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SHAKE OUT THE SAND. We publish this week an ar tide from the Southern Tobac- coniet, in which the complaint is made that there is too much sand in Sooth Carolina tobacco —that while things are not near as bad in this respect as they wars at first, there ii still room for improremem. According to this authority, a great sand heajpis often left after the sale of South Carolina tobacco when it is removed from the ware house. Band, they complain, dulls the knives, gets into the mouth of the cigarette smoker and tobacco ehewer as grit, and is detrimental to fine and com mon tobacco alike. Then, too, this sand, which is troublesome enough and expensive, in all cooscienoe, when the tobacco is sold at home, becomes doubly so when it L* exported, since the export duty paid on sand in to bacco comes to faearly a dollar a pound. It is to lesson this that tobacco is put into such an extremely dry condition before it is shipped abroad, and that is the reason why sandy tobacco is so systematically avoided by exporters and those who buy for them. If, therefore, our South Carolina tobacco is to win a good name on the markets of the world, there should be some united action on the part of the planters looking to remedy ing the evil all along the line. The article which we have tak en from the Southern Tobacco nist could be reproduced to the advantage of our new staple in every newspaper published in the “tobacco belt” of the State, and the Tobacco growers 7 of the seyeral coun ties interested could not engage in a better work than that of takingthis important matter im mediately in hand. AN: EXPRESSIVE WORD The detective. sent by the Governor to investigate the horrible lynching of two weak and defenceless negroes in Col leton County, which has at tracted so much attention throughout the civilised world, and brought such odium on the State, says in his report that the doctors who examined the bodies of the negroes who were so cruelly beaten, used the word “pulpified” in describing their condition. Yerily are the re sources of the English language inexhanstable, and they must need be to keep pace with .the growth of crime in South Caro lina, which is fast succeeding to the unenviable reputation .mice so exclusively enjoyed by the great State of Texas. In every successive edition of the great dictionaries of our Ian gnage, there are hundreds of new-words to be found that were really “coined,” as the saying a, hut which express so were avey, that they p-assfnl to be i away, and have gradu crystalised, as it iit- mr The News o the Week. The Legislature convenes Tuesday next, Jan. 14. Six persons were burned to death m a fire at Columbus, O., on Thursday last. “General” J 8. Ooxey, of Coxey’s Army fame, will lecture in Columbia on Jan. 19. The family of Senator Tillman will remove to Washington, to remain during the session of Congress. Fire in Altoona, Pa., on Sun day destroyed $140,000 worth of property. One man was killed by a falling wall. Lieut. M. 0. Butler, Jr., U. S. A., son of Ex-Senator M. O. Butler, is dangerously ill in New York City. Six persons were killed and two others injured in a railioad wreck at Schooly’s Station, O., on Saturday night. Gen. Lee's birthday, Jan. 19, will be suitably observed in Charleston by “The Daughters of the Confederacy.” Gov. Evans has offered a re ward of $50 for the arrest of tie parties who burned the barn of Mr. Fulmer, inLexingtomCoi ty. - The largest shipment of fer-' tilixers ever made from tne city of Charleston—twenty-one.car loads—was made on Monday last. County Auditor Epton, of Spartanburg, was thrown from his buggy by a runaway horse on Saturday last and perhaps fatally wounded. John Buzzard, who killed dis pensary constable Jack Bladdon m Edgefield a short time ago, has surrendered to the Sheriff of Edgefield County. The Saxe-Gotha cotton mill, near Lexington Court House, 8. 0., was closed down last week on account of the bursting of some water-pipes. Ex-Vice President Levi P. Morton, now Governor of New York, has formally announced himself a candidate for the Re publican nomination for Presi dent. During the month of Decem ber the State dispensary shipped out 19,000 cases of liquor, exclu sive of beer, which made 77,000 gallons of the “chemically pure.” A negro man named William Tobias was instantly killed at the works of the Stono Phos phate Company, in Charleston, on Friday, while at work on some of the machinery. The General Assembly will be asked at its next regular sessipa n /for Sta|§< ’i Jffnauf to make an appropriatio erecting a suitable moghment to the Confederate dgad of this OQ^hb battlefield of Chick- auga. The executive committee of the Board of Trustees of Win throp Normal and Industrial Col lege, at Rock Hill, S. C., have decided to elect teachers for each of the departments of Lat in, French, English and sewing. The State Liquor Commission er deposited $49,000 in the State Treasury last Friday as the re maining profits of last year’s business. Hereafter the profits are to go to the school fund, as is provided for in the new Con stitution. A young white man named Booker was shot and fatally wounded by James Jenkins at a dance in Barnwell, 8. C.. last week. The trouble grew out of Booker's having cut the harness on Jenkins’ horse, while the an imal was standing hitched near by. It is stated upon what is said to be good authority that unless f irompt reparation is made for nconveniences caused Ameri-, cans in Asia Minor and damage done to their property, an Amer ican fleet will be ordered to join the European squadron in a demonstration against Turkey. John Lightlcy, a young white man, was waylaid aBd murdered wnileTon his way from the town of Varnville, 8. C., last week. Ben Bennett and Burrell Thom as, both white, with whom Lightley had previously had a difficulty, have been arrested on suspicion of having commit ted the deed. A young woman stoppea at the Spartan Inn, Spartanburg, 8. C., last Thursday night and blew out the gas in her room. When discovered, life was near ly extinct; she revived, howev- er, and was soon all right again. She registered as “O. Fee, 8 C..” and was on her way to school at some point beyond Spartanburg. Florida is on the verge of a in tobacco growing, to all indications, ight hundred ... tobacco seed in the Florida fitate de af agriculture, and big boom are A biz Republican 'meeting was held ip Columbia lastThurs- day. An address was issued to the Republicans of this State, in which it is claimed that the new Constitution is a fraudu lent scheme by which it is hoped to keep the Republicans out of power in South Carolina. A hundred-pound shell that had lain innocently about the yard of the farm near Willaims- burg, Va., was used the other day to prop up a kettle in which water was to be boiled for a hog killing. There were two young men concerned, one white and one black. The latter be lieved the shell to be dangerous and dragged it out of the fire, but the more intelligent white declared it to be unloaded, rolled it bacx, and when it exploded lost both arms and was a good deal knocked to pieces in other ways. Prosperity in Darlington. [Coretpondence, News end Courier.] Darlington, December 31— Agriculturally, and consequent ly in other departments, Dar lington presents a different view from what has been seen twelve months ago. This change is decidedly for the better, and the price of cotton is not alto gether responsible for the pres ent outlook, though this certain ly played an important part, in the changed condition of af fairs. During the past five years, this period when the “lack of confidence” wrought such havoc, a very important lesson has been learned, a les son that will perhaps be worth all it has cost to many. This enforced self-instruction has been the lesson of economy, and better and more . business like management has been another result Your correspondent has certainly noticed these benefi cial results in many places, though be is here speaking more particularly of Darlington County. The farmers of this county bre progressive and en terprising. They own good lands and work fine stock and are, many of them, educated and well informed business men. If anything were needed-to sub stantiate this OfficUl Sale*. The following sales were made by the Master on Mon day: In the case of W. A. Car- rigan vs. M. J. Outlaw, 320} acres to W. A. Carrigan for $1750; iu the case of Bessie V. Sumner vs. J. B. Winters, two lots in the town of Society Hill and 150 acres in the county to D: L. Winters for $?25; W. M. Filch, administrator, vs. D. L. Brock, 1 acre to P. A. Willcox for $30; W. A. Carrigan vs. Susanna E Hill, 108 acres to W. A. Carrigan for $625; T. Moultrie Mordicai vs. E. R. Moore et al., 100 acres to P. A. Willcox, attorney, for $1,100; Ex parte M. J. Outlaw et al. in re. STs. Kelly et al. vs 8. H. Kelly et al., two lots to G. W. Brown, attorney, for $60, one lot to J. C. Weiters for $41, one lottoS. S. Kelly for $51, and one lot to W. A. Tiner for $41. The Sheriff made the follow ing sales under tax executions; one lot in the town of Society Hill, levied upon as the proper ty of Amy Fountain, to Z. W. Wines for 25; 115 acres near Hartsville, levied unon as the property of W. C. Jackson, to Robert Macfarlan, attorney, for $35.28. The Clerk made but one sale, namely, in the case of F J. Telzer vs. Z. R. Mixon, 140acres to Z. R. Mixon for $1,245. remark attention might simply be called to their record of the past few years. They have made patient and successful experiments where time and money were required, and have, in a most comprehen^ five manner, concentrated their forces on a distribution-bf this knowledge where it would best hel{> the people No details or statistics vriil be given here, nor are^they required. Economy has been steadily _ raeticed for several years, in creasing with each discouraging season. The last year less fer tilizers were used than before, staple commodities brought lower prices than have been seen for years, and hard work seemed to be the rule from start .to finish. All of this, with pos sibly one single exception, meant money saved and cotton was made as near as possible on a five cent basis. The diversifi - ed crop idea ruled in Darling ton County fully as much and, as far as your‘correspondent knows, probably more than any where else. The tobacco crop was a most important factor in this year. Farmers and business men alike endorse it and as a rule the general results have been decidedly satisfoctary. It is well adapted, among other things, where tobacco lands are found, to providing money for S aying debts in Au s ust and eptember,and thievery becom ing attribute endears it to bus iness men especially. The acreage in cotton was reduced materially in this coun ty this year, but showed an even greater increase in grain, forage, sugar cane and 'other small crops. •Darlington County, it Ts\safe to say, is in better shape than for many tears past and is on a better basis, a better foundation for permanent growth than has been the case for some time. It is certain the farmers have done better, very much better, than usual, and anyone could see a great improvement in bus iness. Merchants report favor ably bn the volume of business, oolLections on old and current accounts and the general out look. and claim that they are en couraged at the prospects for another year. Horses ar^ cheaper now than ever before, staple commodities all sell-at low and reaionab 16 prices and, with tiie new trend toward di versified intensive farming, the farmers have much to be thank ful for. It took pluck and deter mination to overcome the diffi culties of tbe past few years, but deferred hopes did not weak- ea nor discourage the steadfast purpose here shown. rr—. ’ gig . Remember in writingan ad that, in nine cases but of ten, you are . to speak to women.. Men. as a in_ almost ev- role, have not the time nor eco- Both nomical instinct to pore over i to be; ads, ** .their wives, daughters, | mothers and tieters have. Citizens’ Meeting. A MEETING OF THE CITIZENS M of the School Diitrict of the Town of Darlington will be heU In court house at 12 o’clock on Jan. 28, to decide what tax ihonld be levied for the Graded School* for the en suing year. By order of the Board of Trustees: C. B. EDWARDS, Secretary and Treasurer. Annnal Meeting. T he annual meeting of the stockholders of the Far mers’ Mutual Insurance Associ ation of Darlington County will be held in the Court House on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 1896, at 11 o’clock, A. M. H. LIDE LAW, Secretary. STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF Tin Ptopli’s Hull si lirliigtoi, Darlington, S. C., At the cloSe of business, Dec. 81, 1895, in accordance with an Act ol the General Assembly. ASSETS. Loans and Discounts ^ Stocks Prize for Best Tobacco Crop. [News and Courier.] The News and Courier has a special regard, of. course, for tbe-tobacco crop, which Capt. Dawson was so largely instru- mental in re establishing in South Carolina, and is desirous of promoting and extending the cultivation of the plant as far aa practicable. A prize will be given to the farmer who makes the most profitable crop on one acre, so as to allow both large and small farmers to compete for it on an equal footing. The quality of the tobacco will count heavily in such a contest, of course, but quality alone or yield, or quality and yield to gether will not insure the cap ture of the prize. As now pro posed the farmer will win it who “clears” the most money from an acre, and tells his fel low farmers how he managed <o do so, and these conditions evidently will give every to bacco grower a fair chance and. make.ihe contest both interest ing and instructive. Cylindrical Cotton Bales. Baltimore. Md. Jan. 2—The Manufacturers’ Record reports that the three companies which have been operating in the South to introduce cylindrical cotton compress systems have pooled their interests. Each of these systems was capitalized at $1,000,000 or more. Among the leading stockholders are Mr. Jno. G Searles, of the Su gar Trust; William Johnson, of Liverpool, owner of the John son Line of steamers; Senator Camden, of West Virginia; C. K. Lord, vice president of the B. &. O. R. R., and other prom inent capitalists. Returns for Taxes. N otice is hereby given that , for a period of thirty con secutive days beginning with Jan. 13, books will be open at this office for taking tax returns on both real and personal prop erty located within the corpo rate limits of tne Town. Re turns will be expected of all ciedits, moneys, bonds, etc.,and will be exacted of all executors, trustees and guardians. All males between the ages of 18 and 50 are liable for street duty, and are expected to make re .turns for the same, or the pen alty for non-compliance with the' law will certainly attach. J. W. EVANS, Town Clerk. ST-A-TEIMIIEIISrT —of the— BM OF DABLIi\GTOil At the close of business, Dec. 81, 1895, in conformity with an Act of the General Assembly. ASSETS. Loans and Discounts ttaMGS 21 Stocks 5,000 00 Real Estate 8,486 85 Safe, Furniture, &c 1,100 00 Due by banks $20,133 64 Demand Loans .. 3,841 28 Cash 26,668 54 50,645 46 Total Assets $246,694 32 LIABILITIES. Capital Stock paid in $100,000 00 Surplus and Undivided Profits 52,100 91 Dividends unpaid 5,195 00 Depoeits 89,398 41 Total Liabilities $246,694 32 Personallyappeared before me L. E. Williamson, Cashier, whoon oathsays the foregorng-Btatettient is true and correct to the best of bis knowledge and belief. L. E. WILLIAMSON, Cashier. Sworn to before me this 7th day of Jan. 1896. M. T. LIDE, [L.s.l Notary Public, S. C. Attest: R. W. BOYD, J. GREGG McCALL, BRIGHT WILL1AMLOV, Directors Safe, Furniture, Ac Real Estate Due by Banks... $18,530.89 ( ash 24,541.08 Overdrafts 997.00 326 25 43.071.47 1,181 95 Total $288,818.51 LIABILITIES. Capital Stock ?^us==: sag Dividends unpaid 1*9-99 Due Banks Deposits 112,166.31 Final Notics. O N January 80th afterdate, I will __ file my final return as Executor oflhe Estate of Boyd Truett, deceas ed, and apply to the Judge of Pro bate of Darlington County for letter* dismissory. W. A. DOWLING, Dec. 31 —4t. Executor. Judicial Sale. HORSES! STATE OF SOVlHCAROLINA. Count]/ of Darlington. Ex Parte M. J. Outlaw et al. in re. S. S. Kelly et al. vs. S. H. Kelly et al. By virtue of a Decretal Order issuing out of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas in Chancery, I will sell at pnb lie vendue at the door of the court house of the County of Darlington on the flrstMonday inFebruary,1896, between the hours of eleven o’clock in the forenoon and five o’clock in the afternoon thwproperty describ ed below. All of the following lots of land be ing parts and parcels of the estate lands of Robert Kelly, deceased: Lot No. 2, containing 66 2-9 acres, set apart to J. N Kelly. For a more accurate description of aid lots, ref rence can be haa to plats made on Dec. 21, 1892, by J. H Pate surveyor, on file in office of Clerk o Court in case of S. 8. Kelly et al. vs 8. H. Kelly et al. Terms of sale, cash; purchaser to pay for papers. T. H. Spain, Esq., Attorney for Petitioners. HORSES! A CATXOAD OF HORSES! All well broken to single and double harness and extra well- bred horses. We will sell them tit MTWUMY, JAN’Y. A fine chance to secure a bar gain. Don’t neglect it! Each and every the above lots and tracts of lend sold to convey all right title and interest and all equi.ies ot all parties to the respective records under which they *re offered md on the term* in each specially designat ed. R. K CHARLES, Master. Cnvjta for iu;. 15 THERE IS MONEY IN Tobacco Growing. Good Planter* Make From S76 to 8300 Per Acre, It YouWant To Try Crop We C’n Help You This $238,818.51 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. County of Darlington. Personally appeared H. L. Charles, Cashier of People’s Bank of Darling ton, 8 C.. and made oath that the above statement is true to the best of his knowledge and belief H. L. CHARLES, Cashier. Sworn to before me this 6th day of Jan., 1896. [l. s. I GEO. ONSLOW, Notary Public, 8. C. Correct, attest: B. A. EARLY, W. A. CARRIGAN, C. S. MCCULLOUGH, Directors. Dissolution of Copartnership. FIMIE copartnership heretofore exist- | ing under the firm name of Mc Cullough & < ooley is hereby dissolved by mutual consent. All persons indebt ed to us will make payment to the new firm of McCullough A Co. c. s. McCullough, w. W. COOLEY. Jan. 1, 1896. T HE undersigned have thisdav form- ed a copartnership under the firm name of McCullough A Co., as success ors to the business of the late firm of McCullough A Cooley. c. s. McCullough, j. w. McCullough, w. w. COOLEY. Jan. 1,1896. WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY Land for Exchange. W ILL EXCHANGE 102 ACRES OF land, with good dwelling, sev en rooms, good well and excellent barn and outbuildings—a beautiful place, three miles from the town of Westminster, in Oconee County— with someone in Darlington County having a desirable place. For par ticulars, address REV. R. L. DUFFIE, Westminister. S. I’. At lowest New York prices for cash. ^"Spectates to suit ‘ all kinds of eyes." Highest cash prices paid for old gold. Hcpnrlm? of Watches, Clocks and Jewelry • peclaltv, and satisfactory work guaranteed Everything I sell guaranteed to br ust what 1 represent it. JS-ly. S. WOLFRAM. WOODS & MACFARLAN. (Successors to Woods A Spain.) ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Darlington, S. C. Ofllces'cver The Bank of Darlington JaulO—v r w. BOTH. GKO. W. BROWS BOYD & BROWN- Attorneys and Counselors at Law Office in S. Marco building, op posite Court House. DARLINGTON C B OMPT PERSONAL ATTETION ALL BUSINESS. R. \j. DARGAN. Attorney at Law. Burlington, S.C. Office opposite Court House. SPECIALTIES; REAL ESTATE, INSURANCE, and COMMERCIAL LAW. Notice. T HE annual meeting of the stock holders of The Bank of Darling ton will be held in the office of the Bank of Darlington on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 1896, at 12 o'clock. L. E. WILLIAMSON, Jan. 2—2t. Cashier. McCullough. & Co. J Send us one dollar and we will!]! ; ;send you the ...Southern Tobacco Journal..!! !•’■ ery week for six months; also a!! . .copy of !! he Tobacco Planters' Guide ! | ;a book which tells all about to-’’ Found. O H TUESDAY. JAN. 7. A SMALL black horse mule; a good traveler, well built, and in'good condition. The owner can re .cover the same by applying at the office of The Dablington Nhwet proving property, and paying for this advertisement, and for the “kdep” of the mule while in the custody of its pres ent possessor. .,bacco growing The two make a!! ■ complete mtflt, worth hundreds- ■ ; [of dollars to every beginner, as[ ’ , .they give the rxperie .ee of sue-!! • .cessful planters. Address :: Southern Tobacco Journal, WINSTON, N. C. STATE OF 'SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Darlington. Court of Common Pleas. E. Keith Dargan, Plaintiff, against Margaret Parnell. Timothy Parnell, Lizzie Carter, Viola Douglas, Lida Gary, Agnes Pa'nell, Corinne Par nell, Sam Hamilton Parnell, Wesley * Parnell. Rosalie Pxrnell.Maggic Wil- Hsmsand Eleanor Williams, heirs and distributees of Samuel Parnell, deceased, deft ndants Copy Summons for Relief. (Complaint not Served.) To the Defendants above named: You are hereby summoned aud re quired to answer the complaint in this action, which is filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for Darlington County, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscriber at his office at Darlington, 8. C., within twenty days after tbe service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service- and if you fail to answer the com-’ plaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demand ed in the complaint. Dated Dec. 26, A. D. 1895. E. KEITH DARGAN. Plaintiff’s Attqrney. To the non resident defendants, Tim othy Parnell, Lizzie Carter, Viola 'Douglas and Sam Hamilton Parnell: You will take notice that the origi nal summons and complaint in tire above entitled action is now on file in office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Plea* in and for the County of Darlington and State of South Carolina. E. KEITH DARGAN, Deo. 26, 1885. Pl-fr*. Att’y. Sale Under Tax Execution. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Darlington. The Town of Darlington vs. Cham pion Canning Co., et al. Office of The Town Council, I Darlington, S. C., Jan. 2,1896 ) By virtue of sundry tax executions in my hands, I will sell for non-pay ment of town taxes, on the first Monday in February next, in front of the Court House of Darlington County, during the. legal hours of Sale, the following described lots of land, all situated in the town of Darlington, County and State afore said: (1) All that lot of land fronting on Dargan Street sixty (60) feet, and in depth one hundred and fifty (100) feet, being part of I o' No. 25, as shown on a plat of the lands of J. J. Ward re corded in the office of the Register Mesne Conveyanee for Darlington County in Hook No. 7, Page 425, lev ied upon as the property of F. B. W. Hrockington (2) All that lot of land known as Lot No. 2 of Block K.. as sliown on a plat of (lie lands of W. i>. Woods, made by James M. Earle Dec 21, 1893, on file in the office of the Register of Mesne Conveyance for Darlington County, levied upon as the property of Susan E. LaMotte. (3) All that lot of land ailing on Spring Street, containing one-half (4) acre, more or less, known as Lot No. 4 of Block No. 2 on a map of the town made by H. H. Huggins, January, 1890, measuring on Spring St reel one hundred (1(H)) teet, and in depth two hundred and twenty-five (225) feet, bounded north by Lot No. 5 of Block No. 2, cast by Spring Street, south by Lot No. 34 of Block No, 2, and wsst by lands of B. C. Norment, levied upon as the property of .Mary Manne. (4) All that lot of land containing two (2) acres, rjmrc or less, bounded west byDepot Street, south by lot fotmerly of James A. While, cast by lot of Cbanie Junior, and north by lot of Lucy Harri son, levied upon as "the property of Ma ry Manne. (5) All that lot of land fronting on Pearl Street ninety eight and one-half (984) f*et, and in depth two hundred and seven (207) feet hounded north by Pearl Street, east by lot of Isaac Strauss, south by lot of II. M. Smith, and west by lot of G O. Mertz, levied upon as the prop erty of Mary Manne. (6) -All that lot of land known as Lot No 3 of Block 18 on a plat of the Witte lands, situated on Chevnut Street, bound ed north by t hesnut Stieet, east by Lot No. 3, south by lands of Sam Parnell, and west by a lot whose owner is un known, the lot herein described measur ing on the north line ninety-one (91) feet, on the east line one hundred and sixty- eight (168) feet, on the south line nine ty-six (96) feet, and on the west line one hundred and sixty (Hit)) feet, levied up on as the property of Jacob Met urry. (7) All that lot of land fronting on Pearl Street eighty-five and eigbt- twelths (85 8-12) feet, and ninety-three (93) feet deep, bounded north by lot of Dr John Lunney, west by lands of Jno, Bulcken, east by land of p. B. Allen, and south by Pearl Street, levied upon as the property of Abram Weinberg, (8) All that lot of land being nine ty i»0) feet in width, and nine (9) feet deep, bounded north by land of Estate of airs. John Lunney, east by land of H. Hen nig, south by lot above describ ed as “tT , and west by land of Estate of Mrs. John i*unnev, levied upon as the property of Abram Weinberg. All of which sales will lie made to satisfy the executions above named. J. W. EVANS, Town Clerk. THERE IS NOT A BETTER J. D. BAIRD, AGENT. laAlHICa edlng a tonic, or children who want build' U P* *hould take IKOfll BITTERS, ^ pie want; cures Malaria, Indigestion, MUouaam, Liver Complaints and Keuatlci*