The Darlington news. (Darlington, S.C.) 1875-1909, June 25, 1896, Image 4

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— farlmjgton Puaumu Ktht Thdrsdat MoiuiiNe. albx. o. koi.lock. KDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. dr TERMS—11 Per Aimnm in Advanoe; 00 eeata tor ilz month*: 80 cent* for 8 months. Adtkrtisiso Ratks: One Square, first insertion $1-00 Every subsequent insertion 00 Contract advertisements inserted upon the most reasonable terms. The editorials in this paper are writ ten in the singular number, the editorial ‘we” having been discarded. THE COUNTY (WFS BETWEEN •0,000 ano 06.000. The Grand Jury, at the re cent term of court, made a mis take in representing that Dar lington county was in debt to the amount of about $10,000. According to the accounts which the Grand Jury examin ed, the county appeared to owe between $9,000 and 110,090, but that debt baa nearly all been paid, as would have been dis covered if the Grand Jury had employed a book keeper to go over the accounts with them. Although the county does not owe $10,000 it ows however be tween $5,000 and $6,000 which has just been borrowed. The tax payWs may well be thank ful that the amount is only half as much as it was first stated, but $5,000 or $6,000 is bad enough and somebody should be called upon to make an explanation. "I fiay-this, however, that no member of the syndicate—Lan caster, Williams, Rhind or any- other man, has ever paid one cent of this, commission to any body in South .Carolina that ! know of, and I defy anybody on earth, undar the earth or anywhere else to trace any of this money to South Carolina, or say that Bates or I got one dollar of it.”—Ben Tillman at Walterboroin 1894. And yet this same brazen falsifier admits, in his state ment published in The News to-day, that Bates took two thousand dollars from the syndi cate after he had advised him to do so. People who will be lieve such a man on his oath can have no regard for truth and honesty. In the presentment of the Grand Jury of Darlington county to the Court last week it was stated that the county was about ten thousand dollars in debt. Ker shaw county does not owe a cent. Quite a difference.—Camden Chronicle. "Never do the thing that your enem ies wishes you to do,” is a maxim of poli tics as well as of war, and the attempt of a certain Northern newspaper to cast obloquy on the present State ad ministration by accusing it of wrong dealing in the bond matter should re main unnoticed by Governor Evans, Treasurer Bates and Senator Tillman. The people do not believe one word of the infamous slander, and are will ing to trust the administration in spite of these assumptions on the part of its enemies.—Marion Star. William McKinley of Ohio, and Garrett A. Hobart, of New Jersey, were nominated for President and Vice-President by the National Republican convention which met in 8t. Louis last week. Although McKinley is said to be in favor of free coinage of silver, he will have to make the canvas on a gold platform. Hobart is con nected with several corporations and will probably be able, with the aid of Mark Hanna, to fry the fat out of the rich manu facturers m the ini rest of pro tection. The campaign cry of the republicans will be the gold standard and protection ITEMS FROM SEVERAL SECTIONS AS TOLD BY CORRESPONDETS. There is no use arguing with such papers as the Marion Star, because the editor is probably one of those followers of Ben Till man who would vote for him if he caught him stealing sheep. The editor of the Star, however, knows full well that at least one-half of the people of the State are not satisfied with the bond deal and many believe tt at there was rascality. And when I say peo ple I mean the whole people and not the Tillmanites. The Star and other papers of its kind have a way of thinking that the Till manites constitute the people. They will discover their error before long. There are many pqgple in Dar lington who would like to know why it is that the county is $10,000 in debt. It has not been explained where the money has gone. $10,000 is a pretty big debt to be placed upon a county in five years and nothing to show for it. If there is any ex planation by all means let the people have it at once. We have had too much division and silence in matters pertaining to the State government—let the county government be free from such. The New York Evening Post intimates that the' colored delegates to the republican convention made money out of the McKinley managers for their support and then turned ground and bled the gold standard men in return for their votes for gold. The colored delegates understand that the republican bosses care nothing for the negroes outside of their votes and act accordingly. They see no chance of holding office and therefore make the most of their limited opportu nities every four years. Many are the speculations as to the withdrawal of Manning Irby from the Senatorial race. Of course, Irby saw that the hand of Tillman was against him, but his friends thought that he would be man enough to come out and make a fight, if a losing one, against John Gary Evans and expose the bond stead. It will be observed that his remarks, announcing his intention to withdraw from the contest, are more in keep ing with the remarks of a Sun day school superintenent to his schoolars, tban with the utter ances of the wicked, tricky politician Irby. There is evi dently something hidden under those saintly sentences—if Irby is not placated in some way he will yet do his utmost to ruin the man whom he did so much to put in power. Evans John Gary Evans, in his speech at Manning, stated that he had been Rhind’s attorney all through the bond transact- tion, but that the fee, which, he was to receive for his services, was still in abeyance, t In other words, John Gary Evans, who was supposed to be work ing for the State of South Caro lina, was the attorney of Rhind with the understanding that he was to get a certain per cent of Rbind’s commission. Tillman, by his own controdictory state ments, and John Gary Evans, by his own admission are'con victed of stealing the people’s money and there is no way un der Heaven for them to dodge the issue. Let the search light be turned on and land these men in the penitentiary, if pos sible. The Chesterfield Star, a new paper at Chesterfield, is editor by W. P. Pollock and published by H. B. Crossland, oi the Che- raw Reporter. Tha Star is, of course, a Tillmanite paper. “It is my busmens to make charges, yours to answer them” Tillman, 1890. Things rbat changed, in Ex-Juoge J. J. Norton died a his home in Walhalla last Sat urday night. Judge Norton was a gallant officer in the war and lost an arm in the service of his country. Although a mod est ani retiring man, he was elected judge of his circuit when it was an honor to be elected a Judge in South Carolina. Judge Norton was fair and impartial in his rulings, but, nevertheless, the powers that be requested him to move on and make room for the Tillmanite Joseph H. Earle. From his retiring from tne bench until the time of his death, he was engaged in the practice of law at Walhalla. has the find Since A. B. Williams done such good work in bond matter could’nt he evidence to convict certain peo ple of taking whiskey rebates. The whole business has got to come out sooner or later and now is as good a time as any. Several of the parties suspected are in the zenith of their glory and there could be no better time to strike. While we are about the bond business, Mr Williams,let us have something about the rebates, and who got them. Only two candidates announ ced themselves at Manning, for Senator, John Gary Evans and John T. Duncon, of Newberry,' chief clerk in the Secretary of State’s office. Judge Earle after announcing his candidacy withdrew it soon afterwards. Yesterday, however, Earle an nounced himself again as a candidate, with the statement that he would be unable to ap pear on the stump. As between Earle and John Gary Evans, one hardly knows which to choose, two men more unworthy of the position of United States Senator could scarcely be con ceived of. What has become of the project to build a bicycle track from Darlfngton to Florence? Several Darlington gentlemen were discussing the other day the advisiability of going* into the enterprise and they came to the conclusion that a plank track three feet wide could be put down for about $500. If a little’canvassing could be done in the two towns it is very probable that the bicyclists would be spinning along on a nice track in a month’s time. Senator Teller, of Colorado, and about sixty of the Western delegates bolted the republican convention when the gold plank was put in the platform. Teller bade farewell to the party in a very feeling speech in which he remarked that he thought he was doing his duty to retire from the party which sought to enslave the people under the gold standard. Senator Teller may be honest but he can hard ly be called a far-sighted politi cian. The Darlington correspondent of the Columbia Register in the issue of the 17th said that the jury which convicted Ben Kelly was a negro jury, whereas there was only one of that race on the juiy. The correspondent was either ignorant or willfully mis represented the facts. Since writing the above I find another communication in the Register in which the corre spondent says that the word new jury should have been used instead of negro jury. DOVESVILLE. Miss Sadie Brown, of Sumter, is visiting relatives and friends in town. Miss Emma Whitney, of Phil adelphia, is visiting the family of Mr. J. C. Dove. Much needed rain fell in abundance Saturday and gave us a perfect season. Mrs. Bettie Odom has, as usual, the best garden that I have seen in the neighborhood. Dr. J. R. Ware has removed his office to the corner store, where he has four rooms fitted up in city style. I had the pleasure of making the acquaintance of Atty. Stev enson, of Cheraw, who was in attendance on a case in the Magistrate’s court, here, on Sat urday. The hot weather is causing the pugnacity, or dormant cus sedness, of some people to rise above the boiling point and blow out the safety plug,incon sequence of which, the Judge’s mill, is having ample grist to grind. Mr. Walter Gandy and Miss Ada Odom were married at Black Creek church Wednes day evening the 17th inst., by Rev. J. B. Holly. The church had been beautifully decorated for the occasion by relatives and friends, a large number of whom were present to witness the solemn and impressive ceremony. As the first notes of the wedding march, eloquent ly rendered on the organ by Mrs. Holly, floated through the spacious building, the groom and bride, attended by their waiters—Mr. S. J. Odom and Miss Maud Kirven; Mr. Frank Gandy and Miss Janie Coker; Mr. Thomas Kirven and Miss Nellie Ross; Mr. Jamie Ross and Miss Mollie Hopkins,— entered the church, and, march ing up to the pulpit, took upon themselves the solemn vows, which made them man and wife until death doth them part. Tillman says he did not get one cent of the commissions. He said at Walterbor in 1894 that no one in South Carolina got one cent of the commissions. Does he expect people to believe his statement about himself in 1896, when, in almost the same paragraph, he gives the lie to his Walterboro speech of 1894 by admitting that he advised Bates to take $2,000 from the syndicate? Not much—if Ben Tillman lied in 1894 he is lying in 1896. He started his career by lying and he will end it in the same way. The Darlington correspondent of the Columbia Register propo ses that the dispensary be mov ed to some other place in the county on account of the oppo sition to the law in Darlington. A good suggestion, ihdeed, and one which will doubtless meet the hearty approval of the peo ple of the town. A great deal of space is given up this week in The News to Tillman and Bates’{explanation, or whatever you may call it, about the bond steal. The pub lic are greatly interested in the matter and it is only fair that the statements on both sides should be published. CARTERSVILLE. Some farmers in this locality will begin to cure about the 28, but a general curing will not set in.until the 15 or 20 of July. When j'ou go to the dispen sary for a bottle of coffin var nish get no x, it is the only pure ^liquor sold at that institution and was bought and paid for by honest men for their own use, but stolen from them by Evans pets. Farmers have never been blessed with better seasons than those which we have had re cently in this section and I sup pose the prospect of good crops of provisions was never better. Tobacco, though later than usual, is growing very satisfac torily, and the probability is an average crop will be made. If you contemplate sowing turnips have your land broken and in good condition—after the first season in July, break up your ground again, put on a plenty of stable manure or other fertilizer, sow your seed in thirty inch rows, chop or thin to 12"or 15 inches when plants are sufficiently large, and you will never fail to make a crop of turnips. So says our reliable truck farmer, W. L. Haynie. A 20 mile drive through Dar lington county to Hebron, in the Stokes Bridge country, re vealed the fact that the farmers in that section are on the up grade. Farming is done on a higher plane than formerly and the general appearance of the farms shows more attention to small things. The lands of the Hebron section are thought to be better than those in the lower portion of the county; it is a continuation of the Piedmont section that runs through sev eral counties of this and other states. The crops in this sec tion are fine, and the farmers are experienced, they farm to a considerable degree on the in tensive instead of our injurious extensive plan, manure high and cultivate fast is the rule. PHILADELPHIA. Capt. J. P. Clements, of Oats, is visiting in this section. This community was blessed with the heaviest rainfall of his season. Mr W. T. Yarborough can boast of having the finest corn in ‘‘these diggins.” Mr. Elias Register, of the St. Paul section, was in our burg last Sunday. Mrs. S. W. Truett is on the sick list, but I am glad to report her as better. Rev. W. H. Kirton treated us to another of those excellent sermons last Sunday morning. Crops are very good through out this section. Lice have stunted the cotton some but it is hoped the recent rains have destroyed them. A petition has been signed and will soon be forwarded re questing the Postal authorities to move the office at this place from its pretent location to the place of Mr. F. A. Dowling, which will be more convenient for its customers. We hear it rumored tnat Dr. J. M. Josey will soon move his machinery, both gin and saw mill, to this place to be operated by Mr. S. W. Truett. This will be very convenient and would no doubt pay well as the open ing for such an enterprise is very good. PALMETTO. Mr. Caleb Boone is the firs* farmer in this section to lay by cotton. I am very sorry to report that Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Gardner ai« again on the sick list. Mr. Witherspoon Jeffords ha* been having ripe watermelon* for the past week. I am sorry to report that Mr K Humphries has been very sick for some time past. * Mr*. Nena Jeffords and Mr*. Anna Atkinson paid a fiyi n ® visit to Penile last Monday. | Bargains in crockery and glassware at Sims’ Grocery. Closing a lot of spring suits at cost; Blackwell Bros. Mr. J. A. Gray, while playing base ball last Saturday afteN noon, was accidentally hurt but not seriously. Mr. Louis Smoot and Miss Julia, attended the com- ^ mencement exercises of I High School at Lake City last week. They report a pleasant Children’s day will beobserv- ed at Pisgah on July 4th. The public are invited to attend and the Editor ok The News ha* a special invitation. Refresh" ments will be served. Mr. Arthur Humphries, one of Palmetto’s most highly eg. teemed young men, will give * picnic at his fish pond on July 8^ The public are invited and expected to bring baskets here Chas. Reiser’s fine shoes, $3.50 to $5. Edwards & Co, 10,000 pounds of Rex Lard just received at Deans Bros. TIMMONSVILLE. Mr. Laurie Steele is quite sick with typhoid malarial fever. Mr. T. C. Covington, of Ben- nettsville, is visiting his friends here. J.JB. Harper is putting up a two story carriage depository on the lot back of the Bank. Capt. S. P. Berger, of Dan ville, Va., has bought the Rich ardson place and will soon re- modle it. Mr. Jessie Keith returned home this afternoon to spend his vacation. He is now trav eling for a large shoe house in Cincinnatti. The Rev. Mr. Peele, of Mt. Elon, preached in the Baptist church last Sunday night. His subject was Dives—Lazarus, and was ably handled. The young ladies of the Bap tist church will give a fan drill on Wednesday night. Refresh ments will be served after the drill and all anticipate a pleas ant time. Messrs. Louis McCall and E. S. Howie, of Darlington, spent Thursday night and Friday with Mr. Arthur Garner and had the pleasure of eating some of Mr. Garner’s famous fish stews. The only thing that seemed to mar the pleasure of their visit was the fact that Mr. Howie forgot to bring his mos quito net and consequently he had to fight mosquitoes most of the night HOPEWELL. The greatest rainfall of this year occurred last Saturday. Miss Lizzie Reynolds has re turned from Cypress where she spent several weeks visittng. The whortle berries and black berries are now ripe and the small darkey is no longer at a loss for employment. A severe wind and hail storm occured here on the L2th which did considerable damage to crops, timber and fruit trees. Laying by corn is the order of the day and the boys are looking forward with eager expectancy to picnic season. Mr. Erastus Boykin, of Cy press, was seen in our section afewdxys since—he was sim ply on a business trip as he is not one of the sporting sort. Mr. E. C. Reynolds is build ing a gin house and expects to have it completed in time for the coming crop. He expects to put in new gins and press with ample accommodations for a fair patronage. Mr. Jas. M. Fulton, of Cy press, passed through our sec tion on a business trip last week. Mr. Fulton is one of those stur dy “tar heels” who settled in this county just after the war and has made farming a suc cess. He is, I suppose, near three score years of age and yet has not a single gray hair, and reads without glasses. Mr. Lonnie Reynolds and his sister, Miss Lizzie, were thrown from their buggy last Sunday afternoon. The animal they were driving became frightened and dashed to run, leaving the road and carrying the buggy across a ditch which completely upset them. It was a narrow escape for them but they were only slightly bruised. The vihicle was considerably damaged. CYPRESS. Several of our farmers report ed ripe watermelons last week. A heavy rain fell in this com munity last Saturday morning which delighted many farmers. Miss Janie Parkham, of the Lynches River section, was visiting in our village la week. The health of our community is somewhat improved and I hope that I will not have to re port any more deaths soon. Mr. Homer Parnell returned home last week from Spartan burg where he had been attend ing Wofford college. Miss Eva and Corrine Hug gins returned home last week full fledged graduates, the for mer from All Healing, N. C., and the latter from Leesville, S. C. A copy of John A. Chap man’s poems misplaced. Finder will confer a great favor by leaving the book at The New* office. Will thank you to call at Sligh & Rucker’s this (Thm day) morning at 12 o’clock te ; try a cup of Tetley’s India and Ceylon teas, of London, Eng, Will be served hot or ierd for one week. A. C. Higgie, Agent, Southern States Deans Bros., Agents for Dariington, S. 0, Mr. C. S. Lynch, of Florence, was in town last Thursday. Messrs. H. H. Newten and Knox Livingston, of Bennetts- Tf ville, spent last Friday in town. Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Sanders, of Hagood, Sumter county, have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. W M. Haynsworth. Mrs. B. H. Rucker and child ren, of’Florence, have been spending a few days with Mr. T. E. Sligh’s family. The proprietors of Glenn Springs desire to let the people of Darlington know that their famous resort is open as usual foraummer visitors. Many at tractions have been added dur ing the laat few years and those who patronized the place a few years ago, would be surprised to see the great improvements which have been made. See their advertisement in another bohunn, Mr. W. H. Lowman, of Or angeburg, will move his family here in a few weeks. He has rented the new cottage Mr. C. A. Smith has just finished, and will also occupy one of the brick stores Mr. Smith is having built. Mr. R. Severance will use the-other. Our town seems to be on a building boom now. Carpenters and brick layers arevery much in demand In fact labor of any kind is hard to se cure. In a few weeks our town will be graced with three iron front stores, one of D. H. Trax- ler’s and two of C. A. Smith’s. Crops are very fine in our sec tion, and, while it was feared a week or so ago that the lice would ruin the cotton crop, they have now about disappear ed and have not damaged ihe crop very much. What is the matter with our wide awake little city? We have had no candidates to an nounce themselves and yet we know that we have a lot of fine material and some hungry for office. Come out boys and make it lively for some one. Two Vacancies Filled. The boord of trustees have elected Mr. J. Rast, of Darling, ton, principal of the Graded School, and Miss Sarah Grasl as one of the assistants. Mr. Rast was principal of the Rock ingham school last year and Miss Grant taught near Tim- monsville. The other vacancie* have not yet been filled. Glenn Springs Hotel, GLENN SPRINGS, S. C. THE QUEEN OF SUMMER RESORTIr Hot weather again! coats, neglige shirts and hats are in order. We them. Edwards & Co. Thin straw have One of the latest inventions and best improvements in sew ing machines is the ball-bearing Wheeler and Wilson. For sale bv Blackwell Bros. UNA. Crops are looking well in this section. We are glad to report the re freshing showers that came on Friday last. For a nice melon call at Sims’ Grocery. Miss Adkitson’s Music School. At a musicale given by Mis* Mauif Adkisson’s scholars last Monday morning, little Miss Bessie Blackwell, a daughter of Mr. J. W. Blackwell, won the prize for the best progress in music. Those who attended the musioale, express themselves as much pleased with the show ing made by the pupils. Mr. S. B. Padgett has a very fine piece of tobacco that will soon be ready for gathering. Mr. C. E. Fields has the fin est rice in this section, it will average thirty inches high. Mr. D. A. Outlaw, of Sumter, has been visiting relatives and friends in this section. Most of our citizens enjoyed the commencement exercises of the Hebron High School last Friday and Saturday. Those on our sick list, Mrs. Carrie Fields, and Miss Belle Fields, are improving under the skilful treatment of Dr. C W Harris. l^EW Hotrl with In rue, cool plaza* Electric Hells,Water-works, Balt- ami a complete system of sewerage. Gooil roads for driving; large law shaded by native oaks. Telegraphic connections, mail and e» press in Hotel; railroad depot :I00 yank from Hotel. THE BEST- MIHERAL WATER ON THE CONTINENT. For rates of board, apply to » i SIMPSON iV SIMPSOHj For water, apply to PAL L SIMPSON: LAMAR. The Baptists at this place are now occupying their new house of worship. M learn that Messrs. S. E. Hicks and Henry Scarbotough each put in a barn of tobacco last, Monday. Since my last our sick list has been increased by the illness of Mr. and Mrs. J. Monroe Spears. The other sick are improving, except Miss Nelly Welsh who is lying very low. The artesian well has reached a depth of about 200 feet and yet no flow, but hope has not abated and grows stronger. We believe before this is in type we will have a good flow of “chem ically” pure. We have had fine rains and the corn crops were never more promising. Cotton had your back on account of lice, but the heavy rains of last Saturday washed them mostly off and we look for it to regain the loss. Tobacco also has improved and upon the whole prospect is very > encouraging. TflilPli! -AND- CodM M of all Ki undertaken, and satisfaction i-tiarantsll JOHN SISKROn SHOPS: FOR ADULTS FROM $3 UP. COFFINS C+ISKETS and Undertakers’ supplies always S* baud at low uricea. Also CYPRESS SHINGUI and LUMBER at the low**! prices. T. C. Jeffords. Jr. JanFOO—lyr. Candidates’ Carl Paris Green at Edwards & Co’s. FOR SOLICITOR. HE FRIENDS OF SOLICIT!* J M Johnson request are having JASPER. Rain, rain! We lots of rain. Crops in th : s section are look ing well with the exception of tobacco which is looking rather sorry. Prof. D. L. Lewis, who has been sick for some time, is, I am glad to report, improving. Mr. E. P. Mixon, an aged citi zen of this community, died on the 17th after a protracted ill ness. T J M Johnson request the *•• nonneement of hia eandiduev !° r ff nouiination as Solieitor of the *■ Circuit, subject to the action of Democratic party, writli a proinite •* Itis part, if nominated anti elected,W devote his best energy and evperM" to the dieehnrge of that olliee for ensuing term. FOR CLERK OF THE COURT., HEREHY ANNOUNCR MY8KL* as a candidate for re election w the office of Clerk of Court for iiugtou County subject to the Deis*' cratic primary. W. ALBERT PAKKOTT. I The Rev. R. E. Peele preaches at Lake bwamp Church on the first and third Sundays of each month at 11 a. m. It is reported that the Lake Swamp and Rackersville base ball clubs will cross bats in a series of games in the near fu ture. HEREBY announce MYSEU as a candidate for the otfloe ■. as a candidate tor me Clerk of Court of Darlington Countyi according to the Democratic plsUO 1 " of ISTti, subject to the primary^ June 2. 1811(1. ... FOR J THE, FRIENDS OF MR 8. *!> T ^nr. r tvir.m.o vfv - ..m Thomas desire to announce ■■ as a candidate for Magistrate of bynj ~ action ^ Township, subject to tit” the democratic primary 1