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THE DARLINGTON HERALD.
VOL. IV.
DARLINGTON, SOUTH ^CAROLINA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13,1893.
NO.7
left yesterday
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CURRENT TOPICS.
WHAT for KNOW AND WIAT YOU
DON’T KNOW.
Persaub aid Shari IteM af la
teral! ta the Laeal aid fieaeral
Reader.
Miss Lita Lucas is visiting Mrs.
A. T. Baird.
Mias Bosa Lucas is visiting Miss
May McCall.
Dr. Baird has returned from a
trip to Chicago.
JUrs W. F. _
for a visit to the World'
Mrs. E. Keith Dargaa and Mr. R.
K. Dargaa am at the World’s Fair.
Mr. lehrard Caldwell has returned
from BHtatan Buisness College.
Mrs W. T. Thompson of Char*,
lestoo, is visiting relatives in Dar
lington.
Mrs. B. W. Boyd has returned
from a visit to Mew York and
Chicago.
Mrs. W. J. Alexander and family
have returned from their summer
home at Siduda N. C.
Mias Bessie Williamson left on
Mondd} for Winnsboro where she
will teach in a private family.
The grass beds on the Square
ought not to be used as a cotton yasd.
They are becoming disfigured with
cotton and scraps of paper. An
inspections showed; on one of them
three piles of sample ootton, a
bench, with four men on it, Mid a bi
cycle. Why dont 'the police look
after this f
Dont fail to see the strong girl
on Monday night. She is probably
a desoeedent of Samson, even if she
cant show the family record.
Some of our athletic citizens are
certain they can lift her up, and the
trial will be worth seeing.
Everybody ought to turn out on
Monday night to see the feats of
strength of the Georgia girl. She
has given so many exhibitions and
has so many strong testimonial! that
her exhibition will be well worth
seeing. There has, as yet, been no
scientific soltuion of thu remarkable
power, but its possession scarcely
^ ' This girl,
admits of an
ay doubt
lees than a hundred pounds.
adsome sum of money to
who can lift her from the
offers a
the
floor.
Babbs Sergius, a converted Jew,
from India, delivered a lecture at
the Methodist Church on Tuesday
night He dwelt on a number of
different subjects, all relating to the
East and the history of his own peo
ple the Jews.
His visit to this country is for
the purpose of raising funds to asrist
the orphan children in his native
land. A very liberal contribution
wae collected from those present
He will lecture again on Sunday
morning and night at the Methodist
Church.
We have given the speech, made
by Mr. J. L. Keitt before the Sumter
Alliance, a carelul reading and en
tirely fail to see wherein he has made
a single new suggestion or advance
a single argument that has not been
a reiteration of the Ocala Demands,
the absurdities cf which have been so
often exposed that fit simply a waste
of words to give than any futher
refutation, especially when it is
taken into consideration that a great
many of tnaae unselfish patriots, who
have no object in view except to
emancipate the downtrodden farmer
do not believe in the very thing that
they so strenuously advocate; but the
veriest demagogue in the country
will be listened to if be will only call
himself the friend of the people and
advocate visionary schemes that never
could have the remotest hope of be
ing realised.
The Chrisailhensm BxkIMliei.
The ladies are making arrange
ments to make the display a success
and while Obnsanthemums will be
the special feature, preniums will be
offered for other flowers- as well. It
is proposed to have the exhibition
during the first week in November
and it is earnestly desired that every
one who b* any fine flowers will send
tixMr, i n and in this way add to the
f display, The Floral Fair in the
rtng was very successful, and there
no reason why the coming one
ould not be equally as good. Those
who have ohrisahthemums should see
It that the soil in which they are
ng be kept in good fix and well
anred and that the plants do not
hffar for water. The Exhibition will
the held in the new armory of the
'Darlington Guards, which is large
i enough to accommodate a big crowd.
Pints for boys youths and men 60
nts for boys «
its to |6J)0 at Blaokwall Bros.
Youths and mens suits |4.00
L 00 at Blackwell Bros.
Inr stock of dress goods pants
i etc. was never before bet-
ter.wnd are offering special bargains
for ths mat two days. Blackwell
Swa
to
IARD ON TIE DISPENSARY.
Jadge Madsaa Indies the Colum
bia Cases With Glares Off.
Judge Hudson has quashed the
indictments in the liquor cases in
Columbia, pronouncing them defec
tive both according to the previous
and the present law. The Judge
reviews the law very carefully and
announces his opinion in concise and
unmistakable language.
Below we give some extracts from
Judge Hudsons opinion.
Now the question arises as to the
oonstitationality of the act because
the motion co quash is basebupon
that ground as well as upon thede
fects in ihe ihdictment
“It hae fallen to my lot to adjudge
oeretofore that the dispensary feature
of the act, which establishes dlspen
sariee throughout the State, is uncon
stitutional and my reasons therefor
were given. I will not repeat them
here. I say my opinion remains un
changed, and in fact is more confirm
ed than ever as to the unoonstitution-
alityof theacu Broadly, I would
say upon the ground that the govern
ment of the State has no right to en •
gage in the traffic of any known arti
cle! of merchandise and trade—no
right to devote the money raised by
taxation from the people to these
are not governmental
law cannot rest for
upon the plea of the
>wer of the State.
It is wanting in the elements of po
lice. Neither can it rest upon the
reason upon which a general prohibi
tory law is supported, because it is
not in any proper sense of the word
general prohibitory law. It is
merely transferring from the citizen
to an officer of the State the traffic
n intoxicating liquors, hence the
dispensary feature is in my opinion
nnconotitntional, and in so saying, I
fully appreciate the grave responsi
bility that rests upon a judge. Every
act of the Legislature mustbe main
tained by the courts unless it is man
ifestly against the fundamental law
of the land, and whenever that ques
tion is presented to the court, aud it
appears that the act is against the
fundamental law of the land, it is
not only right bnt the dnty of the
court to ray eo. The court is organ-
zed for that purpose, amongst other
purposea of the general administra-
iiou of the law.
“I beg tossy to counsel signing
the case yesterday, in which parties
were charged with tolling liquor,
that I devoted last night to careful
examination of the authorities con
tained in the books and in the writ
ten arguments submitted to me, and
have arrived at a conclusion, but I
have not had time to reduce to wri
ting the reasons for the conclusions
which » have reached. Bnt inas
much as it is necessary that conclu
sions should be announced as soon as
possible, so as to determine what
disposition is to be made of these
ases upon the docket, I will an-
nonnee them now, and will, as soon
as practicable, give any reasons
therefore.
"In the first place, whether these
indictments shall be considered as
drawn for the violation of the so-
called dispensary law, or whether
they should be indictments against
the law it previously stood is im
material, 90 far as one view of the
case may go.
“The indictments are fatally de
fective, whether drawn with refer
ence to the previons law or with re
ference to the dispensary law. The
allegations in the indictment are not
snfficient; it ia jnat a naked allega
tion that the defeudent ia guilty of
selling intoxicating liquor contrary
to the form of the statute. That is
not sufficient. It is necessary that
the party ahall be notified of the
time, place and person to whom the
■ale was made. Eveiy one charged
with tiie crime has the right to be
informed of tbe exact nature of the
charge, the time, place and circum
stances under which the alleged
crime was committed. These in
dictments do not contain such alle
gation*, and had they been perferred
against the defendants before the
enactment of tbe dispensary law
they w(hld have fallen under amo
tion to qnash. At the present time,
supposing the dispensary to be valid
and in full force, the same objection
applies, and the indictment would
have to be quashed. I might stop
here and aay no more, bnt in doing
so I would not discharge my duty
as a judge, because the parties are
entitled to have their motion passed
upon for reasons assigned therefor,
and it devolves upon me, therefore
to meet the responsibility and to de
termine the whole question now, Ad
mitting for the sake of argument
that the dispensaay law is oonstitu
tionsl, it is an anomaly which would
not be discovered from casual reading
of the act, bnt it nevertheless exists,
that for the single actef retailing
no punishment is prescribed niany
of the various sections. Punishment
is provided againfi this violation in
certain particulars not necessary
now to enumerate, bnt in no section
of the set is any punishment pres
cribed for tbe single sat of retail
Misplaced aid Daigereis Syapaty.
Last week an old colored woman
came into our office and asked us Ac
sign a petition to the Governor re
questing the pardon of her son who
is now serving a life sentence for
the commission of a very revolting
crime and one for which he was
fortunate not to have been hung.
The sole reason given for Mb pardon
is that he is the only support of an
aged mother, but we fail to see
wherein man of this kind can be
either a support or solace to bis
mother or anyone else. Even before
the commission of the crime for
which he is now bring punished he
bore a very bad reputation, and it
would be an act of glaring injustice
for him to beset at liberty and given
the opportunity to repeat the atroc:
one crime for which he was senten
ced. If his mother is nnable to
care for herself, she should be sup
ported at the expenoe of the county,
and neither her age or her grief
should be slowed to interfere with
the ends of justice. We deplore
lynch law, but when we allow our
aymprthy to override our judge
ment and sign petitions for the par
don of those who have been fairly
convicted of the commission of
revolting crimes, we aid in furnish
ing excuses for mobs to take the
law into their own hands. Securing
convictions are some times extremely
difficult, and no sooner does a jury
perform its duty than the most
strnnons efforts are made to nullify
their words by trying to secures
pardon for the criminal whose sor
row, in nearly every case, is that of
being caoght and made to suffer
tbe consequences of their crimes. It
is the issue and hot the act that
they repent, and that very large
class of people who are so given to
wasting their sympathy and trying
to secure the pardon of desperate
criminals, ought to reflect senouslv
on the mischief that they accom
plish by letting their feelngs prevail
over the dictates of common sense
and what is due to the well beii
of the community. We do not
the least mean to reflect on the
gook intentions of those who have
signed this petition, our purpose
being to point out tbe mistake that
people make in signing these peti
tions, and, in this special case, to
enter an emphatic protest against
the exercise of any executive clem
ency, especially when it is taken
into consideration that there exists
net the slightest reason for the
Governor to interfere. The very
safety and stability of society rests
open the impartial and rigid execu
tion of the laws of the State, and it
is the dnty of all good citizens to
throw no obstacles in ths way of
their enforcement, and not to use
their influence to rendour them null
and void.
If the signers of this petition feel
sympathy for this old woman, why
could they not give something from
their own pocketa for her support,
and let her son stay just where he
ought to be, in justice to society,
within the walls of tbe Peneten-
tiary.
THE WORLD’S FAIR
TRE BEAUTIFUL DISPLAY
TBE WOMAN’S BUILDING.
IN
Magiiflceit Dresses-Cistly Lace
aid Embralderj—The Cillectln
•f Flctires.
It was a very happy thought, on
the part of some one of the fair sex,
to have a building at the Fair en
tirely devoted to the exhibition of
woman’s work, that should contain
nothing bat what was the work of
some woman’s hands. The sugges
tion has been splendidly carried ont
r J and tbe ladies have managed to fill
the 'buiWing, larie a* it ia, to its
utmost capacity with beautiful speo- _
imena of their skill. While a great ?
many of the articles can only be ap-
predated by the ladies themselves,
there are others that churn the un
stinted admiration of the other sex,
and are surrounded all the time thi
building is open. Of course it is
manifestly impossible, for a man
at least,
totk place in the Arkansas State
Building, and for the introduction
we were indebted to the courtesy of
Miss Scott, of Fort Smith, the ac
complished lady manager of the
building, who placed us under many
obligations by her hospitality and
kindness. While in the building we
got a glimpse of some of the Arkan
sas belles, but despite their beauty
we made our exit in good order.
|ing.
No more entirely inexcusable prop
osition has ever been made since the
triumph of the Reformers than the
one to put out of office the majority
of the circuit Judges, and elect in
the! 'ices lawyers who are in sym
pathy rilh the so called reformed
movement. This amounts to a dec
laration, on tbe part of those who are
m favor of this piece of political
iniquity, that they do not wish the
courts to be guided in their decisions
by the constitution, bnt to suit, the
political prejudices of those to whom
even tbe judiciary is expected to bow
tbe knee. Able and fearless judges
are one of tbe butwarks of liberty,
but when on the other hand they are
elected to carry ont the behests of a
political faction, seenrtiy for prop-
eity ia at an end and a long step made
in the direction of anarch.
Little Johnny—“Dogs don’t need
to talk, ’cause anyone can understand
their bark.”
Visitor—“Can yon?”
Little Johnny—“Easy as rollin’
off a log. When my cfog is at the
door and barks, that means he wants
to get in; if he’s inside tde door and
barka, be wants to get ont.”
Viaitor—“Humph! Suppose he
is half inside and half outside and
barks, what does that mean ?”
Little Johnny—“That means
there’s a bigger dog than him in our
yard.”
After washing a wooden bowl, lay
it at a distance from tbe stove’ so
that it may not warp or crack.
Ivory black stirred in ordinary
shellac varnish makes a brilliant
black varnish for iron fireplace*.
at least, to go into anything like* 7 :
detailed description of thenmrveCj the Legisla-
esent leg
■r of Gnv.
lonely beautiful contents of this
building, and will content ourselves
with a mere outline of its more
noticeable features.
The display of embroidery, of all
kinds and tiie intricate patterns <1
surprisingly large, and many of the
designs not only, show marvellon*
dexterity and a truly wonderful eye
for the harmonions blending of 1
colors, but also artistic taste of a
very high order. Large piptgfeii
are worked in colors with such ex
traordinary skill that it is almost
impossible to believe the;
done with the brush,
are almost as numerous
tides themselves and many of them
are not ouiy unique and original 10^ ... . 1
conception‘but executed with the ^! l ,? e,Den _ eac ^
most praiseworthy skill and per
severance. In this department is
exhibited everything fuom a lam]
mat to the most beautiful and cost
ns in tapestry.
In the lace department probably
the most noticeable display ia thaf
loaned .for the Exhibition by the
Queen of Italy, containing as >t’do«i
a good many designs that are retf
rare and costly and that cannot be
duplicated, at the present day.' Sun
of the lace work is so exquisite!]
ng delicate that U ia well nigh invisib
® and the patterns can. only be
out by a very close inspection and
that too with a mighty good pair of
eyes. It adds a great deal to the in
terest of this part of the exhibit to
see the lace makers at work, and
while the work is of necessity slow,
when it.coises to the very delicate
and intricate patterns tbe wonder is
how it can be done at all. Some
of it is as delicate as tbe finest
spiders web and looks aa if a breath
would blow it away or destroy it en
tirely.
Laoe from every country that
has ever achieved distrinction for
fine work in this special Industry
is exhibited and it is no wonder that
the ladies go into raptures over its
wondrous beauty.
Another department that attracts
a great deal of attention is one that
containes some maguifioent dresses
that are the exact duplicates of some
that were made for the ladies of the
Russian Boyakfamily, which so far
as riobneia of material aud stylish
appearance go leave nothing to be de*-
ired on the part of those who have
a fondness for gorgeous and oostly
attire. Of course these dresses are
all the work of a woman, for not
even one made by that priuoe
tmlleners, Worth, whom be allowed
th« pertals of this building, aulas*
im
it was won by some lady who wished
to attract attention by the elegance
of her costume. There is a very
fine and interesting display of fancy
work of everv kind, the mereenume-
rition of \ wnich would take up a
good many columns of the Heralo.
It must not be supposed that the
exhibition is limited to the articles
to which has already been made, for
in addition to this there is a most
admirable exhibit in the way of
pictures and statues, some of them
of very high merit, the general ex
cellence of which go to prove that
atleast some of the gentler sex are
adepts in the use of the chisel and
brush and can command big prices
for tbir work. The whole exhibit is
arranged with the best possible effect,
and in every detail is to be credited
to the taste of the ladies themselves.
Whele in Chicago the writer
had the pleasure of meeting Mrs.
Caroline S. Brooks, of Arkansas, who
has attained considerable distinction
as a sculpturess, and found her a
most graceful and charming woman.
Mrs. Brooks makes her models in
butter, and, so far as we know, is
the first artist that has ever used
this material, which would seem
at a glance, to be entirely nnfit for
such a purpose bnt which has many
advantages over clay, besides lequi-
ring, in the intervals of the work,
far less attention to keep It in order.
By the use of ice it can be kept as
hard as is desired and the most del
icate lines can be traced on it. By
the use of plaster and othee material
the model can be easily reproduced
in marble or bronze.
The meeting with Mrs. Brooks
1
Gorenor Ttllaai.
Greenville News,
As an autocrat Governor Tillman
is nuking rapid progress. He now
has control of the executive branch
of tbe State government, and haa a
legislature elected to order “to init
him.” He has a railroad oommis-
tiou “to suit him,” Mid controls the
ihoephate commission and the liqnor
msineas of the Stats. It ia a fore-
oonclnsioa that by next winter
he will have a set of judges and a
Supreme court arranged to suit him.
Now he proposes a new move, which
wefiud desevreed in anew interview
with him printed in tbe Charlotte
Observer, in which he says, talking
titte will spplement the
wfetiou, enacted by theoi
ernor Tillman, with preoiaely tbe
further legislation he may see fit to
order. That is the kind of Legisla
ture it has been, and is likely to be.
Thwaities of the State will there
for^ b* Asprived yet farther of local
self-government. The regulation
and control of tbe liquor business
haa been taken out df the hands of
the cities, and the experiment has
not been a dazz'ing success. The
next step is ta take from the cities
tiie selection of their own police.
The Legislature, or somebody des
ignated by the Legislature, and mean
ing. the Governor, will say how many
, ilicemen each city shall have, and
shall name and control the mer(
The mayors and councils will be
merely figureheads, having nothing
to do but to raise money.
^he radical government never
ent that far in destroying the Dem-
ogcatic principle of local self gov
ernment in this State and eatablish-
g a centralized and despotic power
Celmabia.
It tl all light It is the old, old
fight over again. If .Governor Till
man wquld study the history of the
Burbou kings and the StuMrte hc
woqldJad Ms methods and the end
of them. He has behind him sin
enthusiastic and devoted majority
and an obedient legislature, and
equally obedient judges are to oome.
All these things had King James
the Second, of blessed memory, the
army rebresenting the majority and
all the tools of today haying their
oounterbarts.
No king or deposit has ever pre
vailed, however, against the power of
united oemmnnities determined to
maintain their rights and to resist
tyranny. The Governor will find it
that way. He ia forcing the fighting
and he will be met everywhere. He
may guard every corner of every
town in South Carolina with his me
tropolitan police, created on pretence
of forcing the dispensary law bnt
really intended to increase tbe num
ber of offices at hie disposal aud
agents to promote his political pow
er. He may harry every township
and quarter section with his whis
key constabulary and secret spies.
He may have every judge, sheriff and
county officer the creature of his will.
The good old Saxon instinct and im
pulse will assert itself against it all.
The descendants of the people who
of overthrew the Stuarts, who have kept
Ireland’s long fight alive through
two centnries against the world’s
greatest power, who met and over
came the same power through eight
years of patient straggle against dis
aster and danger, have it in their
blood not to yield like enrs to pun
ishment The Governor will find
wills as stubborn as his own meeting
him at every atop. He will encoun
ter people who are not afraid of him,
who have no favors to ask of him,
whose stubborn courage no threats
or oppressions or confiscation or de
privations can subdue. They will
be with him at the finish and will
see him suffer the fate that has soon
er or later overtaken all tyrants, big
and little, and all pretenders and
shams.
Mother—“I think you ought to be
grateful to your father for getting
yon such a nice knife, instead of
complaining.”
Little Johnny—“It’s only got two
blades.”
Mother—“ You can’t use but one
blade at a time.”
Little Johnny—“Yes; but whne
two blades gets, broken, there wont’
be any left. 5 ’
Jnst as she entered the doorway,
the oar gave a lurch, as street-oars
are apt to do, and the pretty girl waa
thrown plump in the lap of a father
ly Irishman.
“Pray pardon me,” she said, aa
she rose to her feet, while the rest of
the passengers tittered.
on’t mention it, me dariint,”
replied the Irishman. “I end hold
ye an hour.”
Then she blushed furiously and
RuS
THE HERALD desires to visit every
house in Darlington County, and a few
energetic men or ladies can reap a golden
harvest. Read the following wonderful
offer:
Diamond Rambler Bicycle.
To the first persou sending us One Hundred paid up yearly subscrip
tions we will c c ne of the famous Diamond Rambler Bicycles.
One Two-Horse Wagon.
To the second person sending us One Hundred paid up yearly sub
scriptions we will give a Two-Horse Wagon. Call at 0. W. Hewett’s and
examine the wagon.
Fine Suite of Furniture.
To the third person sending us One Hundred paid up yearly sub
scriptions we will give a Fifty Dollar Suite of Furniture. Ask J. D.
Baird, the Furniture Prince, to show you the furniture.
Standard Sewing Machine.
To the fourth person sending us One Hundred paid up yearly sub-
gcriptions we will give a Standard Sewing Machine. You can see these
Machines at Blackwell Bros.
Persons competing for these prizes will please advise the proprietor of
THE HERALD. Cash must accompany all orders. When twelve new
subscriptions have been received, THE HERALD will send receipt books
to ths agent For further Information, address,
umtum
DARLINGTON, 8. C.