The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, March 08, 1882, Image 2

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c?_' ? i- mat j fhe Press and Banner. Br Hugh Wilson and H. T. Wardlaw. Wednesday, March 8,1582. ' r i rroiv.riHjy for Hie Camiuw^ii. The politician-- are already .' ' vKini;; for a ui'w hot of "catch words" sum! 4'scare-crows" \vi\Jj which to hood-; wink the credulous, while they may : ride into ortice on some favorite hohhy horse. The old implements of political warfare should he laid a*ide tor newer weapons. The "jr.)i>r, death j, l?elove?l tax-payer,v we think should, have a rest. lie lias served a very] purpose in the past, and i- now 1'iirlv i>iiiiiliil lo a short season of (juietiido. All ti|i:?'s!<ous which antagonise the r'aees, no let iilotie. Wo have had < uitv enough of mUfi-llirow in;,', and wo should lit- glad if tlu? candidates for otllce would acknowledge that at least sumo of their competitors were gentlonit u. Wo liavo had enough of tonv-ii.-m at d party la>h, and we think it time for Republicans to know that all Democrats arc not Bourbons and oHiee-seekers, and we also think that it is about time for the Democrats t<* learn that theremay be in this country a few reasonably honest Republicans. Wo cannot; * continue in power, as a political par-! ty, if we ostracise and denounce every | man who may differ from us either in religious or political faith We should learn to be tolerant with those who may differ from us. The State, as well as the National Democratic party, it seems to us, never tails toj f-end to the Republican party, all members of our party who may not boas pronounced in the faith aswv! would wish. IJy lien Hill's foolish ! speech in Washington, Mahone was1 needlessly driven into full fellowship, with the Republicans. Soon after this turn of a Hairs, Senator Davis, who; hiorc often voled with us man who j the Republicans, was unnecessarily; pent back to the Republican ranksj and lie has not voted with us since, j We put Iinyard in (he Speaker's chair one day to see him ordered out of it i the next. Bayard was tendered an j empty compliment, and Davis was' sent from the half way house, back toj to the Republican fold, and held the j honor winch the Democrats should; have conferred. The plan of brow-bcating, abusing, and ridiculingour opponents in Wash-; instil) or at home will not prove a profitable or a successful mode of war-] tare. Our people have been In polities! for several years, and it is time that they had learned something from past experience. Like the ox in the fable) which lay down in the stream, we may j try the same trick too often. Our people will no doubt be told of> the impending dangers which threat-! en to befall us in case some particular ! t-alididates are not elected, and our advice to tnein is, to do a little of their | own thinking, and vote for the best I man to fill all the offices and leave the! result to Providencc. Let each citizen do his whole duty, honestly and patri-j otically, taking care not to endanger! his own house hold by any unlawful act. Let him make this resolve and stick to it. Politicians nor office hold- j ers can have nothing to do with the i products of the field. The crops will j l?t as abundant under one man as under any other. If our people have| rich harvests and well-filled barns,! they need not fear the wolf. With an abundance of this world's goods any country and any set of officers is good,; but for the poverty stricken citizen, j any country, even with the most fa-' voring laws, and the best men in office, j the situation is not as desirable as it should be. Then commence now. Plant wisely. Work energetically. Husband your resources, and all will be well with you. Make first good pniiciiinnt!ni]?lv sind tru.-t the consequences to the wisdom of the people of South Carolina, who are' pretty sure to do right. j - 4 <JV Common Sense About Cabbage. Since we have learned to put on airs and plant cabbage, the old fashioned, i long stemmed blue col lard is entirely ignored by t e aesthetic citizen, who| would, it se'ins, hide the fact that he ever heard of a coMard. From our knowledge of these plants we arc firm-; ]y convinced that there is not a more! common cheat than cabb?'iges?no mat-; ter how high-sounding the name. Cabbages ripen in the early summer, j and the hot sun rots them in July audi August, the unhealthy effluvia arising; from which has caused more typhoid! fever in this county than any other single cause, not even excepting filthy j pig pens. The sun is too hot here, and we can no more raise mountain cabI hages than we can grow Northern apples. Our climate is not suited for the growth of line white cabbage, and in a majority of instances, it is a waste of time to try the experiment. The col- j lard we can grew to perfection and with certainty while there is nothing ?qual to it in that linepf food. If any body should doubt the value of the, collard, let him, without it, try to feed a doy.f'n hands during the harvest. For feeding laborers who do hard work on the farm there is nothing equal to the collard in value, and for /.i,a?.m%aoo ?f io nnf tA Im nnmnnroil cuciij'iicaa u ?jwv iv vviw|'uiv? | with anything else. An acre would; not be too much land to appropriate toi collards. They can be easily kept through the winter, and as food they; are better than tlie white cabbage,' which has about as much taste as a te- i darchip. What to Plant. A brother editor in writing a business letter to us, closes with the following jocular words: "I hope that you are prospering, and that you will pitch your crop judi-! eiously this year?one-half corn, two-' thirds oats, and three-fourths turnips. After this raise what cotton you can. Agriculture in this country must be reformed, and if the press can't do it! by precept may be it can be done by example." Whether we get the exact propor tionsas recommended, we venture to! fay that there is one farm on Hard Labor whose owner will not be compelled to come to Abbeville Court House to get Missouri raised corn to feed the mules that plow it next year. Although we did not have the fourth of a "season" after the 14th of April until the middle of August of last year, there i9 enough corn now in the crib to feed the mules and the men who; plowed it, until new corn comes again. As for turnips and turnip salad, wej have more than anybody, and have them at the least j>ossibIe cost. We had no ground ready at the proper time to sow the seed, and threw it! broadcast in the bottoms among corn ' about the latter part of August or the first of September. The result issmail turnips and salad in perfection, and in quantity in excess of all demands. And if we do not harvest a fair flulouijt oi sukill ^juiii iicai ?juiitr, somebody will be disappointed. We are going to practice what we preach.. ?..kg** Every farmer in Abbeville county , should read the address of Thomas llardetpan, which may be found iu another part of this paper. It speaks words of soberness and truth, in an attractive manner. The Southern World says of it: "To say thai if was elegant in its rhetoric, solid in logic, . wise in suggestions and admonitions, would- be brrt to sprak the single i truth." Head it. . * mm % yiji i: j. i -ts.?-twv .twrwxiiaicii"". ojrjmuj-lji_??*.l-i_x*. 'I'lie following article from (lie AY'//- J <al Record is m? full of truth that we j reproduce it. We have been of'en impressed with ti 10 susceptibility of re-; iigious i .!iio!'s to llie ii.thience of a I tew W i: i !o there ate honorable j <-\e<.-j-;i?ji;>. it i- mailer of fact that a j majority of the relij,'iot?sj press {rather t;p the greato.t <piatiity of such advertisements a* are refuse*! admittance into the columns of tlrst-elass secular papers. ThvMnli>'tl /' cord says: In a paper on thesubj<et of "Quackery, Ancient ami Modern," read b* Mr. Nelson Hardy before one of tin j .London branches of the Di iti.-ii Medi- I e:d Association, ti'.e following proposi- j lion, among othvis, was formulated: "Quackery ino>t readily finds its vie-j tims among the highest and lowest j social strata, not among the more intel-. lii^vnt middle classes; rem f if// also j amour/ nH'/iouft/?uji/i: ; hence, certain | <1 uacks always advertise largely in the! (so-called) religious periodicals." Mr. Hardy relets in llic above t?? I lie ' advertisements, not of quack nos- j (ruins, hut of quacks liu'insclvcs?persons who proclaim that tlicy can cure j "catarrh," ??r consumption, or cancer,] or the various physical aberrations ol'j "erring, hut noble young men." The j statement made that these persons ad-, vertise more, proportionately, in religious journals than in any other class, j is, we fear, a cot red one, both for this: country and Kugland. If it is a fact, it is one thai deserves] attention from the clergy and the re 1 i ! gious press. There is nothing erimi-; mil or wrong in a person's being im-j posed upon by quacks; and it may I even be to one's credit that he do:>s not j live in an altidude of constant sharpness and suspicion. The mental alii-! tntle of the Christian, whether devout j or otherwise, is. as a rule, one of confidence and faith toward religious teachers and writers, and all connect- I ed therewith, lie would believe the professions of one who claimed tocure : consumption, if made in his religious journal, when ho would not if it were seen elsewhere. Ought the religious press to take advantage of this fact, j We commend to the Christian public Mr. Hardy's conclusion; that religious people are, through the agency ofi their periodicals, the most imposed upon of almost all classes. Jtnlge Press ley and Sunday Schools. We see by (lie newspapers that Judge Press ley is delivering Sunday School lectures on his circuit, while . .... ..... . ... , . Holding v/ourr. \\ e ueneve hi oununy .Schools and Sunday .School lectures,! but we do not like to see such matters mixed up with the Court. When a Judge on tlit* Circuit gets to lecturing! in Sunday Schools it is barely possible, that some evil disposed body may attribute a motive to the deed, and to avoid such a thing it might be well for the Judge to let others manage the Sunday Schools, lie would then at least have more time for self-examination, while enquiring into the justice or injustice of some of the sentences imposed upon some of the poor creatures who may be convicted in the criminal Courts. The severity of the punishment inflicted on petty sinners by some of our extremely pious Judges is revolting to one's sense of justice and humanity. Asa rule it is nut safe for petty offender* against the moral law to fall.in to the hands of the puritan, who may think he is serving his Maker by grinding a poor creature to dust. "Vengeance is mine, saith the Lord." It is not for the Judge to mete out vengeaueo. It is for him to mete out justice. ? . *.??? The Greenville Incendiaries. ? The four Greenville incendiaries have been refused a new trial, and we presume they will i?o sentenced to death, and that the extreme penalty of the law will be inflicted upon them at an early day. The conviction may be just, and they may deserve death, but when we remember the extraordinary efforts which the State made to get testimony with which to convict them, we are free to say that we believe^t would not be to the credit of the Democratic party to execute them. We cannot believe otherwise than that their execution, under the circumstances, is wrong,and that their death nt tl.i. Ii.ih/L nf flit* Inw will llnf ;nlii laurels to o?ir mi ministration of justice. When the State is under the necessity of pardoning notorious criminals, who had thrice been incapacitated by law from giving testimony, and then hiring several of the best lawyers in the State to convict men, whose leading counsel w a^- pronounced in open Court to be irresponsible for what he said, our sympathies are excited. This was a ease where the State in all its majesty, came down in all its might against four of its weakest and humblest citizens. The contest was an unequal one. Lye Soap. It is very important at this season to provide a sullicient quantity of good soap to last until the P'all of the year. A barrel of good lye soap may now be made for a very small cost, ami no farmer who neglects to make soap need expect to grow rich. This is the time to secure the lye when the ashes from the fire-place or the new ground may be utilized. We do not pretend to give instructions in the art of boiling soap, and merely mention the matter for fear that some of our readers may forget to provide themselves with this necessary article which may be secured by a little labor, without cost in money. When we see a farmer buying turpentine soap or concentrated lye, we are inclined to the opinion that he is running on liens and going to the uad generally. No thrifty citizen should neglect to make at least a barrel of good old fashioned lye soap in March. By Suiut George t' e Work Goes Bravely On. We met Captain Kirk la*t Monday, and from him we learn that arrangements forlhe commencement of work on the Atlantic and French Broad Valley Railroad are being perfected and that it is thought that Messrs. Oliver & Child# will undertake the fulfillment of their contract in May. The prospects art' more hopeful Hum ever, and it really seems that we are to have thegreate.st read in the Southern States. Short Articles?Somethings I Have Learned. [Jiarnwcll Srntinch] Mews. Kilitors: I have learned that brisk, active, open and lively enemies are of incalculable service to a man; they keep him wideawake?they won't let him go to sleep?they stir him up?they uive him a sort of mental qui vivc, winch is' worth a great deal to a man. Now they do help one to lind out tlieir faults, which every sensible person wants to know, and to correct, in some respects, an open enemy is of more use to you than a l'riend. Friends will Hatter; enemies, never; friends will exasperate your virtues; enemies, never. Friends, from motives of charity, will often connive at pour conduct, "but enemies, never. We really! think it is no bad rule to have always on hand, one or two open, brisk enemies, they are of great use to a man. IJeware 1 of secret enemies; from such pray to be delivered. I have learned an the second lesson, thet enemies are sure proof you arc somebody. If you are an empty, worthless, wisiiy wasliy person, 3-011 will never have any enemies. A man that never movis, either in thought, 1'eelina or sentiment,, but who is thoroughly dead and buried, such a person can never have any enemies, for the following reason: Such a person never runs against anything, and nothing runs against him; heisameie blank?a cypher in the world, hut let a person be manly, bold and brave (i. e.j "be a man," show that he is a man ; ho linn, fixed, steadfast and impolitic in Ins principles, his life, his utterances. Such ;i person is as sure of having enemies as the politic ami cowardly man is of having sycophants, and one open enemy is worth more to a man than a thousand sycophants. I draw two inferences from this article: 1st. That open, active enemies aro of great use to a man. 2d. That enemies are proof you are somebody. J. F. 15U 1ST, Bamberg, S. C. Febuary 21,18*2. REi'L'ULICAXS IX COUNCIL. J TIic Conference Held in Pnrker's Ilall; ?All Ayi>ii;:vs of Approach tlni'.r.Ivd ; mill 1 In* Ncu sjuijti-r Reporters ilnvc! fo Resort to Ingenious li?:vicos in Onlor (o Got the Proceedings. "Coinini1 Keytcr. The long-talkcd-of Republican "ooiv! fercneo,' look phleo in Parker's Hal! j yesterday. In iIn* hall in which tho mooting was1 held was iw inaccessible as tho Uock of i;ihrnltar, every avonno of aipproaeh beinjl watched by vigilant delegates who | seemed determined to foil the ingenious! attempts of tho newspaper reporters tol liscover the'natnre of the secret deliberations. A solemn ple.lgeof reerecy was i enjoined upon each member* who was admonished hy the proMdingoilicor to resist the sejni-tive appeals of news-gathers. !?ut, despite all these efforts to keep the proceedings secret, the subjoined highly i interest in:; details leaked out. now unsi ami who wa.?lhe happy medium of communication are secrets locked inviolate in the honest, reporter's breast. Knowing the avidity with whieli the lh f/istrr will seize upon the morsels herewith set before them, the reporter takes j irreat satisfaction in chronicling the fid-j lowing diverting details, whieli arc trustworthy : At one o'eloek tlie meeting was railed I to order l>y Thomas K. Miller, the colored | Bcpublieen Senator from Beaufort county I and Major Harry Noah, of this city acted , as Secretary. Subsequently the.?e were! made permanent ollicers. In opening the proceedings the President briefly state?! the object of the conference. He adverted to the fact that the personnel of! the convention was much better than any held by the liepublicans of South Carolina Jbr tnanv years p;isl. He ascribed this to the mode which had been employed of making up the membership, i It had not been lelt to the vulgar massesI to select delegiftes, but they lia< 1 been invited t>v the Executive Committee. A Committee on Credentials w.ar?ap-| pointed, and each member's name wasi signed to the roll. It was found thatj nearly all the Counties were represented, | some of which, flow ever, sent only one; delegate, while others sent i>~s many asj six. j After adjournment Miller furnished the following list, of delegates : I Abbeville none. Aiken, 10. M. Bravlon. G. II. Holland, B. P. Chattield. Anderson, none. Barnwell, S. II. Blocker Beaufort, T. K.Miller. Charleston, J. .T. Wright. William Crum, Wni. N. Taft, W. 11. Thompson,' ! '. a. llolThion, J. F. Ensor, Aaron Lo gan, It. M. Wallace. Chester. (A C. McCoy, Allison Walker, ('hesterlield, II. L. Shrewsbury. Clarendon, S.vfax Milton. Colleton, W.'r. Myers, Wm. Thomas, 10. J. Jolinsniu Darlington, J. S. Smith, John Iseai*. Edgefield, none. Fairfield, J. iivrd, J. P. Laken, B. Johnson. George town, W. J. Moultrie, Geo. liar- j riott. j Greenville, D. R. S peers, C. Cv Scott. Hampton, E. A. Brabhatn. j Horry, G. Singleton. Kershaw, J. II. Johson, K. II. Dibble,; C. U. Levy. I Lancaster, T. A. Clinton. [ Laufens none. Lexington, Simeon Corley. Marion, W. A. Hay no, W. II. Collier. Mallmro, none. I Newberry, H. Kennedy, It. W. Boone, I i B. B. Boozer. I Oconee, E. F. Rlodgctt-? Orangaburg, E. A Wcbstei'. Pickens, none. I Richland, S. W. Melton, E. C. C'arr, A.! i W. Curtis, K. M. Stobor, C. J. Stolbrand,! C. Barhnin, E. M. Pincknev, II. Logan,' > r T1 r " T.v.. ^ [A. lico, i^o wis trior, .u. >\. r mu. . j .Spartanburg, none. I Xulnter, Samuel Lee. Union, .1. S. Mobley. Williamsburg, Win. Scott, C Whitehead. | York, J. L. Watson, S. S. Wallace. i i Tlic complexion of the convention was | mixed, the whites and blacks being near-? ! ly equally divided. | * As soon as it was announced that the ; meeting was ready for business, five or! six delegates rose to their feet with resolutions and motions. These resolutions! I were enough alike to have been prepared j by the same person. They all evinced a; ! hostility to the Democratic partv and laid j to their charge all manner of crimes., | The grievances of the poor Republican j masses were depicted in the usual elo-j j quent terms, and alleged short-coinrnings and criminal outgoings of the late Legis! lature met \Vith fervid rebuke. After |enumerating countless wrongs which. I had been heaped upon themselves, the ! new election and registration laws came in for severe condemnation. Congress' | was importuned to como to the party's isiiceoi\ i j Each one of these resolutions as it was J I read elicited a sharp debate, showing that j !nil the members were not in accord on ; these subjects. It was seen that there] ! would be 110 end to the bickering, so it wss I Hinf -ill llin resolutions which i had Docn introduced should be submitted ; to a special committeo lor revision and; and consolidation into one grand sweeping resolution, which should carry all things before it. ! 'J'ho fiamers of this document at once j addressed thomsclves to their labor and j the convention took a recess for dinner. I At five o'clock P. M., when they recon-l vened, the formidable paper confronted ; them. It was merely an cnlargsd edition [oftho first resolutions. After a well-! ! worded preamble came sundry resolutions, framed in high-sounding and e.\' travagant terms. The authors of tliis i I mammoth piece of grotesque verbiage land rediculonsly weak argumentation' ! expected that it would meet with nooppo-: ! sit ion. In this, however, they were griov-j : ovsly in error. No sooner had it been j j read* than severnal delegates were upon j ! their feet ready to make vehement ! speeches against its adoption. The speech- j I making began immediately and it contin-; I ued for many hours. j Shortly before midnight a reporter of, ] the Register met District Attorney S. \V.! j Melton and Mr. 15. P. Chatficld, who filiform cd him that just before adjournment the seal of secrecy had been removed in-1 jasmuch as the final action of the conven-, | tion was concerned. These gentlemen j then said : "The only action taken was | to pass a resolution instructing tho Rei publican Executive Committee to takei such action as might be advised to have Republican Supervisors appointed under the law of the United States to supervise the registration of voters provided by the State laws." . Correct Language. We once heard a very superior woman say, when speaking of a certain gentlei man of her acquaintance, that she could : j sit up all night to hear him talk, because, no matter what wax the subject, his Ian- i guage was so correct, every word so apj propriutcly chosen, and jet without any j efi'ort, or the least appearancc of pedan- j try, he invested the topic under discussion j i with a certain undellnable charm that | chained her attention for hours, without i any weariness. And we know a lady j who, in conversation, can make tho most j commonplace subject charming and en! tertaining to her audience, because of her | amiable and vivacious manner, her free1 dom from vanity, her great desire to | please, and her correct languurje. As our I young friends can acquire this art, habit, or what they please to call it, in talking and in writing,'.while in their early youth, let them read the following extract from an au11less uy a uisuuguiMieu ^ciniciumi, before a class of young ladies. "l'robabl.v there is not an instrument 1 in common use, Irom a pencil to a piano, which is used so imperfectly as language, j You were well taught here, and most of you have been using the English you learned ;for some time since you gradua-j ted. iJut, if you will let me ho plain, I suspect that it would he safe to oiler a gold I medal as a prize to every young ladv here who will not beforo to-morrow night lit-' ter some sentence that cannot be parsed ; J will put no singulars or plurals into forbidding connections; will drop no participles, douhie no negatives, mix no metaphors, tangle no parentheses, begin not statement two or three times over without I finishing it, and not once construct a prop- j osition after this manner: "When a per- j son talks like that, they ought to be, ashamed of it." "We all repeat and perpotute con von-j tional blunders and hereditary solecisms without once applying the study of four or live years in syntax and conjugation to our current speech. Where is the reform to begin? I say, emphatically, set about graminatie corrections, tlrst of all. Watch yourself. Criticise yourself. He intolerant with yourself. Get some house- j mate to expose you. Say over the thing correctly till the mistake is made ltupos-j sible. It would be no more discreditable to your training to finish a picture out of ] drawing, or to misspell our Territories,! or to mistranslate a line of Virgil, or to I llat in music, than to confound ihe parts of speech in a morning call. iNtniiiug is 10 ut saiu 01 siaug. ji i were to exhort tlio.se who are here on that, mailer, it should ho only to forbearance, in that they are obliged to bear it from | their ill-beil acquaintances. "Awfnl hand- j some "and "horrid nice" and "jolly sun-| set, "and all that pitiful dialect, cotningi of weak heads and early neglect, we shall | have to bear with till seteetand highloned i schools have chastened the manners and j elevated the spirit of the better condition-1 od classes; and' through them, the im-j; proved standard will work its way out-' ward and downward into the 'public} schools and the , homes of the people.! Unexpected hyperbole is often witty; but nonsense is nut, nor arc stale repetitiona of nonsense. < "An ill-natured bachelor shamefully! reports that he has entered in his diary a !' thousand scraps of talk of young women 11 overheard in the streets and houses, of which seven hundred and eighty begin: I Says I, 'or ,Says he, 'and a hundred and twenty contain the combinations 'just i splendid, "tituck up, 'and 'perfectly love- i ly.'" I MARRIED FOR MONEY. A Young Lady Weds a Rralieman toj,' Save her Own Fori 11:11*. Atlanta Post Apprul. TI10 following remarkable storv was imparted to a J'cst-A itpcal reporter l?y ?i, nuiro.n'l man. The names are purposely changed, but the facts nr? vouched lor, :iml will be recognized by the few familiar with the facts in this city : It was nearly time for the ears to leave. Passengers hurried to and fro looking alter their baggage. A carriage drove up and stopped in front of the ear shed. A beautiful young woman leaped out and rushed through the crowd and into the baggage cur Confronting the conductoi she said, "Are yon a married man?" "I am madam," lie answered. Turning to the baggage master she asked, "Areyou married sir?" "I am not," was the reply. "Willyou marty me?" she asked. "Xo, madam ; I will not marry you ; what are you doing here anyhow ? The ears will leave in a few minutes and you had better get of!'." Bonton the brakeinan, who was sitting near with Ids hands in a bucket of axel grease, locked up at the young lady and said : "Madam, I will marry you if you will wait till I get the gveaso ofT'my hands." "Very well," she answered ; "you will do, come along with mo." They walked to the carrirge together, entered, and drove rapidly aw Ay to the ofiiee of Mr. Meritt, an attorney. Arriving here, the lady introduced Benton to the lawyer. "Are you of age ?" (juried Mr. Merritt. 1 "lam," replied Kenton. "Will you marry this woman i" j "I will, sir." "And for a consideration will you promise to leave this country alter you have married her ?" "Yes, I will do that." "Then (tossing him a fifty dollar note) take this, go buy you a suit of clothes and come back." In a short, while Ronton returned, and accompanied bv liis brklc expectant and i Mr. Merritt, proceeded to a minister's.! where the marriage cercmonj* was briefly j performed. Then taking the groom aside! Mr. Merritt said : "Tin yo'.m? laly to, whom you are married was Miss Ger-j trndo Tuinpleton. She is the heiress of a considerable fortune* When her father died and left Iter an orphan he made a; will of which I ain the executor. The! will provides that the legacy bequeathed j t<> Miss Teniplcton should be left with] Mr. Carson, a friend of her father's, and not delivered up him until the young I lady was married. * We have frequently | attempted to get the money but failed. Beiiig limited to her support. Miss Tem- j pleton has scarcely been known in social circles. I have work 3d up the case in j this way to obtain the inheritance for her. Now, get your wife and go with me to Carson and demand the heritage." Tho| three then repaired to the ollice of Mr. Carson, and Benton having been introduced as the husband of the young lady the deliverenco of the incritanec was asked. At first it was refused. "Do you | not know me, and is not my standing good in the city ?"'asked Mr. Merritt of! Carson. Thereupon the money wassur-j rendered. "Now," said Mr. Merritt to Benton "go get your boarding houso and call j Again to see me to-morrow. In tho mean time let this lady take care of herself. They parted, arid tin; next day lien Ion called according to their engagement. "Well, my friend began the lawyer, "wo want you to go to some foreign country for two or three years; what consideration do you demand ?" "I don't know , .what is my wife worth ?" "We will say ?200,000. %What do you ask to leave?" "Oh, we wish you to bo satisfied ; how much will you take ?" "Well, sir, I want my wife." "Butdid you* not promise--Yor a consideration to depart the country after you married her ?" "True, I diil : but I have changed my i mind, and will be content with nothing! else but her." "You cannot, get her ; you must be bound by your promise ; name the sum." J "I shall accept no other consideration. By the laws of the State she is my wife, and I shall have her." "Well, hero, take this." (Han ling him five hundred dollars.) "Go see whether she is willing to bo your wife, and let ino know what von decide upon/' Benton called to his bride and obtained permission to visit her again and again. In the course of a few months they had agreed to live as man and wife. Meanwhile Mr. Merritt inquired about Benton and learned that he was of a sulendid l'amilv. The inheritance was delivered into their possession, and to-day they are living in Atlanta in alllnent, eironinstances, the happy parents of a household of bright children. This is no fiction. These facts are true, except that fictitious names are assumed, because the writer is not hutliorized to ?ivu the real names of the partics to his romance in real life. The Razor Back Hog. To the traveler through Texas ono of the strangest and most peculiar features of the landscape is the razor back hog. He is of the Swiss cottage stylo of architecture. His physical outline is angular to a degree unknown outside of a textbook on the science of geometry. His ears, of the few rags and tatters of them that tbe dogs have left, and furled back with a knowing, vagabond air. His tail has no curl in it, but it is as liinp as a wet dishrag hung out of a back window Jto dry. The highest peak of his coirugatedj back in six iiichcsnbove tho level of thuj root of his tail. He does not walk with j the slow and stately step of patrician j Berkshire, but usually goes in a lively trot. He leaves the impression that tlibi was late in starting in the morning and is making up for lost time, or that he is In ! doubt about the payment of that check, i and, is hurrying to*get it cr.shed before j the bank closes. The country razor-back prowls around! ia the woods and lives on acorns, pecan ! nuts and roots ; when ho can spare time I he climbs under his owner's fencejand assists in harvesting tho ?orn crop. In this'respect he is neighborly fo a fault, and when his duty to his owner's crop allow he will readily turn in and assist the neighbor, even working a; night rather than see the crop spoil for want of attention. Tho ham of a country razos-back is more juicy than the hind leg of an iron fire-dog, but not quiteso fat as a pine knot. Alio ciiv razor-uacK aiiters irom ins I country relative only in the matter of .the j quality of his food, and in the length ofj his tail. The eitj' species prey on the roots I of tropical plants and other garden inqu-1 ries instead of corn, and eat cinders and old type in the hack alley instead of the i acorns and pecans of the breezy woodland j that are assimilated in the digestive organs of the country hus apcr. The tail of the city hog has usually been J chewed off in early life by dogs : in other] words.it has been curtailed. This, arid | the arid patches on his back, where Hie I hair has been scalded off by the enraged | boarding house cook, adds much to the] picturesque appearance of the brute. A j man once told us that the razor-back hogi was the only bird of prey that was am-j plnbiousin its habits, and could lift a gate] off its hinges without ruffling a feather. Views on the Political Outlook, [Aiken Recorder.] We commend the following extract, which we make from a thoughtful ?nd well considered editorial in the Abbeville 1'rcss and Banner of last week. Let tho true men of the Democratic party read, mark, learn and inwardly digest. Examine the fortifications and see where they are weak or improperly constructed, and then set to work and repair the works with our own forces and within our own j lines. Political discussions and party divisions ! arc the true safeguards of a Constitution- j al Government. If one party was loft in ; undisturbed possession <>f the ground, tli?: tree of liberty would rot to the very roots, morality and decency would disappear and foul red-handed vice and corruption would usurp the high places of tho land. We therefore say that party agitation is like the tireless "waves of ocean, it purifies the elements of government just as the fretful billows bring purification and grandeur to the briny sea. While we do j not object, but on the contrary encourage | mis, \\ e insist iiiui, every ijemucnu snail .stand true to his colors and strive to devise new ways and means for the success of the parly.* Let lis rcllcct and examine carefully and see where we are wanting. Our thoughtful coteinporary says: "In an' event like this the colored voters of the I Stale will certainly hold the balance oil power. F.?r this reason it is imperative tiiat party leaders move with the greatest j discretion and act with unerring wisdom." j He is right, thorotihghly and emphatically right. It i* our duty to take a new departure and demonstrate to the colored race that we take an earnest, kindly in- j terest in their welfare. We must make it fashionable for them to enroll themselves, as lTemocrnts, and the most tangible and eflective method by which this demontra-; lion can be made is to siiow them that wo desire their moral and menial elevation by an ample provision for common school education. Let the State do all it can and then keep knocking at. the doors of the Federal treasury for the means to carry on this grand and magnificent work. The' National Government conferred oil them the right of sutlrage, now lot them aid us to make them competent to exercise this the greatest privilege of a freeman. We are opposed to allowing the Republican; party to slandany longer in the assumed position of the guardian of the negro. . We insist that all true Democrats who love their Stale and country must step to the front anil lead tho colored people into , our ranks by works of utility in their welfare. This is the way to kill out "Builders Parties" and so-called "Parties of I ho People." Our views may be unpalatable to some, , but wo euro not one iota, because wo know we are acting in the best interests of humanity and of our beloved Carolina, lint j read tiie interesting extract l'rotn our co-, | temporary's editorial. ji THE FARMER'S TRUE POLICY. h CI C< Address of Thomas Hardeman, Fresi- ^ dent of the Slate Agricultural Soci-'u cty, Delivered ut tin* Seini-Auiiuul S Session in Augusta, Febuary 14111*'. iss2. i; (JenUtmtn o/ the Convention : 11 A short, but comprehensive lesson Is found : v in lliut simple Injunction of Pope, "Know , ilien tnysult." It iiililleases Itsell forcibly to [ man iu every vocation in life ami 10 no one, >. with moie ennu->tne:?s of exhortation and power ol suggestive examination, tiian to ihe [ agriculturists of Georgia. A revolution of s coiMiiciing elements ami warring sectiohs has i niccecded by n revolution ol industries of iu s nor systems, of society organization ami in- *| iliviilu il responsibilities, v\ hichahas, in ogreal i degree, lelt lliein in a new civi|i7,.|U,.n, j] , tn the'old, with such altered surroundings, i that they have not lully realized whether they ; nelong to I lie old or the new. to tlio dead past i or the living present. Wandering through f the mazes <>: this unccrtuiu state. Undine here | < and thCrca landmark of tin- past, among the! t .'i'ngor hoards of the present, that are pointing . i in a dlieetion opposite to that in which they j < are wont to tread, they sit down in confusion, I i afraid to pursue Ihe almost abandoned paths L their fathers trod, ami yet hesitating Miother ' ] to diverge into those new ones, whose courses | nave hen blazed by hold pioneers and along 11 which science hassuspcmled her beacon lumps! i to guide their 'oolslops. Behind them are Ihe j i ruined lorllines of the past; around them are | < the surroundings of the present, threatening; < and dark; before them, dimly out-lined In the' i tut lire, are the wrecks of venture and speeuia- j \ tion left by those who, regardless of warning* i and (cachings, attempted to master ihe new!, by t lie effete process of theold. I n thisdik'in- j1 inn many are foUnd to-day. unwilling to re-' | cede, yet reluctant, because of olil associations, [ old habits and former teachings to enter those j new avenues that the present and future is | opening and will open before them. A proper i Milu'.ion of the dilliculty that surrounds is the i fact they know not thimxelrcx, and In their igno- j j ranee of so'f they are unwilling to attempt a ( solution of the industrial problem of 1 lie pros- | ent. This igtioranee of self, makes the plan-1 < t??r/u'.? oieu enemy, and this I shall attempt to I j show to-day. If scll-prcscrvntion is an evi-l deuce of self-love. Its converse (sclf-destruc-; tion; should be conclusive of enmity to self, j '1'lie one guards with watchful fidelity evervh interest-protects person and properly irotti h harm or li Jury; the other invites mislorlunc, 11<< 111 u> ?> 11II uaiiL;n , IIIII<-> ?iiu |uvn iulhv^, ' ; neglects opportunities and in wantonness of 11 cruelty placesinits iiosrtm an asp, Hint will h poison ils life blood. As tlic surgeon applies i the scalpel 11> tlic unsound limb to restore t!? 11 patient to health, so it' in my plain practice I j wound to-day, believe me, I do so only to Ileal; and If I use not the knife of the skillful opera-' tor, it will i?o because, in my ignorance. I may think the blister of i he a pot hecary will restore to healthy vit.illty the diseased organs of the j patient. I assert first. That man Is an enemy to] himself who persistently follow a course that I destroys his independence, mats his peace of j mind and adds nothing or but little to his In- j come or his happiness. Are any of our farm- j ers pursuing tills policy? Important, <l?ery !! More important the answer. I Lhink'Uiat no I well informed man will deny that the system ) now practiced by many of them Is subject to j' the criticism I have made, and may bejustly . styled a suicidal one?destroying at onto their j independence and prosperity, independence 1:5 defined a state hi which a person does not; rc^y upon others lor subsistence -a complete; exemption from tiie control or power of others. How many farmers of fJeorgia can lay claim to this independent position? How! many of them, under a damaging system of; credit farming, make the merchant's store house their commissariat and the banker's ac- j coinrnodation their only means of mainten-i aiice? Verily, how many In our stale, upon ; | an examination of barns and larders, would he found subject to criticism?I will nut say ! indictment--under that section of the Code, | I which speaks of those "having no vixitdej means of support." Have onr people ever; considered if, under the uncertain operations ! I of existing laws, ur the Inahiiiiy ortheun win ingress di caj>i musts, crcuik snouei miu denly I??i withheldandaccommodationsbede- j jnled, what, v.oul'l l?c the condition of thousands of farmers In Georgia ? With but liti l<? : corn in the cribs and no bacon in tlie mnoke houses. liard, bard indeed would be tlie coiii test for subsistence and I lie struggle for bread. I I And year alter year cotton is almost exrlufsiveiy cultivated, vhiic scanty coi n supplies i are (ha/lnd into the burns and rations of meat I i are Issued in proportion to the mortgage eajpacities of the purchasers. Is that man aj friend to himself, who, having land and stock, | j depends upon others to furnish liiin and them I with subsistence? Kay not under the new civ- j j ill/at ion it Is cheaper to purchase than to raise ; these supplies. Tilts Is only an unsatisfactory |excuse for the ruinous policy you are pursuing, for I assert that thecostof transportation | of a bushel of corn or oals from the granaries [of the West to the burn yard of the fanner, added to the Interest charged f ir votir credit, would pay for raising the same, thereby saving to l lie purchaser t lie priniccostof the supplies; but say you. this would be otherwise! but for the exactions of the merchant. This, to some extent, would b e true, but who is re- j l sponsible f ?r this condition of dependence ui>j on merchants; and when do you e.Vpcet the : exactions you complain of will cease? I an' swer for you : Your system lives upon credit, and exactions will follow credit, in every injdustry and profession, a1! long as man can speculate upon the necessities of man. Joi>eph and his brethren?real characters iuthccen* i turles gone? only typified many In this our i ilnv nml tmnnrut inn. ThftKf* oxhpI liinv urn nnt eonllnel lo meichants alone. Tlioy arc characteristic of our fail-n nature In every calling | in lilo; and the farmer of to-day linds himself in the condition of the Jews during reign of I Neheiniah, who, alter having" "mortgaged | their lauds, vineyard* and houses, that they nileht buy corn." and having "borrowed nion-1 ey for the King's tribute, and that upon ttic ir ' } lands and vineyards" (under a crop ll.m. I j I imagine), complained heavily of their Inability lo redeem them hocausc of I he usurious ! demands of the rulers all I nobles. Exactions i were of ancient origin, and have existed and will exist whenever and whenever human 'necessities Invite and will bear them. Are I they imposed upon you? and do they para- j I lyase your industry and consume vourearnI ings ? Then you are enemies to yourselves if, j having tiie remedy In your own hftnds you rei fuse lo apply it. Censure not longer the hand that gives, if vou invite and willingly receive tiie blow. Stop t4fe opportunity to crush and exactions will cease. Feed yourselves, r.nd your supplies will not smack of usury, m.r; your larder be flikd with meat that savors of i extortion. 1 Let IJunl plant, and Ood will give the In' crease. Think not that I would destroy ered1 it?fal' from It- for credit, based upon thcability and willingness to pay, is the life blood of commerce; but credit exacted from the necessities of iiunianily and the sweat of the poor Is dungeons in theory and destructive In practice. Hut suppo.-e credit has not entirely failed, but by some forcing prot-ess you could eommtind some, but owing lo io" c eai.se crops failed in I lu-se sections. f;om which your sup plies were expected, what would l?c the condition of those dojicndi n's, wlfo looked to a j distant Kgjpt for eorn? I will not answer? j will ?>n'y s i.v tl.ere are no .lo--ei lis in Fg.vpt now, and the sucks you send, if scantily lilted with money, will be returned as scantily filled with eorn. 'caving you with un a .s exhausted ! and necessities poorly supplied. Hut if this dependence Is damaging to your intercut, how innch ntoie so is it to your independence of action and your manhood? Are you Irce! men, when.you are manacled with obligations I to others, forged by your own necessities? ! Arc you freeholders?owing the land from wlifch yon should gain subsistence and independence?or are you simply tenants by .suft feiance, liable to be ejected on failure to meet your mortgage obligations ? Arc you tiie regulator of your own actions, the controller of the fruits of your own toil, when all yon have is pledged for bread and all yon make Is disposed of at prices ruling at the litneol the ma "un ity of your promises lo pay ? God deliver me, my countrymen, from that so I Miit posed dependence that will make me a ' liewer of wood and a drawer of water" to j him whose "yes" to my publications in my necessities is often coupled with humiliating exact ions, and whose emphatic "no" closes my hams anil circumscribes my operations. I speak to-day to the credit farmers of Georgia? to the corn and meat buying agriculturists. Arc you not enemies to yourselves to pursue longer this ruinous policy ? Deceive not yourselves and your families in obtaining thefce j blessings?If blessings you call them?for though Esau's hand is counterfeited in securing them Jacob's voice is recognized in the j deceptive transaction. They are not blessings, my countrymen. Providence did not I give yen tills fttlr land of ours, that you sliold go to E-'ypt for corn : it was given you to feed and sustain you. and you pervert the object of [ the gift when you fall to do this. By the sweat of your brow-ye shall cat bread, is the law of Ilcaven?writ ted by God's own hands on the land he gave you as umnistakcahly as were the laws on Ihestoney tablet. Pervert It, if yon will, employ other agencies than you are canin'andeu to u-e, In the end they will come to misfortune. The water obtained will be waters ot Merlbah, in securing, which,contrary to Heaven's decree, you are debarring yourselves from entering the Canaan of your hopes. That land you may think lies elsewhere, and you may send a man from every tribe "lo spy out" the promised Canaan and "see the land what It Is, and they may Journey from Zlon unto Rehab, from Hebron unto Escliol brook, and though they bring ba-:k figs and pomegranites and grapes of Escliol, they will bring also evil repoi t of the land, for the cities are wailed In and the sons of Anak are : there, and giants of opposition are in the way." These retard our march here In this land of ours, but not more so than in others seemingly .more inviting. It i s the people ns much as it is the country that, makes prosperity and success. The thrifty man wit be thrifty any where. The Idle, I lie extravagant, the non-progressive will be drones and thriftless everywhere. The disposition to emigrate from Georgia homes is prompted by h want of activity and encouraged by farming without method, extravagance, bnsed upon credit too easily obtained, and a criminal refusal to keep up with the progressive spirit of tlicage. The land of prosperity is only entrred through the gates of ditllrulty.nnd the fruits of success are ' only gathered by bauds who labored to raise j them. And he who enters that land, with Its Iruiisai d its milk and honey, must go through those well guarded -:ates, for if he attempts any other entianee he will be smitten by Amah-kite creditors i nd Canaanite extortion-! ers. And a well adjusted system < f farming. I regulated by enlightened culture and carried | on by all the improvements of modern Invention, will Insure success and prevent emigration : It will till the store houses with provls! .1. . .. ..... ...Ill, nnmiilu ll,n til 11, money and homes with comfort and contentment. Emigration will thi'n cen-e and mort- | ( sragc liens will he classed among the criminal j lollies of the past. 'l Homes without household comforts have no j | .attractions for the young; homes without i supplies and support for man and beast have no permanent hold ou the affections of either young or old. Arc you suprised that the ambitious boy or the thriftless man desire to ahaudom such homes nnd seek others in the imaginary Kldoradoos of the West? It is otherwise with self-su>tnlnlng homes, where I plenty crowns the boards and Intelligence il-' | laminates the hearth-stones. "Who ever | I heard," said an essayist before my county:' society, "?;f a man iiioovIiik to Texas wltli a' crib full of corn ? Who cvei heard of a man | going into bankruptcy, or being sold out' under a crop lien, with n crib full of corn?" Who ever heard of a farmer being ground uetween the upper and nether mill stones of want ami usury, wltli a crib full of corn ? Who ever saw a mortgage mule?that special r object of care of the philanthropic JSergh? being/, fucd from a crib luil of corn ? .selfsupporting countries only furnish cribs full of \ corn. I lilted to have said a crib lull of ear t corn. That Is superfluous; for who ever 11 heard of a crib full of sacked corn ? Atfrleul-! ( tural statistlcs'do not record It.; for, likelhcij. i<'.icbing<o; the Prophet to K]>hraim, It is only | In ri! n Utile and Ihcre a 111 tie"* in tin1 con- e traded barns ol tin- country, and that little't loo often unfit for the summer's use. .My [ friends, have you ever analyzed a bushel of; credit raised corn? Jf not, send It to the head of the economy department of your homo j government for inspection, and bis report j uoonil will beaboutas follows: It lias very1 Utile soluble matter that furnishes meat, anil 1 _ bone: lis fcrlili/.ltm?fattening properties! extremely limited?levenen mailer or ? !? infill-lli.it me ess mi I in I us plant food ccouo-1 r inically sn|>p)[til. A total absence of the I :i in it ion i;i ni' hospitality, because, owing to J the use of the lime of gnat cost, it lias been i si't free; mill being volatile It litis e-enped. j Wlilc tli<! totiil avalliilile is u'lout.iH) cents thei commcrclal value, owing to credit prices ot the Ingredients. is SI.W. It Is not strange from Km analysis I hat it Is rarely gl veil to i fowls ; horses nnil ir.iiles do not find it n good J [ippcti/.lng esculent, while the neglected hog realizes too late it eontiilns the seeds of cholera and death. Fiot.i a sysli-ni furnish- _ Inn such corn, in tin- language of tlii? Litany, < "good Lord deliver lis." These are Clianaas, Mid these only, for bought supplies have not. I,lie Sitvor of "ini 1U and honey," and credit running makes uo wilderness hioss.uii as the ' rysc. Joy builds 110 ultar in a liyinc of wunt;! 1 nppiness gialdcns no heart where iw'erend- i nee Is banished?manhood Is dwafed and ten lint-lit estranged. The sun beehlnd a I'lond, is faintly visible at noonday iirougli u hazy rll't, then sets at evenlr.c In ?mpcst anil stonn. Night, night? a long ighl of sorrow and glouni?succceds the day f darkness and cloud. The farmer show* himself his own enemy. y a refusal bused upon prejudices, to avail imseif of the Inventions and appliances luit scienceIs dally furnishing to lighten his nbors and advance his industry. Hay what ro will of our prensent labor, I contend if iroperly managed and properly remunerated lis t ho hot for the farmer lie will ever get. (till it is, must be apparent, It is gradually inssing away or becoming too independent 0 work, and it Is a question tlie future will olve. whether the education of the negro, intier his false idea of freedom, will not prove 1 curse rather than a blesMng, foi he iseduealng hisolIVpriiig to look upon manuei laboras nt'iiial and life as an existence only of pieties and pleasures. These false teachings line and neeeaslly. aif'ed by a generous piiil inthropy of the whites, may remedy, but In lew of their fal?c ideas. It becomee the armers of Georgia to avail themselves of| very assistance?every labor-s-iving taetor?: , hat science furnishes for the cultivation of: lie soil, As labor becomes scarce or inefti-! ;ient. It. must be substituted by labor-saving midlines which will plow anil sow and cultivate anil reap, thereby lessening the cost of j ri'-oduction and in the same ratio adding to the: profits ami Income of the farm. You have no : miner a virgin sol I that can tie opened yearly ' to cultivation. You have 110 money to buy | new lands, and yon have no longer labor you .11 ii cojjiiim no win ; iii'iKX* uir iiruc**Mij ??i concentrating labor anil means upon a nar-i rower area for a correspond ig lncren<e of yleld-perner?\ Tills pan ho effected by labor;avng machines, witli which onr farmers, generally are but little acquitted, lie who visited the Cotton Exposition must liavei been painfully Impressed with the idea that' we were so Ignorant of tliise inventions and ilds which were so economically employed i l>y other agriculturists, who kept pace with I Ihc march of scientific and economic ngrl-j culture. This Is an mrc of progeess. Science | is taxing her powers to lighten man's hur-; ilens and lo perform his labors. The work ofj hands?slow, toilsome and weary?Is being superceded by modern inventions and working machine*, and Ignorant prejudice must no longer reject, them, if you would keep pace wllli your progressive industry. Europe under the teachings of agricultural ?clence, lias taken a step in advance of our country, mid to-day stemn, instead of horse-power, Is plowing her lands and reaping her harvests, steam culture is now In succcsalul operation In England, Scotland, France, Austria, Kus?ia, Italy, Germany, India, West indies, I)amarara and 1'eni. The steam plow may I be ridiculed?so was the steam engine, which now transports your commerce, laughed at' by the vagon and cart unbeliever: so were thespinnlng jenny and mule ridiculed by the' sceptical spinner of oilier days. Yet now we! are" moved by machinery and dressed audi clothed by steam, and the day is coming! when steam and mechanical arencies to [ cheipcn production will be as important agencies In agriculture as they nre in com-1 metre. Agricultural science Is progressing, and he who laughs at Its march and rejects its assistance, is tampering with his interest and cheaply parting with ills birthright. The mechanic who sticks to the hand-saw, the Jack-plane nnd the chisel?discarding the assistance of machinery and the use of steam, is ajoiirneyman In his profession and a patchwork Jobber, while he who has kept up With the wonderful progress in the mechanic arts heroines the skillful artisan?the rich Inventor. the developer of industries and benefactor of Ills race, so lie who clings to the handloom and cotton cards ( F our inotliei's, c.innrt contend in textile and mechanical industry against the machinery of the factory, which under the guidance of skillful operatives, does the work of many hands. As in these Industries.so in agriculture,science will perform the work of hands, while natural agencies. under educated cnitrol, cultivate your fields and gather your crops. Away then with your prejudices iwhiiisI scientific Improvements, w hlcli aro formed in Ignorance and nursed because they were unknown to your fathers. Science tells you that rotation of crops Incicaue the productiveness of your lands,and that 'nothing is more exhausting to the soil than repeated c opplngs by the same product.'" yet most of our farmers, from necessity under this system, follow cotton and coi n with a little cost, thereby exhaustlug their soil and crippling their industry. A good example Is s>jt you by the most successful agricultural countries In Europe, ofa rotation system (forced in some by statutory regulations)hiennial, trienntlal.nnd in oiht-rs quardrennial?and each successive year adds to the fertility of their soil. Besides improving your soil this rotation would give you more Jeerceais and better results', for I will adhere to an opinion given you years ago. that with cereals as the main crop and cotton the surplus, your profit account would be larger than under your pre sent system. \\ ould thiit l could impress upon .von Unit it Is more profitable to raise more grain and less cotton thun to raise all cotton to boy Brain. Small grain Is cheaper and more profitable, hecausc they require fewer laborers, and therforea smaller number 011 the pay and supply roll, and is eqttaliy as good feed as corn ; and be assured hog cholera is not an epedemic where these are tyown in abundance, and stock do not look like a burn before 1 lie weather boarding Is put on. The agricultural statistics of Europe tell us the immense population andstock of their most progressive countries subsist entirely on wheat, oats, rye peas and root plants, and if they are profitable there with their small acreage and vast population, tlicy can In* equally so here, at least it is worthy of trl >1, for believe me, <11 versified furmlnir, aided by the appliances science can give, is th<> surest road to success. Hut lastly?farmers are enemies to their protessiou iii this? they underestimate and deeiyit. This Is evidencenced in the fact that lew of lliem study it, and fewer s'ili are educating th?'lr sons to master It. Rest assured there will btr no grand suivess in any eiiiling or profession that does not command the love of those en-jaged in them. Success is the reward of ctiori, and ellort is energized hy a love of the occupation in which we labor. The maible would have remained untruehed in the quarry, and the world would have never heed entrusted with tne Jupiter of 1'hydias.tl.e Greek S ave of I'owcrs or the Apollo Helvidersof the Vatican hud seulptur" possessed no charms and commanded nonlca*iint hours of stinly for those whose selt-imposed labor litis Inscribed llicir names upon tablets more lusting than the marble upon which ilii-y worked. The canvas would never have beenjanlmated with thecrcatlve fancies of the imliiti-r.ni id lovers of art would never have enjoyed the grand c inception of the lu*t.lu tgment of Michael Angelo, or the exprcs.-ive beauty and grandeur of Kaphael's Iran figuration had not their bosoms, fillc 1 with tiie soul of nature, longed and studied to cutcii its breuthlng spi it tnat they might transtcr to canvas it-; deep passion and ideal exFsteuce. The starry heavens would be regarded Ic-Jny as thoy were by the shepherds ui Galilee, hat not Galileo and Jupiter, Inspired by I heir love el sclenee, revealed their mysteries and transcribed their language. The llghtniims. acknowledging no laws, useless and unserviceable. Wou'd still wreathe our mountains wiih fiery guriands or leap from cloud to cloud amid crashing thunder, as they did around craggy Sinai, had not PianklthaHd Morse and oilier scientists opened the doorways of the skies and subjugated them to man's will and necessities. Science. Inspired by iter triumphs, is breaking the seals and opening new books of eaith and sea and sky, from whoso panes ure streaming the light ot new discoveries for the elevation of man and tiie glory of Ood. Astronomy is basking in ftie light of new constellations. Philosophy is argumentlng her Influence with the powers of new discoveries; mcchnhics is utilizing to her glory and elevation the properties ol earth and the elements of Heaven. And shall agriculture, that, art and science which existed before the flood and about which Moses wrote, and which is the basis of every art and the life-sustaining element of every science, be supplemented with no "fuller revelation of t he honors that crowns its industry, of the power that underlies the profession ami the distinction that may be attained in I 13 I>1 UU.Y . IIU JJUI .1111 l> I All; LIIU JIMIIIK IIIL-II of the e< untry to be educated to the belie: tlint laurels run only be wen ut the "bar anil bench," styled by Alll-on "the charnel house oi' genius." when along the paths of other professions crowd honorable distinctions and upon the many columns in the temple of fame are will ten, In Ineffaceable characters, the names of scientists, mechanics, artists, agriculturists and professors, whose fame will be sounded down the corridors of the ages? Away wlih the Idea that there Is no merit in honorable labor and no distinction in agricultural pursuits! Agricultural scienct invites investigation and offers emoluments and honors to the geologist, the chemist, the botanist, the mineralogist, the physiologist, the philosopher who reveal its mysteries and unfold its blessings^ Seek not to degrade your profession by circumscribing its powers and influence. for as a provision it embraces a vast field of study and enters the domain of every science. Love, then, your calling; give to it your energies and your hopes, anil honors and rewards await you. Love it, because It Is dignified, honorable, manly. Heaven ordained. Study to build it up, for it is the foundation stone upon which Is built all prosperity, all advancement, n!l honor, t hese plain truths have been spoken to >ou time and again: butterfly they have not lost their power or apealby ai-e or repetition, lor, like the Sermon on the Mount, Its blessings are as pronounced, Its exhortations anas urgent as they were over eighteen centuries ago, when they were spoken to the muliliude from Gulllec and from Jerusalem and from beyond Jordan. Heed them and Ilcaven will smile upon your labors and crown them with riches and with Ironors. Ax editor on eoina away left his paper in charge of a minister. Luring the ministers ntjiv In the sanctum the following letter came from a mountain subscriber: "You know very well 1 paid my subseelptlon to your paper the last time I was In town, and If I uel any more Mich letters from yon a.> the -last, I will come down to town and maul hell out of you." The minister answered; "My dear sir, 1 have been trvinu to maul that thing out of the editor fi?r live years past, and u you will really come down and maul it out of him then, my dear sir, I havu twenty members of my church I will also net you to operate on !" O I'IIE SCALES on the Public .Square are now ' owned by Mr. J. s. Hammond, who will! je found prompt, reliable,and ac."omoioda- ! ling. The pudllc will find tills the place to lave their produce weighed. Feb. 1, 18s:>, H MOVED - _ 1'IIE FURNITURE STOKE OF J. I>. CIIAL1 MKRs Is now no longer up-sUilrs. W'c occupy half of l)r. E. PARKER'S store,! rhcrc nil of our l>est floods can be wen. On' he corner store at tli<> Dendy Corner, we I mvc it, tilled with OOTTAOE BEDSTEADS, ( 'MAI l!s. TAISLES, SOFAS, RURKAUS,! 'HA.MKS, MOt'LDINOS, ?vc. full nnd see us. We will sell you eoods at j It.v prices mid upon their merits. Just what hey are. Respectfully, J. D. Chalmers. Feb. I, lWJ.tl" Window Shades IMIAT will last for ten <>r twenty years?! prices from S*? cents to M.'J'i. J. 1). CHALMERS. | Feb. 1.1.WJ, tf t Looking; Glasses, r OOKINti GLASS PLATES to till frames, J . j of any size. .1. P. fHALMKUS. Feb. 1,1SS2, tf New Goods! New Goods ! | PO arrive tills week?one c.vi' sorlnjr mil-! I linery. It. M, llADDOX & CO. March 1,1?52, tf THE 010 RELIABLE! ONE OK?r THE BEST IEWAPERS IN THE SOUTH. f Mcratioiialii! Noimmorality! AUGUSTA. Chronicle and Constitntionalistj 18 8 2, SUBSCRIBE FOR IT! cpilE CHRONICLE AND CONSTITUTION1 A LIST Is the oldest newspaper in the South, and perhap* the oldest in the United States, having been established . In 1785. While thoroughly Democratic in princlplo.it Is liberal, progressive nnd tolerant. The CHIlONluLE contains the latest news from all parts of the world, and in recognized as u lii>t-chiHs pa^er. As an advertising mediuni.lt covers the country In Georgia and South Carolina tributary to Augusta. We endeavor to exclude sensntlonalism. We publish uo articles of an Immoral character. , TERMfe: Dall v. one yenr. $10 0? Ti l-weekly, one j 1'iir - ... 5 00 I Weekly. one year 2 00 Address WALSH & WRIGHT, Augusta, Ga. Jan. 25,1882, tf Columbia and Greenville Railroad. PASSENGEIl DEPARTMENT. Columbia, H. O., February 29, 1882. On nnd niter Sunday, Feb. 30th. 1?82, Passenger Trains will run as lierewlLli Indleaied upon tills Road and Its branehes. DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAYS. NO. 52. ITl* PASSENGER. Leave Columbia A '2 .10 p m Leave Alston 1 37 p m Leave Newberry - 2 37 p ni Leave Ninety-Six 4 10 p ni Leave Hodges . 5 00 p m Leave Belton 0 28 p m Arrive at Urcenvlllo 7 51 p m NO. 53. DOWN PASSENGEK. ! Leave Greenville at 8 44 a m I Leave Belton 10 11 a in Leave Hodges 11 30 pni Leave Ninety-Six 12145 p m Leave Newberry 1 59 p m Leave Alston 3 03 p m I Arrive at Columbia I<' 4 00 p m SI'AllTANI'UKG, UNION AND COLUMIJIA KAILKOAD. NO. 52. UP PASSENGER. Leave Alston.... 1 47 p m . Leave Strotlier 3 00 p m , Leave She! ton 3 55 p m Leave Santnc 5 01 p in Leave Union 6 09 p ni Leave Jonesvllle 7 05 p m j Arrive Spartanburg R. & D. depot E 8 35 p in MO. 53. DOWN PASSENGEK. Leave Spartanburg R. <fc I), depot H10 51a m Leave Spartanburg S.U.&C.depot OH CO p m I-eave lonesvllle 12 <)3 p in Leave Union 12 37 p m Leave Santnc 1 07 p m Leave Shelton 1'45 p ni Leave Strother 2 13 p in Arrive at Alston 2 56 p in I.AUHENS RAILKOAD. Leave Newberry 2 50 p m Arriveut Laurens (J. H 5 03 p ni j Leave Laurens (,'. II 11 15 a in Arrive at New berry 1 .'33 p in ABBEVILLE DIIANCH. Leave Hodges 5 12 p m Arrive at Abbfvllle (5 02 p m Leave Abbeville 10 30 a m Arrive at Hodges p m tit fro xi r lufrimin AVn A vncvqav U1CANCII. Leave Bel ton - 0 32 p m Leave Anderson 7 09 p m Leave Pendleton 7 52 p m Leave Seneca H 58 p m Arrive at. Walhalla 9 23 p m Leave Walhalla 7 20 a m Leave Seneca D 8 OS a in Leave Pendleton 8 43 a in Leave Anderson 9 24 a ir. Arrive at Belton 10 00 a in CONNECTIONS. Wllh South Carolina Railroad from Charleston. With Wllmlnirton.CoItiinb'aand Ainrusta Railroad from Wllmlncton and all points North thereof. With Charlotte, Columbia and Anaustn Rnllroid from Charlotte an<l all points North thereof. | }}. With Asheville and Spartanbnrsr Rollroad" for points in Western Norfh Carolina. (V Wftli Atlanta and Charlotte Division Richmond & Danville Railroad from all point*South and West. J), Willi Atlanta and Charlotte Division Richmond <fc Danville Railroad from Atlanta and beyond. !?'. With Atlanta nod Charlotte Division Richmond and Danville Railroad from all points South and West. | 1<\ With South Carolina Railroad for Charleston. With Wilmington,Columblaand I Aninsta Railroad for Wllmlncton and the Norih. With Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad for ClmrlottP and the North. With Asheville and Spartanburg Railroad from Ilendersonville. H. Willi Atlantaand Charlotte.Division Richmond and Danville Railroad from Clinr ! lottp ana neyontl Standard time used Is Washington. D. I which is fifteen minutes faster than Columbia. J. W. FItY, Superintendent. T. M. It. TA LCOTT. Gen. Manager. A. Popk. General 1'unsengvr Agent. T3EEIIS FOLLOWING GOODS I -ATNew York Cost "FOR CASH CLOAKS, BLANKETS, DOLMANS CANTON FLANNELS, HATS in all Styles. Embroidered Flannel, Wi ner Prints, Novelties, AT (ITT^TITTHTM TT I TUT A mTmrrT\T TIITiniT UUMMUAM & IMfLJSTUII. Jan. 25, 1831, tt" IT STANDS'AT THE HEAD! 'I'lIK Light Running, Underbralder, DomesI tic Sewing Machine. For durability, light running and simplicity, the Domestic stands at the head. For sale by It. M. 11 ADDON & CO. Feb. 1,1SS2, tf The News and Courier.?18S2. The yews and Courier, In the New Year, wilt iiave no other object than to help the people of Month Carolina to manage their own atfairs In I heir own way. To this end It will enI courage the expression of Intelligent opinion on subjects of generul Interest, and strive to j be llit- menus of laying before the whole .State i the % iews ot those who have something sensi| l)le to say, and know how tosny tt. The yews I ?>id Courier will not be a passive spectator of ! events. It will utter Its opinions frankly and fre- iy, but, holding that what Is wise and true has nothing to tear from analysis and discus. I slon, It will never seek to strengthen lis own : Dcslilun by suppressing the opinions of those who honestly differ from It. The yews and Cnwier, with one exception, | Is the only newsprper In the South Atlantic ! States which receives the whole hf the southern dlspathes of the New York Associated I 1'ress, and this service will be supplemented I by special dispatches from efery part of the j State and the I'nlted states. Recognizing the Importance of giving the people the earliest and most accurate inlelliI gi-nee In State and National attairs, The yews and Courier will assign one of the most trusted anil most capable mc mbers of Its Sta/1 to permanent duty at Columbia, and has stationed at Washington the gentlemen wtio earned j golden opinions while on duty at the .State Capital. This will Ue a year of ferment and possibly of change in South Carolina, and 1 what the people require is to have all the news, without tear or favor, and no matter whom It helps or hurts. The Resident Correspondent)!' the yews and QmrlcrvX Columbia will give our readers Information concern ing men unil things which can be obtained in no oilier newspaper. In like manner, the Resident Correspondent of the iWiwr and Courier ut Washington, having no oilier newspaper to nerve and being nobody's lieiiehinan, will be in position to report impartially the progress ol events and the acts of public men. The great effort of the iXcwa and Ouurier will be to get the most news, and lo gel it first and in the best shape. The purpose is to make It a newspaper that no businessman, no planter or fanner, no person interested in public uf- r fairs can afford to do without. !' The Sunday New* will retain its social and I . literary character, in connection with all the i news of the day, and the discussion of home I subjects of local import and application will be I continued. Herealler none of i lie news published In the Sunday Xcws will be published < ill the AVw? and Cuurier. The Tri- Weekly edition of the Xewn and\ C>wrier will be Issued as before, giving the i reader the news contained In the iVcwt and j Courier, willi slight exceptions, at one-half] the price. The Weekly Xeus will be greatly Improved. The Chess column and the Agricultural de- / part men t will be continued, l'uzzles andj \ Problems for young and old will ben pcrnui-,p lient leu lure, beginning With the Mew Year i n and in a few weeks we eliall begin the publi-1 li cation of "Ten Terrible 'Jales" by an English j v author of established reputation. Arrange- v incuts have been made likewise lor a ferial1 e Story by a South Carolina author whose works d have attained great populailty In Northern S periodicals. , I Theic is not anywhere in tlie South abetter II advertising meillum than the Sewn andO>ur- 11 ier, anil in .South Carolina it has ihe advertU- tl ins; Ill-Id, outside of the entluential weekly press In the country, virtually to Itself. It ii goes into every part of South Carolina and of the I'niled Stales, and has reached a com-! nmnding position with the* reading public j The terms of tliu -Yeica and Courier aie as follows: THE SKWS ANI> COfltlEK tine year 210 00 j Six months 500 1 Three mouths iliw ! ji'x i, t v v-L-u-a I y One year 2 IX) i Six liiontlis I 00 THE SEWS AND CO l" HI Kit TKt-WKKK J.Y* I _ One year o H) I Mx months 2 ->0 Three month* 1 *h) I'llK WEEKLY NKWS, J One year - o<) I (sis months I 09 i -AND[IPLE'lf, HAV13 now in store a complete lino of all kinds of UOOD.S. Wo call iul attention to our large stock fancy aid Italic Dry Goods, Flannels, Woolens, Jeans, Gents Underwear, CLOTHING, nAArnn i tin nnnnn BOUTS MI HOB, HATS AND CAPS, CUNNINGHAM & TEMPLETOi Nov. 16, 1881, tf LUMBER ATYOURDCOR. I HAVE completed my arrangements to furnish all kinds of LUMBER to to the public at short notice. My establishment is on the old Hughes place. I have a new and splendid engine and improved circular saw. The bust sawyer in this section, JAMES H. DUNN, has charge and is always at his post. PRICES LOW-GIVE US A TRIAL. E. A. RICHEY. Nov. 16, 1881, tf UNPARALLELED SUCCESS op THE VUteSsiiDiMacin The white sewing machine, thi best In the World. It has anovclllatint Self-threading Shuttle, a Sclf-scttlna neetlle It Is adjustable In all lta wearing pans and made Horn the best of tnaterlal. Its boblm enn be filled without removing work or attachments. It Is ho simple In constructing and light running that a child can use It. It will do the greatest range of work. It ha* tin most complete set of usutul attachments. It is tar In advance of any other sowing machine. It has bmi thoroughly tested torfoui venrs in Abbeville county. It Is warranto'! for five years. Remember no machine Is genuine or warranted only fliose m>UI by onrHtilhorizcd dealers. And those pretending lo a?ll our Machines. Needles or Attachments outside o! onr Agents nre frauds. Mr. J. I<. Simpson iour only authorized denier for the Counties oi Abbeville and Laurens, and r.o Machines art warranted except those sold by hlni or thos? whom he may associate with him In the bus iness. Respectfully, WHITE SETO MACHINE CO, CLEVELAND, OHIO. THE ladles, and those persons who wish tf buy Sewing Machanos, are respectfully Invlt ed to eall at Mr. l)arnwell's, where they will find the only genuine, warranted and cheapest Machines, samples of the the Machine's work, needles und attachments. Oil JO cenU1 per bottle. All persons deslrinc to communicate with me on (he subject, will address mo at Abbe villo, S. U. J, L, SIMPSON, July 13, 1881. ly. / CANARY BIRD SEED. I j E. PARKER. Jan. 4,1881,2t " FAIjIJ -ANDWINTBR Ilium BY luililtlltu u * , DRY C-OODS, DRESS GOODS, LADIES SHOES, and everything for the ladles. A large and complete stock can now be found at bottom pi Ices, at tbe EMPORIUM OF FASHIONS. Oct. 19,1881, tf THE BEST THING ~ -EVER OFFEREDFor the Price! THE BEST rHREE BUTTON KID GLOVE Sept. 21,1SS1, tf PUBLIC NOTICE! Abbeville C. II.. .Inn. 2"), 1SS2. "\M*IXG (o the prevalence of small pox at / different points In the South,anil as a reeautlon against Its existence in this ccinmnlty every citizen both white and colored. Ivlng within the Incorporate limits of AbbeHie, Is hereby earnestly requested and adiseil to lie at. once vaccinated. Notice is glv-i n that the purest vaccine virus has been or-1 eretl through l)r. I,-rascr, President of the I late Hoard of Health anil is dally expected. I I will upon arrival be distributed amonu'st j lie pnyMcians <>i me town mm iiniiiiut-iiirni* uvle wilh them to vaeeinatc every subject at. lie smallest fee possible. I trust all uitl fuel the Importance of heedig this notice. J. W. PERRIN, Intendant. l-'cb. 1,1861, tf Chroinos. V LARGE lot of new* Cliromns 22 x 2s and j 21 x ."III.) on exhibition and lor sale, at j 1.15 each at W. 1'. WAIIDLA W. April 2n, 1881. Received This "Wc-cl:! ?IIIIKK NKW AND STYMSH \. ALNUTj , Chamber Suites at bottom prices, at W. 1'. WAIIDLAW. April 20. ISM. ( PJOMIMCO Have In store and to arrive- a Large and Varied-Stock OF DRY GOODS, STAPLE and FANCY NOTIONS, GROCERIES, HATS, CAPS, BOOTS, SHOES, TRUNKS, AND mnny other articles, nil of which will be sold us close lor CASH, and upon hs GOOD TEllMH us fl?y house in Abbeville. Give us a look and we will give you a bargain. j i>?>,\Ve will ship your Cotton orbuy It. "6? I WM, II. PARKER W. C. McGOWAN. PARKER & McGOWAN ATTORNEYS AND SOLICITORS, AHBEVILLE, C. II., S. C. ?T ILL practice also in the Circuit Conrts oi the Untied suites far :ioutli Carolina* Jan 7.1SS0, tf j Dr. H. D. WILSON, DENTISTRY, Abbeville, C. H., 8. C. Office; Upstairs over the Post Office.*?? T VnAtf A- r!n ei. i&iiuA \x> vu. -AGENTS I OR Ml. TOM TOW PURE CORN WHISKEY THE best and purest CORN WHISKEY brought to this market. June 22, 1881, tf . E. H. McBEIDE, M. D. ABBEVILLE, S. C. ill clve prompt nMention to all prac* tlce in town. Office at Drug Store. August 3.1881, 12m DAVID H MAGILl, .Attorney at Law, ABBEVILLE, S. c: WILL practice in all the Courts of tbe State. Jan 21,1880,tf The Best Engine in the World! W.R.WALTON) agent AUGUSTA, GA. . ALSO AGENT FOR THE Geiser Grain Separator, Saw Mills, and all kinds, of Machinery. Refers to Dr. J. A. Glbert, B. C, Wall, and Alli'n Mornpnc. of Abbeville. ' May II, l&jj, Hni Barber Shop, 'PIIE nndersljrned respectfully Informs the 1 public that lie has recently removed his Tonsorlal Emporium to the hall obote Norwood Brother's store, where he Is prepared to accommodate his customer', and the publlo .'morally In hair cutting, shampooing, shav. In/, dyelns, In the best sij le, and at reason* . al>le prices. Terms per month for halr-cuttlng, sham poolug and shaving. only 81.00. Rcspectruiiy, Richard Gantt. BARGAINS! ! BARGAINS!! WE OFFER EXTRA BARGAINS IN ALL '* kinds of DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, ! HATS, SHOES, &C. Try us and you will buy your goods cheap. QUARLES & CO. OcL 19,1881, lm ~ H.G.SCODBAY, Attorney and Counselor at Law, ANDERSON, S. C. OFFERS his professional service* to the dt l7.pt;s of Abbeville. Parties during !< c??nsuU with him, may do no at each session of t lie Court for the County, or l>y letter at An demon C H. June 13.1881. tf . MUSIC SCHOOL PROF. ANTON BERQ will open his schoo or Music in Abbeville, October 1st. In struction on the Piano, Organ and Violin a well us Vocal Music. Solo and In class, thor onghly taught. Terms: Instrumental Mas] twenty dollarsperst'ssion of Ave months. Fo references and further Information, apply t E. B. Gary, Esq., attorney at law. Sept. 21,1881, tf 1 PRESERVE YOUR BOOKS, Periodicals, Newspapers and Musi State, County and Railroad Officers! and business men generally, sup- I plied with blank books made to I any pattern. B A LLfamilies have OLD BOOKS PERIOM A. ICALS, NEWSPAPERS, MUSIC, which they desire to transmit to their poBteH Ity, should M HAVE THEM BEBOTJNDI Which will preserve them and will inakfl them look almost as well as new. H Old Rooks,<fcc.. should not only be rebonntS but the current literature of the present doM should be put in n durable form for preservfl tion as welt. M This can be done In the shortest posslbM time, with the best material, in the mofl handsome and durable style, and u t a prti^H which caunot be duplicated anywhere, by D E. B. STOKES, I Stationer, Cook Binder and UlanH Book Manufacturer, No. loo Main Street, m C OLUMBIA S. (fl LIB, Llllll WE WILL FURNISH I Fine or Hard Lumbel AT SIIORT notice and try to plca^B customers in every bill we nil | them. Mill situated one mile from aH3 bury Church, near the Promised Laud.^H J. C. FOSTER & BROM Mflfl Nov. 9# 1884, 3m jXclarO FOR THE GOOD OF THE CRAfH ? HAVE CONCLUDED TO GIVE I whole j*ttontioii to my Shop. I shall pi It GOOD ATTENTION". It" auy person wit^H e* to have Ills HH WATCHES REPAIRED HS lirlnff them In. I have ail the tools and ir^H terlals to do it up In the best of style and BUB ihe lowest rates possible. If you want yo^Bl clock repaired bring It in and il will be do^H right. If you want your BU JEWELRY MENDED fl| Bring Hon. If you want your BB SEWING MACHINE MENDED B| This Is the place to net It done In the best order. You can have any piece made new.^H the old one repaired. If you want.vour gun pistol repaired this Is the place to have^H done. All these articles will be repaired the best of order at the Lowest Prices. EflH (ilvo mo a trial and satisfy yoursclve^B TERMS CASH. gg JOHN L CLARK. H