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/ DARLINGTON HERALD. VOL. IV DARLINGTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1893 NO 9. CURRENT TOPICS. WHAT YOU KNOW AND WHAT YOU DON’T KNOW. Personals and Short I teas of In terest to the Local and Gener al Reader. Miss Manre Fraser, of Sumter, is visitiog friends here. Judge Bond, of the United States Circuit Couiv, died in Baltimore on Tuesday. Miss Mattie McIntosh and her n’ecs, of Society Hill, are visiting M 3. Stoat. Miss Sue Winston, who spent the summer at Ashland, Va., has re turned to Darlington. Mr. John Siskron had the misfor tune to lose his gin house last week. The fire was accidental, being caused by a spark from the engine. The Synod of South Carolina will hold it3 annual session at Clinton next week. Mr. R. E. DuBose is the delegate from this place. The usual Friday evening dance took place at the Hewitt building and was at.cnded by most of the folks who are fond of this kind of amusement There will be a childrens service at the Baptist Church, on Sunday, which will begin at 11.30. A col lection will be taken up for the Baptist Orphanage at Greenwood. The Darlingron Driving Associa tion has sent some of its finest horses to the fairs at Maxton and Fayette ville N. C. They will be mighty apt to carr w off some of the premiums. Mr. Eddie Caldwell a recent dis tinguished graduate of the Eastman Business College is employed at the Phosphate Works as stenographer and tjpe writer. Mr. F. R. Rhodes left yesterday for Washington where he will enter the service of one of the city rail roads. We are sorry to loose such a good citizen as Mr. Rhodes and trust that his removal will not be perma nent In our last weeks issue under the head of Factory Hill items, there was a notice that the woman’s Mis sion Society would meet at a certain time, but by some mischance the word mormon was used in the place of woman. The printer ought to be sent to Utah for making such a mis take. The uuion services were held at the Methodist church on Sunday night, Rev, J. G. Law preached the sermon. The e services seem to meet with general favor, most church goers thinking it better to have one large congregation than three small ones, as would be the case if each church held a seperate service, and in addi. tion to this it promotes good feeling among the different denominations. Messrs McGill & Rowland met with a very severe loss a few nights ago in having their tobacco store houses burned. They had about thirteen or fourteen thousand lbs. of tobacco in it and it was all con sumed. They estimate the loss at 2500.00. The insurance was 1200. 00. This was the whole of their crop. They are energetic and suc cessful farmers and the loss is a se vere blow to them, especially in times like these. The Tobaoco Warehouse has al ready received and sold several hun dred thousaud pounds of tobacco and those who are in a position to know say that the receipts for the season will be close on to a million pounds. The prices realized so far have been, everything considered, very satisfac tory, and it is very probable that the acreage will be considerably increased next year. The low price of cotton will give a strong impetus to this crop. We have on several occasion called attention to the misbehavior of a few boys who are in the habit of talking and laughing in front of the churches during service, and we re gret the necessity of having to do so again. We feel sure that if these boys would reflect about the matter they would cease to annoy those who attend the service, and either keep away or conduct themselves in an orderly manner. No boy who has proper pri le or who wishes to stand well in the estimation of good people will be guilty of snch mis conduct, and we appeal to them, both for their own sakes and for their pa rents who would be sorely grieved to hear of their misbehavior, to let this thing cease and to give people no further cause of complaint. The church officers would dislike very much to see these boys arraigned be fore the Mayor, but if the offense is repeated they will be compelled to call on the police, and of course this would mean arrest aud also fine and imprisonment No boy with a par ticle of pride or self respect would care to spend the night in the Guard House. AN INCOME TAX. It Raise an Enornsug Rev enue for the Government. Fortunes have so amazingly in creased in the hands of the milliona- ries; profits so stupendous have ac- cumulaied in the hands of standard oil magnates, coal barons, railroad k'ngg, Buga- trust operators, sieel and i on combiners that a good, heavv iax on incomes above $10,000—the tax growing heavier as the income was larger—wouid be phenomenal in its yield. The reason why such a tax would be beiier Mian aay we now have now have BtO sufficiently obvious. 1. li would put the burden on tiie cla:s most able to bear it, 2. It would put the support of the auminis.rat on upen those who de.ivs the great beneuls under the law. 3. It would iniereA the most powerful class in the cause of econon y Rich men get pa; I : cular when they know that they must foot the bill 4. It would put the pension dabt on the men w.io got rich on the victories of the soldiers. 5. It would discourage theac- cumulaJon of enormous fortunes and would afford a legal method of check ing the growth of conce.itr.ited welib. 6. It would aboMsh the tariff which, as a system of collecting taxes is the most costly, one-side and monstrous (he world ever saw. 7. It would supplant internal revenue taxes upon whiskey and tobacco—which subject of taxation should be le’egated to tbs State. 8. It would give to tax-oppressed people all over the land a refief from twe c.usirug burden of indirect cowa-dD and illegal taxes which a e wrung them in the name o' the law for the benefit of privil eged class. Ij Fugle.id it v : elds about $ 6,00 000 a inually; in Austria,$12, 000 000; in Ita'v,$46,000,000, in Prussia $20,000,000. Death of W. L T. Prints. [Cberaw Reporter.] This community to lay mourns the death of Geo. L. T. Prince, which took place suddenly of heart disease about 2 o’clock, a. m. C eooral Prince had a spell of sick ness a short time ago, bnt during the prst week was reported to have been feeling beLer than he had felt in a long time. The editor of this paper saw him in this office yesterday af- lernoon and be seemed to look as well as usual. A good man, an old cit ze.i and one who will bd missed in this section, has departed this life.—Che.aw Reporter. General Prince was well known in Darimgion, and -his friends will re gret to hear of his death. Death. The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Starr, of this place, will be pained to learn of the death of their infant daughter, Claire, whitch occured at Florence on Thursday eqening. The funeral services were held in St. John’s Episcopal Church Friday afternoon. The bereaved parents have the heartfelt sympathy of a host of friends. Up to the lime of going to press there has been no vote taken on the repeal of the silver purchase bill, but the indications are that the sil ver men have concluded to throw up the sponge without forcing the ma jority to adopt stringent measures to force a vote. Just as soon as the vote is taken it will restore confi dence and there will be a great im provement in all lines of business. Of course it would be unreasonable to expect an immedi5te return of prosperity, but the repeal of this law will show to the business men and capitalists that our legislators intend to keep the currency of the country on a sound bases, and will not allow the people to be taxed for the pur pose of enriching the silver mine owner*. A barrel of good flour, $4.50, at Blackwell Bros. THE FALL COURT. THE CRIMINAL DOCKET DISPOS ED OF. Several CoBvictlois-2-Presentaeit of the Grand Jury—The Full Pro ceedings. The Court of General Sessions convened on Monday with Judge F. ‘a£?r presiding. Solicitor Johnson was present and ready for duty. The following represents the work of the Grand Jury, which brought in tne following true bill. D. C. McNeill, alias Condnctor McNeU), entering house with intent to steal and larceny; Dave Sumter, bcrglary and larceny; J. G. Stokes, white, assault; Esau Johnson, arson; Henry Williams, assault and battery; Groeff ey Hamilton, assault with c-Tiinal intent; Thos.J. Tedder, white, obtaining money by false pre tences and faLe packing of cotton; Jarrex Timmons, housebreaking and and ia ceny ; Mary Jane Malloy, as- enjitand baltery; Lucius Jackson, forge.y; Ricba d Bracy, assault aud battery; J. N. Kelly, wlrite, assault and balce-y. Tne c nrnal docket was very light and mast of tbe cases were for 1.aval offence. HONDA . ’8 Pi!OC ■52DINCS. Tie first case was that against Co oiefins Smool, colored for an ag- g i rated assault committed upon Mr. IVe-evact Pun's, the defendant be- inj rep eseoted by Mess s. Nettles & Nei ties. This case was tried once before, at the Spring Term of the Cou t for 1893, a nfistrial being tbe .•esalt. The jury found a verdict of goV'.y. Noficeofa motion for a rew trial was given by Smoorie attor neys. Tn’s was the only case tried on Monday. TUESDCV’s Pi OC£EDJNGS. In the case of the State vs D. C. McNeill, colored, charged with enter ing a bouse wilh intent to s eal, the iio ,: c : tor a i nor reed on Tuesday that be would not ask for a verdict, the 'isi.inion / against tbe defendant be ing insufficient to suslain one. Dare Sumter, colored, who was w'tbout counsel, wcj convicted of Lu glary and Ia ceny, tbe ju y rec ommending him to the meicy of the Cotri. In the case of Mr. James G. Siokes charged with an aggrava ted assault committed upon Mr. D. D. Siokes, Iris brothe.-in-’nw, the Solicitor abandoned the matter after ine examination of one witness. Tbe defendant was represnted by Messrs. Boyd & Browu. Henry Will’ams, tried iu his absence for as sault and batiery with entent to kill, was convicted. Tne judge will leave a sea ed sen Ajcefor him. Geoffrey Kami ion, co 1 ored, was convicted of ass.uU with criminal inlent upon Annie Peterson, also colc-ec’.. He was wituout eouosel. Wednesday’s proceedings. The conrt was engaged on this day w.th tne trial of E;au Johnson, charged wn,n bur ring ti:e ba.n of karem Cannon, in August. Both pa: its are cdoreu. Boyd & Brown rsn e euied rnea.cuscd. Verdict— not guriiy. 1 ue fol'ow'og pa ties plead gu*it,y an , were se iteuced as follows: James T m-rous, house-breaking aiuD ccny. i.s mocihs iu penilea- ... y. Mr-y Ja:o Malloy, assault and L.U .-'1-3 ye rs .n ncnitsniiaiy. i. cird E.acv, r-sault and ba.- te y, one mo 1 j in J. A Luc is Jrcl.soj, ic geiy, five dol lars fine i nd one y:ur.n riiepeni- ten 'ary. C INTJNITED CAEES. The cases continued were: James I. Scafie, white, assault and battery; J. Dc .ier F inn, white assault aud bat ery; J. N. Kel' ’, white, c^sault aud bauery; Silas B. Bass, burglary and larce-i/. t iree cases; Robert Drake, assault and battery: Andrew Briley, touse-breaking and larceny. The court adjonmed on Thursday morning and will open again on Monday for the trial of civil cases. PRESENTMENT OK GRAND JURY. October Term 1893 To his honor Judge T. B. Fraser pre, iing: The b a id Jury having passed upon a 1 ! the bills presented to them by your Honor, beg leave to submit herewith their final report for the year. We hasp, as previously reported examined the County Jail, County Poor House, and public buildings, and find ali in good condition, the Jail and Poor House, are lioth well kept, and the inmates of borh are p.operly cared for. During the year, we have examined wiiheare, tbe offices, and books, of the County Treasurer, Auditor, School Commissioner, Judgo of Pro- bale, Clerk of Court, and County Commissioners, and find tbe officials competent, and the offices well kept We again recomend that a suitable fire proof vault be made in the office of the Clerk of Court, for the pro tection and safe keeping of the County records. We have examined the books of Trial Justice, and find them in good condition, and that all fines collected by them have been tnrned over to the County Treasurer. We notice however that some of the Trial Justices are charging forty and sometimes fifty cents for swear ing witnesses in criminal cases tried by themselves and in preliminary ex aminations, for which charges we see no authority of law, as the fee bill allows one Dollar for each trial be sides fees for issuing papers, and we recommend that the ConntyjOommis- sioners refuse to pay these items in the said accounts also for the charges for Recognizances nnlets the papers of record are placed op file with them. We recommend that our represen tatives in tbe Legislature have . the law in regard to T(fal Justices changed so it will give these offices seated salaries instead of fees. We present in theHluatter of roads and bridges, the road leading from Dar lington to Lamar as being in a bad condition from the town limits to High Hill Creek, also the Camden road leading to Society Hill as being in bad condition where it passes by J. T. Rogers plantation. Thanking your Honor for courte sies extended, the above is Rrspectfully Submitted J. W. Ferguson. Foreman. The Atlantic Coast Line. There was a blizzard up north and the New Englander was in a hurry to snuff the roses at Charleston and Savannah and see the alligators and pick oranges in Florida. “I’ve studied these guide books till I’m blind,” he said “I wish some old traveller would tell me in a word how to go South easy.” “I’ll tell you,” I said; “I’ve been there a thousand times.” “Well, how?” “Why, jnst throw that guide book away. There isn’t, and never has been, nor ever will be, but one great straight coast line to Florida, Havan- nah, New Orleans, Galveston and Mexico.” “What’s that?” Why, the ‘Atlantic Coast Line.’ Now, you just go into any ticket of fice in New York or Boston and ask for that coast line ticket Then pin it onto yonr coat collar, jump onto the Pennsylvania road and you’ll be in St Augustine picking oranges or at Tampa, Florida, walking onto a Havanna steamer in twenty-four hours. “What will I see on the way?” “Why you’ll slide through Wash ington and see Arlington Heights, Alexandria, Fredericksburg, where Hooker and Burnside tried to cross tbe Rappahannock. You’ll glide through Richmond, see Petersburg and tbe Wilderness fortifications. You’ll see Goldsboro and be within a few miles of Appomattox and then drop down to Wilmington on the ocean. On you’ll go sniffing the ocean breezes all the way to Char leston with its palmettoes, and Sa vannah with its beautiful live oaks and hanging moss. You aie in the tropics from Wilmington down to Jacksonville, Palatka and St Au gustine, or around on the Gulf of Mexico to New Orleans and Galves ton. “And no trouble at all ?” “Not a bit You step into the Pullman at Jersey City and walk out of it in Florida. The Coast Line is a great system. All roads wait for it and you can’t get left. It don’t run up on the sterile red hills, bnt down through the green everglades. It is the Sea Island cotton line, the rice and the palmetto line. It is the antipodes, and that is what the live Yankee is looking after.” Vuconscioisly True to Her Sei. A gentleman who has recently re turned from Chicago tells the fol lowing story at the expense of a strong minded woman, which goes to prove that despite their efforts to act like the other sex, the womans nature will come to the front The inci dent occured in a large hall which was packed with female delegates. The hum of conversation was inces sant and when the time came to call the convention to order, the lady who was to preside ascended the platform, and instead of rapping sharply with a gavel, as a man would have done, and calling for order in a premptory (one of voice, and placing her hands on the table secured attention by saying She—ah, She—ah, She—ah. New Home, Wheeler & Wilson, Standard andWhite sewing machines at Blackwell Bros. Pants 75c. to $5.00 at Blackwell Bros. IT WAS HOT. A MUSTARD PLASTER CAUSES GREAT EXCITEMENT. A DrunHcr Gets Due That a Goo4 Wife Had Prepared far Her Hus- baud. [From Washington Post.] With the sole exception of Chicago it is probable that Washington, in the course of a year, shelters more stran gers from the country than any oth er city in the United States. As a consequence clerks in hotels at the capita! always have a stock of good stories in which the innocent granger furnishes the laugh. The most laughable incident that has occnred for many years, thongh, happened not long ago in one of the down town taverns. An old gentleman and his wife ar rived from a Western city and took up qnarte -s on the third floor. The husband was an invalid, having suf- fereb from stomach trouble for runny years. He came to the capiinl to press his claims for the office if Postmastor in his city, and brought b's wife along for the purpose of ta king care of him. The first night the couple were in the hotel the old gentleman was seized suddenly about midnight with violent cramps. It was an old afflict ; on with him, and, knowing that her husband was likely to be so afflicted at any minute, the wife had come prepared for any eme 'gency, having a quantity of mus tard and cloths in bar satchel. Very hot mustard plasters, it seemed, were tbe only thing that afforded the sufferer any relief in such attacks. Accordingly, when her husband ut.'ered bis first groan, his good wife sprang out of bed, slipped on a wrap per, and dived into the depths of the gripsack after the mustard. She produced a small tin box filled with the harmless-looking yellow powder and a roll of soft strips of muslin, then glided softly out of the room, remarking to her husband, who lay on the bed bent up like a jacknife: “I’ll have your plaster ready in a moment.” Noiselessly she hurried along the corridor until she reached the toilet room, where, by means of a flow of hoc water, she prepared a plaster about the size of a dinner plate. Then she harried back to the room. The gass in the room had been turn ed very low, but there was light enough for the faithful old wife to see what she wss doing. She ap proached the side of the bed very jently, and, with all the tenderness of her nature, applied the plaster to tbe pain-racked abdomen of the man. Then sqe crossed to the other side of the bed, and Iging down, awaited re sults. . “Do you feel easier, dear ?” she in quired sweetly after a few minutes. No answer. “Don’tyou feelbettei, pet?” she asked again, as she turned over to her husband. “Ugh!” was the reply as the male form tnrned and stretched. Then there was a yell and a scramble such as never before or since disturbed the peaceful qniet of that hotel. The woman had made the astonishing discovery that the man to whom she had applied the mnstard plaster was not her husband, but, instead, was a Lotal stranger. She had entered the wxmg room. Bounding out like a frightened antelope, she rushed into the adjoin- 'rg room wringing her hands and half dead with fear end excitement. Her sick husband, who. by this time had grown easier, was sitting upright in bed, and as his wife entered the .oom and sank exhausted on the floor he said: “What on earth is the matter, Mar tha ? Has anybody hurt you ? Speak quick woman!” “I—oh, I—oh, mercy, I got in the wrong room,” moaned the wife, vain ly endeavoring to calm herself. She then explained, and fully what had happened, aud when she bad com pleted the story of her em barrassing mistake the husband in quired : “Well, where is the mustard plas- rer?” “.’—I left it on the other man’s stomach, sobbed the woman, again bursting into tears. Before the astonished husband had iime to realize what his wife had said there came a sound from the next , 1 •w m ■ ■ room: “Clerk ! landlord! bellboy! help! Oh, my lord!” The gentleman in tne adjoining room had discovered the mustard plaster. He was a commercial trav eler, and, as it afterward developed, Uad been laboaing under a heavy “jag” when he retired that night. He afterward said that when he awoke and felt that terrible burning be thought he “had’ eni.” He reached down in the vicinity of the schorching sensation, and came in contact with the cold, clammy plas ter which cnrled into a roll as he moved his hand over it He threw the plaster across tbe room, and as he turned over and buried his face in a pillow, moaned: “Ob, if I had only stoped drinking years ago! They told me whiskey would eat out my insides, and now the worst has come ! I am going to die!” But he didn’t He is still drink ing and selling whiskey. As for the old gentleman and his wife they had their meals served in their room the next day, and the fol lowing day left the city. Another Paternal Scheme. One of the barefaced and utterly visionary schemes of paternal legisla tion is that proposed by a Mr. Lubin of California, in which he advocates the carriage of all fain products, like mail matter, at a uniform rate for any distance, and with a effrontery or stupidity that is simply amazing pro ceeds to show from his standpoint, how much benefit the farmer, as well as the public at large, would derive from this arrangement. His propo sition practically amounts to this, that oranges raised in California, and of course transported all the way by rail, must be delivered in New York at the same price as those from Flori da, which is only about one third the distance, besides having the advan tage of water transportation. If Mr. Lubin immagines for one moment that the balance of the country are willing to be taxed in order t« pay the freight on California fruit, then he is a fit subject for an imbecile asy lum and should be sent to one with out delay. Our only reason for calling atten tion to this idiotic suggestion is to point out to those who have become inoculated with the third party fani- ticisra, the legitimate results that would follow the adoption of these dangerous and visionary schemes. As we have repeatedly stated our qeople must choose between liberty and political slavery, for it is very certain tnat we cannot enjoy the priveliges of a truly republican form of government, and at the same time be bound hand and foot by the irresponsible tyranny of paternalism. Senior Butler. It would be in the highest degree ungrateful in the people of §outh Carolina should they ever forget the distinguished services of Senator But ter in his public career, aud the very fact that he has served his State so well makes the regret all the greater when his present course in the senate is considered: for it is impossible to escape the conviction that he has not, at least to some extent, been ac tuated by a desire to conciliate the dominant element with the view of being reelected to his present position. We do not allude so much to bis suppo of free coinage, but to his suppot ing, for office, men like B. F. Perry, when he must know that they are not only unworthy but utterly obnoxious to those on whose suppert he depends for his reelection. It would have been far better for sen ator Bntler to have been perfectly consistant and have asked for reelec tion on his record of faithful service to the State. If he had done this and been defeated he could have ac cepted defeat with the proud con- ciousness that his record was unstain ed by the least attempt to conoiliate those who enjoy the unenviable dis tinction of having elected snch a man as J. L. M. Irby to succeed the most distinguished son of the State. Some of our exchanges have a way of roaming about in a very barrum scarrum fasion. The Cberaw Re porter in on the C. S. & N. train on Thursday. In order to do this it had to pass by Darlington, go through Florence and from thence to Sumter and reach us from that point, It traveled over one hundred miles. Buy u good suit of clothes for $(,00 at Blackwell Bros. ON THE HILL. HAPPENINGS AT THE FACTORY THIS WEEK. Personal Paragraphs Pertaining to Yislting People—Improve ments and Other News". Mr. Robert Cook, of Mont Clare, spent Surday wilh his parents. . ^ I'* Uiggs and family are v.sit eg at RockingiEm N. O. A good number of our boys atten ded the circus iu Florence last Thursday. Bit. John Siont conducted prayer meeting at the hall last Wednesday. Two new fan\! ; es have recently moved here one from Marion and one f om McCall’s. Tbem -| l made more cloth last week than W83 ever made in the same t.me l tfo.e, over 105,000 yards. Mr. Ra : fo;-d Smith’s little daugh ter Janie happened to a very painful acc ! deot last Sunday morn’og while go’rg from the kitchen to the house she slipped on the floor and broke her leg. Janie is e : ght ye-rs old, a:d this is tbe seventh time that she has had her limbs prokeo. Dr. A. M. lliil cetthe b. oken limb and she ge-tmg along very well at this writ ing. FaiifleUGrailte Wins. News and Herald. The World’s Fair committee on awards has decided that the stone from the Winnsboro Granite Com pany’s quarries is entitled to first prenium for building and ornamen tal purposes. This news has affor ded us intense gratification, and it should be hailed with joy by every citizen of Fairfield who is interested in the success and prosperity of lo cal enterprises. The Winnsboro Granite Company is by no means an infant organization, and during its life has met with many trying diffi culties, but the gentlemen who com pose it have exhibited unusual per severance and business pluck. Their energy has been amply rewarded, and an already successful business will be inestimably increased by the World’s Fair committee. The men who some years ago in vested their capital in the quarries had unflinching faith in the super iority of tne granite, and that faith has been justified beyond all expec tation. Tneir exhibit at the fair was in significant and unimposing, but qu ality will tell in the end. Soilhen Slates Magazine. There are two features of striking interest interest in the October num ber of the Southern States Magazine published by the Manufacturers’ Record Publishing Co., Baltimore Md. An article on Southern Ladies in the Senate, by Edward W. Barrett Wash ing ton correspondent of the Atlanta Consiiturion, is an entertain ing discucsion of conspicuous South ern members of our hsghest legislative brdy. There are fifteen Southerners, whose porlaits are given and whose personality and achieve- menU are portrayed in a very reada- b'e manner. Another feature of equal interest but quite different character is a lot of “Letters from Sou.nun Farmers,” letters written chiefly by Northern and western people wno have gone South and mode the'r homes there. The oxper- iences and views of these farmers furnish a very instructive insight into the life of the newer settlers in the South. There are some statements about the results of agriculture in the South that w ill be rather startling to Northern farmers. Under the little of “Tbe Spectre of the Negro,” C. J. Hadeu, an Atlsnia lawyer, writes about the position of the negro in the social economy of the flatly refutes the charge that the negro is an offensive and objectionable citizen. R. B. Sperry, a Baltimore finnneier, who has many years of experience with Southern Investment, gives an analysis of the restrictions by which the safety and validity of Southern bonds are assued. There are several typical South ern siorries and literary features which makes this niumber of more than ordinary interest. There is no bett»r medieiud for amiiy use than Ayer’s Cathartic PiiU. Their srgar-coating makes themt easy and even agreeble to take- dud as they contain no calomel to aother injurious drug, they a: e perfeo tly safe for patients of any age,