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a-xi ■ ^04ufa*>' '"'■ y0i''':d‘W B SK'y. ■ A’ V VOL. XVII. NG 43. DARLINGTON, S. 0., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1890. LOO-AJC items \Iii)U1.imi cotton is bringing y rents this week. Si-kc’Ial exercises will held '& the Y. M. C. A. of Carters- vilie next week. Tiik Kevs John O. Law will preach at Back Swamp on Sun day afternoon next at four o’clock. • Mr. C. J. Epps, salesman for Messrs. West « Honour, was railed away last week by the death of a relative, but has re turned, and is again at his post. Rev. R. W. Lide has resigned the pastorate of the First Baptist Church in Charleston. He ex pects to leave Charleston in Jan uary. but has not yet determined to what charge he will go. Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Blackman lost their little baby boy aged one year and one day on the 2nd. inst. The remains were interred the following day at Mt. Elon Church. On Sunday next, the Rev. J. A. Rice will hold his last services of the year at the Methodist Church, previous to his leaving to attend the meeting of Con ference. The new signs at the entrance of Edwards, Norment & Co’s, store, the work of Mr. Peter Bowles, are a novel feature for Darlington and are very gene rally admired. The members of Darlington' sub-Alliance are urged to attend the regular meeting on Satur day next, as business of impor tance with the County Alliance \ demands their attention. The New Sardis (Methodist) Church, in Antioch Township, will be dedicated by the Rev. John O. Willson, Presiding Eld er, on the fourth Sunday in this month. The public are invited to attend the services. Messrs. McCall & Burch have just received a large suuply of ladies dress goods and trim mings,and are satisfied that the; can please the ladies who wi call at their store. They are also selling red rust proof oats at 70 cents. Bret Harte’s very latest story, ‘‘Through Santa Clara Wheat”, begins in this issue, and all interested in the writings of this most popular author would do well to read the open ing chapters. Parties desiring first class work in the way of photographs could not do better than patron ize Mr. Ernest A. Smith, purlo* cal artist, who has given gene ral satisfaction to the people of the town and county since he first came among us a year ago. The State Fair promises to be more largely attended this year than ever before. Enormous crowds have gone ever from this section of the State, it tax ing the railroad companies to the utmost to transport them all. The Govetnor has granted a pardon to Lazarus Peterson, c lored, who was convicted of larceny of live stock last spring, and sentenced to two years’ imprisonment in the peniten tiary. Peterson has returned home sadly broken in health, and is now lying very ill with pneumonia. Mr. Hosier Jordan’s little boy about ten years old was engaged on Monday afternoon in “walk ing the fence” in front of his father’s house, almost opposite Dr. Norment’s, when his foot slipped, and he fell heavily up on one of the sharp-pointed pal ings, which stuck in his side, joing half way through Iv. S his goin bodv As already announced in these columns, the dedication o f Sandy Grove (Methodist) Church will take place on Sunday next. Preparatory services thereto will be begun tomorrow (Fri- dav) by Messrs. Brooks and Williams, two evangelist, who will continue the religious exer cises at the church throughout the whole of next week. The enterprising firm of West & Honour have placed over their attractive store on I^earle Street two flag poles each 25 feet in height, from which they will fly “Old Glory”, together with a handsome private flag of the firm which is 15 feet long, and contains a red field with white letters in the center. The total vote of Florence County for Governor will give Tillman about 1,250 and Haskell about 525. The majority of Stackhouse over Deas for Con gress will be in about the same proportion. The Democrats have also elected their full county ticket. There seems to be some doubt as to whether the recent elec tion settled all political points in Florence county. The m- cumbents of the offices of sher iff and clerk of court are of the opinion that their terms of office have not expired, and it is said they will not vacate, but will leave it to the Supreme Court to decide. Mu. Charles Spinks has ac- |cepte<l a position as clerk in J. Frank Eariy’s store. The ninny friends of Mr. J. (A. White were glad to see him j °n the streets yesterday. The attention of members of | the Alliance is called to the ad vertisement published by the I Warehouse in this issue. Rev. G. B. Moore will preach | a sermon tonight before the Flor- lence County Sunday School I Convention. Mr. A. Weinstein, of Abbe ville, has opened a clothing : store at the stand formerly oc cupied by the “Racket” on lower Pearl Street. Rev. W. A. Guerry will preach in the Episcopal Chapel on Sun day evening next at half past seven o’clock. The public are invited to attend. Mr. J. B. McLaughlin, of Columbia, has moved to Flor ence, and has formed a copart nership with Gen. W. W. Harllee for the practice of law The annual report of the com missioner of pensions shows that there are thirteen persons in this county who draw pen sions from the United States Government. Mr. Arthur Ryan, who was reported last week as having sustained a fatal fall from his horse in the city of Washington, died from the effects of his in juries. The meanest man yet is the one who asks that the paper be sent him on credit on the ground that the neighbor whose copy he has been in the habit of bor rowing has moved away ! The Florence Messem/er says: “It is whispered that Mr. L. S. Bigham, Senator-elect from this county, will be a candidate for Wade Hampton’s place in the U. S. Senate, with a possible chance of success.” The newspaper people of Chesterfield county arc author-1 ity for the statement that Maj. J. L. Coker has recently been on a prospecting tour to Jeffer son in that county with a view to running his railroad to that point. Cheraw had its second “trade day” recently, and its merchants are rejoicing over the amount of cash which they took In. How they would rejoice if “every day except Sunday” was a mammoth “trade day” with them as it is in Darlington ! Six or seven pistol shots rang out on the air in quick succes sion on Sunday at about the time the various congregations were leaving the churches. In vestigation developed the fact that a policeman had killed a mad dog which was “running a muck” on the square. Court adjourned on Saturday after a three week’s session. Li the case of Mintz & Harris vs. W. P. Cole, sheriff, the jury after an absence of a few mo ments brouglit a verdict of $:i,000 for the plaintiffs. The com plaint asked for $3,500 as the | value of the stock and for $5,000 damages. The office of the Enterprise Hotel has been removed to a front room on the second floor, though the entrance remains unchanged. The room hereto fore used as the office is being fitted for a barber shop, and will be occupied by R. M. Nix on & Co. Mr. A. Ames Hewlett, pres ident of the Central Carolina Land and Improvement Com pany, is in town. Mr. Hewlett purposes pushing the work on the O. S. & N. road as rapidly as possible, and has secured the assistance of three hundred Italian laborers whom he hired in New York. Mr. N. M. Dolby, of New York, and Mr. R. S. Pringle, both of whom are prominently connected with the work upon the construction of our new road, have secured rooms at the Enterprise Hotel, and will make Darlington their headquarters until the road is completed. Mr., Dolby will be accompanied by his family. Do you want to see a hand some supply of new goods which have just been received ? If so, call at J. F. Early’s. The sea son has been an unusually busy ona everywhere, and the rush of this particular firm has been unprecedented; so much so, that they have almost sold out the stock which they purchased at the opening of the season, and have been compelled to bring out a new supply at this time of the year. Dsttroyed by Fire. On Thursday night the cotton store house of Mr. Albert Jor dan, who lives near Hartsville, was destroyed by fire. The contents, consisting of nine bales of cotton, a quantity of feed, and some farming imple ments, were also destroyed. There was no insurance on the property. The origin of the fire is unknown. Mr. Jordan is a very industrious farmer and the loss will fall heavily upon him. WHOLE NO 826 Killed by Unknown Parties. It is reported on the streets j that a colored man named Eller- | hee, the ferryman at Blue House Ferry, on the Pee Dee River, was killed by unknown parties several days ago. Rumor has it that Ellerhee was in the habit of stealing stock from Marlboro, bringing it over to this side of! the river, and disposing of it, and the supposition is that it was this propensity of his that got him into his final trouble. A New Organization. Steps are being taken looking towards the organization of a branch of the Young Men's Christian Association in Dar lington, and those interested in the movement hope to meet with great encouragement from the people of the town. Rev. J. A. Rice is now in correspondence with the State secretary of the association concerning the mat ter. Fire at Cartersville. • j t) Wn Cartersville correspond- ‘■‘Ihd The ent of the Charleston World, under date of Nov, s, says: “About :> o’clock this morning the alarm of fire was given. The fire was discovered to be in the house owned by Mr John son, and occupied by Mr. Weaver. All the furniture was brought down into this —Mr. J.G. Gandy’s new dwell- day night what the result would for this work, and while ing is almost completed. A really be would have been con- the good wages offqpcd every- millinery establishment is now sidered by them a fit subject for where by the planters to cotton being annexed to it. the insane asylum, pickers has lured some of them v,. u. i, (( f What makes the Republicans away, the majority have contin ued on the railroad, and the size of the force kept up during the entire season. The people of Sumter and saved except the kitchen fund- Darlington are very enthusiastic turo. The loss was pretty heavy on Mr. Johnson as there was no insurance. The house was very near the Methodist church, but that building sus tained no injury.” .#•- -«•. A Problem for The Farmers. 1 he average farmer who uses j cotton seed as a fertilizer put. j ‘-5 bushels of it on an acre, to gether with 200 pounds of acids Hvit ,vi r t nf ci, Instead of using ,lie » bushcU Kptyt ! soon as this route I about the benefits which will accrue to them from the com pletion of this extension, and the business men of Charleston have cause to be equally jubil ant. as it will throw a great deal of business into this city " hich has heretofore gone to other ports. At present there is no way of getting by rail from the best portions of Marlboro County to Charleston, and all the Stale will be -Mr. Harrell Burch, ! Coker it Co.'s salesmen Mr. T. L. Wright have been quite sick. Messrs. Matthews <V ! are pushing forward ;« one and both with the work on brick store which erecting at this place. t n ill. Choice mixed nuts, 20 cents a pound: West <t Honour. CYPRESS. —The Hon. Henrv C. Burn spent the day in our hood last Saturday. noighbor- of cotton seed in this way, if hej 0pene(1 T by a ? ire , ct li “ e ’ as wmilil iirino- if i, T, v * soon as this route is put would tiring it to the Darlington rmorn *; n „ Oil Mill, he could get in ex- 0peratl0n - change for it 250 pounds of meal. Buckwheat and maple s 100 pounds of acid and 1,000 West & Honour, pounds of hulls. The farmers m T H ? CurtersviHe correspond- of Darlington County are re-1 “The People’s Encvclopedia of entof 7/ic Ae/r.s. and ( onner quested to think over this mat- Universal Knowledge,”contain- gives the following account of ter. and see if they do not come ing 700 pages, for sale at the Serious R*w at Cartersville. into rup the difficulty which occurred to the conclusion that what lit . there on election day: “We had'would lie receiving in e>;- quite a row in town last night, change for the 25 bushels of between Mr. Lucas and Mr. cotton seed would make a better Cooper Mims, Tillmanites, and fertilizer than the present plan Mr. A. B. Haynie and Mr. 1). L. One of the largest planters in Smith, Haskellites. Mr. Mims ; the County, who lni> been cx- is severely hurt in the head. If! changing his seed in thi Book Store ume. price $1.50' a for the past five years, he lias saved by it at per cent on the cost of izers. way says that least .'i'U his fertil- pistols had not failed to fire Mr. Smith and Mr. Mims would have been killed. Mr. Haynie was cut in the side.” Thrown From a Buggy. Isaac Robinson, colored,the coachman for Mr. L. S Wellng was driving the latter’s horse in a buggy last Thursday morning,. and in turning the corner of the Baptist church-yard on New Street, the buggy struck a post and Robinson was thrown vio lently out. falling on his head. He was unconscious for some time. He is now in Charleston, his former home, and is con valescing. --»•*- * —- - - Our Electric Lights. The capital stock of the Elec tric Light Company organized last week has been placed at $15,000, one-half of v/hich will be owned by the Washington Electric Light Company and the votes deposited for him were not balance hv local capitalists, counted, and that there were The Darlington Water Works ‘ other irregmlarites in epuduet- Company has been consolidated ' n K the election. After bearing with the new enterprise, and 1 argument from both sides, Mr. will hereafter form a part of it, L N. Parrott, representin Rev. the intention being to utilize for A. W . Parrott, the Board ad- the water works the same power i joumed to meet on Saturday which will supply the electric next, when the (juestion will be An 2 jcso.i Ci.i!ejS. The Commissioners of State Elections for I iarlington County, consisting of Messrs. W. E James, T. J. Bell and J. K. Garner, met on Tuesday to can vass the returns and declare the result. The official count of the votes showed that tho special reports of the correspondents of The News as published in the last issue were correct in every essential particular. Messrs. Boyd & Browm appeared before the Board in behalf of Col. W. H. Evans, and gave notice that they desired to enter a protest J^rrott against the declaration of Rev. A. W. Parrott’s election to the office of School Commissioner. Mr. Evans claims that certain ; County Sun.l^ School Interdenomina- tional Association. i On Tuesday morning a num- | her of persons met in the Pres- | byterian Church to consider the ! advisability of organizing a [County Sunday School Interde i nominational Association, such ; as is now in existence in many other comities of the State.! | Rev. A. W. Parrott presided,! ' and Mr. W. H. Lawrence acted ! as secretary. Mr. C. L. Fike, of I of Laurens, the State organizer .take their severe drubbing so much to heart is, that they themselves are responsible for having stated early in the light !'iat this was a National eam- I sign, and that its result would show whether the people con demned or approved of the Ad ministration and the Republican majority in Congress. N o w the Democrats are guying them unmercifully, and reminding them of all their foolish talk about the National campaign. There is one Republican who, if appearances indicate his feel ings, is not cast down by the result of the elections, that is —A good many of our people! Secretary Blaine. I saw him expect to attend the State Fair this morning and he was in tho this week, provided the weather very best of humors, and 1 am is good. After the hard work 'told that ho remarked to a of gathering the tine crops they friend that it was no more than have made this year, they feel ho expected. Two things which that they can afford to allow were potent issues in the fight themselves a holiday. just ended—the McKinley tariff law ami the Federal election bill-r-both of which proved to be heavy burdens to the Republican party, were opposed by Mr. Blaine, and tho knowledge of A this is probably what makes ( an he explain why the tickets t ] )at g en ti e man so good-natured for Co . Evans wore misplaced, in th ” face of tho defeat of his as we know of three voters who p ar fy The fact that his rival, failed to vote for him because Speaker Reed, strongly favored they could procure none. these measures has not been —Mrs. J. L. Belvin, on forgotten by Mr. Blaine. *, Lynches River in this township, i Mr. Harrison has taken the had the misfortune to lose her result very much to heart, as barn on I t ! lay night last, con- owing to the reports of Mr. ,J. tain ing t wo hundred bushels of S. Clarkson, who was assisting corn, h o bales of sied cotton, the Congressional committee, three thousand pounds of fodder,he had become convinced that and the stables annexed with a ! Ins party would retain their horse which was in it. The control of the House. M r. —The Lamar must have been correspondent, correct in say- ownship was as Col. Evans received onlv two votes there. vo l- ing that Lamar To solid for Tillman as explained the objects of the as sociation. It was decided to organize an association for this | county, and the following com-1 imittee was appointed to devise! ; a plan for perfecting it. Rev. F. M. Satterwhite. Dovcsville, [ chairman, E. C. Lide, Darling-! Don, secretary; J. J. James, j Darlington, Rev. J. Wilson Warr, Darlington, Rev. A. W. Philadelphia. John S. DuBose, Lamar, and W. H. Lawrence, Darlington. Notice of the meeting of the committee will be given later, and the co operation of all person interested in such work is solicited. burning is supposed to have been Clarkson went away as soon the work of an incendiary about $500, uo insurance. Loss; of at, You can buy a gallon jar mixed pickles for 50 cents West & Honour’s. SWIFT CREEK. —Mr. Davie Atkinson has gone i to Texas. Bleached Jamaica West & Honour. OATS. ginger; the result was known, osten-i sibly for his health, but it is probable that he was very glad to get away from the explan ations he would have been ask ed to make. It is not now thought that Mr. Clarkson would have the slightest show for a Cabinet position even if there were half-a-dozen vacan cies. —Cotton picking will soon be a Victory has its troubles too.; thing of the past for this season., Already ~ there are evidences | —The Swift Creek Baptist that the fight among the Demo- Ch' rch raised during the past i crats for the Speakership of the assoeiational year the sum of; next House is to be long, stub- $-(69.81 for mission and educa- burn, and bitter. At the start tional purposes. ! there are half-a-dozen candidat es. Mr. Mills thinks the re- , “Sugarcane is paying tins year mova i 0 f m r . Carlisle to the Messrs, (r. B. Howie and J. T. Senate and the death of Messrs. Randall and Cox gives him a lights. A Professional Diver in P«e Dee. Last week while the founda tion of one of the piers of the bridge of the C. S. and N. Rail road Company over the Pt* Dee River was being laid, the work men Struck a log which was stuck so deep and fast in the mud in the bed of the river that it was impossible to remove it. Arrangements have been made to secure the services of a pro fessional diver from the North finally disposed of. The Com missioners of Federal Elections also met on Tuesday, and their official count corresponded sub stantially with the result lished last week. -•• • Real Estate Transfers. —Cotton pickers arc not al together as scarce as they have been. Rhodes expect to make som< seven or eight gallons of mo lasses. —The largest potato crop which wc have ever seen was made this year, and everybody seems to have all the potatoes they want. mortgage on tho Speakership, but his claims will be hotly dis puted by those who believe themselves better qualified to wield the Speaker’s gavel than MissM. J. Harrell has been | to hav^e* all the potatoes they the Texan, among them are, chpsen assistant teacher in the wan t. Mr. Crisp, of Georgia, who pub- school at this place. . proved himself an able parlia- <\ few more weeks of irood “^ ow that the storm has blown me ntarian during the last ses- A li \\ more 'vetks ot guoa OV er, we do not think that we vr.. AteMill-in of Teim- weather and the cotton crop will need a farmer’s uaner Wc ore S10n ’ *' 11 ' y ■ 1Uan ’ , f I inmst entirely imtliercd need a lainur s paper, vvc ore essee, a prominent member of The following real estate! 11 * yg ^ well satisfied with The | the Way8andMean8Committee . Dunsfors were recorded in the —Those of our farmers who I News, and think that every- Mr Bjrnuini ot - i nd i ana) who •uiditur's office for fltrt week planted sugarcane are now hav-1 body else ought to be. \Ye hope obtained u national reputation ending November 8: Amos Ea'ng their molasses made, and that all will stand together now.: b e i D g censured by vote of Windham, et. al. to Margie A. they seem to bo well pleased! and support the government of t j le republicans of the House Windham, Xi acres in Philadel- with the re&llfs. j K - 1 lIlman - for his abuse of Speaker Reed: phia township for $300; R. J. | —Exercises commenced at the -Mr. G. B. Howie is strictly a Mr. Springer, of Illinois, who Picking V p Diamonds in the Street. * I’ark row, between Brooklyn bridge and Ann street, U tho greatest artery of travel on this side of tho Atlantic, by day and by night, and is tho most democratic of thoroughfares. Bunco men, preacher* and hayseeds, editors, peddlers and insurance presidents, working girls, wives of business men and scrubwomen forever jostle each other here, and no. one would dream of finding pocketbook or package that had slipped to tho pavement or expect its restoration. Yet the early bird of tho morning and tho keen eyed man whose occupation lies there sometimes And the crowded tlioroughfaro a gbld or diamond mine. A scrub woman on her way to clean up tho offices of a Park row establish ment found a diamond stud on the pavement in front of the place, and sold it to an employe for $10. She was de lighted at her good luck, but not half so much so as tho employe when a Jew eler appraised the stud at |60, or his wife when ho presented it to her. Not a great while afterward another em ploye, standing idly in front of the place, noticed a piece of white tissue paper which was kicking about beneath the feet of the tlirong. He watched it for a wliile, and growing fascinated by tho little tinted roll of paper picked it up and found an uncut diamond in its ; folds. It was never advertised, and is now worn in a pin by tho lucky flndor. If there is a moral in this true story oi flotsam and jetsam it will hardly per suade people that it will pay them to put in their time hunting diamonds in I’ark row.—New York Sun. f.ost Speclmonfl. The man who said jestingly that the chief use of going to school and college was to get stories to tell for tho rest ot one’s life was not without a certain foundation for his words, since no anecdotes are mo;*! constantly repeated than those which belong to this part ot life. Graduates who left tho Boston Latin school half a dozen years ago, for in stance, are always pleased to toll what happened to a preceptor there who hail awakened much interest in natural his tory among his pupils by tho use of the microscope. Ho was in tho habit ol bringing speeimens to school, and one morning an assistant found liim grovel ing about tho floor, an empty box in his hand and an expression of tho deep est consternation on bis face. “Ob, I've done tho most dreadful tiling!” bo exclaimed. “I’ve dropped my box and spilled all my specimens.’ 1 “Can't you pick them up?” asked the other. “Oh, no,” replied tho naturalist, with a groan; “I haven't made out to catch a single one.” “What were they?” asked tho assist ant, obligingly stooping down to assist in tho search. “Forty live fleas,” was tho startling answer. Tho assistant sprang up like a flash. “Don’t you tlunk,” he said laugh ing, “that tho pupils may be trusted tc pick up tho whole forty, if you give them time enough?”—Youth's Com panion. who will go down into the river, Warr to J. Wilson Warr, 290! Oats^Higii Schooi on the 3d inSL ! temperance man, in every sense often adorned the Speaker’s T 'arlington township for under the management of Prof, of the term, but the day after chair when Mr. clad in his armour, and dig out acres in D the log. A Liberal Proposition. To the subscriber who pays us $2.80 cents in cash, we will give acomplete set of Dickens' novels, twelve volumes(pamiihlet form), and will send The Darlington News, the Weekly News and i$5, and other considerations: Cornelia . Phillips to Baron L. Witherspoon, 31 acres in Cy press township, for $800; E. H. Frost to Stepney Mclver, 58 acres in Palmetto township for $580; W. A Carrigan to Jeff Grant, 5 3-10 acres in Society Hill township for $6,185; C. A. n ■ ,1 , Woods to S. A. andC. R. Woods, Coul ter and the ooutnern L ulti- . A . . , ii . - . ^ interest m house and lot in town 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 $1.65 a year. The Incendiary's Torch. Mr. D. R. W. Gandy, residing j''” ev ' about three miles from Doves- ville, had his gin house, press and seven bales of cotton, to gether with a large amount of cotton seed, destroyed by fire about midnight on the 4th inst. The burning is believed to have been the act of an incendiary, though there is no clue as to who the perpetrator was. This is the second time Mr. Gandy has suffered in this way. He is one of our most estimable citi zens, and great sympathy is felt for him in his severe misfor tune. of Darlington. (thepresent stand of Woods & Woods) for $400; S. Lane to E. O. Woods, 22 acres in Lisbon township for $10 and other considerations; E. O. Woods to S. Lane, 22 acres in Lisbon township for $10 and other considerations; H H- Rhodes toT. L. Colvin, 331 acres in Swift Creek township for *250; John J. Reynolds to J. M. agement C. P. Jones, the principal. Prof. Jones, who has been employed by the board of trustees for several years is a most excel lent instructor. Carlise was Whole pots of preserved ging er. $1.20; half pots, 60 cents; quarter, 30 cents; West & Hon our. the election he had some ten or Speaker, and Mr. Breckinridge, twelve of the diu.'lkest hogs we [of Kentucky, who is personally MT. IDA, The Mt. Ida school menced on the 3d. Miss Fai teacher. con- session com- „ . . y have ever seen. While boiling one of tho most popular men his molasses, he allowed the who ever served in Congress, skum to ferment and then gave It is now officially stated here it to the hogs. They imbibed that it was decided sometime the stuff' most too freely, and ago by the v.-ftbinet that no extra some ludicrous scenes ensued, session of Congress, should be Some of them were fighting, called this month. -H, r / ,ar ' others were trying to make rison, it is said, gave in witir-zt peace, while one fellow was bad grace, and only when doing his best to make a speech, vinced that an ex All that we could understand would be extremely unpopular . , .vas that Haskell was defeated, both with the members of Con- inst., with and that they were all so glad gross and with the people, j Miss Fannie Dalrymplo as the they did’nt know what to do. Mr. Dunnell will have to re vise his congressional apportion- —Mr. Thos. Hudson,afew ilavs A fresh supply of our fancy ment bill. It was based on a ago, gathered 105 bushels of confectionary in this week; population of 64,000,(M)0. What- potatoes off about one-sixth of West & Honour. ever is done it is certain to re- an acre. Who can beat that? „ r V; , suit in a big row in Congress. We are selling Malaga grapes'TheRepublicanswill, of course, -^Mr. 1-. Goodson has a lot of a t 20 cents a pound, fine layer want to fix it so as to gain very line sugarcane, which he figs at 25 cents a pound, and all of the advantage possible expects to_ convert into syrup French table prunes at 20 cents; in the Fifty-third Congress soon. He is also offering to sell VVest & Honour. and in the electoral college, and a portion of it to his neighbors —some of them want the bill to for seed. <Looalt Continued on Next J’uge.) provide for a special election to —Possum and coon hunters are — —— elect the additional Represen ta- uite a nuisance to Washineton Letter tives it will give, in time to take Washington Letter. their seats in the Fifty-second SXutltirn Sun WomUipern. Thoro are somo people in Buffalo to whom tho sunflower is a sacred flower, because it follows tho course of tho sun every day. This is tho truth neverthe less. Wo have sun worshipers among us; people who do not obtrude their ideas upon their neighbors, but who are as devout worshipera of tho great orb of day as tho ancient Persians. Hi is to them a visible and potent god, whose work they can sec, whoso opera tions are perfectly visible, who regu lates tho seasons and brings forth the fruits of tho earth, and who is nt least comprehensible in his operations. 1 know a few of these sun worshipers. One of them is an ancient, venerable 1 citizen, who rises at dawn every day so that ho may bow and kiss his hand to tho rising sun, and that is the extent ol his devotion. Ho bothers nobody as ho pursues his way through tho world, is charitable, kindly and good, and I rather suspect tliat ho goes to his little bug walk ubf TriCC 1 ' 'iff" sundown.- Buffalo Truth. 155 acres in Cypress township for $25; G. W. Brown to Lee Sparks, 4!>5 acres in High Hill township for $1,000; H. T. and I. S. Johnson, I acre in Philadelphia to school trustees for certain considerations; Thos. P. Smith to Richard Weston, I becoming one lot in town of Darlington j those who TT • 1 ©to Arthur M. Lee, 651 acrys in Cy- j branches. press township for $1,300. ! n r 1 l * j -Our farmers are about t hrough . ... c „ gathering cotton. Potatoes and We keep a nice line of fancy n toilet soaps, Florida water, qui 1 lie lappcn to have fat Uubinstcln's 'Willing Spirit. " When Rubinstein was last giving pi anoforte recitals at 8t. James’ hall he was one day accosted in a passage of tho building by a lady, who explained that she was too poor to buy a ticket for tho performance. She therefore bcegpd the great man to gryo her one. “Madame,” said Rubinstein, “the fact is that to-night I have but one seat at my disposal, but if you do not mind occupying it it is entirely at your ser vice.” “I am very much obliged. May I ask where the scat is?” inquired the de lighted applicant. “At tho piano,” said tlio master, witli his liest bow. Tho lady was not pres ent that night.—London Tit-Bits. for $100; W. M. Huggins to j fence rails along the swamp and 11 Froul 0ur lte K ular Correspondent.] Congress. It is not very proba- Washington, I). C’., Nov. 7, 1890. ble, though of course possible, Whew! What a landslide it that the bill will go quite as far was. You can hear nothing that, else but election talk here just ipcas are estimated at 100 per Bloodshed in Bishopviile. A difficulty occurred at Bi shopviile on election day be tween Mr. O. C. Scarborough. Intendent of the town, and Mr. Shaw, editor of the Bishopviile Eagle, as the result of which Scarborough out Shaw in the side with a knife, the weapon going into his person up to the very hilt, and reaching his lung. The wounded man is in a criti- tooth brushes, &c., & Honour. &c.; West cent, of the usual crop, corn at Think of it! Webster's Una bridged Dictionary for $2 at R. L. Dargan & Co.’s Book Store! .«•. -«• - The Charleston. Sumter and Northern Railroad. (From the News and Courier.) About twelve miles of the track of the Northern extension of the Charleston, Sumter and Northern Railroad has been laid 65 I cal condition, and grave appre- southward from Bennettsyille, hension is felt concerning the and the work at both ends is i result of his injuries. The being pushed with all possible ! trouble between the two men dispatch. Contractor I ringle arose about certain reflections has a very large force of hands which Shaw had made upon at work on the lower end m Scarborough in his paper. Sumter county, and despite _ . some difficulty in securing labor, Atmore’s mince meat, in five 1 very little delay has been in- nound pails, 90 cts.; West & curred. Large numbers of Honour. . 1 hands from North Carolina have now. The Demac rats are natur- . .iV 11 1:1 T; 1 ally loud in their demonstrations 7o per cent. We would sugges , J for to tell the truth th hat a large oat crop be planted J / y ’ more aatonished at the to mqpt the shortage m corn. result than are the Republicans . They expected to win the House j by a small majority, but their j most sanguine rainbow chaser | had no idea of the tidal wave that went their way. Of course, -Rev. W. A. Wright preach- the f e ai . e now plenty of Dcmo- ed his farewell sermon last Sun- j crat * ^ ho ^ a straight face • I will tell you that they expected *' the result to be just what it —Rev. E. J. Forrester bap- j was, but they didn’t all the EVERYBODY SHOULD READ THE STOEY BY BRET HARTE, Honest for a Fortnight. William Whiston was a court chap- lain to Georgo H'g Queen Caroline. Once when Mr. Secretary Graggs said that a minister ot state might bo hon est for a fortnight, but It would not answer much longer, Whiston, with characteristic simplicity, asked, “ Sr. Secretary, did you ever try it for a fort night?”—San Francisco Argonaut Small pineapple cheeses, j cents, West & Honour. HARTSVILLE. day tized four candidates last Sun- same . The Republicans attempt day morning. [ to make tho best of a bad thing vx . t t vy To by talking of “off year,” “usual Messrs. J. L. Coket 1 , 1 result”, “ a lw a ys to be expect- " ed”, etc., but they cannot hide 1 the effect of their fright—you [ one j can see it in their faces. The [ best informed among them ex House by a are building a new store they expect to rent out. —Dr. McL. McFarland, of the leading physicians .... u this section has been very ill pected to lose the House by with pneumonia. Drs. Lucas small majority, but the and Lee are attending him. ! who would have told them Mon- i of “Through Santa Clara Wheat.” A gold medal has been offered by the Dutch Academy of Science in Haarlem for the best work on microscopic in vestigation of tho mode in which differ ent parts of plants can unite wily one another, and the phenomena which ac company healing after grafting. Reckoning Without HU Host. At a Far Rockaway Hotel—Fastidi ous Traveler—What can I have for din ner, waiter? Irish Waiter—Ye can orther fwhat ye plaze, sor. F. T.—Oh, then I’ll have some con somme soup, a bit of salmon, a little entree to follow, what Joint you may have—hot, and I’ll ha ve some dessert, some cheese, and I’ll have Irish Waiter—Will ye, now, bedad? Then ye’ll just have eggs and bacon what ye’re used trv—ft.