University of South Carolina Libraries
? \ L v ^" < ? / VOL. 1. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1884. NO. I. WII.MIXOTOX, roHIMHIA AND { A I'll I'rtT A KAII.KOAI). > Ooing Sou h no 48 No 40 Leave Wilmington 9 30 p in II 10 p hi ^ Arrive at Florence 1 60 a in 2 20 u in 1 Arrivtf at Columbia 0 40 a m Going Xorth No 4'l no 47 j Leave Columbia 10 00 p m | Leave Florence. 4 50 p m 1 62 a m j Arrive at Wilmington ....7 40 p m 0 10 a m j Train No. 45 stops at nil stations, Nos. 48 and 47 stop only at Hritiklcj's, Whiteville, Flemington, Fair HlufT, Marion, Florence, ' Timmor.sville, Sumter, cnniden Junctiou ai'd ' Kastovcr. Passengers for Columbia and all ' points on c ? i) k k, c, c a a k r, Aiken June- ' tion and all points beyond, should tako no. 48, night express Separate Pullman sleepers ' for Charleston and August a on trains 48 and ' 47. All trains run solid between Charleston 1 and Wilmington. I QVARTANBURG AX1) Ar>lll% > lliliK KAU.KUAU * On. aud after Mhv 12, 1884, passenger , trains, will be run daily, except Sunday, be- j tween Spartanburg ami Hendcraoiiville as f follows: ' UT TRAIN Leave R. A 1)- Depot at Spartanburg 6 00 p ui r (.cave Spartanburg, A. L. depot?... C 10 p m t I.care Saluda 8 50 (> m t Leave Flat Rock .0 15 p m J A rriv? Heiidersonvilie V SO r. m u I)<)\rx M R.I IN. Leave Hendersonville . 8 00 a in r Leave Flat Rock 8 15 am n I.cava Saluda 9 00 a in v Leavr A ir Line .1 unction 11 25 a m c Arrive R. A. 1) Depot Spartanburg 11 30 a in i Trains on this rond run by Air-Line time. Both trains make connections for C< ' -bia and Charleston via Spartanburg, Union and Columbia: Atlanta and Charlotte by Air Line. ~ JAMKS ANDERSON, Superintendent. F 0OKDKNSK1) TIMK CAKD Magnolia Passenger Route. Ia fleet September 14, 1884. (ioinu hot'tll. Leave Greenwood *5 SO am + 4 00 pm " Arrive Augusta ... 11 SO him 8 50 j>m Leave Aujrustn 10 SO am U 00 pai Arrive Atlanta 4 46 pin fl 40 am Leave Augusta 11 40 am Arrive lieaufort.r 5 60 pm " J'ort Hoyal 06 pm . " Chalvston 6 50 pin | " Savannah G 42 pin " Jacksonville I 00 am 1" ooinc south. i Leave Jacksoaville 5 SO pm r " Savaunah 0 ii am t " Charleston 0 10 am Leave Port Uuval 7 26 am " lieauforl 7 S7 am " Augusta 1 40 pm Leave Atlanta 4 8 50 pm Arrive Augusta (i 10 am Leave An^usta 4 AO pm 5 40 am Arrive Greenwood V 00 pm 11 30 am ( Tickets on sale at Greenwood to all poinla ai luinugn rates?u?gg?R? cnecketl to tlcBtination. I>ail.T. tDailr, x<*eo< Similar. t \V' K. SBiLLMiN, Traffic ilmiHpcr. J N. Uahh, Superintendent. ATLANTIC COAST LINK, T IWSSKXC.KU DKI'AllMM KNT, IK/7 mint/run. JV. ( /"/// 10th, IHSJ,. NKW LINK brtwoon Charleston and ~ Columbia anil I'pper South Carolina. J CuNI?KXSKI? SlHKIWl.K. ?iOIN? COINU s WEHT. K A5T. R fl TO am I. v... Charleston ... Ar. 9 65 pm 9 55 " ' ... Lanes " 8 11 " ' 11 12 " " ... SiinitiT " ft 55 " n 12 35 ptn Ar.. . .Columbia . . . I,r. 5 :J0 " 2 31 " ' .... Winnsboro " 4S 11 3 45 " " Chester " 2 44 ' 35 " " .... Vorkrilla . . " 1 01) " 8 25 " ... Lancaster " 9 00 " 6 00 " .... Hock Hill " 2 00 " 6 16 " ' ... . Charlotte .... " 1 00 " 2 55 put Ar . . . Newberry . I.r 3 11 nm 4 53 ' ' .... Greenwood " 12 59 " 7 20 " " ... Laurens " 915 nm ? 53 " " ... Anderson " 10 45 " 7 50 ' " ... .Greenville " V 55 " j 8 53 44 " .... WulhalU " 9 00 ?' , 6 SO " " ...Abbeville " 1130 " 5 37 " ' .... Si?nrt*nl)nrjr ... " 1150 " 9 3ft " " ... Henderson ville " H 00 " Solid Trains between Charleston and Columbia, S. C. .1; F. 1) IVIN K, T. M. KM K KSON. ("ton'l Sup't. on'1 I'as. Agent. /^OLUMIJIA A XI) . GREENVILLE RAILROAD. Oq .and after October 5, 1HS4, I'ahhknoek TfcAlfis will run as herewith indiaiitcd upon . . . thiWoad and it8 branchc*. ? . . . WJailu, fjret/it.>Sv/nfill/f. ' ' , No. 53. UJ' 1'A SSKNOER" j * Leave /Columbia S. C. Junc'u 10 45 p in Columbia C. & (?. I> 11 10 p in * Arrive Alston, 12 10 p in - . "Newberry 1 13 p m Ninety-Six 2 47 p in ' greenwood 3 09 p in ,. Hodgws 3 33 p ni Belton 4 41) p in at Greenville C 05 p m No. 52. DOWN l'ASSENOER. Lea ve Greenville at 9 50 a in Arrive.Helton 11 13 a in Hodges y> 12 23 pm , Greenwood 12 48 pm Ninety-Six 1 32 pin Newberry 3 02 p m Alaton. 4 10 p m '* Columbia C. k G. I) 5 15 pm Arrir# Columbia S C. Junc'u 5 30 p m START ISIt'KO, I'NIOK * A RAIJ, KO All. ( NO. ua. UP PAHKKNWKIt. fi Learc Alston 12 i2 p m 8 " Union . 3 55 pin " Spartanburg, S.U.AC.depot -5 50 p tu SO. 52. ItOWK l'AHHKNOKIl. 8 I.? re Spart'g K. A I). Wepot .... 10 35 a m ' " Sjmrt'jf S. U. A C. l)uj>ot ..10 50 am i " Union 12 50 pm ( Arrire at Alaton 3 40pm t LAUBEK8BAILBOAD. I.fare S'e?lter?y 3 30 p m ' * Arrire at Laurcnit ('. H 6 50 p m I.cat# J.aurcnH C. II 7 40 am Arriva at Newberrj 11 10 p m ABBBVII.I.K BKANCII. I.far* llodfrcH 3 45 p m Arrirr at Abbcrillt; 4 45 p m Ltara Abbeville 11 00 a in Arrire at Hndgutt 12 00 p m ai.l'BBIDOK BAII.KOAP AND ASDKKHON BBAKCSt. * I*ave Helton 4 45 p tn Arrive Aiideritoii 5 18 p ni 1 " Pendleton 5 5ft p in ' Seneca c ft 40 p ni ' Arrire at Walhalla 7 03 p in | J,eare Walhalla 8 50 a in *rrir? rteueca D 15 a m " Pendleton 'J >>2 at in " Anderson 10X1 am Arrire at Helton ....II OH a 111 , COXXKCTJOXS. A. With South Carolina railroad to and from Charleston; with Wilmington, Columbia and AugtiMta railroad from Wilmington and all point north thercofj with Charlotte, Columbia and August a railroad from Charlotte and all nointa north thereof. IS. With AahefilU ana Spartanburg railroad from and for points in WeMtern N. Carolina. C\ With Atlanta and Cliarlottc dir Kirhmond and Danville railway for Atlanta and all points Mouth and west. Standard Pattern Time. (J. K. TALCOTT, Superintendent. M. Siii'fliiTKK,(ien'l I'asncnger Agt. I). Cakpwki.i.. isn't Gen'l Paas. Agt. AI.l. the new shapes in Hats aod Bonnets, with Ribbons, Birds, Flowers, Satins and Velvets to match. - K. M. HADDON & CO. UOUTH CAROLINA RAILWAY COMPANY. Commencing Sunday, Sept. 7th, 1S8-1, at ! 3 5 m in, Passenger Trains will run as follows lutil further notice, "Eastern time:" Columbia Diet*ion?Daily. ?eftve Cwlumbia 7 60 a in 5 25 p in )ue at Charleston 12 20 p in 0 47 p in ,i'ave Charleston H 33 a m 4 30 p in .)ue at Columbia 12 38 p m 9 22 a ni CatnJtn Pirition?Daily cxcept Sunday*. <eavo Columbia 7 50 a m 5 25 p in >ue Camden 2 25 p m 8 25 p in '.earc Camden 9 00 a m A 00 p m )ue Columbia 12 38 p m V 22 p m uyuntil I'ivirion?Daily. [.earn Columbia 7 50 a in 5 25 p m >ue Augusta 1 20 p m 7 411 t in <cave Augusta 7 15am )u? Columbia 12 38 p ni Connections rfnde at Columbia with Columbia and Greenrillc railr?iad by train arriving at 12 38 p. ni. ind departing at 5 25 p. m.; at Columbia luuction with Ch'urlotte, Columbia and Aujuata railroad by same train to and from all >oints on both roads. At Charleston with steamers for New York >u Saturday; and on Tuesday and Saturday ritli steamer for Jacksonville and points on >t. John's river; also, with Charleston and Savannah Railroad to aud froin Savannah tllu nil puillis 111 rionau. At Augusta with Georgia and Central rail oatis to and from all points West and South: it Kluckville to and from nil points ou llarnrcll railroad. Through tickets can be purhaiied to all points South and West by applynjr to 1). McQi kek. Agent, Columbia. S. C. John B. I'kck, General Manager. D. C. Ai.lks, Gen. i'ass. and Tickot Ag't rhe Georgia Pacific RAILWAT. "Jew Short Line, vin., Atlanta. Oa., and Birmingham, Ala., to l'oints in Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, .1 rkansas, Texan and the If'wi and Xorth west. I he favorite route TO THE WORLD S FAIR, XEW OH LEANS, LA. MOMMKNCING December 1st, 1884. Double Daily Trains, with elegant keeping Cars attached, for which the ow rate of $1 for each section is ihargcd?the lowest sleeping car rates in he United States. Berths secured ten lays in advance. tUF" SEE that vonr Tickets t&- Read* F ROM ATLANTA, V,A 'r?B iEORUIA PACIFIC RA.LWAV and BIRM INGHAM, ALA. Tor further information writo to or :all on L. S. BROWN, Gen. I'asa. Agent, HlltMJNOllAM, Ai.a. A. S. TI1WKATT, Trav. Pass. Agt., Atlanta, Ga. I. V. SAGK, Gen. Superintendent, HlltMlNMIIAM. At.A. DICHMOXl) A.-sD DANVILLE LV KAILROAD /'itine/iyer I>rpnrtnunt.?On unci after A up. *1, 1884, paanciijrer train nervice on the A. ml Division will l>e ns follows: Xorthicurd. No. 51* No. 53t .i'ure Atlanta 4 40 pm 8 40 am rrirc (SainesvilU 0 57 p in 10 35 a m I.nla a 7 25 p in 11 01 a in Hahun (Jnp jnno h. 8 12 p m 1130am Toecoa e 8 54 p in 12 04 p in Seneca City </. . .. D 59 p in 1 00 p in Central 10 32 p m 1 52 i> in Liberty 10 53 p m 2 13 p m Ka*lev 11 10 p m 2 27 p ill Greenville t ... 11 42 p m 2 47 p ni | Spartanburg/ ... 1 *1 a m 3 56 i> iti Gastonia </ 3 20 u in 5 54 p in charlotte ft.: 4 10 a m 0 40 p in Mouthtcard. No. 50* No. 52t ,fu?t charlotte 1 45 a in 1 00 p ni irriveGastnnia 2 30 a ni 1 45 j> m Spartanburg . 4 28 a m 3 45 p ni (>re?tnville 5 43 a ra 4 55 p m Kasley 0 17am 5 26 p ni Liberty 6 34 a in 5 <2 p m central C 55 a in ft 00 p ni Seneca city 7 33 a in 7 36 p in Toccoa 8 40 a in 7 35 p in Uabun Gap juuo... 0 34 a in 8 30 p m Lula 10 0V a tn 8 51) p m Gainesville 10 36 a m 9 25 p m Atlanta 100 pm 11 30 am Kxpreiis. tMail. Freight trains on this road all carry passen:erit; passenger traijis run through tol)anille uml connect with Virginia Midland railway to all eastern cities, and at Atlanta with >11 lines diverging. No. 50 leaves Richmond it 1 p m and No. 51 arrives there at 4 p m; 52 caves Richmond at 2 28 a in, 53 arrives there it 7 41 h in Buffet Sleeping Corn without hangc: On trains Nos. 50 and 51, New fork and Atlantn, via Washit.gton and )anville, Greensboro and Ashevillo; on rains Nos. 52 and 53, Richmond and )anville, Washington, Augusta and New Orleans. Through tickets en sale at Charlotte, Greenville, Sencca, Spartanjurg and Gainesville to all points south, southwest, north and east. A connects vith N. E. railroad to and from Athens; ? with N. K. to and from Tallulah Falls; ' with Kl. Air Lino to and from Elberton ind Bowersvllle; d with IJlue Ridge to md from Walhalla; e with C. and G. to ind from Greenwood, Newberry, Alston ind Columbia; f with A. 9c H. and 8.. L*. & C. to and from Hendcrsonville, \lston, <fec.; g with Chester and Lenoir o and from Chester, Yorkville and I)alas; k with N. C. division and C., C. it \. to and from Greensboro. Italcigh, <frc Edmund Bkkki.ey, Supt. .V. Slaughter, Gen. Pass. Agt. A. Ij_Jttvee:_2d_y. P. and Gen. Man. CARPETS. CAItPETS and House Kurnishing ioods, the Largest Stock South of Baltimore, Moquet, Brussels, 3-Ply and Ingrain CarpetH. Hugs, Mats and Crumb [,'Ioths. Window Shades, Wall Papers, Borders,_ Lace Curtains, Cornices and 1'olcs, Cocoa and Canton Mattings, Upk All-t/iri' I'l* MM - A iiviovvi j, liii^niiin^n. x/iuuiun, I 1CIUTC Frames. Write for samples and prices. BAILIE & COSKERY, Augusts, Ga. LEE A BAILEY Dealers in Pure Drug* and Medicine*, Garden Seed*, Fruit*, Tobacco, Cigar*, and Cigarettes, 0 R K E NWOO D, S. C. I LOVE MAKING IN CHURCH. THE VIEWS OF A WASHINGTON PASTOR ON THE SUBJECT. How Young Men take their Sweethearts* to Church on Sunday NiKhtH, Kraile the UnhevB anil make Ijotc on tho Back Scats. The preacher is tilting back in his chair, gazing in an abstracted manner at a Washington Slai' reporter, who was on the opposite side of tho desk in the pastor's study, writing out some religious information for th? columns of the Star. As the reporter finished his work and wns gathering together the papers, he glanced across at the preacher and noticed the preoccupied expression of his face. Anticipating that he might hare something more to say of interest, the reporter settled back in his seat, and without interrupting the vilence, awaited developments. The reporter gazed at the preacher and the preacher gazed at the reporter, but the silence remained unbroken. Presently the reverend gentleman remarked, as if thinking aloud : '*1 shall have to begin shortly another series of Back Seat Sermons. "Ah, indeed I" observed the listener, entirely in the dark as to the meaning of the reverend gentleman, and then the reporter hastened to add on a venture : "Doctrinal sermons, I suppose ?" "Doctrinal sermons V" echoed the preacher in almost a shout, as ho brought his chair down .with a crash that threatened the springs, "What aru ) ou talking about ?" "Well, I thought?that is to say, I supposed ?'' stammered the reporter, considerably abashed. itn. ? ?> 1 ? ? i/u tuu |iiclciiu mil you uon i Know what I mean ?" asked the preacher, with an appearance of astonishment. The reporter confessed without a blush to this alarming ignorance. "Well," concluded the preacher, charitably, "1 suppose you have been married some time and hare forgotten about your courting days. Now let inc ask you one question. How did you and your sweetheart generally spend Sunday evening ?" "Let mo see." reflected tho reporter, somewhat astonished at this turn in the conversation. "I think that we usuallr went to church if it wasn't too cool or too hot. She wan rather delicate, and had to b? careful about going out at night, you know,'' he added half apologetically. *'0h ! certainly, of course," said the preacher, and he leaned back and looked at the reporter with one eye shut, very suggestive of a worldly wink. "Now, when you went to church you invariably sat ua far back aa you could get. Of course you did. Now, why did you do that ?" The listener pondered that question, and as the events of the happy period passed in review before his mental visu. :i- j ? J t - 3 . ? I ivmi nc Biiuieu anu luuguea OUl 10U(1. "You see," at lastsaid the reporter, aiming to make a sensible explanation, "she wanted to sec the bonnets of the other girls, an is natural with women when they go to church or any other public place, and I wanted to sec her, and so, of course, we couldn't go way up front," and the reporter paused. The preacher nodded his head approvingly during the explanation, as if it was just what he cxpected. and then said : "Your reasons, I suppose, are j ju?A as good as could be given. At any rate, all young couplet 011 Sunday night make for the back seats, and they won't take any other. An usher may start on ahead, ana they will let him go and then drop into a back Beat, and when he turns around at the head of the aiale with a pleasant smile to sh?w them into a good front pew, he general!/ finds to his disgust that no one is behind him. That sort of thing has deprived the church ?f many an efficient usher. They can't stand the humiliation of ushering up the aisle nothing and then walk back to face a smiling congregation. It breaks them all up, so to speak," "Now, what is the result of this sort of thing?" continued the preacher, argumonUtively. "When I rise in my pulpit on Sunday evening and look over the congregation, what do I see ? In the pews near the front ar? tho deacons and eldors, good men with their shining bald heads and attentive faces. Their wires are with them, and here and there is a maiden lady. Then in the centre is a broad desert of empty pews, and away back in the rear massed around the doors, na you might say, are youug poo pie, always in pairs. i am glad to Bee them. I always preach better to the young. And I plunge into ray sermon with enerey and animation. After a particularly telling pt>int, aimed right at these young people, I look up to enforce with i gesture and personal glance what I have ' to Hay, and instead of finding the eyes of my back seat congregation turned upon me in attentive interest they are not paving the slightest attention to me?not ven'looking at me. But there they sit, looking at each other's eyes like young calves, or perhaps," he added, with bitter sarcasm, as the poet expresses it, ' and eyes looked love to eyes that spak again.' " ' That's Byron," remonstrated the r?' porter. "I don't care if it is," said the preach er, recklessly ; "its the major part o any congregation Sunday night, too." l'I got tired of that sort of thing Us winter," he resumed, after a brief pause I 1_ . v . I . >iiu i lunui- up injr uiiuu mm 1 wouii have their attention for little while a leart.'' "How did you manage it ?'' asked th liaener, with eftger curioaity. "In this way," replied* the preacheT "I began a series of what 1 call back scat sermons. They don't 'differ materi ally from other sermons, except at cer tain intervals, which I mark. I shout ou with great force, 'Young man !' and thei pause as if for rhetorical eflfect. Tht effect is rhetorical merely on the fron seat congregation, but electrical on th< back scat congregation. The younj men who have bean devoting their entin attention to exploring thtrliquid dopthi of their sweetheart's eye#-gfrre a star and their fair companionate the same and every face on the back Mat* is turn ed toward me. In their* guilty self-con sciousnoss of using tho church to d< their courting in, they think that Ihe^ are being personally rebuked fVom thl pulpit. While I have their attention j improve thfi opportunity by pouring ou J some gospel hot shot. However us sooi as the first shock is over, and they hav< glanced around and found everythinj quiet, iney mi to courting again witl renewed vigor. Then I come at then again, nnd suddenly shout out, 'Younj woman !' with the same effect as befor* and the same pouring out of Gospe truth. So, you see, in thia way I gaii the attention of my audience for a fev brief minutes at least." The reporter gazed with admiratioi upon a man who had contrived cuch ai ingenious device, but then a thought oc curred and he said : "I should thinl that the young people, after a few sucl shocks as you describe, would prefer t< i go to some other church," 'To they don't," ho replied, with i satisfied smile. "They seem to like it ' It gives a spicc of danger ^nd adventur | in their courting, as if soma eno was try ling to separato them. Sipce I begai | these sermona this element in the even | ing congregations has actually increased You see they are obliged to hear some o the sermon ; and their attention beim aroused so suddenly, what they hoar i impressed on their minds, and they re member it. From this circumstnncc which is entirely novel in their ejpori enee, they get the idea that I am a ter powerful preacher, and my fame ha ery considerably increased." "Do you announce your sermon a the 'back sent course ?' " inquired tli reporter as he arose to go. "Oh, no," replied the preacher, "I cal theiu 'Talks to the Young,' or some thing of that sort. You must com< around and hear mc some evening.1 And the reporter promised that hi would. Mr*. Purnell for Cleveland. Buffalo, October 10.?Mrs. Deli Stewart Parnell, who came to this cit; yesterday to attend the Woman Suffrag Convention, is reported as saying in at interview : '*1 am in favor of Governo Cleveland for tho Presidency. I thinl that what this country needs to assur a ^antlmian/ta a* a ?. f " * ? %VM?MIU?IIVV Vt mdlVI U ICTIVBl Ul II old prosperity, is honesty in public lif from tho highest official position to th the loyrest. I know GovDrnor Cleve land. I hare not been unobservant and I believe that he elpmentg o greatness that even he.'himself.deeB 110 adcquatolyrecognize.. <iHe is open, he i honest, he iff riot a cOward *n^i' a sell seeker, and I thoroughly and conscien tiously. believo in hfto.: t^haye met hie personally, and he impressed me at man whom one coald trust. I holier office came to him rather than ho to offict and jrou may take my prediction fo what it is worth that the star of his poj5 ularity will not wane so long as he hold to his present principles. We wan honest men in the Presidential chair, nc self-seeking, crime-stained knave: The record of the other candidate i shameful. When I first saw Mr. Clevc land I folt he wts a man in whom wa resident the true elements of Greatncs: His countenance is frank and open, hi look clear and fearless, his demeanc strong yet modest, and a proper modest is an indication of force and usually t be encountered in men of individuality Yes, lam a staunch Cleveland adheren and I am so because I believe his ele( tion to be the best for the country i largo." A correspondent of the Lnurensvill Herald Inst week said that he wn pleased to see Mr. Wash Boazmati, wh was ho badly crippled by the cyclon which demolished ChappclU in febnu .... I...I IT? I 1 _ A .1.-1 m j inn. sit: nau n iu?i niaye about the office with him before the cj clone, and he Haw it some days aft< wandering nround like it wa.H looking fc his office, hut every time it hears th train coining it bristles up and make for the Kwainps ; it seema to be expec ing another storm. e BILL AR1\ The Cotton Crop thli Season uot n KncouracliiK-Obeying the Law. The prospect is not bright. We wel * counting on twice as much cotton as vt ^ are going to get I don't plant cottoi but my tenants docs, and I thought 1 would get enough rent to pay my tax( '* and put blinds to the house, but I won * and the blinds must go. It is hard o 1 me, but it is harder on Roland, for li has worked faithfully and had big B hopes of being ablo to buy anothi mule. Roland is a cheerful man an '? never complains. He compares himse " to those who are worse ofF. When ' sympathized with him about the Ion ' drouth cutting off his cotton, he said * '"Well, Its not so bad as it might be, ft 1 I made a good corn crop and plenty < 8 wheat and oats, and 1 don't owe i 1 much as some of tha nabors. I don' 0 owe more than I can pay." How muc 5 do you owe ? said I. B ''Only two dollars,*' said he. B I wish everbody was as well off i * Roland. I traveled with a man froi > York in South Carolina the other da; * and ho said his people owed enough f' ' guano to take all their cotton, and thei 5 wasn't enoogh made in his county 1 r make & shirt apiece for the people wh 0 made it, "but then*' said he we are havin 1 mighty good meetings going on, and * alway3 noticed that it took a power < 1 religion to do folks undor trouble?moi f religion in adversity than prosperity an S they always got it." That's so I reckoi 1 The good book says: '"Humble thyse 1 unto the mighty hand of God," but ? man can't do it with a pocket fall < e money. He may be ever so much ii I clined that way, but a man who has n 1 wanta unsuppiicd can't get down to r and wrestle in prayer and take undei holt like one who is in the low grounc 1 of sorrow. The rich man feels secui 1 and independent whether it rains or no ' The only thing he wants it to rain lor 4 to lay the dust and cool themir so he ca 1 feel better in hi* skin. Hut the po< 3 farmer looks to the clouds for a livir and he never looks up without feelir * his dependence upon Him who mac - them and who sends the rain upon tfc e just and the unjust. It ia not at ail in " possible for a rich man to reverence h 0 Maker, and do good with bU monty u * have a peaceful conscience. Job is ' notable example, and we hare thei f about nowadays, ever and anon, but sti 5 they are scarce. It looks like the moi 8 the Lord gives a man the more he ougl " to love him, but he don't, and it is tl '? same way with a parent and his childre ' Poor folk's children love their parun y better than rich folk's children, and tl * best Christians I know of are among tl poor and the afflicted. Kich men's chi V?iv.ll OVHIIU HI uuuu nulling IU1 lilt' UJ c man to die. They don't think they ar but they are, and they catch themselvi ' Hgureing many a time about their shar " and what they will get when the o! 0 man dies. Dr. Hag?od preached a ae raon at our town not long ngo, and wil e solemn earnestness declared that it wi a perilous thing for a father to lay t money for his children. "For mar a long years," said he, "I have been an ei j ucator of tho boys of this land. I hai e loved them nnd watched them and trie ? to guide them bj' precept and exampl r and I say now with solemn convictio ^ that there is 110 danger, no peril, r e temptation so fatal to youth as riche s Many boys come to college as benefici e ries : many come whose parents ai e toiling and struggling to give them c . education, and many como whose p: 1 rents are rich, and their children nev< ,f know a want. It is this last class onl if: inn naie evor given us trouuie or anx a ety. From this class all the expulaioi L- come, and not long ago we had to exp . one of them who was only sixeeen yea q old for being a habitual drunkard, g. keep a roll of our graduates and wat< e them from year to year after they lea^ us, and it is only this class who come r grief and make up a record either of ii dolence or of shame. Of course the H are many noble exceptions, and I on allude to the contrast in general." This was the substance of the do , tor's declaration, and I wish every pare g in the land could have heard it, axd r alized the solemn emphasis with whi< ? he said it, for Dr. Hagood knows. 1 , has opportunity to know, l'oor bo; jg make the best citizens. They obey tl ,r law, and they work and toil for an ho y eat living. Riches are beset with mai 0 perils. A man can pile up and keep < f piling if he wants but let him look o t for breakers. Not long ago I passed 1 a princely mansion in a large city, ant] tt usked my friend what has become that man's children and he said well ! didn't know but two. The son is a gc 'e teel vagabond who loafs around to* lH nnd the daughter married ft gambl ? who neglects her, nnd that is what ki e ed the old man. So, after all thore ^ some good in poverty; some comfor r. some security for our children. N r long ago I asked a wealthy old gentl >r man about his children, where th< 1 wero and what thoy were doing, and I t_ answered with pride about his old< boys and said that they went sober ai steady and at work?and then he added, hut these boys were born when I was poor, very poor, and had to work hard for a living and as they grew up they had to work too and acquired habits of industry and economy, but our two j youngest came to us after I had got well off and they never worked any, and they give me a great deal of trouble and 1 anxiety, 1 am sorry I evfergot rich." This is the way of it exactly. The j perils of riches. But still a fortune gained honestly in the pursuit of an honest calling is a Igood thing, and many men manage it j aright and manage their children too, and T am like everybody else : I think I would bo willing to risk it and take the chances. It ?s no sin to have it, but every man who is hunting for it ought to be forewarned and bring up his children on proper principles. "Get acquainted with them." "I heard a rich mnn at Anniston say, "I am tired of work and I must quit. I have got money enough but it looks like I can't stop. ls I want to stop and get acquainted with m my children." ^ Well that is right. A man ought to >r know his children and they ought to 0 know hiin. Me ought to take time to ,0 talk to them and tell them stories about ? what he did when he was a little boy, ^ and he ought to frolic with them and all ^ have a good family time together. That beats money oil to pieces and even if he ? has got a big pile for them, they won't be waiting for the old man to die. ?' Rill A hp. If * CAPT. KIRK'S LETTER. 5f Proposed Road to Aiken f^om tireeno wood ria Edgefield C. H. 'From Edgefield Advertiser.] r~ Greknvillk, Aug., 23, 1884. * Dr. P. H. Adams: e Dear Sir: Your letter of the 7th . * instant is received. I have been absent 18 from Greenville for some time ; hence n _ - "" the delay in ray reply. The railroad >r project you refer to, has been brought ? to my attention before. 1 sec no serious objection to its development. 1 'e think that the Northern porfion of ie Edgefield County needs Railroad facili) ties more than any section of the State. ,a The County is almost surrounded by railroads, yet none penetrate Hie best portion of her territory, The Carolina m & Cumberland Cap Railroad would 11 have divided the County, but its finanC rial condition is not promising, and its construction may be delayed for a long ie .. tune. n* i am not personally familiar with a ts large portion of the route you have 11 marked out. but as it follows the general lc course of the streams and ridges , its construction most be easy. My old survey from I)r. Strom's to Edgefield, was light, with the exception of a milo 8S or two at the crossing of Tnrkey Creek. O, /N ] ?_ J-A . 1 A t _ vircenwuou is uesuneu 10 oecoine an important distributing point, if her citi^ zeii5 would use the proper exertions. Superior advantages hare already been aK given to her by competing roads, and 'P the coustiuction of one or two inoro in-' dependent lines would secure such com^ petition in the matter of freights that ,c she could afford to undersell any point i(* in the State. e* As regards the other terminal point in n' your proposed line, 1 need only say lo that Edgefield C. H., is the only County 8' Seat, with one exception, in the State, a* that has not railroad and telegraphic re communication with the outer world. kn You ask if I can make the survey a* from Greenwood to Dr. Strom's, or some #r point in the locality. In reply I would say that my duties on tho Greenville & *" Laurens Railroad keep me closely con. lined, and will continue to do so until the completion of the grading, which will be some lime between the 1st and 15th of October next. If this will suit, L will do it. If you wish it done sooner, I will send iny principal Assistant Engineer, with my corps, some time n next month. I will ride over the entire line with him, marking out the course y and giving general instructions as to the conduct of the work. c* You ask what such a survey will cost, nt Engineers are paid entirely by salaries ; e- and the time consumed is proportionate .u to the difficulties of the route. The " usual cost of a corps is $600 per month. c varying slightly with the cost of provisions and the price of labor. I lie do not think it will take more than two n_ weeks to run the line you speak of. You can communicate further with 1^r me on the mntter. I am frequently ab5n sent for days, but this is my P. O., and ut I am here at intervals, jy Yours Truly, Wm. T. Kiuk, Chiof Engineer, G. & L. H. It. of he One morning about three weeks ago n. Mr. J. C.?UrifRn found that hig horse, which was perfectly well the night born fore, hnd received what he took to he a or serious snag. After careful cjjwminaII tion the Doctor pronounced it a pistol \ jg or gun shot wound. The horse died a few dayw after. It has been suggested ' as a plausible explanation that some one during the night, stole the horse from !e- the stable temporarily, and while engager ed in some theft or difficulty the horse . was shot. There was no report of a 10 gun or pistol heard by any member of 181 the family or neighbors. Lesson? rid Lock you stable* ut night. A DKSl'ERATK TH1KF. Tlircntciifd With LyiKiliiiiK. If?* Hi'- j|| fuHCH to Tulk ?Who He In. ' Mn.i.KixiKvti.t.K, Ga., October 7.? [Special.] When the ni^ht trnin of the Georgia railroad stopped at Milledgeville Sunday night, there stepped on board a party of three, one of which was literally loaded down with chains. When they left the depot a large crowd had gathored and watched them eagerly. When n Heat was taken two of the party proceeded to tie the man with chains about him securely to it. When he had finished, he remarked, "I reckon you won't steal any more horses before we get to Aiken." The three men were Messrs. R. A. Chafee, 1'. MrK. Williams and M. W. Smith, the former two citizens of Aiken, S. C., the latter a notorious horsethief whohad been captured in Miledgevillc, supposed to have been the one wanted by them. On the afternoon of the litith of September a well dressed man of pleasant address went to the livery stable of Mr. U. A. Chafee, in Aiken, S. (\, and ordered a horse and buggy. Being a atranger, he was requested to make the usual deposit for the turnout. When he was seated he dashed away, and was soon lost to sight in > cloud of dust. When the time arrived for his return lie did not show up. The owner became uneasy, and made inquiries to no avail. It wan ascertained that the stranger had left town soon after leaving the stable. The stern reality began to dawn upon Mr. Chafee that his team had been stolen and ho had been inadc a victim, lie reported the matter to police headquarters and immediately began.'to telegraph oyer^the country for his apprehension. '?hoi night he with Mr. Williams 'secured fclracc of him and began a. remarka blfc-ifoce for the thief. He was traced to fcdg&Aeld Court House, thence to Abbeville, from there he came, tt* Georgia,. His track was lojit whell'he crossed th? riv^r. Going to Trenton, S. 0., the' gentlemen received a telegram from- CHfcf of-Police llagood, of Mi Hedge vfyle,, saying that a tnan had beon arrested annwerihg-to the description wired by them, lie was wirnd to ho{d him, and they came at once to Milledgccille. I-.. . T rid ay a man rode into the place with a trim littlo animal, for which he offered to take one hundred and sixty dollars, afterwards fifty. This aroused the suspicions of the police. He was taken in hand by the officers and placed in Bald win county jail, lie admitted having stolen the horse from a gentleman in Brunswick, and refused to talk much. He was given a cell with two other prisoners, on tho lower floor of the jail, one of which was* a horse thief arrested during the week. A negro was doing some scouring in the jail, and late in the afternoon he went on the outside to secure some water. When he went out he left the door of the coll open. While he was out the three prisoners slipped out and crouched in a side partition. When the negro finished he wont out and the jailer locked the cells and out doors securely. When all was quiet the three men proceeded to take a liar of iron and beat a hole in the brick wall. They had workoil hard and well and a few minutes more they would have been as free as air. The keys grated in the locks of the front door, and the Sheriff Mr. Knnis, the jailer, and two gentlemen from South Carolina entered. When the desperate prisoners an v them they glared like mad inen, ami showed fight, but were noon overpowered and placcd iu a different cell. The ring leader of the revolt was securely chained to the floor. Smith was taken in charge and heavily ironed by the men. He was taken to the cars and securly tied for the journey. He is regarded as a desperate character, and is supposed to he a men., her of a gang of horse thieves now infesting the southern portion of the State, He is supposed to be a member of the same gang that stole Ave head of horses from the campineeting near Augusta some time since. II2 refuses to talk, and will not tell whether or not h# is tho one who Btole the buggy in Aiken, S. 0. A reward of fifty dollars is offered bv Mr. Chafee for his buggy and horse. When tho train reached Cuinak an attempt was made to force him to tell what he knew, but he swore he would dlo first. It was proposed to lynch him, and a rope wits secured to tie him to a i telegraph pole, hut several Indies were present and their shrieks and protestations prevented it. Ho was taken to Augusta on the 3 n. m., train. \V ynton. This in the Mr. Ohafeo who wa? her# looking after this thief. Ki?. Mesknoek. The remains of an Knglish traveler was exhumed for interment in the family vault. When the coffin was opened the spectator started hack in affright. 'Why, these appear to he tho remains of a lion.'" replied a nephew of the deceased, "that's the lion that alo him up: uncle's inside of him.