Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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V k— nngion PvBusaso Ktxkt Thorbdat Moiutisq. AUK. «. KOLLOCX. KDITOB AND PEOPBIETOB. TBKM8—11 Per Annmn in Advance; SO eente for fix months; BS cents for tBuntha. Advkrtisib 8 Ratbb; One Bqoare, first insertion $100 Every snbseqnent Insertion 50 Contract advertisements inserted upon the most reasonable terms. ■ 11 *■«* 1 i ■a A The editorials in this paper are writ ten in the singular number, the editorial Sre” having been discarded. “The Mats is continually tearing its hair because seme ef its contemporaries insist that the silver issue is dead. The Stats need not worry itself—the sllrer issue is not dead, but the campaign of 1900 is going to be conducted on differ ent lines. Senator Butler of North Carolina will hare more to say then be cause be has become disgusted at the humiliating spectacle of seeing his party swallowed by the Democracy. If the State whoops up free silver, therefore, as the great issue of the campaign, it will have to go over te the Populists bag and baggage. The Populists are not going to continue to stand quietly by and allow the Democrats to steal their thunder."—Dabm»otoji Nbws. Our Darlington contemporary decries Populism, and yet pins its faith to the boasts of Marion Butler. We don’t. We remember that Butler was the mas who made the Populist convention nomi nate a candidate for Vice-President; and yet we have seen that candidate for Vice- President accuse Butler of throwing him overboard for the sake of Bryan and sil ver. The same thing would happen again. The issue is too vital to admit of divisions between bimetallists or mo- nometallists. We would rather swallow the Populist party than have the Repub lican party swallow us—a fate, we fear, that threatens the Dablikotoh Nnws. If we swallow and digest Populism we convert it to our own uses, and it is Po pulism no more; if we are swallowed by Republicanism our Democracy is dissolv ed by its gastric juices and we fatten our enemy. To us a choice is easy .—The State. The State need not fear that the republican partj will swal low the Dablinqton News The editor of The News is a free trader out and out and the platforms of the democratic and populist parties do not go far enough on this subject to suit his fancy, not to speak of the platform of the republican par ty. The free and unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1 is not one of the cardinal principles of the democratic party, but tariff reform, with c tendency towards free trade, is The Chicago platform adopted a tariff plank calculated to catch the votes of a few silver republicans, thus practically ignoring one of the most vital principles of the party, and made the free and unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1 the principal issue of the campaign, in order to please the two millions of populists whose votes it was considered neces sary to secure. Since, there fore, the Chicago convention did its utmost to please the two millions of populist voters, it would seem that the State and other whoopers of its kind have been swallowed by the popul ists, instead of the reverse being the case. money issue by far the most important. They believed in tariff reform as much as ever, but preferred high protection to the free coinage of silver at the ratio of 13 to 1. If the demo cratic party ever gets back to its moorings again, you will find these men as sincere as ever in their advocacy of a low tariff. “Bunch” McBee, the inimita ble “Bunch”, has made arrange ments with Billy Bryan to go on a lecturing tour. Big offers are already coming into “Bunch”, for Bryan’s services, and it is probable that the great and patriotic Presidential can didate will be a rich man by the time the next election comes around. And so it goes—Billy Bryan is like -all the rest of them—he refused an offer of $50,000 some time ago, to man age the law business of a large firm, probably because he knew he could make more at some thing else. Yes, you may de pend upon it, Billy Bryan is going to make money during the next few years, and they are going to say all sorts of ugly things about him. The Spartanburg Herald thinks that Ben Tillman did more to hurt Bryan's cause than even Hark Hanna, and goes on to say that the demo cracy can not afford to carry Ben Tillman until be unloads the dispensary. That is a fact, cotemporary, as far as it goes but it does not go far enough— the democracy must unload Till man, dispensary or no dispen sary. A man like Tillman can not but injure any cause and the democracy cannot succeed if be is allowed to shape the policy of the party. Horse meat is served to guests in cheap restaurants in Paris and Vienna and it is said to be more wholesome than the beef which is generally eaten by the poorer classes. Pork is consid ered the most unclean of all the meats, which are used as food by man, and it is believed by some that horse meat is far pre ferable. If it be found that the horse is to take the place of the hog as a food product, the News and Courier will begin to offer prizes for the fattest colt instead of the fattest pig. A white boy by the name of Sammons has been sentenced to be hung in Greenville coun ty. There have been an apall- ing number of homicides in Greenville during the last few years and it is not reasonable to suppose that all of them have been justify able—therefore the hanging of Sammons would have a most wholsome effect. Until a few white men are hung in South Carolina we can not hope to stop the murder ous inclinations of too many of our people. When the demoertts commenced their monkey business with the teriff ten or twelve yesr* ago the Monitor told them what would be the consequences. Their defeat followed just as we predicted. Wa advised against the introduction of the free silver plank but the “craze' went on. and now witness the result.— Johnson Monitor. You are off on the tariff business, centemporary—Qrorer Cleveland was twice elected president of the United States when the tariff was the principle (•sue. It was the abendenment of the lew tariff issue and the taking up of the free silver issue which defeated Bryan —Darlington News. That is all very well, cotemporary’ but doesn’t It look a little funny to you that low tariff voters should abondon low tariff party simply because that party did not press the issue and join a party of high protection, a party which was protection, a party which was press ing the issue and whose nominee, Bill McKinley, was the father of the MeKin- ley Mil and himself the very embodiment ef high protection? There can bo no disputing the fact that Mckialey repre sented the gold standard and high pro be has been endorsed by mt have me doubt aa to who pie aland on these questions Ivoeete free ooisnge be 'With a ven- r nothing about logic and A Complaint From Mschanlcsvllle Township In Regard To The Road Law. The Roads In That Township Sadly In Need Of Work. Editor Darlington News: Dear Sir.—The official notice of our County Supervisor, Mr. W. 8. King, which appears in last week’s issue of your paper warns the road tax payer that it is time to querry a little rela tive to this tax, and the ways and means of its collection, which all on a sudden demands a half column notice in your paper. Last year there was an option with the tax payer relative to how and where he should pay this tax, and an option also with the County Supervisor^ rela tive to how and where he should spend this tax—provided the money fell into his hands—and both these options were evident ly saunctioned by the Countv Board of Commissioners. In other words the tax payer last year could do one of these thirigs; either pay his tax of #1 rior to Dec. 31st (I paid mine "eb. 25th 1896) at the Treasur- r’s office, pay it to the road master (or supervisor of road) when he warned him out to work the road, or work when warned so many days (3 I be lieve). At this writing the law, (if law it is, when the dictum of f-he County Supervisor or the County Board of Commission ers goes forth in print), stands is—The road tax must be paid the Treasurer upon, or prior to, Dee. 81st 1895, and not later, the County or Township Commissioners have no author ity to allow the Treasurer or any other person to collect said tha taxss after that date." If by Dec. 81st wo have not paid this^ tax we, one and all, within th& prescribed age and occupation must work the roaus for four days or “cause to be performed such work.” Now, Mr. Editor, to be brief, let’-s get at the querries which we would like the Supervisor, or the County Board of Com missioners, either or both,—to answer.. “Law is Law,” and we would not only like to have law, nut we would like to have law enforced, “according to the letter of the law,” and not ac cording to the ideas of the Sup ervisor or the County Board. Why should the County Board change the law since last year when it says in its advertise ment “that unless the changes are made in the law by the Legislature, there will be no extention of time” etc for 97. Last year we had no need to pay the tax until “warned,” and then we paid it to the road master and took his receipt, if we pleased, and the money paid was expended on the roads in our own township. Last year (1896) our road master (Mechau- icsville township) worked the roads faithfully and well as faras the money he personally collect ed and the hands he could warn out who did not pay the road tax would permit him to do. He informs me that he several times personally and several times through the township board (or members of the board) applied to the Supervisor for tax money to do necessary work on the roads in this township, and was always told that “there was no money to he given for work in Mechanicsville. Tell us now, please, where the money paid for road tax by over 70 per cent, I believe of the men in this township went to? Is’nt it a fact that it was all (all collected at the Treasurer’s office, I mean) spent west of Darlington C. H. for here is townships such as Lamar, Cypress, etc? Did the authorities in charge of this tax money spend what was paid in by townships (any or all) in these townships or not? if not, why not? and if not, why did they put it in the shape of a “plumper," touse acenvention al term, (although primaries are not in vogue) in the western portion of the County? The public roads in this section, viz: Cashua Ferry, Georgetown & Charleston (or Florence) have, in places, been in a dan gerous condition to travel over for quite, if not over, two months until 3 days ago when one of our township Commissioners had some repairs done on Cashua road, at his own expense, to en able vehicles to pass in safety to Darlington at least. The Georgetown road in this town ship, I am informed, has had no work done on it in over 3 years, and the Cashua Ferry road from Lowther’s Hill to the Ferry has to my certain knowledge had no work done on it for nearly two years (may be 6 years except by persons useing it who had of necessity to have impassable places made passable tempora rily. At. the present writing there are bridges on the public road within a stone’s throw of the writers house which are ex ceedingly dangerous to cross with a vehicle. “Unless changes are made in the law by the next Legisla ture” etc— Don’t you think, Mr. Editor— Don’t you think Mr. Supervis or—and don’t you think Messrs County Board “that changes ‘in the law by the next Legisla ture” are sadly needed so that the authorities in charge of this tax fund will be compelled to expend in each township the tax money for roads paid in said townships for the repair and keeping up of roads in same? For the past 6 months the writer and others have been ad vising road tax payers to keep their money until “warned” and pay it to the roadmaster to in sure its being expended for the benefit of the tax payers. Why have the County Bord not or dered this to be done? Was there any law against it last year? Has the Board caught on to our honest scheme? If so. why do they thwart honest schemes such as this? Early in his work our road master was advisod by the Su pervisor to collect enough from delinquent taxpayers in his township to pay his salary show ing an evident intent on the part of the' anthorities to ex pend every cent of Mechanics ville money in other directions —nor has our roadmaster re ceived one cent of pay till yet Mechanicsville township pays more road tax in cash than any other township in the county and not one cent of the money is expended in that township. Personal experience with our County Supervisor has taught me to know him as a looker up of the law, and a great haggler after saving paying an unnec essary bill for the County. Would he not use his energies nowjn looking up the law, “ad- yising the Board” and seeing that one township is spared the neoeesity of paying the bills of anothei ? For Mechanicsville to pay the expenses and improvements in Lamar, or Cypress, at the dic tum of the dispenser of the road tax fund, is to rob Mechanics ville and humiliate Lamar or Cypress. We dare say that there townships are as well off financially as Mechanicsville is and we see no need of the au thorities offering them alms at our expense. We of this town ship certainly hope that the Supervisor, or Board one, will advise us in the next issue of your paper whether or not it is law to demand the payment of this tax before “warned” to work the roads—whether or not it is law to expend the money paid by us for work on roads without the limits of our town ship. The time is short between now and Dec. 31st and we of this section would like to know what to do to protect ovrselves and insure the expenditure of our own money on the roads within the limits of our own township. “The order of the Board” is arbitrary” and cannot be enforc ed for they have no law for the assumption of such authority. If taxpayers hold their dollar a id pay it to their road masters when they are “warned out” they must accept it without penalty and receipt for it, and spend it in the township in which it is collected, at least so we believe. If none else will answer our querries we will appreciate the efforts of the Editor of the News if he will take this matter un der advisement and if necessary, advise people of all townships to see that the “next Legisla tnre change the law” so that it will read ‘Render unto Cae sar the things that are Caesar’s.’ Very truly yours, A. H. Hayden Riverdale, S. C. Nov. 24, 1896. Life, Fire, Accident, Tornado and Gin House Insurance, Mrs. Lucy M. Norment. —»•« High grade bicycles for sale at $45.00 at W. G. Dickson’s. Dean Bros, must expect soap to advance in price as they have about a car load. Look out for the big adver tisement of The Book Store next week. 125 barrels flour received Bros. Swan’s Down today at Dean Apples by the barrel at Dean Bros. To Whom it May Concern! A PRACTICED TOBACCO MAN, jfEl with a thorough knowledge of the culture and management of tobacco in all iu branches from the plant bed to grading, desires a situation for the next season. Has had two years experience in N. C. and six years in 8. C. Address N. M. HENDERSON, Not. 86—4t. Cartersvilie 8. C. LOOK IT THIS! OK AM ACRES SUPERB TOBAC- co lands for $7C0. This land is situated on Cedar Creek op posite Society Hill half mile from de pot of A. O Line. Apply not later than 1st January to JNO. M. WADDELL, . 125, Edgewood Ave.. Atlanta, Ga. Town Tax Notice. t s THE TOWN TAX BOOKS close December 1st, all persons are expected to come forwxrd and f iay un before that time. All those iable to street duty who have not paid before above mentioned date will find that *heir names have been handed over to the superintendent of streets. J. W. EVANS, Clerk of Council. Di his pi NOTICE. READ THIS. Mortgagees Sale of Personal Property. Under and by virtue of a power of sale contained in a chattel mortgage executed by O. 8. Nettle! to P. A Willcox and others dated July 17th 1895 and recorded in the efflee of the Register of Mesne Conveyance for Darlington county in Book No. 24 at page 27, the undersigned will sell at Public anction at the office of J. J. Ward, Esq,, in the town of Darling ton in said county at twelve o’clock M. on Friday December 11, 1896 next to the highest bidder for cash the books described below seized under said chattel mortgage, to wit: One set of South Carolina Reports (Law and Equity) consisting of the follow ing volumes- LAW REPORTS. NAMES OF BOOKS. NO. VOLS. Bay’s Law Reports, 2; Brevard's Law Reports 8; Treadway's Law Re ports 2; Nott 5c McCord's, Law Re ports 2; McCord’s Law Reports, 4; Harper’s Law Reports, 1; Bailey’s Law Reports, 3; Hill's Law Reports, 8; Riley (Law & Eq. in 1) 1; Dudley’s Law Reports, 1; Rice’s Law Reports, 1; Cheves’ Law Reports 1; McMullen's Law Beports, 2; Speers’ Law Reports 2; Richardson’s Law Reports 15; Strobharts Law Reports, 5; S. C. Re ports New Series 39. EQUITY. NAMES of books. NO. VOLS. Dessausure’s equity, 4; Harper’s equity, 1; McCord’s equity (1 book) 2; Bailey’s equity, 1; Richardson’s Eq. Cases, 1; Hill’s Chancery, 2; Dudley’s equity, 1; Rice’s equity, 1; Cheves' equity, 1; Speers’ equity, 1; McMul len's equity, 1; Richardson's equity, 14; Strobhart’s equity, 4. The same being a complete set of South Carolina Reports down to and including 40 S. C., with the exception of Mills Law Reports and volume 35 of the South Carolina Reports (New Series.) ROBERT MACFARLAN, Agent for Mortgagees. BIG ADS and BIG TALK MAY CONFUSE THE MINDS OF SOME BUT ALL REASONABLE BUYERS ARE LOOKING FOR THE GOODS AT THE PRICES RIGHT AND ALL WE ASK IS A COMPANIONS. GREEN PLAIN. Mr. John Murdock, of Ches terfield, is visiting here. Mr. Hart Coker’s horse ran away with him recently, throw ing him from the buggy and tearing the vehicle up. Fort unately Mr. Coker was not hurt. Mr. Eddie Boswell, of this place, has returned from a plea sure trip he took to Timmons- ville recently. Wedding bells chime in the distance. Mr. Fort Wilson and fa ni!y are visiting relatives at Leavens worth. A series of meetings are going on at Mt. Olivet this week, con- ducted by the Rev. J. W. Bish op. The gin house '•t Mr. L. E. Carrigan was destroyed by the flames on the 14th. It caught from a match in the gin. Mr. Joe Easterling is critical ly ill at this time. Senator Tillman says Senator Hill is a dead duck; Hill’s fac tion of the party says that Till man defeated Bryan. Honors are, therefore, easy, and, in our opinion, they are both right.- Spartanburg Herald. NOTICE. O N DECEMBER 21«t AFTER date, I will file my final return aa Administrator of the estate of T A. Gaudy, deceased, and apply to the Probate Court of Darlington county for letters Dismissory. H. M. SMITH, Nov29—4t. Admin. NOTICE. A LL PERSONS HOLDING claims or demands of any kind against the estate of Mrs. Mary M. Townsend will present them to the undersigned properly proven, and ail persons indebted to said estate will make payment to CONSTANTIA B. PEGUES, Executrix. ED RUST PROOF OATS FOR _ sale by Bright Williamson at his plantation and Coggeshall A Co. and Edwards A Co. Nov. 19th. 4t. | HAVE A FINE STOCK HOG ■ for sale—he is a big bone, black Polen China hog, weighs 250 pounds, i nst two years old and not vicious, tar further infennation call on me at Antioch, S. C. or address me at Doves- ▼Ule, S. O. - K. A. BYRD. NOTICE. B y order o* the county board os commissioners I am instructed to say that unless changes are made in the law by the next Legislature, there will be no extention of time for the collection of commutation or road tax for the fiscal year 1897, which will commence Jan uary 1st next, as there will be no law or excuse for so doing. I'he road tax can be paid to the Treasurer from now until Dec. 31s>t, 1896; and not later, as the coun'y or township commission ers will have no authority to allow the Treasurer or any other person to collect said taxes after that date. The com mutation tax will be one dollar for the year 1897, or work on the roads and bridges four days during the year, as directed by the Township commissioners Three days work will be re quired of each person during the soring and summer and one day later on. All able bodied male persons and all male per sons able to perform or cause to be performed the work re quired between the ages of eighteen and fifty years, ex cept ministers of the gospel who are actually in charge of con gregations and all Confederate soldier and persons permanent ly disabled in the military ser vices of the State, are liable to road duty. The County Super visor has no authority to ex empt or excuse persons from road duty. Certificates from doctors do not exempt or excuse persons from road duty. This fiscal year has been changed from Nov. 1st to Jan. 1st. Claims will be received and placed in the present fiscal year against the county until Djc. 31st, 1896. After that date all claims presented wilPgo into the next fiscal year, or the fiscal year 1897. As will be seen the present fiscal year will have fourteen months instead of twelve and no spe cial appropriations for it. From experience, it is known that work done on the roads during the Winter months is not profi table and the Township com missioners are instructed to do only such work as is necessary to fix the roads so that the traveling public will not be stopped or placed in any dan ger by traveling the roads. W. 8. KING, County Supervisor. I See a few prices. DRESS GOODS in great variety at GREAT REDUCTIONS. Woolen Goods new and stylish 1I1 ill lif t'd to sell from 40c to 50c yd. .NOW 25c. BEAUTIFUL NEW STYLES IN PEICILESwi DOCKS. CLOTHING For Everybody!' Men’s Suits from $2.50 up- Boys’ “ “ 75c. “ “ Knee Pants “ 15 c * “ SHOES lor Hod, Won, anil Giilreo. 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. UATQ 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 STAPLE and FANCY GROCERIES * and are always at the bottom on prices. m SEED OATS AND RYE. ©= GIVE US A CALL, EDWARDS £ CO. Do not be misled by big sounding, and extravagantly worded advertisements. “TRUTH never needs the pillars of extravagance to bolster it up.” Hence we do not find it necessary to re sort to such methods in order to attract Public Attention. ^eSZ We carry a large and well assorted stork ot DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, SHOES, CLOTHING AND HATS Tnat Suit The 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 One Thousand sl,i ' s of moil’s, boys’and cliild- ren s clothing this fall, and in order to do this we have decid ed to put the KNIFE into the PRICES of our MAMMOTH -dock. That means less profit for us and more vahu for the money for you. Try us and be convinced that we mean wh it we say. Remember we guarantee setisfaetion to the people whose money we receive iu exchange for our goods. YOURS VERY RESPECTFULLY, Brunson, Lunn £ Co. US