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^ Tlie Press and Banner. Bv HUGH WILSON & W.C.BEXET Wednesday, July 16, 1879. j That Commendable Homicide rue State Press on the Spartanburg j Lynching and the Grand Jury. j AVe publish this morning that por-1 tion of Judge Pressley's charge to the! Spartanburg grand jury, and of the; grand jury's presentment, which re-j ferred tothelynchingofthemanMoore. Lack of space prevented its appearance in our columns last week. We are anxious to lay the presentment before our readers, not ouly because we| commented on it so severely in ourj last issue, but because as the deliberate j ?*nrt??ision of the ouiuionsof a grand j jury it has no equal ill the annals ofI * the jury-room or the criminal court, and because our people, let us hope, j will not look upon its like again. During the past two weeks we havei anxiously examined the columns of our State newspapers to see what! opinions were expressed on the lynching at Spartanburg and on the unique presentment of the grand jury that Justified Lynch Law. The NewsaYid Courier was non-committal; if anything, it leaned to the lynchers andj certainly its correspondent's account j was very commendatory. This we! regret, for the Acwa and Courier has a j numerous following of country papers I whose opinions are shaped after their j Charleston model. Many papers weie 1 pilent, only publishing Judge Press-j ley's charge and the presentment. The! Pickens Sentinel agreed with the grand j jury that the killing of Moore was j right and propet The Xetvbcrry Her- j aid found nothing to condemn in the; action of the lynchers or the words o^ the grand jury. The Anderson Intel- j ligenccr like some other journals con-1 demned lynch law but did not coti-i demn the 8partanburg lynching. Its; verdict was like that of the Welsh j jury,?"Not guilty, but you'll better! not do it agaiu." i On the contrary, there were other; journals like the Darlington Neivs, thel Kingstrec Star, the Georgetown Times! and Comet, the Beaufort Crescent, and the Chester State Bulletin, O.w! 1 tnat spOKe out lueir iiiiiiu uiimj (him i fearlessly in strong condemnation of; the lynching and of the lynch-law-j Jovinggrand jury. We are glad that; there are some newspapers in South Carolina that are not afraid to set; themselves against the mob, that will1 not follow the multitude to do evil,! but will speak out faithfully iA the interest of law and order in the midst of; a lawless and disorderly generation. They have all reasonable citizens on j their side, and they never mind the j unreasonable. But, while timidity or mistaken pol-[ icy might have acted as an effectual i muzzle on t<ome of our secular news- ' papers, what excuse or explanation! can be offered for the silence of the ! religious press of South Carolina on ! this lynching? Kot a religious paper! in the State, so far as we know, has; uttered a word of condemnation or! 1 * warning?no, not one. Some of them have entirely ignored the whole matter, not publishing even a news paragraph concerning either the murder of the young woman by Moore, or the murder of Moore by the lynchers. The former they perhaps need not have done, but the latter they certainly ought n9t to have left undone. If itbe lynching of Moore was a meritoTious, right and Christian act, the religious journals should have commended it. If it was a shameful, lawless, and most un-Christian deed, the religious journals should have con demned it. Their silence lays them Jiable to the charge of consenting unito his death. There never was a better opportunity for them to have said ia word in season, and to have shown lllro fKo unrSntnrPu IQUai llirj vr ci c, unv vuv uv?.j/.?.vV, rthemselves, profitable not only for| doctrine and instruction in ri^htcousinees, but also for correction aud ro> j)reof. _A. strange chapter ha9 been added to rthediistory of morals in South Carolina;: il. .A poor young woman was outraged aud murdered by a brutal man. .horrible deed, this* but not so etatlling as the two that followed it: :f0T<03lmes of this nature will recur in; ;the onost civilized communities so 3ong;as man has his passions. ILL Several hundred people take the lUnKied, unconvicted murderer from custody, and in open day light haug ibim on a tree. JXI. When the judge of the circuit court in charging the grand jury, Ibrings this lawless act to their notice, ithe grand jury justifies Jynch law, and considers the illegal hanging of the murderer as a sort of commendable. (homicide. IV. The free and independent secular press of the State with few exceptions are either silent, non-committal or commendatory. V. The religious papers are silent. .Finis. Tb. Stock Law. The statu* of tlve cattle of this county bus been somewhat changed since the adoption of the Stoek Law. Quite a no caber of the worthless and unprofitable s&xi on the fartus have died out from aegiect. In the villages where fewer and better cattle are kepttheir improved condition is marked. The great trouble with our people heretofore haa been that in every neigbbortoood could be found herds of roving cattle that were neglected by their owners and whose existence to a great extent depended ' poo their ability to jump the feneo into some man's field of growing crops. Many of the strongest opponents of the law in this county would now be as bitterly opposed to a change from the present system. Among this number we would mention Mr. Edward Westlield of Santuck. lie is one of our most practical tarmers end la so ipuch pleased .with the new law that nothing would induce him to favor the old law. Judge Aldrich Justifies Lynching' and Commends the Commendable Homleide. Have you read it? If not, road it this morningJudge Aldrich's charge to the Greenville grand Jury, in which he in language rather sensational justifies the Spartanburg lynching. Think of it. A Judge on the Bench of South Carolina! in the last quarter of the nineteenth cen- , tnry abets lawlessness and commends Lynch Law. He does not like Lynch i Law practiced at night or with masks : j he ?y? "It is manifestly wrong icheny j /? . Hnf u/lipn "with rm!: nunc m ? masks on their faces, but openly, in the I1 broad light of day" and so on, and so on; JJ they "dealt out to him swift justice; iti" was not law, but who trill dare to call it I murder ?" Wo answer Judge Aldrich's question by asking anotherIf not j murder, what kind of homicidc was it ? j i Weather and Crops - Praying1 for Bain. "The weather" is an unfailing subject of conversation at all times and with all people except with those few who would rather be eccentric than commonplace or even like their neighbors. Such people: eschew any talk about "the weather"' and j rather discourse about "Shakspeare and musical glasses." Even they, however, must have been forced to speak about the weather last week if they live in Abbevlllo or in any part of South Carolina. If they did not speak of it, they were certainly obliged to think of it. With the thermometer reaching away up into the nineties, passing the ninety-andnino and going three or four degrees beyond the hundred, who could help talking earnestly and warmly about the weather? Although the hot spell is, we trust, over, we still keep talking about it and have even thought it right to write about it. For the like of it never was before known in this country, as the oldest inhabitant will testify. During four days last week, Wednesdav, Thursday, Frday aud Saturday, the thermometer registered in Abbeville (J5 to 103 degrees in the shade. At noon on Saturday, an /-vf flirt /Inrrrnns of llCJlt Hvcrujju nasi baiwu *?* vuv v*vn. ? us shown by tho thermometers in various parts of our town, and it was found to be a fraction over 100 degrees.?the lowest being 9G and the highest 104. The press of tho whole United States repoots intense heat in every corner. We refer our readers to tho weather table for last Thursday which we publish in our columns. It would seem that a wave of heat passed over this continent last week scorching, burning and blasting as it went, like the hot-breathed sirocco. From all quarters come reports of severe and ruinous drought. The gardens are burnt up, depriving the poor man's table of the much-needed vegetables. Tho cotton crop is seriously damaged. The corn stands parched and twisted in the blighted fields. The upland crop is almost destroyed and the bottoms iiavtjsuiificu No wonder that pious m*cn are praying for rain. Man's extremity is God's opportunity, and acknowledging his powerlessncss to control the weather and bis dependence upon Him who alone can givo us rain from heaven aud fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness, it is meet and right that man should in church and in his closet pray for plenteous showers to fall on the just and on the unjust, that our people rua\r have bread. Modern science with its belief in the infallibility of natural law professes to scoff at prayers for rain, and snceringly offers to test the efficacy of the "prayerguage," as Huxley called it. With this shallow dispute we have nothing to do, and shall only say that religion without faith is an impossibility; if religion wero an exact science it would be no longer religion but would die at the sight of its OW11 aemojisiruiiuu ; anu it uivit ic <?w.? room for faith tit all it is when man feels his own lielplessness in the presence of meteorological phenomena. Sunday brought refreshing rains to Abbeville oonntv-, although not much rain fell in our town and immediate neighborhood. It was such a raiti as would have rejoiced the heart of the devout preacher who prayed that "the Lord might send a good rain, not a gully-washer, a trashmover, and a chunk-floatcr, but a gentle, easy drizzle-droz/.le." As a cqpipanlon to that amusing but by no means irreverent prayer we quote the following from Dean Ramsay's "Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character"In one of the northern counties (of Scotland), a rural district had its harvest operations affected by continuous rains. The crops being much laid, wind was desired in order to restore them to a condition tit for tbp sickle. A minister in his Sabbath services expressed their wants in prayer as follows: "OLord, we pray thee send us wind: no a rantin', tantin', tearin', wind; butanoohin', soughin', winnin' wind." It may be interesting to add that justsuch a wind so quaintly described is at present greatly needed in Britain, where the crops havo been almost destroyed by lipovvaiu] Innrr-r*nntirmr<d ruins. The Columbia Register and the "Lengthy" Discussion. Last Friday's Regi-iter contained a very pleasant addition to tlio lengthy discussion which we print in this morning's issue. Our Columbia critic differs from us and from Judge Pressley about the word lengthy, and agrees with Webster and the Bcav/ort Crescctit in thinking it is good English, lle.quotes Webster and the anthorities cited by Webster in support of his position. We would only say to the Register what wo said to the Ci'escent?go beyond lexicographers in general and Webster in particular for your authority, and in giving your authorities, do not simply quote those cited in a dictionary. In spite of the Websterian array of authorities, good English abhors lengthy aud rejects it. We find the word lengthy in Barrnt.t'u nf J Tho coinpilor quotes the following interesting paragraph from Pickering: "This word was ouce very common among us. both in writing and in tho language of conversation ; but it has been so ridiculed by Americans as well as Englishmen, thatin writing it is now generally avoided. ^Mr. Webster has admitted itinto his Dictionary; but (as need hardly be remarked; it is not in any of theKnglish ones. It is applied b}' us chiefly to writings or discourses. We say, a lengthy pamphlet, a lengthy sermon, &*c. Tho English would say, a long, or (in the more familiar style) a longush sermon." Barrett adds "The word has been gradually forcing its way into gener.il use since the time in which he (Pickering) wcote; and that too, in England as well as in America." All this is true, and yet all that can bo said for lengthy 13 that it is an Americanism, condemned as an offence against the Queen's English by scholars and pure writers both in England and America. Tho Register goes astray in the derivation of length. Thoorignal Saxon root is lung, and the verb langian; froin which it may surprise the Iicginter to learn that the Latin longus itself was probably derived. Thfl hrttt/7if ono1/?ff*' t\r\rnj itnl ItnM .uv.nanuy ? Such words as handy, cloudy, windy, rainy, blcody, aro all good Jand useful adjectives, derived from noun-roots. Hut lengthy is bad and useless, as would be strength#, breadth)/, depthy, heighthy; bad beeausc tho ending y is not added to derivatives, and useless because wo have the simple ac^ectivcs long, and longish, &c. We still differ from tho Register as to the nice use of differ from and differ with. Now can we find any forco in Webster's ipse dixit about the distinction with reference to opinions and to simple unlikeness. The verb differ like the adjective j different takes from after it whether the reference bo to opinions or to any unlikeuess. The Register differs from us on i this point, and we are sorrv its oninion is i different from ours. The phrase differ wilk in this sense is as unjustifiable as the vulgar different to. We thank the Register for its refreshing reference to the cartoons in the Charleston Chamber of Equity with their | Lime-honoured joko to lawyers dear; j and we beg leave to ask our pleasant con-! temporary a question cofoorning said I joke: Was Mr. Attorney's English good when he said that "hens set" ? ? ^ Ono of the employees of Saluda Factory, Mr. Hay. was prostrated by sunstroke at t'ie factory Saturday and brought to Columbia, | ivhcrc he died during the day. ACTION OF THE GRAND JURY THE LYNCHING OF MOORE. "The Citizens Acted iti Obedience t< Dictates of Justice, and Merely | ticipated the Sentence of the La the Land." * Judge Press ley opened the C'ou I'f.nf Oe I Sessions in Spartanburg lust Monday, ai j his charge to the tcrand jury said : Thcro is onti srieelnl matter to whl I would call your attention. it luis comet j throiuih the Governor's proclamation an newspapers, tliat a man lias been taken your Jail nnd executed. As to his jri I know nothing, hut whatever his crimes I have been, there \vn? no possible excu> this unlawful act. The courts are now i own hands; not as they were a few a;ro, when .juries could be packed and )i officers induced to compromise cases or don the convicted. There Is no dancer these causes now. The term of court w hand, when a fair and speedy trial might been secured, and there was no excuse ft people taking the law in their own hand executing the prisoner, who was awi trial. Ptich conduct must he stopped. It li ! duty of every good citizen to put this i flown. If allowed, there Is danger thai | man, falling under the suspicion of his i hors. mny be taken out and dealt with ir lawless manner. No man is safe. Good mny he executed. The only safely Ir in f:overnment, when the laws.are fairly a< stered. People must rely on the law an decisions of the court /or the redress < their wrongs. It is my duty to bring the ter before you. and to charge you wit I same. It is a solemn duty yoh have to form. You nre the custodians of the and good order of the county, and it. is duly to inquire Into this affair. You the authority to summon Witnesses, a ascertain who violated tlio law and pi them. The Grand Jury's Reply. The grand Jury on Tuesday made thel sentment., in which they say : In reference to the ease of Miss Hento which your Honor called the particulate tlon of the grand Jury, we should find I ticult to excuse ourselves If we refut state that we have been Informed atld bi that the testimony submitted to the Jt inquest which was held over her body, < Ushed the guilt of John J. Moore as ti mon In human form who outrageously dered this young woman while she wi fending her virtue. This Is the greatest possible crimes, and too shocking to be ed in thisreport. The moral sentiments community have been so outraged thii criminal has been seized and put to den the indignant citizensof the vicinity in < tills atrocious murder was committed, acted under the sudden Impulse tha great end of the law is tlio adminlstratl simple and exact Just ice. The question arises, has any injustice been done this der by such summary punishment? II established principle that the innrder serves to die, and hence in putting h death, those citizens have done nothing than n simple act of justice. But it rn said that tliey have taken the law lntc own hands, and for this they should be ished. This is plausible, but it spring! haps from a too contracted view of expi cv. That the murderer deserves to b to death Is the "law of God writteu o heart." This is the supreme law; exped is merely a subordinate rule, and sliou ways give place to the awful dictates o tlce. In putting this murderer to ( therefore, those citizens acted In obeii to THE DICTATES OF JCSTICK, and merely anticipated the sentence r law of the land, We have witnessed manifestations in other parts of our coi and have shuddered with Indescribable I at the exhibition of Its terrific power. 1 of the most enlightened cities of our 1 have we seen learned men, and Intel men, burning with the desire to gratifj feeling of vindictive wrath. We have them seize their victim, reeking wit blood of his fellow man, and drag him stake, and there burn him to ashesjudge who decided upon the merits c burning above referred to, held It to be - *- * ????.???? UMIIMO /?r | <11 "JUSllIIUUIV IIUIlllLiwi. said he, is Hie source and fountain of al man law: and the act in question ^ "clear expression of public opinion.,' 1 not admit, however, that lynch law i any circumstances ought to bo admin eil; thouuh we do not deny (hat thei cases where the criminal escapes from tl great leniency of juries in capital fei and this is the oversowing sourcefrom 1 all lynch law springs. Yet we should t gle to preserve, even to the last resting of hope, THE RIGHT OK TRIAL BY JURY, for all look to it for safety and prote This grand Jury is, indeed, pained to ttni a lawless feeling exists in any part o county, but it Induces them to present our penitentiary system of punishment calculated to repress the disorders of so and we believe its system of punlshmen to a certain extent, failed in opposing cignt restraints on the commission 01 i Before this new mode of punishment wn stunted for the old, could any one point Slate, of an equal number of innabi wliere erime was so infrequent ? It was the proud boast of South Carolina thy Jails were for ihe greater portion of tL?< empty, and that the atrocious crimes ^ stained tho criminal calendars of the States where penitentiaries had been < Iishcd. seldom occurred here. Hut this < tion of things has been reversed, and no find ourjails filled with Penitentiary con We lielicvethal crime has increased v I everpcultcntlarics havebeen establlshei all States where the system has been ad< I old prisons iiave been enlarged, or now ons built. We have looked in vain foi facts which show that crime has anyi dlminishrd upon the establishment of tentiary disclpllnce. The Fen n sylvan In (of solitary confinement, with labor,) n in theory, seems the best of any, has no ceedcd, with all its extreme rigor, in re| ing crime. We have little faith in the matlon of criminals, and we would noi ard the safety of society for an object till seemed hitherto unattainable. The crii that will hasten to the gallows needs 11c tection, and It Is right to clear the ror him. Better ho should reach his goal b ura! proclivity, and be removed from so thur 'expensively detaiued in a pcnlten In conclusion, we beg leave to state tl has been whispered into the ears of sc members of the grtnd Jury that ther persons living together in our coun open violation or me law, m uu??v which we cull upon ull those who p such knowledge to make the necessar; davits of the lacts before a trial Justici have these coses and testimony sent I us, and we wtll satisfy this court b; findings whether or not we are Willi maintain t lie high standard of morals i the^peoptc of Spartanburg have alwa; SEW ORLEANS "ALARMED. Interesting: Facts as to the Yellow ver. Nkw Orleans, July 10.?At a meeti the State Hoard of Health to-night a pret and resolutions were adopted setting that New Orleans was never healthier, entirely free from vellow fever and rem | bly free from all kinds of disease. Tht is rigidly quarantined.and great care is to the sanitary condition of the city. Kcaolvtd. That in order to continu< healthy condition it. Is the duty of the I to enforce against .tUimphls the rules an ulatlons suggested the National Hoi Health. The President of the Board was furthe thorized to establish a rigid quara against Memphis both by rail and river to place inspectors on all trains ;enterin State. Dr. is. M. ISerniss, of the Nat Hoard of Health, is co-operating will State Hoard. M km i'll is, July 10.?Tho Cotton Exel report for June, embracing West Tenn North Mississippi and North Arkansas follows: Aggregate responses, 163; 72 i weather as having been very favorable, vocable on account of less and more sen hie rains, 2S report weather unfavorabl lack of rain, attended with iwo cooi n one report too much rain. Of 125 repi favorable weather, nearly all mention rain was needed at date of responding; port sUtnds very line' 71 Rood, 4 but mod 7 bad; 111 report plant blooming freely, ) commencing. The condition of the c crop is reported very tine by 106, 3!) got moderate. One hundred and thirty-!l\ port laborers working well or never h and IS report tlieui working moderately Judge Aldrieh on the Spartan Lynching. In his charge to the grand Jury at Gffcei he said-: I am not one to excuse Lynch Law, no you. it iH always dangerous and Ken* wrong, for the people to pass by a tern; justice and Inflict summary punishi Hut sometimes human nature will, and assert its dignity and defend the virtut chastity of woman, outraged hutnanit; not and cannot wait for the slow and i tain process of the law's delar. It. too happens, that by ingenious ufk of the li mentalities that hedge around the accusi escapes the Just punishment of his erim -oiuetlnies occurs, that even when June brought to the point of conviction, thea tribunals on some technical quibble, n fecting the merits of the ease in theslij: degree, balk justiceand send the culprit - TJ.l,ra.niiin, I lor :i IlfU LI iai. nvilbt;, mn.ivij patient, and now an<i then manifest* thi patience l>y taking the law in its own b I say, tills is always dangerous. Itisi I festly wrong when done in secret, whe self-constituted avengers of the iaw themselves together in oath-hound soc and administer, wliat'they call Justice, b simple vengeance, not in the light of tin; in the darkness ol the night, concealing" (rontons in frightful disguises. We enough of that in the Ku Jvlux reign, demnetl by good men every where, and v 1 trust, will never be Again enacted In State. "But when Dishonor stalks to hearths, J^aw ceases and Murder take Angel shape of J ustice." And so It was .Moore paid the penalty of his double c I rape and murder. Every father, tins 'and brother ?a< aroused to frenzy by tin I tal outrage on tliut poor, innocent, unpr ,'edKiri. instantly, with no masks on I faces, but openly, in the broad light of i God's Mill shining in their eyes, these fal [husbands and brothers brought this ! monster to the very spot where he had ished her, and there, whileiicrdesecrate* son was mantled in the blush of shame, dered her in cold blood! there they er the gibbet, and dealt out to liiin swift ju It was not law, but who will dare to c murucr j ?<*? The French navy has adopted an appa for distilling suit water at sea. The h passes two cones, where it is aerated by I condensed in an nircurrent. It is then tied by circulation through animal chit) and pure water is the result. The Fi Academy of Science awarded a prize of to the inventor. Chester Comity is working itself ii great degree of cxcitoment about i ing* The last number of tbo Jtept says: "Thero is no lull in the deep diss faction and excited feeling evoked all this county by the recent appoirittn to the offices of auditor and jtreasi The people are greatly aroused and a] lie meeting to take some action ou matter is talked of." 0N Newspapers. THEIR HISTORY, AND PROVINCE ) the ? ^n. The Growth of the Fourth Estate. w of The Associated Press?Patent Oat DIM) ^ An Essay Rend by Hugh Wilson, Esq. ch I of the Pi ess and Manner, ltel'or on?n- the Abbeville Literary Clnb o from Thursday Evening, 26th June, 187J1 lilt I Mr. Fkesieent, and Gentlemen of th may Club: :c for As I urn not an astronomer I will not dli n our cuss the laws of the heavenly orbs, or tl years principles by which their motions are regi niblic Iateil, and being no geologist, I will m par- speak of the structure, history, and miner; from construction of the globe whrcli we inhabi as at For similar good and sutHcient reasons have will not attempt an essay upon any of tl >r the othersclences and theories that now uttra< sand so much attention from all classes of mei liting and upon which scienllsts and philosophe themselves fail to agree. Being a printi * the however, I shall speak to you as a Drlnte thing and ask your attention to the subject of tl any Press, In which shall be discussed the dill leierh- and responsibility of editors, as well as tl i this power and influence of newspapers. M men subject being one upon which there is evei good variety of opinion, and being one npc imio? which every membcror tins ciuo may spen id'the with perfect confidence, I am free to say tin if nil unless my conclusions are sustained by son ! mat- of the gentlemen present who are so mu< h the more able to speak than I am, I shall n i per- be surprised If my convictions are met wll peace such force and ability usshall take from the your any little weight theyimight otherwise hav have It will not be necessary to state at the outs nd to that any essay on so comprehensive a su esent ject will necessarily be Incomplete. It wou require a book, and a large one at that, to e hatist a subject like this. The first newspaper that was regi rpre- lariypubllshed was Issued in Englat in Iti(i2, without advertisements, but tl n? first great paper of world-wide rep ?ttcn- tatlon that was established and which hi it dlf- maintained Its existence to the present di C'l to w:ifi the London 7'imctin 1788. ?lleve 'fhe first printing press was brought try of America in 1U!?2, but It was not until the ye pstab- 1704, that theiiotfoH A'eir.i Letter, was Issue ic de- being the first newspaper that was ever pu mnr- linhed on this continent. This paper hi ?e- quite a limited circulation, and it was n of all until it had been published forty years th reclt- its weekly edition reached 300copies. In 17 of t he the first paper was published in New Yor it the in 1728 Philadelphia founiled the Pcnnxj/lvan ltn by Gazette, being then the seventh weekly new paper in this country, Uefore It had bci /hey published a year it fell Into the hands it the Benjamin Franklin. Ae soon made It mo ?m popular and more influential than any of I then competitors in the colonies. From this < mien- j|ce fn he commenced the publication is an "Poor Richard's Almanac," which was co pr tie- tinued until 1757. This Almanac became f !m to rnous everywhere among the Knglish spea more |ng people, and was translated In to several a-V be the continental languages. When Prnnkll i tnelr nmbarketl in this enterprise Iho printli ! pun- business by some was thought to be ovc < JPer", done in this country, and for this reason tl cdlcn- great philosopher had some difficulty In ! e curing the hand of tlie young lady whn n the | heart he had already won. The sequel w ucncy show however, Uiaiine printing uuMiiunai id a I- creased and still other offices were establis I ."h* et** At the breaking out of the war in 17 loath, there were no less than 34 newspapers llence America, three of which were published South Carolina. These were all wceklii with the exception of the Philadelphia Advt if the ',,er? which was semi-weekly. Many of t! such newspapers then published suffered from tl lntry shock of war, and a numbfer of the iorror succumbed, but on the return of peace, tl n one printing business revived, and it was n Inlon 'onK Ul11" 'bo number of newspapers w lizent P'"caler than before the war. In 1800 tl ,* this number of newspapers had Increased to 21 seen of which several were dailies, the first dai h the bein< the Pennsylvania Packet or the Genet ^ tjie Advertiser, which was commenced in 1784 ai q.j1c continued until 1837. In 1820 there were < if the papers in the United States. In 1830,1000. Raise l$4?i 1,401. And In 1870 there are 8,703, ilnion which 742are daily and (1,847 are weekly. II hu- The first newspaper that was published vas a South Carolina above Columbia was the kVe dO PENDLETON MESSENGER, under which wasprinted in large type, on a she ister- ai,out the sr/.e or foolscap paper, the subscrl e are t ion price being ?2.00 a year In advance or $2, i?e too on a credit. In it* palmiest days It had a c on es, cuiation of between four hundred and tl which hundred copies. This paper was start strug- tlbout the close of the lust century f and cxi> place ed for more than lifty years. John Miller w its founder, who it is supposed left Enclai to avoid prosecution tor some participation ?ti?n the publication of Junius' Letters. His s< t that John Sillier, Jr., succeeded linn. Dr.Symm f our next owned and published it. Alterwar , thll, Mr. Frank Burt, brother of our distinguish is not President, was also connected with the olli iciotv as editor. Subsequently the President of t t has' United .States appointed him Governor of t suffl- Territory nf Kansas, and the paper ceased *rimc exist, isKitb- The second newspaper in upper South Cs mtt n ollna was the Greenville Ilcpublicun, alU lnnts wards called the I, then GREENVILLE MOUNTAINEER, it her which was established in 1H24, and is still s?F!\r existence, being the oldest paper In the SUt vhich out of Charleston. In DfcJS lion. 11. K. Per very became its editor, and since then he has be< estab- intimately connected with every Importa :ondl- efcnt In our history. After the Nullltlcnth w we excitement had subsided he withdrew fro ivlct-s. the editorial control of the Mountaineer, on here- to take up and wield a powerful pen in aft J. In years. >pted, in 1850 the people of South Carolina, fro prls- the mountains the sea, were greatly agluiti r any over the question ol Secession, while her s vhere ter Southern States were by no means disi penl- terestcd spectators. The Opposition or Uni< jilan, party being greatly In the minority and ha rhich, fng no newspaper lelt the want of a nerloc t sue- cai which should truly represent their vlei press- on the exciting political question. To ser rcfor- that need Hou. J!. F. Perry and General W'a f haz- dy Thompson started the GREENVILLE PATRIOT. ? pro- This paper on account of the ultra Unl< ?l for views which it advocated at a time when cv ynat- J>' other press in the State had gone over rlety, the doctrine of Secession and Disunion, <1 tlnry. serves more than a passing notice. It sing tat It and alone eombattcd the movement, and J ivcral though it was the most unpopular paper e are South Carolina during that excitement, y ty In strange to say it was more widely known tin er to any of Us competitors, and its circulate ossess soon exceeded that of any other paper In tl y atil- State. It had subscribers in all theSouthei 3, and States, while every county in the State co uefore tributed to swell the list of its subscriber y our When however, in 1852, the question of S ns? to cession failed to be a factor In politics, tl ivhich Patriot's occupation was gone. In the folio fn up- inn year its large subscription list was lost suddenly as it had been gained. Like J nah's gourd, it sprang up In a night and pc ished In a night. In the year 1851, Mr. William Price, a Jou _ neynian printer of Greenville started the SOUTHERN ENTEKPItI.SK. A few y<?ars afterwards he sold the paper nf John C. Bailey and moved to Georgia, whe ,L?' lie was afterwards elected for several term forth ,f> both the Confederate and the United stnt Congresses, The Patriot, Mountainecr. nnd K ' tcrvrUc, afterwards were consolidated and a 'nnrt still published by J. C. Bui ley, as the Eiilc given P''^c a'ul Mountaineer. The KDGgKIKLD ADVEUTISER j tills was started In 1K31 by Chancellor Ward In' board n))d Its publication has been continued ev dreg- since. Under the management of Its dlstti ird of guished founder and in the nands of hlsab successor Arthur Slmpklns, tho ArivcrtU r au- ranked amongst the ablest and most intluui ntine tin I of all the country papers in the South. i and The excitement of the Nullification in IS g the created a demand for a newspaper in Abb Llonal vllle District, and the 1 the ABBEVILLE WIIIO, iange owned by a Joint stock company, appean essee, with Samuel A. Towncs, editor, and Job ,1s as Taggart, publisher. This paper took an a eport tivepariin pontics lor se-verai years, mil n fa- ter the political excitement had subsided 1 isonu-1 publication ceased. ,c for In later years the public again felt the ne< iKhts; or a newspaper, and to provide for this wat irtlng Charles H. Allen, in 1814 commenced the pul that. Ucatlon of the 71 re- ABBEVILLE BANNER. Itwas not lonP ftfter this fhat Capt. H.S. Ke oi irin became connected with the office. Kerr b mIk!I 'nK a practical printer, and a man of got p rr>- buslnesss habits he and Allen did a prospe ous business. Allen was a good writer ar made quite an acceptable paper. In 1?53B. ] Posey started the , INDEPENDENT PRESS ? which was a six column pnper, printed I brevier, at. one dollar a year. An able an , vine vigorous paper at a low subset iptlon price 1 circulation during the first year reached fl teen hundred copies. Immediately after 11 rwlll commencement of the publication of tl: ;rally Prri* a spirit of lll-feellng sprang up betwee pie of the two papers. The low subscription of th n.unt P! / *.* ntl'i'c!fil the business of the Rriitm-v nn must h system of underbidding was inaugurated b 3 and both parties for advertisements which wi y will carrieu to such nn extent that citation notic< nicer- for letters of administration by the Ordlnar; often the publication of which was worth five do istru- lars, was reduced to fifty cents. Besides m cd.he vertlslngat nominal tlgures, In order to pr e. It sent as large a subscription list as possibl s are papers were sent from both offices to almo: ppeal anybody who would take them from the poi Dt uf. oillce, without little regard as to the probabi ;htest ity of being paid for so doing. back At the beginning of the second year of ii ^ ini- existence, Mr. Posey sold the I'rcs* to C. < is Ini- Puckett of Anderson, then George Kant, no mads, the postmaster at that place, boughtan Into nunl- est in the paper. Afterwards the office wi 11 the transferred to W. A. Lee and W. II. Wilso band InlS'iH. Rubiwqticntly. in 18.rifl,W. H. Wilso leties transferred Ills Interest in the paper to 111 ut is essayist. The proprietorship of tho paper ri y, but mained unchanged for eighteen years, and i their the time of Mr. I^ee's withdrawal, it was tt had oldest business firm in town. Mr. Ilenet hi con- came associate editor and propriotor ofth i'liich I'rcss and Banner in the latter part of 1S77. i Mile K. W. Selleek. the editor nf tho /????? i our who succeeded CharlesH. Allen, died in lf-5 r the W. C. Davis and ? Holllngsworth suceoede when hlin and T. 15. Crews, now one of the cdltoi rime, the Lauren sville herald, succeeded Ho band lingsworth In 1857. i hru- After Selleck's death, and nfter Posey ha otect- retired from the business, tlie papers were lei their inimical, and In 1856they established tinlfon day. rates of subscription and advertising, as we tliers, friendly feeling between the proprietor cruel which was maintained until the consolldi i-av- Hon of the papers In 1859. In 1855 or 1S50 D J per- lili 8. Davis published the mur- medical gazette, s'tiee a monthly magazine which was continued fc Mil ir only a year or two. During the war all printing in Abbevill County ceased. The publication of the Abbeville Press wp rains resumed'In September, 1805, by the formt iteam proprietors, with W. A. I<ee, Es<i? as ct being ltor. W. C. Davis, ICsq., editor of tlie Abbi puri- vilte Banner having been killed In the Wai rcoal. Colonet J. S. Cothran assumed editorial con ench trol of that Journal, and Its publication wa $0,000 revived in December of 18C.j. In Septembei 18G9, the proprietors of the Press bought th i-, _ name, type and good will of the Banner, an nl a since then the paper has been published a loth- j the Abbeville Press and Banner. The yrtcr abbeville medium i wns Ktnrifd In December. 1871. bv Messrs. F J K. Hemphill, James A. Wright, and J. < alis-1 Hemphill. At that time It was the laws over paper In the State. Being edited with spirit ients un<* um'er an enterprising mp.nagenient, th< I new paper soon attained a good suh jrY*, seriptiou and advertising patronage. In 181 pub- the the ERSKINE MISCELLANY, a roligious newspaper published in the inter r*? ???????mmmm? est of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian sys Church, wiw started in Due West by Rev. J. I. wn Bonner and Rev. J. 0. Lindsay. In 1852 Mr. 'lh Lindsay withdrew from the office and the po . name of the paper was changed to that of the pel Due Went Tele scope. Up to this time lta clrcu- Jc? latlon was less tnan five hundred copies, but tei the paper was enlarged and improved, when cc a tideof prosperity sot In. In a Tew yearsit* rls subscription had greatly Increased. The old an Smith hand press was thrown aside and a bl cylinder press was bougtu, dui owing m w. innumerable difllcnltles attendant upon pub- lm llshlug anewspaper, during the war Its publl- br ? cation was suspended. In 1866 It. was revived at e by Its former editor, as the Ansociate Reformed ca H Presbyterian. For a year or two It was pub- be , llshed at Abbeville, but Its ofllco after that loj * time, was removed to Due Vest. It now has In e a circulation of about two thousand copies, dc In this office another religious paper, the at ?- Lutheran Visitor, has also been printed for cc le many years. tl: 11- In 1851 the students of Ersklne College com- pi >t menced the publication of the cl j1 KRSKINE COLLEUIATK RECORDER. ^ j For want of patronage, It ceased to exist after tj ie a struggle of four or tlve years. L't About live years ago W. K. Blake, Esq., ni bought a press and typeB, and published the ^ <"? NEW EUA l.v er at Greenwood. Subsequently it was removed to Ninety-Six where It changed Its name to the ?' Ly fr ie NINETY SIX IIERALD. s( ly Ajter being issued for a year or more by Mr. tl ry .1. L. Norrell its publication was suspended, bi >u Three years ago the public spirited cl tl- qi K zens or that thrifty and enterprising town Ir at conceived the idea of making Ninety-Six tho u ie county seat of a new county whose territory lr !h should l>e taker, from Laurens, Edgefield and lr "t Abbeville counties. All great or Important e< th enterprises must have a printing press to ad- j?i in vocnte and advance tneir inwrwut, mm v. c. widc.iwake business men of that town real- n pt Izing this fact, by liberal advertising and subscrlptlon, induced Mr. \V. B. MeSweeney, n Id of (,'olumala, to revive the old paper under p x- the name of the b NINETY SIX GCATtDIAN. J.' id Under the editorial management, first of Col. jj ie M. L. Bon ham, Jr., and then by Hon. James j u- H. Klce. a worthy Kepresentatlve of this y ns county in the State Legislature, that paper ei iy ably and courteously espoused the cause 0 of the new county. p to The Abbeville county papers have always C( nr ranked high among the country papers. The p d, county Is distinguished not only for the nuin- ? b- ber of its publications, but as well for the rj td ability and enterprise with which they are C( ot gotten out. These remarks apply equally to C( at the Due west, (lie Greenwood, the Ninety- p 25 Six, and the Abbeville papers, "without any w k. spcclal reference to the paper with which the n ia essayist is connected. Among the u '* OI,D SOUTH EKN TAPE1US C' :{i that are still In existence I would mention " .... the CharUxton Courier, established In 1S03, and ^ the Augxuta Chronicle,established In 1785. P Between l&W and 1850 there 6cemcd to be on the part of our people an unprecedented de- {* " mand for newspapers and to supply this man- " lfested want, weekly papers were established r k" In neiirly every county In the State, all of J f which met with more orless success in a cir- ' i cuinscribed field. While on the subject of " ? weekly papers, the essayist would state that y ,r* soine of tho p |10 NEW YOUK WEEKLIES tl 'C- such as Harper's Weekly, Frank fjeslie's Illus?e tratcdyeuitpapcr and the I\'eu> York Ledger HI have an immense circulation, that of the ^ ii- Lcd(/cr having atone time exceeded four hun- Q ;Jj* dred thousand copies. Of TJIK GRKAT METKOPOLITAy DAILIES 1] in I would mention that the Sun was founded In " ;s, 1883, the Herald In 1835, and the Tribune In v tr? 1841. Heing then, as now, bold and enterprls- " he lng competitors, they took the lead In Journ- 15 he alisin and gave the printing business a great ,l in Impetus. The Herald in America is what the P ie London Times is in England. The circulation 8 ot of some of the other Journals large- v as ly exceeds that of these papers, M he but none equal them in point of *] JO, aoillty,enterprise and influence. The clrcu- J1 |y latlon of the Times is about sixty thousand, I1 (U while that of the Herald will reuch a higher J" ad figure. Jn the United States it Is contended v (UU by some that the nearer any other paper ap- P In pronches to the tact and ability of ? of the Xcw York Herald the nearer D it has reached the highest standard of news- c In paper excellence. Its influence in forming a tho character and giving tone to the city and weekly press Is perhaps as great as that ? of any other two or three papers combined. , While the number of newspapers has in- " p- creased ns if by magic, the circulation of the , 50 smallest paper now published at the most re- r Ir- mote railroad station is greater than was that ve of the best city newspaper one hundred v ed years ago. Some estimate of the increase of >t- the number and circulation of periodicals ? as may ho Inferred from the fact that In 1828 the l} id whole number of newspapers in the United > !? In States had increased to 8.52. with a yearly is- " in sue of sixty-eight million coplcs. In .1870, " es 6,871 newspapers had a circulation of twenty- , ds one million, or a ycarl> Issue of one billion, , ed five hundred million copies. Thus showinga * ce circulation, dally and weekly, of more than P he one copy to every two of our entire popula- . he tion, black and white. A century ago the , to newspapers were small and their circulation '' wasliinlted, being printed on presses of rude f ir- construction, which would not make more ' :r- than a few hundred Impressions in n day. J; From the diminutive sheet, without local f, news of any bort, but filled with articles glv- I;1 , ing the most meagre intelligence without S' in inf/.roni.o tjm niuvsnnner of to- i >te jay has grown up into a powerful political, " ^ as well as social engine, diffusing Information ' j ; on nil subjecls.of interest, and acting on the P 'll public mind In times of excitement, to an " extent that has led it to be willed the fourth . }', estate of the realm. The advancement and ' prosperity of tho country has contributed greatly to tho Importance of Journalism. ,, Our Improving education, the increased mall z! , i facilities, the telegraph, the discoveries of " science,and the Inventions of art. have conspired to make newspapers a prime necessity /; to the people of America. America has Just- J ly been termed the "classic soil of newspnpers," where everybody reads; where every ',1' party, political, religions or benevolent, has " its newspaper; where the press irny be said d V" to be sclzlngpubilc life,fostering on onehand " a* the love of gain, and as a wholcseme counter- J poise, stimulating the zeal for public educatlon, and munificent liberality in its behalf. in The Increased circulation of the newspapers . p. called inventlvogenius to Its assistance, and ^ to within the past half century, mechanical _ le. skill, by Its direction, has made the colossal \ lv printing machine a most Important, factor in * t|. the dissemination of general intelligence. * jn The metropolitan daily papers donotprint dlrcctly frpni the type as do the country pa- , in pers. The type for these dallies belngset and D )n put In form, is placed In the hands of a stereo- r nf. typer who can tnakea cast of a whole page In -n i five minutes. As many stereotype cast* m? a n-1 nmy bo needed can be furnished in a short D ^ time. Thus, it will be seen, H hen the neees* }, el I sity arises, thatseveral presses may soon be S( ?c I set to work on the same paper, at tl>e same r lv. j time. The Alton for instance has several fast 0 ns I presses, one of which It is claimed will make ? 0. | many thousand Impressions in a single hour. [. >r. That paper print* dally 114,000 copies, the avernge expense being about 815,817 per week. r. Of this sum S3,.X2G is paid for editors and tele- ^ grams alone. I have no facts as to the cost of 1 furnishing the A'ew York Herald to Its SO,000 readers, but from the nature and extent .of to the business, taking the Sun for a criterion, j re it must be about fifty thousand dollars a is, week. es THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. f, Any article on this subject that did not al- q Jp lucle to the Associated Press, and the great '"* revolution it has worked In the publication s< of dally newspapers would be Incomplete, e: The Associated l'ress, in general terms, is an p lr association of Tilnely-ilve per cent, of nil the e er daily editors in every part of the Union for a n. the purpose of furnishing each other with the 11 ]e dally news of their respective cities, but the It lrr Association proper is composed of and con- si u? trolled by seven r.f the New York dallies, pi namely: The Ilmfld, the Tribune, the Sun, 28 t he World, the Journal of Chmmerce, the Times, fi and the JJrprcss. '.These seven journals con- It trol the Association and divide the expenses rr Incurred in the collection of news in all parts el of the world. New York Is the great reservoir tl :d for the reception of news, and from thence It n m is dlvtrlbitted all over the country to every w c- paper that, can afford to pay for it. News for tl if- the South Is sent to Washington and dlstrib- r< ts 11 ted from that point. These reports are sent tf daily, namely: noon, early /light, nnd mid- al d night?the latter being sent #>'o#n Washing- P' it ion between D and 11 o'clock. In addition, " there Is a fourth or "good-nitfit" report, is which closes about half-past two o'clock in the morning. lJeing Intended principally for tc rr the New Orleans papers, the paper* of this tl _ section of the country arc but little' benefit- 111 J ted by the "good night" report. ai The dally newspapers are assessed fen the tl J telegraphic reports according to their a'WI/ty s' r to pay, or ratner the cities are assessed?a/?<l this assessment varies oecordimr to tne te wealth and population of the place. The' nl New York papers nay more than any others, ? n Their payments being hundreds of dollar.? 1)1 id per week, while some of the Southern paners '8 ts pay $12 or 815 or 820. In South Carolina, Georf gla, Alabama, and Tennessee the rate does P* ie not run below $25to any paper. But In North K] ie Carolina and Virginia tne rate is lower to n some of the papers. -The cost to the Associate P' ie <'d Press ot telegrams trom the Old World rc d must, be enormous, as from two thousand to fr y three thousand words are received dally. I tc is am not informed what discount the Atlantic *'> js cable company makes to the Associated Jr > , Press, but when it is remembered that private J" I- telegrams cost ninety cents a word, it is ev|- J" 1- dent that they must spend immense sums, e- oven at a great discount from their regular ~ e, rates. Itisthusmadeapparentthatbutforthis ?, nt Association, whose expenses are borne al- 1,1 st most exclusively by the New York editors, 8n 1- not one of the Southern dallies could af- re ford to puplish cable news from the Old ts World. Tho expense incurred at, ine i>ew -2. York office of the Association Is officially aJ w "tnted to be over half million dollnrs annual- ?' r- l.v. while the whole expense of the Assocla- D5 is tlon as far back us 1875 exceeded one million n dollars. "J n The Increased facilities for Catherine news P' ic by the malls and the telegraph, but chletly j' ;- by means of the Associated Press, together it with the spirited competition of the New JV ie York papers both as regards quality and j" j. price, have created a demand for better paie pers every where. In fact the Increased cost of publishing has so far exceeded the Increase *1 r. of patronage that few of the Southern cities .y. 4. can now support two dallies. Before the war d Charleston, Augusta. Havannah, and other {:, in Southern cities had two or more dallies, but 1- now there Is nut one dally in any city South of Richmond andNashvllle and East of New ?'' d Orleans except in Columbus, (la. Tho Asso- re *s elated Press having had the effect of consoll- _ n dating and Improving these publications to f" 11 such an extent that they now have a monop- "f, h, oly which they will in nine cases out of ton i- hold forever. Charleston, Augusta nor any {? r. other Southern city will ever again have two first class dallies. Outside of the Associated n* Press It would be impossible to print such jjj; magnificent papers as the Charleston iWw* and . ,r Cnitrirr or the Auomta Chronicle and Sentinel, and were it possible to print such an addl- f, 0 llonnl paper In any of the cities alluded to, P" the limited advertising patronage, and the low subscription price, would bankrupt the J founders of the enterprise. 8t? ,1 PATENT OUT8IDES. ' su r, While the city dallies have been wonderful- sei i- ly Improved or late years many of their coun- th s try cousins have advanced In equal ratio. of r. Observing the great advantages which the sti e city dallies have derived from the telegraphic Cli d combinations by which they edit tbc news cl? js departmentof their respective papers, a por- ev tlon of the country editors conceived the ideu of formlnga co-operative plan not only for 1 ' ~J ' 41 ? ? V...4 n4"rxm nwlnHnif It riAMlnn t\.f ph ^ t'un um, uub uimi mi ?? i-ui uwu <n i ? > their sheets, as when the type Is set thecostofj ?i ' printing a number of papers Is not much ! tic 1 more than the cost of printing a single paper., a i There being 110 objection to using the same]"" 0 type In printing papers nvidely separated, [ die " offices were established for this work and a ] " number of papers adopted the plan. ref The superior ability with which th< bc sheets ?'> were edited, and the typographical excellence | evi - of the work which was tbo product of tbjs | bw tem, were apparent to all editors while the rk was popular with the general reader, is was. so great an Improvement on the jrly edited and poorly printed country pars that It at once excited their envy and itousy, and almost with one accord they at npted to bring odium or ridicule on th< operative newspapers, whlcn they ce lively cHlled "patent ootsldes." Knowlnp dby their net acknowledging, their Inr lltjr.to meet their rivals In lair competition cy advocated legislation In their own be ilr against their more enterprising nelgti >rs, and sought the aid of the courts in ai tempt to eet a decision adverse to the le lityof official advertisements which mlgb i inserted In the patent ontslde papers, a! '? -I .loomhaM ihn giriK triHI' HICJ WCl v; yi mi^i* Uinvmaviv the towns in wh Icn the local editing? wn me. The enemies of progress In this li ancewerens lngloriously defeated In th mrta as they were signally disappointed 1 lelr endeavors to set the faces of the rcadir lblic against their own interest. The gei 'al reader, If a Judge of anything at all. Is >od Judge of newspapers, and despite th jretst opposition from envious competltoi ic patent outside papers have grown so rn] lly In nubile favor that their blindest eii ilcs will be forced to yield acqalescencc 1 le wisdom of the plan which 1* now so nea nni vnrcnl In it.n luinnf.lnn and benefit. This plan of publishing country newspape lglnnted about twelve years ago, and i uneflclal has It proved that to-day are to I nind three thbusand newspapers In evei ictlon of the United States, as well i iroughoutthe British provinces, which ai jlng published on that plan. As a consi uence, It has wrought as great a revolutlc i the country newspapers, as the "A&socli id Press" has effected on the city dally. Tl nproved appearance of these papers and tl icreased amount of reading matter fUrnlsl 1 by them has stimulated the home print* ipers to greater efforts, and In this way tl fleets of the system are felt upon all tl ewspapers. The essayist Is not Informed as to the exa umber or offices devoted especially to sii] lying country printers with patent outside ut the number must exceed twenty. The re two In New York, two In Chicago, two I [ansns City, and at least one In Phlladelphl nltlmore, Cleveland, Detroit, Milwaukl lemphls Cincinnati, St. Louis, Callforni t. Paul, Canada, and several others In Wee rn cities. The chief office, however, Is th f the New York Newspaper Union, whl< rlnts for three hundred and seventy-fl1 suntry newspapers. In that office are er loyed a numnerof editors who are supplli 'ILli all the first-class foreign and home p iodlcals. Their facilities for making an e silent paper Dclng so numerous, that thi auld not, If they would, fall to make abelt aperthan the average country editor do< Ith a limited exchange list, and a scarcity loney with which to hire printers to set p. These printed sheets are furnished uuntry printers at a price only a fractW bove the actual cost of the blank papei lie profit to the co-operative Union, or tl ubllshlng house, being principally In the n ertlslng space reserved by them, which d rives the country editor of comparative othlng. And so It will be seen tnat new apers?both dally and weekly?are large idebted to the respective co-operative sy jms for the great improvement which h larked their history during the past twen ears. Tlius far for the history of newRpnpei 'remit we now to make a few remarks < tie PROVINCE OF JOURNALISM. As the press Is not only an educator, but ulwark against oppression, and a correct f abuses, from whatever source, I concel lie office of Journalist to bo second to none mportunce. The true Journalist, should lie faithful chronicler of current events ell as a correct Interpreter of facts. It Is h uty to state fairly all events coming to 1; nna-loHoo r\f rmhlin lntrrpst whpther th re pleasing facta or disagreeable truths. ' ubilsli only that which is agreeable, whl uppressing matters of enual importance, b r*iiich may not be to our liking, isanoflen gainst true Journalism. The editor Is nme extent, the writer of history, and t his reason lie should state facts fairly, as < mpartial historians. This course does nots ?ct his office of advocate. He can be an a ocate and yet state the facts fairly, whl roduclngthe best results possible for Y nuse. He has little to do with resulis. 13 usiness is with the facts, and he can be orrect. abuses by stating the truths exact s they exist. A newspaper which aspires tothc dignity public journal will never descend to ti jvel of nn "organ." An "organ" belnc u erstood to be a publication which sinks 1 wn Individuality and Independence benea lie surface, and which has no greater amt Ion than to express the sentiments ui lews of those whom It would serve. The true Journalist, while respecting tl pinions of others, and reflecting the be nil inilM. W1M' (IUUI1I; Wliuilll'llk in KU.UI1I y nobody, but endeavors to be a leader jrmlng a proper public opinion. No Jon allst worthy the name will seek to follow tl Inmor of the rabble. He Is on the watc >wcr, and he isexpccted to state facts and lscuss questions from the highest stan olnt. In addition to the editorial matter prop< le is expected to make the local column ' lap of busy life," in which shall be noted t vents In which the general reader may ' iterested. The sickness or good fortune citizen should not. go unnoticed; marr! en, births and deaths should Jmvea place lie newspaper: a record of ^visitors to tl immunity should be made, and abscnte om town should be noted : the facts in i >runce toall public and private enterprls r Improvements should llnd a place in tl aper; market and crop reports should n e noglected; und lust of all, he should see . that the name of every respectable farm Ivlng in his county, should appear in h aper once In a year. Independent of being an instructor In po les the editor is expected tobca teachor lorals.- His position gives him a wonder! dvantage, and if properly directed, he is owerful aid to the pulpit. While fostorli 1 the heartsoi his readers a spirit of patrli <m, he may also at the same time great dvance the cause of Christianity. It h een asserted by some of the learned divln f New York that the Herald does more Isscminate Christian truths than all ? reachers^jf that city. As to the correctnc f this statement there may be a dlffcrcn f opinion, but all will admit that the pow f the pulpit Is very much Increased wl he aid of the press, whilst the Influence ml sermons, when compared to that rln ted sermons, dwindles In to inslgnlflcani o Illustrate?the New York Herald eve londay morning publishes a synopsis of umber of sermons, which Is sent to 01 lumber of eighty thousand families, from i he walks of life, very many of whom tl reacher's oral remarks could never reai rom the fact that they do not go to churc hese sermons were delivered to members t mosiseveral hundred families who ov cws In the churches. You may say that uge per cent, of the eighty thousand su Bribers to the Herald do not read them, eply to this I would say that the proporth f those who sit under the sound of tl reacher'H voice and who do not hear eed Is greater than the per cent, of thoi ubscribers who do not read, The sermon recently delivered by the Re Ir. Riley in the Presbyterian ehurch at th lace was uttered In the presence of represe Hives of thirty or forty families. Does ar ody suppose that the good Influence of 1 elivery to that number of persons w ijual to the effect of sending it to the heart tones of seven hundred or eight hundn unities? I do not doubt your answer to th ucstion. I regret to say however that there are po >ns who think religious matters should I xcludcd from the columns of the seculi rcss, and some have even gone so far us I xpress the opinion that sermons written t n ordained minister of the gospel and d vemi to devoutllsteners In the templo de< uted to tho worship of the Most Hlgl iou111 not appear In the columns of aseculi nper7 Indeed there are some others who go stl irther and say that It is not within the pro ice of the secular editor to discuss win my have been said or even published by ergymen or minister. From this oplnlc le true Journalist, secular editor though 1 lay be, will dissent inloto, and will asse ithout any fear of a successful contrndl on. that It is not only his duty to give h aders a fair proportion of religious ma r, but that it is his duty to corrc juses In Church and State. The new iper which entirely falls to furnish r gious instruction practically denies the e; lence of tne author of our being, and tl: iristian who could Induce a secular editi i exclude from his columns religious Instru on, would be following the anathemas pr< ouneed upon the press by the Pope of Rom id would be striking a fearful blow at chrl anlty itself. It Is not meant that the edit* lould necessarily write such articles, but thi o should print them. Already the more it lllgentandpractlcal preachers of the gospi e beginning to realize the Influence of th icular press ns a powerful ally in their 111 e and glorious work of preaching to a pe hlng world, the glad tidings of great Joy. Thefallltful secular press has a much moi rwerful Influence for good than even thos jbHcatlonstermed "religious" newspaper (ris >sdue to the fact that the secular new ipt7s arc much more generally read. Th llglous papers, us a rule, lack much of th iternrJse of the secular press, and in the ed irliil ctffxluctof tlielr columns aresometinn 1 intolerant to those who dltrer from thei mt they full to wield tiie influence whic ley otherwise would do. The "religious urnals of the country have become so note r bitter in vettlvcs?not agnlnst tho Evil On but against other Christians who ma lance to differ from them in non-essentlali iat the expression, "If you would learn t y unkind things you have only to read th llglous newspapers." has passed Intoaproi b, and is generally accepted as a truisn paper of this kind may be very necessar id useful to the advancement of the Interei the particular denomination to which 1 ilongs, but Its influence for tnq, promotlo the Christianity taught by the Saviour ( anklnd, is not to be compared to that of operly conducted secular newspaper. Th ellglous" editor generally takes a moste? ted opinion of ills own denomination whil : at tne same time takes a dwarfed idea c e character and respectability of nelghbc hristlans who hold different vJews on ma rs of no spiritual importance whatcvei lie secular editor from the nflttire of h! ork Is obliged to move on a wider and gher plane, and learns to dlBcuss religlou id political Questions with the full force c s anility without forgetting a due regard t e rights and feelings or otherswho ma; lance to ditier from him in political fnlth o llgious belief. [11 one respect especially the editor ha eatly the advantage of the preacher, In tlifl hax no unwilling hearers. Iso man reads swspaper longer than he is interested, whll ahymen.and women too, remain unde e sound of the preacher's voice long after h is ceased to Interest them. The editor ha lotlier ad vantage. His though tsare In print id may be as lasting us the eternal hllfs, bu 2 preacher's remarks are evanescent, nm 1st only in the air, and to nine-tenths o ose present his words are lost with the veri eath that utters them. Umg ago, before printing was so cheap am easily procured public speaking was tin cans lor the education of the people on al blccts.nnd it was common for them to at mble frequently to be instructed. I*ut no* e press has to a great extenttaken the placi the public speaker. Now, the press in usts the public on all subject*, includlni irlstlanity itsrlf. Nearly all of the first iss papers publish sermons, besides glvim ery week space to other matter of a mora d religious nature. I'lieprovince of the press as to its being ( annel or general news, and powerful polltl [engine, an indispensable factor in eduea >*-? ?? /tnnimof/itul nnrl nrlvarf.iKnr finr guardian of morals. Is clear, weli-deflnei d unquestioned, and It nmy safely be pre :ted thut before another generation slml vo passed away the press will no longer b< jarded by the pulpit as a foe or a rival, 01 intruder, but will be gladly hailed asbelnj en In the religious world, a most InflncMia lictki'ut, and therefore legitimate ally. -I 1 V t Yellow Fever in Memphis. 4 ; AN OFFICIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT T T%xr miiti DAlDn AV liriTTU ? - I 01 lIlJu UVAlMf VI OCfiUiAUa i, Stampede of the Citizens?The Trains ? Unable to Take the Great Crowd of 1 Refugees--Five New Cases and One t lieath Reported Yesterday Horning. [Newi and Cburler.] ,s Memphis, July 10.?The Board of Health i- this morning Issued the following order: ie "To the poople of the City of Memphis we n would say, quietly remove your families to ig places of safety until we can at least see i- whether the few cases of yellow fever will C a assume an epidemic form. ie .'To the people along the lines of the dlfferrs ent routes of travel we say, there can be no T p. possible danger of Infection for many days to r e- come." * to Five new cases are reported this morning .. r- and one death, an Infant of Judge J. E. It. , Ray of the Criminal Court, wno, together si rs with another son, is prostrated with the dlsio ease. J jc a perfect stampede or citizens Is In pro- fe y gress, the trains being unable to carry away , ts the hundreds who are ready and auxlons to f re leave. si ^ The Situation Unchanged at 2 ,-c a- O'clock. ' ie Memphis, July 10-2 P. M.?At this hour 1C there has been no changc In the situation. 11 1* The great desire of every one Is to leave the gj city Before the fever spreads. The physicians 10 are hopeful as to the future, butthe stampede W ,e of'citizens has almost assumed the form of a D panic. There will not be cars enough to- " ct night to carry the people away. Business Is S< P" progressing as usuul, but to allmlted extent, re New Orleans Quarantines Memphis. ? ,n New Orleans, July 10.?At a meeting of n? the State Board of Health to-night a pream- Si e. ble and resolutions were adopted setting forth >] ll. that New Orleans was never healthier, belug ' it* entirely free from yellow fever and remarka- fi at bly tree from all kinds of disease. The port Is rigidly quarantined, and great cureisglven d fe to the sanitary condition of the city. w n* Resolved. That in order to contlnuo this healthy condition It Is the duty of the Hoard Si 0 to enforce against Memphis the rules and a x~ regnlations suggested by the National Board . -y of Health. ., tl l!r The president of the Board was further nu?s. thorlzed to establish a rigid quarantine a ?J against Memphis both bv rail and river, and c J1 to place Inspectors on all trains entering the > t? Suite. Dr. S. M. Hernias, of the National " )U Board ol Health, Is co-operating wltli the p Stuto Board. n C p d. The Epidemic Last Year and us c* Causes. * ,1. Yellow fever has visited Memphis several ? ly limes. In 18lkJ there were some sporadic j< cases. The nextyeur there were 231 deaths by a? lever. In IS73 the fever broke out on Sep- 2 ty tvinber 14, and euded on November 0. There h were 2,000deaths. Last year the mortality r?_ was appalling. There were 17,000 cases und 5,150 cleatlin. the population being reduced by lilght und disease, to about 1U,500. There is no question that the rapid spread ol the fever In i?7? was due to the foul condl- r a tlonof the city. It Is admitted to have been c or "disgraceful in the extreme." There was no t vp organized scavenger system, no means by In which the ashes and garbage could be dally t be carted away. The accumulations of forty c an years were decaying upon the surface; a bulls you dividing the city, und which was the C lis niuin drain, was sluggish and without cur- . ey rent, owing to the want of water and the ract d To that there uud been scarcely any rain for sev- c le eral weeks. The pools which had formed at ut the abutments ol the several bridges were ' ce covered with a scum of putridity, emitting a to deadly effluvia. ''The streets were filthy, and or every ajfftichnn that could aggravate a disr.usc so do eruel seemed to have been purposely prepared for ? if- it by the criminal neglect of the city government, ,d- who turned a deaf ear to the persistent appeals \ le of the Press. Every interest was careen fully guarded and provided for save that of ihe > [is health of the people," The ilrst death by fever $ !St occurred In the end of July. On August 14 a ly death by lever was announced. There were & new cases on the Kith, and the flight of the of citizens began. In less than ten duys, by Auhe gust 21, 26,000 persons had left the city, und In n- two weeks after 6,000 others were in camp, Its leaving less than 20,000 to face the consequeu- ' th ces they could not escape. The horror und , >1- suffering, the brightness and darkness, of the id months that followed will never be half-told. 1 There were heroes and heroine*, and a glorl- ? he ous army of martyrs. The last recorded ?t death by fever in the city was on November " 3o. n Disagreeing upon nearly every other point; i) L* thedoctorsarealjnosta unltHS to the neces, sity lor thorough sanitation In order to ward }'" oti or mitigate the attacks of yellow fever. They all declure that 111th, especially decaying u" animal mutter and excrement, Is a prime if not the potent causc of the severity of the attacks of this curse in the Misflssippl Valley. I The specific poison may be In the air. but lis T hV. propagation depends upon conditions the de- 1 ? j. struetion of which Is within the reach of all : classes in the tSoutli. Memphis was dirty and v loul beyond measure In 187s, the seeds of the 11 i" disease huve never been eradicated, nor wus the city able to muke ready for a new uttuck this year. Will Charleston be warned in time 1 08 Editorial Remarks. ? The shock of the announcement of the ap- S to pearunceof Yellow KeverIn Memphis is too great to admit of exproslon In high sounding t 1 words und elegantly turned phrases. With the recollection of the horrors of 1S78 still ii fresh In our minds, we cun only lift our '/ hands in solemn supplication to Hiui who ..1 overruleth all things, and pray that the ? threatened blow be stayed. f. We fear not on our own account, for the Lfc mighty waveof disease and death that lust F y yeur overwhelmed the Vulley of the Missis- , . slppl receded when It approached our coast, t as If beaten back bp the heulth-glvlng breezes [T of the Atlanllc, but our heart bleeds for the x ?' wretched people over whom the Angeli of u Death has aguln, cast the shadow ol his c ep wing. .. .z. Especially for the inhabitants of the doom- ? lLh ed city of Memphis Is our sympathy urouscd. 0r With the yellow fever breaking out sponta- b 0r neously, without even a hint of importation, b ,P and almost a month in advance of Its advent . ' lust year, the knell of their fate is sounded, p ? Even ir tliey escape death, their homes are a ,c gone and their property Is sacrificed. God e ii grant that in His own mysterious wisdom u ,e this seemingly Inevitable calamity may be ^ ,|! yet avoided! a b. Hope for Memphis. ?t Memphis, July 11.?There havo been no "n new cases of fever to-day, and the panic of a yesterday has greatly subsided. Everything ,b* this morning Is quiet. The sick members of In Judge Bay's fumlly are progressing favora bly. No spread or disease is anucipaTeu. n * 1,0 is said that fully 4,Ooo people left the city yesor terday. The midnight trains on the Louie- l' ,e ville and Memphis and Charleston Iiallroad ? last night were crowded to suffocation. Both \ J' roadssent out double trains and yet were un- J ls able to accommodate all who wished to leave, n* many being compelled to remuln over till today. The Little uock Railroad sends out II* 18 last train at noon, the authorities of that city Z having notified the railroad ofHclals that \ "* quarantine would be established on all trains (J *d leaving Memphis after that hour. r. It Will'Not Do. 30 [Kershaw Gazette,] ,r We saw a communication in the Nrw? and 10 Courier,recently, from Columbia, advocating >y tiie renting of the University to Col. J. P. f f" Thomas, who proposes to move his Military 1 J" Academy from Charlotte to that city. We ?] must enter our most earnest protest against Cl ir such a scheme; and we do so in no spirit of . .. unfriendliness to Col. Thomas, for we enter- ?, J1 tain the wannest feelings for him as a man, . v" and have the highest appreciation of him as _} ft scholar and lencher; nay, more; we would a like to see Ills school located at Columbia, ,n with full rank, and in tho most flourishing if condition. r' our objection Is two Told. 1. The State owns ?" tlje University, rind her true Interest demand 0 , that it be re-opened. No military school, \ however advanced its grade, or Improved its w ct curriculum, can answer this demand. We 8* need a higher development of education, on a e" more thoroughly liberalized basis, and must x" have a centre of educated thought and Infiuie ence which will diffuse Itself into every arte3r ry of her life, and revivify her tone, we do c" not mean by this to shock the feelings of some 1 3* of the opponents of the university, whoclalm 1 e> that It would become a mere arixtrocratic in- p stitutlon and its chairs the refuge o(j decayed ai gentllliy. Such an argument is beneath con- pi tempt. We wish It to do in the futnro lor 1T South Carolina what the old college did for lj Bl her In the past, In raising up a crop of vlgo- m ie rous, able and earnest sons, who will restore fc ^ her prestige in every walk of life and avenue r" of thought; and above all things, by bringing hundreds of her younger people together, 0 give them that touch of the elbow, and Inspl- ? ,e ration to duty and high endeavor, so essential fl to a healthful State growth. Let it be the res- \ 8* ervolr for promising youths from such noble w '? institutions as Wottord College, Furman Unl'p verslty, and others of like character, to all of '* whom we wl?h the greatest measure of sue- p ^ cess. Let men of the highest reputeand force nuuLinuuiui; niuitii, iiucii(^buui niju inning T) JJ traits be placed In 11b chairs and graft on the time honored. classical and (esthetic training, V " for which In days of yore the college was so l ie celebrated, the most advanced standards of tl y modern education. In the changed condition k' * of affairs, we need men who can adqrn the ? learned professions, or develop the wealth ly10 lng at our doors, tn stream, Held and mine. If our circumstances demand economy and a' retrenchment for several years, let the begin- t? y nlng be In proportion, but letus make a start. t,: 41 No subject demands more thoughtful consld- ft| 1 eratlon. or should attract more earnest atten- ,u n- Hon than the relation of higher education to ? " the Interests of the State. It was South Caro- C* a Una's intellect that made her a power in the e councilsof the country, and gave herawelght c" out of ail proportion to her territory or rec. sources, and one of the highest tributes ever >r paid to her was by Professor Kendall. aNorlh 'r ern man. In an address before the University ^ ' * of Vermont, In '75, In which he attributed her d< !" influence In the govermeiit before the war in 18 in great measure to the South Carolina Col? lMrfl. Wi> will nnt. nmv illnnnan llio ninonii " plun of making a start, as this article 1h lnlf tended only to protest against the scheme P ? proposed. L y In the second placc, we object because the r Legislature would be recreant to Its duty to sanction any such use of State property, or A * thus shlik the responsibility of utilizing it. " 1 If the majority of our people, (which wo do T not believe.) are opposed to opening it, let it I e be known and the property disposed of and . r the question put to rest; but it Is Incumbent ,, e on ts to take action, and not have the noble s halls of learning which gave to South Caroli'? na McDuttle, Preston, LeGare, Thorn well, ut { and a host of names "notborn to die." become l' any longer the haiint of the hat and the owl. r Let lis moke It a State Institution, giving Its d) f beneficent tutelage om! advantages to worthy young men, and by helping them to a higher 1 1 education, make it the nursery of our future f statesmen, clergymen, professors and bene1 factors In every pnrsult of life. k The schcmo proposed Is too narrow. We have no objection to reviving the Citadel e Academy, and of making Col. Thomas' school the foundation and nucleus of Its resurrec- an ? tlon, but wo canhnt consent to the plan pro* posed, so far as the University is concernpfi | Our aims arc higher than this. ~ ' j i The Lynching of Moore.?The crime 1 . that Kpnrtnnbursr fastened on her fair name, ? . and committed npalnst the peace and dignity U I of the State of Sontb Carolina, In the recent II lynching of John J. Moore, has been Justitl- rr . | ed by a Grand Jury! Was there ever known j | I In all the history of civilization such an > Ft 3: anomaly to human Roclcty und law? The rj Grand Jury has violated every trust Imposed r I in It by the law, and has proved recreant to i | the interests that His sworn to protect.?Slate , Bulletin. \S Years Before the Public, my THE CENUINE V )R. C. McLANE'S 11 CELEBRATED Be jlVER pi|ik I y\ & A ^ FOR THE CURE OF [epatitis, or Liver Complaint, DV5MPSIA AND SICK KKADACHS. ^ . ' . t ymptoms of a Diseased Liver. )AIN in the right side, under the edge of the ribs, increases on presire; sometimes the pain is in the left ' ' de; the patient is rarely able to lie n the left side; sometimes the pain is e_ :lt under the shoulder blafle; ^nflit * cquently extends to the top of the ( loulder, and is sometimes mistaken >r rheumatism in the arm.' The omach is affected' with loss of appete and sickness; the bowels in genral are costive, sometimes alternative ith lax; the head is troubled with ain, accompanied with a dull, heavy :nsation in the back part. There is enerally a considerable loss of mera ry, accompanied with a painful senition of having left undone someling which ought to have been done. , l slight, dry cough is sometimes an ' ttendanL The patient complains of -eariness and debility; he is easily Jt tartled, his feet are cold or burning, ? nd he complains of a prickly sensa- 11 ion of the skin; his spirits are low; II nd although he is satisfied that exer g ise would be beneficial to him, yet e can scarcely summon up fortitude nough to try it In fact, he distrusts very remedy. Several of the above rp ymptoms attend the disease, but cases i lave occurred where few of them exsted, yet examination of the body, fter death, has shown the liver to tov iave been extensively deranged. anc AGUE AND FEVER. of . Dr. C. McLane's Liver Pills, w sail :ases of Ague and Fever, when n? aken with Quinine, are productive of de( he most happy results. No better I athartic can be used, preparatory to, ?r after taking Quinine. We would me dvise all who are afflicted with this 'i lisease to give them a fair trial. of For all bilious derangements, and an l simple purgative, they are unequaled. * i BEWABE OF IMITATION*. The genuine are never stlgar coated. 1 Every box has a red wax seal on the lid, rith the impression Dr. McLane's Livkk 'ii.ls. j .The genuine McLane's Liver Pills bear * he signatures of C. McLane and fleming |^? (ros. on the wrappers. ' res Insist upon having the genuine Dr. C coi IcLane's Liver Pills, prepared by Flem coi ng Hros., of Pittsburgh, Pa., the market bein? da; uil of imitations of the name McLanef Dilled diffcitntly but sazie pronunciation TATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, r Abbeville County. \ IN COURT OF PROBATE. W. V homas W. Smith, by his guardian, ad Utem _ E. F. Martin, Plaintiff, 1 ai/alvtt J [nrry G. Plnckney hh Executor of the will of Mrs. Fannie J. Smith, deceased, Fannie C. Plnckney, William 8. Marshall, Jennie K. ?1 Marshall, Samuel 8. Marshall. Samuel A. D1 Smith, Mary E. Dantzler ana Jennie F. r Smith, Det^ndants. lJ ummous for Account and Settlement of Estate. 0 Defendants: Harry G. J'inckney as I Executor of the will of Mrs. Fannie J.Smith F deceased, Fannie (, Plnckney. William 8. wu Marshall, Jennie x.. Marshall, Samuel 8. 8to Marshall, Samuel A Smith, Mary E. Dontz- ? leruiicl Jennie F. Smith: PAKE NOTICE that theabore Plaintiff, a * 1 legatee, under the will of the said Mrs. ? 'annle J. Smith, deceased, has tiled Ills pell- ? ion in this Court praying that the defendant r [nrry G. PlncKney may bo required to aoount as Executor of the estate of the said ? Irs. Smith for tho assets of said estate which ? avecome to his bands or should have come > his hands as such Executor in due course of dministnitlon, and to distribute the same 0 mAnmt f h>? Ipcntm. an< You arc hereby notified and summoned to J,,r o and yipeur In the Court of Probate for Ab? jj14 evllle County to bo liolden on the 6th day of 'ln .ugust 1S79, when the wild Executor Harry G. > Inckney Wordered and required to reader ti account of his acting* and doings as Exuutor of the said Fuunle J. Smith, deceased, nd Hhow cau.se why distribution of tho t> uc should not be made amongst the legtecs. Given under my hand and seal of office, A tills 16th day of June 1879. J. FULLER LYON, [L. S.] J. Pro. A. C. Edward Noble, Plaintiff's Attorney. ? rar 'o William & Marshall, Defendant. S7.( Titkc notice that the petition In this case, pother with the summons of which the iregoiuglsacopy, wus filed in my office at .bbcvllte Court Hoase on tho 10th day of A une 1879. ST! .T. FULLER LYON, E Judge of Probate A. C. are June 16,187 6t.,9 ces TATE OF SOOTH CAROM. , County of Abbeville. ~~IX THE PItOBATK COURT. Ex parte W. M. Toggart, Petitioner. I) Petition for Settlement and Discharge. . NOTICE Is hereby given that W. M. Tag* .1 gart, Administrator of J. W. Griffin, debased, has applied to this Court, for a dl?barge from his trust. It in ordered, that Saturday the 26th of July e appointed as the day for the settlement of tie said deceased, and the discharge of the dmlnlstrator. Creditors will present their ernands on or before that date. J. FULLER LYON, . . J. Pro. A. C. V June 18, 1879, 5t. w daj low -TATE OF SOUTH CAROLIHA. County of Abbeville. v o u. in the probate court. Ex Parte. Julia F. Peak, Petitioner. HI Petition for Homestead. Ui J OTICE Is hereby given that Julia F. Peak, 1 widow of W. H. Peak Deceased, has ap- I lied to this Court to have homestead set off nd laid out to her, in the real and personal ropcrty of the said w. H. Peak, deceased. p It l& ordered that Friday the lsth day of Ju- /-.tt, next be ..ed for the appointment of Comilssloners to set off the homestead prayed j J. FULLER LYON, J. Pro., A. C. June 18, 1879, 4t. f w TATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA ' County of Abbeville. ? robate Courtr-Citatlon for Letters of Administration. _ y J. Fuller Lyon, Esq., Probate Jcdgk, (_) VHEREAS, Edwin Psrker bus madefcult to me, to grant him Letters of Adminlstraon of the Estate and effects of Ellen L. Par- j, er late ot Abbeville County, deceased. ? These are therefore to cite and admonish all id singular the kindred ana creditors 01 ine ild Ellen L. Parker, deceased, that they be id appear, before me, In the Courtof Probate, I I be held at Abbeville C, H* on Wednesday. A v le 2nd day of July, after publication hereof, , 11 o'clock In the forenoon, in show cause, ir ly they have, why tho said Administration T tould not be granted. JL ivej* tinder toy hand and seal, this 14th day of Juee, tn the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventynine, and >n the 103rd year of American Independence. Published otf the 18th day of June, 1879, in io Pre?? and Manner and on the Court Houstr >or for the time required by law. J, FULLER LYON, J tfdge of Probate.June. 18,1S79, St. w otton" 'mwnrnii ND all Cotton Good6 are in erftirpaibj tire: L with the Raw Material, but, tkft 7HITE BROTHERS, tvlng bought a very HEAVY STOCK tien the Market was at its LOWEST would ^ inounce to their friends and customers that M xxls are offered at the SAME LOW PRICES, thout any allowance whatsoev?r. A splen J line of PRINTS. .4 . PRINTED LAWNS, I BROWN SHEETINGS and TlA SHIRTINGS. 1U BLEACHED LONG CLOTHS, BED TICKING, F< COTTON *DES, ? d all kinds of STAPLE DRY GOODS. WHITE BROTHERS. i!ay 14,11)79. o USTXRRIVED El HIS week another case Lad lex HATS and ? BONNETS In beautiful styles. Pretty A ,0\VERS. RIBBONS Ac.,at the Strc EMPOEIDM GF FASHIONS."" lay 7,187#. ^ M( emm, tween White's Block and th^tfentral Hotel. rERYTRUKG Jn th? Drug line at reason able pHces. Give me a call. 3. H. KcBBIDE Agt. unningkam & Templeton Have ad Land ': { JofFee, Axe?, i&i ? |f: uy.,4 f Bacon, Plow*, lard, Hati, Meal, Shoes, i.t r, Flour, Calico, > Rice. Homespun* Maccaroni, Cheese, S?C't, &c? &c? &c>, &c*, GIVE THEM A CALL. ' ID. 29. 1879.. ! r '' - i I '' ' ' i. .. ,.l n'.'.i":! I/U.I fl'T fj.tA ' IHE township of LOi^desville having petitioned to subscribe nix thousand - \ 3 bandred and twenty-five dollars^. gnolia township four thousand two ndred and twelve dollars. Calhoun* mship live thousand five hundred 1 fifty dollars to the capital stock of Savannah Valley Railroad, there will an election held on Thursday the 81st " July next at which all legal voter* in i townships will vote subscription of subscription : tor Lowndesville township at Lown iville. 'or Magnolia township at Riley'a ioo 1 bouse. " i'or Calhouns township at Monnt Ctr'ho following are appointed manager* said election viz: xjwndesville.?6. F. Burdett, J, D. Dill and J. T. Latimer. 7or Magnolia township at Riley's 100I bouse.?8. C. Link, Edwin Calim and H. C. Riley. 'or Calhouns township at Mount Carl.?W. D. Mars, M. M. Tarrand and J. Caldwell. i"he polls will be opened at each plan 3 o'clock a. m.,and closed at 4 o'clock m. The managers will at the close of > polls count the votes and report' the ult to the chairman of the board of inty Commissioners of Abbeville inty at his office on Monday tho 4th. y oi August following by 12o'clock. Bv order of tho Board, J G. M. MATJlSOIf," Chairman of Board. , 1879, 6t. . " W " 1 ' ' ' ' XEtake pleasure In calling' attention to ) our entirely- -: SHEW SPRING UMMEE STOCK of IRY GOODS, DHESSfiOOM, FANCY GOODS, NOOTONS.^7^ . HOSIERY, .. GLOVES. . RIBBONS. EMBROIDERY, [AMBURG EDGINGS. TRIMMING#, etc. tirtlcs desiring SPRING GOODS sad nting bargalna will please examine our* . 1 Ck. ; largnlns in DRESS GOODS. largplns In BLACK ALPACAS. largalns In BLACK SILK. targains In CASHMERES. largalns In LAWNS.' targalns In DeLAINE, all Wool. largalas la P K. ?nrstock of PRINTS is nnamally Iftf** 1 pretty, consisting of nearly 200 pieces of fcrentstyle and pattern. Call and exami them, and dotrt forget are have a full eof rOTIONS, SILK JTDK'FS, LINEN H'DK'F8, GLOVE8, i COLLARS, CUFFS?. 1 ) RUCHFH, DOYLIES, 1 DRESS BUTTONS, TOWELS, 7-A , TARLK DAMASK, LINENS, " SHEETINGS, and DOMESTICS* 1 l fall line or 2 BOOTS &-SH0ES itring In price and quality from $1.00 Ur "--HATS AND CAPS-particularly nice line of FELT and RAW Goods. Ixumlne oar Stock, and be plmsed. We offering a stock or good Goods at low prl' W. JOEL SMITH & SON. Lprll 8, ISTfl. NOTICE. ECEIVED this week 3 awe* or Millinery, , embracing many new thapes In HATH, BONNETS, RUFFLINGS, TIES, LACES, TRIMMING, SILKS, and SATINS. . ' 7e arc ridding to our xtock Mmont every ' and person* wlahlng the Intent style* and 'cut prices will And It to their Interest ta iinlne oar stock and price our goods. I?. HADDON & CO. [ay 14,1879. 10CERIES! GROCERIES!! SAT Conned CORN, ^ OKRA. and , * TOMATOES. RENCH MUSTARD CHOW CHOW and CUMBER PICKLES, very tine. And airs on baud in large quantities. r BACON, MOLASSES, FLOUR, CORN, COFFEE and SUGAR, at W. JOEL SMITH & SON. pril 0,1879. nrnsiwa OUT SALE F Linen Suit*. Great reduction In price* at the Emporium of Fashions. nnojl, 1?J79. o NOTICE ) SCHOOL TEACHERS. ,j "WILL bo 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, a MONDAY, JULY 7, Mchcrs bavins certificate* will prwenV (n for regie!ntnH oa the days above menDAVID CRAWFORD, Schoed Commissioner, A. C. fttcfi 24.1870. u.__ BOOKS 18 IT MAI? Happen " A 8torj Of V. American' Life and Character. By EDWIN PASSMS. sb. 19, 1870, tf PO WILL'S .ECTRIC PLASTER, HAPPY Combination of pain Rfllievlnjr, ngthenlng aiJd. Curative Agent*, with' itrlcity. E?WIN PARKER. J ircb J, I&7S. f | -J