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v \ 5 rra3cwrrar Jtlie Press a$d Banner. Jif IIii;*]i "tVilsoi! aail II. T. Vi';;r?i!flw. J " i tveuncscny, A 1:7. 9. 26S2.J A Word In R;p].v to ''fax-Payer." i "Tax-I'oyer," a correspondent of th< j AbbeviUc Medium, as|<> us several qucs i tions last week, some of which we can- j not answer. Lut others wc will iittemp I to answer. About the year 1 Sf>!> Congivs donated to tlie State of Smith Caroiin lour hundred thousand acres of lands, the interest or t! e proceeds to 1>< appropriated to tiic establishment of as agricultural institution, and on conditio? if the mof.oy was no'-. so appropriated that it should he returned t.? the Treasnry at Washington. I?urinpr the Kadien 1 .O u, .11 ,inf . JKlniinstraUOII wiu ::m?? ?> -. .... ting the sum of ?l"l,00ii. An 1 the inter est was used by the in in keej?in:j ii|> tin agricultural ('olle^v, the entire benefits o: "which were conferred 011 colored stu "?1 puts. When the Democratic party as Mimed control of the Government it wadeemed hest to give both tiie whites am 1 he Micks a College?tho blacks taking the ria.'lin University at Orangeburg, am. VNe w hites taking the South Carolina Coliosre at Columbia. Up to that time th< | four .Northern teachers in the agrionltur ul College consumed the annual interest. <Sinee that time theC'latlin University ha> receive*! a yearly appropriation of ?.?.<KiO and tlie agricultural College has existeo entirely on the interest of the ' nut scrip. The last session of the Legislature sup idomented the amount ot iho interest b\ an appropriation of $11',COO, hihI this appropriation has developed an alarming opposition to higher education, which, b\ a false notion of economy would canst our boys to take an inferior stand to that other occupied by their fathers, and forci the State itself, because of a lack of edu oated nicv, to take an inferior p!ae? among i:ie nraies 01 uie i mwn. As to the success *>f the Agricultural College, we would only say that the results of that college, like the results o. any other college, cannot be definitely stnted. For Instance, suppose we wort- to ask "Tax-Pavei" what ^ood any particular school or college has done, hejcoulu not answer the question with mathematical precision. 1 tut we believe that lit will agree with ns in the opinion that oyery school and every college in tin State is worth in good results, main titw* the actual cdsU As we could not estimate moral training, intelligence, and rjontal culture by dollars ani cents, s" we cannot lix (lie money value of a rcliool or colleire. The nsrricultural college, st Jar, has not demonstrated to us as ye: ?pecitic advantages, or benefits, but like the other colleges of the State, we doubt 'not that the advantages to be derived from this institution will well repay tin outlay in money. With this higher appropriation its usefulness will be enhanced ton fold. As a matter of fact, we regard the reports and experiments alone of Prof. John M. Mclirvde in tho Tennessee University,"if published and distributed abroad among the farmers of that State, as of infinitely more value to the farming interests than Hie entire cost of maintaining the institution. Planting we regard iis a science, and the experiments of the Government in this line will be of tin greatest possible practical good in giving information and suggestions jus to the besi modes of accomplishing the best results from a business in which perhaps nine?.nf tl?*? whnli* ooilt)* try is 'employed. A college which, by its experiments, could give practical information to so large a proportion of our people in their daily pursuits, and where so much capital is invested, would be of such a value to our people As could not be estimated in money. And so impressed was the National Congress as to the vast importance of developing the agricultural resources of the country, nnd<g>f the advantages to be secured to the country by receiving the best return for tho labcr suit! capital devoted to this pursuit, that largo amounts were donated by the General Government to endow Agricultural Colleges itj many, if not all, of th: States. Professor McBryde brings his experience at tho Tennessee University to the r.grieulturnl department of tho South Carolina College, and if belabors in that i institution, as he did in the Tennessee tTniversitv. his services hero will prove] }nost profitable in promoting intelligence and material prosperity. Let the Legislature appropriate enough money to pub- i 3ish his experiments, and every man who roads it will be a friend to the institution. 44Tax-payer" thinks tint a majority o'. i ihoSc Who ttpposc the State University 1 never saw the inside of a college. In thi> | Opinion we fully concur. Except when n inan imagine* that the State Urii- j vor>iitv m?v in some wav injure the do-! nominational colleges, we believe it to bel ith; rarest occurrenco to find ;in educated ! nnan who is opposed to either l.ie Univer-' 6itv or higher education. As ''Tax-Fayer" intimates, it is, in our opinion, jis a rule, only those Who have no bollegiate education who oppose the j University. It is through mistaken ideas that they oppose tlio liiglier education. Tlitre Are many men, we presume, who think tlie knowledge of Greek and Latin, or any other language than our own, useless acquirements; but it takeho argument to refute any such idea. Jt is a fact, that nearly all the men who reach stations of usefulness ii> the highest places of Church and State are educated men?men who have attended colleges, or who have, under greater difficulties, educated themselves at home. Nearly all the different religious denominations exclude men without classical education from their pul/its. On the other hand, the people themselves, when railed on to elect officers or representa tives in any capacity, as a rule, select educated men. As to taxing the many to educate the few. It seems that "Tax-Payer" is in favor of taking $I1">,C00 of other people's money to educate tho children in common schools, two-thirds of which goes to the benefit of the negroes, but is opposed to the appropriation of seven cents on I he thousand dollars of the ?imcsort of money, (other people's) lo the higher ed- j ucation of our worthy Rons?the amount [ being the paltry sum of j'10,000, as against $115,000. , Let us reason together for a moment and see if only a few arc benefitted by higher education in the State University. The fact is, that each of the graduates are j reqired to teach a common school for at least two years. Does it not follow then j us a natural consequence that many ot I Mir public schools will soon be taught by trained teachers, who will take the places j now filled by persons uot so competent j for the business? In this way the taxpayer and the children of tho public! schools will receive much bcnoflt. But J it will thus be seen that by voting against higher education a most serious blow is fctrieken at the very foundation of our educational system?the common schools. The injudicious saving of a few dollars is evidence of a decadence of public spirand tho lowering of Stato pride. Wc arc li believer in the highest standards in everything, and especially in men and in j education. The sons of the rich rtre nearly always j educated, and are ever ivuly to assume places of responsibility, honor and trust. I "but it is not always the ease that tho sons j of the poor have been sufficiently educated, though they may bo naturally the equal, if not the superior of their more fortunate neighbor. The public good demands the highest cultivation! of all the best natural talent, no matter where it iuay be found. And it is with the ideal of giving the best opportunity to every j boy, rich or poor, that we favor the University. In this College, if he has talent, the humblest boy may fit himself f >r tiie most exalted places in society, in the Church, in the State, or in tho Nation. Keep the State Universiy open to all the bo3'8 in South Carolina. I*M our peo- i pie remember that no people ever , ach'ovod greatness without education j and mental culture. 'i'aunking '-Tax-Payer'' for his fairness I and coi: rteous l>rariny toward those who ; diJVer from him mi an important qnes-i lion, we have endeavored to answer his (, ('onminniesition in a spirit not less kindiy tin1 ii !ii< ow:i jr V. ii: ti:e Xrc.'.<.rn C j us ti c kindr.c-ss to e . Tli:* ?v/ foaniy Dfi-Jties?. j We ask attention to a well considered j " rlii-lc to be ! 'luid in another column ot i lio J'ress and Itcnnrr. which is taken <1 rom the Yorkvillc Enquirer. While it is i> ussiblo that it would have been better t< uive laid out the different counties origi , ally in smaller areas t!?an they are a 1 present, it >s now certain that r.o aclvanage t'"" I'i? people : ? to be gained by cut- *t| iiitjc off corners of the well-eslabli-hed j? ines to make new tvuntics for the ac- " oinmodation of the little towns that may 1 lave been built on the lire*. (JaTney j, 'ity, a p\;hip station 111 the woods on the n \ir Lino K.iilroad, is no further from the f' 'ourt House at Soartanburc now than it " Si ,v;is > n.^o, p.n-1 if the few persons u vlio have recently bought |;md there- si ibonts. or who now want to tiil the offices J' >f the proposed new county, can persuade 0 he people to consent to the organization n ?f "i pftttntr "rtvnrnmi'iit. to 1>r> stitmoi'tftil " it their expense, tlie land within two i" niles of that place tr>ay be slightly en- j lanced in vidueantf a few thriftless oflice eekers in ay thereby be provided with ti .at o'Jiees. The few persons who have s ettlod at Uallney knew perfectly we'l the ,| listanee it was to the Court House, and if; ? hey wanted t<> practice law, or to make a j. uisiness of intending court as hangers' ?n, or jurymen, or chronic witnesses, I Jn\v should have settled r.t Spartanburg.', fs it not a liberal request for then: to ask 1 .j he people to establish a new county for | -y heir especial benefit. We say their espe-; . ial benefit, because a Court House at; Jatlney cannot be of advantage to any! .loition of the proposed new county, ex-' ept thn.?e who live in the immediate -neighborhood, while (he taxes oa the! c icople of the new county will be enor-' molts fur inanv vears. the tax on the old ! _ muntios will necessarily be increased lbrj? ill time to come. Are the tr.x payers of: York an?1 Spartanburg ready to do so | r< foolish a tiling as to entail an increased j f axation upon themselves and their chil- j f? iron, while destroying the time-honored i iand-marks of glorious old counties, with j c <ueh proud histories? As practical coin-1tl nonsense should govern lis in all busi-jli icss transactions, we suggest that it j f< would bo cheaper for the people of York b iiul Spartanburg counties to authorize t he County Commissioners 'o furnish the t >tlice-huuters with protitable employ- tl nent, and to pay to the property owners s '.ho little advantage they might hofCc to c .rain by taxing the farms so enormously n to support a new government, in the de- r >4truction of the symmetry of the old s ounties. This would be for the cheaper I plan of settling the matter. Ii We trust that the Executive Committee tl may have the fairness to allow tho oppo- 'I uents of new counties a fair ctiance to cx- o press their wishes. Heretofore it has 'I ijeen the rule to furnish oniy such tickets ti -is the Executive Committee wanted!.' voted. Let those who wish to vote "No" have an equal chance, so far as printed ! 11 '.ickets are concerned-. | n ? i v Do the City Papers Ignore the Conn* iu try Press! It seems that there exists a studied disposition on tho part of our city content- |, poraries to ignore their less pretentious p country cousins, and that our dependslice on them for much valuable informa-1 " tion, has induced the belief on tho part r[ >f a few citizens that they must eontiib- o ute to the eity press their items of local |:l news, which shohld naturally lirst appear in the local newspapers. And then in a some instances, we have been informed iliat such articles hlive been sent to the i C laily paper3, and that we fan copy them, j a Of course we feel greatly indebted for j C permission to copy,?which permission g may be an implied request to do so,?bui I w it mr?3* not lie amiss to state that while we I h s^et much valuable matter of a general! fc iiatutu jiuiii wui tn v uiviiua, uuu it ij? in- v.i deed a rare occurrence to copy or note lo- d cal matters of which wo have no infor- v mation, except as it may come from it them. H While it i.s a rare thing for our city g: friends to recognize the country press, in except to re:? I them some ill-humored \n lecture, we are surprised at the vast g unonnt of matter from these same papers I k which re-appears in a number of thejst country press. In fact, wo have been al-j tl most led tc the belief that some of our it country exchanges read very little else th-tii the Charleston and Columbia dailies, j with an occasional glance at the Green- J 11 ~ i*i.. mm. ~ \? i Vine UtlllY. 1 I1U ?\1UU."S UI((A \sUUt cc# f 11 UUI I memory serves us right, has put itself to ; '* the trouble of changing or remodelling; 'c even a long article with no other apparent |:i1 reason than that of avoiding the giving of j s< proper credit to a country newspaper, j h I'he (lolumbih Register often publishes P from a correspondent an inferior notice of j ? local matters, with no otherapparent rea-1 a son than to ignore a country newspaper js< for which it has no love. In tli'e absence , P if a correspondent, local matters are Ire-]?1 quentlv given the go-by, we presume, for l) the same reason. , It may bo that for tho?3 reasons, the lo- ri eal wnter thinks it only necessary tocon- l' iributo something to either of the city pa- j " pers, to see his productions copied int">jw every newspaper of the State. For the! ? information of all such writers we would jl' s;iy that tho Pre.s.s and Manner never in-'11 tontionally wrongs any neighbor of due jc' credit; that this paper has no file leader; I h and that it is not a country edition of any newspaper. We have no jealousies of our city friends. They cannot absorb ourbusi-t(j ness, and wo have no desire to curtail ' j, theirs, even in this locality. We are only j ^ remarking upon rt condition of things jg which seems to exist, and which the j p country press might in some way reme-1 w dy. The country press, in our opinion;' r, injure themselves by taking too much j-( matter from any single paper. I ^ .... L A Georgian's Good Advice. j p The A ugusta Chronicle and Constitution- j11 nlint, who never fails to have a good word j n for the farmers, in noticing our good s crops, had this to say last week : "Some persons are troubled as to what I" shall be done with the surplus grain crop, fd It is a novel thing in the South since the ' u war to have any surplus. Abbeville may : tind Northern outlet for some of her I grain. We suspect however that, as time j wears on, there will be a demand even in ; c South Carolina for much of the corn j ^ and oats. Again, next season may not be proppitious, and it will be a godsend j to fanners that they had supplies stored I u up against a day of scarcity. Would it I not be a good idea for Abbevill to utilize1 ? some of her grain crop in feeding cattle I< and hogs tor a Winter supply of meat?'f, If such animals are not in the country. . get them iroui other localities. Much, money will be saved thereby. As thejb South, this year, has demonstrated that I c she need not have her corn crib in the ? West, let her show next season that her j " smoke bouse has been also removed 101 homeward." j is We agree with the suggestion in part. [ tl Wo do not think it would be profitable,; >< as a general thing, to feed corn to hogs*, I n but this we do know, that there are thou- tc sands of acres of good land in this coun fry now lying out which could be fencod b in, and used as pastures. In these pas-' f; tures cattle, hogs, sheep, and goats could h run and grow, almost without cost, and, g in sufllclent quantities td furnish all the; milk, butter, artd meat that need bo con-J? suined on the farm. The A MUfitn Chronicle and Conititu- I honnlixt is exactly right in saying that! we should raise our own meat. We only lilfcr from that paper in the mode. Sheep, goats, and cattle run well together,-. >' and with a little labor, and perhaps no," utlay in money, excellent pastures may a be made by a large number of our farm- j14 ers. It is a fact that kids may be raisad to six months old without any percept!-1 ble cost and it is a fact that they make %s good meat. ;a We would say that every farmer should H1 divide Lis pastures into two or more di- 11 visions. Grass seed, barley, oats, rye, and turnips should be sown for stock. A ' little work in this direction would prove ()' more profitable ('hail a similar amount in u any other way.i w I a i Just received 5 dozen linen ulsters It (_ ] M. II addon & Co. Ifi More 'flian Half Right. jg The Aiken Recorder of u rcccnt date, ivos utteranectothefollowingsentinicut.; inch, iu our opinion, is more tlinn lmJf i/ht: i * "We arc firrniT-rosoiVi'-.i to 0"t;;b!ish-n^ rtik- li.iit vili f*.hi ?u !iiii*.* itioiis > 1' a j-.tsoji i! rell-ieling m :in ir..-,--' manner o.i the con.iiu't oi'ui.y, if, must Ih> j.ublhht'l me! the true" time of the writer ami paid lor as an ad-. ertisment. ( "To a eei'tiii* extent all editors are con-! Bi'vators, li.itfi of the public peace and nhlie morals, and when we deem it nee-: . ssary to animadvert upon the improper induct of any person or persons, ivc will; ot shirk the responsibility. Hut we are ;,0 nwillim* fur ethers to sto-o lor waul ami, ;V.1 liam 1 lie nv" el' our machinery, labor. ,( nd space f<r tiio purpose of gratifying icirown pctsuual anus. A newspaper ; i?<>t t'??r that purpose. Wo are under , litigations to our subscribers to supply ..1 icm with news and useful information ":i p ?n the genera! topics of the tlav. This ori i our contract?liotliintr less and nothing , , ^ . m? lore?-ami yet, some people scorn lev' * link they acquire a proprietary interest \ ' 1 a newspaper when they pay their sub- _ ,u ription. Some think that the threat of il1-' ie withdrawal of their subscription is 1 iieh a fearful thing that an editor ought > tremble in his boots when he hoars it. he fact of the matter ?s that one or sev- ' ral subscribers withdrawingtheir names A' om a wel! established newspaper is very in uiefc like taking a drop of water from 1 :c ocean. Such things frequently occur j i every newspaper oiliee, but there are ' liv'iw nflioi's tn lake t.hnir nlaees." I ' Communications which are intended for j||( ie advancement of private interest opi liortld, *n our opinion, bo charged for in pej u> manner indicated al)ove, but column- ' . ications which are abusive, or thatat-!s0, urk private character should not bo ad-; 'J titled into a newspaper under any cir , umstanees. The progress w liich has been j;l ludc in the newspaper business within sh ie last ten years is gratifying indeed. ! ' 'cry lew offensive or abusive articles ;<..{< ow appear in any of the South Carolina j ' \ ewspapers. Men who art deficient iu.J. ersonal eonrnerc may abuse an ad versa-j { y in f rint-, if the editor will allow him j". ^ ? do so, but the brave man speaks in an-1 rol ?ther wav. l-'u I ] tarbarians, Libraries, and Colleges. til" In the city of Alexandria, Egypt, the | bp u'.igion of Jesus Christ made some of its j tot arliest convcrls, and continued from the j *y mrtli to the seventh century to bo ajtj|( liief seat oT 'Christian theology. The j mi ity was over powered by the Arabs in tic seventh century, aipl (lie Alexandrian I ^ brary, the greatest that ever existed be- j tjj, ire the art of printing, was destroyed] >y the barbarians, under the decision of; lie Culipt Omar: "If these writings ofi he Greel; agree with the Hook of God, j Tr hey are useless and need not be pre- ?i( crved; if they disagree, they are perni- ?? ious and ougiit to be destroyed." Collected with this library was a College or' foi ctreat for learned men, called the mu-. P'' eum, where they were maintained at pub ' ic expense. The barbarians, however, i n, iad no use for libraries and Colleges, and j 1 hey used tho books as common fuel.! "his was no doubt prompted by a spirit i f economy in behalf of the oppressed ! tin "ax-Payers, as well as by a disposition j wt d destroy the high civilization of the'nn Alexandrians. |(1L. Our readers will remember that it has j to ot been a month smeo Christians were j lassaerod in the streets of this same city, j j V"hat use had barbarians for libraries J pr nd Colleges 9 j * IJKJ "A Cemktkuy.?A Cemetery in the ll!J iciiiity'oi* Orangeburg is si need, and we ope to sec tlii) matter agitated. The t'1' raetice of buryins within the walls of a 1 itv has long been discountenanced by nodical men, and such a course is always Re bandoned when towns grow to any size. Rc "he Cemeteries of t?31 large cities, just mi utsiue the limits, are places of beauty, 1 nd are objects of the pride and attention f all good citizens. Let Orangeburg be w* pace with other growing places.?Or- I ngcbwfj Democrat. | We think Abbeville, or Upper Long j1** 'anc Society, should takesteps to enlarge! Or nd beautify the Cemeteiyat Upper Long ed anc Church. Instead of crowding the) * raves so very closely, in two or three jp,. cres of land, we think that a plat of per- J ] aps forty or fifty acres should bo laid oil', >r the purpose of a Cemetery. Land is J ^ heap, and by such an arrangement, [ rives and walks could bo laid oil", so that $*jf ehiclcs and persons might pass through * ; williout encroaching: oil any grave. | j?e at as at present no vehicle ean enter the j hm ate, and as the plats are laid oil" with no abl jgularitv it is impossible to lay off j J aiks with any regularity. Let the rounds bo laid off in some system, and it the plan of laying off be strictly ob?rvcd. At all of our churches, wo think lere should be enlargement of our buryig grounds. Co T^c IMstol and Little Boys. : Within the last week two little boys ave been killed in thisStatc by the care- 1 ;ss handling ol pistols. The Jlcgiatcr A nd the Orangeburg Democrat each recitc All jrrowful incidents where tv o houseolds arc mortrnii'tr to-dav?because of tra istols. These occurrences should teach [on 11 r people the danger of allowing lire rms to lie about the house. In one in- Veil Lanco a little boy was killed by an old ^ iatoJ which was thought r.ot to be load- sur ;1, and in the other instance quite a little; oy drew a pistol lroni between the mat-jtov esses of a bed, and bv some unknown , ^ leans discharged it, tho ball going; i?>' 1 rough the child's heart. Accidents inn( oin pistols arc so fiequent that we!11 oukl urge our readers to sell any thing I mt f the kind, which they may own, to lieir neighbors who do not read thejtio ewspapers. The proceeds from the sale j ould be profitably invested in oats, bar- wJi i * I boi ?v, or grass seeds. tf1( M* i (la; Reason for New Counties; l^ii | u.*r We believe it is whispered around that! m> lie new counties are a necessity, in order ! jjr, j enable tlie up-country to control theis|^ enate. If tlie up-country tries any such Uoi antes it is quite likely that some of the, uuip-minders at sotne of the various: pn rater tanks along the lines of the rail- jto oads in the low-country may get upia I jw court house's for their own special enelit. The low-country people are not ?ols, neither are they wanting in enterrise. As soon as we begin to distribute ew court houses to applicants as they SI)I jay appear, the low-country will get her J hare of both Senators and Court Houses, j in' The people who are compelled to come I j i court are badly treated because the law 1st. oCs not allow them pay. Wc say pay j js't . 'tncsses and jurors an amount sufficient I 1 t least to pay all expenses of the trip. ei, j for herman Repudiated the Idea of Ilis ] J11' Being a Barbarian. ;A?i It is said of Sherman, when ho was urning the city of Columbia, that somo j f our citizens asked him to save the Col- \ ^ge librar}* and tlife University buildings P*1 rom the torch. II is only reply was: "Do on; lie people of Columbia think me a bararian ?" Neither tin* library nor the an oHege was burnt by South Carolina's reatest enemy oven in times of war find an imcjubst.and yet wo have at least onecit- vV? '.en in Abbeville covnty who wishes ^ lat he had burnt the library and the Col- tilt ?ge, while it is true that there are quite a *ri ^ 1 I Oil umber of our citizens who arc anxious ; du > lock the doors of that library and that !~ 1 olloue. Wo arc not barbarians, lor bar- i arians would have destroyed it, and the , ] tct that our people do not burn it to-day j i the best evidence that we have made re'at progress in elvrlization. pr * lie University?Will you Open a Free nl' College for Our Bovs? <bh ! tin In casting your vote do not forget that j , :ie free col lego for our boys is in peril. !0f t should be kept open and we know that pr! our people understand the question, iieV will not willingly shut the doors of public college to onr boys. Kducation st(j ; power. The common school i> good frtl nough, as far as it goes, but wo want a ve: igher education. We want a college! < here every bov, who chooses, can go ',0 ud get the best education, without cost ^ nd without price. Will you vote to closc ].,[> free public college ? I do: | .1 1'Vm eighty years the South Carolna as( oliege has wielded itsintluence for good J n (he people of South Carolina. Shall noi e to-day lay aside the civilization which Co, Vat institution has wrought, and by rj hich we have been honored at home jjJV id abroad? Shall we forget the past, ose its doors, seal our own shame by re-: I ising higher education to our youths ? La' ibles for the Hcatlic iOGRESS IN THE <-OOI> WO I .1:1tea of ti:o Ab'jn.villfi Bislrict Me Society. ritf mooting of tho Hoanl of Direct < held at the o/llc<5 of llic Prehident wl'iesday, Julv 1SS2, at 10 o'cl< resent?Armistead Burt, Preside II. Ward law, Rev. \\\ F. Pears v. II. T. Sloan. Uev. J. P. (Jihort. i j.??rs. Wm. Ilood,J. Presslev, L. Iiitc, J. r. J)iiPro, Win. 11.'Park ['lift meeting was called t ? order by I'sident uinl opened with prayer by v. II. T. Sloan, 1). J). [. F. C. lUiPre, Trcr~nrcr and Lili 'i, snbtniUeil liis reports which > lered to be laid before the Society. j. \V. White, Corresponding Secrcta Emitted a verbal report. L'hc meeting was closed with prayer v. W. F. l'earson, an.i tin- inciuti ionrned to the Methodist Church to id ( he services before the Society. MliKTJNU or THE Itli'.T.i; SOC1KTV. fhe Fifty-Ninth Anniversary o! ibeville District Hible Society was li the Methodist Church. I'lie sermon was preached by Rev. Hoggs, I*. P. I'lie address was delivered by M. Brulil, Ksq. I'hc Society was then failed to order > President, Armistead Burt, Esq., ; ened with prayer by Row R. Jv, H t\ ['he following new members were led : IJev. K. I/. Harper, Mr. S. C. i and Prof. D. 15. Johnson, ['lie following; delegates from Anxili cicties were reported: Jedar .Springs?Messrs. J. L. Press] ines MeCiane, J. L. Droit nun, J, auks, with donation of $11.25. )uo West?Dr. .1. L. Miller, Messrs. I) rock, \YiV>. Ilood, with donation \e->. Lebanon?Messrs. Samuel Kvans i II. Ligon, with donation S<?.(W. Jrcenviile?Mr. 11. (J. Brow nice. VIr. J. F. C. Do Pro, Treasurer and irsan, snbmitted hi-; reports which w Vrred to a committee. consisting dge Cotbran, Messrs. P. li. Brad d J. B. Press ley. ( Mr. L. VT. White, Corresponding Se< y, snbmitted his report. [lev. Mr. Hyde, agent tor American 3 Society, nil tier the District .S'npei ident, was irvited to address tlin Soi on the work of tho Parent Society. In motion by Rev. U. T. Sloan, I), u work of Rev. Mr. IJyde was e< sruieii to ii o cnnrcnes in tnis count; flic committee on the Recounts of brurian aid Treasurer, reported l cy had examined the same and foi Bin correct Rev. Dr. Sloan submitted report solutions the death of liev. J >nner, 1>. IX On motion of Mr. L. W. White, easnrcr wnx ordered to remit v. W. 10. IlotrKs to defray expense min<i to preach the anniversary serr fore the Society. Mr. W. II. Parker submitted a mol the appointment of a eommitte epare report and resolutions on d( Hon. \V. K. Bradley. The Presit pointed liev. H. T. Sloan, Messrs. , Parker and A. D. Wardlaw. ltev. W. F. Pearson submitted mol r the appointment of a eommitte eparc report and resolutions on d< liev. John Me Lees, lievs. J. L. ?> i. w. F. Pearson and ('apt. J. T. Pa re apj)olnted the committee. Dn motion by Mr. A. 15. wardlaw lended l.y Mr. L. w. Perrin, it was red tliat hereafter the Society b:i ca! order and the enrollment of new mi rs be called for before the deliver; b sermon and add res-. liev. w. M. drier, I). I'., was ele< cacher and Kov. ii. L. Harper al te, for the nexi anniversary. Thos thran, Esq , Principal, to deliver dress and Prof. l).I).Johnson al te. I'lie followinrr officer's were e!or*teil b ensuing year: ['resident?Armistead Burt, Esq. Hce-Prcsidents? Mr. II. H. ward I iv. \v. M. (Irior, I). 1>., Rev. R. N. Pi !V. J. L. Martin and Judge J. S. L'( i. Directors?Rev. Messrs. J. F. Gib O. Lindsay, II. T. .Sloan, Dr. B<>> F. Pearson and E. P. Davis vice J Lees, deceased, and Messrs. w. Z. ! lee, Jas. R. Cunningham, J. L. Pres: Mel). Miller. J. T. Parks, P.JI. Hi w. K. Blake, Prof. J. P. Kennedy ; . J. I). Nee I vice w. K. Bradley, dec< Corresponding Secretafy?L. w. wli Librarian and Treasurer?J. F. 0. . e. ilecording Secretary? IFm. II. Pari Pi easurer reported cash collected fr 1 members S2S.OO, from new mem I 00, total 331.00, besides donations. )n motion by R. II. H'ardlaw, E t.00 were donated to Parent Society. )n motion by Mr.- L. IF. White, inks of the Society were returned v. IF. E. Rustics for his eloquent i >n and to M. P. DeRruhl, Esrj., for le address. I'he benediction was delivered by fl F. Gibcrt and the meeting ndjonrt \VM. II. PARKER, Recordi ng Secretary CINCINNATI TO CHARLESTON. nsolidation of the Frciuli Broad M ey of North Carolina with Cohik nsr lfo.uU?Tlu> French Itrmifl % vy of South Carolina Expected Foin in tlit? Consolidation; [.Yen* (did Courier. | .shkvilt.w, August 2.?A meeting of lantic and French ih'ond ltallroud Con ol' North Carolina was held here yeS'.or Llie Instance- <>f ClitM* A: olive*-, who < Ct'jil M>ine time since to bill Id the r< y having agreed to begin the work on'! iber 1, 1)>:-. There were present at etirtg Messrs. King, of Morristown, lotleld, Campbell and others of New Y< iresentlng the eon tractors, and after a ] I somewhat exciting dismission of thes oil ol a flairs the directors signed the lie y papers looking to a consolidation of iantie and Flench Uro.ul route, the Ci land Hallway ol' Kentucky, the Mor i n, CuiiYbcrliind Gap and Ohio of Ten and the Morristown and Caioilna H y. These roads will form almost it con .is line from Cincinnati to Ka^tatoo < ere it connects with the projected Atlai J French Rrond Houd of South Carol is understood that the gentlemen ah med refused to enter into a written ag lit to build the road under the exist I tract, bijt pledged their word that the ( rt will be carried out. under the consol n. OissatistactIon is expressed hereon lint of the looseness wi.ih which the igeinents have been m::de, the capital io got the Jrunchiscs and bonds not In ;ind in any way except by their word t road or their pledges will be carried ssrs. Sehofield, Cauipbell ,t Co., left lien y by private conveyance for iircvard II visit the counties ill South Carolina ested in the matter for the purpose, derstood, of effecting similar nrraugemi th the directors of the Atlanllcand Fre ad Koad of .South Carolina. It is tin oil llial the patties eilcctiiiK the ciinsol 11 propose to ilsue upon the credit of nbination and with the bonds they rec< ni the several companion ten million s of bonds, I'ronAhe proceeds of which t >mlse to complete the line l'rom C'iuoJni connect witli the South Carolina roads; . c? rnuil Midsummer Closing Out S 1,000 1'innoK and Organs at Itock Bottom Cash Hates, on Easy fcrins. }ny non-.mid pay when cotton comes in .??ll imivIi rmV-liiMil n m I h:i In 1M*0 N'liVi'lr 1,000 standard J list ru inei i Is, iroin dtcrs. All styles and prices. Noistc strutnents. .Makers' names on nil. SI'KCl A I. M I I>si: ,M .U KJt Ol-'KKK. 'I AN U.S. tti5 ca.-h and balance .Novell , ls<2. ilWAXS, S10 cash and la lance Novell . 1882. jOwest Cash Hales and no interest. V. y cheaper next fall willi ca>h in In jslng out to reduce stock and keep worl i'f: employed through Slimmer. pecial Mll^UM.Ml.lt UMKUS to Inr nt buyers. Send for Catalogues, i' its and < iiculars jiving lid' informal Idrcss L-idon ? Bitot' leathers Misic Eiuso. 3 , Gs. The lircat Wholesale I'm no ami u la-pot of the South; -t ,Vho would believe It? The duster? iceful einhleni of domestic toll?may, in tain ciicu instance.-, becomc more dan * to handle than a Mx-shootcr. We ar id earnest. An eminent scientist deel Lo be a Iaet. Do vo'u know just what j doing when yot brush away dust? ;scmi1iate in the air, and consequently ?duc? into your interior, into your tisi it respiratory organs, ail sorts of ( jras, epidemic germs, and inui'dSi .'iones which dust contains. One an nf. with a feather duster may be crioug ison both you and your neighbors?to In lie you all with typhus, varioloid, or c i?strange as it may appear. Instead ther duster take a clot.li, wipe away st, instead of stirring It up. In short, v icver dust.?Lv I'oU'tire. b'ott the larges t stock and greatest v t of dress .silks, Mack and coin itered satens, brocade silks and till vellies ill dress trimmings at low ices call on it. M. IIaddon it Co. rt'R have just received another lo sse beautiful while lawr s, "Lurioii tea," French tnuslins and other des } white and cream wash goods l'or st ;r wear, It. M. Iiaddon <fc Co. I'll k largast and most attractive st millrnery ever offered ru Abbeville ices to suit the tim'is. When i me to town, don't l'ail to soe our sto M. iiaddon it Co. iiAMKK U.VDKinVHA K. ? Look at I ick of ladies underwear, bought dit in the manufactories and will be s rv cheap, by li. M. iiaddon it Co. (rsr received 15 dozen ladies hats ,* tinels. All the nfw shapes for S? >r ft. M. 1 (addon A* Co. 'tst received rufllings cream and wl es, fjo'vers feathers <fcc\, it. M. II ti A- Co. i;st received another lot Japanese n ?lt>, fans Ac., R. M. iiaddon <t Co. tst received 50 piftcos ribbons all ,v shades for Summer K. M. iiaddoi 'niNrr st'ed fresh for 1882, at IT. wson it Co's. Jhass and porcelian kettles, at II. wson it Co's. iii. Tlie Pulpit. jropULAitrrr a substitute for >voHTH. ??? i ;;y P.ev, iVahl ILiUsu:; IMIYerosl in Triui'y Cliiireiij Abbeville. | ni> ,,,, "And .loses Incroaso'l * * In lavor with . Jod and man.''?sr. I.uko, 2: .*>2. >uk "Woo iinl'i ynu w'liun nil mi i! speak veil of vou."-Kt. I,like,(J: LU nt Tim sui'joot wliicli I \vi"li t<. present lo you mi s. Popularity; and bwuutt? It l;nsnt IfjHitwo " ' 1 1 JJJIVO (TIIMTil t**U PWtl I-HIQIJ WIM?U^U" ' \u' exts. I II is certainly u popular sti'>jrcJ. If the factj ;or. init li engajes a large amount of attention, tin*!"" Iho part of tin- populace is evidence of its (lii> I s<)- Anil it Is a subject of ?.U-ep personal . j inliiot. l'"nriJ is the.latent hope of every! human heart; ii:*less It is the hearts atnbi-j irn- billon. or tlie bean's ihiivt ami eras'*. ,vas | Ami there lias never l?eei allnie, I dare! I sny, in hiitmin history, when it has won a } .... laijj'T share of interest than to-day; never a! **iiime when it entered more leepiy into life, ( anil, was a greater factor in human affairs.; by i Indeed, I think it not extrava taut. to say that! n??;s I po;>ulai iiy I* today more (.mvcrful and in j ..V I higher honor than ever before. Anil i! must( j he so; be.-anse the worlil moves. In the nidi j days of empire and ehivalry military power! I and personal prowess wero the means by i j which oiieeess was won. In the still carlie-i I j days, anionic the more primitive anil savage | l i people, hrnle force was Hie measure of It. j Clu I ];iit now renins is less uncommon. Kdnea ! thin is more general. Tastes and a (tedious ! W. are more elevateil. Power Is not mcasnrn:l hy i | vulgar force. Strength Is not estimated by | T, [sinus and armaments or ?l-e the greatest of 1 i nations now on earth would he the least. Tin; 1 people liave hecumc the itomis or government, liv i the peop'c art! the source o!' power, and a j man's strennLU in almost every department j >( life is In the popular favor which is given '"I to him. lint though the \v<frltl has moved. it lias not on- | yet moved far cnon:;!i. 1'opulnr favor is bet- j i iertoim foree; hut il Is not better limn merit: j sometimes it usuips the plu'-eof meiit. ,.}!> has won so much that nearly every man is ! t in a state <>f candidacy.. it he is running; for, I o.'llce his fate is 'rt f.-nvl directly to the popnlov. lar vote. IS at I lien I ha t vote is 110 !e.s? certain- i j ! ly cast for and atrainsl other candidates who! * j liave no political ambition. The merchant Is ... a. candidate tor trade. Ills emissaries trump j " j the country: and lobby aino'nt; the people;; , of and linit'iuhole every man, woman and child j I from whom they can e xtract a liltio patron-j 11 age. And when the merchant wins it is not' ! b'eciiuso of the tntrimic worth of his wares, | I lint because of the skill and perseVeiaiice of I his agents. The purchasers cannot detect tlie Li-! quality of goods thiough a glass of grojt. j .ein They may be utterly blinded by a personal | f compliment; and the bands of darkness arc , ' j drawn tighter and more secure, p > tiI choice | 1 is out. of the question, by the Mattery of per- ' | sonal attention,and by a string of yarns. The ' Pro. j mercantile agent commends his goods by I C'immendinir himself, and wins the race not .p. j by merit, but by favor. { >'* And this is equally true of other callings. | rin- ! The politicians are not successful by reason of! fici- i t'jclr principles, because the most .seientitlc of S politicians liave 110 principles. They are not ? 1 i-iinsei to oosition 011 account of theirsiiiic-! ' ? rior ntiii tie's, because it is notorious that the | >tn-! weakest of men intellectually will ride Into' /. i power over the heads of the strongest. And] the 'lls itli the merchant and politician, so with l,..t j the physician, the lawyer, the literary man, I ,' aud the elegy man, it is tlieir personal court-, IUU'! esy, their personal attractions, their defer| en'ee to she taste ot the great mass of the pe?land pie Willi whom they meet that to a large exi (.tent sha|-c their own career. *| Who then would not he popular If he could? ! Even the common laborer is more acceptable flic if he is polite; and the pctly tradesman will 0 to tiii(I that .smiles and manners go a long way s jn i toward the winningol trade. : Apart from ail other considerations It is a ! til easing experience t> he popular. It is inI deed a prosit blessing, and humanly speaklnir, -ton'the one thing, above all others, to make life e to I bright and happy. atli' '^nc' "IC n*o:e popular one grows the more l" - | clinrminu Is the experience, until age arid 'i thought have taught him that there arc lugh" I or and surer things than popu'nrity. I lint at any rale poj ulaniy Is a thing to be tion 'desired by reason of tlm pleasure it brings, ? >n'and the material benetit. it confers; and as, ? , | ! beside, it is so common :icraving it is scrlous,atlt |v north our while to examine it more j articiar ularly. irksj 1. First lot us ask then whence docs it Icoine? Witn some men it seems to have , --Iconic from eternity. They seem to have ,,s j brought it with them Into the wo:hi It is as ?>*- J natural as it is to breai he. 'l'hey never seem liod ; to have made any special effort to aecpiitv if; Cm-: hut .from childhood they have been favorites, 0<- and so they continue to tie till th.i end. ' <i. Hut. there are at least three ways to ae! count for It. Jt may come fiom simple cheer ted in ess of temper. Th-re is sun-shine In the tcr- ' I'.iee. and it is continually lit up anew with j># smiles. And wherever that lucJ goes It \i. * [ throws light before it. j Care does not sit heavily upon sivh a man. | tor- | The world is not full of sorrow to him as It is ! toothers, lill'e is not laden with resjvinsildil-1 for ties. Ilis own life is perpetually saying that i the world was mad*; to be happy In." If trials j ! come they arc made light o\ If difficulties j come they also are made light of or avoided, aw, ; it life has Its dark side. It has also its bright att.' side; and that <s the side that such a man >tii- will always look upon. Now such a temper i | beaming from such a face, is in ilit* mostdc-j lightful way infectious. Such a man makes i er"t | people fvt-i happier when lie Is" among them;; 'ce, 'anil they like itIin on account of liis gilt ol'; nhn jsun-shine; and they pay him back as it were ; ! in his own bright coin; lor pleasure they give ', ' | him popularity. v > | ft. Then again it nny come from goodness \ ad- of heart. I do not mean any affectation of tunl \ go'Nlness for that is generally discovered and i " as | "s haukercasl out. lint I mean t he goOtlnc-s, that is genuine, and natural to what we call I .. ! the true 'gentleman. It i?. a goodness which ! i,,e. says and does pleasant things in a perfectly Du-j spontaneous v ay. There Is no effort to i please; nothing artificial in word or manner; cor j "o hesitation or choice as to what shall be * (said or done: but the man out of the food I I treasure of his heart brings forth good things.1 jcr.s 11b then where there is occasion fin- him to j be so, I lie man is considerate, lie do?s not; sq, | willingly take a dlsasrewible part. He docs i riot gratuitously urge bis private sentiments ti n where they are not acceptable. lie will not mo s jvc pain or discomfort to others even though I to'ho should In avoiding it have to sub lue his ?cr- | natural emotion. He Is incapable of a rough bis speech, or a cutting slight, or a earekss jest | j with a sting to it. And such a man. it needs 1 , | no argument to say, is always popular so far kCV- as lie is known. led. j e. Hut then popularity may eome of sotnejthing very different to these.aiul Just as nnt-, , jural, it Is frei|iient'y given to a character that is perfectly negative. One "whose, strength is to sit still,"ami who uses that strength industriously. And this is no where' * i more perfectly illustrate d than in poli'icai i-1... .. .... ...i...... ......... i ! 11 Uu wild lire,and who is cheered until ilie: | walls nlmki* with the ehecilii^, is the man >/.<.' with a niimis to his ilium-. The country re-j ' ; turns the enthusiasm Willi UiialtT applause,' ill- because It knows noihini; against him. Anil ; , ^ ; so m(mi rise to the highest scat in the nation, > 1 , not because of what they an: but lv cause ot | what they r.re not. Said Henry Clay when lie ; heard Unit the Democratic | arty had nominated Jaircs IC. l'olk for tlie , Presidency, j the 1 "Then 1 am defeated, lie is an Unknown , ija-1 man." day i Hut 41 is equally true that where a man is ::on-! known mgatiou Is a great rcomniendation; jail, 'Flic world has adopted the proverb of the Sep-! Muster,"he that is not aiainst us is on our, the, side." The world is proud. It does not lilfc;; and j to be opposed. It loves tho man that apices ork,! with it. ft applauds the man that is ready to on^'bu co*ivineed. And when, from mere wcakjtn j nes-s. he turns from honest sentiments, it em-' ccs- j braces him with tender demonstrations:. the i If lie can only be converted by whatever urn- j company he is In, he is so much the more forris tunate. If lie can always lind some print, or] lies- phase of the subject on which they converge, I .?n_ I tn u-liir>h It n Iv vt'ifli In* i < imliuxl t? linn. tin-1 py man. And lo such a man tin? world has Jap, I entirely devoted one of the adjce'ives of the utic ' Kitgllsh language, It pronounces him agrcca-j Inn.J ble, because he agrees with It. oVe ; Now then that we have seen what popuree J hirily comes I'rotn let ns ask another question ! :ing f about, it. Is it iittainahle? Well, of course, it j :i>n- (iocs without saying, that that depends upon J ida-' two factors: the man and the people, ae-1 Men can become popular in some places! "ur- when they cannot in others. Some men can i lists i become popular in a given place when others ing ! cannot, lint there is also a measure <>f popuihat; larlty which almost any man can attain anyout. j where, If he is willing to discipline himself fto-! and lo make the cllort to please. and ' Ami then there ure two ways to succeed, the . in- j hotie-t and vjie dishonest: it is j In the honest way the mnn starts at the L?iits ; foundation of things. He begins by trying to neh convert his inner nature. He may be natuder j rally cross, and so far it is no fault of his: hut ida-1 be sees that that will not do with the* people, the ' so he tries to be cheerful. He turns bis mind five | invay from tlie worries and the fretting things dol- of lilt', anil he thinks of what, is plea-ant. hey j Well hy decrees that styleul' thou.'lit hec?...ies uuti { as natural to him as any. The frown passes i away from his face; the lines decrease; the j rigor of Ills inoulh relaxes; his face then l>%jeornes as a lantern, which may have been ale dark as the very night itself before; but now j that he has placed a light within is a thing of! i Joy, and giveth liuht lo all that are in the1 ! house. And I think if a man.begins thus he can a I ways succeed, provided He keens the ef! fort up. And It Is a noble beginning and \v 1:11 . A ! be a noble work when I lis complete. For It Is iber really the cultivation of virtue and the buildbest j Ing up of character. iiell lint then tlieie is the other way :o attain' [ popularity. It is not by self-conversion but hy adaptation Of self to circumstances. At ibor least this is the gentlest name by which I can call it, and lite most genteel. The person who iber undertakes t must, bo endowed with a certain I degree of wisdom, or with its valuable counan't terfeil iiculciiess. lie must understand huuid. man nature, and measure it aright, lie must cing foretaste the limes; and see tnc shifting* ami I thcdriftinu.'i In the tide of human character. ?tfll- lie must be able lo tell when the storm,ami 'rice the sun-shine, and the sullen mists, ami suliou.' try ha/.esshall sweep over, and sc.tlo upon huiTia man opinion. Or- j And ihen lie most temporize. I would not ! envy him in liis task, for God knows it is one i of the mos! difficult on earth, and one of thei ' bitterest. It may be hard to renovate charac- j that tcr tiom its umost depths. To train and cul-1 der.tivate It until it is all the heart could desire., ger-; jt niay be vt r.\ hard to live up to popularity, e in lint for an honest man it Is inlln'icly harder ares to act up to it. And this may account for you what we some times see?men of strength and Vou capacity, of intelligence and virtue, destitute in- of po; ularily,and because of some peculiar' -ues traits shut oil" from favor; because they can '"gsjnOt llnd it n their hearts to do violence to '>ts sincerity, by adopting the popular ways, and , live- prot'essing the popu ar thoughts. bio, (?nly think of an honest man forever wearuoc-jjng a mask; forever simulating; forever l.nl-1 striving to be what he Is not; and continualof nily violating the truth. the, it is said of tome of the greater geniuses of ripe the modern stage, that the practice of their 1 profession has well-nigh been.the wreck of, I fife. They must not only see thi; meaning of ^ 1 the drama, I'M they must interpret it. They must, not o ily understand tlie characters In j the play, bu they must assume thein. They 1 , ' must not only catch the humor, the u it, the intelligence, the pathos and the anguish it rest contains,.bu'. they must makeitall ibeirown; land for the lime must be the very creatures of . the author. And then the strain upon mind t and heart and sensibility has ovcrwraught Do the system; and when the forced anger came iru-' tnev would seriously fight to the death, and wheli the genuine tears were shed, the istrength of body and mind fell away with I litem. oek Hut this was only for a night, and for a sea, ..f son. Think Ihen of what it must be for a man to b.- an actor from the time lie wakes in .'oil i t],e morninj until he falls asleep at night, ek. I Think of tis wearing a mask the whole day , | long and his face being smothered with the , j stale heat until he cannot get a breath of the r""' pure free air of sincerity. eel My friends it is a dog's life. Hut a man can old live'it if he will. He can be a hypocrite in his | home, lest his real sentiments, should lissome slip ot the family tongue get out. lie inet can be a hypocrite on the streM.. and In the . mi-' social uatficilng, and in the public meeting.. I He can smile at men when he would rat bar' 'curse them, lie can put his arm around( lite i them, when he Itches to slap them in the face. I ad- : He can cover them with compliments andj I praises, whe.i hts heai't is full of contempt.) 1 lie can endorse their sentiments with ainblgar i nous phrases; he can find excuses for their er-1 ' rors, and panlon for thei retimes; lie can asso-j ,, | elate with them where it is degradation to go, j tnc laugh at thalr vulgarity, applaud their ob-| ?<feiscene wltjoln with them In their unques- j Itionable vices, and if need be to retain their favor or their patronage, or their support, can ! " utter falsehood outright, with a mental reser-! I vallon. 3. Hut. after all let ns ask. since popularity , " is desirable, i.nd attainable, Is It really worth |' I the ctl'ort it way cost ? I think you will un- ' { .and from what I have already said thai I do not undervalue It when I say, J think not. I could not undervalue It without Irrevrr(hce,be.-xu-c 1 find It In my Lord and Master. ] t is a mistaken Impression?the one so common amoii^ educated Chrlallau peoplo?that ttie Saviour-was the < bject of nothing but incilcc and bltttrr.ee>. Xiieic \va.< much In his favour; and it would have been unimturai had ho botiii unlversuily despised. He was a contle, street tempered companion Ho wana; Juiitb, un.l a limit,of uncommon bilgtUiie>3| of mind. H<* wtis u iiK'itihiM* of tlnttcassj which was tha i s.s always thexrc.itbuilt of the population?he was ono of the common i people. He was an ludtisirlous mechanic.] lie* was al.?o a descendant of the royal line,] which was cherished by the lews with even | greater reverence than the lino of Mohammed i iy his disciples of later days, fleside this He I ad won his way to many suffering hearts by i t ceds of love and of mercy. Ills enemies were the.Scribcs and Pharisee*, and beim: the aristocratic powerful class !l v.as only through them that He was scouruc'f n ml buffeted and crucified. lint that H<> was i lopular Is plain enough. The KvnnL-clisti tclis us thitl'JeoUS ineryas'cd In lavor"wlthi ( oil tuid limn." in another plneo it is said that "the common i^opie heard hitn gladly;''! j.galn it. i.< asserted thai wlien Ills persecutors would have done him violence, they were r?v' strained, because "tliey feared lite people I and once there was a popular demonstration j in which He was led in triumph to Jerusalem anions waving palms, and tin; slinut.s of praise | resounded through the streets of the holy I city, and into Hie very wailsof the Temple! itself. Yes Jesus was a popular favorite; and I <ve niu-t Rive due honor to tlac popularity ] which lie has sanctified. But He llimself has put a check upon the1 'lonor which We give. They were his own sa-1 .. red lips which uttered the warning 1 have i read to you. "Woe ttnio >ou when all men ! speak well of you." He seems (o toil us that popularity lit a snare. Ami that it may l>c the j ruin of u$. And so He has permitted us to see. and hy the light of His own words, and liv llic estievleiicft of life 11 l? ilr.nlii Ima will. ing lor us to judge whether ft is worth wln-l ii in-. A ml we know sit I he very outset, that popularity isas uneven ami as treacherous as t lie sea. There is a wavelet here, and another i there, and they ii?c and fall in graceful Invitation, to eii.loy the exhilaration of their tno-j tl-'U. The ripples play along the beach. and the white caps danecin menia.eui, and it Is hud t?? resist, the smillm; fascination of the waters. Hut a as! tne ripples may change Into the lash ot the antcry scu-jjod, with which lie will strike our life boat to pieces; and out of the darkness and liir.v ot the storm the while caps may ris Into towering monuments of tho-e who are hurled below. So popularity may change, and chance a^ain. It may dawn with all the snft radiance of an eastern morning, and through the clear blue of a perfect day it may shine as the sun shines through the lleecy f 'ids of his royal canopy. It may live amid tlie blood red p'oiiisot an oriental sunset, but the crimson light will Mash into ttie ashen lilies of eveinn;:, and''the nicht eoineth Ami woe to the man that trusts his life to the ti n h r mereies ot" the sea?or rests his hope upon the coming ni|;!it. Popularity may come but it may go; and when it l>as fecotne the stay of lift*,and it is fione, upon what is the lite to rest? The world wiil curry a man upon its breast, and lilt him into honor if It suits its whim. 1.5111 it will toss him a<ide for tiie basest substitute, and when he pleads devotion against his fall, It wiil .augh at him for a fool. And then I say again, popularity Is a snare. It. b-cotnes the substitute for worth. Under ilk brilliant favor a man inuti/ines M-.rI Ik* is drinking lu life, while he is only drinking a potion that clouds his brain. It lulls him into an oblivion of his Can Its. H blots from view the noblest purposes of living. It makers a man tblnk tnat lie has already won iiis crown. If 1 bo world is pleased with him he ispleas! ed with himself. Vet nil the while his character may be a blank, and the face of his Creator darkened with displeasure. Tbe truth Is my friends popularity is a sljin and tioia thing to be at tained at ail. It may ; be the si^'ti of a hypocrite, who has ruined Ins | original Integrity for its reward. It may be ' the siixn of a dupe, who has lost heaven that I h? might win man. It may be thesipn of a I fool who has sold bis inheritance lo the winds. I And It may be the sijin or an honest man, | who by tbe snwe of (jod. and by the heroism ; of a noble life has made himself a blessing to ' his friends. I JJnt it is not.n thine to he Fought in Itself; It j Is too doubtful a si;;n, It means too many ' tbltms. If it is souirht. though it may be won, I It will surely be the si?jn of a compromise of | character, arid without fail, it will stand for [disappointment and wretchedness and ruin in t ie end. lint If the tiling signified Is I sought, for, the sign of popularity will be is [the mark of <iod upon the life of His child. Anil ti.l the Judgment day thedivinc Impress i will live upon that soul in the virtues that adorn it. j liuI. let us remember that Grid smiles where j man has never smiled. That oil the meek i and lowly Cod's approbation rests; and Imt h t hem i n ,? rlf mil nf <?1nrv \mlin?lii> |day when (>od shall reckon up ills Jewels, i among the brightest of them nil idh.v he the I ones fur hurled In the deepest mines, the men i to honor and applause uuUntfwn. | Fnrni!ng> at the "Front." | Never before Imv? there been so many pco! pie of all classes taking a strong direct, perIsonal Interest In the agricultural situation [ and prospects, liusincrs men, bankers, earituilsis. stock brokers, merchant, mechanics, manufacturers, operatives, and d.iy laborers even, are watching the daily bulletins and re! p:>rts of the weather, with especial reference it) how ii is etrecliug the growing wheat, corn and oats, and the further planting of corn. Never before have they seen so clearly that farming is the real basis of all other business, and that upon it rests the prosperity of the country. They no-v comprehend the fact that il was ihe good crops of 1870 18 si) and 18-1, from I he report of which we received *o many hundreds of millions of dollars from other lands, which charged the financial depression of 187.1, and the year follow in:?, Into a prosper oils activity extending tliruich all the brunches of trade and manufacture. Every extni bushel of wheat or corn, or pound of mint, cheese and butter that went to market helped turn the scale. The hundreds of millions <f bushels of grain that came from the inferior to tlie seaboard, nave profitable employment to the railroad*. These bought and used more cars, more iron, more steel, and the makers of these, from the head directors l<? the lowest laborer, received more wages and moie constant employment. Tind thev purchased more freel.v those articles that in to supply the necessities and comforts of every day life. This siiniu'atcd and Increased the mercantile trade, and made heavier demands upon all kinds of manufactured commodities. The fanners who received the proceeds were able to reduce debt upon Iheir inrms; to buy more and better implements; to piy up their store debts, and buy more freely from the mercliants and shop keepers were in turn able to nay up their debts to the wholesale houses, brokers In manufactures, and importers, and to buy larger stocks of goods for cash or on short credits. The earrvinir of those goods Increased the transportation business, and stimulntcd the building of live to ton thousand miles of new railroad every year. This brief elanee at. some leading points shows toe great and far-icaching inflnenc of prosperity to farmers, on the other hand, ti'.e unfavorable winter and spring and the su;nm<jr drouth of I8S1 cut down the surplus wheat and corn and meat and dairy products and cotton, may score mlllionsln value. This of i'ouvsc diminished exports and bus started gold abroad: it has decreased the ability of farmers, and all classes of workers, to btiy goods and manufactures. The decline in the demand for Iron and steel, and the fall in prices, prevent the payment of wages asked tor. and there is now prevailing one of the greatest ''strikes" ever known In this country, of laborers who demand higher pay to meet the increased cost of living, due in part to the advance in breadstull's, consequent upon the lessened crops of last year. Isil any wonder that tbisstntcofthlngs hasopened the eyes and enlightened the understanding of that half of the people who are encaged in agrieillure and who have hitherto been Inclined to l >ok upon farming as of inferior importiuue.nnd suited for clod-hoppers? Farming has come to the front. :?ncl it is t'oin^ to stay there,?American Agriculturist. Tlie New County Movement. [ Yorkvill- Enquirer.'] A gentleman of Gaffney City was In .town last Friday, consulting the records and looking up siuli documentary testimony as ho deemed ncoes?ary toniil In estnhlishinga new county, by slicing off a portion of York'and lack inn it to ono corner of Suprtanhurg whereby the required area may be obtained, the county-seat to he at Gaffney City with Courthouse, Jail and other necessary expensive public buildings a complement of county otttclalsan*oilier necessary fixtures and appurtenances. such as is needed in organizing, establishing and running a first class county according to modern ide.asand improvements. NVhet'ier his iiwegtigatlon went as far back as the original patents granted by George ' III., or whether In the Auditor's ofllce It was eon fined only ascertaining the financial standing of the tax-payers In that portion proposed to be sliced from York, we are unable to say; but we suppose the examination was thorough and exhaustive and highly satisfactory ?. e f\ r \\ n ?i hi I \ t v t\f t h n n.ifintn tn * i\ r?i?I t hot r quota of the expense of erecting public buildings and equipping the machinery of a cotint.v government with Which they are already j supplied rtl home, and against leaving which 'all the traditions and associations of the past I cry aloud. The projectors of the scheme are liberal, [however, ?s we learn they propose to cross over the natural boundary and take a belt , from five to six miles in width on this side ol I lJrb-ul llivcr, running from the south-western II mits of the count v, parallel with the river, thus subjecting the people of the included seci tion to all the inconveniences of having a large water course between them and thefr county seat, placing a large number of them further from the proposed Oourthoii.se than ' they now reside from Yorkvllie; * bile not. a few in thO extreme corner of York would tint! a trip to tlio mountains of North Caroii[ about as ca?y as a Journey from their homes ' to Gallney City. While, to say the most, on| ly a small number of people in York would life benefitted in any sfense of tne word by [ the proposed new county, a large majority by far would be actually incoiivenieiiced as to distance from their county seat, to say nothing ot the river they'would have to cross by ferry at nearly all seasons ot the year. Gati'ney is an enterprising town, and lor lis citizens we have admiration ; but we do not think the pcdple of Western York would willingly consent lobe thus deprived of the facilities they now possess, simply to gratify the ambition of itallney in its aspirations to surpass its less emulous sister towns in the same seclipii. Iitit i? not the gentleman acting Just a little hastily ; or doe* be wish to get I lie inside track of till posibie competitors In the movement of slicing York into shoestring counties? Whatever his motives, his zeal Is only equaled by his haste; and his hasty action may be impelled by the injunction contained in the directions for cooking a rabbit?first, you must catch him. There Is it good deal yet to be done, however, before theprqposcd new county can be estabiished. First? the people wil be called upon i at the next election to vote IV.* or .Vo on a! Constitutional amendment proposing in reduce the area of counties from the present j minimum of (j?i square miles, to the mini-: mum of ilWspuare miles. If, at I lie election,! a majority ol the voters voting thereon, vote No oil tills proposition, the question will prob- i ably l.c ended: bat should such a majority | vote in favor of it, it may then lie ratified bv legislature, a two-tlrirds vote of all the members eiceted being necessary. So the consummation of the proposed scheme is jetj some distance in the future; but emulatng ! our friend's example it is not too early lor those oposOd to the movement to set about seen rin g j lis delcat. and I he first step to attain that object. Is to vote against the proposed Constitutional amandmcut. I.el those who do not wish to he burdened with an onerous tax for j which no equivalent in the shape of a public neeesity is returned, see to il that theirbidlots ; contain jVo on Ibis proposition ; while other! voters In the section of the county not proposed to be Sliced oil' should bear in mind that that they too are deeply interested: tor as the area of the county may be diminished, in>ihe, same ratio will the taxes of those lett in the old cOunty be increased. The proposition is, a two edged sword, cutting both ways?the taxes of those thrown in the new county will j be increased for years; while of necessity the j burden of the county government will [ail' heavier upon the smaller population left in ! the old county. S,,iuy the old retiablo CJotn Fruit Jars. | (1 by Lawson A: Co. at ?1.35 and ?1.75! per dozen. tl j Gkm Fruit .Tars?quarts ?1.35 a dozen,, luilf gallons ?1.75 a dozen, at Lawson <k Co. ' THE STATE CONVENTION. The Nominations Which Were 2Hndc --The Executive Committec--The i'la!form of I'riiiciplcs Which VTus Adopted. o [CchimlA-i Yjw.UI.} In o\r nccOiS u ily h.irricu iioLkeof the proiA' the L'utivtiitl'jn Vl?sLlii1;iv nit". ni'ion one <>r two tilings were uimvolilu'jly omitted, which we now mention. Tile fallowing Committee 011 Platform anil Resolutions whs appointed: T. A. Cannon, 'i\ .1. Davis, Or. T. A. lludgefcs, P. 1*. Sojourner, J. (i. Darn well, J. J. Mike!!. .T. \\\ Barnwell, s. I'. Hamilton. J. 0. Colt, J. J. Ingram, M. 1J. Howcli, S. A. <!re.'g, R. O. lionham. Henry (Davis, 11. M. Dozler, J'. Q. Donaldson, (i. N. Moore, C. P. Quattlelianin, W. D. Trautlmin, Ira B. Jones, .1. 15. Humbert, A. Minis, .1.0. Blue. C. H. Mef'iill, (U'o. S. Mower, John \V. Khclar, S. p. Dibble, Pi. A. Child, J. Cfc. Marshall, (j. Canjion, J. W, Hudson. D. P. Duncan, 8. M. Gill.md, Allen .(DIU'S. A resolution was Introduced to change Article 7 of Hie Constitution so lliat the representation to the Democratic Conveniion should lie one delegate from e.u-li three hundred members on the roll of each Democratic club, and one for every fraction of three hundred, liefer red. KVENING SESSION. On the reassembling of the Convention, at 7 P. M., tin* Committee who had been appoint' e-l to wait on Col. II. 8. 'i'liompton, and notify him of hU nomination for Governor, reported that they had discharged the pleasant duty assigned them, and Introduced Col. Thorni* son to I lie Convention, who was greeted with an mil burst of applause, the genuineness and heartiness of which there was no ml-dakim: Col. Thompson then addressed the Convention in a short but tel.inn speech, thanking tlicni for the unsolicited honor conferred upon him, and accepting the standard of tin i Democratic party of South Carolina, wliicli i had been so unexpectedly placed lu hishands ! and pledging the use of every honorable means in his power to carry It forward to vie . I/m-c lfr> iniil." his seat nruid IiiIilt and Inn/ : applause. ! The Committee on pint form was granted further time to report. i The Convention then proceeded to the nnnv 1 illation of a candidate for Swretarv of State ; Mr. Gaston nominated Hon. U II. Massey ! seconded by Mr. Trantham. | jlr. Moon; nominated Hon. J. >T. Lipsc<$mb seconded hy Mr. 1>. P. Duncan and Mr. Carwile, of Charleston. | Mr. Childs nominated TTon. I). P. Rradley > seconded hy Mr. Henderson and Mr. Cater. First ballot?Lipscoinb, 130; ltradley 92 Massey, !?0. Total vote, 302; necessary to t ; choice, l")2. Second ballot?Lipscomb, 157; Hradley, 83 I Massey, <J_'. Total vote, 3;r7; necessary to r 1 choice, l.>l. Mr. Lipscomb was declared nominated. 1 Hon. J. C. Shcppard was introduced by th< 1 Committee appointed to wait on and notif> him of his nomination for the office of Lieu tenant Uovernor. and in a graceful and pair' .otic speech accented the honor conferred, n i the close of which there was h'-nrty npplauce ! The Convention then proceeded tu the notn ' ination of an Attorney-General. Mr. Jon?on nominated Gen. \V. W. Ilarllce seconded by Mr. Moody. t Mr. Marshall nominated Col. John II. Ali ) ney; seconded by Mr. Eatie. 1 Mr. Inglesby nominated Mr. C. It. Miles | seconded by Mr. liuist. | Mr. Ira li. Jones nominated Col. Y. J. 1'ope j seconded by Mr. J. S. H. Thomson. | Mr. Croft nominated Mr. James Aid rich ! second* d by Mr. Sims, of Barnwell. ! First ballot?Miles, X8; Aidrich, 78; Abney 7); Tope.-Hi; Harilee, 27. Total vote, 3J-1; net | essary to a choice, loS. Me>grs. Harllee and Pope were withdrawn Second bal ot? Miles, Ui; Abney, JOl; Al drieh, .\s. Total vote, 310; necessary to i choice, la'!. Mr. Aidrich was withdrawn. Thlid ballot?Miles, 1S5; Abney, 122. Tot a vote, 3u7; necessary to a choice, l.jl. ! On motion of Mr. Marshall, the election ? ' Mr. Miles was made unanimous, j Proceeded to the nomination of State Trcas urer. [ Mr. Eurle nominated Hon. John P. RlehurO j son. present incumbent. j' The vote was taken by acclamation.and Mi | Richards.in unanimously nominated. i The next office in order was that of Conif ! triillcr-Gencral. ! Mr. Perry, of Greenville, nominated Ger 'J. \V. Gray; seconded by Mr. Newion, t ; ?>JU: uJi/i u. i Mr. Rliett nominated Col. Wm. Wallace j seconded by Mr. Moorman. : Mr. Ition nominated Mr. \V. E. Stoney. I First ballot-Sioney,IW; Gray,93; Wallace 155. Total vote. IM-i; neecs?ary to a choice, lli j Mr. Wallace was withdrawn. | .Second ballot?Stoney, 175; Gray, 112. Tolii ! vote. 287; necessary to a choice. 114. ! Mr. Stoney was declared nominated. I At. 12..'!0 the Convention adjourned till 9 A I M. to day. WEDNESDAY .MORNING. Convention met at 9 A. M. Koll called. Quorum present. Proceeded to tl c nomination of a candidal 1 for State Superintendent of Education. I Mr. Humbert nominated Jion .lames Eai j row, of Laurens; seconded by Mr. Dossier. ! Mr. Murray noniinaicd Rev. FMson Caper: i of Ureenvihe; seconded l?y Mr. Crittenden. ! Mr. Younsans nominated Dr. Lartlgue, t ! Darnwell, seconded by Mr. Gaillnrd. I First ballot?Uauer.s, 17U; Farrow, 65; Lai ! ii.xw. I Total vote 2S8; necessary to a choice, H5. j On motion, tlie vote was made unanimous fo j Capers. I 1 lit? next office was that of Adjutant and It : spector General. j Mr. >1. L. Uouham. Jr., nominated Gen. .A M, .MunIgaiiit. seconded by Mr. Hamilton. (fen. Munlgault was unanimously numlm ted liy acclamation. Toole a rece?s of 10 mlnuto*. After recess the Committee on Platform on Resolutions yepoited. I Platform# ] The Democratic nnrty of South Carolina.! i State con veal ion as entitled, rcatlirmlng th principles and declarations of the State plal I form of 1>T6 and 1S7S, and their continue j devotion to the principles ot the Natiomi Democratic party, and |tled;inx to that, par' ! their earnest eo-oivration and.iiippti.-t.declar j the following principles as forinuating ill I policy of South Carolina Democracy in S!a! ! and Federal a Hairs, and invite Iheaid and >n j ; port of all good citizens iu carrying them int j e!leet. x j I. Wise and Just legislation, the Imparti; 'administration of ciual laws' economy wit ' cllieleiiey in every department of the Slut govern m ffit. | 2. Popular education is the bulwark of frr institutions. Liberal appropriations for tn j public schools for the wnole people. i :t. The systematic ctlort of the Kepublicn ; party to obstruct reform and destroy goo ! government in South Carolina, by turning t ! | artisan purposes iheapponting power of th iFeder d govern men t, is standing menace t .the people of thl* State and a growing dangt 'to go'id citizens in every part of the Unioi The Federal otllces in this State arc mad ; poitlcal iullrmaries and training:schools IV ! the defeat of honest government in Soul 1 Carolina. I 4. Mouest homo rule. The Democracy < Soirh Carolina, representing the tax payei , of the Suite and a majority of the whole pei I pie, invite, and have the right to expect, t.li 1 sympathy and support of their fellow eb;u Jtryincnin llielrstienuous ellorts to pnserv an intelligent and equal administration of th I government. a. The practice of packing Juries in poll ten leases, in the Cnited stateCoiuts in this stall ; Is a criminal violation of the inaiienabl | right of every citizen to a fair trial by a Jur j of his peers. j fi. The extension of tha franchise, as a ] o!i | leal re-lilt of the late war, has enlarged euo | mously the number of present and prospc tive voters, requiring education In the pill : lie schools. The burden was increased whil the ability of theState to bear it was dimii ished. 't he Federal Government, by lil.ers j appropriations trom the Treasury, on the b: sis of illiteia-y, should help the Souther ! States to cure the evil of non-lntelllg> nt su ; frage. A National danger calis for Nation; ! action and National aid. I 7. Civil service iVfoun, appointments t j minor ollices under tests that will Indical qualifications of the applicant, promotion h l tuorii !i (Wed l?'iinr.>oi'oftiee ana no removal except for cause. s. ltiacU mailing public servants, under tfc guise of poliiicai assessments converts tl public treasury, to the extent of the contr butions called for. Into a campaign fund li the advancement of a political party, tin taxing the whole people lor partisan pnrpos !?. The present protective tariff robs Hi ! many for the benefit of the few. The duti( ) on imports should be decreased, and an earl I repenl of the duty on cotton lies, "ie ,Mt jcliluery used in the manufacture of cotto and wool, and on tools and agricultural in jPlements, will stlmulato manufactures an | be a welcome reiief to tiie fanner and lubo er. j 10. It Is most desirable that the Intern.' I revenue taxation be abolished, so soon s | I Ills can be accomplished without rendcrin permanent the existing protective systen ! HiaM economy in the conduct of tlie goveri I nient will hasten the day when the tari 'shall be ns moderate as in the early days c the Republic, and the army of olJlce Inddei eni| loy?*<| under the internal tevenuc laws b disbanded. 11. The public credit?National and Statemust be religiously maintained. i 12. In the conduct of affairs in this State th ! Peiiiocriiey have been actuated by but onedi ' sire, and ih'at Is to promatc the greatest goo i of the Stale, oniy within the Democrat! ; parly, and 1 >y party action, can defective le> i Islation l>e remedied without imperiling lb I safety and well being of the.State. Jiemocrai le uiiily is public saiety ar.d private security j liS. Ill CIIU JMait* JUSlice JIIIU ia<|imuij> nil ?4. i to ln>ure harmony anil ^or?d will between th races, in the Cnlon, n?>sectionalism in jioil cy or feeling. An Indissoluble union of lml? I struotlblu tstatus. One Hug, on? country, on Uustlny. A numborof resolutions werereportedbach but we were unable to get them. New Executive Committee. ! The following Executive Committee was so } Iccted: i First District?Oso. I). Bryan, James ! j Izlar, J. Otey Kecd. sccoml liistrict?G. W. Croft, D. P. Sojourn I er. C. .f. C. Uutson. ; Third IMstrict?Eugene U; Gary. Gcorgi Johnstone, E. II. Murray-. Fourth District?William Mnnro, 1!. 1' ' T<1il, Wiley Jones. j Fifth District?J. 1). Erwin, Giles J. Tatter son.T. Stobo Farrow. I sixth District?J. W. Williamson, J. F Hbamc. .1. D. Mel.uuas. Seventh District ? William Elliott, J. II ; Earle, ('. St. G. Sinclair. The i 'on ven t ion went in to Commit lee of tlx l Whole, with Col. J. II. Ition in the chair, j A resolution of thanks to the presiding ?^i cer.nnd to the Secretaries, for the highly satis factory manner in which they had discharged their respective duties, was Introduced and unanimously adopted. Mr. Munro.on resumhit; the chair, thanked theConvcntior. for this kindly expression. on motion, the Convention, at 1115 P.M., adjourned Hint'. dir. Patterns ! patterns!?A want lone felt can now 1 >e supplied. Butterie it Co's patterns for sale by It. M. lladdon it Co. JCst received,?10 pieces black cashiricre. The bust otic. cash more in the market can be found at 11. M. lladdon it Co. Scmmer Sii.ks!?'TIio largest stock of kiiiiituor silks wo have ever oll'ered. with trimmings to match. It. M. lladdon it Co. For the best assortment of millinery poods of all descriptions and at lowest prices, call on It. M. lladdon it Co. Lmhks Shoes! For a good shoe and a trciod lit try our custom made shoos. None better. 1*. M. lladdon it Co. For the largest stock and greatest variety of silk tinges, laces Ac., for drosses call on K. M. lladdon A* Co. Lawn Tents, Searstteers it Ttimbnrton muslins, for summer drosses, jnut received by It, M. lladdon it Co. For I he best assortment of dress goods and dress trimmings to match, call on 1{. M. lladdon it Co. Tiik largest stock and best assortment of ladies goods "exclusively'' in the upcountry can now he found at 1!. M. lladdon it Co., old stand 7icxl dvor to the pout offl.ee. ia?? *? ??? ? ? jjiaaptMBaep?pw^ae Distant. If you were only here to-night, And I wuro looking In your eyes. I should not miml the autumn's blight, The wild nUht winds or sombre skies; I should not mind the dreary ml a j Thut falls upon the sodden hill; Your presence Would have power to niaUe iMy every pulse with somaier thrill. if you were only with ine to-night, I vcwuld forget life'.; tolls and tears, i The weary struggle without aim? The brooding shadows of the year3. J To-night, if you were or ly li^re. Your dear eyes tookinz Into mine, Life's sorrows all would drop away, And living he all a gift divine. But we are miles and miles apart, And walking widely different ways; , You'll never know yovr words, dear heart, j Make all the music of my days. And so I sit alone tonight, , j In till the autumn wind and rain? j 1 i Ah me! alt me! does lll'e hold naught But broken dre.ttns and bluer pains? ; Constitution of Ihc Abbeville County Democratic Club. I ; ARTICLE I. . I This Club shall li#? known as the Abbeville I County Democratic Club. ARTICLE II. . | SixmoN 1. Tlic officers of this Club shall . i consist ol" one President, three Vice-Prcsi ] dents, one Tre;t.?ur"r, o:u; Secretary, and an .; Executive Committee, consisting of the olll> cers of this Club hereinbefore named and the .[Presidents of tin; local or township Clubs, of 11 which Committee the President 01 this Club I ' s:i:i 11 be ez-ojjicb) Cliuirtiuiii, and the Secretary 101 this Club t'x-ojjkio Secretary, Ii Skction 2. 'lne term of service of the r I above ollleers Khali lu*l for two years and un! | tii their successors sh.tll have bren chosen. . i section "{. ihe Tr. as mi er shall receive all I moneys collected by the local or township | Clubs, or othei wise, und shall disburse the ! same by order of the Executive Committee. :i Skction-i. The Secretary sh.ill keep a full I, record of all thy proceedings of the County I Club and Its Executive Committee In a bound II blank book, which shall be turned over to his < 1 sucee-sor in ofliee. mixtion .*>. ThoSeeretary shall also procure j 1 ami preserve with the record* of this Club a i i list of t^ic members of each local or township i I Club. I i skction l>. The Executive Commltt'?;e of! i this t'lub shall direct slid conddct the poiiti-t cal campaigns of the Democratic parly of Ab-j vijlc county, assess ti<e loral Clubs with their ' respective portions of money necessary todc-[ fray the expenses rtf the cumpai^hs, and fur( nlhli such a-sessijients to the Treasure!'of t(iis! j Club for collection, arid one third of said j'.x- i . ecutive committee shall constitute a quorum i i: for the transaction of business. Suction 7. The Vice-Presidents shall. In thie j absence of the President lrom the meetings or! >, the Executive Cominiltee or of tii Is Club, per-! form the duties appertaining to his oriice. j -j ARTICLE III. "j Section 1. The membership of this Club [ > shall consist of the ollleers ot tliisctub, UiUt '* 1 Presidents of the local or townships clubs, " [ and seven delegates from each of the local or; towushlu clubs, whose e.eetlon iititl term of service In this Ciub shall be made anil deierI mined by the respective Clubs to which they *i belong. ,1 section 2. That the Chairman of e;ich lo j eul club delegation shall present to the Secre. jtary ol the County Club at each meeting tlu-re j ol', when the roll of local clubs Is called a list ,; ol the member* of his delegation and the vot-l ; ing strength ol ills club, certified by the Sec* j ! re tary or l'rcstdent of said club fSKCno> 3. Lach member of this Club shall j " be entitled to one vote upon any question to | he determined by this Club, uuless one or ' more members shall demand a constitutional! " vote, and In that ease the delegates from each : 11 i uicai or township club shall vote the uumeri-j ! cal sirength Oi tin ir respective dims, <-?ch i delegate having the right to east his pro rain 1; share of the numerical strength of nis local . ciub according to the number of delegates '' present irom his c un. and in such ease the i other mcinbeisof this club shad not have the right to vote. (l ARTICLE IV, I This club shall meet on Saleday In every I . month at Abbeville Court House, at eleven j o clocK A. M ,and it shall be the duty of the ?. President of this club to call extra meetings | I whenever in Ins Judgment the exigencies of j i, the campaign may require-thctn. >f ARTICLE V. A'.l candidates of the Democratic party, for I county offices, for the State Semite, ami for j the House of Representatives in theSt&tcl , Legislature shall be nominated by primary election, which shall be hell ut such time us ' shall be ordered by this club. .i Section 2. At su-jh primary e'ectlons no! one shall be allowed to vote except such lis j have been Democrats in good standing for nt [ least two months preceding said primary elec itton.and who are twenty-one years or age or will lie twcn?y-one years of age at tbe ensii-l lug general clem Km. and no vote by proxy j Khali U; a.lowed In the comity Ciub or primary iloctions. Miction .'I. Xo person shall he voted for at I o sueii primary election us a Democratic eandi-1 dale for nomination unless lie lias puMiciy pledged himself to a'lidc tile result of such j J pritpary elcciion and support the nominees ot 5. the Democratic party. _ SkctioS 4? Atsueli primary rleetion those >f who receive a nitiiorily of all the votes east inr the respective offices shall be declared to be i- the nominees of the JL>eiuociutic party f.ir such offices, SKCrtox The managers of tlie primary r election at each local club precinc: and their j i cleric shall lie appointed in such ninuner a* I i- imiy be determined by the respective local J | clubs. section 0. Immediately bdforeopening the i ! p'drs at u.il't primary election the manageis i-'i and their clerks shall sign the following writ-) I ten pJi d^e ami i-hull forward the same to this [(dub with their returns of sa d primary elec- ] d tion, to wit: "1 do solemnly picdgt* my sa-! "ered honor that I will failhiuliy perform all , 'the dulles incident lo my position asmana-i Vcr or clerk of the primary election to the | n "best of my ability." el NKCTlOJf 7. .Milliliters oi primary eiceuons L-' shall keep a correct pull list of all the voters ! d | at said election, and return the same, attested j il | by tliein. with tlifc election .returns, y I SKCTioy 8. At the primary elections the : i.' J poll* shall open at nine o'clock A.M..and! e' shall close at six o'eod; 1*. M.. when the inuii.ejiijierH shall count the votes, and they shall | > | forward the returns to the ?'ounty Club at Us o next int etlnga'ter *ald election. j section The County Club shall thereupil | on canvass the ntiinisof the prinuvy e!ec-| li Hon, licar and dcclde all protests and contents, 0 iiikI declare the result of said primary <l?-e< tion. e I nkotion 10. In case there shall not l?e a e nomination for any of the oiP.ces to be tilled I at such election, twice as many '/a ltd dates as n ! there are vacancies to be tll'ed shnli lie select<i cd from those having the hL'hcst nuinber < f o votes, but lacking a majority, to be voted for e ; at another prinniry election to be held at such o' time as the County Club shall d. Situate, auJ :r; so .i till such vacancies arc filled. cl ARTICLE VI. ,r| A nipj'?rlt.y of all the local ethbs represont111 ed In this elub at any meeting by a delegate or . ui'H'SIUC" snail . ( imiiiiii' .1 fjin>i"uiii ior in*I11 transaetion of business, and a majority of all "s! the votes east, whether vim vo?n, ?>y ha I lot, or '"i by a constitutional vote, sl:u!l decide all t|ues-, e, lions before the club. vj ARTICLE VII; C I I Any article of ibl* constitution may ho reI sol tided or anendfd by a two-thirds vote of | tltls club one month's not-lee in writing of the <! i-aiiie having been given to this club. y j | HART & COMPANY Hardware Merchants. IO HEADQUARTERS FOR Li* J; DANIEL PRATT COTTON GINS >e: Feeders & Condensers. d TIIE BROWN COTTON GINS, FEEDERS cl : t a n 1> con densers. ?i | l; SCIIOFIEI.I) COTTON PRESS, ENGINES] iI AND GIN GEARING. . l. t. (shan't s patent fan mills, i AGENTS FOR *; baldwin feed cutters, 'i burrall corn shellchs, i THOMAS BRADFORD & CO'S,' I?' i corn, wheat and feed mills. 1 , i J FOR SALE* Gin bristles, babbitt metal, ' i relting, mill stones, mill picks, ; i and full lines of hardware. " I [j STATE AGENTS FOll Kemp's Manure & Cotton Seed Spreader j i GREATEST Agricultural ^^ULVmztR^nARTCOMBlNED Paves fK) per cent. of the labor, and double* the value of thr Maimm. on? load spread in om-tetith the time benenttinir the crop as milch an two i itched out by hand. Indispensable as the Mower and Reaivr, Iu the cotton section* it wilt save the Itbor <f half n dozen nien. Spread* Muck. Marl, A?lics. I,imp. Ottoij. Seed. etc.. broadcast or in drills. For illustrated c#t? logue arid full particulars address j SEND FOR PRICES. HART & CO., Charleston, S. C. June It, 1SS2, tf Stereoscopes AND Stereoscopic Views. A tfno assortment both loreigti iinti An e ietui. lit i J. D. < 11ALMERS. I j March l^-'j If , v' ' ' BARBER SHOP. 0 RICHARD GANTT: 1* now prepared to do all work in his department In ttic liej-t manner nnd ut.rea-onaOlc charge*. Monthly customers J-havJng, hair eut'ine and sliuiipooliiK si per month. Ra?ois hoiud and put in the lii'St condition for 2.ri cents each. Shop under the ij-cts mid Jlanner otHce. March 13.1*32, U ' H. 6. SCUJIDAY, Attorney and Counselor at Law, ANDERSON, S. C. nFFF.IUS lii* professional cervices to the fit U IzortH of AbbeVWe. Partlc* dfsirinir to consuM with 11f ir?", may. do xo at p.ach session i>f the Court lor tlic Courtly,or by lctier at An?' dt-rs'in C If. June id, lSil.tf SPEAKE & BR(X -AGENTS FOK THE FAMOUSEclipse Traction and Portatable Engines! T-IIE WAYNESBORO ECLIPSE SF.PARA 1 TOR. SAW MILLS. COTTON'GINS. Al so, THE AMERICAN FRUIT DRYER. Parl.tw wishing the ubovc, address SPEAKE & BRO.. Kinard's T. 0., S. C. Mr. JOHN KNOX is onr only Archt to sol! the Eclipse Engines nn<l soimnitors and American Fruit Driers in Abbt-vMe County. Sl'EAKE & BRO. March 29. 18S2,12m Chrumos. A LARGE lot of new Chrohios 22 x 2f aixtf 21 x :?.) on exlilbtl'.on and lor sale, at 81.15 each at W. P. WARDLAW. _A pill JO, 185L m sir iiAniinr I i aa mmi . In accordance with the Act to raise supplies for the fiscal year commencing November 1st; 1881. approved February Oth, 18S2, Notice Is. hereby given that the Treasurer's offioe of Abbeville County, will be opeii for the collection of taxes MONDAY, MAY 1,1882, and will remain open until JuneJst; <l'he rate per centum cif taxes is a< follows: State purposes .-. 4] mills; County current...; 3 " . Deficiencies :.1J " V Schools ; .:...2 u ? Total :..ll] mills! roll Tax $1. "The taxes shall he collected iii t\v# installments, viz: The flD?t instalment shall b? due and payable front the first day of May to the first day of. June, 1SS2, and the second installment shall he due and pay: hie from the fiP tecnth day of September to the thirty1 tirst day of October, 1882." A penalty of five per centum attaches to the first installment if not paid by the first day of June, 1882. Tax-payers can pay all in May IT they desire to do so. Taxes arc payable in the following kind of funds and no other: Golf! aiid silver coin, Untied States Current | ?-y,National Bank Note", and Coupond which shall become payable during t lie year 1882, on the valid Consolidated Bonds of this Stale, known as "Brovm Bonds," also Jury Certificates and tlie per diem of State >Vitness*s iri the Circuit Ccurts will be received for . l.'oui.ty Taxes not including School | Takes. J. W. PERRIfT, County Treasurer; Treasurer's Okficb," April o, 1882, 4t . . A 14 uurcnirabriMivi and TENiPLETQN, ?have received tiieir? Spring Stock, ?and are prepared to serve the public? I DRY GOODS, _ - / CROCKERY, GROCERIES, HATS, CAPS, BOOTS AND SHOES; April 5,18Si tr J L CLARK, FOR THE GOOD OF THE CRAFT I HAVE CONCLUDED TO GIVE MY 1 whole attention to iny Shop. I shall give. It WOOD ATTENTION. If any person wishes to have his WATCHES REPAIRED Bring theiq in. I have ail the tools nnd ma tenuis to do it up in the best of style and af the lowest rates possible. If you want yout, clock repaired bring it in and it will be done flybt. If you want your JEWELRY MENDED Bring It on. If you want your SEWING MACHINE MENDED This Is the place to get It done In thebe^t ot order. You can haveany pleoeinade uew,or . the old one repaired. If you want your gun ot pistol repaired this is the place to huve done. All these articles will be repaired in tin? best of order at the Lowest Prices. Give ine a trial and satisfy yourselves? TERMS CASH. JOHN L CLARK. New W.P.Wardlaw ABBEVILLE, S. C. HAS opened a new >toek of FURNITURE over the store of A. M. Hill <k Son, and will be pleased to receive a call from bis friends. His stool; consists of every variety of ITRNITUItE usually kept in atlist-clasa store. All of whicn is oil'ercd at prices to suit ili?* times. I-'eb. 21.1SS1. tf KTotice. ANY person having demand.- -icalnst tho estate of (SEN. JAMES GILf-AM, v111 present ihem to-the Exceuior. and those indebted to tne estate will please pay up. R. C GILLAM, Erecutor. Giceuwood. May in. |sS:>, :;t'