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ABUEVILLE, S.C. !
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Wednesday* Nov. 26,1884. |
Aboni hi Debt fur Land. I
VVhilo every family should have a homo
r>f thoir own, it is no less true that any
man <vho lias a home, or a farm, should j
gx> in debt to buy inoro laud. Even ;
if a man has the mon&y with which to j
pay cash for surplus lauds, tlio invest-j
ment is generally a very poor one, which
entails an incalculable amount of worry
and anxiety without an adequate reward.
Tlman whn h:iv? horns* and a stifllptencv
of land, should neither go in debt or
spend their cash for other lands. Every
aerc of unprofitable land is a dead weight
on tho resources of the owner.
Olio of the principal causes of the finBn-;
lial embarrassment of our peoplo lies in
ho fact that many of them own hundreds
of acres of land and cultivate only a small
fraction of the area. No man can afford
to lot four-fifths or more ol his capital lie |
idle, and it is absolutely positive and ut-|
K ter ruin for any tanner to keep a live
rjfci mortgage on any farm where so large a
W*" per cent, of it is unprofitable.
^v> As a servant nothing is so faithful and1
true as a mortgage, but as a master no
tyrant is so merciless or inexorable.
Every winter our people aro tempted
lo go in debt for lands which are offered
at public outcry on long credits, and the
history of the past shows that such snares
have in many instances proved the rock J
on which tho little crafts of de.uded pur-!
thxsers have been split, and where tho
accumulations of a lifetime have been,
lost.
Money cannot be made suddenly. In j
agricultural, countries the increase in'
"wealth is only by slow processes, and the
man who has reached tho age of thirty j
years, and has gained not more than a few
hundred dollars is foolish if he risk it all j
in tho purchase of a large tract of land !
which he has not the capital, tho mules, j
the wagons, a year's supply of food, and ;
enough ready cash to meet current ex-j
pensfsof making a crop.
Tho writor of this is tho owner of a:
small farm, and ho knows whereof he'
speaks when he says that ready capital is
ns necessary to the success of farming'
operations as tho laud itself. ?
The mau who puts all his roadv cash as
ji payment on the purchase of a farm, and
is left without money with which to carry
on the work of making a crop to meet
the next payment is suro to make a fail- j
lire, and, in many cases, alter suffering;
tho tortures of which only those who arej
tho servants of a mortgage have any |
knowledge, the purchased land is sur-!
ronderod and the cash payment forever j
lost.
Then lot him who has a sufficiency of
land not buy more, but let him lend his
xnouey on a mortgngo of his neighbor's
real estate where there is a safo margin.
Let him, who is pressed for money, uot
mortgage his whole estate, but instead,
lot him sell a portion. It is better to have
any small number of unincumbered
neres than to have a whole township on
which there is a mortgage.
The desiro to own largo farms has
wrecked more farmers than any one thing
1 clso, and wo have no doubt that every
reader may recollect instances which will
verify this statement.
Don't own more land than is profitable.
Kvory dollar which is put at interest
yields an income, and every acre of land
should do tho same.
New Judicial Districts.
"We believe it is proposed to create two
now judiciat districts in this State?making
ton instead of eight as at present.
Tlio necossity forthis increase of officers,
it is urged, lies in the present crowded
condition of the dockets. We Inlly agree
jn the opinion or bolief that "something
inn3t bo done," and wo would suggest
lhat we go to the root of the evil. In the
first place, reduce the number of Trial
Justices; and in the next place, pay
them a salary. If this simple thing is
>. " done, we will need no increase of Circuit
Judges. Tho Trial Justices will cease to
burthen tho Courts with trifling cases
which are unworthy of the attention. Of
v one thing we are certain to our rnind we
can conceive of no more ridiculous proceeding
than thatof a thirty-five-hundred
dollar Judgo and a fifteen-hundred-dollar
Solicitor trying two negroes for a little
fisticuff fight, which might nevor have I
come into Court at all if the Trial J us- |
tiee had not mado a fee by committing
the parties to Jail. At the last term of!
our Court considerable time was taken
lip trying two negroes on a "cross indictment,"
and neither were convicted, and
if they bad been really guilty of tho
charges rnado against them, no public!
good would hayo been conserved there- j
by.
Instead of lacking on great additional
expense for other Judges and other Solicitor
let us try the plan of reducing the
Trial Justices, and pay the continued officers
a salary. If that does not work,
why not extend tlie term for holding
Court at tho various Court Houses.
We know that tliere is a greai, demand
. in all parts of the State for public office
of any kind, and wo should be pleased to
see all aspirants for office succeed in getting
good places, if it did not injure the
people. But every new office is an additional
burden upon the tax-payer, atid
wc hogo no '.ash change may be made,
~lorsrfig to .he creation of an office for
the benefit Df any particular man even
though he may bo a proper object of public
charity. If wo create an army of;
Ly*?' Judges wo reduce the honor and dignity |
of tho position in the e^act ratio of the j
| increase, and it will not bo long until j
there will be a general cry for a raaeo in !
f their salary. Ton Circuit Judges at $3,600
a year, and ten Solicitors at big ral- j
* arios ana conungcuis, wouiu run up mo
cost of Judges and Solicitors to about)
$.">0,000 a year. This increase of expense,!
wo think, may bo avoided by merely;
striking at the root of the evil by paying |
Trial Justices fixed salaries instead of,
fees. At present the Slate is virtually of-1
fcring u premium to its petty officers to-!
gather up as many cases as possible,
% without regard to merit.
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Peacc and Good Will.
The Democratic President has been i
elected and the Democracy of A.bboville
county, rejoicing in tbeevent which promises
peace and good will to all men, has
proclaimed amnesty and forgiveness to
all political offenders. County Chairman
"7?~ Benet, acting upon the generous spirit of
his own address to the people of Abbeville
county which appeared in the Press
and Banner of last week, has interceded ,
with the prosecutors, in behalf of the col- j
ored people who committed a breach of!
the peacc at Cedar Springs on election
day, and it is our pleasure to Btate that the
white men, who had just cause to punish
them for their grievances, havo complied
with the wish of tho Democracy in this
respect, and have stopped all proceedings
against the violaters of the peace and the
election laws. Tho warrants of arrest
have been withdrawn, and tho parties are
discharged and invited to join with us iu1
our rejoicings for the prospect of good
and honest government, and the return
of peace and good will among the men of
both races.
Tho parties against whom charges have
been made for disturbance of the peace
at Cedar Springs may give themselve no
further trouble, as all such prosecutions
have been discontinued, except in the
case of W. W. Frazier, who is wanted,
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"I'll Turn the Table: Who'll Turn the!
Good Old Man of the House."
The Seneca Free Press had a column
or two last week, on the turn table busi-'
liens, with incidental reference to tho
amiability and sweet temper of the Kco-\
tree Courier. The intelligent public of
Oconee must be highly edified at the
sight of live or six full grown men quar- j
rolling about so infinitesimally smallmatter
as an iillo and meaningless re-,
mark about tho railroad turn table. The
Presidential muss, and Elaine's tirado
against the South, dwindle into nothingness
when coin pared to tho turn tablo
business. j
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Antc-Mortoni ObJtuarics*
A new addition has been innde to tlio
literature of South Carolina by the publication
of a book styled "Historical and
Descriptive Review of the State of South
Carolina, including the Manufacturing
and Mercantile Industries of the Cities
and Counties of Abbeville, Anderson,
Greenville, Ncwberrv, Orangeburg, Spartanburg,
Sumter, Union, Camden, and j
tho County of Kershaw, and Sketches of j
their Leading Men and Business Houses. |
Volumo III." There is some information j
of a general interest in this book, and it
is well enough printed. Its chief value,
however, it would seem to us, would be
to a printer b3rause of tho ante-mortem
obituary notices which it furnishes. In
a printing offico where the printer has
hopes of living longer than tho parties to
whom it refers, it will be valuable as occasion
for reference to it may arise.
Tho book is profusely illustrated and
will occupy an hour of the reader's time
in a very picasaiu manner, wnen re nas a
spare moment in which to store his mind
witli valuable information as to tho country
and its "leading men and business
houses."
The devices for tombstones and their
inscription has exercised the skill and inventive
genius of the human family for
untold ages. Many years ago, tho idea
of placing a lamb cut in marble and plac-j
ed over the grave of an idolized child
commanded tho greatest admiration, and
was considered the acme of retired taste,
and which was tho subject of many a
laudatory newspaper paragraph. Following
up the beautiful idea of a sleeping;
lamb on the grave of a child, we get from
this book tho idea of placing other animals
on tho graves of grown up men.
For instance, we find a ferocious locking
bull, a rooting ho<:, and a capering horse,
on different tombstones, while bore and
there may bo found an accurate and life
llkoness of him whose memory it would
perpetuate.
As a contribution to tombstone decorative
art. and as a history of tho "mapjof
busy life" in tho counties to which it refers,
the book is a good ono, and ono
which we hope may be found in our library
till tho last page of recorded time
is written of us. This book is not sold
except on subscription, and thoso who
may ehance to get a copy should hold
fast to it.
A Word to Those Who Want to Buy
Homes*
As this is the season of tho yoar when
farmers are making their arrangements
for another year, and when men may
bo in search of homes for themselves, wc
hope it may not be amiss to offer some
suggestions in roforence to the buying of
a homo. In tho first place, wo believe in
a majority of cases, that it is an error for
a poor man to buy such lands as are exposed
to salo on a credit by publio officers
or private citizens. There are generally
a great number bidders at such sales,
who bid recklessly, and run the prico to
such figures that men with money cannot
afford to buy. Capital is conservative,
and does not as a rulo, bid against
those who have no money. For this reassn
the solvent inan should avoid credit
sales.
Another serious objection to poor men
buying tracts advertised at public sales
exists in the fact that very seldom does
the number of acres suit his purse or his
ability to pay. Better to bargain with a
neighbor at a private sale, even at higher
price, when tho lines may be run more to
his own liking, and when more suitable
arrangements as to payments can be
made.
There are hundreds of men who own
large tracts of land who would be glad to
let a purchaser make his own terms.
Lands whfch are sold by public officers
are generally sold at tho suit of the crodtors
or legatees who want the money at
the time it becomes due, and when a failure
to pay would dispossess the purchaser.
When lands are bought from a neighbor
ho is generally willing to give as
much indulgence as may be needed, and
is willing to take payments at any
time, whether they are large or small.
Another important consideration is,
that if a neighbor sells land he usually
gives a warranty title, which administrators,
executors, ageuts, and court officers
never do.
A man who buys lands under order of
court does so at his own risk. The fact
that it is done by order of court is notice
to purchasers to be on their guard.
Better own fifty acres in your own
right, than to buy five huudred acres, and
give a mortgage of it.
Nearly every body in this country
owns too much land to make it profitable.
Change of Judicial Districts.
A plan is on foot to ro-district the State
and form two additional Judicial Districts
in South Carolina, and tho Legislature at
its present sitting will bo called to act
upon this question. If the plan of reducing
the number of trial justices, and j
otherwise throwing trifling cases out of
court could be tried and should fail to
give the desired relief, then tho division
which is proposed is, we think,- a good
one. Except in tho Black District, whore
it is one hundred and twenty-five thousahd,
the population in any one of the
nnnr Tiuliniit T^iufr?i/?la rlnnu nnf nv_
ceed one hundred thousand. In that District
the population is almo3t exclusively
of the black race, and it is a notable fact
that there are fewer cases on the criminal
dockets in this Circuit than in any Circuit
in the State. This fact, we think,
proves conclusively that the negro, if left
to himself, is not a violator of the law.
Pay the Trial Justice a salary, and
they will have no inducement to pander
to the anger and malice of his white
neighbor, and fewer negroes will be
brought into Court, and the day is not
distant when manly men will ceaso
to como into court to settle the merits of
little personal fisticuffs.
We are glad to state that we believe the
last Court at Abbeville was a model one
as regards its verdicts and its sentences.
The juries had the nerve to do their duty.
The grand jury threw out trifling
cases, and tho pettit juries, without fear,
favor, or affection, rendered correct verdicts,
and the Judge meted out sentences
which were entirely in accord with our
convictions of justice. No man was
spared by either the judge or the jury
bccause of his race, and no man was convicted
or punished because of his color.
But notwithstanding these lacts, much
valuable time was taken up in the trial of
aqoac wKinh micrlif nnf. liui'A
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found thoir way into court if the trial
justice had been a salaried officer.
Lot trial justices have a fair chance to
do the proper thing by the people and
the Stato, and let all of our Courts act as
tho last one did, and all will bo well,
without tho expense of additional judges
and tho increased machinery of justice
incident thereto.
Bcnct and Blaiue.
At tho same hour last week at which
Mr. Bonet, County Chairman, was writing
his address to tho Decplo of Abbeville
County, assuring the colored people of
our intention to treat them fairly, honorably
and generously in every respect,
Blaini) was making his bitt?r harangue in
Maine, seeking to stir up sectional strife
and race prejudice. We know tho roader
has read County Chairman lionet's assuring
adiress, and now we want him to
turn to another column and rcaa tue vue
muttering of the man who aspired to bo
President of the Republic. Ilead it and
thank tho Great Ituler of the universe
that ho will not bo allowed to exercise,
the despotic and cruel power which his
malevolent heart would prompt if he
were President. I
Gknkiul J. B. Bratton, of Winnsboro,
has been nominated to fill the vacancy
occasioned in tho Fourth C'ongres- j
sional District by tho death of James II. |
Evins. At the expiration of the short
term, \V. II. Perry, T2sq., of Greenville,:
will succeed General Bratton.
Am, tho Southern newspapers aro industriously
laboring to allay any foelings
of distrust the colored man may entertain
as to his future political and civil
liberty Ht the hands of the Democrats,
while Blaine is cruelly seeking to oscilo
bis lcars. , I
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rroliibltioii.
Tho ft'lends of prohibition are reported
to bo making active efforts to secure signatures
to a petition praying the Legislatnre
to submit thoquostion of prohibition
to tho people of Abbeville county. As a
matter of course the Legislature will not
disregard tho wish of any considerable i
number of petitioners, and wo suppose j
there will bo no difficulty in securing
signatures. Tho mere signing of tho pe-'
tition does not necessarily bind tho vote!
of the signer. Even those who oppose i
prohibition may bo willing to submit tho ;
question to the people. We are inclined j
to tho opinion that tho friends of temperance
would meet with less stubborn resistance
now than at any time in tho past.
UL'llt' > U UiU LUI1I |M;uuui1 i<* on wiin,
and the profits aro so short in the
salo of whiskej' that not much of a
fight would bo mado to retain the license
system. It is not to be denied that
some of our best young men love a drink
of whiskey, and if the closing of the barrooms
would remove temptation from
them and save them to the country, it
seems that we ought to make the experiment.
There can bo no doubt that during
election times there is entirely too
much drinking. If the people will it, the
tornptation may N) removed from thensons,
who have not yet formed their habits.
It is said that drunkards will be
drunkards still?license or 110 license.
Granted. Temperance organizations and
prohibitory laws aro not intended toreform
the drunkard. Those organizations
and these laws are intended to save the
young from forming the habits of whiskey
drinking, by preventing tho tempttation
to these habits which is furnished
bv tho public sale of intoxicating liquors
as a beverage. Drunkards may bo found
anywhere, and will always be lound in
any country, but i: cannot be successfully
denied that prohibition lessens the sale
of whiskey, and removes a great temptation
to drunkenness.
But in case our people are still determined
to license tho salo of whiskey, wo
say lot us demand that the license lees be
put in the treasury of tho couutj*, wheie
they properly belong.
Going to Leave Us.
Quite a number of persons about White
Hall seem determined to leave Abbeville
and go to tho West. They nave chartered
cars to take them and their luggage to
Arkansas, from Greenwood station. In
consequence of this move on their part
they are selling all their cattle, horses,
mules, and other personal property, which
is being bought by their neighbors. Wo
are sorry that they are going otf?sorry
for the hardship which their act may entail
upon them individually, and sorry
for tho loss which tho county will susi-omni-dl
of mmh onnrl rutfKftns.
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If each of these industrious and thrifty!
farmers would buy small farms and settle
in our own county, we are sure they
would do well. Their departure is owing
to the lact that a largo por cent, of them
have been renting laud, which will be
sold this Winter.
The departure of these citizens, and tho
desiro of many colored men to go elsewhere,
together with tho fact that muny
thousand acres of land will bo sold this
Winter must have a depressing effect upr
on tho money value of farming lands.
Unless our superior lands, and the low
prices which must prevail shall induce
industrious and thrifty farmers to cotnc
from the poor high priced lands like they
have in Anderson there must be a continued
downward tendency in the price
of lands. The poor lands of Auderson
county are a great deal higher than our
own good lands, and these people who
aro going to A rkansas mav not find a bed
of rosos in the* remote districts of that
malarious and thinly populated country.
Tknnksgiring Day.
To-morrow (Thursday, November 27,)
has been sot apart by the Prosident of the
United States and by the Governor of
tho Stato of South Carolina as a day of
Thanksgiving and Praise, and we hope
that the day ma}' be properly observed as
becomes a grateful Christian peoplo. Let
the churches be opened in the morning,
and after a cheerful service, let the poople
return home and eat the biggest turkey
on the place. Let every household
prepare a better dinner than usual, and
then let the young people be invited to
meet together at the house of some neighbor
.to spend an evening in pleasautry
and honest mirth. We want neither that
cold mournful worship nor that dismal
observance of the day which shall cast a
gloom over tho spirits and joyousnossof
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thanksgiving. We have every reason to
be thankful, and wo know of no reason
why wo should not join for an hour in
prayer and praise. After laying asido all
business cares, let us spend the remainder
of the day in innocent pleasure-and
merriment. As evidence of our appreciation
of the loving favor of Him who loveth
a cheorful sunshiny heart, let us forget
for a day the troubles and sins which
doth besot us.
Obstructing Railroad Progress.
The city of Angusta tries to prevent
Preident Raoul from connecting the Augusta
and Knoxvillo Railroad with the
Georgia system, thus forcing additional
levy for tho transportation of freight
from one road to tho other. The matter
was taken into Court, where tho rail- {
road gained the case. The city of Augusta
appeals to the Supreme Court.
There is no use of kicking against a
natural law of justice and right. The
roads, by all means of equity and justice,
should bo allowed to connect, and it is J
useless for tho city to set up obstructions '
for the benefit of the draymen or tho city
railroad. ?The road will be finally con-!
nected. Charleston managed to stop the j
cars out of town for forty years so as to j
give employment to drays by taxing our I
cotton, twenty-five cents a bale, but the'
march of progress by competing markets
compelled tho old foggy city to
yield at last to the inevitable.
"Blessed Benefactions."
Under the above heading tho Augusta
Evening Neus, acknowledges contributions
for the "factory poor" of Augusta
from North and South. This cry for relief
to tho poor factory operatives has
been going 011 for a long time. When wo
remember that Abbeville county has onethird
more inhabitants than the city of
Augusta, and when wo know that no
public appeal has been made for charity
for any class of our people, it must convince
the most skeptical that it is better
for a woman to be somebody's daughter
or somebody's wilo, than it is to be a poor
dependent factory girl or woman. It is
well enough to own profitable stock in a
factory, but the condition of the poor
helploss creatures who wear their lives'
away amid the grease and dust, tho din
and rattle of the machinery of a factory,
is enough to oxcite sympathy from a heart
not made of stone.
Cleveland Speaks.
Tho A ugusta Chroniclc and Constitutionalist,
of Sunday, reports an interview
' with Cleveland by a representative of the
i Boston (Jlobc. The reform Governor
| gives expression to somo calm, dignified
, thoughts on the situation, and ioreshadjows
a prudent, conservative course in the
i administration of tho Government. He
iivit it will lio his aim to irive tfm
United State ii safe, economical and conservative
government. lie strikes the
i key-note when he suys that we should devote
our lives to things which tend to the
substantial welfare of the country and all
of its people, and he closes by saying that
in this event, every man should feel that
bo lias a part to porform. New York's
refoitn Governor bids fair to make a
splendid President Fortunate is it for
our country that her interests will be under
the control of such a man. *
Unsaleable Flannel.
The merchants of Camden have a large
lot of red ilaunclon hand, which they cannot
sell. The Camden Journal says:
"Several of our merchants have told us
that it is almost impossible to sell a red
shirt to a negro now, cither as an undershirt
or ovflrshirt, no matter how low the
price is. The cause assigned is, that it is j
the emblem of Democracy, which they
hate with all their soul. They look upon J
a red shirt now as poisonous to the touch, j
and shrink from it as they would from;
the coils of a rattlesnake." I
lluilroad Meeting.
A preliminary meeting consisting of the
council, and the members of the former
committee on survey, was held in the
Court House last night, Judge Lyon,
chairman, J. F. Miller, secretary. A
resolution was adopted calling for a public
meeting on to-morrow night, (Thursday)
to which all of our peoplee aro invited.
The building of a new railroad
from Abbeville to connect with tiio Augusta
and Knoxville Railroad will be
considered. The proposed new railroad
seems to bo an absolute necessity, and all
persons having the futuro welfare and
prospcrit}' of the town at heart are earnestly
requested to bo present to-morrow
night at half-past seven o'clock. Arrangements
for securing a charter, and
the appointment of corporators will be
effected, preparatory to a permanent organization
of the company. Our people
now seem to be in the proper spirit for
undertaking this most important enterprise
in which thoy cannot afford to fail,
and it is earnestly hoped there may bo
no further delay in prosecuting this work
which is of such vital importance to us
as a trade centre. It is a notorious fact
that there is a great discrimination
against us in the matter of freights, and
it is not to bo denied that unless relief
comes to us, and that quickly, Abbeville
ma}' suffer beyond an early recover}'.
The means of relief s.re within our own
grasp, and it remains to bo seen whether
we will make an effect to do a reasonable
work, and thus put ourselves in a position
to accept the liberal propositions
which will be extended to us by the enterprising
authorities who control the
Augusta and Knoxville Railroad.
Here is Whore the Explosion Took
riace.
Judge Ransom, of Magnolia township,
in tlio last week's Issue of tho Medium,
gavo a most doleful account of farming
operations as seen by him. The recital
was a great strain on him from the begining,
but he burst his boiler and stopped
tlio machine, when he said:
"I think it is a perfect absurdity for
newspaper editors to bo preaching that
this is a good country and that farming is
profitable when nearly every farmer you
meet is down in the mouth, despondent
and out of heart. They all know there is
no monoy in farming, that we have hard
times and the situation is getting worse
every day."
The editor of the Press and Banner
does not pretend to know much of farming,
but ho claims to know enough to
know that there is money in it. Let us
see a man who lias pastures, and cows,
and hogs, and colts, and who sows oatst
wheat, and barley, and who plants enough
corn to feed his 8toe:;, and we will show
him a farmer who is making money, but
show us a man who plants nothing but
cotton and who neglects his pastures, and
fails to sow turnips, while he houses his
stock in a fence corner, and wo will not
have much trouble in showing the Judge
a cotton planter who thinks farming a
poor business.
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Don't Hold Big Farms.
Experience has proved that large larms
do not pay under the present system ol
labor, and repeated trials havo shown
the error of leasing lands to careless and
improvident tenants. For this reason,
we would suggest to our people to take a
practical view of the matter, and enquire
if many of them could not without perceptiblo
injury to themselves sot off a
ou3-horse or a two-horse farm from a corner
of thoir land, and se]l the same to a
needy neighbor, who maybe industrious
and thrifty ; and who would finally work
out the purchase money. By doing this
the owner of large tracts of lands would
realize a profit on every acre so sold.
Tho cash payment would be loaned to
somebody else, if it was not needed to pay
debts, and tho interest on tho credit portion
of the purchase money would bo
steady and sure income.
Jury Commissioner.
There seems to bo a lively contest for
Jury Commissioner of this County, and
most of our citizons havo boen called up" '??
HMin to on tm.
Uii VW 91^11 {Jcviviuno. luu viiix.v *o ui> titi
portant one, involving the life, liberty
and property of our citizens in tho drawing
of proper juries. Good juries are our
safeguard. Bad juries may be something
else. We hope our Legislators may consider
every petition and then award the
place to tho man who would make the
best officer.
Blaine's spoech shows the true man
in all his mental deformity and must
convince every true Southerner that we
have missed a terrible scourge in his defeat.
Let ns give grateful and hearty
thanks for Cleveland's election.
TriE News and Courier failed to put
in an appearance bust Monday evening,
and tho mourners went about tho streets.
Suppression of Truth.
(Avguia Chronicle.)
Mr. Bi-aine ha? the faculty of misstatement
and knows how to suppress truth with
diabolical cunning. But Juki as his hypocrisy
and mendacity were discovered In the Mulligan
correspondence, so the keen eves ol
newspaper and other critics are detecting
the miserable fallacies of his recent tirade,
which, although It contains little that Is new,
fairly bristles with much that Is false or
misleading.
Mr. Blaine professes to have immense
sympathy for Southern negroes and proclaims
that they have no representative in the Electoral
College. Mr. Blaine does not care to
state that several millions of white Democrats
have no such representative tn the ultra Republican
States, 1-Jast and West. Our Richmond
contemporary, the Dispatch, computes
the number of such white men who arc voiceless
in the Electoral College at 6.000,000, as
against l,.r>00,i!00 negro votes in the South, and.
turning Mr. Blaine's argument against him,
says: "Not a solitary elector from either
one ot a million of Democratic votes. Why
do not. these Democrats rise in their might
and claim their 'rights?' Why should all
their votes counted for the arch-traitor
Blaine? Why should they be made to support
a man whom they dctesi? .So that we
? i.. *t? 11. . ?Thu
Ill mil I m\y ill .111. Uujii;ibg f <> ?<-. ?>.V
course of n(T;tirs 1 n the North lias crushed out
the political power' of tnorc than six millions
of while people, and'tarnsferred It l?y violence
(deputy marshals, supervisors, Federal
ofllctals, &c., etc..) to others.' And these six
millions of people are Caucasians, white men,
men of Mr. IIj.aink.s own race."
We have, from lime to lime shown, that
but for the negro hi lance o! power in several
Eastern and Western States, the Democratic
party would have elected Its Presidential candidate
In place of Hayks and Gakfikxd' beyond
thejiowerof an electoral commission or
the use of mon<*y to defeat the will of the
white men of the Union. Wherefore, the
amassing spectacle has been presented in the
past eight years of t?vo Presidents who owed
their seats to about 150.000 negro votes in a
few pivotal and close Northern States.
The Republican party Is responsible for the
conflict of white and black labor, North and
South, If any such antagonism exists at the
expense of the superior nice.
It does not become any old-time Abolitionist
or latter day Republican to abuse the Democracy
of the South or the Union on that
score. Weol the South are not responsible
for the present condition of the negro as a
citizen or a free, competing laborer. 'l'tic Republicans
are to bliinic tor all these things,
and the white working men of the North, unless
grossly doped or wilfully ignorant, nt*ed
not go lar to find out what party Is accountable
for the very condition ot uflairs Mr.
Blaine rallsutand denounees.
Hut the monstrous part of Mr. Blaise's
harangue is that which seeks to s. w seeds of
discord and revolt anions: the freedinen in
thlsjsectlon. If they are not naturally grateful
they arc not Instinctively revengeful. None
but an incarnate Ilend would seek at this
time to array the two raccs against each other,
especially when the white peopleof ihcftnuth
were never so anxious and willing to do
everything In their power to be friendly and
hclpiul to the poorer and weaker class.
A Quaint Old Bill.
The following ctirlons account for restoring
a chapel was engraved in French on a watch
chrystal in the Swiss Depart merit of the
Vienna Exposltlou. The whole was placed
on a scroll, less than ar> Inch square. A painter
had been employed to repair a iiumbi'r of
pictures In a convent, lie did it ami presented
his bill in full for 5'J francs and 11
centimes, to the curatc.fwho refused to pay It,
saying that llie committee would require a
full detail. The painter produced it us follows
:
Corrected and revised the Ten Commandments,
5 francs and 12 centimes; embellshed
and renewed I'ontlus I'ilate and put a new
rlhlwin nn his hnn net. 3 frillies mill (i centimes:
put a new UUI on the rooster of.St. Peter and
mended Ins comb, 3 francs, 20 centimes; replumed
and glided llie left wing of the guardfan
angel. 1 I runes, 20 centimes; wnsh'd the
servantof the High Priest and put ciirrnlne on
his cheeks, 5 francs, 12 centimes; renewed
heaven, adjusted two stars, glided the sun
and renewed the moon, 7 francs, II centimes;
reanimated the flames of purgatory and restored
.some souls, 0 francs, fj centimes: revived
the flames of hell, put a new* tail on the
Devil, mended his left hoof and did several
Jobs tor the damned, 14 francs, 10 centimes;
put new spatter-dashes on the son of Tobias
and dressing ou his back, 2 francs- cleaned
the cars of Hftlawn's ass and shod him, 3
francs, 7 centimes; put earrings In the cars of
Sarah, 2 francs, 4 centimes; re-bordered the
robe of Herod, and re-adjusted his wig, 4
franes, 4 centimes; put a new stone In David's
sling, enlarged the head of Goliath and extended
bis legs,:J francs, 2 centimes; decorated
Noah's ark,.'I francs; mended the shirt of
the prodigal son and cleaned the pigs, 4 francs,
9 centimes. Total, oil franes, 11 centimes.
Fred Douglass Is Imitating Mr. Maine's oratorical
malevolence. The prospective loss of
ills ofllee maddens the old beef-eater. Jle
should Imitate his colored friend Italney, of
South Carolina, who says: "Were I In a position
to si oak to the 0,010,000 negroes in United
States I would say to Ilium: 'Posses your
fouls In peace. Your liberitles arc not la danger.'
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BLAINE'S RAGE.
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18 THIS THE MAN THAT TAKES HIS DE- j
FEAT CHEERFULLY?' " "
Slanders the Sonth to Fire the North*
cru Heart, and Empties Himself of
>i Good Deal of Bile on General j
Principles
A number of Mr. Blaine's personal friends
and neighbors serenaded lilm Tuesday evening
at his residence in Augusta, Maine, and
in reply to the remarks of Mr. Herbert M.
Iteatli, the gentleman chosen to express the
sentiments of those who called upon him, he
took occasion todeliever the following anmunly
and venomous speech:
Ills Thanks to Ills Supporters.
Friends and Nolgnbors? The national contest
is over, and by the narrowest of margins
we have lost. 1 thank you for your call,
which, If not one of Jo.vouh congratulation, is
one, I am sure, of confidence and of sanguine
hope for the future. I thank you for the public
opportunity you give me to express my
sense of obligation, not only to you, but to all
the Kepublkuns of Maine. They responded
to my nomination with genuine enthusiasm,
and ratified it bv a superb vote. I count It as
one of the honors and gratifications of my
puui^Micu inu puny ill Aiaine, aner
slruggllna hard for the Hist six years, and
twice within tluit Deroid losing the State, lias
cnmc back in this campaign to an old fanhloned
'JJ.OiW piurr.lily. No other expression of
popular confidence nnd esteem could equal
that of the people among whom I have lived
for thirty years,nnd to whom I nm attached
by nil the ties that ennoble human nature and
give Joy nnd dlglnlty to life. After Maine?
Indeedjalonvr with Maine?my first thought Is
always of Pennsyl vac in. How can I tlttlngly
express my thanks for that unparalleled majority
of more than 8'),(XX) votes?a popular
endorsement which has deeply touched my
heart, and which ha*, If possible, Increased
my n (lection for thegrand old commonwealth
?an attecfion which I Inherit f.om my ancestry,
nnd which I shall transmit to my children:
but I do not limit my thanks to my
states or birthplace. I owe much to true and
Zoalous friends In New England, who worked
so nobly for the Remtblican pariy nnd Its
candidates, and to the eminent scholars and
divines who stepping aside from their ordinary
avocation, inndu my eause their cause, and
to the loyalty, to principle, added the special
complement of standing ns my personal representatives
In the national struggle.
Across the Continent.
But the achievement of the Republican
cause In the East are surpassed by the splendid
victories in the West In lhat magnificent
cordon of Slates that stretches from the
foot hills of the Alleghany to the golden gate
of the Pacific, beginning with Ohio and ending
with California. the Republican banner
was borne so lofty that but a single State failed
to loin In the wide reclaim of trlumpn.
Nor should I do Just Ice to my own feeling If I
failed to thank Republicans of the Empire
Stale, who encountered so maiiy discouragenir?nl<
mwl nliHtnr>ip?a u'hn f?n?o frnw
within and foo< from without, and who waged
so strong a battle that a, change of one vote
In every twothousand would have given us n
victory in tlie nation. Indeed, the change of
n little more than 5,000 would have transferred
New York, Indluna, New Jersey and CunoftctU
cut to the Republican .standard, and would
have madethe North rr solid as the South. My
thanks would still be Incomplete If I did not
recognize with special gratitude, that great
body of worklnginen, both native and foreign
born, who pave me their earnest support,
breaking from old personal and party ties,
and finding in the principles which I represented
In the canvass the safeguard and protection
of their own fireside Interests. The
result of the election, my friends, will be re|
carded in the future, I think, as extraordinary.
Drawing the Sectional Line.
The Northern States, leaving out the cities
of New York and Brooklyn, from the count,
! sustained the Republican cause by u majority
| of more than 400,(/*)? almost half a million,
' lntle d of the p >i.U:ar vote The < itle-i of New
I York anifcHrooklyn threw thelrgrcuistrength
| and Influence Willi the Solid South and were
the decisive elements which gave to that secj
ttou control of the national government.
Speaking now. not at all as a defeated candidate.
but as a loval and devoted American, I
think the transfer of the political powerofthc
government to the South Is a great national
misfortune. It is a misfortune in producing
an element wnu-n cannot insure harmony
! and prosperity to tlie people, because It Introduces
into the republic the rul" of the minority.
The IlrsL Instinct of an American is
! equality?equality of right?equality of prlvlege?equnlliy
of political power-thateqiiHlliy
which says to every citizen: "Your voto Is
Just as good. Just ai potential as the vole of
any other citizen." That cannot be said today
In the United States. The course of affairs
In the South has crushed out the political
power of more than six million American
citizens, and lnv- transerred It by violence to
: the others. Forty-two presidential electors
are assigned to the South on account of the
colored population. More than 1,000,000 legal
; votes have been unable toelect u slngleelecor
in these States. Where they have a
'majority of more than 100,0J0 they are
deprived of free suffrage and their
rights as citizens are scornfully trodden under
l foot. The eleven States that comprised the
rebel confcileracyihad, by the. census oflR80,
; 7,000 000 white poople and 5,300,"00 colored population
almost to a man, di-slre to support
the Republican party, but by a system of
cruel Intimidation and by violence and murI
dor, when violence and murder are though
; necessary, are absolutely deprived of all politi
leal rower. If the outrage stopped there It
would be bid enough, but It does not stop
there, for not only Is the negro population
disfranchised, but the power which rightfully
and constitutionally belongs to them is transferred
to the while population, enablng the
white population of the South to exert an
electoral Influence lar bo yond that cxerled
by the same number of white pocople In the
North.
Making A Comparison.
To Illustrate J ust how It works to the distraction
of a fair election, let me present to
yon five States In the late Confederacy and
five loyal States of the North, possessing In
i each section the same number of electoral
I votes. InlheSonthU.be Mates of Louisiana,
i Mlsslssppl, Alabama, (Jeorgia and South Car!
ollna have, In the aggregate,-I8electnral votes.
! They have 2,800XKH) while people, and over
; 3,(!0,000 colored Dcople. In the Noth the States
of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Kansas and Cail!
fornla have likewise, In Hie aggregate, forlyeight
electoral voles, and lliese have a white
population of 5,0J0,tl0i>. or Just the double five
Southern States which I have named. These
Northern States have practically no colored
population. It is, therefore, evident that the
white men ln\theseSouthern Sa:e?, by usurp,
Ing and absorb'ng the riuhts of the colored
men, are exerting Just double the political
power of the white men In the Northern
Slates. I submit, m.v friends, that such a condition
of affairs is extortionate, unjust and
detrimental of ttie manhood In the North.
Even those who are vindictively opposed to
negro suffrage will not. deny, If Presidential
electors are assigned to the South by reason
or I he negro population, that populatiou
ought to be permitted free suffrage In the
election. To deny that ciear proposition Is to
j afllrm that the Southern white man lu the
Southern States Is entitled to doubt the political
power ol the Nouthern white man. It Is
to afllrm that the Confederate soldier shall
wield twice the Influence In the Nation that
the Union soldier can, and that the popular
and constant)} increasing superiority shall
be concedcdlo the Southern white man In the
government of the Union. If that be quietly
conceded in this (generation It will harden into
custom, until the budge of Inferiority will
aMach to the Northern white niun ns odiously
an ever the Norman noble stamped it upon
theSaxon churl.
A Demagogue C'ompnrison.
This subject Is of deep Interest to the laboring
men of the North. With the Southern
Democracy triumphant In their Slates and In
the Nation, the negro will bo compelled to
work for Just such wages as the whites may
desire?-wages which will amount, as did tiie
supplies of the slaves, to a bare subslstancc,
equal In cash, perhaps to thirty-live rents per
dny.asan average over the entire south. The
white laborer In the North will soon feci the
effects of this upon his own wages. The Republicans
havoalrcady seen, from the earliest
duys of reconstruction, that wa'.'cs In the
.South must be raised to the Just recompense
of the laborer, or wanes In the North ruinously
lowered, and the party have steadily
worked for the former result. Reverse influences
will now be set in motion, and the condition
01 atlalis will be prodneed which years
I a/.o Mr. Lincoln warned the free laboring
I men of the North, will prove hostile to their
I independancc, and will inevitably lead t<> a
I ruinous reduction oI wages. The mere difference
In the color of the skin will not sulllreto
maintain an entirely differe'U standard of
wages In contiguous and adjacent states, and
they will be compelled to yield to it. So completely
have the colored men In the South
been already deprived, by the Democratic
party, of ttieir constitutional and legal rights
as cltizcnsof the United States, that they regard
the advent, a I that party to National
power as the signal of their downfall, and arc
affrighted necause they think al legul proj
tectien for thetn is gone.
J A Frantic Wave of the Bloody Shirt.
I Fe*v persons In the North realize how completely
the chiefs of the rebellion wield the
| political power which has triumphed 111 the
late election. It isa portentuons fact Unit tlie
Democratic Senators who come faun the
lulu Confederacy?nil?and I mean all without
a single exception, personally participated In
I lie rehelllon against the national government.
It Is a still more signicant fact thai In
these States no man who was loyal to the
I United States, no matter how strom;a Democrat
lie may he to day, hasthesllghtest chance
of pollilnal prominence. One great avenue to
horior in that section is a record of zealous
service In the war against the government.
It. is certainly an astounding fact tlint the
section in which friendship tor the union in
the days of its (rial and auon.v Is still a point,
cal disqualification, should now rule
I over the union. All thts took place during
I the lifetime of the generation that fought the
[ war and elevated Into practical command of
the American government, the identical men
who organized for Its destruction, and plunged
us Into the bloodiest contest of the modern
times. I have spoken of the South as placed
liy the late election in possession of the government,
and I mean all that my words imply.
Tlic South In Control of the Government.
The South furnished nearly three-fourths of
the electoral votes that defeated the Republican
parly, and they will step to the command
of the Democrats as unchallenged and
unrestrained as they held the same poxlilou
thirty years before thccivll war. Gentlemen,
there cannot be political inequality among
| citizens of a free republic. There canot be a
: minority of white nn-n in the South ruling
i the majority ol white men in the North. I'aI
trlotlsm, self-respect, pride, protection for
I person and safely for country all cry out
against It. The eery I hough I of It stirs the1
, blood of men who inherit equality from the,
I mUrlnw U'tin llml Klmul nil t'l v ill. inn I h rmti
I iiikI from the liberty loving patriot* whocame,
to Delaware with William Penn. It bccoines
the primal question of American munhooil.
! It demands a hearing and a settlement, and
i that settlement will vindicate the equality of
| American citizens in all personal and civil
] rights. It will, at least, establish the equality
of the white man under the national governI
ment, and will give to the Northern man who
| fought to preserve the union as large a voice i
I In the government as may be exercised by j
! the Southern man who fought to destroy the
union.
Noincthing Personal.
The con test Just closed utterly forbids my
discussing the late of the candidates whether
successful or uns;,c e.'-siul. IJiavedlscusaed the
| issues and the consequences of that contest'
; without reference to my own defeat, without!
j the remotest reference to the gentleman who
I Is elevated to the I'resideutcy. Towards him
I personally I have no cause lor the slightest
ill will, and It Is with cordiality I express the
wish that his official career may prove gratifying
to himself and beneficial to the country,
and that his administration may overcome
the embarrassments which the source ol Its
power imposes upon It from the hour of its
birth.
Don't come to Anderson with the expectation
of attending to business on Thankeglving
Day. Our business houses will be closed,
i ?Anderson lntelligcnca\
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A Tribute To Woman.
Oar Chrlstnin nnd soclul civilization has recognized
the proper status of woman unci
piitced her in her true position. She hus been
eulogized and sonnetlzed by poets und orators,
sometimes in a prodigal and extravagunt
manner. Much or it she richly deserved,
while some of tiwas meaningless and fulsoino
flattery ; but thai was not her fault. She did
not demand It, nnd only tolerated It and submitted
to It as a gratuity la the line of mistaken
kindness.
Since Ciirlsialnlty and free institution have
set theirplgnet seal upon the queenly brow or
woman, she has been a guiding star and leudIng
factor 111 every movement and enterprise
thut have bud lor their object the amelioration
of the ruceund the ndvuncemeniof all the
nobie ami Immunizing clemeiitof our nature,
home writer has truthfully and beautifully
suid the three Mottcfct and sweetest words In
our language are Mother, Home und Heaven.
We should not, however, ullow ourselves to
be led into foolish extremes In this mutter of
partiality to the sex. Hllnd adulation and
unreasoning encomium are not what u refined
and cultivated lady would desire. Sho In
satisfied with her Just deserts In the position
where nature and education have placed her,
uml she asks uo more.
lier rclgu Is mild and her sway beneficent
wltnin her legitimate domain, but outside of
thutste is not at home and is llubie to do
hurm rather than good. Her dual empire Is
the masculine heart and the family circle,
und there she Is, or should be, supreme. No
divided sovereignty or rival powershould intervene
between tier aud her willing nnd
loyal subjects, liut If, In un evil hour, she
should forget herself, and overstep tho prescribed
limit, and strike for the supervision
of man's exclusive domain, men sue ih mat
at sea without comp;i*s or rudder, aud liable
to be driven on the nhoals auil breakers of a
house divided against Itself, a disrupted ai d
disorganized empire.
In tills new and untried field she Is conscious
of being an intruder, and hooii becomes
lost in the devious und winding paths of
doubt and uncertainty, and IIko a wandering
star that shoots wildly from Its sphere and
plunges inadiy across tho track of other planets
of a wider orbit and greater magnitude.
If she, in her mistaken ambition, over-leaps
tier province, and sei/.es the weapons of masculine
warfare aud attempts to conduct an
offensive campaign on a foreign Held, she will
find she Is rousing an opposition with which
she cannot cope, and Inciting a storm she cannot
control, and disaster defeat may be the
consequence.
Within her prescribed and aproprlate sphere
she Is Invincible. Imperial and supreme, and
all the combined power aud Influences of the
sterner sex can never dislodge her. .She can
sonr to untrodden heights and celestial climes
unattainable by man, but at the same time
she can desccnd to deeper depths of moral
obliquity, and when she (alls It Is Lucifer?to
rise no more. It has been said that If Christalnliy,
religion, and all the finer feollngs und
senllinenls of our nature are ever driven from
the world, woman's heart would be the last
fortress that would have to be stormed?the
Waterloo of tho world's hope and heritage.
Cleveland mid tho Courts.
Within the next four years four of the
Judges now on the Federal Bench will attain
the age of seventy years, wtien they may retire
with a continuance of salary, but will not
he required to do no. The probability Is that
tucy will prefer to give up their arduounjudlcliil
duties. it Is likely, therefore, that President.
Cleveland will lie railed upon toappolnt
at least four Supreme Court Justices, and he
may have the appointment of still more.
The ranks of the lower federal Judges are
also thinned out during every administration
by ago, death and resignation. In the natural
course of events the selection of a number
of these will fall to the next President. But
more than this.?It will be tho duty of Congress,
ad its next session, to rehevo the supreme
and other United States court# from
the vast amount ot business that now pressea
upon and cripples thorn.?Of the variousplans
of relief brought forward the most acceptable
is that embodied in the bill proparedby Judge
Davis when in the Senate.?This plan has
received the general approval of lawyers,
Judges and the public. It passed the Senate
losi year, but was not actea upon by the
Il.iuse. It Is the measure that Congress Is
most likely to udopt Should It becomc a
law In its present form It will call for the ap
polntmentof eluhicen new circuit Justices.
The next President will therefore have the
selection of an unusally large number of federal
Judges. It is fortunate for the welfare of
the country that this important appointing
power Is to be exercised by Mr. Cleveland
Instead of James Q. Blaine. This may be a
soreldlsappoiritnient toJuy Could and wme
others who would like to have a potent voice
in the naming of Judges, but to the people ll
Is a cause for congratulation.?New York Jlcr
aid.
A Negro's Tactics.
Fort Qainex <Oa.) Tribune.
Some time since West Gordon, a negro who
lived a quarrelsome life with his wife, came
to a conclusion that she did not cure anything
for him. Therefore he decided he would
tc>t her fatthfulness. In imitation ol the
white man, ho secured a plow line, which he
fastened around hi* neck. Seeing it did rot
wring ber heart strings to any great extent,
he went out near the house and pulled down
a stout sapling, to which he lieu the rope.?
West said In answer to a question from our
reporter; "BossI had no noilon of commit
tin, suercide, hut den, while I was lookln' to
slo whiH the ole woman was gwlnter do, my
holt on the tree gin way, and dar I wus, with
my tongue out and my neck twisted all onesided
un1 most clioklu' tcr death. I thought
the ole fuss hug was gvvlnter leave mo hangln'
thar, but she, arter what seemed always to
me. come outcn de house will de axe, and
lookln'at me said, 'You old fool, I'se got er
good mlnter to let you hang right dar.' My,
now de sweat rolled outen me. She then commenced
cuttln'and powerful slow she wus,
I tell yer. When I got<lown, I made up ray
min'tcr stay down and fuss It out wld ber.
It was three days afore I could git my neck
straight. I mout er known de ole womnn
would er took her time 'boutcntiln' me down,
as she alius wus slow. Mars Tom, I'so learnt
somosence and am gwlnterfnss, an' fuss, an'
fuss wld her afore III make out I'se gwinter
Some one calling our reporter, ho loft We?t
muttering, "Yer wi>n' ketch dls nigger foolIn'
will a sapling and or plow line no moV'
Fewer Elections.
(Kcrthavo Gate lie.)
Wenre disposed to the belief that the business
Interests of this country are being materially
atlectcd by the frequent recurring excitement
Incident to political campaigns. In
tills State Die popular mind Is each alternate
year drawn to polities, greatly to the; neglect
of business a Ha Irs and those Interests which
pertain especially to the advancement and
development of our material resources. We
are not the advocate of Ion# tenures In positions
of public trust, hut we do believe that a
change In the terms of State and County
officers would prove beneflc'.al to the State at
large. Why not extend the terms of all State
and County officers in IhlsSlAte to fouryearsT
The people would then have a breathing spell
between the times or turmoil and excitement
Incident to every campaign. and{much vnlua|
blu time could be saved and devoted ta more
material benefit.
South Carolina Is safe In the hands of honest
lawmakers, wise and Impartial ndmlnls
tralors of the law, and an Incorruptible Judiciary;
nnd so she will remain for years to
come. Cleveland's election guarantees that
the South will no longer be harassed by Federal
office-holders who will prostitute their
office for the advancement of party purposes.
No longer will there bo need of red-shirts nnd
the attendant enthusiasm which characterized
the campaigns of'76, '79, and *80. The
masses want to settle down to work now, and
UL' micvcu ui |;yiiuu3 tui ot'iitv ocut i,\j vviuc.
Improper words of Endearment.
(.Associate Reformed Presbyterian.)
\Ve referred r.ot long since to tlic frequent
use of such expressions us "Dour Jesus,"
"awcet Jesus," found In many liynins, especially
those designed for children. The point
made was, that these terms savor too much of
fondling, and tiiat the Psalms have greatly
tho advantage in their entire omission. T,,e
St. Louis C'hrlttain Advocate speaks to the
same purpose when it says: "JJow wiiile we
( believed such terms of endearment as those
I referred to are unbecoming, and that they
! should not be used In reference to the risen
Christ, we would respectfully ask, is there
any scripture.any passage,eltherin the Old.or
in the New TYsiament, which justifies this
manner of speaking? I)o any of the Inspired
writers make use of it. even in the poetical
Scriptures? The Apostle Paul speaks of God's
dear son?but this is spoken or, and not to
Christ, and by no meatus authorizes us to use
the word when speaking to Him. Did Daniel,
a 'man greatly beloved.' use such words ?
Did John, me beloved disciple' who doubtless
loved Ills Master as fervently as ever man did.
ever use them? when on the very verge ot
| glory Ills words were not terms of endeurment,
; but 'come Lord Jesus.' Until we can find
authority or precedent in the Bib:e for the
j use of such words 111 prayer or praise, let's be
done with them."
The Meu Who want Post Offices.
(Carolina Spartan.)
I Our country is not bankrupt as to putt]Ic
i spirited men who are willing to serve licr in
I her olHees. Leaving out Charleston and Coli
ambla. there areabout forty postolllces In the
; Suite that pay owr S.'OO a year. Our statistici
iau savs there urn, up to this tlnio 'ill) appili
cants for t hese places. He classifies them as
jtoilows; Superannuated old fellows,47; dapper
young fello.vK, worth about three for fifty
I cents, 91; political trumps, ready tor any Job
that will Rive them clothes and feed, 1'2U; gen
I eral dead beats, HI; men out of business and
j would do none If they had It. 84; professional!
men who arc dead failures. 61; women, 1:5
' men who have a I way* had business and whu
] make a pood, honest living,5; unclassified,
lor want of information, 56. Our stutlsLiclan
i may be a sort of cynic, but l)is figures are
1 worth watch Inn as men come to the front all
lover state with their petitions for appointments.
[Ju belief.
: There is no unbelief:
Whoever plants a seed beneath the sod
j And wails to tee It push away the clod,
He trusts In Hod.
I Whoever says when clouds are In the sky,
; "Be patient heart; liuht breaketn by and by,"
Trusts the Most lllgh.
! Whoever sees'iieuth winter's field of snow
j The silent harvest of the future grow,
Uod's power must know.
Whoever lien down 011 his couch to sleep.
Content to lock each sense in a slumber deep,
Knows God will keep.
Whoever says, "To morrow," 'The unknow,'
"The future," trusts the power alone
He dares disown.
Tho heart that looks on when eyelids close,
I And dares to live when life has only woes,
God's comfort knows.
|
There Is 10 unbelief;
And day by day, and night, unconsciously,
The heart thai livcshy that faith the lips deny,
Ood kuoweth why.
- When Jacob and his sons were about to
go down into Egypt, thev had little pieces of
furniture and other property which could not
convcniently be taken with thein. But what
need was there that they should be concerned
for these? About to find a home In that fui
land, and to be provided for by Joseph and
Mioblnis h I mm?l f f.ltav mill Id not. fn*?1 tl?o
want of these trlllcs unci might well leave
them iichliid with all cheerfulness. We have
hope that we are ere long to remove, and that
to a better country than the patriarchs were
foing to, even an heavenly. We believe that,
n the many mansions of his Father's house.
Christ, our.Ioseph, Is preparing for ur, and
will very soon take us to, an abode of all fullness
and blessing. As about to depart to that
home, why need we be careful and troubled
for the little things we have gathered here?
We can not cany any of these with us. We
shall not have the least need of the smallest
or greatc?tof them in that uood land. "A'so
regard not. your stud; for the good of all the
lund of Egypt is yours."
An agricultural exchange ad viRes farmers to
commence turning their lund so as to tie best
ben ell ted by the winter freezes; stubble land,
especial ly, should be turned over bcrore Christinas.
Columbia yeoman, of the 11th lust.; "Our
Fish Commissioner, Mr. C. J. iluske, received
yesterday 4,000 German carp, which will ho
distributed In Abbeville, Aiken, Anderson,
Barnwell, Chester, Charleston, Chesterfield,
Clarendon, Colleton, Darlington, Edgelleld,
Fairfield, Greenville, Hampton, Horry and
Kershaw Counties to applicants now on tile. \
Other applicants will bo supplied durlug the i
scuson, as rapidly as possible." ,
8 i??t?mrnm?
Master's Sale.
|
.Charles P. Roberts, as Administrator,
I against Lula It. Wakefield, and others.
33 Y virtue ofjin order of sale mado in
the above stated caso by the Hon. A. P.
Aldrich, Judge Second Circuit, on 31st
day of October 1384,1 will sell at public
outcry at Abbeville C. H., S. C., on
1st day of December 1884, that being
Sale Day, within the legal hours of sale,
thefollowlng described property, situate
in said State and County, being of the
Real Estate of W. M. Wakefield, deceased,
to wit: All that lot or parcel of
I land, in the town of Ninety-Six, having
! a depth of
I
j Ninety-Four Yards and a Width of
JHfttr Vorrlo
All VJ AHAUOl
and bounded by lots of W. H.Perkerson,
J J. A. Moore, and others. Also, that lot
or parcel of land, containing
One-Twentieth of One Acre,
more or less, and bounded by lands of W.
j H. Perkerson, the above described lot,
J. A. Moore, and by Cambridge street.
TERMS OF SALE-One-half the first
lot cash, the balance in twelve months,
securod by mortgage. The whole of
the purchase money of the second lot
cash. With leave to purchaser to pay nil
cash on both lots. Purchaser to pay for
papers.
M. L. BON HAM, JR.,
Master.
Nov. 7, 1884, 3t
Master's Sale.
A. F. Calvert as Administrator, etc.,
against Martha Hagan, ct al.
33y virtue of an order of sale made in
the abovo stated case by the Hon. A. P.
Aldrich, Judge Second Circuit, on 3rd
day ot October, 1884, I will sell at public
outcry at Abbeville C. H., S. C., on
first day of December, 1884, within the
legal hours of sale, the following described
property, situate in said State and
County, being of the Real Estate of
George Nickles, deceasod, to wit: The
two story building in the town or Hodges
with tbe lot on which it stands, containing
Three-Fourths of an Acre,
more or l<ss, bounded by lands of G. M.
Hodges, and W. A. Moore, and by the
Public Streot. Also, that tract or parcel
of land, containing
Two Hundred Acres,
more or less, and bounded bv lands of J.
A. Ellis, J. F. Keller and others.
TERMS OF SALE?One-half cash,
; balance in twelve months with interest
from day of sale, secured by bond of purchaser
and mortgage of premises. With
i leave to purchaser to pay all cash. Purchaser
to pay for papers.
M. L. BONHAM, JR.,
Master.
Nov 6, 1884, 3t
Master's Sale.
, Joseph Ellis, and others, against Margaret
McAdams, and others.
V ?r .. ..J.. nnl. m.rln In
x viibuc ui 4111 uiuci VI nmo uiauo ? ?
the above stated case by the Hon. A. P.
, Aldricb, Judge Second Circuit, on first
day of Noveinbor, 1884,1 will sell at public
outcry at Abbeville C. H., S. C.,
; onfirstdayof Decomber, 1884, that bei
ing Sale Day, witbin the legal hours of
, sale, the following described property,
, situate In said State and County, being
the Real Estate of Robert Ellis, deceased.
' to wit: All that tract or parcel of land,
containing
Seventy Acres,
moro or less, bounded by lands of n. P.
McGde, Robort Pratt, estate of James
Todd.
TERMS OF SALE?One-half the purchase
money to be paid in cash, balance
in twelve months, secured oy Dona or
purchaser aud mortgage of premises.
Purchaser to pay for papers.
M. L. BONIIAM, JR.,
Master.
Nov. 6, 1884. 3t
Master's Sale.
M. E. Brown, and others, against John
S. Drown, as Executor, and others.
By virtue of an order of sale made in
the above stated case by the Hon. A. P.
Aid rich, Judge Second Circuit, on 31st
day of October, 1884, I will sell at
public outcry at Abbeville C. H., S. C.,
on the first day of December, 1884, within
the legal hours of sale, the following
described property, situate in said State
and county, being of tho Real Estate of
Rebecca R. Brown, deceased, to wit: All
that tract or parcel of land, containing
One Hundred and Thirty-Two Acres,
more or less, bounded by lands of J. E.
i *f t r* a H7I.Ua
taillUlill, ill. )> lut^onc,), v/. n. 11 uikt,
and others.
TERMS OF SALE?One-half cash,
balance on a credit of twelve months secured
by mortgage. Purchaser to pay
for titles.
M. L. BONHAM, JR.,
Master.
Nov. G. 1884, 3t
Master's Sale.
Nelson T. Sonsard, and others, against
Susan Sassard, and others.
13 Y virtue of unorder of sale made in
the above Htated case by the Hon. A. P.
Aldrich, Judge Second Circuit, on l.st
day of November, 1884,1 will sell at public
outcry at Abbeville C. H., S. C., on
Sale Day, 1st day of December 1884, within
the legal hours of Hale, the following
described property, situate in said State
and County, boingof the Real Estate of
Henrietta Sassard, deceased, to wit: All
that tract or parccl of land, containing
Two Acres.
more or less, bounded by lands of Mari
gnret Sassard, W. A. Clark, R. If. Wardlaw,
and others.
TERMS OF SALE?One-balf the purchase
money in cash, and the remainder
in twelve months secured by bond of
purchaser and mortgage of the premises.
Leave to purchatier to pay all cash.
Purchaser to pay for titles.
M. L. BONHAM, JR.,
Master.
Nov. 6, 1884, 3t
Master's Sale.
Martha I. Wardlaw against W. P. Wardlaw
and O. H. Wardlaw.
I3y virtue of an order of sale made in
the above stated case by the Hon. A. P.
Aldrich, Judge Second Circuit, on 31st
day of October 1884, I will sell at public
outcry at Abbeville C. H., S. C., on the
first day of December 1884, within the legal
hours ot sale, the following described ,
propertv, situate in said State and coun-1
ty, bcititf of the Real Estate ol W. P.
Wardlaw, to wit: All tbat tract or parcel
of land, in the town of Abbeville,
containing
Four Acres,
j more or less, bounded by lands of W. T.
| McDonald, It. E. Hill, and Magazine and
; Buena Vista streets. The said land will
j be sold in two lots, as follows: Lot No. 1
with the buildings thoreon, fronting on
I Magazine street, and lot No. 2, also frontj
ing on Magazine, the dividing lino to run
from said street to the rear of the lot, so'
as to make each lot equal in anen. Each ,
lot will have a frontngo of about 50 yards.
! TEltMS OF SALE?One-third ca?h,'
and the balanco in twelve months secured
by mortgage. Purchaser to pay for
titles.
M. L. BONIIAM, JR.,
Master.
I Nov. 6, 1884, 3t
Dress Flannels.
ONE of the leading1 articles for Indies Wluter
dresses. All colors n t
K. M. 1IADDON ti CO.
, Sept. Itt, lSfi4, tf
?SENSATIONIIST
ABBEVILLE!
IS CAUSED BY THE WONDERFULLY
Low Prices that
P. ROSENBERG & CO,
Are selling their extensive FALL and WINTER
STOCK. No one should full to *ivc
them a call when In need of any GOODS,
kopt by tbum, they are determined to give I
ENTIRE SATISFACTION
IN WHAT THEY SELL YOU.
Their stock of Men's Youth's and Boy's
CLOTHING Is to be sold so that every one
may wear
Good Clothes
at a small cost.
The wnr they will sell SHOES and BOOTS of
all kinds, Is a
Wonder
In Itself. GENTS IIATS a.id CAPS In great
variety, and its cheap as you could wish, LADIES
DRE-SS GOODS
ALMOST GIVEN AWAYTheir
STOCK of DRY GOODS, NOTIONS
TRUNKS, JEw'ELRY,
ROGER'S TRIPPLE
PLATED SILVERWARE, GROCERIES,
HARDWARE, SADDLES, and BRIDLES,
CROCKERY etc.,
Is complete and marked down to salt the
times. They will #ell yon a package of the
best CALICO, enough to make a quilt for
Twenty-Five Cents,
and have other great hargnlna too numerous
to mention. Call at once and be nulled.
P. ROSENBERG & CO.
Sept. 24, 1881, tf
fallTnd winter goods.
?:o:?:o:?
Constantly on Hands
a Large Assortment
?of?
Dry Goods,
Notions, Domestics,
Eats,
Clothing, Boots and
Shoes,
Groceries, and
Nearly
Everything
Wanted
by the
Trade.
W, JOEL SMITH & SON,
Abbeville, C. H., S. C.
Oct. 1, 1881, tf
Guns! Guns!
Breach Loaders
and
Implements
Shells, &c.,
at
the CORNER
ftUARLES & THOMAS.
Sept. 24, ISM, ?f
Seal,
Mcllwaine
& Go.
JJaVE on hand almost every varloty ol
CARRIAGES,
BUGGIES,
AND
WAGONS,
which they ofler to their customer* on the
most advantageous terms.
RfiPAIM A SPECIALTY.
With the best of workmen In every branch ol
our business, and an abundant supply of
lumber, and other materials, wo are prepared
to do all kinds of repairing in the very beat
manner, at the shortest notice, and tin the
most aceommodatlng termj. All work fully
warranted.
SEAL & McILWAINE,
Washington Street.
the:
Branch House
of"
nmTiiTvrriTrii* o mnurnT nmniT
lunflinunAiii a iMrijMuri
-ATVerdery
is Full of
FALL and WINTER
GOODS of all KINDS.
Prices as LOW as the
LOWEST. Give them
a CALL.
Sept. 24, 18S4, If
Estate Notice.
PARTIES indebted to flic rutate of Edwin
Cox, deeenscd, must settle without delay,
and crcdltora will prevent their claims
to EDNA COX,
Administratrix.
Sept. 17, 1S81, tf
lwo tlnndred iiusiiels
RUST FROOF RED OATS
FOR SALE BY
W. H. PARKER.
Sept. 17, 1381. tf
Our Stock of
DRESS goods will be attractive embracing
many of the new fnliriques that are
Just out. Trimming to match nil the dress
goods. R. M. HADDON a CO.
Sept. 24, 1884, tf
Debtors and Creditors.
ALL persons having claims ngalnst the
Kfltnto of Dr. \V. C. Norwood, deceasod,
will present the name, and all persons indebted
are requested to ninku Immediate payment.
MRS. Ms E* NORWOOD,
Administratrix.
Sept. 17, 1884. tf
Satin Duehess
I70R pnrty drwwo*. There is nothing equal
. to the "bulla Duchcwa" prieo vory moderate.
II. 51. II ADDON A CO.
^ . 4 _ ^
New Store! I
NEW GOODS! I
WE WOULD CALL THE ATTEN- 9
tion of tho public to the fact tliat we have 4H
Just completed our new store and liave
received a good assortment of
Dry Goods, fl
Notions, Sho s, fl
Groceries, Eats, I
DnmpRfinfl. &a. fl
GOODS given in exchange for COUNTRY H
PRODUCE.
Give us ? Call. B
GALLOWAY & SON, 9
Due West* S- O. H
October 22, 1884* 3m H
PERKINS I
mmmim I
COMPANY, |
MANUFACTURERS OF |H
DOORS. SASH. BLINDS. 1
,? .
MOULDINGS,
BRACKETS,
Yellow Pine Lumber, File. ;
Estimates cheerfully rendered. Addresa
Periifls MannfactoriDi Co,
516 Calhoun Street, Augusta, Ga.
Oct. 8, 1884. 6m. J
V
Are Opening
Their Large , and Well
Selected Stock of
All Kinds of
GOODS.
And are Beady to
SERVE THE PUBLIC
AT THE
LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES.
Will Advertise Mora tu Detail
JNext ween.
Sept. 17, 1884. tf
ifap
WE PRESUME that, the fact ! generally
known that we keep constantly on
hand a full supply of the pnreat Drag*, Dm*arlxt
Sun fires. Patent Medicine*. Chemicals,
Paints, Oil, Fancy Goods, Stationery. Tobao
co, SewarK, Ac. Fresh goods constantly arriving.
To be sold at prices to smt the tlmo*.
Special figures to PRACTICING PHYSI
CIA>'S. Would like to call trie attention oc
the local and eonntry Doctor* Ui the feet that
wc keep a full supply of Sharp A Dome's Ells*
ire of Calysuyn, Iron and Strichnla. Iron
Quinine and Strichola, Pepin Bismuth and
Strichnla. These are the best tonics sold.
You know what you are taking and we guarantee
every bottle to be as represented.
Pleasant and nourishing food for the sick.
Sea Moss Farina and Lieblg Extractor BoeL
At last we have got n cure for Neuralgia-*
Frellg.Vs liemedy?slire cure for Neuralgia,
Rheumatism and other painfal affections.
DEATH TO THE INSECTS!
By using the Persian Dalmatian Powder* *
you may free your animals, fowts, bouses and
plants, of bed bugs, moths, files, worms, roach*
es, mosqultoa, nntx, fleas, bird lice and otber
Insects. It makes them skip. Harmless to
mankind and animals.
Hnvo Just received a large, varied and gencrnlly
selected lot of Tooth Brushes. Any
style and price from 10 cents op. Hair, Sharing
and Infant Brushes, Soaps, Soaps, Soap*.
Colgate Palm Soap?Klder, Flower and Rose?
the cheapest and best Soap housekeepers ran
use. Turkish bath 50 cents a dosen. Colgate
Palm 25 cents a pound. Russian Batb, Whit*
Rose, Pansy, 7th Regiment, 5 cent* a box. .
Give us a call and don't forget that yon can
get a delicious drink of
Ice Soda
for 5 cents a glass at tbe DRUG EMPORIUM
If you don't believe it try It.
SPEED & LOWRY.
June 25,1884, tf
II Mi!
Under the
New Hotel
Will be Found
New Fall Goods
at
Low Prices
by
QUAELES & THOMAS
A-bbeville# S. CSept.
U, 18M, tf
"CINCINNATI"
REPOSITORY
ABBEVILLE, S. C.
pERSONS WANTING w
BUGGIES,
HAKXESS,
WHIPS.
HALTERS, ,
BUGGY CUSHIONS, ? ?
AXLE GREASE,
PLOW GEAR,
HIDING BKIDLES.
HAME STKIXGS, Ac.,
Will do well to call before purchasing, aa I
will not bo undersold.
THOS. BE66S.
March 14,1883, tf
cottonweighing7
I HAVE Just bought a line Bet of HOWE
WALE capable of weighing 4 tons and
have removed my old scales, replacing them
with the Howe patent, celebrated foraccurate
and luat weights. If you wish your cotton
weighed promptly be sure to remember theplace
ana coll on me.
J. S. HAMMOND..
Oct. 1,1884, tr
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