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umimwm ?? ?i. m i n'jitmwttwr lae Press and Banner. Itj Hugh Wilson and II. T. Wardlinv. "Wednesday, Oct. 6, 1880. lp! The Teachers, tlioir "Examination, and |j _ their Pay, ti In nnothrr column we present nn article " 'Worn U\o dncbnlaU t&tmmei'clul, the leading!" Ohio paper, 011 tlifc farce which ts performed 1t1 in thai.State in examining tcachers every j81 two. ftvo, or ten years as the caso may l>o. If J s that paper Had bovu writing for South Caro- j!l lina it miglrt have said that such a perform-!1' mice has title en place every year, and that *t-Yei'y tvaclier in tlic State has been as oft?n ; '* required to go to the Court House of thvsj1' Vnuiity in which lie lived and spend a I ? Vlniic day in answering questions tlmt had j ^ '* 'about as much practical utility in teaching | s 'children In a public school, as a knowledge of. Sanscrit. The fact that a teacher knows the j r name of the highest mountain in Kurope or j1 the crookedest river in America certitics very 0 little of the toucher's ability to teach. As far * nv we have observed, the questions prepared ' P . for the teacher a?e impracticable, nnd even if ^ ' every one of these interrogatories should be ^ properly arAweVcd, such answers are by no v means ah infallible test of his illness to take c chargc or Utile children, and Instruct them In tlft rudiments of the English language. All * practical questions concerning teaching, dls- * AO,11IIr> .111,1 ilir, mnii<i'<ninnnt Imi dozen ^ children of both sexe?, of all sl/.cs, n:ul j ' various decrees of advancement seem to be!0 carefully excluded, niul so Ions as the teacheri r c.*?n tell the distance from "Jericho to Confedrick Cross Koads by Water," he is all right, C and receives his first grade certiflcatc. There 1 seems to be another insuperable objection to t the present impracticably plan of the yearly 1 examination of applicants. There Is not a i I' man in Amcrlca who can, In any reasonable I length of time, read and give an Intelligent I Kleaof the proficiency of one hundred undflf- e tyv>r two hundred applicants, in answering ? these questions. Koch applicant is re. * ? quired to bring a quantity of paper and after writing for four or live hour#. It is fair to presume that he has scrlbblod over at least from *lx to ten pages of foolscap paper. To decide exactly between the merits of these appll- (, ? cants in such a pil o of rubbish would be a herculean task and one which we think would * require a great deal of time and labor. 1 The crowning, error, which shows the total s hick of practical sense In the management of ? Ihc school tcachcis, is the presumption that they have forgotten in the past year their i knowledge of the branches which they have ? been teaching. Some one once said that the j only way to know any tiling thoroughly, was f to tcaeli it, but it seems that the head of the ? school system would reverse this truism by t saying those who teach arc most apt to for li fc-ct. ? There Is another matter which should re- v 'ceive the attention of our people, and cspe- I l-lal ly of those having control of the public '' fund. The money collected for the schools is {] nearly one-fourth of all the taxes paid Into 1 tlie treasury by our people, and its yet, It ? s?eins that the expenditure of this fund has c received very little attention from the f officials, and It also appears that there are no ' nettled rules for spending it. Of one thing, ^ however, we are certain. In this day of re- \ trenchment and reform. It Is not a good time ? to Increase the salaries of teachers. We are t satisfied that teachers of our public schools a should not draw from the treasury more than s fcJOarnonth. This would give an annual sal- [ itry of S1S0, for nine months service. Those v desiring to liavo their children taught the ? higher branches, could afford to supplement ,j the public fund by their Individual cont-lbutlons. The public schools should be kept open * * <or the scholastic year, and they can bo kept ? open for that length of time, If the salary is l! , reduced to a proper figure. The public schools r are for all classes alike, and It is intended to v < benefit all clasnea alike, but how can this be i done If first grade teachcrs absorb the money ? la ? few month's teaching the higher branch* 8, es to the more advanced children ? s The fact that thirty-seven teachers applied ? for the vacancy occasioned in tlio Graded w School at this place by the resignation of Miss a Livingston is proof conclusive that good ?: teachers mny be had at a small salary. The b .fortunate winnerof the situation at Abbeville r Js a graduate of a college, has had experience P fn teaching, and comes highly recommended, c The scholastic term, we believe Is ten months nnd.the pay S3j0a y^ar or $Wa month. Jfthe " . . ' (.'cutleinan can .affijrd to quit his business \ ; . * nnd pay his board at a hotel, for a * salary of 535 a month, does it not prove the ^ extravagant management of our schools in voting them $40 a month last {year, which liberal pay forced the Trustees to close their M:hools iu a majority of the townships in r threemonlhs or lew?the teachers had then v Tl'CCIYeu CliU iwr lurcc iiiuiiiuo bckivi?, mini ^ n majority of them would have been clad to | have taught six months /or the same money, t m It is known that some of these same teachers. Jj after the public money was exhausted, propo?- r cd to the patrons of the schools, to continue r teaching for a salary of S20 a montli?Just j half the amount paid by the Government. u Contractor^ and others work for the Gov* I ernroent for less pay than they do for * private individuals, becausc of tiie abso Into ccrtanity of the pay. In like manner > , Governments borrow money at a much lower ^ rate of Interest than private Individuals can. G At present the United States government t pays .only four per cent. Interest on her j r% n /I f> rn of o npfimlmnm ftl'nn ot this low figure. But If a private Individual I wanta money he has to pay a much higher J figure. On the same principle, a teacher who r will work for the patrons of a school for 820, c . . and take the risk of getting tho money from [ them, should work for tho government for { $lo, when the money is certain. The public Bchool money is not a bounty to be divided I among fortunate holders of llrst grade certltl- j rates, and the Trustees of the dlirerent town- < ships should be held toa strict accountability 1 for any unwarranted waste of the children's J money. i ' 1 > Erskiuc College and the Board of ; Trnsteos. < The report of the Board of Trustees of Er 1 sklne College camc up for nctlon at the recent 1 meeting of the Associate- Reformed Synod In , Alabama. A w?irm discussion ensued when 1 the whole matter was referred to n committee ! of seven. The committee reported rocom- j mending the acccptanceof Prof. J. N. Young's I resignation, and the continuance of Professor I Iiowry's service# at least until the next meet- J Ingof Synod. Tne report of the committee < vcru ndonted. and Professor Yountr was re- 1 quested to fill tho position, which lie has held , fco long, until a new Professor should bo elected. "We learu that there was unity and pood < feeling among all tho members as regards the 1 changes proposed. Synod expressed ltsgrcnt- ( est confidence In the ability of Professor < Young and accepted his resignation with ex- ! presslons of the highest regard for him per- ; sonally. We arc informed that the Professor i has consented to comply with Synod's request I to coutiuuc in office until a successor Is elect- J ed. ( Being an outsider, a suggestion to the Board J of Trustees of Erskine College, may do no harm, if it does no good. With all their fine buildings, their magnificent libraries a splendid endowment, and the best and healthiest location for a college In South Carolina, if tho Trustees do notor^anize a Faculty for greater I success and a larger usefulness, than have awarded t heireflorta In tho past, wc shall bo 1 disappointed. There is a demand for progressive education, and tho time for tho en-1 iisrfulncss of the Collcee has arrived, i There la n need In Abbeville County for' mch an Institution as recognizes the fact that' this Is ii progressive age. There are enough boys Fent out of Abbeville County every year' who ought and would go to Ersklne, If It was ' properly officered, to sustain It well, anil to j increase i ts usefulness fourfold. Let the Trus-1 tees recognize the fact now that they want a I Professor who can and will benefit Ersklne! College. And let them recognize that other j fact that no superannuated old fossil?even If! he is a graduate of Ersklne, and has been a consistent Associate Reformed Presbyterian nil his life?can All this place acceptably to the publicand profitably to the College. Matlie-'t matlcs lsoneof the most important branches j of Education and ono In which the greatest progress has been made within the pasttwen-1 ty-flvc years. For this reason a young man ' who has been educated at some of the pro-! Eresslve Colleges should be chosen. No mere1 figured head who may do but little more than ' draw his salary, will do. Teachinglsu practl- j cal business, and It requires the soundest I, practical Judgment to reach the greatest sue- I ces?. | Of one thing are assured, that the Trus-!, toes should should look outside the Associate! i Reformed Church for some of their Professors j' If they wou'd have the College attain its 11 greatest usefulness. As that Institution has' been managed heretofore it has been a close j corporation, ami no man unable to pronounce j i the shibboleth hus been elected to a i'rofes-II sorship. Enlarged views, a more liberal *plr- j It, and an Intermingling with the outside ( world would, in our opinion, greatly Increase the usefulness of the College. I Kit one or two fine tcachers from wue outside be eir.- * ployed. The trial moumi profitable |j and can do no ' I c y.-r - ' r _ _ "A Case, With Comments." Under the above bending we rcproducc 111 lose columns nil editorial from the Ua/itist buricr of last week. The sentiment therein xproRscd is so unlike the Christian spirit of ic editorials which have characterized that aper of late, that we are nt a loss to undortand the animus which prompted Its wiling. Arc not Episcopalians Christians? Is lie Episcopal church nut orthodox ? If so, are licy and the church not fighting the good glit of faith, as veil nstl'.o Baptists? Unless Lis contended that everybody else than Baptists are heret'es the article in question would coin to bo aimless. According to our underlanding the Protestant Churches maintain nd teach all the cardinal or vital tenets of lie religion of our Lord and Saviour Jesus lirist. We all observe the same ordinances tit in somewhat aiiiorent ways, mo uapIsts immerse their members, while the Episopiliaiis will cither sprinkle or immerse. Liter nil, the question of Immersion or prlnkling is u matter of the very smallest niportance In saving souls. The Jlaptixl Cx>u icr, however, would, it seems to us, give out he impression that the Baptist Church is the nly church whose members out be saved, it the tlnal accountlngon the Great I?ay we resumo that Baptlbts and Episcopalians will e Judged "according to the deeds done In the ody," according to the fidelity and sincerity t'ith which they have served the I,ord, acording to the purity or impurity of the heart -not as to whether they were Baptists or episcopalians. If only Baptists inherit the Jngdom of heaven, the legacy which our iavlour left will be enjoyed by a very small roportlon of his servants on earth. In times f war it makes but little difference to which cgiinent a soldier may belong, so long as ho s true to Ills cau.-e. So In the life of the real Christian. It ntakes no difference whether ho s a Baptist or an Episcopalian. It strikes us hat the editor's remarks arc unkind to the ndy who naturally desires to worship with ter husband. She Is right and reasonable in ter request, and she should Join with him the Episcopal or any other of the Christian church's. "Whosoever liveth and believeth In me hall never die," no matter to which church ic may belong. A Case, With Comments. (flaptisl Courier.] "A lady of our church has become tho wife if an Episcopalian gentleman, and wishes to k> dismissed from us to Join the Epls?opal .'hurcli. What action should we take 7'' If she cannot be made to see the better way, et the church vote her a certificate of good tundlng as a Christian, and order lier name rased Iroin the roll of members. But we beg o add a few remarks. We are afraid there Is a good deal of religion n the world which Ih not, entirely a matter of onsclence. Jn opinions and In practices reIclous people seem to be, Jn a multitude of ustances, just what personal friendship, or smily connections, or the social drift has nado them. Theyjare in this church or in hat, they observe the solemn ordinances of ;hrist in one form or another, they profess nith in tMrty-nlne articles, or any other lumber, not because they have listenod and icard a divine voice saying "This is the way, talk ye in it" ; not because looking into the ioly Scriptures they have cried, "(5 my God, cad me into all truth?make me to run in the ray of thy commandments," and have then lone what after honest searching they beleved to bcthe will of God. No, but shutting nit conscience from the council chamber of he heart, they have taken natural allVction, ir transient Impulse, or mere taste und fancy ur their guide. So people often come Into baptist churches, and so we presume they go isewhore. We do not know how much such icojile may be worth to others, but they are 'cry little worth to us?nay, we are sure they ire little worth to the cause ami kingdom of he Master. They have in them no spiritual one and tftuscle. For th? works to be done ind the burdens to be borne they have no irensth or courage. They are the RtutT out if which back-sliders are made, or at least, hat numerous class whose devotion to vorldly pleasures, and inditJ'crcnce to the importunities of worship and work in the mine of Jesus, arc a perpetual grief to all leeplv earnest Christians. Tiiis is not sijying that every man who Is rell indoctrinated and uncompromising In lis views of truth is a blessing to the church. )n the contrary,some of the most un-ChristIke Christians we ever saw were the most Igidly orthodox. It is only saying that the nun who lacks the conscientiousness which I'ould make him scrupulous to please Christ 11 the least thing, will not likely bo very a reft; 1 to please him lu the ureater. It Is snyug that he or she who invests In religion only n fur n? mm-lid Kiinnnseri lieeeHRnrv to rive ecurity against eternal bankruptcy, who we* o beauty in trutli as truth, 110 special value r importance in knowing ami doing all the rill of God Just because it Ik the will of God, nd entirely apart from the qnestion 'Is It ssential or nonessential to salvation1?that uch a one wilt have no moral grip, but will e driven about by every wind ol doctrine, oiled in the dust by every foe to holiness or encc.and will never have the heroism to do r dare anything worthy of a soldier of !hrist. By all means, ihen, let- ns have religious pinions and practices which are the re*ult'of anded inquiry, and conscientious conviction. Vhatsoever such inquiry and conviction may sad, though wido mistakes may be made, nd much of error be embraced, there will be ope for the truth, and God will be honored. State Items. Keotcee Courier.?We are pleased to note the oturnof 1'rof.S. P. Boozer and his estimable rife toWalhalla. The I'rofessor comes back o take his accustomed place In Adger College his week, lie is in tine spirits and is Iookng well AdgerCollege opens to day under irighter prospects than ever. Many new tudents, from various portions of the State ,re expected to entor. Our town presents low a business appcarenco. New goods and uch cotton, make the place lively Kcv, 2. 1\ Davis tilled the pulpit in the Presbycrian Church last Sunday cvcnlhg in tho ibsenceof thopustor. Rev. 8. L. Morris. Mr. Javlspreached an interesting and instructive ermon About two chills to a watermelon nay be counted on as a fair average now riie Pickens Sentinel has entered on Its tonth rolume with brlgtenlng prospects. The state and National elections are drawing nigh -lessthan five weeks off'. K?gs are selling it sixty cents a dozen in Charetston and|hard o get at that. We hear also of a scarcity of ggs in this market at advanced prices Vof. W. 8. Moore, of John Hopkins Uni verity, Baltimore, has arrived and will take his ilace as Professor of Mathemalics in Adgcr ,'ollege to day The night trains on the jreenville and Columbia Railroad, recently >ut on, are freight trains with passenger ouch attached Plant your neighbor's cats arly. One under each fruit tree will help our crop and do your neighbor a good turn Ksides Now Is the time to advertise. Lexington DLt)xUch.?Wo are pleased to see .hat brother McJunkin lias met with deserved succcss with tho iJaily yeoman, and now finds It necessnrv to issue an 8 Dace weekly, a :opy of which wo havo perused and llnd It ivortb three tln?es the umount of thesubscrlpioh price, $1.50 per anuin The Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta railroad are now running four Mall and Express trains, tw'o each n'ny. The schedule for Lexington Is as Allows; Going North. 11.01 A. M. und 10.00 1'. M.; South O.-JO A. M. and 7.09 P. M The letnand for change for the past ten days caused, wo suppose, by the farmers gathering It to pay ott the cotton pickers, has treated a <cprclty of specie In town The dry weather and warm sun of the last two weeks have been of an Immense advantage to farmers Withering late fodder, and picking cotton. The poa crop Is next in order llor*o flesh In South Carolina Is twenty-five per cent higher this year than It has been for the past five years There Is no surer crop grown than ;thc red rust-proof oat, and none inort profitable to the.' farmer. Sow largely, early tnd late A colored mnn on the Charlotte, Columbia <& Augusta railroad was mashed to Jeatn thls*morning whlleJcouplUig cars A number of mercantile men were In town last week and all left happy A pressure In tlu :otton fields and the cry Ik more labor. Ncrvberry Kewt.?There Is a great deal oi llptlierla In the southorn Tportlon of the County among the colored children and verj fatal with them, nnd In different parts of the Jounty among the white children Prof L'larkson left Newberry yesterday for Columbia, where he will be co-principal with Prof, Hugh S. Thompson in his classical school We learn that Newberry will soon establish ti ?portmen's club for the purpose of protecting jaine. There is a gre it deal of cotton now >pen in the Holds and hands to gather It are scarce Mrs. M. Evans returned from Charleston last Friday and was taken down with the broken-bone fever Chills aud fever are prevalent over the County. * A Startling1 Rumor. Baltimore Sun. Washington, September 29.?An Item oj gossip has been floating around in politica circles lisre for ten days to the etl'ect thatr movement was on foot tor the withdrawal o; (ien. Garf'.eld lroin the head ofjthe Kepubllcai ticket and the substitution or Gen. Grant In his place. Not much Importance has been at tached this for two reasons; First, that then is no ret o^nized authority which could under take the responsipility of substituting Gen rjmnt evi-n If .Mr. Gartleld was Williutr to eel ont of the way; and, second, all shrcwiTpoliti clans agree that if the Kepublican cause Ik ii: such dlrestraltsas somnjoi' Its supporters seen: to fear, it Is too latenow for Gen. Gmntoranj one else to savelu The meeting yesterday between Gen. Gartfield and Gen. Grunt, Hen a tors Conkling, Logan and Simon Cameron lias, however Riven lresh Interest to this plec< of gossip, and prominent Republicans to-daj while not exactly crediting it, tulk of the poe slbllity of it as a forlorn hope. In tills connection it. is much commonted on that neither General Grant nor Senator Conkling In their speeches yesterday made any personal allusion to Mr. Garfield, and 11 is a fact, which lias never been the case ir any previous Prcsldental campaign, that scarcely any of the leading speakers of the Republican party bring Mr. Garfield lute their speeches at all. Several high govern merit officials to-day were expressing grave doubtsas to Kepublican success In Ohio next month, and saiu the Republlcanscould scarce ly liave settled on a candidate less calculated to arouse popular enthusiasm than General Uarficld. Secretary Shermau, however, still keeps a stiff upper lip. ? ^ Information about the King's Mountain Centennial.?The Daily News is Informed by tho Rev. Mr. Capers that person* from Greenvillo visiting the ('entennlal get jtr at Weaver's where the Air-Line I toad has jonstucted a large platform. This point- In foul nilcs from the Uattle Ground, the road being n first-rate order. King's Mountain Station is nine mile? from ;he Uattle Field. Abuhdant provisions have been made for nealson the grounds, and hacks and wagons ri'i11 be constantly on the road between leaver's. King's Mountain Station and tl?e iattlo Ground. Tuesday is Reunion Day ; Wednesday in latt'e Day ;| Thursday is Monument; and iralion Day : Friday Is competing Drill Day. The Thirteenth Annual Fair of the Anderou Farmer's and Mechanic's Association will ie held at the Fair Grounds In Anderson, leginniug 'on Wednesday, tho 'A'th, and nding ou Friday, tho ?nd day of Octobcr. . / . THE STATE AGAINST C, MARTIN* Evidence Taken at the Preliminary Examination. IJelowwc give the testimony taken In the 1 caseof the State against J. C. Martin, accused | of being accessory to the inuVder of L. P. Guf' flu \Tr Mnrttrt \truu hrfillirht hf'fhre Trllll JllS- ' | tlce 0. T. Calhoun on n preliminary examinaI lion, when the following evidence wasadducled. Trial Justice Calhoun committed him to Jail. To-day he will he brought before Judge ! McGowan on a writ of habeas corpus and his j attorneys Messrs. Gary, Graydon and MnglU. | will make a motion for his discharge on hall, Solicitor Cothran will be present to represent the State. I.cvl Levy being sworn, Bald : Was between Knox and Norwood's time of firing; didn'tsee when the tiring happened; Martin callcd me; was standingon the corner when he called me about half hour before firing took place; he told inc to go up stair* and tell Mr. MeClung to come to me: I went; Meriting saidoome to him; Martin said tend to what IloSUyou; Met'lung said I will; Martin's buggy was cross ways the street; don't know who brought the buggy up In front; they were playing billiards when I went In the room; they seemed lobe friendly; had otr their coats; Martin won not excited when he called me to the steps. Cross-examined: I didn't notice who was near mo when they called. 1 heard n voice say gentleman don't shoot me; Martin wild will yon attend to what I told you; Met'lung did not corneas soon as I came; I said on oth? er examination that I heard Mr. Gnrtln say don't kill me gentlemen I'll give up. LEVI x LEVY. George Mnrbnch being sworn, said: I clerk in Norwood Pros; on 27th was In Norwoods store; know Mr. J. C. Martin and saw him on 27th; did not see him borrow pistot but saw hi in with one; saw him in front j of Norwood's, hand pistol to Met'lung; heard tiring; quarter or half hour before firing that: he saw Martin give McClnnp pistol; saw them 1 talking but heard nothing: saw him put down weight In Norwood's store; ovine through buck door and went out front door when he put down weight; before he delivered pistol think he carried weight in his hand; went out delivered pistol In 5 or 10 minutes; didn't lay weight wnerc n ueioiigcu; ucn.u ...v.. playing billiards luit heard no words; heard both flro. hoard noise like something fulling down afler tiring; heard big noise; didn't know what It sounded like; stove pipe was k nocked do*?n: heard noise after second tiring and but one noise; after llrst Are heard some one hollow; stove In corner of room next steps; Iwo billiard tables In room; distance from Corner Iront billiard table to stove about live feet; k now chicken fighting was going on: don't know who was there; saw Martin, McClung and Guflln together that day and they seemed to he friendly. Cross-examination: Don't know where Martin came from when ho laid weight down; was outsldo store by window when Martin cave McClung pistol; about six or seven feet from parties and before they started to billiard room; don't know how soon after they went to billiard room : Martin and McClungwcre facing window when pistol was given ; Guflln wasu't there when pistol was given ; Raw pistol plain; about ounrteror half hour from this time before heard tiring; they seemed friendly-Martin had pistol; don't know what pocket MoClung put It In; saw pistol when first handed over: parties were on side walk; don't know wheir Martin picked up weight. Re-direct examination resumed: All the parties caine through store when Martin brought weight In store; all three together; didn't see Martin ouarrel with anybody that day; don't remember whether Ouffln wns In front or behind; all three walked together; don't know if he brought wcightlnto store or not; only eaw him lay It down. GliO. MURBACH. A. \V. Jones being sworn said: Didn't roc McClung get Into buggy niter firing; met McClutig and Martin Coming down steps as I was going up ; as McClung was comIngdown he throw open his shirt and said, I killed him In selfdcfonso; heard Martin say I'll stick to yon Charlie; Martin caught hold of Shlllltoas If to keep him from catching McClung; heard Martin say nothing but the above; was at top of steps; McClung was ahead of Martin; went then In billiard room. Cross examination: Didn't stay In billiard room long; wassccond person in room: Hhlllito was ahead of me; came out Immediately; picked nothing up; thinks Sondley next person that went up. A. W. JONES. Jim Wilson being sworn, said: On 27th wos In front Andy Hill's on side walk: went to billiard room after second shot; when got In about iW paces of steps saw McClung hurrying down steps putting on coat with cue in his hand; lieanl McClung tell HlllllllO lO geiOIIl 1)1 IIICHIIJ ; tun mill m-u in buggy and tried to drive oil; I caught bridle of tnule. told Norwood McClung had killed somebody and weongntnotto let hi in escape; Martin tried to make mo let mule loose: McClung Jumped out and I helped to eapture him. J AS. S. WILSON. Shernrd Hodges belngsworn, said: Live by colored church In town ; saw Martin and GuMn together last Monday; was back of Russell's; Gurn 11 came out or Kussell's: Mnrtln ?ild Pern lone me some money; told him he wouldn't: Martin then sat down; Uuinn went up and knocked Martin's hat off; don't know If they were mad; saidsomethlng more and Guftin pulled out a new knifeand opened It; this was done after Martin drew his pistol; Martin tlion cockcd his pistol and put It In hispocket; McClung bantered Guftln I lor gnmo of billiards ; walked out of lot then together: about rtftcen or twenty minutes after passing through Norwood's store that tiring occurred; they seemed to be friendly. Cross-examination: Ho and Peter sitting 1 behind Russell's: McClung came out of Nor wood's; saw Mr. GufHii with a now knife; said to Martin, you cot your pistol drawn, have you? How would you like to havethls? and lie drew and opened his new knife: Martin said I would ratherglvc you this and drew his pistol; Martin cot'kcd Ills pUtol and put It In Ills coat pocket; think Martin catne out of Christian's; McClung from Norwood's; McClung wusn'nt mud; heard no fussing after McClung came up between Martlu and Guffln; don't know when they were fussing whether they wore mad or not. lie-direct examination resumed: "Was at chicken lighting; all the parties were there; don't know If they were betting; don't think Gufll 11 was belting* chlcneusbelonged to Martin and Shllllto, I think Mr. Roe Martin; didn't seo Mr. CJuflln Wet and didn't see him with any money that day. Cross examination: Think I went there before cocks becan lighting don't think Guffln was betting, because I didn't hear him ask lor any money or havo any. SHErARD x HODGES. J. M. Klrby being sworn said : Was in front of Post Ofllce when firing oocured. Wns present when McClung was arrested ; McClung said nobody touch me but counslable. Said Klrby take this arm and gave up his pistol. Martin was not there as soon as I was. Martin nut his hand on McClung and said Charlie all I have ;ls yours and altciwards Charlie I'll stick to you. Know nothing more as to his aiding and abetting la the killing of Guflln. J. M. KIRBY: J. U. "Wlllson being sworn paid : Heard pistol shots on 27th ; was sitting benealh billiard room on window. Saw Martin and Guflln together In billiard room about ten minutes before firing; were playing GutTin and McClung. Martin keeping game. I attend to billiard room; did not suspect any fuss; seemed friendly \vhen 1 was there. Raw tliem toother on street; saw no difficulty between Martin nnd Guttln. Saw Martin give McClunga pistol; they were about Ave steps from Norwood's door about a half hour before firing; saw all three parties coino through Norwoods door; beard the weight strike on counter as Martin put it down; didn't see Gutlln when Martin gave McClung pistol was , present at chicken lighting; did not know for certain If parties were betting : think they . were ; Shllllto onone cliickon. McClungand Martin on other. Don't think Guflln was betting; nothing occured unfriendly between parties thero; saw Guttln with new knife soon | after dinner ; heard Guttln ask McClung for his knife; don't know if Martin waspresent^ about half hour from delivery of pistol before | shooting; McClungand Martin I don't think . were talking before delivery of pistol, but was paying no attention specfaly. Heard both shots; after llrst shot heard no noiso nnd I none before first shot. Heard something fall but don't remember exactly when, might havo been stove, out uont know; heard ft I groan, muni have been after second shot, coulden't Buy what it Bounded like ; cant say what It was fell; cant tell exactly when noise r occured; didn't see parties go up Into billiard r<x>m: pistol handed over about half hour before shooting, cant say exactly: after pistol ' handed over McClung put it In his pocket ; saw Marllnpull It out of his pocket; think " it must have been his right coat pocket that Martin took it from ; don't remember what pocket McClung put It in; didn't see pistol ' fall out Martins pocket Instable, : Rc-dlrect: Am certain I saw Martin (five McClung pistol. J. B. WILSON. W. A. Lanier being sworn Bald : Was at Abbeville on 27th, got in nbout 10 i A. M., walked Into Russell's; heard some one talkingoutslde, went out saw Gufiln and Martin talking; walked out.paid Pom let us go and take a gatno of billiards; Pern says after while; Martin says he alnt ready yet, There seemed to be an altercation ; stood a little while; heard Guffln soy to Martin I'll i make that nllrlght. Guffln In about flvc minutes came to where I was. we started to i billiard room and played billiards: Gliflln t perfectly sober; manner such as to Imply ! that fuss had occnfed between Gliflln and i Martin. Standing back of Russell's, had no . money in my hand ; got my cotton money ? About one o'clock ; certain I bad no money . tlicu ; took U. lO do mat i>iuruii uuu uuiuii wore quarrelling. J Ke-dlrect: Saw no pistol; Pem Guffln was . whittling with Ills knife; heard no curing: , didn't see McClug. W. A. LANIER. ; Burning of a Cotton Car on the Greenville and Columbia Railroad. [Greenville Daily Ncivs.) Kinkty-8ix, 8. C., October 2. A box car of the freight train that lefl Oreanvlllc this morning, caught fire three miles below here soon after two o'clock tlilf afternoon. The remainder of the rain wat 1 detached, and the car left to burn with 20 01 t 30 bales of cotton that It contained. Assist1 ] ance was sent from here by the regular down , passenger train, and the blazing wreck ro ; moved from the track, which was not serious> ly Injured. The down and up trains were both sent back to their starting places, tbc ) passengers and baggage being transferred. , The car was burned to the trucks. The cot. - ton was shipped from Abbeville, butthc owuI ers are uuknown. A. B. W. I Railroad Assessments. The Register say* that at a meeting of the . State Board or Equalization held on the 21st instant the various railroads In the State were 1 assessed for taxation as follows : > railroads. Ter Milk. 1 Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line 914,00(1 ' Ashley Hlver . 12,00(1 , Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta. 14,0Cf) Chcraw and Chester No report Chester and Lenoir S 6/HX) I Greenville and Columbia 11,000 1! Blue Ridge 'Laurens - 8,000 j Noitheastern.. 14,000 j Port Royal and Augusta 7,000 I Sonth Carolina - 14,000 I Spartanburg and Asheville fi/XJO Savannah and Charleston 10,000 j Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta 14/)00 Cheraw and Darlington No report ' Spartanburg, Union and Columbia... 910,0ft) f Notices have been sent to the County Auditors accordingly. This assessment raises that of last year j about 100 per cent. - - ... An Infamous Letter* I Columbia R<yU(ct\ Cedar Springs, Kvnt Cocnty, Victim ax September 28, IsSO. Dkar Sir: I liko youradvlco in regard to cl I unite, Ac., ami If I ca.i arrange iny business here I think I shall try your BUto for a Aitnre home. I enclose a letter which the postmaster of this place | handed to me lust evening. If what that letter states j is true it is a Very bad state of t.flairs, to say the IchsI ! ?r i>. k?? ... hn .lid n.it hI.mi his naiue I have made up iny mir.il th .t it Is the efforc of ninny different hands, I as It lo In separate writings. I would say that. except-1 Ungr your art Icl-, It is all the information I have hud : from Columbia. The postmaster lu-re h.-.il opened the I letter and civon It pretty geneml circulation before he j handed it to me, and two of the gentlemen th'it was I a going to try your State have changed their minds. Yours truly, Jambs Armstrong. | Thin letter, whilst It purports to be written from {Columbia, was mailed In Charleston. It bears the I stamp of the Chailestou ollice of August the 30th; LETTKR or "OSK 0>' TnE FOOLS.'" Colcmma, 8. O., August 215, 18S0. Mr, Jane* A rtmlrony, CecUtr Springs, Kent Onuiity, Michigan. I)ear Sin: 1 have seen your letter In the Coluinj bin ltegixtcr expressing a desire to come South. es|nidaily to .*>outh Carolina, and thucditoi's reply to your [ questions, advising yon to eonte. I just write these [ lew lines to .earn you against coming South If you can make a bare living elsewhere. In the first place, no man can live South, especially In South Carolina, In any peace. He and his family would not be tolerated and would always be looked upon with ?UJpiciot. and jealous surveillance. If he is poor and rein .tins poor ho would be despised, and no effect to recupera'e his fortunes could be surely against the overwhelming prejudice that he would have to encounter, and if he brought a little money with him one would be fleeced and cheated from the very start by any number of jobs that are considered legitimate when directed against .\ d?d Yankee. One would be charged three prices for anything i e would want to buy, and if he managed to accumulate a little above his neighbors he would excite tile envy of his neighbo hood and he would be burned ou>. If one attemp'ed to hire negro help and treated them fair and h>'*n?nely he would be accused of Interfering witlj the peculiar Institution, * * --.i If HII<1, Ion toone. lie won iu nu mrrcu mm not nsenttslnntt'd. The Democrats have recently caplured the Stats mid no one dar?s to have any opinion of tils own. Tliey are as cornipt as the IJepublioins, and have been impecunious so long that they are Insatiable in thrlr creed for olllee, and are preying upon their hopelessly bankrupt State by all aorta of 8-hemes of public plnnder. In answer to your first question: "If a man with |1,000 could stand a chance of purclmnlnR property," 1 would say none iu the world except some God-forsaken spot of no value to anyliody. As goon as yon cain-t with an avowed object of purchasing property, laud would be run up to three times lis vnlue and you could not buy at all, and perhaps stand a chance of being cheated In the title. To your second question, "What part of the State Is beet for a Northern man's health ?1 I c?n only state that In proportion to the salubrity of the climate of the upper sect lot a of the Stare, where the landa are roiling and adapted to wheat an>1 grain, is the vindictlvonecft and have towards an intruder Inst fully developed. The prejudices and bitterness Is most violently and nurtured against the Northern and Western ' " >- ?- - I,, ,n? man, wno uii rana usn?... ??? where the mont uneducated white small farm-rs lire, and they have bern mi t.upht and educated by the aristocratic leaders, who flourish upon their prejudices to the' nigger" anil to the'-Yankee carpet bagger.' Social and political ostracism Inevitably awaits any one. never mind how legitimate may tnj his object In seeking abode with the Southern native, and the more marked ai.d discriminative does It become In proportion as the commanlty are more educated and consider themselves more refined; nor Is it diminished whtn causes produce more nairow-mlndedncssund less education among a naturally treacherous people. ;The tipI>er sections of the State, where there are small farmers, and where, Indeed, the white people can best live, are t>?opled by a wily, cruel and vindictive people, who have no regard for law or order, and In whose estimation human life is a mere trifle. The negroes do most of the work in the State, and every cross-road ar.d bar-room and village sh n finds the white men and their sons and retainers (liscusiini; politics over a drunken broil, while the work is being done by the negroes hired for wages or part of the crop, which they never get, having to content themselves at the end of the jear with meagre ratlc:is of grits and bacon with no money,or run the risk of being killed If they presume to remonstrate. The Ku KluX horrors, of which vou have rend, arc enacted overy day, or night rather, but, owing to the fact of the State being In the bands of the Democrats, ai d the press, of course, Is under its control, nothing Is ever said whatever outrages are perpetrated. 1 would commend you to rend a book recently published by Judge Tourgee, called "A Fool's Errand,,' which will give you a prt tty good Idea of Southern society and what life is, living at the South. Send and buy the book. Kvt ry word of It Is true, only not half is said that might be said Hampton and iiutler, who are now In the United States Senate, are as deeply Imbrued In the blood of slaughtered negroes as the vilest assassin who did their bidding at Hamburg, where negroes were m isMcred Iti cold blood,1 The present Democratic candidate for Governor Is Hagood, who led and encouraged the E'lenton riots and , massacres, and it would s^em that the road to preferment in this State is over the dead bodies of DegroeS carpet-bagger* and any who differ from the ruling powers In politics. The State is in the most deplorable state financially, being hopelessly bankrupt,as are also her chief cities ?Charleston, its seaport, and Columbia, Its capital. The people are poor and struggling against high taxaI ? r.?"ll? MCI* ' uou anu diui'iui wiin|'ii\ni <? ~? whu, under the shadow of belnj: Democrats, are plundei log the treasury, oud without thu possibility of preventing it for years to come, Everything is In the hands of a few, and thu)'the repnseiitatlves of the aristocracy, broken down (n fortune, but managing to keep the people down by the power of thu prws, which is represented by olio paper alone that bus any Influence in the State and which of course belongs to the ruling clement. The small County p ipers amount to nothing and dare not cx[iose a crime if committed or represent anything not approved by the one pii| er published in the chief city. No Russian de?|H>tisin could be more arbitrary or irresistible. The people a1 c restless, discontented and unsettled and constant emi- J gration is going on, and the population has dimmished, although the census enumerators have cheated and lied to wake it appear the population has increased. Farms abandoned, lauds lying idle and everybody in a state of uncertainty as to the future is a sumclei t refutation of tiie cheat. There is no ono who would net sell out and quit If be Could, but when approached as to price the natural suspiciousness ol ignorance comes in and three or four prices are asked, which puts olf till) purchaser too far lor uselers regrets to avail much after the trick Is discovered and botli fall to come to -....I until UT1I1P, liurtuaDti ?iix , , ore both exhausted ill attempts to trade, Steer clear of this Stale 1? the advice of oue who has had Home experience, and just read Judge Tourg-'o's book, "The Foul's hrrand," lor further Information, which Is more reliable than the words of any living editor. No one who was not lilg'j up as un officer In 'he Confederate army can stand ajy cban?e fer nomination by tho Democrats lor cftico :,n this Slate, und the cause of the Coufederacy is still uppermost Id the heart* of all, aud the common people and Illiterate classes are led to believe that the election of Hancock as President will give them another chance of warring against the Union, and to them he is represented ai having sympathy with the Southern cuujo. Of course the leaders don't believe that, but they are uneducated whites In that way who think that every nigver they kill they are serving the cause of helping the Soutti Every negro or wbito man who is a Republican Is set upon as a dangerous character, and he is marked I Hampton, who, though never elected, was couuted In for a second lime as a Democratic Governor In 1878, left the office before his term expired In favor or his Lieutenant Governor, Simpson^ to go to the United States Senate, after appropriating about #18,. 000 contingent fund, with which he buught a.houso for himself in Columbia, although only alowed $10,00 and nobody dared toy anything. GovernorJSiti)peon succeeded him, now leaving In the President of the Senate, tho former having been elected Chief Justice, lie was a noted Ka liltix lender, although it could not be fixed upon him. lie com|>oiinded felonies of State offenders to save follow Ku Klux convicts and ballot-box stutTers from the penitentiary. The present Comptroller General, Hagtod, who is now the Democratic candidate for Governor, was accused of approprluti ng license fees of insurance Companies to Ills personal benefit and no one has darid'detnur. The present Scretary ot Slate, Sluts, alto n cauilltntc for re-election, uses the funds designated for Improvement* of the State Houso grounds for his private perquisites, having had relations employed na suprlntendeuts. Tho candidate If r for Lieutenant Governor is a rampant secessionist still. The Suprlntendent of KMiimtfnn unends about #800,000 on public schools? which are a farce?being run only two or throe months in a year, ami is, no doubt, involved In schemes uf book soiling to pupil*, which amounts to nn annual expenditure uf more than the benefits de rived from tho schooling. All were Confederate officers. The taxes amount to from twelve to thirteen mllei upon exorbitant assesMnents, and tho amount paldontln salaries and contingent expenses reaches nearly $15.000?over one-sixth of tho whole amount of reveuue collectod. The Stato debt, according to the actual population, amounts to>l>oul $7.50 on every head in the State, Including men, women and child-! ron. | The census, by which tho State appears to have Increased about 42 per cent, since 1MU, Is amoiibtrousi fraud designed to Juatfy the huge return of votes by which Hampton was fraudulently said to havo been elected In 1-S76 and to shield the frauds upon the balotbox which will be uttempted again In the coming campaign, and also to secure additlnal representation in the National Assembly. There ban been no emigration to theStaie and nothing to induce it,and tio one believes tliut the Increase has been possible from natural causes. Tho supervisors wcro all appointeis of Hampton or Butler, tho Senators from the State, and the enumerators, of course, were equally accomodating to their patrons. * - ?J ? k?? II WflUIU BI?U II1J I1UUJO mm DUUil lUf H'lU.trs w??? for obvious rcasous. "OflE UF TliE FOOLd." OPENING DP THE SAVANNAH. Letter From Hon. Alexander H. Stephens. A gentlemen recently received the following letter from Mr. 6tephensln response to one written hi id on the subject: Libbbtt IIall, CBAwronnviLLK, Ga., Sept 12, 1SS0. My Dear Sib: Tour esteemed letter of 31st Angftit was received yesterday, 1 have not n copy nf the bill containing the appropriation referred to. It Is a simile Item In the general river and harbor bill, which 1 covers over 100 pages as printed by tho House,and will ' appear In the acts of the last Congress when :.hey comc ffom the prots. This volume may not appear for a month to enme. Tho Item, however. In It covering the appropriation referred to Is In abont theee words: ' For the Improvement of the navigation of the Savannah river above Augusta, the sum of twenty thousand dollars." This Is the amonntto be expended during tho fiscal , year beginning J?ly 1,1880,and ending June 80,16S1. \ Like ail Oilier apprujiniiiMHiB III mo value uui, ?men ' opgregfl' to between eight and ten million dollars, the monej Is to bo under the direction of the chief engineer of the United State*, lie. In tills as In oil other > cases, will appoint somo subordinate officer to supervise tho work. What you say about local commissioners I fully approve, but It will be Impossible to cet such an act passed by Congress. Federal appropriations for Improvementa in rivers and harbors aro always expended un" der the direction and control of federal officers, and iu ! accordance with previous surveys mado bv federal of11 fleers. In this case I had on act passed ordering a sur' rey to be made, with estimates lor improving the Savannah river nbove Augusta up the mouth of Tugaloo ' rifer. The survey was mado by Lieut. Carson, I 1 think his name Is, two years k;o. He made a favora" bio report. The aggregate, I now think, was about ' $^50,000 to comiilete thn work as he thought tho pub ' lie Interest ret)nVtn. Forty or fll'ty thousand he rec1 ommendefi (1 thlnt this was the sum) to be used annualty. I made every exertion in my power to bavo " lite recommendation, whatever it was, carried nut, but ' conld not get tho appropriation tho first year l.ir a lnr> gor onm than $20,000. This was about the same r.wio granted to estimates mado by engineers on other rivers. I snppose an officer will bo detailed t<? take charge 1 of this work within a month at least. I have not as ' yet heard from tho engineer In chlcf. There aro so 1 many works of this sort provided for in the bill it will require seme tlin* for him to organize his numerous , corps. I 1 supposo also the work will begin at Augusta and I proceed upwards. I am not certain of this however, i The engineer may upon arrival and examining the re, port of Ltiut. Carson enme to the conclusion that $20 >. 000 may be more usefully expended upon some points i or shoals above Auguhta. As soon as 1 know who the i officer Is I will give him a letter to you and other well i Informed practical men along tho line who can let biin i know where the chief difficulties and obstructions He, ; and to consult with him ss to how tho money can he II most usefully expended according to the purpose of I Congress. 1 wish I hnd a (ropy of Lieut Carson's report on tho I whole improvement 1 had an abstract of it published ! In the Aupsta papers two years ago. I'erha{>s you I saw It ontf preserved it, I want you to soo tho entire report, and If I live to cet to Washington I will endeavor to get a copy ana send you. Yours truly, AUXAM>EB H. Stephens. The Shining Light SERMOX BY REV. D. E. FRIEltSON. Delivered at Cokesbnry During the Meeting: of tin; Soath Carolina Prcs* bylery. "Let your light so shlno before men, that thtsy uisy gee yonr good works, Ac.,'" Matthew v, 10. '"Ye," said Jesus, "?ru the llghtof the world." Not Calnphss or Alexander, but "ye." I'eter, James and John, hum' lu lishurmen. Ye that are learners of the Go?pol and willing to follow me. Yo that aro sufficiently Interested In the kingdom of heaven t> lo?e tlmo lrom your occupation to converse ujion and study the great subjects. Yo that are willing to hear the reproach of enthusiasts; that are not offended at the poverty and plainness of Jesus. "Ye aro the light of i'ic world. Let your light so shine before men, Ac." The lawyers and doctors of the Sanhedrim are fnr more learned lu Kahhlnlcal lore and occupy far higher positions of Influence and ]??wor. lint their learning is not the kind that men most need. The knowledge which makes a grand Doctor and a consequential ecclesiastic ; a mail Hotting In the regions of a fanciful theology pufluth up the orofussor without radiating u Senlal light. It is knowledge, but knowledge which oes not genera'.e love for tlie race: a knowledge bar* reti of "good works." The true light of the Christian Is "good works." The true reflection of Jesua, "the light of the world," Is "good works." It Is the true, iIm permanent power of man over mam Thcdnctrliio I hat flowers Into gocd woiks is living doctrine and not dead speculation. The creed that takes an ignorant child by the bund; that whispers courage to a discon-tolate widow; that reforms an inebriate; that coin* a dollar to send tho Gosnel to destitute region*. in tile light of the worid. \\ hat the World needs morti than book-learning is heart sympathy with Its ignorance and sin. It necdti n rice of men nnd women who have courage to do "good works." Hut while the world's greuti-st need Is the light th?t unanai s from pure, good, holy, well directed effort to do ' good Work,a" it does not^fleed the wild Are of enthusiasts, ull ablaze wit}? ptirlizan heat, to build up a sect or denomination, tuif the light of "wandering stars" attracting utter,Li n for a short season and ilien disappearing; but the steady light of a good judicious and persevering Christian life. Again, the world do.-s not need that kind of religion which flourishes without doctrine. It Is suld souiotlineN by well meai.lnc Christians, that It Is of Utile consequence what your belief Is, provided your motive and conduct are right. Tlmt Christianity is J it At simple goodness, informed or uninformed. That olio hath a doctrine, and another a psahn ; bnt the main matter is to live riirht, Hut how, in all human pood sense, can a man IfVe right, as it is termed, without knowing wlmt It Is to five right! Without knowing what God means by It ? For cach bath a doctrine and a pal in about that. Does it require knowledge to practice medicine, to manage a store, and none, or but llllle to be a Christian? the great, the primary qualification for all-btiilncts? Is It of but little moment to know what Qod tells us ibout living here und hereafter? But, itisenld, we do not mean that. We mean tint good intenilonsnnd good aims constitute good cliaructt-r, end tills Is all that Christianity requires. Ahl bat where are you going to get good a.ins and good intentions, without a kno wledge of the good objccts to which they are directed? i low are jou going to raise a crop of good Intentions without plmtlnx the seed? And what could possibly make a few Ignorant good Intentions ai valui>b e us many well informed good Intentions. Can a Held of nubblnsbe as valuable as a Held of wellcared corn ? lint of what vulue can ignorant good Intentions aud delightful religious feelings be without some knowledge to guide thetn ? Supimsc a man, ignorant of Ood's righteousness, should go about to establish his own rtgbtoousuess, which might be in the t/j-inroikv Uiicvuuu num OHIYIHIUII, nuuiu lb UIIJUUIJl IU the same thing la the end, any more than if a man, meaning to go to Boston should mount the train going to San Francisco f It is impossibleto ignore religious knowledge without Ignoring ail knowledge. It Is Impossible to bo a Christian without knowing the doctrines which con siiiute the Chrlstinn Tith. A man m iy know a little of them and be saved, but it will be u PUle and weak Christian that will be saved. If any man build ?n this foundation (i. e. Christ) gold, silver, wood, hay, .-tubble,?his work shall suffer loss, bnt he shall be saved, yet 80 as by tiro. I have said enough to show that the Christian's light is not knowledge, that it Is not good Intentions and good feelings. It is good intentions, directed by good knowledge, sustained by good and holy perseverance generated by God's good spirit. Now, you will notice that tin: Great Teacher did not mean to c>ngratulato his disciples as being the actual possessors of this iluht, when llesaid "Yfl are the llgUt of the world," but tliut such whs the position which they began now to occupy, and such must be tile effect of their character 01 the world if they became truly Ills followers. And tuch of course must be the position and character of every Christian. He must be u luminary. Yes a light shining in a dark place. Objrcts and their proportions are made visible by hi<. presence. A naughty action is rebuked by his upright deportment. A corrupt hentlinentIs corrected by ills pure conversation. Wow, 1 wanted to say to yon,my brethren, and to all Christians, "Let your light no shlrio before men, tlmt they may see yourgood works." It Is the most grn> tlo exhortation to Christian duty In the world. Just let your Christianity radiate, It will do to of Itself If you put no obstructions in Its way. A beautiful nclinn ought nut to be bid. A Christian sentiment will llnd utterance. If yon do not repress it, and tho' it be but one small ray, still it Is u r.iy of llcbt that goes to niiike up the light of tho wuilil. And do not be ufruid. t here never was a skepticism or an infldolity yet that could calumniate light or say of it that it was not a good thing. It is God's pure element that the evil one himself cannot malign. There never was un Inlidel argument yet that could stand befjrc a pure mid noble life, if you lmve not an argument in words, you have whnt is better, the abllty to let the world ?*ea Christian ; a Christian in prosperity and a Chr stlan In adversity :,a Christian tempted, aChiis lian slighted and hated ; a Christian susceptible of every oiiw of the world's iilensurcs, but walking nobly above tlietn. Too very finest and best refutation of iotldolltv. of unl verbalism and of sin Is the I hristlnn. Tnu Christian at prayer awes the powers of <lurknejs. Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint U|>on hiskneo*. lie trembles because be knows Jesus Chri.-t is near by. lint our text is not only a gentle exhortation, it Is u tender command. "Shlnoyoiir light." It s in the imperat vo mood. I)o not be satisfied with a mete spontaneous notation. lntcn-lfy its light; Increare its billiitihcy. You are entru t**?l with a precious clement from heaven which you must not obtcure by [Hitting it undera bushel, or hiding it In the secret chambers of your private ex|>erienco. It is the world's property and you ore but the almoner of the beuvenly bounty, it is uot for yourself ulone. It is for mankind. It Is the most beautiful thing that God let down to earth, A living specimen of the heavenly excellence. Uod's witness in a sinful world. You must not put an estoppal upon Its testimony. Christian inodc.-ty Is not injured. by t brlutlnn zeal. The > lha ??..r? N.vlli,.v uliin. IngIn other partsot God's creation wh.-n tb.it 'tun is shilling In his strength upon its. And wbrn the jun sues down below the horizon, all tho modest stars again ill It mi tie on r heavens. They shone with lilm In fact tlurinc thuday, but his superior light outshone theirs, Modesty and zeal work hai roonlousl/ together. ion niov be both a zealous C ri.-tian ai.d a modest one. Hut observe that timidity Is not modest. A Christian afraid to refuse, when Invited to go to a b ill or to u game of cu ds is a tiinid Christian, lie is afraid to let bis Chrsstlaidty radiate its light. He puts it under a bushel Just when he should put it?on a candlestick. Why that Is Just your opportunity, Christian, when the light of a Christian example would oe a beautiful obedience to the exhi.rUtion of the Great Teacher, ''Lei your light so shine." But, it rnuy t>e sniu l uo noi see wuy my i/unsiianuv may not sulne In the bull room ami at the curd table. 1 propose to engage lu no other than decent dancing and decent card playing. Will, but decent card playing lit a very dim form of Christianity, IT any nt ail. Do you propose to submit your Christianity to an obscuration. if you begin to diminish your light, may Luu not estliiguith It? But Jesas exhorts, ht It shire. And how arc you going lo shine your light If you let It down into an atmosphere which first obscures then extinguishes It, The modern ball room ami card table Just as certainly puts out the light of Christianity, as the choke damp in a coal pit puts outa lamp, lou cannot think of Jesus Christ being in a bull room or seated at a card table. It shocks your moral tcnelbilities. And you cannot think of any one aiming to be like Jesus ... M. 1 !. rl. lUnll I- Ititu mositheret'. W bat then, It Ik asked are we to forego all euriuly pleasures aud become a race of demure and miserable being# ! Any one can become d?mure and will beeomo demure wbo undertakes to be a Christian soldier but has not courage to fight its battles. He will be demure because bo "eoiu'emneth himself iu that thing which he allowetb." Those jire tho truly miserable people who are constantly at war with themselves endeavoring t? reconcile their consciences and their conduct. Christianity proposes to us a higher order of pleasures the pleasures of selfvlctoryj of a manly courage in the moment of tem; tatiou i of the noble Independence which rises superior to the pleasures of animal excitement. And it happens that the pleasures of the curd table nnd the ball room are Jttst that class of pleasures which you can refuse yourself without uny injury to your moral, intellectual or Corporeal nature, aLet your light shine before men," my brethren, whenever yon are solicited to tho horse race or drinking saloon. Bliow yourself a strong man, tho Il -ht of whoso Christianity is not blown out by a puff. What rational sport can there be In witnessing a fivts minutes struggle between horses nnd Jockeys! l,The very life and soul of the turf," says the Canadian Independent, ' is betting." Take that away and there would be a toljil follnpee. Yet betting Is a livelihood. Thousands of lazy uien in this and other countries make their bread and broadcloth by this method 01 "preying upon society." The phlloenyhy of betting Is ih it you may get something for nothing, that you "may win money without working for it. It is attempting to get money in some other woy thau by honest industry. The rambler and betting mnn lu those places whore the institution of the hon-e rnc<! Mild Lilt! cnck.flirht havn hocll Rut tin renn n ili.h harvestot tbes? periodical Saturnalia, nnd tney reap by trickery uml cnnnlng, a harvest of mone y vhlcn somebody s honest toll linn made. All Christians and good men ought tu withhold their countenance ami encouragement from work of this kind. Let your light so shine, my brethren,as toexposoby your puro example, the moral ugliness of betting. Mut It may be said there is no wrong In betting, if we lay no wager. We answer no one Is wronged but votirself and Clod. Yourself, by Jumping into the deceitful fas dilution of lottery, a fascination which grew Into such a monstrous evil In our social economy that Leglstn tures had to stump it out by force. Homo years two the Pontifical Lottery at Rome was drawn every Snturday morning. I do not know that It exists now. A great glass barrel with a crank was turned rapidly for u time to shuttle the tickets together, nnd then drawn and announced to a crowd of nlmost breathless spectators below tho bulcony, until ninety tickets were sold out. The profits to the government at one time lor each drawing ww GO,000 sendi, nearly $60,1)00. And U has been siuted, as fact, tliut the greater the public d'etre** and poverty, the greater tho yield of the Lottery to the public exchequer. Misery rnakeB the people desperate and they venture more recklessly with the little they possess. Think of poorwidowed mother venturing her last week's earnings by putting It In the shape of a lottery ticketin the hope of getting more by chance and then turning away from tho accursed affair In utter despair having lost all. Yet hotting is lo'tcry and lottery wrongs God by denying his Providence and I government, by seeking to escape his appointment of I lawful industry for a living; by abetting the infamor.B doctrine of chance. O! I hope iny fellow Christians will be strong enough to refuse outright all approbation and encouragement of betting, card playing, horse racing and cock fiahting, and so shine out their Christianity t?s to expose triese Iminorul practices. You might put a gloss of decency over theso tilings by surrounding them with the finery of a modern civilization and refinement,butyou could not divest them of their iniquitous tendency. And could not the Christian women of our country exert a power over these evils by refusing to attond a tournament, regatta, or race where betting wus proposed ? Havo women no responsibility as to sinful pructicos and amusements which depend mainly upon their presence and countcnances for their interest? Are the young women too timid to say no, when tliolr hand Is 'soughtin an entertainment or amusament which which might east a shade over their loyalty to Jesus and embarrass'the cause of Christianity ? Your sex I was tvor true to Jesus of Nazareth. Endeavor to be I so still In this age of diversified attractions. "Let your light shine before men" and women ?n tho parlor. ' You have your own uleo ami focllo way of Introducing subjects of conversation. That satne facility and acute discrimination could bo employed In Introducing subjects of moral and religious Import: ! of discoursing In terms of disapprobation upon doubt! ful dressing, doubtful manners, doubtful hours, doubt| ful parties and entertainments. Let your motherly | and matronly wisdom shine out In Instructive eouI versatlons beforo the maidens and girls. Kncourogo 'them by your sage conversation to be rejolute. I lluild up churacter in them, stoble character that will I throw off all flippancy, coquetting and superfluity or naughtiness. Who but Cnrietlac mothers are to 11InmTnate the parlor *lth Christian morals? Who but they are to shape the tnetcs of tto girls and maidens into wild Christian inuniierd. Christianity has no <qiuirrel with clvlliza'tfAns, TJ'reck, Komdn and AvrroiVcan. It has mi quarrel with long hair or tho plait ting of it, none with t'6ld rings or bracelets except us bold anil dishing. But It has a quarrel with the flashing apparel ilmt seeks to be seeu and admired; with the high anil hMtghly Importance which makes Itself hearilthrough ihe house; anything anil everything which in dress or manners exceeds settled -and prevalent taste ; anything and everything which takes woman from her natural (msltlon of |*>wcr and Influence mid wlilrb cultivates a virile ambition. Mothers can control all this by letting their light shine In the par'? I -?.l ?1.? nut with such eloquent tongues as you possess, b? silent upon the great subject of religion. Your power for good Is V' ry great. I am notjinvltlng vou to organize societies lor reading and prayer. The#* may be well enough. provided you do not allow your Individual and personul responsibility to escap* yom under the [ilea that yon are praying. I am usfcing- you to let tne light of a wise convcination shine before y<>ur daughters anil the daughters of other families. You must know what they "read. You must bo stro g enough to reject paltry stuff from your house. "Evil communications corrupt good manners." Ye are Chrlsiian women and as such "ye are the light of the world." The weight and character of men and woman of the next generation must be very much according to your moulding. If you have taught them only how to compound a pie of to wear a tlounce they will confine thei r Intellect# to pies and flounces wtion you arc gone to your account. Interest the girls In good worko, In charities, in profitable reading, in timely, seasonable, discreet sociability. Tench them to dress plainly for the house of God. to attend daylight meetings chiefly, to converge with sobriety and as much as possible upon useful topics Much of witticism, of fun of jocularity Is natural to the young and Hot to be frowned down, but much of It needs tho gentle gressure of a mother's hand. Let your light shino before men. my brethern, in yourdally Intercourse with the world. Not by dragging up tn<Subject of religion Into all companies or at any time. All thing* have their occasions and opportunities. A little watchfulness, a Utile anxiety on the great subject will find its chance. "And a word fitly spoken, how good Is It." There sits a lawyerat his desk. lie Is a Christian man. \ friend or client calls and takes his seat, suits, trials, deed, e'tates, persons ond parties pass under review nnd are fully discussed. Christ and his cause are never once mentioned. There sits a doctor in his office, he too Is a Christian. Call to see him. "With llvellost and even enthusiasm he will enlighten you on tho butnnn physical economy, on the latost theories ubout contagious or miasmatic diseases -nnd wltli most touching pstboshe wllldetuil the eircumstansces of some extraordinary ca?eof human suffering. The Interview closes pleasantly, politely without an allusion to the krreat sublecL Soof the merchant and the man of business Is It right? Is It right that every tiling else shoul-l Interest your thoughts ami feelings but the subjects which relate to the kingdom of heaven ? Is It right that Christian men should close their eyrs upon every opportnnlty for opening their Hps to their fellow men upon the most mompnfous themes thai can come before the hnman mind ? Is It right that a man who professes to believe on Jeans Christ for oternal llfs should make his religious cx pericnc- s a profound secret and make his religion the matter of a secret society ? Is It rVht when God has made you his tnnulh piece and has asked you to be his witness bearer before this present evil world that you should accept the position und refuse to act tinder the commission ? Is It right that the friends ol Ood should stand witness to his nume being reproschcd and his cause defuihtd without opening their lips in its defence? In the name ot that High Majesty who has Appointed his Got-pel to be preochtd, I ask what Is the meaningof this universal consent? Is it timidity? Is it hnman contempt ? Is it conspiracy ? Is them no light anv) no love left to emanate from human hearts ? What means this awful slience upon earth? This coldness of the extremites th?t drives a pulsating Christianity l?ack t? the very citadel of llfj for warmth and refuge? What means this new atmosphere of choke damp on the streets, the thorrooitli fnri?* ami nn.iv* of hnman activity where all the II.'I t* of L'hrl?tianlty <;n ont f and where no roan dares defend Go<l and religion ? The question echous tuck what moans It 7 My brethren, I leuve Christ* exhortation with yon Let "your light <tc. Ignite tlo one out f re of Chris 1" unity. Light the lamps of Christian courage, fidelity faith and prayer. Let each light up a lamp In his own house. Let each build anew the alters that are fallen down Let each tnan set np a light on a candlestick In his offlco and in his store, the little earthly beacon and remombcrnco ?f yonder glories would of llirht to which vou uro Invited to a<plro. You havo uut turned yo* back upon heaven and the everlasting glory. Too still hope to meet the Lord In the air. Yon stil! cling by a secret hope to the garments of the Great Deliverer. Come then rind ir?-t ?live coal from God's alter. <)1 come uplntoasln forgiving God. Come ai d renew the the struggle for life everlasting. Come with me and llirht the good fight of faith, laying h?ld of eternal life ? But The fearful sonl that tire* and faint*, And walks the ways of God no inoro Is but esteemed almost a saint, And makes his own destruction snro. Adger College. The Fourth Scholastic Year ?WILL BEGIN THE Last Thursday ia Septemlier, Next. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT STUDENTS BE present the first day. Apply for catalogue JOHN R. RILEY, Chairman of Faculty. August 11,18?0, 2m. Five cent Cigars. ZULUS, BOMBAY. BELLE OF TIDEWAUr, Tourist, and Lop Oufoln Cigars. ExrK(TEi)?"I/one Fisherman's" and Aohme Clv'nreltns. at EDWIN l'AItKEIt'fi. Si-pt ?>, 1.SK00. You can Buy RTZATlV-TYrATVE CLOTHING, HATS AND BONNETS, BOOTS AND SHOES, AND OTHER ARTICLES AT PRICES That will make Money, SUMMER CALICOES, at Bets from B. W. BARNWELL Sept. 13. "SPECIAL NOTICE! Fall and Winter 1880. rpo nrrlve In the next ton day*, the largest I Stock of Millinery. Dress Cioods, Dress Trlinmlnt'H, Mack find Colored Silks. Ladles Cloaks, Ladies Dolman, Misses and Clilldrens Furs, Hlack and Colored Caslimeres. Zephyr Shawls, and the greatest variety of Worsted, <Sc., ever offered to the Ladies of Abbeville. Our stock lias heen selected wilh the greatest care and bought almost cxcluslvelyfor CASH, thereby euubllug us to nell at the closest %urcs, R. M. Haddon & Co. Sept. 1">. J. Knox & Co. QFFER for sale thecclebrnted "Stonewall" Cigar The best Five cents Ci^ar brought to this market. Also u superior lot of Sweet Mash Corn Whiskey, And ft very flno nrtlclc of RYS WHISKEY. Kepi. 8, 1NS0. tf Notice! WILT- bo lot to the LOW F.ST BIDDER; on Thursday,, the 7th of October nest, the REBUILDING OF A BRIDGE nt A. J. Cllnkscnles' Mill. Plan nnd specifications given on the day of Letting. 8, J. HESTER, County Commissioner, Kept. 8, ISM). 4t imTs ft. THOMSON. DENTIST, ABBEVILLE, S. C. irni.OFFir over Emporium of Fswl>lon.-?* July 7,1*80. lyr. SWEET MASH Corn Whiskey L. H. RUSSELL OFFERS to the public supeiiorSweetM?sh C'OHN WHISKEY, which heguaranteen to be the best and purest whiskey that has ever been offered lit this market. A most desirable articto for Invalldu aud others. Ca! i and sample it. March 2-lth 1880,8m. e7t7vietx MONUMENTAL MARBLE AND GRANITE WORKS, Office 49, Workshops 57 Broad Street. CHARLESTON, S. C. April 21,1860. mm' Trkasciieu's Opfice, A n/viiof OA 1QQA UOH I TV J iWV? IX accordance with the Supply Bill, approved February 20lh, 1880, notice is hereby given that the Treasurer's Office of Abbeville county will be open for the collectloh of Taxes Wednesday 15th September, 1S80, and will remain open until 1st day of Novembor, cxcept the days included in the schedule of appointments made below in this notice : The Rate per Centum of Taxes is as Fellows: State purposes, 4j Mills. County, 3 " Past Indebtedness, li " Schools 2 " Total,...? Hi Mills. Poll Tax, ?1.00. In all casos where the May Installment has not been paid a penalty ot Five For Centum will be added to said Installment. ' All Taxes remaining unpaid on tho 1st | day of November will incur a . Penalty of Fifteen Per Centum, and will bo collected by distress until 15th day of November; after that date the j County Treasurer will proceed to collect the samo by levy and sale as provided by law. Taxes are Payable in the following kinds of Funds and no other: Gold and Silver Coin, oi.i n... J J Liiiicu owiict vtincuvij', nuu National Bank Notes, Jury and Witnesses' Tickets will be taken lor County Taxes as provided by law. Parties liablo to j Poll Ta* and refusing or failing to pay the same will bo proceeded against as for a misdemeanor, and upon conviction "shall bo lined not more than ten dollars, besides cost, or by imprisonment in the County jail not exceeding thirty days." In Accordance with the Act of Assembly, approved December 23, 1879, which requires County Treasurers "To attend at certain places for the collection of Taxes," I will attend at the following placcs on the days designated. To wits Ninety-Six, Monday 27th September, , 10 30 a. m. until arrival of up train, Tuesday the 28th? Greenwood, Tuesday 28th, from arrival of up train until same hour Wednesday 29tlh Hodges, Wednesday 2flth from arrival of up train until same hour Thursday the 30th. Donaldsville, Friday the 1st day of October. Due West, Saturday the 2nd day of October, Long Cano Township on Monday the 1th October at Gilgiil church. Smithville Township at Evan's Mill, on Tuesday the 5th October. Wiiite Hall Township at White Ilall Wednesday the 6th October. Indian Hill Township at Chiles' Cross Roads on Thursday the 7th October. Cedar Springs Township at Cedaa Springs, Friday the 8th October. Abbeville C. II. Saturday tbo 9th October. Diamond Hill Township, at Wni. WickIiffe'H, Monday tho 11th October. Lowndesville, Tuesday the 12th October. Magnolia, at Hester's store, Wednesday the 13th October. Calhoun's Mills, Thursday the 14tli October. McKittrlck's Mills, Friday tbo 15th October. The balance of the time Up to tho 1st November I will be in the office at tho Court House. Tho Tax payers of Lowndesville, Magnolia and Calhoun Townships are notified that the S. Y. R? R. Tax will be cJol* lected at the same time. iiiioriuuuuii m mj ia.\u?? irtroiy ?ivcu by mail or otherwise. J. W. PERRIN, County Treasurer. Sept 1, 1880. 0t nT)7,D and experienced hookkeeperand Salesman would like to obtain employment In Abbovlllo for tbo coming season or longer. Apply to J. W. McCum-och, Of to M. G. Zeigler, Clerk Court C. P. Atignst 18 lS80. tf BONESET BOURBON TONIC. 1MIIS Tonic 1? recommended for Indigestion and Its attendant 111k. and as a preventive of Malarial Pleases. The material used is of the highest grade of excellence. Nothing but a tine old Kentucky whisky can produce a richness of flavor and a generous stimulant cfl'ect like this. Nothing but a blending of homogeneous and wholesome tonics In Just proportion can produce so grntefu la stomachic as this, which is the Finest, the most wbolo some, and tlio best tonic in the world. For sale by J. Knox & Co. April 20, 1S80. Valuable Books. Q'NEAL'S BENCH AND MAR. Edwin Parker. Sept. 8.1880. A. B C. LINDSAY, DENTIST, Practical and Operative, HAVING attended the Lectures of the Pennsylvania College of Dentil Surgery offers his professional services to the public as a Dentist anil Oral surgeon. Calls through the country attended to. All work warranted and chargeR reasonable. Residence 5 miles east of Calhoun Mills, South Carolina. June 1(J, 18X0. PRESERVE YOUR BOOKS, Periodicals, Newspapers and Music State, County and Railroad Officers and business men generally, supplied with blank books made to any pattern. ALL families have OLD ROOKS PERIODICALS, NEWSPAPERS, MUSIC, Ac., which they desire to transmit to their posterItr Khonlil HAVE THEM REBOUND. Which will preserve fheni and will make them look almost as well as new. Old Hooks,Ac., should not only be rebonnd, but the current literature of the present day should be put In a durable form for preservation as well. This can be done In the shortest possible time, with the best material. In the most handsome and durable style, and at a price which cannot bo duplicated anywhere, by E. R. STOKES, Stationkh. Hook Kinder and Lian BoCjt M AN UFA (TURK H, No. 155 Main Street, COLUMBIA. S. C. j. s. cothran, L. TV. ferrin, T. P. cotiiran, Cothran, Perrin & Cothran .Attorneys at Law, I ABBEVIJLLE, S. C*. ; Jan. 14,1?8U, tf Closing Out! Closing Out! ! m MILLINERY Dress Ooods, Muslins, Pique* Lined suits, fancy Hoso, Scarfs <tc., at astonishingly low prices and ladles in search j of real bargains will consult their Interests r I by giving us a look before purchasing at the , Emporium of Fashions. July 21, l&W. ;; - r- -:-v 1 p m __ . . . 1880 "OPENING!" 1880 f FALL SEASON! (T "We Would call the Special -A.tten.tion ? OF THE LADIES OF A BBEVILLE COUNTY TO OUR m ? ? a un iiriiTTrn JfALL AnU Will 1 La JSTYLES OF MILLINERY, JEWELRY, 1 RUFFLINGS, LACES, TIES, VEILINGS, FANCY RIBBONS, FEATHERS, FLOWERS, ^ TtTlAT. TTATR ftnnnR FURS, &C., I A LSO, the greatest variety of DRESS GOODS, ALPACAS, a CASHMERES, Black and Colored SILKS. Black and Jolored SATINS. Black and Colored VELVETS, rBIWOES, BUTTONS. Zephyr SHAWLS, CLOAKS, DOLMANS, &c. Our Stock is almost twice the usual size and we cordially I nvite an inspection of the same. Don't forget R. M. HADDON & CO. J pi 11 rnnnc mi pnnnc r all uuuuj. r hll uuuuj> iiiihi i in . lim Ire now opening their large assortment of FALL and WINTER GOODS. THEY HAVE FEINTS, in all styles, COTHING, in great variety, DRESS GOODS, SOOTS and SHOES, all kinds and prices, CLOAKS and DOLMANS, in varied styles, GROCERIES, CROCKERY, &c, 6c. t? ttS^QIVE THEM A CAL.L"fc* Sept 8,1880 if i ~ On Exhibition! A COMPLETE STOCK j _ _ . J O H 1^ J ^ ^ _ i t Yon have but to look, to see that oar stock it Large and Well Selected. ?? nlnrnTTfl flmnvAti^Aaii f!oll OYld CTflf JT IlUd (IXWttJO g uaiaubbQUi vuu uuu gv? your wants Supplied. W. JOEL SMITH & SON. W. II. TOTT & REMS I,; | Druggists. 1STO. 812 BROAD ST., AUGUSTA, GA< ?? - . f Respectfully tall the attention of the merchants, physicians, Planters and people generally to their large and complete stock of Drop, Medicims, Chemicals, Faints, Oils, Varnishes, fMoiGlass, k which they offer at prlccs ns low as can be found anywhere In this conntry. In addition to the above, they also carry the largest and best selected stock of Funcy Goods and Toilet Arli?_ clos In the South. # MR. H. 11. LAND, (formerly Barrett & Land) will be foand in this hon*e at All time*, ana will be glad to meet bis old friends. [Augnst 25,1880,3ra TRY HOME FIRST. BmG YSE wo#l I QUARLES & CO., Highest Prce Paid n Cash. 111(11! MMI NOWIESTHE time I lllUil II U Illll?, TO SECURE A FIRST CLASS | TiTir%nnrn T>t3 TPTTC. ^*^Sr WW *"*Nr?- 'i REjUUIJEJIJ I aiuuu. m ~ VERTICAL CANE MILLS, List of Prices- 0 OK ING S TO V E. 2 Rollers, 10 inches diameter...... $35 00 2 ' 12 " ' 45 00 :0: " 14 ' ? &") 00 T TT JVP nnmhdflhft T will 2 ? ,o ? 70 00 1 trade for oats or sell on time to fcol p?r? 2 ,, ff <i i< 80 00 I tics by paying one-third cash. My?tovsar? 3 11 too well known where ever they htive been , ^ -nr.41. introduced to need an explanothnj Above prlcescomplete with Frame wltnou jfeeep constantly on hand a full srjply o. Frame, 510 less on each Mill Mason's HORIZONTAL?3 Roller Mil IMPROVED FRUI. . The two quart* are only worth 52.50 per do* _ en. The one quarts, S1.75 per dozen. Also a for Steam or Water Pow- go^ supply o? tin cans, that i sen at th? 1V1 " astonishingly low price of sevenfy-flve cents per dozen. Any ono can seal them and warer S150. ranted not to leak. Send In your orders ' * early. _ I only charge twenty cents per gallon for SenflYourflrflersfor a i kerosenewarranted 110 degrees Are test by W. M. Bird m HJra11 A Co. No charge for stopping leaks in caus, Can Mills ESTIMATES MALE * vrrv and bids given on roofing and guttering In o AWU out of the county. Work In coppsr, tine anil galvanized Iron a specialty. m xt^4-*.! am Thanking you for past favors and soliciting O VrUlJ A6LI16S a Share of your patronage in the future T " m vah?? akivllnnt Biiri'n n t 19 JL 1 (llli J vui vwuivuk o\a luuvy A. J. SPROLES, D. B. SMITH, Agent. Greenwood, So. Ca. j.w.sion J, L. CLARK. ABBEVILLE, S. C. ^ Jjg tyf flf ^ KEEPS on hand a fun assortment of OOF- j HAVE CONCLUDED TO GIVE MY ^TTi !? t*Je onefipe*rt to the be^t. whole attention to my Shop. I shall give Hearse will attend funerals, when desired, it GOOD ATTENTION/ If any person wish... , ? . . ea to have his He will also Contract for the Repaired Erection of Suildings- Bring them In. Ihav^all the tools and matcriaTs to do It up In the best of style and at Itc is agent for the sale of Sash, Doors the lowe*?t rates possible. If you want youi Blinds, Mouldings, Stnlr-ralllnRs, Floorings clock repaired bring It in and it will be don? and everything pertaining to house building right.- If yon want your JEWELRY MENDED "RAT? EFT? TWO Bring it on, If you Want yonr t?k sewing machine mended 1 public that he has recently removed his , ... Tonsorlal fixtures to "Knox's Hall," North- This is the placo to get It done in the be?t of enstcorner public square where lie will be order. \ou can have any plecc made new, or pleased to meet and be of service to all in the old one repaired. If you want your gun of search of the aid and assistance of a firstclass pistol repaired this is the place to have it Tonsorlal Artist to render their outward ap- done. All these articles will be repaired in pen ranee about the head and face more deslr- the best of order ct the Lowest Prices. able to look upon. Satisfaction In every par- Give nifl a tri* atd satisfy yourselves?* tlcular and prices to suit the stringency of the TERMS CASH. fticliard Gantt. . JOHN 1. CLABK, KNOX'S HALL. January 22, 1679, tfr ;