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T! DAEUNGIOS MM EsUblUbed July 16th, 1890. Uestrtyed hr Kir« Dt coin her 15th, 1890 He-P.st>bliith«4 Kehmary llth, 1891. W. D. WOODS, Editor. One Dollar a Year. DARLINGTON, 8. 0. Wednesday, January 18, 1893. WANTED—A prohibitionist that can show the morality of the Dis pensary law. Mr. McLanrin is staying in Wash- iogttn discharging his duty us a member of Oougress, and not follow ing the example of Semmtor Irby, who has been more conspicuous by neglect of his duties than in any other way. Unless the wmiieii have more grat itude than is generally seen, we very mnch fear that they will forget those who are now ndrocntlng their claim* to suffrage, and elect some of their own number to fill all the offices. Such gratitude as this will drive the iron deep into the heart of Senator Hemphill. It would not hurt Co). Dargan near so much as he could ▼ery easily put it aside and start out on something new. We believe in the absolute freedom of the press, but some way ought to be devised to protect prominent citi zens from having their so-called pic tures put into newspapers. Most of these cuts are the veriest caricatures, and the innocent Tiotims would have good ground for suing the papers that are guilty, for slander, Some prominent preacher, whose face beams with love to alt, Is made to look like a prize fighter, nrtil il bank president is given the countenance of the burglar that robs bis bank. All tbs talk about the Dispensary law being viojated is, tasAy the least, premature, and engenders bad feel ing for uothing. If the measure, iniquitous as it is, is pronounced constitutional, the law will be obeyed by the citizens and towns; that is so fur us their official action goes, bnt tl f.' will not be able to prevent viO' lationi of it. While it Is in force it will be fur better to submit to it thtil It is repealed, which will be the case just as soon as the qiiwtir.n ll viewed in its proper light. It i* utterly indefensible on moral ground* "w*d this m«ro f.iot Ut« hv i 6 dence of an early appeal. In answer to an inquiry we wi*H to say that we have never, in discuss ing the question of prohibition, cou siderod it from a commercial stand poiut, but have discussed it on mom! grounds alone, und were it right would sustain it at any cost; even if it checked the growth of every city and town In the State. In moral questions there can be no com promise, and tho moral must In- sustained at any cost, • 'lire prohibi tionists propose to pnt down a mond evil by an appeal to the strong arm of the law. We propose to abate it by the moral elevation of the people, brought about through tho iustni mentality of Christianity. months. We’ve routed them horse, foot and dragoon, and that’s what ails Hannah. If they try to come any of them against the people in 1894, we shall be ready for them, and begin to ute our long-handled shovel again.—Colnmbia Register. Nobody knew that the editor of our contemporary was using a shovel during the canpaigu. The general impression was that he was using the power of music to confuse his ei lilies, and his remarkable skill iu per forming on that extremely popular iustruuieut, the LYRE, seems to jus tify the suspicion. His mastery-of this instrument goes fur beymid tal ent and soars bign in the realms of genini. THE KEELEV CURE. This remedy for drunkenness one of the medical triumphs the present century, and it would be difficult lo mention utiy new die covery where the percentage of fail ure has been so small. The apput entiy insurmountable difficulty of destroying tho iutensa craving for stimulants, that the victims of al- choliol feel, has been met by this remedy, mid even the uiostseoiuinglv hopeless cases are cured and they an inspired with new hope and energy If the same efforts iliut are bein^ made to close the bur rooms were ex pended in the direction of assisting those who cannot control their appe tites to put themselves under this treatment a great deal more good would be accomplished. We have conversed with a number of gentle men who have taken the Kccley treatment, and, without exception, they speak in the most enthusiastic terms in regard to it, and what is far better show unmistakably that they are no longer viotima to the de mon of ulohohol. These Institute* are doing more good, so far as break* itig men from the habit of drink, than ail the temperance societies, and prohibition leglslatimi oombinod. When the demand ceases, iiud- not until then, the iiianiifitcturf of it will stop, bnt just so long hs it is demanded, the manufac ture and sale will go on despite all laws to the contrary. Anyone wh” will give the question serious con sidoration will be forced to admit iliat the Neeley Institutes for the Irunkiml and the elevation of the moral sentiment of the people, ’.iiiough the wider dissemination of the teachings of Christianity, for the safety of those who have not con* trauted the habit, offer more hope for the control of this great moral evil, than the repressive measures nf the prohibitionist. If Ibe plnni which we have suggested was fol lowed, the matter of closing the sa loons would solve itself, as they would be forced to close, not by the strong hand of the law, but for tbi lack of patiomige. ODD PEOPLE OF ASIA. PI OULIAn RACE OF DWARF SAVAGES IN THE NILGIRIS. VALEDICTORY. AVith this issue I sever my con nection us managing editor of The Cohunbiu Ri-gisier; mid it is with deep regret, loo, that this sten is taken, for my relations with Mr. Calvo, the proprietor of ilie paja-r, have been of the most pleasant char acter. He has I teen to me .a gener ous employer and a kind friend, anil I shall e*er hold him in grateful. With ijneer insinteney the English rest remembrance. During the year that | <lctits in India call the Himalayan ranges I have been connected with the Keg- •‘hills'’—not only these immense moun- isUr not a harsh word has ever pass- j tains, hut also the tremendous Chain _ _i » * —Si * A KpiiiarkiiUlu Country with Many Rc- markuhlo Creuture* — An !nter«ftting Story of the Creation and the First Ifu- uittii llelngft—A Weird Httrink Otit 1 friend, W. D. Woods, editm of tile Darlingtotl Herald, proposes n big deal in futures. Lust week he gave birth to the following utter ance: The prohibitionists may act as they jjlense about the Whiskey Oil) Iniquity, hut we propose to light it unceasingly until the measure is re pealed.—Sumter Herald. Now If oltr friend, Nettles, will pause und reflect seriously for a few moments, he will have to acknowl edge that he hue gone much deeper into compromises titan we have in futtii'ei. He was, as the Kuklux used to call it, a kind of Grand Cyclops iu the prohibition movemeni and is now supporting the Dispen sary law. When RrO. Nettles stops investing in compromises we will close out our deal in futnrog. James R. Randall wntee as follows to the Augusta Chronicle from Wash ington: “Senator Butler, of South Carolina, will make a determined fight for the Senatorship. His ene mies would like to see him accept foreign, mission; the wish is father to the tbonght. He is not to be switch ed off in that fashion. Time may work wonders for hi ■>. There may be momeutone changes in South Car olina, and a counter-revolution when Bntler is ready for a serious cam paign. He will not stand aloof like Hampton did, but, on the contrary, fight to a finish.” The Legislature elected in Nerember, 1804, will choose Senator butler’s siiuc-itsor. It is not known what candidates will be i t the field, but it is generally be lie .ed that Governor Tiillmun will enter the lists. What the result will be no ot J can tell At this time. THe oM ring-rule organs in South Carolina; slid their edltc * <u welt; are welcome to all that I , made AN UN.MOUQA'ED DEATH. It is a noble ami comuKudublt- trait ill (Vr liuman nature that prompts us not to speak evil of tin dead, but, like everything else, this silence may go too far, a* there are limes when, for the truth of history and iu justice to the living, it is ne- cewary to speak the truth mid place on record the deeds of infamy com mitted by those who have violated every principle of humanity ami have made thei'* records too black for words to describe. When tin- intelligence was Hashed over tin ■ountry that 11. E, Butler, generally known as the beast, was dead, ii wrought vividly to mind the reeol lection of u deed ihut for cold flooded atrocity has, fortunately fm ihe honor of the human race, muler he circumstances which gave rise to • !, never bud a parallel in the history "f the world. The inhabitants of •aptured cities Imve often lieeii lallglliered by an infuriated sol- iery, oven in modern times, null •mintless deed • of atrocity commit- fsl, while the captors were nuidden- •sl by resistance, hut il. remained for 'leu. Butler, after taking quiet pos session of the City of New Orleans, to issue an order that practically put every woman in the place at the mercy of his brutal soldiers. This ed between us, or an unkind thought entertained. My reason’s for i|oitting Mr. (Inl- vo’s service are solely prompted through business motives. I have decided to move my family to South Carolina iu March, and become a permanent citizen of the State. I prefej the up-conulry as a place of residence, and having been tendered a liberal offer by the people of Spar tanburg, self-iuterost caused me to accept it. -While my duties ou The Register have been light, the con staut annoyance of a daily paper was often trying ou my health, that has been feeble since 1 hud hemorrhages several years ago, and that return on me ut intervals every winter. In view of these facts, I decided it best that 1 accept this Spartanburg offer, where 1 can keep my family with me, establish a business of my own, and not have such‘a constant drain on my mind. i make the above explanation test some one should think that I had become dissatisfied with Mr. Calvo or his paper. Such is fur from the case, for I hud soon sr work for him than any employer l ever knew, and with the great future before The Register't is uu honor indeed to pre* side over its editorul ooluins. And here I wish to say to our Re form Democrats mid Alliancemen throughout, the State that you cer tainly owe Mr. Cairo and ills paper a debt of gfutitmle for its manly de fense of the [leople’a cause. 1 know the sacrifices that he has made in defense of our Reform Movement, and the persecutions mid trials to which lie has been subjected for standing by the people, 11c has lost thousands of dollars, but never for uu instant did Mr. Calvo weaken iu his devotion to your interests or fal ter In his Work. Uwbote.hU losses without a word of oouipiuiht, and opposition only strengthened his dc termination to*stand by these prin ciples that Ue belieyed to be right. I know C. A. Calvo, Jr., to be an honest, true and brave man, deserv ing of the confidence of every just and fair-minded citizen, ami that he richly merits a generous patronage. But in taking leave of The Regis ter, I am indeed glad to report the pulier as in a highIV prosperous con dition, and its future success is as sured. Iu less than twelve mouths its weekly subscription list has been more than quadrupled, and its daily largely increased. The advertising putronuge lias also improved. It has been awarded tlte State printing for two years, and The Register how owns and controls a half interest iu the news sen ioe of South Carolina, which is within itself a franchise worth a fortune. The paper has now smooth und plain sailing, and uu earthly power cun keep it back. It has weal lin ed the storm and u bright sky is overhead which runs jmrallel to the Indian ocean and sends itr feelers, ns it were, into the center of £ n’.th India. “Hills' 1 indeed is the generic term for those stations in which the weary civilian and his wife, the soldier and his family betake them selves i ■> rest during the woeful heats of summer. Simla is nalv a'ly the grandest of these summer capitals tor it houses the im perial government; Nalni Tal shelters that of the northwest provinces; Bengal retreats to L/arjilling and Madras to that most delightful of n’.l stations—Utaoa- mund. in the Nilgiri hills. The Nllgirw are perhaps the most beautiful of the many beautiful moun tain ranges In India. They do not show an amazing growth of forestlne giants, but they are most verdurous. Their side* are covered with vast beds of rhododen drons, whose dark leaves and enormous scarlet flowers often make them look u If on lire. V7Ud roeee flourish With uu- wonted luxuriance, which, clambering over woods of ilex and eugenU, make Unpenetrable floral thickets. Nor la the country alone remarkable for its lovelv landscape# or Interesting for its Ogrir .Itural possiWlitiee, as enter prising coffee planters have eeV out Im mense orchards of this cherrylike tree, bnt chiefly so for the queer ra*e which find ehelter in theilf Wooded and well watered canyons. Some years ago th* writer Was is the Nilgiris in connection with government work, and hwl there the opportunity of nering the Small savages Who live in the most Impenetrable p^ts of this moun tainous country. Those are dwarf j and have never been tempted to partake of the lienefits nf civilization. They still live In liolee In the ground or id hollow trunks, are absolutely nuked and qnpf- rel with the monkey over Wild fruits. Now and again they venture to the lower levels and liurter honey for gloss beads and other worthless gowgawa. They limit with bows and arrows and are re markably skillful In the use of these primitive weapons. , , , Another tribe equally al intereetlog are the Todas, who since 1000 have at* rooted tho attention of Cnropeani, The Ponugueso thought they were liristiand and sent td thaw moral assist- mice a Jesuit father; who, however; looil dimiverod that they Were the most ig norant heathens. Much argument has liron Wasted bpott th* origin Of thesS people. Some asserting they Were ab original to southern India, others insist ing they were of tho lost tribes of Israel slid others that they were Manlcheans. However, only COO or 700 remain, and •be little settlements are scattered 'over he most picturesque portion* of the Nilgiris. Their only Worship is the buf- fi.to. of which they have large herds, and whose care and the gathering of wild honey constitute the sum of their ■L''.ily toil. 'nwir story of the creation bears some ti•semblance to the belief of the ortho dox Christian, for they tell how a man created a fellow man out of the earth r.iiil finished the good work by making a woman, not ont of Us own ribe, but th# other man's ribs. They have t trinity, consisting of it father, son Mid a kite. The last was born of u pumpkin, the offspring of the first woman. ♦ They, too, indulge In a heaven and a hell and us Utf mountain streams are in fested with reelihes which make their passage uncomfortable, the Todas say ask niv friends to stand by Thd# 1,11 i! ' 11 rivi ' r iu h»Wted by these iwful : ll .* TTcrentnreg, snanned bv a einnls thread. Register, give it your earnest and generous support, and you can and will make it tho grandest paper in the South. 1 know whereof i speak 1 will feel us deep an interest iu Th; Register as werv I still at its cdlto rial helm, und shall continue to coil tribute to its columns. I will have time to do this and also attend to my other duties. Therefore I do n it consider this as a parting annoiiuce- nient, for my friends throughout the State will continue to bear from me through the same medium, Respect fully, T. L. Gantt. We have not spared The Register or its editor in discussing issues during the campaign, and the above is good evidence of Mr. Gantt’S way of contradicting himself. He tells us in one paragraph that Mr. Calvo has sacrificed a great deal for the Reform movement, and in the next says that the Register is in a highly prosperous condition and has u larger circulation than any paper iu the State. If the latter assertion be true wo would like to know where the sacrifices come in. The truth is that Mr. Gantt has been guilty of the bad taste to try and pose us u martyr and is now trying to make Mr. Calvo otic. Those who make wicriflces /or the sake of principle ilo not boast about it. A I’aiiMti for Shame. it must be a cause for shame to every South Carolinian who has had pride in his State to know that the noble women who for over a year past have devoted themselves to the •rcatnrcM, spanned by a Single thread, over which the righteous ban pass safely, hut too frail for the traffic Of th* guilty, Thu Twin's dead body is swathed in a new cloth, his toes ore tied together with red thread, earth Is thrown over hie corpse, and two of his buffaloes are lacrl- tired. They Impose the dead man's haudK npun the animals' horns and la ment with hitter cries his passage to Ute unknown world. After removing the skull and finger nails the body is burned, and the ashes are scattered to the four winds of heaven, The relies of the departed are taken to the mourning house and stored with tlione of others who dnring tho year have passed the great divide. Around thii bouse are bang the utensils Which were asod by tho deceased and those articles which ho most valued dnring life. Wom en are jealously excluded from the In terior of this house of woe. bnt ore per mitted to peep through th* crevices ot the assembled mourners, Which a year lal-r perform the last rites. They He bfl the floor, giving vent to the most hideous howls, beating their breaeteand exciting each other to the flow of teats. On the turf outside the house other Todas maintain an exciting dance, call ing out their loud huh-huh-huhs, stamp ing their feet and dancing to the unin spiring music of the pipe and a buffalo hide drum, blown and beaten by the car rion eating Kotos, who furnish music on all these dismal occasions, Nor are the ceremonies yet over. The sacrifice ha* to lie performed, and this is done in t characteristically brutal fashion, for ths mild Hindustani can work himself into the tuost fearful of religious frenzies,— Ban Francisco Chronicle. An (its uf tinmarried tVoaieti. Husan B. Anthony is of the opinion that we are on the Verge of an era of un married women. Onr civilization, she says, is changing. Daughters cannot be supported at home, and there Is nothing there to busy them. The women used to spin and weave, make carpet* and soap, bnt now all that is don* for them In the factories. Yonng men do not make ■me set has forever covered him with ' patriotic duty of endeavoring to «e- 1 wd'thm-eTroc^ rapport - thetr wlve, > infamy, und his mine will go down in history with a record for brutali ty that no other man in the whole history of the human race has ever equaled. The knightly souls of such men as Grunt, McClellan, McPher son, Meade and Hancock would | shudder, were they living, at the bare suggestion that their names . should tie associated with one whose' the General Assemldy in record is an undying stigma ou his native State und the whole country. Some of the grandest and best men that have ever lived and worked for the glory of their country have been natives of Massachusetts, and it a craze for dissipation cure tbi representation of South Car-i Mnong them that the women would linn nt (lie Widil', F„„, .,.,c compel led, by the narrowness and - — - parsimony of the legislature in re- . Wanted * Good Cow. ; . •.•ii, A yonng couple were giving up city, fusing an appropriation, to abandon U fe and going to live on arimn and one! Ibcir uusustuiued labors. These Iu- of the most absorbing questions tn the dies have planned and striven to fa) n ”_knn«’i mind wa* the buying of raise their little funds, mid lm<e ap pealed to the pride and patriotism of to offer was. "Please, George, do get one the most his stock. He was talking cows to hie wife one evening and all th* idea she had to offer was. "Please, George, do get on* cow any way that givsegoodbnttermllk, because it is the loveliest thing in the touching terms, hut they could not world for the complexion."—Exchange. themselves rale* a tithe of the money needed, and the State authorities would do nothing. There was an appropriation of $50,000 to embark South Carolina iu the liquor busi- I teems a strange irony of fate that she should have had the misfortune to give birth to a man whose nature was so depraved a* to bring upon himself the nndyitig scorn and ha tred of the whole civilized ttorld. No tithe tirif Space c^ wipe out his record, anti hi* fiathWU be esedi'a-j stime Infiueiice on th Wli M M tilHl/ ness, but not one cent to show the best side of the State at an exposition in wtioh Haiti will make its bravest display!—The State. Every wall jjowever humble hi* shttidn or feeble hie powers, exercises are a- - j some infiueiice on tliofc who « jMtillili/faffWltf Wfrjj, 1 Chlldns at fable. It la an old fashioned notion that "chil dren should be seen and not heard." An occasional talk by the little folk is not objectionable, yet at the same time they should not monopolise conversation or attention. They have their place, and it b an injnatice that they Should at the family hoard altngri he dint,—Good Bouse keeping. ..M.M Me More Dresw BUS, We are to talk no more of fleam stuff, These dreamy virions art halladnationi bypnogogiqUM, and the leaet ws eon d# ii to call them to,-Boston Common- wfftofc ..i - Pntxlr,! Englishmen. “At a private dinner in England I told the very beet »tory I cm Id think of.” says Channcey M. Depew. “It was greeted with a little langhter. Next day I met my host on the Strand. He advanced tc me smiling, began to langh as ho grafqied my hand and said: 1 Do yon know. De pew. that was a capital thing yon gotofl last night—capital? And d«»*yon know I have jnst this minute been thinking what a capital thing it was? Thu point of the joke has jnst come to me.' “I said. ‘Why. it mnst liavq traveled to yon on a freight train.' “ ‘My dear Mr. Depew,' said the Eng lishman. - I assure you I have not see , any freight train. I assure yon 1 have*, t 'pon honor.' ’’ Mr. Depew told this st ttj *o Eng lishman who liad Ixsen in America for a long time. One of the oUcSrs of th< Central road was with him in Mr. De pew's office when the storj was told. The Englishman gave a courtesy langh. a forced and feeble ''Ha, ha!” When he turned into Duval's office and the dom of the tfre*ident> room had been shin he remarked anxiously, “I say. what thi blazes did Depew mean by that freight train?"—New York World. The/ Drank to l/qfcl How. At one time the officers under Lord Howe refused to drink his health at their meii*. for. though a splendid admi ral, be was not popular in the navy on account of. a certain shyness and want of tact With those about him. The chaplain. Who Was a protege of his lord-, ship, was mortified at this and deter mined that they should drink to Lord Howe. When celled upon for a toast one day he said. “Weil, gentlemen. 1 can think of nothing better at this mo ment than tn ask yon to drink the first two Words of the third psalm, for a scriptural toast for once may be token from one nf my cloth." The toast wan accordingly drunk. On referring to tho Bible It was found that the first two Words of the third psalm were "Lord How." After the rlorions 1st of .Inns thu above was the evorite toast tbronghotit the Davy, and the chaplain triumphed more widely than be antict|Mted.—London Tit-Bit#. ■ for Infants and ChilcSren* “CastorlaistowensdaptodtochlMrenthat I CaatoriacnrasVollc, OoaxMpaUfln, (r-comiiipnil i t as “^porior to any prescription ^ dl- mown to me.” 11. A. Ancnr.a, II. D., I enrtion, ' * U So. Oxford EL, ErooUyn, N. T. | Without injurious medioatioa. Tut Csstacb Coupakt, 77 Murray Street,V. Y. EDWARDS, NOMENT & CO, -A.ia.ytlain. * you want ixt lew Fall ani Haler Goods,■ Woods and Woods. We keep the BEST GOODS made and our prices AX1K OU All ATVTKKO * As low as the lowest. Headquarters is The Place to make your purchases at. RESPECTFULLY, EMs, Nomtnl & Cimpani, FIRE! FIRE! I represent Twelve of the most, reliable Fire Insurant e Companies in the world— among them, the - Liverpool and London and Globe, of England, the largest tire company in the wrld; and the .Tvinn, of Hanford, the. largest of all American fire companion t Prompt attention to bnsinc?* andsatis- • faction guaranteed. 1\ E. MOK-MEfilT. DARLINGTON, S. C. Office Itetwecn Edwards, Nornient go., and Joy & Sanders' = THE = > * Sun w • $2,00 a Year Containing more reading matter than any magazine published in America. Address 0—IM-’I THE SUN, New York DARLINGTON THE DARLINGTON TORE Invites au iuspectlon of their large aud well selected stock for tho fall and winter trade which Is complete in every particular. S H in Style, E S in duality, Reasonable In Price, LJDI eVYi 0 ES. Oar stock In this lino cannot bo surpassed, | We have them In both Button and Lacc, all width#, at from 75 cents to the cele brated hand sewed goods of E. O. Barts & Co's M’fg. CHILDREN’S SHOES. We have taken special care to make this llna attractive and complete and can offe: them from 85 cents upward. MEN’S SHOES. To call special attention to any one shoo In this line would be an Injustice to the others, nearly all of which arc worthy of mention Rubber goods for Ladies, Misses, Boys and Men, all prices. Also a complete line Umbrellas, Trunks, Valises Satohels. Shoe findings, Polish, Blacking and Brushes, Cork soles, Ladies Woolen soles, &e. Newest Styles in Hats. WOODS & MILLING, Proprietors Darlington Shoe Store. —All kinds of— Marble Monuments, Tablets, und Grave Stones furnished on short notice, and as cheap as can be purchased elsewhere. Design* ami prices furhlshktf oH Application Al. work delivered Free on line of C. D. Railroad. Darlington Marble Works, DARLINGTON, 8. C. PERFECTED efiYSTAL LFfiSES T’lASK MART. C&ilJty filti ud A.’w-ji. B. O. BUISTOW, iok • Dealer - and - Optician Has the exclusive sale of these cele brated goods iu Darlington, S. C. KELL AM A MOORE, The only manufacturing Optlclttlll in the South, Atlanta, Go. 11®" Peddlers arc not supplied with these famous glasses. Ths above dvilgn* in Cloaks and Corsets con bo found at WOODS and WOODS, mm & 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 HABTFOBB, 01 Hartford, Conn., two of the largest and best managed companies in the country. In LIFE UISURANC they invite examination into the plans ot the H, Y. HUTU A Sj, offering, as they do, very favorable terms tc to those who wish to insure. They also conduct a general Brokerage and commission business* May 19 Ijf 3ST©w Livery Stables. I take pleasure In announcing to my friends that 1 Lava just opened a large Livery, Sale anil feed Sfaliles, to on Main street and Will be pleased have aud examine my stock of Horses and Mules. The beet care taken of slock put in my charge. t D, & McCullough. WAGONS. Two-horse wagons are now Manufactured at JO! SIM'S FACTORI, DARLINGTON, S. C. CALL AND SEE THEM BEFORE PURCHASING ELSEWHERE. A COMPLETE STOCK OP Bugsies, Darts, Harness AND FURNITURE Always on Hand. Undtitaktr'i Supplln,