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m ■ I f. ■ •'vP^CTBr-P* THE DARLINGTON NEWS, p0 »M*Htt *V»tTHUMDAI MOftNIMO 33. 3D. 3BVA^TS, PROPRIETOR. TERRS'*^* p * r •» AiTMee. rt-, 3qukr«, tm i»»«Uo* f 1.60 i “* rti0tt 100 KrT.32** inMrtlo* 60 GoatrMt »dT#rti«Mi«»U inwrted upon tho H Mt r«MO*nW« to***. Notloos *nd Obitunrio*. not •xcceding ilx Hnofc UtorUd ft-oo. DARLINGTON NEWS. •FOR U8 PRINCIPLE 18 PRINCIPLE—RIGHT IS RIGHT—YESTERDAY, TO-DAY. TO-MORROW, FOREVER. ,, VOL. m NO 28. DARLINGTON, S. 0.. THURSDAY. JULY 15, 1886. WHOLE NO 601. m mirr. Our job dopartaont iasupplied with trorj faoiliijr neoeMory to enable ue to compete both a* to price and quality of work, with ev an those of the cities, and we guarantee satis- faction in every particular or charge nothing - for our work. We are always prepared te All orders at short notice for Blanks, Bil Heads, Letter Headv, Cards, Hand BUle Posters, Circulars, Pamphlets, Ac. AH job work must be paid for Oash on Delivery- ATTENTION! Summer Bargains Outside the Limits- “Get out of this, you little vaga bond ! Ain’t you ashamed of your self to be found loitering in the streets at this hour of the day f Go home now, or I’ll take you to the lockup,” said a sturdy guardian of the peace to a thinly clad girl liugerio" in the doorway of a large office building on La Salle street. U I wasn’t doing any barm, sir. I only wanted to get warm,” she re torted, croncbiug back into the doorway as a gnat of wind whirled the snow into her face. “Nice place to get warm ! Come along, I’ll take yon where it is warm enough,” said he, laying his hand roughly on her arm. With a frightened cry she jerked her arm from his hold, and ran swiftly away. “Well, I’ll be beat,” he matters, and opens the door from which be has driven the girl, and warms his hands over the register. The girl meanwhile continues to run, occasionally looking back to see it she is pursued. In turning a corner she comes in forcible contact with a belated pedestrian. He looks at her in astonishment as she raises her eyes to his face and murmurs an apology. He is evidently of a benevolent torn of mind, as he stops to inquire into the cause of her ap parent tiigbt. “I was only standing in a door way, sir, trying to get a little away from the wind, and they told me to leave. That is all, sir.” “Have you no home to go to!” “Yes, sir, I have a home, but I want to earn some money before I go there to-night” “I understand,” b e returns thoughtfully. “It is really too bad, too bad. But come with me; per- E-A iRXjir’S *» .*>.*. block, wheu he stops abruptly be fore a policeman, tramping his rounds with much vigor to keep his blood in circulation in the frosty air. “I met this girl on La Salle street, near Washington street. She seems to have no place to go to. You had better take her to ibe police station for shelter. It is a pity that she should throw herself away iu the streets; she seems very young. Here is my card,” says the good Samaritan. The policeman looks at the card, acknowledges the introduction of the good, great (in avoirdupois) man with : “As long as such gentle men as yon live, sir, we will be able to disiiense charity to good effect,” and turning bis eyes to where the girl bad been standing, he stares in amazement, and, muttering a hasty apology to the gentleman, starts in pursuit. “As I thought; a professional beggar,” murmurs the man of good intentions, and he swings himself on a passing car. The policeman soon loses sight of the girl, and to warm himself steps into a brilliantly lighted saloon and imbibes freely of warming liquors, receiving with becoming resigna tion the commiserating comments of the customers of the place at bis unfortunate position in that cold weather. Meanwhile the girl has continued her course northward and crossed the Wells street bridge. Exhaus ted she lingers in the entrance to the Northwestern Railway depot. As no one seems to observe her she ventures into the waiting-room and warms her blue, cold fingers by the register. A lady in rich attire views her distrustfully, and gathering up her parcels walks to another end of the room. The child watches ’ her cur iously with her large, dark, sunken eyes, and a defiant tear rolls down the thin, sallow cheeks. With a swift, nervous movement she wipes it away with a handful of her dark hair, which hangs in tangled mas ses over her back and shoulders, giving her a strange, oncanny ap pearance. A small, silk parse lying on the floor catches her eyes, and the gleam of the gold and silver within is tempting She picks it up, and walks to the lady, who bad evident ly dropped it when she changed her seat at the time the little v» grant approached the register. She looks op at the girl’s approach, and, seeing the parse in her hands, rises hastily and snatches it from her. “My parse,” she says shortly, but adds, as if somewhat ashamed of herself, “Thank you,” and turns to a gentleman approaching her and bids him a smiling good-evening. The girl lingers in her viemity a moment and timidly lays her hand on the lady’s arm. Hhe toms im patiently, and says, with a shiver of disgust,— “Go way, you wretched little beg gar.” One of the depot policemeo hears the remark and roughly orders the little girl to leave the premises. She hurries swsy, and after run- uing some blocks turns down aside street. She looks at the aky now clear and blue and studded with innumerable stars. “You see cruel,” she says, shak ing her head reproachfully, and as A large lot of desirable white goods, consisting ot plain and figured Lawns, Bull, Organdie lace stripes Lattice Cheeks, Piques, Nainsooks, French satins, Etc*, Etc** Will be sold within the next 60 days AT COST! J. H. EARLY, • • At our Hardware Store is agent for Steam Engines, Cotton Gins, Feeders. Condensers, Cotton Presses—repairs for same. Stowes, Engineer’s supplies, such as Belting, Packing, Pipes. All kinds of Steam Fittings, in Iron and Brass. Repairs “ies, Boilers, Ac. ring Machines: White, Weed, Household, Hartford, Amer- can and Howe ; Needles, Oils and Attachments; Repairs all kinks of Sewing Machines. Stoves, ail the best makes. Furnish repairs for all Stoves Mid by us. Cucumber Pumps, Farr patent Sand-box for Buggies, Wa gons, Ac. Thomas Smoothing Harrow, Deering Cultivators. April 8,1886. I7 she hears footsteps advancing, she tarns abruptly and runs. A young woman, walking just in front of the terrified child, makes a misstep and is precipitated into a anow drift at the edge of the aide- walk. The girl extends her bands to assist the other to rise. “Thank yon, child,” says a pleas ant voice. “Why, you have no gloves on ! How cold your hands! A small bunch of icicles! Here, run away and bay yourself a pair of mittens if you have none,” and ahe slips a coin into the child’s hand, and continues ou her way. The little homeless one stops un der the first lamp-post to examine her treasure. “A half dollar!” she exclaims, and the weary little heart gives a great bound of joy. She again runs, and this time her speed is cheeked in a grocery store, where she invests all but live cents ot the fifty iu tea, bread and sugar. On regaining the street she hails a car, and cnrling herself up on a seat iu a corner looks with wide, tbonghtfni eyes on the frozen window opposite. “This is as far as we go,” an nounces the cond actor, after a long, tedious ride, and the little figure again stuggles iu the snow, hug ging the small parcels close to her breast. Nothing but snow ! Great white fields of snow, though the city be hind and the heavens above are gleaming with thousands of lights. BtHler and colder the night grows bnt still that, dark dot moves along throngh the vast stillness of the night. The large, dark eyes at length spy an apparently long sought for light ahead. She soon reaches the structure from which it gleams, and opening the door without a key, she enters, and seeks her way up a dark flight of stairs. The great bright eyes of rats peeping out of their boles do not frighten her. “Go way you,” she says cbidiug ly, as if surprised at their boldness in confronting her. Rapping lightly at a door at the head ot the stairs, or more properly speaking, Udder, she gains admit tance. “I’ve got something to eat, papa,” she says cheerfully, holding her bands to a small stove emitting consideiable warmth. '’Something to eat,” he repeats eagerly, and grasps the cold hands in his own and chafes them gently. “1 have been watching for you, my Pearl, and I was fearful that the winds bad dug vour grave and the snow filled it. But you have come back, my Pearl,” and the long white hair of the old man mingles with the black locks of the child, and he kisses tier often and tender ly, as if they bad been separated for a term of years. “Here, Pearl 1 see here! I have perfected my discovery; the secret of perpetual motion is ours!” The long white fingers pointed to a sheet of brown wrapping paper ou the table, coveied with angles, squares, and all maimers of shapes and curves, which, iu their intric acy, formed no definite outline of any kind. “Yes. papa ; we will talk it over after we have bad something to eat,” and she unclasps his arm from about her waist and prepares the tea. “How did you earn the money ?” he inquires fondly. “I did not earn it, papa. A young lady gave it to me.” A shadow passes over her face as she replies, and the keen eye of the father observes it “Come here, my Pearl,” he says gravely, and draws the light on the table by bis side nearer to him. She lays the bread she has been cutting on a cracked plate, which she places on a napkin in the centre of the table, then turns her face to him. He takes it between bis hands and looks anxiously into the eyes of his child. “They have been rough to you, my Pearl. Gome, rest your head on my breast and ery. I see the tears in your heart My sweet lower, 1 have leaned on you till the slender stem is ready to break. But I may yet be able to use my limbs So cheer up, my precious Pearl. But let us drink the tea. It smells good after we have had nothing but warm water for days and dsw- Hand me my medicine chest We must both take some medicine to make ns stronger and cheer our spirits.” She smiles throngh her tears, and places a small paper box beside him on the table. Brushing bis hair from his face, she draws the table closer to the stove, moves his chair nearer the table, and seating herself, pours out the tea. “It tastes good, papa,” she says, touching it daintily to her lips, and then takes a long draught as if to emphasise her words. “That is right, Pearl. Drink and enjoy it.” He drains the tea in his eop at a draught, and when ahe refills their eupe says: “Let me pat some medicine in this, my Pearl, so that we will grow stronger. Perpetnsl motion and perpetual life—two grand discover ies: they ought to bring me fame and fortune.” “Perhaps they will yet, papa. They have a book in the city, as you told me, in whiob they have all the names of the great people who live in Chicago. They call it ‘Directory,’ so if you oould remem ber the names of some ot the doc tors and mathematicians you used to know I can find yon where they live in that book and tell them ail vou have discovered ” “They would not believe it, Pearl.” “Bat, papa, I would explain it all to them just as you do to me. I would tell them that the philosophy of perpetual motion is plainly de monstrated—” “Do not speak of it now, my child. We will rest for a time. I was so fearful lest evil should be fall you when you left me this morn ing that I worked without ceasing to quiet my anxiety. Later in the evening we will discuss the latest phaso of our intricate labors, but uow when you have bad enough to' eat, you can move your chair olose to mine and sing to me some song like you used to do when you were only a child,” “ButI am a child no longer, papa. I am almost a woman. I will be fourteen years old next week.” 8he sits down beside him and leans her bead on his shoulder. He strokes her soft hair gently till it looks glossy and smooth. Her heavy eyelids quiver and she endeavors to resist the desire to sleep. “Sleep, Pearl. You require rest.” She puts her arm about his neok and kisses him. He draws her close to him with one arm, and with the other baud raises his second cup of tea to his lips. “My poor, tired Pearl,” he mur murs, and the lean, white fingers toy restlessly with her black hair. The stars looked down and smil ed when they saw the two asleep. “They are tired,” they whispered to each other, and winked and blink ed, and looked wise. But when the moon came she said, “This is wrong They used to watch me nightly and ponder on strange things. I must wake them,” and she flashed tier regal splendor lull into the old barn upon the sleeping man ami ddid. “Let them rest, they are weary,” said the frost, and he spun a curtain of rarest design over the often- patched window panes. Wheu the sun saw them iu the morning still asleep, lie thought: “Not yet at your labors, my friends. I must despoil your borne of this pretty curtain the frost has wrought across your wiudow.” And the stars, the moon, the frost and sunlight all did what they oould for those who had lovod them. But the father and child did not stir; and the rats and mice danced about them, and ate at the bread she had brought, and tore bits of bis and her hair away to build them uew nests for their young, and ate at their flesh. And the vermin lived all Ihroiigh the cruel winter, and in the spring time they scamp ered over the fields and enjoyed the sunlight, but at evening always re turned to the old bare, and wrought uew nests for tneir young of black and white, hair and bits of old cloth. But one day a stray match got ignited, and burned full many a uestbuiltof black and white threads, soft and warm, like the finest silk, and the old barn for half an hour was a sight for passers-by. The fire department was called, but it was registered as a false alarm, for it was an empty barn that bad taken fire just outside the city limits. And the stars, the moon, the frost, and the sunlight have looked upon a few white scattered bones, and the heavens have wept upon them, and as they crumble to dost the earth absorbs them. And the stars, the moon, the frost and son still gaze on strange ambitions, strange misfortunes, strange sad endings. Excitement In Texss. Great excitement has been caus ed in the vicinity of Paris, Tex., by the remarkable recovery of Mr. J. E. Corley, who was so helpless hs could not turn in bed, or raise his head; everybody said he was dying of Consumption. A trial bottie of Dr. King’s New Discovery was sent him. Finding relief, he bought a large bottle and a box of Dr. lung’s New Life Pills j by the time be bed taken two boxes of Pills and two bottles of the Discovery, be was well and bad gained in flesh thirty- six pounds. Trial Bottles of this Great Discovery for Consumption free at Willoox A Co. Care For Sisk Headache. For proof that Dr. Gann’s Liver Pills cares Sick Headache, ask your Druggist for a free trial pack age. Only one for a dose. Regular size boxes, 25 cents. Sold by Will- eox & Go. Florence District Conference. (From S. C. Advocate.) The eleventh session of the Flor ence District Conference convened in the Methodist Church at Lake City, Thursday morning, July 1, 0.30 o’clock. Iu the absence of a Bishop, Rev. Wm. O. Power, Pre- sidiug Elder, took the chair, and re quested Rev. J. Thos. Pate to act as Secretary pro tem. The roll was called, and a goodly number of min isters and lay delegates answered to their names. Thu Conference was then organized as foilpws: Rev. J. Thos. Pate was elected Sec retary, with J. C. Clements and Ira M. Koger, assistant secretaries. A committee of seven, with Rev. E. T. Hodges chairman, was appoint ed on Quarterly Conference records A committee consisting of one from each charge in the district, with Rev. A. H. Lester chairman, was appointed ou the general state of the Church. The bar of the Con ference and the hours for meeting and adjournment were then fixed, and the business^ of the body, as briefly outlined in' the 8. C. Advo cate a few weeks previous, was tak en up, item by item, and reported on from the various charges. The facts brought out in these reports are fully covered by the report of committee on the general state of the Chnri-b, whiob is as follows: “The facts presented to the Con ference in regard to the general state of the Church have been con sidered by the committee as care fully as practicable under the cir cumstances; and the following re port, necessarily brief aud hastily written, is submitted. 1st Property. The Church prop erty seems to be in a tolerably good condition, with considerable im provements iu church buildings and parsonages during the past year. Only four of the sixteen charges in district are now without parsonages, aud ot these four several are com paratively new appointments, and have hardly had time to procure snob property. The one exception, which gives the committee some surprise, is Darlington station. No good and sufficient reason is appa rent for longer delay on the part of the Church iu that town to provide a parson iu accordance with their ability and customary lilierality iu other respects. It is hoped that steps will soon be taken to supply this long felt want. 2nd. Finances. The finances of the district, as a who'e, are deplor ably behind hand at present. Only a few charges have paid more than oue-thfrd of the amounts assessed for support of the ministry, and several are very tar below this frac tion. (Darlington station is oou spicuously in advance of every oth er place in this particular—having already paid about three fourths of the whole amount assessed for the year.) Various explanations are given of this general backwardness of the collections; bat none are sat isfactory which do not involve blame, more or less, of either stew ards, people or preacher. The preacher is sometimes possibly not argent enough for the adoption of some plan aud method for making the collections; the stewards are not always as active as they ought to be in discharging their duties; and many of oar people have no proper conception of their obliga tions to snstain by pecuniary con tributions the institutions aud eu terprises of Christianity. Notwith standing the present state of the collections, strong hope is express ed of mneb success on most of the charges in the final outcome of the the fiscal operations of the year The committee strongly recom mends the assessment plan to all the charges; and frequent pay meats, beginning early in tbe year, will be found to suit most persons best, and to yield tbe largest in come 3rd. Training of Children. In re gard to tbe mental cnlture of the children of the Chnrcb, our people appear to be doing about as well as their means and apportuuities will permit; but there is complaint iu many places of a lack of diligence and zeal on the part of parents in training their children m the social practices and doctrinal views of our Church. It is certainly oar daty to make proper efforts to guide those whom God has committed to our parental oversight, in tbe way which we ourselves believe to be tbe true, tbe good, and right Way, both In faith and conduct. While violent or compulsory means are not to be thought of io bringing oar children into oar denominatioi fold, we cannot noderstand how any pa rent can be indifferent or indeed otherwise than greatly solicitous in regard to this vary important mat ter. .4th. Fithfiiliieas of preachers, etc. Our pastors are reported ae faith ful in their efforts to advance the interests of tbe Choreb by diligence in the exercise of all tbe fanotkma of their sacred office. The local preachers, exhorters, stewards and trustees are in the main doing ac ceptable service—some deserving mneb praise, and others not spe cially distinguished for official teal and efficiency. . 5th. The Sunday-schools. Tbe average attendance of teachers and scholars 9in Sunday schools is good, and this department of our church work is, upou the whole, in >ui en couraging and improving condition. A considerable number of the schools still continue to suspend during the winter mouths, it is much to be regretted that the hou ses are not properly warmed ai.d made sufficiently comfortable for school exercises to be kept up in cold weather. It is hoped this will be attended to with increasing promptness and lilierality. There is in many places a deplorable lack of interest and active oo-operatiou on the part of parents This ought not so to be. Our people ought to look u|>on the Sunday-school as justly making large demands upon them in work, in money and in time. No better inves'meut of a reasonable share of these things may ever be made. Wo urge tbe duty of parents to exhibit a lively interest in the Snnday-sohool in every practicable way. Our ow» Nashville publications are used al most, if not quite, everywhere throughout the district Tbs use of some approved oatachism with tbe younger children is iu in tuy cases advisable, aud peibaps in general is the best mode of instruc tion for the little ones. This may be done, however, and ought to lie done without wholly neglecting oth er methods commonly employed. 6th. Tbe literature of the Church is not by auy means so extensively circulated os it ought to be. Not to 8|>eak of other publioations whiob deserve approving mention, the committee taken pleasure iu eom- mending to all our people tbe 8. 0. Advocate Its circulation is by no means as extended as is desirable. Its value in the family as a source of iutormatiou and as an influence for moral and spiritual improve- ineut cannot be measured. It mer its all the patronage which can be I^Teb it, and will be sate to repay its cost incalculably iu manifold blessings and benefits to every fami ly in which it is found. Let every preacher and every member of oar Chureh seek to increase tbe sub scription list within the bounds ot tbe district. 7th. Spiritual condition. Lastly and chiefly. The spiritual condition of our membership, as far as can be learned, is ordinarily good. In some places tbe signs of spiritual life and growth are more apparent than iu others, but iu all we trust there is some progress. There is general complaint of too little at tention to family worship, and that many members of tbe Church neg lect the high and sacred privilege of communion iu the Lord’s Supper. The person who habitually tunis away from this holy sacrament is surely far ont of tbe true path, aud really forfeits his connection with tbe Church if discipline were rigid ly enforced. It is earnestly desir ed that all should oe done by our preachers and lay brethren which may be possible to enforce this da ty, and retonn tbe practice of those who disregard it. It is greatly to be desired, too, that there should be an altar in every household, from which shall daily ascend tbe acceptable ordor of spiritual sacri fice. Tbe spiritual itv of the people is tbe end and aim of all true Chris tina endeavor; to this all-embrao- ing pnr|K>se every thing else whioh tbe Church is doing is subordinate aud tributary—only means to the end A. H Lester. Cb’mn. The genial, brotherly spirit of the body in all they did and said was especially noticeable. The preach ing during the occasion was done by Revs. A. H. Lester, John W. Elkins, P. B. Jackson, M. L. Banks, E. T. Hodges sod W. D. Kirkland. On Sunday morning, at 9.30 o’clock, a love-feast was held in tbe church. It was well attended, and was an occasion of mneb spiritual power aud blessing. At 1115 tbe congregation repaired to tbs arbor adjacent to the ehorab for paMie preacuing. Rev. W. D Kirkland preached the sermon. At tbe dose of the service a collection of about 9200 was lifted to pay for tbe re- E dra of the parsonage and ebureh. oth of these buildings are now ia excellent condition, reflecting maeh credit ou both pastor and people. Sunday afternoon was devoted to tbe interests of the children, ad dresses being made by Rev. A. H. Lester, P B Jackson and W. D. Kirkland. The delegates eleet to the Anaa- at Conference are, J B. O. Wright, J. F. Camway, G. Hoffmeyer and Ire M. Koger. Alternates, Rev. J. W. Shell and J. J. Graham. The next session of tbe Conforanee will be at Tinitnonsvitle. P- B. Jackson. Boeklen’a Armies Salve. The Beet Salve in the world for Gats, Braises, Sores, Ulcer*, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chap ped Hands, Chilblains, Cents, aaa all Skin Eruptions, sad positively cares Piles, or no pay required, it is guaranteed to give jwrt'ect satis- faotiou, or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. Fur sale by Willoox A Co. i H i 4