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VOL. XVIII. NG 20. DARLINGTON, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 14. 1891. WHOLE NO 851 ^ I). H. II VVOKEI. Florence B.ir, in Darlin^tou. »P ! 'lit q. of tho •Saturday LOCAL ITEMS. The County Commissioners met on Thuieday, but transact! d only routine business. Rev. H. M. Brearley passed through Darlington on Monday on his way to Fairhope Chart h in Florence County. An imjiortant notice tcncern- ing the payment of town taxes appears in this week's issue of The News. Union services will be held in the Presbyterian Church on Sunday night and will he con- The New Railroad, ducted by Rev. G. B. Moore. , the regular schedule on the A gold broach was found C., S. & N. Railroad, as pub- during the memorial services on lished in the last issue of The Friday. The owner can recover News, wont into effect on Mon ths same by calling at Woods & day. Tim work upon the freight A tenant house on Mr. S. F. Ervin s pla". 1 in Back Swamp w.is destroyed by it re on Friday. Mk. S. F Ervin desires to an nounce fo his friends and to the public generally that his dairy farm near town is now in suc cessful operation, and that he is prepared to deliver milk in any quantity, and at any place in Darlington, twice a day. Woods’ store. An important notice concern ing the address of Hon. Ben Terrell, of Texas, to the Dar- pub- lington County Alliance is lished in another column. Mr. J. H. Winstead, the for mer agent at Floyd's station, will assist Mr. Geo. E. Dargan in the work at the depot of the C. S. & N. Railroad at this place. At a recent meeting of the Southern Travellers’ Association held ;n Augusta, Mr. Cary B. Townsend, of Savannah, was elected President Mr. Town send was formerly of Society Hill. Mr. A. Nachman has placed a new brick pavement in front of bis store. The work upon 1 the building is progressing rapidly and the lower floor will be ready for occupancy in about, a week. depot is progressing rapidly and the building has already as sumed such proportions as to in dicate that the depot will he a very large and commodious structure. Work has also been commenced upon the pump which will be located just oppo site the freight depot. A *'Y” has been placed at the depot to enable the trains to be turned around for the return trips. The telegraph line lias been erected to a point some distance this side of Lamar and it will not be long before it reaches Darlington. The track has been laid about two miles beyond Black Creek. Infact everything around the new railroad repre sents a busy scene and the work is progressing as rapidly as any one could expect or wish for. • * •- -*• Off For Columbia. The Darlington Guards, num bering :52 men, left yesterday j (Wednesday) morning to attend On Monday next the “Fear (lie Columbia Centennial, and not" base ball club, the champ- will return to-night. The corn- ion colored club of Charleston, j pany has been drilling bard, will visit Darlington and on the land will doubtless make a cred- afternoon of that day will cross itable appearance. The follow- hats with the colored local club l ing compose the command for at the park. j the Columbia trip: Captain, H. r . i * i ■ *, , T. Thompson; Lieutenants, J.S. The first bridge at the cross- R > Williu V V. J. mg of the Caslrua berry road ; Sergeants, S. S. Burch, over Swift Creek has been re-, R Jam( , s K B . F .’ Williamson moved and hereafter there will T Lia y Wikls . Corpo- be onlyonebridge atthatpUce , p z llarllee< c j. Epps; The time honored two bridges l>rivat R , Bass, J. D. Baird, are now a part of the past. , E Boyd, E. C. Burch, It. Sunday, the 10th of May, was ivcith Charles, J. M. Clements, the twenty-eighth anniversary C. W. DuBose, W. C. Ervin, C. of the death of Stonewall Jack- D. Evans, F. E. Floyd, W. D. son and Rev. J. G. Law took i Fountain, A. W. Hoffman, K. this occasion to deliver an excel- 1 mt memorial sern.ou on the gallant soldier at the Presbyte rian Church at the morning ser vice. Mr. S. Kalmus has a notice in this issue which will be of special interest to our people G. Orrell, W. A. Parrott, P. B. Parrott, J. T. Parnell, H. H Rast, S. I. Sulzbacher, B. F. Smoot, Waddy Tnompson, R. It. Wood. The company left in a special car attached to the regu lar passenger train, which also contained a number of the con tributing members and lady friends of the command. The words “Darlington Guards” printed in black letters two feet high on a white ground and at- j tached to each side of the car, es ‘ j left no room for doubt as to who during the hot days of the sum mer. He will always have on hand a large supply of ice which he will furnish at the lowest market price. A wagon factory is to be tablished in Timmonsville. The j was j,, jt a8 tin capital stock is $3,00.), with the I through the woods. privilege of increasing it to $5,000. The corporators are J. (). Byrd, Chas. A. Smith, John McSween, D. H. TraxJerand G. j C. McEachern. train sped Memorial Day. I Memorial Day was observed jin Darlington on last Friday afternoon and the gathering ; was larger on that day than on i similar occasions for a number | of years. Besides those who The postoffice has been re moved to Mr. J. O. White's for mer stand on Main Street. Dr. Willeox, preparatory to erect- ( were jn the procession a mun- mg his brick store, will remove ber of people were present to the old postoffice building to his witnegs f t]w silnple lmt i n , p res- Place on Cashua Street and will sjve ceremon j e „ i n memory of convert it into a residence. j t j ie (lea( i Confederate soldier In the list of jurors drawn for The Darlington Guards march- the July term of Federal Court, ed from their armory to the which was published in the Masonic hall where they were News and Courier of Saturday, joined by Rogers Division, l ni- are J. N. Sumner. Dovesville, form Rank, Knights of Pythias. VV. C. Lucas. Society Hill, and From thence the two organi- P. P. Chambers, Dovesville, on zations marched to the Baptist Hattie Ervin then recited the “Phantom Hosts.” This beau tiful poem was composed by Rev. P. D. Hay, at one time rector of the Episcopal Church at Society Hill, and Miss Ervin did justice to the poem and the occasion, reciting in a most ad mirable manner. After the ben ediction by Rev. J. G. Law, the annual ceremonies in commem oration of those who gave their lives to their country was brought to an end. Tiie Guards on the return ., . from the monument escorted 1lnst the Uniform Rank to their hall llttle da,im b r <‘ done - and from thence the company repaired to its armory where it was dismissed. PHILADELPHIA. —Mrs. H. A. Dowling is very ill: as also is little Frank, son of Mr. Geo. W. Wilson. —June the 2Gth has been set for “Children’s Day” at the Philadelphia Sunday School. — Miss Bulah Dowling has re turned home from the William- ston Female College on account of ill health. —Sections of this community were visited with a heavy hail but fortunately Darlington; this agreement or agency was closed with a con tract signed by their Manager, Mr. W. B. Price, and the Kil- lough Music Company, to take effect that date. Woat the same time ordered stock to commence work, catalogues were furnished us that day and we instruct d our salesman to take orders, etc In a short time we learned that Mr. Randall was still selling and Js, we notified Company, that —We hear complaint of poor stands of both cotton and corn, i The cool night are certain 1}' telling very unfavorably on ; young cotton. , .. ... —There was a clande 1 he annual meeting of the niarr j a g e here on last VV Darlington ( { a y, <;th inst., Mr Samuel Mod lin and Miss Emma Dew being the “high contracting parties.” Thj Darlington Manufacturing Com pany. stockholders of th Manufacturing Company was held in the office of the Com pany on Thursday last. The President made his report which showed most satisfactory results for the past year. During this period the gross output of the factory was 4,630,140 yards of cloth and 302,931 pounds of market yarn. During the year the factory consumed 4.373 bales of cotton, these bales ave raging over 500 pounds in weight. E'er the past twelve; , . .. • i months there were no back-sets U P our alm,,st thre . ad bar - e > thlc - k at all. There was very little sickness among the employees and they kept steadily at work. —We arc having quite a dry The machinery was in splendid i spell and most of our farmers condition and the wheels were are complaining of bad stands continually in motion with noth- of cotton. We hear of a few ing to retard them. The election planting over, of the board of directors for the i « e , • , held with the 1 - b0,ne of our coIored P°P ula followed a series oi tableaus, proven me oockco- , _ dialogues, recitations and songs, ritory and asked tb (lestme w jjj c ^ lasted until midnight, j to purchase the go< eunes- q'i ie kan d filled in the intervals: Randall sold the g Evaporated apples; W. & H. Does fertilizing pay? Use our fish scrap guano and you will sa3', ves; Edwards, Norment & j Co. HIGH HILL. —“Jack Frost” paid us avisit last week and caused us to look coats and feel in them. real comfortable ensuing j'ear was uum «vimi me , , , - t , ... t a. is«»meeting * - — — — faith in “practice makes per fect,” and oft times make us wish we were “far, far away.” Ward, E. R. Mclver, B. Wil liamson, E. Keitli Dargan, I. Lewenthal, J. G. McCall, all of Darlington County, and G. A. Norwood, of Greenville, and W. K.. Ryan and H. Baer, of Charleston. The directors were authorized by the stockholders to take such stops as may seem advisable to to them to increase the capital stock and to enlarge the plant of the factory. A semi-annual dividend of $3 per share was de- claied and it was decided to pay an annual dividend in May here after instead of semi-annually as heretofore. The company donated a lot to the Methodist Church on which to build a house of worship for the em- p’o/ees. The board of directors held a meeting subsequent to the meeting of the stockholders and recognized Capt. VV 7 . C. Co ker’s efficiency by re-electing him President. Messrs. J. T. Bristow and F. T. Biggs were retained as Secretary and Su perintendent respectively, their services having given eminent satisfaction. —Rev. W. E. O. Humphries who, accompanied by his fair young bride, has been visiting his parents, lias returned to his home in Spartanburg County. VVe hope they had a pleasant Hartsville, stay and the many friends of recently. Mr. Humphries wish the happy couple a long and useful life. —We still have left, on the matrimonial market, a few well to do widowers and good natur- ed bachelors. Delays are dan gerous and those in quest of such property would do well to call at once. MT. IDA. —This section was visited with a good rain, accompanied by a light sprinkling of hail, on the 5th inst. —Frost was reported on Thurs day morning by some of our early risers. The cool weather is having a telling effect on the crops in general. —The closing exercises of Miss Fannie Dalrymple’s school offering the go< came off on the 0th inst. at the him, also the school house about 8 o’clock in this must stop, the Company the evening. The Fair Hope notified Mr. Randall that he string band was in attendance, must w ithdraw all goods lie had Miss Rosa Vaughan was crowned in the county, further, all offers “Queen of MayMisses Kate he had made, still they did not Johnson and Cora Carter were stop. The writer met Mr. Han- the “Maids of Honor.” Then dall in person on the field and followed a series of tableaus, proved the dockets as to the ter- the people not goods, still Mr. poods regard- with good music, which was j less of his authority. We were greatly enjoyed by all present, asked by the people to give pri- The entire affair was very cred- ees on the goods that Mr. Ran itable indeed. After visiting dall was offering to sell, this we a few days among her pupils could not do as we were advised and relatives Miss Dalrymple by legal authority not to do so will return to herhomeat llarts- as Mr. Randall had no right and ville. this would acknowledge him as a competitor. Mr. Price, the Manager for tho Farrand & Vo- tey Organ Company, was on his way to Texas. We calculated | that he would return and meet j Mr. Randall on the field, how ever, as it was not possible to return he wired us that Mr. Randall had been notified and would not sell the goods. Mr. Randall says that he (Mr. Price) is responsible; this of Course we know nothing about, the Com pany will have a chance to in vestigate the mater. Now in conclusion allow us to people not ! to purchase. However, if they | think that they saved any money in the tranaction that was their —The County Commissioners; business, all they wished was are having sign boards prepared I the organ for the* least money, for all the cross roads in this as they were not specially inter vicinity. j ested in the territory matter. As -Mr. Jno. Z. Hearon, former- j il is , the y hou K ht ,J beir . or g? ns Iv of this place but now of "' llh ° ut an y onpoN'tmn m pnee. visited Societv Hi!li th, ‘- V hav< : 01 j« a " ;> nd w, ‘ suppose that they bought it at! ! reasonable prices. J. Lucas, Jr., left last for his , Ga. cotton that they are ploughing honor, which a South Carolinian up and planting over in many should hold dearer than life. * * places. The rains have not The good name of the State is been very generous above the feelings and the name The Hartsville sweep does the best work, for sale only by Ed wards, Norment & Co. of any one man in it, and it is to defend the State in its action in retiring Gen. Hampton, that the editor of the Time* unlocks the closet door and brings out the hideous skeleton of the past.” A very curious paper, this! Has the Times really “seen light,” or does it consider that a chase of the ignis fatuus of the hort time before vice-presidential nomination surprisingly ro- will take Wade Hampton out of South Carolina politics? Gen. Lee's Unselfishness. [New York Sun.] Here is a story illustrative of the consideration Gen. Lee always showed for others while remaining absolutely indiffer ent to what might befall him self. It was in the Wilderness fight, and he and Gen. Wade Hampton were passing over the field. They came to a narrow pass between woods, and Gen. Lee noticed that the passage Mrs. W. S. Gardner, wife of a prominent farmer of the Claus- sen section died on Saturday, after a long illness. Her hus band and six children survive her. A negro woman, probably the oldest person in this section of the^itate, Serena Smith, died at her homo, near Clauss.m’s re cently. Slit' was 108 years old, and up to a her death was bust and spry. Her children and grandchildren were all dead and she was taking charge of the third generation of her de scendants. It is understood from a very reliable source that the Charles ton. Sumter and Northern Rail road proposes to build an in dependent line into Charleston from Eutawville, through Sum merville. The object is to short en the distance from Darlington and Bennettsville to Charleston. It is proposed by some of the is at car-1 last' SOCIETY HILL. —Mr. Jno. J. Lucas, Jr., home on a short visit. —Mr. Alford White was ried to the State Asylum week. —Some of our young men en joyed themselves at a fish sup per on the river some days ago. — Rev. Mr. Stout is attending enterprising citizens of Florence was well covered by the north- to agitate the building of a spur ern sharpshooters, who weredo- line from this city to the main ing effective work. “Hampton” line of the same road, and thus said the commanding general, give to Florence .a competing i “I reckon you had better go line to Charleston and connec- ’round through the trees and tion with the Cape Fear and meet me on the other side, as Yadkin Valiev Road at Bennetts- ville. Baptist Convention at Birming ham. J. —Mr. here on Saturday home in Brunswick Try our pure lime juice in half pint bottles; Edwards, Norment & Co. JOVANN. —Dr. J. T. Parker, of Mary land, has located at McIntosh Mill, two miles north of here, for the practice of medicine. We welcome an M. D. in this section. —As we promised we will let your readers know the date of our school exhibition. It will be Friday evening, the 29 inst, and the children’s day at Bethel; will be Saturday before the first Sunday in June. Fresh new May butter; West & Honour. the grand jury and H. L. Law, Kdw. Sanders and Edward Long on the petit jury. The County Board of Medical Examiners met last Monday and organized with Dr. B. S. Lucas as Chairman and Dr. W* J. Garner as Secretary and Treasurer. The following were granted licenses to practice medicine and surgery in the County: Drs. A. T. Baird, J. T. Parker and J. E. Gaddy. On Thursday last Charley Ashmore, colored, was put in jail for thirty days for violating a contract. He was sent up by Trial Justice G. W. Morris, of Lamar. On the same day Trial Justice Sanders sent Frank Ber- also colored, to the jail for His sen- ten dol- no, assault and battery, tenceis tbi'ty days or lam. -—— The municipal election was held in Florence on Thursday. There was but one ticket in tbe fie}d, the excitement during the canvass having simmered down in time to have a quiet election. The following officers were elected: Major, Jerome P. Chase; Aldermen, D. J. Justice, F. P. Covington, W. J. Bradford and W. J. Brown. * - About eight o’clock Saturday evening the band on the wheel of the electric light engine slip ped off and, the connection be ing thus broken, all the lights in the stores went out. It was at a busy hour and most of the stores were filled with custom ers. The merchants had to re sort to lamps for a few minutes until the connection was made again, Church. As the column ap proached the Church it passed between two li ics of j’oung lad ies and little girls and boys drawn up on each side of the walk. This portion of the pro cession was under the direction of Miss A. C. Player. Within the Church the ser vices commenced with a solo, the “Battle Prayer”, which was beautifully rendered by Mr. C. D. Evans. Rev. J. G. Law then read the ninetieth Psalm and following this he delivered a short but forcible prayer. The exquisite strains of “The Con quered Banner” were then sung bv the choir. The procession then moved out of the Church and the •■'raves in the Churchyard were docorated. The Presbyterian Churchyard was next visited and the graves decorated. After this the graves in the Methodist emetery were strewn with owers. From the Methodist Cemetery the procession repair ed to the Confederate monu ment, which was beautifully and tastily d r e s s e d . T he Guards and the Lnifonn Rank acted as an escort to the ladies during the march At the monument the exer cises were opened with an ad dress by E. 0. Woods, Esq , of the Darlington Ba r. Mr. Woods address was excellent and to the point. He directed the attention of his audience to the unparal leled valor and imperishable glory of the Confederate soldier. His (’ allusion to the veteran, Wade Hampton, was particu larly appropriate and on the whole his address was well re ceived, as itdeserved tobe. Miss LAMAR. —Real estate continues to change hands at advanced pri ces. —Mr. J. B. Odom lost a val uable horse a few days ago and Mr. C. E. Carter a fine mule. —Mr. A. P. Gray, the oldest man of High Hill, has been vis iting relatives at this place. —Prof. Perritt spent last week surveying and running out the streets of our town, hut he did not finish the work. —Prof. Mitchell is expecting —Geo. Davis, colored, acci dentally' shot and killed his brother, on Saturday last, in Chesterfield County, near this place. —Messrs. W. W. Sumner, Jno. B. Winters and T. H. Sompayrac j left us Saturday to take a trip through Florida. They will visit Jacksonville, St. } ugus- tine, Tampa, and other cities. —Mr. and Mrs. Jno. Stout. Miss Mary Coker andMrs. Louis ; Coker, left last Wednesday to attend the Southern Baptist Convention at Birmingham, i Alabama. —Miss Belle M. Race is spend ing some time at Cheraw, where she is taking drawing lessons. She expec ts to return home about June 1st. — Mrs. W. W. Hursey, of 1 Florence, has been here on a ; visit to her parents. She in Respectfully yours, Killough Music Company. Per J. B. Killough. P. S. We have just received a letter from Mr. Price stating that he will be here in a short time; he will see to the territory ques tion before he leaves the field. We calculate to sell the organ as we know who owns the terri tory, so does Mr. Randall as we showed him our contract. K. M. C. the arrival of his daughter from (company with others from here Arkansas to engage as assistant have gone over to the Centen- in his school. nial at Columbia. —Some of our farmers have —Antioch neighborhood must finished chopping cotton, while he well adapted to the growth JASPER. The healthy condition of our community at present will not add very rapidly to the M. D’s treasury. —Rev. B. F. Parrott still fills the pastorate charge at Lake Swamp. We are hopeful of keeping kim this associational year. —We expect to get a turnout or switch within two miles of us on the C., S. & N. Railroad for convenience in shipping and receiving freights. —Cotton is being injured some in consequence of several chilly nights which followed after a hail storm that visited our com munity last week. We had frost on the 7th inst., though the weather is quite warm now. The best feed cutter is found at Edwards, Norment & Co's. CARTERSVILLE. —Several persons will attend the Centennial at Columbia from this place. —Fishing is the order of the day. Our professional fishers are, as a general rule, success ful. —Watermelons that were planted early are growing finely. Mr. W. L. Haynie is our princi pal truck farmer and he has planted a large melon crop. —The Elirn Union will meet at the Baptist Church in this place on the fifth Sunday in May. —The weather is very dry, and stands of cotton are very sorry indeed. Oats are needing rain badly. Corn is suffering from the effects of cool nights, and is being destroyed by bud worms. others are waiting for it to show itself above the ground. —Mr. S E. Smith visited this place last week in the interest of the Carolina Building and Loan Association and succeeded in organizing a branch. —Mr. Abe Windham has gone into the saw mill business near this place. Mr. Windham is a man of “get up” and we bespeak for him reasonable success. Full line fancy biscuits and cakes in tbiswe' k; West & H. OATS. —Some of the fanners have about finished chopping cotton, others have not good stands yet. —Tiie mother of Prof. C. P. Jones, of this place, is now vis iting her son. She comes from Northern Mississippi, .the pro fessor’s former home. of beautiful Howers, judging from a bouquet presented re cently to one of our young men bv one of the fair sex therabouts. Fresh supply Fulton market beef; West & Honour. Hon. Ben Terrell's Address. At a meeting of the Alliance Lecturers, held at Darlington jC. H. on May 11, it was decided to invite the Hon. Ben Terrell, the National Lecturer of the Farmers’ Alliance and Industri al Union, to deliver his address at the Fair Grounds of the Dar lington Agricultural and Me- i chanical Company on Saturday, the 30th inst. It was also de cided that members of the order and all others who attend bring their baskets. It is requested that all lecturers and members I of the order throughout the county do all in their power to Mr. R. L. Blackman, who give publicity to the action of has been stopping at this place this meeting. The public are for some time past, left recently 1 cordiallj’ invited to attend, for Florence, where he has ob- Hknky C. Burn, tained a position with the drug County Lecturer: firm of Lake& Wallace. Darlington, 8. C., May II, 1891. —The Sunday School at Wes OurSisterCity. [Special to The News and Courier.] Florence, May 1<).—Memo rial Day was beautifully cele brated in Florence, according to the usual custom of the Ladies’ Memorial Association. There are sixty-five Confeder ate soldiers buried in the Pres byterian churchyard here. The individual graves are not mark ed, they are all together beneath a great sward, and in the centre of the sward is a neat monu ment to the “Confederate dead.” It is the custom of the Ladies’ Memorial Society to assemble the children of the public schools on Memorial Day before this sward. A prayer is offered, and on this occasion the Pre siding Elder J. B. Wilson, of the Methodist Church, offered the praj'er. Then the children marched round singing the memorial hymn, which is taught them in the schools, and flowers, separate or in garlands or wreaths, are laid on the graves. The list of soldiers buried in this churchyard existed years ago, but there was but one list, and that was burned up in the residence of its custo dian. They were all soldiers who died in the hospitals here. There were three hospitals here during the war for Confederate soldiers, besides the one in the barracks for the Union soldiers, so there are two cemetesies here now, one for the boj’s in grey and one for their brothers in blue. The National Cemetery is one of the most interesting places around Florence to visit. It is beautifully kept, and lately the national turnpike leading out to it has been completed, and it is now a very popular drive. Facts From Florence. [ Special to Tho State.] Florence, S. C., May id.—A few days ago two little boys of a prominent citizen took it into their heads to become highwaj'- men. They took some money from where it had been placed bv- their mother, for safe keep ing. went to a hardware store and purchased two pistols, a lot of cartridges, two large knives and several other things. They then went into the woods and, after staying there several hours and exhausting their ammuni tion, became so hungry that they made up their minds that after all there was no place like home, and returned thence to receive a sound thrashing. The Florence Rifles have been reorganized. Claude E. King, who is a graduate of the South Carolina Military Academy, was elected captain. An elec tion for the other officers will be held at an early date. With Capt. King in command the Rifles expect to be invigorated and come to the front as one of the best companies in the State. Barringer’s Hotel is fast as suming the proportions of a creditable building. A large force of hands are kept con stantly at work and it will not be very long before Florence’s first class hotel will be ready for the accommodation of guests. Work has commenced on the ice factory building. the fire of the sharpshooters is very dangerous here.” That is all there is of the story. Of course Gen. Hampton said, “Gen. Lee, 1 guess if j t ou can i walk there I can follow you.” But note the unconsciousness of personal danger and the unsel fishness of Lee. These were in- : cessant characteristics of his. —• A Marine Curiosity. A Morrisville, Ga., fisherman repoits a strange fish. The fish was caught in a net, and is a trout or trouts, with two heads perfectly independent of each | other. Each head is supplied with the usual number of eyes j and the proper amount of gill. The heads unite just back of the gills, and each head works independently of the other, the j two mouths taking food at the same time. The fish seems to be perfectly healthy, and as lively as any of his single-head ed brethren. A New Play Coming. [New York Telegram.) I’m going to write a tragedy entitled “La Grippe.” It is to be in three sneezes. The prin- i cipal characters are a microbe, a flannel shirt, a patient, a dose i of medicine and a doctor’s bill. r “tDuring the first sneeze, the ‘ flannel shirt, which has been discarded without cause, re venges itself on the wearer by introducing the microbe into his sj'stem. Sneeze two shows how the medicine overpowered the microbe, while sneeze three shows how the doctor’s bill overpowered the patient. “Tempera Mutantur.” [The State.] This astonishing editorial— for such a paper—appeared in the Florence Times of the 7th inst: “The Florence Times suggests the name of Hon. Wade Hamp ton for Vice President of the United States. In the Senatorial race, the Florence Times was conscientiously opposed to Wade Hampton, and it is just as conscientious now in the sug gestion of his name for the high office of Vice President of the Most Satisfactory Results. The Darlington Ginning, Milling, Fertilizer and Ware house Company recently had its fertilizer products analj'zed by the Board of Trustees of Clem- son College and the result was most satisfactory. In fact the analysis far surpassed what the company guaranteed. The cot ton seed meal contained 8.21 per cent, of ammonia. The company guaranteed the Pee Dee Fertilizer to contain availa ble phosphoric acid 8 per cent., ammonia 2.50 and potash 1.50, nation. The naming of this of- ygj a nalysis gave available ley Chapel is making prepara tions for “Children’s Day,” which will be observed by the school on the 16th inst. Buy one of Edwards, Norment & Co’s garden plows, if you want a nice garden. ticor belongs to the Southern States, and there is no man w ho is more universallj' loved through out the length and breadth of the Union; no man whose j opinions are more respected, or whose name is better known, in the North and West as well as in the South. He represents a truly wise, truly Southern, and trulj' conservative Democratic policy. His name is always greeted with applause, and while i we opposed hiim for Senator, and would oppose him for that office if he should offer for it again, we would fight for him I to be Vice President.” While the State was wonder- ; ing what this meant, the Flor ence Messenger of the 8th was i received, drawing “the deadly parallel” upon its local contem- phosphoric acid 8.Cl percent., ammonia 3, and potash 2.61. The Darlington Fertilizer, the company guaranteed to contain phosphoric acid 6 per cent., am monia 2, potash 2.50, and the analysis gave phosphoric acid : 6.52, ammonia 2.62, potash 2.7S. So it will be seen that in every j case the anal j sis by the Clemson trustees exceeded the guarantee of the company. What better ‘ testimonial is needed than this? adv. The construction of a build- porary by showin ing for the ice factory is pro- 1 cember 30, 1890, igt the that on De- Times re- 1 grossing very rapidly. The ma chinery has all been received, and it is expected that the plant will soon be in operation. The Hope Steam Fire Engine Company is making big prepa rations for an excursion to the Hammocks, the seashore term inus of the Wilmington and Seacoast Railroad. The return The Music War. —The congregation of Wesley j Fu)RENCKj s. C., Mav 2, 1891. Chapel has decided to purchase i Editor Darlington Neirs: the organ, placed there some ( Wo ask a small space in your | trip will be made for $1.50 from time ago by the agent of the va [ ua b]e paper to explain our Florence, but the train will be Randall Music House, of D r ' p OS itjon in reference to an item run from Sumter and will stop angeburg. , we saw ] n the dots from Mount at all way-stations as far as •--The overseers of the public i Elon this week about the Kil- j Marion. These firemen’s ex- highways in this neighborhood lough Music Company and the cursions are always enjoyable, took advantage of the time when Randall Music House both claim-, The committee enforces tho the farmers were not very busy ing the territory for the sale of rules of order and decorum with their crops and have put the Farrand & Votey Organ in strictly, and the excursions are, the roads in crood condition. the County of Darlington. _On therefore, liborarly patronized 1 March the 27th, 1891, On the Fer- ferred to Wade Hampton in the following terms: “Of his career as a stateman ‘the least that's said the soonest mended,’ and of the defeated, as | of the dead, nil nisi bonum. His record here is all but blank. He has been compared to Cal houn, but Calhoun died fighting; J lie even threw off the official robes to fight the battles of his State on the floors of the Senate, j Of late years, through some fault, either of his own, or let j us more generously suppose, | through his selfish, ambitious: friends, he has been sacri-: ficed, and and his record is a long series of annoj'ing political E When you want a good cigar,: rand & Votey Organ Company, • " ‘ Co’s of Detroit, Mich., appointed Kil- go to Edwards, Norment & and buy the May Kirby Ferris hams and strips; West & Honour. lough Music Company, of Flor ence, South Carolina, their agent for a number of counties in this and general mistakes, not the by the ladies. June 10 has been least of which his letter to Post- j selected as the day, and it is ex- master General Wanamaker, pected that it will* be the biggest and his attitude at the death of excursion of the season. Jefferson Davis, his old chief. The farmers in various sec- It is painful to recur to these tions of the countv are com- matters at such a time, a viola- j part of South Carolina, including | plaining of such bad stands of j tion of all the sacred precepts of What would you lika —in the way of a corset? * Something that’s easy and comfortable, with “bones”, that can’t break or kink, and soft eyelets that won’t rust or cut the laces—something that clasps the figure closely, but yields to every movement? Then you want the Ball’s Corset. If you find that you don’t, after wearing for two or three weeks, you have only to return it to us and get your money back. Edwards, Norment & Co.