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w kdcft 1-s-3bcjw ? li. j nmm. ~ ? iiie Press and Banner. [It Hu?h Wilson anil H. T. J Wednesday, July 10, 1832. J 1 - " rolitiiY.i Lovo-lVast. Last Saturday I ho good people of Clear Spring neighborhood assembled to ntee; the candidates, and to hear speeches from snch of those as would speak. \Ve| were not present on uie occasion, nut wei }n>ar most pleasant reports of tli:? character of tlio speeches, while the lerna.ks as tf> the gentlemanly ami courteous bearing of the rivals for public favor is indeed gratifying to every lover of peace and good feeling between neighbors. l.-?t us hope that throughout the campaign the same bearing may mark the conduct of our Candida'?*. Xo one publicly assumed tho otlice of a "dirt dauber," and it is to be hoped that no one in private besmeared the back of bis adversary on this occasion. S> fai as known, if any-< body's back was besmirched with tlie pliable material, certain it is that it was j so artfully done that tho injured party! went away unconscious of the stain which ho carried on his back. From reports, it seems that tho current! expenses of the Siate Government, tho i merits and demerits of tho Stato Univcr-; >itv, ami the expediency or inexpcdi< ncy of clipping tho Columbia ditch, were: among the matters talked about. It wns alleged, so we are told, that the expense of running the Slate Government has been reduced to a minimum amount, and in this statement wo fully concur. I?nt j so far as wo are informed no reference ' was made by "any speaker to tlio enor-i inous, and constantly increasing, cost of; 1he county government. The Showing| rondo as to the rcduced expenses of the 'State Government was creditable in the highest degree, and we only regret that1 the same could not be said of oi>r local' government. It may net be known to a '< majority of our readers that while public! speakers are delighting their ears with aj "recital of facts as to reduced Stato expenses, the county Court expenses are| jivw muni iu man ii.rv v? i * ? 11c under Radical rule, end this loo in the! faco of the fact that witnesses for the "State are now paid only fifty cents a day,; ( while witnesses for the defence are coin-1 polled to attend Court, and are turned away without a cent of pay. We know! that the speakers In this campaign will! thank us for calling their attention to! this great leak in the public treasury from ! Court expenses, and we donht not that some of their constituents will be glad to I hear from some man who will bo willing to make an effort to bring the expenses, of the county government within reason-! able bounds. That the people of this,' "county should spend 'ess in "Court ex- j penses'' no one can doubt. In the first j place, we believe that it is susceptablc of! proof that we have in till.* county not more than ten cases during the whole (is- j cal year which should be sent up to the ! higher Court. To remedy tho present '?yil of reducing the Circuit Coprt to the level of a Trial Justice's business, wo vould suggest: 1st. Paj' the Trial Justiec a stated sal- j ?ry, say ?2.5 a year, e.xcept at Abbeville) Court House, where the fee migt be ?o0 a j ~ear. 2d. Pay constables the same as the Trial j. ustice. 3rd. Remove the trial of pet'y offences of all kind lrom tho higher Court to l*.e Trial Justice, giving that officer authority to sentence convicts to work on the streets! under the care of the town marshal, while undergoing sentence. Under the head of "petty offences" we would include the stealing of sheep, hogs, oa'.tle, and crops from npglecied fields; also indictments .for carrying concealed weapons; r.lso malicious trespass, where the trespass involved but little damage; also trilling cases of assault and batter}*. 4th. Reduce the fee for boarding offenders and convicts from 35 cents a day to 25 cents a day. If tho Legislature would conform some of their laws to the suggestions herein made, the poeplo of Abbeville county "would be saved many thousand dollars. Tlv? direct saving from the Treasury I would not be less than $4,000 in cash, be-; sides saving our people the expense audi inconvenience of attending Court at Ab-1 Levillc for weeks at a time. 'Ihese are1 practical questions, and interest the peo- \ pie quite as much as the Columbia ditch, j ?r any glorious facts as to the reduced1 rxjvonses of the State Government, and ft is to be hoped that the people may hear j something as to this great waste. Each year, for the last five years, tho people ol .Abbeville county, have wasted in Court expenses ten times as much as would bo! their pro rata share of keeping tho State Uuivefsity open for the same length of I time, and yet nobody objects to the! VUUIUIUU) VUUll I Shall Tre Irrigate our Lands ? Now that the heat of Summer is up-j on us, and as m'Jmy crops may sutrcr fori the want of rain, we think our farmers! might turn their attention to irrigation. | Many planters could turn the water from j tho stroama on their crops, and thus se-< core good results where failure would i otherwise follow. Of course work of this! Vind needs intelligent direction, and must! fee done with great care. A ditch to con-1 vey a sufficient quantity of water to many I of our tields would cost very little, i 'Should it be necessary to dam the stream,! as great care should be taken in the lo- j vatioe of a site as in construction of the dam. It is well to choose a place where j the least damage would be done in case a1 rain should come and swell the creek be- i fore it could be removed. In making the; dam, select as narrow a place in the stream as possible. Put down the miKl; &ill at or near the bottom of tlie stream. { Let it be a little longer than the width of, the creek. Open tho way for it with a j spade. After putting it down in good j x*lav, cut short pieces of plank and drive them de<;p into the mud, so that their top \ will be about even with the mud-sill, and ' throw dirt in to stop leaks. After this arrange top sill so that the plank when put on will lean at an angle of from thirty to forrty- degress ? ninety decrees being a perpendicular. The first and perhaps the second plauk on each side should bo nailed fast after being made to fit close nto the bank. Tbese plank nailed, and ? liberal quantity of dirt, weeds and grass thrown on them to stop leaks, the putting on the other planks is a simple job. They should not be nailed, but should be left loose so as to bo easily removed. Adam built in this way costs very little, and if the mud-sill is properly put down, and planks securely driven about it, with rocks in the bed of the stream immediately below it to keep the water from washing away the clay next to the dam, it will stand for years, and the water can then be thrown on the crops ?t any future time without additional ex3>onso. The right way to do, is to act! promptly. As soon as the crop shows! r.igns of need ol rain, it is well not to de- J lay the work a single day. The Indebtedness of the Connty. It seems that the statement which the^ present County Commissioners recently, made through the columns of the village, newspapers' to tho people of Abbeville countj', has been very generally read, and as a consequence a few persons have been set to thinking. Whatever may be the opinion of tho public as to tho true', status of the debt of the county, the peo- [ pie haw nothing to lose by agitating the matter, in tho search for bottom facts.! This week we give room to another communication, which puts tho matter in still another lightWe are glad to see our people beginning to look after the finances of tho comity, It shows a healthy comlitiou of the pub-1 lie sentiment, and we are thereby led to i hope that the day is not distant when they will demand that tho administration of our laws shall cost a sum not out of all' reason. Even if the people do not now -demand the enactment of judicious laws,: they are beginning to soe the impraoU'-ai. workings of the present iniquitous system of punishing crime and wasting iLe public money. | / .1 North Carolina Editor Runs for Cony: res A Colonel Charles It. Jones, the able and j i indefatigable editor of North Carolina's [ i irrentest daily newspaper, the Charlotte j i OiLicrvcr, has announced himself as an 1 Independent L'caioeratic candidal? tor C?"iijii-0!fj from the Si.xtli Congressional 1 UISWICI 01 ;iuu in uiiicjiwiviu^ himself as a candidate for Congressional 1 honors, Colonel Jones malu s the state- 1 ment that ho will withdraw from the race 1 if a Republican should be nominated foi that position. As a matter of expedien- 1 ev in promoting his own happiness and in seeking honors from his people, w< feel lie has made a mistake in not falling into line aV.il acting as his fellows dn, re- ' gardlcss c-f his own personal convictions, 1 and political aspirations. As a matter of absolute right and real patriotism, the I position of Colonel Jones is not wrong. ' But if the people of North Carolina are ! anything like\ho people of South C'aroli- < na, they are not ready for such advanced ' action and liberal thinking as Colonel Jor.cs proposes. Although signs of an)" inevitable division iu Democraticj party aro apparent in South Carolina, yet.' we believe there is still too tntrch politi- I cal intolerance in this State, for any man 1 to become an Independent candidate for any office, and continue to command the rcspaetof his neighbors who stick to the 1 organized Democracy. 1 The Independent or Soro Ilead faction < of the people of this State are themselves 1 too aggressive, and 111 too many instances, ' are unnecessarily offensive. Of the or- ' ganis'-d Democracy they seldom speak |' in terms of respect, and nearly always < apply to tliom approbrious epithets. Snob a course puts any man or any set of ' men in an inevitable light before the pub- 1 lie, and he or they need expect to hear words that iive not 'pleasant to their ears. 1 As far as we have observed the organized Democracy of South Carolina, except in instances where goaded to words of dis- 1 respect, have been so far unusually courteous to the Independents. But when a Green backer attempts to i ide into office by any appeal to the negroes, which is i supplemented with abuse of Democrats, : he may expect the campaign to bo unpleasant for him. As we understand it, Colonel Jones feels tho manhood in him, and knows i that he is in point of character and abili- i ty tho equal of any man in his Congres- 1 grcssional District, and from his published statements, we believe that his natri otism cannot be doubted by the most ortliodox of the organized Democracy. He appeals to the better people to support him, and nia-kes no offensive alliances against the best interests of the intelligence and tho best civilization of North Carolina. On this basis, we believe Col- , onel Jones has entered tho race. If he considers tho honors worth tho effort, ( and his people are fur enough advanced , to do a little of their own thinking, while .< he has the self-respect and the manhood | to conduct an honorable race, the people I, will watch the contest, and await results , with no small degree of interest. Another Letter From Dr. Furman. j Elsewhere in the Press and Banner < may be found another letter from the | Rnv Ilr TTnrmnn. Tli? Dnnfor thnt. i "he cannot be indifferent to the good ] opinion of thegood people of Abbeville." In response to this wo would say that many of the good people of Abbeville esteem Dr. Furman as one of the best and purest men of the State, and a man' for whom they entertain the warmest feelings of kindly regard, and no citizen of Abbeville county has & more exalted opinion of his personal worth than have the editors of tho Press and Banner, and if anything in our articles has savored of unkindness, it was brought out by his own discourtesy toward us. In j fonnt* of nnr ft vat tro warn nnt. ? only absolutely and indisputably respectful to him, but at tho bottom of the article we expressed in words, sentiments of jespect. In that article wo replied to what we conceived to be an unjust and unwarrantable attack upon both the South Carolina University, and those of our members to the Legislature who 'snnv have voted for the appropriation for that institution. We would have been untrue to principle, and false to our friends, if we had not replied to tho Doctor. He siys that '"many of our citizens are esteemed for their intelligence and worth," and yet be is evidently displeased at us for our effort to defend their favorite institution from attacks by rival colleges. Ah a rule, ever}* friend t> the South Carolina University is also a friend in Jill it? fnrms. nnrl HVft r?nn sequentiy friends to the denominational colleges, but if the friends of denominational colleges should presume to ask them to turn away from the State Unrversity, the error of such a course will be discovered. As a rule all the best educated people of Abbeville county, besides a large number of her citizens who are loss fortunate, are friends to the State University, and Dr. Fui raan by the course which he is pursuing, can on'.y injuro himself and his college in the estimation of our i people. They may bo inclined to the opinion that it is a poor college which aspires to live only by the destruction of the State University, &r:d then when it is i apparent that the objection to that insti- j tution is based sorely and purely on jeal- i ousy, they may thiuk tho friends of reli- i tuuiauuii uu^iu jusi CAI uc atlent. 1 We would commend the Doctor for his wisdom in heeding Hie counsel of His "judicious friend" who would advise him to a discontinuance of this controversy. We take it for granted that it was by oversight, and not from intention, that the letter published in this week's issue of our paper, contains none of the usual forms of common politeness in closing, which are universally observed by gentlemen. We would not for a moment -charge the Doctor with so gross a breach of etiquette, and trust that our readers may attribute the absence of those words puroly to an oversight on his part. Let the People Understand it. In discussing the University question, let the people understand that the Government at Washington gave to the State I nC Cnnlli I'ornlino 1, thousand dollars in six per tent bonds, j on condition that tho interest, about 1 twelve thousand dollars, should be apl plied annually to the maintenance of an | agricultural college. And that, as a condition of this gift from United States i Government, the State of South Carolina | obligated itself to appropriate the inter-i est, twelve thousand dollars annually to ; this agricultural college, or in cise of failure to do so, the General Assembly in | solemn act, bound tho people of South; j Carolina to pay the interest as abovespec- ified, into tho Treasury at Washington to be there appropriated for tho uses of the General Government. If the people un-! derstand the fact, it is quite likely that j there are few persons in South Carolina | who are so jealous of religious colleges as to wish the money sent back to Washington. As a rule the opposition to the Uni-1 versity is developod by religious colleges, j They seem to think that one college; would break them all down. We notico that while this strenuous op-j position to the University is being devel- j oped, that nobody says anything about! the State exempting their valuable build-j ings, and the largo endowment funds from taxation, Tho State by such ex- j cmption really pays to each of these institutions a large amount, and in the ag-! gregatc a much larger amount than is appropriated for the State University, I Where the tuition is free, and tho only' expense necessary is tho actual boarding' Ac., of the student which wo arc informed, can bo obtained in Columbia at seven dollars per month, certainly a most rea-! son able charge, and it placcs tt.e advan-i tage of obtaining a good education in tho roach of every young man in tho State. While the picayunish opponents of the higher education of our boys at the State, University are shedding tears hecaase of' tho appropriation of ton thousand dollars for that purpose, Ex-Gov. Brown of Georgia, makes a donation of fifty thou-j n*nd dollars to the Georgia Universitjfor the benefit of the poor toys in that State. Let the enemies to oar State pride j and the opponents to the advancement ofi our poor boys take notice. j (OrmMBMIMMaMMaaWMiaBMriMMaMBPMDai Tempest in a Tea Pot. "When men go into politics or remain; in office, they may expect unreasonable, | p improbable, and monstrous charges to bo! j! made against them just iu time to injure, fc :beui in ths imnendinrr election. Then Hons. D. Wyatt Aiken, J. H. Evans, and ' 3-. I>. Tilliuan, members of Congress < from South Carolina, form no exception 1 to the rule. Although we believe that u three men could not he found in South j (Javolina whoso record would lietter sns- t tain a character for honesty and fidelity , to principle than Aiken, Evins, and Till- J man, yet the New York Suti attempts t<. t reate a sensation because these gentle- ' men chose to vote with the Republicans r >n a question of making appropriations J to complete some unlinished war vessels, ( when without this last appropriation, J large sums heretofore expended would 1 have been lost. The enemies of these ' nentlemcn have V.tterly failed to make 1 :jut their case, and unless they have some I better substantiated charges, they j might jnst as well silence their in- 'I jfiectual tiring at men who are invinci- J bio. No single act by either of these gen- t t'emen could shake our confidence in J their honesty of purpose or their fidelity J to the best interests of their constituents, r The Cfiarleston News and Courier and the Greenville Sews Iiavo copied the charges ? igaitist our representatives anil called on ' them to afiswvr. We have great defer- ^ tnco for the wisdom and opinions of e tlieso newspapers, and in differing from s Lhem we may be arguing our own lack tjf sagacity, but it is true that we bold ex- x ictly the opposite opinions from thorrc 1 expressed by our Charleston and Green- , ville contemporaries. These gentlemen | ^ need no defenco. Needing no defence, it I must be humiliating for men of Rpirit to i [nit themselves needlessly in thesitua- 1 lion of explaining their votes while in 1 Washington. For Aiken, Evins and Till- t man wo entertain the belief that they are | simply incorruptible, and if the New i York Sun were to print their names in i black letters every day for six months, 1 prior to the election, that paper could not 1 affect our faith in them. When we say that we have every faith in their integri- f ty and patriotism We do not wish to be \ understood to be acting the part of an ad- j vocate. We are only speaking of a fact, 1 and say that wo should be sorry to think c either one of the^e gentlemen should feel called upon to reply to the charges of the , New York San. i P. S.?Since the above was written the Hot-. .7. II. Evins lias given to the newspapers his reasons for votiug as ho thought best. On t';o Grand Rounds. Last Saturday tfie candidates met their U constituents at Clear Spring. Yesterday they had a meeting, a love-least and aj general hand-shaking at Due West. No other meeting will take place until next Saturday, at Hodges, when the work will begin In earnest, and will bo continued almost daily, in different parts of the county, until the end of the first week in Atigust. In this period the people will havo amplo time and sufficient opportunity to make the personal acquaintance 5f nearly every candidate, and it is hoped that each voter may be able to make up ;ii.sown tnind as to who shall represent iiim. This is all-important to the gentlemen who are now so earnestly seeking ?hcir votes. In our opinion, true merit should be ;ho criterion, by which the voter ought :o be governed. The most capable, the most reliable, and the most active would naturally commend themselves to Voters is intelligent as arc those who go to make .ip the citizenship of Abbeville Count}'. \ppeals to prejudice for or against any nan bocauso of the locality in which he v.n.. lW.o tiKrtn 1/-7 rr,. ?,,l,anrln,l YVra U'ai.l he best uien for the offices, regardless of j t ;lie particular spot oi ground on- which I? :heir homes may bo located. Another |i matter which should influence no one is, J; ;he special appeal for or against any can- c lidate because of kis age. Tbo question | A age should not enter. The younger j nay not have been tried?the older man t may have stood the test. Tlie fact of age n itself proves nothing. Tbo greatest t nen -the world ever saw were'first young nen, and then older meii, The oldest diot in the world may have been a first rate base-ball player when he was young. Fo urge the claims of candidate because c jf his great age. or because of his lack of rears, might be termed "special pleadng," which may be formed to suit ii jonie particular cases, where there may * jo a notable paucity of those excellent juaiities which ordinarily recommend he competitor of such a man to the public favor. The fact is, chronological and geographical politics are resorted to only n extreme cases. When a man's chief recowinendation is, the place of his resi;lcnce and the date of his birth, he should not be disappointed if an Intelligent constituency shouLi c ? their i,onors-uPonfer 0 8?oie one else. That kind of ? 053,11 3a?e wotJld save his money by announcing himself in only one of the village newspapers. nm ? Pttblfc Prayer. Those T/ho officiate in public nre perhaps not as considerate as they should be wit & respect to the improprieties of prayer, and therefore they suffer themselves, perhaps unconsciously, to fall Into habits that detract from the merits of their otherwise excellent performances. 1. One of these Is sameness, tire acquiring of a stereotyped character, thesHylr.g the same thing In every prayer, beginning the same way, and ending the same way, and In Bitch ? manner as to enable the hearers to anticipate j what Is to be said. An excellent rule with those who conduct the public devotions is to diversify their performances, their modes of expression, so that the result may be no two prayer arc alike. 2. Some are too tedious, and wear out their people. There is no necessity for our praying for everybody and for everything In every prayer that we offer In the church. Wo have no information to the effect that our Saviour did it, or that the ApostTes did It; nor do we suppose that if Daniel were among us fhat he would do it. Our people are flesh and blood, and there If such a thlngas our wearing them out with tedious prayers. Our readers may have heard of the rebuke which Whltedeld i5 M.M/, .. ... I. 1. . .. ~ V. - l-.l I 1 v n inuu ut, ? HUM; HDUSB ue lUUKcu. . The layman performed family worship, but 1 lie m> wore oni the patience or Whltefield by c the tedlousnesK of the exercise, that White- 1 tlcld exclaimed: "You prayed ine Into n f go"d fran>e, and then you prayed me out of It 1 again." ' 3. Verily there Is a fault with some In the 1 too frequent and unnecessary invocation of 1 their Maker's name?such as coming oyer in almost every sentence, "heavenly Father," "our Father who art In heaven," "gracious i and merciful (Jod," "righteous Father." We r have heaid prayers In which these terms 1 were repeated perhays thirty times. \ 1. Some of our so-called public prayers I when analyzed wotild amount to little els" than a somewhat formal and exDosltorv state ment of tbe views which the oluciating ministers happen to have in relation to the truths I ol revelation. Did it ever occur to those of us who minister in holy things, and who are the mouth-piecc of the people 1-oGod, the Impropriety of converting what ought to be prayers into addresses of informal Ion. 5. The words used In this exercise should be simple and biblical as far as possible. Learned and scientific phrases grate upon the pioim ear. It is related of an eccentric American divine, who indulged freely in quotations from tfie dead and foreign languages, that he j has been known from the pulpit to address his Maker thus: "O Thou sine qua noii, 01 Thou nephis ultra." lie might as well have added: "Thou luzmunsti" To classical scholars ibis was intelligible, but to none else. J 6. Some employ unnecessarily dispiirngine ] terms in reference to themselves In their sup-!' plicatory addresses. An instance quite to our I purpose occurred within our bearing seme I years before the war. Several ministers were I the guests of a farmhouse one night In the mountains of Virginia, t?eing then in attendance upon a Synod. It developed anion a I minister to perform family woishlp in the ] morning. He began his prayer thus. "O Thou most High?we wlmare the outcasts of creation, and the otrscouring of all things,are i her* assembled in the fastnesses of these mountains with a view to transact such busi-! ness as may come before that court of thy , house which meets in this vicinity." j The above article Is from the pen of the! Rev. Dr. James Hoyce, in the Associate Re j formed Presbyterian. The suggestions are i ? worthy of note. If the pious Doctor had on-j. ly gone further and said something about the i " liablt which obtains with some preachers of! using the name of the Almighty from twenty j to sixty times in the delivery of a single ser-! 1 rnon, we should have been pleased. Layman j ire taught to take the name of the Almighty j8 an their lips only In reverential awe. But it, a teems that preachers in some instances make ; * use of that name with a freedom which not I silly grates on the cars of refined people, but | o has the appearance of bordeilng on positive i ^ profanity. While on the s-ubject of prayerjt liowcver, ho might have said somethlngabout j the appropriateness, or lnapproprlatenoss of " the subject matter of some prayers to which t he made no reference. e A Fatal Rencontre.?Major L. W. R-. " Blair, of Kershaw, was killed at Camden on B tbe -Jill Inst., by Captain J.C.Halle. They liad had some words, during which Major Blair called Captain liaise a liar. The latter, Jeinanded a rt-tractlon, which was refused, e aptain Haile then procured a rifle, and re- d pcated his demand, when Major Blair ad- ti juiced on him, with bis hand in his breast, tl is If in the act of drawing a pistol. Captain b Halle fired three times, killing Major Blair tl nBiantly. Captain Halle has heen released. ju tail. What about sowing your stubble land tl n peas ? Froacliing to the Few. If wo may take many Of the sermons that re published In the newspapers as a fair samite of n great deal of the preaching that Is lone, it Is preaching to the few and not the Qitny. It Is presiding to the specn'aMve imleliever rather than the guilty sinner. It is .nswering objections rather thnn prnclalmnrihe 2'ad tidings. It Is rehearsing amide'eloping the evidences of Christianity rather h.m an earnest, awakening presentation ol iospcl truth. Snch preaching may bo dennnded by peculiar clrcwatances anfl on sp?lal occasion!}, hut It. is never productive ol my signal fruits Tt Is indeed unintelligible o the great mass of hcaret;?. Wha'i do evei lersoiiH of general Intelligence knr wofsucl enns ns "Agnosticism." "Altruism." am 'Kvolutlonism" or even of those less preten lous terms, "RationalIsm," "Deism" and th? ike. Tills Is that wisdom of mnn which i bolishness with God. Christianity is neve o win its wny lo the hearts of men and t mi versal dominion by such preaching. If a i iccptanec of the truth depended on a full at inaintance with the historical evidences, Involving as they do such varied and extensive cnowledge of error anil heresy, how would he heathen ever be brought to Cnrlst? In hat ease civilization must precede Chiistiauty and, after all, the church could never be mything more or better than a select school >f learned philosophers. 11 may be said, and trucly, that such preachng does by no means fairly represent the puldt labors of the great army of unknown privates who. as in every army, are the really efectiv'c force in the ministry. But there Is langcr that It may Invade the rural districts. I'he fact that so many published sermons and eview articles treat of these now popular lhasesof unbelief, renders the temptation to >rcsent them from the pulpit peculiarly trong. He Is wise who imitates the example )f the great Apostle, using not the entlcinc vords of man's wisdom, and adopts his nnaierable purpose, to know only Jesus Christ md Him eruciticd. There is more good common sense in tire diove paragraph from the Atsociatc Jtrjnrmcd Presbyterian than may sometimes be found 11 dozens of the average sermons that are deivered in our churches. We want the religion of our Savior in all its earnestness and Itnpliclly. As principle Is better than pafion, and as love is a nobler quality than fear, ve need to conform our action more to the iharacter of our Savior tnan to be scared to leath at a dercrlption of the terrors which are ittribuled to the dev'l by ignorant preachers, vno niny nave qui nine ox pun men uu enow! edge of tlic true religion. We need lo be tnpressed with a proper sense of gratitude to lim who died that we might live. Weneedan ntclligenteon vietion of right and wrong. We loed to be taught in all those important maters which ro to form character and to establsh principle. When we sco men wasting heir time in the pulpit discussing trifles, and ising all imaginative powers xt their comnand to describe the torments of the lost, or 0 scandalize and viHify those of their brethren who chancc to engage in the dance, wc ire forced to doubt whether they understand tho first principles of the religion vhieh they preach. Ours is a religion oi" love. \s we would scorn the man who is honest ony because he is afraid of the laws of his :ountry, so would we have a contempt for hat man who embraces Christianity only bemuse he is scared. God is Love, and our Sarior in his life personified Love. Ours then s pre-eminently a religion of love and principle, and not a rule of fear, neither is it a ;ystem organized and established to over-awe md tyranize those who do not come up lo >ttr standards of morality and faith. ? ? 1 Point Upon Which we arc Agreed. The Rev. Dr. Fnrman, In the Jiopti.it Courier, tives utterance to the following sentiment, vlth which we are In full accord. It Is an avil day for society when the church tbsorbs the State, or the Stare aSSumes to be he church,or when cither or both of them hrust themselves into the place of the family tnd ai tempt to exercise functions which God 5as not given them. In the Inclpicncy of iuen efforts there may seem to he a present jood, but in the end incalculable mischief nust result. Should South Carolina (ako it upon herself oshow her care for. her future citizens now n their non-age, ah(3 make it the business of ,'ounty Commissioners to visit ami inspect very residence, to superintend the sweeping >nd ihe scouring and the cooking, the dormlorles and the wardrobes &c., It need not be loubted that some children would wear leaner shirts, sleep 011 belter beds, make a idler appearenco In public and eat better nealsat home?and these aregood things In hcmselves?but who would be willing to obain them at the loss ot the parent's control >f his own house and his own children? Who vould not protest against such an exercise ol >ower on the partof the State as a monstrous isurpation, as an odious denial of a Uod-glv:n ri ght ? Is this sketch of pfiwer less a usurpation, ess odious as the denial of an Inalienable lght, when th? State comes in to mould, to lirect, to compel the; education of a maus lilldren ? And vft wo are told In South Carolina bv an excellent man and most worthy irentlcmrin, lavii.g deeply at heart the good of South (,'ar>lina, that compulsory education lias worked veil in England and Pru sia end that he dees wt see why It may not do so here. Surely, in his case the thought of the desirableness of ducatlon, as a good in Itsrlf. has turned iwny attention Ironi the perils involved In he means of obtaining It. A bright light In i dark night wll show tiic way for a few steps, nit It renders the darkness beyond more Incuse, and makes danger ahead less perceptive. So here. Institute education by force? Hid the lirst step 1* taken toward the union tf chnrch and State?then follows the nb;?6ute ruler?not the government existing for the >eople, but the people for the government. A alse pifticlnie is allowed to come In, and, If illowed to have sway, will produce Its natural esult. Wo bellevo li\ parents' dccidln? what, their ihtldren shall be taught, ana who shall teach hem. Constitution of the Abberille Comity Democratic Club. ARTICLE I. This Clnt> shall bb known as the Abbeville Juunty .Democratic Club. ARTICLE II. Section I. The officers of this dub shall lonsisl of one President, three Vlce-Presilents, one Treasurer, one Secretary, and an Executive Committee, consisting of the offliers of this Club hereinbefore named and the 'residents of the local or township Clubs, of vhich Committee the President -of this club hail be cx-vjflcio Chairman, and the Secretary >f tills Club ex-offlcio Secretary, Section 2. The term of service of the ibovc officers shiil) last for two years und unII their successors shall have been chosen. Section 3. The Treasurer shall receive all noneys collected by the local or township .'lubs^or otliet wise, yid shall disburse the ailie uj' liruci 111 lllc i.aivuui c HJimniiwx, Section 4. Tho Secretary sluill keep 11 full ecord of all the proceedings of the County riub and Its Executive Committee In a bound tlatik book, which ahull be turned over to his luccessor in office. Suction 5. The Secretary shall also procure ind preserve with the records of this Club a 5at of the members of cach Socal or township ;iab. Section 6. Tho Executive Committee of his Club shall direct and conduct the policial campaigns of the Pem >cratlc party ef Abrilie county, assess the local Clubs with their espectlve portions of money necessary to dcray the expenses of the campaigns and fur)ish such assessments to the Ireasurcrof this :iub for collection, and one third of said Excutive Committee shall constitute a quorum br the transaction of business. Section 7. The Vice-Presidents shall. In the ibsence of the President irom the meetings of he Executive Committee or of this Club, perbrrn the duties appertaining to his olllce. ARTICLE III. Section 1. Tho membership of this Club hall consist of the officers ot this Club, the Residents of tho local or townships clubs, md seven delegates from each of the local or ownshlp clubs, whose election and term of ervlce In this Club shall be made and deternined by the respective Clubs to which they jelong. Section 2. That the Chairman of each lo:al club delegation shall present to the Seereary ol the County Club at each meetlag t/here>f. when the roll of local clubs is called a list if the members of his delegation and the vot ?r nurtlrti..< hr tlio etary or President of said club Section fi. Each member of this Club shall >e entitled to one vote upon any question to je determined by this Club, unless one or nore members shall demand a constitutional ifote, and in that case the delegates from each ocal or township club shall vole the nutnerlail slrenpth of their respective clubs, each lele^ate having the right to cast his itro rata ibare of the numerical strength of ills local :lub according to the ntnnber of detonates sresent from his ciub, anil in such case the jther members of this club shall not have the Ight to vote. ARTICLE IV. This club shall meet on Saledny in every nonth at Abbeville Court House,at eleven j'clock A. M ,and it shall be the duly of the President of this club to call extra meet ings whenever In his Judgment the exigenclc-s of .hecampaigu nray require them. ARTICLE V. All candidates of the Democratic party for :ounty offices, fur the State Seriate, an I for lie House of Representatives in the State Legislature shall be nominated by primary Section, which shall be held at such time as hull l>c ordered by this club. Suction 2. At such primary ejections no me shall be allowed to vote except such as tave been Democrats In good standing for at ea.->t two months preceding said primary elcclon, and who are twenty-one yearsof age or ,vill be twenty-one yearsof age at the ousting general election, and no vote by proxy ihall be allowed In the County Club or priuia y elections. Section 3. No person shall be voted for at ,ucli primary election ns a Democratic candiluU: lor nomination unless he lias publicly Pledged himself to abide the result of such irlmary election and support the nominees of lie Democratic party. Section 4. At such primary election those vho receive a nmiorlty of all tho votes cast lor he respective offices shall be declared to be lie nominees or the Democratic party for iucli offices, Section 5. The managers of the primary lection at cacli local club precinct and their :lerk shall be appointed In such manueras nav be determined by the respective local :lubs. skction 6. Immediately before openlngthe )i?lls at said primary election tho managers md their clerks shn 11 sign the following writen pledge and shall forward the same to this lub with their returns of said primary eteciou.to wit: "I do solemnly pledge my sa'cred lionor that 1 will fallhlully perlortn all 'the duties Incident to my position us niann gcr or clerk of the primary election to the 'best of my ability." Section 7. Managers of primary elections hall keep a correct poll list of all the voters I it said election, and return the same, attested J ly them, with the election returns. SECTIONS. At the primary elections thej >olls shall open at nine o'clock A. M.,and ball close at six o'clock 1\ M., when the muiiigers shall count tho votes, and they shall! nrward the returns to the County Club at its j iext meeting after said election. 1 section 0. The County flub shall thereupin canvass the returns of the primary elcolon, hear anddeclde all protests and contests, I nd declare the result of said primary clcoion. ; Section 10. In case thero shall not be a i lomlnatlon for any of the offices to be filled t such election, twice as many candidates as 1 here are vacancies to be filled shall be selecl- i d from those having the hluhest number of otes, but lacking a majority, to be voted for i t another primary election to be held at such i line as the County Club shall deslguate, and o on till such vacancies are tilled. ARTICLE VI. A majority of all the local clubs represent-, d In this club at any meeting by a delegate or elegates shall constitute a quorum for the ransactlon of business, and a majority of nil ho votes cast, whether i-iva voce, by ballot, or 1 y a constitutional vote, shall decide all qucalons before the club. j. ARTICLE VII. Any article of this constitution may be reminded or amended by a tvo-l birds vote of : tiis club, one month's notice in writing of the i irne having been given to tLiy club. j < ?a?? 11 i FASHION AND THE JESTHETK CRAZE. An Essay Road Before the Abbevilli Literary Club by W. C. McGonan Esq., 011 28d Jsinc, 1882. The sul'Jcct of Fashion !s a large one. To inrf;<' in fuot for one way. It belu j In any on of Its many phases or branches, a RUbjK't li itself. Itls useless then for me to attempt ai xhanstive paper on any one, so I propos merely to note some few of the many curlou ashions of dlflerent nations, along wi;,h i diort account of the present, moveme it o reak in fashion, viz: "The ./Esthetic Craze, fashion?so far as It relates to dress, and li ?ur general acceptation of the word mean change"; but it has also a meaning tfior Ixcd and permanent than thin. Some fash [ .ins are nullpnai ana general, aim Hume nun iheir very nature are bouDd to lie lasting. S fashion may In Mi is sense be defined "es th general usage or custom.Under thedefln: Hon of "change," dress or costume Is th inost conspicuous example, and when wc asl what Is the fashion? we ordinarily rneai what Is the style In dress. "Variety" Is sail to be, "Ihe spice of life" and In nothing do \V find this so eminently true as in fashlor This desire for change seems -to have phowi Irself in man almost from the very begin ning. From time Immemorial every natloi of the earth has been swayed, more or less, b, this fickle, capricious and evanescent thin called "Fashion." Even In Shakespeare" lime 1tchanged so often that "the fashlOi wears out more apparel than the man,"nnj the fashion of to-day is something marvel Ions. The four Reasons Spring, Stimmer, An tumn and Winter, mark the four gram changes, and even in one brief season i changes often. In lis minutest detail fashion in blindly fol lowed by many. From the crown of his heai to the sole of his foot the "blood" must be al tired In the latest agOny of fashion, till, witl a conscious air and peacock strut, he imay ines himself the "glass of fashion and tl> mould of form." Man?and especially youn men are much influenced, but when we com to speak of woman, we are at once Introduce Into the domain of fashion In lis most poten sway. To begin with, when fully equipped the number of articles which compose lie dress Is fearful and wonderful to think of. don't dare to say how many they are, but thl I do say, that upon the whole?the unseen a well as the seen?fashion has her tyrannl hold. It Is a wonder to me to see with wbn f.ictlllv thriv ran find nut and execute evcl" caprice which fashion brings tticm. The, never '.ire, but wit,h a ceaseless energy the hail erch new arrival with delight, and b, dint oi' hnrd study of fashion books an searching scrutiny of each other, nothing cj capes them. So practiced becomes their eye that with a single glance they cnn measure wotnan from tip to loo. The material am styloeach article, every ornament and th etFect of the whole are all Included In that so itary killing glance; and woe be unto thn unfortunate creature whose "toul cn?cml>le falls to satisfy her fastidious eye. Eurni charl table advice to "Gently warn your fellow mon, Still geutliur sifter woman," was made for man. for the eye of woman I even keener to take in defects than to not facts. They are merciless critics of eacli ott erla the line of dress. It would require a book to notice in an thing like detail the fashions of the fair sto As changeable as themselves and s.s nnnibei fesK as th? stars, each season would take voftime to itself; but It is interesting and ct rlous to watch the rise, gradual decline an final fall of some article in their wonderfi make-up. e. g. take the History of th Hoop. In Its prestine glory the Hoop was a mor sterof enormous dimensions. Fhardly kno' wiiat It looked like Unless It is the Chcof Pyramid of Egypt. Beginning at the hips I wasa machlnc that stuck out in all direction at an angle of about Co degrees, requiring, h the time it struck the floor some ten yard square for Its manipulation. ^H'deous In at pearanro it took just about three times u much cloth to make the dress that covered 1 and was, I should think, rather airy for wlr ter use. Beginning with this mountain hoo and coming down the scale, we find hoop bustles and tillers of every conceivable shapi form, size and fushlng?growing "smaller b degrees and beautifully l??sa"?till the revert acme was readied In the tight pln-bnck < two years ago. The bottom was then rea<;he and already wu find them climbing agalr small hoops being fash lor able now; and think It a safe prediction though I am loth t make it, that ,ln a few years the Cheops wi be on us again. Words fall to do the subject of "tilters" Ju tice. This was tne name given to one of th first Off-shoots from the big hoop. It began i the hips also, but instead of spreading In a directions it stuck oat only from behind, gl1 lng the wearer the most pulled cut appearanc from one direction and "sqnshed" In from a the others. It was a curiosity either off or o and a study to walk behind the wearer an see it work. As she stepped the tilter woul Jerk from side to side in the most artist] manner, and a gentle sway of the body addf to this made the walk most roslhetlc, and If mud-puddle or any obstacle presented itse! by a sudden jDrk or twist of the hips, th whole train was carried over in the neatei ! manner. 1 reir.emoor dimng-wen umusuu. I-Yom this and many others, '.ve sec th? fashion deals In extremes. When, as Is nea ly always the case, exngireration makes tli fashion absurd,there Is a c hance, which if n< immediate, will not stop until exactly the r verse is reached; than that extreme Is exai gerated and the back track is taken. Chan* from une to tiie other, governed by no tixc rule and caprice the only master. Simply a irregular oscillation between extremes. Tli moderate pin-back In my Judgment is tl most becoming of all female dress, and think it is a pity tliat hoops are now dole away with it altogether. Along with the tight pln-bock came a cms for the women to dress as. nearly as posslb] like men. Coatees were worn, hats, / ollai and cravats as noariike those oI men as d cency would allow, so that at a ltttle distant it was hfird to tell of what sex the indlvidui was? with odds In favor of the man. ( course such exaggeration as this would soo kill any fashion, even the most becomim The London Pinch, which ridicules all the: extremes and has much to do with brenklr them down, facetiously suggested then to tli ainbltiouR damsels, as the cupping-stone t crown the whole "a double-barrelled plr back." Perhnps when the woman's rtghi movement Is in the ascendent sncli may b come the fashion yet, and our women be ut sexed in dress .s well as manners and prlnc pie. | So far as dress Is concerned Paris seems t be the acknowledged home of fashion. A style begins there, and to ko to a ball in or of Worth's dresses isbll'-s sufficient. The ca?e with which tliehaircan betwiste Into all manner of -shapes mtrifts It a pet > fashion. We find afrioug uncivilized an we as civilized nations innumerable variation of custom exist The length, method of a rangement and even the color of the hair ai changcd In obedience to the caprices of fas) ion. We know how often the fashion of V day changes and how obeillent to Its sway th ladles are. Bangs,curls, chignons, nets, an a thousand others that coineand goasfasl Ion demands. The men of seme of the tribes of the l'acifl are scrupulous to keep their heads alwaj shaved, notwithstamlins the fact that thel only razors, are pieces of shell or splintere bone; whilst among olhers the women shav their heads and the men cultivate the mos elaborate masses of hair?reversing the crdc ?#i avinzuu aiiiuii^ vimu.cu img the fashion Is more uniform as to tlic hairhii there is great variety as to the style of weai ing tlio beiird. "The custom of wearing moustache?provided It Is a good oih??.soem to be pietty universal but clean shaved face are sometimes fashionable. The finger nail both as to length and color are subject to fash ion among ?.ome of the tribes or Eastern A*if With the greatest care they cultivate the! growth until sometimes they attain th length of two feet, they are then twisted Int ail sorts of fantastic shapes and dyed dlfTei ent colors. The practical Inconvenience ' such long nAils however, restricts it tocerlal: localities atid even then to a select few. Among many of the Indian tribes of Amor ca und the inhabitants of the islands of th - 41 ? ? ?? I?/vh?.IKIa otrrl Hn fortuities of the body were fashionable. Th infants of some of the tribes, as *0011 as bor: were boxed npand a heavy weight puton thel forehead. For eight or ten months it wa kept In this v+ce until the head assumed pei manently the desired shape?a eonical o elongated head being fashionable. The nosi the lips and the ears offer great temptation to be used for the display or ornament. Th Australians consider it very beautiful t thrust rinpis and stralcht piece* of tortol* shell throciih the cartilage that, divides th nostrils, nnJ wo have a relic of barbarlsr fashionable amongst us to-day of wearln rings In the ears. The most hideous of all these deformltlc exists among the Bongo women of Centrr Africa. An soon as a woman is married th operation begins of extending her lower 1 if The lip Is silt about the gums and blocks t wood are then In^rtcd to keep the orlflc open, n weight is then suspended from th lip until It Is enlarged to five or <lx times i! original proportions apd hangs down like piece of leather below the chin, exposing th gums and lower teeth and giving her th most ghastly appearance. Among the ur married women of this same tribe a favorit 4 ^ nAftimttn: la tn nftQQ UUMUIII ll'l tlic (:iCUlCOk IUt|Ub|rVV< II. vw |.,.vU ring through the corners of the upper an lower lips and as It were, to put a curb upo their capabilities. This Is not so bad?ptobi bly a custom "ex- necessitate" atd would nt be amiss to-day, provided, the tongue had place In f.he picture. This fashion Is not un versal but the- extension of the lower Hp I the "*fne qua non"?the arch distinction < the tribe. The custom in /murium <n i.iuicmuk m one or more of the front teeth and cutting o one or more fingers from the left hand, seem to he connected more with their religious ritt than with a desire to beautify. It Is genera 11 a propitiatory sacrifice to the si irits of thel dead. We are all familiar with tho fashion of tat toning the skin, and among tome of th tribes who habitually go naked > here Is som excuse for 'it as It takes the place of dress A untattooed skin being looked upon by tkci as unclothed skin I* by us. Man. not conten with deformlni himself extends thlsinutih' tlon to his beasts also. Not many years ag j "bob-tailed horses' wore fashionable anil t I "dock" his tall, as It was called, was c ruel 1 the extreme. Not only was half the bone c the tall cut off but the tendons of the ta w< re divided and paralized so as to cause th stump to be carried in a "cocked" position ami dogs to-day can be seen with the natur.i form of their ears and tails mutilated bocnus fashionable Iho many horned sheep of A; rlea are produced by splitting the buddln horn of the lamb?an operation more painfu than to split our toe or linger nails. The conclusions we draw from these horrl bly deforming fashions are, that they are no only pcrmanentand lasting upon the Individ ual.but when universally persisted iti mus affect succeeding generations, and the ten dency Is to re-produce Itself there. My an thority accounts In this way and with consM erable show or reason, for the crested, rum plcss atid other strange forms of fowls; j outer tumblcrand other varieties of nlgeont; tail less cats of the Isle of Man; "Mooly" cows Ae. For deformity of the feet iu obedience t< fashion wo do not to go so far back ai the savage state, but only have to look at 1 nation who have advanced to a tolerably hlgl grade of-civilization. I mean the fashion ex istlftg among tho Chinese women. A par from tho abhorrence connected with th.s cus toni It Is so eminently foolish and absurd, I renders walking and even standing almos impossible, and the process is said to be on< of the most painful operations known be caust! it Is so -long continued. The itrocoss li described as follows; "The deformity Is pro duced by applying tight bandages around tin feet of the gills when about five years old Tho bandages are specially manufactured ant are anout two Inches wide and two yardi long for the first year and five yards long foi subsequent years. Theend of the strip Is laid on tho Insltio of the foot at the instep, then carried oyer the toes under the foot and round tho heel, the toes being thus drawn toward and across the sole, while a bulge Is produced at the Instep and a deep Indentation In the sole. Successive layers or bandage are wound round the foot until the strip Is all used and tho end Is then sewn tightly down. After a month the foot Is put In hot water to soak for a time, then the bf.ndage is carefully unwound. Notwithstanding the powdered alum aftd other appliances to prevent It, the surface of the foot Is generally found to bo ulcoruted and much of tho skin and even one or two ol the toes may como off wlTh the bandage. In which case the woman afterwards feels Repaid by the sniallness end more delicate appearance of her feet. Each time the bandage is taken off" die foot Is kneeded to make the folnts more flexible,and Is then bound up as quickly ns possible with fresh bandages moire lightly taan before. During the flr?t year tho pain Is so Intense that the sufferer can do nothing DUt He and cry and moan. For about two yeai* tbe leet aches continually. With aoimuued rigorous binding It ultimately ? loses sensibility, the muscles, nerves and vesJ f.nls are all wasted, the bones are altered In Ihelr relative positions to each other and the wlfble limb is reduced permanently to a stunted condition." Once formed the "Golden Lilly as the Chl? e Tif-selndy calls Ler dellc*ite little appendage, rescrobles more the hoof of nn unlmal than 91 the foot of a humun bulng. Wlien we remcm her tliemany i one mm* vi wi: iuu? m wo cascutlon of which It requires perfect develop0 ment, and Its delicate and complex structuro. e It does feeni a blusDhemoua folly to be so J changed and distorted from Its original gracoJ fill and useful shape. Her Golden Lilly Is not e only the dearest possession of the Chinese s lady but It Is th'6 nations boasted prld6. Be1 hold the Imperious tyranny of lashiou I not ? only over-rides every dictate of reason,health and comfort, but "Improves" by mutilation ' the perfect work of God himself. s We have In the small, high French heel e worn by tlie led tea of to-day this same mon '* stroelty on a small scale. The heel being to< " .small to glve?i)pport and placed under the In" step Instead of the hfel of the foot, throws not ,e only the foot but the whole body Into an un? natural posltloVi, It ruins the iodt and the r waljt.and according to eminent physicians ? produce serious diseases to women. , I venture to say there is not u mon in this " room whose feetare not slightly mutilated by e fashion. He either has corns, bonlons, In' growing nails nre his feet are pushed out oi their natural. sTiape. All this is unnatural '* and produced by wearing tight or fashionable J shoes, and exaetly In proportion as It is thus ' stiffened and distorted ts there loss of ? strength, mobility Hnd beauty. We can hard* ly.censure the Chinese then?though we never , speak of their custom without abhorrence^ [ and reprobation?when we find In this blaze l* of 19th century civilization a modified appearT anee of the self-same fashion amongst our| selves. "Ob I wad snmc power the glftle gle us I. To see ourselves as others see us." ll I will mention but one more of these pernlJ clou# fashions and os usual we find It belongs towoman. 1 rert't 10 corset. wearing imu " lacing It ft useless for me to point out the e many ways In which It Is Injurious to health. 2 Medical books are full of their evil effects and 9 It requires no argument for a sensible mind '* to pee at a glance that to contract and squeeze ,l tocether the ribs or walls of the chest, Is ' bound to be Injurious. The chest, with Its | strong network of ribs and cartilage, Is the 1 fiarnc In which Is set the life Itself. Itlsmade * to preserve and protect the heart and lungs In s the.'.r manifold functions, which functions c must be Impeded by tight lacing. In resplra^ | Hon too perfect freedom of the chest is essen* tilth When w'6 breathe, the chest expands y and contract* and esptclally Is this the case * with women whose respiration Is almost en> tircly from the chest. Ho, as far us the laws of '* licallh are concerned, It Is bad. j* Bat we say It Is more beautiful?that the fen? mafe figure Is Improved. Ia this a sound , Judgment? ff classic models of antiquity, ' for which we express the greatest admiration, be any guide; If the appearance of eAs6, grace ami comfort belong to beauty In wo,r man'; 1f nature Is not to be Improved on, then , our Judgment Is not sound. We say It Is 1 beautiful merely because It Is fashionable. Just because we are 'used to If,: when in reality ithasn'thalf the beauty Af the easy,graceful figure of nature. We say It is a beautiful g exactly as the noseornnment Is beautiful to e the Australian; Just as the hanging lip is to , the Hont'o woman ; and Just as the deformed foot Is to the Chinese No, It Is a false concepy Hon of beauty forced on us by the unlversal\ lty of the custom. It Is then Injurious and r; unbecoming and I should say from Its ap'peara ance and make. Intensely uncomfortable. To be Incased in such a coat of mall must make ,1 the wearer feel as stiff and uncomfortable as ,{ It looks.and a few minutes experience I once e had In playing the part of a fashionable young lady In a negro minstrel performance, confirms me In my belief. This, I think, is rho it.nst. nprnlrioiiR fashion amonc civilized m nations and it does seem folly?madness In I# Women, not only to shorten their own lives H but endanger the health of their children by y wearing such things simply because It Is fnshu, lonable. Mny we not exclaim with Shakespeare "See'st thou not what a deformed thief lB this fashion Is?" t Like the deformity of the feet this fanhlon ,2 belongs to civilization. It came to life about D a 'cetatttfy ego in Europe and amongst every J nation of the world wh<+o civilization ranks ?" highest. It flourishes to-day. .! Tlio corset seems to be out-growth of the dei sire in women to show their figure as much , a- possible. Trie dress couldn't be made to fit ,{ the nutural figure tight enough so something hod to be Invented. This desire to show ev; ery line of tl-eir make succeeded well when j. we had corset above and plu-bac?c below. Even men are hi-glnnlng to wear tliCm. "What fools these mortals be!" If time permitted I might mention many *" othor fashions, but I must hurry on to the V other division of my subject. f Wo have so far been speaking of single or ' Individual fasalons,Isolated and apart; there have been however, at certain times general movements influencing fashion in the ab*} struct ; tidal-waves of fashton affecLlnr the whole world and in tills connection I will J speuk of the "Esthetic Crazo." l? "iEsthetlclsin" is the word of the hour. We .V hear people suylng such and such a thing is " (esthetic, and such and mien a person is an aesthete. Everything Is nesthetic. We have aesthetic dress, aesthetic furniture, aesthetic tlowers and aesthetic girls, and amidst all this the nntural ouestlons come what is it? . and what does It all mean? I confess that un* til I looked carefully Into the subject It was ' all a mazy, misty, visionary sort of thing to V me. I said a thins: was aesthetic because I heard other people say so, but why It was or ?" whatan aesthetic thing really was, I couldn't f~ say. Hence I was eog' r In my hunt to find out what it was or what all this ''hurrah" " meant. One authority says it Is "the search for the ? best.;" another asserts that It Is "the yearning * after the beautiful," while the Immaculate M Oscar Wilde says it Is "the secrot of exist,g ence." What ever it be it Is undoubtedly in our midst doln-r its work, and we should try r? to see whether Its indications are good or bad ?to separate, If we can, the false from the true. ^ Th? Aral iniriiiicp cIvnn lo the movement comes undoubtedly Horn Iluskln. .John Ruskin was n protcssor In the University of OxJ' ford, and wrote numerous essays and books ,, too, to show that our every day life could be 7* made less prosaic by Introducing Into It some elenientof beauty. He wasthe nrstof ourday ? lo teach oifr pedpJe where to look for and how 'rt to appreciate the bcautllul In nature. Thi?is what oesthctlcism means, the love of the " beautiful and Its development. Rusklnsaw if the nt-eil <if llils erninontly prnctlcnl anil utllL llarlan age. That the love of the beautlfulln , all things was being pushed out of place by the love of money and the time devoted toils nnrilclng: and all his writings were to try and revive thTs lost desire. Oscar Wilde was one '' of tho most enthuslustlc of Ruskin's pupils, Ie who as is often the case, went beyond his pre-i , ceptor. Like all fanatics Wilde exasgerates the thing into a caricature and much of the ,{ nonsensical and farcical tone given to the '' movement in this country is due to him, but '3 RusUln. far more than Oscar Wilds deserves to be tailed -'the prophet of the beautiful."' 0 The turn whlcli ae?>thctlclsm has taken in . America is tlie most extravagant oxaggeratlon?exaggeration surpassing absurdity; and , for this reason the notions of most Aineri,J cans on the subject are false and erroneous. Tlie very fact, however, that this at>RurdUy is so universal, shows that there Is something In it. The comic operas which caricature the ? movement arc thronged and the dwellings , decorated after the absurdest style are visited by many aTnxlrfns eyes. Young ladles parade r the streets attired in One of the old fashioned dresses of a century ago, with the waist im\ mediately under the arros-a sun-flower in J their hat as ble ns their head and a 11 fly on i?telr breast behind which they could hide. ' Gentlemen, of the Oscar Wilde persuasion ? ' strole of an Aft" in knee-breeches and buck* le-shoc'i, with a coat something after the plfcR onii.rall ont. The hair 4s loner and flowing s and parted In the middle, while they enUivate * the languid ulr and die away manner. In short a "lar-dc-dnh" of the first water or ns ' Punch calls him In bis caricatures, a veritable X "Afr. Maudlc , The opera "Patience" is the one which at'I tracts greatest attention, and though the ver" lest nonsense It has been the flaming rage for a the past tfenson. The above n?roed "lar-del_ dah: is thus described In Patience: e "A most Intense young man, A soulful-eyed young man, e A greenery yalery, t, Grosvenor gallery, r .Te-ne-sals-quol young man." f All poetry that Is silly and noAsensiep.l and * esprrlally love-sick. they call aesthetic, e. a r I quote the following lines taken from a recent newspaper and headed "-Esthette." Afs ter describing the decorations of shn-tlowers, e llllles, Ac , with the marriage-bell of peacock o feafhers.fro writes: ? "The bride was led up the broad aisle, e Got up In the most killing stalsle, " And when asked If she'd be A true wife to he, She unswered promptly, i snouiu smmsic." Notwithstanding all these foolish extravap genets from nil that I can gather the indlca, Hons seem to point to lasting, permanent ,f good. ,e Apart from all thin nonsense there is a true e ae8thellclHtn?a practical Rood that all can s derive from seeing, cultivating nnd learning ? to appreciate all that Is beautiful In nature e andlnnrt. It must be refining to see about c us every day beautiful things, and nature in all her Incomparable beauty wp have with us ,e always. jEsihctlcism moans simply then a ,v cultivation of your love for this beauty, thp d idea being that in proportion to your capacity n to appreciate this beauty, are you refilled and ennobled. If you love beautiful scenery'^ If >t you love the soft calmness of a moonlight ft night; if you love to see the sun sink with a j. glorious set, cultivate it, think of lt.seeltof|S ten and speak of it and unconsciously Lhis ,'r high sense is educated. If you love art, sculpture and painting, tree as inucn as you it, can unct cultivate yourdeslre. e.g. They say tr all men are more or less, born poets. That a is few from favorable circumstances and good s fortune fur outstrip the others and they are y called the only "born poets," but that many [r sink to their graves "umrept, unlionored and unsung" and die with all their music in I. them, simply because they neglected to cultlo vate Ihislove tor the beautiful. They account e In tills way for the dearth of poetry to-day. n That, the extreme practicality of the age has n choked out the cultivation of, and love for. it the beautiful. /Esthctlclsm Is a technical t. term given to a very plain, practical thing, and o Its high flown and high sounding name, to0 eether with the extravagances it has gone Inn to here, are enouth to comfound and nuzzle if us; but eliminated from all this rubbish it is II simply tiio cultivation?the education of our e highest senses. It is catholic and generous; knows no class nor condition, and as far as 11 nature Is concerned extends to the poor in an elthe same inviting hand and lavish promise f. I that it does to the rich. Nor is the poor g man ever excluded. Though his means "be 1 scant anil ills home humble. It can none the less, be made attractive and Inviting, - As I said nature, the source and model of all t beauty, is free to all. Higli and low, rich and I-! poor are all influenced by the beauties of r.a11 ture. Bryant expressed this wl*en In speaki-jlngof the influence of nature over mau,he i. said: "For his gayer hours . She has a voice ot gladness, and a smile And eloquence of beauty, and she elides - Into his darker musings, with a mild i And healing sympathy that steals away Theli sharpness, ere he Is aware." ^ And what is true of nature is true of all " real art, because all our perceptions ?f beauty ' arc drawn from nature. What Isart but the * effort to re-produce nature? and who Is not -i influenced by the sluhtof a beautiful picture 11 or a splendid statue? The uneducated as well ' -, as thecultured feel Its Influence and even the < t! little ignorant child is attracted by Its bright i t( colors. This attraction?this love is the idea. ( !, and aesthetlcism means Its cultivation. AH this "aesthetic talk" we hear: all this ?1 exngnerated worship "of the beautiful" in the I -1 abstract; and all this "ethereal transcendent- < 5[all8m"ls only the froth which comes to the , surface; underneath them is norm thing real < I! and earnest. We should aid the movement '! all we can, as It Is the light against material- ^ ' j ism and shame. I! In plain common sense the teaching of aes- ! J: thetfclsm 4s this. That life need not be hard ' 11 and repellant, that In cach one of ns there Is t' a deeper and a higher something which stfug- j t I: files to flnd expression, and In the cultivation i > i of the beautiful we help to express that some-'' 1. thing. By Mils mean the lay of the tongue- ( i tied poet is sung; the eye of the unknown sculplor is opened; the palette of the unno' tlceu "painter resurrected from oblivion and J each one of us?more or less?raised and rc- { fined. i j If this be the true aesthetlcism, what could be more fallacious than tho form it has taken J '.here? Instead of absurd and tanclful exag^ i 3 igeratlon we have plain, practical facts; anal Instead of a capricious and evanescent fash-1 Ion, a movement Indicative of permanent Sood. Of course all the absurdities will soon C rop off and die, b?t the good In it frill remain. I Some people say that the universal eulti va- r tlon of the fine arts come band In hand with e the decline of morals. They point to Greece, | Itaiy and France,and then looking home, again they flnd In the exaggerated movement a or to-dny a pernicious influence^ They mala* j 3 ! tain that the sensuous worship of the beautiful Is apt to degenerate Into self-indulgence l and demonstrate that In the Puritan days all . BUch would have been looked upon with hor- 1 ror. I don't think this argument bns much force. The Puritans took life aa the sternest ? of realities and left all thought of the beautl ful for enjoyment In the heaven which to c tbem, was a kingdom exceedingly difficult to enter. The very sternness and harshness of . the Puritan days are reasons for tbe'eia;rger - lion to-day. The reaction onoe begun,as I < said before, we are too apt to wt on tbo other extreme. t One of the most useful forms aesth?>tlclrtn | hns taken Is the decorations of our home*. c We all know the value and good of home Influence. Nothing has such a tyhorenome ef-1. feet on the young as the pleasant, sweei asso-1 clntlonaof home, and If ld?6Wifort nnd order | we add the teachings of beauty, we know nbt ^ now mucn w?? migm acnieve. wnire"Restnet- < iclsm does'irtekesoine homcsrldlculoul) It does k make mar>y beautiful,and It Is nolatall essential that we should decorate with expen- ? iive ornaments. Neatness, ordefc, simple ornaments and most of all arrangements, are the necessities. Kvery one knows how dillerontly different rooms affect uc. Som'fe, though the furniture and ornaments be tlve costliest, have a Stiff, stately appearance and the vwy air seerts 111 at ease; while others seem to < smite and Invite you to enter. This pleasing effectof the Whole Is aesthetlclsm and there Is undoubtedly a great deal in it. The proper selection and combination of colors Is another form It has takeh. In painting your walls, ( your fences, or your houses, aesthetlclsm , leaches which Is the moat pleAsiug color. How often do we see a house ral.ted one col- ' or, windows another, and the caves a third, that do not blend or harmonize at a)l. It will ] establish a standard of taste as to what colors harmonize tlrat all may follow. In costume I think aesthetlelsm has under- ' taken too much-. They expect to revolution- * Ize dress completely., They say the present ] style, especially male dress, Istbe most unbe- i coming and far removed froriv'tbe beautiful." ( Their object Is to re-inslate the old style of knee-breeches, swallow-tail coats and long hair; and in female dress the simple, ntfwalst'6d style of Queen Anne's time. I Imay i be mistaken, but I don't think this revolutlo*. will ever take place. It may and will affect < certain parts of our dress, but I can hardly think we will ever see our men colng about their every day business In knee-breeches I and powdered hair. Ithashad IfieRoodeffieet | too of enlarging the hitherto nwrrdw mind of j fashion. I mean by this that before, a certain thing would be fashionable and every one would accept It uncondltfdnally. e. p. acer- 1 tain hat or bonnet would be fashionable one season and every female, great or small, black or white would have that bonnet or df6; now, by tho enlarging Influence of aesthetlclsm, ] rashlon comparatively conforms to Individual , taste. We now see hats of every shape and size worn during the same season. All this Ifc 1 due to aesthetics, I uEsthetlciBm in its broad principle extends tom f6 tne cultivation of tho beautiful In our- , delves. I dojjot mean by this merely the cal- ( uvitbiuu ui imju unu lurui, uuii iiic unci qualities, good nature, sweet disposition, and pleasant manners. If It succeeds In this line surely no one will say there Is no good In it. for to have a (rood nature and sweet temper Is more to Ire valued thnn the highest ofafer of Intellect or art, and anything tending f6 thedevelopmentof these qualities should be encourased. The lllly, the dnlzy 4rid the snn-flowerare the aesthetic ; flowers, but why these should be the select ; few, I can't say. The lllly and the dalzy will j do well enough, hut why they picked ont the : "sun-flower, I cannot tell. All tnnt Is aesthetic from Its very nature must be beautiful and to my notion tfto sun-flcwer falls far short of tliat. It Is oe*ertliele88 "par excellence" the I aesthetic flower. i The conclusions I draw from what I have written and seen on the subject,arc these: , I 1. That fashion Is like love?a strange, myotic, evanescent thing, whence It roinn, whither It goeth or why we worship It, we hardly I know or stop to enquire. !L That among uncivilized nations fashion Is not so changeable but comparatively fixed. 3. That among civilized nations. In the temperate regions fashion Inns changeableaAd capricious as possible, while in the meld fftid and torrid zones we find it more fixed and permanent, .rrt the very hot and very cold climates fashion or necessity pjust remain pretty much tha same and we cart account for the caprices in the temperate zones partly from their ever changing seasons and partly from the vivacity and sprlghtllness of their people. }. That Oscar Wilde Is a fanatical fool and as to his makine us wear knee-hroeche* anil loug hair he U a little "ton utterly utter.'* H. That In aesthetlcism there If) a grentdcnl of good, but like everything of lt? kind It comes with a "craze" and may. Ufe tnlpaptnfed (inJ exaggerated. White Flannels The Best.?Often are we asked the question : Which Is be*t for health, red flnnnel or *whlie? We answer white, for the following reason*': I. white flan'nal Is warmer. 2. It contains no artificial coloring matter, as red flannel Is likely to do, and henco can* not be a source of poisoning, as the latter frequently Is. 3. It Is more durable, and, from the readiness with which It shows oils, is likely to be kept more cleanly. The popular notion that red flannel Is a speclflcfor rheumatism or any other disease, is a mistake.?Good Health. . '' i tii rr -* -r .i r iiittt. Business Notices. After four years experience and a careful investigation of the Sewing Machine trade we regard the Light Running Domestic Sewing Machine, the most practical aiid durable family machine in the market. Light running. Easily adjusted. "Simplicity simplified.M *Self-sctting needle, self-threading shuttle, will tin t.liA DTPfltPQt. vnriofv r?f u-Ai-fr a'nd the only machine that h;is the underbraider attached to the machine. For sale by R. M. Huddon & CO. The Light Running Domestic will sew the driest Persian lawns or the coarsest c&ssimeres without change of needle or tention. This machine is guaranteed for five years by the manufactory Sold by R. M. Haddon <fc Co. Different varieties of turnip seed. The Seven Top, White Hanover, Yellow Ruta Bag*, Amber Globe, nnd other varieties to be found at Smith A Son. It will soon be time for sowing turnips, dou't forget it. Remember wheu yon are in town that you can get your seed at Smith & Son. Bargains* bargains fn laces. Another lot of remnants of tootts just received. Call and examine them. Smith '& Son. Hoop skirts with and without bustles, a fresh supply, just received attheEmyoriuin of Fashions. New Crop! New Crop! Turnip Se^cfd at Smith & Son. Tcrnsp Seed! Turnip Seed! Smith ifc Son. Use the patent tin can for saving tomatoes and potatoes, the cheapest and beat, 95 cents ber dozen, at H. W. Lawson & Co's. Glass frnit jars?"Improved Gem," at H. W, Lawson <fe Co's. Best Machine Oil at 64 cents p6r gallon at H. W. Lawson <fc Co's. Best Kerosineatid Astral oil at H. W. Lawson <fc 'Co's. Tubnip seed fresh for 1882, at H. W. Lawson <fe Co's. ? Brass and porcelian kettles, at H. W. Lawson <te Co's. Fly fans and traps at &. W. Lawson <fe Co's. | IjADIes in need of Worsted Dress 1 Goods, all colors with trimiugs to match ; will find them at greatly reduced prices. I at the Emporium of Fashions. i Silk parasols, fans, and other desirable goods are now being offered cheap, at thr Emporium of Fashions. If you want a cheap, stylish ladies or misses hat, call at the Emporium of Fashions (next door to hotel) and you will be astonished at Joty prices, they can 1 now be bought for to reduce stock on hand. Beautiful dress ginghams all colors now reduced to 121 cents, at the Emporium of Fashions. . Another lot of handsome colored muslins, white Indian mnslins, corsets ruchings, linenulstern from $1 up, to arrive this week at the Emporium of Fash ions. Thk largest stock of black and colored sulfas eVer ottered in thi.s market. Now being sold at very low prices or made up to order R. M. Hauddon ?S Co. For new goods, latest stylos and lowest prices. Call on R. M. Haddon ft Co. Just received 15 dozen ladies hats and bonnets. All the new shapes for Summer R. M. Haddon ft Co. Just received rufflings cream and white laces, flowers feathers ftc., R. M. Had-' don ft Co. Just received another lot Japanese par-, asols, fans Ac., R. M. Haddon ft Co. Just received 50 pieces ribbons all the; new shaites for Summer R. M. Haddon ft i Co. Just received 5 dozen linen ulsters R. M. Haddon & Co. For the largest stock and greatest variety of dress silks, black and colored watered satens, brocade silks and all the novelties in dress trimmings at lowest prices call on R. M. Haddon ft Co. We have just received another lot of those brautiful white lawns, "Lerion De Daca," French muslins and other desirable white and cream wash goods for summer wear, R. M. Haddon ft Co. F The largest and most attractive stock of millinery ever offered in Abbeville, at prices to mi it the times. When you come to town, don't fail to see our stock. R. M. Haddon ft Co. Ladies Underwear. ? Look at our * stock of ladies underwear, bought direct; ? from the manufactories and will be sold c very cheap, by R. M. Haddon it Co. y The largest stock and best assortment I( of ladies goods "exclusively" in the up- n country can now be found at R. M. Had- o don A Co., old stand next door to the post c: office. 0 Patterns! patterns!?A want King a felt can now be supplied. Buttertc ft;w Do's patterns for sale by R. M. Haddon " feCo. 11 Just received.?10 pieces black cash- -n mere. The best 50c. cashmere in the a market can be found at R. M. Haddon ft 1 Do. Summer Situs!?The largest stock of iutnmer silks we have ever offered-, with ;rlinmings to match. R. M. Haddon ft '?' bi For the best Assortment of millinery ec ;<rods of all descriptions and at lowest fll irfces, call on R. if. Haddon ft Co. ^ Ladies Shoes! For a good shoe and a p< rood fit try our custom tnade shoes. Ifono better. R. M. Haddon ft Co. For the largest -stock and greatest 'Artetyof silk tinges, lacesftc., fordresses all on R. M. Haddon ft Co. Lawn Tenis, Searsucers ft Dunborton ? nuslifls. for summer dresses, just receivid by R. M. Haddon ft Co. For the best assortment of dress goods A nd dress trimmings to match, call on R. 1, Haddon <t Co. Fob wite goods of a'l the newest fabrics, 1 >oth foreign and domestic, call on R. M. I fladdon <fe Co. ^ ' Fob "Notengbam Lace" for cnrtains l n white and Ecru, call on R. M. Had- 1 Ion & Co. j* For ladies neck wear, ties, flschue?, p ufflings, collars <Sc.f call oil R. M. Had-1'' Ion <fe Co. i Fob the latest styles and lowest priceA n millinery, call or send to R. M. Iladion A Co. Precious Coffee Pot, try It and be con/Fnced that it is the best. Smith & Son. 0$E of the largest &ttd best assortment >f millinery goods in the up-country at Smith & Son. * Elegant line of htraw goods, for ladies l ind Misses At Smith <fe Son. BuV your underwear at Smith <fe Son. di S? & S. M. Stranger?What do the letters & & S. ( M. mean? ^ Citizen?Smith & Son, Merchants. * Stra'rtger?What do they keep? Citizen?Evfify'thing you, j'our wife, laughters and boys wear, besides every- ? ;hinR that is known as House Furnishing * 3oods. Stranger?Do they do much of a business? Citizen?Why, my dear sir, they do one if tlie largest. Tfiey carry more liwes of [?oods than any otter House in town? having a Groccry Store, a Dry Goods Stote and a Millinery Department, all sompfete. Stranger-How are their prices ? Citizen?They guarantee th6ta as low is any. Stranger?Do they keep Ready-Made Clothing? Citizen?Ye?, fi largo and handsome assortment, also of feats both straw arid j felt and everything in the Gents Furnish- I ing Department. * ' Stranger?Then that is the place to get my wants supplied?at Smith & Son. Fresh Groceries. Plain and Mixed Pickles'! Dhow Chow, 1 CfcnV>'6d * Canned Okra andToma- tl Canned Peaches, at Smith&Son' Cannnod Pine Apples, Dried Apples, Dried Peaches, Dried Cherries. Stationery t] ,1 Letter Paper, No!e Paper, i Lepal Cap Paper, C/W.ln Am Dnnn^ - r ?7V/in V.II X U^vi f PRn^llox Paper, fat Smith A Son. . Ehvelopefl, Rubber Eraser?, ' i Steel Erasers, 5 Paper Clasps, Ac. Bilk Parasols, Alpirca Parasols, f Umbrellas,. at Smith A Son-. [ Bun Umbrellas, I Buggy Umbrellas. Pride of the.Klfchen Soap.) The SnpRrlorPollshlnc Soap, [-atSmlth<tSon. For Scouring and Polishing.) HART & COMPANY] Hardware Merchants. HEADQUARTERS FOR DANIEL PRATT COTTON GltiS Feeders & Condensers.' i I T??E BROWN COTTON GINS, FEEDERS ANfc CONDENSERS. t t SCHOFIELD COTTON PRESS, ENGINES 1 AND GIN GEARING. j L. T. GRANT'S PATENT FAN MILLS. < AGENTS FOR BALDWIN FEED CUTTERS. I burr all corn sheller8, * thomas bradford & co's, corn, wheat an? feed mills. ( ( FOR SALE. gin bristles, babbitt metal, belting. mill stones, mill picks, ( and Full lines of hardware. r STATE AGENTS FOR Kemp's Manure & Cotton Seed Spreader Saves 90 per cent of the labor, and doriblfto the r?h)? ' I ofttw Manirre. one loud *pre?d l^one-tf^r) | 1 Deueubuujr IUU or?|i iw luuni a* wuj IM,J|CXJ UUI uj bind Indlspen*nbl?? an the Mnwcr nva In the cotton nectinn* It will nave the labor rf half a dozen men. Sfrreads Mnck. M?rl, A*be?. IJme. CottnnReed, ?t&7nr9?''ca?torTO arllls. ForBhurtrntcdc*t* lojrue tend fall particuUrs idSrttu BEND FOR PRME3. HART & CO,, Charleston, S. C. June 1-1,1882, tf UNPMULIELED1 SUCCESS ( n*THE WMteSeffingMacMaB i! rHE WHITE SEWING MACHINE, tho best In the World It ha* an oscillating (elf-threading Shnttle. a Self-setting needle, t Is adjustable In all Its wearing tarts and nade from the best of material, its boblns an be filled without removing work or atRchmentH. It is so simple In construction ,nd light running that a child can use H. It rill do the greatest range df work. It has the dost complete set of useful attachments. It i far in advance of any other sewing ma- I hlne. It has been thoroughly tested for four i I cars In Abbeville county. It is warranted; r jr five years. 9 Remember no machine Is genuine or war- JL anted only those sold by ourHuHiori?d4ealrs. And those pretending to sell our Mahines. Needles or Attachments outside of ur Agents are frauds. Mr. J. L. Simpson Is ur only authorized dealer for the Counties of .'bbeville and lAurens, and no Machines are ? arranted except tho-<e sold by him or those 1 hom he may associate with him In the bus- 1 less. Respectfully, ' niTE SEWING MACHINE CO, , CLEVELAND, OHIO. ^ ? H THE ladles, and those persons Who wish to 2} jy Sewing Machanes, are respectfully Invlt- ' , I to call at Mr. Barnwell's, where they will id the only genuine, warranted and cheapt Machines, samples of the tho Machine's V ork, needles and attachments. Oil 10 cents ;r bottle. All persons desiring to communhcate with e on the subject, will address me at Abbelie, S. C. J. L. SIMPSON. Puly 13. 1881. ly. ^ Stereoscopes LND Stereoscopic Views. A fine assortment both Foreign and American, at ? L J. 1). CHALMERS. March 29,1852, if G t K- *' BARBER SHOP. G ">ICHARD OA NTT. i* now prepared to do V all work in lila depaitment In tbo be?t lannerand ai rnifonablc charge*. Monthly astomcrs xbAvlnir. balr rutting and sham- * wine SI per mouth. Pasors honed and put i the best condition for 26 centH each. 8hop under thp Preta and Banner office. March 16.1832. tf H, 6, SCUDDAY, Attorney and Counselor at Law, ANDERSON, S.fc. JFFERS his professional services to the cltIxens of Abbeville. rartle* desiring to >nstiU'wltfi him, may do so attach session r the f'rturt tor the County.or by letlet at Annrson C II. Jane 15.1881, tf 5PEAKE & BRO. -AGENTS FOH THE FAM0U8Jclipse friction and Porta* table Engines! pHE WAYNESBORO ECLIPSE SEPARA I TOR, SAW MILLS. COTTON GINS. All 3, THE AMERICAN FRUIT dryer. Pai* es wlsbiDg the above, address SPEAKE & BRO.i Kinard's T. 0., S. C. Mr. JOHN KNOX Isonr only agent to Mil lie Eclipse EAjnnes and Scpuratort and Lmerlcan Frail Driers In Abbeville County. : SPEAKE <fc BRO. Mnrch 20. Km Chfumos. \ LARGE lot of new Chromos 22 * 28 and 24 x 30.) on exblbit"on and (or sale, at K15 each at .. w. p. wardlaw. April 20. 1BSL m Mini lllil II V 1 IVU * ? ^ In accordance with the Vet to raise supplies for the fiscal year rommencing November 1st, 1881, api > roved February 9th, 1882. Notice is jereby giveh that the Treasurer's ofioe of AhbeVilte County, will be open 'or the collection of tufces MONDAY, MAT 1,1882, md will remain open until June 1st-. The rate per CatiUim of taxe* is as 'ollows: State purposes... 4} mills. County current.v.. 3 " Deficiencte?.v.v.vj.-.v. 1J " Schools ..2 . M Total ...V.-....V.V....V.V. ...lli mills. Poll Tax $1. "TIip tnx<?s siiill I he collected In two nstnllments, viz: The first instalnent shall be due and payable from he first'day of ifay to the first day ot rune, 1882, and the second installment shall be due and payi ble from the flf:eeh'th day of September to the thirty* irst day of October, 1882." A penalty of five per centum attach* ;s to the first installment if not paid ' jy the first day of June, 1882. Tax-payers (An pay all in. May if hey tJesi re to do so. Taxes are payable in the following tind of funds and no other: Gold md silver coin, United States Currency, National Bank Note", and Coupons .vhich shall become payable during he year 1882, on the valid Consolidat;d Bonds of this State, known as 'Brown Bonds," also Jury Certificates irid the -per diem '6f State witnesses in he Circuit CourTB will be received for '.'our.ty Taxes not including School raxes. J. W. HEREIN, County Treasurer. Treasurer's Office, April 5,1882,4t CUNNINGHAM ? AND? TEMFLETON, - 4 nwrt'nrtrwn BiUPTTl ? II A. V Hi ?VC?WD1 Y Dii lilliliv? Spring Stocky -und o.'re prepared to serve the publlo? DRY GOODS, CROCKERY, ftRnnrcftTES HATS JAPS, BOOTS AND SHOE April 5,1882, tf J L. CLARK, OR THE GOOD OF THE CRAFT HAVE CONCLUDED TO GIVE MY wf?ol? attention to my Shop. I shall pive n/iriM A1WVTIAV rr Iin.v ncvsfrin wlsll i to have his WATCHES REPAIRED ring them In. I have all the tool* and ma rials to do it up in the beat of stylr ? ?* le lowest rotes possible. IT you want S'Mii ock repaired hnftg it lti and it will be don? glit. If you want your JEWELRY MENDED ring It on. If you want your SEWING MACHINE MENDED tils Is the place to get it done In thebest oi der. You can haveany piece made new, or ,e old one repaired. If you wantyourgnn or stoi repaired this Is the place to have It me. All these articles will be repaired la e best of order at the Lowest Prices. Give mo a trial and satisfy yourselves-1EKMS CASH. JOHN L CLARK^ New Willi Ml O.Wardlaw lBBEVILLE, S. C. I AS opened a new stock of FURNITURE I over the store of A.M. Hill & Stan, and B 11 be pleased to receive a call from bis H ends. His stock consists of every variety H FURNITURE usually kept In a first-class a AU of whldn is oft'ered at prices to suit a ! time*. 9 'eb.23,1881, tf Notice. I NY person having demands against thd . estate of GEN. JAMES GILL AM, will (sent them to the Exrcutor, and those In- fl >ted to tne estate will please pay up. m R. C. QILLAM, Executor. B Ireenwood, May 10,1SS24 3V B