Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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.KOIXOCE. t AKO PBOPB1BTUB. annm U Advance; [ months; M cents tor The cditorisls In this paper ere writ ten in the singular number, the editorial 'we" having been discarded. Mr*. Walter M. Castle, of Sea Fraacisoo, is now in prison in England for shoplifting. Mrs Castle'* lawyers put up the plea that site was afflicted with the disease called cleptomania, and, therefore not responsible for taking things which did not be* long to her. The coart, how ever, ruled that she had com mitted a crime and sentenced her to prison. Mrs. Castle’s husband is very rich man, but his wealth did not prevent bis wife from going to prison after a strong defence bad been put up to show that she was irresponsible. Had Mrs. Castle been gnilty of shoplifting in the U. 8. the af fair would have been hushed up end never allowed to go into court. Whether Mrs. Castle should have been punished or not is a matter of conjecture, but the above goes to show that money does not possess the power in England over the courts that it does In this country. If the Republicans have the welfare of the country at heart, they will pursue a very concili atory course towards their op ponents and do no tic kering with the tariff. They should bear in mind that McKinley ■was elected, because the plat form of his party declare against. the free coinage of sil ver, and not because of the re cord which he had made on the tariff issue—and the leaders o f the party should act according ly. The Republicans might also make some improyements iu the financial system of the government which would tend to allay the free silver erase and give the trusts to under stand that they cannot tel members of Congress what they shall do and what they shal not do. Yes, there are many things which the Republicans might do to bring about a bet ter state of affairs and it re mains to be seen, whether or not they will be equal to the occasion. They have a groan opportunity—will they seize it and make the best of it in the interest of the peace, happiness And prosperity of the country. Charleston is to have a direct line of steamers to Liverpool am an electric railway, and both o: these improvements came with in a few days of each other. Bat in addition to these two much desired evidences of pro gress, the Coast Line and Plant system have decided to allow four of the six groat through trains running over their lines, to ran into the city instead of stopping only at Ashley Junc tion. It has become the habit with many people to say that Charleston is dead, hot every thing now points to a revival of business and it will not be many years before the “City by the Sea” will astonish its rivals on the South Atlantic coast. The Hampton Light Dragoons and the Connor Mounted Riflee left Panola Clarendon County last Saturday morning to march to Columbia, a distance eighty miles. Their route was through Wedgefield and Cam* fisU to Colombia, the cavalry arriving in the latter city Tuesday morning. The camped at night on the way and their stay in np theS to Pand|| «n soon as the r came into .a ■ Uwir wonkey buineM with the Uk ten or twelve yeere ego (he Monitor told them whet wonul be the coaee- qnencee. Their defeet followed Just ee we predicted. We advteed against the ietrodnctlon of the free silver plank but the “eraze” went on end now wit ness the result.—Johnston Monitor. You are off 'on the tariff busiuess, contemporary —Grover Cleveland was twice elected President of the United States when the tariff was the principal issue. It was the abandonment of the low tariff issue and the taking up of the free silver issue which defeated Bryan. Now that the election is over we can settle down to business and dispensary shortages. The papers have been so crowded with election news of late there has been no room to report the misdoings of dispensers and it is probable that several short es have accumulated of which the reading public have not been informed. John Altgeld, Ben Tillman’s chum, has been defeated for Governor of Illinois. Now the question which comes into the minds of some people is; will Benjamin follow John four years hence and will John Mo. Lanrin be the one to torn down the man who made him what he is? The plutocrats seem to have a large majority in the United States. TO PARALYZE THE TIE TRUST, A New Orleans Man Wishes to Fur nish Flat Ties at Low Pric es—What Ha Says.. Mr. Frank Daviaiof New Orleans will be here tomorrow on a mission Imprint upon the fight against the cotton trust. He ssods The State the following newspaper clipping, which oTpiains the nature of his mission: “The tie trust that has bean fought all summer by the farmers through out the south, by the merchants and factors, and last, but not isast, by the inventors of the wire tie. None of these have made considerable head way against the combine, bnt it is now claimed that the effort of one man, applied at the right time and in the right manner,.has been instrn- mental in bringing the cotton tie trust to realise that the day of extor tion is past Mr. William W. Bierce of New Orleans is the man to whom many people give the credit for break ing the cotton tie trust, and Mr. Beiroe i* now assuring the dealers that they will never again be compelled to pay unreasonable price* for their bands. “It has been said that the pries wae broken by the fact that the 'Illi nois Steel company has begun the manufacture of the same ties as those offered by the trust, and through Mr. Bierce are selling them at a lower price than that demanded by the combine. Mr. Frank Davies, representative of Mr. Bieroe. when seen at the Char lesion yesterday, was quite enthusi astic over the prospeeteof the bust nees for his company next season. “Why, Judging from the manner in which I have been received since ~ left New Orleans, I firmly believe that our people will control the cot ton tie business .text season. And why shouldn’t weT With the Illinois Steel company behind ns we have pulled the price of ties down to their present figures, and have saved thous ands of dollars to formers, although we have not been able to profit one cent for ourselves. And we don’t ex pect to this year, either.” Asked as to why his firm didn’t get started earlier in the season, Mr. Device replied; “We could not poeeibly get into (he market sooner to prove our ability to ip the situation in its earlier days, tog. as yon well know, not a soul out side of those directly in interest, knew there was a trust until the season was right upon us. “The first thing that prompted Mr. Bieree to go into the market was the iy, requests he received from his easterners to protect them from being eenght in the same manner another active campaign which we have begun will be fought to a finish. We realise very forcibly that the wine— for the 18M season is almost •t an end, but if there ia anything left we are sorely entitled to it. Our work has been no easy task, the ex pense incident to getting started ex traordinarily heavy, and the leaden In this aggressive issue are young men possessed of an incomprehensi ble amount of stiek-at-..tiveness. No; it would not surprise me if the trust did make advances to the Illi nois Steel company to Keep out of the market, but it would be a useless at tempt. If the trust subsidized their other .mills to the same extent as it would a; pear they proved to our people their venture has been an utter failure, and firmly believe by this time they are heartily sick of the whole affair. Asked his opinion of the wire tie, Mr Davies remarked: It has proved itself a dismal failure from the standpoint of first cost and adaptability, and these are the two principal features to bo considered. So long as the trust was dormant it might have held its ground, but with the price of tie* gradually finding its own level wire is out of the question A wire tie is worth just about half again as much as the market price of the standard ties today. Compress— can’t use it. They would have to be reconstructed to take the wire, and, again, the most important consideration is that wire of the tensile strength required to hold a compressed bale is not pliable enongh to make it a commercial val ue, no matter how much more desir able might be its use under the most remote contingency." THE LAST CAPTURED SLAVER Mr. Bierce manufactures cotton comprs—ee, and is continually in cor tact with the cotton trade. Bariyin the season his eorrespoudenee flooded with requests for ties, and finding all the eastern manufacturers combined be set about to find who would go into the bnsi- with him. When the Illinois Steel company, with their thirty mil lions of capital, said they would man ufacture the ties, offered Mr. Bieroe the exclusive agency for the United and said'sell Use;’the propoel- tion was accepted. “And bow well our work has been done is shown by the difference in the price of today and a month ago. The trust ware fontag their prio— higher and higher, yet fb# first day that we oureslvas ufon the market sfidn stm forth— decline is dally notl—able, fit is opiy another ensa-of the joining bands to at the east to Have Bat — B—Ws blaad. The only captain of a slave vessel who Buffered the death penalty in America waa captured by a crow of which one of the members is now a citizen of Cleveland, the engineer of the People’s Gaslight and Coke com pany. “The alaveship waa the Erie, and it waa the last American slaver cap tured,” said Mr. Matthews in talk ing about the historical event “She waa taken off the month of the Kon go in the spring of 18S1 by the Unit ed States sloop-of-war Mohican. I waa captain of the foretop and of the starboard watch. The capture was accidental. The vessels dealing in slav— would slip out in the inter vals between the patrol beets of the man-of-war, and they knew pretty well oar habits. But this time the Mob loan waa delayed two days in waiting for mail, and going from the island of Fernandiso we sighted a vessel making from the month of the Kongo. We were flying a French flag, and the stranger floated an American flag. We signaled for her to b—ve to, but this request not be ing regarded a shot waa fired. Then she hove to without offering re sistance, and a party sent aboard found every one dressed alike. It was thus some days before we dis covered wbo waa the^,captain. She waa manned by 16 men and bad on board 8to slav— and three slave agents. The slav— were lahdad, and the slave agents and five Span iards wbo did not wish to claim American citizenship were sent away in a tradeboat Eight of the slaver’s crew were shipped on the Mohican, and the officers and two of the crew were brought to America. The alaveship waa taken to Liberia. “The —ptain of the slaver was Nathaniel Gordon, and a year aftei his —ptnre ha waa swung on Bed- loe's island, where the statue of Liberty now stands. The first mate was sentenced to ten years’ impris onment, the second mate received a five years' sentence, and the two a—men ware each given a year. ‘‘The severe d—ling with the offi cers waa due to the intense feeling on the slavery qu—tion, — the war bad just broken out The second mate and the two men volunteered to enter the army and were allowed to go free. Our lieutenant, Donning- ten, want into the Confederate navy after bringing Gordon'baok. “About three months before the experien—with the Erie a slaver es caped us by being disguised — a whaler. The simulation was very perfect, and on the decks we could a— even the boiling vats. The cap tain showed papers which disarmed suspicion, and when the ‘whaler’ put up for the night at the mouth of tbs Kongo our captain informed him that next morning he would come around cm a Visit “In the morning be was gone, hav ing taken 1,300 slav— aboard. We sighted s vessel In the distanoe, which we pursued and found to be sn English man-of-war also trying to catch the‘whaler.’”—Cleveland Leader. A WkMl Six MIIm Lone. “If all the bicycles in the world were brought to one central point and reoonatruoted into one giant ma chine, ’ ’ —ye one of the leading bicy cle publications, “the result would be a machine six mil—long and over four mil— high, with wheels almost three mil— ia diameter. To con struct such a monster would require shout 16,000,000 cycles. ’’ A Mobile druggist put out tbs fol lowing attractive sign, “My sods water is — oold — charity. ” A wag passing placed tbs possessive pro noun before the word charity, onus- until it was fay the surprised drug- Qrleens Times-Demo- fl ODD SILVER FOR THE TABLE. Oeuadmau In ead Fork* Seen la th« Jeweler’* Window. It would take an np to date person indeed to pilot himself through the maze of a course dinner and not make any mistakes as to the intend ed service of the various instru ments that are now displayed by the jewelers. For instance, there is a trowel ahaped affair with a row of curved bristling teeth on one side. It looks something like a garden rake and hoe oombined. A woman looking at the article was given three guesses by the sal—man to tell whst it was. “Potato lifter,” was her first guess. “No.” “Fish boner and knife combined.” “No.” “It looks something l:ke n lawn aiokle,” was her last venture. “Per- haps it is a lettuce knife.” “No,” said theolerk, ‘‘it is a mao- aroni garbler.” Twenty-flvo dollars was the modest price asked for this useful (?) article, including the box. Among the unique objeots made to pave the way to the pastime of —ting a new and appropriate article at present is the encumber server. The bowl is perfectly flat and is fashioned something like an egg b—ter of openwork filigree, either silver or gold. It oosts, “box includ ed,” only l«. A marrow knife makes an inter- —ting present, because no one could ever possibly guess what it is in tended for and would not know how to use it It is a cross between a den tal instrument and a crowbar. “Box included” the price is 14.60. Cake forks, in place of oake knives, are now proper. They have long, flat tines, four in number, and the handles, which are extremely fancy, are long and curve slightly upward. They are presumably in tended to lift the —ke from the plate after it is out. An article looking for all the world like a three tined pitchfork in mini ature is intended for toast. A monster spoon, the bowl as big as a goose egg and weighing over a pound, com— under the general head of a platter spoon. All sorts of fancy forks, with en ameled handles and tines like a lyre, are used for all manner of salads and vegetables. Spoons with openwork bowls are variously used for sugar sifters, tea strainers and so on. A “trunk” of silver is the correct thing for a family that —n afford it One was exhibited in a big estab lishment yesterday containing 316 pieces and costing 3600. Fortunate ly a catalogue goes with these arti cles, telling what —oh is to be used for.—Chicago Tribuna » A* Scotland Yard. The camera is, of course, the de tective’s most efficient aid. At Scot land Yard and in all central police offio— volumes of photographs are preserved and studied more assidu ously than the most prized family al bum. The police have shown such tender regard for the convicts who have on— passed throngh their hands that the —11—tion of photo graphs at S—tland yard amounts to 60,000, and 1—t in the whirligig of time some part of the distinguished career of the original should fade from official memory a record of their past is written by the side of the photograph. Foli— offioers —me from far and near to insp—t tbef o albums, and an inconvenient ballt they have of re—gnizing a person who had on— been “lagged” makes the convict very shy of the honor they are always anxious to bestow upon him before restoring him to freedom. Nor are the authorities content with the ordinary picture. They like to have the convict both full fa— and in profile and accom plish their end by the exceedingly ingenious but simple expedient of placing a mirror near the convict's head. Profile and full fa— are thus obtained at one sitting. Photography has thus rendered it praoti—lly im possible that any man who has been a convict can, on the —mmission of a second crime, enjoy the benefit of being regarded as a first offender.— London Standard. BejtoC*. A Venetian who had never before left the lagoons found himself on an animal which would not stir. Taking bis bandkerobief out of his pocket, be held it np and said: “No wonder this horse does not go for ward. The wind is against him. ” M. D., wbo bad known intimately Si Charles Borrom—during his life time, finding himself in great dan ger from a tempest soon after the —nonization of his friend, said, “Help me, Si Charles, because I knew you when you were alive. Cornhill Magazine. Perfam*d Taa. The perfumed tea is soented with' the essential oils of different flowers. The most popular for this use are those of the tea olive, or the Cape Jessamine, though others are used. The flowers are generally packed with the tea while the latter is in prooees of earing and are afterward nicked out by hand. A Store* Brewing. “Mrs. Jogaround, I hear that you told Mrs. Jawyer that my little Jim mie looks like an idioi ” “I did nothing of the kind. All that I said to Mrs. Jawyer on the subject was that the little fellow was the perfect image of his mother. ’’ Then the mother shrieked for the maid to bring her bonnet, and when ■be left the bouse there were thun der, lightning and the indications of • cyclone in her eyes.—Detroit Free Press. ~ Judicial Sales. By th» Master. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Darlington. By virtue of Decretal Orders in the several actions designated below is suing out of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas in Chancery, I will sell in front of the court house door on the first Monday in December 1896, between the hours of eleven o’clock in the forenoon and five lu the afternoon the property described in the several cases below. John H. Farly A William J. Early eicts vs Emanuel Johnson, Henry Johnson, and others. All that tract of land situate in the County and State aforesaid contain ing one hundred and eighty five acres more or less and bounded as follows to wit: North, East and West by lands of M. J. Outlaw and South by lauds of James A. Smith, came being Lot No. 2 of the estate lands of John Blackwell deceased as will more fully and at large appear by reference to a plat of said lands executed by S. N. Atkinson, surveyor, bearing date the 18th day of January A. D. 1870 and attached to the deed of the sau e exe cuted by James M. Brown Judge of Probate to Jordan Lang bearing data the 9th day of Feb. A. D. 1870 and re corded in the office of R. M C. for said County on the 11th day of Feb, A. D. 1870, in Book B B page 487, 4‘8 and 489 and same being the land con veyed to C. H. Matthews by said Jor dan Lang bv deed bearing date the 14th day of Janaury A. D. 1879 in Book A No. 2 page 556. Terms of sale, one half cash and the balance oneyear from date of sale, te be secured hy bond of the purchaser and mortgage of the premises with interest from date of sale, purchaser to pay for all necessary papers. Dargan A Coggshall Plaintiff’s Attorneys. Ella W. Woods vs. W. F. Dargan et al. All that tract of land situate in the County and State aforesaid contain ing eighty, one acres, more or less, known as lot No. 12 of the Elysian Fields Plantation, formerly of the es tate of George W. Dargan, deceased, on a plat of said Elysian Fields Plan tation made by George W. Earle, Sur veyor, on the 25th day of September A. D. 1892 and bounded as follows, to wit: North and North West by lands of J. B. Law; East by lot No 8 of said Elysian Fields Plantation; South and South West by lot No. 18 of said Eiy- sian Fields Plantation and the run of Swift Creek; same being the tract of land conveyed to W. F. Dargan by Flora Jones and others by deed bear ing date the 4th day of October A. D. 1882 and recorded in office R M. C. for Darlington County in book M No. 2, page 685. Also all that tract of land situate in the County and State aforesaid contain ing one hundred aces, more or less, andbounded as follow s,to wit: North by lands of G. H. Dargan; Ea t by lands of E. K. Dargan; South by Swift C-eek and West by W. F. Dar. gan, abo>e mentioned, ‘same being tract of land conveyed to W. F. Dar gan by Thomas H. Holloway by deed bearing date the 5th day of Febuary A. D. 1889, and recorded in office of R. M. C.- for Darlington County, in Book No. 0, page 494. Terms of sale, one third cash, bal ance in one and two years secured by bond of purchaser and mortgage of the premises with interest from day of sale, with privilege of purchasei to pay ail cash. Purchaser to pay for papers. * Woods A Mcfaelan, Plantiff’s Attorney, N. L. Harrell vs. J. C. Blackwell et al. All that tract of land lying in the County of Dailington and in the State of South Carolina, described as fol- .owe, to wit: Four hundred acre* more or less, bounded on the North snd North East by the run of Black Creek, East by lands of W. C. Brun- so". Smith by Mill Creek and on the West by lands of W. M. Hunter, more w D r rr 68e ? ted by a P lat ma de by 1857 H ’ Wln8ate ’ 8arve yoi-. l»th Feby., Terms of sale one half cash, balance in one year, secured by bond of pur chaser and mortgage of premises, with interest from day ef sale, with privi lege to pay all cash, purchaser to pay for papers. Woods & MacfarJpn, Plaintiff’s Attorneys. Robert N Howie vs. Martha A. Par nell et al. i A i 1 , th , at t J‘ a ? t > P iec « or parcel of land, lying, being and situate in the County of Darlington, State afore said, containing Four hundred and and seventy five acres, (475) more or ess and bounded on the North by lands of Wesley Johnson and Eliza Lnnday; Bast by lands of J. L. Coker and lands now or formerly of the estate of Kilgore; South by lands of James Gainey and W. A. Carrigan and West by lands of J. P. Waters ana Mangum. Terms of sale one half cash, balance in one year secured by bond of pur- chaaer and mortgage of the premises, with interest from day of sale, pur chaser to pay for papers. * Woods A Macfarlan, Plaintiff’s Attorneys. John Siskron vs. B. M. Reddick et al. All that parcel, or piece of land sit- ?^ d ’, ! ly i? sra 9 d be . ln e in the County of Darlington, in said State, contain- L D * f, 0 1 y acr « 8 ' “ or « or less, and bounded on the North by lands of Ezre Briggs and Thos. W. ? moot on the East by lands of L W. Reddick and on the South by lands of Thomas Humphries and lands of B. F. James. Terms of sale one half cash balance in one year, secured by bond and mortgage with interest from day of ** e ’^ b P^^iios 6 to purchaser to pay all cash. Woods A Macfarlan, Plaintiff’s Attorneys. Each and every the above lots, par cels and tracts of land sold to convev all right, title and interest? OTl equities of all parties to the record in the respective actions, and as the property of the respective defendants therein, to foreclose mortgages. R. K. CHARLES, Master. Nov. 11,1896. Do not be misled by big sounding, and extravagantly worded advertisements. “TRUTH never needs the pillars of extravagance to boisterit up.” Hence we do not find it necessary to re sort to sucb methods in order to attract Public Attention, We carry a large and well assorted stotk of DRY GOQQS, NOTIONS, SHOES, CLOTHING AND HATS Tnat Suit Tbe PEOPLE. As an evidence of this fact we are doing a very satisfactory BUSINESS, though not as much as “the balance of the town put together.” We want to sell Q|)g TtlOUSand su ' ,:s °f men’s, boys’ and child ren’s clothing this fall, and in order to do this we have decid ed to put the KNIFE into the PRICES ot our MAMMOTH stock. That means less profit for us and more value for the money for you. Try us and be convinced that we mean what we say. •®“ Kemember we guarantee sctisfaction to the people whose money we receive iu exchange for our goods. YOURS VERY RESPECTFULLY, IniM, Us 4 Ot. HO US ml BIG TUI MAY CONFUSE THE MINDS OF SOME BUT AT T, REASONABLE BUYERS ARE LOOKING FOR THE GOODS AT THE PRICES AND ALL WE ASK IS A COMPARIONS. JCVAjAAOVAIAXJJJLiXs DU I XiXI RIGHT See a few prices. DRESS GOODS in great variety «t GREAT REDUCTIONS. Woolen Goods new and stylish that used to sell from 4©c to &Ocyd. VOW 25c. BEAUTIFUL NEW STYLES IN PERCALES and DUCKS. CLOTHING For Everybody! Men’s Suits from $2.50 up. Boys’ “ “ 75c. “ Knee Pants “ 15c shoes (or u 74c for Ladies Button, Patent Leather tip; $1.25 for N latest styles Congress and Bals-the Best you ei e savvfor the price. Children's from 25c up SPECIAL ATTENTION invited to our line of Ladies Shoes. HATSa AI1 styles and priefisfrom 25c up. Oui leader Is a beauty. OUR25C. LINE OF NECKWEAR WE CARRY ALSO * •• usually pretty—be sure to see it." > A FULL I x. AliOU A H ULL LINE OF f STAPLE and FANCY GROCERIES and are always at the bottom on 33 SEED OATS AND RYE. HE GIVE US A CALL, DWilDS