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1 - V ■§ THE DARLINGTON HERALD. VOL. IV. DARLINGTON, SOUTH ^CAROLINA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13,1893. NO.7 left yesterday ift yi ’a Fa air. CURRENT TOPICS. WHAT for KNOW AND WIAT YOU DON’T KNOW. Persaub aid Shari IteM af la teral! ta the Laeal aid fieaeral Reader. Miss Lita Lucas is visiting Mrs. A. T. Baird. Mias Bosa Lucas is visiting Miss May McCall. Dr. Baird has returned from a trip to Chicago. JUrs W. F. _ for a visit to the World' Mrs. E. Keith Dargaa and Mr. R. K. Dargaa am at the World’s Fair. Mr. lehrard Caldwell has returned from BHtatan Buisness College. Mrs W. T. Thompson of Char*, lestoo, is visiting relatives in Dar lington. Mrs. B. W. Boyd has returned from a visit to Mew York and Chicago. Mrs. W. J. Alexander and family have returned from their summer home at Siduda N. C. Mias Bessie Williamson left on Mondd} for Winnsboro where she will teach in a private family. The grass beds on the Square ought not to be used as a cotton yasd. They are becoming disfigured with cotton and scraps of paper. An inspections showed; on one of them three piles of sample ootton, a bench, with four men on it, Mid a bi cycle. Why dont 'the police look after this f Dont fail to see the strong girl on Monday night. She is probably a desoeedent of Samson, even if she cant show the family record. Some of our athletic citizens are certain they can lift her up, and the trial will be worth seeing. Everybody ought to turn out on Monday night to see the feats of strength of the Georgia girl. She has given so many exhibitions and has so many strong testimonial! that her exhibition will be well worth seeing. There has, as yet, been no scientific soltuion of thu remarkable power, but its possession scarcely ^ ' This girl, admits of an ay doubt lees than a hundred pounds. adsome sum of money to who can lift her from the offers a the floor. Babbs Sergius, a converted Jew, from India, delivered a lecture at the Methodist Church on Tuesday night He dwelt on a number of different subjects, all relating to the East and the history of his own peo ple the Jews. His visit to this country is for the purpose of raising funds to asrist the orphan children in his native land. A very liberal contribution wae collected from those present He will lecture again on Sunday morning and night at the Methodist Church. We have given the speech, made by Mr. J. L. Keitt before the Sumter Alliance, a carelul reading and en tirely fail to see wherein he has made a single new suggestion or advance a single argument that has not been a reiteration of the Ocala Demands, the absurdities cf which have been so often exposed that fit simply a waste of words to give than any futher refutation, especially when it is taken into consideration that a great many of tnaae unselfish patriots, who have no object in view except to emancipate the downtrodden farmer do not believe in the very thing that they so strenuously advocate; but the veriest demagogue in the country will be listened to if be will only call himself the friend of the people and advocate visionary schemes that never could have the remotest hope of be ing realised. The Chrisailhensm BxkIMliei. The ladies are making arrange ments to make the display a success and while Obnsanthemums will be the special feature, preniums will be offered for other flowers- as well. It is proposed to have the exhibition during the first week in November and it is earnestly desired that every one who b* any fine flowers will send tixMr, i n and in this way add to the f display, The Floral Fair in the rtng was very successful, and there no reason why the coming one ould not be equally as good. Those who have ohrisahthemums should see It that the soil in which they are ng be kept in good fix and well anred and that the plants do not hffar for water. The Exhibition will the held in the new armory of the 'Darlington Guards, which is large i enough to accommodate a big crowd. Pints for boys youths and men 60 nts for boys « its to |6J)0 at Blaokwall Bros. Youths and mens suits |4.00 L 00 at Blackwell Bros. Inr stock of dress goods pants i etc. was never before bet- ter.wnd are offering special bargains for ths mat two days. Blackwell Swa to IARD ON TIE DISPENSARY. Jadge Madsaa Indies the Colum bia Cases With Glares Off. Judge Hudson has quashed the indictments in the liquor cases in Columbia, pronouncing them defec tive both according to the previous and the present law. The Judge reviews the law very carefully and announces his opinion in concise and unmistakable language. Below we give some extracts from Judge Hudsons opinion. Now the question arises as to the oonstitationality of the act because the motion co quash is basebupon that ground as well as upon thede fects in ihe ihdictment “It hae fallen to my lot to adjudge oeretofore that the dispensary feature of the act, which establishes dlspen sariee throughout the State, is uncon stitutional and my reasons therefor were given. I will not repeat them here. I say my opinion remains un changed, and in fact is more confirm ed than ever as to the unoonstitution- alityof theacu Broadly, I would say upon the ground that the govern ment of the State has no right to en • gage in the traffic of any known arti cle! of merchandise and trade—no right to devote the money raised by taxation from the people to these are not governmental law cannot rest for upon the plea of the >wer of the State. It is wanting in the elements of po lice. Neither can it rest upon the reason upon which a general prohibi tory law is supported, because it is not in any proper sense of the word general prohibitory law. It is merely transferring from the citizen to an officer of the State the traffic n intoxicating liquors, hence the dispensary feature is in my opinion nnconotitntional, and in so saying, I fully appreciate the grave responsi bility that rests upon a judge. Every act of the Legislature mustbe main tained by the courts unless it is man ifestly against the fundamental law of the land, and whenever that ques tion is presented to the court, aud it appears that the act is against the fundamental law of the land, it is not only right bnt the dnty of the court to ray eo. The court is organ- zed for that purpose, amongst other purposea of the general administra- iiou of the law. “I beg tossy to counsel signing the case yesterday, in which parties were charged with tolling liquor, that I devoted last night to careful examination of the authorities con tained in the books and in the writ ten arguments submitted to me, and have arrived at a conclusion, but I have not had time to reduce to wri ting the reasons for the conclusions which » have reached. Bnt inas much as it is necessary that conclu sions should be announced as soon as possible, so as to determine what disposition is to be made of these ases upon the docket, I will an- nonnee them now, and will, as soon as practicable, give any reasons therefore. "In the first place, whether these indictments shall be considered as drawn for the violation of the so- called dispensary law, or whether they should be indictments against the law it previously stood is im material, 90 far as one view of the case may go. “The indictments are fatally de fective, whether drawn with refer ence to the previons law or with re ference to the dispensary law. The allegations in the indictment are not snfficient; it ia jnat a naked allega tion that the defeudent ia guilty of selling intoxicating liquor contrary to the form of the statute. That is not sufficient. It is necessary that the party ahall be notified of the time, place and person to whom the ■ale was made. Eveiy one charged with tiie crime has the right to be informed of tbe exact nature of the charge, the time, place and circum stances under which the alleged crime was committed. These in dictments do not contain such alle gation*, and had they been perferred against the defendants before the enactment of tbe dispensary law they w(hld have fallen under amo tion to qnash. At the present time, supposing the dispensary to be valid and in full force, the same objection applies, and the indictment would have to be quashed. I might stop here and aay no more, bnt in doing so I would not discharge my duty as a judge, because the parties are entitled to have their motion passed upon for reasons assigned therefor, and it devolves upon me, therefore to meet the responsibility and to de termine the whole question now, Ad mitting for the sake of argument that the dispensaay law is oonstitu tionsl, it is an anomaly which would not be discovered from casual reading of the act, bnt it nevertheless exists, that for the single actef retailing no punishment is prescribed niany of the various sections. Punishment is provided againfi this violation in certain particulars not necessary now to enumerate, bnt in no section of the set is any punishment pres cribed for tbe single sat of retail Misplaced aid Daigereis Syapaty. Last week an old colored woman came into our office and asked us Ac sign a petition to the Governor re questing the pardon of her son who is now serving a life sentence for the commission of a very revolting crime and one for which he was fortunate not to have been hung. The sole reason given for Mb pardon is that he is the only support of an aged mother, but we fail to see wherein man of this kind can be either a support or solace to bis mother or anyone else. Even before the commission of the crime for which he is now bring punished he bore a very bad reputation, and it would be an act of glaring injustice for him to beset at liberty and given the opportunity to repeat the atroc: one crime for which he was senten ced. If his mother is nnable to care for herself, she should be sup ported at the expenoe of the county, and neither her age or her grief should be slowed to interfere with the ends of justice. We deplore lynch law, but when we allow our aymprthy to override our judge ment and sign petitions for the par don of those who have been fairly convicted of the commission of revolting crimes, we aid in furnish ing excuses for mobs to take the law into their own hands. Securing convictions are some times extremely difficult, and no sooner does a jury perform its duty than the most strnnons efforts are made to nullify their words by trying to secures pardon for the criminal whose sor row, in nearly every case, is that of being caoght and made to suffer tbe consequences of their crimes. It is the issue and hot the act that they repent, and that very large class of people who are so given to wasting their sympathy and trying to secure the pardon of desperate criminals, ought to reflect senouslv on the mischief that they accom plish by letting their feelngs prevail over the dictates of common sense and what is due to the well beii of the community. We do not the least mean to reflect on the gook intentions of those who have signed this petition, our purpose being to point out tbe mistake that people make in signing these peti tions, and, in this special case, to enter an emphatic protest against the exercise of any executive clem ency, especially when it is taken into consideration that there exists net the slightest reason for the Governor to interfere. The very safety and stability of society rests open the impartial and rigid execu tion of the laws of the State, and it is the dnty of all good citizens to throw no obstacles in ths way of their enforcement, and not to use their influence to rendour them null and void. If the signers of this petition feel sympathy for this old woman, why could they not give something from their own pocketa for her support, and let her son stay just where he ought to be, in justice to society, within the walls of tbe Peneten- tiary. THE WORLD’S FAIR TRE BEAUTIFUL DISPLAY TBE WOMAN’S BUILDING. IN Magiiflceit Dresses-Cistly Lace aid Embralderj—The Cillectln •f Flctires. It was a very happy thought, on the part of some one of the fair sex, to have a building at the Fair en tirely devoted to the exhibition of woman’s work, that should contain nothing bat what was the work of some woman’s hands. The sugges tion has been splendidly carried ont r J and tbe ladies have managed to fill the 'buiWing, larie a* it ia, to its utmost capacity with beautiful speo- _ imena of their skill. While a great ? many of the articles can only be ap- predated by the ladies themselves, there are others that churn the un stinted admiration of the other sex, and are surrounded all the time thi building is open. Of course it is manifestly impossible, for a man at least, totk place in the Arkansas State Building, and for the introduction we were indebted to the courtesy of Miss Scott, of Fort Smith, the ac complished lady manager of the building, who placed us under many obligations by her hospitality and kindness. While in the building we got a glimpse of some of the Arkan sas belles, but despite their beauty we made our exit in good order. |ing. No more entirely inexcusable prop osition has ever been made since the triumph of the Reformers than the one to put out of office the majority of the circuit Judges, and elect in the! 'ices lawyers who are in sym pathy rilh the so called reformed movement. This amounts to a dec laration, on tbe part of those who are m favor of this piece of political iniquity, that they do not wish the courts to be guided in their decisions by the constitution, bnt to suit, the political prejudices of those to whom even tbe judiciary is expected to bow tbe knee. Able and fearless judges are one of tbe butwarks of liberty, but when on the other hand they are elected to carry ont the behests of a political faction, seenrtiy for prop- eity ia at an end and a long step made in the direction of anarch. Little Johnny—“Dogs don’t need to talk, ’cause anyone can understand their bark.” Visitor—“Can yon?” Little Johnny—“Easy as rollin’ off a log. When my cfog is at the door and barks, that means he wants to get in; if he’s inside tde door and barka, be wants to get ont.” Viaitor—“Humph! Suppose he is half inside and half outside and barks, what does that mean ?” Little Johnny—“That means there’s a bigger dog than him in our yard.” After washing a wooden bowl, lay it at a distance from tbe stove’ so that it may not warp or crack. Ivory black stirred in ordinary shellac varnish makes a brilliant black varnish for iron fireplace*. at least, to go into anything like* 7 : detailed description of thenmrveCj the Legisla- esent leg ■r of Gnv. lonely beautiful contents of this building, and will content ourselves with a mere outline of its more noticeable features. The display of embroidery, of all kinds and tiie intricate patterns <1 surprisingly large, and many of the designs not only, show marvellon* dexterity and a truly wonderful eye for the harmonions blending of 1 colors, but also artistic taste of a very high order. Large piptgfeii are worked in colors with such ex traordinary skill that it is almost impossible to believe the; done with the brush, are almost as numerous tides themselves and many of them are not ouiy unique and original 10^ ... . 1 conception‘but executed with the ^! l ,? e,Den _ eac ^ most praiseworthy skill and per severance. In this department is exhibited everything fuom a lam] mat to the most beautiful and cost ns in tapestry. In the lace department probably the most noticeable display ia thaf loaned .for the Exhibition by the Queen of Italy, containing as >t’do«i a good many designs that are retf rare and costly and that cannot be duplicated, at the present day.' Sun of the lace work is so exquisite!] ng delicate that U ia well nigh invisib ® and the patterns can. only be out by a very close inspection and that too with a mighty good pair of eyes. It adds a great deal to the in terest of this part of the exhibit to see the lace makers at work, and while the work is of necessity slow, when it.coises to the very delicate and intricate patterns tbe wonder is how it can be done at all. Some of it is as delicate as tbe finest spiders web and looks aa if a breath would blow it away or destroy it en tirely. Laoe from every country that has ever achieved distrinction for fine work in this special Industry is exhibited and it is no wonder that the ladies go into raptures over its wondrous beauty. Another department that attracts a great deal of attention is one that containes some maguifioent dresses that are the exact duplicates of some that were made for the ladies of the Russian Boyakfamily, which so far as riobneia of material aud stylish appearance go leave nothing to be de*- ired on the part of those who have a fondness for gorgeous and oostly attire. Of course these dresses are all the work of a woman, for not even one made by that priuoe tmlleners, Worth, whom be allowed th« pertals of this building, aulas* im it was won by some lady who wished to attract attention by the elegance of her costume. There is a very fine and interesting display of fancy work of everv kind, the mereenume- rition of \ wnich would take up a good many columns of the Heralo. It must not be supposed that the exhibition is limited to the articles to which has already been made, for in addition to this there is a most admirable exhibit in the way of pictures and statues, some of them of very high merit, the general ex cellence of which go to prove that atleast some of the gentler sex are adepts in the use of the chisel and brush and can command big prices for tbir work. The whole exhibit is arranged with the best possible effect, and in every detail is to be credited to the taste of the ladies themselves. Whele in Chicago the writer had the pleasure of meeting Mrs. Caroline S. Brooks, of Arkansas, who has attained considerable distinction as a sculpturess, and found her a most graceful and charming woman. Mrs. Brooks makes her models in butter, and, so far as we know, is the first artist that has ever used this material, which would seem at a glance, to be entirely nnfit for such a purpose bnt which has many advantages over clay, besides lequi- ring, in the intervals of the work, far less attention to keep It in order. By the use of ice it can be kept as hard as is desired and the most del icate lines can be traced on it. By the use of plaster and othee material the model can be easily reproduced in marble or bronze. The meeting with Mrs. Brooks 1 Gorenor Ttllaai. Greenville News, As an autocrat Governor Tillman is nuking rapid progress. He now has control of the executive branch of tbe State government, and haa a legislature elected to order “to init him.” He has a railroad oommis- tiou “to suit him,” Mid controls the ihoephate commission and the liqnor msineas of the Stats. It ia a fore- oonclnsioa that by next winter he will have a set of judges and a Supreme court arranged to suit him. Now he proposes a new move, which wefiud desevreed in anew interview with him printed in tbe Charlotte Observer, in which he says, talking titte will spplement the wfetiou, enacted by theoi ernor Tillman, with preoiaely tbe further legislation he may see fit to order. That is the kind of Legisla ture it has been, and is likely to be. Thwaities of the State will there for^ b* Asprived yet farther of local self-government. The regulation and control of tbe liquor business haa been taken out df the hands of the cities, and the experiment has not been a dazz'ing success. The next step is ta take from the cities tiie selection of their own police. The Legislature, or somebody des ignated by the Legislature, and mean ing. the Governor, will say how many , ilicemen each city shall have, and shall name and control the mer( The mayors and councils will be merely figureheads, having nothing to do but to raise money. ^he radical government never ent that far in destroying the Dem- ogcatic principle of local self gov ernment in this State and eatablish- g a centralized and despotic power Celmabia. It tl all light It is the old, old fight over again. If .Governor Till man wquld study the history of the Burbou kings and the StuMrte hc woqldJad Ms methods and the end of them. He has behind him sin enthusiastic and devoted majority and an obedient legislature, and equally obedient judges are to oome. All these things had King James the Second, of blessed memory, the army rebresenting the majority and all the tools of today haying their oounterbarts. No king or deposit has ever pre vailed, however, against the power of united oemmnnities determined to maintain their rights and to resist tyranny. The Governor will find it that way. He ia forcing the fighting and he will be met everywhere. He may guard every corner of every town in South Carolina with his me tropolitan police, created on pretence of forcing the dispensary law bnt really intended to increase tbe num ber of offices at hie disposal aud agents to promote his political pow er. He may harry every township and quarter section with his whis key constabulary and secret spies. He may have every judge, sheriff and county officer the creature of his will. The good old Saxon instinct and im pulse will assert itself against it all. The descendants of the people who of overthrew the Stuarts, who have kept Ireland’s long fight alive through two centnries against the world’s greatest power, who met and over came the same power through eight years of patient straggle against dis aster and danger, have it in their blood not to yield like enrs to pun ishment The Governor will find wills as stubborn as his own meeting him at every atop. He will encoun ter people who are not afraid of him, who have no favors to ask of him, whose stubborn courage no threats or oppressions or confiscation or de privations can subdue. They will be with him at the finish and will see him suffer the fate that has soon er or later overtaken all tyrants, big and little, and all pretenders and shams. Mother—“I think you ought to be grateful to your father for getting yon such a nice knife, instead of complaining.” Little Johnny—“It’s only got two blades.” Mother—“ You can’t use but one blade at a time.” Little Johnny—“Yes; but whne two blades gets, broken, there wont’ be any left. 5 ’ Jnst as she entered the doorway, the oar gave a lurch, as street-oars are apt to do, and the pretty girl waa thrown plump in the lap of a father ly Irishman. “Pray pardon me,” she said, aa she rose to her feet, while the rest of the passengers tittered. on’t mention it, me dariint,” replied the Irishman. “I end hold ye an hour.” Then she blushed furiously and RuS THE HERALD desires to visit every house in Darlington County, and a few energetic men or ladies can reap a golden harvest. Read the following wonderful offer: Diamond Rambler Bicycle. To the first persou sending us One Hundred paid up yearly subscrip tions we will c c ne of the famous Diamond Rambler Bicycles. One Two-Horse Wagon. To the second person sending us One Hundred paid up yearly sub scriptions we will give a Two-Horse Wagon. Call at 0. W. Hewett’s and examine the wagon. Fine Suite of Furniture. To the third person sending us One Hundred paid up yearly sub scriptions we will give a Fifty Dollar Suite of Furniture. Ask J. D. Baird, the Furniture Prince, to show you the furniture. Standard Sewing Machine. To the fourth person sending us One Hundred paid up yearly sub- gcriptions we will give a Standard Sewing Machine. You can see these Machines at Blackwell Bros. Persons competing for these prizes will please advise the proprietor of THE HERALD. Cash must accompany all orders. When twelve new subscriptions have been received, THE HERALD will send receipt books to ths agent For further Information, address, umtum DARLINGTON, 8. C.