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VOL. XVIII, NO. 48. arlimtfotx DARLINGTON, S. G, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2(1, 1891. WHOLE NUMBER 879. LOCALS. Darlingtcn Cotton Market. Wrek Emllng WtHinemlay, N«.v. liiHiil Middling Middling Strii t laiwlkiddling J/.w Middling as. 7f • 7i . 7 ...ej To-day in Tlianksgiving Day. Miss Olive Brown, of Ander son, is visiting the Misses Ed wards. Miss Maggie Cofield, of Spar tanburg, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. A. M. Woods. Miss Mary Stead, of Marion County, is visiting her sister, Mrs. W. B. MeGirt Capt. and Mrs. John McFall, of Greenville, are visiting their son, Mr. A. C. McFall. The colored Farmers’Alliance of Darlington County met in the town hall on Saturday. Messrs Race & Sumner, of Society Hill, advertise the dis solution of their copartnership. A pocket hook, containing a sum of money which was found recently is advertised in this issue. MissesLulaand FannieHayns- worth, of Sumter, are in town on a visit to their aunt, Mrs. H. L. Charles. Rev. C. B. Smith, of Ander son, will preach in the Meth odist Church nextSunday morn ing and night. A show is being exhibited in a. small tent on Pearl Street and a “merry-go-round” has located also on that street. Mr. W. Witcover advertises that he will pay the highest market prices for all kinds of hides except cowhides. Mr. Walter Dargan publishes a notice in this issue, which will be of interest to persons de siring first class lumber. Work lias been commenced on the residence, which Mr. McC. Willis will erect on the corner of Cashua and Spring Streets. Messrs. Harry Ryttenherg and Henry Harby and Capt. J. A. Brand, all of Sumter, were in town on Monday on business. The Jefferson Creek Free Will Baptist Association will meet at St. Beulah Baptist Church, Florence County, on the 20 inst. Look out for the Christmas advertisement of the Darling ton Bookstoro, which will ap pear in the next issue of The News. The total number of applica tions for admission into Clem- son College has reached 870, and of these 25 are from Darlington County. Stowe’s Colossal Railroad Shows will visit Darlington next Saturday, Nov. 28. The press throughout the country speak well of it. A party advertises in The News that he wishes to secure a position asmanagorof a farm. He has had experience and can give recommendations. Messrs Wilcox, Gibbs & Co., of Charleston, whose guano has been used for more than a quar ter of a century, publish an ad vertisement in this issue. Rev. J. G. Law will conduct services at Ebenezer on Sunday afternoon at J o’clock. There will he no services in the Pres byterian Church Sunday night. The Darlington cotton market is somewhat firmer than it was last week. The price has risen about 1 and the receipts are very good for this time of the year. The subject for the meeting of the Young Men’s Christian Association on Sunday after noon next is, “The Ever Present Friend”, Matthew, XXVIII, 20; John XIV, 1G-18. Thanksgiving services will be held in the Presbyterian Church this morning at 11.30 o’clock. During the services a collection will be taken up for the Thorn- well Orphanage. A colored school will be open ed at Mary Magdalene Baptist Church, this County, on Dec ember 7. Rev. J. 'f. Johnson will be principal and E. Paul and Mrs. Ella Copeland assist- THE JAMES CASE CA IRIED TO THE SUPREME COURT ON TUESDAY. Solicitor Johnson Endeavors to Have Jos. W. James Executed To-Mor- row» But the Supreme Court Overrules the Motion. Solicitor Johnson served no IN A BAD PLIGHT. Sun « PROGRAMME Phantasma Company Almost Stranded in Darlington. accordance with the an nouncement previously made, Sun’s Phantasma and Novelty Company appeared in the Opera House on Friday night. The performance was very credita ble. but the audience was small In OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA CONFER ENCE, M. E. CHURCH, SOUTH. Which Convenes in Darlington on Wednesday of Next Week.—An Im portant Occasion. The South Carolina Confer- Lodge Meeting. MT. ELON. At a meeting of St. David’s —Mr L. Z. Hicks will remove Lodge, A. F. M., last week Judge to Hartsville this week. A GREAT RAILROAD SYSTEM. Izlar was present and, by invi tation, delivered an address on masonry which was pronounced by those who heard it to have been most admirable. uwi.i.oui, served no- uie. uiu me audience was small f 4l ,, , ticeon.counsel for Jos. W. James and the company did not make ence °t the Methodist Episcopal a few days ago to the effect tbit lnuch mon °y that night. They Church, South, will convene in STOKES BRIDGE. —Most of the farmers this A NEW LINE TO THE VALLEY OF VIRGINIA. It Will Be of Benefit to Many Cities and Towns and Darlington Will Get Her Share. [Baltimore Manufacturers’ Record.] A recent meeting of railroad when the Supreme Court met on Tuesday 'of this week, he would move that his case be dropped from the docket of that remained over and played again annual session in Darlington on n *ght andthe an- Wednesday morning of next dience was even smaller than ■ .... . „ . . . on the preceding night. To add Week ’ 1 he followln « 18 asmuch to their troubles the company of thl> programme as can be ob- court on Hio .i . became involved in a legal com- tained before the Conference cour o n the g ound that the ; plication with the manager of meets- question raised by the defense | the opera house at Sumter. They was not appealable, the object w-ere in a bad plight, but the of the prosecution evidently be- c * t '? t ‘ ns tbe town came to ing to have James executed to- K r ®?, CU< ” st,t ‘ led the tr l ouble — - - " Ath the Sumter opera house manager, and aided them in many other ways. On Monday night the citizens gave the com pany a complimentary benefit, that is, they patronized their performance on that night very for j liberally. In this manner thei I company was enabled to raise j money enough to leave town and J they left for Chester on Tuesday. [ They have an engagement to i give a performance at that | place. morrow (Friday, Nov. 27), the day originally appointed by Judge Izlar. Argument on the Solicitor s motion was made in the Supreme Court on Tuesday. The court reserved its decision until Wednesday, so that the result was not known in Dar lington until after twelve o’clock on that day, less than forty-, eight hours from the time set i for the execution. In the mean time the Sheriff had made all the arrangements for the erec-1 tion of the scaffold in the jail; this was put an end to, however, by the receipt of a telegram J stating that the Supreme Court j had refused to grant the Solici- j tor’s motion, taking the ground 1 that the case wax appealable, 1 of the Xeim an<\ Courier, under and that it should come up in date of the 21 inst., says: “At a its regular order, as was origi- recent meeting of the Bishop- aally intended, when the Fourth ville Guards the following ofii Circuit is called in January. LOSSES ADJUSTED. Re- A Statement of the Losses at the cent Pearl Street Fire. The adjustment of the losses sustained at the recent fire on Pearl Street is about completed. Ever since the fire the insurance adjusters have been busily engaged on the work. The following is a statement of the losses and insurance: M. Han ley, building and furniture loss $1,200, insurance, $1,000; M. Manne, buildings loss $2,500, insurance $2,000, stock, furni ture and piano, loss not yet as certained, insurance $5,460; G. O. Mertz, building loss $1,500, covered by insurance, stock loss $1,600, covered by insurant'; M. C. Alexander, stock loss $750, covered by insurance, building loss not ascertained, insurance $1,000; J. Goldman, $500, no insurance; M. and M. F. Lide, H. Hennig and A. sustained slight damages their buildings but insurance will cover the losses. J. Bul- cken, West & Honour, Block & Hyman. H. Hennig and A. Weinberg met with small losses on stock, but in each of these cases the losses were also cover ed by insurance. stock loss Misses L On Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock the Board of Missions will meet in the Methodist Church. During the day five committees will examine the five classes, consisting of appli- cants for the ministry and those who have been in the ministry one, two, three and four years. The examination will be upon the prescribed courses in theology On Tuesday night the Historical Society of the Conference will meet in the Methodist Church at 7:30 o’clock and will be addressed by Rev. Samuel Weber, A. M., of Aiken. On Wednesday morning at 9:30 the regular session of the Conference will be convened in , the Methodist Church, Bishop The B.shopviHe correspondent j ohn c Cranberry. 1). D.. of Virginia, presiding. The first thing to be done will be the election of officers for the next Conference year. The work of the Conference will consist mainly of hearing reports from the several boards and commit- , , tees and receiving the reports, it ^arborough, 1st sergeant: financial and spiritual, from the —We were mistaken in re porting that Miss Hoskins Gresh am is teaching in our school It should have been Miss Juliette G. Hoskins. —Rev. G. T. Gresham preach ed a good sermon tin Nun day last from the text, “Search the section are through gathering Scriptures.” We trust that his their crops. remarks will be adhered to by officials at Charleston, S. C., and —We are having beautiful tbe congregation. reliable information as to why weather for sdWing small grain. —Mr. Robert Josey, a son of they met and what they decided Some few who so«ed early have Mr. R M. Josey of this place, to do, leads the Charleston AYtc.s very good stands. "ho accept*d a position with -Mr M inters, of Society Hill, wore locate d i„ Lydia, will con- passed through our section last timle with them a ’ t Hartsville. week putting up sign boards at ... the cross roads, which will be a cartersville great help to travelers. _ The ]ittI( . daughter of An-, —The horse drovers find this | drew Grice, colored, was burn- prediction does not seem to be a very good place to sell horses, ed to death near here on Wed- premature. On the contrary, nesday of last week. j there is every reason to expect Miss Lou Keith, of Tim-; that it will be fulfilled, for it is mousville, has resumed charge of the school at Fair Hope Church near this place. —Farmers have about finish ed gathering their crops. The cotton crop will not reach much over two thirds of an average crop. Corn, potatoes, etc, are and Courier to rejoice editorial ly, saying: “Charleston will be- jeome the terminus of another great railroad system by the first J of th3 new year.” This joyful One drover has sold out his lot and left and two others have just arrived. JASPER. —Mr. Walter Vaughn will soon leave the Lake Swamp community. He is now busily engaged in building a cottage at his future place of residence. Mr. T. I). Andrews, who has been sick 'so long, died on near or 'l'" 40 an average. the bishopville guards. Equipped With a Full Set of Officers and “Sized Up.” the morning of the 20 inst. His remains were interred in Lake Swamp Cemetery on the follow ing day, Rev. Mr. Richardson officiating. The deceased join- Rev. E. H. Burris, pastor of the Baptist Church, lias resign ed and Rev. Mr. Morrail, of Allendale, S. C., has been call ed to fill the vacancy. He has cers were elected: W. S. James, captain; W. R. Law, 1st lieuten ant; G. F. Parrott, 2d lieutenant; J. M. Spears, 3d lieutenant; J. II. W. Scarborough, 2d sergeant; T. E. Baskin, 3d sergeant; Geo. W. Rogers, 4th sergeant; W. L. Parrott, secretary and treasurer. The company will be fully equipped in the near future. A tailor came down last week and “sized up” the boys, and hence they expect their uniforms with in ten or fifteen days.” . — Church Officers. At a meeting of the congre- j various charges in the ; State through their pastors. Every preacher’s name will also be called and his character passed upon. One day’s pro ceedings will not differ material ly from another’s. The Confer ence will probably adjourn on \ the Monday following. | There will be no night sessions i of the Conference, but every I night either a sermon or a pub lic address will be delivered in g a t i o n of the Presbyterian the Methodist Church and prob- Church, on Sunday, just after ably in other churches. The the morning services, the fol- arrangements for Sunday ser- lowing additional Elders and vices have not yet been complet- Deacons were elected: Elders— ed, but there will be services in Patterson Wardlaw, W. A. Law all of the churches, both on that ed the Lake Swamp Baptist; accepted and will preach his Church some thirty years ago drs t sermon here on Sunday and has ever been faithful in ! next. the discharge of his Christian —On Thursday night of last duties. His end was peaceful. ] week a forage house on the bidding farewell to his beloved plantation of Mr. J. A. McGee ones and requesting them to | was burned. The house con tained about rive thousand pounds of forage. On Sunday night the barn and stables of Mr. Wilbur Woodham, a neigh bor of Mr. McGee, was burned together with a lot of corn, fod der, etc These fires are sup- meet him on the other shore. LYDIA. and! and L. W. Dick; Deacons—A.. C. McFall. M Bonnoitt, C. H. Walsh, and A. S. Mclver. These officers will —Cotton is about out, farmers are low-spirted. —Capt. W. H. Thomas is still improving. —Miss Dickerson, of Darling ton, is to t:<ke charge of the Lydia school this session —Mr. M. Marco has just re turned from visiting his family in Baltimore. —Misses Mattie King and Clara Crosswell spent Sunday in our town. —Judging from the letters quite as much for the interest of the several railroads thrt evi dently intend to establish a sys tem of quick freight and pas senger transportation between the valley of Virginia and i Charleston harbor that it should : be done, as it is for the business men of that lovely seaport city. But to Charleston’s merchants, manufacturers and capitalists, the establishment of the new system will have an interest en tirely apart from considerations j of business and profits. It is now some sixty years since South Carolina’s most emi- no it statesman and most devoted citizen. John C. Calhoun, used the great powers of his intellect and influence in advocating the construction of a railroad across the mountains, so that Charles ton might be joined to the Ohio Valley and the granaries of the then developing West. His ideas supported by the anes. CHERAW IN LUCK. morning and night. Sometime during the week, Rev. A. Coke Smith. D. D., will preach a be installed at an special sermon, by invitation, to M. Marco, ( ’ ar ly da y- A meeting of the the Young Men’s Christian As- Weinberg congregation lias been called sociation. for Sunday, after the morning The session of the Conference ■ services, and a full attendance will be a great occasion for Dar-: is requested as business of ini- lington. Within the town limits portance it* to be transacted. will be assembled representa- ...... tives from every city, town,| village, hamlet and country community in the State. But County Colored ^are miles of South Caro- - - lina will not be represented, and this will be the more readily understood when it will be re membered that every Methodist Church in the State has a pas tor Besides th; many prominent ministers of South Carolina that will be present, a number from attended the State Fair. I ■ —Mr. James Tedder, of Flor ence, recently gave a magic lantern exhibition in the school | house at this place. —The attendance at ourschool j is improving, now that the cot- * .u a* f" ton picking season is over, and passing through the office to w P dj » , time for the one of our young ladies, there fnp th , will be some cake baked short ly. 1 * 1 if J- i were Jicblj posed to be the work of incendt-1 capitalists, business men and the Legislature of South Caroli na. Considerable money was , , , • , , , expended by individuals and A f e' v . of our neighborbors thc State be f ore it was found | that neither capital nor the req- j uisite engineering skill were ob- GREEN PLAINS. 1 teacher for ! months. the next three tainable for what was then a stupendous and unprecedented undertaking. But while the en terprise failed at the time the idea was never forgotten nor the scheme abandoned by Charles ton, and whenever any reasona ble plan for accomplishing the iesired end was presented to her —Miss Ella King, of this the residence place, spent last week with I friends in Sumter. A hot supper was given at , )e0 p] e it was carefully consid- e resilience of Mr John \Y \ t -r i a i.i . The Colored Fair. The first annual fair Darlington of the Agricultural and Mechanical P air Company began yesterday. It was intended that it should A Large Factory Will Be Located There ,,e « in Tuesday, but Owing to ° mi** vninn mIp r* i rr»n m era n noe flip by Northern Capitalists. unavoidable circumstances the opening was delayed. A good crowd of colored people are in attendance. The exhibits are very creditable and include dis It appears that old Cheraw’s time lias come, for we under stand that a party of Boston , v ,., „ 1IV . capitalists have decided to lo plays in the household depart-1 0 * ;bo , r ^^ a } es are e *P e<d;ed a *‘ ca’e a large cordage factory nient, fancy work, field crops, t ell d. Among these there. The capital stock of the cattle, horses, etc. The fair mention, factory is $250,000, of which will continue until to-morrow uerry, Re v afternoon. Cheraw is to furnish $15,000. The people of Cheraw are to furnish this small portion of the capital stock as an evidence of good faith and in order to have the town interested in the enter prise. Cheraw has raised the $15,000 and the factory is now said to he assured. All kinds of cord, from the smallest thread to the rope, will be manufactur ed from cotton and, in conse quence, a good deal of cotton will be used and a large num ber of hands employed. This is quite a boon for Cheraw' and we congratulate the town on its good luck. -■ ■ ■■■■■ • •*-- —•»-• THE CIRCUS COMING. Mr Guerry’s Appointments Owdng to sickness family Rev. W. in his A. Guerry was we may besides Bishop Grau- H. C. Morrison, D. D., of Atlanta, Missionary Sec retary of the M. E. Church. South; Rev. David Morton, D. D., of Kentucky, Secretary of the Church Extension Board, M. K. Church, South; Rev. J. D. again prevented, much to the B ar b e e, D. 1)., of Nashville, Su- disappointment of his congre- perintendent of the publishing gation, from keeping his Dar- Interests and book agent of the lington appointment on Sunday jq. E. Church, South, and cither *' Rev. E. M. Bowns or Rev. E. E. What The Press Has to Say Concerning It. last. He will not now be able to preach in Darlington again until the time of his regular ap pointment, the third Sunday evening in December. In the meantime, however, the usual lay services will be held every Sunday morning at 11 o’clock. Hoss, representing the Nashville Christtan Advacate. SEETHE CIRCUS. CLYDE. —Our farmers have almost finished gathering. Short crops and low prices are giving them the “blues”. —Messrs. Smith and Outlaw- left on Monday for Darlington with their lot of horses. —Mr. W. L. Smith is quite sick. Mrs. Henry Galloway is also very ill. — We are glad to learn that Mr. J. H. Brown, Sr., is improv ing. —Dr. J. A. Butner, of Wins ton, N. C., spent several days recently in this community and made many friends during his visit. We wish him success, as such a man as he deserves it. CYPRESS. —Prof. Floyd has a large school at this place and the roll is still increasing. —Mr. Winters has placed neat sign boards at all the cross roads in this section, thus sup plying a long felt want. Now if the County Commissioners j w’ill place mile posts along the roads and see that the roads and bridges are kept in good con- of Mr. John W Coker, on the night of the 12 inst., for the benefit of New- Providence Church, and we are informed that it was well attend ed, but have not heard what a- mount w-as realized. —Two of our young men left us on Monday of last week for ered, and, if deemed practicable, received assurances of tbeir cor dial co-operation and liberal support. Many times strong hopes have been created only to be destroyed, but the faith of the people in their ultimate real ization has never been abated. This time there is every prob- A Great Time Promised Next. on Saturday presi- Bric Mr. Geo. H. Edwards, dent of the Darlington Brick and Iron Works, has rented an office above Edwards, Norment & Co’s store, and wdll in the future conduct the affairs of his company there. Gen. W. E. James on Friday night last instituted in Sumter the Game-cock Division No. 5, Uniform Rank, K. of P. Mr. L. I. Parrott, formerly of this place, is captain of the new ilivision. Mr. Jack Cox, of Charleston, a house, sign and decorative painter, is in town and is ready to do work entrusted to him. He also restores old furniture to its original polish. His terms are moderate. - Stowe’s Colossal Shows, which A Change of Officers. w jU exhibit at Darlington, Sat- Mr. H. J. La Mptte has resign-j urday, Nov. 28, is considered ed the position of superinten-i one of the best shows of its dent and architect of the Dar- kind on the road, headed by the John F. Stowe’s Colossal Rail lington Planing and Moulding justly famous Elliott family of road Shows will exhibit at Dar- y[j|j anc j Construction Company bicyclists, six in number, whose lington Saturday. Nov. 28. two and Mr. J. L. Wren a has been marvelous and seeming impossi- perforinances daily; at 2 P.M. appointed his successor Mr. ble feats on the bicycle and uni- and 8 P. M. The Lynchburg La Motte will hereafter devote cycle have astonished the peo- (Va.) Advance, says: “Stowe’s his entire attention to his green pie of both hemipheres. Mr. Circus arrived in the city early grocery. Mr. Wrenn is one of ThomasMclnereney,thecelebra- this morning. The canvas was Darlington’s new citizens and ted wrestler, whose feats of quickly spread on Moorman’s is an architect by profession. strength will exhibit how much —— — may be gotten by exercise and Federal Jurors. ’good training. Courtney and The grand and petit juries for Allda, as a'rialists, are way up the January term of the United iu the front rank. Houri and States Court, which will meet j Lamadi, hat throwers from the . < _ in Charleston, have been drawn.; Paris Hippodrome. Harry Al- i by the Elliott family, who de- 'p|, e following Darlingtonians burti, equilibrist. 1 he only pghted the audience by their w jn S prve: On the grand jurv, T. Po w *d'> contortionist. Bliss, ! wonderful manoeuverings on A G an dy, Society Hill,'and the celebrated clown from San- jthe “unicvcle,” or one-wheel Q abr j e j y ail( i er8i £) ar ij n gton; on ger’s Royal Circus, London, j skete. Bliss and Powell, the tfie petit jury, John G. Gatlin,! and others of equal note. There snake-men, well deserve the Darlington, and Nelson Pool, w iB be two performances daily Georgia, Messrs J. H. Chapman j ab j|jt v that the hopes of more and E. W. Boswell, Jr. ^ e i than half a century are to be wish them well anti hope that f u ifiU e q f or with the exception both will meet with success. | ofa8in leghort link that will They are steady, industrious finished in a few weeks, the young men and deserve success. chain is complete, and those Short crops and low wages who have control of its different caused them to seek more profit- ( ij v j 8 i ons are well aware of the 8 a W ie !i e '\r 1 benefits that will accrue to their Mr. L. M. Byrd and Miss j respective interests from the es- Fannie, eldest daughter of Mr. tablishme „t of a system that R. H. Boswell, were married at shall give toeac h itsdue propor- Antioch ( hurch on the evening; ^j on a t ra ftic that only such a of the 11 inst. Many relatives tem cou](1 create . ami friends were present and | »phe railroads that are expect- when the ceremony was overall L d to Ullite in a traffic arrange- repaired to the bo™. 6 ^J ie ■ ment that will result practically bride s father and betook of a j n Hie establishment of this sys- bountiful supper. The young tem are (1) the Roanoke and folks then enjoyed music and South (2) the Cape Fear and other amusements while the Yadkin Valley, (3) the Charles- old people adjourned to the com- t Sumter and Northern and forts of their homes and fire- (4) the South Carolina. All of sides. We wish the newly mar-; thege are completed> in so far r ' ed a ' the happiness ag H ie i r connection is concerned, that life can afford. except the Roanoke and South- ern,andon that railroad there jovann. jg a g ap 0 f bu f twenty miles to -A good many of the farmers be finished, the work on which ditionthey will supply another are sowing their grain for the has been so far advanced that long felt want winter. it is certain nothing but unusu- - Mr J A Brown a wide —Hr. R. A. Matthews, of ally bad weather can retard its awake and energetic farmer of Hartsville, has a vocal class at completion before the middle of Lynche’s River, killed six of his Bethel. December. river swamp pigs last week and . “ Mr .i T - E - Howleleft recent- j Assuming this completion as thev weighed in the aggregate for Charleston to enter upon , accomplished and that all par- 1,Goo pounds. Take a lesson ’ bls „ third tenn at the Hedical ties will unite m an equitable from this, brother farmors, and, . ... traffic arrangement, tnen this —Quite raise vour hog and hominv at -. . -, home and then you will not fret t wa8 fUy 61 } at the so about ton. pleasant sociable fine, four hundred and twenty- 3 residence of;eight miles long, will connect Mr. J. T. Vann on Tuesday night Charleston with Roanoke, Va., the low price of cot-, i of last week. 1 and with the far reaching sys- , , j ! —Miss Janie Kilgore, who has j tem of the Norfolk and Western ~i. | S ' l 1 be en visiting in this and the Railroad. What that must some mean to Charleston and to the warehouse lot and a street pa rade followed just about noon. At 2 o’clock the first regular performance was begun and is in progress as we go to press. This performance was opened merchants will most appreciate will be the fact that they can establish an exchange trade with the populous cities of the Ohio valley by means of the Norfolk and Western trunk line extending to Columbus, Ohio. Tho immeasurable benefits to accrue from this it is impossible to enumerate. They wifi affect every community tributary to the long fine, as well as the large terminal and intermediate cities. By the completion of this system the brightest hopes and most sanguine expectations of a half century will be more than realized, and an impetus will be given to Inter-State trade and to Southern develop ment that will tell upon the whole country. The prospect is brilliant. The accomplishment seems to be as sured. Hearty congratulations to Charleston, to Winston and to Roanoke, three places to which this line means so much. THE SPEAKERSHIP CONTEST. Congressman Bynum Withdraws in Fa vor of Mr. Milts. Washington, Nov. 23.—Con gressman Bynum, of Indiana, has withdrawn from the speak ership contest. In an interview to-night, when asked if ho had withdrawn, he said: “Yes, I am out of it. 1 have been contem plating the step for some days, hut desired to consult with as many of my colleagues as possi ble before finally doing so. I had consultations with Messrs. Brown, Parrott and Brookshire, who are in the city, this after noon, and informed them of my intentions. I never pressed my candidacy, and consented only to the use of my name when it became evident that the contest was narrowed down between Mills and Crisp. In Indiana there is no boss rule. Every representative speaks and votes for himself, and you will have to see the representatives to as certain preferences. Asformy- self, 1 shall heartily support Mr, Mills. While many of the can didates are strong tariff reform ers, none so prominently repre sents the position of the party on this question as Mr. Mills. He is known to the people as the prominent figure in the house on this question, and his defeat would, in a great measure, be accepted as an abandonment of the issue. The tariff is the issue upon which we must win in 1892, and there should not be even the semblance of a waver ing or halting at this critical period. Unless the party stands firmly and aggressively in favor of this issue, the farmers of the Northwest, who gave us such sweeping victories in ’90, will become discouraged and may abandoned hope of success through tho organization of our party.’’ DRUGGISTS' DANGER SIGNAL. An Electric Safeguard Against Careless Drug Clerks. In order to overcome one of the dangers in the compounding of medecines, due to careless ness, an inventor has devised a very useful and practical elec trical arrangement. Ihis me chanism is intended to auto matically announce any changes made in the positions of bottles containing poisons. It frequently happens that the careless dyug clerk in taking a harmless drug from the shelf by mistake uses a poisonous drug, owing to forgetfulness to read the label. In the arrange ment shown, the bottles contain ing the drugs that should be handled with care are placed in a stand, in the bottom of which there is a devise similar to an ordinary pusli button. When the bottle is in its prop er place it compresses this ar rangement, but should the bot tle bo removed, a contact is made, and the bell rings, advis ing every one in the store that a poison bottle has been taken down. bushel of this year’s crop of j Hartsville sections for Irish potatoes on exhibition atijjjjjg bas re turned to her home the recent Darlington County I ; n Florence, j Ea * r and received a premium of J —Q ne 0 f jjjg 8 fi an ti e s, at the j$l. She then sent the 8 a m e| p ] ace w fiere Martin & Clarke’s | bushel to the State i air and se-1 saw m jji formerly stood, was j cured the first premium °f $ a -[ burne d by some unknown per- Afterwards she sold the pota-; son i a8 t Saturday morning just ; toes for $1,50, making the one be f ore da y i bushel bring $7,50. How is this i —fi ar vest has just about j for potatoes.-' j ended j 0 this section. Cotton —The cotton crop is about all was rather short; peas, we think. t gathered and marketed. The were almost a failure; potatoes will have directconnectio i with little that is left is being held d id very well, butcorn will hard- the Pocahontas co^l mines and interior business men every where will understand. Large areas of the mountain region on either side of the dividing line between Virginia and North Carolina will be open to settle ment and development, and the mineral treasures and forest products of a still broader sec tion will be supplied with trans portation facilities. Charleston coil and j r ^ Society Hill. j name, for they can J twist their bodies and limbs int© ! all sorts of unnatural shapes, i Harry Courtney, the trapeze ! performer, is a clever artist, . , , ,, while Elliott, the clown, and occupied by Mr at 2 p. M. and 8 P. M. adv Will Return to Darlington. Mr. Nathan S. Gibson, of Gibson's Station, will shortly To Be Improved. The building on Pearl Street, mutt :cupied by Mr. J. O. Muldrow 1 he?roo- 'inade a 'deaTof a9 a dru h r store, is being repair- remove to Darlington to reside th' fishinir act The bi- cd and improved. Two rooms His mother, Mrs. A. D. Gibson, cycle riding hat”throwing, and will be added, one Mr. Muldrow will also remove here and they many other features are better will use as an office and the than is generally seen in a more other Dr. Lunney will use for pretentious circus.” l tbe 8amu P ur P 08e ' on account of the low prices. If ly fie an average crop. South Atlantic States. Roanoke the present prices continue and —Rev. A. W. Parrott filled the will be one hundred and fifty the farmers are forced to sell pulpit at Bethel last Sunday and miles nearer to Charleston than their cotton, they can not pos- will probably continue to fill it in tho past, and consequently sibly pay up all of their indebt-: tho balance of this Conference will be able to enlarge her trade ; edness and the merchants will year, as Rev r . C. H. Clyde has and become a centre of distri- l be compelled to carry large a-1 been transferred to the Carters- bution for a large area, while will occupy their residence on Orange Street, which they will renovate and improve. mounts for them over to another | ville Circuit, year. We would advise the! _We do not think that farmers, however, to act wisely qnd pay up as far as they can, very generally in this section so as to enable their creditors to ; Some talk of planting more cot satisfy their own debts, for ton than ever before, while oth- ; the products the will find new T her factories markets in the without this they can not sup ply tho fanners another year. “ten acre” plan wifi be adopted ( Southern cities, with which this illy in this section, new fine will give them direct connections, and Winston will secure direct through connect ions to the North and to the South. But what Charleston ers say that they will plant the same amount as this year. Cutting Off and Putting On. [Sumter Watchman and Southron.1 And the “dominent element” wants a “sow-fish” man again. Secretary of State Tindal, rec ommends the re-establishment of the office of fish commissioner, and the recommendation is good. The mistake was made when the office was abolished at the time the Department of Agriculture was dismantled to satisfy the peculiar zeal of some farmers, who wanted to cut off some thing. The next thing in order will be the re-establishment of the Department of Agriculture, and then we will have two sala ried officers where there was one under the previous extravagant administration. A Bishopville Invention. [The State.] Prominent amon^ the meri torious articles exhibited at the Stat© Fair, and one which es caped newspaper mention in the hurry incident to that oc casion, was a cotton chopper exhibited by Mr. H. G. Scarbor ough, of Bishopville. It was not only a conspicuous object to farmers generally, but its prac tical value was recognized by tho committee who awarded it a diploma.