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■ I The Land of the Deantilal Dead. Bj lb* hat «f tb* ptatanl where pAtenj wee And nigh to the lew-re of the king, Ctooe, elo-e to the ctedle wbrre infei/ej a'eefte And jojr lo7ee to ling r end e ng. Uei »gardes of light fall of beeres’e |>erfa>ae, Where sever s teardrop ie ab-d. And Ike r r ee ard the lily are ever in h'oom— ’Tie tne 'and of Ibe beautiful dnd Each n cmrat of life a otrrreager eomra And beebona man ere' the way; Tbrougb Ibe heart »ol>a of women and rolling of drama, Tbe a t my of mortala obey. Tew lips that hare kiss d not a motionless brow, A face from each fireside baa fled. But we krow that our loved O'ics are watching us now In the land of the beautiful dead. Hit oiifdii in uiiud e l Iw'liind the Liver, Kidue\N or Blood. Only I' t* «*r>faii ; st, Mm. John hall d..|iHr h Itoitle at Willox. Co’i*. Uiug store. Not a eharm that wo knew 'ere Ibe bound ry waa eroaoed. And we stood iw the valley alone ; Not a trait jfcat we prittJ in our dirliugs ie lent. They have falter and leveller grown Aa the lilies buret forth when be shadows •f tight lalo bondage at daybreak are led. Bo tbey bask ia ike glow by the pillar of light. Ia the land of the beautiful dead, 0! the dead, our dead, our beautiful dead. Are eloee to the heart of eternity wed Wl ea the last deed ie done and the last word io toid Wo will moot ia tko beautiful Uod of tbe dead. MODERN INFIDELITY. Its Causes—Its Manitcstatlons—Its Fally and Us Blindness. Mb. Editor: With your permis aiott I wouiil like to occupy, frum line to limp, a abort apace iu your. eolamBB, devoted to the diecuMton, iu a frank, candid, and reanouable spirit, of the aobject anti it* subdi visions as outlined above. m reasons for aekiug this priv ilege sre commendable at least. I am to arrive at truth, and to de clare it as the one thing which should claim our loyalty and alle gtanee And this ou the ground that iaidelity, in one, or other of Its protean shapes, has taken |n>s- sesaiou ot many iniuda, and is im pressing them with tbe itlea that the truth ia all on itt side, and there fore that faith haa no foundation iu troth, bnt ia s baseless fabrics. ti< u composed of equal parts of ig norance, credolitj, Hupemtitition, imagination and traditional ant) educational bias, which deserve uo consideration at the bands of those who pose as tbe champions of Joust, and tbe promoters of truth (as they understand it). And th s being so, if 1 can prove to tbem that they are mistaken In their conceptions both aa to tbe nature of troth and Ha moooooly by infidelity, and shall he able to establish tue fact that faith has foundations which no aotaith can, by any possibility have, the scales may fall from the oyea of some who think (bey see and are ia reality blind, and an •veuMw ou opened io tbem ibroogh which tbey may appr< ach the thiiue of Troth, which, iu my opinion, never jreVeals itself to one who doubCTts existence and who often denies to man the capacity to know and discover troth when be thinks Of coarse if man has no facul ty whereby to ktow troth, there is aa end of the whole matter. In that ease why seek to discover it wheth er iu tbe pages of the Bible or lu> geraoll, of Paul or Pavne, Spur geou or Spencer, for having | lo f BC . ulty wheiebytt may be known, bow ean it be lunoovered by man T I urge this point becaus** nuless we eede te nan such a faculty, theie is uo starting |>oi it and no destina- tiou. It would be a simp e going to sea in a bowl, b.tund now hi her but sailing on indcfliiitely and f»r no purpose. Mother (ioone may not have meant it so. but she basin that thyme about the “three wise men of Gotham,” described precise ly tbe perlornianc.' ol many who es teem themselves wise, but who ent themselves off trom the power to prove it by deuving th t n o have the laonlty of discovering and knowing •njfthimg, We are tbesriore eempelh d to assume that even th'>ae who are know-nothing enough to affirm this, will yet ad’inl the possibility of the possession of such a facnl y by man, and the consequent pos-«ibi'ity ol his ability to know truth when be sees it. They are indeed compelled to admit it, tor without that admis sion no single step can be taken. Hot even so mighty a man as “our Bob” could get started ou a ques tioo-askiug trip before un audience («t a dollar a bead), without admit ftng this mush, though h» knows that any BABY ean propound a hun dred qtpatieus which even he ean- <Mt answer, especially if be has ever had any children and lived iu the boose with th» m. auh-ss tbey “took after” soflhebmly be4des their clever daddy, who ceitainly is a floe phrase-maker, (always, how- ever, at II a bead). But, having tried to find a convenient starting nt for tnture o|»erutions, I close poi her iere for the present. t Darlington Station. (C. II. L««, is s. C. AUvoc:»ie ) Tbe Methodist Ohitrch here, un der the pastorate of Bt>v. U G. Bcndday, is an md fashioned, white painted wooded edifice, wi(h hand some brick omuinus supporting the overhanging roof that sdaros the entrance. Hy of 650, three sides very yards the Gao Ocoaty, read which tbe North a neating eapac- galleries around ebnrch. It ia altaaled, fifty Mt to d of Oirilagton insoription on rever "On Fume’* eternal earn ping grou ■ 1 Tbntr nilaot lanta ve «preiti|. Aud g'orjr gaar li lb* »>leniB roand The bivouae of th« dead. * A; d on another side: •-'Jonquere I ibey can oerar be Wb»te tpirits and wbo.e e .uU are free." The offim rs ot the church are: Messis. J. E. Kettles, W. D. Woods, (i. W. Bioaii, W. A. Parrott, J 15. Willcox, J. G. McCail, sud Chair- m.in K. W. B >\d. Th I Wo-nls. is aasiMed by the follow iuc choir: Mrs. Jaa. II. Mason, Misses Mary Wuite, Maiy Spain, Inez McCall, Mary Zimmerman, and Messrs. T. II. Spain, Geo M. Iknd ami B. B. K1 idger The congregation numbers 200 members, an increase of seventy- one since the advent ot Mr. Scud •lay. The church was well filled Sunday morning. Mr. Scuddsy pleached from Jeiennah, chap. 50, verse 5: “They shall auk the way to Zion with their faces thither ward, saying, come and fet us join ourselves to the laird iu a perpet ual covenant ’hat shall not be In,, gotten.” In hi* eloquent exordium, the gifted young preacher outlined bissuhj'Ct an follows: “A cove- nun t is a stipjlation or agreement entered into between two or mure patties for peiformauce ol certain duties. Covenants are • f two kinds, expressed and Imp led. An expressed covenant is oral or written ; an implied one, presumed from the force of circumstances. Life is sacied, and at tbe bottom of evety relation tn Me there is a sas cred contract or coveuaut. A con tract in which we participate, we seldom ever lorgct. When we see a man disregard a covenant, we look upon him with contempt; where contracts are disregarded, chaos retgos. Where co itracts are not fulfilled, governments and civ- ilizition are undermined. When the representative of God use the solemn tnatrimouial rite at the al tar, the contracting parties enter into a:i obligation which applies not only to themselves, hut to Ue children who may come after them. ’Public office is a public trust, aud when tbe servants of the people pace their hi nd on the sacied Book and say that they will bo true to their saore.1 trust, they enter iuto a covenant between God, the people aud themselves. Tbe citi zen says to tbe government, 41 you will protect my life and property 1 will coutribnte to tbe public tr<os remedy. Every bottle sold haa given relief in every case. One roan took six bottles, and was eared ot Bh*oniat|ani ot It years* standing.* Abraham Hare, diuggial, Bellrille, Ohio, affirms: “The best selling medicine 1 have ever bandied ia my 20 y era’ ■ xperbner, i« Elect rid Bitteis.” Thousand* ol o kers have added their testimony, at that ibe verdict is unanimons that Electri Bitters do cate all dia-sses of the uryv “Covenants are at the bxtom, iu fact are the fonudatioti, of all reli gions lives. There is infinite love and condescension in the councils ot eternity. God stoops to make a covenant with His creatures and the Son of God became the medium by which that contract was con summated. Jesus said uato the Father: 4 wi.l go dowuinto the w orld and offer myself as a propi tiation.’ This was the first oove uaut. The next was tbe Abraham ic covenant. God said unto Abra ham : ‘Walk befoic me and be thou perfect. Bless.d are thou at ^ in thee shall all the nations of the earth be blessed,’ Moses, at Sinai, gave tbe law written with the fin ger of God on enduring tables ot ■tone. Israel by the burnt sacrifi ces -ealed their acceptance, aud Moses ratified the name by spnuk ling the blood of iheoff’riugs upon the awe stricken throng. By the coveuaut ot grace Jeaus offered Hi msclt as a bleeding victim ou the cro*8. “By this sacrifice Go I has |H*r- formed bis share of the lOVeuant, aud by the months ot His ministers, who are the witnesses for Christ, He pleads w ith meu to accept Him and thus perform their part of this solemn obligation. Tbe worst form of apostasy, or covenant-breaking, is a half-hearted sll- giauce io the te tellings of the Chi isi iuu religion. We cannot serve two masters. It is a sheer impossibility to serve God and mammon at the same time.” The reverend gentleman in bis peroral inn made » touehiugly beau tiful appeal to his healers to leuen their coveuaut with God, savtug : “I; calamity we tarq to Zion ; so let us now iu the days of our pros perity 1 ok unto tbe hills from whence coiuotb our help, consecra ting ourselves anew to the service ot the Master and renewing iu a peipeiual covenant our alieguuce of talih, sei vice aud obe«i enoe to Him, that at the last we may hear tbe gracious words, ‘Well don*, good aud faithful servant, enter into the joys of thy Lord.’ ” A Woman’s Discovery. “Another wonderful discovery has been made and that too by a lady in this county. Disease fas tened its t’lutcbea u|M>n her and for rev« n years she withstood its se verest tests, hot her viul organs were anderuiiued aud death seem ed imminent- For three mouths she coughed incessantly and conld not sleep. She bought of us a bot tle of Dr. King’s New Discovery lor Consumption and was so mnch relieved on taking first dose that she slept a’l night and with one Imttle has been miraculously cured. Her name is Mrs. Lnther Lntx.” Thu* write W. C. Hamrick 4 Co., ol Shelby . N. 0.—G t a free trial Imttle nt Willcox 4 Co’s Drug Store. Stolen Smiles. Clerk—Why dc yon want these apple barrels marked “Open tbia end”? What difference does it make what end is opened f Ft till Dealer—We can’t afford to pack large applea at both ends of the barrel, hit.—Drake?s Mega tint. Caution to Mothers- Every mother is eaotioued against giving her child laudanum or paregoric; it creates an unnatur al craving (or stimulants which kills, the mind or the child. Ack er’s Baby Soother is specially pre pared to benefit children and care their pains. It is barmlesa and contains no Opium or Morphine. Sold by Dr. J. A. Boyd. At the play of “Julius C esar”— Wife (from tbecouutry)—Come on, John, let’s go. Husband (ab*orhed in tbe con spirators)—What fur? Wife (indignaully)—Look at all them men iu their night gowns. It’s wuss nor a bally.—Texas Sift ing. “Send ns Some More ot that Good Old Granville County Tobacco.” Editor Darlington hetes : Quite a good jok.* is told in ref erence to the above heading, aud as it teflecte credit ou Darlington County it will bear repeating. Nearly, every one haa heard of the famous Granville tobacco, aaid to be the finest laiaed in the world. A large lot ol the we« d was ship ped to a certain maike: lit North Carol.ua by one of our farmers, and was nearly all purchased by one buyer ou the market. Shortly alter- ward* be prized a hogshead aud sbipiH'd it to a manufacturer in Virginia. Upon its arrival tbe manafaotnrer wrote immediately, ’•Send ns some more of that good old Granville County. rt But this time he wa» in error; it was that good old Darlington County to- baooo. Farm rs I there are thousand of mere* around us that * ill produce | fch^rfal’ this same “good eld County.* Are Yon Skeptical I If so, we will convince you that Acker’s English Remedy for the lungs is superior to all other pro- paratioiiN, and is a postive core for all Throat and Lang trouble*. Croup, Whooping Cough and Colds. We guarantee tbe preparation and will give yon a am pie bottle free, at Dr. John A. Boyd’s Drag Store. Sehno! Teacher—Johnnie, bow many nunires are ,hor in a quar ter of an bear f Johnnie—Don’t know, mam. School Teacher—Well—er—bow long does It take yon to go home from school? Johnnie—Pa says a devil el a long time.—Garfcoa. Is Life Worth Living? Not if you go through the world a dyspeptic. Acker’* l))S|iep*ia Tab lets ate a positive cure lor tbe wors' forms of D.VH|H*p*ia, Indiges tion, Flatulency and Constipation. Guarantee d and sold hi Dr. J. A. Boyd. _ Toucher—I say, old man, would you mind lending me an X for a fen days! Cashier—Certainly not. Here’s $9.50. Touchei—What’s the reason yon . ake off the 50 cents ? Cashier—T.iai’s tor postage on the letters I’ll write yon.—America. People Everywhere Confirm oar statement when we say i hat Acker’s English Remedy is in every way suiienor to any and all other preparations for the Throat and Lungs. In Whooping Cough and Croup it is magic and relieves at once. We offer you a sample bottle tn e. Rt meintaT, this Reme dy is Hold on a positive guarantee, by Dr. J. A. Boy d. Fouud By Accident Giauvilie i * * * Baltimubk, M d., Jmu. 28th, 87. 1 have been a suff tvr lor six years with Catarrh, Ulcerated Sore Throat and Ubeum >tiam ot tbe Chest, from blood |Hii*on. A boat four weeks ago I was passing tbe Botanic B:ood Balm store, No. 8 North street. Ball (mere. I went in and consulted your ngent about my case He gave me one ot year B. B B. “Book ol Wondei-,* wh ch I read. I e.dhd iu a few days afterward and got a bottle of your Bo:aide Blood Balm -B. B. B. 1 am now on the third .ottle and will a»y that I have h It a marked improvement since tbe third dsy after commencing io use your medi zin«\ I now bare no I rouble with my throal, ami have impiovert so much every way that 1 am aatisfied that by tbe use of your m*divine 1 will soon be all right. 1 have taken many and some good prescriptions and medicines far this trouble, but 1 think your B. B. B. the lest remedy I have had, and recommend yoar “Bo- Patient wife (of sick man )—Mary, bring in a glass with two table spooefals-— Sick man—Darn yoar immeopa- tblc doacs. Yon want to let me die for want of medicine, don’t y on ? Mary, bring is th • glass half full. Wife—This isn’t the dear, ita the roil liver oil. ‘Oh !”—Philadelphia Rvoid. rbisky, 1 cheerfully recommend yoar “E uato Blood Balm* to thapablie the quickest and beat blond sams The Yerdtot Unanimons. W. D. Salt, Druggist, Blppus, lod* testifies : “1 can recommend Electric Bitten as the very boot I have fowl, after six of march tor boalth. Very 210 Slemamca Alley. Jos*ni W.' Pimples- ou tho Fare Denote an impure state of the blood and are looked upon by many with auspieion. Acker’s Blood Elixir will remove all impurities and leave tbe mmplexinu smooth and clear. There is nothing that will on tborougly build up the con stitntion, purify and strengthen the whole system. Sold and guaran teed by Dr. John A. Boyd. Salesman Wanted. Knc/geiiti ui<:u to canvass Dar lington County with a beautiful line of jewelry and watches, in a baud some sample case; $50 to 175 per month guaranteed to energetic meu, and more than that can lie easili made. Security required. For farther particulars, apply at MASON’S JEWELRY STORE. Aog 23, ’88—if FLOEENCE TO THE FROST! CANDIDATES J A LONG FELT WANT NOW SUPPLIED. I8MC ««, tat Mr. I wish to inform the eitizen* of Darlington that 1 keep constantly on baud the largest asrortmeut of watches, clock*, jewelry and silver ware io the Pee Dee section, which I offer at prices which will co opete with Hew York, or soy other city . Solid gold gents’ watch (not filled) Waltham make $32; gold filled, warranted fa wear tor 20 Years, $20; silver watches, hunting or o|>eu face from $10 np; silverine watebe* $7. All of theae arc of the celebra ted Waltham make. Other goods equally as low. All repairing ol flue watches done |*T8<>iiailv May 17, *88. BOOTS, SHOES, Harness and Saddles Made sad .tpalrcl (Urine opaa«<l » basin* •• of lb* above aa'ura at McCul •agb A Bloekasll’s harness sslablish- mraf l«mf dialtly oppowit* thei- livery ala. bis. I rssoas<fully ask thr )*troaag* of thr public. 1 bars bad twraljr yrar’s »xp»ri- • ocsin ihr businrss, aad sol oaly kuow tbv wauls of tbs p-opl«, but am profared wllb ibe proper material Io do their work Ot tho short'** possible aotie*. Mck. 15. -U «. C. YOUNG. We have opened a largo Sale sod Livery Su*de in the Town of Florence S C., where we ehtll keep nlwars ou baud a good assort incut of Mules and Horses, es pecially selec'ed for this climate and coun try. We will carry also a full line of Dug- gies. Wagons, as well as buggy and wagon material, and a eomr leto stock of Harness sud Saddlery la addition to this general line of goods, we will carry a full line of Heavy Groceries wnick we will sell only at wholesale and by th* package. Per sons wishing anything in our line will do will, we think, to see our goods before buying. We shall do our best to giro s*t- isiaction to all. Grerytbinc we sell shall be guaranteed iu writing if desired, and the money will alwaye be chee fplly re funded if the goods fall short in »ny par ticular. We r<ean business, aud are re sponsible for all we say. If fair dealing and bard work will please tbe public then we ask all wbo want good* ia our line to come sad trade with us and we fesl sure that tbey will ke pleased, Remembtr that Florence is easy of access, and we wish all wbo go there to make our place their bead- quarters. Our Livery shall bo a special feature ia th* busina*-. aad one will always find good teams aad comfortable vehicles ia readiness to carry him wherever he may wish to go at most reasonable rates. We desire also to say that oar lot it large and roomy, aud we want everybody who comes to Florence to know that they can get lot-room nod good shelter for their teams and vehicles day or night, free of charge. Horses will be fed by tb* dsy or m<iDih at reasonable charges. Don’t fnil to come to see us and tell all yonr friends to come, we will do our best to make yon comfortable. COVINGTON BROS. Edwards Nor mem We aniioonee ourselves as o.tmlidftteB for the patronage of the Pnblic on the following platform : PROTECTION of onr customers from high prices, FREE TRADE where you can do best with your mnney PROHIBITION of inflated values and high profits. REDUCTION of the Tariff—our specialty. AXAM1NATION WILL SHOW THAT OUR STOCK IS ESPECIALLY STRONG IN Style, nd Quality* As candidates for your patronage we call special attention to m onr Platform. OUR HEW WAREHOUSE MAKES OUR WHOLE ALE AND RETAIL And we are now prepared to give the very best terms and prices ou every thing in this line, including BACON, FLOUR, LARD, MOLASSES, Oct. 6, 1887. iy. Ct ton Seed Wanted, Blackwell Bros. 4 Co. are in the market this sea*<>n and will pay tbe highest cash price* or make lilteral exchanges o! priire cotten seed meal tor good sound seed. TOBACCO, SUGAR, And a 'all line of Fancy Groceries, BAGGING AND TIES, SALT, Beef Pork, Fish. 1 .Isilrc to inform th* people of Darling, ton tbat I ha*« gone into ths hmolisr liusioess. an i will h« fmoJ in the ll«rltet House at th* firtt stall on th* right as ths building w cntereJ, where I will bj pre pared al all times to fur - tab tbe rory best quality of moot and Aob. Patronage rs- spsetfully solicit'd: satisfaction guaran teed Goods delivered by a a. KOBT NIXON. Lime, Nails and plas tering Hair Alwajt on hand at Charleston price*. Also a full liua of Hard wart aud Building Materials. Special prioea in large qnantittoa. Respe-tfuilj, Edwards & /foment. Octoltsr 4, 1888 Thank the people of the Town arid County oj The Darlington, Ginning, milling, Fertilizer and WAREHOUSE company Is now prepared to gin cotton, and sell bagging, ties and fer- WHICH is NOW COMHLETE IN EVERY LINE. tilizers at the lowest FOR THEIR LIBERAL* PATRONAGE IN THE PAST, AND ASK 1 OR AN INSPECTION OF THEIR 9 THE FIRM INTENDS TO MAKE market figures. They have on hand 300 tons rotton seed meal and a large supply of Lime, and pay the very highest Cash Price for Seed or give meal in exchange for it. Farmers can thus haul their cotton to town and carry back their fertili " .. J? ' * - '. » Men on (he return trip. SZPECIJLLTIIES THIS SEASON OF HD IR, "ST GhOOiDS, s’A ' f + • . 'n VL%H 'DEPARTMENTS THEY DO NOT PROPOSE TO BE ./IF /' Excelled EITHER AS REGARDS Prices ( or Quattitfi By any ftetpit Bouse in the State. sj/.ii’Mco. im-ii