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The Press and Banner. By fJUGII WILSON & W. t'.BEXET Wednesday, July 9, 1879. "Sfrcngthj" Talk about "Leugthy?" Judge Pressly and the Beanfort Crescent. We find the following little piece of criticism about 'good English' in our cotemporary. the Beaufort Crescent. Judge Prkssley as an Etymologist.?During the court last week one attorney referred to another's speech as being "lengthy," qualifying the expression by adding, "if such a word is good English." Jud^e Pressley remarked, "It is not good English. You had as well say 'breadthy' for broad as'lengthy' for long.?Newberry Herald. in spite 01 int' eminentuuiiiumj uu the law, we beg to differ with the Judge and to say that the employment of the word is in strict compliance with lexicographical sanction. It seems to us to be rather gratuitous for a Judge to pass sentence upon words from the Bench in view of the gra^elessness of ad capfiandum ? [Sic) criticism. Dr. Johnson says: "Every other author may aspire to praise; the lexicographer can only hope to escape reproach, and even this negative recompense has been yet granted to very few.?Beaufort Crescent. We beg to differ from the Beaufort Crescent aud to agree with Jud^e Pressley as to the word 'lengthy.' It i< a malformation and the Judge did right to condemn it as "not good English." It is not enough that the Crescent should say that "the employment of the word is in strict compliance with lexicographical sanction," We cannot consider that argument as sufficiently strengt/iy?a word we coin for the especial use of the Crescent. "Lexicographical sanction" is not the highest law of good English, aud the Crescent must look over and beyond its "Webster's Unabridged" for authority. There be lexicographersand lexicographers, aud some are wise aud some are foolish. And they that are wise are not like Webster a law uuto themselves, but they find in the works of scholarp, poets, and orators the reason for the faith that is iu them as to what is and what is not good Euglish. The Englisb language, like the English Common Law. has no written code, and the true lexicographer like the codilier must furnish precedents and authorities before he can say what is the law. It is the pure writer and not the dictionarymaker who is the best authority in good English. A DeQuincy, a Gladstone, or a Washington Irving, is a better guide to good English than is a Webster, a Walker, or even a Richardson. And we advise the Newberry attorney to take Judge Pressley's word for it that lengthy is not good English, "lexicographical sanction" ana cue neaujori i/reticoHi 10 me uoutra/y notwithstanding. So long as we have the simple adjectives long, broad and strong, we have no need of such malformations as lengthy, breadthy, or strengthy. We differ also with the Cretccnt as to its being "gratuitous for a judge to pasg sentence upon words from the Bench." A judge is not a school-master to teach the Bar good Euglish, but it is meet and proper in him, especially when as in this case he is asked of a word is good English, to give his opinion as a scholar. The best judges of law have always been judges of good English. Blackstone is as high an authority in Euglish language as he is in Euglish law. We are glad to see again judges on the Bench who Jinow what good Euglish is. A few y ears ago good English was unknown oin the Bench in .South Carolina and some judges knew as little about the Finglish language as about English l8kW. We then, heard a republican it idee sDeak of some evidence as "om ? - O - * iuious." Thesame judge in charging a grand jury spoke to them of some p ublic officers who were not"fitten for t heir office*" Judge Pressley is not the first South ( Carolinajudge who while sitting on t.he Bench cultivated literature and was ready on occasion to correct the mistakes of members of .the Bar who had offended against the Queen's English. Judge Ward law, for example, -was not only a learned jurist but a careful scholar who took as much pains to be pure iu his English as to be accurate in his legal knowledge. "While no Judge ever listened more attentively and patiently to the arguments of counsel, his ear was quick to catch the manner as well as the matter. A purist in English himself, be delighted to observe tho niceties of style iu others, and neither misuse nor mispronunciation of words escaped bim. One distinguished lawyer tells us how thankful he still is that Judge Wardlaw many yenrs ago censured bim for using illy, which is just such an abortion as lengthy. The lesson has never been forgotten. Another learned counsellor recounts with pride and gratitude the following humorous anecdote at his own expense: A good many years ago, when the lawyer was a young man, he was counsel for the defeudant iu a murder case, tried before Judge Wardlaw. For many reasons, especially for personal reasons, the young lawyer was anxious n?t only lo do justice to ms client out to acquit himself well in the eyes of the critical Judge. During his argument for the defence, the lawyer noticed with delight that the Judge was not only listening arrectis auribua but was frequently taking notes of his speech. At the close the Judge beckoned to the lawyer, and he, self-complacently expecting a high compliment, went up beside the Judge, when the following colloquy took place: Judge Wardlaw?'"You made a good argument." Lawyer. "Much obliged, Judge." Judge Wardlaw. "Yes, it was a capital argument, but-" Lawyer. "You are very kind. I thought I saw you taking notes of my speech." Judge Wardlaw. "O yes. Here are my notes, thirteen of them. You made exactly thirteen mistakes in . grammar and pronunciation." And the Judge then pointed out to the young lawyer the thirteen offences of which he was guilty. Thisoccured many years ago, but the lawyer to this * - - * - - - aay uas a iiveiy icwjiccuuii ui uic thirteen bluuders, and be confesses that the lesson was a good one. We differ also from the Beaufort Crescent in supposing that the phrase "to differ with" is correctly used in the paragraph we quote. Good English prefers "differ/rom" in such a sense. The Beaufort crltlo will understand us when we say we differ with Judge Pressley from tbe Beaufort Cretnent. We might criticiseourBeaufortcritic's own English still further, but already our article is rather long, or as he would Bay, 'lengthy.1 We would only * I ask if it is not rather gratuitous in our j Beaufort friend to auitnadvert so sej verely on a little judicial pleasantry? Let the Bench aud the Bar have just j a little fnn to relieve the tedium of the Court room and bring a gleam of sunshine into "the dusty purlieus of the law." *? ??. "Drs. Dabney and Adger on Dancing." Our sincere regard for the Rev. John B. Adger. D. D.. would have in duced ub to withhold from publication the letter he ha3 written to us on the subject of "Drs. Dabney and Adger on Dancing." But Dr. Adger's re-j quest was so urgent that we yield.) He and Dr. Dabney alone can be injured by its publication. As to the grievous charges he brings against us we shall say only this : We did not assail Dr. Dabney's person but his positions. We made no personal attack. Tt is Dr. Adger who has taken our general statements, sharpened them, barbed and feathered them, and then shot them straight against Dr. Dabney. Personally we had previously heard as favorably of Dr. Dabney as Dr. Adger could desire, but we had to run a-tilt of his "posi- ( '* - J ~ ??AoKAn tinri tions" on tne (laiiciug | we still consider them untenable. As for Dr. Adger's own discussion of the question and his "sofa" illustration, while we are strongly tempt- 1 ed to speak our mind, we refrain and 1 hold to our determination expressed in thiscolumn a few weeks ago?not to continue the discussion of the dancing question, on moral grouuds. Besides, we should hardly know now where to place Dr. Adger. Love is bliud. and brotherly love is blinding; and Dr. Adger in his brotherly desire to vindicate Dr. Dabney has bewildered us as to his own "position." Perhaps we ought to humble ourselves in the dust^or having dared to break a lance with Dr. Dabney?a secular editor with a reverend professor. The pulpit and the professor's chair make their occupauts impatient of reply or question. So long unanswered, they think themselves unanswerable. Even when they attack society?"the world," if you please?society has no voice, must be silent, and if a "worldly" editor dares to speak a word for society, revereud doctors, differing among themselves, agree to put him down and quiet him. We cannot and never could understand why "honest mirth" should be incongruous with "thoughts divine;" why the refined and innocent pleasures of social life should be regarded as inimical to the practice of piety; why there should be perpetual war between the preacher and.the dancing master. But then, you see, we are of "the world" and love the things of "the world," we are "worldly churchmembers," and that makes all the difference in "the world." ^i| ? i A Tital Question.-Does it Pay to Teach ? It is more than a remarkable coincidence that the subject chosen by both Mr. Rice and Dr. Bonner for their speeches last week in Due West, was our Common School System. Both these gentlemen followed the same train of thought, reviewing tha past and the present systems, aud suggesting alterations and improvements for the future. This shows how vital and pressiug the question of public education is at present in this State. It is a serious matter ? and no wonder. Any man who opens his eyes and looks, cannot help seeing that the present system is rotten and sickly in itself, utterly unable to erect and support healthy and prosperous schools, and only instrumental in spreading corruption and decay even in those time-honored academies and high schools which flourished before the two-mill tax was imposed. Something must be done and done speedily to prevent the public school fund from being auy longer a hindrance to education and a curse to good schools. Such it certainly is at present. From all quarters we hear of schools being discontinued or languishing. A prosperous permanent coiuinon-schooi or academy in South Carolina, or in the up-country?where is there one? Where in Abbeville county is the worthy successor of the Wiliington academy? Are the schools at Abbeville, Cokesbury, Greenwood, and Ninety Six in a condition of assured auccess? In plain English, ie it a paying business to teach school? and do the parents pay the fees? If is all very nice and pretty and pleasant to have closiug exhibitions, and crowded commence-J ments, with speeches, music and tableaux. But what about the school accounts? Are they paid? Let us take our Abbeville Graded School as au example. With iis li'o i pupils on the roll, it does not pay ex- , ! peuses. What do the good people of Abbeville, think of that? If only 80 pupils were paid for at the rate of the ! average fee charged, the school would < be self-supporting. What does tnis mean? Have we here in Abbeville forty or Ally, maybe sixty white children whose parents allow .them to be taught as paupers? We are all poor, but are we so poor as that ? "But it is a public school. It gets ; the public fund," says the poor tax- j payer. Heace he demands, or quiet- I I ly takes, free education for his chil- < dren. Shameless shirking of respon- j sibility this is, and nothing less. What < is true of Abbeville is true of other , places. The public fund is the curse j of good schools ; and until some plan i is devised whereby it can be made a i help to supplement private enterprise, | good schools cau not succeed, and < good teachers cannot be retained. J Without Pay. The United States Marshals are per- i pieseu uuw auuui men puj iui iutui? services to the Republican party in carrying the elections. Attorney General Devens would seem to encourage them to hold on in the hope of receiv- < ing their pay by future (Congressional j legislation. In justice to the Marshals i it is only fair to state that it depends ' on how faithfully they discharge their ; duty to their party whether they get their pay or not. If they can elect , enough of their men to give Itepubli- ! cans the President and a majority in j both Houses of Congress they will | most likely be paid for their patriotic j I nfhsrurlw It is fair tO Dre- 1 OUT1VV<0| wvuv? ?.w sume that a Democratic Congress will not pay tbem. The office of Marshal will henceforth be of little profit to ' the holder. Lore's Lament. Is a chnrmlne ballad by John L. Hardee, of Savannah. words of tender, but not foolKb, sentiment, expressing a lover's regrets tliat not for him a?aincnn bloom "love's passion flowers" linked to a melody that Is in Itself a lament over "dream that Is done" form a well nigh perfect song. Lftdden A Bates wilt , > mail It pout paid on receipt of Thirty Ceot*, . or it can be had from any Musio Dealer. j Free Education not a Blessing1. The Furman (Baptist) University, Greenville, 8' has been forced to suspend. The Faculty resigned because they were not paid; they were not paid because the Trustees made tuition fiec?depending on endowment bonds?$22-5,ODu?to bring interest sufficient to run the institution. The interest on the bonds was not collected ?hence suspension. The cost of an education or religion that is made free to people who can pay, is as often an injury as a blessing, and that in more ways than one. The cost falls somewhere, and to that amount diverts the funds of God's universal Bank for the Poor fro.a the way the Divine charter 1 "XTnlrthhmr _ points OIK.?t/ird?iun . On the same principle our present school system seems to have a most demoralizing effect upon our citizens. Since the Government has undertaken to educate every child it educates none. The public money is not sufficient to keep a poor school open for as long as half a year. Under the ^resent arrangement it seems that the pride of education which once pervaded the hearts of our people Is crushed aut. They do not want to pay anything at all for the education of their u ;0 rw.uuihlp under the Jlliiureu, (tuu it - pretext of hot weather, that some of f>ur Abbeville school-children have been takeu from the graded school since the public funds have been exhausted. At the beginning of the school a number of gentlemen subscribed a sinking fund to be drawn ou to pay teachers in case of a deficiency and the school association with this assuranceemployed teachers who will have to be paid. About one-half of the pupils have bten withdrawn, but the teachers' pay will go on all the same, and the children will lose the inestimable advantages of a good school which can never be regained. Greenwood Notes and Comments. BY iUID SUXC. Mr. S. B. Boozer recently eieciea wj a professorship in Adger college is eminently qualified and will prove a valuable adjunct to thBt institution of learning. While Greenwood is reluctant to loose so estimable a citizen, she gracefully acquiesces in the higher demands of education and intellectual advancement. Only about twelve miles of the Greenwood and Augusta Railroad remain to be graded. Augusta is now erecting the bridge across the river, which, it is said will be a very substantial and elegant structure. It is thought that trains^ will be running on the southern terminus by the la?t of the Fall. There will be a barbecue at Tarrant's spring about two miles from the town on Friday, the 11 instant. The public will tind it a most enjoyable attain Several persoug from this community will attend the exercises at Hodge's Conference school. The Sabbath School Association of the A. M. E. Church (colored) has been in session here this week. Considerable depression is obvious among farmers and merchants on account * * ?-? a of the protracieu arouicut vvuiui nuu ? most favorable future, has curtailed the yield of upland coru at least one half to two thirds, while the cottou has sustained more or less injury. Kipe watermelons in town. The band benefit entertainment Wednesday evening netted about ?36, and was thoroughly enjoyed by all. The grovo surrounding the public pump is rapidly becoming an absolute nuisance, nll'oriiing a rendezvous day and night for groups of idle and vagrant negroes. The attention of the council should be directed to this matter. As conservators and custodians of the public welfare nothing militating against its peace and weli-l eing should escape their vigilance. Wheat fails to find a ready market here at 75cents. Rather discouraging to fanners who have to pay ?1,20 for corn to raise a crop on. Arithmetic for farmers?corn 85 cents cash, $1,20 on liens, the average period oi credit will not exceed three months?supplies generally being furnished as consumed?making gl,40 interest for one year on a simple bushel of corn, add to this the cash price 85 cents. We have 52,25 the real cost of one bushel of corn to every farmer who gives a lien. Mrs. Irvine an aged lady who resided near here died last Thursday morning. In our review of the ccyicert one very interesting and appreciable feature?oJ the programme failed to appear?we tender the amend. Home and Alone, song and chorus. Miss McNeil and music class Mardi Quadrille, instrumental uuett, Misses Cobb and McNeil. Mr. Verrell has what seems to be an excellent invention in which some mechanical principles are utilized in an ingeniously constructed plow stock, which are entirely novel and practical. The dignified and fearless manner in which too Press and Banner has commented upon and condemned the recent lynching in Spartanburg county and its endorsement by the grand jury of that county. ;s fully sustained by the substantial and conservative elements of society everywhere. If mob violence is to supercede law, then our systems of jurisprudence were a miserablo superfluity, and the existence a farcical mockery. If the actuating spirit of journalism throughout thfe State were characterized by the same independent thought and expression, and firm regard for the suEremacy of law and order, as that which as guided the Pre?x and Banner in this case, but few such violations against the peace, dignitv and statutes would again occur in the United States. The Greenwood band?will fill an engagement Weduesday night with the Cokesbury school, this uana is uwsoi yedly popular. An uncle of Mr. Si.int Clair Lee, residing in Ashville, N. C.f was recently severely injured by a runaway horse, being violently thrown from the buggy, badly fracturing one thigh. Prof. G. C. Hodges l'ully sustained his reputation as a brilliant speaker in his recenL address before the Sunday-school at Cokesbury. The sweet potato crop will be al most a total failure. A large area of the land from which wheat and oats have been cut, is being sown down in corn and peas. This will in a measure make up the deficit in the corn crop. m ^ SHOE BEGINNING TO PINCH. Attorney General Dcveiw' Advice to a United States Marshal as to His Fees. Washington, July 3. ? Attorney General Deveus has written tlic following letter to Jen. Matthews, United States .Marshal at Detroit. In reply to a telegram asking whether the latter should continue to serve warrants in criminal cases as heretofore: "Dkar Hik: i advl.se you to perform the lutles of your office, winch you are In no way forbidden to do, to the extent oi your power. The law prescribes those duties and affixes sertatn fees as compensating therefor. No provision for payment of fees of marshals ind their deputies has been made, nor can I nuke any contractor promise that this provision shull hereafter be made. But your perormance of your duties, so far as the law son templates, that they are to be compensated by fees seemd tome to constitute good ground of obligation against the United States, where services of deputies are requirjd, and expenditures are to be made. I recogii?fe the difficulties you may have to encounter. luall this matter, however, you will lave to rely upon your expectation of future legislation by Congress that shall no just pou All other expenses, except fees of murdialsand tlieir deputies, have been provided or. CHAltLKH UEVKVH. (Signed) "Attorney General." The False Position of the Grand Jnryin Spartanburg. The position Ukon by the Gmnd Jury of Spartanburg, In regard to the recent lynchlaw case In t lint county, is unprecedented in the history of South Carolina, is totally false in principle, without hie nlightest shadow of i foundation either in law or In Juslioc, and Is fraught with tiie most alarm in a and danger3us consequences to t he peace and good order 3f society. It Is practically making null and void the laws of the land, and strikes at the very root of the fundamental principles upon which government Is built. What, does It mean when reduced to lis last analysis ? What must it lead to? Why, it 1* virtually incouraglng the establishment of a mob rule In the law abiding Suite of .South Carolina; Is inviting anarchy, misrule nnd lawlessness In our quiet and peaceful borders, and tends lo shake the confidence of the people In tho efficacy of the laws to protect tho innocent and punish the guilty. This is not the only Instance of ^lyncli law that we will hear of In Spartanburg. Tho lynchers have been (untitled in setting the laws at defiance ou one occasion, and now who will say Lhat they ? Q/i fr, tnirMhn Ijlwh Into their uic iiul - own hands whenever they feci disposed to do 80 ??Georgetown Time* and CamcL r Prof. W. N. March ant,?Prof. Mnrchant, the efficient principal of the public school at Granltevllle. 8. C? was in the city yesterdny. He witnessed the kriiduHtlon exercises of the Tubman High Hcuool for girls and whs delighted. The Professor Is uniformly as bright as a new pin. He hits done, and Is destined to do, n great and good work at tiranlte rllle.? Cftro/ucletvii OcntitutionalUt. ? - ' ' ? I DueWestCommencemei THE PRIDE OF THE UP-COU! TRY IN ITS GLORY. Most Interesting College Exercise The Students Acquit Thomsel?* Most Creditably. Music, Art ind Beanty--A Go< Time for Everybody. Another year lius rolled around brought with its close as usual, the West Commencements. The C mencements at Due West always d from every portion of the county largest and most select crowds that < assemble within our borders, and th< casion is looked to by all wiih nion less interest, niul is regarded as the g event of the year. >*o portion of county contemplates these occasions more pleasure than does Abbeville vil which never fails to send a full del tion from every walk ot life, to wit this annual intellectual feast of lei and music. This year, more than the nal number of our citizens were U , seen in the shaded grove of tho can or on the floors of the spacious ] whose walls were decorated with handsomest specimens of the art and handiwork of teachers and pupils of Female College, and on whose rosti on Wednesday were the finest specin of young manhood, who were l'ollo the next day by an array of beauty, i ture and modest grace from tho Fer College which could nowhere elsi seen. The hall, crowded with fei loveliness, and tho grove, filled ^ men, made a picture well w tho seeing, and once seen is sure nev< bo forgotten. As the pious Mussel seldom fails to make his visit to M< so the heart of the intelligent citi/ei Abbeville involuntarily directs him < a year to join the grand procession ii ' annual march to the Athens of tlio country, in whose temple the mi i youth no leas than the gontle ma while testifying to the proficiency of learned professor or the accompli! teacher may give evidence of his or own mental culture and natural enc meats. 4 As evidence of the high apprecia in which the Duo West collegos are 1 by the citizens of Abbeville, we \v< . mention the fact that during the pre year we have had but three student any College from this town, and 1 ( were at Erskine College, where l ! have been for two 3Tears. Actions s[ louder than words in a matter of sort. Three of our best young men students there, and wo have none ot at College away from our own gn school. The great benefiUs derived L community from a good college are readily estimated. To form some id< the blessings conferred on Abbe' county by these colleges it is only ne sary to be familiar with the surround and then road tbe list of names, tc found in tbe catalogues or the gradua programmes of these colleges, som , whom would in all probability never ter the halls of a college if It were no 1 these colleges, where tuition and b< can be so cheaply procured, Erskine College Commencement Lindsay Halt was crowded and o 1 flowing last Wednesday 2d inst., all ting-room and standing-room squ'eezing-room was completely occuj The Commencement exercises of ] kine College always attract the bet and intelligence of Abbeville cou and this year those exercises were i Bually interesting, and seemed to greatly enjoyed by all who attem i The graduating orations were all g< 1 some of them very good, and they v delivered with much spirit and in g oratorical style. ORATIONS. An International Congress vs. Sti , ing Armies.?J. T. Johnson, Brewer ? n Conflict between Correct and F Principles.?J. I. McCain, Idav ' Tenn. National Gratitude.?A. E. Miller, West, S. C. Public Opinion, the Potent Elemen Reform.?M. W. Pressly, Coddle Cr N. C. "Eternal Vigilance, the Price of Li ty.M?J. G. Sitton, Due West, S. C. The Prospective South.?D. W. W man, Cotton Plant, Miss. Oppression, the Parent of Libert W. B. Wylie, Yorkville, S. C. The music discoursed by the Due \ Silver Cornet Band was very sweet, made us again wish we had such a b in Abbeville. The Baccalaureate Address of Pj dent W. M. Grier we publish below. Grier is a very happy speaker, alv says something good, and says it so ea that his hearers think they could say same thing and say it as well. Just them try it. He is an orator witl pretence and a saycr of deep thing simple language. Dr. Grier's Baccalaureate Addref After tue acnvery 01 me .inmven Oration by Colonel James H. Rice, Niupty-Six, which we published iu last week, Mr. Grier said: Last things are solemn things. The last at the old homo, the garden and orchard, hillside and meadow where every tree and fl wakes a thousand pleasing memories, to feel we are looking on these for the last tirao in the scene with a sacred interest, and we with ns in all our wanderings and through i change of fortune the deep impression of last fiirewelL :The last words or a dying fri the very movement of his features and the of his voice are as imperishable as mei Those survive vividly and distinctly when e thing else is fadiug from view and reauon is tottering. Something of this sanctity solemnity gather about the present occasic you and to me: officially we speak our last w "to-day. All the circumstances of the occa therefore; your interest and my own sens duty uuito in the admonition that the v spoken, should be words of soberness and t Your thoughts are doubtless much eng with reference to your future profession you have not alroady decided upon it yon no doubt seriously raising the question, avocation shall I choose V What shall be my work? This question you must answer youreolf. So emphatically and distinctly is mattor of your own. choosing that help could be wisely given only in a very ge way. But there is a question closely conn< with this, inseparable from it, indeed, wLic mands your earnest consideration. I refe those CONDITION'S ON WHICH ALL SUCCESS DEPEN Whatever may be the calling to which yoi vote your gifts and acquirements, it is a m of prime concern to you and of deepest int to society that you succeed. It is often said "there is nothing succeedt suocess." This saying is valuable, not becati what it expresses but because of what it iin not because of what it explains but bet of what it bintsat. It implies there are certain general principles which u: lie the succesHful prosecution of every bus and work; it implies that whunover you havi cured the confidence of your fellow-men, n ever they feel that they can trust you with most precious interests then the ascent fr highest worldly good is by a way broad and But be assured this confidence is not securec day or by a single effort?it is a matter of growth. One of the conditions that wo shall name PEFINITENEflS OF AIM. You will not find unless you seek?seek s thing. The highest attainments and tho favoring fortune will not save you from fa I nniuB mn mih hefore vou an object and pt it steadily and resolutely. We say nothing n< to the character of that object?we state si a condition of success in eveij avocation, marked and predominant is this element tb; the one hana it purchases distinction and w even for those who lack intelligence and i principle and whose ends arc oftentimes moa worthy. On the other hand tboso who po learning and many accomplishments, yet lack this one thing, live and die unhonored an sung. 80 far as results are concerned, er effort is as barren as confirmed idleness, single life ewneatly directed to a fixed purpc worth & regiment of those ttftt are aimlest haphazard. 80 you have found it in your 1 nonce as students. Those who rightly u fltand and properly appreciate their worl those who rarfk highest in scholarship and g ' I al attainments, and as you ro out into tho 1 j and mark and wondor at the success of [ I and the failure of others, in a large majoril , 1 cases tho mystery will be solved by this verj Icumstance, the i>rescnco or the absonce of nite purpose. Young gentlemen, never f or overlook this condition, As yoq desire tc _ ceed In life settle it in your mind what yen mean 1 i lo to do, and. assuming your object to be worthy, , let nothing tempt you from its earnest, constant pursuit. CAPACITY TO CIBCUMSTAJfCES. a Another condition, and one too often overlook-1 j ed, is a capacity of adapting ourselves readily to circumstances. Not only is it true that your I lives will bo very different from each other; that i 1 you who have walked together in Bwcet ennverso j* "" for years, engaged in the same studies and soek-1 eg ing the same end shall walk together no longer,; * and that your paths shall diverge widely; but itj t Is also true that the life of each one of you will1. -A. i- A.% # U u.%a Kann I * De uuiereiu in uieiuiuru lruui uu?b m u.?o 14j in the past. Yoa will be thrown into communi- 1 ties whose habits, customs and occupations may r be very foreign to you; you will see some thing* which in your judgment need correction and imflnd provenient; you will wee others that are Jnew and DlJ0 strange. Now, whatever may bo your profession,j , von will have to deal with men. and your success s ? will depend largelv on the v ay yon deal with t Iraw them. It is possible for you to rultivVe Rush j|,e habits of seclusion and exclusion .tha-. the comm unity will begin to suspect a cherith -d feeling i "* or of conscious superiority on your part. They ;U j 5 oc- begin to feel that there is such a want of sympa9 or thy and congeniality as will render all association, whether for business or pleasure, most embar;rcat r^ing. However true it may be that your adtho vantages and opportunities place you above the < with mass of those about you, yet it would be a grave . mistake to pa-ade your distinction. Ihere i< . 'aKe nothing of which unlettered common stn.se is ega- more intolerant, and justly, than the conceit of a i ness fresh from college, with his honors bloom- j ing thick upon him, who by his caustic criticism tters and contemptuous raillery insinuates "that all i us. society is demoralized and that the wheels of , . Progress have stopped. 8uch a one wi)l array < ' against himself the very elements of social pow- 1 ipus er which he should and must command if he i lalls succeed. We are persuaded that many fail either j partially or wholly because they are not one with ttie the people where thev have cast then-lot There 1 the is an oflishmness which is mutually repellant and j fi.n which stands an insuperable barrier to confi1,10 flence. ru m is there not a special propriety in calling atlens tention to this condition of success in view of wed that altered state of things w1 ich now prevails < at the South. I need not refer o matters with | CUl- which you aro perfectly familiar: to that convul- , Mfltnlo orux'ol ffthrio ILItH naie p,?u ujiucmoai u. UU1 , . that widespread poverty which have followed a disastrous war; to the necessity for new induHnale tries, different modes of living and an eat-next, iv Uh buoyant effort to wring from disaster all it? , strengthening, vivifying, elevating influences orUl and expel all its bitterness. The "New 8outh" is Dr to to conserve, to cherish and perpetuate as & saman cre<' inheritance all that is good of the past and, what is far more difficult, she is to construct from ;cca, the lloating debris, the disjecta membra, a noble n of edifice in which shall dwell securely her children anco a" ^eir generations, worshipping at the alters of the household divinities, Love and Peace, l its This great undertaking is to be accomplished by up- the educated young men of the South. It can , only be done by a just appreciation of tho de" mands of tbesituation and a cheerful consecration iden of themselves to whatever toil, sacrifice and perljie sonal discomfort the grand result may require. . . And we exhort you, tako do counsel of indolent eu grumblers who spend their time in ceaseless her sighs that things are not as they once were or as |ow_ they might be, but who raise not their little finger to restore the past or reform the present. Impressed with the grandeur and glory of the iion work and animated by the heroic example of herd those whose untarnished fame is a ricner mheri., tance even than these sunny skies, this genial . 3Ulcl clime and generous soil, let no dfficulties discoursent age you. a Another condition more important than all others, and which may be said to include all they others, is an honest sincere they de8ibe to be useful. >eak -pjjij, ^11 supply many deficiencies and correct this many errors and so essential is it that no life can are be successful in the highest and beet sense of , l.the word without it. Whatever else may be a gained, whatever worldly distinction, honor and ided wealth and pleasure, if there be not thin desire, ' ,y a ever present, regulating and controlling, then j that life is a failure. Unfortunately this considernot ation is too often overlooked in those calcula;a of tious which enter into human conduct. Every * yjjje other view of the matter is well weighed. There s is the most careful estimato of everything that ices- will affect reputation, ease, comfort and prosperings ity. Whatever contributes to one or all of these j.Q is most earnestly and persistently sought without regard to its influence on others. Let it not * be so with you. Regard the powers with which | e of & benevolent Creator has endowed you, the onergies, the impulses, all the lesources of your nature as instruments of good to your fellow i t for nien. It is a great mistake, a low unworthy view aard ?f the matter, to look upon the learned professions, or indeed any avocation, as a mere means ( of livelihood or as different methods hy which , they may obtain independence and distinction, 1 They are rather expedients which wisdom and i ver- humanity have selected to protect the rights and ] .. relieve the sufferings and elevate tbo character of societv. However they may be abmed, they and are not designed for nggrandizemont, but to give >ied. "cop6 to benevolence. They are the channel ,, ' long established and well worn through which | krs* beneficent influences seek an outlet to gladdened j ] nity deseit and make a sterile waste fresh and pfar ntv grant as a garden. All this is readily admitta - ' with reference to the preacher. He is the object l inu- 0f universal denunciation, and justly if he pros- < be titutes the holy and beneficent ordinances of heavon to mercenary and selfish purposes; if he "* makes the pnlpit ? > A LADDER TO PHEFEn?.j"E7?T( ver? and the Gospel a means of gratifying his ambi;ood tion. But I ask is the minister alone bound by the obligation to do good to all men. How haw : it come to pass that the lawyer and the merchant may use their occupations for mere moneyind getting and yet public sentiment utter no conton, demnation ? Who absolved them and others from tbat law which binds all to promote the gen'iilse era! good ? Be assured that is a false standard i ille, which would measure success by the thousand or , by mere eminence of position. The desire for Due ^^h and honor is proper and even laudable if 1 these be sought as a means of more extensive i > 0f usefulness. We respect the man who by indns. k try, skill and foresight has acquired a fortune, ' not to satisfy avarioo, but to employ it in the 1 . operations of benevolence. We admire him who Der~ by his diligence and capacity has made a name, not that his wide reputation or large influence 18?~ may flatter hU vanity or noanHb ills pnae, bat . that the blessing of him that is ready to pernhis y.? may come upon him,and that for hirn the widow's heiirt may sing for joy. Young gentlemen, if Vest y?n h? animated by motives of this charac- i and 1110 ?' your fe"?w-nien 1 bo with you the prevailing consideration, then 'and many of those difficulties which perplex the ' scheming, the selfish and the ambitious will ] . vanish before you. Guided by & principle so . e simple, so safe, of snch universal apnlicatxon you Dr. will thread your wav safely araid-t dangers that ' rays ensnare and ruin other?. Let it be your purpose, ) ., settled, fixed and unwavering, to make your in- , y"y fluence felt for good in that sphere where you the move. In the soft words of a sweet poet, "Let < your influence all lie spent in soothing sorrow i and in quenching strife, in aiding helpless indi- , lout ^ence, in works from which at least a grateful 3 in few derive some taste of comfort in a world of I woe. Then let IS. THE SUFEBCILI0U8 QBEAT jary confess you Berve your country, you recompense ( j. well the state beneath the shadow of whose vine ' you sit secure, and in the scale of life hold no 1 full ignoble place.' I You enter a field where truth, honesty and vir1 k tuo nee<* to bo commended, not by beautiful t. theories or high sounding words, but by living I I? " example. Where ignorance needs to be removed j that au<* ^telligence guided and restrained by goodveste ne8s' while you recognize tho claims cairv which Bociety aud humanity have upou you, re- 1 everv 1Eem^er that these claims find their highest obthot %a^on an(J m08t binding force in an obligation it nd ^ou 8n*tain other and more important 1 tones re'a^on8 than those which bind you to your fel- i norv ^?w-men. And amid the impressive scenes of this ' hour may each of yo'i hear, hear to obey, the itself voice ?' H'm whose service is love whoso benedic, _ j tion is success, saying, "Go work in my vino? to 7***" ! !?- ' - 'I ? 11 f.t.J w?iwl fords ""Jjhb ib ueiure ye; in>iu w wou iunu sion, Ye cannot: turn thon take ye up tho load. 0 of Not yours to tread or leave unknown the way, rords Ye must po o'er it, meet ye what ye may. ruth. Gird up your souls within you to the deed aged Angela and fellow-spirits bid yo speed." u If 1 we THE CROWD what ^for wn,8'mP'y inline? on bofh Wednesit a day and Thursday. We made a close here and careful estimate of tho assemblage "cted that was packed in Lindsay Hall, atone 1 h de- time and we are correct in saying that >r to thirteen hundred people were present in ] Ds that room. At the samo time the campus ' i de- was thronged by fifteen hundred or two j latter thousand men, and the grove outside ' erest looked like the halting place of an army, j 1 "k? REFRESHMENTS 1 [ho of i latwe' Tvere 8nppl|ed to the pnrelied atftl hungry ( that at two elegant stands, and in the lower I adcr- apartment of tho Eiiphemian hall, which , b'mh mnMt have done a paying business, for J dieu- lemonade and ice-cream were much in j their demand. By the way, wo would oiler, f ea^y* very humbly, a seasonable 1 in a , slow SUGGESTION TO THE FACULTY ] is about the lack of scats and benches for t the tired and dusty men who cannot find \ ome_ in Hm Wall. We understand that i most t ,ilure thohandsome sum of eijyhty or a hun- > irHue dred dollars was pnid to tho Faculty by ^ tlie refreshment-sellers as rent. Wo sug- 1 Bo ge*t that part at least of said money he j c<h exPen^ec^ *n furnishing a number of < noral sc':lta or benches lo bo placcd under tho j tnn- trees. If tho Faculty would only ap- t "vrtio P?'u'; a comiliittoo?a "standing" com- ^ (3 nn- mitlee?to hang around with the men out J ratio of doors for three or four hours in the ( isols 8,1 n anc' tll0-v wou'd understand the j i and force of our suggestion. Bipe- | nder- J gnaerr?. The Female College Commencement. { some <->n Thursday morning Lindsay Hall ij :y of was moro closely packed than on the pre- j I defi" V'0U8 day. A very interesting pro- | orget gramme of exorcises was distributed jjj > sue- through the audience. We mako tho fol- > owing mention of the young ladles who Pf graduated' tbat day: at MIS8 IDA K. GAULDEN, i handsome and stately daughter of * Wuoty-Six, South Carolina, had been ec rery properly chosen to deliver the Sautatory Addrera. In this essay she gave Tj he highest evidence that her superior w jatural powers had been studiously cul- J ured, and that her tutors had found in ac ler a proficient scholar of such excelence that any college might well be bi )roud of so talented a graduate. 11 MISS EN'IE E. AONEW, [J >f Cokesbury, South Carolina, the town 10 famous for beautiful women, fully sus- ol ained that reputation for beauty and nociest grace, wnuesne nreaineu a pai- ui ioticsentirnent in her essay on the sub- ijf ect of "Give me a Home in the Sunny tt ioulh." pi MISS JANIK E. DAVIDSON, ^ )f Carsiconica, Texas, discussed "Texas -my Home," with snch ability and lc jeauty of thought as to command the ad- ^ niration of all who heard her gradual- r< ng essay. nj MISS M. BRENNXE EDWABDS, g i petite and pretty maid of the Athens of P South Carolina, spoke of the "Places that p; ive Love," with much delicacy and poet- p c sentiment, and threw a halo of love 1' t1 ind sweetness around home and all the p issocialions ot childhood. ** MISS MAGGIE KLDER, n 01 >f Winnsboro, South Carolina, younjc lj md handsome, with a turn of mind ^ more serious than is usual for one of her p pears, took the position that "Tis not all }j if Life to Live," and sp ;>ke of the hopes g reward in that beautiful and perfect u life that remains for the glossed in the fu- {? Lure. Her es?ajf was full of sweet e Lhoughl* beautilully expressed. Y AfISS ANNIK B. GALLOWAY, )f Columbia, Tennessee, aiks, "Tell me: ? Where is Beauty Found?"' and finds it in " illtbc varied forni.s of the spiritual and u natural world. In the fleecy clouds v Llial attend the setting sun, in the dashing ti spray of the dark bine ocean, in the |jj bright hues ot the flowers that deck the panorama of the morning, or sweet per Itinfta/l nn Mio Krnc'/Od nf tl IIUIIt:n inttbain Hunvu vii ?iu v. . t< [lie evening. w MIsiS JANIE HENRY, i| of Chester, South Carolina, one of the ft prettiest and sweetest of her class, had a ? just appreciation of "The College Boy," t and discussed him in an unreserved man- [j ner and in so humorous a style as to con- ti vnise her audience and command strict ? ilteution from first to last. b MISS OUSSIE h. HOOD, U v of Due West, South Carolina, chose for h lier theme "The Air is full of Voices," Ci ind her composition, as the caption of ii lier essay would indicate, breathed of the ^ poetic gCDius, and gave evidence of supe- ei rior talent. Beauty of person and beau- w ;y of thought added to the charms of a * jweec e>say in this case. 5 MISS ADD IK M. LOWUY, >f Calhoun's Mills, South Carolina, an ? vnnnar latlv of charming u manners and graceful carriage, spoke of " ie "Li^liis of-0tiier Days" in a pleasant j? ind eiuurudning manner. w MISS K. BISI-LK M<!CLUNO, ? if Lexington, Virginia, took "knots" for {*, iier subject, and Hrquiueu herself in the ti no*.' handsome manner while discussing tier knotty ^uLijeet. s 3IISS MAviGIE L. MYERS, * cultivated young lady of Patterson's ? AiilN, Pennsylvania, who has never bro- v ken a single rule of the college took the P wo/d ' forward" as the subject of her a diesis, and wrote an excellent eompoai- ^ Lion on the comprehensive subject. w * P MISS M. LOLA OA f. LOW AY, g nna nf T> ia Wahl's mo.st talented and cul- o tivalcd young ladier, wrotn the "Valeclic- ?j lory" in a manner alike creditable to her- w belt' and her alma maicr. KXCKLIiliNT MUSIC. J] The distinguishing feature of the Fe- ? male College Commencement was the exceedingly good mu.'sic both vocal and in- {) strumental lo which the audience were *1 treated by the young ladies and their e teachers. Other femnle colleges may be abl"? to bring forward graduates.compe- a tent to prepare essays as good as those ? read la.it Thursday, but. we never heard, n it any other commencement, music of as {J high a decree of merit sis that to which n ive then listened. From the opening an- ^ Lbem to the closing chorus the whole rau sical programme was successiuuy uou brilliantly carried through. Whilo all J the instrumental pieces were admirably performed, at the risk of making au in- o pidious distinction we would s;iy that ? Lhe playing of Rossini's overture, per- g formed as a quartette on two pianos, was Jj limply perfect. The vocal music was I jreatly superior to what is usually heard y it college commencements, We noticed p some exceedingly sweet and effective so- 0 [jrMios and contraltos among the pupils, * while the singing of the misses LeGal, as a the people of Abbeville well know, was ? itself a musical treat worth a summer p 3aj's journey. The chorus, '"Away to t] the land of thQ Aztecs'" deserves especial 8. mention as being the composition of Dr. n E. H. Edwards of Due West.?"home- 8 made music," as Dr. Bonner said. It is i beautiful and harmonious piece of mu- h sic and was rendered with fine effect. Certainly the musical standard of Due ti West Female College is a high one, and * the success attained reflects great credit c on Misses Morse aud LeGal. 4 a Baccalaureate Address by Dr. Bonner. * Some one hns said, "Let me make the Bongs ^ ' * (ho V r>r a people, ana i cure in#u wui? laws." with even greater propriety he might r1 liave said, "Let me educate the children tpid * I care not who rules the State." For who 11 Joes not know that character Is formed In * shlldhood and youth, that home and school 1 make men what they are ? The education or " non-education, of an Individual, shiipes his life, fixes hlR destiny, and as a State is made )' up of Individuals, whatever affects the party " uneets the whole. To us, as ditizens of South ^ Carolina, therefore, the cause of education In J Hie State, becomes luniatter of prime lmpor- P tance. Indulge me.Tnen, In closing up the J sxerclses of this literary festival, In a few , words on EDUCATION IN CAROLINA ? PAST, PRESENT tl AND PROSPECTIVE. Carolina was fortunate In the period of her birth, ?>nd In the character of those that ?' iiursed her. The early settlements wore " made hereafter tho Invention of the printing ?! press, and when Milton and Locke were , shedding the ell'nlgence of their genius over 0 he continent of Europe, lit will not he for- 5 ;otten that Lr>cke wrote the flrsi constitution lor tin- Carolines.) And the people who tlrst ^ ound.homeu here, were not only hardy and k id venturous, but they had at leasts* love of etters, If they were not themsolvemvell educated. This Is shown In the fact thst among _ lie first acts of the first settlers, waif tho es- * abll.-hmentof public libraries and this was ojlowed as early as tho yearlill) by the esJibllshment. by an act of the Legislature, of a J free school In Charleston for the use of the nhabltants of South Carolina." This was >oon followed by the erection of seminaries )f learning in various parts of the territory, i A'lth the approbation und material support of .he Governor of the Province, which were n r.icr> i>u "nubile bounty and private do latlons." So that, "lit any time after 171:!, or -he forty-second yeor subsequent to the seU J( lenient of the province," Uainsny, the hlsto u ian, says, "the knowledgo of grammar and )f Ih- Latin and Ureek languages. and of i? nuthematlcs, could bo obtained In Carolina it any time," TIiIh was a good beginning. 11 The early settlers about Plymouth could ci scarcely show a better record, besides, Mr. n itamsjiy says, "none of tl e Hrltlsh Provinces, ^ n proportion to their numbers, sent so many r >f their sons to Kurope for education as Mouth , arollna." As early ns 1769 a proposition to rect a College of high grade was Introduced, ? iut for some reason It failed. In 1785, three tt :olleges.on pnper, were actually erected by he Legislature, viz: ono ul Charleston, oue it Wlnnsboro, and one at Cambridge. Ten ,'carH afterwards a fourth was started at 3eaufort, with a hnndsome endowment, for hose days. Two years after this (1707) anoth r college was started under the ausplcM of he Ntate,in 1'lnckncv District, which was sailed the College of Alexandria. Only twoof these Institutions ever nccom- If )llshed any thing of linjjorutnce, the one at C Jharleston and tho one at Wlnnsboro. The me at Cambridge! (or Nlnety-Hlx) we ore sor- ' ? mii./niflf-put failure. It wont y IUIWJ, niuii nto the Loltery business, for the purpose ofl alsliig funds, and an lw usual. It lout Its ft)l;| md the trustees were authorized to soil the >n>perty, pay the debts, and assess the b?I- I ~ inco. If any, to the establishment of gram* ?| n:ir schools In Abbeville District, and the J 'laminar schools were never established, I ["he College of Alexandria, who can tell vhereit was located? The very name hM Gi used into oblivion. Thus the early eflbrt? . the state to Airalsb facilities for obtaining 1 education to her sons. proved, in a large JJ easure,abortive.. For this there were,aa we mm mcelve. two reasons. First, because there ere two many colleges; second, because the unmon acu.wia ana academies were nejslect1. The system adopted wm fatally uefccve, in that It attempted to erect a house lthout laying a foundation to build upon, tie masses were uneducated. Common ihools were not common, and academies ere rare. The demand forhlgber education \ as, therefore, llmlied. One college would ?ve been enough. Besides, the expense of (staining four or five Colleges in tue State , that early period was certainly beyond the leans of the people. It was a well meant, it llladvised scheme, and It broke down of m sown weight. 'I< Thus matters stood at the beginning of the JL regent cemuiy. auuuv iuub tune, ungiuutuu ie idea of having one College for the Stale, | a i id placing that Ht the Capital. Of this lm- .l artant measure Dr. La Borde In nls history , ' the South Carolina College, glvea the fol- pi] iwlng acc mat: "Thin measure originated r, i the contest which had arisen between the alc pper and lower country of the State, with ri? *pect to representation In the Legislature, he upper country, which, at the adoption of a ! ie constitution of 1781 was comparatively koor and unpeopled, had allotted to It, by the rovlbionHof the constitution,a much smaller of ^presentation. It had now grown in wealth, ir out-numbering the lower country in iU 6a Dpulation, Imperatively demanding a reform ve i the representation. This the people of the iwer country feared to grant, on the ground ap r the general detlclency of education and In- w: slllgence In the upper country, which would >nder It incompetent to exercise wisely and ac istiy tue power wnicu sucn a rerorm wouia lace in its bands. It was to remedy this de- Pa ciency that it was proposed to establish a na allege at Columbia." It is sufficient for our , resent purpose to say, That the College was til itabllsbed. Fifty thousand dollars were ap- .. ropriated for buildings, and s' t thousand nnually for the salaries of President and nc rofessora. The college was opened January v. Mi. From that day to the day of its close at 1>C te opening of the war, in 18Vi.it was pros- re emus In the main, and wielded a power in uuth Caroll na that was al most absolute. 2C During this term of fifty-four years, which so takes up the second chapter in the history f education in South Carolina, comparative- ac f little was done for common schools, by the tote. Private enterprise were insufficient to 1,1 istain them, and the result was that a large al. roportlon or the children of the State grew p in Ignorance and South Carolina presented ie anomaly of having more well educated ten in proportion to population than peraps any other State, and at the same time a r\ irger per centage, that could neither read u <?r write than almost any other State. The jw were well educated, but the masses were }mparatively*lgnorunt. Was not this an unfortunate state of affairs? fbat was the cause? It grew oat of the pol- jjj :y adopted early In the State of providing . >r the higher education without providing tl( >r the lower. The theory was, ''Give the a, tate a College and that will create schools." Light," sala the advocates of the scheme, comes from above." So it does, but if the all upon which that sun shines Is not call!- Ml tho miin will jthlnn In vain. Tt wnw Inset repetition of the former effort to make a ^ ree without roots, to build a house without a ^ jundatlon. And so far as the education of tie masses was concerned, It was a AM lure. THS DENOMINATIONAL COLLEGES. In the progress of time, say forty years ago, T be ldeaof denominational education began I ) take hold of the minds of the poople. It A as like an inspiration. With wonderful raidlty and power It took hold of popular feel- ar ig, and the result wus the establishment th Jithln a very short period of Ersklne College >unded In 184-1, of Furman University in 18? z: f Wottord College In 18?, of Newberry Col- Lr ;ge in 18?, and later of Adger College In 1878. :h he Presbyterians had Joined with their lends in Georgia, In the support or Ogletiorpe University. So that every denomlnaonm the State nad its College, except the Iplscopallans, and the South Carolina Col>ge, was, In some sort, under their control. to To these institutions for young men, have een added Colleges for yonng ladies, at Colmbla, at YorkvlTle, at Laurens, at OreenIlle, at Williamston, at Reldville, at Walullu.. and lust but not least, at Due West. Bo that South Carolina lias to-day thirteen bartered Colleges in active operation within v er borders, all of which, except Charleston ollege, are within a radius of 125 miles from olumbta. It Is questioned whether any oth- M r portion of America can say as much. Besides these thirteen Colleges, the most of hlch ure In active operation, there are some : :hools of good grade. The State now appro- Bi rlates from three to four hundred thousand ollars annually for free schools. But still ic cause of education in Uio State Is very far *P om being what It ought to be. The comion schools have been declared to be ee schools, and the compensation to (If :achera being inadequate, the effect \ lustbeto drive the better class or teachers ut of the Htate, or to some other pursuit. It ill close the Academies and Seminaries and >wer the standard or education. While there HI be more children educated, there will be wer well educated than formerly. The imledlate effect will be to diminish the roatriclatloi.s in the Colleges, or to Increase their oubles, by compelling them to do the work Th mt should be done in tho preparatory I :hools. The remote effect will be a low landurd or education throughout out our Hf tute. i WHAT 18 NEEDKD. j We need, then, a larger appropriation for J imrnnii schools, or authority to make the ? jrnmon schools dependent in parL upon prl- qu ate support, so as to afford to teachers better ay, ana thus to secure ana return tnc Dent .nchera. Cheap teachers do cheap teaching, to nd cheap teaching is little better than no ' caching. The popular mind on this subject < eeds to be educated. If we would get good 1 ork in the school room we must give good j ay. 1 (Second: We need more schools of a higher rr rude. Academies, seminaries, where not I nly the principles of a primary education Fa mi be obtained, but where a knowledge of M< tie arts and sciences can be secured, at least h< d far as the duties of practical life require, co lany boys and girls have not the means to Mi scurea collegiate education: lei them have ha Iieopportunlty to obtain at their own doors o uch an education as will flt them for follow- ad ig honorably and successfully the common an ursultsof life. 1 Third: As good teachers are required, Nor- be lal schools.?schools whose special business be ; is to teach teachers how to teach, are At lie great want In the Utate. A man cannot pi jach who has not himself been taught, but an very educated man cannot teach, any more eci aan every man who understands music can an Ing. Teaching is both a science and an art, tai nu we may possess the one and lack the oth- at r. Teaching Is now recognized as one of the ( earned professions, and It ought not to be en. red without thorough preparation, such reparation as can be obtained only In Norml schools. And yet, South Carolina, bus ] ot, out of Charleston, a single Normal shool for the whites. We need tnem and we To eed them greatly. ] THE RESULT. j?l When the common schools shall have an ?! ilequate support and the standard In them utHclently elevated; when incompetent sachers. and those that teach simply lor tne ay, shall have been banished from the State, r made to retire to the walks of private life, ud competent, well-educated, well taught nr jachers shall occupy the tripod; when the \ ood old-time academies, that stood half-way U. etween the primary school and the college kc that at wllllngton, nnder the celebrated >r. Waddel, or Mt. bethel In Newberry, or Ibenezor In York, or Ml. Zlonat Wionsboro. rhen schools like them shall again take their laces; and when, to supply all these schools rlth fully equipped teccbers, we have at least ? ne Normal school In every county; and |> /hen ail our colleges, male and female, shall e full of pupils, then South Carolina shall ch wake from her long slumber; then the j louds that have so long bung like a pall be bout her, shall flete away, and the sun of her <>, rosperlty shall come forth In Its glory. Then ?. inoranceand crime shall, as ashamed, hide ha ITelr heads, and Intelligence and morality ball distinguish our people, and South c'aroIna shall take her place as a star of the tlrst magnitude In the galaxy of Stales. Ood J peed the day 1 TO THE CLASS. V' Young Ladles: Whatever.may be true of M, undredsand thousands of your sisters in the tate and In the South, you at least have bad tie advantages of a liberal education. In return for tnis, one of the first obligations that ?U1 rest upon you, will be the study of doing /hat you can to help others, and this you an do most effectually by showing the intlu- _ nee and power of an educated woman. To N o this you must not hold your candle under bushel. To do this you must lift the standrd of education umund you, and to do this t may be your duty to enter the school room, v o teach yourself and to show others how to Bach. And whatever muy be your duly In his line, do It and do it with your might. .etyour light shine. Illuminate not only ** be home circle, but the community lit which ou may live, and not only the communly, hut the State. Banish the clouds that lay hang about you, and let the world be ~ he'better for your having lived in it. Thus 01 ou will show tbat you appreciate the prlvi- Q jges that you have here enjoyed ; and thus ou will prove to bean honor to your Alma later, and thus you will fulfil the Just exeolationsof teachers and friends: and thus ou will cheer the hearts In years to come, it iay be, of those who have watched over you B' ere with parental solicitude, and who will .. ratch yourfuture with loving interest until U tie curuiin of death shall close the scene. DIPLOMAS DELIVERED k< Our w?rk is done. The fated hour has nme, und we must part, it may be for a day, a1 ; may be for years, it may be forever. It is <"* ?d. Would that we could stay the hands on fie clock. But fate has decreed and we must to Id good-bye. God bless you. F??? ?nr sh itate of South Carolina.01 n i._ _ r i vi. uouuiy ui auucviiK 'jobato Court?Citutlon for Letters of . Administration. tb Iy J. Fuller Lvov, Esq., Probate dc Judge. [T7HEREAS, Martin G. Zcigler, ^ VV Clork of Court Common Pleas has P| lade suit to me, to grant him Letters Ul f AdtiiiniHtration of tlio Estate and ef- * icts of Joshua H. McCall late of Ab- A evillo County, dccoased. ?J Theso are therofore to elto and admon- Tl ill all und singular the kindred and credors of the said Joshua It. MeCall de- hl} aased, that they bo and appear, before 10, in the Court of Probate, to bo helii at Qt bbovillo C. II., on Wednesday 2o day of uue, after publication hereof, at I o'clock In the forenoon, to show cause any they have, why the said Adminis- . ation should not be granted. 1 Given under uiy hand and seal, this 12th day of May, in tho year of our Lord oiio thousand eight hundred and sovonty-nino and in the one hundred and third year of American Independence. an Published on the lt4h day of May (71), In thn Pretit and Banner and on the J ourt House door for tho time required v law. J J. FULLER LYON, J Probate Judge. " May 14, 1879. rp '0 MAKE MONEYrL Pleasantly nW fast, ngonts should addresii FINL^Y, HARVEY & CO., n.otf, 1878, ly Atlanta, J; THE GENUINE J . -- .*? t?n IE. C. MoLANFS ffl Celebrated American |1| WORM SPECIFIC OR HERMIFUOR E, SYMPTOMS OF WORMS. 1 HE countenance is pale and leaden* Tj colored, with occasional flushes, or :ircumscribed spot on one or both V ? J-.11 . A. ?... ccks; ine eyes otcomc uuhj uic s dilate; an azure semicircle runs >ng the lower eye-lid; the nose is irated, swells, and sometimes bleeds; swelling of the upper lip; occasional adache, with humming or throbbing the ears; an unusual secretion of gg liva; slimy or furred tongue; breath ry foul, particularly in tfte fronting; i petite variable, sometimes voracious, th a gnawing sensation of the stomh, at others, entirely gone; fleeting ins in the stomach; occasional ;usea and vomiting; violent pains roughout the abdomen; bowels irgular, at times costive; stools slimy; >t unfrequently tinged with blood; illy swollen and hard; urine turbid; spiration occasionally difficult, and companied by' hiccough; cough metimes dry and convulsive; uneasy j id disturbed sleep, with grinding of e teeth; temper variable, but gencrly irritable, &c. J" Whenever the above symptoms TZT are found to exist, 11 R. C. McLANE'S VERMIFUGE 11 will certainly effcct a cute. IT DOES NOT CONTAIN MERCURY any form; it is an innocent prepara >n, not capable of doing the slightest fury to the most tender infant. ? The genuine Dr. McLANE'S Ver- Ma ifuge bears the signatures of C. Mc- J"11 a.ne and Fleming Bros, on the an" rapper. :o: the DR. C. McLANE'S Sr! J VER PILLS'^ clos e not recommended as a remedy " for all j e ills that flesh is heir to," but in affection.s ^ the liver, and in all Bilious Complaints, f fspepsia and Sick Headache, or diseases of me at character, they stand without a rival. 1 AGUE AND FEVER. ?fl Mc No better cathartic can be used preparatory j , or after taking Quinine. Sol As a simple purgative they are unequaled. hoi BEWABB OF IJHTATIOXft. J The genuine are never sugar coated. E, Each box has a red wax seal on the lid with 1 e impression Dr. McLane's Liver Pills at 1 Each wrapper l>ears the signatures of C. p. cI.axk and Fleming Bros. the Insist upon having the genuine Dr. C. Mc- re8 ane's Live* Pili.s. prepared by Fleming cot os., of Pittsburgh. I'a., the market being 11 of imitations of the name 31cl.ilnr, a* ?lled differently tml same pronunciationPATE OF SOUTH CAROL? Abbeville County. ? IN COURT OF PROBATE. Jj omti W. Smith, by his guardian, ad Uicm V 3. F. Martin, Plaintiff, m agai?ti I trry G. Plnckney as Execntor of the will of J! ilrs. Fannie J. Smith, deceased. Fannie C. 'Inckney, William 8. Marshall, Jeuule E. Marshall, Rnmiiel H. Marshall. Samuel A. Ol Unilli, Mary E. Dantzier ana Jennie F. ?' Jmlth, DeiendantH. I mmons for Account and Settlement of Estate. > Defendants : Harry O. Plnckney as r Sxecutorof the will of Mre. Fannie J.Smlth ? leceased. Fannie (. Plnckney, William 8. * klui-xha.il, Jennie ? .. Marshall, Kan uel 8. Z~ Marshall, Samuel A Smith, Wary E. Dan Ikerand Jennie F.Smith: ? AKE NOTICE that the above Plaintiff; a I legatee, under the will of the said Mrs. ? mrile J. Smith, deceased, has filed bis petl- >n in this Court praying that the defendant L irry G. Plnckney may bo required to so- ? ant as Executor of the estate of the said ? r?. Smith for tbe assets of said estate which _ ve come to bis bands or sbould have come x his hands as such Executorlnduecotfrseof ministration, and to distribute tbe same r longst the legatees. an, fou are hereby notified and summoned to -nf and appear In tbe Court of Probate for Ab- |n( ville County to be holden on the 6th day of ?? igust 1879, when tbe said Executor Harry U. . nckney Is ordered and required to render account of his actings and doings as Exutor of the said Fannie J. Smith, deceased, d show cause why distribution, of the enle should not be made amongst tbe legces. iiven under my hand and seal of office, this ltith day of June 1879. * J. FULLER LYON, [L. 8.1 J. Pro. A.C. Sdward Noble, Plalntifi's Attorney. > William 8. Marshall, Defendant. j?! rake notice that the petition in this case, " " {ether with the summons of which tbe egolug Jaacopy, was mea in my omn si >bcvllie Court House on the 16th day of . ne j879. J. FULLER LYON, Judge of Probate A. C. * rune 16,187 6t?,9 mil SOOTH CAROLINA. , County of Abbeville. IN THE PltOBATK COURT. < Ex parte W. M. Taggart, Petitioner. Petition for Settlement and Discharge. |i JOTICE is hereby given that W. M. TagI gart, Administrator of J. \V. Griflln, denned, lias applied to this Court, for a dl?arge from his trust. Lt in ordered, that Saturday the 20th of July appointed as the day for tbe settlement of e said deceased, and the discharge of the lmlnlstrator. Creditors will present their mands on or before tbut date. J. FULLER LYON, J. Pro. A. C. , fube 18, 1879, it. w da MTE OF SOOTH CABOLM " County of Abbeville. ik the probate court. 1 Ex Parte. Jolla F. Peak, Petitioner.' f|' Petition for Homestead. |j 10TICE Is hereby given that Julia F. Peak, ' widow of W. H. Peak Deceased, baa ap- 'F led to this Court to have homestead set off A id laid out to her, in the reul and personal operty of the said W. H. Peak, deceased. It lb ordered that Friday the lath day of Ju- 1 next be fixed for the appointment of Com- Cl Isslonersto set off the homestead prayed wt J. FULLER LYON, J. Pro., A. C. lane 18, 1879, ?. w TATE OF SOUTH CAROM County of Abbeville. J obate Court?Citation for Letters of Administration. v j. fuller ltos, esq., probate j ctdgx. fl VHEREAS, Edwin Parker has madeftiult to me. to gmnt him Letters of Aamluistra in of the Estute :mu effects or ?.nen ju rur- . ;r lute of Abbeville County, deceased. _J Theie are therefore to clt? and admonish all id singular tlie kindred and creditor* of the Id Ellen L. Parker, deceased, that they be id appear, before nie, In the Court of Probate, Tij be held at Abbeville C. H., on Wednesday. JL' e tod day of J uly, after publication hereof, 11 o'clock In the forenoon, to xhow cause, if ly tbev have, why the suid Administration *r ould not be granted. J tVEX under my hand and seal, this 14th day of Jtue, In the year of our Lord one thoutJftd eight hundred and seventy, nine, and in the 103rd year of American Independence. Published on the 18th day of June, 1879, in o Prew and. Banner and on the Court House ior for the time required by law. J. FULLER LYON, Judge of Probate. lune. 18, 1879,3t. w OTTON HAS MM! ' * T ND all Cotton Goods are In sympathy the , with the Raw Material, but, tj0] 7HITE BROTHEES, vlng bought a very HEAVY STOCK len the Market was at its LOWEST wonld nounce to their frlendsand customers that N lods are offered at the SAME LOW PRICES, thont any allowance whatsoever. A splen* llna .if 'RINT8, ? PRINTED LAWNS, " / BROWN SHEETING8and -A SHIRTINGS, Tnl BLEACHED LONG CLOTH8, BED TICKING, y. COTTON \DE8, L. d all kinds of STAPLE DRY GOOD8. WHITE BROTH EES, lay 14, 1879. o UST ARRIVED El HIS we?k another cage Ladles HATS and I A BONNETS In beantlAil styles. Pretty i A. OWERS, RIBBONS Ac., at tbe 8tre EMPORIUM CF FASHIONS."* fay 7,1879. Ki I -... 4 tween White's Block and the Central HoteL "ERYTHING In tbo Dragline it reuooabl*pric?s. Give me a call. 2. H. McBEIDE Aft. I -VI ' 1 unnmgnam & Templeton Have on hand j p i * gar, Tobacco, toffee, Axes, Bacon, Flows, Lard, * Hats, Meal, Shoes, 6 Flour, Calie* Bice. Homespuns, Vaccaronl, Cheese, fee., ftCfi ftc? ftc?, ftc., OIVC THEM A CALL. n. 29.1879, IllHli 1THII. HJUV AJIV4I AIV JIIVW* BE township of LowndesvOle having petitioned to subscribe nix thousand ?, ) hundred sod twenty-five dollars. gnolia township fonr thousand two ] idred and twelve dollars. Calhouns nship five thousand five hundred I fifty dollars to the capital stock of Savannah Valley Railroad, there will in election held on Thursday the 31st July next at which all legal roters in 1 townxhlps v ill vote subscription or sut acription: 'or LowndesvlUe township at Lownvillr. 'or Magnesia township at Riley'a ool bouse. 'or Calhoans township at Mount Car'be following are appointed managers said election via; /owndesville.?G. F. Burdett, J. D. Dill and J. T. Latimer. 'or Magnolia township at Riley's tool house.?S. C. Link, Edwin Calin and 8. C. Riley. . * 'or Calhoans township at Mount CarL--W. D. Mars, M. M. Tarrand and J. Caldwell. 'he polls will be opened at each place ) o'clock a. m., ana closed at 4 o'clock m. The managers will at the close of i polls count the votes and report the ult to the chairman of the board of inty Commissioners of Abbeville mty at his office on Monday the 4th / of August following by 12o'clock* By order of the Board, G. M. MATTISOST, Chairman of Board. , 1870, 6L w HIKIM. : / E take pleasure in calling attention to } oar entirely SHEW SPRING ?A>'D? UMMER STOCK of |RY GOODS, DREW* GOODS* FANCY GOODS, NOTIONS. HOSIERY, ULOVE8. RIBBONS. EMBROIDERY, rAMBURG EDGINGS. TRIMMINGS, etc. artle* desiring SPRING GOODS Mid ntlng bargains will pleaao examine our ck. targalna In DRESS GOODS. targalna In BLACK ALPACAS. targalna in BLACK SILK, targalna in CASHMERES. targalna In LAWNS. targalna in DeLAINE, all Wool. targalna In P K. ?ur stock of PRINT8 la ttnnaoaKr frrro J pretty, consisting of nearly 200 pieces of ferent style and pattern. Call and esana; them, and dosrt forget we bare -a foil eof fOTIONS, 81LK H'DK'Fg, LINEN h'DK'FS, GLOVES, collars, cujth, i m / \ RUCHES, DOYLIES, 1,' ^ dress buttons, towels, table dama8k, linens. sheetings, and DOMESTICS. I mil line of BOOTS & SHIES iirlng In price *nd quality from |1 M to --HATS AND CAPS? particularly nice line of FELT sbA RAW Goods. . , _ Examine oar Stock, and be pleased. We > offering a stock or good Goods at low priV. JOEL SMITH & SON. Iprll 9,1879. IECBIVED this -week ft owe* of MUUnerr, i, embracing many new shapes in HATH, BONNET8, RUFFLING8, TIES, LACES, TRIMMING, SILKS, and SATINS. Ye are adding to oar (tock almost every y and person* wlahinf the latest styles and ?re?t prices will And It to their interest to amine oar stock and price onr goods. R E HADDONJ GO. Hay M, 1979. BOCERIES! GROCERIES!! HAT Canned CORN, OKRA, and TOMATOES. FRENCH MUSTARD CHOW CHOW and 7CUMBER PICKLES, very line. And al 1 <_ I.MA ...ntlttM I/Bliu umiu tax ifuiv uu?ukifr.v?. BACON, MOLASSES, FLOUR, CORN, COFFEE and SUGAR, at W.JOEL SMITH & SON. Lpril 0.1S79. CLOSING OUT SALE iF Linen SulU. Great rednetlon in prices ' at tbe Emporium of Fashions. unen.ISTfl. _ o NOTICE 7 0 SCHOOL TEACHERS. WILL be in my office at Abbeville Court House on the following days; SATURDAY. MARCH 29, SATURDAY, APRIL 5, MONDAY, APRIL 7, ? SATURDAY, APRIL 28, MONDAY, MAY 5, SATURDAY, MAY 31, MONDAY, JUNE 2, SATURDAY. JUNE 28, MONDAY, JULY 7, metiers having certificate* will present ^ m for registration on the Jays above men" DAVID CRAWFORD, School Commissioner, A. C. arch 24,1879, tJT. BOOKS 18 IT MAY HaPPETT/' A Story of 1 American Lite and. Character. By EDWIH PARKER. sb. 10, me.tf FOWILL'S LECTRIC PLASTER, HAPPY Combination of pain Relieving, ngthcning and Curative Agenu, with itrlolty. * EDWIN PARKER. arrta 4. 1878 m '