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HENRY T. THOMPSON. - - Editor. The total population of the j ual, to this whole subject. United States, according to the 2. The Cotton Plant was census of last year, is 62,622,260.; represented at the debate. 3. The file of this paper ; by its branch to the C., 8. ahd ' N. as merely such a branch. It Gen. T. W. Harris, of West Thnrsday, Sept. 10, 1891. EDITORAL NOTES. The city of The Dales, Oregon, was visited by a $665,000 fire last week. Mr. Zack nent farmer western portion of Kershaw County, committed suicide on Friday. William Allen, a negro who killed an officer while resisting arrest, was lynched in Tatnall County, Georgia, on Wednes day of last week. is thought that some road from the Northwest—seeing Flor ence’s enterprise in the matter— will seize upon this as its con necting link and push forward bate had not a word, editorially —on to Georgetown for a con fer tlial the firet issue after I or °the rw i8e> about the debate, nection with the sea. Then, W^r J that jSeS^ D^Irt The speeches might have been with our fair city on a great ■ind certain members of his cab- to rest upon their merit, trunk line—binding the North- inet were interested in anil en- But after the news l ,a P« r suppor- ern States by the ties of corr- ! tb. ■>uunBair,>.f i<.n nf ters of the Senator, in every pos- merce to the markets of Europe. Truerdel . ororai- SX ,he a.b.e way, »u K ht W pre/ulfee ™«,r to haadfe our pmlucw- who lived ^in the! ^ the Alliance side of the discus- we may count on an addition of It is now reported from At- sion, and after the Senator him- ten thousand to our population lantathat President Livingston, self gave an interview in Wash- in two years. This plan should of the Georgia Alliance, who is ington, in which he was repre- not be treated with the careless also a Congressman-elect, wrote; sented as claiming everything, scepticism, the indifference so a resolution in favor of the force having “completely used up two generally observed towards—so ce bill for presentation at the l subtreasury champions in joint richly deserved by the majority Ocala convention of the Farm-1 debate at Prosperity,” it seemed of the railroad projects of the ers Alliance, but that he subse-! not improper in the Cotton day. They are, most of them, queutly tore the resolution upj Plant to point out some of the but money making schemes— A party of highwaymen held on account of the pressure i vulnerable points of the Sena- railroads existing now and for up a train in Colorado one night bought against him. tor’s speech. ever on paperonly. Thescheme last week and robbed the ex- Louis Bulling was hanged at i, 4 ’ All reference to the particu- here proposed however is not press car of $3,600 and the fire-; Savannah, Missouri, on Friday lar n lf tter , the . Benat0 y , ob ^ ect8 P lere y fanciful - It is founded man ofhis gold watch. f or wife murder. During his to, after the August 8th issue m reason, on sound business i4 a ii was in repelling the assaults of principles. Much sooner than Dr. Charles E. Ballard shot Hip the Senator's newspaper friends, we to-day perhaps think pos- and killed his sweetheart, Miss • , " , -ion he w * 10 apparently felt charged sible, this now dazzling future Bertha Ison, who refused to ° , with the defence of the Senator's mav become a sober reality, marrv him, at Bloomington, 111- ^‘ ot himself in two p aces. t , laniruaire None of inois. on Monday. He then kill- Nevertheless he was carried to reporte.l language, ed himself. I “'e gallows bleeding, cursing ! and screaming and was sent in- While attending a picnic at! to eternity. On the same day Quattlebam’s mill, in Lexington i Frank Danford, colored, was NOTICE 1 (Tltcriuu Darlington AM) Cheraiu $c ^alislmvy Wilmixgtox, N. C., Sei>tcui'>er 4th, 18U1. | The following descrilKHl uiulelivered freight huving reiuuined in warehouse* of these companies six months or more, according to law, will be sold at Pub- j lie Auction, in the City of Dalington, S. C., on the 6th day of October, 1891. j Sale to take place in front of the Court House, beginning at 11 o’clock, A. M.: | County on Thursday last. Miss hanged in Augusta for .nurder- Alice Smith, a highly connect- i ny a colored woman, ed young lady of that section, was drowned. language. | them until one last week, so far as I know, questioned the pos sibility of the language being inaccurate ; nor did such possi bility ever occur to my mind. They accepted the phraseology as unquestionably correct, but denied my construction of it, without giving any rational meaning. 5. I was an invited guest at Notice. Notice is hereby given by the Board of Corporators of The Colored Indus trial, Mechanical and Agricultural Fair Association that the Books of Subscription to the Capital Stock of said Association will be opened at the office of C. P. Dargan, Esq., on Sep- ’ tember 7th, 1891. SAM’LK. SMITH, Secretary of Board of Corporators. | Sept. 2, 1881. CONSIGNEE. Order, Notify G. G. Watson G. E. Atkins I* A. Moore J. L. Johnson J Rosenberg Order, Notify S. S. Dreher B. W. Wingate W. F. Dargan W D. Houston J. K. Mclver A. Blackman G. W. Kirby E. M. Price J. A. Melntire A. J Mathesou 1). K. Davis J. A. Huggins Order, Notify J. F. Edwards J. S. Brock T. M. EMERSON, Traffic Manager. DESTINATION. Darlington, 8. C. Doves, S.C. Cheraw, S. C. DATE RE CEIVED. Sept. 9, ’80 Oct. 20, ’90 May 1, ’89 Dec. 10, ’89 April 9. ’90 Dec. 6, '90 Dec. 18, '90 Sept. 27, '88 Mar 15, '89 Oct. 6, '88 Mar. 19, ’90 Nov. 11, ’90 June 8, ’87 Dec. 16, ’87 Dec. 16, ’87 Dec. 14, ’89 Mar. — ’90 Dec. 1, ’90 Jan. 28, ’91 ARTICLES. 4 S Stones 1 bx alligator lids , 7 bxs drugs 1 organ stool 1 case 2 b> s meat 8 bbls molasses 1 cleaner 1 pr shafts 8 bbls molasses 1 hbl 1 oil 1 caddy tobacco : 1 trunk (crated) 1 box 1 box 1 empty keg 1 bill hh goods 1 hbl springs 1 bx hardware ‘Costly tby habit as thy purse can buy, ( But not expressed in fancy; rich, not gaudy ! For the apparel oft proclaims the man.” —Hamlet. How to dress with the greatest taste is a problem which has interested the world since the time when man (and woman, too, for that matter) was limited, in making a se lection, to the choice of forest leaves. The rule laid down by “the melancholy Dane” for dressing in taste has been the established law of the fash ionable world for three centuries. An opportunity is offered the people of Darlington of dressing in accordance with it by calling at moods Cv moods' where is to be found a fab and winter stock of goods, all of the very latest styles, which will delight the men as much as the ladies of the community. H. M. EMERSON, Assxi!<taiit General Freight Agent. Since the recent disaxtroiiH fire from which lie xulTered so severely Dr. Trim A. Bcyd „ r ,.. . . . J POLITICS IN NEW YORK. While a tram was running at full speed near Denison Station,! The political situation in the Arizona, on Tuesday of last State of New York is becoming Prosperity as much as was the week, a c ar of powder blew up, ver y comnlicated and as that Senator—had never been there Si on “ Wh ° Were nd ' i state >8 an important factor in ' before, and hence was entitled ing on top oi ii. . i i;*- *i to the same consideration claim- The uchooner Fannoni. wa» pr ° grm ' ° f ed by him en that score, recently wrecked off the Hawaii- events Wlthin ,ts borders a r e Asa matter of fact, 1 hail no an Islands, in the Pacific ocean, watched closely throughout the more to do with arranging the The captain, his wife and three country. Hon. David B. Hill order of debate than the Senator, children, together with thecrew hag twice been elected Govern- i The customary order of debate of seven men were nil drowned * xi tn x i was fixed upon by the commit- Z , ’ , ; or hy the Democrats and wasre- tee and j a^epted it. Certain- i he weather crop bulletin for cently elected United States Sen- ly I had no desire to take anv • 8h ,r any “tor- As he has not resigned advantage, and don’t consider dition of the crops. The injury th « Governorship he holds a any umler the ar ' to cotton in South Carolina is j novel position, occupying two i;. By reading the whole cor- estimated at 20 to 30 per cent. I soft berths at once, the guber- respondence, published in the The war cloud that has been natorial chair and a seat in the issue of August 8, it will be seen gathering over Europe for some' Senate. There is a growing im- t ^ at tBe original arrangement time is growing larger and the • ti:n mi • . was made either “for myself or daily papers Ire full of what! pre “ ,0n that H' 11 7* 11 ^ I some representative man ” Col seems to be an approaching com ® a candidate for (rovernor Livingston was under engage- crisis in the affairs of that con- and in the event of his election ment in this State, and I felt nr A continuance tinent. he will be at once Governor sure he would meet the Senator: patronage which has been accorded On Thursday, Richard N„»h, Q«v«r„or.eleo. and Senator: hut did not feol free to make the — „„ - , arrangement for him without an engineer on a fast train, i elect. Should he be re-elected Hrst Consulting him. He was the look °ut, was Governor he will resign the not present because he was sick; near Oreville Pennsvlvanb, ami ^"atorship, for he will have and I mis d an engagement to S 8 f h ^ d hT a T r rapfetely 8ever -'!, 8 !! 0Wn )' n C °T y r h ! What is my individual recol- ed from his body. has a firm hold on the greatest lection 0 f what the Senator W. A. W. Spotswood,a veter- State in the Union and can say said? To be frank, 1 understood an of three wars, died in Mobile to the Democrats of the United him to say substontially what on Monday. As a surgeon in States: “Thrice have I been the News and Courier, Herald the United States Navy he ser- i « e xr x- i vedinthe Florida and Mexican elected Governor of New York and once United States Senator, thus, politically speaking, I own the State, and as New York is necessary to Democratic suc cess you are compelled to nomi-1 gentlemen present understood nate me as your candidate for him to say. I was amazed, as- President.” I tounded, indignant at such an But the question is can Hill| utt ? raace , 8Ucb a source, a ii T, t • a a i and noted it down for reply, as do dll this. Lieutenant Gov- up- notes show. iernor Jones has signified his Why did I not reply to it that people in the j willingness to become an inde- 1 day ? It does seemtliatthe Sen- has purchased the xtock of Dr. W. J. ! Garner, and has leased the latter's desirable business stand on the West side of the Public Square for a term of years. Here his friends and patrons will And him in the future provide 1 as heretofore with a large and select assoi tment of DRUGS, MEDICINES, TOILET ARTICLES. FANCY ARTICLES, &C„ &C. of the libera _ i aci him in the past is respectfully solicit ed. Jan. 15-tf. Darliigtoii Sloe Store, IN THE HEWITT BLOCK. MT!I SIDE OF T1IE Sljl lKE, IVLAKES A. SIPE C^IA.TjT'^T OE !< 1 STOVES, STOVES, STOVES Wars. During the last war he was a surgeon in the Confede rate States Navy. The Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Journal, a Democratic news paper, estimates that at least five sixth of the Democrats of the country are to-day in favor of the renomination of Mr. Cleveland for President next year. The colored and Sewx and the Press and Re porter represented him as say- ing—just what Col. Talbert and Dr. Pope understood him to say, as will be seen by their utteran ; ces reproduced on another page, and just what a number of other HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS, TIN WARE, HARDWARE, PUMPS, PIPING AND FITTINGS, OF EVERY DESCRIP TION. Tin and 21ate Roofing and Fronts a specialty. Satisfaction guaranteed on ail work. Give us a call and you will surely be pleased J. C. WHITE, Corner Public Square and Main Street. J. G. McCall's Old Stand. Sitts In Laiits, Mm, bes asa mm, Mk Saola, Sloe Polish, Ffsiol Miags sti Sloe Strap, IfatiiliagSagsaoilllnhllas, Sole Loath Talisos asi Hob. An Elegant Line of Men’s Stiff Hats, Of the very latest mode. Ladies’ SHOES A Large and Varied Assortment of tea Cooi: ail Tmiags, Lillies, Missos aai Cliliros's Cloaks Shiltta’s 'Bcady-Bmlt Jlrf.s.sc.s: JVlni’s (fUrtlnng, JMiots cud Carpets, l[ucs, k. A Complete Line of Choice Family C3r :r o o e iri © s always on hand. Our many Customer throughout the County are always ! welcome to our Headquarters oa Orange Street. Woods & Woods. << morning April 16-lvr rp Vi p ll -p+ ot making purchases A u j g not j n buying the t pi ’ have a reply. I used an hour generally the dearest; the southwestern States, memhers : pendent Democratic candidate ! ator ® hould kao ^ the t of the colored Farmers Alliance, * n i u u i j meeting was broken up by rain have set a movement on foot for 0overnor a » d 8h ould he do It was agree d that each of us whereby they refuse to pick so the fight will be triangular, should have an hour and a half. cotton before November 1 for He may draw off from Hill I was to divide my time so as to the lowest priced goods, for they are less than one dollar per hundred enough Democratic votes to have a reply. I used an hour generally the dearest; the cheapest pounds. , ... „ ... ... and four minutes in opening, are always those you buy which are elect the Kepubhcan candidate. Th« Senator was allowed to ev- the Uest for the money. 8f)hBerK k wh t n n wer5l t m n i Bnt tb h A * ain ‘ s trong opposition to Hill tend his remarks to about two If you wish a Unt-claie article in in any Southern Market- battle of Lundy’s Lane seventh iR beinff deve,oped in theprima * hours ’ with the understanding | our line, such as seven years ago, were duK up ries for delegates to the nomina-, tbat 1 ^*°uld have a like exten- at Drummondville, Canada, on ting convention and he may not S10n ' ^ , 118 w °u' < i have given me Friday. Some of 'the uniforms be able to control that body, i K ampSotes^o Siw^ha i 8, ;'v he 0 r rnor ,r r 7 puw ' ; l r. i. he rain ft fn . F erful in politics and there is no about fifteen minutes, and after During the debate on Friday tellimr what he mav he ahlo to diuna 1, 1 could not well continue in the Tennessee State Senate , * xf* i 7 ^ a,1W tU t0 evemif ray voice had admitted on the recent trouble with the do ’ but ’ in tbe mea ntime, the At all prices, from the celebrated Edwin C. Hart's at $4, S~> and $0 a pair, to the very coarsest at 7acts a pair. ALL THINGS COME TO THOSE WHO WAIT,” May sound well to the Philosopher, but “Hustle or Get Left” Has a true ring to the buying public this season. If there ever was a time when you felt that your dollars must do a double duty or they will get left, that time is now. Dia miners, Senator A lexander call- <m! Senator Riley an infamous liar. For a while there was danger of a fight, but both men finally apologized to the Senate and to each other. my of it, because country at large awaits with disappeared, interest the outcome of the much ~ mixed condition of affairs. the Senator had TT1HT 1 n Q wiillUli wlvjy nfrlipo CL UWAA wwy W: We Guarantee the very Finest Line of G^ods to be had No Effort Will Be Spared To Please Our Customers.-- TpW U W AA elry. SilverY/are, or Clocks, Stokes’ Reply to Butler. The following is a portion of The mail which left Japan on Dr. J. William Stokes’ reply to August 19 arrived in New York ! Senator Butler which appeared on September 2, having made in the Co/fon/7anf of last week, the trip in twelve days. The We regret that space forbids us run across the continent was publishing it in its entirety, made in three days, being the j “The attention of our readers is fastest time on record. At invited to acommunication from many times during the trip Senator Butler anent the Pros The statement that the Sena tor was not a farmer was made in good faith on information. I Please give us a trial, and if we don’t ! am glad to be corrected if my in- give you more for your money than formation was incorrect. ” Tapping the C. S. and N. [Florence Messenger.] A project is on foot which well deserves the consideration of the people of Florence. Sum ter. Darlington and Bennetts- you can get elsewhere, Charleston not excepted, we will forfeit the price of the purchased article. SULZBACHER k SON.! Ice! Woods & Milling, Proprietors. Ice! Trp Iww mer months a large supply of _ ville are rejoicing over the oom- more than a mile was made in perity debate and certain editor- pletion of the Charleston, Sum- , J a minute. ial comments thereon in the Co/- ter and Northern Railroad. It I **» keep on hand dunng the row- A band of robbers exploded a Pl( -! l J\ 1? v i ew of th ? abu ' S ive8 Sum t er a, >d Darlington dynamite cartridge against a 81V * ep' 1 ™ 18 the Senator is re-new connections with each window of an express car near P 0 ^ to l J iave lnda, Ked in refer- other, with Bennettsville and Samuel, Texas, on Tuesday P j P ^ r , in i n f 1 r ? cent w ith Charleston. And to Ben- night of last week The car . hevi v e and ® d 8 e neld inter- nettsville it gives direct access was greatly damaged by the ex- 1 I con ? i<1 1 er to the sea - Until now the on >y plosion and the express mes- 1 ^ , e bena t° r had placed the railroad running into Marlboro senger was stunned. The rob- w ‘ u) ' e matter beyond the pale of County—oneoftheriohestfarm- bers then stole about $10,000. j courteous reply or even notice, ing sections of the State—was ICE- But as his communication to At Livingston, Tennessee, on the Colton Plant is couched in Sunday night, the family of, language of a courteous nature, William Smith went to church, and presents a personal griev- leaving two girls, aged 17 and ance of unjustice done him by 19, in the house alone. During the Cotton Plant, I shall notice the absence of the family both again the points he refers to. which will be furnished my customer at the lowest market priee. S. KALMUS. t2T The trade Supplied with freshly bottled beer and soda water. May 14-tf People’s Bank OF the Yadkin Valley Railroad, j And it carried cotton from Ben- | nettsville, S. C., across the whole State of North Carolina to Norfolk, Ya.! No wonder the arrival of the C., S. and N. | . . , , y *. — - 1 Railroad was hailed with joy. girls were murdered and the The committee in charge at It is proposed now that Florence house was set on fire and their Prosperity, as well as myself, shall share in the benefit which bodies were burned up. were justly surprised and indig- is so reasonably expected to re- A portion of the Farmers Al- na .' lt wbea vb e ^ a ' r mai1 wt ‘ had suit from this new road. The liance in Iowa, which is in favor taken j 4 "? Senator to be unfairly design is to connect this point of carrying the order into pol- H a if ted the ground of debate, with the C., S. and N. To do Hies, has withdrawn from the 'u face °‘their protest., this will require but from eight order and organized a new alii- . ®t when he comes, now as the j to ten miles of road. The con- ance to he known as the South- lr 'J u i red party .asking fairness at ■ nection would be made at some ern Alliance and the fight be- [' le ba , 8 °t the Cotton Plant \ point west of Darlington. It tween the two factions, which a K a 'a an< i always be; will not in all probability has already begun, promises to . L 1 ? 64 and ac c'° r ded a hear be necessary to obtain a charter be hot. i in .K- *he ear of the (.otton' from the Legislature. The Sec- tt w i . 4.L I audience will never be retary of State is empowered Harmon Murray, colored, the denied Bn honest ciaim for jus- to grant permission to mining h2!Tin 8 i * londa ou tlaw, who tice that is couched in courteous and manufacturing companies Inf Lilli 8 ® Ven f® u’ and fair lan ^ ua » e - ^ore an- to build not exceeding ten miles A™ Arch l er * that ’ 8we rmg the Senator’s questions, of track, even condemning lan.l I vlril’ . ^ y 1 - Hardy l ‘ ow ever, we ask attention to for that purpose. Few, if anv, 0 ..... n j i ur ul m. ar t ’ a co . 1 ,? red lad . of A 7 7 earii - Home general considerations: bridges will be neceseary—the SaYID^ IS {116 KOaC lO Weallfl. is RU arant<*d a* Da rlington. per cent Interest paid on lime depos- ! Brunson, Lunn & Co. Beg to inform their triends ami the public generally that they have opened up a first class stork of GOODS, NOTIONS. DRESS GOODS, BLACK SILKS, DRESS TRIMMINGS and MANY NOVELTIES.-^r SHOES. In this department their st x-k cannot be excelled. Their ladies and misses’ line Shoes are manufactured by Clements & Ball. Their men’s line Shoos are manufactured by Hess & Bro. In fact they sell all styles and prices. Toucan bay from their establishment a respectable solid button ladies' Shoe for $1.00 per pair. CUNTS’ FURNISHING GOODS, If you want a suit of perfect fitting clothes, this establishment is the place to go. and the prices are so very reasonable All grades and styles are to be fonnd in this department. BATS,SHIRTS, , UNDERWEAR, NECKWEAR, ETC., In Kudless Variety. stock Realizing this condition we come before the trade offering inducements that cannot be equaled. We do not ask your patronage simply for friendship’s sake, n >r for past favors, but we coins* as honest business men and ask your trade for the dollars and cents we will save you. With pluck, energy and an unerring judgment, backed by t >e ALMIGHTY AMERICAN 1 OLLAR. we have secured BARGAINS that no ninety day CREDIT CONCERN can ho r e to reach. We are no longer strangers among you, hut have proven the past four years that we fulfil every promise we make. We now propose o sell you goo's at prices to meet those of your cotton. With many thanks to the public lor the very liberal patron age of the past, we respectfully invite everyone to call at our new stand and we will prove th it vre aic still The Leaders of Lov Price:. Very respectfully, A. J. BROOM. Willcox’s Old Drug Store. j4-a f*i»r,vr) flnv of (Ip- They also carry in * Glassy are, Willow if are. Hardware, Gtoceries, posit. The boy will get the $1,500 re ward offered for the outlaw who had terrorized that section of the State. 1. Tlie Senator justly recog- expense per mile willbeverv mzed the difference between the light. But it is expected—and relation of the debater and the editor, though the same individ- with good foundation for it— i that not only will Florence gain; E. KEITH DARGAN, President. W. A. GARRIGAN, Vice President. H. L. CHARLES. Cashier. at Wholesale and Retail. These gentlemen wish it understood that everything that leaves their place represented. They hope to merit your trade by dealing fairly and squarely, anil at prices consistent with tire low price of cotton. HT Remember the place—North side Public Square, in the Hewitt Block. 1 M. G. ALEXANDER HAS REMOVED | Prom the store on the Public Square to the corner Pear! and Grove Streets, which has been fitted up very handsomely. It is an old home made new. The usual full stock of GROCERIES. WINES, LIQUORS, TOBACCO AND CIGARS can be found there. A LARGE LOT OF SHINGLES ON HAND FOR SALE. Large Quantities nt Goods are being received daily and the many ens- omer* of this well km wn establishment throughout Darlington County ajre guaranteed that a continuance ot their patronage will mean for them “The Best Goods for the Least Money.” ■ 'tel Ifc-: , C j.-