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' .. . -JMW Ehe Press and Banne I!r Hn-Ii Wilson ani !I. T. Werdlf Wednesday, Sept. 21, ISi ?????????????w-r Tn:vp_T'.vo TWfrs n year. In nlvar Two T'd 1 r? r il fli'ty ir pnvnion ?io iavcii. The Mtrchar/.?, 11fo Fanners, and Cro??. Ov.'iRj to the dry weather the cot crop of t!r* eiunty hns open?d prer t:ire!y. Every !ielp that could be cure l hn^ b?en employed in picking staple. mi'], in c >n>"<p.eivc, th? crop en inenced to move towards tlie markets ]<>ast !wo weeks earlier than usual. P ins the first twenty days of Septeml ?73 hales have been shipped I'rom Ai> \il!e, nearlv ail of which has been p!a< to the ''re lit of purchases made t > tnr the crop. l>y the middle of October fr;ieat bulk of the cotton in this conn will be withered, and it may be wifely p dieted that by the first of Novcmbe wry !ar;ro part of it will have passed 1 of the hands of the producer, and i ?ho hands of tho fir-tor. T.ast year shipments from Abbeville amonuted 14.410 bales, which was an untisua largo amount from this place. This y it is quite likely thai nut more than tr ft.OOrt to 0,000 bales will be &ent from J bovilie. While the crop will eertaii >?e the shortest and the earliest that have over known, it is a fact that yield will be greater than was the poj Jar estimate a montJi aijo. Yesterday took occasion t> interview a liumbei our merchants who have been advanei to planters on lions, nrd we find nc-a nil of tliem cheerful as to the prospect.5 fair collections, and all speak most pie antlv of the manifest disposition of th creditors to seu:e meir onis. mo m r-hant* express no doubt, however, 11 many oi' them will have a considers! per cent. of their credits to "earrv ovt for another year, which may have the cclcf pnttiiifj those with s ?ial 1 capital \ cry straitened cireninstances, wis the stronger firms will "tide over" I hard year with less inconvenience. From talk with the merchants wo are led believe that they wis! expect a lull u honest showing from all of those debt' who fail to pay in full. The debtor w fails to pay will have to be very clrcn spect in his action, if he hopes to be a! to secure credit upon which to make ; otlier crop. As we said a few weeks a; very man will be put to tho crucial le and those who dodge the payment their accounts this year will find it c coedingly difficult to get credit for anol r>v vo.ip. Those who do not nav th debts 111i-i Fall will bo largely depenih upon their present creditors for their nt "advances,*' as wo understand tl .it vc few, or none, of tho merchants of I town are willing to takn ris es 011 ano cr's bad customers. From t!ie prose outlook it would see in lhat debtors i doing all in tlieir power to pay in f;i and, as yet, we have heard of 110 eo plaint against any debtor. They seem be acting wisely and faithfully. A si from principlesof honesty, it would se< to ns that their best interest wot prompt to tliis policy, Tlie effect of the short crop it is belie c I will be more perceptible in llic diusi jslied Fall and Winter trade than in a to r.ic-.-Z present iudebtedna T2 ' Iivo'ina^fa Jri-ora than 't!i did last Tear. The apparent honesty onr debtor class, a::d the jii;linions en tailment of investments by our rrn chants, will leave a majority, or all them', in a reasonably good condition 1 weathering the approaching storm, ai tho opinion has been expressed tlud, the end, the present short crop and t existing financial embarrassment of i clashes of our citizens, will prove a bles ing rather th in a calamity. Our peoj nu a whole will bo taught a wholeson lesson by having impressed upon the ^ t!ie great importance of making th< farms nearer self-sustaining, and of I coining themselves more scif-roliai while on the other hand, the mercha iyilI be bsnefited by finding out ai Knowing the most reliable class of en timers. Tho recent "farmers' meetings'' in t!i County, and other parts of tho State is to greatly regretted, as they have perha bv this action, done more to create d trust in tho minds of their creditors th did the fact of their shor^crops, or ev their presont inability to pay. Any nc olutions looking to a short cut to rid t] creditor of a debt incurred in goo.1 fait will be ineffectual in bringing about t desired result, but such a cour.se will wonderfully effective in injuring t creditof those who may seek todischar their obligations in that way. We tliil the object and efforts ol" the gcntlem composing those meetings have be very generally misunderstood. A aro familiar with the names of qu a number of those who have participat in some of these meetings, and we kn< certainly that they meant to do nothi which was not strictly in accurd with ji tice and right. It is wrong to taunt the with being repudiators of honest deb ? Tlmr nw .is pood men as there are in t " ^2^' an(l would not \fillingly or kno jiiglySKJ"2nS ?nv one.and have well est a lislicd yhragtcr for debt paying. V hope IhereforeThaHte^^''^ MOt '10'd ai more of these ineetings^r^'.?]lvcan <UI have the effect of placing them iiTa-fe light before the public. Each debl must make terms with his creditor. ; general compromise eati or will be mai Such a course is impractible. Privj debts cannot be paid by public resol tions, and anything which looks like combination for the avoiding of the pa Uiont of debts would put the debtor an undesirable light before the wor Let us prnctioe economy, pay as far as ' can, hope for the best, and struggle on the battle of life. ? Abont Mailing Up Forms. We make no criticism of any of o brethren for the manner in which th make up their forms, but we think it pc fectly legitimate to remark upon sot facts in regard to our elves. We like glance at, if we do not read carefully, i the editorial or loea mattor v hich i . may Slid in our exeh; ngcs, but to do tl iu some instances is too great a draft 1 our time and patience, and for this rc son: Some of our most enterprise exchanges put clippings, patent mc iciue advertisements, and locals 1 gether, without any perceptible tyr graphical distinguishing feature. Life too short to read clippings and pate medicine advertisements, even one tin to say nothing of meeting and sorting'; such notices dozens of times every wet "A place for everything, and everythi !n its place," would add greatly to c pleasure in reading some of our t changes. There are a few of them t! we cannot attempt to road carefully 1 cause of the mixed way in which th forms are made up, and we have 110 doi that we often miss many excellent pa graphs for this reason. Wo know this be true, for we frequently see those ] pers credited with paragraphs which did not see when they originally t pearcd. It may be, howevor, tl the subscriber has plenty of time 4'aort" these notices, and that it no inconvenience to him. We have time, however, to read a "stick full" matter to find out that it is an advertii nient and a cheat. Because of this m< ' unsatisfactory way of making up forn some of our exchanges are aim* worthless to us. Of course we do not e poet anybody to make up forms to si us, but we Rive our experience as infc matlon, which may account to them 1 our failure to see important locals in th< columns. The Constitution tinkers should st pend work for tbo present. They canr improve as good a Constitution as ours .? ?>?. The Kcrshaiu Gazette evinced journ: lstic enterprise in publishingihe evlder in the trial of James J. Clyburn and E f beorn, charged with the mur2er of Ell; husband. \ . \ - -- I i Tiie Laurcnsville Hospital?A Liter-1 ary Curiosity. nv.i ^Vc- reproduce the following com tnuni ; ration from the columns of the Laurensvillc Herald. We have ro:ui many advertiseincnts, and have known business men to resort to many devices by which to iudm e trade or tr> attain success, but we do I net recollect to have seen anything to rrs | equal the letter htlow. It is remakable *?!i' not only for tlie statements which it . makes, but it is noteworthy beeauso of ton! the style in which it is written. It ia as na- follows: I se- Editors Lau'ensville. Herald: the i I)K.\n Sirs ? I take this occasion oi | immking you for your voluntary and un-| {solicited etfortin trying; to correct an erro-j af; minis impression as to the healthfulnessj a 1 of I.aurensviiie, in an issue of your paper : liorja tew weeks since. If f/iurensville is not j a healthy place, then il is not the place toj k | build up a female College, Relieving it; ' is a healthy place, I propose to back my] ike ! judgment by a guarantee of free medical j tl,0 1 attention to every pupil that comes in or- j . Idin.irv health ami boards at the College j I during the next scholastic vea?*. The scr- j >"0'! vices of Dr. McCoy have been retained for j r a; this purpose. Thisoiler docs not include] uu( I medicines furnished, inr does it include! la consultation fee in ease a consulting I 11,0 J physician is called. j the i The excrciiscs of the College will com-1 t<> j nionco next Monday, (Sept.) and I here-! llv',:V <,x'?nd to you. Messrs. Editors, an in- ] - jvitation to visit the College, without] (>ari waiting for a formal invitation, whenever] om jit may suit your convenience. This same i J li \ IH UAU'IUK'U llllMII^Il > ??U ll/illi; , j tlio patrons of the College, and to the J - | friends of education, whether they are! ?ve | patrons or not. My purpose is for all in-! the' tcrested to see the every dav-praciical I r*n-> workings of the College. If they coin-) I mend, then they ?tn do so truthfull; ifj j they condemn my methods and the pro-j of; <r|-ess of the pnpiis, they can do so truth-j in?;| fully. Adverse criticisms from those who, r]v j have no knowledge of the facts, will pass | junheeded by me. Flattering notices from ; ! ?*j those who visit school* and colleges on: as- j set occasions, and during Commencement j .;.-r j exercises, are generally alike worthless, j _ i Tiiey do no very great harm, however, j tor thoy iii'3 sotting to lie so common tliat lult nr> nnc i< deceived by thorn. bio Yours truly. J. I). Anderson. .r" Liu reus vi lie Female College, Sept. 12, ofIf this is a "specimen brick" of the in , _ . . .. style ot composition and manners !j wbich will bo taught in the college, we j iaro sorry for the pupils. It must, how- j I (() I over, be very consoling to parents toj , know that their daughters while at this) : College will have''free medical atten-j lin' tion," even if they do have to pay for' I medicines," "consultation foe," and coi-' i je! tins. We will leave each reader to ob- j ri_! serve the peculiarity of the rhetoric, and i ,0 jwiil only remark on one expression: I "Flattering notices from those who visit i 0<- "schools and colleges on sot occasions ,x_!"and during commencement exercises "arc generally alike worthless." -aukc" cjr what? Does the learned Professor mean t to say that "flattering notices" and ( t "those who visit schools and colleges" ' arc "worthless ?" Or does ho mean to he S:,'V *'ia" l'ie "sc'loo^s aru' colleges" are k, ' worthless? What is it that is "alike mt' wo,*l'''eas? ' I Again, ho says: ''They do no very jj ! "great harm, however, for thoy arc get nl "ting to be so common that no one is de' "eeived by tbein." Docs the learned :(jc> i Professor mean to say that tho schools and colleges of thlseountry arc unworthy of commendation? or does he mean to ; say that the best efforts of the many cxv_ ccllent institutions of th;3 State are deu_; ceptivo find hurtl'i^f and that his olono is ! worthy of support? ? - The Court at Cuindcn. In "readififf the sentences of tho rocent; ** Court at Camden we wore impressed with , l-v. tho justieo and mercy with whieh Judge! ? jCothran imposed penalties for tho va-i Ir"; rious crimes. From the meager facts' ' published, wo were gratified at the ( Judge's apparent line discrimination and i 0 evident willingness t > punish the priso- > !d ner.s in mercy, and in accord with the de- j .1 grco of their di tie rent offences. In the , IlO ^ past,the Courts of this State have been, in M 1 our opinion, very severe in imposing pen- J, 5's"; allies on petty offenders. To sentence*a j' ,leiinan to tho penitentiary for live or eight 1 ie vears for pettv larccnv is a greater ofin * * i fence than tho crime for which the con-h ' ri vict is undergoing sentence. From a'1 j close observation of the administration of j < ' justice in South Carolina, wc have como>; ut i i to the conclusion that neither immoral ij j nor intensely pious men arc fit to hold in 11 * equipoise the scales of justice. The im- j , j moral Judge is not the man to punish !j lls;immorality, nor is the intensely pious j! man the Judge to deal mercifully aud i P | justly with the erring. /lis own groat j ls"j moral streug'.h, his great abhorrence of j I a | siu, and his lack of forbearance with a:! e j weak brother incapacitate him for giv- 1 | * i iny a fair and unbiased judgment between the State ami the prisoner at the I>ar. If j ( ' ; any pvool' is needed of the correctness of' ;,c this assertion, the records of the Courts, uc jand the entries at the penitentiary will i abundantly prove the justice of this crit-! j j icisin. Wo need Judges who aro honest 1 I from principle, and who aro correct in I morals?uien who are able to deal justly on I " y I while not forgetting to be merciful. Wc . | want no man on the Bench who will for/ , j the merest pretext, deprive a man of his! _' liberty for years, and who, by doing so, ^ j has a consciousness that ho is serving and lr,| pleasing liim who said, "Vengeance is |. ; mine." m < Us. j he | w I We copy from the Edgefield Advertiser *0_!a Vcr3" strong and forcible article on the ; v j system of "Internal Improvement for t Edgefield County." The people of this j j*. j grand old county, are reminded of the j [ very many advantages and facilities that | ' improvement of their county, Tn, ^ placing it, as it deserves to be, in the ; front rank of the counties of the State, i | in material prosperity we subscribe to every word written in the article, and; i would urge these people with the intens*. est earnestness, to think of the matters suggested?to develope the resources that / they unquestionably possess. Let them . show to capital the advantages that are ! theirs, and use every effort to have them developed and utilized. These are the days for Itailroads and j improvement and no county,so conspicu-1 Mr ous as Edgefield has been for the public i e?"! spirit and enterprise of lier citizens, !r" should allow the golden opportunity to 1,01 pa** for her to enjoy these facilities, which to she can most assuredly do if she will ! make the ctlbrt. Grade the Railroads, xe I publish and proclaim the resources of J's jyour county, offer inducements toeapi-j on j talists to make investments with you, and ?a" i the prosperity and advancement of Edge| held countv is an assured fact. d- j | Death of the President. ?s| ?nt Beore the arrival of the newspapers ie, I yest.;iday eveniug the lelegraph had al>iit! ready brought the intelligence of the ?k. | death, at Elberon, N. J., of James A. ng | Garfield, President of the United States. lUr'IIo died at 10:35 Monday night. Al)x though the death of any citizen cannot iat ^perceptibly effect the weal or woe of a oe- nation like this, yet the sympathy and eir personal interest which every citizcn felt ibt for the unfortunate President caused the! ra- great heart of the Nation to weep at the i to j death of her distinguished citizen. Ever' r?a- since he received the assassin's shot, the j we'greatest anxiety has been everywhere ip-lfelt. The most fervent prayers of the! lut' righteous have ascended to the Throne of to j Grace in his behalf, and the wisest medi-1 isjcal skill have beon exerted for his re-! n'ticovery, but all to no avail. Lingering' of| and trembling in the balance since the se-12d of J uly, he died on the 19th of Sepsst tern be r. is, )st x- j Shall We Unite for Victory or Divide l,it j for Dercat ? nfor; To win a viotorj- next P'all will require ?ir ! the united effort of all our people. Then i is it not worse than folly to force a divis- \ ion on the question of Constitutional ,s_ amendments. Even admitting, which ,ot we do not, that amendments were need- 1 js ed, this is no time to agitate the matter. ( It is impossible for the advocates of a j aj_ new Constitution to give a good season j ice for any change, and because of thiala?k.i, 11a on their part the people will be slovr^wg ?'s sccond the efforts of the Constitution H tinkers. .. j I < 1 - ? - The Teachers' Association. | THE SEEDS OF Ol'R SCHOOLS. i An Essny Head Before the Teachers' i Association of Abbeville Count*', nt j L)uc West, S. C., September 1. 1881, by the Rev. W. .11. Cirier, D. I). The Touchers' Association of Abbeville ; county is no! simply a social gathering?It Is i not simply an annual re-unlon of those enjgag.-din the same work, with their common diltlcultles, common experiences, common enI uouragemcnts and discouragements. It Is an ; organization?an organization with a definite aim and n fixed purpose; that Is, to promote ihe interests of education, with special, though not exclusive, reference to our common schools. Nov,whatever bears upon this high 'ami worthy object directly or indireclly is a proper subject for discussion and consideration here. If Is our desire that thfc Association shall pr-)ve a practical benefit foall the schools in the wanly. To-day we enter our third anniversary, and while we could wish a i larger attendance of Teachers al these sessions we feel sine that those whomeet with ns from year lo year feel repaid for thoir time and labor. Oftentimes it is just in such conferences as these, with their essays and their Informal !discussions; lhat high and noble impulses s;>ring intobeings and are nurtured Into llxed iand definite purposes?purposes commanding jail the energiesof our nature and directing j all the eJlotts of our lives. Who is therein I any profession that lias not sometimes felt reary and heavy-laden f rom sheer innelii ness,?who has not lelt In the tread-mill routine of iiis work that he is passing through a dreary wilderness without either quails or manna? These annual re-unions are to engender hope.quicken sluggishness,arouse enthusiasm, in the felt consciousness of strength, dignity nnd high responsibility. Here it is that the scattered pickets tally mid the ht art^essness and, it may be. panic of sinL'h'-lrinded conflict gives place to the courage and daunt1 ess intrepidity of combined power and will. Now if any of us have this "rundown" feeling let us hope that it will disappear in the fellowship and communion of this occasion. I desire U offer a few practical thoughts on "The needs of our Schools.' For the sake of f?Mnvi?nlonf>/? lluwo m*?v s*Ioou orfni'nnl ami internal. Underthcexternal wcinclude: 1. School houses. What Is Hut character of these? As a rule they arc nnsight'y and uncomfortable. Outside of towns and villages they are generallystructuresof the rudest-ami most primitive type. Kuiltof logs, covered v*tth board:;, with but a single room, and that contraeU'd, ther."> Is not rn element of attractiveness or comfort in the buildings. In the winter the children shiver with cold, despite the blazing loir-heap in the immense fireplace. In the summer the heat is intolerable, and if the pupils were allowed the privilege of making the Geography they would ee-tainIv loe tie their school-house in the torrid zone directly under the equator. It is freely admitted that successful teaching has bnen done under such di.<aivantnges, and that eminent scholars have been born and cradled in these humble homes. Hut let us not forget that it is the prerogative of genius alone to triumph over diflicuities and make rough places smooth and crooked places straight. Mediocrity, the common inheritance, needs to be nursed under all favoring conditions possible, in ord"r that it may grow to a vigorous, symmetrical development. We know, for inst inee, that Blaise Pascal having been purposely kept In ignorance of Geometry, "his self-prompted genius discovered for itself the elementary truths of theftorbidden science. At twelve years of age. according to the tin I ? vl ~ih I.t mwivvm i i < 1111 i m /11, 11 v. ?;t* bu^iim;u by his father in the net of demonstrating on Hip pavementof sin old lmll. where lie used to lay, anil by means of a diagram traced by a piece of coal, a proposition corresponding to the 32dof the First Root: of Euclid. At the age of sixteen desniteall the prohibitions and obstacles that could be thrown in iiis way he composed a tractate on Conic Sections which provoked the mingled incredulity and admiration of Descartes." We know that inanv others less gifted and lessknown to fame have battled their way to extensive learning and extensive usefulness without the aid of school houses or text books even. But it would be a ireat mistake to suppose that therefore the school house, in its appearance and the comfort it att'ords is not an important adjunct in the education of children. It is impossible for the Teacher todo good work unless certain physical conditions are complied with. Children are naturally restless. In the most favorable circumstances it requires no small amount of skill and tact to curb (I do not say suppress) a tendency so universal and predominant.. The school houses of our county In their general discomfort, with their biting draughts of air in the winter and theirscorchins rays in the summer, foster this restlessness and render impossible thai degree of attention which the Teacher justly requires. It will no donbt be said that the school houses are as- good as the public funds will allow. That may be true, but there should be enough privaie cmcrjirise 111 every community 10 make the school house. as also the cSmreh, attractive to the eye and pleasant to those who occupy them. And Indeed very much could be donfc with trifling expense. Let the Teacher ask for th<* white wash and brush for a day Let him suggest to the ladies that a ?<<^TMeturcs would add very much to the pleasure of the children: and, in many cases, these and similar suggestions, kindly but earnestly made, would work a revolution in the general appearauee of things. And such a ( revolution as would awaken something akin to fascination in school life. If thero were no positive quickening of the intellectual forces, { there would be such associations as would render this quickening much more probable. We ask then for better school houses?that there may be some recognition of the (esthetic faculty in the little buildings where our children are to spend so many hours. There is an education going on in every school, witliout books or teacher? an education which finds truth in the beautiful, whether in thought, in conduct or in our surroundings. (2.) Under these external needs, we may also inclnle sympathizing Trustees. The school system tinder which we now work aims to be a thorough organization. Every detail of management and subordination is specified. According to its provisions the Trustees stand in closest relationship to the Teachei. riieyaiGtobo his counsellors and helpers as well as I)is Inspectors. Too often the office Is merely nominal and fails in the accomplishment of its original purpose. The Trustees ire the recognized representatives of the community and through them very much can be ilonc in the way of building up the school ind promot ing I ts success. Should differences nrise between the Teacher and parents, a wise, judicious hoard can do very much in adjust mg sucn aimcuuiesanu restoring narmomous relations. Wlille it is true thai in the internal management of the school the Teacher is supreme and all Interference Is impertinence stiii he will often fe?l perplexed and discoursed and will need sympathy and if ho is y oung and without experience he will gratefully appreciate the suggestions of larger opportunities and of real interest in his work. 3n almost every board there will be found at least one member of education rnd professional culture. The Teacher has a right to expect of him an intelligent comprehension of the nec Is of the school and a liberal support jf whatever will promote its efficiency. (3.) Another external need is a fcVoflng public sentiment. The uu'-iic school system has had to tight it* way in this section to popular endorsement and to tills day, it I - regarded as tk doubtful experiment on the part of many. Not a few contend that the appropriations for it are a waste of public funds?others regard it as an enemy to cheap labor and a nursery for tramps and paupers; others oppose it on the ground that it is radically unjust, forcing the rich to educate the poor. Let us look for a moment at one or two of these popular objections. It will not he denied that in the South there l? a largeand influential, though not active or obtrusive sentiment against our common schools on the ground that, they spoil the laborer. They rill him with aspirations and ambitious. They make him discontented and averse to hard work. After a little schooling he begins at once to seek easy positions, to make speeches, and becomes a candidate for anything that will take him out of the sun and from the plough handles. (It will be seen that this objeetioii refers mainly to "our brother in black" sihee he is distinctively, the. laborer of the South.) Now there arc certain general principles recognized and illustrated by nil writers on i political economy which ought to aid us In measuring the force of this popular objective sentiment. Observation shows that intelligence as a rule promotes industry. Whatever has a tendency to multiply and stimulate human desires Increases effort. Nothing stimulates desire like knowledge. It, lias been well said, 'fsrno ranee everywhere clothes itself in nigs* uirci' Fives ili~'ntVtvA'*r&Crt""w'neTV TiTa 11 'sua t u re is opened by education his desires clamor at iho gateway of every nerve and sense for gratification." The f-avajjels perfectly conlent with n hare hut for a home, a few skins for his dress and half cooked flesh and a few roots! for his food. Educate him to tile civilization ] of Europe or America ard you increase his wants a thousand-lold. To gratify these wants he becomes an earnest steady laborer. Every Cower of body and mind Is aroused to the igliost activity. Invention and observation are quickened, indolence is spurred to ceaseless toil, and the lazy child of barbarism becomes the restless seeker after wealth: "Tower'd cities please him then And the busy hum of men." The rude hut is changed into the pleasant tasteful home, with Its carpets, its pictures and its tnousand comforts Let any one enter the home of a thrifty, intelligent, well to do fruits of toil. With this betterment of his condition other benefits follow, social unil moral Influences begin to restrain and control, ami the tendency to vice tmd cfime Is vastly diminished. irt a late publication of the Bureau of Education a large manufacturer in Kngland writes: "I have employed in various departments of my own business Intelligent workmen earning lower wages than ignorant men employed In courser blanches; and the Intelligent man educates his children, lives In a comfortable house and has many plea-ant surroundings; whereas the ignorant man, witli higher wages is more addicted to Intemperance, his wife and children are worse clad and worse cared for and his home is in all respects less comfortable-" Ignorance may be desirable for the laborer when he is a slave, where all his wants are supplied by the owner, and where he is very much an eye-servant, but suivlyas a freeinau, relying on liis own resources, with his relations as the head of a family, a member of society and a citizen of the.suite, his education is a necessity,?a necessity for the peace of society as much so as for his own well being; and if Intelligent labor is found to be! best in manufacturing establishments, where) 6o much is left to more machines, will it not be even mot e advantageous in agriculture, a I department depending so largely for its success In varying physical conditions, demanding quick perception and sound Judgment. I If It be asked, "who will perform the menial service should nil receive an education," we answer by referring lo those countries where the masses are Intellleentand education compulsory. Is Scotland worse off lor her complete system of education? Is she without manual and menial laborers? How is It in Prussia? lias she spoiled her labor by over education? As I)r. White of Pardue University remarks, "the disinclination to menial service in this country is largely due to influences outside of our schools." "False social ideas are doing the mischief, not schooling " "Idleness Is the twin brother of ignorance." The objection then to our common school system, that education ruins your labor, is not sustained either by general principles or a correct induction of facts. It is true that education now lifts the negro out of his position as a common laborer, but It Is only because his very Intelligence is exceptional with his racc. Thut he should prove a worthless scamp Is not surprising when we remember that the ignorance of his people offers special temptatio'us to shrewd impostors and unprincipled Idlers who live by their whs. Whenever the great masseB among them are enlightened then scoundrellsm will be rohbod of its prey and Influence will be secured and maintained by other qualifications than the ability to read and write and talk glibly. (b.) The other objection based upon the Injustice of the system, is now becoming obsolete. So absorbing and predominant Is the question of governmental preservation, so essential is intelligence to safe citizenship that it school tax has come to bo regarded as a part nt that machinery of laws, courts, Judges, juries, sheriffs and constables, by which national life is sustained in national order. So true Is tbls in a country like ours, where we havo a government of the people, and where every man has a direct agency in shaping the character and policy of the State that objections, which it may be arc not without force, yield bo the pressure of necessity. The high demand of public weal hold In abeyance individua! claims. The vast expenses of the gov- | Ent in its Executive, Legislative and Ju- { Department ore borne mainly by the' property holders who never violate a [ ho would be as scruuukmsly honest I ind Just as quiet and peaocable, in a word, as | ;ooq citizens without a law as witb It. And j yet to restrain a very few persons llioy cheerfully pay out hunureds of dollars uiiiiually. Now the statistics of education In Its relation to crime show that tlic proportion of criminals among the Illiterate is uboiit ten times greater than among those who have been instructed in the element* of a common school education and bryond. 1 In view therefore of what the public school has done elsewhere, and in view of what it is doing litre under all thedilliculties ami embarrassni??nl3 which encompass it. and in 1 view of what it proposos to do in multiplying and intensifvitisr the motives to well doiic'.nnd , In strengthening the lives of individual and . I national virtue, it asks and with reason the 11 countenance and support of publiesentlmcnt. | It a-ks that it be Judged not by it-' clai-ns, but by its results after an experiment sufllelesitly extended In tline and territory. [ (2.) I come now to the Internal needs. We ; tali? time to mention but one, that however, the one all Important. It Is that In every ' school there should be an inmost, conscientious wide-awake teacher. This wi41 go very far a wards supplying the detlcicneics already refened. It will make the scl'ooi a blessing, however ruilt and primitive the building, however indifferent the Trustees and However hostile public sentiment; and without it no matter how favorable the conditions the result will prove a failure. This is indeed the pressing, urgent need of our schools. While there is reason to believe that progress is being made in this direction still there is great room for improvement l.et me in brief indicate the Teacher we ne^tl: (1) He will not be indifferent to his pay. j While 110 true teacher will niffk*' a living his I highest, strongct impulse in his work, he | ought to make his calling yield him cornpei tenee. It is so in other professions. Kven the niinlster. who Is required, above all others, I to look not at the tilings which are seen and j temporal; to find his reward in the lofty consciousness of doing good, who Is to be a pattern of self-denial, and worldly renunciation, even he is to live by the go<p I: anil while he . ministers toothers in spiritual things, they are to minister to him in carnal things. Surely the profession of the Teacher is to be no excent ion. We remember once to have been the pupil of a Teacher, who declared that, with him, the pay was no consideration; so delightful was the task of teaching the young Idea, how to my. His new method of controllingand trovertiing llio pupils by moral suasion nlonc va<, I lie contended, so beautiful and successful that his labor brou-iht lis own reward. He was n red-headed Scotchman. I>u 2 West was . wreathe J in smiles on the arrival of the new Teacher. What announcement, could be more pleasing to parents than that tuition wa-a I mere bagatelle. And for the boys and srirls It. I was equal to a circus, to know that the rule of the rod was for once to be laid aside. With j tho.<e who had been accustomed to receive I Iheir weekly allowance of a sound drubbing, plaosand schemes of mischief wore concocted witti great gusto and amazing fertility and oiicinallty. Snpertiuity of na.iglitincss was revelling in a wild carnival of frolic. Oil the third day of,school the Teaeliei began his moral suasion with a vcngencc. Tie swore at us| like a sailor?with a pesuasive vigor and force that despised the Kuphetnisms of the Revision. Hades and Demon were entirely too mild for his new method of govern1 incut. Gehenna and Diabolas withoutdiluition or periphrasis would alone reach the case. ! He hurled anathemas of the most direct and unequivocal character at every oflend-r. Genuine surprise and amazement were written on every l ice A prompt report was made to parents, and by Friday Mr. Itoper closed his school for the very satisfactory reason, that he was without pupils. This is the only Teacher weliave ever known that was indifferent at out his pay. (2) He must not be the slnvcof routine. Order method and rule are indispensable but they nro i\ floi* 2111 rm!v incti'iinwrik al' ivnrlr flmv must never become master. There is a tendency In our day to regulate every tiling liy n sort of military exactness. Kvery movement, is by siunal. It bus much to recommend it. in the cultivation of orderly and methodical habits, but it may run mad. J'lie Teacher may become fascinated with certain cast-iron forms which furnish no oportuulty for the manifestation and development of individuality. System with ail its obvious excellences may be so rigid as to crush out. the special characteristics of the pupil. The Teacher should be KUided in all cases not so much by a regular unbending programme of exercises as by the demands of the pupil. Kvery one who has had much lo do with children knows that sustained at (cation soon weai le?. What older persons call regularity, is to them monotony. Ami hence it is wise sometimes to Consult their restlessness to change their position. to vary and modify class exercises. A song sung by the school,a lale well told by the Teacher will at times be worth more than the rccita'ion in Arithmetic or in Spelling, Of coursc all such relief will need to be carefully guarded, and restrained. Hut prudence anil discrete wiu'tind them helpful. <H) The Teacher should be always and readily approachable by the pupil. He should Invite the five and full presentation of such difllculties as binder the progress of the pupil. This! Is a familiarity which h is to do only with "educational ends." as lir. Caldcram well cx.pi esvs it. SaysHi1, "There Is an exercise of [authorityby thcTCieherwhichutterlyignores mid frowns upon any tendency to direct inqui- j ties tohlm." "The most experienced teacher," | I continues he, "will allow that he needs tn baj helped to the discovery of his pupils, difficulties" It is singular what blunders children make sometimes out of the brief comments of the teacher froin the text books. If you should have a little conference with them you wonder at their strange misconceptions. Now it is just in reference to these dltlicultles at which children and youth so often stumble and over which they worry, that the help of the instructor is most grateful. If he cultivate a distant reserve and discourage Inquiry the result will be that the pupil will make ft! llll /.liloC nfl/-i|i> In .ir.nrin.il l.iu I^. 'I'l.n' ti'nciier Is never to forget tint tils business is i ti> teach and thatererylhln? is to be tributary I to tbis. He isuot amereta>k-master?assign! ins lessons and hearing recitations. If lie thus narrows bis professional dutles"ho trill become a drudge and the work of the school will be drudgery to the scholars.'' If he bo worthy the name he bears and the vocation he has chosen lie will be soliei ons to know the special difficulties of his pupils and he will feel it no compromise of iiis dignity to be ireely approached in reference to tries?. The pilme question with him will be. How can I help my pupils to learn? He who takes this view of his work will honor his calling und bless the community where belabors. Beneath his care, learning will grow, a "thriving vigorous plant," and he will realize whatever is grandest and noblest In the life of a Teacher. ? Chemistry Revealing: Forgery In Court. [Chester Bulletin.] The recent deatli in our State Penitentiary of \V. V/. Ward, the former Sheriff of Williamsburg county, recalls the circumstances that led to the discovery of his erirnc, which are the most extraordinary ia our criminal annals. At the Spring term, )?70, of the Court 'ofCommon I'leas for Williatnsbure county,.I, II. Livingston brought suit against Wn>u to recover the sum of five thousand dollars, money loaned on Ward's sealed note. His Honor Judge T. .1. Mackey presided, and, by consent of counsel, heard (he case without a ju-j\ The plaintiff proved the execution of the note and closed hiscaso. Ward's counsel then produced the receipt of Livinston dated two years previous to the trial, for the whole amount due. principal and interest,anda witness testified lie had seen the payment made in one hundred dollar hilts and four five hundred dollar bills, to Livingston himself on the day named in the receipt. 'J'be plaintiff took the witness-stand and on examining the receipt admitted that it bore his true and genuine signature, but solemnly protested that he had not received one dollar from Ward and had never entered Ward's house In his life, for any purpose. lie declared that he was ruined, and that, ho and his wife would be made homeless by a false receipt which he could not explain, but which he never knowingly siune-l. On cross examination, Livingston, who was an old mail, admitted that his memory was very inflimand that he had on previous occasion received a payment of two hundred dollars from another debtor of his which he afterwards denied receiving, but which lie recalled to memory when shown his receipt. The plaintiff and his counsel at this stage of the proceeelngs weroin utter despair, for their cause was apparently lost. Judge Mac key however, whose subtle brain and practiced eye nothingcan escape, and who follows crime ttsrough all Its winding, directed that the roceipt should be handed to him. He then or dered the Sheriff to procced to the nearest Drug Store and pu rchase n drachm of Murlat-I tc >,^;c^f.Fft'.>'.u:c- ivrmie" rWVtTrnof the officer with the urLiclcs unineil, tlie Judge said to the plain!Iff, "Mr. Livingston, did you ever write a letter to the defendant, Ward, demanding payment of your money?" The phuntiQ answered, "Vis, sir, I wrote him man}' letters but never received sin answer from him." Judge Mackey then disserved to counsel, "I perceive that on the face of this receipt thereare several peculiar brown spots and the original surface or sizing of the paper has been removed, except in that portion of the paper where the signature was written. The body of the receipt Is in the hand-writing of the defendant. In my opinion the defendant has taken a letter of the plaintiff's and removoct the writing witii Muriatic Acid, and Ihen wrote the receipt above the signature. I will now apply this acid lo the writing on (lie back of the complaint In this case, and it will be seen that the writing will instantly dlsappearand the paper will at once exhibit several brown spots idenlcal with those on the receipt." The acid was applied to the paper, and as the writing disappeared, the brown blots were seen upon its surface and the crime of the defendant was clearly revealed ! Ward at this Juncture looked as horrorstricken as f.ady Macbeth when gazing upon her fair, but. murderous hand, she exclaimed as she vainly rubbed it, "Out damned spot!" 'PI i is Tiwl.rn Immn.llnlrilv rmwlni'n.l liiu rlw.i* ion in favor of the plaintiff, staling that it was tiioduty of t!ie Solicitor to liavo Ward prosecuted ut once lor his audacious forgery. (.in the next morning Judge Mackey left for Georgetown, forty ml >esdistant, to hold Court. Willie there lie received a letter from a friend warning iiiin to not return to Wihiamburg as i te had promised lo do, In afew days, for the pornoso of hearing an argument at, chambers, us Ward had sworn solemnly to shoot him down at sight. The Judge's record, however, shows that ho is not one to swerve from the line of duty hecausoof an armed enemy in his path. He returned to Williamsburg after an absence of Ave days and meeting Ward upon the street demanded whether he had threatened to take his life. Ward asnwered that he had, but that he had abandoned his purpose. At the next term of the Court Ward was Indicted and placed on trial for forgery When the verdict of "guilty" was rendered, Ward rose and discharged ills pistol twice at Livingston, the prosecuting witness, onoof the balls passing thiough his coat. He was instantly disarmed and sentenced to a term of seven years at hard labor in the penitentiary. Ward was a man of wealth and or good standing in his community. He died last wt>ek In the penitentiary, Illustrating t>y his career the truth of the Scripture?'The way of the transgressor Is hard." <? We wero agreeably surprised this morning to see I)r. Lindsay axaln on our street*. He has Just returned from Augusta, Georgia, where he has been supplying, lor some weeks past, the pulpit of Dr. Irving, recently deceased. We have not learned whether Dr. Lindsay, expects to return or not; and although, as ho Informs us In our last issue, our ; reference to him ns "city pastor" was somewhat premature, we will say that the church now vacant will be exceedingly fortnuate to secure his services In that capacity. Ourulluslou was entirely playful? me rely "a Rowland for an Oliver." The Doctor is one of our best and strongest men, and, we flatter ourselves, a warm, personul irlend; and we wish him abundant success.?Auociute Reformed Presbyterian. Faith And Works.?At the Colored Methodist Church, one mile from Due West, there has been a meotlng of considerable interest Home conversions reported. The meeUngs were large, and sometimes protracted until a late hour In the night. There were speakers from Columbia. Newberry, and other points We met with acolored brother (nota pieacher) on bis way to the church, and mode some inquiry Jabout the meeting. He sahlthata good many were under conviction of sin. "And when were you convinced of sin?" we took the liberty to Inquire. "Three years ago, at Abbeville C. H.," he replied. "How were you aflected?" "I was In great distress i for two or three days; could neither eat nor sl'?ep." "How wore you relieved?" "I heard the Master say: 'Go thy way, and sin no 1 more; thy faith hath saved thee." We liked his experience very much but < Ihought we would test him u little further,and i' inquired if hecould cut some wood lor us next; day. He said he would come. Next morning:: he was on hands betimes and cut all day in a, hot sun without being watched. We gave him his dinner and fifty cents, feeling prenyl' well satisfied that ho had been soundly oon- j I verted.?Associate Reformed. Presbyterian. ?? q?wmjmmmm | Talma,ge'a Tabernacle. T1IE NATION'S TVOE. Dr. Tuimnge'i Sermon Sunday MoiV iugr- August 2S, 1881. "Comfort yc, comfort ye mj' people. f>hiLh your God.''?Isaiah 1A: 1. This reiterated command to the ministers of religion centuries ago Is just as appropriate this terrible morning. while we arc awaiting tldinus from t!i? sutlerlng couch of our chief magistrate "The President shot!" was sounded through the ralttrai.i as we halted a few moments on the mornlnir of July 2d, at Wllllamstown, Massachusetts, the ulaee at whleh the I'resi dent wan expected In three days. "Absurd I and Impossible,"! said. I asked then, as J | ask you now, WHY Sliori.n ANY ONE WANT TO KILL HIM? j I He had nothing but that which lie had earn- j j ed with Ips own brain and hand. He had | fought his own way up from country home to] i college hall, and from college hall to Hnuscof I Representatives, and from House of Keprcisentotives to the SenateChinnber,and from Ihe Senate to the Presidential chair. Why should aity one want to kill him ? He was not a despot who hud been treading on the rights of the people. There was nothing of the Nero or the Kobesplerre in him. He j bad wronged no man. lie was free and hap| py himself and wanted all the world free and I happy. Why should any one want to kill J him? lie hail a family to shepherd and edu!eute, a noble wife unit a group of little eliil! ilreii leaning on his arm, and holding his I hand, and who needed hlin fur many years to j ciime. If any one must shoot him. why shoot I him then, jusl ax after with indescribable per) plexlty and fatigue lie bad launched lilsadI ministration and was oft' for a few days ofj recreation which be hail so dearly earned? j How any man could take steady aim at such i a good. kind, sympathetic heart, and draw the ! trigger anil see him fall is Inexplicable. j Hut the deed is done. There Is u black shad-1 ow 011 every hearthstone in America. Ill seen is ns I f there wore onodeud In each house.! I Again and again we have prayed ns we pray- j ] ed this morning, "Fattier, it' it be possible, let] this cup pass from us." find will hear our prayr, if not in one way, then in another. God's way is sometimes different from man's way, but it is always the best wav. I am thankful to my friends who have sent me a (Treat multitude of telegrams litis morning, showing their interest In this subject, telegrams from gentlemen wlionre my friends and liorn others who are strangers, odicial telegrams from the public ollicc of telegraphy, and they give a ray of hope Who knows but our President may come forth signin and ride I through these very streets in triumph, God jsrnnt.lt. Hut the indications arc not in that I direction. 1 have hastened before my time of expected return, because I wanted in your I presence to objy the text: "Comfort ye. eom-i fort ye my people, saith your God." Wnllc I comtort you. I must comfort my own soul, for no public event, has ever so overwhelmed me. I could dwell on the aggravations of this event, anil say, what a pity that he could not have car:ie.l out the excellent policy proposed; what a pity that lie could not looser have enjoyed the high honor bestowed by the sultragcs of the people; what a pity that he should go out of life by the hand of violence; what an awful thing for his family and the nation and the world If he should die. Hut instead of dwelling upon the asgravnlions I shall obey my text: "Comfort vc, comfort ye my people," and present only THE ALLEVIATIONS of this stupendous horror. I. Alleviation the lirst. James A. Garfield is prepared to exchange worlds If God sees fit i to call til in. I.ongago he settled that matter lie was not dependent, for happiness upon the course of a builel or tiie whim of an assassin. On liis knees and in days of health and with deliberation he had made ALL KIGIIT FOR F.TEItNlTY. There has been nothing of cant or whining or luguhriousness in his religion but a m-mly out and out profession of faith in God. Yea! I he has preached this very Gospel. A minister said to me the other day, "I heard him preach; he pleached for me in my own pulpit.'' I said, "What, style of sermon was it?" He responded, "Excellent, excellent." But in all places he had prcacheJ?in Walt Street to the excited throng the day after Lincoln was shot?at. Chickamauga among the wounded soldiers?in the Congress of the United .States in many a noble speech. ltciigion was with him no new thing. When a college boy, and encamped among the mountains for summer reureation, at. eventide lie takes out his Bible and says; "Hoys, at this time of evening I am apt to read a passage of the Scripture; if you would like to hear it, I will read a chapter now." mm uiru one uj uitT comrades was eai U'U lipon for prayer, and they nil knelt in theirsuinmer tent. The Inst thing he did before leaving Mentor for Washington, was to take the holy sacrament of our Lord Jesus Christ, the tears of emotion rolling down the check of the communicant. The llrst opportunity he had iifti r he was shot, he declared to n>y | friend, Doctor Suuderlnnd, that he trusted all [in the Lord's hand, was ready to die or to Ive. Surely he was ready then. Alter these eight weeks of purifying distress he Is ready now. 1 I want nil the world to mark that this Illustrious bud. If it he a death bed. Illustrious for patience, Illustrious for courage, illustrious for gentlerress, is no infidel's death bed.no scoflcr's death bed, no prollixatc's dealh bed. but in iho most radiant sen^e a Christian death bed. Though canopied and surrounded the same kind of p: Slow that your old Christian father and mother died on,and the same pillow which shall beoflered in otir last sickness, howeverhumbleour lot may he. Itputs me more than ever in love with the old Gospel, the Gospel of the One who died at. the hand of crucl assassins. U! Tiiou assassinated Christ, bj Thy own wounds in the side and the hands and the feet and tlie brow, pity the head, the fret, 1 he side, the physical anguish of our beloved President! There had bee n other christian men in the Presidential chair of this country, but the most pronounced Christian since the days ofi Washington, in the Presidential chair, is lames A. Garfield. If heg<>? God forbid that he should go now ? but if he no. he goes straight to the bosom of a merciful God. Death will be promotion. He will lose nothing, but cam everything. On the steps of the Capitol thatsto*niy day in March he took the oath of high off.ee. It he go now, at the fjute of Heaven he will take the crown of trinuiph. Whether he live or die, I shout for him; "Victory, through our Lord Jesus Christ 1" the oaukield Fi:nj>. 71. Alleviation theSceoud. His family will be magnificent! v provided ;or. It is an awful thing when the bread winner of a family falls, if there be no eiaateleft, and the wife must go forth with her aelpless children at her back to light for a livelihood. The mother, weak and stek with long watching, (joes out tolook for a place, and the children are taken by friends who, perhaps, pet tired of the burden tne.v assumed under sudden impulse of sympathy. Rut the more than SiOO.tWO already subscribed to the Garlield fuhd are a hint that there is not one of us amid the fifty millions of America who will allow that afflicted family to sutler need. If this stroke com*1, the widow, the children, the Hired mother will be the sacred eliarpe of this nation. I see so many bereft wemen in the awful strupglc for bread dyinp by inches,and finding no rest until they get insl.ie the grave, that I am sure I am right when I present among the alleviations of this great sorrow the complete financial deliverance of our President's family. < NATIONAL SAFETY. Iir. Alleviation the Third. If our President die, this nation, without a moment's halting. ; will march right on In itscareerof prosperity. j The death of rulers In other lands often means bloody revolution. This nafiovs endured the dea'h of Presidents Harrison and Taylor and Lincoln, when It was not half as strong as It is now, and it will not be discomfited by this calamity. It will take more than one murderous wretch to flop this nation when God commands it to march on. If on tbatawful second of July the President had been instantly > slain, I know not what would have occurred. 'I here would have been other pistol shotsand panic, and perhaps national delirium. How uood God was to spare our President these two months, uritil the nation could gather lis equipoise; for I tell you that while the heart of this nation lit very sore, its head Is level. There will be but one life taken, and that bv the hand of the law. I have no admiration for the omanizr lions that I hear pre forming to tear down t jo Washington jail, and maul the desperado. No, no. l,ct the Judpe of the court take his place and the Jury be Impanneled, and U^^fiuiT'^t^-ViSliiy, aqd the ver-AVc'r' uo' rende/ed, and the Judge, amfd a silence like the grave, give the sentence, and the icafl'oM be raised, and with a slout rope this accursed Gulteau.be hung by the neck until he be dead. All ibis excitement will soon he in the rear, and the nation, chastened by this affliction, "Till move on and up. "But," you say, "WHAT IF TIIE 1'IIF.8IDENT THE, what of his successor?"' I answer, I have no acquaintance villi the one who would be the incoming Preiuuent, but I beg of you, the | American people, give him a fair chance; do as you would like to be done by if yon were put in I lie Fane crisis. The nation would make nothing -ly throwing any impediments in lils way. Others make a prophecy in regard to this inc oming President in case of the death of our present ruler?I initkea prophecy. Tliey iu.-.ke prophecy from a political standpoint?J make mine from a religious standpoint. Jf our President die, judging from what seems (iod's design of kindness to tiiis nation,I think He will give especial blessing for especial emergency, and thechlef ideas of President Garfield's administration will be carried out by President Arthur's administration. Tb$re are men now In the Cabinet who have inaugurated such a great work that they will oerioinly be ietained. Postmaster General Jarues has sent such consternation Into the scoundrels ol the Star Routes, saving ;our country millions of dollars, and making his , department more illustrious than have any of his predecessor, that I know his hand will be kept In that reformation. Secretary Windotn haN wrought what merchants and hankers all over the land have called a miracle of financiering, and I am sure he will not tie dethroned wnile lie Is saving the land more millions than 1 dare to state. Robert Lincoln, Secretary os War, admired by all parties, first for his own sake and next for his martyred father's sake, will, I ain sure, contiuue in the councils of the nation. And others of the Cabinet, whose brilliant and world-renowned services cannot afford to bo stopped, will stay in their places; and with all the Episcopal churches of America, by the command of their liturgy, praying Sabbath by Sabbath for the President of the United States, and all the non-liturgical churches of America uniting in the same supplication. I am sure upon the new chief magistrate would coiuc straight Irom God the spirit of good government You say that his position, if called to It, will beone of great delIcacy. I know it. But it will be ono of unlimited and unparalleled opportunity. Mark that. Fellow citizens, feiiow patriots, fellow Christians, fellow mourners, now Is the time to trust God. IV. Alleviation the Fourth. If our President dies, he ales at what must be TIN: JJEST TIME. It does not seem to suit me, it does not seem to suit you ; but God's time Is always the best. Do you say this is teaching of fatalism? O, no; It Is teaching of your Bible and my Bible that God sets tnu limit of our life. Had It boeu best, the President by this time would have been amid the cooling sea breeze of LongBmnch. Men wilh more bullets in them and in worso directions, are walking your streets to-day. If he die?God avert the sorrow?if he die he goes at the time when he has the love of all the people. If he live he could not be an exception to the universal rule, that a brisk and decisive and relormaiory administration rouses rancorand Invective. Look uptheflles of the newspapers and see what surges of obloquy rolled over Lincoln, and Madison, and Monroe, and Jefferson, and Washington. Do , you suppose Mr. Garfield could havo carried ' out liis Intention of extirpating Mormon Ism. , and that there would have been no wincing J: under the national surgery? He had other ? plaus revolutionary for good. It seems to me he suffered onough abuse In , the political campulghn of last autumn tosuf- ' fer^for one lifetime. If In addition to that , there should be the insults of three or four [ years of contumely, it would be more than Ills i share of bombardment. What is called the 11- J cense of the printing press is getting to bo ? something damnable. If James A. Garfield ; now dies, he dies In time to escape J: more insults than was ever heaped upon any i of his predecessor", for by so much as ho pro-! * posed greater reforms, he must have hod to I " endure worso outrage. I was wilh him a few j * dayB before the bloody assault I never saw a more anxious or perturbed countenance, nnd it seemed a relief r,o him to talk to my child, | turning his back cn the perplexities of State.; h What be has escapcd, or seems about to escape,! c I3od only knows. The storm is lulled. If he i t ;oes, ours will bo I.ho grief?Ills the congratu-' f) latlon, H' Six month* srems to be a very sliort'a>lniIn Juration, but In tliut six month* he Iuih ai compllsbcd wlint forty yearn of bis predecet Bors fulled to do: llio complete and cternii |?iciiiL'HMUii "I iiiu ^tirui aim nuuui. liiv nvo more public meetings of sympathy In th South tlmn In the North,on Ihlssubjpct. Ill elck bed, In etehtweeks, has done more forth Sisterhood of the States than If he had llvei out eight years, namely, two terms of th Presidency. The North the South, the Eaal the West stand on the four sides of his bei looking into each others eye's with a klndll ness that never before characterized them. I he expire, do not think his administration bf cmsc of its brevity Is a failure. There ha Hone out from Hint sick room an influenc thai, will be felt as loan as the American Gov ernment continues. O! measure not a man' life by days, or months, or years; measure 1 by the sweep of Its Influence. Out of. si: months of time n good man may build ai eternity. V. Alleviation the fifth. This calnmlt; makes TJIF. BUSINESS OF OFFICE SEEKING disgustingly disreputable. Guitcau was n more crazy than thousands of other placi hunters. He had been refused an office, nn lie was full of unniincltd and burning ri venge. There was nothing else the matte with him. It was just this: "You haven given me what I want, now I'll kill you. For months alter each Presidential iuau'-'un lion Hie hotels of Washington arc rooi's fc tliese buzzards. They are the crawling vei mill oi hum nation. wtinenn was no raruj There werehundrcdsof CJulteausIn Washim toil uftcr the Inauguration, except that the hail not the courago to shoot- I saw ther some lwo months after, or six weeks aftei They were mad enough to do It, I saw it 1 their eyes. They killed two other Presidents, Wlllar Ilenry Harrison and Zachary Taylor. I knoi the physician-" called the disease congest Ion < the Inngs or liver, but the plain truth wa that they were worried to death, they wer trampled out or life, by place hunters, Pre> dent Jackson said toasjentleman whotold in of the utterance: "Sir. people want to li Presldentof the lrnited States. I wanttote them that this place is a perfect hell!" Nov in ({oil's name letthls thing stop. Three Prei idents sacrificed to this one demon is enouel I.elthc Conuress of the United .States at th next session start a work of PresidentUi emancipation. Four Presidents have rceorn mended civil service reform, and it hn amounted to little or nothing. Butthis assiu sination will compel speedy and decisivea< tion, and so some Rood will come of it. But is It not sadly strange that the worl makes no advance except through the 8A0IIIKICK of human life. The Church is to be reformei hut Wyciitl'e and John oldcastle must perish and the scenes of Piedmont and Hru?scll market place must he enacted. The Frenc despotism must be destrojjyl; but the street of Paris must he incarnadined with humo pore. The United States are to be separate from foreign rulers^ but the frosts of Valle Forge must devour,and thchayonetsof York town must stab. National contest aboil slavery must he settled ; but a million brav Northern and Southern men must die. 0111 clal patronage Is to he regulated; but Jamo A. Garfield must he assassinated. Alas! witt out the shed.ling of blood thereseemsto hen reformation for the suffering state, and n atonement for the slncursed world. It seem for every reformation there must bea Messia born in a manger and dying on a cross. VI. Alleviation the sixth. This calamlt has resulted In an OUTBURST OF SYMPATHY ..lorions niul sublime. There never was an) thine like it slncc the world sto?xl. You to] me this is a selfish world, and It is every mai for himself, and there is no kindness or (ret eroslty loft. You make u mistake. Thrnn and cottage. Victoria and the village school (sirls. parlor and kitchen, transatlantic an cis-Atlantlc, tians-Paclllcand cls-Pacitic,Pro esfatitisin and Roman Catholicism. Easter; hemisphere and Western heinispere, have b voice, by pen. by telephone, by lelegr.iin, b day, l>y night poured tortli sympathy for ou President and his family and the natlor There never has been anything like It. That man expressed th" feelin.; of many 1 tliis country when last heofTered tospare par or all the blood from his veins, if it was nee essary to invigorate the President. We k back to ancient history to find a scene III; that, and we speak of it. in poetry und insont Wc need not go so far back now. There ar men here to-day wim, wrought npon by th same power in this great sorrow, would bur their arm for the lancet, crying like that ol< hero, of centuries ago, "Pour my blood int his veins that lie die not." 0! I think w must be brothers and sisters all. I think tha all nations must belong to one family, am that they in list have the same great motherGod. A little fore last this of the good tlm when all misunderstanding shall cease arti every body shall suy pleasant thlnzsahont e\ erybody else, and thee mbroidored eagle am lion and bear, will be taken ott' the banner; and tliereshall besubstitutedthe lamband tli dove. How st'anue that one sick bed hIiuuIi have made a millennium. The President's son was said to be kccplnj a scrap book with all tlus expressions of sym pathy and kindness, thathernight show then to his father after he got well ITnsuccesst'n attempt. No hook that ever went forth fron arthly bindery would be large enough to eon lain tlie story. It will require the inflnit oi (Sod's remembrance to keep the ret ord of the earth ami celestial sympathy tha has hovered these long, dreadful weeks ove the emaciated torm of out-suffering President VIJ. Allevialion tlio Last: 'flic fact tha this nation has impressed upen it. as never be lore the UNCERTAINTY 01'' HUMAN I.IFE starting out oil a holiday tour?coming bnci in an ambulance. Strong health no warian against fatality. The President had a mo le physique. Out of a hundred men yon woiilt have selected him as the most healthy. Pin intellect 110 warrant. Me was decidedly th most brilliant mind that ever occupied th White House. Aide to select what fiioci h would, what residence he would, whatdefena he would, yet we have been told more thai once during the last two or three days that li is dying. Out of ail this come lessons of pei pctual readiness It was a wonderful eulog; day before yesterdy pronounced bythesur geons witcii they said : "There is 110 need o telling h'tii he has to die, for lie said at tin start lie had no preparations to make." Hi ye also ready *.> thai whether by flying buile nr fulling scoflbld, or colliding railtruiiH.or li gmdnal disease of ordinary sickness ye b culled away. 1 must leave until next Sabbath mornlni many things I want to say on this.slupendou subject. Then I will tell yon, If the Lord will what this nation ought to do. I hare till morning trie I, at the behest of my text, t< comfort you by the rehearsal of the allcvla Hons of the national calamity. Hut after al there will remain in all <'Ur hearts a grief fo many a day. O! I say I know Just whut yoi all feel. Oil ! TItAT HE ONLY COfl.JI OET WELT,! How we would ring the bells and thunder tin cannon, and set the nlahtatire with pyrotech lilo display. Oh! If he only could get well Hut It does not seem to me at this crisis?al though I have been hopeful until now?tha he will recover. I lear the message very soon will come shud uermn uimik iiif 11iiih, lresiucni. ithiiick is dead!" It' so, then with the pomp ol grew processions, anil the tolling of hells, and tin booming of minute guns, his silent form wll move through these greit cities toward hi: western home. lie started from it with tlx congratulations of his country neighbors on ly a few months ago. They will at the sam< depot take uj> his palled casket., and will blinding tears carry it to the oulet uraveyarc und lay ii down among his old friends. We have no Westminster Abbey In whlcl to bury kings, but we have a ureal national heart in which we enshrine tho*? who have sullered for our land. Inter that great shrine ol the national heart we will carry our be loved President, and lay hi in down beside Adams, and Lincoln, and Washington, and thr? nthor mtfrlwvr trton \irltn InvaH nn>' tolled for the betterment of tlic nice. Then we will sound forth, partly In rcquiim ami partly In grand inurcli of triumph, the worus which G.trfleld employed after another fa iikius assassination: "The Lord relgneth .Though clouds of d-irkn'ess are aronud about 111m. righteousness and Judgment are the habitation of His throne." God save th< I'resldeutl God save the nation 1 <x> * As to Advertising:. If you have goods to sell, advertise the fact Hiie a man with a lampblack kettle ami t brush to paint your name and number al the railroad fences. TliejaiP^" wTTizzing hj so fast that no onejwucrftad them, to be sure but perhaps Ux1 conductor will be oblljfliu enough t-orstop the train for Inquisitive pas senders. Ileinenibcr the fences by the roadside as well. Nothing Is so attractive to the purser by as a wcll-palntcdsign: "Mulllngton's Med leal Mixture for Mumps." Ilave yourcards on the hotel reglstor, by al means. .Strangers stopping at the hotel foi the night generally buy a cigar before leuvinj [own, ana limy uecu some inspiring iimrurj loot! besides. Ifati advertising agent wants toadvertls< your business in a fancy frame at the-dcpot pay lilm about two hundred per cent, more ilmn it is worth, and iet him put it there Wneu a man lias three-quarters of a second in which to catch a train no Invariably stopto read depot advertisements, and your ctuti might take his eye. Of course the street thermometer dodgo i< excellent. When a man's fingers and ears art freezing, or he is puffing and "phewing" at the heat, Is the lime above all others when nt reads a thermometer advertisement . Print, In the blackest ink, a great sprawling card on all your wrapping paper. Ladie.returning from a shopping tour like to bi walking bulletins, and ii the Ink rubs off aurl spoils some of their finery, no matter. Don't fail to advertise In every circus programme. It will help t tio circus to pay ttieii bills, and visitors can relieve the tcdluinoi the clown's jokes by looking over your Interesting remarks about "teu per cent, below cost," etc. A boy with a big plucard on a pole Is an Interesting object on the street, and lends a dignified air to your establishment. Hire a couple. Advertise on a calendar. People never look lit a calendar to see what day of the month It is. They merely glance hurriedly at it so as to be sure that your name is spelled with or wit bout a p, that's all. When the breezes blow, wafted by a paper ran in the hands of a lovely woman, 'tis well to have the air redolent with the periuine ot thecarmine ink In which your business address is printed. This will make the market for decent fans very brisk. Patronizing every agent that shows you an wlvertising tablet, card, directory, dictionary, areven an advertising Bible, If one is otlered it a reasonable price, shows that you know where to invest your money. But don't think of advertising In a well-established, legitimate newspaper. Not for a moment. Youradvertisement would be nicely printed and would find its way into all the thrifty households of the region, where the farmer, the mechanic, the tradesman, and Dihers, live, and Into the families of the wealthy and refined?all who have articles lo buy and the money with which to buy them ; and In the quiet of the evening, after the news t>f the day has been digested, it would be read aud pondered, and the nest day people would joinc down to your store and patronize you, ind keep coming in lncrcasiug numbers, and pou might have to hire an extra clerk or two, move into a larger block and more favorable locatiou and do a blg-.'er business; but, of course, It would be more expensive ? and jring bigger profits.?Xew Haven Register. ? The Farmers and their Debts. [Georgetown Enquirer.] The Hampton Guardian protests against the ulvice which Is so freely showered upon the llstreased farmers as to the management of heir farms and the payment of their debts, ind thinks that they ought to be let alone. A ew more such meetings as have been held at kVhitaker's, Savannah townshlpand In York :ounty will demonstrate that perhaps after ill these exhortations to honest dealing were lot altogether unnecessary. Wo have no loubt that the farmers, as a class, are disposed o act fairly, but the spirit which was dcvel>ped at tlie^e meetings Is apt to provo contarious: and nothing is more probable than hat tills morbid brooding over misfortune, if t takes the direction of an evasion of legal ibligatlons, will grow into a deep-rooted determination to avoid thepaymentof thoseoblgations by every possible inean3. He is no ruefrieud of the farmer who, by encouraging uch manifestations of reluctance to "toe the nark" squarely, helps to array him In an atItude of hostility to the merchant. PrNate ersonal appeals to the latter for indulgence rill prove more effectual and far less dangerius than any orgunlzed effcct to extort it by iiiblic declarations of a hasty and 111 considered nature. ^ The Georgetown Times says: If tlie lien law >e repealed how Is the average farmer to get redit to enable him to*run his farm? Until here Is a sensible answer to this practical ucstion the Legislature would do totter to 3t tlw lien law alone. / ? System of Internal Improvement for !-j Edjjclleld County. jj I Edgefield Advertiser. 0 In this active, energetic and progressive a ngo, the larue, productive find hlstorlcnlcounu ty uf EdgcflfM is lug/lns fur behind in the 1 r?ce. She h:i8 railroads It is true, but they c ( were built by outside parties. They run along i her borders on all sides, and they are so loca3 ted as todrnln the ureal body of our countv i_ instead of building It up. She lias no gr^at f system permeating her centre and sending the u life current of traiie and commerce coursing s through her vein*. She is as to a large pait e of her territory I Ike some remote province that . sends lis tribute to a court that is a strnn^ei 8 to it. ller surplus revenues are transported t to distant shores. She has on her western x side a larg.-scope of splendid torrllory interu sected with fine water powers and other sources of wealth, that without railroad iay cllltles must remain undeveloped for Ions years to come; and she has on her Saluda sld> another still more magnificent section 01 country that Is practically without proper o railroad facilities. Edgefield county as a i' whole, has for a century been ronrlng her d surplus revenue and her tre.de info the lap of J- Augusta, Un. Our neighboring city has grown sr rich In a large measure at our expense. She 't has built ui> for herself an unrivaled system " of rnllroadsand now her manu'acturlng interim ests give promise of becoming one of the ?r greatest wonders in the development of the r- New South. All these because she was wise ' In the arrangement of her railroad system and In the investment of every dollar of her y surplus capital at home?nay. more than " mis, siie uia noi wuii lor me surplus l>ut she r. issued Iter city bonds'and sold them in the n markets, many of them to the people of Edgelleld, nnd with the proceed* built her n great canal and thereby laid the foundation kv of an untold, unmeasured nnd Incalculable if source of wealth to her and her clilldrci) and s her children's children. e Do the people on our .Savannah side and 1- on our Saluda side ojcpcct. topa.r tribute fore ever nnd never secure nrly of the advantages e of havint; a railroad at their homes. Do they II expect always to remain in the Imckwoods and have poor schools for their children, poor t- churches In which to Worship, poor bridges i. and few of these at best, and worse than all, c a system of highways and public roalls that il ranks them in t,he scale of civiiizat'on from i- fifty to a hundred years behind thcproirrcslvc a people of the earth? If not, when do they pro pose to take the tlrst step? Why not taki it > now ? We sugsest for the most careful eonsiderad tionof tnepeople of Edgefield county the following pi !i lor internal improvement of (lie county. . First, l.etusexlend the Edgefield, Tren' ton and Aiken Railroad to the < i recti wood and Augusta l'.nllrond, across the centre of our s western side This innttci* is now in progress, 11 and it is bound to become an accomplished s fact, l'.ut the scheme herein proposed will '} greatly facilitate the work; and hasten its . completion. This will connect us with y Charleston on the one side, and by two routes, ' with the srrcat irranarles of ihe Wpst- it win 11 ndd one million of dollars to the taxable e property of Edjiefleld county,and ten to ill teen '* thousand dollars to her minimi revenue. 8 There is no arander railroad project now on foot In any nart of the South than this road ? from Charleston to Knoxvllle. Senator ? Brown, of Georpla, who has been /or years s running the Georgia State Road from Atlanta " to Chattanooga, says that If wo will build this road he will guarantee lis flfty trains a day. y Tillnlc of thntjust for one moment! Who is better qualified to Judge of this matter than Joseph K. Brown ? Born and reared in our Stale, right on the line of the proposed road, II and perfectly familiar with the the mountain n country through which It must pass, and trained by long nnd successful experience in e t Hie actual management of the Georgia State . Hnad, over which the western business J comes to Atlanta, his position and his expels rience entitle his predictions to be received n with the authority of an oracle, and we trust .. that he will live to see .them fully veiitled. y Second. In order that the people on our Sar luda side may lie a Horded proper railroad fn, cllltles. we suggest that a new road be bulll from Newberry to Kdsefleld C. II.?this cottld n be extended to Phestcr, on the one hand and I to Augusta on the other. Tills road would run v! though the heart of the Saluda section and o brine up ths lands along the way from live c and ten dollars to fifty dollars per acre. It , | would add another million of dollars to the g | taxable properly of tlie county, and bring In f. I anot her ten or fifteen thousand dollars addlc [ lional to our annual revenue; and with It ji would come beautiful towns, fine churches, () live and flourishing schools and academics, e nnd ?il! the thousand and one advantages t that follow In the train of railroad eivillzad lion. The Saluda people live remote from _ the Court House, und they have for neurly c half a century been agitating the question of ^ a division of the county. Such a railroad as .. this would bind them to the old county with 1 hooks of steel. | With the two roads above mentioned, there e would be scarcely any part of our county in j which the peoples would be more than ten miles from a railroad. I5ut how is all this be c dovcf The people along these two lines are . poor, and have not the means to accomplish n such huge undertakings, During the present 1 year railroad building and railroad combii nations have made great strides in the South, i- Nearly every day we read of somestupendous e railroad nchlevemedt. It is estimated that .. the North has Invented more than a hundred t millions of dollars in Southern railroads r since the war. She has a thousand millions more that Is ready to come. She has bought t up the old lines, and now she is ready to open >. up new ones in every section where the productions, trade and commerce give promise of six and seven percent, on the investment. According to last years census Edgetteld ' comity produces more cotton unit more red t oats tl:i\n any county in the State. It Is wild ] Mint some one here lias investigated the mat' ter.a?d.tiiat the census returns show our e county to be the largest cotton producing e county in the United States. With our mug? niflccnt territory, and abundant resources. 0 and tmparaielled ciltnale, and our unlimited e water powers, we have everything to invite 1 this stream of northern capital to come and c seek protitabie investment in our midst. But the needed help will not come unless we V take the luiiiatlve and ofler it inducements * by lsiying the foundation of such useful and ' profitable enterprise iik will guarantee to the c capital that comes to our assistance a fair per e cent upon the investment. We believe that 1 none of the projected railroads In the South, 1 and few of those that are now in operation, e could promise to capitalists a more certain return of satisfactory profit upon the invest? ment than these two roads radiating from the i s centre of our county. * What then ought our own peonlodoon their 51 part to induce capital to come here and fur-; 3 nish the needed assistance? Whenever arall* road is graded through any suitable country ' and the cross ties are furnished, there Is gen>' erally no ditlculty in petting capitalists to J furnish the work. The grading ol a railroad Is only about ten per cent, of the whole cost of the structure. The line is located, the fran? chisc Is secured, ar.d the roadbed made ready, as a general rule, bv the neonle through whoso , I >.0011011 tlu? road Is run. The bonds are issued 1 by the company, secured by mortgage upon . Ihc road; and these lire sold readily in the money markets of the world to raise the means to Iron and equip Ihc road. The only f Inquiry of capitalists is: Will m* inv^Sfc . ment pay ? It docs not ask lar^e profits, bur , is content with a safe, permanent investment j at a low rate of interest. HaJ-^oad property a fiords one of the best oppoitl,n'ties for such , investment. " There c;in be no question 'he fact that the j two roads above referred/!0 will pay, ami if * the first part of the roail K- done by our own people the other will fo^;"W, as sure as ttic niuht follows the day. The grading of these fwo roads should be I made a county enterprise. Their constrnc, lion will benefitevery fjihabitantof thecoun; ty, and every Inhabitant should contribute to ' flu wtr\r\r '!*V?n tL-Anitl' flint id In , them adds to the aggregate wraith of the [ county. Two million'* <?f dollars In increased I values will bring iir from twenty to thirty , thousuud dollars annually In tuxes more than I wo now get. And who gets the bcnetlt of . these taxes? Not 0>c people who live alons ' the railroad exclusively, hut everybody in the county. The proportion paid In for county : Utxes would be distributed for county purposes among all thepeopleof thecounty,from , one side to the other. So with the amount ' raised for srhocd taxes; ifwouid bedistrlbuted among all the school districts in the county. The proportion paid in for Slate taxes would swell the rvvenues of the State and thereby reduce the 'ttto that each individual will have ' to uujv [ By the use of thecounty credit and the exr penditureof a little money In annual taxes, to pay the Interest on the county bonds, we r create a property in Kdsetleld county worth I two millions of dollars. The City of Augusta has issued her bonds and built her creat canal , and now Immense cotton factories are spring. ing up along il.s bunks like magic, costing a . million of dollars each, and all hull (.by Northern capital. If the towns and cities in the I South had not subscribed largely as corporate r bodies, we would not now have the railroads t that arc In operation. r The county of Spartanburg subscribed one hundred thousand dollars to each of two or three different railroads running through her . centre, and her wealth has been so greatly In! creased that she has paid her taxes, including the Interest on the bonds, as easily as she did I before the debt was incurred. With her debt 'I'lready two or three hundred .thousand dol1 i lars, she recently voted sevcnty-flvc thousand I dollars more to extend the Greenwood ami '! Augusta l?aiIroad (which is now being built >' Ihiw.gh our county by Northern capital) to t! Spartanburg. Chester has built two roads ' j which uen: mainly set under way by county I subscriptions. ;! Shall we stand here Idle all the day long, and .! let the thousand million* of Northern capital [ that arc seeking investment in the.South, pass us by ? Never in nil the history of this country, Mnce tlio snVajres be^tiii to recede from 11 our Eastern shores before the indomitable r: tread of the pnle faces, hnve the people of I Edgefield bad such a favorable opportunity to ' develop their fine natural resources. It we take the tide at Its flood, and act promptly and energetically. we will build up a mncnllieent ' Inheritance for us and our posterity forever. , And now, to reduce the suggestion ton single point, it is this: Let us cet out tills winter the necessary charters for these two roads.and then let tliecounty subseribcin bondsenouijh to urnde them and put on the cross lies. The balance of the capital will come from abroad. The county will own the stock, nnd with It may be abic eventually to pay otl these bonds. So there will be comparatively little to pay > out, nothing to lose, and everything to gain, j Let us think about this great matter, and see i if it is worth a trial. And, patriotic and pub | llc-splrited men of old Kdgefleld, we earnestly beg your views in this regard. New IBIWUTll Lawson & Wardlaw ABBEVILLE, S. C. HAVE opened a new stock of FURNITURE over the store of A. M. Hill & Hon, and will ho pleased to receive n call from tlielr friends. Their stock consists of every variety of FURNITURE usually kept In a first-class store. All of whicu is offered ut prices to suit the times. Feb. 21.1881. tf RAILROAD NOTICE. Subscribers to the capital stock of the Atlantic and French Broad Valley Railroad are hereby notified that the first instal. " ment Is now called for. Prompt payment Is required, ns the work is to bo begun at once and will be pushed vigorously. { By order of W. K. Bradley, President A. nnd , F. B. V. R. R. I I J. VT. PERRIN, Treasurer. ' .. Treasurer's Office, c Abbeville, Muy 10,1881, I TOWN Lots for Sale! At Polilic Out Cry, Octolier 20lh. ON the 20th October I will sell lots nt the new town of Troy or (Trlckem.) This Is ilicJunction of the Augusta mid Knoxville iiid A & F. B. V'. R. It. It la In Alibevilie unty. In the center of a fine farming counry. spventecn miles from any other towns, at lie Junction of two grent railroads. O.cof lie healthiest nnd prettiest place# in upper nrolliiH. It is destined to be a place of great mportance. Art accurate mftp of the town ..n I.aoii ?m nrtnrnH ht? I '?i nt Ulrl/ nnH u*l)1 Ka lown with great pleasure. Business men I >ok to your Interest. Terms reasonable. Address . R. W. LITES, Mill Way, S. C. Sept. 14,1881, tf DuPre's" Fire Insurance AGENCY. ESTABLISHED MAY ISO?. Representing $23,000,000.00 Capital and Assets. IN the past fourteen years I have paid outon tin; losses over Twenty Thousand Dollars in thin county?(310,HD0.H5-1UQ In 187U-7)? and not one eitse or litigation. I write npon^jill manner of Insurable properly (except pin house risks' ata-i lowarateof premium us any SOLVENT company WILL or CAN. No % clause. No secret clause In smnll print to catch the unwary. A plain, simple business contract which the companies will faithfully perform. DKTAt.'HKO DWELLINGS occupied by the owners; u spOclitlty. Rate. One Year One Per Cent. Three Years 1 3-1 Per Cent. Five Years 2 4-10 Per Cent. Three year ris!;s written upon first-daw brick stores. I A share of your patronage is solicited. I T P f! TlnlPro A rrnnf i Ut A V JLT MJk JL V/, ugrubl j Sept. u, 1881, tr PURMAN UNIVERSITY, GREENVILLE, S. C ( IIARLES MANLY, D. D, President. WITH ft full corps of Professors, IncluflTng Dr. J. C. Full MAN and Prof C. II. HUDSON. Next srsslon begins WEDNESDAY, September 21st, at 10o'clock A.M., and continues forty weeks. The College course em braces schools of English, Ijitln, Greek. Mathematics, Physles, Chemistry, Philosophy, German and French. An Academic department Is provided to secure proper preparation for the Coil -ge classes. The methods of instruction vs lll be such as to give an education thorough, practical, comprehensive and economical. Special attention to English will be required of every student. For particulars as to tuition, board, Ac., apply to the President. By order Executive Committee Board of Trustees. G. G. WELL3, Secretary. Sept. 11.1881, If Siate t)f South Carolina. i Abbeville County. IN THE COMMON PLEAS. Lethe A. McCarter atjainst Jane Bowen, J. N. Pratt et al.?Complaint for Partition. TJY virtue of an order of his Honor Jurige I1-* Cothran. to me directed, in the above i stated case, I will sell at public outcry on j HALE HAY IX OCTOBER, next, the real csI tate of Georse Washington Bowen. deceased, consisting of 1st. All that tract of hinu, sltu| ate, lying and being in the county and State I af resaidand known as the '"HOME PLACE," containing TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHT ACRES, more or less, and bounded by C.Jones, Lethe A- McCarter. estate of Elizabeth Black and others. Also, all that tract or parcel ol land in said State and county, known ns the ' DAVIS TRACT." containing TWO HUNDRED AND THREE ACRES, more or less, and bounded by Wm.Ware.J. Wesley Brooks and others. TERMS OF SALE. - One-lhird cash; balance in one and two years, secured by bond of purchaser and mortgage of premises. M. L. BONHAM. JR., Master A. C. Sept. 11, MSI, tf Sheriff's Sale. H. L. Cllnkscales against John F. Cllnkscales ?Execution. T)Y virtue of an Execution to mc directed, In the above slated cave, 1 will sell to the highest bidder, at l'ub.ic Auction, within the legal hours of sale, at Abbeville Coujt House, on Monday, the third day of October A. D. 1881. the following described property, to wit: All that tractor parcel of land,situate, lying and being on the waters of Little lJlver.ln the county ol Abbeville,South Carolina, and known as the Wakefield Tracland containing THKJSK UU.MJUED ACRES, more or less, rind bounded by lands of S.S. l'lsher. J. T. Bowen, Hugh Robertson and othjtr*. Lfivlgd ou and to be sold a* the property m-vnl". !J. I.1"*.t^^Uia,.UiitjBlijre.<aid Execution and costs. TERMS: t'usli. Purchasers to pay for papers. J. ! '. C. DuPRE, S. A. C. Sheriff's Office, Si'pt. 0, l.ssi. Sheriff's Sale. Ilu^h Robinson against C. Ellis?Execution BY virtueof an Execution to medlrecled, in the above Mute d cas^, I will sell to the highest bidder, lit public auction, within the letjiil hours of sale, at AbbevllleCourt IXouse,* on Monday, the third d;iy of October A. D. 1881. All tne interest of Christopher Kills ina certain tract of land upon which the said defendant now resides, to wit: EIVE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-EIGHT ACRES, more or less, near Bryant's X Roads, In the county of Abbeville, State of South Carolina, and bounded by lands of Bazll Cuilahaiu, B. C. Hryunt, John T. McClaneand others. i tn.ucs: utsn. mronaser 10 pay ior papers. J. F. C. LuPHE, tS. A. V. Sheriff''s Office, Sept. 0, 1881. Sheriff's Sale. W. T. Branch,as administrator, nnil others, against Jas. P. Gordon, Mary Gordon and others?Execution. 1>Y virtue of sundry Executions to me directed, In the above stated case, I will sell to the highest bidder, at Public Auction, within the legal hours of sale.at Abbeville Court House, on Monday, the third day of October A. D. IKKl. the following described property, to wit: All the Interest of James P. Gordon, Thomas Gordon and Abraham Gordan in a ttactof land, lately the residence of Mary Ef Gordon, and containing ONE HUNDRED ACRES. more or less, and bounded by lands of Mrs. Pratt, F. Henry, I. Glt'eison and others. Levled on and to be sold as the property of Jas. P. Gordon and Abraham Gordon, to satisfy the aforesaid Execution and costs. TERMS: Cash. Purchaser to pay for papers. J. F. C. Dl PltE, S. A. C. Sheriff's Office,Sept. 12,1881. Horsford's Acid Phosphate SHERIDAN'S CONDITION POWDERS, O Johnson's Anodine Liniment, Parson's Purgative Pills,?mukc* new rich blood. EDWIN PARKER. Sept. 11.1881,2t Silks and SatinsWE have the most complete assortment of ( JJiuck SlIUs and Black Satins, ever of- i lered lu Abbeville. fSend for samples and Ul lew. XV. Jl. U V. \J? Sept. 11,18S1. It A. M. HILL & SONS, . 'I DEALERS IN GROCERIES, < -AND- 1 PROVISIONS, CRACKERS, HAM, TEAS, FISH, SOAP, j SYRUP, SUGAR, 5 STARCH, SPICES, FINE TOBACCO, CIGARS, WINES, LIQUORS, &c. , Abbeville, S. C. fJ 11 Dec. 15, 1SS0, tf. d r< b ti Millinery. \[ OUR stock of Millinery will be more complete and more attractive this Reason T hrui usual?having been selected by Mrs. i o iaddon in person? the ladles will find this I A lepartment very attractive. 1 K. H. UADDOy & CO. Sept. 11, 1881, tf 1 - -<* *&*?# -<: vy-6 - i """" ^ Have In store and to arrive, a Large and Varied Stock OF DRY GOODS, STArLE and FANCY >*0TI03*g, GROCERIES, HATS, CAPS, BOOTH, SHOES, TRUNKS,AND many othernrtlclrs. >?}] of vrliJrh #ffl j B i/v fvm ?r? vivrv IVI ill!II UjA/ll 19 OOOD TERMS as nny house In Abbeville. Give u? a look and we will give you a barKuln. *3-Wc *111 ship your Cotton orbny H."?? Chronios, A LARGE lot of new Chromos 22 x 28 and '2i x 30.) on exhibition and for Bale, at 81.15 each at LAWSON A WARDLAW'S. April 20, HBL Received This "Week! Three new and stylish walnut Chamber Suites ;U bottom prices,at LAWSON & WARDLAWS. April 20, 1S8I. ir.w.sidN ABBEVILLE, S. C. T/'EEFS oft hand a fall assortment of COFIV FINS?from Hie cheapest to the best, llearse will uttend funerals, when desired. He will also Contract for the Erection of BnildingsHer Is aj?ent for the sale of Sasb, frbort Blinds, M<ruldlngs, Stair-railings, FI?#*rinjr? and everything pertaining to house baitdln* April 7tb 1W, tf 1 W. C. Beset, J. H* Rtc*. Abbeville, S. C. 3 I net> ??,!$; C. BE7STET & RICE, .Attorneys at LawWE have formed a partnership for the praotlcc of liiw. And will practice in all the Courts of the State. BENET & BICE. fnU OO 100I </ - f vji ?iooi, vi \VM. II. PARKER W. C. McGOWAN*. PARKER & McGOWAN ATTORNEYS AND SOLICITORS, ' ABBEVILLE, C. U., S. C. \\' ILL practice also In the Clrcnlt Courts 01 * f the United State: for Sooth Carolina* Jau7.1880.tr Dr. ITd? WILSOnT ?0? D JEjSTTIST'RY, Abbeville, C. H., S. C. tfgr Office; UpiUlfB ovir the Po?t QCc?.-ig6 KTotioe. Estate Thomas Tiiomsoa, teasel A LL persons bavlmr demnnd* against the ii estate Thomas Thomson, deceased, will present them duly probated, and nil those indebted to the Mime will make immediate payment to either of the underpinned* M. M. THOMSON, Administratrix. 8. G. THOMSON, Administrator. T. P. QUAIILES, Administrator. Abbeville tS. C.f June 21,1881,3m J. Knox & Co. ?AGENTS!OR?' MS. TOM YOUNG'S PURE CORN WHISKEY THE be* and purest CORN WHISKEY brought lo this market. , Juno 21,1881, tf E. H. McBRIDE, 111. D. ABBEVILLE, S. C. ILL clvc prompt Rttcntlon to all practice in town. Ortice al Drug Store. August 3,1881, 12in Shoes. FADIES who\va?itan elegant fitting Shoo. j shotiid try n pair or our "custom made*' goods; manufactured expressly for tin. 1U Al. HADDON & CO. Sept. 14, l.?8l,tf Dress Goods. WE have an elegit nt assortment of Dre?? Goods from isj^c p?-r yard up; V^llh full line of trimmings to match. It. M. 1IADDON & CO. Sept. 11,1881, tf DAVID-H_MAGILL, Attorney at Law, ?-UiJBKyiLLE, S. G. lirlLL practicc~TTTTm-tb? Courts of the W State. Jan 21,1830. tf ATTENTION/ FARMERS \?TEnrc no\r prepared to furnish FARf ? MERS with allklnds of farming implements. PLOWS AND PLOW STOCKS, Trace hains & Back Bands, AXES AND HOES. -ALSO ALWAYS ON IIANDCom and Bacon, Floor and Meal, SUGAR. COFFEE. &C. QUABXES & CO I Feb. 9.1891, tf 1 The Best Engine iD the World! ?ECLIPSE! W. R.WALTON) agent AUGUSTA, GA. ALSO AGENT FOR TIIE * Geiser Grain Separator, Saw Mills, and all kinds of Machinery. Refers to Dr. J, A. Glbort, B. C, Wall, and .\llen Moragnc, of Abbeville. May II, 1881, um MARBLE WORKS, MONUMENTS and works of new and special design. Just received direct from [laiy ;$do7.en beautiful monuments cut in jrosses, wreaths and drapery: all beautiful, rwelve new designs of the monuments ami nonumontal headstones of the best Vermont narble. The above monuments and head (tones make up the stock of marble work in lie up country, and prices as low as any In he State. Can duplicate any order, and paries can save freights from any point. , J. D. CHALMERS. 1 June 1,1881, If _ 1 State of South Carolina, M Abbeville County. IN TIIE rUODATE COURT. u the matter of the estate of James A". Norwood, deceased. Petition for Settlement and Discharge. i OTICE is hereby given that Sarah A. Nor,i wood. Executrix of James A. Norwood, eceased, has applied to this court for a dlsharge from her office.as Executrix, It is Orokkkd. that Friday the 2t?th of Anus), 1S81. be fixed as tho day for the settlenent of the said estate and dlscliarue of tlie Executrix. All parties Interested will be gov,-ned accordingly. J. FULLER LYON. Probate Judge A. C. July 27, 1881, tf i _ | To Rent. JEW HOTEL IN ABBEVILLE. piIE undersigned lias Just, completed hli* L now hotel on the North-East corner of ic Tubllc Square In Abbeville, containing nirteen large airy bed rooms, a commodious inlng-room.a large office,and a good cook 30m, This is very desirable property In tho uslness portion of the town, makes its Iocaon well suited for a hotel. Its convenience 1 > the business portion of the town will make J especially attractive to business men. The most reasonable terms will be offered, wfl nun enterprising hotel-kcepar fcyUsa rare MM Iter and ouly which should not pply early to 20,1851, tf