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=1 ? I he Press and Banner. By Hii?h Wilson and II. T. WardlftTV. Wednesday, August 10,1881.! The I.ien Law. The press and tlie people 01 me wnoie State iiro talking about the lien law, and j every conceivable ojinion has been ex-] pressed. That the credit system of farm-' ing Is a ruinous one to the prosperity of t the individual cannot be denied, but we: Cannot legislate on the mode of farming ' or compel a man to sow oats or to grow j corn. Whenever we can compel a farm-1 cr to clean his creeks ard bring his bottom land into cultivation, or force him to sow his hill sides in oats we might with propriety by law cut off his only source or means of credit. Every farmer worthy of the name knows it is idle to talk learnedly on the ovils of the lien law, while his own improvidence compels] him to the humiliation of mortgaging! his prospective crop for everything he! uses? nine-tonths of which should have; been produced on his own farm the previous yean With the least effort every Jan downer in this county might grow his own corn, oats, and wheat. P.ut the fact is, turn muKireus 01 iarmers wuui give liens have the best quality of corn j land lying idle merely from the fact that' the}' do not go to work to put them in a! condition to cultivate. Nearly all of such I people have done nothing for the last three weeks, when the best time for cleaning bottoms is rapidly passing. At j this seasou of the year the creeks andl branches are at their lowest, the lands are! dry, the roots of all timber cut during the month of August die at once, and everything is favorable <o the work of' cleaning bottom land, but a man could scarcely find any of this work goingon in j a dav's journey?tlie lienors are euner in : tcwn.are gone lishing, or maybe lying! about in the shade, literally doing no profitable work. To our certain knowledge, men owning as fine bottom land as there is in the county come to town to buy corn, which they haul from six to, twelve miles in the busiest season. A moment's reflection would convince anjT practical man that he can raise his own ; corn, when he has good bottom land, I cheaper than he can haul it ten miles,; even if the merchant doled it out to him I each alternate Saturday, free of charge. The farmers of this county owe perhaps half a million dollars on the present crop, and without that credit wo would have starved and now had almost no crop at all. Poor people, and improvident landowners are obliged to have credit. and it is a mere waste of breath to talk ..1 . A. : :> Cfnr. Ilinir UIJIJUl UCIIJ illg ll tu IIIVIII. uwr j credit,and labor and values of every kind would be disturbed. The result would be that hundreds of our people would be broke, and thousands would be compelled to seek other homes. ^ * 1845?1881. Many of our old citizens represent sections of this county to have sulfered this year more from drouth than in that year which has been remembered as the driest that wo have ever bad. In the Fall of 1S13 hundreds of our citizens become dis? satisfied, sold their farms or personal property and sought homes elsewhere, und already wo hear complaints from some of our eitizcus, aud a talk of going off in the Fall of the present year. While many of our peoplo will be very poorly rewarded for the year's toil, we trust that they may not become so much discouraged as to abandon their old homes, and the county of their nativity, in the vain hope of finding better places. Ty* AKKrtfill** mon Hmrn is nn nlnnA like Abbeville; and those who go away find out this fact, often to their sorrow. "We have heard of some of our citizens speaking of going to Florida, the traditional "land of flowers, milk and honey," but in fact the most God-forsaken country on whose soil any white man ever set <oot. We were recently in that State, and naw with our own eyes, the poor barren pine hills, and the "bonanza orange groves," of which latter we have heard I so much, while we saw and felt some* thing of the gnats, mosquitoes, sand flies, and other luxuries of which wo see so little in the newspapers. There are few Abbeville men who could exist in that State, and any of our citizens who may be crazy to go olf to that land of flies, snakes, bugs, and deadly fevers, would do well to visit it before going there to stay. It will bo well for our people to recol-j loct that in some of the best farming sec- J . v- lions of the whole country the crops) have suffered as much as in Abbeville! county. Standing in Abbeville county j everything in distant Suites may appear! lo tho imagination as fresh and green, but. when wo near the fancied El Dorado those green fields will be found as parched and as dry as the home we left. Don't go away. We have faith in old Abbeville yet. No inan has cvor fouud abetter homo. ??>? The A. & F. B. V. R. R. The work of grading this road from Trickem has been commenced in earnest. .Last Saturday night one mile of the road from the junction with the Greenwoodand Augus;tj't-TcaiIroad had been finished. ^A^arge force can easily be hired during j ? tho slack time in the farms. The days j aro long, the weather is good, and the money is in band, and we see no reason why the work should not be pushed as rapidly as possible, C'apt. Kirk thinks ! tho road will be graded to Long Caue ihrps ami a hnif milps within the uresent I, month. Crossing that stream there is ( very little work to do any where, until Abbeville Court House is reached. In somo places the digging up of the stumps will be the biggest job. From two hundred to three hundred dollars a mile will bring it to Mrs. Norwood's former resi-' deuce some two miles and a half from town. The first mile of grading cost < about two hundred and fifty dollars. The completion of this road is only a qnestiou of time. If wo work, and contribute a little of our money we are sure to havo one of the finest roads in the whole country We can got help from some of the rich corporations as soon as we show a little earnestness about the matter. We certainly have the finest crossing which has ever yet been discovered for the Blue Ridge, and it is almost an air line to the objective point. The Spartanburg and Asheville route will be impracticable for the business of a great through line. It rises eight hundred feet in three miles while the greatest grade on the Atlantic and French Broad Valley Railroad will be only seventy feet to the inilo at the maximum. It can readily be seen how great the advantage of this line will be. When our road is finished to the South Carolina road at Aiken wo will be some forty or fifty miles nearer Charleston than now. ? . What's the Matter J It seom6 that tho Rev. J. O. Lindsay is in a bad way. For seyeral weeks be has been writing most remarkable letters for the Associate Reformed Presbyterian, some of which would have been suppressed if written to the average secular newspaper. For "companion letters" to the last one we should instinctively look to tho police gazettes. Tho learned Doctor of Divinity besides overriding well established usages, disregards common propriety, and violates the finer sensibilities, which would restrain one from holding np the sins of the dead to tho valgar gaze of the public. * At present the Doctor Is sojourning in the City of Augusta, and, if so inclined, might write pleasant, profitable, and instructive letters from that old town, but so far as we have noticed he does nothing of the sort for the readers of the Associate Reformed ltcsbyterian. Are there no respectable people in Augusta? Has he met no virtuous people in that city? Are thore no Christian members of the chord) to which he has been preaching? If such people exist, why not tell us something of them? Why tell us so much of the ugly side of life ? Is it that tre may first pity and then embrace ? ^ . * ' / H ; v The North Carolina Election. In North Carolina tho Prohibitionists wore beaten last Thursday by a large nui- t jority. Tho election was upon the ratiti- c cation of a law forbidding the mauufac- 1 ture and saleof intoxicating liquors with- t in tho borders of that State. From the j s first we had very little hope of the ratiti-, i cation of the law, and ever since tho If Chairman ot the Republican State lSxee-' ? utivc Committee directed the negroes to 1 vote against it, we have felt that the re-J suit could not be other than a defeat fori' the Prohibitionists. The extraordinary L act of the chairman in making it a politi-! t cal question may be accounted for in this j51 way: In that State there arc quite a * number of revenue officers, whose oecu- ( pation would be gone if the Prohibition-] > ists had been successful. As it is,the rev-!1 ouue ouicers uiriusn mucn 01 ineoiams, of the party. They always have the ear; c of those in authority at Washington, and ' through them moral and material sup-; ^ port is secured from the capitol. When the Republicans had so much to lose iu I the withdrawal of their emissaries it is s not surprising that the negroes obeyed the orders of theChairman of the K\ecu-[i tive Committee. The result in North j < Carolina will do nothing to encouragc the. J Prohibitionists in South Carolina. In I, the first place, to submit important laws like the stock law and the license law to 1 a popular vote, are most likely to be de- , fcated when the negro is called upon to , vote. His ignorance and prejudice ( against the stock law will make him vote ' solidly against it. and hisobedicnco to or- ( ders from headquarters will make him 1 vote against anti-license. ( The G. &. A. K. R.?The First Train 1 Crosses the Bridge. <. Last Friday afternoon, the nth instant. { the first train on the Greenwood and Au- ^ gusta Railroad ran over the bridge across l tho Savannah River, sixteen miles from the city of Augusta. With the engine J and cars on this side ne.v life and energy >. will beimparted tothe work of construct- 1 ing this important line of road. Gcner- 1 al Bradley is now actively at work get ting cross-lies. in eariy a nunurcu hands will be at tliis work this week. He has also secured the services of a steam saw mill. Up to last Saturday 1 ninht between threo thousand and four thousand cross-ties had been cut, and ( from this time on from five hundred to a |1 thousand will be gotton out dally. Only j1 about four miles remain to be graded. I * The com pan j' have plenty of money, I and as there is but little crops to gather, M they can get the greatest amount of labor j' at the shortest notice. The fact is, that i1 l applicants for work are turned away every daj*. Rut with all these favoring eir-r'1 eutnsUmces our people must not expect j' too much. On the first six miles of the j1 road this side of the river, there is a great ' deal of work to do, and tho track laying 1 will bo comparatively slow, until that ( distance is reached. If we are to judge c from tho progress made on the difficult s part of the approach to tho bridge from f the other side, a mile a month is about >< as much as may be expected between now f /-'U n'i,? ..... ' 1 itiiu a uv iuuii.^ aa; m/v? j mi daily from the head of the road to Augus- s ta, and we see it . stated that the earnings i average a hundred dollars a month. t Water and Guano. 1 This Spring Abbeville county spent a ^ hundred thousand dallars for guano, and s by tho close of tho year her citizens will J have spent many thousand dollars for whiskey, and not one cent for water. It is a well known fact that guano without a sufficiency of moisture, is a positive injury to the growing crop. Hundreds ( of our citizeus havo spent f rom two to , eight dollars au acre for guano, but no , man has spent a cent in an effort to fur- ? nish moisture for that guano?the mois- , ture too being as necessary as the guano, i j If our planters would husband their resources, many of them could turn the i branches and creeks over their crops, j and water them at will. As to the prac- ; tieal work of preparing to irrigate the farms wo are not prepared to speak advisedly, but we do know that irrigation is 1 practised successfully in somo parts of j ( tho country, and we soo no reason why j tho people of Abbeville should not pro- j fit by its benefits. We have heard of a j few ineffectual efforts in this way, bceause j, of the error of not going at it in the right j; way. If a permanent dam is built to; raise the water to a level with the crop, it should be built up the stream, and out 1 of the field, so that the water may be I' brought down in a ditch. The land should be laid off'in rows leading from the highest to the lowost points so tint the water may be distributed. Each farmer by his personal experience must learn the practical workings of irrigation, 1 but of its benefits none can deny. These j drouths should teach us to look to our streams as well as to the clouds for nourishment for our crops. Hampton and McDow. 1 I Senator Hampton has written a letter to General Raum in which he expresses the ( hope tbaf McDow may be brought to trial:, for the killing of Bravton. Wo would ! ( like to seo some of the "revenues''also! brought to trial for some of the wiK^J murders which the}' have committed, i Wedo^not pretend to justify the killing! j of firayton, but if the revenue officers ,1 : o ? ^ I i_ > r * ! ucmrtu iu urcuiv. up ? iumiuui > , i why did they go there in the night time! to do it? If they were peaceable men,) why did they draw their pistols? and why j wcro some of them armed with pistols,! t scytbe blades and hand axes? When!c revenue officers detect irregularities in ; t the retailing of tobacco, they do not -set; ( to work destroying the store and proper-j j tj' of the offender, but when they discov- j t era poor mountaineer evading the pay- j ment of the revenue tax, thev set to work ! t 1 to destroy his property, and if he bats an ; ^ eye or crooks a finger he is to bo shot on the spot. Such treatment as this from the hands of government officials would raise old Caiu in anybody who was not j d less than human. Why provoke men to s deeds of desperation ? Self-preservation j v is the first law ol' nature, and when a set, t of men destroy a man's property before' h bis eyes he will fight?if there is any;t in him I 1< llgUb ill UIUII * Shoe Factory in Columbia. Mr. A. C. Dickort of Trenton, Xe\via f Jersey, is putting up a shoe and boot lac-1 tory within the walls of the penitentiary I which is to be worked by convicts on the j "team plan." The factory will cost about j1 fifty thousand dollars, and will employ j when all the machinery is in running or- j der, about sixty or a hundred hands. For males he pays 50 cents a day ; for fe-! males and youths under sixteen, 37J j cents. It will be seen if all the convicts! could be as profitably employed that that; institution, instead of being a burden, as It was under Radical, will bo a source of revenue. By employing them within the walls of the penitentiary they can receive proper care, can be well fed, and comfortably quartered. We are glad to see a move in this direction, and trust it is only the beginning of the end. Virginia. j F It seems that Virginia will have three:j State tickets in the fiold at the next dec- J tion. The Readjusters have a tickctij headed by Col. W. E. Cameron, and at 1 Richmond last week the Straightout j Democratic Convention put up Hon. t John W. Daniel as their standard bearer. The Republicans will meet in convention c at Lynchb'org to-day, when it is supposed , they will put a ticket in the field on a debt-paying platform. With the Demo- 1 crats divided on the debt question, and t opposing a united Republican party pos- j( sensing the moral support of the govern- ^ ment at Washington, and receiving the active aid of the rovenue force of the State, the public are as able to form their, f own opinions as we are to suggest the * probable results. \ ( Evert school teacher of the county I [ should read the proceedings of the Teach- j c er's Institute, to bo found elsewhere in c the tyess and Banner. The iucreasd in- ? terest manifested in thebusinossof teach- t ing must be gratifying to every well- * wither of his country. J Merit Will Toll. - ] Our friend Hailey of the Greenville En- j erprise ami Mountaineer recently "turn-! d over a new loaf" in the publication ofj lis paper, and as a result, he has added j hree hundred new names to his sub-1 eription list within the last seven nonths. Last week that paper made the') bllowing statement, which is no less;J gratifying to his friends than to Mr. t Jailoy himself: "We make an announcement of satis- | actorv progress. since the beginning of , he present year. From last January to j i his time .v'e have enrolled mi our mail > >ooks the names of three? hundred new j ubscrihers, the great majority of which . '.asno from Greenville county. This increase has not been con lined to any pariciilar section hut the new patrons arc cry generally distributed anions the various post otlices, every one furnishing ioine. We have boon giving weekly twenty olumns, ami .some times more than thai,! >f reading master, fresh and newsy, and aboring hard in other ways to publish a till moredesirable journal. J We publish the fact that our circulation j lasthusso substantially increased, with j sincere satisfaction, as it is an unmistak-j ible index of aj>preciatiou of our efforts) o publish a paper that we think is right j ti its premises. This progress is, as far as t >ur knowledueeNtemls. nnprecedentod iii he history of weekly journalism ill South ' arolina, particularly where it is unasso- i siated with a new undertaking. If the people of the county will eontin- , le to favor ns in this way, and we have! 10 reason to think they will not, we will j n eatly improve the appearance of t ho j < Enterprise u?<4 Mountaineer, ami make it! < !vcn more acceptable as a county journal, md welcome home visitor. We thinki, here are many families yet in Greenville omifv into which no newspaper now <;oes < tut which would be benefitted in some! let;roc wore tln.s journal subscribed l'or , iv the heads of tlurm. We have expectations, not altogether infouuded, our lists of subscribers : >vi 11 be f-'till largely increased between the j! omingin of the crops and the opening of j ( he new year. Our people are awakening j o the importance of endeavoring to keep! ibrcast of the times in the lending trans-!' tiring events of the day. As Greenville is the most thriving and ' ( impressive city in the State, and many: 'yes now turned towards it, we cannot j1 ice why we should not obtain a circuit-! ion more or less extended over the Comnonwealth. This we shall in the future 1 nake efforts to secure. j Not so Bad, After All. Notwithstanding the fact that in many j sections of the county the crop is the 1 shortest that we have ever had. the general average will not bo as bad as one :| night be led to believe by looking over! lie dry places. The census of 1SS0, puts I' he cotton crop of this county in 1870 at:' !6,22f> bales from 8'J,000 acres, averaging 176 pounds of seed cotton to tlieacre, or a it tic over three acres to the bale. In isso j ( he crops of this county is estimated at!1 jctween 31,000 and :) ">,lino bales. The;! itoek law has enabled us to bring much, and into cultivation which had before S7f) gone to waste and the area has jeen constantly increased, j ins can ue eadily seen by taking :i journey on any >f the public roads. Although thousands >f acres have been cleared yearly vet il is i rare thing to find a field which has been ibandoned. Putting the acreage this year it 90,000 acres, and averaging the crop at bur and a half acres to thebaic wo would lave a crop of 20.000 biles. With the liort crops of the whole country, and the increased demand, it is fair count on : he realization of fifiv dollars per bale, i The whole crop then would yield a mil-: ion dollars. The 1 ions, mortal're*!* ?hk1 lebts against this crop will in all proha- j bility amount to between $f?00,0fi0 and 700,000, leaving a balance of $.?.0'>,(i(i0 to 1-100,000 to the credit of our planters. A New Face at the Door. The first number of the Minefield yironiclc, by Messrs. Durisoe it Darbv. ayade its appearance in our sanctum la>?t ivcok, looking as bright as a new pin. rhe Chronicle is a seven column paper, md comes out with a modest salutatory, I in which it says: "The Chrouiclc will stand upon its mor-1 its, and we expect to make it worthy of! Ihe patronage we solicit. Newspapers,! like all other things in tins practical ago, j ire estimated according to their intrinsic worth, and we understand that we must} tn 1 till public expectation if we meet sue- i Cess. "With our contemporaries wo shall roc- j ngniae and respect a fair and honorable! rivalry, and it will ho our pleasure tooh-j serve those amenities which should under j nil ciaeumstances prevail hetween respectable newspapers. In all things and nt all times we shall aim at the highest j standards of principles, of manhood, and j of right." Edgefield is a grand old county, and) tho people should subscribe for both of her excellent newspapers. As True as rreacliing. The Auyusia Chronicle and Const it n-! lionulist makes use of the following language, which is true to the letter: "There are young men in Georgia and ' South Carolina who prosper at farming, i because they work hard themselves, crop! within their means, raise food for them-! selves and animals, avoid gambling, lux- j nrv and all kinds of extravagant outlay.! They have started right, and understand j the value of a good credit or cash pur-j . liases.'' This way of hiring a negro, and sit- ! Ling 011 the fence in the shade while he works, won't do. The experiment has' ^ftfke^u tried and always failed. Let! ouble of any disgu!>c hold of the work j iiiu'coiiiiiiitim success. In this country i :io occupation is better than that of farm-1 ng, if it is well followed. ?o? The Watchman and Southron. Under the above name the Sumter] Watchman and the True Southron comes j ,o us in a consolidated form. The united j ixperienccand abilitj' of the present cdi- i, ors and proprietors make this a most ex-! :ellent paper, which wo believe will bej; lighly acceptable to the people of Sinner. Mr. X. ?. Osteon is business mana-1, jer, and Messrs. J. A. Mood and I). 11.' j Vndcrson are the editors. All thissplen- < lid paper now necdsis a pate nt outside. I j If the Darlington 1Vacs can induce a' I lelegation from the opponents oftiiejj took law, to visit some of the sections ( vhcre that law is in force, all opposition \ o the best law on the statute books will j ie broken down. All who know any; hing of its workings are obliged to uc-j? ;nowledgo it a most excellent law. j ['he Legislature should pass the law for 1 he whole State. 11 is equitable and just, I ;nd every objection urged to the law liasj t ailed when it came to the practical test. . ( ? 40 I Corhkctiox.?It is never too late to do ] ho fair thing. In a brief but eompli- . nentary notice of the address delivered ; i jelbre the Press Association in May last;1 >yHngh Wilson Esq. of the Abbeville "ress and Banner, a slij) of the pen made j, is credit the address It) Mr. W. lienet. j ATe know Mr. Benet does not desire hon-' >rs that do not properly belong to him and ! J is we neither had nor have any desire to ! ob Mr. Wilson of his justly earned lau-i els, we cheerfully make this correction.! < >Vo do not suppose, however, that it 11 nakes a particle of difference to ourjj riend Wilson, but nevertheless it is his , lue and we would not withhold it from i < liill.?Eitf/rjield Monitor. I ( [mportant] Work of the Commission ] Appointed to Consider Needed Chan* 1 ges. The commission appointed by tho General ' Assembly to considernmcndrncnts totlie con-'' ititution has completed Its labors and ad-11 ourned,subject, to the call of the chairman, j Several important amendments were agreed |J ipou.nnd will be presented in the shape of 1 olnt resolutions at tlie next session of the 1 Legislature. The first of these amends so as to make tho ' erms of the State and county olllces, inelud- ! ng members of the. Legislature, lour years, husdiminishing the number of e'ections. > Another changes tlie time for State and > sount.y elections wakinz them on a different ' lay from tiiose for the national offices. < Another tnakes tlie election of Judges for t ife or good behavior. Another provides for an improvement in i the educational department, of the Plate. Another more clearly defines qualifications I 'or voters, making, it is stated, unimportant I shanges in existing provisions. > The commission adopted a revolution tin- I iivorable to the call of a Constitutional Con- i 'ention. I _ ( I)r. Darby, President of Columbia College, < md I)r. Lander, President of Williamston )1 .'o!lege,side by side, made a short but quite j' in agreeable call last Friday. These brethren 11 veil understand each other and the relations ' >f the two Colleges to the Conference. The.' "olumbla belongs to tlie Sooth Carolina Con- 11 crence, the Williamston Is owned by a Joint i < tock company,and while it is not under the'] ontrol of any particular denomination its i i loverntnent aud instructions are decidedly t onservative and Christian. Our preachers i rid people should unite in giving the Colum* < ila. with its new President, agood seed off in < he Fall, and In doing so it is not necessary to f hrow obstacles in the way of Williamston. ( 'here is abundant, work for both "David and f bnathan.''?Chrittian Neighbor. 1 , v/V. Plymouth Pulpit, jlS; THE CIIURCII OF CHRIST. \lcl I COI J bei Sermon by Henry War<l licccher. j del [Christian Utiiuit.j I 'Whosoever, tln-i-ff.iro, shall C"iifc?s mc before men,; tin if tit will 1 confess nls't before inv Father which in in up ICftVi'B. Uil t whosoever shall 11 1110 liefoic men,; ml iliu Will I also deny hefore my Father whivll i:l iu j till leaven."? Malt, s.. !!"i. 88. 111! Christ demanded tliat. iill lliosc who follow'(Shim should do it in (he way of open avow-! il. Irani; commitment. He \V;;s not popular j ,villi the?reat and the !'j.shi<usable; he wax |'"''j ml in sympathy with (lie men who held the)01' eins of eoiitrol, whether in civil or ocelesiiis- i ieal affairs; and the more clearly lie opened j [,.e lis idens of life and eharaeter to men the few- 11,1 r there were thai, symp athized with him. ' Men were so far under the dominion of ninhi- H,! ion.of solf-kmiwle li;e and of pleasure, thai '}"' ilniost all of those who Ihronecd his steps),U! ame, as it were, lo pi in some personal nd-j "f1 h'antage. 1 ;n'se wiio appro;u*neu mm um j?i from the very lowest motives to tlie very I "5 ilghcst?though there were very few whc, in ' ' pproacliing iiini, were actuated l?y the best;"'1 motives. Kven a leant of bread brought men 1 <) him. An unexpected least in tlie wil:ler-f |J' uess raised his reputation more than hisSer- |j* nun on the Mount, so much more powerful j [{'! is the Itody than thexoui among men. I, Tin rc was alson following of men \ylio had i i vague moral aspiration. There was some- ^}" lliing in them that, was touched by his dls-1 <?urscs. They did not know what it was. I j'" I'hey had a kind of hunger for something. i'liey thought that perhaps it was hunger af- (jv1 ler righteousness; and it. was ? lor men s |J"' thouithts are like hiids that are bewildered i,)C ind lost, and that fly here, th?re, and every I "J.' whither,and are really s.eking their nests,| ha! do not know where to find iliein. V? Now. what Christ required in his life time,; rf' while men were around him personally, was, "j that whoever desired his services should be j1'' willing to accept him and own him; flint I, they should be wiMing tosa.v, "1 am a follow-MP i-r of this Teacher:'' more than this, thai they j! should be willing to say, "I believe in him, 11 ,. J trust him, I am not afraid to be associated with him, f?-r good or for ill." He demanded |, iin open, honorable choice as between thej, true life of ine soui and the bodily I if?. I le j Cf> ilemamh'd t lint those who chose to live the If. higher life should be willing to own 1( before | men. He demanded a frank and courageous i 1 ivowni of their moral duties, and of the'.rad-' hesion to iiini for the sake of those duties. j j'*1 The method of confessing Christ at that j . time was very simple. It consisted in men's , :is.?<ieiatintr with him and avowing that lliey J were his disciples. The method now is differ-! 9, flit, Christ is no longer with us in any visl-: tile form; neither does he walk the sides of i Olivet; nor is he to be found at twilight In!,, (.iethsemane, 11 is voice is not heard in tliej. -treet. Therefore now there is nosuch way as j then existed of associating ourselves with j Christ, lint in the closing part of the chapter | .' which I have just read to you wc lind this dc-'V" .hired: j |vj ' IK* (Cod) raised Iiini (Christ) from tlie dead, ami set; | ]. him a' liis own riulit hand in tlie henvsniy places, far j;j ilmvc all |iririci|iallv. anil power, and mic'it. and do-!,u minion, and evcrv name :hat is named, not only in;f((| ibis world. I?nt also In that which Is to come: ami .)( lintli ftiit all tilings miller his feet, and gave him t'> lie |n iht! lioail nvi-r all tliinirs to the chti-eh, wiiioti is tils (? |ic<!y, lIn* fullness of hfin lli.it lillclh all In nil." j jp Is tlic church Christ? No; hut thconalities! hii which Christ develops In men when they arei brousht together anil made luminous are a i ta more perfect representation of Christ to men, Hi I had almost-sai:l. than Christ himsijf in per- ?"i< win would lie. If you consider that Chrisi is <h made manifest anions men on earth not in a , su visible form, l)iit in a representation of the di fpialities whieh cave hini charactor and rcpu- 'H taiion.and if you consider that thesrace of wi ( 'oil t!iroutili the Ilolv Spirit develops in dlffeivnt men accordinii to their nature?in some i se '.hriiuuli intelieetion. in some through Juds- 11' iiu ni, in some through conscience, in someMs throush imagination, in some through lienev-1 ail idenee, in all through various forms of self- I iu denial ami alliliation?then you can under- cn stand that if yon take a thousand men every one of whom has liecn made summerlikc by I sli [lie Insliinim: of the Holy Spirit, and every tli nne of whom is representing in certain ile- lil urees some ot the sreat element* of the Christ it life, anil brim; tlieiu lo^elher, you liavea hii'Jy he iif men that represent Christ, more perfectly l,i Ihnn lie would he represented if lie walked te solitary anions men. Jt is Christ with a com- isi mentary, it is Christ with an unfolding?an untoldins of a kind which Hi s within the 'i' plane of our perception and Judgment?that hi can best he understood. I Hi So it is not without reason that It is said ! hi that the church Is the hody of Christ. It may j tli he Miid that there is no representation <>f|s'P Christ anywhere else hy so large a number of people, ami in so high a ucgree, as is found fc amoug those who associate themselves with]*'1 the name of the Lord Jesus Christ in tlie'st Hiim-lii1*. 11) that sense tin- church becomes 01 the body of ?'hrist; and In so fa r as m em Iters of Use ehnreh are developed by lite Spirit of I h' i.iid into high christian experiences and ae- st tions, lie Is in them, and lie is all In all. | jn Whatever is good 111 the church is a represen- j tution of Christ,and is the fruit of Christ's ill- ; J" reel, personal influence upon the hearts of his ?" followers. I j* Now, to follow Chris! is to ho where Christ j is most signally manifest, where he Is most i J}' disclosed, mill where the woild comes to underst uid that he is hesi known. cl What, then, is the ehnreh? It is called (lie st body of Christ. Hut Is not the body of Christ {' something unspeakably better? When we hi shall s'-e him as lie is, wc shall marvel at thelow conceptions which we framed of Christ. | Nevertheless, he has gone up into the spiiil land. I11 A church to-day. in its inmost sense or pc-> s3 tiins, is a liody of people associated for thejw purpose, first, of testifying their love and loy-! n ally to Christ; secondly, for mutual sympa-j thy and helpfulness in endeavoring to live a jIr t 'iirisiian lire; and thirdly, that there may be t st an aiding, by every metiiol of instruction,!11 excitement and support. of all those around I about them whoare trebly striving to enter | into the higher spiritual state. The tirst rea-j sun lor the existence of theehurch is love ami ''' loyalty, made public by individual testimo- cl ny: the next reason for i! is mutual helpful- !l uess in entering upon the dI(IIcult la'-lt of a a] blub spiritual life; and the third reason for it l'' is that there may be a light in the community which shall not be extinguished business, by ambition, by politics, nor by anything else, J1 an I which shall testify to men 11s to the way {' of <;<*!. These three meat cardinal elements ' are tin; reasons for the existence Of the Chris-.11 tian church. Though it has any amount of organisation,! " as the Roman church, or though it has organ- 0 i/.atlon in a less degree, as the Episcopal | I' church, if the body of iismembers are true in j these three things, it is a church of Christ. If: f< men are associated together for love and loy-. I' ally to Christ, for helping one another to live j11 better lives, and for witnessing t:> the truth in j lr the community in which they are placed,!? they are a true church of Christ, no "natter j . how much armor they have that is unnecessarv. Ih' The adjuvants, the exterior forms of the ,r church, are relative to the wants of the ace, "] or to the corruptions of the age, as tlie case may he; but the essential nature of thojU' ehnreh is that spirit of Christ which dwells j j' in its memliers, and expresses ltse!f in love | h and loyally to li.xl, in love and loyalty tojw each other, and in love and loyalty to their j-"" fellow men who need thorn. Theehurch isI w only the physical carrying out of th-.* com- ?" maiid, "Thou sliait love the Lord thv God I with all thy heart, and thy neighbor as thy-1 sell';"' and that church is the most Christlike j ^v that the most, perfectly carries out thai spirit and that the most effectually produces in the! w community tiie impression that it carries it 111 out. This is the only institution on caith I" which litis such a purpose. There is 110 other ?' institution of men that can bo called univer- f? sal. The ciiureh, in iis true estate, in its real genius, is the sublimest institution tl at tlie worn! Knows, or lias ever Known, ami it is ntly said that Christ dwells in it. Whateveri there is of Christ in llie world has its- rcprc-j w sentation in those who associate together Jo for ( In 1st worship, and for the spread of the j'1 spirit of the Lord Jesus Christ. While there i(1 use many governments, many economic or- 01 Hiuil/.alions, many institution.')and methods. 1,1 Ity whieh great endfi are accomplished, and while till of them, la their sphere and place, arc not unworthy,there is but one oryanl/.a- "< tion that undertakes to lift men out of the Wl animal life, out ot secular conditions, and to ,!f enable tliem to develop a whole character in the invisible realm of faith, or a larger manhood in Christ Jesus; and that is the church. [>' I'lulcrtaUing to aid men, it becomes a teachins Institution. Ily the voice of its mlnisier. and by the voice also of its members? for cv- Cfl cry man who has a word to say ;s Cod's mln- 111 Ister ordained to say it?it becomes a recover- Wl lug institution to the needy and the lost,. All a> other humane institutions have sprung from 111 the loinsof thechurch. It is agreat reservoir l'1 r>f benelicencK. It has for its primal thought, I ' for its very genius, the love of Cod to man. ei: Nay, Cod so loved the world that he gave his it Son to die fur it. It becomes a witness of faith mi in that great truth. There he hospitals, there be asylums, there be retreats; the world Is ?? roniing to be full of humanities; but they all a,(' sprang from this great humanity of God, his love 10 man, and from the attempt of the church to reproduce, in some decree, a coin- cn nuinity in which that should be thedominant j1'1 iiilluenee. All the philanthropies of to-day Is that stand throwing Javelins, and slinging ' stones,-and letting fly arrows at the church, 's ire every one of them the ofl'-prlng of that j >'<' ;rcat principle of sympathy ami love which 1 the church has set forth in this world. It is ch ?et to keep a light of the moral law in the S? [ omniiinity, and to he a witness for Christ as B'J line who is yet living to deliver men from 1 ;heir sins. it is in Fueh an institution as this that I cl> IhiuU every man who hopes lor salvation co through Jesus Christ Is hound to enroll him- tvv elf. It is the/>iduty of every per.011 who believes that Christ loves him,and Mint lie lias entered upon a lire or love loi^ L'hrist. to iissocialc himself with tlio^c who 8? in- endeavoring to love Christ. There may be ;-xivencies iii which a luaiieantiol doit; but an he J' are the exception, ami not the rule. dr When a person goes into church life wlml toes lie say? I>ocs he say. "Look at inc. I a' mi a saint. I have lo hold myself down to w' keep l'rom transligurution or ascension?" is hiit the idea with wliicii men Join Hie to hurcli? Woe he to the man who has the J -bade or the shadow ol sueli n conception. lie isu man on whom ttic light, the glory of ?1 Hod, as it irradiated Ihe face of Jesus Christ, c'' lias shone, lie is u man who lias had a con- er| :*eption of what it is to lie poor in herirt, of -*aJ what it is to love (Sod and his fellow men, of 'J' ivliat it is to make his whole life luminous wf with thi> dominating principle; and when he sa; looks at himself and sees how far he is from it, when lie tries toatUiln Hand sees how diflleult it is to Iransforin iiii* life to it, lie says, *{' '1 hear that there is a place where men help 1,1 :>ne another, and where Christ is made known through the retlected experience of 110 liundreds and hundreds of people; 11 there is K11 ueh a place I will iro to the door and see if aI1 they will let me in; and I will say to them, Here Is a poor crcature that thinks he lias J'1 i>een living a <.'hiistlan life, but that has found j" int his mistake, and wants to coin in njvi ".(i learn. Can I he helped here? Is there any- s" body here that can tell me anything that I need lo k now ? Is there anybody here that will put his arm under me arid lift me up out c* >f the! low condition in which 1' nm living?'" ,,e When a man comes into the church lie says, }:c '1 want to be Christ like, and I do not know liow to beeomeso: can 1 he luughtatid helped J,11 liere?" *'c When one has thus come into the church, c'r \n;l has begun to have the scales fall from his J!"' tycs. and t<> haven clearer conception of who Christ is,and of what the life of Christ is, J I lien there is another element developed?the j" reeling that Christ should have the credit and ],a' {lory. ? Tills is a matter that decrlminntes between ja' i vulgar soul and an honorable soul. Every 111 man who has the slightest impulse of honor Jl\ ?avs, "I am clad to take credit for anything I '1 lo; but to no under false colors I cannot." a,J And for a man to be lifted up from the lower "'J walks of human life, for a man to feel himself . Inspired with noble conceptions, for a man to y? Selleve In God, and to beconcious tliat tliere } Is in lilm an answering love to Christ's love? aK 'ora man to lake these things and then to|y? nako men think they are developed in him |ar' /v the power of his own will, and that lie is! f;1' ibleof binisclf to resist temptation, withoutj. ' jiving any credit to the Author and Finisher ; "e <f his faith, without any recognition of that JVJ silent, distilling intlucnce which night and j'.'*' lay keeps him from harm, and lilts lilni to- { !' wards heaven, that he may receive from the ver-openina: portals of find's heart angelic 1 lelp?that Is the quintessence of dishonor. Ai lo t>e clothed Inwardly, and Inspired, and fed yo md exalted,and crowned with Christian ex- ; nc lerience. and not to have one word to say ofj ly Jhrlst wiioisthe Author of It, Is utterly im-jch possible to a honorabic man. The two tilings w( iire absolutely incompatible. And when it is cli jrought before a man that uojhasii duty of,tli illegtance, of att'ection and of recognition to , sal iod. the Author of ills fait.li, if lie neglects It I pr ;an lie call himself a Christian in a proper I lil| ienseof i ho term? Heal Christians not onlyjyo ;onfcR.s their lmperlectiou, and recognize the , wl Jource of all the Inspirations by which they I tit ire striving to rise higher, but they manifest Ml fore tlm world the purpose of performing ; ir duty as Christians. In oiher words, I ;ir confession of faith is substantially this: i have been a sinner, and am a sinner; but live been Illumined by the gracc of God to I : a hlv.hor and a better way of llvfhg, Ac- I "ding to the measure my strength I have I ;un to walk In that better way, and! am i Lermi nod to follow it to the enil of my lire,'' < >w well they fulfill this declaration will pond upon their origin, tlieir character, i lr temperament, erid their conditions, ond i on the proportion of the young and Ikiio- i it lliiit are in the church, The teaching l it they receive, the Interior soul-develop- ! r Influences or the externa) creed bearing 1uen< es that are brought to bear upon them hc<eand a thousand otlier tilings will vary -* success with which their purpose arc car<lout. Hut It varies 110 more than every ier ci .-mviii, in luiuiiH iinkk'ti come into the church that they mny I sncc nvil. that they may be taught, that j jv nn.y he helil up. They confers before i?h that they are sinful, anil they profess I it tliey desire to rise above sinfulness in all ; parts of their lives. They say, "We are re as sinful men, that, we may be helped d made holy." Those who go into the urch attain different levels all the way up mi the lowest tothe highest. 'herefore, when men look upon the church (1 see how far eh urch life falls below rhe , al I hut they have of it, they do not act fair- ' in fo-'tnins; severe Judgments concerning In the first place, you will bear in mind it the casual spectator, beholding church t?, seems mostly those men who are In the at of battle. \Vhonre the men whom you 11ieise when you look upon this church? rchauts; lawyers; men who are seek ing iitical olllces; contractors; men who are rust out into society where they arc sinning on the right and on thelelt, and where ere will be the most contingencies that M ill ar them down. Hut who are the other nbers of this church? The silent footsteps the nurse who go from bed to bed?you ver hear that. Nor do you know her ca* r. A mother who watches In a house icre (Jod is tempting her by a Satan of a ;shaml? you do not know what Is the secret p which Christ develops in her. They that ther children aschickensare gathered unr a hen, and that brood them?you do not iow much about them. Holy women that ce the apostles, visit prisons to deliver from e house of bondage that arc cast therein? iw many follow their steps? How many me out where there is (lie really sweet, nia!. succulent life of faith, and, seeing all esc things which goto make it up. say, hat is the church life!" it is only the rcsllers, it is only the men who are In the ttle-tleld, It Is only the men who are In lire or less of temptation, that lead to criti? ?nis of the church. [ think no man has boon more honest, rtalnly no man has been moreeardest, than j lave been in condemning the faults of the urch; butnomaii In this world ever luidaj eper, a profounder or a more tender sense; an I of the value of the life of Christ wl ich | >es, after all, Inhere In the church as u noes | (Where else on earth. When I see thehitianci's to Christian life, whether It hi in i?ed, or doctrine, or ordinances,or what not, lenounce them: I thunder at everytling nidi seems to hind?r the sweet flow of Chris in life in the brotherhood of metl; but I low nowhere else is there a set of met: so arly like Christ as ninny that are tube liihI in the churches of Christendom, With I its imperfections and external shortenings, the church is the very center and fnunIn of all those benyflcent influences which iw out upon tht! whole community at rce. When the church stands in this attitude here men's minds and they ar.; urged to make emselvcs member? of it, there Is a great va? 'ty of reasonings on ttic subject. One ofi e lirst things that men arc apt to say under; eli circumstances is th:it they do not fe?l a sposition to run before they arc ca led. j ley say, "Ilerc Is a perfect machinery for nrklng upon thcemotions. Men are got to-' ther in crowds, and they are plied vith ntimental thoughts which tend to stir up e feelings. Then, when the social Impulse kindled under eloquent and impassioned | Idress, they areset. in motion and they rush : to the church. Hut I do not. propose to be! tight by any such machinery ns that." If human nature were only tier feet, we iould not need machinery of any kind. If eattempt to bring men out of it worldly fe into a spiritual life were facile and easy would not be necessary that there should any of the manipulations thill lake place; it < ,insider that all the courses of society arc tiding 1ocarry men down toward sinimal-i ni. There is st inorsil Influence of cravilsi-1 on that is working back in the ph.vsieisil V of every man. All t he thorough fares of islnessare exerting 011 men a diffusive Inloiiee; to say no moie than lliul; and to a rvc extent men's companions are drawing iem away from rational, and still more from liritual, thoughts -i When, therefore, by any means we kindle a 1 innler Intlneiice. whereby there may lv pro-1 iced a lecble section toward religion, men j and and criticise. Nobody complains that, ic is carried away by the rush of business id pleasure; but when in some faint and1 cble way we attempt to shut olt the outward orm, and kindle a light. within, and bring en's thoughts to a tender mood, then men It up their hands and cry, "Oh ! msichineiy ! laehinery !" Is it not about time that we id some machinery? Is wickedness only ?have niiichineiy ? Are men to have llherY to carry their jellow men into captivity, nay from God, away from heaven, away o:ii father and niolber, and s'way from their illdren? and are they toridieulo those wlio ek. according to the best of their ability, to cate an Influence that shall bring tucin u:k ? I would ratlicr.of course, that people should ime into the church deliberately and calmly; at if they will not come in so, I desire that icy should eomc In by social bias and social rmrnthy. < >r, if they will not- come in so, I ould hsivc tliem come in by fear rather than ot come at all. But whatever may be the motives Unit bring icn Into the clinch, however unlettered.Inltlicient and wanting In moral culture they lay be, if when they come In they are lnnntly taken care (if, and the church p< rirms her duty to them, hundreds ami thouuuls will be saved who otherwise would not p. The beginning of a christian life and laraeter may be essential to the Joining of church, but ffte building of a Christian life lid character Is the appropriate business of lurch life. It is said that men rush Into the church too ion, too hastily. Men who have been wall* ig for thirty-live years and have heavd no ss than thirty-five hundred sermons, n id ave been almost persuaded to be Christians 0 less than si hundred times In their life, ncused ol' being loo hasty! After they have sul forty years of deliberation, and one hour 1 haste, men In lug this accusation siyainst icin. And men ssiy that this business Istoosclemn <r ha>te; that until one has really aceomlislied something lie oiijJit not to eo into icchurch. Tills sounds wise; but when you leasure It with common sense by psirsillc! isi;s in worldly life It certainly Is not wise. Here is a depraved and degraded man askig for help to reform. .Should lie not bo assted? It is so easy for a man to walk si way 11111 his animal nature, from his old hublti*, rid from the seducing influences aioiuid tiout him, that Is wise to tell him, "New do lU'l II Il,> "JUL. J IVI1IJH linn JUUIIIV uinu UI i%ig to live u ? hristian life"? 1? Folitaiincss i asocial being w ho is striving for a higher ay of livingthe law of .society generally ? o. It is Just the other way. Should a man ait until lie hus reformed bcforclie asks any oily to help him relorm ? When a child has been overmastered by niptatlon, and, after a week's misery and rctehedncss, he goes to his mother, and lays is head on tier Ian, and weeps as if his heart ould break, anu says, at last, "Mother, 1 lust tell you something or J shall die," and jurs in to her ear the tale of his temptation, Is evil and his shame, ought he to have rermed tlrst, and told her about it in a year or vo afterwards? lie felt that lie was in dan' shipwreck, and he went right to her. And shall not men who arc surrounded l>y 11 thousand temptations go Into church lite, hero they will be surrounded by every rertiiing influence which they heed? Shall ic social principle, which is the lifcol religii, be disallowed in religion? So man iglit tojoin a church without an lionest ioral eud ; no man ought to fay, "It will : more respectable lor me to Join a church," id Join it simply on that account. I can un- j rstand that a man might say, "i believe It raiId be good for my children If I were to come a member of the church ; and for elrsaUc, though I do not believe I know lything about it, 1 will join." That is faul, though I think it has a gracious, benevo-' nl side to it ;for a man to say,"I have come iwn to theclty.and am beginning to beicgnlzcdasan active business man. and I ust not be too economical. I will dress as ell as anybody, and my children shall make how. and I must see in what church aie the ost inlluentinl members, and get a pew ere, lor it will be known In New York that >clong to that eminent church, that lias an nlnent man for a preacher, and that has an nlncnt choir behind him"?for a man to iike t hat kind of a bargain is not honorable, so fir as motives are concerned It is mean, t even that may be a means of salvation by j id by. I'lien, there are others who think that the ictrines andordinanccsanddiscipline ot the urch are not congenial. Do you go into inch lite merely to find congeniality?that to say, religious sell-Indulgence? If you can, enter a church that is alive,that acilvc. that is self-denying, and in which iu have more liberty for rational worship :i 11 tiny where else; that is to say, en'er a urch where you can do the most good and t tiie most good. That is the rule of rell>n. l' I went into a strange city, and found a homail ministering in a Roman Catholic urci). I cannot conceive of my becoming a mmunicant in that church, burdened with o thousand years of accumulation of outtril things; but, nevertheless, if I found at In the churches of my ordinary faith and nipathy there were ministering carnal and dless men, if I found ttint when I went to em I got nothing but buflets and setbacks, <1 if, when I went to the other church, I felt awn nearer to God. and had higher and nourleelings, do you suppose It ivould take me ninule to decide which I would choose and licii i would pass by? I would not w.ilt a lglc moment; nor would I advise anybody wait. i'here came to me (I never told it in public lore, and of course it will not be mentioned t is confidential!) a meinbej- of my own ureli?Christ's own church under my gennl care? the mother of a young woman, who Id that her daughter had become very greatfascinated with the Roman worship, and inted to unite with the Catholic church. I Id to her, "Tell your child to wait one year, itil her mind and Judgment are settled , and at the end of that time she shall tind that e is drawn nearer to God and to heaven in at communion and worship, let her come to l\ and I will take her by the hand and carry r to the door and put her under priestly idance that shall look after her." She did, d I sat down and wrote a letter to an lioned Catholic paster in this city, and said ';o in, "Tliis lamo has found greener pastures your ilelds than in mine: and I commit r to your charge, to bring to heaven;" and e is a happy Christian in that communion. [ would do it again If it were necessary; for icn 1 speak about the fellowship of churchand of the unity of all who name the Lord sus Christ, I am In dead earnest. 1 do not lieve in external unity, but I do believe In tcrnal unity; and I say to any person of till lent age to form a Judgment, and of sufient experience to know what is bcneflciul disturbing to him, "Go into that, church ilch draws you nearest to the Lord Jesus irlst." [ would rather ride in the most rickety Ird-elass car that was ever on rails If it was king inc right home than to ride in the most perb parlor car that ever was built if it was Ing me away from home; and anything at will bring you to Christ, and make you ore Christlike. Is your right and privilege, icrcforc, because there Is some ordinance or st raot tenet or creed in the church that you no', believe and cannot accept. It Is not se 111 you to reject the church. Why should u make that objection to any church life? Hut men say, ".I do not need it. 1 can live well out of the church as in It" Possibly u can. Some may. There are families that q churches; the apostle wrote of such urclics; as, for Instance, where he said, nth the church that Is In thine own use;" bnt what are we to think of a man io has been educated In a church which ichcs hlin that he has no obligations to ose who arc less favored than he? You can re well enough, can you ? !io you owe nothing to the community? e you under obligation to nobody except urseif? is that the principle on which you t? I say that every one who Is living \ godlife should by association In the Christian urch live it in bchiilf of those who are taker than he. You may not need the urch personally; bnt yon should go into i: church, if not for your own sake, for the ke of others. If God has given you such Ivlleges tnat you arc living as high as or jher than the chnrch, then you should unite urseif with the church, that those with 10m you are associated shall have the beneof your influence. In withdrawing yourf from the church, you selfishly withdraw V ' ..k yourself from mm whom yx>u have the power t :o lielp. Who shall feed the lambs? Who r iliull tlcfcnd the (lock ? Therefore, I roll upon every man who is _ liidlng Ills light to take ofF that which hides \ it,fttnl let it shine, tlmt nil who are in the liouse may sec it. Do yon say tlmt there Is a n jreiit deal of light besides the light of the' ?hurch? If a Christian merchant In New Vork kindles a tlanie in his store until the <tore cannot hold it, and It pours out Into the street, there may be more light outside than J Is wanted there; but if he were to extinguish (lie light inside, there would not be any outride. State of South Carolina, r Abbeville County. Probate Court?Citation for I,otters of Administration. By .T. Fi'li.er Lyon*, Esq., Prorate Judge \\J IIEKKAS, Wm. D. HuHoee hasas made ?T suit in mo, 10 grain nun inciters 01 ah- . ministration of tlic estate nnd effects of A. Hurt Tennent, late of Abbeville county, deceased. These are therefore, to cite nnd admonish ill and singular the kindred nnd creditors of the said A. Hurt Tennent, deceased, that they l>e and appear, before tne. In the Court.ot Probate, to be held at Abbeville C. 11., on Krlilnv, the 1-th of August, ivd. alter publication hereof, at II o'clock in the forenoon, to show irause, if any they have, why the said administration should not be granted. Given under my hand and seal, this 21st day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty one, and in the one hundred and tlfth year of American Independence. Published on the -Till day of July, 1W. in the iVc.w and Hmnir.r and on the Court. House door for the time required by law. J. FULLER LYON, J. Pro. A. C. July 27. 1SS1. 2t State of South Carolina, ( Abbeville County. IN THE PROHATK COURT. In the mutter of the estate of James A. Norwood. deceased. Petition for Settlement and Discharge. \J OTIl'K is hereby given thai Surah A. NorrN wood. Executrix of James A. Norwood, deceased, has applied to this court for a dh> charge irom Iter odice.as Executrix, It is OudkukI), that Friday the 2tith of August, 1SS1, l?e fixed as the day for the settiement of the said estate and discharge of the! Exec.itrix. All parties Interested will be gov-1 erneil accordingly. J. FULLER LYON, 1'ruuaiu j uuuu .v. v.. July 27. IS8I, tf NOTICE TO BUILDERS. Bids Wanted for New School Buildings. Contractors and norsE-r.riLnKRs j1 arc requested to make bids for btiililin^; the Abbeville Ilisili School. 1'laiHaud spefi-j lira lions of the school-buildings may bescon at j Min oflice of the undersigned, to whom ail applications should be addressed on orbefoie the 5th of August. W, C. BENET, Secretary Abbeville School Association July 27, 1X81. tf ~ TEACHER WANTEDiT ABBEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL. I yi .vvnrnATKS M.vr.E or female, for tiie position of one of the Assistant, Teachers, will send applications and testimonials to tlie luxlersisneri. Salary Si-V). Forty wcelta Session, beginning in September. W. C. BENET, Secretary Board Trustees. ! | July 27, i.^si, tr ^ ^ J TIXI3 ' Miifn C'OT-ri n nMoalil;io MMllgMiMj | T' he white sewing machine. t:ie: best in (lie World. It bus iin oscillatingj | Self-threading Sliullle.il Self-sett in? needle, j , It Is adjustable in nil its wearing parts nnd! i made from the best ?f material. Its bohins j ; can be tilled without removing work or at-, Itaehments. II Is so simple In c'instruction and li:iht running that a child can use it. It i I will do the greatest range of work. It has the | most complete set of useful attachments. It1 Is far In advance of any other sewing ma-j chiue. It has been thoroughly tested lor four! I years in Abbeville county. It is wurruntedj I for live years. j Remember no machine Is genuine or wnr-h i ranted only Ihoscsold by ouraulhorl/.ed dealers. And those pretending to sell our Ma-J | chines. Needles or Attachments outside of| our Agents are frauds. Mr. J. L. Simpson isi I our only authorized dealer for tin? Counties of | Abbeville and Laurens, and no Machines arc warranted except those sold by him or those l,? ,nn V nGU'ieinle with ill 111 in the bus-! in ess. Respectfully, WAITS SEWING MACHINE CO, CLEVELAND, OHIO. THE ladies, and those persons who wish 1o buy Sowing Machanes, are respectfully invited to call at Mr. Harnwell's, where they will Hud the only genuine, warranted ami cheapest Machines, samples of the the Machine's worU, ncedlca aud attachments. Oil 10 cents per bottle. All persons desiring to communicate with me on the subject, will address me at Abbeville, S. C. J. L, SIMPSON. July 1.1, 1SS1. ly. State of Soutli Carolina, County of Abbeville. COURT OF COMMON* PLEAS. Margaret McFerrin, by G. P. McFerrin, her guardian ad UCan, Plaintiff, against W. "\V. Hunter, W. A. Iluntcr and John E JIunter, Defendants. Copy Summons. For Relief. Complaint served. To the Defendants \V. W. Hunter, \V. A. Hunter and John E. Hunter. YOU ARE HER FRY SUMMONED AND required to answer llie com plaint In this nclion, of which a copj is tiled in the Clerk's otllce of the said county, and to serve a cony of your answer to the said eemplaint 011 the subscribers at the office of cilher of them within twenty days after tho service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service: and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintitl' in tills action , will apply to the Court for the relief demand- | ed in tlie complaint. Dated July 1!>, a. P. Wl. M. 1\ PkHRUHL and s. < . cason. Plain tiff's Attorney. 1 M. G. Zeigi.er, C. C. P. TO J. E. IIT'NTF.R, ABSENT DEFENDANT 1 Yon arc l?er?'l?v not I fled t lint a copy of the ( complaint 111 this action has this day been | filed in the office or the Clerk of the said , county. M. P. DkBTUTHL and s. <:. Cason, Plaintlfl's Attorneys. July 20,1881, tf To Rent, NEW HOTEL IN ABBEVILLE., rpiIE undersigned 1ms Just completed Ills j j 1. new Iiotcl on the North-East corner oft. the Public Square In Abbeville, containing j fourteen large airy bed rooms, a commodious I dining-room,ft large office, and a good cook | . room. This Is very desirable property in the '. business portion of the town, makes its loea-j J lion well suited for a hotel. Its convenience | to the business portion of the town will make r It especially attractive to business men. The most reasonnble terms will be offered. To an enterprising hotel-keepar this Is a rare T offer and only which should not be neglected. Apply early to JOHN KNOX, i July 20,1881, tf ? THETWIN SPRING, i1 Iliavc the Improved twin Spring price S3 00. J. D. CHALMERS. E. H. McBEIDE M. D. ] ABBEVILLE, S. C. WILL give prompt attention to all prac- 1 tlcointown. Office at Drug Store. 1 August 3,1881, 12m v.l&iSSL- y - " " % -rv LTTENTION! FARMERS u iJ'E are now prepared to furnish FAR- fc 0 i V MEIW wllli ull kinds of farminglmple- |R I lenls. V J PLOWS AND PLOW STOCKS, i ?race Chains & Back Bands, AXES AND IIOES. ?ALSO ALWAYS ON HAND- | lorn anfl Bacon, Floar ant Meal, | SUGAR, COFFEE, &C. QUARLES & CO. Feb. f). 18k 1, if A. BE. HILL PI & SONS,. I 7 1S-5H Sll<< loin Dealers in | I of 1 mm sitel Groceries and I lar>. mai eha Farmers' i cry con sini Supplies of | apr wit ?i: everv 2 Qj to v <11 tl 11101 I Description. 1 A Wll Abbeville, S. C. _? Dee. 15, 18S0, tf. 1 notice J ffl TAX m M!, THE County Auditor hereby gives notice that returns of real and personal proper- RJ ty, subject to taxation, will be received at the |" following places, on tbc days designated below, viz: g SALUDA SIDE, Ninety Six, 1st, 2nd and ?>nl of.Tuue. Douimldsvlllc,7lli and 8th of June. II Due Wont, 1Kb and 10th of June. J lodges Depot, 11 tli and lotli of June. Greenwood, Kitli, 17tii and 13th of June. Kvans' Mill, 20th and 21st of June. White Hull, Ski and 24lh of June. 1" Chiles' Cross llcuds, 2r>th a'ld 20th ol June. r SAVANNAH SIDE. ? Co Abbeville Court House, 1st, 2nd and 3rd of AI June. "j WIckllfTs, Gth and 7th of June. st.> Mountain View, 8th of June. Gf Lowii?icsvillc,9th of June. J Smith's Cross lloads, 10th of June. / HI Calhoun's Mills, 2f>tl? nnd'-'lstof June. fat Mcivt ttrick's ^1 ills, 22r.d ot June. Dora's Mine, Sid of June. foi Cedar .Springs, 21th of June. * Hester's Store, 27th of June. Areli 1C Watson's, S<tl? ol June. E. West field's, .'lOtli of June. Capt. James Pratt's, 1st of July. In addition to the appointments above made for Abbeville Court House, I would | mention tliat the oflleo will be open for re- B, ceiving returnson Monday, Tuesday, Wednes- I day and Thursday of Court week,and from 1. the 1st to the 20th of July. J. T, PARKS, AUDITOR, \f.yx- A WCt if A. B. C. LINDSAY, ^ DENTIST, Practical and Operative, HAVING attended the Lcctures of the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery oilers his professional service* to Hie public as a Dentist and Oral surgeon. Culls through A the country attended to. All work warrant- xcci and charges reasonable. Residence o miles cast of Calhoun Mills, U South Carolina. H June hi, 1SSD. J Barber Shop. 'PIIE undersigned respectfully informs (lie * I public that lie has recently removed his ? Tonsorial Emporium to the iiall above Norwood Brother's store, where be Is prepared to ncoom modal e his customers, and the public generally in hair cutting, shampooing, shaving, dyeing, in the best style, and at reasonable prices. O Terms per month for hair-euttinj, sham ror pooing and shaving, only S1.UU. m< Respectfully. I Richard Gantt. j;* i Ijumber. F; PARTIES having Hard I,umber, Ashe, Hickory, and White-oak, can |tind sale ? for tliu same at SEAL & McILWAINE'S, Carriage Shops, Abbeville, S. C. March hi. 1SS1 tf Vi J&&A1UA VUilso -AGENTS FORMR. TOM YOUNG'S ? PURE CORN WHISKEY Tim host and purest CORN WIIIS- Cl KEY brought to this market. , June 22,1881, tf Whether you stand or *p Whether you sit, ^ Tlie Jilt;ll.llli: SIIIKT I.s sure to (it. ?SUITII & SON. JunoR. 1S.SI, tf PEESJiUV IYOUR BOOKS, PerMMs, Newspapers aM Mm t State, County and Railroad Officers ? aDd business men generally, sup- S plied with blank books made to any pattern. . A LL families have OLD HOOKS PERIOD- 1 A. ICAL.S, NEWSPAPERS, Ml*.SIC, iit., ' u'hloli they desire to transmit to their posterity, should HAVE THEM REBOUND. Which will preserve them and will make them look almost as well as new. Old Books,Ac., should not only be rebound, but the current literature of the present day dionld be put In a durable form for preservation as well. This can he done In the shortest possible time, with the best material, In the most inndsoiiie and durable style, and at a price; Co ivlilch cannot be duplicated anywhere, by ?. R. STOKES, Stationer, Hook Binder and Blank tj Book M a n l*faerr rer", ,1 No. 155 Main Street, COLUMBIA S. C J. L. CLARK, M ?0R THE GOOD OF THE CRAFT; *?! f HAVE CONCLUDED TO GIVE MY I whole attention to my Shop. I sliall give ' t GOOD ATTENTION. If any person wish- f;t()| v to liavo his fjic WATCHES REPAIRED the tics tring them In. I have all the tools and maerials to do It up in the best of style and at T. he lowest rates possible. If you want youi ! lock repaired bring it in and It will be done! lght. If you want your I __ JEWELRY MENDED I I Jrlnglton. If you want your j V SEWING MACHINE MENDED 'his Is the place to pet It done In thehest of. irder. You can have any piece made new, or' A' lie old one repaired. If you wantyourguu or vy istol repaired this is Hie place to have it; lone. All these articles will be repaired ill: CO lie best of order at the Lowest Prices. (Jive me a trial and satisfy yourselves? _n( "EKMS CASH. p. JOHN L. CLARK. ** DAVID H. MAGILL, -i Attorney at Law, ABBKVILLE, S. C. W ilfll/L practice In all the Courts of the. Cull VV Slate. Jan 21,I860,tf Ji I JUHII, * J upoi Lea' CONGAREE |~; III WORKS, i LiCU Co umbia. S. C AS Agent for IjCa, Left' CHAPMAN'S K Lett' .RPETUAL EVAPORATOR. ? Lea' Lea1 Arri 1ESE WORKS WERE ESTABLISHED j Lea' in KIT by Messrs. (jeo. Sinclair and James I,ca' icrson and purchased by me in the yearjLoai , and from that titna till now carried on i Lea' sessftdly by myself. My friends and ens- Leui icrs will bear witness of the lame and stu-; Leu dons Jobs executed by me. It was at niy;Lca> Us where the largest and almost only Job Leai ts class ever executed in thlsclty wusdone, j Lea' : tlie making of tlic pipes for the City [Lea' ler Works In the year iSijS. In the branch Arri JELL FOUNDING, I can say that I have ie the largest hells ever cast In the State, Lea' lias ilic bell for the City Hall In Owlumbla. Arri v stock of patterns for AttCIIITECTU- Leai L WORK, COLUMNS for Store fronts, is Arri reand various, and in ItAILIXtjS for Balies, Gardens and Cemeteries I have the Lcni :c>t variety and most modern patterns; Arri ny of these are patented and I have pur- Lea' scil the right for this State. Arri 1 the machine line I can furnish my pa- blu is with STEAM ENGINES and BOILERS my size and description. My CIRCULAR r^., VV MILLS have carried off the prize at ev- ? ' State Fair held in this city, and in their ctnixllnn T I... i-n i?l-..n milnc In xmnlilmi i' pllcrity wlili tiio most useful modern Im- .-..i vemcnls, and may Hatter myself that my V tCULAR SAW MIMA find favor with ev? J*'1, sawyer who understands liis business. r_ ., lie many orders 1 am steadily receiving for / I?AH CANE MILLS prove that the public reciate the mills of my make, and so it Is k' h my GEARING for HORSE POWERS, N* WHEELS, GRIST MILLS and ether ", .CHINERY. - 1 have the manufacturing right of many A TENTS, such as castings for ROCK Ct ?TN' ANI) IIAY PRESS and throe or tour V'? erent FEED CUTTERS and other lmplents. {J"'! will be pleased to send my circulars to any " . ilieant, together with price list ??r estimate. ^ prices are moderate, and I assure the put)-1 ** that they are lower even than those ofI I, ithem manufacturers, and that my work R.Vu I compare favorably with that of any oth- frv' lialcer. Address jj John Alexander, Rfj ongarkk Ikon Wokks, Columbia, 8. C. rout NEW" ci Nor IILBY STORE | whi bin. -INGREENWOOD! j m. j. pTstephens l E(JS leave to Inform the citizens of Greenwood and surrounding country that she s tliis week opened a full line of D MILLINERY, -AND- ? 'ANCY GOODS, ? her residence, next door to S. B. Hodaes & Her stock comprises LADIES' IIATs s'D RONNKTS in all the latest styles and veltles, trimmed to order, TOILET ARTI- A ,ES AND I-ANCY NOTIONS, of every f\ ,-|e and variety. LACES AND LACK 31.1 KIDS, SWISS AND HAMBURG FRINGES <TIQUE. CAROLINE AND LANGUEDOC A ICES, CHILDREN LACE CUPS AND I IS, .LINEN CUFFS. COLLARS, Ac. In >t nuni'f thin<r L'Ant in n 1i i*v t owtitlilivll. ill. <?oods nil fresh and stylish. Prices to *Pl it the times. He sure to give her a cull be- 1 e purchasing elsewhere. jreemvooil. S. G'? March 30,18S1. a New z IIIT11 Sill I He mi nno jawson & Wardlaw li cen lBBEVILLE,S.C. _F AVE oponeil a now stock of FT- RNITURE I over the store of A. M. Hill & Son, and . II be pleased to receive a call from their imds. Their slock consists of every vaHety -FPItXITURK usually kept In ntlrst-class T ire. All of whicu Is ollercd at prices to suit 5 times, ^eb. SUS81.tr RAILROAD NOTICE, CRSCRIRERS to the capital stock of the F Atlantic and French Hroad Vallev Ilallid are hereby noli fled that the first instal- ? nt is now called for. -it 'rompt payment Is required, as tho work Is he begun at once and will be pushed vigor- rt ?ly. P y order of W. K. Bradley, President A. and ' 13. V. It. It. J. W. PERRIX, Treasurer. t 'rensurer's Office, Abbeville, May 10,1SS1. CIGARS. ^ UK following popular brands of 5-CEXT SEGAR3, Ion Shingle, Our Firm, Live Oak, Enrckn, AXD TIIE CELEBRATED tlhoun Chewing Tobacco, and .A Little Jckcr Smoking Tobacco, as-AT inningham & Templeton's. iprll 20,1S.S0, tf J . L. CALHOUN, M. D. Surgeon and Physician, A ABBEVILLE, S. O. jj, kkice? In rear of O.T.Calhoun's law ofllcc. larch SI, 1881, 12m The Best Engine in the World I I ECLIPSE! ' H, B. WALTONjaoent ^ AUGUSTA, GA, ALSO AGEXT FOR TIIE JI Geiser Grain Separator, A ,w Mills, and all kinds of Machinery. cfers to T)r. J. A. Glhert, B. C, Wall, and en Moragne, of Abbeville. /fi lay II, l.ss], iim fl . MARBLE WORKS]OXUMEXTS and works of new and special design. Just received direct from y \{, dozen beautiful monuments cut. in ises, wreaths and drapery: all beautiful. ;lve new designs of the monuments and nimenfai headstones of the best Vermont rblc. The above monuments and head 'fit >es make cp the stock of marble work In i ^ up country, and prices as low as any in ! kj Slate. Can duplicate any order, and parcan save freights from any point. J. D. CHALMERS. me 1,1881, tf NDERTAKING < v o S* HAND A LARGE AXD EXCELLENT stock of ITft FFISS AXD BURIAL MATERIAL w and of good make and finish. irlloi served at short notice. Call at J. W. r,, J. \V. Rowland's, Donnaldsvllle. J. E. TOPD & CO. ily 13,1S81, it Bargains! Bargains!! TE havejust recelveda new line of Spring fl and Summer Worsted at reduced prlccs. mf early aud secure a " bargain." f R. M. Iladdou & Co. inol, 1881, tf M| / ambia and tirceBvilto ltat!ro*<. PASSENGER DEPART****. Columbia, H. C? Juno ,30,1881. i nnd after Thursdapv June 3Utb, 1881, P??;or Trains Will run an herewith Indicated n tills Road and ita branches. DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAY&. NCh 42. VP PASSENGERS. vc Columbia A ? -.-.11 00 am VC Alston }3 ......12 <38 p m t'c Newberry 1 (16 pm vc|l lodges 3 43 p m ve Helton ..... 4 67 pm veut Greenville; 8 19 p ia NO. 43. DOWN PASSENGER. ve (Jrcenvllle at... 10 83 a m v? BhltOHi.if.i ?.....11 67 a ni vc Hodgts ? - 1 12 pm ve Newberry ? 3 47 p m ve Alston ? 4 46 pm Ive at Columbia K 5 SO p m RTANPURG, UNION AND COLUMBIA RAlIrROAD. NO. 42. UP PASSENGER. i c Alston ? 12 23 p ni ic stroilicr ...... 12 58 p m ieSyles Kord 1 14 p in ve Shclton 1 21 p m , c Fish Dam 145 pm .% San tue 2 06 p m . e Union 2 34 p m ?cJonesvllle ? 3 04 pm .e Pacolct 3 22 p m ye Spartanburg S.W.&C.depot H 4 03 p m vc Spartanburg R. A D. depot R 4 12 p in SO. 41. IJOWN PASSENGER. re Spartanburg It. dc D. depot I-J.12 48 a m . eSpartanburgS.Wi&C.dcpot (j-1 06 p m /e Pacolct .... 1 39 p m . e 1'inesvlilc 1 5a p in . c Union 2 3> p m .eSantuc 8 02 p m re Fish 1 am 3 21 p m /u Slielton < .. 3 -10 p m ,e Lyles Kord..,? Hi p m e Strotlier...,..i 4 03 p m VC ftt A |ptoil I 4 37 p Dt LAURENS RAILROAD. . c Newberry 3 55 p m vcat Laurens C. ..... 0 46 p m i-e I-iuircris C. II - ...... 8 30 tm ve at New berry ~...ll 30 p m ABDEVILLE Bit A NCH. >Te Hodges , 3 47 p m ve at Abbeville... 4 37 p m ire Abbeville 12 16 a m veat Hodges 1 05 p m E It I I>G E KAIL ROAD AND ANDEKSON BRANCH. rc Helton . 5 00 p m tre Anderson 8 34 p m ic Pendleton (Upin vc Scdccu o 7 20 p m vcut Wnlhalln ....... 7 45 p in k-c Wallinllu .............. 9 23 a ra reSencca D 9 64 a in ve Pendleton 10 80 a m re Anderson 11 12 a ra vent Helton 11 48 p ra i and lifter the ubove. through cars will !> between Columbia and lieudcraouvll)# loutebnnce. connections. . With South Carolina Railroad front rlcston. With Wilmington,Celumb!aand usta Railroad from Wilmington and all its North thereof. With Charlotte,Collin and Augusta Railroad from Cbarlotttf oil points North thereof. . with Ashevilleand SpartanburgRail* I for points in Western North|( arolfna. . With Atlanta and Charlotte Air-L1nd I way for Atlanta and all points South and >t. >. With Atlanta and Charlotte Alr-Llne I way from Atlnnta and beyond. With Richmond and Danville Ralli. * With South J^arolina Railroad tot rleston. With Wilmington, Columbiaand :U8ta Rjiilroud for Wilmington and the th. With Charlotte, Columbia and AU* in Railroad for Charlotte and the North, r. With Ashevllle nnd Spartanburg Rail* i from Hendersonville. I. With Richmond and Danville Rail* I from Charlotte and beyond andard time used Is Washington. D. C? ch is flfleon minutes faster than Col urn' 3. W. FRY, Superintendent. . Pope, General Passenger Agent. ilNALlCB Have In store and to arrive, a urge and Varied Stock OP RY GOODS, STAPLE and FANCY NOTtOJTg, GROCERIES, HATS, CAPS, BOOTS, SHOES, TRUNKS, S'D many other articles, all of which will be sold as close fot C'ASII, nnd upon aflF OD TERMS ns any house in Abbeville, 'c us a look and we will give you a bar' n. 9?Wc ttlll ship your Cotton orboy lt.-?ft Chromos. LARGE lot. of new Chroxroi 23 x 2* and 21 x 30.) ou exhibition i.ud for sale, at j each at LAWSON & WARDLAW'S. pril 20, 1631. Received This Week! 'IREE NEW AND STYLISH WALNUT Chamber Suites at bottom price*, at LAWSON & WARDLAW'Bi pril 20, 1S81. .W.SIGN' ABBEVILLE, 8- 6, EEPS on hand a full assortment of COF* FINS?from the cheapest to the best, nrse will attend funerals, tvhen desired. e will also Contract for the Erection of BuildingsIs agent for the sale of Sash, Door# uds, Mouldings, Stair-railings, Flooring* i everything pertulriing to bouse building rll7tHl?0,tr COLOGNES. rOMAN'S NICKI.E COLOGNE 25 cent* per bottle. Taylor's i-rcmimn Cologne out*. Monumental Coiogiir-25 cent* and cuts. Fellow's Extract25cents. Fellow'* ierior Extract 00 cents. Toilet Soap# Iff ts to 25 cents. EDWIN PARKER. cb. 23.1881. tf W. C. P-nnft, 3. H. Rice, bbeville, S. C. 5 Inety-Slx, 8. C. 3ENET"& RICE, ' Attorneys at Law rE have formed n pnrtnenihlp forthoprno' tlco of lit w. Autl will practlco In all tlif iris of the Stale. BENET & BICE. eb. 23.1881, tf M. n. PARKER W. C. McGOWANV &B.KEE & McGOWAlT 4TT0ENETS AND SOLICITORS, ABBEVILLE, C. H., S. C. 7 ILL praclice also In the Circuit Courtsot the Bnitod States for South Carolina* m 7, 1880. if Dr. H. D. WILSON, ?O? DENTISTRY, bbeville, C. H., S. C. Oflire; Upstalra over tbo Po?t OfflM.'ViK KTotice. late An Thomson, Deceased. LL persons having demands against thfc estate Thomas Tnommtn. deceased, will sent them duly probated, and all thoeelnted to the same will make Immediate payit to either of the undersigned' M. M. THOMSON, Administratrix. S. (4. THOMSON, Administrator. T. P. QUARLES, Administrator.. bbcvllle ,S. C., Juno 21,1881,3m SELLING OFF -ATfew York Cost IE GREATEST BARGAIN8 TO BE HAD IN Gents' and Boy's LOTHING, GENTS' AND BOY'S rRAW HUTS. -AND ALL OTHER? SUMMER GOODS, DR THE CASH. ill soon and get yourself supplted. ?AT? ROSENBERG & CO., ireb 50,1851, W