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te; dOL&m UrntUmm $fct Jarlmflton J^tcs. Publisbid Ktk' i Thtrrdat MOABiira. ALEX. O s XOLI«OCE. BDITOE AND PEOPEIBTOB. TERMS—$1 Per Amram in Advance; 60 cent* for tix month*; 35 cent* for S month*. ADVKRTiaise Rates: One Square, flrat insertion $1.00 B\*ry *nb»eque r t insertion 50 Contract advertisement* inserted upon the most reasonable terms. The editorials in this paper are writ ten in the singular number, the editorial “we” having'becr. discarded. MR. DREW DIDN’T LIKE IT. The editor of Thr News had no idea of touching up Mr. Drew of the Hartsville Metstn- yer, when he innocently re marked, in the issue of last week, that the Hartsville Mes senger is regatded as being friendly to the Tillman cause. As will be seen in another column, Mr. Drew denies the soft im peachment and evidently does not desire that his paper shall be considered friendly to the Tillman cause. Of course, it is of no consequence whether the Hartsville Messenger is friendly to the Tillman cadse or not, bnt if hoi, why did Mr. J. N. Parrott, the county chair man, publish his call to the dif ferent clubs in the Messenger and ignore the Darlington papftrrf It is evident that he regards the Messenger as frieni ly to to the Tillmanites whether the editor of the Messenger so regards it or not. Further more, a paper which gives its support to such a monstrosity as the dispensary, the pet of Tillman and John Quary Evans, must of necessity be considered friendly to the Tillman cause, it matters not how dis agreeable the company may be. The Greenville News asks some very searching questions about the $78,000 which it cost to refund the State bonds two or three years ago. R. A. Lan caster, of New York, who as sisted in organising the syndi- eate, got $26,000, but the mystery still remains as to the destination of the other $53,- 000. Mr. Rhind, of ^.ugusta, is said to have told the brokers and bankers that it was used for Legislative expenses, that is, in getting the refui ding bill through the Legislature. The Greenville News is perfectly right in asking these questions— thousands of people in South Carolina have smelt rottenness for some time in this transac tion and they will never be sat isfied until the whole thing is thoroughly and impartially investigated. Of course, the investigation is going to be put off as long as possible, but it will come all the same, and then look out. All the hurrah and bluster about Tillman's taking the West by storm is gotten up to boom Tillman. But if one will look closely and inquire into the true condition of affairs he will find that his reception out there has been somewhat chilly. For instance, in St. Louis a c rowd of only 600 or 800 people assem bled to hear his speech in a hall with a seating capacity of about 4,000. It is well to bear these things in mied when his admir ers in this State are claiming that the Western people have gone wild over him just as the country people in South Car olina did a few years ago. Complaint has been made of the danger to pedestrians from bycicle riding at night when the rider does not take the pains to carry on his wheel a lighted lantern. It is well for every town to have an ordinance re quiring bicyclists who ride at night to have bells and lighted Iant?rns on their wheels. Of course the bells should be used in the day time as well as at night, and, if council passes the ordinance, the police should see that it is enforced impar- tially. • As an offset to Charleston's compromise in the county con vention and the election of Wylie Jones as county chair man of Richland county, it may be mentioned that W. F. Ste- veeon, straightought has been elected, county chairman of Chesterfield. One concession which may be put down to the credit of the Tillmanites. But Chesterfield county began to get sick of Tdlmanism some time before many of the other counties. Since the Tillman papers have made such a howl about Cleve land’s bond deal, what do they think of an investigating com mittee to look in to Cleveland, and Carlisle’s conduct and also one to look into the conduct of Ben Tillman and John Gary Evans? No one could reason ably object to both investiga tions and the editor of Thr News is njore than willing. The reply of the Tillman papers is anxiously awaited. The property holders of Clio have shown good sense in vot ing against putting a dispensary in their town. Had the other towns acted likewise, South Carolina might have been saved the disgrace which has been heaped upon her by Tillman’s pet political, money making and so called moral machine. LOCALS. (Continued from first page.) The editor of the Chesterfield Advertiser is up on his ear on account of the remarks in The Saws, a few weeks ago, as to who writes the editorials in the Chesterfield Advertiser. He observes that James P. Swinnie is the editor, but, he who reads closely will notice that he does not say, in so many words, that James P. Swinnie writes the editorials. Mr. Swinnie may be the editor of the Chesterfield Advertiser and write none of the editorials—if he is respon sible for them that alone makes him the editor. Does he see the point? It makes very little dif ference to the editor of The News, or anybody else for that matter, who writes the editor ials for the Advertiser—the edi tor of The News was only pok ing a little fun at Mr. Swinnie for his own amusement. If reports be true, Chesterfield county is begining to see the light politiclally. The county convention, the other day, was most harmonious and only one man in the crowd seemed to fa- tor bolting the Chicago conven tion if free silver should fail to carry the day. W. F. Steven son, who has always been a straigbtout, was elected conn ty chairman ami Also a delegate to the State convention. Mr. Stevenson has on his committee sjority of starightouts and I 'tfcat fair elections shall —luded in Chesterfield, The Bishopville Mirror evi dently believes impressing upon the community that it is a non partisan paper and the organ of no party, corporation or person, dec. A newspaper need not necessarily be the organ of any party or person, but, if it under takes to be entirely non-parti san, it will have the heaviest job on its hands imaginable. All candidates for the Leg islature this year should be asked the question: Are you in favor, of the dispensary. If the people do nor take a stand against this monstrosity the politicians will continue to dis grace the State in the eyes of the rest of the country. Busins** Local*. Bring your watches, clocks and jewelry to C. N. Spinks, at Barrentine’s drug store and have them repaired promptly. All work guaranteed. How about those banquet lamps at Coggeshall & Co’s. Wa are offering a few special bargains for the ladies. Come and see them. Edwards & Co. Insure with Dargan & Baird, who represents the leading fire, life and accident insurance com panics. To our fiiends that plant to bacco, we announce that Mr. Wyatt has arrived and we are prepared to furnish barn flues at bottom prices. Quality and workmanship the best. Wel ling A Bonnoitt. Wedding presents of all kinds - at Coggeshall & Co’s. — A few “odds and ends’’ in our shoe department at big bargains. Ed wards & Co. Fresh candy just geshall ft Co’*. in at Cog- THE com MS. STABLE MANURE. An Articl* That Will Be Of Interest To Tobacco Planter*. The following is an extract from a recent report of the New England experiment station: Good tobacco can be raised on stable manure. Tobacco can also be spoiled by stable manure. Both propositions are true. If we should use stable manure as truck farmers use it—or rather used it before the trolly cut off the chief supply—I have -no doubt we should get a dark, badly burnt leaf. But used in small amount as in fact we should have to use it nowadays on account of the difficulty of getting it at all—I am inclined to believe it puts a finish on the leaf which is very desirable. It is affirmed by some packers, who are very careful observers, that tobacco raised on manure mav not look as well as other leaf when pole cured, but after casing down it comes out brighter and much better in appearance than that raised only on chemicals This an plies, of course, only to stable manure. Privay manure should never be used under tobacco, under any circumstances, and I should hesitate to use hog pen manure where garbage or house refuse is used in any quantity. Animal forms of nitrogen, such as blood, meat or bone, with nitrates of ammonia salts, have not in our experiments done as well as the vegetable forms of nitrogen. A Sunday Mail. The contract has been award ed to carry the mail by “star route’’ between Darlington and Florence Sundays and the ar rangement will go into effect July 1. The board of trade, through its efficient president, Mr. Bright Williamson, is the means by which this addition to our mail facilities has been secured. The Darlington board of trade is a powerful factor in the developement of the town, bu^ much more could be done if some means could be devised by which the board could have more funds at its disposal. A few hundred dollars would do a great deal for the town—who can suggest a way to raise it? A Small Fire. Last Saturday morning, about three o’clock, the fire alarm was rung for several minutes, and soon after it was discovered that a barn, belonging to Rev. I. P. Brockenton, colored, was on fire. The building was used as a stable by Dr. L. P. Daniels, colored, and his horse made a narrow escape. As soon, how ever, as the door of the stable was opened, the horse ran out and was not caught again until day light. The building was entirely consumed, Dr. Daniels losing about thirty dollars worth of forage &c. There was no insurance on either the building or its contents. Th* Biggs*! Whopper of The Seaion [Advertisement.] On one of the cold, blustery days last winter, when business was quiet at Coggeshall & Co.’s office, one of the assistants with a mathematical turn of mind, figured out that Coggeshall’s out put of "Tanglefoot” for the year 1896 was capable catching forty seven thous and million flies, which, if placed end to end, would reach around the earth at the equator fifteen times, or from the earth to the moon and three fourths of the way back. We still sell it. Coggeshall & Co. ITEMS FROM SEVERAL SECTIONS AS TOLD BY CORRESPONDETS. Children'* Day At Newm»n Swamp.— Other Lamar Item*.—Other Correspondent*. Mr. J. N. Parnell, the public road overseer of this township, is doing some pretty good work on the roads. Mrs. Helen Mims, of this place, made a visit to friends in North Carolina a few days ago and will be gone about two weeks. Mrs. P. G. Reynolds, an aged lady of this community, has been very sick indeed, but, un der the treatment of Dr, Wat son learn that she is up again. The oat crop has been cut short by the dry weather, but we trust that before this is in type our fields will be well wa tered by copious showers. Last Friday was children’s dav at Newman Swamp, Prof. A. J. A. Perritt’s school. Your correspondent was not present but has been told that it was quite a success as is always the case at Newman Swamp. The weather is excessively hot and dry. Not more than half the tobacco crop has been set, and that which has been is dying to a great extent, and, as a result, the planters are a little blue over the situation as far as the tobacco crop is concerned. Good stands of cotton have been procured and corn is looking well. Mr. J. H. Taylor, of our town, has been quite ill for four weeks and I am sorry that I cannot report him as improving at this writing. Mr. Taylor is the con tractor on the now Baptist Church here and his illness has retarded operations on the build ing to some extent. There is considerable sickness in our community and our doctors are kept quite'busy. Rev. Mr. Peele, the Baptist preacher who serves the people at this place, will miss his ap pointment here on the 3rd Sun day, as he has agreed to fill the Baptist pulpit at Darlington on that day. Mr. Peele draws large congregations and the people in and around hereo^Fall denominations can scarcely re concile themselves to the fact of not having him that day. Mr. W. D. Joye, who lives near this place, on going to his lot, Saturday, the &nd, found one of his mules missing, but thought it.had only gotten out and was somewhere about the premises. After searching the premises and neighborhood nearly o.ll day, he found near the lot on the tracks of the mule apajkageof papers, evidently dropped by the party who had taken out the mule, with names of parties living in North Caro lina and other writings &c. It is believed that this package was dropped on purpose to mis lead the search and pursuit. Sheriff Scarborough was wired and deputy Robt. Scarborough came down at once and a search was immediately begun which we trust will result in the cap ture of the thief and mule. Up to this time we have heard no thing further of the matter Busin*** Locals. Wanted: every bicycle rider to bring his wheel to me and have it thoroughly cleaned. Re pairing jjrvmplty done. C. N. Spinks at Barrentine’s Drug Store. We will give you handsome decorated dinner sets for $10 Coggeshall & Co. China cups cents per. set; Co’s. and saucers, 7a at Coggeshall & Insure against bicycle accid- dnis with Dargan & Baird, gen eral agents of the great United States Casualty Co. Rate, $2 per $1,000. What handsome glass ware at Coggeshall & Co’s? Oxford and opera shoes, in black and tan, for ladies and children. Edwards & Co. Mamma uses “cream” flour, and her bread is always nice. For sale in Darlington only by Coggeshall & Co. - — n The price for the State consti tutions has been reduced to five cents a copy. If you want one call at the Darlington Grocery Co.’s store or the News office before they are all gone. How about those new 35 cts. dining sets at Coggeshall Go’s. SOCIETY HILL. Mr. T. H. Coker spent Mon day in Darlington. Mr. W. C. Wilson spent part of last week in Columbia. W T ork is being rapidly pushed bn Maj. Lucas’ brick house. Corn and cotton look well, and there seems to be pretty good stands. Misses Rosa and Maggie Lamp ley and Mamie White, of Center Hall, spent a few days in town recently. Mr. H. S. Byrd and his sister, Miss Hanna, of Riverdale, have been here on a short visit to relatives. Mrs. T H. Coker gave the young people an ice cream fes tival last Friday evening. It was quite a late hour when the jolly crowd dispersed. Rev. C. L. Dowell was called upon last Saturday to preach the funeral services of young Mr. Gandy Ousley, who died at Hartsville last Friday. Randolph Ruffin, colored, was arrested last week under the charge of attempting to burn the store of L. Faulkner some time ago, and of stealing an ax The accused was lodged in jail to await trial, which takes place at Dovesville today. Not know ing the particulars in the case, I take sides with neither party, but, in behalf of the accused, I can say that he has heretofore been a law abiding citezen. DOVESVILLE. For nice light bread, use “Magic” yeast; at Coggeshall & Co’s. Choice baked beans, 5 cents per can; at Coggeshall & Co’s. PALMETTO. Miss Nora Siskron, of River- dale, is spending a few days with Mrs. Nena Jeffords. Mr. Waltermau Humphries, of Ebenezer, spent last Monday •with Mrs. H. Humphries. A small crowd of young peo ple are thinking of having a basket picnic at Lowther's lake next Tuesday. A nice crowd of young people gathered at Muldrow’s mill last Saturday afternoon and spent the time very pleasantly. Messrs. Henry Jeffords and Eddie Rogers, the well diggers, went on a visit to their home at Lake City last Saturday. Mr. W. J. Rogers is said to have the finest tobacco in this section, and Mr. Arthur Hum phries has the finest patch of cotton 1 have seen this season. The highly esteemed teacher of the Palmetto school requests me to announce that there will be an exhibition at his school house Friday evening the 22nd at 8 o’clock. The public are cordially invited to attend. Your correspondent thinks Mrs. John Siskron, of the Riv erdale section, has the finest garden he has seen this season. They had a very heavy rain, lasting about forty minutes, in that section last Wednesday. The farmers are well up with their work and their crops are loooking finely. Dried apples, 4cts. per pound; at Coggeshall & Go’s. Look out for wind storms! The cheapest tornado policy on the market is written by Dar gan & Baird. Rates per $1,000: 1 year, $2; 2 years, $4; 3 years, $6. We are havingbeautiful farm ing weather, and crops are look ing well. Misses Mary and Nellie Doug las, of Darlington, visited rela tives here on Sunday. J. P. Drake, colored, a preach er and school teacher near here, after a short illness, died in Cheraw on Saturday last. Mr. Thomas J. Price and Miss Mary J Gandy were married on Wednesday evening, May 6th, by the Rev. J. B. Holly, at the residence of the bride. The commencement exercises of Prof. T. E. Hinnant’s school will tike place on June 4th, and on the 5th it will unite with Miss Emily Powe’s school in a joint picnic at Leavensworth. We are threatened with a grasshopper plague in this com munity: one of my neighbors set out three acres of tobacco one day last week and the ’hop pers cut it down the next, and in a neighboring field a ’hopper of such huge dimensions was discovered that, after being pur sued into the woods and “treed” it became necessary to use a ri fle to capture it. No “snake” about this, either. UNA. Our roads have recently been worked, and are in good con dition. The crops around here are looking very bad on account of the dry weather. Those on our sick list are im proving. Mrs. P. W. Lampier, who has been very ill for some time, is improving very nicely under the skillful treatment of Dr. C. W. Harris. A good many of our tobacco growers have planted their land in cotton. Mr. H. H. Redic says that the grasshoppers have eaten all of his tobacco, and are now sitting by the road side begging all those who pass by for another chew. FAIR HOPE. Mrs. Eliza Peel, who has been visiting her son, Mr. Robt. Peel, for several weeks, returned to her home in Wayne County, N. (J., a few days ago, accompanied by her son, who is the proprie tor of Peel’s hotel. Mrs. Peel is 74 years old and can read without glasses and attend to her domestic duties. The Methodist Sunday school, of Timmonsville, had a picnic at Hyman’s Park on Friday last. Quite a number of children and some grown persons were pres ent Some of the Cartersville Sunday school joined them and they had plenty to eat, music by a good band and a fine time generally. The Park is on the bank of Lynches River, with beautiful shade trees and one of the finest flows of water in this part of the country, discharging 27 gallons of pure water every five minutes. Mr. Hyman has just completed his artesian well and expects to further improve the Park in the near future. Tho closing exercises of Miss -Modena Hill’s school terminated with a splendid exhibition and tableau. Anything especially commendable, gotten up entire ly by ladies should be applauded to the echo, and Miss Hill’s en tertainment is worthy all com mendation. The program was elaborate and the subjects well chosen. The young ladies, who deaprve especial mention are Misses Clyde and Ida DuBose, Bertha Vaughan, Mary Alex ander and Gallena Huggins. I am sure the good people of Cypress, judging from the large number in attendance, apprecia- I ted the entertainment. PHILADELPHIA. There will be preaching at this place nextSundayat 11a.m. The public school at this place closed on last Wednesday. Mr W. A. Dowling has re cently burned a kiln of fine brick and is now ready to sup ply the trade at reasonable prices. This correspondent would like to know the best remedy for exterminating house flies which are so numerous at this time. Died on the 30th ult the lit tle fourteen-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. 8. W. Truett. The bevreaved family have the sympathy of the entire com munity. There is some sickness with us that gives M. D.’s something to do. The doctors say that the sickness is due to the dry we ather and if the weather was wet they would attribute it to that. Stands of cotton are very bad and chopping is being delayed on account of the drouth. The oat crop is seriously dam aged and the tobacco growers are being put to a great disad vantage in transplanting their crops. Gardens are suffering also. Oh, those nice crackers Coggeshall & Co’s. at Town and country dwellings, barns and other substantial buildings and their contents in sured against wind storms, at lowest rates by Dargan & Baird. CYPRESS. Mr. C. B. Pate has moved to Cypress. Messrs. C. W. DuBos® and P. J. Boatwright, of Darlington, spent last Sunday at this place. Cypress now has a hotel un der the management of Dr. C. W. Harris and Messrs. R. H. and C. B. Pate. It is run un der the name of the “Bachelor” hotel. I have just seen an account of the death of Mr. H. Y. Stokes, which occurred in Charleston a few days ago- Mr. Stokes was raised in this section and was in the late war. (Continued from first page.) and do it themselves. The Agri cultural Commissioner, Mr. Pat terson. made a short address. About the only thing that we can recall that he said was when he took issue with Mr Coffin and said South Carolina manufactured more cotton than North Carolina. There was an old gentleman from Asheville who made a very execellent talk of how that town advertis ed, and the results; that he was a newspaper man; that each week he wrote up some one of the great advantages of Ashe ville, scenery, water, climate, its schools, churches, fte., and mailed these papers to prom inent men throughout the Uni ted States; and in this he per severed until finally it took root; some of them came down, and when “they came, they saw, they conquered.” The people 1 commenced to pour into Ashe- yille; that finally Vanderbilt came, liked what he saw, and has already put ten million dollars in Asheville! There was also another gentleman who lived in Richmond county, N. ’ C.. a manufacturer of cotton goods, an Englishman by birth, who had worked at the north. His address received, perhaps, more attention and applause than any other delivered. It was certainly the only one for which a vote of thanks was ex tended to the speaker. He spoke as to the climatic conditions and other advantages that North Carolina had over the world for manufacturing cotton goods. He was brought up in an Eng. lish mill. It was an accident that he came south, but he nev. er again returned to the north. Newspaper men from all over the north and west attended the Convention, and all that was said or done will be advertised in all the papers represented and will reach the northern and western ear in that way, and bring numbers of persons here to see. This is what the north ern man, who has left the north, has to say in our behalf. His old comrades-in-arms will be his friends and neighbors; will hear perhaps what he has written, confer with others, and then perhaps come to this south land. It is worth knowing that the proceedings of this convention will be published in 1,800 news papers, to be scattered through out this whole land. A Mr. Jones, a hop-grower of North Carolina, gave his experince in growing hops in that State. He used to conduct that business in New York state before coming South. He claims to be able to grow better hops in North Caro lina than can be grown any. where in the world, save in Bohemia and says the North Carolina hop is equal even to that; that the North Carolina hop would keep in the vine a long time—say twenty days—while in New York it would not keep longer than two or three days; that $1,200 had been made from one acre of land grown in hops. He did not tell us how to grow them. I would like to say in con clusion, if persons can be induc ed to come to Southern Pines and that region and invest thou sands of dollars in houses, land, electric railroads, vineyards, peach trees—we saw 300 acres in one field in peach trees— the poorest land of Chesterfield is the equal of the best we saw, why could they not be induced to come to “God's own coun try”? J. J. Ward. Why suffer with Coughs, Colds and LaGrippe when Lax ative Bromo Quinine will cure you in one day. Does not pro duce the ringing in the head like Sulphate of Quinine. Put up in tablets convenient for tak ing. Guaranteed to cure, or money refunded. Price, 25 cents. For sale by O. B. Davis. I FOR CLERK OF THE COURT. HKRKBY ANNOUNUK MYoBLF __ a* * candidate for re-election to the office of Clerk of Court lor Dar lington County »ubjeet to the Demo cratic primary. W. ALBERT PARROTT. M W FOR SALE. I AM OFFERING FOR SALE EGGS from high-cla**, heavy-weight sil ver-laced Wyandotte*, the nest "gen eral purpose” fowl in the world. They lay all the winter. 1 also have some "English Red Cap’ egg* for sale. Price, $1 to $1.50 for a setting of thir teen egg*. W. B. OAKES. Darlington, 8. C. MIMb. PUIS GREEN AND LONDON PURPLE. It is an extremely difficult matter to get STRICTLY PURE PARIS GREEN. WE HAVE IT AND GUARANTEE EVERY POUND SOLD. Our prices are always the lowest for the BEST QUALITY GOODS. WILLIAM M. BIRD & Ctrarleston, SI. O. CO. Headquarters for Everthing in the PAINT AND OIL LINE. A nice butter dish for 10 ct«. at Coggeshall & Co’s, For Correct Styles In MILJ^INERY CALL OJV Miss Maggie Jones.