The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, August 11, 1880, Image 2
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The Press and Banner.''
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llj llnirh Wilson and H. T. WimllanvJ
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Wednesday .August 11,1880. [J
A Chance fur Example.
{Greenville Ac u s.) j11
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The clitorof the Associate llcfonncd \
Presbyterian, ft' Duo West, Abbeville '
i'ouniy, in a recent editorial letter, says : e
' If our people would put their surplus capi-1 e
tul into paper mills, wliicli would work up t lie jj
rari* and cotton waste, ?fce? Ac., what a blessing
it would !>? to tlie country. t<
The -It It. PrcxbytcriHH has frequently ben | ^
printed on paper from these North Carolina]
paper mills, because we have no paper mill in | ti
Mouth Carolina, except one small one. There
used to be a st?mh1 paper mill at ltatli. near A Iken,
but has been suspended for some time, c
i.et uk have more paper mills, and all such
things, then the country will blossom as the Jl
The press of the State is always harping t
mn thes?t?j*-etof patronizing home iiulns- j
tries, and it should he willing to set the
feXmnide. Within a few uiiies of Green-1
ville there is a p.q>er mill manufacturing I r
paper of ft far better intrinsic quality |e
than any we can get from North Carolina j t
or the North. It is kept activoly employed,
its products bcin? shipped North,] 1
where they sell readily, at fair profits, c
Its proprietors, howover, have been able (|
to devote but little attention to the mtiuu-1
facture of "news" paper, having little
patronage for it within the State. llerejr
is a pro]M?sition for the South Carolina <1
press. We have not consulted the parties, .
hilt there is little doubt that if the steady : *
patronago of a number of newspapers f
could be obtained the requisite machin- a
ery would be procured to make a "news" j ?
]>aper far better in quality, and as good in | ^
appearance as any that is made any where. 1
This affords a good opportunity for keep- j I
tug thousandsof dollars at home that now i i
go away> and the presence of a good pa- j
per mill within easy reach is an ad van
tago that win bo npprecuueu uy an i>r;u-1
tical newspaper men. If a sullicient 11
number of papers will enter the arrange- t
mcnt to warrant the improved machinery
referred to, tho Daily Ncics will enter 0
into an agreement to buy no paper out-11
sido of South Carolina. j t
Now let us put some of our fine theo- j ^
rics into practice.
The people can help the movement by
givittg tho preference to thoso journals In
print id on South Carolina paper. p
We givo in full tho views of our enter- a
pricing Neighbor, which hails from the e
most prosperous young city within the b
range of our acquaintance* in his desire i*
to build up Greonvillo and tho whole v
State woaro in thorough sympathy, but lj
we think ho proposes to commence at the e
wrong end of the line. Lot the owners ^
of the mills in Greenville possess them- e:
solves of tho requisite machinery for ti
making "paper far better in quality, and ! ii
as good in appcarancea* any that is made p
anywhere," and as far as their demands 'f
go> there will be no laL'k of custom from < t<
tho printers of South Carolina. For our- j o:
selves, wo would say that we bought li
from Greenville the first paper which we j
use! after the war, and continued to buy j oi
in that market for several years, until wei f;i
learned that we could get elsewhere a bet-1 b
tor quality and moro of it for the same I b
itinnov. Wo then boucrht of another !al
South Carolina firm and finally quit that b
company to obtain .still bettor bargains! tl
in a border f?tatOi Nearly five years ago U
wo commenced the use of tho patent out-1 p
side, and of course we now uso Northern I ii
fefr - ? '
. tnade paper, in printing the Press and ] al
Jkmncr. Wo are also compelled to send; ii
to New York for job paper. Wc arc now | s<
in need of a bundle of fine book paper on j ai
which to print briefs and other jobs. C'au j C(
We got it in the South ? If so, woknowjtl
not where it may bo had, and shall con-1
; . sequontly send to New York for it, while
. \0 the Southern mills thai lack tho outer-1
priso to bin' first class machinery are j
standing idle. We make those state'
incuts ill candor so that any patron of | j
- .* the Press and Banner ollice who may w
want a poorer newspaper and a poorer! t'
' - . quality of job paper than wo use, can go j ^
to some printer who is working against! i,
his own interest, tho interest of his custo-' ii
mer, and the well-known laws of trade.'s'
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We ask nothing of the public of Abbe- Lville
when it is against their interest or h
inclination to give it. If they can find a! si
newspaper more to their liking than the j ~
Press and Banner we aro perfectly satis- j 0
* lied for them to subscribe for it. Our con-' tl
stant effort and real object is to make the jt(
Press and Banner worth to its subscribers (?'
all that we ask for it, and to mako it more M
to their interest to subscribo for it, than |
* it is to ours to scud it to thorn.
Tho proposition to "enter tho arrange-1 /
ment to warrant the improved machin-;6
ery'' for a Southern mill is iu our opin- j ^
iou, impracticable at any time, but more. P
tSMpecimiy ou ut luis vma% i*v )unuivj
to make this prediction: that in throe; *
years from to-day our greatly respected' I1
contemporary, the Greenville Ncics, will,'
not have half dozen home-printed papers i1
on its exchange. If this should be so, J
; ' - our Southern mills would have to send j'
their paper to Northern printers?unless j I
some Southern publisher should under-1
tako to print "pateut outsides."
In our remarks about"patent outsides'' i'
wo refer onlj to the country secular:
press?without any allusion to tho city!'
daiiy newspaj>ers, to tho religious press, J
or to any "class" publication.
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The Reverend Doctor Adger is still in ]
"hot water" about a thoughtless remark 11
r > which he sometime ago made in reference! r
to his brethren of the Associate Reform- J1
i?d Presbyterian and the baptist church- 1
os. The Doctor we know to be one of tho' t
best inon, not only in his own church, '
but in tho wholo country, and wo alsoji
. know that lie did not intend to say un-|i
charitable or unkind words of anybody,11
but ho has boon lod into the error of wri- j
ting Homo explanations, which explana-!
tionsaro decidedly more oilcnslve than 1
ho first remark, and then when attempting
to palliate his ofTenee to the Associate i
Reformed Presbyterian's, among other j
things, ho asks thern to ask "Dr." Mar-|
tin as to the correctness of some of his re-j
marks. Ifweuro not mistaken, it will!
be a very long time before a majority of j
the Associate Reformed Presbyterian'
preachors will call on that witness for tes- J
timony. It is to be hoped that Dr. Adgerj
will hereafter shoulder all the imaginary j
bins that his neighbors may pack upon
him, and that ho will never again attempt t
to unload or to explain thorn away?it is
better to carry them. As good and as in- j
. discreot a man as Doctor Adger will lose i
every tune by making explanations.)
The reputation of a man of Doctor Adrf
. - * ger's known worth and Christian character
will always bo taken care of by his I
friends?and we know of nobody who has i
more of tlieni than he has. j
Deserters?The Cause of our Failure. 1
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Wo hnve frequently soon paragraphs ,
in the newspapers from persons claiming!
kt be such sia)on-pure Democrats that j c
they hud neyer voted for Horace Greeley,! j
Greene or any other Republican whom a a
majority of tho Democrats of the State' H
had taken to make what is ironically call-! ^
ed a "mongrel ticket." Everybody: t
knows these Radicals wore put on thej (
tickets with tlie best Democrats in theij
jr,iri.y in hiu tiuiie liuu ?u nugUL uo enn- ?
bled to gain at least soino control of tho!.
I j Government, but experience proved tlio't
folly of the plan, inasmuch as so many
| of these pure Democrats failed to join! j
t - their brethren In tho struggle* Wo have! j
j. no sympathy with tlio Democrat!.
>vho refused to vote with his party?!,
whethor tho party was right or not?and'j
wo think any real Democrat is entitled),
very littlo credit for aiding in our own (
defeat in 1870-72-74. A deserter desorves i
no laurels ? no matter uj?on what'
pretext he may desert?and ho only pro-!
claims his own want of true patriotism j
when he says that ho refused to assist his ,'
party in redeomin;; tho Suite, because lie ;1
? did not liko tho leaders which his party ?
had olioseu for tho work. I'
???i^i n? n ?ii i ii in ii ? nm
Greenville Female College.
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Tlio success and popularity of this institution
for the last two years, under the
management of Prof. A. S. Townes, certainly
deserves recognition at the hands
:>f the Haptists of South Carolina. The
!iim has been to establish thoroughness
in every department, and so much has
been accomplished as to challenge the admiration
and support of a largo number
r>f patrons. The average attendance has
been such as to establish its claim to a
leading position in the popular estima-j
lion, and from this vantage ground it!
presses forward with renewed vigor to
"ft vm-i-css in the future. Prof.
I Mistake Corrected ? The County
Hoard of Kdnefttion ? The Sclidol
Hooks and Where to (Jet Them. I,
While wo aro not n partisan for or ij
gainst any eaudidato, wo would mr.ko'i
liis statement injustice to one of the I j
andidatcs. In some sections credit has | j
icon given to Mr. Crawford, tho present I
ichool Commissioner, for tho appoint- j?
ncnt of tlio Hoard of Education for this j
,'ouuty, when that credit is due to Hon. !
Iugli S. Thompson, State Superintend-;
nt of Education. No abler or moreelli- ,
ient Hoard of Education can lie found J
II any County of the State, and we hope j
d see Messrs. W. C. Beuot and L. "\\\ I
Vhitc, continued in that office, no mater
who may bo made School Com mis-i(
ioner. They liavo worked persistently, j
ilicicntly and conscientiously for the!
dvanceinentof education in our County, j
ml we would award them due credit fori
heir unselfish act in serving the public r
11 this capacity. Whilo we say all this j
rulv and conscientiously, we aro .just asj
onseie'itious in tho opinion heretofore!
xpressed by us, that they made a mis- j
ake in raising the salaries of teachers. '
n a question of this kind, tho public of j
-"? " ;n ?"/ior?i!\nr) Mint it is merolvl
tilt'ercnee in judgment, and as to (vhothr
we or tlic Board of Kducation arc c<>r- J
vet, only the public will bo able to rcn-j
ler a satisfactory decision. During the J
wtst year the school system of our Couny
has worked like clock Wofk?without
i single jar,?and wo hopo to see those
.entlemen continued in olliee, so that the
lie system if possible may be still further
erfected. The Educational Department
s an important branch of tho Governnent,
requiring the highest practical and
itorarv skill for its management. One
natter wo think deserves especial atteniou,
and that is, the school books. The
dicers entrusted with the selection of
hese books should go into the markets of
he United States and select only those
looks which ure best calculated to eduato
our children in tho broadest and
nost thorough manner possible. No
mblisher whose leading claim to patrongo
is, that lie is a Southerner, should recive
more than tho attention which his (
iook merits, and tho fact that such claim ,
? uiado should lead theso oflicers to look
iith suspicion upon tho merits of the ,
ook, of any publisher making such
laim. We are apart of the whole of this
reat country, and no book which teach- |
s by word or implication sectional ha- j
reds, sectional superiority, or sectional ]
jfcriority, is worthy to be placed in com
etition?no matter how ably written. ]
ho people of the Stato look trustingly ,
> these officers, whoso duty it is to rccmmend
proper school books, and if they
sten to personal appeals or scctional
alousies and recommend inferior books,
r higher priced books, they arc not
lithful to their trusts. Wo want the j(
est books, no mattor by whom edited or (
y whom printed. 'We want them, too, '
t tho lowest market price. When school 1
uoks are bought of extensive publishers
ley arc sold at a lower price than any '
uok of liko size,?the qualtity of the c
rintiug, the paper, and the binding be- *
ig considered. Tho school book is '
[most necessarily the cheapest book i
i tho market?unless we want a copy of
tine small edition which has been edited |'
id printod for somo little corner of this 11
juntry?and consequently cannot enter '
le great markets of the country. '
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A Palpable Slaudcr. >
"Mrs. Rebecca Harding Davis, a nov- i1
list Htid sketch writer of much and do- j I
Jived reputation, lias contributed to .
[arpcr's Magazine a very breezy and j'
oil-written narative of a'trip through '
le by-paths of North Carolina moun-!l
tins." Wo arc sorry that, in viewing a I
iing of convicts on her tour, sho should i
avegone out of the high road of truth ',
no a by-path of, wo trust, unconscious!"
landei i .She says : "One negro was sen-11
.meed for life in Georgia, the other day, j |
>r stealing a mackerel, lielore the war
e would have had a dozen lashes." No
tich tiling has ever happened in this I
late. The laws are justly administered
) white and black alike, and wo defy any j
tie to prove by tiic record of our Courts !
lat any negro was evor sent to the peni ntiary,
or put upon the chain gang, or
ondomncd to convict labor for life, boausc
of the commission of petit lflfccy."
We take the above paragraph from the I
\ it gusto, Chroniclc and Sentinel. Wo are
lad to know that tho record of our sister i
tato is so go-jd as our esteemed contemporary
claims for it. If however, "Mrs.
teboeca Harding Davis," had charged
liat negroes were in the South Carolina
icnitentiary, and for long terms, too, for |
he theft of property of very little valua- j i
ion, wo doubt if the assertion could have'
>een so successfully disputed. By tho,
aws of this State the theft of the least j
>art of the crop from the field is a peni- j
entiary offence. Old Bob Farrow, a no;ro
of porhaps sixty years of age whs!
lent there from Abbovillo for ten years J
>y Judgo Cooko for stealing a small
uiantitv of com from tho field? nerhans!
, . . ,
i basket-full. Several years afterwards*
le was pardoned, we believe, through
ho etl'ortsof the man whoso corn he had
stolen. Cooke at that time was one of the
itadical J udges. McGarvey, a poor Irishnan
was sent there from this eounty, for
i number of years for breaking into a
xirrooin and stealing therefrom a few
jottles of liquors. lie died at work on
ho Greenwood and Augusta Railroad,
l ho laws of this Stato seem to be adminstered
alike to white and black in the
natter of theft, but if the records and the
acts pertaining to many of thoso now j
:onlined in the penitentiary were examlied
we think our pooplo would blush to j
i:tve them published to the world.
We may be pardoned for mentioning
mother caso in point. Two weeks agoaj
negro woman was taken before a Trial
Iustico charged with stealing corn from
:he licld. We are informed that her crirno
insisted in stealing about a dozen "rousting
ears." Under all the forms of law J
<lio was bound over to court, and in deFault
of bail, she nud her threo months |
>ld infant are now in jail, at Abbeville, i
niieroshe will remain until tho setting!
)1 oilr court of General Sessions which
meets on tho third Monday in October. |
Hie jailer's fees will bo about ?.'?0; the!
frial J ustice's is perhaps from ?3 to ?5;;
uid the cost of trial by a jury who will |
jo compelled to hear evidence, two
speeches and the Judge's charge will cost j
,ho eounty porhaps ?30 uiore> when she'
vill in all probability bo found guiltv.
1'lie law leaves tho Judge no discretion,
md if found guilty, he will have her
mtrclicd oir to tho penitentiary for any
pugth of time ho may choose to indict.
I'o carry her to the penitentiary will add
nore costs to the county.
A word to the editor of tho Chroniclc i
irul Sentinel: IIo will notice that wo
iave omitted somo of his strong expres-1
lions, and as ho oneo olfered a friendly j
iuggestion to us, from which we think wo;
iave profited, we will oiler him a sugges-'
ion in tho same friendly spirit which!
haraclerizod his suggestion to us. It is
his: It seems to us that buch words as;
'slander," "utter falsehood/' "ashamed," i
'maudacious utterance," "do not hesitate
o nail it to the counter us tho baso coin-:
IpU U1 ilMdlHIUUI, acu nut 'Jill I v> u|' 4*/
lie usual dignity of our esteemed neigh- J
n>r, especially when stioh words are ap-i
lied to a lady. We country editors are i
iccustoined to look to the great city dai-,
ics lor examples of decorum, and wo are
?ma/.od to son such expressions from the
'Jhroiiiclc and Sentinel.
The Georgia State Convention has been
.ryihg to nominate a candidate for Covjrnor
for tho past week. Colquitt lius a
najority, but has not a two-thirds vote.'
tie iacks only about twenty of the requls-j
te uumber.
Tow lies and his experienced corps of instructors
may confidently ox poet to roup
Hie harvestol tlioir intelligent and wisely-directed
oll'orts to make the Greenville
Female College rank among tlio foremost
institutions of the land for the education
of young ladies.
Wo take llio above paragraph from the
bust week's issue of the Jiaptiftt Courier
in reference to what we hnvo heretofore
characterized as an educational institution.
We soo no reason for restricting
tlio usefulness of so excellent an institution
exclusive]}- to tlio Raptists. We
wore very much pleased with what wo
saw and learned of tlio College when on
our recent visit to Greenville, and we
have no hesitation in saying its excellence
"dcrcrves recognition" from all, of whatever
faith, who have daughters to educate.
It has a line corps of teachers ; is located
in full view of tho HIue Ridge and all its
surroundings mako it an inviting place
to educate young ladies whether they are
Haptists or not. Ahljoviuo aiways sunns
her sons and daughters to the various
uollegcs upon tlio merits of the institutions,
and not because they may instill
particular forms or crecds of religious
belief.
Edgefield's Stock Law Candidate.
We are glad to know that Kilgofield has
at least one progressive candidate for the
Legislature in tho person of Mr.G.IJ.Lake
We do not know him personally, but for
his progressive spirit and his independence,
we adtniie him and heartily wish
that he may bo elected, and his election
depends only upon tho intelligence of tho
people of Kdgclield on tho most vital
ijucstion of tho day for Edgefield?tho
stock law. We havo had the law for two
or three years and 110 candidate in this
County would run with tho avowed
purpose of repealing the law. Tho fenco
law is worth to our people inoro than all
tho laws on tho statute books?and this
is especially truo of tlio poor people.
Kicli peoplo can build fences, if they
want to, but poor men's crops are eaten
by their neighbor's stock?if they livo in
jld fogy counties like Edgefield.
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Excursions!
We think other Railroad authorities
should profit by the example of the South
Jarolina Railroad authorities when giving
jxeursions, in extending tho time to
nore days than one, and in limiting the
lumber of tickets to bo sold each day*
rhis is managing in a practical way to
jive cheap rides at a comparative small
:ost to tho traveler, and little trouble
o the company. It seems to us if the
Jrecnville and Columbia Railroad would
oin in sonic of tlio excursions to the
Sorth and West, that the company would
lose nothing, and our people would appreciate
the favor. Tlio Air Lino and
Jlher Roads are frequently oftcring cx ursions
which, would be taken ndvan;age
of bj* our people, if the Greenville
ind Columbia 1 toad would enter into the
spirit and arrangement, and give public
loticc of the fact. Tho improvement,
unvever, has been so great in tho manigcmentof
this Road, that wo would not
L?e understood as finding fault. Wc mercy
mako the suggestion.
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Wo ask attention to the programme
Tor tlio meeting of the Teachers' Associa:ion
of Abbovillo County, which takes
place on tho Slh and 9lh of September
next. Every teacher in tho County worthy
the name, shoul l mako an effort to
jo present. The program? is an unusually
interesting one, and no teacher can
iiil to be benefitted by attending. We
remember the great pleasure which tho
nccting at Abbeville la^t year gave not
mlytotho touchers, but to our citizens
jsnerally. Greenwood is fortnnato in
laving tho mooting in that town.
flic Kansas Murderers.
1RKEST OF OLD MAX BENDER AND
A >VOMA>.
The Horrible Story of tlieir C.inie?
Luring Unsuspecting Travellers into
the House, Throwing them iuttl a
Dunsreou and Murdering them for
their Money?Tho Discovery and the
Flight?Behind the liars at Last.
[ iVcM'j and Courier.]
Omaha, Xku., August 2.?The story of the
crimes of the Kendcr family Is upon everybody's
lips. Theureatest crime of the century,
is likely, in u small measure at least, to
be atoned for. but the most horrible death
that old John liender could be put to would
but in a slight decree avenge the sufferings
of his many victims. In tho iail at Fremont,
In Dodge County, a man Is locked uo who is
supposed to lie the fiend that the authorities
of Kansas have beeh looking for for scroti
years. There hardly seems a doubt of his
Identity. With him is a woman?repulsive,
hard-listed and old. She may be the original
Mrs. liender or she may be his mistress. Opinions
dlrt'er on this point. When they reach
Kansas the authorities will have hard work to
guard the couple from the attacks of the populace,
who are thirsting for their blood. In
1>st;i,old liender and his wife and tiieir son
John and his wife, lived near Cherry vnle, Labette
County, Kansas. Their house wasabout
two miles out of town. It was a rude frame
structure, standing In a lot of t wo acres. The
old woman called herself a medium, she hud
a way of boiling herbs and roots that were
supposed to have charms and spells about
them and she dealt In incantations. She was
repulsive In aspect?tall, angular and scrawny,
with hard,steel-gray eyes, and thin, ragged
gray hair straggling over her temples.
The family seem to have been totally under
tin* imiucnce or tins ungainly creature. Her
word wltli theiu was law. Tlio licndors ostensibly
kept n grocery. A sign was displayed
lu front of tlu-lr rude dwelling lo attract
visitors, but the stock of trade consisted
principally of a sort of cheap wine. There
were only two rooms In the house. Cne was a
dining room and kitchen combined. In the
other the four Benders slept.
MANY SUDDEN K1SAPPEARANCES.
In 1873a number of persons travelling In
the direction of Cherry valo mysteriously disappeared.
No traces of them could be found.
The first disappearance that attracted public
attention was that of an old man and his
granddaughter, who loft Cherry vale In February.
1.in a two-horse wagon, to go to Fort
Scott, but never readied that place. All inquiries
failed to elicit a clue to their disappearance,
until about thebcglnnlng of March
L)r. William J I. York recognized the wagon
and team at Fort Scott. Ilo ascertained tnat
the wagon had been purchased at the fort
from koine person who had come from Cherry
vale, and he determined to ferret out the
mystery, lie loft Fort Scot ton March 1), and
he, too, disappeared. Dr. York was well
known, and the greatest cll'orts were mado to
discover traces of him. A large reward was
offered, rivers were dragged, spots 111 for ambush
were probed foot by foot, lonesome places
were quested as a keen bound scents a
trull tl>at Ik cold, aiul Mill jio traces of tltu lost
man were discovered. Not a shadow of evidence
rested any where to say that l>r. York
ha<l been murdered?not a simi anywlierr
tokl how he came to his death. If Indeed.
(loath had overtaken him unawares. He was
traced to Cherry vale, in Ijibetto County, but
no further. There all truck and tracc of him
ceased. The excitement was at high pitch.
One day an exploring party stopped at I lie
Headers, ilad they seen anything of I>r.
York? No, the answer enmo, they had not.
They knew nothing whatever concerning
him. Hut this visit had a strange effect. The
next day the Hender family disappeared, and
almost as mysteriously as had Doctor York.
Tills suspicious clreumsfiiucc aroused curiosity.
A man riding into Cherry vale from the
country one day was impressed by the deserted
appearance of the Hender place, lie
entered the yard. In the stable ho found a
dead calf. There was every Indicatloh from
the appearance of the miserable creature that
it had starved to death. The man walked up
to the house, opened the door and looked In.
Not an article of household furniture had
been removed, hut the dust lay heavy on everything.
The man went to Chcrryvale and
told Ids story. Senator A. At. York, the
brother of the mtoslngmnn was there. Tohis
suspicious mind the sudden and strange
flight was a revelation, lie had found the
HrM. clue to his lost brother. He divulged his
suspicious and a band of men accompanied
hint to the Hender farm. The front room >!
the house was carefully searched, every crack
and crevice being minutely looked into and
...i.i.w.i,.,! i,, ii,,. lumliojilioii of roils and levers
to kco if tlic flooring wjis either hollow or
loose* Nothing cume of It. No blood spots
appeared. The lloor wan mo!id. Tin: walls
Were solid. Next the |mrly searched thehaek
room. The hed? were removed. J11 their
illtflit the lieiidcrs had left everything untouched.
A IXORniULE JMSCOVEUY.
The explorers were nhout to retire when
lliey notlccd it depletion iu tlio lloor. A trap
j'door was revealed. It was lifted up, find In^TVf
the gloom a fiil. outlined itself, lbi'bldding.l '
cavernous, unknown. Iiights were procured
iind some of the men descended. Tliey found
theiiiM'lwsin sin abyss like a well, six fret!
dee)i mid live feel in diameter. Jlcrciind! M
there little damp places could be seen, sis w?H
though water had collie up frotn the bottom ! Kny
or bevn poured down from above. They grop- j?"""
ed around over these splotches and held a i 'ucn
handful to t lie The oo/.e smeared itself I 8'iini
over their palms and dribbled through their chwi
lingers. It was blood. Kver.v suspicion was riiisc
realized. The murderers iind (led, leaving lie- IWi
hind damning evidences of their hideous to tl
iniIt. J'ut where were the bodies of tin* victims?
Koran hour the party of excited |.eo- In
pie traversed the lonely garden ill the rear of I'll''*
I lint hiimaii slaughter j'en, probing theearth K,f
I with a long iron rod. All ill once the iion 11 >lr?*
I seemed to strike.a llcshy matter. In a lno- the I
i incut's time a dozen esuerspades had resur- us a
reeled from its shallow grave tin? decaying
body of a human living, it had been luiried
facedown. They turned it lo tiie sunlight. A M
cry of terror went up from tlieerowd. It. was "f "
I f ork's corpse. Although far advanced in the eiati
stsige of decomposition the Icatiires were It w
I --.-.i..i.. .......... iis.ilil,. lliiu* ilu< iioo-itoriiiiK tllf."
}>ltlllllj I
deed had been done was speedily and easily rimil
learned. A terrible blow on the baek of the "it
head had crushed llio skull ii]>oii tin: brain n??!i
| anil the throat had been cut from ear to ear. cint
The work of discovery went on. One afler <h?t
another were laid bare the graves of ten than
I murdered people. Most of the bodies were tla->
! identified. Among them were the hod let <?f tUm
{t wo children. Then: were no marks of vio- nurr
I lenee on them. They had been bulled alive, ilie I
j The murders had been committed for rflii- tliis
bery. Tsuvcllers were allied In to drink, actu
They never le!t the house alive. i?i
the aiirkst. ?
All traces of the Menders were lost. Where '{ '
they went to uooue knew. A few days ago a eHC|,
man was seen at lCichiaiid traveling eastward car5
with a woman. They Mopped at a inai>e, and ' jj
soon after their arrivals made inquiries as to r(tc|,
whether any thing had yet been discovered of I cara
the ISender family, who formcry lived in <j>l
Kansas. Their talk ami actions excited susI
piciou, which was further strengthened by
j their answers to ijiientions asked them. They jt
I appeared excited and told conflicting stories
| as to who they were and where they came un.,
i troin; said they had lived live or six years
among theliutieii*; that lliey had been up in tl,nj
| the Niobrara country, and that they were not cll,,|
the llendeis. fsherlll liregg was called, lie (,uu
started on their track. Al.Schuylcrhecanght
I up with them. He passed them two or three q
1 ?niM?n/l Iintiitiil nml inot I
| III1ICK, uuu uu.i.1, ......v.- t>>vi
incin witli u drawn revolver, lie said to Hie ?,,t
woman, "lleilo Kate," and she was eoiisaleralily
startled, and lcplled ' iniii not Kale lien- [j,,.
tier." The old man didn't ollerany resistance jnijtl
and the ollieer had no diiliculty in landing t|H,
liim and his wife in the Fremont Jail. In Jail
tlio collide had a conversation, which was i?.j,|
overheard. The old man, who is npj.>aicimy c..u|
over tin years of ag<% said to her: "1 knew il t|ia,
weeanie to Kansas thai tliey would hang us Al*.,]
before we would tie there two hours. We .l!lSl
would not stand a ghost of a show. It' I have l?',x
to die, 1 want to die with you and be buried tc(.?
'with you. 1 am going crazy. I know 1 have
to die. 1 want tnat razor in here before 1 start |,ox
for Kansas." "They would not let you have llfl"(l!
lit. Tlioy are afraid of losing their rewaid,"
j she said, lie continued: "1 know you'll
give me away, but you cannot save yourself. |/8t|
Oh ! my tlrst wile. She was a gwid woman. 0J|U
You don't care for inc. You musn't think
you can escape by giving me away, lion t
you cry." The couple were finally separated
and chargcd with being tlie original liendeis. Est!
They denied it. The old man said his name in
was Mcliregor: that lie was taken sick and ti
stopped at the house of the liendeis for seven
weeks and thai Ills wife was with lilm. lie n
mid lie knew of various murdets being com- rj'
untied, and that he did not dare Io say anything
tor fear of his lite. The old woman told _ :
a terrible story. JSlie said the money of the SUi
persons murdered was always divided among
the Benders. "1 think my husband liever'got ,';'ll
any of it. The garden \ui* full of graves and to"
tnc cellar lull of dead bodies, jjr. York s
brother was murdered while I was there. He
was a single man, i tniiiK atx.ui ?> yearn o.u. i
The dining room of the house was the room I prrn
which tuo sliding trap wasunder. A person
would sit down at the table lo oat, aiid the j \j.,,
slides were moved and the person would fall
into a deep cellar, I don't know how deep 1
tne cellar was. They would kill anybody then (
who would come to the house, rich or poor,
J for (Var they might inform on them. They
j killed some persons that had no money at all*''
NO DOl'IJT OK TUB l'KlSONKK'd IDENTITY.
l'or a day or two It was doubtful whether r
j the man was really old Hendor. There dous ,! !'
notseein to be any doubt of it now. A man
who lived near him at Cherry vale called at *
the jail. His name is Iloollan, and he ideuti- c"'
lied the prison-T as old John JJender. ..
"l).d you ever see I his face btftire?" ITootlan
asked. Yes," replied the old man, "i know;
i you.but 1 can't place you." "Don'lyou know
j the man who used to h-.Td near your place in I
i Kansas?" Mr. llooilan inquired. The old j
J man became vexed. "My Uod, yes," lie an- j on
iswered; "how did you come here ?" And sol jjrj
I (he old run>i was lead on to tell of the crimes >i,s!
j which had been committed. On bciug to!d jim,
| that he would have to go to Kansas, he sw<ire j
, that he would not go. He said that ho would (jm(
I go any where else, and would kill himself bej
lorn he would go there. Hoo.'lan showed him
a plan of lite house ami surroundings, which p
hcaeknowledged was correct. Hoo/ian then j as.
went and saw the woman. Who began laugh- a<
Ing when she saw him. When asked if she |
i knew him sheanswered. "Yes; I do know him > ?.,r
llow do you do, Mr. lltillan?" (The nnine | ?,n
she was wont to use.j 1 never expected lo see | ,mn
you any more. 1 don't want to talk lo you | j.!lu
here. We are eaptureil at last lifid they will nari
hang us. You know ttiat that's John Kendor. \
[ Theie's notiso denying that any longer, I'm 1 ?'.iri
uolng to toil the irtiui. n mat udii i .vi?u n^i^ia
! from heing huiijr, I'M have to ha UK, t-??.
ou^ht to have told the truth from the skirt. 11 ||g?
t?>l<J hint that. tt*o would be ealis.'hl If we eame ,
linuk tliis way on t he main ro;ui. We were
| Koine buck East. We ha I a html Mine union;; ji,.,,
the Indians; very seldom saw a while |.erson."
SlierliT OregK Miys that the true l:en- r,.,j
j tier Is in custody, as lo the woman she is ?f|
doubtful. He thinks sho is not the original |,r
I Mrs. 1 louder, but that Mrs. I'-onderwaH killed,] j:;i,
(and that this woman is 1 lender's mistress.,
j Sheriff (irei:^ is now engaged in hunting u|> t?f
I yoniiK liender ami his wife, l'liey have been tl(fl
seen recently, and otlieers are on tiielr track. t|?.
The excitement is intense.
MKS. liENDEK CONFESSES. *n.
l lie
j Telling How the Crimes were Com]
mitted--Children Uuricd Alive.
[Fremont Dispatch in Chieayo Tribune.]
Further startling developments were niiule ('y
In thel.ender matter to-day. Airs. llemler, or;
Mrs. MeOregor, made n lull and completeeon- j 1
fesslon of the whole matter, even to themin- ,
litest details regarding tho butcheries per|!(- J
tratcd on the John Uender fnrin during 1*721 ,
nnd 1KT.-!. .She denies having had any personal
hand in the matter, but says Kate, old
John's daughter, was the leader of all the
deviltry. She went over her entire hisiory ?
from the time she became Mrs. Alexander i, _
MHSrcgor. She was a. widow at the time she j **
married McGregor, alias llendcr, who was a lJ
widower with four children, two of whom . '
were Kate nnd Jolin, J r. They migrated from
Missouri U< Labette County, Kansas, and be- v ,
came John Header and family. I'.eingasked , '
if she would he called Mrs. Mc(i rigor or Mrs. J'*;
Mender, she replied: "'Iho latter will do If! ..
you he satisfied, as you be here to see Mrs.!,!,
liender." "Were you married to Hender in | if?
I Kansas?" "I was a widow, and he married 1 1
! me at Springfield, III., at the close of the war.!
I cjin't remember what year, but 'Squire j V'
Sedar tied the knot. His name was Alexan-; "
der McGregor and he had four children) John '
and Kate being of the number, but two of
the boys had run off. He was a pour cuss, but j i
we lived about several years and then were tli.i
I sent by the county to Dunklin County, in i n i,
| southwest Missouri, where sister lived. All J uU;
i this Is true*" i,o|
I "You went by the name of McGregor?" jim
! "We did tothe name till the ole man went to j [|,j.
i Kansas and look ii]i a homestead In Ijubotte tiui
! County, I believe, when he changed It to John ; i*. (
! Bender, and, arter about a year, John and j ,|t.n
J Kate came along, and then the devil began lo ' f,.ai
Ibenhiyed." "What do you mean l>y that ?" con
I "Well, there was stealin', thlevin' and kill-ljeu
j In', and all that." "Who was the first, person j (IIU|
I killed by the family ?" "'He was a sielc man [ (|oll
i named Hrown. Heeamealongonealtenioon. i hj0
I The house was a good sized one,and on aslgn |
1 ?l". ...i.l K,.r.||>'l
I Willi tirouiri'iuaf uuwiw mw ??vi, ...... . .
j tills ho stopped. We look liini In,and thescc- .
i ond night we got hi in up to eat supper, and ! !,
while seated at the table, John Header let
him into the cellar, where Kato or John killed
him. ami the next day they hurled him in Isr
the pirden." but
"How longr.ftcr this before any 0110 else was cm
killed?" "I don't nuite remember, but uotilui
lonz. Two were killed, and one of them, bee
whose name I believe was something like I ilnMct
Jruthy or McGruth, had a good deal of I jur;
money; at least John told me so.' inu
"Doyou remember about a whole family bo- [ at!
lug killed?" "Yes, I do. There whs a man die
and wifeand two little girls. They drove up
i in a covered spring wagon and wanted to stay f
all night. Kate Pender said they eould stay. .,oa
It. wax about 2o'clock in the ufternoon, and
while at supper that night they were dropped n j
through tiie hole. Ka'eaud tlieold man were e8l|
below, and the man (ought pretty hard, but ,,jv
they tlxed him. I was behind the curtain je8)
that night, but did not pull the trap."
"What about the children?" "They cried
terribly that night, and the next day a man 1
came along and see ono of 'em. and they were
killed that li'ght." "How were they killed?" r|jl|
"They were buried alive. Old John took one
and Kate took the other. They hallered awful,
but Anally slopped, and Kate came in C
and said the 'damned brats were all right j friu
now.'" "Who was killed next?" "It was bo
l*r. York. I remember him so well. He was ncu
such a pleasant man, witli side-whiskers and jio
moustache. Itwasa rainy day when became r?t
and they got a good deal of money when they ami
killed him. He fought hard, too, but Kaie. un
killed him with the hatchet." "Yon all left j
soon after this?" "Yes; they got 'skeered,' j f r
and we all went away. After walking a few [ fav
miles some men took us in a wajron, and we, Pri
I drove into the Cherokee or I'hoetaw Nation." j a si
'*i, it . _ . r t [ |||
i lie use 01 jji'iuuii>. i,
. >? i
j The lemon Is a native of Asln, although It. Ik ! jt|a
I cultlvated In Italy, Portugal and iheSoulh of tho
j Franco. In Kuropc, liuwcvrr, It kpIiIoiii cx-j
I reeds the dimensions of tin- smallest tree, j
j while In lis native state It grows to over r inely I '
[ feet in height' Kvery part of tills tree Is val- po]
j unl>le In ineillcine, though we rarely employ "v
j any of it but its fruit, that Is, tlio lemon itself. ''H
An<l everyone know.-- Iiow to employ this, as J1,'*
In lemonade. To squeeze thejuieo Into cold jI
water, that Is Hie shortest way, or to cut it inj'cr
slices and let It soak in cold water, or tornt il
I in slices and then boll it. Either way is good-! Jon
| Lemonade is one of I,ho best and safest drinks | J'01
for ?iny person, whether In health or not. It''lc
is Hiiitable to all stomnch diseases, is excellent I".'1
} in sickness?In cases of jaundice, gravel, liver ]
complaint, intlammation of the bowels ami1 wo
] fever. It is a sneciflc against worms and skin > ?'rl
complaints, 'i ho pipins crushed may also bo j rlu[
j used with water and sugar as a drink. tie
! Lemon Juice Is the best antiscorbutic reme-! "1C
{dy known. It not only cures tlio disease, but' l'ril
| prevents it. Sailors make a daily use of It for i hi 1
j I Ills purpose. A physician suggests rubbing K,ir
I tho nums daily with lemon Juice to keep them ;,!Wi
| In health. The hands and nails are also kopt 'Jlls
clean, while anil mtpplo by the dally use of the
j lemon Instead of soap. It also prevents chll- to I
I Mains. Lemon Is used In Intermittent fcverjhei
mixed with strong not Muck ten or coiiee,
without sugar. Neurnigbi may bo cured by J"*
rubbing I be part :ifleeted by a lemon. It is I"'1'
valuable also to euro waris and destroy dan-1 P
druff on the bend, by rubbing the roots of the wb
bair wiiii it. In fact its uses are manifold, tin<
nnd Uhj more we employ It externally tlio bet-1 'j'h<
ter wc shall Mini ourselves. Natural remc dies am
nro 1 lie best, and Nature Is our be-t doctor, If am
we would only listen to it. Decidedly rub so
'your hands, head and gums with It,and drink lm;
lemonade In preference to all other liquids. j
IIk-un ion at N in kt v -s i x .-i-T 1 u -re will boa'the
reunion of nil Newberry College students? lhn
present and former?at Ninety-Six on the 12th : ?n
Inst.,on wbleli occasion addresses will bode-' Int
livered by a number of the Alumni. An ex- bat
ourslou train will likely be run from Prosper-'of
\ Ity to roturu the kuiuu duy.?ycwbvrry Nvwa. , ten
U
JBfcfci.: .. . ?. ?
imates for a Narrow Gauge for the
Savannah Valley Railroad.
Anderson TnMl iff en cer.
e. Editor: Your subscribers nre gratified, as
as cil.lled, by the ptibllcacloii of the report of the
llieer of the Savannah Valley Railroad. And
b of us nre rcjjrettliijr the omission of "Supplot
K,'1 belsc estimates of n Narrow Gauge for the.
.< line1if koad, 'vhicli we hope will prove so much Te
per as to save the lino in the event of a failure to ' thrne
iinoncv enough for a llroail Ouuge. Please pub-j cart"Suppleineiit
K," If in your power; If not, apply fltclu
jc authorities lor it, and oblige many with
Citizens. ever
ooinpllnnco with the above reijnest, we iinnle up- Tli
,tl>.n to M;-J. I.tie, < hief Kligliieer of the S. V. il. naic
or "Supplement K" of his liepori to ihe lioar.l of nwnj
etors, ill response to which he has furnished us ' vario
oiluwiiu.'. wliieh we gladly liy before onr readers j supp
matter of general information ; i c?un
Enijinkkk's Omi-E 8. V. K. 11., dred
Andkuso.v, S. C., Am'. 4, 1SS0. J aiieg
it. Ki'iTon: I!y t'ui|itrst. 1 send ".Supplement K" i nielli
ly repottof purvey of S. V. It. K.. giving mi eftl-1 nil K
of cost ?f the narrow yjujjri* (3 feet) mi this side. I Iltcln
III lie oh-erved ill it llie grades and ctirvalion art* [ r?wn
aiiiu a* those used In tin' survey made for this w'ere
n the broad gauge syst. ni. The istlmateH pre- and I
il may 1m- litrir.-ly reduced by u>iii'_r fticli grades , roil, i
urves as are perfectly practicable on tlio narrow j ?e, el
re system. For It Is h fact Hint cannot In.' denied, was
a narrow nfiu^c. i nline ran liiuil n jrnitcr load i horsi
i a broad gauge engine of th? Baltic weight, over 11bat i
mine grades and curves; not lliat the laws of Irle- I and!
and gravity ate inoperative when applied to the j kind
ow gauge, but that the diameter of the ears on I art ti
two systems are so entirely different as to render la a (
statement practically true. A single example ol fltch
ni iitietice will bi-tshow this: | with
[i the Denver ami Uio Grande U. R. (narrowgausrc)! not 1
till of twenty u?r.* receive* the freight from the I Til
?:S 1'ne lie li. U. (broad giirnre) out of sixteen cars.' souli
mail ttunge train?(Gents: Weight ?f car, tons I proc
i. lrtfl tons; load, 10 tons encb, 1CD tons ; weight of life t
und lond 2JIS tons. j any
arrow gaude train? 20 enra: WeU'ht of car, 3 tors i km
i, CO tons; load, t j tons each, 180 tons; weight of Tlioi
ami loud, 220 tons. I thai
lie blond gunge curs are "0 feet long, lf> *ars?ISO ; sj>lc
, The narrow gunge cart uro 24 feet long, 'JO cars ' of ti
n feet j Nuri
will ho here wen Hut the narrow cuago train Is wiu>
mine length (shorter became tho engine anil tender ! on ll
shorter than the brond puma anil lender) as '.he I wurl
. I gauge train, nml the gross weight Is scvciity-?ix I Ion.
less. Tims it will lie seen that the narrow gunge ] tnor
lie can traverse higher grades ami sharper curves, 'slur:
tug the same amount of freight, than the brum! j don
;e. MM
liere nrc many anil great advantages of this system If
that of tho prevailing ft feet gauge, but 1' have worl
11iiin at present to enter Into this subject, but will keri
I you ?? extract from a letter Just received from Chrl
Chief Knglnci-r of two narrow gauge roads shout ther
ig completed, lie fuy.?: "1 have no doubt about Irr t
great advantages of the narrow gunge system. * * putt
saving is very i:riat in evervthlng. * ? My on y
ges nrc superior work * * frothing less than a j wou
one can move them. I do not know better bridges foo'i
i these. * * Our equipment for 50 miles, oper- snoi
I, is one t?ii ton and one thirteen ton engine, one foot
enger coach, one express and mail car nml twelve Kviand
five ll it cars. * 1 have ordered one elgh- smn
i ton list class I laid win locomotive, with all lin- scm
,-i-nieiits. p-ie.- $.VMo. We lire building our own lutii
cars, cost t'.'MI each. Our 1H Ion engine hauls .M and
i paying freight over 11- grades mid ID curve*, ana
lio-eil is un estimate for mile of road as we found up I
We have an exceedingly broken country. * * whl
Imaie actual cost $4,0!C per mile, completed and oft
ippcd." Tlios. ii. Lf.k, disa
Chief Kngmeer 8. V. 1:. Ii. corr
"irrpLKUMtT K." IM'"
im;tonr cost nf l.'oad equipped: 3 feet gnnp? ; | C0In
rixiimim (trade. 60 fret per mile; iiiiuiiuuiii curvii- lmi
ire, 'J j(5 feet radius: OVl.i
TAIIOR I.INK. "L?
Urn.'. | 51,745 ?"'3
k'injratnl Trestle work 16.MO
?or.rv 231S,S) an?
eretriicttire 5701-10') miles $1,41)0 prr no
mile 195,942 y.?"
lipiilelit 47,520 J
itilljjetlcieB 0,1(00
Total *340.933 Jj"*
KEWNRI.y LIKE. ftttl
litis f 40,7%) I-?r
Iciiipund Trestlewurk 12.000
unify 2?,SIS cm
icrstriK'ttire 50 00-100 miles (T6 fS,400 pur ?f 1
n.lle 199,044 llu'
lipuietit 47,'-20 1 Ptr
iimgeucles 6,000 ?"1
tbei
Totul *338,*24 ?">
lux
TKH'KCM L1SE.
dim: * 55.0(13 wel
djjiiifr and Tresllewurk IS,<>10 and
Minry 35,U?)0 tu>c <
lerstriiclurc 51 2S-HW miles (TA $3,400 per prlt
mile 184.5*2 [ skli
tipmetit. 47,52111 ertr
ilingeticies O.O11U I inn
I pro
Total *342.175 j .Mo!
COM ttlNTD 1.1 N Im
dir.tr * 47.514 [!,'[,
il *i'>K TrortUwurk.... M.Witi tjm
'iiry 83,1 Cm ,
ieri?triictmv 5ti uillen ? $3,40tl per mile.... 19i',4Uo * ?
.ii.toi.nt 47.fr'n . ,
ilifigcru u a C.imu j ,jT|
Total ?:?S,G5s!^
y comparing the estimates > (cost for u t>r>>:ul guage j (l u
lubihlitd l:?r>t week, with thwe far a narrow cui.ge, i
biit/inlttoii ii'mivc, the following dillircnccs are l|)r(
wn: Cost of Tulmr line. brotid guage, $'2ij.0>7; | .
row gauge, In favor of narrow i ^
U'*. Cost ot Kennedy line. broad gtl:i?e, $01(V!i76 I j
row giiiiee. >2-1?$IM.ftfii in fiivir of narrow n
ge. Cost of Trickem iliie, bro.id gu:ig'\ $'>22,421, Lf (|
row gu.-tge, }84'!,1T.*>?41'0.1-JC In favor ot narrow i ,,i
L'r. L'o>t of (jmililiii'il 'i'ie. In nail guage, ?021,473; I nnj]
row guag<\ $*) >,fio4? $I*2,SI!' In favor of uaiiuw j
.re. In ad'ilt.oii to tlie g'Cat savins of the lian?\v j
ge svht-iu on this route, im shown l>y the abovo jwj
ires, a f til I greater saving run )? effected, tliu Kri-! '
i-er infoiinsus, in the gliding and enrvatior, '.i he 't||S
row gaugi* engines r capable of pulling ovel j._,
vier I'liklin :?: <! slu rb r nnvri than the broad lf '
ge engines. Making dmyilluwulice for nil pmbanle j
i:cti?iis, we think ll 5tie toasMline that either o*if t|)ri
lie fi>:ir Di es on whirh estimates are submitted can f||
constructed I!>itl ciptlpped at a Cost ?f Hot mole j j
i\oimi, anil wen- It imt that this mail will connect at | Cu*
ler end witii broad gauge iya?ls, anil ik also Intemled | lro|
i-rmaliiik in a great bit-ad gauge thoroughfare yu|
neciing the W01 and South, It would ci-rtu:nlj lie I uu(
part of wisdom to construct It on thu narrow .)f
ge system, liill in view of those fact* it will be |j
illicit by all, we presume, that ll is best to build l||a
ronil on the broad r a ige system. al e
- ^a,
the ritoi* rnosrEcrs. |m,?
- - - carl
iisoliilafion of Hie lieports of Crops p,'r
"or the Month of July, 1SS0, from |'t?l
Returns to the Department of Agri- ^
Mtlluro. iti.
(Columbia Register.)
COIIN. ,j0|
lie seasons fur 'Inly in must of the Comities have in c
ii l-iVi?rui>l? l? late |iluut< -l corn. The ruins, h?w- T:.<
r, came most too Into to benefit tho curly piaulcd, you
in some of ilie Counties tlie rains were partial, go s?y
t tlie average condition in tin- middle and southom U??>
little# i: not lep'.ned eo good ut in June, while in Hnu
thcin ('i.rolliia it issoinuwhat betterr. The highest hod
mate Is from Clarendon, when it is rated nt iii. or or i
-fourth a. ove an average crop, timl the lowest In j till;
rliehl?our authority there reporting tlie condition | are
or a fiaction mmv than oue->hiid of an average, tiin
? sale to nay that, 1111:0* wo have very uufavorablo woi
toiih for the nextfew weeks, nt leusi three-fourths tint
>ii aversge crop will lie gathered. The condition A'o
tho Ncthern Counties jk51, middle 10 and South- W'1"
,4. omi
corr w. ^
you
'he July reports on this crop give a better average Jr|,
II for Julie. The Weatlier has been propitious and lllty
s now ruled above the average f- r the entire State,' ?f (
>1 lots niado its appearance in eoine Icalnbs, but (,n
I ijuiy has yet been done ; tho weed is strong and I (]Hy
Itliy and the plant well fruited. The outlook ut 11|,^
s time f?r a lull crop Is very prou iting : a Jshorl! i|?,
e now will determine what damage, If ally, will | joe
ilolif by rust and t'i* caterpillars. Our correstMin- | jncl
ts write iicouriigi.'i^'r and exprcrs vury little tiiai
"S of tho crop being seriously dclreiiicnleu. The er c
diiion in Notnern Carolina Is lo:i, Mobile Carolina !
, and Southern Carolina Is J('?. 1h? highest esll- the
tes are from the Counties of Newberry mid CUren- j nB (
i, where it is reported at l'JO, and thfi lowest 70, ir. tin,
Couuty of Lexington. I j0U
Toiucco. laui
'crry little tobacco is cultivated In the State for' Job
market; it Is raised principally for home roosuuip- j of t
i. The condition for Notlieiu Carolina 6U. Jus
KICK. | 7*'
( ported in several Counti-s as exceptionally fine, | {J
. in others sulliciciitrain has not fallen to bring the '
H up to an average. This is particularly the easel ,
'olleton County, where the water courses have not |
n tilled on the Ashrpoo and Com bullet Itivers ; l
crops low down on the rivers suffered serious in>
Iioiii the Juno drought, while higher up it Is in ,.
eh better condition. It Is reported in this County ? '
W; In Nothern Carolina the Condition is 75; mid- .
Carolina ftb ; aud in Southern Carolina b'2. *
i-kas. | ricl
(wing to th? dry weather of June the growth of; flrn
s bus been retarded, and In sotut) CouutikS they i (lot
re not planted unlil later than nsual, and [ tan
s therolore, too early to make even an approximate J ihii
iniaie. Oood seasons fiom tliiu time foiwniti will j rap
e an average yield, idtlioiigh It is now reported at ane
?than an average condition. j ?01
8UHOIIVM. |
'he reports show a slight tailing of June. Tim est!-j " ''
te for the whole State was given nt 100. It is now , a Vl
orted in Noihern Carolina at !M, middle Carolina;'''8
;ud Southern Carolina 1)2 j
not
rariT. 1 ?
lur peoplo are now devoting more attention to j n
it culture than ever before, Fruit of all kinds can (jjof
grown witli little expense, ami it will, In the; Btj,,
u-future, become a source of large revenue. The y|.
Id was belter than was anticipated in June, tho ' lnU(
urns ior ?nnj- siiuwiiik uu ui?;h??oi *.? l.?-.
I probably tlirto fulirlh* of a crop is not too iilyh frjr
catiiuiiu'. I tu.?
TICK Ol'TI.OK. I l(|"
our farmer* Is now very eiicoti racing, Willi ; ,llol
ornMc season* 11 fine crop of col ton will l>o made. j wut
tbably corn wuilic.it iit lor home ooii?:iiiiiptioii, wllh ' ,ni)]
irjilus for the market, will he gathered. The un- |IICI
luily large production of oats will bo of great bene-! a tl
in rtulur.irg farm ex|ienscs. The other crops are ; m.w
air condition, and, Willi no n mutual dl.?a.?ler, our j ???
liters will In- in belter condition financially to begin j(jIMi
n?w year than for some time past t'il|
? ? " - ?- ? J euil
)n. .T. W. C'Ai.noL'Nr?Tills prominent mid tr"11
;>ulur citizen of AM>ev 11 It'?l>r. Calhoun "re
os two mill's out ol Ninety-six? Is sojourn-1 ",st
: among us three or four days, on n visit to i c""
i nephew, our honored townsman, Mr. \V. i "I''(
l.ym'li. lie Is accompanied by his daugh-1 ?Jml
, .Miss whittle Calhoun, who hnsliitely come
k from one of the famous schools ol'staun- dl'al
i, Vn., whither she will return in Septem- i 1
. l>r. Calhoun isa gentleman of ureal pub-1
spirit and rare intelligence. And If our j J""}
ijde eould hear him paint the happy effects |l" 1
die stock law in Abbeville, wenre sure they . j'""
uld not doubt ft moment longer. He has a' 'j' 1
lie and line plantation, and is a devoted tig-!
iiIluiai 1st and n man of the strongest prac- ; J1'1"'
il sense. Hence his opinion in regard to Lel
i stock law Is worthy ol respectful con.sld-' J'l"J
Hon. We have urged him to go with us "" '
Denny's .Store and address our people in re- ?
d to tills mutter; but lie moruneu us oxsively
by replying: "Oh, your people are sava
t one hundred yearn beliiml the times, anil cv"
refore tt is nuieli too early to even begin t ftWH
lalk to tlicm. If I am living ninety years I 8""1
ice, perhaps I may ho willing to talk to j ",,v
in." Of course the I>oetor meant this as a "rs"
e. hu?However we will say no more at "nl
went.?IMyrJlrid Advcrlisrr. f"re
? .. . r I froii
ior.sk (stunfj to jjk.vj'11.?.ml\ .1. i.. jiuuw, ,.ow
0 lives In UlUdy Swamp Township, Inula- ' >j-|
a horse st-uiiK 111 death by I iocs last week. [ jn,,
u horse had been hitched near a bee gum,; ,
1 In moving about turned the gum over,1 q-|1(;
1 llnsbeescame out niul Muni; the animal ut t|
badly that death ensued in about three , ttl?|
<rs.?,1 ikrti ,/ou null and JCtfirw. j urr:l
loNAi.nsviLLK.?ltov.lt. X, l'ratt, of Abbe- i onia
le, bus Juxtclosofl it protracted meet in*; with mill
i Haplisl church at lionaldsvillc. The meet- ami
[continued for n week. Two sermons.-iday . bine
o assistance. Nino persons were received ; liko
o the church and were baptized on last Sub-. Oct
h. Mr. l'ratt Ik oiio of t lui rising ministers soul
the Baptist Church, South.- A. li. l'rcsby-; Oli,
an. j Miu i
Tabernacle Sermons.
REV. T. DEWITT TALMAGE.
Thrashed Out.
it: Isa. xxvill., 27-83? For tlio fitches are n
ilioil with a thrashing instrument, neither U
<vliecl tinned about upon th? cummin; lint t
;? hi* beaten out with a htull', nnd the cmnm
ti rod. Ilread corn is bruised, because he will ii
lie tlir:i?liintr it.
ic heat lina been Almost liunlfernhle; In the fi
ti.lR'h ilillil.ill life lilts been (lODMIiilft
,* families Imve been broken ; mlsfoitunes
>u* kind'have conic upon various people: and
om:. Still.dine III any conjrrega!loll to-day, in tl
try th {.-real need of ninety-nine out of a liu
is solace. Look. tinn. to this unfreqitent<
ory of my text There are tluve kinds of se
Jotted, lltrlics, cummin, and corn. Of the last \
n?w. Hut it limy be well to elate llmt tl
in nnd the cummin were email seeds like the en
y of the cliick-p n. When these cruins or her
to be tliinslied lliev were tlnuwn on the lio<
the workmen would cmiie mound with staif,
ortUil, mill heat tln-m until the seed would
rated ; lint when the corn win to l>c thrashed tli
thrown on the floor, find the men would fasti
as or oxes to n cart with lron-d?nted whi rl
cart would be drawn around the thrashing Hot
10 the work yonld he accomplished. Dill'ere
b of thrashing for different product!*. The filch
iot threshed with a tliie hinc Instrument, neitli
:art-wlieel turntd about tho cntnmin ; hut t
i-sare beat-n nut with a staff, and the cumin
a rod. llrend corn is bruised, bccause lie w
>o threshing it.
le preat thought that the t<-xt presses upon 01
s is that \v? all go through some kind id threshi
ess. The fact that you may bo devoting yo
o honorable and noble purposes will not win y
eteape. Wilbrforce, the c hristian manclpat
In his day derisively called "Doctor Cantwe!
inns liabiiigtou MacauUy, the advocate of
was good long before he itccame the most c?
nous iiUtnriim of lila day, was nricuturud in o
.( quarterly reviews as "liabblcionguc Macnuliv
man Mcl.eoil, the neat fri> lid of the Scotch po
industriously nullified in all quarters, nlthoii
le day when ho was i:a riod out to his burls
Lilian stood and looked at the lunrral proci
and mill: 'if lie had done nothing for anybn
e than In* lias done lor me, lie should shine us I
i forever find ever." All the miiuII wits of I.i
hail their fling at Juhu Wesley, the lather
llOlllMll.
such men could not escape the maligning oft
IU, neither can yon expect togft rid of the sha
i strok* of tlio trii-uliini. All who live eodly
1st Jesus must sultVr persecution. lieshlcs tl
e are the sickness. and tlio bankruptcies i?nd I
ations, nml the di>appolntMcnts which arc e<
Inpn cup of aloes to your hp. Those wrlnk
our face are hieroclypfiics, which, if decipher
ild make out a thrilling story of trouble. '1
step of the rabbit is seen tlio next morning on i
iv. and on I ho white hairs of the need are <
paths showing where swift trouble alight
m mnirl iho Joys nml hllarltlcsof llle trouble v
( times break iu As when the peopln were
bled In the Charlestown theatre, during the Re
>nary war, mid while lliey were witnessing a fill
the audience was in great grutulatlon, the guns
dvaacfng army were heard, and^lie audience hri
n wild panic und rsu for their lives, so oftin
luvou am suited amid tho Joys and festivities
his world, you hear tho cannonade of some gr
ster. All the filches.nlid the cummin, and
i must couic down on the thrashing floor and
ndiil.
y subject, In the first place, teaches us that It Is
pllmeiit to us if we esc-ipe great trial. The fltc
the cummin on one threshing-floor mlyht 1<
r to the torn on another thrashing floor and si
ok at the poor, miserable, bruised corn. We h
r been a little poundud, but that has been aim
tiojcd."1 Wei), the C"rn. if it liml lip*, wu
wrr and say: "l)o you know the reason jou h
been as much pounded as I have. ? It Is beua
aru n?t of so much worth as 1 am; if you w
would b.t a? si-veioly run over." Yet there
l who suppose they are the Lord's fuvotllvssim
mse their barns are full, slid their bank account
h, and there are no funerals in the h<<use. It ti
tlinr nr? Ulrh.-H iind rummitt* wl.11* <1h
hi: cml of Uic lano the poor widow may bo
I'B corn. y?U are but little poumled because
but little worth, iu.il she bruised and ground
itr nll<- In the best part of the hurviest. The 1
lie thrashiiig-macidnc is according to the value
grain. IT you hud not been much thrashed In
hup* there Is not much to thra.-M 1 If jou h
been much shaken ol trouble, peihups ft in been
re is going to be a very tmudl yield. When tl
plenty oi lilac!;ben is the gatherers go out v
:e baskets; but wlirn the drought li:i? alii
surael the fruit, then a quart measure will di
I. It took the venomous snake on Paul's hi
thu pounding "f him with stones nnt:l ho
co up fur ib uil, and thu j.iming against him
ion gates, mid tlie Knbesian Vociferation, and
ineit unkivsof the painful stocks, and the f>ti
ig of the Alexandrian corn-ship, unil the belli
stioke of the llouian elicriU' to bring 1'uul to
per development. It wus nut because Kol
ll'iit uuil I-ally ICachel Kussell. ami Frederic Ol
Were worse than other prople that thej had to i
I It was berau.se they were better, ami <>oil wi
:o make them best. I'y the carefulness ol
lshlng you may always conclude the value of
In.
iext, my text teaches that Qod proportions
Is to what we can bear. The siulf fur the lite
> rod for thecummlii. The Iron wheel for the ci
aetlmel people in srtnt tnnilde ?ny : "Oh. 1 r
r it Hut you did bear it. Uod would not li
_h.ii you if lie nail not known that von could I
Yon trimbled r.nd you swooned; but you
uugh. <io?l will not take from your eye one
many, nor fr -in your lungs one sigh ton deep,
ii yo ii temples one throb too shrp. The perp
s i f your earthly business l>uv- i ot In tl
tauple too liitrlefcie. Yon b'/Uieliiiirs fei
ur world-were full of bludgeons UyPg hiiplin/
, on ; ihey are thrashing Instruments that lind
;s to your case. Tnero is not a dollar of bad di
your le. ger, or a disappointment about goods
l expected t'i go up but til it have gone down, (
mile of your business partner, or a trick on
t of those wh > are in the fame kind of busli
t you are, but lioil Intended to overrule for y
nortsl hei.p "tdi " you say tiiere is no neetl t
that way tile?I don't like to be. cheated
raged."1 Meithi r does the corn liko tho ci
Itlier; butnfleri: llnd been thrashed and will I)
It has a great dial better opinion ol the wiiin
mills and cornthrasbers. "Well," you siy, '
Id choime my troubles, 1 would be willing ti
iibl?d." All, brother, then It would nut lie troll
j would choose something thai wo-thl nut hurt,
8* il hurts it does R(il Bn'-.Plliloll. Yi'UI- t
Imps, nifty be childlessness. Y?u are fond ol c
n. You 6;iy : *V\ hy dues God send childrei
i <>tlx-r household, wiiero tin y ar* unwelcome,
beaten ami are banged about, when 1 Would I
>-n them in the armsof my sfleclion ?" Yuu s
ay other tri.il l.nt litis." lour trial, perhaps, i
i diallgured countenance, or a face Hint is t-ti
icaturrd, and yon say ; "Oh, 1 could endure i
ig if only I was t'ouiliooktiig." And your i
ii ij'8. I* a violrlent t- nsper, and yon have to d
ike six unbroken horses mind Clio gunpowder
ions i.fi.'g:eaUo;|.:ny ami Oivraiilar.on 11 rus<'n
b you. Your trial m ill" hsll'ttsi). Y?B8 y :
twore rheumatism, or neuralgia, or er> s.peln?,
? tliift ft.Mtinm.Kiid It is HilcU all exll listing thin;
4b'.'* Your iroilldu is a hnsluiliii short, sli
|ipy, and crocs about the bouse, and mlsiiig '.a si
, because a button is off! Your trial is a wife t
ontest with the Servant*, and she is a bIim
mgb flie was very carelul about her appearand
r presence once, now she l> careless. bce.iime,
8, her fortune is madeYour trial I., u bard sch
ion you cannot Uurn, and you huve bitten \
er-naiis until they ore a night to behold. Kv"
> has some vexation,or annoyance, oi trial.alii
ihe thinks it the one least adapted. ' Anything
i,"all say,"anything but this.-' Oh, my heat
yuu Hot nsmitncit to he complaining all
? against God ? Who manage* the affair* of
Id. anyhow ? Is It an infinite Modoc? or a
; Hull savage ? or an omnipotent Nana Sail
; it is tlio most mircilul mid glorious
v being in al! the universe. Yua cannot tt
r.ipotelicc anything else.
'ou have fintled and worried almost enough,
not think bo ? Borne of you aro making yn
es ridiculous ill the sight ol tli.> angels. Hero
al architect, and he draws out the plan of a t
mtiiy thousand 'ons. Many woikinen are engfl
It for u long while. The ship is dona ; and si
, with the tiigs up and the air gorgeous with hi
, that vessel is launched for Buuthamptoo. At
e, o lad six years of age cuinrs running down
k with u toy boat which he has made with bin
tknlfe. and he says ; "Here, my boal it be
ii yours, jus: iook 01 mis 110000111 mm ineso we
xons-Jnck bracesand Lb drops lila little I
tde the fri nt ship and there Is a roar of Uugbtc
docks, Ah, tuy friends, tljo great bhip N your
}od planned it?vait, millloii-lnnned, ocean
Ml, eternity-bound. That little boat is your life
were tiying to hew it out, nml fashion it, i
ich it. All, do not try to ho a rival of tho pi
uvuli. God in always rlgnt, ami in nino cases
on 7011 are wronr. lie lends just the hardsh
I the bankruptcies, jur?t the cross thai ii heft
i to have, lie know* what kind ofgruinyou are,
wilds the right kind of thriisiilng-imicliliie. It
od, or stuff or iron wheel, just .accoiding as
ilches, (irjeumniln, or corn,
train, tny subject teaches that God keeps trial
jntil wo letg?. The fanner shouts "whos P to
ses as Boon as the grain ij dropped from the st
fa'tni-r c-nios with his fork arid tosses up
itr and he sees that the straw, h?s let go thu gr
I the grain is thoroughly thrashed. Soliod. Si
rod and turning wlioj, hut crnso ns soon as wt
We hold on to this world with its pleasures,
ics, and emoluments, ami and our knuckles are
ily set that It seems us If we could hold on lore
I comes along with soino threshing treibie
is us loose. Wo started under tno delusion I
1 was a great world. We learned out of our gi
liv that it wu" so, many thousand miles inrikinic
so many miles in circumference, and Wu m
1, my what a world I'' Troubleeamo iu after
this trouble sliced oil one part of the world
as got to be a smaller world, and, in some esi.ii. 11
jry insignificant world; and it is depreciating
time as a spiritual property. Ten per cent,
r per cent cent, off, and there are those who wu
give ten cents for this world?the entire?Wi
1 soul possession. We thought that friendship
mid tuing. In school wu used to write comp
is about friendship and pel hups we made oiirgrn
ig speech on commencement day on friemlsl
I it wis a charmed tiling; but does it mean
uhtoyou as it used to? You have gone on
, and one friend has betrayed you, and .mot
mi has misinterpreted you, and another friend
Iccteil you, and friendship comes now soinetii
ueati to you merely another axe to grind I So v
iiey. We thought if a limn had a competency
1 safe for all the futiue ; but we have Icarmd tin
tage may bo defeated by an unknown prevl
imbrance; tliut signing yuiir name on tiie bad;
11U* may he your business death-warrant: tlia
taiiff may cliango the cunvut of trade; tlia
1 may be rich to-day mid poor to-morrow. J
I, by all these misfortunes, is trying to loosen
>; hnts'illwo hold on. <!oH smites lis will
T ; but wu hold on. Anil lie sends over 11s
I wheel of misfortune; but we i.old on. Th
men who keep their grip on this world until
moment, who suggest to m? ti'o conditio!! 1
duct of tiie poor Indian in tilt bokt in the Nig
(Is, coming on toward the fall. Seeing that
Id not escape, a moment or two before ho got
verge of the plunge, he lifted a wiiie-bottlo I
ik it off, and then tor-soil thu bottle into tliu
here are men who clute.h the world, and they
II through the rapids of temptation and, sin 1
; hold on to the very last moment of life, drink
lieir eternal damnation as they go over and
n. Oli, let go I Let go! The best fortunes
leaven. There are no absconding cashiers fr
bank, no failing in-promise to pay. Set yi
:lion> 011 things above, not on things on the ear
go ! Depend upon it that God will keep ii[
the stairor the rod or the Iron wheel until y
L't RO.
Mother thins: my text teaches us Is, that Christ
o?v is t'olnic to have n i<ii 10 termiiioiis. My ti
i: '-liriail com is bruised because ho will not
thrashing It." Blessed he (toil for that! l'ou
y. 0 Hail! Turn on, oil wheel! Your work v
i he (lone. "He will not be ever thrashing I
r the Christian has almost hs much use in 1
n for the stop trriuulnntas he Ims for tlio trump
after awhile lie put the hut dlrge{inl? the portfr
vor, feo inucli of usiisisHlie.it will be n. peru
l so much us is cbhtt; and there will he no nn
I of pounding.
Iu?y never cry in iiearen because they hnvo n?t
to cry alMiut. There are no tears of liereuveiin
foil bliul! Iiaro your frieiidsall round ahout y<
re arc no tears of poverty, because e irh one f
ie kills;'* table, and tins his own chariot ?f Mil vat
free access to thejwarill'ohe where prince? gel III
y. No tears of sick no.'s, lor there are no pneii
h on the air, and no malarial evsalatfons from t
Ing river of life, and no crutch for the lame Hi
no splint for the broken arm; but the pulses ihn
: with the health of tile Olermil Ood, in a clii'l:
our lime before the blossoms fall, or our gorgci
iiber before the lenves scatters. In that land t
s will talk ovi r Him different models of thi asnii
the story of the StalT that btruck the tltehes, ii
rod that beutUiu cuumiin/asd tlio irou wliecl tl
\
went over the corn, Daniel will describe tlio lions, find
Jonah the levlutlian, and I'nul Hie ellnwood whips
with which In; was scourgcd, and Kve will ti ll how aromatic
Kden was the day she left it, and John Kcgcrs
will tell of the smart ol the llninc, and Elijah of the
llery team tint wheeled him by the skysteeps, and
Christ of the nmnhnees and the paroxy-inn ami hemorrhitf? ?of
tiie awiul crucilletb>n. There they arc
before the throne of Go 1. On one elevation all those
who were struck of the stnft'. On a higbor elevation
all th se who were struck < ( the rod. On a higher
11 elevation, and amid tlio highest altitudes o^h<av>n,
l,c all those who were under the wheel, llo will not
in eV(.r he thrashing it.
?t oil! uiy hearers, is there not enough snlvc In this,
text to muki- a piaster large enough to heal nil your |
ir" wounds? When a eld ill is liurt the mother is vtrv
I; apt to say to it: '"Now, It will soon feel better,'
?f And that is what God says when lie unbosoms all
I the trouble md the bush of this great promise :
ds "Weeping may endure for a nl^lit, bni joy cometh in
9- the morning. You may leave your pocket-hankerrd
chief sopp ng wet with leais on your death pillow,
"d bin y-'U will go up absolutely sorrowlvs, They will
ve wear black, j ou wi l wear white. Cypress lor them,
lie palmforyou. Von say.: "Is it possible that I ?oi
ir- here ? Is this heavenAm I so pure row I will
bs never do any thing wrung ? Am I so well thai I
jr. will never again be s;ck ? Are these companionships
or so llrni tiiat tiny will never tigtin be broken? Is
be that Mary ? Is "that John ? Is that my lovwl one
at that 1 put away into darkness ? Can it lie that there
on nre the f tes of these who ay so ?va'i and emaciated
si in the back room that awful night dyinu ? "a how
nulliint they are I Look at lhem ! I|..w r:.dlant ihej
?Mmv! Why, how unitku this place I* from wtini t
cs I thought when I left the world below. Minister* drew
er | pictures of this Iunrl but how tame con [anil with
he r- tvltty ! They told imo on earth that ile.vh wa< sun!'n
set, Sit,nn\ It is Mitirlsi'! tilorious Mttirlsel I '< ?
"1 the light now purpling the hills, ami tin clmul* Unite
with th?! coining i'ny." '1 hen the gat a of h??ven
,r will he opitied, ami tiio enlr.>ncetl soul, with thoo^ute?C
nous and power ol the celestial vision, will look tell
nr thonsni ti of miles down upon the bannered proccrston?a
river of shimmering splendor?and will cry out:
"r, "Who are they }"* And the angel of (rod, standing dose
I." by, will ?ay : "Don'tyou know whothey are?" "N'o.
" nys the eternal soul," "I cannot gues* wlio t ey ate."
n* The angel will s ty : "I will toll you, then, who they are
no These are they who ram*out of that grea tribulation
)' " of thrashing and hud their rob< s washed and made
white in the blood of the Lam I.," Oh ! that I c?uid
^1' administer some of these diO|.s of celestial anodyne
'n to the nervous and excited souls. If yon would tak e
s- enough of it it would cure all your ptiiga. The tliouht
'> that yoti are going to gst through with this af;ei a
"p while, all'his sorrow and all tli.n trouble. We shall
h-tve a great many grand days In heaven but I will
tell you which w'ld be the grandest il>y ol all the
million ages of heaven. You say; "Are you suic
you cautell me J Yes, 1 can. it wi.l be the day w? jet
rl'* "there, tj, |iie say heaven Is glorious. I supposu it is ;
'n but I dont cure much about that. Heaven now Itgomt
;iat enough for mo. Heaven has no more gratulatorr
Ihe gct.,|? than the breaking In ol the English army uikiii
t'cr Liicknow India. A few Weeks before a massacre had
les occurred at t'awnpore, and two hundred and sixiy
f'l women and children had been put in a room. Than
'he professional butchers went in and slew ttietn.
1 hen the bodies of the slum were taken out and
the thrown Into a well. As the English army cauie into
Cawni>. re thiy Went Into the room: and oh. what a
k'"l horrid scone; Sword strokes 011 tin* wall near thu
ns* tloor, showing that tho jaior things hail ctoncbed
vo* when they died: nml they saw also that the fl"or was
-c(>' ankle-dee]) lu blood. The soldlcis walked on thrlr
heels ucresi It, leHt their shoes be submerged of tlio
>ke carnage. And on that floor of blood there were flowQus
iiiu locks ol hair ami fragments of dresses. Out In
of Luck now they hud lizard of tbo massacre, and the
eat women were waiting for the same awful death : waitthe
lug amid anguish untold ; waiting In pain and starvahe
lion, but waiting heroically?when, one day liavtlock
ar.d Uulraui and Norman and t?ir David Baird, and
1" I'eel, the heroes of the Knglish ariny?huzza for them
lies ? t.roke in on that hurried srene, and wnilc cbeeu
ok were issuing from the starving, dying people on out
?y : side and from the travel-worn und powder-blackened
ave giddlers on the other?right there, in -front of the
ost King's palace, there was such a scene of handshaking
'Ul?l and tin bracing, and boisterous |oy as would uttirly
?ve counfolind the pen of the port ami the pencil of Hit
"so jialnter. And no wonder, when these emaciated uo
er<i men, who had sutL-red so heiolcully for Christ's sake
-ire marched out from their Incarceration.*, one woundei
ply j-.ngilsh soldier^ot up in hlv fatiune and wounds, nut
Js leaned against the wall, and threw Ills cup up and
nay shouted, "1 hree cheem, my boys, for the bravo wo
wn men P Oh I that was an exciting ?c>ne. lint a glad'
the der and moro triumphant scene will It bo when yoi
you couiu up Into heaven from thccoiilK-Usud liicarceia
he- tions ol this world, otiearning with trie wounds *o
heft iiattli', and wmi with hunger; ami while thi* liosli
' "f of God are cheering their great ho-snna, you will strlki
hands ?f congratulation and eternel deliverance in tin
'ive presence of thn throne. On that night there will L"
mse unnlii i's on every hill of heaven, and tin re will be it
iero lumiiiatiou In every ptiiuc>-, und there will be a e*ni!I
'Itb in t-vvry wind jw??li, no ; 1 forget, 1 forget; they wil
lost li..v.. n-,..! nf thu mini >, i.r ol tl?i Mill. Inr tli
1 !"1 Lord (iodgiveth them light, ami tin-} sliall reign for
mil, ' t-ver and ever. llnll ! hail! tsousand daughter* of tn
w # | Lord UuU Aiuilgluy.
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DILL A HP'S LETTER.
iicrt
' He Sits in His Piazza in Peace, Ilav
ins Laid by His Crops, Doth (.rail
llu and Children?And Discusses Poli
onr .
hi's, i ties.
tul'i! ^ n farmer has laid by his crop and tbo srr.s n
mvo ' 'lnVt? k'?<lll1" c"'" nl"' c"tt?>ii looks gro
xnr ''vigorous, and the swwt potato vines havecoveie
j,,,. ! llif ground, what un li.noivnt luxury It Is to set i
t^uf | llle piazzi III tlie shadeB ol eVeolig uiol witk o:tc
niir fui-t <>n the Imnidst. ra, contemplate the beauty an
lex-' >"'<inty of nature ami the bone ul pros p. ct of auotlit
i(,in I year's support. It lo-iks like even aa Isnia lil
(.| n j might tin n feel <!?Iiii n-,d seiioild. and it lie 1st slid in
' grateful lor liU abundant l?set?in_? lie Is v.or-e il.au
iust 1 heatlleli, and night (<> be iuii ollt of a C'lii i.-tiai
'lits' <--' >'?ry w i111 the Chinese plank lu tlie lVinoeratl
IImt i ll'ut!o! in. livery year bitrgs t- i! and trouble and a|
)r 1g ' prehension, but there always coiues uloi.g rest uu
the ? the ripe fi nil of one's liiln-r.
iie?a ! 'he journey oi life the mountain loom up In
lillr | Curt* lis and they look lilgll, sleep and rugged. bl
iU- | m>:iii how llicjf alwiiy* disappear .put I)-. fore we get t
anil ",e,u al"' n *' u;'n '",lK ^nek I"1'''1 ash.ilue
j tlmt v,e Noironed mi mtlcii ttouM ami had to iihic
,';w. I anxiety for ih? liing. V bai n gr< at pile iif misern'il
,,w. i fiats wv build up every day. It's good for a man 1
if I rumliiutn over It and resolve t-> h ive more laith i
be ' providence, and 1 am ruminating now. 1 uus think
[1,1, .! ill}: abouttho crop that has Iron laid by and lbs
u||li brought to mind another crop that was pretty mm:
rial i ''0,u' w'1'11IIM' 's a','c ^ke cjrc with a lil
l,l|Jl tic watching. 1 mean the crop ol children tli.-.C for !1
i to' y* has kept Una working ai d a Worry lug day an
and i "'K'11'suiuuieraud winter, in peaeo and in w,,r, in
lave B" "v,'r llu>v '^ank l',u 'J001' Lord f"r ilia niurciei
ul? . | '1 lie lust tender siK-ot is anojt laid by. No more mi:
n.iy sing and toting around and wnim iu ttiilk by lhe ml<!
Bj,y i nigiit lamp. No inoro aby songs or p.regoric ?
' ... I teething or colic or catnip tea. No more washing (
rial ' dressing ui" uluJressll.g and ]i:.ttliig to 1k.iL No ti|<to<
r|v J' inn around the room when ihey a: easleep or plaj in
; horte nnd beivr und monkey x?ii n tiny are nwaki
' x" i Never again will there bo two or three of Ym crawl
(",y | lug idi over a man or under hi* chair, or riding oil hi
J; ' back or trolling on Ins ivi.ny ;.ueea as he sings lli
| I suite old 8-nigs that he has Bling a thou?ai.d tiniVs b<
j fore. Our Inst Mid youngest, has p isseii the rubicnt
H.esS her little lu-art, it It w.ia all for my sake. 1 wis
] shn would n vt r grow all) nwre oi any o'nler, for she i
'**"the comlottof my d clining years, the cut not
in ! wftsto dress. and undress, and Say her own pr.iyei
r ? , j and put her Ittt'e sell to lad. She can sing her ow
* V j songs, and look at the picture books, and saves ti
"nr I m',n>' u step, lor she waits on us now like a fairy, an
"" | (ills tile house with sii'i.igllt. The crop Is laid b;
!JV ; lInn.k goodness, and 1 wouldn't unde tako to makeai
, ' j other lor a household of gold. Intheheydey of on
youthful vigor a kind i'lovidence enables us to bes
tlT' "I1 si'leiiiltdly under these eoxt of burdens. U..tan?l
J!1.* inuii cm't?it wasn't intended?it's tigainsi the o.dt
h!l <f nature. Many n time hnve 1 watched thuold bill
j. , hen tliat lays and set.- miiiI hatches lor In-r little brow
j ami works' ntid watches for 'em a couple ot month
B"\ ] and then lays by the cr..p and goes to laying for ai
| other. We can't do that, ami 1 don't want to. for 11
j, I you I'm tired. It ttieic s any pern in me urn is iik
j a lingering sulci.le, It is for an old widower who hi
i a raised one cr?*|? to marry a yo ng wile and go to croj
din ' * don't think they will ever get to Ileal
S i vli, tur the Arabs say tliut Paradise wasn't made 1\
' i ie " eVl'r ''in u i'"'? widower, which the Lord foi
bid, I*" Hue from a marrying womanlike 1 worn
tliftt I' "le wrut'' come, for my time is nut. I'v
served mv full term, and now ibat 1 am luxuriating 1
wn ",c 1 don't want any body but her I
!, " ] sine John Anderson Joe to me. I've been tiyli'g t
Jl gut her oft' to Catoosa lor a week or so to recupotal
her feelings and enjoy society. 1 ottered to sell ayeiu
K,a ling and raise u lew dollars, but she is afuiil tin
r.!' _ something might happen. Little Carl Is her idol un
. yesterday ho was footing around shutting up biiinbl
B" bees in gimjison Wee|> b.ossviiis and got stung and hi
! tt.s urms and hands ine uiI swelled up and my wife, Mn
Arl), she had read about a little bee stlug killing a mil
r j and of course a big b.u sting could ki I a little I my a
the easier. Then again the grapes aru ripe and the u|
Fs* pled are green ami tho children haiider after Vin un
, might get si k, und tlierc's.sotne litt'e clothes touiaki
" ijj and the winter Hocks are to be knit, nud so on and s
' j forth, and lastly but not lens ly, there seems to besom
' i trouble about sometbii g to wear. When slie puts o
| her best ciot: ci alio always looks mighty pretty I
| me, but still 1 suppose I'm no judge of such thing.1
told her that every blessed woman ut < atoosa wa
"Jl"5'j exactly in the same fl.v. 'l'hey had nothing to wuii
' | liut after all, that is a little pardonable Weakness th:i
I wc "H" Iwve no right to complain of, for they are
IJ heap belter than We are whether they have got any
| j thing to wear or not. We uiii-t all do I be very bis
j we can to clothe them decently. When old niolhe
.BO j live had to leave home shu made the same complain
v?rj i nnd Father Adam did the best he could?he got he
V". ; some II,' leaves mid u few straws and tlxed tier up.
| A tanner has got some leisure now to ruminate tip
*''f ' | oil his Mate and bis country. It'setery p.-.triol'silutj
,'j1; j to reflect upon the political eltti tion nud prospect
|.'i'| ami gut all llto llulit he can. For s-veral years wi
j have Uceti mostly concerned about our State?pi izii j
"" I her out of the mud. Uiit now she is all safe and it's i
j? ' fitting time to consider our n.'i'ional till'airs.
nJ. i UhT national polities is a big tiling. It always wn
l{ | a b'g tiling, but it seiiiis to me now that the coiniu;
I' m | presldenti.il contest Is b'giccr than it ever was before
. | I've been hopi.g Ira change ever su.ee tin- war, bti
Wi!s I it was a weak si rt of a hope tiiat was prepared in ad
?.s " j valice for ti di app dnltnciit, but now I ve gut an abid
"j"' | ilig, consoling fauh t.'iat the end of the lane is in sigh
P' ; ?that we are bound to whip 'em, horse, foot ami dra>
! coon. Mv holies are S> preg'nilitiind exlnleralilu' tll.'.l
111' !could hardly bear up under a tlcft ut. The calamity
Pj'r I t? the nation and to me would be awful. As one o
th? wiily two original Hancock men, maybe llakeli
'ifi* 'lt!U' touch and feel more responsibility tlun I
' . | i ought. Me nmi Mr. blephens -i t on the same I.no to.
'! getiier somehowand started the Hancock hooirr \\\
are the only two |>ure anil unadulterated original*,
J Jim Waddell eoincs r.ext. lie w.w mighty close ot.
, I behind. Wo three will live 111 histoiy like* them fel,
* low who arrested Major A mini in the revolution.
, IJ They saved the country and .so will w.t. The Demo
erutic party look our advice and now, if it don't make
11 any mistakes or blur.ders, llie country is sale. Anil,.
I oilier revolution is going on. Olllce siickorsand olftct'
6 ekera are lb eing from llie other side in gangs. I
5, | hear tin) ll liter nl their win;:s ami their plaintive
iiil !"-ret,c'1 sound# like the wild ireese living south in the
' | fall of the year. Its most astonishing how some men
"h* Cil" ("a-n"41' an election and how shlftly ihey sudden.
I ly become. 1 hear men hollerin* for Hancock now
who have been side-wiping around Oriintand Hayes
and Slieriiun ami company ever since llie war. Tiny
" | are trying to imitate the regular Democratic yell, ami
Jj'j are ready to swear they never was anything but a
I ' I Deinoei at. These ollice-silckers and s.'ekers arc the
best sort of dfagnosers* lis a good sign to si e 'em
oro illpp'i'n and sliding back into ranks I've knowed
men to go about abusing Governor Colijult and his ad1
ministration who are now sailing around and fanning
him wliii their wines like a vampire fans his sleeping
victim when he ?ants to suck his blood. They ihink
"! he is going to be nominated, but if he ain't then they
can prove they never was for him. Yours.
nil.I. Al>l>
Ian *""""
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b?
mi >"nrrmv Kscftiio.
.in *
|t" (Columbia yeoman.)
tile Yesterday afternoon. as tin- train on the Orcenville
ict. atnl t'?>l 11 infila liai:rond was passing over a trestle
ilio about two miles above I,ittb toll, the engineer felt ilk'
ted trestle Rivini: way just as the o.uire passed over it, ami
Jro <|iil>:k n? thought pulled 01 en the throttle of bis engine
and jerked the train ijuiekiy outof danser. Some o!
h- the liaasernfers say that the jerk was so sudden that
jut It almost involuted their heads from tin ir neefcn, but
dm. when they ascertained the cause they h oi no fault
iits to find. When the train was safely out of danger It
Inn was (-topped, and llien It was discovered that i ne <>I
eir the hcnriics which supported the trestle h id been
in- u'a?lied out. Fortunately It was in tho middle of a
|,? stringer. If it had been at the end the result iniyht
id, have indeed been serious. As It was, no dniiniite liejb
yond a little fright and a severe Jerk resulted, Hands
r.te were at once sent to the place, and before irirht the
mis trestle was repaired. The train moved very eautiocslie
ly from there to within u few miles of the city, and
ii jr. was oonsei| molt ly, delayed somewhat in its errlval
n,i lieie. There have recently been heavy rains iu that
jat tttctiou, aud the Btrvutim uie very lull.
,*
MP???! ffnansflBcsaHnnMUHMn
BONESET [
BOURBON TONIC,
rnins Tonic Is recommended for Indigestion
1 and Its attendant ills, and as a preventive
of Malarial Diseases. Tlic material used is of
the highest griute of excellence. Nothing nut
a fine old Kentucky whisky can produce a
richness of flavor and a generous stimulant
ell'ect like tills. Nothing liut a blending of
homogeneousand wholesome tonics in just
i>ro|M>i'l ion can produce so gratefula stomachie
as tills, which Is the Finest, the most wliole
some, and the best tonic In the world. For
sale by
J. Knox & Co.
j April L'C, ISM).
J.W.SiaKT
Ai3Jii;villi:, s. c,
i '
I T r KKl'H oil hanil.a full assortment of COFIV
FINS?from the cheapest to the.best.
! Hearse will attend funerals, when desired.
He will also Contract for the
I
Erection of BuildingsHe
Is a^ent for the sale of Sash, Doors
lilluds, Mouldings, Stair-rnMlngs, Floorings
: and everything pertaining to house building |
j April 7th isSi), tf
/wo<n wv a n m /tn a I
niMMCU
No. 2 Granite Range,
DEALER IN
! GENERAL MERCHANDISE.
WK have In Store ALWAYS n FULL and
well assorted stock r?f goods, to whleli
we liivlt<> your attention. . We guarantee
quality ol' (iuods al?o prices.
Give us a Call.
April 7, l)j?o.
Notiftfi.
'pHE rebuilding the bridge across UOCKY
1 Itl VKH at Young's Mills will bo let to the
lowest bidder oil .Saturday the 7th of August
next.
Samuel J. Hester,
County Commissioner.
July 7, lxsu.
H. W. LAW SON & CO.,
HAVE JUST MANUFACTURED
A Large Lot of
Quart Fruit Tin Cans,
AT very low price. Tin Roofilng done with
bent charcoal tin at ?0.7o per square, cash.
. | July 1?S0.
fiNew Lot of Hand Made
N I C Vl A An
? kJJUUCO
e 1 TUST recclvcd aud for aula by
- tl OUARLES & CO.
. | April 2(1, l?SO.
i DE, S. G. THOMSON,
' DENTIST,
ABBEVILLE, S. C.
C3.Okfic over Emporium of Faslilon/TEft
. | J uly 7, iixio. lyr.
; FDR SALIf
?I Blue stem Seed Wheat,
s! Red Rust Proof Oats,
dl
J 0?t Meal,
"I Wlieat Bran,
Bolted Meal,
; Pearl Grist,
Flour-all grades,
? Java and Rio Coffee,
li
It
h| ^
DENTIST,
:lPractical and Operative,
1.1
i'j f JAVIN'i itltomlod the Loofurfs of tho
i? j fl iVnnsylv.'inia Collcgn of Dental Surgery
? i mirr* ill* |n iii***iiiiuii m n inn ki i id* |>umii !>
its a Ucntirit Mini Onil surgeon. Calls ilirou^h
ii llu* CDnntr.v niltMitlctl lo. All work warrantis
| c*cl and uhnrgCH reasonable.
ill Ktisidt-nec 5 inilw cast of CaUioun Mills,
r.IMouth rarollna.
i- Juno Hi, ISSO.
ii ___________________________
I ACOMPLI
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"I
You Iiave but to look,
I Large and H
ji Prices always guara
your want
liW. JOEL SI
x .
I Mnivh 31. ISO
j z^ro"W c
| A MAGNIFK
O
Complete h
| Cunningham
HAVE on hand a larg
. Family Groceries,
CORN, MJ
BACON,
LAUD,
FLOUR,
March JO, KSSO.
SWEET MASH
Corn Whiskey
L. H. RUSSELL I
OFFEltS lo (lie public tuiperlorKweet Mash
t'uliN WI118KKY, which he jomrnuUM.n a
lo be the best uml purest whiskey that ban fl
ever been ollcrcd in llil* market. A most de- fl
sirnblc article for invalids and others. Cull
ami sample it.
March 21th lXSO.Sm. 4
Hiding Saw Machines. M
rplIK subscriber,agent for the snle<f W. Wt
1 Host wick iV t.'o's 111 I)] Xli SAW MACHINKS
in Abbeville County, will exhibit J
the same in operation aiul furnish circular, 1
Ac. on application lo him at Abbeville Court i
J "W. Leslv, j
April 21, ISM). 1
BRING YOUR WOOL ?
QUARLES & CO., jj
Highest Prce Paid n Cash. I
Mny Mb ISM), tf fl
WAW~T? TTTti'TflirBr I
XI V/ JV AhJ AMAi **? ? i? I
TO SECdEE 4 FIRST CLASS I
COOKINGI STOVE, 1
r HAVE only a limited number that I will. ,
L trade for imiI8 or Hell un time to ijortd par- H
?i?>? iiv mivlnir one-thlril cuxb. My KtoVCX nro .H
too wen known where ever they have been
lnir oduced to need An explanation. I
keep constantly on huiidii lull supply of
Mason's
IMPROVED FRUI? rS. M
Tho two quarts nre only worth SL60 per doren.
The one quarts, Sl.T.i per dozen. Also a ^ ;
good supply of TIN CAJN8, that I soil at the
astonishingly low price of seventy-live cents
per dozen. Any one can soul t hem and warranted
not to leak, bend In your order*
early.
I only charge twenty cents per gallon for /
A. 1 KEROSENE 1
warranted 110 degrees tire tost by W. M. Bird
A Co. No charge for stopping leaks In cans.
ESTIMATES MADE. S
and bids given on rooting and guttering In o
out of the county. Work In copper, slric
and galvanized iron n specialty.
Thanking you for past favors and soliciting
a share of your patrona^olu the future
I am your obedient servant,
A. J. SPROLES, |
Greenwood, So. Ca.
July 11,1880.* tf
CHILDREN CARRIAGES
MAUHLK TOP TAHLRS, Marble Top Hu
rcaus, and Chairs of all kluds for sale ' |
cheap at
J. D. Chalmers.
Merch 10, isso. tf
State of South Carolina, " ~
County of Abbeville.
IN T1IE PROBATE COURT.
Ex Parte, Julia L. Winstock, Demandant.
Petition for Dower. '
To David Lewie:
HHAKE NOTICE that a petition has ; .L
boon iiled in this Court by Julia L.
Winstoek praj'ing that (lower may l>e ad- I'
measured to her in one-half of a tract of,
land now owned by you, known a* the
"Heidier Plaee" situated in the Couniy
and State aforesaid:
Yo'i are hereby required to show cnuso
within ten days after,the *crviee of thin
notice upon you why the demandant^
Julia L. Wlnsteck should not have dower
admeasured to hor in the real estate above
j .....i r.
liumuu ius jjnivwi lur in hui inriun/u* 3
* J. FULLER LYON, A
Jiutgo of Trobatc, A. C.
Juno 20, 1880, Gt. ' 1
Notice. I
WII,I, be lot to the lowest liMrtc on Frl- 4
flny tliL'Cthof August, next. tlie build- a
lng of ft - ;'{
R RIDGE ACROSS LITTLE RIVKtt
nenr Rnrnet'sold I Midge, also building u
RRILGE ACROSS PENNY'S CREEK,
near McNeill's, l'hin nml specifications will
be given oil tlio (lay of letting.
J. F. Livingston,
County Commissioner.
J July 7, 1?S0. 41. ,
JTE STOCK '
' : A"
t XT' ^
Hilt Ml
- ^-Jai
to see that our stock is
Fell Selected. 1|
nteed. Call and get
s Supplied. - |?
UTH & SON. J
r ?||
:>FFE2XY 1
1ST STOCK
' J
i All Lines.
& Templeton x
e and choice stock of
!
SAL,
GRIST, ]
MOLASSES, ]