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Darlington PCBUBHRD KVKRT THURSO^! Morsinu. ^ENRT J. JHOMPBOM, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. TERMS—$1 Per Annnm in Advance; 60 cento for 6 luonthe; 25 cento for 3 mouths. Advertising Rates: One Sqnare first insertion $1.00 One Square second insertion 50 Every subsequent insertion 50 Contract advertisements inserted upon the most reasonable terms. HOW TO ADVERTISE A TOWN. The success of the recent en campment at Spartanburg from a financial point of view has in duced some of the leading busi ness men of this community to discuss the feasibility of having a similar affair here, either in the fall or next spring. This is a movement which The News has been agitating off and on every summer for several years past, and it is to be hoped that it will now result in something. One who was not on the ground to see for himself can scarcely realize the large amount of money left in Spartanburg last week by those who went to the encampment. Think what a boon such an influx of hard cash would be to Darlington at a time like this—the dullest sea son of all the year, when, in the ordinary course of business, little money, if any, is chang ing hands! Darlington is, for many reasons, the very best place in the State for holding of Southern women who, brave ai d noble as they were by na ture, were converted by circum stances into ministering angels to the suffering and the true he roines of our country’s history. Full of years and of honors, this revered “Mother in Israel” has fitly rounded out the sum of human existence, leaving be hind her a sweet memory for her friends and a heritage for her descendants which “the wealth of the Indies” could not pur chase. • A QUESTIONABLE HONOR. Senator Butle; says that Gov ernor Tillman did not partici pate in the Hamburg massacre, and is using every effort to prove his assertion, even going to the extent of getting up countless affidavits to that ef fect. Governor Tillman, on the other hand, stoutly denies the charge (?) Both of them evidently believe it an honor to have been there, or rather, they seem to think that the vo ters of the State would so re gard it. If things were in their normal condition in South Car olina, the candidates for the high office of United States Senator would be only too glad to be able to deny their connec tion with such an affair. That they should base their claims to our suffrages upon something that the good people of the State would like to forget, speaks bad for our condition, and is an in dication of the depth of the po litical degradation to which we an encampment. The forms of amusement could be made so many and varied here. In ad dition to the military features of the affair, including a com petitive drill, (from which last, the local company would, of course, be excluded by the laws of hospitality,) we could have horse racing, bicycle racing, base-ball, etc., all of the very finest kind. With an energetic man at the head of each one of these departments, and with the co-operation of the business men of the community, Dar lington could get up a military encampment which would be second to none that the State has ever had. By all means let some of our leading citizens take the matter earnestly under consideration without delay, and bring it to a successful is sue. GOVERNOR TILLMAN SCORED. Mr. J. M. Waddill is mad with Governor Tillman and pub lishes an open letter in which he scores him pretty heavily We give this letter space in our columns for what it is worth, and not with any view of injur ing the Governor, for we fear “considering the source”, as the saying is, it could not pos sibly have that effect. Mr. Wad- dill’s change of front will be no surprise to the people of Dar lington county. Their opinion seems always to have been (and with some show of reason, we must admit,) that his political tenets were rather unstable. And then, too, the “mutual ad miration society” formed be tween Senator Butler and him self has been known here ever since last fall. Of course, he could not serve both Tillman and Butler in the present emer gency. We regret that, now that Mr. Waddill has “seen the error of his ways”, wc cannot rejoice that he is one of us as far as opposition to Governor Tillman is concerned. Such men as Ben Perry, Cal. Caugh- man and J. M. Waddill can scarcely be regarded as orna ments to our side, and Senator Butler would have done better to have let them remain where they were. THE SOUTH LAND MOURNS. The death of Mrs. Sallie Chap man Gordon-Law, the mother of the Rev. John G. Law, which occurred at Memphis, Tenn., on the 28th ult., caused “the great Confederate heart” to throb again as it did at Appommatox —as it did when were buried successively its Jackson, its Lee and its Davis. Coming of a race of warriors, Mrs. Law per formed a part upon the battle field of the late war and in the hospitals which made her con- .qpicuous even among the host have fallen. Constitution of the Democratic Party of South Carolina. The following is the Consti tution of the Democratic Party as now of force in this State: Article I. There shall be one or more Democratic Clubs organized in each Township or Ward, each of which Clubs shall have a distinct title, “The Democratic Club,” and shall elect a President, one or more Vice-Presidents, a Re cording and a Corresponding Secretary, and a Treasurer, and shall have the following work ing committees, of not less than three members each, viz: A Committee on Registration, an Executive Committee, and such other committees as to each Club may seem expedient. Article II. The meetings of the Clubs should be frequent after the opening ol the can vass, and some member of the Club or invited speaker deliver an address at each meeting, if practicable. Article III. The President shall have power to call an ex tra meeting of the Club, and one-fourth of the members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Article IV. The Clubs in each County shall be held together and operate under the control of a County Executive Commit tee, which shall consist of one member from each Club, to be elected by the respective Clubs, but these powers to the said Executive Committee do not carry with them the power to pass upon the election of mem bers of the County Convention, or their qualification to sit as members of the Convention through the appointment and action of a committee on cre dentials, whose report shall be acted upon as the members of the Convention may deem prop er. The Executive Committee, when elected, shall appoint its own officers, who shall not nec essarily be members of said Committee, and fill all vacan cies which may arise when the Convention is not in session; provided that any officer so elected, who is not a member of the Committee, shall not be en titled to a vote on any question, except the Chairman, and then only in case of a tie vote. The tenure of office of the Executive Committee shall be until the first Monday in August of each election year, at which time the County Conventions shall he called together to reorganize the party. Every Presidential J ear County Conventions shall e called by the County Execu tive Committee in May and shall elect delegates to a State Convention called for the pur pose of electing delegates to the National Democratic Conven tion, and to elect the member of the National Democratic Execu tive Committee from this State, and such State Conventions shall exercise no other power. This State Convention shall be called by the State Executive Committee to meet every Presi dential election year on the third Wednesday in May, and the State Democratic Nomina ting Convention shall be called by the State Democratic Execu tive Committee to meet on the l third Wednesday in September of each election year. Article V. County Demo cratic Conventions shall be composed of delegates elected by the several local Clubs, one delegate for every twenty-five voters, as shown by the poll list made at the preceding first pri mary election, and one delegate for a majority fraction thereof, with the right to each County Convention to enlarge or dimin ish the representation accord ing to circumstances. The County Convention shall be called together by the Chairman of the respective Executive Committees under such rule, not inconsistent with the Con stitution nor with the rules adopted by the State Executive Committee, as each County may adopt, and when assembled shall be called to order by the Chairman of the Executive Committee, and the Convention shall proceed to nominate and elect from among its members a President, one or more Vice Presidents, a Secretary and a Treasurer. The Clubs recogn ized by the respective County Conventionswhichsentdelegates to tbe State Convention which met on August 13, 1890, shall be recognized as the only legal Clubs: Provided, however, That any County Convention may permit the formation of a new Club or Clubs by a majori ty vote of its members: Provi ded, further, That in all cities with a population of 5,000 and over there may be two Clubs in each Ward; they shall be organ ized in obedience to this Consti tution, as are the Clubs else where in this State, an 1 in or ganizing said Clubs they shall have representation in the County Conventions, respect ively, as said Conventions shall declare in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution. Article Vj. The Nominating Convention for the nomination of Governor, Lieutenant Gov ernor and other State officers, in 1892 and thereafter, and for Electors for President and Vice- President in the same year and every Presidential year there after, shall be composed of del egates trom each County, dou ble the number to which such Countv is entitled in both bran? ches of the General Assembly. Said delegates are to be chosen by primary elections to be held on the last Tuesday in August of each election year; the delegates elected to receive a majority of the votes cast. At this election only white Democrats are al lowed to vote, except that ne groes who voted for General Hampton in 1876 and who have voted the Democratic ticket continuously since may be al lowed to vote. The Club rolls of the party shall constitute the registry list and shall be open to inspection by any member of the party, and the election un der this clauso shall be held and regulated under the Act of the General Assembly of this State, approved December 22, 1888, any subsequent Acts of the Legislature of this State. Se cond primaries when necessary shall be held two weeks later. Article VII. The officers of a State Convention shall be a President, one Vice-President from each Congressional' Dis trict, two Secretaries and a Treasurer. Article VIII. The State Execu tive Committee shall be com posed of one member from each County, to be selected by the re spective delegations and elected by the convention. When e- lected, said Executive Commit tee shall choose its own officers, not necessarily members there of prior to said election: Provid ed. That any officer so elected who is not a member of the Committee shall not be entitled to a vote on any question, ex cept the Chairman, and then only in case of a tie vote. The Executive Committee shall meet at the call of the Chairman or any five members, and at such time or places as he or they may appoint. The member of the National Executive Com mittee from South Carolina shall be elected by the May State Convention in 1892, and every four years thereafter, and when elected shall be ex officio a member of the State Execu tive Committee. Vacancies on said Elective Committee by death, resignation or otherwise shall be filled by the respective County Executive Committees. The State Executive Committee is charged with the execution and direction of the policy of of thr party in the State, sub ject to this Constitution, the principals declared in the plat form of principals, and such in structions by resolution or oth erwise as a State Convention may from time to time adopt, and shall continue in office for two ye«rs from the time of e- lection or until the assembling of the State Nominating Con vention which meets in Septem ber of each election year. If any vacancies occur on the State Ticket or for Electors, by death, resignation or other cause, the Committee shall have power to fill the vacancy by a majority vote of the whole Committee. Article IX. When the State Convention assembles it shall be called to order by the Chair man of the State Executive Committee. A temporary Pres ident shall be nominated and elected by the Convention; and after its organization the Con vention shall proceed immed iately to the election of perma nent officers and to the Trans action of business. When the business has concluded it shall adjourn sine die: Article X. There shall be a primary election in each Con gressional District in this State on the la>5t Tuesday in August, 1892,and eve'-y two years there after, to nominate condidates for Congress, to be conducted and managed as hereinbefore provided in the election of dele gates to the State Convention. The vote to be received,tabulat ed and announced by the State Executive Committee, to the Chairman of which the result is to be transmitted by the re spective County Chairmen by the first Tuesday in September, 1892, and every two years there after. The election for Solicit ors of t h e different. Circuits shall be by primary, subject to same rules and regulations, and to be announced in same way as before set forth for Congress men. Article XI. Before the elect ion in 1892, and each election year thereafter, the State Dem ocratic Executive Committee shall issue a call to all candi dates for State offices to aldress the people of the different Counties of the State, fixing the dates of the meetings and also inviting the candidates for Congress, United States Senate, Delegates to the State Convention, and for Solicitor, in their respective Districts and Circuits, to be present and ad dress the people. At such meet ings only the candidates above set forth should be allowed to speak. Article XII. It shall be the duty of each County Executive Committee to appoint meetings in their respective Counties to be addressed by the candidates for the General Assembly and different County offices, all of whom, excepting Trial Justices and Masters, shall be elected by primary on the last Tuesday in August of each election year under the same rules and regu lations as hereinbefore provid ed. Article XIII. Each County delegation to a State Conven tion shall have power to fill any vacancy therein. Artical XIV. This Constitu tion may be amended and al tered only by a State Nominat ing Convention which meets in September of each election year. Article XV. Any County failing or refusing to organize under the provisions of this Constitution shall not have rep resentation in the State Demo cratic Convention. Waddill it Mad Last week Governor Tillman took occasion in the course of his speech at Darlington to make some very harsh rmarks in regard to Mr. John M. Wad dill, one of the original Tillman- ites of this State, who has figur ed in most of the reform con ventions, etc. Mr. Waddill was not permitted to reply at the time. He has therefore written the following open letter to the people of the State which makes pretty interesting reading: To the Public: A few days ago Governor Tillman cowardly attempted to hold me up to the scorn of the people of my coun ty. I was denied the opportu nity to reply to this charge of his. The Governor denied call ing me by name, but his friends and coat-tail swingers did it for him. I had information of the matter the day before, hence he is guilty of falsehood and cow ardice in the same breath. My former advocacy of Tillman and prominence in Alliance work and present position cause me to become an object of Tillman’s hate and vindictiveness. I wish to retire from active participation in politics, but be fore I do I want to put myself right before the people of Dar lington county and the State at large. Governor Tillman charges me with being in the pay of Wall street. I sell flour for J. O. A. Moore, broker, Darlington, and one of Tillman’s best fnends. I am also agent for the Home Supply Associa tion of Chicago. Because I will no longer worship the false and ugly God, Tillman, I am 1o be slandered by this selfish, mean fraud; for he is nothing but a fraud, a traitor to the Reform Monument and to the Alliance. One of the first acts of treach ery was to the Reformers of Darlington county in ma king an appointment which was in violation of his solemn pledge made in his first address at this place in 1890, and reiterated to several gentlemen in his office in Columbia. Then violation after violation of his pledges to to the Alliance at Spartanburg in 1891, and May convention in 1892. Tillman is in the interest and, believe, in the pay of Tammany Hall. Tillman de nies voting for Hill at Chicago. I don’t believe he can prove it, and, if he does, he can not dis- { irove his advocacy of Hill be-* ore the convention at Chicago, for he took the delegation (all that he could influence) one night to Tammany Wigwam, where we were introduced to Croker, Bourke, Cock ran, Cum mings, et. al. who wined and ci- garedTillman, and if begetstothe Senate he will only have Hill to welcome him. He has vilified and abused Populists, Demo crats, and Republicans alike. Tillman wrote one of his hench men here that I was travelling in Edgefield in the interest of General Butler. General But ler was kind to me in the war and 1 prefer Butler to Tillman, thereby no principles involved. Butler is an honorable, brave old soldier, and an old soldier knows how to meet such a man. Experience of four years, often in contact with Tillman had lead me to judge him a cold, selfish, cruel and cowardly man. I thought at the tima that I saw evidence of his cowardice at Florence in 1892, and so sta ted to a few friends at the time, and I have seen more evidence of his cowardice at Chester and Oats. If the Alliance of South Car olina will support such a man, who plainly tells them he will not do their bidding why they can do so, I, for one will draw the line right here and say I will support Butler until a simon pure Alianceman is brought out. If the true Al- liancemen of Darlington county will allow an office holder, coat tail swinger, dependant on Till man, to carry them into a packed caucus to push aside true and tried Aliancemen for a shyster lawyer, an eleventh hour convert, why they can do it, but I will oppose such meth ods and fight such a candidate. One word to the true one gallus boys who followed Tillman on so blindly and who swallow every word he says. If you, the poor tenant white farmers, who rent lands and to whom Gov. Tillman is so fond of ap pealing, if you lived in Edge- field near Gov. Tillman’s ten antry place, and wanted land of him, you could not get it. He has not a white tenant, all are negroes and his neighbors say he will not have a white man on his place. Any further information on this line will be furnished on application to D. C. Bullock, Esq.,(farmer,) Nine ty-Six, S. C. He is a man of integrity and high standing, a descendant of Revolutionary ancestors, and lives on lands of sires who fought in 1776 at Ninety-Six. In conclusion I ask the Re formers of Darlington county what has Tillman done for you? Our paper went down; did he pay his subscription? Has any Reform enterprise or work ever gotten a cent from Ben Tillman; and in the least of the epithets cast upon him, so just ly, cannot I add one more and say stingy Ben Tillman? Who will follow longer a selfish, cru el, cewardly and stingy man, however able he may be? In the end he will disappoint us. John M Waddill, Darlington, S. C., July 7. Cure for Headache. As a remedy for all forms of Headache Electric Bitters has proved to be the very best. It effects a permanent cure and the most dreaded habitual sick head aches yield to its influence. We urge all who are afflicted to pro cure a bottle, and give this rem edy a. fair trial. In cases of habitual' constipation Electric Bitters cures by giving the need ed tone to the bowels, and few cases long resist the use of this medicine. Try it once. Large bottles only Fifty cents at Will- cox & Go’s Drug Store. If you feel weak and all worn out take BROWN'S IRON BITTERS Private Board House, Pleasantly situated near and between lines of Street Cars. Mrs. Amanda Daris, Corner Meeting and Hudson Streets, Opp. Citadel Academy, CHARLESTON, - - - S. C. Mcli 29—4in The Darlington Building and Loan Association. A SPECIAL meeting will be held Jm. Friday evening, at 8.30 o’clock, at the office of E. Keith Uargan, Esq., for the purpose of dis posing of the business of the last reg ular meeting, which failed for want of a quorum. CHAS. K. ROGERS, July 12,1894. Secty. and Treas. AH Nature Looks for Sprisg, and is it not natural? Yet this is a season that is characterized by a feel ing of “malaise,” when biliousness becomes more prevalent than at any other time during the year, the sym- toms being a bitter taste, offensive breath, costed tongue, sick headache, and loss of apatite. If this condi tion is allowed to continue serious and fatal consequences may follow. Do you know that Cleveland Springs meets all these requirements, and a few weeks-tay there will make you feel as if you had a new lease on life? Address J. U. Wilkinson, Prop., Shel by N. C. Resident Physician, Dr. W. J. Garner, of Darlington. Do You Realize How Important a Part SHOES Play in the Appearance Of a Person? They are the most noticeable article you wear, and you cannot be well dressed without good shoes. Our Spring Stock has arrived and we have the very latest styles for street wear in Russets and Black Shoes, while for evening dress we have every thing in the Shoe line, from Patent Leathers for men to the prettiest, daintiest Slippers for ladies. Darlington Shoe Stove, Woods & Milling, Prop’s. April 12— MOSQUITO CANOPIES SLEEP IN COMFORT. We have just received a large lot of these CANOPIES. They are made especially for Southern Trade. We have been selling the LIVINGSTON for several seasons and they always give satisfac tion to our costomers. We have the largest and best assorted stock of furniture in Eastern So. Ca., and are selling at Prices Extremely Low. Kindly let us have your trade. BAIED & SMOOT. What is Castoria Is Dr. Samuel Pitcher's prescription for Inffcnta and Children. It contains neither Opium, l*“"-»hine nor other Karcotic substance. It is a harmless substitute for Paregoric, Drops, Soothing Syrups, and Castor Oil. It Is Pleasant. Its gnarantee is thirty years’ use by Millions of Mothers. Castoria is tho Children’s Panacea —the Mother's Friend. Castoria. Castoria. “CMtorlataao wellzdaptod to children that I recommend it aa superior to any prucriptlon known to me." H. A. Aacnn, M. D„ 111 So. OrfordSt., Brooklyn, N. Y. Caatoria cure Colic, Constipation, Hour gtomach, Diarrhoea, Eructation, Kill* Worma, givea alaep, and promotes dt gestkm. Without Injurione medication. I The use of * Castoria ’ is so universal and its merits so well known that it seems a work of supererogation to endorse it. Few are the intelligent families who do not keep Castoria within ©a?y reach. n Ca&lm Mamttm, D. P„ New York City. “For eereral yeero 1 have recommended your 'Caatoria,' and shall always continue ttf* do so aa it has invariably produced beneAciel roeulte." Kbwt* F. Fauna, M. D., ISCth Street and ?th Are., New York City. Th* Corraua Cowry tt, J7 Mcjutar Sruvr, New Tom grTT Great Bargains IN Sewing Machines, Some of them almost as good as new, are now offered at the Darlington Guards’ Armory building by DAR- GAN * THOMPSON, Attorneys for the White Sewing Machine Co. Jl8tf The Sumter Institute for Women. rT2HE twenty seventh eailegrate | year of the Institute begins September 11th, 1894 With its full eorpe of efficient teachers, and its high curriculum, it offers advantages for the education of young women second to no college in tiie State. It is the purpose of the faculty that the Institute shall grow In efficiency as it grows in years and thus commend itself to all who have daughters to educate. For terms and particulars address H. FRANK WILSON. Sumter, S. C., Presideut. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. County of Darlington. By T. H. Spain, Esq., Probate Judge Whereas, Mary E.Lewishatb made suit to me, to grant unto her Let ters of Administration of the Estate of and effects of Nelson Lewis, deceas ed these are therefore to cite and ad monish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Nelson Lewis, deceased, that they be and ap pear before me, in the Court of Prob- bate, to beheld at Darlington C. H., onJnly20next,afterpu blication there - of, at 11 o’clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand, this 80th day of June, Anno Domini, 1894. T. H. SP^IN. Judge of Probate. July 5—2t For Rent. kESIRABLE four-room cottage In f East Darlington for rent. Ap- to DARGAN A THOMPSON-