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■ A Large Number of Official Sales Made —The Experimental Station Thf* crowd in town on Mon day, January Saleday, was not as large as on the same dav in previous years. The business done was not a* gre it as we generally expect on this day. A large majority of the people seemed to have come to town the streets. A number of official sales were made. The Clerk made the following : In the case of D. G. Crenshaw <& Co. vs Enoch Alford, twenty-five acres in Cypress township were sold to T. J. McClendon for $145 ; in the case of J. P.Mozingo, Jr.,et. al. vs. Julius V. Hendrix, et. al one hundred and seventy-six matters in and around pros perous DARLINGTON. A Column of News, Persons! and Oth erwise, of Interest to Our Many Readers. Mr. Chas Spinks is clerking for Messrs Woods & Milling. Miss Mamie Hughson, of Sum ter, visited the Misses McCown last week. The quartet tly statements of the Darlington banks are pub lished in this issue. The Italian band of Columbia, which visited Darlington last fall, is again in town. A light snow fell on yesterday morning. It melted, however, almost as soon as it fell. The Dixie steam laundry has an advertisement in this issue regarding its Darlington agen cy. The notice of the dissolution of the firm of Messrs P. B. Al len & Co is published in this issue. The County Pension Board will meet in the office of the County Treasurer on Monday, the 16 inst. Mr. John Mills, of Wades- boro, was in Darlington last week on a visit to his brotner, Mr. W. T. Mills. three hundred and thirty-five Messrs Nettles rt: Nettles have acres in Lisbon township were a card in this issue, which will sold to W. A.«Carrigan for $737; be of interest to those who wish in the case of A. A. Hewlett vs to borrow money. the Central Carolina Land Im- Mr. John J. Lucas, Jr., of Pavement Company ten lots in Brunswick, Ga., spent t h e th ?. t - 0Wl ? of Darlm g to n we ™ LIPR LK'im TOWN COUNCIL GRANTS NINE FOR THE YEAR 1883. Litigations Will Follow and the Lawyers Will Make Money. [Columbia Cor. News and I ourier ] General the County Treasurer Re ceives the County Liquor Tax. Since the so called prohibition __ was P&ssed by the Legisla- for no special purpose and thev ^ ure i everybody has been anxi- passed the time loafing ab. u ous to know what would be i, .. ,j . Columbia, January 1.—Tie GensraMs,. n* dV . C V! f ,h * A,, ° rney Ppsifioo taken by certain muni cipal corporations with refer- doue in the matter of the liquor business fro n January 1 to July 1, the latter date being the time when the sale of liquor by individuals is forbidden bv law. Well, »o far as Darlington is concerned, the liquor men will continue in business just as if no - prohibition law had been r'teg"“. p Tf, TheTo "" C '’“ ncilh “ for $1,500; in the case of H. j. decided to grant liquor licenses Coker, adm., vs J L. Coker^ for the year 1803 to whomso- Hartsvjlle township, ever applies, provided the sum of $500 is paid for each license. will not Christmas holidays at his old home in Society Hill. Mr. E. C. Rotholz isiemoving to the store adjoining his pres ent stand where he will conduct a millinery establishment. Miss Donna Spain left on Tuesday for Atlanta, where she will remain sometime to com-1 plete her studies in music. aggregating five hundred and seventy-eight acres and includ-1 .. .. . ing the McIntosh mill property, 7 .V-T 1 ,? 1, howe Y? r - will not were sold to J. L. Coker for hold ' t8 elf responsible for the $2,037,30 ; in the same case six- of the T 8e , llcen8es b y ty acres in Hartsville township .I 16 8tate law on July L n <>r has known as the -Dampier place” i 4 m ^ tle any P rov i 8 '°n for re- were sold to R. W. Boyd for 50 ‘ unaln K auy Portion of the $500 cen t 8 to the liquor dealer should the The sheriff made the follow- P r o h j biti °n law be enforced, ing sales : In the case of W. A , • le ‘ ,l l uor 9 ea l er takes out the Carrigan vs. Randal McDaniel, I hc ? n8 e at h,s own nsk: •, , - ’ 1 As the same course has been adopted by liquor most, if not all, the other cities in the State, it is fair to pre sume that they intend testing the consvitutionality of the new law. The following parties took out licenses: J. M. James, Strauss & Co., P. B. Allen, S. Lewen thal, H. Lewenthal. S. Manne, W. Witcover, P. C. Beck & corporations ence to liquor license for the coming year is not in the least pleasant to the friends of the Evans dispensary bill. It is al together unexpected, and the dispensary people are somewhat surprised at t is unexpected op position. 'ihey thought that they would only be opposed in the Courts, and not imagine that the cities and towns of the State would offer a sheltering arm. Charleston, Barnwell, Lexington and Newberry have l\ THE STREET. A COLORED MAN OVERCOME WITH j FATIGUE AND CCLD. An Unknown Person Found in a Help less State on Railroad Sti uet—Dies in a Few Hours. On Tuesday night, shortly af-1 ter nine o’clock, Mr. W. P. i Woodward, who is employed at the C. & D. depot, found a ne- j gro man lying helplessly in the cold on Railroad Street, behind the residence of Dr. J. S. Gar- i ner. The unfortunate man seemed to be conscious, but was j speechless. Mr. Woodward, I however, recognized him as the while before take the Wadesboro train. Having arrived at the depot after the train had left, he retuin*d tv- wards town, but, overconv with fatigue and cold, he fell Is the fires with Edwards, Normentj & Company sold for $4,086,50, A. A. Hewlett purchasing eight of the lots, J. S. Garner one, and J. S. Garn er and J. B. Law, together, set the example in issuing an | man who a 8hort nual licenses, notwithstanding i u ^ * ai j the Evans trill, and to-morrow had gone to the depot to night their example will proba bly be followed by thecity coun cil of Columbia. The council here will, it is un derstood, hold that its charter gives it the right to license the [ - d sale of liquor, or any other line Tir , , , of business it may see fit. It is * , r n . ^ ward ff bu,lt upon the power given in their K Z charters that most of these year- ^ " g ti ly licenses are to be given lt a d is argued that the saPof liquor a rd ^ f °j Y'Y is made unlawful, but the all- Ch,e . f wa8 engaged at the the-year-men insist that what- and “ was ? bout K f two ever the State does its children. \ noTnmft before the cities and towns, can imh b Y i g ° th * . a tate. For instance, if the State i f n nc ®. H « tb ?‘ P , laced the "T , . . | license gambling they argue f N ? ab ® urcb ? barn near tbe dealers m ] that tlie * itie8 co * ld do likewise., du P ot ’ ‘there being no room for - Altogether the liquor question I ^ in h f m UrC ti ? th 0U Ston 8^' is going to jirove a verv vexa- n , , , ., 8t ., tious one to the State during the , Death ’ however, had evidently next year. It will surely result been approaching on the poorfel- in strained relations between low for several hours and the the lines which are being more 3* soon left the offering sharply drawn everv day. The | „ , , lawyers are going ' to make a T 13 8 n in ? e ^unknown mint of * money out of the law. Wad <f >oro was h.s home, and and even if the law is held to be , h« had beea wor . kl,1 S for 8eve . r - al months m a lumoer camp in constant litigation. There are already some far seeing lawyers who are preparing their batter ies for the coming fight. A mass of litigation over the law n-irl’ino-tn.Tninil*'hir ^ ^' 8 ^! ve8 constitutional it w’ill necessitate Darlington nine bars as against I ten last year. Owing to the fact that his store has been burned, Mr. C. Alexander will i not renew his license tor the one; in the same case one thousand five hundred and sixty-one acres on Jefferies Creek were sold to A. A. How- 1 ;tt for $500. The County Treasurer put up at auction the Experimental u „ . Station in accordance with the P i .• i' i . ‘ t , 18 fathered by Senator John Gary Mr. E. C. Burch has returned advertisement for its sale which J-m 1 ' 1 ;,'!’, as -5 ’ ^ ie 'l‘ r ,e Evans would hardly be the best to Darlington from Sumter, appeared in The News. No p r. a i ^1’ uoY °f campaign argument for that where he has been clerking for satisfactory bid was made, so 'uVYu aU »„x T 11 . 118 ’ promising young politician to Messrs Rembert & Marshall. the Treasurer bid in the proper- ^^^usrelfrde^he'fi^ use in a^ubernftoLl race. V tZ Soon Tt e name of P. B. Allen & Co., have thnt no-tv will i P / *1 d * 8S0 * ved the copartnership and unlV nexrS when it fs will do busines/separately 1 ; Mr ’ Mills will remain at the present i The DarlinAton Colored People Have stand on Pearl street, and Mr. I Their Usual Celebration, i Allen will remove to his own i Einancipation Dav (Jan . 1() store on the opposile side of the; faUi th r 8 year on Sunday, the stree . This store ,s now occu- color ^ 7 le of Darlington pied by Messrs Oates & Co. as a ! celebrate ^ t ,r e day on Monday. January 2. They had the usual Most of the young Darlington- ians, who are attending College, haye returned to their studies, after spending the Christmas holidays at home. EMANCIPATION DAY. the Pee Dee swamp His frame showed that he was once a ro-1 bust man, but disease had re duced him to an emaciated con dition and Death took him while on his way home. The' Coroner was notified of the man’s death and as we go to press he is preparing to hold an | inquest. (Other Locals on Second Page ) POLITICS AS A CAREER. '" Sale CONTINUES! First-Class Goods at Bargains. We are still offering thought that an advantageous sale of it may be made. PISTOL AND KNIFE. We have received a calendar for 1893 from the Darlington Phosphate Company. It is of a very handsome design and does Credit to the comp ny. Two Negroes get into a Quarrel—-One Beginning on Monday next Cut. the Other Shot, and continuing for thirty days, A sho o t i„g and cutting scrape the returns of property for town occurred in Mr . S . Lewenthal’s taxation will be leceived at the 8a i oon a bout half past eight officeof the Judge of Probate. 0 . 0l0ck on Monday night, be- Read the notice in another col- tween two negro / 8 . Joe Ed . umn • wards, who lives on Mr. S. F. Monday evening next is the Ervin’s place, and Willie Jones, date of the engagement of the one of the performers in Dr. Darlington Amateur Troupe at Leo’s minstrelsy, were the par the Florence opera house. The ties. Jones received a severe performance will be given for cut in the back and he bled the benefit of St. David’s Lodge, most profusely from the wound; A. F. M. * Edwards was shot in two places, | in the arm and leg. Testimony differs as to the number of shots business but restaurant and this will be continued there but m j street parade . Robert Chestnut the rear of the bar. acted as Marshal. The proces- But the continuance of the' — bars has brought up another sion was headed by the Early’s S Crossroads band. Then follow- quently turned over tothecoun-1 ties: J. M. James, Strauss & Co., at the ty authorities. Jones was put and P. B. Allen. He worded in jail and Edwards was let out the receipts for these parties as on bail, until they can preliminary hearing. have MUNICIPAL MATTERS. a follows: “for county liquor li cense foi; 1893”, thus giving re ceipts for the liquor taxes for j the entire year of 1893. Later on the same day, Fri day afternoon, the Treasurer received further instructions by telegram from the Attorney General to this effect: the county liquor tax. Rather than act unadvisedly, he wired the Attorney General for in- . jUPiMP HRMHIH structions and on Friday he re- Harvie Ballard, who was re- differs as to the number of shots ceived the following reply by cently badly cut by bidney fired by Jones. Oneofthebul- ( telegranv Brooks in Stokes. Bridge (an ac--j e £ g pene j ra £ ed coun ter of Columbia, 8. C., Dec. no, 1892. count of the cutting appearing ^ sa i oon and lodged in acloset i T ” J E 'it in the last issue of The News,) : door Thp 8a ioon was crowded . dou have uothniKto do with license, la Imn-nvintr ranirtlv Rrmilra a00 r - 1 ne saloon was CTOwueo Accept $100 if offered and give ie- rapidly. Brooks at tbe tlme and lt 18 remarkable oeipt is still in jail. tfijU the pistol firing did not D. A. Townsend, The week of prayer which cause greater casualties. Att’y General, was begun on Sunday night last The negroes were both lodged Acting upon this telegram is well attended and the people in the guard house soon after Treasurer Bass received $100 are enjoying the services very the difficulty. Thej were subse from each of the following par- much. The final service will be held on Sunday evening Baptist Church. A white man, a stranger in town, was run over bj a wagon on the corner of the Square and Pearl Street on Monday. He was not injured much. The driver of the wagon was fined $5 by the town authorities. Notice of the dissolution of the copartnership of Messrs N. L. Harrell & Co. is published in this issue. As has already been stated in these columns, Mr. Harrell wiH conduct the busi ness by himself at the same stand. The Manne building on Pearl Street is nearing compledon. The buildii g contains four stores which will be occupied by the following : A. Hyman, general merchandise; E. E. Nigels, gro cery ; Behrmann & Myers, gen eral merchandise, and Fred Berberick, bakery. Messrs J. E. Norment & Bro., the new firm, have leased the corner store of the Nachman building for a term of years. The store will be renovated and changes will be made in its ap pointments to suit the firm’s business. Everything will be ready for the store to be opened in time for the spring trade. Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Rotholz have placed upon the market a salve, whose formula has been in their possession for a long time. The salve is highly re commended by Drs. Griffin and Gadoway. It is called the “Cherokee Bure Cure Salve” and it was “christened” at the residence of Mr. Rotholz on Monday night. A party of gentlemen friends were present as guests of the occasion and a merry evening was made of it. question namely what should e d the colored Masons and the the countv do about accepting ; colored Knights of p ythia8) t he its revenue of $100 from each militarv company of pupils of bar- Treasurer Bass was un (the M ayo School and, lastly, a willing to accept the respon- Staining girls repre- sibility for any legal comphea- gen * iu the T , u ? te * u Original tions that the county might be Stutes s The proce8sio n march- placed m by the acceptance of ed tlm h ^ principal 8treets tiTxi r»YMiiYT\r linunr rtiv . . cr ’ T . , , . * 1 . and the Public Square to the Macedonia Baptist Church* where the orator of the day, Rev. A. E. Quick, of Shiloh Church, this county, delivered an address. License Fixed for the Year—Ordiance Amended—Other Matters. At a meeting of the Town Council on Tuesday night the I Columbia, 8. C., Dec. 30, 1898. fo lowing matters of interest JjarlinKton 8. C., * Express no tune in receipt. The? were acted upon : law is silent as to time, you remain Licenses for the year 1893 were i silent too. If party offers you $ioo fixed as follows : Livery, sales under section 1733, General Statues, j dray a»,l .Wbl* at *50 ™, r<- .Ml™.«... annum ; sales and feed stables deem best No one can ask you for a at $25 ; two horse dray $10 ; one j license and you can grant none and horse dray $5 ; auctioneer $1 you have nb riitht to say anything per day or $10 per annum ; fish- *bout “ <" Tf Townsend. Pfr” ™ U“ l “ ! THE NEW COUNCIL. The Standing Committees Appointed— Old Officers Re-elected. The new Town Council was installed on Monday. The fol lowing compose the Council : Mayor, W. F. Dargan ; Aider- men, D. S. McCullough, J. J. Ward, S A. Woods, F. T. Biggs. The Mayor appointed the follow ing standing committees : On streets, J J. Ward, F. T. Biggs; on finance, D. S. 6. A. Woods ; on fire depart ment, D 8. McCullough, F. T. Biggs ; on oolice. the Mayor, S. J A. Woods. Mr. J. W. Evans, was te elected Clerk. The members of the police force were all re elected, as follows : A. E. Dar gan, Chief, R. L Hart, T. J. Cook, Dozier Bell. John Barnes, his wife, and his wife’s brother James Kerr, were found all cut to pieces at their home in Kentucky last week. The men were drunk when last seen alive and the three deaths are supposed to have been the result of a drunk- ms N sms. Brown is a fellow who loves to push himself forward on all occasions. Not $50 per annum other licenses of beef and other - . , . . i in^of'the 0 pool anTbillUrd"li- -d ^asf‘LTegram - ^t among_themselves. lug UD pw. arrived. He merely gave re- oense was postponed. 41 on E.O. Woods, Esq., was r e-; ce, P ts for $ 100 - ... elected attorney for the town. It is not thought that the — The following board of assessors three dealers who hold receipts long ago he engaged a stranger in con was appointed • C W. Hewitt, of the County Treasurer, with vereation in a hotel lobby and i A Weinberir L S Welling, J.! dates, will thereby haveaay ad- few minutes he remarked: H. Sanders ^’ g vantage over the others. The “Excuse me, but your name, please? The ordinance in reference to county does not, as we under candy, fruit and peanut stands stand it, issue a license, there- was amended to read as fol- fore, the dates upon the receipts lows: “All dealers in fruit, are immaterial. The town peanuts, candy and sundry I alone issues the license and the | Not the Best Occupation for the Young Americans—The Reason. [Ex Senator Edmunds, in the Forum.] He who takes up politics as an occupation, as one takes up any other calling, enters upon a career of much larger signifi cance and much greater difficul ty ar d responsibility than that of the politician that every citi zen must and ought to be. The first duty of man is to provide by honest means for the main tenance of himself and family. Honest politics as a pursuit does not furnish such means except in the small class of administra tive employment, and then only in a meager degree. In such cases, the end of the office hold er’s career, by any of the casual ties of place, very often leaves his family and himself stranded on an almost desert shore. The | associations and employments of private life are gone, and the savings of even the strictest economy are small. If we turn to the wider field of elective and legislative politics, the same du ty and the same necessity ex ist. If we descend to the class of politicians whose object is to | get gain for themselves either | in money or power, and with | ! whom measures are mere pawns | on the chess-board of politics, McCuHough. we find ’ Pf ha .P 8 -. the m , 08t da * n ‘' B gerous and injurious elements, ! short of nihilism and anarchism, in the structure of political so ciety. The corrupt and selfish demagogue is beyond the reach of codes and courts. Yesterday he was a Republican of Repub licans, to day he is a Democrat of Democrats, and, failing to get what he wants under these names, to morrow he is a mug wump or Prohibitionist or an Alliance man—all depending on how it seems most profitable to gam' le in the market of poli tics. Believing in the divine order that places the sum of human happiness within the reach of all, and inasmuch as only a few can possibly be employed in conducting a government, it seems to follow that politics, as career, cannot be looked to by voung Americans as the best S’ 2 § ^3 p-.” £ » ® O ^ ® 4 g O c rN S’ 2 -2? o r F+ Q cq Dry €rO«ds and Clothing At 20 to 33i Per Cent. Reduction. CALICOES at 4 and 6lc, DRESS GINGHAMS at Cl and 8l, WORSTED DRESS GOODS at 8lc up. BAlE.C3-A.XITS IXT Dress Goods, Notions, Flannels, Blankets Hosiery, Gloves, Damasks, And Linens. We Guarantee Bargains. Respectfully, Edwards, Norment Of Co. FELL, '92. ^ 0(JK SUCCFSS * n has induced us for " ^ the present season Jto lay in a particularly attractive stock in 3 the Dry Goods Department, con- < # # # # sisting in part of Dress Goods, fancy and plain, to suit every 2 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, Shoez and Hats is new, embracing all * * * * the latest styles and patterns. We also carry a complete line of Hardware, Crockery and Tin. IFF KF/l P a * a H 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 meritjt. Respectfully, A!? !gj O Q £d W , "t: IMMENSE Stock c/a a? after a c hoice of occupation in life; and, leaving out considerations merchandise with stands on the county receives the $100 merely street be requred to take out license at $10 per annum or per month.” DARLINGTON COTTON MARKET for the Week Ending Wednesday Jan uary 4. Good Middling 9i Middling 9i Strict Low Middling 9 Low Middlings i Brown,' replied the stranger, gra ciously. “Ah, mine is Brown also,- he chir ruped, with a pleased smile. The stranger's face was imperturba ble. “Pleasfld to meet yon, Mr. Also," he ;a as a tax~~and the payment 6f' ^ $2 ■ this tax is a condition precedent j bergasted. Detroit Free ; to the town granting the li- *«i<« «-i.in«. ' An active pastor, who has now retired from both ministerial and commercial life, was for many years partner in an iron bedstead business, and was not ashamed. He was accustomed to boast that his connection with business en abled him to live in a good house, to dress his wife well, to educate his chil dren, to keep a respectable table for his friends, to help the poor and to benefit cense. Bank Meeting. The annual meeting of the stock holders of the Bank of Darlington will be held at the Bank on Tuesday January 10th , 1893 at 12 o’clock. L. E. Williamson, i Casher, of individual happiness and the tastes and ambitions that affect it, the very principle and struct ure of a republic seems opposed to the idea of the profession of politics as a pursuit. Apoliti cal class in a republic must al ways be m danger of becoming, or trying to become, the master and dictator of political move ments—a trust of bossism and corruption, of which there is al ready an over abundance. flAW. B. McGIRM. D. S.,m Offer* hi* profe8»iuiii»i wnvlce* to the people of Darlington and vicinity. Office over the *tore of Edward*, Nor ment b Co. Jan 19,’90—IT For Sale. A large tract of land, situated about six miles from Darlington on the road to Lamar and known as the 8ims place, containing about twelve hundred acres. This land will be sold in tracts of from one hundred to two hundred acres. Most of the land lies between High Hill and Jef fries Creeks. A road runs thiough the place to Florence and all points are accessible by good public roads. The C 8. & N- Railroad also runs through the place, the depot t>eing about two miles distant. Terms of sale made easy. If this property is not disposed of previously it ' 1 will be sold to the highest bidder on Monday, January 9, 1898 Apply to W. C. Coker, Bright Williamson or J. J. Ward. Dec 29—8t. Four little colored children were left by themselves in a house at Stony Brook, N. Y., on Saturday. The house was des- friends, te neip u.e poor am. - — troyed by fire aad the children were burned to death* Strictly at Cost! We are sell ing out our entire stock of I GENERAL MERCHANDISE, consist ing of dry goods, clothing, shoes, etc., AT COST TO CLOSE OUT. I Call early and get ba gains. Behrmaao 4 Meyers, Pearl St. DeeW-Jzfc A new and well selected stock for FALL and WHITER. Quality and prices to suit all. Give me a call and I will be sure to please you. TtaMMI); [i;s iiTm! Come and see them. Respectfully, li. M. SCHMID. Oct 13—8m For Sale. A square grand Sohmer piano al- good as most as bargain. new ; price $250, a >piy to 48. JOHN KERSH.4W, Sumter 8. C. Lumber! Lumber!! sale cheap six car loads of rjugh J UST arrived and for for cash, ind dreesed lumber, such as > rain ing, Flooring, Ceiling and Weather Boardng, at EARLY'S LUMBER YARD, on Una 0. 8. b N. R. R. Meh 84—M#