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r & Jlie Press and Banner. Bj Ilngh Wilson and H. T. Wardlaw. ; Wednesday, Nov. 10,1880. * 1 ^1^-m??m-m Tlic Disorder Last Week?Have Wo a ( Town Council 1 , Last week will long be remembered ns n i week when In w and order was put at defiance, i If license to violate the common proprieties . of life wen-grunted hvword or Implication, ! wc think It about time to have order and qui- < et restored. Let offenders from tills time forth be made to feol the force of the law If they continue to disregard the plain ordinances of tlie town. The laws against drunkenness, profanity and vulgarity on our streets and on our public square should be rigidly enforced from this time forth. One great cause of complaint Is the common practice of firing pistols at night on our prln clpal streets. On Main street especially is this a grievance. The citizens of the upp?'r part of town walk out at night at the peril of their lives from stray pistol shots. Within the past week the very lnclosurcs around two of the dwellings in that part of the town have been shot into. Such a state of terrorism, and such ' an unwarrantable subjection of ourcltizens to the sound of foul-mouthed desperadoes or outlaws, should not be tolerated within the shad* * ow of that temple which claims to administer Justice and give protection to the unoflending citir.eu from the hands of the assassin and the mouth of the blackguard. If we are not greatly mistaken, there is an . oidinance of the town forbidding, under heavy penalties, the discharge of any uun or pistol " within six hundred yards of the court-house. If there in such an ordinance the people Of the town will expect a strict enforce* lucnt of that law; and if there is no law against such a violation of the peace, we hope J that the City Fathers will take a lesson from i, the town council of Columbia and other towns!, (n the state, who have enacted ordinances! prcjlilbltlng the carrying of pistols within the cprporate llmiis of their respective towns.', "We do jiot live in Mexico or Texas, nor is;, there such a slate of society in Abbeviile as ( compels every desperado to buckle on a pistol Ill orut'r Uliil wncil lie inxuiucs uiliun IIV umj [ t kill by accident or Intention a more peaceable j aud a more worthy citizen. While on this subject we think we may ap- ' peal to the pulpit toald in bringing about and j preserving a better state of morals. This can 11 be done by ceuslng to say unjust and vile j things of those who either dance or go to the; i circus, and by devoting the valuable time1 heretofore so perniciously spent in abusing other denominations to preaching Christian!- ' ty, pure and undeflled, and by bringing that ( Christianity to bear against the crimes: which arc now disorganizing our very civilization. True Christianity is practical In Its j resulis, aud Its effects may be seen in our eve- ( ryday life. That kind of Christianity which j docs not soften and sweeten our natures Is not; ihe religion of which Jesus of Nazareth was i the exemplar. That is not the true religion, 11 which forbids the young to enjov a little hon- J ] est mirth In the presence of their mothers and ; < Bisters, but on the contrary allows our boys of11 lender years to go forth into the streets and 1 by-ways, where they may under a canopy of' darkness become corrupted by every form of;; ' vice that lies In wait for innocent youth. We i have been bored long enough with conftised! medleys on doctrinal points, end have had 1 ( quite enough misrepresentation on the sub-: ject of dancing and clrcns-going, to have, in J our opinion, a very evident evil effect on the J morals and mannersofour young men. Youth 11 with its Joyousness and innocence will seek companionship, and If the dooi* of our homes are shut to them they naturally go the streets, ( and from Ihence to the billiard room, the bar- < room, and other places where good boys have little business. Holding this view of the mat?* ter, we think the decline in our morals is < greatly owing to an abuse of the pulpit. We i are In a lamentable condition when the pulpit i wanders from the cardinal doctrines of the't religion taught by the meek and lowly Jesus,11 and substitutes tirades against the lDnocent ] nmunemenls which keeps our boys at home ?rwl nw\t/v?fo thflm ft*r% nr* I Ha ennras trhlrih hf*" ! 1 eet the feet of those who go Into the streets- i ] It is equally lamentable If the preacher instils ' . " Into tlic hearts of his hearers the doctrine of' ] hate and uncharltableness for other Christians I j who are striving to serve the Lord In a differ I ] eut manner from his own, and in away which ' ] they think more in accord with the teachings j .'V of the Holy Scriptures. n As evidence of the effect of pernicious preaching It is only necessary to stale! a fact or two. Four or five years ago the subject of true religion in our churches was, J n our opinion ^practically abandoned for an nttP-ck against innocent amusements, or, as Iney were erl'ed, "worldly" amu?emci)is* while those who filled the pulpit also l preached something of hatred and dlsrcspcct to oilier Christians. Up to that time It had ! been'impossible to support a licensed billiard! table in town: now there are two, each of! - -which .Is reasonably well patronized. Then, I our people were a church-going people; there was not a family in town which did not have ! representatives at church every Sunday. It is not necessary to state the present condition of filTUlrs. But we will say that there are now heads of families who seldom darken the doors of a church, while tbe number of yojng men * who stay away Is great. The Election. Slnco our last publication the world has been Informed of the election of James A. Garfield, of Ohio, the Republican candidate, to the highest office in the worlc?that of President of the United States. The Democratic party has been incontestably beaten, ' " ? 1 I* I. ~ nD HIHTAIK I/* flhtHp !' the result without a murmur. Whatever doubts the world may have had of the election of President Hayes it can have no misgivings as to the election of Gniflcld. It requires more manhood tosuslaln ourselves under defeat thnn in success, and we hope that our people will be now, as they ever Lave been In the past, etjual to the occasion. We should give way to no unmanly murmuringg, but should accept the situation in good faith, and yield gracefully to the will of the majority. Democratic principles make thedemand 1hat we should accept Garflold as our President as gracefully as we should have expect.ed the Republicans to accept Hancock as their President, had he been elected. In the election of Garfield we see nothing to prevent our continued prosperity aa a nation or as individuals. The financial policy or the country, we presume, will not be disturbed and it is certain tiiat the husbandman . M ill be rewarded for his labor in the future as fully as he has been p: ld in the past. The Constitution of the United Sta.es protects us! from agression by the party In power at! Washington, and a wise Democratic State CAuninmcnt lii Columbia will insure pence !1 find p osperity to onr people, if tliey will on- j ]y devote llieir undivided energiesasbecomes j good and peaceable citizens, to the work of, building up their own Individual fortunes, j Garfield's name has been smirched by charges or corruption, but it must be acknowledged that he is a man of ability. Having been born in a cabin, without friends, and having mude Ills way by regular and constant steps until be has reached the highest office within the gift of tie people, it Is not lo be wondered at that he should have made some missteps on <*ie way. The man who could rise to that exalted position without doing some act to which his opponents could object, would be a prodigy Indeed. We take It that Garfield is .about as good as the average politician, and that a man of his ability and success In life % Is not born to hate. Men who have the facility to hate, well developed, seldom rise to Ligh position ; and while political aspirants are governed by extremo men, it lsn wellknown fact, when a man takes the oath and assumes the dut ies of office, th&t be is governed entirely by the conservative sentiment. 1 "With these facts before us we think we have reason to hope that Garfield will make agood Tresldent for the whole country. While it is 1o be regretted that we have been so signally defeated In the contest for National honors, , yet we have the glorious reflection that, with , the exception of Beaufort, Orangeburg, and , Sumter, South Carolina Is Democratic from the mountains to the sea. With good county and State Governments we shall not be cast down for the reverse which we have experienced In the Presidential contest. Taking it, all in all, we have cause to be thankful that we are in as good a condition as we are. Let as Have Peace. The election is over, and we hope to hear no more of sect-lonal hatred. Let us all strive to build up our individual fortunes, cultivate' friendly feelings with citizens of every State, j *nd settle questions of public concern strictly upon their merits, and not upon geographical conditions. During the canvass many unkind things have been siiid.no doubt in-1 Justly, by both parties. For instance, we have said and believed some very ugly things of Garfield, and the people of the North have villifiedand abused us unmercifully. Now, weknowtluit the Northern people in their sp?(-ches have done us an Injustice, end with us, It Is possible that reason has given way to j fission, und we have spoken too harshly of i l.iirflHd. Life Is too short, and there are too i many importan' results to be accomplished,! i to mute any vuluablc lime lo bating. i ] . . A Constitutional Convention. Slncc the result of the Presidential election has become known quite a number of our people have expressed the desire lor the Legislature of South Carolina to order a Const ltullonal Convention. Some want the Constitution overhauled on general principles for the reason that It was the work of the Republl cans; some want to do away with the homestead exemptions; some propose to economize on the school tax which is now levied In accordance with the requirements of theConititutlon; some would like tosee the office of Audltor.Treasurcr, County Commissioner and School Commissioner abolished, and one offlser chosen to discharge the duties of the several officers at h figure much below that now paid to any one of the above named officers; ft majority desire to have the term of office extended to all officers of the State and county to four years; and nearly everybody seems itnxlous to have the time of holding State limn llml an which the Federal elections are held. As far as we have been able to ascertain wo believe that a majority of our people at the first Impulse would say that a Constitutional Con-, vention is needed, but we are sure that the sober second thought will make them almost a unit against any such move. We oppose the proposed Constitutional Convention for many reasons and have never been able to see any good reason forcalling It. Wo object to It? Because, the present Constitution is a good one, and no doubt a better one than the proposed new one would be; Because, It the people want to change any part of the Constitution they can do It by amendment, as Cheaply and as easily ns was the recent change In the Homestead exemptions effected; Because, the frequent alteration of our laws hiis already had a very demoralizing effect upon our i>cople. As a rule the Legislature has altered some of our important laws every year, ana me supreme tuui i un? miu uu uuhculty In construing many of them to mean somci hlng else than was Intended, or to mean nothing at all, Because, our citizens have spent a great deal of time and money to get the Supreme Court decisions as to the meaning of various sections of the Constitution Itself, and the number of laws that it has been necessary to obtain their meaning from the Court, Is ijreat; Because, If a new Constitution isadoptedall these decisions which cost so much will go for nothing, and litigants will be compelled to undergo this great expense a second time; Because, we believe It impossible to elect able and learned Jurists to such a Convention. The farmers of the country in the past have imagined that they could frame better laws than lawyers could, and we have no doubt that they would come to the same conclusion as to delegates to the Constitutional Convention, and would elect the same class of men to a Convention that they have heretofore elected to the Legislature. We all know how many efforts and how many years It hoa ronnlpp/1 f/k wt. thp Knvnnnnh VnllftV unci the Greenwood and Augusta Kail road so chartered as to enable these companies to collect taxes by force of law for the construction of these roads. If they cannot at the first and second efforts pass a Blmple law llko this, which the courts will not "go through," we would like to know what progress such men In Convention assembled would make In framing a Constitution; Because, a Constitution which would do awny with the Homestead would and 6hould be promptly and decisively defeated by the votes of the people; Because, a Constitution which would abolish and reorganize the county government would be defeated by I he people; Because, any Constitution which did not require the levy In* of the school tax, would be overwhelmingly defeated by the votes of both while and black; Because, to hold a State Convention, would x>st the State a hundred thousand dollars, *nd that Convention would only frame aConititutlon which the people would reject, or In ?.se It was accepted, it would cost much more to have tlio Supreme Court Interpret its moaning; Because, we havo liad enough of politics to Inst us for a long time. Wo newl rest from political excitement, In order that we may devote our time and attention to the ordinary pursuits of life. The negro and the white man should be allowed time to provide the necessary comforts of life for their respective households; Because, it Is better to bear the Ills we have, than give way to childish fears, and yield to that spirit of unrest which is as unstable as water. The Public Schools. A correspondent of the Charleston Mercury reviews some statements made by MaJorHugh S. Thompson, in which he shows conclusively to his own satisfaction that the Republicans furnished annually about one-eighth more days' tuition than has been furnished under Democratic rule. Big salaries to teachers may be the cause. I*ast year in one township in j this county a teacher, with a second grade cer- ] tlttcate, taught about sixty scholars for S2S a month, while another teacher in the same township, the lucky owner of a first grade certificate, perhaps because he may have been able to tell a little more about the trip from Jericho to Confedrit Cross Roads by water, but who was as Ignorant as his less fortunate neighbor as to the proper management of children, taught about tlfteen scholars and received WO a month for his services?taxes paid by the people to be expended for the education of our children. In these Instances, we doubt not, if the trustees had been more watchful to the Interests of the children, they could have secured either a first grade or a second grade teacher for ?20 a month. As a matter of fact, did the trustees faithfully dls. charge their high and Important duty to the children when they paid so high a prlcc to teachers, which necessitated the closing of the schools in three months, when they could tiave been kept open for six months, If the j teachers had been paid a less salary ? The children's money Is a sacred trust, and It ihould not be thoughtlessly or carelessly ?pent. In duo deference to Mojor Thompson, the rery efficient Superintendent of Education, ive wonld say that we think his examination juestlons, even If they were all correctly an- j swered by applicants for certificates, would go J *ery little toward proving the efficiency of a leacher. The fact that a man can name the Presidents from Washington down to the present day, or can tell the name of the ugliest mountain in America, certifies very ill lie is to his ability to control two dozen little children, and to inspire In them a proper effort for advancement. The examination of a teacher should embrace other points than his literary or mathematical attainments. In one community, the patrons of the school resolved to board the teacher themselves and give the school to no one who would not teach the whole ten months for the amount of four months, pay. Tho position was acceptod by a lady who has given the highest satisfaction in every way. She held a second grade certificate on which she drew SU8 a month for four months?112.00 ?and has been teaching ever since without further pay, except her board. She has been teaching slnco Feburary, and her term of ten months will expire during the latter part of the present month. If parents In other communltios would supplement the salaries in this way, they could keep their schools open longer than has heretofore been done. We do not attach blame to anybody in reference to this matter. It is a question upon which there is a diversity of opiuion. We merely claim the right to express our conviction* of public policy. We accord the best Intentions to those who may differ from us in opinion. In questions of this kind there may be, and always is, an honest difference of opinion. The Next Congress. Elsewhere in these columns may be found some estimates as to the complexion of the next Congress. The figures, we think, represent that body in the most favorable light possible for the Democratic party. Should the Republicans have a majority in the House of Representatives there is no telling by who. i the Southern States will be represented. General Stalbrand, it is said, made his brags long before the election, if theie was a Republican House, that he would contest for Aiken's scat In Congress, no matter If he received not more than two votes. No one knows better than he docs what manner of men compose the Republican party, and if he thought his party would give him the scat to which another was elected, he but expressed a true estimate of his political allies. We should not be surprised to see every defeated Republican candidate In Washington on the fourth of March, ready and anxious to take the seats in that body to which they were not elected, Republican Govemer in Tennessee. The Democrats in Tennessee have a majority of forty thousand, a Simon-pure Democrat was nominated for Governor. A Demo-1 cratlc Repudlator ran as an Independent canJidate. The result wus, Hawkins, the Republican candidate, was electod. j * % The G. & C. K. R. jt, seems mat me now management ui in Greenville & Columbia Kailroad will do al it can to divert trade from Charleston. It 1 to be hoped that tho Legislature may be abl to correct our grievances In this respect. A Klchmnnd offlcinl *m brought down to Ul charge of the freight department, ami on October 'J hp issued General Order, No. 1, addressed to "a agents" with the direction that "this cenernl ordi "miwl be enforced, without exception. The ord? directs: I. On and after 2Sth Instant withdraw all rates t eastern point* via Charleston. II. You will refuse to issue Bills Lading to Easter points via Charleston. III. In no case must Hills Lading be given to Easi ern cities via Charleston. The order i? signed by Sol. Haas, General Freigf Agent. It Mots out Cbnrli stun. It denies to an shipper the "p|iortunity to send his freight to tli | North and Hast byway of Charleston. Under tbi o: der not a pound of fr< Iglit of any sol t can go to Ne York, Baltimore, Philadelphia or Boston from polni on the Greenville and Columbia Kailroad. by way i ; Charleston. The denial of rates via Charleston, nn the refusal of bills of lading is tantamount toprohlb Hon. This is not all. We are informed that the 8out Carolina Kailroad authorities have boon noticed tin similar restrictions on business from Eastern clti< will be enforced or. and after the 15th instant. In oil] er words,n? one in any Eastern city can make shl| nients to jHilnts on th? Orecnvlllo and Columbia Kai rond by way of Charleston, anil no one can niak shipments fr-jm points on the Greenville and Colurr bla Railroad by way of Charleston. This port is ci off, and ruled out, to the datiiment, we honestly tx lleve, of the Greenville and Columbia Kailroad and ll customers as well as to our injury. The explanation of it is that the Greenville and Co umbia Kailroad belongs to the persons who own o control the line of Kailroad from Columbia via Pat ville and Klcbmond to West Point, Va.t and theliin of steamers from West Point to Northern portc. The intend to use th< ir new acquisition us a feeder for the! other lines. The loss t't the South Carolina Rallroai If the scheme be pcrsrreied In, will be -tmut a quui tcr of a million dollars a year, nnd the lost t Charleston will be heavier. There ts a remedy, w hope and believe, but In the meanwhile the publl would like to know whether the present owner* t the Greenville and Colnmbia Kal'road changed thel purposes only when th?-y obtained possession, ? whether Charleston was dnped and cajoled from th beginning? Mr. Courtenay, a-jent of the Clyde Llne? of steam trs. and one of the committee who purchased th Greenville Road lit the sale in April lost, wa? approach ed by one of the reporters of the Xewt and Qouriei to whom he said: ^aMr. R. L. McCaughrln, president of the Batik ? Newberry, has been selected as president at tbo slip cestiun til Charleston Intertst.i. The new president I largely connected in business matters with Charlestoi and stands deservedly high In the northwestern seclio of South Car.Una ?e nn aide financial manager, know ulso that certainly two and perhaps three dlret tors have been chosen in Charleston, the only difficult being their present disability to ouallfy ns stockhold ers, but this I infer will be remedied." Q. 'Then I understood you tesay that th?rels m now* dollar of Charleston money In the Gieenvlll ttud Columbia Railroad ?" A. "Kxcept ? tuiall Interest of my own, not a do lar." Q. "What about the litigation going on?" A. "The public Is familiar with the court proceed Ings that endued as to the validity of the sale to on committee at the figure of $2,393,600, and the decree i Judge Hudson confirming this sale niter the propert had bo?.n offered again on the market, with formal m tice, without attracting a largnr bid. There Is a mtwi paper report of an apl>enl by the South Carolina R<ih to lite Supieme CotirC looking to nn enforcement ( the illegal bid nf $2,!>C0,IH)0, but this must be u mil take, as I have not been serv? d with such notice of aj peal, and conclude that the matter is settled by Judg Hudson's decree, and Iain acting accordingly. li "I)o you know what are Mr. Clyde's relations t this whole matter now?" A. "I do. I have received a number of telegram from him during this week, bearing upon this ver matter. Mr. Clyde was notaware of the order agalnt through bills lading via Charleston, ontll 1 sent him copy. Here are the telegrams. In one he says: ~'l'he order is contrary to my views, ntiless mndere necessary by the course of the South Carolina Rai! rood." "In another he snys: '"Evidently a qnnrrsl betweon the Sonth Carolln Railroad and the purchasers of the Greenville and Col umbla Railroad, the latter having subjected them t every possible Inconvenience, expense and vexation annoyance by useless litigation, unsustained by othe bondholders and against the judgment of Mr. Clarki trusteeof second mortgage. The hutlnessof Charlei ton merchants with the Greenville and Columbia Rat hi* n?t Iwen in niiv wav interfered with, and tvl not be, bo motter wb.it the South Carolina Kailroa attorneys may do, as there Is anutber way t? contiec Charleston with the Greenville and Columbia Itallroa now Id operation, and this fill be u?ed Id eaae ( need' In another lie rajs: "'The order will be modified promptly. If the 9ont Carolina Kallroad will give tre the opportunity, b stopping Its homlle and frui'l< a* litigation. Our strati ship Interests at Charleston suffer co-equally with th South Carolina Kallroad as the order only covet through freights, and the loss to Charleston is only 1 small Transfer charges.' "Mfsirs. Clyde not only have large steamship Intel ests at this >>?rt, but promise to continue them, and al ?o protect tnem. I may properly add, that th* objec tlonnble order in my opinion does in noway announc a pormancnt policy by the Oreenvlllo and Coltunbl Kallroad against the South Carolina Kallroad an Charleston. It seems to he the temporary outcyui of a quarrel between the two parties." The G. & C. it. R.?Anothcr Reasoi Why the Railroad Coromissione Should be Paid His Salary by th< State, aad Retained in Office. Grekntiu.k, November 8. To the Editor of the Daily Newt : In your issue of the ?th Instant appeared an extrac from the Xetva and Oaurier complaining of the ac tlon of the new manager of the G. Jt C. K. K. in cui ting off through Irelght by way of Charleston Nortl The remedy Is simple enough. When this roud wt built (some time In IMS) the pecuniary aid ?fthe?tal was granted upon one condition, laid down In the Ac of the Legislature as follows: "An Irrevocable condition Is horeby Imposed upo the raid comn:my tlint It shall nnl'o lis ruad with ~tl South Carolina liallroad, with a track of tbe sair width, and shall eo manage their affairs u that tram portatlon of freight and passengers from ?ne road I the other shall be had without ubstruc: ion or hlndram of any kind whatever." Under this Act the parties Interested have but to a] ply to the Kallruud Commissioner who must take tt proper steps to have the law enforced. The writer1 this article "knows whereof he speuka,n having hi some experience In a similar case, with the same pa j tUa, managing another road. Compliment to the Press and Bannci The Elbcrton yews, one of our very bei Georgia exchanges, makes the followln pleasant notice of the Press and Banner 1 reference to our publication of I he proceedinf of case of tbe State against McClung an Marl In. "The Abbeville (S. C.) Press and Banner 1 last week contains a full report of the tria Including the evidence and argument < of counsel, in the ense of the State v C. A. McClung and J. Campbell Martii chanced with the murder of L. P. Gnffln 0 the 27th of September last, which fills a spa< nf nwirlv flltpon mliimns of closelv nrlI]t-f ! matter. Such enterprise is rarely exhlbite I by a country weekly newspaper. As 01 | renders have already been Informed, tbo d fendants were found not guilty. ! As the law now Is In South Carolina, | party charged with crime can testify In h I own defense, atid as there was no one preser at the said killing except the two prlsonei | nud the deceased, the plea of self-defense wi i set up by the testimony of the defendant and the State was notable to rebut It. W doubt the wisdom of such a law. Tlie "Case With Comments." Mr. D. W. Whllden writes an article In tl Eop/Lit Courier In which ho snys : "It Is doubtless a matter of surprise toe vei resider of the itourier, that the editorial r marks flrstappearlng under the above captlo should have been miss construed by theedltc of the Abbeville 1'res* and Banner. After having much to say against the pr< priety of giving the lady a certificate fi-oi the Baptist church that she might Join th Episcopal church, that Reverend brother, fc wo take it that the author is a preachc go<>s on to say : "Is It consistent with our professed love < naptlst principles, to be a party to assist on to unite with a denoml r atlon, that would < able to do so) blot our denominational pecul arltles from exigence T It is not to be denle that denominationally, "our hand isngalnf every man and every man's hand is ngaln? us." As Christians, when we nre near th cross, and at the throne of grace, we are ver near to each other, it matters not to whr organization we belong. I yield to none I anecuon u> nil me people 01 uoo. jiui, a nominationalty, we are as for from oth< denominations as the east 1b from the westtlie norlh from the south." After this expression he goc? off denomiru tionally, to talk of Infant baptism,as If oppos lion to that doctrino was chief among th co<llal doctrines of Christianity. The who! article Is written as we suppose from a d nomina/ional stand-point, and not when he "near the cross, and at the throne of grace, The mlllenlum Is not yet at hand. It Was Onr Mistake. Quite a number of editors and newspapc correspondents have attempted to assign cause for the defeat of the Democratic part; and some of them have even gone so far as t lay the blame at the doorof particular person We arc disposed to let the party Itself shou der the blame?It seems unfair In us 1 charge our chosen leaders with the rcsul As well charge Dee and Jackson with th failure of the Confederate arms, as to a tribute our recent political disaster to tt mistakes of English. Hampton, or an; body else. The main reason that we failed 1 that wo lacked several thousand votes. The Republicans of Beaufort county i | managed the polls and bulldozed the Pcm crats during the election as to produce the fc lowing result: Total Republican vote 5,tt ' Democratic " a Republican majority &JZ If this don't beat any Democratic bulldozlu on record we are no Judge of elections. <? The homestead place of the late Col. F. I Harrlson.lylng Immediately In the fork of tli Tugaloo and Seneca Rivers, a most valuab! and desirable place, and on which Is one < the handsomest residences in the County, wt purchased on Monday at public sale by M 1 K. P. Karle for ?5,000.?A nderton hitelligei : cer. ! The First Shipment.?'The first shlpmen of cotton (since the war) direct to Llvenxx from Newberrv, was made on the 25th ultfm< bv Mr. G. H. Turney, who is purchasing her for the house of t. R. Robertson A Co., c New York. The cotton went by the way c Charleston.?Xewberr]/ JSewa. According to the recent census, there ar ll,t>52more women than men In South Carol na. Inthefaceof this. It is annoying to se the number of old bachelors umongus. The stock law will go into operation ii Spartanburg county on the first day of nex January. Tu? horse tacks in town need repairs. "THE LESSON FOR THE SOUTH. ? A liberal View from an Illlbcn ? Source?The Election of Garfield a e Ansplcious Event for the Peftci Progress and Prosperity of tli Sonth. 11 (Frvm the JVctt) York Time*?Editorial.) ,r Thn Kmithrrn npnhla u-ill rlmititlrjiA roroi?nlze ,r lift the full Ity of dppi'tiillng on the Democratic pur I of the North to help them Ih Cart-vlhi? out Hie nurpos ;o; which tln-y have cherished. That party liar, n ! deserved. and therefore, dues not possess* the con D dence of the people. It has not the power of puhl I sentiment In the old free States tolilnd it, *nd tl | South has been deluded whenever It has been induct , to believe that tho fact was otherwise. The lende 11! of that section have been ready to accept any cam' y date and any platform which the Northern Democro ; haTe seen lit to offer as promising success. Somo ls ; them may have been animated by a genuine desl w to bring about a coalescence or tho Northern ar "i Southern sentiment on the basis of a conscrvnth i maintenance of the common interests of the Unio ~ But others hav>- more or less openly harbored tl '* desk'n of a Soiithern domination nnd a restoration ? the practical effi-cts of the Stite Ulchtsdoc'.Hiie. Tl " two classes have held together In support of tl (l Norther# Democracy In the hope of eflectlng the several purposes. I'hey will now see bow hopelc '* are all such calculations. We look to see the Solid South go to piece* nnd the blows of the dec. slve defeat of the Democrat ' psrty. Tho hop?-s of the Rourbons. which hni j given c-'heslon to their power In tho South for son time, are now blasted beyond the chance of renew; " Their hold upon the diverging forces of public sent inent In that sectloD will give wi?v, and new combln Hons ar? almost certain to be formed which will r?-l 'r gate their despotic rule to the limbo of baffled at '* broken-down tyrannies. We have long believed th 8 there was a growing liberal ser.timent In the Soul J which regarded with reprehension the pro-pectl< 'r anil repressive ?wny of the Botirlxin leaders whl( ' recognized the mistake of their policy. and was rem ^ to acc -pt the National principles w lilch are the irloi ? of our free Republic. There must lie there an enllgli 0 ened class ot citizens >vbo are able to ace that tl c progress of those States In wcalthand power depcn* ,r upon the protection of person and property In ? ir their rights, anil the encouragement of capital, ir labor, and of popular educitlon. They have bei e kept back by the Int ilerence with which their senl mentshavo been treated, but they will now recei< new accession* of strength and of courage. They a likely to assert themselves in behalf of a more e lightened |>ollcy and bring about a division of tl i- polltlrnl forces on a new line, which sluJI result , tietter laws, betteradrnlnlsiratlon.and the prutectli ' of the rlghtu of the humbler class of clt'zcns who suffrages they will need. >f The South haa none of Its old grievances to hold together In an attitude of resistance to those wl Is control the National Government, nor are they like i, 10 oc renewen. 11 iney anticipate any Keileraltnte n Terence In the affi'lrs of their States they will t*? dii>a 1 pointed. The mo?t they need expect is the malnt ; nance of the National authority wilhln its prop, y sphere, and that they should be ready to acceit at I- tomsUln. Let thetn do so honestly md cheerfully, the Northern people accef t and sustain the author! it of the National Government and the enforcement iti It# laws, and they will feel the hand of Federal pow no more than It Is felt In New York or Mnssarhusetl 1. We believe that nothing moro auspiclon for tl South, nnd more likely to promote Its progress ai tho restoration of harmony between the sectloi 1- could poslhly have happened than the defeat oft] ir Democratic narty and the discomfiture of the Bou it bong. Let It dlsrnrd all purposes which are t! y heritage of an unfortunate past and ill the slnist >- methods by which It has hoped to attain them, ace* ?- the Idea of natl onallty and the principles of ireedo d and turn its facn to the future. uud It wilt yet have >f share In ihe prosperity and power of tho country f h betterfor it than the arrogant domination of f-irm >- times which can never be restored. We believe th :e the leaven Is at work which is to regenerate lt? vlgr and before another Presidential election we hope o see two national parties In the country whose line separation will be one of prtclplcsand policies. is a Rights of Judg-es and Editors. a Nomore Importantcase.alTt'Ctlngthe freedom of tl pre?*, than that of Judge Pntteri>on agilnst Stelmni <1 sod IIensi-1. has ever been decided, not on'y In tl: I* Commonwealth, but In the country. The division favorable to free and unshackled Journalism, In a larg senso than has ever been admitted by our jurl^ti c.nnlng from the Supreme Court' f Pennsjlvanla, beii I enunciated by so learned a lawyer and so eminent " Judge n* t'hlef Justice Sbarsword, will give It welg 0 and force for many (rcnerntlons to comc. The defenilunts In this great test cafe are Andre r Jackson Stelnman nnd William U. Hensel, publlshe' f' amljuditors of the Lancaster (I'a.) Dailj/ Intclligenci [' and Ir'th of them lawyer*, members of the Lancasb bar. The ofl" nco consisted In unfavorably critlclslr J the Associate Law Judge of the Common Picas at J? Quarter Sessions of Lancaster County. Tie Judi ^ had ocqultted one Michael Snyder, nn active loc f iH)lltlclan of Lancaster, of an alleged vlolat on of tl liquor laws. After the case bad been decided, tl Intclligencer commented upon It, saying that tl acquittal was procured "by u prostitution of tl j, machinery of Justice to serve the exigencies of tl ? Republican pa ty; as all the parties i in plicated, i well as the Judges, belong to that party, the court e unanimous, for once, that It need take no c gnlzam 8 of the Imi-osltlon practiced upon It, and the disgrai q attaching to It" For the publication ?f this stricture Jmlge Patte r. son summoned the twoedit'T-laivver* before him |. answur for contempt of curt, tnd show eunse wf K tiey snoiitu not oe utsnarreu?tms is, stricken iro r ti e roll of practiclne attorneys?for misbehavior i :m If wyers, ami unfaithfulness to the couit of whl( $ they were sworn "(Beers. To this Messrs. f?tolnini e and Hensel made answer, that Judge Patterson proceeding was irregulur; that there should hai been a sworn complaint, asa foundation for the pn _ ceedings; that they had not been guilty of any co tempt; that their could not be held responsible r lawyers and officers of the court fur acts which we done as publishers and editors of a newspaper; fh " as citizens they would meet a charge of llliel, leavln their guilt or innocence to lie derided by due course law ; and th t they were ready to stand trial In tl capacity In which the alleged offence had been coi ,t mltted. that of editors and publishers of a newspapt ; Judge Patterson overruled these pleas and dlsbarr : Messrs. Steinman and Hensel. Underan Aet of A '* semtily, passed In 1S79, they appealed to the Buprer J: Court of Pennsylvania and a decision In the case w * given by Chief J ii6tic? 8b?r*wot>d. at Pittsburgh, i * Monday October 4. Ills Honor took broad groui against the arbitrary action ?f Judge Patterson. 1 not only restored Messrs. Pteinman and Henscl their places at the bar of Laneas'er, bnt he uted su unmislaknble language as the following; To ?ny that an attorney can only act or speak this subject (raws before a court) under liability to ' called to account and to be deprived of bin profesM and means of livelihood, by the very judge or Judf . whom h? may consider It his duty to attack or expo ij lis position too monstrous to bo entertained for 0f moment under our present system. l(j Justice flharswoodaiso holds that, even If attorne r. are convicted by aiury of libeling a Jurice, thedlhbi ring of hlin would still remain an o|>en questh There are no technlcalltlet in this masterly and equ able decision; it goes to the h< art of the frets o: , case that is a sample of many, In which judges * courts, where newspapers were concerned, arrogat 9t to themselvfs dictatorial powors, disregarding forms of law In what they were pleased to coll t vindication of th<? bench. Judges are fallible, just other mortals are; Just as liable to err ; Just as pro ;h to he governed by partisan zeal. Is a Judge la wroi 1(j ed by a newspaper he has Ma remedy at law, Just other citizens have; he should receive no less, should ask no more ; and he I* not likely to do t of latter In the face of the decision of the Supreme Coi I, of Pennsylvania in Stelntnan and llensel vs. Patt of son. 8. <!?>? nn* The Newspaper In the School Room, e [Carolina Spartan.] *} From the beginning of my fall session I hare ui ** about thirty copies of the <Spartan, as readers for i lr Composition and Rhetoric classes. My plan Is to ha e" a reading lesson at. the close of each recitation, length dei>endlng on tbo time we may have to devi ,n toll. We usuully read the paj>er through In a wei '8 Only part of the cluss read each day, the other p acting as critics. I ain well pleased with the experiment thus f and I will mi-ntlon some of the advantages whlcl :s' think have been gained: 0 1. Marked Improvement in reading. This Is perhs not owing t<'the nowspaner, for the same amount reading from books, conducted in the same wi would probably bnye produced I he same result. E It this result Is euual to that which might have lie 10 obtained from the School Render in the same tin It has this small advantage, It Is the same result obta ed at acost to somebody of far less money. y 2. Increased desire for reading. The pecul character of the reading is novel and attractive, wh n the endless variety of style and Incident is bo ,r pleasing and refreshing. At the beglnnl of the season I took the papers out )- the office in the evening, kept them until next d 11 and distributed them to the classes. Now, a lat portion of the classes are always present at the opi ie lng of the mnlls, and are clamorous for their pape )T 8. A knowledge of the men and familiarity with t r events of the present time. The newspaper Is e: ' pbatlcally the book of every day life?an improinj: history of to-day?and it has all the freshness a )f reality of an "instantaneous view." As we live in t o present, and as we must shoulder the responslbllltli If grapple with the duties, and meet the demands of tl |. present, it seems that wo cannot safely neglect t d great book of the present. it 4. A taciiuy nucmnu me irmucr mr iiiuiurn ;t teaching. Every Issue of the n<-<vspaper contlr ie material for lessons bearing upon almost every pbr y or condition of life ; and these lessons will often pi it *e?t themselves in such a whv that It rei/uirei. little n no Ingenuity on the part of the tcachrr to make tht e- pointed and Impressive. :r 5. A sharpening of the powers of critical obseri ? tion. Within the whole range of literature there no department that furnishes sonmple afield forcrl _ clsm as the avernce newspaper. Ills a hastily c<j structed literary fahrlc Intended to stand only for 1- day; and yet in that fabric may be seen every style e a: chllecture, from that of the most ln< xnerienced a ifi prentice to th.\t of the grand master of the Cralt. havo found in it an unfailing supply of material I the application of the rulesof Grammar, Composltli Ik and Khetoric. Kven tho typographical errors I > which I never before found any use, have often be turned to a good account In fmi-resslug the corn ortlr>graphy of words on some careless speller. 1 f vertlseine nts, in Illustration of theruleso: capital I Urs and the position of emphatic worilii. ? lam satisfied that the whole course of reading 1 been highly profitable to my classes?that It has be ft Id fact just the thins; they n--ed6d. But whether yr, wonld b? so well adapted to the wants of other clas: teachcri mustjudge. I think It probable that I m meet other classes, even Id the aaine studios, that m * not demand such a course. If so, I shall certainly i 1- adopt It with them. I may bo allowed to say In conclusion, wltbr disparagement to any other paper, that I selected t Spartan as a Header, because I had nil confidence ie the character and litemry taste of Its edllor; an<* , have as yet found nothing in Its columns that mif not with all propriety be read aloud before mix '6 classes of young men and ladles. s, CONTEST TTBTDEFEATED. No Wonder that Mr. W. H. English wi ? not More Liberal in Trying to G ,1. what he did not Want. IniuANAPOLM, .November 5.?In an interview wl jo a reporter this morning the Hon. W. H. English tal .u ed freely about the late election and its results. 1 _ thinks Indiana held up remarkably well consider! 74 the defeat in October and that they have not hat majority In the State since 1ST2 and then less th 1,200 for Hendricks for Governor. Personally be fe< no chagrin at the result. While feeling the honor a unanlmons nomination, the Vice-Presidency, wit out Influence and patronage, has no charms for bli 3, and be feels rather glad tnat he Is left to live a mo ie congenial and profitable life. Democracy, wltl le j Democratic Senate, a close House of KepresentatlVi >f | and the Presidency decided by a small majority ir is single State, will not die. The real cause of liepub r.' can success was the prosperous time and business at 1-1 isfuction. The country thought It wisest to 1 I well etiouph alone. Lack of harmony in Ne 11 York, the October election In Indiana ard some oth ! thlnrs may have bad a little weight but the ma j j thing was bnslness prosperity and a disposition e' I let H-ell enough alone. Mr. English bewailed c< ,f I ruiition In party politics as very different fiom tl .< ; state of things for. y years ago when he fl.st on ten political life. ,e! Mr. Land, late passenger conductor on th ; t?. & C. K. It. la now Master of Transport 0, tlon on the C. 0. & A. Koad. Mr. Land wt I an excellent conductor, und his placo Is no' n | worthily tilled by Mr. Joe Jenkins. t Our people can now turn their attention t I tlielr business again and let poll lieu havo J rest. The Pulpit. a ? d UNREASONABLENESS OF MEN'S ANTAGONtSM TO CHRIST, tc ?? Sermon bv Rov. Wm. M- TavIoi*. 1). D?, Pastor of the Broadway Taber- ( nacle Church, New York City. 0B (Christian at Work.) i't Joans answered them, many good wotks have I ft- showed you fiom niy Father: fur which of tlie.-e lc works do ye ston? me??John x:82. lie U Is luiporsilde to enter Intelligently on the cnnsld?d eratli>ni>f these works without taking r.oteof the bear- i rs Ingon the deity of our Lord Je8tis Christ of the conII veisjtioii to wruich they belong. Importuned by the ts Jewish rulers to sny plainly whether lie w.ig the Christ nf or noi the Saviour rulers tnem to his former declararc tlone. which they had refused to receive; and after s.\id setting that they believed not because they were not t'e the sheep or bin fold, he goes on toalllrm that unto all n. them who heard his voice, and knew him and followed tic him, he would give eternal life, and they should never of perish nor be plucked by any oue out nf Ills hand, 10 To this he adds these far-reaching and Important le words, "My Father which pave them tne Is greater Ir than all, and none Isablo to pluck them out of my Fuss titer's hand. 1 and my Father are one." Thin clearly me-ins, as Meyer has admirably shown, that there Is a er unity of power between the Futhrr and the Son, that ic the Son, as "the i rijan of the dlvlno activity In carryrc I g out the Messianic work, Is not a second some one outside and alongside of God, but, by the veiy na'ure ?l. of the fellowship referred to, one With God." Nothti ing is said of unity of nature or essence, but In view a- of the statements already made fn this go-pel, it Is e- clear that the unity of power here asserted resU upon id and S') presupposes, unity of essence. That may not at bt expressed in the words, but It lies benentn them Ih and forms the foundation for the affirmation which i'e they really make. And it Is evident that his Jewish ?h questioners so understood the Lord, for they took up ly stones to stone htm, and when he challenged their pro*; ry crdute, they replied that they were treating him as a j t- blasphemer, b cause, being a man, he made himself :io God. Now, If they had misunderstood him, nothlfg rls would have been wider for hlu) than to set them right, ill and tell tbcm plainly that they had misapprehended of bun. But Instead of doing that, he vindicated himself *n In quite another fashion, and ended the Interview hy tl repeating his assertion thus: kll 1 do nut the works ire of my Father, belli ve tne not; but If I do, though ye rc believe not me, believe the works, that ye may know n- and believe that the Father is In me, and I In hlui." lie Now In view of all this we may surely ask how we are In to vindicate even the truthfulness of Jesus a* a man. If >n he did nut design to attirm his deity In t.vise words, se which were construed as such an ufllrmitlimi by his hearers? Either he meant to assert bis deity, or he K did not. If he did not, then It is unaccountableth.it 10 he should not have take n pains to rcmuve the fals i Imly presslon which his words produced; (or truth wan one r- ?f the most conspicuous qualities of bis chnn.cler. p- If he did, and was not really God, then again wc must e- give up the moral purity of his manhood, and must er hold that by their law the Jews were Justified in putid t lug him to death as a blasphemer. 1 do not tee how as we can ect rid of this dllemuia. or keen our fnit'j In .. tV the integrity of Jeans cv? n man, unless we accept the of conclusion that he dlil mean to alllrm his deity, while er he whs no blasphemer, bccnttse he was affirming tha'. ts. which Is true. Vory pertinent In this connection art' ll?* the worila of one who wua lonf; venerated as one of id the shiest theologians of his country: "If he ? as not ns one In nature with the Father, why did he give his en3? emles sncii a handle for cbareing him with bla-pbemy, r- by making himself God! and why. did ho not comct !ie ' their mln.ipprehenslon of tbo meaning of his words, er when he found such a brut use hud been made of them, pt and could not indeed but see thnt the in inner of his m expression gavo countenance to It? Why did ho ; a present to his slnccre followers all but an Irresistible ar temptation?n temptation before which they have Taller en?to adore him as one with the Father, If he really at was not one with him ! Did he me*n, by high-soiinn>r. Ing words of vanity, to blind the eyes ol his followers t? to the most fundamental truth of religion, that 'there of Is but one God, the Father!' Was it his intention, by words improperly chosen for expressing his real character, to cast stumbling-blocks before Ms followers, over which the greater | art of them, In every country und a^<% should stumble and fall Into Idolatry, which lie was 01.0 of those woiks of the devil that he caine to m destroy ! If Jesus <Jbt 1st Is not one God with the Fails ther, we and our Christian lorefathers are and have is been as really ld?lat<-rs as our Pagan ancestors. And er must we not,In that case, be (but up to say, that Jes; bus Christ, by his lll-cbosen words, If not by his false og doctrines, has confirmed, Instead of destroying, the . s reign of ldoiutry In the world f 1 know that many ht of those who deuy the davionr's deity are honest and conscientious In their belief, but with such a passage w as this before me, 1 must say for myself, that 1 should p, lose my rexpect for Jesus us a tnuu, If 1 did nut also rr believe in htm its God. er 1 c mid not, with loyalty to my convictions of truth IE and duty allow injself, while taking a text from this id conversation, to lose this ipnortunlty of giving promre Inence to the evidence wh.cn It furnishes of the true al uud properduty of Christ, but my s|k-clflc purpose la le to set borore you the significance for our prexent time le of the defense which here the saviour advances when if> be It met by the antagonism or his enemies. J hey J 10 bad. ss on n former occasion, Hlied stones?so many of ' lu vrlilcli, ill constqutlire of tbe rebul ding of ti.e Ternis pie. were lying conveniently arodnd?to throw at him; t Is and with a solemn Irony, tbu keen edge of which cut t ;c even into tbelr hardened consciences, lie said, '"Many ce good works have I showed you froin my Father; for . which of these works do ye stone me?" The refer- f, r- eiico is to all bis works, but especially to his miracles, t to all of which showed on his part tiic tenderest coin pa? , iy slnn and the slncerest sympathy with suffering and m sorrow; and was tt thus llicy would lequite hiiuf no i'rom the beginning of his public ministry be had gone .' ;h about among them doing go?d. Never Dad poor suj>- ( in pliant coma to hliu in Tain. Ills car hod never been ( > deaf to the cry ?f the needy; his band bad never been , te withheld from helping the distressed ; And though he bad refused at the bidding of Satan to work a miracle n- for his own relief, his mighty power had been repeatas ediy exeited lor tbe bei.eflt of others. Ill the cotre tage homes of Galilee, on the mountain Mopes by the ] at side of Uennesaret, 'in the scattered lam lets of the ig land, yea,even In Jeiusalem Itself, there were multlof ludes who could tell of his sympathizing tenderness , tie slid his supernal power. No desolation was lelt be- , n- bind him to tell where he had been; no harbatous , >r. murdjrs marked his trail with blood; do widespread cd destruction attended on bis march. By these thligs, s- anil things like these, men track the course of the Alne exanders, the Cauars, the Attilas,tbe Napoleons of the as woild. But It was not so with Jesus. Nay, rather on as, In a tropical country, the traveller on the mountain nd top can follow with his eve the course of the stream :(e across the plain, by the verdure that lines lis banks, to to might one have told where Christ had been by the cb happiness that he had opread around hlin,anl the J<>v that he had left behind him. The song of the dumb I on who bad lound Ills speech at his command; the dniice : bp of the lainc who had leaped Into strength nt bis tn<lon ding: the gladness of the home In which a mother :cs buil been healed of a mortal nialadr by bis touch; the Be, Joy of the neighborhood relieved from Its ti rror by a bu restoration of the demoniac to the mastery uf himself; the wonder of the funeral company as they saw !? the dead arise at his word, nay, more, anil more glorl?r ous even than any of thes? things?the new lives >n. which multitudes, even of those who had belonged to 1 the vilest of tint people, bud begun to live under the F a Im-piraiion of bis Spirit; these and things like these of were the results of his dully laUus throughout Ihe ed land. And now lor these thejr would requite him with all stones! Surely that was not only the most cruel inbe justice, but also the foulest Ingratitude. as But, ill making this reply to bis adversaries, the >ne Lord hes shown us, as I think, bow we may most efig fectually meet tbu antagonism of those among our. as selves who seek to ibcry and destroy the (ioi-pel. he Every ?ge has seen some who are the enemies of Je:hv sus and bis cause, and who. If they hud the power, .irt have the will to stamp out the religion of which he Is or- the founder and center. They are continually dinging stones at It; their delight Is to unsettle the faith of those who iinve heretofore been its adherent?, and n? weapons are too coarse or toe vile to tie used by them I against its udvocatrs. Now it is pertinent to soy to nil such. Many good Works bas the g<is|*-l shown to men; tor which of theso do you stone it f By iu nv fruits ye shall know it. Men do not gather grapes of vc thorns, norflk'sof thistles; II tb?n we can show that Jl?| g"|iro U..U IIKO ll??t OJ.IUI.Ji II..... .U..IUVS ||.D ,te ence must be that il Is not a thorn or a thistle. It pic. j may be Rood, therefore, boib In the way of continuing art the faith of the believer and furnishing him u-lth an answer to his assailants, if we elaborate tblt thought ttr a little. Lit tie look, then, at some of the good works , f of thisGos|?l of CbrUt, and If wo mark them thoroughly we shall Qud that, though there are no miracles ipi commonIj so-called among them, they aie as convln0f ciug asany miracle. ,v, 1 name first, among these good works, the regencralut tion of individual men. Evil is like leaven In Its en chnracter. Its nature is to increase. Men have neviie, cr yet of themselves been able to keep themselves |n.' from becoming wore-. When put enaction or corruption begins inanv inatorial substance, it goes on frutu |ar bad to worse. It cannot arrest Its own progress. If He that is to be dolie at all il must be by the introduction th of some antiseptic agent, which, coming into contact np with It, will brine a curative force to bear upon it. 0f Now, just such a morally antiseptic influence has the By Gospel of Christ bad upon individual men, and through pe them upon the race, wherever il has been preached ,n. and believed. If you would have a crucial instanc-rg. by which this may be liiustraled, then look at ancient lie Groece. There you had the finest intellectual culturo, nl. probably, that the ancient world ever saw. But morllu ally, It was, on tho testimony ul competent and iuiparmj tlai witnesses, sunk in the lo*e?t degradation. "To be visit Corinth " was a proverbial phrase for becoming ?? acquainted with the motl abominable forms ot vice, he and the sickening description which Paul gives In Ills he first chapter of tlie Komans. of the loathsome wickedness of IbeGeutiles, may well enough have been sugtal gested to him by the sights be saw and the sounds he cs heard in that very city, from which, Indeed, that letter l4t. was written. But see what happened, even In that e_ metropolis of Satan. Paul went there without any or outward accessories of |>ower, having none of that .m ' wisdom of words" to which the Greeks were so partial, and, on bis own showing, knowing nothing rave ra. Jesus Christ and him crucified ; and in a short time j8 there gathered round blm some of the worst of the t|. people, to ftegln and carry on, under the influence of id. the Lord whom he proclaimed to them, a new and nou bier life, so that within a few years after he could write of to the church which he had founded tboru, saying, "Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor Idolaters, '"?r I adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves for with mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkDn ards, nor revilera, nor extortioners, shall Inherit the for kingdom of God, and nuch were some of you; but ye are ashed, but ye arc sanctified, but ye arc Justified, ?ct in the natne of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of .'x- the Lord." Is It then a work worth" of ridicule, or ol id- opposition, or deserving tho execration of mankind, to ct. effect such a transformation as thatT Nor let any one suppose that such results of the proclamation of the ,as Gospel as these are confined to aposloiic times. They en may be seen among ourselves to-day. The records of It every faithful pastor's ministry have cases in them as log sinking us any ui muse ucocnwu m tuc ?cn ivow ay uient; nod there are Institutionsamung us whose Uy agent* can tell of similar transformation* as almost lot every day occurrences In their experience. Let any one take up the private register of such a center of mt Christian work us the Hume for Intemperate Men, he which wis opened some two years ago in our city ; let |n hiin follow each case up ana discover how first the 1 I uian >vas brought to himself, by being led to tho Lord ;ht Jesus, and bow ho ii faithfully following tho Matter 'ed still, amid many discouragement?, and temptations, and he will not be able any longer to doubt the efllclency of the Gospel as a remedial agency for fallen man. lie will find some Instances of Imposture and apostacy, indeed, Just as in the apostolic times we meet with Simon Magus and Hymenals, but in the vast majority of cases he will be compelled to acknowledge IS that a real and lasting change has been effected. Sow pf what Is there lu such works as these to arouse the enmity and antagonism of men ? Why should they oppose that which is accomplishing inch result* among . us? Confessedly these are good works. The? ore iu the line of that very philanthropy which even the ad !*" versarlesof the Gospel profess to set before them aa :1e their chlefest aim. With what consistency, therefore, ['R can they seek Its destruction? Is it a dishonorable * thing to make the unchaste puro, the thief honest, the I *n drunkard sober, and the savage of civilization?who is i " the worst of all savages?benevolent and kind? If It Pl be, then let the Gospel be stoned fordoing it. But if D* these be works of the most laudable description, then m< let the enemies of the Gospel show the superiority of ; 'r? their system by surpassing such results, or "else for ' ever bold their peace.1, When Infidelity of whatever I sort shnll produce such trophies of Its power, we shall I .. begin to think that there is something iu its claims, I "* but nat till then. < I** Hut ns another of the good works of the Gospel 1 > name tho elevation of tho family. It is capable of :he ' * clearest proof that Cbristlunlty is the only thing that [ " has given purity and loveliness to the household. In- I deed, in Its true idea), the family may be said t? have i i been virtually created by Christianity, for in Home, ' , " I which wns the heir ot the refinement of the ages, and ! 1 , ? | in which men attained the highest degree of civil! za- f 1 u tion that was reacheti before tlieadvsnt there was lit-; i tie home life worthv of the name. The words of allv- I Ing Knglish theologian on this point are not more j 1 e dreadful than true; "Famxlia, to the ear of a Koman, t it- meant a multitude of idle, corrupt, and corrupting ' t s slaves, kept in order by the cross and the entustultim, j 1 w ready for every treachery, and reeking with every vice., s It meant a despot who would kill his slaves wheu they j ? o were aged, and expose bli children when they wens 11 u bom ; it meant matrons atnong whom virtue was rare, j r divorces frequent, remarriages easy, and who, from mo j L itrnnger motive than that of vanity, would sacrifice ;tae lives of infuDts yet unborn ; it meant children, ipeClatorafrom thelrintancy of Insolence, cruelty, serMllty and sill," Till* being tbe case even in **e need not wonder at the ?>ate of things that existed tod does yet largely exist In heatben lands. Where sver the Uospel Das not g?ne, woman has been degrated Into n slave, and ground down b~neath the tyranny uf her husband. Tbe but harlan of the Kast, and :be savage or tbe West, have been alike in that they lave driven the weakest to the wnlls, and she who was leslgned to be the helpmeet of her companion, doubIng his j'>ys, sharing m* cures, and throwing a halo fur ilm ruuud his home, has been trampled under (he heel if cruelty, and branded with the scars of violence, rbnn. a* lu the lilt echildren, who shall tell us b<>w jiany holocausts of nations Infanticide bus bnrned upm lis altars? While st regards tbe aged, it would be inpotaible to reckon the number of ihem wbu h .ve )ecn left to starvu In thede?ert,or to perish by therlv r s111e. 1 may be tuM, Indeed, that such things are lot altogether unknown anions ourselves. 1 may bu oinlnded iif the brutality of drunken husbands, and hi- cold-heai tedliess of children to tlleir parents, of rblch we see the records In the public print*, and it nay be said tiiat such evils exist even where the Gos>i'l prevails. Bu* the cases are nut parallel. That A hlcb is the rule in pagan lands, is the exception here. I'hat which tuning the heathen Is nothing accounted it is hore viewed wlt.i abhorrence and regarded at a :r|me. Now, how shall we ncc< unt for the difference? [ ansWi r, xlinply by the influence among us of the Gov el of Christ The Lord Jesus has revolutionized utnlly life. He gavo sanctify to tbe marriage tie by 'e-enactlng the primal luw, that one man should b* .he busband of one llfo. lie restored woman to her ilia position as the helpmeet and companion of the Disband. lie took tbe little children In hlsurms and blessed them, (or that touching scene In the Gns|>el larratlre Is only a type of the work in which he is itill engigcd wherever hi* message of love is proclaimed. lly his tender care for his venerable mother n the Very clluiax of bis own agony, he gave a sacredless to old see, which has gathered to It ever since the itfectlon and benevolence of men. The chlvulry of neilltpval knighthood nnd the gallantry of modern po* iteness have alike their routs In the religion of Jesus; vhile for everything of "sweetness and light," of hapdnessand purity, tbat there is enshrined for us In the vord "home," we are beholden to tbe Gospel. Wot by my sodden and violent uph' a\al, indeed, was this efVcted. Had that been the care, the world would have H'on more conscious of its obligation to the Lord in his regard. But silently, gently, almost imierceptl) jr. the influence, of CbrfiitliitillT Altered Into the fainly, until at length, through It, society at large was pilckened and ennobled. Now, is that a work to be isliamed of? Is that a service t" humanity that dulerves to be requited by stoning with stones? Can luch grapes as these be gathered from thorns* or such lgs as these tiom tblxtles? It is easy for a man with i smattering of learning, or a modicum of science, to 'nine niiestlnna abont what he calls the mistakes of VJ'.gfg, anil bo bewilder the unlettered reader of the Word uf GimI. Ilia not difficult,either, so to magnify natters as to make apparent discrepancies between .he Gospels serin to be absolutely unreconcllable conradlctlons, uiid thus to perplex the minds of those who mve heretofore rested In the truth o( the Gospel. And ill such objectors can be met, and hare been met over uid over again, on their own grrund. But In the light )t what 1 have Just now advanced, I nm disposed to wy, never tnlnd what these apostles ot Infidelity siege. That la In a rej-lon of which jwrhapsyou are not :ompetent to Judge, but hero Is a thing before your ?ye?. Is not the family of to-day an liminewerableattestation of the good whleh Chi Is'.lanlty has effected? And can such undoubted gix d have sprung from a lourco that Is evil and to be despised ? 1 ake care, lest, n parting with the Goap<-l, you throw not away with it that family life which Christianity tins created. Do not repeat the folly of the Jews, and by crucifying him who cume to bless you, draw down irreparable ruin on four beads. If It bean evil thing to hallow the household and elevate the home, then sweep away the Gospel that has wrought that result; but If that Is a blessing, the worth of which no arithmetic can calculate. Lhun cherish earnestly the Christianity to which we jwe It. But m a third cood work which the Gospel has wrought, I name the Inauguration of etfurts for the imellorullon of th? condition of what, for want of a tx-tter word, I am compe'led to call the masses of mankind. The Lord Jostis hus taught the universal broth>rhoo(! of Minn. He has given every other, and so he s the founder and trader of all the benevolent and missionary movements of the modern world. "lie lhat Is greatest among you, let blm be your servant, -veu na the Son of Man came not to t-e ministered unI.. Knt in nilnUlrr nnd 111 iT1 vn hid Iff* a random fur nuny." "Love your enemies, bie?s thein that curs* Kou, do good to them that hate you, anil pray Tor tbeui :hat d?-?[ilU*rully use you and jM-rsecnte yon. that you nay be children of your Father whic'i la In heaven, fur ie muketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, ind sendeth rain on toe Just and on the unjust."' I'hise are some of the aa)ings of our Lord on this subeel. HI* parable of the Good Samaritan. Illustrated ind enforced by his own Infinite sacrifice, has pui the jenevolence Into onr modern life. I am aware, InIced, that benevolence lit manifested now among us by nunv who repudiate bis right to their lovolty anil aleclance. and deny that beta God. And 1 gladly make his admission. But, even while making It, I contend but the*.- frlrnd*. unconsciously to lhemt>elve?, and iven In aplte of themselves, have absorbed innch of he Christianity (but Is In (be moral atmosphere by rhlch they are surrounded. They hare obtained a rrent denl'from the Gospel without knowlnj It, for hut Gospel, thanks to ih? nobleness of the rounder* >f this nation, lias saturated all our Institution*, and ?, even though ihey do not receive It with th? Ir Intelectft, tbey have taken In much of its lnflner.ee by Inrnliint ry aud unconscious absorption. They are to ncch better than their creed, even as, unhnpplly.seuie irofesslng Christians are* great deal worse than their*, ["be anc ent pbllosupbt rs did not concern thrmaelvcs ibout the lower orders of the people. They never hoiigbtof going out Into the streets nnd lane* of tbe :ltlcA to mitigate the miseries of their frllow-iuen. rhey were content to deal with what one has called 'the Intellectual aristocracy or mankind.11 They retired a test of fltness for admission to their schools ike that which one ol them blazed over the entrance : ? his academy. In the wurds, ''Let no one Ignorant of {e imetry enter here," and they affirmed thot their spe:lul mission was "to those of mankind who have a nut11 al tendtnoy ond disposition toward virtue," But Jesu* came not to cull the righteous, hut sinner* to ejieiitaiice, and high above ail philosophy stands furver Ills precious invitation, "louie unto me all ye ihnl Inhiir and nrfc honvv laden an<l I will voti rest." Nay, more, bis Church has i.een bi* representative In loll rega (I, Even In medicDval times, before It had bicomt utterly corrupt, through the selfish am bltion ul those * ho, without the Spirit of Christ, had culled themselves by his name, the Church of Koine was the great mediator between the highest and lowhi. Il sttioil as a living breakwater between the aelflhbness of the feudal lords and the weaknees of their dependants, and was, In the darkest ape, the only Inflnenceof a refining and humanizing sort that existed throughout iurope. Then In the wake of the tieformutlun came a grand revival of benevolence, which It coln-{ on still, nnd I rlgatinc the lands wltb blessing, If then It bj worthy of reprobation to remember the pour, to seek to lessen their sufferings, |to attempt t< lift them Into self-r-spect and self-support, to glvi them the band of svmpathy and the help of brotherhood, then let the Uo*i>. 1 be stoned fur teac. lug iner thus to bridge the guff between rich and poor, between employers and employed, between the cotnfort< able nnd the suffering. If the llownrds, and the Krys and the Nightingales, and the Joneses of our modern benevulenco have bi en curses to the world and iml blessings, tben let the Gospe l be made the execration of humanity, for Ky It were those characters Inspired nnd imiuld'ri!. lint If?eontrariwi?e?these are tht names which stir men's heurts to tbelr depths, nn> waken the en husianui of the multitude to deafening applause at their very mention, then with what con latency shall we stone the Gospel, ol which theli lives were the bright efflorescence and dellgbtfu rn.lt? Jlnally, I name as another good work of the Gov pel, the securing of civil liberty for the people wherever it Is uei.erally believed. It has been alleged hj many of Its enemies, indeed, that the lllble is an ene my to freedom, t^ut they who so speak know "nelthet wliut they say, nor whereof they utilrm." They rea son from thai abnormal state of things, when, amli the corruption of the Church, priest-craft and king craft were in alliance f?r the oppression of mankind But they ore willfully blind to the condition of affaln In the world ?t the present time. Take the man o the globe, and ask what those countries on It are whlcl have the fullest measure of civil and rollglousliberty and you will find that they Are those In which tht Gospel of Christ Is most widely known, most general iy believed, and most commonly obeyed. Wbut hut made this nation ? How comes it that we have hen such r. moesure of liberty as makes us the envy of tht world ? Without fear of contradiction I reply that wi owe these things to the leavening and pervasive in flu ence of Christianity among us. The Bible, Indeed contains no treatise on civil government,but lis prln clples lay the nx to the root o! every form of despot laiu. Jesus has taught us not only to assert freedotr ot conscience for ourselves, but to ruspect it In others nnd defend it for them ; and in contending for liberty of conscience, Christian men?building more wiselj than they knew?secured the highest form of clvi freedom. Nay, more, the Lord has tauelit us to "honor all men," because they wear that nature which h( consecrated by bis incarnation; and wherever the uiys tery of his cross is even dlinly understood, men ari disposed, while receiving salvation through It, to.soc rlflce themselves for others' cood. llence the wbol< spirit of Christianity stimulates man to look not onlj on their own things, but also on the things of others and Unit Is the disposition out of which true Ilbertj la born. Sue hour all this is established by the hifttor; ol the Protestant Reformation. Wherever in the sl.\ teenth century the Gospel found a foothold in Kurope it cleared forthwith an asylum for liberty, which bj anil by became tho headquarters of propagandist ac tivlty on Its behalf. The name of Geneva is as prom Inent In the history of the progress of turoj^nn lib erty, as It Is In that of religious reformation; while on the other hand, the nations which In those dayi stamped out the Incipient workings of spiritual re form, aro those whose histories since then have beet darkest with despotism or reddest with blood Nor li this all. How enme it that the revolution of 16S9 ii Kngland, was anew start for liberty, making every soi of Great liritain proud of that I .ami of Just and old renown, Whera freedom broadens slowly down From precedent to precedent, Where faction seldom gathers head, Hut by drgrees to fullness wrought, The strength of some dltlnslre thought Ilath tluie and space to work 6Dd spread f Bow came It that the Revolution of 1 ?76 secured th< inde(>end< nee of this Republic, set up ? new asyluin for liberty, and brought Into birth the Institutions o the New World to give an impulse to freedom In th< Old ? How came it, I ask, that these things nro tru< of Kngland and America, w hile the Kevolution of 179J In France wont out in a deluge of blood, and settled into a deeper, darker despotliuii than that which it re' m?vrd. liow could Kngland exchange James Iht Second for William the Third; and America exchange George the Third, with his divine right obstinacy, foi a Republic and freedom; while all that France could do was to put Mlrabeau, ami banton, and Uobssplerrt In the place of Louis the Sixteenth ? 60 below the surfase and you will find the reason la the Christian! ty of England and America, and in tne mnaeiity 01 France. Ah I I would that they who are carried awaj by the plausible arguments of modern demijioguei against the Gospel could but be made to read hlstori aright, and thru they would discover that the Gospel, purely preached, earnestly believed, and faithfully obeyed, .s as really the palladium of civil liberty, as 11 Is the rovealer of life and Immortality beyond the grave. Is it an evil thing to securo liberty to the oppressed f Is It an Injustice to give freedom to the slave? Then stone the Gospel to the death, for it bat been guilty of these evils. But If these are not evil things; if, instead of being evils, we honor, above all others, the names of the Hampdens, the ltussells, thf Wilberforces. the Wellingtons, and the like, who hare done so much to advance human liberty, then in simple consistency lot us place highest of all the name ol Jesus Christ, as being, in deedand In truth, the Liberator as well as the Redeemer and Regenerator of humanity. Hut if all this be so, shall we be content merely with forbear'ng to oppose the Gospel ? Must we net in consistency go further and accept it for ourselves? Would not enlightened self-interest prompt us to receive into our bearie Its principles, and to give uuto the Lord Jesus himself the homage ot our lives? And If It be, as, in tho light of such passages of Scripture is the section which has to-day been before us, we must say It surely is, that Jesus is one God with the Father, then our duty and our interest go hand in hand, and we must admit that he has an undoubted right to our worship and service. Will you give him pours? And will you give them now? Touarehls by creation, you are his doubly by redemption, for be bas bought you with his precious blood, and you are tils "purchased possessionbecome his also by your jwn voluntary consecration, and then all the blessings which he died to procure, uud is exalted to bestow, will be conferred on you ; Then, having accepted him for yourselves, diffuse the knowledge of bis name among others, that they may obtain the tame advantages that we enjoy. That which hai been so good for Britain and America, will bo equally beneficial to India, China and Japan, spread it, then, to earth's remotest bound, tbat where#ver the blight of sin has fallen, the blessings of salva.ion may be received and enjoyed. If it is good for us n tho hast of this great Continent, ft must be equally iofor those who are building up tho waste places In be West. Therefore, by every means in your power et It bo your care to secure that the Gospel shall be ent to evory new settlement, and a cburcfi malntalnid among every company of emigrants. Tho llle of be Church depends on Its aggressiveness, and the permanent prosperity of tho Country can be secured only >y lUi being thoroughly evangelised. WM. H. PARXER W. C. MCGOWAN. I PAEKEE & McG0 WAN ATTORNEYS AND SOLICITORS, aiibeville", c. ii., s. c. WILL practice also In the Circuit Court* 01 the United States for South Carolina' Jan 7. 1880. tf HD REESE, Watchmater and Jeweler, AT THE STORE OF B. W. Barnwell, WILL always have on hand a variety of CLOCKS and WATCHES for sale. A lar^e number of handsome clocks are dally expected, Call and see them. - ^-Prompt attention j?1v?-n to rcpalrlngranri lo nillne order* roruu Kinas 01 gooun perwuline to tne trade. BEING YOUBi WOOL -TOQUARLES & CO., Highest Prce Paid n Cash. May lyih 1880, tf . Special Notice. fUST received. ?| FALL CALICOES, BLEACHED HOMESPUNS, BLACK CASHMERES, 25c to*1,25, BLACK ALPACAS, BLACK SILKS, TRIMMING SILKS, PHTVrtKS BIITTflKS Arc R. M. Haddon & Co. Sept. 1, 1880. J7KXTRZi, Boots and Shoes, Harness and Tanvard. BK ?T material used, fine workmen employed, custom work made promptly, and at the lowest bottom prices for cash. Hides always bought at the highest market price for cash or In exchange for leather or work. Januarys. 1880, ly. J. 8. COTIIKAN, L. "VV. PERRIJf, T. P. COTHRAX. Cofhran, Pcrrin & Cothran A-ttornevs at Law, . ABBEVILLE, S. C. Jan. 1-1, lSoi), tr BONESET BOURBON TONIC. 1MIIS Tonic Is recommended for Indigestion nnd Its attendant Ills, and as a preventive of Malarial Diseases. The material used Is if the highest grade of excellence. Nothing ou: a line oiu rveiiiucKy wiiiskj' uiii iirMiiiic ? richness of flavor and ft generous stimulant ettect like this. Nothing but a blending of homogeneous and wholesome tonics In Just proportion cnn producoso grateful a stomachic as this, which Is the Finest, the most whole some, and the best tonic in the world. For sale by J. Knox & Co. April 2G. 18SW. Valuable Books. Q'NEAL'S BENCH AND BAR. Edwin Parker. 8ept. 8.1880. BABBERING. ' rFHE undersigned respectfully informs the I public thut he has recently removed his Tonsorlal fixtures to "Knox's Hall," Northeast corner public square where he will be pleased to meet and be of service to all in search of the aid and assistance of a first class Tonsorlal Artist to render their outward appearance about the head and face more desirable to loo'i upon. Satisfaction In every particular und prices to suit the stringency of tbo times. Very respectfully, Richard Oantt. KNOX'S HALL. preserve" YOUR BOOKS, Periodicals, Newspapers ani Music State, County and Railroad Officers and business men generally, supplied with blank books made to any pattern. i A LL famllle* have OLD BOOKS PERIODi\ ICALS, NEWSPAPERS, MUSIC, &c? which they ileslre to transmit to their posterity, should HAVE THEM REBOUND. Which will preserve them and will make thein look almost as well as new. Old Hooks.Ac., should not only be rebound, hut the current literature of the present day 1 should be put In a durable form for prcserva' tlon as well. This can he done In the shortest possible 1 time, with the best material, In the most | handsome and durable style, and at a price 1 which cannot be duplicated anywhere, by ; ?. E. STOKES, 1 Stationer, Book Binder and Elan Book Manufacturer, No. 155 Main street, COLUMBIA S. C. | Central House. ) riiHE underHlfrncd will hercaflpr be found at I I the CENTRAL HOTEL, ami will give hid ) personal attention and whole time to the In, tercMt and comfort of his guesta, and will do > all in his power to Rive satisfaction to those who may stop with him. | J. A. RAMEY, Proprietor. > January 14, 18S0, 12m 9 i NOTICE ; TO TOURISTS & HEALTH SEEKERS. i Summer Schedule to the Mountains. ? Spartanburg, Union and Colombia, [ and S. & A. R. R. flPAKTANDURG, 8. G'.. July ID. 1880. ON AND AFTEIt THE ABOVE DATE THE following .Schedule will bo run over . these lloads dally. Sundays excepted: UP TKAIN. s Leave Alston ? 1.00 p. m r Leave Union 2-50 " ; Leave Spartanburg 4.13 ' r Arrive at Hendereonviue, 7.li> " r Close connection is made at Alston with trnln from Columbia on Greenville and Col. urobla Road. A? Columbia, connection Is r made from Charlwtou, Wilmlngtou aud Au gusta. At Spartanburg, connection Is made nt Air Line Depot with train* from from Atlanta , and Charlotte, also with Stage Line to Ulcnn 11 Springs. At Hendersonvllle, connection Is made with 11 a tlrst class Line of Stages to Ashevllle, arris! vlng there the same evening. ) *4- Parties desirous or visiting uesar s i i Head or other point* of Interest can be provl ded with first class conveyances from the Llv-! ery Stables in Hcndersonville at reasonable! rates. TRAIN SOUTH. Will leave IfenderBonvllle, 0.30 a m Spartanburg 1.10 p m Ijnion -. 2.50 p m Arrive at Alston, .. .... 4.45 p m These ltoads arc In excellent condition, fur1 nlshed with first class Coaches; provided with ' all necessary appliances lor safely and comr fort of l'assenKcrs. At Spartanburg and llen! dersouvllle the Hotel accommodations (are ' now ample for a large Increase of travel. ' They will be found well supplied with good 1 Mountain fare at reasonable rates. JAS. ANDERSON, 1 Superintendent. i Greenville a Columbia railroad ' Passenger Trains will run as follows ' dally, Sundays excepted, on and after Mon^ day, August 30,1880. UP. , Leavo Columbia at ....11 S5 a m Leave Alston 12 41 p m Leave Newberry 1 35 p m ' l^ave Hodges 4 09 p m Leave Bel ton 5 2i p m I Arrive at Greenville 6 35pm DOWN. Leave Greenville at 11 10 am Leave Helton 12 22 p n? Leave Hodges 1 36 pro Leave Newberry J(H)pn> Leave Alston 5 05 p n> Arrive at Columbia G 07 pm ABBEVILLE BRANCH TRAINS. Leave Abbeville at?.. 12 40 a i? Arrive at Hodges? 130am Leave Hodges - 4 15 p m Arrive at Abbeville 5 00 p m ANDERSON BRANCH AND B. R. R. R I f TIIAIN. Leave Belton ?- - SSpm Leave Anderson .y 56 p in Leave l'endleton...? ? 0 SI p m Leave l'erryville ft 59 p ni Leave Seneca City "IMpni Arrive at Walballa 7 55 p in down train. Leave Walhalla 9 .36 a m Leave Seneca City 10 06 a m Leave Perry vllle 10 12 a in Leave Pendleton 10 45 a m Leave Anderson U 35 a m Arrive at Belton 12 10 p in LAURENS BRANCH. Laurens Branch Trains leave Laurens C. H. at7.00a. m. nnd 1,03 p. m., and Newberry at 9.55 a. m. and 4.15 p. in., dally, except Sun{days. Tlio up and down Trains on the main i stem make connection at Columbia with 'the up and down Day Passenger Tru Ins on I the South Carolina Railroad and the through I Passenger Train-on the Wilmington, v'oluin! bla and Augusta Railroad: at Alston with trains of the Spartanburg, Union and Coluinj bla Railroad: at Seneea with Atlanta and 1 Charlotte Air Line Railway from and to Atlanta for all points South. 1 J. W. FRY, General Superintendent. i J. P. Meredith, Master Transportation, i j jAbKZ Norton, Jr., General Ticket Agent. Geo. F. E, Wenek, M.D. Physician and Surgeon, AND" PP.OPBIETOK OF DR. WENCK'S APOTHECARY, Oct fl 18JO. NINETY-SIX. 8. C NOW IS THE TIKE TO SECURE A FIRST CLASS KING STOVE. : O: [HAVE only a limited number that I will trade for ohis or sell on tlm? to good parties by pnylng one-third cash. Aly stoves nrf too well known where ever they have bee:. Introducod to need an explanation I keep constantly on hand a full supply u. Mason's IMPROVED FRUP JARS. The two quarts ore only worth S2J50 per dot en. The one quarts, 31.75 per dozen. Also a good supply of TIN CANH, that I sell at the astonishingly low price of seventy-five cents perdoien. Any one can seal them and warranted not to leak. Send In your orders early. I only charge twenty cents per gallon for A 1 KEROSENE warranted 110 degrees fire test by W. M. Bird &Co. No chance for stopping leaks in cans. "PflTTTW A TM MATTE UkiAAiuuAww r-r * ~ i and bid* given on roofing and guttering In o out of ihe county. Work In copper, sine and galvanized iron n specialty. Thankl ng you for post favors and aolicltlng a share of your patronage In the future I am your obedient servant, A. J. SPROLES, Greenwood, So. Ca. iRf HOME FIRST. CONGAHEE ?Tk A *T TVT A?\vrn IM WW, Co umbia, S. C. II HI, PROPRIETOR. REDUCED PRICES: VERTICAL CANE MILLS List of Prices. 2 Rollers, 10 inches diameter, 835 00 2 ' 12 " " 45 00 2 " 14 " 55 00 3 10 " 60 00 3 " 12 " 70 00 a 14 14 80 00 Above prlcescomplete with Frame Wltbou Frame,$10 leas on each Mill HORIZONTAL?3 Boiler Mil for Steam or Water Power, $150. M Your Orders for Cane Mills AND Syrup Kettles TO D. B. SMITH, Agent. DE, S. G. THOMSON, DENTIST. ABBEVILLE, S. C. over Emporium of Faahion/IS* July 7,1880. lyr. "SWEET mash" ti i/urii wmsn-ry L. H. RUSSELL 0FFER8 to the public superior Sweet Mash CORN WHISKEY, which he guarantee* to be the best ami purest whiskey that has ever been offered in this market. A most de slrublo article for invalids and others. Ca* and sample it. March 2Jth 1880,8oe. J/W.SIGN ABBEVILLE, S- C, KEEPS on hand a full assortment of COFFINS?from the cheapest to the best. Hearse will attend funerals, when desired. He will also Contract for the Erection of Buildings. He Is agent for the sale of Sash, Doors Blinds, Mouldings, Stair-ralllngs, Floorings and everything pertaining to house building April 7th 1880, tf "Dr. H. D. WILSON, DENTISTRY, Abbeville, C. H., S. C. Office; Upstairs over the Post Offlce."C? June &">, 1879. i. friley; DEALER IN ?ISS BMSBS&S AND WHISKIES. A LARGE assortment of HAVANA Cigars, CORN and RYE Whiskies from 51.75 <& 98,00, per gallon, SCOTCH AND TC-a rjt WHISKIES, ALES, PORTEBS, BITTERS, APLE AND PEACH BRANDIES, IMPORTED MOT MMM For Medicinal Purposes. February 25, 18?0. Marshall P. DeBruhl, Attorney at Law, ABBEVILLE C. H. S. C. Five c?nt Cigars. ZULUS, BOMBAY, BELLE OK TIPEWAtcr, Tourist, and Lop Cabin Clears. Exi'hcted?"Lone Fisherman's" and Achme Cigarettes, at EDWIN PARKER'S, j Sept 22, 1S890.. j . - - *? > - V - f. . P. Rosenberg & Co., have Just Received one of the Largest and TVTnsf. Attractive Stock of goods ever brought to Abbeville. The stock of VlUlIilllg is immense and cheaper Than Ever. CALL AND SEE IT. Notice. TIIE Annual meeting of the Bonrd of Trn?? tees of Kstateof Dr. DeLa Howe will be held at Lethe on 2d Friday of November next. A Superintendent and Teiicher for the next year will be fleeted. By order, WM. H. PARKER. Oct 27, It A.B. C. LINDSAY, DENTIST, Practical and Operative, mr-wr ?VTXT/1 .t aJ IUa a/ Hiv t iaiu uivciiucu iiic iin iui to \n kuo Pennsylvania College of Dental 8urg?"ry offers hi* professional service* to the public as a Dentist and Oral surgeon. Calls through the country attended to. All work warranted and charges reasonable. Residence 5 miles east of Calhoun Mill*, South Carolina. June 16, 1880. Spring Beds. ANEW lot of the low priced sprtng "Bed.,* Try one and make your "Bed" comfortable. Price SMO at J. D. CHALMERS'. Sept 20,1880. J, L. CLARK i For Tie M of Tie Craft f HAVE CONCLUDED TO GIVE MY I whole attention to my Shop. I shall give It GOOD ATTENTION. If any person wishes to have his Watches Repaired Brine them In. I have all the tool* and ma* t crisis to do It up in the beat of style and at the lowest rate* possible. If you want youi clock repaired bring It in and it will be done right. If you want your JEWELRY MENDED Bring it on. If yon Want your Sim MACHINE MENDED This is the place to get it done in the bp?t of order. You can have any piece made new, or the old one repaired. If you want your run or pistol repaired this is the pluce to have it done. All these article* will be repaired in Uie best of order at the Lowest Prices. Give me a trial and satisfy younwlrea? TERMS CASH. JOHN L. CLARE. January 22, 1879. if. You can Buy READY-MADE CLOTHING, HATS AND BONNETS, BOOTS AND SHOES, AND OTHER ARTICLES AT PRICES That will make Money, SUMMER CALICOES, at fats from B. W. BARNWELL. Sept. 15. J. Knox & Co. QFFER for sate the celebrated "Stonewall" Cigar The best Five cents Clear brought to thl? market. Also a superior lot of Sweet Math Corn Whiskey,. And a very fine article of RYE WHISKEY. Sept. 8, 1880. tf MfiilMCO Have In store nnd to arrive, a T A ?.MA AM J T7A?1A J G^AAV uaigc auu v aiicu owva. OF DRY GOODS, STAPLE and FANCY NOTIONS, GROCERIES, HATS, CAPS, BOOTS, SHOES, TRUNKS, AND many other article*, all of which will be sold a* cloee for CASH, and tipon aw GOOD TERMS as any honse In Abbeville, Give us a look and we will give you a bargain. U,We will ship your Cottdtn orbuy It.-?* New goods ! At the Mcllwaine Corner. fltfi 4 CO, HAVE received a superb stock of good* oC every variety and every quality. All in want of good bargains should call at once. Spet 29, 1880. J.D~ CHALMERS PARLOR and OFFICE FURNITURE, LOUNGES, CHAMBER FURNITURE, MARBLE TOP TABLES, Ac. A FULL stock of goods always on hn.nl.. My prices will bo found as low as any otli pr hou?e selling same quality of good*. I Willi always represent goods Just what Uiey aro. i Sopt 20, iS8Q.. * . . -