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JtflCJL Pvbluhid Btbut Thtmcat Marbing. ALET. G. KOI.LOCK. EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. TERMS—$1 Per Aonmn in Advance; SO centa for aix months; 25 cents for S months. Advkrtisikg Ratks: One Square, first insertion $1.00 Every subsequent insection 50 Con tract advertisements inserted upon the m ist reasonable terms. The editc rials in this paper are writ ten iirthe angular number, ihe editorial “we” haviug been discarded. At a large meeting of Confederate Veterans and Danghte s of the Con federacy held in Atlanta, Ga., last week, #resolution was unanimonsly adopted favoring June H, the birthday of Jefferson Davis, as a legal holiday A committee was appointed to bring the matter before the encampment of Confederate Veterns, to be held in Richmond, Va , next Jane, in order to secure favorable action on the jwrt of the legislatures of the various Southern States. TheBostou Transcript recently said: “AJJostoniau who was in Constanti nople recently on the day that the sultan makes his annual visit to the mosque at Stamboul, writes that it was the first time he has been out of his palace for many months, and everybody knows that he is “scared to death.” He must go over a road that has never been travelled before to pray these annual prayers, so this year, instead of sanding one street to make its earth uucravelled for the royal purpose, all of the city streets were sanded. The sultan left his pal ace for the mosque much earlier than it was expected, and dashed away in a closed carriage, guarded by a dou ble line of troops, to the mosque, so that no one of all the thronging thou sands of « onstantinople could get even a gimi se of him; and this, writes the Bostonian, after ail of his city of "Dogopolis” “had been turned into a Singing Beach for his benefit!" The News of the Week. A boiler exploded in Caledonia, Ala., last week and three men were killed. There is said to be not a single prisoner in the Laurens county jail. Fire in Philadelphia, Pa., on Mon day destroyed $150,000 worth of prop erty. By an explosion of dynamite at Eliicott City, Md., on Saturday three men were killed The State Teachers’ Association will meet at Rock Hill on June 80and will continue in session until July 8. The two dispensers of Greenville have been indicted by the Grand Jury of that county for violating the dispensary law. The negroes of Abberville are get ting up clube and are ordering their groceries by carload lots, to get regu lar brokerage prices. Greenville. 8. C.. is now enjoying a building boom. There are now out about fifty contracts for residences to be built this spring. The delegates to the National Re publican Con' ention from the State of Indiana have been elected and were Instructed to vote for McKinley. There is big excitement at Cranber ry, Tenn., over the appearance of a genuine wild man. He is reported to be roaming about entirely nude, with the customary hair, claws, etc. The newly elected State Board of nfgfih'mfOWe* v ^ r y sh . ort| v and it Having had nearly nine the most inclehSfc&'L^K^^many years experience in the news CoB§ftfi 0 Pn. u,.. \ paper h'^- 1 1s said they will re.-. - . wore held all The Lecture Tomorrow Night, respects and allow no vioTatioi. . . dispensary law to go unpunished. a ' SALUTATORY. In assuming editorial coatrol of the Darlington News I fully realize that I am taking the place of a man who for ten years has given the patrons of The News a paper of which they might justly feel proud and who has exercised a wide influ ence in this town and county, not only in his editorial capaci ty, but by the strong hold he has upon the people personally. As a newcomer, I cannot hope to exercise the same influence in many ways, but, in m.r man agement of The News, I shall endeavor not to fall below the nigh standard set by Mr Thomp son. plain, unmistakable‘T’ whose' Mr. J. M. Hough, who has•jmmumgg II use is sanctioned by the Chief been representing Chesterfield TlMrthhO rDuSllLflyu. hIiImi Executive of these United in the Legislature, is mentioned; States, and suits my democratic 1 as one of the candidates for | fancy better than the mysterious, Congrees from the fifth district. | It is said that J)r, Strait never; makes a speech, but, to the| certain knowledge of the editor of The News, Mr. Hough can get up and say “The State of S o u t-h C a r-o-1 i-n-a.” "we” which savors so mnch of royalty. Col. John Dargan has a com munication in this iisue of The News in regard to the “Peace Conference” which is to meet in Washington April 22 and 23. Those who are interested in this great movement are some of the most distinguised men in the country. In New York there is Mayor Strong, Bishop Henry C Potter, Chauncey M. Depew and many others; in Chicago Porter Palmer, Francis B. Peabody, George M. Pullman and others; in Phila delphia, John H. Converse, A. K. McClure, Philip C. Garrett, Robert G. Pattison and others; in Boston, Charles Francis Adams, William Endicott, Wil liam Everett and others; in Washington, Melville W. Fuller, Chief Justice of the U. S., Nel son A. Miles, Thomas Nelson Page and others. Quite a num ber of distinguished men from ^“uth Carolina have been in- ' > ( dd to attend the Conference, Col Dargan being one of them. IHE Mm LIFE IHSDIUHCE COMPANY OF N£W YORK RICHARD A. McCURDY Pres'DENT STATEMENT For the year endbg Pecomber SI 189# Aweta ..... $331,913,721 S3 53 Surpliii ..... $3G,%60,5AS 75 Total Inrone - ■ . $13,697,430 51 Total raid Polirj-hoi^ors la , m m AND Cmtract Work of i Ms undertaken, and satisfaction guaranteed AT JHHN SISKROII’S SHOPS: FERTILIZERS. We have a lot of I mi lb Vo - $28,123,728 4G Insiironre and AnnsUips force - • - Set gain in ISOo - - $S99,074,io3 78 - $C1,347 ( 64o 83 Note—Insurance merely written is discarded from this Statement r.s vhoi'y misleading, an 1 only insurance actually issued aud paid for in cash is included. Representative McLaurin has intro duced a bill in the House to appro priate $a,417 for the estate of C. W. Dudley, of Marlboro County, for property taken by the Union Army. A little 10-year old negro boy was convicted in Newberry last week of putting an obstruction on the Col umbia, Newberry and Laurens rail road last year and was sentenced to one year in the penitentiary. One of the funny correspondents of the New York Herald says that it is believed in Indianapolis that Gen Hurriaon would not decline the nomi nation if the Convention should select him with anything 1'ke unanimity. Lord Salisbury has made proposals to the U. S. government for arbitra tion and thns all the war talk is like ly to end. Very few people thought from the start that “John Bull” and “Uncle Sam” would get into a scrim mage. “The present stage of the McKin ley movem nt,” said Thomas C. Platt, to a circle of friends at the Fifth Ave nue Hotel the other day, “reminds me of the log which was chasing the rabbit and ran so fast that he got ahead of the rabbit.” Bishop Hnrst, chancellor of the nascent American University, told an audience of Philadelphians day be fore yesterday that a ne; hew of Le' XIII is now living in Washinaton, D C., and goes regularly on Sundays to a Methodist Church. While George Brodle, an employee at the Columbia Cotton Mill, wa putting up some shafting in the mill last week he fell from the step-ladder and received several painful cuts on the head, and was unconscious for while. His wounds are not serious. painful but had The Michigan Supreme Court has decided that the author of a book has no right to damages from a news paper to irhich he sends bis book for review and which reviews the ssme in a sharply hostile manner. The author in the partirular case recovered $500 In a lower Court. The Washing! on correspondent of the New York Herald says thst it is reported that there was a long con ference on Friday between Reed and Allison men, which is believed to be significant that the forces of these two candidates for the Presidency will be combined in order to oppose McKinley. Ohio has a brand-new Corrupt Practices Act, prepared and pushed through by a son of the late President Garfield. One of its provisions is that candidates shall use money for per sonal expenses only, not'to exceed $100 Tor every 5,000 votes cast. Every candidate is required to file a sworn statement of all moneys expended by him or for him by his agents in the campaign. The Missouri River has not been closed to navagation this winter, and it is not considered at ail likely now that- it will be. The river has only been closed onee in the past four win ters. Fifteen or twenty years ago the river was invariably closed by ice In December, and the records of be tween twenty and forty years ago show that it was never open during one winter. Maj. John C. Winder died at his TKrutiineBB as editor and proprietor of the Cheraw Re porter, I shall make use of this experience.and whatever energy and ability I may have, in giving to the people of Darlington a newspaper which will command their confidence and respect. During the past ten or fifteen years Darlington has made rapid strides, aud the number of successful enterprises inaug urated” by her citizens has gained for her the distinction of being one of the most push ing and enterprising towns in South Carolina, if not in the whole South. The secret of tihs success is that when her business men are con vinced that a certain enterprise a good thing for the town and therefore for the stockholders, they do not hesi late to back their judgement with their money, put their shoulders to the wheel and all pull together for Darlington While this enterprising spirit does not need as much encour agement here as in some other towns, 1 shall do all in my pow er to carry on the good work. It is almost needles for me to state my political position, for the people of Darlington are doubtless aware that my Demo cracy is the strpighest of the straight, and I think it is better for therpublic to know on which side of the fence an edit*- stands. At the same time it is my purpose to be just to all and to speak what I believe to be the truth on all -pccassions It ismy first aim, however, to make my paper serve the best inter ests of the people of this town and county without regard to political differences. In this I Some time ago the Washing ton correspondent of the News and Courier reported Congress man Latimer as saying that Ben Tillman had modified his statement about leaving the democratic party if it did not end<’ , se silver. Now Mr. Lati- r -aysthatthefomspondent misrepresented him. and the 'to'SeVeh t' Eotorei gb fcrfuA 'jig. J?i!l cMsn ter in the Columbia Register of yesterday, sticks to his deter mination to leave the party if the Chicago Convention does not do as he says. But his keep er, the Hon. Manning Irby, has been allowing him too much freedom of late; when he cages him again aud begins to train him for the circus soon to come off, then you will see him per form his old tricks and heed the voice aud command of his keeper. I have carefully examined the foregoing State ment and find the same to be correct Charles A. I'keller Auditor From the Surplus a dividend will be apportioned as usual Report of the Examining Committee Office of The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York February xz, 1896 At a meeting of the Poard of Trustees of this Company, held on the 18th day of December last, the undersigned were appointed a Committee to examine the annual statement for the year ending December 31, 1S95, and to verify the same by comparison with the assets of the Company. The Committee have carefully performed the duty assigned to them, x»nd hereby certify that the statement is in all particulars correct and that the assets specified therein are in possession of the Company. In .making this certificate the Committee b^ar testimony to the high character of the investments of the Company and express their approval of the system, order, and accuracy with which the ac counts and vouchers have been kept, and the business in general transacted. CfiiORio) H. C. von Post Ch.AS. R. HtNCEflSCM James C. Holdln RoscET Olyphant Wm. P. Dixon J. H. Hkt.h!CK COMMITTER ROBERT A. GRANNISS Vice-President they nnit-crj— Rpognu* pnropTjpd a* seeing Walter R. Gillsttk * General Manager Isaac F. Lloyd * ad Vice-Vresident Frederic Cromwell *1 reasurer Emory McCuntoci: Actuary F. H. HYATT, General Agent for South Carolina, Columbia, S. C. and Undertakers’ supplies always hand at low nrices. T. C. JeffjrdR. Janl'Ofi—tyr. LAW CAHDS. Jr J. J. WARD, Attorney at Law, DARLINGTON, S. C. Will Practice in the Courts of the Fourth Circuit. MchG’OO—Ivr. Ex-Judge J. H. Hudson, Spceial. R. L. Dargan hD (its 1' 1 t, 1D1 The preachers throughout the State are said to be combining for the overthrow of the dis pensary. Already six hundred of them have pledged themselves to the work and more will probably be forth coming. They certainly could not be working in a better cause, for, if there ever was a huge political and moral swindle, the dispensary fills the bill. It has brought about more cor ruption, lying, swindling and tyrany than any other law which has ever been passed in South Carolina or any other State. Therefore, let the preach ers go ahead, and let all liberty loving and law abiding people, without regard to politics, back them in the good work. I AM OFFERING FOR SALE EGGS from high clai-9, heavy-w.-ight xil- ver-Incod Wyandottes the oest ••gen eral purpose” fowl in the world. ] hey lay all the winter. I also have some “English Red Cap” eggs for sale. Price, $1 to $1.50 for a sewing of thir- teen ejr^ s * W. B. OAKES. Darlington, S. C. Ml--3m. Attorneys & Counselors at Law, DARLINGTON, S. C. SPECIALTIES: Real Estate, Corporation and Commer cial Law. Prn< tiee in 3rd mid 4th Circuits. Septl3’95—lyr. E. O. Woods. Robert Maefarl.-.o WOODS & MAOFARLAN. (Successors to Woods & Spain.) ATTORNEYS AT LAW. s I as W i Da'riTrigior; Offices over The Bank of Darlington. Janl0’96—lyr. EDISTO PHOSPHATE CO., CEE &.RX.ESTOjST. S- C- ANALYSES 1895-06. ' Brand. Edisto Acid Phosphate Kdisto Kill nit Kdisto Soluble Gunno Edisto Ammoniated Fertilizer Kdisto Dissolved Hone iYo iw ('h,nist 1'h. K ‘lhnri<- Arid I-..0 *14 <s l'»t Am. K.,0 Georgia Dept, of Aj. rb ul. 1<V.* d-. D'.t (’lonison Ag. College, S. C. 1 K lG 11.20 12.*;i do IHlt.'i W.H7 12.43 N. C. Ag. Exmpt. Stat i'.n 11.114 lfi,f>2 Kdisto do do Factory Tests, Season IS'l.r 1h:m{ n.m 13.21 Kdisto do do do |S!»;V iMHi 14.57 1*4,23 Kdisto do do do isti.V 15.15 ]*i.4H Kdisto do do do 1 S'.Cr 1S!h» U.tct 1*1.23 Kdisto do do do I HUft-1SJIH 14.57 15.90 Kdisto Kiiinit Dr. riox, Ilmnhurg, ( er. I*'.*} Kdisto Dissolved Hone Alabama Department Ag. IMM 14.85 15.04 Kdisto Aeid Phosphate do iHt ffi Ki. 24 1.4.52 Kdisto Alliance KorfiHzCr do 1 Still '.♦.47 i;i..w F Ammonii. d i'* 1 -olved Hono • lo 1 >'.*♦» S..50 11.28 noili:; d K> lilixers do IS'.Ml II...• : t r i Di> Hone with Am. und Potash do IsH'i 12. SS 14.52 F ' v ihlo (iuano do Is'.h; s.:il i;«.m7 • 1 i llil'IO do ism; 10.:i8 i;i,34 Kdisto Kiiinit Kdisto Sidiitde (iimno do Tennessee D« i*artn. ‘ni Is 1 *:; \ r 1 . , s.rd 11 07 Kdisto Spec ia! Win ;t <\>ni|viund d i .. n.mi Kdisto Acdii Plios|dmte * do Is.hi 11.75 Kdisto Aiiimoiiiated Fertilizer Fnc;o.y Test. Is <; 1. •..*'» 1-25 1 1.5H 1.44 12.87 1.21 1.50 1.08 1.27 1.01 1.81 12.82 2.511 rj 2.51 a* 4.8| 2.43 2.88 1.61 2.79 1.73 2.28 Kdisto Soluble Guano Kdisto Aminoniated Dissolved Hone Kdisto Di.- olve Hone with Ammonia a Kdisto Arid Pho phaK T. H. Spain, H. T. Thompson i THOMPSON Attorneys at Law, Darlington, - - - S. C. Offices in Darlington Guards’ Armory building, tirst tloor. Special attention given to practice in the Probate C»urt. MchWAti-yr. - , The best Tobacco Fertiiizt FOR SALE BY TOBACCONIST FAVORITE. • in.irko! for Mie money. Final Notice. O N THE NINTH DAY OF APRIL next 1 will file ray final account as Administrator of the estate of O D. Lee, Sr., deceased, and apply t > the Judge of Probate of Darlington County for Letters DDmissory. O. D. LEE, JR..' Administrator. Darlington, S. C., Mar. 9, 1896. Mchl2—4t. U. W. Boyd. G W. Brown. 30YL> <k BROWN Attorneys ami Gaunseiors at i Office in S. Marco building, op posite Court House. DARLINGTON, S. C. Janl’OO—lyr. WILL. J I D„ DARLINGTON, S. C. Offi.ce over Boyd's Drug More. Offick Hours: 11 a m to 1 p m; 4:30 p m to 7 p in. Mar5-9«-ly. Manning Irby believes in stt< king to the Democratic par , silver or no silver, and takes occasion in his address to the Democracy of the State to give Ben Tillman a dig in the ribs. The latter has threatened to leave the party if it does not endorse silver, but he will never do it as long as Irby has the pull on him. The people of the The ~ Medical School. T HE course begins April 1, 1890. Hospital instruction, with am pie facilities for studying special branches, will be given. For inform ation apply to Dr. C. M. Rees, Went worth Street, Charleston, S. C. Jan. 30.—2m. State have become accustomed ask their help and cu operation | to 6 .. ein g ..() ur Noble Leader” for without it I can do ver y H),j W the knee to Irby, and ex little. But “with a strong^ pull no thj n g but that he will meekly submit at the proper time. Manning Irby is a won derfully smart fellow and al ways manages to control Ben- jaman although that worthy continues to carry the boys in his breeches pocket. and a long pull and a pull al together,” Thk Darlington News shall continue to be a credit to the town and county. Alex. G. Kollock Seaboard Air Line as general mana ger and aa Vice President, and was a very popular railroad man. At the reorganization of the system a year or two ear be was thrown out of his position by those who bad different ideas of the railroad bnsinesa from his whlbh wars more on the conservative order. Ex-Senator Butler, of South Caro lina, says the Chicago CArenfcfe, baa uro^uad idto a handsome practice Mnea hie retirement from the Senate, to spite of the radical difference in thair political opinions, the friend- flfeip between Butler and Don Cam- SR** nlwaya been strong. It difficult to find two men lite in hab- I ways than these two i of the North and ■s A few years ago, while editor of the Cheraw Reporter, I came to the conclusion that it would be better for the editor of a weekly paper to write his edito rials in the singular number. The daily newspaper often has a number of writers on its edi torial staff, and the public may or may not have the slightest idea who writes this or that par ticular editorial; therefore it is nothing but proper that the edi torials in those papers should be written in the plural number. It is not so with a country week ly, which generally has but one editor whose writings are recog ntoed as the product of one brain. Therefore, I have adopted the Darlington Lodge No. 7, Knights of Pythi as, meets on 1st and 8.'<l Tuesday Evenings iti each month, at l ast! Hall, Florence stree’ opposite Broad. Visit ing brothers fraternali invited. ROAD. LEAVES FOR: TIME. O. & D., ••Florence, *7.23 a. m *» i; Wadesboro, •8.17 p. m. *1 JFlorence, tO 35 p. m. D {Wadesboro t9.30 a. m. 11 !! Hartsville, t8.30 o. m. C. S. & N„ ••Sumter, t7.33 a. m SBennettaville, t8.15 p. tn. »» J100 p. m. »* Sumter, c 2.00 p. in. ' *Daily. tDftily except undav Febl3—3mo. HIGrEE G-iR^DE i hoes This i: Hit You? Col. R. B. Watson, of Edge- field, has announced himself as' g^“7dav«- a candidate for Governor. Al though I admire Col. Watson as much or more than I do many Tillmanites is’nt it about time Edgefield County, was taking a back seat? That county has fattened about long enough from the public crib, and, if her citi zens continue to harrass the people of the State by running for office every election year the other counties ought to go into a combine to prevent any Edgefield man from hold ing a State office during the next twenty-five years. j Local Freight; Does not ca-ry pas sengers {Mondays. Wednesdays and Fridays. ^Tuesdays. Thursdays and JConnect at Darlington. ••Connect at Darlington with train rom Hartsville Have That Old Bicycle Fixed Up and mad e to run easy aud look attractive We tanve the proper tools aud a specially trained workman, and guarantee henest work and moderate charges. If you want PATCHING RUBBER. CEMENT. ETC.. to carry on your trips, we can furnish you RIDE A MONARCH If you want to get ahead of the heat and stay In good trim for the winter. W. L PEARSON, Beneath the Enterprise Hotel, Darlington. - . S. C. July4’#6—lyr. The management of the Equitable Life Assurance Society in the Department of J | the Cirolinas, wishes to se cure a few Special Resident Agents. Those who are fitted for this work will find this jARareOpportnnity It \swork, however, and those •who succeed best in it possess character, mature judgment, tact, perseverance, and the respect of their community. Think this'matter over care- hilly. There's an unusual opening for somebody. If it ” fits you, it will pay you. Fur- * ther information ou request, i W. J. Roddey, Manager, Z Rock Hiii, S. C. | +6 I DON’T KNOW EVERYTHING— But I’m pretty well posted on time-pieces That's my particu lar line, and l can doctor any Clock or Watch That wag ever broken. If you have any sil ver goods or jewelry that need repairing, I can do it for you cheap. v, j EVERYTHING-s—ssJ^- usualiy kept in a first-class jew elry store,and at the lowest New York prices Cit:~oJ°sia tfxoMia Le *immoHiated fmuimo) Far Fab vccol p> i > Manufactured by POWERS, GIBBS & CO., V, .liningtoH, N. Of -x—o—x- FOIR S-A.XjE BY Janl0'9G—Um. E » » ~“H-C Fertilise It Gives The ISest ilesulls. Soc y\ lint tlioso who have used it say: |g Tobacco. MU ALEX GUEEX. Whitakers, N. P. Dear Sir:—I -have lieen u-ing “Acne " fer with entire sal-farnon Last y ar ! sold mv emir, , 8--I-, per acre, and this year 1 have !um . arri. d nil i tnond. Va . on •jsth and “Stli .luuuarv. >l. nin of a total of ga offered, amounting t . £.Vj:(..‘,o. j iniT an average, of *?{. vent* per pound. 1 but “ Acme,” and you may refer FOR CASH: r> ft ’- the p ; fo"r y»‘ars '• \> < * . ! •>;» at ’O? awra ' u big |>r'Miiuni <ale at Uich- pn inii os, amV.uiitirii to $2*0, out ‘iling one h«>eslread for $412 0*2, be* expert to use no other guano this ve*f any one to me who wants to know how I used it- Very truly vours, V \V LAND. MR. ALEX GREEN, Whitakers. N n. Dear Sir:—I have us' il •• cin,," fertRi/rv I years. I have just sold some tobacco crown win, premium sale in Richmond. Va. on ' wrapper and , ne for s. cond-bc-i ., consider it the lust guano for to! rlit of i f-Ili ai d •39th,oiie for-.ee m: '7 ‘ 1 I I n-c " A, me n a o that 1 have ever u-ed. 1 i'll a for ihe past tiro il i /or al .he l>>* 1 used 20 tons of tt| fact, hetitr satisfaction on tobacco again this year. HIGHEST CASH PRICESS^- paid for old gold. S.WOLFRAM JanlS'96—lyr. 1 FOB, S-A-InE BY Brunsi .. r I.ouislmr, ..erne fertilizer Inst your, and it than any tcnili.er l , E .11 d nd Lest lemon . ;l,i- y< :u\ and - vciv trulv. ,. L. fOLKV. Jan. iT. 1896. satisl tetion; in ) shall use it Ti'irURM.AKE. ■il’icrior i (tint, N. I • N C eii t ire ver iiM’d w Feb:M—duio. )