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BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1885. VOLUME XXX. NO. 24. M
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"GO TO CHURCH."
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"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.
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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<i
lex's have to bj carefully slu lied in their
context and the scope of the writer, with
many helps as concordances, commentaries
aud other books and after ali thU, the meaning
is only partially apprehended or may tie
wholly mistaken, but the m-'aning of my
text cuiiuot possibly be misunderstood. Thcie
is no obscurity or ambiguity about it. It is as
clearusthe sunlight of 1 his bright Sabbath
day. Give me your attention now and I will
give you my text. It is: "Go to church! Go
to church !"
In speaking from these words, faithfulness
will require me to say some hard things, yet
1 will not say them in u 11 kindness. I shall
utter no reproof for the majority of the members
of this church u hose appreciation of and
attendance upon the services of the sanctuary
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ure wormy 01 nig.scst um. * ?m ui-v impelled
to speak in no soft words of those who
dishonor God by making ;i mere convenience
of going to His house?those who s;o only
whv-n they cannot find the semblance of an excuse
for staying away, 'iliere are many in
this audience to-day, and many who might
have been here, but are not, who need to ponder
carefully the command, "Go to church."
It ih a command surcharged with divine authority,
having all the binding force of the
'ten words" spoken on Sinai's top and written
upon the tables of stone by the fing.-r of the
Great God. The m.?n is a rebel against the
Governor of tno world who does aot "'Go to
church."
.Many people, no doubt, have good reasons
fur staying,, away. Tbey may be sick
or invalids, they may have to attend to children,
or ihe aged, or the sick, and there may
be many other sufficient excuses Of ihem I
ran not now to speak. Hut I here are many who
iu'ing guilt upon their souls by failing to ''Go
to church."
I want to say now distinctly tint I don't
know any community wnere the command o?
the text, is so recklessly and commonly disobeyed
as In this community. Why we have
people here who never, never go to church.
Koine who don't come to this church, and
don't go to any other church. Some who
have wealth, property, intelligence and inlluancc,
and yet for yea:s have trampled under
foot the com m md of the blessed God to
"Go to church." j
They derive a thousand blessings every day
from Christianity; they feast upon these blessings
in their richness and fullness, yet tor them
they never express or even entertain one
?. ? ..r.ofni r..,.Hue. liui fur this Christian reli
gioii the.- might be savages or cannibals, yet
they never go to the house of the One to
wiiom tln-y o.ve so much, t> 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 <m and
| the riches of grace are displayed. Comfort
land strength and lis; lit a id pardon and sal va- j
j tion are brought to the chiidr. n of men.
j Here heavy burdens have been unloosed,
i questions solved, consolations imparted,
light thrown upon the path of life, precious
deiiver.inces and gracious experiences and
strength given tor many days. Hut you,
weak, and needy, and sinful, and perishing,
won't even "(>'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 a<sas- <
sins are alter killing young Culbreath. There
have been falsehoods sworn against this
young rr an, and it seems that his enemies are i
determined on his death. I am responsible 1
for these assertions, and if anybody wants to
know my name give It to them, if the Cov- i
ei nor is >o 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.
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MR. PARKER'S 1T03LE FIGHT.
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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.
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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
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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.
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Tprrafc Your L?n<l>,
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 <he Cotton States.
A correspondent ol thea/ieep jsrceaer says:
'Thinking ihat maybe tin article on the above
would in terest your readers, I have concluded
Lo toll tliem what I know about raising sheep
In the cot tun States. I believe It is a conceded
ract that to handle sheep for profit plenty of
:heap land and cheap grass are required, With
mild winters and cheap food to put them
through the winter. In the cotton States, but
inure especially the old States east of the Mississippi
Kiver, there arc thousands of farms,
worn out by cultivating cotton, which, with
Bermuda grass and Jauan clover, can be made
. xcollent sheep farms. They can be bought
very low?in f.ict so low that one would believe
tliem entirely worthless. But while it
Is true that these lands are much vorn and
exhausted, they will produce Bermuda grass,
Japan clover and the cow pea: and can, by
running sheep on them, be made rich in a few
years. Japan clover is a new grass of the clo.f.,n
r..,niiv timt tt'ns started near (Jhai leston.
6. C.f in 18(>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 tlie<fact that it keeps
them in good order, and at lambing the ewes
liavc plenty of milk, convinces me that it is
j;ood food.
I have been long satisfied that there is no
jountry in the United states that can handle
ill kinds of stock so cheaply as tne river bottom
lands in the South. These lands will proluce
from 10 to 100 bushels of corn to the acre,
md 4 to 0 tons of hay. Ited clover grows G
[eet high, so does Johnson grass. Bermuda
jniss ui.l carry 1 cattle per acre, hogs do well,
md where they have wood land to run on wi.l
seep growing a 1 winter, and then can bo put
>n 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><tlves.
.Southern people love larger indiistries
and that which comcs with less care.
With bees some care in our favored climate is
nece-'sury. Although we may leave our colonies
just where they tire for winter, (hey
should be examined before cold weather. No
leaky crevices should lwo allowed, or places
where the wind may wiistle through, although
they need some ventilation. J'.ees do
not, like toads or reptiles, assume a dormant
state through winter. A bee once chilled is
i-hilied lorever. They cluster together on a
lew combs in the centre of the hive and thus
keep up their heat. Hence the necessity of
having a large colony. They fly out occasionally
i;i warm sunny weather during winter.
No hive should bet:In winter with loss than
twenty-five pounus o: noiicy; aim uicw
stores aliouId be near tiie brood chamber, .so
as to give them as iittlo travel as possible. A
ttifok coarse cloth .should be placed over the
frames in the lop story. This they g'ue down
closely, and it saves them from much cold.
They should not be interrupted tiiront;h winter,
as they have closed lip every crevice possible
against the cold.
Thus equipped, we consign them to their
long rest, l'usy little bee, do you, too, do 'he
Master's will?teaching man by divine instinct
the lesson of God, there is a time to
work and a time to rest, from which chill
sleep no lloral dream can disperse t lie frost,
waiting, like earth's way worn travelers, not
dead, but sleeping, in the chiii-bound state,
yet in hope of the vernal and wooing iulluenees
of the eternal spring.
Destroyiit? Cut Worms.
[Southern Cultivator.]
Your correspondent, "F. R. H.t" Brownsville,
Tcnn.. In your November number,
among other Inquires, ticks: "Is salt sown on
cibbtuc land in the fall a sure preventive or
the cut worm?" and by your permission I
will give him, and others desiring the same
information, through your columns, the benefit
of my experience with the cut worm and
salt.
About four years ac:o I had about ten acrcs
of cablnges, i. e., cabbage plants put oufcin
the Held where I expected th?m to make cabbage.
The cut worms cut them down about
as fast as I could put them out. I thought fur
a while that the cheaper way to got rid of the
worms would be to kill them by kindness by
putting out plants as fa*t as they euulci cut
them down uutil their lives would be run out,
and so I put out plants as fast as t.hey were
cut down, until every standing plant represented
not Ic.*s than five that hud been put
out. The season teing well-nigh -spent in
which plants could be put out with any certainty
ot their maturity in time for market, I
concluded that I could not rely longeron the
"replacing" system, but must exterminate
the cut worms or I would make no cabbages
on that land, and so I employed ten hands to
hunt the worms. These hands I provided
with sharp slicks about six incites long and
sharp as the point of a pen-knile? a blunt one
will not find half the worms?and I put them
to hunting worms early in the morning, and
the first day they gathered about half a bushel,
which, to make sure of their destruction,
after applying salt liberally to them without
any pe'reeptible damage or Inconvenience to
them, I cremated them by a liberal application
of unslaked lime till t:iey were roasted to
a crackling, and then buried them two feet
deep so that not hing short of Gabriel's trumpet
can resurrect them, If that can. This process
I followed up three dajs, each day getting
fewer than the preeeeding one, till the
last day when I got about two quarts. Since
that time I have not been trouLled with the
cut worm.
My experience with the cut worm extended
through the salt process. When I wasgatheringcut
worms by the half bushel I literally
covered them with salt In the hope that it
would kill them, or at least punish them a little,
but It did not seem to hurt them in the
least. Nothing seems to hurt them but cremation.
And to see what effect salt would have on
cabbage plants, I covered the ground about a
quarter of an inch deep for about a foot in
diameter around two plants and next morning
one of the plants, having a leaf or two cut
otr by a cut worm, I hunted him up and found
him comfortably curled up. fast asleep in the
sa:t; and the nextday, finding the other plant
with several leaves cut off, 1 examined the
cause and found two fat cut worms comfortably
curled up in the salt, as If tliey were enJoying
life finely, as no doubt they were. It
seemed that they were attracted by the salt
instead of being destroyed by it From these
experiments I am left to the conclusion that
salt, as an exterminator of worms, is a fail
ure. jj.'iiM iiiiLi ciujlj.ii.
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Woman in the Home.
Southern Cultivator.
Woman is the economist of the family. A
grout deal of financial success must depend
upon bcr managementand skill,and much of
the .pleasure of the home is found in her taste
her culture and her fitness to please. Every
man, who has a wife, as the mistress of his
home, desires that she shall understand all
the details of domestic economy, thatshe may
utilize, to the best ad van lug;*, the funds put
at her disposal, and have, at least, the executive
ability to ciireet the dulies of her servants.
Every woman, deficient In these
things, meets, in a measure, the disappointment
of her husband, as her inefficiency manifests
Itself in her failure, or, worse, in her
neglect.
Some women lmve better Judgment and
better business capacity than others; some
have taste for needle work, music and art;
and no Inc'inition for the drudgery of domestic
life. Others find their pleasure and their
profit In literature, and, of course, their tastes
must be gratified and their pleasures indulged.
Every woman, however, who is at the
head of a family lias certain duties to discharge,
either through her peusoual effort,-or
as directing the efforts of another. As she
fails in this, she fails in the highest and best
mission of her life, and brings .disappointment
and a degree of dissatisfaction.
Not only in the services that are sometimes
thought to be more menial, but. in the economy
of clothing, as found in the quality of
goods and their suitable and tasty adornment
the wife and mother has much to do. In this
department some ladies have a happy faculty
of turning an-unsightly object into a thing of
beauty. And at little outlay the furniture
and tbe chambers, as well as tne dress, are all
kept in such beautiful order that others of
less taste and ability wonder at such display
from so small an income. The best housekeeper
is the one possessing the most utility
in all herdepartmedts. However attractive
a home may be in its appointments ; howev
cr llliy uiu niuurt'ii, in tuuicu tmuuv ,
however neat ana ornamental the furniture,
miide beautiful by the woman's own hands,
something more is expected than that, the
wife and the mother shall sweep the floor,
make the beds and darn the socks of the family.
She needs to give companionship in intelligence
and culture; sympathy and encouragement
in misfortune, and a warm,
steady afrectlon through all thecvaried duties
and changes of her household.
.So many young women are just assuming
these responsible cares; so many others have
never yet learned how to meet them that wo
will bo glad to have all of our lady friends encourage
and help each other in the homework
nnd home-life by giving ys suitable
communications for this department of our
paper.
Farmers Dispoxin^ of their Cotton |
Socil.
It looks like a poor business Indeed when vrc
see a farmer hauling bis cotton seed to town
and selling them, and every good farmer in
the county will join in with us in saying so.
The farmer who sells his cotton seed is evidently
not a success at planting, and by thus
disposing of the best fertilizer that can be obtained
anywhere he is making himself poorer
every year. At least a half dozen ol the best
and most successful farmers in this county
have told us that they would not sell their
cotton seed for twenty-five cents per bushel,
as they were worth more than thattoputbaek
upon the land as a fertilizer, and yet those
who do sell them only get about sixteen cents
per bushel for them.
The cotton sec! oil mills thai arc being erected
in various portions of the State may be
money-making institutions for the manufacturer
of the oil and lo the employees in the
establishment, but they are anything else to
the farmers, it may be true that cotton seed
meal is a good fertilizer, but the tanner who
sells his col ton seed at S12 or $15 per ton and
then pays Si") per ton for cott on seed meal is
making money on the wrong side?for the
mill man, and making It fast too.
It is a well known fact to all Intelligent farmers
(and all such men refuse to sell their cotton
seed) that if the seed obtained from the
cotton gathered from an acre planted in cotton
are returned to the same acre as a fertilizer,
and thatacre will continue to increase jn
fertility each year, until it becomes as rich a
piece of soil as anyone cares to plant. This Is
not only a theoretical re ark, but it is a fact
that can be demonstrated by any farmer who
will try it?that the acre of land thus treated
will yield more each successive year than It!
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MIU tliu I'iUtlwuo j V i*? , ~ ... r,. ^
indeed wlio is too r.tingy togive back to the
soil as a rental about one-eighth or one-tenth
of its return to him.
We do not think that any farmer ought toj
sell his cotton seed, and we do not believe that
cotton seed oii mills are a benefit to anyone
but (he owners and employees. They make |
money at both ends of their transaction, and |
the farmer io^es at both ends?gives two fori
one, and that one ton not as good as either of j
those he gave for it?Camden Journal.
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Agricultural onrtshlp.
A potato went out on a mash.
And .sought an onion bt d ;
"That's pie for me!" observed the squash,
And ail the heets turned red ;
"Go 'way !" the onion weeping, cried,
"Your love I cannot be ;
The pumpkin lie your lawful bride ;
You cuntelopc with me."
Knt onward slill the tuber came,
And laid down at her feet;
'You cauliflower by "any name,
? I -..-nil tulm.it
J \ 1 I V I II Villi it HlCil IIO ,
And I. too, am an early rose,
A nil yon I've come to see,
So don't turnnp your pretty nose,
But spinachat with me !"
"I do not carrot all to wed,
So go, sir, II' yon please !"
The tnode.M onion meekly said,
"And lettuce, pray, have peas !
(Jo, think that you have heaven seen
Myself, orsmelled my sigh;
To ) long a maiden I have been
For favors in your rye !"
"Ah, spare <i cuss !" the tuber prayed ;
"My cherryshed bride you'll be !
You are the only weeping maid
That's current now wim me !"
And as the wily tuber spoke,
He caught her by surprise,
And giving iter an artichoke,
Devoured her with his eyes.
A LIVE TAIL TO A BEAD HEAD
THE MUTUAL SELF-ENDOWMENT AND
BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION.
A Severe Rebuke to ministers who
Lend Tlietr Over-Confidential
Brethren Into Snares, Instead of
"Teaching the World to Insure in
that Land Where Failures are Unknown."
Scncca Free Press.
A m In cnmA rsf Mm f\f
VA.ii auiiwuiii &mviiv "* ?"?v K>?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
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ilU Ol'ULT ilUU UIOIIU.I DUV.IM,.
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Is this Intended to Kiilld up the
"Xews and Courier" on the Ruins
of tlie Conniry Press ?
Aiken Journal and Review.
Mr. W. If. Brawley, of Charleston, 8. C., has
introduced a bill into the House, allowing the
Mastery of the various counties to advertise
their sales in any county, that they and the
counsel, hy order of the Judge of the circuit,
may decide upon. This in a blow aimed at every
paper in thy State, except one, and the
prers should sse to it that such an Iniquitous
bill be summarily killed. The lawyers are allowed
enough latitude now, without enlarging
their privileges, and we hope- our members
will see thai it is their duty to vole against the
measure proposed by Mr. JJrnw'ey. Should
tins bill b? made a law, by connivance between
iho lawyers on both sldos, a Master's
s:ile may be advertised where no one is interested,
and the properly of defenceless people
be thereby sokl at a sacrifice. Such a bill is
an outrage upon the people and we f el assured
iluit it will be ignominioiisly killed when
brought before the House upon its merits.
Reached 52is J'ossr Score Years.
[ Greenetlle iVcii?.l
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Wo arc sure wo voire lhu
ment of this community in oilering to the
Kev. Dr. Furman and his fr.mi'y an I friends
cordial congratulations on the attainment of
1] is lour score years and earnest w ishes t hat
his life may be prolonged in usefulness and
happiness. The men who reach r. i-'uriuan's !
venerable aire arc few. Very few can look
hack on so long a life fall of good works, with
each of its years marked by enduring achievement
for. the glory of Uod and the good of
mankind.
We can imigine no creator earthly happi- I
ness than that of an old man who can look
brick on scores of years ol noole and oiloctivy
labor and blameless I i to, look forward with
calm confidence and faith and live in the
present with his sheaves thick about him mal
the affection and veneration of thousands of
people gloriously crowning his gray hairs,
SlrlUinsly 28uii<Iso::to Appearance. |
Aiken Ji-'cordcr.
The Abbeville Press and. J};tnner is ono of the
very best county papers in the State. If has
recently been enlarged and presents a tstrik-j
iiigly haudsome appearance.
Fielded and Hmokcd JientHt
As a rule, we keep our meals too long in thd
brine, and too long In the smoke-house* This
is true especially of ham and side-bacon fojj
family use. Wncn meats are Intended to keep
all Summer, they must, of course, be penetmed
by salt, anu Well smoked; but for Winter
and early Spring use, it Is far better to salt
lightly, and smoke very little. The English
farmers have the art or doing this a great deal
bettor than we. In many casts the bacon in
only two days in the nickle, then dryed lof
several days, and finally smoked twenty-four
to thirty-six hours?enough to brown the surface
well. Such bacon is adapted to frying,
not to boiling. For boiling, longer salting la
nocossary, and as a rule dry salted hams are
preferred. They are easily over-salted, however,
and it requires an experienced hand to
do the work well. The famous Irfch bacon Is
cured by rubbing In salt, or laying It a short
time in pickle, and not smoked at all, but
simply dried in cool weather In a dry atmosphere.
Sometimes it Is smoked for a fevr
hours, Just to give it a fine color. When cooked.
it is sliced thin and fried, and is crisp and
delicious beyond anything we commonly get.
Great quantities of choice hams are shipped "
from this country to Great Britain, and as we
learn, are thus handled. They are shipped in
Just as weak brine as experience has shown
will keep them irom lainungon me voyage.
On arrival, the casks are opened, nnd the ham*
thrown to soak in a great vat. When the salt
is sufficiently drawn from the surface,' they
are taken out and beaten up into their original
form, then the trimmers take oft a shaving
all around on the flesh-side; they are exposed
a day in the smoke-house, Just to give
them a golden russet tint, nnd then they are
exposed for sale. We will warrant the slice*
of such hams, well boiled, or even fried, will
in every quality, beat the native American
homecured article, out and out.?Amciican
Agriculturist.
The ProhibitionlMts Not t<J be
Sqnclehed by the Legislative 4 ^
Enactments. \
Itewbcrry Herald and News.
A strong light was made in the Honse last
Wednesday for the Abbeville prohibition bill,
but It resulted in its discomfiture, and in the
opinion of some, the defeat of the prohibitionists.
The bill provided for a vote of the whole
County upon the question whether liquor
should be sold In (he town oT Abbeville. The
bill was recommitted. The sentiment of the
House on the whole, seems to be that prohibitory
legislation has gone far enough lu eon- .
lining the sale of whiskey to Incorporated
towns, and giving these local option la the
matter.
Hut we are much mistaken in the tempei*
of the prohibitionists if they accept, the re*
suit of the fight as a settlement of the question.
The time has come for a fight on tho
subiect and it is going to take place. It Ik no
us? to talk of the danger of the carrying this
issue into politics. Ji 13 going into politics.
The An demon hill, the ctlier day was withdrawn
because the friends of prohibition expected
to take the question into the primaries.
Prohibition is oue of those subjects that stir
men to n pitch or enthusiasm which renders
them reckless of consequences, and dangerous
or not, prohibition is going iulo politics.
The Mnrrla^c of Dr. J. P. Johnson
and Hiss Lennlo Jay.
McCormick Advance.
On last Thursday, at il o'clock, A. M., at the
resilience of the bride's father, Mr. T. M. Jay,
Miss Lennie Jay were married to Dr. D. P. Robinson,
of McCormick, Rev. Dr. Sloan officiating.
The attendants were, Mr. W. E. Penn :
and Miss Clarn Robinson, Sir. J. L. Hurnett
and Miss Fannie Jay, Mr. J. f<. Kennedy and
Miss Emma Neel, Mr. A.^LTraylor and Miss
Hattie Rixie. A sumptuous repast was served
at noon immediately after which the bridal
couple, accompanied by several of the ladles
and gentlemen, came to McCormlck where
they took the train for Charleston. They will
return in a few nays, and we are happy to
state, will make their permanent home at .
tills place, where Dr. Johnson, though quite s
a young physician, lias already established
himself in the conlidenee and alfectlon of the
people. The bride is one of Abbeville's lovllest
daughters, and the good people of McCormlck
will warmly welcome her in their midst.
Upon the lives of the newly married
pair the Advdnce trusts that prosperity
and happiness will wreath themselves in eternal
spring.
Babyhood for December.
Which is the first number of Its spcond year .
contains a quantity ol timely Christmas sui*
gestions as to what to buy lor oaoy, eic., una
reverts to the subject of "Compulsory Kissing,"
this timo in its medical aspect, "Rocking
Baby to Sleep" is the title of one of many
intcri-sUn? letters In the "Mother'? Parliament."
Dr. Cyrus; Edson, of the New York
Board of Health, writes on "Preserved Milk,"
exposing certain processes employed by unscrupulous
dealers, and giving directions for >
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 <u guuivu
members, while 4 are not connected with acy
church. Of these four, at least two of them
are favorably Inclined to the Baptists, The
House of Representatives Is composed of 123
members, divided in religious sentiment as
follows: Baptists, 31; Methodists, 20; Presbyterians,
17 ; Episcopalluns, 12 ; Associate Reformed
Presbyterians, 5 ; Roman Catholics, 5;
Lutherans, 3?making a total of 93 church
members, while 21 are not connected witU any
churoh.
On the Right Track.
We do not recollect who It was that offered
the bill providing for one County Commissioner
for each County. The bill was killed,
but its author is on the right track. Fewer
oificcrs with longer tenures and better salaries
Is wi-at we need it: thi3 State. Wo believe
one pood man with a salary commanding
his entire time and attention would be a
better investment 'or any county 'than three
good men who are paid $2 a day and allowed
to serve but 70 days in the year each.?Green~
ville JXeivs.
Stable Manure is the Best.
Greenville Netvs.
G. T. Willis has made the biggest one-horee
crop yet reported, and !t is doubtful if it has
ever been equaled In this section. On 23 acres
he made 27 bales of cotton, all with the gray
mare he Is now using as a buggy horve. His
i>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.
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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.
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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.