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i m i i n j|M^ ii tiiQ S*res3 and Banner. 1 *y I 5 it ?i ! 1 "W i i : -:<> J1. 9 4 J V/od .lesiloy, Jn:\o 20, ISS8. Uuii.-or.;] !i;;;:icrs. T!i" :;ir !??'?:II of n:mor< si' ?:?;t t ho ii. it <*. 11. I'., am! ii wouhl 1 useless i':>? t:s to undertake to repeal one-half of lot' ti'k that is now ?>'" ? !lt I'ross* r.t it see:n-? that a eha:i?<> '*:? tha loeat'on < [ tjio road is I?os!?^r talked about !>v rvfrybiuiy, and it is perfect 1y certain tha! >lozei)H of i-han.'iOs in tlie route aro hoped JVir 11v" t!sr? people living it! various localities, and it i > equally certain that all per- ?' Kins living on tho lino of the road which li is licei' airoa.lv lorated, and.in smii" ink htaneos.tho road l?o?l has Ivcn vrradM, ar** nrrayed in strong opposition to evorv propose i change. For instance, wo doui>t faipv- tu>t that Aiken woaid he opposed to the change of route in that \iciniiy. Among the proposed changes which w ill most ili vectly interest us arc: That the line wil' l>o run from Croft's Mill t" MoiUiuorcncie cn th<? South I'trolinu Ktilron.S, giving .Aiken the go-by and saving si\ miles in <tistan<o. From Croft's Mill to .Aiken the distance is five miles. and from <'rofi'.s .Mill toe distance is the same to Mor tm.tiencio, on the f-'outli Carc?!iiia llailroad, and Mout'noron-.ne is .six miles nearer Charleston than Aiken. In order flgr'-v '! to keep faith with Aiken a side track is to lo built out t<) th:U tewn, from Croft's Mill with moiu v which tho people of j Aikon are to fornish. >v;iiJ?? t!ic? main track will ; ;:'n dirooliy to Monttiucvucie, jind on to Charleston. 'l iie second proposed change is said to lie from where the road crosses <*niT**c%town ('reck in Edgflteld, to Abbeville Court House, giving Troy the go-by, and crowing the A. it K. II. 11. at Millwuy or llrndley, or Whito Hall, running to or hear Cedar Spring, and crossing l.ong Cane Creek on the rooks and coining up by the Norris Creek ridgo t ? the Jell I>.ivls place, through Fort I'ickens, crossing tlif> r ,? (1. It. I*. t!u? docn out near s Mrs. Jones, and going theneo "ii the ridge Jo Uppar Loirr Cane Churcli. If thi.? route should be adopted instead <r the lino already loe ited, aboul nine ir.il>'-. of ' beautifully graded road would bo thrown Rwny. Tint rumor hath it that from four and a half to six miles i:i distance would be saved by tlio new route, which v/otild l>o equivalent to a sum of money much - 111 excess of tLc value of the work already done. Another change which i< contemplated ?w is the running of the road some distance from Bolton. This action it is said is induced because of the refusal of the taxpayers to contribute the expected a!d, and because some three-rind-a-half miles r can be saved by going on another route. The change of route from llo.ua Path, di rccllv to (Ireenvilie through Laurens, is conceded to be a fixed fact. From -tJreenville t!?e road will seek the former route at Kuslcv, ami thence to Pickens and on over the mountains. Wo do not speak as by authority, and know no more about bottom facts eon< corning the above matters than anybody else, who is out of the secrets ot this great company whose "ways'* are mysterious and past finding out. But of one I thing we are certain. Captain Kirke, ^vith a fill! corps of surveyors, is ascertaining the contour of the heights and! ' depths of the hilts and hollows, hereabout, and, it is said that lie is now Itguriig at the probable cost of building a railroad through the incorporate limits of this town by three distinct routes, viz : The Church route, with depot near .fudge McGowau's; iheKlniiree route, with de-j pot near Judge C^lhran's; the poor house, route, with depot near Mr. J. F. Livingston's, or the Morse l"t. Tho birds of the air whisper that tho Church lot is, by far, the most expensive. It would necessitate a frestlc sixty feet high, with long aud expensive approaches, costing perhaps ten thousand dollars; then the right of way would cost some three thousand dollars ; the expense of grading the road, and of leveling the grounds about the depet on this route would be something, and it is said that it lacks only two hundred yards of being a half mile longer than the Poor House route, which is said ; J<? ho rnnvt o:n.ilv irr:u?Pil?'lie objection to : - ' - - J " ? - -T? this route bein;; the distance of the depot J from the Court H-iuse-a mile and a half, or more. The Elm tree route is now be i:ig measured. It will he less expensive. ?nd, as nir as we know, this route is fully P*s acceptable tc too stockholders* as the' Church route. While the Poor llousc, i-oute is tii3 cheapest and shortest, we be-1 liove that a majority of our people do not Ifc/ favor it, because of the great distance, from town. fr*? The surveys about Abbc\ilIo, of which >vo have just been speaking, are being made, we take it, on the presumption! that the route is siot to lio changed from *rroy. But when the survey of the road ; from E.Igcfield to Abbeville Court House ??> xhall bo made, wc presume the location of the road will be definitely fixed. Of courso if the new survey should diverge from the old lino, whore if r ow crosses' Cufleetown (-reck in Edgefield and seek] a now track by way or .Miiiwav, israuiey or White Hal!, wo should regard it certain that all three of the routes now being surveyed about Abbeville will be aj>afidoned. The road in that event would run through Fort Pickens, when ' the present depot of the CJ. Ac U. It. R. might bo used as a union depot for the two roads, or if such an arrangement be i not effected, then the new depot would be; Hgjy but a little further off. It might not be amiss to speak of the effect which so many ?urveysuand so mueh talk of change of route has had on some of our people. If we are able to' diagnose public sentiment we would say that these surveys, and whispering* of change of route has had every conceivable effect on tho various citizens accord-j ing to the circumstances. The changes! Miortening too rouicj uas rivcii mhiiu mtii increased confidence in tho practical al>il- j ity of the projectors or builders, while1 fc'-Hj this course has destroyed tho confidence of others in the success of the enterprise --they deeming such changes evidence of - fickleness and a want of proper euro in locatim^^ihe road at lirst. of course when it is proposed t<> divert the road from any line, whore it has been conceded that it had already been lorntod, it excites the anxiety, the fears, and the wrath of the people who arc to be injured by the Bk'~ change. On the other hand, tho people to be benefitted are delighted, and in many instances, are willing to give tangiblo evidence of iliat delight by contributing liberally of their money towards its (b?^, construction. S l'or our own part, we wr.uhl venture to euggest that the officersof the road arc in ^t the work. They are K&. ? " , "^i.ike a practical view | practical men, As we uml(?r_ Kvv o! practical question*. v ... r^ipject now is fc Mand it, tho groat and main (J*. 4 .. a .... .. .... . .rSiyeto all r in build a railroad wmch shall g- this cr.untry.pn iron highway to K > through the mountains. As this great g line is tlie aggregation, or combination of K various local roans, it is rcasonanie, wnen K Iho combination has been elVruled, that B tomo changes of survey should follow a K change of design. The company, no S ?loul?t, would prefer to make no changes H| at all?if tho original survey would anf j swer their purposes as well as a new surL ? voy which they could make, but when Lj^ distance and money can bo made or saved BL by changes it is not unreasonable to expect thein to make tho effort. If the full particulars are presented, the capitalists would be less inclined to build a crooked road than a straight one. From Croft's fr Mill to Montmorencio on the best line is between five and six miles, but to go by E Aiken to tho saruo place it is eleven or twelve mile*. Wi^- should London capitalist* take a roniid-about way to Montmoreneie wlien a bolter route is offered, which is only'half tho distance? The change of survey in this county would be a serious disappointment toourpeo^ pie, but if people on the more direct route should bid more liberally, wo fear that tho new railroad authorities would feel Justified in trading with those who make tho most advantageous offers. The new, ' - organization feel very little sense of obligation toour people beyond tHeirown int forest. It is for this ru.*isoii that they proposo to give lieliou tho go-by?unless they raise considerable money?and it is ^ * ? uu-y th.it ind'iccs the new organization ?? ? ? mrajttnw.wm.irt !?? u. lmx. ?.: wot ! " | to divorce f.-om the old graded road in! Anderson and I'iekons to go by (JreGii-| villo. Money is a powerful factor in the exii.MjT.riion of r.tiiroHds, and {Let ar-nihi" Ijumi Kr' ppaee these institutions their j'.iiei' Individually we have been central as to I route*. We care very iittlc as to where t!i"' 'n-ssd fcl.uK K"'? but vv<-' would bo sorry lor our friends at Trov to be disappointed, and we fee! perfectly certain that Abbe-i villy :tnd Troy will vet bo bound by ;"bands of iron," as she is now in thei i bonds of affeelion. In ease the (_". C. (?. | ?S V. Tt. K. should not go to their town.; the graded road will be still there. The' i A. ?V K. 11. It. (Company are enterprising ; people. 1'hey anil the people ol Augusta want our Irade, and we need their excellent bargains in goods. Jf the people of Abbeville "vtributo v>mo money, ami the people of Augusta give oomothing, the A. <k K. rt. K. Company may run a branch ro.nl to Abbeville ami a now artery of trade will bo opened to Troy and Augusta, even though the great iron highway to the West should tail to run by Troy. * ?r> Wc Do Not Want Cotton Factories in Abbot ilie. "Til far'-" !lio iaml to lipvk nln? I'Ik a prey, i Where wealth accumulates ami men decay." , With all duo deference to the opinions of the learned and ahl" gentlemen who 1 hold contrary opinion.*, we v.outd utter it dissenting voice on the subject of ercct-1 ing factories in Abbeville, and at the risk j of being pronounced heretical we will say that ire hope. that ice may never ace a < cotlon factory within the bound* of A lt>c viltc county. For a people like onrs, in the purity of their morals, and in a conn- j try as thinly nettled, and enjoying the' blessings which arc voUchsatbd in theVA-; rietv of osjr crops, Riid especially in the. superiority of our cotton, we should re-, gard the establishment of a cotton facto-1 ry ks wc would tho fits ten ing of a moral leper upon our virtue, upon our religion,, and upon our high civilization. At pros-! out the poorest women of Abbeville' county stand tho peers of any other wo- j men, and we \va;.t no factories to degrade j litem, or in which to crowd innocent chil1 j dren, where they may be required to; wear their lives away for the merest pit- j ta.ice, while the capitalists grow rich, j and gather up the shirts of their gar-: incuts at llie approach of those women j and children whom tho factories convert J into the merest machines. i We are perfectly willing for tho sand- j hillors from tha remotest bounds of i Ivichland County to congregate on the j Columbia caih'.l, and V;b are perfectly! willing tor that water way to be lined j with factories on both sides, from its head , to the last waste-gate, and wo are also ] willing for the capitalists of tho citics, by 1 tho lbreo of their money, to marshal; anil utilize for their own profit, the la- J borof their thriftless neighbors, and wcl are content for tlio inountair.ocrs to as-[ soirildo o:t the batiks of tlio neighboring streams that their time and muftclc may be given to tlio enrichment of capitalists, I but we want the poor people of Abbeville ; to do no such thing. Wc know the rich ! citizen will not do so. We have plenty of] land. It U cheap and fertile. Ourpoople! have plenty of elbow room. They can | easily earn a comfortable living, and rear! their children in their rural retreats, in I almost safety from corrupting inflences. Instead of bulky, cheap and sometimes I unsaleable crops, which are hard to keep; instead of the laaihsome filth which destroys tlio very clothing of the producer of tobacco, and which saturates with an unspeakable pollution the very fingers of the hand that touches it, tve have the ( leanest} the easiest handled, and the best marketable product in the world. The ' adaptability of our soil and the suitable-' nc*w of our seasons, mako this the real; cotton belt of Smith Carolina, and South j Carolina produces the best cotton in thoj world. For these reasons our poor peo- j pie should grow cotton and should not i manufacture it. Instead of degrading our people at faotorios, let us not forget that | the honest people whose families have to toil for ft living had better pick the cotton for the husband, and the lather, where the family reap the benefit of the profit, than to have these people spin the staple for the capitalist who takes the profits to himself and awards the hardest worked people tho least pay for their services. We would repeat what wo have just said. We are pre-eminently an agricultural people. Proridenco has favored us with a soil and a climate which excels in the production of the nicest nrticle that goes into the market, while our ability to produce tho staple food crops is equal to ev-1 cry emergency. Wo have thousands ofj acres of cheap lands that are lying idle and going to waste. These facts should | nil' """"In VV ir 1, 11 n ! Ill 1 lil inn tn 1 ?r> ! something more than hewers of wood! uuel drawers of water for rich capitalists < who boast of their enormous profits on I be labor of the poor?fjr none can sue- i cessfuily deny that the excessive profits, i arc tho results of ill-paid labor, and of |s iuiquitous legislation by the Stato and I National Governments. Now, when!; lands are cheap?when a little mono}' will j I buy much?we hope that every head of a!; family nmy seek to got a home, aud be-|< come lord of tho manor. It has beeu h said that he who owns land, crects ajt home for his family, and cultivates the'i soil, is in partnership with God him- i self?and there can be no doubt that such j I a partnership has an elevating influence;! upon the creature. i Does anybody believe that the people ji of McCormick, of Troy, of JJrad-:i ley, of Vcrdery, of Ninety-Six, of' Greenwood, of Cokesbury, of Abbe-1 ?< l>.w. 1 r*#?rr I- I \ IliC, WA 1/VIV " V.7V, C%*IV4 Vi VVliVi *vvu? . ities, which lwve educational insti-i1 unions, would "be willing to e.Tchangoi them for cotton factories? Would anyj citizen consent lor the removal of the li- j braries at Due West to have their placcs i tilled with cotton machinery? Would! anybody be willing for the removal of J the able, the learned, and the pious i teachers in these institutions, to havoi their places filled by the taskmasters and ! overseers of a cotton fuctory? Would anybody be willing for the noble man-1 hood and pure womunhood of our boys' and girls to retire from the halls,, where now thev cahuot help from , [being inspired bv commendable as-J pi rat ions for the higher walks of life?! j Does anybody want their places filled; by boys and girls, whoso very vocation' is a burden, the weight of which very j few are able to bear? Dous not thoj smoke, the soot, the grease, ami the | (presence of the taskmasters of a factory j have a containimiting influence upon tho : very air which we breathe? Then let Abbeville be distinguished fori her schools, and her scholars. Let Abbeville tako precedcnco in the of her religion and in Vi ^ i . t .purity of her morals. Let Ab\)<j^T . . , , , . JkviIle always stand as I she has stood yjnr.. . ; "ie I)ast? l',c Pecr ,n ^ilfable degree of any other peopleorTthe globe. But this cannot bo idone if our people cansent to enslave themselves in factories. Kxceedi ing few of the people who give money to build theso institutions would allow any of their own kindred to enter the ! walls of such an institution, nor is it at \ 1 all probable that any operative would be recognized by them as a tit associate for their families. For this reason, v:o regard tho talk of employing our peoi pie in such an institution as a direct in-1 .'suit to our manhood and our woman-j , hood, as well as an affront to the virtue! i nnil to the respectability of our poor peo 'pie, who areas good and as pure as the' ! richest l'olk on earth?no matter how ; much they may boast of their ability to 1 establish factories. Our people are virlu1 ous and happy. We want no institution J which will enable the .stockbolder1 to in-, j suit the poor with impunity. Wo want! no institution which would excite euvy, j jcalousj' and ill-will toward tho rich, but ; above nil, we want no institution which establishes caste between our cwaraec, and organizes the most damnable sy.itein of slai-er# th<if. eve* existed on earth. J While there mdy be localities and coun|f!os In South Carolina which would be benefitted by the establishment of factories, we would venture the assertion that J tho poor people of Abbeville will have to j go a long way on tho down grade before thrv would be benrflttci b>/ any such an1 i. i f ' * , i - > . " jaya?m-m : institution of slavery, which we believe would be more degrading a:ul more gulling to its'subjects Hum was Afrioan slavery. We wish it distinctly understood that Vi*e know nothing poisonally against the reputation of any employee, in nny fac| tory, that we make no imputation against ! imybohy, and thai we do not deny that there are crowded localities in which factories might be a blessing to the poor, but ours is a thinly settled country, and we speak of the supposed ili effects of a cotton factory with reference only to our own people, and to tho tact that we believe the taking of our people from the farms that they may be amassed as laborers would be demoralising to theth ai:d to us. Alibeville School Association. Perhaps there is at present no subject iTonivirnr Hin ntfnntinn r?f our nnonln which is of more vital importance than their educational interests. Several years ago at a meeting of the citizens of the town some Forty persons enrolled their names ns members of Abbeville School Association, each member pledging himself, to the extent of twenty dollars, to make good any deficiency which might occur in tho payment of teachers. By the terms of that organization it was thought that tho ttirmbersof that Association were absolved from their obligation at tho end of one year. Under the follow* preamble and resolutions a permanent organization was ellccted, when tho following named gcntlelneti curoiied their names: Whereas, it has been determined fit a public; mooting of the citizens of Abbeville [about July, 18S0] to form a School Association for tiio promotion of tho educational interests of our town atid more especially for tho immediate establishment of a .Male School. And Whereas it is tho sense of the Committee of nine then appointed that the minimum sum of twenty dollas shall be the basis of membership, said subscription to be held in reserve by the Trustees as a Sinking Fund, to be used only when the annual receipts j>er fees, shall fall short of the teacher's guaranteed salary, and tho necessary expenses. Wherefore, Wo the undersigned hereby promise^ and pledge ourselves to subscribe According to the foregoing conditions, and for the purposes sot forth above the sums of money opposite our respective nacr.es. Any member of the Association can at liny time dissolve his connection With said association by payintr to the Treasurer the sum of twenty dollars. MEMHKRS OF THE SCHOOI. ASSOCIATION" Wm, IT. Parker, S. McGowan, J. S. Cot I) ran, W. A. Lee, M. P. Dcllnihl, J. Fuller Lyon, 9. A. Visanska, P. Rosenberg, B. W. Barnwell, B. S. Barnwell, A. B. Wardlaw, Geo. White, L. W. "White, W. Joel Smith, T. P. Quarles, W. A. Tenipleton, Saml. ('. Cuson, Hugh Wilson, Tims. Thomson, K. H. McBride, J. B. Cunningham, Jacob Miller, C. V. Hammond, T. C. Seal, J. W. Sign, Jas. L. Martin, W. C. Benet. RESORPTIONS LEVYING A.V ASSESSMENT OK TWENTY DOLLARS ON EACH MEMRER. The following resolutions were adopted by the Board of Trustees, of the Abbeville High School at the meeting held Juneuth, 1863. There being a deficiency in the school fees and public shool money sufficient to require the full payment of the amount subscribed by each member of the Association to the*Sinking Fund. nemlved. That a cail be made upon each momliof fnr Hin nnvmpnt of ticeiitv dot lar.i, the amount subscribed. Resolved, That tho Treasurer of IIjp Hoard of Trustees proceed to collect the above mentioned sum from tho members of the Association in accordance with the obligation creating tho Sinking Fund. \VM. It. PARKER, Chairman B. T. In order to unify public sentiment arid to make tho management of the High School, if possible, acceptable to everybody, tho Association resolved to elect a Board of Trustees, in which each of tho Churches iu town should have two representatives. and one member which should be identified with neither of tho Churches. Under this resolution tho following gentlemen were elected at that time and have served up to the present time: W. II. Parker, Chairman, Episcopal. W. C. Benet, Secretary, Episcopal. S. C. Cason, Treasurer, Methodist. J. Fuller Lyon, Methodist. Rev. J. L. Martin, Presbyterian. L. W. White, Presbyterian. Row R. X. Pratt, Baptist. Jacob Miller, deceased, Baptist. G. A. Visanska Jewish faith. THE WORK OF THK BOARD OK TRUSTEES. Under their authority, tho Board of Trustees elected as the Principal, for two years in succcssion, Mr. S. J. Graham, of Virginia. His first year of services, we believe, gavo universal satisfaction, and ho was reirarded as a most excellent teacher, though he seemed to take less interest in the school for the second year, and at its clone, ho did not desire re-election. At the beginning of the third yeftr, Mr. I). B. Johnson, of Tennessee, was elected to the position of Principal, which bad been made vacant by Mr. Graham's action. lie grew in public favor as long eis he remained with us, (two years,) and at the end of that time he was elected Principal of a school in North Carolina at i higher salary than wo could offer. This brought us to the beginning of the fifth year. As usual, when vacancies had occurred, the Trustees advertised for teachers. A large number, perhaps some thirty or forty, responded to the advertisement, presenting their claims and their recommendations ior tne piace. >> u u?lievo that all of the applicants were un-i known to the Board personally, and they had nothing but the recommendations and the written applications upon which to bnse an opinion. Professor H. W, Beall, of North Carolina, was recommended in the most enthusiastic manner by the Rev. James F. Latimer, and his cause, it has been said, was championed by a membor of the Board, although other members of that body favored the election of another applicant. When the vote was taken it was ascertained that four out of seven of the votes had been cast for Mr. Beall. Tho vote was made unanimous, ami Mr. Beall declared the choice of the Board. As a rule, except the office of School Trustee, tho position of village school master is the hardest office in the world to fill acceptably, and neitheir office nor position in Abbeville is any exception to the rule. The public mind at Abbeville may not have been at tliat time in a condition to have been pleased at any body, but whether this was so or not, certain it is, that thero were individual instances whore our people were not prepossessed in Mr. Heal I'm favor, at the very beginning, while the mode of electing him maj* or may not have contributed to the lack of a hearty co-oporation on the part of all our citizens, and thus without being able to assign any tangible reason for the effect, vet it is true that the school ^frarnot prosper, and the umerent members of tho Association are called upon to pay the full limit to which they could bo assessed. To say that each and every member of the School Association has paid or will pay this amount cheerfully, would perhaps bo a slight draft on the credulity of the public, and such a statement would no doubt bo somewhat at I'QpiflnoA with tlin pxact facts. I In many instances the public can easily enough see exactly wherein lies an error and can justly place blame where it belongs, but when tho thoughtful mind tackles the school question, it would certainly require the full average amount of presumption, if he should be willing to say exactly wherein error lies, and then propose to point out who alone is responsible for thai error. Assuming that the Board of Trustees erred in the election of Mr. Beall, is it at all probable that a similar Board composed of different members of the School Association wonld have conducted our affairs so long before making an error ? And if anylK>dy should be disposed to blame the Board, let him not forget that the present Board have managed the school so well thut foui years out of five no assessment was made; and let it not be forgotten that this same Board votfcd away as much of their own money as they did of onrs. If tho meeting, which is advertised for next Monday should determine that the Association shall bo contined, it might not bo amiss to suggest some questions for its members to think over: Have we enough children in town to ^support a high school? If so, was the j Principal in any way responsible for the failure ? I If the Principnl was instrumental ih 1 bringing about tbo deficiency, ?hould he ' not be required to bear at least a portion of the burden which ho has thrown on ' us? ! Have proper charges been made for i tuition? | i . i i Can any system be Adopted which would make the Principnl interested in his work, and in the success of his school ? j Has the insurance of a Principal's scl: cry heretofore guaranteed tlit' best ser! vices on his part? ! I Is it expedient to vole a salary of ?1)00: j to a $400 Principal ? ! Why voto ?900 to the Principal, and only ?350 to the Assistants ? j There are twenty-seven names on the | Jist, twenty-live 01 wnom snouiu pay. < j li. W. HAJii\v^ll and 15. Hi McDrido are away. The Association would cxcusc ; them from payment of tho fees on the1 ground that a citizen of Terttiessoe is not j particularly interested in our schools.: The resolution directs the treasurer to! 1 collect the full amount from these twen- j 1 ly-fivo persons, making ?500. Will the treasurer make a statement and show wherein wo have fallen so far behind ?j j If anybody has been excused from tliej ! payment of his obligation, will he state I by whoso aiitllOrlty such rblief was grant! ed ? I The Innoccnt Advertising Agent Who Is Unhnppjk We are in receipt of the following letter, which wo reproduce, in order that iour people may know something of ; the contemptible dodges to which even j respectable institutions of learning may 1 sometimes resort in order to beat a coun! try newspaper out of a fair compensation j for a few dollars worth of advertising. The advertising agent always demands i twenty-five pel* cent, as commissions. | Let the letter speak for itself. Vt-w Vnnif Tnnn Ufh IftftT Publisher /Ye#? and Banner, Abbeville S. C. : Pear Sir?On May 21st we sent you 'an order for insertion of an advertise! merit of University of Virginia to be ini sorted one month and not receiving uny I copy of your paper, nnr having any reply 1 from you by tho 5th instant, we sent you a duplicate of tile 0rd2r, nHd are as yet without any response. We would like to do business with your paper, but if our orders meet with no re-J sponso whatever, it places us in a very] unpleasant position for we not only are| unable to carry out the wishes of our cus-1 tomers but can give them no reason for' our inability. Please inform us by return 1 mail if you are inserting tho advertise-1 ment and send us paper containing it or otherwise inform us of the reason of its non-insertion, and oblige, Your obedient servants, Geo. P. Rowell <fc Co. We have not the agents' first proposition before us at this moment, but our recollection is that they offered us 81.00 for an advertisement making a square and a half, to be inserted four times. Our regular price fol' that work would be ! $3.75. Of course we paid no attention to | the liberal offer, and hcnce this letter j which refers to the agents' "very unpleas-! ant position." Well, now, if thcro is; anything in this world, which sooner j touches the kindlier part of our lnart, I thun another, it is trhe merest reference to; the happiness of an advertising agent. The dreutfi of our life Has been to con1 tribute to the extreme felicity and unal-j |loyed pleasuro of tho gentlemen who j make us such magnificent offers, and! open up to the country press such unpre- j cedentedly clWr patli to fortune. We: should be ungrateful to our best friends and false to our best interests if wo did not cultivate these gentlemen, and court their fhvors. Let us show tho reader how we have thrown away a chance to make enough money to enablo us to spend the summer at some fashionable watering place. Gross offor for advertisement ...51.(JO Deduct Commissions 25 i 4 papers which cost us without doing any work on them 5 4 postal wrappors 4 Cost of typo-settting 9 Postage and cost of sending bill for same 4 rr~4.* 1 AT -x# Leaving out any charge for our services j in buying the paper, and printing one, side of it, we liavo 33 cents for a ?3.75' advertisement. At this price no patent' ; outside newspaper can live, but wo see ( the advertisement of the Virginia Uni-j j versity in some of the home print news-j papers, to whom wo would recommend! j the Messrs. Geo. P. Rowell & Co., to send I their favors in the future. We want no j more ot their orders. We are not reduced j to the necessity of taking their advertiso! ments at a flgUro which may be below j >our regular rates, and all advertising' agents may make a note of this fact. The Health of the Town. i There seems to be at this time more sickness in town than usual, and, as a I I t-'UliDt-'ijuuuuO) uui u\Jtiwin nic nc|>u \|uiuv | busy. We are pleased to state, however, j i that, so far as we have been informed, no | diseases of a malarial tj'pe have inadej J their appearance, although there is some apprehensions, whether well grounded j or not, we aro unprepared to say, that the I branch in rear of Mr. Sassarfl's homo is not In a healthy condition. Tho sickness as reported to us, seems to bo mainly diseases of tho howels, and these diseases can generally be traced to some indiscre- j i tion on the part of the patient, or to some j i previous sickness. Those who aro re-1 : ported as suffering from measles, are ! i generally in reality suffering more from isome resultant cause of this disease. I Bowel affections seem to follow almost' I every ailment at this season. While this | j is true it might be well enough for our j I people to do whatever is in their power to j ! prevent malarial sickness. A strict I | regard for all the rules of health and diet ] 1 chrmlri ho r?hsr>rvf>rl in'our conduct. It is : ; nlso necessary that our people should pay1 j particular attontion to the sanitary condi- j ItTonof their premises, in order that we j may avoid "the pestilence that walketh j I in darkness," and "the destruction that j wastoth at noonday." j Some of tlio pnpers nre wrestling wftli the] 1 meaning of the word "agnostic.' It means a' ; know-nothing; that Ik, ho far as the future is 1 i concerned, as to bell, heaven or Immortality, j ; tho inlml of an agnostic Is a blank or tries to j j bo According to the Imperial Dictionary it > ; m-mns, in Its philosophic senso, "one of a] school of thinkers who disclaim any knowledge of Ood or of the origin of the universe. | This school holds that the mind of man Ik ] limited to an a jtosleriort knowledge of phe-j noinena and the relative, and that, therefore, ! tho infinite, the absolute and the unconditional are beyond all experience, and consequently beyond its range." Prof. H. P. HOozer lias Just closed tho JabQES. of the first- session of u," liad flip 'icit*Cl School. \\ C | Spending a short while In .rrSrrt^K.lr. .oom on Tuesday and hearing his | I scholurs review some of the studies they have i 1 gone over during the term. Prof. IJoozer em- j ploys the most Improved methods of teach In?, and Is, wo think, somewhat In advance. | Ills scholars showed great lumlllarlty with j the subject on which they were examined, as | ! far as they had gone. The executive com-; , inlttee of the Touchers Association of Abbci Ivllle have appointed Prof. Hoozer to read a j paper on some branch of education before the I Institute at Its annual session to be held at Ab- j , bcvllle on the liith and 20th of July next. It ! has done well In selecting him.?Saluda Argus. | Judge Mclver rendered his decision 5n the Wllllamston railroad tax case last week, in I which he refused to grant the Injtincllon | asked for by Mr. Kcudday, holding that if the ! ; Plaintiff hasany remedvof the nature sought j Ills by prohibition and not by Injunction,! 'and taking the ground that an lnjuctionj f>f>nlil not issue to urevent the collection of a. 'tax, which Is the subject mutter of this suit, j j Till* decision will have an Important lnflu- ' i ence upon this case and the case against the. !.savannah Valley Railroad likewise.?Ancler ' son DUctlii/cncer. The Trlpple Pledge. STRONG DRINK. We will not buy. We will not make, We will not use, We will not take, Wine, cider, beer, Hum, whlfkey, gin; Because they lead Mankind to sin TOBACCO. We will not smoke The smoker's pet*, Those little things Call6d clgarettcs. We will not chew. Wo will not snuff,' Or waste our time In playing puff. PROFANITY." We will not cur*e, Though many dare Open their lips To curse and swear. Our words shall be both pure and plain ; We will not take God's name in vain. i r Does God Exist? WHAT HESRV WARD BEECIIEB BELIEVES ON THE SUBJECT. An Able Arllrlo Whicii It Would be Well to Rend. ' " * 4 ? 41 TU,)*r*J4 " Iwlf | r.zirnc.i jrvin i-ij/iinwii x ^.-w. Fur da, Howard <i' Ilulbert, Nevj York.) "0 the depth of the rlcheR hotli of the wisdom and knowledge of CJrwl! how unsearchable tire hls,1udgmcnts and his ways past findIhgOut' For who hntli known the mind of | the; Lord? or who hath been his counsellor? i Or wh'o Imth first given to UlrtJi Ortditshntl' lie recompensed unto hlhi again ? Forof him. | and through liirn, and to him, are all thine* :i to whom be glory forever. Amen." liomansl xi: 33-36. This sublime outcry arose from a perception ' of the wisdom of providence for the salvation | of the world, not as the Jews had fondiy imagined It would be, but the new and living way through the Lord .lesns Christ. In the perception of the new and Its superiority to! the old, of tlio unexpected and how much bet-1 ter It was than the expected. Paul's mind was kindled with a Sense of admiration and gratitude that the wisdom of God was so much higher than human wisdom. You will oh-1 serve that all the way through he represents God rts the unknowable, the unknown. Scripture Itself Is very modfcst In respect to the! limits of human knowledge on the subject of the divine nature.?the existence, attributes and government of God. To-day this subject Is more interesting out of the sncred desk than In It. apparently. Avery wide sphere of dlscusion has been opened on this subject, and It becomes necessary to the ministry of the sanctuary, at any rate in some proportion, that ttie existence of God and the divine nature should enter into discussion and minute i criticism. I an* awaroof the wisdom of that snyltig of one of the greatest of French moral Philosophers, IIuhe>t: he says, "'Fear God* has made many men pious; the proofs of the existence ot God have made many men atheists." Accept and act on the theory of the existence of an Intelligent God. That runs well with human lite and wisdom, hut an aran-j ment that undertakes to bring down Into the; court of human criticism the <inestioiis of a; dlvine nature Ifl apt. to raise contrary suppositions?indeed, such diversities of reason that multitude of men stumble by the way and be-1 come absolute atheists. | Now, in ordinary instruction It is better toi assume the existence of God; wiser, better fori all. Yet, wheredeclded atheism exists among | honest men. It Is not fair that they should be p;issed by the ministration of the Gospel; It Is not fair for the church that there should be outside of It. an argument that we dare not examine and meet. It is not right to let men think that we take the existence of God for granted, ijnd that it will not stand the test'of rrxiimtiirxr Mnrpovcr tlicrc Is a Still more i dangerous class of men. the ngnolstlcs. I do| not. ridicule or deride, the atheist as such, nor i 'do I deride the acriostic as such. Both of, llicni arc very mischievous,?I know not which Is the more so. Agnosticism Is the sclenceof nescirncc. It ts the holding of things ns possibly true hut Unprovable, and therefore always In doubt. Now Ihc new turn of j science, the larger flblds that are opened, the ; new and more sensitive methods or tests and [ evidence, have brought fortvard a multitude1 of men who do not pronounce absolutely as j the atheist does that there Is no Ood. but who say: "Every test by which we do obtain knowledge In other respects falls here. There may be.a CJod ; but he exists, if he exist, under such dohdltionK thai we cannot test thnt I fact; and we merely say that we do not! know." Some of the most acute and able of! them say themselves: "Sentimentally, we accept the exlstenceof God ; sciontlflcally, we | are debarred and cannot acknowledge It!" In so lar as the divine character, the moral Influence, all that history professes has flowed! from divine will. Is concerned, agnosticism, a miifh mnw nmlnhlo thlue of Itself, is as dls-I nstrous as atheism. One professes to nbollKh I Ood, the other clouds him ; and In neither ease i Is there any llcht or any growing Influence] proceeding from faith In the existence of! God. This specious method of reasoning has cer-. tainlv produced a leavening nnd relaxing cf-1 fort upon the minds of multitudes. There' are a great many acute minded young men, young lawyers, young artists, young physicians, thinking business men, who have fln nmhltinn to live abreast of their age, and to know the best, tliliigs that arc going; and they are reading the works of Mr. Huxley, of Mr, Spencer, of Mr. Darwin, of Mr. Tyndall, ahd of the other great lights of the Knullsh scientific school. These are books that are peculiarly attractive, first, because in almost every one of them the style Is charming. It Is not a baggage-wngon style, loaded down with all sorts of lumbering stuff. It flows pellucid, clear, forceful. Moreover, there Is a j very kindly spirit. In the most part of it, a frank spirit, which stands in contrast with | that of a great deal of professional religious! literature. It Is manly; no ginger-brend In It; It Is not sweetened up according to many orthodox cookery books of piety. It is a clear, manly discussion, and that takes with the young, ought to take, too, with those that are old. These men are certainly entitled to the credit of seeking the truth. I do not regard j them as perfect by any means. I do not re-: gard them as holding all the points that they hold on good and sufficient grounds. I am an ndmlrcr of the men and of thelrwrltlngs.and have for years and years read them. Yes, more than forty years ago, I was Infected, If you choose to use that term, or Inoculated,} with the doctrine of evolution. I found the: seeds of It myself In the New Testament; and' when. In the lntlcr years, I found It had be-1 come the theory of the world, I accepted Itj with very great gladness, ns throwing floods; of llghton obscurequcstlons. I hold It to-day j with greater strength than ever. I hold It not j alone becauseT think I seetheevidenceof tho; fact of Its existence, but because I see that It j Is going lo pour a flood of light upon theques-1 tionsof Christianity, because I think It Is going to give Christianity a power which It has not hail, cleansing it from nmny obscurities, I gl vIiir It. to us In a purer form and a more of- ] fectual way. But I would not on that account be supposed to hold cl"ry part nnd particular, nor in many cases, even every ground-! principle that is held. For Instance, I think j the nge Is Indebted very much to Hubert, Spencer. There Is no other known example, j I think, In which any single ml ltd undertook | to give an account of orcntion with so, much learning, ability and truth. Hut there arc ccrtaln lines of thought, subtle, profound. I in which I dltl'cr from him, and on none more j than on this question .01 agnosticism or neselcnce. lie belongs to that brotherhood of i Investigators to whom the world will scarcely i fmy It* debt until they nre passed away ; but i n this regard I cannot hold with lilnt. for Ij do think that Ood Is knownblc. with proper' limitations. Anything that tends to desfoy I belief In a personal God, and to turn the ( world and the universe Into a vast machince j without consciousness, intelligence, or an cf-1 tective will, making crcatlon depend uponsimple evolution of that which Is within It, and all the results of creation to be merely an ? , , , -in, ,)...... >ii. I (iiiKiuiiiiK > ior?-K?ini? n?--i mo *? iiikiuk mij v..-| rectlng power?Is. it seems to mc, In the lonei run disastrous and degrading 10 the moral j sensibility and the intellectual honesty of. mankind. Now, as to tills question of creation and development, I do believe that things, ha they stand In this world, are evolved from foregoing elements,?hui where did the force that* Inheres In natural la?s com from? Where! were the foregoing elements, or how were! they created, or if they were not created, how did they exist? Admit that the old argument' for design must, be wonderfully coopered and ! enlarped; admit, as we must needs admit,1 that the creation as It stands now js not acre-: at Ion which sprang up all at oncc at the voice | of God, hut that it has been the result of sue- > cesslve itnfoldings. running through, we can-j not tell how many ages of centuries; admit; thataM tilings which we see have been un-j folded from preceding, and thexe from still preceding, nnd that the world as it stands to- i day, the whole steller universe, is the fruit; and result of evolutionary unfolding?the question Is not at nil solved. I asked where j these races of animals came from, and lam pointed back to the preceding. Well, where! did that come from? fio back to a still pre-1 ceding type, and from that to one still preced*; lngand so back in succession until we come, to ttie very lowest form of element, and, where did that, come from? Where was the' power of God by which these lower elements,1 still unfolding, attain to larger and largerdi-| mensions? Natural law. What Is natural law? Where do natural laws themselves come from ? Were thev horn without a birth. alid created without a creation? Is Nothing! more powerful than Something? Is the whole | creation sprung from tlie loins of absolute, nothing? To these questions it is a frequent; reply to say that the (.'hrlstlan has precisely, the same diftlculty; "Where did God coniei from ?" This seems plausible enough at first,: but It Is not plausible when we cometoex-j amine It. for all things of which wcarespeak-1 Ing, namely, the tilings which are created, that have been unfolded, are things within I the circuit of our knowledge and are to be t Judged therefore as we judge familiar things.J Now it is the universal sentinunt of all (except Idiots) that nothing happens without a1 cause. In regard to secondary creations there- j fore?and we are reasoning about secondary! creations? In regard to all of thein the well established law of the universe is that every I effect has a cause. Hut when we come above! the physical universe, and reason in respect I to personal existence and mind, the laws of j evidence In regard to matter are not the laws, In recard to mind. The niiesllon as to a great | intelligence, a great will and power, is not i along that level; It Is not a fair analogical I comparison with the question of the begin-1 nlngs of things. I do not know the existence of God any more than I know ttic mbstanee. of all the wonderful circuits or ways of the I divine nature. Indmittlintth.it question ik i an unanswerable question, but I contend that \ it is a kind of question very dllierent from i the other, and that inability to answer It does j? not work the siime loglcnl results as innbilliy j to answer docs in regard to matter. In rcg iru, to that law of cause and efl'ect. wo know that' it is within the circuit of our knowing fncul-i ties, nnd wo sec that everything we can con-i ceivc of and take within our cognition re-| quires that there should be a preceding force ' and evolution. When It goes back, therefore, i to that point where evolution apparently be-1 gins, the irresisiiiilo Impulse of every reason- j ing niah Is to admit that there was a creativei force behind that, and that If the world hns i gradually unfolded ns It has, it Is In answerer the divinely implanted force that con^oTC/i It. a force that is worl.ingout not"C-c^jYn? fr>! the old-fashioned unions. fuj per! sonal creator?through regular and recognlza- j ble modes thai we call "law." The sacred Scriptures are very modest.?but first, before I touch on that, let me say that I' think that much of fha difficulty which turns : men towards seienilflc agnosticism has arisen : from the over-posltiveness of theology. Men 1 have overleaped the sublime simplicity of the' sacred Scriptures. They pretend to have; sounded the heights and depths of the divine j nature. Matthew Arnold, in one of his Kssays, very properly says that the familiarity | of theolocians with God Is as if he was a man i thnt lived around the corner In the nextstreet, and they hail been acquainted with him a great while, and they talked about him as fa-] millarly as If they knew all about his condition and circumstances. That, to a very lnrue | extent, has boon the history of theology. It i has been supremely conceited in It# knowl-l edge. Hut In the word of God It Is declared : from beginning to end that by searching we| cannot find otit the Almighty unto perfection, i and In the passage which we selected for our; text, the mmd of the apostle Is lull of wonder ; at the lncomprehenslbieness of Ood. Other-: where we! are taught that knowledge ol Ood Is not by mere intellectnal cognition, hat It Is the evidence that comes from moral Intul-i tlon. "Hlcssed are the pure In heart; they; shall see God." It Is tho report of certain clarified conditions of moral Affection, The evidence streams throufch Intuitions, and not j through definitions and logical process. But yop shall find as yon look back In the old the-1 ologlcs the most crude limitations and deflnl-1 lions. Men, In reasoning, wild, "God had to! do so and so; he could not have done other-' wise." They know all about It. There are Just so many courses to be gone over on this; thing. "God must either do so, or do so. or do 1 so. Now he cannot do so, for this and tlmt; reason, and he had to do so and so there, not, for that reasnn, but bec-auso of so and so, and 1 therefore he did It that way." These men > evidently stndled theology at. the time of the i creation and had It all explained to them, i They knew lust exactly the "metes and bonnds' of God, and got It down to a mathematical: process. Now, when men como to study | science over against such Instruction as that,' I do not wonder that they rewound ; that they ! dismiss theology first, and then tho Bible af- J terwards. . All that Is pi\ssln<.r away. Theology Is now | making Its voyage from the Iceberg-breeding regions of the lar north, where the pinnacles, and the towers, and the mountains of won-i drous (.'learning glory sail slowly every day to their destruction, melting at the bottom by : the warmth of the water of the Uulf Stream, | melting at the top by the shining of the sun. i They turn over every once in a while, groan- j itig as they turn ; and by-and-by, rotted, they 1 sink and arc mixed with the flood. Po the old *y*tem? of thcotojrr. on which i honest inen, good men, expended tholr liven, ure bound to dissolution. The sacred Scriptures, I was saying, are i very modest ns compared with theology. Botdetiilnif of God is mude known, but everywhere with distinct ?nd tt?peated declarations thu?the whole divine nature l? unknown ami nnktiriWnble; a< In Hint wonderful dramatic purublb, the conversation or God with Moses, where Ood cays: "No tutin shall see the fullorbed.^lory of nature; It would crush his Intelligence. The mlnil could not endure It. Therefore only such parts ns nre cognizable t>y inen shall yc see. Sly face I will hide. 1 will cover yob with my hand In the clert of the rock nnd only when I have jjnased by in the effulgence of iny glory and yob look Into the shadow of my being, RhniI you see." Froth that fur remote declaration down 10 the end, there is nowhere In Scripture Hny teachlrig tli&tour knowledge of (?od can he absolute, In the whole wide circuit of human thoueht. so that w.o 'cinn hound lilni, Itillnlie nn iif? uno Rldfi n'nd Infinite on the other: In finite north, infinite south, Infinite cast, iind ' Infinite west. No such knowledge as tliut Is, possible to inch, never was, nor will be 111 thife sphf^e. Scrlptiirt! Rays therefore, substantially, fhntj the scope and grandeur of God are too great; for our limited faculties. The limitation of human faculties Is the first great reason why we cannot perfectly understand God. It will i be worth our while to lake a large look at thts 1 question of limitation, and Its relation to such a subject as the present. When we look i Into the animal kingdom \rc find that the law i of development Is first physical and then cere-j bral, mental; that the line of creation is matter, body, phj-slcal function, the lower forms i of mental existence, the social development,! the higher moral and then intuitional. This; Is the line towards the perfect, which crea*: tlon lias followed and is following. Now. on | looking along the line of successive developments we sec that the physical organs are often finer In tlio lower animals than they.arc In the higher animals. The eye of an Cattle Is far beyond the eye of a man. The mind of an eagle Is far lower. The vulture with an unaided eye surpasses the astronomer. For strength, who can equal the lion? Thb bone and the muscle of mankind are not comparable to the bone and muscle of Inferior animals. And so in civilization with the under part of man that deals with stone, and hietals, ami structures, and makes up the volume of physical Industry in any one age or nation; man as an animal, or as a mechanical force, is developed In that direction more when he Is >ct, as it were. In the early stage of evolution ; than afterwards when he becomes developed j ns a thlnlcerandasan emotional being. Then In tile line or development the brain. Or the I Intelligence, and the social feeling coirie Into] play; and all the way up we observe that ' I- -- l~/-.Li? li nnn,lliln<, UJCi r 19 (III IlllCliUI Ul I UUllllCH J ?-wu**i an<l that that inferior and rudimentary condition Is Incapable of understanding the superior, l!ie relatively pcrftict condition. Now. in ho far oh physical/orcelR conccrned, an inferior could easily untterslHnd Its superior. Jam Inferior to the lion, biillUhdcrstand him perfectly, at lca?t as much ns I want to. In regard to flight I know what speed is, and what, my speed Is,and. when I see the swoop of the birds of. jilfdy I have ai sense of their velocity. I understand them perfectly, although they excel me In those respects, for I wdrk with my Intelligence from a higher to a lower sphere. Hut now turn around nnd compare inferior and superior mental powers. There are In the higher forms of the rudimentary unlinals?in the dog. the hcrse, the elephant. In many of the fowls of the air, in the tooth-sawing beaver, the elements of intelligence and constructiveness. There are too the elements of nflectlon and of love, but In their rudimentary condition. But they cannot understand anything that Is higher than themselves. Y- u can put adog to school so that ho will comeor go, crouch, bound or stand, and do a great many things; but the limit In which you can educate him Is hardly from his car to his ear. It is very Mender, and when you go in that lino one single step above him, he cannot understand anything. Tell a dog to construct a gun. what could he do? Ask him about the quality of powder, what could he know? Ask him about ornithology and to what cla?s the bird Just shot down belongs. What could he know? Nobody could teach him any tiling about these things. Thg horse Is sagacious, but ask him what he would do In times of dynamite. He wnuid sa.V, "Nay" and canter Otr Into the wilderness. Every one of the Inferior animals stops after a certain stage. The lowest animals have no great love for their oflsorlnz. Thcv lav their esus and de part, and tlic sun in iho nursing mother. Bui when you rise to a certain point In the unfolding of creation, you begin to find animals attached to their offspring. They have the germ of love. It is narrow, selfish,though intense, The lioness cares for her cubs, the dog cares for the wheips, the hen for hei chickens. Hut not one single step above that insilct do they go. They cannot reason upon love as we can, neither can they understand the ministrations of love as wo do. The Inferior cannot understand the higher as you come up the sole of creation; though it understands itself, perhaps is not conscious of It, but It feels Itself. When you reach the human family,all down below it are separated from it by an impassable gulf. They cannot understand the simplest processes of human reason. Not only Is that true as to animals, hut in the human family tho uncivilized and barbaric nations can have no conception of those processes of mind which Irradiate the world with civilized light. The barbaric nations are separate because they are so undeveloped and so uninstructed that though there is the potential element of wisdom in them, the practice has never been developed In them by which civilized nations circuit the world with thought. Not only so,but when you come into the civilized and most highly refined nations, their young cannot understand the old. My child knows whether I am angry or whether I am pleased, but he does not know the reason until he begins to gel some knowledge by growing years and experience. All the way through the animal kingdom and through the human family,from tho loWPlit tjt tlif> highest thorn tit.iindx ihen. this Ull qualified and universal fact, that the Inferior, when you come lo consider mental power, can only get a glimmering Idea of that which lies Just above, whether It he In faculty, In the quality of Us nature, or In function. Do we stand apart then, have we a power that does not belong to the rest? When werome to the border land weean understand something of God's nature. We know what Justice. Is although very lmpcrfectly, and therefore we have some knowledge of God as a being of Justice. We know what love Is, to some extent, but who can take a Conception of that which Is described as the height, the depth, the length and the breadth of the love of Gtxl lu Christ Jems? Our patterns and our conceptions are minimized as It were, and when we cohcelVe of a being whose love transcends all research, as the Father of the universe, as the Creator here and In the Infinite realms, where doubtless the wisdom of God Is unfolded In differing ways?when you come to think of a belug of such magnitude and diversity, whether you look at the scope or the terrible power, or at that which Is more exquisite In Its delicacy, more mngnanlmous, more grand than anything we ever sec among men,?who can understand these things In him? When Columbus drew near to the eastern const of were mountains' but do you believe he knew what minerals were In lliom? Do yon suppose he knew all the trees, nil the shrubs. nil the vines, nil the herbs there? Ho knew something about this great outlying continent, but he did not understand the details that went lo make It up. I can understand that there should be such a being as (Jod, but when It Is said that he is Infinite, I am so finite that I break right clown thefe. 1 cannot understand Infinltencss. Infinitude Is a relative term; Itineansii thing without boundiry. Now, all our knowledge is relative to some "fine." but Ood Is declared to be Infinite. lie lifts himself right out of the sphere or my comprehension In that way. I can understand that Ood thinks,and that thinking Is in him transcendctitly higher than ordinary thinking. The limitations of men are such that they think as they walk, step by step, and step by step, and step by step But now and then wc IrtWe a Ooeihe, a Shakespeare, or a I'.acon, now and then a man among men lifted very much higher, who sees what the unfolding of thought Is. These men sec, they do not stop to think. In certnln states of mind men are subject to exaltations. In other words, the faculty has given to It the power to overleap processes; and a man standing here knows that to be truth there, and cow It down as a thing cortaln. Then he goes back nnd Investigates the steps of logic or of truth by which It dnn be made known to others as Willi n? hlmunlf. hut he knew It lu^t as well before an he does after; ho hus the Intuition, the certainty of things. Applying this lo the divine nature, wo are not to suppose that God reads a book to And out anything, except, in a poetic figure, the book of life. There Is a measure of Intelligence of which we have hints,sufficient hints to give us some slight Intuition of what must be the radiancy of nil knowledge and the eternal knowing of a being liko God. We arc limited in that regnrd. We have a remote conception ot it, but we have no such definable knowledge as that we can prove It. So In regard to all those elements which we seo In man. I take It for granted that there Is not one single element that constitutes the .human mind that does not previously exint In God in a higher and more exquisite form ; as the sense of duty. Men have but one single tint of the rainbow in them; God, who created the beautiful and put the sense of the beautiful in the human mind, what an Artist Creator must he be! How we praise artists who can Illume the dead surface of the canvas with glowing color, In imitation of sunrise anc^ sunset. They picture trees, they group men : uut wimi i? nu wiiu muue mwc ujuj^.-i i which they strive In vain and afar-off to Jml-: late! What must he be who dyed the clouds j and made the sun to pour abroad Its glory of; llghtand shade everywhere? We know what | humor Is, we know what mirth 1.1 among; men,and when benevolently used how It adds i to society, how It illumines the Individual,! and how like springs It carried men without jolt or Jar over heavy mads; but what must ] be the dlvlno fountain out of which that sprang! How shallow It is In man. how imperfectly distributed, when we think of the 1 great spring of it in the eternal soul! Now i putting together a divine being wonderful radiancy of unde-^-^rr^ ,,, Inrh wflh such gracc, with "u^^tfcetiiess.all of It In an &C? J5r love compared to which the JCncr, mother, brother, sister and ?. i' -P --,fon ls as were specks of gold to the ie vein in the mountain?every man sees That It raises up such a magnitudlnous notion of (Jod aB no one can compass. Wc see it as men afar off discern the land to which they are approaching. O, blessed day was that on which I drew near to the south shore of Ireland I I smelled the lartd breezes, I saw the blue line. I could see nothing else; and even though It was Ireland.it wan land, and 1 thanked God and took courage. So things that are not near enough to be absolutely cognlzable and separable and usable may fill the '"? ?! '!<?? ftt-ont Ini'onH crrottt. fPllftl. lind PrPilt happiness. It ft great comfort to metliHti God Is n vast deal more than I can mnke him. When I come to appear In Zlon nhd before | Oo<), I shall laugh an I think of the little por-j trnltureof him that I made In the palm of my hand ; as I look upon the lustrous and nll-encompftsslng God of the whole earth and cf the universe, I shall laugh to think that I .should have ever carried about with me such a picture; and It will surprise me with unuttera-j blc Kindness that he Is so much more and so : much better. Therefore, God Is In that large sense un-> knowable. No man can sail Rround him and . PRy: "I have been to the uttermost extremity I of his being*" Nobody knows how large he j Is. I thinK, Analogicaliy reasoning, thftt there; Is no question that there can be attributes of ft higher Intelligence than there are In us. [ Take, for instance, sight. Ti>ke the sense off taste, take the sense of hearing. We know : very well that most of our organs are incom-' petent to take all the truth that belongs to them. All the sounds do not enter the ear: thftt. belone to It. Theeye Is not competent to, measure all the truth that belongs to the eye. I' We know perfectly well, and Mr. Tyndall In' this city demonstrated It to us, tbut when a| >,n?m nf llcrhf vm nrnli>eled there WHS OVl- ! dencethat besides the different colors that go ' to rnnke up the while light there were other! elements that belong to It; but we have no senses for them and wo did not even know 1, that they existed. They are playing round! about In tho realm of fact a great many ele-j ments to tho perception of wlilch our senses aro not as 3'et educated up. We have smell,!! but an ordinarily good hound will beat you out of sight at smelling. He will know a ' stranirer. lie will know his master by It; he i lays his nose to the ground, and all your senses pot tosether will not equal the Intelll- j pence of his nose. Your sense of smell Ik very i limited and imperfect. l)o you believe that | tho only odors In creation are those you roc-1, ognlze? There are millions more that you do j not know ?>nythlnK about. As It Is In respect t to these lower physical senses, so 11 Is in re- ( gard to all the higher senses that we have, j ( These are but paitsof his ways, said the In- , spired penman. Dr. Chalmers interpreted It < In this way: God's creal Ion la' like a chain let , down from his th-one. We only sec the low- , er links, those which are at the end, and then , they go up, link bv link,clear Into the unseen until they reach tfio throne of God. In that sense therefore this Is true, and J Scripture everywhere empliuslzoM It, although ,' not so verbosely as I have done. Clod Is so f large, so line, that the knowing pflrtof men, , limited and Imperfect In lis unfolding, is not capable of taking In the whole of the divine existence. Well, but that Is n very different tiling from Baying that God Is notknuwnble as an intelligent being by our limited Intelligence. I should HUe to Know how a being of the wonderful endowment of God could be understood, according to the law of the nn- . folding of crcation to which I have made ref- j ercnce already T Is It to be expected that we I should know God as wo know one another, or ' a* when men eo Into a laboratory und say, "This Is proofor as when men go to :;n electrlc battery and cay, "I know there Is electric- . Ity here, and this is my way of knowing It ?"' ( In other words; When science reasons from material facts and attempts to bring down J God,and reason upon him In any such way as (J that, savins, "Thrre Is nd cvldencr of the existence of God," is It ni)t Judging the higher: nn 111 rp tif timn hv lirinnllii; it Into the petty < court of bin lowe9t animal and physical no*;1 ture? Are we to l?rlna "1! Mi" problems of the I. mind down lo the court of the senses? In J that n fiilr way lo Judge? Do wo Judge of < encli other In flint way ? In soclcty, suppose 1 one should undertake a ehemlenl test or any other test of physical science, lri rcgiird to thoughts. a. devout, lover might be supposed, In the bewllderinentand transient Insanity of his fever-flushed heart to set In motion an Invest Igatlon as lo what that Is in his beloved that operates such Wonderful charms upon him. Suppose lie should undertake to draw It out, and say. "This Is her mind; so much of It Is mind, so much of It Is taste, so much of It Is eonsclenec. so much of It Is culture, so much o( It Is tart; that Is therenson I love , her, I can cipher It nil out, I can trll Just what she Is. and I think that Is the reason that my heart Is so inflamed towards her." II? Has not touched It. lie hns made a fool of himsell In the eyes of every man who is not In love. It Is the sum total, the proportions In which they exist, all these and a good many other things beside. Ton cannot describe the soiil of love with arithmetic, nor weigh It with balances, nor measure It with yards, feet and inches. To apply to the subtle operutlons of the soul any of those tests which we properly apply to matter Is almost to make an Idiot of yourself In the eyes of those who look upon I you. The soul Is higher than all these things, and will not submit Itself to be measured by these measures and lests. It says, "You must measure me by my peers." No one man can measure a man of genius so well as a man who has some light of genius In Himself. No man knows generosity so well In another ns the mnn who hns felt, generosity himself. No man knows what Justice Is so well as the mnn In whose bosom Is the tribunal ol Justice. The higher elements of men we know by Intuition, not by sight nor by weight. We feel something like that, nnd therefore We nttribute the qualities, the effects or which we see in another person, to that which we are conscious of ourselves. Tills, then, Is one of the great mistakes of , the scientific world, the attempt to subject lo lower forms of reasoning which are mainly adapted to physical things, the facts of the spirit. The word of God declares thnt moral Intuition Is the road to the evidence. Blessed arc the pure In heart, they shall see God. A man who Is lifted up into that state of mind which Is here Imnlled. and which exists In the divine nature, Is brought on to ft plane no high, and If [ may so say Into an atmosphere so Interpreting, that' he recognizes In God, and as God In the universe, elements which those who lie lower than he does cannot recotrnlze. The musician's ear understands harmonics that no common man's ear ran Interpret. The painter recosnlzes In color what common ioIks cannot see, and neverdospe; so It Is "all In the eyes." as the saying Is. That Is. he has an eye that ran catch the substance of things, which Is more delicate; and It sees attributes and elements when another uneducated eye cannot do anything of the kind. The refined soul Is shocked at the unreflnement which would pass as good enough amongst the uneducated people. As you go up. the height and glory of civilization Is that you take It away from external elements and mere material elements, and substitute the Intuitions of a man's intelh *i. of his moral senses, of his affections. We measure the unknown part of each other In tills way. When I see you talk, when I hear your language, when I note what culture you have, the elements that are In me tell me what you are?I know you are fox-like, wolf-like, bear-like; I know that you are deceitful. 80, too. on the contrary, I know that you are open as the morning, sweet as the breoth of May: that you are genial and senile. My nature Interprets you, though you do not know It. You show yourself forth In your personality so that we can see what you ure. Our inner eye does this. But now follow this law: that which weeme every day In our relations with our felmen. Is that which we must employ in the Interpretation of God. Men of large mor- T al nature, pnrided and clarified, have the faith and intuition (hut belong to this highest development, which is more accurate and more unerring than any physical science, or any test whatever. Blessed are the pure In hpnrt.. for thev shall see God. God Is not to be known by handling and by measuring, God Is not matter, nit hough the author of It. He Is a spirit, and they who would know him must approach him ax a spirit. "Well," you say; ' thiftmay he evidence to yon, but It Is evidence to nobody else." But you become evidence to somebody else. A man who Is God-IIke becausc ho dwells In the conscious presence of God, makes God understandable to those round about him. Such men become teachers, prophets, priests to oth-1 er men; and If every other evidence fulls they have always this one, "I see him. I lee I him, I know that he exists because all roundabout me Is the evidence of It. In myself Is the evidence o;' It. I benold him. not In the erandeur of his outwnfd existence, bht as a being who plays upon all the sensibilities of my nature." Almost all our knowledge Is derived from other men. You cannot make a mathematical calculation, but you receive it from men who cou. You have not traversed the globe, but you believe men who have been Universal travelers. You do not know what the horologue of the universe Is, but astronomers tell you and ynu believe them. You do not know the higher realms of esthetics, but they interpret- themselves In art,und"you believe the artist and accept them. So In regard to moral Intuitions of (Jod. What If you <am-< not understand It ? What If yon do not /eel capable of formulating the argument from moral intuition? There are men who are! able to do so, and they may be your teachers, and why should you not receive this higher knowledge' this most comforting, most blessed soul-lnsplrlng knowledge from them? One word more. "If any man will do my will he shall know of the doctrine which I speak." If any man will put himself Into the line of obedience to the commands of Jesus Christ, the promise Is that it will work In him an experience that will be perfectly satisfactory to him. That Is fair. If one should say to mo. who could not write nor read: "Take that type and put Itdowi there. Now take that one and put It down there," nnd so go through ten or fifteen types until they spell out my name. I do not know how to reaif, or write, or spell, but I obey, and take the separate types and put them one artcr the other. Then I bring up some man and snv, "What, docs that spell?" "Henry Ward Beecher." He said it would come out so. If a chemist were to come and say to you who were unacquainted with substances: "Take one-<)uarter portion of that element, and take Just exactly so much measured portion of tliatcle-! inent." What does It come to? Cologne wa-i tcr. Well, you write it In a book so that If! you take Just that recipe you will get Cologne water. If a man should come to teach you In ground and lofty tumbling, and should say to! you: "You must prepare In that way, you! must hot go clttmslly tlitis nnd thus; this is | the way to begin." You would try. and find i It Is Just so. If a man should say to you as a loy: "This Is the way to learn to swim," you would try It nnd find you Could buoy yourself up and advance In the water. If a landscape artist should take a novice and sny: "This Is the trouble here; It Isall too flat, put In a little color here, put a tree yonder Now carry your oira away yomier: you win teu pvi.-ycutlve one wriy or another." "How do you prove It?" "Try It, I but will prove It" So you take your brush nnti put in n IIItIc piece of color here and there, and ihe horizon begins to move right back at once. J?ow, nobody thinks that there Is any submission or any superstitious belief in that. The mother says to herchlld who Is In Kreiitronfuslan and distress. "Now. my darling, if you will take my advice, I will tell you how to carry yourself tocctoverull these difficulties." And the child believes her lti that and guides herself.! Sure enough, the solution of the difficulty IsI perfect, and It comes out Just as the mother said. The Lord leans over to us In the same way. "If you will do my will?here are my commandments; this Is the state of mind that I am In, and It Is that which I wish to bring you Into?If you will come unto tnls, | you shall know whether my doctrine isof God In response to such an appeal, why should you not accept the testimony in the highest , range that everybody accepts in the lowest ranges ol human life 1 Time would fail me to go through all that I proposed In this discourse. I may resume it at some oiher time. To me It Is an exceeding great joy and rejoicing that I ain going towards knowledge, that I am going towards | better knowledge than I ever had dawn on me here. My best Intuitions are but snatches i they are but outlines. They shall be tilled up In Ihe eternal world. When death draws near. I set my face towards the east and not towards the west, so thut my sun Is not going down.lt Is rising, the sun of righteousness with healing In Its beams. I (lnd memory! falling,but I am widening my horizon. I find ! my heart growing cold anil dead to things' that used to be Joys or cares; I am shuffling i oil the encumbrances of earth. I um coming I to myself. I have been a stranger to niyselt. and within myself; I have been exiled from i my home and from my Father. When the) hourdraws near that I am willed to go toward I light, toward glory, toward honor, toward life, I leave on earth nothing but the hlblluments In which I was called, and I enter renewed, enlarged, purified,clurllled, to be forever with | the Lord. Dearly beloved, let no man movc| you outof the constancy of such faith. There | is a personal God, and his will bears up the t unI verse, <! .u^li.aVTTrfctie^ ^JUV^attnirsamong men. There Is | !li>?od who is manifested in the person of Je-J sus Christ, that Is, God translated Into human ! conditions, so that you can more easily read and understand him. Ills Spirit Is gives: to j you and is given to me as a witness all the way inrougn, so uiai \w iiiii; inu-i|>ii;t by the purified and rarefied processes of our i minds. Love, trntl) and glory wall fur us. | Let us not cast aside our belief a< If it werei vilo and foolish in us. Hold on. 15e strong in i the Lord. Die that you may triumph. While ] men drop tears here, angels shall wear sin lies.! While on earth it is wild, "He is gono( Heaven shall say. "He has eonie!" Let me meet you in that blessed land. Amen. To Keep Felloes From Shrinking. Vermont Christian Messenger. A writer offers a plan which we shall try on occasion. He says that he has a wagon of , which six years ago, the felloes shrunk so the , tires became loose. He gave agood coat of hot oil and every year since it has had a good coat! of oil or paint, sometimes both. The tires are ! tight yet and they have not l?.-en set for eight! or nine years. Many farmers think that as; soon as their wagon felloes begin to.sliilnk?j they must goat once to a blacksmith shop! and pet the tires set. Instead of doing that,; which is a damage to the wheels, causing them \ ( to "dish," if they will cet some linseed oilji and heat It boiling hot, and Rive the felloes all .' the oil they can take, It will keep them up to the usual size and lighten the tire. After the! oil a coat of paint Is a good thing to help keep , ihrni from shrinking, and also lo help tlie i water. If you do not want to go to the' trouble of mixing tip paint, you can heat the; oil and tie a rag" to a stick and swab them over us long ah they will take oil. A brush is more convenient to use, but a swab will un-1 swer if you do not wish to buy a brush. It. is quite a saving of woodwork of farm ma-' chluery. Alternate wetting anil drying In Jures and causes the best of wood soon to decay and lose strength unless well painted. It pays to keep a little oil on hand to oil fork J handles, neck yokes, whltlletrecs and any of; the small tools 011 the farm that are more or j less exposed. We think we have an Improvement on that. We made a pattern and had an Iron trough i cast, and rather more than that In depth In ? the center, curving to fit the shape of the! wheel. The trongh has legs which hold It up from the ground, and under It I build a slow . sternly tire, put In faw linseed oil, set in wheel 1 und let Itsonk, turning It about as needed, till the whole rim lias been well softked In the , j boiling oil. It works well, ami when the paint wears oil the oil soaked wood wll hardly j lake water. ^ (Ireenvllle secured the Air Line Railroad by j putting up money nntf working for It, and now she Is ready to pfoceed In the same way j 10 get the Carolina, Cumberland (Sap end' Chicago road. Some say enmplucciitly that ' Ureenvllle Is oil' ihe direct line, but slit-is not 1 is much so as she was oil'the direct line from ! "harlot-te to Atlanta. If she does not wet this : lew road It will be because some other route ; iflers greater inducements or because the, scheme proves a failure.?Aiiilerni.n Journal, j It is against the law to llsli witti a net bo; * ween tHe h-t of May and the 1st of September 1 11 .South Carolina. j . in- ' mmmmm rhe Place to Get What You Want! . 1 CH RISTI AN&WILSON ALWAYS in store,n completo stork of; FANCY GROCERIES, CANNED JOOPS and CONFECTIONERIES of J ill kinds. The best and cheapest CIJAHS nud TOBACCO. The FINEST WINES and LIQUORS. sweet MasH Corn Whiskey j For mddioal purposes n specialty; Also,' Choice Liquors of any kind fjr medical^ purposes. Give us a cull. Satisfaction guaranteed. CHRISTIAN & WILSON, Abbeville, S. C, NOV; 16,18S1, tf * J. Knox & Co. -AGENTStonMR, TOM YOUNG'S PURE CORN WHISKEY THE best and purest CORN WHISKEY brought to this market. Jline 22,1S31, tf H. D. REESE, ABBEVILLE, S. C? Repairs watches, clocks, and Jewelry In thtt bent manner at the lowest. prices. Long experience and close application to business merit consideration from those having work to be done in his line. Ho keeps Jewelry and Silverware for sale. Feb. 11, 1883, ltfrt L. W. Perrin, T. P.Cothrak PERRIN & COTHRAN, .Attorneys at Law, J ABBEVILLE, S. C. Marshall P. DeBruhl, Attorney at Law, ABBEVILLE C. II. S. C. BARBER SHOP. RICHARD OANTT. Is now prepared to do till worlc In his department in the best manner and at reasonable charges. Monthly customers shaving, hair cutting and shampool nir?l per month. Rasors honed and put in the best condition for 25 cents each. Shop tinder the Press and Banner office. March 15,1882, U Wheel Barrows ClAN* he bought cheap at the Cincinnati Rb/ posltory. THOS. DEGGS. May 10, KSS3, tf Call Soon* TO mnke wny for a hull supply ol every kind oi' IIAKNKSH, I will Hell my present stock at greatly reduced prleon, nt the Clnclunull Repository. THOS. BEGGfi. May ill, |?B, tf A Bargain. ALIGHT family Paroneh, slightly damaged, can he bought cheap by culling at' Itae Cincinnati Uepository. The damage will not Interfere with the wear of It. TIIOS. BEGGS. May 16, IS8-1, tf For Sake of Variety. ON'E Bi*cwster Side Bar Buwy.onc Tlmpkln Side Mar Buggy, with steel axles a d Tires, a> good a< the best ha* been added to the stock of the Cincinnati Repository. Call noon tf you want something nice for a Rummer evening drive. TUOS. BEGGS. May 10, ISM, tf THE TIMETO STRIKE -tsWfiSK THE IRON IS EOT. TT IS NOW THAT P. ROSENBERG & CO. 1 huvtt on hand u full mid complete Stock of mm AND SUMMER GOODS, -CONSISTING IN PART OFGcuts* Youth's nnd Boy's Suits, Hand nnd Machine Sewed Shoes, ?of every description and quality? DOMESTICS, LAWNS, PIQUES, CALICOES, NOTIONS, ETC. which are of tlio Latest Styles find nt most reasonable price*. "We are constantly Increislng our stuck of "ROGERS" TRIPLE PLATED SILVERWARE. In the latest designs, very suitable for wedding presents, and a great necessity to the household. Also, BREECH AND MUZZLE LOADING SHOT GUNS, BANJOS, VIOLINS, ACCORi>EONS, and other MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, TRUNKS. SATCHELS, JEWELRY. CROCKERY, HARDWARE. G R QUERIES AND T UHAC C 0. In which we offer special Inducement*. We have Just received a larpe assortment of STRAW HATS In the latest styles, wfilcli will he sold positively at NEW YORK COST. Cull curly and ketone to suit you. Yon will have time and money by tailing at ohde on P. ROSENBERG & GO. May l(i, 1883 If All the Rage. AMONGST the stock of rehlelcs In the Cincinnati Repository Is a two Wheeled Fond Pltaetoiii It only wants a trial to hmke It the tiiosi desirable one bore* vehicle Iti lise. TliOS. BEG US; May 2,1WCJ, tf J. C. NEWMAN. IF you want nice homemade hnrne.su, ro to Newman's shop In Knox's building, Abbeville. S. C. May 2,18S3, tf Collars. ANK'F, lotol extra Inrjreand heavy draft} Collars. Just received and for sale at the > L.'lneibnatl Repository. TI10S. BEGGS. April II, 1883, If "Old Hickory" Wagons 1'IIE best In the world. Every farmershould liave one of them. For mi If I'.v March 21,1SS3. JOHN KNOX CO. And Still They Cotoe* Tl'ST received another lot of those nice:, J smooth Pugiiy Harness, which I can sell | it the wonderful low price of Ten Dollars per , set, at the C incinnati Repository. THUS. UEGGR. ' Jtinefl, 1*W, tf 1 just Received. I 3 CASES of Millinery, new styles for Sum-J mer.ind very cheap. It. M. HADDON* & CO. May 2:!, 13*3. if Parker & Hill A HE foiling Chess-Carley Company's stand- j ard 111) test KFHOSKNK Oil. at 1 t-J cents per gallons for one dol-! l.fj gallon or ff lar. May ;W, 1SS!, tf Buggy Umbrellas. * GOOD artlrlecan t>e had cheap, by calling1 fl at the Cincinnati Repository. , I TIl'JS. 15EOG3. | Juno U, 1SS3, If n To Arrive. AIIANPSOMK line of l'lald OlnRhiims. shim?b\s A-KvernHtSuiting from Id to: *? cents tier yard. Splendid iroodii lor hnut<e Iri-SM'S. It. M. II ADDON & CO. | -W. lSSJ, tf Breast Collars. JUST the tiling for a ntyllxli ovonlne drive, nt variou?pricth, nt tl?e CinHnnnti tti'rostory. THUS. | .Inin1 6. IS*.", tf * * V DR. F. F. CAR'S HAS movrd to Abbeville for tbe practice of ^^9 modlvlne. mid oflera LI* prufeudouat scrrlces to the public. KHfl Call* during the day may be loft at the of* (low or Col?t*uVpm: ]). Onry Or ot ihe former r?8ldeiu??jf Judge McGuuun; liow occupied i^H by J Jr. 'Jiity.l ? Jail. 81, ls&),n2m Boots and Shoes, Har- H ness and Tanyard. B BEST material u?ed, fine Workmen employ ed.cimtom work made promptly, and at tbe lowent bottom prici*? (brcntb. Hides al- H| way*bought at the blghert market price for ai*h or In exchange for lesthbr or work. WW January 28. 1880, ly. H WM. H. PARKER W. C. McGOWAN. Bfl PAEKEE & McGOWAN B ATTORNEYS AND SOLICITOES, H ABBEVILLE, C. H., 8. C. Bfl WILL practiceal*o In the Clrenlt Court* ?f |^B .the United State* for South Carolina* ^H| Jan 7.1880. tf WTj. ROGERS, I "n__i Hfl iu.ui uuauuisc j3fo&ert |h Dealer in grain, flour, meal. kh HAY. BRAN AND GROCERIES. Alt communication* either by wire or mail an* Hworeil promptly; J. B. RCMJKRH will attend to office busluewn when I am abiient. W. J. ROGERS. Jan. 10,18S2, ly j^H Buggy Cushions. JUST received a Job lot of Bujnry and Carriage Ctiahioftft, which will be sold very low for cflHh at the cincinnati REPOSITORY, T. BEGGS, Agent Jan. 17, J883, tf Silks and Satins. Wt 'PHE largest stock of Silka, Satina, Ottoman 1 Silks, Brocade Sllka, Figured Sllka. Ac. H All colors to oe found at K. M. HADDON A CO. March 21,1833, tf Basketsi Baskets, Basks^j^H t N great varieties at -^v' t R M. llADDON k March 21.1883, tf ^ Shoes, Shoes, Shoes. H IADIES Flue Shoes, Children's Fine 8boMj j Ladles and Children'* Slipper*. |^H R. M. HADDON * CO. W March 21,1883. tf Children Carriages. fl RATTAN, new and pretty stylea. Also.* lot Of Boya Waeona?Iron and Wood, at t _ J. D. CHALMERS A CO. ? March H{ 1883, tf ( SELF-RAISING Buckwheat at f CUNNINGHAM A TEMPLETON. / ? March 14.1883, tf I Just Received. ) H /AVER 100 BASKETS?Lunch Bmketa,Mar^ \s RGt Backet*. Sfttoucl Banket*. Key Batkcts, Nursery Basket*. R. M. HADDON * CO. fl| Feb. 29, 18X3, tf 1 F you tonnt n nice Spring Bolt call on 1 CUNNINGHAM A TE51PLETON. March II, ISM. tf Paragon Axle Grease. H 'THE best In market. Which I will nM I chenp to denier* liy the package. Retail price 10cunt*, or three for 25 cent* at the AUk HH ton corner. THOU. BEGGS. Murcll H, 13S3. tf # ciisrciisrisrA.Ti I REPOSITORY I ABBEVILLE, 8. C. ?M l)ERSONS WANTING I WAGONS, ? BUGGIES! BO HARNESS, >H WHIPS, , HALTERS, BUGGY CUSHIONS, * AXLE GREASE, PI/OW GEAR, flH RIDING BRIDLES, ^B| HA.ME STRINGS, Ac., j^B Will do well to call before purchasing, a* Xwill not be undersold. THOS. BEGGS. I March 11? 1883, tf ' . > ~SC200L~CLAIMST K 'PHE subscriber will be In his offlrw for tbep 1 purp le of registering School Claims on the following days, namely: On Snlurdnyv^^^H J-ith March, lith April, 19tb May, and every Saledoy; ? P.. COWAN, School Commissioner. March 7; 1833; if , MRS. TAGGART I I) thai olio 1* Still in the Dress Making Business, Hj and hopes thnt they will nil patronize her. / Cutting mid fitting done at ell timet at the: HI most reasonable rate*. Ha tU faction guaran- : teed. She may be found ut her residence la jmH New Orleans. April 4, lSh&tf MM LIME I LIME IV I'HF undersigned begs leave to say to tS?^ public thut he keeps always on hand a ) good supply of fresh and well burnt LIME at ' BW lils kiln In Lutorens county, at the G. W.8nl II van old kiln, 18 tulles west of Lauren* Court House, 3 miles from Free bridge on Suloda.M miles north-enst of Abbeville Coort House, ^B which I will soil cheap for cash. 25 rents per ^B bushel or oer ton. Persons wishing Lime MB ciin get their orders rilled at any time I also H win runt It to be us good If not better,than Hi can be KOt elsewhere. I.ime is the best fartll- H9 Izcr ever used. I have teams and can dellf#r Lime at any desired place. Address WKm J. JL>. MASTERS 4 CO., H Bre wcrton, S. C. SB Sept. 27,1882,12m R M. Haddon & Co. I HAvE cut nn archway in the r*arof their" BB store and now occupy alt the space fftt-_ Rfl inerly occupied by .Ins. A. Bowie, with anipiff~"""^B room, Increased facilities, we will be much Sj better prepared to serve our friends this spring BP than ever. K. M. HADDON A CO. H Feb. 28,1883, tf H PCRSIlM" I 80 BEDSTEADS to hand this Wttk, H 24 MATTRESSES; H 24 BUREAUS; 96 CHAIRS, 24 SAFES, \I1 will be sold At low price* tor CASH. JD. C3A1KM8 & CO E March H, 1883, tf H| Whips. Jfll IF you want n good Rldlnr.Bnwfy or Whip, call at the Cincinnati Reponltory/^^^W THOS. BEQGS. April 11,1883, If New Sotae Sewing Machine. I ONE I/KFr?price 535. It la 17 per cent*- I lower thrtn ha me kind or cIms can W bongbt Ih town, at D| J. D. CHALMERS A CO. March 14,1S83, tf TrTH. D. WILSON," J ?0? JR DENTISTRY, Abbeville, C. H., S. C. fl .StOfllcc; Upstairs over the Font Ofllce."tt> BARGAINS! 1 WE will place on oar Counters TO-MOR-" B HOW,- some real bargains In line M imircnj riaano EMBROIDERED CASHMERES. SATTEENS, NEWrORT SASIIES, EMBROIDERED GLOVES. MULL EMBRCftDERYS, IRISH POINT EMBROIDERY8, BLACK AND WHITE LISLE HOSE, and many other desirable goods. We are determined to close out the remainder of our FINK WORSTEDS and In order to do ho have marked tbcm down regardless of cost. R. M. HAD DON & CC May 23,1883, tf j m nnn TirtniTnn nn Tirnnr iu.uuu minus uf nuuk WANTED - 10,000 TOUNDS OF WOOL. fl Highest cash price paid. QUAELGS & CO/' M May 2,1SS3. tf ( I *>' J9~ * m