The Darlington herald. (Darlington, S.C.) 1890-1895, March 02, 1894, Image 4
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THE DAUHHTOIi HEEALD
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
F>Or Tlao Poople
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TIIRBEV1LLE k WILLIAMS.
WALTER D. WOODS, • Editor.
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FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 1894.
NOT INFALLIBLE.
Occasionally some of onr friends
express their disapproval of eome-
thing that appears in the editotial
columns of The Herai.d, and so
far from objecting to their criticisms
we are really grateful for them and
trust that eyery reader of the paper
will feel at perfect liberty to take us
to task whenever it is thought that
we are wrong in any of onr utter
ances. The earnest intention is to
be, at all times, perfectly fair and
truthfnl in our utterances, and we
would not under any circumstances,
write anything to the contrary, but
we are not infallible and this being
the case wc will sometimes, despite
the utmost care, say something that it
might have been best to leave unsaid.
The ambition of both the editor
and the managers of The Herald
is to make it a reliable newspaper
and one that will he a welcome
visitor to every family, and while its
political sympathies are well known
this does not close its columns to the
discussion of any question that
affects the public welfare, and it is
as much at the seryice of those who
differs with us on political questions
as to those with whom we are in
perfect accord.
There is only one thing more we
wish to say iu this connection, and
that is that while we invite and ap
preciate criticism, we can fully ap
preciate a little ‘ncourngemeut also,
n .er expecting to reach that point
d* human pride and perfection
when we would be indifferent to the
good opinion of our friends.
FRIITOF THE DISPENSARY.
One of the most outrageous things
in connection with the Dispensary
law is the foisting of State barrooms
on towns that have had prohibition
for a number of years, and whose
citizens were almost unanimous in
support of it Marion fur
nishes a striking illustration of the
iniquitous workings of the Dispen
sary system. This place had been
without a barroom for ten years, and
while its people did not claim that
no liquor was sold, they did main
tain that the plan worked well and^
there was less drunkenness than be
fore, yet their wishes were of no"
avail, and they are compelled to haye
the business carried on in their
midst in the name of the State, and
the evil resulting from it is already
apparent in a case of murder that
can l)e directly traced to the influ
ence of whiskey purchased at the
Dispensary. Marion is one of the
most quiet, law-abiding and moral
places in the State and while it has
no large enterprises and not a great
deal of wealth, it is rich beyond
measnre in the intelligence and vir
tue of its citizens, and in these re
spects holds a position that many
larger and richer towns might well
emulate. It would be extremely dif
ficult to find a town w here such a
large proportion of the people attend
the service at the different churches
on Sunday, and the general good ob
servance of the day is a subject of
favorable remark by all strangers
who visit the towu.
It was one of the first towns in
the State to adopt the graded schools
and the building erected for this
purpose, by its public-spirited cili
sens, would do credit to a place ol
three times its population.
INFAMOUS AND INEXCUSABLE.
On Friday morning there was per
petrated, in the name of law, one of
the most contemptible and high
handed outrages that it has ever
fallen to onr lot to mention, and of
which a bare recital of the facts will
bring a glow of indignation to the
breast of every self-respecting man,
irrespective of his political sympa
thies.
On Friday morning Mr. and Mrs.
Young, an elderly conp'e from Co
lumbia, arriyeil here on the Coast
Line train for the purpose of visit
ing a sick daughter. They rode to
her residence, leaving their trunks
at the depot. A short time after
they sent for them. One had been
delivered and placed in the baggage
wagon, but just as the haekman had
given up the check for the second
one, Mr. J. I. King, one of the local
spies, seized it and demanded the
key. On being told that the key
was not there, he sent the haekman
for it, but before he could get back
with it and the owner of the trunk,
it was broken open by King and its
contents thoroughly overhauled.
Ou finding nothing but wearing ap
parel and a few household articles
he gave up the trunk and allowed it
to be carried to its destination.
The above is a simple and truth
ful statement of the occurrence and
what we wish to know is whether
such acts, even if done under the
form of law, are to be tolerated in a
country that boasts of its progress
and freedom ? It is but a step from
the invasion of the sanctity of our
homes and the search of our private
belongings, to the rifling of the
mails, which would be done without
any hesitation, but for the fact that
they are made secure by the mighty
power of the Federal government,
which, happily, has not, as yet, been
brought under the influence of Gov.
Tillman’s tyrannical acts. In the
face of an outrage of this character,
what becomes of the Governor’s as
sertion that it was never contem
plated to search private houses and
invade the sanctity of the home?
A great many people would like
to know the difference between
searching a private house and break
ing open the trunk of a respectable
and law-abiding citizen. The mere
fact that, this old couple were stran
gers does not in thejeast detract
from the jnfamy of the act, but
rather adds to it, for the reason that
the laws are presumed to be framed
more for the protection of the weak
than the strong, as the latter are
always able to guard themselves
from any invasion of their liberties.
If this vindictive and irresponsible
spy had the right to break open this
particular, trunk, then he has an
equal right to search the baggage of
the most prominent citizens of the
town or the State, the only difference
being that if he were to attempt it
with some people he might very soon
find himself in u kind of trunk that
is very long in proportion to its
its heighlh, and is always carried
foot foremost
It is a truly deplorable condition
of affairs when, after over one hun
dred years of free government a pri
vate citizen has to resort to violence
to protect his liberties, but this is
just the condition that confronts us
and is one of the gravest concern to
all good citizens, it matters not how
much they may differ on other ques
tions. What impression would be
made on the mind of an intelligent
foreigner, who had heard of the
boasted freedom of our country, if
he should get off the traiu iu South
Carolina and have his trunks broken
open and searched ? What satisfac
tory explanation could we give him
for the outrage, or how divest his
mind of the impression that liberty
with us was * "t a sham and pre
tense?
These are serious questions for our
people to consider and we cannot,
even if we would, evade the respon
sibility that rests upon us to meet
tnem with the spirit of good citi
zens, but at the same time witj the
inexorable resolution to preserve our
rights at any cost and against any
odds.
ODD PEOPLE OF ASIA.
THE CABIN ON THE CLAIM.
IT IS TRUE.
If is true as published, that, a
State constable broke into a lady’s
trunk over in Darlington, searching
for whiskey. Gov. Tillman should
remove him at once.—Orangeburg
Times and Democrat.
The above is from a paper that,
lias defended tbe Reform movement
in almost everything, and has been
conducted on the principle, so far as
the governor is concerned, that the
king can do no harm.
To Newspaper Men!
We have a pair of 8-column chases
in good order that wc would like to
exchange for 7-column chases.
PI O'JLIAR RACE OF DWARF SAVAGES
IN THE NILGIRtS.
A Remarkable Country with Many Re
markable Creatures — An Interesting
Story of the Creation and the First Hu
man llelnga—A Weird Burial.
With ijnetr insistency the English resi
dents in India call the Himalayan ranges
•‘hills”—not only these immense moun
tains, but also the tremendous chain
which runs parallel to the Indian oconn
snd sends its feelers, us it were, into the
center of south India. ••Hills” indeed
is the generic term for those stations in
which the weary civilian and his wife,
the soldier and his family betake them
selves t •> rest during the woeful heats of
suiiihK r.
Simla isnat v Ti'ly the grandest of these
summer capitals iot it houses the im
perial government; Naini Tal shelters
that of the northwest provinces; Bengal
retreats to burjillmg and Madras to that
most delightful of all stations—Utaca-
nmnd. in the Nilgiri hills.
The Nilgins are perhaps the most
beautiful of the many beautiful moun
tain ranges in India. They do not show
an amazing growth of forestine giants,
but they are most verdurous. Their sides
are covered with vast beds of rhododen
drons, whose dark leaves and enormous
scarlet flowers often make them look as
if on fire. V/ild roses flourish with un
wonted luxuriance, which, clambering
over woods of ilex and eugeniu, make
impenetrable floral thickets.
Nor is the country alone remarkable
for its lovely landscapes or interesting
for its ngrie .itnral possibilities, ns enter
prising coffee planters have set out im
mense orchards of this cherryliko tree,
but chiefly so for the queer races which
find shelter in their wooded and well
watered canyons.
Some years ago the writer was in the
Nilgiris in connection with government
work, and had there the opportunity of
seeing the small savages who live iu the
most impenetrable parts of this moun
tainous country. Those are dwarfs and
have never been tempted to partake of
the benefits of civilization. They still
live in holes in the ground or in hollow
trunks, are absolutely naked and quar
rel with the monkey over wild fruits.
Nowand again they venture to the lower
levels and barter honey for glass beads
and other worthless gewgaws. They
hunt with bows and arrows and are re
markably skillful iu the use of these
primitive weapons.
Another tribe equally as interesting
are the Todas, who since 1600 have at
tracted the attention of Europeans.
The Portuguese thought they were
Christiana and sent to their morel assist
ance a Jesuit father, who, however, soon
discovered that they were the most ig
norant heatheus. Much argument has
been wasted upon the origin of these
people, some asserting they were ab
original to southern India, others insist
ing they were of the lost tribes of Israel
and others that they were Manicheans.
However, only 600 or 700 remain, and
the little settlements are scattered over
the most picturesque portions of the
Nilgiris. Their only worship is the buf
falo, of which they have large herds,
and whose care and the gathering of
wild honey constitute the sum of their
daily toil.
Their story of the creation bears some
resemblance to the belief of the ortho
dox Christian, for they tell how a man
created a fellow man out of the earth
and finished the good work by making a
woman, not out of his own ribs, but the
other man's ribs. They have a trinity,
consisting of a father, son and a kite.
The last was bom of a pumpkin, the
offspring of the first woman.
They, too, indulge in a heaven and a
hell, and as the mountain streams are in
fested with leeches which make their
passage uncomfortable, the Todas say
hell is a river inhabited by these awful
creatures, spanned by a single thread,
over which the righteous can pass safely,
but too frail for the traffic of the guilty.
Tho Todu's dead body is swathed in a
new cloth, his toes are tied together with
red thread, earth is thrown over his
corpse, and two of his buffaloes aro sacri
ficed. They impose the dead man’s
hands upon the animals' horns and la
ment with hitter cries his passage to the
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 relics of the departed are taken to
the mourning house and stored with
those of others who during the year have
passed the great divide. Around this
house are hung the utensils which were
used by the deceased and those articles
which he most valued during life. Wom
en are jealously excluded from tho in
terior of this house of woe, but are j>er-
milted to peep through the crevices at
the assembled mourners, which a year
later jierform the last rites. They lio on
the floor, giving vent to the most hideous
howls, beating their breasts and exciting
each other to tho flow of tears.
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. Tho sacrifice has
to bo performed, and this is done in a
characteristically brutal fashion, for the
mild Hindustani can work himself into
the most fearful of religious frenzies.—
ban Francisco .Chronicle.
A Bowery Sign.
A Bowery sign which has added to the
gayety of the travelers on the Third
avenue elevated for some weeks has re
ceutly disappeared. Men forgot bind
ness and politics for a brief moment
while contemplating it, aud careworn
women eased their burdens long'enough
to smile as they were whirled past it. It
was large and lurid, telling in big letters
that within tho first convention of "Lady
Pie Eaters” was in session, three guyly
dressed females, nearly life size, witij
abbreviated skirts and French gaiti rs
and each holding a lingo triangle of pie.
illustrating the type of members. Fur
tber than tins their idet ly was not
established.—Now York Times.
Lunt-ly. you say, with mighty arch
Of sky so grandly bending?
By bright huud clouds and glittertag el&rt
A tender message sending/
Joyless? When out of crimson cloud
The sunrise pours iu glory.
Morn after morn repeating well
Aurora's cheerful story?
Peaccleas? When night with noiseless feet.
From Helds of herbs nutl (lowers.
Sweet odors in iter mantle dark
Hears to tl is cot of ours?
Like faintest soundscf distant seas
Pounding some castle itoary,
Wc hear tho gr.iat world’s roar and fret
And truce her changeful story.
As far awoy.white gleaming sail.
Turning a bend of river,
A noble deed with radiant flash
Makes every hnartstrlng c.uiver.
Bo, thankful, where the kindly stars
Bpanglc the blue w 1th beauty.
We look and breathe the fervent wish
That all may do their duty.
—Boston Transcript.
Unconscious Feminine Cruelty.
“Let me off at Thirteenth street, con
ductor,” said a woman as she paid her
fare on a Broadway car at Cortlandt
street.
The car was packed, tho place jnst two
miles away anti the woman a New
Yorker. From 50 to 100 people would
get on and off, half a hundred stops were
to be made and something like a half to
three-quarters of an hour would be con
sumed before reaching Thirteenth street
Yet this woman, who bore evidences
of more than ordinary intelligence in
her face and from her easy self assur
ance every indication of being able to
take care of herself, expected the con
ductor to remember her request and to
pnt her off at the right street
The Broadway conductors are the
hardest worked, most abused and criti
cised railroad officials iu this city, hut
this is the sort of thing they are called
upon to endure every honr in the day.
It is usually at the hands of women, and
is unnecessary, foolish and cruelly in
consic’ ate.—New York Herald.
Modern Matrimony*
Jones (calling on Smith in the even
ing)—I thought I would find you at
home. You don't go out much at night
now?
Smith—No. I'vegiven npall my clubs
and societies. I should be glad to have
yon come up and spend an evening with
me occasionally.
Jones—But your wife might think me
in the way.
Smith—Oh, she’s never home at night
till late. Tonight she's at a meeting of
the Ladies' Society for Supplying Thim
bles to tho Destitute Poor. Tomorrow
night she goes to the (jueeu’s Daugh
ter.!, next night to the sociable of the
Royal Women, and so on every night.
Come up and see a fellow. It's awfully
lonely to be macried, 1 can tell you.—
New York Press.
An Important Appeal.
Advertisements, especially of the per
sonal kind, will frequently reward the
searcher for unexpected anticlimaxes.
Tho following appeared in a New York
paper not long ago: “Willie, return to j
your distracted wife and frantic chil ■
dren! Do you want to hear of your old 1
mother's suicide? You will if you do
not let us know where you are at once.
Anyway, send back your father's colored |
meerschaum!”—New York Tribune.
Suffocated by Sweet Odors.
The Sybarites slept ou beds stuffed
with rose leaves; the tyrant Dionysius
had his couch filled witli them; Versus
woulu travel with a garland on his head
and around his neck, and over his litler
he had a thin net, with rose leaves inter
twined. Antiochus luxuriated upon a
bed of blooms even in winter days and
nights, and when Cleopatra entertained
Antony she hand roses covering the floor
to the depth, it is said, of an ell.
We are told that Heliogabalus sup
plied so many at one of his banquets
that several of his guests were suffocated
in the endeavor to extricate themselves
from the abundance—victims of a sur
feit of sweet odors.—Philadelphia Times
Ammonia In Coal.
Some 13,000,000 tons of coal are burned
in London yearly. About 4,000,000 are
utilized by the gas manufacturing com
panies; 0,000,000 are burned in house
hold and industrial lire grates. Each
ton contains sufficient ammonia to pro
duce, if treated witli sulphuric acid,
twenty-two to twenty-eight pounds of
sulphate of ammonia. The total loss of
this fertilizing agent is therefore, say,
0,000 tons. As the price of sulphate of
ammonia is £0 10s. the ton, the mone
tary loss is £04,905 every year. If we
were less wasteful we should not be so
much obliged to ransack Chili aud Peru
for artificial manures.—National Re
view.
A Rewart of $500
Will be paid for any case of Rheu
matism which cannot he cured hyi
Dr. Drummond’s Lightning Remedy.
This offer is made in good faith by
the proprietors, and there is no reas
onable excuse for any one to suffer
longer. Any ordinary case will be
cured by one treatment, and it is
poor economy to suffer when relief
can he secured so certainly. The
price of a month’s treatment—two
bottles— is $5, and that is the cost
of a cure. Full particulars and tes
timonials of wonderful cures sent to
any address. Drummond Medicine
Co., 48 Maiden Lane, New York.
Agents wanted.
(Juv Marfftts,
The Number “Three'* in the Bible.
When the world was created we find
it and its surroundings composed of three
elements—air, water and land — the
whole lighted by the sun, moon and
stars. Adam had three sous mentioned
by name, and so did Noah the patriarch.
Daniel was thrown into a den with three
lions for the crime of praying three
times. Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-
nego were rescued from the fiery fur
nace. Job had three special friends.
There were three patriarchs—Abraham,
Isaac and Jacob. Samuel was called
three times;'Elijah prostrated himself
three times oh the dead body of the child;
Samson deceived Delilah three times be
fore she discovered the secret of his
great power, and the Ten Command
ments were delivered on the third day,
Jonah was three days and nights in
the whale’s belly. “Simon, lovest thou
me?" was repeated three times. Paul
makes mention of the Three Graces—
Faith, Hope and Charity. The famons
allegorical dreams of the baker and but
ler were to come to pass in three days.
Then we have the Holy Trinity—Father,
Son and Holy Ghost; tbe «acred letters
on the cross were three in number, they
being I. H. S.; so also the famous Ro
man motto was composed ..f three words
—viz., In hocsigno.—St. Louis Republic.
A Tal* of Two llama.
There was a man named Hibbs who
bought a farm, built a large, stately
dwelling at the end of a long, shady
avenue of maples and settled down to
enjoy the comfort and independence of
a fanner's life. He bnilt a cozy little
barn of logs and shingled it with clap
boards.
There was another man of the name
of Hubbs who bought a farm in the
same neighborhood, built a cozy little
dwelling of logs, shingled it with clap
boards and settled down to tbe hard,
grinding monotony of a farmer's life.
This man Hnbbs built a large, stately
barn at the end of a long, shady avenue
of maples. At the end of ten years
Hibbs’ big house had broken him up, and
Hubbs' big barn had enabled him to buy
Hibbs’ stately dwelling for abont half
price and move it over on his own farm.
Hubbs has a big dwelling and a big
barn and represents his county in tho
state legislature. Hibbs lias a little log
cabin and a little log stable and is try
ing to sell out to Hubbs. He wants to
quit farming and travel with a peddling
wagon.—Toronto Mail.
Cotton Market.
Darlington, Feb. 22.
Market steady. Best cotton is
bringing 71 cents.
Prices Current—Retail.
[Corrected Weekly by Hlackwell Bros ]
Coffee, Rio, per lb 20@25
“ Laguayra, per lb 27
Bacon, D S C R, per lb 81
Butts, per lb 7J@7J
Sugar-cured hams, per lb 12(<gl2J
Lard, simon pure, per lb 12 ^
“ refined, per lb 10
Corn, per bushel, 75
Oats, rust-proof, per bus. 70
Meal, per pk.
20
Grist, per pk,
35
Rice, per lb
5®7
Vinegar, per gallon,
40
Sugar, granulated,
6
“ extra C,
3J@5i
(onntry Produce.
Butter, per lb,
25
Eggs, per dozen,
10(3)12
Chickens, each,
20
Hens, each,
25
Cabbage, per head,
8(3)15
Dried fruit, per lb,
8®15
Peas, per bushel,
60
P. B. ALLEN,
Merchandise Broker,
Represents Leading Houses of the
country. Will meet all legitimate
competition. Solicits patronage of the
merchants in this section.
GUM-ELASTIC
ROOFING
costs only $2.00 per 100 square feet.
Makes a good roof for years, and any
one can put it on.
GUM ELASTIC PAINT costs only
00 cents per gal. in bbl. lots, or $4.50
for 5-gal. tubs. Color dark red. Will
stop leaks in tin or iron roofs, and will
last for years. TRY IT.
Bend stamp for samples and fall
particulars.
Gum Elastic Roofing Co.,
B9 & 41 West Broadway. NEW YORK.
Local Agents Wanted.
When you are iu Darlington, leave
your work at
MASON’S
New Jewelry Store,
ON PEARL STREET.
W. F DAPGAN,
Attorney - at - Law,
DARLINGTON, 8. O.
Office over Blackwell Brothers’ Store.
E. KEITH DAliGAN,
Attorney at Law,
DARLINGTON, S. C.
Nettles & Nettles,
ATTORNEYS - AT - LAW,
Darlington C. II., S. C
Will practice in all State and Federal
Courts. Careful attention will be given
to all business entrusted to us
C. P. DARGAN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
AND
Trial Justice,
DARLINGTON, S. C.
Practices in the United States Court
and in the 4th and 5tli circuits. Prompt
attcution to all business entrusted to me.
Office, Ward’s Lane, next to The Dar-
ngton Herald office.
PETER BOWLES
DOES FIRST CLASS
Paper Hanging.
Kaisomine Work a Specialty.
He solicits the patronage of
Darlington.
EAGLE BRAND
THE BEST
ROOFING
U unequalled for House, Barn, Fa<
lory or Out Buildings, ami costs half
itie price of shingles, tin or iron. It is
ready for use ami easily applied tty any
one.
KUMHr.K PAINT costs only <10 cems
per gal. in bbl. lots, or $4.50 for 5 ,.d
tubs. Color iark red. Will stop leaks
] in tin or iron roofs tlial will last for
years. TRY IT. Send stamp for sum-
j pies ami lull particulars.
Excelsior Paint and Roofing Co.
155 Unaiie St., New York. N. Y.
Feb. “ Dm.
Stationary
We endeavor not to be, and that we
succeeded can be demonstrated by an
inspection of our stock of
Stationery.
All the newest things in Papers, Pens
and Inks, Books and Magazines, Rub
bers, Inkstands and everything that
goes to make the most complete stock
of stationery in town.
Book and Toy Co.,
Non-Stationary Stationers.
mi! ITTENIMII
Our Fail and Winter stock is now
open and we will be pleased to have
you examine some. Our line was
before better, and we can now give you
as many goods for One Dollar as any
legitimate dealer in the State.
We give you below prices on a few
CLOTHING, ETC.
Boys’ Suits, $1.25 to $(5.00.
Youths’ Suits, $3.50 to $7.50.
Men’s Suits, $5.00 to $15.00.
Men’s Shoes, $1.00 to $5.00.
Ladies’ Shoes, $1.00 to $3.50.
A Nice Umbrella for $1.25.
Men’s Half Hose, oc. to 25c.
Ladies’ Hose, oc. to 25c.
Calicos, 4}c. to 71c.
Ginghams, 5?c. to 10c.
leading’articles:
GROCERIES.
Bagging, 5jc.
Ties, 90c. and $1.10.
Flour, $4.00 to $5.50.
D. S. Bacon, 12 !c.
Shoulders, 12c
Hams, 15c.
Leaf Lard, 12}c.
Coffee, 18c. to 25c.
Rico, 4 }c. to 7c.
Cheese, 12ic. to 13Jc
BLACKWELL BROS-
A HAPPY HOME
• Is made doubly so by good music* So
make the best of life am! procure a good
Piano or Organ.
Tt e im: in nvn zb e ir
A on have onyl to invest once in a life
time, provided you buy a good instrument.
Don’t worry about hard times,
as that has been the wail ever
since Adam fell.
Willi ii iti tllfiS*
Wc can save you from $40 to
$60 on PIANOS, and from $15 to
$£0 on ORGANS, for we have no
middle man to pay.
TERMS: From ONE to TWO
YEARS’ time granted to those
not prepared to pay Cash, and only
Eight per cent, added to cash price.
Address,
MAMILONEtnO.
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