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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
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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.[
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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, \
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