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f -a ' 1 't~*-_ f^’ - ^rgan & Lide. - -M 5, mfc.itm&ll =73= VOL. XVI. NO 33. \^v i ’±$-\, DARLINGTON, S. 0., THURSDAY. AUGDST 14. 1890. ! Ditrino the absence of Mr. C. |W. Hewitt, his business in- i terests are being looked after by 'Mr. H. M. Smith, who will be ! found every day at the Hewitt _ . * v, *. w ‘ j» >i —The convention met at 12 o’clock, Chairman Hoyt pre- siding. G. Lamb Buist wa8 ofhls LOO^Xj itbxxs. The State Convention. |Hy Tflefrraph to Thk Nnws.[ \ v Columbia, S. C.. Aug. 13,4.:«» , 8taiul belo ^ The News office On account of the approach EBENEZER. —James, the eldest son of C. C Hepburn, is extremely ill with Typhoid fever. -Cotton is opening very fast, ion could be had as the con vention was not organized and there was no roll. Pope, Irby and Bean led the Tillmanites, insisting on a vote. Hours were spent in wrangling over the question, amid the greatest Real Estate Transfers. The following transfers of real estate have been recoi tied in the Auditor’s office for the week ending August 2, 1890 : Augus tus F. Tedder to Win. Tedder, 21 acres in Antioch Township an .d will be on the market early usual fall attack of “hay for $105 ; A. Weinberg to Rosa this season, chairman If 6 ™”’ H 1 0ward Norment, Weinberg 440 acres in Harts- -August brings rest, hard xecutive Com-1 has . l ** n f .°, rc ®i 1 t0 r « sl K» his I vilJe Townshtp, for 81,980 ; E. dder and chickentarts as well Nettles & A- Hargan and J. J. Ward to J. a3 ( b e blue-tail fly H. Mason, one lot in the town of Darlington, for $250; J. J. —Tis a great waste of energy Ward to Clara Stanley, house to P°' nt ou t which political road and lot in town of Darlington, 1 y° ur neighbor should travel in for $460. the present campaign. —We hope to see at some fu- I ture day a Legislature with the i backbone to decree, that “yal- i ler dogs’ 1 ’ and mil! ponds shall I be wiped out. Hydrophobia, —Mr. J. W. Beasley has erect- thb night of the 5th bv the State ^Executive Com- has been to niittee Sampson Pope nomi- 1 L 08 . 1 . 1 , 1011 1 „ natedW. J. Talbert for tempo- , ^ r ,' 1 arrott rary chairman. The anti-Till- will fill his place with the firm, manites, led by Smythe and Mb. C. W. Hewitt has leased Haskell, claimed that no elect- the large lot immediately in rear noise and confusion, was finally elected by majority, the anti-Tillman tel- rs declining to serve, claiming f the taking of the vote was illegal. Z. T. Kershaw presented a protest against the seating of of his new brick building, and is now erecting a large number of stables on it for the use of the friends and customers of the va rious tenants of his building. Mr. S. Alexander, of Charles ton, has been canvassing the More Honors for Darlington. The Augusta Chronicle of re cent date says : “Another South Carolina man is to be command ant of the cadets of the Middle ed a nice throe-story gin house inst., some villain set fire to the at Andrews’ Mill, where he will barn and stables of Dr. McPar- run two gins the coming season, land, a leading physician of -The new railroad is the top- 1 * h ‘f action, and they were to- ic of the day here. The survey- i tall - v consumed. The loss is os- ors passed within half a mile J imat , e 'A * , ls , to , K> north of here last Tuesday. . hoped that the scoundrel who did the work may yet be made —The protracted meeting at to realize that “the way of the Wesley Chaiielclosed lastThurs- transgressor is hard.’’ ’ day. Revs. J. C. Kilgo and W. , 8. Martin were present and did some strong preaching. Their sermons were plain, practical productions, and were full of good advice and wholesome ad monition. JOVANN. —Rev. W. A. WrigJi.' us a short visit a few days to —Mr.- W. E. Xolrfig^tj, Jellied on Sat i gi it to hi.s father in Cli a monster wild-cat on Saturday. on a vis terfiold Schedule of the Hartsville R. R. Hartsvillk. S. C., Dec. ’ 9. DAILY MIXED THAI Leaves Hartsville, 0.4.-) A. M. Leaves Jovann, 7.20 “ Arrive at Floyd's, 7.45 “ Making connection with the South bound passenger train on the Oheraw 4 Darlington Railroad: RETURNING. j Is-ave Floyd's, 10.00 A M. Is»ave Jovann. 10.20 “ Arrive at Hartsville, 10.50 “ Tliis train waits two hours, if neeessa- ,:,ry, for the North liound freight train U . U ^ ,6. &. D. K. R. S1Zt ’ ( ^ J. L. POKER. President. Talbert town this week in the interest a large of an admirable work entitled “The Jewels of Pythian Knight hood,” and met with unprece dented success. Darlington has never before known such a summer exodus. , - , , . — . It would seem that every mem- the Florence delegation. J. H.' bero f the community who is McCall, ^ addressing Kershaw, 1 able to raise the “wherewithal’ said : “You have no right to j s going away to Hie springs, speak here ; I mean what I say i the mountains, or the sea-shore. The protest was referred to the committee on credentials, on which committee Lawrence rep- Georgia Military and Agricul- a ,‘ ul malarial fov '‘ 1 ’ do strike tural College. Mr. T. S. Lucas, 1 resented Darlington. At two o’clock the convention took a recess until five. Ak the houf of going ill in convention News.} is still to press the session.—Ed. We are informed that the amount of hemp and flax bag ging purchased by the Lamar Alliance was 5,000 yards and that action in regard to this matter has already been taken by all the Alliances in the Coun- y- — We have not heard of the Mr. N. L. Harrell advertises | “city fathers” having taken any an engine for sale. further action as yet in regard Mr. A. Weinberg, of Manning, 11° the muzzling of the numerous is visiting Mr. A. Nachman. Idogs whmh are allowed the 6 liberty of the streets, but the M. C. Alexander received an- matter is of such serious import other car-load of ice this week, that we trust they will consider Mr. J. H. Norment lett for H at an early day. Virginia on Saturday. niR. J. Beilenson, watchmaker .. „ T x • i i." a . and jeweler, now of Summerton, Mr. E. J. Lide * ias ^ etu . r . ned : S. C., will move to Darlington from his trip to North Carolina. abou ’ the 25th of the pre “ ent Mr. C. W. Milling has re- month, and will open a stand at turned home much improved by Mr. S. Tombacher’s, where lie his vacation. will solicit the patronage of the m ~ . . i public in his line of business The Country Commissioners 1 , of Society Hill, S. C., is the newly elected commandant. He is a graduate of West Point, having served the United States as a cadet from 1883 to 1887 at tho National Academy. His re cord at West Point is a fine one ; ho received no demerits during his course of instruction. South Carolinahas furnished four com mandants for our college in the last six years. They makegood officers and we are glad to re ceive such aid from our sister State.” Darlington Graded Schools. It having been found that the children at the factory did not attend St. John’s Academy in such numbers as was expected, the president of that institution offered to provided a school room for them on the factory grounds if the Graded School trustees would supply a teacher. This the board readily agreed to do so a branch school, of which Miss Annie Cofield has been put in charge, will be opened at the factory in the fall. Miss M. N. has been elected average citizen as being necessary evils. HIGH HILL. ies- i delegates to u. tion, and to Married, on Sunday last,: ? ount y ? fficers George King, of Chester- md Miss Maggie Turnage,;, a>a a l " ° 1 has seen fit to go beyond LYDIA. -Some of our people commenced to gather der. tlwd,• h foA was 8truck by lightning on Sun- people who created it. The crea" •lay. Several chickens were ture greater than the creator ! Mr field of Darlington. Mr. T. C. Williams law, justice or precedent, and barn has usurped the rights of the Henry King, O., is visiting of East- relatives killed, and one was injured. - R. B. Hall and B. ady became involved in grea wagons Why use unprecedented and revolutionary means ? Are you O. Cass- a Gaid to trust tho people? 1 diifi- have always contended that —The public roads of this part of the county are needing some work on them just now. —Mr. O. C. Scarborough and family, of Bishopville, were vis- —Mrs. H. M. Rose and Miss j itin K relatives in this section re- Ella Rose, of Florence, have been uently. —Hon. W. S. King is having his gin house repaired and will be ready to do ginning for the public at an early day. —Mr. J. L. Iaco commenced harvesting his cotton crop on Monday morning last ; he is the first in this section. of his —Mr. over S. here. ilU > UUV UIUt’ III V 4»i> Wl III U. UllUl- _ » • ~ /‘i X i* —Mrs. Sallic Hay, and her cur;}' recently, as a result of p ar hngton County was free son, of Riverdale, are visiting which Hall received some very But now wehave the family of Mr. O. I). Lee, Jr. had wounds from a knife in the nn £ r . ai J~ bossism ; no pn- — Prof. J. «, Howard corn; hand,of Cosoadv. menoed a singing school at visiting friends m our commu nity. —The Misses Alpers, of Char leston, and Miss Janie 1’rid- geette, of John's Island, have been visiting Miss Ella Jeffords. —Mr. C. (i. Humphries, of this place, has accepted a posi tion at Glendale, Spartanburg County. Although we will miss him here, we wish him in his new home. pi do< it doesn’t any dam- —Mr. Albert King, who has been sick for some time, is still success quite unwell. His friends wish him a speedy recovery. ( rops have taken on a new j —Crops are still looking well; growth since the splendid rains pulling fodder is the “order of we have had reeentlv. Cotton, the <Inv“ in«t now ‘booming" and we have rain is just not heat'.l ly t .iik of rust. The rain came too late to do corn much good. It had “quitua- ted” long ago. —We are sorry to have to he always complaining of our i friends and relatives here, roads, but the matter is hecom- ing serious, and we need some new bridges so very badly that we could not resist the tempta tion of saying something about it. Who is to blame ? have here the day” just now had most too much lately. —Mr. L. K. Howie and family, formerly of this place hut for the last three or four years of Clarendon county, are visiting CYPRESS. advertise for bids for the re building of Lide’s bridge. Messrs. G. H. Edwards and J. D. Baird will leave shortly for a trip to Tennessee. Mr. J. F. Garner is announc ed by his friends as a candidate for county treasurer. Mr. Carter’s force of hands is putting the last touches on the enoamous tank for the water works. Some of the young people of the town enjoyed a party at the residence of Dr. Norment on Tuesday afternoon. A special meeting of theDar Mr. S. M. Clarkson, of Col umbia, who was formerly in charge of the school at Bishop ville. and was afterwards prin cipal of the Hartsville Academy, has been elected principal of the Manning Collegiate Institute. Buy now at spot cash prices and pay December 1st, is the latest offer of J. B Killough & Co., to all who desire a fine piano or organ. Read their new advertisement. They invite cor respondence. Address, J. B. Killough & Co., Florence, S. C. Mr. F. W. Macusker, Super visor of the census, seems much pleased with the way in which Cant. W. E. Charles took the Pinckney Has been elected a . - , - t, ,, ™ r> i teacher at the Mayo School. " r e could not resist the tempta- —Mr. H. M. DuBose, who was while Mr. L. W. Dick has been taon saying something about reported very sick some time chosen principal of St. John’s ho is to blame ? ago, is still very low. Academy. Mr. Dick is a native —After two weeks of hard —Wehavelotsofrainatpres- of Sumter, hut for several years preaching, Rev. Mr. Cuttino ent. A heavy thunder ana rain ast has been teaching at Fort brought the series of meetings storm passed over this place lills, York County. He is a a t high Hill to a close on last on Sunday afternoon at young man of unusual ability Saturday night. There were about five o’clock. About 2,000 as an instructor, and we have seven conversions. The ordi- colored people had gathered at been very fortunate in securing nance of baptism took place at their church here for services his services. Mr. M. A. Muldrow’s mill on before the heavy rain fell, and The Citadel Examination. latd S™dav morning at nine . , , , • ai o’clock, and afterwards all re- As already announced m these paired ’ to the churchj where , mary in ! delegates -..r , ,,, a s J n K ,a K so Pool at —The funeral services of Mrs. gressional convention before a Wesley t hapelon Monday. We \v # ^ u Goodson were con-, convention is ordered : a gentle- wish him much success. ducted on Sunday, Aug. 3, at man endorsed for Congress be- —a' mad cat was killed last I Newmarket by the Rev. A. J. fore he is a candidate ; delegates Wilson in the presence of a large 1 elected to a convention we may congregation. never have. —» • - Why this great hurry ? If you Philadelphia. have gone so far, why have an- —Cotton is beginning to open, other convention, when a cau- jcus has already (from report) W r e had a very heavy fall of nominated a ticket ? Now there rain on Sunday afternoon. are some who 1 hear will be put —Miss Mamie Wilson, of forward by that convention, Dovesville, is visiting Miss Katie Seabrook. —Mr. O. A. Jackson, of Bish opville, is visiting acquaint ances here. Wo are glad to know that ho has not forgotten the many frl nds he left in this neighborhood when he moved away from it. 0 _ D _._ Air Fno-ene Harrell has ■ Gown's Cross Roads. I those whoso only chance is _ -Mr. Eugene Harrell lias i XT 0 rubbing Tillman into you. a posmon with Mr. Dove Pate, -Mr M. N Sansberry’s little Please tell us what Tillman of Bishopville, v .k , o he wile boy got one of his feet very had- has , )rom ised ? I have read all glad to have his many friends ly burned last week by rolling his S p eech(lf , and r havo’nt seen ,U> ‘ “ hw Wh,le a single lino of 8tatuKman«hip in the most popular young men in this County, and Mr. Pate is was week on Mr. from all accounts seem to have done age. —Misses Annio Shuford and Nettie Barrett, of Bishopville, and Misses Mortie Howie and Alina Garner, of Philadelphia, spent last week in our little town. —Misses Mamie Howie and "alias” caucus, who are worthy the confidence and support of us all ; but good Lord deliver us from others of them ! What A ista Garner will leave for col- c ] a j m8 have thov on the people lego at Monroe, North Carolina, besides a slick and slippery next week. tongue? You have put it onus, ar( v please don’t rub it in. You need Me- your best men in office ; drop —B. F . erecting Jackson & i steam gin some asleep. —Mr, J. W. Wadford has about four acres of swamp corn that is decidedly the best in this community; it is planted, too,! on land that has been consider-, ed heretofore as of not much value. any ers ! by of them. Watch your lead- E. W. Cannon. many of them experienced heavy “ducking.” didates were gladly received and the ordinance of the Lord's supper was administered. Rev. Mr. Cuttino was unassisted, ,. . Uapt. W. E. Charles lington Alliance w,ll be held on ^ of Darlington Township. Saturday afternoon next, at four He gayg that th(> Ca pt a i„- S work o clock. “j 8 the equal of the best, and Mr. George E. Dargan is will give entire satisfaction.” again at his post in the book store, after having spent a very Mr. A. Mcl. Hamby, superin- pleasant vacation. tendent of the Georgetown Gra- m , ... „ ded Schools, has been on a visit The friends of Mr. Pegram to Darl j ngton this week. Prof. Dargan are glad to see him out ( Hamb y was formerly principal again after quite a severe spell of gt John’s Academy, and has a host of friends here, all of 1 whom were delighted to see him again. The store of Messrs. Woods & Woods has been much improved in appearance since the recent wor’ of sickness. Mr. Waddy Thompson has moved to Columbia, where he has accepted a position as city editor of the Daily Register. “Racket man” has just return- work upon it. Ahandsomenew ed from a very pleasant visit to sign has been added, too, so that the Hammocks. the few people in the County , , who mav not know where their Mr. Tom Lucas, formerly em- j gtand is ' win have no trouble in ployed in The News office, bn dint; it. has accepted a position on the Pee Dee Alliance, at Bennetts-, The Governor has commuted . ville to imprisonment to date the sen- . j ! tence of William Everett, alias During the heavy thunder \yjuiani Evarts, who was con- storm on Saturday some four or | victed at tb e October, 188U, term five trees were struck by light- of Court> for Darlington County, nine in the erove just back of of burglary and grand larceny, sentenced to imprisonment for prop- five years in the Penitentiary. columns Darlington County is - { sp i endid sermon, the can entitled to one vacancy at the \ Citadel, which will be filled by competitive examination on j Sept. 11. This examination will be held in the court house, and will he conducted by a special board consisting of Messrs. J. i C. Willcox, F. O. Spain and H. — T. Thompson. Applicants will j ld )d don(i ' be examined in reading, writ- h ing, arithmetic, English gram mar, history of the United States, geography and spelling. —Messrs. T. H. Sompayrac Each beneficiary"at the Citadel and John Sumner went on the receives the equivalent of 8300 Boston excursion on the 8th per annum during his four years' instan t, course, so that his education is -^j- r j am(?s n —The surveyors of the Caro lina Southern Railroad, from Cheraw to Sumter, passed this j place on last Thursday, locating the route to Sumter. It strikes our little village “just right,” fortunate in having secured his services. SARDIS. —Mr. G. W. Wilson and lady were up in this section recently visiting friends and relatives. —Mr John T. Jordan and wife spent a short time with us last week. -Mr. J. W. Davis spent a few | in 5 ‘^wn from off the weeks at Cleveland recently, and but on the wrong side. I am has returned much benefited by P r0U( | to say, as f ar as Mr. I ill- j^g |. r jp man is concerned, I an What Are You Going to Do About It ? Editor Darlington Xetcs : In your editorial of August tho 7th, you appear to bo get- fence, I hut he preached some excellent | and we think t fi at i n i es8 time sermons and both old and young than a year we will see the cars were deeply affected. there was From all much have been spending some with Mrs. John W. Davis. Improvement of the Public Roads. Editor Darlington News: It is to he hoped that tho peo- plo of Darlington, in tho agita tion now going on, will not lose j sight of tho important matter of the improvement of the public roads. There is no question that comes nearer to them, and in which they are more vitally concerned. Our present road I system—if system it can be call ed—fails utterly to produce ade quate results, and is indefenci- blo upon any ground you may view it. It is an easy way to (“make believe” that a public duty is performed. Hands sum time SOCIETY HILL. passing by this place on their way north and south. When this road is in full operation, it will open up one of the finest 1 sections in the State. ning in the grove just Mr. Beck’s residence. Mr. L. L. McGee, the rietor of the Enterprise Grocery, Thk Bjghopville correspondent is very ill at Greenwood with j of tb e News and Courier, under typhoid fever, and his friends i date 0 f ^ U g 5 ( 8a y S : “The are quite uneasy about him. ftev. Mr. Parrott, of Darlington, Members of Antioch Demo-1 an eloquent preacher and a very cratic Club are requested to read earnest man, is assisting the the amended nonce published Rev. N. B. Williams, our regu- elsewhere relative to their time | lar Baptist minister, during the of meetinir. protracted meeting which is be- .... i ■ . .j,. ' mg conducted at this place. A game of ball played at Tim- U ‘ K 1 monsville recently between the! The travelling agent of the nine of that town and one from j News and Courier writes to in- Darlington resulted in a victory form us that his proposed trade for the former by a score of 15 review of Darlington has been to », postponed because it was thought best to wait until several impor- Mr. W. E. Honour, of Char-! tant plans of improvement are leston, who expects to open perfected before publishing it. business in Darlington at an The review will appear early in early day, was in town this the fall. week making his preliminary Mk88R8 j g McCall and arrangements. j g Butch have gone North to The houses of the factory purchase their supply of fall . are all being closely goods. The firm ill deal in * in order that they! general merchandise this sea- > made more com- son, making a specialty of. lad- fortable during the coming win- ies dress goods, and as they are ter. both men of experience in such Rev. Mn Rice has gone toCcl-1 their 8t ° ck wiH dOUbt ‘ leton County to visit relatives; his church will be closed until the first Sunday in September. The Presbyterian Church will also bill Si —The Philadelphia correspon dent asked the people in last week’s issue of The News to judge as to which made a cor- Coggoshall rect statement about the num- has been elected principal of St. berof Tillmanites in Cypress Township. Wo just wish to say nio Pouncey assistant. to the Philadelphia correspon- -Mrs. Lawrence Winters has ^nt that the Cypress and Mt. returned very much improved bJon correspondents still stick — after a very pleasant visit of to their former statement, and Darlington Agricultural Society. some weeks to Boston. j lf be does not believe that we , 6 , 6 , , are correct, just let them give In accordance with the an- —The river has been full dur- us a primary and we can show nouncemeut already made m j ng the week, and the contin- u p Tillman’s strength so The News, the Darlington Ag- UO us rains made it assume a quick that the Tillmanites “will ricultural Society held its annual threatening look for some days. | hardly know what struck ’em. meeting at the b air Grounds on i t i s now falling, to the great \v e know, however, that they Tuesday. While it is a matter re iief of the river planters. ar o afraid to do this, and we of regret that the attendance at T s T ,, pna n „ ah{ntr can’t blame ’ obtained without even the cost of living. As the institution »«] David’s Academv and Miss Ja- onc of the finest in the country, ranking second only to West Point, a beneficiary appoint ment is well worth having. am not only ’ on the opposite side of the fence, I Misses Lottie and Ella Davis, b ut away off in the field, left the; of Chesterfield, and Miss Julia {fence entirely. How can you Perkins, of tho same vicinity, advise those who are opposed to ^oned to work'the roads" meet Mr Tillman not as an advocate a t n o’clock, with the most in- or leader of the Farmers’ Move- forior tools they have, and spend ment, but from principle, be- th o time in ingenious devices cause he is not fit to be elevated, how « not to d * i t ,” un til the to the highest office in the g*ft! KUU goes down A few holes are of the people ? And we judge filled with straw and dirt, and him not trom his past record, a f ew hushes cut, and they go but take his speeches and utter- home t 0 through tho same ances m the campaign just end- farce at another time. Bad roads ed, and we find him a vulgar and g euera i dissatisfaction is slanderer a man who has pan- j the r * ult 0ur roada are a dis . dered to tho prejudices and pas- { crr;lf . (> to 0UI . civiliza t ion an ,i has stalk Mr. James T. Howie shown us a well matured of corn of his own seed which had four good ears of corn on it. —We are having an abund ance of rain ; the heaviest of the season fell on Thursday morn ing last; it was a regular “lightwood-knot floater”. —The Sunday-school Conven tion for Chesterfield County con vened at Prospect Church on the 8th inst., and was in session sions of a restless public—a man have nothing to recommend n S thf save that in which they “our are the fathers who raises the whining cry of j ^hem “persecution a n d assassina- roatb tion’’-a man who te "n 8 ( the tro d,” and have come down to balance of h.s ticket as the “tail | ug from a former generation. aa |j! Not only aro our road laws the “ was end,” and calls his admirers i followers “bull yearlings” only aro our had, hut it can be demonstrated, two days. A large crowd in attendance. —The little town of Hartsville asses. ut^as he sa^rs, did time and space permit, that going right ahead with its Aote fo “' him . invway „ ; they are expensive and place lilding. Messrs. J. L. Coker if we endorse Mr Tillman wc a P oa th ° P e0 P le > ^directly, a & Co., expect to get into their Af ,H A1 . aA hia maih J a wR.v’r ^{burden far greater thau_ a mod- building. o., expect 10 get Iiuo uie.r endyr8e his methodS; which is store at tho depot about the unconstitutional: wc endorse his Ur S,V tax to k< < P th< m in onh i. new ■ first of next month. re unconstitutional; we endorse his Th are not 6nl expe n Slve , i ■ x- , , charges of perjury, bribery and hut the burden falls unequally) Politics have been running corruption. Ask men to perjure and rests heavi e st upon the poo,’ high, and about two weeks ago themselves by endorsing him, mau Under the j{ rese nt sy s - the thermometer .toed about a thereby saying these charges ten irin ^ nal labo / on hundred in the shade. Nearly are true, when we know they ’ ! *ertv hoars verv iRosp’mpetincrs is not as lartre as -Capt. T. S. Lucas is pushing can’t blame them for they ?ears ffonelw it ^was ah ead with the right of way for know m advance what the it was in years gone by, it was Society W’ 1 ' Uonnutia. I suit of a nnmarv would he. gratifying to see that on Tues- lI ? e nociexj here were gathered togeth- 'die Railr. _ D . , oodlv number of the most have been made witn most phla and Cypress have each “had his Tillman ; occasionally you find sue a communication headed, y +i,„ .ntorocied wv y- on the subject of the Tillman hJarle man, hut these few “An appeal for unity;” ver * strength in Cypress Township, and | m .,i amount In nnvthinof. well, give us something decent day there^were gathered togeth- ' d' e Railroa'l. Arrangements [o ur correspondents at Philadel all in this neighborhood are for are false I see in your last is- j 0 f (-he*lemlen. The team" has we must ask that this end a'matter will not amount lo an} thing. er a goodly numoer oi uie most rx-„„ -..x .*., intelligent and progressive far- Gie parties interested. mers in the County, all of whom —A protracted meeting evinced the greatest interest in been going on for some days at which is now a dead issue, and which the discussions, and who seemed Black Creek under the minis- i 6 - therefore, no longer of general in to enjoy the social features of trations of the Rev. Mr. Dowell.' tere8t to our readcre - ED: « EWsd the accasionto the fullest ex- On Sunday, after preaching of tent. an interesting sermon, ten can-, hartsville. The first subject for discussion didates were received for bap- was “The improvement of soils j tism and four members for res- ~ ” toration. less he an unusually fine one. , J. B. Killough & Co., of Flor- 8. C., report a lr iir husi once, in their isiness are argo m- s during now by pea-fallow.” Capt E. E. Evans delivered a capital essay, after which the matter was dis cussed in an intelligent manner by Messrs. J. W. Beasley, E. M. Williamson, E. R. Mcl ver, S. F. Ervin, C. S. McCullough, T. J. Bell and J. M. Josey. Prof. Whitney, of the South Carolina College then delivered an inter- —Mr. James T. Wright has ship, commenced the erection of a neat cottage on his premises —Neil Williams, colored, was i at Snake Branch. arrested on Saturday night by ... x- • ux i i two gents from Marlboro on a Miss KatieAV right, a, i laugh- warrant charging him with sell-1 Y'.^KbL of ing a cow under mortgage. Neil ^? nroe > , 18 Yisitmg rel- accompaniedthem to Dyers Hill, atives and friend8 at this P lace - in Marlboro, when he asked to —Owing to the inclemency —The Rev. Mr. Satterwhite has just closed his meeting at Mount Olivet Chesterfield Co dence an(1 tof all . which resulted in thirteen ad- T , , ditionsto the church member- I little of the burden. The team ster, with nothing but the clothes upon his back, contrib utes as much towards repairing tbe highways as the man whose team he drives, and who owns a plantation besides. Prior to the d'increroiis sneech war this did Very wel1 ' but Un ' dangerous speecn | der the changod condition of to unite on ; it don’t make any difference who it is—any one who can command the confi- We are informed that a f^SOTthCarofina’was’nttoed' th “ ,ts ‘‘ 'S iMuffleient,. iaa,!,- .-n a,.aa.i af in oouin Carolina was uuerea < 110 x„ „,,ii_ meeting will be commenced at quate, and calls for reform. I do not purpose in this arti cle to go into detaiUTof what I wm oe comuieu. eu at b Mr Tillmajl when he declar .,' N e w Providence (otherwise that he « wa8 tho only man ! continued for several days. OAmmnn n^nb.^lnst, th« .iris. th ® law > and a . IU0 p efficient system (a synopsis of which you he allowed to see Capt. T. S.. of the weather, quite a number P* ac ®> aa8 take said would go of our most progressive and en- ’ au s ' LAMAR. —Mr. G. W. Wilson, of this a school at St. courage common people against the aris tocracy.” I don’t regard any man as common who works and makes an honest living, honest man has a free license, as Mr. Tillman seems to have, to play with the character of some of our best men as a little child would with a ball. This is no “Farmers’ Move- Reynolds ment;” it is a “Tillman Move-! Flor- 1 l and have already published) but de- sire merely to agitate tho mat- ’ ter, and direct puttie attention to one of the greatest needs of the day—good country roads. J. E. Nettles. Creditor's Notice. AH persons hr.ving , , • An <iTba mo™. Evans, who he sam wouui go it our most progressive mentof moisture in the S() ii” his security. Leaving the bug- terprising farmers have had to —Miss Beulah Cole, of H<> wa* followed bv Prof Niles gy as if for the purpose of niak- postpone fodder pulling and cot- ence, is visiting triends .. who sooke on the suojecLf “The ia S U P Ca P t ;, Evans’ house ton picking until this week. around Lamar. t he went around the house and 4 , « j .. and RpvnnldR mont • M it is a‘‘Tillman Move- All persons hr.ving ciaiint* against prevention of disease m ani "; bade his caD tors a irentle irood- —A protracted meeting will —Messrs. Cole and Key no ios ment, it is a i nnnan aio o t he estate of Cele Marshall win please mals.” i ^ ^ be commenced at Damascus are building a large gin house, ment, pure and simple. When p rege nt them properly proved. The present officers of the so- v 6. Church on the fourth Sunday in at this place and expect to do the Tillman ticket is complete, and all persons indebted to said es ’ ■ ’ - ' ’ ! —— this month, at eleven o’clock a lively ginning business. you will hav-e the most extreme tate will make payment to OATS - A. M., and will probably con- Wentworth Rollins element in the State to the front. Cot,»„ hascoimxioncedopt'n-1«.«. (or a week. o( 7h%N. R. R pa,..,. 8- —Messrs. H. L. Law and L. through this place a few days ^ bau t w0 years more than half will be the i W. Cannon are putting up a ago inspecting cross-ties. W e 0 f those who are j fine gin house near the depot, learn that a great many ties When this building is complet- were rejected ciety were all re-elected, as fol lows : W. H. Evans, president; | W. C. Coker, E. W. Cannon and T. J. Bell, vice-presidents, and W. E. James, secretary. In the absence of Gen. James, Mr. S. F. Ervin acted as secretary at the meeting on Tuesday. At the conclusion of the business portion of the meeting, the members of the Society; accom panied by their invited guests j Aug. 14, ’90, J. P. Mozixuo, Jr. Adm’r. —Pulling fodder work of this week. large singing school at Elim. —We have had amount of rain in months. they purpose ginning for repaired to the annex of the fair building, where a delightful (—Miss R. L. Huggins repast was enjoyed. The after- been visiting friends at noon was then spent in conver- place during the past week tion and pleasant social !- ' L —Mr. J. O. Howard has a very ed Cii*~ rrvnfir oTFliw* t , . J _ x . — - —— - the public at reasonable rates, an immense | and will doubtless he liberally the last two ! patronized. Lumber is being hauled , , Call for Bids. „... .„ , whooping up rp be Countv OotmniseionerH will at- Tlllman Will be ashamed of it. tend at tide s Bridgo on Black Creek, I have no quarrel with those Friday, the 15th instant, at 12 o'clock —The editorials of The News who differ with me about Mr. M -fpjt h oparpo«> of letting the con- for the last two weeks have the i Tillman : we aro so far apart PiML an,? 6 s'peeiflcitk)^^bmitted right ring. “No time for dis- there is no use to quarrel, and and made known on the dav above sension.” We have been in the besides, I grant those who differ, mentioned. Tho Board reserves the for habit of swallowing everything with me the right to think for ri ! d,t to reject any^and all bids HENRY E. P. SANDERS, Clerk. Aug 9, 'W irgement ot the Marts- uie Democratic conventions j themselves. When I took up y ’ this | ville Academy, and it is proha- have offered uf for a good many my pen, I did not intend to have _ _ ! b le that a permanent school years. Let every true Demo- anything to say about Mr. Till-1 il inter- u T • Vo , „• , will be conducted there during c rat swallow everything again man, but as it is the only speech of this Anna Mixoti have been vdsittei the comin K - vear Thls ‘ H a ver - v for the sakeo£ wbite 8U P remacy ' i 1 am likely 40 make ia ^ his cam - j Anna xHixon na5e been \i8iting healthful loc . a i itj aud has paign. I hope you will excuse' many things to recommend it,! CLYDE. me. CLYDE. —We have had an abundance My object in writing this com-; 23, and cotton is looking munication was to say a little about our county politics. I was Democratic Cluh. The Hartsville Democratic cluh will meet on Saturday Aug. at 3 o’clock P. M. attendance requested. J. E. 1 Miller, Pres ."I u< shou* 8 - RAILROADS inated by primary or o>«orFici i tion. But our county conveiUAps, \ t l - j '