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. . .. BYJStJGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1885. VOLUME XXX. NO. 23, / |j| ^ THE PROHIBITION HBBHOHJ * I $HE HOUSE REFUSES TO PASS THE BILL 1 ALLOWING ABBEVILLE TO VOTE ON IT, j Mr. Parker Mnkest an Able and Ear-' nest Speech In Uh Favor Mr. rnydon Makes a Strong Speech Against it, Which is Forcible and ; Effective?Mr. Blake, Mr. Itradley j and Mr. llcuiphill, Support Mr. Parker. Register and Xacs and Courier. iVvsTi.vY. Dee. 1 ?All matters were over shadowed yesterday by the discussion of the j Abbeville prohibition bill. It was known; that the tight would b< gin easiy in the day, | *nd the friends and adversaries of the hiphs- : ure were present in lull force. The debate was one of Ute most interesting heard on the floor of Uic Houst' this session. , Air. Parker, of Abbeville, called for the special order at 12.30 o'clock. Tills was a bill to t provide for Hie submission to the qua itied | electors of Abbeville county of the question of "Licence" or **Xo License" In the incorporated towns and villages in said county at 1 n special election. Mr. J. Ancrum Simons, of Charleston, one , of the most pronounced anti-prohibitionists : in the House, moved sin amendment so that the biJI shouid include the Oounty sf Oconee* Sir. Doyle, of Oconee, moved to table this amendment which was clone in u most uucidod manner: Mr. Simons then suggested another amend- I ment, providing that the bill shall apply to every county in tlie State, and in supporting ihat proposition said that while we now have In South Carolina a good general law on the subject, yet if Abbeville was to be granted the privilege asked for in this bill, he did not see why the other counties should not be: granted the same rights. He did not see the! justice of singling out that one county, lie thought all the others ought to have the same <hance. Mr. Simons'object in urging these amendments was so apparaut that the House very promptly and emphatically ta-1 Ll'*ii them. I Mr. Kennedy, another vehement opponent I to prohibition, ottered an amendment provHing that none of the expenses incurred in said election shall be borne by the towns or villa-res. "My intention in making this proposition," said he, "is to require these temperance people to pay the tiddler. Jf they are ' anxious to hold this election they should pay the expenses themselves." 2Vot to be Killed by Fllllbusterinff. ( Mr. Parker: "It is apparent that this bill is ] one of too great importance to be killed by ! J li111 buttering tactics on the part of those who j J ?j?p(*eit.??d I move to lay the amendment on the table.'' Adopted. ; Mr. Gr?y<!on Moves to KiS! the 1 Mr. Graydnn moved to strike out the enact- i in? words of the bill and in support ot that j, *1 v r. > namnct eMor?>li 111' ivinsillplil. IHU4 i\M< ijiauu nil WIMVOV Oj/vvv.. Lie length. fie said he was opposed to ail this class legislation. It is wrong in principle nnd wrong in policy. In the county of Abbeville t.'icre were only three places In which liquor was allowed lo be sold?Abbeville, Hodges and Troy. But now no liquor can be sold in Troy because the people of that place desired the business to be stopiK-d. He was in favor of prohibition in Hodges because a Ia'ge majority of the residents are opposed to whiskey. .But in the town of Abbeville it is different. There a large majority are in favor of granting liquor license*. The town charter grants this privilege. The injustice of this bill to- J ward the people of the town is manifest when it is seen how the county peopic can vote for the business to be stopped in a town, while a great majority of its inhabitants may be in favor of granting licenses. There is absolutely no necessity of forcing a uo-license law npon Abbeville. Everything Ihcw runs along as smoothly und quietly as it would be possible even under the most 1 stringent prohibitory laws. We have very e strict law^ iu town ag*iiu-t drunkenenness, J an i punish offenders. One or the most po- 1 tent, arguments Is that prohibition don't pro- ^ hibit Look at the towns of Greenwood and x'in?ir.uiv r.i h.ojo ?ln/t->< t.'iov hn.vfi slriet. iarOt J"OIA, 4IIV.4V1W |/It?vv vy nnti-liquor laws, but how arc they cnforccd? In these places all the liquor one wants can be gat from the- drusj stores even without a physician's certificate. Experience shows that wherever prohibition has been tried in SJ Mouth Carolina it has proved a failure. Mr. 1 Gmydon here quoted from a raven port newspaper. showing how prohibition had resulted as a failure in the State of Iowa. lie commont?d upon the statistics and deduced the J ronciusion th it if tlie anti-whiskey statutes } are inoperative in Iowa they will be equally 1 ineffective in South Carolina. He opposed the . bill for the additional and weighty reason that, in his opinion, thi* liquor question will j So the near future be injected into politics and ' embarrass the Democratic party. "I hope,"' ; c mtinued lie, "that we will never see enacted * in South Carolina similar scenes to those widen occurred in Atlanta la>t week. If the * white people in South Carolin-i should be- [ <o?>e divided on the temperance question the i .t. iii fhr.ii huld thp hnlnntre of oower. i Jt is said that this is r local measure, but it is one which affects the whole State. I don't want to see the excitement which such an flection will create in Abbeville county. My Idea is that those who favor legislative prohi- ; Htioit make this error?they say that whiskey drinking is a bad thing. We admit it. They say that drunkenness is a terrible tiling. "We acknowledge this. They say that the drunkard could not get drunk if whi-key was not allowed to besold in his reach. They then declare that it is wrong in trie Legislature to tirant the right to sell whiskey, it only regulates its sale and deprives certain persons of the privilege of dealing in it We do not want tiny more legislation on the subject. We have Justus many laws as we want. The sale of spirituous liquors is now prohibited everywhere In the state except in the incorporated villages and towns. It seems to me that the Stale goes too far In passing these liquor laws. These legislative attempts to regulate the morals of the people are foolish and unjust, ?md I am utterly oppose to them. I object to the State enacting these laws for the regulation of the people, i am not in favor of the State treating all the people hs if they were children. Th'.s paternal legislation I condemn. I am in favor of temperance and will po as far as any member of this House in find- j ing a remedy lor the evil, but this Is not my way of reaching it. If this thing could be accomplished without interfering with the rights of citizens I would be in favor of it.. It is for these reasons and others I could give which would induce me to urge the rejection of this bill. I don't believe this measure is in the true interest of temperance. There is a danger of reaction, when matters will be worse than before." Mr. W. H. Parker, of Abbeville, in whoso ' charge the bill was given by the petitioners of of his county, was about to begin a reply to Mr. Gray don, when thi Sergeant-at-Arms , interrupted him by announcing that the Sen ate was waiting iu uc auumnu. ( Btr. Parker Makes a Powerful Plea 1 for the Bill. i As soon a? the Senate withdrew Mr. Parker ( look the floor and made a powerful plea for (the bill under consideration. He said that by j j ? peculiar concatenation of circumstances lie , liad been deputed to champion this measure, |, and had been placed'in the position by one of j tiie journals of engineering the prohibition cause In the House. While not strictly a prohibitionist in practice, yet lie win placed in charge of a very important prohibition measure. In beginning an argument in favor of the pending bill uc would not, he.said, devote himself to describing the evils of intempcr [ ance. It is only necessary to take up any i! newspaper of the day to lind illustrations by j j the column. The eviis of intemperance are loo well known to require comment. The ' wisest of all men said: "Look not upon tlie j J wine when it is rtd." If he was living to-d-iy tie would say : "Tread not the path to the barroom." We do not come here to argue any ar- ' bitrary, harsh or unjust legislation on the subject of liquor selling, but for something to ; prot'-ct society from a curse. We a-k that , this largely and respectably siirne.l petition l?e heeded. This petition contains only the 1 names of substantial, respectable citizens. We did not KCt the signatures of the negroes or the ladies and children. The best and staunchest men at every voting precinct have signed this petition,asking that they be given ' ...ill ... ,i.? sin opportunity 01 expressing men ?m ?v uic polls on the license question. This is a voice from the county of Abbeville, asking some tiling for Abbeville alone. Jt i.- a 1<> cal measure. The speaker who opposed | Ihe bill ur-((fl this point as an objection to the passage of the law, hut it is in j reality something in its favor. We only ask that, you will allow us to test this qaes-i tion for ourselves in Abbeville, if it should1 go against us we would cheerfully submit to! the decision of the majority, but if it should be; determined for us then we would see that the laws be enforced. We are informed that it would be a dangerous precedent to enact this law. There is a danger of a political disruption. But Marion, Marlboro. Oconee and other counties have tested il and there was no disruption there in the Democratic party. Is it unjust or unreasonable for us to come here j in behalf of the petitioners and ask the Letiis-1 jaturc to alibrd u.s an opportunity of lawfully testiiigthesen.se of the liquor advocates and j tlio auti-whiskey cleineut in our own county ? j We nre met with the old objection that prohi- o hition don't prohibit. Jl is true that it does e notannihiliato li(|Uor; but wiiereevcr prohi-[a bition laws are passed and they arc rjgidly! b enforced prohibition docs prohibit. We have ! ii in Abbeville a good city government, I con-Jci less. It is as peaceful, orderly a place as there j v is in the State on private days. Hut. on puh-jtl lie occasions it is entirely different. Then I it people come in from the country and All the j w bar-rooms. Usually one town marshal can : e< preserve order in Abbeville without any difli-| j;i eulty, but on public days it takes nearly halt i pj a dozen constables to keep the peace. Then j p may be seen the sad spectacle of respectable t? men who had given way to temptation, taken in by the collar to the guard house. This is p! onomrh to make the friends of temperance do d something to cure the evil. On the calendar c< of this House the bill now before us has been to Tho ntniminntc f,. ltir llll' J?IM. IVH Itl- II1UIIUI.I, A l.v U('|<iruv..iu( tv of the bill have had ample time to make their c( case and present counter-petitions. It is true n that drug stores in dry towns do violate tlicidi laws by selling liquor on the bof?us certificate tl of physicians.but I hope the time will soon ? come when examples will be made of these h; violators of the law. In my county we con-j si victed one of these druggists and be was put t< in jail. Others will soon come to judgment, ot Towns that have been for the past l wo years hi dry are unwilling for the laws attectinsr them lit to be changed. Without doing any violence ei to public sentiment., without depriving any- L body of his alienable ri-rhts, the tramp of the tl urmy of prohibitionists is heard marching n< through the State. Ninety-two municipal!- n lies in South Carolina are now dry. I don't al see how any intelligent person can object to p< the passage of this bill. ni ^ Pi December 2,1^3. In anticipation of the renewal of the prohi- ?y tiition debate there was a very large attendvnee of members and a good sprinkling of vis itors in the House yesterday. The morning :?our passed without any noteworthy occur- .1. -nee. There were, of course, the daily routine . :ominittee reports, introduction of original fll natters, disposition of tneasntes coming over r. 'rom the Senate and such like procr ctlings, t<" jut nothing whatever of public interest'level- . >ped itself. When, therefore, the Speaker an- ..j lounced that tlie further discussion of the Ab- = jeviile anti-liquor license bill was in order, an ... mini.! ted forensic battle wns looked for. j. Strange to say, however, nobody rose to his = ect to'either defend or condemn the measure, ind the question was put: "Shall the enact- f n? words of tne bill be stricken out?*' Mr. ? iraydons'motion to strikeout the enactlnjr ,vords w;is lo-t?yeas 51, nays CI. The vote ,Vas as follows. h T rise Vole on Sir. Gray?lon*s Motion t? Kill the Kill. Yeas?Messrs. Aldrich, Ancrnm, Baker, Bax- a er. BecUh;mi, Bellinger, Boyle, Brawley, tv firown, U. W., Burke, Cumlin. Chandler, Cly- to jurn. L. L., Cooper, Dennis, Farrow, Fteken, di ioiizalt'z, Graydon, Hutson,Kennedy. Jiacus- ta cer, Mason, Massey, B. H., Meats, Muldrow, |< UcCrady. McIImrh, McKevn, McKis8ick. Mo- iJ U:i?ter, Ne!son, Pope, Kay, Raysor, Riddle, ,n "acker, fclmir.pcrf, Reglcr, Simmons, a., w Simpson. Smith, Spencer, I. imer, WilHiuns, rv IVilson, Slanyarne, Wilson, W. 15., Wither- p< spoon. Woodward, Youuiuus and tho Speak- b; fi'?Total. 51. in Nays?Messrs. AI ford, Ansel, Blake, Blue, A Uig^s, Bowen, Bradley, Bramlette, Brie, i0 3rooker, Brown, W. A., Browning.Clinkscales, ui Jlyburn, W. A., Dantzler, Davie, Dinklns, th [)ouglass, Doyle, Faddy, Folk, Fox, Gibson," di Juignard, J. S., Guignard, J. G., Hardy, si lemphill. Henderson, Hickman, Hill, .Tones, si Ivearse, Kinney, Lay, Lyles, Maher, Mason. Uassey, J. II.. Mik II, Mitciieil, Moekbee, Me- M ver, O'Bryan, I'adgctt, Parker, Pettigrew, !?eady. Rice, Richardson, E. D., Richardson, I. 15., Robinson, Rutland. Scudday.Shenpard, >anatL Tarrant, Thompson, Watson, What- n< on. Wlmborly?Total fit. II Absent or not voting?Messrs. Blaekwell, pi Donaldson, Free, Ilaskcll, Ilaselden, Hough, JS/je, J. Ant-rum Simons, Simon ton, Turner, fa iVaiker?Total II. oi The CSose Tote. J?,1, This vote, although a little closer than the *' emperance forces expected. was satisfactorily {V tmphalic, and tlicy did not apprehend any rouble in passing the bill. In these calcula- 111 ions they erred, as will be seen turther on. cr 4j' Junniii? Taciics of the EuciaicM oS" the Bill. Mr. Sianyame Wiison of Spartanburg re lewed the cunning tanlcs employed ycxierlay by tiieememies ol the bill, lie suggested in amendment, which, if adopted, would crip- fU tie ttie measure and render it, almost useless, jj The amendment was &s follows: it "if a innjority or the electors vote In favor jn ?f license it shall be lawful for the town coun- t,li iis of the said c ities, towns and villages, and cs hey arc hereby required, to grant licenses for e,l he Mtle of liquors." jn In support of his amendment and against nt he bill he proceeded to speak with his aecus- Ul omed fervor. lie professed to be earne-t y jn n favor of enacting a good, expedient law jn vliieh does not injure the body politie nor in- f0 riuire on the rigiits of individuals. "Wnile I im thus disposed," said he, "to do anything m hat is right and proper for the causc of tern- jn )erance, yet I am not willing to enact so 1111ust and sweeping a law as is now proposed. urhere is nothing fair about this scheme. It is fli t veritable "heads I win, tails you lose" game, tp t, too, is an exceedingly dangerous measure. >t us not Introduce a factor into our polities ft.j vliich will be perennial, which wi.l never die. t will be a perpetual source of danger. The i,. idvocates of tiie measure, I admit, are actual d by enthusiasm. There is. however, auoth- 31 r equally as powerful, that of desperation. I'lie inevitable tendency of this class legisla ion, which must of necessity bear unjustly 11 some part of the community, is to x-ngen- th ler distrust of and dissatisfaction with the ui lominant party. The result will be that these te lasses of men who regard themselves as legis- II ated against and unjustly dealt with will rise pi n their desperation and ally themselves with F<; oine other political organization. Whatever pi roti may say about the equity of thismeasire, these men will believe that they have jeen unjustly treated. There are men today vho believe that this law is like the one which vas written in blood. 1 am in favor ot rebrm moral reform?but every evil cannot be ti> egislated upon. Intumperauee is not the on- tli v'evil we are suffering with. Thcie arc other! hi ;viIs. I nm not in favor of Jeopardizing the? j m .11 (crests of the Democratic party by passing! m such sweeping legislation. Must the govern- jm ment of South Carolina be endangered be- in ause of this crying evil? I am not prepared w ,o say that South Carolina shall take into her p< lands thjft which she cannot control. Let the w lesperation ot these people among whom we ire"now legislating be aroused and tliey will M "ise with red banners and march against our rovernment. I do not know what the sentinent on this question Ik in Abbeville, but I do know that-it will be doing them a great injus- tl ice to iorce this law upon them. m 5Ir. Scsulitay I>oe? Not See Any Ilnrin "j in the Bill. in Mr. Scudday said that he thought the gen[lemon who had ollercd the aniendment had C( lone so thoughtlessly. He was surprised, lie, |}, >aid, to find the gentleman resorting to this method to defeat the hill, alter the question of 0j striking out the enacting words. He could not understand how any one can assert that ihe proposed measure will in any way interfere with the rights of the pro-liquor men. .. tie moved that the amendment be tabled; v. but, Mr. J. Ancrum Simons of Charleston, in- .. Heating a wish to say something, courteously 11 withdrew the motion, so that the bill could be j turincr uiscusseu. 0| Mr. Simons JJaltes an Ingenious Ar- ^ &iiment Against Prohibition. cl Mr. Sirr.ons took sharp issue with Mr. Send- w .lay and made a very ingenious argument igainst prohibition in general and the ponding measure in particular. lie emphasized 31 tin* points which yesterday were touched up:>n by Mr. Uraydoo, touching the injustice of class legislation, and wound up by saying: What right has anybody to say that T, living 4.\ in Abbeville county and being in favor of !i- n censing the sale o:'liquor, and being a tux jj payer of said county, what right, I say, has ; t, itny one to stifle my voice and enact a law tl which is directly against my interests?" j 11 This is the argument wiiich any citizen of the. <> county can urge against the passage of the bill. The Evils of Intemperance Have Xotliin^' to ?!<> wiili this Rill?It is' jj Simply to CSivo the People the ei Iii?ht to Vote oat 5t. I j; Mr. Hemphill made a two-minutes' ppooeh d in support of tiie bill, and said the evilsof intemperance had nothing to do with this bill, y, II simply sought to give the people the right 'N to vote upon the question. He laid great stress ^ upon the fact that no petitions had been sent ^ Here again*! me uiu. uis wmu.s ciirm.u weight with them. h" c Jlr. '?}?,>Iiw<?r Slrqufsts (Isat the I*eo- ti I>l<i of Abbeville <'o:iuty Altvad to Their Own iitisiness. ! j) Colonel F. \V. MeMa.?ter next obtained the h lloor and made a brief but logical and prespi- e ciious argument against the bill. A eonsis-1]: tent, advocate of temperanee in all tilings, lie I; could not consent. to furthering what lie con- d ceivtsJ to be intemperate legislation The J evils of intemperance must be eliminated; A from this debate, as they who advocate and g ppose the bill arc allko cognizant, of these Ii vlls and in common deprecate them. The I 8 ruumont advanced by the proponents of the! n ill that over one thousand men in Abbeville ! \ nve signed the petition asking for this spe-j. al election is really an argument in our fa- * or, for the greater portion of the people of lateounty do not express their opinions, and is to be presumed that they are satisfied it h tt>e existing statutes relative to the Ii-jl1 msing ot the liquor business. This general I i\v which is now in force allows the munici- r< tlities to control absolutely the traffic while ? roll i hi ting the sale of liquors outside the T >\vns and villages. It. is the deliberate opin- A id of the best and the wisest temperance s' hilosophcrs. who have held conventions to n iscuss this question, that the best method of g mtrolling the giant evil of intemperance is o ? maintain high licenses. This policy con- v ni plates the increase of revenue from the 11msed liquor sellers and the decrease of the n umber of bar-rooms. While having the w i-epest sympathy with all moral agencies? t' ie pillpir, Tile press u:m im* iraum iumwui; -yet when they seek to influence prohibition * y legislation they usurp the province of the ? Late, and the injury.done is prent. The in- c; rfercnce of one body of the people with anher is the fruitful source of war, revolution id feuds, which devastate a count ry. It has ;cn the cry of the South that the interferice of New Knaland caused ail our sorrows. et the families in Abbeville county outside CJ ip towns attend to their own business and 11 ?t interfere with the inhabitants of those uinicipalities. The towns have the right to low the sale of liquor and also to adopt such dice regulations as will suppress drunken- n i>ss. Let the Abbeville towns pursue the cl Ian in vogue in Columbia, and when an of- it nder is drunk fine him $10 or ten davs in t( il. This will soon break up drunkenness. c< he Prohibition Law has Benefitted Chester County. ti Mr. Davie said that, he did not expect to be jj, r.iggod into this debate; but, representing a ' >unty which is entirely dry. lie deemed it. his 0, lty to give the members of t lie House the S| Mt'uflt of such information as is drawn from jr ic experience of Chester coi nty. He pro- ? odod to show liow the law has benefitted s county, and adduced some very Interest- (< is facts to sustain the position taken by the j, ivnentes ol the bill. Although not a prohi- C( tionist himself, said he,yet he was heartily j, i favor of enact ing this law. Mr. Davie's argument was eminently force- y 1 and practical and it. had considerable eight with those who were disposed to doubt. hether the sumptuary laws have wrought )od in the counties of Chester and York. ~ lie egro n?<l the Whiskoy Question May Get Mixed. The next speaker was Mr. James Aldrich, of iken. who argued with his accustomed nbiliagainst enacting the law. His points el us- * red around the general proposition that Cl nvzer lurks in liquor question. Jle mainined that to further tamper with this whis- ()' i* question is to invite disruption of the 11 emocratlc party. He described how this vv sorgajiization might come. When the)" iiit'j voters of the State divide upon this is- ^ ic, the be^t people on one J-'.ch and the best jp ?ople oil tli? othvr side, who will h-.'Ul ilunoe of power, who will wield the eon trull- 11 ar influence? The nearoes of the State. Mr. idrich said t hat he had the warmest regard " r the advocates of these prohibition meas- & on. but lie felt impelled to warn them and \ ... ? , tlllu II 10 legislators IHJl 10 pnicitu iuihki ... v...- , red ion. He coulrl foresee how harm would K ire'.y ome to the Democratic party and tin- ^ :atc if this liquor question shall be pressed. ^ r. Bellinger Thinks* Prohibition a p Failure in Barnwell. Mr. Bellinger, of Barnwell, said that ho had ol >t intended tosay a word about this bill. ' e felt it bis duty to say to the House that d ohibition had tiecn tried in tlic county ol si unwell, and that it had proved a signal *i iluie. For two years the law has been tuor- Q ighly and fairly tested in h>s county, and he i* d not hesitate to assert, and without fear of }> mtradiction, that during this time more h hisky has been sold and drank than ever be- s< re. The law has been proved a failure, and A is obnoxious to our people. Mr. Bellinger H atle one of the wannest 'speeches yet deilv- ft ed. showing how deep is his interest in the tl .ics t ion. 5' t.? r. Blue Sny.s in Truth and Honor j| that Prohibition Does Prohibit in '* c< Clarion. ti Mr. Blue, of Marlon county, put in a force- i! 1 and apropos rejoinder to Mr. Bellinger. c represented a Prohibition county, and felt j. to be his duty to say a word about the work- U| gof Prohibit ion in the eastern portion of it., tvnfh nnil hrm- 1. itr ?5iaic, nr cuuiu on,T n*vii w. ..? ? ly that as Jar as Marion County was concern- _ I Prohibition does prohibit. A young man Marion who listened to the talk of the f \v8papers that Prohibition doesnot prohibit j idertook to sta> t a whisky wagon in the ' wn. He found himself the next, day work- ' g on tiie street for a hundred days to pay ^ r his license. () Mr. Ancrurn Simons: Does the gentleman ean to say that there is no whiskey drink- v gin Marion? n Mr. Blue: No; but. I mean to say that if it ,v iisn't for the liquor sellers in Charleston ere would bono whiskey drinking. [Laughrj h Mr. Blue further Raid that the threats and j, urs about the disruption of the Democratic jj irty ho held to be groundless. The question | in nothing whatever to do with politics. r. Itnoker Thinks Danger Lurlis in t< Prohibition (tueNtions. ^ Mr. Rucker. of Anderson, said that, he 1 ought some of the members were laboring uler a delusion, and he consumed about fiten minutes demonstrating this proposition. P e made a vehement attack on the bill and " irtrayed with glowing rhetoric and energet- ? gesticulation the danger which lurks in ? -oliibition legislation. " v. Bos(?s Says Prohibition Does n <?oo?5 Work in rirltcns. w Mr. Boggs, of Pickens, came from a Pruhibi r>n county, and he bore testimony to tne met | ** lat in Pickens, at least, Prohibition does pro- t' iblt. fc>o thoroughly does itprohibit that in 11 any of the towns there is no need fur town a iarsha!s. In one or two towns there were arshals, but their services wore only needed i consequence (if the fact that there were p! et towns.within close proximity. If the 11 jopie of Abbeville wanted Prohibition he 0< as willing to grant it to them, ^ [p. Oraydon Cilves Another Blow at T the "Unjust an<l Oppreuivc L<nw." ti JLr. (fraydon, not satisfied with the wny [' lilies seemed to be going, thought best to , iak"e another ellort to detent the "unjust and , ipressive law." Ills objections assumed vaed forms and were made to fit every crevice } i the tangled question. He reinforced the ar- ' imen ts made so earnestly on yesterday and mied that, the majority of the people of the mnty asked for the bill. The petitions which ! [id been sent here to back the bill contained :e names of WO out of the white voters f the county. Cutting: it Khort. Mr. Jones, of Edgefield, to cut short nil fur- " jer debate, moved to lay the amendment on 11 ie table. The yeas and nays were called and . - ' - r . II) ie vole was us louows: yeas .>*>, nays 01. ;. Mr. Gonzales, of <'harieston, one of the de-lj rmined adversariesof the bill, with a view | !' f playing it without mercy, moved that the! _ hole matter be indefinitely postponed, and i c manded the yeas and nays. Tliis was the , ose vote: yeas o'S, nays 5U. So the motion ^ as defeated. Mr. Kt.inyurne Wilson moved that the billr1 u recommitted to the Judiciary Committee. | ^ [r. Blake Thinks the Bill of GreatjlJ Importance. "n Mr. make snid that as a representative of|* bbeville he regarded the bill of the greatest | J1 nportance to that county, lie said, after j j earing the arguments which have been made [! >-day, that l:e was more firmly convinced 1( tan ever that the bill is a wise and just one. . ie tiierefore strenuously opposed the killing 11 f the measure. j' Defeating the Rill, ami by Whom. v The motion was then put and the vote was j iken by the yeas and nays. The following ictubers voted to recommit, the bill: Speak- v rSimons, James Aldrich, Aiford, Ancrutn, n .nsel. Baker, Baxter, Beckham, Bellinger, j rawiey, <i. W. Brown, IUtrke. t'amlin, Ctiau- v ler, W. I*. Clyburn, L. L. C lyburn, Cooper, |( ennis, JOaddy, Furrow, Kicken. (ionzalcs, i raydon, Joint (>. Guignard, Haskell, Ilutsou, j j, ,'ennedy, Lay, Lee, Macusker, Mason, 15. IL!S iassey, James 11. Ma>sey, Me:trs, Mikell,i(] fuldrow. Met'raily. Mellugh, Melv^wn, Me- t, laster. Nelson, i'ope, Bay, Baysor, Hl'-haid-;, m. Biddle, Bueker, Shunt pert. Sei;:ler. J. n- j { . mi, winiiinu .vim ns-on Smi!h. Silencer. 171-i! kt, Williams. siaiiyanif, Wilson, W. 15. Wil-I j ?n, Jr., Witherspoon, Woodward aiul You-ij inns?01. The following members voted against the|, lotion to recommit: lSlake, lilue, Uogns, ( iowcn, liny I e, Hradley. Krumlclt, Hriee, Hrook-1 ( r, \V. A. Urown. Jirowninjr, Clinksealrs, |, (anty.ler, bavic, Idnkins, Donaldson, D<?ug- . is, I.?oyle. Folk. Gibson, J. S. (iuignard, Jinr-1 j y, Itemnhill, Henderson, Hickman, Hough, I oni's, Kear.se, Kenr.ey, Malser, Mitchell, loekhee, Mclver, MeKissick, O'Bryan, Pad- 1 ett, Parker, Pettigruw, Heady, ltice, E. 1).;/ Lichardson, Robinson, Rutland, Scndda hepnard, Aaron, Simmons. Summers, Sa i?t(. Tarrant, Thomson, Watson, Wharto Hikes, Wimberiy?55. "allure or the Hotlou to Kill tli Bill Stone Bend. The motion prevailing, the Abbeville proti ition scheme was for Use present defeats ii older to place it beyond the hope of resu action, Mr. Stanyarne Wilson moved to r [jnsider tiie vote and to table this motlo lie yens and nays were again deinande .fter this prolix proceeding the result ws liown thus?yeas 08; nays ?,y. The iron-clr lethoil of placing the bill In an untlmH rave did not meet the approval of even son f Its opponents, as is shown by the ubo\ ote. Mr. Pettlgrew, emboldened by this resu! loved to reconsider the vote whereby the In as recommitted. Having voted in t he negi ve, the point was made and sustained tin e could not make 11 motion to reconside his settled the question for the day, and tl [ouse addressed Itself to other mutters on tl alendar. The Bill in it* Little Bed. The bill, therefore, gties back to the Indict 7 committee, and probably before it gets v irniri ?im An,n.it:,111 liii] u'ill have lieen read 1 and disposed of. This bill is the same ? ie Abbeville bill. Supplemental Skirmish. Before adjournment a supplemental ski lish on t tie Prohibition line arose on a bill! Iiarter tlie town of Windsor. The bill wasc s second reading when Mr. Guijznard movi >strike out a section which give's to the tow mncll the right to refuse or grant licenses I ;I1 liquor. Mr. Guignard stated that the tow "insisted of one ctnirch, four stores and aboi .veuty votes, and tlie minister of the churc nd two storekeepers had sent in a petitio ;ainst the selling of liquor. Mr. Woorfwurd opposed the motion. ? ther speeches were made, and the motion i ;rikc out the section was carried on a dlvi ?n by a Vote of :w yeas to 3o nays-, which inn ro (unto he regarded as a Prohibition victor; Not satisfied with this victory, however. M uignard moved to further amend by inser ig a section prohibiting lorever the tow Hindi of this populous town from ever gran ig license to sell Honor. Mr. Aldrich moved to table the amendmcn [r. Guiguard culled for the yeas and nay hic-h resulted yeas 59, nays 4ti, which wasp* "ifn !i Prohibition defeat. he Cost vs. the Worth of an Etluc: lion. Erski tie Student. The line that separates educated from Une< calod manhood is broad and clearly deflnei et to tell exactly when to call a man ed iteil ami when not is more dillicult. For h Uic iti.iii consists not so much in the degr< f his attainments, as in their nature, an ic capacity to reduce to practical utiiil hat lie knows. There were hundreds < ii*n who knew more history than Heui lay or Daniel Webster, but. who could bett< ithcr from a page the rich import of its le .uis.an I w?tv. e it into national li;'c ami tie n> ? It is just the distinction betwoc noicing and knowing to a purpose. It ca ardly be said of any youth that he is edt ited, unle.?s we use that term relatlvel, he strongest element in the composition < ic youthful student is an earnest, desire 1 now, rather than wh.it he knows. Wnei ver this desire takis profound hold on liIn niching the secret springs of his spiritual ei rgy, he becomes a strong prophecy of futui ower. He is never properly a student unt e readies that sia?j:e. Two imaginary dilHcultics have kept scon r our young men from seeking mental trail i<c in colleges and universities?thv coat i mr. and the cost in money, llotfi of these coi derations have become so unduly mngn ed that they have come to have weight i uarters where they should be iaimhed at. . argued that the time spent in college migl e spent in making money ln?tc ul of spi-m lg It. So strongly has this idea lateued i ;lf upon some that tiic merc.uitile phase ( ineric in life assumes alarming proportion is forgotten that knowledge is Just ns muc possession as houses and lands are. It wt le a 1 vice of Benjamin Franklin that mini conlil make no belter investmer litii to empty his pocket-book Into Iiis licsv i is sa'er there than any patent-combiuatio >ok can make It. The Idea of the cost of si lucittion is too often taken from those inst itioris wlteie the expense lies not so nine 1 the cost necessary to the prescribed cu ctilum but in useless and extrinsic hidden Is. Let us say that a young man spends du lg ills tliree years in college seven huudrc ml fifty dollars. Or If he be four years in co ge allow hini one thousand dollars. This ii ample allowance, and many studen iake it on much less. After his graduatioi ith reasonable diligence on his part, be ca jmmand a salary of at lea-t nvo liundrt ollars, which is ten per cent, on live tlioi mil dollars. So that the cost in time, an lom-y of his training |represents a capital < ve thousand dollars, an amount which in lie-tenth of those who labor in purely me intlle pursuits are able toilet in four year oris this the strongest consideration tin lay be urged. ILj possesses and eqttanimit Inch Cicero says is of the highest vain is social and intellectual st ilus has been f evated that not only he but those arour 1m are made tx> recognize It. lie is now ti idepundent as well as an important factor i fe. Once clay, he is now tiie potter wi: andles the clay. A college ought to be an intellectual ban here men see how the intellect can be mar j bear interest-where brain-force is i rained that oil those upheavals wrought I , in science, in Slate and in church may i ~ - t ??. .1 |. nll||l,|,|J,n( )]" till? UI'LILT ill! U II JiilUJI ci?'?n \Ji vv.?.x ivilization. Untrained power is useless, my be as hold and brilliant as the lightuin ut it is as dangerous until its fkvy evils ai inducted oil* by hard, metalic courses < :tidy. In a land so lull of colleges as ot wn, and which offer their privileges so re ltmbly, it seems, that a young man is a lost criminally neglectful in not availir iinself of tlieir advantages. In 1800 tliei ere 230 colleges in the United States, an a rage of over six for each State. A gre: lany of our American young men live und( le very shadows of educational institution 11 connection with these schools (where the re out of tlifir. infancy) you will find as .lie some "reserve fund'' foraiding prom's!i indigent young" men in obtaining an edi ition. No young man of sound body an lind runs any risk in borrowing money l Jueate himself. lie can return it in a fe ears after his graduation, as dozens of tl est students have done and expect to d he revenue that comes in by educated mai ood is not computed by years, but by ce jries. Schools are multiplied, librarii lunded. churches built and missionaries u eld by it. It is only by some curriculum i tudy that mind vanquishes matter an takes of it a means instead of an end. rained intellect is the host reliance of yout.1 he surest-strength of manhood, and ti: weetest solace of old age. What is its worth ? Let the wise and pr nind of all ages answer. The coxl is sma lie worth is great! great! ! great! !! J NO. II. Milleii. <) > A Recipe Tor Cooking1 2Iu*ban<Is. A Baltimore lady has written a recipe f< cooking husbands so as to make them got nd tender." It Is as follows: A good m iny husbands arc utterly spoilt y management. Some women go about i r their husbands were bladders and bio hem up. Others keep them constantly J ot water, others let thein freeze by the arclessness and Indifference. Some ke< lieni in a stew by imitating ways and word ithers roast, tnem. Some keep tiieni in pie sail their lives. It cannot be supposed tii: ny husband will be tender and good ma: ged in this way. but they are realty delicioi ,-hen properly treated. In selecting yoi usband you should not be guided by the livery appearance, as in buying mac-ken or by the golden tint, as if you want< almon. Be sure to select him yourself, i iistes differ. Uo not go to market for him, i I--- l .? . ,? vniir fl/wil* Jit' UL'M lire iiiwnjs* uiuu^ih iu j wu? ! far bettor to have noise, unless you \vl [ am to conk him. A preserving kettle of the finest porcelnl s best, but. if you have nothing but an cart nwtire pipkin, will do, with care. See tin tie linen in winch you wrap him is nice rashed and mended, with the mini red nur icr of buttonsnml strings are sewed on. T lint in the kettle by a strong silk cord ealli 0111 tort, as the one called duty is apt to I reak. They are apt to fly out of the kett nd be burned and crusty on the edges, sin ike crabs and lobsters you have to cook the rhile alive. Make a clear, steady tire out i?ve, cheerfulness, and neatness. Het hi s near this as seems to agree with him. le sputters and ti/.zes, do not be anxiou ome husbands do this till they are qui lone. Add a little sugar in the form of \\h onfectloners call kisses, but no vinegar < icpper on any account. A little spice ii iroves them, hut it must be usc-d with jud nent. l)o not stick any sharp instrument i o him, to seo if he is becoming tender. St lirn gently, watch the while, lest he be t< lat and close to the kettle, and so becon iseless. You cannot fail to know when lie lone. If thus treated you will Hint him ve; liircstible, agreeing nicely with you and tl hildren, and he will keep as long as y< vant, uniess you become careless and set hi n too cold a place.._ Enveloi'ks with your card on them at ve ow figures can be hud at the I'ress anil Bu icr otliee. > RAILING AT TEE RAILROADS ' ' Fr tarl< 10 SPARTANBURG'S CAUSE FOR EtOWLING 13 ABBEVILLE'S REASON FOR SELF- "hat j; CONGRATULATION. 'S pi ^lluei e " has ti. GrecnwooU'N Lower Freights llnvc ,hat l(| liecn Lcvollert up to Abbeville's 8 id Higher Ntaii(lnr(l?Xo More lT<ijnst ver>' Discriminations Against Abbeville x re ?Equitable and Just Charges to be ^ 11 Made Against Every Town?Each t,]int II Town Henceforth Secure in it* Le- Bi,nc r?. reel i |lt gitiniate TOade. enfn r. Spartanburg Herald. Th Je Spartanburg ha* given nearly half a million t?a 'e do litrs lor ttic building of, new railroads. 1 ?T This money was given with a purpose. That purpose \vhm iu eiinuiu nmi[ji;i.iui;ii nuu octuu- ? lower freight rales. The roads have been B * built, but. the end 1ms not been secured. 0rRt 1 Freights to Union ahil Laurens nnd Greers ~r < : ' " are just ns low us caii be secured by any place LS In Spartanbure county. We have been vietimized by railroad corporations, nnd it has , been done in two ways. When the Air-Line " c was built it was to be a coin pet in? line with th,s r- the Spartanburg and Union. Both lines were {., , to soon nobbled up by the same corporation and tt?, > in consolidated. It was said at the time that ?d they Immediately raised freight fifty per cent. {:' t? n Then we invested our money io the Spartan- r , to burgnndAshevilleU.lt. In a few years it, n also, win captured by the Clyde Syndicate. f fi it Tiiey alreadj owned a line lo this point, and /. h contrary to promi.-e, and to the great detrin ment ot the county, they persistently refused for years, to build the road, until forced to do Vx fo so by a determined threat to repeal their zr to charter. Had this company owned no other A , s- line to this point the road would have been .A' y completed years ago. Completely bottled up { nu y. Again, we soimht another outlet by Augusta ' t * r. at a cost of S7-VXX). The road was turned over j,? t- to a strong company, rivals of the Clydcs, f 1 n with the hope that competition would inime- { , it- diateiy ensue. Thus far it has not done so. The87o.000 has been ns valueless to us as if ? = t. sunk in the bottom of the sea. The cause, it ry.,.; S is said, Is that the Georgia Central and tho fo Clydes havo "pooled;" that is they have en- * ' tered into a compact that at all competitive points they will divide the net earnings no r i- matter which road hauls ihe freights. In oth- L i i er words it is consolidation of the roads at all competitive points. 3- * * ? ""J' Si SETTLING THE FREIGHT PROBLEM. thk if I is ?. w-ni in<r I id The Railroads Come to an Equitable Agreement Whereby all Towns arc way onlv y to be Treated Fnirly. ,un I lr A Spartanburg correspondent of the Augrus- pose ** la Chronicle says : for i * "i'ursuing the i-.lcns advanced in my last ar- In?, tlele relative to (lie'pooling' of freights at this Il< 1,1 point, and the effect of such an arrangement Id V* on this market, il may be said that the same nine lias been realized at Laurens and Greenwood, turn complaints of which have also reached our the t,) I ears. As has been remarked, the effect of this sum I is to iulare ami discourage those places which ty, 1 a' have been most enterprising and intluentinl pevr in building the railroads which run through mak .l:'; our counties. Greenwood, Laurens ?nd Spur- pro! " | tan burg were the main factors in building the I the Spartanburg, Greenwood and Augusta ly, i: 13 railroad, as well as the other roads which of tl | reach these points, and It docs seem haril, to of pi these points, that Ju.st as they rea'ize their soil , lung delayed hope of opening up their con- witli 1 ! licctlon with each other and with Augusta, licT ' they should find an arrangement exl>tiug be- the 1 : tween what they considered rival corpora- plac l, ! tious, by which they are discriminated vor i I against instead ol for, when they naturally opln ; had a right to expect different treatment. calii VI - _ i'ubl J | " ihin i* SOME PLAIN STATEMENTS. it " ?j J.r untl Hon the Low Country is Taking Ad- i say ' j st nil n i vantage of the l'|? Country. proc J~ Spartanburg Herald. re.'id p. The attention called to the census is more ;- i important than appears on thesurface. That r ' r- it was not taken, was an outrage on upper >d ' South Carolina, and is a fraud so barefaced , ! il- i and criminal that it lias no parallel except in rj's., is ! radical days. Representatives are sworn to t?' obey the Constitution. That Constitution ' ' ii, makes it Imperative that a census shall be n 1 taken every ten years in order to give a basis d ! of representation in the General Assembly. j': , li- By fraud and corruption the radicals gave an ,'V d overwhelming repres nfatlon to tliclow coun- "J; J, Df try where they hold their stronghold. Char- " )t leston County with 6i),000 Inhabitants has now . j iti'n Sii.nu fiirs ti nrt firrl?i> runrPKC-nhifi Vi?m_ I". s. i Spartanburg will) over 40,000, liason!? Senator it ; and hut luuv representatives, if Charleston ,," y j has twelve, we should have eight. A spirit of I c, I fnlrikrs should have prompted these gentleso ! man to right, this wrong of the radicals as d I soon as possible. When they deliberately re- ^, ,n 1 fuse to do so, and refuse, altho' by refusing ' n j they are compelled to break their oaths nod { ' io j the Constitution which they are sworn to _. ! obey, they become guilty of a piece of selfish 5 , ik ! rascality that makes us blush for the Govern- JV. ' Itj j nient which we support. The plea tor econo- i,.', ?o j my is bumeoinbe. Had It been sincere they ' iy would have made immediate provision fur I.'' >e Constitutional amendment apportioning the Jl j :d ! representation according to theUnitcd States P. ; It! census. This was not done. The wrong was "J, ' g, | left without remedy and unless they feel some P. re ' twangs of ponscience, the/raud upon us will In Df! be perpetuated indefinitely. *: ir ~ 1 17 do v :t- Tcrraclng I.ands. ]v p V, Keivbcrry Obscvcr. " L? rt. We are very glad to see the farmers bccom- cc'Yj [ . ing interested in Inipioviiin their lands. Of , , tt late attention has been directed to the matter Uc tc of terracing. The Abbeville farmers have beg conid thoroughly aroused, through the publi- ?' ?y 1 cntions of the Press and Banner. We feel fIll! h ! sure that whereuer the matter is brought pro- .9 ( I perly before the farmers they will take hold It ,1<I ; at once. We have studied the question for 1{j | some time past, and believe that it. opens up a tne' to very encouraging prospect for the farmer. soul w Anything that will enable him to Improve je his lands and increase their yield is a blessing to him ; and terracing will do both. It nl will enable him to enrich his lands a great i,. I deal faster, because if they be properly terrac- At ed whatever fertilizers are put on the lands g''e* p. | wilt remain their until taken up by the plants phu Uf and will not be washed away. It will enable hurj <1; him to raise a crop with much less rain, for e'tl? . I 1... .1... ...1,1 f.llH \ \umicvt:i ?uiui umo \/n tuc uciu >?in otuj \ -? fi there and betaken up by the soil, instead of j ie* being drained off by ditches. Spai Now, one who has givon tills matter no at- itw o- tenilon probably thinks terracing isascienti- was fic, complicated process, requiring great ex- J'IC Fiensc and trouble. Not so; on the contrary, 'u'r t is the simplest thing in the world. With A.tl? the proper instrument, which ccstsonlya <-'"n< lew dollars, anybody ol ordinary sense can in3< terrace lands. The proper Instrument, or the me,: 3r. best, is the McCurry patent, costing S7.00. This Qu" Kl | consists ot an iron f:ameabouta loot square . I and having a spirit level on two adjacent |s "j sides. This rests horizontally on a "Jacob's " ' Start" of the proper height. The square iron ont! w frame is quickly leveled by means of set t'ie; 'n screws. The only other instrument needed is !UK' ir a pole, with feet measured ofl on it. Now you Pj'?' JP are ready. Measure by the pole the height of }>' a the iron level from the ground?suppose (J feet , |? then put the "bill i's eye" at 1) feet on the pole lt and give it to your assistant, who carries it ''u>3 ,l"! while you "sight" at it. Wherever the level 18 and the bull's eye are on a level, the essis-j !r ! tnnt makes a mark on the ground, and goes a j clou ,r; few feet farther and uets the bull's eve rlirht t,ow again, moving backwards or forwards in ac-' lll) e ?d cordanee with signals from tlie man at U)o!^|,? level, and marking a mark wherever the lev-1 J|10 'J** el Is found. Then a plow is taken and a deep ! y,(^ y. furrow is run along the course marked out;|"l!? 111 two more furrows are throwc to this, and you i sUC'* have a terrace. A whole field can be terraced ! ???l 'n in a little while. When the terraces arc V10 "" made, the rows must all run parallel with it.' , , Tnen eacli row will hold its own water, being j J|1C y on the same level from end to end. There i Jj5e n* will be no washing and breaking over, as In i ,ljeIl '? hillside ditching, and the water, unless it is a , !d very heavy rain, will all remain on tlic field. jn\? ^ On the fourth page of this paper is an arli-l'j 10 cle from tlie Press and lit inner on the subject L'e of terracing, written by Maj. H. A. Grillin, of, U'1|J "I Mincty-Kix, one of the best farmers of Abbe- .ruv< OI viiic County. iiiV'i 'Jl The Observer called on Mr. Ilenry S. Hoozer, ^,il1 at Prosperity. Saturday and had a long talk (i,ie: wlili him on llie subject of terracing. Mr. l<? Hoozer has tried terracing and s iys its bene- a,ul iU tits iiavo not beeu exaggerated. He thinks it <n,a I if tl,r> vi'i v 1 liinir to K:ivf> :uui imnrove the con! land. He says no one should bedeternd bv P,ls.' ?. any imaulnary trouble in terracing; ii la very : fjimPloand is easy and pleasant work. lor 1 )() This article is not written to boom any-' 1(. body's "leveler," bat because we want to call i T1 js the attention of the farmers to the benefis of and ,.y terracing, on their own account. If 111ey will ly a Ye investigate the matter we feel sure the last bib' one of them will abandon hillside ditches few m and uo to terracing, and that they will l!nd it per! a great Improvement. j VI"? ty You often beara man say his "town is a dead hill n- town," and nine times out. of ten he is doing be p his i ni l to make it so, says the Jackson News. J chc. The Catholics and Tompernncc. Associate Reformed Presbyterian, om Mie recent utterances of certain dlgni?s of the Calholic church, together with Jelivcmnces of the Plenary Council held tnlilrnorc last December it would seem the friends and advocates of tlie Temper) lletnrm are about to find In this ecleslasbody nn un looked for but strong anil initial ally. Tlie Roman Catholic Church the poWer to strike a blow for prohibition will shako to the centre the enemy's ng hold. is stated upon reliable authority that a large per cent, of the saloon keepers and venders of this country are Catholics, i being the case, consternation will be creIn their ranks and among all the friends le liquor traffic whenever the opposition has so recently manifested itself shall be tinned by thp Pope, and the priests be dl 3d to use inrir inuucnce ana aumoriiy iu rce reformatory measures. ie Plenary Council referred to made the wing deliverance lu relation to the liquor ie: here is one way of profaning the Lord's which is so prolific of evil results that onbider Hour duty to utter against it a ial condemnation. Tills is the practice slling beer or other liquofs on Sabbath, or equentlng places where sold. This practend* more ,J.hiiivflrty other to turn the of the IiOrd intd a.flijy of dissipation, to ltr>san occasion for breeding lnteruper>. While we hope that. Sabbath laws on point will not be relaxed, but even more lly enforced, we implore all Catholics, for love of God and ot country, never to take In such tratflC; rtb'r t6 countenance or onize it: and we not only direct the nfclon of all pastors to the repression of this. ;e. Out we auto cau upon mem iu inuuce uu eir flock* that may be engaged in the utile of us to abandon as soon us they can the danus traffic, and to embrace a more becoming of making a living." id yet more recently we have the earnest is of ft priest of the church who speaks in favor of total prohibition, at the same s refusing to Ignore those measures which to a regulation and restriction of the deplng evil. we cannot banish the monster in a day I our social state, let. us not condemn and ler other measures that are calculated to flit, clog and cripple the business. Let ot refuse to endorse and aid any measures may in the least protect society from the iges of this monster evil and which may are the way for and eventually result in II and final banishment of the accursed 1c from our land. ter declaring himself an out and out protlonlst its far as regards the ultimate supslon or the liquor traffic, the speaker coned, as follows: n other words, I am in favor of killing monster as soon as we possibly can. Hut, find it impossible to kill him to-night. I begin by starving him to death,and killliim to morr.iw, It' I can. Therefore. I am ivor for the present? when I speak this , I speak only for myself, and I myself am responsible for )t--tor the present I in favor of the highest penalty belilg imd upon the liquor traffic that it is possible ts tu engage the public opinion in Jinpos? proceeded to explain : lo not like the name license. We hear so ill about "license." I think it is an unfor I IU 111 IMHIVi; tun i 111; |>ciinnj liquor traffic, Mint it may compensate evvhiit for the evils It entails upon sociei.is been culled u "license." It Is a tar, a ill}/, that Is imposed on this traffic; not to ;e It legitimate, not to place It under the ection of the law, but to place it under linn of public opinion ; and. consequentotoad of placing it under the protection le law, we place it under the destruction ublic opinion as soon as we possibly can, )<it the majority ot the men who work tin iny lines, work with me in the Catho'otnl Abstinence Union of America, favor highest possible penalty that we can e upon this deadly business. And we fathis, first, because we find that public lion is not prepared, as a rule, In most loies, for anj thing more extreme. Where ic opinion has been educated up to anyg more vigorous than this, I am prepared iy, let public opinion prevail. But I do mean by this that we are to sit down and a< the gentleman who preceded me said. 1 public opinion becomes ready: but I ive should go on training and leading up educating public opinion by every ess po-slble, that It may be the more ily adapted for this particular purpose of ng out the infamous traffic in intoxicatliquors. This Is the first reason, id, secondly, we find?at least. I have id by many yaars of experience in total itiiHipft work?that where this high penal as been Imposed, It is more ensy for the :e regulation to ttike care of the evil conences of the liqnor trafllc, and to punish e who violate the law. We find, aiso, thelrafllc in this way eompensates-nt somewhat?for the misery it emails. It ? the municipal authorities to support the j>crs this business has created. It helps h to pay some of the expenses of the crimproceedings that have grown nut of It. ilp.-i, in ether words, to compensate some-, t for the miseries It brings. And, bymak this statement in favor "of high penalty* no means desire to see It brought withe protection of the law, and made a retable business under the guardianship of stars and stripes of America; an J I, there, have no sympathy with the argument ill says that "high license," as it is called, igli penalty?as 1 would cull it?will abolnany of the low saloons, and make the rs more respectable. I make no distincbetween the saloon with the French e mirrors, and that with the sawdust on door where the poor pocple go. There is tistlnction as regards the res poet ability of saloon, for the name "respectable" should er mentioned in connection with auygof the sort. concludinp he made some Additional reks which all friends of Temperance would ....II "Mfnfnllv irnlirh nnd conscientious met ice: t uk be prohibitionists if we will, high IIie(hlgh penalty) men if we will, or men Ictcd only to moral suasion, but let us all it'll abstainers. Then the legislature need or refer to the liquor truffle. If the people lajs country will only become total abtiers, if the consumers will only cense to wnsmners, we will very soon settle the ile question. For, after all, it is the coners who must settle this question. Let demand cease, and the supply will very i fall otr. Spartanburg and Atlanta. [Spartanburg Herald.J ;lanta Is, beyond dispute the most prosive city in the South, she has nerve and :k. She Is not afraid to act. As Sparlani was the pioneer of prohibition in the is of Carolina, Atlanta is* the pioneer of larger citi-s or Georgia. The same n. rve pluck whlcb animates At>an!a animates itanbursr. What it has done for Atlanta, ill yet do for Spartanburg. Prohibition nv.wnnt.Mi tn AMjinta and she seized it as piV.-Vl.wM takes hold of nil things which appears to interest. It will not hurt the business of mla. A sober eommuhity is as capable of lucting business suecc-siully as a drinkcommunity. Sobriety does not disqualify i for business. That the agitation of the 5: ion is prolific of evil is beyond question, the Injury is not done ly prohibition. It / its enemies?men who sacrifice their city icirown desires and interests and persisty ardsystematically run down ami decry r city in order to change it to prohibition to build up >1 feeling against it. Neither >ibition nor licensed barrooms can greatfleet the prosperity of a town. Men who e money to spend will not stay away from mta beefui-'e barrooms are open ; nor will go there because they can get a drink of . Hut the divisions and dissensions, the ering and strife and discord, the pertinas etlurt of a part of her citizens to run n and abuse their city?everywhere and ver.vbody?is enough 10 drive settlers from fairest place on the earth, and to blight prospects of the mo>t promising city in land. Such has been the state of afiaiis pariatiburg. We have 1:0 patience with 1 tactics in the liquor fight. It isasoutrais as the fanatacism which seeks to force votes of merchants by threats 10 with-,' v trade. If it is not a covert efi'ort to force city to open barrooms, or be punished at hands of the wet citizens, it amounts to same tiling in its routs. It may, in the , secure victory, but it is a \ ietory bought ruinous price. c believe :u prohibition on principle, iin.iri. from that, we see the "shadow' eh it casts before." It is a great moral >lution which is b.uiiid lo sweep the whole 1, rocking ami shaking every city in the es as it sweeps it Into line. We want this lion settled in Spartanburg as soon as lihle, and for ever. Then like Uall'ney, WoodrutF, and Wi'llfoiM and all the other lier towns of the State where it has bce a (lend Issue, we enn pull together, and 1 forward to that successful eminence l-Ii wc can certainly attain if we will work t with energy, ami all together. ic "missinglink" between Ilendersonvllle Ashevlllu is hist hearing completion, onbout five miles of the track remain to he , the grading heingall completed, save a insignificant tills. The road will be in eel operation frem Spartanburg to Ashei by first of January next. in Press and I!miner prints letter heads heads, hand bills, etc., sus well as they can tinted elsewhere, and a# cheap ua the ipi'St. HIGHER GRADE TEACHERS. . The Great Need of the Tjngeti is Better Teachers and a More' Punctual Attendance of Scliolato. ^ : - . School Comvi8s:onebs Omcii. * ' ."7 *5 ASBKt'LLt, 8. C., November 8 18-& 4 "We wnnia rcojjcctfully glrenotlce to all concerned? * '. --yjBj teachers, patrons and trustees,?tlmt wojwlll a< ht iv 08 frlxflv in line: Imilila tn tfcn rlinol Inw thf (ill* lowing resolutions passed by the Slate Board of JSxaininers: -'J-X -tSImB 1. "The County Board rif Examiners thall examine nil candidates for the prolusion of teafeher and (fire to sncli persons found qua Ifled, a certificate, setting fortliv' the branches of learning he or she may be c?|>-tb1e of teaching, such nn examination to be renewed every ^ year." (General Statutes section 1006.) The above has been amended by the following "The County Board of Examiners shall have authdfl1 ' ty to renew suld certificates.annually for a period of.' time not to excced three years; Provided thHt tb*) holders of such certificates shall give to the County Board of Examiners satisfactory evidence of continued good chnracter and of eftlcleney as teachers." (Adopted September 2,1879.) 2. (a) All examinations before Connty Board of Examiners must be la wilting, except examinations iu reading. . (6) At all examinations before the County Bnar.Ir: at least two members of the Board must be present. (r) ^11 applicants before County Boards sballbe ex amined on Orthography, Heading, Writing, Arithme- v tic, Geography, Ensrlfsh Graramer, and History of the U. S., and this State." . ("Standtiig Rnlea qf the State Bnard i>f Examiner*! 8. yiietolvcd, That the exairiinatloa of teacrier* < bpforc the County Board of Examiners shall include A . . u eertes of questions on the .theory and practice of teaching and that the "Methods of Teaching" by ' John 6wett.an^.,4Aj-tp{ School Management" by John Baldwin, will be r^fiofttiitftifled&a books 6l reference." < (Adopted May 1.1838.) " 4. Resolved, That the State SurperintendiMit ot,* ? Education be requested to prepare In future, only one set of questions for all three grades for use by the' r?s??r>t?? Unnivi nf VvmninAffl nnHthfit flhnltMfltl for v'Vt(| County certificates of Qualifica?ion be required to make a general average iff not less than 80. |?er cent...^ for a first grade certificate, TO per ??nt-. lor u second grade, and 60 per cent, for n third grade and not leas than 40 per cent, on any other branch." (ClrcularNo. 5,series "f 18S5.) -< 6. "That the examinations of teachers by Count? r B uilds of Examiners shall be held throngoout the ?> State on the first Thursday end Friday In Junnary and July of each year, or on such other days as tbe Stoic Superintendent of Education, in his dlscretian, may dirrct. No examination shill be held except ou such days without the permission of the State Supe- , m rintendent of Education first hud and obtained,** (Adopted September, 1&64.) Implicit ;obedlence to lawful antborlty is ft obmI principle In education, and no teacher who Is worthy,/ - ? the name will neglect to inculcate this truth both by/, precept and example. We therefore hope that nil-' ' . . Si teacher or patron will a:k us to disobey the plain and . imperative requirements of tbe law and tbe Stat* JJoard, whose ministers we are, by doing any act contrary to the foregoing resolutions. " We realize our responsibility, and we shall endeavor to meet it, without fear, favor or affection. We earnestly request the trustees of Vv3? the several districts, the patrons of the public schools, and all teachers who are conscious of their own merit, to aid us In carrying out the foregoing regulation?. .. ''j We would snegest to those who expect to apply fhr . certificates of qualification, that tbey study, before. . -y tbe examination, one or both ot tho works recommended in liule No. 8; that they review carefully tl.e -?' branches required in "C" of No. 2, especially Arithmetic and English Grammar. There are two advantages In pursuing this course: -*3 1. You xe.t throuuh with the physical labor soouer. 2. Yon may save yourself soiuu humiliation. 'V . The examination will bj held in the court honse on Z* the first Thursday and Friday in January, 1886, for white and for colored teachers respectively, beginning ai iu n. in* win ciumii^ ubt m. ^ , Applicants must furnish pens and ink, and legal cap t; t the applicant* keep continually In tlew, before and after the examination, the language oI Shakespeare: ? -.5 "It is in ourselves that we are thns or thns." GEO. C. HODGES, J C. KLUOH, ,:M JOHN A. K0BIN80N, County B aid of Examiners Abbeville, S. C., November 15,1RS5. - 'i| I desire to otter a few words to those who are interested directly in the improvement of the schools. Without your support we cannot accomplish the good we have in view, and which Is so much needed. We desire to Infuse more life and vigor into our languishing public school system, to arouse the torpid energies of teachers, to correct, as far as possible, the carelessness and indifference of parents, and, so to administer the school laws as to gain a vantage ground which will insure the greater .. efllclency of all our educational forces. If the 1 ~ present condition of our public free schools, upon which our people mainly depend for the \j education of their children, Is not improved, 1 predict that, within a few decades, the re- ,- ' cords of illiteracy ahd ignorance will startlo us with lust fears of our freedom, safety, and tranquility, and bring a blush of shame to all intelligent and patriotic citlzcns of this grand old county of wnich we and our fathers in the past have been so Justly proud. Itisanapalllngfactthata large portion of j the patrons or our puouc iree tscuuuw uns | hopelessly deluded in supposing that their j children are receiving benefit when the l truth is, incompetent teachers are absolute* I ly wasting the public money, and what is infinitely worse, the precious time and mind of the children. The people should rise up In their might and indignation and demand of those wlio administer the school laws, that higher qualifications should be required of the teacher than that he should be somebody, like Plato's man, "with two legs without feathers," to "keep"' school l'rom sunrise to sunset. The people of Abbeville county do not want, at any price, ignorant men and women for teachers. "Poor teachers are a curse to a community, worse than the frogs and licc of Egypt, for whore they prevail to a considerable extent, they degnide mind, deprave morals, and corrupt religion." We do not want simply a place for a relative who is out of employment. ''Highly educated" is, generally, a oetter reI commendation than "highly connected." Wo j do not want i*ecruit? from the ranks of those, i who, however renowneu iir-y muy uatc un.? ! in war. have failed at everything else they undertook. "Bi'ttcr far Tint Heaven's liphtnlnsr bi nst his very soal And ?!iik it l>nck to (.'hai 8' low?-8t depths, Tlinn, knowingly, by word or de?d, be send A blight upon tUe trustiug uiiud of youth." Let me quote and endorse the language of a ' recent Issue of the Liting Church, published In Chicago: "We employ policemen to watch our houses at night, lest a thief entering in may steal a dozen silver spoons, but Mho knows what j thievery of a virtuous character is going on amid the promiscuous crowd of boys and girls in the public schools of our cities? Parents I and pastors should not only instruct children I at home and in the Sunday-school. They should follow them to school. They should know what they do on the way. They should ' be perfectly informed as to the social sanitarj, 1 ana moral influences of the school-room and | the play ground. Granted that the State has no right to impose upon our children any form 1 of religious observance or any type of religious | belief: has the State any right to subject cur children to immoral influences? The State : does not propose to encourage or allow the children of its citizens to be surrounded by 1 such influences, yet they are on the increase, j It rests with the moral sense of the community to tolerate or to eradicate them. Teachers, I pastors, and spiritual masters must work to' gather to guard our children in the public , schools. j ".Moreover, as if is the acknowledged nurpoRo . of the public schools to provide for the chili dren entrusted to them, first and Anally, inj tellcctuul training, it is the right and duty of i those who have the good of the children mof-t at heart, to insist that this training shall l e | the best that can be had. Any one who has 1 knowledge of the condition of our public schools over a large section of our wide doi main, knows that, as a rule, the instruction and discipline are not the best. In a great mar i ho liifi.ll<H>tn:il wnrlt. fur which ; the public schools exist, Is poorly done. The : results are meagre and mean. The money of ! the tax-payers Is squandered on badly-contrived, poorly-ventilated, imperfectly warmer, ostentatious architectural montrosities o' ; building; and the time and health of the pupils are wasted, to say nothing of character, i under the incompetent tutelage of tyros who are "hired" by the month. In a majority of ! our public schools, it is safe to say, the schol; ars are not taught anything thoroughly and - well. Parents, generally, have no idea of the absolute inefficiency of the great mass of our schools. They are not only throwing away ; their school-tux, they are blighting the prospects of our children, by submitting to this i state of things. We have heard from more than one experienced teacher in our schools of higher education, that not one in a hundred pupils coming to them from the public schools ! has been fairly trained in the common En| glish branches. I iu ?,,t t,\ unv nnvthinc aenlnst the nub lie school system, as such, lmt to protest i against the abuse of it. 'J he people pay for the best and they have a right to insist upon having the best. '1 hey pay the State l'or secu; lar education, and they should demand results commensurate yith the outlay. Vig: ilitnee is as much the price of education as of liberty. Civil service reform Is as much needled in school boards as in the higher depart. mentis of public administration." GEO. C. HODGES, I School Comissioner A. C.