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DAIILINOTON, SOUTH CAliOLI^A, F1UDAY, AUGUST 17, 1893.
NO. 51.
CURRENT TOPICS. ™ . MEAT SUPPLY.
WMAflfWrfcNOWANBWBAT YOU
8k«M liens of !■-
lereit (o 1M Local in* General
Sender.
Mr. and Mrs. Moorhead is yisiting
in Anderson.
Miss Clara Ward is yisiting friends
in Bpartsnbnrg.
Mr. M. Bonnoit left on Wednes
day for Asheville.
Mrs. John D. Baird is spending a
while in Greenville
Miss Sadie Dargan is yisiting
frietids in Spartanburg.
Mr. Henry M. Smith has returned
from the World’s Fair.
Mr. R. I* Dargan has returned
l ,yj8i* to Sumter. , ;
Master Albert Woods has retained
(ran a trip to Saratoga.
Dr. W. W. Garner has returned
(ran a visit to Kershaw.
Mrs. A. 0. McFall is spending a
(ew weeks in Greenville.
Mrs. Hearon and Miss Mattie have
gone on a visit to Ghariotte.
Read advertisement of Columbia
Female College in this issne.
Miss Zada Hughson, of Sumter,
is visiting Miss Rosa McCown.
Miss Judith Hodges, of Sumter,
is visiting Mrs. J. H. Sanders.
Qapt and Mrs. Thompson have
returned from Cleveland Springs.
Mrs. H. A. Edwards is visiting
friends and relatives in Anderson.
* Mr. J. D. Tretathan, of Flor-
enee, spent Wednesday in the city.
Misses Beesia and Mary Lucas, of
gotta? Hill, are visiting Mrs.
Mrs. J. Mi Waddell and her two
daughters went up to Cleveland
Springs on Tuesday.
Mr. J. A. Blackwell, of Williams
burg county, is on a visit to his
brother, Mr. J. W. Blackwell
Mr. W» F. Early has returned
' (Tom the World’s Fair, and advises
every one to go who can do so.
Editors Waddy Thompson, of the
Kews, and W. D. Woods, of The
HibalJ), left on Wednesday for the
Warld’s Fair.
Mr. L Lewenthal left this week
for Northern markets, where he will
purchase his stock of general mer
chandise.
Messrs. P. C. Beck & Bro., are re
ceiving a full line of staple and
fancy groceries, and will convert
their old saloon into a flrat-olass
grocery.
Mr. S. A. Woods has gone to
New York to purchase his fall stock.
He Will spend a few days at Saratoga
Springs before commencing the
Work of buying.
There is a movement on foot to
have a grand bioyde tournament at
the race track some time during
September! A meeting of the
Wheelmen will be held to-day.
The town authorities on Saturday
made arrangements for the purchase
ot a hook and ladder. The ma
chine will coat $385 .and will have
all the modern improvements and
appl jgnees,
Mr. I. Lewenthal has removed his
Stock of general merchandise to old
stand of Marco & Lewenthal, on the
west side of the square, where he
will be pleased to serve his friends
and patrons.
Rev. Edward McCrady, assistant
rector of St. Matthews Episcopal
church, at this place, has accepted u
oatl to Trinity church, at Abl eville.
He will conduct his farewell services
at this place next Sunday evening.
Mr. Walter & Parrott has opened
a grocery store in the room lately oc-
enpledby Mr. I. Lewenthal. Mr,
Parrott will endeavor to satisfy the
demands of the inner man, at
pdoes to suit the times.
The Enterprise Hotel is ofiered for
nat, end possession given on Sep-
fowiber 1, This is an opportunity
(or some one to make money. The
(cat is very reasonable, and includes
the use of the hotel furniture. Read
«*d w in another column.
An excursion will be run to Rul
gnrjnga, N. 0., on Thursday next,
the 0,8.* N., Railroad. The
: **<£*,;
ticket from Lamar, Syracnse, Dar
lington and Mont Clare will cost
tl. The train leaves Lamar 8.05
i. m., Syracuse, 8.10, Darlington,
8.35, Mont Clare, 8.50, and return
ing will leave the Springs at 6 p. m.
Tie iisieVu Way
The bureau of engraving and print
ing is working two hours a day over
time in an attempt to hastily supply
fr<bHtinn»1 notes for circulation. In
addition to its regular work this in
crease of time will permit the issue
of 180,000 notes a day, the face
velue of which will be shout $1,500,-
OQO. If the banks and government
can keep this gait the currency fam-
S lne will soon be a thing of history.
This is encouraging; but the iznpor-
remains, how is a per-
of the supply without
bumw**** 1
The Result af a Successful Contist
•u the Florence Track.
Durliugtou News. . ,
A good crowd atteuded the Flor
ence bicycle races last Friday,
thoogh the number was not as large
as was expected. The contests wen-
exciting and were watched with in
terest by the spectators. The suc
cess of the races reilects credit upon
Messrs Trevatben and McCreight,
under whose management the meet
was conducted. The following is
the result of each race:
First raed, two mile open: Won by
Clarence Kike, 8. Manne second, ll
M. Norm.nt’s pedal came loose and
he dropped out.- Time, 5.09 i,
Second race, one quarter mile
boys: Won by Paul Brown, Ernest
McCullough second, Cephus Hill
third. Time 35 seconds.
Third Race, half mile No. 1
Ramblers: Won by J. E. Wingate,
Platt Morgan second. Time, 1.18}.
Fourth race, one mile open: Won
by L. M. Norment, S. Manne second.
Clarenoe Hike bent his pedal in a
fall at the start and dropped out.
Time, 8.88.
Fifth race, half mile boys: Won
by Carl Hewitt, Ernest McCullough
second, Cephus Hill third. Time,
1.101.
Sixth race, half mile: Won by
Clarence Rike, A. H. Moore second.
Time, 1.10.
Seventh race,. one-quarter mile for
purse: Won by Carl Hewitt, Paul
Brown second. Brown lost control
of wheel and fell off. Time, 381
teconds.
As will be seen from the abofc
the following Darlington boys won
prisci; L M. Norment, silver medal;
B. Manne, gold pen and silver match
box. Ernest McCullough, bicycle
bell and baseball; Carl Hewitt, bi
cycle cap and $8.50 in cash.
New Euterpriies in the South.
Reports from the Southern States
during the past week have been no
table, not only for the number of
new business enterprises but also for
improvements to factories and other
>lants already in existence. Exten-
tons and additions qfe being made
which would not be heeded except
to meet the demands of increased
business. Among these are noted
the additional buildings of the Lang
ley Manufacturing Company, Au
gusta, Ga., which will give, employ
ment to 350 more hands, and the
additional buildings being erected fay
the Reymann Company, of Wheel
ing, West Virginia.
The demand for municipal im-
irovements is increasing, and the
Manufacturers’ Record this week
publiines requests from Punta Gorda,
Florida, for estimates on an electric
light plant, from Front Royal, Vir-
K ia, for ice machinery and from
tnklin, Kentucky, for a water
works and electric light system.
A partial list of the new enter-
paises in tiie South is appended:
Bower Mills, Missouri—F. G. El
liott will open several lead mines.
Key West, Florida—Smith,Curry
& Co„ are building an ice machine
plant.
Lapidum, Maryland—Spencer &
McGenigle are about to open a large
canning; fretory.
Abbeville, South Carolina—Work
has begun on a locomotive found
home and railway repair shops for
the Georgia, Carolina and Northern
rail rood.
Ladonia, Texas—The Crews Lad
der Manufacturing Company will
begin the manufacture of ladders.
Keyser, West Virginia—A. C.
Scherr & Bro., are buildsng a woolen
mill
Greenville, Alabama—A canning
factory is to be erected at Greenville
for packing all varieties of fruit.
Iverness, Florida—J. R. Biggs &
Co., are about to open phosphate
mines.
Natches, Miss.—Dreyfus Bros.,
propose to establish a wugua. factory
at Nate hex.
Joplin Missouri—The Wyandotte
Mining Company is preparing to
open several veins of lead ore.
Lynchburg, Virginia—John Katz,
Jr., is to have a tobacco factory 60x
38 feet and three stories high.
Houston, Texas—The Magnolia
Brewing Association is erecting a
bottling plant.
The public schools of this coun
try have 380,000 teachers and 13,000-
000 pupils.
Mrs. Harriet Strong, of Whittier,
Cal., last year imported pampas grass
from South America to her rancho
and raised three million plumes.
They make handsome decarotions.
One million of them were sent to
the World’s Fasr. She has exported
over 090,000 tc Europe.
The State farm at Roanoke, N. O.,
employs more than eight hundred
convicts, who have under cultivation
about six thousand acres. There
will be an enormous crop’this season.
The corn field contains about two
thousand acres, and will yield about
one hundred thousand bushels; the
WOES IT PAY TO KEEP SMOKE
HOUSES IN THE WEST!
well; that he sh 1
1 think about ibe' fellow Who told
liis allimiced who wanted to fcnou
In.w they would live after getting
married, that if niie would fiirnifli
the bread be would hustle mound
and try to get the water. If only
the water was to furnish perhaps we
could that. The fact is, 1 know
nothing that yields a larger or
quicker income than the hog under
fairly intelligent and diligent man
agement. 1 do not propose to give
directions for their care and treat
ment. Every ,farmer of common
sense can quickly learn this when lie
makes np bis mind to try il I f 1
thought the neglect Of the hog arose
from igwrotpee of liis proper man-
an l
it is not
should have
forced to ac-
hogs had not
.this summer,
fc spring to a
not long since
sy were thriv-
had not done
them up in his
it was a bod
u he wigt off
long explanation of what he
going to do hereafter in the way
of preparing pastures. Now I am
aware he knew a dozen years ago
that he could not raise hogs to profit
without pasture, and yet neglected to
give them one. If I tell you that
hogs pay best when fed well from
the beginning, amfkilled at an early
age I simply tell you what you have
often heard, aifd what you probably
all believe. If I should say that
hogs will eat anytlSug from a worm
or a bug up to an ear of corn I tell
you what all know. *Jf it be true
that the man who knows his duty
and does it not, shall be beaten with
many stripes. Then it must be true
that wc knew our duty in this mat
ter, for we are certainly getting many
stripes. For twenty-five years we
have been taught by our Lest men
that we were makiiig a great mis
take m keeping our smoke-houses so
far from home, and -yet through
some strange hallucination we have
continued to do it Where is the
excuse for it? I hare sought dili
gently for it, and have been able- to
find none, save that of indolence. It
is acknowledged by oil that the man
who lives at nomj is^the sweeuful
man. In iky- experience i Tiave
felt better when my smoke
house was well Milled. The high
price of bacon th|p year has been a
source of auxiouillare to many. To
me it has been a source of profit
that we should make it at. home,
,o not want to ’ b» understood to
mean that we shqpld rely entirely oh 1
it, as many now do, for it is is mys
tery to me how any one can consent
to do without the cow. There hi
been no time since 1 began busim
that you could not find oows on
place, and I hope there never will
such a time. I do not esteem|tt
cow so much as a pr«*jucer of meal,
but uau producer of a substitute
meat, for it is esi-eniu that you can
make the meat consumption much
leas if yon have plenty of milk and
butter. I often hear men say they
can’t afford to keep a cow. When I
hear a man say this J just think he
has aodght waftern bacoti’mitil he Is
about busted or his mind has bcea
impaired by the ovar*coiiRuniption of
dried, salt sides. A farmer who
cannot keep a cow is too poor for
anything or too lazy to knock a fly
off his nose. I do not know any
thing that is easier to keep than a
cow, nor anything that I regard
S iqiptfwt a well-regulated
itgSl.g Jersey oow four
qforlfiT). I have had plenty
question of simple profit and 'oss of TOifirVbid mi tier all tills li me, aud
« Ti 1 » i Ikoir.i QJ
Au Interesting Paper Rend by
Mr. J, Mi. Beasley Before the
Darlington Agricultural Society.
Mr. President:
It seems to me that this ques-
tiou is a very truly aud important
one. I cannot think of any qustion
more closely connected with our
nmterial prosjierity than that of our
meat supply. Bacon seems to be an
absolute necessity with our people,
and many thousands of dollars are
annually spent for it
We talk about high tariff and? free
silver and other monetary conditions
that, J; hare no dotb^^sflect onr
business unfavorably} bin no amount
of financial legislation can give ns the
snccesa we deserve as Iqug as we pur-
soe the ptesent system of-raisiug cot
ton to buy food supplies. I do not
discourage such discussion, bpton the
contrary think : * right and the
duty of every man to interest him*
self therein; but there are many qiv
tions of farm management and pro
duction just as important to us and
os well worthy the serious considera
tion of the most talented amongst
us. Of these is the one now under
discussion.
I do not understand that yon mean
to ask, whether bacon or same other
meat is the cheapest for our section,
for the hog has always been on? main
reliance, ami probably alw»y» will
be, eo that the real question seems
to be, shall wc raise our own bacon,
or continue to buy it from the West
ern fanners? The argument has
been frequently made that it is cheap
er to buy it, but I doubt that many
will be found to support this theory
after the experience of this year.
It is a humiliating spectacle to
me to see a poor fellow take his little
piece of bacon, bought at 16 8-3
cents, and trudge home fifteen or
twenty miles behind a poor mule
that has beeu plowed to death to
make cotton to pay for the little piece
of bacon. But more humiliating
must it be to the man himself “to
find when he gets to town that the
bacon is out or his lien has expired,
and he must go home empty and
put his wife and children, m well os
bimsel, on dry bread for a while.
It scents to me that this practice
of buying fropi abroad tas gone far
enough. 1 can not beip HiWking
that our people are being degraded
by it I do not believe that a man
can preserve a proper self-respect
under existing conditions. We all
know how humiliating it is not to
be able to pay a debt,when it is dtfe.
“The borrower is servant to the
lender.” With the uncertainly of
crops and prices we are often' sub
jected to this unpleasantness, and
worse still, we are often forced to
ask for further help when we owe for
meat pud bread that is eaten, up.
Men, may come to the' front jjtbero
they can stand this, fof it is suiS that
“we can get used to anything,” and
1 fear that many of our people have
already oome to it, but to Jiy mind
it is a fearful condition to bn in. To
say that It itiiles, ehterpalBC bml' pro
gress is putting it very mildly. 1
believe it is a mill-stone about our
necks, sending us deeper and deeper
into the ocean of despond and
degredation. Now, sir, I do not de
rive this conclusion from fine spun
thoories, but from cases of absolute
distress that make my heart sick
and that would make me helpless
for the future, were it not for the
conviction that we will yet see the
error of our ways and amend
them.
So then I hold that it is rut
TEMPORARY COIN.
manhood and i ndcpendcnce. I know
men who admit the fallacy of buy
ing instead of raising their bacon,
and yet continue to buy it. To say
that tiiis course is the result of
absolute laziness would probably be
ptattfng it tdk -Strong. bu$ is certain
that tne keeping of any kind of
stock require* care and attention to
details not agreeable to our ^indolent
man. .A frieud once told mo that he
knew it was cheaper to nuso horses
than to buy them, but he was too
lazy to raise them. lie said that
they required attention every day,
and he did not always feel like giv
ing it to them. He acted on the
t .rinciplc of doing little aud having
ittle, rather than doing much and
having more—a principle which, if
adopted by all, will make any coun
try a poor one.
Nothing to me seems so poor as a
plantation without slock—nogs, cat
tle, etc. It has always been pleas
ant to me to remember that my stock
are always working for me. I sup
pose there are people who have never
thought of such thing. I call my
hogs my meat factory and it runs
day and night. The hogs furnish
all the machinery, nature supplies
I furnish
haye sold enough of hor offspring to
pay for bur twice. I have the cow
aud a few calves now worth certainly
al 11 hat I paid for her. W ith cotton
w ed meal ami hulls there is certainly
ho reason why a man shall not keep
cows,* Now X am gifad to report that
io tny community there is increasiug
interest in both cattle and hogs, and
I believe the time is rapidly coming
when wc will not b* called cotton
tote any more, and it would be a
source of pride to me if I should
know that the seme thing can be
said of the whole county.
Lily Langtry was t^e first woman
to take naturalization papers in the
United States and Mr? Wilier, who
took the same step at Baltimore lost
week, the second.
HIE SCHEME OF SENATOR GOR
DON, OF GEORGIA.
Tv Relieve the Financial Strin
gency in Fifteen Days—Sus
pension of the State Bank Tax.
There was a marked falling off i
the number of silver petitions pre
sented to the Senate on Wednesday
not more than half a dozen being
sent up for reference to the finance
committee.
Mr.- Gordon introduced a bill,
and, before its title was read, went
on to explain aud advocate it It
nob he said, a panacea for all
ills, but he Believed solemnly
was enacted into law it
Wdnld end the panic in fifteen days.
That was a statement to which the
Senate would agree when it knew
what the bill was. It was a bill,
not to repeal the ten per tax on
State banks, but to suspend its op
eration for six months. The effect
of it would be this: The cotton
crop was to be moved. Only yester
day a telegram had been sent from
the cotton centre w/th a request that
something be done in the Trea
sury to have bills of lading authen
ticated changeable for money, or to
have some course provided to move
the cotton.
The bill would enable the banks
of Savannah, for instance (the cen
tral port for cotton), to issue for
the time being their individual notes.
The programme was this: Bank A
with a capital of $100,000, would
issue notes to the amount of 80 per
cent of that capital. There were six
such banks in Savannah. All of
them would endorse the bills of
each. In addition to that, collateral
security would be put up, This
would be true us to all the State
banks of Savannah, so that, within
ten days, there would be at least
$600,080 additional money in cir
culation in that city. It would not
be, perhaps, money; but would be
the notes of the individual banks,
and would be good for paying debts
there and elsewhere. So it would be
in all other cities. . If objection
were made thst the repeal of the tax
on State bank circulation would en
courage the establishment of State
banks, the reply was that no one
would think of-taking a dollar of
stock in a new bank that would be
wiped out of existence by the expi
ration of the provisions of the act.
Only last night he had had a con
ference with a large number of as
able bankers as there were in the
country, and they all were of the
opinion that the circulation thus
provided would relieve Georgia,
Texas, Mississippi, and all the cot
ton states within a few days after
ranoval of the embargo on the
t of the cotton crop. It
matter of gigantic moment to
states. The ban?s were to-day
.telv not only without ability
provide the money for moving
the cotton crop, but they wore vkh-
yut ability to command their own
Tying on deposit in the city of New
York. The checks wl 'oh *hey drew
ou their own deposits iu the New
York banks were paid in seine other
way than in the circulating medium.
JLTie bdl be introduced would sup
ply temporary currency, which would
pay every dollar of Indebtedness in
any state that happened to possess it.
There was no merchant iu any of the
towns of that region who would not
recognize the fact that notes of any
bank to the amount of 80 per cent.
of its capital wuiild be good in
themselves. But, iu addition to
that, the banks would have to put
collateral, and the other banks would
enuorse its notes. There was bet ter
money iu the country than these
notes would be. They would be
equivalent to a shipload of gold, and
would at once move the entuo cotton
crop and relieve the commercial
stringency.
He asked the' serious attention of
the Senate to the bill. While be
knew that his remark that it would
relieve the panic iu fifteen days was
calculated top revoke a smile, he still
undertook to say that it would re
lieve the panic in Georgia iu ten
days after its passage, it would do
the same in every Southern State.
They never had a defaulting bank
in the city of Savannah, except
when they were wiped out of exis-
teme during the war. He asked
the reference of the bill to the
finance committee, and he asked that
committee to report it buck promptly.
If the last annual report of its
attorney general be tfno the people
of Michigan must be very depraved.
He states that one out of every
hundred of the State’s Inhabitants
was arrested ou a criminal charge,
while oue out of every one hundred
ami fifty was convicted.
luaremut luilftary cycle race, by
retiys,' from Vwme to Kiageufurt,
the water and r.i*. while
the food only, and tha: composed the distance of 838 miles, was oov-
largely of the crudest material, much qcd bt/{ddlIB eqiy pcd to &o
cotton crop will be about one thou-i of winch without the hog would i nn tedycV Hamlai d, iti lf houn and 1
sand bales. More than thr e thou-1 to waste. ; niTOuR?, h rate of fourteen m.kfiati
sand bushels of wheat have Teen If your cotton factory, sir, would hour. Tbisis twwrad A half miles
harvested and the pea crop will work on the same principle you faster than the tijjjy qf tiie winnef
amount to about ton thouiwnd would soon make » fortuut'. Whenpthcreceut oy|krj^} f tp
buMl,
Through Tars to Chicago and the
World’s Fair.
The Queen and Crescent Route*,
widely known as the road running
the “Finest Trains in the South,”
in the field to carry everybody jrv^i
the South to the World's FaiJ at
Chicago. No part of the Southern
country is left uncared for by. this
great railway and its connections.
The Through Car System is an
admirable exposition of the wonderful
capabilities of American railroading.
From New Orleans and Birmingham
Through Sleeping Cars run daily via
Cincinnati to Chicago without
change
From Staeveport, Vicksburg and
Jacksou another Through Sleeping
Car Line comes to join and become
a part of the magnificent Vestibuled
Through Trains, which passing
through Birmingham and the fa
mous Wills Valley of Alabama, is
joined at Chattanooga by the train
from Jacksonville, Fla., Brunswick
and Atlanta, Ga., over the E. T. V.
& Ga. Ry., aud proceeds north over
the beautiful Cincinnati Southern,
through the grandest natural scenery
and most attractive historical coun
try in the world, to Oakdale, where
two magnificent Pullman Cars are
received, coming from the Richmond
& Danville System from Charleston,
S. C., through Columbia, S. C* the
beautiful French Broad country,
and Asheville, N, C., and Knoxville,
Tenn., one car to Cincinnati, the
other via Louisville to Chicago. The
Sleeping Cars from Jacksonville, Sa
vannah and Macon also run through
to Chicago via Cincinnati without
change,
The time to Chicago is made so as
to afford the most convenient hours
for departures from the principal
cities, and arrivals in Chicago,
Passengers can purchase tickets
good over one line north of the river,
und returning via another if they
desire a variable route without ex
tra charge. Ur they can go via Cin-
cinnat’, returning via Louisville or
vice versa.
Round trip tickets On sale at re
duced rates. Agents of the Chicago
line will, on request, assist in look
ing up rooms or accommodations fox-
visitors to the Fair.
Everything that au almost perfect
system can devise to deserve the
praise and patronage of the travel
ing public has been provided. Any
of the agents of the company named
below, will cheerfully give ail possi
ble information or assistance. R. H.
Garratt, New Orleans, La.: ]. Hardy,
Vicksburg, Miss.; J. R. McGnggor,
Birmingham, Ala.; E. T. Charlton,
Chattanooga, Tenn.; W, D. Cozatt,
Juuotion City, Ky.; D. G. EiLviuds,
Cincinnati, Ohio, or any agent, of the
E. T. V. & Ga. Ry.
Patent for Trade Mark Refused.
Governor Tillman has applied to
the United States patent office for
permission to use the palmetto as a
trade mark for the Saach Carolina j
dispensaiy whiskey. Tne ptent of
ficers aie reticent on the subject and
say that it ia u<»t prop,- In..-
give out infuiuiuUoii concrii
trade marks until they arc issued.
Then-the subject is a public one.
The facts in the ease are that
some time ago Attorney General
Townsend, of South Carolina, came
to Washington, and it is reasonably
thought now that his mission v.-ns to
secure the trade mark desired. The
examiner to whom the application
was referred denied it. lie main
tained that the statute provided for
the issue of trade marks only to per
sons, linns and corporations, and
that a state is neither. Mr. Town
send then applied to Commissioner
of Patents Seymour,
The brief sets forth that u trade
mark is incidental to the right of I
trade, and that a trade mark cannot
be denied to a slate without- a •hni.v:
f a Stale’s right i > tse (t then
reasons that the right of •. state to
trade is not disputed, and cites lh< J
mail service, the Government curt;o!
of railroads iu Germany, of tobacco
in France and the wines iu Hnngr. v-
The commissioner’s decision ns to
whcthei the trade mark .ought shall
issue will be made public w'thin
a few dnye.
Teachers' Association.
The court house on last Satorday
was filled with members of the Dar
lington County Teachers’ Associa
tion, In the absence of the presi*
president, Mr. H. C. Burton was
elected temporary chiirman. The
first subject, “What is the best
method of teaching the fundamental
rules of arithmetic ?” was discussed
by Miss Sue C. Burton, Miss Sallie
McCall and A. J. A. Parrott. The
second subject, “Is the use of the
diagsam advantageous in teaching
grammar?” was discussed by Miss
Sue C. Burton. Miss Fannie Dul-
rymple. Miss Mamie White uid
A preparation or injections of car- others The thiid aud host subject,
bolic acids are extremely dangerous. “Should history and geogi'.ipny be
Try Japanese Pile Cure. Positivelvltaueht collaterally:’ was discussed
ruarantead by Dr. J. A, Boyd. by Misces Burton, Utdwmple; Me
*’ ■ \ !Call, Wnite riv’ SL. Parrott.
The time for the' next meeting
ON THE HILL
HAPPENINGS AT THE FACTORY
THIS WEEK.
Personal Paragraphs Pertaining ta
Visiting People—Improvements
and Other News.
Mrs. Rosa Smith is visiting her
parents at Mullins.
II. A. James aud C. A. Snllivr.n
are at Chimney Rock, N. C.
M r.'Js^W. Sutton is erecting a
photograph gallery on Railroad
street.
Mr. Levi Pope and three of hia
children are quite sick with the
fever.
Misses Ella Padget and Ella Bute Wl
ler spent lust week with friends at
Marveu, N. C.
Chief Engineer Dickson has Just
returned from a week’s vacation
spent in Marion with his father.
Mr. Bill Batten, of North Caro*
lina, has returned to his home after
a very pleasant visit to friends and
relatives here.
Mr. J. S. Melton and family have
returned from Rockingham, N. C.,
where they have been spending a
week with relatives.
Mr. Tom Cook has moved his
stock of merchandise from Mont
Clare up here, and will hereafter do
business in Garner’s store, corner of
Railroad and Law street.
~~A SbuH Fire.
A small bouse on Dr. McGirt’s
place caught lire on Saturday, but
watt extinguished before any special
damage was dons, It originated ft
a defioctive flue, and baa the Bro
started at night the building would
probably have been consumed. It
the insurance companies would ro*
quire their agents to have every
house carefully inspected before
taking a risk on it, fully tblwe-fOMthi
of the {iref! that oc6ur could ho
avoided, It yery often happens that
a fire that results from carcleesneM
or a defective line is charged to in*
ccndiarism. It would pay the initt*
runce companies five times over to
have a careful and conscientious in*
spector and to positively refuse to
insure any building until it was givtft
a careful inspection, The large rat* ' *•
jority of architects are either igno
rant or careless and unless they an
made to put up buildings properly,
fires will keep on increasing. Thi*
is a matter iu w hich every property
holder has a vital interest as every
fire that occuis has a tendency to
increase the rates of insurance. No
good life insurance company will
take a risk without having the ap*
plicaut subjected to a rigid expmina-
tion, and there is no good reason
why a fire insurance company should
not <h the same with reference to a
building, ft is very true that wero
this rule adopted a good many build
ings would be uninsured, but this
would be the fau, of the owners
aud iley would lu-vc no one to blame
except themselves; but on the other
hand the msurance ou buildings rhi.t,
-there is i^reiii, loom lor retorm just
here, and we trust that a change may
soon be made. It should be the duty
of the authorities of the citiea and
towns to se vt valuable property
is not eu< angered by those who are
too careless or selfish to keep their
oiiildings in repair. There are twe
striking illustrations of this sight
in our midst that should be looked
after Immediately. One is the case
of a very small and worthless out
building covered with rotten shin
gles, that a spark would ignite as
easily us it would loose cotton, which
L a constant m.-nace to two nice new
residences, to 5 ay nothing of other
property that might be involved.
The other is a very small building,
not worth fifty dollars, and also cov-
ered with rotten shingles,' that is
allowed to stand and endanger the
largest and moat valuable blocks of
buildings on the square. If any
prisons who aro interested wish to
ave these two fire traps pointed out
rre will tnki pi-.Nwure in locatiug
Ayer’s Ague Cure is an antidote
for malarsa sad all malarial disauecs,
whether generated by swamp or
sewer. Neither quinine, arsenic, nor
any other poisonous drug enters into
the composition of this remedy.
Warranted to euro fever and ague.
would soon make a fortune, ntieuithurect
I kw a ipu wy wnv* uWe b«f&*4|u,
•SjjM .irwwBJ
' KHTWYS DU RE, the.great Gough
Mid Group7 Cure, ii in great
‘ ‘ -Fwlta-ii2*f»iitiHus twenty
OttWwv l(?ve
f Lq ■ ■ 'H' ’**
rev the ilex
will be fixed by the School Commis
sioner and announced iu the county
pairers. Due notice of the pro-
jwapte win *1»0 he given,
Uh'JlU
ttaiiingtou lounij DispeKitAiryi
The Darlington County Board of
Control met last Tuesday, and
passed upon Dispenser Floyd's tt*
port. Mr. Floyd’s bond was strength
ened by adding the natnes of Messrs.
J. P. Kervin and J. M. WoddUI.
The report was only for nine dam in
July, being the age of the dupen-
sary, and is as follows:
Value of Lquors and beer mt
from the State dispensary, $l,4884l?«
Number of requests, 1,083; amonnt
®f liquors, beer, etc., sold, 104 gal
lons aud 5 half pints; value of
liquors, beers, etc., sold, $337.03;
cost of liquors, beers, etc., sold,
8857.00; gross profit, $79.13. The
l expenses are as tjllows; Board and
j clerk services, $68.20; office furui-
! inre, ql ’5.50; stationery aud stamps,
j $8.50; clerk lure, $8.00; sundries,
; $1.80; hauling', $ L50; insurance,
j $30.00; refrigerator, $80.00; rent,
>85.00, i... king the total jexpinses,
$r,o.90. This docs not include the
salary of the dispenser, which will
be .liked by the State Sottf of ^
jtTOi
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