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VOL. XIX, NO. :S2. DARLINGTON, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 1892. WHOLE NUMBER 915. LIK'lL I.ROMOS. MATTERS ABOUT THE PRIMARY. iioui i:rr m THE ADDITIONAL AFFIDAVITS. MATTERS IN AND AROUND PROS PEROUS DARLINGTON. The County Democratic Executive Committee Take* Important Ac- BURGLARS MAKE AN UNUSUAL lion. NUMBER OF RAIDS. „ , , k, D . ...... Thw County Democratic Exec- A Column of New*. Person! and Oth- utiye In(>t Jt , sterday erwise, of Interest to Readers. Our Many Mr. E O. Seibels, of Colum bia, was in town Tuesday. Miss Lou Keith has returned to her home in Timmonsville. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Hearon have gone on a visit to Mt. Airy, Ga. Tha Tillmanites hold a cau cus in the Court House yester day. The “mer'-y go round,, was removed on Monday to charlotte N. C. _ Mr. Cornelius Marco, of New York, is visiting relatives in town. Mr. J. Walter James and Miss Emmie James, are visiting in Virginia. The colored people held their summer fair at the Fair Grounds on Friday. Mrs. Geo. W. Dargau and and decided upon the following matters of importance. * The polls will be opened at the primary from 8 a m to 4 p in. The following places have been selected as the polling places for the various town ships: Antioch, at Coldwater School-house; Cypress, at Cy press; Darlington, at Darlington; Hartsville, at Hartsville; High Hill, at the residence of the late J. N. Garner; Leavensworth, at Leavens worth, Libson,at Lamar; Lydia, at Lydia; Mechanicsville, at Mechanicsville; Palmetto, at Palmetto; Philadelphia, at the McCall house; Stokes Bridge, at Ashland;SwiftCreek,at Early’s Crossroads; Society Hill, at So ciety Hill. Messrs E. It. Moore aad W. S. McIntosh were appointed man agers at Hartsville in place of Messrs J.E. Miller and J. A. Smith, who are candidates for county commissioner and trial justice respectively. A man- Miss Sadie Dargan have goneto ager will be appointed later lor Glenn Springs. (the Society Hill box in place of Mr. L. M. Crosswell who is a candidate for trial justice. The names of the candidates of the two factions, Conserva tive and Tillmanite, will be The Sunday train on the C. S. & N. Railroad will bediscontin- ued on Sunday next. Trial Justice Smith sent three colored men to the jail on Mon day for petit larceny, Miss Emma Williamson left Regarding the Alleged Haskellite-Rc- publican Combine, Which has Already Been Exploded. xu. o u ui « ~ , , It is hardly necessary to pub- There was Probably An Organ,zed , ^ c ^ and g ^ ^ Band.-F.ve Persons Two Wh.te, afli(lavitg denvin g the alleged Lodged m Jad on Suspicion. | combine between the Haskell- Darlington has been infested | ites and Republicans, but we do so because we promised that we would. The affidavits which were published in The News a short time ago are sufficient to knock the bottom out of the J whole affair. The following bold but * s a co Py Deas' affidavit: They seemed ! „ Personally came before me . . * * * . J E. H. Dean, who upon oath savs to.be mainly after money, for if that he is a re8 i dent 0 f the town •they could not get that they 1 0 f D ar ]j n gt, 0 n, county of Dar troubled little else. They were' Lngton and State of South Caro- bold to an extreme. Nothing hna, and that during the year 1 1890 he was the Republican can didate for Congress for the Uih with burglars for some time past. In less than two weeks twelve attempts at burglary, some successful, have been made. The burglars were very bungling. Congressional district; that he | printed on separate tickets A motion to have the names of all j the candidates printed on the 1 search the money drawers. , . . .. . same ticket resulted in a tie | The first attempt at burglary on Thursday for a visit to I..-.- ,. . ' - 1 Cashier’s Valley, N. C. an daunted by the fact that they knew each burglary would make the pt*ople more vigilant, they has read a letter which was read commited their depredations one night and on the very next night would again go on the rounds. They entered one store, Mr. J. O.Muldrow’s, three nights in succession. Stores were the chief object of their attention ; only one residence did they at tempt to enter. They were very bungling. Every attempt to break into a safe was unsuccessful and sev eral times they failed even in theirattempts toenterthe stores. Besides attempting to get into the safes, the burglars would j vote, 5 to 5, and the chairman j was made on the Racket Store of the committee cast the de-! but was unsuccessful. This Mr. Harry Smith left on ciding vote in favor of separate was on Tuesday night, July 2C. Thursday for a v isit to his for- tickets. On the Friday night following mer home in Charlotte. The committee took no steps, the burglars entered Mr. J. O. Tanrie and T.la Taw as it is authorized to do, to pre- Muldrow’s store and stole a few Misses L.a an a | ven( . “pi um pj n g '» 80> as w „ un _: dollars from the money drawer. derstand it “plumping” will be On the Tuesday night following allowei in this county. A vo-1 (Tuesday of last week) an ou ter will not be obliged to vote ; successful attempt was made to for three representatives o r enter the residence of Mr. C. K. three county commissioners, i Rogers. On the same night the but may, if he sees fit, vote for burglars entered Messrs Joye & one or two. j Sanders’store through a back A campaign meeting will be! window. They made an attempt held at the Academy green in to open the safe but failed. They The Macedonia Baptist Darlington on Saturday, the did not steal any of the goods. Church (colored) is being re- 20th inst., when candidates for The next night they attempted painted and thoroughly repair- Congress and Solicitor will to rob Mr. H. Heunig’s store and ed. speak. Mr. John Bulcken's. They fail- Misses Alice and Edith Par- thTagr,cultural society V} to P rize0 P eri t the win . dow 10 rott are in Winston, N. C., vis- _ Bub are “summering it” at Murray's Inlet, near Pawley’s Island. The matter for the prohibi- I tion column was received this I week too late for publication. Mrs. D. 8. McCullough and Mrs. A C. McFall have gone to 1 the upper section of the State. HERE’S SOME Fl\. HONJ.L. McLAURIN. The Marlboro Senator and Vice Presi dent of the Alliance Thinks the Al liance Candidate for Congress Acted Ugly. itureof strength, health, pros perity and happiness. That “he is wise for himself” and walks HON. w. D. Evans' opinion of in wisdom's ways and finds that | “her ways are ways of pleas | antness, and all her paths are peace.” With all these forces co-oper ating and working together for a common end, we o.irselves should be temperate in our talks State Senator W. D. Evans, of | and writings on temperance, Marlboro, who is a prominent lest our intemperance in thead- Allianceman, was defeated re- vocacy and enforcement of tem centlv for the Alliance nomina- P erauce T reat t and defeat our ob- , .i • ject. “Let vour moderation be tion for Congress from tins dis-1 J known< , i8 a ,,p ropriate even in trict by Attorney General Me- j advocating temperance. Laurin, also of Marlboro. Mr. Why abuse the liquor seller, Evans regarded Mr. McLaurin who is supplying a demand as under obligation to him not made oaad 1 J asscs , society ? What good can it to run for Congress and conse- , )OSsib i y do ls he more to quently thinks McLaurin has | blame for selling than others acted ugly He writes as fol- for drinking? Isn’t the curse lows concerning Mr. McLau- n ^' n *y in the driuking and the J effects of drinking ? W hy speak nn s course: To the Editor of the Xeu-x and Courier : I notice that I was reported in your piipcras having said at the incline of Congressional candidates at Florence on 1st instthat 1 was not a candidate and bowed to of the victim of intern perance ? How many royal na tures are in the toils ! Yes, the truest, the noblest and most gentle of our kind. Let us not repel them and drive them to despair. Rather let us turn up on them the sunlight of com unkindly by Governor B. R. Tillman at the campaign meeting at Dar lington, S. C., on Friday, July 21, 1892, and published in the State and other papers in their accounts of said meeting, the same bearing date October 31, 1890, and, appearing over the names of S. W. Williams, chair man of executive committee, and S. S. Dreher, chairman of special committee ; and he furth er says that there was no prom ise or any understanding dur ing that year with the Straight- out or Haskell Democratic or ganization as to any support be tween himself and the candi-j pie will dates, as the article would im- been a trade between us by me ms of prevention and recla ply; that if there had been any which he was to be Attorney j mation, let all good men who such arrangement he would (Jeneral and I to go to Congress, 1 [ 0 ve their friends and country have known it, as he would and, therefore, to contradict absolutely refuse to vote for liave been necessarily one of the that impression he was com- drunkards for official positions, most interested parties. , pelied to allow the use of his E. H. Deas. ' name. I would nat have cared Sworn to before E. R. Arthur, ■ if he had come out as an open would the dictates of the Alliance. | passion and pity, and, by kind- Now, I would like to say through ness and gentleness, endeavor your columns what I think I said to win them away from that then as well as what I say now., which in their hearts they de- I feel like I have been grossly ! test and hate. How often has deceived and imposed upon by the spirit of love that “endureth Mr. McLaurin. His excuses for all things and hopeth all things trampling upon my friendship and that never fadeth” tri- and violating his voluntary umphed whe.e all other agen- promises to me are that the peo cies and influences have failed ! think that there has Having put in force all these trade between us by THE COUNTY NEWS. FROM ALL SECTIONS AS TOLD BY OUR CORRESPONDENTS. Matters About Philadelphia.—An Alli gator Killed.—Protracted Meeting a Success. < Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Dew have returned from a visit to Red Springs, N. C. We were pleased to have Miss Olla Mozingo, of Stokes Bridge, with us last week. Mr. J. J. Nettles, of Williams burg county, visited the family of Mr. L. B. DuBose last week. Messrs II. P. and John Gar ner, w ho went to Texas last winter, have returned home. They give agiowing account of the “Lone Star” State. Messrs J. P.' Parker, J. C. Dowling and C. W. Truett kill ed an alligator a few days ago in Lake Swamp that measured six and a quarter feet. Rev. J.E. Rushton closed a very interesting protraeted meeting here on last Satuiday. He did some very earnest and practical preaching, which seems to have resulted in much good to the church. Anyone who would like to lo cate a steam gim in a lucrative stand would do well to confer with Mr. J. C. Dowling, as the stand where Mr. W. D. Black man’s gin has been located for the past two years is now va cant. Mrs. Eula Petty, after spend ing throe or four weeks here, will return to her home in Maryland this week. Rev. N. N. Burton, of Swift Creek, preached during the serious of meetings here last week to large and attentive con gregations. His sermons were good and we trust for good re sults to follow. LYDIA. Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Lloyd week. The Annual Meeting.—An Able Address by Prof. Massey. The annual meeting of the Darlington Agricultural Society frightened away cken’s. On the same night the burglars succeeded in entering Mr. M. Marco’s store through the side door but failed to break Ring their sister, Mrs. J. H. Ma son. Rev. T. B. Craig, of Mars Bluff, will preach in the Pres byterian Church on Sunday next. bwn^isRffie friends i^Darling- F ' ,la88e y» of the North Car °- and on Fri(la . v night repeated hna i-utifmari iw»r JR** 1 Agricultural College, was their visit to Mr. Muldrow. On in Camden present by invitation and de-| Saturday night Mr. Muldrow’s * ' ilivered an excellent address, store was visited for the fourth A call for a meeting of the | He did not confine himself to a time, Mr. B. O. Bristow's store was held at the Fair Grounds open the safe. On the follow on Tuesday, President W. H. ing night (Thursday) they again Evans in the chair. Prof. W. entered Mr. Muldrow’s store was entered by the back win dow and another unsuccessful attempt was made upon Mr. Hennig’s. The burglars failed Leavensworth Democratic Club particular subject but discussed for Saturday next is published agricultural matters generally, in this issue. His address was very much eu- A little son of Mr The regular reports were then ! to open Mr. Bristow’s safe, but Bose was bR by a snake wh le caUed f *. N() l writu , n repoi . t j bl X open his money drawer P in , 1 1 on “Diversified Crops” was pre- which was wisely left empty. Sat unlay last. sented, but remarks were made! They stole a few articles from Attorney General McLaurin, upon the subject by Messrs J. the store. In tlie four raids up- W. Beasley. J. J. Ward and E. on Mr. Muldrow's store thebur- L. Gray from the committee! glars secured about eight dol- and by Messrs E R. Mclver and I Prof. Massey. Col. E. R. Mc- | Iver read a report upon the question, “Is Hog Raising Pro- the Alliance candidate for Con gress from this district, was in Darlington on Sunday. Mr. S. Woods left on Mon day for the North to purchase the fall and winter stock for Messrs Woods & Woods store, tiiable in this Country ?” Messrs T. J. Bell, D. C. McCall, E. L. Misses Eddie Wheeler and Gray and W. E. James further Susie Mouson, of Clarendon, and Edith Gandy, of Society Hill, are visiting friends in Darling- ion. The subject for the meeting of the Y. M. C. A. on Sunday afternoon next is, “Tempted and victorious”, Matthew IV, 1—11. The card of ex-Judge C. P. Townsend appears in the candi dates’ column. He is a candi date for Solicitor for this cir cuit. Misses Bessie and Mary Lucas, who have been visiting the family of Dr. A. T. Baird, re turned to their home in Society Hill on Tuesday. Mr. E. M. Wells, who is now clerking for Messrs. Edwards, Norment & Co.,will, on Septem ber 1, accept a similar position with Messrs. Brunsom, Lunn & Co. On Monday of last week Mr. M. T. Lide fell from a tree at his home in Springville. He fell about twenty feet. His foot was sprained but he is again able to be at work. Gray and W. E. discussed the question. The following officers were unanimously elected for the en suing year: President, W. H. Evans; Vice Presidents, Lucas McIntosh, E. W. Cannon, J. M. Josey; Secretary, W. E. James. The thanks of the society were tendered Prof. Massey for his visit to the society and for his able address. • Trade your old machine for a New Home or No 9. Blackwell Bros •SCRATCHiNG" AT THE PRIMARY. lars. It will he seen by their actions that money was what they were after, but as the result of all their depredations they got very little. There is no doubt but that there was a regular gang or ganized for the purpose of com mitting these depredations. The people became aroused and many voluntarily assisted the police in guarding the town. 'J he authorities worked up the matter and on Monday made several important arrests and they are confident they have the right men. The following are the parties arrested, the first two being white. John Melton, Ed Mills, John Rouser, Gus Smith and Willie Mclver. Eugene Pugh, colored, was arrested, hut was released on Tuesday as there was not sufficient evidence to hold him. C. C. C. P. and G. S The following is a copy of Capt. Quirk’s affidavit: Personally came before me Win Quirk, who upon oath says that he resides in the town and county of Florence and State aforesaid, and that dur ing the year A. D. 1890 he was chairman of the Straightout Democracy of the Cth Congres sional district; that during the early part of that year his at tention was called to an article which was published in the Charleston World over the sig nature of S. W. Williams, chair man of the Republican execu tive committee, and S. S. Dreh er, chairman of the special com mittee ; that the implication of that article was that an agree ment had been reached between the Republican party and the Straightout Democracy to the effect that in consideration of the Republican vote being cast for Haskell’s ticket the Straight out Democracy would support and vote for E. H. Deas, the Republican candidate for Con gress ; that he denounced any such arrangement as being with out his knowledge and favor and could not have been made without his knowledge ; that he procured from G. W Williams, whose name appear ed to said paperT an affidavit to the effect that it was false, and endeavored to get the World to publish it, but upon its refusal Buy the ‘ ‘scratched” ticket Tast at ff uaranteed - primary valid? That Diamond A” flour. Blaekweil Bros. THE TOBACCO WAREHOUSE. Rule 4 of the Regulations Makes a “Scratched" Ballot Valid. 1 he question has been asked, is a the primary valid? That is will a voter be allowed to I scratch or erase the name of a ! candidate appearing on the tick- W iii be Completed in Three Weeks.— et and insert in its place the : A Description of the Buildings name of an opposing candidate? | k the tobacco To this we answer y« a.* sub- warehousu 18 p ‘ ogre88ing rapid- rnit m substantiation the fol- will ^ completed in owing from Rule 4 of the regu- * three wooka rf lere will la ions governing the primary :! bui i d i„ g8 , the warehouse “Each voter in said prunarj and th | rizt) ” hoU8e . shall vote but one ballot, on is th £ bu u ding in candidate, for then I have known how to act, but de liver me from a traitor in the guise of a friend. Mr. Norton in closing his speech alluded to what he con sidered to be the injustice of the manner in which 1 had been treated, and proposed for the sake of justice and right that he would withdraw in my favor if Mr. McLaurin would do the same. I got up and said that, while I felt grateful to Mr. Norton, I would never accept office as a concesion from any man who had ever walked upon God's green earth, more especially from Mr McLaurin; that the Al liance caucus had seen proper to select him as the standard bearer of their xause ; had se lected a lawyer in preference to a member of the Order, and that 1 had not one word to say, but would how in submission : that I would go home and “plough on,” and that the prin ciples which were so dear to my heart—to th e heart of every true Alliance man—would ever find an eanest and faithful sup porter as a private in the ranks if I never received any office. There were things dearer to me than office-holding. It is said that success is that which succeeds ; that might do for others, hut success at the expense of honor and fidelity to plighted word is a moral pover- lost their infant last Mrs. D. S. Pate, who has been visiting friends in Bishopville, has returned home. A meeting began on Sunday at Wesley Chapel. It is con ducted by Rev. S. J. Bethea. Mr. Thornwell Thomas and his sister have returned to their home at Clyde after a pleasant visit to Mrs. Mary Anne King. A match game was played be tween the “Jimson weed” and “May pop” base ball clubs re cently, which resulted in a vic tory for the latter by a score of 9 to 3. The meeting at Mt. Elon clos ed last Friday with two candi dates for baptism. The servi ces were conducted by Rev. Messrs. Gresham and Bristow, who labored faithfully. STOKES BRIDGE. | Within the last two weeks ! heavy rain has fallen. The j prospect for good crops in this immediate section is bright. m , , ,1 Mr W. H. Rhodes, one of the fhe recent heavy rams have I students of Hebron High School injured cotton very much by is profitably spending his vaca te do.so he caused it to be pub ^ t * ,at ^k'^ 1 * 8 ^ oe8 no * lished in the columns of The Charleston News and Courier : that after said charges had been so refuted he had not heard any thing more of them until his at tention was again called to them in the reports of the campaign meeting which was held at Dar lington S. C., July 21,1892,in the, Stateand other daily papers, when saidcltarge was again pre ferred by Governor B. R. Tillman in his speech that deponent again denounces said charges as be ing untrue and false in every particular. Wm. Quikk. July 25, 1892. Mr. E. E. Hudson, of Florence c mn y, sends The News an affidavit. We suppose Mr. Hud son desires it published to show that Zed Williams gave the cir cular to him as has already been stated in The News, and which no one has ever doubted. No body has ever, to our knowledge, questioned the fact that Wil liams gave the circular to Mr. Hudson. The affidavit is as follows : State ok South Carolina 1 County of Florence / Personally appeared Ijefore me Jacob C. Hudson and made oath that he saw Zed Williams deliver the said letter, that B. R. covet. W. D. Evans. Benuettsville, August 5. *•«- -«•«— —— Buy a black alpaca coat and vest at Blackwell Bros. . - ■ — MR. BURN AGAIN. He Advocates Moderation in the Mat ter of Temperance and Suggests a Plan for Prohibition. Editor Darlington News: Having in my first letter briefly noticed t^e influence and power of woman to protect her self and her loved ones from the curse of intemperance, I will again notice some other influ ences and powers that may be used to further the cause of temperance. Man is a creature not only of circumstances but of education; as he is taught and “as he thinks, so is he.” He should be not from uncharitableness or any unkind feeling, but rather because we would not expose, but shield them, from censure and mortification. Here again we apply the great motive pow er of rewards and punishments in a loving manner and by indi vidual enforcement. We might then enforce a law that no intemperate physician should practice medicine and surgery, and the same prohibi tory law as to intemperance among lawyers, judges, gover nors, all State officials and county officials, that all officials from the lowest to the highest shall be sober men in the dis charge of their official duties. Put a noble and worthy pre mium on sobriety. Have all liquor analysed, and destroy all that is not pure and unadulterated. After this let State agents or county agents sell all that may he needed for certain useful and medical pur poses, and cover all profits into the treasury. Thus we may hope to save our children and loved ones from that which has become a national calamity, de structive to civilization and hu manity. But until we use the personal powers that are ours, and the educational and moral forces which we may command and employ, it will be in vain to enact sumptuary laws which are so difficult to enforce. Until there is a moral force, a living temperance life, and a non-political or non partisan policy steadily pursued by the leaders, we cannot hope for any wholesome prohibitory laws. A policy that puts prohibition can didates in office, to the exclu sion ofjgood.Jconscieutious men who will obey the will of the people while attempting to pre serve the steady growth of tem perance principles and do noth ing to suddenly wreck the vest ed interests of our people, or set back by unwise measures that healthful development of public opinion which is essential to the enforcement of all general and comprehensive laws, will cer tainly cause a reaction unfavor able to temperance. Henry C. Burn. Last Friday was the dayap-, ... . ... , pointed tor the examination for 8 h a ^ be printed or r t- whicb tbe f armer8 w jn place the two scholarships from this jf*" printed and pat their tobacco to be sold atauc- county in the Winthrop Normal written, the name, or na , f t j on This building has the di- College, but no applicants pre- the person, or persons, tec r, siong G0 by . J2,) feet, is well by him for each of the office, to Sixteen sky-lights b f e mietl together with the name ; ^ & ^ * u88 roof ^ * im . or tne omce. • ; portant adjunct is a large and early CLOSING. commodious cellar. The “prize house is used hy . » . c the purchaser to store the to- DsrlmKton s Banks Will Follow t e x- bacco preparatory to shipping. ample of the Stores. This building is two stories high Tillman read on the stand, to his , ^ , , father, E. E. Hudson, and he b eart 18 ''able to break delivered it to Mr. J. O. Howard, ’ ^be wa '* 8 °/ f* 16 [Signed] J. C. Hudson. get fatty and brittle Sworn to before me this 28th and e * s, ]3 r burst ron ment and over eating; tan; ht then to 'je temperate in all things In order to do this the work of education should go steadily onward in the schools, especially in physiology. Here the young may learn the effects of alcohol on the human system: that it turns the muscles inio fat; “ihe heart is most liable to to this change and becomes weakened;” “such a fatty, soft sudden- arteries n spots causing it to shed. From pres ent prospects it seems that there will he a very short crop this year and unless the prices ad vance the farmers will be des perately stranded this fall. ROBINS NECK. Miss Fannie Gandy, of Dar lington, is visiting relatives of the Pee Dee. Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Lesesne are visiting their sister, Mrs. J. C. Lampley. Mr. A Gee and family, of Penial, are visiting the family of Mr. J. A. Russell. Mr. Frank Estey, of Society Hill, has accepted a position at the brick yard and handles brick at the rate of 45 to the minute. We have had rain in abund ance and crops are short gener ally; cotton is estimated at I of an average crop. Those who planted rice are very much pleased with the prospects and anticipate a good yield. Our friends who have planted tobac co have very different opinions about it Some think they will make money while others feel discouraged. Our champion in diversified craps, JJr. E. M. Williamson, showed us recently some very fine tobacco. He is an advocate of tobacco and thinks only good grades will pay. His water melons were good considering the year and he hopes to make a fair fair compensation out of the investment. He has ship- ped several carloads containing 1,000 to 1,000 melons to the car. tion in teaching at Liberty. Messrs J. P. Mozingo, Sr., J. P. Walters, and C. W. Wood-, ham recently returned from the convention of I. O. G. T. at Florence. They report the dele gates enthusiastic anil the pro hibition sentiment growing. An interesting protracted meeting, which resulted in a number of conversions and sev eral accessions to the church, closed at Hebron recently. The pastor, Rev. S. J. Bethea, was ably assisted by Rev. G. R, Whitaker of Clyde circuit. HIGH HILL. Mr. Alex. Kelly and family are visiting friends and relatives in Lancaster. Mrs. E. L. Gray of Lamar, spent a few days of last week auiongstlier friends at this place. Miss Meta Alpers, who has been visiting Miss Ella Jeffords, has returned to her home in Charleston. The picnic of the 27 ult. was quite a pleasant affair, and the church realized a goodly sum as the result thereof. Quite a number of our young people attended the Union meet ing at Cartersville and have much to say in praise of the hospitality of tho good people of that place. The proprietor of the Enter prise Hotel is selling tickets to his new bath-rooms at 15 cents each, or two for 25 cents. •«.——»»-■ THE COTTON CONTEST. NEW PROVIDENCE. Misses Rebecca Gainey and Lula Douglas, of Darlington, are i visiting the family of Mr. G. W. McLeod. A straw hat for Blackwell Bros. 5 cents at AGAIN IN THE TOILS. sented themselves. Mr. E. M. Williams in lost a tobacco barn, together with a lot of tobacco, by fire on Wed nesday of last week. There was $360 insurance on' the property and this will almost cover the 1 day of July 1892. R. T. Huggins, Notary Public. A REMOVAL. A notice is published in this i and its dimensions are 40 by 60 ! issue to the effect that Darling- feet. The appointments of both ' \ j Mr. P. B. Allen will shortly _ _ remove his saloon to his new ton’s two banks will bo closed j buildings are very handsome building on the North side of on and after Monday, until fur- and of the most modern design. ' Mr. D. E. Webb, of Winston, N- C., an expert in the tobacco business, has been secured to manage the business of the warehouse. i hoi accumulates especially in ithe brain, enlarges ihe blood 1 vessels causing epilepsy. paraly sis and insanity.” Knowing ! these things our boys and young men will see there is no future | but of disappointment and mis- jerytohimwho indulges in li- their abili- at A Convict Escaped From the Peniten tiary Returned to that Institution. Solomon Morris, colored, an escaped convict, hrs been re turned to the penitentiary. Morris was convicted in October at the Darlington court of a misdemeanor and was sentenced to one year’s impris onment in the penitentiary. His offence was placing an ob struction upon the track of the C. S. & N. Railroad, mar La mar. Morris escaped from the penitentiary in February and was captured by the county au thorities in the town of Dar- “alco-! Ungton last week He was im- The County of Darlington Well Repre sented This Year. Every year the Columbia | Phosphate Company offers a prize for the largest yield of | cotton on one acre, manured Mrs. Elizabeth Mclnville’s with fertilizers manufactured children, together with friends, | by that company. Darlington celebrated Mrs. Mclnville’s i county always had representa- seventy-ninth birthday on the j tives among the contestants and 4th inst. this year there are four, as fol- i lows : E. M. Williamson, Doves- F -P ville, E. R. Mclver, Palmetto, H. P. McMillan, Society Hill, and Bright Williamson, Dar lington. W e look for Darling ton county to come out on top. Pearl Street, which is nearly ther notice, every day at 1 p m. completed. His present stand This is done in order to give the will be occupied by Messrs W. employees of the banks recrea- L. Oats & Co, who will open a tion in the afternoons during restaurant. the dull season. A Merchant to Change his Place of Business. Mr. A. Hyman, will remove i quor, however great his general merchandise store ties or bright their prospects toM C. Alexander’s stand on the start, the whole tendency Pearl Street. Mr. Alexander’s being to poverty of fortune, saloon will be continued in the wreck of body and imbecility of rear of the store. A handsome new front will be placed on the store and the building will be otherwise improved. mind, ending in wretchedness and death. On the other ban J they will see that to temperate young man there will be a fu. mediately returned to the peni tentiary. He states that he has been hiding in the swamp in the neighhood of Harts Island, in the Pee Dee River. ■ --- MINNESOTA POLITICS. The Alliance Will Support the Demo cratic Tickets. The Minnesota Democrats I have nominated Daniel W. Law ler for Governor by accla mation. It is stated that the Minnesota Farmers Alliance will support him. In order to reach a conclusion read both the Con- j servative and Tillman papers and spare no time for the pri mary is near at hand. Mr. G. W. McLeod now j conducts a singing school on Fridays and Saturdays at Union, a Methodist Church about fif teen miles from his home. The public may expect to see an advertisement in The News in September for the sale of 315 | acres of land, the estate of the late Mary Bateman. The heirs; have agreed on the sale for the first Monday in October. Mr. Noel Johnson, of thissec-^ tion, shot Mr. Samuel T. Sinclair, on Tuesday of last week, ser-; i'ously wounding him. The par ties had previously been at va- 1 rianoe with each other, and on j the day mentioned Johnson! found Sinclair on bis premises and bade him leave. Sinclair refused to do so, whereupon Johnson shot him. UNA. Mrs. J. H. Hicks is quite sick again. The Misses Timmons of Barn well, will visit Miss T. L. North- cutt shortly. Mr. J. II. Hicks has a field of corn which, it is said, will yield thirty bushels to the acre. Mr. J. F. Price,of Wedgefield, is here with his family on a visit to his brother, Mr. T. J. Price. Soldiers Prefer Grain rood. Cornmeal wan the grauu necessary of life to those legionaries who, led by Caesar, subdued the world, and who counted themselves starved and were apt to mutiny if reduced to the “famine fare” of animal food. Even British troops have been known to suffer from an exclusive meat diet, as indeed we found to onr cost In the Zulu campaign of 1878, while the preference of the Ro man soldiery for the vegetable food has its jnstitication in the experience of the Russian army, and still more of the German one in 1870, which carried that memorable campaign to its triumphant close on the Erbswurst (pea sansage fav ored for a little bacon).—London Lancet Large Family-. Patsy Dooley was a very i«x>r arith metician, and was puzzled by a great many questions of numliers which did not enter other people’s heads. One day a new acquaintance remarked in his presence: “I have eight brothers.” “Ye have eight brothers?'' -..id Patsy. “Then I suppose ivery wan o’ thim iias eight brothers too?" "Certainly.” “Arrah, thin,” said Patsy, “howmany mothers had the sixty-foor o’ ye?”— Youth's Companion. Paper Fire Engine*. A novel tire engine is being tried by the Berlin tire department. The car riage is constructed entirely of papier macho, all the different parts—body, poles, etc.—being fashioned in the best possible way. fhe weight is much leas than the ordinary carriage, while the durability is equally great.