w * JM_lJU_Ll-lJliL_MJL-lllJI.WJJI-llll-IJJLLf -! HI _ _ JJ .. A ) ^? .U IBIIII I Ml II ! II ?UiWJIIWMOTW^??W?g?1' ? , I 1 B? ??MM?? BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1885. VOLUME XXX. NO. 24. M ? . i. ?MnwwaoiB??BB?BBBWnPBBBa5gMBB?CTlSCTWgaPgBae?H BMBBj MH?l11 Jl'1^????^ca? ?BB^MIIII ' "'O??Ml?llll????? "GO TO CHURCH." ? "WAKE UP. WAKE UP, YE DEAD SINNERS, AND 'GO TO CHURCH.' " The Sonls of Jlen are of Priceless Worth that will Outlast the Sim? They Who Stay Away from Church are Exposed to the Blazisij; Fires of Hell, rtjul the GonjjoI Which the ('hnrrh Preaches Opens the Only Door of Hope. ?. ? Sermon Preachsd in the Presbyterian rhur^h at. Tvrt. narmfti After Communion Service on Sunday, December 6, 1SS5, by Rev. J. 0. Lindsay, D. D. This sermon was written after it was do. livered, and ol course it was not possible to reproduce exactly the spoken discourse. Something of what was said is omitted, and a good deal is here written which for want of time was not spoken. Yet, it is mainly the same sermon. It is here printed with the hope that it may reach some for whom it was intended, but who failed to hear it because they did not "Go to church;" and with the further hope that it may do good to all who read it. The Doctor, af;er the usual preliminary services, in substance, said: The services to-day have not been tedious, and I ask your attention lor twenty 111 unites longer. I wish to preach a short sermon upon a sunject speoia ly appropriate now and lu re. I nil take a text not foilnl in tiie liibl<>. i? ?? nr iliViiii> rcdiiirinir a minister to preach from u text. A lar^e discretion is allowed him as to the method of obeying the injunction "l'reacn the word." I mean no disrespect to the lliule in selecting a text from another source. The Scriptures are God's own blessed Word, inspired and infusible, the only perfect thing in this imperfect world "Whilst the word* of my text are not In the Bible, the sentiment they cont'd 11 is found there in many p issage*. The text is a short one, having only three words and all of them monosyl ables. it is easily remembered, and indeed cannot be forgotten. Moreover, it is easily understood. Sometimes 15ibl worship, or (hunk or praise Hisgracious name. They'iive inconstant, wilful neglect of heaven's great command "(jo to church." Like the rest of us, these people are sinners, and if they ever escape the damnation of hell it will be through the grace and merits of Jesus Chris:, ihe only Saviour. But tlu-y don't have any respect to this .Saviour, they don't trust iu him, they don't have any love lor him. They have, however, in their hearts and lives more than a negative side to this Saviour. Tney show feelings to him that are positive; they hate him, they hatahis people, th-y hate his ministers, they hate his ordinances, they hate his house, they provoke him, they defy him, they Insult him, they blaspheme his worthy name, iu that they do iii>t "Go to church." One day in the com ins future these people will stand up in the presence of the universe br.-fore the judgment scat of this same Saviour. Ttie eyes that are as a flame of lite will re->t upon them. Their whole earthly life will come up before bis mind. He will recall theirsins, secret and open, their many rrovoeations, their sross intuits, their horrid blasphemies, and from his gentle lips will come the sentence that consigns them lo their ' own place," a-:d at his nod the angels will seize the doomed and damned and east them into everlasting punishment, and this will be lite lust stage in th* career of those who do not "Go to church." Let me recall brieily our history ns a church. Some two months since a Presbyterian Church w?;.s orgaiii/.od in this hall. A goo 1 decree of Interest a:id even some enthusiasm was shown by those who were present. We have had several services since that occasion and at least one third of those who were present at, and assisted in the or.:ani;:ulion have never been with us since. Some of those may have good reasons tor absence. 1 know some are without excuse, some are not here even at our first commuuio'i service. Can we reasonably expect God's blessing upon us when we thus dishonor ilini in His own appointed ordinances ? Let'us lo .k at this matter calmly for a moment. People make ureat mistakes in this world irom thoughtlessness; they even lose their souls hecause they don't think. Did you ever think at what a disadvantage a church is placed that has such a large proportion of non attend"ance? If even a;majority dotheirduty, build up a church character that is commendable and influential, a power for good, the greatest g >od in the community, then what does the minority effect? The question is not hard to ?... 'I'hi.v mill down what others build up, they derange what the others put In order, they weaken what the others strengthen; the endeavors and works of the one class for goo l is counteracted, and crippled, and opposed by the other. What are such people worth to the l. hurch? How much do they help in its various enterprises? Why they don't help at nil. They hinder and frustrate and defeat. They don'tgive money, lor they ar?f not here when a collection i.s taken up. It is not. likely they pr:ty for it, if they don't feel interest enough to attend the public services Their influence is away from the church, is for the world, is against the church. Tueir names are written upon the roll of the church, it is true; they add so much to its membership, and when the statistics are gathered up their names are counted. One of the greatest drawbacks which the Church has to encounter in every period of its history is more names than etlicient workers?a mass of unworthy mem ben-hip that add noming 10 u.s mmai strength, nothing to its financial strength, nothing to its respectability, nothing to it> efficiency in any regard. And yet these people have something else than a mere negative character. They not only do nothing lor the Church, they .do much against it. ThatL'hurch which God purchased with His own blood; for which His Son died; through which alone lost sinners can he saved; by which God docs all His works of grace, at least in this world; in behalf of which all the holy sympathies and energies of the nniverse are enlisted ; that church which, in a special sense, is in the very heart of the great and blessed God; in which the honor of His gracious name is bound up? that Church is opposed, isdishonored by these non-attendants. Hy their influence and by their example they aim a blow at this Church. They would defeat and bring to naught the blessed ends for which it has a place on earth. m They would bring it into discredit with the world, they would mar it, stain it, and befoul it. If their conduct could be allowed to work out its natural re-nits this "glorious church" would be exiingui>hed, the brightest Jewel would be plucked trom me crown of heaven's Kiug, aud the very glory of heaven would pale and go out in darkness. Oh, my friemls, enn I stand here and see these things and not lift my voice in warning and rebuke: Listen, an i heed, and repent, and turn to God before it be too lato, you who do not ''(Jo to church." It is amazing how ureal les-ons and precious truths are not seen, or if seen are disre| garde I by people who are all alert about their political rights, or their secular business, or their personal honor, or their physic d health. Not going to church is no trivial matter. It j I is a sin of the lirst magnitude. It is one Unit; j cries to heaven for vengeance. No one can | sin in this regard wit:i impunity. I have of ten seen its bitter fruits even in this life. I ) meet a man often in my travels through this 1' ?.?.nwn'iv nr niii.'p forrv vears airo got out of humor with his pastor fur something .said in the pulpit, stud he never again ; entered a house of worship. I have seen him i a few times when conducting funerals at. private houses, but he has never gone to church. Poor old man ! lie is up in the seventies and i soon must uo down to the narrow house. 1 he future before him is all dark. When lie thinksol death,and judgment, and the eternal world, Jill is black as Egypt's ninth plague. I wouldn't stand in his place an hour for a million worlds. Such is thy state of the mmi who will not "Go to church." Some bemoan their constrained absence I .from the Lord's house on the Lord's day. They deeply letrret the physical indisposition i or oilier hindrance that prevents them from mingling with God's people in "the holy j place." Like Israel's King they envy the sparrows and swallows which build their j nesls by the altars of God. lint you in health | and without any good reason fail to "Go to j | CIIUICM." Asachurch mem'ier yon should beintcrested ; la the spirit us*I welfare of ot hers. To accomplish ihisend you should seek to bring them to : the church hy and through which alone they j can be saved, but. you don't even set them a flood example. J( they did as you do thev will bo, what it is feared you already are, lost, lo>t, in that you do not "(?o to church." In the church the treasures of wisd 'o to chinch." 1 have a question to ask and I want your help in answering it. It is this. What can be done l'or the people who don't "go to j church?" They have sou's of priceless! 'l'lui?.-? KOlllS ' WUIIII, HI.II mil Vi.uni'r arc guilty, and exposed t?? the blazlirj tires of i licli.and the irosp.-l which the church preachcsopens lothem the only door ot hope. Hut | they don't enter that door. When the physi- i cian sees that nil ha can do lor his patient Is unavailing and that death is inevitable he t;ive.s up and pronounces the case hopeless. I Shall we do this with these non-attenia its? | Can we leave them alone to go down to everlasting destruction ? Our friends and neigh- j bars atid numbers of our own families: oh, Isn't there fcnuthitig l-.onible in this insuring and making certain your own damnation,; and all because you won't "Go to church." The doctrine of all our Protestant church- . cs expressed in their symbols is that "out of the church there is no ordinary possibility of j salvation." From this a most a\Vful infer- | encc, logical and inevitable, comes to you j who do n >t ' Go to church." Those who disregard the law of the text cannot have the rest, and peace, and hope.' and joy which Go I has provided and Kive>| to his urn hidilcn ones, They are not at ea^e j in their own minds. They are not free frcm fears and doubts and torturing atixie'ics and | corroding perturbation ?, and awful apprehen- j slous. Kuch people don't lend happy Chris-1 tian lives. They know that I spca'.c tlic truth j when I say they are miserable and make j those about them miserable. That man who stays away from church, unless providential- ' ly hindered, does not dwell in the .sunshine of God's love. He does not have llie comforts | lot the Gospel. If he asser'ed a thousand | times that he did, and would swear to it a : thousand times I would not believe it. I can't believe. what is impossible, whit is ! contrary to Go l's word, contrary to all i christian experience.-contrary to truth and | fi ri.t-iiwi ihc lii-U'ss of ihiniis. No. no: the i man wiio has the com .'oris of tlx.' gospel es-1 seems Hie services and ordinances of the sanciuary us of great worth, and readily and I cheerfully obeys ihe injunction, "Go to t ehurch." There is hope for the bad man who coos to ! church. He may be a mean man imposing | upon the weakness or ignorance of others;! he may be a profane man, serving the devil i for no wasies at ail, or he may be a drunkard, I or liar, or thief, or adulterer, or even a mur-j derer, yet if he goes to church lie may i hear ana obey the truth and be converted j and saved. There can be no reasonable hope for a good man who stays away from church, lie may he a good citizen, kind in his family, I honest, temperate, pure in his life, but even I he needs the converting grace of God which | can be had only through the church, and without it he must go down to everlasting 1 e..i r ??n lo P'TUlllOU* II, Ill.> 1 k xvriivir?, x iu*i jvu *.*?civ >a j danger, terrible and imminent, in neglecting to ' Uo to church." Some may not be profited by their attend- j anc upon ihe.house of (Jod. They may not go to get goo I t'nr Ih'ir souls or to worship | (iod; they nvy go from very low and un-! woi thy motives; they may be hardened ai d made worse by what they do or hear. Ord:-j nances generally burden those who wait on ! them in a wrong way. yet with all this it is a good tiling and a right thing lor everybody to "Go to church." Ministers, like other men. rnaj* often fail in their duty; they may conduct the exercises of public worship so as to oll'end the good taste of some; they may he ignorant, and unlearned; they may be wanting in sinceri* I ty, or kindness, or earnestness, or prudence ; they may be too young or too old ; too doctrinal, or too prac tical: too rhetorical, or too simple. He would be a very doll man who could not llnd somvthing to criticise in the preaching of the best minister. Yet I say that the preaching of the great majority of: ministers is calculated to do good. I never ! h a d another man preach wiihout being: profited. There is something in his matter or manner, his arguments, or illustrations, or his expositions of I he .Scriptures, in the truth ! he preaches, or the words in which lie' clothes the truili which refreshes and does good. When I was a boy I heard occasionally an old Haptist minister who was remarkable for j i.piu.'!,l?leto Intorevt verv intelligent people.! though lie wus who'ly uneducated. ilis wile I taught him his letters ufter tiiey were married, j lie never read anything hut the Hible, he | studied that with great care and preached the j gospel for lli'ty years with acceptance, and of- | ten to persons of equation. .Scholarship and [ eloquence, special gifts, are not necessary to success in the pnl'tii. The ministry is (jod's i inslit'.it'j; ea'.led of (iod, an 1 generally edu | cated and pious men, the preachers of this laud deserve the respect and confidence of t!ie people. Theref in th'-y ought to "(Jo to church.' The Christian r-iigioh, of which the church is the representative, is the great conservative factor in the government of this country. It permca'e* our institutions, dominates our j legislation, puts wholesome restraints upon j I all classes, modifies, elevates and refines the I | social fabric. The Church represses crime, promotes order and good feeling, protects | property and enhances its value. The shrewd : businessmen of Xca- England won't invest money in a town that is without churches. Kven when not controlled personally by religion they regard it as necessary for 'material prosperity?necessary to make investments safe and remunerative. There is not a church anywhere that does not repay iu material advantages more than the money its members expend upon it. There is not an evangelical minister anywhere in our land who does not I conti ibute to the social and material welfare | ol' his people, more, much more than tliej mcanre s'a'ary tliey (lole out. to him. When I I John Kandoldh came within view of London, | i uinl saw the spires of the many eh invites I pointing to heaven, hestiid to a eompanion:! "There is the secret of Kimiand's greatness;! ]she honors (lie Christian religion, and God l { has made her the mistress of the world." j j Think of this, you who hold property in this eomnmitiiy, or who are in any way eoneerned ' for its material welfare. The Church will do j and is dolus more for you than you will doj for it; for every dollar you give it you will | iget it ha?k doubled and tripled, and even! j quadrupled. Then encourage It, and don't! j fail to "Goto church." } Who, in this, or any community, are thej j merchants' best customers? Who are the patrons of professional men? Who ate the friends ami helpers of the poor? Who are tin; men of public spirit, concent'd lbr the welfare of the whole neighborhood and not exclusively for themselves? Who promotes education and all good enterprises? Who exert their in'luetice against crime, violence and vice and are in favor of order and peace? j I can tell you. Its a majority of cases they are I the people who "Go lo church." i An old woman who was very deaf was al| ways punctual in her place at church. Some | one asked her why site was so careful to at(P'tul when she could hear nothing, she respited: ' It is true 1 can hear no part of the j service, but I can si t a good example, and I ! am glad to do that much for a xood cause." She was right , we need many such exam1 pies now and here. They can be had if you will "Go to church." ij There is an evil in litis place that is to be j rebuked sharply. Some professing Christians j go to their own church but never attend any i others, even wheu a suitable opportunity is ! presented. One of the distinctive features of thr? present age is the sloughing oft' aud casting away of that bigotry, which ] claims for nnv denomination <1 monopoly of the truth and grace and blessing of (foil. If I was a private member I would not attend a Unitarian church or a Universalis! church, or a Roman Catholic church, because these Churches do not present tiie truth, but corrupt and pervert it. If I could not h;ive a Presbyterian church to go lo, I would attend any one of the evangelical churches, and join with theChristian people In the services | of the sanctuary. It is no small oflcnce to | | turn one's back upon, or withhold the hand of fellowship from Christ's people of any and class or name. In slighting them we flight and insult their Master; tills is bigotry and high churchisiu ot the most offensive sort It we would be Christians indeed, we must in no exclusive, but in the fullest scuse, "Go to church." If I had control of one of the "great voices" : spoken of in the Apocalypse, I would send it every Sabbath morning to many homes in this community ami say : -u iikc up, wukc- , up, yo tle:?cl sinners, ami'Go to church.' " I have now finished my sermon. Whatever delects it may have, it CTtainly contains , 'on-sent truth," and may the Divine Spirit i pless it to the good of your souls for Christ's sake. Amen. ?Ir. Galloway's Honorable Amende. A iken Recorder. On our first pa-;e will be found a letter from Mr. U.S. Galloway, which will doubtless be read by all of our readers with much interest. It has lhe ring of an honest man and a true hearted gentleman, who would not. intentionally make a mistat'-ment or inllict an injustice upon any. In his concluding paragraph he says: "We are aware that unfriendly persons may jeer at our candid denial of intention to wrong any, but we prefer to be right irrespeet- 1 iveof opinion. We pen this article upon the changed condition of facts as presented to our mind by your edit rial." such a declaration as the above is cre lita- 1 ble to the head and heart of Mr. Galloway and he who jeers at him under such eireumstan( .>? is mi man in nil; but simply a creature) with mi< ro copic brains and a bag of gall j where a hc.nt ought to L>e. Mr. Clailoway lias simply done what we expected of him, frt.m the pleasant impression { he made upon us, and t lie good report we have ln nr.1 of him from our friend \V. (J. lienet and ' ollier.?. His letter vindicates him from inten- r tional wrong and fixes the responsibility where it belongs upon the people of Aiken wlm furnished him (a stranger) with informa- . tion which they knew to he false, inexcusably falsi', at the very moment they were making their communications. W'e have no desire to fan the embers of bit- ' ternessstill burning from tiie recent fierce ' contest. Tilings were done and said in the heat of the struggle that were shameful; but . let them pass, as they have recoiled upon the ilea*is of t heir authors, and time alone with J its gentle soothing hand will elf'ace the wounds which vindictive calumny has inflicted. | 'l'here are oneor two things in Mr. Galloway's letter that we would allude to, if it were not ] that we have no desire to continue this discus- ! sion, especially as he has accepted the Record- j cr'# statement ot facts, and made a most honorable amende for his previous publication ! under false information. The next time Mr. Calloway visits Aiken, we 1 hope he will come under more, favorable circumstances, when we will pledge him a most ' f.lniwllf r.?.ftnhnn nnl nnlv from 1 the editor of l ho Jiccorda% but from Mr. Hon- ' dcr.-.on and a'so from our German fellow ciLi- 1 /.ens, who are as quick to accept a manly apology as they aro quick to resent an unmanly j slur. If lie. will come in the spring during the German Selluotx.cntest, he will have a fair op- \ portunity of seeing for himself th:it they are not "dirty low Dutch," but sc:f-rospoc imx, honorable citizens, who will take pleasure in according him a most cordial and hospitable 1 reception, and lie will then have an opportu- ! nity of meeting many of our best citizens, whom lie oid not meet at the rail road meet- < ings, whore the Honorable Paris Simple ins figured so extensively. 1 THOUBLE IN EDGEFIELD. I An Altcni;>t to Assassinate Young; Culbrcntli. < A correspondent of the Edycfwld dirordrlc of December a. says: "Last Thursday night the ! 27th uit., Mr. Memphis Culbreuth heard a crowd of men in his mother's yard and he ai once made known the fact to Mr. John Mor- ' ris, Sr., who was at Mrs. (,'ulbroath's spending ' the night. Memphis then went to toll Dr. Le- 1 ?'lwi hmv nluii thni-n sif.fl nt ftiiv; timo Mr. I Morris heard one of the men say 'let's go in I anyway.' On the Sunday night following < Mrs. Culbreath wa< absent from home and Dr. 1 Leroy and Mr. .Stillwell spent the nightat iter ' residence. Alter supper these gentlemen ' walked into the yard when somebody i'rtm ' the bu-hes near by popped a cap at them. Of 1 course tliis excited them very much. It is J generally supposed that these would-be ao anxious about punishing lawless- ; ness it would seem to he legitimate lor him to spend some of the public money in trying to ' keep young Culbreath from being murdered. < While some u,-c trying to hang him others are I trying to assassinate him. i ^ ?- &Bm | MR. PARKER'S 1T03LE FIGHT. - 5Bc Dcscrvos the Cordifil ('oHunoniln- ! tioEi of all (Sic Good Citizens of Abbeville County. j Associate Unformed Presbyter inn. < The present Legislature seems disposed to J resist.any farther legislation on the Temper- J - - i - - f Urt 1 ancc question. a i)uiniji.t (>i pi-lunius in l- uk- | fore that body ask'ng lor the privilege of voting by counties on the question of "License" i or "No License." Tills is the Local Option law of Georgia. Our Legislature if. rot disposed to | giant such petitions.' Mr. Park or, from this county, is lighting nobly for the Abbeville county petition. Whether lie succeeds or not. he deserves the cordial commendation of all the goo.1 citizens of the comity and we arc) sure lie will receive it. We are confident it will not he long before such petitions are favorably acted on. Those who are now re.-1st,-1 ing them are adopting a policy which will brim: about the very issue tliey deprecate. They will force this miestion into the next Legislative canvass. We live too near Georgia to pigeon-hole this County Local Option Law. if the present. Legislature does not hear us, the next will hear w/'us. ma ??? Xoiv Conies Colleton. Xctcs and Courier. Another ca?e of mob law is reported, and j this time the scene is laid in Colleton County, j A country merchant, it is .stated, was taken j from his house hy a party of unknown persons and severely whipped, because of a sus- j piclon that he had been dealing unfairly with ' some of the residents in the neighborhood. < This outrage is, of course, the natural result of allowing similar outrages to go unpunished 'n other parts of the State. The evil is spreading rapidly, and will continue tosprend until some disposition is shown to punish the offenders and protect the citizen. In the rigid enforcement of the law lies the only hope of i cure for such lawlessness. If it is not intend- I eel to allow mob law to prevail wherever a few t men see fit to put it in opeialion, it is time to ] begin to assert the power of the stat ute law. t When and where will a beginning be made? i _ ?.?>-? '? ' ? l Coming to the Front. < The common people of South Carolina are , coining to the frontin politics. Tlic Douroons ; do not believe it. hut they will ha\e the scales ] removed Irom their eyes one of these days.! In thegood sense, the justice, the integrity oi l our people is the hope of the Slate. They are ; a little slow about starting, hut they are pret- I ty sure. Bourbons may laugh at 'Mhrec for a ; quarter" politicians, the petitions of humble j people asking for the removal of unjust | things and the grumbling of the rural editors,; but behind all this is the power of the com-1 mon people thai will be felt, one of these days even in South Carolina.?Carolina Spartan. Sj?eeiJiI TriiiiiM. Greenwood Lif/ht. The special train tor Abbeville left Green- j wood Monday morning early. And we saw' many gentlemen who were anxious to go to j Abbeville on that day, but had heard nothimr of the special train. We suggest that the railroad authorities give a few days notice of their intentio:i to run a special train, and if it is generally known we have no doubt it ' will be liberally patronized. weti.niK uwm p!iy to run a special tmin on every sale day ! through the full and winter months, and it would ccitainly be a great convenience to the citizens on the line. imp ?-?? . Tprrafc Your L?n, A prominent (armor of tins county writes' as follows to l be Xncbcrry Observer: "I notice with pleasure your timely remarks in regard to the importune.* of terracing. A j little land isabout ail most, of the farmers! have, and it devolves upon them to take caroj of ii, and to terrace is tn my judgment, i lie i proper course to pursue. What I have done in that direction la quite satisfactory." 1 PTES FOE THE FARM? A. MISCELLANEOUS ASSORTMENT OF INTERESTING FARM NEWS. Some Reasons why the Farmers Fall an?l the Remedy Xeerfcd?Economy is Required in all Departments. >Southern Cultivator. The year's work Is about completed; expenses have been calculated ; the income measured, and we fear the result has not been satisfactory to a great many farmers. If this year's work stood alone in its failure, the evil would not be disastrous; but coming, as it does, to repeat the history of years that have gone before, we must believe that there i.s something wrong in our methods and not business-like in our policy. Such a system is exhaustive and needs to be remedied, ccom JJMJI/tJ UUII (V I 11 |J i I'J I1IU.1U kuuil,- 1U UIU.1I, K1I who uniformly consume the corpus of their estates. Success utuny business does not depend more upon the large gross income it may bring I ban the amount of actual profit there may be, and tlie wise expenditure and investment of its proceeds. Prudent economy is not niggardly st inginess, but a wise expenditure that will bring the largest income from the smallestoutlay. Farmers do not buy wisely, and many tilings that tney buy extravagantly should not be bought at all. We now h ive In service, upon our farm, a pair of young mares that did not cost Ally dollars apiece, up to the time of breaking to harness, outside of the service fee. The economy of putting to work, a team that cost one hundred dollars, raised upon the farm, as against the same team, houghtin the markets ulan outlay of three hundred dollars, does not admit discussion. With Bermuda grass for grazing in the summer, fodder coru, sorghum, Milio maize and a little grain fed 1111ilergood shelter in the winter, a. mule colt, ready tor service, need never cost more than fifty dollars on any larni in this State; and yet nine-tenths ol the mules in service in lieorgia have cost the fanners an average oi il'io of the hard earnings of the farm?the waste of about seventy-live dolllars per head for the la k of a little prudent economy. A great many lartners, who are not able to buy comfortable clothiug for their families, buy large amounts of commercial fertilizers to be indiscriminately scattered over their Ileitis; while barn-yard manure, that costs comparatively nothing, is washed away by the rains aud lost to the permanent benelllot ft.i.m Tt n?wln?i /?in? ni'fttont mnlhnrl nnn hundred thousand tons of commercial fertilizer sire necessary to produce the present . field of the farm, at least thirty tlxnisand tons could be dispensed with, if our farmers would shelter their stock and use, tor bedding suitable absorbents for manure. The waste ibont the premises, tlie ashes and bones that nccumuiate in tiie lields and about ti;e homes will still further reduce this expense and help nut the yield. With a little prudent economy In the use of manures, the saving to the farniurs'of this State would be simply immense. No satisfactory excuse, outside of providential interference and disaster, can be given by :tny farmer for failing to raise his provisions upon the farm. This is the leading Idea of the business; if a farmer is not to produce food, who will? If one farmer is to depend upon [mother to feed him, the sooner he quits the business the better the example he will give to his neighbors. No man can make money ivho pays ?1.2-5 for corn that could be raised on his farm for sixly cents. Every articie ol trade lias its legitimate value in market, and such an advance as fanners pay for the food crops liiey consume would bankrupt- any business that could be ruined by the gradual decay of its corpus. Hut only such things as are essential, and iilwavs at prices you arc sure you cannot afford to produce them, and the farm will be made self-sustaining, if, under good methods of cultivation, diverslliod crops are put upon the markets tojmake au income. Prudent economy, careful r.ttc-niion to the details of I he farm, and a close study of tiio markets, more for the purpose of sale than the purpose of purchase, wi.l bring thrift und success. Sheep ZEtiftbnmlry in 5. and lias spread over the entire cotton Stales east of the Mississippi river and partially over the trans-Mississippi Slates, as I have heard of it as far west as the Colorado river in Texas. It prows well on nil kinds of land, bears grazing well, stands drought first rate, and according to analysis, has the same lied value as red clover on all our dry lands, which affords good grazing, makes good hay. But the great advantage t lie cotton States posee>s to cheaply handle sheep is cottonseed. T have fell raw cotton seed lor twenty-five years, and during that time I have seen nothing but good results. Wnen the seed can be jought for SS per ton a sheep can tie wintered an it for 20cents; and tlien clover and do well until ready to feed, nils can be done with peas much cheaper than t can be done in the North on com. Our mild limate enables us to get along with much ess grain than in the North. In fact, we need nore grain during August and September :han during winter. Hogs now runniug in :he woods are fat enough lor pork, and have jeen since last November. Now your readers may well ask: "If this is ill so, why does the South send North for bajon, pork, lard, beef, and in fact for all we ise ?" My answer is: It is al 1 ea used by a dis jise called "cotton on the brain," for which I {now no cure save depletion, and that is fast 'oming. Experiments which have been made show that flesh can lie put on beef cattle durng the winter for two cents per pound by leedng cot ton seed, yet but few cattle are fed- We ;ven get beef from the North ! Winter Care of Bees. Southern Cultivator. Before the hard eold weather the apiarists it (lie North have duly put their bees in wilier quarters to escape tiie rigors of their climate. Various plans are adopted for their protection. Some surroiud tiie hive by an !>uier box packed with cliatt'. Some hives arc removed to a warm cellar, kept at a certain >'.ini-ini-.tfnr(> hv sirtitlciat heat. Some have . xcavations on the sunny side of u hill in which to put them. Sometimes they arc mowed in lor the winter and are kept warm l>y this protection. Yet, with till this cure, many apiarists lose a great part of their bees. In our Minny clime, we have no such trouble, md I tear it is true, that the more nature does for us, the less we tire inclined to help <>u>?I'VIW ? i the fail are of the iibove association, gave grounds of apprehension on the part of those who hud invested their money in the-bank-insomebody-else's-pocket until W. I). Mayfield of Greenville, the President of the Association came, out in a card stating that only one division acting under a distinct charter had come to grief. The living eternal and indestructabie divisions of this order we believe are pretty well represented in this country by clergymen. We suppose these reverend gentlemen to be sincere in this, but we doubt the consistency of such a calling in connection with preaching the gospel. Those who invest their money in any kind of a mutual association run a ri?k, and the minister ought not ask his members who have confidence In him and hate to refuse him, to embark in such a hazardous undcrtalcin;r. A little sober thought will teach any one that nothing is to be gained by such an investment. If one man invests his money and gets rich, it is at the expense of hundreds of others who are sulterlng for the necessaries of life. Many a poor man will pay up his dues at the expense of comforts denied his family until he runs aground, then he forfeits all his payments* A li ttle calculation will teach one, that the payments made in such an enterprise can be invested to infinitely better purpose at home. Besides if one division of the above named organization failed, when may another fail? We think our ministers ouuht to teach the world to Insure In that land where faiiuresnre unknown, and if they have to look to some other field for support lot them enprage in something that will not take the bread from the mouths of the children of their over-confidential brethren. For my part I would rather put my money In any fairly conducted chance game than in any mutual aid association, for if I gain anything by gambling I gain it at once and can enter Into the enjoyment of it, If I lose all I may doj so In time to recover my fortune and repent of my folly. If I have money to spend let it be spent for the education and comfort of ray children. One dollar properly spent on n child under the parent's care may be worth more t han a thousand left him after the parentis dead. NOTABLE DINING AT BRADLEY. Di8thipiis!icd Citizens Assemble Around a Board of frood Ciiccr-Railroads Favored?Various Nnisances to be Abated, and Ainon; the Ite.st the Two 3IIII Tr*x?I5esl Jfewspapcrs in the United States. Greenwood Li-jht. By invitation of MjiJ. Jos. T. IJgon, of Bradley, we hsid the honor of dining with many distinguished gentlemen from Troy, Bradley, White Hull and Greenwood. MaJ. Li^on had eons to much expense and care in preparing this feast, and be assured, that the social enjoyments and pleasures of the day have rarely been equalled. Every profession was represented by men of ability, and the subjects for discussion were so handled as lo be both pleasant and instructive. Of course all State and Government matter.? were arranged in open session for another twelve month, or till the Major dines us again, so tlic country may have no further uneasiness. The sense of the <11 nine party on railroads was favorable to the "Narrow Gauge" from the Cross Roads by way of Horntown. Shattafleld, White Ilall, and thence through the Rocky Mountains, and 'tis thought the President will float enough premium bonds to build two or three Narrow Gauges. Work will begin "when the spring time comes, gentle Annie," and the first lit lie Narrow Gauge will be completed when Bulgaria shackles K-infr Miinn of Kervla. The sense of the party on "Retrenchment- and Reform" recommend ed the abolition of Auditor, Master of Equity, Soliool Commissioner, Jury Commissioner, Petit and Grand Mai, Two Mills Tax, aud various other nuisances. When the Pension'Clause, giving the crippled and disabled Confederate soldiers $.'50, wa* reached the House rose with hats ofl and snilFed in I lie tainted air, treason, treason. The idea of an empty sleeve or leg having any of South Carolina's royal money. Let them starve from poverty in the country, and from contempt in the alleys of the city. The committee on the Public Press was unanimous in publishing to the world, how it happened that such scrubs as Wilson of the Press and Banner, and Bennett of the New York Herald got up the best papers in the United States. Many other committees reported matters of great importance, which time and space forbid mentioning. The committee on Resolution of Thanks to r i..?? i,ic nritwoiv lY'iist :ind the itlfij uis;uii i\'l uiu pleasures of the day. had so much to say about his great, soul, plethoric purse, winning manners and dashing style, that we can't reproduce their words. Enough to say, we are proud that we met so many dour friends and made the acquaintance of several distinguished gentlemen. Major Ligon ha? our kindest regaidsand highest appreciations for the invitation to his dinner. Mo. Calculated to Subvert all Order and Destroy Society Itself. News and Courier. It is a decidedly unpleasant and unpromising condition of affairs when men who are not accused of violating the laws in any way are arrested without warrant and taken' before an irregular assemblage of citizens, of whatever character or standing In their com munity, and ore warned to leave the neighborhood under an express or implied threat of personal violence in the event of their failure to take the hint. This is what occurred) at Belton on Wednesday last, however, and the "leading citizens" who were concerned in the affair certainly could not have given due ' consideration to the nature and probable bad i ellects of their action before committing themselves to so extreme a course. If the Mormon elders were guilty of any breach of the law, the law should have been resorted to, in a lawful way. liut whether guilty or not, they are illegally dealt with, and those who have assumed to speak and act in the name of society and order in this instance have set an example which is plainly calculated to subvert . . it testing milk to ascertain I.' it has been chom- . : ically tampered with. "The Spoiling of Children" is a sensible article by Charlotte Ellis : Eleanor Kirk writes upon "Grandmothers," and Dr. F. H. Bogworth upon "Taking Cold." The queries and answers in the department of ' Nursery problems" are unusually numer- ; x,\ ous. Babyhood olJ'ers liberal terms to canvassers. many of whom have met with marked success in procuring subscriptions. Ad- ?;. die>s, 18 Spruce Street, New York. 15 cents a copy ; $1.50 a year. Religion in the South Carolina LeglNiatare. The Senate Is composed of 35 members, who are classified as follows: Baptists, 10: Methodists, 9; Presbyterians, 5; Episcopalians, 4; Lutherans, 3?maiung a loiai 01 lace is ubout two miles rrom me cuy uu mo insley Bridge road. He used stable manure nndcottou seed compost, and cleared ?600 on the crop. ? o Ont or F.tshlou. A fashionable womon In a fashionable pew; A fashionable bonnet Of a fashionable line ; A fashionable mantel And a fashionable gown, A fashionable Chiistian In a fashionable town ; A fashionable prayer boolc And a fashionable choir. A fashionable chapel With a fashionable spire ; A fashionable preacher With a fashionable speech ; A fashionable sermon Made of fashionable reach, A fashionable welcome At a fashionable door; A fashionable penny To the fashionable poor; A fashionable heaven And a fashionable hell; A fashionable Bible For the fashionable belle. A fashionable kneeling And a fashionable nod ; A fashionable everything. Rut no fashionable God ! The pension matter has been finally adjudicated by the Xorth Carolina fjdgislature. Jt appears that. there are i,0 W widows in the State*and 071) old soldiers who are entitled to the benefits of the act and each of these will receive 514.75 per annum. This amouut, small as it may seem, will no doubt help along considerably those poor fellows who wore the gtvy and who are now disabled, and the widows uf those who foil in defense of the State. ? ? THE mill) EG ROOM'S theasuhe. "I would not. exchange this hour. And her whose hand is clasped in mine, For the world and Its boasted power, Or ail the valued treasures of time." The Democratic'legislative caucus of Virginia nominated the lion .John W. Daniel for Senator. The vote was Daniel (X), Barbour SO. There will be only two colored men in tha Forty-ninth Congress; O'Hara, of North Cax?" oiitia, and Suialis, of South Carolina.