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YOL. XIX, NO. 42. DARLINGTON, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1892. WHOLE NUMBER 925. L matters in and around pros perous DARLINGTON. A Column of News, Persons I and Oth erwise, of Interest to Our Many Readers. Court will conveneon Monday next. A dance was given in the Cleveland Hotel last evening, Mrs. Theo. Phelps, of Sumter, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. E C. Rotholz. The Darlington Building and Loan Association will meet on Tuesday night. Mr. Jesse Ives, of Florence, spent a few days last week with friends in Darlington. Mr. T. J. Drew has accepted the position of foreman upon the Bennettsville Banner. An Italian band has been in town for several days, furnish ing most delightful music. The examination for teachers in the county public schools will be held in Darlington on Saturday. Mr. John Witherspoon, of So ciety Hill, advertises for sale 3,334 acres of desirable land in Marlboro county. Miss Lillie Ives, who has been visiting Miss Janie Bass, in Swift Creek, has returned to her home in Florence. Miss Janie Howie, of Swift Creek, and Miss LaUlie Howie, of Florence,spent a few days in Darlington last week. We return thanks to the Mar ion Fair Association for an in vitation to attend the eighth annual fair which will be held in Marion on November 2, 3 and 4. The county authorities are arranging to lay terra cotta pipes in the drain that runs through the jail lot. This will be done to save the lot from washing. Rev. J. Q. Law is in Abbeville in attendance upon the Synod of South Carolina. Gen. W. E. James, who was the delegate from the Presbyterian Church, was unable to attend. Frank Brocken ton, colored, has shown us a copy of a news paper, the Liberian Gazette, which is published once a month in Liberia, Africa. It convains a good deal of interesting read ing matter, Mr. 0. M. Fort was on Friday released on bail from the Wades- boro jail, where he has been confined on the charge of mur der. The amount of his bond is $500: Mr. Fort has since re turned to Darlington. To-morrow (Friday) is “Col umbian Day.” It will be ob served by the Darlington public schools only by devoting a por tion of the exercises of the day to recitations on the subject of the discovery of America. Tiie sales at the tobacco ware house continue regularly and are attended with most satisfac tory results. Over five thou sand pounds of tobacco were sold on one day of last week at an average price of Hi cents. The meeting of the Y. M. C. A. on Sundaj afternoon next will be aevoted to a “song ser vice”, to which the ladies are especially invited. The s e r - vice will begin at 5 o’clock and will be conducted by Rev. John Stout. At the business meeting of the Y. M. C. A. on Wednesday night of last week a committee was appointed to consider the advisability of the association erecting a building of its own. The committee will make a re port at a subsequent meeting. The recently elected addition al deacons for the Baptist Church, MessrsE. C. Lide, John Douglas and J. P. Coleman, will be ordained on Sunday morn ing next. Rev. D. W. Key, of Society Hill, will assist the pas tor in conducting the services and will preach the sermon. The regular quarterly meet ing of tne Darlington County Alliance was held in the Court House on Thursday. Only rou tine business of no public inter est was transacted. Hon. J. E. Tindal, Secretary of State, de livered an interestingaddresson “The Objects of the Alliance.” We are informed that Mr. L. N. Cox will come to Darlington to stand his trial, at the ap proaching term of court, in the suit which has been brought against him by the Burlington Light, Water and Power Com pany. The particulars of the suit are familiar to our readers. Capt- W. C. Coker and Mes srs C. B. Edwards and Bright Williamson have purchased the greater nortion of Dr. B. C. Nor- ment’s property in the rear of the latter's house. Capt. Coker and Mr. Edwards will erect residences thereon. New streets will be opened to better connect the property with the rest of the town. THE COLORED FAIR. The Second Annual Fall Exhibition Next Week. The second annual fall fair of the colored people of Darling ton county will be held at the grounds of the white fair com pany on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday next. The mana gers have gone t) much trouble and expense to make the fair a great success, which no doubt it will be. These annual exhi bitions are of great benefit to the colored people and their white friends should give the fairs every encouragement. The colored people are holding fairs in different parts of the State and are showing the world what they can do in the mechani cal arts, agricultural etc. A capital program has been ar ranged for the fair next week and we trust that there will be nothing to mar the success of the occasion. New buckwheat and oatmeal. West & Honour. "TENNYSON CLUB" Another Li erary Club Organized Among the Young People. A number of ladies andgentle- men met ut the residence of Dr. A. C. Spain on Tuesday night for the purpose of organizing a literary club. The name, “Darlington Tennyson Club” was selected. The following officers were elected: G. W. Brown, president; Mrs. F. E. Norment, vice president; Miss Nonie Williamson, secretary and treasurer; A. T. Baird, L. C. Glenn and Miss Emma Wil liamson, managing committee. The object of the club is to af ford its members literary and social enjoyments. The meet ings will be held every alternate Friday evening and the next meeting will be held on Friday, the 28 inst. at the residence of J. J. Ward, Esq, when “Tenny son” will be the subject for the evening. Buy the light running Do mestic sewing machine from McCall & Burch. — —•• — Roller patent flour, $5 perbbl. Blackwell Bros. The latest thin trimmings at Me in fur dress all& Burch's. A DARLING TONI AN ABROAD. Hit Services Appreciated by thp Dem ocrats of Massachusetts. Mr. D. F. Houston, a Darling ton young man, who is now pursuing a course in political science at Harvard University, has rendered some valuable as sistance to the Democratic can vass in Massachusetts. At the request of Hon. Josiah (Quincy, one of the most prominent tariff reformers of the country and State Chairman of the Massachu setts Democracy, Mr. Houston wrote a series of articles on the tariff and other political ques tions. The Democratic commit tee had the articles printed and are distributing them through out the State as campaign litera ture. That the Massachusetts Democracy should so appreciate Mr. Houston’s services is quite an honor to the young Darling- tonian. We have too much clothing. Now is the time to get a suit cheap. McCall & Burch. — — —« -«•— — Maple and queen syrup, West & Honour. A STRANGE ACCIDENT, A Lever Car Derailed by a Dog and a Man Badly Injured. On Monday while Mr. J. A. Moore, section master for the C. S. & N. Railroad at Robins Neck, was returning to the station from work on the road, riding on a lever (hand) car in company withsomeof hishands, the car ran over a dog. The accident caused the car to be thrown from the track. Mr. Moore was hurled forward and the car ran over him, breaking both of his arms. His head was also badly hurt and his left leg was injured. Dr. R. A. Trip- pett, of Society Hill, attended the wounded man, who is now doing very well. Mr. Moore is very much liked around about Robins Neck and his many friends sympathize with him in his painful accident. Something new evaporated codfish. West & Honour. McCall & Burch make spe cialties of shoes, clothing, hats, and gents furnishing goods. DARLINGTON COTTON MARKEll. For the Week Ending Wednesday Oct ober 10. Good Middling 71 Middling 71 Strict Low Middling 71 Low Middling 6} Times hard, money scarce; if ^ou want goods cheap go to UcCall & Burch’s. Chipped dried beef. W. & H. THE SLAYER OF S. P. WILSON IN THE HANDS OF THE LAW. After Eluding Arrest for a Long Time Primus Gainey is CapSured in Georgia. The following telegram from Seville, a town in southern Georgia, under date of the 15 inst., appeared in Monday’s News and Courier: “Primus Gainey, a notorious negro criminal, who murdered Mr. Percy Wilson at Society Hill, S. C., last December, waj arrested here yesterday by Mar shal J. J. Gorday. Gainey de nied his identity at first, but this morning confessed that he was the right person. He was carried to the Abbeville [Ga ] jail this evening to await the arrival of the South Carolina authorities.” It will be remembered that Gainey killed Mr. S. P. Wilson at Society Hill on the fourth of last December. He fled imme diately after the killing and had up to this time eluded arrest. Several times it has been report ed that Gainey had be en captur ed in different parts of the coun try, but every time the report would prove to be false. Only a month or so ago it was thought that he was captured in Columbia, but investigation showed that the man held was the wrong person. Itnow seems certain however, that the Geor gia authorities have Gainey, for the dispatch says that the pris oner “confessed that he was the right person.” The State of South Carolina just after the killing offered a reward of seventy-five dollars for Gainey’s arrest, and Mr. J. J. Gorday, the marshal of Se ville, Ga., who captured him, will get the money. The Georgia authorities noti fied Sheriff Cole of Gainey’s arrest on Monday and the Sher iff left on Tuesday to bring him to Darlington. He had to stop over in Columbia to get the ne cessary requisition papers, but when he arrived there he found that the Governor was absent in New York and, consequently, he could proceed no further. After having the Attorney Gen e r a 1 to telegraph Governor Northen of Georgia to hold Gainey until Governor Tillman could return to Columbia and forward the requisition papers, the Sheriff returned to Darling ton on Tuesday night. It will probably be several days before the papers can be fixed and Gainey can not be brought to Darlington until then. AT THE OPERA HOUSE. Mabel Paige to Give Entertainments Every Night Next Week. The Burlington (N. C.) Her ald, in speaking of Mabel Paige, who will appear at the Darling ton Opera House, every night of of next week, says : “The Mabel Paige Co. are at the opera house this week and gave two fine entertainments Tuesday and Wednesday nights. Miss Mabel Paige is a great fa vorite with Burlington audiences having appeared here with the Harry Lindley Company. The cognomen “La Petite Carmen- cita” as applied to her is well deserved. Her singing and dancing, especially the serpen tine, dance are exceedingly well execated. Bessie Doyle is a fasinating Soubrette and her singing and dancing far above average. G. B. Howard the leading comedian, is well up in his business and besides be ing a firstrate actor has a fine stage appearance, and his char acter parts are well taken. This is the best troupe that has appeared in Burlington for many a day and the Opera House should be filled for the balance of the week.” (Other Locale on Second Page ) THE INCREASE OF WAGES Not Due to the Tariff but to Improve ments on Machinery. (The State.] The increase of wages in manufacturingenterprises noted by the census returns as having occurred in certain cities be tween 1880 and 1890, is due, not as the Republican organs will claim, to the protective tariff, but to the improvements made in machinery, by which a work man is enabled to accomplish a much greater quantity of work than ho could ten years ago. In many industries, owing to the increased capacity of machinery in this country, the product per hand is twice as great as in Europe, where inventive genius has not been so active. Most of the manufactures in the Uni ted States are not protected, and the fact that all show an increase in wages is proof that the tariff does not ca’ise the in crease. Besides, the tariff laws between 1880 and 1890 were not greatly changed, the McKinley imposition occurring after the census statistics were secured. GENERAL NEWS. Items o Interest From All Over The World. Severe snow storms fell in the Northwest last week. So deep was the snow in some places | that traius could not pass. The militia which has been stationed at Homestead, Pa, i ever since the great strike in July was withdrawn last week. By p boile explosion at Ports mouth, Ohio, on Saturday, two persons were killed and twelve seriously, and some probably fatally injured. Lathaire Bucher, one of Ger many’s most remarkable men and the life-long personal and political friend of the great Bis- I mark, died on Thursday. The four hundredth anniver sary of America was celebrated in New Y r orkon Wednesday and Thursday of last week by a grand military and civic dis play. Terrible floods devastated large portions of England and Ireland last week. Cities were inundated, crops were badly damaged and railway traffic was stopped A vessel was wrecked in a storm in the Gulf of Mexico on the 10 inst. Only two persons were saved. The drowned con sisted of six men, seven women and three children. Prominent Republicans of the ; North still continue to join the j Democratic party. The latest | is ex-Governor Cox, of Ohio, who has always been heretofore a loyal Republican. A negro while plowing in | Liberty county, Georgia, last week, dug up an ancient pot 'containing a lot of old Frei c i I and Spanish coins. The value of the coins is about $4,000. Mrs. Lease, the Third party female leader in Kansas, who I accompanied Gen. Weaver on his Southern tour, has given up the fight and advises all Third 1 party men to vote for Harrison. Four negro boys who confess jed to have recently murdered a white man and his daughter were, on Thursday, carried to ( the scene of their crime, near ■ Camden, Ala, and lynched Six men who recently drank beer from a keg, at Port Royal, Pa, died in horrible agony. An investigation showed that the ; keg had a dead copperheaded snake in it and this had poisoned I the beer. James Minnig, of Butler Val ley, Pa, committed suicide on I Thursday by blowing the top of his head off, because his wife would not let him go to see Cor bett, the champion pugilist, who was giving an exhibition in his neighborhood. On Wednesday of last week McEwan killed a w-oman in Glascow, horribly mutilating t‘ , e body after the manner of “Jack the Ripper.” He then dismembered her person and buried different parts in differ ent portions of his garden. \f- ter the murder he fied; but was captured. The cholera, while it has aba ted in Europe, is raging fierce ly in China. There hundreds j of people are dying daily. Ha ters of foreigners in that coun try have spread the report that the foreigners are poisoning the wells thereby causing the i cholera. Consequently strangers are being imprisoned and many have been killed. STATE NEWS. Gathered From Our Exchanges, And Put in Paragraphs. J. W. Bowden, the Third party leader in this State, has leased the Cotton Plant, the Alliance organ. The negro who was recently shot by Mr. Willie Cooper, a young man of Sumter county, died from his wounds on Friday. Ella Smith, white, who re cently killed J. P. Woodruff, also white, in Marion, was tried for murder last week. The re sult was a mistrial. Capt. G. M. Hodges, of Abbe ville county, was caught in his cotton gin on Friday. His arms were cut all to pieces and both had to be amputated. Louis Moore, colored, killed Anderson Bcacham, albo color ed, at Prosperity, Newberry county, on the 9 inst. The man who was killed himself killed a another negro near the same spot about twenty years ago. DARLINGTON SHOE STORE. Shoes of every description. Calf, kid or goat. Heels or spring-heels. Opera oi common sense. Oxford or buttons. Lowest possible price. Shoes for everybody. How cheap they are ! Our every offer a bargain. Examine and be convinced. Satisfaction guaranteed. Woods & Milling, Proprietors. TIIE COUNTY NEWS. Improved jelly. W.&H. FROM ALL SECTIONS AS TOLD BY OUR CORRESPONDENTS. Matters Around Robins Neck -Sports men Should not Hunt and Fish on Sunday. There will be a large area planted in small grain this fall. The Brick and Iron Work are running on full time and the quality of the brick is excellent. We have about gathered our crops and have made the short est crop I have ever known. Cotton is about 60 per cent of a crop and two thirds of it has been sold. TheC. S. & N. R. R. changes schedule so fast that it can not give any notice when a change will take place and passengers must take grip and lunch and wait his turn. We are not much of a scribe but think we could get there on their epitaph. The report of the sportmun's gun is heard every day, Sunday not excepted, and the game is kept on wing most of the time. Ope of our junior sportmen came in one morning with seven ducks, and it was not Sunday morning either, moral: Those who profess to be our best peo ple should not hunt and fish on the Sabbath. The foundation for the brick store is ready and the walls will be commenced soon. The site will be the same as it was be fore the fire and we hope suc cess will crown the efforts of the company, for that is what we need all over our land: Suc cessful enterprizes that will give employment and a home market to our people. RIVERDALE. Mr. W. E Dargan’s fine piece of corn, reported of some time ago, yielded fifty-four bushels per acre. The farmers will soon be | through gathering cotton. The greater portion it has already, been sent to market. Miss Amanda Morris has been elected teacher for the Ri verdale school, the next session of which will commence on the seventh of November. Rev. E. M. Merritt has post poned the protracted meeting at New Chapel until a few weeks later on account of the indispo sition of his family. Mr. J. E. Russell’s dwelling on the Cashua road is nearing com pletion. Mr. W. H. Mozingo, is also erecting a handsome cot tage on the same road. ASHLAND. Mrs. D. J. Clyburn has been dangerously ill. The cotton crop will soon be harvested and most of it sold. Several of our farmers are putting in rye and barley for winter grazing, which we think is a wise step. Mr. O. C. Scarboro, the well known Bishopville cotton buyer, paid Ashland a flying visit a few days ago and caused a con siderable flow of cotton to Bish opville. The Methodists have been holding meetings in the Second Advent Chapel of Ashland for several days. They expect to begin work on a house of wor ship near Ashland very soon. UNA. Miss Kate Lewis, ofTimmons- ville, is visiting in this com munity. Mr. Durant, of Sumter, is visi ting Mr. E. H. Hearon. The Good Templars of this place are requested to meet on Saturday afternoon next at 3 o’clock. Mr. T. J. Price took a trip last week to Georgetown. Burglars entered Mr. Robert Dampier’s house on Thursday night last and stole his trunk, four hundred and fifteen dol lars and twenty-five pounds of tobacco. The trunk was taken to the gin house about one hun dred yards from the dwelling and there rifled of its contents. HIGH HILL. The health of our neighbor hood is very good at present. We were pleased to see Miss Lucy Gandy, of Society Hill, at High Hill last Sunday. The weather continues good for picking cotton and our far mers have about finished pick ing. Miss Eugenia Wilson and Mrs. J. C. Wilson, of Ebenezer, spent a few days of last week in our neighborhood. » Sausage mixture. W. & H. The Darlington Building and Loan Association. T HE Regular Monthly Meeting of this Association will be held at | tne office of the People’s Hank of Dnr- I lingtou, on Tuesday, 25th inst, at ! S ilu o’clock p. w Dues received by undersigned at his I office until 6 o'clock p. m., and at the ; meeting. CHAS. K. ROGERS. Secy, and Treas. Marlboro Lands for Sale. M HAY'E 8,384 acr >8 of land in Marl boro County, nituated just below | Hunt's Bluff and in atmut three miles of the C. 8. & N. Railroad, which is for sale either in one entire body or in two tracts containing, re- s;>ectively, 2,400 and U00 acres. About one-third of the former and one-half of the latter tract is cleared. A bout 1 two-thirds of the cleared land in a good state of cultivation. The wood land Is heavily timbered with choice varieties of woods, the same admir ably aadpted to stock-raising. Of the cleared land 400 acres is upland. Terms of sale easy, and made known , on application of prospective purchas ers. Title perfect. Barns and tenant i houses on both places. Apply to JOHN WITHERSPOON, Society Hill, 8. C. Clerk’s Sale. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. Darlington County. I Gustave B. Mc^ween et al against ^4 A. McSween et al. Pursuant to an order of Court made in the above stated case by his Hon. J. B. Kershaw at Florence 8. C.. on the 30th day of September A. D. 1802, 1 will offer for sale in front of the Court House in Darlington county on the first Monday in November I next the following described real estate: All that tract of land situate In [ Darlington county, state aforesaid, containing two hundred and eighty- eight and 80—100 acres, and bounded on the north by Swift Creek, on the south by Indian Branch, on the east by lands of W. M. Brunson, and on the west by lands of Joseph Flowers, as will more fully appear from a plat of the same made by 8. H. Bacot. Feby. 10th. 1877. The above premises to be sold in lots as will be showu by plats of the same to be exhibited on day of sale. Terms or sale one-third cash—bal ance on a credit of one and two years, credit portion to be secured by Bond of purchaser and mortgage of prem ises sold. Purchaser to pay for all necessary papers. W. ALBERT PARROTT. Oct. 15th, 1802 C. C. P. Sheriffs Sale. ST A TE OP SO UTH CAROLINA. County of Darlington. C.B. Edwards et al Executors against Leah 8. Jordan. Judgment of Foreclosure and Bale. By virtue of an order of sale made in the above stated cause by the Court of Common Pleasof date June 10th 1892. 1 will sell in front of the Court House of Darlington county, on the first Monday in November next or the Tuesday thereafter, The following lands and tenements, situate in the said county and state aforesaid and containing twenty-nine acres of the land sold me this day by B. W. Edwards from the north end of the part on the east side of the road from Darlington to Timmonsville. bounded on the north by Potters land, on the east by Ephus Jeffords land, south by the land to-day purchased and west by the said public road. Terms of Sale cash, purchaser to pay for papers. W. P. COLE, October 13th 1802. 8 D. C. Edwards, Norment & Company. IsTEW ....Fall and Winter.... GOODS l Our new goods are now ready for in spection. Remember, our goods are the very best made. Ren* ember, our prices are guaranteed with any market. Come to Headquarters for anything yov want. Respectfully, Edwards, Norment %Co. CT3 J2 a <^> ■-£ IMMENSE Stock \ FHLL, ’92. y v > SUCCESS ' n Gie past has induced us for — the present season to lay in a particularly attractive stock in the Dry Goods Department, con sisting in part of Dress Goods, fancy and plain, to suit every taste, with Trimmings to match. ::::::::: Also an of Staple Dry Goods of which we make a specialty of giving low prices by the bolt. Our stock of Clothing, Shoes and Hats is new, embracing all * * * * the latest styles and patterns. We also carry a complete line of Hardware, Crockery and Tin. WE KEEP at all times a large and well-se lected stock of Heavy and Fan cy Groceries at wholesale and retail. We want your trade and shall try to merit it. Respectfully, e/a CO U <=> as co "cs 02 C^> III k CD. m 1'OU IfflltliffiD IN LOW PRICER We offer a magnificent new stock for FALL AND WINTER At prices the lowest yet named for first cluss goods. High grade in all de partment. Full merit in every article. An immense assortment, and that is the reason yon should come early to get In our splendid line of Dry Goods, Clothing, etc. We are selling a good qual ity 84 inch Cashmere, all colors and black, at 12} cents. Our line of Dress Goods at 20, 25, 40 and 50 cents CANNOT HE EXCELLED All the leading and jpopular colors, with trimmings to match. In Hoys' and Gents Clothing we claim to have the largest stock in Darlington. All the new and nobby styles. Parties who contemplate buying should look at our stock, and, if prices are not lower than elsewhere, why then don't buy from us. We can sell you a suit for your little boy for from $1 to $7, or we can sell you a gent's suit for from $2 50 to $25. In Shoes we are offering a good ladies' solid peb. buttoned shoe at $1, an i our ladies' shoes at $1.25 and $1.5(> are worth much more; and in fact in every department of our store we are offering real bargains. We appreciate C.o condition of the county, the low price of cotton, short crops, etc., and pro pose to sell our first-class line of Dry Goods, Clothing, etc., at prices in keep ing with the times. Your early call solicited. Respectfully, etc . JOYE £ SANDERS P ; WE CARRY A FULL LINE OF GROCERIES, CROCKERY, &c. NEW PROVIDENCE. Cotton picking will soon be over. Mr. Thomas Atkinson and Miss Polly Braddock were mar ried on the 13 inst. Prayer meeting f o i young men is held at New Providence Church every Saturday night. An election for deacon in the New Providence Baptist Church will be held on the Saturday be fore the first Sunday in Nov ember. Mr. Flake, of North Carolina, was in this section this week on business connected with the es tate of the late Dr. J. A. Gaddy, of Hartsville. Choice new: fall-made cream ery butter. West & Honour A new and well selected stock for FALL and WINTER. Quality and prices to suit all. Give me a call and I will be sure to please you. MsliiEstHaty Ci;: iilm! Come and see them. Respectfully, L». M. SCHMID. Oct 13—4t Misses A. & J. Fountain, Desire to announce to their friends and customers that they have just opened their stock of Fall aii Wte Ilk;! Which they have selected with their usual care, with a view to securing the very Latest Styles in that department. 11TA continuation .of their past patronage is solicited, and no effort wiU.be spared to please their custom ers. Sep 22—Jm Fall and Winter, 1892. We have now open a complete stock of fall and winter goods which have been marked down at the lowest prices ever offered by us. We are able to meet the SHARPEST COMPETITION And only an inspection of our stock and comparison of prices will prove the fact that we WILL Mil' Be (MUD! Every article is a leader with us this fall, hut we crll spe cial attention to the REYNOLDS’SHOES, the best in the market. Also the offnjvlwK^ ^ the best sewing machine made. We control al o the sale of hi ^ojvatal iSujAb -G^amurv^ “£)feu» greome” For this section of the country, and sell needles and supplies for every machine on the market. Respectfully, Blackwell Brothers. July “A—Om