Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE DARLINGTON NEWS, pUBUUBEt BVKKTTHURSDAYMOKNINa HENRY T. THOMPSON. Paoi'RlETUK. Per Aunnnt la kl vaae«. f'ill )ii6 ftrsi insertioa $1.00 )oe Square, second ineertion 60 e»ery aubseqent insertion •••••••••••••••os* • 60 J Contrnot sdrortisements inserted upon the most rs*»on»b’e terms. Herrings Notices end Obltueries, not exceeding six lines, inserted free.’ DARLINGTON NEWS. “FOR US PRINCIPLE IS PRINCIPLE—RIGHT IS RIGHT-YESTERDAY, TO-DAY. TO-MORROW, FOREVER. VOL. XIV. NC 20. DARLINGTON, .S 0- THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1888. WHOLE NO 696. ent- At Arlington. BY JAMS *- KAMDALL. The broken column reered in eir To him who mede our country greet, Cen elmost cest its shedows where The victims of e greet despeir, In long, long renks of deeth, eweit The ie-t loud Itump, the Judgm Smi. / Wkiob cow* ^or all, and, soon or late, WiDetxue (or those et Arlington. In ell the! vest sepulchre repose The thousands reepod from every frey ; The mtb In Blue who once uprose In bottle-from to emite their foes— The Sperten Bends who wore the Grey. The eon. bet o'er, the deeth-bug done. In eummer bleie or wintor me we, They keep die truce et Arliugion. And, el meet in myried graves, Of tfioee whe geined the anequnl flght, Are mounds that hide Cenfederete brnvee, Who reek net how the North wind revet. In dessling dey or dimmest night O’er those who lost end thoee who won Death holds no parley which wee right— Jssovah judges Arlington. The Deed bed rest; the Dove of Psees Brooded o’er both with equel wings. To both bed oome thet great eureeese. The last omnipotent role see From ell the world’s delirious stinge— Ta bugle deef end signel gun, They slept like heroes of old Greece. Beoeeth the glebe et Arlington- And in the Spring’s benignant reign. The sweet Mey woke her harp of pines ; Teaching her oboir n thrilling etnin Of jubilee to land end mein. She deneed in emerald down the lines— Denying lergetse bright to none, She saw no diArenoe in the eigne That told who slept at Arlington. She geve the gmeees end her r ho wen To ell alike who dreamed in dust; Her eoeg-birde wove their dainty bowers Amid tbejesmine buds end flowers. And piped with en impartial trust ; Watte of th t eir end liberal sun, Tbsir guileless glees were kind end just To friend end foe et Arlingten. And 'mid the genereus Spring there oeme Some women of the land, who strove To make this funeral Held of feme Glad ee the Mej-god's alter flame, With rear wreaths of mutual love ; Uamindful who had lost or won, They scorned the jargon of a name ; No Nonru, no South, et Arlington I Between their pious thought and God Stood flies of men with brutal steel. The gerleude pieced on “Rebel” sod Were trampled in the common olod, To die beneath the hireling heel. Facing this triumph of the Hun, Our Smoky Caesar geve no nod, To keep the peace et Arlington. Jtkmk judgtd—.bashing man— Per, in the vigils of the night. Hit mighty eterm-avengers ran Together in see choral clan, Rebuking wrung, rewarding right; Flacking the wreaths from those who wea, The tempest heaped them dewy bright 0> Kasai, graves at Arliagtoa. And when the Mon^oame /sung and fai(, Brim fall of bluebee ripe end rea, Knee deep in eky tent roses there, Netare begun her earliest prayer Above triumphant Southci n dead, So, in the dark and in the sun Our oauee survives the Tyrant’s tread, Aad sleep to wake at Arlington 1 Bemads Grass- Editor Darlington Newt: In an Isnae of yoar paper pub lished some weeks ago, there ap peared an extract from the South ern Cultivator in reference to the culture of grasses in connection with stock. Glancing at the arti- ticle it struck me as a matter of importance and I intended to give it a careful perusal, but the paper was mislaid. My object in asking ft space in yonr columns is to make enquiries as to the success of those who nnderstand the cultivation of Bermuda grass in onr county some years ago. Has any one ever ex perimented with Bermuda grass seed sown broadcast to make a per manent pasture, and with what re sult f The failure of the small grain crop for several years past, wheth er planted in the fail or early spring, compels ns to look in some other direction tor a supplement to the corn crop I am glad to notice that the Spar tanburg Experimental Farm ex pects to pay particular attention to the growiug of grasses and trust it may find something adapted to onr soil and dimate. Let os diversify our crops and pay more attention tostoek and onr material wants. As farmers there should be the first aad Jast objects of car care. F. M. Rogers. Florence, 8.O., May 8. Strength of the Southern Armies. The strength of the Confederate armies eannot be stated exactly, bat wo can come very near it by the well known .'proportions of age and sex in a given population. The largaet traction of a whole people pnt in the field by any Enro- ■ P«an power wen not qnite one In •even \ the total white population of the Confederate States was 5,- 600,000. If, therefore they had se |cored every available mao, their I total of enlisted men, excluding mtein enooeesive organisations {would have been 800,000. But it is lettt that they did not seonre i a force, lot it is prhVed jet least 80,000 of their able men were fugitives in the ( u retngeee*>. aed the lowest lef unionists In the moan- r Tennessee, fforth Caroline, ! Alabama—Mdstinf all drafts, and therefore a negative (orce—put them at 40.000. It is also conceded by the historiaus of both sections (see Blaine, Vol. I, pp 556-7, also Pollard aud Greeley on same subject) that the number of Confederates from tbe border States was equalled or exceeded by tbe number of Federal soldiers irom tbe Confederate States. Much is said of the “sweeping consciption acts” in the South, and arguing thereon some have rashly coucluded that tbe Confederates had had 1,000,000 men. But tbe first enforcement of those acts was in July, 1863, when nearly half tbe South was within the Federal lines, and the rigid enforcement was in 1864, and was only in five States aud small portions of two others. It is alsoa fact not generally known that the Confederate conscription laws provided fora much larger list of exemptions than the Federal. Making tbe lowest reasonable de ductions for these causes, we sbonld conclude that the total of actual men in tbe Confederate armies irom Sumter to Appomattox was con siderably below 700,000, and that there never were in Active service atone time500,000. Excluding re-en- lietments, the actual men in tbe Federal armies did not much, if any- exceed 1,800.000, and the high est estimate wou d not put the number iu active service at any one time over 800,000. A Congress of Farmers. Spartanburg, May 5. — Tbe farmers of the State are requested to bear in mind that tbe Grange Encampment is not the Military Encampment. Tbe latter will be held in Greenville, while tbe Grange Encampment will be held in Spar tanburg, beginning on the 6th of August and closing on tbe lltb. This is a fixed institution at Spar tanburg, and will be held here every summer. It is purely an agricul tural meeting, and farmers will be interested in all tbe proceedings. Two days will be devoted to the Farmers’ Institute, just established, one to the Meohauical and Agricul tural Society of South Carolina, and the Grange aud local commit tees will fill np the other three days. It is expected that there will be much more time for geueral discus sions this year than last. Tbe ex hibits of agricultural implements aud machinery will be large this year. More room will be provided for the displays. The citizeus of tbe town have provided for admirable entertaiu- meats each night. Sam Jones will be here two nights. Manager Liles has secured bis services. Tbe Spar tanburg Musical Association will give entertainments two evenings, and there will be a grand ball dur ing the week. Taking it all in all, it will be a most interesting week, and well worth the time aud money farmers will spend in attending. The experimental station is in a stone’s throw of the Encampment grounds, and the work going on there will be worth the considera tion of visitc rs. > In addition we have fine hotel and boarding house accommoda tions and many private families will take boarders at $1 to 81.25 a day. The Air Line Road has fin ished a large depot at the Encamp ment and they promise to give every facility asked for by tbe managers. Tbe eating booses on the grounds will be well managed this year and there will be no trouble in getting accommodations there. Then Try- on aud the McAboy Hotel, at the base of the moontains, is only an hoar and a half from Spartanbnrg, while Saluda, Flat Rock and Hen dersonville are about two hours’ ride. The famous Glenn Springs is near by and visitors may spend speveral weeks here visiting health resorts. Special rates will be se cured over the roads and published in due time. Virtue in Onions and Beet- What is tbe most strengthening food for a convalescent f Well, on know, the beef tea theory has »een exploded. The most life giv ing and digestible food that can be given to one jast recovering, from an illness is chopped beef. Jast take a pound of the finest round of raw beef, cat off all the fat, slice two onions, and add pepper and salt. Then chop the onions and meat together, turning them over and ov«r until both are redneed al most to a palp. Then spread on slices of rye bread and eat os sand wiches. People talk about celery being a nervine, bat let me tell you that there is nothing which quiets Abe nerves without bad resalts like onions. Tbe ase of them induces sleep, and much strength is obtain ed from them. That is my ideal food for those convalescing or for any one who is in a weak state of health.—Aafua* City Star. h'Ot Quite Fitted, K Miss De Peyton—Tes, admit De Smith’s qaotations are very amus ing, bat they arc not quite fitted for onr circle. His saws usually have reference to oopmon people. Mr. Jonee—Oh 11 see. His saws are not of year ant.—Boston Gouritr Faith Failed to Cure Her. Washington, May 3.—The “faith care” mania has bad another victim in this city. Although the friends of Mrs.'Lucy L. Hunter, who tor years has kept a circulating library at No. 1749 Pennsylvania avenue, knew of her demise about two weeks ago, very few of them, ex cept those among the near neigh bors, kuew of tbe circumstances attending her death. Mrs. Hunter bad been a sufferer from cancer in the stomach, and about the first of last month was compelled to take her bed. A friend, Miss Pollock of Baltimore, was written to and came over to help uurse Mrs. Hunter and assist in managing the library. Miss Pollock is a firm believer in “Obrisiian Science,” or faith care, and, influenced by her friend, Mrs. Hunter consented to try tbe system of mind-bealing. Miss Pollock took charge of the house and, her patient growing worse, a protessioual faith doctor from Baltimore, Miss Schmidt, was called jn, as was also Mr. and Mrs. Smith, of this city, couverts to the faith school. All visitors were ex cluded from the patient’s room. Even her aged mother, Mrs. Me- Ltan, wasnoc permitted to eucer. Mrs. Huuter daily grew worse, and her thoroughly alarmed mother in sisted on calling iu Dr Ha<:ner. It was too late ; however, to be of any sen ice, for tbe deluded victim was beyond the reach of medical science. Dr. Hagner prescribed for tbe patient, but tbe neighbors insist that through tbe influence cf the “Faith Doctors” bis medicine was thrown out of the window. Mrs. Huuter lingered iu agouy until April 25. Tue neighbors are open in their expressions of iudiguation at the treatment that Mrs. McLean received at the hands of the fanatics, who up to the last moment kept her from tbe bedside of her unfortunate daughter. Dr Mayo at Florence. Florence, May 8,—Dr. A. D. Mayo lectured last night at the Presbytenau Church tea large and attentive audience tor about two hoars. He gave a plain, straight forward talk on education and on the subject “How does universal education pay f” This was thor oughly sbowu by vivid and impres sive illustrations, aud id a very foicible manner. Good morals and character building in schools was freely discussed, and be showed that it was necessary that teachers should be skilled in this important branch as well as in instruction. He very plainly pointed out tbe dif ferences between the Europeau and American idea of society build ing, and then showad what univer sal education has doue in tbe past, and also that skilled labor was an absolute condition of success. He dwelt at some length in explaining how good women can make good homes, and tbe great importance of their steering the small boy pro perly. Altogether, his lecture was a solid, practical talk on tbe Amen- can system of universal education. Dr. Mayo goes from here to Mar ion and Darlington, and will return Thursday, wbeu be will lecture that afternoon for the children and parents principally. He will then go to Columbia. The Squeezing Point Washington, May 6.—It oc curred at the ball given at the Mex ican Legation on Monday evening last. It was so clever that halt the town has been laughing at it ever aince Tbe night was oppressively warm, and the weather was tbe principal topic of conversation among the guests. General Gree- ly, grave, sedate and dignified as if on dress parade, stood talking with oue of the brightest women in Washington society. The latter, suddenly shifting her position, struck the chief of the Signal Bn reau with her fan playfully upon the arm aud exclaimed with a pret ty blnsb: “Speaking abont the weather, General, answer me this : If thirty- two above zero is the freezing point, what, pray, is the squeezing pointf” General Greely, who is one of the most modest men living, replied with some embarrassment that he did not know, and then he added, “Do you t” “Why, certainly,” the pretty wo man replied. “It’s two in tbe shade, of coorae.” The Fathers of our Presidents Since oue has been collecting facts about the fathers of United States presidents, with this result: “Grover Cleveland is the only cler gyman’s son who has ever been elected president, thongh Arthur’s father was a clergyman. He was not, however, elected president. The fathers of the Virginia presi dents—Washington, Jefferson, Madison and Monroe—were plan ters. John Tyler’s father was a lawyer and a statesman, and John Adams, the father of Jonn Quincy Adams, was by profession a law yer. Grant’s father was a mer chant and the fathers of Garfield, Lincoln, Pierce, Fillmore, Polk, Van Boren and Jackson were farm- ers.”-jV. 7. Sun. John K. Hclver, DEALER IN HOUSE FTTEXflTSIIIlSra- GOOES, F'TJFllSrirrTJJFItt, Hardware, Wooden and Willow-ware, Glasa-ware, Crockery and tin-ware Window Shades, Cornice Poles, Matting, Carpeting, Pictures, Mouldings, &c, &c. -A. LUSTE OF Staple and Fancy GE.OOEE.IES HAS BEEN ADDED. *». The Patronage of the Piiblic is Solicited. “^t Ourjob Jtpxrlmeul isaupplied witb #Y*t» facilitjr necesaary to enable ua la compel* bath aa topriee and quality o( work, wilb a\tr thos* *f thaoitiea, aad w* guarantee aaiia faction in every particularar charge naibiag for our work. Wearcalwaya prepared t* £11 order* at abort natia* for Ulaaki, BU Head*, Letter Head*. Card*. Hand Bill* Potters. Circulnra, Pamphlet*, At. All job work mutt be paid far Oash on Delivery- A Harvest Field For CASIX B XT YE JFl f GANSON & BROOM. BUYING FOR CASH-SELLING FOR GASH! Gelling (Bargains, -m • m- Giving Bargains. That is THE LATEST ENTERPRISE. A HARNESS STORE CON TAIN1NG ALL THE LATEST IMPROVEMENTS /.'> HALJiESS, BOTE DOUBLE ABB efllNG-HaES, Colars, plow-bridles, riding bridles, &c., &c., by McCullough A Blackwell. Any portion of harness, however small, always kept on sale. and supplied promptly. A FIRST-CLASS SADDLER HAS JUST BEEN HI EE ID TO OOISriDTTCT TPIIS ENTERPRISE. Save money by calling on them. Woods & Woods the magic power that is fast tearing asunder the shackles o f High Picres and consecrate* a new epoch in the Drj Goods trade. Cold blooded an te helium profits—75 per cent will not do, when the condition of the conn- try and the scarcity of money requires that every dollar should, if possi ble, do double duty. We secure bargains anywhere aud everywhere ; whether from tbe Auctioneer, the Assignee, the overstocked Manufac turer, or tbe ueetly Jobber—it matters not siuoe they are Bargaius. Hence we otter a line of Hats, 1,600 in all, of almost every kind, for men, youths and children, at 25 per cent, below first cost. We bought them at 86 cents on the dollar. Next it is a Manafacturei’s Stock of Shoes ; some iu broken lots but all geunine Bargains. We sell as we buy, aud don’t ask $125 for a shoe we can sell for $1. 120 pairs ladies’ fine peb grain flexible shoes that cost first 81 40; our paice is 81.25. A splendid button Dongola goat solid sole shoe for 81.50, worth 82. Sixty pair Men’s Gaiters worth 82, now for 8140 Space forbids meutiou of our New and lovely line of Dress Goods Lawns aud Piques, but we are prepared to say a word about Notions and Hosiery. Every uickle bays a great deal iu this Bargain House. 5 cents will buy 3 papers of pins. Scouts will buy 3 pocket Handkerchief. 5 cents will buy 2 papers of needles. 5 cents will buy a pair of ladies’ hose. 5 cents will buy 3 baits sewing thread. 10 cents will boy as much as 25 cents will at most places. Notwithstanding we have had a roost gratifying Sprig trade thos far, we must do better; better for onr patrons aud ourselves. Have faith to come and see for yourselves. Very Respectfull Cr ANSON & BROOM. April 13, ’88. THIS SPACE THEIR STOCK OF Spring and Summer Ooods dnd now have il ready foi inspeclion; THIS STOCK EMBRACES A FULL ASSORTMENT OF EVERYTHING HANDLED BY THE FIRM. THE LINE OF s s Embracing all the Novelties in Worsted Goods, White Goods, Ac., has received their special attention and the ladies of Darlington County will find both pleasure and profit, in inspecting the many beautiful arti cles now on exhibition at their gmsmurEM FOR a Whose Advertisement will Appear in our next m March 29, 1888.