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MHDElIJMIMEliU. 1 GLARCE AT TIE STATISTICS IS TIE VSITED STATES. Th« Average NaNerer b Rat Ulit- rate—A Cartawly Large Rib* ler af Fanaers Caaialt laal- cMe. [From the PhiUtlelpliia Times.] Between the fact of one human being killing another and the judi cial act prononncing it murder there is many a step and many a slip; which explains, perhaps, why it is that, although the number of per sons convicted of murder is decreas ing, the number of those accused thereof is increasing. In the United States, on an average, nearly 10 per cent of all the prisoners confined in our jails, at any one time, are charged with homicide. As to these criminals statistics bring out many interesting and even curious facts. It is generally sup posed that the foreign riff-raff dumped upon our shores day by day is responsible, for most of the brutal and reckless attempts to take life. The facts are, however, that consid erably over half of all homicides in this country committed by white men and women are chargeable to the natiye-born Americans aiid only a trifle over 4o per cent to the for eign element; and of these foreign murderers nearly lihlf are natural ized, and less than 20 per cent of them are unable to speak any Eng lish. Fortunately, however, nearly all of their killing is done upon their fellow countrymen and most of it is brought about by a desire for personal or racial revenge or in fam ily and clique quarrels and not for private gain or love of human blood. One of the most curious facts is the large number of farmers guilty of homicide. The farmer is usually supposed to be tractable and peace- loying. Yet out of all homicides in any one year it will be found that nearly one-third of them are com mitted by farmers. It is even claimed Jbj some that contact with the soil arouses a love for blood. The pro fessions furnish about one or two out of a hundred; the office-holders about one for every two hundred, and the fishers about one for every three hundred. Unskilled labor is credited with most, agriculturists come next, manufactures and me chanical industries follow, and then in their order of criminality come personal and house servants, railroad and steamship people, trade and commerce, mining, professions], offi cial, lumber and miscellaneous. To tne eyerlasting honor of wom anhood be it said that out of all homicides men commit at least 05 per cent of them, and women not over 5 or 6 per cent, and of those the vast majority are lewd and aban doned women. And of the men it is found, naturally enough, that nearly one-half of them are bachel ors. Hen are never too old to murder. The average age is found to be about 35 years, except among the Chinese, when verage is higher. Twen ty pei cent are under 25, and a few are over the Scriptural three score and ten. The average age of women is over 82. The figures also dispel the popu lar delusion that idleness is crime’s gnat workshop, ae over threc-fourtha of all persons charged with homi cide were employed at the time of the crime. Nor docs liquor play the all-important part usually attributed to it Less than one-fifth of all homicides arc found to be inveterate drinkers, while fully as large a number are found to be total ab stainers. Over HO per cent have been found to be in good physical health, and very few have shown any striking marks of physical ata vism or degeneration. In spite of the fact that a majori ty of the murderers have some sort of education, it is nevertheless no ticeable that the crime in a broad generalization reaches its highest percentage among the uneducatad and illiterate. In the State of Texas, for example, one murder occurs to every 8,500 inhabitants. In Illinois the percentage falls to one murder for every 50,000, while in Massachu- settf. it falls far below this. ' jmpared with other'hations the Lilted States, in spite of its differ ent elements and its want of uni- fonn police protection, is not re markable for the number of its mur ders. Italy and Spain are much more murderous nations. In 1875 Italy abolishethcapital punishment, and it is claimed that murders in creased 42 per cent In the United States only three States hare abol ished the death penalty—Bhode lihuids Mkhkim Winrnunin— with what consequences it is yet im possible to tell. Murder is often the result of a sort of epidemic of crime that strikes a community—one murder frequently bringing on another—but generally it is the product of a gen eral lack of civilization. Whenever a State or Government is in a state of demoralization murder is bound to increase, unless such tendency is counteracted by strong religious in fluences. Thus Turkey is notorious ly unsettled in all its temporal affairs, and yet, thanks to the strong Islam faith of its people, it is noto riously free from this one great crime against God and man. Compared with Turkey, Greece, the cradle of civilization, is a very hot-bed of murders—rolling up a grand total of 316 murders and 473 attempts in one year out of a popu lation of less than 2,000,000. Even Ireland in its worst years of agrari anism and arson did not reach such proportions. The decay of govern mental stability in llussia also seems to be marked by a striking increase in political murders, inspired, of course, by Nihilistic and Socialistic influences. The same tendencies are producing a marked increase of this crime in all the European nations, especially in Germany and France, and it is getting to be a common ex pectation of .the daily news reader to find his morning paper tilled with accounts of murders by the whole sale. Peace, instead of allaying the desire to take human life, seems to increase it more than war. Criminologists on the Continent have made a careful study of mur der and are convinced that the mur derer is hardly a responsible being. Either he is the result of a stunted and immature physical growth, as Lombroso and his followers would have it, or he is the abnormal pro duct of abnormal social conditions, as is claimed by the French School of Criminal Anthropology. What ever the causes and whatever the statistics it is the almost unanimous opinion of men who have studied the question that murder is a crime growing less and less, so that while this crime of Cain is likely to exist for all time to come the next few centuries are bound to work such changes that our present criminal annals and statistics will read like fables to the people of that happy day. BAILET WAS IIS RAWE. Ell FerkiM •• the Daibiry Sews Mai. Bailey—James Montgomery Bailey was his full name. He was bom in Albany in 1841, fought through the war in a Connecticut regiment, and afterward made himself famous writing for the Danbury News. Mr. Bailey’s wit has a delicious mental flavor. In fact, it is always the shrewd, thoughtful man that en joys it. It is not in long, inane dia logues, but a flash of thought The humorist says a poor man came to him with tears in his eyes one day, asking for help for his destitute and starving children. “What do you need most ?” asked Mr. Bailey. “Well, we need bread, but if I can’t have that I’ll ' ,ice tobacco.” One day a sole- n and religious D&nbury man hailed a charcoal ped dler with the query: “Have you got charcoal in your wagon ?” “Yes, sir,” said the expectant dri ver, stopping bis horses. “That’s right,” observed the reli gious man, with an approving noil, “always tell the truth and people will respect you.” And then he closed the door just in time to escape a brick hurled by the wicked peddler. One day I asked Mr.. Bailey if they bad lazy men in Connecticut. “Lazy men J” he exclaimed. “Why, we have a man in Danbury so lazy that instead of shoveling a path to the front gate he pinches the baby’s ear with the nippers till the neigh bors come rushing in to tread down the snow.” Mr. McMasters was buying a home of Mr. Bailey, and asked him if the house was cold in the winter. "Cold!” said bailey cautiously. “I can’t say as to that. It stands outdoors.” Speaking of the Indian raids, says Bailey: “The Modocs have made another raid on our people and mur dered them. If ever our government gets bold of these savages, gets them right where they cannot escape, gets them wholly into its clutches, some contractor will make money.”— “Twenty Years of Wit and Humor.” A man never looks to see if there if a wobw natter the bed, TO THE COTTOX GROWERS. A Saithrrner on ’Change Appeals t* the ftoith to Thiik aid Reasii. [.John T. Roddey, of Hoddey it in The State, March 0.] The cotton situation should at present cause more thought and agi- tatson than anything else with the thinking people of the South, and it does seem that with so many shrewd and progressive Southerners that they could control the price of cot ton, which can only be raised in ten Southern States of the-Union. The Southern States should be able to dictate, instead of having the price dictated to them. Why will the South not organize, and study more closely the law of supply and demand ? They should command the situation and control their most profitable staple, which affects their welfare more than all political ques tions, to the discussion of which so much time is given. Which is more profitable, to raise 6,000,000 bales at 12 cents, or 9,000,• 000 at 5 cents? Some argue that the price of cotton must equal the cost of production. This is a mis leading argument, because even some of the Southern States possess special advantages, so that while at a certain price some communities would get a fair or small profit, the same price would mean ruin to others. Some farmers will say: “Well, I make enough of everything to do me and can afford to plant the balance of my land in cotton.” This extra planting is the cause of 'the low price. The worst trouble iu some sections, it seems, (in my opinion,) is the merchant, because if a laborer can borrow, buy, beg or rent a mule, he can easily rent the land, and the merchant permits his lieu to be in proportion to the amount of land he has in cotton. Many farmers prom ise to pay big prices for corn, pro visions and other necessities, expect ing an enormous crop of cotton to pay for everything. The big crop comes and prices must necessarily be low. Then the debts cannot be paid, and, of course, general demoraliza tion is the result Why cannot farmers organize some plan which wonld permit only so many acres to be planted in cotton for each horse and then adhere to the rule. Diversify the crop. Let every family raise everything at home except what it wears. 'There is no sense in the South buying everything it uses, when it can be raised in that section, which naturally should be the most prosperous part of the Union; but it seems to send North or West for everything, because, in my opinion, it simply desires to plant cotton. Many farmers seem to know nothing else, and care to learn nothing else. If an organization coaid be form ed emong Southern faimers to con trol the planting of cotton, instead of disenssing the silver bill and other political questions, 12 to 15 cedts per pound could easily be ob tained for cotton. Cotton is very different from wheats in that the latter can l« grown all over the world. Supply and demand must control prices. When it is kuown how many acres the South has planted in cotton, spinners im mediately begin to figure how low they can buy your cotton next year. No doubi, Manchester ^pinners have representatives in the South now, figuring on how many acres you will plant, and for how little they can buy your cotton. There is one point I wish especi ally to emphasize, and that is the tendency of the South to send out false reports in regard to the prob able amount of cotton they will raise This works great injury to prices. Why? Experts go South, look up the crop, estimate the acreage md the amount you will make. These farmers will say five bales to the horse. The experts, haying taken in the situation, know positively that seven bales of cotton will ire made to the horse, or at least a difference of easily 20 per cent. The reports of the farmers, who estimate the crop at only five bales to the horse, are given to the govern ment and many large houses, who send them out Then, the South, with this false idea, wiil imagine that the crop is exceedingly small, and will buy cottou. The experts give their opiuiou, which is usually correct, to many influeutial people, who then sell you the cottou at high prices, based on the estimate of five bales to the horse. When the time comes around lor you to sell your cotton, it is apparent that the crop wilt be seven bales to the horse, and you will get the low price on this basis. So you cau readily see that hundreds of speculators, cottou traders and mei chants live—and comfortably too—on your false esti mates of tne crop. The loud talker is seldom a strong tbtatai I3ST THE IR-A-CE Atlantic Const Line. Take Your County Paper. Why Every Family Ought to Have It- No Man Ton Poor to Take a Paper. It is the cheapest thing he can buy. 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Neglect at any time is bad enough, but if there is any time more than another when a man needs a first-class weekly news paper, it is now, and to neglect supplying yourself with one is nothing more than working your own injury. Lively Times Ahead ! For lively and interesting developments in State politics the next six mouths will be without parallel iu any similar period since the war, aud even now the great campaign is under way. Where do You Stand ? Where any patriotic American ought to stand, don't you ? Then why not help yourself and help your neighbor by subscribing to THE DABLJNGTON HEKALD. • It Covers the Couutv. «/ Now, this is the time, more than any other time, for you to be e provided with a first-class newspaper. You cannot be without one, and you cannot get one that will please you half as much as THE DARLINGTON HEKALD. Just Try it and See ! It costs you only ONE DOLLAR per year. AddLsreiMB, The Darlington Herald, DARLINGTON, 8,0# The HartsvUle Railroad. Dated Dec. 3,1893. DAILY MIXED TRAIN. Leave HartsvUle G 00 am Jovann 020 am Floyd’s 0 33 am Arrive Darlington 7 20nm Leave 1 larlingtou 0 30 pm Floyd’s 8 (10 pm Jovann 8*20 piu Arrive llartaville 8 40 pm J. F. DIVINE* Oen. Snn’l C. & D. and C. & S. Railroads. In Effect 3. Dec. 18!»4. GOING NOKTH. P. M. 00150 SOUTH. A. M. 715 Le. Florence Ar. 7 25 728 Palmetto 711 788 Darlington 700 750 Floyd’s 049 7 55 Dove’s 044 818 Society Hill Cash’* 020 8 27 012 850 Cheraw 000 JUS McFarland 517 939 Morven 504 9 54 p m Bennett’s 4 51 1015 p m Ar. Wades boro Le. 180 LOCAL VREIGHT TRAIN. NORTH BOUND. MUTH BOUND. 1 STATIONS. % A. M. P. M. 8 10 Lv. Pregnalls Ar. 8 50 810 Harleyvllle 6 40 8 84 Peeks r 8 25 8 87 Holly Hill 8 21 813 Conners r 815 8 50 Eutawville 8 07 0 02 Vances 7 55 9 17 Merriam’s r 7 40 9 29 St-PeuI 7 27 9 85 Summcrton 7 20 9 44 Silver 710 9 52 PacksviUe . * 7 00 10 05 Tindal 0 47 10 20 Ar. Sumter Lv. 0 30 10 25 Lv. Slimier Ar. 6 10 10 88 Oswego 5 58 10 51 81. Charles ,*’ 3 45 1101 Elliot) s 5 85 1110 Lamar '*• 5 20 1130 Syracuse #05 11 45 Lv. Darlington Ar. 4 50 12 00 Mont Clare 4 33 1211 Robbins Neck r 4 20 12 20 Mandeville 4 05 12 40 Ar. Bennettsyillc Lv. 3 50 18 48 Breedens r 8 42 12 53 Alice 3 37 105 Gibson 3 25 120 Glio 310 185 Ar. Hamlet ;LvC2 55 P.M. P/M. “F” Flag Station Trains stop only on signal or to take on and let off passengers. J. II. AVERILL, General Manager. Leave Florence 7 30 a m Darlington 8 40 a m Arrive Cheraw 11 20 a m Leave Cheraw 1 00 p m Darlington 4 00 p m Arrive Florence 5 00 p m C, 8. OADSDEX, President. Northeastern Railroad. TRAINS GOING SOUTH. Dated .Tan. I 11th, ld94. No. 15 No. No. nil No. 23 No.53. 1 • 1 1501 * 1 • 1 * la. M. \. M.lA. M P.M. I/O Florence. il.TT B 351 T 45 7 25 •' Kingstrec 8 58 8117 Ar. Lancs ( 4 52 30 sun P. M. Lc.Lanes 4 52 ........ j 30 9 00 7 05 ArCbarleet'n 1 650 9 42 30 11(10 8 45 A. M. A.M.lA. M.|P. M. P. M. TRAINS GOING NOKTH. I No. TsIno. OO'No. It No. No. 52 1 • • • +500 • IA. H. P. M. P. M. P. M. A. M. Le.Charleato 335 500 3 9) S 41 700 Ar lames...... 5 no 7 OO 5 2» s a*. Le Lanes.... 5 so 7 05 5 39 " Klnsstree SK 7 25 5 45 Ar.Floronce. 7 10 8 50 6 45 11 as ....... A. N. P. M. P. M. P.M. A. M. * Daily, t Dally except Sunday. Trains Nos. 501 and 500, New York and Florida Special, carrying only first- class passengers holding Pullman ac commodations—Daily except Sunday No- 52 runs through to Colombia' via Central R. R. of S. C. Trains Nos. 500, 78 and 14 run via Wilson and Fayetteville—Short Line— and make close connection for all points North. 4NO. F. DIVINE, Gen’l Supt. J. R. KENLY, Gen'l Manager. T. M. EMERSON. Traffic Manager. Wilmington & Weldon R. R. GOING SOUTH. DATED Oct. Stb, 1802 ** 12 m -■bis Ip Leave Weldon — Arrive Bocky Mount... p. m. uao 140 p. *43 ofi "•soo -. m. 000 700 ::::::: Arrive Tubem.—...... Leave Tsrboro. p. m. •2M UM ******** Arrive Wilson P. III. 118 p. m. JIM p. m. 740 -|40 9*& m. m. 7.40 Leave Goldsboro......... Leave Warsaw —... Leave Majrnolia Arrive Wfimlnzton.... p. m. 31* 414 417 • 00 a. m. *30 930 044 112* Going south. No. 28 daily. Leave Wilson *2 80 p m Arrive Selma 8 25 Arrive Fayettsvtlle 5 20 GOING KOKOH. Dated may 31, MR. ll fi c=! set* Leave Wilmington Leave Maenolla... Leave Warsaw ... Arrive Goldsboro a. m* 1235 1*4 "*** a. m. • It 10*7 nu 120* 08832 d Leave Fayette vUle Leave Mima.. Arrive WUson — a. m. ••30 113* p. m. 123* e...... Leave Wilson a. m. 385 p. m. 1258 p. m. 804 Arrive Kooky Mount.. 408 130 880 ....... Arlve Tarboro a. m. •6 30 p. m. ♦218 Leave Tarboro. — 12 58 Arrive Weldon - a. m. 605 p. m. 255 p. m. 1000 ■ ■ —*~ ~ * — .. V- . _ r 1 r~ ♦Daily except Sunday. Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley R. R. Condensed Schedule, Dec. 3d, 1893. NORTH BOUND. No. 2, Daily except Sunday. Leave Wilmington, 7 00 a m Arrive Fayettrille, 1010 Leave Fayetteville, * 10 27 Leave Fayetteville Junction 1080 Sanford, 11 48 Leave Climax, 1 43 p m Arrive Greensboro, 315 Leave Greensboro, 2 5-) Leave Stokesdale, 348 Arrive Walnut Cove, 420 Leave Walnut Cove 433 Leave Rural Hall, 610 Arrive Mt. Airy, 025 SOUTH BOUND. No. 1. Daily except Sunday. Leave Mt. Airy. 9 45 am Leave Rural Hall 1100 a m Arrive Walnut Cove 11 35 pm Leave Walnut Cove, 11 42 Stokesdale 12 00 p m Arrive Greensboro 12 52 Leave Greensboro, 12 59 Climax 127 Sanford, 312 Arrive Fayetteville Junctien 425 Arrive Fayetteville 430 Leave Fayetteville, 4 45 Arrive Wilmington, 7 55 NOKTH BOUND. No. 4, Dally except Sunday. Leave Bennettsville, 0 25 a m Maxton. 7 37 Red Springs, 817 Leave Hope Mills, 9 12 Arrive Fayetteville 9 35 SOUTH BOUND. No. 8, Daily except Leave Faycttevilfc, Hope Mills, Red Springs, Maxton, Arrive Bennettsville. Sunday. 4 50pm 5 13 006 0 47 800 NOBTH BOUND. No. 10, daily except Sunday. Mixed. Leave Ramseur, 0 60 a m Leave Climax, 840 Arrive Greensboro, 925 Leave Greensboro 9 40 Stokesdale 11 oo Arrive Madison H 50 SOUTH BOUND. No. 15, dally except Sunday. Mixed. Leave Madison 12 80 p m. Leave Stokesdale 1 05 Arrive Greensboro 985 Leave Greensboto, 8 00' Leave Climax 8 55 Arrive Ramseur 685 Trains No. 2 and 4 make close con nection at Favetteville Junction with the Atlantic Coast Line for all points North and at Walnut Cove with N. ft W. System for Wnston-Salem. Train No. 10 connects at Madison with N. ft W. for Roanoke and points West. Train No 1 makes close connection at Fayetteville Junction with Atlantic Coast Line for Charleston, Savannah, Jacksonville, and all points South. Junction points at Maxton with S. A. L., at Bennettsville with C., 8. ft N. R. R., at Sanford with 8. A. L., at Greens- lioro with the Richmond and Danville System. J. W. FRY, Gen. Manager. W. E. KYLE, Gen. Paas. Agent EXPRESS IT TO W., C. & A. Railroad. GOING SOUTH. Dated Dec 8, 1803. No. 55. Leaves 'Wilmington * 3:20 p. m Marion 6 11 Arrives at Florence 0:50 No. 56. Leaves Florence Arrives at Sumter *7:10 p. m. 8:28 Arrive Columbia 10:00 No. 58. Leaves Florence t 7:45 Arrive at Sumter 0:20 No. 52. Leaves Sumter *0:53 a. m. Arrives at Columbia 10:05 No. 52. runs through from Charleston via Central Railroad, leaving Laces 8.40 a m., Manning 9.1$ a. m. Jaw Allan & Co.,' ' , 285 King St., Charleston, S. C., Aud have it put in thorough order. Flue Watch Work a Specialty aid Warrauted One Year. Chief Inspectors of Watches for GOING NORTH No. 51 Leaves Columble * 4.80 a. m. Sumter 5:57 a. m. Arrives at Florence 7:15 a. m No. 56. Leaves Florence 7:40 a. in Marion 8:23 Arrive at Wilmington 11:10 No. 53. Leaves Columbia *4:20 p. m Arrives at Sumter 5:35 No. 59. Lv. Sumter Sumter 5.45 p. m. Ar. Florcace 0:35 p. m. •Daily. tDaily, except Sunday. No. 53 runs through to Charleston, via Central R. R., arriving at Manning 6:15 p. m., Lanes 7:00 p. m., Charleston 8:45 p. m. Trains on Manchester ft Augusta R. H. leave Sumter daily, except Sunday, at 10.50 a. m., arrives at Itimini 11.50 a. m. Returning leaves Itimini 1.00 p. m., ar rives at Sumer 2.10 p. m. Trains on Wilmington Chadbourn ft Conwav railroad leave Chailliourn 10.10 a. m., arrive Conway 12.30 p.m.,returning leave Conway at 2.00 p. m. arrive Chad- bourn 4.50 p. in. Leave Chadbourn 7.00 a. m. and 5.13 p. m., arrive Hub at 7.45 a. m. and 0.00 p. m. Returning leave Hub 8.15 a. m. and 0.30 p. m.. arrive Chadbourn 0.00 a. m. and 7.15 p. m. Daily except Sunday. J. it. KENLEY, General Manager. T. M. EMERSON, Traffic Manager. j, Ft DiVUlSi Uoacrtl taponiMndllt Atlantic Coast Line, South Carolina Railway, I’laut System Railways. Headquarters for WEDDME PBESEITS, : JEWELS. WITCHES, FIIE IMPS, STEBLUG SIHE. Orfers fr*m the ('•■■try receive preapt xllriti«a. R ' Sable Goods. Reosot able Prices, A Urge itock always OA bifid,.