as coi^
ht of the fash
Originated
Hight you
whereon
Debt* of Honor.
"Debts of Honour Wemight
naturally 8U
honest ly co
of honor; btti'
That is? <itts
siderec1 in the
ion of thotfej&g.
the ternu jtojjgM'
suppose hat Ine
two men mot fortheptirposeol
mutual < Onfession, and sorrow
for past offence, was a field oi
honor. no! The field oi
Honor is that whereon twc
men most to shoot ^fet Ono fftx
other; o: 'to stick sharn-point^d
swords |nto one another,
real or
the debt]
Why
should
gaming]
for
fancied wrong. Ar d
of honor! What nitf
ijeally? a dept thai
be no* debt "at all ? e
? v |debt! That, is a debt
of honor; and among 9. certain
class tAkes precedence of all
- other debts. The honest tail
or must go to the wall until
the last dollar borrowed and
lost at the gamingtable is paid!
And so with the butcher
"... the baker. *
and
>, During the frolicsome days
Of Charles Fox, when he was
given to about every society
vice under the sun, an honest
tradesman called upon him
with 11 bill for two hundred
poundb, earnestly begging pay
ment. i But I Pox said ne could
not piy it.
-How can that be'* asked
the mlan, "when you nave, at
this moment, more than that
amount in bank-notes Upon
your table?"
"A1 1 !" replied Charles, "those
notes are for paying my debts
of honor!"
Thsreupon the tradesman
tore his bill into pieces, and
threw the pieces into the blaz
ing fire; then turning to Fox,
with his hand over his heart,
said:! ?
"llhere, sir? my debt is now
a debt of honor, which I can
not oblige you to pay."
diaries was deeply touched
by tjhe man's movement; an cL
as hfe turned to leave, Jie called
hiiif back and paid him.
Cliiuieston'a Oppression of Her CiHawns.
Charleston has some nineteen 1
^ntL??' ,her .,n I
for |&on-i
or
iai
chifts ira
yet we are ignow?
not to understand why t
foeu could hot be made 01
thd property
It deems an
to put a m
other cause
pay a deb$..
debtors werfr
ifai
II- delitiquQnt
omptly put in
.1* . i .iii
jail, that institution at *Abbe
vil lo would have to bo enlarged.
'Wo put only poor men*' in jail
wl en they are unable to pay a
po 1 tax for the school fund,
W len ,a colossal old tax dodder
die s up. this way, we are asked
to name a College for him.
Ju it think of it. The State Is
asked to heap honors on a man
wdlo annually dodged paying
abjout one thousand dollars of
taxes, while poor creatures are
thlrust in jail because they are
toio poor to raise one dollar for
scihool purposes. The ven
erable and reverend old tax
dodgor of Oconee made no
return ati all of about $100,000
worth of property, and no effort
as far as wo can learn, is being
made to recover what is justly
due from him to the St ato. In
the case of poor men different
action is taken. If our State
officers will only do their
d ity, it is/p&roly possiblo that
the rich, atfwell as the poor,
may be made to pav taxes. ?
Abbeville Press and Manner.
I "Oh, it's very easy for you to
tttisfc God tor your daily broad,
When you always have a com
fortable balance in^your favor
on yourbank accoufit!" This
itf a common enough complaint
of $>oor and perplexed and
Ikarassed souls, when counseled
to cast off their cares on God.
J$?t it is a very mistaken
complaint. It is not easy for
the well-to-do persons to trust
(ifod for his daily bread, just
because it is so entirely fpasy
and natural for him to wrust
his bank balance. In fact, our
opportunity of trusting God
is just in
occasion for , anxiety.
it is thatty;^mr tibf<
'jBlossod aft ye poor.
Mm
in nfo t
? ,
th'? ti?nr (hit Kunpt/wder,
>< vinpnthotio with *uoh other's employ
'bout* wiling to Hvo on ?ru?itf ttiOMlrt
ill thoy get lar?o fac, jitiwt, tl.ftt is a
>ynl h>nrrifige. It in ao flet di/rt-n in
- * ? veuly ohive^nmt the oidng*
? shall wither on neithor tide
fffl
JMiwCtot Be Con rioted. /.
Edgefield, Nov. 19l^-Th?
jury iu charge of the case
iuruioaV Uones for fmurdjef
remained in their rodm eigh;
teen hours, endeavoring to
ttg^qa. on a verdict. [ Sunday
morning at 10 o'clock* they
Reported to tae court tnat it#
was impossible to reach-a ver
dict, ana a mistrial was ordered.
Tho Solicitor made an effort
to have tho case tried apaiu
to-day, but tho witnesses for
the defense had gone to their
\ hotfiesr a The * case ^therefore i
went ovefr until the liext term
of cottrt. ? Columbia Register.
V **i They Got MnrrM.
<By* one Of those unexpected
turns of fortune, which occur
in Albany as often asaiivwhmv,,
a man who but half a dozen
ears ago was a hodeairior ha*
ecome comparatively weal
thy. This change of financial
circumstances, had the us
ual effect upon 1Jio ex-hodcar
rier's wife, who enjoys decora
ting her adipose form with
what she supposes to be the
latest stvles. She has also,
notwithstanding an utter dis
ability to read, affected a fine
literary taste, which she osten
tatiously announces whenever
possible. Calling upon a lady
whom she has been trying to
make herself acquainted with,
she picked up*a book from the
table, and, innocent of ac
knowledge that it was a copy
of the Bible, asked the loan of
it for a short time, as "she had
not the book in her library.'"
The lady readily consented.
After keeping it about a fort
night, her visitor returned the
volume with profuse thanks.
"How did you like it?" was
asked. "Very well, indeed; but
I knew how it would turn out
before 1 was half through.
They got married after all/ ?
Ex.
Luck.
"Oh, but hasn't he been
liicky!" How often do we
Hear expressions such' as t^ie
foregoing from a person wlip
has rashly plungea into somet
unsuccessful speculation, when'
he hears of a neighbor having
jhriven better than himselL
ftough their ci^cunjstanc^jt
Hcting himself fromlheimpu
?ation 9$. inferior ability or
ministry. How consoling it id
*>r the unfortunate when tlieif
friends, with amiable Hendef
htas, account for their digastei's,
assuring them that, they have
tebd hard luck. - There is no
sfu^lv thing as luck. Chance
there is, and many persons
haVe been indebted to this for
gyeat advantages. But to
suppose that cortain indivi
duals are favored through life
with a frequent recurrence'* of
advantageous chances, while
others are exposed to the
reverse', is inconsistent' with
the laws of nature and with
every idea which we can form
of a just and beneficent Deity.
If we were to examine closely^
into what appeared solely the
result of chance, we should
probably find in many in
stances that stern qualities,
consciousness of situation, anu
hard, plodding work, accounted
for trie most of tho results
attained.
Of what avail are fortunate
chances to one who has no
ability, and whose head is
turned by^little good fortune?
To such a person a favorable
chance in the beginning of
life is tho worst thing that
could befall him: for, whilo a
wise mind would have been
benefitted thereby, he is simply
encouraged on to his own des
truction. He relaxes all his
efforts, trusting that good
fortune will soon come his way
again; but it is not likely t p
come his way again, for, strange
and capricious as it may seem,
good fortune, like lightning,
seldom strikes twice in the
samo place.? tlx,
Tho Manning Time* aavft: "We
lonrn t hut tho Methodiat church of
thin place will bare two Hits of mom
bom Ono lint will contain the namea
at tho supporter* of the church; the.
other, a pauper list of thpso jvho are
rcligioualy fed but oontnbnte little at
notnirig towards tho support of the
ohurch. Some curious portions would
like to know the length of the two
jsts and wl?> the auAorters and
>npera are." Similar fiats might bo
_Jklo us in most of tho ohurehes if
we miatoke not V ' yv ?
s> (t ^ jy, ' ' ' ?
4-A littlo deaf and dumb girl wfti
once naked by a ludy who wrote tho
tmortUou on a H)aUy%\\ hat is proyert"
Tho littlo girl took tho |?ono?i, and
wrote the reply : ? '"Proyt r is the wibh
Ofthehoart" .
V darling, X ronlly bolievo
my rbonmatism ha? wholly diaop
puared. Hho- O I am so sony 1 Now
we shall never know when the woath
*1. going to ohugo. .J?_
Uirts lathe Uanfen.
If there is one thing more beautiful
than another in a garden of flowers,
thai thing is a beautiful girl, with a
?onbonnet on her head so wide and
spacious thai you have to get right
square before ner, and pratfcy near
hpr, to see the glowing cheeks that
are to be there, if she is at all
aconatomed .to garden walks t and
works, Physically, there ea A be
nothiug better for daughters, indited,
for fnahy; wives, than to take sofa
obarge of a am all flower garden. The
benelita derived from early rising,
stirring the soil, snuffing the morning
air, are freshness and glow of chtel
and brightness of eye, cheerfulness pf
temper, vigor of mind and parity . of
heUrt Consequently, she most be
moxe cheerful and lovoly as a daugh
ter. wbre dignified and womanlvj as a
sister/ and moire attractive ana , oon
tf ding as a wife. If yo& jhave not the
door yard ground, then' get a dozen
pots and plaut tho seeds of flowers to
your taste.,.. The euro and attention
required to rear and train {he grow
ing plant* occupies the mind, to the
exclusion, oil outlines, of senseless
novel-reading, a senseless waste of
?time. You listlesH, pale-faced, fragile
thing of a girl, throw off your mock
delioucy, put on your gloves, if you
will work in the garden till your
choeks will vie in color with the blush
of the rose you cultivate.
Our Trip to Westville.
Ou Saturday morning last, Nov. 10,
1888, we boarded the Three C's at
Lancaster Courthouse (or Westville,
a very neat and flourishing little town
on the Three C'e ? about bix miles be
low Kershaw. Westville is on? of
the first towns laid off on that road.
It derived its name from the old fam
ily name of West's? a good family of
poople noted for their honesty and
uprightness. The town is building
up rapidly ? has five or six stores and
about a dozen dwelling^ ? with sever
al more going up. Capt L. L. Cly
bnrn is about completing a largo store
and also a magnificent dwelling ?
with twelve rooms. CaptL.C.Hough,
who is connected with the firm of J.
0. Hilton & Co., is also building a
beautiful residence.
The principal business meh are L.
L. Clyburn, J. C. Hilton & Co., J. H.
Stephenson and Henry Peach. Theso
gentlemen art* ul) good men and \\ est
ville is Ixnind to l>e some day in the
neur future, a town of not?. It is
true that it hus not the good farming
oountryj-to back it up . that Kershaw
bas, but notwithstanding all that, we
bespeak for Westville a bright future.
We are sorry that we huve not space
to say more of Westville, but hope to
bo able to "write it up" more fully,
and as it deserves, at uo distant day.
? J. M. It in Lancaster Review.
J, ?On 9 of the elements of oup^b^
""do riot Kuow'tbe future. HowjB|
a part of the pleasure of life
?tered and blignted by an unr?*^M__
Ele antioipatioojuf coming evil 1 H|
StwwpwW ^tp?P?#pnIa pWBB ,*"?
1 morrow, that a friend was to
on down, that A mercantile
was tv> go away, that this 91* tua^^^
ftn^BiiglitoT and sun
ehine of to-day, glad and bright,
though it might be, if he were over
shadowed with the oloud of a cor tain
misfortune that was to como on the
morrow.
?A. skeptical young collegiate con
fronted an old Quaker with the state
uient |hat he dia not believe in the
Bi^le. Said the Quaker, "Does thee
believe in Frauce 1" "Y bs ; for though
I have not seen it, I have seen others
that have. Besides, there is plenty
of corroborative proof that snob a
country does -exist." "Then thee will
not be'ieve anything thee or others
have not seen?" "No, to bo sure I
won't." "uid thoe over see thine own
brains?" "No." "Ever fiee anybody
thatdid?" "No." "Does thee boliove
that thoe hx.<s any V ,
? "We never furnish a knife wUh
pio," said a prim waiter ftt & Kepkn*,
Iowa, boarding house, 'vThen bring
me the axe," oried the new boarder,
in despair.
? Thors is no readier way for a man
to bring his own worth into question
than by endeavoring to detract from
the worth of other men.
? The Catholics of Australia and
India have presented the Pope with
$1,000,000. We would rather be Pope
th&n editor,
"Not n Iloiifln/a," Truly.
The following Advertisement is
copied from ft $onth Carolina news
paper ;
"Wanted ? A OIRL.
<4An intelligent girl may loarn
the trade of newspaper comi>oHitor, ( ^
nt tho oftice. Must have a fair
education, bo quick and willing,
lieing ft conntnnt bother for the first
month or two, she will only roeelve
fift.y cents a week for tho first month;
after 1 hat, ono dollar per week for
the next twolvo months. Has to
Ixmrd at his home. It must l>e
remembered that the girl has an
opportunity to learn the business
correctly, and that The-- ? ~ja not a
Iwnanza."
That in worse than mivklng panta
loons at 7 cents a pnir, an noma poor
women of New York are compelled
to do for a living. >
A RMAIX-8IZKD IX>TTKR*.
v Here in another advertiRem?nt
dipped from another South Carolina
nowfipapor:
"Now Iff The Timet
"a change to okt a UN* ooi,n
'WfATOH FOR NOTHIKO.
"To all new mibfltoribers to The--**.
received between the 20th of
October and the 1st of February next
and to, nil present snhaoribera wh6
pay. tip 'their r>a?t Rflbwriptlona and
one year in advance, will no given ft
numbered ticket t6 a drawing (or an
Kmioant Douoi.k Ca*k Goi,n WaTo?,
which will tako placo on Friday,
Fohruaryl, 1889"
The pnbliHher is probably not
awaro that he in violating the United
?St at oh Statutes in circulating matter
For every variety of Dress Goods go to The Gilt Edge
Store. Look at the following redactions in a few lines of
Dress Goods at the Gilt Edge Store.
7 pieces striped, plaid and figured Wosted reduced from 25
to 17 cents.
1 piece reduced from 85 to 25c.
8 pieces finest all wool striped Her. "ott.a 4-4 from $1.25 to$l.
* A few pieces redueed from 20 to 16/.
Another lot of Wool 8-4 Alpacoas. Kl'k. and Col. only 10c.
Full line Blaok Dress Good6 from 10c. to $1.00.
? For bargaina in Bleached and Unblcached Geods go to the
- Gilt Edga Store.
largest and cheapest siocli of Carpets to be found, in
jCarjden from, 15 cents to $1.25 at the Gilt Edge Store.
? ? vriM Wt
HIBBONS! 11IBBONS!
i
Ribbons in endless variety and prices at the Gilt Edge Store
GRUM GLOTHSI
Crum Cloths cheaper than ever' at the Gilt Edge Store.
Beautiful lino Ladies new stjlo Walking Jackets at the
Gilt Edge Store. The best Ladies Undervest for 50 cents.
CLOTHING
DEPARTMENT
t
. i
iff full and prices are inviting.
Dobfc buy Dry Goods, Shoes, Clothing, Hats or Grocorios un
til the Gilt Edgo Store has beon inspocted unless you want
to loose money.
P. T. MEPI8UE.