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•V, ’ "• V m DIM HEBiLD i Estahlishfd Jnlj l#*h, *90. ' Destroyed bv Eire JfceeMber 1890 Ke-£stablishe4 Folruary Alliance organ, is evidently supplied with money, and is conducting a *still hunt” for votes. This secret, k cy is th over-( hey do m for W. D. WOODS, Editor. One Dollar a Year. DARLINGTON, S. 0. airing It bn tinocra ! striki ert 'St'^anjpr- L'uOa among knot where ir mrt* or Tlie (toiy Wednesday, October, 19, 1892. The Sumter Freeman has driven’ Dr. Stokes into a corner from which he will And it pretty hard to escape. Co 1 . Dargan despite his faults, and the many unpracticable and absurd ideas that he advocates, is at least outspoken, and Dr. Stokes is just the reverse, as it is impossible ever to discover his real opinion about any thing. Every man who took the pledge and voted in our primary is in honor bound to support both State and na tional nominees. No other interpre tation can posllbly be placed upon this solemn obligation. The few men who declined to vote in tbiscon- test are, of course, at liberty to sup port Weaver or any other candidate they see proper.—(Jolumbia Regis ter. There may be nothing in a name, but if Mr. Bowden has any sense of appropriateness, he will certainly change the name of his Third Party Journal. “The Cotton Plant,” and let its title be, in some degree at least, indicative of what it really is. As an agricultural paper it is a perfect farce, unless agriculture is of import ance than absurd and disreputable politics. It would be extremely diffi cult to conduct a paper that could do more injury to the farmer than this so-called agricultural paper has managed to accomplish in the last two or three years. It is reported that Mrs. Lease, the female politicians of Kansas who seems to be the principal attraction of the Weaver, Field and Lease com bination, has spoken in very dis paraging terms of the women with whom she happened to be thrown in the South, and has ridiculed them for their ignorance, and lack of other qualities which, in her estimation go to make up a true woman. The \ ery best proof that could be furnished of the existence of this ignorance, is the mere statement of the fact that Mrs. Lease had the opportunity of meet ing any of them at all, for she be longs to a type of woman that is, we are proud to say, extremely rare in the South, and one whose advanced and revolutionary ideas meet with very little encouragement in this sec tion of the country. We believe in education, and would be truly glad if there were no illiterate people in any part of the South, but mental culture that leads a woman into ad vocating ideas that are calculated to do infinite and irremediable damage, is worse than no culture at all, am unless the training is properly direct ed, then ignorance is far preferable to a culture that seeks to tear down the very bulwarks of our whole so cial fabric, and relegate us to a con dition that would be scarcely better than the Dark Ages. Mrs. Lease herself is a striking example of per verted mental culture, for instead of using her talents in the proper chan nels, she seems desirous of entering into a field that belongs exclusively to the other sex. The poorest and most ignorant woman in the South, who lovingly and patiently performs the duties of life, and who makes her humble home a haven of peace and purity to her husband and children, gets more out of life and is doing greater work for her God and her country than a hundred such women as Mrs. Lease. She has no ambition except the earnest desire to train and direct the hearts and consciences of those committed to her care, and if she does this, her cup of happiness is full aud she would not exchauge her place for the diadem of an cm pire. Her face may be wrinkled with age, the hair whitened by care and the form bent by unremitting toil, but no time can dim the teudey love aud content that beams from her eyes or harden the feelings of her unsel fish heart; and when the last grjut summons comes, she can gently and peacefully close her eyes on earthly things, aud calmly commit her spirit to Him who has been her guide and counsellor through life. way, theref )re, by which we can make rare of the electoral vote of the State for -Cleveland and Stevenson is to vote for them as unanimously as would do could we see the foe.—The State. Judging from the above, the State, seems somewhat apprehensive as to the secret canvass of the Third Party, in South Carolina. Our contempo rary is, of course, in a better position than we are to judge as to the size or danger of this movement, but we would be very loath to think that the members of the Alliance, the majority of whom unquestionably voted at the Primary, would be guil ty of deliberate perjury, and this would be exactly what their action would be, in case they refuse to sup port the National Democratic Party at’ the coming election. As Mr. Bowden, who seems to be the recog nized leader of the Third Party, in this State, and some others who acted with him did not vote at the Primary, re has a perfect right to vote for any ticket that saits him, but if he has a proper regard for what is honorable and right he will not tempt others to do what would be in the highest degree dishonorable, for no amount of political twisting or turning can make it otherwise. The man who tempts another to do wrong, is just as guilty as the one who yields to tbe temptation, and if anything more de serving of condemnation. Perjury may seem to be a strong word to use in this connection, but it is none too strong, for it may be safely asserted that a man who perjures himself po litically has taken a long step in the direction of a systematic course of wrong doing. The man whose prin ciples are so lax as to allow him to be a political trickster, will have no compunctious of conscience restrain him, when tbe opportnui ty presents itself, from acting unfairly in his business dealings. There cannot be one rule for politics and another for business, and all truly honorable men will recognize the truth of this, and apply the same rules of honor to political affairs that they make their guide in the regular channels of business. The State is not an alarmist bnt nearly every warning it gave du ring the recent campaign has been already verified, and it only * >s what it believes. We can appeal to public confidence when we say that there exists in South Carolina dan ger to the National Democratic cause. It is impossible to know how mauy Alliancemen who voted for Tillman will vote for Weaver in November. Mr. Bowden says that the members of the order hold them selves free to do so and will do so. He hasjpcured control of the State THE OBSERVANCE OF THE SAB BATH. There has probably never been, in the entire history of the country, a time when this question has created such general and widespread discus sion, or been viewed from so many standpoints. This very general in terest has been awakened by the mauy articles that have, from time to time, appeared in the newspapers, in regard to allowing the World’s Fair to be open on Sunday. In all questions, not involving a moral is sue, the rule of expediency should unquestionably be allowed to prevail, and the popular will should have full weight, but in the discussion of a question of this character; involving as it unquestionably does, a question of religion or morals; there is but one course to pursue in treating it, and that is to confine the subject within its true limits, and not be in fluenced by the erroneous opinions of those who hold that utility is the rule of right, and who fail to recog nize the higher law of Christianity. There are probably very few people who would, even if it were possible, bring about a restoration of the Puritan observance of the Sabbath; yet it is well, in avoiding this gloomy and austere view, that we do not go to the other extreme, and, in our de sire to be broad and liberal, lose sight of its real significance, aud by gradually drifting away from our moorings •virtually abrogate it alto gether. It is a trite and common expression that the Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath, but while giving this full recognition, we must not lose sight of its unquestionably divine origin. Even those who refuse to accept the teachings of the Bible, and deny the djviue origin of Christianity recog uize aud acknowledge the necessity, from a physical and mental stand point, ignoring it in a spiritual sense, for this day of rest, and would be found as violently opposing any measure looking to its abrogation. The favorite augumeut of those who favor opening the Fair on Sunday is, that if the gates are closed on that day, the large number of strangers, in the city, will seek recreation in bar rooms and gambling dens; but who, if allowed to spend the time at the Fair, would refrain from visiting these places. Even if it be granted that all this is true, it does not furn ish a sufficient argument in favor of establishing what would unquestion ably be a dangerous, and, in its in fluence, a far reaching precedent; and one that the ultimate conse quences could not be foreseen. In this connection, it is well to bear in mind the fact that a very large part of this loss of respect, for the observance of the Sabbath, owes its origin to the larg* number of foreigners that hare flocked to this country, from Europe, and who be ing accustomed to its hon-obse.'vance s, very natural recognition here, .taking this fact ieratiofi give them the ije charity; there should be no hesitation on our part, while giving them a cordial welcome and rendering them every assistance in securing homes and employment, letting them fully understand that, in making their homes with us they are expected to observe the laws and customs of the country, and un less prepared to do so, they would do well to stay away. To show that this laxity is owing to the influence of these foreigners, of course there are many exceptions, it is only necessary mention the fact that in cities where they are very numerous, the Sal bath is scarcely heeded at all. It to tbe everlasting credit of the English speaking people that they observe the Sabbath better than any of the other great Christian nations, and while making every allowance for the peculiar mental and physical traits of the Anglo Saxon race, which have contributed in no small degree to their greatness, it must be admit ted that their general regard for the sanctity of the Sabbath has been to them an element of great strength; for without moral qualities no peo ple can be great or strong or their institutions have any degree of per manence. Cardinal Manning, one of the great lights of the Catholic Church, who, in intellectual granduer and moral greatness, towered above nearly all of his contemporaries, held the opinion that, in the true meaning of the word, no civilized gorermnent could exist without a general belie:: in the grand cardinal doctrines of Christianity, and if this be true, then it would, in the highest degree, be unsafe for the people to give their sanction to what a large majority of them would consider as a desecration of the day. If the moral sentiment of the people of Chicago is not strong enough to induce a decent aud Christian like observance of the Sabbath, it is a great pity, but the people at large, are not responsible for this condition of affairs, and can not reasonably be expected to surren der their honest convictions in an swer to the demand of what is at most a small minority; especially when they consider that a grave moral question is involved. Of course there i re a great magy Chris tians who disrent from this view of the case, and think that under the peculiar circninstances the Exhibi tion should be open on Sunday, but the question naturally arises as to where it would end, once the the precedent were established. The United States is a great and power ful nation, and in a physical sense commands the respect of the whole World, and it shor’d have the moral courage to say to all the ether nations; we welcome yon to visit our great Exhibition, held in honor of the four hundreth anniversary of the discovery of America, but we cannot do violence to the conscientious scruples of the large majority of our people. THE SOLDIERS MONUMENT. As it has been definitely decided to remove the Confederate Monu- ument from its present location, on the Academy green, and place it on the Court Hoarse Square, it has been suggested by a number of people, that a sketch of the origin, efforts and final success of the movement to erect this memorial of our heroic dead, might prove of interest, es pecially to those who have recently moved into our midst and to tbe people who were too young to take part in this work of love anti remembrance, on tbe part of those who deemed it a privilege to do something in behalf.of a movement, that could, to some extent at least, attest their appreciation of those who freely gave their lives for the honor of their State, and whose unflinch ing devotion and matchless valor had written the brightest page of the history of South Carolina. As the Monumental Association found the inspiration of its origin in the Memorial Association, it will be necessary to make a brief allusion to the commencement of this move ment, the ostensible object of which vas the annm 1 decoration of the the soldier’s graves. In 1866, the year following the close of the war, and while every city and town in the South was garrisoned by Federal soldiers there was a general move ment on the part of the ladies to set apart a day for the observance of what was to be a perpetual custom. The 16th of June was selected, and adhered to for several years, but the time as is well known, was soon changed to the IDth of May. Every possible arrangement for its fitting observance was made in Darlington, aud a temporary wooden monument made, on which the names of the dead soldiers were written. Col. Warley was selected to make the ad dress on the oc< asion, and none of the large audience that crowded the Baptist church on that occasion will ever forget the pathetic, touch fell from the lips of this brave sol dier and gifted speaker. The scene was a deeply solemn and impressive one, and many eyes that had flushed with defiance in the storm of .battle, grew moist aud dim while the elo quent speaker depicted the deeds of those whose brave hearts had forever ceased to beat ' About 1871,after being informally discussed by some of the members of the Memorial Association, a perma nent organization was affected, a con stitution adopted, aud the work was begun. As it was the work of so mauy, it is deemed best only to men tion the names of those who filled the office of President, as any depar ture from this plan would inevitably work some injustice. Mrs. E. J. Lide, now dead, was the first president, she was succeeded by Miss E. W. Brearley, who after filling the posi tion for a number of years resigned and Mrs. R. L. Warley was elected in her place, holding the position until the completion of the work, and is still at the head of Memorial Association. The Monument cost fifteen hundred dollars, and the rail ing one hundred and fifty, making about $1,650. To this amout must be added the cost of the foundation, $75, aud about $25 incident to the unveiling of the Monument Only about $150 or $200 of this gum was raised by contributions and initiations fees, the balance being the proceeds of entertainments, the most impor tant of which were selling refres- ments during the County Fairs. The first sum of any consequence was made at the Fair in 1872. Every year after this, up to 1876 when the buildings were burned by incendiar ism, refreshments were sold, and, as has already been stated, the princi- part of the money was secured in this way. The Association by an arrangement with the Fair company, erected a building which they weie to have the use of for a certain per iod, after which it was to revert to the company. The building was burned at the same time that the main building was, and this was a loss of $150 to the Association. An other building was erected and used for the years 77, 78 and 79, after which time the work of the Associa tion was practically over. About $350 was lost by an unfortunate lo. n but the Association realized about $450 m interest on tbe money which was loaned from time to time. When the Monument was unveiled there was only $35 needed to pay every claim aud this umount was secured by the sale of the temporal y build ing on the fair grounds. The ceremonies incident to the un- V veiling took place on the 10th of April 1880 aud were i articipated in by all classes of the people. The address was delivered by Gen. James Connor and was one that was in every way worthy of tbe occasion, and a splendid tribute to the courage and endurance of the Confederate soldiers The most complete arrangements had been made and the programme was carried out without anything occur- iug to mar the dignity and solemnity of the occasion. Col. E. R. Mclver acted as marshall of the day. The survivors were under the command of Maj. Coker. The escort for the survivors cousisted of the Darling ton Light Dragoons, under the com mand of Lieut W. E. James, the Hartsville Light Dragoons, under command of first lieutenant and the Ebenezer Light Draggoons, com manded by Capt J. C. Blackwell, the whole forming a squadron under Capt E. W. Cannon, of the HarU- ville company. As stated elsewhere Col. Mclver,, captain of the Darlington company was marshall of the day. The stand was oc cupied by the ladies of the Associa tion and by others who were to take part in the ceremony. The exercises opened with prayer by Rev. J. G. Law, after which the orator of the day was introduced by Maj. J. J. Lucas. At a given signal, during the address, the Monument was uu- veiled by Miss May Dargan, daught er of Lt. Col. A. T. Dargan, who was killed at Petersburg, and Miss Ada Hoole, daughter of Lt Col. A. J. Hoole, who was killed at Chicka- mauga. They were assisted by Miss Mary Wilds, daughter of Maj. 8. H. Wilds who died a short time after the war, and Miss Bettie Hart, Daughter of Lent J. L. Hart, who was killed on Morris Island. The ladies were escorted by Col. W. H. Evans and Maj. J. L. Coker. It is but just to state that except the work that only gentlemen could do, aud for which many of them gave chee.- ful assistance, the credit belongs en tirely to the ladies both in the incep tion and successful completion of the work, and such efficient and untiring service was rendered by some of them, that their names would be mentioned, except for the reasons that have been already given. In con cluding this article it may not be out of place to state that from first to last no questionable methods were ever used to raise money, and in everything undertaken by the Asso ciation, in the way of entertainments, the people who patronized them always rece : .-d full value for their money. I.‘ as a great disappoiiit- the names of the dead soldiers were not placed on the Monument, and while having every desire to do this the cost wodld have indefinitely de layed the completion of the. work, to say nothing of the well-nigh impos sible task of securing a complete and accurate list of those w ho died and were killed in service. Mrs. drover Cleveland IS A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN, and tbe finest portrait that lias been done of her since she has added to her charms that of motherhood, Is offered with Demorest’s Family Magazine for No vember. The portrait is exquisitely executed in soft color tints, and what greatly adds to its value is tbe fact that ft is pcrsonly authorized by -Mrs-. Cleveland. This honor was reserved for Demorests Family Magazine alone, with the November number of which this superb picture (8J x 11] inches, and worth at least $2) is presented free. Don’t fail to seeuVe a copy; and when you see tbe beauty of this elegant work of art, you wilt frame it and give It the place of honor in your home that Mrs. Cleveland’s portrait deserves. The November number of Derasrest’s Fam ily Magzine is a remarkable one, con taining over 200 illustration, and some thing to interest every member ot tbe family. Price 20 cents. Take it home Everybody will be delighted with It. for sale by all Booksellers and News dealers. Or send 20 cents to the pub lisher, W. Jennings Demorest, 15 Easl 14th street, New York. HBHBT V. SMITH, Real Estate Agent, FLORENCE St DARLINGTON, 8. C. Special attention paid to the buy ing and gelling of real estate, collec tion of rents, &c. The strictest attention will be paid to all business entrusted me. TO T«[ PUBLIC. 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