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HENRY T. THOMPSON, Editor.
THURSDAY, JAN. 9, 1890.
EditoriAl .NoKm.
Florida has a new crop of watermel
on* ready for the market.
Nearly $17,000 has been subecribcd
to the Grady monument fund.
Leonard Owens has been appointed
Poetmaster at Marion.
Becent experiments go far to prove
that executions by
stantaneous.
electricity are in-
Congressman
Mount Cam
Scott's colliery at
Carmel, Pa., has susi>ended
operations and one thousand miners
have been thrown out of employment.
The movement among the white Re
publicans of Alabama to organize a
white Republican party in that State
has proven a dismal failure.
Phosphate has been discovered in
Florida and is giving the favored lo
calities quite a boom and real estate
in the neighborhood has increased
greatly.
A snow slide occurred at SierreCity,
California, on December 81, by which
six women and a boy were killed. Two
other people may die. Several houses
and Catholic Churches were destroyed.
In the far West there was an unpre
cedented fall of snow during the past
week. At some points the snow was
sixteen feet deep and the thermome
ter fell 38 degrees below zero.
The colored people held a State Ag
ricultural and Mechanical Fair in Co
lumbia last week. The exhibits wefe
numerous and fine, but the attend
ance was not as good as it should have
been.
While ten thousand persons were
in a building at Villa Lerdo, Mexico,
recently, witnessing a bull tight, the
stracture fell and over a hunared per
sons were wounded, but fortunately
none were killed.
Everything is now quiet at Barn
well, though on Wednesday night of
last week fears of the town being
burned caused it to be well guarded.
Troops were also held in readiness
should their services be needed.
The blizzards have struck Kansas
and already the people of some por
tions of that State are suffering in
tensely from exposure and hunger.
Appeals have been made for the relief
of the stricken country.
Four loggers were burned to death
at Beebe's Caunj, on the Tennessee
River, seventy-five miles from Padu
cah, Kentucky, on the night of Janu
ary 3, by their cabin taking tire. It is
‘ that they were all intoxica-
su^ posed
The royal palace at Lakaen, Hel
ium, the magnificent summer resi-
ence of the king of that country, was
destroyed by fire on New Year’s day.
The princess' governess was suffocated
while attempting to save some valua
bles.
The department commander of the
Grand Army of the Republic, foi the
States of Louisiana and Mississippi,
lias decided that the colored veterans
in those States must organize posts of
their own and must not be admitted
into the white posts.
Gen. C. J. Stolbrand, an ex-carpet
bagger, who was Congressman from
the Columbia District during negro
regime, has been appointed Ouperin-
tendent of Public Buildings in
Charleston, vice Mr. John H. Dever
enx, an efficient Democrat, removed.
While four l>oys, between six and
eight years old, were playing under
the edge of a sand bank, in Jackson,
Tenn., on December 80, the bank
caved in, burying them under about
ten feet of sand. They were dead
when found.
Republicans claiming to lie the Leg
islature of Montana have elected two
United States Senators. The Demo
cratic Legislature will elect Senators
in a few days and we will then be pre
sented with the unusual spectacle of
two sets of Senators claiming seats in
the Senate from the same State.
Mr. Horatio Allen, who died at his
home in South Orange, N. J., on Jan
uary 1st, was the first engineer to run
a locomotive in the United States.
The run was made on the railway of
the Delaware and Hudson Cana) Com
pany in 1830. Mr. Allen, many years
ago, was connected with the South
Carolina Railroad.
A terrible tragedy took place
Mitchell County, North Carolina, re
cently. On Christinas day three men
were killed in a drunken row. A few
days afterward Monroe Garland, a
brother of one of the murdered men,
rode up to a crowd near the scene of
the row and fired into it. killing three
and wounding twelve.
Port Royal’s prospects for a bright
future seem to ebb and flow. She now
raoeives a stunning blow In that the
Mallory line of steamers that run be
tween New York and Texas, and the
only line of steamers that stopped at
Port Royal, will in the future paas that
port by. This will seriously cripple
the town.
There seems to be a growing incli
nation throughout the South to substi
tute bagging made from okra fibre
for the iute. It is said to be far suj>e-
rior to jute in every respect and xdr.
W. B. Ludlow, of Columbia, who has
had much experience with textiles,
says that bagging can be manufac
tured from it at a cost not greater
than about a cent a iwund.
In the Superior Court at Wiliuing-
tm, Del., on January 3, the jurv in
the ease of Elizabeth B. McComb vs.
the Southern Railroad Coiujmuiv
brought a verdict for $3,304,100 dam
ages for Mrs. McComb. The late hus
band of this lady had held stock in a
railroad company which had been ab
sorbed by another. The stock and in
terest was valued at the amount
named above.
The Alabama delegates to the re-1 of Mr. Davis’ eventful career as were befitting Ike occasion.
*han.he, who was hi, devoted,There w M such auunu^l ar-
Of the order ill th,* Slate ^.urln, helpmate and constant com-' of beamy to prestde at this
them that nothing in the resolutions . . feast that persons unOCCUStOm-
adopted there is intended to influence panion m times of prosperity, ,n ed to such scenes were in their
their action as to party. They urge hours of deepest adversity and I admiration rendered well nigh
the Democratic members to stand by . ,, r . ... ‘* ,v “““**”* ^ * ., 6 j
their party and state that none of the m the golden moments of his speechless, none however failed
delegates voted or endorsed that ripe old age, until he finally to compliment, either by word
passed away the idol of his
country. For all generations
the people of the Southland will
thus have a true and accurate
plant
. by which it was agreed that no
man should be supported for office
“who could not be depended on to en
act those principles into statute law
uninfluenced by party caucus-'' This
caucus plank had become a leading
issue in Alabama national politics.
wild to Ai.h, malice to
.NONE."
In response to a letter sent by
prominent colored men of Char
leston to representative citizens
of their race throughout the
State, a conference was held in
Columbia on Thursday last to
consider matters relative to a
better protection of the colored
men from lynching and other
unlawful practices. The entire
proceedings of the conference
were exceedingly conservative
and well modulated iu tone. A
committee waited on the Gov
ernor to re-affirm the colored
man’s willingness and inten
tion to assist him in the execu
tion of the laws, and the
Governor in return assured the
committee that he would do all
in his power to have the laws of
the State duly obeyed and re
spected.
Such proceedings as these are
generally empty in form and
barren of beneficial results, but
wo sincerely trust that the case
cited will have a wholesome ef
fect. It is high time that the
representative men of both races
should meet this matter square
ly. It is plain that two distinct
races occupying the same coun
try cannot equally prosper;
one will advance at the expense
of the other, and hence the con
tinual conflict. But the negro
is here and we will have to ac
cept the inevitable. Time may
show us a plan whereby we’
may rid ourselves peaceably of
the incubus, but until we do
find the key to the problem, we
should make the best of the
conditions as they are.
Let us look at the matter in a
humanitarian view and abolish
all prejudice ami partisanship.
We feel sure that, should our
people reflect for a moment, they
would realize that it is best for
both races and for the country
that we abide the time for a
peaceful settlement. Let jus
tice and reason reign supreme
in consideration of the question
and there will undoubtedly be
found a happy end.
The execution of the law is
our safeguard, and we should
assist the Governor in his praise
worthy efforts to make the law
serve its purpose.
'i’llK WIDENING OF TEAliLB
STREET.
This matter has long been a
theme for discussion among the
the business men of, Darlington
and well it might, for it is one of
paramount importance, and the
advantages that would be deriv
ed from the widening of this
street are so apparent that it is
not necessary to enumerate
them. One may see at a glance
that this is an improvement that
should be made, and made im
mediately. And there is no
doubt that, through the earnest
co-operation of the municipal
authorities, the people in gen
eral, and more especially the
property owners on that street,
the work may be accomplished.
Pearle Street is the most impor
tant business thoroughfare of
the town and probably one of
the narrowest. For one to at
tempt to drive on this street on
any day would suffice to show
the force of these remarks and
no further argument would be
necessary and for oftimes the
street is well nigh impassible ;
and this is no exaggeration.
Furthermore, whatever im
proves the street improves the
property thereon, and in the en
hancement of the value of the
property will he found the
the owners
account of their chieftain’s pub
lic and private life and there
will be no need to resort to
the partisan pen and the hostile
press for such a study.
Our children may read of him
and form their ideas of his char
acter, as their fore-fathers, who
loved him, would have them do.
Mrs. Davis’ work will be a rich
heritage to the children of the
South.
THE PLAGUE.
The Russian influenza, other
wise knowm as “the grip,” has
overreached its accustomed
hannts in the old country and is
seeking victims on this side of
the water. Every Northern city
is infested with the plague and
in many places business is sus
pended, or seriously retarded by
the grim work of the disease.
Thousands upon thousands of
people have the grip and hun
dreds are dying from it. Nor
does the fatality diminish, hut
with unceasing tread the plague
advances, carrying before it the
unfortunate victims. In Eu
rope, too, the influenza is doing
its deadly work and there the
mortality is even greater than
in this country.
As yet, however, the Sunny
South, the land favored by the
smiles of Heaven blessing it
with the most glorious climate
in the world, has escaped the
ruthless hand of the plague*
We may feel its presence but it
holds us not with the cold hand
of death. And we trust that we
will be spared its advent and
that other countries may rejoice
in its departure at a very early
day.
lutormation as to Listing Property.
Editor Darlington Neivs :
In reply to several letters ad
dressed to the Comptroller Gen
eral from Auditors of the State
as to whether this fiscal is the
ear in which real estate is to
e listed, and as to form of
blanks sent out, in a circular,
dated December 30th, 1889, just
received, the Comptroller Gen
eral answers : “I desire to say
that the General Assembly, at
its recent session, has made the
necessary appropriation to de
fray the expenses of the State
Board of Equalization and you
will, therefore, list the real es
tate of your County. The form
sent you does not provide as
heretofore for the division of
real estate, outside of towns and
cities, into arable and wood
lands. The law does not require
this division, but requires each
lot or tract of land to be valued
at its market value as a whole.
In listing both real and personal
property, you will require each
individual to return each piece
of property at its true market
value and sw’ear to his return.”
This office will not be open on
the days advertised for C<
precincts, viz: from January
28th to February 14th inclusive.
As is the custom many put off
making their returns until the
last days, especially those near
the Court House. All taxpayers
will please observe my appoint
ments for County precincts cov
er most of these last days when
the office will be closed.
All parties living in portions
of Timmonsville, Cartersville,
or Ebenezer Townships that are
thrown into Darlington County
by the agreed upon County line
between this and Florence Coun
ty, will make their returns as
being in township nearest ad
joining and most convenient.
W. H. Lawrence.
i
or action, the supper which was
pronounced complete in every
respect. This entertainment,
the proceeds of which are to be
applied to church work, was
! ;otten up mainly, as we are in-
ormed, by those indefatigable
Christian workers, Mr. Boyd
Witherspoon, Superintendent of
the Sunday-school, and Mrs. W.
O. Petty.
On the preceding Sabbath the
inquiry, “What is your life?”
was so presented by the pastor of
the Baptist Church as to cause
every thoughtful person to re
flect on that life not only in
itself, but also as to its influence
upon others. When observing
the manifestations of life among
the young people in this grow
ing community, one interested
in their welfare, can but reprice
to know that the moulding of
this life is largely in the hands
of those who would implant
evefy Christian virtue and noble
impulse.
Christmas day in the vicinity
of Oats and Wesley Chapel waa
observed with more of quiet,
but perhaps not less real enjoy
ment than in former years. Bus
iness of every kind was sus
pended and dinings, followed
by social intercourse among the
citizens collected in small
groups constituted the order of
tho day.
On the last Sabbath in 1889 a
large congregation assembled
at the new Methodist Church,
near Andrews’ mill, and listened
attentively to an able and time
ly discourse by the Rev. J. W.
Murray.
A few moments spent in the
Town of Darlington brought to
view the inauguration of new
enterprises, the erection of nu
merous handsome buildings, in
creased activity in business eir-
clesjin a word that state of affairs
which in modern phraseology is
termed “a regular boom.”
To-day, the first of the new
year, tne farmers are in the
fields, cotton stalks are flying
in every direction, plows are
running, ditch es are being open
ed and the various kinds of work
preparatory for another crop
have commenced. A happy and
prosperous new yedr to Darling-
County 1
ton
Me.
A Card of Thank*.
We desire to express our heart
felt thanks for the kind atten
tion and sympathies rendered
us by our kind friends of Socie
ty Hill and its vicinity, during
the illness of our dear one.
Jno. S. McCall.
Society Hill, Jan. 6, ’90.
A Visit to Darlington County.
Editor Darlington News:
After an absence of nearly
two years the writer has had
the pleasure of spending the
Christmas holidays among the
good people of middle Darling
ton. Those who are familiar
with the social life of this sec
tion can appreciate what this
means. On the afternoon and
re- evening of December 23rd, an
f or entertainment, unique in char
acter and successful beyond the
The Greenville County Fa mens’
Alliance on Januarv Jnl appointed a
eommittee to submit plans for the es-
tabUshment of a co-operative cotton numeration of
concessions they may make
store for the County Alliance in that un( * ou Dtedly be ample repay- auspices of the Mt. Elon Sunday-
eit /' k dso eensid- ment. school. The afternoon was giv-
warehouse rS’S v" y buUd,n « a! Now is the time to act; to de-' eu exclusively to the children,
lav would Ka who were supplied with checks
. Reports of a fire, horrible in its of- ! 1 { w °ul(l be death to the Qf ^ va ]u e which to
{X™ vifr n t d h 0 e n K 0n . the i 8Cheme - If we wait until ; purchase According to their own
tion o#a pauper «-hw! located k» tVt ‘ man - v more brick houses are j tastes, from the vast storehouse
* city, took fire while the inmates were i Erected upon the street it will
were^n the upper stories, vrere%ufro°, b® impossible to widen it. Can
cated before they could be rescued. 1 not the matter be worked up
The ages of the boys were from 71,<> 121 invmAdintnW
i years. The others narrowly ebeaped! ^mediately.
' death. The scene after the fire is de- * ~~~ ,~*^.**V
TH K LI VJ& ur.1 ft* 1 PERSON
Ibed as most harrowing.
Jefferson Davis’ last work iu »be t.
Theev
ble defence of his people appears
the January number of the Belford
Magazine. He shows by irrefutable
facts and arguments that the suffer
ing of Confederate prisoners in North
ern prisons was much greater than
that of the Federal prisoners held by
Abaam ASM! a ‘
DAVIS.
u That Mr*. Jefferson Davis pur
! posea Completing the autobi- p^dly u
ished when the old he
of fruits, candies, toys. See.,
spread before them. The wis
dom of this plan was reflected
in the merry countenances of
numberless children, beaming
* with delight in their purchases
land games.
A Baby Soldier Boy.
[News and Courier.]
Mr. Charles E. Scharloock,
who is engaged in the drug bu
siness at the corner of East Bay
and Calhoun streets, was proba
bly the youngest soldier in the
Confederate service. He enter
ed the army as a drummer boy
when only in his 11th year, and
served until near the close of
the war, when he was sent home
from the fields of Yirgina on ac
count of his extreme illness.
Mr. Scharloock was born in
Moultrievilleon the 20th of June,
1850, and he beat the long-roll
for the soldiers on Sullivan’s Is
land the morning the Star of the
West crossed the Charleston
Bar. Young Scharloock as a
member of the drum corps did
ounty" service in the litter corps, and
displayed bravery and fortitude
rarely ever to be found in one so
young. As a true Southerner,
even while confined to his bed
with a desperate case of typhoid
fever, he was willing, nay, anx
ious, to assist in the rescue of
Charleston.
A Reporter for the News and
Courier called on Mr. Schar
loock for an account of his ser
vices in the Confederate service,
which he reluctantly gave, say
ing he cared for no notoriety.
Mr. Scharloock said that by
the request of Capt. Warlev, of
the Darlington Guards, his fath
er consented to let him beat the
drum for Capt. Warley’s com
mand, which was stationed on
Sullivan’s Island, near the Hu
ger house. When the Darling
ton Guards were ordered away
they wished young Scharloock
to accompany them, but to this
his father would not consent.
He then joined Capt. DeTreville’s
company in the 1st 8. C. V.
Soon after the bombardment of
Fort Sumter young Scharloock
was, with his command, order
ed to Edisto. The company re
mained at Eding’s Bay until
after the fall of Hilton’s Head,
when the command was station
ed at Fort Moultrie. While at
Church Flats his time expired
and young Scharloock returned
to his familv, which during his
absence had become fatherless.
Soon after his return to Sulli
van’s Island he was engaged by
Col. Wm. Butler to instruct a
drum corps. In 1862 he went to
Virginia, where he remained
for only a short time, his moth
er refusing to allow one of so
; broui
ght together a
hose general-
articles were scarce iu the , Mrs. Davis ‘
is a lady of
vetting
nlKhcr of t
’ young persons, among
ere some of doubtful
e, and others who made no
claim to youthfulness, all, how
ever, without reference to age
’lor condition, to he decorated
.to
eraoy and while the South had i • u ^ ’ maj iy with handsome bouquets, to par-
fer more prisoners than the i acconl P^ 8 hments and no one is i take of a hot supper and partici-
better suited to write the history I pate in such social enjoyments
An Interesting Caso
[Columbia Cor. News and Courier.]
The Governor has pardoned
Raymond Wilson, colored, of
Clarendon County, who was
convicted in June, 1873, at the
Darlington Court, of grand lar
ceny, and sentenced to three
years imprisonment in the Pen
itentiary. It was in the era of
misrule and good stealing, and
Wilson was detailed from the
Penitentiary to do work at the
residence of a person who has
since himself become an inmate
of penitentiaries—Gov. Franklin
J. Moses, Jr. Possibly object
ing to Governor Moses’s society,
the prisoner, in the September
following his conviction, left
his service and went to Claren
don County, where he has since
been an exemplary citizen, and
for the last twelve years an em
ployee of Mr. M. Levi, at Man
ning. He was well thought of
by the citizens, and nobody ex
pected that he was an escaped
convict. But a few days ago he
was recognized at Manning by a
gentleman from Darlington, who
communicated with the Peniten
tiary authorities. To-day, Corpl.
Benbow, of the Penitentiary
guard, brought him from Man
ning to the institution to serve
the remainder of his term. On
the same train came Mr. Levi
with Sheriff Lesesne, of Claren
don, who took to the Governor
a very strong petition for Wil
son’s pardon, and it was granted
as stated.
Oar New Railroad.
[Cheraw Reporter.]
Mr. Rollins, the gentleman
employed to arrange the right
of way for the new road from
Sumter to Cheraw, arrived in
Cheraw last Sunday. Mr. Rol
lins says the right of way be
tween the two places has been
signed by the people through
whose land the road will run
and, if satisfactory arrang
ments can be made to enter Che
raw, work will begin at once on
the road. When work does be
gin it will be pushed right ahead
and the road completed in less
than a year. This road will be
a great benefit to Cheraw put
ting us on the shortest route from
the North to the South and there
is a probability that the shops
will he located here.
Cheraw has not much money,
neither has she a very good back
country, but she has geograph
ical position and that '
loock, after the gard to the legal rate of interest:
Battery Wagner, An Act to amend an Act entitled
wnh the Carrying “An Act to amend Section
1,288 of the General Statutes,
regulating the rate of interest
upon any contract arising in
this State for the hiring, lend
ing or use of money or other
commodity,” approved Decem
ber 21,1882.
Section 1. That Section 1 of an
Act entitled “An Act to amend
Section 1,288 of the General
Statutes, regulating the rate of
interest upon any contract aris
ing in this State for the hiring,
lending or use of money or other
commodity,” approved Decem
ber 21, 1882, be, and the same is
hereby, amended by striking out
the word “ten” wherever it ap
pears in said section and insert
ing in lieu thereof the word
“eight,” so that said section,
when amended, shall read as
follows: “Section 1. That Sec
tion 1,28S of the General Stat
utes be, and the same is hereby,
amended by inserting after the
word commodity, on the third
line of said section, the follow
ing words, to-wit: “Exceptupon
written contracts, wherain, by
express agreement, a rate of in
terest not exceeding eight per
cent may be charged.” So that
said section, when thus amend
ed, shall read as follows: “No
greater rate of interest than sev
en per centum per annum shall
be charged, taken, agreed upon
or allowed upon any contract
arising in this State for the hir
ing, lending or use of money or
other commodity, except upon
written contracts wherein, by
express agreement, a rate of in
terest not exceeding eight per
cent may be charged. No per
son or corporation lending or ad
vancing money or other com
modity upon a greater rate of
interest shall be allowed to re
cover in any Court of this State
any portion of the interest so
unlawfully charged; and the
principal sum, amount or value
so lent or advanced, without any
interest, shall be deemed and ta
ken by the Courts of this State
to be the true legal debt or meas
ure of damages to all intents and
purposes whatsoever, to be re
covered without costs.’ ” Pro
vided that the provisions of this
Act shall not apply to contracts
or agreements entered into, or
discounts or arrangements made
prior to the first of March, 1890.
Below is given the Act amend
ing an Act relative to tare on cot
ton, which was passed at the re
cent session of the Legislature :
An Act to amend Section 1,195
of the General Statutes, rela
ting to tare on bales of cotton.
Section 1. That Section 1,195
of the General Statutes, relating
to tare on bales of cotton, be,
and the same hereby is, amend
ed by striking out the whole of
said section and inserting the
following in lieu thereof, so that
said section, as amended, shall
read as follows:
Section 1,195. The custom of
making a deduction from the ac
tual weight of bales of unmanu
factured cotton, as an allowance
for breakage or draft thereon, is
abolished; and all contracts
made in relation to such cotton
shall be deemed and taken as
referring to the true and actual
weight thereof without deduc
tion ; and no tare shall be de
ducted from the weight of such
bales of cotton except the actual
weight of the bagging and ties
used in baling said cotton.
Section 2. That this Act shall
take effect from and after the
1st day of September, 1890.
Section 3. That all Acts or
parts of Acts in conflict, or in
consistent with, the provisions
of this Act be, and the same are
hereby, repealed. And when
ever it shall be agreed between
the buyer and seller ta deduct
tare on cotton bales it shall be as
follows: For bales of cotton
covered with seven yards of
standard cotton bagging and six
iron ties the actual tare shall be,
and is hereby, fixed at sixteen
pounds, and for bales of cotton
covered with seven yards of
ling young
stoqiing o:
wastrusWd with the Carrying
•f numerous letters to the
friends and relatives of those
engaged in the fight. Scharloock
was in Fort Sumter when the
great night assault was made
on it. After this incident the
“Brick-bat Battalion,” as his
command was called, was sent
to James Island, and while there
became a part of the 27th South
Carolina regiment. While sta
tioned at Legare’s Point, .the
Regiment was reviewed by the
late President Jefferson Davis.
Young Scharloock played in the
band which greeted President
Davis, and the remark was made
by the late President that the
drum of Scarloock was almost
as large as its player.
In March, 1864, young Schar
loock accompanied his command
to Virginia, under Col. Gaillard.
The regiment immediately enter
ed into active servica and left
Petersburg for Walthall Junc
tion, where, soon after young
Scharloock beat the assembly,
and the bloody fight at Walthall
commenced. During this fight
Scharloock was detailed to save
the instruments; he found it
necessary to remove them under
a large chestnut tree, which
made it necessary for him to
cross an open field four times.
He was under constant fire, but
escaped, as did his instruments,
unhurt.
From Walthall the regiment
was sent to Drury’s Bluff, where
Scharloock acted as cook for the
surgeons. While preparing a
breakfast for Dr. Pressley and
the other surgeons a piece of a
shell fell into his frying-pan and
buried the pan, pancake and all.
At Drury’s Bluff, while out for-
a gj n f?> young Scharloock had
quite a pathetic experience with
two dying Union soldiers. He
gave them water, called the at
tention of his officers to the men
and did all that was possible for
their comfort.
From constant exposure and
hardships the lad gave way and
fell ill. He was sent to the hos
pital, recovered, returned to his
duty, but fell seriously ill again.
The physicians sent the young
drummer boy home in South
Carolina, where he would re
ceive the attention of loving
hands. Scharloock was at home
at the time of the surrender of
the surrender of Charleston.
Although he had but partially
recovered from an attack of ty
phoid fever, he would have re
turned to his command had not
his mother prevented him. Dur
ing the burning of Charleston
young Scharloock assisted the
Charleston engine companies in
their battle against the raging
flames. At the close of the war
Scharloock was but 14 years
and 10 months old.
Haydn, w!
scribing nis
and Lora.
whose pious habit of in-
>mg iris scores with bits of rev
erent Latin, will go down to pos
terity. and who. it this failed
would always be held sacred
for his oratorio, ‘ The Creation"—even
he fell in love with Mile. Boselli, de
spite his wife and his piety. He had
her portrait painted, and satisfied all
her little whims and fancies, which,
like those of all prime donne, were
not, of course, inexpensive ones. Good
old, but inconstant Haydn 1 It is to be
he stopped here, though, from
hoped
quite i
Hypnotic Suggestion
M. Liegeois, profess
Nancy, has made a S]
hypnotic suggestion in
cml and criminal law
lished bis results in a i
He has made a large
periments to establish
of suggesting crimes, ’
ject of such suggestion
while ignorant of tin
that guides their hand
ing was one of his exp<
ing himself with a rev
subject at random fr
Ite a famous compliment which he : five or six somnambul
j w* Tfeim a. 'x a_ Vf T .ixkVvniili’a TV* nctT’
tender an age to be away from thla g, we are happy to say, that
home. Even while at home he j can n °t be taken away from her
had to go into service and he i There seems to be little doubt
joined the Union Light Infan- «ow that we will get a first rate
try, under Capt. Samuel Lord, ro &d oxid one for which we have
and upon the organization of the longed for many years. Who
band was tranferred to it, and j knows but what Cheraw will be
m the band of the Union Light a great R. R. centre. Our town,
Infantry this youth served until I believe, has a bright future
^ , e n( ^ of the war. before her, and you may mark
When in his 12th year he wit- it the time is not far distant.
nessed the tembld assault on
Battery Wagner. He was de-' Interesting Legislation,
tailed to the litter corps, where The following is the full text
he assisted is caring for the | of the Act passed at the recent
wounded. Though a mere strip-1session of the Legislature in re
standard jute bagging and six
iron ties the actual tare shall be,
and is hereby, fixed at twenty-
four pounds; and when buyer
and seller agree to sell at net
weight, and when bales of cot
ton are covered with seven yards
of standard cotton bagging and
six iron ties the actual tare shall
be, and is hereby, fixed at six
teen pounds, and when bales of
cotton are covered with seven
yards of standard jute bagging
and six iron ties the actual tare
shall be, and is hereby, fixed at
twenty-four pounds.
An American Woman.
A Boston lady, knowing that the
translation of Dante had just then ap
peared, and having heard tliat the aged
monarch (the king of Saxony) was
proud of his literary ability, had a
good opportunity of alluding to his
chef d oeuvre, which she immediately
seized. The king addressed her in
turn, 8aving : “You are from Ameri
ca, I believe. I think I have seen you
m the Grosse Garten. Why have
you not been presented before f M “I
am from America, sire," she replied,
“where we have no kings. I have
waited for the proper time to be intro
duced to your majesty; and now may
I be permitted, as an American, to say
that I feel it less an honor to be pre
sented to the king of Saxony than to
'Philistmtes,' the translator of Dante,
whom I trust I may be allowed tocon
grutulate on the successful achieve
meat of the work." The king hod
published the translation under the
above sobriquet He was much pleas
ed with the compliment thus bestowed,
laughed with delight and said the lady
been prompt in examining the
new publication. -Boston Poet
A Twla to ItMly’a Motor.
An Englishman claims to liave in
vented a combination locomotive bicy
cle arrangement, by which ho wlli
move four cars, each carrying eighty
persons, at the rate of one hunared
nules an hour. This will probably
come into the market simultaneously
with Keoly’s motor.—Scranton Truth.
msm
Mrs. Billington, it is to be feared
possessed the Knack of ingratiating
himself into the favor of the fair sex
generally. Reynolds had painted the
songstress as Oocilia listening to celes
tial music. “Yes,” said Haydn, upon
being asked for his opinion, “it is in
a beautiful picture—just like her;
-what a YniataW “Where?” in-
but—what aYoistake.” f ‘Where?’'in
quired the painter. “Why, you have
painted her listening to the angels,
when you ought to Have represented
the angels listening to her."
By way of extenuation for Haydn,
it must be admitted that all tlie master
musicians have been frail in the mat
ter of love and beauty. Beethoven’s
love letters constitute quite a study in
passionate endurance, and are much
more creditable to him than the storv
of his erasing the young English
musician Bridgetowere name from the
dedication of the famous sonata in A,
and substituting that of Kreutzer, a
man he had never seen, because he
had had some quarrel with Bridge-
tower about a girl—a version of the
story, by the way, which is not Bee
thoven’s. Chopin, we know, pined
away for George Sand; Dussek was
earned off by a Polish princess; Stua-
della lost his life through becoming
enamored of Hortensia, a strikingly
beautiful Roman lady; Marcello be
came the victim of a hopeless passion
for Leonora Manfrotti; Mark Smeaton,
an English musician of the Sixteenth
century, paid the block penalty on
Tower nill for on indiscreet lingering
after Anne Boleyn; Bellini expired of
a broken heart for a sweetheart whose
father would not let her have him:
Leonardo da Vinci died at the Band of
his mistress; and there ore endless
other instances not less tragic—others
happier in every way—arising out of
this apparently inseparable union of
love and music.—Gentleman’s Maga
zine.
When Benedick Got Married.
Benedick, a well known man about
town, having resolved to marry,
thought it wise to draw a line between
the life ho had led and the now life
which opened before him. To this
end he had invited some two dozen
cronies to a farewell dinner at on up
town restaurant, at which every one
enjoyed the wines and viands, and
the feast was prolonged to a late hour.
Finally the host arose and spoke these
words:
Ountlemen, tho moment has come to deliver the
Little speech that I have prepared for this occa
sion. You were Invited to meet me here for the
;iurpoeo of closing on interesting chapter of my
life I thank you for your company and I have
passed * delightful evening. Be good enough now
to give me your serious attention. My idea being
to turn over a new leaf, and not to lire ns a mar
ried man the kind of life I lived as on unmarried
one, r have to announce to you that from this mo
ment the Benedick whom you have known is dead
—dead and buried. I no longer shall circle in your
orbit nor you in mine. Permit mo, however, to
leave to each one of you a little souvenir and to
wish that each one of you may, aa speedily as
possible, follow my exampto. My servant will
now read you my lost will and testament Fare
well.
So saying Benedick disappeared; the
servant remaining read tho will os an
nounced. By this document each one
received some portion of the goods of
the defunct bachelor. To one he left
his card table, to another his side
board, to a third his collection of pho
tographs. A postscript announced
that Benedick was going to settle down
in Jersey and lead the life of a country
gentleman. There he proposed to
spend tho greater part of tho year,
visiting tho metropolis for a month or
two in tho winter, perhaps. When he
reaches the city no immediately ar
ranges for a sitting at a fashionable
church on the avenue, and there he
may bo seen every Sunday with his
charming wife. Never was there a
more complete conversion, and never
was a penitent more blessed.—New
York limes.
In a ViUage Burying Ground.
A friend of the Listener, who has
ground,
even more
bui
land, many
which is picturesque am
attractive than most old
rymg grounds here in Now Eng-
la. Many of the inscriptions tell,
ied
tan
as might be expected, a story of death
at the hands of the sea, which has
even within the present year strewn
the shores of Krttory with wrecks.
Here is one odd epitaph, which,-the
Listener has no doubt, has been cop
before, but which for all that he fi
cies may bo as new to a good many
others as it was to him. It is appended
to the record of the death of Margaret
Hills, consort of Oliver Hills (wives
and widows ore never anything but
“consorts” and “relicts” on old grave
stones), who died in 1803:
I loot my life in the raging sous
A sov’raign Go<f does aa he ploa&o
The Kittery friends they did appear
& liyVemains they buried 1 jra.
—Boston T unscripL
Tea In Bussla.
The tea generally drunk in Russia is
taken without nrilic, and is of a very
light color, very strong and full fla
vored. The best class of tea found in
Russia is that imported overland from
China, and is usually pronounced by
those who have tasted it as superior
to any tea in the world. The reason
for this state of things is primarily, no
doubt, tho fact that tne overlaud jour
ney to Russia is so expensive that only
tea of really first rate quality can be
profitably sent by this route. Then,
again, the best China tea is grown in
land, and too far removed from the
coast to And its way readily to the ex
port harbors. Its easiest outlet is the
caravan route.—San Francisco Argo
naut
*2-3
Mo Miracle Bora.
Grandma had taught our “Z-yoar-
old" to answer a great many Bible
questions and was fond of “showing
nun off." On one of these occasions
she asked him, “Who was put in the
lions’ dent”
. wa * the prompt answer
“Did the lions eat Daniel f"
“No."
Why!" The answer should have
" Because God shut their
M. Liebault’s. To rei
ble ideaof play ho lom
and fired one shot i
Then he went into
showed to one of the
just pierced by the ba
a quarter of a mini
suggested to Mmo. C
killing M. P. by a pi
lutely unconscious a
cilo, Mme. Q ap
and fired the pistoL
S ' ’oned her imme<
her crime will
ference; she killed A
did not like him. 1
her. She knew well '
She was asked if I h
the idea of the mu
committed. She ass
was not so, that she
tanoously, and that
blame. ’’-^-Chicago Ti
The Way to <
In India, there i:
freebooter known as
is tho cause of much
thoritics. Ho has 1
but, like Scottish Rc
not seem to stand n
E awers that bo. A
co set out in pursi
and halted at a s
favorite haunts. 1
“barber" joined tl
services were requi
cer In command. 1
after tho maimer
cious, and talked
and his doings, "j
“there is only or
Tantia.” “And he
asked the officer,
the shaver, cuttin
jomadar’s nose; “1
tia bolted off into
the unfortunate
with blood. Pursu
“barber” made go
Francisco Argona
Blacks!
wil1 fin ri
* blacksmith, t
shops, ready to do
shoeing aspecialt;
before going elsev
Jan. 9-lm.
No
$
Act of the Legisla
School District of
lington, a meetini
ters living in said
ing real or person
is hereby called, t
House on Wedin
at 12 o'clock M., 1
tional tax, if any,
the school purpoi
By order of the
C. B. ED\
Is hereby given
Jacob Spears th*
to meet at Lam
inst.
Assigr
Jan 2, '90—It
After this dat
hunting or tn
without permisf
prosecuted.
MARC
Nov. 1, 1889.
Notice of
The undersig
that they have
partnersliip for
grocery and li
southwest corn
the Public Squ
under the firm
Hennig. Theii
ublic
pu
i In
age in the past
new firm will r
the same.
Darlington,
Desira
been
reflected
mouth," but the little fellow
a minute, and then said:
dood to eat."
—Detroit Tribune.
Ha Wm Too Piotu.
“I don’t lika my Sandfly school
teacher," said the small boy at the
dinner table “Why not?" inquired
the head of the household. “Because
fired pious I" Nothing in-
deflnit® about that criticism; and. if it
^ £°!} ad ^ to tbe teacW’s
ear*, it aright do him no
course he would not
jgHtajuri
For sale by th
Co.
Jno. Siskrox
Presidei
Nov. 28-tf.
Auditor’
AUD
Darlingti
This office x
ary 1st, to Fe
purpose of li*
al Property a
of Darlington
November Isi
ber 81st, 1890.
All male pe
of 21 and 50 y
Polls, unless
unable, phys
Taxpayers
Graded echo
this-office at
returns that
District and
and Persona
special levy i
islature. Tt
quested to n
changes, or
tate when n
tention of J
valuation t
noting same
gent co-opei
necessary a
making up i
A Penalty
ied against
turns withh
law.
I will atb
ty the varic
tloned.
Swift Cre
Lydia, W
Stokes Bi
Hartsvilh
Antioch,
Society t
day, Febru
Leavensv
Mechanic
Palmetto
Philadeli
Lisbon,
February,
Cypress,
High Hi]
Nov. 28,
We haveo
and mules
to whom j
we will
front of
“S' tt,—4 Saturday
4# i D«c. 18,