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pmsi SM- '•3v w • 5.5..; fhc farlimiton Jta. = IKI HENRY T. THOMPSON, - - - Editor THURSDAY, AUG. 2H, 18W. TO 01K (MKSPOHDEm. The correspondents of The Darlington News throughout the County are particularly riquestcd to bear in mind that we greatly desire to have from them as often as possible, (the oftener the better), tlie local events of their respective sec tions We want the news every week, if it is only a line. Ten-mile Hill, i:i the neighborhood of Charleston, i» becoming famous, or rather, infamous. In the very house in which John D. Green killed W. H. Ahrens a few weeks ago. a colored man named William Fraser, while sitting in the front inasza on the night of tne 22nd inst., was shot at from ambush, and ids back was |>eppered with buckshot. He! is now lying at the Charleston hospital in an ex tremely critical condition, and says that his assailant was a man named Miller with whom lie had recently had a quarrel. h "NEUTRALIZED GOODNESS." To undertake to reply to the communication of Mr. J. M. Waddill published in another column, in which we are criti cised for our report of the re cent State Convention, would dined, sa; tigued an tying d out PHILADELPHIA. * —Cotton picking is the order of the day now. —Miss Mary Barden, of Ef- 1 flnghaiii, is visiting the family of Mrs. E. M. Parrott. A' Eed Editorial Notes. The strike on the New York Rail roads still continues. Tue York County Democratic Con vention lias endorsed Hemphill for re- election to congress. The Chester County Alliance has refused by a decisive vote to endorse the sub-treasury plan. The State Democratic Convention of North Carolina has endorsed Sena tor Vance for re-eieevion. ('apt. Shell, of I^nireus. will run for Congress in the Fourth District, and expects to receive the endorse ment of tile Farmers' Alliance. Senator Hutler has taken the ;sisi- tion openly that it is the duty of every Democrat in the State to vote for Tillman if lie become the regular nominee of the party. The recent census shows that the IHipulation of South Carolina is 1,1 H?,- two as op|H>sed to 1*95,557 by tile ceu- sui of UMO, an increase of nearly twenty per cent. The Hampton County Alliance lias refused to endorse the sub-treasury scheme, and lias adopted a lioycott against all merchants and public gin- uers who use jute bagging in their business, or offer it for sale. The Southern Chrisiau Advocate says: “There were eight applications from luilies for professorships in Wof ford College ! Of course, they hailed for the most part from the region of superlative enlightenment in and around Hoston. W. Russell was a fit person to sit with the chairman of a State Democratic convention. The chairman ignored this motion, involve a profitless discussion of, 0ol. Irby, however, turned the what, in these days' of excite- tables on the Charleston gent by ment and rapidly changing asking whether W. W. Russell political conditions, is now “a a ? embe £?? the Charleston ,, , ,, , delegation. This sally was so thing of the past, at the close stinging that Mr. Buist had to would explain gravely that Mr. Rus sell was not a member of the they were fa- making the city a laughing there which are peculiar to the out of practice with stock, and it would seem as if locality, and are not to bo en- the pen ; there was no tyrany of the family and friends of the countered anywhere else in the the majority in placing Mr. dead General would infinitely world Of course, surf bathing, Lawrence in the secretary’s prefer that his remain? repose is the greatest of the attractions, seat; he did not vote, and he 1 under a more modest sarcoplia- but the rigid enforcement of the is very fair, and his qualifica- gus than that the country be new regulation requiring the tions cannot be questioned. You flooded with begging circulars skirts of the bathers to be of a —The Linwood Reading Club continue tqputthis down against setting forth the necessity of stated length, has somewhat raet a t Mr. J. F. Garner* last the majority, and tell us about putting him under one costing thinned out the ranks of the, Friday evening. W. W. Russell in the State con- a million of dollars. In the mean spectators, who formerly lined | ' . ,, vention. My construction of time, the striking statue of Gen- the beach in solid phalanx—the —Mr. Gent W adtord and Mrs. the action of the State eonven- .eral Lee, erected at a modest ball-headed men being in the l’ enn y Rain were married on tion is in this way : Mr. Kres- outlay by his devoted admirers ! front row. D 10 l^th mst., by the Rev. John sel, a delegate from Charleston, throughout the South, challen- j Glenn Island, situated about Reynolds, moved in derision that W W ges the admiration of the trav- fifteen miles from the city, and -The Alliance picnic at Gar- while e one is interested in who shall be our next Governor Russell 'go up there and sit eller as he approaches the city reached by a delightful sail ner’s Store was a success. A L. . . . , , with you,’’ meaning that t W. of Richmond. down the bay, is a charming good many speeches were made, there is m every iiimd a still deeper desire t know where *hey place, and is fast rivalling Co- but they were of a private char- 1 can buy the best goods for the least money. In a quiet uuy Kt CAM! -o— of which discussion, we still hold that the majority act ed in a tyrannical and over bearing manner, while Mr. Waddill would be no nearer our view than he is now. It is scarcely necessary to for us to say that, in making up our abs tract of the proceedings from the reports published in the various newspapers, it was our desire to be as accurate as pos sible; and if in the fierce light of the present heated political controversy, we were uncon sciously influenced by a feeling of partisanship, we are glad to have the opportunity of being corrected by one who is above such influences. It was our intention to give out to our readers the impression which we had received after reading all the newspaper 1 * * * * There are not many theatres Island in P°P u,ar favor open in New York in midsummer, * still there are one or two attrac- One is unfortunate if the time tions there just now that are of his visit to New York is in well worth seeing. Carmencita, midsummer, as the city has a a celebrated Spanish dancer, temperature peculiar to itself, whose gyrations are truly mar- i enervating and disagreeable in Ucularly iV they hair from ‘Cy- venous, is the idol of the. hour I the AYtreme orrent is the i Eloil or H/U’tsville ^ acter, and were not for the ears of the reporters. —We have a very active agent for the Greenville News in our midst. It is his especial pleas ure to serve any “antis,” par- Charleston delegation. So much for the “tyranny of the majori ty. ” It would have been fairer and nearer the mark to say the “tyranny of the minority.” You lay the entire blame of all the disorder at the State con vention on the majority. Re verse again, and you will be fairer and nearer the mark. Do your readers know that all the best seats at the State conven tion were staked off and pla carded for the minority ? The galleries and the aisles of the hall were packed all the first day of the session with cliques of the minority. The delega tion from Darlington stood up all the first afternoon, their seats being occupied by outsid ers who cheered for the minority •and kept up the disorder until Mr. Talbert was made chair man. You do not tell vour readers vellous, is the idol of the hour the extreme. So great is the with fashionable New York, humidity, that it sometimes hap- De Wolf Hopper, at the Broad- pens that with the thermometer way Theatre, is a capital com- less than ninety, one feels more edian, and has made a good hit overcome by the heat than he with his “Castles in the Air.” would be in Darlington when it The Madison Square Gardens, is over a hundred in the shade, capable of seating 14.000 per- Of course, the enormous mass of M ibli will point you to that place. The omnipitent cash does mighty works! And it has brought to ussome Bargains that are “comjictition an- nihilators.” They are plums, rich and ripe, and worth your gath ering. A full line of White Goods, White Lawns, India Silks, Syrian Novelties, figured, checked and white Muslins from 5 cents per yard to the nicest. Our stock of slices is simply beyond com parison. Onr Douglas Shoes are the best in the world. Try one Our third stock of Straw best quality and cheaper sons, were opened to the public bricks and mortar which make islature will take sucli action as in the spring with a gorgeous up the city contributes to this will put our public highways in spectacular ballet, entitled the heat in no small degree. The first-class condition. —We endorse Mr. Nettles in what he says on the “public road question” in toto, and are, . , .... it i •„ i glad he has called attention to P air aild y° u wdl bu y "° other kind ' this very important matter. It Hats are now going. They are of the is to be hoped that the next Leg- Choosing of the National Flow ngo er,” which is still running there. The intervals between the fall ing and rising of the curtain are enlivened with concerts by place. From the upper portion Strauss’celebrated Vienna band, of a structure fourteen stories which renders so-called dassi- high, one looks down upon the cal music of a boisterous kind, Brooklyn Bridge and the Bar- now much affected by New tholdi Statue, two of the great- Yorkers. est wonders of the New World, But by far the leading attrac- which resolve themselves, at i tion in theatrical circles * is that distance, into very ordinary a Richard Mansfield’s delineation looking affairs indeed, of the character of “Beau Brum- ***** mel” at the Madison Square than auction stuff. A full stock of Alpaca, Pongee, Chambray and Seersucker Coats and Vests for the warm weather. Also fine summer pants at low prices. Umbrellas and parasols to suit all. amount of building going on ail . »- - _ ; In fact we have everything you need to make you well dressed. tJwhkh they'are ifowtuilt,’are , . Bu - v f our “Magnolia Hams”- u nd we have them at prices to suit the smallest pocket. We would two astonishing features of the k 5 c ® nts per P ound - Blackwell say talk ag much politics as you like, but don’t forget to call and place. From the upper portion ros ' | see our many bargains before you buy ; you will save money and I agree with us that we are the only Theatre. Mansfield is the man 1 a very reports that the minority of the caucus- namely, that both sides were to Hers directecl the chairman of J the Executive Committee, Col. uoucm »i» ko i in ii Washington is not who made the double part of Peasant place in the “dog days,’ Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde so fa- and the eaactui K °f legislation mous, his complete transition under 8Ucb circumstances as ex- CLYDE. —Mr. D. D. Johnson is still improving. —Rev. W. A. Wright gave us very interesting sermon at New Market on Saturday. —Mr. M. J. Outlaw, of gone Leader of Low Prices. blame for the disorderly scenes enacted in the convention, the Tillmanites particularly so, for the reason that, being overwhel mingly in the majority, a dif- this place, has gone to Chester field C. H., on business. —Mrs. Dicey Johnson died at .1.V1UO, .viuijiiy^ 1. U .. D .11U11|. ,,, , . h , cr residence in Chesterfield from the handsome, benevolent | County on the 10th inst. Messrs. 1). A. and J. A. Out- Very respectfully. June 5, 18!>0. B Tile Georgia State Alliance lias decided unanimously 11 support the suli treasurer)' bill, and it would seem as if Gov. Gordon, who is a candi date for the United States Senate, l , ~ ' , , . " , . and is opposed to the hill, is jroinp to ferent method of procedure from have a hard time of it. which they adopted would V uuu f, 'i‘ rful cyclone occurred in have been more becoming, to Wilkesharre, Uennsylvauia, on the! 19th inst., by which a large portion of say the least, tlint beautiful town was destroyed. A *„ f.. r damrer of number of iiersons were killed, and AS 1 r 1 ual Hoyt, to seat Mr. Buist, of the minority, as temporary chair man. (I stop rijjfht here to say that Col. Hoyt did the only sen sible thing he lias ever done as chairman of the Executive Com mittee when he broke loosefrom his halter, and in spite of Col. Haskell, realized that lie must put the motion to make Mr. Tal bert temporary chairman. Col. our Hoyt, like yourself, has gone off looking physician to the warped bat enjoyable pastime and cringing Hvde, right before he whole cit% being paved with | of Sumter accompanied by I the verv of the as P halt * the reflection of the mw, oi ounuer, actouipaintu uy j tne very eyes or tne audience, a„« 11T wv„ ! their families, paid us a visit a being truly wonderful. He is s , ummcr s u» upon the streets s f(>w d ’ 1 quite young, and is destined to ''^ugreeabh dazzling, w hile make his mark among the very the,r P« wer of retaining heat -Mr. A. M. McNair’s new first actors of the world. White | 18 ma 5 v ® Uous ' store is nearly completed. He he has a pood figure, he is not Both houses of Congress are will then be ready for his usual what one would call a handsome i < ’ 0In V ai em Pt> > a large large fall and winter trade. — In fact, his little, round —At the Democratic club This space is reserved for the hms to property will reach at leant! “goodness being neutralized” again.) I know tiiat the minor- 11 million dollar* ag yf r Waddill puts in, we have ity were bent on defeating the ■ Third Gougrese ij ve d long enough to know that wil l of the majority, and they iouRi District held lust week resulted » as follows: Norris 4,758, Johnstone “goodness” is never rewarded t no' one | 'u thi * world < 80 do not expect j from 12.30 until 5 P. M. The received a majority of the votes cast, it; on the contrary, we strive to minority succeeded in preventing an or gauization of the convention bead-like eyes, set close m to Aed the scene to seek a coolei . ^ j there was tlio noco o-ivohim cntW .. ,i; c clime, and- everything about < on riaiuruay uieu vy.ih tne nose, give Him rather a dis- ; 0 .i„n ..«,i i;®+io.oo a small turnout, owing to the llmanites | from the takes place in these sanle eyeslA. ^ ,, , as they light up and expand ’ ^ agent of theChar- -On Monday the 18th inst i, the nlav of feelino-that! leston ^orirf), arrayed in a styl- some of our people were hauled . the two leaders, Norris and Johnstoi will make the race over on Aug. i!0 From the way \V. W. Russell, the well known Anderson Republican, talks he evidently thinks that, owing to Democratic ,ii\,-.inn. he will go congress from the third Houtli Caro-1 majority or of the minority, linn district; while it is said that the notorious J. Hendrix McLean will run in the fourth district. “on people wei some light stuff, holds to trial at Clieraw by some of the toovther \vith theb- hands, too, play, an impor- 1118 ,llctat °rial »)vay with an Mormon followers. 1 he trial - ‘v e tantnart in Mansfield’s acting, uact u ous . conciliatory smile was largely attended by people his i w,n ch not even the weaker can from both Darlington and Ches- with the play of feeling that -V" . ' passes over the mobile face! • , 01 . . . — - 1 his dictatorial liques, made more noise than , . tar ‘ t P art | n Mansfield’s acting, possess that virtue simply on and* hv tlTeir‘iTn* I hut it is his voice that is , ,, , - account of its goodness,” and | oimhk nVe^umntkn cnn^i' ehi ef charm. Well-rounded and effect :. He weighs considerably j terfield Counties We t rust the ^ not for nnv effect it mav have ‘® a80ua “ le presumption caused ... . . Dart i cu i ar i v we ii over three hundred pounds, and defendants will be acquitted. , not for any effect it may Have th(1 maj()nty to tako strong ‘ lls nffipted Are^jaesents (^ite a striking specta- w .. TV ... ' on our friends either of the ground. adapted to the affected, caress- f f . ls i‘ Kits —W. H. Johnson, white, w McCall & M Who are now at th« North laying in a large sujiply of GENERAL MERCHANDISE for their handsome new store in the Hewitt Building. Look Out for their Advertisement. A terrible railroad accident, almost equalling in its horrors the great Wollaston disaster of Oct. 5,1878. oc curred quite near the scene of that accident, in the vicinity of the city of Hoston. on the 19th inst. Ten persons were killed outright, and a number of passengers were fearfully scalded. ground.' " ~ 1 auapteu to me anectea, caress- j cm of oT>cn”shir't fronTus hoVit R — w • H - Johnson, white, who, In your account of disgraceful 11 ^ tones of^BeauBrummei,” j ^ speaker’s chair with Bved just across the Chesterfield scenes in the State contention, ^^SeTSmt^ha^ 1 vest Wwith ^00^6' was ta^n violently ill on A COMMENDABLE example. you tell us of Mr. Tom Wood- , n ^V a !.^ atag r 1,is Tiic io^ “ dud «“ sashes which are now Friday inght last, and died -nu s * ward’s giving the lie to Dr. Pope, ’Hg creation or ms. the joys K n fnshinnnhlo tied nmurwi idc most horrible death at two The recent county convention i ^ ^ ^ not say Mr. "Wood- aad frrows of him xvdio waa | *ied around 0>clock th( , followinK morning held in Marion was assembled war d wa8 0 f the minority nor th e foremost man in Europe”' . . There were evidences of his bav- - tkat a hundred years ago, the most | The mutilated body of Robert Sparks, colored, was found on the railroad track in the town of Sumter on Monday morning. There is a strong suspicion that the man was killed, ami that Ids body was subse- quently placed on the track so as make it appear that he met ids death by the train running over him. under a call which gave notice do you tell your readers that; a n !? nar ? cl years ago, tne most: , . . ! ing been poisoned, and his onlv of a mirnose to elect dele- Col. Haskell took special pains P or f ec f f°P the world has ever Before bringing to a close the and one D. J. Jacobs havr oniy ] purpose io eieci ue.e to declare that Dr _ f> ope wa8 in . known, are portrayed in a strk- fugitive pencilhngs which we arrested and carried to gates to the State Convention ca p a bi e of telling a lie You are ^ in £ ,nanner - The last act in the 1 have been collecting together for der a charge of bavin-r careful to state that this con- play, where the poverty-stricken the past few weeks, it is worthy! him strychnine. vention was one of the most Brummel, rendered insane by of mention in passing that there “ 9 disgraceful ever held bv tlie s t arva G on . ye* proud enough to seems to be a decided “money to try to keep his real condition in August. However, when tlie convention assembled, it went further, and elected a new county executive committee. The old committee insisted that their term of office had not ex pired, and refused to retire. Thereupon, the newly elected () f committee, after pondering the matter, wisely concluded that! Edwards I¥oriii<eiit & t o. The constitutional convention slonraiul l th*fbo(W i Si |)l wre8tUng I wHh ma «« r ’ w,8 « , y ™nc.uaec. mat,ness” wili be neutralized, and the suffrage question, the colored pop they would not serve, since ow- your friends of the majority will whites of the State, and your . , - . argument is that the majority a secret from the king and no of the party are all to blame. ble8 > bl8 quondam friends and Now, Mr. Editor, we like your ass0( ’ ia t es . >8 pathetic in the ex- enterprising, newsy paper, but ^renie, ana one who has once we want simple justice, at least seen Mansfield s wonderful im- a fair and full statement of all, Personation of this unique char- the facts, or else all your “good- ac ^ er cau never forget it. * * * * * negroc will some day oontrol tlie State. prove detrimental to the inter- It is thought that the Repuhlieans e8ts of the Democratic party, in the First Congressional District Bv this action the members of will oppose Brawley for congress. Of t i ir> , w>w ....moiitfoo hneo cot .. course, they do not expect to w in. but fhe new committee have set a liope by having a majority of their commendable example of fore* part) ill the next congress to have sj.rht nnd moderation Uleir man seated anyhow. It is not ! 'l„ll( and HU fttiation. The wax figures at the “Eden Musee” are probably the finest on this side of the water, and nowhere in New York is the HAVE RECEIVED THEIR ENTIRE LINE Nev String ani Snnuntr at all improbable that a similar pro gramme will !m* adopted in every congressional district in the State. GOOD-BYE TO THE FORCE BILL. As already predicted in these columns, the Force Bill has been laid on the shelf” for the pres- session of congress. This was mainly due to Quay, the corrupt Republican Senator from Pennsylvania, who, of course, bears no love for the South, Col. Hoyt and a majority of his against which section the hill is committee seem determined to “hold in. i r ri tlie fort" until Sept. 10, at which time cb,e -' al| im<l. I he presump- they claim that their term of office tion is therefore, t hat Quav had will expire, and at a meeting held in «s • * .... . t Columbia on Friday, they passed „ , sufficient political foresight to resolution to that eff(>ct. Col. irby s appreciate the fact that if it be- committee was to meet in Columbia , ...... on Thursday night, t>ut no quorum came law, the iniquitous measure be l p<)(iti)oned ft,ld tt " meetin,f l,n,, *" would react upon the Republi can party who had fathered it. J. H. Wolf and John I). Croft, two Furthermore, it was agreed by the Democratic Senators that A Philadelphia company have leas ed the oil mill at Kook Hill, and pur- IMise trying there a new and improved method of extracting oil from cotton eilt seed. This method lias been patent ed. and is known as the Cochran cotton seed cleaner. It is also claim ed that by means of this invention a very superior quality of meal is ob tained- Hoyt and a majority of his i determined to “hold caste” at the North, which is so! A choice line of lieavy and [ different from anything that fancy groceries alwr .ys on hand, ever existed at. the South, even | at lowest market prices, at “before the war,” that it would Blackwell Bros. be impossible to convey to one unacquainted with the true con- cypre ss dition of things there how this! caste affects every condition ofi —Cotton picking is going on life and society. In the Southitapidly, and a few bales have] we are all poor, and all w’ao! come in. . —Missel) and Mary I>u- H8W GCOdC ! COITeCt Styl* the road which a v oung mau Bose, of Camden, are visiting , v must travel at the North to real- here - eountryman so mortified by an i ze his ambition \( he betrins life „ „ . u exhibition of his “greenness” without monev and wishes to “Messrs. Honry Appdt and ashe is there The figures in rise in the social, political or bu- ^Simd^v Jaft the lobby of the building, repre- siness wo’ ld ^ 118 on “ una0 5 ,a8 '- iStti * •' ' • • • —Mr. S. C.Parnell isatliinold Mansfield as “Beau Brummel”—The a way that they have all the ap-. The re is one other matter we stand with two large Winship T T A 'DT/’r’ [ Wonders of the Eden Musee—Coney pearance of life, and one notac- mmyt refer to, and then we will £ in f: and guarantee satis- 1/1 iilvIVL. 1 > island—Law-Making in the "Dog; quainted with his surroundings 1 br .ve finished. “Southern lios- jm'Don to those who patronize naturally stops as if to engagei V'f a Bty” is an expression so hirn ' It has become the fashion of ‘ a , conver8a ^ M ® w Bh theru. trite as to have become almost —The colored brass band, of tu pi rheico FrAsh Fanru and Famtlu Groceries ConstantlU late years for nearly everyone VVh at can exceed his inortific a- a by-word, and yet it no longer s to kes Bridge, passed through Cil01C6 “6511 r&RCy rdUiliy UlOCeneu LOHSuluUy who visits New York to make a H° n aud embarrassment ff’,ien means anything, if, in fact it this place on last Saturday morn- AmYlUg. trip to Grant's tomb, no matter ke finds out that they arv> T made ever did. The ‘Yankee may jpg and evening, and treated us what section of the country he i wax ' And so it is on passing be shrewd in driving a bargain, to some very good music, mav hail from. The tomb, which on through the buildiMg. one and ma . v look after every penny is a very ordinary looking struc-i ha8ofteutoke ep his eyes open Wlth a frugality worthy of a —Mr. C. W. Harris has ac- ture of masoniy, is situated sev- to ke ep from making himself Scotcb man, yet when he has cepted a situation with Mr. L. ; eral miles above New York in the ridiculous. The many attrac- friends under his charge, no one | S. Pate. Mr. Harris is a fine! extreme limit of Riverside Park tions at the “Eden’Musee” are knows better than he how to ; young mau and will doubtless I a long and narrow strip of land tup numerous to bf ; referred to entertain with a princely hospi- do well in his new position, bordering the right bank of the with any degree of detail in an tality which would do credit to M Hudson, and extending all the article of this length, but we f hc m08t punctilious Southern] *ur. n. in. * * ' ' home. J. M. Waddill. PENCIL SKETCHES BY THE WAY. Prospect Park and Grant's Tomb— Low Price: We will take pleasure in showing car .coeds and Guarantee Prices WITH AHY Respectfully, Edwards, November 28, 1889. TV or ment & Co. youtiK wliito men. brakemen on the Sontli Carolina Railroad, when tin train was in the vicinity of Ten-Mile Hill, on Saturday, got into An alterea tion ahont a watermelon, as a result of which Wolf received several blows from a heavy clnb. His injuries are very serious, and the facts, as far as they can he ascertained, indient that i ' the event of his death, it will g. rigid hard with f’roft. A Convention of Governors of all the cotton States lias *»eeii culled h\ lien. Gordon to meet in Atlanta oi September to. 'I he Convention wa asked for by the Georgia S ate Alii anee hi serfioti at Atlanta last week, (■’aeh Go ernor is to appoint six dele in tes. m iking seven representatives from each cotton State ’;'he Con vent l.i- will consider the matter of direct trade with Liverpool; also questions relative to weights, insur ance. freights and handling of cotton Emmie Moon, a little eight-year old daughter of VV. H. Moon, who lives twenty five miles aliove Greenville they would make no unneces sary opposition to the Tariff Bill if the Republicans would permit the Force Bill to go over. As a result of this compromise, congress will probably adjourn at an early day. • ♦»—— Majority or Minority. Editor Darlington News: Did it not occur to you that the majority of the Democratic party of Darlington County was without representation in the way of newspapers in our coun ty town? Your paper repre- sents the minority, and does it well. I ask space in your paper to contradict something ., „ you was instantly killed in a singular i have been putting down against manlier <m the 20th inst. She wae sai( | majority. Caving in the yard and a vounglady v,,.._ * was leaning «g inst a post »f the piaz- Y our account of the county ■ Tlie little girl stole behind the convention is unfair, 4o say the way from the city to the place cau sa foly assert that the v si- where Grant’s remains repose. ! :or to . Now York will find noth- The municipal authorities have in 8. ’ n tbat . great metropolis devoted many years to improv-1 w hich will interest him more, ing the roadway which runs in The collection of paintings anil a straight line through the on- statuary is unusually fine, while tire leogth of this strip, and the “Chamber of Horrors,” which is destined in the future which is located in the base- to become one of the great boul- nient of the building, and is so evards of the world. From the ingeniously arranged as to rep- little knoll on which the tomb is resent crypts hollowed out of the built, a magnificent view of the solid rock, contain some Hudson is to be obtained, and it stfcrHmg scenes. An exact rep- is said that Grant, impressed resentation of the execution of with the wonderful beauty of Kcmmler by electricity has just the spot, expressed a desire to 1 be o» placed on enhibition in be buried there. The tomb is tb * 8 chamber, and the wax fig- guarded day and night by senti- ures are so life-like and horrible nels chosen from the ranks of looking that they chain the at- the Grand Army of the Repub- toafioa the spectator with a lie. * sickening sort of fascination. The originators of the fund for ***** the erection of a suitable monu-: Those who attended our State ment to Gen. Grant have collect- Fairs at Columbia for the past ed about 8140,000 for that pur- two or three years have a very pose, aiter several years’ hard good idea of what Conev Island work. Of course, a very hand- looks like during four'months some monument could lie erect- of the year. For the past ten ed for that sum, but the commit- or twelve seasons it has been tee having started out with the one of the favorite fresh air re- mtention of raising at least sorts of the fatrged out ha f a million of dollars, are Yorkers, and the dense FOR SENATOR. DuBose died on i (last Wednesday morning, at . _ ! about two o’clock. His remains io vnwia ^aiL-r. f,,rvi n t ui-wi, ! were interred at Cypress Church, h'ditor Darlingion News: .i "ii ^ ’ He leaves a wife and two child- Please announce that I am a oaiuli- ren to mourn his loss, who have <late for State Senator for Darlington GREEN plains. the sincere sympathy of the com- > ^^tion r^nominatfi well Bros. munity in their bereavement. —Cotton picking has com menced and everv one has his hand, fun. Alliance Notice. .The lieavy blow and rain on 'jq,,, Trustee-Stockholders of tlie bnday did but little damage, asi Snh Alliances of the County are re- we were through with fodder quested to meet at, Darlington C H , pulling. —Sixteen persons were tized at Mt. Olivet on Saturday by the Pastor, the Rev. F. M. Satterwhite. county officers. Oats, July 21, '90. J. W. Bk.asi.ky. at eleven A. M., on Thursday, Sep- i temlier .'tli, to reorganize, elect a new Inn- Hoard of Directors and a County - 1 Trust. u Stockholder. LUCAS McINTOSH, Pres. F. A. of D. C. FOR CONGRESS. 1 hereby announce myself a candi date for Congress from the Sixth Congressional District, subject to the taction of the Democratic Congres sional Convention. E. T. STACKHOUSE. FOR COUNTY TREASURER. —Mr. E. W. Boswell is absent from home ; he is putting up the Lide Bridge on Black Creek, and hopes to complete it by the first of September. —Mr. W. II. Huggins aid daughter have returned from a visit to Sumter, and we are sor ry to say that Mr. Huggins is quite sick, though he is slowly t Gee improving. | g par < Whereas. C. S. made suit to me The many friends of J. F. Garner, ! regarding him as thoroughly quali fied to discharge the duties of the of fice, announce him as a candidate for tlie office of Treasurer of Darlington County, subject to the Democratio McCullough, hath nominating convention. Mr. Gamer to grant unto him i is well known throughout the county THK8TATEOF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF OAR 1.1 NOTON. Hy T. H. Spain. Em/-. Probate Judge. Ks- New --The fanners about here have Letters of Administration, of the fate of and effects of L. L. McGee. These are thereiore to cite and ad monish all and singular the kindred anti creditors of the said L. L. Me- dec'll., that they be and ap- before me, in the Court of Pro to be hold at Darlington C. H., on the 12th day of Sept, next, after ublication hereof, at. It o'clock in the ! and has never sought office. Farmers. ' nog lady and pulled her drew, f ightening tlie young lady so badly that rlic clutched the post, pulling it out from its place, ambboth fcll[on the little girl, mashinght-r to death. least. You make “much-a-do about nothing.” The secreta ry’s place, many competent members of the convention de- OI dollars, are Yorkers, and the dense crowd planted a good deal of cane^d | P ubUcan T"Tw " ^ol« f anv thev the countrv Th?'°^ hJT ° Ve # tber0 0,1 abot 8U ?>; a t ;r afte moon millet and it is looking well, hut ^ve.'^wbv’the said Administration Now w, of i8 bewildering. While there are we have no mill or evaporator, jlhoui.l not be granted. . New York to build the monu- a good many unattractive fea- 1 and unless some one should put Given under my baud, tins 2tfth day • . . IS* — fek * aw mm J a* • m mm a> v * ** V. V1 X Cy k * ‘ 4~V 1 Htiel or r,?tl,er ° ther ture8 about ‘ h . e P ,aoe ’ one sh( JbbI up one it is not likely that much cities, or rather the mdifferenoe not fail to visit it, as there are erf thetetuff will be planted next of its rich people to the cause, is, many phases of life to be found I year of Aug., A. D„ 1890. T. XX. I . Judge of Probate. Aug. * W-M Dovesville Academy. The Trustees of the Dovesville Acad emy desire to announce that , th ^ have engaged the services of Mr. •. R. Pringle as Principal, and that, the school will lie re opened on Mond _ September 8. Persons desiring patronize tlie institution are req ed to address the Principal, or LUCAS McINTOSH, Cli. Hoard Trustees, Dovesville, 8. C. Weekly Market Quotations, Fur nished by the ENTERPRISE GROCERY, Darlington, - - S. C< D. 8. C. R. Sides, meat, Molasses, Syrups, I jird, pure leaf. Flour, Family, Flour, Patent, Ferris’ Hams, Picniu Hams, Sugar, granulated standard, Sugar, Ex. C, white, Coffee, Rio, Coffee, Java, Butter, Elgin creamery on Ice, Cheese, choice cream, on ice, Salt, per sack, Soap, 18 oz. cake, per box. Soap, Frank Siddall's, per box, 3.00 Tobacco, ?0 to 80 Matches, per gross Nails, Old Dominion, full wts, 2.00 Horse and mule shoes, 4.50 to 5.50 Horse Shoe Nails, best, 20 Paper Bags 50 per cent, off list. . u< , _ ^ -~)b, . CraJittiV^-v „ All persons bavinU^ rt ^ y“*gainrt the estate of Cele Marshki! will pleas * present them properly proved, and all persons indebted to said tate will make payment to e«- r J*- Aug. 88. '90 Aug. P* ■ NSiiSSt. • % ■ ml