Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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PUtLIRHBD Btk.'T THUR»DAT MoiUflVS. ALBX. S. KOLLOGK. BDITOB AND PROPEIRTOR. TERMS—Per A imam In Advance; M cente for els months; 85 cents for • ■mnths. Advkrtijikg Batks: One Square, first insertion $1-00 Every subsequent insertion 50 Contract advertisements inserted upon the most reasonable terms, The editorials in Ibis paper are writ ten in the singular number, the editorial *we” baring been discarded. Florida suffered more from the recent storm than South Carolina did from the great storm of 1893. Cedar Keys and tho country in that section of the State, suffered awfully hundreds of people losing their lives and nrobably millions of dollars of property being des troyed. To add to the terrible destruction, the waves from the sea rushed on to the land and many people were drowned and much property ruined. The people of Cedar Keys have sent out an appeal for help in the time of their distress, and hope that prompt assistance will be rende.’ed. The appeal will be found in another column and those desiring to contribute any thing, will address either or all of the signers. All contribu tions sent to the News office will also be forwarded to the committee at Cedar Keys for distribution. Th# People o' Ceder Keys Aopeel for Help In their Terrible Affliction. To tbe Public:. Tbc atom of Septem ber Nth left the fair city of Cedar Keys a scene of wreck and devastation. Her business destroyed, ber people impor- erisked, more than a score of lives were lost and more than a hundred homes destroyed. Situated on an island, cut off from communication with the world with every eource of employment destroyed and every line of busi ness paralyzed, we find the burden greater than we can bear, and for the first time in her existence, Cedar Keys is forced to ask that charity which sue has always so freely given. We have to feed the hungry, clothe the naked, and provide shelter for the homeless, and we desire to provide means by which the destitute poor can be pat in the way sf making a living. Our chnrches and school houses are des troyed, damaged, while many residences are dest oyeil a_.d outers damaged. The surviving dwellers on the small islands of the adjacent coast, where many lives have been lost and every house destroyed, will have no other source to look for help than to Cedar Keys, and aid mast be given them. With these anpalling facts before us, we appeal to tbe citizens of our common country, aud ask that they respond promptly to the call. Of the press we ask that they give publicity to our needs. Every dollar sent to either of the undersigned will b« judiciously ex pended, and all expenditures accounted for to the public. Signed: V. E. Hale, W. D. Finlayson, J. B. Lutterloh, R. T. Walker, R. M. Dozier, W. K. White, O. M. Bistrunk, G, W. Moyers, chairman; W H. Ander son, secretary. Those who claim that lynch ing is justifiable for only one crime, every now and then are brought face to face with the dangerous tendency of such teaching. In Louisiana, the other day, a negro was lynched for slapping a white child and not for the usual crime. Does anyone suppose that a white man would be lynched for slap ping a negro child? And do the advocates of lynching, for the usual crime, believe that ne groes would be lynched for com paratively trifling offences were it not for the fact that so many newspapers and people, who ought to know better, have con tinually justified the killing of them? No, a mob cannot be de pended upon to discriminate—if they have been taught that lynching is right in one case they are sure to conclude that it is the proper thing to do in others. Therefore, the man who encourages lynching is a danger and a menace to the community in which he lives. It will be noticed, according to an account taken from a New York paper in another column, that Ben Tillman was driven off of the stump at Reading, Pa. by farmers with pitchforks. If the report be true, it is cer tainly the best thing of the whole campaign. Benjamin is finding out these days, that he who is so fond of giving medi cine, has to take some of it him self when he least expects it. Although the farmers have complained greatly this season of the shortness of the cotton crop, they should bear in mind that many peof le thought, when the crop was planted, that the price would not go above five cents. The fine weather for gathering has also been a great thing for the farmers, and al together they have had much to be thankful for. We will open shortly a bale or two pound prints for quilts. Blackwell Bros. Baby’t Age, She came with April blooms and show- era; We count her little life by flowers. As buds the rose upon her eheek, We choose a flower for avery week, ii week of hyacinths, we say, An4 one of heartsease, ushered May, And then because two wishes met Upon the rose and violet— I liked the Beanty, Kate, the Nun- The violet and the rose count one. A Week the apple marked with white; A week the UUy scored In light; Rad poppies closed Mar** happy moon, And tulip* this bins week in Jane. Hen ami as yet the flowery link*; To-day begin the weak of pinka; Bnt soon—so grave, and deep, and wise The meaning grows In baby’s eye*. Be twr> deep for Baby’* age— Wo think to date e week with cage! Hhbt Tuuod. 10 ootto SHARKS IN THE HARBOR. A Charleston Boaldoat Tolki Enterteln- tndr About Thom. Donbtleae there are man eaten among the shark family. Well au thenticated etoriee reach ue from tbe south aeaa of tbe fierce and rt venous habits of tbe spotted, or tiger, shark, but he never or seldom visits this latituda The shark we know and see here is what is vulgarly called the sand shark, or shovel nose shark. He feeds on smaller fish and is said to affect the smell of watermelon. The writer has had opportunity for ob serving the habits of the animal and has for many years been interested in the question now under consider ation. I will not attempt to diaousa the subject from a scientific point of view. Tbe formidable array of teeth with which the shark is provided, together with his great muscular power, would suggest that nature intended him to be fierce and cruel. But I shall only speak from experi- enoe, state such facts as have oome under my observation and leave the reader to reach his own conclusion. I think it will be admitted by aU boys who have grswn up in our wa ters (most Charleston boys spend a large portion of their time in or on tbe water) that the shark is general ly a timid fish. When seen among or near a party of bathers, shouting or clapping the hands, together with a splashing, will usually result in his gliding gracefully away. Yet, on the other hand, it is a common occurrence for a shark to follow a fish on a line and take it off and even to take fish from a cord at tached to a person. Two summers since tbe writer ob served a very large shark almost ev ery day skirting the beach on Snlli- van’s island, at a particular place, at or about low tide. One morning he saw the shark slip up to an angler, who was waist deep in the water, and take off a string of sheepshead which was tied to his waist. And he saw this same shark—at least be believed him to be the same—on several occasions at about the same place swim up to men and boys who were fishing, doubtless for the same purpose of getting his dinner ready caught. It is somewhat trying to the nerves to find onoself in such close proximity to a sea monster in his native element, but I became per suaded that bin taking the fish and leaving unheeded a fat pair of calves was evidence that he did not hanker after human flesh. On July 4, some seven or eight years ago, a friend and myself were bathing abont midday. We went beyond the breakers for a swim, and when in water where we could bare ly tonch bottom we were confronted by what at first appeared to be a sunken log. Gradually this log rose to the surface, until there appeared two great fins and the long, dark ridge of a shark’s baok. He seemed to contemplate us for a few seconds. It was impossible to wade in water of that depth, and we feared that should we turn and swim for the shore be would have an opportunity to take off a leg or two, as we ex tended them toward him. So we remained standing and shouting and splashed at him. To our surprise and alarm, he swam slowly and di rectly toward ns and passed between my friend and myself, so near that we could feel tbe motion caused in the water by hia tail. When about 15 feet away, he again stopped and seemed to be watching us with close attention. By this time we were in motion and lost no time in gaining the beach. . On another occasion I have known a shark to follow a small boat through the surf and almost to the sand, much to the terror of a youngster whose doty it was to jnmp into tbe surf to land the boat, but there were fish in that boat, and doubtless hia attention was attracted by aoent of them. At any rate, he made no at tempt to attack the yonng m*n in the surf. These and like observations have led me to believe that the shark will not attack a living man.—Charles ton News and Courier. A QUEER MANIA. SI ell I— Millionaire Who Bnlned Blmeelf hr Borins A heard Statumrr. Tbs Sicilian Prince of Vnlguanera, at the beginning of this century, wasa monomnniao of a rare descrip tion. He suooeeded to one of tbe largest fortunes in Europe, his bah- its were studious*and economical, he bad no children, but in spite of these advantages for saving money he contrived to ruin himself. The prinoe had a fanoy for grotesque statues, with which he adorned the stately mansion of bis forefathers. Many descriptions of the place are extant, for it was renowned through out Europe in its day. Brydone vis ited it, and he has left ns a pleasant picture. Approaching by a noble avenue, one found the palace encir cled by an “army” of monsters. “The absurdity of the wretched im agination which created them is not less astonishing than its wonderful fertility,” says Brydone. “Some were a compound of five or six ani mals which have no resemblance in nature. In one instance the head of a lion was set upon the neck of a goose, with the body of a lizard, tbe eye of a goat and the tail of a fox. Upon, the baok of this object stood another with five or six beads and a grove of horns. There is no kind of horn in the world that he has not collected, and his pleasure ia to see them all flourishing on the same skull.” Of such horrors there were 600 in the avenue and courtyard alone when Brydone saw the collection, and the prinoe maintained a regi ment of sculptors who were reward ed proportionately to their success in designing new and unparalleled oombinationa. The effect upon a superstitious peasantry may be im agined. So serious was the agita tion that the government of Sicily threatened to demolish the wonder ful array several times, but a prinoe of Valgnanera was not to be offend ed in those days without the gravest cause. Matrons of Palermo would not take their drives in that direc tion, fearing dire results. The in side of the honse was eccentric in another fashion. Here the madman diverted him self with columns and arches and pyramids of cups and saucers, tea pots and the like, cemented togeth er. One column, for instance, start ed from a great porcelain vase of shape familiar in bedAoms, bnt not elsewhere. The shaft was teapots, with the sponts protruding, gradu ated in size up to a capital of flower pots. The openings of windows were incrusted in this manner, the chimney pieces were loaded up to the oeiling, and the magnificent rooms of the palace were divided by fantastic arches of the same con struction. * China was rare and fine in Sioily at that day, and moat of the pieces thus treated had great value. The prince’s bedroom was a chamber of supreme horrors. Rep tiles awful beyond conception had their home there, intermixed with pleasing busts and statues which, if turned, showed a skeleton or a hide ous representation of decrepitude. We have never observed an allusion to these things in a modern work of travel. Perhaps the government de stroyed them at the prince’s death, beggared by bis mania.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat rfct- rerantl rye r». afc lahcrttMl OUI. Gmdy used to axplAin hia ability' to talk by saying, “My father waa! ia Irishman, and my mother waa • woman.August* (Gw) Herald. . Bow Animal* Bear Pain. Take horses, for instance, in bat tle. After the first shock of wound they make no sound. They bear tbe pain with a mute, wondering endur ance, and if at night you hear a wild groan from the battlefield it comes from their loneliness, their loss of that human companionship which seems absolutely indispensable to the comfort of domesticated animals. The dog will carry a broken leg for days wistfully, but uncomplain ingly. The oat, injured by a atone, bears in silence pain which we oould not endure. Sheep and other oattle meet the thrust of the butcher’s knife without a sound, and even common poultry endure intense agony withont complaint. Tbe pigeon, fatally wounded, flies to some faroff bough and dies in si lence. The wounded deer speeds to some thick brake and in pitiful sub mission waits for death. The eagle, struck in midair, fights to the last against the fatal summons. There ia no moan or sound of pain, and tbe defiant look never fades from its eyes until the lids close over them never to uncover again. — London Mail A Personal Prlsllago. A life ticket to the Grand Opera waa recently sold by a decayed li brettist to a gentleman of Paris, tbe purchaser asst.ming that it would admit him behind the scenes. The authorities of the theater, however, kept him out, on the ground that ad mission to the Salon delaDanae was a personal privilege and could not be transferred. In the lawsuit that was brought the opera won, the price paid for the ticket, $600, being held to indicate that the greenroom privi leges could not have been in the mind of the seller, as a ticket admit ting to that ia worth $3,000.—Paris Letter. Once a year tbe emperor of China plows a furrow in order to dignity agriculture in the eyes of hia people. The ceremony is invested with great pomp. The chronology of both the Chi nes* and the Hindoos is fairly ralia- ble aa far baok aa 3200 B. C., before which it becomes misty. Clear writers, like clear fountains, do not seem so deep as they are. Tbe turbid looks moat profound.— Lender. —— ► —^ .i .*'»< BUSINESSLIKE DINERS. Th« German Table 4*Hole aa Viewed bf American Kjee. Anything more wearisome than this European institution, tbe table d’bote dinner, cannot well be imag- ined. Tbe food served in mioroscop- ioal portions and eminently unsatis fying from the American stand point is, however, not its worst fea ture. The long table where rows of hungry hordes dine is in itself dis couraging to the fastidious, and tho table manners of the average tourist leave much to be desired. Tho French and Germans are blessed with, it seems, unflaggingly good appetites, and they feed—I say feed advisedly—in snch a businesslike manner that a meal in their society becomes a dreaded ordeal. They en joy the viands so undisguisedly and, alas, frequently so audibly that tbe question of one’s neighbor at dinner becomes an important one, and when an American or Englishman falls to one’s lot there is, for that repast at least, some balm in Gilead. But though the strict usages of etiquette are sometimes overlooked by these good Teutons there is no question as to their courtesy and un varying politeness elsewhere. Bit ter, if you please, is their shibboleth, and a question is always considered with the utmost consideration. This kindly courtesy extends everywhere —even on the trains, when the con ductor, armed with a tin case and formidable iron punob, comes to col lect fares. A respectful salute is bestowed upon each rider, a seem ingly heartfelt “Thank you!" is giv en for the absurdly larger number of pfennigs which make up tbe 3 cent tariff, and an almost fraternal farewell follows the passenger as he finally alights. A visit to Cologne without a trip down tbe Rhine would be something like “Hamlet” without the Prince. So down the Rhine we went. Now a river excursion to be half way pleasant needs plenty of sun- shino and balmy breezes. The breezes we bad, but they were too closely allied to cold, cutting winds, and sunshine there was none. In fact, we nearly froze, and when the threatening rain at last fell a more miserable lot of pleasure seekers were probably never collected to gether on one small boat. Tbe cabin being, as snch cabins usually are, somewhat “smelly,” we had no alternative but to stay on deck. So in self defense we literal ly huddled to keep warm. How wo Americans, who prided ourselves on traveling with nothing in our hands but our small bags, envied tho Eng lish their rugs and wraps—we, who had erstwhile smiled in a superior manner at the vast quantity of hand luggage which they carried, and without whic.h tho true blue Briton cannot be induced to venture abroad. Our pride was laid low, indeed, and we were tempted to follow the example of a young American who, with Yankee ingenuity, calmly un packed a dress suit ease before the entire ship’s crew and took there from a dress shirt, which he utilized as a lap rug, but our bags contained nothing so useful, so “we could not, an we would,” follow in his wake. In utter physical misery and men tal dejection wo viewed the pictur esque river and its superb scenery, and, though the latter is not to my mind equal to that of tbe beautiful Hudson, there is yet a glamour of old world romance surrounding those moated castles and ivy cover ed towers which blends unoonsoious- ly with the beauty of the scene, and doubtless to this same association may be attributed much of the rap ture with which generations of tour ists have regarded the noble old Rhine. But all things have an end, even an all day river trip, and, slipping along at a good rate of speed, past crumbling ruins, vineyards and stately villas, quaint little villages, thriving towns and pathetic wayside shrines, we at last reached Mayence, and now, the discomfort over, we recollect only the beauty, the poetry of a scene whose legends of bygone centuries have given it an imperish able charm which will endure as long as tourists of all ages and all' nations come and go.—Philadelphia Record. BU Only Bat. By the side of the chief approaches to a certain English race course one might, some years ago, when the races were on, see a small knot of folk gathered around a venerable looking gentleman who was with might and main denouncing tbe wickedness of the betting and point ing out the evils attaching toa’Tove of sport.” This gentleman had a history. He was by no means an or dinary street preacher. He was a wealthy merchant, and many years previously he had on that very race course laid the foundation of his fortune by backing a horse, upon the strength of some extra reliable intelligence he bad received, to win no less than £6,000. It won, and from that day the fortunate backer bet no mora Not only did he himself turn his back upon the turf, but ho was ever doing his best to induce other folk to follow his example.—London Correspondent. A Bargain. Robbie had longed long and ear nestly for a baby brother and a pair of white rabbits. Tbe answer to both wishes came on the same morn ing, but it was not quite satisfac tory, for there were two baby broth ers and only one rabbit Robbie was greatly disgusted at the mistake. The next day his father found the following notice tacked to the gate post : “For Sail. One nice fat luby, or i will awap him for a white Rab- Bet. "—London Fun. Soparatltlona of the Sawnttanth Century. That it is very ill lucke to have a bare crosse one in the highway. That to have yellow speckles on tbe nailos of one’s baud is a great signe of death. That when tbe left cheeke burnes, it is a signe some bodie tallies well of you, but if the right cheeke burnes it is a signe of ill. That when a man’s nose bleeds but a drop or two, v that it is a signe of ill lucke. That when a man's nose bleeds but one drop, and at tbe left nostril, it is a signe of good luoke, but on tbe right ill. That if a man stumbles in a morning ns soono as be conies out of dores, it is a signe of ill lucke. That if a man walking in the fields fiudo any fouro leaved grasse, be shall in u small while after finde some good thing. That it is not good to put on a new sute, pare one's nailes, or begin anything on a Chil dermas day. That if a man be drowsie, it is a signe of ill luoke. That it is a signe of ill lucko to finde money. That it is naught for a man or woman to lose their hose garter. —Notes and Queries. We extend an invitation to every man, woman and child in Darlington and surrounding counties to visit our store this fall. We have by far the LARGEST STOJK OF GOODS we ever carried. We'know that these goods were bought as low as monev cou’d buy th» m—furthermore we realize that in order to gain and hold the trade, WE MUST SiiTiSF / v JR CUi- TQMER3. We are in position to do this London’s Saloons. The county of London contains fewer public houses relatively to population than any other county in the kingdom. It appears that there is one fully licensed house in London to every 860 persons and one “off” license to every D85. We claim there is no House in this part of the country better equipped to give values in this Department than we are. Fa - ilies laying in their winter nipply should hear in mind that we make a specialty ol sell.iig stapie DRY GOODS ^. v the bolt at a very small profit. Our assortm nt of Ladies Dress Goods, r l rimmings. Rhmkets, Lap Robi s, etc., is too large for us to itemize here. You will have to see it to a preciate it. ^1-S-H-OErS-fc No Change. Hungry Higgins—What you read- in now? Weary Watkins—Markits. “What's de quotations on shirts?” “Unchanged, pardner, unchang ed.”—Indianapolis Journal. ARE YOU FOR 6 are Cciiiciiilcites Dot for office i h m w jiSMi ^GROCERIES.# Bid'S’™ 1 ' Notwithstanding we have a large space devoted to th sliue, we have not enough room to properly display it We have them stocke from floor to ceiling and under the con tors, hut all the same, we will show you what you want at prices that you arc obliged to admit are BARGAINS. CLOTHING. In this departmer 1 we fit any size man or boy. You have at least (JNE THOUSAND s "'ts to s -leet from. We boug'if th an lo sell .Ins fall an if NICE FITTING GARMENTS -1 LOW PRICES will helj us to get them oil. we shall succeed Of course we have men’s and boys’ hats and other Gents | Furnishings to go with hem. fe* We also carry i line of Hardware and Tinware. acco . made from the best Henry County Leaf. TRY Hickory the best 10c tobacc on the mar ket. Manufactured by Spencer Bros, and SOLD BY Coggeshall & Co. NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS. T he office of th.-: town Clerk will be open for tbe pay ment of Taxes from October loth 18116 to November lOtb 181)6 inclusive. By order of Town Council, J. W. EVANS, Oct 7th.—4 t. Clerk. DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP MTA TJS OF SO VTHCAROLINA. County of Darlington. rpilE SPECIAL PAKTMERS1UP JL existing between the undersigned attorneys at law In and for the county of Darlington, is this day disolved by mutual consent. J. II. HUDSON, Pet, 7th It. H.L. DAKGAN. SA TE OF SO VTH CA ROLINA. County of Darlington. Court of Common Pleas. Summons For Relief (Complaint Served. C. S Nettles, Assignee Plaintiff against Lora Stanley, Defendant. To the Defendant Clora Stanley: You are bereb summoned and re- Hired to answer tbe complaint in this action, of which a copy !► here- v, iih served upon you, and to serve t copy of your answer to tbe said eom- p aint on tbe subscriber at bis office at Darlington C. H , within twenty days after the service hereof, exclu sive of the day of such service; and if vou fail to answer the complaint wi'hiu tbe time aforesaid, the | lain- tiff in this action will a< ply to tbe Court for tbe relief demanded In the complaint. R L. DA ROAN. Plaintiff’s Attorney. Oct. 5th, A. D. 181)6. To tbe Defendant Clora Stanley; You will please take notice that tbe complaint in (his action was tiled in tbe office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for tbe County of Darlington on tbe 6th day of October, 1896. R. L DARGAN, Plaintiff’s Attorney co . J. BYRD, PUBLIC SQUARE. The leading nil Q«* )• house in the city New Fall Goods Just received and more to come. Sole agents for the world renowned Last but not least comes the Grocery Department. We have a Warehous * in the rear of our si re, Kept always full of STAPLE GROCERIES. buffice if to su\, that we allow no one to undersell us. We lo not intentionally misrep esent anything. Should an article turn out WRONG give us an opportunity to make it RIGHT. VERY RESPECTFULLY, Rrunson, Luiin & Co. RIG ADS and RIG TALK MAY CONFUSE THE MINDS OF SOME BUT ALL REASONABLE BUYERS ARE LOOKING FOR THE GOODS AT THE PRICES The only guaranteed Corset on tbe market. THE “NEW IDEA" PATTERNS At the very low price of TEN CENTS EACH. If y on will call at my store. I will be pleased to show you anything and quote prices. MRS. M. J. BYRD, Darlington, S. C. RIGHT AND ALL WE ASK IS A COMPARISON. See a fete prices. DRESS GOODS variety at GREAT REDUCTIONS. Woolen Goods new and stylish 3hat used to sell from 40c to oOc yd. AOW 25c. BEAUTIFUL NEW STYLES IN kucubhiiiiicks. Cl—OTHING For Everybody! Men’s Suits from $9.50 »l>- Boys' “ “ * 75c. “ ‘- Knee Punts “ 15 c - “ SH^ es lor Hoi, Worn, nil Children. 74c for Ladies Button, Patent Leather tip; $1.25 for Men’s latest styles Congress and Bals—the Best you ever saw for the price. Children's from 25c up- SPECIAL ATTENTION invited to our $2.00 line of Ladies Shoes. HATS. All styles and prices from 25c. up. Our $1.00 leader is a beauty. OUR 25C. LINE OF NECKWEAR is un- usually pretty-be sure to see it. WE CARRY ALSO A FULL LINE OF ■f STIFLE and FANCY GSOCERIES and are always at the bottom on prices. 33 SEED OATS AND RYE. ©E GIVE US A CALL, EDWARDS & CO.