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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.
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DARLINGTON
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furnished on short notice, and as cheap
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It is the only first class shop in the city.
Fashionable hair cats, first class shaves
and the
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Four polite barbers always on hand to
wait on you.
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Stationary Novelties.
SCHOOL SUPPLIES II SPECULH
All School Books have been reduced
in price since last season
Toys, Wagons &c.
Full line small Musical Instruments,
PIANOS, ORGANS dec.
DARLINGTON BOOK STORE.
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Liter IrrMs ii Mi M
Persian Mulls in very neat design.
Bl*ck Sheer Stripe and Plaid Lawns.
Elysee stripes, Mack ground and handsome figures.
Linen chambrays.
Immense line of Parasols with pretty handles.
Ladies’ summer undervests. 10 cents and upward.
Silks mitts in all lengths.
CORSETS!
We have six grades of the H. & S. corsets; best value for the mony.
The largest assortment of cream and black laces in all widths.
We have open up some very desirable Point De Jenes, Point De Gui pure and
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MILLINERY
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THE DARLINGTON
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trade which is complete in every particular.
SHOES
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them from 35 cents upward.
MEN’S SHOES.
To call special attention to any one shoe in this line would be an Injustice lo the
"tliers, 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, &e. •
Newest Styles in Huts.
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