THE DARLINGTON HERALD. A Question of Principle. AVc venture to say that Col. AV. A. S. M« JVF.lt. * H. 1 Evans iis a candidate for School 1 Editor. Commissioner could poll in a Demo- iter Institute. NOT A STRANGER TO YOU! WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER Peterson’s Magazine. "The Best for the Ladies,” one only needs to look at the September number of _ Th writer has had pleasant business relations with some of the “Peterson” to decide that it is the best Fou,,<,( ' d 1SC7 - Clinrtered 1888. g00 j, 0 p le of DRrlln g tonian a he desires to increase and enlarge his trade in this I magazine for ladies. The fashions are | The twenty-third collegiate year of t-’o-alad town, cratic primary at least two-thirds °f always aceurate and novel, and the varied !*' is school for young ladjys begins | ___ _ ^ _ __ _ _ — _ _ _ _ __ _ _ BO the white vote of Darlington county. I departments are kept up to the highest jync^Hh’1891° in Cr 1 * ,an C0sts DRY GOODS AND CARPETS While one of the Society Hill dele-' standard. Lovers of good literature will Sumter has special advantages from its ri v jn erea t variety and every fair means will he put forth this Fall and railroad eonnections, its healthfulness, ! — z s . 1 ’ J ...... [ration in the countv convention s t a - i find gratitieation for their tastes in tlie fiction, poetry and miscellaneous and '. ,si H0( la ' and religious prUihges. . . m. • »‘ i -ii . . i It is the purrose of the Principal* to Col Fvms for the nosition hut tint * rllla nl " llb<>ran lllui,,ralc<1 make the Institute, as near as practicable, c ol. 1 ans tot the position but that, lu ticlc on Bamboo furniture, full of use- well regulated Christian home, and its *■ — ' ted that they were anxious to have For two years the Southern State have led the world in railroad eon- the caucus had decided against them I fui suggestions and artistic designs and they were bound by its action, i a paper on the preservation of Autumn We learn that the speech of the Hcnrv leaves will delight all flower lovers. Two For terms and more detailed informa- ci... fii. .i i i ,• .. ' I serials are running, as unlike as they are tion, as to course of study and expenses, C lax of that delegation was theeanse | orig . naland intere8tin(? and tIle 8hort ; the public is referred to imr printed cir- stories are all worthy of commendation. | 7> lar ?- These may be obtained by ad- ! ‘ , dressing “The Sumter Institute, Sumter. “Things AA orth Knowing is for the hen- s c „ A)1 communications thus ad-[ ■ efit of housekeepers this month, and Dr. dressed will receive prompt attention. and is therefore the rightful nominee * Abram Livez - v hasan articlc on <:hil,lrf ' n ' 8 i M l!s L A HR Variety; and fourth, Ar- ( heraw, has announced himself as a ! rangement. Articles for tlie County dis-; candidate for congress from the fifth ! play will not count in tlie Individual \ district. Mr. Hemphill, the present j Premium.” aide incumbent, has answered all the! 1 be " tll!,t >' ou 1 c “ 11 special “ ttc f? n *° ,. . this feature, and urge your County to be ; questions of the Alliance satisfacto- a ^petitor in thc contest. Aside from! I’il.V except the sub-treasury and he | t i, c m0 ncy involved, County pride should ' has been fighting that hill recently | stimulate our farmers to enter heartily making 1 into the matter, and thus show the pro-. Kalsomine Work a Specialty. 1HE DARLINGTON HERALD. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR. Everything you want in the Stationery Line can be boughtat The Darlington Book Store. TERMS CASH. * R. L. DARGAN & CO., Proprietors. t®" He solicits the patronage of lington. Dar- The second primary election in the third congressional district was held on Friday last and resulted in the nomination of Mr. George John stone, of Newberry, for congress, over his competitor, Col. D. K. Nor ris, of Anderson county, by a major ity of twenty-four votes. The total number of votes east at the election was 11,082, as compared with 11,05-1 votes east at the first primary. “The week before the Hon. W. some fine speeches against it, which; = r f s " f A S ricult “ rc in our , . • , a. 4 1,. , 1 take it that the most effective plan; have eon-meed the Alliance and ev- j would be forthe sevt . ral County Allian- ervhody else woo has heard them that! ce s from the Sub-Alliances, tocanvass the ! the hill will never do. Captain Fttl- matter at an early day, and thus become lock, now that even the Allian6e\j or g ani/ - e,, > s0 ,hat b - v tllc ,irsl of Novem | fast deserting the hill, has swallowed! »^ ach ^ oun, y wil1 bt ablc,okno ' v ' vbat I it with a slight reservation and is I IENIY 1. SMITH, EDWARDS, NORMENT & CO. to Gills! Gomel Stylesi Lot Prices! We Avill oods, and ttdxe pleasure in showing our prices with any guarantee will he shown, and at what Railroad Sta-j |teul KstatC A 0 *eilt tion shipments will be made. ; ^ making his canvass on that issue.! Railroads require prepayment of freight, 'rhe two spoke in Cheraw last Thurs- \ but upon its return to the original point Florence St., Darlington, S. C. dav night, and Mr. Hemphill utterly of shipment, with the Certificate of the ‘•■•j. I,- , , I Secretary that the same had been on ex- anuilulated Ins opponent without . . • , . , , , , 1 . . ; hibition, the amount will he refunded. ! and selling of real estate, collection of e\en alluding to his (lolloeks) post-j x w jnt,e pleased to furnish a copy of tion. It is rather thin for -Subscribe for Special attention paid to tlie buying nu Choice fresh Family Groceries eonstant- Captain ! u K . Premium List to all who may apply Bollock to profess so mneh friendship to Titos W. Holloway, for the farmers at this late day since ) Secretary, it is said that he did not vote at all! I om.uia,. rents, Ac. The strictest attention will he paid all business entrusted to me. to THE HERALD, Jy arriving. Northern was nominated for Govern-! *° selK ' ‘^'legates to the county eon-1 vention, hut remarked that he would! have voted for the Anti-Tillman del-1 ••gates had he rated at all. Tli«- I’.-oplo the Suf?e' It, 1 ■ \w n ■• •• '.ted that Congress- nmn Dargun, ntsiiud of refusing to run for congress this year, did not take the stump and show the people of the district that the sub-treasury hill, whicli the AHianee is trying to ram down their throats, is one of the biggest htimlnigs ever invented by it j civilized people. Whether or not | Mr. Dargatv thought he would bt or,” relates the Atlanta, G:l, Journal. “he was short one hand in his field. He took that hand’s place and dropped peas like the rest. Tlie day before tile convention he put on an upion ami t.iugfil a woman ro churn. Then he laid aside the apron, came to Atlanta, am! in an able and patri otic speech accepted the nomination for Governor.” “Let the South alone,” says the Philadelphia Uecord. “The best ens- tomers the people of the Northern States ever had, or ever will have, are the people of the Southern States, elected, wo believe tlie Alliance won hi They buy more from us and sell us have thought more of him for tight- more than all the rest of the world ing their jkA scheme and showing it j put together. Why, then, should we up to the light of day. Mr. Hemp- harass our brethren, our partners in hill, one of Mr. Dargan’s eolleagues, business, our closest friends, hv leg- has boon making speeches against the islation promotive of political dis-! sub-treasury, and whererever the I people have hoard him he has con- I \ ineed them that the bill, if passed, will injure the farmer instead of | helping him. But on the other hand | Mr. Hemphill has shown that the bill | has been framed in sneh a way that! speculators will he given a greater the farmers, | of (lie men 1 >te» Mai -ALL KINDS OF Published every Wednesday at Darlington, S. C., at thc low price of Edwards, Norment & Go., DARLINGTON, S. C. Marble Monuments, Tablets and Grave Stones furnished G. KOLIjOCK, at short notice, and as cheap as can be purchased else where. Proprietor. turbance or race conflicts? The South is the most attractive field now open to Northern enterprise. It cannot remain so for a day except under the undisputed domination of its white inhabitants. They, only, are the fit and proper custodians of representative government. They, hold than ever upon only, can make life, liberty and prop- whatever the intention erty safe in the South. Why should we not let them alone to work out their destiny?” Designs ami Drives Application. Furnished on In Polities, the paper will be democratic to the core, and if you are a Democrat you ought to take it and keep C. MOONEY, Dealer in Al! Styles of £2?" All work delivered free on lineof & I), it. It. The Charleston, Sumter Northern Itailroad. and (News anti Courier.) This line has been in operation be tween ITegnall’s and Sumter for sometime. It is pushing out into; upset time the northeastern part of the State | Dargan did and expects soon to have its line making a lot of completed to Bennettsville. During to great expense w ho created it may have been. Mr. Dargan has been in congress long ! enough to understand how to explain ; r. tt n m n to the people the workings of such g |] J [ ^ CASKETS, an iniquitous measure, and, m speech 1 making, is far superior to the present candidate from this district, Colonel: , Stackhouse. But, however, ability! and argument go for nothing in these , and we suppose Mr. 1 a LARGE ASSORTMENT OF THE not relish the idea of WAGONS. Two-horse posted as to the prmc and purposes of the party. We shall favor any enterprise that tend to build up our town or county. SAVINGS BANK. THE BANK OF DARLINGTON Has Opened a Savings Department, And will receive deposits of One Dollar and upwards, and pay quarterly interest on tlie same, at tlie rale of 5 per cent, per annum, under regulations to be made known at the Bank. Tin's i., a favorable opportunity for Farmers, Clerks, Mechanics, Laborers, and Factory Operatives, To Save Their will W. C. COKER, President. Earnings. BRIGHT WILLIAMSON, Cashier. speeches and going 1 and trouble all for! wagons The principles of the Farmers’ Alliance the past year the old line from I’reg- nall’sto Vance’s has been entirely re built and laid with sixty-pound steel rails. The new line from Nance’s to Sumter was also laid with this rail, making the main line of the road one; of the finest roadbeds in the State. The Pond Bluff branch from Eutaw- ville to the mill of the Santee River Cypress Lumber Company, which is situated at Ferguson, on the Santee River, has been constructed and opened for business, 't he brunch from Vance’s to Harlin City is being rebuilt. The line from Sumter to Bennetts ville by wav of Darlington is under contract, and large forces of men are at work all along the line. When this road is completed it will be in nothing. We wish, for the sake of the people and for the satisfaction of many of his friends, he had thought otherwise. “Haw Kccrnitsuml Agile Cats.” ^ Editor Wallace, of the Newberry; Observer, was at the State convention of August 13th, and one of the tele-1 grams to his paper runstlius: “I have! made it a rule for years to attend all i the State conventions, and am there fore familiar with the faces that i usually appear here on such oeea-! sinus. There are very few familiar; faces here to-day. Most of t he dele-j gates are raw recruits; as proud of their new dignity as a boy with his! first pair of boots, and quite as awk-j ward. Here and there are faces ofj similar manner to thc other part of old line politicians who, with the; the road, and Charleston will then agility of a cat, alwuvs light on their j have a chance to reach Darlington;feet, “right side up with care.”! and Marlboro counties, anil also to These are the leaders of the new hosts! get into North Carolina by way of a and are in their glory to-day.” road that, is in perfect sympathy with -~- thocity. First-class rolling'stock Knilroad Consolidation, has been put on the road wiihiu the We learn from the Sumter Ad- last year, ami more new equipment is vance that a meeting has been called now on the way. The road expects! of railroad officials and stockholders to do a large business in hauling toconsidcrtlieadvisabilityofconsol- eotton to Charleston this fall, and a idating the Charleston, Sumter and still larger business in hauling fer- Northern and the Bennettsville and tilizers out of Charleston in the ( heraw Railroads. The meeting spring. " ill he held on September 15. Cheapest Furniture Now on the American Market. are now manufac- w ill always find Herald. an advoeate in the hired at Call and see them before purehasing elsewhere. A complete stoek of Buggies, Carts, Harness and Furni ture alwavs on hand.' i ! Undertaker’s Supplies. Our opinions on all suhjeets affeeting the •» public* weal or woe will be expressed without fear or favor. M. C. ALEXANDER. Public Square. Darlington, S. C. Is now better prepared than ever to serve customers with the usual full stock of Grocerie, Wines, Liquors, Tobacco and Cigars. large quantity of lee just received. The many customers of this well known establishment throughout Darlington County are guaranteed that a continuance of their patronage will mean for them "TIs Best Gills Fer Tlie Least leer.” Address all communications to A. S. McIVEK, Editor Herald, FIRE ! FIRE ! Keprrsrnt Twelve of the most Keliahle Fire Insnrnnee ( oiiipanies in the world—Among them, the Liverpool and London and Ulobe, of England, the Largest Fire Company in the world; and the .Etna, of Hartford, the Largest of all Ameriean Fire Companies. Da)- Prompt attention to business and satisfaction guaranteed. F. E. NORMENT, THE DARLINGTON HERALD. (INK DOLLAR 1'LU YEAR office between Edwards ;sp Bev. J. G. Law preached at the factory last Sunday afternoon at 5 j o’clock. . ! al The price of flour is increasing. | We hope the price of cotton will in crease in the same proportion. The congressional convention of this, the sixth, district will meet at Florence on September 9th. Five hundred and twenty-five bales! ^ . of cotton were received at the depot for shipment in August. Tlie next session of the Darlington j Public Schools will begin September; 22. See notice elsewhere. The Cheraw and Palmetto base ball clubs will play a game at Palmetto the latter part of this week. Owing to a washout at Gandy's, between Society Hill and Doves, the morning mail train was two hours behind time on Friday. An excursion of colored people from Georgetown to Cheraw passed up the road on Friday, just behind the morning freight train. con Policeman Henry Brown was called on yesterday to shoot a dog supposed; to have rabies at the residence of (1 Mrs. Gillespie on Main Str •et. com An expert from Baltimore arrived in the city yesterpay to take charge of the canning factory. He expects to start to-dav. 10 w ei Woods & Woods have received and opened their stock of fall and winter in goods and would be pleased to have |„ their friends call and see them. Mr. John F. Tobin, of Charleston, i was in the city this week, making an . estimate to lay the pipes for thej water works. If a Tilimanite gets into trouble, j why does he rush to the Anti-Till-1 manites to prove his good character;: why not get his own followers to cer tify to him. Cotton is coming in at a rapid rate, and the “business season" is upon us. We trust the farmers will get good prices for their cotton the w hole sea son through. t The cotton business has now fair ly opened, and from the amount of new cotton coining in a splendid sea- ; son is predicted by Darlington cot-1 ton buyers. The game law prohibits the shoot-; ing of doves between the 1st of March and the 1st of August; partridges.; from the 1st of April to the 1st. of November. Mr. A. W. Welling, the efficient manager of the Darlington planing; mill company, is putting in a full, stock of sash, doors and blinds. This; will be quite a convenience to those, who are building. During the collection at the Pres-j bvterian church on Sunday morning! a beautiful solo was sung by Miss! Bessie Williamson, a young soprano, of our tow n, who is quite an addi tion to the musical talent of theplace. i It is a fact that no man can be nominated for an office in this coun ty if it is known that the people of thO| town of Darlington favor him, no] matter how competent or honest the candidate may he. How long can this thing last ? Mrs. John S. Swygert, of Colum bia, has rented the store recently oc cupied as a book store on the tirst floor of the Hku u.n building and is opening a fine stock of millinery. We are glad to welcome Mrs. Swygert among us and hope she w ill succeed. ('apt. II. L. Townsend, of Charles ton. is in the city negotiating for the stock of groceries of the late L. L. McGee, ('apt. Tow nsend is an en ergetic and enterprising man and we hope that he w ill locate among us. Messrs. J. J. Lucas, J. C. Willeox, J. J. Ward, J. C. Blackwell, G. \\, Brown, W. E. James, C. A. Seabrook, Alva Coggshall and Waddy Thomp son represented Darlington comity in die Straightout conference in Col uni 1 bia last " cek.