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airtinQ|int VOL XVI. NC 9. DARLINGTON, 8. 0, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27. 1890. WHOLE NO 789. JLOO-AJL ITEMS. The employees of the factory have organized a brass band. Calvin Johnson, colored, well known abou,t Darlington as a ; well digger, died on Monday. M. Mannk has a new adver- tisement published elsewhere in this issue. Mb. C. R. Woods has returned home after a pleasant trip toj Florida. \ Mr. J. E. Norraent leaves for the North to-day to lay in a full, supply of spring and summer goods. We return thanks for an invi-, tation to attend a festival to be iven at the residence of Mr. J. Warron March 5. The dry weather and the Hessian fly, our correspondents tell us, are seriously injuring the oat crop. The County Commissioners met on Monday, but owing to the severe illness of Commissioner Huggins no business of impor tance was transacted. Private C. D. Evans, the vet eran member of the Darlington Guards, has presented the com- any with a fine photograph of imself. The town authorities have in structed J. J. Ward, Esq., to procure a regular grading ma chine to be utilized in the work upon the streets. The members of St. David’s! belters Incslted For Lodge, A. F. M., are reminded; The following unclaimed let- that the monthly communica-} ters remain in the postoffice, Dar- tion of the lodge will be held in lington, S. C., for the weekend- the new Masonic Hall, Florence; ing February 22,1890. Persons road, on Wednesday evening, calling for. these letters will March 5, at 8 o’clock. All affiu- please mention that they were iating masons t T *e coidlally in-' advertised, vited to attend. j William Brown, J. H. Bing- i tic -tj rj ham, B. H. Blackman, Henry Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Iset les jj^g Washington Harris, are m Md bereavement, am mj Cttlvji ; joh^on.J. B. Odom! these hours of affliction thiy:p ar30n Wal ] aC0i M R 8 m ith, hours of affliction tluy have the sympathies of all our people. At about half past eight o’clock yesterday morning their little daughter, Emma, aged about 13 years, died subbenly at their residence near Palmetto. The funeral services will be held at the Presbyterian Church this | afternoon at three o’clock. M R W. J. Timmons, M. W. Williams, Sarah J. Benson, Ida Magne, Rosa I. Mitchell, Christener Nelson, Julia Rostan, Cynthia Vaughn, Anna Warren, Rachal Warren, Arien Williams. , Another New Industry. Darlington is to have still an- For some time past much other industry, the Darlington complaint has been made by the Planing Mill Company. The citizens of the town about the ^promoters of this scheme are water of the artesian well. It Messrs. J. J. Ward, C. S. Mc- has become evident to all that ] Cullough, M. Bonnoitt, and C. the cause of the trouble was that M. Ward, of Darlington, and L. the water, which our pe'ople were drinking, remained too the Farmers’ Alliance were in-1 if we may judge from what we terviewed, and all said that the see around us. The farmers are Darlington County Alliance! pushing ahead and are prepar- would pay no attention what- mg for another heavy cotton ever to the proclamation. Some ( crop. Some are thinking of of these said that they regarded planting corn now and others the proclamation as a sugges- contemplate waiting, tion to the Alliance, which they _o U r little village i« yet in M*^ ? infancy, but it if destined to Mt SS in ^ k 8 h ' * h ' K row - We now have one small Of course many influential farmers could not be seen and their opinions may differ from those who were interviewed. The general opinion, however, seems to be in opposition to Capt. Shell’s proclamation. It has ex cited very little interest. No action has been taken in any E long in the cistern, thus becom ing to a certain degree stagnant. To remedy this, the town is now erecting a pump to connect with the well some distance below the surface by means of a pipe so that fresh water may be pumped up at any time, as was formerly the case. We trust that this will restore the purity of the water. gton, S. Welling, of Charleston. Mr. Oh Tuesday one hundred and twenty-one bales of cotton were hauled to the depot. On the same day eight solid car loads of freight were received here for Darlington merchants. The Boston Stars filled their engagement at the Opera House last evening. The audjenee was unusually large and it is needless to say that the performance was capital in every respect. Mr. J. F. Hart, who recently left Darlington for the West to canvassfor “Hitchcock’s Analy sis of the Bible,” is now located at Mansfield, DeSoto Parish, Louis iana. Elsewhere in this issue is published an important notice from the clerk of the Town Council anent the report of the tax assessors for the town of Darlington. All tax payers should act upon the information given therein. At a recent meeting of the Town Council the contract for building the bridge over Swift Creek, at the crossing of the new road to the Mineral Spring, was awarded to H. J. Keith, colored, who bid to erect the bridge for $185. Work of construction has already begun. Rev. J. C. Kilgo, the financial' agatft of Wofford College, will represent that institution at the Methodist Church on Sunday, the 9th proximo, preaching morning and night. Mr. Kilgo, it will be remembered, was sta tioned at Timmonsville several years ago. The semi-annual examina tions at the State University are over and the following Darling- tonians are on the roll of honor: “Distinguished,” L. P. Dargan, of the Sophomore Class ; “Pro ficient,” J. B. Rast, of the Junior, and R. F* Woods, of the Fresh man Class. The list would prob ably be larger were it not for the fact that that all prevalent and disagreeable epidemic, “the grip,” is now finding many sub jects to work upon in the Uni versity. Ex-Governor Johnson Ha- ;ood and Col. Mike Brown, of amwell, were in town on Sat urday for the purpose of exam ining the “modus operandi” of the Ginning, Milling, Fertilizer and Warehouse Company , with a view to establishing a similar industry at Barnwell. It may be mentioned here that parties from all portions of the State frequently visit Darlington to see this work, as it is the only enterprise of its kind in South Carolina. The Board of Tax Assessors of Darlington are now at work upon their report on the taxable property of the town for 1890. It is impossible, as yet, to give the final result, but there will undoubtedly be a large increase in value, probably 25 per cent., over the report made last year. According to the last report the total taxable property was near ly eight hundred thousand dol lars, while it will probably now reach one milFon. How is this for a steady, healthy growth ? Twelve prisoners are no ^ lodged in jail awaiting their trial at the approaching term of court. We give their names, to gether with the charges prefer red against them : Lewis Wil liams, Joseph W. James (white), and William Scott, murder; John McCullough, felony; Evans Gardner, housebreaking; John E. Jackson, misdemeanor; John Owens, larceny; Willie James, burglary: James Rus- (white), breach of trust and cenj; Laz Peterson, breach of trust and larcenv; Julius Johnson, arson; and Henry Carr, horse stealing and ^rand larce- On Tuesday of last week Sheriff Cole received informa tion from Cheraw that a suspi cious character had been arrest ed in that town and that proba bly he was the man wanted for the theft of the horse and buggy from Mr. W. C. Ervin at Dar lington several weeks ago. Act ing upon this, Mr. Ervin repair ed to Cheraw and identified the buggy and harness, but the horse had evidently been swap ped for another. The man was, therefore, arrested, brought to Darlington and lodged in the jail on Friday. The prisoner is a colored man, named Henry Carr, who has been employed as a laborer around Darlington for some time. Two warrants had been issued for him as the horse was the property of Mr. Ervin and the buggy and harness be longed to Mr. B. F. Williamson. C. M. Ward will be the mana ger. The purpose of the com pany is to have always on hand well seasoned lumber which they propose to sell to the pub lic. That well seasoned lumber is so difficult to be obtained in these parts has heretofore been the bane of all house builders, but this needs no longer be the case for the company will here-1 after season lumber in first-class manner by steam, through the agency of a dry kiln, the ma chinery for which has already been ordered. The mill will be located on Jessamine Street, in Southwest Darlington, and the building is now in the course of erection. As soon as this is completed and the machinery placed into position, which will probably be in a very short time, the mill will be put into active operation. The company expects later to add a sash, door and blind factory to the estab lishment. Thus does Darling ton march as she keeps pace with the progress of the coun try. Next I In the Toils ot the Law During the past week a set of harness, valued at $25, and oth er articles were stolen from the carriage house on the premises ! of Mr. L. L. McGee. On Sun day night Mr. C. W. Hewitt also Distribu-1 had a set of harness stolen from his carriage house. The police authorities were informed of these thefts and immediately proceeded to ferret out the guil ty parties. Suspicion pointed to Hab Good son, colored, who was arrested in Florence. Goodson confessed that he committed the theft and implicated David Har vey, also colored, in his guilt. Harvey was then arrested and of har- it. wav concerning the matter, and it does not appear at all proba ble that Darlington County will take any part in the proposed schemes of Capt. G. W. Shell.” The News is in perfect har mony with “the general concen sus of opinion” as given in the above letter. The News and Courier Gift tion. Some months ago the News and Courier offered one hun dred prizes to those who would subscribe to the daily or week ly News and Courier or the Sunday News prior to February 20, 1890, the awarding to be de cided by a drawing and each person holding a number drawn should receive a prize. The drawing took place on Saturday, be admitted selling a set of 1 The following is the list of the ness, but denied stealing lucky ones, who reside in this immediate section, together with the prizes they drew : S. Lew- enthal, Darlington, Hume’s His tory of England, six volumes; Dr. S. I. Blackwell, Ebenezer, a “New Home” sewing machine with complete attachments ; J. C. McIntosh, Hartsville, one ton of fertilizers; Simeon Coker, Dovesyille, Dore’s Bible Gallery; T. C. Crawford, Florence, George Eliot’s complete works, eight volumes ; J. J. Josey, Til ler’s Ferry, Chesterfield County, Macaulay's History of England, five volumes ; E. L. Adams, Florence, Scott’s Waverly Nov el’s, twelve volumes ; J. N. Mc Leod, Dovesville, Gibbon’s Ro man Empire, six volumes- The first prize, a trip to Europe and back, or, if preferred, to Califor- 1 nia and back, was drawn by 1 John C. Simonds, of Charleston. Gen Kennedy’s Address- * It is a matter of regret that there was so small an attend ance upon Gen. Kennedy’s lec ture on China, at the Opera House, Friday evening. The laudable purpose for which the entertainment was given seems sufficient to have attracted a larger audience, but more than this, Gen. Kennedy’s popularity and well recognized ability should alone have sufficed. In fact those who did not attend little know what they missed, for the lecture, from first to last, was exceedingly interesting and the audience was greatly pleas ed. He told us, with his forci ble style, of the peculiar man ners and customs of a people who had reached a high degree of civilization before America was known to the world and when Europe was yet inhabited by barbarians, but who had for centuries progressed little at all. The way in which Gen. Kenne dy showed that the Chinese did everything “backwards,” that in all their actions, they do exact ly the opposite from what we do, afforded much amuse ment. Gen. Kennedy referred feelingly to the great mission ary work, which Rev. H. C. DuBose, who is a native of Dar lington County, together with his wife, is accomplishing in fHhina and his remarks in this oonnection were verv gratifying to his hearers. The lecture gave us much insight into the pecu liar conditions of this interest ing country and was aaserving of the approbation it received* Both sets of harness were recov ered. Twelve bushels of com and three bushels of oats were found in Harvey’s possession. When asked by the authorities to account forthis, Goodson said that Harvey forged an order from Mr. Hewitt on the depot agent, J. T. Parnell, for some oats and corn; that he (Good- son) could not write, but that he presented the forged order to Mr. Parnoll, who delivered the goods to him. All, in regard to the forgery, Harvey persistent ly denied. They are both now lodged in jail to answer the charges of burglary, grand lar ceny and forgery. The March Convention. The News and Courier has made inquiries of their corre spondents all over the State as to the sentiment of the farmers of their respective sections in regard to the Farmers Conven tion, called for March 27. In response the Darlington corre spondent forwarded the follow ing letter which appeared in the News and Courier, together with letters from other parts of the State, on Tuesday: “Darlington, Febmary 24.— The recent proclamation and call for a State Convention of the farmers, issued bv Capt. G. W. Shell, meets with scarcely any favor from our representa tive farmers. While politics is very quiet here now, it is evi dent from interviews with some of our leading farmers that the sentiment of Darlington County is opposed to the proposed plans of Capt. Shell. The various ex pressions of opinion from those interviewed by your correspond ent were very similar, and all condemned Capt. Shell’s posi tion and were not in favor of taking part in his plan. To nearly all Capt. Shell was un known, his proclamation having been an unsought introduction. The general concensus of opin ion, as gathered from these in terviews, was that the time pro posed for the convention, March 27, was too early, and no neces sity was seen for any change in the regular time for holding the Nominating Convention of the Democratic party. It was deemed a wrong principle and one fraught with danger to ar ray the farming element against the rest of the State. Let 'the convention wait until every ele- ement could be regularly repre sented. Several prominent members of LAMAK. —Farmers are farther ad vanced with their work than usual at this time of the year. We attribute this, of course, to the fine weather we have had. —The dry weather, together with the Hessian fly, has almost ruined the fine prospects we first had of a good oat crop. —The members of the Farm ers’ Alliance at this place have been nght busy hauling fertili zers and supplies for the past two weeks, which had been bought by the business agent at fair play prices. —A Mr. Vines, from North Carolina, made a very sensible and practical talk to the Farm ers’ Alliance on last Saturday. —Miss Nettie Thomas, of Un ion County, who has been con ducting the High Hill school, is spending a short time with Mrs. E. L. Gray, at this place, before returning to her home. PHILADELPHIA —Mr. W. R. Hart, of Wadma- law Island, wat visiting the family of Mr. W. P. Seabrook last week. Mr. Hart was very favorably impressed with our section, or at least with one or two of its citizens. —Mrs. Mary Hill, the wife of Mr. W. D. Hill, died on Friday evening about seven o’clock at her residence ip this township. Mrs.'Hill had been in ill health for several years, though the sickness that terminated her life was of brief duration. The re mains were interred at Zion Church on Sunday morning. —Mr. J. W. Wadford’s dwell ing, with its entire contents ex cept one bed, was destroyed by fire early on Sunday morning last. The fire originated from a defective flue. We have not yet ascertained the extent of the loss. Mr. Wadford, who had gone into the garret to endeavor to extinguish the flames, was obliged to jump to the lower story to escape from the fiery element. HIGH HILL —Miss Jessie Johnson has re turned to her home in Charles ton. —Miss Nettie Thomas closed her school at this place on last Friday. —The Sunday School at High Hill was reorganized last Sun day. —We are glad to learn that Mrs. N. B. Jordan is thought to be slowly convalescing. —Messrs. Ward & Stuckey say they are just booming in lumber and can furnish any one with enough to. build anything from a chicken coop up to a pal ace. —Some of our farmers are sat isfied that it is the Hessian fly that is ruining their oats and are using soda, lime and Paris green in hopes of destroying them. We have not heard the re sult yet. —We notice the trees are put ting forth their foliage and fruit trees are blooming, fig trees are covered with figs, and, although we « have had what might be called a “Florida winter,” we are very much afraid our fruit will be killed yet. GREEN PLAINS. —We think that it is high time that the new village, Green Plains, and its vicinity should be introduced to the county through the columns of The Darlington News. —Several new^mldings are in the course dMfcmstruction and since there is some talk of the new railroad passing through our midst, the farmers are be ginning to look hopeful. —The Methodist have nearly completed a neat and commo dious church *t this place and the Baptists are repairing Anti och and it is now ready for a new coat of paint, which make the old church look once more. —Our community quiet, is on the line grow. store, a postoffice and a weekly mail. But best of all, we have a large and flourishing school under the able direction of Miss Ella Sumner. There are in at tendance upon this school some forty-five pupils. Success to the young teacher and her work 1 We feel sure that general satis faction will be given. ASHLAND. —Mr Jas. W. Gardner is erect ing another tenant house. —The private school at Pleas ant Grove numbers about forty pupils. —The cold spell last week proved fatal to most of the hogs of this section. —Mr. James W. McKenzie has completed his barn and placed his bell in the belfry, which adds much to the looks of his place. —After a painful illness of about five days. Early, a sweet little son of Mr. James R. Se- gars, died on last Wednesday, 19th inst! He was interred at Sa vanna on Thursday. The be reaved parents have the deep sympathies of the entire commu nity. —The Advent Christian Con ference of Darlington County will convene afe Savanna Chapel on Saturday morning, March 8th. Elder Jos. P. King, of Wilming ton, North Carolina, is expected to be present in order to preach a few days after Conference is over. OATS —Our Reading Society met on last Friday evening. The selec tions read were very good. —The farmers have begun to put out their fertilizers, and we think some who did not use any last year will try a little this season. —There has been a great many forest fires thoughout this part of the country, consequently things have seemed smoky for several days. —The sugar cane will be more generally planted in our neigh borhood this year than last, and there seems to be a scarcity of the planting cane. —Rev A. H. Best, who is on the Cheraw circuit, is among us on a short visit this week. This visit looks suspicious, and we are afraid he will carry one of our fair ones back to Cheraw with him when he goes. —The colored school near here has been suspended. There had been a disturbance in the school, and some of the patrons and trustees met to straighten mat ters in some way. While thus engaged two of them became in volved in a difficulty and might havo had to “pull wool,” had it not been for their friends who were near to hold them. And then the youngsters with sorrow ing hearts, because school had stopped, began to wend their way to the ir way to their respect ive homes, with gloomy fore bodings of coming events—tn the field. MT. KLON. —Jimmie Hicks is sick with chickenpox. —There is some prospect of a marriage in the distant future. —From present indications the prospect for a full oat crop looks very gloomy. —Sickness has abated but lit tle. Your correspondent had to succumb last Friday to the pre vailing “La Grippe.” —A negro boy living on Mr. J. B. Witherspoon’s place was badly wounded from having a splinter stuck in his hand on Friday evening last. —The weather continues fine, and the farmers will have their cotton seed and most of their fertilizers out in the fields this week, and some will have their corn lands ready for planting. —Dr. H. J. Lee, of Lvdia, has ordered the champion farm bell of the season, the cost of which is eighteen dollars and it weighs seventy-five or more pounds. From the improvements the Doctor is making on his farm this season we predict for him great success. —Our new Trial Justice, Mr. R. M. Josey, is ready to hear complaints and punish wrong doers. We believe he will make us a faithful, fearless, and an impartial State officer. He had two cases before him last Satur day and has one docketted for this week. he went on in the direction of Society Hill. We feel sure he has been in good hands for he returned home safe on Saturday. —We have finished reading your first serial story, “Over the Border,” and it is decidedly a good story. My family all en joyed reading it, and looked ex pectantly from week to w«*ck to see “Matthew Humble” hum bled. If this is an index to your future serials, the readers of The News are to be congratu lated. —Mrs. M. A. Witherspoon very narrowly escaped receiv ing serious, if not fatal, injuries last week, by an attack from a milch cow. Her husband had i 'ust bought the cow and was laving her driven home, when Mrs. Witherspoon came out and the cow, being very mad, dashed at her and forced her to the ground. She caught the cow by the ears (for the animal had no horns) and by apparent super human strength, kept the cow from crushing her to death. The two colored men who were driving the cow did all they could, and eventually succeeded in forcing the cow away. Mrs. Witherspoon received some bruises about the face and head. That she should escape with such slight injuries was surely providential. She has nearly recovered and says that she has to laugh every time she thinks of the ludicrous position in which she was placed while holding the cow by the ears. will neat —One of our young men sud denly disappeared on last Thurs day on a snort business trip un der cover of a cloud. When next heard from he had reached Hartsville, and was there taken men sud- Urooaffc of i’eb. 87-lyr ing in a small house, and when they awoke about 11 P. M., the loft was all on fire and they just had time to escape. The wind was high and cinders were fall ing about from the burning woods in the country, so that the real origin of the fire is un known. SOCIETY HILL. —The seines are up and shad are beginning to appear on the street. —Rev. J. W. Edwards, of Cheraw, has been visiting friends here during the week. —The Episcopal grave yard has been enlarged and the fen cing thoroughly repaired. —It is generally reported that !r. Willie Stogner and Miss Carraway, of Swift Creek, are to be married on Wednesday night, 26th inst. —We congratulate Mr. J. C. McIntosh, of Hartsville, on his good fortune in drawing the ton of fertilizers as a prize from the Weekly News and Courier. —Major Lucas has transplant ed eight hundred cabbage plants. He is also pushing ahead with his Bennettsville Railroad, in re gard to which cheering reports of aid and encouragement con tinueto come in. —The road hands of Chester field County have been ordered out to cut a new public road from the mill of W. C. Coker & Co. to W. L. Campbell’s, on the Cam den road leading from Cheraw. —Mr. Thomas Evans, of Marl boro County, cut a pine tree some time ago, from which he split 640 fence posts, and hauled up eight two-horse loads of wood. The but cut of the tree was so tough and large that it couldn’t be split and it was left in the woods. —A car load of bacon (27,000 pounds) was unloaded at the de pot on Monday. It was the larg est bulk of meat ever shipped here at once. Our merchants and alliance men were joint pur chasers. Happy alliance men were to be seen, with wagons loaded with cheap bacon. —Rev. Mr. McDonnough, of Virginia, preached twice on Sun day last at the Episcopal Church. The congregations were very much pleased with the discourses on both occasions, and have se cured his services for the third Sunday in each month, on which day two services will be held. —Col. W. H. Evans, we are pleased to inform his many friends throughout the County and State, has slowly improved and has been able to walk to his vard gate, a short distance from his house. It will be some time, however, before he will be able to attend to business. ALLIANCE NOTES. SOCIETY HILL, NO. 133. This Alliance met in the vil lage library at 11 A. M. on the 25th inst. Owing to several causes there were but few pres ent, and the subject for discus sion “The cultivation and grow ing of Peas,” was continued un til the next meeting. MECHANICSVILLK, NO. 192. This Alliance met in the school house at Riverdale at 4 o’clock | on last Saturday, Feb. 22, and important business was trans acted. On request of some of the members, this Alliance meets on the second and last Saturdays in each month, and will have some lecture on farming. &c., at each meeting. Bro. W. W. Shoemake report ed sick and Bro. Thomas Moody in distress, who on account of Bro. Shoemake’s sickness is somewhat behind with his work. Every member expressed his willingness to go and help Bro. Moody a day on his farm ; so Bro. Moody will be ahead of us all if every member goes as promised, which they will un doubtedly do. MARRIED. Sunday, February 23, 1890, at the residence of the bride’s fath er, Mr. Bruce Davis, by Rev. B. F. Parrott, Mr. William Black man to Miss Lizzie Davis. All of Darlington County. Notice. To all whom it may concern : Be it known that Mrs. M. A. Brown has this day made application to me, in accordance with the provisions of Section 2002 of the General Statutes of South Carolina, to have appraised and set off to her her homestead rights in the personal and real estate of her late husband, W. H. Brown. W. A. PARROTT, C c P Feb 25, 1890—4t Insure with the Mutual Life Insurance Co., OF HEW YORK. RICHARD A. McCURDY, President. EDW. L. GERN1ND, Gee. Agent. COLUMBIA, 8. 0., The Oldest, Largest, Strongest and the Best Company in the World. Cash Resources Ovsr One Hundred and Thirty Millions of Dollars. —Young Mr. Trippett, who is visiting the Doctor, pays our people and country a very high compliment by saying that we are the healthiest looking people he has q^en anywhere. We ac cept the compliment with many kind wishes for Mr. Trippett, and hope he will have a nice time while among us. —The name of the “Marlboro Dude” is very solicitously en quired for by the Marlboro Deni' ocrat. Your correspondent is surprised that so promising a youth should not be recognized at once. He is quite a sportsman and has been bringing down the game, but as there are two of them visiting our town we mean “the other man.” —John Hyland (colored), who lives several miles from here in Chesterfield County, met with a fearful loss last Friday night. His barn, stables, several houses, over 100 bushels of corn, 6 large stacks of fodder, some bacon, a large amount of dried sausage, $14 in silver, and many other things, were consumed by fire. One dog was burned, and two mules were saved with great dif- were * To the Taxpayers of the Town of Darlington. COUNCIL CHAMBER, ) Darlington, s. c., Feb. 25,1890 j" Whereas we, the Mayor and Aider- men of the Town of Darlington, deem it to the great and lasting welfare of the Town to induce the Charleston, Sumter and Northern Railroad Com pany to project their Road through said Town, and regard it wise and prudent for said purpose to issue bonds; or scrip in the sum of Eighty Thou sand Dollars, if so muclt be necessary in 30 year coupon bonds, 5 per cent, interest payable annually, and there by obtain an amount of stock in said Railroad equal to the amount of bonds issued ; and also in pursuance of peti tion presented to said Council to this end by a majority of the taxpayers of the Town of Darlington. And whereas, the right to issue said bonds or scrip can only be determined by a majority vote east by the prop erty owners of said Town 'at an elec tion held for that purpose, the time and manner of holding and conduct ing the same to be Axed by the Town Council, as provided for in Heetion 29 of an Act entitled “An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to alter and amend the charter of the Town of Darlington” (Acts of the General As sembly 1889, page 505.) Now, Therefore, an election is here by ordered for the purpose aforesaid, said election to be held on the 7th day of March, A. D., 1890, commencing at 8 o’clock, A. M., and to close at six o’clock, P. M., of the same day. At said election every person, either male or female, who owns property, either real or personal, to the amount of one hundred dollars in said Town, and has paid Town taxes on the same the year previous, shall be entitled to one vote for each one hundred dollars worth of property so returned for town taxes, and the same paid thereon. Commencing at nine o’clock A. M. on the 1st day of March, A. D., 1890, upon application to the clerk of the town, made at his office in Darlington, between the hours of nine A. M., and two P. M., and between half-past three P. M., on every day, Sunday excepted, each person entitled to vote will be furnished with a copy of this Pream ble and Resolution; and if he or she favors the issuing of the bonds or scrip above mentioned, he or she will write the word “Yes” on the dotted line left for that purpose at the bot tom of said Preamble and Resolutions, and sign his or her name thereto; and if the party so voting does not favor the issuing of the bonds aforesaid, for the purpose above named, he or she will write the word “No” on the said dotted line and sign his or her name thereto. And during the time above mentioned for holding said election, the clerk of the town shall receive the vote of each person, either in person or by some one in authority to deliver the same, and shall register the said voter’s name, when it is presented. On the day after vote is closed, to-wit: On the 8th day of March, A. I)., 1890, the clerk of the town in the presence of the Town Council, with three of the Taxpayers of the Town to be ap pointed by the Mayor, shall by means of the tax list for the year 1889, com mence to canvass said vote, and shall disclose the result when it has been ascertained. Any person empowered to vote in said election who is unable to sign his or her name, can make his or her mark before some reliable per son, who can sign his or her name as a witness to'said voter’s signature. JAS. C. WILLCOX, Mayor. I. LEWENTHAL, J. J. WARD, P. C. BECK, S. A. WOODS. Aldermen. Attest: S. S. BURCH, clerk. On the question as to whether or not the above mentioned bonds or — THIS — Great Corporation Has earned for and paid out to its policy holders in cash profits in twenty-one years the enormous sum of $73,000,000. WHICH IS NEARLY Eleven Millions of DOLLARS More than the combined returns attained by the next two leading companies LINDSAY & LATTA, Agts. For the Counties of Darlington, Florence, Chesterfield, Chester and York, Yorkville, S. C. Feb. 27, 1890. WA McGIRT, D. D. S." Offers his professional services to the people of Darlington and vicinity. Office over the store of Edwards, Nor- ment & Co. Jan 19, ’90—ly. scrip shall be issued, I vote Peter Bowles D OES first-class House and Sign Painting; Kalsomine Work a specialty. OT He solicits Darlington. MONEY TO LOIN On improved farm lands, in sums of $300 and upwards. Loans repayable in small annual instalments, through a period of 5 years, thus enabling ths borrower to pay off his indebtedness without exhausting his crop in any one year. No liens taken on crops or personal property. Apply to WARD & WOODS, Att’ys, Darlington, B. C. Oet. 3, ’89—8m. Office of the Mayor, ) Darlington, S. C., Feb. 19, ’90.) Notice is hereby given that the Tax Assessors for the Town of Darlington, have filed their report for assessments of Real Estate for 1890, with me. Aws^ property ownesdrishing to inspect the same or make complaints are request ed to do so within the next 20 days: after that time their assessments will be final S. S. BURCH, Clerk. Feb. 27. ’90.—It Final Notitt. Notice is hereby given to all con cerned that on the 28th day of March, 1890,1 will file in the office of Judge of Probate, for Darlington County, my Final Account, as Administrator of the Estate of Lavinia Gandy, and ap ply for Letters Dismlssory. 8. B. GANDY, Adm’r. , ■ Feb 25, ’90—1m ~ FTTUL LIHSTE OF CLOCKS Of all Kinds, at Lowest Cash Prices. Call and see them at Mason’s Jewelry Store. Feb. 20,1890. CLOSmoUTSSTE I INTEND retiring permanently from business and propose to sell MTST rEDJSmUHJ STOCK at COST. These sales will be made EVERY DAY IN THE WEEK except Saturdays, when the goods will be sold at AUCTION. Come one, come all and secure bargains while you can. C. BELUNGER. Feb. 20, 1890—6t patents, Caveats and Trade-Marks obtained, and all Patent business conducted for Moderate Fees. „ „ _ ^ Our Office is Opposite U. 8. Patent Office and we can secure patent In lees time and at lees cost than these remote from Washington. Send model, drawing or photo., with description. Wa advise, if patentable or not, free of charge, ^ Our fee due till patent ‘ A Littlx Boos ents,” with nan y Add 8 i!S?’ O0!aDtyor m