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VOL. XVI. NO 40.
DARLINGTON, S. 0., THURSDAY. OCTOBER 2. 1890.
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Court meets on Oct. 2oth.
Next Monday will be Sales-
day.
Flokesc k is to have an ice
factory.
Remember that the Enter
prise Grocery is selling bacon
at Cl.
R. W. Boyd, Esq., was quite
sick last week, but is now much
better.
Mr. 3- E. Rhodes has the
finest sugar cane in this section
of the County. •
Misses Mamie Vass and Janie
Bass have gone to Greenville to
attend school.
The Rev. Mr. Moore preached
at the Methodist Church o n
Sunday morning.
Mr. Robert Long, of Boston,
is on a visit to the family of
Gen. W. E. James.
There is a general complaint
throughout the county of a
scarcity of cotton pickers.
Gen. James to Florence
yesterday to inspect the Flor
ence Rifles.
Misses Clara Ward and Mar-
i Mr. J. E. Boyd, having com- Cart. J. C. Blackwell is cir-
pleted his junior year, will not culating a petition for the par
I return to the Soutli Carolina f i° n °f Green Buree, who was
College this session. He has sent to the penitentiary for
accepted a position in Boyd’s twenty-live years in 1S78 for
drug store, which he will fili for burning Sternberger's store in
a j ear before going on to the Florence. Burch is now over
North to lake a course in medi- seventy years old ; he has al
pine. ready served a long sentence,
The Bishopville Eagle says • 1 nd w S there has al ^ a y s lw ; en . a
“Mr. Willie Parham, of Dar- .u Ubt - c ? nc ® rmng h . 18 8 ul,t t in
lington, had the misfortune to 11 18 to ^
get a fall at the skating rink h r 7, ed hat the Governor will
last Friday night and broke his the prayer of the P etltlon -
arm jus above the wrist. We Owing to the short crop of
a e gird 'O know he is doing as last year, and to the hard times
well as one could under the cir
cumstances.”
generally, we allowed a number
of subscriptions which were past
The proflcteucrdisplaying by ^^“”^“”‘‘1‘ h '^
the Guards on the occasion of
their drLl „st Friday night is
the univer .,1 topic of conver
sation on our streets this week,
and Capt. J. K. Mclver deserves
the very highest praise for the
excellent standard which he has
brought the company up to.
Mr. Martin Hanley has open
ed his restaurant, and is now
prepared to furnish first class
meals at all hours. Mr. Han
ley’s popularity will doubtless
i gain him a large patronage.
| He will be supplied as usual
with the finest Norfolk
crop was harvested. In return
for our past indulgence, favors on
the other side are now in order.
In view of the further fact that
the price of subscription has
been reduced to $1 a year, we
expect, and must demand, that
payment in all cases be made in
advance.
garet Ervin have entered Con- j dur'ingtheTeason.
verse College at Spartanburg.
. x , , The following young men |
Another lot of handsome i eave f or the South Carolina
mens and ladies haudsewed' College on Monday: R. F. I
shoes has just been received at | Woods, J. W. James, D. R.
Blackwell Bros. ; Cokor w . c Coker Jr Allen
The friends of Mr. Julius Coker, Edward Coker, J. D.
Haynsworth were glad to see Rast, Eugene Bacot, Andrew,
him out last week after a sharp Wardlaw, R. W. Coggeshall
little attack of sickness. and R. L. Edwards.
It will remembered that the
Youth's Companion some time
ago offered a special prize of a
handsome United States flag to
the child who wrote the best
essay on a given subject, and
that the prize was won by a
little daughter of S. J. Keith, a
! pupil of the Mayo School at this
that they would have to pay a
fine of $1 each for trespassing.
The young men had no money,
but after protesting against the
demand which was made upon
them, agreed to give their coats
to Byrd and Higgs until they
could raise the money to pay
their “fines.” Byrd and Higgs
will be given an opportunity of
explaining their conduct at the
next term of the Court.
The Florence “Straightouts."
In giving an account of the
recent “Straightout” conven-
held in Florence, the Times
says : “Chancellor W. D. John
son and E Keith Dargan, Esq.,
were on the floor, and were in
vited to address the convention,
which they did, congratulating
it on the stand it had taken.” A
resolution was also adopted to
the effect that the executive
committee be instructed to in
vite a conference of the
“Straightouts” of the Sixth
Congressional District to meet
at Florence fo r tho purpose of
considering the advisability of
bringing out a “straightout”
candidate for congress. Mr. Z.
T. Kershaw w r as elected chair
man of the county executive
committee.
place. A tall flag pole has re
cently been erected in front of
the Mayo school building, from
which the beautiful flag now
floats gracefully in the breeze.
Unclaimed Letters.
Death Of Mr. Preston R. Thomas.
Mr. Preston R. Thomas, who
was reported in our last issue
as being so dangerously ill with
tyhoid fever, died at the msi-
dence of his father, Capt. W.
H. Thomas, on Monday morn
ing last, at three o’clock. The
remains were interred at five
The following unclaimed let-
Iters remain in the postoffice at'o’clock on Monday afternoon at
The Uniform Rank, Knights Mr. E. O. Woods is moving Darlington, S. C., for week end- Mt. Elon Church, in the pro
of Pythias, held their ‘regular into his handsome new residence ing Sept. 27, 1890. In calling; sence of a large concourse of
for same please state that they friends, the Rev. John G. Law
were advertised : I conducting the services. M r.
James Atkirison, J. T. David, Thomas was 23 years old on the
monthly meeting last Friday on Cashua Street. Mrs. Woods’
night. mother and sister, Mrs. T. D.
Mr. B. McLure, travelling Warner and Miss EUa Wagner,
agent for the Columbia Regil I of Charleston are expected here
ifr wna In T»ftrlin<rt.on this wpek next week, it being their nitcn-
ter, was in Darlin
in the interest of
' tion to make Darlington their
! future home.
Gen. W. E. James, Grand
Chaicellor, K. of P., will visit
W. G. Davis, Dave Nelson, B.
B. Marshal, 0. A. Malloy, C. A.
Neal, Mr. Sonny, Ed. J. James.
A Benefit To Municipal Tax-Payers.
ton this week
is paper.
Tom Robeson, colored, of the
Lamar neighborhood, has been ^
committed to jail for stealing L^lington Ledge X officially ori became very obstreperous on
turkeys. Tuesday night next, on which the Square on Monday after-
By the untiring and persist- occasion there will bo several! noon, an overdose of corn liquor
ent efforts of our two accommo- initiations and important busi-
dating banks, change is at last j ness to be transacted. A full
becoming a trifle less scarce. ' attendance of the members is
Mr. W. F. Carter, who has U ‘ arne8tly re< l uested ‘
contracted for the completion Prof. Bowles has painted a
of the water works, began thej very handsome sign over Messrs,
laying of the pipes yesterday. McCall & Burch’s store, in such
Mr. J. Gillam Law, of Harts- ^fn^fnoTosribh chmee^of WaS t ' a P ture ' 1 1 j n ™'
larlinorton’s renresent- j Joking the stand of this pop- ^ ^ Sn^'chase, md
ular firm. The Professor is also “brought to taw”. By these
j engaged in painting a sign for little incidents the coffers of the
Mr. W. H. Talley will move Smith, our “brag” photograph- town were n i ce iy replenished
next week into the Russell er. on Tuesday morning,
house, on Cashua Strest, which It ig st e how generally —~
is now being prepared for his The NkW8 % being read a Weil Mer.ted promot.on.
reception. throughout the County of late. Mr. M. L. A. Gardner has
Mr. 1. J. Cook, a former Mrs. Swygert says that she re- been appointed foreman of the
member of the police force, has ceived such a host of responses Atlantic Coast Line paint shops
been employed by the Sheriff to to her c 3nt advertisement for in Florence. He has many
fill the position occupied by the a young ady assistant that she friends in Darlington, who will
late Mr. Preston L. Thomas. was almost compelled to hire be pleased to learn of his pro-
Ax the annual meeting of the a " ex tra clerk to answer the ap-1 motion- Mr. Gardner is a
Cartersville Y. M. C. A. on Sun- Plants.
day an address was delivered by Mr. Bonnoit will move into
Mr. C. O. Martindale, Jr. of Co- j his new 1 c e on Broad Street
this week. The house which
24th of last June, and was a
man of unusually fine physique.
He had been sick only about
ten days. For the past year or
two he had been employed by
A white man from the country Sheriff Cole as his deputy, and
his cordial, winning manners
gained for him a host of
friends. The news of his death
was a great shock to the com
munity. Darlington has lost
one of her most promising
young men and most useful
citizens.
ville, Darlington’s
ative at the Citadel Academy
left for Cher'ebion on Tuesday
lumbia.
Misses Bessie Williamson,
Emmie James, Mary Law and
Carrie Mclver leave this week
for Columbia, where they will
attend the new Presbyterian
Female Seminary.
Esau Chr.r'es, colored, has
been sent to jail for 30 days by
Trial Justice Dr-gan for cruelty
to animals, the charge against
man
of an unusual degree of intelli
gence, and has the brains to
succeed in any position i n
i . u which he may be placed. The
he now occupies '^ l thea ^ the penetratfon to discern this,
fee a r „„ M M r r : , »-e, S po„«o,„e day '
West, of the firm of West &
in
ipi
Mr. Gardner filling one
Honour both ol whom oxpoct to | VS'feporation.
move their families up g" d luck toliim j he is a line
Charleston in a few daj s. j fel j ow ,
A Serious Explosion.
A serious explosion occurred
Mr. R. S. Pringle, who has |
I charge of the grading of the j
jC. S. & N. road, will move his!
him being that he wantonly kill- ^ dav ^and will ^ at the 0il Mil1 « n Monday alter
ed a mule. / ataaearlyday, ana wm pro no o n E(L Ervin> one 0 f the
1 bably remain lieTe u t s cm pi 0 yees of the establishment,
Mr. W. H. McGee, accom- work on the road has been com- • : in t from a
panied by his daughter, Mrs. L. pleted. Mr. Pringle expects to . a . 1 . g L T r
OlcGee, spent, several days in rent the rooms over the P° 8t -1 Hoards, the assistant superin-
McGee, spent, several days in
Darlington this week. Mrs.
McGee will make her future
home in Greenwood.
Mr. Dwight Harrington, of
Hartsville, who has been living
in Florida for the past year, has
been employed jointly by
Messrs. Keys and Smoot to
attend to the weighing of their
cottou.
The Bishopville Eagle says:
“Thaddeus Parham, the little
ten-year-old son of Mr. W. H.
Parham, of Darlington, one day
last week picked out 201 pounds
of cotton. Who of his age can
beat it ?”
Ladies, seamstresses, house
keepers, why do you use old
worn, heavy machines, when
you can buy the light-running,
improved New Home or Wheel
er & Wilson, on easy terms of
Blackwell Bros.? •
At the entertainment given
recently at Fair Hojie Church,
for the purposes of raising funds
for the completion of the new
school house which has been
erected in that neighborhood,
the neat sum of $45 was realized.
A son of Mr. Madison Stan
ley, of Swift Creek, and a son and
daughter of Mr. J. S. Rhodes, of
Ebenezer, left for the State In
stitute at Cedar Springs, Spar
tanburg County, on Tuesday.
All of the children named are
deaf-mutes
Mr. J. H. Gaines, the fore
man of the hands who see to
McCullough, Blackwell & Co’s
hauling, is a “hustler” when he
starts. In two days and a half
this week he hauled no less
than 600 bales to the depot for
Mr. C. R. Woods.
being the apparent cause of his
trouble, and it took two cus
todians of the peace to hold him
down. A friend of his drove
out of town a few moments ^
afterwards, whipping his mule ^ Wicked Cotton Buyer-1
in great fashion, and hurling One of the leading cotton men
definace at the police. _He too community was engaged
recently in trading with one of
his customers, when a peculiar
accident overtook him. He had
negotiated for the old colored
man’s lone bale of cotton, his
cart, and his rope harness, and
was busily engaged in weighing
his ox, when a huge limb fell
without warning from a large
oak tree under which the scales
were situated, and came within
an ace of reducing the buyer to
that condition when the price of
cotton and the size of samples
are matters of no interest what
soever. Someone called out to
him to look out, and as the limb
descended, he dodged out of the
way and ran against a lamp-
post, almost demolishing it, and
skinning both knee-pans with
long gashes, the scars of which
he will carry to his grave. Be
it understood that this tree had
withstood the storms of two
centuries, the earthquake, and
the cyclone, without even shed
ding a single bough; great then
must have been the provo
cation for it to have acted in
this incomprehensible manner
under a cloudless sky, and with
not a breath of air stirring. The
limb has been cut up into fire
wood, and netted almost a cord,
which is now piled up on one of
our side streets, as an evidence
of the correctness of every word
which is here written concern
ing it.
see
the
the
thoroughly the art of buying to
the best advantage, and is thus
enabled to supply the trade
with the very best articles
which the markets of the North
afford at the lowest possible
prices. His line of dress goods
and notions is unsurpassed in
this section, and his store at
this season of the year is the
daily scene of a rush of pur
chasers from all sections of the
County, who come in to see the
many bargains which he offers.
The visitor to town who goes
away without having seen the
stock in I ‘corn’s Cn.ablishraent,
h»s passed by one of the leading
features of the place, and will
surely suffer for neglecting his
opportunities.
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A New Comet in the Politics! Heavens
Editor Darlington News:
The political contest is now
over. It was, while it lasted, a
struggle of giants. Two renown
ed gladiators wrestled in the
arena for victory. As they
clutched and whirled each other
round, as they turned and twist
ed, their tendons seemed to
crack and their muscles stood
out like whip-cords from the in
tense strain and effort. Tillman
finally managed to throw his
noble opponent; everything was
fair, there was no hitting below
the belt. Forty-three States
formed the amphitheatre from
which was witnessed this con
test of giants. Since, the spec
tators have dispersed from the
a ena and the referee has given
the prize to the winner. To
change the figure a little and
drop into a slower method, what
do we behold ? A prominent
politician, and one of the irre-
concilables, slips the socket and
bolts the Democratic orbit. He
poses before the public, or wish
es to, as a political comet with
a bright silver head, while be
hind it streams a lon<j black tail.
All political astronomers whose
glasses are now levelled on the
political sky, will watch this
comet with considerable curios
ity and wonder, because all their
annals for hundreds of years
have never chronicled a comet
that came within the field of
their glasses whose contexture
was so incongruous as this one.
But the battle is now really
over; the shouts of the contend
ing hosts and the clash of their
arms has been buried in the past.
The political war drum throbs
no longer ! “Anti-Tillman” lies
with a bullet through his noble,
generous heart, while his stiffen
ed fingers still clutch his straight
out banner. The pity of it, oh,
the pity of it! But let us give
him the grandest funeral that
ever was seen, and after drop
ping our repentent tears upon
the cold corpse, we can return
lamenting to our loves, and all
will be “rosy” once again.
“Silver Arrow.”
—Mr. Joseph Brown is quite
ill. He is sunering from an ab
scess in his throat, and has not
been able to eat for two weeks.
His physician, however, still
entertains hopes of his final re
covery.
—J. B. Witherspoon made a
liberal offer last week. To the
individual who would secure
sufficient hands to pick ten
bales of cotton, he agreed to pay
$5 and to give each picker 50
cents per hundred, but no one
took him up. Mr. Witherspoon’s
offer is still open when the
weather clears up.
—Miss Salhe Croswell return
ed last Monday to the Female
College at All Healing Springs,
and was accompanied by her
cousin, a daughter of Mr. R. M.
Josey, together with three oth
er young ladies from Lydia, the
daughters respectively of Messrs
Talley Harrell, John H. Kelly
and Thos. King. We tender
these young ladies our congrat
ulations upon their wise course,
and wish them a pleasant and
profitable session.
—The continued rains are be
coming very distressing to us ;
the cotton is damaged every day
rov, but if we had a few weeks,
fair weather we could soon
catch up, though most of the
cotton picked after this will
look blue and stained. Now,
Darlington cotton buyers, don’t
tell us you want no blue cotton
in yours; if you do, we are going
Hartsville and Bishopville;
s and
to
jpv
these buyers buy all kinds
pay good prices.
—Our pastor, Rev. W. O. Pet
ty, tendered his resignation last
Sunday, to take effect on the
fourth Sunday in December. He
agreed last winter to serve us
one year more, but now his res
ignation is final, and he and his
amiable family will leave us to
theregretof many warm friends.
We are glad thei * lot was cast
among us for the past six and
a half years, during which time; by his discourse
they have endeared themselves
to us, and we shall be rejoiced
to know that they have found a
desirable home in another field.
PHILADELPHIA.
—Mr. John Gamer, who went
to Texas last winter ta engage
in the sale of Hitchcock’s An
alysis of the Bible, has returned
home.
—Mr. Joe Pipkin, while in a
fisticuff with a negro, Tom Hol
loway, last Thursday evening,
struck the African an awkward
blow on the “noggin” and broke
his arm above the wrist.
Choice Fulton Market Beef,
10 cts a pound ; West & Honour.
. Elegant large fat No. 1 Mack
erel, just in ; West & Honour.
SWIFT CREEK.
—Mr. E. C. Rhodes has been
very low with typhoid fever.
—The indications are favorable
for an early frost this year.
—We will be in time next
year on the bagging question,
and expect to have bagging to
sell.
—The present ramy and clou
dy weather has damaged corn,
cotton and peavine hay consid
erably.
—We don’t think that the
Hon. Henry Clay Burn will
have any trouble on the Tillman
ticket, for he will be a hard man
to beat.
—There will be very few who
will bolt from the convention
nominees in Swift Creek ; near
ly all are opposed to such a
course.
—Mr. G. B. Howie and J. T.
Rhodes are now prepared to
make all the molasses that the
county can use, and they guar
antee that their work will be
performed satisfactorily.
—The Rev. J. K. McCain
preached a very strong sermon
at Bethel Church on last Sun
day evening on repentance after
death, and the largo congrega
tion present were carried away
A full suit of boy’s clothing
for $1.50! It is hard to believe
it, but the most incredulous will
be convinced by calling at Mar
co & Lewenthal’s. This firm,
one of the oldest in Darlington,
is determined to keep abreast of
the times, as they have always
done heretofore, and are mak
ing a specialty this year of
men’s, youth’s and boy’s cloth
ing. Read their advertisement,
and ponder over some of the
bargains which they offer.
After a week of the very
hardest kind of labor, the
“Racket man” is at last in his
new quarters—the large brick
store formerly occupied by the
Enterprise Grocery—and for tha
first time since he has been in
Darlington, is able to afford his
customers some idea of
stock which he carries. Mr.
Shepard is determined to make
the people of Darlington “open
their eyes” this season, so it
would be well to keep a lookout
foe his announcements which
are to appear in these columns
from time to time.
For School Commissioner.
To the Voters of Dorlington County:
I beg to announce to you that I am
ntill a eundidate fer the office of School
Commissioner. I am notan Independ
ent candidate, but claim to be the
nominee of the convention. I was not
present at it, but am informed by a
great many who were, that 1 was
twice nominated fairly and honestly.
First by the ayes and secondly by a
standing vote. If this be so, 1 appeal
confidently to the people to do justice
to me. The office of School Commis
sioner should depend solely upon the
character of the man and his qualifi
cations as a teacher.
You have my record before you, let
me be judged by it.
Yours very respectfully,
W. H. EVANS.
September 27, 1890
“Cerealine Flakes,” whole
some and delicious, can be cook
ed in one minute ; West & Hon
our.
‘Thurber’s plum pudding, 30
s plain and prepared
corn meal, for muffins, broad,
&c., is delicious ; try it; West
& Honour.
} pi
cents a can ; West & Honour.
HIGH HILL.
—We have had winter weath
er for several days past.
—Mrs. Becknell, of JUnion, is
visiting her daughter .‘Mrs. Lun-
ney Large.
—We hear talk of a festival
and will let the readers of The
News know more about it in
the near future.
—There has been quite an im
provement in High Hill Church
since the new benches arrived.
The building will be remodelled
and painted at an early day.
—The Misses Johnson, who
have been visiting friends in
our neighborhood all the sum
mer, have returned to their home
in Charleston.
—Mr. Thos. Jeffords, Sr., says
he has been getting an average
of 1,600 pounds seed cotton to
the acre going over the first
time. Can any of your readers
beat that ?
—Our farmers are having very
bad weather for picking cotton.
Pickers are getting from 40 to
55 cents per hundred, and we
hear of some even being paid in
advance, but they are i hard to
be found at any price.
—The latest style of borrow
ing The News is to take it out
of the postoffice, and after pe
rusing it, return it so the owner
will get it when it is two weeks
old. Why don’t everybody sub
scribe for The Darlington
News ? It has a charming story
running in it, and it is delightful
reading at all times. Just try
it for one year !
Do you use Ivory Soap'? For
sale by West & Honour.
All the gentlemen of the town
smoke them. What ? Why our
“Rio Hondo Cigar,” 5 cts ; our
two for 5 cts are the best in
town. West & Honour.
office as his headquarters. tendent of the mill) who ha - ppen _
Capt. J. C. Blackwell has re-1 ed to be standing near b y,
turned from the West with a struck a match to see whether
car-load of unusually fine the paint was flowing. A ter-
horses, which his firm now have rific explosion followed, and
for sale at their stables. A Mr. Edwards very painfully
number of them have been dis-1 though not dangerously injured
posed of already, so that any-, on his face and hands. He was
one who may desire to purchase brought up town and received
a good horse had better come prompt attention from Doctors
forward before it is too late. Baird and Earle. Ervin, the
colored man, was also slightly
Miss Agnes Swygert, of Col- injured.
umbia, and Miss Daisy Webb, -»
of Baltimore, are assisting Mrs. A Scheme For Attracting Cotton.
Swygert in her millinery es- The town of cheraw is to
tablishment. Mrs. Swygert ex- j iave j s kn own as a “trade
pects a fashionable^dress-maker ( j a y>> on qj ie i as t Saturday in
Douglas, Tender and True.
Could ye come back to me, Douglas.
Douglas,
In the old likeness that I knew,
I would be so faithful and loving,
Douglas,
Douglas, the man with the “three-
dollar shoe”.
This may become the wail of
the next generation, but to us
the “old likeness” of our own
Douglas of “threo-dollar shoe”
fame is ever present. Go where
you will, open the pages of
whatever book or magzine you
will find this
That Increase In The State Debt.
Editor Darlington News:
Your Philadelphia c o r r e-
spondent would not mind tell
ing you “where he got his in
formation” as to the increase
of the State Debt.
By reference to the Christian
Neighbor of Aug. 21, 1890, you
will find under the heading,
“The State Debt; Is the State
ment True?”, the following:
“The work of the division of
the Census Department having
charge of State and local finances
has so far advanced as to ena
ble the commissioners to issue
advanced bulletins, showing “a
summary of the outstanding
debts of the several States, on
June 1,1880, and June 1,1890, or
dates nearest thereto for which
reports are obtainable.” From
the statement just received,
hearing date August 6th, the
following are the figures relat
ing to South Carolina : ‘Bonded
on Monday, and will then i>.' ev ‘’ r y m0 nth. Arrangements pl ua : se > aai ^ a+nrinn-vmi
able to undertake work of that have J been made to have passage ! ieni .? u r-m,nep
kind, an enterprise which the _— in the face a countenance
- enterprise wMO 1 , ““T^^toS
ladies of Darlington have been that day) and the sc heme has whose clo9e resemblance to that
desiring for some time. j been extensively advertised in
It is a settled fact now that 5 the papers of Cheraw
Florence is to have electric h e ! (1 and Bennettsville,
lights. Sumter, Anderson, Rock object of it being of course to
xj’ii nrvri oil +110 nthpr prooTccs- 1 attract cotton to v> ii g r a w.
■ fnwnt n the State R tl- Cotton is bound to come where
re«ly 0 arranged U to'have them, the n,arket ie highe». and the
to remain so wofully behind in
this important matter ?
i^ E «S“3 r M,og. r T»»d. av of I j-
laeona„d 2 «. har^ .( Joori "^‘KpS^nSr
order that they | bond of $200 each by Judge San-
; scheme.
Fined Two Coats for Trespassing
which they
quantities in
might get them at “rock hot-1 ders on a charge of aggravated „
- es It imiowtheir in- assault and battery. 1 hey took m
tention ticiose out the entire the ground that a certain road ci
u of one of our most distinguished
Chester-' State otficials stamps it as be-
t b e lon gmg to a man of intellect,
and which has become, in thr's
country, “a household friend.’
Who is there in this land of
civilization who has not heard
of the celebrated “three dollar
shoe”, and what other manu
facturer has been found who
can successfully compete with
it as to price and quality ? Mr.
A. J. Broom is the sole agent
for it in Darlington, but while
he devotes considerable atten
tion to its sale, and finds it
difficult to keep on hand a suffi
cient supply toj meet the de
mands of hismany customers, it
must not be supposed for one
moment that this is all he
ig t<
debt, 1880, $6,146,596.92; bonded
debt, 1890, $6,375,049.41; float
ing debt, 1890, $191,800; cash
and funds on hand, 1880, $264,-
736.96; cash and funds on hands,
1890, $93,373.03; net debt, 1880,
$5, 881,858.96; net debt, 1890,
$6,473,476.38.’ Fourteen years
since the redemption of the
State from Republican rule, and
during the last ten years an in
crease of the State debt of $592,-
617/2 ! If there is no incorrect
ness in those figures the present
is a fit time for some body to
rise and explain. It is hoped
that if there is error in some of
those figures a correction will
be something less discreditable
to Democratic administration.”
Without “pretending to be
lieve Tillman’s slanders against
the State Government”, and
disclaiming any intention to
make either direct or “indirect
charges to accomplish his pur
pose by skilfully worded insin
uations”, this correspondent
will continue to put his figures
“down so fine”, and to ask
such questions as will tend to
elicit the truth.
Philadelphia Correspondent.
CARTERSVILLE.
—Cotton is bringing from 9
to 91 in this market.
—The new Methodist Church
is being painted. It is certain
ly an ornament to our town.
—At St. Paul’s Church on last
Sunday, Mr. William Copeland
and Miss Dora Mims were unit
ed in the bonds of matrimony
by Rev. W. B. Duncan.
—The bad weather and the
scarcity of cotton pickers are
becoming to bo very s o r i o u s
matters with the tanners. Most
of the cotton is opened in the
fields and is turning blue from
the effects of the rain. The
price and demand for the low
grades is on the decrease.
-«■♦»—
There must be something in
the flavor of our cream cheese
that makes it sell so fast. Have
you tried it ? West & Honour.
KINGSTON.
—We want a teacher to take
charge of our public school at
Kingston ; present your applica
tions, teachers.
—Master David Leonidas Lew
is, who graduated last year at
Nashville University, has re
turned to take an A. B. course
at that place.
—We are having an abund
ance of rain now ; the cotton is
most assuredly damaged, but
we must hope for the return of
sunshine soon.
—I see in reading the items in
The News that a certain young
man had picked 412 pounds of
cotton in ten hours. We have
a young colored man on Mr. T.
J. Sansbury’s place who picked
413 pounds in eight hours.
Lunch Tongue, have you tried
it ? Just elegant, one pound can
30 cts ; two pound can 60 cents ;
West & Honour.
ST^-TEAAEISrT
OF THE CONDITION OF
- THE -
People’s Bank of Darlington,
At |thi* clone of buHincKX, Sept. 30,
1800, In accordance with uu Act of
the (General Assembly.
AH8F.TS.
Loons and Discounts and
demand loa. ‘
$218,180,46
Stocks
6,980.00
Safe, Furniture, &e
995.50
Taxes
800.00
U. S. Mint
40.00
Due by Banks
20,284.40
Cash
82,489.24
« _
$274,269.00
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock paid'up
$100,000.00
Deposits
Hills Payable
111,699.92
10,000.00
Rediscounts
37,485.05
Dividends un <aid
25.20
Undivided Profits
15,059.87
$274,269.60
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
DARLINGTON COUNTY.
Personally appeared before me, H.
L. Charles, Cashier, of the People’s
Hank of Darlington, 8. C., who on
oath says, that the above Statement
is true to the best of his knowledge
and l>elief H. L. CHARLES,
Cashier.
Sworn to before me this Oct. 1,1890.
E. O. WOODS,
Notary Public, 8. C.
Attest:
J. E. NETTLES, )
C. 8. McCULLOUGH. • Directors.
JOHN 8I8KRON. )
Gentlemen of the Jury.
Tho following
EEEOET
OF THE CONDITION OF
The Bank of Darlington,
business, Sept. 90,
ty with an Act
nbl
__ carries in stock. From the
tention t ; close I jn the neighborhood was not a i time that Mr. Broom first came
^very^otfhTy iy dth S a £! pubUc^id and finding two among us several years ago, he
quoted by them this week at 61. young men ndmg over it a short
was marked as a man possess
ing rare judgment and business
qualifications. He understands
It goes without saying that
we sell the purest and best lards
in the city ; West & Honour.
MT. ELON.
—Mt. Eion Alliance was made
glad last Saturday when our
Sub-Trustee, Mr. E. H. Hoaron,
received notice that the bag
ging had arrived.
LYDIA.
—Mrs. N. D. Wright and Mr.
John Wright, of Florence, paid
us a flying visit last week.
‘ —Mr. Jacob Carter, who re
sides on Mr. Richard Lee’s plan-
trtion, had the misfortune to
lose all he possessed by fire on
the night of Sept 23, at eleven
o’clock. Mr. Carter and his
family were asleep at the time
the fire broke out, and they
would most certainly have per
ished had they not been aroused
by some colored people who liv
ed near by just as the house
was falling in None of the
family had time to save any of
their out-door garments even.
There was no insurance, and
Mr. Lee’s loss was about $175.
Don’t forget when your pres
ent supply of teas are'out to give
us a trial; we have an elegant
young Hyson for 75 cts, worth
$1; English breakfast, 60; Oo
long, 50 ; West & Honour.
been
term
drawn
of the
for
Court,
jurors have
the October
at which
Judge Hudson will preside
Cc
Joshua Flowers, S. S. Connor,
G. J. McCown, J. J. Parrott, Sr.,
S. H. Wilds, W. J. DuBose, W.
A. Dowling, W. N. Lloyd, W.
H. Crosswell, J. J. James, Geo.
Stokes, G. C. C. Taylor, J. H.
Kelley, J. B. Rhodes, E. D.
Wright, T. A. Howie, James
Register, C. B. Law, L. L. Rose,
S. E. Kelley, S. E. Segars, J. D.
Howie, W. T. Gibson, P. * T.
Warr, J. E. Woodham, Sr., J.
A. Grantham, T. C. Skinner, J.
W. Beasley, W. M. King, W.
H. Husbands, W. J. DuBose, J.
J. Fields, G. W. Boseman, R.
8. Kelley. Q. A. Jumegan, H.
M. Woodham.
At the clone of
an Act of
the General Assembly.
ASSETS.
Loans and Discounts 5200,438.59
Stock 5,000,00
Real Estate 4,500.00
Safe, Furniture, Ac 895.00
Dividends and Loans $81,206.28
U. S. Treasurer 2,000.00
Due by other Banks 47,404.59
Cash..:. 88,118.84
Total Assets $824,670.80
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock paid in 100,000.00
Surplus 40,000.00
Undivided Profits 4,905.23
Due to Banks 2,762.20
Re-discounts 57,089.15
Deposits 119,070.82
$$84.676.80
Personally appeared before me
Bright Williamson, Cashier, -who on
oath says that the foregoing state
ment is true and correct to the best of
his knowledge and belief.
BRIGHT WILLIAMSON,
Cashier.
Sworn to and subscribed before me,
at Darlington, S. C., this 1st day of
Oct., 1890.
GEO. W. BROWN, [bkal.1
Notary Public.
Attest:
W. C. COKER, )
J. J. WARD, 1 Dhectois.
R. W. BOYD. 1
Cotton was bringing 91 yes
terday. The number of bales
shipped from this depot up to
date has been 4,903.
Our imported Macaroni must
be extra fine, it sells so fast
freeh supply in this week. West
fie Honour.
Restaurant.
I desire to inform the public that
my general Restaurant is now open
for their reception and that I am pre
pared to serve meals at any hour of
the day. Fine Norfolk oysters served
in every style during the season.
MARTIN HANLEY,
Pearl 8t.
Oct 2, -90
FTTXiXi lallSraG
OF
CLOCKS
Of all Kinds, at Lowest Cash
Prices.
Call and see them at
Mason’s Jewelry Store.
| Feb. 90,1800.