The Darlington news. (Darlington, S.C.) 1875-1909, September 01, 1892, Image 1
A Column of Newt, Pertons I and Oth-
erwise, of Interest to Our Many
Readers.
Mr. C. W. Hewitt has return
ed from Mt. Airy, N. C.
The young men will give a
“fancy party” on the 13 inst.
Mr. C. R. Woods has returned
home from his summer jaunt.
Miss Lita Lucas will return to
her home in Society Hill today.
Mr. E. T. West has gone to
Charleston on a brief business
trip.
Mr. Bright Williamson has
returned from his visit to Sara
toga.
Mr. G. K. King, the well
known cotton buyer, is again
in Darlington.
Mr. R. L. Dargan will com
mence teaching a dancing school
this evening.
The Opera House has receiv
ed a lot of new and handsome
scenery for this season.
Miss Nanna Cummings of
Winusboro, is visitingthe fami
ly of Col. E. R. Mclver.
Mr. John Dyson and Miss
Berges Rollins of Timmonsville
spent Sunday in Darlington.
8. S. Dreher, colored, has re
moved his store to the Wein
berg building on Pearl Street.
Rev. C. 0. Martindale, of
Cheraw, will preach in the Pres
byterian Church next Sunday.
A number of Darlingtonians
will attend the exercises of “La
bor Day” in Florence on Mon
day.
The bookstore advertises that
a lady who writes a plain hand
is wanted to do office work and
assist in the store.
Mr. Hugh S. Thompson, Jr.,
who has been visiting relatives
in Darlington, will leave this
afternoon for Virginia.
Mr. Oscar Baker will leave
next week for his home in Mar
ion. On the 25th he will go to
Philadelphia to take a course in
pharmacy.
Mr. S. Manne is pushing
work on his row of brick build
ings on Pearl Street. They
will be five in number and two
stories high.
Quite an enthusiastic political
meeting was held on factory
hill on Friday night. Messrs J.
J. Ward and G. W. Brown ad
dressed the audience.
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Lunn have
returned from atrip North. Mr.
Lunn while away purchased
the fall and winter stock for
Brunson Lunn & Co.
Messrs S. A. Woods, J. S.
Burch, A. J. Broom and Claude
Milling have returned from the
North, where they have been
purchasing goods for their
stores.
Three cottages are in the
course of construction on Grove
Street adjoining the Episcopal
Church. Two belong to Mr. E.
Keith Dargan and one to Mr. C.
Alexander.
At a meeting of the County
Commissioners last week it was
decided that some much needed
improvements in the jury rooms
in the Court House should be
made at the earliest possible
moment.
The meeting of the Y. M. C.
\. on Sunday afternoon next
will be devoted to a “song ser
vice,” which will be led by Mr.
C. B. Edwards. The ladies are
especially invited to assist in
the service.
Mr. 8. Wolfram, the jeweler,
has an advertisement in this
issue. Read it and see what he
can do for you. Mr. Wolfram
has not been long with us, but
he has already established for
himself a reputation for relia
bility and promptness.
The Atlantic Coast Line will
sell excursion tickets to Wash
ington for the encampment of
the Grand Army of the Repub
lic These tickets will be on
sale September 13 to 20, good to
return until October 10. The
price for the round trip ticket
from Darlington is f 13,60.
A large political meeting was
held at Cypress on Saturday.
About three hundred people
were present. L. S. Bigham,
candidate for Congress, and a
large number of the candidates
for county offices made speech
es. Addresses were also made
in advocacy of prohibition.
Mr J. J. Shepard, proprietor
of (he “Racket Store,” is now
' i Mew York purchasing an im-
ise fall and winter stock for
bis establishment He will ar
rive in Darlington in a few
days. The readers of The News
and the public generally know
what a large and well assorted
stock is always carried in the
“Racket Store.” One can find
there everything to please and
the results from purchases made
there always give satisfaction.
Lydia the Scene of the Only Political
Trouble in this County.
The only political row in this
county at the election on Tues-
d a y occurred at Lydia. Dr.
Maxc; G. Lee shot Mr. Thomas i,jn f >7i
F. Sansberry. The following is
the account of the shooting giv
en us. The poll was on the
piazza of Mr. Marco’s old store
and while the managers were
counting the votes, about 8
o'clock in the evening, Mr.
Sansberry and Dr. H. G. Lee,
the father
Maxcy
The name “Populists” has
been adopted'to designate the
members of the Third or Peo
ple’s party.
The longest canelin the world
is the one which extends from
the frontier of China to St
ef the Secretary of War in 1837, portant South American repub
when I settled with the depart- ij c . During last month two
ment, together with the order bloody battles were fought. At
of Maj. Gen. Jesup, then in o ne place the revolutionists s u r -
command, granting an honor- rounded a government force of
able discharge to all concerned, eight hundred and only three
and I trust that the pensions, hundred escaped with their
’can be obtained without great j lives,
difficulty or expense to those
Petersburg. It measures in all
4,472 miles.
\ bushel of wheat for every
citizen of the United States,
with enough more for fall seed
ing, is the product this season
in Kansas
The steamship City of New
York crossed the Atlantic
Ocean last week in five days
and twenty four hours, break
ing the record.
In a cemetery in London on
Saturday an unknown man
killed two women and then
killed himself. No motive for
the crime is known.
Hiram Sibley, a millionaire
and his familily and a party of
friends, fourteen in all, were
drowned in Lake Michigan on
Friday while on a pleasure
sail.
A great joint political debate
was held in Detroit on Thurs
day. Over ten thousand per
sons were present. Democratic,
Republican and Third party
speakers made addresses.
Augusta was visited with a
terrific fire on Saturday. Seven
prominent business bouses, in
cluding the office of the Chroni
cle, were burned. The losses
and neighboring counties who w *ll amount $300,000 and the in-
are entitled to such pensions, suranee only $190,000.
became involved in a trouble
about politics and hot woids
passed. They were both stand
ing near the table on which the
votes were being counted. Dr.
Maxcy Lee was sitting at the
table While the discussion
between Dr. H. G. Lee and Mr.
Sansberry was in progress Dr
Maxcy Lee arose, walked parti
ally around the table towards
Mr. Sansberry and fired his pis
tol. The ball entered Mr. Sans
berry’s face just below the
mouth and lodged behind the
jaw bone. The wound is con
sidered dangerous. Both Dr.
Maxcy Lee and Sansberry are
young men.
Harvest your pea v ine and
other forage with McCormick
mowers and hay rakes sold by
Welling& Bonnoitt 4t.
—» «
FOR SOLDIERS AND THEIR WIDOWS.
The Veterans of the Florida War Pen
sioned by the Government.
Mr. W. A. Parrott, Clerk of
the Court, has received a letter
from Gen. W. W. Harllee, of
Florence, in regard to pensions
for soldiers of the Florida
War which will be of
interest to persons in this
By the census of 1890 the
Northern Methodist Church has
2,240,854 members. It is the
richest church in this country.
Catholic.
soldiers in the Jflorida War and The aggregate valuation of the
their widows, has becomealaw. |church property is $96,723,408.
“1 he muster roll of my com- x desperate revolution is now
The letter is as follows
The bill that was before
Congress, referred to in my
letter to you in relation to Caleb
Boone, granting pensions to the! excepting the Roman
Jri ‘
mand in Florida was in the office
in progress in Venezula, an im-
DKLKGATRS.
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Nhepjiard
. 42 33 399 103
31
54 31 78
32
26 81
72
Tillman
102 HU
36 102
89
84 244 123
33
6 151
27
CONORKS3.
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Jeremiah Smith
. 42 31 399 103
30
53 3b 81
33
26 31
74
.1. L McLaurin
. 103 104
81 79
90
85 244 113
82
1 151
24
2
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SOLICITOR.
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J. J/. Johnson
. 44 62 406 )11
79
68 83182
34
26 31
80'
C. P. Townseml
. 101 36
27 90
34
53 241 68
31
6 151
14
HOrSK RKPRRSKNT.
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E. (>. Woods
. .1 41 33 393 100
27
52 31 74
32
25 811
73
S. 1). Harrell.,
. 40 30 391 103
80
53 31, 82
33—36 31
74
E. T Coker
. 42 33 396 104
30
55 29' 75
33
26 31
76
Jno T. DuBose
103 111
36 100
90
84 246 126
33
6 151
26
Jno. W. Davis
. 102 105
31 100
91
81 244 121
33
6 151
25
Walter Vaughan
. 102 104
32 104
90
84 244 124
33
6151
26
SHERIFF.
H r . P. Cole
.. 44 32 400 102
36
60 35 86
34
27, 31
81
Geo. P. Soarliorough...
. .1101 107
32 101
83
70 885113
32
5151
20
CLRRK OF COURT.
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W. A. Parrott
.. 49 55 404 117
39
68 39 126
34
26 31
90
J. N. Parrott
. 96 78
27 86
80
66288 74
32
6 151
11
COU3TY OOMRS.
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J. E. Windham
. 42 26 394 99
31
.54 30 76
32
26 ...
74
A. A Gandy
. 144 123 348 199 126 134 245 188
63
27 . ..
94
W. W. McKenzie
. 144 125 8 Mi 199 116 135 247 183
63
27 ...
94
J. E. Miller
. 102 97
36107
88
84 227 108
31
O .
20
J. W. Boykin
1
4 8
... 52j 26
CORONKK.
J. H. Kell]/
. 42 24 377 103
28
53 3(1 75
32
26 31
73
K. G. Parnell
. 103112
55 101
92
84 245.127
33
6 151
27
SCHOOL COMR.
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IV. H. Evans
.! 41 30 406104
30
54 28 75
32
26 31
76
A. J. A. Perritte
103 106
29 98
89
84 247125
38
6151
23
TKKASURLR.
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J. E. Bass
. 145 137 485 204 120 137 274 197
65
29 182 101
AUDITOR.
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N. 1. Harrell
. 40 28 864 10',
28'
50 28 73
31
26 31
75
W. H. Lawrence
.105 115
67 103
92
87 247 126
35
8 151
22
TRIAL .JUSTICES/
H. E P. Sanders
. . 42 31 322 101
26
54 27 77
28
20 ...
70
A. J/. Sompayrac
.. 40 33
379 108
30
54 30 75
81
26 ...
77
L. M. Crosswell
. 104 107
48 102
90
84 246 117
83
61...
23
J. A Smith
. 102 136
57 142 118 114 267 155
65
13 ...
26
G W. Morris
. HU 130
51 127 117 113 264 1 86
65
8'....
26
Jno. Floyd
. 103 107
80105
90 111 245 122
85
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26
H M. Josey
. 103 132
60 130117114 267 181
65
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26
O. P. Dargan
. 103 107
70 103
891
85 247 120
82
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26
For Prohihition
.. 95 107
100 116
68
»i m.m
16
24 105
56
No Prohibition
..! Ill 16 274 42
44
27 3.9! 86
48
8! 24
13
1,023
27 171 106 1,373
32 1,025
72
50
59
59
60 1,193
09 1,125
371,008
34 1,017
35 1,024
65
781,111
! 65 1,296
I 89 1 241
! 52 1,144
i 33 884
140 1,829
141'1,820
108 810
2! 126
59 84 987
174 108 1,411
73
42 1.048
98,1,361
28 958
173 114|1,443
... 27: 831
• •• 81 909
••• 109! 1,069
■ 131 1,326 1
•••• 1301,321
•• 1181,142
1341,842
• 111 1,099
59 15' 666
Noth—The tiamex of the Conservative caiulidates are printed in italic
Tillmanites in roman.
the
entitled. You, perhaps, may
as well make this fact public in
your local papers.”
The proprietor of 1
prise Hotel is selling
his new bath rooms
each, or two for 25 cents, tf
-
OPENING CHAPTER
Of Capt Charles King's Latest
Best Novel.
In this issue we publish
opening chapter of Capt.
Charles King’s latest and best
novel, “A Soldier’s Secret. We
promise our readers that they
will find this story exceedingly
interesting from the first chap
ter to the last. In its portrayal
of the soldier’s life on the fron
tier it has no superior. Capt
King is one of Ameaica’s fore- !
most authors and one may rea
sonably expect anything from
his pen to be good, afid as “a'
The great strike among the
railroad switchmen at Buffalo,
N. Y., has come to an end. A
number of State troops guarded
the railroad property and pro
tected the workmen who had
of the
strikers. The strikers finding
; that they could do nothing gave
up the tight. The strike ser
iously interfered with traffic in
and that section.
the Enter-
atKwlnts j bee . D en >P lo y ed in P la( ’ e
ell; 10 CClJlS I * *1 T'Vwa G+vilrxjrc
. Welling & Bonnoitt carry a
1 ie full line of repairs for McCorm
ick mowers. Buy these
chines and save delays in
vest season 4t.
STATE NEWS.
ma-
har-
And
The above table shows that
Tillman has carried the county
by a majority of 350. Tha total
vote cast is 2,396, which is a
very large vote. The entire
Tillman county ticket was elec
ted save J. N. Parrott, candi
date for Clerk of the Court, who
was defeated by W. A. Parrott.
We were unable to receive com
plete returns from Philadelphia ' Parrott
and Stokes Bridge, so in the
former we estimated the full
ticket at the Tillman and Shep
pard vote in that township and
in the latter we give the accur
ate vote except for the Legis
lature and County Commission
ers.
The following are the county
officers elected: Legislature, J. ; ballots cast for W.
8. DuBose, John W. Davis, had upon~ the top
Walter Vaughan; Sheriff, Geo. j
P. Scarborough; Clerk of the
Court, W. A. Parrott; County
Commissioners, A. A. Gandy.
W. W. McKenzie, J. E. Miller;
Coroner, R. G Parnell, School
Commissioner, A. J. A. Perritte:
Treasurer, J. E. Bass; Auditor,
W. H. Lawrence; Trial Justices.
C. P. Dargan and John Floyd
for the town and L. M. Cross-
well, J. A. Smith, G. W. Morris
and R. M. Josey for the county.
Capt. Bass, the Treasurer, was
on both tickets. Our table gives men who deny voting for Has-
Gathered From Our Exchanges,
Put in Paragraphs.
A negro named Cummings
shot and killed Oscar Young, a
white man, in Anderson county
on Friday.
Soldier’s Secret ’ is acknowl- A rattle snake was killed on
ed to be his best effort our rea Wadmalaw Island, •Colleton
ders have a great treat in store j county, last week that measur-
for them in the perusal of this
exciting and interesting story
Go to Welling & Bonnoitt for
McCormick mowers and hay
rakes 4t.
A STRANGE DEATH.
ed six feet long and twelve
inches round
A Cow Dies
from Eating
Nails.
a Lot of
On Friday a little white boy,
named Johnnie Meldam, aged 8,
was drowned in West End Lake,
in the city of Charleston, wtiile
playing with several other boys.
Ben Thomson and Will Sand
ers became involved in a diffi-
| culty in Union county on Satur-
[Florence Messenger.] day and Thomson hit Sanders
A cow belonging to Mr. R. C. a severe blow on the head with
Commander, of this city, died a a stick, killing him almost in-
few days ago, but from what stantly.
cause the owner of the animal „ „ ^ rs • ^
was at the time puzzled to un-1 ^ v -'Tv'?
derstand. She was ailing about bas l >een P a ® tor * bo ^ a ptist
three days, and about six hours Church at Florence for nearly
previous to her death she became \ * en y ea ™’ bas r ® H1 giied on ae-
paralvzed. A post mortem ex-! cou . nt bea ^ b- His congre-
amination revealed the fact that gatmn are endeavoring to pur-
the beast came to her death 8aade , hun to withdraw his re-
from eating nails, fifty-seven of signation.
which were found in her stom- The gra(luate8 0 f the Keeley
ach. Mr. Commander thinks j j ng t,itute i# Columbia for the
that she swallowed the nails in cure 0 f drunkenness will form
eating some shattered oat® a state association. The State
which she was in the habit of a8SOC j a tion will send delegates
the barn
The State Election.
Returns from the State elec
tion come in slowly, but the in
dications are that Tillman will
be elected by at least 15,(XX) ma
jority. Newberry, Aiken, Lan
caster, Union, York, Pickens,
Laurens, Oconee , Florence,
Edgefield, Abbeville, Marlboro,
Chester, Greenvilleand Spartan
burg all give him handsome ma
jorities. Of the twenty counties
heard from so far, only four,
Charleston, Richland, Sumter
and Georgetown have gone for
Sheppard, though he will pro
bably carry Beaufort also. Till
man’s majority in these coun
ties is at least 10,000, so it pro
bable that his majority in the
entire State will be at least 15,-
000 The returns from the sev
eral Congressional Districts are
meagre up to this time and it
picking up just inside
door.
to the annual convention of
Keeley graduates of the world
THE JEFF DAVIS FUND.
_ gra
at Dwight, 111., this month
j
The steamer Iroquois,
of bound for New York, passed
through the channel of the jet
ties in Chaleston Harbor on
Tuesday of Last week. This is
i the first time this channel has
I been used by a steamer
An Acknowledgement of Receipt
' Darlington’s Contribution.
Richmond Va., Auo. 27, 1892
H. T. Thompson, Esq., Darling
ton, S. C.
Dear Sir: I have your letter, ™ . ... ..
of the 25th inst., covering New and Charlestonians hail the
York check for $89, the contri- ® vent with delight,
bution of the ladies of Darling- John H. Morrow, the well
ton for the benefit of the Jeffer- known and wealthy horseman
son Davis Monument Associa-! 0 f Columbia, who is charged
tion. You will kindly tender w jth being an accessory to the
the ladies the thanks of our com- death of a young lady of that
mittee for their valued favor c ity by criminal practice, was
and patriotic endeavor.^ captured last week in Rockville,
Yours truly,
John 8. Ellett,
Treasurer.
He had succeed in eluding
the law for a long time. The
affair has created sensation.
Windham a majority of 74
over Miller for County Commis
sioner but the two precincts not
heard from will elect Miller.
According to our table W. A.
has a majority of 97
overJ. N. Parrott, but as he
probably received at least 10
more votes in Philadelphia than
we have given him his majority
is estimated at 107. Mr. J. N.
Parrott stated yesterday that he
would contest Mr. W. A. Par
rott’s election, on the ground
that a number of the printed
A. Parrott
the words
Tillman T cket’’ and contained
the names of all the Tillman
candidates save for Clerk of the
Court and here W. A. Parrott
was printed instead of J. N.
Parrott. Mr. J. N. Parrott says
that he believes these tickets are
illegal.
The majority for Prohibition
in this county is 703.
many people: “You have no
right to show these people how
to vote; it is in violation of the
law”; but Mr. Coker replied, “I
think not”, and the matter went
on, and in order to mark the
words of protestation, and in
hopes some one would test the
matter with me, I, at the re
quest of a white man who want
ed to vote deliberately and slow
ly voted him through the eight
boxes. Now does Mr. Coker
deny these things, these charges
made plain f
Now about the statement of
the fifteen gentlemen who so
zealously defend Mr. Coker and
denounce me: Mr. Race, Mr.
Winters were at Congressional
box fifty yards away, across the
street, in another building; they
were not in position to see any
thing done at other box. Mr.
J. H. Coker, if my memory is
not at fault, was at Furman
University, a student. Mr. J.
W. Stogner did not vote while
I was at the polls. The others
doubtless were “somewhere
about,” but are they ready to
say no such protest conversation,
call it what you may, occurred
between Mr. Coker and myself?
Now as to their opinion as to
number negro voters. Deasgot
something over forty votes. I
take it he got no white vote.
Moses Malloy and perhaps one
other negro refused to vote for
Deas, so Deas’ votes were all
black and forty odd. Every ne
gro who voted at Congressional
box voted at state box. Now
I know these men, the 15 who
“undersigned” and Mr. Cok
er, will agree'with me that Deas’
voters were all negroes. If they
do, then down comes to the
ground their assertion that only
twenty-four negroes voted.
Now, to show further how little
these “undersigned” fifteen
know or care to know of the
election, I will state Haskell
received 58 voters, Tillman 49;
Tillman’s strength in club 49;
Tillmanite County ticket ran
behind, was about 42. Now, if
only 12 negroes voted for Has
kell, and he got 58, there are 46
whites who voted for Haskell,
7 more voters than they had on
club list and thirty-two white
COKER VS WADDILL.
Both Parties Issue Circulars in Defen
ce of Their Position,
On Saturday last Mr. J. M.
Waddill issued and distributed
throughout the county an ans
wer to Mr. E. T. Coker’s letter
which was published in the last
issue of The News. In reply
Mr. Coker issued a circular let
ter on Monday. We here pub
lish them.
Editor Darlington News:
Mr. E. T. Coker delays his
answer to my charge until it is
too late to reply in your paper
before Aug. 30, and he very
adroitP uses his friends, neigh
bors. kinsmen to help him mud
dy the waters. Mr. Coker cov
era up the main issue by de
scending to personal abuse and
kell, a good sprinkling of the 15
undersigned too. will have to be
put down as falsifiers. Take
which ever horn of the dilemma
you please, gentlemen, it is
none of my funeral! Now fel
low citizens of Darlington, you
have my final reply to Mr. E. T.
Coker, who like many of us sow
political seeds, the harvest of
which we would avoid. They
cannot be avoided by those who
seek public position or office.
I attack Mr. Coker not person
ally, but through and by those
political errors committed in the
past. I would be recreant to my
duty and my principles were 1
to do less.
Jno. M. Waddill.
Darlington 8. C., Aug. 25, ’92.
is difficult to draw any conclus- drags the aforementioned people
. * -.t 11 u into the same kind mud. Mr.
Coker well knows I made this
attack from no personal grounds,
he and his name and connec
tions have ever been on the best
terms personally with me. But
for his leadership of the opposi
tion to reform in this County
and his endorsement by the
Sheppardites for the Legisla
ture, no mention of his acts at
the polls in 1890 would have
been mad^ publicly by me. Now
to my charge, which is: Mr. E.
T. Coker, while manager at the
state boxes at Society Hill in
1890, was “instrumental in vot
ing 40 negroes for Haskell.”
How? By pointing out to those
who did not know the right box
es in which to deposit their bal
lots. I again repeat this was
done by Mr. Coker, and it was
in his political interest so to do,
for he never has denied voting
for Haskell. Now I repeat, I
did protest, most earnestly, to
him, not against any unfairness,
but against this showing the
negroes the way to vote. I have
seen Mr. Coker a manager at
the polls, I think, before, but
never before saw any Democrat
or, for that matter, any man
doing this showing of boxes to
negroes, hence I was indignant,
and said to Mr. Coker in
ions from them, though the
indications are that with the
exception of the First District,
which will return Brawley, and
perhaps the Seventh, where
Moise will win, Tillmanite Con
gressmen have been elected in
every District in the State,
Hemphill, Geo. Johnston and
Geo. Tillman being defeated.
The Prohibitionists have pro
bably carried the State by a
large majority.
McLaurin received 1,219 votes
in Marlboro and Smith 539. The
farmer’s majority in Marion
county is 990. He also received
a small majority in Horry.
Townsend beat Johnson by 350
in Marlboro and by 388 in Hor
ry. Johnson led by 250 in Mar
ion and 68 in Darlington, so
that in the four counties Town
send’s majority is 420. The on
ly other county in the circuit
is Chesterfied. The count has
not been completed there,
though Townsend is in the lead.
A Haril (Inentlon.
Doctor—My «oo<liies*l This won't do.
Yon don't eat enough.
Sick Boy—Yon don't want me to eat,
do yon?
Doctor—Indeed I do.
Sick Boy (angrily)—Then why In th’
name o’ sense did yon tell me to take a
Mg dose o’ cod liver oil before every ana ® a J a 1 M) ,r. looker in pres-
meal?—-Good Mews. ence of the other managers and!
f'ellow Democrats of Darlington
County :
Seeing a circular from Mr. J.
M. Waddill in which he reite
rates certain statements which
he published in the Register con
cerning my action at the last
election and which I have al
ready pronounced false, the
question now narrows down as
to which of us is more worthy
of belief. But it is not only
whether I have “falsified” but
whether fourteen other men,
who possess as good reputations
as any fourteen men in the
county, must be convicted of
the same offense on Mr. Wad-
dill’s unsupported testimony. I
do not believe that Mr. Waddill
can come to Society Hill to-day
and get one respectable man of
his own political faith to en
dorse his statements.
After the election Col. E. E.
Evans, who supported Tillman,
expressed himself as satisfied at
the fairness of the election.
Mr. Waddill’s assertions, 1st,
that there were over forty ne
groes who voted for Haskell;
2nd, that he protested; 3rd, the
conversation he says he had
with me; 4th, that as many ne
groes voted for Haskell as voted
for Deas, I again pronounce as
absolutely false. The only in
fluence I had on their votes was
that of an impartial manager of
election giving equal facilities
to every voter for casting his
ballot as he pleased. The other
two managers were both op
posed to Haskell and made no
objection to any part of my
management,
A man should be known in
his old home where has been
living over twenty years. If
any man is inclined to believe
J. M. Waddill let him come to
Society Hill and seek some in
formation about him from rich
and poor, Tillmanite or Anti-
Tillmanite, and I think he will
not be inclined to take his state
ment against that of the fifteen
citizens he has pronounced fal
sifiers.
The real question for voters is
whether a candidate will repre
sent them properly. I am run
ning on my own merits and not
by abusing opposing candidates.
E»wd. T. Couw,
Our farmers are about through
fodder pulling Some are pick
ing a little cotton
Our public roads are in bad
condition and the authorities
should look after them.
Mr. E. L. Stephens, of Louis
iana, is on a flying visit to rela
tives in this community.
Miss Annie Timmons of, Or
angeburg, and Mrs. Parham
and Miss Forthcutt, of Cypress,
visited Jasper last Friday.
Copious showers are coming
occasionaly, reviving animal
and vegetable life. Young corn
and other vegetables need rain.
Mr. D. P. Strother, of Lan
caster, who has been visiting
this and other sections of the
county, will probably return to
his home shortly He has much
improved in health since he
came here.
Political feeling is very strong
in this section. We sincerely
hope that all parties will quietly
abide the result of the primary,
Whether Tillman or Sheppard
wins, the whole party should
support the nominee. Let us
have no independentism.
GREEN PLAIN.
We are about through with fod
der and have the best crops for
several years.
Rev. F. M. Satterwhite and
family left last Wednesday for
a month’s visit to relatives and
friends in Virginia. We wish
them a pleasant trip.
The members of Mt. Olivet
Church have begun work in
earnest upon their new edifice
and hope to have it ready for
use in about a month.
Mr. E. W. Boswell, Jr. and
Mr. Frank Hole have returned
home, the former from Georgia
and the latter from Florida.
Welook for Mr. W. T. Boswell
soon.
The dry weather is very bad
on cotton, causing it to shed
and open sooner than it would
if the weather was not so dry.
The best judges think the crop
will be very short.
Rev. F. M. Satterwhite re
cently closed a series of meet
ings at his three churches,
which resulted in a large in
crease in membership.* Ho had
the assistance of Rev. John
Stout at Antioch and Rev. Mr.
Daniel at New Providence, but
did the work at Mt. Olivet
alone.
NEW PROVIDENCE.
Mrs. W. C. Gandy is still very
ill.
Some of us have commenced
picking cotton.
Mrs. D. M. Mclnville has re
cently been quite sick.
Mr. H. J. Nettles completed
his new tobacco barn two weeks
ago and has finished curing his
tobacco.
Mrs. Lydia Rogers has an
extra cotton cr jp for this season,
and so have several, others but
most of us have short crops.
We had two pleasant show
ers last week, and we hope they
will improve the growth of late
cotton, peas, potatoes and tur
nips.
We have preaching at Ne\fr
Providence on the first and
third Sundays. We have pray
er meetings on the Sundays that
there is no preaching-
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PHILADELPHIA.
The weather is still very dry
in this section much to the dam
age of cotton peas and potatoes.
Messrs J. D. Lodge, of Cy
press, and Ed Stuckey, of Bish-
ville were here last Sunday on
a flying visit.
Mr. W. A. Dowling burned a
kiln of very excellent brick last
week which he proposes to sell
in keeping with the hard times.
Cotton picking will begin
this week, but as a short horse
is soon curried, it will not be
a big job to house the crop this
season, as it will undoubtedly be
considerably short of last year.
Mr. Herbert Race has accept
ed a clerkship with Mr. C. H.
Decker in place of Master Har
ry Race who has gone, to Oak of water, and for
Ridge, N. C., to school. Mr. I looking out over it muttering to
Decker’s customers are pleased himself. At last he seemed to
to have such a polite, clever gen- have made up his mind. He
tlemen as Mr. Herbert to serve hastily wrote a note to the chief,
them. | took it to headquarters and left
m ; it. A minute later he was lost
RIVERDALE. in the crowd on the street.
Tt» farmers of this section -p^put^r l.act on pn-
flScV3e e,, ^hiel, U oZta tol Severel .w, ogo I
neecy staple, wnicn is opening ma( j e a serious blunder that
rapidly. , m^^s me unfit for detective
Little Hum Ailieno Qarncr has 1 work, l married.”
Mr. B. Fields, Sr., lost a little
infant on Saturday night.
Dr. J. M. Josey has the finest
crop of pea-vine forage that we
have seen this year.
Mr. Edward Plumer, who
lives a few miles below Lamar,
is said to have a poplar tree on
his place which measures 45
feet from the ground up to the
first branches, 24 feet in circum
ference and 9 feet in diameter.
Who can beat that for a tree ?
Notwithstanding the inclem
ency of the weather on last Sat
urday, a large crowd turned out
to the campaign meeting, about
four hundred being present.
Most of them were disappointed,
however, as they expected all
the candidates for Congress and
for the Solicitorship to be present
and L. S. Bigham was the only
one there. The crowd gathered
at Dr. Josey’s mill shed at
eleven o’clock, and was called
toorderbyMr. D. C. McCall.
Rev. G. T. Gresham opened the
meeting with prayer. ’ Mr. Wal
ter Vaughn was the first speak
er introduced ; he was the only
one of the candidates for the
Legislature who was present.
Mr. Bigham followed in an
hour’s talk, towards the end of
which the crowd seemed to lose
all interest in him as well as in
his remarks. He was interrupt
ed several times, and was great
ly insulted by Mr. J. M. Wad
dill. Revs. Gresham and
Bethea made Prohibition
speeches, and were followed by
C. P. Dargan, Esq., who ad
dressed the crowd on national
issues and general subjects. At
the close of his remarks, Mr.
Dargan was loudly applauded.
He was higly complimented by
many of those present, who said
they regarded his as the speech
of the occasion.
The Detective’s Mistake.
[Detroit Free Press.]
He was considered one of the
best in his line. The case that
required the most intelligent,
persistent and careful work was
the one that was usually assign
ed to him. He had been at
work on one for three or four
weeks, and at last had secured
what he considered, “clinching
evidence.” It was a bribery
case, and his work had been to
entrap the would be briber.
He had done it. He had secur
ed a single $10 note of the bribe
money, but that was enough.
The envelope containing the
money had been opened in the
presence of three persons, and
each had put his mark on the
bill so that it could be identi
fied.
Naturally he was jubilant.
People will be when they think
they have won a great victory,
and he had all the evidence he
wanted in his pocket—an inside
pocket at that. The bird was
E ractically caught and he went
ome exulting.
Now, mark what can happen
to a man who has victory prac
tically won, but who is careless.
He thought of going to head
quarters and depositing his evi
dence in a vault, but it was a
long distance, and then it would
be better anyway to go to the
chief in the morning and an
nounce that he had bagged the
game. So he took it home.
Once or twice he thought he
was followed, but when he reach
ed home he scouted the idea,
turned in and slept soundly.
Robbery did not occur to him,
even in his dreams.
In the morning—well, in the
morning the money was gone
He almost fainted when he dis
covered the loss, and rushed in
to the diningroomcrying: “I’ve
been robbed! I’ve been rob
bed !”
“Nonsense,” replied his wife,
“what is missing?
“A $10 bill.”
“I took it,” she said calmly.
“I wanted to pay the butcher
and I didn’t wan’t to wake you.
But I didn’t touch the money
in your pocket book. I just
I took that loose $10 that was in
your inside pocket, I’ll get you
another if you need it, but I
thought that was one you put
aside for me.”
He didn’t try to explain. He
didn't even answer; but he
hunted up a broad, smooth sheet
an hour stood