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• ? :y'ry V StfttS. PUBUBBKD ETBAf ThOMDAT HORSIKO. • A LAX. O. KOLLOCK. EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. TERMS—11 Per Annoxn In Admnee; 80 cents tor six months; 85 cents for I months. ADTBKTISIBe RATXS: One Sqosre, first insertion $1.00 Every snbeeqnent insertion 50 Contract ndvertisements inserted upon the most reasonable terms, The editorials in this paper are writ ten in the singular number, the editorial ‘we” haring been discarded. AN ANONYMOUS CARD. General Earle alluded to an anon- ymouA card which had appeared in a Sumter paper, asking why he withdrew from a race for a county office in 1876. “You all know the author,” he said, “but I »m ready to answer it. If any man in the crowd will stand sponsor for those questions let him appear and I will answer. Let him stand up.” There was no sponsor. “You all know where I stand on State politics. I am a Dem ocrat; I have not joined In vituperation, I have given credit for what was done. —Judge Earle at Sumter. Judge Earle knows full well that those questions were asked by The Editor or The Darlington News because a marked copy of the paper was sent him. But if he persists in saying the card, as he calls it, was anonymous, it may be well to state right here that A. G. Kollock is The Editor or The Darlington News and is re sponsible for said questions. Does that satisfy you, Judge Earle? William J. Bryan, ot Nebras ka, and Arthur Sewall, of Maine, have been nominated President and vice President by the Chi cago convention. The former has served two terms in Con gress and made a brilliant rec ord and the latter is a banker and shipbuilder and very wealth y. While Bryan is probably the best free silver man that could have been nominated it is not clear why the democracy should have hoped to carry the State of Maine by placing on the ticket one of her distinguis ed citizens. New England is thoroughly wedded to the gold standard and a small bait like the vice Presidency will gain very few votes in that quarter for free coinage. Daniel or Mor gan would have been far prefer able to the hosts of free silver But the convention probably reasoned that the south would vote that way anyhow and it was better to try and get votes in a gold stronghold by tickling the vanity of the“downeaster8 Ben Tillman had a great op portunity at Cnicago to make a speech but he missed it and showed his inferiority when brought face to face with an in telligent audience who did not approve of his methods. The newspaper reports say that he was howled down, cheered and hissed and that his rage was terrible. Those who know any thing about Tillman are perfect ly aware that he can never make a speech unless he is be ing whooped up by the boys—a hostile crowd enrages him and he is totally unable to stand the medicine which he it so fond of giving to his opponents. The Lexington Dispatch ot last week contained advertise ments of eight first-class barbe cues which will take place in that county during the summer. Why don’t some one now ad vertise a second-class barbecue; certainly all of the people of Lexington county are not able to patronize first-class barbe cues, and, as they constitute a very large portion of the popu lation, some entertainment in the way of a barbecue should be provided for them. The man, therefore, who advertises a sec ond-class barbecue will draw the crowd and rake in the cash. Whst about the bicycle road to Dar lington ? It U a good idea, and ahoald be pushed to completion. The wheel men of our sister city will certainly bear their portion.—Florence Tfmes-Met- Mngsr. It the wheelmen of Florence and Darlington are in favor of the track it would take very lit tle work to-get the enterprise in shape. Let representative bicyclists get together and per fect an organisation and then *: would be much easier, say the Florence wbeel- The South Carolina delega tion at Chicago, Tillman except ed, voted for the 16-to-l-or-bust candidate. When they saw the rush, coming to Bryan they de sired to get on the band wagon, but Tillman insisted that they should follow instructions and vote for him on the first ballot. Afterwards he tried to induce them to vote for Teller, but they refused and cast their ballots for Bryan. Bryan, should he be elected, will be the youngest President the United States has ever had. His age is 36 and 36 is the age required by the Constitu tion. It is sixteen to one and busted now. A JUDICIAL REFORM SUGGESTED Let ua have a Public Officer te Defend aa we have a Solicitor to Proaecute Criminala. To the Editor of the Nett’s and Courier: The Rev. Mr. Gard ner’s sermon on “The Cheap ness of Human Life’’ should be read from every pulpit in South Carolina. Some reform of our judicial methods must come very soon. It years ago occur red to me that a long step to ward rectifying the frequent miscarriages of justice in our Criminal Courts would be the election by the people of a de fendant’s attorney to go around the circuit (as the solicitor now does as prosecuting attorney,) employed and paidhy the State to defend all causes that come up for trial in the Criminal Courts. This would umoad us of a body of men who now make it their constant labor and study to defeat justice by any art that will pass muster in a so-called Court of law. The Court is really incomplete without a de fendant’s attorney. We have a Judge, a jury, a attorney, a sheriff, a clerk, elected by the people and paid as public officers, and, in place of a defendant’s attorney so elected and paid, we have a body of private citizens whose living depends upon their so using the arts of their profes sion—their “trade”—that they will be sought after by persons accused of crime. The bigger and more obvious the crime the better the pay for the lawyer who defends against the inflict ion of its penalties. I wish to suggest to my breth ren of the Bar a discussion through the public prints of the practicability and desirability of having our judicial system so amended that the people will elect and the State will pay a regular defendant’s attorney for each circuit, at the same time and by same methods we now elect a prosecuting attorney. Speak out, brethren of the Bar. Respectfully, John J. Dargan. MURPHY MUST HANG. The Fete of Treasurer Copes' Mur derer Settled. D. C. Murphy, the convicted murderer of Treasurer Copes of Orangeburg, must hang. There is now no hope for him except Executive clemency and that is not likely to be forthcoming. Murphy is a white man and is now in the penitentiary, where he has been confined since his conviction over a year ago, for safe keeping. After conviction an appeal was taken to the Supreme Court on a tech nical ground, but yesterday the court, through Associate Jus tice Ira B. Jones, rendered a decision confirming the verdict in the lower court and Murphy will be taken back to Orange burg, re-sentenced and hung in the bounds of all probability. Murphy daily, at the peniten tiary, asks to be allowed to see some paper, thinking that each day some decision would be ren dered which meant life or death to him. He was not informed yesterday of his fate and he will not know it until to-day. It will be a terrible blow to fiim when he knows all hope is gone, but all this should have been considered by him before he cruelly murdered Treasurer Copes on the road near Orange burg.—Columbia Register. According to an American farm paper 40,000,000 eggs are used by the calico print works each year. Photographic estab lishments use millions of dozens and wine clarifiers call for over 10,000,000 dozens. The demand from these sources increases faster than the table de mand. They are used by* book binders, kid glove manufactur ers and for finishing fine leath er. Dried eggs are being put upon the market. Fresh eggs are broken and churned by machinery, and the mixture is then evaporated to dryness. They are claimed to keep inde finitely in this form. When cooked with hot water in vari ous ways they are said to taste precisely like fresh eggs. It promises to become an import ant industry and evidently will not require an expensive plant. I0CMTIC FLAM. full text of every plank that WAS ADOPTED AT CHICAGO. FrSa Silver, Free Cuba, Tariff For Rev. enue—All to be Supported by William J. Bryan. The platform aa finally upon read*- We, the Democrata of the United Statea in national convention aaaem- bled, do reaffirm oar allegiance to these great eaaential principals of justice and liberty upon which our instutlons are founded, and which the Democratic party has advocated from Jefferson’s time to our own—freedom of speech, freedom of the press, free dom of conscience, the perservation of personal rights, the equality of all citisens before the law and the faithful observance of constitutional liberties. During all these years the Democratic party has resisted the tendency of selfish interests to the centralization of government power and steadfastly maintained the in tegrity of of the dual scheme of gov ernment established by the founders of this republic of republics. Under its guidance and teachings the great prin iple of local self-government has found its best expression in the main tenance of rights of the States and in its assertion of the necessity of con fining the general government to the exercise of the powers granted by the Constitution of the United States. The Constitution of the United States guarantee to every citizen the rights of civil and religious liberty. The Democratic party has always been the exponent of political liberty and re ligions freedom and it renews its obligations and reaffirms its devotion to these fundamental principles of the Constitution TBS FINANCIAL PLANK. Recognizing that the money ques tion is parmount to all others at this time, we invite attention to the fact that the Federal Constitution names silver and gold together as the money metal of the United States, and that the first coinage law passed by con grass under the Constitution made the silver dollar the monetary unit and admitted gold to free coinage at a ratio based upon the silver dollar unit. We declare that the act of 1878 demonetizing silver without the knowledge or approval of the Amer ican people has resulted in the ap preciation of gold and a correspond ing fall in the prices of commodities produced by the people; a heavy in crease in the burden of taxation and of debts, bublic and private; the en richment of the money lending class at home and abroad; the prostration ot industry and impoverishment of the people. We are unalterably opposed to monometalism, which has locked fast the prosperity of an industrial peo ple in the paralysis of hard tftnes. Gold monometalism is a British policy, and its adoption has brought other nations into financial servitude to London. It is not only un-American, but anti-American, and it can be fastened on the United States only by the stifling of that spirit and love of liberty which proclaimed our politic al independence in 1776 and won it in war of the Revolution. We demand the free and unlimited coinage of both silver and gold at the present legal ratio of 16 to 1 without waiting for the aid or consent of any other nation. We demand that the silver dollar shall be a full legal ten der equally with gold for all debts, public and private, and we favor such legislation as will prevent for the future the demonetization of any kind of legal tender money by private contract. We are opposed to the policy and practice of surrendering to the hold ers of the obligations of the United States the option reserved by law to the government of redeeming such obligations in either silver or gold coin. We are opposed to the issuing of interest-bearing bonds of tha United States in time of peace, and condemn the trafflcing with banking syndi cates, which, in exchange for bonds and at an enormous profit to them selves, supply the Federal treasury with gold to maintain the policy of gold monometalism- Congress alone has the power to coin and issue money and President Jackson declares that this power could not be delegated to corporation or individuals. We therefore de nounce the issuance of notes intended to circulate as money by national banks as in derogation of the Con stitution, and we demand that all paper which is made a legal tender for public and private debts, or which is receivable for duties to the United States shall be issued by the govern ment of the United States and shall be redeemable in coin. TARIFF FOR REVENUE. We hold that the tariff duties should be levied for purposes of rev enue, such dutissb to e so adjusted as to operate equally throughout the country and not discriminate between or section and that taxation ahoald be limited by the'needs of the government honestly and economical ly administered. We denounce as disturbing to business the Republi can threat to restore the McKinley law which has twice been condemn ed by the people in national elections, and which, enacted under the false plea of protection to home industries. proved a prolific breeder of trusts and monopolies enriched the few at the expense of the many, restiicted trade and deprived the producers of the great American staples of access to their natural markets. Until the money question is settled we are opposed to any agitation for further changes in our tariff laws except such as are necessary to meet the agreed* 'deficit in revenue caused by the ad verse decision of the supreme court on the income tax. But for this de cision by the supreme court, there would be no deficit in the revenue under the law passed by a Democrat ic congress in strict pursuance of the uniform decision of that court for nearly 100 years; that court having in that decision sustained consti tutional objections to its enactment which has previously been overruled by the ablest judges who have ever sat on that bench. We declare that it is the duty of congress to use ail the constitutional powers which re main after that, decision or which may come from its reversal by the court as it may hereafter be constitu ted, so that the burdens of taxation may be equally and impartially laid to the end that wealth may bear its due proportion of the expenses of the government. TO RESTRICT IMMIGRATION. We hold that the most efficient way of protecting American labor is to prevent the importation of foreign pauper labor to compete withit in the home market, and that the value of the home market to our American farmers and artisans is greatly re duced by a vicious monetary system which depresses the price of their production, and thus depiives them of the means of purchasing the pro ducts of our home manufacturers. AS TO CORPORAOIONS. The absorption of wealth by the few, the consolidation of our leading railroad systems and the formation of trusts and pools require a stricter control by the Fedral government of these arteries of commerce. We de mand the eniargment of the powers of the interstate commerce commis sion and such restrictions and guar antees in the control of railroads as will protect the people from robbery and oppression, and as labor created the wealth of the country, we demand the passage of such laws as may be necessary to protect it in all its rights. LABOR ARBITRATION. We are in favor of the arbitration of differences between' employers en gaged in interstate commerce and their employees and recommend such legislation as is necessary to carry out this principle. A DEMAND FOR ECONOMY. We denounce the profligate waste of the money wrung from the people by oppressive taxation and the lav ish appropriation of recent Repub lican congress, which have kept taxes high while the labor that pays them is unemployed and the products of the people’s toil are depressed in piice till they no longer repay the cost of production. We demand a return to that sim plicity and economy which befits a Democratic governo.ent and a reduct ion in the number of useless offices, the salaries of which drain the sub stance of the people. FHDERAL INTERFERENCE DE NOUNCED. We denounce arbitrary interference by Fedral authorities in local affairs as a violation of the Constitution of the United States and a crime against free institutions and we especially object to government by injunction as a new and highly dangerous form of oppression by which Federal judges, in contempt of the laws of the State and rights of citizens, be come at once legislators, judges and executioners, and we approve the bill pending in the house of represent atives relative to contempts in Fed eral courts and providing trials by jury in certain cases of contempt. TREAT ALL ALIKE. No discrimination should be indulg ed in by the government of the United States in favor of any of its debtors. We approve of the refusal of the fifty- third congress to pass the Pacific railroad funding bill, and denounce the efforts of the present Republican congress to enact a similar measure. THE PENSION PLANK. Recognizing the just claims of de serving Union Soldiers, we heartily endorse the rule of the present com missioner of pensions that no names shall be arbitrarily dropped from the penei m roll; and the fact of enlist ment and service should be deemed conclusive evidence against disease and disability before enlistment. ADMITTING NEW STATES. We favor the admission ot the ter ritories of New Mexico and Aiizona into the Union as States, and we favor the early admisson of all the territories having the necessary pop ulation and resources to enable them to statehood, and while they remain territories we hold that the officials of any territory, together with the District of Columbia and Alaska, should be bonafide residents of the territory or district in which the duties are to be performed. home r^le. The Democratic party believes in home rule and that all public lands of the United States should be ap pointed to the establishment of free homes for American citizens. ALASKA’S DELEGATE. We recommend that the Territory of Alaska be granted a delegate in congress and that the general land and timber laws of the United States tie extended to said Territory. SYMPATHY FOR CUBA. We extend our sympathy to the people of Cuba in their heoric strug gle for liberty and independence. THE MONROE DOCTRINE. The Monroe doctrine as originally declared and as interpreted by succeeding Presidents, is a permanent part of the foreign policy of the United States and must at all times be maintained. FIXED TERMS OF OFFICR. We are opposed to life tenure in the public service. We favor appoint ments based upon merit, fixed terms of office and such administra tion of the civil service laws as will afford equal opportunities to all citi zens of ascertained fiitness. NO THIRD TERM. We declare it to be the unwritten law of this republic, established by custom and usage of one hundred years and sanctioned by the examples of the greatest and wisest of those who founded and have maintained our government, that no nan should be eiible for a third term of the Presidential office. IMPROVED WATERWAYS. The Federal government should care for and improve the Mississippi river and other great waterways of the republic so as to secure for the interior States easy and cheap trans portation to tide water. When any waterway of the republic is of suf ficient importance to demand aid of the government, such aid should be extended upon a detiuate plan of con- tinous work until permanent im provement is secured. Confiding in the justice of our cause and the necessity of its success at the polls, we submit the foregoing declaration of prinaiples and pur poses to the considerate judgement ef the American peop’e. We invite the support of all citizens who ap prove them and who desire to have them made effective through legis lation for the relief of the people and the restoration of the country’s pros- perii y. GROVES^ TASTELESS CHILL TDNIC IS JUST AS GOOD FOR ADULTS. WARRANTED. PRICE 60 cts. Galatia, Ills., Not. K, 1885. Paris Medldno Co., St. Ixnila, Mo. Gentlemen:—We sold last rear. 800 bottles of GROVE’S TASTELESS CHILL TONIC sod baTo bought three gross already Ibis year. In all oar ex perience of 1< rears. In tbs drug buslneM. bare uorereold an article that gays eticb unlTetsal aotla- taction aa your Tonic. Yours truly, Abssy.Cabb ACC For sale by O. B. DAVIS and ail Druggists. June 11—6m nvitd. Darlington Lodge, No. 7, Knights of PythL as, meets on 1st and 8rd Tuesday Evenings Ir each month, at Caatis Hall, Florence street opposite Broad. Visit- ing brothers fraternally Til, Pill the first of American Newspapers, CHARLES A. DANA, Editor. The American Constitution, the American Idea, the American Spirit These first, last, and all the time, forever. Daily, hr mail, > • • • $6 a year Daily and Sunday, by mall, $8 a year -AND- Cott n ol an n undertaken, and satisfaction guaranteed JOHN SISRROITS SHOPS: Messrs. Sydnor & Tredway, proprietors of the Darlington tobacco warehouse have an ad vertisement in this issue of The News in which they inform the tobacco planters that they are doing business at the old stand. The farmers in Darlington and surrounding counties are well acquainted with these gentle men and they need no introduc tion through the columns of The News. Wear Cheraw knit socks. nnrnyc for adults UUmNu from $3 up. CASKETS and Undertakers’ supplies always on hand at low nnces. Also CYPRESS SHINGLES and LUMBER at the lowest prices. T. C. 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