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y."' : ' *. 'W- 6% *•■ WE'.-. mtoWz •71 3 • ':^-. ®ht farlmjton finrs. HENRY T. THOMPSON, WADOY THOMPSON, Editor*. THURSDAY, FEB. 13, 1890. Editorial Mote*. Colored emigrants are leaving New berry (or Arkanaaa. Three pereons were hanged in North Carolina on Friday. All had been convicted of murder. In the recent municipal election in Salt Lake City the Mormcn ticket was defeated by the Gentile*. The Summer meeting of the State Agricultural and Mechanical Society will be held at Rook Hill. A Sheriff of an Alabama Countv has ion of the laws and this, too, to “3®to to.*to htaftoA Da». ‘he benefit of the whole people. Ready, the white maa, whoa short, The proper remedy is to do time ago, while drunk, took William .Jf . ,. ... Black, a negro prisoner from the offl away With protection and the oer* in Barnwell, tied him to a tree navigation laws and let every and shot him to death. A Sheriff in| x L ® ^ , x t Florida has also telegraphed that he has Ready. That he may be certain to get the right man tne Sheriff of Barnwell has taken steps to have both men brought to Barnwell. To the Subscribers of The News : My brother, Mr. Wnd- dy Thompson, who for a year or more has been successfully con ducting the local department of The Darlington News, has this day been associated with South ^C D BTble m ^t?on th i e s me in the editorial management now in session in Colombia. of this journal, and all of the Mr. Cleveland’s guaranteed income literary departments will, in the from the law firm with which he is nnder his ron- connected as special counsel is $85,000 tuture, be directly under ms con a year. trol. With the earnest desire of At the Chesterfield Court, during both of us to render The News a T a wn Am "Ul a Ir Av-tAW t _ , a credit to Darlington County and to the Pee Dee Section of the State, no effort will be spar ed to publish an enterprising, readable journal, and one which, at the same time, can with safe ty be carried • into every home circle in the County and read by our sisters and daughters “line upon line.” With the increased facilities now at our command in every department of the bus iness, we ask from the people of Darlington County a contin uanca of the hearty encourage ment and generous support with which they have favored us in its recent session, James Blakeney was convicted of the murder of Hugh Manguin in October last. R. D. George, colored, has been ap pointed supervisor of census for the third district of South Carolina. The city of Charleston is in this district. The West Virginia gubernatorial contest has been decided by the Leg islature in- favor of Mr. Fleming, the Democratic candidate, who was inau gurated a* Governor on February 6. Two years ago it cost the Boston and Maine Railroad $100,000 to keep it* track* clear. Thia winter the snow plough has not madeyi single trip, such is the mildness orthe weather. A charter has been granted Presbyte „ to the “South Carolina tute for Toung Ladies, ,f which is to be located at Columbia in the beauti ful “Preston Mansion.” While eight boys were out rowing in the Mississippi River opposite New Orleans, on Sanday, the boat capsized and seven of the boys were drowned. Their ages ranged from 18 to 18. The fpowth of cities in the United States is not among the least of the marvels of its development. There are now 850 of them, with an aggre gate population of nearly 16,000,000. Robert 8, Gallat. a wealthy farmer of Russell Georgia, jumped over a bridge into the Cnattahoochie River on Monday and was drowned. It is said that he was crazed by religion. Mr*. Jefferson Davis has published a letter aaking for copies of ail letters from her husband which his friends may have preserved. She wishes to use them in the biography of her hus band, upon which she is now at work. The Department of Agriculture at Washington reports that the damage of this season's cotton by insects is less in South Carolina and Georgia than in any .other of the Southern States. The citizens of Graham, Barnwell County, have boycotted the postoflice, because the administration haw ap- pointed an ignorant and undesirable negro postmaster. They now mail ali letters on the train. Representative Dargan called at the department of justice at Washington on ilonday to make an appeal in be half of the pardon of B. J. Singleton, of Horry County, convicted of viola ting the internal revenue law. The Governor has removed from the office of trial justice Mr. Junius H. Evans, of Marion. Mr. Evans is one of the editors of the Marion Star and was removed for implication in the attack recently made upon Editor Hamer, of the Pee Dee Index. An explosion occurred on Thursday in a mine at Abersychan, England. Three hundred miners were imprison ed and for several hours no communi cation could be had with them. Some were rescued but up to this time one hundred and seventy jiersons have been taken out dead. Primus Jones, a member of the Georgia Legislature, and the farmer umo has for a long time past market- ed the first bale of cotton for the whole Sooth each season, died on Sat- *>™ay of pneumonia. He was proba bly the most successful farmer in Georgia. The Methodist Church will estab lish a National University in Wash ington and arrangements are being made for the purchase of the neces the past. Henry T. Thompson. THE QUESTION OF SUBSIDIES Possibly up question is enga ging the attention of the public, at present, more than that of subsidies, but we see nothing remarkable about the discussion other than that, to our surprise, we find that some Democrats are advocating the subsidy. A subsidy, briefly explained, is this : Those engaged in the ship ping interests have found that they can not compete with for eigners in the same occupation and, therefore, ask the govern ment to make a gift to them of a large amount of money to maintain themjin their unprofit able business and this gift they call a subsidy. But it may he asked, why, with the abundant resources of this country, is the shipping business unprofitable, and why do other nations con- dnct most of the carrying trade ? The answer is : Protection and the navigation laws have made it so. The former is two-fold in its effects. First, a heavy tax is laid upon raw material used in the construction of ships and hence Americans cannot build ships as cheaply as the English, for instance, who are free from such a tax. Again, the tax up on the importation of raw mate rial for the production of articles of every day use is so great that these goods cannot he pro duced cheap enough to he in suc cessful competition with the products of other countries that have not this tax. Hence we tub stand on its own bottom, is beyond our comprehension that any Democrat should advo cate subsidy, which the Hon. James G. Blaine, the Republi can leader and the ablest cham pion of the protective system in America, truly characterizes as the “most pronounced form of protection” and admits that, “indeed, the most palpable and effective form of protection is in the direct payment of public money to a line of steamers that could not be maintained without that form of aid.” THE FARMER OF 1890. It is indeed gratifying to hear from our correspondents in ev- er;y section of the County that the farmers are now busy at work on the crop for the coming year, nothing daunted by the failure of the last crop and the consequent embarrassment aris ing therefrom. We are told that on all sides old fields are being cleared, new lands opened and ditches cut and the gladsome song and the merry whistle of the farmer, as his plow runs the furrow through the yielding earth, greets the ear of the pass er by, bearing to him the com forting news that the farmers are at work. We congratulate the country on the perseverance and pluck of the farmer who is our strong est bulwark. We admire his earnestness and his determina tion to draw from the mother earth all that he can and in his devotion to duty we see the safe ty of the whole country for if his work fail depression is felt ev erywhere. We wish him luck not only this year but for all his days, until finally he shall homeward plod his weary way to be gath ered unto his fathers. was rendered unconscious and does not remember what subse quently occurred. During the fight Evans tried to force an apology from Mr. Hamer for the article" published in the Index last week concern ing the Star, but this was stead ily refused and Evans said: “Let’s beat him until he does apologize or give up. ” No apol ogy nor explanation of any kind was made by Mr. Hamer, as he had made up his mind that they might kill him before he would retract or apologize for anything that he had said. While on the floor Evans and McEerall kicked and choked him while vainly endeavoring to make him either call for help or apologize for the objectionable article. It was impossible for Mr. Hamer to de fend himself successfully, as he was wholly unarmed and as either of his assailants is his equal in physical manhood. •r GRAND W Concert and DARLINGTON, — — — — S. C., FRIDAY EVENING, FEB. 14, 1890. PROGRAMME s Mr. McKerall’s statement. Tableau, “Justice, Mercy and Peace.” Chorus, “Oh hail us, ye free 1” Song, “The Wanderer,” Mr. Robert James. Duet, “Holy Mother, guide his footsteps,” Miss Williamson and Miss Guerry. --- ~ i*««*v**<»bc> iri me iitMTN- Cleve,au(i 8 have no foreign trade for our iminer home which u * ° summer home, which in a few miles from that city. Grave fears were entertained on Th***d*y that Robert Moorman, who hjUyd Lie Shultz, a few day* since, at F # Un *°“ County, an account of which was given in last week’s is sue, would be lynched and the militia guarded the jail during the night. No trouble is reported as yet, how ever. An association of representative cit izens, styled “Friends of the Repub lic has been organized in Mississippi for the purpose of forwarding the movement to have the negro disfran chised and to have similar societies organized in the other Southern States. An American steamship, on Decem ber 11, nicked up far out at sea eight Asiatic Indians, who had been caught by a storm while in a small dugout. They had been at sea for eighteen days without food or water. When rescued the Indians were in an ex hausted condition and two of them afterwards died. On Friday, during a heavy rain, Jim Seals and his family attempted to cross a swollen stream in a wagon near Burnsville, Mississippi. The wagon was turned over by the current and his four children, aged from two to ten years, were drowned. The team was also drowned. Only the mother and father eeeaped. There Is great agricultural distress in Greenville County, Virginia. An appeal has been received in Rich- inond, from three hundred and fifty citizens of that county, which says that the farmers are suffering for the necessaries of life owing to the failure of the crops. Bangor, Maine, a city of 85,000 in habitants, has enjoyed prohibition laws for a quarter of a century. The police woke up the other day and made a raid on the liquor shone. They found no less than one hundred and fifty-two of them. Prohibition evi dently succeeds well in Bangor. Sunday four children of Jacob R. Blatter were skating at Benuewa- ter. New York, when the iee gave way and they sank. The mother in her frantic efforts to save her children rushed upon the ice, which gave way and she, tob, went under. The father then attempted to reach his wife and he sank also. The whole famUv were drowned. The nor of _ ruling in er Reed < Representatives.- Senators are so Incensed at the dec! siou that they have left the State, so as to he out i f reach of the Hergeant- ft-Arm. who, under the laws of all legislative bodies, can compel their "w upon the Senate. Their I absence will block ail legis- ships as other countries can undersell us in the markets of the world. By the nav igation laws only those ships built in America can carry the American flag and. as many of our capitalists find it to their ad vantage to build their ships in foreign ports and sail them uu der foreign flags, the American flag is driven from the sea These laws, all of their own Editors on the War-Patli [News and Courier.] Marion, February 5.—The ed itor of the Pee Dee Index, Mr. P. B. Hamer, was attacked last night in his office by Mr. W. J. McKerall, one of the editors of the Marion Star, accompanied by Mr Junius H. Evans, also one of the Star’s editors. The trou ble grew out of an editorial pub lished in the Index last week re flecting on the Star. Mr. Ha mer says |>iat about 2 o’clock some one rapped at his office door. He was alone and un armed and not -suspecting any thing he went to the door. On opening it he was attacked by both men, dragged from his office into the yard, and kicked and choked. When they first entered both of them caught hold of him, and one of them struck him. In the melee he was thrown down on the floor. In his effort to get on his feet he was thrown down the steps, his head striking either one of the steps or some hard substance in the yard. During the fight Mr. Evans tried to force an apology from him for the objectionable article, hut was persistently re fused. This is in substance Mr Ha mer’s version of the affair. Mr Evans called at your cor respondent’s office this morning and made substantially the fol lowing statement: He accom panied Mr. McKerall to|the Index office for the purpose of seeing that McKerall had fair play in the intended attack upon Mr. Hamer. They found the door locked. They rapped and Mr. Hamer came to the door and [News and Courier.] Marion 5.—As no doubt a dis torted account of a personal en counter that occurred at this place on Tuesday evening will be sent you, or at least appear in the columns of the The News and Courier, I ask space to give my version of this affair. The cause of the difficulty was a scurrilous article attacking personally, without justification or excuse, Mr. Junius H. Evans and W. J. McKerall, editors of the Marion Star. On the even ing in question Messrs. Evans and McKerall, returning from a E lace where they had gone on usiness, in passing the Index office saw a light in it, and, on the impulse of the moment, con cluded to enter this office and corporally chastise P. B. Hamer, the editor of the Index and au thor of this abusive article. Mr. McKerall was armed only with a small rattan, scarcely thicker than a man’s finger. The editor of the Index was in, and on rapping at the door it was opened by P. B. Hamer. Immediately thereupon Mr. Mc Kerall entered and at once began to apply his cane to Hamer’s head and shoulders. He resisted and McKerall and Hamer grap- E led. Hamer at this point threw is hand behind him, shrieking for help. McKerall immediately threw his left hand in Hamer’s collar, forcing him against the wall and reversing his stick, which had a knob on the end, made a blow at Hamer’s head, but Mr. Evans interposing his hand received the full force of the blow. Thereupon Hamer, in his wild licks, caught his hand in Mr. Evans’s collar, which was immediately jerked loose by Mr. Evans. Mr. McKer all and Hamer continued to struggle in each other’s grasp. The former drawing Hamer out of his own piazza, hurled him dowu the steps and he landed on his hack on the ground, with Mr. McKerall astride of him. As he appeared to be insensi ble MeKerall did him no further violence, but got up and walked off with Mr. Evans, leaving Ha mer still lying on the ground. From first to last the encounter was strictly and altogether be tween McKerall and Hamer, Evans only interposing as above stated to ward off the blow aimed at Hamer from McKerall’s reversed cane. W. J. McKerall. Song, “Annie, dear, good-bye,” Mr. C. D. Evans. Song “Flower Girl,” (in costume} Miss Williamson. Duet, “Farewell,” Miss Guerry and Mr. Evans. Emani. Fesca. Maritana. Wallace. Revignani. Rigoletto. Quartette, “Where are the friends of my youth ?” Barker. Miss Edwards, Miss Floyd, Mr. Edwards and Mr. Evans. Tableau, “The Reaper and the flowers.” TPAJRT SSOOXTD. Trig, “Life has no power,” Miss Williamson, Mr. Wilds and Mr. James Tableau, “The fine Arts.” Song, “Merrily I Roam,” (in costume) Miss Guerry. Belisario. Stubborn Facts that • CJfJVWVT - -AIST3D — WILL NOT Duet, “When I Behold,” Miss Guerry and Mr. James. Song, “Flower of the Alps,” Miss Williamson. Tableau, “The Queen of Flowers.” Quartette, “Moonlight will come again,” Schlieffarth. La MascotU. Wekerlin. Thompson'. ’ KXKJKJl ctliu making, are the outcome of the McKerall proceeded to belabor _ __ lx. ^ him With O r*Ci-r\r% TT~ uihlu-an Lieutenant Gove ntana haa made the mu. v ding in regard to a quorum a« Speak- • Reed at the United State# House of epreeentatlvee.- The Democratic W-j:- selfishness of the capitalists and, like curses and chickens have come home to roost. The fallacy of the whole sys tem is shown by one incident. A farmer of Richland County writes the Columbia Register that his crops have failed for several successive years and fa cetiously asks that the govern ment give him a subsidy to ena ble him to continue in his un profitable business. Does any one entertain, for a moment, the idea of the government mak ing such gifts to the farmers ? Yet far more just would it he to help, in this way, the farmer, who plies his laudable vocation of drawing from the earth breadstuffs for the sustenance of man, and whose fail ures are due to causes over which human power has no control, than to aid the capitalist, who, in Ms offic^ a^some^n^ra^ in legislating for self, has crip- ped at the door. Mr. Hamer pled his own interests. We can went to the door and opened it, conceive of but one parallel to fts did so he was attacked the infamous subsidy and that hUKeraU* eiitore'of the Marion IS for some one in this commum-1 Star. Evans and McKerall both ty to cut off his own legs and caught hold of him and one of then petition the Legislature to ^'pm struck him. Mr. Hamer him with a cane, wheu Mr. Ha mer threw his hands behind him as if to draw a pistol. McKerall then attempted to strike him with the heavy end of the cane, whereupon Mr. Evans attempted to prevent the blow, the force of which, he says, he caught on his own hand. Mr Hamer then attempted to collar him, when he. Mr. Evans, struck him with his fist. McKerall then dragged him from the office, got on top of him in the yard and heat and choked him. The affair has caused consid erable excitement. P. B. Sellers, Correspondent. Mr. Hamer’a SUtemeat. [Pee Dee Index, February 4.] Last night, about 9 o’clock, while the citizens of the town were^ gathering in the Court House during the play, every thing being still and quiet upon the streets, as the editor of the Index, P. B. Hamer, was sitting VYfc 1 V V ft V-V M 1 A. _ ^ tax the rest of us to buy him a pair of artificial members. The supposititious case cited would have a slight advantage, in as much as the wound, when once was thrown down the inflfcted, could not be repaired, ^ Si?. ^ 6tnki “(t either attempted to defend himself but was dragged from the office by the two men In the melee he was thrown down on the floor. In his efforts to regain one of the steps or some hard whereas the capitalist could; substance in the yard. From ?he remedy his evil by a just revis- ^ effects of this blow Mr. Hamer Mr. McFarlau’s Statement. [Charleston World.] Marion, Feb.—To the World : In the Star of the 22d appeared an article purporting to he a bit of local history, while in fact it was an outrageous villification of the white citizens, Democrats, of the town on the subject of the recent, and last year’s town elections, charging fraud and bribery to our best citizens, and undue influence upon our col ored voters. The Index replied in defense of the town proving that the Star had allied itself with the negroes, and in abusing the whites of the town was in full accord with the most Rad ical of Radical papers. This is borne out by the fact that the editors of the Star, in each of the last elections, were very active in defeating the regular nominations of such men as G. A. Norwood, president of the Bank of Marion; J. P. Davis, county treasurer; R. J. Black- well, merchant: P. A. Wilcox, lawyer; C. A. Wilcox, merchant; E. T. Elliott and other leading citizens. The tickets elected were nominated and elected by a solid colored vote, with only the few whites who favor liquor selling in our dry town. One of the editors of the Star has been clerk, the only paying office, under both councils. Of late the editorials of that paper have been strongly tinctured with flattery of the negro; hence the attitude of the Index. After waiting until the last moment of the week following the pub- hcation of the article in the Jnd«r Junius H. Evans and W. J. McKerall went to the office ot the Index and perpetrated the outrage, as reported in the Index to-day by Mr. Hamer himself. Mr. Hamer’s office was the scene of a perfect ovation to-day most of the leading citizens call ing and expressing the greatest indignation. A petition for the removal of Juniift H. Evans from the office of trial justice has been circulated and signed by almost all of the white citi zens. Robert MAcrABLAN. Every lover of fine art should, by all means, attend Mrs. Mur ray s entertainment at the Ope- Rl House to-morrow evening. An unlimited command of money and brains concentrated upon a given point will produce either success or annihilation. Backed by an infallible judgment and an insatiable ambition that knows no impossibility, we claim to place before you Goods and Prices that No Other House has the Ability, Pluck or Audacity to duplicate. Whether they be 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 prices we name shall be Unapproachable, Decisive and Crushing IN THEIR LOGIC» WE KNOW NO COMPETITION! WE ARE THE LEADERS. 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 BROOM, December 19, 1889. Miss Williamson, Miss Floyd, Mr. Wilds and Mr. Mclver. MRS. E. L MURRAY, Directress. Dunraven Kanch, One of the most Charming Serial Stories of the day, by Capt. CHAS. KING, of the U. S. Army, % Will be begun in the next issue of The Darlington News, Thursday, Feb. 20,1890. Capt. King is one of the most popular American authors now living, and his works have had an enormous sale during the past year. Subscribe in time to secure the Open ing Chapters. Bead these Prices. Call at J. F. EARLY 1,000 yards assorted Worsteds at 10 cts, worth 20 to 40ctS; A full line Cashmeres at 12} and 15 cts. We are stil I run 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 at 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 Depuitment war rant us in the belief that our Clothing and Hats Men’s, Youths’ and Roys’ suit the people, both as to quality and price. We carry always in stock a full line of Hardware, Crockery, Tin, Harness, kc. GROCERIES The Grocery Department is large and kept well supplied, at Rock-bottom prices. HARDWARE. At the Hardware Stare, Managed by J. H. Early, is kept Stoves, Sewing Machines, Pumps; Gins, Belting Steam lx Engines, <kc.. in fact everything that comes under the head of machinist’s supplies. REPAIRING A SPECIALTY. * October 31,1689. IF. IE. es- FIRE IIMSTmalVOEi -A.GKEIN'T- REPRE8ENTS TEN OF TH& LARGEST AND OLDEST COMPA- NIES IN THE WORLD. Insures all classes of nroperty, including Gin DouNeii, in ativ part ot the County. Office over DARLINGTON NEWS tmildiug. Decemmber 6,1888. Dargan & Lide. Shiners, DARLINGTON, S. G. Having recently Pncltased the interest of Henry T. Thomp son in the > ; -♦? BOOK STOKE * They purpose conducting at the same stand an establishment which will be a credit to Darlington County. A full line'of Stationery and School- Books always on hand. Law Blanks in great variety. This is the place to buy your ledgers and blank books of all kinds at the lowest market prices. A LARGE LINE OF HANDSOME BOOKS SUITABLE FOR PRESENTS. Any book not in stock will be ordered out on a few day’s notice at catalogue prices. Everytliing You Want in the Stationery Line, O-A-JCT IBID ZBOTTGKHTT A T* THE DARLINGTON BOOK STORE. January 16, 1890. DARGAH & LIDE, Proprietors. Illen long Staple Cotton Sand Far Sale, At Seventy-five Cent* per Bushel. A liberal discount in large lota. It make* as much lint per acre as any other cotton, and sells for $15 per bale higher than Short Staple Cotton. ALSO 10,000 Stalks of Sugar Cane, for plant ing; makes 250 to 800 gallons of molas- ses*per acre. „ , „ B. A. EARLX. Barly’s X Roads, Feb. «, ’90-tf Benaettsviljo (.Society Hill R. R. Books of subscription to the capital Bennettsvil'.e Jr Society Hill Rail Road are now open at the Counting Room of Messrs. W. C. Co- k ® r * Co-, Society Hill, S. C. The books will remaino^en for sixty days- i i. % • Jan $0. '90—1m :mt *