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The Press and Banner, ABBEVILLK, S. C. Wednesday, April 12, 1876. Arc they Intimate Friends of God. or do they Violate the Third Commandment ? We do not publish a religious news paper, but we shall take the privilegt rtufiMm O Mir* It u of remarKing upou me uuow... many ministers of the gospel, and also among various church-members, of speaking of the Author of our be ing with that familiarity which might make the impression upon their hear ers that they were intimate friends and acquain"tan<^8 of God, who had delegated to them special urivileges in the use of his name, whicn privileges, in the Third Commandment, were es pecially forbidden to ordinary sin ners. A minister of the gospel we have been taught, from the cradle up, to regard as an example to the world in godliness, and while men of the world are not surprised to hear non professing men violate this^oemmaud, jt is certainly grating upon the ears of any man to hear a professor of the re ligion of Jesus Christ taking the name of the Father upon his lips in his common conversation with the jnen whom he meets upon the street corners. We make no personal allu sion to any'one, for the practice is nnmmnn. Who is it that has not ob Nerved it? Borne time since a minis ter of the Gospel said something to us about getting married, and took occa sion to make an irreverent use of our Maker's name; on another occasion a group of men were standing on the street, various anecdotes were told by all. No one told a story in which the name of God occurred except the preacher. On another occasion the subject of dancing was discussed. A preacher was among the crowd. No one called the Name except the preacher. Once upon the cars we heard a minister of one of the Protes tant churches, in order to prove love of place and nativity, tell the story of the man who believed that "if a neu JKUUliCU a IHVA/U V/I VUivnvuo m .?v?. that she would scratch about that place for a living." We ask if the us(? above made of the Name at whose mention "all the nations of the earth should bow," is not sinful, while the last mentioned story is sim ply disgusting, and under other cir z cumstanccs its publication would be inexcusable. When ministers speak of God with such familiarity we cannot help being reminded of the absurd story of Mo hammed of whom it is related that he made his famous night journey from Mecca to Jerusalem, and thence to Heaven, in company with the Angel Gabriel, who knocked at tha door of heaven, and informed the porter who lie was, and said that he had brought "Mohammed, the friend of God." Now. does not the action of many ministers of the gospel lead us to be lieve that they claim to be friends ol <4od who has authorized them to use his name as they please ? Patent Outsides. Our neighbor of the Barnwell Senti nel pays us a nice compliment in his last paper and at the conclusion of his notice lie says "he is surprised that we use the patent outside." Friend Bronsoti, we would reply by statiug that we are surprised that you do not print the Sentinel on a patent outside. We think the opposition to patent outsides is only prejudice. While we set more matter than four:flifths of our country exchanges print, we pub lish, we presume, more than double as much as nine-tenths of them. By printing our paper in small type solid we have room on the second and third pages for as much matter as our business will warrant us in setting up, and all the matter on the first and fourth pages is just so much clear gaiu to our readers. Many of our ex changes set their papers in large type leaded, which makes the same matter cover a much larger space than if set in brevier, minion or nonpareil solid. Leads make a difference of almost one-fourth, and we regard the space occupied as lost to the reader. We believe If our friend of the Barn well Sentinel will give the matter a careful thought he will adopt the plan which will add to the popularly of his paper. We do not urge this plan upon any of our friends, nor do we find fault with the old plan. This is a matter which every one should determine for himself, but we make the prediction now, that half of.lhe pa pers published in the State will be printed on patent outsides in less than twelve mouths from this time. The Convention on Thursday. On Thursday last one hundred del egates from the various townships of the County, assembled in the Court House in County Convention, repre senting the negro party of this Coun ty, for such it may justly be termed, although they still themselves persist in calling it the Republican party, lu the Convention there were about seventy negroes, twenty-seven colored men, and three white men. We r?gret to say that we beiieve that there was less intelligence in this Convention than in any similar con vention which has ever met iu Abbe ville. The negroes now seem dispoe ed to draw the color line closely against the whites, nearly nil of whom have been excluded from participa tion in their deliberations, and it now seems clear to us that they look with distrust upon the more intelligent col ored men. We learn that the question of run ning the Government entirely by offi cers of their own color has been freelj discussed in their caucuses, aud the} cite our neighbor county of Edgeflelc as evidence of their ability to run tbt Government aud control the white man, and say if the negroes can gov em Edgefield without the aid of th< whites in office, they ought also t< govern the white people of Abbeville county. NO EXCUSE FOR BEING UGLY Vrotta r?nthi>n mnU Prettv Birds Last Wednesday was apleasantday and the "openings" of millinery a the Emporium of Fashion, and a ^Irs. White's, over the Bank, drev quite a number of our ladies to thesi delightful bauquets where charaiin; eyes might feast on the beauties tha grace the matron, adorn the bride, anc make- the maideu more lovely, bu leave an aching void in the "oh man's" pocket We are unable to d< juntioe to the attractive aud beautifu goods wiiicb are offered in tnese place and will not attempt to "paint tin lily." Goods may be bought at tlies stores whfch would make the hardes face on the globe reasonably .lovely while faces more favored by natur would be perfectly irresistible afte making an investment with the ad vice of Mrs. White and Miss Itamey over the Bank, or with the approba tion of Misses Small and Cater at th Emporium of Fashion, at each o which places an endless Quantity o goods may be found exhibited ii * i * 1 V 9 "graceful eomuaiuii. Oapt. John Cowan, of Dry Gove was iu town on Wednesday last, an< lie says this is the hardest times hi ever saw. He says when he raise* cotton and sold it at five cents a pound there was more money in the couutn than there is now. The Captain rais es his own corn, wheat and oats, ant is able to pay in advance for his Pre? and. Banner. He has been a subscrib er since our first issue, and we doub not that he may still read it for man; years yet to come. A unrvrr t r? Vi 'I a on nlil hlnnlc OCiX f A MUM ? - that has Jilted lunches and horse fee* out of 1,932 buggies on the Publi Square, and has had about a ton and half of brick bats thrown at her. Sh is still alive and able to make ai "honest" living by "foraging." It is generally conceded that th< farmer who fails to plant com an raise bis own pork, this year, don' know much. Plant cotton as a sui plus.?Lancaster Ledger. The people endorse the Press am Jianner. ! : Let us Publish a History of Abbe 1 ; ville County. "I An esteemed citizen has promised] ; to give us some historical facts in ref-J 'erenceto the early settlement of the; Savannah side of the County, which! will no doubt be read with great inter est. As there has never been any his , tory of Abbeville County pubiished we think the centennial year a good ! time to put all historical matters on } record, and any one in possession ofi , j matters of interest will confer a favor j j on the County by handing them to the ; Press and Banner for publication. If j the old people of each portion of the ; county would contribute something J we would be enabled to publish an in-1 | teresting history of our county, andj 1 possibly at a future day we may pub-j i lish it in book form, that the history I j of our county and the personal remin iscences of our old people might never I be lost. Facts and circumstances re ! lating to the lives of our old and hon ored citizens would be treasured by I the present and future generations. The Reminiscences or Abbeville by 'a former resident are, as far as we I know, remarkably correct aud are i read with much interest. Let every one contribute something by putting oa record the facts that may be kuownto each. tf ? 4^ Tiie Ninety-Six Herald, after re gaining in winter quarters for two i months, again made its appearance in our sanctum on Saturday. We are glad to welcome back the Herald, and j ; hope that the infant may live to arrive) at the age of maturity. The editor's] name does not appear, hut we pre sume our friend Mr. R. P. Quarles manages that department. We shall hereafter look to the Herald for "Echoes from Ninety-Six," and hope to be allowed the liberty of transfer j ring them to our own columus. Quite a number of our exchanges! : have made complimentary mention of: I our notice of the death of Gen. Hodges. ' We always feel inclined to say "much 1 obliged to you" when we hear a man I say that he has read a long piece of I j ours, but when he reads it and then | I compliments it we feefrthat we owe j him a debt of gratitude which we ! can never repay unlers he sometime af . terwards should deliver a speech in our hearing. Last Sunday was Palm Sunday, or the Sunday before Easter. Friday will be Goo'd Friday, the most solemn* fast of the church,and Sunday will be Easter Day, the most brilliant of Church festivals, commemorating the Resurrectiou. As usual Trinity Church will be decorated, and the ser vices will partake of the inspiring as sociations of the Day. "We noo from written notlccs about our I town that the votera of Ninety-Six will be] 1 required to register three days previous to ! the eloetion, which takca place on Monday! ! week. Tills Is a step in the right direction and a fair example for other towns to follow.? Xinrty-Siz Herald. Sticking advertisements on trees may do for towns where no news paper is pnblished, but we are sur . prised to see our neighbor advocating die plan for that town. .We think it 1 would have been much better for the coun<fll to have advertised in the Herald. Rkligiocs.?This being "Passion or Holy Week" services were held in , Trinity church on Monday and Tues day afternoons at 5:30, and will be held at the same hour on Thursday after noon, and also on this (Wednesday) and Friday mornings at 11 o'clocK. The ladies of the congregation will meet on Saturday morniug for tiie purpose of decorating the church fox Easter. Divided Equally. ? Recently a Northern lady bought a long ginger cake from a huckster while the train was stopped at one of our depots, uroKe u iruo mree e<juui pari*?givmgj one piece to a negro, one to a dog, and j the remaining piece she threw to aj hog, leaving the passengers to draw | their own inference. Thk members of the Legislature took their departure for the capital on Monday. We presume that body would adjourn if the elections were not coming off next Fall. They may be sitting as a committee to ask the President for soldiers to perpetuate the negro party in South Carolina. Mrs. Thomas Bowks who lives near Due West was seriously wound ed in the abdomen by the accidental discharge of a pistol on Sunday morn ing last. The pistol fell from its scab bard which was hanging to the wall | of the room, and was set off in the full. More healthy children are raised i < on milk and mush than on any other ; diet. Coffee is injurious to all chil-j dren and ruin9 the stomach of very | many children. Coffee brings more < dj-spepsia than all other causes com-! bi ned. Last Saturday night began the 11 Jewish feast of Passover, which con-i< tinues for eight days, ending on Sun-! day night of this week. The first two i days, (Sunday and Monday,) were re- j ligiously observed by the total bus-: pension of business and work of all; kinds. The Periodicals of the Literary! jclub, consisting of the most popular j ' monthlies and illustrated weeklies of' 11875 will be sold at public auction on i ; Thursday, 13th ln9t., at 11 A. M. at! 1 store of Parker & Perrin. Our neighbor of the Laureiutville i I Herald, copies the dot about the An-i treville heroine in putting out the! fire on the kitchen roof, and goes fori , us, the Junior. Our time next, neigh . bor. On the 4th instant the following | gentlemen were elected to office in the ] town of Due West: p Intendant?8. Agnew. A lilarmnri Inlili \f PnnllMin "R. Af ! , McGhee, I. J. Galloway, Dr. N. Henry. i Messrs. Cunningham Temple ton have a nice stock of goods, and ? purchasers will find it to their interest > to give them an early call. Their 1 stock comprises a great variety of ar ticles, both useful and ornamental. Plant Corn.?We"trust that every * farmer in Abbeville County will plant enough corn this Spring to feed him * self and his stock. Cotton will do , well enough as a money crop, hut it t wouldn't do to neglect your graiu t crops. k "Newberry hns nuitca number of old clti 2 zonn. We shall take a pen and ink portrait r of tliem'yewberry Ptogreuivt Age. t iST" Yes, by all means. Such mat 1 ter will be more interesting than any t! thing you can put in your paper. |; Hymeneal.?Mr. Percy Brown and , i Miss Rosa Jones, of Newberry, are J married. Mr. W. C. Pelham and Miss Carolina BranJjy Leavell, of the same ' town, have also been uuited in the t! holy bonds. , Various tax-payers have recently e I enquired why we have two marshals, r! when a set of men can break a store -jopeu on the square, take a safe out ,1 and pound it with an axe with im -| punity. r A good milch cow and a good gar r den are invaluable to a small family. ' But little bacon need be bought when ? famlli, Vioq a frnnii milpll (>f>W AnH C* JHI14 A J J tIMO W ? plenty of vegetables. "I am too poor to take a paper." If jjyou are, you should be indicted by the grand jury for obtaining a family un der false pretences." Mr. Rosenberg has a fine stock of good9 which lie Is anxious to sell for the money. Give him a call and f;et a nice suit of cloths. The. Governor has refused guns to the Due West Rifle Club, nnless they will join the militia. This they decline to do. Mr. L. W, White has just return ed from New York where he has been i to buy his new stock of Spring goods.; Detective John B. Hubbard has been in town for several days. His visit is ominous. Isn't it a reflection on a farmer's business capacity to be compelled to! buy corn ? I Generally the rocks are on the hills, but on Sunday the Hills were on the rocks. Gen. Bradley was at the Probate Office on Thursday. The Conutv Convention. We ask the attention of our readers to the card of Col. J. S. Cothran, call ing a meeting of the County Conven tion at this place on Wednesday, the ^Gth inst. Of course it will not be necessary to urge the prompt attend ance of delegates from the various clubs, especially as the number is small and each club is entitled to only oue vote. If we were to express any choice in the matter, we would much prefer to see a larger delegation in attendance from the various clubs, but as it is, we are perfectly satisfied to abide the ac tion of those who have the matter in charge, and who doubtless nave studied the matter more than we have and are more competent to decide which is best. We take this view of the mat ter, however. A convention of this kind should be a public one in the Court House, and in that event seven ty-five or a hundred men as a deliber ative body would likely enlist more enthusiasm from the masses of the people than a much smaller body. Drugs and General Merchandize. Dr. J. F. Townsend has just receiv ed in the new brick store at Hodges, a superb stock of drugs and general merchandize, which he has purchas-' ed since the decline in prices, and is! now offering to his friends at great re ductions upou former rates. Our friends in that section should not fail to give him a call. Fire Insurance. "We direct attention to tho card of Mr. L. W. Perrin, of our town, who has accepted the ageucy of a i p nt?_ t .AMi uumoeroi r ire j.usuruiii;ev^uiJiiJaijic.->, and is prepared to issue policies at reasonable rates. Mr. P. solicits the patronage of the public, and can make it to their interest to give him a call. Office at the Law office of Messrs. Perrin ?fc Cot bran. We commend him to the patronage of our friends. ?? - - Election of Delegates to the County Convention. At a meeting of the Abbeville Dem ocratic Club on Thursday last, the following delegates were elected to the ! County Convention : Delegates?W. H. Parker, J. T. Robertson and E. 13. Gary. Alternates?E. Noble, Sr., T. P. Quarles and S. C. Cason. A Greenwood correspondent of RoweVs American newspaper Reporter shows a just appreciation of our paper when lie says :?"The J'reus and Jiun txer 1ms enlarged to nine columns, and is foremost among the best papers of the State. It has acquired much pop ularity and an increase in its circulation by its fearless denuncia tions of corrupt ofllcials. Long may it wave.?J. L. NorreJi, since the re moval of the JS'cw I.ra material to Ninety-Six, has opened a small job olfice in this place." Death of Miss Emma Parker.? We regret to announce the death of Miss Km ma Parker at Williumston on last Saturday morning at 10 o'clock, from the injuries received in the late sad accident. The remains were taken to Columbia the same eveuing, where the funeral took place on Sunday afternoon. The melancholy accident which has brought to a close, the bright career of one so young and in teresting, carries deep-felt sorrow to an alllicteu liouseiioiu ana a wiue c.r-i ele of Iriends and relatives. Wants a Pardon.?Lewis Chiles who was pardoned out of the peniten tiary, soon after his return to his old home, was charged with burning Mc Cravey's gin-house last Fall, tried, convicted, and sentenced to the peni tentiary for ten years, now wants a| pardon, and a paper is being circulated i asking his release. We trust the I Grovemor will do no such thing. We have enough house-burners here now. Let him stay where he is. Concert ox Tuesday Night.? fhe Abbeville Cornet Band will give; i concert ou Tuesday night, assisted ; Dy the ladies of the village for the ben-1 ;tit of the Baptist church. We hope I - - ' A ? ? ^ I? ? J mm n nntnH I ;o see h wen putruui^uu, as we cuici ;ainment will be an excellent one. Tjie Sacrament of the Lord's Supper evili be administered in the Presbyte rian church next Sabbath. Rev. Jb'er-j iinand Jacobs, D.D., will preach in tiie Presbyterian church next Satur-' day evening, and Sabbath morning and evening. The Young Men's Christian Asso-j fiation "of Abbeville was organized on! last Sabbath afternoon at the l'Vmaje j Academy, with W. A. Templeton,! President; S. C. Cason, Vice-Presi-i dent; T. M. Galphin, Secretary. Blind.?We regret to learn that' Mrs. David Keller has been totally; blind siuce Christmas from the effect] of neuralgia in the eyes. Mrs. Keller! ha3 ourslncere sympathy in her sad affliction. 1HL JXUyUUSlU, KsUJWlUUllU/lUllHLy VI1C of the most valued of our exchanges, and one of the best papers published in the South, has reduced'lts Subscrip tion price to six dollars. Easter Monday.?Next Monday being Easter Monday, a meeting of the congregation of Trinity church will be held to elect Wardens and Ves try and Delegates to the Convention, for the next ecclesiastical year. Sunday was a beautiful day. Re ligious services id all the churches ex cept the.Presbyieriau. Rev. Menden huil preached in the Baptist church in the morning and in the evening at the Methodist. New House.?Mrs. Sassajd is hav ing a comfortable two story dwelling put up on the lot adjoining the home i ? ( 1 1 I i 1 1 1 ( 1 3 l i f i I i ( steaa or ner son. Mr. jn. T. bassard.ou Floral Hill. The houae will contain live rooms. Mess. McDonald & Haddon always sell goods at the verv lowest figures for cash, and if a roan 13 a good talker they will sometimes sell on a credit to prompt promising customers. Dr. John S. Thompsou is the hap piest man in town. Judge Bruce has the same reason for congratulation, I but such occurrences in his family are monotonous. We regret to learn that Mr. Gordon McWilliams had the misfortune to lose his mule a few days ago. It fell in a gulley and broke ita leg. This is a severe loss to him. Religious.?There will be a Sacra mental meeting at Rocky River church on the fourth Sunday of this month. Services will commence on Saturday. Paralyzed.?We regret to learn thatW. D. Simpson, Esq., a promi nent member of the Laurens Bar, was paralized at Anderson on Friday last. Passover Bread.?We are Indebt ed to Mrs. G. A. Visanski for ,a nice I present of Passover bread for whir.h she will please accept our thanks. Col. Robertson, as assignee, will sell the goods of Messrs. DuPre, Gam brell & Co., at auction on Friday. Dr. A. T. Wideman of Abbeville is a juror in the United States Court i now sitting in Columbia. DpPre's Hot House, on Floralj Hill, is visited daily by persons iuj search of rare flowers. Mess. McDonald & Haddon have a beautiful assortment of new goods. Go, look, buy. Capt. Bradlky represented Long Long Cafie in town one day last week. Mr. B. C. DuPre', of Due West, was on the Public Square last week. No man should neglect to have a good com patch and a good garden, j Nearly every solvent farmer of this County raises his own corn. Every good farmer will plant enough corn for his own use. We iire indebted to our friend Major Small lor late Scotch papers. Help Chamberlain.?The P<resi Ident should not neglect the appeals, mads to him by Chamberlain, of; I South Carolina. If the Governor I cannot save the State from the worst < [elements in our politics, then there is; j no salvation for It?AT. Y, Iferold. | Assembled TTisdom. PRESIDENT-MAKING AT Til] hadical row-WOW. The Chairman's Prayer. The preciuct delegates came to At beville on Thursday last to elect dele gates to the Suite Convention wbicl met in Columbia on yesterday for th purpose of electing fourteen delegate to represent this State in the Cincin nuti Republican Convention whlcl Convention will nominate a candidal for the high ollice of President of th United Stutes of America. John Henry Titus, as County Chair man, called the Convention to orde at eleven o'clock, and requested Job: L. Adams to act as Secretury. The Chairman made a speech ii which he explained the object of th meeting; he wanted delegates electe< Willi IIIC uiuioi } ouvu liivu mo tt could depose in; wanted all to giv their honest atteution ; be was up til two o'clock last night; before be re tired he prayed that all would mak such a wise choicer would please At mighty God; that we might be worth? of the footstool where ho?rcsted his feel this morning [the other being a gooi prayer] be prayed as before; be want ed his brethren that were to be elect ed to display their knowledge in th advancement of the interests of th Convention, etc., etc. The Cbairmai said, the Convention was now? Four members excitedly rose ti their feet, raised their outstretchei arms high above their heads, witl the hands down so as to point at th Chairman, at the same time, in no lov voices, calling "Mr. Chairman!" The Chairman after repeated call; from these gentlemen, decided that h< "recognized Mr. Holland first." Holland at this announcement, pull ed oft' his grertcoat, [it now seemed a if he meant business,] and wanted t< uominate a permanent Chairman o the Convention who would give equa 1U1U UI1UIVIUCU junilkc I [lit gup|iva< he meant no reflection on the oltiee presiding at that time;] wanted i unanimous vote, and nominated Isaa< H. White. About fifteen or twenty instantly rose to "second the motion,' and perhaps some thirty or forty eacl called for the "question" about*flfteei times. During this time Tom WU Iiamson endeavored to say something which was understood to be, implor inglj", "Mr. Chairman! Mr. Chair man!" By this time all but five or six hat taken their seats, and the Chairmar rapped them down. [By this we d< not mean that he with his dexter fis against their knowledge boxes, pu them in a horizontal position on tin floor.] The motion to elect White was pu and was carried by an overwhelming vote; Titus abdicated and White toot the Judge's seat, and was sandwichec by Secretaries L. L. Guffln, John L Adams, Robert Logan and WilJIarr Hurd. A committee of one from each town ship was appointed on credentials with Guffin as Chairman. The Com mittee retired to one of the jury rooms and soon returned with a roll of the name9 of the members of the Con vention, which we would have insert ed here if the eopy of the same had been furnished us. Jsaac H. White is a colored man, and makes a remarkably good presid ing oflicer. He has perhaps the best education of any man in the Conven tion, and as far as we know, is a man jf. fair character, yet they never con fer upon him any office of honor or trust, except to send him as delegate to the County Convention, where he is reu nested to preside over that un ruly body. Last year he was a candi date before the Convention for school commissioner. His opponent was perhaps the most ignorant member ol :he Convention and received the nom ination. "VVui. Spencer, colored, is a member )f the Convention, and also a member } 1 111U JUC^iOiaiUlC, iO 4* UiUii Wi sense, ana when compared with hit ace, is weil educated, and has as much lie manner of a gentleman as any nember of the Convention, but is ,vithout much influence. Mitchell Goggins is a colored man ol prominence among the negroes, hut it s doubtful if his convictions of right itid wrong are not too clearly defined or him long to hold his position, fiis sincerity in his declarations of jrinciples in the last Convention will ioubtless damage him in the estima ,ion of his constituents. A man, ol :ourse, is expected to talk honesty md reform but, it seems to us, the mo nent a man shows a determination tc ict in that manner he loses his influ ence. William Holland, of Ninety-Six, if i negro of small mental endowments, md perhaps one of the most ignorant md influential members of the Con tention. He is also a member of the Legislature, and a concurring brothei 11 a partizan contest. Wnm?ihni Widmnan. of Loner Cane, s a man of better sense tlmn Holland, ind can talk much better than the av rage African, while his air and do neanor is such as to impress upon hl> learers the fact that he has by w neans a low opinion of himself or hl? ibility ns a statesman and orator. In lis speech in the Convention he said ivanted men "elected who would dc ;he moist good in permuting the inter ests of the party.'' He will probabl.v je re-electcu to the Legislature nexl Fall. Arthur Jefferson, of Greenwood, ,b a man of no education at all, hut h not lacking in the power of making sound and gesture. He can opuab most vehemently for a given length o time nud keep the point or aim of hit speech a profound secret, as far as tliii ieponent is concerned. He has tw!c< iieiti tne omce m coumy uduiiiiipbivxi ?r, was elected twice to State conven lions in Columbia, and next Fall h< may be delegated to Columbia, to en act laws for the constituents of Abbe ville County. Thomas Williamson, once schoo commissioner of Abbeville County was noted for his long uncombed hair shaggy gray beard, and white rufiiei shirt, furnished as much amusemen to the spectators as any one in tin Convention, except perhaps a littb blue-coated delegate from Donalds ville, who was heard perhaps as oftcr as anybody. Williamson made man") speeches which were entirely unintel ligible, but his manners and the pecu liar sound of his voice made it quit amusing. Nearly every member of the Con veution had something to say, first o: last or all the time, and except White Spencer and Guftin, none spoke with out the grossest violation or the rule of grammar and rhetoric. In makinj nominations, five minutes were allow ed to each one respectively in making nominations. The speeches delivere< in urging the merits or uie anrerun candidates are too much for this report er, and our readers roust excuse hi shortcomings in this particular. Ii most instances the nominees wen well-known to be ltepublicans, sonn were recommended because they wen honest, but we don't remember if an; man was recommended because h" was competent. When George Edmunds' fricnt nominated him ho commenced, hi: speech by addressing the "Chairmai and gentlemen of this grand conven tion," and after repeating the saro some half dozen times, said he didn' "know much of parliamental rules uuc wanieu men ui iiuncaiipi iiwicii, The gentleman who nominated Ar thur Jefferson "appeared before thi Convention feeling a great interest ii my people throughout the world.' This brought a titter from the au dience and he supplemented hi speech with, "and especially in Soutl Carolina." C. M. Mattiso 11'a friend wante< "men to represent us for the hono and not for the assistance of the office He waB trying to secure every goo< point and every opposition. He ar faithful." George Foster's friend was modest and said that "he would not ascertaii the time of the Convention with , long speech." One member "hoped the Conven tion would not execute foolishness." A delegate, who did not like th way matters were progressing rebuk ed the Convention by saying "they were acting like a passal of geese,'' and thought it was "disgraceful for 'forty members to rise at once to anom inate one man." One man thought his friend "capa ble of occupying the business of the State Convention." Another man "felt a great intrust in the affairs of the State Convention." Arthur Jefferson thought his man "would do his duty wherever we col lect him to go." It was now getting late and per haps not more than fifty or sixty nominations had been made, when William H. Shives proposed to expe dite matters by passing a resolution nominating the whole Convention as candidates, which was as sharp a thing as was said In the Convention. The following delegates were elect ed : L. L. Guflin, T. M. Christian, Arther Jefferson, Hannibal Wideman and G. W. Foster. THE EARLE LIBEL CASE. Verdict of $50 Damages for Plain tiff. This exciting case after occupying the Court for more than ten days has 15 ? ? 11-- .nr...UA,1 2 n *TA H/J tnf f\P fl fflT nuuuy resuneu m a vuu^v ui mvj dollars damages for the plaintiff Earle, and the costs of the suit as a necessary incident thereto. The bestlegal talent of the State was enlisted on each side, and their efforts corresponded with the interests manifested and were fully equal to the demands of the occasion. Two of the leading members of the Abbeville Bar, Gen. McGowan and Col. Cothran were associated with Col. Simpson, of Laurens, in behalf of the Plaintiff", whilst Messrs. W. H. Perry, Whitner Symms, and Gen. Butler and Gov. Bonham, ably repre sented the defence. From the Green ville Newa we extract the following notice of the closing arguments which will be found very complimentary to the efforts of our townsmen : Yesterday morning W. H. Perry, Esq., was heard for the defendants, in a clear, rapid and concise argument, followed by Col. Cothran in his usu al earnest, practiced, lawyer-like way, reaching towards the conclusion in his appeal to the Jury, to a high order of bar oratory. Ex-Governor Bon ham, for the defendants, closed the ^AlfSn/? fnt* I V*q ilntt A a fhic r>oQr> io D^cciniuu av/i uiw u?j. w??w .? quasi criminal, the Governor has the advantage of many years experience, as solicitor under the old regime, and showed great familiarity with the law of libel. One is much struck in a case like this?with the peculiar cast of mind of the various speakers. Mr. i'erry displays no flourish of rhetoric. He looks neither to the left nor to the rtght, but goes straight along to his point in a rapid business way, to the hard 6onse of the jury. Cothran is as polished as he is earnest, and while he bends forward to his work, and never loses sight of his pur pose, picks a flower by the way, to woo the jury to his embrace. Gov. Bon ham marches as a soldier, well trained in his duty, and com mands the attention of the Court and jury by his reliance on the justice of his cause, and on the law and the tes timony, as it is writ, no matter who it hurts; Cojae down to the law. Gen. Butler, for the defendants, and Gen. McGowan, for the plaintiff, occu pied the next day?a crowded house in attendance. 11*" These two distinguished men, each | ba< in his own peculiar way, held the ;peo-1en' pie for nearly Ave hours, as they were j110 never before held in that Court House. | th? When General Jiutler concluded,! Ca his great speech, iuvoluntary ap- 8U( plause camc from the audience. oul General McGowan followed, and gotjHl at once the attention of the audience. N^0 The closing appeal of General Mc-1 Prt Gowan to the jury was, perhaps, the! ho master effort of the General's long and i pe] successful career at the bar. His style wi of speaking is well known, and it is hardly necessary to say that he ranks among the first jury lawyers in the State. Items from Lebanon. The grain crop of Lebanon is very promising. Green peas are now being eaten? by the rabbits. On next Sunday morning the Sah bath-school will be re-organized at Lebanon church. Quite a pleasant little party met at Rev. J. F. Gibert's mill on Saturday last, and spent two or three hours very profitably in fishing. Wu nnt.inp thfit. afpnre has recently ( ev< Wi his die kii ful rei bet Ul wa am COl to pis toe del mi fee A Isi b?cn built across the public road lead ing toward Warrenton, at the Summer Cabbius. Is this right? Corn Is beginning to make its ap pearancu in some of the fields about Lebanon. Owing to the wet weather very little has yet been plauted. Txik Sacrament of the Lord's Sup per will be administered ou the 5th Sunday at Lebanon church. Preach ing will commence 011 the Friday pre vious. SoMKof tho people of this neighbor hood are rejoicing over a second crop of peach blooms. The first crop were killed by tho heavy freeze during the latter part of March. Thk young gentleman wearing dark side whiskers, and living ou Savannah River, In delighted wiin ins visit 10 Lebanon last week. JIo speaks of calling again. An Interesting jaso was tried bofore Judge Tolmaii recently. Mr. Robert Thornton sued Mr. Jan. 8. Ulbert for $10 damages for having set bis dogs 011 a bog nnil crippling it. Tlie jury brought in a verdict for tho defendant. Moral?Keep up your bogs. Mahtmk Joheph Giijekt deserves much credit for staying at home and plowing his cotton paloh on bust Bat unlay evening, while his little friends were enjoying themselves on the creek fishing. It was quite a sacrifice for a boy of his age, but perhaps he will not regret it next Christmas. Rev. J. F. Gibekt's mill and dam were washed away on Monday, the id Inst. Messrs. J. 8. Gibertand Sam Evans, and a negro bey, were in the mill at the time grinding, andnotioing the house moving they ran out?nar rowly escaping with their lives?the house falling in behind them, and was swept down tho stream. Tills house had just been finished, and makes the u1 i/i mp a 1,11(1 |141h th? mlnfortune to lOSC. ~~ * * A Rock Failing fnom Lookout Mountain.?On (Sunday, hundreds went to the mountain to see the im mense mass that is slowly severing it self from the ledge at Bragg's Bluff, near the toH gate. The first indica tions of this severing process were discovered about a week ago, and since then the work has been almost constantly going on. The greatest progress so far discovered has been an hour, but on Sunday, at 3-30 P. M., it had reached a distance of about six teen feet from the parent ledge. The crevice is about thirty feet deep. The lenght of the falling rock Is about one hundred feet, and the weight is esti mated to be 0,000 tons. The rock commences just above the spring near *1? /vnf af ctiiiullmr ine _ under this great mass of rock, ho many people have drank, feelling per fectly secure. When it falls, it will take with it this cool chamber where in so many people have slaked their thirst.? Chattanooga Commercial. In Colorado they apeak about tlieir Italian climate merely because when a man gets up in the morning he feels as if lie were going round with a lot of plaster images on his head. Mr. Watterson complains that there won't be many apples in Kentucky this year, but he is hopeful that last year's distilleries, with a little water ing, will tide him over till next sea son. This is the time of vear when a fel low has to go around looking at now seventy-five cents whitewash brushes, and wondering whether he will buy a Steinway or a Chickering. The bonded debt of the city of Au-jno gusta, Cla., is $2,000,000 or over, and itjed consists mainly of bonds for helping|th< canal and i ail way enterprises. isijj The 3MIXISCENCES OF ABDEVILLE BY AN EX-ABBEV1LMAN OF OVER FORTY YEARS. rbe only church or meeting house Abbeville to about 1842 was the 3thodiBt. The nearest Baptist was ulab, six miles east, over Long ne. Mrs. John White was the only lite Baptist for years and years in ivn, anu neia iter uiemueisiup ui ulah, under the pastorate or the iv. James M. Chiles. About 18412 3 Episcopal church was built by ids raised by Capt. Thomas Parker town and elsewhere, aud the first stor was the Rev. A. H. G'ormish. ltev. Wallace, however, preceded in and held service In the Court )U8t\ Upper Long Cane was one d three-fourths of a mile from the urt House, and the Presbyterians, a ge number, all belonged and wor ipped there, and the church was to intents and purposes in town. The Btor for many years and to his death, out 1842, was the REV. WM. BARK, D. D. ; was a finished scholar, possessed ents of a high order, and a genuine, idling eloquence, 8ui generis. He t it no degradation from Jrue piety study and prepare his sermons, per ps to write them, and if tho latter was only to condense, for I never iv in the pulpit his eyes elsewhere an upon nis audience or uplifted to aven. No one ever saw him "in the ash" and having to get out back irds or sideways; but he went aight through from texts well taken d premises well laid, garlanding d scattering Kerns of truth as he ssed along, and when he pro unced his peculiar amang, it was aclusive that all that should have en said, in the fewest words and >stforcible manner, had been said d done. He was a favorito for tie ? "the silken cord that binds two lling hearts," and had a little cere >ny of hia own, (I imagine,) as terse Solomon's advice to his sonr reca ;ulating the duties of the man (I vays tried to forget that and sue ;ded, but remember all to the wo rn,) and concluding with her, s yours to smooth tho ruKKCd patli of life. And Boften all its cares." Dr. Barr was a man of intense ear Btness, clear in his convictions, and ill informed on all subjects. He is of the State rights persuasion in Iitics and along side of Calhoun on J"unification as the rightful remedy," tlceptas clear as he could in the Ipit; but during the excitement d height of the great ar^umeut be cen 1812J-3U, ne tnougin mat. ne md a corner of it in the pulpit, and jlared Christ a nullifler, which gave cnce to one of his elder? and one or 0 others, who were anti, and they thdrew their memberships. A si ice ruled upon his lips until 1840, len the "fox and the weasel" waa vin upon the track, and the Doctor ving a respect and confidence in irrison and Tyler, was on fire for 5m. He wrote not a line, spoke not /ord outside of his privatQ quarters, t his mouth was an armory and a intain from which Arnold, Harris, in and Connor loaded and diank } whole Harrison ticket, and were iten only a little over 300 votes in a II of about 2,400, with Van Buren 3ked by Calhoun, McDuffle, Pick j, VVardlaw and Burt. There was contest except at a few points, and 1 State was safe for Van Buren; but lhoun felt such an interest ill the ;cess in his old homo that he came t, on a point of honor, from Fort 11, like Napoleon at tho bridge of di, and all this fright and hazard iduced by one old man. Mr. Cal uu, it was said, made direct and :s,onal appeals to his old friend, Lliout avail. >tie of the most impressive scenes I it witnessed was the burial of James irdlaw about 1839. He had lived i full or near four-score years and d in peace with God and all man id ; had discharged well and faith ly every duty and relation in life, nitting or neglecting none; had :d perhaps for 40 years au elder of >per Long (Jane. The grave yard s densely packed with attendants, d every heart was touched with the iviction that a good man had gone his reward. When the coffin was teed over the grave, Doctor Barr k his staud at the head of it, and laining the arrangements several nutes. owing to -the depth of his lings lie overcame them and spoke: great man has this day fallen in ael?" and added a few of the most quent remarks upon his life and iracter, which brought tears from ;ry eye. doctor Barr was tall and lean, and ir the close of his life, by the wear age and the wasting of disease, he peared in his last ministrations, th his tremulous voice, his colorless b, his few scattered gray hairs fai g back, his long arms and fleshless Lrpr* extended, and his brilliant 38 flashing the fire of faith, he ap ired as if transfigured and anxious awaiting upon the banks of Time i second and last deliverance. It ne about 1812, and he was succeed by the Rev. D. McNeil Turner. There lived at Abbeville in 1834, and fore and long afterwards, the HEV. JAMES MOORE, ocal and licensed Methodist minis . He had never been other than a al, and suffered no disparagement. ; came from Charleston and carried a harness shop, to which he at ies added shoe-making, to which ainess, (the harness,) he had been )ught up. When he reached Abbe le, he drank a little, and while car ing on his business, kept and fought tne chickens, but was never a "gross irobate." but nerhapsa little above ) average sinner. He became, liow L*r, about 1828, "soberly and sound converted," and joined the Metho it Church, and was afterwards 11 ised to-preach. He was a man of, common parlance, but little "edu ;ion," but of excellent sense. He is a man of no pretensions, and )de?t. He occasionally, on a pinch, t rarely, preached to a town audi ce, but filled regular appointments "Flag lleed," Asbury and other ices. He was when 1 knew him, d all others alike situated will sa>' 3 same, a man whose "walk ancl idly conversation" illustrated the ith and power of the religion ol sus Christ. His sermons were nev mentionsd, but his prayers were as 9 most eloouentand approved, and vavs suited to the occasion; and in i shop,.and every where elso, at all nna >nwl nf- oil unnvrmti h? U'fLt rfittdv ft kneel and offering up. The sick d dying always found him near, less positively refused, and if tbc ter ever occurred I never heard ol I always thought that with ightman, Smith or Shlpp to prencli d '.Father Mooro" to conclude witli ayer, the service was perfect. H( is one of the few men calm and ed ited when the "stars were falling,' <1 was in general demand to praj others. He "led" at prayer-meet ?8, and wfiB the most punctual at idaut; and "Father Dannelly,' lose statistics gave the Devil a thou rid to one to Christ, rechoned bin long the fortunate. He died, as 1 ve learned, in 18(14, in the full tri iph of the faith in which he had sc >g lived. l'lie first sermon T ever hoard in Ab vill was preachcd by the KEV. LEWIS DAVIS, >m the text: "For what shall it pro a man if he gain the whole world d lose his own soul." This divine is a son or ur. jmi e., uui uuierum many particulars from his father, i was a man of deep and earnest jty, and there was in his "mistor ne" and appearance much to enlisl mpathy. He had a melodious sil ry voice, very like the blind Mil rn, whom I have also heard, as n eaker, and in Hinging ho was une aled. Language expressed by nini song sec-med to have a breadth ol jailing beyond any other. Who at ever heard can forget his "When vas sinking down." and "I would t live alway ?" He wasnot a learn man, and could not have been undei e circumstances, having lost his ;ht when about in years old, by the J accident of a ploceof lightwood which he was splitting, flying up and pene- t traling oneeye-oall and tno other go- > inn out from sympathy. His father ^ then in fine circumstances, gave him t an intelligent colored hoy named ? Humphroy, whom the family taught to read and write well, for the purposes I of his owner. Humphrey was a man c when I knew him, and seemed mucii a attaciied and devoted to his dependent, ! led him everywhere, slept by liim and , read to and wrote for him. They went West with the family about 18u(i. I learned several years after-1J wards that Humphrey became tired j ^ ,of his monotonous life, and wrote c i himself a pass that carried him safely j1 to Oberlin, Ohio, where he settled !r , and married. How his place was sup- t plied I never learned, but I.saw many } years afterwards, in a list of travelling^ preachers in the Memphis Conference, ir the name of Lewis Davis,* which may z or piay not have been his. He was a t . man well calculated to do good, and ^ the sympathy which his condition * evoked gave him a weapon which he l used in the warfare in which he was; engaged. He suffered physical pain ( more or leas all the time, and often in speaking of his condition thanked God for it, as the means of his salva tion, for a wicked boy l*e was, as ad- " mitted, and that hissuflferings (though j painful) were light and a joy to liim,^ and were "working out for him a far! ] more exceeding and eternal weight of; t glory." In the order of nature he isii now basking in it, and if still alive i his face is to the front, and when he falls it will be in the full armor of a 1 soldier of the cross. * * * * Hints for the Month. < No doubt every farmer by this time j has his pegs set lor the year' and in tends to make a ten strike before the ( close of this Centennial Jubilee. The j haps and mishaps of the year are sel- i dom anticipated in the farmer's calcu- i lations. A wet spring or a dry sum- < mer; The loss of a mule or sickness ) amongst tlie nanus; aim mis year, above all others, a political canvass that may possibly eventuate In a so cial revolution, are some of the innu merable vexatious and troubles to which the farmers will be subject, as they are almost every year, and there,1 is not, never has been, and apparently never will be, any combined effort against these foreseen hindrances. A general diversity of crops is the only remeay for these ills, if not a preven tive of most of them. Are we diversifying our crops? If not, is it loo late yet for this year? By no means, and a greater diversity is much needed. We would advise e\#ry reader of the Rural at once to plant one acre to the mule, of the best prepared cotton land he has in oorn. Plant one row on the bed, and the next row in the second water furrow, and so also alternate the patch, and watch the experiment so as to test the ques tion whether, under general circum stances. corn will yield better planted on the bed, or in the water furrow. ntwmnru ir\ flio muln nf J UCii ISIUIIV UUV MV?v kV V*1V .UM.V va | your thinnest cotton land, already pre pared, in sorghum or cow peas. If your labor should prove refractory this election year, these crops can be grown with less labor than the cotton crop can, and if worked thoroughly but once will yield a remunerative yield, or eyen if then abandoned will produce a crop worth harvesting, and | otherwise improve the land. Curtail as far as practicable the cot ton area, and increase the area allotted to breadstuff's and provender. Prepare thoroughly before planting. Your upland corn is or soon will be planted. Thin done, finish the prepa ration for cotton, but do uot be iu a hurry about planting, which is a small job where everything is ready for it. Nothing makes the cotton plant more weakly than for it to make j its appearance above ground during | nnol nicrhls* Hence we say don't hur-! ry. Let the sun warm the earth a lit tle before planting. A bold, vigorous plant that will stand alone at "siding" time encourages the farmer all the year through. The averuga net yield of cotton In this State in 1875, was one hundred and forty pounds of lint per acre ; whereas, in Mississippi it was two hundred and twelve; Louisiana, two hundred and thirty-nine; Arkansas, two hundred and thirty-niue, and Texas two hundred and sixty-nine. For the previous five years the net av erage in South Carolina had been one hundred and seventy-one ner acre; Mississippi, one hundred ana seventy one; Louisiana, one hundred and ninety; Arkansas, one hundred and ninety-cne, and Texas two hundred and fifteen. The other Southern States were below this average in 1875, and the preceding five years. Thor ough preparation of the soil, clean and rapid cultivation, and moderately late planting will bring South Caroli na cotton fields to the Iront every time at harvest. If the sweet potato bed has not been made from which to get "draws," this should be done at once, and the ground for the potato patch broken 11 n. laid off and well manured in the (drill. Upon this furrow of manure ! throw two furrows, and let it so re main. If the weather should be dry do not let this patch get hard. Bun a few furrows in the manured ridge to keep the soil mellow, and ready for the draws. Break up land for a pea patch in ad dition to what yon intend planting in your corn. Lay it off in thirty-inch furrows or beds, and throw out in the middles between these furrows pre paratory to planting the pea. Too early to plant peas in April. Plant any and everything not yet I planted in the garden, and look for the I nine-lived weeds that will now orj soon heir*n to show themselves. At cotton or corn field can be kept clean jaudin growing condition if worked jonce in a fortnight or three weeks j even ; but the garden will require al most daily treatment. The peculiar winter and spring we have had, have in many places de stroyed the fruit crop* This can be easily supplemented by a large melon crop. Plant lifl-gely of watermelons, muskmelons, and canteloupes. Noth ing is more refreshing at noon, on a hot summer's day, than a watermelon just from the spring. And tho deli cious cantetoupe is an excellent sub stitute at breakfast for heavy, un wholesome meats. Every eight feet square, dig holes eighteen inches square and deep ; mix the earth with half bushel compost of stable manure 1 ?uaari onlinl l">ArfS ! I 2111 CI IU HL'li UUtbWll OVit/Uf v\j u?? !<> j | make a fiat hill, and plant the Heed thereon. Cultivate as soon as well up, when four inches high thin out to two vines in a hill. Look well after the stock. The plow animals need daily a bait, it mat ters not how small, of green food. The cows need extra food aDd shelter, for though the sun is warm, the nights* are cool, and the wind trying to weak frames. Hogs will soon begin to take caro of themselves, butflcc them every day. Give your sheep fthelter, and a little green cottton seed every night, and by no meaus shear until next mouth. Don't change your under shirt'till next May,?Jiurcil Carolin ian. Bridgeport (Conn.) Standard:? Some statistical genius calculates that j the fences in the United States costi $2,300,000,000. About5,000,000,000 trou Her seats are annually torn out in get ting over these feuces, and not a stat-; istic on the subject. Superintendent Killebrew, of the [ Tennessee Bureau of Agriculture, Statistics and Mines, has received a letter from Mr. Somuelson, M. P., who represents a capital of $25,000,000 ! invested in iron manufactures in Eng j land, signifying an intention of estab lishing a branch of his house in Ten nessee. A Pittsburg capitalist has al so made a proposition to invest iu Ten nessee mineral lauds. Wendell Philips says that the ten-! dency of civilization is no longer to! spread, hut to cut the country up into"} !cities Where money and men arc' concentrated there is corruption in j j politics. The magistrates and police; I obey their masters, the rabble. The! j magistracy of European cities is al-', ways chosen by the careful, virtuous j' 1 and conservative elements of society. i< A selfreliant magistracy puts down ] drunkenness. !< A practical joke was once attempted 0 be played on Mr. Erskine as iic vent one day to Westminster Hal, vitli his ample bag crammed fnll oi >riefs. Some waggish barrister hiret 1 Jew's boy to go and ask him if h< lad "any old clo,s to sell." "No yoi lttle Hebrew imp," exclaimed the in lignant counselor, "they are all new Hits." Wonderful Success : It is reported that Boschee's Oerma: !yrup has, since it? introduction in tin Jutted States, reached the immense sail if 40.000 dozen per year. Over 6,0W druggist have ordered this Medicine di ect from the Factory, at Woodbury N. J. md not one have reported a single fail ire, but overy letter speaks of its aston shing success in curing severe Coughs 'olds settled on the iireast, Consumption >r anv disease of Throat and Lungs. W< id vise any person that has any urediapo o weak Lungs, to go to their l)ruggist iV. T. Penney, and get this Medicine, o: nquire about it. Regular size 75 cents lample bottle, 10 cents. Two doses wil elieve any case. Don't neglcct you ough. * tf - + Labor Associations Advocated. Editors Press and Banner: Being an humble citizen and of bu ittle influence, I thought I would offe pou a few ideas, whlcn. though imper ectlv expressed, might oe the means o wakening the thoughts of stronge ninds ana perhaps Home good might re in It from the effort. The times are very unpropitious indeed 'or whilst it HeemH that our lawn are in iuiUcient for the suppression of crimo, w ire not united as we should be upon th ;roat questions that are agitating ou ountry, and threaten us with ruin an lisgrace. What is the matter? Are w ost to all feeling of honor and patriotism Do we intend to tamely submit "uuti aur enemies have bound us hand an foot?" Or shall we assert our supcriori :y and shake loose the manacles that ar now encircling us, and show to ou would-be destroyers, that we wili ylel no longer, as forbearance has ceased to b i virtue. Corruption, rottenness, info my and all the attributes of a debase* legeneratc, demoralized aud pollu led humanity stare us in the faco, an< bid Us to halt and consider before we ar thrown headlong into the abyss of utte iegradation. Where shall we got assistance to aid u in this awful catastrophe ? Shall we ex pect it from our inveterate enemies wh have been domineering over us with iin Srnoticable hatred for ten long, long years ot much of it. "The gods help* ther who help themselves." I hate thus fa hinted at onr political condition. I wil now offer you a few thoughts upon tb primary object of this communication which *1 hope will awaken a spirit c ;hango and improvement and bo th means of enlisting others in at tempting to break down and destroy tha Dane and curse to which a portion of ou county has boon subjected, and some c jur best citizens have realized heavy pe :uniury loss. 4. mean the abomniabl traffic in farm productions. Our section of the County has suffers but very little from this curse so far l)ur neighbor Laurens has experienced iti baneful effects for several years, and cot tori shops wore springing up in the ?ai if the year like mushrooms In the ?prin| an til tney had become so thick, in somi neighborhood thoy were in sight of eacl ather. They became intolerable, and tli< ;ood, honest, law-abidmgcitizcns of tha jounty determined they would put a stoj ? it. How did thoy do it ? They firs jrganixed what they termed anti cottoi <hop associations and called upon all t< oin them. Thoir negroes were slow foi iwhlle but sure. They kept having their meetings tdopted constitutions and by-laws, anc low nearly all the citizens of the countj iro members of these association, inclu ling those who have been running cottoi iIiods. Another ereat stride in the dl oction of employment was that they in :orporated in their associations Laboi Reform, which if it can bo carried ou' mccessfully, will result in incalculabli ;ood both to the employer and laborer. As I presume you'oxohange withth< . aurcusville Herald, it is not necessarj hat 1 should go into details about thi >rlgln and working of theso associations Suffice it to say they originated in Lau ens, are headed by "its best und most in iucntial citizens, and they feel sanguim hat it will result in the destruction o sotton shops and the improvement o abor. Thev mean to treat the labore orrectly, give a fai r remuneration for hi terviecs, but at the same time to let bio liaf they are lords of their own farm ind households, and expcct the labore o be honest, faithful and efficient in a] 10 promises or undertakes. SALUDA. South Carolina Presbytery. Editors Press and Bannrr : I send you the subjoined itsms of businesi ransucted at the rcccnt mooting of Houtl Carolina Presbytery: Presbytery of South Carolina met in th 'rcabyterian church of Anderson Cour louse on Wednesday evening, April 3th, hall >ant seven o'clock. Opening sermon was preached by Rov. T. C ivoflrlncr mmlsminr. from llrutPet. lirs ihaptcr 8th verse, first clause. Present at or ;anlzatlon, ?! ministers and ruling ciders ubsequently Increased to2J ministers and 3 ullng elders. Rev. F. Jacobs, D.D., was elected Moderator lev. J. II. Jacobs, Temporary Clerk, l'rcsby cry dismissed Kov. L. K. Clasgow to Concon 'resbytcry, N. C.; lie v. J. a. Young to Nash ille Presbytery, Tenn.; Kov. J. Y. Fair, t( Central Presbytery, Miss; Rev. W. II. l)avls o Augusta Presbytery. <?a. Itev. H. II. Banks, Financial Agent of Da rldson College, N. C.t sent a circular letter U ^esbytery in reference to increasing the en lowment of tho College. Presbytery recom neuded the churches to contribute liberally ;o that free tuition might be given to all stu k-rU-i, and heartily endorse Mr. Banks oj Vgent of Davidson College. Tho following ministers of tho town o Vndersou were invited to sit as corres >onding members: ltev. Thou. Dawson he oldest minister of the Baptist denom uatlon in South Carolina; ltev. Mr. Mood uistor of the Methodist church, and Rev. J, Scott Murray, pastor of the Baptist church. Revs. R. A. r air and J. L. Martin were ap >olnted to proach at Edgeflell Court House !tb Sabbath in May. The report of Dr. Jacobs on overturo front lock church, respecting cliaradcs and ta >loaus, was postponed until Fall session o ;'resbytcry. Presbytery, in response to a roquest of th( Vssombly, for Its opinion on the subject o iducatlon and support of candidates for tb< ninlstry, expressed unanimously this opln on, viz?In the Judgment of this Presbytery ho whole subject of tho education and sup> >ort of candidates for tho ministry should be to tho Presbyteries. Further. Presbytery determined to cease eo-operatlnj it once with tlio General Assembly's Kxecu lve Comuiittce^of Education, and lnstruetcc til of its churches to send all lunds hercaftei aised for educational purposes to the Chair nun of Presbytery's Executive Commltlee o; Education, Rev. r. Jacobs, U.U., Coltesbury iouth Carolina. Mr. J. L.McLee?, member of Rock church vim rocolved under the caro of Presbytery m i candidate for the ministry. The place of next Htatod Meeting, Ninety six, Wednesday before the Mi Sabbath Id October, 3 P. M. The following trial pieces were assigned tc V. K. Korrls: Latin Thesis?An ifylritut Banc us <SW Utut; Popular Lecture?Mth Psalm Critical Kxorclso?Galatlans, iv: ?2?31; Trla iennon, Romans x : 4. The matter of readjustment of Presbyterlal 3oundarles, to which special attention o: Presbytery wus culled by last Synod, was re erred to a spt-clul committee, of which W. P lucobs is chairman, to report at Fall meeting The pastoral relation between Rev. John G jiwand Walhalla church was ny mutual re tuoHt. dissolved. The delinquencies of churches in the matte >f synodlcal assessments for the past tw< . ears, was referred to Rev. J. 0. Lindsay, t( eport at Kali meeting of Presbytery. A Sabbath school convention will be heh it Greenwood, 3d Tuesday In July next,3P.M Commissioners to General Assembly: Revs r. B. Adgcr, D.D.. and J. G. Law, principals llcvs. F. Jacoos, 1).D., and W. C. Smith, alter nate* Ruling hldera, Col.G. McD. Miller am i. P. Dcndy, principals, and Dr. W. T. Kusscl md Dr. Williams Wright, alternate. Licentiate 1C. C. Llgon wa* granted pcrmla ilon to preach at Providence churcu untl Kail meeting. Liberty Springs church was granted per mission to employ 'service* of ltev. Hug] Strong until next meeting of Presbytery. Executive Committee oi Domestic Mission was reorganized, with Rev. T. 11. Law, Chair man, Rev. H. H. Rocd, Ruling Elders T. J Moore and J. H. Evans. All ministers are roqulsed to report ncx full the amount of salary promised tliom an the amount actually paid. Churches arc to be held responsible nex Spring, tor failure to take up any of the At scmbiys collections. The clerk wan Instructed to procure on ropy of the minutes of the Assembly for eac minister, licentiate and clerk of session. The following list of appointments wu made for Anderson and Abbeville counties Anderson County?Bclton church, Rev. . 0. Lindsay and W. F. Pearson ; lionca l'at iihurch Re\s. A. L. Miller and 11. C. Llgoi Midway church, Uevs. H. A. Held and l>r. , Li. Adger, Nuzareth Beaver Dam, Revs. W. ( Smith and W. F. Fwirson. Abbeville County?liethin. Revs. A. L. Ml ler, S.'L. Morris; Cokesbury, Rev. W. 1*. Jacol und J. li. Martin: Little Mountain, Itcvs.. 0. Lindsay, mid S. L. Morris; Rooky Rive Revs. J. L. Martin and Dr. F. Jacobs. X. COKESBl'RY. S. C\, April 10th, 1K76. Editors i'rivw and Jiuimvr You will please give notice In your pnp< that allure will be a Hitie Club organized i Hodges, .Mosely Hall on next Saturday l">t Inst., at 2 o'clock, on the same basis as that < uthcr bodies of a similar character. Very respectfully, J. M. MOSELY, (f. M. 1I0DUKS, M. G. ZEIULKli, Committee. OBITUARY. Dikd, at Greenville on Sunday nighi id inst., of pneumonia, Saidee Mae, In fant daughter of Thomas and Sal lie M l.nvor, uijod four mouths and seven d.iv< T. Tribute of Acspcct to General G. W. Ilodges. Editors Press and Banner : The Cokosbury Quarterly Conference of the M. E. Church South at a meeting held ou the first day of April, requested us to beg of you to L?e so kind as to insert the following preamble and resolutions in your paper: This is a sad meeting! We miss here a venerable form, a cheerful spirit, a wiso counselor, a father in Israel. General (J. \V. HODGES, so long a worthy and lead ing member of our Conference has passed away from nmong usuand while wo bow with submission, we trust, to this dispen sation ol' Providence, we caunot but be sensible of our loss, and our hearts aro sorrowed by it. Through all these long years we havo valued our brother for his counsels, we have honored him for his consistency, we have loved him for his warm, cheerful. Christ-like snirit*. hut ? we shall see his face 110 more again on 3 earth, and nothing is left for us now but " to mourn our load and to cherish hi* ? memory. r While we bow with humility to our ; sad bereavement we should not forget 1 that there are other sorrows more poTg r nant than ours. Would that by word or deed we could do something to alleviate them. Alas! how impotent we are. The God of all comfort sanctify this affliction to the good of the large and stricken family of our brother, and of ills infinite t mercy may He send them help, for vain r is the help* of man. JRetolvfd. That in the death of General 0. f W. Hodges this Conference hat sustained * grievous less, and that his n&ine, his virtues r and his piety be cherished in our memories. Resolved, That a page In our Couforonco journal be Inscribed with his name, and ded i. Icutcd to his memory. ' Renolved, That our sympathies be, and are " hereby tendered the stricken femliy in this e their hour of sud affliction. 6 RICHARD D. SMART, r B. Z. HERN DON, j Committee. ? CONSIGNEES. } EXPRESS.?J J Mosely, S 8 Baker, E t Huckabee, J II Walker, R 1) Bruce, Moscley i- Leroy & Co, Wm, Hill, R W Basaard. Wm. Taggart, R B Cade, E McCowan. 8 8 Pen-in, FREIGHT.?L D Bowlo, A M Dodson & Co B & J., S M Calhoun, J D Leo ? E Baakln, HOTEL ARRIVALS. ALSTON HOUSE.- J W Wldenmn, Mill. Chicago; T F Harris, North Carolina; J V Shroedor, Shroodertown; J T Baskln, Monte rey ; WIER'S HOTEL.?Captain J B Hubbard, Colombia; W P Rupell, Charloston; Thonufe Harper, Seneca City: W B Dorn, Dora's Mine; L M Fouche, Ninety-Six; John A. Cal houn, City ; F M Hlght, Nashville; B Free muu, Baltimore; J K Swift, Elberton, MARKET REPORTS. CORRECTED BT Barnwell 6c Co., Cotton Broken and Dealers in General Merchandise. FACTORY GOODS. I Fish Cotton Yarnfl-ll.15al.80 Mackerel ....fl.75a2.5B Osnaburgs 12a 18 Cod, per lb. 10a 18 ? Shirting 10a 12| White M 10a 18 -4-1 Sheeting.... 12a 15;Solt, per sack 2.00al'26 PROVISIONS. Tobacco,? Flour. per #>...$ 4a 6l Chewing,.... 75&1.00 Corn, per bu... 90al.Q0| Smoking. _. 60aL00 Meal, " ...- 1.10al.20 AMMUNITION. Grist, per lb... 3}4a 6 Powder per lb 40a 60 Feus, " ? 100ul.25lShot, M 12a 15 Oftts, " ? 1.00 Lead, 44 10a 12 n nrJ ? ir!/i - tA- ia iKicuu. muni... ion iu;vuOT,yiTWA ivm w , Sb.'drs. 11* 12 LIQUORS. Hums. 18a 20ICornwhlskc-yS2.00oS.00 ? Lard .... 18a 20iFrcnch br'dy. 5.00?7.00 3 IrUh Potatoes. 1.75a2.00i Holland gin. 5.00&8.00 l Sweet " ... 75ol.00 Amerl'n gln_ 8.00aWW . Eges - 15a 20IB'rbon wh's'y 3.00*1.00 i Chickens.- 20a 251 Wine* 3,OOiiS.OO Turkeys.. 1.00al.50i HARDWARE. ? Butter 20a 25 Iron, Swedes. 8a 10 t GROCERIES. I " English 7a 10 1 Supar, cniHh'dS 15a 10 Nails,...?.... 5o 8 " A L4a 15i Cotton cards, 50a 60 i ? B 12a 15 Horse shoes- 10 r " C IHa 15 " " nails 35 " Brown 10a 12 LEATHER. , Coflee, Rio 25a 33 Hemlock 9 80a 85 [ " Lagu'aa 28a 33'sole leather... 40a 50 , " Java..... 37a 40|Up'r leather- 6fe 75 7 Tea 1.00aL50jHar'ss M 40a?5 Syrup, cano... 75al.00.Calf skins iv'Caff.98 1 iloiosses, s. h. 40a 4o> Kip * kins Caudles, sp'm 40a 50|Dry hides 6a 10 " ad^m't 20a 25,Green hides... 5a < . Cheese 20a 25 BAGGING, ScC. [ Onions, perbu 2.001 Bagging, pyd 16a 18 1 Starch...: 12a 15|Ties 7a 8 3 Tallow...- 10a 12 Rope,ootton- 40a 50 Rice, per lb..._ 10a 121 Rope, grass... 2S j Abbevillb, April 12,?Cotton rHARfiEOTON. Aoril 10.?Cotton easier? middling 12 11-16612% net rocclpts 701'. ex ports coastwisc 1,575; sales 1,000. LIVERPOOL, April 10.?Cotton?Futnres weak?middling uplands, low mlddllug eliinse, shipped March, per sail, 6 13-16; ship ped June and July 67-19, "BALTIMORE, April lO.-^Cotton dull and roller?middling 12%al3; net recetpU25 bales; sales .160. < JTEW YOBL, April 10,-Cotton onfet wlf*i sales of 571 bales ot 13 6:W; consolidated net receipts 16,9(J0 bales. BASKETS iu great variety from 25cta. up. at the EMPORIUM OF FASHION. April 12, 1876. SPRING PATTERNS r' all the latest styles, for Ladies, Misses and Bovs, just re<wlved, at THE EMPORIUM OF FASHION. April 12,1876. PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY. rpHE next regular meeting of the Coun X ty Council will be held at Lowndes ville with Grange No. 6, on next Wednes day, 10th April, at 3 o'ciock P. M. Delegates will please report promptly. A. M. Aiken, Secretary. April 12, 1876. COUNTY CONVENTION. HUE DEMOCRATIC CLUBS of the JL County are requested to send dele gates to the County Convention which will meet at Abbeville Court House on WEDNESDAY, the 2Cth inst., for the purpose of sending delegates to the State Convention which will meet in Columbia on Thursday, the 4th of May next. Each club will be entitled In this meeting to one vote. April 12,1S7C. J. S. COTHRAN, County Chairman. _ _ f M'DONALD&N ADDON are now receiving their Stock Spring Goods, consisting mainly of uomestic u-ooas, motions, oco. a larger stock of SHOES AND HATS. than they have ever kept pefore. Always on hand the choicest of FAMILY GROCERIES, Confectioneries, &c. CIGARS! CIGARS!! eW keep the finest and cheapest as sortment of CIGARS in town. Great inducements to cash buyers?offered by McDonald & Haddon. ! April 10, 1876, 52-tf Fast Indebtedness. ALL holders of past due claims against the County made pryor to Novem ! ber 1st, 1873 una 1874 can got their pro [ rata share of nhoso claims by application I to the County Commissioners on antl af j tor the Jd Monday of April, 17th instant riinvnt invFS. C. B. C. C. A. C. ! April '>, IS7G, 52-3t Insurance Notice. 1HAVE accepted the agency Tor t-.evernl SOLVENT FIRE IN rSUIUNCE COMPANIES, as fol i lows: Old North State. I *R ?X7Q 1 Pfinflniftn. Merchants and Mechanics and Commercial of St. Louis,# ami will insure at the lowest rates , consistent with a sound business. Patronage of the public is solicited. Otllce at the Law Ofllce of Messrs. Per-in tfc Cothran. L. W. PEE BIN, Agent. A|?i il 12, ISTf,, Z2 1y