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m DARIMTOH MALD E«Ubli»he4 illy I III, ISM. DcitriyM hr Eirr DiMBbir Ibtk, ISM Ue-Kitabli«h»4 Etbnury lltb, 18*1. W.D. WOODS, ) T. J. DREW. \ GDITOKS AMD I*KOPRIETOK8. One Dollar a Year. DARLINGTON. H. (’. Wednesday, June 8,1892. As a mere mutter of policy, we be lieve he would be actuated by u bet ter motive, it would be a good thing for the Governor to ferret out the Laurens lynchers, and bring them to justice. Secretary Blaine has given up the portfolio of the State Department, and of course this means the a»- npuucement of his candidacy for the Republican nomination. Blaine is a very brilliant man and has a great deal of personal magnetism, a thing that Harrison con. wcuonsly lacks. It is well nigh impossible for man, no matter how skillfully he may cover up his tracks and divert suspicion, to commit a murder with out being detected, and when a pris oner is taken from the officers of the law and lynched, if they are not dis covered and put on trial, it is simply because no effort is made to bring them to justice. A good detective could very easily unearth the Ijiu- rens lynchers. The whole political history of our State and country probably does not furnish another instance of an at tempt to foist on a great party, measure so entirely at variance with Rs principles and traditions, that cannot find a single advocate among the newspapers of the State. And yet we are expected to endoise measure, the Sub-Treasury, that its professed advocates are afraid to dis cuss. The reason, however, is easy to understand;'- They don’t want their readers to hear the truth. If Gov. TiHman could get the Laurens lynchers safely housed in the penitentiary, which is almost too good for them, it would lie worth a great many votes in the election Every paper in the State should unite and sustain the Governor eyery effort he makes to bring them to justice. In a matter of this kind political prejudices should ho put aside, and every one work to bring these murderers to justice. Nobody will complain of the cost, just so they are arrested and pun ished. There is no use kicking aliout the sub-treasury plan any longer. It has been made a part of the platform of the Democratic |mrty in this State, and we will have to swallow it or bolt the party, and we are very cer tain tjiat we are not going into the bolting business -Orangeburg'I’imes and Democrat. Unless it is promised for the State to establish sub-treasuries, the reso lution will amount to nothing, but the utter idiocy of .the scheme will continue to Ik- exjiosed, and if this be called kicking there will lx any uiiiouut of it indulged in by the newspajx-rs that are not afraid to ex press their honest convictions alxmt this measure, or any others (hat affect the public welfare. . Immediately after the primaries, when Tillman is renominated, you may look out for a great flop on the part of many newspapers and politi cians. Mark tnis prediction.— Orangeburg Times and Democrat Our contemporary evidently judges other folks by his own standard. Of course if Tillman is nominated we can’t help ourselves, but so far as our criticisms, of the present admin istration, are concerned, we have nothing to regret and nothing to re tract if Tillman remains Governor during the balance of his life. Major W. H. Brawler, the Con gressman from this district is a most excellent gentleman and is de servedly popular, but a great many of his friends will vote against him because he does not represent their views on some very important ques tions that are now agitating the pub lic mind.—Orangeburg Times and Democrat. Major Brawley is a Democrat in principle as well as name, and, as a. matter of conrse, can’t represent the views of people who have strayed so far from the traditions and princi ples of th< Democratic Party. The recent lynching of a colored man in Laurens, for burglary, is one of the most outrageous acts of law lessness that has ever been commit ted in the State, and its perpetrators, no matter at what cost, should be hunted down and made to feel the vengeance of the law that they "have so inexcusably violated. Of course there will be the pretense of an in vestigation, and the same old story that there is no evidence to warrant the arrest of any particular person. The statement will appear in the papers that the act is condemned by public opinion, which assertion, how ever will be false, for the simple rea son that if the majority of the peo ple of Ixiurens county do not ap prove of such acts, there is nothing to prevent them from hunting these cowards and murderers down, and seeing that they get their just deserts. The frequency of acts of this charac ter is a sad commentary on the re spect for law, entertained by a large class of our people, and the question very naturally arises as to what will be the outcome of it ail, and where will it stop. It seems that some of onr people are anxious to bring about a state of affairs akin to border ruffianism, and to replace onr courts of justice with mob violence. Lynch ing a man mctised of crime is, under any circumstances, wrong, for the reason that if it is tolerated in the case of very serious crimes, it is very soon taken advantage of for the pun ishment of lesser ones and the gratification of private revenge. . The Governor should make every effort, to bring these I .aureus mur derers to justice, and no matter wiiat. it exists, even if lie were to call an extra session of the legislature and order out every military company in the State, he will lie sustained in what he docs* Kvery man connected with this lynching should receive the contempt of all good citizens for his cowardice and the severest punish ment tor the crime of murder. Such an inexcusable act is an exhibition of brutality and lawlessness, is a dis grace to the State, and every man en gaged in the affair, is far more de serving of bciug-hung lliuii the (xxir and friendless black tnuii whose lift was taken to satisfy the vengeance of these ruffians and cowards. we oppose measures that If put into operation, would be ruinon* to the very people that it is proposed to benefit, then be is at fall liberty to enjoy his opinion. When it becomes perfectly evident that a man, for the sake of securing or retaining office, is advocating measures that he is perfectly aware are wrong, and using his influence to stir np strife, we will denounce him and point out his inconsistencies to the people. Personally we would vastly prefer a campaign of moderation and digni ty, but as Gov. Tillman and his sup porters have seen tit to conduct it otherwise-, they are clearly responsi ble for any strong language the op position may use. They arc responsible for all the bitterness and strife now so prevalent in the State, and if they expect not to be held lesponsiblc for all this, they make a most woful mistake. Of conrse in this last remark we only refer to the demagogues and office seekers who have brought about this condition of affairs to advance their own interests. But while we expect to keep np the tight, we won Id not, if it would defeat Gov. Tillman to morrow, say anything that is nnjnst or untrne. FREE CilNACE AGAIN. In teply to the article, on free coinage, from the York Enterprise, which we publish in anothcrcolumn, we wish just to call'he attention of onr contemjiorury to the fact that nearly every nation in Europe has demonetized silver and has, in con sequence only a single standard, ami that is gold. As wc stated in a former article the talk aboutso many proeperity for the whole country. Experience has demonstrated that under such conditions wages never advance in proportion to the en hanced price of the necessaries of life, and that instead #f helping the poor ihau, its effects are exactly the reverse, and he really enjoys less comforts than he did when low prices prevailed. There has prob ably never been a time in the histoi of the country when a poor man! could live as well on his wages as he can at the present day, and never a time when a dollar conld purchase so many of the necessaries of life a^ it can now. It will be well to bear in mind that the facts, in connection with the past legislation on the question of coinrge, were stated by Mr. Dar- gan in his speech in opposition to froe.coinage, and they met with no denial, although Messrs. Bland and Tillman were sitting very near him and hoard every word of his speech. We will close by giving whit Mr. David A Wells says in regard to the charge of fraud in connection .with the passage of the act demonetizing silver: “The statement often made and to a large extent credited, that, the silver dollar was dropped in 1873 from the coinage system of the Uni- ted States by ‘stealth and for Ta secret and dishonest purpose,’ has not the slightest foundation in fact, and is simply an oft exploded falsehood.’' THEY WM’T DISCUSS IT. An intelligent reader of The Hek- aI.D has asked why we gave so much space to the discussion of the silver question and said so little in the way of ex]K)siiig the Sub-Treasury Bill, which was of far more impor- dollars pc-i capita, is no argument at I tance and one that would do intin- all, for the simple reason that the! itely more harm than a dozen Free quantity of money needed is entirely i Coinage Bills. The reason is sim- owing to the manner of-doing busi- ply this: The advocates of the Sub ucsss, and in proof of this it is only j Treasury are afraid to enter into a necessary to state that France has practical discussion of the merits of alwnt three times ns miicli money in j the measure, and our most strenuous circulation as England, w hich latter efforts to make them do so have most •ountrv does mere than twice the »ignnlly failed. This being the case business that is transacted in France. ■ we deemed it useless to keep up the The reason for this is in the fact that; fight, for the very simple reason that banking facilities are verv poor in 1 the other side just took all the blows ; 'I bird I’arty in South Carolina, and the gentlemen, in 1890, saw tit to oppose the nominees of their party home to edit the newswapers. And so it may b? very pertinent to ask why it is that these skillful financiers have not gone into business instead of politics: where their chances for success would have been infinitely greater. In regard to the assertion of Mr. Daniel that he weald not know where to get a gold dollar if he wanted .me, it is only necessary to say that in the fall of 1890 there were thousands of dollars of gold in circulation, and the banks paid it out in large quantities. If, however, the free coinage measure is adopted, he will find it iiii|K>ssible to get gold without pay ing a premium for it. He could, if he had so desired, been paid all of his salary in gold. TWO GOOD NEWSPAPERS. The Columbia Register is now the liveliest political paper in the State. Since the induction of Mr. Gaunt to the first position on the editorial staff, the Register has been wonderfully improved, and the people everywhere are appreciating the improvement Mr. Gantt is bold and fearless, just and generous, and his facile pen is being wielded daily in the interest of un honest government economically administered. We wish the Register thousands of new subscribers ere this campaign closes. The Cotton Plant, the official or gan of the South Curolinu Stat Farmers’ Alliance, edited by Hons. J. W. Bowden and J. Wm. Stokes, is another journal that has been won derfully improved of late. Two able editors at the helm, both sturdy Al- liaucemen, they are making the Cot ton Plant indispensable toevery farm fireside. It gives information that is interesting to every class of planter, and without which he cannot afford to dispense. Every farmer in the State should receive the Cotton Plant, —Pee Dee Index. If the habitual practice of unfair ness and the use of violent language improves a newspaper, then the Index is right in its estimate of the Regis ter and Cotton Plant. TOO LATE NOW. Now that our Democratic Conven tion has met and framed a platform that prevents the formation of any „ rolin France, while in England they are hurled at the Sub-Treasury, without j ll,e ^'dlenien, in 1890, so good that very little money is re-j making the least effort to strike qnired to carry on the immense back. We arc perfectly willing to volume of business that this great re]x-at onr challenge to any paper in commercial nation transacts. We have. the State, that is any one of them already shown that the demonctiza- w Inch has circulation and influence, tion of silver had not the remotest to discuss the details of the Sub- effect in causing the panic of 1873, Treasury Bill, and will agree to pub- and bog to remind the Enterprise Fish everything they say in its favor, that financial panics are not caused with the understanding that they by a scarcity of money, but by a luck print in full our side of the case. of credit. . We entirely fail to see any similari ty between the Protective Tariff and the demonetization of silver, mid would tike for the Enterprise to show wherein the likeness consists. The Mills Wortlt (Parsons, Knit..' sivs: If the government owned the railroads, one-half of the money paid for transixirtatioii would lie saved to the people, and the government stiii make money. The ad vert is Ag of railroads amounts hi many millions every year, all of which would le saved. The salaries of all ilie presi dents, directors, vice-presidents, pur chasing agents, advertising agents, comptrollers, general passenger tits, tens of thousands of attorneys, and many more otlicera—every dollar paid them would lx-saved, and nil in terests on bonds ami stocks. The uliove is a fair s|xx-ii)ieii of the kind of arguments that are us-d in advocacy of the Government con trol of railroads. A liille reflection will show that that the railroadsem# ploy just as few men us they can get along with, and the Government would of course have to have the same number, even, wliieli would not l e the case, if they were equally us coni- One of onr friends 1 us suggested that we have been too severe in our criticisms of the present State ud- niiiiistmtioii ami some of its stip- |K>rtors. We pleael guilty to using severe language, but it was not only justi- I tiable but, under the circumstances, absolutely necessary, and we have no regrets therefor, unless it can l»e shown that we have Ixvn unjus‘ r , and in that case it will give ns pleasure to retr ict. We have not gone into personal!- lies, bnj have confined our criticisms entirely to their jxditicul records. W e have not hesitated to sav that we Ix'licvcd that the majority of Mr. Tillnmn’s 8up|M>rtcrs were |ierfertly honest ami conscientious m their convict ions, w hcrctie, on I he contrary, every man tiiut opjineos him has Ihx-ii rejieulodly denounced us an office- S'vker and an eiiein.’ - of the ixxiple. Any one who has read the uduiinh- tration papers, es|xxially the Cotton Plant. Register, Ahlte.illc Medium and Greenville Democrat, for the (art few months, will be coni|icllcd to ad mit the truth of what evs iv. Sihnce on the part of the opposition papers would have been construed as a tacit ship of State was drifting on them; , .. , , and no muster of tina icc upiieaml to for while the burden of the I ariff is! ga T t* the ship, crew or cargo. Gold 1 very easily shown, no one has as yet was the cry—gold, gold, nothing but pointed out tuiy imposition that has gold, although this was the greatest Ixvn entailed on the iicoplc bv the do- 8 *Iver nation in the world, uftd al- . tlmugli (if its financial system were .liioiielization of si ver. f. V . ... \ ' I equal to its opportunities) it might As lias already Ixvn stated, the <toiiiiiiute the financial markets of Government, so far ns legal enact- the world. Silver men alone seemed incut could make it, tried to main- •" have any appreciation or nnvrecog- taiu a double standard, but the irre- "j tiw " , of 11,0 * i , , " ,a 1 iw "- Tlu 2 wff ^ r P d ...., ,. - ,ii the onlv remedy that was offered by sistihle workings of natural unv 0II J to ^ the cxmi.try from imwle the etpemneiit a failure. The the present financial depression and demonetization of silver had nothing * from threatened financial ruin. In whatever to do with its price, as that, I l, ' ,i judgment free coinage of silver like the price of everything else u ‘ ^‘he only cxinserratiTe solution of , ' . , the problem: and there might be dis- regnluted by the law et supoly and frol|1 the calculation of possi- demurnl, a law so inexorable that hU- evils to arise from it the idea legal enactments do not for one mo-' that would drive gold out of circu- nieiit suspend its operations. We' hit ion. He hud been drawing money from the Treasury for the last six have gone into said Convention ami thus pledged their honor to abide the verdict of the majority, we see no necessity for any further heated K litical agitation. Wc are now; all unocrats, and have a common in terest in promoting peace and har mony among our people and in the upbuilding of our State. From now on let the rival candidates for public honors stand tti>on their merits, and have u fair ami impartial hearing ! before the people. Our voters should DANIEL ON I REE ( OINAGE. j act with calm deliberation, uml this In a recent speech in the Senate,; can never be done so long as political Senator Daniel, of Virginia, said i excitement is fanned to a white heal, that there were rocks ahead; that the Much has been said and written on displayed by the Register. They were denounced as disappointed'of fice-seekers and us enemies of the! people, and every effort was made! to create the impression that they! were slanderers and liars. The leaders of the opposi'ion were de nounced in the harshest ami most unmeasured terms. The most up right and distinguished citizens of the State have been held up to pub lic scorn. Its columns were used without one word of protest on the part of the editor, for the purpose on the part of one of its correspondents, for making an the cirnn: on Wade with this, doctrine ol published special pul the const'! ing a grave for regularity, fects won its colum and slam editor mui and which] were neve: called-for and its vio] muuistic li the last for recoi two fact! years to been w rou I’rofessii of the p its violenci of their w nigh irre] cratic part] Benet, wit] that was si violent atl convention, member of find words s| admiration tician and office-seeker. Personally we have no ill will against the editor of the Register, but cannot allow the statement, that he has not in dulged in bitterness and vituperation, to pass unchallenged. If his rejx'iit- ence is sincere, then let him do what he is eminently qualified for some thing to heal the dissensions he has made. 1 yea-s, ami hal in ver yet been paid a potent, and could not Moure fhciri acknowledgement that these charges services for less. Instead of milking | were true, and failure to resent and money, there would lie a large deli-! rebel them would have laid them open cirttcy, every year, that would have to he met by an appropriation. The reason for this would, putting other considerations aside, lie in the very low rates, for the freight and passen ger traffic, that would have to he in force to satisfy the pnblic, even if to the charge of ]M»litical cowardice. We think that we can say, without any fear of contradiction, that The IIeiialu has done more, during its short existence, at least under its present management, to defend the farmers from reflections on their biisi- they were willing to pay anything for ness ability feud industry than any transportation, wl ich is a matter of other very grave daobt A man could probably, when the Government buys all the railroads, go from Darlington to Charleston with a fifty cent stamp posted ol his hat and hav« iteancell- •d by a republican conductor. weekly in the State. When statements hove been made that were calculated to injure our section and Stato, we have always made it a point to meet and disprove them. If' any body chooses to consider us an euetny of the people, simply bet uuse 1 challenge the Fiiterprise to prove its assertion, that “Gold has n.blied the ; loMrtr „ ol(1) mi d did not know that lulxircr and is still robbing the in- he could get a gold dollar if he de- dnsiries of the country by depriving sired to obtain one. them of the means necessary to their If we ire to believeSeiiator Daniel successful prosecution”. We confess ami other advocates of free coinage, ourselves as somewhat at a loss to there must lx 1 some magical intlii- know exactly what oiireoiiteiii|N>rnr.’ enc.' or jiowcr exerted by silver that means bv such a wholesale indict- simie folks are too ignorant to tmder- i nient of gold, unless it means by this stand. , to convey the impression that the If they ate to lie believed, for they , supply of gold is inadequate to meet give us assertions without the least the legitimate demands of trade and particle of proof, the country is on thereby m-ikcs money too scarce. ! the eve of a great financial disaster, In answer to this we give the from which it can only lie saved l.y words of David A. Wells, one of the the adviwates of free coinage, who, highest authorities on this subject, according to this modern Daniel, are in the country, “Tlie evidence, there- the only ones who have anything like fore, seem to warrant the following a proper appreciation of the situation, cnneliisiotix: That the teilemv of Of course such ignorance on the jxirt the age is to use less and less of coin of its opponents is very deporable, in the transaction of business; ami but tbe fault lies uniuly at the door that 'so far as there Ixdiig any scare- of its advocates; for the simple rea lty of gold, there never was a |x'riod son that, they will not give thesliglit- iu the world’s commercial history csl explanation of how the mysteri- when the existing quantity was so ous influence is to work, and it is not large as at present, in proportion to to lx-wondered at, that level-headed the mx-essitv for its use or tile pur- [wople are skeptical as regards the j)«se it has to serve.’” |iower of this magician, silver, aiul We take the liberty of suggesting fail to understand why the influence that, the Enterprise contradicts it- has never been exerted before, self in that it asserts that Frey Coin- It is very strange that those whose age is a necessity in order that the attention bus been almost entirely circulation may bo increased and the, directed into other channels, should ixtiple given more money in order lie better (Kisted in financial matters that the industries of t he country, I bun the men who have made the may lx* successfully prosecuted, and question a life study. Koine of these then pnx'eods to prove ihnt if all the silver financiers, if they were as wise silver thus is available were coined, us they think they are, could rapidly it would add only 1.84 annually to accumulate u fo*tunc on Wall street, the circulation. At this rate it These assertions remind us of tbe would take a good many years to only joke that Gen. l^ec was ever bring the circulation up to $50.00! heard to give expression to during jier eaptia, the amount demanded by the war. After reading some news- the Ocala platform. One of the paper criticisms on the movements of favorite arguments of the inflation- the nnnks, he remarked that it was ists is that an increase of circulation a great pity that the Confederate would inevitably bring about higher 1 Government hud made the mistake of prices, and, of course, as they put it, j leaving all the great geuentls at either side that had best Ix-eii left unsaid. One harsh expression Ix'gets another, and rsults in engendering partisan bitterness and strife, when h generous and friendly jxditical ri valry should not prevail. Kuch dis sensions among mi r Democrats are wrong and injurious to our Ktntc. We surely can settle such matters without dividing families into hostile factions, and engendering turmoil and bud blood among neighbors and friends. la;t us now see if we cannot elevate oar State campaign to a higher plane. Everything that can possibly lie brought forward to the discredit to the opposing candidates has already lieen charged, ami the arraignments will not be strengthened by reite -a- tion. Let personalities ami abuse alone, and try uml elect your ticket on the individual merits of the res- ixclive candidates thereon, and not upon the sliort-eoiiiings charged against the other side. Campaign pleasantries are all right, us they only serve to amuse the general public. But never say or pen anytli'iig that leaves a sting behind, and will not pass away with (he day of election. The Register has been guarded in this rosjicct, and we never levelled a Tenomtip|xxl dart atun opjxment. W’e live under a republican form of government, and the majority must uml will ruh'. Our agricultural in- teiest constitutes 70 jxt cent, of the •South Carolina’s pomlution. and the farmers will control the politics of State so long ns they remain united and thev will con tin tic to vote as E. C. ROTHOLZ. f Later Urals la Vasli M. Persian Mulls in very neat design. Black Sheer Stripe and Plaid Lawns. Klysce stripes, black ground and handsome figures. Linen chambrays. Immense line of Parasols with pretty handles. I Ladies' summer undervests. 10 cents and upward. in all lengths. CORSETS! ave six grades of the II. & 8. corsets; liest value for the mony. !ic largest assortment of cream andhiack Inces in all widths, pen up some very desirable Point l)c Jcncs, Point !)e Gut pure and Point I)c Irlande in white and ecru. Our MILLINERY nducted l>y Miss Maooie Jones, who has proven to tbe ladies that she can and tries to please. >11 is requested. E. C ROTHOLZ, iDERS promptly attended to. m&Sm ra4 as aa trier far I. L. HarrHl & Company will sell you a Buggy, Carriage, Wagon, Road ('art, or anything else in their line at the most reasonable prires. HE DARLINGTON OE STORE- eived a very large and well selected stock for the Spring and Summer trade. OXFORD TIES aid Misses in endless variety, from the very cheapest to the celebrated hand-sewed goods of E. C. Bents & Co's make. Childrens’ Shoes. This Line is ftHplele la Every Respect. MEXS’ SHOES. Our stock cannot lie excelled anywhere. We have them in Calf, Cordovan, Kangaroo, French Calf in hand-sewed, hand-well and good-year welt. Will call Special Attention to our $3 SHOES, Genuine Calf and good year welt, as good as hand sewel A Full Line Trunks, Valises, Umbrellas French Polish and Blacking. Shoe Findings of every description. A Xobby Line of Hats for Hen. WOODS & MILLING, Proprietors Darlington Shoe Store. Fine Job Printing done at this office. Important to Everybody! \\ hen in need of Anything in the STATIONERY Line, don’t fail to call at thu unit just so long you attempt to coerce t hem into measures. But they are sensible, reasonable men, and have no desire nr intention tooverride oppress other classes, lint stand willing uml ready to unite with the residents of other cities in working fur the the honor and developments of their State. If yon think these farmers ure extreme in their views, eonusel w ith them a > one Demuerut should with another, and they w ill give yon an attentive ear; and if con vinced of their error will follow your] guidance. But you cannot drivel them an inch. It will lx 1 the desireof the Register] to draw our Democrats together and ] not further w iden the breach between ] them, lad theop|M>sition press unite] with us in this work, and you will soon see the Conservatives and the Reformers, the llnakellitcs and the Tillnmuites, blended intooncfriendly and irresistible build of Democrats.— Columbia Register. To say the least onr coiiteiii]M)rarv is pretty late about writing the above, and it would have been decidedly more consistent, had it been publish ed some months ago. So far as we could observe, tbe large majority of the conservative piijx-rs were dis posed to avoid personalities, in the discussion of the questions at issue, and any departure from this course bus been, to a very large extent, in fluenced by the bitterness uud venom WACONS. Two-horse wagons are Manufactured at now DARLINGTON, S. C. CALL AND SEE THEM BEFORE PURCHASING ELSEWHERE. A COMPLETE STOCK OF Bugsies, Carts, Harness AND FURNITURE Always on Hand. Undertaker’s Supplies, Darlington Book Store. The Largest Line of SPORTIXft GOOD!* such as Base Balls, Bats, Mits, Foot-halh Croquet Sets, Hammocks, Stretchers Hooks, Ac., ever brought to the city. Als* lull line of small musical instruments. Large Stock. Prices to suit the times. Ilie People’s Bank of Darlington, savings Department. DEPOSITS SOLICITED FROM ONE DOLLAR AND UPWARDS:. And 5 per cent. Interest paid thereon, “Small Savings Make Large Profits, E. KEITH DARGAN, W. A. CAR RIGAN, H. L. CHARLES, PrrsHrnt. Vier-Prrsidrnt UasiOrF.. The Pluenix Furniturelonipanvr” OF C’HAItLESTON, 8. t’. Wholosale and Retail Furniture Emporludf, FINK, MEDIUM AND LOW PRICED FURNITT’P** ' LOWEST CASH PIUCF* 4. AT THE cheapfuhniturk sum”*” -..i.E FOR COUNTRY TRADE In I .urge Variety At Factory Prices. THIS PAGE CONTAINS FLAWS AND OTHER