot. A severe wind and rain storm visit ed Florence and Marion Counties on Thursday last. The barn and stables belonging to W. F. Claussen were completely wrecked. In Marion the whole of the western wall of the cot ton factory was blown down and the new tin roof was completely carried away and landed about two hundred yards from the building. During the past year 7 new cotton factories, with a total capital of $1,- 085,000, have been established in South Carolina. There lias also been an in crease of 16 new banks with a capital of $815,000 and 13 cotton seed oil mills with a total capital of $278,000. The total number of new industries estab lished in the State during the year is 82, the combined capital of the same being $4,131,100. The new State of Montana is still in a polit ical muddle. As predicted there are now two Legislatures. Both the Democrats and the Republicans or ganized separate Houses of Represen tatives on Saturday, while the Demo cratic members of the Senate absent ed themselves and that body was with out a quorum. The Republican Sen ators however, who were present, were sworn into office. Ex-President John R. Byrne, of the Knights of Lal>or, was arrested, at Scottdal®, Pa., on November 20, on a charge i t conspiraev p; eferred by ex- Representative Edward Callaghan. It is probable that Grand Master Workman Powderly and Peter Wise, another prominent menibar of the Order, will also l>c arrested. Calln- ► ghan says that he was boycotted and injured in his business by the Knights of I^abor through ' ‘ these three men. the influence ef GOVERNOR RICHARDSON AND THE f'LEMSON RAREST. It will be remembered that the Bill to establish a separate Agricultural College by utiliz ing the Clemson Bequest failed to become a law owing to the fact that it did not receive the signature of Governor Richard son. The Governor did not refuso to sign the Bill, but it was defeated by his allowing three days after the adjourn ment of the General Assembly to elapse without signhijrjL period w ^ J; iff ^ th^onsti- tution for taking action. The Legislature met again on Tues day last. The Bill can still be come a law if the Governor re turns it to that body signed within two days of its assem bling. Should he fail to do so, it will be dead. By the time that this reaches the eyes of our readers, therefore, the fate of will, we glance. believe, appear at a thence following said Creek to ! i its intersection with* the Great i ... ! Pee Dee River. REMEDIES FOR PROTESTING TAX- 1 ‘We hereby agree for and on : PAYERS. ; account of the County of Flor-> Under the statutes of the ’ 3 aS8 Tf aU - legal ! G . , | . | costs and tbarges belonging to I State as they now stand, when , officials within our said territo-! a tax is levied which the tax- j r y, or claims of any character, i payer believes to be improper, 1 . J . aw or in e q u Ry> arising ; there is hut one course for him ! F.. “»«} : . . . . „ , , subsequent to the first day ot; to pursue; he is ♦•compelled to November, 1888, and waive all ; General merchandise. » pay the tax, under protest, and then institute proceedings ta recover it. The legal opinion on the subject seems to be that the several taxpayers cannot be funds collected, or heretofore in joined as plaintiffs in a common the Treasury of 03x11112^0? that thev —GCUniv:*" — promi- liance. The Sumter Advance staten that it ban found out from a source it consid ers trustworthy that during the recent meeting of the Negro Farmers’ Alli ance in Sumter resolutions were unan imously passed that they were not on ly fighting the merchants, but also the landlords and the white planters; that they would demand 50 cents per acre for chopping cotton, and 65 cents per hundred for cotton picking and would pay $1 per acre for rent. But this re port is indignantly denied by n embers of the colored Alii ___ orge H. Pendleton, a ster- - Democrat, who was Minister to ly daring President Cleveland’s tration died on Sunday at , Belgium, in the 65th year of He served in Congress from manv years and was United for one term. In 1864 is the Democratic ^.►JPresident and he was also the author of the famous “Pendleton Civil Service BilP’ which is the law tliat we now have in regard to civil service. ■hiLiwjM’ The Governor’s chief reason for refusing to approve the meas ure in December last was that litigation was then pending in the United States Court to de termine the validity of Mr. Clem- son’s will That document hav ing been sustained by the Court, and the lapse of a year having revealed the fact that a large proportion of the people of the State favor the passage of the Bill, Governor Richardson might very well append his signature to it without taking any action which would be inconsistent with his previous course in this matter. Still, the amount ap propriated by the Legislature under the Bill being totally in adequate to the organizing of so important an institution, we cannot help. thinking that it would be just as well to afford the Legislature the opportunity of beginning the matter anew, and of appropriating such a sum as will establish the new enter prise on a firm basis. In any event, whatever the conclusion Governor Richardson may reach in regard to the Bill which he now has under consideration, it is probable that we will hear a good deal of the Clemson Be quest and the Agricultural Col lege question at the present ses sion of the General Assembly. DARLINUTOJRSNEVV DEPOT. It has been a long time since we have received such pleasant news as that contained in a let ter from a director of the Che raw and Darlington Railroad, which is published in another column. For some time past, The Darlington News, aided by certain citizens of the town, has striven earnestly to secure a new depot, and at last these efforts are being attended with success. Strange as it may appear at first glance, it is nev ertheless true, that the impres sions of a town which are form ed by a large portion of the trav elling public are gathered from the appearance of its depot, and it is safe to say that, during the last few years, there have been thousands of persons who, in passing by, failed to learn that within less than a mile of our “shackling” old depot, there was one of the most thriving and “go-ahead” towns in South Carolina. More than this, the depot was absolutely inadequate to the wants of a station both ihe freight and passenger traffic of which is so unusually large. Thrice welcome the day when all this is to be changed ! The Atlantic Coast Line, always alive to the needs of its patrons, and ever ready to grant any re quest which may be properly presented to them, are prompt not asking too much in this mat ter. Under the management of the efficient committee who have been given charge of it, com- South, we feel assured that Dar lington is at last to have a de pot which will be a credit to ‘ “the most prosperous town in suit, but that thev „ 7 uiusi oe as many separate suits as there are protesters. The sheer im possibility of such a course be- ‘P u T r8 4 iint order of the Probate i . Judge of Darlington Conhty, I •will mf? pursued successfully is ap- sell, at or near the residence of the parent at a glance. The reme dy provided by the statute seems, at first glance, thorough ly adequate, while in point of fact, it is only imaginary. Un der this condition of things the most unjust taxation could be levied with impunity, and evils be* simply stupendous. Now that this fact is realized by our law makers, it is not expecting too much to indulge the hope that a Bill looking to a remedy of this serious difficulty will be introduced at the present ses sion of the Legislature. TO OUR FRIENDS AND PATRONS. The Darlington News goes out to its readers this week from an elegant power press, the first machine of the kind ever used in Darlington. This new facil ity has been rendered necessary by the rapidly increasing busi ness of The News, the labor of printing the paper on the new press taking only several hours, while nearly two days of every week were consumed in work ing the old one. The power press also enables us to enlarge the size of the paper, which will be done at an early day. We will then print nearly twice as much reading matter in every issue as we have had heretofore. When this change is accomplish ed, we will accede to a request which comes from various sour ces, that we publish serial sto ries, and in accordance with this design, the opening chap ters of “Over the Border,” a charming story by one of the most celebrated English noye- lists now living, will appear in our columns within the next few weeks. This story is sure to please both old and young alike, and all of our readers would do well to watch for the opening chapters. In addition to this, an “Alliance column” has been begun, where will appear in the successive issues of the paper all the proceedings of the various Sub-Alliances in the County, re ported for us by our special cor respondents. We again assure our subscribers that we intend to spare no pains to conduct a paper which will be a source of pleasure to them, and a credit to eastern South Carolina. All we ask of them in return is a continuance of that generous patronage with which they have favored us in the past. The New County Line Established. As Will be seen from the agree ment given below, which has just Been signed officially by the County Commissioners of Florence and Darlington Coun ties, the difficulty about the line has at last been adjusted, and there are none who will not be glad to hear it. We heartily congratulate our Florence friends on having finally settled the very last point which remain ed to annoy them, and we wish the new County a long period of uninterrupted peace and pros perity. A copy of the agree- , waive .... claims whatsoever to funds col lected prior to or since the said first day of November, 1888, by the County of Darlington from licenses, fines, taxes or other Estate Sale. ., . —_ - ment between the two Boards to pcrec.ve that Darlmgton >. (wUich „ , oUoW8) iH I10w ^ n/AT n&irinrr rrtiw.H m ♦V»»o «***» + late S. M. Harrell, on Tuesday, the 10th day of December, 1880, all the person al property’ that belonged to the said Harrell at the time of his death and that contained in the inventory of his estate, consisting of stock, farming im plements, cotton seed, corn, fodder, wagons,"and one six horse engine with 50 saw gin, cotton press and flxtnres, &c. Directly after said sale I will sell at the same place certain personal property belonging to Mrs. S. M. Har rell, consisting of furniture and a pi ano. Sale to commence at 10 o’clock A. M. Terms cash. Engine, gin and press can be seen at at J. C. Clements’ place. N. L. Harukll, Adm’r S. M. Harrell. Nov. 28-2t. Valuable Farm For Sale or Rent. Apply to, DARGAN & THOMPSON, Attorneys at Law’, Darlington, S Nov. 28, ’89 C. For Rent. Two comfortable offices, situated down-stairs, on the Public Square. Apply to ' DARGAN & THOMPSON. Nov. 28, ’89 For Sale. five At a bargain, two mules,, one and the other six vears old. Apply to - J.K. SUMNER, Society Hill, or J. T. SUMNER, DovesviRe, S. C Nov. 28, ’89—It Creditor’s Notice. All persons liaving claims against the Ertate of the kite D. D. Evans, will present them properly proved, and all persons Indebted to said es tate will please make immediate pay ment to LULA D. EVANS, Adm’x. Nov. 28, ’89—3t Land for Sale. Fou? Hundred Acres, more or * less, situate two miles northeast of the Town of Darlington, between the wa ters of Black and Mill Creeks, known as the lands of the late E..B. Brun son, Sr. Address. J. BOYD BRUNSON. Mars Bluff, S. C. Nov. 28, ’89 Great Slaughter . - IN - PRICE OF - WATCHES — FOR A — Few Weeks. English Bull-Eye Watches, $2.50 Long Wind Waterbury Watches, 2.50 Short Wind “ Watches, Double Case Silve^ine Watches, Open Case “ Watches, Open Case Imported Watches, D. C. Silver Waltham Watches, 12.50 D. C. Silver Keystone Watches, 12.50 4.00 6.50 3.75 3.75 3 .A. L Xj AND SEE - AT - MASON’S Jewelry Store. Nov. 28, 1889. Administrator’s Sale. On the 3rd day of December next, at 12 m, on the plantation of Marco & Lewenthal at Mechanicsville, I will sell the personal property, consisting of 1. horse, 1 mule, 1 cow, and lot of farm implements, etc., of estate of Randolph Brockington. Terms of sale cash. Zilphia BnocKurrox. Nov. 21, ’89. Adminstratrix. Creditor's Notice. ing prepared and will be for warded to the Legislature: “Florence, S. C., Nov. 25,1880, , . , - , , , In consideration of the assent posed as it is of two of the most 0 f the Board of County Commis experienced railroad men in the sioners of Darlington County to J th AH ® la, “ 8 ft Rain»t the boundary line of the two till parent themproiierlt _ counties, which IS as follows : [ proved, and all Jicrsons Indebted to ‘That the line commence at sa ' ( l estate will made payment Sanders Bridge on Lynches Riv-, forthwith to. c. ALEXANDER, er, taking an air line direct to 1 n ov . 10i 'g®_ 3t A ‘ lm r ' Ci,hit’s im\ Shirts, FOR SALE BY OOJDS & WOODS. The firm has a complete assortment of Which are made rich and more varied this season than ever X)XfY O-OOI^S A.TSTX) SHOES, in endless va iety Men's, An unusually large assortment of youths', and ffoys' Clothing. in the very latest styles.' AN BNORMOUS STOCK OF GROCERIES. Call and inspect the Ocaarpot XDopctrtxnoxxt, of which the firm will make a specialty in the future. OLTJETT’S XX - XETST OOEX.-A.XIS, >9 — -A. — SI X* E3 C A. I September 12, 1889. Victory for “Rock Bottom ,, Prices! They Win The Day at Last. It is an Established Fact that the THE RACKET HAS THE IEAD! and our goods and prices have no competition. MILLIHERY DEPARTMENT Is in Full Bloom ! New York office 466 and 468. Jo Jo SHEPABBo October 29, 1880. CLERK'S SALES. THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OK DAnLINOTON. In Common Pleas. JOHN MoSWEEN, vs. JAMES WRIGHT. Judgment for Foreclosure. Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclo sure made In the above stated case, I will offer for sale in front of the Court Honse in Darlington County, State aforesaid, on the first Monday in jlecember next, the following described real estate: All that tract of land situate in Dar lington County, State of South Caro lina, containing one hundred and twelve acres, more or less, and bound ed north by lands of Jack Mims; east by lands of J. C. Atkinson; south by lands of James Carter, and west by lands of S. Lane. Terms of sale cash—purchaser to pay for all necessary papers. W. A. PARROTT, c. c. r. Nov. 11, ’89. THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF DARLINGTON. In Cpmmon Pleas. J. F. HAM, vs. C. E. WILSON, et. al. Partition. Pursuant to an Order of sale made in the above stated case, I will offer for sale in front of the Court House in Darlington County, State afore said, on the first Monday in Decem ber next, the following described real estate: All that tract of land on the south west side of Sparrow Swamp and bounded north by lands of R. K. Charles; east by lands of the estate of Redin Fields; south by lands known as the Hodge land, and on the west by lands of Henry L. Wilson, and containing one hundred and twelve acres, more or less. Terms of sale cash—purchaser to pay for all necessary papers. W. A. PARROTT, c. c. p. Nov. 11. ’89 THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OK DARLINGTON. • In Common Pleas. PENELOPE BEASLEY, et. al. vs. TAMOZINE GATLIN, et. al. Partition. Pursuant to an Order of Court made in the above stated case, I will offer for sale in front of the Court House of Darlington County, State afore said, on the first Monday in Decem ber next, the following [described real estate : All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land situate, lying and being ip the County and State aforesaid, contain ing eighty-six acres, more or less, and bounded as follows, to-wit: On the north by lands of estate of Jacob Smith; east by lands of Gilbert Beas ley; south by lands of T. C. Skinner, and west by lands of Mozlngo. Terms ot sale cash—purchaser to pay for all necessary papers. W. A. PARROTT, c. C. P. Nov. 11, ’89. THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF DARLINGTON. In Common Pleas. JOHN McSWEEN, vs. GUY CHANDLER. Judgment for Foreclosure. Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclo sure made in the above stated case, I will offer for sale in front of the Court House in Darlington County, State aforesaid, on the first Monday in December next, the following de scribed real estate: All that tract of land situate in Dar lington County, State of South Caro lina, containing fifty acres, more or less, and bounded on the north by Little Fork ; on the east by lands of Ezekiel Baker; on the south by lands of Serena Truett; on the west by lauds of J. C. Atkinson. Terms of sale Cash—purchaser to pay for all necessary papers. W. A. PARROTT, c. c. P. ■Nov. 11, ’89 Night School. The undersigned will, on the 11th inst., open a night school for young men on Monday, Wednesday and Fri day of each week, from 7 to 9 o’clock P. M. Terms 75 cents per month, in advance. For further particulars apply to THEO. B. GORDON, FRANK E. COBB. Nov. 7, ,89—6t THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINT COUNTY OF DARLINGTON. By T. H. Spain, Esq., Probate Jndge Whereas, W. A. Parrott, Clerk of Court, hath made suit to me, to grant unto him Letters of Administration of the Estate of and effects ^of Jerry Devine. These are therefore to cite and ad monish all and singular the kindred and Creditors of the said Jerry De- vine, deceased, that they be and ap- C ar, before me, in the Court of Pro- te, to be held at Darlington C. H., on November 28, next, after publica tion hereof, at 11 o'clock in the fore noon, to shew cause, if any they have why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand, this 14th day of Oct., Anno Domini, 1889. T. H. SPAIN, Judge of Probate. Oct. 17, ’89—8t SELLIHG OUT COST! A. NACHMAN, Who will positively retire from business on January 1,1890, de sires, in the meantime, to sell out at strictly cost prices for cash, his entire stock of DRY GOODS, CLOTRING, SHOES, x HATS, &c. GIVI} HIM A CALL The store, one of the most de sirable stands in town, will be for rent on January 1, 1890. October 29, ’80—2m.