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ye T--?- - -v i i ^ l'he Press and Banner. AiiHEVILLE. S.C. i I Wednesday, Aug. 27, 1884. ;] II Radical Machinations. I The Republican headlights of this i State have determined to call a State Con- j, vention to meet in the city of Columbia 11 on the 23d of September to elect a Slate I. Executive Committed, and to agree upon |, a line of policy ami to adopt a plan off^ conducting the ensuing campaign ; and t we havo good reason to believe that ordors have already been issued secretly to' tho different County Chairman to ealljj County Conventions for the purpose of, j electing new County Chairmen, and to; ele<-t delegates to the State Convention, i and to do whatever they may think' promotive of strife. ( It is now proposed to hold the CountyJ | Convention for Abbeville at some point j ( on the Augusta and Kuoxville Railroad, , avoiding the court house, and it is more i | than possible that the Promised Land, near Very, will be chosen as the place at j which these patriots are to formulate j local plans for mischief. ! At present it is understood that no! ticket for County offices will be put in 1 , the field against the Democratic nomi-i. j I nees, but the present iutcntir 11 seems to,( be to put Congressional candidates in the, field against Col. I>. W. Aiken and the! Hon. George 1). Tillman, and also to rnn , Presidential Electors. We do not know j who will be nominated for Electors in the ; other Congressional Districts, but it is an i open secret that Mr. W? W. Russell, the! Anderson (ireenbaokcr, will be invited by the Republicans to oppose W. C. 1 Benet, Esq., the Democratic Presidential Elector for the Third Congressional Disi. trict. i Wo have no in'imation as to who will probably contest Mr. Tillman's election, but, in this District, strong efforts on J their part, as reported to us, to induce a well known gentleman ot Newberry to accept the place on their ticket having failed, an original Republican of tliis Comity is now spoken of as being tlie man to bear the Republican banner to i victory against the Democratic hosts. It i now remains to be seen whether our pej- 1 pie intend to allow the Republicans to I Return to power through any fault of j OUrs. | J Mr. Lemuel L. Guffln, a citizen of i Charleston, is taking a most active part in the campaign, and is corresponding i with negroes of this couuty, having is- i sued a circular letter to various colored 1 men within our borders, breathing pre- .' dictious as to the "star of Blaine and i Logan which has risen in the East," and i whose ascendency will secure to them many rights which are noW, impliedly, i denied to tilem. Among other precious! expressions, is one to the effect that the, electiou of Blaine and Logan will relievo the colored man from every care, and. vouchsafe inconceivable hfppiness to the humblest negro Lut in South Carolina, j' Where the occupants thereof may sit in' idleness and worship in peace under; ithelr ort'n vine and fig tree. The hope of the Republicans to elect1 Congressmen in Aiken's and Tillman's, Districts is largely based Upon tho oppo sition which these gentlemen met in lieir recent re-nomination. Tne Radi-j1 ulsseem to be laboring under thedolu-; siou that there is a disaifeetion in tlio ' Democratic ranks, and that large num-j' bers of those who voted for Aiken's and >? 11 ? ttre now dissatisfied ' "JL111UIHI1 O V|/[/v??v***w with their nominations, and would join a solid negro vote to defeat these men ,' Who have served the State so faithfully' since 1876. j But in the midst of all this, L. L. Guf-I fin has an axe to grind, and, as has been!, his custom In the times ot old, he appeals I' to the colored people of this County to J help him into an office where he is not j wanted, and this too to the displacing of ' ( our most excellent and perfectly accopt- , able postmistress from the position , which she fills so faithfully to everybody?black and white. | Mr. Guffin's petition for the post* <?? AMwvilln was Reilti! master s umw ?*v ? 11 from Charleston to Abbeville several j days ago for Republican signatures, but] \ve are reliably informed that the Repub-! lican to whom he sent it, not onlv de-j clined to sign it himself, but returned iti -without presenting it to others. This of J course does not prevent a renewal of the j' effort. But it is some satisfaction to ' know that, so far, such respectable colored men as County Chairman A. J. Ti-1 tus and others of like respectability will | not lend their influence to the perpetra-i Ifon of so great a wrong as that of dis-j placing a respectable officer of our own county to give place to a man like' Guffln, whose residence is in the city of j Charleston, and where he has liver! for years, and where he has exercised all j the rights of citizenship. There seems to be no apparent necessity for our send- j ing to Charleston for a postmaster, and i We have heard n:> reason urged for hisj return, except tha alleged fact that hois| conscious of losing his hold on the place; which he now lias in the custom house: in Charleston. We certainly do not need a disturber of the peace and * stirrer-up of strife in our midst. We .ill remember what a row he raised when he was last in Abbevillo, and it is understood that his coming back Is preceded by throats that he is to intermeddle with the colored people at will, aud to insult our own people at his 0W11 good pleasure. We hope that Mr. Guffin ~ will not make himself personally offensive to ocr peeple, and that he may not be a cause for a breach of the peace, such as he provoked on his recent visit j t> a Radical convention in Abbeville! Cjun'y. Our people bay9 due respic | for the colored people, and are willing to j accord them every right, and more than j this, tbey are ready and willing to pro- i tect them from domination and terror at j the hands of any citizen of Charleston. From the above it will be seen that we j have bitter enemies in the field against: us who are working secretly. An open I foe is not to be dreaded, but a secret foe is j dangerous. We think that when G tiffin's clandestine meeting is ordered, that representatives of the respectable coiored element of the county should be allowed j to be present, and wo think our own people would do no wrong by guaranteeing protection from Guffin's bullies. Ouffln's few adherents have no right to take charge of this county in the name of the Republican partj\ He and his followers are a very small fraction of the Republican party, and they have no right to assume to be the only colored people j who have any rigius m iiuyevum uuuuuy. < But why call a second County Conven-' tlon for the Republican party? Why} elect a second Couuty Chairman? It Isj only a few weeks ago Bince we reported I the proceedings of a Republioan Conven- j tion held at the Court House. At that! Convention A. J. Titus was elected County Chairman. Lem Guffin himself was present. It so happens that he does not approve of the Chairmanship of AbTitus. Bat do the Republicans of Abbeville County belong Lem Guffiu? Must they undo the work of that Convention at his command? Must they all sneeze; when he takos unnfl ? Republicans, as well as Democrats, are' bound to consider this intermeddling on : the part of Lem Guffin, a citizen of; Charleston, aa an insult to their Inlelii"' gence and independence as citizens of! Abbeville County. I Cleveland's Letter. Cleveland's letter of acceptance was given to the public a few days ago. It about one-fourth the length of Blaine's letter of acceptance, and for this reason, if for no other, it is more to be commend-j ?* ' 11 ?ia o inA/loof I e&. JLI10 WC 1/U1IICV, to Or LUV/UV1H | one, which merely places the Presiden-: tial nominee on the Democratic platform. I Thatplatfotm the nominee makes no ef-1 fort to amend. -The suggestion as to the eligibility of the President for re-election ! is a good one and we fully concur in what he ears about the oflice of President11 being only an executive position. The! leUcr i? free irora objection, and one J which wo thlfrk should fully o:ec't the i " oi iLc * HiilillMII i I IM? n MM Frauds on the Post Ofllee Department; ?Tue Law as to Newspaper Supplements. We have been asked so often to distribute circulars rind baud-bills folded in :he J'rex.s and Duit/tcr which we aro proI liibltcd by law from doing, that we have, ileemed the mutter of sufficient imporlance to copy into another column tho j post otlice rulings in reference thereto.! We cannot believe that any of the many i firms possessing the highest character for business integrity would knowingly be a party to .such n fraud, and therefore that Liu* public nmy know that a ncwspapei i proprietor lias no more right to make us< I >f the mails for the free distribution of! hvulars and hand-bills than anvotherj ;iti/.en, we reproduce the post otti.u' nil- j ngs on the subject. We are perfect-j v certain that our brethren of thei press who have violated the trust iui-; posed iu them by virtue of their profos-j iion have done so without a knowledge! >f tho terms of the law which favors J [hem in the matter of free county dis-. tribution, and nominal rates to those subscribers who reside beyond the limits of. their respective counties On the ground that we beliered tlie j business men Were ignorant of the law, i we have heretofore excused persons fori making propositions to us whereby they might be enabled to commit frauds on i the post office department, but we hope; that no man may hereafter make any such propositions to us. ? 4^ ? The Primary Elections. We notice that in some of the counties! where the primary system hasjilst been i adopted that there seems to be some confusion or dissatisfaction at the plan. To nil who may lie dissatisfied we would! say, bold on to the plan. It will work . right, if a Democratic system of government is right, and very few of us have J tiny doubt on that subject. At the first election iu Abbevillo county there were some grounds of complaint, but the evils have been removed, and everything goes' mi with perfect fairmss. At first, under. tho objectionable system which obtained, in conventions, ourpeoplo became some-1 wluitdemora i/.ed on the subject of swap-; ping votes to advance the interest of! the favorite candidates; but tint; evil no longer exists. Every man in every part of the county votes accordingj to hisown individual convictions. Those. persons who contend for tho convention ; plan virtually tell the people that they are incapable of selecting proper officers.! Even admitting that a convention could! nominate better officers, it is a despot-j ism to do so, and wo may at some future i time, with eqtn<! propriety, be asked to: submit to the suporior judgment of an J able man who may assume the office of; autocrat. We say, let the people select' their own public servants* The Election in Anderson County. We are informed that those who thought the public schools were good enough for tho poor young men of tho j State made war on the South Carolina; University, and candidates were run on | principles avowedly against that institution. The result was as it should have been. The friends of higher education for our poor bovs, and who were willing to give them an equal chance with their rich neighbors' sons, won the Jay, and Anderson county Is aligned on tho side of education. We extend our congratulations especially to Mr. Seuddy, against whom a strong fight was made because he championed the cause nf higher education at public expense. The result of the Anderson election is j cheering for the reason that it seems that i men in that court'y may win an election by something else than a fostering of prejudice against that higher education ivi*if?h if?ves tone and character to the " MI"" C ?- ? - -State. IS Very member of the Legislature take9 an oatli to support the Constitution i>f the State. That Constitution says: "The General Assembly shall provide for "the maintenance of the State Uftlver"sitv." It would seem then that the only way to discontinue the University is by a Constitutional Amendment to that effect, orj in a disregard by tho members of the Legislature of their oath of office. Meeting of the Auxiliary Agricultural Society of Abbeville County. In pursuance of a call made by the Pros'*' ilentof H:e Auxiliary Agricultural Society oi'j Abbeville county, u meeting of tlu* same wns held In theCturt House at Abbeville on Saturday the 2!d instant, Hon. William Hood, President of the Society, In t lie chair. The regular secretary not being present R E. Hill, Esq., was requested to act in that capacity. The President entertained the Society with quite an interesting talk of some twenty minutes, and succeeded, apparently, in arousing consider ible intcre :t among those present In the objects for which t he Society was organized. vlx: the collecting and forwarding of specimens of the tunny and varied products of our county to the commissioner of agriculture fot exhibition at the New Orleans Exposition. The object of this called meeting being more especially for the purpose of enlarging the various committeesalready appointed as well as to appoint other committees in accordance with suggestions made by Colonel Butler, our State Commissioner of Agriculture. The following resolution, as offered by Mr. \V. C. Benet, was adopted : Resolved, Tint the assistant commissioner of each township appointed by Oil. Hutler, shall sppoint a committee of thnc of his township on each of the following subjects for exhibits, viz: Minerals, Woodp. i:c.. Fruits. Field Crops. Water Powers, Antiquities, and Cariosities, snd Lands for Rule and Kent. Said Committee* to pmceed to wotk and report progress at the regular meetinc ?f this Society i?? lie item at Hie Court House <>n salesday tn September. The following resolution oflored by Mr. I,. \V. Perrin, was also adopted: IhnolOcd, Tliat those who may not be app-inted upon nome one of the various committees authorized by this meeting to he raised, who may have anything which they we disposed to contribute fur exhibition be and th v are Hereby requested to leave the same with Mr. i!. S. lfcirnwell oi this place for shipment to the State Commissioner of Agriculture. On motion of Mr. It. AW llnddon. the Secretary of this meeting was instructed to request the local p ipers to publish so much of tlie various circulars of Commissioner Butler as bears upon the manner of preparation of articles for exhibition as well as the mode of shipment cf the same. Interesting rentalks were made by Mr. W. C. lionet. Captain \V. I). Mats, and others, byway of stirring up ail present, and our people geneiiiliy, to'the Importance of Abbeville county contributing tier full share to the Stale's exhibit on tills, the grandest opportunity which has ever been or likely ever wjll be anulii within; the next fianeration for the Southern people to advertise to the world the wonderful resources and capabilities of their favored land. There being no further business the Society adjourned tomeel a I this place on Saleday in September. W'M. IIOOD, President. It. E. Him., Secretary. ? m- ? The Shields9 Trial. Charlotte Observer. The fall term of Mecklenburg Superior court convened yesterday morning in the eourt house, with Judge McCoy on the bench, anil Solid;Or i?". i. usoorne m m? >?um Judge McCoy duly and ably charged the Jurors, when tnecourt proceeded to read over the (locket anj put Itself lti readmess to begin work in earnest this morning. Thos. L. Shields will be brought belore the court this morning. The solicitor ordered him to be brought from Jail yesterday afternoon, but ho was reported too unwell to make the trip to the court house. The general belief is that a motion will be made t?y Shields' counsel to have th e case removed toanother county for trial. This was done before Judge Gilmer, it will be remembered, and the Judge consented to have the case moved to Lincolnton, bnt Shields counsel would not agree to it and the case waa accordingly tried in Meek Ienburg. Interest in the ease js still unabat, ed aud it It is tiled here again the same old s enes will be enacted over. Mr. J. Harvey Wilson, who, in the former trial, so ably aided in the defense of Shields, is In such feeble health that he cannot get to the courthouse, and from Shields' standpoint, this is looked at iu the light of a misfortnue. A ReTolntionary Jtelic?Cousccrated Clrouud. Edgefield A dvertxer. A deserted viilageora deserted shrine fills the mind with melancholy reflections. At Cokesbury i could fir.d but two stores, and only a single Academy, which Is now occupied by one preceptor and ubont2.5 pupils. At the Tabernacle Cemetry, two miles below Cokesbury, I failed to Identity the grave of Gen M. \V. Gary. The "old Tabernacle Church" has been removed to Greenwood. where this consecrated pile Is now Cised as a. parsonage. The Tabernacle* graveyard, all overgrown by weeds and shurbs would make the most cheerful soul feel lonely, sad and desolute. There Is not a house In sight except a couple of negro cabins. There is not even a fence around the Immortal ashes that bivouac with him who was ever ready to give up ins life lor the sake of Edgefield ! And I jump to the Irvln plncc near Greenwood. Ilere yon may see the remnants of a log house commenced by Capt. John Irvln t?-r> years prior to the old Revolutionary war. The building is small, but the chimney is twelve feet wide outside and eight feet wide inside; It Is built of rocks,and is smooth and perpendicular. One sees here several port holes us well as the cellar In which the Jrvin family were wont to hide their horses. This mansion, according to tradition) was need us aibPd room, a kitchen, a smoke house urd a little castle. The place is now owned by Mr, B. F. Yoe. but It.was kept in the Irvln family until the fall of 1873. E. K. The school of telegraphy for women In Cooper Institute, New \ork, Is overcrowded. Thore is no business that lets one In to other's secrets like tho telegraph business. A Toxan now claims to have Invented a i rot ton picking machine. This makes about1 the 09th concern of the kind that has been fotteu up, and yet Cufly's reign over the cot- j on field remains unshaken - ! ?! Ill . . WHAT CONSTITUTES A SUPPLEMENT. Killings of the Post Ofllcc Uepuriiuent ill Regard to Xewijmin'r .Supplemenu. 41G. There is no objection to a paper consisting entirely of literary matter, and not containing any advertisements, being adopted as a supplement and sent at tiie pound rates with the paper it supplements, although it is not jointed at the ollice of the paper adopting it, or within the county. But it cannot be permitted to pass l'reo in tho county, because it is ' not. as the law requires, "printed in whole or in part" within tho county. 1'ho circulation ot'such matter, whether vviihin or without the county, must he at the pound rate. 417. No supplement containingan3'ad- , vertisement-s whatever can be allowed in j tho mails at the second-class rate, unless \ thr publisher make affidavit that the .same ' rates are paid to him far the advertise- ' ments contained in the supplement as for \ those in the. body of the paper itself. Pub- i lishers desiring to send out supplements j should tile with tliu postmaster the fol- ' lowing allidavit:? The undersigned, publisher ofthe , < hereby makes oath that neither he nor i iiny other proprietor, clerk, agent, or i employee within his knowledge, will 1 .... r.niMHU lu> f I M'lltlf III UUI.U*, \H I'ti uiiw w ? ( through the mails at the second-class i (pound) rate, any supplement containing 1 any advertisements whatever, unless 1 such advertisements are paid for at the J same rate as those in the body of the pa- | per itself and are of like character, print ( and illustration; prominence and space 1 in the supplement being charged for at J the same rate as in the paper itself. ( [Name and place.] Sworn and subscribed before me this day of I IKS?. ^Signature and title.] 1 Whensuch an afltdavit has been filed J St will not be necesssrv to repeat it, ex ocpt when the publication changes hands, ( Hot the makiitif of this ajfidaril wi/l not i di.spitn.se with the other requirement* in re- , gard to supplement; it icifl notlecttfe the. admittance of hand-bills or posters, or ad- \ vertisements in <i form intruded for cir- i outfit ion independent of the paper itself or I without the date of issue ; nor will it an- ' thorizc the use of cuts or illustrations in i: advertisements which would not be ad- \ mitted in the body of the paper. The sup- \ plement must contain printed matter j therein, either because there was no room ' for it in the body of the paper without thoj, sacrafice of legitimate matter, including i advertisements, or because received tooji late to be printed in the paper, or fori greater convenience in the mechanical | process of issueing the paper, and which j t would not hftve been printed in tho sup-j plement but for one of the foregoing rea-: sons. Therefore the advertisements eon- j tained therein must be of th class of mat-! ter, style of illustration, and display com- j mon to the entire paper. Postmasters | will bo held strictly responsible for the; mailing of any matter in violation of this ruling, and are required to report all such violations coining under their notice. This ruling does not apply to leg.il adver- j tisemcntS, such as tax safes, state, city, j or court ollicial notices. 418. A paper printed in form of tho; newspaper to which it purports to be a I supplement will bo accepted as such if it contains only literary matter usual to i newspapers; but if it contains advertise- ] ments, then in order to determine thatj the added sheet is not simply a lmud-bill i or poster, as referred to ill section 208,' P. L. <k It. ed. 1579, thet*e must be con- j 1 fliclini.t onunmien. I UlUJUU llJUIClll OlMIIU uiovitivw mclit of the paper which it accompanies, ! add the said paper which it purports toj supplement mUst also contain u statement that a supplement has been ildded to the issue of that date, which it must in some satisfactory manner identify. Such a statement, however, will not be accepted as changing the character of any handbill or poster which may be offered as a supplement, and is subject to the proceeding rule. 419. A supplement which contains any advertisements whatever, must bear the j title, date and number of the paper which I it purports to supplement, and muxt be j printed at the office of publication of such ! paper, except in case of supplements containing legal advertisements, such as tax J sales, which may be printed at another I office than that of the paper with which, they are mailed. ; 42(\ Hand-bills, posters, special advef-! tiscments, etc., cannot be considered asi "supplements" as defined in section 200. j P. L. A' K. ed. 1S7N. Newspapers containing any such matter, arriving at an 1 office of delivery without evidence of | prepayment by stamps affixed1 should be rated up as stated in! section 208, P. L. & R. All advertise-! ments in magazines must be permanently \ attached thereto, by binding, printing, pasting or otherwise, and must be of uni-1 lorni size wiia mo pngus ui mu jmum n-^ lion. Maps, diagrams, or illustrations which are referred to in the publication,! or form a necessary part thereof, are a(U missible without the word "supplement." j There can also be inclosed supplements, | with the name of the publications they i supplement and dute of issue, under the requirements of ruling 417. There niayj also be enclosed bills or receipts coyer-' ing subscriptions {not for advertising), on } which the number and names of papers enclosed may be designated, or orders in } blank for subscription (without additional matter), to bo filled up and returned] by the addresso. A supplement and or-' der, bills, receipts, etc., cannot bo com-! bincd in one. Any other addition to a' regular publication than those indicated j above subjects the whole to higher rates | of postage. j 421. No supplement con be accepted as j ! legitimate which contains one. or more i large displayed advertisements, not in common with advertisements in tho pnper itself, or in which the reading matter is composed almost entirely of clippings, or of recommendations of the person oil thing advertised. 422. Supplements must bo foleacd: within the issue of the number which: they are intended to supplement. If j mailed separately they must be prepaid as third-class matter. 423. Although the Department does I j not reccgni/.e "editions" of a paper as! constituting distinct publication of a pa-1 I per, yet a-paper may be printed in edi-i I tions, and the later editions may contain I j matter, both in news and arlvertisments, j ' in addition to, or in substitution of, other j j matter in former editions; but such edi-j ! lions are only entitled to second-clasw ' J rates when the matter is for general cir- j dilation among subscribors, and is lioti specially set apart in the interest ol nil ad- j vertiser. The words "printed name and 1 address of the publisher or sender of the j same," as used in section ?51, P. L. tV: It., i do not authorize the printing of tho name I of one publisher or sender! on a portion of one issuo of a paper, and! another name of publisher or sender on another portion of the same issue or on the cover thereof. If this is done it excludes the wh >le issue f:om pound rates. Pound rates cannot bo used for the purpose of circulating special advertisements j and indicating the advertiser as the send -! ier 424. The words "supplement to'' ctc., \ \pr!nted on a poster, hand-bill, or special advertisement of some corporation, comI pain/, or person, does not chani/e its cha r laeterfrom third to second-class matter; when inclosed in second-class matter they I not only subject the packages to the j charge of third-class rates at offices of de! livery, but also subject the publishers to a fine often dollars for every package ; mailed containing such inclosures. ! 425. The publisher of any periodical i which may be entered as second-class j matter mny inclose,at tho beginning or! close of the year, an "almanac" within j an issue thereof as a supplement; provided j the words "Supplement to No. " isj printed thereon and mention is made in j the columns of the publication that such supplement is enclosed. lint almanacs,; except when mailed as above, must be j treated as third-class matter. 42C>. An extra or regular second-class publication is entitled to pound rates. It must be a genuine extra, issued for the I purpose of communicating additional news, and not an advertising sheet. 428. The proceedings of an official board, or body, or ot public meetings, i may be adopted as a "supplement'' of any legitimate publication of the second class: of mail-matter, although the same may j not be printed at thy office of the publica-! tipn or within the county. When such : supplement is printed in the county! where the publication is printed which J adopts it, it is entitled to free county cir- j culation. When printed outside of the! county, the publisher must bo required i to Drenuv uound rates. If such sunnle-' merits*contain any adveitisemeut uhat-j ever, in addition to the regular report of! I the board, body or meeting, they are not i legitimate except for the papers which ! originally print them as supplements to such papers. Other publications sending them out must pay third-class rates on each copy containing one. The law authorizes the Department to collect firstclass rates; but this as a "penalty" may in proper cases be reduced to tlnrd-class ! rates. I 429. An alleged supplement devoted en-' i tirolv to advertising the newspaper it ac-' j companies caunot be accepted as a proper | supplement. J 430. When whnt purports to be a supplement discloses the publisher of the pai per it assumes to supplement, us also the ! agent of some business house jfor the safe! : of their goods, third-class rates should be j ! ahvaf/s exacted. Publishers when offer-! ! ing premiums to subscribers cannot offer i i the articles for sale independently of tht j subscription. I Anderson's Primaries. i Anderson, Aupr. 33.?The total vole In the J! irlmary election lielcl yesterday is tho heaves t ever polled?.'(,795. Tho representrtlves elected are H. 1\ Clinkscalcs, K. M. Buoker I J. B. Watson, II. O. Scudday. the full ticket receiving a majority. The probuto Jndse Is T. C. Llgou, and the auditor T J Webb,' (without opposition.) M. P. Trlbb'c Is elected1 clerk by a majority of over 600, and H.Y.Hi Nance coroner. A second race will be had I September r>ih with J. II. Mc Connell and J W, L. Bolt for sheriff, W. F* Cox and W. II. Frlerson for treasurer, J. O, Cllnkscules and I R. W. Todd for school commissioners, .loshtia ' Jamison, W. J/ Robblns, It. S. Bailey. C. B. Giluier, A. O. Norrlsand W. h. Eskew for couuty commissioners.? Urcetivillc jS'cws. Wvnted.?A young colt, for which the highest price will be paid in cash. Apply to D. II. Howard, White JlalL tf ANNIVERSARY ORATION. EDUCATION-ITS OBJECT AND THE MEANS ! NECESSARY FOR ITS ATTAINMENT. An Address Delivered at I.odliuoitt Academy, by WiJtcr Lon'ry Miller, Esq., July 31, INSli In the first pliice, I would remark that I do not. propose to treat this subject in lis logical order; luit, II" I may ho say, I will attempt to discuss it after a popular style, It Is well for ns to have correct Ideas as to the real object of I'dueation. II is too generally trtie, and the more therefore to be regretted, that our people entertain erroneous Ideas on the subject of education. WundeduK here, they make mistake.* In educating their children, and in this way their innocent oll'-prlng sutler from ;he Ignorance of their parents. Jf there are ..... .......it.i,,tn.- ii,r Sscliiiiil ('Dunnissiouer In this assembly, let m>*say tottiem, llrit I he sue*-j jessful one, whoever lie may he, e:in t do lie: lor j next year as he iioch round the county inspecting Ihe schools than to ask the pupils; his question?what Is the a rand object of education. Ask them what. It Is ami got ihniu j :o write the answer upon tin* blackboard, j I'upilsof Iiodimnm. school, do you know the! inswer. Well, if the School Commissioner,1 ivhcu lie comes along. tails to ask you, then >*ou put the question to him. and. If he does ; not answer It correctly, tell It on him in the; next campaign. In Its primary sense, to educate means to' Iraw out, to expand, to train. By educalion j 11 Its broad and more extended sense we I mean Ihe cultivation of all our powers. Intelectual, moral, ami physical; or, to express j [lie same Idea In dltlercnt words, the lilting, ns for ihe proper discharge of all the practical' luties of life. By education, we mean theset-j ling in motion those processes by which we, obtain (food citizens and Irom which society ' receives worthy members. As to physical . tilt lire I have a comment or so to make. In) Ihe first place, I think tlie facts will bear tnej Dill in asserting that this Is a department! iv hieh does not receive that attention which! It merits at the hands of our educators, Wei ieneral:y run to one of two extremes?we I jither devote too little or too much attention ] !o the cultivation of our physical power*, in is can easily be proven by referring to our i colleges?they either have no athletic games j and sports at all. or they run to the other ex- j tremeand devote nearly all of their time to boat-racini: and base ball matches. Those who are at the head of our educational Institutions should endeavor to rind the golden | mean. In tills connection. It is gratifying to know that nearly all of our teachers are be-1 finning to class calisthenics as a part ot their, school exercises. This will contribute toj heallhfuliiPKs of body and gracefulness us well. To sit in an easy and natural posture, | to walk wltii an erect and manly gait, and to bow with "sweet, attractive grace," are little j things, but they have inucn 10 uo wmi me; impression we make upon others. Children Jo not like to be told to sit up straight, yet, in ufier life, when they look upon ttic Bent barks and stooped shoulders of those around them,| how thankful will they be for every reproof; which they receive from father, mother, or teacher as the ense may tie! Isn't It strange, us I hiiveoiten heard it remarked, that, if wc] want to find I lie most perfect models of phys-j iciil strength and symmetry, wc have to go to; the city, whilst in the mountains, where nature Is grandest, we have tlie most dwarfed! specimens of humanity ? And vet it should! not strike us with surprise; for in the onci place they believe in the maxim xana men* in | suiui corpore. whilst in the other physical cnl-j ture is totally neglected. The cultivation of: the moral powers must go hand-ln-hund with i that of the intellect, else the most disastrous j consequences will follow. As the influences} which emanate from example tar surpass, those which arc exerted by precept, it Is lin-j peratively necessary that tho teacher's i character bo smut pair mils reproche. Intcmperaneo and profanity are qualities which should disqualify any one from occupying the responsible ottlce of teacher and parents who intrust the Instruction of their children into such unworthy hands commit a most fatal and egregious mistake, the remediless consequences of which will be seen In all their hideous deformity in the far distant years to coine. I will close these reflections with reference to the cultivation of the moral powers with one single sentence, which I earnestly hope every parent present before me will hear and ponder over for, I am sure, I do not overestimate | Its importance and Its truthfulness as well, when I say that the reputation a school has for high moral tone Is its best recommendation and surest pledge of success. But it Ih my object to-day to speak more particularly of the cultivation of the mlud A great many people think Unit the grand end of education Is the acquisition of knowledge. Now the truth is this Is only a subordinate end?the creat object being to discipline the mind and not simply to store it wi'h fuCts> By tttakinc this discrimination we will havethe broad light ofday where we now grope in darkness, we will have a higher and more Intelligent appreciation of the educational system, and wo will have diltlcultles cleared up lo our satisfaction, wlUch have hitherto tended to dampen our ardor and allay enthusiasm. For Instancesealed in the front, porch of a store one evening, we heard a practical farmer propund this question to a teacher. What's the use of studying Latin or Greek? I studled them and they did not do me any good." That was a test question and it represents the views of a large, respectable and Intelligent class of our people and I have no doubt It has Its followers here to-day. I like to hear practical ineu asking Just such questions?I think It Is a favorable omen?and It these questions can't be answered satisfactorily, then I tor one Will say) banish Latin and Greek from the schools. But here comes one answer, full and complete in itself, and only one of many that might be made. Now notice how this answer forms one of the main supports in the educational ground-work. Here Is the argument In a nut-shell. The object of education is to discipline the mind, whatever best accomplishes this purpose should be studied, the experience of the best educated men and of the most thorough tcacliers yields to the classics the palm in this respect, therefore Greek und Latin arc Indispensable educational factors. As a general thing, however, the best way to stlcncc the skeptic is to deny one of thepiemtses upon which his conclusion rests and then the argument falls to the ground of its own weight. Now you remember the farmer above referred to stated that lie had derived no benetit from the study of the classics. In nine cases out of ten, the man talking that way, II pressed to the wall, will be forced to confess like Charles Francis Adams that he never studied the classics at all?that he simply went through the form of doing so. Again, all who have had even a limited experience as teachers know that there arc a great many people Who dwell upon the importance of what they are pleased to term practical studies?they t:ike great pains to Impress you with theidea that they desire theirchildren to study books that will be of some service to them through llfe-they are very solicitous about their children learning arithmetic and they tire Just as Indifferent whether or not thcj study grammar. I remember to lmve heard a mother object to lier son studying grammar, atid when the teacher tried to convince her that he ought to learn to speuk correctly, she replied that she had never found any trouble on that score?that people gem rally understood what you meant when dinner was announced and that when she asked the clerk to show her calico, there seemed to be no want of comprehension on his part. If people can on'y be persuaded to consider w hat Is the ob Jcct of education, such puerile, erroneous Ideas as these will be scattered to the fourwinds. What arc practical studies? The answer conies baclc, those which fit usforthe actual duties of life. Apply the test to gram mar. What Is Its definition ? The art of si caking and writing language correctly. What kind of an art did 1 say ? Listen. See H it. 1ms a vague abstract sort of a meaningit It. Indicates a speculative; dreamy kind of life, llrrelt Is again?the art of Writing and speaking language Correctly. Jsn't that practical? Isn't It intensely practical. Have any ot you ever been traveling ami having received directions, followed them to the letter, ami then after all found that you had gone the Wrong road?and four or five miles out of tiiowaytit that? And yet we arc told that children ought, not to learn the art. of speaking correctly?no! no!?let them study sometliing practical like arithmetic! Year after tiie courts of the country at great expense ot time and money arc employed In construing instruments of writing, the lawyers earn large fees, their clients are rendered bankrupt, and the volume of Supreme Court Heports is swelled by additional cases?all because somebody never learned how to write and speak correctly?because, forsooth people. when they tile, don't know how to write their wills Intelligently and intelligibly. And yet yon must not teach your children grammar?It's not practical enough. Grammar not practical! why, it Is the study of lan lm age, and language is the instrument ol thought. It Is the medium of communication between man and man, and yet these practical men would drive out of the.schools that by which we know ourselves and others. If mental discipline is the object of education, then the system of cramming Is wrong. All of the faculties of the mind should be cultivated uniformly and systematically?none of them should be abnormally developed. The memory should not be cultivated to the exclusion of the judgment., nor the Judgment to the exclusion of the memory. Cramming tends to oppress and enervate the mental powers and ft exerts a depressing and wcakIi.fl Ii<>nre over I lie iihvslc.nl svktom II renders literary work distasteful while otherwise It would be attractive and agreeable. Some people seem to labor under the Impression that our cducntion Is exactly proportionate to the amount or knowledge we succeed In cramming Into our brain. A person may commit to memory passage after passu go from Milton nnd Shakespeare, and yet know nothing of the beauties of poesy, he may be able to repeat with faultless accuracy the profouudcsl sayings of the most profound men, and yet be a perfcct model of superficiality In the language of another, he mny be familiar with the encyclopedias from A to Z, and yet rank but Utile above hh fellows. Undue haste Is one of the most patent, salient faults of the educational system of the limes. In order to master any subject, (here must be time for assimilation; time for thorough digestion. Quantity, and not quality seems to be too abundant!y popular. Why, Isn't It a pity to see a little fellow trudging along to school loaded down wltli books, (jive the boy time. Don't push him along too fast. He will c.lmblhe hill successfully if you will lighten the burden upon his back. There Is too great a disposition on the part of pntents?and often a foolish spirit of pride Is at the bottom ot it?there Is too great a tendency on the part of teachers?and a lack of moral courage Is the explanation of It.?to hurry children along too rapidly; they arc studying algebra when they ought to he reviewing the four fundamental operations of arithmetic. They are studying philosophy or the science of familiar things, when they ought to be In the fourth reader. W hat people vulgarly call the three H's?rending, writing and arithmetic?should receive more attention at the hands of our educators. One proficient in these rudimentary, but none the less fundamental studies, will have but little trouble alterwards. How msny addresses, otherwise ornate and cnlctilited to reflect credit upon their authors, have their symmetry mnrrcd by a (jramtnatlcal blunder, which ought to bring a blush to the cheek of the most ordinary sehool boy! How many men?men who hav?> received their diplomas at that, ure afraid to give expression to their views on the hustings or in the public prints, because they know they will make mistakes which acriticising public will be Indisposed to excuse' Isn't it a fact, and I speak It In no spirit of censorlonsness for I am sure no one that hears me to-uny enieriairs a Hiinun ^ lhjiuthyfortlie noble band of men and women who are engaged In the grand work of education, and after all, the teachers only share the responsibility with the balancc of tis. but nevertheless, Isn't It a fact that a lack of thorough academic training Is one of the educational defects of the times? To prove that It is true; I need only ask yon to open yonr ears and listen to the conversation around you. To prove that It Is true, I need only refer you to the catalogues of the various iuslltutlons of learning. From the highest to the; lowest, the demand is constantly being reiterated: Send us boys and girls more J thoroughly trained In the elementary studies. | Friends of education, It ought i\ol so to be. j Can't we pot our shoulders to the wheel and! elevate the standard ol scholarship in the com-! mon schools ol the country? Tlie object, of J education is the development of the mind. Then we should rot allow the golden days of: youih to slip by unimproved. Young, pliant, I susceptible youth Is the most appropriate time j for mental culture. There seems lo be an analogy between the Intellectual and fhyslcall system. Though the mind Is slower in lis de- j velopnient than ilie body, yet after a while it! Bi-ems to attain its full growth. Therefore It Is of the highest importance that this formative, growing period be utilized to its lullest extent. Let me Illustrate a thought which occurs to me In this connection. I hope I will make my meaning clear. There are pa-, rents here who have children to educate, and | If the thought strikes them as It does me, 1 t J will not have failed In my mission to-day. I hold up before you a scale representing cadi individual's capacity for mental culture,and by the way, I will begiad If you will remember that thi? culture Is confined tofctie period of youth. Now, here Is a bright, interesting boy, who, if he be fully educated, will be tmirked 8. Unfortunately, his parents do not realize this fact, he is not sent to school regularly, and consequently, when he completes Ills tiducatlon, C and not 8 l? Ills mark on the uraduuted scale. Ills power of usefulness, his fondness for literary pleasures, and his Influence in society are contracted lo that extent thereby. What a fearful penalty he has to pay for a few wasted years! Or to illustrate the same thought: Here are two circles, a small one enclosed within a larger one. The larger one represents what can be done, the small one represents what. Is done. Tlte difference between the two represents the opportunities which are lo<t; or to express the Idea more stronglj still, i he smaller one represents the diminished brain power with which the work o 1 life Is to be accomplished. Are you willing for thai child whom you love so mucn thus to go through life with contracted powers of usefulness ami happiness for the sake of the insignificant, paltry sum of money which hl> ?- A?i" it I- r?iii <?r tin. CU UCI11 ion Will cum; ... .... ... (]iK's!ion to expect t<? see the mlml developed and expanded without regular, systematic work. You need not expect to see j'our children educated if yoti start them to school at the opening of the session and then stop them in the spring to assist in hoeing the cotton, and again early in ilie lull to help in picking out the crop. Yon need not expect to see them educated, if you still pursue the old exploded plan of sending thorn to school one year end keeping them home the next. The quicker this lesson is learned the hotter. Education is the result of constant, repented eliort and it is not attainable otherwise, Hnt I mlist hasten on to a dose, Good schools constitute the principle means by which the education of youth is accomplished. Now that term, good schools, comprehends n great deal. In the first place it carries along with it- the idea of competent teachers. The human mind is an extremely delicate organism, and only the skilled, master hand should deal with it. To know when certain facilities need to he stimulated and spurred on to Increased ctFurt and then tr> know when to put the breaks on others require both Judgment ami tact. I was struck the other day with the precautions which they adopt In France and In Germany to weed out Incompetent, teachers, or rather to prevent their ever-entering at all. The governments of both these countries exercise the most rigid sup ;tvlsion In the seleelion of teachers, and those who desire to teach either in the public or the private schools must furnish the governmental oflielals with undoubted evidence of capacity. And then, good schools demand itnebcrs who are possessed of energy, enthusiasm and zeal for the work. To equip a school with eoinpetent.cnergctlo teachers is but to engrave upon Its walls the words, success and prosperity. Hut we in list be fair. You can't expect tlrst-class teachers when you only propose to pay second class salaries. Yon enn't expect your children to stand at the head of their classes, and to benr oft the prizes, '.f they have had to lose several weeks from school from a cold which was contracted by being seated nenr a window in which a pane of glass was broken out. You can't cxpect children to progress rapidly, if they have to sit tor hours at a time in u cold room, seated i. hard, uncomfortable slat) benches. You cj ' expect to be lulled i to sleep ou a long summer's .afternoon, lisienIng to delightful strains of music played by| the skilled hands of your own children If you arc unwilling to loosen your purse strings to! procure the services of the trained car and] delicate touch. Good schools cost money. Thlsloveofn oticy ' Is the chief obstacle. The Bible says tin? love of j money Is the root of all evil, and certain u i*j tills love <>f money retards the progress of the! schools. I don't suppose there Is n community In the suite that does not desire competent teachcrs, costly pianos, and eomforiabic and tasty school buildings. 0 yes! they would like to have ill! these, but they don't wau't them, if th?-y have to loosen their clutch upon the dollar. The moment you j touch their purse you will hear them cry out, "Kconoiny." They are rich cnouuh to buy land and to invest In improved agricultural Implements, rich enough to build railroads and to erect handsome residences, rich enough to attend the theaters and the circuses, rich I enough when they go to market in the fall j to lay in their usual supplies of tobacco, elgars and liquors?rich enough for all these and other purposes more, but too poor to spend much money upon the schools. Oh ! j tills love of gold! What strange, bewildering properties, the shining, yellow metal has!. Ileudcrs our vision clear! Ah! more thanj that. Too oft it renders us blind us bats that fly around at eve.. Else, how explain this. ] In every commuufty In this .State there arej men, thrifty, enterprising, successful men; j men with broad acres and extended creditmen of good natural parts and of frugal hah-j its?men who arc interesting conversationalists, and well versed In politics and In public j matters generally.?able toglve their children a splendid education, and yet refuse to do so. Can you explain that? iNo. And yet parents can leave their children no better fort une than ! an honorable name and a good education. And now. Mr. Principal and kind hearers, with one parting thought my pleasant task ' " Oil nils occasion Will lluvu unn Glancing back for a moment, there comes gliding down the years the nume or n spot not ten miles from here, now become historic grom.d, resonant Willi sweet memories and fragrant wltii classic incense. Surely it is not necessary for me to repeat the grand, old name o!' the Wellington School. Calling up the shades of the pust, tl.ereappears before our view the venerable lonn of Willlugton's eminent teacher, NV'addell, surrounded by his distinguished pupils, Calhoun, McDuUle, Pettigrew, tiie Wardluws arfd others, who have entwined around his nuine and theirs fame and glory. There is an Inspiration in the thought and a lesson too. Uespected teachers, press onward In your noble work. Let the mantle of Wlllington lull upon l.odimont. and, in other days than i these, let the names of her present excellent teachers shine brightly in the lives of the pupils 1 sec mound me. ? ? Murder Most Horrible. A'euberry Obsvrver. The community of Newberry was shoel'cd and horrified Tuesday, I he lihh, by the Intelligence that John 1*; Sloan hud killed Ills wile ?murdered her in eold bk>od. John P.Sloan was married to Miss Caroline L. ilallacie, daughter of Ilcnry Hal lucre' (now deceased), sixteen years ago. Her family opposed the marriage; but to all a] pearaue>! the couple got along well together, prospered in ttie world, and had seven children born to them, the oldest now being about l(i, the youngest about 2. They lived uboat two miles from Newberry. About a year ago It became known that Sloan was treating his wife badly. This grew v.orse until she lett him, but a rec alculation was etieclfid and she returned. Soon lie resumed his bad treatment, and in sel -pt'ote tlon she prosecuted him before a Trial Justice, in the early pari of the present year, and a tine of $10) was Imposed uj-.oii him* i'pon a solemn promise to amend, and upon making over his property (worth MM,000 or SIS,1'UO) to tier ror inc. anu nitei wards t?? their cuildrcn, the line was remitted, ami lor a Iliac he seemed to have turned over a new leaf; hut only lor a time. The 7th instant Mie was torccd hy his conduct to h ave him; and she went to her brother's i>r. John C. Ilal lucre'*; the next day she went to Mis. Christian's, in Newberry, an old friend oj tlic family. Some of the children entile with her. hut he managed to get one or two away, kidnapping one of liiftii Monday night. Mis. Sloan had a peiwe w arrant.taken out on Mond iy evening uelore Trial Justice liiease, and we uiidcrsiand this was placed in the hands of Constable Holman the same flight; hut hi: did not make the arrest, for soma reason, although Sloan came Into town early Ihe next I morning and stayed until lie commllted the j murder. While public Attention was attracted to the primary election going on down town, he slipped up to the house where his wife was nnd shot herns described by witnesses at the Coroner's Inijuesl. He then ran iiji the street between Mr. Kode.'spi-rger's and Airs Christian's, out inioCaihoun street, then into Main stieet, which he followed until lie reached the body of woods between Mr. Duncan's and MaJ. Jones'. Seveial persons who hud (iot the alarm pushed him closely, but lost sight of him. Sheritl' Wheeler soon got together apus.tr. and stai led out on horse-baek lu pursuit. It was thought that tliey had him surrounded lu a swamp two miies troni town Tuesday night, but lie was not captured. Thepo.vsc returned yesterday without Sloan, having tailed to rind him. The murder was planned with deliberation, lie bought a ticket Tuesday morning for Atlanta just before he did the murder, and he cho>e a time for the deed when the men were nearly all engaged down town. There was a large crowd In town Tuesday evening and night, and had he been brought in then he would have stood a good chance of being lynched. .Should he be captured now we think there is no doubt that wiser counsel will prevail, and the law allowed to have its victim. Telegrams have been sent to various points, and It is very likely he will bo captured soon. Trial Justice Henry II. Bieased, acting as Coroner, empanneled a Jury and held an inquest Tuesday afternoon. n ?- 1J ?r-l"?.? To a ir TnrM rne jurors wen; iv u. ....su., ?. Jno. A. Kinard, \V. T. Tarrant, Geo. A. Lunglord, \V. K. Welsh, Alex. Slnal'-lon. A. G. Mnybln, J. I), Hornsby, W. H. Jones, W. T. Gaillard. J. M. ICibler. THE TESTIMONY. Jno. B. Martiu sworn?Had Just come out or my house from dinner; heard tiring nnd: some one hallooing as if wounded. Saw Jno. I*. Sloan come oul of the Christian yard and run up the street between Christian's and | Kodelspergcr's. K. \V. Thomason and I think ! Frank Wilson were after him. Went Into Ibe i Christian house and saw Mrs.Sloan lying on the back piazza. One of her children was lying against her breast; the least one and another one were standing at her head?lliey ull seemed frantic. Dr. .las. Mcintosh sworn: Found Mrs. Sloan dying when I got to her; suppose she lived 15 minutes. She was shot In two places; I one above the spine of the scapula, fracturing the bone but not entering the cavity of the chest; the second ball entered between theSlli and 9th ribs and passed through the left lung and the left auricle of the heart, which was sufficient to cause death. There wnsfjp blood In the heart, but the cavity of the chest was tilled Witt) blood. Amos Rutherford, col'd, sworn: Mrs. Sloan and I were ?lttln? on the back piazza. J. P. Sl< an ran in?I don't know from whatdlrect.on. He came up on the piazza about six feet from her, and said, "Yes, G?d d?n you." lie had his pistol in ins hand and cocked. She made a motion to rise and he shot her. She tell near me, and he tired a second lime after she was down, and then ran. She asked me to help her up. 1 raised her to a sitting position, and women came in, and I ran out to c've tlie alarm, lie ran Willi his pistol in his band. She sukl nothing to him ; and lie ' said nothing to ner except "Yes, G?d d?n I you." 1 live on Mr. J. P. Sloan's place, and was talking to Mrs. Sloan on business. Mr. Jno. P. Sloan and his father Archibald Sloan came to town tills morning; Ills little boy Sammy was with them. I think the shooting took place between 1 and 2. p. m. Albert E. Sloan's statement: Ma was sitting on the house plaz/.a and Amos on the kitchen piazza; I was on the front piazza. I saw inv father run into tlie piazza with a pis tol In his hand. He said "G?d d?11 you," and shot. As noon us he tired I ran oil. Henrietta Count*, eol'd, sworn: I heard the pistol lire twice and hcnrd the little hoy run through the field crying "Pupa has shot mania." Sirs. Wni. II, Knsxcll. Ueorgiuna Wilson. Hattle Belrfield and I.ncltxla John-, son took Mrs. Sloan off the tloor and laid hor on the bed. Lnclnda Clarlc, cold, sworn: \bout 1 o'clock to-day I sent, word to Mrs. Sloan that (was dodging about In the lot and I didn't I think he was after any good. Stunter Hol-j I man sent me word that Mr. Sloan was lu the lot. The Jurors rendered their verdict in accord' anco with the above tacts. The modification of the tariff, coupled with the influence of the enormous quantity of best sugar made In Europe, and competition among refiners, has made sugar cheaper than ever before known In this country with one exception. The best- granulated sugar can be bought in New York for a little over fi?/, cents per pound, while raw sugar in Cuba goes begging for purchasers at ft cent per pound, il 1M UIOUKIIL I>riia:? m i...n will go lower yet, and ilie bears do not liesllate to bet confidently that granulated sugar will go below ti cents bo!ore the eud of the year. A New York physician says that Lula Hurst Is a fraud, and that he can make people dance around Just as easily as sho does, lie can probably do it easier. All that Is necessary Is to send In his bill. Any farmer that desltes to havo a pleasant, prosperous home, cleurof mortgage, must take rare of his farm machinery. The ordinary life of a reaper, mower,thresher, and. In fact, of most, farm implements, is with good care, about ten years, while, with poor care, from' three to live i? the limit. I CLEVELAND'S LETTER, : THE CHAMPION OF THE PEOPLE SPEAKS PLAINLY AND TO THE POINT. A Government of the People and b.v the People, In which the People Itnle nnd their ftervants Obey. Albany, Nt. Y., august 10.?The following was received Lo-Uay by Col. J.anion t, secretary to Gov. Cleveland, who Is at Upper Saranac Lake, with instructions to inuke It public on Its receipt: ALBANY, N. Y? August 19, 1881. Oentlkmes:?I.have received your coin munlcailon dated Juiy 28, lfwi. Informing me oi my nomination to the ofllcc of President oi the United States by the National Democratic Convention lately assembled at Chicago. 1 accept the nomination with grateful Appreciation of the supreme honor conferred and a solemn sense of the responsibility which In Its ncccptance I assume. I have carefully considered the platform adopted by the convention, and cordially approve the same. So plain a statement of Democratic faith and the principles upon which that party appeals to the suffrages ol the people needs no supplement or explnnation. It should ho remembered that theoflicp of President 1? essentially executive In its nature. The laws enacted by the legislative branch of the government the Chief Executive Is bound faithfully to en force, and when the wisdom of a political party which selects one of its members as the nominee rortnai onice has outlined Its policy anil declared its principles, It.seems to me that nothing in t he character i.t theofflce or the necessities of the case requires more from a candidate Accepting such a nomination th'in a suggestion of certain well known truths so absolutely vital to the sifety and welfare of tin* nation, that they can not be too often recalled or too seriously enforced. We proudly call ours a governmcntby the people. It Is not such when a class Is tolerated which arrogates to Itself j the management of public otlice, seeking to control ti?e people instead of representing thcin. Parties are the necessary outgrowth of our Institutions, but the government Is not by the people when one party fastens Its control upon tlm country, and perpetuates its power by cajoling and betray! ug the people Instead of ser ving theui. Th-s government Is not by the people when the result which should represent the Intelligent, will of free and thinking men Is. or can be, determined by the shameless corruption of their suffrages. Wiien an election to office shall bo aselcct Ion by the voters ofone oftheir number to assume for a time a pub'le ti ust Instead ofhls dedication to the profession of politics; when Hie holders of ballots,quickened by a sense of j duly, shall avenge the truth betrayed and i pledges broken, and when sutlragc .shall be altogether free and uncorrupied, the full re-i all/.atlon of a government by the people will he at hand, and of the means to this end not1 | ?? | one WOIIIU IU IIIJ JKU|;iiii;iib uu muiccuvvixv. tliuii an amendment to the constitution illsqualifying ilic President from re-election. When we consider the patronage of this gront olllee, the allurements of power, the temptation to remain public places once valued. and more than ail the availability a party finds in an Incumbent when a horde of office i holders, with zeal born ot benefits received and j fostered by the hope of favors yet to come,' stand ready to aid with money and trained political service wo recognize in the eligibility of the President for re-eiocilon a most serious dunger totlmt calm, delii>erate and Intelligent political action which must characterize a governineut of Hie people. A true American sentiment rccnirnlzes the dignity of labor, and the fact that honor lies In honest toil. Contented labor Is an element of National prosperity. Ability to work constitutes the capital and the wages of labor is the Income of a vast number of our population, and this Interest should bejealously protected. Our working men are not asking unreasonable Indulgence, but as intelligent and manly citizens they seek the same consideration which those demand who have other Interests at stake. They should receive their full share of care and attention of those who make and execute the laws, to the end that the wants and needs of employers and employed shall alike he subserved, and the prosperity of the country, the common heritage of both, be advaucAs related to this subject, while we should not discourage the immigration of those who come txacknowledne allegiance to our govcrnment and add to onr eltiz.-n population, yet no means of protection to our worki.igmen should be neglected. A different rule should prevail concerning those wlio, it they come or are brought to our land, do not intend to becotnc Americans, but will injuriously compete with those Justly entitled to compete with our field of labor. In Hie letter accepting the nomination to the office of Governor, nearly two years ngo, I made the following statement, to which 1 , have steadty adhered. "The laboring classes constitute Hit: main part ofour iiopniauoii. They should be protected in their efforts to peaceably assert their rights when cndangerj eel hy aggregated capital, and all statutes on ! this subject should recognize the care of toe i State for hoaest toll and ho framed with a ; view of improving tlie condition of I lie work, Ing rnuii." | A proper regard for the welfare of the work | inn man being inseparably connected with the Integrity of our Institutions, none orour citizens" are more Interested than they In guarding against any corrupting Influences j which seek to prevent the benelicent purposes | of our government, and none should be mote watchful ol the aritul machinations of those who allure them toself inflicted Injury. Jn a free country the curtailment of the absolute rights of the indivdinil should only he j such as is essential to the peae'e and good oriderofthc community. The limit between i he several subjects of gov| crnnieiitai control, niul those which can be I more fitingly left to the moral sense and self Imposed restraint of the citizen should be | carefully kept in view. ! Thus laws unnecessarily Interfering with the habits and customs of any of our people, which ant not offensive to the moral sentiments r.f the civilised world, and which are I consistent with good citizenship and public | welfare, are unwi:eand vexatious. I The commcicc or a nation to a great extent | determines Its supremacy. Cheap and easy transportation should therefore be liberal I v fo tered. Within the limit# of the eons: It ui lion, the general government should so Improve and protect Its natural water ways as will enable the producers of the country to reach a profitable muiket. The people pay the wage* of public employers and they are entitled to fair and lioness work, whic.ii money thus paid should eoin| mand. Ii Is the duty of those intrusted witti ; the management of these affairs to see that such public service Is rorthc>>mlng. ' 'CI.-. i,..? n.,,1 ,||- i-ii linril I nn l/?-i | in the government employment should tiei pi-mi upon their si-?*erti?Ii?fii litness and the j value of their work, ami they should he 1 neither expictid nor allowed tu (Jo ijuestlon! ahlc party service. | The intore-t-i of the pe ople will he better ! protected, the estimate of public labor anil : duty will be immensely Improved, public: ! employment will be oj en to all who can de! nionstratc their Illness to ?liter it, the un j seemi.v sera mi l>le for place under the government with the consequent Iniporluuiiy which j embitters ollieial Itte will cease and the pub| He service will not l>e tilled witll those who j conceive it to be their first, duty to aid the ; party to which they owe their places instead ! of rendering a patient and honest return to ! the people. I believe that the public temper ! is such that the voters of the land are prepar! ed lo support the party wtilch gives ttie best i promise of administering the government in ! the honest, simple and plain manner which ! Is consistent with lis character audits pur! poses. j They have learned that mystery and con* I cealment In the management of their allairs i cover tricks and betrayal. The statesmanship I tliey reiiuire consists in honesty and fatality, la prompt response to the needs of the people ! as they arise, and a vigilant protection of uli | their varied Interests. I If I should be caLled to the chief magistracy ;Ofthe nation by the suffrages of my fellow I citizens, I will assume the duties of that hlsli ! office with a solemn determination to dedicate every effort to the country's good, and i with ail humble reliance upon the favor and ' support of tlie- Supreme ilelng, who 1 bctcivc will uluavs bless honest liuinnn endeavor In conscientious discharge nf public: duty. (Signed) GKOV1SR CLEVELAND. To Col. Wm, F. Vilas, chairman, U. P. Lester, ond other members of the notification committee of the Deniociatlo National Couven| tlon. , TILLMAN'S INSULT TO THE TEMPERANCE ADVOCATES. The Prohibition Movement "Lend by Long Haired .Hen and Short IlalrI << ! Women.*1 Aiken Itccorilcr. We understand thrvt the Hon. G. D. Tillman. after Ills nomination at. liarnwell on Tuesday Inst, nmdc one ol" the most violent anti-prohibition speeches which has been ; heard in a long time. Anions other charactersltically uncoiuh things which tic said, we learn that he stigmatized Prohibition as a movement "lead by long-halted men and I short, haired women." We think that if the honorable gentleman felt disposed to go so faroutof his way as to Introduce the temper nnce Issue before n Democratic c invention after It had perlormed its work and he was safely nominated by a majority of one vote, lie might have scared the noble women who are laboring in this righteous cause, even though lie was ever so severe upon Its male advocates. We rntner expect however, that the bkssed women of our country who are pressing ih s cause with such glorious en f.busiasn will provo that they are better able to take care of themselves than the honorable Mr. Tillman will be of himself in two years from this date. A mnlorlty of one Is rnthcra tight squeeze, but we haw heard from a reliable source that if lie hadw>nly made his anti-prohlbitlon speech before nomination Instead of after, even that result would not have been attained. Since the hurrahs, attendant upon every nomination, have subsided we understand: that many have expressed themselvos us ut-< teily disgusted with the lone and substance of Mr. Tfllmun's speech. The honorable gentleman was expected to dlcuss recognized political Issues, but instead liesaw proper to arraign the advocates of temperance in a manner as unexpected as it was uncalled for. lie abused his opportunity and tins said mahv things which prudence,- If not fair piny, should have suggested that lie had belter have left unsaid It is thus that the Temperance Issue is being forced into politics, not by its advocates but by Its opponents. The Temperance people have been implored from time to time not to introduce their great cause as a political issue, nnd yet wherever they have consented j hnmi InunllPfl :inil tlinn stabbed 111 : the buck. This Is tho Inst campaign where! tlicy will ever submit to such treatment, and all Interested can make a note rl^lu here. Vanished Hours. Whore are they gone, tho<?o dear dead days, Those sweet past days of long ago, Whose phosts go floating to and fro When evening leads us through her maze? Where are they gone ! Ah, who can tell ? Who weave once inore that long passed spell! They did exist when we were young; We met. our life with strergth and trust, We deemed all thlmrs were pure and Just, Nor knew life had a double tongue; We lightly sang a happy song, Xor dreamed our way could e'ere be wrong. And then all changed. As life went by, The friend deceived, or bitter death Smiled as Ire drank onr clear one's breath, And would not let us also die. I)nv followed day; as on they went. rlach took some gift that life had sent. Yet It was ours, that perfect past! We did have days that knew no pain, nr. rulnti/lu rln.itli l.n.l nnt l.iL.fiii. 11 U UIIUC litf.U Jliviiun mmu iiuh *iwu tort*.., . And flowers a.id songs that could not last, Were ours In that most tiessed timo When earth seeru'd heaven's enchanted! cliiue. And so I think, when lights bum low, And all the house is last asleep, From out u silence vast and deep Those dear dead days we worship soBreathe on us, from their hidden store, Their long lost peace, their faith once more. God keep those dear old times; ah, mo! Beyoud our vision I hey may rest Till on some perfect day, and blest, : | Once more those dear dead days will be I For death, who took all, inny restore, .J The past we loved to us onco uiore. HENDRICKS'S LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE. A Model or Brevity and Dignity* Indianapolis, Ind., August 20.?The following Is a copy of cx-Oovernor Hendricks's letter or acceptance or the democratic nomination for iho Vice-Presidency: Indianapolis. Jnd., August SO, 1884.?Genilemeii: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication notifying me of my nomination by the Democratic Convention at Chicago as a candidate for the office of Vice-President of the United rttatc*. May I repeat what I said on another occasion, tiiot ii leu nnminuiinn wiiif-ii I lmd neither expected nor desired, and yet I recognize and appreciate the high honor done me by the Convention. The choice ol" u body, pronounced niih such unusuiil unanimity, und accompanied with so generous an expression of esteem and confidence ouijht to outweigh all merely personal desires and preference? of my own. It Is with this leellnx, and 1 trust also from a deep sense of public duty, that I now accept the nomination, and shall abide the Judgment of my countrymen. I have examined wl:h caie th:; declaration of principles adopted by tho Convention, a copy of which you submitted to me, and in their sum and substance I heartily endorse and approve the same. lam, gentlemen, your obedient servant, Thomas A. Hendricks. To the Hon. Willain. H. Vilas, Chairman, Nlehols A. I'.ell. Secretary, and others 01 (he National Democratic Convention. Tolitcal Slnnikr. Columbia Yeoman. Tlic business in (his line hnt? readied a w point where it will most likely have a tendeney to tone down the bitterness of Its fl ninddened on^lauulits. I'll > over tst< pplnz of n the bounds ol rear on and^deeency In i in* lute p shameful publications again-i the twoPresi- ei dentlal candidate* hns so nauseated and dls- n gusted the nutter portion ot botli parties that1 e< tlie dangerous ami doubtful experiment will l < scarcely be repented. The indiserlinnate and V unmeaning abuse of a candidate! by ills *j political opponents never lost him a vote, si but has more often resulted In his gain than ? otherwise. Taltnage w?s right when he said a the btst abused candidate was most likely to n be the successful one. tl Tiiese tlilmrs are cxpected as a matter of ;q course, and tliey have become so common I a that tliej* liuve lost what effect they ever had. u i><) onv dciicvv-i wuin urn- c.j o ... ,?v. ? other party's candidate. It is all taken as a [ ti matter of course, and put down as cheap cam- Is puign thunder without the lightning, and b taken for Its worth, which is Just nothing li at all. As soon an one party brings out its candidate the other sets to work to search ills record from his youth up, und all Ills good deeds are earfully covered up and the b id one brought to the front and magnified a f hundred fo d. This is one. and the principal ' one, of the agencies that tend to deniorll7.o J* our electioneering canvases, from the Presl- " dent ilown to the lowest office. h As soon as a man is announced as a canrtl- ^ date he is made the target for all tho carping crew on the other side to vent their spite and spleen upon, and if truth rails to furnish the necessary weapons for the unholy warfure, falsehood and blander, In all their dark and ? damning colors, are pressed Into service. As " In war, so in polities, all is considered lair that may help the one and hurt the other. Falsehood is considered better than truth ? where it serves h belter purpose, and Is more J effective In furthering the Interests and subserving the desired ends. J The morals of politics. In this country, are "j sadly in neod ot reformation : and the recent, publication of the disgusting details, In re- 1 peel to the opposing candidates lor the Presidency, will probably li?* the starting point in , that direction. The civilization and refined moral sentiment of the uge have been shocked, and it will demand a halt In this particular, and the reaction will liaveu tendency to pron ote a hopeful und healthy reform. There ure diseases ol'u social and civil character that will eventually work out their own cure, ^ and tills Is one of them. As long as this thing was conducted In the J bounds of moderation and decency, It was * tolerated by the better class, and relished by * demagogues and their parasites, but now It 1 has thrown off the guise and exposed Its real 4 character in all Its naked deformity. The y advancing moral sentiment of the age Is about to us<?*rt Its supiemacy, and In Its J name the people are going to demand a 1 l change In this particular, and sej that a belter order of things prevails in future. Six Acres Enough. Some men not much In love with ntrictiltuiul pursuits think that six acres ure too ' much, but the itu?Hachu*etls Ploughman has a correspondent who, In describing Mr, I Horace Knton's farm at Qulncy, Mass., u-serts i that six acres are enough for nn energetic f man who docs not have time to intend to a big farm. lie ba\s: If it lakes from one to live hundred acres to constitute a farm, I am not right In calling Mr. teuton's estate a farm, but If he raises off of six acres, which is the I limit ?if his estate, as nuicli ns some fanners i do off" of one hu tided, then It is as much a farm a* theirs, nnd such being the case, I will cnil It < i a farm. He keeps lour cows una sometimes ) l live, two horses, pigs and a largo stock of her..--. I He uoes not raise sufficient hay and grain to cuny ins siock liiiuiiko, uui in nu nun inn | cows he raises u large amount of green fodder i and roots for them, and the quality of Ills but- , tor, lor which he has realized sixty cents a poijnd, ltic rlchncss ofhls milk, tells oftho care and quality of cows he keeps. Eaton Is a believer in pedigree stock, ulso in a goo<l I iniroror escutcneon und other marked points j kno wn among dairymen. Fruit I* his sped- ? .11 ty, and Mime oftho finest fruit that goes to ( tho Boston market comes from hlsfurm. He | has taken prizes from the Massachusetts ' Horticultural Society; for several years on , quite ? number ot varieties of fruits. He raises a great many varieties ot strawberries and i sends the plants to different see-lions of the country, lfe practices severe pruning for vines, and a rigid thinning process of fruit, i ! believing this is the only way to obtHin large , fruit, ana the huge handsome specimens of ! grape". apples, pta.s, ]>lmns, berrlcF, lc., prove that held right, ills land is lo.v, and ail thoroughly uiidcrdrnincd; lie make-i every inch of laud count, all of it being in a very high state of culilwillon. He iiasu model barn;all the modern conveniences are seen theie. He keeps one man ilie year round, and another man during the working season < to work on the place. Tie seeks every new vailety of fruit, and II he has a tree or vine that does not bear good fruit to Ills llklng.it i is grafted with a new variety at onee. lie has I good success with grafting grape vines, takfug some hardy stocks and grafting Into them | somc'tcndcr, delicate varieties, anil by fhis process a vigorous growth Is obtained of a lender vine on a hardy stock, which could ! not otherwise be ha<l. About one acre is oiv [cupled In fiont of the estate by a handsome, well-cut lawn, and one oftho nio-t elegant , ] mansions In Qulncy in front of which there i is no fence, wall, or hedge to tnnr the view II ealsoisa cultivator of handsome varieties of roses. He raises many varieties of potatoes ! and other vegetables. And here is a farmer I who is a hide and leather merchant in Boston, ' I of the linn of Killings & Katon, doing a mil- ' j lion or more business 11 year, who tlnds lime ! logo out In the country every day. and before ' Ills departure for the 7:W o,clock morning J train for Huston, and after Ills return ai six ' o'clock at nighl, directs and raises greater crops, handsomer, betterand more saleable ou six acres than niosf farmers will upon a bun- ' died. This I cull a model merchant farmer, j whose table is supplied with all the finest ' liivurleso: tliescasoii from his own soil, a id 1 | plenty for ine market besides, and lie is about 1 the only merchant farmer that I tead about 1 or known of who makes his farm pity. Six acres Is nnouirh for most men wilt, such a I farm us Mr Ki;ton*8. TVImt Death Docs. It line* not nfleet the moral chnmclrt*, it fixI pends Its force upon itie body, but works no , radical or real change In thesouli IL has no power whatever to revolutionize th<? moral . nature? lo make It better or worse. In lt>el) J It van neither nmueagood man better nm-a bail man worse. Iteuu transfer, but cannot transform. '"He that Is righteous, let him ho righteous ntill. lie Unit is petty, let him he," atdeath and after, "petty still." Kueh person . now living carries in himself at tills and every moment the essential elements of cither heaven or bell. By the essential element* we * mean, ih both cases, those moral qualities, those dispositions and airections of the soul, which tit tt for theone or for jhe other. Were all at this moment snatched from time 10 eternity, such are iheir moral diameters that they would Instantly drop Into their appropriate places. What a thin partition separates the saint on earth from the saint In heaven?the sinner In time from the sinner in , eternity. Death Is hut (he doorkeeper. He lifts the latch and lets the Christian through into the ( bliss ol the blissful. Death lops oil'the body and manumits the Imprisoned spirit. It dissolves the Christian from this sinful state and his sinful surroundings, takes him away from till the hindrances of earth, and t supplies him with all the helps of neaven. It delivers him from "this body of death." It r Is not the Judge to acquit or condemn; only r the Jailor to reha-e. It puts the Justified be. ( yond the confines of sin and sense; gives t them absence from the body and presence j with the Lord, but has llolhlng more than It i can do. It Is God's porter to lift- up the "gates'' at his bidding, and let the "son of glory" ''come In." Why, iLen, should the Christian fear lite wing that translates him from the state of the Just I tied to thai of the gloritled? i "JJeath Is youis." J Meet, parsnip, onion and dandelion se. d arc said lobe among those which must lie used when fresh, while cucumber aud squash seed are better when old. Columbia and Greenville Railroad, j ON and after August 17, 1884, Passenger Trains ulll run us herewith Indicated upon tills ro.kI and its brunches: DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAYS. NO. 53. UP PASSENGER. Leave Columbia A-.J ?&% f>"pot 12 to J m Arrive Alston 160pm Arrive Newberry 2 5t p m Arrive Niliety-Slx 4 17 pit! Arrive Hodges 5 21 pm Arrive Helton (i 2rt p m Arrive at lireeiivllie 7 00 p m NO. 52. DOWN rAS.4E.NOEK. J Leave Greenville at 10 05 a m . Arrive lieltot? 11 24 u in i J Arrive Hodges 12 10 p m , I Arrive Ninety-Six i au p in ^ Arrive Newberry 3 11 p m Arrive Alston -i 12 p lit Arrive Clan,b,a A- { { g J ? ABBEVILLE BRANCH. Leave Ilodges 5 30 p rn Arrive Durraugh's H 07 p in Arrive at Abbeville 0 30 p ni Leave Abbevilie 11 30 a m Arrive at Darraugh's 11 52 a ni Arrive at Hodges 12 30 p m Leave Hodges 1 CO p m w Arrive at Abbeville 2 00 pm nLeave Abbeville 4 00 p in Arrive at Hodges 5 ()0 p m _ SPARTANBURG, UNION AND COLUMBIA KA1I-- |l ROAD. NO. 53. UP PASSENGER. J V f.enve Alston I 52 p m o'i Arrive Spartanburg, H.,U.iSC.tiepol.. 6 30 p m j If A crlvoSinnrtnnhliU iMIilfnnf. It K ?? in : If NO. 52. DOWN FAS3KNGEK. I Leave Spartanburg II. A U. depot II II 55 a m, \v Leave S,artanbun? S.U.&C.dcpot G 12 15 p in j Arrive at Alston 4 U~ p in | B1.UK JUDGE RAII.KrtAD AN L? ANDERSON BRANCH. Leave Helton 6 32 p m | Arrive Anderson 7 05 p ni | Arrive Seneca I! 8 17 j> in Arrive at Walhnlla 8 55 j> in Leave Walhnlla ! 05 a m Arrive Seneca 1) 2S a m Arrive Anderson 10 is u in Arrive at Helton 11 22 a in LAI* It EN'S RAILROAD. Leavo Helena 4 Iff p m Arrive at Goldville 5 40 p m j a Arrive at Laurens C. II 7 20 p in > V Leave Laurens C. II ! 15 a m t Arrive ill Goldville lo 50 am 4 Arrive at Helena 12 25 p m j Time?Eiwlern standard. G. 11. TALOOTT, Acting Superintendent. M. Sl.Air?lltFR, General Passenger Agent.'?, I>. (WrowKLI-, Assist. Gen. l'as. Agent. j I OIL PAINTINGS. Oil f'hroinos, Stereo-o I scoplc Views, Stereoscopes. Just r celved, I it J. D. CHALMERS CO. , Oct. 31, 1SS>3, tf i . Not WArlliy, but Willing. . Not worthy. O Lord, of Thy pardon, * Not tit to partake of Thy grace; _ Not worthy, my Saviour but longing I To live In the light of Thy face. f Not worthy to cling to promise j. Of cleansing and Dealing divine, But eager to come ai Thy bidding 1,1 And claim all Thou gl vent oh mine. It Is not becuu.se I have naked Thee Tlio'Thou h'a*t encouraged my prayer? But Thou, who dost love me, hast olleied t My sins and my sorrows to bear. 1 God offered and I have accepted \ The cleansing, the Joy, and the light, And into my life there Is (lowing A wonderful beauty and might. Still higher, as onward I Journey, Mv will rUes towiird Thine own: For God has accepted a sinner, V And I have accepted a throne, There never was soul .so unworthy. To meet with compassion like Thine; Thut I should be heir to u kingdom, And God, the eternal, be mine! Not worthy, but willing to praise Thee . With Jubilant spirit and breath t 1 Not worthy, but longing to triumph O'er sin and temptation and death. ,, There crown me. O Christ, with Thy merits . For all underservlng I am c To leurn theunthein of Moses, Its chorus, the song of the Lamb. How to Handle a '<Q^ecn.,, To catch a queen the operator first pnfls a ttlo smoke into the entrance of the hive, ans a minute lor the l>ees to fill them selves ith honey, which smoke will cause them to r>. and tlun carefully opens the hive. Being lied with honey, the bee*ore usually good attired,and will seldom sling unless they are Inched. A comb Is carefully lilted out and ich side closely scanned, and if the queen Is ot fo ii d, rotumed and another one removi. When ti:e queen Is found, she lsearefiiltnken hy the wings and put Into the cage. f.?rker tees are then caught or cage 1 in the iiiic manne , u being I in possible for them 10 Ling when taken up by the wings. In warm reather, felgiit or ten workers aic sufficient san escort, l<ut aa cool fall weather approches the number Is Increased until It some* .noes reaches forty or filly. The shipping of ueens by mall litis been reduced to soextct science that they are often sent aero s ne At ant c. At time of removal of a lavng queen from a nucleus, or soon alter, a nitured queen cell or newly hatched queen i given to the nucleus, and the apiarist muy h able, ten days later, to ship another Inj* ;ig queen from the taine nucleus.?Exchange. Card of Thnukfl. Friends anil Customers?One year ago with jar and trembling* we launched our coinmerlal boat out iron) shore, determined if close I tent ion to business and hard work was esentlal to success, that we would reap a golden larvesti We must acknowledge thai our irlghtest anticipations have been more than enllzcd, for which we thank our friends and , eenerous public. We promise in the future to make a still Tenter ctt'oit to reduce prices of ml goods In iur line, and to give our customers every adnntiiirn no^slble. Wo are representing some of the largest ;roccry houses In ihe united States, who ship is good? by the car load, saving a large per entuge In frieglitii, and being bought in dull narkets It enables u.s to sell them at less than heir market value. We will deliver (iood< "t inv depot In the up couniry at Ablevllle irices. Thanking one and all for pant favors, and enewlnn our promise of always giving rock lottom figures In all goods In our line, I uiu, respectfully, A. E. ROGERS. Methodist Centenary. The Centennial of Methodism In America vlll be celebrated on the Greenwood Circuit j it Bethlehem, on Saturday and Sunday, 13th ind Hth of September next. Saturday 1" Children's Centlnary Day. Exercises bejrln it 9.3U A. M. Addresos are expected from lev W. W. Duncan, D. D., Rev. S. A. Websr, Rev. W. R. Buchanan, Rev. S. P. H. Elvell, and Rev. W. P. M< adorn. Sunday Centenary Sermon by Rev. W. W. Duncan, D. D.,at 11 A. M. At 3 P. M. sermon >y Rev. O. A. Darby, D.D. Come, Mr. Editor, and be with ub. Yours truly, W. A. ROGERS, tf UNT otice. rllE rebuilding of bridge across TURKEY CREEK, n?ar J.J. Rlchey's, will be let to he lowest bidder on the 2d ol SEPTEMBER Text, at the bridge, at 11 o'clock A. M. Sped wuuuua uu uic uujr. G. M. MATTISON, County Commissioner. August 13,1884,3t State of South Carolina, Abbeville County. lane C. Chandler vs. George Richardson. ?Partition, By virtns of an order of sale made by Judge Eraser, in the above case, on 12th lune, 1884, I will sell at public outcry, within the hours of sale, at Abbeville Court Iiou.se, on Monday, 1st day of September, 1884, the following described real estate, to wit: All that tract or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in said State and count}*, containing EIGHTY ACRES, more or less, and bounded by lands of Benjamin Eaken, Jamos N. Cochrau and others. TERMS OF SALE-CASH. Purchaser to pay for papers. M. L. BONHAM, Jr., Master, Aug. 7, 1884, 3t Sheriff's Sale. \V. V. Cllnkscales against Thus. L. Cozby.? Execution. 12Y virtue of an execution to mo directed, In the above suite.I cane, I will sell to the nlirhest bidder, at public unction, within the legal hours of sale, at Abbeville Court House, sn MONDAY, the first day of SElTK.MliLOK D. ISiii, the following described propcrtv, to wit: All the rislit, title and Interest of Thos. L. Cozhy, In that tract or part-el of land, .of which Mrs. Carrie COzby died, seized and posji-ssed.) Situate, lying and being In t'.ie county of Abbeville. South Carolina, and contain* Ing ONK HUNDRED AND FORTY ACRES more or less, and hounded by lands of Thos. Crawford, Sal lie McClung. the Martin place ind others. Levied on and to be sold as the itrniu.rtv nf Tliox. I.. Co/.hv. to HiltisfV the iforesuld execution uud costs. TERMS CASH. j. f. c. duphe. Sheriff Abbeville Couiity. August 11, lft*l,:jfc DUE WEST, S. C. rHE FORTY-FIFTH HERSION OF THIS Institution opcusot) Hie Hint Monday In Jctober. The Faculty Is complete. Thorough College course. Preparatory Department In charge of aTuor. Mr. L. P. Kennedy. Entire expenses for the year about SlOOi Apply for Catalogue to W. M. GKIEIt, President. July 30,13*1, lm Miller's Hotel. ABBEVILLE, S. C. IMIIS HOTEL has been opened by theundersiened, who will be glad to accomtno- i lato the travelling public on the most rensonible terms. Persons having business nt the I 'ourt would do well to give me a cull. I have :ood rooms, plenty of servnnts, and furnish ny table with the best the market affords, tales reasonable. W. L. MILLER. Jan. 30.1PM, tf Marshall P. DeBruhl, < Attorney at Law, ABBEVILLE C. H. S. C. Seal, r Mcllwaine & Co. i ?JaVE on band almost every variety oi J :arriages, s buggies, < wagons, j liicli they offer to tlietr customers 011 the lost uilvunUigeous tefms. MM A SPECIALTY. r i:n ine ucsi 01 woramen in every onuicn ui fr ur business, and an abundant supply of a, imber. ami other materials, we are prepared ) do all kinds of repairing in the very best T lanner, at the shortest notice, and on the lost acRoramodatlug terms. All work fully arrantcd, SEAL & McILWAINE, jj Washington Street, a Buy mason's Improved j L "RU1T JARS. I Mil KILL,i juuoiith, 188-1. tr : \ Slaking Arrangements. TOR the benefit of person* who wl*b to ; economlRO by having their SADDLEH nd HARNESS REPAIRED on and after 10 Iku of March, 1 will be ready 10 do all ich work with n cut inns and Uliputch. TflOS. BEGGS. job. LjUi. i?M. if '''j, JAMUEL C, CASON,ju .Attorney .At Law, ABBEVILLE, 8. C. No. 3. O'Nkal'h New Law Buii.dxg. nil practice In all the Courts of the State Jan. 2, 1884. Drs. Mabry ft Hill. 117 E have thin day formed a connrtawrKliIp rVit In the PRACTICE OF MEDICINE Hi II no iiinut'iivnf 411 uipcn nucic iuv ?*i kv?ion of both of us tnay bo needed no extra haivo will bt> iwadCi T. J. MABRY, M. D. L. T. HILL. M. D. Manch 12,4881, it 1 09 ^ W M O i-rj S Q d ? ^ ? ffl o w ! ! S5 J2 ? ? 1 O a "2 ? ? IS -3 a 3 8: M U ^<1 53 ? 7^1 PN ? r* iLiP 1? bcH iS * -a 2! < ^ 02 02 * w & ? ! ^ 2 Ja ? "8 1 S 5? S i &s? A H K gg ? 5 J S ? Mo. ? M ra J .a 5 ' *+* 1884 OPENING 1884. ' " Tnesflay, April 1st -- ' . ?t > / Spring and Summer" _ Millinery, Patterns, Hats and Bonnets copied from the latest French importations. Flowers that al' most rival nature itself. Laces, new and handsome, Ruchings, Trimiligs, Silks, Feathers, Ribbons, Summer Silks, Black Silks, Dress Goods, "White Lawns, Gloves, Hosiery, Lawns and Hamburg Enbroideries. '< ; *.* ' a ' . ' J The ladies are invited to come and examine our Stock which tor style and variety cannot be excelled. R. M. Haddon ft Co. March 19th, 1881, tf ATTENTION FARMERS f II,' E HAVE NOW IN STOCK A SPLEN' did line of Farm Implements, Nails, Horse and Mule Shoes,^ Harness, ^ Traces, Bridles, I Plows Stocks, I Flows, &c., &c, I QUARLES & THOMAS I Feb. 6.1884. tf fl Wagon Bridles. IXTTTII or without blinds. For those wha I *? are able and willing to pay for. a good B irtlcle, home made and hand stitched, I will H cecp a supply on hand for sale. H TIIOS. BEGGS. March 19,1884. tf Dissolution, m rHE FIRM OF QUARLES & CO.JS_^H this day dissolved, andHbe old iiess will be settled by T. P. QUARLE^^^H delhvain Corner. ' QUARLES <t CoJM Jan, 7, 1884, tf Hake Your "Beds" Comfort-' |fl able. ' riATTRESSES at S3.00 63.50. and N.00 M .*J Spring Bed* at prices from 22.00 to S9 00 Hi ome or them will lasia life time. Secure one :>r each bed and live longer. For rale at ?? , J- D- CHALMERS & CO. uci. ??f looo, w J. W. SIGN,! ABBEVILLE, S. C. Ifl ?EEPS on band a full assortment of fl IRON CASES, "*W 'INE BUSIAL CASKETS, I COFFINS, I om the cheapest to the best. Hearse will' itend funerals, wnen desired. |H le will also Con tract for ther^M Erection of Buildings [e Is npent for the KAle of Sash. Doora linds, Mouldings, Stair-railings, FlooringB nd everything pertaining to liouse building Apri 17, 1?80. ti HS WARDLAW & EDWARDS. J JOIV HAVE THE 1*LEA8VBE OF fl > announcing the arrival of an atrroctlve FINE SHOES.J Consisting of a full assort* aent for Men's, Ladies's and S Children's wear, in all the fl atest Styles. H larch 1SW, U "* S