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THE DARLINGTON NEWS, lYUTTBVBSBAT MORNING HENRY r. THOMPSON. fftOMBTOB. T8R*S-$S Pec^lMWi *■ Adywroe. Om Square, Ant inwrlion $1.00 tabteq^nt .•••••••• ••••••••• •«hi <j»ntrROi»d »*pti*ea»enU inserted upon the moXreeAOMhUter*^ v MerrUce N ttlces And Obltaeries, not h nefding ilz lU*e> inserted free. THE DARLINGTON “FOR US PRINCIPLE IS PRINCIPLE-RIGHT IS RIGHT-YESTERDAY, TO-DAY. TO MORROW, FOREVER* VOL. XV. NO 23. DARLINGTON, S. 0, THURSDAY, JUNE 6. 1889. WHOLE NO 751. The Volume ot Life. A eoluae there is, celled the Volume of Life; Seldom its peges exceed fourscore. Those peges teem with'sorrow snd sttife, Yet they who reed thrut still creve for ® or# - A copy to eseb of Ihjs sons ef nt< n. As e n atter of course, is, at htrlh.'pre- seated. He rends it through to the eud, end theft. He shuts the book, let us hope, cou- teoted. You opeu the book, be you girl or boy, And mey Bud the story pieesnnt enough, With its gladsome page* ut H>.pe aud Joy, Set clear in the golden border'©! Lore; And o»er the chnptefs you .laughingly skim, V > Though the tone of the later grows sutder, my frteud, Till yon eome to the peges where the Printer Grim, In bl* black letters, has stamped -Tut Etn. .» * 1 The volume is well worth- rradiug with care, Bukeome o’er its emtencu shim so fast, So little they gfe.p the dread meaning there, That they alGidder.aud atari as they teach tbe'-last; Aud iu eome copies—ah , the print is so bad— The tale snob n tiasueof sin and of tears, That the weary render is all loo glad Wbfli the Printer’e Fun at lest ap pears. '' ' ■' To Tbe Sunday School Workers of the State. SPARTANBURG. S. 0., May 1, ’89 Drar Brother: ( At tbe iecent annual meeting of March 26»28, ol the South Carolina Interdenomiuational Sunday School Convention of Ch»rlestou, the abso lute neccttity oi thorough t ml efli- cieni organization of the Sunday School Wdikeis m the various coanties wan, very plaiulv demon- titrated. It .waa resolved by tbe raid State l^omeution to undertake the work of organizing in each conuty an Interdenominational Sun day School Association dating tbe present yekr. The undersigned Central Executive Committee was elected aud was iiiatruuted to pros ceed at once to said work. This Committee was authorized losecure the services of a thoroughly cons • crati d Christian map to go active ly into tbe fieid-aud assist the work ers iu tbe various touuiMM to effect the desired organization. In conformity with said instruc tions the Executive Committee, after as 1L tie delay os possible, has employed Bt-v. J no. W. Shell to pros ecute tba wotk ot otgauiziug the counties, anil he wiL be ready for aud will begin itis work on the 15th of May Brorher Shell has bad Several years experience in A he held as canvasser and local Sunday School organizer for the American Sunday School Union, aud is thor oughly conversant with the work and its argent need. The undersigned Executive Com mittee, iherefoie, urgently tuvoke God’* bles.'iug upon the work iu hand, aud sincerely desire to enlist the sy mpathy^, xo-opeiatiou aud •nppuit ot every tiue friend of the Sunday School cause iii the State. Oauuot tb£Tcouimittee rely upon your interest, brother f Will y ou not consecrate a. suntU portion of your time and effolts to organize in yottr own i^iuniy an active Sun day School Aftspctauoir to the cud tUatprccum* M)uls may be savedt This is the bne aim'and object ef this movement and we oall -upon yon-to aid as, to the glory of God, In twelve counties organizations wers reported at the recent Con tention in Charleston, viz: Barn- well, Cheqtertield. Colleton, Edge- field, Hampton, Kershaw, Laurens, Ion, Marlboro, Newberry, Spar »urg, Uhion. fill not the brethren in these ve connties proceed at once to •rraage tor tbe bolding oi their an nusl oontity conventions! The Executive Committee urgently re- ^ne^lhat careful atttntiou be giv. «h in the county con veutiona to the collection of statiatica as to the tminber and condition of Sunday Schools in tbe oonnty; tile number cf officers, teachers and pupils; col lection, hooka in libraries and any ether tacts of interest. Also let «<ps be taken this year iu each county convention to.(he organiza tion pi Township Sunday School .AsacGHtious, and do not stop until avery Township is organized. Only perauteat effort will be successful, but in every case the results will lustify efforts made. Tbe remainlug twenty-three conn ties are yet unorganized. It is the purpose ot this Executive Commit tee to effect a live, active organiza tion i$ each county before the close otthlcyecr; So we request the warty co-operation of, tbe Sunday School workers, roperinteudents, teachers aud pastor* lu this work, The State Organizer, Rev. J. W. Shall, will try to be present at •very county convention to lend his Bid lu effecting such organization Bbdtopnt the wheel in motion. Brethren, one and all, do not aland tack In this grand work, but let the ’hguntzer have your sympathy and cooperation. The Execntive Committee beg to aQ gge«t that a few in each coun’y get together at once and arrange toi holding a county convention at as early a date as possible.. Get the county i.ownpapera to publish the at least a mouth before the JOB DMW. Oar job de|>«rtiM«i4 it «uppH«d with et*r facility ucocsaiiryr to enable ut lo compel* boik aatuprice and quality tl*ork, with tear tkoxe of lie oilier, and we guarantee aalir faction is e\orj particular or charge unking for our work. We ure atnrnjr* prepared ta fill order* *1 abort ani«c for Blank*, Bit Heads, Letler Head*. Card*, Aupd LUU Poster*. Circular*, Pamphlet*. &•< All job work mutt br paid fa* Cash on Delivery meeting. practical call Arrange an interesting, programme, with a few set addresses, not too many. * Get thecouseut ami promise of every speaker selected, before publishing the programme, that he will be present. Let every Sunday School Superintendent and active worker and all the pastors mi the county be notified and urged to be present. Correspond with ti e O ganizer or tbe Chairman or any m.iuber of the undersigned Executive Com mittee for suggestions and (or their aid iu working np the meeting, and request out or more of them to be present. A* before said, it is the purpose of the Organizer, Brother J W. Shell, to be present at every county convention. Notify him mood as arranged, the time and place of the meeting. A very little consecrated effort on the part of a few men will accomplish the eud in view. Tbe Organizer will furnish a lit tie ‘‘Hand-book for County and Township Sunday School Woikers,” containing questions on organiza tiou, bow to make conventions a success, constitution-, etc., which will be of great assistance. The Executive Committee desire to say that they do not oppose in any manner the Denominational Contentious aud Conferences that already exist in some ctunMes, but wonld encourage them in their good work when their existence is de' sited. Butin the interdenomina tional conventions all the best workers of all the denominations meet together and devise means that will be of benefit to all, aud thus “exemplify the essential unity of all Christians in the work of saving souls.” * Send for the Hand-book, brother, and make an effort to organize at once. Address Rev. John VV. Shell, F. O. Box No. 30, Spartanburg, S. 0., lor the present. The undersigned will take great pleasure in co-operating with the bretbern in every possible way. God bless aud second every effert made for His glory ! Fraternally yours, Charles U. Carlisle, Chairman. Spartanburg, S. C. Virgil C. Dibble, D. S. Cuttius, S. Thomas, Jr., Charleston, S. O.; A. D. Towels, Anderson, S. C; Geo. D. Ciomer, Newberry, S. C.; Rev. E. 0. Murniy > Surnmei ville, S. C., Central Ex< cutive Comuiittt e. South Caioliua Sunday Scboo. Con ventiou. A Confederate Girl’s Sock- In the winter ot 18C3, while in quarters, the Thirty ninth Georgia regiment drew some clothing and socks. Most of the clothing of the Confederate soldieis came irom the looms and needles ot the wives, mothers and sisters at home, mid ir was-a custom of the Soutli'-ru wo men to knit socks and send them in to a quartermaster, located in aome town near by « r some agent, who-e business it was o collect such things and send them to the arui.x. And very often a \oung lady wou'd attach her name and address to the sdeks she knit with a request to the soldier who drew them to write her a letter. Tk<s was done to know .who would be the beneficiary of their toil for tbe cause they loved. At the time 1 speak of a young and gallant soldier of Company C, Thirty ninth Georgia, by the name of Roberts , drew a pair of socks with a tag on them : “Knit by Miss Liizie \V , near La .Grange, Ga. Hope thesjldier who diaws these will write me a letter.” Robeit was a volunteer from Whit field county, Ga. A lively corre spondence was begun aud kept up for some time. The Yanks captur ed Robert’s hoise and he was cut ofl from home tor sometime. Miss Lizzie wrote him should he be wounded or get sick, to come tc her father’s house and make it his home. But be was one of the ior- tuuale few who escaped wounds, though commonly in the front. In the siege at Atlanta aud the Ten nessee campaign which followed so soon after, Robert bring so busily engaged fighting aud marching tbe corre.-poudeuce was left off with Miss Lizzie, aud the surremlei came and Robei t returned to his home in the monnlaius near Gor don Springs and entered school, aud was in school iu 1866. ^ hen there was an examination at Villai- now, Ga., seveu miles off, every- bouy in the surrounding country was there, sod among others Miss Lizzie, whose father had sold bis farm iu. Middle Georgia after the war and bought another in Arina chie Valiev.. The day had paased off pleasantly and the first prize for declamation had been awarded to Judson LTdments, the piesent Con gressman from that District, aud all were retui uin.g home. Your corres pondent happened to be with Miss Lizzie and we were discussing the pleasures of tbe day when she ask ed who that handsome young man was that sat lu front ot he" in the church. I told her it was my friend Kobert S.; she told me she had cor responded with * young man dur lug the war by that name. I in formed her that I was attending th" same school with Robert, twen ty miles < ft aud would interview him on the subject. I saw him on (be following Monday and told him of tbe young ludy, whom he had also noticed, mi the day of the ex amination ami a inuinal admiration had been formed by both. So he dressed in his best and soon called on Miss Lizz e, and you can guess what followed. All from a pair of Confederate socks. Wiggins’s Latest Discovery. Ottowa, Omaha, May 21,— Professor Wiggins to day said he considered his discovery that the eaitb is receding from the sun tbe greatest astronomical event oi the century. This recession, he de clan s, is proved by what is known hs the procession ot the equinoxes, which causes the tropical year lo be shorter than the sidereal, the latter being the real measure of the earth’s increasing orbit. His sec ond proof he sees in the moon’s secular acceleration, for it is agreed on by all astronomers, so he as serts. that the moon havels faster now in her orbit than two ceutn- ri- s before tbe Christian era. When the eaith approach*s the sun, as she does wheu moving to perihelion, the moon recedes and travels in alaiger orbit, and when approaching aphelion the satellite approaches our planet, and thus not only moves in a smaller oibit, but moves more speedily. The earth, therefore, in retreating frem the sun, causes tbe moon to move in a con tantly decreasing orbit, aud therefore with increased rap idity. As the earth, therefore, is reced iug from tbe snn it is getting less aiidjess aud less subject to solar attention, aud must, therefore, be constantly expanding, so that our oceans are gradually becoming more shallow, because they are cov ering a constantly increasing sur face. ami the time will come hei. it will lie necessary to carve up the the coutiueuis by canals as we see ou Mats, and the same is no doubt i;rueof :he plants Saturn and Ju piter. Trees will be planted along these cau.tl* to oroducc aeiial moisture, us appears to he the case along the canals of Mats, which sciounts tor their appareii' great breadth when viewed through a telescope. Cotton Bagging Paid for by Planters- (Moiiigouierr Adteriiser, AU ) In tlie la>t ses-ion ot Congress, wheu the ta: tl bill wa* under dis cussion, some Northern Republican made the ridiculous siateineut that cotton planters had no interest iu tbe reduction of the duty ou bag ging, because they sold the bagging with the cotton, aud at the s.*ni pt ice, an I rrc tved mure for it than iht-y paid. Bliauge to say, the stauui ut was allowed to go ui.- contradicted, alth nigh the South ern (Joiigie-siueu ought to have known that the price of cotton is fixed in Liverpool, and that there is a reduction there ot 6 per cent, from the weight of every bale on account of i he bagging and ties. A 500 pound bale theie would net only 470 pounds, and for that much cotton only would the Liverpool buyers pay. Colton buyers in it.i* country, it is true, purchase and pay iu gross, but the price they pay has an ides to the leduction at the mills, and is reduced accordingly. They fix a pi ice that will authorize th* m to takeeff the thirty pounds tan , so that bagging and ties area clear loss to planters, aud have no elemeu 1 of profit iu them. These tacts have been prominently brought out iu the recent bagging dtscussiou, aud it is not likely that anybody will ever again advance the foolish idea that cotton buyers, instead of planters, pay for the bag ging and ties. The New York and New Orleans cotton exchanges have done the proper thing iu re commending that the tare on cotton bagging be less than ou jute, be cause oi the loitnei’s lighter w eight. How It Gave ’Em Away. Private Secretary Pearson, of Governor Beavei’s offi :e, Uairis burg, Pa., had a curious ami some what startling experience wi h the graphophoue. He began to turd the crank, and supposed that he was about to cause tno machine to give out to the young lady type- wtiter a message which theGover ni r had talked into it the evening previous. The young lady was all alteiitiou, and the private secretary began to solemnly turn the crank, which works by a treadle. To his horror and the intense tnihanass* meut of the youug lady, the follow ing amorous jumble was given out wiih decided emphasis: •‘Now, don’t Ue xge. * * * There; somebody will come. Of course, I love you There; some body is really coming and you have mussed my hair all up. * * * Please, love, Pm so all aid some one will come in; b.sides, I can’t work this crank if you insist upon kissing me all the time.” * * * The stars represent sounds too familiar to be mistaken. They were the smacking ot lips aud other sounds which accompany the inter change of caresses between lovers. It was some little wt lie 0* fore it could lie saiistictorily explained, either by the young lady or by AL. Pearson, who at first were disposed lo imagine that somebody had been playing a practical joke upon them. The matter was finally straightened out, however, when the executive clerk came around, and, upon bear- itiK of the incident, laughed heart* ily. He bad the eveuiug before been showing a bride aud gioom about the executive department, aud, being called away a lew min utes, bad left them in the private secretary’s room to amuse them selves with the graphopbono while be attended to tbe business which bad called him uvayExchange. A Fairy Talc. The following paragraph appear ed in the Atlanta Constitution re ceuily, and will doubtless proveof interest to some people iu this com- muuitv: “Columbia, 8. O., May 22 —The negroes of Clarendon, Williams burg and Sumter counties have for some weeks past been in a state of gnat alarm. They claim that there is a white man, a doctor, who can make himself invisible, and who, having so done, approaches some unsuspecting negro, generally a woman, and throws chloroform ic the victim’s lace. Next he pro^ c« eds to take trom tbe insensible victim a bccket of heart blood wherewith to compound his medi ciues. Tbe dead body is th;n bid den away so that it is never dis covered. This wonderful story has taken a decided hold upon the ne groes in portions of the counties mentioned, so that many of them are terror-stricken. The women are especially alarmed, so much ao that they seldom venture out at eight, and tbeu must have protec tors, and especially avoid all se questered places.” Petticoat Government- P.-tticoat government in G.*ka- loosa, Kansas, seems to be ju.*tDy ing its existence. Tbe female mayor and he council, composed exclusi vely of women, have miroduced a number of reforms, uud L.w and or- dt-r prevail there. The oidiuauees relating to the observance of the Sabbath aie rigidly enforced now for the fir*t time iu Oskaloosa. The shops n ust be closed on Sundays auduottvcii the bukety nor the ice cream saloon can opeu it.* door.* to Sunday customers. All boy* under 18 y eats of age ; re obligid by ordinance to be off the stteel after 8 o’clock in the evtuing, un der penalty of attesi. The tobacco chewers, too, have also been made to feel the infiueuoe of the rule of women, and there is no longer any expectorating of tobacco juice on tbe :dde wa k. iu view ot such a recoidus (his it i* not sarpti'ing to hear oil he inumpbaut re-election oi thh-government oi the women, and of other towi s in Kansas fall iug into line with female mlers. Bit by a .Rattlesnake The Pee Dee Index says: “Mr. Jus. TurbevilUi who live* acros* Catfish, iu Wahee Township, was bitten b\ a rattlesnake’.* pilot la.*l Saturday afternoon. Ue was iu the woods gathering wood for fuel and stooped down to (tick up a log when the snake bit him o.i the fin ger. Antidotes were applied as soon a* possible, but he tecame very sick aud suffered the most ex cruciating paius. During some of the convulsions into winch he was thrown by the great paiu be suffer ed, four meu are said to have been required to hold him ou tbe bed. He has become much better, how* ever, aud is now considered out of danger. Advertisements Are Read- w • It is a fact, say s tbe Waterbury Republican, that newspaper readers do not slight the advertisements. They have come to realize that tbe advertisements in a newspaper represent tbe goods which the merchants have tor sale, aud they take paius to familiarize themselves with wbat storekeepers have to offer. Moreover, the constituency of a papei are very apt to be gov erned by what they read in their own paper. It the pa|ter is accept ed iu its political, moral aud intel lectual tone as oar borne paper, its advertisers share tbe respect and confidence bestowed upon the paper itsell. This is an important fact for advertisers to remember. Morphine Instead ot quinine Yestetday morning Horry Ed was d*, son of Mr. Leonard Edwi rds, who live* about five miles horn Mullins, went into the drug i-tore of Dr. C. T. Ford for the purpose of taking a dose of quinine, fie fixed up the dose himself but by mistake look morphine instead ot qniuine. The dose was a large one and at last accounts yesterday after noon the case w. s considered a ciitica) one but it was hoped that any fatel termination of the ease might be prevented.- Pee Dee Index. GLENN SPRINGS. Spartanburg County, S. C. This Famous llesort will be open lo Tlsllora from .Hay 1st. to October -3tk. It is accessible from Spartan) urg by a Dailv Hack Lint., maki ggoo<! connection with all tiaius. GLENN SPRINGS MINERAL WATER, a SAFE, PLEASANT AND EFFECTIVE REMEDY For All Diseases ol the KID3STEYS, LIVER, STOMACH AND SKIN. It Pyets ©n the B©\x/els, Cleanses tbe byatem, AND REGULATES THE LIVER, Ad ia a Spca.fic for tuoal FEMALE DISORDERS. SIMPSON & SIMPSON, Proprietors, GLENN SPRINGS, S. C. For Sale by Dr. J. A, Boyd. June 6, 1889.—tf. WARD & WOODS. Attorneys & Counselors at Law, DARLING ION, S. V. Wil practico in all t itle anil Federal Court*.) Special uttenth u paid to all mat- lets pert am.tig to tin* buying, h?1I- ug. n utiug or leasing of teal p»taie. Any party having b isiue’-s in this ilie would do well to call oil the who have contiolot some of False Charges Against James It is due Joseph W. James to slate that it is not now believed that he has bid any part iu the rumors that have been circulated concerning attempta to rescue him. He has not had an opportunity of communicating with any one out side tbe jail. He has uad no con versation with any visitor except iu the presence of tbe jailor aud has not received a letter nor sent off one the contents of which were not first read by some official st the jail. 8o it soems, improbable that he could have been privy to any plot to effect his escape from jail.— Pee Dee Index. SWEEPING REDUCTIONS In all Spring and Although our Spring trade has been far better than we expected; We have decided to make our Summer business equally as good. To accomplish this we must give induce* meuts that will reach beyond all manner of competition. We offer no such petty baits as. “.Needles and Pius at a penny a paper,” SUCH AS THOSE WE GIVE AWAY. Our bargains are in Standard goods. The latest styles anc| newest novelties. No Old Shoddy Good§* We defy all legitimate competition to match our prices. The 1*1 low ing are a few we mention : Simpson, Windsor and Arn- tld’s prints at Gi cts per yard; Figured Lawns from 8i to 10 cents ; Beautiful Challies at 7 cents per yard ; A full tin# Cottonades, all styles, from 10c. up, Our foui th Stock of STIR-A.W just received, cheaper than ever, them. On'Shoes we are well fixed. Will discount any price you can get. Our Ladies’ 15 button Straight Hy Pebble Gcat But- ton Shoes brings joy to every lady. Every pair warranted and sold at $160 per pair. AH other grades equally as cheap. Another lot of W. L. DOUGLAS’ CELE BRATED SHOES. Try them if you want full satisfaction. New stock of Alpaca and Seersucker Coats and Vest* from 75 cts. to $4.00. Our line of bargains in every department are too numerous to more than give mention to a few, but if you feel that this is the time to make your dollar do double duty, then call on us. lot Don't buy until you se# 1.4 IF <’4 lt >* 1. WAItU. r. o. wood* III, fi the most desirable Town aud County. prejieity in tin J. s. SETTLE*. C. I. XETTLia Nettles & Nettles, Attorneys k Counselors at Law, DarUugleit V. II., 8. C. Will practice in all Ihe State and Federal Courts. Prompt personal attention given to collection of claims. Sep. 2, ’86 ly. OKU. W DABGAN. HKffRlr T. THOMPSON DARGAN & THOMPSON, Attorneys at Law, Northeast aid* ol lb a Public Square Darlington, S. C, M*. T. H. SFlIil 'Attorney at I t.w, DARLINGTON, C. H., S. C. Will practice in Circuit Courts and Supreme Court of South Carolina. Prompt attention given to all bn sireas, and special attention given to collections. *. m. OEO. W. BBOWN Bote, BOYD & BROWN- Attorneys and Oonnselors at Law Office in rear of Darlington Nation al Bank. DARLINGTON C. It-, A C. PROMPT PERSONAL ATTENTION TO ALL BUSINESS. F*b. 8, ’87—ly. W- F. DARGAN, Attorney at law, Darlington, - • • S.C> Office up stairs, over the Post office March 28. ’89 ly. And we will take pleasure in showing you our many values, Will prove what we say, Very Respectfully, A. J. BROOM. May 30 1889. BOOTS AND SHOES, HATH st «I CAPS. A FULL LIME OF EACH New LOWEST n a. ir, :d Goods, PRICES UllipimHI W -A. IR. E •IT cmxi . Groceries A Specialty A-T Enterprise Grocery* A. S WHITE. Manager, September 13, *89 C. P. DAPGAX, Attorney at Law and Trial Justice. Practice* in tbs UoiOd.States Court and in th. dih snd 6lb eiroiir Prompt ut'.a- tion lo nt. bu.ineas entrusted to him. Often in Exehnnge Street, next the P*a- isroz Nzwa Often, Misses McCullough & Garvey Beg to anuouuce that they have rented the 3kffIX,LI3SrERY IDEiPAIVt'JMCEIN'T of Edwatda A Normcut’s store aud have opened an entirely new line of Newest Styles Hats, Bonnets, Ribbons, Flow ers ana Feathers. HATS TRIM MED TO ORDER aud SATISFACTION GUARANTEED, OUR GOODS ARE NEW AND STYLISH—OUR PRIORS EE A.SOIM •< • * #«.4 V .**.->»' ,4« ** We solicit an early call and will always be pleased to show our goods, Respectfully, MI88RS McCULLQUQH * OAUVET, of Baltimore, April 18, 1889, • ‘9» - --.tel