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DARLINGTON HERALD. IF FOR THE LIBERTY OF THE WOULD WE CAN DO ANYTHING.” VOL. II. DARLING TON, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 1892. NO. 42. PLATFORM OF THE NATIONAL REPUBLIC'AN PARTI. PretertiM Piinciplfs RfafllrmrA- A Silver StraMIe—Hoiinrt ElretlMS ItenaBdrA— Harrison Uninif n<i rd. The following is the platform adopted by the Republican National Convention: The representatives of the Republi cans of the United States, assembled in general convention on the shores of the Mississippi river, the everlast ing bond of an indestructible Repub lic, whose most algrious chapter of history is the Republican party, congratulate their countrymen on the majestic march of the nation under the banners inscribed with the princi ples of our platform of 1888, vindi cated by victory at the polls and prosperity in our fields, workshops and mines, and make the following declaration of principles: the tariff: We reaffirm the American doctrine of protection. We maintain that the prosperous condition of our country is lagely due to the wise revenue leg islation of the Republican Congress. We believe that all articles which cannot be produced in the United States, except luxuries, should be admitted free of duty, and that on all imports coming into competition w ith the products of American lalior there should be duties levied equal to the difference between wages abroad and at home. We assert that the prices of nnni- nfactured articles of general con- relations with forigo powers, entang ling alliances with none, and the pro tection of rights of our fishermen. We reaffirm our approval of the Monroe doctrine, and believe in the achievement of the manifest destiny of the Republic in its broadest sense. We favor the enactment of more strin gent laws and regulations for the restriction of criminal, pauper and contract immigration. M ISC El. I. A NEOl'S. We favor efficient legislation by Congress to protect the life and limbs of employees of railroad companies engaged in carrying interstate com merce, and recommend legislation bv the respective States that will protect employees engaged in interstate com merce and in mining and manufac turing. The Republican party has always been the champion of the oppressed and recognizes the dignity of man hood, irrespective of faith, color or nationality. It sympathizes with the cause of home rule in Ireland, and protests against the persecution of the .lews in Russia. The ultimaie reliance of free jaipular government is the intelligence of the people and the maintenance of freedom among them. We declare our devotion to liberty of thought and conscience of speech and press, and approve all agencies and instrumentalities which con tribute to the education of the chil dren of the land. But while insist ing upon the fullest measure of reli gious liberty, we are opposed to any union of church and state. We reaffirm our opposition, de- BKi BATTLE FOR BACK TAXES. POETRY. sumption have been reduced under! "> the Republican platform of the operations of the tariff act of 18f»0. | IS8 *> t° all combinations of capital We denounce the efforts of the I >cmo-1 organized to control arbitrarily the cratic majoritv in the House to de- condition of trade among our citizens, itroy our tariff laws by piecemeal, as manifested by their attacks on wool, lead and lead ore, and we ask the people for their judgment thereon. We point to the success of the Re publican policy of reciprocity, under which the export trade has vastly in creased and new and enlarged markets ( hare been opened for the products of our farms and workshops. We re mind the people of the bitter opjiosi- thm of the Democratic party to this practical business measure, and claim that, executed by a Republican ad ministration, our present laws will eventually give us control of the trade of the world. SILVER. The American people, from tradi tion and interest, favor binietalisni, and the Republican party demands the use of both gold an 1 silver as standard money, with such restric tions and under such provisions, to be determined by contemplation, as will secure the maintenance of the parity of values of the two metals, so that the purchasing and debt paying l>ower of the dollar, whether of silver, gold or the pa|>er shall be at all times equal. The interests of the producers of the country—its farmers and its working men—demand that every dollar, paper or coin, issued by the ppvcfiinient shall lie as good as any pt||tT' > V F FIWFlUl \k V* i,,ul jmlriutiF s H jlS illrpHdy taken by our jiovprinimut to secure an international poufet'ence to adopt such measures as will insure a parity of value between gold and silver for use as money throughout the world. ELECTIONS. We demand that every citizen of the United States shall be allowed to cast one free and unrestricted ballot in all public elections, and such bal lot shall Ite counted and returned as cast; that such laws shall bo enacted and favored as will secure to every citizen, be he rich or jawr, native or foreign born, white or black, this sovereign right guaranteed by the Constitution—the free and honest popular ballot, the just and equal representation of all the people as well as the just and equal protection under the laws as the foundation of our Republican institutions, and the juirty will never relax itseffortsuntil the intergrity of the ballot and the purity of elections shall be fully Ovrr Four Thousand Pieces of; Property to be Taken Into (he Conrts for the Collection of Old Taxes. The sinking fund commission is about to have a big clearance sale of lands in this Sts te which have been forfeited for taxes. There are a great many instances where owners of valuable property have not paid their State taxes for many years. Property of this kind <s not confined to the county, there being lots in the heart of the city of Charleston and in Columbia which are subject to sale. Four special agents of the com mission have been engiged for the past year in tracing out all such for feitable property in every county of the State and this list 1 icing now complete, the sinking fund commis- »ion has turned the entire matter over to the attorney general’s office. Preparations are now being made to enter suit in hundreds of these cases, and unless the hack taxes are paid promptly there will lie hundreds of homeless families in the State. No further delays in the payment of these taxes will be allowed. The State's claim is a prior lien, and it will have to be satisfied before any other obligation of the property can be considered. No interest or fees will lie collected—only the orig inal 'evy upon the property. The amount involved in these eases—and the State officials say that they expect to get it all—is lio- tween sg()(i,(HiO and ^100,000. There are about 4,000 pieces of land in the State that will come under the ban and they will contain about 850,000 acres. The follow ing gives approximately on this issue, and ask for such furth- || )( , nitiul^r of acres in the respective er legislation as may Ik- required to C0U |,tj w 0 f the State subject to ac- remedy any defects in existing laws j (j (lll s .,| t . j,y t| lc government: Beaufort, 2!),210; Berkeley, includ ing old Charleston, now Berkeley, We heartily endorse the action taken Having always from my earliest youth been a great admirer and lover of good poetry, I have collected and treasured up many pieces which have greatly pleased me. The lines which I give you below 1 have always re garded as the most exquisitely ten der and beautiful of them all. I first met with them credited to the Congregationalist, in 1840, and had them reprinted in the Southern Christian Advocate at that time. 1 need not dwell upon tlieir merits, for all who arc capable of apprecia ting them will discover their excel lence without the help of another. I have made many efforts to ascertain their authorship, for in the paper where 1 first saw them they appeared anonymously, but have never suc ceeded. I have been inclined to think that they have lieen w ritten by T. K. Hervey, as their general tone and character more resemble several other pieces written by him than those of any other writer with whese poetry I am acquainted. Whitefoord Smith. TALMAMiE ON RIM. What the Mnney af the Working Hasses Speat For Ram in Thir ty Years Won 14 Ho. Gather up the money that the working class have spent for rum during the last thirty years, and I will build for every working man a house, and lay out for him a garden, and secure him a policy of life iu- surace so that the present home may be well maintained after he is dead. The most persistent, the most over powering enemy of the working classes is intoxicating liquor. IN PROHIBITION STATES. The records of the Internal reve nue department always shows an in- criasj of beer in all but prohibition States. So in 18!»1 there was a net increase of 3,200,120 barrels. But piness,” must pay license to deal in liquors? Why don’t the State cry- out against this flagrant violation of sacred Democratic principle. We look abroad over the honorable occupations of mankind in our land and we find nothing in the nature of a great business requiring a Govern ment license excepting this one item of the liquor traffic. I say honorable occupations, but is not the exception named also an exception in this re spect, and may not this indeed fur nish some explanation ? May we not conclude that the rum business is not quite honorable enough to go fiee, and therefore the law exacts from it au internal revenue—internal verily in a double sense since it draws upon the vitality of the nation to pay tlie nation’s cxiienses. But if not honorable, let the State assist in an effort to stop it—to pro hibit the vending of “intoxicants,”us COLORED STATE FAIR. Palmetto District Meeting. this was not diffused equally. In the it inadvertently no doubt but signili- iiiud to render their cnfoccmcnt more complete and effective. We approve the jxiliey of exteiid- I ing to towns and rural eoninimiilies the advantages of the free delivery service now enjoyed by the large cities of 'he country, anil reaffirm the de claration contained in the Republican platform of 1888, pledging tlie re duction of letter postage to one cent at the earliest the possible n-o- nicut. CIVIL SERVICE. Wc commend the spirit and evi dence of reform in the civil service i and the wise and consistent enforce ment by the Republican party of the laws relating to the same. NIC A RAH IA CANAL. The construction of the Nicaragua canal is of the highest importance to the American [icoplc, both as a measure of national defense and to build up and maintain American commerce, and it should be controlled by the United States Government. AI III) LANDS. We favor the cession, subject to the homtstcad laws, of arid public lands to the States and Territories in which they lie, under such Congressional restrictions as to disposition, reclama tion unil qecupauey by settlors as will secure the maximum benefits to the people, TERRITORIES. We favor the admission of the re maining Territories at the earliest possible moment, having, due regard to he interests of the jieoplc of the Territories and of the United States. All the federal office holders appoint ed in t he Territories should he select ed from the residents thereof, and the right of self-government should be accorded as far its jsissible. THE COLIMIIIAN EXPOSITION. The World's Columbian Exposition is a great national undertaking, and Congress should promptly enact such reasonable legislation in aid thereof as will ensure a discharge of the ex pense and obligations incident thereto and the attainment of results coin- niensur.ite w ith the dignity and pro gress of the nation. INTEMPERANCE. We sympathize w ith all wise and legitimate efforts to lessen and pre vent the evils of intemperance and i promote morality. PENSIONS. I know thou hast Kone to the house of thy rest. Then why should my soul be Khulf I know thou hast *rono where the weary are blest. And the mourner looks ii|» and Is Kind; Where IjOVO is piit off, in the land of Its birth, The* stain it had gathered in this; And Hope, the sweet singer that gladdened the earth. Lies asleep on the bosom of Bliss! I know thou hast gone where thy forehead is starr’d with the iHMUtios that dwelt in thy soul. Where the light of their lovliness cannot be marr’d. Nor thy heart la* flung back from its goal; I know thou hast drunk of tho Lethe that Mows Through a land whore they do not forget. Which sheds over memory only repose. And takes from it only regret. In thy far-away dwelling, wherever it la*, I iK'lieve thou hast visions of mine. And the love that made all things as music to me I have not yet learnt to resign; - In the hush of the night, on the waste of the sea. Or alone with thehrecxc.on the hill, I have ever a presence that whis|iers of thee. And my spirit lies down and is still! Mine eye must be dark, that so long has been dim, Krc again it may gaze ii|n>ii thine. Hut my heart has revealings of thee and thy home. In many a token and sign: » I never look up with a vow to the sky Hut a light like thy lieauty is there And I hoar a low mtirmer like thine in reply, When I |NMirout my spirit in prayer. And though, like a mourner who sits by a tomb, I am wrapped in a mantle of cure - Vet the grief of my liosom oh, call it not gloomy Is not the black grief of despair; By sorrow revmled, as the stars are by night, Far of! a bright vision ap|»ears. And Hope, like the rainlmw, a tieing of light. Is born like the rainlNiw in tears. The Snake in (he Glass. Come listen awhile to me, my tail! Come listen to me Tor a spell! Let that teri'ilile drum For a moment lie iluiuli, For your uncle is Roint; to tell What liefcll A youth who loved liquor too well. A clever youu^ man was he, my lad! And with lieauty uncommonly blest, Kit with hraudy and wine, He liegall to decline, And behaved like n person possessed: I protest The teui|M'ranee plan is the lu-st. One even ini' lie went to a tavern, my lad! He went to a tavern one ninht, And drinkini; too much Until, brandy mid such, The chap got exceedingly “tight;" by declaring that every man is un-j And w'as quite titled to enjoy his own land, without; Wl,f,t J" 1 "' l "" 11 wm ' 1 ' 1 interference or damage from his The fellow fell into a snooze, my lad! 1 <>0,350; Charleston City, number of lots, 83; Charleston ('minty, 43; Chesterfield, 8,o«7; Clarendon, 3,858; Colleton, 22,832; Darlington, 7,741; Edgefield, 3,<>24: Georgetown, 17,1)71; Greenville, 1,848; Hampton, 18,128; Horry, 2,003; Kershaw, 28,713; Lan caster, 4<>7; Marion, 13,1)33; New berry, 423; Oconee, 8<;7; Orangeburg, 32<>; Dickens, 3,255; Richland, 30,- 132; Columbia township, including city, lots and uerui, 830; Spartan burg, 2,l!(i7; Sumter <>,278; Williams burg, 41,1)23. As will be seen, Richland conies in fora very heavy share of the pro sedition. Al'onntry Without Frnrrs. South Carolina is a country #ith- out fences, writes a corres ' , and it is a vast improvement in the landseupe, as well as a great saving in money. It looks odd at first, on the big level plain on which Aiken stands to see a great stretch of coun try unbroken by a single fence and here and there a house or barn with out any protecting walls or fences. The legislature has abolished fences Dakotas there was a decrease of 22, 942 barrels; in New Hampshire of 32,903 barrels; in Kansas the pro duction was but 2,050 barrels— against 20,823 in 1884—more than : ten times as much for a population I a good deal smaller—showing “a steady decrease towards the vanishing point;” while in Maine this point was reached some lime ago, and the production of beer is just 0,—there being not a brewery in the [state. THE SALOON IS HERE. Someliody says the boy of the period rushing out on a bright spring morning catching up a stone and inflicting a blow upon a luckless dog within range, docs so because the boy, t he stone and the dog are there. Somebody else has said the boy that cannot lie saved without a law banishing the saloon is not worth saving. Innate cruelty did not prompt the throwing of the stone; total de pravity is not the occasion of the fall of many a boy by drink. It is largely a ease of juxtaposition—lie- cause the boy, the beer and the saloon are there. It is incumbent upon society to make conditions as favora ble for the boy as posible, to see that the liecr and the saloon are not t here. NEAR Kl'Tl'RE IS PROMISING. All hail the coming of a grand development of moral ideas! All huillhe inspirations and aspirations of the people for the grand moral rev olution that is to sweep this hidioiis monster of voice, of liquor selling, this terrible incubus on our glorious country, to such a complete annihila- tion Ihyt a resurrection will be im- |iessible!—From “Editorial Flashes,” in Demorest’s Family Magazine for June. The Stale is Plaialy in Error on the Subject of Prohibition. cantly styles the alcoholic race, and set itself, in this particular, upon the high plane of Democracy it aspires to on other questions. Or let it, at least, cease to operate along its ili-chuscu line of priuciplc as regards the traffic in question—a traffic which finds no sincere apolo gist among conscientious people, and scarcely an advocate among any class es who will have the hardihood de liberately to say it is not an evil. And let all good citizens work to gether for the final abolition of the great liquor curse. T« the Colored Farmers and Me-1 chanirs and all County Indus trial Assoriations In the State of Sonth Carolina: We deem it necessary to make this announcement to the general public on tlie part of the approaching fourth annual State Fair, which will beheld at the city of Columbia, S. C., open ing on Tuesday, November 22, and elosbig on Friday, November 20, 1892. 1 shall now begin my usual method of eapvassing the several Counties of the State, prompted by the highest confidence that I can work up an exhibit which will be far more extensive in variety and crcdi- LakeCitv, S. C., June 9, 1892.— j Palmetto District Lodge was called to order at 11 o’clock in the Baptist Church, with the following officers present: D. C. 'J'., Chas. A. Smith; D. G., J. G. McCullough; 1). S., W. If. Keith; D. 51., W.W. McCutchen. Vacant offices filled by the following pro tern appointments: I). C., Rev. S. 51. Richardson; 1). V. T., 5Irs. C. H. Richardson; 1). P. C. T., Rev. II. B. Browne; 1). 1). 51., 5Iiss Lizzie Ragsdale; I). A. S., 5Iiss Nettie Mc Kenzie: D. S., Jesse R. Ives, Jr. After the ojiening exercises the Dis trict Degrees were conferred upon 55 new members. Bros It. W. Jones arid W. H. Keith were appointed a committee on creden tials and a£n>r a short intermission rv- . ported the following delegates present: Tiniiiiouaville—Bros. 8. M. Bichurd- son, (’has. A. Smith, W. H. Keith,and Sisters C. II. Uielmrdson, Lizzie Kags- The Conrrntion -What Next I j Ever mindful of the services and guaranteed and protected in every sacrifices uf the men who saved the | life of the nation, we pledge anew «> the veteran soldiers of the Republic a watchful care and recognition ol State. SOITHERN OI TRAGES. We denounce the continued hu man outrages |>er|>ctruted on Ameri can citizens for jiolitical reasons in certain States of the Union. FOREIGN RELATIONS. their just t pie. Harrison’s admim lints iijM)ti a grateful pco- l l< \TION. neighbor’s cattle. That is, if 1 own two scrubby and hungry pigs and you have a thousand acre farm next door, 1 must keep my pigs at home and not compel you to spend half your substance in building a fence around your farm. Life, liberty and the keeping of pigs and mules are all sacred under the constitution, but. the man who own the pigs or any other animals inust fence them in or otherwise confine them. If they run loose or break loose and do any dam age their owner must pay for it. This is the most sensible solution of the fence problem that 1 have ever seen or heard of. It is entirely new to me, so I enjoy it all the more, and the more I think of it the more sensi ble it seems. It goes right down to the root of justice. Here you have in New York State or in New Jersey a thousand acres of land ora hundred acres, or any ot her quantity, and you are entitled to reap and enjoy the fruits of your labor on the capital in vested in that land without let or bin-1 drance. But oil" of your neighbors 1 may w ish to keep a dozen sheep, and another a row, ami a third a handful of chickens that probably w ill not lav eggs 11 speak from experience here,) ] and for that reason you inusl pul a: fence of certain legalize! height and ’Tis a horrible sIuiuUm' be hikes; He Ireinhlos with fear, Acts very queer; My eyes! how he shivers and shakes When he wakes, And raves al>out horrid great snakes! 'Tis a warning to you and to me, my lad; A particular caul ion to all,— Though no one can see Tlie vipers tint lie,— To hear the lunatic bawl:— “How they crawl!— All over the floor ami the wall!” Next morning he t«s>k to his Is'd, my lad; Next iiioruing he took to his Is-il; And lie never got up 'I'o dinner or sup, ■ Though properly physieked and hied; And I read Next day Ihe |K>or fellow was dead! You’ve heard of Ihe snake in the grass, my lad; Of Ihe viper cnieealed in the grass, But now, you must know, Man’s ileadliesl foe Is a snake of a diflerent el.iss Alas!— ’Tis Ihe viper Mial lurks in the glass! —J. <J. Saxe. | From tho Broad Axc.J This “monster’’ does not seek to invade the private home and dictate to a iiiuii w hat he shall drink. It does not enter the domain of person al liberty and encroach upon the in alienable privileges of the citizen. It evinces no disposition to enslave the individual, but rather to rescue in a general way from slavery. The mistake of the State is to as sume that prohibition assails private rights. On the contrary it plants it self squarely down as a public issue and pushes onward in legitimate line of battle only, ami in touch, rank and file, with the acknowledged for ces of law and order. The State objects to a majority dictating what a minority shall not do with its money. A majority' never dictates to a minority in a I leniocratic Government hut prescribes measures for the whole people. As for the State it is not likely ever to be in a sufficient minority, (though in the Straight-out fold,) to reach the “strait gate,” if it is unwilling to recognize this very principle of pro hibition against which it protests. Tne tables of stone brought down from 511. Sinai by the great prohibi tionist, 5foses, were traced over by the finger of God w ith laws that, went even so far as to say what a majority shall not do, and almost purely what it shall not do. The vast hulk of our important civil statutes read substantially with the prefix. Thou shalt not. The fact is we allow men liberty until they do something we can not publicly approve of and then we make a law restraining them, and it is, of course, a law of negat ion or pro hibition. Thi, has been the usage of right-minded |ieoples in all ages, and tonus the main feature of true human government; but. the State, the intelligent State, inust now arise and thrust out ‘ts grappling irons, in this enlightened day, and endeavors to pull down this well established principle. It will not succeed, for civilization moves with resistless I strides and proves frequently a very ear of juggernaut, to whatsoever may I fall in its path. | If the State wants to lake up a! family [From the Broad Axe.] The recent convention of prohibi tionists at Columbia was a pro nounced success, whether the crit erion be numbers, zeal, or good, hard sense. Sucli a hotly, in the present stage of the prohibition cause, is very bard to hold down strictly to busi ness. A prohibitionist is, per se, a man of iron principles, and is pos sibly as little disposed to yield an inch of ground, even when sober judgment would advise a slight con cession, not of principle but of jiol- icy, as any niau on earth. Not that the prohibitionist is hard-headed or obstinate, not at all, but simply be cause he stands on a rock, and he sometimes fails to realize just where the rock of principle ends and the more shifting soil of policy begins. Just as a desert, will result from a superabundance of either rock or sand, just so successful prohibition will flourish only in that fertile soil w here wise policy rests upon a gran ite substratum of principle. We be lieve the happy adjustment of these two elements was effected at the re cent convention ; or rather, that the right relation of policy to principle was recognized and appreciated, and a result reached that suggests neither compromise nor disaster. At times a different outcome seemed likely to be reached but the grand doctrine of “unity in essentials, charity in non essential’’ triumphed in the end. He must indeed have a distorted vis ion or an impaired digestion, who does not behove that the recent con vention has placed ns all a long day’s journey nearer that “new declaration of independence” which shall throw off from the State the galling yoke of liquor bondage. But friend, it matters little to-day whecther you are jubilant or des pondent over the recent convention. The question now is, not “What can 1 do li) help Hie cause within the next, two months ?’■' tiiif '“What 1 anV I gooig'tb dd?" "If {[iero [s a‘spark of patriotism in your breast; if there iseven a remnant of moral sense about you; if you are a friend of civiliza tion; if your sense of justice teaches you that it is ub nit time to quit [lay ing mayor’s salaries, working streets, reducing taxes, and even building schools and hiring teachers, out of the proceeds of a legalized raid on the most vicious, poverty-stricken and abandoned specimens of your race; if you believe anything that i: worth believing; if you ever do any thing that is really worth doing for the uplifting of your kind and the removal of the most dangerous of all pitfalls from the path of the hoys of to-day; if you are any man at all; then bestir yourself and that right early. Never mind saying that, this, that, or the other, ought to have been done; nobody claims that per fection in method or policy has been attained. Don’t prophecy this, that or the other calamity; calamities have Iktii met with often before and we have never supposed for an in stant that, the supply was exhausted. Don’t say “I’ll make 5lr. A. mad, and he patronizes my office,” or “I’ll offend Mr. B., and he pays cash for everything I sell him,”or “I’ll alien ate Mr. (’., who jiavs liberally to our church and whom I hope to reach some day,” or “I am in a peculiar position; its election year and I’ll need every vote 1 can get, and niv table in quality than has been on {daleand Louise Keith; Lake City— any previous fair held under the auspices of this association. And as the public have witnessed from time to time the successful fairs we hayc worked up to the credit of the State and the colored people, even under adverse circumstances, there can be no reason w hy that the fair this year won’t he the grandest in the history of any fair held by the colored peo ple in any of the Southern States. Our association is composed of a large membership of some of the most successful colored farmers in the several Counties of the State; and Iwfore fall wc expect; to double the membership with the best farmers in the Stiite. And as our white friends, w ho, in the nature of things, have a common _ and interest, in the moral and industrial development of the material resources of the colored peo ple of the State, we respectfully solicit them throughout the State to give the colored people every advice and encouragement possible, t hat they may realize and appreciate the ne cessity of their preparing creditable articles for their annual exhibit. We also appeal to the colored la dies throughout the State that we would appreciate with inexpressible esteem their manifest interest in this! seriptiims, ofl’crini' to tlx . . . i ■ i cured the irreatost luunil’cr worthy movement of the colored peo ple of the State, and would suggest that the l>oard of directors of the as sociation would grant any reasonable request that may he demanded on the part of the ladies who wish to take part in the annual exhibit. Wo respectfully’ solicit the press of the State to publish this announce ment so that, the colored farmers can he well informed concerning their fair. Send for premium list. Ad dress A. K. Hamiton, General 5Ianager and President, Columbia, S. ( ’., 3(1 Lady street. MrLaurin Should be Indicted. We publish in another column a denial by Senator Hampton that Col. John C. Haskell was armed at the 5lay convention. We are certainly glad to know thill. Col. jiaskeJI Wiis not guilty of such au outrageous breacjl of the law. But wc have failed to see su farawy denial that Attorney General McLaurin had a pistol in his [KKjket at the Greenville campaign meeting. The people of South Carolina arc entitled to some statement on the subject from their Attorney General, ;ind, if he does not publish his denial of the charge or give some good and sufficient reason why he should have been armed on that occasion those people in Green ville, who v,ere witnesses to the fact would perform it serviV'C to the State by indicting him and .bringing the case into court. This is a most seri ous matter and ' General 51e,Laririn should he made t° suffer for ki.s violation of the law.—t ‘hcraw Importer. ; matter of principle, wc ! attention to the lici Wc can say for Isiuriiihm^ cun not be said of manv other towns We favor the extension of our for-: tration of President Harrison. Under! your crops. It. would he just as rea- eign commerce; the restoration of our | it the country has enjoyed remarkable sonabl» to say that no man shall lie fprrc|M)ti)e marine by ||omp huj|t j prosperity, and the dignity mid honor | convicted urge.” Don’t talk this would call its ! way; if you can't fight the battle of ense question. It! life without, bowing down to the what! "'** , ' u, l plenty of scope and niateri- whiskey god, then the quicker you al for the exercise of its precise no-' starve the better. If you can’t “reach” lions, in that field. With its strict Not a cigar- views, it will perhaps, on the first he struck with the very low Every man feels instinctively t alt the beautiful sentiments in world weigh less than a single ly actionpand that while tender | of feeling and suscept’hility of gen- j crons emotions are accidents of life, j permanent goodness is an achieve ment. and a quality of the life. “Fine words,” says one homely old proverb, “butter no parsnips;” and if the questions be how to render those vegetables palatable, an ounce of but ter would lie worth more than all i the orations of Cicero. The only conclusive evidence of a man’s sin- 1 eerily is that he gives himself for a 'principle. Words, money, all tiling* else, are comparatively easy to tfive Bros. J. J. Morris, \V. L. Bass, \V. W. McCutchen, H. C. Haddock, W. B. Baker, and Sisters Ida Rodgers, Kiln Morris amt Mattel Rollins; Florence— Bros. H. B. Browne, J, K. Ives, W. I). Tallavast, T. N. Rhodes, ami S sters Lillie Ives, Mitylino Howie ami Nellie Bristow; Benson —Bros. \V. K. So w- ilcn, .1. <<. Mi-Cllllollgli, nil ! Si*i. r A'ilene Sm>wdo|i; Clio—R*' R A. Child; Darlington—Bro. .1.1. I’an.it; Tatum—Prof. R.C.Craven;S ino > — Bros. B. C. Whitehead, ’I’. C. Wil loughby, and Sisters Hattu Sami, r-, Nettie McKenzie and Flora Johnson; Hebron—Bro. I.. A. Moore ami Sister P. K Dennis; Lydia—Bro. B King and SisterS. Dewitt; Mt. Klon—Bros.C. \V. WoodImiri and K. O. Parham; Forres- ton—Bro. J. M. MeRoyaml Si>ler Jen nie Carson; St. Stephens—Bro. .1. C. Kgerton; Bethel—Bro. .1. 'I'. Chandler ami Sister Sue Chandler; Steadfast — Bro. J. H. Munn; Magnolia—Bro. B. F. Jones. Minutes of last meeting icail ami ap proved. The convention was cordially welcomed I>y Brother H. C. Iladilock, eloquently responded to by Brother Charles A. Smith. The I' poits of ihe !>. C. T. showed that tin L ilge had increased wonderfully od steadily both in number and inflieiie' siin-e tlie last District meeting. Tin reports from tlie Lodges were then called for. The majority of the Lodges rej.res nted had lieen organized since tie lest meeting of the District Lodge. The ixports of all the Lodges rcpreseuhd showed that tlie cause was gaining ground and that tlie prohibition sentiment was gaining ground throughout tlie district. Scranton deserves special praise for having increased its im mbcrdi'p con siderably over loo per u id during tlie last quarter. Bro. Chas. A. Smitl , representing The Broad Axe, made lew remarks in its lieball ami appoino d a commit tee of three young ladi • b> »-rurc siib- m- who se- ■I subscrib ers an I. <>. <i. T. badge. The contest was so very close between two of the young ladies, Misses Maggie Lee and Livie Pike, that a badge was given to each. Lodge adjourned at 2 o'clock. ■ Reconvened at t o'clock. The topics for discussion as arranged by the committee on programme, were then taken up. Topic: What relation has the Temperance order to tlie church? was ably discussed by Bros. W. L. Bass, B. A. Child and H. C. Haddock. Topic: What are the l>cst means by which we can get new lodges to do cfli'eieiit work? was discussed by Bros. II B. Browne, .1. S. Abercrombie and II. C. Haddock. Topic—“What are tlie best methods of effecting prohibition ?” was discuss ed by Bros. S. M. Richardson, W. B Baker, T. N. Rhodes and .1. S. Ab ercrombie. On motion of J. S. Atiercromhie tb ; ' chair appointed Revs. .1. S. At>er : erombic and H. B. Browne, a Oonr mittec to nominate twelve delegates to represent Palmetto District Lodge lit the (irnml Lodge in Florence.- The following were nominated and elected: Charles A. Smith, H. B. Brow ne, W. B. Baker, T. N. Rhodes, .1. R. Ives, Jr., Mrs. C. II. Richardson, Mrs. .1. It. McCutchen, Misses Lillie Ives, Louise Keith, Nettie McKenzie', Mals'l Rol lins. The selection of time and place of next District meeting resulted in the choice of Magnolia as the place, and second Thursday in September, ln::«> a. m. as time. The following committee was aj>- pointed to arrange program for next meeting, C. K. Timmons, S. M. Rich ardson and R. A. Child. Tlie following resolution offered by T. C. Willoughby, was adopted: Re solved, that each Subordinate Lodge send up by its delegates a contribution of SI, or about •■> cents per inemlier as a fund for defraying ex[>enscs of District meetings in the future. Motion was made and carried that the committee on program be requested to publisli in the Broad Axe the pro gram for the Magnolia meeting at least thirty days before the time of the meeting. Tlie following resolution, offered by Rev. S. M. Richardson, was adopted: Resolved, that the Secretary lie in structed to procure a reduction in tlie railroad fare for delegates to the next District Convention at Magnolia. Motion of T. C. Willoughby seconded bv B. W. Jones was made and carried tfiat the Kditor of tlie Broad Axe be .-oilnested to wild a copy of the pap<-r eo,Paining proceedings of this eonven- • lm •- tiou t<) the different county papers in i !o\liis District, requesting them to copy, ilernes a 1 f 0 || 0 wiug resolution, ottered by Ij,,, >• R. C. Craven, was iiuaiiimously ‘X >; , d by a rising vote: That the tlbiM.fcre i'f this District Lodge are due hereby tendered to Jefferson Yue'-i- lUMlge and citizens of Lake ( ity f, sr .the most hospitable manner in ... hj«ai lm v have entertained us. fSiminete ”f‘he meeting being over th.-iudat .w”»);'*;''‘‘" mi,SH mii'fiiug at -t>:>'4 , ». > el«H k. Aft s:iM,,..nb <ft>’"»' s JJ 1 dly “'Ite au- diciui 'asset11b 1c;I ‘' J'p,^ * to hei r tlie aihfro** Childs ort’ohinib;a,mi,4i 1 te''ffuishe.l nroliifoitfon InwloJ- y -i;Vj, h * ,• | >,!*(. Citv. nivsiiU’*! the sjuviluT. Air. Chi Ms had heeff Ulv pallerti around your whole place, or. We yomniond ihe able, patriotic Vsc von eunnot. make your neighbors ''i*' •" the State, anil tliroroughly American adminis-1 pay for damage their cittle may do 1 ette can lie bought for love or money > place by anybody of any age, color or eon- origin of this term and its eorrela- d'tion in life. Our merclmntsaro will- lives. Hut apart from this, it may marine |>y Ibffiip bH|R prosperity, uiiii invingimy >>>i'> >>»'»»>> cumiiacu of burglary unless the. ing to forego the profits of the pesky { very properly ask the question, in the .. | , . • ji - of tlie nation at home and abroad have house lie breaks into has walls so things for the general good of the name of tlie noble bird of liberty, PPip* aim Iffe f ", 1 1 • | lieen faithfully maintained, and weinmuvfeet thick. South Carolina is, fominunity and the special pintect .a.iund in I he language of A r ten ms Ward, Offer the record of pledges kept as a fifty years jq advance of I lie North in of the. boys. Gentleman wc thi nk ; “why this tluisncss?” How is it that guarantee of faithful peiTornmuce in j the handling of this fence |irobhiii — fof (he protection of our national in-1 ffjysU am| tho h«'«'r ”1 u">’ Hag; the luajntetiHiicc of the most friendly the future. ili, V. Farmer. you for your humanity.—JiUiirin-! the Jeffersonian freeman, entitled to I burg Exchange. I the pursuits of “life liberty and bap- “kind” men without first letting them “reach”your neighbor's son, then you had better quit the “reach ing” business. A bold dash for lib erty in the next two months will save the State from its direst curse. Agi tate, educate, talk proliibitiuu U>your neighbors, assist you r (‘nun ky i>r State committee in the \uork, sec to it that your ncigUbiii'Uootl Ikis one good pro- iiibUiuu rally before the primary. j 7 ' •'•■•I *• 7 HU* SlIL’Illvri. *»»»• ' . . away, hut w hen a man makes a gift ! dor the caren 1 .-t physician all Hay ami of his daily life and pract.ee U i* | wa,. 1 plain that the truth, whatever it may (in^/was G.stened’to attentively half. Limited for nearly an bouvamt a I vents an Utempt at a synop- \v. H. Keith, Dist. See’y. he, has taken possession of Iuki From that sincerity his words gaLi j space pr the force and pertinency of ili^la.lsis- and his money is no longer the. jabc ! drudge ’tw ixt man and man, Gut, bi ■ j a beautiful magic,what e cwhilels'is.' ^ statistician 11 he image and super: eripl ;ion n f | Osar seems now to hear tin j iinagi • i , . i .....i n... bottle of j and superscription of God.- -J. Km- 1 poumlsid gunpowdu at the battle ot I sel Lowell. *. ! 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