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1 he Press and Banner. By lluffh Wilson. Wednesday, June 4,1884. Marriage License Law. One of the mo*t flagrantly alaised prl vlleji s granted t?> man. perhaps is the right. to lusirry. south Carolina, like In many tliim>'. lioltls he self iil<>ot with hiiu.-lity juein. from the establishment of a marriage lioen>C luw. i'ne pernicious etJcets > the custom now prevail in;:. U'liiVh ptrmIN ;in tin restrict* d excreiM' of matnmoiital desire* among all <la**es. :>n<l especially among the jottng i'lul hit xp -iii j.cerl. Is patent io any jeison who win examine statistics, ami note I l.e 1/1 on 1 i-ir :p'ulcn.\ Ml III III J voillli Ii'Otit In throw themselves Into I In* mysterious its wdi lis serious tncshci ?>f wedlock with apparentlv ho concern tor themselves or their circitmhtamev. Mnrr.ag** is the most s ievpt> tic tn:in or woman can form on earth, and i> ac oinpnnied with tesponsthlliiips and ca^es which fall with tle:ulenin? foree up-m the hends .if tho-e inconsiderateper-ons hwcenter its solemn to'.ils without preparation for a l-attle with the world irmde.1 hv a stranre Hght. which S" o.tea misleads anh destio.v* those whoih? not properly inid>*i>ta'iU Us various l-liarges. The .sentiment in lavce- of a proper hut strict niaril-oje It'vnse law i:i this state is p 1 n ?>ir kioikkI. ar-U we hop" the next avs-'inhiy w ill take the matter in hind in ' throw a p'rotcctImr sille d ov?v the youth of hoth sexes. It is said that custom nt il?-*s Irv. tu t a ctis'om wl.l'-h sweeps over such a boundless ui'ituiil, with no rcstiietion. ne>d< to be hro'i^ht t?> proper limits, .-'en:intent 'lists preaeh that hearts hotiml together with the sliver ford of love should make no delay in seenrill the I etit'riiftina of siimi" iniiiis'or ti> matte tti?'. harm complete. The Mrn herein portrayed i* very pretty, l?ttl pie>eiit* t'O argument to warrant an iiliitnc oi fit* inarrl-ipc privilege. Aiiynmn orv<timn who ha* at! ttiC'l a mari iattea'iie are should be permitted to marry, provided '"'th p.irtlw to t !:e rout met are aware of the responsibilities t'ley art- ft-snnillJE, unit provided, ulso. t ti:it tl.e young hnlv'K patents are willing for b'-r to enter matrimony. I.et n< bu\e a tnariiiigu license law.? .V/iutta Argun. Our good neighbor no doubt expresses the best intensions in tiio above paragraph, but if he will allow us to speak to the snbjct, we will (litter from him in the sentiments above expressed, and in doing so we wouui quote tne idea advanced by a member of the Abbeville literary Cltib while in the discussion of the mihject of marriage and divorce. That member had had much opportunity for observation at home and abroad, to say nothing of information obtained from publications. Ho said that no spot of ground on the face ot the earth furnished the same protection to woman that shields her in South Carolina; that all statutes pertaining to marriage or divorce were to the injury of tho woman; that the mere fact of a man's acknowledging a woman to be his wife, ni .de it so in South Carolina, while in other countries, owing to the formalities and legal requirements connected with the marriage contract, many most excellent la lies were imposed upon by men who studied the laws with a view to deception. We have no license law in South Carolina, and we want no divorce law. Let us stick to the old rule which recognizes the marriage of all who may acknowledge each other to he husband and wife. We want no more demoralizing statutes enacted. The Meeting on Sale P.iy. Tlu.rn it'ati liHln l.oftirn flm Pluli that. excited any interest last saleday. The meeting was small. The Blair bill excited most interest, ar.d was generally , discussed. Much speculation in reference thereto was had. Kvery conceivable opinion was expressed as to the sense of the meeting. A number of persons whom we heard speak were not in a hurry to give their own opinions, while they were free to speak in a general way, as to the opinions of the meeting. Thero was an evident desire on the part of some of our citizens to keep the educational question out of county politics, and it seemed apparent to us that some feeling was manifested in the discussion both in private and in convention, and wc think wo hazard nothing in saving Irat the educational question may possiIjly roach proportii lis in Abbeville which may bring on an exciting campaign. toeing the possibility of lively times ahead, and not being certain as to l.uw "the cat may hop," the candidates were exceedingly cautions. S?> far as we know no candidate is committed, as a politician, A .ainst public education, while we pre?.line that somo of them are at heart in sympathy with the movement, provided i m big a row is not kicked up on .hat account, and the Democratic j arty is n< t placed ?" jeopardy. All our people aro ?? Hound Democrats. There is no doubt about that, and it is fair to presume that many, if they thought the good of the party would he promoted, would be willing to sacrifice their own personal feelings on the altar of their party. Tho resolutions endorsing Col. Aiken were passed without dissent, either in public or in private, so far as we know. The Educational Business. About seventy replies to our interrog fttor'MS have boon received. Wj hope to pub]i?h next week the views of th gentlemen who have favored us with their opinions. A hasty glance at them eaves the following impressions: 1. The editors are solid against us. 2. Lawyers, politicians and business men aro divided, but a majmity against ?i*. 3. Th? farmer*, with a single exception, are solid with the Press mi it Banner in opposition to public* education. 4. The replies from Edgefield, except from an editor, supports the views entertained by the Press <in<l It'inncr. 5. The replies from Charleston arc divided, but we believe a majority are favor awie to tlie views or the J rcss and Banner. Of eourc we may be in error. We have made no careful anavlysis, but merely give judgment after a hasty glance at the papers. Hard to Convince. Onr friend, the Charleston Xcw/t and Courier is indeed hard to convince. We thought last week we had furnished ' ufldeninble proof" that about nine per cent, of our criminals had worked their wry into the penitentiary because of the education which the State had given them. liut the A ews ana Conner pieaus tec hnical objections. Wo will then frame a now indictment, ami say, if education is not the cause it is certainly the means by which theso evil doers got into the penitentiary. If the asserti >ns of a correspondent are not competent testimony, it seems to ns that the official records of the Court ought to be good. Come, own np, neighbor; we think we've got yon this time. Another Correspondent Comes to Do Battle for the Right. A communication from Pickens in reply totho Xews and Courier's position on the educational question has been received, but it must wait until next week to see to see the light?the delay being because of the lateness of the hour at which it was received. The Xews and Courier's articles have brought to our defense some of the ablest writers from various quarters of the State*. Those communications, of course, come not from any love for the Press and Banner nor do they originate from ar.y dislike to the News and Courier, but in defense of n principle. It is tr.e questions which 0,1,1 nrit fhp npwsnaners. The Prosperous Aiken Journal nntf Review. Our friend Mr. L. C. Li^on and his partner Mr. Hutson are prospering at Aiken in the publication of that sterling newspaper the Aiken Journal and Review. Last wook ?hat paper came out in a splendid suit ol typo from head to foot, which makes it as neat as a pin. Lontf may this paper live and prosper, and be f i' . an honor to Aiken County, which should award It a liberal support because of its high lone as a newspaper, and because of its honorable course as a journal. Is the Blair Bill nil Orphan? Sometime ago a resolution endorsing General Butler's position on the Hlair bill was deemed as one of order before the School Association, because it was a political question. L,;tst Monday a si milar resolution was thought to inexpedient, because it was a school question, * which shoiud be passed upon by Ibe teacher*. rcmocrnt3 have sent THden ?olc^.'.cs to Chi; ugo. I mm ? ' THE COUNTY CLUB, jl A SMALL MEETING AND A QUIET DAY. j ; The Resolution In Upfpreiifp to the!' Itlair 1HU Ik I.aid on the Tnblc-t'ol. j Alkcu is Endorsed?Six or Our Con-1 > pressmen are Awarded a Word of; j Approval-Election of Delepates to ] t'oiipresslonai and Judicial Conventions. ! The Club wns rallotl to order by thei Chairman, \V. C. Ilcnot, K-q. j I Tiu> Secretary, M. P. DeBrulil, Ksq., was requested to call the roll or cttim. i i A majority <>t the clubs tieiilir rep re*! s 's<Mited and a quorum of delegates woro' | present the meeting was declared ready t I fin business. i I The Secretary ro.-.d minutes of last i rnectintr. | The Chairman said that the call for this t : meeting had been made rather late but j from the simple laet that there was luisi- < j ue-s which ought ti? eome before this t body to-day. This aeeounts for the call in tiie newspapers for this mooting, lie < ! was glad to see so If rue a majority of t ? s l delegates present. The luisiuess whirl) he deemed important was cmliraeed iu si | the lir-t Article of the Constitution of the I j State Convention. I After Mime discussion of that matter, i ; the question jis to how many delegates ( i we arc entitled to in the State Conven- *j tion was brought up. After discussion j j it was e >neltided that we are entitled to ] twelve. j I Capt. M. L. Ronhain, without making j ! any remarks in support of his resolu-M i tiotis, introduced the following resdut iitus: * | I I j AViikkf.as, It is rl_dit nvd proper tli.it wo i should express our view* upon ijuestious of ! pulilit: inii>oi tun.'C. Therefore lie It i Ji-M/tvcit, By the Hem or ratio party of Abbe-j vil.e county tu eonvcntioti ati-embled, i Tliat lu our opinion National Alii to Kduca- ' tion is a dangerous innovation on the cm-1 j tonus, and pivrcUcuts anil principles oI' thej Democratic party. j That wi* h.-ait ly endors the position taken ' ' by senator Butler on tlir Blair Bill, anil as- . sure him ol our appuvl.uion of li;s b ild and ; j . s;a:esinun-like action. ' Mr. I. T. Sprulcs of Greenwood said:"' that he thought I hat quesiion ought in t , j to he I) roil u lit into the county politics,.^ i and said that his delegation ha 1 been in- | : strueted to vote against any Introduction j { of that question. j ( j The motion to lay "ii the table was put,! only a p irtion of the delegate* voting.'t : The vote was elose. The chair ruled tnat1 ( , the "ave.s" hail it, and the motion to layJ'j I on the table was carried. I j Capt. L. \V. White said that after thej fate of the resolutions which had just been ollerrad. he had some hesitancy in j offering any resolution. Although we ; I ' are a very small part of the State, and tlie State itself is a small part of the Fed-1 j oral Union, \et it is right and proper that we should give expression ot our scnli: moots. We would, therefore, speak of j the traitorous conduct of Itandal an I his forty-ono follower in their desertion of j the Democratic puny on a vote in Congress on the Mormon tariff bill: 1 Wiikkkas It Is n recognized i>r:nclplo ofi Domoer.<cy tliat ilie people have theruhttoj ! rev lew tliu couilticl of their servants, thereby ' ' approving whatever in l ight mid condemning whatever may be wrong, therefore, be it re-1 j | so: veil, I 1. lbat we heartily emlorso the action of . the six Democratic members from South t'arolitiii as well as thit of ihe oilier Democratic * iiiemtieis oi the Unlicil States House of Kcp- t reociiialives, who by their support of ti.e i me.isme, eoinmon.y kn>iwn as the "Morrison j h lull" proved their i.ilelity to the piinciples of|. true Democracy; that we regard the defeat oi j J I the bill reletrea to, only as a temporary re- ] l ] verse; ami that we charge all our Represents!- * ! tlveb lit Congress to continue unremittingly j their eltbrts In the cause of "Tariff lteforiii," | i until "laillf lor Kevenue oil y," shall have | , become established as otic oi the tix- tl, last- ' I ing and unalterable laws oi the national gov- \ j eminent. \ i II. 'l hat In our Judgment the forty-one f ; members of C ingn-.-s, claiming to be Demo- j crats, who voted auuiast the Morrbon IJlli, . 'exmoluda want of tea t.v to the cause they ' | prolcss to espouse, thereby Justly entitling C {themselves to the a n?i tail tiled disapprobation t of the great political party whicn tltey have t 'gross.y mlsrepnsi mid; that we cannot bui ; icgai (1 tiieir ac< to i as antagonistic to the best j1 | interests ot theunat majority of tl:e people si 'o: the United States, and inimical to prog-[ i ! ress. industrial development and tu ueriai j t piospt.ity. I I Colonel F. A. Connor rose to endorse . j the resolutions. He did so heartily, > i though lie did not think iho Democracy < | lost iiuu-Ii by ;lie deleat of the Morrison | 1 bill. Tiiis is not a measure solely for i South Carolina, l>ut for the whole United n ! Stales. It is well for us to express our j disapprobation of the conduct of those recreants who defeated the MorriIson hill. The defeat of tli.it hill has, he I thought, solidilied the Democracy and j commuted the parly to the needed re- J, : luriii". The Chicago Convention will no , ; donht have a tariff plank in its platiorm <-. {upon which every Democrat in South i Carolina can stand. I lte?olution adopted. i Capt. L. W. White said that he had an- ? onicr rcsniuuou wiuni ne wisucu inouuri : lor consideration l<v the club. He knew I not whether there was any truth in them \ but according to reports Irotu other counties efforts are beingmade to supplant our; a Congressman, and lie thought it well for : Abbeville to ^ive expression of opinion, v He therefore offered the following resolution : 1 Wiii'Ri'AS, The time for h Iding a convenlion 10 nominate a suba'de Ucpie>ent;?tivc 1'i-r itie >hnd Concres-ioiial District in il.e 40ih Congress, isncirat hand,and WitEuiAS. M i* proper ib.it tlifi county ol Al b vioe Miould make known her pre!'eience, j iievilv:(I, Thai, we the representative"' ol j | the i e >p c of Abbeville county. In eonven- I . Hon :i8-< inbled, do ihcae that t!ie Hon. 1>. (W.vait Aik 11 is our choice to represent ihis i ! Pistilet in tlic-19.h CniarcKs, ami we hereby | I pledgeourco.Uiid and undivided support to t tii?* end that Ids re-election may be secured. | I Mr. J. C. llogau seconded the resolu- i tiou in some words of hearty endorse| ment of Colonel Aiken s nomination. | Resolution adopted without dissenting j vote. ! The President then arose from his sent i and said ho desired to record his vote and explain his position on a question of so i much importance and one with which n ! his n.unu liad been prominently connect- 0 | cd iu the public press, lie was opposed to national aid to education because it " ' i I 1. I \> tlT* IIIHHIIMIUUHMIIU, llllUVIIIUnUIR, Mill- | I ver>ivo of State sovereignty ami calcu !, i lated to consolidate all power at Wsshing- i j ton. It was wrong lo .suppose that oppo- l | sitioii to the Itlair bill meant opposition ! | to education ; liis course with regard to ' ! education must satisfy the people of A li lievillc County that he wan no enemy to v J -schools. lint :is a Democrat ami a .South- ?' eruer lie could not support a measure be- ' ! gotten in a Republican cam-us which had t ; no warrant in the Constitution and f j which subordinated the (Jovernor of|i I .South Carolina to the Republican Sucre- 1 | tary of the Interior at the city j J. iof 'Washington. Mis opposition, more- L over, to the Blair bill was consistent l ! with support of the Morrison Hill, inas- ( > | much, as the Rlair bill fuml was derived i' solely from protective tariff, and Ireei; trade Democrats who voted for the Blair U bill could not consistently voto for the It Morrison bill, which if passed, would cut P oil'the supply for national aid to educa- 'j tion. Mr. Henet's remarks were heartil.V applauded, and it is evident that if |? similar remarks bad been made before 1 : the motion to table the resolution was ' ! made, a different result would have en- ? |sued. ; (.'apt. M. L. Bonhani said that since Ins resolutions had been hud on the table, and as he had not been allowed to discuss < | them, he asked permission to state his 1 position in regard to them: That tie is ' not opposed to education hut was op- ' posed to national aid to education on j I purely political grounds; that ho belioved national aid to education to he tin- ( democratic ami contrary to the prece. dents and principles of the party; that it j tended to centralization, and the destruction of the rights of States. j Mr. J. R. Moore of New Market nmvj ed a reconsideration of the resolution i, \\ hereby (.'apt. Dunham's ie.o!u ion w: 3 tabled. < | Mr. Sproles of Greenwood said that he < I could not see what we have to do with ; j tlic Itlair bill or any other educational 1 question. That is a question which it is h proper for the teachers to consider, ami 11 not for us. It should not enter into J j County politics. He was as well pre- j. i pared to discuss the question to-day, as 1 j I will bo a month hence?beeuase ho may|t not be it delegate then. The President announced that the J County Club would 11 eet cieh Side Day j, between now and the close of the enm-j 1 patxu. If special business should arise, 1 a notice of a call will be made in the L newspapers. . Dr. Robertson moved that tho Conven- 1 tion adjourn. ! 1 ('apt. L. W. White enquired as to who jj Mad autnoruy i<> can >" ' vunmraMiiii.u ; , mid Judicial Convention*, and when j | these convention wouid meet. IIc? rli<l no j ] that he might know if it was proper toj< elect delegates. ! 5 The President replied that it was per- ' i fectly proper to elect delegates to-dav. j, I Col. K. B. Gary said that when it had . i gone on; that we had elected twelve dele-1' Hates to the Congressional convention to j( support Col. 1). W. Aiken, itwillhavejj j more force than mere resolutions. He u therefore moved an election for delegates. , i | ('apt. White thought we were noton-i' titled to more than six delegates. E. G.:! Graydon, Esq., saiil that we had only six ] at the last nominating convention. * K J Colonel Gary had no doubt as to the | number. Twelve is the number. Capt. J. T. Parks said he was a delegate ! in 1?S2. Only six delegates were sent l 'then. i1 Colonel Gary "aid lie was chairman of f that de'egatjon. Twelve was the number. ] E. (J. Graydon. E<q., said that was < ' was some of Tillman's ideas which had < been adopted. The number is twelve. I ' ! move to elect C. L. Smith a delegate. J I The delegate* put in nowination were: !C. L. ftmhh. E. S. Male. I>r. J. I>. Noel, , I E. B. Gary. B. Z. fJerndon. L. W. White, ' James T. Eliis, John E. Bradley, John j E. Brown Ice, J. XV. Perrin, W. C. Brook, | Titos. P. Cothian. i Mr. J. C. fiugan, just before the elee- I tion said he would nominate Mr. Thomas 1 F. Riley. ] Mr. Bilev replied that twelve names j were already in nomination. He there- i lore withdrew and moved that nomina- I . tions be now closed. Adopted. i On u otim the rule as to ballot was siis- { 1 ponded, und President was leq nested to , cast the vote of the club. I The President announced that the fol- 8 ? i .owinggentlemen wore elected delegates! o tliu Congressional (Convention: L\ L. Smith, James T. Ellis, S. Hale, John E. Bradley, ] Dr. J. L>. Neel, John E. Browulee, IC. B. (iary, J. W. Perrin, 15. llerndon, W. C. Brock, Ij. W. White, Thos. P. Coihran. j' E. (i. Ciraydon, Esq., moved that each telegate be empowered to select his own (I ternate. (.'apt, L. W. White thought itimpnr-| :ant to have a full delegation. It was bet-1 rr for any delegate who cannot go to inform the chairman, that he might, make a r jow appointment. A delegate going by'i tppoiutment of the* I'lC-ideut under iuihoritv ol" this convention would have mire weight tliaii if he went under tlie simple reijue>t of a delegate. Nobody ivould like t > go unless he had more au.honty llum that. The committee on :redentials would no doubt rule out all iiteh delegates. Mr. T. ! '. Hi ley of Greenwood, moved hat we elect aix delegates. K. (i. (jravdon, listj., withdrew his resilution whereby each delegate would lie mpowered to appoint his own alternate. Mr. J. E. lJrauley of Long Cane, secluded Mi. <?raydon's resolution to elect ii.\ delegates. Colonel (iary moved that the Chair bo uithori/.ed to iippoint twelve delegates, .'arrii-d. The Chair announced the following tamed geutleineii as alternates to the l\ F. Hi Icy, Jas. H. Barksdale, j 2. G. (iraydon, Maj. .1. K. Vance, j A. Cumior, \V. H. Mundy, >r. J. A. Robinson, J. B. Alosely, ' ?\ \V. K. Nance, \V. It. Hichey, A*in. McOili, Jus, Cotlirati, Jr. | A in >lioii was then made to adjourn. | Dr. K'diiuson of Due West, moved tho :leelioii of delegates to the Judicial Conention. This resolution was seconded jv Colonel Gary. j 'Twelve gentlemen wore put in nomina-: ion. The President was requested to! asttho vote of the club. This vote lie ast for the twelve who had been iiomi* | lated, as follows: i B. Gary, Win. MeGill, I {. W. lladdon, David Aiken, j i. a. kieii, w. j. monro. i X. C. MvGowan, T. J. Haskin, I. I>. Corhran, L. \V. Smith, L\ F. ltiiey, W. K. Kichey. Colonel O. T. Calhoun moved that tho j .'hair appoint six alternates. Carried. ;l The alternates to the J udicial Conven- I toil are: ' ). T. Calhoun, T. W. Mars, ? I'hos. I*. Thomson, \V. B. At kor, lohu H. Catwile J. 11. Uiiv. Meeting adjourned. i iOWNDESVILLE AND HER GOOD PEOPLE. ? nlcrostlng Jleelln);* which an Abbe- < villc Correspondent Attended, and i * nncl Ui? Enthusiastic Account or the Same. Editor Press and Binner: On last Saturday and Sunday ynuroore>pondent had ihc plasure of being with he good people of Lowndesville. The ivasioii was Quarterly Conference at Smyrna. Saturday was children's day. \ddresses were delivered to the children >y Rev. J. E. Huston, Prof. George. C. I lodges, and Rev. \V. 1). Kirkland, Pre- j ;idiug Elder. After the "feast of reason" he congregation repaired to the grove to lartake of the picnic dinner which was iproad out upon a long table erected for) he purpose. No description that could j >e attempted would de justice to it. It isj iiillicient to say that Lowndesville sus-l ained her reputation for providing good! heer. At tho business sfssion of the j onfereuco in tho afternoon, delegates! vcre elected to tho District Conference iviheh will meet at McCormick, and some >ther business of local interest was transicted. On Sunday morning the Presidng Elder preached from 1 Peter, first :hapter, fourth verse, and kopt the attenion of the large congreg ition enchained or nearly an hour. Rev. \V. [). Kirkandisaii earnest, pious, ?nd able man, tud has justly earned tho love and esteem ?f his entire denomination. Your eor esp' ndeut ami tho other strangers prosnt were tho recipients of many acts of; nintesy and attention, nml mine away 11 vith tlio ronvietion that there may lie >timr people as friendly. pleasant and lospitalile as the people of Lowndesville* ml that it is impossible to tind any who ire more so. June 3, 1-^4. X. Ltnviic.svillc Dots. ( Quite n number of young people from ,owiid"?ville iitlcndcil a pi. nfc ?it Swearingi.mi's Mills on 22 inst All I.ad a pleasant iiup iiini on.|<>.\eil a sumptuous Ultin *r. One il Lowndes*lll.-'s yo-mg merchants waspur-i iculaily ptea?ed Willi the vicinity und ex-j ipct* to visit fre(|uca!l . The Baptist havp let the contract for the re tlon of their church at this placo. and lopt* to have II completed si on. M\V. F. Hanks of St. Matthews a'handoiueand ae-'oinpllslieil young gentleman is Isltlng his pa:ents at this place. Miss Utile llakor Is visiting friends and re! live of Augusta. MissMatile Hanks Is spending a few weeks villi friends in t'okrubury. Two young gem lemen of L. will be especially delighted when he returns. Our railroad will beconip'etely ready for the les tn >i short lime irom Arawon 10 ^iwrifsvillf. We nil hope that the train will ie i uniiing over our road at no distant diy. Crops arc looking finely in this community. Vhent is better than it Im* b*en in a numher f years, and fanners are already beginning o harvest. One our neighbors inloimed lis nat ills cotton was equaruu:. Mr. Editor. don't you think we ought to lave a candidate lor the leg.s.atuie from tills artof Hie county ? Ther?'are several suita>legentlemen In club No. I. I)ro. W. C. Shaw s also a very piominent member of club Co. 2. J. Modern Skepticism. yews and Courier, l'th, ult. ' How shall the church meet modern f=keptlism?" was the subject discussed laH night ,t the Church Co;igre>8. The iII-cuhsIoii ?as ipened by Mr. Itenet, of Abbeville, the essay? st appoint) d for tiie occasion, llis address ipeiK-d with a review of skepticism ancient nd mttJoru; anil lie concluded this part of he p.?p*T with reference to the creed of the iK-dein skeptic ub latety formulated by HertellSpencer in the Jauuary nauiber of the ''ortniyhtly Iteview, in a notati e article entiled "Ueli;:ioii," when in belief in "the Un;iio\v.-ible" is announced by the g>eat plilloHo her to be the only one posslul'-? liCilef in the Infinite and etet-rnal Eriergv from vliich all tilings proceed." Mr. Kcnetshow'd that this amiosi ic creed left man's religious in lure unprovided lor and hungry, and really tpeiiea up the way for the Christian Cuureh o deal successively with skepticism by ,r inching the gospel of i hrist. 'ilie Church, le said, would best meet, modern skepticism, I iot by disproving error, but by building up ! aitli; not by processes of Ion it: and cogency I if argument, but In intlueucini: men's lives i mil coiiuiict by preaching Christ. The holly ' ivlng ami the dying ?>t one humble Christian j voulil do more lor Christianity nnd the hurch than tlx- must learned lieatiRe hi sup. ioi t of Christ inn dogmas. The Church iliould mrel modem skepticism its alio met indent skepticism, not I?y cool argument, >ut by warm, zealous prcaching of Christ. Clie Church was not in so much dimcer fioui letive -k'-pticism as Irom men's Indifference, tell^lon being a matter ol conduct anil life itore than a heller, the Church would not nieces-fully meet Rkeptillsm by preaching the ew futulomcutui trulils of Christianity and jointing to "(he imitation of Christ." Faith Is not built on disquisition rain; ["he things wo must btMeve are few and plain." The Church bod nothing t > do withgcol- i tty, astronomy, antology or evolution; it i vas not his province even to attempt iorec-1 iiicilc science and religion. The one great liiestion the Church had to ask of the world ,vas n>it "What think ye of Spencer or itrua-s, of Tymlal: or Huxley?" Mr. beliefs essay was thoughtful and earn:stand was read with rare Impiessivetiess' The Educational Question. Feu-berry Observer. After a thorough Investigation of public sentiment the A 'ens (mil Courier says: "We are safe, we think, In saying I but t'ie white pi ople of Abbeville County will n<>i t<>1i ale any uPomptto lepeal the two mill com Ittuiintinl tax; and that they aie about | rjunlly (iivlded, in opinion for and against , the lilair hill, ?lth a probable leaning to-' wards ihe.t measure. In our Judgment, tind ! from all that wo can learn, there is no county n the .Slate In which there is any Hlromtur eel lug aunlnsi the lilair hill, or nciinst the inib.lc sell >ols, than exist in Abbeville; that is to say, the opposition to the public schools liioiii hout the State Ik InslgntVant, Htid the majority of ihe people are In favor of the ' lilmr bill. This is the conclusion to which we h-ive com ; iifte* watching c.irefully the remarks of tiie ililt'erent new papers, and ob:alnit>'.' all the available Information upon ihe subject.' it gives It as Its "Judgment," In stimmnrlzng the replicN from seventeen ''leading ciiisens" <if Atibeville County, that 'the nuijorl:y of the | eople are In favor of the liluir bill Ithnugh It acknowledges that only nine of tin* seventeen approve of National aid to eduaiion, and ?nly eight ol the seventeen upurove of the B:atr b.II?lakes that coun'y ns a rcpri Henii-ti ve ?i the sentiment or the .siate. It further s iys. "thirteen of tlio seventeen uro tpposcd to the two mill constitutional tax." ?o the Observer Is more likely to come to an i lercemcnl wilh the tfetor and Courier Ihnn j ivltli the Press and limner. Indeed they nl; ready iijjiee mbsiantlnliy In their estimates >f tlio opposition lo ihe fre-- sciiool system tnd ihe opposition to the Blair lit 11. We 011 y litter In this: that. Ihe yews and Courier lavoi'K tlie Bialr hill, while the Observer does lot. On this point let iis also agiec?to dlsa- ' ] free. We disagree with the Prist and Itanner n every one of Its positions on these two 1 liiestions, except In opposition to the Blair jill. Our Abbeville contemporary, in opposing the tree school system. Is "miawingo tile." i'opu'sir eilnoation is Hrmly fixed In IhoStnto Constitution : and the sentiment of tl.e people who put it there will keep it there. Henry Ward, of Philadelphia, met his death n a horrible form Monday last. For Rome months past Mr. Ward lias had in his posses- |i 1:011 11 larReihoj;, which wns durinu the dav 11 11 lowed to run in the back yard. Durinjr the night it was k'-pt In a pi-n in the yard. Some 1 lays iiiio the ho* dtve.oped an ujjly disposl- , ion. Several times II turned on Its owner | while beingdriven tolls ten,and had to be 1 uihducd with a cluh. Monday the animal 1 eeame unusually vleious and attackeil every 1 km son who (Mine near. A do* Ill-it was set ] m the brute In ihe hop-1 hat he would drive 1 lie lldi IO MIS pen Wiib luuit-u nuii >i?nuv>ij ( ?s< a.ieil (loath i>y Ki'nllrgH five foot picket | 'ence. M". Ward undertook todri-e the hog . nto his pen. Tin*beast trotted still- lily ahead i iii111 within a few feet of ihe Rate, when It < .uinetl and. with a vicious snoit, charged on i isowner. The mini tried to b-at ill'* tour off ( ivltli n stiek. Iittl wasoxct iHiWeted. In an In- < tant tin- liou tea ted Its li on Its hind feet. < ind Hi-owing It* ueiuhl H.'alnst theinuii liorc i ilin totleiarth. Ti eitnlnial then-prang on f ill. Wind Within* front h-ofs d'liwn c.osely | <>g'tlier. and Iteiorc the pri Ntriiie man could j ecover his footing the lm? h:id made a bad round to his aMoinen with Its teeth. Tlio vounded man was ten ued by some neiyhh-as, in' bled to death before incdt al assistance J irri ved.*Tbe hog wan killed with au axe. i * THE SHIELD'S APPEAL. ERROR FROM WHICH A NEW TRIAL WAS GRANTED. rhe Opinion Filed by Jnd??d .llerrlntoii, Who Analyze* NittonN Letter and Declare that there arc Uroundft for a ?w Trial. Charlotte Observer. . j As Iihh previously been announced, Tlios. L. ! >hiclds, who was con vlelcd of the murder of |, lo>cph G. Sitton, itt the Fall Term o: Mock-1 ( cnOurg Superior Court, i*>3, ha* b?'en man ed 1. i new trim by the Supreme C->urt. In view1! jt the widespread interest munilesteil In Hie j, ,M*e, an OOxt-rcer representative called at the , jftlee of tue Cietk of the Supreme Court to I, jet a copy of the decision, learning that ill, aid been received Irom ItulcUh. Tne de.-is- j on was rendered by Hon. A. S. Morrliiion, , tiid is as follows: i tie letter of tiie deceased, . vritlen nicht before, uml lound In his trunk . ' -!.< I/I iocuwI i.i hn? ? K-vor received by, AIiss Mo.lie shields, ihe \ itoe.-s mid sister ol tin: pr.soner, admitted tl evidence, till! prisoner objecting to Its lidiiis-l.ui, was incompetent and ought to have >een rejected. The prisoner was exunlnod on the trial as a v Iuichs in lii.i own behalf, and hlss.sler, M>>1it-, was likewise examined as a witness for ilin, her testimony lending mainly to u.irrobirate ins. Tiie principal purpo-e oi' their teslinony was to .-now mat ilie prisoner, having earned that the deceased had seduced Inn biser, and wat> about to leave lhcn<-ighiiorhoo 1, vent to see hiin lor the purpose of urging ilm to marry her before ho loll, that lie saw lie deceased in ihe latter's chamb-r and said onliii: "1 want you to marry -Mo'lie before 'on leave," telling him at the Maine lime, lull he had seduced and must marry her, .thereupon I he deceased replied: *'I can't, do! t?I'll die tlrst, and ro?e up, putting his hand I o his lnp pocket as If to uraw his pistol which ?as in Ins hip pocket) and shoot the irisoner, when the latter re iciie.l ouiside the liMir. col his uun and shot huu without uik-1 ng mm. I It wuh contended for the State that these vitue-ses lia-l testified unci an effort was n ule to discredit llM-ir te-tiniony. The ease' ettle.i upon appeal lor this couit status that I 'ttie State in leply to her evidence (referring o the witness Mollie shield) and as tending ii vunliiHlicl linth her uml tin* iirlsoncj, offer d in evidence, a lcller il.iicd Juno 4ih. ihvi, is a pai t oi' this case, which the .State proved vhk in tne handwriting oi the deceased, who viui writing 'til a late hour on the uisiiit tieore thy homicide, and wn< found In his .ruiik with his oilier letters and papers, aft-r usd -iitii the ne.\t morning. T?-e Slate udHilled I hat this loiter was never mailed to hid never receive I ??y Mollle. The prisoner bjcct d to tHe mirod.ietion of thin teller, but .hei-ouri allowed u 10 be read to iliejury mid lie prisoner excepted." It thus appear' tluit the avowed purpose of j iitro .ueliu tne teller in t|iiesllon was to re- j lly to and eourradiet tlie lesiiuiony ol'tlie1 prisoner ami his sinter. Tne case as presented by the record falls lo' specify in what respect, or how the letter eon- j .radiclH or tends to eoutrndiet wiiat v\asi iworu to by tlieui, nor did counsel In the ur UIIIIClll llliorill IIK. upon UUIICIIII I'MIIIIIIV l{ lun and consideration of their testimony,I mil the letter, we are nn;?bit* (o discover j ,v herein the latter contradicts the former in j | my material ie-peet; Indeed, In several par-;. .leular.-, the ieltei tends strongly to c ninrin !( ,\ hat the witnesses suid. Their testimony j night he true, and yet the letter might repre- [, cm the feeilugs of the deceased as he therein. | xpresscd them, at the time It was written, i I'iie letter Is a ridiculous, rhapsodical pmtes-i ^ition ni love for. and wild, (inrett-tonuhle de-! .otion to Hie ylrl?tu wtio.o spirit Isihttof, ;inb idied passion. It suggest- lu.-jiful desire, , ather til m pure atl'cetlon and honorable dc-J i ,'otioti llowing from It; It protests the writ- h sr's burning love for the girl uil juiuxi-am. I Hut no reference Is made In it by terms or! i;uM?iMb.e implication, to marriage. Ucfe:- j Mice, however, Is repeatedly made t> the ia-t ] nteiview tin: writer had with the girl tin i A'cduesd iy night next proceeding ihe homi- i Mite. Thai Was the night the prisoner swore ic discoved the deceased in his sister's room, , ind It was the oicaMttii on whien he dclauched her, as she testified. Referring to hat occasion he says In the letter: "leaning 1 want you remain true to m?, ami wheh 1 do oiiie 1 want t > .-co y?m us loving a- you were he last time 1 saw you. ill another place he lays: "Well, Darling, live to eleven o'clock , O night anu 1 am sadly disappointed again, | [ nave been waiting and watching that light, , >ut reckon I win have to give it up -md goto;, >ed.'' it is staled ill the letter a.so that the j Villcr wus aboul to take Ills dep.irtuie from i .lie neighborhood lor Indeliuiie ieiuth cl'ji Ime. All this wild manifestation of piiA<dnn was! lot ineonsisteiii w.t.i ihe testimony of the , ji-is'nerand his sister, i he prisoner-tesiitied < .hat lie ask.-d the decease 1 ti m irry his sis,er and tie peremptorily leiused to do mi.' this may or may not have been Iru-, b.il the etie.H makes no rete.enee to marriage?it Iocs not hint at it, unl ss ixpr.ssi\e of the| ,viltl? st passion could be construed to imply, t. As iio was about to depait from the iclgnb irliood r?r sometime. 11 tie was i<k>k- . ng forward o iiiki rla-e, how natural mid up-! jropriate tlml he shotiiu nave ma le dome ref-; aence lo hid SMiivo.se to ieturn as soon as jiacticaoleand claim her for his wile. iiui> ie makes no reference lit the letter to any j inch purpose, i'he prisoner swore that Jie | lis cove red llie decea-ed in h.h Ulster's iooiii j jn Wednesday ntiln next beioru tlie lionii ide?that lie tolii llie UCeeuScd that lie hail (educed tils si>ter. 1 he iclier does not. contra-! iiet in.s? it cunnot lie so construed, on Hie' contrary, it inlghi be contended ttiat it tends* rather u> coiihm it. Tne witness, Moille Shield, swore that she mil written to ihe ueceu.-ed tne letters aitilbiited 10 her as wola* those sent up as part of Lheeu-e. Tuey in their extravagant cxpre? .ions of love, are not uuliKc those ut iue d>-' 3ca.*cd, but they are not lucunMsient with it. I she swoie ttiat he liad criiiiiual luiercnu.-e rt ittiin-ron the nlgut inenlioned; ttiat she tau Known hiin about 12 mouths atul hud enjuged nersCil to nini; unit tie visited her In j Hie night tiiuojuniy; th.it at the si.nal oi a light ut the winnow lie would conic to It; | [ha he hud piouiised to marry her on] Wednesday night mentioned, hail proinl-cd I 10 come back on lite next Monday night;! that she never talked with him niter thatj Wednesday night, ti.ough she saw him ; tnat the suid to the pi isntier at the breakfast table ' >n tne morning ut tne homicide: "1 don't! care wuiii you do, the way lie has treated I inc." This, whi'lliur true or ial>e, was In no I tvme iiii-oDMMt-ni uiih tne letter, nor did It] contradict what Blie said iti any p.utieu.ar. | in our judgment, the l<-t.er did no; contra*' Jici l.tic prmonei or ills lister, either In sub-; -tancc or elK'ci, iind n did not thcrelun- servo i llie jnirpo-e lor whicti u wa> |>ni in evId'-nce. I it neCaia tn.a it limy have been intended to i l?iove oy an inleiencc the Jury iiilulu draw 1 i (jni Hie letter, Hint llie pui i u>e ofthede-j :ease was nut seduction?iliul he was earnest* j ly aud sineer?.ly atuiened t.? and Inn purpose! uiiMOiiuiiiy the girt, ami thereto,e U was Hot piO'.uble, bul altogether improbable, that nei-aid to tne piis.ner. wlnn requested t?yj iikii to mariy nei: "1 iuii'i do It?1 win die! jist," ana inane an ellort to dnnv hWpiMol! mil shoot tne piiminer. 1'utung out of view at present the remote-' nc*> of i>ueh an Inference, the letter was not! competent to plot e il.e tacts Unit warranted i it. it must be teated as containing the deela.ation ot tne uei:ca*C;l i.nd it cannot have! tiioiner or gre.ner periinci.cy as evidence i tutu ii he lian batdoialy what lie wrote in! Lne letter. It he In.d said in llie hearing of I witnesses, w hat tie wiote in the tetter, his oral i erluruiious would not have been competent. I [i tin; inicreiice sought in bu diawn from Lite. e.te.hud be^n embodied In terms ami <le- < il. ivU by decca*ed, in the presence of wit* iicHscM. fUih decaiuiion would not have bec.i' ;ouipitent us eWdenec. Jhus, If In-teud of laying ?hut had been written in tile letter, Ibe ucc used i?ad Mild the night* hetore thej Homicide in tin* presence of witjies-es: "II im engaged to many Molly shields; I Intend j .o marry her; 1 am gout# ott on matters of) Usiiivri.o, but will leimn in a month and we win tnen be married.' Mils would have been incompetent, because 't would have been leaisay. And if tue letter bad emu ined liese or the iiKe expressions, it would have jeen on tlie same footing. ak evidence of ivliai li contained, cither in terms or by Implication, it was hearsay. It contained the ieclaratloiis oi a thud party not under oath, nor a witness on the trial, that the prisoner ind an opf.oi tuiiiiy to cross examine, siieh svuteiicc in a ca.-e like tout. Is not admissible, nigrum vs. Walking ]). & B. ?2; Stale vs. Waters, 3 Ire. +j5; i. hurchi il vs. I.ee,"7 X. C. i;<y?.rt*. ail.] Nor was tho letter competent ns orlirlnul vldeme, iib an expression of the feelings or itl'eciioii of the deceased towards the girl. , fids was in no wls?> material. Wh< ther he luvi d her sincerely <>r his motivs we.e pure, >r bU purpose was 10 grailfy his lustful np|?elite, was not a materUi inijuliy <>n the trial. [I' tie had sulil that bis purpuse was pure in d 10 marry the girl and the Jury might properly inier this tact ironi the stute ol his affections ik iiitiiilfenicd lii tlic lettei. wc cannot jlcM unr assent to sucli a prnposiilon. If k?? remole an Interest eouiil t,c allowed in any rase. It could i.i >t he allowed In I Ills* for tlio purpose to marry the girl us manlf>sied in llie letter hy any state of tlie aflectrons developed hy it, is so remote, Indefinite, uncertain ami ulntdowy, that It cannot ne treated as cvlilenee warranting such an Inference. As we have said, tlie teller makes no ref.-rence lo marrying, although the occasion on which it was written wa- appropriate to do so, if the writer contemplated it ?It Is replete with ex- i pi es-dons of burning pn-slon and repeat < d references to, and hints at pic sur very; iiuestlonaiile and tliat do not point to wed* i lock. There must he evidence ironi which tin Inference may be drawn, where It is allownblc. Without Intending to intimate any opinion as to 1 lie guilt or Innocence of the prisoner, we think that the letter is not com- j petent as evidence. What measure of influence the letter had ; upon the minds of the Jury, we cannot determine. it is sufficient that wc cnti see that It might possibly ha\e been used with conoidciuble ellect to the prejudice of the prisoner. Where Incompetent and irrelevant evidence objected lo is admitted, that might reasonably picjudlee the party cnnplainlng. he Is entitled to a new trial. There is error from which the prisoner is entitled to u now trial. THE ANDERSON COUNTY CONVENTION. The Delegate* Instructed to Postpone Nominations until AusruNt?Col. E. B. Murray Endorsed for Con^rcM. j Special Dispatch to (he Charleston Xi us. Andkkson. May :il.?The County lie in o-: cratic Convention met here today. (Nil. K. 11. Murray was re-elected county chairman fur the ensuing two years. Separate <le egntes were elected State. Congressional Judicial Conventions. The delegates to the State Convention weie instructed to advocate the post ponement ot state officers until August. The delegates to the Congressional ami Judicial Conventions were Instructed to \?itfor Col. E. B. Murray for Congress and Col. J. L. Orr lorSolicitor as lou|r a* their names were l>etorethe conventions. The two latier t'onven- i tl ons were Invited in meet hi this place. it: was derided t<> adopt the majority ruic for the primary election* f"r I he hr-t vi.te and I he { plurality rule afterwards. In case it became necessary lo hold another election. Col. J. f. Ui--, of Ureenvllie. and the H-m. Ocnrite Johnstone, of Newlierry, were pieseni and made some brief n-inai ks after the business of the Convention was disposed of. Threatened Plague In London. ! I London Is threatened with a smnll-pnx scare. The malady Is alarmingly prevalent in several of the metropolitan districts, and Is spreading from the city to the adjoining provinces, several of which are already badly infected, some Idea of the present prevalence r>f theplaene may i?e formed from the magnl'udeof the efforts which have already been forced upon the authorises to eomlmt the disease. The city of London alone since the: start of ihe plague lust November, hu? ex-! pemled Si'.O 0 0 lur addliloniil accommodations 1 for the constantly liPTeasIng numlirr of afflicted. It Is now proposed to erect n?w me-! Iropoiltan small-pox hospitals, at a cost oft f/.Vi.O making a total of Si,00" 1,00:1 added to Lhe i'Ui?lle expense by tlie persistent raviweii | nf this malady atom-. The antl-vnccimition-1 Ms are making C ipital out of tlie seourse by P"intlm; toils prevalence and siculv spread" is an unanswerable p'oof ol the fnliity of raceinatlxn as a preventive. The regular nac'liloues are becomlnu alarmed. They leno nee thi-antivaccinatii'nlsis as enemies >f the i ti'dle health, and InsNt that theenorjetle piva--hin?of tneir propaganda has been he principal cause of the pres- nt sj n-ail of imail pox, because. It hns hugely shaken the aiih of the | oorer classes In the etflclency of fenuer's method. Brown, tlie President oflthc Hot Springs,1 \rk., t>nnk, who stole ?40,'KK> and lied with a j votnun, has been captured, J SENATOR BAYARD'S VIEWS. Revenue Reform the Lending- Issne, lint Administrative Reform nlfto Dcmnuilcd?The Prospect* of the Hemoeracy?Mr. THiIcu'n Candidacy?Other Matters. Nsu t and Courier. Washington. June. 1.?senator Bnynrd.of Delaware, In a recent conversation declared tjirn^eli' In favor of laying taxes upon (he people of the Untied Stales which would sulflcc >nly to pay the l'-gitlinate expenses of runnlui; tlie Government. A surplus In tne trf-a*nry, he thought, a uauticrons thing, us it i n:"UnigP{l extravusance, ai.d the money of ttie r>wbll?- be diverted from it-* proper cnanne s for private u*e. To tils nilttd It was c eatlv atoiis for tin- Government to >:o Into partner 'hip "with corporations or .su>>sidctt. There! iv.is no doubt that the tariff issue would be the leading one of tlie ensuing campaign for 1 lie Presidency, and the country wanted an xplanatlm of the Intrieacl-B of this queslon which had proven so troublesome to Con;res<. Referring to the present administration Mr. iayfti'd thought that it was run like an ofllreiroUIng establishment, as tbo<c in pow? r did lot pretend to consider national questions, jnt simply planned a contlnu m o In power ly enliHtinz tlio army of oitlcehotdeift In heir support. Sooner or later the item md vonld be made by tlie people that the Gov rnmentot the United .States should be adnlnlstcrcil with honor, fairness and honesty. iVhile there had been a great hue and cry ibont the Star route trial* It was being clearly lemonstrated that they were not instituted o secure the conviction of any one, but had imply been one of the schemes adopted for Sundering the treasury. To-day the Uemo:mts ausjht to profit tiy the disclosure* of the iprlngerand other Investigating committees irdered by t tie majority of flic popular tiraneb >f the National legislature, and there wasno question as to tlie result. Never had the par V oi'UM iiener or^iin i?i-u, mill siicrrm wiin uin >ht assured <I?.*kjiJic (lie machinations of t:>e lominunt party. 01 cour.se as the latter eonirolled the machinery of Government it was lesirousof taking iidvantagc of every opporunity ihat prescntoil to nmkeahchlhin In the units of the opposition. Mr. Tllden's candidacy ail?1 prospects were liscussed at. considerable length, ami Mr. layurd's views on the subject wore S!ib<tau? tally tintt It w.is reported of the candidate .liat not only was he an old man but a feeble inc. It would lie absolutely Imperative for | he party which succeeded ttie Republicans j in have at the helm a man who c:>uM standi liard and trying work. It would he no gain lothe Democracy to elect a man to this Mull jinee, when It meant a sacrifice of his life, ind this report made possible. Nothing was tilvaneed bj Mr. Ilayard as to his candidacy, t>nt the impression wascie.ted that If the nomination was tendered him lie would not leelllice. It Is noted as a curious fact that neaily If not. all the prospec:lve dark hor.-e< for the liepublican nomination at Chicago nreatpiesfiit conire^aicd here, while President Anhiir Is directing Ills ctmpaiiin from New York where he Is safe from prying eyes. AH the leaders who formerly tlockcl to a nominating onventloM have tacitly ng.ee I to let matters Lake their own course, and cons-iiuciitly Secretary ('handler. Senator Sherman and others are quietly attending to business at Washington apparently unmindful of wliati Is transpiring at. Chic-mo. Twr nl.y-tl ve He- j mihllean Senators, however. In.vj secured i |)-11rh iiiiiI are t#w iniuKt'Uvrlna lor the as-j cemiemy ut the I/.ilce Citv. ami business will j lr?r<|iit'iiily transacted iliis week without a quorum. It seems in hp generally understood both on the House and Senate oi tiie Capitol that when tie fieinoerat.it; Conven* tton assemble* a similar courtesy will he extended. Consequent upon this exodus, for In the lower branch about (Illy K<'|iul>li(>an chairs are vacant, discussion only will lie thej order. a* all interest is now centered upon the iran-actlons of the Chieiiro (.'onvent ion. I Nothing can he learned detlnltolyat this end w hit Die plans of the leader* ate. us the en illpalirn seems to be conducted on tiie principle that the ollloe must seek tiie man. and any Jeparinre horn this policy means pollttc.il suicide. The T>ro-3IiII Tnx?A Constitutional (JiM'fttion mill tin; Answer. I Xew* and Courier.] The Abbeville Press mid Manner submits to the Sews and Otnrier, for consideration, the cnnsiitut.ounl quetlon raised in the followin); cninnents upon the con-tiiuiiomil amendment o: 1.S76 relating to the public school3: "A member of the leirul profession at Abbeville has called our atleniion lo Article 10, Section it, which read' as folow*: " The Hoards ol County Commissioners of Ihe several counties sluili levy an annual tax nf not less than two-mill* on the dollar upon nil the taxable property in their respe tive ciuuties, which le^y shall not h?- Increased unless by special eua<-tnicnl oi tlie (ici.er.il Ass-mbl v, forth" support ot public schools In their respective counties,"' <Vc. "J'lie Constitution says, in word*, that tiie levy miuiI not be less to.in two-mil's, but there Is no provision in that clause or elsewhere to prevent tiie county commissioners of any county from levying an annual tax of twenty or titty nil.Is lor school purposes, but the people arc protected from any further raise ol the levy alter It has once been made. Any levy which ihe county commissioners may make I'or c!mol pin poses Is lawful, provided it Is not lc>s tiian two-nil. 1-. Should the county commissioners of any county conclude to tax tin* county fifty mills in any year for school pin pose*, the taxpaveis woti.d nave noturthly escape, because such levy votlld be in exact accord with the mandates of the Constitution itself. "We think the "two-mill tax levy," as It is Improperly called, furnishes to tho-e who I 111' I 'mini if.H, Inn lo>t:illil xollie foO<l lor thought. It the i iw hud -aid not nmro than I two-mills, It would beaii right, but it says not IcSS tliUII two initis." There i* no room, we ihlnk. f??rHjocoiifiru*'tlon suggested by the leyal lilend of our ai?beville contemporary. Had the amendment said merely Hint the County ( onimlsstoncis ".-hull levy mi aujioal lux of not less ttinn "two mills upon nIT the taxable property In "their respective co intle.'," tin-re would have been nothing in the Constitution to prevent the Commissioners from making the lax twenty mills orllfsy mill.-. The counties In matter of the school tax. would have been in the Mime position as cities and towns In the matter of municipal taxation. They wouiit have had to depend on tuecharaetcrand wd sense of the Commlssloacrs, and upon tneir own power to remand to private life, at the next election, ltie otllcers w ho had madeun ext'avisant or oppressive levy. liut the ConKtltutlo'iai Amendment in question fixes a : iiiuximuiu levy as weil as a uiinmnm. The proviso that the "levy shall nut lit increased ! 'unless by special cnu-tment of the (?eueral i "Assembly" cannot, as our contemporary i suivests. be intended to protect tie peo| lc | "from any lurl tier r.il-e of the levy alter It has "once been made." it !s ic>|tlired to li? an "annual tax" anil, bemsr an an unl tax, cannot be raised or uuaii!{e<l dining the > cur for which it is levied. The proviso, by Its terms,! can only ref.-r to one clause of the amend-1 mem?the clause authoi izin.' ami requiting{ the levy of an annual tax of not less tl.au two-mills, "which levy," says the amendment, "si.till not lie increased unless by spe"chu enactment of the (Jenoral Assetnb y." Tlje meaning <>r imp C'oiihliiiiiloiim nmenn-i iiieut Is unmistakable. It is thai tiicrc shall be an annual tax of not less than two-mills for school |iiii'|>o*rH. Tin* LcrIs iii UT'-can levy , a tax ol' more than two.inlllH. lint the l.'ounty ! C'liitiiii-H'oiK T- c.iiinot. Year by year tne < Legislature, In the supply hill, levies u school I tiix of two mills; Inn tnc schools tiro protected a.ninsl legislative backsliding or neglect l>y I lie nutliorlty ^;l ver? the Comity Commissioners. Until thcadnpilonol theaniendment of 1876 llie Lfffl'lnturc alone could levy a tax lor school purposes, and there was no remedy when the legislature declined lo nut. lint llie County Commissioners now have all neccssnry power, and can, we presume, he compelled i?y procee .lliiys in mandamus to exercise it. The Legislature is be> <??d tench of writ?, and caniioi lie forced to discharge the dates imposed upon It by the Constitution. County Com in 1st) loners aie in a diiierent position, nnd, in any event, the schools can depend on liavipc the henelil of an annual Lax of not less than ' wo-in i1 Is on the dollar. Lcvcc Mooting. A meetln?of planters owning lands on the east side ot Ked Hiver, from (teuton to Shrcveport, was held at Shady Grove May fith, Ikjsj, to effect an organization, having lor Its object, the p.evention o: overflow. Tlie meeting was largely attended, nearly every plant> r belinr pies'tit, representing about 'JO0 0 acres In actual culti vntion* The Hon. J. C. Vance was called t > the Chair and S. J Z'-igicr appointed teerctiiry. On recommendation of a committee appointed for the purpose, it was, fieaolvrit. That a committee t>e appointed to nssessail plantations on the ca-l hide of Ked Hlver from the lowi-r end of I> . Dullard's lands ami t x.end up the ca<t bank to a point to inelude Capt. Abrams plantation, near Benton, with a view of raisin.: a sufficient fund to sei uie us ironi overflow dur.ni; the present high water, und also to strengthen ill*.- eveesi iifier Hit! water sui Hides, as to make tlie cast j wide perfectly secun-11. future. Second, Tluii aiiot hcrcouunlltee be selected to disburse the above lund. Third, That ef.er Hie work Is completed we pel it ion the legislature to reimouri-e us for i money spent on said work. Accordingly the chair appointed on th?*j first, or finance eonuiillice, S, J. Zelgier, J clininnan. and J. M. Arnold, K Jacobs, b. A.' Carinouclie, J. M. Holliig*worth. On the second, or executive committee, J. M. Foster, cnairnian and J. A. Kewall, Dr. H. T. Dlllard, J. G. Ogden, A. Abruins, W. C. Vance, S. c. Hrownlee. On motion of J. M. Foster, the finance committee was authorized to levy assessment of j thirty-three and one-third eenis per acre on: alllands in <'nllivHilon emluiiced inlhcde l sciiption and <>mbodied In first resolution, leu per eftnt of *a.d as-esmiient to be paiu now und the remainder whenever, In the | Judgment of the committees, It becomes nec-; csbary. 8. J. ZEIGLEK, I v Sccietary. ; TIid Effects of Pea-Culture. f Greenville Enterprise and Mountaineer.} Mr. A. B. Hughe* of Wnlkersvllle was Incidentally In our office laot week, an.i In general conversation on farm work, told ushlse.x-1 pcrence w itli ihe glowing ni peas. Intlie beginning of l.vo, he sowed lime acres n|" land in win-ill. irom which lie gathered fourteen and ii ha'f hiohe.s hi giiiln. Ah sodii us lie got through harvesting. he planted the land in pens, putt lug them In a drills. He picked thirty bushels or peas that year. Wheat fol? lowed tlie next crop, from which heuot tlilr-j ty-lour bushels. Then peas were plumed In . <liIlls jim bfiore?the result was, between thlr-1 ty-tlveand forty bu-hcis. Wheat was uj!iiln i sowed?realizing llliy-llve bu-helN. I'eus came <i|?ulii. lort\-(|\c bushel* hciiiu '''e crop. TblK Ik his experience with pea-culture, and the robult upeuks Tor itself. Now In Press. The Cash Family of 9oulh Cirolinn, n graphic, > el trot if ill, unbiased history of the Cashes of South Carolina, dating from the early settlement of the lauiily in An-on County, N. down lo the present time, A true account of the Cash-shannon du-'l, to-j getlier w ith Col. Cash's other duels, murders nnd nbger hangings; n>n > Hoggan ? ush's daels, love scrape*. Ills generous acts and n.sh deeds, a detalli'd nciount of the IticharoH rmirrlnr nnH lha unl unniuint Hi/rlit ?nH tho killing of iioifuitn. Contain* picture* of Bon- ! fi;in Cash, Col. Cash, Col. IShaunon, Muitdial Klchards. Coward, Deputy Sherttt' Kinir, and pome, and tnucl) i-nformution never before In print. The mod Interesting book of llie period. Agents wanted. I'rlec 50c. Cloth 8U0 AddrrsH S. W. llenly, edlior of tlio H'adrxboro InielliyCHCtr. Wadesbory, N. C. -t Longfellow'* First Poem. Mr. Finney had a turnip. And it grew, and It mew ; And it grew lielilml the barn, And flic turnip did no harm. And If grew, and It grew, TtH It. eonld -/row no tnllnr; Tlien Mr. Finney tIt up And |-ut It In the n liar. There it Inv, there It lay. Till It t e an to r>-t. Wh-11 h h 'lanvl'.t' r xn-ie washed if, [ Ami Hlie put It in the pol. Then sl?e b tiled i', and boiled It, Ah lonsr an sh?- w is hMc; Then his daughter I.lz/'e took it Ami put it on the table. Mr. Finney and hl?w tfe i1 Both Rat down to sup: And they ate, and they ate, Until thoy ate the lumlp up. % 1884 OPENING 1884. May, AprL 1st. Spring and Summer Millinery, Patterns. Hats i ->"? ; - .1 and uonneiH cnpiuu iium the latest French importations. Flowers that almost rival nature itself. Laces, new and handsome, Ruchings, Trimings, Silks, Feathers, Ribbons, Summer Silks, Black Silks, Dress Goods, "White Lawns, Gloves, Hosiery, Lawns and Hamburg Enbroideries. The ladies are invited to come and examine our Stock which tor ' 1a mi/) tut HI Af if /inn II Af iinu >>ti icij tuiiuui be excelled. R. M. Haddon & Co. March 10th, 1881. tf J. H. SIMMONS, TINNER Abbeville, C. H , S. C. Has just opened his shop on the Public Square, where ho Is piepared to do ?;I manner of work In his line. A lull line of TINWAUE on hand. A larue lot of LAMPS nf bciiuliftil design. LAMP (,'iIIMNEYS of all sort*. A Good Stock of Crockery, and a Supply of Cooking Stoves. * tt amiuravfl j. a. cimiuuns, March 12. 1SSI, tr H. D. REESE, ABBEVILLE, S. C., Repairs watches, clocks, and Jewelry In the lies I manner at the lowest prices. Long experience and eli.se nppllejitlmi to l)iisine>s meritcnnsiilemtion Horn ih"se hiivln- work t > lie done in lil> line. Ho keeps .Jewelry ami Silverware lor sale. Feb. 11, lss-t, IJm Marshall P. DeBrahl, Attorney at Law, AlilitiVlLLE C. H. S. i:. "v?oven Wire Mattress. A1!KJ) ih.it will lust ii Hie ttnic. Aimoxt iniicst. uuiabiu with thoc iiiii it rut* One i>1 the ino-l comfort.ih.e licilx in uxf". Price i6. u L<nH.uj e;icu. Her u remit* ai.U be ctmifnrtuble. lit J. i>. CilALAllilUS Jt LU. sept. 19,1883. tf WM. II. PARKER W. C. McGOWAN. PARKER &McG0 WAN ATTORNEYS AND SOLICITORS, AdULVILLE, C. II., 8. C. \\ ILL practice also In the Circuit Courtnoi M the L'nltcil States lor South Caioliuu* Juu 7. IS->0. it N otioe. 'IMIE subscriber will be In his offlce on Nai1 unlays lOih March, l'Jth April, 17ili May and iho public ilajn uf t-aih m>>111 u( lor ihe purpose ul rt-gmU-rini; School Cmlms. E. COW AN. School Cumiiii.-Muucr. March 5, 18S4. tf W. L. MILLER, Attorney At Law, ABBEVILLE, S. C. omc- fornvrly occuplc.l by Judge Thompson Jjco. .0, 1-bi. tinum Insure Your Property -FROMDamage ij Fire ail Litktiiu IN THK f ONTINENTAL INSURANCE OK New York. J. T. PARKS, Ag't, Abbeville, S. C. Jan.30.18M, 12m Bargains ?IN? Tinware. 'I'linSE CELEHltATED TIN SETS AT 1 PARKER * III LI.. The Hnrvrnt Set has 10 piece*, prior, Sl.flO " Kitchen " ? 10 " " 81.00 " No. 1 " 14 12 " " 81.35 .. .. 2 ' " ]5 ' ? Jl-50 " Bo-s " * 20 " 81.75 " Homee'eatl" " 12 " " 83.00 The above G'>od<< nre cnmpo?ed of useful articles and every piece Is warranted to give satisfaction. March 5th, 1881. 3m Columbia nnd ( recaville Itailrond. / \N nnd after May 11. 18?4, Passenger ' / Trains will run ?s herewith Indicated upon this road nnd Its brunches: DAILY, Ir-XCU'T SUNDAYS. NO. 53. UP I'ASMKNOKIt. r aa?*? piti.imi.iu * t W.C.&A.Jun. 12 35 a m Lea\c Columbia A-J c.&G. Depot 12 50 u m Arrive Alston 1 5H p n? Arrive Newberry 2 5't p in Arrive Nln<ty-sl.\ 4 18 p in Arrive Hodges 5 27 p m Arrive Helton (i 35 pm Arriveut Urecnvllle 8 00 p in NO. 52. DOWN FASMENUKR. Leave Greenville At 9 55 a m Arrive Uelton 11 '.'1 a id Arrive Hodges 12 34 p m Arrive Ninety-Six 1 21 p m Arrive Newberry 3 II p m Arrive Alston. 4 12 p m Arrive ColumbiaA-. { 5 30 pin SPAUTANIJUKG, vmnn R0A D. NO. 53. CP I'ASSENOER. Leave Alston. 1 55 p m Arrive Strother 2 31 p in Arrive Htielton 3 03 pm Arrive Santuc 3 37 p m Arrive Union 4 05 p in Arrive Jonesvllle 4 47 p m ArrlveSpiirtaiibuit,>..U itc.depol.. 5 37 p m ArriveSpartanbunc, K.&D.depot. B.. 5 47 p m SO. 52. DOWN l'A-WKNCJER. Leave Spartanburg H, & D. depot H 11 50 a m Le;ive.s| arlniibitrK S.L'.AC.uei ot G i2 10 A m Arrive |i>nesvltle I "2 p m Arrive Union 1 3& pm Arrive Hunt lie 2 21 p in Arrive Hiielion 3 W) p in Ai rive Si rother 3 30 p in Arrive at Alston 4 10 p m 11LUK HI DUE It AI K/ItOALl AND ANCKKSON IlltANCII. I Leave Helton fi 3K p m Arrive Anderson 7 10 p m Arrive I'emlletoii 7 68 pm Arrive Henecii C 8 37 p in Arrive at W'ulliitllu 9 15 p irt i Leave W'Allinllit K 40 a in! Arrive Sonera ? ft") a m Arrive Pondluton 9 50 a in Arrive Anderson 10 :0 a m Arrive at Helton 11 15 a m LAURENS RAILROAD. Leave Newberry 3 32 p in Arrive at Laurens C. 11 6 4-> p in Leave l/iuirciiN (.'. II U l"i a m Arrive at Newberry 12 25 p m ABBEVILLE BRANCH. Leave H<h1 era 5 .10 p m Arrive at Abbeville H 30 p ni Leave Abbeville 11 30 a m Arrive at Hodges 12 30 p m CONNECTIONS. With South Carolina Railroad from Charleston. With Wlliuincton.Columb'a and j . ... fr,.m U-II m Iii..I<>n nnd all JVUKIIMJI ivmiii'nu im/u* ? point* North thereof. With Charlotte,Coliiiiibiu and Augusta Railroad from Charlotte unit all points North thereof. J3. 'ItI* Asheville and Spartanburg Rallroail for points in Western North Carolina. C. With Attiinta and Charlotte Division: KUhmond A Danville Railroad from all! puintHSouth and West. L). With Atlanta and Charlotte Division ! Richmond a Uaiivllic Railroad from Atlanta nnd beyond.K. with Atlanta and Charlotte Division j Richmond and Danville Railroad from all points South and West. K. With South Carolina Railroad for [ Charleston. With Wilmington,Columliiaand i Am-usta Railroad for \\ ilniliiL'tou and the Norih. With ChaColte, Coltimhla and An : R-ill'oad for Charlotte and the North. I (r. Wit!. Ashevllle and Spartanburg Rallroad from Henderson vllle. H'. Willi Atlantaaud Charlotte Division Rlehmond nnd Danville Railroad from Chur-I lutle rt'i.l I't-ymid standard time used Is Washington1. D. C.. I vhlch is fifteen minutes fastwr Shun Colum-1 uia. G. R. TALCOTT, Acting Superintendent. >1. Si.auoiitkr. General I'asne; gur Agent. D. Cahdweli,, Assistant Gen. I'ua. Ageu.t I Seal, McXlwaine & Co. JJaVEoii linnd almost every variety ol CARRIAGES, BUGGIES, ANI) WAGONS, which they ofler to their customers on th? most tt(lvur)Ui?eous tcrjux. REPAIRING A SPECIALTY. With the boot of workmen In every branch o our business, and an Hhnnituiit supply. I tun her. and other materials, we are pr?jwre< to do nil kinds of repairing in the .very im**! manner, at the shortest notice aixl on tlx most, aeoorumodatl tig term.'*. All work (ollj warranted. SEAL & McILWAINE, \MT AM CfVAA^ VT AOUiUgkVU MVAVWVt *3 50 ^ pS w 8 la o pS S ? ? & ^2 * O C3 'S ? H 'S ej Cm 02 g Ph ? * g I w 5 ? T3 EH go 02 2 ? bcH o ?? fl ?*J 03 h 'Sa-2 S Oh fQ ? Ma) rJr i ? ? S -J O . *1 Q w H T3 ^ S jS >&o 5z .2 ^ w P oQ s I o ?tHa 1 ? 2 ? CO *-* > *2 cS ?s S ffi ^4 <j Lumber ! Tiiimhpr DRESSED AND UNDRESSEi 1 DRESSED FLOORING. And Ceiling, $2.0 Weatlierboarding Dressed,... 1.6 Undrcsned, 1.2 ! I will lity down I.UMHEIt anywhere i i lhe Town. B. K. BEACBAM, Abbeville, S, C. March 26, 18J4, tf The Place to Get Wha You Want! THQS, M, CHRISTIAN HAVING bon?ht the interest of M JOHN WILSON in the biiHine* formerly conducted by tliein jointly wi keep always hi store, a complete siock < FANCY * GROCJCRIKS, CANNE GOODS and CON"FECTIONERIES < nil kinds. Tlic best and cheapest C] GARS and TOBACCO. The FINES | WINES and LIQUORS. Sweet Mash Corn Whiske; For medical purposes a specialty. Alw Choice Liquors of any kind for media ! purposes. I Give liim hcuH. Satisfaction guarantee p&* Ail persons indebted to the firi I of Christian A Wilson must make imm< (liate payment. THOS. M. CHRISTIAN, Abbeville, S. C Fob. 13.1884. tf NEWCARRIAGE, BUGGY, AND WAGON SHOP (n) Repairing a Specialty (o) I have on hand a Frlnt Class Supply < iMate/inl from the Bent Market, and will continue lo receive until my stock is complete. All Work done with Short Notice, and lo I'riceM to suit the times, W. G. Chapman, MAIN fir It RET, ABBEVILLE, C. H., 8. < March, 2>ith, 1881. 9ino\ ATTENTION FARMERS W'K HAVE NOW IN STOCK A Sl'LEN did line or I Farm Implements, Nails, Horse and Mule Shoes, Harness, Traces, Bridles, Flows Stocks, Flows, &c., &c QUARLES & THOMAS Feb. 6.1884. tf Drs. Mabry & Hill. 11' E have this day fornvd a oonarlnrr-hl >1 in the PRACTICE OF MEnH'INE li all lis branches. In eases wlieie ihe niten tlon of both of us may bo needed no e.xtr; charge will bo made. T. J. MABRY. M. D. L. T. HILL. M I). MJinrh 1?,. J?8I, if Something New Uunder th? Sun. {WILL bp rend> oil and after the 1st o March to do any KEPAIItINO whlcl may ho \vnnt?d to your SADDLES ami 1IAH NESS. Don't postpone the matt' r to< lone. The cyclone may come along, ready fjr theeinerjecnej THOS. BEGGS. Feb. 17th, l.v81. tf THE BEST OF AIjZj The Celebrated Butterworth THRESHER. FRONT Wheels torn umlcr machine. Straw Stacker Is folded without takln* it off the niHchlnc or moving olatter belt, and when folded does not extend above top of msctolue, , to catch In trees or low bridges. PERFECTLY ADAPTED FOR ROUGH AND HILLY ;| COUWTKlfiS. |The Crowning Triumphs!! Highest Premium wns awarded THE BUTTERWORTH THRESHER atVlrflnU 8tat? Fair. I8S2. by actunl text at work In competition with sixteen of the ino*t noted 1 trresber* of the United Stairs; it also received Highest Award, a Silver Mc<*al, at Sooth Oin>? , Jinn Industrial Exi>o?iMon, 1.-H2; r Sliver Medal at Mount Holly, New Jersey, Fair, 1883; FlrM Premium at South Carolina State Fair, twosucce?slre yearn, 1882-83; and First Premium at North Otrollnn State Fair four cuccessive years. 18SO-81-82-8-1. Manufactured only at .' < NEW JERSEY AGRICULTURAL WORKS, TRINTON, I1 For Sa & by J. ffl. MATTHEWS I NINETY-SIX, S. C. - M - MM a mm . - M To wnom write ror uircaiari. ^ April .TOtn, 1 3t ' * ' ^ ^ Insurance and Collection Agency. BENJ. S. BARNWELL Represents the J olio wing Companies whose assets invested 4m th* United States amount Jo $ J6,000,000. Home of New York t 7.492,7*1 Mar/>tianta #?f Vawarlr W .T 1.221.9A4 MAVA VUMUHW VA *? V TT ? I W j *y?v?wy v w w Rochester German 575,000 ; . Liverpool and London and Globe,) 5,571.930 Invested in Europe, over j 20,000,000 Lancashire of England, 1*455,815 Consult l~our Interest ana insure ronr ,rroperry. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL COMMISSION MERCHANT BROKER & COLLECTOR ! ?. ' Dealers in Grain, Flour, Meal, Bran, Heat, Hama, Hay, Sugars, Coffee, Rice, Grits. Irish Potatoes. A FULL STOCK OF HEAVY AND LIGHT GROCERIES ALWAYR ON HAND. ?rial prices on coodH sold In pack?g?M. I have lunr* con?lnnmprfci of gooda every wertt and <iin muke It to your Interc-a t >?i<> *ome bn?lnea< with me. Thanking ooe and alt for your liberal patronage lu the pant, will make every effort 10 the iutare to give A. E. SOGERS. % Frb. 6,1-84, If School Books! School Hooks IJ We have on hand a Large Stock of School Books adopted bj th? STATE BOAKD OF EDUCATION! FOR THE NEXT 30 DAYS . "W? "Will Exolaans? f I Almost any Books used in the schools heretofore. We also keep in vtockftFutt Line of ? SM . . 1 stationery, J. 0 SLATES, &C? &C., : H. W. LAWSON & CO. ABBEVILLE, S C. I Nov. II, 1-83, ti I 'NewDrugStord 1 IV. S. (Ill* k CD. 1 HAVE J n*t opened ? now mid eleiranfly fitted tip DRUG .STORE on the Marshall Room! Corrn-r, under the Prctt a-id Banner <>rTlc<*, and are now receiving and will con Una? M y receive llll their ?<to<-k in complete h lull line of . J ;v Drags, Medicines, Chemicals. Bye Stuffs, Ac. i Also. nil the popular PATENT MEDICINES kept In a flrat-clasa Drugstore, all of wblek w* ?i warrant to be freah mid wood. W * aUoollVra well selected *tock of FANCY GOODS, conflating of Colognes, Foreign and Domestic, Handkerchief Extracts in great variety, Handsome Vases. Lamps, Ac. nuiiuut'a ivnsmiN i? tlmnlv mtmnlete. Every variety of HAIR.TOOTH ( uur inir "I uui'^14 1^' ? *'?' , ? ' NAIo, FLESH, SHAVING AND SHOE BKUSH SOAPS from I he Qnast Iwllct telhtrtcaM ''\*U I I MR. JOHN T. T.YON, vho?r ton* experience In th? Dru? ??u?iiieM In th?flrmof W?f4 ? AII nm??/iDrfyrrAllNi MtiLl law & l.ynn, ?n well known, will Im? eonHMimy in iiuenuitncc. mi fully mint nnndetl ut all hoars. under the supervision of DK. THOS. J. M ABBY. Oct. 17.1883, It B. K. BEACHAM, Agent I FOR THE SALE OF 1 * Sash, Doors, Blinds, Shingles, Laths, Floor! * ing, Ceiling, Lime and all kinds of Wosa Working Machinery. J w Oct. 10, 1883, 12m fl i OLD PALMETTO 1001 j Saloon Well Stocked With Pure Goods. The Besfl ? - ? * ? WtV 9 _ Brands of Good Old Rye and sweet masn uorn wmmna | Hand Made Bourbon, Aprie, Peach, California and FreneH j Brandies. Sweet Catawba, California & Sherry Wines, thifl ; Best Champagne, Gwinness's Extra Stont Porter, Bass | Co'8 Pale Ale, Draft and Bottled Beer. Also, a Fine Lind of Tobacco and Cigars. fl Call and See the Most Handsome and Best Arranged House in the Country. B THOMAS McGETTIGAJT, Al I Propriet^fll HATTIE ADAMS, Making Arrangements! p K?S")KN,a ?fX"?rr:i F0""nmn'Srbyte ?rb."rnSADDIJ* " Hot m"?, {? ?Ia , and HARNESS REPAIRED on and ?f)9 ! h"ur8- Cull and see her. (Jan. 30,1883, t the I*t. of March. I will be ready to do u such work with neatness and dispatch. B I The latest out, tho "tortoise shell" hat I TUflQ REARS fl i for misses in white and lwize. These Jph ^fh 1(W4 tf ia ' trim ihp very pretilv with n single tv?w of rihon.- It. M. MmMoii A Co. ^ ~ k We are receiving almost daily the hit- yA|UII|L| |* PA \ IlliU est styles in lints ami millinery trim- OftlvlUbLi III UAOUIwfl i mings. 11. M. iiaddon A Co. AT I f Our stork of shoes all kinds and styles -A-ttOl'TlGy -A.t LjfX W, I i cannot be surpassed. Smith A Son. ABBEVILLE, S. ('. M >! Millinery! millinery! Don't forgettliat No. 8. O'Neal's New Law Ruildio. H s we are alluring a lot of it at cost. Will practice In all tho Court* of the 8t?t^g Smith A Sox. [. ? i Hats! Hats!! A full line at Smith <fc A full line of white goods, lawn*, tnuiB ""*1