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H DAMGT08IBALD Established July 16th Dustreyed by Fir® 90. 5th, IS90 Re-Established February Uth, 191. We are waiting very anxiously to hear the news of Attorney General McLaurin’s arrest for carrying cou- iTed weaAns. HejafflhtlVte tUe faij^un his fcloKjBciti^eni len hMshj&j, jyoljjprotec 1 with the latest and most improve 'W n WnnrK I ”s*"'* r wijf vu iuc [iait ui me jMiviav ww ’ v J ' ** ' ’ . ■’ - - Inttteat ia thapiatnl linn innrcittt tbttt kiwerteo-muoh disposition tooitend he may be properly equipped for his duties in Congress. Of course all the other members will be provided with handsome weapons, and we ought to see to it, as a matter of , State, pride, that our members, es- Wednesday, October,.12, lo9‘- ] peciaily Mr Mcliurin, are property equipped. As a spatter of course a member of Congress will require a One Dollar, a Year. DABLINGTOft, 8. 0. si a’l not hinder us from doing him justice, and what is more we will not hesitate to sustain him in everything that Up does for the peace and wel- fwlf tligate. \ f v The Situation la the Soath. 7“ Messrs Smyth & Adger, the Charleston cotton factors, received the following yesterday from Mr. Shepperson* the wellknown statisti cian: New Yoke, September 27,1892. Messrs. Smyth & Adger, Charles ton.—Dear Sirs: I bcig to Inclose any provocotion, and under circnm- printed slip from the Augusta, Ga., stances that make the crime neon- Chronicle of a letter wtttkn on the oftentimes be puzzled as to the right conrse and what was belt calculated to meet the ends of justice. Where itft®) 'free in the ex( f l*' pow|r, it is generally te-w wrong public senti- his lack of inclination ty. JJjtere is unquestion ably, on the part of the public at sympathy to those who have violated the law, and to make this weak sen timentalitv a means of securing a criminal from the consequences of his misdeeds. A man who without We, suggest the following names as Third Party electors: J. J.*Dargah, Ellison & Keitt, J. M. Bowden. Will somebody fill out the ticket These are all we know. much finer weapon than, an ^ttphney general, and we hope that Mr Mc- Laurin’s friends will take this view of the esse. It would be a great pity, in case of a general row in Con- t Some newspaper has suggested gre68> ; f he 8 },ould be pnt at a dis. that Governor Tillman will be a good ty not being supplied with leader for the Third Party in the next ^ mogt improved pattern of a pistol Presidential campaign. That is a ^ g en tl e man hails from Ben- long way off, but the suggestion is ne tt8ville that town is entitled to tj simply absurd, for the simple reason j 10H0r 0 f raging the neceesaary fun that Governor Tillman is too level ^ D ar ii n gton is willing to con- headed and has too much common tribute something for so laudable sence to commit political Suicide, | au ^^t, 4- and that is just what he would do to accept such a nomination. Nobody except a fanatic or political adven- growing ideas of the present day, is turer would accept the nomination of the tendency towards too much leg a party that has not the remotest islation; which, unless checked will, chance for success, and which, conkl almost without our being con it carry out its principles, would work scions of it, subvert the very irretrievable ruin to the bnsines in- principles upon which our form of teresteof the country. gevernment was founded most every side we see attempts be- One of the most absurd things to I ing made to bring about legislation the World, is the idea that a few which is paternal in the highest de- ignorant and obscure demagogues gree, and which savors somewhat of know more about the amount of commntoism. Both the National and money in circulation than the Secre- State Government are petitioned to tary of the Treasury. Yet this is just enact laws that are not only at vari- what they claim and find people ig- ance with the plain dictates of com- norant and credulous enongh tobe-lmon sense, but which would take lievethem. What would be thought away a large measure of todivid .al of a man who insisted on knowing liberty and that spirit of self reliance more about the strength of the Army which is so essential to success. The than the commander in chief, or Government is expected to govern claimed to be better able to interpret onr business, our morals and to show the laws of the country than the the law in every department of life, chief justice. Of course he would The very true saying “That the gov be regarded as a simpleton, bnt be ernment which governs least governs would be just as much entitled to best” is lost sight of in the craze for belief, as the one who claims to be novelty, and the vague idea that the such a prodigy in financial knowl- State can make every oneof its citi edge. This is just, concisely stated, zens. irrespective of their own the position of the Sub-Treasury and dividual ability and industry, rich stances that make the crime pecn liarly atrocious, commits murder, rarely repents, that is in the real meaning of the word. He only re grets the issue of the act and not the act itself, in other words his peni tence is simply simulated just to se cure sympathy. The sex or social position of a person who violates the law shbnld not be considered at all, but justice meted out to all alike. The only thing that can put a stop to crime is the certainly of punishment and the impossibility of escaping the consequences of a violation of the law. People who sign petitions for pardon and commutation, are in a large measure responsible for the prevalence of murder in our State, as by this act they virtually nullify the work of the courts. The very fact that these petitions will be cir culated has its effect on the jury and often deters them from doing what is clearly their duty. Free Coinage advocates. and happy. The Democrats have made a com plete sweep of Georgia and the Third Party have carried only* about six or seven counties in the State. In Some of our Third Party friends insist that we treat them with in justice in denouncing them as en emies of their State and section. We don’t see any injustice about this and Florida the result is the same, and must insist on standing bv what we the vote of these two States is prob- have said. We did not say that they |» Fftty fair test of the strength were so intentionally, but that they erred though political ignorance In this connection we wish most em phatically to say that those of them, which they should not have done by of the Weaver ticket in the South, and shows how vain were the expec tations of those who were so carried away by political folly and enthn siasm as to imagine that there would Augue wrifen 19th to President BalMt^nf the Langley Mills, which m*y interest you. It was not for publication, but Mr. Barrett made v| public, and if you think it would vhelp to sustain values by inducing ; jgipple to take moderate views oT the crop you might ask the News aod Courier to insert it Since the letter was written I do > think the crop has gamed any thing on its lateness, and am in clined to think it is really more than fifteen days later than last year. Always at your service, I remain yours truty, Alfred B. Shkppersojv, Hens sf literest. The most marvellous of clocks has been built by a Black Forest maker and sold for $4,000. Besides doing everything that most clocks do in the matter of time and calendar, it shows the time id Berlin, St Petersburg, Maderia, Shanghai. Calcutta, Mon treal, San Francisco, Melbourne and Greenwich. Every evening at 8 e young man invites the company to Vespers in an electrically illuminated chapel, where a young woman plays the “Maiden’s. Prayer.” On New Year’s eve two trumpeters announce the flight of the old year and the ad vent of the new. In May a cnckoo conies ont; in June a quail; in Octo ber a pheasant appa rs to be shot down by a typical British sportsmen, who proceeds to bag his game. A f daybreak the sun rises and some bells play a German air entitled ‘‘Phoebus Awakes.” On the night of the full moon they play another German air entitled “Sweet and Tranquil Luna.” There are features too numerous to mention. amount of advances. Should the movement be largo, the people here and in Europe will be confirmed in their presetitoopinion, that there has not beeb : much reduction in acreage, and that the crop will likely be a ; 'nil one. In that condition of things will -be very difficult to put up prices upon a permanently higher evel than at present When the movement falls off to such au extent as to cause' the trade to believe the crop a short one I think we may then expect a very material advance upon present prices. I do think that there fta shadow of a doubt about the fact that the present prices of cotton are much lower than the cost of produc tion except to those planters who have the best facilities for producing it When an article of such univer sal use as cotton is pressed below the cost of production, and coincident with that fact there should come the fact of a short supply, there must of necessity be an advance, for every body will then realize that the arti cle is cheap. Trusting you will pardon the length of this communication, I am yonrs very truly, Alfred B. Shepperson. FOTTIsTD- Kulght of Pythias badge. Owner can have same by paying for this ad vertisement and rewarding finder. Aug. 13, '92. the way, who voted at the Primary “7 8 reftt defection from the ranks are as much bound to support Cleve- of Democracy. The safety, peace land as they are to support the Till- “d prosperity of -he South all de- man* ticket for State offices. No Fods on the success of this Party amount of political twisting or ““d its principles, and as we have re- squirming can avail them now. They said that any Southern man, must either support Cleveland, orbe wl «> atackB tbe P° lic y “d principles guilty of political perjury. Their of this great Party of freedom.land voting at the Primary was an entire- is an enemy to his Stati ly voluntary act, and one with which a,1 d section, and cares more for hit we could have easily dispensed, but I owl1 political advancement than fo having committed themselves thex I the happiness and welfare of hti i>eo- must keep to line. P le ‘ Time and a S aiu the D«mocrutu Party bus stood like a wall ol One of the arguments presented in adamant against the encroachment favor of the Third Party movement, and' oppression of that Party which is that it offers a plan of relief foi has never,failed, when the opportu the present condition of the farmer, nitj presented itself, to plant its irot and this being the case, Gen. Weaver heel upon the neck of the South, sad comes as an apostle of peace and pros- it is only through the undaunted oour- perity. There is nothing new in age and ceaseless vigilance of thi this, for the simple reason that hun- great leader s of the Democracy thal dreds of people can be found with we have been saved from legislatior. plans, bat the great trouble with a that would have brought desolation majority of them is that their plans and bloodshed in its train, and are jnst about as impracticable as would have made this fair land unfit the men who make them, and that as a place of residence for any mem- should be sufficient reason for their ber of the Anglo Saxon race, being viewed with suspicion, especial-' r ly when the fact is taken into con sideration that the greatest burden from which we suffer, is the one from which we can only look for re lief through the triumph of the great Democratic party. That load is the TIB FMR MAN’S FRIEND. This expression is often used wit!. I a view of seeming votes for a candi date, and, according to its general in terpretatron, we ms nothing. Tht best friend the poor man, or anybody McKinley Tariff, and all onr effort. else « baa > is the uan who ’ re K ardletf should be concentrated on fighting of ' vhat “ a y be the consequences to this iniquity himself, will tell him the truth, how ever unpopular it may be, and who Some of the most prominent lie-1 to ° houest to toculcate ideas that publicans in the North and West Iknows are rntoqns and socialistic have announced their intention to in their nature, and which, if carried snppoit Cleveland, and the prospecti ^ would find ite fir » t * ictilns in iht for success are much brighter than j uieu ^ or benefit the so calico they nave ever been. Tbe Republi | ieform8 wer * inaugurated, cans are making herculean effort? to prop up their falling party and tLEMUMY. are raising large supplies of money We have not kept posted in reg&i d to influence votes. The most notable to Gov. Tillman’s record in the way example of therr demoralization, was extending executive clemency, but recently furnished in the refusal ol do n °t hesitite to say that we believe Gov. McKinley, the great High I he has, nuder the circumstances, Priest of protection, to meet Col. I J 0116 ** wel1 aa n '‘g ht ^ reasonably McLnre, of Philadelphia, in open I expected and has probably made debate, presenting the strange spec- about “ fcw mistakes, to the exer- tacleof the originator of a policy, I <* f this dangerous and perplex which he succeeded into having en- i n 8 prerogative, as any other man acted into a law, being afraid to de- wou i d ba J done. It is impossible fend it Mr. McKinley is au able to form anything like an adequate debater but was wise enongh to couce P tion of the tremendous press know that he could not stem the j ule that is always brought to bea- on torrent of inexorable and pitiless t!ie Governor, to induce hun to con; 1 jgic that would have flowed fn m the lips of tbe great Pbiladelpm edi or. mute the sentence or give a full par don to the criminal. Even tbe wisest uyd most couscieut ous man wou'd A curious statement regarding the disaster to the American and Ger man war ships in the famous hurri cane at Samoa on March 15, 1889 is made by Robert Louis Stevenson in his new book, “Eight Years of Trou ble in Samoa.” It will be remember ed that this hurricane occurred when the political troubles in the islands were at their height, and great jeal ousy existed among the several white nations represented there. In that hurricane the three American war ships and the three German w ships stationed at Apia were wrecked together with some fifteen merchant vessels. The British war ship Calliope was the only man-of-war that es caped, and she steamed ont to sea and outrode the storm. Mr. Stevenson says the loss of the war shi was rather a political than a nautical catastrophe. Under ordinary circumstances, he says, they would ind could all have steamed out of the harbor at the first sign of the hurri cane, and could have easily escaped. But the jealous and hostile feeling between the Germans and Americans was so great that neither was at all inclined to up anchor and steam out •X) certain safety leaving the other in iccnpation of the harbor. Mr Ste venson blames the Germans for the whole of the trouble in Samoa. Clothing Sales Agent Wanted For Darlington and vicinity—unprece dented opportunity to a man of pluck and push. Commissions yield (2,000 Income to the right man in the right dace. WANAMAKER&BROWN, 1-31-21 Philadelphia, Pa The News and Courier has, we think, been nnjnst to Gov. Tillman in criticizing him so severely for not commuting thd sentence of the color ed girl, Mildrey Brown, who was hung on Friday, for poisoning an in fant; and says that her execution was a blot on the civilization of the State. We dissent most emphatically from the views of our contemporary, and would have deemed the commutation of her sentence, to imprisonment for life, as an unwarrantable exercise of executive clemency, and one that would have called for the severest conde nnation. The crime was pe culiarly atrocious, and could only have been committed by a person with the nature of a fiend, and the ige and sex of the murderer had no oearhig on the case whatever. This ;irl was, so far as a knowledge of dght and wrong was concerned, just is wel! informed ai an older person could have been, and this being the case there was no ground for the ex ercise of clemency. The fact that she was a negro and triendless had noth ing to do with the case atwll. If she had been white and of great social prominence she wo.'Id all the more nave deserved hanging, and so far as the influence of the Herald goes, we would have demanded the en forcement of the law. As we have said in another column, if the Gov ernor had acted in all things as well a6 he has d me ir. t e exercise of this A SHORT CROP MEANS BETTER PRICES. Thomas Barrett, Jr., President Langley. Manufacturing Company, Augusta, Ga.—Dear Sir. In a cir cular note I have already thanked you for your courtesy in sending me a statement of the cotton taken by your mill daring the past season. A pressure of work must be my apology for not sooner replying to your es teemed note of the 26tb nit, in which you say would be pleased to have my opinion as to the future price of cotton. Upon this subject my opinion is of very little value. The only worth which it possesses is the fact that it will be entirely dis interested as I have no interest what ever in the market. I think that the growing crop will be very moderate. Of course there are so many fac tors between now and the end of the picking season to affect the final re suit that any estimate of the crop now would be merely a matter of conjecture. We do know, however, that the acreage has been largely re-* duced, and we da know that a con siderable acreage has actually been abandoned since then on account of the heavy and continued rains which caused the fields to get badly in grass. We know besides this that there has been a large redaction in the quanti ty ef fertilizers used and that the supply of mules bought by the South for use in cultivating this crop has been less than for a good many sea son t. The weather conditions so far j have been quite unfavorable except in Texas and Arkansas, and even in those States the crop is very back ward. It is quite evident to me that the crop of the country is fully fif teen days later than last year, and, therefore, should early general kill ing frosts occur, it may be and prob ably will be a very small crop. Upon the basis of the agricultural bureau Jnne estimate of acreage and its September estimate of condition the yield indicated is only about 6,- 500,000 bales. Tbe condition of the crop, as reported by the bureau on September 1, was lower than for any year since 1883. It may not be out of place to remind you that the crop of 1883-84 was 1,237,000 bales smaller than the crop of 1882-83. To the 6,500,000 bales indicated accord ing to the bnrean’s estimate must be added the amonnt of old cotton left in the interior at the close of the sea son of 1891-92. The highest esti mate I have seen of this old cotton is 250,000 bales. I regard this as a veiy extreme estimate. Supposing all of the old cotton will be market ed this season, and 1 have no donbt it will be, this would make the com mercial crop, according to the bureau’s indication, abont 6,730,000 bales. I do not wish yon to regard this as my estimate of the crop, I am not making an estimate, but I am merely pointing out to you what would be the result if the bureau’s estimate should prove to be correct, and, in tuis connection, it may be proper to say that the bureau’s estimates are generally too low. At all events, it noes not seem to me at all likely that the com nercial crop of this year will be snffic lent for the requirements of tbe spitmers of Europe and America, for American cotton. The trade at the North, and also the trade in Eu rope, are quite unwilling, as a rule, to believe that there has been a large reduction in acreage, nor do they be lieve that the crop condition is as un favorable as the agricultural bureau’s reports would indicate. My own private advices are quite in line with the reports of the bureau as to the unfavorable condition of the crop, and I think the reduction in acreage is almost as large as the bureau’s estimate. Whether the crop should turn out to be large or small, a large portion of it wfll be marketed between now January 1, to pay fir advances and to purchase needed supplies. If prices inle low, a larger quantity of IVOTIOE. I have moved my barber shop to the Marco building on Pearl street, and if you want a good hair cut or easy shave I will be glad to accom modate you. Remember the place. Upstairs, Henry A. Brown, Barber. Woods and Woods •m9-S6, ‘il uasHoa v & ‘Aiinjjaods&i tunoA ‘mej ‘fuapiojnoX 8u|)|a|[og 'oanpojd Aijunoo jo abm eqj a; iubm noA 8n|qiAu« veouqv *31 ’sinsia*! j ‘•NtW) —jo 8ao|jd joj— '0 N '* J !V ‘M 'W0s j oa 'V ‘J O) .TJIJM ‘A[HUKJ jnoA eeRS[d oj Kajqiauioe noA jj ISIHuTi CE'VIHi'H: CncJSLOCL (J HH for Infants and ChHliren. “Caatoria is »o well adapted to children that I (recommend it aa r~perior to any prescription Known to me.” II. A. Akchck, M. D. t *U Be. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. Y. 1 Caatorla cores Colic, Constipation, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea. Eructation, villa Worm*, gives sleep, and promotes di- | Wi tfout injurious medication. , , Taa Cutaob Compakt, 77 Murray Street, N. Y. Fine Job Printing done at this office. PERFECTED 4IYSTAL LFISES vaasa MABSa MUrfMfltfitarfc B. O. BRISTOW, Book - Dealer • and 762 prerogative, there would not be much (oaiplaiutrguinst him. Wehaveop- F9*d h : administration, but this, oo ton will be required to pay a given 1 The above designs in Cloaks and Corsets can be foun 1 at WOODS and WOODS Has the exclusive sale of these cele brated goods in Darlington, S. C. ” KELLAM k MOORE, Theonlv manufacturing Opticians in the South, Atlanta, Ga. F* Peddlers are not supplied with these famous glasses. BOOK, -BOOKS. Stationary Novelties. SCHOOL SUPPLIES I SPECULH • * i , All School Books have been reduced in price since last season Toys, Wagons &c. Full line small Musical Instruments, PIANOS, ORGANS Ac. DARLINGTON BOOK STORE. Gilt Edge Visiting Cants at •lee. this E. W. SUTTON Is prepared to make Photographs Of your babir \ Don’t delay; you may live to regret t. Studio in Hewitt Block* 5-4-92-6m TO RENT. Neat Cottage, containing four rooms, between my residence and the factory. H. M. SMITH. 5-18-tf HENRY M. SMITH, Dealer in all kinds of C0UNTV : CLAIMS, : Ac., Florence St, Darlington, S.C. WAGONS. Two-horse wagons are Manufactured at now DARLINGTON, S. C. CALL AND SEE THEM BEFORE PURCHASING ELSEWHERE. A COMPLETE STOCK OF Bugsies, Carts, Harness FURNITURE Always on Hand. Undertaker’s Sepplies. E. C. ROTHOLZ. Lais Ininli i, fuh tat Persian Mulls in very neat design. Blrck Sheer Stripe and Plaid Lawns. Elysee stripes, black ground and handsome figures. Linen chambrays. * Immense line of Parasols with pretty bandies. Ladies’ summer undervests. 10 cents and upward. Silks mitts in ail lengths. CORSETS! We have six grades of tbe II. & 8. corsets; best value for tbe mony. The largest assortment of cream and black laces in all widths. We bare open up some very desirable Point De Jenes, Point De Gui pure and Point De Irlande in white and ecru Our MILLINERY Is still conducted by Miss M acoik Jones, who has proven to tire ladies that W she can and tries to please. Your call is requested. E. C ROTHOLZ, MAIL ORDERS promptly attended to. THE DARLINGTON SHOE STOIE Invites an inspection of their large and well selected stock for the fall and winter trade which is complete in every particular. SHOES Artistic in Style, . Reliable in duality, Reasonable In Price, o;- L ED IE S' SHOES. Onr stock In this line cannot he sorpnssel. We have them in both Button and Lace, all widths, at from 75 cents to the cele brated hand sewed goods of E. O. Barts & Co’s M’fg. CHILDREN’S SHOES. W e have taken special care to make this line attractive and complete and can offer them from 35 cents upward. MEN’S SHOES. , To call special attention to any one ahoe in this line would be an injustice to the others, nearly all of which are worthy of mention. Rubber goods for Ladies, Misses, Boys and Men, all prices. Also a complete line Umbrellas, Trunks, Valises Satchels, Shoe findings, Polish, Blacking and Brushes, Cork soles, Ladies Woolen soles, &c. Newest Styles in Hats. WOODS & MILLING, Proprietor* Darlington Shoe Store. The People’s Bank of Darlington. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. DEPOSITS SOLICITED FROM ONE DOLLAR AND UPWAR1 , And 5 per cent. Interest paid thereon. “Small Savings |V|nke Large Profits. B. KEITH DARGAX, W. A. CARRIGAN, R. L. CHARLES, PreiMeit. VIce-PresMeil Cashier.