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? mwxmm*mm fcrficbpg? in 3 Press and Banner. j ABLJEVILLl^ S.C. Wednesday, May &7, 1885. 'Flit' Proposoi) Tux. \Vo believe I lie stockholders of the alleged j Vail road ti> Aiken nre almost a unit for tlie, t i.v. This strong corporation together with j tiie friends whom they may Induce to go wllh them, will make a formidable array of voters?n their side, ami it is therefore Ihr ?! .ty of every citizen to vole against the; proposition if lie he has Iho welfare of the i t-ovnut heart. I We hope lii.it tin* rights of I hose who arc opposed to this tax may be considered. Many eiti/eus arc unable to pay tribute to this corporation and earnestly look to you to save them from the taking of their money . from them by force. We hops (hat disinterested persons may not Join the party who *e?-k t"> take our money against our will. We hardly think that you would claim that it is a neighborly net to lend your aid to a vorporation that would overpower us. and, deny to us our constitutional right to "ae<iuire, hold, and transmit property." The Constitution of the State says that "all 'Courtsshall be public, and every person, for "any Injury that he may rccciiT in his Imith, "goods, or reputation, shall have remedy by' "ilue course 01 taw, uui un? j,,.-,. provision of the organic law of the land, by, a strange concurrence of the legislative ami Judicial departments of the government, have completely set aside this sacred shield, and vxposcd the property ol the citizen to thej power of a majority of his neighbors who! may seek to possess themselves of a portion! of his money for the benefit of an alleged I railroad.of which they may be stockholders, j As a question of constitutional riyht, tlieyj liave no shadow of pretext to take our prop-: crty, except such as is conferred by might.) As a question of morals, we presume the actwill bear but one construction. | Mr. Bcnet in his recent argument before the i Supreme Cour', said : II the votes of a local majority can deprive j <'l;amOlccof his land, can they not with equal j rtjjht, deprive him of his liberty? Is it not [ simply to apply lynch law to property J * * *j Can it be argued that his coereivv contribution to the Savannah Valley ltoad corpora-1 tion is Lawrence I'hainhlee's 'share of thei xpenso of his protection?' Say ratlier, it is n:imc projKJseulo be wrung from him by a| species commanisrii not less unlovely because ti ieked out in the wrappings of the law." Again I tic same able lawyer, In speaking of laxation for railroad purposes, snys: ' Strange doctrine, severe law, on anachron- j ism which is in accord only with the property ; Jaws ol the Middle Ages?that the roof can | * 1 ' I....I I ik; so.a iroui ??vi-r one o nv.Ki. ?>>iu | be sold from under lilin to furni-h money to n rail rout corporation." Mr. lJeuet in further support of his views ?ays: Suc'i o d^clrinc would unsettle the foundation of private rights. The citizen would no longer own his property in fee simple, but i hold It as a tenant at the will of a majority i ol the local community in which lie is sit-! uat'd." Mr. Bcnct further says: " Judge Cooley exposes the f-ilncy of the argument that a railroad is a public highway? j a doctrine which, by the Puke of Wellington, who mix a very r/ootl soldier Out n poor lawyer and /itatc*incit.'' The opponents of this tax, have no objection toothers Investing their own money In j ilielr their own road, but we object to their forcibly taking from us our money under the forms of law to invest in their road. While wc believe there can be no doubt as to the unconstitutionality of a railroad tax, and while wc contend that the Act under which it Is proposed to levy this tax. Is unconstitutional in the further fact that the "taxation is not equal," we feel that we can *ci'k noprotection from the Courts. Our only safety rests in not surrendering ourselves into the power of any corporation?corporations arc said to Ibe soullc-'s, and we know that they are merciless, when they can get the machinery of the Courts to enforce their uemaiuis. \Veo6k you not to purrender us into the hands of those who seek to take our money from us by force, under the forin of l?w. Tbc Rnllro.vls and the People. The Circuit and Supreme Courts of tins state have sustained the Constitutionality of a railroad tax, and thus actually giving a bare majority of the citizens of any community the right to deny to their neighbors the Constitutional right to claim the exemption of their homestead from levy and sale for the benefit of an Hlleircd railroad?no mailer how visionnry the scheme may be. Although we have In Charleston a striking example of the blighting influence of a heavy debt, yet in the face of this fact, certain of our citizens?the majority of whom we believe are .stockholders and are therefore exempt Irom the taxation which they propose to levy i upon us?are making strenuous efforts to involve the property of our town in agreatdebt /or nn nllcged railroad to Aiken. It hs with unfeigned gratification that we note the fact that our honored citizen, Hon. .Sainuc' McGowan, Associate Justice of the fcupreite Court, has filed a dissenting opinion | against the Constitutionality of the overrid ,? nlrU 1.1* I \ thtf 1. I lutlonal right of exemption of the homestead from levy anil sale for the benefit of a railroad We say that we believe the stockholder*, who are urging the levy cf this tax, are ex?tupt from any part of Its burden from the fact 'hat they subscribed to the capital stock if the Atlantic and French 11 road road, with the express condition that they should be exempt to the extent of their subscriptions?or should bu allowed credit for the same. That exemption and tnat right was recognized In the Act of Consolidation. 15ut the law under ? which this tax is proposed to be voted upon us J'y the ntm-ktiolders and their friends, does not rccognizc this rlghtof the stockholders to exemption. It was useless to waste time and *pacc In printing It. The Constitution of the l.'nl'.cd States provides that no State shall l>ass any law "itnpaliing the obligation of contracts," and that instrument gives to thein nil the protection that they need in securing lheir right to exemption. Jly aHowlng the stockholders credit for their 1 subscriptions about iwo-lhirds of the proper1 - ly of the town will have to pay the entire tax of five percent, on a sum equal to the whole of the assessed value of the property of the town of Abbeville. It will thus be seen (hat those of us who do rot want the road will have to pay between >even and eight percent., while the original I stockholders will be taxed only Ave per cent,! and that five percenf. will be discounted by the subscriptions which they voluntarily paid years ago. If the town had ^gotten credit I or the subscription* already made, the assessment on tiie unwilling citizen wculd liave been no more than It would have been on the stoeklioldar who will get crcdit for his previous subscriptions. The Constitution of our own State directs that there shall l>c a "uniform and equal rate 4>f assessment and taxation." If the Courts <eaforce the collcction of ?JS,.V)0 from the town ; of Abbeville while the property of the stockholders of the road are exempt, the taxation upon us and our property will be anything; else than "uniform and equal." If it Is said that tlie ctock holders will not' 4-laini their right to exemption, we would re-j ply that such promise has not, so far as we have been Informed, been put In writing, and i In such shape as to be of binding force against them nnd their properly. AbnII we Doprw* our rroportj' by a; J*ortj;njr?' ? 7f we should put a great debt upon the town ; Dt n time when much or our trade is to be la-. ken away from us, wo will be in a lamentable j condition Indeed. The people 011 the Savannah side nnd on the Kdgcfleld side will have the advantage of cheap transportation and no town or railroad taxes to pay, while we will he left here with a heavy lax and high freights. While our merchants by interest accountnud the forfeiture In ihe shipment of] cotton, nro compelled to pay ruinous rates of I Interest to the Charleston merchant, npproxi-i mating something like twenty or twenty-live j percent, for Ihe use of money for a few jnontliH, tho merchants of the towns on the' Augusta nnd Knoxvllle nnd Savannah Valley ! roads will be going to Augusta, where tliey! willsccuremoney on much more favorable! terms. Since the factories have e?t to sending their agents to our doors to buy cotton from the wagons of the plnnler, nnd when houglit, have It shipped directly to the mills, the merchant who agrees to ship a hundred bales of cotton to Charleston, for the use of u thousand dollars for a few months, under forfeiture of $1.00, Sl.'.'.j, or fl.ofl on the bale loses j Just the amount of the forfeiture. Instead of establishing a bank in our own; town which would enable them to get money | t>.iff f 11 f* r*ito< It nmi* mwfu fri i?rf. ninnr v iti . Charleston, our people are talking of voting a tix on themselves, the amount to be speut in j an alleged railroad, which we do not want, | and for which we iiuve no use, if it was built, i If our business men pay excessive rates of interest does It not affect the selling price of, goods as much as any trifling abatement ofi freights which they may hope to win by the : attempt to build a railroad Irom nowhere to! nowhere? If our peoplearc really in earnest about doing something to benefit the town, why not establish a bank, which will pay a; good dividend to its stockholders, instead of taxing our property and our people for a visionary enterprise which promises not one ccntot return forthe immense amount which , it is proposed under the forms of law to take from us and invest according to the liking of others. fitnto Xormnl Institute for Colored Tpufher*. Prof. Will loin T. lt<>denbach gives notice that tjie Slate >"orinnl Institute lor colored Teachers, will be held in Aiken, commencing on the tit ti of July, and continuing until the Hist day of the month. All colorod leathers | are earnestly invited to attend. The Proles-. nor says "Aiken will give you, [Mic colored leacheisj a welcome?the Scholield Xorinal ; and Industrial School opens Its doors to you iUld bills yuu tuiuc." I % # 11,1 Wi mru ?ll mi^WIMIIlb?LJ LLLW^ }Io<io\vni?*? Opinion. AVo present the dissenting opinion ot Judge Mel>i.wan in Uie case of Clminblce against t Trllible. It is nn able decision, and in everyway 1 worthy of the Judge Who horors the Bench i upon which lias sat some of the ablest men : s that South Quolina lias ever produced. Judge ' j MeGowan has written many op'nions which j , have commended him to the favorable opln- t ion of the 13:irand the people, and it is to be hoped that his useful life may long be spared to protect them from the encroachments of !( the Legislative department Of the State, i which would place us at the mercy of the ! stock holders of a mil mail corporation, thai seeks to take from us our money, ami which would sell our homes and our beds In default ot answering their demands. Ills valuable I life Is needed to shield us from Legislative I connivance at the unjust demands of those < who would break down the safeguard which i the Constitution throws around the property < and the rights of the humblest citizen?even ' against the cucroaehincnis of a railroad 1 stockholder who would overpower anil take from us our money and trample uuder lootj oar dearest rights. As a question of morals and Justice we are obliged to think that the KprL-ht citizen's i sci.se of fair dealing must he offended at the , idea of a majority of the i>?op!c taking the , property of others for the use of the stock-^ holders of a rallroal corporation. This . Legislative mockery which pretends to sane- ' ] tify the act of the majority of the people in , tlm uronertv of their neighbors , for the henellt of a railroad is an o He nee, not only against justice, but in direct violation' of tlio organic law of tlie land, which guarantees equal protection to every citizen. 15y ' what equity of reasoning can the minority be' deprived of the right to hold property? I?y , wh it right can you commit an act which will', depreciate tlie value of a neighbor's property, and involve him in a hopeless debt? We need more such Judges ns McfSowan, to save us at.d our property from the snares which may be set for us by legislative en 1 actnifiit, whereby wc may be left at the me:* ' cy of a voracious railroad corporation. I Put your hand on your heart, and answer i as If to your (lod, if the casting of your vote 1 against the property ot your neighbor, is not'1 a moral wrong, and a violation of one of the | cardinal doctrines of Christianity? If you i can answer that you cm do this great wroifg' with a clear conscience, then we leave the I matter with you. II you can lay your hand on your heart, and, as an upright and conscientious citizen, ' cast your ballot in favor of allowing a rail-J road to absorb a poitloa of the property of the dead, niut authorize it to seij-.c a pari o!' the orphan's patrimony, thcu wc arc powerless to move you. If you have no respect for the rights or the property of the struggling poor, and would j levy tribute from the widow and the distress- i ed, then it is not for us to appeal to you. Can yon take in your hand the ballot that j would authorize the railroad to apply lyncn j law to our property? Ve hope not. Let our people read the decision of Judge McUowan and tUcn, if I hey can, vote to give the Carolina, Cumberland Gap and Chicago Uiii I road the right to Fell our homes and our beds. If they are so anxious to get a railroad to Aiken that they would s-ell the homes and j beds ot our people to raise money for it, then j we arc sorry indeed. While every citizen must respect the neighbor who has decided convictions on this orj any other subject, yet we Imagine that few. men could be found who respect the creature who merely seeks to cast his vote with the m: J >rity, Irrespective of the rights of others. We would say. that we have now done about all that we can to save the town from the evil consequences of a great debt. We have tried to preserve the property of the citizen safe to him whose right It is to dispose of it. In doing this wo havo t >d to speak to the subject, without giving orfence to any one. We have strong convictions. If we had more energy and more ability, we might have accomplished more. Let every registered citizen vote nt the election, and let him vote according to hls| conviction?. I.et every man net fairly. The contending frictions are neighbors nnd friends, and each Individual should act with every other individual in such away as to leave no necessity for a day of Judgment after the election. Trusting in the Justice of our cause, and in your sense of right, we leavothe matter with you. The (irurgin Central's I.at?>Nt Conquest. The Directors of the Greenville nnd Lnurens Railroad met in Greenwood yesterday, and settled the long debated question as to what Ihc corporation should do In securing the Ironing and equipment of their graded track butween the towns of Greenville and Laurens. AVe are glad to state that the toad has fallen into the hands of tlte Georgia Central, We believe It to be the proper corporation to own| the road. It is a live and progressive company which has done much lor this part of Hie.State, and is in ncondition to do more good to Greenville nnd Laurens than it is possible for any other corporation toolter. Any Idea that she the "Midland," twin slstei to that other myth, the Cumberland Gap, could otter equal advantages to either Greenville or Laurens Is as delusive as is the hope that Abbeville is to realize substantial advantages by the mortgaging of our town to the Carolina, Cumberland Gap and Chicagon llallroiui. Track-laying 011 tlie Laurcne and Spartanburg roail has progressed beyond the Knorec River, and the work Is now on ttie Spartanburg side of the stream. and the on "home stretch" for Spartanburg. The work 011 the line to Spartanburg will soon be finished, when we presume the energy of the Georgia Central will bo directed to laying the track from Laurens to Greenville. The Georgia Central will, In consequence of the trade which It made yesterday with the I^nureus and Greenville Directors, have Its hands full for the next year. The work of Ironing the Savannah Valley I5oad, it Is understood, will be commenced on the first of July. Mr. ttaoul will bo virtually building three ro.uls In thlsSfatc atone and the same lime. The Georgia Central, with Mr. Haoul at its head, Is certainly a public benefactor to the people of South Carolina, and we congratulate tho people of Laurens and Greenville on the consummation of the trade which was affected yesterday. We confidently believe that time will prove tho wisdom of their action, and that if there are persons who now disapprove of the trade, that they wl'l soon be convinced of tin ir error and converted to our way of thinking. President Hajjood's I'romlw*. In lils letter to Dr. J. \V. Wide man bearing date, April 17, lKSii, President Hagoodsaid: "Oil bcliair of the Hallway Company I pmpose as President to execute and file In each county "i ohcc such contract or other paper as will assume the rulllllment of those conditions in good faith." I'p to yesterday noon no such paper had been hied at the office of the Clerk of the Court. 'J lils Is, however, n matter of no consequence, as we presume that no one has ever doubted President Hogood's good faith. While we do not tbiik he is I lie best railroad builder in the world, and while wc think he has tackled the poorest railroad project of which it Is possible for the human mind to conceive, yet we believe that 110 one has ever doubled Mr. Hagood's good faith In the matter, and the execution of any paper of which bespeaks would be of 110 special value, except in case he might have a successor In office, who might diHer in opinion from him and us as to what had been promised and as to what would be "good faith." As far as Mr. Ilagood Is concerned the promise of the paper and the execution of the paper, was and is altogether unnecessary, but it would not hurt to tile it, since it has been promised. Dr. J. IV. Cnlhonti. This old nnd honored citizen of Abbeville couuly, died suddenly at his lioine near Ninety-Six, at ten o'clock last Monday night, dged (V> year*. l>r. Calhoun was one of the best citizens of the county, and was always lore most 111 every good work, whether to advance the Interests of church or State. He was President of the Democratic Club at Ninety-Six, an active worker Id the Methodist church at that place, a practicable and successful farmer, a good; neighbor, and the father of a most excellent family whose life aud character were a fa-i ther's Joy, and a mother's delight. The Doctor was sincere and earnest in his friendships,! modest and unassuming in his deportment, j always commanding the respect and conll-1 deuce of those with whom ho came in con-j tact. The Doctor's death was totally unexpected. At six o'clock in the afternoon ho sat with his brethren of the Knights of Honor in their Lodge meeting. He went home In his usual health, lie lay down'on his bed at ills accustomed hour, but at ten o'clock he was taken ill, and beforo medical uid could be secured he was d'.ad. The OnKUM. We believe it Is now conceded that the Uovernor will not convene the Legislature in extra session, to make sucli enactments as may be necessary to take the census ol the State as required by law. The Legislature at Its last session refused or neglected to take the proper steps looking tonn enumeration of the citizens, and it is presumed that the new apportionment of members to the House of .Representatives will be postponed until after another election. Abbeville, we presume, I would not be afl'ccted in her owu represent a- j lion, but she in common wllh the up-country | is Interested in seeing herslstcrcounliesprop-> crly represented in the Legislature. Under j the new apportionment several of the up-; country counties would havean Increased rep-,1 resentaHon, while Charleston's would be cor- j j respondlngly reduced. I''or oar own part we see 110 Justice or reason 1 in allowing t.'harleston to havo two Senators, l and we hope to see a movement looking to <t change in the Constitution, which will put t all the counties ou an equal and a lair footing iu the Ucuulc. i1 I in i i n i.j ill ?i TIic Monitor is Itijflit. The Krigeflcld Advertiser of Inst week conalns the following: This Way, Hno; McLknna !?This way. lear brother, and ex plan the wild mysteries ?r the indefinite calculus. Anil d<? pray don't )< having people to appeal to us In these i.-lentitltt mathematical matters. \Vc have lever kno\Vn the multiplication table.au>! :t uii: line of nines or sevens, to be added up, nakes our head achc to hiitsliug. lle.id this lote, and clcar your skirts: ISATiixnvnes. M.iy IS, 1 ?$.\ Dcnr Mr. Ji.?W? won lit like in know what IH* wlttorof tin- Moniior mr.ms whwi he says the tu|> ?t i wncoii wheel, while in 111<1II<<11, moves one hnmlriil i'?l (Iftv time* faster limn the bottom. We cannot K-livve h? thinks any one pi>rtlmi ?f the same circuue ctvtice cum move faster than another YoUra truly, ' a. smisciunKi:. The Monitor is right, If it means that the l<>|> j>art of the wheel goes forward a thousand lines faster than the bottom part. The top loes^o forward while the hottom part does not?unless the wheel Is lucked. In which ;ase all parts of the wheel po forward at the same rate. The Monitor is solid on the wagon ivheel question. Tlio Appeal to the Xon-l'ropcrty Holding (itixrn. We have heard the suggestion that the hope might be entertained by some of our colored voters that the alleged railroad to Aiken would pay tncn) nign wascs lor grading mc truck. .Such promises or hopes arc merely visionary. The actual facts about grading roads in tills county are about in this way. i'he Augusta and Kno.wlllc road secured con* viet labor, and wo presume that every one here knows how protltublc that Job was to the colored people. The Savannah Valley road is Itelng graded with convict labor. The air is full of reports as to the manner in which they lire treated, and such treatment and pay as the convicts are said to get would not commend railroad building to the colored people. The IIcart Tax. The present Town Council fix the commutation tax for road duty at 5?<)0 per head. We leave It for others lo say. If the non-property holders vote a tax on our property?which will be live times greater than it is at present?If we will not raise his commutation tax toSl.00 r?r S"?.tw per head. There being about three hundred non-property holding men who arc liable to road duty, the properly holders would be considerably relieved, If an additional tux of SUM was levied on each?and nobody can deny the Justice of the levy. If nonproperty holders rote an additional tax on our property, I hey can rest assured mm we will. m:ike an cllbrt to make them help us to bear the burden. doom not Propose to i'rirf tlie Tax. In his letter of April 17, President Ilngood raid: "I have not and do.not propose to urge this subscription upon our people." 2sow, If General Ilugood believes tills subscription n good tiling for us, why docs he not urge it? If we vote it and afterward regret It, lils skirls arc clear, lie has already given us notice to he on our guard, and act on our own judgement. The Way a Tax Hurt*. Vi'hlle rich people and stockholders can pay their lar^e taxes without trouble or Inconvenience, the moneyless man alone suitors. The rich man gives of his bounty, and sleeps as much, cats as much and wears as good clothes as before, but if a dollar Is taken from the poor man lie lias less to wear or less to cat. lie or his family arc ninde to t-ullerto that extent. The poor man's dollar is more sacred than the rich man's bounty. Tiik railroad is a well organized corporation, the members of which will most likely take to the polls all the men who may be subject to their control. If you stay away, or lend your aid, you will be doing nothing to prevent this great debt which will ruin the town forever, and embarrass the cltl/.en for the remainder of his life. T t Pt rttpirj ^nr/\nnnnm/1 lrln.trnoro\ has been on trial In Richmond for about two wccko, under charge of murder In the killing of Miss Lillian Madison. The evidence against Cluvcrlus, so tar, is all clrcuniftantial, but If he doesn't deserved to be hanged, nobody should be hanged 011 circumstantial evidence. It Is claimed that the value of our property will be enhanced by mortgaging It to the alleged railroad. Hid you ever know a house or a farm whoso valuo was enhanced by a mortgage? To Issue bonds is to mortgage our property, and to mortgage our property Is to put a death-dealing blight upon it, W'K believe if the stockholders of the road, would give the subject a few moments of fair thought, that tlie.v would not takeour money. Wc may be in error, but wo regard it as a grievlous wrong to vote away our money, and expose our homesteads to tax sale, merely to give aid to a rail rod. Kkshty-onr registered voters signed tbe petition for the election. Of this number thirty are colored. Those who are looking for a majority may find th it 30 and 51 arc not a majority. Some men, It will bo noticed) were kind enough to sign the petition for othefcs. Even If you own but little property now, Is It not well to look to the day when you will have more? How can you do this, if you put a mortgage 011 the town whoso withering touch will affect not only the property, but tUe business Interests of the place. Give your own money tons mnnyrailroads us you, choose, but don't vote uwiiy ours. If you manage your own money, that is nil we will ask of you. We will try to dispose of our own money to suit ourselves?If we can only be allowed to do so. Don't you think it presumption to assume to say what we shall do with our own money. We have uo money which wc did not earu, and wo would be glad to be allowed the privilege of Investing iu a manner to our own liking. Even if a majority of the wealth of the town has signed the petition, does that Justify you iu Joining the stockholders to oppress l hp poor. Have the poor no rights which the wealthy should respect? If the voter, has dne regard for the rights and property of his neighbor, how can lie lend liis ai?l to a corporation which seeks to t ike that property from its rightful owner? If you should be willing to give your own money u> uie uimvuu, iiuuuu^ ? 111 v/ujc^i, What we object to, is the taking of oar money to give it to uu alleged railroad. Mu. Bexet, among other expressions against a railroad tax, said: "Then should we bo taxed to build factories, hotels, stage couches, telegraphs, Ac." Do you want to lynch our property ? If not, then let us remain In possession of It. Don't jolu the crowd, and take it from us by force. Some men's sense of right seems to bo to get on what they suppose to bo tho popular side. Do you Intend to Join the stockholders In their raid against the property of llio poor? Sham, a conscientious mac follow the multltudo to rob the poor? The Columbia I'ost OfUco. [Greenville AVtrs.| Tho Indications arc that neither Wade Hampton r.lbbes nor unhappy, unadorned I.eaphart, whose Initials carry no speelul weight, will g*t the Columbia postmastership. Wh'y not compromise the matter and give the place to H. N. Emlyn, now of the JtvffiiUerf He was one of the founders of the Itrf/itfer and an original straight out Democrat, und has been a practice! and useful party worker for eight years. He certainly has brains and energy enougn, ana is sen innae. We don't suppose Mr. Kmlyn will get tlie place. but liis appointment might Lie a most excellent scheinc In many ways. Ws Need n Hank. [ICcrsh aw Guzcttc. J Wo have tried t:> Impress upon our people (he necessity for a bank lnCamdeu, more than occe, and we reiterate it now. For a town of this size, with Its business necessities nnd demands, it Is passing strange that our business men have not secured proper banking facilities. It works a great hurilshlpat times, mid It strikes us that we arc sufl'ei ing for such an institution. Some say that our people are too poor to deposit much, and that deposits arc what pay. We believe that the deposits would exceed exception, ami that the lank j would pay, and the acomrnodatlon would be so great as to inako sucti an Institution a sue- I cess. Our merchants are needing one light now. The Rent Hi ft of All. OHo-ond-twenty, one-and-twenty, Youth and bounty, lovers plenty ; Health nml riches. ea*ennd leisure. Work to (jive ? zest to pleasure; Wlmt can a maid so lucky luck? Whut can I wisli that fate hold J bnck f Youth will fade bh<1 ocniity wanes; Lovers, Hunted, break their chains, Health may fall ami wealth may lly you, Pleasure cease* t'> satisfy you; Almost everything that brings Happiness Is born whli wings. This I wish you ; this Is bestLove Unit can endure the test, Love surviving youth and beauty. Love that blends with homely duty; Live that's gentle, love that's true, Love that's constant wish I you. Still unsatisfied fhe lives, Who for gold mere silver gives. One mol-e Joy 1 wish you yet. To give as much love as you get. Grant you. Heaven, this to do. To love him best who beet love*. The best. black silk over shown In tills liarket, at Bell & Galpblu's. ^ Check goods, Jeans, cotfmades and cassl-; nersat Cunningham & Teniplcton's. Cunnglr.un ?fc Templeton will sell you a lice muslin at. 0 cents per yard. Calico at; rom 5 to 7 cents, ; 1'arker & Hill- will sell a bargain in tin-' vare. . . I Flowers, feathers, and ribbons In great va ! iet.v at Bull & Ua!i?lim's. j ' -4 RAILROAD TAXES. A SPECIES OF COMMUNISM NOT LESS UNLOVELY BECAUSE TRICKED OUT IN THE WRAPPINGS OF THE LAW. .1 Htronff Protest Affnlunt llic Doctrine Thnt Wotiltl I'impIIIc the I'on mint Ion or Private ltl^tils, anil I'liu'o the Properly of the Cltircn at the Mercy of tlio Slob. The Dissenting Opinion of an Able Jurist, Whose Righteous Judgment Is in Striking Contrast with tile Wonderful Decision of a Majority of the Supreme Court, Who Would Establish a Strange Doctrine, a Severe Law, an Anachronism Which is in Accord only with the Property Laws of the Middle Ages : that the Roof can be Sold from Over One's Head, and One's Bed Sold from Under Him to Furnish Money to a Railroad Corporation. Tim Statu ok Soi-tji Carolina, ) In tiik sl'l'hkmk ('ol'kt. v NoVKMIJF.il TKUM, 18$!. | Lawrence C. Clinmbloo vs. M. 1\ Trlbble, Treasurer, T. J. Webb, Auilltor, mict The Sa v.*<1 TfnI}r?iri(l (Totiiniinv. TiUUJ ? McG'oican, A. J., Dintenting Opinion. As I can not concur In this Judgment, Its Importance makes It proper that I should stale briclly the reasons for that dissent. The lands of a number of the citizens of Anderson County, residing In the townships of Vurenncs, Hall, Dark Corner and CVntrcvllle of that County, were levied and advertised for sale under some proce-s In the nature of a | tax-execution issued by the Treasurer of ttie County, to enforce the collection of certain assessments upon a subscription voted by a majority of the electors of the wild Townships respt ctlvely, to aid In the construction or the Savannah Valley Rail road. The plalntilFlu this action being one of these, whose lands were advertised, instituted this action, in behalf of himself and a number of others in the same condition, against tin;Treasurer and Audit..rof the County and "the Savannah Valley Railroad Company," to restrain and enjoin the sale of their lands under the process aforesa >L Alleging that, they never authorized the said subscriptions? that tlierc was no law or tax levied pursuant to law, to authorize tl-ii said levy an I sale?that the charter of the Company and the whole pro ceedlngs were Irregular and void, and the Ac!s under which they were Instituted unconstitutional. The defendants answered substantially that all the proceedings wore regular and authorised, but insisted that the Court could not, under any circumstances, grant the relief ! prayed for, but was prohibited from doing so by the Act "of I>ecembcr 24,1S78, entitled "An Act to facilitate the collection of taxes"?re 'iiacted as sections IMS and 26'J of the Kcviscd Statutes. The case was heard by Judge AVItherspoon, who dismissed the Complaint, saying : "I am constrained to conclude and decide, tliut the assessment nnu levy upon pianum a properly was made by defendants to collect taxes hk contemplated In section 20?i of the Itevised Statutes and that the collodion ol said taxes I>y levy and sale of plaintiff's property can not be enjoined by this Court under said section. This Court having no Jurisdiction In llic premises, nullliertlicconstitutionality of the Acts of the legislature referred to, nor the liability of the conduct of defendants, can be considered or determined In this action," itc. From this Judgment the plaintiffs appealed on various grounds, out for cur present pur pose It will not be neccssary to set out uny but the following: "Itocausc his Honor erred in holding that I the Township assessments or subscription* levied or assessed <m plaintiff's property in aid of the Savannah Valley Itailru^ -were taxes. "iiecausc his Honor erred in holding that the assessment and levy upon plaintiff'* property was made by defendants to collecl taxes. "iiecausc his Honor erred In holding thai thcsale of plaintiff's property could not tx enjoined under section 2<jl) of the Revised Stututes." The Merit* of the Case Sever Reached ?The Citizen l>euie?l htN CoiiMtltutlonnl Rights. It is obvious that the merits of tho cast were never rcachod. Whether or not there were good grounds for the relief prayed for bj the plaintiff, wc do not know, for that ? nqui ry was cut off upon the view, that the prop ci ty was auvcrtiseu lorsuiu unucr ?u lion for the collection of taxes, unit the enforcemcnt of sucii an execution?no mattei whether irregular, Illegal or unauthorized? could not be enjoined by the Court under sec tlon of tliu Revised Statutes, which among other things provides us follows : "There shall be no otlicr remedy In any cast of tiie Illegal anil unlawful collection of taxci or attempt, to collect taxes other than that herein provided ? ? And no writ 01 process or any kind whatever staying or pre' venting any officer of the State charged wltli a duty In the coUcctlon of any tnx, whcthei such tnx Is legally due or not, ahull In anj case be granted by any Court or tho Judge ol any Court: hut In all cases whatever, the per. son against whom any tax shall stand charged upon the Hooks ol tin* County Treasurer, shall be required to pay * and theieupon shall have his remedy under the provision! of the next preceding section," <Sc. (Whicli will be adverted to hereafter). The Preventing1 Injunction* in Ccr tain Cahch 1m l'ncon?tltutlonnI. ' As this provision of the Statutes apparent' ly lay In the way of the plaintiff*, berore Hit merits of th'jir case could be cohsldcred, am the Circuit Judge had placed ent irely upon It his decree dismissing the Coinplnlnl. after tht first argument, this Court ordered the qnes tlon of the Constitutionality of the aforesaid provision to be re-argued, saying Injthe order ' Inasmuch us, In ourJudgment, the question oi the constitutionality t?f section i'Ci) of the General Statutes (1882) In necessarily Involv ed. though not loriually made In this appeal unci inasmuch as such question has therefore been decided by a dividod|Court, we think il desirable that u Question of such importanci should be maturely considered before It Is re atllnned," ic. The question was according re-argued at tho bar. Hut It seems that my brethren, notwithstanding Its admitted lin porlancc and the fact thai It was originally decided by "a divided Court," have come U I he conclusion that It Is better to stand 01 the principle of stare dicitis and re atllrm tin former decision, holding that the provision o the law prohibiting the Judges from cranlini Injunctions in certain cases, is consiitutlona and applies to this case. In that I can no concur. I thoroughly agree that consistency and stability In the administration of tin law, Is bccjmlng and proper, us tending t< promote the peace, good order and prosperity of IheStale: but it seems to me that It is pos slbie logo to the opposite extreme, and by inere acquiescence, to permit the crroncoui decision of to-day, to ripen into the pteceden of to-morrow, and thus allow error to assurm the form and force of law, anil every lnstanc< ol such acquiescence only udds to the force o that error. The Legislature Annumes Judicial l'owers. Section 15, Article IV of the Constitution do clarcs that "The Courts of Common Pleai shall have power to Issue writs of innnuainus prohibition, Scire Facias, and all other wrili (including Injunction) which nmy be nccessa rv for carrying their powers fuliy Into etl'eet;' ana yet It is maintained that this posum declaration of the Constitution may Loabso lutely nullified by an Act of the Legislature which provides tliut "No writ, order, or pro cess of any kind whatsoever, staying and pre venting any ollleei1 of the .State, charged will a duty in the colk-ctlon of taxes from takliif any step or proceeding In the collection of unj tax, whether such tux Is legally due or not sliull in any case be granted by any Court 01 the Judge of any Court," &c. It seems thui tho view, sustaining this Act in prohibiting Judges lrom granting writs of injnuctionsometlrnes caitcd "the great preventive reine dy of equity", is, that the Legislature has tin right to determine in what cases tho Jurisdlc tional power conferred by tills section, shal be exercised, especially where an adequate al tentative remedy is given in the place of tlml taken away. 1 had thought that was the verj matter which the Judges were appointed tc determine, there being no good reuson why even as to the collection of luxes, they shoulC not be safely entrusted with the power ex^ press I y given to tliein by the Constitution As was said by this Court in Herndou vs Moore, 13 8. C. .'(51, "i'he Constitution lias dl vlded the functions of government into lh( legislative, executive and Judicial, and It h the fundamental theory of our system, thai the departments shall be kept separate and cach in its own sphere independent of tin others." 'J lie question whether a proper cast has been made lor an injunction, is peculiarly | Judicial in its character, and all Judicial pow1 ... ?.%? ?* If fr. tl*?? r f I'iulu t il rt and deposited in tho Courts of the state ereatcd or to be created. A Decision Which Is not Only Uii*tip< ported by Authority, but In of Dangerous Tendency. It Is true that there are two cases In out books which have been cited, as sustaining tlie constitutionality of the law. Hut although there arc nominally two canes, there Ih In fact, but one, that of the State vs. Treasurer, 4 S. (\ WJ; for the other the State vs. Uuillurd, 11 S. C. 309, was avowedly and entirely placed on the authority of the point. When cases follow in line for no belter reason than because they have one to follow, the authority Is to be founu In the first decision and not by counting up the number In the line. I must say that I can not consider the law settled as announced in the ease of the State vs. Treasurer, supra. It seems to me that the decision is not only unsupported by authority, but Is of dangerous tendency. It was made In 1571 ?a time not favorable for intelligent dispassionate Judicial enquiry. As before stated it was made by "a divided Court." Mr. Justice Wlllard delivering the Judgment with the concurrence of Judge Wright, and Chief Justlce Moses dissenting. It would now, howeve?, accomplish no good purpose to ngaln open the argument, which is well stated lit the dissenting opinion ol Chief Justice Moses in the caso of the Treasurer, as also in that of Mr. Justice Mclver, in the case of the State vs. (Jailbird, *?;? ?. I hope the case will bo formally over-ruled. The Prohibition of the Courts From Restoring the Collection of State nnd County Taxes is not Applicable to the Collection of llnllrond Subscriptions. mil assuming mat me proiuoiuon upon me Action of the Courts, In regard to restraining tho collection ot state and County taxes proper, must he regarded as constitutional for the reason that Unas been so decided, does It follow that It Is constitutional and applicable to the collection of local township subscriptions to railroads, whether culled subscriptions, assessments or luxes? It Is quite certain that neither of the cases referred to as afflrming the constitutionality of the law, arose in connection willi such it case; and upon that preclsequestlou, we are In noway embarrassed by the principle of utare ilccinui. 15ut on the contrary as to such a case the question is still \rc* inlcgra, and we are not bound, to enforce the Act beyond the exact point decided, or to stretch It by construction so as to embrace casestif thlskiml, unless It nccessnrlly follows from the nature of the thing or from the terms of the Act itself. Tlie Act wn? Panned nt a Time When There lvnn net In the Ntntc, nor Ever hntl Keen, nnd It Conhl not I?o Nrcn That There Ever Would 1>e, Ntieh nil Anomnlonn Thing km n TowuNlilp SuMrrlptlon to a Railroad. It striSces mo that cases of this kind arc not within the purview of the sections which restrain the Judges in the matter of collecllns; ordinary taxes, and to so construe them, will be in effect to amend the law, and in doing so to extend It and po beyond the reasons, upon I which It whs based and contrary both to lis spirit ami intent, nnd the express terms of several of its provisions. It is perfectly manifest that the Act was not passed Willi any! special reference lo the collection of railroad j assessments, considered as luxes, for the first Acl upon the subject?that which was cnnsld- j creil iii ilie ciiao oi the Blaie vs. Treasurer wus 1 . v / / v-. mum iT ' ' " ifci pa^rtd ns fnr back or 18t6, wiien there was jiot | In tlic State, nor over had beeii.flhti It Coulil n(jl l?c foreseen Lliitt Ihcrc ever Would be, such an onomolous thing ns a township subscript Hon for a rnllroad voted by u majority of the electors. The same may he said of the Act bf! 1878, "to facilitate the collection of taxes." 10 Statute 7&\ It Is rery M'ell known that the object of tlmt Act was to prevent the payment of t:i xes In depreciated funds or moneys, such sis the hillsof the old Hank of thi State or any other except those which the Treasurer was !>> law mituorlzed to receive, nnd without the rcniotcHt reference to closing the mouths of the Judges In the matter of collecting railroad assessments in the form of tuxus. So that. It Is pericotly plain ili.it If the law restrains the Judges from Interfering with tlio collection of such assessments. It in list bo from the terms of the Act Itself being broad enough ucccf&artly to covcr such a case. Are the terms of the sections aforesaid no broad and explicit as lo rcqulro us to constrne the prohibition upon the t'ourts,as extending to local railroad hs?eKTncnts, under the form und name of taxes? I do not think so. Tlic JLiiw Which Hungry Railroad Corporation*, ami Conniving Legislators Would ."Ulsliiterprct. Section 2tW of the llevlsed Statutes, which undertakes to provide What Ih ail ltd the"nli tcrnatlve remedy" for that of injunction talc! en away, Is as follows: "In ail cases in which any County, State or other taxes aro now. or shall ho hereafter charged upon t lie hooks of any Coanty Treasurer of the state agalnfltany person, and such Treasurer shall claim the payment of tlic taxes so churgcd, or shall take any steps or proceeding to collect the same, the person ugalnst whom such taxes are charged, or against whom such steps or procceatng man b<! Ink on, stm IIT IT lie concelvcs the snnic to bo uujust, or illegal for any cause, pay the said taxes, notwithstanding under protest In such funds and moneys ns the said County Treasurer shall be authorized to receive by the Act levying the same; and upon such payment being made, the s.ikt County Treasurer shall I pay the taxes so collected Into theState Treasury, giving notlec at the time to the Comptroller General that the payment was made under protest; and the person so paying said taxes may at any tlinc within thirty days after making such payment, but not afterwards, tiring nn action ajtnlnst the said County Treasurer for I he recovery thereof In the Court of Common I'lens for the County in which I such taxes arc payable; and if ll bedetermincd in said action that such taxes were wrongfully or 1 ilegally collected for any reason going to the merits, tlx n the Court before whom the case is tried shall certify of record that the same was wrongfully collected and ought to be retunded, and thereupon the Comptroller General shall Issue his warrant for the refunding of the taxes so paid, which shall be paid iti preference to all other claims against the Treasury," &c. The Absurdity of Coltcrting Rnlltond Ntibftcrlptlon* n* Tnxcfl. Can any one read this section and affirm with certainty that the remedy therein provided was intended to extend and by fair construction docs extend to any tbingothor than what are st rictly Stale or County taxes, levied for the henetlt of the government and payable "into the State Treasury"? The assessments were not mado directly by the Legislature for the benellt of the Stat eor County government, but by ttie President and Dlrecsors of t he "Savannah Valley Railroad Company," who had by the Joint Resolution of J?!80, authority to "direct the collection of the taxes voted to the said Savannah Valley Railroad." They were not upon the regular "Books of the County Treasurer" In the seme of the Act, but ; on a special book provided for the purpose, and wcro not payable "luto the State Treasury," giving notice at the time totheComn| Holler General chat the payment was made under protest, but it is expressly directed by the amended charter that the said assess mcnts"shall bo paid by such Treasurer to said Railroad Conipany.'' The Property I'pon Rnilrond Taxes arc A*ne*.He<l Utlhonl I.egnl Remedy for Wrong; Imposed. It seems to me tliat this direction of tlic ; proceeds of I lie assessments, at once repealed, , quoad these plaintiffs, all the latter part of th?* i section quoted, which Is Italicized; and that s they could not. pay under protest and avail themselves of the alternative remedy therein , provided, to pay and recover back from the i .State, If the tax should turn out to be Illegal. I I do not see that In such ca"<e, where the money has been p;ild to the company, the CompL troller General could ' Issue Ills warrant for the refunding of the taxes so paid," Ac. If 1 not, then there can not be Raid tobean adequate alternative remedy for these plaintiffs, and that being (as stated by Judge Ilaskcll In I the State vs. (ialllatd) the only thing which , makes the law constitutional, it would seem to follow, thai, no practical adequate remedy being provided of which these plaintiffs may , avail themselves, the Act excluding the Judges from enquiry, can not extend to thein, or it so that It Is clearly unconstitutional. The Act which stands only because It affords an alternative remedy, surely can not stand In the way of those to whom it gives no such remedy. If the parties can not In any event, recover back the money from the State, then they have 110 adequate alternative remedy, and If the Judges are excluded from even hearing their alleged grievances, they would ho loft iitiiioiiitflv remediless, anil aL the mer cy of a company having the assistance of the ' ortkcrs mid the use of ull the machinery ol ' the State. ' The Trick by Which the People'* , Money 1m Thrown Into n Great Herboninn llog;. r Hut It Is snld Hint these assessments ore . "taxes," mi J I lie prohibition Is genernl? for bidding enquiry Into the legality of any kind , of a tax. II Is true that In the Acta and Joint i Kesolullonsof the Legislature these exnctlons ) are sometimes called "subscriptions"?somei times "assessments"?and sometimes "the Snrnunuh Railroad tax," but It Is quite certain that they are not State taxes in the usual and . ordinary sense of the word. To bo taxes In the sense of tire Act, they must have thechnraeterlslles of taxes, nnd If not, they con not . be made such by simply calllnit them by that , name. I have always find the Idea, expressed I by Webster in one of his definitions, that "a tax Is u rate or sum of money assessed on the I person or properly of the citizen for the use of . Hie nation or State," nnd doubtless thnt was I the sense In which the framers of this law understood It. liiit I do not think It necessary I here to enter into the discussion. Whether ? these exactions voted by n majority of the 1 electors In the townships named for the bene. cfit of the Ilallroad Company are called "snbscriptlons" or "assessments" or "Ilallroad I taxes," Is a matter outside of the qucsl Ion. In ? either ease It seems to me clear, that they ore not taxes In the sense of the sections under r consideration, which require the taxes there in contemplation, to be paid "Into the Treas. ury of the State," and in reference to whicn ; the Comptroller General. In a certain event, , was required "to issue his wurrnnt refunding j the same." Sections 288 nnd ait), are manl5 festly but parts of tho same scheme; tho first f undertaking to provide an alternative remer dy by the State refunding, if tho tax should i turnout to bo illegal and the second forbid 1 ding all "other remedy." ' The C'ltlirn Deprived of bis Right to i Rental n Rails-ond. And the point Is, that when tho.clrcum' ' stances Hro such that the "other remedy-' Is , not gl vpii by the first. It follows that the seci ond taking away that by lnjnncllon doe* not , apply. And In this case, the exactions, wheth; or they are called "tuxes" or not, are ordered ( to be pnld over to the railroad company In such way. ns to take Iheiu out of section 26S. making the State liable to refund them, and I in dol?K so deprives the parties of any adequate alternative remedy. If I am right In this and It feems to mo that there can not be . two opinions, then this decision certainly 3 makes a great advance beyond wlmt was deelded in the enses of the Treasurer and ol < Galllanl, for In both of them, the taxes being . public State taxes, there was clearly the right to make the (State refund, and for that very ; reason It was held that the Act only "postI noncd' the question or Illegality?leaving > thai lobe determined In the "other remedy. . A Tennessee Act ot 1SH declared a deed made . In pursuanco of a public "sale for taxes," i piiwn facie evidence of the prerequisites ol . the law. A party claimed under a town cor poratlon tax sale, and the Supreme Court ol that State, held that the corporatloh tax sale ? was not within the law. I Judge Turley says:' Corporation taxes arc r not public hut private taxes, and are therefore not embraced with the Act, but as to the ri*inr>itv for collection are left as it existed . prior to the passage of this Act." Shonlwalet I vs. Armstrong, 9 Hump. 'J 17. Black well on I Tux Titles, p. "A. . - Ir it should be the decision of this Court t that section 2fi!) must apply to this ease slm ply because these exactions fur a rallrond arc , called "tuxes," without enquiring whether the parties are entitled to the alternative [ remedy acalnst the State, it will indeed he a . speedy realization of the fears of Chief Justice Moses, expressed In his dissenting opln' iou in the case of the Treasurer ) If tlie LeRlNlnturr <^ould Tic the Ont lyllnml to Which the Citizen May I Apply for Keltef the I'nrctttrnliieil Pemnmls of Railroad* May Ruin the Country. "This coneedos an unlimited control to the ! Legislature of the whole Judicial magistracy of the State, which In tho cud might be so exercised as to suppress Its entire authority. If It can declare in what ease a particular 1 form of action shall be a remedy for an al, lewd complaint, and lunorc Its application to other cases, In which at tho adoption of tho constitution, It was employed as a medium , through which a wrong was to be redressed, , may it. not step by step disarm tho Courts of all their authority, and at last have It, but a tribunal to carry out the behests and man! dates of the Legislative will? Tho power to tax Is most extensive an unlimited of all the Fowers which a Legislative body can exert. I Is without n restraint except by constitutional limitations. Totle up the huud that can alone resist its unlawful encroachments, would It not only render uncertain the tenurc by which the citizen holds his property, but mako It tributary to the unrestralued demnnds of the Legislature, Ac. T tlilnk thlu niinrtnlinnlrl clf?n1nr*> SMInn 2f?0 of the Kevised Statutes to be unconstitutional; or If It Is loo late to do so, Mint it should declare that said Section was never iutended to apply to a case like this, where the provision for an alternative remedy against the State does not exist. And that the decree should beset aside, and the cause to be re manded to the Circuit, to he heard llko other cases, only upon the merits Involved. Filed April a>th,1^85. A true copy. Attest: ALBERT M. ROOZER, Clerk ol the Supreme Court, J'er J. A. Sawyer. Tbe New Hotel. Arrivals for week ending May 10th?,T. T. Simmons and wife Greenwood; Or. J. W. Wldemnn. Due West S. C; C. I). Mitchell, Savannah Valley It. It; K. S. Robertson. Richmond Va; D. K. Cooley. C. D. Watklns, I.oundsvllle S. Oj J. C. lioozor, Charleston S. C; Frank C. Smi ller, Cincinnati Ohio; J. W.I Ilrittfngham, Baltimore, md, J. Stlenhelner Atlanta Ga; G. W. M. Slmms. Miss J.ula Sluuns, Miss Aida Slmms, Miss Xannlo Slmms, Miss Flora SI nims. Master Warren Slmms, Virginia; I)r. J. S. Neal, Mrs. Dr. N'eal, Miss Kmma Neal.'Troy S. C; Dr. S. T. Sep, .f. Harry Vauce, Cokesbury S. O; W. 11. Arnold, Hodges; Aug. W. Smith, City; F. A.I i Stewart. Ilaltlmore; R. A. I'rlngle, Charles- i j ton; C. J. Payne, Durham; Torn R. Watts, I Baltimore; J. M. Sullivan. Anderson; J. M. I Cochran. Duo West; S. F. McCants, Rich inondVa; Ilnrry Ilaegins, New York; u. Ij. Ervlu I'luuo III; L. It. Long, Baltimore. The Limn Henii, It Is an evidence of Southern Improvidence, neglect and hielc of knowledge that every limner In the land does not raise quantities of j tlie llntii beans. They always command aj high price, north and south, and arc the only { beans that can he kept without trouble in this ! climate through the entire year. What Is more palatable or nutritious than dried lima beans properly cooked? There is no better' place to raise them than in the fence corners, I j which are rich with the washings from the: field, while the fence affords Just the kind of a ' place the vines delight. to trail upon. In this! I climate the vines grow and bear until killed! by frost. They should be gathered (to keep)) before the pod is entirely dry, and before the | | bean has shrunk. Pick out'a Rood place and j plant about fifty fence Jams, three lillls to the jam, and see If they don't pay better than ianything you plant.?Quitman, Ga., I\cc ! JVt'M. , r "Host out" corset, for50 cents, Is a beauty try one. It. M. Iluudon & Co. A large nssortmnnt of Hamburg edgings at Cunningham & Tcmplcton's. While poods in great. abundance at CunnIngham \Templcton's. I'lque from G to 10,' Luwn fiuiu ID to 2U, Muillu lioui U to 21', I ^ T '? I.hlu IltSHU-IIcr Trick* nnd Deception* Made Perfectly Plain. Tho American Markclnian Is a Weekly paper published in Chicago, la tho Interestot the eannlug, packing; nnu groeery trade, nnd Is most nbly edited by Mr. J. W. Lynch. One of | the marked features of the paper Is what Is j best known ns "horse sense." A fair specimen of I his Is (he following praclluall expose of the Georgia Wonder humbug, which we condense: liver since the above young lady gave lier 1 first exhibition at Central Music Hall, we. huve been trying to ect time to write her up, or rather down. Why so many havo been | puzzled at her wondcrlcos deception is to us a ; mystery. True, this Is out of our line of busl- ] ness, and only take It up on account of the! miserable failure made by the dally press and ; scientists. We shall address out talk to those ; who havo seen the marvellous Georgia Wonder, her innocent rural father,nnd theblgend of the show, Mr , who nets ns ring master. .Suppose we ought to handle the subject In n more scientific way, but it Is too absurd. We know that there arc thousands who believe, as the Tribune says, that Sllss Lulu Ilurst succeeded In proving to her audience that the number of things the world cannot understand is increasing quite as rapidly ns the area of Its sclent 1 tic knowledge. We have had no conversation with any ono whoever tried Miss Lulu's odlc force, but have proved the whole proceedings by reasoning und experiment, Justus we uro going to prove It to you. If, ns wo naked before, you did sec Miss Hurst on the above dato, please step this way to this part of the room where the ureen carpet N drawn tightly, as the foothold Is not so good for tho man from the audience: then he will be somewhat nervous anyhow, os thepcrformancc Is a novel ono to even nu old stager. Xow let your assistant hold the chair Just as you saw It dime; mind, he Is to hold the chair ?i?4l Klmunir Mftlt. TTfiv/* v*ui trnL mi vour rub bcrssoyou won't flip on the carpctf Now put your left hand on the sent of the chair and your right hand 011 the tint middle round of the buck. Let the ball of your thumb press hard oil top of this round. Don't take any stock in the "laying on lightly business." Bosh! now push, don't pull, as you can't pull without grasping, but push with both hands In a strong spasmodic way as Lulu did, and when you get your man started you can defy a giant to hold the chair still. lie Is uslt.g his strength on the slippery carpct to hold the chair firm; you are using yours with the leverage and sure footing. Hold your arm and hand still In any way ytu can tlx it ho u child can't move It?It Is impossible; It Is the same principle. Now take your billiard cue, grasp It In the middle, fingers up and Jiurids about eight Inches apart. Hold your elbows down and press hard against sides. Stand on one foot, us Lulu did- Let whoever Is assisting you take hold of the cue as he likes, hut see that he spreads his hands outat least twelve inchosfroin yours. Do you remember what the young man said to thcuudience? "If you get Miss Hurst's hands above her liend she loses herpowcr." Now If you have the cue Just as we havo described, let your assistant push with all Ills might, and If you dud lie Is too much for you let your hands go abovo your head. But without lie Is a very strongman It will be Impossible to push you of!" the one legged centreofgravity. Yon may say that l.ulu dhl not appear to lean forward, but she did, though. Her dress being of heavy stuff It swung as a pendulum and gave the appearance of standing erect. Now get the umbrella, open It, give It to your assistant, let him grasp the sttck with his loft hand close up to the stay ribs, bring his right hand down to the lowest point of the stick. Now he must hold the umbrella and himself still, nothing more. Lay your right hand lightly, as It were, on tue centre 01 the stick. Just as Lulu did, but lie sure you lay your hand on so that (ho llex'tr of the first 'joint of the thumb run be put where It will do the most good when you begin to exert your strength Jn the least expected direction. Again, (is with the chair, don't attempt to Cull, always push sideways. l)o you retnoiner the man who wns nearly run over the f?>ot lights, how he was pushed sideways and backI ward? Then, If your assistant won't push as you want him to, why, break the stick or let your band slipup among the ribs and break them?the odle force must escape somewhere, Now for the heavy act, ill'llng man and chali clear of the door excepting ills feet. Do you remember the kind of chair that act was done ] with?a cane bottom with straight legs nnri back perfectly plain? You must have that special shaped chair or you will fail In this; let your assistant seat himself, and, as the stage manager directed, "set weH back and brace yourself to ke?*p from falling on youi face;" now place your hands as latin did, but , don't attempt to raise him bodily, but push thcclialr from you as though yon wero trying to throw him on his lace; at the same time lift as though you were going to throw the elmir over your hend, but don't grasp th< chair, as the audience would sec that there It no need of It; the flexor of the llrst Joint o thumb Is nil you want to use In pushing for wnrd and upward; your assistant s feet net a; the fulcrum of a lever. Now let nnothcr as slstant sit across his leys luce to face, and xtrange as It may seem, the chair may tie lift ed witii less trouble than when one man wm in it Do vim remember that on the Mondas night wo are speaking of Lula made a com pletc failure In trying to lift Mr. Arthur Cation, because lie Insisted on keeping his feel ! olT the tloor, and would not brace back in tin j chair? Miss Hurst can't, ns strong us she Is and she is no kitten, lift a four year old chili In a chair the way she takes hold of It 11 Should this article meet the eyes of askepth Inn city where Miss Hurst Is exhibiting, si' In the chair and keep your feet off the tloor no matter what the staire manager says: li you are one of the I wo whom she tries to I in 1 at once, be sure you nrc the bottom man keep your feet up and see that the top man, li a stranger, does not ralso himself off your lap and our word for It she will never lift you. Now get your billiard cue again lor the "pressing to the floor act." Do you remembei how she held It? Hmall end up under tin arm pit, with the palm of the hand tunic out., and close down to the butt end, focIosi that one gentleman had to ask her toglv< him room to take hold, which she did very re luctanily. Now, having the cue under youi arm, make your assistant spread his hand* afar apnrtns ho can, giving him barely roon to lay hold of the lower end; then tell him tc I push It to the ground; tho harder he pushes ! the more cohesion there Is to your hand, ant by pressing the arm hard to the body It wil be found almost impossible to get it to tlx floor; yet, on this ulght, one gentleman did s< twicc, and then Jailu Just laughed, lei he Did you hear the whistle of the cue as it slip f>ed over her open hand, showing the hcavj overage and pressure she was cx?rtlrg? i Now for forcing the chair to the floor act and that will close the performance, but w< must have more than the ono man or two you have following ouricst with, asthls wil have to havo a confederate, and tho more wi i get. nround tho chair, and the more confusion tho lo?schanceof youraudleucegettlneawa) i with you. Was there a citizen of Chicago a that exhibition who knew tiie young mar that Lulu always got awny with, the one It whose hand she broke the umbrella stick, ani : who sat In a chnlr on the extreme left of tlx sta^e, and who In this net, ut one tliue whei , the chair was being forced to the floor, got al most under It? Don't you know that tin stage manager called for more men to forci the chair down? Do you suppo>e that tin young fellow who took that running Jum| and landed on the backs of the gentlemer 1 who were at the chair would nave uiirca 10 u< such a thing bail ho not l>ccn lu the troupe Again, a? Miss Hum's feats arc tricks, then were many ways It could have been done t Take any two gentlemen who nre known ti each other, no more, and sno If Miss Lulu cat prevent them from forcing the Qhalrdown In conclusion, pay no attention to Hint littli ghost story the old man tells about the Ooor gin experience at home. Why don't she do s< i cow? If you buy that crowd for a simpii party of plalu. unassuming country people you nut your money in a "stono blind pool.' \Vo have not written tills In a scientific o ' moiuphysical strainJbecuiiRe science, eleeLrici ' ty, metaphysics or an unknown force ha nothing to do with it; It Is trickery, fraud T practice, aud newspaper gusli from buginulnj : to end. THE QEOROIA CENTRAL ONLY TOO GLA1 TO IRON AND EQUIP A ROAD FOR US. i , r EnconrnKtnff Words From i? Promi nent Director of the Georgia Ccn tral?The Arrangement Could bi Made, if we Only Tried. j Editor PreM and Banner : i I herewii ii enclose you a letter from one o I ?...| I?l??r.?ll.,l /I I t*?? 1.1 1" I I III U IliUM J'l 17 mi i ill i v miu iiui.vuviu. ..... '[of theGcorgla Central Railroadsystem, wlilcl spunks for Itself. I have conferred with otli I ers of the same organization who have mnd< >j similar statements. if Abbeville will send i | committee to President Raoul with a proposl tlon of a graded road from this place to En I right's, Hosier's or any oilier eligible point01 i! the Savannah Valley Itallroad, we can hav< | in twelve mouths a connection with Augusta Charleston,Savannah and Port Royal, as wel as wlih the first via Elberton und Atlanta (The Georgia Central having now the control | of the Savannah Valley Railroad, Augusti and Knoxviilc Railroad as well as the Greenwood, Ijiurens and Spartanburg Railroad I they will either obtain the control of the Lau j rcuis and Greenville Railroad or complete the Savannah Valley Railroad to Greenville, anil from that point through the mountains to any point they may desire. With these stubborn facts to confront us in the Carolina, Cumber land Gap and Chicago Railroad Issue, would it not be best for us to change front and embrace this opportunity of making an investment which will bring us immediate relief by reducing the freight on bacon, corn, lard, Hour, Ac., so that we can compete with commercial towns on the Augusta and Knoxvlile Railroad, or others which will spring up on the Savannah Valley Hail road In the next twelve mouths. Yours truly, J. T. PARKS. ArousTA, Ga., May 22, 1SS3. J. T. Parks, Esq., Abbeville, S. C. : Dear sin?In referring to the railroad matter we were talking about, I am convinced that the very best road for Abbeville is to grade to tlie Savannah Valley at a point to suit the Elberton people, where they would I meet you, and the Valley Railroad would be only too glad to Iron and equip mien goou feeders. Our people wnnt to regain the trade from Abbeville and Klberton, and will use tlielr influence to linvo any graded road ironed mul operated. We have tine rains and every thlug growing. Yours truly, J NO. M. CLAItK. Picnic nt Citlhomi'n Mill*. Editor Prcts and JJanner : You ore requested In the nest two issues of your valuable puper to give notice to the ladles and gentlemen within reach of Calhoun's Mills, who arc fond of dancing and a gcod dinner, that there will be a picnic at that place on tnc first Haturday in June. The gentlemen will look alter the music and the Indies will provide the dinner. The Editor will be expected to grace the occasion with his paosence. Itespectfully, The Committee. Frult-Krowlng n* n IliisinoHs. Fruit-growing, as n business. Is ?-spei:J:?lly adapted | to sumo regions, und to somo restricted localities. J Tills truth, In relation to certain kinds of fruits, Is | well comprehended, hut, In regarding others, les* attention is given to it than good judgment demand*. Outside of certain well-defined oress no ono would think of plHntlns pench orchards and vino yards for Iiroiit.; una more uimi u? oi.mu mv j..*,* ...?7 the adaptability of certain localities for the profluthle produrtlon of "these fruits has greatly changed, in many cases the result, probably, of deforesting large tracts of country. There is too much Indiscriminate advice given by tho press in regard to fruit raising. Again, tree dealers and nursery ajrents. seeking a market for their wares, circulate wild statements ahout tho profits of tha industry, and nt a time like the present, when the prices of grain arc low. It is not difficult fur them to Induce numerous persons In alinoBt every community, who have not special fitness or experience for the work, to undertake, at least in a small way, the planting of orchards or small fruits. It requires no highly cllted seer to perceive that most of these efforts will be abortive, Thefuctis, the wreck of 111 conceived fruit plantations ore strewn over all the country. Wo have no desire to sny a word that may discourage any one from enuaplne in fru't culture who wlli attempt it In a rational and business-like manner; but we would warn the Inexperienced to look on both sides of the subject, and it has two sides, one of which Is ! not the rose-coliired one that is usually painted by j newspaper writers. i Tho fruit-grower needs to have a courageous heart, I and abounding faith In his pursuit. He has numerous ! enemies with which to contend and to conquer; unfavorable seasons nro not Infrequent; numerous Insects and puristic fungi are constantly disputing possession ot his plants, Ire,sanil fruit; a general bus! ness depression, or an excrssive supply of fruit often , deprives him of all or nearly all prollis. But these difficulties are probably not greater than those utteudlng manv other pursuits.? Virk's Jfayazinc. r>,000 pi cops of assorted tinware to soil nt prices to suit-purchasers at Parker Hill's j writer & Hill are selling 11 yards of -1-11 fruit of tlic loom bli-acbUife' for ouu tlgllar. j ::~r-; -v ' ' ' ; ' < jfr 1 ir -i in ~'r The Savnnnnh Vnlley Rnllronrt. The Stockholder* of the Savannah Valley Railroad metut Lowndesvlllc on Wednesrtuy, tho 26th Inst., at eleven o'clook a. mw nnd orKoulijed by electing Mr. O. F. Tolly President, and John K. Brcazcule, P>q.. Secretary of the Convention. A large majority of the stock of the Company wns? represented, and the meel^ Ingproceeded with the consideration of the business of the Convention. President Humphreys submitted his report, which gives the status of the Company, as follows; To the Sloc.khohlert of the Savannah Valley Railroad ty?iipaivj: Oknti.f.mkn: Much b:n been done since your lust Convention thrit Is a mutter for congratulation. In OeriiJ the Inst twelve months have been tlio most eventful In the history of our enter> rise, sad while there were days or despondency and gloom, the year u|>on the whole, hns been attend d with the m -st gratifying results, nnd we meet to-day with the wellassured hope that tli? near future will witness the full frulliou of our efforts in the completion of our road. Twelve months a?n, not more than half our nvfi'lbo.l was urailed, nnd the work of grading had Just been renewed after suspension of sixteen months, and was bein$ carded on with money borrowed U|Hin the hypothecation of the tint batch of Anderson City bonds of |2.\t00. The Towiiohlpn In AbhevlPo had made a genoroui subscription of $-JJ,000 additional, but It couldlnot Ik collected until Kail, while this amount with tlie Anderson City bonds was wholly Inadequate to cum' ptote the work of grading. The Townships In Andera?n no whom we looked to supplement our resourc> a after dlllgiuit efforts on tbc part of inrmberi of your Hoard and other friends of the enterprise, declined to make any further subscription. And at this very tlmu a ?u:t Instituted by eertiln delinquent U.v-payers denying the validity of I he railroad tnx was pending before the tit/its Supreme Court, up"f whose dual result It is scarcely too much lo say, de pended the collection of so much of the Abbevllli tax as fulfill remain unpaid at the time of Its decision Hut the darkest hour is Just before the dawn, and t< dldjH't this gloom, the tax[myers of 'In AM-evllli Townships promptly came forward in the Fall ?m Jcitd the Hrsl installment of their taxes. lO.OUO tint last year, nnd Mr. C. II. MeConnlck. of Chicago, paU In bit handsome subccrlptiun of fcj.000. The citizens of Anderson City, realizing the r.eces slty of further alii to rave the road, generously niadi an nddlliotiul b inscription of S?>.')UU dollars In bonds making with her fortnvr subsc. iptlon In bonds am the f I2.Q<)0 in tuxes, a sum total of $G'2.000. The necessary legislation was promptly procured t< validate this additional subscription nnd convdl lat< the new with tlio former Issue of bonds. The bond wereS|H!edlly Issued und placed ti'xm the uiarkn', aiii were primp1 ly disposed of nt tliclr par value, i very nattering sale. With thu proceeds, tbe debt incurred lust year ti ennv on the work of grading was liquidated, und . silttk'lrnt surplus remains. we bope, with the Be com installment of the Abbeville tuxes V> complete am pav for the entire grading under our contract. With tills Increase of funds tbe force on fhe mai was Increased by seventy additional convicts, makln, the present force 124 ban Is; ami to-day there remain to bo graded about eight miles, in a single cap, JiI south of L-.wndosvllle, and al of which will be coin pleted within tlio next three months. To Increase our good fortune the Snnrcme Conr has, within the past two weeks, rendered a favorabl declS'on In our suir, tberehy makTng R.'ttalu the col lectloirof tbe delinquent L>xes In Anderson, and rc tnoilng all doubt of the coll- c Ion of the secun installment of tlio Abbeville tux due this Fall; an to rrown the whole yonr Board of Directors bav within the last two Weeks entered Into a most fa.voi able contract with Mr. W. G. Kaotil, of Savannal President of the Central System of Georgia, to lio and eq'ilp our road. This contract will bo suturdtu for your Information, find I doubt not will comman your approval. Its sallunt points are, that for named amount of stoek nnd bonds ot the road, Mi ' Ilnoul agrees to Iron the road with new heavy atc< rails, und to equip Has a ftrst-cUst road; and wbilt as a matter of prudence and pa> caution against lir " foreseen contingencies ho reserved three years I which to lay tbe track. &?., be save the poetnve tu , surnnce tbat he Would commence track-laying m i later tban the 1st of July, and expects to l>e ucros Little Ulver by the 1st ot September, when he wl be itlilu tu |iut hi* organized force niw upon the G i L. A: a. K. U. ti|i-n our road and will the.ce push to completion us rapidly a.i clicnui'tnncrs "til pel , uilt. \Ye see no rensou why the trains should n< he runatui' through to Anderson In twelve monib i and such Is our bell-!". We feel, therefore, that tho Board cm with prnprt< : ty conzmtnlate you ii|>on the bright prospect of , speedy completion of your road: anil we have onl to eXhrrSH tile hope that, having fully autitotizud tti i Hoard of Directors lo do nil that they hare June an ! enioged tod > in their contract with Mr. Kami I, th: I j'ou now promptly and cheerfulfv approve tbelr ai ; tlon and confirm the contract made by tbem. .Thei ; In iiO reasonable alt* rnatlve, In their judgement, fi > you to contldcr or dl>cu?*. [ The reports of the Treusurpr of receipts and dl bursements Tor the past twelve months, nod of tl . assets of tff? Company for future operations, and < i the Chief Engineer showing; the pr^pi-ess ?nd cond ; tion of tlio wouk, are herewith submitted for yoi ; consideration. ; ! W. W. IIumpuueys, President. J This report, together with the contrai ' made with Mr. Itaoul, was referred to a Con ' inlttee consisting of Messrs. K. 11. Murray, . " \V. Marshall, B. 11. Allen, J. W. Norils uti ' 8. C. Riley, who reportetl as follow*: To the l*reniilc)U and Stockho'dert of the & ! vaitnah Valley It'iilroad: The Committee a1 I iuiti.t.,.1 >.1 min.liLp thu ?.*...*> ..r Iho l>r..?M_n? ?r also the contract entered Into by the 3. V. It. II. si . \V. 0. llnuiil, beu leave res|iectfully to report tli . they recommend (hat the report of the President I ^ adopted, anil-that the Convetlon congratulate tl , President and Directors upon their suwes-fnl Co duct or the aff.ilrs o( the Company, and the Cor I mittee further recommend the adoption of the o comnvnylnc resolutions confirming tin- cuntract wl \Y. Cr. l.aoul. All ol whleb l* respectfully submitte I. K. li. Mcksay, Chm'n. , The following Is the resolution proposed: f "Hiving heard rend the contract entered Into 1 [' and I)-tween the President and Directors of the j. li. K Co. and Mr, W. 0 l!atiI f..r the completion ' the s). V. It. K., and believing said contract to be f < the best Interests of suld Company, nod In confon Ify with the unthorlly heretofore bestowed In tl I Board of Directors, lictolved. Jlv tne stockholders of the Sarunni Valley Uallroau Company, In Convention assemble that the said contract Iks nnd Is hereby fully approve rntltied and confirmed: and that the President m Board of Directors are fully authorized and mm|n?i ered to do ami perforin all things nee-jsary and pro or to bo done carrying out said contracts on their pat Including the issue and delivery of bunds secured I | mortgage and stock, ns provided for lu said contraci After a full verbal statement n* to the etTe I of the contract wtih Mr. Iiuoul. the report I the Committee nnd the appended resolutlui > were unanimously adopted. The report of Col. C. 8. Dwlght, Chief Ei glneor, was read and rccelvcd vs Infonuallu The roport of Mr. W. S. Llgon, Treasure was submitted and refeircd to a Coiiuiiitti consisting of Messrs. T. A. Hherard, J. j Moseley nnd J. ii. Kiuniy, whose report wi J adopted as follows: , We have examined tho within report and von lie 1 and llud them correct. Tiios. A. Siirbakd, ; Chairman of Coin. The Convention then proceeded to the o!?' ' lion of oftlcers for the ensuing yeur, and tl , following wero unanimously elected, the Prt 1 Ident of the Convention ciislluz the utmn J i mous vote for them; W. \V. Humphrey 1' President. Directors?B. F. Wlutner.S. Blec 8: ley. J. M. Latimer, S. J. Hester, J. A. Glliei 4! P. K. McCully, J. IS*. Brown, \V. U. Wiitso " T. J. Heater. B * 1 0 BEE CULTURE. 5 t 7 Alighting BoArd* and Height o b NtmidM from tlic Ground. j Enteaprisc and Mountaineer. 1 My first Ihjcs wore kept In what tv? now term t . old box-hlve; anil It wus thonuht then the higher fn e ; tlie if I omul they were placed the bettor tin: bees con *| (ret l:i mid the bettor the worms could bo kept out. > | mhs advised to put llie lilves in the g dile end of t B house a* n eure protection against worms. I did i !. | nnd In about six months my bees were almost destri " i ed by worms. 1 then learned that the g.ound Is t r ( pmpcr place nud tne nearer the better. *| Any oiiu can learn tlmt it Is host to lmve the 111 R i (or stand) near the ground by observing a strung c;> <i ny at wmk In the busy season. Tliev come in hear S laden, and if the s and is high they have tr> drop the ground and rest awhile Ijufore flj lug up to ih<- f trance. It the staMl Is low they almost Instant crawl In. I think It best to have the stand about fn ' Inches abore groutid on two bricks ?r short blocks wood, and then II the bees cannot fly directly in th can soon crawl in. I often Incline a bit of plank frc the hive to the ground , but a (letter wny Is to heap i saw-dust or clean s.imi around the l??tt..iii of the hi\ " By this means tie bees almost instantly crawl in, ai . thus escape their enemies the toads which are ev ready to devour thetn. The bee kee|wr must hewn B of toads. I often take them to my watet melon pat where iliey are useful. They will stay If Some Injur are laid about for thetu to shelter under. I will now say something about artificial 6warnitti f as this is the season for it. 1 like the plan if one * sure he can attend to them ns soon as they are reai to swaitn naturally. This can be ascertained by fr * j quently olisi-rving tlieqnccn cell*, lr in>y arc two 1 j ready to be cnppol over, or some already capped. th< 1, arr ready to divide. If you have plenty of einp * comb* ami a queen or queen cull* you can easily innl " an artificial swarm. Move some strong colony a fe 1 I rods u way and place In lis stead a new lilve contnlnli I empty combs?or better, a fraui" or two of batclili i! brood taken from an old blve. if you tako a frati > from an old lure, be ccrtnln to leave the qne?n, for * you do not, m"8t of the bcos will return to the o I stand. I divide a colony as nearly equally as I cn 1 At the time of division a great many workers will I ' out id (he field, so you must ca^'e the q-ieen or qnee . cell for two or three days so that the returning b?i " will not kill her. When they become friendly releai | her. When th?y arc friendly they will crawl quiet! | over thu frame, and pometlmes they will feed hi thron^'h the bars of the rage. You can mike ?w?ru 1 without queens or queen-cells II you do not desire I ' Italianize, anil the colony you propose to divide ougl I to have queen-cells started before dividing. I could say more, but feur I miy c >nsume too utile 1 space. I will gay something in uiy next about Aniri in Iters, J. 1). Cooper. Travelers Rest, May ls% 1SS5. Rev. Nnm Jone*. Tlinnk Ood for affliction. A innn that ha not known affliction Is not. reliable. Trouble, trouble! Thank Uod for tronblf When u religious innn gels Into trouble I menns something. I have been In the fir Hoinellines Mil I thought I would burn u) The bcs>t wontnn In this town la the womn who hits wndod through trouble that an mi gel's heart could not have endured. A1I1W lion mellows us and Rives us sympauiv m the litunan kliul. God pity hlin who has n< sympathy In Ills heart. Sympathy ain't 01 the market. It is born In the deepest, tronbl and anguish in this lire. Ktidurc affliction* When Uod wants to strike us with affliction let us not run, but stand and fake 'em. II sends'em wisely. I know that when I net t Heaven it will have to come through allllc tlon. Hence. I say, Father take my liain und I will follow where thou leade.-t. I like a religion Hint goes all around j man and all through him. What Nasli vllle people want Is a revival of honesty, li honest and pay your debts. Tlierc'* too man; men In the church boarding with their wiveWe've got no character in the church. <Ii down and talk your Methodism toamcrclinn aud he'll tell you that If you want goods 01 a credit your Methodism ain't worth a cen on the dollar. If you go and ask a merehan for credit and tell hliu you're a lVesbyterlai he'll say come back here and look at tin Presbyterian names on my boobs and you'l seo why I nm forced to draw the line on Pros bylerlans. They arc Just ruining me. Nex to the meanest man in the world Is the man who won't pay his debts. Hut the menncsl man Is that old money sharp, with long ole bills and teeth like an alligator, that pushes a poor debtor to the wall and crushes t he lift out of him and never leaves a greasy spot Talk about an honest man starving to death ; tlievwon'tsUirvc. Uod will feed an honest man, if he has to put the angels on half ra tlon h. I want to have all the States aboMsh their bankrupt laws and homestead laws, and the like. 'Phn Atilu tMnrr thnf I'll f>lYP trtkf* tllf* linniP stead on Is my religion, and I wouldn't homestead thut If I cotilil do without Hi rvegotnocontldenceln nny man's lnteg rtty that ignores lils maker. I'd rather tell my children on my deathbed to go and l'.vo as their father had lived than to leave them all the wealth of the Kothsebilds and Vanderbilts. A good man don't die, he passes a way. Illsjnst that way, and you're telling the thing straight now; the old eluireh has been gravitating downward and backward so lone that she's so low down now that the world would back water on them, and they can't ditch It oil. This thins of failing to pay your debts is.n terrible thing. (!o-l pity a man that'll ride in a 8300carriage and see bis poor creditor walking along. <>'od pity a man who'l board with his wile In a S-Vi.iM) boarding house and he owing a bill to some poor worn out woman who Is dying from poverty. My (Jod, If you've got any such men in this church, disgorge, disgorge. Wc want men to pay their debts. Never so cheap before Xo.Smackeral In 1 i barrels for one dollar and (Illy cents each at Parker & Hill's. 20 yards of good calica for one dollar at Parker.*: Hill's. Kmbroiderlcs. The prettiest and cheapest line of lawn and bamburg edgings to be found at U. M. Haddoc it t'o's. Look ai our "town talk" corsctonly Wernts. It, 31, Uiuidon i.V I'y, $10 000 in Dry Good?^| 1 B Slaughtered for the Benefit of the Tn^H MURDER I MURDER I H IS TIIE CRY OF COMPETITION, BUT TIIE GOODS WERE BOUOTIT CHEAPJ^^H money must be raised. 15 telllnir blows Mraek at the heart of competition. - _JH| BliOW 1?JV'OOynrds Figured Lawns %'<i worth 0%e. BI.O\V 2?o00yards beautiful .Spring Cull roc*<%<\ worth fl'/ic. r . . BlA>\V 8?1,500 yuriJs Bleached Cotton (best rmiue) 7"4o. worth 10c. BLOW 4?000 yards Bleachcd Cotton Site, worth QyL H BLOW 5?1 stark Sea Island Cotton %c. worth 6c BI.OW 6?10 Dozen Good Handkerchief* '1%fa, worth 10c. ~|^MH BLOW 7?1% inlleu nil klnus ijici'h->jc. to r?r ynru. BLOW 8?K) Dozen fient* h 11 Linen Collars V/p. worth 20c. BLOW 9?oOO Pitlm Leaf Fans lc. each. BLOW 10?30 Ir.cti While Lawns 6'4c. worth 10c. UM ' BLOW 11?10 Inch White Lawns 10c. worth 2ftc. BLOW 12?1 Case Ladles New Port Button Shoe* 7.V, worth 81.80. BLOW i:??1 Case Gents Hand Mewed (warranted) Shoes ?3,7j worth 95.00. . " BI.OW 11?V4 miles Embroidery 3c to &.W. BLOW 15?50 Dozen Pair Iloee 5c. to 75c. ? SPECIALTIES. MB For tho benefit of the Indies. I have bought ibe flnevt stock of Spring Dre*s Ma' ' seen In,the Coimiy. Beautiful line Sateens, nil shades In 8ammer8lii Oc. per f Dress Silks 50c., 75c., SI.00 up. Black Cashmere 36 to t5 Inch 25c. to$1.00. Unlln 1 White Goods, embracing Llnon D'lnde, Victoria Lawns, RosalieStripes, Ejryptlnn f dla Mull, Persian I-iwn, Nainsooks, ?fcc. Embroidered IUibes fnewest dress matcrlar^^^^^l 1 to 812.00. Oriental, Kscuria), Vailenelnes, Torehon, Spanish, Egyptian, aud all Othet^^^B Laces iu endless variety, ladles Flue Shoes and Slippers from 75c. io HQ0. MILLINERY. B 1 The finest line in the State. This department Is In chnrge of 11188 MITIB, of BflltlmoH ? lady whose taste has brought forth the mo?t extravagant pmlsc from tbooo who hiivtf^lBfl L, the line of New American and Parisian novelties in HaUand Bonnet*, which are belng^^^fl , ou exhibition. The public arc invited to visit our Emporium. J. W. PAINE, THE ATJOXTSTA^TOS%rflH Manager. Greenwood, S. (SI J P. S.?r adios from Hodge?, C'>kcsbary, Dmwlds, Due West and AhbeTllle. on the C. Jk It., aud Troy, McCormli-k, Bradley and Verderjr, ou the A. k K. II. R,oud Waterloo and^^HI ,> onuen, on the G., LAS. It. 11. will have ample time betweeu tr .Ins to do tbetr abopplngfl^H return home same day. Special attention given to orders. All orders over 81*00 * of charge. I April V, Speed k Neuffel DRUGGISTS. S;ffH _ . n T7EKP CONSTANTLY ON HAND A FULL AND WELL SELECTED STOCK OF riflM j. 1\ DRUGS, CHEMICALS, etc..etc. All the l?t?;*tHnd popnlnr lines of , KNT AND PROPRIETARY MEDICI Nits. H ERBlNKi the bent Liver Medicine, aflHI i Dyspepsia. For mi In only by ti*. Try our BLACKBERRY CORDIAL for Summer ,1 and our COMPOUND SY RUP 8ARSAPARILLA with IODIDE PCTASM for the ! BED BUG POISON, the no?t. convenient wh.vof destroying llime Uwectn DIAMONDD^^H i7 nil tlientnple and fashionable colors. A fall line of frANl'Y GOODS. TO I LOT ARTIC^^^fl (STATION A HY, etc.. etc The best bran tlx of CIGA RS. TOBACCO AND CIGAR ETTO^HBI complete sfx k of WHITE LEADS, PAINTS. 01IX. VARNISHES. ETC, ETC. P^^H ' I BRUSHES, WINDOW GLASS, GOLDEN MACHINE Oil*' We sell the cclebrotod ' Bros. PREPARED PAINT, the beat In the market. Special attention paid totho. ' [Prescription Department. jj^H ?l rhyslclnn'sprefiorlpllonB and Family Recipes filled nt all honr* of dny and night bjr rleuced and conipeteul hands. Orders by hand or mall promptly attended to. SPEED 6 NEUFFEmI April 20, 1S?5, tf Will sell the following goods at ;i|BI j NEW YORK COST for Casfl ? Ready-Made Winter Clothing. Flannel Underwear* f JB nel Dress Goods and Dark Calicoes. THE following will h? *nfd?t tho lowc*f ppIcmi: BLEACHED. BROWN and HOMEHI'UNS, JEANS AND CA8SIMER8, BOOTH AND HHOES, and *11 other jjMH ?y CUNNINGHAM ?C TEMPLETON hnve ? store full of nil kinds of food*. Give thl V. call. As cheap as the cheapest and as good as the best. ^Feb.25, |j A. E. ROGERS.lJ iioui nil iiiiiii is I TlTT A T T?T? T"TST 1^9 !?! 11111n1.lL mi % Hams, Lard, Sugar, Coffee, Molasses and Soap. flB 8- bH i- ,v.> . m k, T AM SELLING THE ABOVE GOODS FOR St'OT CASH ?nd CASH k-1 1 I will imikc It to the Interest or All CASH buyers U> buy their yornla from me. Bellf^H t, i that LOW CAHII price* will lie npprccliited by the trade and tlint It will bo taiour ma^B n, I interest to sell only Tor .SPOT CASH. I linvc inlopted t hin rule nud will not break them^^B tier nn.v consideration. SPOT CASH or no go will he onr motto. H Wo thunk our friends aud customers for past ravors and promise lower price* than ere^^H THE ABBEVILLE WHOLESALE 1 f ' IT H C1? ISim fjj ewurug MOW 1 (VTBMR i nun 1 ^1 r* TTave ?P?nP(1 n new and elojnwtb' fitted np J>RUG STORE on the Marshall IIo^H 7* I I Corner, timler the Prrx* antf Jiatmer office, and aro now receiving and will conllnuc^^l ; recelvc till their stock is complete u full line of jJJ 1 Drugs, medicines, Chemicals, Dye Staffs, &fl J. Also, nil the popnlnr PATENT MEDICINES kept In a first-class Drug Store, all of which ut warrant to lie fresh and nooil. -y \V<! also oflcr a well selected stock of FANCY GOODS, consisting of w Colognes, Foreign and Domestic, Handkerchief E^tracH * in great variety, Handsome Vases, Lamps, &c. H i3 Onr line of HlirSHKS AND SOAPS l? simply complete. Every vnrlety of HAIR, TOO^Hj if NAIL, FLESH, SHAVING AND SHOE BRUSH SOAPS from tlie finest toilet to tUccht^H January 28, 1SS5, tf flfl >v *i i ???J| mnniiin it_nnrrmin i it' fl i ill Ml AS l(]liLlflUillV,| r ? Hfl THOMAS McGETTIGAN having sold out llie CENTENNIAL HOUSE and e?tahIlFh?flH First Class Trade at the Norwood Brotbor's Old Stand on Wa*hlnj{too Street, dciros^H call public attention to the SUPERIOR QUALITY of blM FINE OLD LIQUORS boflen^H s by age, and used as a Boavcrajre and Family Medicine. It la manufactured from cureful^H Melerted Mult, Is absolutely PURE, and It Is hit-lily recommended by medical ,, TONIC and as a INVIGORATING HEALTH SUSTAINING and STRENGTH GIVil^H ?' BEVERAGE It Is unexcelled, und only to be bad at the PALMETTO SALOON. H The proprietor has on hand a Fine Stock of MILWAUKEE STEAM lii'KR also f COOL TIVOLI BEER at only 15 cents a bottle. n COOL TKM PERATE DRINKS put up iu First Class Stylo to suit tbe trade at the leadl^H saloon of tlic up-country. HD Give Tom a Call at the old 9 PALMETTO SALOON' 1 ? MILK PUNCH, and other Temperance Drinks, fl j May 14th, 1SS1. B.F.SMITH, I A T) DT^TT TT T T? CI P H X\. JL) J?> ili V JLXJ.UXiij 10. v-/?? n [ Is now prepared to furnish all kinds of Rough or Dreul ed Lumber, and is ready to fill all orders for Carpentefl Work of any kind, at the very shortest notice and at thfl most reasonable prices. H June 1"?, 1881, tf Bj llllill IITHlSi TUMI I ARE >o. Bj now prepared to exhibit an elegant stock of; Under the - H SPRING & SUMMER; New HoteB i GOODS. 111 ...J | | new rail uoocu ! AM departments lire lull,nml persons in! . I want of any article, have only to call lor It j Or I nu.I be (tupplied. In regard to prices, a great- many poous arc i # I nowsold below the cosl of production. .. T.A1I7 PnrOfi j Satisfaction guaranteed. I,et every one call i W X iivvO land sec for himself. j WHITE BROTHERS, j - ^7 Vacuum Harness Oil. ~| QDARLES & THOMAS I I riiO Keep your harness soft, and make them A"K"U^?-r;n^ O I 1 wear well, you must get some, for sale in -?\- D DG VlllGj GS | half-pints, pints aiid iimirls hy Kent '>i"tssi k I l?cc. 17, I SSI, If 'illOS. 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