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Shf Itarlinafon Hms. HENRY T. THOMPSON. - Editor. The spotless || ees ’ ^ an( J Wool. present SOV-| Uulil fttrth^r notice, T (iiu prcpartni however, has kept down to P“>' ,he , *‘ r > ntarket pctain W WITCOVER. John R. Keels, of the Sumter middle classes. Bar. has l>een indicted for for-1 character of their ;geryintwo cases. Ho is the ■ son of the present Treasurer of ^‘T ,s 7’“""'l"'*'i«r ImmV wax und w«s>l Apply at iuy Vk.Mil... 1„«A to iOOJ the County. A motion has been th,s '"cro'wiK prejudice to a restaamnt oi, Pion-.K-e Stiv.-t inarsaay, JlIIlu 10| loyi« made in the Sumter Court, in Considerable degree. Should a .I . behalf of the Sumter Bur, that profligate and gambler Is* per- EDITORIAL notes. Keels be hereafter disbarred , n jtted to succeed ht>r, there is WATCHES Rudyard Kipling, the famous Jrom practising in any court ‘ n , no telling what the result would Repaired amMS arranted young novelist, is dying of con-1 80,1111 Carolina. be or what wou!(i be thfc t;ffect sumption m Italy. Satisfaction. When a man :a;s he 13 Satisfied, he means a great deal. One of the pol!eyl:oM*r»of the KquitaliTe Life AnsurniH'eS* eiety, Mr. ('liiirl>'K xo, in 1871, took 1 twenty >ear Tontine ptiliey COMBINATION OF -AT- STAKING A CROWN. The results attending the fa- Lightning killed Daniel Cross 1 and two of his children, at Hammonton, New Jersey, on ... , , . , Friday. mous “baccarat scandal devel- . . , ... ( >P<'d hi London last week prom- A tenement house in Jxew . York City was destroyed by firs ,8e be so momentous tliat we on Sunday and throe were burned to death. The Kansas Democrats solid for Cleveland and are posed to combining with “People’s party.” Five young ministers of persons deem it proper to give out read ers a brief outline of this cele- are I brated case, notwithstanding the °P‘; fact that it may not be strictly the! “news” to some of those who read the daily papers. In Sopt- ember, the Prince of upon the world’s future history. * •»- DARLINGTON AS A TOBACCO MAR KET. Tobacco is destined to become one of the leading staples of this section of South Carolina. This to the people of Darlington WALL PAPER! Messrs. DEWEY & WELlING and surrounding counties that they opinion, uttered so frequently (rf ‘ will open on or about May 2.1th Reformed Preshvterian Church ,. have been expelled from the ^ ales, accompanied by a num- Church for advocating woman her of his friends, among whom suffrage. was Sir William Qordou-Cum- C. M. Moody, who has been niing, Lieutenant-Colonel of the treasurer of Franklin County, Scots Guard, and one of the Massachusetts, for fifteen tears mos ^ widely known society men late by experts, and based upon such good reasonii gasthey give, is at last beginning to force it self upon the attention of our Tobacco requires a pe culiar kind of soil, and ours, say these experts, is admirably adapted to its cultivation. It is only here and there, in patches of from half an acre to an acre has turned up short in his ac counts to the amount of $16,H>8. Miss Anna Bugg, the eigh teen-year-old daughter of Sam KutfSb * l respectable farmer liv ing near Augusta, committed suicide on Sunday. A love af fair was the cause. in England, repaired to Tranby Croft, the beautiful country home of Mr. Arthur Wilson, where they had been invited to spend the holiday known in England as Doncaster week. \ A. tidwarri*, of New Vork, wh_ T „ „ ^ with tlit* K<|tiit«il»U* for w rites as follows: "l ui/i t .rtrt -/i' }a trt ff vtisjit tt 1 irith this rtxutt, ohUtiniuy niorr titon in ex>-,-ss of nil th< l»n tit i /ins l * hat? paid, in addition to hu tiny t njoyed th*- protection i>t my polit y dtiriny ^ the ttrmty ytar# it hus Inrn in force ! nm loath to port tcith such an old ^ friend ax thix palivy has hern to me, but in doiny xo, I d> not propose to part J. It. Mason A Co's Jkwklry Stork, i trith th* EquituM*. hartnu upplinl for onothrr Tontine foli'-y, the hmt/U* under H'h/i h I aluo hope to ohtoin during mu Uptime." Another, Mr Hathauiel Wilson, of Wiwhingtou, Write* in relation to l»oli‘ - y No MI,!ttSa* follows: " f took out u Tontine polity iny">nr Uompuuy for if»n,0(KI. The nnHeu ha* vtfn nettled to mi/ mitUfaetion. 1 Imre sinee taken ovt poli' ies of the name kind for MO.OOn, because lam uUixfltd that the Tontine plan in to he preferred to any of which I hare knoichd /t ." If these statements were from the widow* or executors of policy-holders vh •! had died, they would tie eignitlcant. or. if they were from policy-holders w ..o | were satisfied’with their assurance tieeause it furnished protection, and Lave them suffloient |>eaceof mind to offset the burden of the eontinoini' annual preniinmM on their policies, they would lie no more than reascmlbieassertions. Hut this satisfaction is something more than this: It is the ftratifleation of men | ! wlio liax-e, over and above the protection from the assurance, rkalizkii on a I profitable inveittnent. They have reaeon to lie satieflid. For twenty years. 1 iliev have been liuilding up their business and accuuinlatiiiK fortunes, and meanwhile tiieir families and estates have been protected against tlie disaster which would hax-e come, if through some aeeident they had i!ie,i prematurelv Hut these dangers hax e now- been passed, and wliat is the result? Must tie y j saw “ H e hare paid oat a great de il of money in premiums, hut tre h ire ei ioi/ed the protection of our auntretuct, and are satisfied that our money has been well spent: ire hare nothing more to e.cpe< t. and hare nothing further to They might say this, and lie content, but they are able to say much ! more than this, thu«: " We are more than satisfied hewns*. in addition to the I nroteetion giren for ail these years, anr Tontine policies hare turned outtohe I yoo,t INVESTMENTS, as isprored hy the fart that the Ei/nitahte has returned it that we hare paid, with interest eiddeii ” Think of it.' .•/ return of the total amount rxpndfd in trith compound interest (tt from •>’ tod per' added thereto. the Largest and finest stock of ' Wall Papers, Window Shades, Cornice, .Uoa/d- iiiq's. Picture. Frames, Stained Class- and l n tcrior Decora t/ ons <iene rally, ever offered to a South Carolina pub- j lie, at the stand lately occupied as a book store on the north ! Public Square, where iiie of the we will lie i t .,1.......'HANG PAPER. FRESCO, and PAINT '■cntUT/t tier (I It lilt Ul ll rtiw«vx s inTERIORRS OR EXTERIORS The Prince of Wales, being a While three colored men were {devoted lover of a form of working on a railroad near Ro anoke, Virginia, on the 10th. inst., some dynamite exploded and they were killed. Their bodies were fearfully mangled. Returns from twenty-fiveRub- alfiances of Kansas, among them the alliance at the home of United States Senator Peffer, put these bodies on record as opposed to the third party. Rev. Frank D. Lee, a prom inent minister living near Alex andria Virginia, while in a temporary aberration of the mind last week, killed his son and then committed suicide. On Thursday A. V. Howell shot and killed W. J. Magrath in the postoffice at Warrenton, Georgia. Both men stood high the or txx o, that the desired quality pJeusi-tl to have you call and examine of soil is to he found in North ourrtoek. We are also prepared to Carolina or Virginia. .causes surprise, therefore, to l in un v style demanded. We can also tobacco growers from those supply you with all kind*of i States to see in this section of ARTISTS ' mater-al. i,,.,.... ^ - A» we have a flint claiM* Upholsterer j South C iirolina kxrg'e tracts of we can repair your furniture, lay ear- from five to twenty-five acres pet*• at very reasonable rates Competent workmen sent to any part m extent, every foot of which i n the country. As we sell srru tiy contains the very kind of soil /or tii#* we rim give yo« astonishing ly low price* r/remnt ms. GEO. HENRY McKEE, Darlington, S, C. SPECIAL AGENT. A bargain in everything throughout the store, and it is wonderful what a dollar will do in this heavy stock of G ROC ERIKS, CLOTHING, SHOE& HATS, FURNISHING GOODS, NOTIONS. &C.-VS# We will sell them, one and all, as low as any living man dare sell honest goods. Luck is Looking for You in the Shape of BARGAINS at BLACKWELL BIOS’. very needed for raising tobacco. Our •limate. too, is said to be great ly in our favor in the cultivation gambling known as “baccarat”, carried along with him on this occasion, as he had been known I to do before when visiting at the country houses of his friends, of this V8,uable Rta P le ’ the cro P his own private baccarat set, Mg v 21-dm. People’s Bank -OF- cousisting of cards, chips, and all the appliances for indulging in the game which had so fas cinated royalty. Unusually gay was the party which assembled at Tranby Croft, and the Prince's favorite pastime was indulged in regularly every evening. On 'l ur ' n K Hh, present the night of Sept. 8, something P res - >e8 as maturing here many weeks be fore it does in the States to the north of us, and the grades be ing of such unusually fine qual ity that they demand the very highest prices offered in the to bacco markets of the world. An expert xvho visited Darlington week ex- delighted in the conduct of Gordon-Cumming suspicion that he Sir William led to the was playing was care fully watched the following evening, when those present be came convinced that he was cheating. He would have been ley, which has been in thq immediately exposed, but the courts for about five years, was Prince o{ Wales, fearing the ef- tned last week ,n ^xington fecta of the scanda! that would inevitably ensue, confronted ‘I 1 ® ® ° n » " '* 11 y • A | unfuirlv , 80 that he family difficulty was the cause of the killing. The famous case against Jones, the Edgefield man who killed three men, named Press- County and Jones was ed of man-slaughter. j inevitably ensue, While a heavily loaded excur-, Gumming with thegrave charge sion train was crossing a river | that had been made against in Switzerland, on Sunday, the him, and, with the assistance of bridge collapsed ami the train others in the party, prevailed plunged into the river below. , • „ • Sixty persons were killed out- u P <m hun t0 S1 ” n a P a P er P re ' right and hundreds were iajur- Spared by them, in which, as a ed. ! condition of their keeping the Mrs Mary Thorn well, relic of affair an inviolable secret, Cum- thc great Preshvterian divine ming promised, on his part, never ' .. ,, and South Carolina's aoblo son. t0 card, again as long a. "T ^ m....... u nn n j:..j e .? e e> Bros., extensive manufacturers he lived. Whether or not, as has been alleged, the story subsequently leaked out through the indis cretion of the Prince of Wales, with our tobacco, and predicts a great future for this section of South Carolina. As we have said, in the face! of all this testimony, there can I he no doubt that tobacco is to be one of our great staples in the future, ami the producers will necessarily be attracted to that market where they wifi obtain the best sale for their wares. If then Darlington is to have no tobacco factory or warehouse, our farmers wifi be compelled to trade with Florence, or with whatever tobacco market hap pens to be nearest them. If Darlington wishes to keep up with the times, therefore, xve must have facilities here at once for the marketing of the Darlington- 5 per cent Interest paid on time depos its from day of de-l posit. Savini is the Road (o Wea!lh. K. KEITH DA KUAN. President. \V. A. CAKRWAN. Vice President. It. L. CHARLES, Cashier. C\bolin.\ Inter-State AND i iO LIFTING OF TRAYS J 2 Y'vur dealer can’t supply yon wo will, A v rila for Catalogue. X.C When the Breeze Dies Cut Take to the Oars! /VSSOOT A-TIOTNT. \V ("OK EU. I’resident .1. J. W.VKD, Vice Presi.l. nt. 1,. E. WILLIAMSON. See nndTrens DAHtiAN i THOMl’SON. Altornexs Direetors—C. B EDWARDS. A <’ McFAl.I, .iOHN SISKKDN, \V. F DA ROAN ami K. F. I INN. Tliis Assoeiation lends SI (si on er.e.h share of stivk. The riulits of the in vesto and I Kir rower liave been lien adjusted more equitably than in any other now offering st<K-li tothe publie. AU parfieulars furnished upon appli cation to I. E. WILLIAMSON. S. E. SMITH, General. hjent. When Business Lan guishes, push it. The best advertising does not consist of wind alone. It has Strength and Power. It will pro pel your craft into the harbor of prosperity, against adverse tides and over dangerous shoals. Welling & Bonnoitt. llllllltUM.ITTIM, lii\S INI) KiKKiCLTl Rtl imUDTS. A^gTOTiLts fox’ McCormick M o w ers, SliiidcrsoiH! ISny Rakes, aSaiiaday Wind Malls, (Iraiaison liar Siiides, Law’s Itlock Haiaics, Davies’ Side Harnaws, la on .4 ge Har rows. Carry a fall supply ot Pumps and Pipe for dri . - a? Ma X - - —‘ • (AX'- -fr \ . _T - • •' ~~ P" —- .. - -*?--■ James H. Thornwell, died at Morganton, North Carolina, on Thursday last. She was eighty- five years old. Near Warrior, Alabama, on Wednesday of last week, John Thomas, a seventeen year old j who is said to have confided it lad, working at a saxy mill, 1 10 P . u i v Brooke, the fact ro- shpped and fell across the cir-: , cular saw in motion. His body ' ma,n8 that 11 soon 1>e< ' a,m ‘ &' n - was cut in two. ' erally known, and Si.’ W illiam. A water spout, accompanied Ending that his character was by a high wind, visited the being affected by it, decided to town of Frazier, in Green bring suit for damages against County, Texas on I uesday night bve 0 f j b ^ Wilsonfamilv, two la- of last week. Iho town was .. ... u V completely inundated andmunv dies and th ree men, who had btv n houses were blown down and instrumental in urging him to washed away. Several persons sign the fatal admission. The were drowned. tr j a i D f t | u . oa8e was begun on A negro man, who was em- Monday, June 1, the court room ployed by L. Oxner, a young being daily crowded with the c o,T'Si;Y>»«* (->■'« *■ of the weed, with headquarters at Mt. Airy, North Carolina, say that they are willing to in vest £10,000 in the establishment of a tobacco factory at this place, and there are doubtless other capitalists, foreign as well as local, who would he very willing to put money into such an enterprise. A tobacco factory xvill prove to be one of our most pressing needs in the near fu ture. and steps should be taken to establish one here without delay. A Very Cheap King. [News and Courier.] Do You Wish To Be Boss oi Your Own GIN HOUSE? Then buy the Thomas S'oam Press AND Cced Ceffoc Elevator. It i* tiie most i nr foot system in us**, unloading cotton from wagon*, clean ing and delivering it into gins or stalls. Cotton doe* not pass through fan, and press requires no pulleys or belts. It saves time and money. Talbott c\’- Son's Engines and Boilers — Slafio-tanj anti Portable. "Old Dominion'’ Corn en wells, Rubber j.estlSier SSeitiug; and cbkie DHs. ^i T . R. Extra McCormack kept in stock. Pieces foi Maclii j ^ NACHMAN BUILDING. It is just about one week since we threw our doors open and the result of only a few days se. ms encouraging o us. In order to acquaint the good people of Darlington and vicinity with the class of goods we carry in stock we will bel w give you a hint of what we liave on hand: Handsome Line of White Decss Goods, in stripes and checks; LenoStripes. Ginghams. Clwmhrois, C/iallies, Worsteds, Sarrah ,Silks. Pongee Silks- ami ft general assort ment of Dry Goods, Morions, Hosiery. A Tremendous line of Shoes. MEim Tmm> Dry Goods, • Ladies’ Dress Goods, Fans, Parasols, Umbrellas, Shoes, Gloves, Handkerchiefs and Hosiery in endless variety day. Oxner, accompanied bv a E ll Kl an< L among them beingthe there is any special panic in the People in Charleston who have Mills Slfj lo $300. risked their good money in eot- Talbott’s Saw 3fills, I/n- ton futures on the wrong side proved Friction and Rope are just at this time somewhat Fl , p(}< $ 9q 0 fn $q () q Lammas amt J 'an I1V« - Millinery Department, in fear and trembling. Not that friend, Dr. East, endeavored to Prince of Wales, who appeared make him and the negro shot as a witness for the defence. them with a musket, killing The evidence adduced was verv Uxner and wounding East. , . ^ . . ... damaging to the plaintiff, the Two editors in Guatemala, gist of the charge made against Oentral America, have been ar- r- . .i . . v. rested for publishing an article h,m b >' tho8 ® who t ® st,bed b ^ in * against the government. They that after the result of a deal were chained and thrown into was made known, he would prison and are made to sweep frequently he detected in the market, hut that the prospect of kl? Cotton Gins and Colton the coming crop is so good as to Presses. bring the quotations down very considerably. On last Wednes day August futures in partic ular performed some most re markable gymnastic feats, the main feature being a grand tumble of sixteen points in the course of the day. The market has revived somewhat, however. We offer saw mill men and ginners the most complete outfits in the State and at bottom prices. Y. C BADHAM, GENERAL AGENT, COLUMBIA, S. C. (JT The Talbott Engines are the Best. Here you will find an elegant line of trimmed and untrimme 1 Hats. We have just added to our colossal st<K*k a new fresh line of the latest shapes, ex- j qnisite Mowers and other trimmings, crape, nunsveiling, in fact any- tliing apper'aining toa first class and stylish millinery. A call will convince anyone. Some very pretty white caps and hat* for children. Mull caps for infants in endless variety. Will be verv •Had to have you call. * C’ • Respectfnth/ yours, E. C. Rotholz. (6mts r Furnishing (Goods. STOVES, STOVES, STOVES the streets, with ball and chain act G f altering the amount of the although, as will be seen by ref locked to their feet, carry heavy , which he had nut tin erence to the official market re- stones and do other degrading ' ’ , . , L . ports, it has by no means gone work. After a protracted trial, the jury ^ to ’ the 1>oin £ from w hich the Thornton C. Hains and Ed- 1 rendered a verdict for the de- drop was made, ward A. Hannegan. two young fondants on June 9th. having For some time past the price men from Washington, who keen absent from the courtroom °f fatten has been very low, and IS, ()> IUUH'1'0 W', HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS, TIN WARE. HARDWARE. PUMPS, PIPING AND FITTINGS, OF EVERY DESCRIP TION. Til I ro- ik. ▲ *L> A *4 Amt Jemm ha/' . I A TT n i\i t rr i\ r A A A X jL W • Sir William were true. ^Ives somewhat out of pocket. The whole affair has placed there is but little chance of , ^ # 1 the market going up to the mark' th© Prince of W ales in a most quoted some months a^o, at unenviable plight. While it was least such appears to he the generally known that he was a general opinion, man of verv loose habits, the * ^ . Il . ow ^ reat full fight which is shed upon countrv , an ,i charleston has more stov'i- on hand than has been here at this time of the year in many seasons. There are now over 7,000 hales on hand in this city, and there wifi be no very rapid decrease, as no more cotton steamers wifi be here until September, xvhen the J. C. WHITE, his daily fife by all the develop ments at the trial have strongly aroused the indignation of the English nation, and his propen sity for card playing may cost the Prince hiscrown. The latest rumor is to the effect that he| .1. <4. MrCalT* Old Stand. April 15-lyr gan. They had been warm friends and were occupying the same room. On Tuesday of last week the jury refused to give damages to Sir William Gordon Cummings, the English nobleman who had sued several parties who accus ed him of cheating, and he is now in disgrace. This is the case in which the Prince of Wales appeared as a witness. Cummings does not seem much affected, however, as he was married the next day to Miss Florence Garner, of New York. 1 tiiiiYU ic* iv» me ciix7v. v vj — About eighteen months ago wi il shortly renounce his rights 8easou ,,f 0 P ens ’ Kafe Dickson, colored, killed „ , * v- I —— William Roster, also colored, at 40 tbe ,ucceS8,on 111 fav . or of bis , The A *vium Superintendency a railroad camp in Laurens eldest son. a story which does ,The State. Juno 12.j County. Nothing was heard of not seem so very improbable It was stated yesterday by one ,>f the murder at the time and a wben } t ] 8 borne in mind that, well acquainted with asvlum groceries, few weeks ago the Sheriff of , death of bis raother he matters, that Dr. James Evans, LIQUORS Laurens received information ... , , of Florence, had rec-ntlv been CIGARS and from Georgia, xvliere the mur- could be passed over for his son the position of superin- TOBACCO, derer had fled, that put him on hy a special act of Parliament, tendent of the asylum by the t&'*Th« tMUroeage of th** public i» the track of the murder. I*ast The monarchical form of gov- Governor and refused it. It was respectfully Koliritc.I week the murdered man’s body rnment j n England has been further stated that Governor nr Nothin* hut first-da** article* was found in a partially decay- ' , n . Tillman is finding it difficult to sold, and iK*rfcc' .atisfaction *uarau- oU state, and an inquest was gradual 1\ gro mg in secure a good man who wishes tc**d held. Steps will be taken to j with that large proportion of to take the responsibility of the or Choice Family Unx-cric* a capture the murderer ithe population known as the) position. {Specialty. Jau. s-tr. ilP.SSiliLC''- 'v '-‘‘.f ' - '/.Vi v’V- ai NOTICE TO SNSI HKIiS, Gey The Best Insurance For The Least Money. re- HANDSOME SPRING SUITS, all made in the very latest style. Straw Hats! Straw Hats! and Li late Reeling and Fronts a specialty. Satisfaction guaranteed on all work. TH E Lit ERFOOL & LOXDi IN A; HL( iBE INSFRANt’E (!0., «• Liverpool, ni ii ii England, i* the hr^t Fire Company in the world. Give n» a call and you will surely be THE .ETNA, of Hartford, Couuecticut, is ttn- largest of all the American pleased Fire Companies. THE IN Si: RANGE GOMPANV OF NORTH AMERICA, of Philadelphia, is larg the second largest of all American Fire Companies. THE HOME INSURANCE COMPANY, of New York rity, is the third Corner Publie Square and Main Street, estof ail American Fire Companies. MLiNNIU Ha* purrhaaed the very d,*siralile place of businera on Pearls Street kuown a* Tne TAi ei-n Store, and bus stoeked it with a choiee line THE HARTFORD, of Hartford. Connecticut, is the fourth largest of all the American Fire Com pan es. All of the above companies, and several others, represented in the a*'enev IF. IE. ISTORnviE^TT, Darlirgton, 5S. uL September 11, 1890. CAPS, BUGS and AND AT MATTING, ALL PH1CES. IN ALL STYLES * Jt ^15, 0. LUMSM'OU', iOooLsc-Utv, StUtioiYtV i\c\os(ItaU’r. Anything in the Stationery, Musical or Nov elty Line to be had at the JJarUmytcm ilooh ^tovc, B. O. BRISTOW, - - - Proprietor. full line of the Choicest tJM DCEBKES on hand at all seasons. * wmm.