Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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ft $arlmgt<m |ta7 HtNRY T. THOMPSON, Editor THURSDAY, OCT. 16, 1890. The correspondents of The Darlington News throughout the County are particularly requested 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. Editorial Notes. During a protracted meeting i n Sumter County on Sunday, Jonas Jones, colored, fell dead from religious excitement. 1^President Harrison is enjoying a tre mendous “hand-shaking” jaunt through some of the ‘•doubtful states” of the West. The second primary in the Fourth Congressional District between Shell and Duncan resulted in the nomin ation of the former. Richland has had three primaries, but only three of her five represent atives have as yet been nominated. The people are said to be heartily tired of going to the polls. Gov. Richardson has declined to comply with the request of the State Democratic Executive Committee that he remove from office the com missioners of election who lean to the Haskell movement. The Tillmanites of Sumter County will hold a primary on Saturday, Oct. 18th, for the purpose of nominating a countv ticket. The anti-Tillmamtes held tnelr primary for the same {•ose several weeks ago. Dr. Woodrow was refused admis sion to the Charleston Presbytery which met at Allendale last week, and the whole discussion in regard to Adam's body bids fair to come up in the Presbyterian Church afresh. The Haskellites of Orangeburg and Camden have called conventions in their respective counties for the nomination of local tickets to be put in the field against those which were chosen at the regular Democratic con vent Ions. pur- Justice United on ouday hurnb as John Newell's. This hand was thrown nearly two miles by the force of the explosion, falling at the feet of an astonished farmer. The mass of remains have been assorted into four portions and placed in four coffins. Samuel F. Miller, Associate of the Supreme Court of the States, was stricken with paralysis Friday last, and died on Monday. He was appointed to the Supreme Bench by thelPresident in '82, and was regard ed as one of the leading constitutional lawyers in the country. The New York World charges that the Census Bureau has employed a gang of unscrupulous men to mani pulate the returns so as to defraud the Democratic States out of their proper representation, with a view to continuing the control of the Republi can party in Congress. G. G. Alexander, of Kershaw County, has been endorsed by the Republicans of the State as their candidate for Congress against Hemp hill, notwithstanding the claims of C C. Levy, the colored mail agent, who was duly nominated by the regular Republican Convention of the Diet riot. Alexander was until recently State Senator from Kershaw County, elected on the “reform” ticket; then he became a Tfllmanite, after which he was appointed to the Camden postofflee by President Harrison Republican. Under the operations of the recent anti-lottery law passed by Congress, which was directed chiefly at the Louisiana State Lottery, the post master of Atlanta seized a whole edi tion of the Weekly Coiutitution of last week, on the ground that it con taiued matter which it was unlawful to send through the mails. The objectionable matter referred to con sisted of the announcement of a grand “gift distribution" with which the Constitution purposed favoring its patrons. James B. Hurst and Joe. D. ('hand ler became involved in a difficulty in the streets of Sumter on Saturday which resulted in the former receiving a mortal pistol wound at the hands of the latter. Chandler married Hurst's sister, and there is a decided senti ment against him in Sumter, as lie has been accused of beating his wife, and that, in fact, is what the row was about. Chandler, however, claims that he acted in self-defense. He lias engaged Samuel W. Melton of Col umbia to defend him. Rube Burrows, the noted Alabama outlaw, who has attained the greatest celebrity in that line of any highway man since Jesse James, was captured near Myrtleville, Ala., last week. There were rewards aggregating 500 offered for him, if he was caught and convicted, and $7,.500 if he was killed. Shortly after his arrest, Bur roughs was shot dead while, as alleged by his captors, he was endeavoring to make his escape, though theitTis a suspicion that he was killed by them in order that they might recover the Increased reward. In Houston County Superior Court, at Perry Ga„ Oct. 7, Thomas G. Wool- folk was the second time sentenced to be hanged October 29, for the murder of ten members of his father’s familv. The case is one of the most notable on the criminal annals of the State. On the night of August 4, 1887, Wool- folk took an axe, and going from room to room in his fathers house, in Bibb County, butchered every one of Its Inmates while they slept. They his father, stepmother, three half sisters, three half brothers, one an infant in the arms, and an aged aunt, Mrs. W©8t. On the 8th insL, on the plantation Bethea, near Little Rock, Marion county, John D. Gard- "hot and instantly kill ed Willie Goddard, also colored. Gard ner married Goddard's sister. The killing seems to have been accidental He had some old cartridges in his pis tol, which he unloaded at the sugges tion of a friend. He thoughtlessly put one hall back in the pistol anil when Goddard came along a few min- •t** t'te" h « playfully snapped it at him. There was an Instant explosion and Goddard fell dead in his tracks. | The ball entered one of his eyes. There was no previous difficulty between them, hewever. Gardner was over- L ,^-*™. whelmed with grief and cried like a f l >oru;r8 > child. They were both young men of i such good character. GLOOMY OUTLOOK. A convention of anti-Tillman- ites was held in Columbia on the 9th inst., at which the fol lowing ticket was nominated in opposition to the one chosen by the regular Democratic Conven tion on the 10th of Sept, last: A. C. Haskell, of Richland, for Governor; W D. Johnson, of Marion, Lieutenant Governor; Edwin Harper, of Williams burg, Secretary of State ; Jos. W. Barnwell, of Charleston, At torney General ; Edmund Bacon, of Spartanburg, Comp troller General; W. A. Ancrum, of Kershaw, State Treasurer; R. N. Richburg, of Richland, Adjutant and.Inspector General; ^ tate E. B. Ragsdale, of Fairfield, State Superintendent of Educa tion. Gen. W. W. Harllee, of Florence, presided over the de liberations of the convention; the only two persons who at tended from this county were Maj. J. J. Lucas and Dr. J. C. Willcox. Fifteen counties sent no delegates at all, while quite a number were represented by two or three persons. A State ex ecutive committee was elected, and an address was issued to the people of the State calling upon them to repudiate Tillman and his methods. The address closes as follows : We further solemuly allege that B. K. Tillman and his associates, by di viding our people, by inflaming the lowest passions, by severing family ties, putting father and son and brother against each other, have done more harm and brought greater sor row on the State than the sword or fire or the hand of man in any other shape has ever before effected. They should not be honored and rewarded for this terrible wrong, nor should power be put in their hands to perpet uate the wrong. It is a terrible mis take to think that such wrong-doers ever stop of their own wUl. We do not declare hostility against our fel low-citizens, whatever may be their votes, but we do unhesitatingly pledge ourselves as men and citizens, true to principle and right, to unceasingly war against such unworthy men and methods as have thus ruthlessly torn the heart of our State in twain, to feed upon it for their personal gain. We will constantly oppose secret organi zations if used for political purposes, and all that leads to class divisions and ring rule, and, on the other hand, will contend to the end for a Govern ment which will administer true and equal justice to all people, guarantee- ‘"jf safety and security of their rights alike to all who live under its protec ting care. It is needless to attempt to disguise the fact that we are in a deplorable condition. The followers of Judge Haskell have played directly into the hands of the Northern Republicans, under whose advice the negroes are to widen the breach between the two factions by supporting the new ticket. In the face of the “ Force Bill,” which is al most sure to become a law at the next session of Congress, and surrounded on all sides by snares which are being set for us by our Republican foes, it is incomprehensible to us how the extremists who met in Colum bia last week could have so de liberately adopted such a suici dal policy. But that is not the worst of it. Intense bitterness is being manifested between the two factions in the State, and it is probable that independent tick ets will be put out in most of the counties. Some of the citi zens of Kershaw, a little town on the Three C. ’s Railroad, have been guilty of the disgraceful conduct of burning Haskell in eftigy, and the first mutterings of the disaster which is to sweep the State between now and the day of election are already heard. At a meeting held last week in Williamsburg county, a resolution was adopted calling on the State Executive Commit tee to suppress the Haskell movement “even if it requires the calling of a State convention of the party to organize the peo ple into military companies.” To add to the misery of our condition, the standard-bearer of the regular Democracy is not the leader one would involun tarily look to in such a dire ex tremity as confronts us. In stead of remaining at home in a dignified manner, and thus win ning something like respect from his political opponents, he is running around the State be ing interviewed by newspaper and making use of The Dupont Mill', at Wilmington, Delaware, the largest powder mills in the United States, exploded on the 7th inst. Bix mills and fifty dwellings were demolished; a dozen or more workmen were killed ontright. and a !***• ■waher were terribly mutilat- ~h* concession was so great as to b'vwk windows in the houses in Wilmington, five miles away. Six bucketfuls of human fragments rep resented all that could be found of the I .Miles of six men Portions of these ranaeots were identified bv adherent clothing Md otherwise. A piece of a wan s dace was identified by iU black mustache as belonging l Martin Dolan, and a hand with a raiseln g remarkable language as, “ Yes, it will be bloodless if pos sible, but if the victory cannot be gained without bloodshed, then we will have to have it by that means or any other that may be necessary.” However, there are thousands of conserva tive men throughout the State, blind followers of this standard- bearer though they be, who are vastly his superiors in every re spect, and who will unite with the more conservative of of their opponents in bringing about a “ bloodless victory ” for their ticket. On these two classes the welfare of the State depends in this emergency. At a meeting of the State Ex ecutive Committee held last week, Governor Richardson was called upon to remove from of fice all commissioners of election appointed by him who were found to be in sympathy with the Haskell movement. A reso lution was also adopted order ing mass meetings to be held in every Court House in the State on the 27th of the present month, except in the cities of Columbia and Charleston, in the former of which places the meeting is to be held on Oct. 28th, and in the latter on the 29th. Senators Hampton and Butler, and the nominees for offices on the regular Democratic ticket, are to ad dress the people on the occasions of the Charleston and Columbia rallies. At the county meetings speakers are to be selected by the several county executive committees. The State Execu tive Committee further issued an address calling on the people of South Carolina to support the regular nominees, and reading the Haskellites out of the party, styling them independents, an act which was entirely superer- ogative, as that element, not withstanding their earnest pro testations to the contrary, have undoubtedly long since read themselves out of the party. Of course, the Haskellites base their hopes of success upon their probability of obtaining the negro vote, and it follows as a natural consequence that every conservative voter in the State should be unalterably op posed to the support of any such scheme. Our friend of the Spar tanburg Herald, who was pres ent at the Haskell convention last week, closes as follows an article sent to his paper de scribing the proceedings: Nobody wan found who had the fainteat hope that Haskell could be elected without an overwhelming negro vote. But they urged that this negro vote wan sought in ’78. They overlook the vital difference, that in ’78 white men sought negro votes to kill negro votes with, and to defeat the nominations of the Republican convention. In 1890, the negro vote is sought to kill white votes with, and to defeat the nominee of the Democratic party. The negroes re fused to follow Haskell in ’78 because they knew he represented the Democracy. If they follow him in ’90 it will be because they believe he is opposed to the Democracy. Politics uiake strange affiliations. The reaction in favor of Has kell has riot been as great as was anticipated a week ago, and while the movement will cause untold annoyance and distress to the people of the State for many years to come, there is very little chance of its meeting with success. Of the fifty odd newspapers in South Carolina, there are only three that have expressed themselves as being in favor of the movement, and a very large proportion of the more thoughtful people of the State refuse to endorse it under all the circumstances, notwith standing their natural hostility to Tillman. Our usually con servative contemporary, the Columbia Register, whom we arejsorry to see leaning decided ly in the Haskell direction, thus aptly “sizes up” the situation : “ Take away the obligation of fair play demanded by the fact of having stood in competition with the Tillmanites out of the convention and in it, and the dread of precipitating the negro question upon the people at a time when the angry passions of the white people are all aflame, and it is doubtful whether the Democratic ranks' would remain in shape for a Tillman vote.” while, on the other hand, if he “whoops it up” for Cheraw, he is hitting his Herald busi ness a back-handed slap ; if he runs down the amount of trade done here, he affects injuriously' his Darlington enterprise, and if he—but we will not pursue the thought further ; its “ ram ifications ” give us a headache- BOOT- LICK ING ROYALTY. The French gentleman now known as the Count of Paris, but who, should the whirligig of French politics bring the old Bourbon dynasty on top again, would be Louis XIX, King of France, and who served with more or less distinction on the staff of Gen. McClellan during a portion of the late war, of which he afterwards wrote a history, which is chiefly re markable for the errors it con tained, is still on his junketing tour through this country, and visited the capitol of the Nation last week. He was accom panied by a party of distin guished Frenchmen, including his son, the Duke of Orleans, who following the example of other illustrious Frenchmen who have held that title, has re cently spent some time in a French prison, as the result of his lack of judgment. The party are receiving many cour tesies from the Count’s old mili tary comrades. They are now making a tour of the battle fields of Virginia. I. SULTZBACHER Carries a handsome line of Waethies, ©leaks, Jewelry. Silver and Plated Ware in the store situated between Joye & Sanders’ and N. L. Harrell & Co.’s. Watch repairing promptly at tended to in a workman-like manner. All goods guaranteed, and no efforts will be spared to please our customers. D. 0 NEILL & SONS, No. 33 Hayno Stooot, CHARLESTON, S. C. Wholesale dealers in J-XDIES ^ilSSES^ AMD PWILDREMS £PPJ£ AMD cr EVERT DESCRIPTION. TRUNKS, VALISES, BAGS and SATCHELS. tar All goods strictly as represented 1 prices as low as New York, Phiia- phia or Baltimore. Country mer and prices as low as delpT chants are invited to inspect our stock when visiting our city. G. W. AIMAR l CO. —0—0— Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Phoicb Pruos, 'Medicines, Pmemi- CALS' pURGICAL JNSTRUMENTS, Perfumeries and toilet Articles. Cor. King and Vanderhorxt HU., CHARLESTON, S. C. octl8-8m Just Received. • o o A lai's line of LAMES’. MISSES’ AM) S Ifinc Custom-made §hocs, Including the “Common Sense” last lor Ladies and Spring Heels l° r Children. Every line has been replenished and we were never better prepared to sell to the people of DARLINGrT ON and the public generally, than we are to day. We keep almost everything one can call for. OUR MOTTO: Tl^e olesest passible ppiees e©n- sistent with g©®d quality arid henest quantity. Give us au opportunity of showing our stock before purchasing elsewhere. j. mil emi. We have Plenty of store and lot room NOW To accommodate our mammoth trade for a short while, and we in- vite all to call and see for themselves, as we have no time to write advertisements. We are now in the old ENTERPRISE GROCERY STORE, so don't be fooled by those that tell you that the RACKET hae left town. We are here to stay and grow, and feed the people w IB .A. lEt <3- -A. I IN" S. Call and see our goods and prices. We have no competition ! READ A FEW PRICES : In Dress Silks we are ahead in quantity, quality and price. Black gros grain, full width, 55, 00, 65, 75 and 85 cents ; embossed silks 65, 75, 85 cents; striped and plaids, 45, 55, 65, 75, 85 ; plain collars 38, 40, 45, 50, 65 a dozen. All goods warranted to please. Cash meres and Henriettas, from !) to 37}, wool, 42 inch goods. \V e have all the fashionable braids and beads, and with trimmings to match all of our goods. We are from 25 per cent to 1.50 per cent less than any house in the town on the same goods. In Millinery, as usual, we have a large stock which we offer at half the usual price. A first-class Milliner has charge of same. Dress flannels, double width, from 8} up. Shoes, hats, clothing, blankets, ladbs’ wraps in fancy beaded and woollen goods; hosiery’ ties, scarfs, handkerchiefs, calicoes, homespuns, table, covers, ti dies, jewelry, clocks, hardware, crockery, silverware, and tinware by the car-load. Stationery, window shades, toys, chair seats; brooms, tobacco, cigars, snuff. We carry velvets of all kindsand colors, also plush goods. BOOKS! BOOKS! BOOKS! AN AWKWARD PREDICAMENT, Mr. A. G. Kollock, editor and proprietor of the Cheraw Re- \ porter, who is likewise the pro prietor and founder of the Dar lington Herald, discourses as follows in the last issue of his Cheraw paper : Doe# the editor of the News remem-) her that Darlington only a few month# ago voted $80,000 for a rail-, road to come there to keep it from go ing to Cheraw’ and doe# he al#o re member that Cheraw got the Pal metto K. E. without paying a cent for ; it and bid* fair to get the Carolina and Southern from Cheraw to Sam-1 ter without paying any thing for that’ Taking all thing# i it would seem to a THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COOT Y OF DARLINGTON. In Common Pleas. T. P. SMITH, McIVER A CO., v*. J. C. HILL, et. al. Judgment of Foreclosure. Punmant to an Order of Court made in the above stated case, I will offer for sale in front of the court boose in Darlington county, State afore said, on the first Monday in Novem ber next, the following described real estate: All that tract of land in Lisbon Township containing one hundred and seven acres, more or less, being part of a tract of land conveyed to Martha 8. Carter by Frank G. Carter, Febru- , ary 24th, 188t, and bounded north by Run of Bay Branch ; east by land of Riley Porapey and estate of James Commander; south by Reuben Cope- i land, and west by A. B. Crompley's land, as will more fully appear by plat made by 8. M. Atkinson Terms of sale cash—purchaser to pav for all necessary papers. W. A. PARROTT, c' Oct 13, 1890 Owing to the death of the late proprietor, and the consequent necessity for closing out the business, the stock of 1018, HATS. DRY MS MR AT THE Enterprise Grocery IS BEING SOLD OUT POSITIVELY AT COST. o :0: o Heavy Groceries, such as Bacon, Flour, Salt, &c., are offered at the very closest margins. Blank books ; reading books from all the popular authors. A $12 Bible for only $4.95. Come and see them. We have 9 active clerks and we will try and wait on our custo mers. If there are any who doubt our having the lead just let them come down and see. WE MAKE NO ASSERTION THAT WE CAN’T BACK UP! Our HEADQUARTERS, 553 Broadway, N. Y., the wonder of the United States in Progress. If you wish to save money, call at ‘•THE RACKET.” J. J. SHEPARD, Proprietor. October 2, 1890. New Serial Story! Question : “Who is the most popular American author now living?” * Answer : “Francis Bret Harte.” Question : “Can his works be obtniffw in cheap paper form ?” Answer: “No; they are copyrighted, and are sold only in bound volumes at $1 per volume.” Question : “How then can a poor man read them ?” Answer: “By subscribing to The Dab- lington News, which has recently purchas ed the right to publish a series of these BACON AT B l st Cm charming stories.” r~ 0 T7°—. , ! The Great Deateood Mystery. Our Flour at $5.50 is unsurpassed in qual-|Q ]leo f the most popular of them all, will :c p Misus L t J. Fmtui, Whose long period of service in. supplying the ladies of Dar lington County with MILLIHERY — AND — into consideration disinterested man that Darlington had been paying considerably more to boom herself than Cheraw ha# paid to boom her self. Right funny for a man t6 be running down a town in which he has recently established a newspaper, eh ? However, we must overlook our friend’s short- ; comings, for he is in rather an anomalous position, and must i have his -hands full in serving two such jealous mis^esses. If he praises Darlington, he injures the business of the Reporter, NOTIONS Has established for them a _rge and valuable patronage, jesire to call attention through [hese columns to the stock which (hey have just received from jhe North. Hats and bonnets of all the fashionable styles ; Ribbons at prices ranging from 10 cts to $2 ; Prince Albert tips, feather bandeaux and orchids, metallic effects in ribbons, birds and bird’s nests, toques, Nellie Bly caps and woven corsets. Sole agents for Butterick’s Patterns. The firm are now ready to re ceive their customers, who are respectfully invited to call and examine their stock. Sep. 25, ’90—tf ity for that price. Specialty : A line of “clipper” plows at cost. October 9, 1890. DARLINGTON’S NEW ENTERPRISE. he begun October 23. Now is the time to Subscribe ! LOOK AT THIS WATCH AND THE PRICE! The Darlington Planing Mill. Lon.i First We carry in stock all material used in the building line, Second such as 1 First Quality, Stem Winder, $6.50 Secor First Good Key Kay Every one warranted. MASONS'S JEWELRY STORE. Rough Framing Lumber, of all sizes, Plain Dressed Weather Beards, Hevelty siding. TOM Mi) (MOVE FI,00,(ISO Mil (EiUAti. , ■q . . n . , . .. Restaurant. Brackets of the 1 ttesu designs. Als j, orna-1 j (lesirp to iIlfornj tlie publjc that men:al soroll sawing in all its branohes.| BALUSTERS, TUBSSTEID OR SAWED, {^1^ “fZI Noriolkoy^tlr#^^ j in every style during the season. OF i-. A TEST FAT XE PUNTS- ITEW. EES, OOEUiMiJSrS AITID FA-CsTO^T STAIR RATES, MOri.MlYLN IX UUKIT YtlMUTY OF PATI'I RN. .M*), a stock of DOOHS, SASHES and BUNDS. Oct 2, 90 MARTIN HANLEY, Pearl 8t. W. H. MIXQH, - - Manager. Apply to j. gregg McCall, For Sale. My farm of 200 acres, at Ijike City Wiliiamsbnrg County, 8. C., fifty acres in high state of cultivation anjl 100 acre# two miles out. Also dwell ing and two lots in a desirable naitef town. B. O. BRISTOW, Darlington, 8. C. Sep 25, '90—4t For Rent. Desirable corner store to Rett* 1 Importers and wholesale dealers o o in foreign and domestic fruit and produce, Ofift C OtiCAD }OHARLEiTON, A - BT - BA -' ’s C. SALE CHEAP. | Oct», isoo—3m July 3, ’90—tf Attention Mechanics I All persons in need of babbitt m et *l can purchase it cheap at Tim DA#- Id NOTON Nkws office. June 12, HO—tf