The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, April 11, 1883, Image 2
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fhe Press and Banner.
K.v Ilu^h "Wilson.
Wednesday, April 11, 1383.
"Poor" Roads, ' Poor" Fanners, and
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a "Poor Movement.
Home of our brethren of tlie pros* are
s!ilI agitating the road question, and propose
to tax the fe\V citizens, who by their
energy, economy, and seir-cioniai, nave
aeeuinmulated a little property, with ai!
the burdens of keeping up the government,
educating all the children whom (
those philanthropists Would m.tke pan-:
pcrs, and al?> tax the h.trd-\Vcrking and
thrifty citizen to keep the highways in
good repair for the use of "poor"' voters.
As we have staled before, it make*very
little diircrencc to us personally how
(his matter is disposed of. Put we eontend
that the "poor*' citizen, whether
white or black, owes something to the
* government foi the liberty w hich it guarantees
to him personality, and fortlffl protection
which it gives to him in the exercise
of all his rights. There are, we believe,
in round numbers, about ninety
thousand negro voters, and sixty thousand
white voters, in this State. As we
understand it the champions of the
"poor" men would excuse nine-tenths of
the negroes and three-fourths of tlie
White people from their .just burden of
liceping no the public highways, and
would also make paupers of the children
>f nine-tenths of the negroes and threefourths
of the whites, to lie educated at
the expense of those wiio prefer to be
fcelf-snstuining. We believe that the
fcchool tax act, has done more to demor
uli/.o our peopJo than any other law on
our statute books. Wo need not eneourJige
pauperism. If we establish pauper
*ehools we will increase the number of
paupers. If we establish si bureau from
-.. hich to distribute bread we will have
ten times as many hungry people, as we
now have. If we establish a wood yard,
from which impecunious people can go
for wood, it will be seen that there would
be, in a very short time, very few people
Who will be able to buy wood. No true
citizen, with the instincts of true manhood
in him jshould seek to shirk his
duty to educate his own children, and no
?- patriotic citizen, will, in our opinion,
ycek to evade an equitable share of the
burdens of tiie government which protects
him and his family as sacredly as it
does the liresiJe of the richest eitizon.
Prolessionai paupers, as a rule, arc worth-i
less to the government, useless to the
community in which the.v live,and aburto
the church. True manhood and
colf-reliance is what we want. This communistic
spirit, which would encourage
pauperism in the hope that the indolent
<ritir.en may sharo the goods of his neighbor,
who Jlias wotked for it, should be
cheeked. If it is not, we will soon be a
nation of pitiper.3. In this country, every
man should be as good as his neighbor,
juid everv man should bear his just pro
portion of the burdens of the government,
and ho should he required to educate his
own children, or else let them grow up
in ignorance.
There never will he a cheaper or a heller
system of working the roads than the
I. present one. The overseer or captain of
HnS a section knows the convenience of his
neighbors, and he can order them out to
work the road at a leisure time, or on
Mich days when the ground is too wet to
plow. Uy workilig the roads nearest to
one's house, very little time is lost, and
the citizen generally docs this work
vheerfullj', as a matter of consequence
and benefit to himself. Whenever we
abolish the old and cheap system, the
country will bo bankrupted or we will
have no roads at all.
>'cw Comities.
A paragraph in another column on the
subject of new counties, taken from the
Anderson Jourraf, speaks the proper
sentiment. The people have spoken in
clear and unmistakable terms as to their
in ilin >n;iilr>r nf now pontics, and
" OMV
we fhall watch with interest the action of
those Representatives in the Legislature:
who would misrepresent the wishes of
kthe people. Better let all such questions]
time for the present. The candidates
are always obliged to agitate the public,
mind on some question. For this reason, j
we say let the new county business rest, I
or kill it. In the next campaign the mat-'
tor may bo discussed again, if the parties ]
desire it, but let not the present representatives
violate the will of the people, so'
lately expressed at the baljot-box, and at,
a time when all the machinery of the1
Democratic party was arrayed against,
their popular wish. The people do not;
want new counties, and we see no advau
tage or necessity for departing from the j
old landmark*. We have done well;
enottjrh In the past, and we can continue
do so in the future, if we are not bur- j
denod to death with new olflcer3.
I Late Si>Hu?.
utf As yet we have had little or no spring'
weather. Since the new year set in there'
lias not been many ilavs in which the J
land was in condition to plow, and everybody
is behind with their faun work. |
But little clearing has been done, and the;
* work on the bottom land has been almost
entirely suspended for the last four
months. Ordinarily by this time of the,
year', many farmers have their lands j
either planted or in readiness to plant in;
cotton, but at present we presume there
lias not been an aero of cotton planted,
and the larger portion of the land is not;
yet in readiness. Last Monday was like
a winter day, a steady wind blowing, and
rain .falling nearly all day, and until late:
in the night. Wo believe that our farmers;
are beginning to realize the advantages to j
be derived from raising their own bread
studs. They will work, with;
the greatest energy,as M>on as the weather
clears off, to make their bottom lands in;
readiness for the corn crop.
* For Obstructing Streams.
We ask attention to the advertisement I
by the Clerk of the Board of County!
Commissioners. That advertisement:
reads as though these officers meant to
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n iiiuj w uiv'ii iiuji uciuiuiuri', ill (
u large measure, Heen neglected. We
trust that every owner of laiul through:
which a watef-courso runs will comply!
with the requirements of the law, and in j
ease ot failure to do so, we trust that
some interested neighbor may not nog- j
lect his duty in the matter. Tho drainage
law was intended to benefit us in two
ways, to wit: To remove causes of sickness,
and enable our people f> cultivate
their valuable low-lands. Kafts, and;
Jogs should be removed at once, in order
to give our people an opportunity to|
ditch and drain their bottom land, pre-j
paratory to planting tha needed corn. It;
is the duty of every citizen to see that the j
provisions of this Jaw are complied with, j
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The Colored People of Abbeville Do
not Aspire to be Paupers.
At Abbeville village the colored people,
arc asserting their manhood by educa-l
ting their own children, and paying the
tuition fees, and they aro making real
progress in civilization and in the elevation
of their character. Tho better class
of this portion of our citizens have no
desire to put their children down as pan-:
pers. Tboy accept their vharo of the;
public fund, and make good tho deli-'
eieucy. i
g. |
The C. C. G. & C. R. R. Shops.
From an article in another column it '
tvjil lie seen mat aikcii is twilling for the 1
shops of the Carolina, Cumberland (Jap!,
and Chicago Railroad Company. Abbe- 11
ville is a larger town, nearer the centre, I
and in every way more entitled to it than ji
Aiken. Let our people see to it that Ab-1J
beville has at least a chance to compete '
for the shops of the new road. Wo can
If;' -well afford to give the Company much ]
k more tban Aiken proposes to give, 1
Dorn-Holly and HoIIy-Dom.
[Edyrfitld Advertiser.] j
We iicnr of n double marriage at MrOVni. .
Dora'*, ntar McCormhk. The youruer of.
the two sons of the late Wm. Dorn, Esq., of 11
Dorn> Mines. was miirile-! to M!sk Holly, !i
while yonng Iloiiv's ?i-oth?Tof the nfoiesaid
i lady, wns niarrlpd'to Ml?s I.'ori), sister <>t tlie *
| aforefiild ccntlemnn. Mr. Holly, Sr.. t'ie
I father. Is a tilahly r. pne,.t,.(i clllJ-.'-n of Aiken :
f County, who hn? moved u.> Into the Dorn
Mclivn of late yean-, 1
(injustice nf holding the clous responsi-!
j ble for the sins of the individual. We.
! apply this lest to no other people.
Our principal excuse for disliking j
I him now is that we have injured him. j
j The true gentleman, Jew or Gentile,
will always recognize the true gentleinian,
Jew or Griitile, and will refuse
'to consort villi an ill-bred impostor,
jjew or Gentile, simply btcause he is
lli-hrcd impostor.
The impudence of tho low bred Jew
is not one whit more detestable than
the impudence of the low-bred Gentile
children of shoddy, who by countless
thousands swarm into doors opened for
ilieni by democracy. Let us cry (juits
>n that score. Let lis judge each other
by our best, not our worst samples,ami
when we find gold let us recognize it.
Let us prove all things and hold fast
that which is good.
Whilst it is :i matter of just pride to
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The Scattered Nation.
A CHRISTIAN'S ELOQUENT DEFENCE
OF THE JEWISH RACE.
An Address Delivered lie fore t.'ic
I Your.i; .Mcir?s Ilctri'.v Association
| of Suw Yoili by tlte lion. Zcbulon
H. Vance, United States Senator
from North Carolina.
I had long been ??f the opinion thai
the jn>{ men of this age had a duty to
perform in respvet of 11 re .Semitic race.
Hint there was u grand reparation t:?
!u. 11> !111? fin- !> ifrniiilcr wmiiif. Tilt
withholding this reparation so long
I i ft or the siib>isteiice of the passions
t which indicted the injuries, \va?, it
pee ins to me, jiii augmentation of the
j injustice which greatly increased our
) reproach.
j Feeling this deeply, I twelve years
ago conceived the idea of turning-aside
h'rom the beaten path of polities and
j making my contributions as a public
| man toward this great act of justice to
j a people to whom our ('hristian civilization
is so much indebted. This IceJture
was the result and has been
;changed only in the light of recent
Seveni*; of course, it was intended for
j(>entile ears, as I could not hope to instruct
the well-informed of the Jewish
: people. They know, alas, too well
j their own history and their own sorrows.
I may be pardoned for saying
that in the communities where it has
been heard, its effects have more than
me) my expectations in the production
I of better feeling. I have been pleased
to seethe noble efforts of our friend,
lion. S. S. ('ox. in the House of Representatives
in the same direction.
I confess tli it. the contemplation of
the wrongs of my own people about
| that period, oil which I gazed with a
jsore and indignant heart, had much
to do with the awakening of my syni;
pat hies tor the people who had sutlerled
so much more and so much longer
than any others.
Says Prof. Maury, "There is a river
! in the ocean. In the severest droughts
it never falls, and in the inighties Hoods
it never overflows. The (iulf of
Mexico is its fountain, ai d its mouth
is in the Arctic Seas. It is the (iulf
'Stream. There is in the world no
i other majestic flow of waters. Its
1 current is more rapid than the Mississippi
or I he Amazon, ami its volume
more than r. thousand times greater.
, li> waters, as far out from the Gulf as
!the Carolina coasts, are of an ir.digo
blue; they are so distinctly marked,
that their line of juncture with the
common sea-water may he traced by
the eye. Often one-half of the vessels
may lie perceived floating in Gulf
stream water, while the other half is
in the common water of the sea. So
sharp is the line and such the want of
affinity between the waters, and such
the reluctance, so to speak, on the p;irt
I of those of the Gulf-stream to mingle
[With the common water of the sea."
This curious phenomenon in the
physical world has its counterpart in
the moral. There is a lonely river in
: the midst of the ocean of mankind.
I Tiie mightiest Hoods of human temptation
have never caused it to overflow
its barriers, and the fiercest fires
; of human cruelty, though seven times
heated in the furnace of religious bigojtry.
have never caused it to dry up.
although its waves for twe thousand
|years have rolled crimson with the
?if it? nt'irtrrs. Tts fountain is
| in the gray dawn of the word's history
'and its mouth is somewhere in the
[shadow of eternity. /Moo refuses to
mingle with the surrounding waves,
and the line which divides it* restless
j billows <Vom the common waters of
i humanity is also plainly visible to the
jeye. It is the Jewish race.
The Jew is beyond doubt the most
i remarkable man of this world?past or
present. Of all the stories of the sons
I of men, there is none so wild, so wonjderfu),
so full of extreme mutation, so
replete with suU'ering and horror, so
[abounding in extraordinary provide
nees. so shaded by scenic romance.
There is no man who approaches him
| in the intent and character of the inj
fluence which he has exercised over
j the human family. His history Is the
! history of our civilization and progress
in this world, and our faith and hope
! in that which is to come. From him
have we derived the form and the pattern
of all that is excellent. * *
Though dead as a nation?as we
speak of nations?they yet live. Their
ideas till the world and move the
wheels of its progress, even as the sun,
?-|iph lip sinks behind the western hills
yet (ills the heavens with the remnants
of Lis glory. As the destruction of
the matter in one form is made necessary
to its resurrection in another, so it
would seem that the perishing of the
Jewish nationality was in order to the
universal acceptance and the everlasting
establishment of Jewish ideas.
Never before was there an instance of
such a general rejection of the person
and character, and acceptance of the
doctrines and dogmas of people.
We admire with unlimited admiration
the ({reek and Roman, but reject
with contempt his crude and beastly
divinities. We ailed to despise the
Jew, but accept and adore the pure
conception of a God which he taught
us, and whose real existence the history
of the Jew more than all else establishes.
* * * * * *
I Jut if constancy, faithfulness and
devotion to principle under the most
trying circumstances to which the
children of men were ever subjected,
be considered virtues, then indeed are
the Jews to be admired. They may
safely defy the rest of mankind to
ft.,.*., oii-.li im.lvlixr iiilherciiec to nc
copied faith, such wholesale sacrifice
fur conscience sake. For they havein
all ages {riven up home and country,
wives and children, cold and goods,
ease and shelter and life ; for if they
endured all the evils of an infernal
wrath for eighteen centuries; for it
they have endured, and?say what you
will?endured with an expressible
manhood, that which no other portion
of the human family ever has, or, in
my opinion, ever would have endured. |
Frr sixty generations the heritage
which the father left the son was
misery, suffering, shame and despair; !
and that son preserved and handed
down to his son, the black heritage a?!
a golden heir-loom, fur the s(tlcc of.
Clod. * * * *
On Ihe whole, ami after due dclibcra-!
tion, I think it may be truthfully said
that there is more of average wealth,
intelligence and morality among the!
Jewish people than there is among
any other nation, of equal numbers,
in the world ! If this is true?if it be!
half true?when we consider the cir-j
cumstances under which it has all
been brought about, it constitutes in j
the eyes of thinking men the most re-j
markablc moral phenomenon ever exhibited
by any portion of the human |
family. For not only has the world
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given ilie .lew iiii neip, utuim in<u net
is lie has made himself in spite of the.
world?in spite of its bitter cruelty, its'
scorn and unspeakable tyranny. The'
most he has ever asked?certainly the
most he has ever received, and tiiutl
but rarely?was to be left atone. To es- j
cap'e the sword, the rack, the lire and .
utter spoilingof his goods, has indeed,!
for centuries, been to him a blessed;
heritage, as the shadow of a great rock
in a weary land.
The physical persecution of the Jews,
has measurably ceased among all na-j
tions of tin? highest civilization. There
is no longer any proscription left upon \
their political rights in any land where!
the English tongue is spoken. I am j
proud of the fact. But there remains '
among us an unreasonable prejudice
of which I am heartily ashamed. Our
toleration will not be complete until j
we put it away also, as well as the old i
implements of physical torture.
This age, and these United States in i
particular, so bonstful of toleration,!
presents some curious evidences of the!
faei that the old spirit is not dead, evidences
tending much to show that the !
prejudices of 2,000 years ago are still
with us. * ****.)
Tti this, our own free and toleranti
land, where wars have been waged
and Constitutions violated for the;
benefit of the Afriean negro?the de-j
?cendants of barbarian tribes who for
4.00') years have contributed nothing j
to, tl oujrh in close contact with, the'
civilization of mankind, save as the!
Helots contributed an example to the '
Spartan youth?and where laws and
partisan courts alike have been used
to force him into an equal, we have:
wn Jews, educated and respectable
men, descendants of those from whom !
we derive our civilization, kinsmen i
nfter tlie flesh of him whom we Chris-;
tians esteem as the Son of (Jod and.
Saviour of men, ignoniiniouslv ejected j
from hotels and watering places as un-;:
worthy the association of men who,:
had grown rich by the sale of a new, I
brand of soap or ail improved patent 1
rat-trap ! j.
T have never heard of one of these i
indecent thrusts at the Jews without I
thinking of dying words of Sergeant; i
Bethuell when he saw his life's cur- j;
rent dripping from the sword of Bur-ij
'ey : "Base peasant churl, thou has i
split the blood of a line of kinis." I
Let us learn to judge the Jew as we ]
ndge other men?by his merits. And <
tt us, abuve all, cease the abumlnable 1
us uiai 11)ore h neuner pnysicm perse
cut ion nor lc*^al proscription left upon
the civil rights of the Jews in any
laud where the English tongue is
) spoken or the English law obtains, yet
j I consider it a grave reproach not only
i to us but to all Christendom that such
j injustice is permitted anywhere. The
i recent barbarities inflicted upon thorn
j in Russia revive the recollection of the
| darkest cruelties of the middle ages.
That is one crying outrage, one damned
spot that blackens the fair light of
the nineteenth century, without the
(semblance of excuse or the shadow of
justification. That glaVe of burning
j homes, I hose shrieks of outraged wo!
men, those wailingsof orphaned chili
dron go up to God not only as witnesses
against the wretched savages who
perpetrate them, but as accusations also
of those who permit, them. How
sad it is again to hoar that old cry of
ivliicli u'n liflll linnPfl I
to hour do more forever! How shameful
it is that within the shadow of socalled
Christian churches there are yet
dark places tilled with the habitations
of cruelty. No considerations of diplomacy"
or international courtesy!
should for one moment stand in the
way of their stern and instant, sup-i
press ion.
The Jews arc our spiritual fathers,
! the authors of our morals, the founders
i of our civilization with all the power
jam! domination arising therefrom;
[and the great peoples professing Chrisjtianity,
and emhued with any of its
I noble spirit, should see to it, thatjus!
tice and protection are afforded them,
j Hy simply speaking with one voice, it
could be done; for no power on earth
could resist that voice. Every consideration
of humanity and internal policy
demands it, and I, as a Uuiled
States Senator and an American citizen,
attest my willingness that such a
J voice shall be heard. Their unspeak!
able misfortunes, their inherited woes,
I their very helplessness appeal to our
| Christian chivalry trumpet-tongued,
tin behalf of those wretched victims of
j a prejudice for which tolerant Chrisjtiani'ty
is not altogether irresponsij
ble. * * *
Undoubtedly there are Jewish scounjdrels
in great abundance ; undoubtedi
ly also there are Gentile scoundrels in
I great abundance. Southern reconstruction
put that fact beyond a perad|
venture. Jiut our own scoundrels are
I orthodox, Jewish scoundrels are unbelievers;
that is the difference. * * *
am manncrot crimen, inciuuing perjjury,
cheating and over-reaching in
I trade, are unhesitatingly attributed to
j the Jews, generally by their rivals in
I trade. Yet somehow they are rarely
I proven to the satisfaction of even
i Gentile judges and juries.
j Their constant life of persecution
I would naturally inspire this feeling
j their present life of toleration and
their business estimate of the value of
character will as naturally remove it.
Again and again, day by day we
evince our Gentile superiority in the
tricks of trade and sharp practice.
It is assested by our proverbial exclamation
in regard to a particular
j piece of villany, "That beats the
i Jews!" And I call your attention to
! the further fact that, sharp as they undoubtedly
are, they have found it impossible
to make a living in New England.
Outside of Boston, not fifty
perhaps can be found in all that land
of unsuspecting integrity and modest
righteousness. They have managed
I to endure with long suffering patience
the knout of the Czar and the bowstring
of the Turk, but they have fled
for life from the presence of the wooden
nutmegs and the left-handed gimlets
of Jonathan. Is there any man
who hears me to-night who, if a Yankee
and a Jew were to "lock horns" in
a regular encounter ofcommerical wit,
would not give large odds on the Yankee
? AI v own oninion is that the iren
j nine guessing Yankee, with a jack|
knife and a pine .shingle could in two
, hours' lime, whittle the smartest Jew
, in New York out of his homestead
in (lie Abrahnmic covenant. * * *
The hardest of Christian prejudice
having dissolved, so will that of the
Jew. The hammer of persecution
I having ceased to beat upon the iron
j mass of their stubborn ties, it will
cease to consolidate and harden, and
! the main strength of their exclusion
land preservation will have been lost.
I have stood on the summit of the
very monarch of our great Southern !
j Alleglmnies and seen the night llee a- j
| way before the chariot wheels of the
jCjJodofduy, The stars receded before!
j the pillars of lambent lire that pierced |
the zenith, a thousand^ ragged moun-:
| tain peaks began to peer up from the j
j abysmal darkness, each looking
I through the vapory seas that tilled the j
(gorges, like an island whose jutting
j and confounded base was swirled by
i the wild and wasteful ocean. As the
I curtain was lifted more and more, and
j the eastern brightness grew in radi;
ance and in glory, animate nature pre- J
pared to receive her lord; the tiny
;snow-bird from its nest in the turf
hixritri nhirninir tn it? vnntur thn silver i
V o? ~ "
phe.isant sounded its morning drumbeat
for its mate in tlie boughs of the
fragrant fir; the dun deer risinjr slow-l
iy from his mossy couch and stretch-{
ing himself in graceful curves began!
to crop the tender herbage ; whilst Use
loully eagle rising straight upward
from his home on the crag, with pinions
wide spread, bared his golden
breast to the yellow beams and screamed
his welcome to the sun in his coming!
Soon the vapors of the night
were lifted upon shafts of fire, rolling
and seething in billows of refulgent
llame until when far overhead, they
were caught upon the wings of the
morning breeze and swept away; per- '
feet day was established and there
was peace. >So may it be with this
long-suft'ering and immortal people.
Roll, golden sun?roil swiftly toward the West,
Dawn, happy day when many woes shall
Cease:
Come quickly, I.ord, thy people wait the rest
Of thine abiding peace!
No more, no more to hunger here for loveNo
more to thirst Tor blessings Ions;denied,
Judith! They face is lout with weeping, hut
above
Thou shall be satisfied! ,
FROM OCEAN TO OCEAN.
I
Progress or the Work on the Panama Cnnnl
as Seen by a United States f
Naval Officer?Troubled Along1 the
Line.
Washington, April o.?Lieutenant!
Raymond II. Rogers of the United i
Slates Navy, who was directed by i
Rear Admiral Cooper to make on the|
ground a personal examination of the |
condition and prospects of the Panama
Canal, has just handed in his report.
Lieutenant Rogers passed over!
the entire line from Panama to Aspin- i
wall, inspected the works in progress,'
the stations established and the villages
and hospitals built for the use of
the working men. After describing
the machinery and material employed
and the contracts that have been made
for excavating the canal, he goes on
to state what has already been doue.
He says: h
"The engineers and other employ-!,
ees of the company arrived in Aspin-i
wall at the beginning of 1881. The!
line of the canal was not then fixed
nor was any part of it cleared; no)
docks and but little properly belong-!
od to the company, so that it was ex-j
tremely difficult to lodge the employ-j
ees and to receive the material. In
brief, it may be said that wharves I
l\?wni /u\nufrnoto/l nrrnnrwl ?\i? !
chased or made, large quantities of *
machinery received and put up, vil-'0
I ages and workshops built along then
line, hospitals erected in Panama and."/
Aspinwall, the axis of the canal de-;"
finitely fixed and its route cleared to a ' li
depth of 100 metres, und that the }.'
work of excavation, which has beenji]
delayed by tiie slow arrival of the' <?
necessary machinery, will, within a! {!
month, be begun at several points," j
The total number of men employed'a
iit different points of the line is be- u
Uveen four and five thousand, the laborers
being Jamaicans and Colum- si
bians, and the mechanics French, '?
American and English. The laborers u
range from one dollar and twenty cents u
to two dollars per day. In summing ?
up the results of his investigations u
Lieutenant Kogers finds: "That the <}
preliminary work of fixing and clear- ((|
ing the route, of erecting docks, quar- a
ers, machine shops, machinery, rol-jbi
ing stock, &c., and the accumulating
if material and personnel has been so 0i
ar advanced that the worjs of excava-1 *
tion will be vigorously begun by the
beginning of the next dry season;
that the work of excavation has already
been begun at two points on the [
line; that the increase of means of.
transportation, which has heretofore
been insufficient, and the completion'
of machinery now on the isthmus,
will soon enable the work to advancerapidly
;that there can no longer bej
doubt as to the intention of the eom-i
paiiy to carry out the proposed plan of
tl is* canal."
In regard to the time when (liisj
great interoceanic water-way will be
nnmnlotril there is a difference of onin-1
ion among the engineers. M. de Les-j
*eps fixes the clnte of its completion in i
1883, and in this opinion ho is support- |
ed by Ills representative on t he ground, j
On the other hand the canal engineers j
and others led Lieutenant lingers to in-!
fer that the canal will not he finished j
for some years later. M. do Lcsxeps
and the superior agent also express
the belief that the canal can he made
for (he amount estimated, which was
six hundred millions of francs, ($123.000,000,)
but the engineer* in charge
say that the estimate will he largely
exceeded, the preparatory work having
already cost one hundred and thirty
millions of francs, ($2f>,00().noo.)
The conclusion reached by Lieutenant
Rogers is in accordance with that
of the Panama ('anal will undergo
the experience of many other great
projects, that the expense of constructing
it will he so that "the original
subscribers must nirain subscribe or
lose (heir venture, and that new stock-1
holders will be the ones to share the!
profits."
Panama, March 27.?Severe and!
continuous rioting has taken place all |
along the line of the canal works, ori- j
ginating in a race hatred between the ]
Jamaicans and Carthagenians. Some
twenty of the former have been mas- j
sacred, and the government linds it-j
self unable to restore order. Arms
are being indiscriminately purchased ;
and as no work is going on, and as
there are about 8,000 men drinking
freely, serious trouble? is anticipated.
The "government will find itself compelled
to keep a strong police force on
the isthmus, which is rapidly overrun
by the dregs of all nations.
M. Charles de Lesseps leaves the .isthmus
to-day for New York. He insists
that the canal will be finished in
1888, although the riots and murders
along the line must have satisfied
him that there are other than engineering
difficulties to be overcome before
the cut from sea to sea will be
completed. M. de Lesseps lias been
much feted during his three weeks'
stav here. Everv arrival at Colon
r...n? t. i?_ i
! 1 Will III U ?? CCl X IIII lU iniUlUO m
borers for the canal.
? O
FUNERAL OF FETEII COOPER.
Thousands of People Throng the
Church and Reverently Cinze for
the Lost Time on the Fnce of the
Dead Philanthropist.
New York, April 7.?This morning
the casket containing the body of
Peter Cooper was token in t. hearse to
the Church of All Souls. A throng of
people was gathered here, who reverently
bared their heads as the coffin
was carried into the church and laid
at the head of the main aisle before
the pulpit, with the upper part of the
lid removed. When the doors of the
church were opened, the large assemblage
was formed into line and were
permitted to enter in single'file and
pass by the coflin.
From the time the doors were opened
the line of people defiling past the
coflin was unbroken. Four graduates
of Cooper Union stood near the colfin
as a guard of honor. They were relieved
each half hour by brother graduates.
Both men and women, as well
as many children, came from all quarters
of the city to look for the last time
on the face of the dead philanthropist^
Among them were representatives of]
every degree of wealth and poverty,
but the greater number were working
men and working women. The faces
of the people who filed through the
ehurch'showed that they had not been
attracted thither by idle curiosity, but
that they were animated by a feeling or
love ami reverence for the one whose
death had brought to a close a life full
of kindly deeds and thoughts for his
fellow men.
The Aldermen, city officials, representatives
of the Western Union Telegraph
Company ami a number of less
prominent people attended the funeral,
but from the working people came
the most marked tribute of respect to
the dead philanthropist.
Rev Howard Crosby and Rev.
Thomas M. Peters conducted the ser-i
vices. Dr. Crosby'sad dress concluded !
with the following words: "What an j
example his lift* is to our young men ;
in showing them what should he thei
true aim of their lives; and what an j
example it is to our wealthy men, I
showing them that money obtained
by honest industry and spent in relieving
the sufferings of humanity
will never produce war between capital
and labor. If all the wealthy men
of the city were like Peter'Cooper, our
community would soon reiich perfection."
+
The Disease of Mcndicnncj'.
I)r. Deems, of New York, believes
that inasmuch as mendicancy is a (lis- j
ease requiring careful and even scion-j
title treatment, amateurs have no morel
right to give money indiscriminately!
to beggars than they have to treat per- j
sons suffering from fevers or broken j
limbs. Judicious almsgiving lu s been j
reduced to a science in New York, j
and each householder is provided wilhj
cards directing the bearer to some
place where food and shelter can be
obtained, and the circumstances and
needs of the applicant looked into.
Experience has shown that in eight
cases out of ton such orders are refused
by beggars, or, when accepted,
never presented. By co-operation the
different charitable societies have put
an end to the system by which a professional
beggar is sometimes enabled
to draw relief from half a dozen sources
at once?coal from this society,
groceries from that, rent from another, i
and soon. In one year (lie number of!
street beggars has sensibly decreased,!
iind experts in the science of relief-j
giving declare that professional mendicancy
could be weeded out if the giving
of money to beggars by private
persons could be stopped. Then the
really deserving poor who are in need j
through misfortune would get the aid j
which charitable persona are always'
willing to extend.
Talniase on Slander.
Take the best ninn in (lie world and put n
letectiveon his track and watch him fur ten ,
years, seeing where he goes and how long lie
<tavs, and when lie conies and all ho docs, J
with u desire to destroy him and you can i
make him aj-pcar despicable. Hut if it is I
ivroris to despoil a roan's good nam**, how i
much worse to damage a woman's reputation.;
l'hat style or Infamous work is going from j
entury* to century and always by whispers.
)no whisper starts h suspicion. The next |
whisper tells the whisper as an established
"act. And many a woman as honorable as
your mother or your wife has been whispered j
ml of all kindly associations and whispered |
into the grave. Now. there are people wh?? |
say there Is 110 hell. Hut If there be no hell
'or such an aceur.-cd despoiler of woman's
;ood name, then it is high time that we take
,ip a collection and have olio built. There is
'ueh a place already established, ami what a
line they will have when all the slanderers
set together to rehearse things down there, i
IVhatan everlasting carnival of mud! If it '
ivere not. for their Insutlerabln surroundings
hey would enjoy the new opportunity in that '
calm of theouleast. All the bad being there, 1
ivhat a rich and rare field for exploration hyj:
vhispors. On earth they had often to believe 11
Jcople In order to destroy them, but now they |1
rati say all the bad things possible about their |1
leUhbors and st ill speak the truth. Jubllcei'
?f whisperers! Grand gala day of backbiters! i '
Semi-heaven for scandal-mongers! Only'1
popping their gabble about their diabolical i'
lelishhors long enough to tisk at the iron gate I'
iotnc new comer from earth what is the last j
;osslp from lirooklyti.
Now, how are you to help quell the great inqully?
First, by refusing to listen or bcllove
inythlng against anybody until it Is positive- ! |
y proved. Hy id! law of courts and all cotn* !'|
lion decency, let every one tie supposed In no- ] i
ent till he or she improved guilty. I do not, i
'ecoiumcml my way to you, but I will tell; t
ou what I always say when I hear orsecany-! i
hl.'ig defamatory of anybody?"I tsuess that.')
s a lie. 1 In; only person that Is worse than I i
lie whisperer is the person who without pro-: t
est accepts and believes the whispers. The ! t
rouble in you hold the suck while they (ill it; (
he receiver of stolen goods is just as badas'r
he thief. An ancient author said that, those: t
rlio tittered slander and tho.-c who believed \
t ought to be hanged, one by the tongue, the I s
ither by the car. When ^ju hear anything ti
bout your neighbors do tint no about asking t
uestloiis concerning the charge made and *0 <
(.road it. Don't demean yourself by becoin-ii
UK Inspector of warts and supervisor ol car- !r
iiincles and commissioner of gutters anil their
older of stakes at a dog lis lit. Allow no do-it
imatlon tit your breakfast, dinner or tea ta-j
le. Teach your children not to speak ill of ;
titers. Show them the dillerciice between a j
ceauda wasp, the one gathering honey anil 1
lie other thrusting a sling. 1 have heard of a ;
ousehold where they carefully kept what is(o
ailed a "slander book," and everything that : v
.said in tho way of detraction is as caref-dly ; s
[ corded as any ledger is kept. For tho (lrst <1
w weeks there were many en I t ies, now very ! v
fldoin Is anything written in that book. r
lount Taurus Is a great place for eagles, and , I
rallies (lying along there cackle so loudly that' ti
ie eagles know they are coming and pronnco ! a
pon tiieni to their destruction. Hut 11 Is J c
lid that the old cranes have found this out 0
11 d that they take a stone In their mouth be- j a
ire they start so lliat. It is impossible for, I
icin lo cackle, and thus they 11 y I11 safety. |
e wire as those old cranes and avoid the folly [
r the young cranes. Don't cackle. Take;
luragoll you arc maltreated of whisperers, S
realise such creatures soon run themselves I'
itl. They come to be understood as well in a S
immunity as though some one had chalked ' ci
1 their overcoats or shawls, "Here comes a p
lilspercr, make loom for the leper." I tl
Judge Bond Calls A Halt,
>'0 MORE FRIVOLOUS ARRESTS
WITHOUT INQUIRY.
Warrants of Arrest from the IJ. S.
Commissioners Sliist in all Cases lit*
Served tl;e U. S. -Marshal or Itis
Deputy.
f.V(? ii 'id Oiiiiirr.]
In Hie United state* Circuit Court, yesterdity
morn In-; .Indies Bond :111c] Bryan l>??S u?r on
tlie Beneli, Col. John C. llnsUcll. of Columbia,
who ri'prooiiIs defendant- in some of the
political cases, tWIred the Court to hear, informally,
nuitiiestious from himself and the
dil'strlcl attorney sis to i!i>' habit of Cult.-d !
state* Commissioners to Ismk; warrants ol'ar-!
rest upon allidavits madcupnit informal ion |
and belief merely, without miy iU'inir.v us toi
the source*of the altianl's information ortiiel
l'rounds o! his hclicf. After an iniorrual talk i
between the Court-. Mr. HaskeiI and District |'
t ? t ui? T niliro I'.imiJ idileikun/l llm.
following loiter to the clerk of the court.j
which will bo communicated bp Iheclerk to j
the United Juites commissioners throughout i
the State:
Chahi.kstojj, s. f'.. April .j, 1SS3. |
James K. llagood, Us.].. Clerk United Stales :
t'lreuit Court, Charleston. S. (',?Mr. Clerk : |
II has been brought to the attention of the
Court that in several instances Incases of misdemeanor
the United States Comniis?ion?rs |
have Issued warrants of arrest upon atildavits :
made upon information and belief merely
without, any inquiry us to the sources of the
a (haul's Information or thepround.s of his lie-!
li<;f, under the i in pros -Ion that the Commissioner
had no riuht to make such inquiry. |
No warrant of arrest or seizure for any of-i
feuco against tiie laws of the United Slates |
upon the mere belief or suspicion of any person
should lie issued. ;
The Court desires that you inform the Coin-]
mlssioners thai it is notonly their prerogative |
but their duly tooxainlne Into the sources of j
alllant's information and the grounds of his j
belief.
If other proof is at hand or accessiblc it j
should be had and examined.
The issuing of warrants of arrest andselz-f
ure Is not a mere ministerial act lint a judicial j
function, and should not. be done until ihc|
Commissioner's judgment is satisfied there is t
probable cause.
And the Court desires Hie Commissioners
also to know that for the safety and protection
of the community and the orderly conductor
Judicial proceedings, all process issued
by them, except under extraordinary clrctimstiitiees,
ought.lo be served by the Marshal of
the United Stales or his Deputies.
111:011 Li. I'.o.n:!). circuit.Judge.
This letter, which is t-intamount to an order
of Court, will afford a measure of protection !
to the persecuted citizens of South Carolina
nt t his l ime, when hundreds of innocent men |
arc being dragscd from their homes on warrants
based on atlidavits made on Information j
and belief by pliant hirelings who have never j
even been in the counties where the oll'ences t
arc allotted to have been commuted, if this
order could have been obtained two months
ago many of our citizens would have escaped
the Indignities and Inconvuntnncc to whfeh;
they have been subjected without the shadow j
of Justification or excuse. The last sentence;
of the letier puts a stop to the outrageous
practieo among the United Suites commissioners
in this State of serving warrants upon |
parlies to be arrested by persous who have no
authority whatever to perforin that duty.
How About the Cotton \
! The following hints on the cotton question,
taken from the Atlanta Cons!) tut inn, thouzli
written from a Goon: la stand point, will equally
apply to South Carolina. Our | iautcrsand
business men will find in it some wholesome
food for (bought and rolleetlon:
"At this" moment there Is no article nf necessity
choapcr than cotton, and the prospects
are that prices, instead of advancing, will
either remain where they are or tall lower.
The Southern crop that is now coining into
market is known to be exiiaordlnnrlly'Tarce,
some not unreasonable estimates placing it
at more than sl-vtn millions of hales. In addition
to this, the crops in India and In Egypt
are relatively large.?'The result of nil this Is
low prlcesand no profits for the Southern farmers.
in point of fact, prices arc now at a
point where the Georgia planter would make
money by buying all the cot ion he wants instead
of raising it. It costs less to make a
pound of 'roil, but the price of bacon Is |
way above ,at of cotton ; so that if there is
any Georgia farmer who thinks he really
needs cotton he would do well lo borrow a hog |
from a neighbor, sell it, and then buy his cotion.
There are not more than ten farmers in
Georgia that can make even the smallest
margin of protlt oy raising cotton at. ten cents
a pound, and these farmers have their business
so syslemized that there arc 110 leaks
any where.?Ordinarily, the farmer who gets
fifteen cents a pound for his cotton mak< sa
profit that is but shabbily rolale l to the labor
and exnense of cnlll valine his emu 111111 I Ills 1
is the groat secret of the proverbial poverty of
thocotton farmer.
' In JSS2, tlic farmers all over the South!
made large crops of grain, and saved a large
amount of forage in the shape of fodder and]
hay. Tho cotton crop did not come up to
their expectations, hut, under all the clrcum-i
.stances?that Is to say. In the presence of full J
corn-cribs, overflowing granaries, and a reasonable
supply of provisions of all sorts?theprice
for which It was sold was reasonably |
remunerative. In any event, the beginning!
of the present year found the farmers of .Veor-!
gia in a belter condition than they bad been |
since the war. If they were not altogether |
even with the world, they were at least pre-;
pared to move in the direction of prosperity.!
I l,It is to be feared, however, Hint this lesson 1
I of comfort and comparative Independence lias j
I been lost on the great majority of the fanners..
The area devoted to small grain last winter j
I was greatly reduced a* compared with that of j
i the winter before.and in spite of the low price i
I of the staple and the immense crop that has j
| been gathered, information comes to us Iroin i
every direction thai the planters propose to
I plant a larger acreage in cotton than ever be- (
I fore. IIow many hard working cnergetici
Iagriculturists this programme will bring to!
the verge of ruin it is Impossible tocMimalc.j
I but the number will be large, l-'stimates!
I show that if tin; farmers of Texas raise even j
tin average crop this year, two million bales:
j will be gathered In that State alone?the hi-j
crease in the number of bales helng due to the,
| increased acreage w hich the farmers propo.-ej
I to devote to cotton.
"Now, if the price of cotton has fallen ho*!
HIM III; JMMIIl. Ill I I'llll.lll-I III Kill Ullll I in:
present crop, where wlil it l'o when the hirge- i
ly increased crop of the next, cotton year is!
placed upon the market ? In addition to Iliis.
the cotton crops of India and Iv-'.vpt, fostered i
and stimulated by English capita' and Eng- j
! iisli enterprise, and Increasing every year nt.
I tlio rate ihat the farmers of the; South do not.
i properly appreciate, and these cottons have a
I direct Influence in regulating the price of|
| Ann rican cotton. The famous, or iniamous,!
system of protection, which is the pride and |
j boast of some of the most influential organs;
| of public opinion, does not contemplate the
| protection of the important industry of cot ton
growing, and entisefiuenlly the p] inters have)
iinly their own scanty resources t.? fall back ,
upon.
"As matters stand, they will . :ver he able i
to hold their own until they conclude to be- !
coinc Independent, of cotton?until every j
farm in the South Is nclf-sustainlng. When
this Is the case, the Southern cotton will con- j
trol tiic markets of the world. It is useless to
ta k of holding the crop for higher prices. As I
long as the farmers continue to exhaust them-1
selves and their lands in tlte vain effort to j
make cotton-planting profitable by planting
all cotton, they will be at the mercy of the j
supply merchants and the speculators. To;
the planter, however whose (arm is self-sns-1
taining?raising its own fertilizers?the price
of cotton is a matter of difference, ft tlie
price is high lie makes large profits; if It Is I
low, he loses nothing: lor on a self-sustaining .
farm the cost of cultivation Is always at the!
minimum. Such a farm is tree from the usuri- i
ons entanglements of the credit system, and |
the necessity of spending its proceeds for;
stuff that it should have produced.
-* "
Tiic Savanunh Valley Railroad.
[ .1 In tellif/mcer.]
The Savannah Valley l'ailroad, which has'
during the past live years had many tips and
downs in its prospects, received a decided
impetus at I.owndesvillc on Tuesday. The
public meeting culled for that place was or-1
ganized by calling l>r. A. (i. Cook to preside, j
and requesting Mr. John 10. lheazealv to act
ns Secretary. Speeches were made by Messrs. j
W. S. Lluoii, John K. Breazeule 15. K. Wliltner,
E. II. Murray. \V. \V. Humphreys, Dr. A. J.!
Speer and Col. James M. Latimer, showing j
the condition of t he enterpriseand its necessi-;
ties. At. the conclusion of the speeches Col.
lint liner said that he would subscribe five,
hundred dollars, anil with tills start twenty- j
one hundred dollars in valid subscriptions >
were made on tlie spot by the meeting, j
which was a small one, and a resolution was;
passed pledging those present to try to raise
five thousand dollars or more In the town-;
ship. For lIlls purpose a committee 01 seven,;
willi J)r, J. 15. Mosely ?s cliiiirnum, wax appointed
to solicit.subscriptions and report on
or before the loll) fust. We learned in the
afternoon the subscription list was Increased j
several hundred dollars, so that, at least
twenty-five hundred dollars was raised during'
the day, and there is a reasonable certainty 1
that tlie township will glveat least live tlsoiis-!
and dollars in private subscriptions. The.
meetings are now being held In the other i
townships along the line In Abbeville Counl.y
and, from the spirit evinced at I,owndcsvllle. j
we are satisfied that the prospects of the ro.id
for an early completion arc very bright.
Lima Beans as a Farm Crop.
The lima, the most popular bean among i
amateurs and market gardeners, is slow in!
finding its way into the gardens of fanners, |
The dry beans sell lor several dollars a bushel, I
and the market has never been adequately j
supplied, Lima brans are easily raised, and '
yield as bountifully as ino?t other pole beans;
and they continue to blossom and bear until j
killed by the frost. Wo know of no reasons'
why th'ey cannot be made a specialty, and |
grown on a large scale. They would require,
better soil and treatment than the common ,
field lienn, but as the price is three times;
greater, these could well be afforded. A rich j
gravelly or sandy loam su'ts them best, and j
the phospliatic manures arc well adapted to
them. The vine is a strong grower, and requires
abundant nourishment. The pods arc
formed quite tluckly from lop to bottom of
the poles. They want the full benefit of the
sun. and the rows, running north and south
should be four feet apart In the row. In i
planting put the eye down wards, one inch '
ileep. The first of June Is early enough. This '
liean needs frequent eul'ivation until lit*
vines shade the ground. Tills crop is well
uitcd for farmers remote from cities audi'
markets. The farmer, however remote from ,
lh<: city, can market his whole crop in the
lv ill tor, utid be well paid for his labor. j j
Concealed Weapons.
The six t coil I h volume of Shnnd's Reports, j
list out. contains a very interesting ami iin- (
>orlanl decision construing the act fortiUsim; .
.lie carrying of eoiiecaleil deadly weapons, it j
s tin- first decision that has liecn rendered |
>> the Supreme('ourt upon that subject, ami ,
t mfghthe well fur all our renders who make ' |
i practice of carrying pistols to re id It caiv-'
ally, withja view to keep themselves within j
he re(|iiiremcnts of the law. Tliel 'ourt held
hat, "where one Is iudieled under the act j
?f KSO tor carrying a pistol concealed (
out tils person, he has aright, on demnml. i
o have the jury explicitly instructed that it |
vas necessary to a fin viet ion. that the State |
hoiild prove that the pistol was coiiee,ali>il .
ihout his person. The offense is complete !(
inder tneStatule. if proliihited weapon is so j
'<incenled as to he Kcncrnily hidden from orili- 1
lary observation. It Is not necessary lor
on vli'tioti to prove that I In* weapon was |
i? 11 rely or coinjdetely hidden from ohserva- ,|
loll.
IJoe
Brown's Doimtion Accrpteri. it
The Oeoruia 1,'niversity lias tlnali.v accept- ,
(1 Si'iiator Brown's donation of S-i'UiOO, \v11l?-l?
i-as refused by the Legislature at the last .-es- '
Ion. All-tlu* trustees voted for acceplini: the '
ionniimi except tJcncral Boli Toombs who "1
rns opposed to It. Senotor Brown has al-i
eady deposited the&'AWi. in Stat'* Bonds, In j
lie treasury. The liiterest?on this money Is j
[> he used for the education of poor hoys who ;
re unahle to educate themselves. The ac-' c<
eptanee of the donation by the trustees Is ci
onsldcred a jireat victory for Senator Brown "
nd It will curtaily he a great advantage to the "
'diversity. j j.'
Tosted ANn Fointed.?The attention of c'
uperlntendent of Hoads Is called to the fol- P
>wlng extract from the Koad Ijiw of the "
tate: "Tuperlntendents of highways shall I'
inso ronds to lie posted and numbered, and a hi
ointer placed at each folk, and for neglcct of s'
lis duty, he is liable to a flue of ill', I'
.}<i, r:\ [By
request J 1
The Newspapers ami tlie President of
Atlser College.
[Xvirbcrry Herald.)
Mkssrs. Kmtoks:?The history of the ron-|
trovci>y between tlic President ?>? AduerOol-j
lege and l.so of its Professors shows t hilt some i
of our lip-cull'ttry newspapers treated the i
gentleman tiislaliuded lo very unf. Irly.
1. Tin; tlr.-i introduction of Ihe unplcaearit;
matter wu?u claudcstlueuriicle In the Kcnicvc;
(yuiri-r written' by a friend of the two I'ro- j
fessors with their knowledgeand approbation ?
which, while landim: tlis Professors, contain-1
! <! serious allegations against the conduct of ]
the President and dumngiUtf lo the welfare ofj
the article above spoken of is called clandes-i
tine, b"catiso It appeared without Ihe kn?>-|
ledge of the editors, and while they were!
aln en t.
2. Not knowing tlie antliorship of this'
strange production the President of Adgor
Collet;*! wrote to the Chairman of the Ks?eu*|
itnc Committee, culling upon lilm for refutation
of the apparent editorial so far as It were
obnoxious. He al once Diildished tiiu letter
of tlie President and appended ii loiter of Ills I
own. The only thing In the former thai had
any semblance of a referenc- to the two exProfess
>rs. was tlioexpression of the writer's
opinion that the troubles resulting existed
iong before the election of himself last June.
There was not a word to Intimate what the
troubles referred to were, and noting whatever
to intimate that theineid"nlal remark was Intended
to hurt the ex-Professors in any way.
The evident, aim was simply to show that the
present troubles had not grown from any personal
ditllcultics to which the President was j
a party.
Taking occasion of this allusion to the,
past history of the College, the two Professors i
published each a lettec containing strong accusations
against the President?such certainly
ar he was bound to defend himself
from, if lie had any defense to make.
4. The President thereupon believing lie
had a defense to make, wrote toshow that the
jsross charges of the professor, and the statements
of the other were groundless. Now we
do not see that in acting thus the President of
Adger College has done more than exercise
a right pertaining to any citizen who lias
been publicly assailed. We do not presume
to settle any'iiiestion of veracity between his
assailants and himself. The truth of eitheri
side. It is not our province to decide, but we
iiui-t say as to the nuestion of tlie statement
which ha* appear -d In the ICrowcc Courier
from bis pen, that If he believed it to be true,
as 110 doit'.t he did. no one had a right to make
It tlie subject cf censure. This certain newspapers
have done, and not only so, but one
paper published one of the assaults on him,
but refused in terms injurious to liis defense
to publish his reply at all; white another describes
language of this well-written state-i
nicnt sis sacrilegious. We suppose the learned
editor meant profane. Hut. he that as It may, |
wc have searched all that has come from the
gentleman's pen in connexion witli the whole j
controversy and failed to findanythingcither!
sacrilegious or profane. He tells some very
bad III inns, but'lic does it in is unexccption-|
ablelaiv.'iingeaspo-sibie. Wcdon >t propose to;
enter Inlo any controversy as to the merits
of tlie question at issue between the eonver-1
siallsts, but. so far as the que-tion of news-1
paper liiIr pln,v is concerned, we cannot forbear
to s/iy that some up-country newspapers '
owe it to Adger College *.o make reparation for
the foul-play which they have practised to-1
wards its representative. Ills self-defense is i
in no-wise lacking in reverence to the Supreme
I lain c, nor does it prove him until to be'
President, but the contrary. If it Is true. Tills j
question, we repeat. It Is not otir province to [
decide upon. Hut It is not lair that one who;
has only appeared on the defensive should lie
charged with the blame of nil the iiidy disclosures
which doubtless lie felt compelled to
make in ord'-r to save from odlutu himself
aud Adgcr College, too. S.
Christian Hospitality.
]>t no religious tramps take advantage of
the beautiful virtureof Christian hospitality.
Not so much the sumptuousness of your diet
and the regality of your abode will impress
the friend or the stranger that steus across|
your threshold, ns the wormth of your erect-j
Inir. the informality of your reception, the I
reiteration by grasp, and by look, and by a!
thousand attentions, Insignificant attentions,
of your earnestness of welcome. There wilt,
be high appreciation of your welcome, though
you have nothing but the brazen candlestick j
and the plain chair to oiler Elisha when he
comes 10 Shunem. Most beautiful Is tills j
graceof hospitality when shown in ttie housei
of God. I am thankful that I am pastor of a
church where strangers are always welcome,
and there Is not a state ot the Union in which
I have not heard the affability of the ushers!
of the this church complimented. Hut I have 1
entered entireties wncrn mere was no uospitnllty.
A stranger would stand In the vcstlhalf
for ii while r.nd tlu-n make n j?ilsrrlni:?iie
up the long aisle. No door opened lo him
until. Hushed and excited and embarrassed,
he started buck again, and coming to some
half-filli'd pew. wirli apologetic air, entered it,
while the occupant glared on him with a
look which eemed to say, "Well, it' I must,
I must." Away with such accursed indcency
from the house of God. Let every church
that would maintain large Christians Inlluonoe
in community culture .Sabbath by Sabbath
this beautiful grace of Christian hospi.j
tality. A good man travelihg at the far West,
In the wilderness, was overtaken by night
and storm and he put In at a cabin. He saw j
firearms along i li?* beams of the cabin and he
felt alarmed. He did not know but that hehad
fallen info a den of theives. lie sat there
greatly pert urbed. After a while the man of
the house came home with a gun on his
shoulder and set It down in a corner. The
stranger was still more alarmed. After a
while the man of the house whimpered with
his wife, and the stranger thought his de-,
M ruction was being planned. Then tlie man
of the house came forward and said to the
stranger: "Stranger, we are rough and rude
people out here, and we work linrd for a living
by hunting, and when we come to the
nightfall we are tired and we are apt to goto
bed early, and beforeretirng we are always in
the habit of reading a chapter from the Word1
of God and making a prayer. If you don't
like such tilings, if .vol will Just st-p outside
the door until we get through, I'll lie greatly
obliged to you." <tf course the stranger tarried
In the room, and the old hunter took
hold of the Iiornc of the alter and brought
down the blessintr of (iod upon his household
and upon the stranger within their
gales. Kudo hul glorious Christian hospital ty!
?/>/ . Titlmuye, In Frunk Lcxl/>/.i Mayaznc /or
February,
Homo Fcrterlizer.
I live on the St. Mary's Klver, writes Mr.
\V. I'. Ilorno. of Dnrbyville, Flu., in the
Florida AuricutlurM, and in the summc**,
alter my crop Is made, and not having much
to do or. tin- farm, I take my hoys and mice
upjtwo or thr>-e hundred loads of top soil In
the ri\er swamp, and haul it in my cow-pens
and let the cattle trample it for six or eight
weeks during August and September. In October
I rake It up in large piles, say live or six
ox cart loads in a pile; let it remain in piles
until .January or February, About a month
before I want to u*c It, I haul in a h t of rails
and make my pens; I then pet cotton seed,
oyster shell lime and i-alt. I put in the pens a
thin layer of the trampled soil or muck, a
thin layer of cotton seed, then sprinkle on
some salt then lime. 1 continue these layers
until I get say Iwenly-tlve loidsof muck in a
pen. To a pen of this size I put 1 .* <>) pounds
ol'cotton seed, two bushels of suit and one
tinrrel of limenhd let it remain a month ; in
that time the cotton seed is all killed and
ready to use. Haul it out on the land at the
rate of lifteen or twenty loads to the acre and
put it in drills on any kind of crop,and I llnd
11 Iii*itnr tin,it the ln.st xlahle manure, as this
does not lire any crop iti dry wcatiicr. as tlie
stable- mannrc is most apt to do. I have
used the river muck without, penning the
cattle on It, by compost I in; with cotton seed,!
salt and lime, and tind it as a splendid manure. I
In uslnjr this I also use Stockbrldge fertilizer
with it ami put about two hundred pounds of]
the fertilizer to the acre with the comfort.
I find one acre well manured is worth |
worth and will make more than two acres j
half fertilized. This is the reason I am so,
Mieecs-ftil m fanning, I feed my land well.]
The idea Is to make the land rich and keep it:
so. A ureal many people visit my farm and j
nsk me, "IIow is It that you make so manv
crops on your land every year while others
only make one crop This is i he very reason 1
1 keep the land rich by tnanurins. It is just |
as easy to make three or four hundred dollars
to the acre as It is one hundred. We must!
use a little brains as well as muscle, and keep ,
looking ahead and try to doa little more than 1
j)addy did in his lifetime. Now, Mr. Editor, j
if these lew lines will only help one poor j
fanner I shall be richly paid for the trouble of
writin g It.
?<v
lYholesome Advice (o Yonng Men.
Robert J. Hurdette, of the Burlington Haw- i
keye, recently delivered a lecture In Xew!
York entitled "Advice to Young Men," in;
Whicli he >-ald:
"I have had a great deal of advice civen mci
by older people than myself. In many in-j
stances I know I would have been much wiser1
had I followed that advice. When a boy l[
was told to U'-ep away from the canvas of a j
... I...1 T 1
uin;m f.'in, urn, x UIIIII i. A ??ow?4 nu?<, (
Although ii circus man's arm Is not ns swift as;
lightning, yet it Is much more likely to strike j
twice in the same place. Voting men. you
must he somebody to begin with. I don't;
moan l?y this that you must he horn of some'
great family, lor ancestry don't count for[
much in this country. If you have got the.
Idea into your head that it does, you ought to
he smiled and setup in fiont of a cigar store..
When the world wants yo:i, my son, it will;
find vou. It won't ask you who your grand-!
father was, for it don't care. People soon for-1
get I lie names of the ancestors of distinguish-1
ed people in this country, I don't believe!
tin re Is a man present here to-night who can !
tell me the name of llrtghani Voting's moth-!
er-in-law. (laughter.) Make up your mind
todoa great, deal of hard work. It's after!
one of the?t* Intervals that you walk up and
llnd your hat four sizes too small and your,
coat several sizes too big. It's the recreation]
that kills. Oh. hut It's only once In a while,:
you say?a very small matter. Well, ai-j
though a humble hoe is not as large as a dray i
horse, you mustn't handle liiin carelessly.
Then try to get acquainted yourself. A good j
many men die without li ivingscraped tip an j
acquaintance with themselves. If you are
going to hi: honest from policy, don't be lion-1
estat all. The kind of honesty that can be j
brought and sold isn't worth much. Don't,
believe that cheek is better than modesty or
merit, because it isn't. It you never do any-j
tiling else in the world, marry. Don't be a-1
fraId your wife won't] look after you. You'll
llnd she will be able to do that to perfection."!
<o
All Impostor.
[Georgetown Knqntrer]
We tinvc heen "sold," only twice since we j
founded tlie Enquirer in ISSO. The second!
roLiiewhoheat us out of n llltlcgratuiiousad- j
veiiisiiiu was the sni-dloinl "Dr. Haymond,"
whose curd, entitled "Consumption Cured,"}
has appeared In the Enquirer for the past i
three months. "Dr. Reynold" failed to pay I
for hisudverti.singaecording loconlract. We
saw a paragraph In the A-'/mi's //< < <</</. published
at l'hihidelphia; denouncing him as a
swindler. We wrote to "Dr. fiamond," in-j
running him that the enntrnct has heen can eileil
anil that we would warn our patrons:
igain~t being duped hv his false promises. 1 ty
lie same lllali we sent o letter to the Chief of
IN dice, in Hro'ifclyn, advi-dng liini to pay a
i i>it to "Dr. Usiymond." We leceiVe the 101-j1
uwh:g reply oil .Monday :
ItlioDK l.YN, .Maivh ISS3. i'
Unn. WnU.-r Jl.iznrd : I
DkauSiu : In reply to yours of the 27th \
iiM., I have respeelfully to Inform .von that ''
lie person styling himsell "Dr. Kaymond" )1
ivas arrested soir.c ntonths ago for praeting,'
nedicine without the necessary certificate as '
>y law provided. He promised lo leave these, j
arts and was fined, Since then Ills where-. ?
ihoe.ts are nuknown. j
Very respeelfuliy yours, j"
1'. ('AMI'IIKI.I., Sllpt. of I'olieC. j
it is not very pleasant lo admit, that one has | ^
duped hv a seheiiilug adventurer, lint we' j
lecm it our duty toprotect our readers, as far !.
s possible, from any loss hy reason ot the'1,
ard which they saw in our columns. Our if
In publishing u newspaper has j.
iiii^ht us another thing, which we give here j I
>r the benefit of our patrons; In ninety nine j |
uses out of a hundred the "physicians" who .
dvertlse miraculous cures and at small ex- /.
ease are ilrst-clas.s frauds who shanld be ?
crupiilously let alone.
Nov Counties.
The demand for new comities in the low- .
inn try seems to lie growing. A new town j,
>unclI has recently heen elected in Florence !s
n a platform pledging the municipal govern-1 v
u iit to a powerful effort to have a yew conn- j ?
t cut out of Marlon, Darlington and Wil "
anisliurg counties,of which Florence is tohe "
ic county seat, and another proposition is to '
.it the new county of Berkeley Into three '!
leces and make two more counties Fortuntfly
the up-country will have a word tosay
i this matter, and It wil! he an unmlstaka- "
le "not so." Tills foolishness will have to '!
op somewhere, and we might as well draw IP1
10 Hue at Berkeley.?Anderson Journal. a
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ii > ^ jjcpw??
"The Pains of Hull gat Hold on Me."
[. iMocia/e Reformed. Presbyterian.^
How deep and Intense thatconviction of.
sin which finds expression in such language. 1
These words arc not tlie ravings of an enthusiast,
they are not th? extravngincles of
morbid f?*ei inj?, much le>>' are they a lice tat ion
of contrition. They are the sober statement,
of one who spokehis-own experience. Whhli
eyes divinely opened to the purity iind lioM- j
ni'ssof <Jod, mill 11> the (xtcntand spirituality : I
of Ills law, lie sees his own vileness. He feels !
til disc-f to tic a sinner, lo t and undone. Not
because he had been uuilly of .-orue notorious i
crime, for tills i'sulm wns in all probabiilty L,
written before David's sin In the niatteroti(
Uriah, but because in the current thoughts!,,
and daily plans of ills life lie had trainpl>:d j \
upon God's holy law. Insulted his divine,
ill ijesty and failed to recognize Ills obligation j '
to tine who was so great and gracious, it is
an experience, therefore, which is not peculiar <
to any individual or any ageof the churdi. k
In Its essential feature* It belongs to all who .
have p-isscd from death unto 1 if??. Jolj had 1
tho saine experience, "Behold, I am vile; (
what shall I answer thee? 1 will lay my i
hand npon my mouth." I'nul said, "When
the commaiidmeut came sin revived ami I
died.', He Tel: himself to be the chief of.sinners.
Those coivietions of sin may vary hi depth
and intensity in dliferent persons. All may
not sink down into the deep mire, or fall
down trembling, as the I'nilippinw J illor, but
there are "pains of hell," there are "sorrows '
of death," there are rebukes of cmseience,
there is an humbling sense ot guilt, t'icre is
an awakening to the awful fact of coiuletnna- |
lion. All true c inverts have these feelings In
commo:i. The sL'ht and groans of tliosc who
see their sin and their transgression have
been tiie threnodv to whlcii the church tias
marched in all her progress,
Xo characteristic of revivals Is more prominent
than this startling senscof i before
ftod. II follows the anxious inquirer wlier
ever lie g:>es. In the church, in the closet, in
the engagements of business the quickened
conscience ever whispers, "Acainst Thee and
Tin e only have I sinned." There im brokenne.-s
ofsphlt which begs Importunately for
pardon and forgiveness. Hence It Is thut tl:e
most successful preaching during rovlval seasons
is that which deals much with the
malignity of sin, its awful guilt, and the universal
condemnation which has come upon
the race. Unless men-can be persuaded that
I hey are sick, it Is useless to otter them a
physician.
The saluted Kdwijrd Pay son, in a letlterof
"information and advice" to a brother In
reference to his (Payson's) method of promoting
revl vnls, says : With respect to those
who are awakened, I conceive it Is our duly
to actas fellow-workers with the divine Spirit;
to insist principally on those truths of which
lie first convinces them, and to endeavor,
liolh by our preaching mid conversation, to
bring them to the same point to which He
aims to briii!; them. This point is complete
self-despair find hope In Christ. * * * *
I insist m ueli on the character of God ; the i
strictness, and extent and spirituality of His
law. I therefore aim In the first place to Increase
their convictions of sins, especially of
the great, damning sin of unbelief." Thus
speaks one who received Into the church
durlnga ministry of twenty years an average
of thirty-five persons every year.
There is a growing feeling in the church at i
lliis day that many sins are venial. The
tendency is strongly set to look at the peculiar
features of particular offenses, rather tban
the evil of .all sin. Under the constant preaching
of the mercy and benevolence of God,
*Very low and Inadequate views of nature of
sin arc cherished. Thousands appear to be
iicve mat lr mure is no violation or civil law,
if public sentiment is not- shocked, then there
Is no reason to believe that they rest under
the wrath nnd curse of God. Those notions
nrc larzely the result of an effort to qualify
and modify the plain statements of God's
Word. Such preach I net may till pews ; it may
even Increase the roll of membership, but it
is not the preaching we are bidden to preach.
It Is another Gospel. This Is to prophesy
smooth things. Instead of driving men with
their burden to the cross, it makes tliein at
ease In sin, and they are content to sit still.
They feet no special need of a Saviour. To
them the suffering on Calvary have no lesson
but benevolence.
The time is come when Judgment must begin
at the houseof God ; and If the righteous
scarcely be saved where shall the ungodly
anil the sinner appear. Ifmenarcsaved.lt
must lie tliroti&fli that Gospel which declares
\ everywhere that the soul thatsinneth it shall
die, and which reveals In the awful tragedy
of Calvary the helniousness of sin, all sin.
: Repentance toward God and faith in the f,ord
Jesus Christ, these are the old truths which
I are ever new, and which are to be urged with
all the earnestness of those who are fully perIsuaded
that the world lleth In wickedness, j
: and that "every sin deserves God's wrath and
I curse, both in this life and that which Is to
! come."
Aiken's Opportunity.
[A iken liecortlnr.]
General Johnson Hagood. the President, of
the (iir<illnu t umherland Gap and < lucago
; Railroad, said yesterday at the Railroad meet:
ing, of which we have Riven an account in
our local columns, that Ills Road would .build
i Supply and Renal ring shops at Aiken, If ten
| acres of ground suitable for such purposes
could lie seen rod. Now Is the time for Aiken,
as a town to step forward and secure these
i-hops within her corporate limits, and donate
the land to the Railroad. It is a small tiling
to do, and in the end. may, in but a few years
after the Shops are built, the town tuxes upon
property of the Road would soon re-lm!
burse her for any such outlay. Again the art
l^ans and operatives in those Shops would i
; reach In number over one hundred, not counting
their families. AM of them would spend
, their wages in our midst, and thereby would
: the commercial prosperity of our town be en;
luinced. Aiken as the Southern terminus of
such a i!rami Trunk Line, as the C. C. (?. & <\
1 R. R. will be. is specially favored, and we
; should show our appreciation of the advatij
tnges offered us in the near future, by taking
[ prompt action in seen ring for this road.ellgij
b!c sites for their Hepots and Shops, without
j money and without price to them.
| Auuusta has thrived with genuine and substantial
prosperity, and why may we a*k?
,.Shc never Ices sight of her opportunities to
iadvance her commerce and population, is
; liberal in appropriations and donations to
new enterprises of merit. Let us In Aiken
follow her good example.
CO ? ?
Will Farming1 Pay?
[/Ccowee Courier.J
Will farming pay? Would It not be wiser
' to ask, will merehandlxlng or law or inediHnntmv?
Will th?> sniLsiitiH ciiiiiinup lo rr>.
turn as in tlu* past.and will the earth lose its
productive power? What profession or avocation
is not dependent upon the farmer? A
short crop of any staple will ett'ect the business
pursuits of the whole world, while n general
failure of crops works ruin and bankrupt;cyf:tr
utid wide. The farmer alone Is Independent.
lie produces his own bread and
; meat, and can make at home his own cloth-!
. ins. while a small sum of money will supply
his luxuries. Let him withdraw or largely
curtail Ins trade, and three fourths ol the
i merchant* will have to?ro to farming Let
| credit be rejected and wickedness and crime
| cease in the land, anil the ofllce of the lawyer
will be closed. Let him not take counsel of
his fears, but trust In nature, the onlv and
great physician, and the profession of medleino
will become a sinecure. If these tilings
could come to pass, the farmer would grow
rich and every business avocation would prosper.
Taxes would be reduced and our lands
would lie made fertile by expending a part of j
our surplus annually on their improvement.
The farmer stands as the fabled atlas, bearing
on his shoulders the world with all Its
business pursuits. The pursuit brings health,
refreshing slt ep, contentment. Independence;
and a conscience void of all offense.
<j>.
Won't l)o.
[GoJJacy City Curolinatn.t
Under the caption, "The Exemption of
Mmnufactories from Taxation" a correspondent
of the Spartan says :
"I suppose Unit it will be admitted by every
thinking and observing man what South
Carolina most needs at present is capital"
Now "every thinking and observing man'*
before he assents to this sweeping proposition
lirst asks the correspondent whnt kind <>f capitnl
he mctttwf South Carolina lias now plenty
of imported capital that would irently throw
one arm about our neeks as the other arm
writes mortgage* upon our real estate and
doom upon our Southern t radii Ions and our
Southern institutions and our Southern inilenendencc.
Our population is nn agricultural
one, , In whaLis John Smith, the farmer,
benefitted in ins own estate, in the magnificent
accumulation of money arising from the
factory?Invested capital of Commodore Exemption
of New York ? We have heard the
cry of cotton factories and capital till we are
11 red of it ? Why preach eternally for tesx cotton
and morv cottonfacltirie.i! Why not furniture
factories or wagon factories to consume
our grand abundance of unparelled limber ?
Wl'd'. South Carolina wants Is agricultural!
dexe'onment and that independence wlileh I
comes from each John Smith making his
own "ling and hominy" ar.d owning his own
ti'ii dollar hill, thus giving us an aggregate
contented and eitcouraged population and one
out oj debt.
The Season of Pneumoin.
I'or lorty years pneumonia lias been agrowtnis
cause of mortality In tills country, and It
now ranks next to consumption In dcstrnc11
veil ess. It has tieen unusually prevalent
this year, and March Is the month in which it!
reaches lis initial climax. Although not'
generally fatal among thcyounir, it is one of i
the most deadly diseases with which the aged i
contend and a prominent physician says
that you can count on your fingers all. more ,
than seventy years of a;e. who recover from j'
its attack. Few people more than fllty years j
of age arc able to withstand It. As a destroyer!
of distinguished men it has become cotispieu-'
oils, niul its fatality among those who have :
passed the meridian of llfeaecounts for the h
fact. Pneumonia is still a mysterious disease, I,
and its origin is as much in dispute as It was
a quarter of a century ago. Climatic changes ,
undoubtedly affect It, hut the condition of
the person is more important than the condi-'
tionof the weather in regard to Its assaults, i
A slight cold may speedily develop Into ma- '
lignant pneumonia in n person of dissipated ;
habits, while the severest cold may not result i
In pneumonia in a person ol^porrect life and:
robust licallh. There is no disease which j
pays more respect and obedience to the laws!
of health than pneumonia. They who study
and observe those laws have little to fear,
from lis ravages. Meanwhile, all should bear
in mind that this is the season of pneumonia.]
arid therefore take especial precautions to'
protect themselves from colds.
Frank Leslie's Sunday Magazine. |
1 HP ntirn'NT ior .May is .-id uniisiiaii.Y iniui-j
esting one; prominent among the ninny ail-j
mlrahle articles are a continuation of "What j
Is I'resbvtei ianisni ?" the present pit per being
by Hi v. K. K. llarttleld. I).P.: also n continuation
of I>o Leon's "The American l'llgilm of[
Palestine" ; the llrst of a series of papers by [
Lieutenant Schwatka, "Among the Natives
of the North," aud a characteristic article by ),
the editor, "Home." There arc contributions J
ot articles, serial ami short stories, sketches, j (
es-ays, poems, etc., by A Iter ton Ilervey, A<!el- [
aide* stout, (>. M. iiinvll, Kdwin Arnold,,
Koiiert liuehanan. Ma K. llervery. llev. Mr.
Hammond, .1. W. Thirwall, and other favorite
authors. I n the Home 1'illpit, is a sermon by
l>r. Talinngi', 'I'lie Kyc." and there are interi-stlng
i (Miliary Notices. Ib'eord of Important
Kvciils. the ('ollectlon I'/iskct, Personal Note*
ind Kditorial I 'ommeiits, etc., etc. This >tas.* 1diie?H4|>opiilarit.v
isconstantly ifiereisintr and
it should lie taken by every family in the j
ountry. The siiseriplion is Si a yoar; single ^
opv '.'.I cents, postpaid. Address, Mrs. Frank
Leslie, Publisher, A3, i#? and 37 Park l'lace,'
N'evv York.
riio Augusta nut! Knoxville all Rijrlit.
Satisfactory arrangements were made last
veek t>v the directions of the Augusta ami:
\iio.wille Hi-ilroad for the payment of tlie
>ast due Interest on the bonds of the road,;
mil also to meet the interest promptly in the ;
titure. The January coupons are now being |
aid in Augusta. It" the road had been put on
lie mailt el at this time it would have had to.
>e sacritlced, and the stockholders and bond-'
lolilers are very much elated I bat this neees-'
Ity lias been averted. The South Carolina!
.nil (iiorgia connections of the road will be j
nuler way by the 1st of.July, and a new lui- *
ictus given to its property. {
??* 1 f
Itappears to bea fact that every man who| ^
ins been a County Commissioner or highway i uperlntendent,
and the majority of those! J
rlio have to work the roads, are now in favor j *
f Inaugurating a scheme of having the high- C
rays kept in repair by contract, and there is v
othing to do to bring it about but for the ^
legislature to provide for the payment of a j ?
ummutatlon tax by all persons liable to road \
uty iu lieu of personal work and authorize a
lie County Commissioners to use the money
litis raised for the payment of contractors by i iwnshlps
or sections. The whole scheme Is I
iinple enough, and can be put Iji operation I"
nother year.?AmlcrMn Journal.
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J. Enos & Co.
-AGENTStORMR,
TOM YOUNG'S
PURE CORN WHISKEY
THE best and purest CORN WlIIS- 1
KEY hrouplft lo tills market.
June 22,1881, tf
G. F. ANDERSON7
Bricklayer aid Plasterer,
OFFERS his services to the people of Ab- 1
bcville. His prices are rpasonable. and
Ills work Is guarunteed to be good. Give liliu
a trial.
Oct. -1, 18S2,6in
H. D. REESE,
ABBEVILLE, S. C.,
Repairs watches, clocks, and
Jewelry In the best manner at the lowcsprices.
Long experience and close appll'ration
to business merit consideration from
those having work to be done In his line, lie
keeps Jewelry and Silverware for sale.
Feb. H, ISSa, llim
BARBER SHOP.
??o
RICHARD OAXTT. Is now prepared to do
all work in his department In the hest
manner and at reasonable charges. Monthly
cusioiucrs shaving, hair cutting and shamDoolm:
SI ner month. Rasors boned and uut
In the bent condition for 25cents ench.
Shop under the ]>rc33 and Banner office.
March 13, 1882, tf
Dr. H. D. WILSON,
1 ?0?
T> E NTISTEY,
Abbeville, C. H., S. C.
-StfOfllee; UpstairH over the Post Offlce."C9
L. W. Perki.v, T. P. Cothran
PERRIN & "COTHRAN,
.Attorneys at Law,
ABBEVILLE, S. C.
Marshall P. DeBruhl,
Attorney at Law,
ABBKVILLE C. H. S. C.
h. gtscudday,
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
ANDERSON, S. C.
OFFERS his professional services to the citizens
of Abbeville. Parties desiring to
consul!, with him, may do so at. each session
of rlie Point lor the County, or by lctur at Anderson
t! II.
June Ju. 1881, tf
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LIME! LIME I
'I'lIF undersigned bess leave to say to the
1 public that he keeps a I way 8 on hand a
good supply of fresh and well burnt LIME at
his kiln in Laurens county.at the(i. \V. Sullivan
old kiln, 1:1 miles west of Laurens Court
House, :j miles from Free bridge on Saluda.
niiies north-east of Abbeville Court House, |
which I will sell cheap for cash- 25 cents per <
bushel or per ton. Persons wishing Lime '
can get their orders filled at any time. I also <
warrant It to be its good if not better, than ;
can bo pot elsewhere. Lime is the best fertil- t
Izcr ever used. J have teams and can deliver ]
Lime at any desired place. Address <
J. D. MASTERS & CO.,
Hrewcrton, S. C.
Sept. 27, ISC, 12m
R M. Hadon & Co.
H.\VF. cut an archway In the rear of their
store and now occupy all the space for- .
met ly occupied by .las. A. Howie, with ample
room, increased facilities, we will be much
(letter prepared toserveourfriends thisspringl
than ever. It. M. HADDON ?fc CO. h
Feb. 2S, ISS.% tf ,
NOTICE PLASTERERS'
^EAI.EI) bids at rate per square yard will be
, i received until 2d of April next, for rough'listing
the brick work of ( alhoun's Mills I,
iridic with a durable coat of plaster and ce-j
nent?the wot k to be paid for upon a metis- L
irement t?; be made alter it is finished. The }.?
ills will lie opened at Abbeville Court Housc;?
>n Monday, 2d April, l>s-!. and the contract j'
Lwardtil to the lowest responsitde bidder, the.
igbl helm; reserved < > reject any and all bids,
toml will be required for the due completion
il tin' work. Parties may leave their bids j
villi tlie Clerk of the Hoard at Abbeville C. i _
[..or send them to the unilersigiicd at U"0'|
W. T. COWAN, j
County Commissioner. k
March 11, lSS'l, 3t
PI IiMTIHE. (
I
ii
10 BEDSTEADS to limiil this week,
!4 MATTRESSES,
!4 BUREAUS, ; M
)6 CHAIRS, >
1/ '
!4 SAFES, I R
1 tl
11 will be sold at low prices lor CASH.
n<
r. D. CHALMERS & C0,s'
March 11, lata, It '
DR. F. F. GAR?
HAS moved to Abbeville for the practice
medicine, and otters his prufcssiOD^^H
iervlccs to tlic public.
fulls during thoday mav he Ml At the
lee or Col. lingerie 1J. Gory or tit ihe forc^^^H
csldence of Judge McUouan, now occuv^HB
Dr. Onj y.
Jan. 31, IimCI, 12m
J. K.IJR^
Boots and Shoes,
ness and Tanyarc^H
BEST material used, fine workmen
ed, custom work made promptly, anu^^^H
he lowest bottom prices fbr cash. Hides
,vays bought at the highest market prlcc
rash or In exchunge for leuther or work.
Junuary 28. IS30, ly.
WM. U. PARKER W. C. McGOWAV. fl
PAEKEE & McGO WAN 1
ATTORNEYS AND SOLICITOES, I
arbevilleF, c. h., s. c. f*b|
W1 ILL practice also in the Circuit Court* t^E
>? the l.'nited States for South Carolina* B
Jan 7.18S0, tf H
w. jtrogers i
Hi
Merchandise Broker, I
Dealer in grain. fi/>ur, meal<B
hay. bran and groceries. AllH
communications either liy wire or mail nn<M
iwured promptly. .1. 15. rogers will attend
Lo olllce business when I am absent.
W. J. ROGERS.
Jan. 10,18S2, ly
Buggy Cushions. I
Jl'ST rccefved ft Job lot of Rupny nnd Cnr-M
rla-^e Cushions, which will be solil very
low for cash at the
CINCINNATI REPOSITORY,
T. BEGGS, Agent
Jan. 17,1883, tt
LOOK OUT FOR THE I
Snanak Valley EailroaiJ
'PIIERE will he a mass meeting In the^^|^|
I est of the Savunnnh VAlley Rallrfl^^^^H
10 o'clock A. SI. on the following days,
the following place*:
On the 3rd day of April, nt Lowndesvllle.
On the 4th day of April, at Riley's Crosa^H
Roads.
On the5th day of April, at Mt. Carmel.
On the 6th day of April, at Bordeaux.
Everybody Is Invited to come. The Treason
urersof the Company will be present at the
above placcs. and nil tax-payer* tiro requested
to brlnit their Railroad Tax Receipt* and
have them converted Into stock at (hat time.
J. E. BREAZEALE,
Secretary S V. R. R. Co.
Anderson, S. C., March 13,1833, 2t
Silks and Satins.
THE largest stock of Silks. Satins,Ottoman H
1 Silks, Brocade Silks, Figured Silks. <fcvrfl
All colors to oe found at
U. M. HADDON A CO.
March 21,18?3, tf
Baskets, Baskets, Baskets^!
IN great varieties at
b m. haddon & co.
March 21,18S3, If . M
01 - "
oxiuea, anoes, snoes. 9|
IADIES Fine Shoe*. Children's Fine Shocs,^?
j Jjidies and Children's Slippers. H
R. M. HADDON & CO. H
March 21.1SS3, tf
Tinner Wanted.
i GOOD Journeyman Tinner can get & Job I
.*% by application to
II. W. LVWSON & CO. "
Abbeville, S. C., Dcc, 27, 1882. -;
i CAR LOAD OF STANDARD 1
; COOKING STOVES I
TO arrive next w<vk. Will be sold low for H
cswli or on lime to rexpon'Mble pari les. H
A. J.SPROLES &BR0,
Greenwood, S. CpW|
Feb. 7,1?3,3m
Children Carriages. I
RATTAN, now and pretty stolen. Also,
lot of Boys Wilsons?Iron and Wood.at^l
J. D. CHALMERS A CO. U
March 14,18i?3, tf
SELF-RAISIN'G Bnckwhcatnt
CUNNINGHAM <fc TKMPLETON.
March 14,1883, tf I
y A. t* ?
just xteceivea.
OVER 100 BASKETS-Lanch BnskeU, Market
Bas-kcts. Sntcuul Basket*, Key Baskets,
Nursery Basket#.
r. m. iiaddon co.
Feb. 28, J8S3, tf T 3
A. & F. B, V. Ri R,
Subscribers to the stock or the a. & f/i
B. V. R. R. are notified that the lists haver
been placed in our hands for collection.
Parties In arrears will suve co?ts by prompt
I payment, to
PARKER & McGOWAN, :
Attorneys.""
March 11,1SS5, 2t
[F you want n nloc Spring Suit call on
CUNNINGHAM <fc TEMPLETON.
March H, l.?:)t if
Paragon Axle Grease.
1>IIE best in market. Which i will sell
ehcap to dealers by tbe pRCktwe. Retail
prlcc 1*0 con In, or three tor 25 cents at the Alt'
ton corner. TllCteJ. BEGGS.
March U, 1?S3. tf
CINCINNATI
REPOSITOM
iUJiSJi ViLLii, S. U. I
TJERSONS WANTING
L WAGONS,
BUGGIES,
HARNESS,
WHIPS.
HALTERS,
BUGGY CUSHIONS,
AXLE GREASE,
PLOW GEAR.
RIDING BUIDT.ES,
HA ME STRINGS, Ac.,
Will do well to call before purchasing, iuT
will not be undersold. *
THOS. BE60S.
March H, 18S3. tf
ranlSil
J. H. O'Neall,
OF GREENWOOD, 1
Agent, for the ragsdat.e brothcrs
Nursery,of Jamestown, N. 0., is hiking
orders Iron) ihe citizens of Abbeville
onniy for nil kinds of FRUIT TREES,.
VINES. PLANTS, Ac. He is representing
>ne .if the most rillnhie Nurseries In tho
southern States, and all persons in need of
:ood trees siionld give him their orders. AllaM
persons who full to sec him may seu^l thcl^^H
jrdcrs to him at Greenwood.
J. H. O'NEALL,
Greenwood, S. C.
March H, 18S3,3t
Administrator's Notice
a LL persons indebted to the estate of Reu- ]
J\ l>en Jones, deceased, will make payment
without delay,and those having denu*nd?
igainst said estate must present the same to
ne before the day of settlement, April tth,
.883.
M. G. ZEIGLER,
C'. C. P. and Administrator.
March 7,138-3, H'
SUUUUL ULAlJttS.
I'HK subscriber will be In his office for the
purp le of registering School Claims o?
he following days, namely: On Saturday*,
lih March, 14th April, lllth May, and every
ialcduy.
K. COWAK. '
School Commissioner.
March 7, 1&S.1, tf 3
IFORTAETM PLANTERT!
M3LURLE PACIFIC GUANO, 400 lbs. mid- ~
5 dllng cotton.
ACID PHOSPHATE, '>00 lb?. middling c?t
511. *
J. R. SHEFFIELD,
Donaldsville, S. C.
March T. 18S3, It *
Jtate of South Carolina,
Abbeville County.
IN THE PROBATE COURl^
I. G. Ztitler, C. C. P. Administrator Petttloner.?Petition
forSettlcnicnt and Discharge.
joTICF. is hereby given that M. G. Zelgler, m
1 ('. C. P. Administrator of the estate or
cuhen .Junes, demised, linn applied for set
cinent of ami discharge from said trust,
Ordered, thai Saturday, the 7th day of April fl
ext, be fixed for settling the said estate and H
anting the discharge ss pra\od for. H
J. KULLF.lt LYON,
Judgo Probate Court. B
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