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£hc Darlington Jta. PUBLI8HKD EVKRT THURSIIAT MoRHisra. ^Ienrv J, Jhompsor, PROPRIETOR. TERMS—11 Per Aiiiiiiiu in Advitnce; fit) cents for C mouths; 25 cents for 8 months. Advertising Rates: One Square first insertion fl.00 One Square second insertion fit) Every subsequent insertion fit) Contract advertisements inserted upon the most reasonable terms. HUMl'E l\ (01 M IL ANNUAL ELECTION OF OFFICERS FOR DARLINGTON COUNTY. Resolutions Favoring Free Silver and Opposing the Unconditional Repeal of the Sherman Law There was a very large gather ing at Newman Swamp Church near Lamar, on Thursday last, the occasion of the meeting of the Darlington County Farmers Alliance. The crowd is various ly estimated from two to four thousand, this including, of course, the ladies and children of whom there was a large num ber. Many of the people were from neighboring counties. All joined in the picnic given m connection with the meeting and everybody seemed to enjoy it immensely. Fourteen sub-alliances were represented at the session of the Alliance, which, of course, was not public. Steps were taken to encourage the reorganization of the five defunct sub alliances in this county. The following TRY THE DISPENSARY home. Your universal kind- i ness shown to the employees of i these companies during your Ard Have also a Law Against a Drunk- sta v here will ever be remember- en Man Being on the Highway, ed by them We hope that you ^ Darli ton may havepleasantsurroundings i J wherever your lot may be cast. A CURE FOR SNORING. Yours very truly, A. C. M< Fall, for Donors Darlington, S. C., July 0, ’93 i. Mi Fall, S. C. My dear Sir: Kkij, Darlington I am Sometime .ago two of your correspondents, speaking of prohibition, differed in their opinions as to the dispensary j law. One approved of it very highly and the other objected State sells li- A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FCF A SOBER PHILANTHROPIST. A Terrible and at Present Incurable Dis ease That Itreaks Up Homes and l>ei»troyg Lifelong Friendships—A Cure For This Would He a Iloon. THESE LINES Several years ago, when that best of . ) »v,„ c.,*,. „„ii„ i; i table companions, Don Piatt, was alive, to .t because the State sells h- we ha( , llr ‘ rallged ^ have a u ttle dinner quor for profit. 1 he latter wants together at an up town cafe. I was on prohibition puro and simple, time, but Piatt was late. When he did m receipt Many people agree with one of come, ho looked grav and said in the of your kind favor of the 0 inst, also the useful, handsome and highly appreciated token of re gard from the employees of the Oil Mill an 1 Phospha’tecompan- ies, with whom I have been as sociated for the past two years. Words fail to e vpress the great; i aw8 t) ie writer pleasure I enjoy in_ receiving|p as 8een permit doctors, and your correspondents and as many agree with the other. The trouble with legislating against whiskey is this. Men will lie and there is nothing about which men will lie quick er than liquor. Now all pro officers were elected for the en suing year: W. H. Lawrence, president; Rev. J. Wilson Warr, vice president; H. A. Josey, secretary; J. E. Miller, treasur er; Rev. A. W. Parrott, chap lain; H. C. Bum. district and county lecturer; E. D. Bozeman, doorkeeper; P. W. McNeese, assistant doorkeeper; W. A. Dowling, sergeant-at-arms; R. H. Goodson, steward; J. N. Par rott, executive committeeman (vice, Geo. B. Howie, whose term has expired). Mr. W. H. Lawrence was elected delegate to the State Alliance, which will meet at Walhalla on Wed nesday next, with Rev. J. Wil son Warr as alternate. Mr. J. E. Miller was elected delegate to the district Alliance, which will meet in the fall. Mr. Law rence refuses to state in ad vance of tiie meeting of the State Alliance what his position will be in the Donaldson and anti-Donaldson fight for the State presidency. After the election of officers the Alliance took a recess to hear the address of Congress man J. L. McLaurin, who was present by special invitation, tie took as his subject "TheNa tional Demands of the Farmers Alliance”, dwelling chiefly up on the financial queston. He expressed himself as in sym pathy with the Alliance in fa voring the free and unlimited coinage of silver and in oppos ing the repeal of the Sherman law unless free coinage is given instead. A bountiful dinner was then served to which everyone did full justice. After this was over Col. D. P. Duncan, president of the State exchange.delivered an address on exchange matters. The Alliance passed resolu tions thanking Congressman McLaurin for his address and also adopted resolutions advo cating the free coinage of silver and opposing the repeal of the Sherman law unless Congress will substitute free silver there for. this token of esteem from them. It is a happy surprise and I shall always treasure it, especially when old age draws near and demands its constant use. To each of my kind donors express my highest regard and best wishes. To my new field of labor 1 carry greatful recollec tions of their courtesy to me in t h#* H ci rnro of rr\\r rliitioc With best wishes for the suc cess of the enterprise they are connected with, 1 am, Very truly and sincerely yours, Geo. C. Walsh. Marion, S. C., July 8, ’93. PEE DEE PRESBYTERY. The Programme of the Convention of Deacons and Elders. The following programme has been arranged for the conven tion of the deacons and elders of the Pee Dee Presbytery, which will be held at Blenheim, Marlboro county, on August 23- 25 : AUGUST 23, OPENING SESSION. 8.00 p. m.—Opening sermon, Rev. J. G. Law, Darlington, 8. C- 9.15 p. m.—Organization. 9.30 p. m.—Adjournment AUGUST 24, FIRST SESSION. 9.30 a. in.—Devotional exer cises. 10.00 a. m.—Paper on the El dership, Gen. W L. T. Prince, Cheraw, S. C. 10.45 a. m.—Discussion,‘‘How shall we make the Eldership more efficient ?” to he opened by Hon. W. D. Johnson, Ma rion, 8. C. 12.00 m*—Recess. SECOND SESSION. 4.01' p. m.—Devotional exer cises. 4.30 p. m.—Paper on Sunday- school Work, J. J. James, Dar lington, 8. C- 5.00 p. m.—Discussion, to he opened by Dr. J. C. McKenzie, Tatum, 8. C. 0.00 p. m.—R< cess. THIRD SESSION. 8 00 p. m.—Praise service. 8.30 p.m.—Sermon. Rev. H. B. Zernow, Marion, 8. C. 9.30 p. m.—Adjournment. AUGUST 25, CLOSING SESSION. 9.30 a. m.—Devotional exer cises. 10.00 a. m.—Paper on the Di aconate, J. P. Coffin, Florence, 8. C. 10.45 a. m.—Discussion of the Duties and Responsibilities of the Deacon, to he opened by Marion Bonnoitt, Darlington, 8. C. 12.00 m.—Closing exercises and final adjournment. THE SCHOOL TEACHERS. tht The Subjects for Discussion at Next Regular Meeting. The following subjects have been selected for discussion at the regular meeting fif the Dar lington County Teachers’ -4?sso ciation which will he held in the Court House on August 12: 1. Which is the best method for teaching the fundamental rules of arithmetic ? by Prof. Patterson Wardlaw. 2. Is the use of a diagram ad vantageous in teaching begin ners the study of grammar ? by Prof. D. L. Lewis. 3. Should history and geogra phy he taught collaterally ? by Miss Sue Burtou. It is hoped that the meeting will be largely attended and that all who will De present will join freely in the rightly so, to use whiskey for medicinal purposes. How many men will stretch their con sciences a little and on the plea of ailment get a drink and how many doctors will step a little over the line to give it to them. Again, men will borrow money to purchase whiskey when they will not borrow for anything eisu. When they cannot get whiskey on credit, they will borrow money to get it, and if necessary, send to adjoining States for it. In the meantime their families starve just as if there were no prohibitory laws. In this free State of South Carolina a man can plant what he pleases on his land. H i s grapes and apples and berries can he converted into wine. Another draw back is that the free schools lose the revenue from liquor dealers. Nothwithstanding the above objections it is best to restrict the liquor traffic. It is better this f an for Darlington to have ten open bars, where the pro prietors are at liberty to keep as inferior whiskey as they wish and to sell it to any and every body. The people asked for prohibition, hut got the dispen sary instead. Now if the Courts finally decide it constitutional let us give it a fair test. Lei us have less contention about it and less opposition to it, hoping that it will serve for the best. It also ought to be a breach of the law for a drunken man to he on the public highway. He often indulges in obscene, offensive language, regardless of who may hear him. Our wives and daughters may have to hear his vulgarity. By his reckless driving he may cause the horses of innocent travellers to run away and these innocent parties may suffer. Their vehi- c 1 e s may he smashed, their horses hurt or may themselves receive serious injuries. This often happens. There is no re dress, for the dnlnken man comes up with the excuse that he could not help the accident. A remedy could he found if the law would punish this man for appearing on the public high way in an intoxicated c o n - dition. Whiskey makes a man quarrelsome and the highways are often the scenes of drunken brawls. A man has a grievance against another whom he meets upon the road, whiskey puts the j HUH! Oil All 11 1 111 J Of 11V A OVl lO 0.0 trouble often follows. The drunken man frequently, too, forces a quarrel upon a sober man and when the latter strikes him he (the sober man) often has to pay the cost. Yes, let the law forbid a drunken man from travelling the public high ways. Persons cursing and making themselves obnoxious, wherever it may be, are acting in opposition to divine law and should be to civil law. H. T. J. New Providence, 8. C. low and well modulated voice go memo rable: “I am sorry, but the simple truth is I discover that 1 am afflicted with an oil ineul. limt will aot jkld to treatment— one indeed for which 6,000 years of med ical science have not been able to find a cure.” Though always on my guard for a joke, the sadly solemn face of my friend ab solved him this time, and with all the sympathy I could throw into my words I exclaimed: “Why, my dear Piatt, don’t yon be lieve itl What is this malady?” “Alas, old agel I set ont to walk hero. It was too much of an undertaking.” The timeliness of this reference to the Infirmities of age is accentuated by sev eral important cases in court that have depended upon the incurability of snor ing. This vexations affliction to which the human family is heir has increased in this country with alarming rapidity WE CARRY: jilrv CnOOtlN, Dress Goods, Trimmings, Notions, Laces, White ooiis, * Embroidery, Shoes, Ready-made Clothing, Tinware, Hardware, Crockery, Glass, O-IRO O IE IRIES, Manulacture ;s —GF — Doors, Sash, Bliiius, O XT X_! ZD ITST Q. S —AND - Building Material. ESTABLISHED 1842. CHARLESTON, 8. C. April, 2() 18' 3 —1 ‘ZDOZST-A-Zl.GrlESI-A.” (at Wholesale and Retail.) since the advent of la irrinne Its chamred i We would just like the public to know that we have opened up a large since tne auventot la grippe. Its changed and c , ))n j )lete i iuc j„ a n the a | )OVe departments character is recognized by progressive physicians, and the definitions found in I the dictionaries are now admitted to be quite wide of the mark. Customers who have dealt with us in the past know what that means. To those who never deatlt with us we wish to say that we pride ourselves on the reputation wo have Justly earned—“One of the cheapest and most reliable A REMARKABLE WELL. A Dry Well in a Night Becomes Full to Overflowing with Water. [Ch.sraw Reporter.] There is a remarkable well near Cash’s station, in this coun ty, on W.B. Fraser’s plantation. About five or six years ago Mr. A. J. Wilson, who then owned the place, had this well dug. | One night, after reaching a | depth of fifteen feet, those em- I ployed in digging the wed left discussion off work, leaving their tools on THE “CANING" OF MR WALSH. Interesting Correspondence Incident to the Pleasant Affair. We stated briefly in our last issue that Mr. G. C. Walsh, on his retirement from the super intendency of the oil mill and phosphate companies to accept a similar position in Temple, Texas, had been presented by the employees of the companies with a handsome gold headed cane in token of their esteem. The following correspondence in connection therewith will be of interest to Mr. Walsh’s many ’ n . ext m orn , ln £. to V.‘ e ! r surprise friends- " Hio HONwn HOixuRtu. they found the wed brnniul of Mr. G. C. Walsh, Marion 8. C. ~ wat f. r an ? ru,lllin g over . It has Dwax Sir- It is with imiuh ! Hudson Invited to Address the continued to run over to this pleasure I notify you th-t a to-1 World’s Congress of Lawyers. day and the water, which is ken of the esteem in which you Judge J. H. Hudson, of Ben- [^ed^'Th'e g water 0S has a are held by the employees of; nettsviile, the eminent Judge of | J|!: er ai taste-whetW it the Darlington Oil Mill and the this circuit has been honored ? liner J .i » , whether it comes rtarlimrtnn Phnsnhntp enmnan VL "■ , j nonoreu f rom t l le too l 8 w } uc h are 8t ,H , u Darlington rnospnate uompan- with an invitation to deliver an t i.„ .^..ii ; 8 n „ t k nnw „ ies goes forward per express to- 1 address on “jurisprudence and i snuwn. ^ day to your address at Marion, reform law” at the World's ^ ~ 8. C., and I am requested by Congress of Lawyers, which . Dr -Henry T. Meyer and wife them to say they hope it will be ’ will be held at Chicago in a few !i? ve l,een arreste 1 < l at Detroit. many vears before you will re 'weeks The “ ‘ itl^ 1 Webster inti mates clearly, by tracing the etymology of the word, that the nose is the impor tant organ in producing the noise during ; sleep. j This belief must have been general in ! the last generation, for we ail know that a clothespin was the remedy best thought of in practice. That treatment was no more severe than cupping and far more direct in application. But during the past five or six years, or since the French form of influenza fastened upon ns, there lias lieen a marked and alarming increase in the numlier of people addicted to snoring. It is a peculiarity of this mal ady that the sufferers are not confined to those attacked. Like the delirium tre mens, the comet habit and other obnox ions forms of nervous unrest, snoring awakens an antagonism in the tinman breast that mere medicine is powerless | to subdue. t Those who fail to agree with me as to the gravity, the seriousness or the time- | liness of these remarks are requested to communicate by mail, and they will bo made acquainted with a case in point that will amply convince them. An acquaintance tiring on West End avenue is now suffering from the most thoroughly developed case of snoring that has appealed to medical science in recent times. His life up to the past year has been exemplary, hut it is the plain, unvarnished truth to say that he now looks upon ntmself as a victim to iiie inadequacy of medica! science to reach his case. His wife has left him taking the children with her, aftd while it is unlikely that the case in Wis consin will be taken as a precedent for procuring a divorce there can be no doubt that the couple are irrevocably separated. That husband was deeply at tached to his wife. He took the best of medical advice. He even visited that city of physicians, Philadelphia, in the hoiie of restoration to a normal method of sleeping. His medical experience was extensive He began with anodyne and ended with a serious contemplation of deadly strych nine. He tried oxides and bromides nerve foods and antifats, lactics and laxatives, iodides and chlorides, acids and alkalis, oatmeal i nd cornmeal. A1 ternating with these he took beer, baths and blisters. Knowing that belladonna made large the pupils of the eyas, he searched for a medicine that would have the effect of a mydratic upon the nos trils. Then he went to Dr. Curtis and had the cartilage of his nose removed. Somebody told him about the Prince of Wales being cured of insomnia by the use of a hop pillow, and he tried tnut— without effect. His case was incurable! He grew desperate. He resorted to at- rophine, camphine, benzine—bombazine! At this stage his wife left him, and one by one the servants in the house gave no tice. Thus was a household wrecked be cause the head of It snored. We all regard with serious apprehen sjon the threatened approach of epi demics from the old world, and we re member that from the same old world was brought the sad, sad infirmity of snoring—a gift that we could have done without and would have been happier had they kept at home. Now that a recognition of the deplor able seriousness of snoring is forthcom ing I would soberly suggest that some philanthropist offer a prize for the spe cific t’uat will antagonize and destroy this sunderer of homes and destroyer of hap piness. The remedy must be real and the cure effected permanent. Snoring must be removed from the category of incurable afflictions.—Julius Chambers in New York Recorder. For Spring, 1893, houses in the city of Darlington.’' BRUNSON, LUNN & CO. SLEEP n COMFORT MsMbltyPaiii! Safe and Sure Remedy! No Had After Results! J. S. GARNER, D. D. S. Office In Hewitt Block, Upstairs. My4 —tf HKN you are in tiie city don’t fail to call at the LIVINGSTOr They are made from a very fine close mesh netting especially adapted for the SOUTHERN TRADE. Heretofore the general complaint has been that the mesh of the netting was too large. This objection is overcome in the LIVINGSTON. We have them from $1.70 to $3.85. We have a cot iplete line of HAMMOCKS from90c up to $3 50. Now is the time to buy Refrigerators, Ice Boxes and Lawn Set tees. Can’t we sell you ? Tire Fmrxiiit-o.x*© Store, BAIRD & DARGAN, Proprs. May li)—ly GROVER CLEVELAND! Was inaugurated on the 4th of March last and Till Till III’ WILL BE REDUCED! Wc JIpc Skill in the l^ing ! And receiving new goods and big bargains every dav. THEY MUST BE SOLD. Come and see us. We offer SPECIAL BARGAINS In Dry Goods, Notions and Hats For the Next Thirty Days ! of the subjects given above. \ a dry bottom for the night. The The Proprietor’ll Only Remedy. A certain clerk in a Detroit establish ment. who has money of his own, but holds a position for the looks of the j thing, recently became impressed by tho idea that he was working too hard, and he went to the manager abont it “I came to see you,” he said to that po tentate, “about my duties here." “What about them?" inquired the man ager. “I want fewer working hours." The manager had his own views on the subject "Well," he said thoughtfully, “I don’t see how we can arrange it, unless we make more than 24 hours constitute a day,” and that ended the strike.—Detroit Free Press. 8HUK8 AT ALL TRICES; a large stock that must be closed out to make room for our large Spring Stock. COME AND SAVE MONEY. We have just received a large stock of Hardware, Crockery- j waie, Glassware, Lamps and Tinware, that we are selling at prices that alarm competition. We keep a large stock of Groceries—the largest we have ever kept—and will sell at the market prices. Will receive a carload of Flour this week. We can save monej on Flour. See us. We have a full stock of General Merchandise, and please you. TOBACCO—We have a splendid Tobacco at 25c per lb Come see us ou »e can To the Public: w Enterprise Hotel Barber Shop It is the only first-class shop in the city. Fashionable hair cuts, first- class shaves and the (hit Arakin Kgg Skiap. Four polite Barbers alwayson hand to wait on you. Nixon & Harlles. Proprietors. Un ler Enterprise Hotel, South s'de Public Square. Can You Read The Future? Do you know what your con dition will be 20 years hence? Will your earning capacity be equal to the support of yourself and family? This is a serious question, yet, you could confidently answer “yes” if you had a twenty- years Tontine Policy in the Equitable Life t A method which guarantees all the protection furnished by any kind of life insurance, and in addition the largest cash returns to those policy holders whose lives are pro longed, and who then need money rather than assurance. For facts and figures, address RODDEY, Manager, For the Carolines, ROCK HILL, S. C. w« Watches Repaired WARRANTED, AND AT - MASON’S JEWELRY STORE. FeblO—tf w «jr* Sept 8— m We do not fear competition. F. Hunley if Co, Hartsvilie, S. C. that you may need it in after years is but natural and, when that time does come, we trust | have been made. He is a con- our gift will remind you of the , scientious and able inrist who pleasant associationduringyour has no superior in the’ State and stay in Darlington and of the and an address from him on the i Leo XIII Is the only pope that ever They are wanted in several; sauntered down London’s famous Picca- | The pope performed the fext the invitation, buT weho^he | that the y "light »et the’insur- £**“ >* M,t. Pecci, he visitsd London will for no better selection could ; ance on their lives. ■ Judge has not yet I are wanted m se quire the use of their gift, but decided whether ho will accept : di ! ly 1846. .M.r A French gunboat attacked a! fort in Siam on Friday and twenty Siamese were killed and important subject selected ( fourteen wounded. The affair would be sure to be a valuable i grew out of a misunderstanding contribution to the great liter-1 and it is not thought that fur- aturo of law j ther trouble will follow. A census of the great trees of Cali fornia, the “(riant redwoods.” reveal, the fact that there is even 2,G7fi of them left, the average diameter of the lot being 33 feet. It was at a beach picnic that little Dolly asked thoughtfully, “Mamma, they pnt salt into the sea; why don’t they pot pepper in too?”# Insure Your Property WITH HU. Who represents the HT m !1»S SiPMl !! E Hi Satisfaction Guaranteed. Represents Twqlve First- class Comopniefl. September 11,1890 W. L. DOUGLAS S3 SHOE noTUp. Do you weir them? When next In need try « pair. Beat In the world. £3.00 J2.S0 »2.05 fw. .ait* *2.00 41.75 FOR lOYt ♦1.75 If you want . f ,n Dfitss SHOE, U |U Ufeii «*>!«, don’t pay $6 to $8, try my $3, $3.50, $4.00 or $5 Shoo. They lit equal to custom mads snd look and wear 11 well. If you wish to economize In your footwear, do so by purchaslnr W. L. Dmiirl.. ShAM, N.m. price stamps on tho bottom, look for It when you buy. W. L. DOUGLAS, Brockton, Hass. Sold by For sale by A. J. BROOM, Darlington, 8. C. FENCING RAILROAD, FARM, 6ARDEII, Cemetery, Lawn, Psultnr asii Rabbit Fencing:. THOUSANDS OK BILES IN USE. CATALOOlTt KHKE. KKEIUHT PAID. THE McMULlEN WOVEN WIRE FENCE CO, in, lie. 118 and 1201C Ka.-k.tSt., Chicay., 11L For Sale. *7 500 * lar ^ pineGuage shingles * at a very lowprice. J. H. EARLY. v- --