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VOL XVI. NC 11. DARLINGTON, S. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1890. w WHOLE NO 791. X,OO^.Xi ITIPMS. many , Boyd ami Mr. C. W. both on the sick list. Court Dr. B. C. Norment continues to improve. The “grip*’ still finds victims in Darlington. Mr. D. A. G. Outz, of the Char leston World is in town. Dr. J. A Hewitt are Messrs. J. P. McNeill and A. Willcox,of the Florence Bar wore in attendance upon this week. Mr. J. C. Keys, the cotton buyer, left for his home in Anderson on Monday. He prom ises to return in the fall. The game law goes into effect on April 1st and the sportsmen are now taking advantage of the few “days of grace” remain ing. Rev. W. A. Guerry will con duct services in the Episcopal Chapel, Sunday night at 7.30 o’clock. Immediately after ser vices Holy Communion will be administered. Mr. G. Kirkwood King, a for mer Darlingtonian, who has been buying cotton in Georgia, during the . past season, is in town on a visit. His many friends are glad to see him. According to previous an nouncement Rev. J. C. Kilgo conducted services in the Meth odist Church, last Sunday morn ing and night, in the interest of Wofford College, when he col lected $270. Solomon Jackson, colored, re tired to bed, at his residence near Mr. W. A. Laws’ place, on last Thursday night, apparently in the best of health. He never woke again, though, for he died some time during the night. The cotton receipts at Harts- ville during the present season to March 7, amount to 3,791 bales. Jovann has received 146 bales and these, together, make a total of 3,937. Hartsville has also received 2,489 tonsof guano. A lady has very kindly and successfully raised subscrip tions for James E. Jackson, ^tne poor old colored mpn, whose’pit iable condition, as described in The News last week, elicits uni versal sympathy. The people living in the neigh borhood of Green Plains, but who are too far from that post- office to patronize it save with great inconvenience, are very desirous of having another post- office established a few miles be yond. We have again had snow. On Friday afternoon a heavy snow fell, which covered the roofs of the houses and the ground was to some extent hid by the fleecy mantle. By the following day, however, the snow had melted. The Kingstree County Record of last week says : “Rdv. S. M. Richardson, of Darlington Coun ty, has accepted a call to preach in the Baptist Church at this place the present year. He will preach here next Sunday at 11 o’clock a. M., and at 7.30 p.*m.” Mr. John S. Garner, who re cently went west with Mr. J. F. Hodge, is now serving as clerk in a larg$ hotel at Marquez, Tex as. He expresses himself as well pleased with the “Lone Star” State and advises all Dar- lingtonians, who wish to settle there, to do so in the fall, when employment is easily secured. on Saturday night, with the fol lowing vote : Total votes cast, 163 Irregular votes thrown out, 15 Total votes counted, Of these 148 votes, 140 “yes” and 8 voted “no.” vote counts one for 148 voted Each every one "as the Chairman of the Board of! County Commissioners, for the! Board's information. If any litigation is to be had about that fund, the tax payers, or others interested, must institute pro- j ceeding regularly. The Court would not have the authority to i order the Solicitor to start a pro- 0 ceeding about it on this ex-parte, * unsigned statement. I think it —Mr. Wesley Moore has a yearling, just one year old, that tips the beam at 669 pounds. —We hope we have had suffi cient cold to exterminate 1 act independently or outside the, These gentlemen called on Col. j of the farming lands of the Stete j their business will go there yet Democratic party. S. Y. Tupper, president of the from which she now derives if the Society Hill spur is putin. Can we, as farmers and Demo- Chamber of Commerce, yester- practically nothing. Let me say just here the fanu- crats, ignore or disfranchise a day. and arranged to meet some; The trade in heavy groceries ers’ business is on the mend and large class of Democrats and say of the local capitalists at the ine ^ , ,,, , , • .. • m i— j — i o The trade in is in the same condition. It hundred dollar’s worth of sessed property owned Iw the j to make this state voter so the number of ballots; meat, so that any aggrieved par- cast ior the railroad was 2,838 may take proper steps inl and the number agamst 190. mediately and not rely on this The majority in favor of issuing ! j e tt er » the bonds or scrip was 2,648. Hessian flies and other insects. Some fear that the cold has proved fatal to oats. —Messrs Thos. J. and they shall have no hand in this government ? Can we afford to array class against class ? But say you, we see lawyers elected Finly as delegates, but how high have Coffey, of Boone County, N. C., | they gotten in the law ? They are now at Ashland with a few are simply hunting a job. ipl„ horses and mules. They are on “Watch Tom!” piunr*. u.u<x ui i..w their way home after* selling Have you forgotten the time fits w'hich are expected to accrue j Mtiriboro and Darlington, ninety-six horses and mules in when South Carolina, and espe- to this city from the construction w ju give her Darlington Sumter, and Clar- cially Darlington County, needed of the proposed line. as i ms ueV( endon Counties. the help of every true Democrat? The gentlemen constituting —We are informed that FJder Tha * tim0 ma y corae a K ain - tho committee are all men of pZchaJ ««> ,hould. groat burine*. „ro.ninenco in Rock Hill school house next Chamber to-day at 12 o’clock, goes North while it wants where the plans of the road will come to Charleston, but cannot, be thoroughly discussed. because there is no way for it to A Reporter for The Xews and reach here on account of a lack Courier called on these gentle- of railway connections, men at the Charleston Hotel last tapping north Carolina. night and procured a statement But this road wiB not on iy of their plans, and of the bene- 0 pe n a trade for Charleston in but A Valuable Curiosity. Mr. W. H. Jones, a commer cial traveler from Atlanta, had on exhibition at Mr. John Ear ly’s store, for a few days last week, a curiosity which is of far more interest and value than anything we have ever seen save in a museum, namely, a petri fied hand. It is evidently tho hand of a girl and probably one who was just blooming into wo manhood, when the pulse ceased to beat in the wrist, which is also perfectly preserved. The hand is small and graceful and its whole contour is remarkably well preserved. There are marks upon the wrist, which were evi dently made by a bracelet. Mr. Jones found this curiosity in In dian River, Florida. Many per sons saw the curiosity, while on exhibition here, and were very much interested in it. Could it have been that in the early days of our country a savage severed the hand from the body of the daughter of some hardy fron tiersman in order to secure the bracelet ? This, time can never tell. Carried by an Overwhelming Majority The election on Friday was devoid of any incidents of par ticular interest. The opposition was so very slight that the rote in favor of the road was practi cally unanimous. A full vote was by no means polled, but this, doubtless, was owing to the inclemebt weather and also to „ st that everyone consid- the victory for the railroad foregone fconclusion. The vote wag canvassed by the Town Clerk in The presence of the City land A committee consist- )f Messrs. W. F. " *well and B. ' »• So the fight is over and the railroad will come to Darling ton and, we trust, at a very ear ly day. * Court Proceedings. As stated in our last report the trial oi Lewis Williams, charged with the murder of old* man Joe James, was begun on Wednesday morning of last week. The whoie of the remain der of the week was consumed with this case, the arguments not being concluded until Sat- day afternoon. Notwithstand ing the eloquence and zeal of his counsel,E. O. Woods,Esq.,who, as the appointee of the Court has, from first to last, advocat ed the cause of his client with consummate skill, the jury brought in a verdict of guilty. Robert Windham, represent ed by E. Keith Dargau, Esq., was put on trial on Monday charged with murder, an ac count of which was given in these columns a short time ago. On their way from Darlington, Windham and a colored boy got into a fight; the latter received a cut with a knife, from the ef fects of which he died. After the examination of a few wit nesses, the Solicitor, seeing that there was no casd against the defendant, threw the matter out of court. On Monday afternoon Alex- der Fonville, colored, represent ed by Messrs. Nettles & Nettles, was tried for assault and bat tery of a high and aggravated nature; the jury found him guilty. Jos. W. James, charged with murder, was put on trial on Tuesday ; he was represented, as at the last term of the court, by Messrs. E. Keith Dargan and Dargan & Thompson. So many of the jury had formed some opinion as to this case, that it was difficult to find twelve who were competent to try it. The names of the thirty-six regular ly drawn for this court w'ere quickly exhausted, and the full jury was not obtained until twenty additional names had been drawn from the jury box. The jury is as follows: T. S. Stokes, Foreman ; J. P. Mozin- go, Jr., B. F. White. J. B. Par ker, E. W. Boswell, F.E. Stokes, W. C. jttuns, Hector Rosseau, J. H. Schmid, Jack Williamson, H. W. Beck. H. A. Hancock. At the time of our going to press yesterday afternoon, only three witnesses had been exam ined, so that,) if the present rate of progress is continued, it is probable that the case will run well into next week. ■- The KxperinifuUl Station Tax The following’ is the text of the letter, referred to in the pre sentment of the Grand Jury, as having been presented to them by Mr. J.W. Beasley: “Darlington, S. C., March 5, ’90. Gentlemen of the Grand Jury: I beg to call your attention to the fact that the Treasurer of this County now hold, $2,768 16- 100, subject to the order of the County Commissioners for pay ing to certain parties who guar anteed to the State $5,000 in or der to bring the Agricultural Experiment Station here ; that the money thus held by him was collected in obedience to an amendment to the General’ Sup ply Bill and not in pursuance of an Act as provided by the Con stitution, page 48, section 12, General Statutes; that the citi zens of this County were largely opposed to the payment of this tax, but found no practical way to avoid it; that they want it retained by the Treasurer sub- TIS1M0NSVTLLK —Miss Jesse Richardson left us a few days ago to attend the, Female Institute at Gaffney; City, S. C. i —Farmers are still hauling guano from our depot. They intend making a greater effort this year than ever before. —Rev. J. C. Kilgo was with us last Frida}, but went away on the evening train with a promise to return and preach for us Monday night. I —Rev. Mr. Richards stopped with Mr. John McSween a few days last week. He is employ-1 ed as an evangelist by the Pee Dee ana Harmony Presbyteries. —Mr. R. J. Rollins, who sold out his liquor interest here a few years ago and retired to a farm, has reopened a barroom on rail road street. This will make four bars for our little village, twice as many as last year. —The Religious Messenger, edited by the Rev. S. M. Rich ardson at this place, will here- aftei* be published at Florence, and distributed from this office. It has heretofore been published in Chicago. Mr. Richardson finds that he can get his paper published as cheap nearer home and at a better advantage. —Mr. John McSween received by wire the sad intelligence of his mother’s death in Scotland, last Thursday evening, after a long illness. She was 75 years of age. Only one of her child ren was with her at the time of her death, a married daughter. She leaves three sons in this country and one married daugh ter in Manitoba. CAUTEBSYiLK. —Judging from the amount of supplies and fertilizers the dif ferent Alliances are hauling from this place they certainly mean business. —Mrs. Rice was buried at the cemetery in this town On Thurs day last. She was the last member of a family, all of whom have died in the last five years. —Guy Chandler, living near this place, lost his house by fire a few days ago. The house caught from fire dropping on the floor while being carried out of the house. —Fire ! Fire ! Fire ! was the cry heard on Saturday morning last, about 5 o’clocx. Every body rushed to their doors at the sound of the cry and discov- ere’d that the fine two-story res idence of D. L. Smith, near the depot, was in a blaze. The fire was first discovered by Mr. Smith, and was burning inside of the house near the stairway. It caught from a defective flue of one of the inside chimneys. Loss $2,000. No insurance. Had it not been that the houses were covered with snow a good por tion of the town would probably have been destroyed. LAM Alt. -The recent cold snap ible has es. killed the garden vegeta —Messrs. Gray & Rogers are cutting some excellent lumber at their saw mill for shipping purposes. —The Farmers’ Alliance at this place has just received a car load of flour from the mills at Cairo, Illinois, at very low prices. One good brother wants to make arrangements at once to trade at the same place next year. ‘ f —As the prospects of soon having a railroad through our m .... little town continue to brighten, ject to future legislation by applications for building lots which it can be applied to ordi- increase and prices grow strong- nary County expenses. We hold that the County Com missioners have no constitution al right to control said fund as directed by the Legislature since their administration refers en tirely to local affairs—General Statues, page 37, section 19. We think it may be made the duty of the Solicitor to bring an action restraining the County Commissioners from granting an order for the payment of this money as provided by the amend ment in question.” After the reading of the pre sentment, the Judge in open Court requested the Solicitor to look into the matter and report thereon er. When asked tiveof The I will ivea Sunday. Elder B. Haines, of Kershaw County, preaches there the second Sunday in each month, and there is some talk of building a Methodist Church at that place. Presentment of the Grand Jury. The following is the present ment of the grand jury : State of South Carolina, 1 Darlington County, j To the Honorable I. D. Wither- Mr. Shell makes out a bill of their counties, and the connec- grievances and accusations tion of their names with any en which cannot be sustained. William Mahone, of Virginia, the valiant general in the Con federate armv, at first simply differed with his fellow Demo crats on the | State deBt. to-day ? Who has ever brought or can ever bring such disgrace and trouble to Virginia as he has ? Mahone proposed to fight out his ideas within the Demo cratic party", but how long did erspoon, Presiding Judge : he continue a Democrat? The grand jury having dispos- Wehave in South Caro- I nf thp m«tt.pr«rpfprrp f l hvtV,« hnaa Democratic party governed by a constitution and by-laws ed of the matters referred by the Solicitor make the following presentment: We have made a partial ex amination of the various Coun ty offices and find nothing call- terprise is sufficient guarantee of its worth. Their statement to the Reporter is substantially as follows : The line proposed is virtually settlement of the an extension of the Charleston, Where is Mahone Sumter and Northern Railroad, which has been completed, and is now in operation from Preg- nall’s on the South Carolina Rail way to Sumter. The line will be constructed and controlled by this company, and will be the most profitable investment the Pee Dee section ever made, as it will open up a portion of the State which has heretofore been virtually cut off from Charles- and in due time we, not the farm ers or lawyers, but the Democ-1 ton. racy of South Carolina, will be AN offer to Darlington and called upon to nominate a ticket iiennettsville. ing for any action of the Court. i^£ om ^ ove ^ n ®. r The Charleston, Sumter and At the poor house we find oT representative Carolinians. Northern Railroad Company has some small repairs, which if at- If you are not satisnea mat ma( i e a p r0 p 0g ition to the towns tended to promptly will save ron ^ 5° Bennettsville and Darlington larger expenditures in future. a ( ? onventl< ? n ’. that if these towns will raise a We have examined the newly I . r ' ' . 8 „ 0 , 8in £ ' vor< K ' certain amount of money to be - J 1 “We issue this call for a conven- J of* those Democrats who 1 completed jail, which we find well designed and satisfactorily tlon ... ... .. , arranged for the safe keeping of sympathize ^h our views a d prisoners, with suitable provi- purposes. j^s vie . are u ly sion for the cleanliness and 8e f forth ’ and af ^ r th f actl ^ n healthfulness, and the humane taken in some of the counties no care of parties in the custody of ; mai ? cai ? doU jt the Sheriff. We would call the T . ht ' Y 1 ? w8 antl I )U [P OS0S attention of the officers in charge ^ f ?. rth “the proceedings of the to the importanceof keeping the “^mgatSpartan^ rg y^ r water-tank properly filled with water for safety against fire and for the proper operation of the sewerage pipes. We think it necessary to call attention to the frequent com- Smith, who made the P^ int subscription, with the exception that no one not in sympathy - 0 £ a b ou t $20,000, which is hardly the farmers movement one _ 8 j Xt h 0 f the amount needed, should speak or vote in the con- j u cons ideration of the benefit, vention, which wasafterwards ^^^^ c i a j me( i will accrue ovbcuwuu w mo iiouuouv oo.ii- fully carried outby him jis chan-- j ^ Charleston from the construc- plaints as to infringement on the | “ an P, me meeting, in refusing i t j on 0 £ j.j ie roa( L they have de public roads by land holders, to Ppt but one side to the motions ^ termined to make an effort to extending their plowing into the: made - ft 8U 9“ a meeting repre- g e t Charleston to make up this proper width of the roads. We sents the sentiment of Spartan- f leficit think the County Commission- burg’s Democracy it has certain- ers should take what steps are : ^ d p^ eaera ^p d : ^ on * as ^ us necessary to protect the rights wa P , brn , 1S - ,, , of the public to the lawful width, ^ 6 * iav ® b®® 11 . to M that our - . of road We are also informed ^ ‘ ) ® 8 ‘ men s hould be sent to this of such a line as that proposed of the bad condition of some of! meeting to act as a conservative are manifold. The towns along the public roads, particularly of element or balance wheel As the route will gam nothing that - r - - - r . -s'. such we are not invited and any motion we might make looking to such results would be voted down. We can't think for a moment the road from Lamar to the P’lor- ence County line in the direc tion of Cartersville ; also to the new road leading from Lamar to the Lynches River road. x, x ^ , The grand jury has received that Darlington has any business from ^^r. J. W. Beasley acorn- a ^ ^ ia ^ cornention. The call munication which is herewith f rom f] u> authorized Democracy submitted. Not perceiving any-. 18 good enough_for us. thing coming within the prov ince of the grand jury, in refer ence thereto, we submit the pa per to your Honor for any order that may be appropriate in the premises. E. W. Cannon. March 10, 1890. Virginia. Charleston now does a good deal of trade with North Carolina by Wadesboro, and with all these connections it is reasonable to suppose that she can build up a fine business with the country just north of Ben- nettsville across the State line. EFFECT OF THE ROAD ON DAR LINGTON. While the advantages which Darlington will enjoy from the construction of the line will not be quite so extensive, it will be all the same to Charleston, and it will open a splendid section in the western part of the county. Darlington Court House now has but one railroad—the exten sion of the Coast Line system from Florence to Cheraw. This gives her a somewhat round about connection with Charles ton, and the new line will not only be direct, but will be in competition with the lines al ready existing. The cotton from the western part of Darlington, on account of railway facilities, now goes to Wilmington and Norfolk, and if the proposed road is opened all of Darlington’s crop, amounting to thousands of bales, will be diverted from the North, and will come directly to this city. The same conditions exist very largely in regard to fertilizers and heavy goods gen erally. They now are purchas ed to a large extent in Wilming ton, and all for no other reason than that the connections with Charleston are inconvenient and thoroughly unsatisfactory. The freight rates from Charleston and Wilmington to Darlington are just the same, and if a corn- petting line is built to Charles ton, the latter city will be cer tain to get all of Darlington’s trade of every kind. A DEFINITE PROPOSITION. The proposition which the au- she now wishes is an outlet to thorities of the Charleston, Sum- the south. With her existing tern and Northern Road have all they are looking for good mark- to! ets. The average South Carolina farmer likes to trade with Char leston. Darlington is “catching at straws.” It is a question upon which opinion is divided wheth er this North Carolina connec tion will benefit her. The ques tion of taxing the towh will be connections’such ! decided to-day- Why not in- er enjoyed before. /?rease or double the capacity of From Bennettsville is will give! the cotton “ill. Every person a connection with the Carolina “ the town of Darlmgton feels Central at Maxton, N. C., with dad ^ the benefits of the cotton the Seaboard system at Sanford, to' tofy. This extension of the with the Richmond and Danville Carolina Road via Dar- at Greensboro, and with the Bngton simply means carrying Virginia, East Tennessee and business Wh over the long Georgia at Mount Airy, which, haul - lft £® Bennettsville mer- when some connections now be- c bants really want a Charleston ing constructed are completed, connection they can take an in- wfll give a through line to the te rest m the Society Hill Road, West, across the mountains of where they will find full sympa thy with Charleston, and fair competition made for business added to the company’s capital stock thq company, in consider ation of this, will construct and equip the line to be completed in time for the trade next fall, if possible, but certainly within twelve months. The citizens of these two places have been ac tively at work, and have suc ceeded in raising all the required WHERE CHARLESTON COMES IN. The advantages Charleston will enjoy from the completion will not be a double gain to this city. Bennettsville, as is well known, has at present only one railroad, and that runs into North Carolina, carrying all her trade in that direction to Wil mington and Norfolk. What connections there is no way of getting into any part of South Carolina, except by going through North Caralina, or by crossing the almost impassible An Knjoyable Kntenafiiinent. IKeportod for Tin? Nkws.] We had the pleasure of being Pe ® De ® swamps by private con- We desire to express to your present at a most enjoyable em veyance. _ This, of course, cuts _ „ Honor our appreciation of the tertainment given by Rev. and | ber off virtually from her own ask that courtesy and attention extend- Mrs. J. W Warr, at their resi- made to the towns of Darling ton and Bennettsville are per fectly definite, and they know what is required of them, and consequently can work intelli • gently. The road only wants the money guaranteed, and does not a cent of it be paid ed to us, and also of the enforce ment of punctuality and prompt ness in the business of the Court. Respectfully submitted. Wm. A. Carrigan, Foreman. dence on Wednesday night of last week. It was in compli ment to Rev, and Mrs. W. A. Wright, who had just been ! made man and wife that morn- ; ing. The entertainment was one of the most successful ever State, and of this she has grown down until the entire line is con structed, equipped and ready for committee will; operation. weary. Of course the lay before the business men of ; this city who will meet them a sketch of the The Shell Manitcsto. Editor Darlington News : I see in your last issue a call to the farmers of Darlington to meet on the fourth Monday in | March to decide whether we shall obey the mandate of Mr. Shell, of Laurens County, S. C., or not. The Bennettsville Railroad. i . .... advantages f j M Waddil i, 0 f Society Hill, in the Charleston will derive, and if 1 • _ _ _ _ their arguments are convincing given in this neighborhood and, there is every reason to believe J® 1 *? H? indeed, the writer can recall that tho entire amount needed ooserver ana none that have surpassed it. wiU b ® subscribed by the fertili- Every one present enjoyed the z ® r manufacturers and the East occasion immensely. * Bay merchants. The guests began to arrive Formerly the whole of Marl- about 7 30 P M and it was not boro County and the adjoining , , . A until about 8.40 that they were s ® ctio n traded with Charleston further into South Carolina, into all assembled within the hospi- by the Pee Dee River, but on the j News and Courier.] It is very interesting to an old acquaintance of Bennettsville’s able and thrifty merchants to see them at this late day trying to induce Char leston capital to help build a North Carolina railroad a little the hospi , - , , ^ _ .... ... table walls. From then all gave construction of the Cape Fear As the matter had passed the themselves up to pleasure and an d Yadkin Valley Railroad first Monday, we had hoped that j non® could have wished fora naturally the business drifted Darlington, by her action, had happier time At 10 0 - clock northward. In the fertilizer taken the noble stand she always supper was announced, and, on business alone there are transac- does for conservatism and love en ff ance into the room in which tions large enough to pay back of Democracy, but it seems that supper was served aud w hi c h the amount to the subscribed in there is somebody not satisfied. wa s tastefully arranged for the a f ® w years. There are now But, who is it ? There is no name 1 - J ® i—1-*=- ’ territory now controlled by Charleston. It is a pity they did not move with so much vigor and grand arguments some fif teen years ago, when Charles ton and Charleston railroads wanted a spur from Society Hill to Bennettsville; then they would not put a dollar into the scheme; they rather thought a railroad —There has been a call for a farmers’ convention to meet in Columbia on the 27th inst. This we suppose everybody has learn ed by this time from the pop ping of “Shell” in every direc tion. As to the advisability of that call at so early a day we have our doubts, but, neverthe less, the call has been made, and it will be responded to in sufficient force to shape the line of politics to be pursued in South Carolina, and we think every county in the State should be represented by full delegations of gpod men. If the State should be thus represented we fail to see the danger in the conven tion that some seem to see, as the farmers are all in the Demo cratic harness and expect no kicking, balking, or bolting. .an BLAND. —Mrs. L. Lamkin has been ite sick, but is now convales- reisnoname • w h a t a renast was of- s °ld in Marlboro County about tfieyratner tnougnt a i signed to the call as there should Eftd 1 !?”' W \Vpn a r th« S foKfif HiH 4,800 tons of guano, annually.; to Bennettsville^ would^mjure Iteredus! Well, the table did not groan, but that was due en be in allmatters of this kind and k" P . 0 £“ C ‘; ” a"# to the fact that the breath aTfett S k 0 „ U owX he ™ out of it before we is. If the call was made by a were ushered in and after we had sat down to the sumptuous repast it was impossible for us of guano. j Nearly all of this comes from their business. ^ Astute Wilmington, Richmond an d J 1 ^® 11 North Carolina mterest- Norfolk. Despite the fact that ®d those same merchants by the fertilizers can be purchased promising that for every dollar a dollar cheaper in Charleston subscribed m stock they would than at any of those points, it, 8 ive them a dollar in first mort- to give the table the relief nec- costs, on account of the heavy 8 i essary for its resuscitation. Dur- freights, 40 cents inore to get it a in& the entertainment Mrs. J. fromCharlestontoBennetts^lle ttsville and Shoe Heel tnow W. Warr was attired in a drpss than from Wilmington. The a ® U8vlli ® ana on ®f n ®®‘» t? ow people of Marlboro are anxious Maxton,) on the Carolina to buy it from Charleston, but are deterred from doing so on merchant or a lawyer, it must | be a hoax. But, to go to the beginning of this matter, we ask in all sincer-1 ity, what right has Mr. Shell South'carrjUna lumbia on March the 27th to ‘ h r e a t | tdmire.f nominate a State ticket? And gr ^ t i y „ ad “ 1 J ed ; what fair minded man can en- tl T l cix)i ™t 8 l *of manv! the proposed line is constructed, divided, and dorse the slanderous arraign- u a ecipiems or many these will he done huildinurunco .y Mr. Shell of the whole h&nd80 ™f? resents and hearty |“> cour8 «’ th ese will be done State Government, both past congratulations. and present ? On looking over A H,ilroirTrop«iti„„ the action of some counties in ‘ this State we find the Shell; [Nevaand Courier, March6.] proclamation endorsed, but, Messrs. C. S. McCall and J. when we see who the delegates F. Everett, of Bennettsville, and are, we see that the action and Messrs. Bright Williamson, C. endorsement has been controlled B. Edwards, C. S. McCullough by those who were instrumental j and C. R. Woods, of Darlington, in causing this call to be made, are in the city as a committee Mr. Shell, as President of the I from their respective towns to e bonds. This “took” well, $26,000 was raised and the connection made between Ben- Cen tral. The result for Bennetts ville, loss of the monopoly of the county’s business. It is now two towns are building up competing with Ben- ag up competing mentbyMr. Shell of the whole lia, ‘ luou “ J ^ M ICBt!lll?s a,lu nt5ari - y a Way with, and all of the fertil- nettsville, and the entire busi- i izers put in the fields of that county, which are naturally as rich as any in South Carolina, will be brought direct from the mills of this city. THE COTTON TRADE. and no competing towns built up at their expense. The Socie ty Hill Road is less than eleven miles, and can be built for one- fourth of the money required to build from Bennettsville to Sum ter via Darlington. I feel sorry for Darlington. She seems to be frightened and without cause. She is doing well and there is material in her to make a big town, and no town in the State has made more healthful progress, and I am proud of her as a county town. A great additional tax without positive and immediate results will be disastrous to her future prosperity. -•• • — Col. Edwards for Governor. [Member of Farmers' Alliance, in the News and Courier.] The prime object of tho Con vention called for the 27th is to get properly before the people candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor who may be relied upon not to use their official position to defeat the will of the majority of the Dem ocratic party. The word “nom inee” has apparently alarmed some people very much, when, in fact, it is only proposed to re commend for nomination by the Democratic Convention or pri maries, just as a caucus of the opposition will do. One is a pub lic caucus of many, the other a secret caucus of a few. Any class or body of men have a right to put out candidates, provided they are subject to the same conditions. Opposition to the Convention is also based upon the presumption that some thing may be done which would be rash or imprudent! There is not the slightest cause for alarm even from those who are sup posed to be most extreme. The natural and almost ludicrous conservatism of fanners is in geniously used to defeat them. I suppose a farmer may sug gest the name of Col. B. W. Ed wards, of Darlington, as a suitable man to be made a can*^ didate for Governor by the Con vention. His well known con servatism will reassure the tim id, and his decided public record will satisfy the bold. He came ably to the rescue of the De nominational Colleges to prevent the State from laying her heavy hand upon them. He advocated and materially assisted in es tablishing by law the agricul tural college ; is a friend of the people, sympathizing with their misfortunes, and willing to for ward any practical measure for their welfare. He is from a sec tion of the State from which no Governor has been chosen for fifty years, and which is enti tled to consideration. His abil ity, experience, record and loca tion point him out as the man for Governor at the next elec tion. Kind Words From Charleston [Editorial News and Courier March 6] A committee, composed of some of the most substantial citizens of Marlboro and Darlington counties, is now in the city en deavoring to enlist the interest and support of our citizens in an enterprise which may prove to be of great importance to Charleston. The County of Marlboro, one of the most prosperous in the * State, has been virtually cut off from Charleston since the build ing of the railroad from Ben nettsville to Fayetteville, and citizens of that county, in order to get to any point in the State by rail, have to start towards North Carolina. This condition is most injurious to them and to us, and it is to remedy it that the people of the section con-F .<■. and other points North. As far as the capitalists and these mer chants of Bennettsville are con cerned, their interests and their In the matter of cotton, the | business are not now with Char- committee also has much to say. j leston, nor will they go there via ness of the town and county is diverted from Charleston and — carried to Norfolk, WUmington cemed are now moving. Tne plan proposed is to build a road from Bennettsville to Darlington, and there to connect with the Charleston, Sumter and Northern, (formerly the Eutaw ville,) The county now produces over I Darlington on a North Carolma communication with Fafmers’ Association or “Till-! call on the business men of man Movement,” had a perfect Charleston with a view to inter-, third of it tp Wilmington and right to call that body together; esting them in a railroad which the rest to Norfolk. Charleston but the great mistake some make | it is proposed to construct from is naturally the port to which all W . a Am m • w-x mm * A | 35,000 bale, nearlv every bale of j railroad controlled by Wilming- which goes North, f it is in thinking that Mr. Shell or Bennettsville via Mr. anybody else has the right Sumter, there to to call the farmers of South the Charleston, Carolina, as Democrats, to be " used by designing politicians to Sumter and to Northern Railroad and give a line is constructed it will open through line to this city. to Charleston the fairest portion oes North, about one- ton, Greensboro and Fayette ville capital. Let the records be examined and see how much of the business of these Bennetts ville merchants went to Char- ng i to Shoe Heel. It was the busi ness of the farmers that went to Chari to Darlington to this should come, but owing connect with the lack of faciHt^s it is impos- leston before building their road and the S ve direct harleston. - X-i >• ■'.WS& The committee consists of Mes srs C. S, McCall, J. F. Everett, Bright Williamson, C. S. Me CulTough, C. B. Edward C. R. Woods. Most of gentlemen are well known in Charleston, and anything pro posed by them ‘ ' the attent*