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■VB 'Y THOMCAT MoRsiKe. t ALRX. O. KOLLOCX. ■DITOBAKD PKOPRIETOR. TBlCMB—tl Par Annom in Advance; 80 Mate for aix month*; 28 cents for Smooths. AsvBRTUise Rams: One Square, flrrt insertion $1.00 Every subsequent insertion 50 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 Lexington Dispatch, in discussing the causes which lead to the defeat of John Gary Evans,has, among other things, the following to say: Doubtless the letter of Senator Till- to McSweeney and others had its effect in changing votes from Kvsns to Earle. Many Reformers regarded the writing of that letter as an effort to coerce them to support Governor Evans whether he was their choice or not For writing that letter Senator Tillman has been severely criticised by promi nent members of his own foction. They argue that for this same reason Gen. Hampton was condemned in 1890. In our opinion there is a big differ ence between the two cases. If we re member correctly, Gen. Hampton left his duties in the Senate at Washing ton, came to South Carolina, took the stump, and by the use of bitter invec tives and insulting language, attempted to whip and drive the people to the support of his faction. With Senator Tillman the case was different. He had repeatedly declined to champion the cause of either of the three candi- dates. He claimed all along that the yeople were inteUigent, that they were competent to judge as to the merits of the candidates asking their suffrage without any dictation from him and re mained silent. Not until after Gover nor Evans was practically defeated that he gave public utterance of his views on the Senatorial race, and then only in response to a written request . signed by prominent members of his ^political household, and then advised members of his own faction. Of course Gen. Hampton left Washington and came to his native State to try and calm the troubled waters. No one in South Carolina had ever had a greater influence over her peo ple than Wade Hampton and no one had a better right to speak words of advice and wisdom to his friends and fellow citizens. It is absurd for the Dispatch to speak in a disparaging way of an United States Senator leaving Washington to make speeches, for has not Ben Till man been in the habit of galla- vanting all over the country to deliver harrangues to the peo ple, when he ought to have been attending to his duties in Wash ington? The Dispatch also speaks of Senator Han; r> *‘ > " hitter in vx- -war bugs—in tnV,v which are playing havoc "^'""es an-, •$&> ^ > guage and attem'pting^R. and drive the people to the sup- - * port of his faction. If Gen. Hampton ever did any such t ling the editor of this paper was never aware of it before, but he is certainly familiar with the fact that the Dispatch’s favorite champion,Ben Tillman, has never indulged in any thing plsc. but bitter invectives and such like. The\claim also made by the Dispatch that Till- *man never took any p&iy in the 'Senatorial fight, pr^Vddiculous on the face of it, tor did not ticket put out bj the same fac tion: At large—Robt. Morr- man, of Newberry, W. D. Crum, of Charleston. First district, F. W. Sheper, Beaufort; second district, James Powell, Aiken; third district, J. R. Tolburt, Abbeville; fourth district, E. M. Screven, Rich land; fifth district, Joseph Clark, Lancaster; sixth district, Dr. John Lunney, Darlington; seventh district, J. M. Tindall, Sumter. The following is the electoral ticket of the “Lily Whites.” At large—B. O. Duncan, E. M. Brayton. First district, J. A. Noland; second district, D. E. Yates; third district, M. H. Bryce; fourth district, Frank Nichols; fifth district, G. G. Alexander; sixth district, Wf Me. G Buck; seventh district, F. M. Brichett. The State ticket nominated by the same faction is as fol lows: Governor, Sampson Pope; Lieutenant Governor, W. - W. Russell; Secretary of State, B. R. King; Comptroller-General, V. P. Clayton; Attorney-Gener al, L. D. Melton; Treaturer, D. J. Knotts; Adjutant Gener al, A. T. Jennings; Superin tendent of Education, M. A. Dawson. The Webster faction only has one negro on the State ticket and the Baryton faction none. Those who have not register ed will have three days ip Oc tober, the 1, 2 and 3. Remem ber that it is not the first Mon day and the following two days, but the 1, 2 ana 3 of October, in other words Thursday, Friday and Saturday of next week. If you do not register then you will lose your opportunity to vote. Since all the papers in the State are demanding a thorough and impartial investigation of the dispensary, the necessary inference is they want to catch all who have had anything to do with it from Tillman down, A dispensary investigation without involving Tillman wonld be no investigation at all. - The State board of control in vestigated some of the dispen sary. scandals last week, but nothing especially new was brought out.The only two things worthy of mention is the at tempt to bring D. H. Tompkin’s into the business and the ad mission 'by W. T. Mixon that he received more than $3000 in rebates. The board will meet again in October when the in vestigation will be resumed, but it is not probable that any thing substantial will be done until the matter is taken in hand by a committee of the Legislature, composed of men who care nothing for the dis pensary one way or the other, except to probe to the bottom from all the scandals connected therewith. 1 Those in charge of the State Fair- seem to be having trouble again with the railroads. Last year the railroads made their rates low enough to cause lerge rowds to attend the Fair, but year they want to make paj one fare for the <£. Unless something high hill. Gur meeting at High Hill is progressing nicely. Mr. Gray’s baby and Mr. Caleb Boone were buried on the 18th. We were glad to have Mr. J. F. Hill, of Ellfott’s with us a a few days this week. We hear that two of our young men have bdught new buggies. That looks suspicious, young ladies. Ben Tillman was howled down m Reading Pennsylvania the other day for denouncing Cleveland. Benjamin some times forgets that he does not carry the voters of the other states in the Union in his “breeches pocket.” Another Subscriber to the Timrod Fund. Mr. J. Edward Nettles, U. S. Consul to Trieste, Austria, writes the following letter to the editor of The News. Consulate of the United States of America. Trieste, (Austria), Aug. 29, 1896. Mr. Alex. G. Kollock, Darlington, S. C Dear Sir:—I have just read in The Darlington News of August 6th, of the “Movement to raise a memorial fund with which to honor the memory and preserve to posterity the name and fame of Henry Timrod”, and am rejoiced to know that what has been the unrealized desire of many in South Caro lina has at length taken shape, and likely to result in some fit ting tribute to the memory of the most exquisite genius of South Carolina, and consum mate flower of her civilization. I enclose my note payable Not. 15th 1896, as indicated, for this worthy cause. * * * Very truly yours, J. Edward Nettles. A Private School. Col. J. J. Dargan will open a priaate school at his dwelling, October 5, next. Hours of in struction from nine to to twelve o’clock in the morning, from Monday to Friday inclusive. He will also conduct a night school for boys, at his office in the Armory building—hours from 8 to 10 o’clock. Col. Dargan is a teacher of experience, having engaged in the business before with great success, and there is material! , I en . ou K h DarlingtojLfftj 1 school of theJake p» irood HI TAR to. ■* .4. J ‘ , -1 1 ^ j . To The Farmers of Darlington County. Why let your hay and pea vines go to waste on your lands when you can make money by having it baled up and sell it to Deans Bros. They will buy all you bring them. Remember you can trade your old sewing machine for a “New Home” or improved ball bear ing “Wheeler & Wilson” at Blackwell Bros.’ If you want nice candy, stop in at Coggeshall’s. A LETTER TO We extend an invitation to every man, woman aud child in Darlington and surrounding counties to visit our store this fall. We have by far the LARGEST STOCK OF GOODS we ever carried. We know Hint these goods were bought as low as money could buy them—furthermore we reuii/e ihat in order to gain and hold the trade, WE MUST SATISFY OUR CUS TOMERS. We are in position to do this Trunks—any style at Blackwell Bros. and price MARRIAGE. Rev. I. P. Brockington went to Society Hill on the 17th to marry D. W. Waddel, to Laura L., second daughter of L.Faulk- ner, at Union Baptist Church. Th« Unique Cnee of Dr. Barry. Among mala impersonators there is the remarkable, if not unique, case of Dr. Barry, who died at Corfu in July, 1885. This lady, said to have been the granddaughter of a, Scotch earl, is surmised to have adopted male attiro and the medical profession from attachment to an army surgeon. Never in her life time had any one the slightest sus picion of her sex. While staff sur geon to the Cape garrison, she most successfully treated the governor, Lord Charles Somerset, fought a duel and was considered to he of a must quarrelsome disposition. The doctor was frequently guilty of flagrant breaches of discipline, and on more than one occasion was sent home under arrest, hut somehow or other the offenses were always condoned at headquarters. The late Earl of Albemarle relates in his reminis cences that on sitting next to her at mess he noticed “a certain effemi nacy in bis manner, which ho seemed to be always striving to overcome;' while his style of conversation was greatly superior to that one usually heard at a mess table in the days of nonoompotitive examinations.’’ In Bart’s “Army List” for 18C5 the name of James Barry, M. D., stands at the head of the list of inspectors general of hospitals. In tho July of the same year her death was an nounced, and tho next day it was officially reported to the horse guards that the doctor was a wom an. It is singular that neither the landlady of her lodging nor the black valet who had lived with Lor for years had the vaguest notion of her secret.—Admiralty, and Bprse Guard si Vile complaint. -, “cazoifo. Those Who We claim there is no House in this parr of the cm. try better equipped to give values in this Department th 11 we are. Fa idlies laying in tli >ir wi it -r supply sh > i’ l !>‘ir i.i mind that we make a specialty of selling stap.e QflY GOODS ^. v ^ l0 bolt at a very small profit. Our assortment of Ladies Dress Goods, Trimmings. Blankets, Lap Robi s, etc., is too large for us to itemize lu re You will have to see it to preciate it. $*S-HOEr*S# Notwithstanding we have a large space devoted to this line, we have not enough room to properly display it. We have them stocked from floor to ceiling and under the counters, but all the same, we will show j-ou what you want at prices that you are obliged to admit are BARGAINS CLOTHING. In this department we fit any size man or boy. You have at least ONE THOUSAND suits to select from. We bought them to sell ||,U Ml so, ii (ICE FITTING GARMENTS «"<) 10W PRICES will help us to get them oft, we shall succeed. Of course we have men’s and boys’ hats and other Gents Furnishings to go with ;hem. •erWe also carry a line of Hardware and Tinware. Last hut not least comes the Grocery Department. We have a Warehouse in the rear of our st re, kept always full of STAPLE GROCERIES. yulfice it to say, that we allow no one to undersell us. We do not intentionally misrep esent anything. Should an article turn out WRONG give us an opportunity to make it RIGHT. VERY RESPECTFULLY, Brunson, Lunn & Co. Want JSIGE ® U0S DONE PROMPTLY -AT- Reasonable Prices Can Be Accommodaled B Y PA TliONIZINO Ready For Business! iui :e o, ^illman wriL a letter to John (Jary Evans in which he prac- - tijally gave him his support and repudiated Duncan? The aich has a weak case at and has made a most weak defence, but, when it under takes to belittle and disparage Wade Hampton, it will find the job too heavy to carry. When a newspaper, which ought to be a guide and instructor of the public, attempts to mislead them by such remarks, as the Dispatch has made about one of the greatest men who ever lived'in this country, it forfeits its right to the respect, and confidence of the people. THE TWO REPUBLICAN CONVEN- - TIONS. The Webster and Lily t White factions of the republi- taa party both held State con tention at Columbia on the 17th, after a fruitless effort to bring the two factions togeth er, two State and electoral tickets were nominated as fel- . sTv - , 10W0& R. M. Wallace, of Sumter, for Governor; George I. Cunning- ham, Treasurer; E. F„ Cock ran, Anderson, Attorney-general; X. B» Burroughs, Chesterfield, ;,«f Education; Latterop, Orangeburg, of State; V. M. But-, an, Comptroller- i Webster faction, i the electoral j roun* vVtufe ^ sleep,’’ and mT ^ u ‘‘ nd which ht) de can be\^ ^^ufuuca them to ' ^ teach ’ charge a low rate the Agricultural L^iety will find itself behind agu^ it i 8 cer tainly a pity that soi^ arrange . ment cannot be made vhereby the people may know wy a t to count on from year to year, • — \ be Cotemporaries, do sot too jubilant over the election^ Judge Earle, but rejoice that John Gary Evans has been re pudiated by the voters of South Carolina. By the election of Judge Earle to the U. S. Senate, the people of South Carolina have rewarded a political trait or, because they could do noth - ing else honestly, under the circumstances. His election, however, only shows the be ginning of a better state of affairs, but is nothing, in itself, to brag about aud go wild over. Those working on salaries will be injured by the free coin age of silver because their wages now are much higher, in proportion to living expenses, than they were a few years ago. Under free coinage, their em ployees would not increase their salaries to any appreciable ex tent and the necessaries of life would be higher. Looking at it, therefore, from a selfish stand point, the wage earner would be foolish to advocate the free coin age of silver. Fine mackerel in bulk, in kits, at Coggeshall’s. HARTSVILLE. Miss Louise Davis, of Flor ence, is visiting relatives here. It has turned much cooler and we had a good rain here to- day. Mr. J. Ed. Bass’s millinery ning on yesterday was well ded and his well kept stock ^tily displayed. ^ >r °^ : ii ’ L. Lewis of Tim- monsville spe^ 8aturday and '.unday here, «mo w hm many friends. A very pleasant sociable w^, ¥ iven the young people on last hursday evening at the resi- aence of Mr. J. J. Lawton. The Welsh Neck High School is getting fairly started at work now and the attendance bids fair to be larger than ever be fore. A beautiful bright lady’s don- golo button shoe at $1.25, men’s oil grain for $1.25 at Blackwell Bros.’ Temperature Gradients. In connection with his geological and cosmological investigations Pro fessor Clarence King has construct ed a series of temperature gradients, as they are termed—that is, tables with diagramatio representations of temperature and pressure from the surface to the center of the earth. Be finds that, while there is really a very slight change of temperature from tbe surface to the center below a certain superficial depth, tbe pres sure augments with one downward sweep to tho center. Thus it passes 1,741 degrees at 175,000 atmospheres, thenoe steadily augmenting until at the oenter it reaches over 8,000,000 atmospheres’ pressures. It appears, therefore, that the empire of heat over pressure is confined only to the ■uperfioial layer of the earth, that of pressure over heat being not far be low the surface and increasing stead ily downward to the oenter. The k’-uorature of tbe earth, as a globe, sooorQi-^ t 0 Professor King’s inves tigations, no-.o r exceeded 2,000 de grees C. t and tbe^QtrjU portions are made up of very den.^ aubstances, snob as metals and their Oo., rounds. —Exchange. The quality of Arabian coffee is believed to. be duo to the fact that the absence of rain permits the ber ries to become perfectly ripe before they are gathered. vv i (i a stock u ore com< pie ein ail lin^s a- <lpB*ic • lower Shan ever before. We meet all legiti mate competition and often do a little bet ter and we give the very lowest prices every week. day in the Buggies, Wagons, Harness. The dispensary was crowded with negroes last Saturday af. ternoon and all were eager to get a chance to buy a bottle of liquor. Under' the bar room system a negro would generally bay a fe w drinks of whiskey but now he buys a pint or quart Some say that the dispensary caused a smaller amount of in toxicants to be drunk, but the reverse is probably the ease., I have received two car loads of buggies and one car load of wagons, the largest stock I have had in 15 years. Also a big stock of harness. CALL AND SAVE MONEY BEFORE BUYING ELSEWHERE, C. m HEWITT, DARLINGTON, S. C. Briefs, belter lr[eqels, Bill l^eqds, Envelopes, Dreifts, ClTecl^s, <^c, OUR DRY GOODS, DRESS GOODS end NOTION Department is full of new and stylisk goods. Clothing, Shoes and Hats To suit everybody. Staple and Fancy Groceries- At rock bottom prices. COME AND SEE FOR YOURSELVES Edwards & Co. NEATLY PRINTED -jAN ID- §P1|A||D||D|IE||D§ Tin" ”; ms o®! ARMORY RUltDlNO.