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m . Mt garlinflton Jtfics. HENRY T. THOMPSON, - . - Editor THURSDAY, OCT. ,23 1890. TO OUR CORRESPONDENTS. The correspondents of The Dablington 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), the local events of their respective sec tions. We want the news every week, if it is only aline. Editorial Notes. Hon. Jos. I . Earle is strongly opposed to the H: skell move ment. Richland County has at last <-hosen her full county ticket af ter having held her fourth pri mary. Wade Hampton, M. C. Butler, Johnson Hagood, William El liot, W. H. Brawley and G. Lamb Buist will vote for Till man. The people of Edgefield Court House were guilty of the dis graceful conduct of burning Haskell in effigy on the night ot the 10th inst. The Marion Republicans have put a mired, ticket county in the field, composed partly of color ed men and partly of the re gular Democratic nominees. The Haskell Executive Com mittee have issued an address to the people of the State giving reasons why their candidate should be supported for Gover nor The Alliances of Richland and Lexington Counties have raised the necessary capital for the es tablishment of a store and a hundred thousand dollar bank in the city of Columbia. The Haskellites of Williams burg have put out an Independ ent county ticket, and have en dorsed T. M. Gilland, Esq., for Congress in opposition to Stack- house. The Tillmanites of Sumter County held their primary for the election of County officers on Saturday. They polled 1,200 votes as against 8C8 polled by the anti-Tillmanites some time ago. Delegates composed of the bet ter educated negroes from the various counties of the State met in Columbia on the 15th inst., in pursuance to a call is sued by prof. J. W. Morris, of the colored law school. After considerable speech-making, the following was adopted as the sentiment of the convention: “Resolved that we recommend the negroes for the betterment of their condition to vote the Haskell ticket.” Samuel and Marion Nance, two colored boys, each less than fifteen years old, were convict ed last week in Abbeville of kill ing their uncle, who had been in the habit of treating them very entire lot, whereupon it was re ceived by tne dignitaries of the Church an<l some ready assist ants and with great solemnity deposited in the ce.jtre of the main thoroughfare. Then the work of destruction began. Some threw one bottle at an other, while others fought the monster with whatever came to hand. But some of the assist ants, equally enthusiastic, yet less consistent, slipped a couple of bott'es under their coats as they fojgi. t a d i-en pired. • SOLID FOR HAMPTON.” Governor Hampton announces that he will support Tillman and the regular Democratic ticket, but that he will not speak at the campaign meeting which is to be held in Columbia on the 28th inst., as he was requested to do by the State Executive Com mittee. In both conclusions he has acted wisely. To begin with, as we have already said, the proposed mass meeting is unnecessary, and can lie pro ductive of no good. In addition to that, those who represented the majority of the Democratic party in the State (that is, the Tillman element) gave the Governor distinctly to under stand before the State ticket was nominated that his opinions on the situation were not want ed. It strikes us as being t h e height of audacity, therefore > for the State Executive Com mit; e to ask him now to take the stump in support of their nominee. If such a course were needed to ensure Tillman’s election, Governor Hampton would certainly take it. Under all the circumstances, however, we think that he has made a sufficient display of his staunch Democrary in announcing through the public prints that he will support the nominee of the party. He is not called up on to do more, and it should not be asked of him. Whether h e speaks or not, and whatever insults may have been offered him in the low country during the late bitter personal camp aign, it affords us pleasure to state, as the result of our most careful observation, that, as far as the people of Darlington County are coucerned, no one will ever supplant the dear old Governor in their esteem. made up his mind how be ought to vote, and all the speech-mak ing in the world will not affect the result one iota. We feel safe in asserting that the idea of holding these meetings is ex tremely distrsteful to a large majority of the white people of the State, and, in our judgment, the wisest thing the State Exe cutive Committee can do is to rescind the resolution which they passed in regard to the matter. MR. WILKES SAYS PARROTT 16 THE NOMINEE. Editor Darlington News: Please allow me space in your valuable paper to say a few words just now. I have refrain ed hitherto from saying any thing in reference to who is the nominee for School Commission er, but as Col. Evans says he was “informed by a great many who were present at the meet ing of the Convention that he was twice nominated fairly and honestly,” and in as much as Mr. J. H. Hicks is of “the opin ion that we have two nominees for that office”, I feel constrain ed as one of the Secretaries and tellers of the Convention to say that Col. Evans was misinform ed, and that Mr. Hicks has formed an opinion not in Accord ance with the facts in the case. Referring to the minutes of the Convention, one will find that by a viva voce (calling of the roll) vote of the Convention A. W. Parrott was “fairly and honestly” made the nominee of the Democratic party of Dar lington County for the office of School Commissioner; further more, to deny that he is the nominee is to fly in the face of the facts in the case; totally dis regarding the highest interests of the party, and engendering and promoting a spirit of in- dependentism. • W. F. Wilxes. Timmonsville, S. C. FAVORABLE PROSPECTS FOR THE FAIR. The Darlington Agricultural and Mechanical Fair Company will hold their twentieth annual Fair on Thursday next, Oct. 30th, and Friday, Oct. 31st. On Wednesday, Oct. 29th, all entries must be made at the secretary’s office, after which the books will be positively closed, and under no circumstances will any article be received. On Thurs day the exhibition of all stock in unkindly. While the old man the arena wil1 begin promptly was in his garden gathering at eleven o'clock, at which time cabbages one of the boys dealt a n committtes will make the him his death blow with a club. i • • j They then tied the body to a ! aw Trdi in the various depart- horse, and dragged it some dis- mel ts. On Friday the ribbons tance in the woods, where they will be tied, and the premiums concealed it. W ;U announced. Excursion The outrage mill has begun to rates will be given from all grind in South Carolina. Four points in this section of the State. -P P ear >- •»« «n- and carried before a United) est kuown in a'nngUme, money States Commissioner under a is said to be plentiful, the hot charge of “refusing to discharge political contest is drawing to a of which they are said to have i an( bappj. It is to be hoped, been guilty was refusing to is-, therefore, that the attendance sue certificates of registration will be unusually large and in in accordance with instructions keeping with such favorable con- received from the “backers” of rp, . ... Smith, the colored candidate for i ,tK) " s ’ The stockholders of the Congress from the Second Dis- ^ air ^ 0,,1 l !a ny have kept up trict. * these exhibitions (which are al- Primus Jones fell a victim to wa y s excellent, and a great cred- a peculiar sort of religious fren- it to the County) at considerable r li zy in Sumter County last week, j personal i protracted meeting, he house with a colored During a was in a house man named Dick where the three were pravmg. Jones was subsequently found in the house, and nis two com rades alleged that he had been struck dead by the Holy Ghost. sacrifice for many | years, and it is a public duty Campbell, t b at every citizen owes to him self and to the County in which he lives to do all in his power to promote their success. Let there be such a turnout next There is a strong suspicion that Thusday and Friday as the they hung him while crazed by Grounds have never before wit- religious excitement. The two! nesge( j men have been arrested and lod-. » m m ged in jail. ill-advised action. Mr. N. W. Brooker, of Edge-; The Democratic Executive 80 ? e fl time i Committee of Richland County ago for the position of Super- . > i- j . • intendent of the Penitentiary. have dechned to 18sue a cal1 for Mr. W. J. Tolbert, Lecturer of i a campaign meeting to be held the State Alliance, is now also in Columbia on October 28th, on R Ut !° r , Potion Mr. the ground that the people have Brooker’s friends publish a card . , , in the Charleston World in had en °ugh politico! speaking, which they say: “Theannounce- and that the proposed meeting ment of the candidacy of W. J. could not produce any good re- “ lte ' Th » »*>'• er was announced two months however, that they will go ahead ago, Mr. Tolbert was known to und U P the meeting them- havo been aspiring to Congress selves, independent of the local linst the Hon. G. D. Tillman, j committee. The project of the race to; holding these meetings is as un wise as it is unnecessary. No earthly benefit is to be derived from them, and, on the contrary, they will only form opportunit- ices of ies for stirring up anew the strife and bitterness which are tgni Mr. Brooker is in stay.” - A correspondent of The News and Courier writing from Latta, Marion County, says that there is a great religious outburst at that place under the ai * Methodist Church. »ucn a !e has already sufficiently strong, in all par icnce. E very man in the has by this time THE KINDLY TONE OF "A FRIEND TO ORDER AND TRANQUILITY.” Editor Darlington News: Amid the death throes of the gigantic ring lion, now wrig gling his long black tail in the mud and dirt while in the agonies of death, just as we ex pected, let the people of South Carolina, all friends to the farm er, to order and tranquility, to the State and to their country, be firm, be true to themselves, and treat with scorn and con tempt the Haskell movement. 0 Mores, O Temporal What a dish is he, Haskell, trying to fix up for the people of South Caro lina! Now, for the sake of peaceful unity, and all that is sacred to the prosperity and happiness of the people, down, forever down, with all bolters and straddlers in county and State! This is the accepted time, the golden opportunity, to teach all such the great lesson of common sense they will never forget: that the “voice of the people is the voice of God.” If true, if solid, in less time than two years the prodigal sons will come Hooking home, asking but for the crumbs that perchance may fall from the tables of Jeffersonian Democracy. Will His Name be Printed There? Yes, Mr. Editor, we feel authorized in saying that the name of Col. W. H. Evans will be printed on a sufficient num ber of the tickets of the Demo cracy of Darlington County to give him a handsome majority over his opponent, who was the second choice of the Convention, a id thereby cause his (Evans’) name to be written in the office of the Clerk of Court, as the School Commissioner elect of Darlington County. Col. Evans now appeals to the ballot box “on his past record,” he being the first nominee of the Conven tion. Col. W. H. Evans, Dear Sir: We understand that on your ust record and character you iave announced that you are still a candidate for the office of School Commissioner, subject to the vote of the people. We be lieve that nothing short of that will relieve you of the “fealty” you owe to yourself and also to your constituents. Had your opponent appealed to the Super intendent of Education, or to the county Board of Examiners for Darlington County, substi tuting, for that purpose on said Board the Principal of the Hartsville High Scnool, or any other competent gentleman in stead of yourself, then we would have asked vou to consider the decision arrived at final, since yours is not a political office; otherwise we bid you “God speed”, believing the victory will be yours, and that the cause of education demands it. Your friends, A. E. Skiknib, J. W. Woodkam, J. F.p. Wqopham, Stokes’ Bridge, Oct. 90, 1890. ASHLAND. —Plenty of cotton to pick yet —The cool spell has silenced the mosquito family. • straight out for the nominees of the Democratic party. —The farmers are saving an unusual amount of nice poavine hay. -meeti lope eting is mkl the —A colored camp-i in session at New Hop are flocking thither by ives. —Elder J. K. McCain has re spectfully declined a public dis cussion with one of the Second Advent ministers. We cannot see how any true Democrat can think of support ing the nominations of the Anti- Tillman Convention on the 9th inst. —We will venture to say that Ashland will not produce a vo ter, white or colored, for Mr. A. C. Haskell. No! we are —We are glad that the ques tion of who is thenomineeof the County Convention for school commissioner has at last been settled. Now who shall we sup- rt? We aCCl just as much un- r obligation to support Mr. Parrott against Col. Evans as we do Tillman against Haskell. We regard Col. Evans as fully competent to fill the place and had ne been in sympathy with the “Farmer’s Movement” he would doubtless have received a unanimous vote. But we of Ashland feel in honor bound to support no man who opposes the “Farmer’s Movement.” Hence we expect to “freeze to” Mr. Parrott. GREEN PLAINS. —Mr J. W. Moore has had a relapse of fever,but we are glad to say he is up again. —Mrs Davis, one of the oldest persons in our neighborhood, is quite sick. —The young people are., talk ing of having an oyster supper at this place, the proceeds of which are to go towards the building of the new church at Mt. Olivet. —We can’t “go” the Haskell ticket; when we have two evils to face, by all means let us choose the lesser. Ben can’t kill us all in two years. By all means j let us come together and try to save the state. Spite always ends at home. —Mr Editor, can you explain why our mail does not reach us promptly? You say you send it, and I believe it. The postmaster at Society Hill says it does not go there. Something must be wrong with the route agent. There are several complaints here that The News does not come. CYPRESS. —Rev. Jno. O. Willson preach ed at this place on last Sunday morning at 11 o’clock, to a large congregation. —One night last week some thief broke the lock on Mr. J. W. DuBose's smoke house, but took nothing out of it. It is sup posed that after breaking the lock he took fright and ran off. —There will be an ice cream festival at Mrs C. A. Lewis’s on the 22nd inst., for the benefit of the Lake Swamp Baptist Church. —On last Friday evening Mr. Charley L. Stuckey’s gin house caught fire and burned down in a few minutes. He lost three bales of cotton besides the gin and machinery. The loss in all was about f1,200; no insurahee. —On last Thursday evening while Henry Grooms, colored, and all of his family were away from home picking cotton, a ne gro boy entered his house and stole $30 in cash. The boy then went to the house of a colored man named Manuel Jackson and broke it open and stole Man uel’s watch. He was captured on the same evening, and the watch and a part of the money were recovered from him. The thief was locked up to be sent to jail on the next morning, but he broke out during the night and fled to parts unknown. Mr M. Marco of Lydia, and Mr. George McKee of Darlington. All report having spent a very pleasant day. —On the 17th inst Mr. Charlie Stuckey lost his gin house by fire. The fire is supposed to have originated from a hot box. The loss was between twelve and fifteen hundred dollars. CLYDE. —Several young men from Hartsville were here on Sunday. —Some of our boys are mak ing good time getting out their cotton, and will be through be fore cold weather. —Last Thursday a cyclone swept over our community, do ing considerable damage to crops where it passed through fields. In the forest it cut its way through the timber. —We had Bro. W. A. Wright with us at New Market Saturday and Sunday, and he gave us some fine sermons. —A party from Chesterfield left on Monday for Florida, some to return to their homes and others to hunt a better place than this. —Mr. A M. McNair has just moved into his new store, where he has ample room and an ex cellent clerk; so that his custo mers will find him ready for the fall and winter trade. KINGSTON. —We are making efforts to paint our church building at Lake Swamp. —Mr. James Truett has quarter of an acre of ribbon sugar-cane, said to be as fine as any in the county. —We are enjoying delightful weather now for gathering the fruit of our labors; cotton, the king of our treasures on earth, is being gathered slowly ; corn, rice and potatoes have not re ceived much attention yet. —Mr. James Truett, a citizen of Philadelphia Township car ried cotton to Darlington last week and sold it, returning late in the evening. It became very dark before he got home and whex about a mile therefrom, some one struck him on the back in tending, he thinks, to rob him. Mr. Truett called out to George Stokes, who was with him, to shoot, when two men ran off in he darkness. A Liberal Proposition. To the subscriber who pays us $2.80 cents in cash, we will give acomplete set of Dickens’Tiovels, twelve volumes(pamphlet form), and will send The Darlington News, the Weekly News and Courier and the Southern Culti vator, each for one year. The News and the Dickens’ works will be supplied for $1.50. This paper, the Cultivator and the News and Courier will be sent to any address for $2.30 per an num, while the News together with either one of them will be supplied for $1.05 a year. To Rent A desirable cottage on Depot street' apply to M. Manne. 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 Oct 2, -90 HANLEY, Pearl St. repo: fall. irt very good collections this —The Farmers have been very much behind with their cotton, bnt are beginning to catch up now. —Messrs J. H. Pate, J. W. Wood ham and J. W. Gatlin are very busy ginning yet, and have been so all the season. Mr C. Pate and W. W. Me Ktnzie have gathered an abun dant crop of rice off their river lands this year. —On the first and third Sun day of every month, we enjoy eloquent sermons from the Eev. J. K. McKain, a t Hebron church. —Mr. L. Scarborough will soon have his planing mill in operation. All persons want ing lumber prepared for build ing will do well to call on him. -On Friday night last, Mr. William Gilbert met witfi the misfortune of losing one of his tenant houses with fifteer hun dred pounds of fodder by fire. The part** wbo are suspected of having sot toe Are are now in jail. —On Sunday the 12th., Mr. J, W. Woodham gave a dinner party. Among his guests were JOIM B. Fioro, COLLECTION AGENT. offer* his services to the business men of Darlington. Prompt personal at tention given to the collection of rente and merchandise accounts. Can be found at the law office of W. F. Dar- gan. Esq., over Blackwell Bros', store. nct28-#0 FOR SUE OR LEASE. My productive farm of 180 acres at Society Hill Depot. Good stand for Hotel, Livery and Sale Stables, and Gin. The llailroad to Bennettszille will make a Junction with the C. £ D R. IL on this place. There is a Steam boat landing also on the place, and 50 acres of very superior Brick Clay. Pine wood, both short and long leaf. Annuli Meeting. The annual meeting of the Board of Countv Commissioners will be held at the office of the Board in Darling ton, on the first Tuesday in Novem ber next. All persons holding bills, accounts, or demands of any kind, against the county, which have not been before presented to the board of county commissioners at special meetings held during the year, will deposit the same with the clerk of said Board, on or before the first day of Novenber next, so that they may be examined and ordered to be paid at the annual meeting. H. E. P. BANDERS, Clerk of Board. Get 9, ’90—At MILLIHERY. •lust received from New York, a beautiful stock of Fall and Winter Millinery, the latest styles ip ladies', Misses’and Children’s Hats and Bonnets, velvets, plushes and ribbons, plumes, tips, feathers and birds ot all kinds. No extra charge for trimming hate or bonnets. OT" Inspection of stock invited. MIBB L. M. SCHMID. Bep. LJ890—6m. ~~I. SOLTZBACHER “ Carries a handsome line of Waethes, Sjeeks, 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. O’NEILL A SONS, No. 33 Hayne Steeet, CHARLESTON, S. C. Wholesale dealers in f/Lmn'S' J.ADiEs'.^Aissas', (Lots' and PhILDRENS (JOPJP and or EVERT DESCRIPTION. TRUNKS, VALISES, BAGS and SATCHELS, £9"All goods strictly as represented and prices as low as New York, Phila delphia or Baltimore. Country mer chants are invited to inspect our stock when visiting our city. J BEIIiENSON, Watch-Maker & JeweMer Nest Door To Tombacher's, Darlington, S. C. Dealer in Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Spectacles, &c. Re pairing a specialty and satisfac tion guaranteed. S0~ Orders by mail promptly attended to. September 4, ’90 ly PETER BOWLES, TVOES first-class House and Sign Painting; Kalsomine Work a specialty. 19“ He solicits the Darlington. 'eb. 27-lyr W. B. McGIRTT 0." D. S. Offers his professional services t the people of Darlington and vicinity Office over the store of Edwards, Nor ment & Co. Jan 19, ’90—ly A? rr^BAiRB, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Office up-stairs in Edwards, Normeut £ Co’s, building. Residence, at Mr. L. E. Williamson',* Pearle Street June 12, ’90—8m. STOKES’ BRIDGE. -Hurrah for Haskell! The merchants of this placefferffiy^day^rj^M^^W 1 ^ - Society Hill, 8. C. ’ 2 t 1 THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA DARLINGTON COUKTT By T. H. Spain, E»q., Probat* Judge Whereas, J. J. Carter hath made suit to me to grant unto him Letters of Administration of the Estate of and effects of E. W. Carter. These are therefore to cite and ad monish all and singular the kindred and Creditors of said E. W. Carter. HENRY M. SMITH, Real Estate Agent, Florence St., Darlington, S. C. ——o Special attention paid to the buying and selling of real estate, collection of rente, £c. The strictest attention will be paid to all business entrust ed to me. March 27, 1890—ly Uisus l li J. FtuUi, Whose long period of service in supplying the ladies of Dar lington County with MILLINERY — AND — NOTIONS Has established for them a large and valuable patronage, desire to call attention through these columns to the stock which they have just received from the North. Hats and bonnets of all the fashionable styles ; from ft)® O y llfl e g-c * s" a.’® MS’Sc O H.er B 3 Just Received. A large line of . LINES’. BISSES’ ARB CULHEirS Ifitre Custom-made llhoea, Including the lt Common Sense ” l“t lor Ladi* and Spring Heels for Children. Every line has been replenished and we were nevet better prepared to sell to the people of DARLINGTON and the public generally, than we are td-day. We keep almost everything one eau call for. OUR MOTTO: TK)e slesest pessible prices e®ri- sistent with) geed quality aF)ol honest quantity. Give ns an opportunity of showing onr stock b«f?w purchasing elsewhere- J. FM MX 45 AT GOST! 9f O O Owing to the death of the late proprietor, and the consequent necessity for (dosing out the business, the stock of SHOES, HATS. DRY GOODS AND HARDWARS AT THE Enterprise Grocery IS BEING SOLD OUT POSITIVELY AT COST. o :o: o Heavy Groceries, such as Bacon, Flour, Salt, &c., are offered at the very closest margin* BACON AT 6 l’-4 CTB. ——O 0 o—— Our Flour at $5.50 is unsurpassed in qual ity for that price. Specialty: A line of “clipper” plows at cost. October 9, 1890. BarUa’s New Eaterp! The Darlington Planing Mill ' We carry in stock all material used la the building Um> such be held at l>nrtlfigt«n C. H., on Nov. feather bandeaux and orchids, ii ovhi* "$ reo {’ 8t metallic effects in ribbons, birds thS have^why te.^ld i and bird’s nests, toques, Nellie Administration should not be grunted. Bly caps and woven corsets. Given under my hand, th»* 18th agents for Butterick’s Patterns. 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