Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Wm Jarlmjlon HENRY T. THOMPSON, ^ifoTT THURSDAY, 30, 1890. Ed'^rial Motes. Adam F orepaugh, the famous circus manager, died in Phila delphia on January 22. Mr. A. C. F. Kopff, of Sumter, S. C., committed suicide in At lanta on last Thursday. Messrs. N. T. Purdy & Co., the largest merchants of Cam den, made an assignment for the benefit of their creditors on Sat urday. Senator Hampton will to-dav reply to the attack on the South made by Senator Imralls in his recent speech on the negro emi gration bill. The progress seems to have been a grand suc cess. There were many exhibits and a large crowd was in at tendance. A new non-partisan society of women was organized at Cleve land, Ohio, on January 23, to promote the cause of temper ance. It will be known as the National Crusaders. poultry and pet show, in jss in Charleston last week, A disastrous fire broke out in the business portion of the town of Sumter at 4 o’clock Tuesday morning and it was not subdued until 11 A. M. The three two- story stores and the large stock of Mr. R. P. Monaghan were to tallv destroyed, as was also the building of the Bank of Sumter and the furniture store of Du rant & Bellitzer. The stock of the latter firm was partially saved. The stock in several of the adjacent stores was partly burned. Rumor has it that a horrible murder was committed in Ab beville a few days since. It ap pears that A. N. Nelson was shot and killed by his wife, who then attempted suicide by shoot ing herself in the head. She is still alive, but in a critical con dition. Their live-year-old boy saw the tradegy, which result ed from a trivial cause. Nelson had bought his wife a pair of shoes, and lost them on his way home while intoxicated. His wife sent him back to hunt for them, and upon his return un successful she killed him in her rage. The coroner’s jury ren dered a verdict of death at the hands of unknown parties, the evidence being meagre, but the woman admits the killing. The weapon used was a shotgun. Geo. Lounsberry. the Cashier erry, of the New York City postoffice, committed suicide on Friday. He was short in his accounts with the postoffice to the amount of $20,000. A passenger train was wrecked Monday morning near Carmel, Indiana. To add to the horror of the wreck the passenger coaches caught fire. Six per sons were killed and five were wounded. Five prisoners escaped from the Williamsburg jiri^ on Satur day night. The escape was ef fected by boring a hole through a brick wall and the use of blank ets which enabled the prisoners to reach the ground some fifteen feet feet below. Reports come from Arkansas that negroes are immigrating there in large numbers from the other Southern States. It is said also that the planters of Arkansas want the negroes and are doing much to encourage their coming. Rev. H. M. Turner, D. D., L. L. D., Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, endorses Senator Butler’s bill for the government to pay the expenses of transportation of those negroes who desire to em igrate from the South. The profit sharing between the capitalists and the laborers in a large factory at Fall River, Mass., is said to be working like a charm, for the incentive offer ed keeps the laborers from leav ing, an evil with which every large factory has had to con tend. Hon. H. H. Riddleberger, the famous readjuster, who was United States Senator from Vir ginia from 1883 to 1889, and who made himself notorious on ac count of his erratic methods while a member of that body, died at his home in Winchester, Virginia, on Friday. An explosion of natural gas occurred, on Friday, in a house in Columbus Ohio, completely demolishing it, together with a building on the opposite side of an alley. Six persons were kill ed ; two badly and twenty-seven more or less injured, some of whom will die. A strange story comes from Sabatha, Kansas. In a street fight which occurred there on Thursday night, Wesley McNa mara, a prominent citizen, was bitten on the finger by another man. McNamara died on Sat urday in horrible-agony exhib iting symptoms of hydrophobia. Ransom Gill, a well-to-do far mer of Franklin County, North Carolina, was mysteriously mur dered one night last week, while driving through the country from Louisburg, where he had been attending court as a juror. Robbery was not the object of the murder and the affair is in volved in profound mystery. A tenant of Mr. W. C. Lips comb, of Spartanburg County, an old man, with the assistance of his wife, made eigh( bales of cotton and one hundred bushels of corn last year with one ox. The old man worked only eleven acres of land. The secret of his success was that he manured well, worked in time and gath ered his crop before it wasted in the field. An executive committee ha.i been appointed from among the trustees of Clemson College. This committee, consisting of Messrs R. W. Simpson, J. L. Orr, R. E. Bowen, D. K. Norris and Allan Johnstone will go to work at once to obtain plans and specifications for the erection of all the necessary buildings. A committee of five was appointed to arrange suitable curriculum for the great farmers’ tion. institu- The Grand Armj Fosts of South Carolina and Georgia met in Encampment at Augusta on Friday. Colored delegates from Beaufort and Savannah claimed admission to the Encampment from the colored posts which they represented. There was some difference of opinion on the subject but the colored dele- were finally ly thereupon, the *» BOTTLED;!’P 05 A BRANCH LINE. The urgency with which we are appealing to the people of Darlington to devise some plan for counteracting the effects of the ruinous railroad combina tions which are being formed around us, is no idle talk, as a reference to the map will readily demonstrate. Along the sixty odd miles of road between Wadesboro and Florence, there are, besides the two terminal points, only seven stations of any importance, they being the only ones usually entered upon the maps of the State; and these stations are Cheraw, Cash’s, Society Hill, Doves, Floyd’s, Darlington and Palmetto. A traveller passing down the Che raw and Darlington Railroad for the first time, in the year 1891, with a map of the State spread out before him, will find nothing of note after leaving Wadesboro and the junction of the Carolina Central until he ar rives at Cheraw. There he will see a bustling, thriving town, the meeting point of three dif ferent railroads, its peculiarly fortunate location in this respect destining it to become one of the 5hief towns of South Carolina ; the Eutawville road, stretching towards the South, and affording it exceptionably advantageous connections in that direction, while the Palmetto road gives it on air line route to the North, the connecting link of a great “trunk line” which will be shorter by 1G0 miles than any other route from New York to Charleston. Communication, moreover, by means of this link, is had with the great West, from whence is transported such a large portion of our supplies. Florence, dependent entirely as it is on a single system, will, in the march of progress, be left far behind by her sister on the north, possessing as the latter will the advantages of three dis tinct lines of road. On leaving Cheraw the travel ler will pass down the Cheraw and Darlington road without encountering any incident wor thy of note, until he arrives at Society Hill, where he will find the spur of the Atlantic Coast Line connecting that point with Bennettsville, the centre of the very finest agricultural region in South Carolina. Not many miles further down the road, at the new station known as Floyd’s, connection is had with the Hartsville road, the great conduit pipe, as it were, which conveys directly to the North the products of the most fertile region in our county, (once a tributary of the town of Dar lington), and carries back in return the heavy freight sup plies which were formerly un loaded and delivered to the peo ple of that section at the Dar lington depot. Many of those who reside in the western part of the county are too far to the north or to the south of the Hartsville road to derive any benefit from it ; but they will have nothing left to complain of when the Eutawville road pass es directly through that territory, almost at right angles with the Hartsville road. What the lat ter cannot reach, the former will undoubtedly carry away thus completely cutting off the town of Darlington from a sec tion which has been its principal “feeder” years. After leaving Floyd’s our traveller will journey along without encountering any object roads branch out from this place in the direction of the four car dinal points of the compass ; a situation which, for railroad con nections, is, at present, one of the most advantageous in the whole State. This situation our forefathers could have had for the asking, but their shortsight edness moved them to adopt a policy which has been closely followed by their descendants whenever the question of new railroads has been under consid eration, and which is slowly but surely bringing the town to that “bottled up” condition that is destined to be the source of all our woes. The route from Wadesboro to Florence having thus been tra versed by our traveller, he recalls the fact that the points where junctions are made by other roads with the Cheraw and Dar lington are Wadesboro, Cheraw, Society Hill, Floyd’s, and Flor ence. If his mind ever again reverts to the stopping places known as Cash’s, Doves, Dar lington, and Palmetto, it is only to remember them as insignifi cant backwoods stations, with out any “back country” worth speaking of, and situated as they are oh a single branch road, as securely “bottled up” as if they were on a “side track.” And who can say that his diagnosis of our condition will be far out of the way. The Darlington News has no desire to pose as a pessimist. We cannot refrain, however, from calling the attention of our people to the fact that they are in trouble. What are they go ing to do about it; fold their hands quietly and “await de velopments ?” 'to this harangue kt. “Oh! what a petspre; went for fall there The wYTole speech may be summed up in a sentence. It was a clear contradiction, in spired by a hatred for the South and all that is Democratic, and interspersed with abusive epi thets for the Southerner who is true to his country and the dei fication of traitors, such as Ma- hone and Chalmers. He speaks of the Anglo Saxon race as “the conquering and unconquerable” people that subdue all other ra ces that come in contact with it and adds that between-the white man and the negro there can be “neither amalgamation, nor ab sorption, norassimilation.” And yet, hearken to his arrogance He severely berates the Southern people for not accomplishing what he himself declares to be impossible ! Mr. Ingall’s utter ances are calculated to increase the discord between the races and will add nothing to the solution of the question as compensation. We must con fess that, while we expected to hear a tirade against our people, we are disappointed that Mr. Ingalls failed to furnish us with some clear, well defined, practi cable way out of our troubles. Benefit Performance, Iliim Eniliy Fyliiias, OFEBA HOUSE, DARLIHGTON, S. C, Wednesday Evening, Feb. 5, 1890. . FSOC3-B A TvnvTB: 1. “The Mouse Trap"--* “Roaring Farce.” 2. '' T he Mistletoe Bough”—An Attractive Pantomime, in Costume. 3. “John Dobbs,"—-A laughable Comedy. yy- The Programme will be interspersed with music and some of the most popular comic songs of the day. ADMISSIOH, 35 cents; Children, 25 cents. Reserved Seats can be secured in advance at Boyd's Drug Store; Price 50 cents. Stubborn Facts that CJUrjFVT — A3STID NOT THE ALLIANCE AND THE ASSOCIA TION. Mr. G. W. Shell, of Laurens, the President of the Farmers’ Association of South Carolina, has issued an address to the Democrats of the State propos ing a contest, within the party lines, and calling a convention to meet in Columbia on the 27th day of March, next, to con sider the subject. The As sociation of which Mr. Shell is the head was that formed by Mr. B. R. Tillman, of Edgefield, several years ago, and is not to be confounded in any way with the Farmers’ Alliance, to which it is not in the most remote de gree related. Following in the tracks marked out for him by the illustrous chieftain who organiz ed the Association, Mr. Shell re solves most of his manifesto into a tirade of abuse and a confused mass of misleading statements. The people of South Carolina do not relish this method of accom plishing reforms; they placed the seal of their disapproval on it whon Tillman tried it, and it is not likely that they will pay any more attention to Mr. Shell than they did to him. There is nothing like going about a thing in the right way. The Alliance, during its brief existence, has gained the respect and confi dence of the entire State, and can accomplish more in the way of reforms in one w^ek than the Tillman Association could bring to pass in ten years time. The “manifesto” bears too strongly th^k “ear-marks” of Tillman to admit of any doubt that it was the product of his brain, though it is signed by Mr. Shell. We hardly think that this clever scheme will in crease in any marked degree the public confidence in Tillman. If the party of which he is the acknowledged head would nom inate him for Governor at their March convention and would fill in the rest of their ticket with men of his ilk, it would be the very best thing that could happen for the Fanners’ Asso ciation and for the Democratic party in South Carolina. SENATOR INGALLS’ HARANGUE. The much talked of and long expected speech of Hon. John J. Ingalls, of Kansas, on negro emigration, was delivered in the United States Senate on Thursday. And after its deliv ery, what was it ? It was only a malignant, bitter, partisan harangue couched in eloquent terms. Simply this and nothing more. Mr. Ingalls may be an orator, and that his tongue and pen are both steeped in gall there can be no doubt, but his speech on Thursday signally failed to WHAT ABOUT THE NEW DEPOT ? Are we ever to have it ? It ap pears as if the people of Dar lington are so certain of getting the depot that they are willing to remain inactive about it. But is this not misplaced confidence ? Can we get it without further effort ? It is true that the rail road authorities have expressec their willingness to build the new depot and have even prom ised to do so, but do we see any signs of progress in the work ? This matter has been neglected too long already and it does seem to us that “we should be up and doing,” tor great corpo rations such as railroads do not hasten in matters like this un less spurred on by the people who have a right to demand a substantial recognition in the way of better accommodations. With the consciousness of asking only what is due us let us press the matter and urge upon the railroad authorities the necessity of speedy action. It is undoubtedly time that the citizens of the town should wake up to a realization of the situation. The railroad compa ny has taken the initiative by promising Darlington the new depot and it is for us to see that the promise is fulfilled. Darlington Colored Graded School. [E. R. R. in Baptist Herald.] A writer hath said that “char ity means a generous treatment of others.” To the charity of the white citizens of Darlington, the greatness of which is shown in the value of the gift bestowed, there is due the lasting gratitude of the colored people for the Mayo school, a handsome building of four rooms, furnished with pat ent desks, with seating capacity for six hundred, well supplied with every modern convenience and erected at comparatively no cost to them. Jan. 10th the business man ager, accompanied by the Rev. I. P. Brocken ton, pastor of the Macedonia Baptist chilrch. visited this school. Prof. T. B. Gordon, a teacher that needeth not to be ashamed, is the prin cipal. He has an able and effi cient corps of teachers in the per sons of Prof. F. E. Cobb, of Augusta, Ga, Miss M. E. Witherspoon, of Columbia, and Mrs. E. B. Nixon and H. M. Raiford, of Darlington. I visit ed each department, observed carefully their improved meth ods of teaching, and do not hesitate in saying that the colored people of Darlington are to oe congratulated on having such an institution of learning in their midst, and a corps of competent teachers, who are faithfully performing their duties as such. _ E. R, R. ‘ & Society Hill R. R. Books of subscription to the capital stock of the Bennettsville & Society Hill Rail Road are n)w open at the Counting Room of Messrs. W. C. Co ker A Co., Society Hill, S. C. The books will remain open for sixty days. J. J. LUCAS, E E. EVANS, SAM E. W. EVANS, J. M. WADDILL, WM. A. CARRIGAN. Commissioners. Jan 80. ’90—1m Lumbermen! Timbermen! I am a buyer of both pine and cy press timber and solicit your corre spondence. HENRY L. BUCK, Bucksport, 8. C. Jan 80,1800—1m ■ An enjoyable evening is assured to all who attend. • The Order, one of the most useful and benevolent associations in the community, solicits the generous patronage of the people of Darlington. An unlimited command of money and brains concentrated ur a given point will produce either success or annihilation. Backed I by an infallible judgment and an insatiable ambition that know» I no impossibility, we claim to place before you Goods and Pric that No C^ier House has the Ability, Pluck or Audacity to duplicate. Whether they b«| SOLID OR BANKRUPT, CASH OR CREDIT. Whether they buy to break, or are forced to sell to meet their EVERLASTING NOTES* It matters not. We intend that the goods we offer and the pric we name shall be Unapproachable, Decisive and Crushing IN THEIR LOGIC' WE KHOW' tfO COMPETITM! WE ARE THE HEADERS. Others may usurp and copy our advertisements, It will break them to copy our prices! Our best advertisements are the goods and our prices. A customer once is a customer always. Call and see our Christmas Goods. Very respectfully. Ao Jo December 19, 1889. JUST BKOEIViE© A Large Supply of the Latest Improvement on the Celebrated Golden Rye Whiskey Drops, DIAMOND DROPS, 3\ZE. Sole Agent. Mr. S. Manne proposes to sustain to the fullest extent the business recently conducted by his father, and to this end so licits a continuance of the patronage which has heretofore been accorded the firm. Jan. 30, 1890. IF. IB. IsTOIRIMIIEILTT, FIRE i 3xr s tt n 3\r o ms -A-Q-EHSTT. RKPRE8KNTS TEN OFTHn- LARGEST AND OLDEST COMPA- NIES IN THE WORLD. Insures all classes of jiroppri.v, including Gin Houses, in any partol Hie County. Office over DARLINGTON NEWS building. Decemmher 6, 1888. Read these Prices. Call at II n Lewenthal & Hennig, — DEALERS IN THE — Farmers’ Alliance Rye Whiskey. GROCERIES, WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS. Corner Pearle Street and Court House Square, DARLINGTON, 8. C. December 19, 1889—3m Important Notice. Executors, Administrators, Guar dians and Trustees are hereby noti fied that their annual returns are now due at the Judge of Probate’s office. AH parties not making said return be fore the close of February, will be lia ble to costs and a heavy penalty un der the law. T. H. SPAIN, Jan. 16-8t. Judge of Probate. LAW C'AR’»!9 at exhibit any signs of statesman- for the past hundred ] ship. He advanced not an idea, nor did he make a single propo sition, that would tend to alleviate the pressure of the ne gro or settle the whole question worthy of comment until reach-! in a wise, peaceable and states- lost On Saturday night, 28th inst., one dark colored horse mule. A liberal reward will be paid for its delivery to me, at Darlington, S. C. HENRY HENNIG Jan 30th, '90—It For Rent, ing Florence Ah( great Coast Line the centre of the system, whose manlike manner. The laborious work and all the blasts of trum- That desirable store on the north east side of the Public Square known as the Hewitt stand, now occupied by Durban & Lide as a Book Store. Pos session given immediately. For terms apply to . M DARGAN A THOMPSON. Jar 8Q,’90—tf ) 1,000 yards assorted Worsteds at 10 cts, worth 20 to 40018’ A full line Cashmeres at 12J and 15 cts. We arestil Iran ning our famous 25 cts. yard wide Cashmere in all shades more popular than ever this season 45-inch Henrietta at 50 cents. A large line of Black Goods consisting of Cashmeres, Henriettas and Imported Reps from 15 to $1 per yard. A well selected stock of Ladies’ and Misses’ Wraps consisting of Jackets, Modjeskas and New Markets, A specially large line of Staple Dry Goods, and Notions prices that move them rapidly. SHOES. Our line of Shoes is large and complete and well adapted to the wants of the people. We continue to maintain our reputation for selling solid goods. Gents* Furnishing Goods, Our success in the Gents’ Furnishing Goods Depaitment war rant us in the belief that our Clothing and Hats Men’s, Youths’ and Boys’ suit the people, both as to quality and price. We carry always in stock a lull line of Hardware, Crockery, Tm, Harness, &o. GROCERIES. The Grocery Department is large and kept well supplied, at Rock-bottom prices. HARDWARE. At the Hardware Store, Managed by J. H. Early ; is kept Stoves, Sewing Machines, Pumps; Gins, Belting Steam Engines, Ac., in fact everything that comes under the head of machinist’s supplies. REPAIRING A SPECIALTY. October 31,1889. 4 Great Slaughter P RI C E — OF — WATCHES — FOR A — Few Weeks. English Bull-Eye Watches, $2.50 Long Wind Waterbury Watches, 2.50 Short Wind “ Watches, 4. Double Case Silverine Watches, 6. Open Case “ Watches, 3. Open Case Imported Watches, 3. D. C. Silver Waltham Watches, 12.50 D. C. Silver Keystone Watches, 12.50 :o: O _A_ Xj Xj AND SEE 9^ T M E M 9 - AT — MASON’S Jewelry Store. Nov. 28, 1889. t. i. ward. a. o. m WARD 4 WOODS. Attorneys It Couselortgt La DARLINGTON, 8. O. Wil practice is all State a»4 Cearts.l Hpecial attention paid to all ml tera pertaining to th# buying, m iug, renting or leasing of real estatt Any party having buttiuesg in tit line would do well to call on tfc firm, who have control ot eome the most desirable property iu i Town and County. i. s. iiKTi-Lta. e. a. bsttii Nettles & Nettles, Attorneys A Counselors nt Lav,] Darlington C. H., S. C. Will practice in all the State an Federal Courtb* Prompt personal attention given | collection of claims. The attratioa af the faraara of Darlii too Ct uniy it eallad to the fact that U firm I. prepared to aefoiiate Mfeus cf fro, $300 to $20,000, for fiea yaare, at a Is ata of interest. Sep. 2, ’8« 1J. OBO. w UAROAS. MBS BY T. TgONfa DARGAN & THOMPSON, Attornoys at Law, Osy-Northeast aid# of tba Public Sqss Darlington, S. U. T. n. SPAIi Attorney at I aw, DARLINGTON, C. H., S. C\ Will practice in Circuit Courts i Supreme Court of South Carolina.! Prompt attention given to all r siness, and special attention gin to collections. OB*. W. Auditor’s Appointments. AUDITOR’S OFFICE, ) Darlington, S. C., Nov. 20, 1889.) This office will be open from Janu ary 1st, to February 20th, 1890, for the purpose of listing for taxation Person al Property and Polls of the County of Darlington, for fiscal commencing November 1st, 1889, and ending Octo ber 31st, 1890. All male persons between the ages of 21 and 50 years, are deemed taxable Polls, unless from any cause they are unable, physically, to earn a support. Taxpayers living within Darlington Graded School District, must inform this office at the time of making their returns that they reside in said School District and the amount of both Real and Personal property subject to the special levy as authorized by the Leg islature. Taxpayers are earnestly re quested to note any and all transfers, changes, or irregularities in Real es tate when making returns. Call at tention of Assessor to any excessive valuation that should be reduced, noting same on return. The intelli gent co-operation of all taxpayers is necessary and desired to aid me in making up a correct record. A Penalty of Fifty per cent, is lev ied against all who fail to make re turns within the time prescribed by law. 1 will attend in person or by depu ty the various Precincts on days men tioned. Swift Creek, Tuesday, January 23. Lydia, Wednesday, January 29. Stokes Bridge, Thursday, Jan. 80. Hartsville, Friday, January 81. Antioch, Saturday, February, 1. Society Hill, Tuesday and Wednes day, February 4 and 5. Leavensworth, Thursday, Feb’ry 6. Mechanics ville, Friday, February 7. Palmetto, Saturday, February 8. Philadelphia, Monday, February 10. Lisbon, Tuesday and Wednesday, February, 11, and 18. R. V. BOYD, BOYD & BROWN- Attornoys and Oounsolors at Lu Office ia rear of Darlington Natio al Bank. DARLINGTON C. B., A C. PROMPT PERSONAL ATTENTION ALL BUSINESS. Fob. I, ’87-ly. W- F. DARGAN, Attorney at Law, Darlington, - * - Office up stairs, over the Post offic March 28, >89 ly. ^C~P. Attorney at Law and Trial Justice, Prao'icfs ia the Unilcl Si»t« s Court i in tbs qh and 5th cire"lia Prompt a*t< tion to nl business eutrustod to him. Office In Exchange Street, next the Dill UJtOTos Nsws Office. VETO THE nxES\ — OF — Red Rust Proof FoilltM - BY - Oat Cypress, Th High Hill, W. Nov. 88, ’89. February 18. February 14. tWRENCE, Auditor D. C. Blackwell & Darlington, S. C, September 20,1889—tf.