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■ VOL. XIX, NO. 39. DARLINGTON, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1892. WHOLE NUMBER 922. LOCAL LACO.m MATTERS IN AND AROUND PROS PEROUS DARLINGTON. A Column of Now*, Person* I and Oth erwise, of Interest to Our Many Readers. Dr. W. J. Lunney is erecting two cottages on Mclver street. The County Commissioners will meet to-day at 12 o’clock. Dr. W\ J. Garner has located his office temporarily in the Hewitt building. A new town ordinance, con cerning the fire limits, is pub lished in this issue. Miss Goodwin, of Montgom ery, Ala., is visiting Misses Annie and Meta Williamson. The young people will give a dance at the residence of Mr. G. M. McCown to-morrow evening. Mrs. T. W. Norment has re turned home. She has been visiting relatives in North Car olina. ANOTHER VENDETTA. Miss Carrie Keitt Pegues has returned to her home in Cheraw after a pleasant visit to Miss Nonie Williamson. Mr. A. A. Gandy advertises for sale wheat and rye (the ry« North Carolina grown) at Mc Call & Burch’s for $1,35 a bush el. Miss Nanna Cummings, of Winnsboro, who has been visit ing friends in Darlington, re turned to her home on Thurs day. The Synod of South Carolina will meet in Abbeville on Octo ber 18. Gen W. E. James will represent the Presbyterian Church in Darlington The Pee Dee Presbytery will meet at Jefferson, Chesterfield county, to-night. The Presby terian church at this place will be represented by Mr. W. A. Law. The Baptist Church and the Sunday-school will unite in celebrating by special services, on Sunday morning next, the centenial year of Baptist mis sions. Examinations are now being held for admission into the Dar lington Public schools. Already the rolls show a large in crease over the number of pu pils for last year. Mr. W. N. Pinckston, who formerly kept a store in Dar lington, has returned from Wadesboro and has opened a grocery store in the Weinberg block on Pearl Street. A dance was given in the Cleveland Hotel last evening in in compliment to Miss Carrie Manne, who will leave on Tues day next for New York where she will spend the winter. Mr. I. Lewenthal will shortly begin the erection of a two story brick building adjoining Mr. J. H. Early's store on the west side of the Square. The build ing will contain two stores. The ladies of the Antioch Bap tist Church will give a hot sup per at the parsonage on Monday evening next, October 3. The proceeds will be used in the pur chase of a new church organ. Miss G. H Dargan will re sume her music class on Octo ber 1. All who wish to join the class should apply at Mr. T. S. Joye’s on Broad Street. Later she will open hei kinderyten. Rev. J. G. Law has kindly furnished us with a copy of the minutes of the Pee Dee Presby tery for 1892. It contains much valuable information concern ing the Presbyterian Church in this section. The public, schools of this county will be opened on the first Monday in November. The School Commissioner has issued a notice to the effect that the trustees may postpone the open ing in case the patrons so desire it. Drs. Grange Simons, of Charleston, and C. R Tabor, of Fort Motte, were in Darlington on Monday. They were on their way to Cheraw and Ben- lettsville to look after enforcing State- quarantine against chol era at those points should it be come necessary. On October 2, the Chariest jn Sumter and Northern Railroad will be completed to Gibson, N. C., at which point connection is made with the Seaboard Air Line system for all points North and South. This connection opens a new and short line to the east both for passenger and freight traffic. On Tuesday last while Sim Woods, colored, was being con ducted to jail, where he had been sentenced for twenty days for disposing of a cow under a bill of sale, made a break for liberty and ran across the Sqhare. Deputy Sheriff Carter and Mr. Charlie Rhodes, who had him in charged, fired sev eral shots at him. lie was cap tured on the Gibson lot. A Shooting Scrape Between Uncle and Nephew in Swift Creek. Mr. John B. Rhodes and Mr. Dorsey Atkinson had a shooting | scrape at the former’s house in Swift Creek on Sunday For tunately no one was hurt. Mr. Rhodes came to town on Mon day and swore out a warrant for the arrest of Mr. Atkinson. He furnished us with the follow ing account of the shooting. There had been some trouble at Mr. Atkinson’s home and his mother and sisters went over to Mr. Rhodes’ house which is close by. Mr. Atkinson followed and on reach.ng Mr. Rhodes’ front gate dared the latter to come out and fight him in the road. Atkinson had his hand on his ktoife in his hip pocket. A difficulty was prevented then by Mr. Atkinson’s mother tak ing her son home. Shortly af terwards he returned in a buggy with a shot gun and again dared Mr. Rhodes to come out and fight. Mr. Rhodes asked him if he wished to fight with guns and he answered yes. Mr. Rhodes then secured his rifle and he reached the hallway of his house, Mr. Atkinson fired at him through the front door. He fired both loads. He was at the front gate about fifteen steps from the house. Only one shot took effect in Mr. Rhodes’ right shoulder. As soon as he emptied his gun Mr. Atkinson drove off Mr Rhodes had to take an emp ty shell from his rifle before he could return the fire. This de layed him somewhat, but he fired twice at Mr. Atkinson while the latter was driving off. Both loads missed him. Mr. Atkinson was brought to town on Tuesday to stand his preliminary hearing. To a rep resentative of Thk News he gave the following version of the affair. He went to Mr. Rhodes’ house to take his mother to his sister’s as his mother had requested. Mr. Rhodes called to him to come in and he went on the pi azza. Mr. Rhodes began to abuse him about an old diffi culty they had had. He told Mr. Rhodes to come out to the road and fight the matter out. He (Atkinson) had his knife open in his hip pocket, but did not have his hand on it. Mr. Rhodes called to his wife to bring him his rifle, but she would not do it. Mr. Atkinson's mother then persuaded her son to leave. Shortly afterwards he passed by Mr. Rhodes’ house in a buggy in a pretty fast trot, not intend ing to stop. He had his ^un with him. Mr. Rhodes hailed him and told him to stop, which he did. Mr. Rhodes went into the house and returned to the piazza with his rifle in his hand, thereupon Mr. Atkinson fired both loads of his shot gun at him. He then drove off and, as he was leaving, Mr. Rhodes fired two shots at him, both of which missed him. Mr. Atkinson was arraigned before Trial Justice Sanders on Tuesday, on the charge of as sault and battery with intent to kill. He waived a preliminary hearing and gave a $300 bond fot his appearance for trial at the next term of Court. Mr. W. S. Atkinson, the fa ther of Mr. Dorsey Atkinson, has had Mr. Rhodes indicted for assault with intent to kill and carrying concealed weapons. Mr. Rhodes gave a $300 bond to answer for the charge at the court. The two men are uncle and nephew, Mr. Atkinson’s father having married Mr. Rhodes’sis ter. Mr. Rhodes in an old man, while Mr. Atkinson is quite young. Prof. Baker, one of the best known and most accomplished piano tuners in the State, who is now with the Killough Music Company, of Florence, will visit Darlington professionally the latter part of this week. Those desiring his services may leave orders for him at the Cleveland Hotel. A PAINFUL ACCIDENT. THE Bid "iillEtk.” THE OPENING OF THE TOBACCO WAREHOUSE. Tha Initial Step Towards Making Dar lington One of the GrS'itest Tobac co Markets of the Oounti-y. Darlington had her fir^t ‘ break” in tobacco on Tuesday and a great break it was. Over forty thousand pounds were sold Tuesday was the opening day for sales in the Darlington To bacco Warehouse. The occa sion had been looked forward to with great interest not only by people in and about Darling ton, but by the tobacco growers in the neighboring counties and by the buyers in this and other States, consequently when the great day arrived there was a large crowd gathered at the warehouse anxious to see Dar lington’s first sale. The tobacco was placed upon the floor in piles, each pile being labelled with its weight and the name of its owner. The ware house was filled with tobacco thus piled in heaps. It was a novel sight to our people and many who were not personally interested in tobacco were pleas ed spectators. There were a large number of buyers, from Florence, Virginia and North Carolina. The sales began about eleven o’clock. Mr. G. E. Webb, the auctioneer, hustler.’’ He followed up fleecy staple. Indeed it is said that our country is much better adapted to tobacco than North Carolina, where the highest yield does not exceed one thou sand pounds to the acre. The following are some of the tobacco buyers who were pres ent at the sale: J. R. Bowles, J. G. Slaughter, W. M. Fallon, J. H. Hickey. W. M. Howard, E. C. Scott, Danville, Va., John Coleman,!Winston, N. C. ; W. Penix, Wilson, N. C. ; Chas. Skinner, Frank Meadows, Ox ford, N. C. ; R. A. Croxton, F. M. Rogers, Jr., W. W. Wood, Florence. The sales were continued yes terday, the second opening day, with the same success. White pearl, yellow Danvers and white wax onion sets, 20 cents per qt, at Mrs. R. Schmid. STATE -DEMRACY, A MUSICAL MARVEL. Ten to fifty second-hand sew ing machines will be sold at auction the first Monday in Oct. Blackwell Bros. is a the bids of the buyers with a so norous voice and with a rapidity and volubility that dazed the who had many friends. TIRED OF LIFE. John W. Floyd Makes Three Unsuc cessful Attempts at Suicide. [Columbia Kegieter, Sept. 27.] The sensational killing of W. C. Rhodes by J. W. Floyd, his brother-in-law, in Darlington County about two years ago, is well remembered. It was the old familiar story—gambling— from which a dispute arose that was quenched by the blood of one of the participants. There were some facts that would tend to excuse the murderer, who was convicted and sentenced to the Penitentiary, and he was a popular, gentlemanly fellow. novice-and mystified the unini- ti.uted. He went through the piles with a rush, followed close ly by the buyers, and by shortly after one o’clock he had com- These friends have lately been making strenuous efforts to se cure Floyd’s pardon, and have be n besieging Governor Till man with petitions for his re- pleted the sale of the entire lot., lease. The' Governor, in the Going through the piles we ■ p rov j nce 0 f i,j s exee^iygd^j,,^ picked out a number of sales for jjd see guc to publication. We made the So-, their importuning, and Floyd lections arbitrarily with no soon realized that effort to effect reference to total amounts. ; i,j 8 release through that official Consequently in many cases the price we give that a man obtain ed for a lot may not be the high est price he received nor, for was well nigh hopeless. When this fact dawned upon him he appeared very much downcast and has been moping about the the same reas >n, the lowes*, but Penitentiary grounds and at his just the price for that particular i work for several weeks as if all lot. We merely selected sales ; i 10 p e had i e f t him. at random, in order that our Last Friday he informed the readers may see the various pri g uar( i 8 that he was ill, and he ces tobacco will bring W hile wa8 placed in the hospital, al most of the tobacco sold was though he showed no signs of grown in this county there was sickness. The succeeding day a good supply from Florence one 0 f the guards was surprised county and some from Sumter; hy a request from Floyd u>r his and Marlboro. From the sales pi 8to i ( th e man stating that we give it will be readily seen severe neuralgia had determin that some of Darlington county ’s e d him to end his own life. Of best farmers are engaged in the: course th e guard refused, and cultivation of tobacco. A large hut little was thought of the in- number of our tobacco growers c jd e nt. A few hours later, after were present and we noticed Floyd’s cell had been deserted among the growers present from b y the guards, some of the men other counties, Messrs F. M. looked into it and found the Rogers, Jr., T. H. McCall and , nan hanging suspended by the M. S. Haynesworth, Florence ; nec j j: f r0111 ^0 ceiling. He had Geo. McCutcheon, Sumter; T. S. made a rope from the sheets of and Wallace Evans and Capt. Drake, of Marlboro. The first lot sold was two f iounds of very fine tobacco bo- onging to Jno S. McCall which brought $1,05 per pound, the highest price paid during the day. Some of the other sales were R. S. Hatchell 72 lbs at 17 cts, W. T. Rose (Florence) 213 at 01 ; E. E. Kirven, 255 at 5 4-5 ; E. E. McGill, 318 at 9 ; W. E. his cot, and when discovered had probably just dropped him self. The guards cut him down and found him considerably choked, but still alive. They thought that the severe choking he had received had destroyed his desire to commit suicide, and left him again, to return and find him in a still worse condition. With all other means of suicide removed from A Colored Man Caught Between the Cars, has his Foot Mased. A colored man, named Rivers, met with a painful accident on the£. 8. & N. Railroad on Sat urday night. The up freight train had stopped at the cross ing on Main Street near the de pot. Rivers was anxious to reach his home, which is in the Southern portion of the town, so, instead of waiting for the train to move on, he attempted to pass between the cars. Just as he stepped on the bumpers the train was started pgain and his right foot getting caught between the bumpers, was very badly mashed. Brunson, Lunn & Co., the enterprising dry goods, shoe and clothing merchants, are giving away $100.00 in cash to purchasers of goods at their store and want everyone to call and get a share of this grand donation. 2t. James, 20 at 18; R. H. Rogers, him, he had attempted to batter 25 at 321; W. D. and T. 8. his brains out against the rock Evans (Marlboro) 600 at 21i ; J. wa i| 0 f the cell, and bloody and L. Rose (Florence) 84 at 71 ; K. 'terribly bruised he fell to the Cottingham, 297 at G jC. B. floor exhausted, but still alive. Edwards, 41 at 61 ;J. C. Hill, j The poor fellow has at last given 238 at 5 ; O. H. and J. H. Ed- U p his desperate intention, and \yards, 576 at 61; B. F. Wil- now wa ]]£ 8 around the prison liamson 36 at 141 ; D. M. Smoot, w Jth his cranium bandaged and 217 at 10}; R. M. Cooper (Sum- a 8a( [ remorseful apnearance. ter) 233 at 131 ; E. A. Brown, 68 —- at 19 ; R. H. Rogers, 200 at 33 ; Full line crockery and glass- E. E. McGill, 318 at 9 ; R. M. ware at C. N. Oates’. Nettles (Florence) 152 at 101 ; E ' T. Coker, 251 at 4 9-10; N. S. Try a bbl. of that roller pa- Gibson (Florence) 75 «t 11 3-10 ; tent flour offered so low at J. T. Rogers, 135 at 5 1-5 ; | Blackwell Bros. Haynie and Coker, 105 at 8 ; M. T. Rollins, 216 at 73 ; N. 8. Gib son (Florence) 205 at 71 to 161 ; P. Whipple, 115 at 8i ; W. A. Law, 31 at 11; H. J. Nettles, 235 at 5 4-10 ; McCullough and Reid, 170 at 11; W. F. Dargan 201 at 4 9-10. The average price may be safely placed at 10 cents per pound. It is estimated thi there are one thousand this county planted in and the yield per acre is about one thousand pounds, which at ten cents a pound, will bring $100 per acre or $100,000. This sum made out of tobacco in this county during the year, w r hen tobacco is yet but a side issue, speaks for itself. Prominent to bacco men from this section and from North Carolina say that land in this country can yield tiftoen hundred pounds of tobacco per acre, which is equivalent, at the average price of ten cents, to $150 per acre. This beats cotton by far. Veri ly, tobacco seems to be a bonan za. Of course with our inex perience in the cdltivation of tobacco? we cannot expect to raise an average of fifteen hun dred pounds to the acre just yet, but one thousand pounds per acre we can raise and this puts the weed far ahead of the THE CONVENTION NOMINATES A STATE TICKET. Presidential Electors Nominated and Platform Adopted—New Executive Commitiee. The Democratic State Con vention met in Columbia on Wednesday of last week. Not much interest was taken in it, because the primary decided which faction should dominate the party. The Convention on ly fulfilled the will of the people expresed at the primary that Tillman and his faction should rule two years more. The pres ent State ticket, with the ex ception of the Attorney Gener al, was renominated. The At torney General, Hon. J. L. Mc- Laurin, will represent this dis trict in Congress, and the race for the vacancy thus created, was between D. A. Townsend, of Union,the assistant Attorney General, and W. C. Benet, of Abbeville. The result w as the nomination of Mr. Townsend. The Darlington delegation vo ted solidly for Townsend. Dar lington was represented on the committee on platform and resolutions by Mr. J.M.Waddill; the member of the new State Executive Committee from this county is Mr. A. A. Gandy. The present chairman of the committee, Senator Irby, was re elected. The following Pres idential electors were nomina ted : State-at large, Earnest Gary, of Edgefield ; J. W. Stokes, of Orangeburg; First district, C.C. Tracy, Colleton; Second dis trict, T. S. Williams, Colleton ; Third district, I. H. McCalla, Abbeville ; Fourth district, Lew is P. Walker, SpartanburL Fifth district, J. T. Brice, Yor Sixth district, L. W. Nettles, Clarendon; Seventh district, Joseph S. Hart, Berkeley. The following is the platform adopted : “We, the representative, of the Democratic party of South Carolina, in convention as sembled, do reaffirm our allegi ance to the principles of the party, as formulated by Jeffer son, exemplified and illustra ted by his successors in leader ship, and endorsed by our peo ple in the recent primary elec tion ; and we pledge our loyal support to the nominees of the National Democracy, Cleveland and Stevenson. “We denounce as unpatriotic and infamous the attemps which have been made to injure the credit and honor of the State both at home and abroad. “Thopeople of South Carolina, conscious of their ability and integrity, are determined that every just obligation of the State shall be honorably and promptly discharged. “We boldly proclaim that upon this one subject there is no difference or division of sen timent among the sons of the State. “The bonded debt of the State is small. Her resources re large and ample. In her phosphate deposits alone the State is rich, and since the litigation in re gard thereto has been adjusted, the month’s receipts from phos phate royalty for the past two months are nearly sufficient to meet the interest on the debt, and eventually to pay the debt itself. “We earnestly recommend to the Legislature to set apart by law any excess of phosphate royalty, after paying annual in terest on the State debt, as a sinking fund to be placed at in terest and sacredly kept and used for the purpose of paying the principle on the State debt.” A new constitution for the party was adopted differing but little ‘ A Second 1 ST. MATTHEW'S CHURCH. The Episcopalians to Have a Resident Minister. The Rev. Edward McCrady, a recent graduate of the Theo logical Department of the Uni versity of the South, atSewanee, Tenn., has been appointed by at Bishop Howe to assist the Rev. acres in I W. A. Guerry in his work in tobacco this section of the State. Mr. McCrady will reside in Darling ton, and will have special charge of a new Mission organized at Bennettsville, which he will vis it onceta month. He will ar rive in Darlington on Saturday next, conducting his first servi ces here at the Episcopal Church on the following morning at 11. 30 o’clock. Mr. McCrady was born in Charleston in 1868; he is a grandson of Mr. Edward Mc Crady of that city. His father, Prof. John McCrady, succeeded Louis Agassiz as professor of zoology at Harvard College, and was afterwards called to 8e wanee, wheretheson entered the grammar school of the Universi ty of the South about the year 1878, the University itself in 1884, and the Theological De partment of that institution in 1889. from the old one. ■Blind Tom” Midst. Living in Our But few people realize that we have a musical prodigy in our midst that promises to rival the famous “Blind Tom.” Aleck Dudley, a well known and worthy colored citizen, has an eleven year-old son that is blind. The boy’s air for music is wonderful and with proper cultivation will make him a marvel. Although he cannot see at all he touches the keys of the piano with a familiarity which shows the genui.ie musical spir it within him. He also per forms well on tl e cornet. The father takes gre it pride and in terest in his affli ’ted, but gifted, son, and will give him a good education. He will be sent in a few days to the State deaf, dumb and blind institute at Ce dar Springs, Spartanburg coun ty. Particular pains will be tak en to give the boy the best musi cal training and all who know the little fellow look for a suc cessful future for him despite his sad affliction. The father is him self a fine musician and another son, only six years old, has re markable talent in that line, and the trio furnish delightful music. A. concert will be given by the Dudley family in the Opera House this (Thursday) evening. The proceeds will be devoted to defraying the blind boys railroad expenses to school. With such a good cause, our people should liberally patron ize the concert. DARLINGTON REPUBLICANS. The Convention Elects Delegates to State and Congressional Con ventions. The Republican County Con vention was held in the Court House on Monday. The pro ceedings were harmonious for the Webster faction (so named because they favor the re-elec tion of revenue collector E. A. Webster as State chairman) were largely in the majority and had everything their own way There was some enthusi asm and the speakers were not unfrequently loudly applauded. E. H. Deas was re-elected county chairman. The following were elected delegates to the State Convention which meets in Col umbia to-morrow: E. H. Deas, Z. W. Wines, H. D. Pool, and the following were elected delegates to the Congressional Convention which will meet in Florence next month. Richard Lang, W. H. Waddell, J. H. Ham, A. W. Wines, K. M. Newman. The delegates to the State Con vention are uniustructed as to the question of nominating a State ticket. THE COUNTY NEWS. Try a gallon of Armelise mo lasses at 60 cents. Oates. Sewing machines from $5 up at the Book Store. Buy one of those^SO suits of Blackwell Bros. A BIG LAW SUIT. A Darlingtovian Wanted in Virginia as a Witness. A little over a year ago a man named Connell was killed while in his berth in a Pullman palace car on a railroad in Virginia. The executors of the murdered man are now sueingthe Pullman company for $10,000. Among the passengers on the car at the time of the killing was Mr. C. B. Edwards of this place. On Monday a representative of the Pullman company came to Dar lington and took Mr. Edwards’ statement of what he knows of the killing. The trial will be held in Richmond next month and the company wishes Mr. Edwards to attend as a witness and this Mr. Edwards may do. Thirty-2 lbs flour $1. Oates. FINE WORKMANSHIP. The Beautiful Mantel Pieces Made in a Darlington Establishment. Mr. C. Money is now doing work that cannot fail to gain favor with the refined taste of the Darlington people. He is giving special attention to the manufacture of mantel-pieces, which he executes with skill. The carving is all hand work and is done with fine, delicate, graceful turn and the designs, which are all original, are beau tiful. Mr. Money makes the mantels out of any kind of wood, principally mahogony, walnut, oak, cherry and curley pine. The curley pine is quite fash- iona' le and is very popular in the cities of the North. Mr. McC. Willis’ handsome new residence on Cashua street is adorned with mantels made by Mr. Mooney from mahogony, cherry and oak and he is now engaged in making a beautiful set from walnut and oak for Col. E. R. Mclver. Even if one does not contemplate building it is well worth his while to visit Mr. Mooney’s establishment on Main Street to see his fine work and beautiful designs. Pianos and organs cheap at the Book Store. FROM ALL SECTIONS AS TOLD BY OUR CORRESPONDENTS. Chronicles from Cypress—The Ad vance in Cotton Makes Farmers Smile. Miss Rose Lee Huggins left last week for the Columbia Fe male College. Mr. Boyd DuBose will leave to-morrow for Spartanburg to enter Wofford College. Since the cotton market went up so freely, our farmers have begun to smile onc-i more and to shake off their downcast ap pearance. Prof. W. L. Floyd left on Fri day last for Gainesville, Fla., where he has accepted a position as teacher of English in a State military school. He carries with him our very best wishes for his success. Very little cotton was housed last week on account of the bad weather, but if the weather re mains favorable this week the farmers will make up for lost time and will move King Cotton to market soon. This will give our merchants a chance to smile too. The Good Templars will give a hot supper in their hall to morrow night. Ice cream and other refreshments will be ser ved. The proceeds will be de voted towards defraying the ex penses of the prohibition cause in the recent campaign. Come around young men and bring your best girls and your pocket change. The admission price is only 25 cents and, as the object is a laudable one, we hope there will be a good attendance. high hill. Quite an enjoyable sociable was given at Mr. M. A. Mul- drow’s last Friday eveninv. Our pastor being away, Rev. Brunson Boseman preached here Sunday. He delivered an excel lent sermon. We are sorry to report our neighbor, Mr. J. D. Flinn sick. He is suffering intensely with rheumatism. Miss Sue McKnight, who has been visiting the family of Mr. A. F. Stuckey, has returned to her home in Clarendon. We have no trouble to get our vert/ small crop of cotton picked at forty cents per hun dred. The pea crop also is short. An “apron” party was given at the residence of Dr. P. A. Wilson Wednesday evening of last week. Mr. W. A. Jordan secured the prize offered for the best sewing. We heard one of the boys remark that the girls were preparing them for bache lorhood. Girls, it is leap year, tell them better. LYDIA. There was rain here every day for the past week. Miss Mattie King has gone on a trip to Mars Bluff. Miss Eva Huggins is visiting her sister, Mrs. Pate, of this place. Miss Ola Peebles, who has been visiting Miss Clara Cross- well, returned home yesterday. Miss Mamie Kelly, of Darling ton, who has been visiting Miss Helen Harrell, has returned home. Miss Mamie Wright, of Harts- ville, and Miss Lena Lawson, of Oats, are visiting the Misses King. Mr. Ellie King has gone into the mercantile business between Lydia and Hartsville and seems to be doing a very flourishing business. THE COUNTY ALLIANCE. An Announcement of Importance to Members of the Order. We are requested to publish the following announcement: The next meeting of the Dar lington County Alliance will be held at Darlington C. H., on Thursday, October 13. Matters of importance to the order, in which every true and unselfish Allianceman is personally in terested, will be before this meeting. The work of educa tion and self-protection demand unity and* co-operation in deed and in truth. Let our sub-Al liances see to it that lethargic and lukewarm members be put on their mettle and come to gether as one man from intelli gent and conscientious motives, to labor for the education of the agricultural classes in the science of economical govern ment in a strictly non-partisan spirit. Hon. J. E. Tindal, Secretary of State, will be present at the meeting and will make an ad dress on Alliance demands or objects of the Alliance. The public is respectfully invited. Sub-secretaries will make re ports at once, where possible, to H. A. Josey, County Secreta ry, Oats, P. O., S. C. By order of District Lecturer. W. H. Lawrence, Pres. D. C. F. A. See those clay-worsted cuta way and sack suits at a bargain. Blackwell Bros. INTERESTING FIGURES. Valuation of Property and ment; of Taxes. Assess- Hebrew Services. “Rush Hashuno”, the He brew New Year, was observed in Darlington on Thursday. People of the Hebrew faith sus pended business, clesing their stores, and attended religious services in Masonic Hall. The services were conducted by Rev. Mr. Lesser, of Charleston, in the Hebrew tongue. Next Sat urday, which will be “Yum Kipper”, the Day of Atonement, will also be observed in Darling ton an 1 Mr. Lesser will again conduct services in Masonic Hall. Remember the Wilson No. 9 is Wheeler & the lightest, best equipped machine made up Foul to date, well Bros. 'ound only at Black- OffFor College. The following Darlingtonians left this week to pursue their studies at college : Messrs L. P. Dargan, Harvaid University; H. H. Rast, Wak-er Griffin, Ro bert Coker, W. C. Coker, Jr.,E. C. Coker, Eugene Bacot, State University ; Walter Edwards, Russell Hart, Preston Edwards, Furman University. NEW PROVIDENCE. The potato crop is generally good in this section. Some of our farmers will gather rice soon. We wish that all of us had such a crop. On Sunday last the hand of fellowship was extended to twenty-one new c embers of New Providence Church. Seven others will be baptized on Sun day next, at 9 a m, at McIntosh mill. The hot supper given at Mr. J. W. Coker’s on last Thursday evening was a success. Besides those who attended from the surrounding country, parties were also present from Harts ville, Society Hill, Darlington and Dovesville. ROBBINS NECK. The pea crop will be almost a failure in this section. The Brick and Iron Works have been shut down for a while on account of breakage in machinery. The losses in. hay by the re cent rains have been very heavy and the probability is that hay will be scarce next season. The following, which is a comparative statement of the assessed value of taxable pro perty for Darlington county for the fiscal yeais 1888-89,89-90,90- 91, and 91-92 and the aggregate taxes for each year, will be of interest: Taxable Pr’p'ty Total Tax 1888- 89 $2,928,048 $39,791 77 1889- 90 8,128,225 44,485 58 1890 91 3,392,425 44,818 84 1891-92 3,757,875 47,187 20 The assessed value for the fis cal year 1891-92 is not complete. The amount of taxable property will be increased and also the taxes thereon by what is known as “additional assessments” (on additional names added from time to time after the reg ular time for making returns is passed.) the totals of which can not be definitely given until af ter the time for collection ex pires. The varation in the polls is most inexplicable, as will be seen by the following table which gives the poll tax collect ed for the same period: 1888-89 8,837 1889-90 4,039 1890-91 4,071 1891 92 3,989 The “additionals” it is esti mated will increase the poll tax for 1891-92 to 4,239. Buy an improved White Sew ing machine at the Book Store. CHERAW AND SAILSBURY. The Road to be Sold at Auction on No vember 30. [The State.] Some time ago it was men tioned that the bondholders and officials of the Cheraw and Salis bury railroad had begun pro ceedings in the State court to have the road sold at public auc tion. The case has now been heard and under the foreclosure pro ceedings Judge Witherspoon has issued a decree that the road shall be sold at public auction on November 30, next. The road will no doubt, with proper connections, be a paying in vestment for some one. It is twenty-four miles long, and eleven miles of it in this State. The first mortgage bonds have been for some time selling on the market at 40 cents on the $1, which would make the first lien on the road sell for a little less than $3,000 per mile. And even with this the Cheraw and Salisbury is one of the roads assessed by the State board at $5,000 per mile. [The Cheraw and Salisbury Rail road extends from Cheraw to Wades boro N. C. and is operated by the At lantic Coast Line in conjunction with the Cheraw and Darlington. From the Cheraw Reporter we learn that the sale is to take place in Cheraw. Not only the railroad itself, but the depots, rolling stock and everything E rirtaining to the road will be sold, ditor Tub Nkws.] A boy’s suit for |1 at Black* wellBrc*. DARLINGTON COTTON MARKET. For the Week Ending Wednesday Sept ember 28. Good Middling 7 9—16 Middling 7 7—16 Strict Low Middling 71 Low Middling 71 A synagogue in New York was crowded with persons on Thursday attending the Jewish New Year services. The alarm of fire was given and a panic ensued. In the crush four per sons were killed and twelve in jured. The alarm was false. A candle set fire to some drap ery, but the flames were quickly exunguigbed.