The Darlington news. (Darlington, S.C.) 1875-1909, April 28, 1892, Image 4

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\ ■ k - v - & Minoton Attica. they will vote for the beet ^ V *'' --V£ ** 1 *l « A 1;' HENRY T. THOMPSON, j WADDY THOMPSON, 1 Editors. Thursday, April 28., 1892. SHEPPARD AND THE BANKS. The friends of Governor Till man and tho Governor himself have been making much ado be cause Sheppard is president of a bank in Edgefield. We have never understood this hostility to the banks, for how many men in this State have at one men regardless of factional differen ces, time or another been prevented from going to the wall by the | ^ 1 ^ eT ^ w^kTago' “TOTE FAIR The Manning Times comments editorally upon the fact that a prominent member of the lle- j publican State Convention, held | in Columbia last week, was E. Brooks Sligh, of Chester, who was also a member of the Hask ell Convention of 1890, and seems to find much sasisfaction in it. The Times says nothing about W. P. Russell, of Charles ton. He was a prominent mem her of the “Reform” Republi can State Convention which It timely assistance of these insti- i wjll be remember e d that in the tutions! Since the campaign has March Convention of 1890> opened Sheppard has made sev eral good “hits” about the bank presidency. At the recent Greenville meeting when asked by someone in the audience whether he was a bank presi dent Sheppard replied that he was and that many farmers in Edgefield thanked God that he was because he had tided them over rough places. At the meeting in Edgefield j on Saturday Governor Sheppard fair „ CODt e m porary. parried the argument against his connection with a bank in a telling'manner. He said: Who within the sound of my voice can say that when he could not meet his paper be cause of shortness of the crop I did not tide him over? Didn’t I carry over every man asked me to “Yes” and many people in this county! • ,... ,, * * ,, thank God that I was a bank vaii ,n our P olltlC8 thcre * ould president ? (“Yes, lots of us.”) be less of the bitterness and When a man is a friend to the ; strife that has divided our peO' poor man he is a friend in the p] e arraying brother against hour of his need. (Great ap- brother) neighboragain8tneigh . * * » bor, and class against class. We lour of his plause.) which nominated Tillman, the vote upon the motion that nomi nations should be made was very close and that the motion was only carried by the votes of the “Belgian block” farmers of the Charleston delegation. One of these “farmer” delegates from the city of Charleston was | this same W. P. Russell, who | now figures so prominently in Republican Conventions. “Tote ir,” contemporary. THE COUNTY CONVENTION. The County Convention will meet on Monday. A spirit of conservatism prevailed in many of the township clubs at the re cent election for delegates, and that we hope that this spirit will be do it ? (Cries of carried into the convention. If applause.) Didn t con8er vatism would alwayspre- Whatever may be the result I sincerely trust that, as factional will be same friend to my fellow citizens that I have always been. A voice : “You are president of a bank.” Another voice : “We won’t let that man have any money.” Sheppard: Yes we will. I will let them have as much as I have got. (Applause.) I want to talk to the friends of Govern or Tillman for the benefit of the reporter for the Register. I want him to tell the truth when he goes home. It has been pub lished in his paper that I with the money of the Edgefield bank have been lending to the farmers with the end that I might be supported in this race. A voice : “It is a lie.” (Ap plause.) Sheppard : I am speaking to the friends of Governor Tillman. Is there a man here who will say that he ever heard me in quire directly or indirectly how he stood in this campaign as be tween Tillman and myself? (“No I” “No!”) Is there a man here who will say that I ever intimated that I would lend him money if he would support me ? (Cries of “No.”) Did you (men tioning Tillman men by name) ever hear me say any such thing? (“No.”) If there is a man here, let him say so (“No.”) If there is a man here let him say so. (No response, and great applause.) I denounce the statement as slander—the slander of a viper, the slander of a liar. (Cheers.) Whoever states that I was thus influenced knew that he was telling an un truth, and whoever repeats it will know that he is telling an untruth. (Applause. At the same meeting Col. Orr explained the relation between the banks and the people as fol lows : We are all borrowers, and in stead of fighting banks we want more of them, to the end that competition may make lower the rates we pay for our money. (Applause.) NO STRATEGY IN THIS. Those who think that the anti-Tillmanites have put up a State ticket only as a “feint” to draw attention from the con test for the Legislature, hoping thereby to capture that body, are very much mistaken. The antis are open in their actions. They intend to make the contest all along the line and wish everyone to know it. They will present a bold front, not depending up on strategy for success, but up on an appeal made “openly and above board” to the good judg ment of the people. The State ticket will remain in the con test until the end and it will win. As to the Legislature—we do not deny that we hope that in every County in the State good men will be put forward as candidates at the primary; nor do we wish to draw the atten tion of the people from this par ticular part of the contest. We believe that men of the highest integrity and ability, men who inspire tho confidence of their respective communities, will be candidates for the Legis lature ct the primary and we further believe that the people will elect them. The people know that it is important to have a good Legislature and differences were in a large meas ure ignored in making up the composition of the convention, every member will forget these differences and that the pro ceedings will be characterized by a desire to heal the breach, not to widen it. GENERAL NEWS. Items of Interest From All Over The World. Four negroes were lynched last week at Inverness, Fla., for murdering a white man. Ten men were drowned by a flood in a mine, near Potts- ville, Pa., on Wednesday of last we<A. Gladstone has come out in op position to woman suff age and his action is regarded as a death blow to the movement in Eng land. Terra Haute, in Indiana, has the distinction of being the only city of its size in the United States that has no Young Men’s Christian Association. A very severe earthquake visited California on Tuesday of last week. The shock was felt all over the State and great damage was done to property in many towns. Democratic conventions were held in three States last week, Indiana, Kansas and Oregon, and all elected Cleveland dele gates to the National Demo cratic Convention. Tiffany & Co, the famous New York jewelers, have been cheated out of $50,000 by James A. Palmer, who h<s been ar rested for the fraud. Palmer was a trusted ally of the firm and had for many years done business for them. The election for State officers in Louisiana took place on Tues day of last week. There were five tickets in the field, two Democratic, two Republican and one People’s party. The Democratic ticket, with M. J. Foster for Governor, which was largely supported by the Farm ers Alliance was elected. STATENEWS. Gathered From Our Exchangee, And Put in Paragraphs. The Grand Lodge of the Knights of Honor met in Col umbia on Thursday. The State Convention of the “old line” Republicans was held in Columbia last week. On Friday last Thomas Ham mond, colored, was hanged in Charleston for the murder of a man named Massalon. Mr. William Laidler, the old est journalist in the State, died at his home in Charleston on Tuesday of last week. He was eighty years of age and was once proprietor of the old Char leston Courier. Senator Butler has introduced into Congress a bill to relieve the Citadel Academy at Char leston from all responsibility for the ordnance and ordnance stores, issued to the Academy by the government under bond, destroyed by the recent fire. The second meeting of the State campaign was held in Edgefield on Saturday. There were about 3000 people in the audience. The principal speak ers were Governor Tillman, Governor Sheppard and Col. Orr. The crowd was much more orderly than at the Green ville meeting. LIVES SELL FOR SBO. The Valuation Placed Upon Men by the Cattle Ownera. Cheyenne, Wyo., April 22.— If the story of A. C. Dunning, one of the invading cattlemen sent out to fight the rustlers is true, a new phase has develop ed in the border warfare which is blood curdling in the extreme. He says he was hired to join the expedition by the secretary of the State Stock Commission. The hired assassins, he says, were to receive $fi a day and $50 apiece for every man killed. At this rate, he claims, the kill ing of Champion and Ray cost the cattle owners over $3,000. Dunning, who hails from Idaho, escaped to Buffalo, where he was arrested on suspicion, after having been kicked about the streets by the excited citi zens. A letter found in his pocket, which he had written to a friend, told the whole story of the scheme. The 'etter is now in the possession of the sheriff, together with other evidence. Jim Dudley, alias GusGreene, of Paris, Texas, an invader who was wounded in the fight with the rustlers, and who had a leg amputated at Fort McKinney, died Saturday and was buried at Buffalo Sunday. The stockmen put up $25 to pay his funeral expenses. Both the captured cattlemen and their escort are expected to arrive at Fort Fetterman to night, where they will strike the railroad. They have suffer ed terrible hardships. On the first day out a severe snow storm set in, and for three days the party rode in the teeth of a blinding nor’-easter, accompan ied with sleet and drifting snow. The escort comprises three com panies. At various points along the route armed men were seen, and on several occasions cow boys slipped up and with six- shooters in their hip pockets held consultation with some of the captives, but not a shot was fired and no symptoms of hostili ty were manifested anywhere. A scarcity of forage along the route has used up the animals and caused the delay. Last night a special train from Cheyenne arrived at Douglas, bearing Major Egbert and 110 men from Fort Russell, with a small hospital corps. They will remain at Douglas until Colonel Van Horne’s arrival. Major Egbert with a detail of men took a special train to Fort Fet- terson this afternoon, to receive the prisoners. The captive cattlemen have not yet been in the hands of the civil authorities even theoreti cally. Deputy Sheriff Roles is with the detachment, and the first judicial steps in what pro mises to be a lengthy and ex pensive, as well as famous, le gal war, will probably take place as soon as the invaders are safely out of danger from the rustlers. FARM ECONOMY. “John Plowman" Gives Good Advice to Farmers. First: Ask 99 farmers out of 100 this question : Is it not to the interest of the farmer to raise his own supplies and make the farm self sustaining? and the answer will be invariably yes, and still in the face of such knowledge eight tenths of the farmers are planting large cot ton crops and small provision crops and buy provisions to sup- S ort their farms, and this is one admitting it to be a wrong and ruinous system, in a word, it is persisting in error know ingly. Second: Let me say to all my brother farmers that farming under such a system insures the same ruin as it would to a man whose capital was in money, and his family expenses exceed ed the interest income, and yearly he had to draw on the principal to support his extra vagances, whicn would be con suming the capital in addition to interest. The judicious farm er should manage his farming interests as a good financier would his money. Third: The plain truth is, to make farming profitable farm ing farmers must return to first principles, which is undivided attention to their business; live within themselves; pay as they go, and build up their lands by rotating crops, plowing under vegetable matter and have stock yards and save all manures. Fourth: It is necessary for every farmer to know the rudi ments of agricultural science; it is necessary for him to have a business capacity, some fore thought and sound judgment. If he has none of these he will do well to hire out to somebody who has. Sheppard's Views When Governor. Extract from Messagsof Gov ernor Sheppard t» 1886: “The S le demand the abolition of «s offices. I have called your attention to those with which I think we can dispense, without affecting the efficiency of the whole. “They demand strict economy and rigid accountability in the expenditure of public monies, but it should not be forgotten that it is not always the small est expenditure that constitutes the wisest economy. “They demand a simple and i business-like conduct of the af fairs of the Government. I have made suggestions by t' e adopt ion of which, I believe, the ad ministration of our affairs, State and county, will be simplified and improved, but in the con sideration of appropriations it should not be forgotten tnateffi ciency is the great purpose to be achieved, and from this end our attention should not be di verted. “The people demand that the burdens as well as the benefits of government should be dis tributed with fairness, justness and impartiality. They demand uniformity and simplicity in taxation, and its distribution in such a manner as that while all should bear their just share of the common burdens, those shall contribute most who re ceive most, and those suffer least, who can bear least.” A— A Platform that Appeals to Reason. [Pickens Sentinel;] There is to be no abusive epithets used by the Conserva tives in this campaign. All the friends of the movement are requested to go armed with the platform. It is a calm, sober statement of the situation. Those who are determined to grant to every opponent what we claim for ourselves—the right to judge men and meas ures on the facts. We give the proceedings of the convention and the platform adopted. Every section of it can be easily proved. Only those who do not believe the statements made, can refuse to vote with us. It will be said that this movement is against the farmers, because it is against Tillman. This must be promptly disputed Tillman claims to be the Farm ers’ Movement, but his claims are not allowed, for his policy and all the facts fly right in the face of the claim. Do not say anything against the ticket until you read the platform. If it appeals to your reason and common sense, vote forexponents at yourfirst oppor tunity. THE STOCK MARKET. The Value of the Stock Invested in Dar lington’s Business Enterprises. The following quotations of loca Stocks will be changed from time to time so as to meet the fluctuations in the market. The blank spaces in the column marked "offered at" indicate that there is none of that class of stock now offered for sale : Par Value. Offered at Dar. Land Imp. Co... 100 175 Bank of Darlington.. 100 135 Dar. Mfg. Co 100 100 Dar Phosphate Co.... 100 100 D. G. ( M., F.&W. Co. 1- 0 100 People’s Bank 25 25 Knights’ Bldg. Asso.. 25 25 Dar. Planing Mill....1,000 1,000 Enterprise Hotel Co. 25 23 Dar. Driving Asso.... 100 Dar. B.& L Asso 46 55 Dar. Light, Wat P Co. 50 45 Pee Dee Comp Co.... 50 50 Dar Brick & 1 Wks... 100 CC Land Imp Co.. . 100 D Ag 3t Mech P Co... 10 5 Car Fibre Co,(Hville)l,000 Before end After. [Newberry Observer.] From the Platform of the March (1890) Convention. “We demand rigid economy in public expenditures, the aboli tion of useless offices, reduction of salaries and fees of all offi cers, State and county, to con form to the increased purchas ing power ofmoney and decreas ed anility of people to pay tax es.” A DIFFERENT TUNE NOW. From the Columbia Register, Administration organ, April, 1892. The Greenville News publish es a lot of nonsense about Gov ernor Tillman’s $3,500 a year salary. That is as little as our Chief Magistrate can live de cently on m Columbia, and the editor of the News knows it. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. County of Darlington. Court of Common Pleas. Complaint for Relief. Salt Springs National Bank against The Champion tanning Company and others. By an order granted by his Honor Judge J. H. Hudson in the abuve enti tled action and dated April 25th, 1832, all and singular the creditors of the Champion Canning Company are re strained and enjoined from instituting or further prosecuting their claims against the said the < hampion Can ning Company, and all and singular the said creditors are required to es tablish their several claims before me on or before the 1st day of June next or be barred the benefit of any decree to be rendered in said action. L L. MARTIN, Receiver. Ap 28—4t. Stockholders' Meeting. FMYHE annual meeting of the stock- I holders of the Pee Dee Com- g ress Company will be held at the ank of Darlington on Tuesday, May 10, at 12 o'clock. BRIGHT WILLIAMSON, Secretary and Treasurer. W. J. MOORHEAD, President. Apl 28—2t. Building Lots For Sale. T HIRTY or forty building lots in Darlington, nearer to the busi ness part and more eligibly situated than any others in the town, will be sold to approved gurchasers on easy terms. Jan. 14—6m NORMENT. For Sale- The place on which O. B. DuBose resided, five miles from Darlington on the road to Lamar and containing 215 acres. Apply to O.B. DuBOSE or BOYD 4 BROWN. Febuarv 4—6m. W ANTED—Hides of all kinds ex cept cow hides, The very high est market price will be paid for foxs mink, otter, deer and sheep hides at WITCOVER’8 RESTAURANT, tf Main St., Darlington, 8. C. Hard Tines & Sara like; Have Wo Terrors for Us! Isn’t it Funny? that the doughty old 50-per-renters have been forced to cut their profits and follow The little Devil Fish down in prices ? Well, we will give them another slide. Best French Satines worth 20 cts. per yard cut to 10 cts. Fruit ar.d Darker 4-4 Bleach sold at 121 cts., our price 81c. Standard brands of Ginghams 61 and 81c. per yard. Best heavy Homespun Checks only 5c. per yard. It is useless to mention Our Shoe Department, as we a e the acknowledged leaders of honest Shoes at a low price. We would respectfully call the attention of the trade to the fact that we have added A LINK OF GKOjJEUIES and are determined to name the lowest of low prices on them. We give a few prices to show which way the wind is blowing: Standard A, Granulated Sugar, 20 lbs for $1. Best Rio Coffee, 20c per pound. Also the cheaper grade. Be t High Grade Patent Flour at $6 25 per barrel. Space forbids more quotations, but if you will only consult your own interests you will be sure to call on Yours respectfully, A. J. BROOM. Willcox’s Old Drug Store. Time To Pay? Attention to the fact that your character is read in the style of Stationery that yon use in business correspondence! Well, most cer tainly it is. If you use badly printed and infe rior Stationery you are put down as an inferior business man. We furnish you high-class letter paper, note heads, bill heads, state ments, padded in our neat and at tractive covers, at lowest living prices. Plain and ornamental—in fact, ev ery kind of printing executed with neatness and despatch. We guarantee satisfaction, first- class work and low prices. Practice what you preach and pat ronize home industry. When you want anything printed come around to see us about it. The Darlington News Job Office. The Greatest Bargains in CLOTHING Eier offered in this MARKET. The fact is we want to reduce our stock of CLOTHING* The figures are as follows: SUITS FORMERLY SOLD AT $ 3 75 REDUCED TO $ 3 25 .v ,, n £ l t f/\ it it A AA 4 50 6 00 9 00 12 50 13 00 14 50 15 00 16 50 17 50 18 00 20 00 •< << 4 00 5 25 7 00 10 50 10 75 11 80 12 00 12 75 13 50 14 00 15 60 These are our famous Tailor Made Suits, New Goods and none better made. 19* Come and see for yourself. Edwards. Norment & Go SHORTHAND Thorough. Pmctlc*! Or»dunte««*- aisled to positions. CaUlotmc free, write to IIW i ITUTIOS BUSIXESS COLUtt. LOUISVILLE, KY. WATCHES, CLOCKS AND JEWELRY Of all kind, for Kale at the very lowest market priceH. Repairing at ■peci&lty and satisfaction guaranteed. W. T. SANFORD, (At the Racket Store.) THIS SPACE IS FOR THE ADVERTISEMENT OF McCALL a BURCH. NEW SPRING LINE OF LADIES 9 DRESS GOODS AND TRIM MINGS. SHOES. CLOTHING, HATS AND GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS. Latest Styles and Lowest Prices. Aug. 14, ’81—lyr. THE Largest Line OF SPORTING GOODS, Such as Baseballs, Bats, Mils, Footballs, Croquet Sets. Hammocks,Stretch- Hooks, &c., Era kght It iln City. Also a full line of small Musical Instruments. Darlington Book Store. ALL GOODS GUARANTEED. qeo.c.toale mcnhy OLIVER Geo. E. Toale 4 Co, "white ipiustie DOORS, SASH, BUNDS, AND OFFICE AND SALESROOMS 10 aud 12 Hajue Street, CHARLESTON. - - S. C S9"Special Price* Cheerfully Fur nished. JUST OPENED A NEW AND BEAUTIFUL STOCK OF Spring and Summer MILLINERY. Latest* Styles I Lowest Prices A call will Mnvince you. L M. Schmid. April 7-8m. PETER BOWLES T|OE8 flrst-claa* House and Sign Painting; Kaleomine Work a specialty. In addition to my other work, I am now prepared to do PAPER HANGING, etc. 9* H. solicits the patronage of Darlington. Millinery. WU8T received from New York a ftF fine lot of Spring and Summer Millinery at prices to suit. All ladies are invited to call and examine my stock. MRS. JA8. H. GANDY, Hartsville, S. C. April 14—4t. To The Fanners. We will take off your hands all the seed you hare left over after planting, paying you therefor either in cash or giving you cotton seed meal in ex change, provided you deliver the seed to us during the month of May Darlington Oil Mill. April 2'—2t. THE AMERICAN RAMBLER is th. mr mm. on raa a. BECAUSE £ ■*>tac rraa. Mk« tMlas a. It. luny. THY IT AMP Ml OONFlMCkD. isw It. UViralM Citabfm MRMUU.Y AltFFUY Atiention Mechanics! All persons in need of babbitt metal can purchase it cheap at TMB Dar limston News office. Jane 18. ’80-tf BANK OF DARLINGTON, DARLINGTON, S. C., Capital, — — $100,000 Surplus and Undivi ded Profits, — $45,973.80 DIRECTORS: W. C. Coker, J. L Coker, J. J. Ward. E. R. Mclver, Bright Williamson. R. W. Boyd, Iver, A. Nachman, Transacts a General Banking Business. o Savings Department. Deposits of $1 and upwards received. Interest allowed at rate of 0 per cent, per annum from date of deposit—payable quarterly on the first day of January, April, July and October. . For further information ap ply at the Bank. Accounts in both Depart ments solicited and will be given careful attention. BRIGHT WILLIAMSON, President. L. E. WILLIAMSON, Cashier. Dec. >1—tf IDIRTJGhS. UrJUBoyil 4-4-4-4'4 ♦ ♦4>4-44>4-4-4-4-4'4'4">+44»» Desires to inform his friends and pat ron* that he is now occupy ing one-half of Hayosvortb’s Furniture Store (In the Hewitt Block) As a Drug Store, Where he will be pleased to see them. A large part of my drugs having been lost In the recent Are I can there fore give my customers the advantage of a PERFECTLY FRESH STOCK bought iu the best markets. JOHN A. BOYD. Mar >4—tf Desirable Lot For Sal«. WE off*r for sale the lot of the I Mrs. A. A. Baker In the Town of D lington. PAUL WHIPPLE, J. GREGG McCALl J. E. NETTLES, Exeeufa Ap II—tf Umber! Umber!! J UST arrived and for sal* ebi tor cash, six ear loads of roi and dressed lumber, such as Pn Rig, Flooring, Ceiling and Went Boarding, at EARLY’S LUMBSR YARI on line C. S. A N. R. Meh 24—tf. MW. I. McGIRT, 0. D. S.,M Offers his professional services to the people of Darlington and vicinity. Office over the store of Edwards, Nor ment 4 Co. Jan 18, ’#0—ly