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VOL. XIX, NO. 28. DARLINGTON, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1892. WHOLE NUMBER 911. LOUL LACONICS. matters in and around pros. PEROUS DARLINGTON. A Column of News, Person;! and Oth erwise, of Interest to Our Many Readers. Mias Clara Ward went to Hot Springs. N. C., on Tuesday. Mrs. S. J. Nettles left on Tuesday for Taylorsville, N. C. Mrs. T. B. Stringfellow, of Chester, is visiting Mrs. J. Coit Wilson. Mrs. Sarah E. Pressley is visi ting the family of Dr. P. E. Grilfin. Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Smith of Colleton, are visiting their sis ter, Mrs. J. A. Rice. The colored County Farmers Alliance held a meeting in the Court House on Friday. Mr. R. S. Galloway, of Bish- opville, a former Darlingtonian, was in town last week. Misses Claudia Edwards and Sallie Williams have gone to the mountains of North Caro lina. Miss Annie Everitt, of Ben- nettsville, spent a few days last week as the guest of Mrs. W. B. McGirt. Miss Lou Miller, of Lydia, was in town last week on a vis it to the family of Dr. S. F. Parrott. Mrs. Wagner, Mrs. E. O. Woods and Miss Ella Wagner will leave for Saluda, N. C., to morrow. A second-hand sewing ma chine, in excellent condition, is for sale at Thk Darlington News office. Mr. J W. Blackwell and fami ly are sojourning at Wrights- ville Sound, the North Carolina seaside resort. Col. W. H. Evans, announces that he is a candidate for re- election to the office of School Commissioner. Mr. J. M. Wa Idill and fami ly or Society Hill, have remov ed to Darlington and are occu pying the Gandy house on Pearl Street. Mr. James Norton, a member of the Legislature from Marion, and a candidate for Con- -ess from this district, was iu Dar lington last week. Miss Lula Davis, who has been visiting in Darlington, will return to her home in Camden on Monday. She will be accom- paided by Miss Sadie Dargan. The new hotel which Mr. A. Weinberg is erecting on Pearl Street will be nameu the Cleve land House—in honor of the next President of the United States. G. W. Brown, Esq., delivered an address to the literary socie ty of Hebron School, in Stokes Bridge, a* the commencement exercises of that institution on Monday. The announcement for the next session of Furman Univer sity is published in this issue. It is unnecessary for us to say anything in praise of this well known institution. Tom Bacot, a well known colored man, who was for a long time one of the hostlers at McCullough & Blackwell’s stables, died on Tuesday night after a protracted illness. The survivors of Company E. Gth Regiment, 8. C. V., will hold their annual reunion at the residence of Maj. J. L. Coker, in Hartsville, on the 28 inst. All the survivors are requested to attend. Mr. J. H. Early advertises for rent two neat three room cot tages in the town of Darlington and Mr. J. W. Davis advertises a store for rent, conveniently lo cated in the business portion of the town of Hartsville. Mr. John Z. Hearon has re moved from the house belonging to Capt Poore on Pearl Street to the residence on Broad Street, recently occupied by Mrs. J. T. Bristow. Mr. J. O. A. Moore is now occupying Capt. Poore’s house. Miss Ethel Boatwright, who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. W. B. Brunson, returned to Ridge Springs o n Thursday. Her brother, Mr. P. J. Boatwright, accompanied her, and he will remain at his former home for several weeks. Mr. Angus Gainey, an old Darlington boy, who is now liv ing in Greenville, Tenn., is at home on a visit. Mr. Gainey, besides holding a good position in a music house in Greenville, is violinist and cornetist of the Collegiate Institute in that city. Don’t forget the entertain ment at the Opera House to morrow (Friday) night. The cause for which it is given is one that should appeal to every citizen of Darlington, The per formance itself is of a high or der of merit, and as the price of admission is only 25 cent?, the house should be crowded. The Recent Entertainment for the Ben efit of the Jeff Davit Memorial Fund to be Repeated. Darlington is the only town of any size in the State that has not contributed its quota to the Jefferson Davis Memorial Fund. Determined that this c« n litioii of things shall exist no longer, some of the young ladies of the community prepared a choice musical and dramatic entertain ment which they presented at the Opera House a fortnight ago, it being their intention to con tribute the proceedsto the fund above mentioned. Owing to the inclemency of the weather, the audience was small, and the amount realized, after paying all expenses, was but a little more than $25. The entertain ment itself, however, was gen erally conceded by all who at tended it to be one of the very best of its kind ever given here. So universally have its praises been sounded, that those who witnessed the performance are desirous of seeing it again, and a large number of those who were prevented from doing so are anxious to be afforded an other opportunity. Yielding, therefore, to the popular demand which has been made upon them, and solicitous that the mite which Darlington is to con tribute to the noble cause shall be as large as possible, the la dies in charge of vhe entertain ment have decided to repeat it at the Opera House to morrow (Friday) evening, with several interesting additions to the original program. They will retain for the present the small sum which they realized from their last venture, in the hope that before it is forwarded to the proper authorities it will be considerably augmented by the results of to-morrow evening’s entertainment. Darlington, which usually takes the lead in matters of this kind, should send forward a contribution to the Jefferson Davis Memorial Fund which will be worthy of her progressive people, so we trust that the hard work and great enthusiasm which the young ladies have comributed to the cause they have under taken will meet with fitting recompense to-morrow evening. The price of admission has been placed at 25 cents, and no ex tra charge will be made for re served seats. Few more nice summer suits closing out cheap. McCall & Burch. •«.—«*-. THE SONG SERVICES. The Great Success of, this Valuable Auxiliary to the Y. M, C. A. Despite the inclemency of the weather a large number of la dies attended the song service of the Young Men's Christian Association on Sunday after noon. The association is so en couraged by the success of these song services that they will be made a regular feature of the woik and will be held once a month. The members earnestly trust that the ladies will continue to give the association their valua ble aid in these services Owing to a conflict with the hour for the exercises of the Methodist Sunday-school, the time for the Sunday afternoon meetings of the association has been cnanged temporarily to 5 o’clock. The subject for the meeting on Sunday afternoon next is, “Glorious Liberty,” John VIII, 32 and 3G ; Galla- tians, V, 1. Chocalate, cocoa West & Honour. and broma. TO THE HAMMOCKS. The Masonic Excursion to the Sea shore an Enjoyable Occasion. About one hundred and twen ty-five Darlingtonians went to the Hammocks on the Masonic excursion on Monday. The crowd was not as large as was expected, but all enjoyed them selves immensely. Everything was conducted nicely and quiet ly and the excursionists main tained thorough good order. The Masons had promised that there should be nothing to mar the occasion and they kept their promise faithfully. A portion of the party remained in Wil mington, where they enjoyed the sight-seeing ; the rest went on to the Hammocks and in dulged in sailing and surf bath ing. There were none who did not enjoy the trip. Should the Masons give another excursion we will recommend it to all la dies and gentlemen who may wish to take advantage of the trip. A Chance for our Friend, Brother Wood*. An exchange tells us in its ac count of the recent meeting of the State Press Association in Anderson that, “Mayor Tolly [of Anderson] agrees to offei the prettiest young lady in An derson as a prize to the bache lor editor who writes the best account of the meeting. Tht contest will be spirited.” THK ('0(,m ItKIHOl'KlCY. AN IMPORTANT MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. The Campaign Meeting to be Held on July 21.—Manager* for Primary Election Appointed. The County Democratic Ex ecutive Committee met in the Court House on Monday and arranged for the campaign j meeting and the primary elec tion. It was decided to hold the campaign meeting on Thursday next, the 21 inst., as this date will suit the candidates. It will be remembered that this is the date that Th. 1 ! News stated would probably be selected. The meeting will be held at Darling ton on the Academy green, be ginning at 11am. The repre sentatives of both factions of the party in the committee were desirous that good order should prevail. Mayor Dargan was present at the meeting and he promised to do all in his power to preserve good order. The committee has decided that there shall be no banners dis played upon or near the stage during the meeting. Another important matter acted upon was the appoint ment of managers for the pri mary election. Last week Gov ernor Sheppard and Governor Tillman signed a joint request to all the county executive com mittees that, in order to ensure a fair election, two managers from each faction be appointed for every box. The Conserva tive members of our county ex ecutive committee asked that managers in this county be ap pointed in accordance with this request of the rival candidates for Governor, and a motion was made to this effect. But the majority of the committee, who are Tillmanites, decided that they had no authority to ap point two managers from each faction as the rules of the party provided for only three man agers for each box. The Conservatives then mov ed that the Tillmanities be given the majority representation on the board of managers in the townships where their faction is in the majority and that the Conservatives have the major ity representation in the town ships where they predominate. This motion was. however, vot ed down, one of the Tillman fac tion remarking, “To the victors belong the spoils ” A letter was read from Rev. G. T. Gresham, requesting that the Prohibitionists be allowed representation on the board of managers, and the request was granted in every case where it was practicable. Several of the Tillman mem bers of the committee stated that they would be willing to give the Conservatives equal representation among the man agers, if the State committee would give them the authority to appoint four managers for each box, and the Conservatives will request the State committee to give the authority. The following are the mana gers appointed for each town - ship, there being in every case two Tillmanites and one Con servative : Antioch—W. H. Moore, J. S. Hawkins, R. M. Gandy. Cypress—J. W. DuBose, E. O. Parham, O. S. Huggins. Darlington—Robt. Dickinson, J. M. Waddill, J. B. White. Hartsville—J. E Miller, J. A Smith, Leonce Vaughn. High Hill—W. ^ Dowling, J. B. Gray, J. M. \Wodward. Leavensworth—J. P. Kirven, J. C. Wilson, J. W. Ferguson. Lisbon—E. L. Gray, D. A. Gray, T. F. Wilson. Lydia—C. Rinehart, J. B. Par ker, (). D. Lee. Mechanicsville—S. B. Gandy, J. I. King, H. McHodge. Palmetto—J. W. Byrd, D. W. Davis, T. H. Edwards. Philadelphia—W. J. Carter, H. A Dowling, Smilie Vaughn. Stokes Bridge—J. N. Moore, W. W. Folsom, J. H. Pate. Society Hill—J. Lide Wilson, Frank Gandy, L. M. Boswell. Swift Creek—B. L. Bass, J. J. Parrott, Jr., J. K. Parrott. A GREAT TIME AT CYPRESS. A Fine Celebration of Children's Day. A very Large Crowd Present. I Reported forTBK Nkws.} “Children’s Day” was obser ved here on the 2 inst., and Prof Floyd’s school was closed on the same day. the two occa sions being combined in a gen eral picnic at the Methodist Church. The morning was spent in hearing recitations from the Sunday-school children, all of whom acquitted themselves most creditably Miss Mary him. She will visit friends in Jane Harrell acted as organist, i Horry. The crowd was estimated at from fifteen hundred to two thousand. A great many came from a distance. Your corre- THE COUNTY NEWS. w h h , f , , We have had frequent show- ers of late, much to the advan- FROM all SECTIONS AS TOLD BY: tage of crops. Crops generally OUR CORRESPONDENTS. may be considered good in this t section. General Green at Work at Cypress.— j A game of ball was played on More About Stock, and Hog | Saturday last between Mt. Elon R«i*inE. and Union Clubs. Union was Watermelons and hard cider disastrously defeated by a score AN ABLE ANSWER. have made their appearance. Prof. Floyd left last week for his home in Horry county. Miss Mamie Huggins accompanied See the bargains in our show windows. McCall & Burch. Miss Lilah DuBose,of Carters- ville, is spending sometime with relatives and friends at this E lace. Mr. C. W. DuBose was ere last week. We are having lots of rain and the land is thoroughly sat urated. Gen. Green has about captured some of the fanners. It looks now as if the General will occupy the time of some of our folks more than politics will, though this is campaign year. The young ladies say that, as this is leap year, they spondent recognized familiar faces from Bishopville, Cartere- ville, Lamar, Sumter, Darling ton and Hartsville. Notwith standing the large crowd, every thing passed off very quietly and the day was spent most pleasantly. At about one o’clock the re citations of the children were closed and dinner was announ ced. The large crowd retired ... to the grove where a large table should have a chance, so that stood loaded with all kinds of! the young men will be kept nice things which the good ladies of Die neighborhood had prepared. Ample justice was done the excellent dinner and the refreshments of all kinds that were on hand. Late in the afternoon the peo ple left for their respective nomes with expressions on their faces which told that they had all spent a pleasant day that would linger long in their mem- f our ories. D. Cypress, July 4, ’92. Just received nice line of wash | goods, 5 to 15cts per yard. Mc Call & Burch. ANOTHER VETERAN GONE. men busy between General tir^en and the young ladies. Mr A. G. Huggins, one of our most energetic farmers, who is engaged in stock raising to some extent, asks your correspondent to state that he is of Jim Pug’s opinion in reference to stock raising. He thinks that Mr. Pug’s advice as to raising colts and hogs is hard facts. He has large plum trees of very fine variety, from which he j gathers every day a bushel of fine fruit. He says that if one ! will plant twelve of these trees and fence them in he can raise by means of this fruit and the ; use of very little grain enough 1 pork for an ordinary family. Mr. Huggins has just set out a young orchard of sixty trees and | he says that he is confident that when the fruit begins to bear he i will be able to raise with but little grain all the pork that he needs and some to sell, that will of 30 to 8. Messrs. W. L Oates and Co., of this place, contemplate open ing a restaurant and boarding house in Darlington, on Pearl Street, about the 20 inst. Mr. William Blackman, Sr., Gone lo his Last Resting Place. Last Friday, morning, July 9. 1892, Mr. William Blackman Sr., a life long resident of Swift Creek, passed from earth to his eternal reward. jnot cost over 4 cents per pound. Born Sept. 18, 1822, he had He says the farmers may talk attained his three score years j about reform until doomsday and ten, and for seventy long and look for Tillman to reform years he lived, toiled, enjoyed things, but unless they reform and suffered. Iu the evening of at home they will never get any THE FIRST IN THE FIELD. Darlington County Opens the South Carolina Tobacco Market. [Correspondence News anil Courier.] Darlington, July 3.—Dar lington is in the market with the first tobacco of the season. Mr. Robert H. Rogers has one barn of a thousand pounds of bright wrappers and cutters cured and ready for the market. The tobacco was plucked on the 28th ot June, and the curing was finished on Friday, July 1. The plants were put out on the 8th of April in ordinary li^ht upland soil. North Carolina experts here pronounce it of very fine grade, and say that it is a month earlier than it can be raised in their State. Mr. Rogers’ crop is very fine, good judges agreeing with him that the yield will be fifteen hundred pounds per acre. His entire crop of ten acres is very fine, including some Havana tobacco, most of his crop, how ever, being of the Hester var iety. Mr. Rogers is one of our best and most progressive farmers, and he is very much encouraged with the outlook for tobacco in Darlington County. Many of our leading planters are getting familiar with its cultivation and nearly one thousand acres have been planted here this REV. S. M. RICHARDSON AN UNJUST CHARGE. ! I have failed to produce a first- class colt, two years old, for i double that amount. Mr. Pug, refutes in reply to my letter, says his figures may seem a little off to those who have tried to raise stock on cane grass, muddy water and no attention. I will admit this to be an undeniable Editor Columbia Register:. P Utl ! ! t- ^ , r ' ..... . . v „ Pug clinches all his statements My attention has just been call- as undeniable facts, but goes on ed to a paragraph in the Reijis-\ to figure out the cost and, to He Answers the “Register's" Slander that “He Knows on Which Side His Bread is Buttered." Ycr of the 5th. I refer to that in which you express a supposi tion that, I was the “pastor of a little church of Straightouts who know on which side my bread is buttered.” In these words you charge me with pros tituting my high calling toai base end. If, sir, yonr paper went only to such homes as those in which lam well known, I might pass your unworthy and uncalledfor insinuation by “as the idle wind which I regard not.” Buch such is not the case. In justice to myself, therefore, you will allow me to make a statement. I am the pastor of three Bap tist Churches. The aggregate membership of these churches is three hundred and eighty- three, of whom about one hun dred are voters. Of these one hundred about eight are “Straightouts.” As a matter of fact, I know only four. Sure ly this showing will relieve me from any odium that might fall upon me through the circulation or the paper containing your un just insinuation. But, sir, the peculiar position I occupy demands a word fur ther from me. I am, and have been, from its inception, fully identified with the Reform movement in politics. At inter vals, as occasion offered, in the midst of the pressing duties of a pastoral and missionary work out for more give him help him. Hii justice, I will only season. The Darlington Tobacco Ware- [combined, 1 spoke house Company was chartered fairness in the distribution of some time ago and work on the offices and greater simplicity necessary buildings will be com- and purity in official circles, menced very soon. Darlington This for five years before Mr. has the first lot of this season’s Tillman’s name was known in tobacco on the market and ex- this section, pects to continue in the front When Mr. Tillman began rank of growing and manufac- agitating the political waters I his days he was greatly afflict ed, so much so that he was bereft of reason and sight. reform that will help them. Mr Huggins gave your correspond ent a bunch of his fine plums Now that he is gone, the wri- and on one small twig, fiveinch- ter feels that he can truthfully ' es long, there were seven very say of the deceased: He had large plums, one measuring 4i his faults (and who has not i',) inches around. These plums but * e had his virtues too. He [commence to ripen about the was honest, and an honest man end of June and last about six- is the noblest work of God ; he ty days, was a good citizen, a true and - —♦— tried Mason, a professed Chris ROBINS NECK. , . , , . . Miss Bertha Bland, of Dar- A Peace to his ashes and rest to fington, is visiting the family I his soul! A. W. P - 9 - 1 - J turing the fragrant and import ant weed. lb. Good Rio coffee, 20 cts a West & Honour. DEATH IN NORTH CAROLINA. A Former Resident of Darlington Pass' es Away. of Mr. J. A. Middleton. The brick and iron works is burning the first kiln of brick. We have had the heaviest rains ever witnessed here and crops are badly injured. The railroad bed was washed t T-, , ,. _ away at several places on Wed- Mr. \V ilham J. fountain died , ne8( j a y 0 f j as ^ week. Mr. on the 3 inst at Southport N. C where he was residing. Mr. Fountain was a native of this county. He was about sixty Bright Williamson’s dam was also broken in three places, set him down for an incorrup tible, unselfish, God-fearing man, rugged and fearless. I verily thought he had been rais ed up to purify the polit.es of my State. My flock sympath ized in my feelings. “We trust ed it had been he which should pineapple. | have redeemed Israel.” But, sir, I have been mistaken in — j Governor Tillman. I not only find him otherwise than a God- | fearing man, but I have been Recent | forced, against my wishes, to [conclude that he is insincere. „ ,. , . _ Having put himself down Kditor Darlington Am’*: squarely as favoring a reduction I notice in your paper of the in salaries, the first act of his 7th, that you say that “Darling- administration should have ton and Una base ball clubs, been to have insisted on a reduc- played on Friday, and that the tion of his own salary—doubly score stood 5 to 0, in favor of so when the financial condition Darlington, at the end of three of the country then and now is innings, when the game was, compared. Furthermore, there called on account of rain.” is not one single weak place There are several mistakes in which he detected in previous the item. It was not Una. but administrations, except in the [Since the above appeared in the Newx and Courier several of the Dar lington farmers have cured barns of tobacco, among them I icing Messrs J. A. and l). M. Smoot and H. P. Wil liamson.—fiditor Thk Nkws.] New crop grated West & Honour. ERROR CORRECTED. Statement in Regard to a Game of Base Ball. Philadelphia, that played Dar- We have no railroad agent at lington on that day, and MRS. GAINSBOROUGH'S DIAMONDS Another Great Treat in Store for the Readers of ‘‘The News." With this issue we bring to a close Augusta Larned’s story “Sister Martha.” This story is short but quite a pleasant one and it kept the reader interest ed from beginning to snd. With our next issue we will commence the publication of j longer serial—a story by one of America's foremost authors, Julian Hawthorne. This work is full of exciting adventures and those who wish to read a chaste, entertaining story should watch for the opening chapter in the next issue of Tl» News. years old and had always lived pre 8e, it, but trust that the com- in Darlington until about five years ago, when he removed to North Carolina. He owned and resided upon the plantation on the Pocket road, about four miles from town, now the prop erty of Dr. J. C. Willcox. His wife and three children survive him. Two of his sisters, Misses Elizabeth and Fannie Fountain, reside a few miles from town. We are headquarters for shoes; all styles and prices. McCall & Burch. THE WAR ON WHISKEY. No Action Yet Taken in the Matter of Removing the Screens. The liquor dealers of Darling ton have not yet taken any ac-, __„ n j ino . tion in regard to the notice of | the Good Templars about re moving the screens from in front of their bars and it is not probable that any action will be taken by them. The liquor men state that they do not wisn to antagonize the people of Dar lington, and they appear to be awaiting further developments. There seems to be a disposition among them to test the validity of the law. pany will give us one this fall. Where is the Society Hill cor respondent ? Your correspondent attended a very pleasant picnic and fish dinner, given by Mr. J. A. Mid dleton near Williams’ lake on Saturday last. ASHLAND. We have been having heavy rains for over a week. The crops, both corn and cot ton, are looking well in this section. Elder G. D. Sherrill, of Len oir, N. C., has been holding a series of meetings at the new Advent Chapel near here. Miss Bettie Spicer, who is sometime with her sister, Mrs. Mattie E. Moore, ex pects to leave for her home in Wilkes County, N. C. next week. Pint bottle of ammonia, cts. West & Honour. A COLORED “M. D." 15 Dr. Weinberg, a Graduate of Yale, Wishes to Practice his Profes sion Here. Dr. Weinberg, a colored phy sician is in town prospecting with a view to locating here for the practice of medicine. He is a young man and states that he was graduated recently from the medical department at Yal e He is a nativ e of Bransden, Pa He desires to locate at this place and is anxious to appear before the county medics 1 board for examination. Mrs. Wesley Loyd, after a long and painful illness, died on June 29, Lina, the two year old daughter of Mr. Jos. H. Smith, died on July 4, and the infant son of Mr. J. J. Smith died on July 7. CLYDE. Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Watkins are on a visit to Chesterfield. We had an excellent sermon on Sunday at New Market from Rev. E. M. Merritt. Mr. F. W. Landay was thrown from a horse a few days ago and had his arm dislocated. We are having an abundance of rain and our boys are having a hard time trying to lay by. Mr. J. C. Jowers has returned from a pleasant visit to relatives and friends in Chesterfield. Mr. J. A. Parnell has been un well for sometime. He is now visiting Mr. Henry Privett in the hope that the change will improve his health. the score stood 5 to 3, as Mr. J. O. Muldrow, the scorer, will testify. We were gaining rapidly on Darlington, when the game was stopped by rain. When the rain stopped we offered to finish the game, but the Darlington boys refused. That alone, by any recognized baseball author- i*y, gives us the game. H. C. Rack, Sect. Union B. B. C. Philadelphia, July 8. very important matter of liquor drinking (?) that has not been detected in his own armor. But you say “otherwise he should have rebuked Mr. You- mans for his intemperate utter ances that provoked Governor Tillpian.” But, sir, I heard no thing intemperate from Mr. Youmans. When Mr. Tillman reflected, by comparison, upon the “honor and truth” of his opponents, I felt instantly that he Had said an unnecessary and harmful thing. Mr Youmans’ is figures show that the feed alone cost him $38,20, but he does not show, as I asked him to do, where he got the colt to start with. Let me put in a few items of expense I met with, that were not mentioned by Mr. Pug. 1. Carrying dam before and after birth of colt. 2. Service of sire. 2. Good and intelligent at tention for two years. 4. Fence around pasture. 5. Protecting the grapevines and the plum and mulberry trees when young. I leave it to Mr. Pug to say how much these five items cost, as I promised not to figure for him but to help him. Now I want to say to Mr. Pug that I write with kindest feel ing and not for notoriety or to show that I am perfection. I have not the slightest idea who Mr. Pug is, but I shall be pleas ed to accept his kind invitation to see his cheap meat, though I would prefer to learn how to raise it. My experience is that, when we attempt to feed hogs on crops raised and gathered by hand on land that will rent for five dollars per acre and give good and intelligent attention, it is better to go West for ba con. I mean well, Mr. Pug, and if you doubt it I will show you why I write. When a man goes West and gets his ideas, and, on coming back to Darlington, smokes them in his own pipe, no one has any business criti cizing them, but, when he gives them to a paper that is read by almost every intelligent farmer in the county to show us why we are hard pressed and where tlie trouble lies, he must not get warm and fly off if a man who has not been out of the State of South Carolina asks for a little information. You must keep cool in this hot weather, friend Pug, for we cannot let you go until you teach us how to make molasses that costs one fourth as much as the vile stuff you described in your letter. Stock Raiser can tell the farm ers when we will all get rich and happy. It will be when wo learn from friend Pug how to raise a first class colt for fifty dollars and sell him for two hundred and fifty and make good syrup for 41 cents per gal lon and sell it at 36 cents. (The price for the sale of the colt is Stock Raiser’s figure and the prices for molasses are taken from Mr. Pug's figures and the market price.) You are represented by the paper, Mr. Pug, as getting $78 per acre for your oats. I pre sume that this is a typographi cal error. Stock Raiskk. question seemed to me such as Finest California lemon cling un y gentleman—andaChristian peaches, 25 cts a can. W. & H. [gentleman, too—might have asked. He was perfectly calm and polite. There was nothing to rebuke. S. M. Richardson, Timmonsville, S. C., July 7th. Teachers in Atlanta Among the South Carolina delegation that attended the meeting of the Southern Edu cational Association in Atlanta last week were Miss Mary C. Pouncey, of Society Hill, Miss [and prunes, West & Honour. Rosa Lucas, of Hartsville, and Miss Winton Parks, of Darling ton. Evaporated apples, peaches ■STOCK RAISER” AGAIN. DIED. On Sunday, July 10, 1892, Hugh Norment, infant son of E. P. and Annie Lide, aged fourteen months. THE STATE CAMPAIGN. The Meeting Last Week Characterized by Great Disorder. Campaign meetings were held in Richland, Orangeburg, Aiken, Edgefield and Lexing ton last week. The only one of them that was orderly was the Aiken meeting; the othera did not reflect much credit upon our people. At Orangeburg the 1 Tillmanites “howled down” Sheppard and prevented him from speaking. Rowdyism broke up the meeting at Edge- field, the home of the candi dates for Governor. The Till manites would not let Youmans speak by howling him down. To retaliate for this the Conser vatives refused to allow Tillman to speak. They howled him down. The meeting broke up in disorder. He Replies to Mr. "Jim Pug" and Asks Him to Furnish Further Inform ation. Editor Darlington News: Please allow me space to re ply to friend Pug, who, not knowing me, does me injustice when he presumes that I think myself perfection and that I am set in mv ways, etc. Now let me say, by way of explanation, that for the past ten years I have been engaged in a moder ate way in stock raising and in that time have read a great many articles on the subject, spent a good deal of money (all that I could get) on pastures, fences, and improved stock and have done all I could in a mod erate way to solve the problem of stock raising in Darlington county. Just as I thought I had about gotten ready to raise stock as cheaply as it could be done, Mr. Pug comes before the public stating that he can raise a first- class two-year-old colt for fifty dollars. Now this was a stun ner to me, for, after ten yean of steady work and preparation, Try our mild flavored cream cheese. West & Honour. BY HIS OWN BROTHER. Startling Disclosures in the Shooting of A. G. Ammons. Marion, July 9.—About ten days ago A. G. Ammons was shot by some one in ambush. The shooting was at night and no one was present but the as sailant and his victim. The weapon used was a double-bar rel shotgun, both barrels being discharged. At the last fire Mr. Ammons fell, and the as sassin fled, doubtless supposing that Mr. Ammons was a lifeless corpse in the road. Such, how ever, was not the case, and at first the wounds were not thought to be necessarily fatal. The wounded man could form no opinion as to the person of his would be assassin. He had no personal enemy, and reason ed that he must have been mis taken for another. Tracks, how ever, were noticed about the place of the shooting, an i trac ed in the direction of a house in the community; but such were the relations between the per son thus indicated and the wounded man that it would seem to contradict the remotest suspicion or the barest possibil ity of his guilt. Other circum stances, however, were soon disclosed, which were of such damagi g character as to force the conclusion that A. G. Am mons had been shot by his own brother, E. R. Ammons. The community became indignant, and a few days ago a warrant was sworn out against E. R. Ammons for assault and battery with intent to kill, but he was released on bail. This morning it was ascer tained that the condition of the wounded man was very critical. The accused was surrendered to the authorities, and is now in jail, where he will be held to await further developments.