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®hf Jarlimjton ^avs. HENRY T. THOMPSON, f WADDY THOMPSON, } Editors. Bishop Turner, who presided last ties, to which all candidates for found sense of the loss sustained I s ““« »««» “hall be invited,” 1 br out Order by the reason of ^ plains of the treatment of the solored .neetinpi at a deaignated time; 1st That it is the ministers by the hotel men. He finds | for all of the county seats desire of Darlington Lodge, No. safe. i V> Dargan Lide. THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1890. it as much trouble for the colored men ] to secure lodjdngs in a Northern as in a Southern city. Senator Butler presented, In the United States Senate on Friday, peti- t ions from nine heads of colored fani- . i from Williamsburg County, this The‘ grip” has agam appeared in 1 8tate a^gating seventy-two per- Russia in an acute form. 1 ~ A railroad, 1,350 miles in length to be built in South America. Editorial Notes. sons, praying that Congress appropri- j g > ate $100 per capita to enable them to ’ i emigrate to Liberia and maintain themselves there for a period of six in North Carolina are re-1 months, in good condition. At a conference Id Auftute, od May The following resolution was Ate in friendship and beloved by! In fill styles find kinds, from the medium Purpose conducting an establishment that will be a credit to s: The crop ported to 1 The prohibitionists of Georgia will 6, of the commissioners “appointed by f llpt i, or aHnnted l. v Qtnt« ut candidates for Congress In the : the Synods of North Carolina, Sontfi Iurt *> aaoptea DJ ine State eld this fall. Carolina, Georgia, South Georgia and Committee : The Democrats have ireeu success-1 ^V.nthOwrV.^Ku.n't i/a pl-l^hw “Resolved, That it is the sense fu! In the recent municipai ejection at t< . r ia r ‘ Universiu' under these Sy^fxi, of this Convention that dele- ot. 1 aul, Minnesota. made a favorable recommendation on gates to the State Convention be Two freight trains collided near the subject, This recommendalon not eieeted Untii after the close Chattanooga, Tennessee, on Monday, will go before the October meetings of , , nreliminarv camnaicn ” and five train hands were killed. | tho several synotls. 01 l,u preliminary campaign. Delegates cannot be elected to GOVERN- i county conventions until the were suggested to the several;?, K. of P., to express here our County Executive Committees.! unfeigned sorrow at the death of The day set for the Darlington ? { hi ™ a , 8 a f ™ n . der , and ^^ . , TT , , T i I low of the Order at this place, bv 1 meeting is Wednesday, July 16. his warm . h earted benevolence, Each County Committee will, of I active enthusiasm and self-sacri- course, be permitted to invite ficing disposition, contributed j largely towards the elevation and upbuilding of true Pythian- ism. Pure in character, gentle ! and refined in manner, affection- s l i p p e r s Book-Mere whom they please to address these meetings, whether they be candidates or not. Jl. IT ID Q. SHOES DAKHNGTON, S. G. in Union, on Friday, for the murder j COURT FI’ION of Susie Fernandez, also colored. A train was wrecked near Allentown William Davis, colored, was hanged IN THE MENT. State Chairman issues his call Pennsylvania, on May 7, and a young The second meeting of the i for a reorganization of the party, hbdywas killed and'several persons j Till man campaign was held at and ibis it is expected will not be , w , i Anderson on Saturday. A large, done until the people have seen about Mr. Gould is 1 Injured The latest sto Tne latest story about Mr. uouid Is , ,, . , , to the effect that the great financier an( l enthusiastic crowd were has a morbid dread of losing all his, p res eut, the inajoiity of whom property. evidently favored Capt. Tillman, John Wishert, a white farmer, kill ed a negro, named Lyles, in Chester County, on May 8. The killing w.\s done In self-defence. Another terrific tornado swept through the northwestern States last week. Much damage was done to property and many lives were lost. Joseph C. Ross, a conductor, fell between some moving cars near Spar tanburg, on May 7, and was instantly killed. The body was severed in two. The town of Bourke Australia is situated on the banks of the River Darling and the river has risen so that the town Is now in an inland sea for ty-miles wide. An Ohio drummer was whipped by a party of white caps in I^aurens last week. It is said that he advised the negroes to strke for higher wages, but this he denies. The boiler to an engine of a freight train exploded near Pittsburg, Penn sylvania, on Sunday. Two men were killed and the engine was torn to pieces. Twenty convicts have been turned over to the trustees ofrthe Clemson college, to work on thee ection of the buildings. Fifty more will be when wanted. given and cheered him lustily. His speech, as usual, contained nothing new, his attention being directed chiefly to defining his position'and meeting the attacks of his accusers. Col. J.H. Earle, of Sumter, the present Attorney General of the State, replied to him. We regret th it we have not space to publis i a full ac count of the proceedings, but in order that the charges of corrup tion which he lias raised against the State government may be explained by Mr. Tillman him self, we cannot refrain from re producing from The News and and heard all the candidates. By their action the State Com mittee have wisely arranged so that opportunity for the fullest possible consideration of the merits of the respective candi dates will be allowed before nominations are made. This clears up the political situation considerably. We have an abid ing confidence in the people of South Carolina, and cannot but believe that if they are afforded the opportunity for mature de liberation, only the very best men will be chosen to fill the va rious State offices. French Toe to the Grand Opera, mot. Kid, Dongola, Genuine Calf, etc. 144 pair TENNIS SHOES Just received. Call and buy before stock is broken. Respectfully, J. G-. McCALL, »rdb, Norment & Co. THE LEXINGTON HORROR. The lynching of Willie Leap- Courier the following dialogue I ^ iar ^> colored man whom the which occured between him and j Oovernor ordered returned to Col. Earle. Lexington jail on the personal pledge of eighteen of the leading citizens of that county that he man, as myself, us any other mail. I voted for it as long as I could, but at the same time I must give due credit to the men who voted against me, and 1 cannot say they arc perjurers. God knows 1 cannot say it. It is not right, I say, to denounce a man as a perjur er whom you have known all your life, and whom you know to be rorthy of all confidence and respect. rong It will be seen then that the corruption with which Capt- The one hundredth anniversary of the formation of the Bouth Carolina Diocesan Convention of the Protes tant Episcopal Church was celebrated In Charleston on May 7. On Wednesday evening, of last week Theodore Robinson, a colored youth aged about 19 years, was stabbed and killed in Charleston by another oolor- er boy, William Barber, aged sixteen. On May 6, a dynamite cartridge ex ploded where some negroes were at work on a railroad near Abbeville and one negro was killed ami several oth ers wounded. The works of the Bloom Carriage Manufacturing Company, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, were destroyed by fire last week. The loss is $160,000, which is only partly covered by insurance. Grave peculations have been dis- oovered in the customs department at Buenos Ayres, Bouth America. Tho revenue lost by the government by embezzlement is estimated to have reached $10,000,000 annually. At Barksdale, in JjaureiiB County, Harry and Charley Shell, two negroes, became involved in a quarrel. The two men exchanged pistol shots and Harry Shell was shot dead. This af fair cooured or; Sunday. TheStateburg, SumterCjunty, Sub- Alliance has declared against the Alli ance endorsing candidates for office, as the order should have nothing to do with politics. The Richardson Sab-Alliance, of Richland County, takes the same stand. A Leavenswortk, Kansas, man pro poses to wager any sum between $10,- 000 and $50,000 that within thirty days he cun walk from Leavensworth to Junction City, and never take his feet off mortgaged ground, except when crossing a public road or rail way. The President of the Argentine (Kansas) Silver Smelting and Refining Works, the largest in the world, says that if the Republican tariff hill is passed by the present Congress, it will; be absolutely necessary for the com-: I»any to remove its works out of this j country to Mexico. Thomas Lynch shot and killed one Stoddard and his wife, on Friday at Rochester, New York. Lynch had erected a fence too near Stoddard’s house to please the latter so that Stoddard destroyed a part of It. A •*! 4 i i • e ouarrel ensued with the above men- " lilstOTjMn turned result. The body of a colored man, named John Brackett, was found in a creek, near Greenwood, last week. There were signs on the body to show that the man had been murdered. Anoth er colored man, named Campbell, has been arrested on suspicion of having committed the crime. Robbery is supposed to have been the motive. The Chenango County poor house and insane asylum, in New Yoik State was entirely consumed by fire on Wed nesday of last week. Twenty idiots were burned to death. The isuig Point Asylum, of Montreal Canada, was also burned recently. In this in stitution there were 1,780 inmates and of these about 150 perished. A remarkable ooineidence is report ed from West Virginia. A census of Elm Grove was taken Friday, prepar atory to Inc rporatlng the village as a town, with the following result: Num ber of males over 21 years of age, 148; number of males under 21 years of age, 148; number of females over 16 years of age, 148; number of females under 16 yeazs of age, 148; grand total, 594. The Singer Sewing Machine factory, at Elisabeth New Jersey, was badly damaged by fire last week and, as a consequence, three thousand opera tives nave been thrown out of employ ment. The loss is estimated at $2,- (100,000, which is fully covered by in surance. The Louisiana State Lottery, it is ■aid, has promised a large sum of money to the Republican party for campaign puiposes in consideration of the leaders of that party preventing any hostile legislation in Congress. Russell Harrison, the President’s son, is paid $25,000per annum to lobby in the interest ofrthe company. The past few days have been made memorable in the religious werld by- reason of two great bodies meeting— ‘‘ie Southern Baptist Convention at Worth, Texas, and the General xference of the Methodist Episco- Chnrch, South, at St. Louis. Both are well atten led and reports on home and missionary work show these churches to be in excellent condition. At the Baptist Convention, Rev. G. B. Moore, of Darlington, submitted a “Woman's Work,” which i t minbutad last iuuluding Th* two bodies are stlR in should suffer no harm, has un dergone a new phase since our last issue. It will be remember- f Earle: I was in the legislature in 18- 85 and fought for the reapportionment as hard as any man with my ability. 1 don’t pretend to say that I fought as hard as Tilbn.vn, but 1 did fight and vote for it. I Applause.] But t here were honorable men on the other side, | , , ns honorable as Capt. Tillman—Major tftaton certain affidavits tend- he was i™ 0 - voted on the other side, and other cent of the crime charged against men quite as honorable as Capt. Till; him) the Governor granted the prisonera respite until his attor ney could have the opportunity of moving for a new trial. It is all of his associates he lived an example worthy of emulation and now rests from his labors, leaving a reputation unsullied and unblemished. 2nd. That the Keeper of Re cords and Seals record these res olutions in a page of the minute book, dedicated to the memory of our departed brother, and that a copy be sent to the be reaved family and to the editor of The Darlington News with a request to publish. J. K. McIver, W. A. Parrott, C. K. Rogers, W. J. Garner. Committee. Animal Meeting ot State Teachers May 8, 1890. Association The Executive committee have selected Greenville as the place ofimeeting, and July 1C, 17,18, as the time. The attractions of Greenville as an educational center, and as a delightful sum mer resort, with its intelligent, refined population, need not be detailed. The place and the time have been wisely chosen. Let all the Teachers of the State make their arrangements to at tend. An attractive programme is about completed. Reduced rates on all the Railroads in the State will be secured. The price of board will be unusually low. Announcements in reference to those matters will be made later on. Everything practicable will be done by the Executive Com mittee for the comfort and profit of the Teachers. Successful as was the last meeting, we hope that this one will be more so. “-o“;at 1 i?;,w,f H the y Tead..err y We tAW take pleasure in shoY/iiig our W. M. Grier, i i a- goods and tion. “ _ MARKET Darlington County at the stand next door to Dr. Boyd’s Drug Store. -o- -o- 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 ki»d at the lowest market prices. —:— j Sporting Headquarters! Have Received their Entire Line of j Ball Supplies, Croquet sets, Ham- 1 mocks, etc. New Spring and Siumer Ms! A LARGE LINE OF HANDSOME BOOKS SUITABLE FOR PRESENTS. Hev; Goods! Correct Styles! Low Prices i Any book not in stock will be ordered out on a few day’s notice at catalogue prices. I Pres. State Teachers’ Associa- geods and Guarantee Prices Y/ITH m a Democratic Meeting. The Lydia Democratic club will meet on Saturday the 17th day of May for the purpose of reorganizing and to TVI "R Phnioo attend to other important business. AX. O. UiiUlUv now developed that these affida- It is important that the meeting be! Am vino , , . full J W BEASLEY Pres vits were base forgeries, execu- May 8, ’90. ’ ted by one Miller, a deputy Uni- ^ r^~ nnn —n*T. o G Wanted, 10,000 Cotton Seed Fresh Fancy and Family Groceries Constantly 10,000 Cotton Meal Sacks! Capt. Tillman, is that the only case ted States Marshal. Miller says f ' 'tFu nm ii^ Sofa r* as^rorru pt ion is eon- that he signed them when drunk; cemetl, yes. at the instance of Graham, the The Darlington Ginning, Milling, Earle: Weil, then, the only conup- .. - T Fertilizer and Warehouse Company tion in the General Assembly was the auorney lor Leaphart. Both desire to purchase 10,000 Cotton Seed voting against tho bill for the reappor- Jijj] er an( i Q ra ) larn l iavp K pf > n Meal Sacks.. Farmers are requested tionment. Why, 1 came here because to wash the sacks in which they re- I understood that the whole Govern- arrested. ceived their cottton seed meal, andTh-- ment was charged—. i This new livht which has bpon liver them at the Company’s Wnre- Tillman (interrupting:) 111 put in , ® house, where they will bepaid for another word here. I do not think ; thrown on the Situation does not them. that the attorneys for corporations- | j degree mitiiratp tho c - H - McCULLOUGH, those lawyers—can claim to be pure * «* y uegiee mitigate the (las- Pres. D., G.. M., F AW. Co. and patriotic. 1 do not say that they tardly circumstances attending Feb. 13, ’90. “ZZ&tT (lie lynching of Leaphart; and, as we said before, the gentlemen who pledged their Everything You Want in the Stationery Line, O-A-UST BE BOTTGKE3IT _AJT THE DARLINGTON BOOK STORE. Terms Cash : DARGAN & LIDE, Proprietors. January 10, 1890. Respectfully, Edwards, Norment & Co. Read these prices November 28, 1889. Call at pledged their honor and that of their county for the safe- Tillman charges the State Gov- ty of the p r j soner can only re . ornment is that they failed to deem that honor by bringing the have a reapportionment of rep- l ync herB to justice. From the resentatives. He mildly inti- published reports, it would seem mates, in a general way, that that the evidence against three some of the lawyers in the Leg Turpentine' Turpentine!! All persons having crude turpentine can find a ready sale at my distitWy at the depot. April 3-3m. J. M McCOWN. WELLING & B0NN0ITT, iJ. F. EAR of them, who have been arrested, is particularly strong, and there never was a better time to make an example of lynchers in South Carolina than by pushing the case against these three men to the utmost, and if they are con victed, by visiting them with the fullest penalties of the law. “COTTON PATCH FARMERS.” Some time ago, a Mr. Wells, of Edgefield Comity, wrote a letter to The News atid Courier, criticising Mr. Tillman. Mr. A. E. Padgett, of the same County, rep..cl in defence of Mr. Till man, and in the course of his comments harshly ridiculed Mr. Wells, sneering at him a dozen times or more as a “cotton patch farmer.” We do not know what the writer meant by the use of this term, but would suppose that he was endeavoring to re flect on Mr»- Wells because he was too poor to run anything but a very small farm. Since this class of farmers represent by far the largest portion of our population, and as they are uni versally self-respecting and law- abiding citizens, the sneers of Mr. Padgett seem to us both un called for and unkind. As they are, moreover, the class from whom Mr. Tillman naturally expects a large part of his sup- port the ridicule of his advocate would seem to be anything but politic. Mr. Padgett’s craze for class discrimination is being drawn to a very fine point when he implies by his sneers that be cause a man is a “cotton patch farmer,” as he chooses to desig- navo him, he shonld not criticise the public utterances of Mr. Till man, who, as has been alleged, runs a thirty-horse farm. 14th article of the constitution RrsolHtioiw at Jtraps. t. of the party, which 'provides Whereas Death has invaded that, “The State Democratic Ex-1 °ur ranks and removed there- islature may he corrupt, but does not make a direct charge to that effect. As far as the failure to reapportion the State is concerned, we have always believed that it was an error, but that it arose from the pur est motives ; this is manifest from the character of the men who committed it. It is a fact well known to all acquainted the matter, that the reapportionment was really fought by would-be “econ omists,’’ whose desire was to save the expense of taking a a State census. At the time the subject was being agitated, and for several years thereafter, it was not even whispered by those in favor of taking this census that the object of its opponents was to keep certain counties from obtaining their just repre sentation. The Constitution of the State provided for this cen sus ; those who voted ugaiust passing the necessary appropria tion for it therefore erred, but they were clearly acting for what they conceived to be the best interests of the State, and can scarcely be designated as “corrupt.” Bo it seems that this is the sum and substance of all of Capt. Tillman’s vague charges of corruption, after they have been boiled down I Burial Cases and Caskets. We keep constantly on hand at our stand, in Society Hill, Burial Cases j and Caskets, beautifully upholstered i and ornamented ; and we sell them at \ lower prices than elsewhere ! t! HENRY C. BURN. ! Feb. 20-8m. MM M T" Peter Bowles ^%OKS first-class House and Sign Painting; Kalsomine Work a THE STATE CAMPAIGN At a meeting of the State Democratic Executive Commit tee held in Columbia on the 7th inst., it was determined to hold the Democratic State Conven tion, for the nomination of Gov ernor and other executive offi cers, ou Wednesday, Sept. 10, at 12 M. In accordance with the specialty. £3T He solicits Darlington. tli© patronage or Feb. 27-1 yr For Rent. A desirable residence three-fourths of a mile from the Public Square, containing seven rooms. Good garden and orchard on the premises. For particufars apply to Jan. 16-tf. ‘ MRS. WARLEY. INSURE WITH THE Mutual Life Insurance Go., OF NEW YORK.' RICHARD A. MeCURDY, President. EDW. L GERNAND, Gen. Agent. COLUMBIA, S. C., The Oldest, Largest, Strongest and the Best Company in the World. .A.GKEZCsTjL’S FOR. Halladay Wind Hills, McCormack Mowers, Hair Testers &nd Biitders, Hay Rak^s, Bronson Harslide Cotton King Cultivators, Ajax Harrows. Cash Resources Over One Hundred and Thirty Millions ofOol'ars. - THIS - Great Corporation Has earned for and paid out to its policy holders in t ash 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. 1,000 yards assorted Worsteds at 10 cts, worth 20 to 40ct8l A full line Cashmeres at 121 and 15 cts. We arestil Iran, ning our famous 25 cts. yard wide Cashmere in all shades more popular than ever this season 45-inch Henrietta at 50 cents. A large line of Black Goods consisting of Cashmeres, Henriettas and Imported Reps from 15 to $1 per yard. A well selected stock of Ladies’ and Misses’ Wraps consisting of Jackets, Modjeskas and New Markets, A specially large line of Staple Dry Goods, and Notions at prices that move them rapidly. | SHOES. Our line of Shoes is large and complete and well adapted to the wants of the people. We continue to maintain our reputation for selling solid goods. Gents* Furnisliing Goods, Our success in the Gents’ Furnishing Goods Department war rant us in the belief that our Clothing and Hats Men’s, Youths’ and Roys’ suit the people, both as to quality and juice. We carry always in stock a full line of'*Hardware, Crockery, Tin, Harness, &c. I - GROCERIES.- The Grocery Department is large and kept well supplied, at Rock-bottom prices. ,j HARDWARE. low5 1.1*011 JL IJIC§ Ollfl At the Hardware Store, Managed by J. H. Early, is kept Stoves, Sewing Machines, Pumps; Gins, Belting S*«aiii Engines, &c„ in fact everything that comes under the head of machinist’s supplies. REPAIRING A SPECIALTY October 31,1889. Carry a full stack Rubber Belting, Leather Belt ing, Lace Leather, Ma chinery, Oil and Tal- Pumps. April 10, 1890.-2m <£l)f panh *$ fhirltngtim, -HAS OPENED A- JUST RECEIVED ecutive Committee shall request each county committee to call a meeting in their respective coun- from our respected brother and Fellow-Knight, Past Chancellor D. D. Evans, and as in some manner expressive of tike pro- For the Counties of Darlington,' r rn ^ PP Florence, Chesterfield, Chester and York, Yorkville, S. C. \ Feb, 27, 1890. | Darlington, S. C., June 18, ’89 SA'STTKTGS IGEFA-H-TUENT, And from and after this date will receive deposits of One Dob A Large Supply of the Latest Improvement on the Celebrated lar and upwards, and pay quarterly interest on the same, a* the rate of five p'T cent, per annum, under regu lations to l»e made known at the Bank. This is a favorable opportunity for Farmers, Clerks, Media lies, Laborers, Factory Operatives, To Save Their Earnings. BRIGHT WILLIAMSQH, President. Golden Rye Whiskey Drops, I HA MOM) DROPS, 3VX. IVaCann©, , Sole A;ent. Mk. S. Manne proposes to sustain to the fullest extent thfc business recently conducted by his father, and to this end so licits a continuance of the patronage which has heretofore Cashier, been accorded the firm. Jan. 30, 1890. w