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TIE DAUTON 1 ^ DARLINGTON, S. 0. Wednesday, July 27, 1892. Major Lucas has withdrawn from the Congressional race. The Rev. W. S. Jacobs will preach in the Presbyterian Church on next Sunday morning and evening. TT There will be an excursion from Darlington to Washington and Char lottesville, good for ten days. Tick ets $10.00. There will be an ice cream festival on Friday night for the benefit of the Y. M. C. A. It will be held at the hall of the association, commencing at 7 o’clock. Rev. E. T. Hntson preached at the Presbyterian Church Sunday morn ing and night. In the afternoon he delivered an interesting lecture to the Y. M. C. A. The “Merhy-Go-Rolnb” will ruu Thursday from 5 to 8:30 p. m., foi the benefit of St. John's Library. »We hope it will receive a liberal pat ronage as the object is a worthy one. We are requested, by the County Chairman to say that all candidates must send in their names at least ten days prior to the Primary. This is required by the constitution of the party. Colleton County has heretofore, been ahead in candidates, but Ches terfield is now ahead with sixty-eight. This is a good lift for our contempo rary the Chesterfield Advertiser, and we can’t but feel a little envious. Our people are two modest. The excursion to Eutaw Springs on Friday was a very successful one and a very large crowd took advan tage of the opportunity to visit this place. Darlington was represented by about twenty-five visitors. The day was spent in dancing and other amusements. The Charleston, Sumter and North ern Railroad will place on sale July 31st round trip tickets to Sullinau’s Island and return, good day of sale only; from Bennettsville, Darlington and Sumter at $2.50. A splendid chance to visit the finest beach on the Atlantic coast The Sunday School Convention that met last week at Lam: r was pronounced by some of the delegates as the most snccesful one that has ever been held. We will give a full account of the proceedings in our next issue. Rev. J. A. Rice, Messrs. J. G. McCall, T. J. Drew and Frank Parrot were the delegates from this place. The C., S. and N. Railroad will sell round trip tickets from this place to Sumter for $1.60, on account of Fireman’s Tournament, colored, at Columbia. Tickets sold 25th and 26th good until 30th. Will also sell round trip tickets to Sumter and return for $2.20, on ac count of meeting of the Farmers’ Alliance in Columbia. Tickets sold 26th to 28th final limit, returning, 30th. Mrs. Eliza King, wife of the late r. J. W. King, of Florence, died on iturday after a long and painful Iness. Her maiden name was Par- itt, and she was the daughter of the te Hardy Parrott of tljjs county, lie was a most excellent lady, and >ry much beloved by all who knew it. She had a large number of datives and friends to whom her ss is a very sad one. She was about > years old. On Monday evening of last week le ladies who had the “Merry-Go- ound” in charge cleared $26.10 for ic benefit of the Davis Monument und. On Monday evening of this eek Mr. T. J. Drew, the superin- ndent of the Factory Sunday school, id the machine in charge, and eared a very neat sum of money to [iply on the purchase of an organ »r the school. The “Merry-Go- ound” will only be in town one lore week. There was a very pleasant sociable the residence of Mrs. Rast on Fri- y night. The following were esent, Misses Gussie Kirven Alice arrington, Mattie Hearon, Judijh odges, Annie-Hearon, Mamie Kel- y, Eva Lee, May McCall; Messrs. I F. Smoot, O. O. Riddle, Lawton argan, Willie Montgomery, F. F. aitin, L. C. Dove, A. 8. Pegues, . H. Pegues, D. G. Coit, C. J. pps, John Skinner, Eugene Har- ill, W. A. Parrott, Eugene Vaughn id E. C. Burch. iPertMtl. Mr. Charlie Deans is spending soma days at the Hammocks. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Milling left this morning for Cleveland Springs. Mr. P. J. Boatwright has r eturned from a visit to his former home in Edgefield. Messrs. M. Marco, C. Kaluius and G. II. McKee left on Tuesday for New York. Misses Helen Harrell und Eva Lee, of Lydia, are visiting Miss Mamie Kelly. Mr. C. J. Epps, a former resident of Darlington, spent several days in town last week. Mr. J. S. Hammond, one of the proprietors of the “merry-go-round,” left for his home Monday night Miss Lillie Rosendorf of Sumter, who has been visiting Miss Gertie Marco, left for her home on Monday. Mr. A. McP. Hamby, formerly a resident of Darlington, but now of Georgetown, is visiting friends in town. D«es Track Farming Payt The following statement is not very encouraging to those who have an idea of going into the raising of vegetables for the Northern markets. The only way in which it can be made to pay is by very early ship ments, before the vegetables are ready in the North. We learn that one of our farmers shipped fifty 1 ar- rels and lost ten dollars by the opera tion: Account sales by PENNSYLVANIA FRUIT 4 PRODUCE CO , 1019 Liberty Avenue. Sold for J. W. Beasley, Esq., ],aniar, S. C. TERMS STRICTLY CASH (with a big C) 22 bbls. Potatoes, $18.25 8, $1.50; 5, $1.25; 9, lost repacking, $16.06 Drayage, 1,00 Commission, 1.82 18.88 Balance due us. .63 Theie will be ah entertainment at the Opera House on Tuesday night for the benefit of the Factory Brass Band. This band have always given their services free to aid in any l e- nevolent object and are entitled (o this recognition from our people. They want to increase their efficiency and in order to do this need money. Let everybody turn out and help. R. C. Starr, Jr., J. E. Boyd, Hugh Thompson. Committee. The Canpaiga Meeting an Thurs day. It would be impossible to have a more orderly meeting than the one held here on the 21st, und the people of the county, irrespective of faction, deserve the highest praise for the at- j tention and courtesy that was ex-j tt-nded to all the speakers; and no matter how the electa n goes, all the candidates will have pleasant, recollei tons of their reception in Darlington. Of course there was, at times a good deal of cheering, but it was simply an expression of feel ing, and was not intended in the slightest degree to interrupt or an noy the speakers. So far as we could judge every man seemed deter mined to keep order, and this being the case there was not the least dis turbance. The meeting was opened with prayer by Rev. Simpson Jones, after which Mr. J. N. Parrott, the County Chairman, introduced Col. W. P. Murphy, the Consarvative candidate for Attorney General. Mr. Parrott in making this introduction made an earnest appeal that all the speakers be heard, and we take pleasure in say ing that he presided over the meeting with strict impartiality, and in this won the respect of both factions. Col. Murphy made a strou*, log ical and convincing speech, exposing the broken promises and shortcom ings of the present administration in such a merciless manner, that Mr. Tindall who spoke after him, we won’t say replied as he made no pro- teuse of doing this, was very careful not to touch on thepointsso unanswer ably presented by Col. Murphy, but confined himself to a general disser tation on the farmers movement, and the good work that, according to the speaker, it was doing for the benefit of the agricultural classes. Mr. Tindall was dignified, and in this presented a striking contrast to Gov ernor Tillman and Attorney General McLaurin, but his whole speech was weak, made up of generalities, and neither logical or convincing. Aside from the merits of the con troversy it is unfortunate for Mr, Tindall that he should have to fol low such a logical. md forcible speaker as Col. Murphy, and his own friends must be strangely blind if they do not mark the contrast. Even the Governor complimented Col. Murphy and said his speech was a very strong oue. At the conclusion of Mr. Tindall’s speech, Mr. Sheppard, the Conserva tive candidate for Governor, was in troduced, and delivered one of the most logical, dignified and unanswer able 8Deech?s that we have ever heard, and that too without for one moment forgetting \:hr.t was due to himself and the office for which he is a candidate. He showed very un mistakably that the trouble with the farmers was not on account of any thing that the State Government could correct, but that relief must come from the National Government, in the way of removing the unjust burdens under which they labor. He ment o led the immense amount, about five or six millions, that was wrung from the people of our State by the workings of the McKinley Tariff, and proved how useless it was to expect relief-nntil this Tariff was removed. His exposure of the in consistencies of Governor Tillman was a strong arraignnunt of the present udmihistration, and he did not make a single statement that he was not p.-epared to prove. He called attention to the charge, made during the last campaign, of rotten ness and corruption in the State Government, and defied Gov. Till man to prove that the State had lost a single dollar since 1876, through the dishonesty of any of its officials. He drew a graphic picture of the danger arising from the reflections cast on the judiciary by the Gov ernor, and the deplorable conse quences that would result from hav ing judges under the control of the chief executive of the State. He ve hemently denied that he stood forth as the representative of capital and corporations, and very conclusively proved that the charge was made for political effect. The speech taken as a whole was just such as his ad mirers looked for, and but for the strength of political prejudice, would have carried conviction to the heart of every intelligent man who heard it; spoken as it was by a man whose public and private life are above re proach, and who evidently was sin cere in every word that he uttered. Gov. Tillman was then introduced, and received with great applause and enthusiasm on the part of his follow ers. He commenced his speech by saying that he felt sick and thought that he had some fever at the time. Despite this he was in much better humor than when he spoke at Flor ence and his speech was not near so vindicative and bitter as the one he delivered at our sister town. There is no better stump speaker in the State than Mr. Tillman, and the very curl of his lip and tone of his voice can make a very commonplace thing sound ver)* sarcastic and cut ting. Despite all this he is evident ly at a disadvantage in acting on the defensive, and could not meet the charges made against his adinistra- t on or refu'e the inexorable logic of Sheppard’s speech. The Governor was artful, insidious and, to those unaccustomed to think, persuasive, but his speech, subjected to the clear analysis of truth and reason, would be fouud to be fallacious, and not at all creditable to the speaker or to his personal administration of the State Government Mr. Tillman strongly advocated the $3 poll tax, and took his usual hand primary on the subject Of course the response was very prompt and all of his sup porters voted in favor of the in creased tax; which by the way, out side of the merits of the case, was in consistent to vote to put an addi tional tax ou the farmer, wheu they now complain that they are paying more than their proportion of the taxes. Col. Youmans was the next speak er and he made a masterly defense of Sheppard’s record, and proved that! Tillman’s political record had been! a serhs of contradictions and incon sistencies. Attorney General McLaurin was the last speaker and he kept the crowd in a good humor, and made them laugh by his hits at Col. You mans. Mr. McLaurin has ability and is a most admirable stump speaker, but is entirely lacking in dignity, and seems to have no con ception of what is due to himself or the high office that he holds. As it is probable that nearly all of our readers were present the meeting we deem it unnecessary to do more than give a mere outline of the sp^ckes. We were opposed to having the meet ing, solely on the ground of the great political animosity now existing, but we are now glad that it was held, for if it has done nothing else it has proved that the people of Darlington do not allow political differences to make them forget the common rules of decency and courtesy. The daily papers report some in terruptions, but they were so unim portant that we have not thought it necessary to inquire into them, as they in nowise reflect on the very general good order that prevailed. In fact we had no personal knowl edge that there were any interrup tions. Every precaution was taken to preserve order, and tne Chief of Police was on hand with a strong force, but they had nothing to do. There was not a single arrest made during the day, and we heard of only one man that was drunk. AN ADDRESS by an unjust system ^ distributing the benefits and burdens of public institutions. Statesman of all parties, while suh- cribing to the fundamental doctrines of our government, are found advocat ing measures and parties subversive of them. For a score of years they have been planting seeds throughout our industrial and commercial system utterly at variance with the doctrim of equal rights. To-day we art cursed with privileged classes,exist- 1 ing by virtue of legal enactments, to as great a degree as many of the na tions of Europe. Monopoly is the arch enemy of industry—the political monster of modern times. It has come to be a constant, ever present menace to free government. It rears its head in every field; it clutches at the throat of every honest toiler; it besets the public highway; it interests every market; it is entrenched in Court and Congress alike. As a political force it dominates both the great parties. Its tendencies are toward arbitrary, despotic government; in the absence of legal enactments it will make a law unto itself, as is proven a few days since at the Car negie Steel Works, a great iron mono poly of Pennsylvania, where a force of 300 men, employed by another great monopoly, are brought from a distant State to take the law into their hands. The home for this great monster is being made in this State; they are the modern contrivances called cor porations. The forces of nature, the natural products of the earth, the equal gifts of God to all the children of men, are walled up by the omnipresent corporation. The goods, the rights, the benefits made matters of corpor ate ownership and distributed to the few, while the many are shut out from a fair participation. Public instrumentalities, the rail road, the telegraph, the financial system, drift enormous revenues into private coffers, while they exist under a normal condition of public control This condition is an economic absur dity. No solution of the great prob lem of equitable distribution can lie found outside of the public owner ship of public instruments, and materials. The Farmers’ Alliance, as an organization, is the natural result of the neglect of political parties to consider economic questions from the standpoint of merit rather than of party advantage. The farmers have become weary with the long- drawn quarrels over the minute and barren contests of mere place-hunt ers. The animosities of a contest fought to a finish many years ago ought to have been buried long ago, and would have been except for the partizans who found political capital in keeping alive the enmities and jealousies of the sections against each other The bloody shirt waves at the North m d West, the big generals at the South. The Alliance seeks to unite the people into one harmonious nation with equal rights for all. The agri- cult iral South, West and Northwest must and will combine to protect themselves against the capitalistic East, whose burdens bear us to the Of Ike Darllagtaa Coanty Farnm’ Alllaiec (• tke Fttple of Dar- lligtaa aid State of Sootk Carollaa. The duties of the farmer include very much more than the cultivation of the land and the production of crops. Upon him, more than upon any one else, depends the character of public Institutions and the wel fare of all classes of people. With him mainly rests the responsibility of good or bad government. There is a great awakening among us in matters pertaining to our rights and duties. The Farmers’ Alliance is the re sult off the dissatisfaction produced GIBSON k WOODS Take pleasure in announcing that they are now prepared to^issue Fire and Life Insurance Policies, and can place all business entrust ed to them in some of the best companies in the United States. , In FIRE INSURANCE they have such companies as THE HOME of New York, and the HARTFORD, of Hartford, Conn., two of the largest and best managed companies in the country. In LIFE INSURANCE they invite examination into the plans of the N. Y. HUTFAL, offering, as they do, very favorable terms to to those who wish to insure. They also conduct a general Brokerage and commission business. May 18 ly THE TRAY TRUNK THE MOST CONVENIENT TRUNK S EVER DEVISED. • The Tray Is arranged * to roll back, leaving the ] bottom of the Trunk < ! easy of access. < i Nothing to break or get out of order. The J | Tray can be lifted out If desired, and to buy i i this style is a guarantee that you will get the < 1 strongest Trunk made. ] | If your Dealer cannot furniih you, notify the < manufacturers, < , H. W. ROUNTREE k BR0., RIohaMMl, Va. I XOMOMMOMMM—MO————— 0-l-98-4m earth. We srek to limit the power and curb the rapacity of corporations. We seek to reform the industrial sys tem, to the end that products of in dustry may be fairly distributed. Our task will not be finish till these results are accomplished. The Alli ance was not born in a night nor will it perish in a day. We ask the farmers and mechan ics of our country; who are the ene- uies of the Alliance to-day? Who aave thrown off their mask and are to-day fighting the principles we hold so dear? Their name is legion, their power immense. The party news paper, almost without exception, the great dailies of the money centres. The press has come to be for the most part business enterprise, run for the money or political plunder. Its influence is for sale. It manu factures public sentiment on con tract. Thoroughly venal and mer cenary, it would strangle the Alli ance anti its principles for the money to be had of the plutocrat and the corporation. The usurping shylocks, without exception, are its enemies. The business exploiter and gambler in futures, the party leader and chronic office-holder would all re joice at our downfall, and finally the great mass of the people of all occu pations, who refuse or neglee to think for themselves, but drift along in the current of party politics. The education and conversion of this great class is rapidly going on, and their conversion is the great ami only hop* for the future of our country. To this great class of hon est but indifferent men, we ask you to give our principles and demauds a fair and impartial examination. If we are right and there is cause for the alarm we have sounded, help ns with your sympathy and votes. For at the ballot box must the great fight b# peacefully determined. We call the attenti m of all patri otic citizens to the indifference, neg lect and most traitorous conduct of your servants sent to represent ns in Congress. The House of Represen- ttjtivee, with a large majority, has failed utterly to carry out a single pledge to the people. With a few worthy and remarkable exceptions from this State and Georgia, the House has often been without a quorum when matters of importance to the people were to be passed upon. The presence of our lamented Brother, General Stackhouse, is sadly missed, for he was one of the few worthy and determined foes to mo nopoly who could always be found at roll call ready and willing to do his whole duty. As the Alliance heartily endorsed this noble farmer as a rep resentative man, so we pledge the people of the Sixth District to en dorse as his successor one worthy in every respect to take up his task and finish it. We see in the organized effort to destroy this great reform movement the head of the monster, monopoly, the money power and the corporation. To the honest and conscientious com mon people who will not be blinded by sham party battlers, and kept in ignorance of the great economic con ditions under which we live, we ap peal with confidence; we do not fear the result, for victory is already in our grasp in this good State, and we believe will follow in duo season all over our great republic. By order County Alliance. J. W. Ferguson, Acting President W. H. Lawrence, Secretary. CAST0RIA for Infants and Children. “Caatorla te so w«n adapted to children that I l recommend it as superior to any prescription mown to me. 11 H. ▲. Archer, M. D., | *U go. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. Y. I Caatorla cures Colic, Ooiwtlpatlon, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea. Eructation, inlla Worms, gives sleep, and promotes di- ■ pest ion, | Without injurious medication. Tna Ckntaur Company, 77 Murray Street, N. Y. WOODS & WOODS Have an immense stock of Dress Goods for the Ladies. They also carry a full line of Hats, Shoes, Gents’ Furnishing Goods, &c. Plain - and - Fancy - Groceries. For Cash Buyers! * 25 Per M Eek tegular Houses! As an intelligent buyer, when will yon give us an opportunity to prove this BOLD BUT TRUE ASSERTION, Hit »o CAN ui WILL Sill ytra Mi CHEAPER THAN AM OTHER HODSE II Tlfi COUNTY? All Former Records Smashed and Competition Buried! We not only claim to be the true Leader of Low Prices in Dry Gouda, Xotiwna, Shoes, Hataand Clothing, but have added a line of GROCERIES and are determined to name the Lowest of Low Prices on them. We quote a few prices to show which way t he wind is blowing. Standard A Granulated Sugar 20 lbs. for $ 1.00. Best Green Itlo Coffee SOe per pound. Also the lower grades. Best Higrh Grade Patent Flour at $0.2r> per Barrel. Space won’t allow more quotations, but if you will consult your own interest you will be sure to call on Yours Respectfully, A. J. BROO Willcox’s Old Drug Store. Dr. Daniels’ VETERINANY REMEDIES. ; COLIC CURE Never fails to cure any case of colic. *** COUGH, COLD & FEVER DROPS < Cures lung fever, Epizootic coughs colds, &c. Si'. HORSE RENOVATOR Cures indigestion, loss of appetite, worms, &c. WONDER WORKER LINIMENT Cures cuts, wounds, harness gallr, scratches, &c. HOOF GROWER & SOFTENER Sure cure for contracted feet, quarter cracks and reJJterness. These wonderful medicines are sold and guaranteed to please the user of money refunded without ar gument For sale by DR. J. A. BOYD James Allan & Co. 285 King St. Charleston, S. C. The Largest Jewelry Store in the State SOLID PLATES OF SterlingSiiver lalild U th« back, of SPOONS AND FORKS At Potato Boot Expend to Wear, aad the. plated eatlre, coatalalaf Five Times as much Silver as STANDARD PLATE. Gu.nnt.ed to wear 25 y.ere. Will Last a Lifetime. MORE DURABLE Than Light Sterling Silver. And not hilt the coit. Each erttcle U .tamped 1. Sterllfif Inlaid HZ. V you eamet obtain them from your jovolor und to un tor Cnta- loguoud Frlcn. ASCZn HO OTBSTITHTX. r Hnnafnetored Only by ' THE HOLMES A EDWABDS S1LYEB CO. We arc Sole Agents here for the abov* goods and keep a full line of them n -STOCK. In addition to our large and elegani stock of Solid Silvdrware. Gold and Silver WAtCHES of the most approved mak ers. Diamonds mounted in Bings, Pins and Broaches. DARLINGTON —All kinds of— Marble Monuments, Tablets, and Grave Stones furnished on short notice, and as cheap as can be purchased elsewhere. Designs and prices furnished o. application. Al. work delivered Free on line of C. & D. Railroad. . ‘ . Marble Works, DARLINGTON, 8. C. HENBY M. SMITH, Real Estate Agent, FLORENCE St DARLINGTON, S. €. Special attention paid to the buy ing and selling of real estate, collec tion of rents, &c. The strictest attention will be paid to all business entrusted me. FIRE! FIRE! I represent Twelve of the most reliable Fire Insurance Companies in the world— among them, the Liverpool and London and Globe, of Kngland, the largest fire company in the world; and the uFtna, of llartford, the largest of all American tire companies Prompt attention to business and sat!' faction guaranteed. F. E. \01UIIM . DARLINGTON, S. C. Office between Edwards, Normenk Co., and Joy & Handera’