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H NEWS ITEMS. Laurena Railroad is finished i |j| The vilest citizen may return?ever thing bul an umbrella. |H When a man marries a woman for lit S ^Boney, does li? not sacrifice his mat Twenty-five new numbers were r< H* ceived into iseiion ?>i VISIUli, uv/uo B Temperance, on Saturday night laat. B Mr Thomas M. White, fell from h piazza in Anderson, and broke his aru K last week. ? . Fleas, flies, mosquitoes and frogs ai getting rij?e. Also cherries and blael gT berries. Br&? A respectable wife, of Williamsbui H County, presented her huxbaud, :i .-ho ' timesluce, with" four babies at a birth. To prevent moths in carpets, wash tl K-. . floor before laying them with spirits < turpentine or benzine. Charles Calhoun, a vagrant was ser ' last week by the Court at Anderso B ^to the penitentiary for one year. If Governor Chamberlain does n< J ~ 5 * KucjIUP^ 1 11 ' soon begin me puruuumg ... I ; penitentiary will be over crowded. I The young men of Abbeville ai I about to form a rifle club. Better 01 I ganize a "hoeing" club.?Greenvi'le Er I tcrprisc and Mountaineer. I Commencement in Due West, wi | i occur this year on the Till and 8th of Ji I ]y?the first Wednesday and the Thun | ' -Clay after. The small grain crop of Newberr r county, is saiil to bt* twice as large, an in better condition than that of any pn yiousyear. The list of '.he Students in Er?!;ine i greater than it has been during the Pre? Ide/icy of Dr. Grier. ft reaches nearl, eighty this year. It is a little singular that Col. Whcc > ,i?, (>iint jn (jimrlott ler, wnu u|j(nv? . iu 1835, (40 years ago) should be* titer now, in 1875, to close it up. Lemon juice used as a gargle is sai? 'by a French physician to be a speciti i. against diphtheria and similar titron y troubles, which he has successfully use for eigitteen years. William M. Martin the murderer o f Stephen Chastain, Jr. last full near Jk'l I ton was last week found guilty of man r slaughter, anil sem 10 iuu pum for two years. "May I leave a few tracts?" asked medical missionary of a lady who re sponded to his knock. "Leave som tracts? Certainly you may," said slu looking benignly at him over her specks "Leave them with your heels toward the house, if you please." Thu EdgcjicidAdvertiser says: "Th Town Council are lilling up the okl ci.< tern which was dug some twenty-fiv years ago when we had a Fire Engine* and which has always been profound!; ,useless." A Washington special to the Courier Journal says: "Attorney-Central Pierre pout is preparing a list of United State Marshals and District Attorneys to b j 1.iinw ni,(| t ho 1st Jul reiuovcu uwuwH next. Most of those to be removed nr located in the South. Christianity means sixteen ounces t the pound, three feet to the yard, a jus weight aud just measure. It mean honesty in all dealing, including tli payment of any dues to the Press ant Banner, purity in all conversation, charity as broad as the race, u nil inch in; integrity, sympathy, humanity to man With these there can he no compromise The Sew York T/ibunc publishes th names of forty-four first class hotels ii that city which jeopardize the lives c $heir guests by their flimsy constructioi and ability to*be destroyed at any mo tnnnt hv hre. The authorities are look ing after th^se traps. Defective Hues wooden mansard roofs j\ml cornice abound. While at Andersou Court last week we had the pleasure of meeting hi Honor Judge Keed. The friends of tli yludge will be happy to learn that he i in tine health and spirits. By invita tloix he sat upon the Bench with .Judg Cooke. Their appearance was most an gust.?Kcoivce Courier. j^rGood Lord! Don't Kill the Littlk uinds.Dou't kill the mocking bird, the blU' bird and the sparrow, nor any other o the small birds, if they do occasional!; - feast upon a berry or a* little fruit; the; are cutnied to it, for while they muk grove and garden vocal with song am radiant with their preseuee, they als save much of the fruit that would otlj erwise perish, by detroylng the that prey upon it. Cherish ^nd ~yte( tbe birds. 1 In Due West one set of earpcnters ai making the changes in the entrance t the galleries of the church. Anotlu company are at work erecting a ne1 dwelling for Mr. Jatnes E. Todd. An still another company are pushing Di Hemphill's house forward. While th painter and plasterer are touching u the Female College. Mr. Henry Sj Young has just completed tlie improve merits on his house. One thing journalistic experience hi taught, and this story is worth repeatin viz: That illnatured and unneeessar flings at brother journalists in the en do not pay. The men who enjoy thes flings mostly, throw up their hats, hu zah loudest, and swear "that's the he thing of the season," are the very cla: of men that never pay for their pi pers. National GrangeHeadquarter The National Grange, at its meeting i last February, in Charleston, S. C., iij pointed a committe to select, witmn si months, a permanent location for tl headquarters of the organization. Tl selection is restricted to the six States < Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Kei * tucky, and Tennessee, and the commi tee is now engaged iu determining tl most eligible point, within the prescri! ed territorial limits, at which to li their headquarters. Five thousand polmds o' hay to tl acre! Clover hay ! Who is it that hi achieved this feat? It is our active ai worthy fellow-citizen, 8. W. Nicholso i . ' He has cut lately four acres olo.v'r, from which lie got 1C tons of li; ?in trtn" tn the acre. And for the con monest sort of hay, you know, we gn $1 per hundred, jfow make your cu culation^, And do not forget tiiat the same four acres are to be mowed agai before the close of the season. Oi shrewdest agriculturalists are at lea taking up with the grasses.?Edgcfic* Advertiser. We are glad to record the improve condition of Messrs Williams and* Bin bam, who were unfortunately shot di ring the Centennial celebration her Mr. Bingham, who has been staying , Mayor Johnson's was able to come u str.eet yesterday to visit his compa 11 io 1 who is at the residence of Thos. W Dev ev, JEsq. They discussed the feasibilil *' ? ! i. ~^ +rv_??5rrKf' Krrf.-tvil! nml?i OI going awiiic iu-uif.uk, L, bly not do so, Mr. Williams not beir yet sufficiently recovered. They ha\ both received every attention since tl sad accidents which maimed them f< life.?Charlotte Observer. There is an individual in our conuui nity?a professed foot-washer and stun uieriug curer?disgracing the medic; profession .by calling himself Docto who has about abandoned the society < white people and who is now prowlin around, like another stray dog, impo jng himself upon the colored people b visiting their nouses -representing bin self as their bent friend, and in confi oration of tho fact will eat their sc^nt r: tions and sleep a few nights in the beds* The individual referred to styh himselfDoctorLane.?Laurcmvillc Ilei aid. * * ' ^ *i?1' ? -- - Tli? Press and Baansr.; W. A. LEE, Editor. -M_' Wednesday, June 9, 1875. e- THE THIRD TERM QUESTION?LETJf TER OF GENERAL GRANT. is - President Grant has at last made an i 1 j authoritative declaration on tins sub-: e jeet in a recent letter to Gen. Harry i White, the President of the Pennsylva- j nia Republican Slate Convention, in ?r which, however with his characteristic rt ambiguity he leaves it an open question whether he is looking forward toaj ic third nomination. He gives as a reason for not having declared himself before, that it is beneath the dignity of the! it Presidential oflice and fair subject of Ml---- _ . I * I ridicule, to answer any nueriuguLunca coming from a body less dignified or ^ authoritative than the Pennsylvania State Convention. Yet it will be recol... lected that the South Carolina State . Convention l^t year passed resolutions (- unanimously endorsing Grant for a third term, and it would have seemed 11 that the occasion might have provoked a response. But Grant was sure of the State, and deemed it unnecessary to make any public utterance at the time. But \ | when the great State of Pennsylvania j .. speaks out in no uncertain terms against j the ambitious aspirations of the Presis dent, lie finds it politic to write a >- carefully worded, ambiguous letter, in >' which he dislaims any candidacy for the office, but. gives no reason to doubt that he would gladly accept the nomi^ nation if tendered. He has already twice sacrificed himself for the good of j the country?having given up the posi-j cjtiou of General in Chief, with half pay! it for life on his retirement?and is still' willing to make himself a martyr to' the public service. What a rare in' stance is here furnished of self sacrifice , incurred for the pubiic good. He says: 2\ow, as for the third term, t ' ---i i - " t ,i:.i i i uo iuji \n;iiu il uiij iijuic iiimi x uiui x the first- I would not write or utter a - word to change tlie will of the people in ! e expressing and having their choice.? j The question of the number of terms s' allowed to any one Executive can only s come up fairly in the shape of a proposition to amend the Constitution?a j shape in which all political parties can j ej participate, fixing the length of time or j1 '"[number of terms for which any one < e| person shall be eligible for the oflice of j j ~ President. Until such an amendment i y is adopted, the people cannot be restrict- |' ed in their choice by resolution other j1 .. (ban (hey are now restricted as to age, } nativity, etc. It may happen iu the fu- j, s tare history of the country that to e change an Executive because he has 1 v- b? en eight years in office will prove un- 1 c fortunate, if not disastrous. The idea , that any man could elect himself Presi- , dent, or even renominate himself, is 0 preposterous. It is a reflection upon ! 1 the intelligence and patriotism of the s people to suppose such a thing to be L' possible. Any man can destroy his , ' chances for the office, but no one can j 11 force an election or even a nomination) S To recapitulate: I am not now, norn ' have I ever been, a candidate for a renomination. I would not accept a' e nomination if it were tendered, unless ? it should come tindersueh circumstanoes j ,j- as to make it * AX IMPERATIVE DUTY. ! I Circumstances not lilcely to arise. I i congratulate the Convention over which j s you presided for the harmony with which the ticket was put in the field, < ami which I hope may be triumphantly i elected. * A correspondent of one of the North- . s ern journals, writing from Columbia, - gives the views of a number of promi0 nent politicians, and among them of Gov. Chamberlain, as to the prospects of Grant for the next nomination in the Northern and Southern States. The Governor thinks it doubtful whether he . Lf can carry a single Northern State, even y against a Democrat, so bitter is the oppoy sition to the Third Term principle; but1 X ",at ,n111,0 SoutU 11)0 differ0 lP' * t'lu co-^>ea people swear by .-.it and would support him for a :s third, fourth or any number of terms. The reason is very simple, and accounts for the different sentiment which 0 characterizes thedifferent sections. The >r North begins to feel serious apprehen w sions of the growth of "Cwsarism," or ^ the one man power to which the Third [* Term principle is a fitting introduction ; p whilst the colored people look to the I. military arm of the Government, and to the despotism of the Washington men to maintain their unnatural ascenls dency. In the South, the natural order of affairs has been the controlling one, ,U and this has been due mainly to the ?e strong arm at Washington. But the j ^ change cannot be long delayed. The js public career of the President will soon x- come to a close, and Grant will be spared for a third term at least the pains S. of martyrdom. The country will spare n him, and public liberty will breathe the P" more freely. ic The Greenville and Columbia Railroad. of ? rnt... ?vv,7 j*/n? furnlcl^/iu nil I- X lit! UWU/e ll/lli, VWMI ? ! lUtnioiivwi .... t_ abstract of the last Report of the Presi^ dent and Directors of this Road, which 1X shows an improving financial condition, and a very small decrease of business l(j when compared with the large decrease us of other roads (luring the past year. Once a mere wreck and utterly bankrupt, the Iioad is now in a comparalivety ly sound condition and is steadily imu proving. Its debt is being re-adjusted, and its property improved, and the sasc gacity and ability with which its busiin nesa i.s managed, furnish some pros ?r pcct of future dividends to the stoelc^ holders: The earnings of the year 1S74 were $501,-034, and the expenses $321,479, 'd leaving a balance of earnings of $:270,g 44o. As compared with 1873 there was u- a decrease of $39,50S, or six per cent., e. in the gross earnings, and of $0,097 in I at the expenses. ' This was a very small deip crease in comparison with that shown ii. in the accounts of other Southern Railv roads, some of which have lost one-fifth y of their former earnings. The Down a- freight business of the road shows an inig crease ot about $41,000, and the Up 'e freight business a loss of $00,040. The le number of bales of cotton carried in ^ 18/4 was 131,3117, HUH II1U iiuuiuv.1 tho proceeding year was 207,174 in 1873. a_ During 1874 the sum of $151,(378 was j. spent for 1,212 tons of new rails. 4 new locomotives and 60 new freight cars, j r The equipment of theroad isstill incomplote, and the Board have already pur~ rhnsed 500 tons of new rails, and are in ? treaty for 500 tons more. y * ' : l- Bootmaker, addressing his customer, r- "1 think, sir, if you were to cut your i-1 corns, I could more easily find a jiuir?" ir | Major Small replied indignantly?''Cut isi ?nv corns, sir! i a?k yon lo fit a pair of r-! boots to liiy feet, sir! I'm not going toj I plant my feet down to fttyour boots!" III?* Masonry. The dedication of a new Masonic Hall in New York, funishes the occasion to Mr. Albert G. Mackey, the Secretary General of the Supreme Council to set forth at length in the columns of the Herald, an essay upon the history and objects of the Order. No one we suppose in this County is better able to do the subject justice, or whose conclusions are more worthy of consideration. He repudiates that antiquarian extravagonee which would trace the origin of the Order from Adam or even Solomon's temple, though its symbols are drawn from the Jewish temple, rather from * ? ~ <!,? r,II,, tilt? UOiniU CUlIlfUlilia ui ....v*...*. ages, which were actually built by the Order of Freemasons. The symbols ot the Order are intended to illustrate great truths, though its only distinctive religious tenet, is'thcisin, representing the universe as the work of the Supreme Architect. Apart from this which is the common foundation of all religions, its binds its members to no specific theological belief. In Sir. Mackey's striking language, '.'In ProtestantEngland, in Catholic Itaiy, in Mohamedan Turkey or in Brahminic India?under the shadow of St. Paul's or the Basilica of St. Peter's, or the Mosque of St. Sophia, or the thousand temples of Benares, r rt'Ciuusuiiry <??, iwi mi [;iiiv;u^ai pui-, poses, one mid the same institution." Together with the communication of Mr. Mackey, the Ifcrald publishes an article from an anti-mason, which exhibits something of the old bitterness] which prevailed, soon after the killing! of Morgan, when opposition to the Or-J der formed the rallying cry of the New York politician. That feeling has in a measure passsed away, aud the public are in a better condition now to iudjje of the nature and objects of the Order and to do justice to an institution which numbered among its members the illustrious Washington and still em-J braces the 1k\s! men and most intelligent and useful citizens of the country. ? 4^ Sherman's Memoirs. The late work of General Sherman has very naturally called forth much indignant remonstrance from the brother olficers and fellow soldiers, whom lie j lias so freely criticised. Montgomery! Blair vigorously defends the reputation of his brother Gen. F. I'. Blair, and not content with this, carrics the "war in-J to Africa" and accuses Sherman of! constitutional timidity. A friend takes! up the cudgels for Thomas and the J Fourteenth Army Corps, and repels the! epithet of "slow" as applied to either, j and other champions as valorous have* entered or are ready to enter the lists to defend the reputation of the distinguished soldiers who have been so rudely assailed in the work of the Lieutenants General. We have not read the work, but have seen extracts enough from it to give us a idea of its character. Its offensive: egotism must be distasteful to the general public, whilst its wholesale criti-l cisms of his military associates must raise up hosts of enemies. It may add | something to his military reputation j and give him some cclut as a writer, but1 wo are disposed to agree with the Con- j ricr-Journal, that the book has crushed n.n limine .mil nsnirntions of the General 1,14 V* * - W J' ? ?'I -- as the coining political man. If we are! "hero worshipers" the heroes must be jf our own creation, anil we are reckless j iconoclasts, except the images be our: 3wn handiwork. If the General topples low 11 from his pedestal, he will- have I the consolation of knowing that his! dwii act has brought about the result. | ? o Lethe School?Meeting of Board ?rustQe^. . .,e u^crstand that the Board of lrustees of the Be La Howe Estate held their first regular meeting on Friday last at Lethe. All the members were present, to wit: ltobt. Jones, Chairman, J. \V. renin. W. JD. Mars, (white); James K. Wharton and Henry Turner, (colored). After hearing the Will of Dr. Do La Howe read, and after an examination into the present condition of the Institution?it was deemed advisable to at once declare the policy of the Board with reference to the future man?r>Juinl. The followiutr "a1-""-"" ? -? ^ paper, we learn, was thereupon presented by Capt. Pen-in, aud after a full free talk over the matter, was unanimously adopted. W'HliltEAS, The policy of the school authorities ol' this State and County is to have separate schools for the two races, and, whereas, for many reasons it is desirable that mixed schools should be avoided, and, whereas, in the judgment of the Hoard of Trustees of the De La Howe Estate, any other policy would jeopardize the interest of the Estate, and, whereas, it is the judgment of the Hoard that it could never have been contemplated by Dr. De La Howe, that the manual school provided for by his Will should ever be a mixed institution, therefore, be it Itc&olveil, by the Board of Trustees as -r' i,.,I iiiui wain j m iawxiiu^ u^vuiv<v?..| that the policy heretofore pursued by the managers of the institution in this regard be continued by us without change. Mr. Ramey, the former Superintendent, was continued for the present, also Miss Susan Ramey, as Teacher. The Superintendent was authorized to lill up the vacancy in the school. The number provided for in the Will is twelve of each sex?there are at present five males and ten females iu the school. The Treasurer, Col. Thomson, being absent, the Board was unable to make any investigation of the financial status of the estate. An extra meeting for that purwill hp held at Abbeville C. H.. Friday the ISth inst. The action of the Hoard we feel assured will commend it'elf to the favorable consideration of our people, as the policy adopted whilst it carries out the purposes of the testator, will most fully effect tne objects of the trust. School Claims.?The County Commissioners are now required by the authorities in Columbia to audit School Claims, and the County Treasurer is prohibited from paying any claims except so audited. A legal friend has been investigating tho whole subject, and from a comparison of the statutes relating to the matter, has arrived at the conclusion, that tho present practice is unauthorised and contrary to law ; that it is alike opposed to reason and precedent and should be abolished. He has promised to furnish his views at length, which we will take pleasaure in presenting to our readers. " ?ias? -' The Political Campaign of 1875. The New York Herald thinks that the design of holding the Republican ! Convention so early in Pennsylvania, ! was by an unequivocal declaration ; against the Third Term to crowd oil' i Grant ind to make way for Blaine who :is a favorite of the Pennsylvania Republicans, and who as the leaderof the, (opposition in the next Congress will be J a formidable candidate for the Republican nomination. Pennsylvania howevjer has lost its old prestige when it used I to be said "as goes Pennsylvania, so (goes the Union," by the change of its ! day of election from October to Novemit i-'ii | ULT. UIUO Sllll J1U1US J19 cietiimi in | | tober, and the resultthea will virtually j decide the Presidential election of next I year. All parties seem to realize the : magnitude of the issue, and arc making | corresponding efforts. The chances are thought to be unfavorable to the RcI publicans, and-with a victory there for ! the Democrats next Fall, it matters but I little who is. the Republican candidate for President in 1876. i Our Relative Prosperity. ? A number of our exchanges have been discussing the causes of the superior condition of South Carolina over Alabama, Mississippi and Georgia, as expressed in the recent interview of lien. Stephen D. Lee with a Greenwood reporter. We are very much disposed to doubt whether we have anything to boast over ouri I sister State of Georgia, or even if it j | were so, we would be very far from j agreeing with tWe Union-llcrald that tliis was owing to our model State Government. The idea is preposterous that a State Government such as we have had for years past, could do anything to advance the interests of our people. If we have thrived it has been in spite of misrule and oppression, and it has been I owing to the gifts of soil and climateto patient industry and wise forbear- i ance. Boaven's Last Thank.? Dennis R. Bunch and George Hardee were convicted upon indictments for murder, in i February last, in Charleston, and sen- i tenced to be hung on the Kith of April, i At the urgent solicitation of their friends the Governor granted tiie condemned men a respite of one week. | When the week expired the Governor , was not in the State, and the Lieutenant-Governor gave an order postponing the execution to the 28th May. At this \ noint strenuous efforts were made to induce the Governor to commute the sen- i tenee, which he refused to do. But at the expiration of the respite, Bowen, the .Sheriff, refused to execute the sentence, unless the prisoners were ^-sentenced. This is a strange construction ' of the criminal law, and especially as coming from an executive officer, who ( thus sets himself i;bove the Courts aud the Governor, i Plundered Louisiana. -According to Mr. Charles Nordholf, correspondent of the New York Herald the debt of the State, and at the beginning of the present year stood at $50,507,895, explained in large part by railroad, penitentiary ana omer joos. ine cuy 01 .\uw wi-j leans is made to pay a very large parti of -the State tax. It lias now a debt of | its own amounting to 5:22,01)9,000, aud its tax rate has been run up 3 per cent.,] while about $17,000,000 of it* bonds are worth but thirty-live cents on the dollar in the market. Mr. Nordhoff concludes this painful picture asfol'^Ws; "Yet Louisiana is by uaf^*lC one of the I richest States in t^e Uuion, and *;cw Orleaus i.* bnoof the j uului luc t,re^tegt comaieriCi?.. ports. I? ]L surpn3ing that the | whole ^nite population of the State, ex! cept the oilice-holderd and their relatives and intimates, united, in 1874, inthecn' deavor to overthrow a party which has so abused its powers ?" ! Mr. David A. Wells, the economist jhas been interviewed and says: It's the! I first time in 1113' life that I ever did such i a thing, but I am now acting with the! : democratic party. The general slant of! I nublic oninion is all in the same diroc-! | I.' - I- . jtion. The probable Democratic candidate for the presidency is one of three ! men?Tilden, Thurraan or Bayard.? Yon ask about tlie war. "What war?? Do you mean the late war? Why, man, it is a question of bread in many places, and how to keep out of wholesale bankruptcy.. The war-cries arc over forever." 40? Important Decision.?In a receut decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, Justice Strong thus affirms the legality of the Confederate ; Legislation : "All the enactments of the dc facto Legislatures in the insurrectionary States during the war, which were not hostile to the Union or to the authority of the General Government, and which were not in conllict with the Constitution of the United States or of the j States, have the same validity as it tney j had beeH enactments of legitimate Legislatures, and any other doctrine than I this would work great unnecessary | hardship upon the people of those States without any corresponding benefit to the citizens of other States, and without any advantage to the National Government." Pkincei-y Ho us l:s at Low Rates.? Nobody wants princely mansions nowa-day?that is, at princely prices. Jay Cooke's county seat?on which the negro despositors of the freedman's bank have an equitable, though au unforeeable lien?was put up at auction last week. It cost $1,200,000. The auctioneer dropped slowly down from a million to three hundred thousand dollars, but could not get a bid. The property was finally withdrawn, nota bid being made. LeGrand Lock wood's famous country seat atNorwalk, Connecticut, has passed into tiie hands of the Lake Shore railroad company by foreclosure of a mort?TQirn Tiw. hnililini'. wliiuh is nrobablv b "re ~ o i . ? the finest private dwelling in. America, is constructed of solid blocks of granite, , and is furnished inside with rosewood mehogany and cedar of Lebanon. More than fifty kinds of marble are used on the floors, and one door, composed of many hundred kinds of wood, cost $3,000. The cost of the building alone was ?1,250,000, and the whole property is now offered at $130,000. The Lockwoods and Jay Cookes have had their day in this country, and honest industry and enterprise are slowly pushing to the iron b. ?4C>? With regard to Sherman's memoirs a New York letter says the advance orders already aggregate over fifty thousand volumes, and the Appletons' presses are running night and day. The author takes one half of the profits, and he can already see twenty thousand dollars oif the way to the credit side of his bank account. I ' rt i ;> >' W&z The Power of the Pen. Editor'of the Press and Banner:* There are two kinds of influence;1 one which acts openly and externally, and another which is seen only in its. otJ results and of whose workings we are', ^ in a marked degree, ignorant. Both employ means for the production tif tfe positive ends, and though totally dis- cr< similar in themselves, the instruments'^8 < nr which bring about and give a name to j their existence may be one and the same. All the noble deeds and heroic be -?L- "c ltir.tsM.iv /inn Knncf nu ivaII tlli tlULH U1 WIllUll illSU/Ajr vtiix uvwov, *** ?? w** ^ as the darker hues with which, 110 less surely, many of its pages arc colored, are due to the exercise of one or both gp of tlicso modes of influence. One of pr< the mightiest of said powers is that of the pen. From remotest ages of antiquity, attempts have been made to propagate 0] influential principles by means of writing. As a substitute for the more persuasive power of the voice, or to transmit x accounts of commemorative events to the children of the future ages, hiero- |y glyphics, characters, figures and letters have been employed universally. And as an exponent to guide through the mazes of the progress of civilization, we could scarcely seize upon one surer and more suggestive than the art of writing. The invention of printing marks an era in the history of the world. From that time forward the powerof the press B' has steadily increased, until to-day it forms a lever which sustains a vast fabric of social, political, civil and religious welfare. Wlicn wo enter an immense manufactory, and the enormous machinery by which we obtain many of the articles T that civilize and refine domestic life is pointed out to us, we realize the beau- i ' ty and significance of the immense be amount of labor devoted to its inven- Vl tion, the years spent in the improve- '? mentof each invention, and (he exqui- ^ site adaptation of the moans to the required ends. But when we find (after the lapse of many years) that words penned by one who held but a frail CO tenure upon human existence, and this an amid diftiulties and discouragements pci sufficient to intimidate the bravest, were di sent forth to vast a multitude, whom their author was never to behold, aud have infiucneed stirring, busy lives, and changed the natue of iong-reccived, but be enthralling custums, then we ox perience an appreciation of the true mean- t?, ing of the word power; inasmuch as . ' momentous results follow almost impel- fM ceptible means. Such an hypothetical in case as the above finds literal fulfillment in the lives of many of our standard authors. It is this total lack of proportion between means and ends which causes the influence exercised by the pen to appear so indefinite and iutangii m< ble. I); In what docs the power of the pen j., consist? We have said that it inlluenccd active lives and overthrew con- jjf vcntionalities. Of the many forms lit- 1 crature lias assumed to answer the ra purpose of an intelligent designer, none can boast of more excentricity than the celebrated Letters of Junius. Being the 'sole depositary" of their authorship, the writer not only attacked nobles, " peers of the realm, and upholders of be tlio mnimrfhiniil government, but mill- nr isters of" stale, and the king himself gj, was not spared by powers of satire and \ invective which have never been ecjmil- (ltl cd. They who writhed under the sting- <>n ing sarcasm of those words and under- in stood, without need of explanation, the almost demonical power which thatseemingly insignificant instrument?the pen ?can wield. To expose error, to mak* fault apparent, to suggest a reined" anj the method of its applicat^,, Were t[ie aims of the highly ,/lftod writer Brow 111up; \n depicting the Yioble'struc ,.of Tuscans ;or frecdom, arfd ~ pleading for P'of4,sfance ; gy(]ney Smith, in "ev^iing j,js ijterary talent almost m exclusively ao the claims of the misera- * ble, the degraded, the ignorant and those unable to present their own petitions; and Harriet Beecher Stowe in calling the attention of a free people to the fact that slavery existed in their midst, proved that the influence of the pen is I mighty in its results. When the lives tJ of thousands and even millions are a( thus changed by the words of a singie j.t individual, none can refuse to acknowl edge that "the pen is migtitier tnan me sword." . n But after all, these are merely exter- . nal conditions, which must ere long vanish and give place to the others.? . There is a place of power still greater, it is that which forms a component part of , silent influence. Words that have bred content with an humble lot, that foster ed courage to comfront life's woes, that q have known how to "oppose the passions as they rise and check their wild propensities," that have cheered, soothed, purilled and enlightened?these are of divine origin and effect. The pen has made enthusiastic soul3 tremble j, with excitement at the beauty of the ^ ideas it conveyed. It has formed a ban- * quet and a revel for the aspiring intellect of all nations and ages. It offers a glitterihg pageant to the most soberhued of lives. And in the hands of a master, "it clothes skeletons with flesh a*hd thows blood into the veins." Its ,? ;0 nraufivo in its turn: and wiiaj/i i ii? io vivivi iv - ? upon the foundation which it has assisted to construct lias arisen tiie present'/ degree of prosperity which the people 1! of to-day enjoy. - S IV. ? Orr's Regiment. P Ninexy 8ix, S., June 2d, 1875. Re-union of Orr's Regiment of Rifles at Walhalla on the 21st of July, 1875. The members of Orr's Regiment of Rifles are requested to meet at Walhalla on the 21st of July next. It is earnestly desired that every member who can I do so be present on that occasion and o bring with them any information in their possession that may assist in com- ^ pleting of the rolls of the companies, that a full history of the regiment maj' ti be obtained from its organization to its ^ surrender. Round trip tickets for one fare will be j k., Hw, n c if V tn nil who I el iaaut;u kjj luu . w. a?? .. desire to attend. Let me urge it upon the members of the regiment that they lay aside their respective callings for a day and attend this our first re-union. GEO. McD. MILLER, Last Colonel of Regiment. ? The purchase system of army com- ^ missions which was restored by thejtl present Disj-aeli Ministry, was recently n] attacked by Lord Card well, the Secretary of War under Mr. Gladstone, who 0j showed in the House of Lords debate, that the "poor officers will do an me disagreeable work and the rich officers till the pleasant posts." Tite Dauoiitkr.?"Nothing is more "H desirable in a daughter than intelli- J| gence joined to a gentle spirit. The mind is fashioned and furnished, in the main, at school; but the character is derived chiefly from home. How inestimable is the confidence of that mother in producing kind feelings in the bosoms of her children, who never permits SI herself to speak to them with a loud voice, and in harsh, unkind tones!" rli 'flKf T.i- m'n f JujL<. - -I -rllterii'lir- -fcurif ; jrk .at this time. Tlse . eriLics ar< ianimously of the oplliien t&Wt .Clarf orris cannot successfully. porsonatt idy Macbeth, JahV Shore, or ailj tier character of the classic drama le public ou the other hand, are equal unanimous in the opinion thai sh< n, at least to its satisfaction, for-whil< e critics denouncel the -nouses ari jwded. Clara Mo/ris (Mrs. Harriot a a better hold, socially, as^weltai amatically, upoi&Jhe better &id /inoil dnep classes iu New York than per ps any oue of her'professlon ever hac fore, and there must be in her mori an the critics allow to produce such i suit.". s A- dispatch to the Greenville-New, vs that ex-Treasurer J. P. J?.:Camp, o lartanburjgj-jiias paid over $2j6u0 to tjii oper olllceft as fart of the amount fo aich heJH defaulter.' FEW. DAYS LONG EE IN ABBNVILLE LL ^^eo^B^esiring good picture! s had better <!a.il while an opportuni is offered, a^fwe will positively b< re only a fewapays longer. Wiseman & Langston, ARTISTS. June 9,-1875-1 for" * .. Sheriff's (Sale. y L. J. Wilson, Auctioneer William C. Barrett, ) Order vs. V of' James N. Cochran. )* Court. virtuo of an Order to me dircc J ted. by his Honor T. H, Cooke will sell on Saleday in July next f'ore the Court House door, at Abbe lie, within the legal hours, the fol wing described MORTGAGE L [lOl'ERTY, to wit: One Tract of Land, mposed of the old RR1CK HOUSE d CHANDLER TRACT, and : rtion of the MILL TRACT, iuclu g Douglass Mill, ing the tract of land and Mill sol< James N Cochran to William C irrett of Now York, Trustee, ii iril, 1869, and supposed to eontaii the aggregato 830 ACRES, jrc or loss, and bounded !>y lands o ivid Hannah, the Williams Tract lues N. Cochran, and others. Soh the properly of Wm, C B&rrolt Mistee, at the suit of James N. Coch n. TERMS. alf of purchase money an I costs t( nuirl in Cnsh. s.,.d the other iial I * ; ' ; - - ion a credit until tlie first (Jay o ptemher, 1S75, with interest Iron .to. Purchasers to have title d^c) i complying with terms, ix'\$ be )c to possession. L. P, GTTFFIN, S. A. C. Sheriff's Office, Juno 5, 1S75 9-4t, CITATION. he State, of South Carolina ABBEVIJLJLE, COUNTY. y T. B. MILFORD, Esq., Probat Judge. nSTHEREA, L. M. Fouehe mud suit to me, to grant him Lei rs of Administration of the Estat id effects of Willis Caldwell, colorec te of Abbeville County deceased. These are therefore to eiteltnd admoi h all and singular the kindred an ^..1: -.f dm tan ill Williu Pnlrlivpl ;coased, that they he and appear, befoi ie, in the Court of Probate, to be hel , Abbeville C. H. on the 22d of Juni ext after publication hereof, at 1 clcck in tile forenoon, to show caus< any they have, why the said Admii tration should not be granted. iven under niy hand and seal, th 7th day of June in the year of 01 Lord one thousand eight hundred an seventy five and in the ninety nint year of American Independence. Published on the 9th and 16th dayi Line, 1875, in the AbbcviUc Press an 'anner and on the Court House do< >r the time required by law. T. B. MILFORD, [Skal.] Judge of Probate. June 9, 1875, 9-2t* Another Tax. A N ANNUAL MEETING of tl legal voters of School District N ! will beheld in the Court House c aturday, June 19th, at twelve o'cloc r., to levy a school tax for this Scho istrict for the next scholastic year, i rovided for by law. R. M. HADDON, Clerk of Board. June 9, 1875, 9-2fc Notice. Columbia, S. C., June 2, 187o. fB OU.ND trip tickets will be sold i [%, the different Stations on the lii f this Road, to persons desirous of a Hiding the Commencement Exercis > take place at the WILLIAMSTO EM ALE COLLEGE, from the lot ) the 17th June inclusive, good to r irn until the 20th June inclusive. An ) those wishing to attend the Con lencement Exercises of THE NEV EltKY COLLEGE AT WALHA] A, from the 18th to the 24th June ii usive. THOS. DODAMEAD, General Superintendent. abl'z Nokkon, Geu'lTicket Agent. Meetings OF Jounty Commissioner* rHE Board of County Commissiot ers will meet from this date o iu third and fourth Saturdays of eac ionth for the e^necial accommodates 7 teachers, and on the second Saturda ' eacli month for the transaction < ,her business. ROBERT JON^S, Chairman. June 2, 1875, 8-tf Just Arrived. r ADIES TUCK COMBS, [j REAL HAi 11 SWITCHES, KID GLOVES, RUFFLINGS, SCARFS, WHITE GOODS, SILK and LEATHER BELTS HATS and BONNETS, Nei :yles, at the EMPORIUM OF FASHION. May 20, 1875, 7-tf v , : NEAR GUEKN8B0B0, N.C. ) y. , i '(UfESSRS;" 8. H. & W. 0. HAMP* !? TON, Agents for said" Nursery, ) are nowhere, canvassing Greenville AnJ dejgon, Abbeville, Laurens and NewJ 'bewyrCounties, prepared to furnish ev ery variety of proved, selected Fruit 1 Trees., Vines and Plants, specially adap2 ted to tms section. No stock is offered i that ia not vigorous ^d healthy, and thoroughly tested and bxgved to succeed - In Wo ImvA 5 YT tli 111 Uu#y0vi* ??uuf V>K?UWVV* ?? v *IV? T V f a comple%yaiiety of EVERGREENS, 8 emj)racin^%ucb^?ietl^ a8 are desirable The Senior Proprfel^.has now been . upward of. forty years.engaged in collecting, proving and&eTectifig fruitB, and it is oui^determination tor concentrate every varIety of?uperior-fruits. of the hardy class, ift the Known^'world?hoping that in a rew^weare nfbre we shall 3 have collected ana proved suitable to - our climate and soil a collection of 2 choice fruits for every season of the year, not surpassed, if equaled, by any part of the world. There is perhaps no country in the worlld better adapted to the cnltivation of all the fine fruits than the climate and soil of Western South Caro.ina. We make a specialty of early fruit for marketing, and offer a select variety ol early Peaches, as the Early Beatrice, Rivers, Louise, Richmond, Foster, and extra-early Amsden. The Foster is ten , days earlier than the Early Crawford, and a much larirer and finer peach, and has been sold in tbe New York market at $12 per dozen. The Amsden is extra large and the earliest peach known. treks warranted to live rwEi/vf months. ? Address S. H. & W. O. HAMPTON, Greenville S. 0. j April 14th, 1875?2m. X i ? - New Advertisements. INT. 3?. "Burnham's TUliBJNK Water Wheel. 1 Was selected, 4 years ago, and put tc ?ir/\>?1^ i iviii dot/in# aflino h'ook!n/?, ^ >vui rv 111 inw i ubvuif viuvy* n noxiiug ton, D. C., and has? proved to be tb< best. 19 sizes made. Prices lower thar any other first-class Wheel. Pamphlet! free. Address N. F. BURNHAM, York, Pa. MOST extraordinary Terms of Ad vertising are ottered for Newxpa pers in the State of South Carolina Send for list of papers and. schedule o 1 rates. Address GEO. P. ROWELL <S J CO., Advertising Agents, No. 4} Part Row, N. Y. Refer to Editor of this paper. CC(%0 ^0f5l)CM' ,Ja.V nL l>?nic. Term; sDv^"1 sDuU tree. Ail dress. GEO ST1NS0N & CO., Portland, Mo. f (?*717^. WEEK guaranteed, to Male , 3/ / Slll(l Ffinale Agents, in Lheii i locality. Costs NOTHING to try it ( Particulars Free. P. O. VTCKEltY ?S ' CO., Augutsa, Me. ' O^YCHOMANCY, OR, SOUL" IT CHARMING." How eithei sex may fascinate and gain the love anc aficctions of any person they choose 'I'liiu nrf oil mm nfv f?n, UiOlUlili v. A...U MT, w f N)C WOO) 11^ j by mail, for 23 cents : together with J f Marriage Guido( Egyptian Oracle ? Dreams, Ili^.td to Ladies, etc. 1,000,(KX sold. \ queer book. Address T. WIL 3 I'lAM & CO., Pub's, Philadelphia. i" ADYERTISEB'S" GAZETTE,' A Journal of Information fo: Advertisers. Edition, 9,60( copies. Published weeklyTerms, $2 per annum, in ad vance. - FIVE SPECIMEN' COPIES (DIF FEKENT DATES) TO ONE ADDRESS FOR 25 CTS. ^ Office No. *11 _Park Row, New York GEO. P. ItOWJbJLL. & t'U., c Editors and Publishers. I0 Something New in AMs! tr * Wiseman ? Langston d rcn,a'n *,ere f?r a s'10l,t l'm , y v for the purpose of making 1 f Life Size Oil Paintings, ?. PHOTOGRAPHS, xTTjunTVPrs 4.' JUMXVV AAA MVf J; COPYING OLD PICTURES, d FILLING PINS, 1 LOCKETS, &C ^ ALL kinds of work from 50 cents I a $20. jr WE also make large size views < RESIDENCES including the family GARDENS, YARDS, FIELDS, &c. CALL SOON, as our stay is limite< and see for yourselves what we are d< ing at the ROOMS formerly occupied b Mr. Lee. OIL PAINTINGS from life or d< le ceased persons a speciality. Wiseman & Langston. ;[! May 20, 1875-lm. ol ? iS New National Woven fire Matte! DURABLE, Elastic, Noiseless, an the most perfect Spring Be< never wears out or gets out of orde - It is so arranged with bolts that th tension can be lot out or taken up i will. For sick persons they are the be! bed known. Cooler than any other an at can be made soft or hard. For sale at ? J. D. Chalmers & Co. jj May 26, 1875, 7-tf s King's Mountain Military Seta Yorkville, S. C. ESTABLISHED 1855. _ COL, ASBURY COWARD PRINCIPAL. Full Corps of Able Professors OMPLETE outfit of Arms, Appa ratus, Etc., for thorough ments and physical training. Location note n forhoalthfulness, and possessing Rail h a ,,.wi i uim. anu A vivfi,i iv r u 11 j illustrated Catalogue apply t? Principal y June 2. 1875. 8-5t >f New Goods. IUST RECEIVED, the following a ?1.a l/T'V) V lfPTTTn.i oti/\r~> rs . mr tnv jl' u tvi> iic xiJi. o i U-ttii. : New Wardrobes, Ne w JI ea t Sa fes, New Spring Hollers, New Window Shades, New Walnut Chairs, 5, New Hall Stands, very fiue. ,v J. D. CHALMERS & CO. May 25,1875, 7-tf ----- H||H^| 1HAVE now a ???elected Btock o MILLIjS?EI will be pleased to exfr&it Joiny friends, customers, and ihe^pujbjTc generally. Tie' styleaare erftirelMfcjrand very pretty,. ^' and all I ask i&ltqH^ine a call beftr<? *' purchasing elise^lWMBa^ Thanking my customers forjpt^BWPR^d asking a ^pl ^1 am^ve^^p^^B^^ OYSTERS, l TOMATOES, ' :.:K CRANBERRIES, " PEACHES, PINEAPPLE, - . ? C. C. PICKLE, SARDINES, SEAFOAM, : - ' EXT. LEMON, 'v and DESSICATED COCOANUT. A splendid article of TEA, (Green and Black) AT , Cunningham & Templeton's. Cunningham, & Templeton * /tr j ARE SELLING AT' ' ; O O ST [ a beautiful stock of i Swiss Eire tatty aii Mi CALL AND EXAMINE. April 28h 1875, 8-tf , . 'r>, :.vi r The State of Sostl Carolina, i' COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. In Probate Court. * < J. T. Barnes and . C. V. Barnes, Executors, Petition against for B, J. Cochran, and Settlement, Mary K., his wife, &c. aiid others. ON hearing the petition in this case, . and on motion of Pcrrin <fc Cotb. ran, Attorneys for Petitioner, Tt is Or. dered, That the 15th day'of July next I ho, uud is hereby fixed for a Settlement of the Estate or G. V. Barnes, seniory ' deceased. That thedefondanto be and I they are hereby required to answer the- . Petition and appear in this Court on the[> day above named at 10 o'clock A. M. It appearing to this Court by the Af- . fidavit of J. T. Barnes, that the Defen- - ' dautZ. W. Barnes, Benjamin J. Coch....... ? >,< Uoi'u W fWnron hia wife. I ail 4U1U i?t?; -MK r...?F; . - Albert Barnes and Emma Brown,! children of Mpbeus E. Barnes, dec'd, f reside beyoud the limits of this State ^ ? It is therefore, Ordered, That the said ; & Defendants be made parties by publica* ^ tion, and that copies of the petition and . this Order be sent to the respective parties by mail, postage prepaid to their :U respective places of residence, as stated iti the said affidavit. Also Ordered, That tfee Defendants residing in this State and County be 1 \ duly served with copies of the Petition , and* this Order respectively, and that : > the Order be published in the Abbeville Prcxs and Banner for six successive " weeks. THOS. B. MILLFOBD, [skaIi.] Judge of Probate, 4. C. t May SI, 1875, Tiie above is a true copy. ^ , ;:4 Attest, J. C. WOSMANSKY, , C. C. Pro. A. C. 8t? A DRESS AND MANTUA-MAKING. 1 m/I ISS LIDIA TAGGART, assisted L-- If? A akilll>A mill ^ IT B uy uirs. ueui^c ouuuw, mu . Have charge of this Department?both ladies well knowu to the public forthell* 3 good taste and ability. Dresses made, | t cut and fit cm most reasonable termsand & >. shortest notice. Also latest styles of -M 0 Patterns always oh band at N. Y prices. <j| Jas. A. Bowie, 1 1, A^cnt Emporium of Fashion* ... ? April 7, 1876, 52-tf W FEATHERS. FOR sale, a lot of good PEATH- J ERS. Apply to J. D. CHALMERS & CO. !, Dec. 1,1874, 34-tf. j1 Fresh Supply _ I H ATS ana J5u?nxux-O,\uow smra; r- JH RIBBONS, SCARFS, RUFFS, , >t &c.. to arrive this week at the , c t EMPORIUM OF FASHION, ; d Aprils, 1875 ^tf. ' I AGENTS WANTED! I | I MALE OR FEMALE. 1 i. yjl For an article that sells well for a low j price, at sight, to lady or gent. The - I , j goods will recommend themselves. i L-| No Capital Required, ' |j d1 As we will furnish the goods to per- jm I- 'ties who can give satisfactory referr leuce, to be paid for after they are sold. 1. I E. SPENCER* 2] | 100 Nassau St., N. Y. ,^Jg ; EttTWUfT .I?H'IJUi BWMIIIMM IIHMgngBH?Ml J RUBBER CLOTH . I *34* INCHES WIDE, now on hand Oil at the EMPORIUM OF it FASHION. [May 12,1875, P atterns "|^0R all kinds of garments, the la X' tost styles just rcccivca, at ine Emporium of Fashion, March 31, 1871.