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w *^T' J!^~ ^ ~--~T~~ 1 l'lie Press and Banner. i ,V!JliKVILT,15. S8. O. | Wednesday, Sept. 10,1384. John Kelly anil t?ie Democratic Party. "Soino influential Democratic papers suv industriously trying to persuade us that tht* Republican canvass will sutler from n want of "soap"?campaign money. | 1 f the statement wort' true it woukl be (.'Xcei'ilill^ly agreeable. but we decline t<> be persuaded. The Republican parly has control of the jfovernment, including the treasury department, and it imy bo expected to "soap" the vote of Indiana jus as it diil at the last election."?Xcu bcn i, Herald. The llcrahl is right in the above ex |>ressions. We need not deceive ourselves ?s to either the strength of the Hepuhli<cans or their determination to win. An other tiling that we think is useless, and that is, f?>r either ihe AVir Yufk Herald or the leading Southern newspapers t<? make predictions for Democratic sucees> in tho Northern States, v. h?*rc there is not the least possibility of success. Every election year such predictions are made, and wo have now been si) olten deceived | that we have no confidence whatever in the correctness of any such calculations. Another matter. We think it just a waste] of valuable space to devote so much time hi tire Southern newspapers to "boosting" Cleveland. It is, as wo presume a foregone conclusion that every Southern State Xviil vote for him. Then it' would seem to us to be the part of wisdom to expend our strength in an endeavor to carry some of the Northern States lor him. If an humble rural newspaper may be allowed to make a suggestion to the great Democratic party of the country, we would ? say that it is about time to quit the old fatal policy of intolerance which drives everybody whom we do not like into llu opposition ranks. It seems to lis to be .suicidal, and tvor.se than folly, for us to abuse and villify John Kelly, of New l orK, auer we nave uuichivu mm m v eago, "horse, foot and dragoon." While ^nany newspapers under the load of the yew York Ilcrald have joined a crusade of abuse against the vanquished brother In our own ranks, yet none of them, so far as we have seen, have brought as ugly charges against him as have been brought ? against the standard bearers of I he different parties. Because John Kelly does not like s/>me of our ways, is there an}* sense in driving him and his followers - out of our ranks to join the hosts of the enemj* ? Our intolerance and disregard of the wishes of the minorities, we think, ^iave done more to defeat the Democratic \mrty than anything el^e. We believe we tan win in tins great contest. It seams to us that the Democratic party never had a fairer or a better chance to defeat the Republican party. But when the Democracy scores a victory it w ill not be because of the practice ef intolerance or iho j use of abuse. We fully and unequivocally endorse the following sentiment, as expressed by j the Aurfiusta Chronicle: Whsif. tiip Chronicle has said of Mr. Kel-, iy are parts of the political history of this "campaign. Before the National L'onvon tion assembled, wo were particular to! state tliat we regarded hi in as a man of. jnire personal character, of strong Democracy, and of patriotic impulses. We were ' prompt to condemn the unit rule?which . refused Mr. Kelly, a life-long Democrat, j the privilege of recording his dissenting i vote at Chicago, while Ben Butler, rank Willi demagoguery and of easy Democrat-' ic virtue was given the freedom of the' ballot and the rights of all minorities. I We were opposed then to riding rough- j shod over the claims of a venerable organ-' ization ; we are opposed now to the pol-j icy of ignoring the influence of Taintna-! by Hail and insulting its dignity and j character. The charge that thty are mere! politicians will not stand. Measured by the same scale Irving Hall, the County ! Democracy, tho Brooklyn Democracy and all the rival organizations are political combinations, grown up from tlie peculiar. nature of parties, for conducting campaigus and representing public policies, perhaps, but none of whom are above Controlling and regulating public patron-j age. We fail to seo why one wing of the . jiarty should )>e especially favored and another wing should bo gratuitously and flagrantly insulted. The Democratic par-; ty is too largo an affair and the issues as ; ut present presented are too commanding, fend m unentous to take up the quarrels of local tactions and allow Mr. Manning < or Mr. Fellows or Mr. Anybody else to "damn Tammany," or to read Mr. Kelly ; out of the organization. This is a time, lor unity and unflagging effort. We do hot wish to stop and "dicker with a sorehead it is not Mr. Kellyso much whom we would appease as it is harmony which ' we wish to conserve. Human nature is! tho same tho world over, and if Mr. Kel-j lyorMr. Fellows or Air. Manning are1 allowing personal or political prejudicei to imperil party success, be would bo an unworthy Democrat who would not recognize the signilicanco of the division or; who would not honestly call the attention of tne party to tho importance of recon-j ciliation. The best way to win allies is] to make sure of ourselves ; the surest way to take advantage of divisions of tho enemy is to promote unity in our own ranks. m 9 m A Misapprehension of Facts* j Sometimes very intelligent ami very; 4vi.se people aro very easily misled. Within the last week we have heard law-! ycra remarking upon the proposition of; Mr. Cleveland of Spartanburg to extend tho same privileges and immunities to tiew railroads, which may he built j through the instrumentality of county subscriptions, that are ext mded to new factories. These gentlemen had relied for its purport upon tho heading Which had been placed over It, and in no case had tho letter been lead. To show how deceptive tho heading was, one law? - yer thought the proposition, "State aid to counties," meant thst tho State should assume the entire liability for the bonds to the relief of the Counties. As the real proposition has ten thousand times more tnerit than tho proposition to relievo factories from taxation, wo trust that the Legislature may give it a favorable consideration, though wo do not believe such an act probable at this time for the reason that the factory-building people, having secured "vested rights," will oppose a like favor to any other people ousection. The Kershaw Gazette. sjWHns"greatly stirred, and would djseourngo this "disposition to gry\r rich suddenly" by having _ the-Sfarfc to interpose a logal barrlor. The railroad from Greenwood to Laurens Is being built almost entirely by money which has been brought from abroad. The superstructure entirely so, while the grading has been done with bounty bonds, which were paid for by "foreign" monev. The State in fact, under the present law would tax Laurens on her own bonds. The demand to do a decent tiling for tlic railroads may have the effect of originating a motion to repeal the factory exemption law since the number of factories that have either beou finished or commenced, will take up all the surplus capital of the State, and exempt it from taxation for ten years. Wo wonder if the Kershaw Gazette, or auy other newspaper which is now so violently opposed to the favor to the railroads, did not favor the exemption of their own local factories from taxation, or lend their influence to the law for the suppression of the building of new railroads in the up-couu try?tbis law being commonly known as tbo Railroad Commission Act. The Georgetown Enquirer has this to 8ay on the subjcct: State Aid to Counties.?A propositoin has recently been made by certain candidates for the Legislature in Spartanburg county that the State should annually pay over to thoso counties which have issued bonds to railroads a sum equal to the amount of the Stale tax on the railroads built in that way. In the course of a strong editorial condemning the scheme, the Kcrxluiw Gazette says : The truth is, we suspect there has*been n goad deal of pride in this railroad buildtag and a disposition to grow rich too suddenly. There has not been a suffi cient counting of the cost. There is no - - l.nn n,,.. ignUt Jatuus more uwu.->hd man an,rati lotions by counties to railroads unless proper restrictions are placed on them. The history of such subscriptions is one long , * catalogue of loss and taxation. The stock givon for bonds is soon freezed out by lirut mortgage bond-holders and becomes worthless, and the counties have to hold the bag without an equivalent, and taxes go on all the same, and scrip pot worth the paper on which it is writton alone represents the values held b3' them. It is the same old story, and yet cur people have gone 011 repeating it. We oppose all such schemes. Jf county bonds are given, then let first mortgage bonds of the roads be given, and worthless stock; lor to equip tLc 1 m ro:t;ls, at..] t<> procure additional funds' has always necessitated borrowing extra j money for which first mortgage bonds are I given; and, in a slmrt while tlio mortgages are foreclosed and away goes ihc | st>>ck and then taxation for perhaps aj hundred years. We feel sorry for our ; nei^hhors, and hope some way way be; ibumi in whieh leiiol may come to them, j The State Canvassers on the Grand: Rounds. The Executive Committee have made their appointments for the dilFerentCounties in which places of Democratic masmeetings will be held, ami the names o the speakers at the different places ar I .jiven. The meeting at Abbeville wil. take place on Tuesday, October 7th, and he following speakers are expected to he >n hand : Hon. H. S. Thompson, Hon. Wade il imptou, Hon. i>. W. Aiken, Hon. C. It. I Miles, lion. J. 1'. Richardson Hon. I. Al. Bryan, Hon. K. II. Murray, Hon. J. L. !)rr, Hon. W. C. Benet. We make mention of the meetings in some of the other Counties as follows : 1'ii-kens Courthouse, Tuesday, .September 23?Hon. Wade Hampton, lion. J. C. Shenpnrd, Hon. I. .M. Bryan, Hon. D. W. Aiken, Hon. J. 1*. Richardson, lion. A. Coward, Hon. George Johnstone, Hun. J. L. Orr, Hon. W. C. Benet. Walhalla, Thursday, September 2")? Hon. Wa-.le Hampton, Hon. J. C. Sheppard, Hon. I. M. Bryan, Hon. D. W. Aiken, Hon. E. B. Murray, Hon. J. P. Richardson, Hon. A. Coward, Hon. J. L. ! Orr, Hon. W. 0. lie net. Anderson Courthotiijo, Friday, Septem| her L'O?Hon. Wade Hampton, Hon. .1. C. Shetpard, Hon. I. M. Bryan, Hon. D. W. Aiken, Hon. George Johnstone, Hon. J. i\ ItichnrdsOll, Hoi). A. Coward, Hon. J. L. Orr, Hon. W. C. Benet. Newberry Courthouse, Friday October :{?Hon. II. S. Thompson, Hon. M. C. Butler, Hon. C. It. Miles, Hon. J. 0. Haskell, Hon. I). Wyatt Aiken, Hon. E. 15. II,li 1? 1 ) iih*:itl llotl. \V. C. j BCUCt. Kdgetield Courthouse, Thursday, Ootoj ber S)?lion. U.S. Thompson, Hon. Wade I i!;iitipt:ii), Hun. tieorgc Tilliiiun, Hon. C. | H. Miles, Hoik J. P. Richardson, Hon. : Ueorge Croft, Hon. It. G. Donham, Hon. j Johnson llairood. i Laurens Courthouse, Saturday* Oeto' ber 4?Hon. II. S. Thompson, Hon. M. C. . Uutler, lion. C. It. Miles, Hon. J. Haskell, lion. W. H. Perry, Hon. F. ?V. McMuster, Hon. L. F. Yoiunans, Hon. D. It. Duncan, Hon. J. K. liaeon. j The County Chairmen will arrange the details of the above meetings respectively. and will add such local speakers as they may desire. Sunday Newspapers. j The Sabbath question, like the liquor question, is one of the great moral issues ; of our age. In the North and Northwest I ,nr? !>l:iriiw>d sit tllO OtHill and i delimit disregard of tlio sat-red day. The! j most distressing feature in the case is that I t hundreds of professing Christians seem! to have no conscience about the matter. We believe that the religious (?) excursions and the "Sunday newspaper" are [ two of tho most influential elements in : this gro wing demoralization. Twenty| seven years ago there* were but two prominent daily newspapers that printed a i "Sunday" issue, the Xciv York lle.rutd and the San Francisco Californum. Then Christian peoplo WoltM inn buy them. Now almost every city has its "Sunday" daily, and the Christian people of these cities are its patrons, and woi very much fear that they read it very regularly before going to church. This is | progress down hill, and can have but one j termination. <iod will have respect unto his Sabbaths, and if we remember them y\.\t tn tli/,in Imlv Mini with nil our pleasant land and our goodly heritage, woj shall lie down in our shame and confusion shall cover us.?As-sociitie Iteformeill Prcxbyleri'tn. We think it an error tft speak of the' publication of a Sunday newspaper usi being a violation of the Sabbath?at least I to the extent it is generally understood toj be. The work on a Sunday newspaper is done on ^Saturday, although it may be] distributed or mailed on Sunday morning, as, for instance, in the case of the Presbyterian itself. The paper from the which the above is an extract, was dated "Thursday, September 4," and we have j no doubt that it was printed on the even-i ing of Wednesday, JSeptomber 3. Ttfe work on a morning paper is not done on [ Sunday, and we do net know of an evening Sunday paper. The Public Roads. "We want the svstem of working the roads changed. Let every county retain j within its own borders its convicts, and their services, in connection with a moderate tax, will keep the public roads in order."?Aiken Journal antl ltcvicic. What we want to see is a law which will authorized or compel the County Commissioners of each county to employ j a surveyor to survey and, when necessary, re-locate the public highwa3's. In j many instances the public roads are so ! croaked that much waste of timo and wear and tear of stock and vehicles is made in travelling them. In other places I the public roads are run without any adaptability of route?often running up: and down a succession of hills, instead ot running along a ridge, or on a lower level. The steep hills are expensive to! keep in order, and they furnish thegreat-: est barrier the transportation of our crops! to market. No team can haul more than j hulf a load from White llall to Abbeville, and yet a surveyor says that an excellent and shorter road could be easily laid out to Verdery. Jly having good roads the great expense of keeping vehicles in repair might be much reduced. Another matter which might bo easily attended to by road workers, and which would add greatly to the pleasui'e of buggy driveis and save the breaking ol many a wagon, is the discontinuance of the ob| lique ditch across the road, and the fo! moval of loose stones, which w rench and , break vehicles without doing any good at all. A Common Error. Wo enter upon our eighth volume this , week. The experience of seven years in ! editorial harness has tauuht us,' among ; other lessons, that the editorial scissors nffpn (In lx>ftor wrii'l- tlmn tlionilitnri.il I pen. The article credited to the Rrgixter I will very appropriately precede the expression of our own views on the condij tion of the country which we hope to give : next week.?Jinrnwell 1'coplc. | We copy the above extract for two reasons ; To note the completion of the seventh volume of the People and to remark ftpon what we believe to he a conmon j error to supposo that, as a rule, a paper] made tip of extracts from other papers is better than a paper which is made up of original matter. Our own opinion is, that a paper which is made up largely of original matter is better than the same paper would be if less original matter nppeared. June Nominations Some of our contemporaries WCt'O unalterably opposed to the June uomlna j liiHi.s, ihiu u'rwunu hi uiuir ujijjwmuuii uujing tlio belief that early nominations j would be followed by a long and tiresome canvass. What have our contemI porarics to say on that subject now ?? j Xncberry Herald. We were opposed to June nominations, but we do not recollect to have assigned the reason referred to by the Herald as II our reason. Wo still think the nominajtior.s in June were contrary to the will of ! the people, and their instructions to the | delegates. We still believe there never Was a more Impudent disregard of inistructions by any convention of delegates which has ever assembled in South Carolina. J About Collect!!!)? the Taxes?A Word to Our Legislators. ' A prominent citizen of this county in writing to us refers to tho matter of collecting taxes in these words: ' -'There was I suppose, a special reason for the arrangement which we now have, i hut that reason no longer exists, anil j there ought to ho a change. May and j September are tho very worst months in 'the year to attend to this business. Let |us have all tho taxes collected at once, and in December or January." We think the suggestion an excellent ! one, and hope that our Legislators may igive tho matter their earnest attention.; i We fully agree with our friend that May ! and September are the worst months In j tho year for us to pay. Although tho treasurer's olllce is now open nobody is ' I . ~ i i paying, anu nooouj c<i:i [my uuui wn?u : is sold. We say let us pay our taxes in j ' the beginning of the year. By paying in the beginning of the year tho school ; teachers will not be subjected tc loss and I inconvenience, and others who may' ' work for the county can be paid promptly. But above all, the great mass of tax-payers will be accommodated by allowing them to pay when they have' ! the money. 1 - --- r- j ^ ? r ii ttmrrnassMm^LMmammammtm^m?emmamamrmmammmmiimnK% Patriotic Address. The Address of the County Democratic Executive Committee is to be found in another column. We hope that everybody inny read it, and that each onn; may at oneo bestir himself and | do something to create th-it general interest in the campaign as will be assuring to our friends in the more doubtful comities and\Stafes. We regard the Address as an able one, conservative in tone, earnest in manner, and breftthiug thatj spirit of determination which fbieshad->ws susccss. We have, as yet, had no mass meeting at the Court House, and wci tope tliat the State canvassers may meet | such an enthusiastic assemblage of the I patriotic citizens of this county on the "tli ot October, as will send them on their! way encouraged and gratified. Insurance.?The people are beginning! to have their eyes opened about the mat-J tor of insurance. The old time notion,! that if one pays a premium on a $.>,0001 policy, and tire destroys the proportv on i which tin; insurance is bused, ho will be| eniitled to and will receive ?5,000, is he- j ing dispelled. The policy of the tire com-! panics seems to lie to net the highest pos- i sitile premium and pay back tiie leasti possible money in the event of loss. This is the way it appears now.?Columbia Yeoman. Tito people need protection from these sharks who so often beat the insured out of so much. The insuraneo companies of j this State have made settlements by! which their customers have lost hundreds j of thousand of dollars. The official published statements show an unnatural growth from any legitimate business. We need a law requiring the companies J to fulfill tho contracts upon wnicn iney receive money. Verdcry and Abbeville. Capt. Pearson has completed the survey mid measurement of the proposed i new road from Abbeville to Verdery.! The distance is a fraction less than ten miles, and tho route is a practical one. I Ho estimates the grading at ?1,500 a mile,| or 815,000 for the whole distance. Green- j wood is anxious to make tho connection ! with this place, and Greenwood is a live business place. Tho friends of the Verdery routo will have to watch their| interests. A branch road that will connect with tho Augusta and Knoxville road is a necessity. The Health of Abbeville. We thank Dr. Gary for his interesting health report of Abbeville. It will be seen l?y bis report that the death-rate in Abbeville is very low?lower, we believe, than in any other town in the Stale, and certainly much less than the goheral averago !n the United States. A man has less chance of dying in Abbeville than anywhere else. hid ns He Should Do? The iicv. J. B. Traywiek, of York County, having been charged with intermeddling with politics, writes a card for the Hock Hi(( herald in which he denies that ho has done so, and adding these words : "I have ever insisted that minis"tors of the gospel should utterly ignore "partisan politics." The Charleston Srtnday Sews t~ ? mamam AAittAinSnrv Im lo4?et IS it SU|>l"I'U ]/apU4 UUIIKUIIIK^ W.IV uuvavi new3 from all parts ol' the State, and its editorials and selections are of a kind i which make it exceedingly valuable, j We wish that tnoro of our people would j subscribe for it. They would of course! not receive it until Monday night. ?o Tin? Union and Spurtanbnrge Railroad will likely remain in the hands of the Columbia and Greenville Railroad for the i reason that the Georgia Central would j take it immediately and run it in the interest, or as a fecdor, to that road. We ask attention to the article inan-j other column on State Universities,1 which we copy from the Charleston Xetrs, ami Courier. It presents matters worthy j of thought. Tub poor little denominational Colleges in Georgia must be in the last throes of death, if we are to judge from the remarks of the Rev. A. G. Havgockh We copy the Xnr.s and Courier'* beau-! tiful tribute to the memory of Bishop; Pierce. j Oitapet. Caoktsuip Examination.? [ The examination of applicants for the va-1 cant cadetship will be held in the Conrtj House on the lGth inst., beginning at ten o'clock, a. m. Mr. J. IT. Nicklrs sold the first bale1 of new cotton yesterday at Hodges to I Mr. J. t'. it-ms, lor iua cum* per iv. Meeting of the County Executive Committee. Tho Abbeville County Democratic Exex utive Coin mittteo mot at Abbeville in the office of the County Chairman at 11 o'clock A. M. Tuesday, Sept. 9. 18S4i Mn W. C. Benet, County Chairman, in the Chair. The principal oljcct of the meeting was to make necessary arrailgcmonts for the Campaign meeting to be held at Abbeville on the 7th day of October next. The following central committee of arrangements was appointed .* Messrs. W. C. Benet, Chairman; E. G. Graydon, Vice-Chairman; M. L. Bonham, Jr., O. T. Calhoun, J. C. Ellis, T IT n.__i?i ? io *. ? ur.? J. 11. DUrK^UUiU, Oil 11411'J 1 J^ViUIS, >> 111. Magill. On motion it was ordered that the President of each local club appoint a committee to canvass the club for contributions of money and provisions* for the purpose of giving a free barbecue on the occasion of the campaign meeting, and that these club committees report to the central commtttee on or before the 27th of September. Capt. M. L. Bonham, Jr., was elected chief marshal for the occasion, and authorized to appoint his own assistants, and arrange the details of the procession. Capt. Bonham appointed as assistant marshals : Messrs. W. P. Mann, J. R. Carwile, D. C. Calvert, W. N. Calhoun, II. S. Galloway, John E. Bradley. Aitins?Mflswrs. T>. W. Smith. W_ Si. Cothran, J. C. Ellis, J. II. Btfrksdale, James F. Watson. On motion the local clubs were requested to attend the campaign mce.ing mounted, and in red shirts. On motion it was ordered: That the chairman appoint a comrniMeo of live, with the County Chairman as Chairman. | to prepare an address to the Democracy of the County, to bo published in the name of tho Executive Committee, and that the I address of tho State Executive Committee bo published along with the address of this committee. Thecommitteo are as follows! Messrs W. C. Benet, Chairman ; O. T. Calhoun, E. G. Graydon, M. L. Bonham, Jr. M. | P. DeBruhl. Tho local clubs were requested to meet on the 20th of September at their usual i nours ana places 01 meeting, to attend J to Hueh business as tbo County Executive Committee will at that time lay be: fore them. Attliese meetings theaddresses of tbo county, and State Executive Cotn! mittee will bo read. After making arrangements for tbo apj pointment of managers of election, <ftc.( I the committee adjourned to meetSep| teinbcr 27th, 1884. W. C. RKXtiT, Chairman.M. 1\ DkBiuthl, Secrotnry. Mis* Mnttle Calhoun, of Abbeville, left for home, Thursday morning, after a stay among us of several weeks. Miss l alhoun came to slay two weeks, and remained seven. She Is a lady of rare accomplishments and her presence here was so agreeable to her many friends that she was prevailed upon to prolong her vleit. She will be welcomed to Lau ren.?, wnenever snc cun come,?Lauren* Merchant and Farmer. Mr. A. tloBen'irrif, of whom mention was made in these columns recently (is propped ing for ii business site, closed u trade last week with Mr..S. Klmore for his brick storo building, and Is now purchasing a stock of goods at the northern inarkt-ts. He will carryafnll line of general merchandise and expVct* to mark his stock low dowh for the cash. He will open about the 15th. Looit out for his fall and winter anouncement.?6'a;urfa Argus j Pkrsonai??Miss Leiral and Mrs. Bonner, of the Duo West Female C'olieg'', and Mr. I'uson Kennedy and MUs Julia Kennedy, of Hue \Vect,are now visiting friends In Wiwishoro. We hope that they may And ouv town pleasant and our people hospitable.? W'fwiataro, Ncwx anil IlcraUl. , i . i Address of the County Democratic Executive Committee to the Democrats of Abbeville Couutj. Abukviixr, S. C.t 0th Sept. 1884. Fellow-Qitizciitt and Democrats : On tho fourth day of .November you will be summoned to the polls to cast .your ballots iu 'County, State and Federal tlections. This is the highest duty whicu the American citir.cn is called upon to perform ; and at no period in the historj' of tho United States has this duty assumed a graver aspect than at this crisis when is to bo fought, as we believe, the final battle between tho two great | | parties that haVe strutted ho long fori the control of our National government.) By primary election, uy ruiik wnnuulion, and bj' the National Convention at Chicago, Democratic candidates have been selected for all the offices in tlio gift of the people, from the Chief Magistracy in the White House to the humblest office at your County Court House. It remain? now lor you by concert of action with your fellow-citizens and Democrats throughout this State and the whole United Slates to place the nominees of j'our party in the offices for which they are candidates. We believe this can bej done. We believe it will be done. Wei believe that if ever}* Democrat will do his duty in this mighty contest?and hej is unworthy of the name of Deinocratj who will do leas?the lourtn 01 JNOveinber will witness the election of our Democratic nominees from coroner tip to President. Let us not content ourselves with a victory for Abbeville count}' only: ourj Democratic majority should be large! enough to make up for losses in some of j our sister counties. Neither let us be! content with a victory for the Democracy i of South Carolina; the National De-I inocraey looks to us for help. In the! momentous struggle now impending be-j tween the Democratic and Republican parlies, 1110 i>aiiouui uemocruuy uaijucls that in our elections for Congressmen and . for Presidential Electors we will bv n great and unquestionable majority swell I the innumerable nri\iy that Cleveland [and Hendricks wilVsurely lead to victo-! ry. j To liberate our County and State in! 'seventy-six was a great achievement. > Wo worked out our salvation then with ' difficulty but with glory4 To preserve tliat liberty, to perpetuate that salvation,! is a task hardly less difficult, a duty; equally sacred. The only sure and safo | way is to win for the whole Union in j'eighty-four the blessings we gained for| : soutn Carolina in 'seventy-Mix?me, downfall of Radical thraldom and tho| | restoration of Democratic rulethe | | overthrow of a dynasty of office-holders,; and the elevation to office of those who j will truly represent the people;?the substitution of government by and lor tho people, for a mockery of government, by and for a corrupt oligarchy, misnamed ; a party. This is no easy task ; and it is rendered i harder by the desperate determination of 1 the party now in power. The Rcpubli"onBiird mnkinir siren noils efforts to se cure a National victory. They are en- j deavoring to regain in this State the: ground tlicy lost eight years ago. Even in j Abbeville, at vonr very doors, ceaseless.' tireless work is being done to organize; their ignorant followers for the campaign j and to drive them like dumb cattle to Hie polls. j Lot us meet them in our might as wo mot them before. Let us don again the' historical Red-shirt?the symbol to us of success in the bloodless revolution of 'seventy-six. Let us give of our time and , our monej', of our basket and our store, i like good patriots and true Democrats, j Lot us come in hundreds and thousands to the campaign meeting to hold up the' hands and cheer the hearts of our standard-bearers. Let us make our campaign I meeting on the 7th October a brilliant i success, wormy 01 our couiuy aim woriny of ocr cause. Let us kaep sleepless watch ou our wily adversaries, and guard our colored citizens against their treacherous j advances. Let us do all this and all that it behoves us to do, and a glorious vie- j tory, for County, State, and Nation-, will; be oill's. Democrats of Abbeville County, your Executive Committee have thought fit thus to address you. They urgently resliest you to assemble at your respective places of meeting as loCal clubs, on Saturday, 20th September, when business of tho greatest importance will bo submitted to you by the Executive Commiitee through your local presidents. \Ve heartily endorse, and oommend to your careful reading, the masterly address to the people of the State recently issued by our Democratic Slate Executive Cjinmittce. W. C. BENET, County Chairman, M. 1'. DkBKUUL, o. T. Calhoun, E. (J. Ouaydon, * I T II... fn For County Executive Coirtiniltoei Southern Universities* jS'rus tit id Courier. A comparison oftneSouth Carolina College, as regards organization, attendance ofstu dents,charges, Ac.* with other Institutions of | learning of sluillar rank In the .South will, we j hope; be of intei est to our people at. this p:u*! ticuiar time. The comparison is based upon the work of the academic departments of die several Universities for the session of 1^3 SI, j for the following reasons: In the tlr.?t place, our State College is only a branch ot the University of South Carolina?n fact which seems to have escaped the attention of many?and has heretofore had no professional departments. In the second place, the connection between the academic dcuartincnts of many these institutions ind their affiliated prol'es! Ki<m:il kcIiooIs. branch colleges it'.d prcpara* lory schools In a merely nominal one. " The medical or theological or legal department Is ofteu situated in one town and the academic department, ihe one to which the name of University Is, In these States, usually applied, j in another. Each has its own separate lacnlI ty, board of trustees and income, and is In j no wise subject to the control or icsponsible for the indebtedness of the other. To all Intents and purposes, they are as dist inct Institutions as Is tuc South Carolina College and ttie Medical College of Charleston. Again, the work done by thcacademlc or non-professional department of an institution of high learning is ttic only correct measuie of its success or fullure. The following figures are taken from the catalogues of the l<nl versitles uamed, for the session ol IS&J-Si: " s.'jf i _ ^>5 3 i T 1 ^ 0 ! 4. * ? X I 3 r.= jg o Vnmn fnuflfntlnn i 7 ~ 1 I J- g ! S ?' I M 0 a o r u i?ii u ^ ?s a= S 2 2P=! ? S -2 3 S CH- ~ y< 5 - JJ .? w i-^ University of Georgia 1 lW.'S Io[S -1 '! University of Alabama ] 1!UJ 51 j 13 lu South Carolina College | ISO loi 8 Vamlerbiit University 177 fl-V 10 10 University of N. Carolina..., 17"> 87 H> 8 University of Texan 106 10 l'? 6 University of Virginia | lAx 117 20 13* University of Mississippi liW 10 0 University of Tennessee 1 1.7 00 11 ~ Washington and L??e Uni'ty: 110 Ml 10 8 ,S. \V. Presbyterian Unlv'ty 10f>| ,r>0 5 7 University of the Soutii ; U7 110 II 8 Arkansas Industrial Unl'ty, 77| 5 10 0 Nainber tif stndt;ntn, exclusive of law, mtdiral, phariniicenlirMi, dental, thi-ulogical und preparatory or fiub-colleginle students. It will bpseen Hint in the number of lis cin.ifinlu fhn "-Smith C!iLrollniL Collpun hLiiikIh third in ft list which Includes the names of ! tho lending Universities of the South. Three Institutions, the Universities of Texas, Mississippi and Arkansas are open to women as well as men, and in the number of students given for tho first the names of 58 females are Included, In the second 23 and In the third 25. The la?t named has, also, ladles in its faculty. The figures in the second and third columns show that, with one exception, our State has the cheapest college in the South. Its charge often dollars covers everyt hi tig?even chemlj ails, dlploinasand conliugent expenses. The | catalogue of the only other institution which otters Its advantages as cheaply, the University of Mississippi, Is silent as to diplomas and the use of chemicals and apparatus. If It charges for these as extras, and it is highly probable that it does so, as such charge Is the rule, then the South Carolina College is, with* olit excoptlon, the cheapest. From the last | column It appears that In respect of the nuni: her of teachers employed It also compares favorably with the other institutions. And lastly, as regard standards for graduation, methods of Instruction and courses of study, a care! fill comparison of their several catalogues is I equally favorahltf to our State College. I The foregoing figures are all the more re| markablc when It Is remembered that South Carolina, accord I ng to the census of 188(1, is inferior in population and material resources ._ .1 11, o Ulnlm,?n ?nl?rf In | III IIIC amj.im j w. v., . ... this list by their lending universities. Texas, I lor example, lias a population or J,591,710, Tenj nessee 1,.>12,;J59. Georgia 1,512,180. Virginia 1,; 512,505, North Carolina 1.399.750, Alabama 1,202,16ii5, Mississippi 1,131,597, .South Carolina 995,; 577, and Arkansas 802,525. The comparison, however should be based on their w hile popuj latlou, as the institut ions enumerated in table 1 are only open to whites. Texas lias 1.197.23. , whiles, Tennessee 1,1.37,831, Virginia S80,n.'j87 North Carolina 807.212, Georgia 816,9<f>, Alabama 062.185, Arkansas 591,531, .M isslsslppi 179'398, South Carolina 301,105. In Texas the as-1 sessed valuation of property Is $120,304,515, in I ! "S'lrylnlii S30-i,I55.135, in Georgia ?219,172,509, in I Tennessee 3211,778,538, In North Carolina ?150,100,202, In South Carolina 8I33,5mj.I V>. in Ala-i bama SI22.S07.228, In MtxsiiMppI $110,028,129, ami in Arkansas 409.301. It should also be: added that the se.-sion of IK.S3-S4 was only the , second of the South Carolina College, which was reorganized as ate as the fall of 18-2, after a suspension of several years. Such facts speak well for the interest taken by the people of this state in the work of hipher education and for the success which Ifas thus far1 attended the College- j| ?P??W??????W???CT THE STATE CAMPAIGN. ADDRESS OF THE STATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO THE DEMOCRACY. An ICarnest and ESrecllvc Arraignincut of Republicanism nml It* Method!! in the State and the Nation. lleadcluautkrm State Democratic Committer, Columbia, S. C., September I, Iffll. Fellow Citizens .'?A struggle of far-reaching iukI wide-spread tinporta nee Ih now In pr<j4r?'Hs. Hy its result the collective morality of ihc American |ibo|>l<! will bo measured, and their fitness to govern themselves willi wisdom be Judged. To refuse lo condemn crime Is to condone It To chose u-s President a candidate who has betrayed a public trust Is to Invlic and nncoura^o official infidelity. In a government of and for the ueonlo, venality in liitn who Is elected Chief Magistrate is more portentous of ill than the shadow of tlie sword. The wounds Inflicted on liberty by ?i.? iiunrf ?r military power may, In course of lime, be healed ; but national blood-poisoning by corruption In high places, is necessarily Ineur.iiile. Tliis poiltlcil campaign, tr?ernforc, concerns you, nut only as South Carolinians, not on>y as Democrats, but as Americans, who know neither North nor South when tiie honor and welfare of the Union arc Imperilled. As jou value rectitude and constancy In the servants of the people; as you prize the general welfare, and are resolved to secure to posterity your heritage of freedom: h'i must you, In the coming election, zealously and unflinchingly do your whole duty. In name, the present political contest Is between two great parlies, the democratic and the Republican. In one of these parties, however, the political line Is broken. Among the most ardent advocute* of the election ol Cleveland and Hendricks, the Democratic candidates for President and V!ec-Prej?ldent, are Republican citizens of unsullied repuia. tion and high position, who have hitherto voted the Republican ticket. Their reasons for severing old and cherished political associations aie best given In their own words. They refuse to go with the Republican party, in this elecllori, because that paity offer* them, in the person of James G. Blaine, '? candidate who Is an unfit leader, shown by his own words and his acknowledged acts, which are of oflleiu! record, to be unworthy 01 respect and confidence; who has tiaded upon Ills official trust for liIs pecuniary gain; u leprcsenlati ve of men, methods and conduct which the public conscience condemn--, and which Illustrate Ihe very evils that hones! men would reform." 'Ihe ln<le;>cndant Re> publicans, In the address adopted at the New i',.nri,fon? sav further: "While the K<-|>iil>llcatiH present a candidate whom W( cannot support, tho Democratic party pre Hi nts one whose name In tlie synonym of po lltlcal courage and honesty and admlnislra t| v o reform. He lias discharged every ofllcia! trust with sole remind to the public welfare, and with Just disregard of meie partisan am personal advantages which, wit'i the applause and confluence ol both parties, hi! raised him from iiic chief executive ad ml 11 is tion of a great city to th.it of a ?reat State His high seme 01 public dutv, his absoluti and unchallenged official Integrity, his In flexible courage In resisting party press tin and public outcry, his great experience in tlx details of administration, and his command* Ing executive ability and Independence ai< precisely the finalities which the polltlea situation demnnds In the chief executive ofll cer of the Government, to resist corporate monopoly 011 one hand and demagogic com munlsni 011 the other, and at home am abroad, wiiuout inenni-e m n?., ?.<? r.? *... every right of American citizens, and to re speet every right of friendly States by inak 111? ]>olitIctil morality nnil private honest) the t.asls of Constitutional Administration.' In these utterances of earnest unil putrl??ti? men, the Democrat* of this .State and of tin Union find an exact definition of the para mount Issue in the present canvass. Again and again, tlie Democracy have pre sen ted to the country candidates whojolnei marked ability to cleanness of personal char nctcr and expcrlnnce In public life. No "tat tooed man" has ever reeelveil tlie noininntloi at the National Council of the Democrats party.- The personal qualifications of tin Democratic nominees now command tin general recognition they always deserved There is good reason for it. The Independen Kepublleans remind us that the country hai seen, wltli surprise aid shame, a R 'puhllcat Vice-President driven In disgraccluto privati life; a Kipubltcan Secretary of War partlcl pating in felony ; a Republican Secretary o the Navy growing rich, while our fleets, fo which millions of money were appropriated became the laughing stock of nations; a Itc publican Attorney General accused of shar inir in petty frauds. The last KepubUcat Speaker of the House of Ilepresentati\es win convicted of nepotism and mendacity. Nc furious associations lor obtaining corporate contracts bestowed their "grailHeatIoiik" am "tokensof thiuiklulness" upon the Hcpubl.cai who was elected I're.-ldent four years ago Fresh, too, in public memory Is .the star route fraud", of the doings or me whisk j ring, of the land giants to grusplng corpora lions, and the land grubs by alien absentees The people, this yfar, were rlne fnr politica revolt, but the managers of the Republie.it machine scoffed at criticism and hooted a Warning. Rendered reckhss liy a long leav of misused power, debauched by lll-'/o!ter gains, the machine-made delegates In the Re publican Convention chose as their party'i candidate for President u man who attract! to him, as with a magnet, each ollieial rogu? and hungry knave; and wl.o draws to him as like unto like, every political speculato who craves the means of speculation in tin future, or who needs immunity for mi.-con duct in the past. So it is tliut. In the peisot of the lending candidates, Cleveland am Maine, good ami evil will struggle for tin mastery in November. The success of the Democracy is desired b< legions of citizens who have heretofore lookei upon the Democratic party with dislike. If no with distrust. Former dMi-renccs arc forgot ten, now (hat the country must choose he tween the high-minded champion of admin istrat I ve reform and the self-regarding re pre sett t a live of what is most debasing In Ame.i can public life. In the days of the Revolt! tlonary war, the embatt'ed freemen of tin United Colonics were one In thought, one ii nnrmw on? in action. Whatever their for ruer associations or predjudlces; whethc they dwelt 011 Hie silvery Hudson <>r the law nyJaincH; whether I hey tramped througl llio pines of the Carollnas or shivered ant 'starved on the .slopes of Valley F??lire; lliel: only thought was (odureall thlnus. toen'dori all things, to do all things, in order to wh ' 1 lie rluht of self-ruin and accomplish nationa Independence. This year, al o, tlie America 1 people tight for freedom and del I vera in < frecloin I coin the tyranny of wrong, anil d< ; llveranee fibin thb despotism of corruption [ In union, for the Union, is political Ktrciigtl and victory. ! Fellow-citizens; You would, as'oval Heme I crats, take an active part In the present enm I paliMi, even it you were absolutely sure thai ; whatever the event in No*ember, you wouh J retain 11 frmfiil. Just and capable Rovernmen 'In your tiwtl Slate. Hut yotl have not thu I certainty. Upon the election of Blaine, tli 'political cauldron would a.'aln tiuhhie ii , this Stale, and in every State similarly oil I cuinstaucc.d. The defeat of Cleveland wlI I palsy the arms ol tnose Republicans wli | nave hitherto striven to elicek the feroeii; ; and curb the rapacity of lue political rt-r-c | booters who have chosen Mr. iilalueas tbei lohief. Thoughtful and high-minded Itepnb ! Means, in every Suite, now pledge the! | votes 10 Cleveland, because he is Hie ctnhodl 1 me.itof the Idea and tact, of government*! purity and ellh iciicj". Fa 11 lire in XUvembe I will deprive tlicm of political influence fo ! inanv years to come. The Federal offices, hi) | it nil little, tin- cotintcU by tens of llum-iinti* i out there is not. scope nml room enough lb i the piotitable employment of lliegontry wlui I us tney "will not ho dind-lii'mls in the ontoi j prise" nnJ "we various channels In wlilcl they can be useful,'* will clamor for parilei|ii i lion In the profits. Tley will demand, 1 I case of Maine's election, the opportunity fo j more stealing, more rapine ami robbery, ii Jibe South. The pretext for a new crusade I outlined In the Kepubilcan report on the (,V j plah allair, and is hinted at in the letters <i !Mr. Hlalneand General Logan accepting th nomination for President and Vtce-l'icsideni l The Democratic party, the white people c ! the State and their colored allies, have con 'ducted the government of South Crrolina fo seven years. In every department of th Stale Government, In every walk of life, ar the marks and symbols of intelligent and iif right rule. The chief executive officer of the State hn guarded vigilantly the rights of the people . taking care that the laws are faithfully exc ,'cuted, in mercy. Thejudges on the bench, fi i their ability, conscientiousness, and thci | high conception of their duties, are worthy n : the day when the decisions of South t'aiolln (iu.ro rnwnoi'tod throughout tllC UllHl ! The public expenditures havc"been ciiiulitImIi ! cd; the Interest on the public debt Is regular ly and promptly met. The school debts, con ! trneted by the lt^puM leans and left iitipsiIt. I liuve been lifted troni the shoulders of I tic chI ueatlonal system, the number of rup'ls li j the public schools ({rows rapidly ; the lengt! j of I he school session Is extended; the pay < ; teuebers is Increased. On all sides there ar evidences of lliai steady and healthy yrowtl which was Impossible during the ugonlzinj years of Radical dominion, .so vast has heel the improvement ir? the condition of the St at that It Is estimated Unit the whole income c ; the people of South Carolina in lss:l was eon j siderabie greater t han the whole income fron every souiee In i.Mi'). Of all this?of the ti an j nullity, the security, the comfort, tlie sell respect, the progress, the pride in the Stat and in yourselves which Democratic rut gives ami secures?the defeat ot Oievelnti and the triumph of Maine will then ten to di priveyou. Naturally, your first thought I of the Slate Governments. You control thn government In all Its departments. In it etteet upon your fortunes, in what it assure and what it promises, the value of that con trol is Incalculable. With the election i I lilatne the old dltliculiles will return. Th : defeat of the Democratic candidates for Pre? i blent and Vice-President In November wli I weaken that eontrol. Nay ! you n ay lose i altogether. I Fellow-citizens: Lack ofsucces* in a cam j paign so auspiciously begun, and under cir cumsUtnccs so extraordinarily favorable, wil ! Inevitably loosen the ties which bind th iDemociatlc party together. Yet another oil j astrophe at the polls will render it dillicul in tin; extreme u> iiiuminm .. | organization In its present breadth and vigoi 1 Faint-hearted Demociats will be tempted t j abandon tiie losing side and teck nc*v at I llanecs. Opposition to I lie Democratic part; | In tills Stale will. Indeed, t>e alarming, whei a strong body of while Democrats, seek in i political ilidependueco, shall give eohesloi I and energy to the colored masses. From snel I an alliance naugbt but evil can come. Tliei | your choice would lie between submissioi and revolution. liven If you can, two year afterward, elect such a Democratic govern mentas that which the Suite now possesses you will still, in the event of dcreut in th national arena, beconfronted with trials am dangers from which you now are free. It Is evident that there cannot bo any tltor ough harmony between the races, any genci al co-operation for the advantage of the state any absolute ussnrauee of the permanence v | Honest Home liulc while a horde of otHcc (holders, scattered through South Carolina | use the power and authority of the Unitei Slates as a cloak and a shield lu their ploti jing against the tranquility and welfare c i this Commonwealth. They distort facts | they circulate falsehoods; they warp ihe put | lie service to partisan ends. Such conduct I i mischievous enough in States where the voter j as a class, arc thoughtful and intelligent. I j is criminal in a Stale where the majority o i the voters are ignorant, credulous and su> I picious Tho freedinan is only too ready tc i yield blind obedience to the partisan behestj 1 of Federal otllclals. To his untutored mine I they represent the United States on ilie bust Ings In^thc same sense that they represent tin ! Government, in iiny ucpiin.unnii.wi lie service. And the professional banditti win pervert to t he uses of n political party tin agencies which were created for the genera good, run no risk of immediate punlshmeni or loss. Upheld and rewarded, in any event by the party in power at Washington. delVa in tills Stale does notdlsnfluy Ihem. Ibe eus torn houses, the postolllces, the bureau of in tcrnal revenue, tlie court rooms of t he Unite* Slates Commissioners are tiielr entrench niCntn, their hospitals, their camps of refuse They willy forth like the lreeboof.ers of ol< when there is any hope of plunder. Who they meet with sturdy resistance they ret in In haste to Ihelrsironghoids. There they re pair damages at the puMic expense. Then they plaster their wounds with governmen notes paid out to them for suppositious ser vices. There they live and thrive. giowln< sleek and fat whoever else may sutler. Th( tlag of the United States, waving over Ihem renders 11'.e den ol thieves as Inviolable :is-th( Temple of Liberty itseli. These ki.nves, tliesi raiders, these robbers must he banished fron the public places which Iheydeflle and desecrate. L'ut in the Federal olllces zealous pure and Industrious men, who will shoM their respect for the covernmont by milking It respectablo. nnd the political reformation and Industrial restoration of South Carolina will be complete. The cloud which now vellH the evershlnin* sun of progress nnd content will be dispelled, und the United States Government, ft> known und Judged by Its officers and Immediate repiosoniatives, will beconio a ti usied agent and friend, looked upon by ail good citizens with pride nnd satisfaction-, I because worthty, in every parr, ol the Republic and IIh ponpl.i. Kellow-CltiZciis: You have every Incentive to labor unremittingly until th<> noils shall be closed on the Uli day of November. You will do this, If you valuegond government ut home, nnd de*lre tluit It shall t>o made perpetual. You will do this. If you deslro the contlniiancennd growth of good-will between the diverse element of our population, so thrtt the ixreat political and Industrial problem ol , the century shall lie safely and peacefully solved. Yon will do this, if you desire that the United States Government shall be as Irreproachable as ttie novernmentof the State. You will do Hits, if you wish that the American dilzen shiiil be rcspected everywhere and I his rights be Jealously protected. You will do ! this, if, In the momentous struggle now In progress, you dc?lre that good shall triumph over dvll, rluht over wromr, purity over impurity, fidelity In public life over blistering i rascality in puone twice. r?i /um ur.... ; sake, for I ho well-being ol your families; for I he conservation of your property; for the ! salco of those who are to come after you and' I to whom you desire to transmit unimpaired I the benefits of tho republican institution's I which your fathers founded; for all Unit you iposscssand all that you requlie. we most' i earnestly exhort you to spare no pubis and j i fill I in no HTort lo elve u sleeping majority j for Cleveland and Ilendricks at the polls In ! South Carolina In November. Let your conrI age be eqn.il to your hopes, and you cannot, j will not fair. JAMES F. IZLAIl, Chairman. Wime Jones, Secretary; Geo. D. liryan, \V. iT. Urooker, Oeo. W. Crofr, A. J. Morris, \V. .1. ' Gooding, J. li. A!l?*n. Geo. 8. Mower, I). F. ; Bradley. Win. Munro, 11. V. Todd, T. II. : Clarke, C. K. Spemvr, E. C. McClure,. J. W. '! Williamson, J F. Khame, .!, M. Johnson, It. i | D. Lee, Josluh Dear, S. II. Ilodgers, F. W, j ' j Dawson. !A TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF THE LATE BISHOP PIERCE. [ Inherited Power?Early Education? I Friendship or Governor Toombs? J Masterful Eloquence Personal 1 !IIiiKnctl<tni Pure Life ? Kind , Heart? Peaceful End. i TIih mournful interest that lias everywhere ; been exulted, especially In the South, amnnz [ j people of nil denominations, by the news of ' i the death of Hlshop Pierce Is in h measure ex,1 plained In the following warm tribute to his ;; memory written by :i member of the New* uud Courier stair, wlio owes hlscollcglalo eduI eutlon to the genetoslty of the Bishop: . i Iilshop George F. Pierce fume from good I; stock, and Ills lineage could be tracetl baek to j the s?'tilement of Jamestown. lie was u son I i of lite world-renowned Dr. Lovlek Plereo, who , \ died In l.S7!?,iiged HS.and who had heen preach4' lng the gospel sixty-six years. Iilshop Pic:ee . j was71 nt the time of his d"ath, and had been ! pi cuehiitg nearly tlfly-live years. Father ami ; I son have left a greater Impress upon Southern Methodism than any other two men thatever 31 lived, not excepting iin:semuariy wcaey, \vni> ,} was Iih founder, nor the awful and anomalous 11 orator Whlttleld, whoso lute-like voice wooed "..sinners Into listening, while hi* arguments \; frightened them Into repentance. The elder . I Pierce learned to read af'.er he wns 21, and at ,! SO was acknowledged to be thcRrcatest preach\ I er of his denomination In America. As a j i Methodist pulpit orator he was never surpass, cd until his own son ecll| sed lilrn. liishop .! Pierce had all the advantages of the schools, 11 a mind as clear as a sunheam and a heart like , Ihe heart of a litth'child. He graduated at 11 the University of Georgia in the RMtne class j! with (.Jen. Robert. Toomls, with whom he maintained a most unreserved Intimacy up -I. _< 1.1.. a?I,Ia fn.trt Hx.lr . I 111 me unit; Ul III- uu.iw . oniuv ....... transcendent Intellects two men inorc widely . [different never lived. Their friendship, covJ j erintr a period ol nearly sixty years, Is anothJ er Illustration of I he nfllnlty of extremes. Uen. Toombs sought the good things or thin . world, and he obtained them If any man . since Solomon lias done so. Ancestry, , wealth,inherited and neijuired, Intellect, so~ elal position, political preferment and even ' personal att factions of the highest order c-miI blued to nmlce this man happy. Last year In s Washington. Georgia, where ueJlved all hts . life, lie was baptized and received Into the , Methodist Church by Rishop Pierce. That ~ day he said: "George's life(meanirg that of rj the Bishop) has b en a perpetual sermon to J me, and Ine gnat mlstiiKeof my life was lenvI tin: Clirl-t out of my calculations." As an orator Bl-hop Pierce was both mnde .. and born. A? a belles iettre rhetorician he " | had few equals among Kn-.-llsh speaking pco. I pie. At the age of mi he was pronounced by J Ilenry Clay to be "the most eloquent tnnti in s,( America." He met with ar.d was a member j ot perhaps as many distinguished dclP'eni(i ti ve assemlilli s as any man that ever lived; I and In every one without dispute he was ' pointed out as the oratorical Coryphcus of ! them alt. In a debating tilt, whoever was . | second no was tirst. He was versatile to the las-t degree. He could be a May morning or j | a September storin, as itsuited him lirst. The . I first Gene al Assembly of his church to .j which he was ever elected was the most hlstorie; In Its debates he made for himself a J . f.imt! Wllld) IUIS ClimWM HIV lllilllillilllin vi hemispheres and built for Itself a nest beside K t t he eagle's. The Assembly was t tie gren' I, fSencraU'onferenee oflHM, which, lo use the .; trite phrase, "Split the two Methodlsms." Up ' j to the meeting of ihut Conference the Methj.; odisl Church In the United state* lui<l been ! one ortrunle body. A? It Is well known It tll! vlded on the Mint cry issu". One of Hie Southern bishops, Andrew, hud married n lady 11 who owned slaves, and the Northern. ^! especially the New Knuland, d"le*nles urged that ho must either rmiuumit I he slaves or . irtve.np his otllce In the Episcopacy. The .j j Southern -J el 1'gates stood by Hishop Andrew, 11 and the two sections divided as Methodists, . I nl le??t. When the papers announced the . I division oflh* Methodist. Church Daniel Welt. ster, who was then ii\ the Senate, said It was the "llrft wcdi;e of 'secession." It was in J! the great debate on I lie resolution to expel . j Kishi p Andrew that Hishop Pierce, then n L. yoniig man of.'Ui, distinguished himselt. One j of 1 he speakers. Pr. Peck, having threatened ,J that unless Hishop Andrew was deposed for r| holding slaves the New Rutland churches .I would withdraw from the connection, Hlsht op I'lcrce replied fit some lenglh and closed 1 j with this sentence: ' Let New Eng'and sro; j. I Joy iro with her and peace will stay behind ,, I her: she has for many a year been a thorn in ,1 the fle?h and an emmlssary of the devil sent I to bullet us." This Is the harshest sentence /.! /?? Iuimi t'ofifirrlnil nf lilin. 11 ml tlljit wns fully Just ified by the provocation. "J ItN <11 (Ilctili iorouo who h:is never hen In i | Georgia to understand exactly the J extent of Jlishop 1'leice's Influence nn?l I popu'ailiy. The love?liteial love?for this man wnn moreoonflned to the people of !. tlics inie denomination thnn It was to people | of the Mime complexion. It Ik snWI of him I i (hut lie never hud nn enemy. Certainly he , j wns every Hum's friend. Kiirrlnv politics, he ^ I had more influence than any fifty nvn in gjCJeopjfla wlien he died. Ills home, "Suni, I shine," Is situated .'bvirii miles from any ..I station. but imtne'dbitciy or Hie railroad. II For uveniy-five years It has b-en a stnndln? 0 order from the uuthniltlcs of the road that .. nny t>ain signalled tntisl stop for the nccotn| modal Ion of the l!l>h?p and Ills family. A r man Jn (?eorcla once beat another for speak. inn disrespectfully of Ilishop Pierce. Neither I of them were members of any church, uud neither hud ever seen the RMiop. j While Bishop Pierce shone In debate and I was mlshty in counsel. It was as a "camp meeting preacher' that, lie w is at his hesf. . (!a 111 p meetings have always been a distinc. tive feature of Methodism. Hi-bop P'erce I was their champion. Camp meeting, as they , i onee were, are rapidy passing: away, and their I champion is u'readv pone. IHit they have lav i cniiimi npi-i ct Method'St history. At these t gatherings, all through 'he Southern State*, ? I for fori v years pa?t BKhop Pietee's presence Im? been coveted, prized and remembered. ? 11 uinlilr as lu- was wherever l>?: went lit; towsj eri'd above the oilier preachers, like Saul 'h above flic armies of Israel. No man could f wear Ills armor or fill his place. Ills power c over tlie people has never lieen surpassed, and never equalled, since the day of Whitfield. !( < in one occasi< n. about thhtcen years ago, he preached at. an "arbor mete'.ng"? n series ol camp meeting.*?In JeHerson County, ficorvin. ,, A coU'er. inoie phlegmatic and fashionable u audience would fie hard to find In the country than that was. The audience was all silks and smiles and feathers, lint- when this great s preacher rose and they saw his white, sad faec and flashing eye*, they caught the spirit of solemnity thai was In him. lie awed them. Ills sentences flowed liken river and fit bis text like a t'roove. Kverybody mellowed as ,1' lie proceeded. Hearing him was one half the sermon and seeing him the other, for his face I was all aglow with "the light that never was 1 on sea r land." In less than fifty minute'' . that vast throng was as completely under his control as a piece OI mnconiery. mry mil( lowed Ills pcvturpH with I hoi r bodies; and, [' when lie sat down the pout up emotion burst i, forth In a storm. Scores of people, some ot I, them srey-heii'trd: old men, were converted t[ ami began a new li fe that day. All the world may forget Iilshop Pierce, hut Jcft'ersoii Connlj ty. Oeorcln. will remember him. Ho whs a ? type of the Methodist preacher that Is rapidly fj becoming extinct. Few ? iil be greater aud v none piuer than he was. With all bis friends ,1 and honors and fame, his heart wa? not here; . lie had placed it with ills treasure*, in a couni) try where "moth nnd rnst doth not corrupt i. and where thieves do not. break through and r. steal." He preached the (Jo-pel of the Son oi e God to the third generation of men. anil when e nt last, in the shadow of two worlds, ho came ,1 to face the last enemy of man, the grace he Iiad recommended for others was sufficient K for him. Four months neo tie preached tiie t fiiii"ral sermon of his need colleague. Iiistiop s Hiibhard H. Kavamuieh. In Nashville. To <t look buck now It seemed that then the "sunset of life gffve him mystical love," for In Unit ,1 sermon he said : "Time like an ever rolling 0 stream bears all Its sons nway Soon the grave will be our house and tlie worms our 1 companions. 11 ret hem, let u? all ask onr. selves the question, 'who will he the next ?'" r- 4I.? II? ?.?a ,r?t|||.rp(l 1(1 his . fnlherR In Hip course of nature, and in due . time, like a xhock of corn that is ripe for the I harvest. He is one of the King's burled Jewels and God will take lilin home with Illm nt. lust if 1ip hns to burn tlie world sind si ft the t ashes to find lilln. 01 11 truth, "the day of a c nmn'sdeath is betler tlian the day of Iiis t birth: and thought sifter this skin worms deu vour our bodies, yet In the flesh wo shall see . God. i. After all, (lie death of men like Rlshop a Pierce Is the best argument In favor of a fit ture existence. If si Benevolent Power rules [J the universe Mich characters cannot sillier ji annihilation. As for Rlshop Pierce, we have i) an Intuition, Independent of revelation, ii I which answers us that to-day, while we write, 81 ho still lives and loves sind moves in some i.j beautified land where azure Isles loom up | from seas of silver, where every bosom is peace I fill, every eye is tearlfss nnd every face is raj dlant with an IHward and irrepressible Joy. Memorial Service*. ' At Trinity Chiireh yesterday the pastor, the * Rev. John O. Willson, announced that 011 1 Sunday next the serviees In that, church " I would take the form of a memorial sprvlcp In -1 .... ,.t ,,.r nishon [donor 01 uit: iiicuiu.,, ... _ , . j Pierce. The sermon at Trinity yesterday was J [ delivered by the Rev. Allston Ti. Knale, of thlselt.v, a student of WofTord Colleeee. It . I was his Aral sermon. It Is said, and was lls | tened to and appreciated by a larce an'd Iji* '"! tclilcent aiidlence. Memorial services will , | also be held next Sunday at. the Siirlnjr Street. . j Methodist Church, and probably at other Methodist churches In this city. i-| The Georgia CImroIie*. ' j Pava.nnah, September 7.?Memorial ser* j i vices lh honor of Bishop I'lerce were hold to1 day In nearly every city and town In Georgia. * Tlio conKrecatlons were large and there was _! universal mourninpr. 1 m * m* I * MolfioiHst Confonnry. I The Centennial of Methodism In America .. will he celebrated on the Greenwood Circuit t at. Hethlehem, 011 Saturday and Sunday, this and 14th of September next. Saturday 13 Children's Centinnry Day Exercises hejrln 1 nt. !)..'!() A. M. Addreses are expected from - Rev W. \V. Duncan, D. D.. Rev. S. A. Wei-,. . or, Itev. W. It. Huchanan, Kcv. S. P. H. EI1 well, and Kev. \V. I'. Meadors. i Sunday Centenary Sermon by Rev. W. w. s Duncan, D, D..at 11 A. M. At 3 P. M.sermon - by Itev. O. A. Diirhy, D.D. 3 i Come, Mr. Editor, and lie with us. t Yours truly, W. A. ROGERS, tf > I am beaten, voters beaten. , Ilaik! the Insulting patriots sA^, j "He'd not runninc tor the oilier > Hut he's runuliu' tother way." i No more from wclMilh'd rotifers Will my pur.se exultant swell, ,. Iain healer, voters beaten? 'j Deceitful voterf, furoyu well. j NOTES BY THE WAY. j EEWH7IBCENCES OF THE PRIMABY CAM-. PAIGN AND THE CANDIDATES. Lodlinont Acodvmy?IM Teachers ?nd | Its Pupils?The N.ivminah Valley Koad?The .Stockade?How Convict* Fare?Aero** the Savannah River?-"ticoreln Beauties"?Lavish Hospitality?The Grave of the Confederacy? Back to the I'almctto State. Eagle Heights, Sept. C, 1884. Edilnr Pre.i* and Banner: Skill In every vocation Is a blossom of knowledge acquired from the le.ssons of experience nud Judicious training. It may be ?ntierted us a generul rule, that men ure expert In ti?e performance of tiny net. ill proportion to the frequency of Its repetition by them, uud the same rule may be applicable to a woman's tonuue. hut as Alexandria iiorglasald of the expedition or the French Into Italy, that they come witti ''liulk in tljoir fiuuds to innrlc up their lodgings, and not with weapons to lorce their passage. Jive;* so do I wish to make my way quietly into ytur satieluin tills morning, 1'celmg assured thr.t you as an Editor, have shaken handa w'ih so many eandldaies lately, that you have caught that friendly grip which so characterize the handshaking of the politician and seemingly says, I am the man who will die by your rights. "Ci>tne one, come nil this rock sliaM Uy, Kmtn lis li la buais Snuiitr limn 1." Not to this extent and wurinth would I have you welcome me, but as a ch nice vi>itor Iroin what is regarded as the bacK woods of Abbeville county that I may have the privilege ot leliitiK something about these and this glorious class of people, and iiow they luive be?-n enjoying life "ainco Hie crops were laid by." 1 reckon wo might begin by n little talk about polities, the supporters of which watched the manoeuvres and movement" of each candidate upon the campaign tract Very ici.wcly. When the homestretch came they I were assured that it was thcli favorites so | smoothly moving to the front, and smiles of I admiration and approbation were actually seen to'"hold sociables on the back of their m:cks.:' They said In spite of the warm weather and over-fleshy condition ot the third charger in the legislative race, they knew his friends would put him in such a trim Ox as to iimkc up on the last quarter, ami there ought out to be any opposition to | the Lyon when through ail ages lie had been 'acknowledged as the strongest of ftie tleld, I also, that, tney intended helping Abbeville to i keep up her Parks, and while not worshippers iof the legal fraternity, tlmy were devottd to I the Word-law, which was shown by their *olj id support of Mr. I'errln. Uli, their admiration of the Zeigler which they bet high would | win because lie was the best snod horse on the i truck; his sltues being celebrated throughout I the United States. Also, upon tliut genial j gentlemanly, whole-soul fSlierilf, who remind; ed us tliaL "deep waters are noiseless," so cotiI scious was he of success that his face was one oi serenity, and did not wear that canvassing irixlous lUi-pray expression, for he knew /lien Hie votes were counted Dui're would be ! tiie people's mull. Beside political preferences, to tell ull I have observed I must begin at the beginning of my sojourn in thl:-community, uu July Will we lctl Greenwood, that great little Itailroad centre, with her bustle of business, enterprise and energy, thinking of her future and noting the crops along the way, which struck me i-s rather better than an average | year. The corn well towards a sate point tiiat gives assurance of a good harvest. Cotton | then us .now sustain the fact that Jt will be later Mull) usual coming 10 mnrtiet, hiki 11 would be*. blessing Lo theeountry It' It should move nut over live million bales, which will bo quite enough In the present depressed condition ot' 1 lie manufacturing Interest, mid tend to revive whatiiverj excessive Mipp y would assurediy further depress. TltuMy I speculated upon everything along the line of ouservution until the roads began to grow so rough that I caught the swaylu* mo.ton of a ship at sea, and with a death grip I swung to my side of the vehicle, until my arms folt like they were slats nailed from the shoulder down there for stays. 1 drew my shoulders so hli$h up and my neck so low down, until they seem to meet for a head rest, but In spite of these precautions my head tossed without a spring, my eyes I shut 10 keep them in socket and I thought wli it a great blessing were teeth with linn roois. and so this lo^s of balance combined until we readied Jordan's mill mill f rh<Mif!ir meruitv if .(ni'diin u-ns im hunl u toad to travel, there would tie one poor travel tossed soul found on'the w.iy. After it cool shady rest on the bank of this Jordan we took up wiiut was left of lis and ny "driving inlno liors' so tick," as the Dutchman, we re tched the hospitable home of Dr, Hester in time to partake of a refreshing "dish o' tu'" which was not more deiidously pleasant and agreeable than the sweet smile of welcome, thedellru'c at tent Ions and dignl tied case with ! which Miss I .enu Hester presided and showered upon every guest at her father's table. Among the many present wore the Misses Calhoun of Due west, the delightfully pleasant Miss Fannie, and the viva-lous bright Utile Miss (Jury, who immediately after tea was led to trie piano and In spite 01 our fcrocious and morose condition we felt "That music had a charm to soothe the savage Split a rock, burst a cabbage," ite. And ihe song "Will you love me when I am old," was kI ven tons In sucii warbling birdlike notes by Miss I'artlow, that they found an echo in our heart*, for we felt assured we would never feel nearer sixty again, and we felt grateful for the sympathetic expression i that seemed to rest In the liquid brown eyes | of Miss Lipscomb of Verdory, and especially ; to someone for str/gestingan eaily reti.ins j to our rooms. So "rtleep, nature s sweel r I storer," refreshed us for what, we had come, to ' attend the cotnmenccmeni at Lodimoni. aead! emy 011 !lie:?lst. an Interesting event In till.' ] school under thf direction of Professor I'atterI son assisted by Misses Hester anil 0o\ In. Tlir I I...11 111/ I ?t./>|.|,rn,.nlv ivoll ili.n.l I rutcd. All scats wero crowded and partially (the Nlcs with parents anil friends of t!il> I irri at work. The exercises consisted of u t.horI oniili examinationof those text books "whlcli teach the young Ideas how to shoot," and i whirl) tliey seemed to have stored away s<i safely (1 don't mean hy the ram-rod) that II will he proof against the rnst of lime. Afiei this examination came a dinner, huge In lt.? abundance, uoodness, sweetness and IIbcraliI ty, which set Its partakers and the whole afI fair in the host of liumvr. We have always hcaid the nearest way to a man's heart if I down his throat, and now wo believe It. In I the afternoon the audience assembled to heat j addrc-"<cs appropriate lo the occasion by ('apt, ' M. L. Ronham, the Apollo rf Abbeville rutin ! ty. (he is married, we heard, to more than on* ' query) and \Vaiter L. Miller, K>t|., whose past | Interest In education made lilm know wn>-rc , of bespoke. The days entertainment then I closed with choruses bv the school which tinj der the culdanee of Miss Kate Hesierwasn (treat to those who have ears for sweet nieloidles and we saw that the heart of the littb: teacher was In sweet concord and Interest ] with hnr pupils, and seem to feel If (Jod ha.? nivn such voice? to our race ought we not U i train, nourish nn?l encourage these sweei I singers, that-we shall have permanent, song' I stors of our own Willi which we may rejolci our ea^'s and gladden with sweet surprise ithoseof the stranger. The faculty perishes ! ...i. IkI> . " "?? hnmiiirofro imil ll'lfh t lw? iIa, | cay of every such faculty we lose a portion o I our own securities as a race. At. all events J we liope teachers am! scholars will contlniu 'to develop this gift until as liitle minstrel' j I hoy will come forth ami sing us the Mrdsoi the forest in the opening of spring. After th( ,; choruses, a re:'e?? for lunch, refreshments i| ite.. then the entire audience withdrew to an ! out of door stave, which was resplendent wit!: j llishts, flowers, tostmms of evergreen and the | guy ami Riilly dressed children began thcii ' speeches, eomposiilons. charade-', Ac., all do| ins their best and looking their prettiest, titi? ! hour of the entertainment was the enjoyiibli part to the children, and will doubtless b< ! ionsr reinoinhered l?y s >nie of them as a ta>t< of Fairy-land. Indeed the work in whicli ; Prof. Patterson and his lady teachers nn; on > gaged is the work of tin-whole community i in all its sections, In all Its Interests, and thej -.vho look upon It In any other light, can form hut a narrow conception of the breadth of it< truly county character. Prof. Patterson's re | fusal to e>'en obe?' a call to a professor-hip in the sireat State of Texas shows how thorough' : ly in earnest he Is with his work here. \V( ! suppose he thinks every beins has his allot* ' ted part to fulfill in the grand scheme divine I?IIOU'CVIT nilTIIUR',,11'1, lie KII-UI whole?and we may labor In one corner of tin | vineyard, though the ground Is rough, tin j soil not. much fruitful, the corner dark. l>uI 'the Lord of the vineyard bids us toll there, That spot needs most the labor we can bestow ! so performs the task assigned and huifibly deems. It must he the one lor which we art | best fitted. Long may this good work contln I uu until lis influence is felt throughout tlx , country, was the wish as we drove away from the Lodlmont academy. The next, few day* we were making friends and forming ae 'quainWinces in this neighborhood and its vf cinity, visiting tIip home of C'apt. Hester 'where ail were so delightfully pleasant, ami 'the motherly face ot his good lady, so won our very affections, that we were ??.rry tode ] part for even the promised pleasures of flu < Monterey festival, which was In every way ?i 11 first-class entertainment and a moonlight do.se that- seemed to elt'ect some of the younj; 'people right, strangely. but we were told il , j WHS OIII.V linr lliexiilTirm-r, mill mux; piiijjii ; sitting nronnd by two's. and would give veni - to sounds like low rumblings underground 01 an utmost silent. grunt as we p:i>srd iliiln'l mean iiny disrespect to us, but si mere augges' , tlon lo keep on going for "tv o was eompan} | ami throe was none," ami If It was the "oiil i j.story" we would have liked to have heard, foi I j love is eomposed of so many sensations thai II something new of It can always he said, and Just think if the history of love would be tin ' history ot humanity it would be a beautiful j book to write. We came away from the grounds pleased, and the only poetry w< caught up for our moonlight jiile was heart j from one of Abbeville's brilliant lights, whr i promising a lasting roc ol led ion of tlie tin I presslons of the eve-iing In lines from Moore quoted so Inioresslvcly that we are not err i tain the young lady didn't- catch the impulse ; of that moment and tier heart echoed to tlx I lines of i "'Long, long, bo my I'oart, with ouch memories Allied, Liktf the vast* hi which roses has mice been distilled, | Y?u may break, yon may shatter the vase if yon will, Hat the scent ol the rosea will cling around it Mill." i Tint colil Ice-cream didn't eft'ect us to pover j ty, neither was our head or heart "warm j enough to keep the night from looking us eoM as frozen moonlight in tin nrclie region Next day we visileil the stockade of the penitentiary convicts, where everythingabout tin j place whs subjected to our inspection, and hc found the sleeping apartments cooking shelter, tents, grounds; all well kept, swept and limed; whiletliolot containing many beautiful fut bogs, and as many mules, was so | freshly strawed, until It wns as sweet as a new I wown hay season. They havea great mastltl j that could bring a large bucket ot water troin 'the spring, which we supposed was given tu ! the hogs, us we saw a "trusty" bringing water with which to cook. We were entertained by j music on their harmonicas, al*o u j:nitar. Geraniums and an eagle was seen in the enclosure, and tlie party left after bidding adieu to Captain Carroll, quite pleased with the novelty ami neatness of a stockade, and j thought the convicts life1 under such mnnauc! mcnt niid healthful treatment had but the repulsive Idea, which isan Instinct In thebos! om of every American citizen, and whose ' sentiments are found in Coleridge; j "Thou rising sun, thmi blue rejoicing sky, Yea', everything that is, and will be free, ' Rear witness lor me, whersoe'rye lie. With what deep worship, I have still adored ' The spirit of divinest Liberty. The work upon the Savannah Valley Railroad is moving on rapidly, and the coming of ' the steam-horse Isan eager expectation to all 1 > -? ll?? .....I .1.. I C1IIZCI1S lining mi- II.IV, mix see new lifts mrini testing Itself around and | about MU Carmel, and if all we near is to be 'credited Die town Is to liavea grand future. It Is a habit all people have contracted along anew line of Kallroad, to discourse speculatively on such topics, but this Mt. Carniel has points already in her favor. A large new store is finished and a handsome residence with Its bay-windows, balconies, and paints of white with red trimmings which makes the venerable old town appear to have taken a new lease on life and comes to the front exhibiting that taste in crilicul styles akin to some of her i elaborate and more advanced sister towns, i The people ought, certainly to appreciate tlie earnest ett'oits of their Kailroad's President, ! who has shown superior skill, management, I flnunceering and energy in achieving what ' work has been done, and we venlure to say If : the people will do what is in their power and leave the rest to (Sen. William Humphreys, lie will have the great steam engine thundering aloi.j the Savaiinnli Valley lioad, ami you will realize there is nothing grander oi human ait or nowej\ unless it is the mighty w ill i lorcc oMhis nan who, by uuduuiitcd ovtiiu&c, asMstjd, directed and gave to you this Railroad. A liaptlst meeting has been carried on recently at Ml. Cariuel In the lurgo Masonic Temple. We liad a smart, bright sermo i. ironi ltev. Mr. small of Greenwood. Ou too 24th a Ion# protruded meeting at the Metho-j dtst church by Rev. Mr. Rush:on,nnd 31stat Lodlmont, ol I'reabynrlan pcrMiation, alxo nt ( Wiillngtou. So thU Is a s-tlil greater evidence j that this people are alive to what Ih the great- ! eat moral, refining, elevating teacher ol the) age. Though our stay In Savannah Valley ] had been ao Interesting that we Tell ft must be like moat thing* In life?had two Hides?so we determined t? see the other side over In Georgia. One delightful afternoon with a party of several, andjo ly MI.-h Kate Marshall of your village, wo started lor Hie two mile drive beyond which rolled the Savannah. When the top of the last great Carolina lull was reached we haiti-d for a clear view into (Jeorgla, atd we beheld ono of tho loveliest countries upon which the eye ever | rested. Every lnstiiut new views ol the won1 derail hills and little mountains burst on the enraptured gaze; and what marvelous varle ty 01 coloring; one inn upturn i.n^ru ?in? u rich purple hue, ho <Jaik Unit it. become* almost biuek contrasted wish the ethereal blue, against which it reposes; the neighboring bill scums a shelving sea of vivid green, Willi the shadow of the clouds lienibilng on its bosom, and that hill youder, a pearly Itcht dm pes down its sides between long streaks of gray; Its bride-like companion is robed in a filmy white garment, with misty folds of opal, we could stand the enchantment no louger, for we lelt we, ' Like Moses stood, and viewed the landscape o'er," And savannah waves nor Broad river's stream could ''fright u? from that shore;" so down to Cade's Ferry where the Broad and ttu van mill rivers meet, and by a grout flatboat Ihe traveler can lea\e Abbeville county, S. C., and land Into Elbert or Lincoln county, Ua. We landed ut the .Elbert point, to drive by the familiar pic-nlc grounds uiong the rivers banks with the stationary swings, rustle seals, &c., thence up to the spacious pretty home of Mr. D. 11. Cade, with its vineyards, orchard*, lovely green meadow pastures or i tine stock and picturesque river views. We 1 were ass :red of a pleasant st-iy when we met ) Mrs. Cade, whose appearance suggested ttiat ; "Beautiful faces ate those thai wear wholesoul beauty printed there," ; and the graphic descriptions by Miss Cade of i her winter sojourn in the land of dowers was j entertaining^ und whilcd away our moments I pieasantiy. wo nau remi unii me uiumiu I Beauilt-s" were the loveliest women of earth, bul we did not awake to the realization until I we met Hie Misses Hurtson of Elberton, U?. ' A stroll down to the river*', we saw upon the : boaoin of the Broad, a moving cunoe, at the ! head of which stood a perfect form, dressed i in a dark suit of Lincoln green, with the golden sunlight of the west enveloping him and country, and th.1 thought came: was that j .Scott's James Fltz James? Could we be viewing In reality the poets fancy, amid the Scottish Highlands? Was It upon the bosom ! of these waters that lovely Ellon Douglass j first called her Malcom and was answered by a form in Lincoln green? But alas! our artist and poctleal reverie Was broken by the remark that Mr. J. C. Is the handsomest young man in Georgia. We smiled and thought Geoigla a right large State, and returned to the houso for a nice tea, followed by music,cards, games, mizzles, &r.. -Wearose early next morn to view the country In all its picturesque beauty and spend the day with Mrs. Wm. llurd of Wellington, Ga. ; We feasted the appetite on nice eatables, the , mind upon recitations from favorite authors, I and made merry the heart by music, dancing t and Oh; those cherries, those braudy cherI ries, that keg of never to-bu-forgotteii oiicri rles, that colored life's most vexing rials In i roseate hues, l?ut we felt ' the best of friends I must pari," as we were not willing to miss I the plc-uie at Clear Springs ou the Carolina : shore. ' 1 ? Cn..m Woohlnofnn | \Jii ihis ruiiu, 10 luuiii uuiu hub ! Gii., we were shown the spotund house where Jeftersoii Davis unci the Confederate treasury I was captured, und while tnui home is us nearly losi to sight as other signs of the Lost Cause, It will everiemalti historical upon the I annuls of lime. Ho let the American eaglet as iic clrehs In the blue ether above and ; turn.- his glance iroui the sun downward to ; earth, tho' he find no vuulted roof or turreted 1 square lo point to him this memorial spot, yet us the emblem of unlettered freedom he jshull keep hlsncrlul vigil, everand ugaln renewing his chivalrous spirit by looking on .'this spot, committed to his aire anu with i tireless win:.', sleepless eye, and bold, dctluni | heart, at once u sentinel to ward against impending danger, audit defender toswoop upott ! advancing foe, und thus In all time when the young Pilgrim of Liberty presses this spot j ins memory shall draw from it nn inspiration of lofiy deeds. We parsed veins of rock said i to contain gold and running parallel to Sales' j gold-mine not far distant. We thought it I well for the ptacoand security of humanity llit this generation that the gold-bearing j rocks of tin: earth were ''few and far between.' If it were otherwise, unsightly chasms would yawn at our very thresholds, and mills and furnaces do away with the sweet country i)met of which poets love to dream, liui caring little for gold and thoughts full of the coming picnic weic soon again upon Carollun soil, and about' 11 miles irom the brawling Savannah ferry we found the old Clear spring school honse, iiatnntlly a spot of remarkable beauty with one of the fine-t fountain* ol the heaith-dispcnsing goddess, sparkling beneath it's rocks. ThcC.ear .Springs well deserve to be considered as attractive a retreat as any In the laud. All are familiar with this picnic ground with lis great oaks, huge rocks, und bold spring, the walks and ways, the flirtations und the follies that belong to this glorious locality wh<re hundreds congregated to enjoy a gnod dinner and good time generally, l mill a few. the loriuunle lew know of the { charming abandon of ttie Lover's Itoi-lc by tnc [gurgling brook. Alt! beautiful ,1'crl 01 tl>ut pic-nic Paradise, lulrer than forms tluit promenade In dreams its you wulkcd along, or ! d:<need with the throng of laughing girls. ! May lorti.ne send us summers yet to cuiuo . | brightened by glimpses of your happy face, i 1'uidon the rhapsody and (he slip ot our pen, usually so manageable, Into a sort or blank 11 ver.-e after the early manner of Mr. Dickens, . I in remembering a fair daughter of ike vi^ley, . who lias no Uonnt gone lnu> tho diary of our . nleiid , "with all her biuvery od." A special feature of the day was the good music, i jd.uiilmrand glorious dinner horn. 1 telijou .'Mr, Editor, It was no schooi-bojs bucket of i "fried Jacks and 'Insves,-' but we were fairly I sturiied at turkey*, cinekens, ducks and uo , tualiy pigs that stared at us on the long table, , beside the pile of pics, white cukes, ?fcc., in such quantities that we felt really iul and ; could have clamped our sides Willi boiu . hands and sigh, O! Lord, for greater capacity , to receive tluse thy bounties. Around tills ( board seemed to be lormed a temj orary soclei ty from whit-ha iexclusUenessand lorinullty I was banished, and in which the only ambi [ Hon was to see which shouid add most to the | common enjoyment of ail. ol such we nu^lit . i personally mention me unions i.iggnn?, .; Wardlaws, Hosier*, 'i'citnanis, AlursnallR, ;| Kennedys, Limes, and many others, e>p. o<* .. ally good nr. I.Inn, who stems to be regarded i' as a goid link in the chain or tills communi.! ty's muUi; up. After dinner we wandered and > meandered around enough to see Cupid sharp' | ening his arrows and agiced ? ith Su i'hoimts. "that men would besulnis if they .'oved Uod ' I as I hey loved women," anu thought some ol | the fellow* didii'l know tucold French tir..>| verb: "It Is easier, lo take care of a peek ot Ilea* than one woman," and the girls nail no | thought for Maduine JJeSUtel, "that marriage . is a lottery In wliteh men only stake their . liberty, but women their happiness," but ?e j; suppO!>e these authors were entirely ignorant .'of that congeniality which elicited ti>a origlfl nul remark that day of a happy couple wheie, 51 "If one took suutf the other would sneeze" , and if report* arc true we can almost hear the J tingling of the mariiage bells announcing fi these "two souls with but a single thought, , j die. Itui our whole sympathies were wrought j up by others coming from this delightful pic[ tile with murmuring* such as this: | "The girls nrc all a fleeting show ; For man's delusion given, Their smiles of Joy or tears of woo Deceitful come deceitful go There's not one true?by heaven. s Their words arc like a stormy day, All clouds utieii tempest driven, i By jealous fancies they will sway, Ai.u make your life u troubled way, , Until you long lor heaven. I Wi wonder if Miss A., of Augusta, Miss L., , | of Troy, or Miss W., of l-ownuesviiie, could . | have been the cause of sueh deep dejection, , i yet we will not blame tiieni positively, for .} there weie many lovely creatures there that | might challenge tiie cuumest i.en to describe, : but they will i>ehtly celebrated and welnvoke j them not, only enshrining ibem forever In i memory. I J he next day found us at the home of Mr. R. L. Jones, who guve us such music as only n ! musician of Uient and cultivation c-iuld rcn! der, tlrst the grand operas, galops which car| rled us away back beiore the loot lights, and ! Pattl's accompanying o/elicstra, and then Ani nie Laurie in such walling notes of sobbing i tears, that we almost shared theauthorsgrier, ! and our heart lelt moved, but we know In the ! I lurrows ploughed through the heart by such , j sorrow angels sow the seed that spring up . | trees of l'aradlse and bear fruit ot eternal | bliss. The brightest rainbow of promise In _ | our earthly sky is tinned of tears, our mood [WHS aglllU Clluilgeu i') ins |j;u\ 111^ nil niu ,; strings ott his violin, flr.st on the fnur, then us .; perfect a tune on lliiee, then 011 two urnl 11, nally theAInrselllesHymnononlyoiiestilng. [j We were well entertained l>y this mus.cul family and interesting wife, and hurriedly loll imping to visit the picturesque home of ^ the Hon. James K. Calhoun, ana Cherry Hill. , the old homeot McDtMHe, wlileh we felt would [ serve as bits of rare and utmost loigoiteu lore .! lor our diary. We have now seen most or [I nearly the greater part of Carolina and have . I not as yet been to Abbeville Court House which we hear Is a very Athens, ttie sent ot 11 learning, refinement and culture, the strong. | est liar, ie., of the State, and we feel a little i! retnlss in ourconfcbslons that we have even j visited all of the Important cities of the .Stale . and not seen or known Abbeville, but our luI j tentlons liave booked tier l'orjhe coming sea> (son. in Japan newspaper editors are among . the class privileged to carry swords, and we I feel we have loldall we can lorthts section, so , must stop or you will be urging our aceonuno. dating legislators to establish the same prlv! liege of Japan to Carolina editors. So wlshI lug the pleasant people a line harvest and a . heart full of cheer, with their pockets full of .: money and a steam car by next year, we will 'j stop chatting, and plek up the last Abbeville I J'nxs, truly the Manner paper of the State, so . full ot news, interesting gleanings and generl al Information, that In u perusal of its columns i1 we realize the "pen Is mightier than the [ sword," and wish that Its editor may livelong ' anil hope tils summer lias run by i.s gladly us nur own, for the August Idleness of lfvS cau II iu?vi?r be forcotien bv TItlX. Remember j This! OS'K HOLLAII CA&H will buy 11 pounds granulated sugar. One dollar eusli will buy 11)<: pounds A sugar. Ono dollar cash will buy 12 pounds C sugar. 1 One dollar cash will buy 12J$ pounds yellow sugar- At PARKER & HILL'S. j July 30,18t4, tf I VALUABLE j -MILLPROPERTY FOR SALE, I iSI propose chanplnp iny business. I offer f\ f'?rSALK my (iUJST AND FLOURING MILLS cheap and on easy terms, or will cxelmniie them Tor jtood Innd that rents ensv. For particulars address me at DoniilUhVillc P. ()., Abbeville County, S. C. -T H. fiHEATAM. Aug. 27, 1?S4. 3m. Hall Stands. HAT RACKS, Bonk Racks, and Wliitfnots full stock unit low prices at J. 1). C11AI.MKRS & CO, Oct. 31, 1883, If 1 i ir mmmmmammmmmSSSSi^mmmammKm Making Arrangements. FOR tlie benefit of .lenonn who wUb to ecoiioiniRD by having iliclr SADDLES ; and HARNESS REPAIRED on ?nd ufier the 1M. of .March. I will bo reudy to do all such work with neatnuw nnd Ulapatch. THOS. BE6QS. job, jjth,' 1381. tf _ ^ vr samuelTTason," Attorney .At Law, ABBEVILLE, S. C. No. 3. O'Neal's New Law Buit.dio. Will practice In all the Courts of the State Jan. 2, li&J. ? Drs. Mabry & Hill. AITE hnvc this day formed a cornrtnwhip VV in the PRACTICE OK MKDICITCK to nil Its branches. In cnsei) where the Hltcn- -> tlon of both of ur nioy be needed no extra clmr^e will be wade. - -r. T. J. MABRY. M. D. L. T. HILL. M. 1). Manch 12,4S8J, tf * ^2 GO ? M O FtJ 2 ? d O ^ . ? W ? M S5 j3 2 a ? .9 a ? C-I h ~ ? C3 # * H a fc S ,1 g Vg 6 -si* J g S ? rS J H w cq hd bJD S a <j eg 1 _ t M J 1 <4 aa,W -I ? J rk O O +? ; 5 ?? I !Z ? h o s .& s ? 6 Sfl ! ? " pH ? CQ p-3 ? > *w eg ffl 'M < ATTENTION FARMERS 1J Iff E HAVE NOW IN STOCK A SPLE^O ? did line of Farm Implements, ^^jjj Nails, Horse and Mnle Shoes; Harness, Traces, Bridles, Flows Stocks, Plows, &c., &c* QUARLES & THOMAS Feb. 6,1884. If Wagon Bridles. WITH or without bilnd*. For thowwhd 1 *? n*e alilvnnd willing to pay for a gooff article, home niadc niul hand stitched, 1 WlU keep a suimly on hand for *u le. j TJIOS. BEGGS. ? | March 19.188k tf \ Dissolution. I - It ' V'JJfe The firm of quarlks a co? is this day dissolved, and the old business will l>e sottloJ by T. P. QUARLES, Mull wain Cor nor. QUARLES <? CO. Jan. 7,1884, tf Make Your "Beds" Comfort- I able. J Mattresses ?t si.no, fa. so. ndw.oggMi Spring lied.?nt price* from 0pB|O soino ot thorn will lutdu life lime. Hi-curc 0116 S j for each bed and live longer. Far Mile at J. D. CHALMERtt ii CO. Oct. 31,1883, tf X " J. WrsIGN, I ABBEVILLE, S. C. I |TEEPS on band a full assortment of I I IRON CASES, J FINE BURIAL CASKETS, I COFFIZSTS, ?M from the cheapest to the best. Hearse will VI attend funeraln. wnen'deslrcd. I He will also Contract for th? | . Vr". ' ' / ? ; T< Erection of Buildings- x > He Is agent /dr'* the sale of Sash, DooriPv?.J | Blinds, Moiridibgs; Stnir-raillngs, Floorings and every thing pertaining to houtie building April 7, I(i?> tf I WABDLAfl EDWARDS, j i -\TOW HAVE THE PLEASURE OF [l announcing the arrival of nn atrractlvd Line of IFINE SHOES. Consisting of a full assort- ' msnt for Men's, Ladies's and riiilHren's wear, in all tho Latest Styles. ifl i Mnreh 26. 18S4. tf Miller's HoteLB ABBEVILLE, S. C. rpnis flOTKL has been opened by the an' , 1 dorsiciu'd, who Will be glad to Hecommo* divte the travelling public on the most reasonable terms. Persons having business at the Court would do well to give me a call. I have good rooms, plenty or servanU, and furnlnb^^^H my table with the best the market uffonls^^^H 1 Hates reasonable. W. L. MILLER. Jan.30.lStM.tf ^H| fiaol 1 MV/CU) Mcllwaine & Co, H aVE on hand almost every variety oj B CARRIAGES, ] BUGGIES, j A \Y1\ I " W H WAGONS, 1 which they olter to their customers on the jl most advantageous term*. H REPAIRING- A SPECIALTY! With the best of workmen in every branch of I our business, and an abundant supply of M lumber. and other materials, we are prepared to do ail kinds of repairing jn the very bei>t , manner, at the shortest notice, and on tho ! most HCt'ommodatlug terms. All work fully ' warranted. fl j SEAL & McILWAINE, fl Washington Street.