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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.