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THE ABBEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL'
COMPOSITIONS, RECITATIONS AND DECLAMATIONS
BY THE SCHOLARS.
Programme of Public Exercises in
the Academy on Friday Xooii, February
19, 1886.
Last Friday the people of our town were
highly entertained by the recitations of the
scholais of the Abbeville Hiirh School. Public
annou jceinent had been made previously
- - - '-< ...wl
of t.he time and place 01 me uo-,
lore the appointed hour had arrived, the room '
was crowded with ready and eager listeners.
Prior to the recitat'ons, Prof. Archer made a |
few. appropriate remarks of welcome to thei
audience, explaining, also, the object of such j
an event. He believed it would be stimula-1
tin? to the patrons to recognize the progress I
of their sons and daughters, and to the pupils
to have an opportunity of displaying the pro-1
gross they had made.
We made, as we thought at the time,a prop<er
effort to grt the copy of every scholar's I
piece but we foundout, when too late to make |
'other effort, that we were disappointed. We I
therefore publish such as we could get, with-}
out intending to show partiality to any one. j
Jf we had not bean disappointed we would
have given every child a life size portrait in
She literary picture.
The exercises were commenced by the recitation
of the followiug piece by Miss Liy-zie
Marshall:
WHICH SHALL IT HE ?
(A rich man who had no children proposed
to liis poor neighbor, who had seven-, to take
one of them, and promised. If the parents
would consent, that lie would give them prop-1
erty enouuh to make themselves and their
other six children comfortable for life.]
Which shall it be ? Which shall it be ?
I looked at John, John looked at me,
And when I found that I must speak
My voice seemed strangely low and weak :
"Tell me again what Robert said
And then 1. listening, bent my head?
This is his letter.
rtI will give
A house and land while you shall live,
If, In return, from out your seven,
One child to me for aye is given."
I looked at John's old garments worn ;
I thought of all that he had borne
Of poverty, and work, and care,
Which I, though working, could not share ;
I thought of seven young mouths to feed, J
Of seven little children's need,
And then of this. I
"Come, John," saw i.
We'll choose among them as they lie
Asleep." So, walking hand in hand.
Dear John and I surveyed our band ;
First to the cradle lightly stepped
Where Lilian, the baby slept.
Softly the father stooped to lay
His rousrh hand down in a loving way.
. When dream or whisper made her stir,
And huskily he said : "Not her 1" I
We stooped beside the trundle bed, i
And one long ray of lamplight shed
Athwart the boyish faces there,
In sleep so beautiful and fair.
I saw on James's rough, red cheek
A tear undried. Ere John could speak
"He's but a baby, too," said I,
And kissed him as we hurried by.
Pale, patient Robbie's angel face
Still in his sleep bore suffering's trace.
"No, for a thousand crowns not him ! '
He whispered, while our eyes were dim. ?
Poor Dick ! bad Dick ! otir wayward sonTurbulent,
restless, idle oneCould
he be spared ? Nay, Jle who gave
Hade us befriend him to the grave ;
Only a mother's heart could be
Patient enouch lor such as tie ;
"And so," said John, "I would not dare
To take him from her bedside prayer.""
Then stole we softly up above,
And knelt by Mary, ehild-ot love.
"Perhaps for her 'twould better be,"
l8aidtoJohn. Quite silently
He lifted up a curl that lay
Across her cheek in a wilful way,
And shook his head : "Nay, love, not thee,"
The while ray heart beatuudibly.
Only one more, our eldest lad,
Trusty and truthtul.good and glad,
Wo like his father, "No, John, no !
I cannot, will not, let him go."
And so we wrote in a courteous way,
We could not yive one child away;
And afterward toil lighter seemed.
Thinking of that of which we dreamed,
Happy in truth that not one face
Was missed from its accustomed place;
Thankful to work for all the seven,
Trusting the rest to One in heaven.
TIIK PSALM OF LIFE.
Longfellow's familiar poem was said by
blaster Joe P. Giles.
Tell me not, in mournful numbers,
Life Is but an empty dream !
For the soul is dead that slumbers,
Aud things are not what they seem.
Life Is real! Life is earnest!
And the grave is not its goal;
Dust thou art, to dust returnest,
Was not spoken of the soul.
Not enjoyment, and not sorrow,
Is oar destined end or way;
But to net. that each to morrow
Find us farther than to-day.
Art Is long, and Time is fleeting.
And our hearts, though stout and brave,
.Still, Jike muffled drums, are beating
Funeral marches to the grave.
'In the world's broad field of battle,
In the bivouac of Life,
Be not like dumb, driven cattle!
Be a hero in the strile!
Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant!
Let the dead Past bury its dead !
Act?act in the living Present!
Heart within, and God o'erliead.
Lives of great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime,
And, departing, leave behind us
Foot-prints on the sands of time
Foot-prints, that perhaps another,
Sailing o'er life's solemn main,
A forlorn and shipwrecked brother,
Seeing, shall take heart again.
Let us, then, be up and doing,
With a heart for any fate;
Still uchievlnsi, still pursuing,
Learn to labor and to wait.
THE HEATHEN CHINEE,
Was the subject with which Master Foster
Ivlrby entertained his hearers, as follows;
Which I wish to remark?
And my language is plain?
That for ways that are dark
And for tricks that are vain.
The heathen Chinee Is peculiar:
Which the same I would rise to explain.
Ah Sin was his name;
And I shall not deny
J.n.regard to the same
What that name might imply;
'But his smile it was pensiveand childlike,
As I frequent remarked to Bill Xye.
It was August the third.
And quite soft was the skies,
Which it might be inferred
That Ah Sin was likewise:
Yet he played it that day upon William
And me in a way I despise.
>Whieh we had a small game,
And Ah Sin took a hand:
;It was euchre. The same
He did not understand;
.But he smiled as he sat by the ?ahle,
With thesmlle that was chikllikeund bland.
Yet the cards they were stocked
*
ill tl ivaj L ilUL i BlICX.'!
.Anil my leel lugs were shocked
At the state of Nye's sleeve.
Which was stuffed lull of aces and bowers,
And the same with intent to deceive.
But the hands that were played
By that heathen Chinee,
And the points that he made,
Were quite frightful to seeTill
at last he put dowh a right bower,
Which the same Nye had dealt unto me.
Then I looked up at Nye,
And he gazed upon me;
And he rose wit h a sigh,
And said, "Can this be ?
TV'e are ruined by Chinese cheap labor,"?
And he went lor that heathen Chinee.
In the scene that ensued
I not take a hand,
But the floor it was strewed
Like the leaves osn the strand
Vitb the cards that Ah Sin had been hiding
in tlie game "he did not understand.''
In bis sleeves, which were long.
He had twenty-four pack*?
"Which was coming it strong,
Yet I state bui tbe facts.
And wefoundon his nails,which were taper?
What is frequent in tapers?that s wax.
Which is why I remark,
And my language is plain,
'f hat for ways that are dawk.
And for tricks that are vain,
The heathen Chinee is peculiar?
Which the same I am free to maintain.
The Girl of the Period?Miss Jessie Hill.
The Merry Workers?Misses Mary DuPre,
Klla Smith, Annie Boarman, Jennie White,
juggle Goss, Mamie Lee, Belle Huddon. Rer
"V
:?ifei*
beeca Seal, Lucia Seal, Gnssie Cfiughman,
Jennie Porrin and Lucy White.
Napoleon's Farewell to France ? Master,
Coulter Coth ran.
The Young Orator?Master Pavid Henry.
There's always Iioom at the Top?Master
Perrln Quarlcs.
ABOr BKN* AllltKM.
Master Edwin Parker next followed with
this:
Abou Hen Adhenl (may his tribe increase !)
Awoke one night Horn a deep dream of peace,
And saw within the moonlight in his room,
Making it rich and like a lily in bloom,
An angel writing in a book of gold :
Exceeding pence had made Hen Adhem bold,
And to the presence in tlie room he said,
"What writest thou?"?The vision raised its
head,
* ?* - - * ?- - ? 1- ~ * oil oTi'nnt ao/?nr/l
^viuit wiiu a icmii. uuiuc wi ?**
Answered. "The names of those who love the
Lord."
"And isniineono?" said Ahou. "Xay, notso.'"
Rcnlied the angel.--Aboii spoke more low,
Hut oheerly still; and said, "I pray thee, then,
Write me as one that loves his fellow-men."
The angel wrote, and vanished. The next
night
It came again, with a great wakening light.,
And showed the names whom love of God
had blessed,?
And, loJ Ben Adbem's name led all ihe rest!
Composition ? "Think twiee, before you
Speak"?.Miss Annie Hemphill.
The Charge of the L.igtit Biigarte?blaster
William Barnwell.
Somebody's Mother ? Master Brooks Livingston.
JCingtongpaw?Master Thomas Parker.
The Voice ot Spring?Miss May Robertson.
Zdeddlesome Mattie?Miss Ida Miller.
There's but one pair of Stockings, to mend
to-night?Miss Minie Morrow.
The Pictures of Memory?Miss Mamie Perrin.
The Graves of the Household?Misses Annie
Henry, Florence Henry, Lula Hughes, Ursula
Wasmansky, Ida Hammond and Mabel Tusten.
MAKCO ROZZARIS.
This piece was said by Master Gordon
White.
At midnight, in his guarded tent.
The Turk was dreaming of the hour
When Greece, her knee in suppiiance bent,
Should tremble at his power.
In dreams, through camp and court he boro
The trophies of a oonquerer,
In dreams, his somr of triumph heard;
Then wore his monurrn s signer-ring:
Then pressed that monarch's throne?a king:
As wild his thoughts, and gay of wing.
As Eden's garden bird.
At midnight, in the forest shades,
Bozzaris ranged his .Suliote band.
True as the steel of their tried blades,
Heroes in heart and hand.
There hail the Persian's thousands stood,
There had the glad earth drunk their blood,
On old Platica's day:
And now there breathed that haunted air,
The sons of sires who conquered there,
With arms to strike, and soul to dare,
As quick, as far as they.
An hour passed on?the Turk awoke;
That bright dream was his last:
He woke?to hear his sentries shriek,
"To arms! they come! the Greek! the Greek!"
He woke?to die mid flame and smoke,
And shout, and groan, and saber-stroke,
And death-shots falling thick and fast
As lightnings from the mountain-cloud;
And heard, with voice as trumpet loud,
Hozzaris cheer his band:
".Strike?till the last armed (oe expires;
Strike?for your altars and your fires;
Strike?for the green graves of your sires;
God?and your native laud !*'
They fought?like brave men, long and well >
They piled that ground with Moslem slain J
They conquered?but Bozzaris fell,
Bleeding at every vein.
His few surviving comrades saw
His smile, when rang their proud hurrah,
And the red field was won :
Then saw in death his eyelids close
Calmly, as to a niiiht's repose,
Like flowers at set of sun.
Come to the bridal chamber, Death !
Come to the mother, when she feels
For the first time her first-born's breath ;
Come when tlie blessed seals
That close the pestilence arc broke,
And crowded cities wail its stroke;
Come in consumption's ghastly form,
The earthquake's shock, the ocean storm;
Come when the heart beats high and warm
With banquet-song, and dance, and wine :
And thou art terrible?the tear,
The groan, the knell, the pall, the bier,
And all we know, or dream, or fear
Of asrony, are thine.
But to the hero, when his sword
Has won the battle for the free,
Thj voice sounds like a prophet's word;
And in its hollow tones are heard
The thanks of millions yet to be.
Bozzaris! with the storied brave
Greece nurtured In her glory's time,
Rest thee?there is no prouder grave
Even in her own proud clime.
We tell thy doom without a sigh.
For thou art Freedom's, now, and Fame's.
One of the few, the immortal names,
That were not born to die.
The Maniac?Miss Addie Russell.
Are the Children at Home ??Miss Fannie
Wilson.
The Frenchman's Flea Powder?Master Andrew
Ward la w.
What is Life ??Miss Grace Smith,
The Charge by the Ford?Master James
Walker.
The Rival Speakers?MastersJamesCothran
and Mason DuPrc.
Luttere?Miss Delia Hill.
The Burial of Moses?Master Lewis Perrin..
Is it Anybody's Business ??Robert Perrin
KOCK OF AGES.
Was repeated by Miss Katie Cooglor.
"Rock of Ages, cleft for me.
Thoughtlessly the maiden sung;
Fell the words unconsciously
From her girlish tongue;
Sang {is little children sing:
Sing as sing the birds in June;
Fell the words like light leavepdown
(>n the current, of the tune?
"Bock of Age?, cleft for me,
Let me hide mysell' in Thee."
"Let me hide myself in Thee,"
Felt her soul no need to hide.
Sweet the song as song can be?
And she had no thought beside,
All the words unhcedingl.v
Fell from lips untouched by care,
Dreaming not. they each might be
On some other lips a prayer?
"Rock of Ages, cleft (or me.
Let me hide myself in Thee."
"Rock of Ages, cleft for me"?
'Twas a woman sung them now,
Sang them slow and wearilyWan
hand on her aching brow,
Rose the song as storm-tossed bird
Beats with weary wing the air,
Every note with sorrow stirred?
Every syllable a prayer?
"Rock ot Ages, cleft, for me,
Let me hide myself in Thee."
"Rock of Ages, cleft for me,"
Sung above a collin-lid ;
Underneath, all restf-.lly,
All life's joys and sorrows hid,
Never more, O storm-tossed soul
Nevermore from wind or tide,
Nevermore from billows roll,
Wilt thou need to hide
Could the sightless, sunken eyes,
Closed beneath tin; soft gray tnur;
Could the mute stiffened lips
Move again in pleading prayer,
Still, aye, still the words would l>e,
"Let me hide myself in Thee."
Letting the old cat die?Miss AgnesQunrles.Jitn
Bludso?.Master Lewis RunspII.
Was It a little ??Miss Jennie Zeigler.
A iteverfce m ijuurcn?->i;ss i^uia 3J.aun.
PAI'A'S LETTER.
Itecited by Miss Lillie Templeton, as follow
s :
1 was sitting in the study.
Writing inters, when i hoard,
"Please, dear mama, Mar.v to d inc,
Mama mustn't be 'sterbed.
"Rut I'so tired of the kiltie.
Want some ozzor ling to do,
Witlng letters, is 'on mima ?
Tan't I wite a letter too ?"
"Not now, darling, mama's busy.
Hnn and play witli kiltie now."
"No. no, mama me wite letter
Can if you will show me how."
Put the eager faeo was clouded,
As I slowly shook my head,
'Till I said, '.I'll make a letter,
or v??n il:Li*lln-r bow instead."
So I parted back the tresses
From his forehead hisli und white,
And a stamp on it I parted
'Mid it.s wives of golden light.
Then I said, "Now, little letter,
(Jo away and hear good news."
And I smiled as down the staircase
Clattered loud the little shoes.
Leaving me thedarling hurried
I town to Mary in his glee,
"Mama witing lots of letters ;
l^e a letter, Mary, see.''
Xo one heard the little prnttler
As once more he climbed the stairs,
Reached the little cap and tippet,
Standing on the ent ry chair.
No one heard the front door open,
No one saw the golden hair.
As It floated o'er hisshoulderb
In the crisp October air.
anaaem?aaggasr? ? ? m* ? ?nrr
Down the street the bahv hastened
Till he reached the otliee door.
"I'se a letter Mr. Postman ;
Is there room fur any more ?
"'Cause dis letter's doin to papa,
Papa lives with God 'on know,
Mnma sent, me for a letter,
Dues 'ou fink 'at I tan go ?"
Kilt the clerk In wonder answered,
"Not to-day my little man."
"Den I'll find auozzer ollice,
"Cause I must go if I tat*."
Fain the clerk would have detained him
But the pleading face was gone,
A ...1 tl.ft liftl,. r.^.4
By the busy crowd swept on.
Sudden I j- the crowd was parted,
Fcuple fled to left and right.
As a pair of maddened horses
At the moment dashed in sight.
No one saw the baby figureNo
one saw the golden hair,
Till a voice of frightened sweetness
Hang out on the autumn air.
'Twas too late?a m xment only
Stood the beauteous vision.) there,
Then the little face lay li!ek*ss,
Covered o'er with golden hair.
Reverently they raised my darling,
Brushed away the curls of gold,
Saw the stamp upon his forehead,
Growing now so icy cold.
2*nt a m:irk the face disfigured,
Showing where a hoof luid trod,
But. the little life was ended.
Papa's letter was with (Jod.
CUItFEW SHALL NOT KING TO-NIGHT.
This was said bv Miss Edna Tusten.
Slowly England's sun was setting o'er the
hill-tops lar away.
Filliug all tne land with beauty at the close
of one sad day,
And t he last rays kissed the forehead of a
man and maiden fair,
He witn footsteps slow and weary, she with
sunny, tloating hair:
He with bowed head, sad and thoughtful, she
with lips all cold and white,
Struggling to keep back the murmur?
"Curfew must not ring to-ni<jht."
"Sexton," Bessie's white lips faltered, pointing
to the prison old,
With its turrets tall and gloomy, with its
walls dark, damp and cold,
"I've a lover in that prison, doomed this very
nigilt to die,
At the ringing of the Curfew, and no earthly
help is nigii ;
Cromwell will not come till sunset," and her
lips grew strangely white
As she breathed the husky whisper:
"Curfew must not ring to-night."
"Bessie," calmly spoke the sexton?every
word pierced her young heart
Like the piercing of an arrow, like a deadly
poisoned dart,
"Long, long years I've rung the Curfew from
that gloomy, shadowed tower;
Every evening, just at sunset, it has told the
twilight hour;
I have done my duty ever, tried to do it just
and right.
Now I'm oid I still do it,
Curfew it must ring to-night."
Wild her eyes and pale her features,stern and
wnite her thoughtful brow,
And within her secret bosom Bessie made a
solemn tow,
She had listened while the judges read with
a tear or sigh ;
"At the ringing of Curfew, Basil Underwood
in list uie."
And her breath came fast and faster, and her
eyes grew large and blight?
Iu an undertone she murmured :
"Curfew must not ring to-night."
She with quick steps bounded forward,
sprung within the old church door,
Left the old man treading slowly paths so oft
he'd trod before;
Nor one moment paused the maiden, but
with eye and cheek aglow,
Mounted up the gloomy tower, where the bell
swung to and lro.
As she climbed the dusty ladder ou which
foil no ray of light.
Up and up?her white iips saying?
"Curfew shall not ring to-night."
She has reached the topmost ladder, o'er her
bangs the great dark bell,
Awful is theglooiu beneath her, like the pathway
down to hell.
Lo, the ponderous tongue is swinging, 'tis the
hour ol Curlew now,
And the sight has chilled her bosom, stopped
her breath and paled tier brow.
Shall die let it ring? .No, never! Flash her
eyes with suddeu light,
And she springs and grasps it firmly?
"Curlew shall not ring lo-niglit!"
Out she swung, far out, the city seemed a
speck of lixht below,
Twixt Heaven and earth her form suspended,
as the bell swung to and lro,
And the sexton at the bell tope, old and deaf,
ileum ihil me uen,
Hut he thought itsstill was ringing fair young
Basil's funeral knell.
Still the maiden clung more firmly, and with
trembling lips and while,
Said, 10 hush her Heart's wild beating?
"Curlew shall not, ring to-night!"
It was o'er, the bell ceased swaying, and the
maiden stepped once more
Firmly on ihedark old ladder, where lor hundred
years before
Human loot had not boon planted. The brave
deed that she had done
Should be told lung ages alter, as the rays of
setting sun.
Should illume the sky with beauty; aged
sires, with heads ol" white.
Long should tell the little children
Curfew did not ring thai night.
O'er thcdistant hills came Cromwell;
Bessie sees him and her brow,
Full of hope and lun of gladness, has no anxious
traces now.
At his feet she tells her story, showsher hands
all bruised and torn ;
And her face so sweet and pleading, yet with
sorrow pale and worn,
Touched his heart with sudden pity, lit his
eye with misty light;
"Go! your lover lives,' said Cromwell,
"Curlew shall not ring to-uight!"
The Pledge atSpeeky Point?Master Walter
Visanska.
Closing?Master Joe P. (Jlies.
Instead ol' a feeling of gladness at its conclusion,
there was a feeling of regret. As can
be gatlicml irom a perusal of the programme
the sail, eiliolional, selections were so interspersed
with comical and laughable ones,
that our minds never tired of monotony. We
are .sure that all who had ihe pleasure of being
present 011 thai occasion will agree with
us in saying tliaL the elfort was a success and
merits laudable approbation.
SUITABLE PUBLIC SCHOOL HOUSES.
Tlie Duly of the Hoards of Trustees
111 this Important Jlidfor.
Xavberry Herald and News.
At the last meeting of the Teachers' A.ssociation
I express the opinion that the trustees
of each school district are authorised by law
to use part of the school fund in providing
suitable school houses. The language ot the
General .Statutes, that I had 111 mind, is ;is follows
:
"M-x-. 1012. The Hoards of Trustees shall also
have authority, and it .shall be their duty, to
provide suitable school houses in their districts,
and to make the same comfortable,
paying due regard to any school house already
built or site procured."
It appears, therefore, that, while the trus
I IPL'N tU'O I I Ob V.\]jrr.NMJ (IUIUUJ J/A'H It / |/i?? 1/
of tlie public school luiiil as 1 nave indicated,
tlie authority to do so is clearly implied.
Otherwise, the section that I have quoted
would be senseless and meaningless.
Very truly, yours,
G liO. B CROMER.
wmCl HXrn ?
Hoys M?k(> Men.
Wlicn you see a ragged urchin
standing wistful in the street,
"With torn hat and Kneeless trousers,
JMrty face and bare red leet.
Pass not by the child unheeding;
Smile upon hint. Mark ine, when
He is grown he'll not forget it;
For remember, boys make men.
When the buoyant, youthful spirits
Overllow hi boyish lieik,
Ciiide your child in gentle accents;
I)o not in your anger speak.
You must sow in youthful bosoms
Seeds of tender mercies ; then
Plants will grow and bear good fruitage,
When the erring boys are men.
Have you never seen a grandsire,
With his eyes aglow with joy.
Bring to mind some act of kindness?
Something said to him a boy?
Or relate some slight or coldness.
With a brow all clouded, when
He said they were all too thoughtless
To remember boys make men ?
Let us try to add some pleasures
To the life of every boy;
For each child needs tender interest
In its sorrows and its Joys;
Call your boys home by its brightness;
They'll avoid a gloomy den,
And will seek for comfort elsewhere?
And remember, boys make men.
President Cleveland has appointed Gen.
John J>. Kennedy, of Kershaw, South Carolina,
Consul General to Shanghai. China.
An exchange says it is a good time now to
trim your grape vines and fruit trees. Also,
draw the top dirt from around the poach tree
and scrape out the worms and borers that can
easily be seen now.
SHERMAN AND THE PRESS.
His Wholesale Denunciation of the
Newspapers, and his Prediction
of Evil.
When we hear of any man arrogating lo
himself such a snper-abundance of self-conccit
as towarrant him in arrainging the whole j
press of the country, we are reminded of the j
raw recruit who said the other members of i
the military company, which he had Joined, i
couldn t keep the step. Ihe following is
from the Augusta Chronicle:
Gen. W. T. Sherman is the wildest and
loosest talker in America and takes improper
liberties with the truth; but he is positive
that the "next war" will be occasioned by the
press, that is. by men like Mr. TownSend, who
put people, like beer barrels, on lap. No synopsis
of the General's tirade cau do it Justice,
and we therefore reproduce it in lull. He
says:
"The tyranny of the press in this country is
becoming simply awful. It is worse than the!
old tyranny of the slaveholders. Ji will
cause a worse revolution than slavery did. it!
will noi, be bloodless either. Why, the gossip
of tue press has destroyed social freedom
ol intercourse. It has made men afraid of
their neighbors. It has led to general stispiclan
and distrust. No man can open his
mouth any more and be sure that his confidence
will be respected. No man can write to
his acquaintances and be sure that his letter
will not, appear in print. There is no comfort
li-ft. in tlie land. I am old and cannot, oe
hurl by this condition of things. But It will
he the bane of the rising generation and they
will be obliged to rebel against it. There will
be some sort of trouble and then the counrty
will settle down again for a while. It seems
as though the man who served his country
most is the target for the greatest amount of
abuse in the press."
Like all such utterances, this fulmination
has a basis of fact, but there must be qualification,
or what our friend C Z. McCord calls
"the distributed middle." That there are licentious
journals must be admiited, but
tlicre are pure, decent, honorable ones too.
The good ana bad of Journrlisin. is about
equivolent to righteous or evil propensity in
men. Wc believe that the tool dominates.
If Gen. Sherman hud more wisdom, more
sense, more taciturnity, more veracity and
more temperance he could defy the cunning
interviewer and the sensational paper. It is
whatemnnates wickedly or foolishly from
himself that makes the press an accusing
lookin-t-iilass. There are millions of men in
the world who do not fear the newspaper because
they do nothing to extort or provoke
apprehension, Just as there are many thousands
of persons who benefit by the press and
repay it with ingratitude. General Sherman
has received newspaper praise without stint,
much of it undeserved, and reprimand occasionally,
which he richly merited. Had he
remembered the wise saying of the Athenian
orator and been guided by It, his old a^e
would not be pestered with consuming gall
and bitterness. "When I return from the
Aroopasus," said the Greek. "I often regret
that I spoke at. all. I nave never regretted
that I was silent."
We are pleased, so to speak, that so loyal a
man as Sherman has found something "worse
than slavery and the old tyranny of tue slaveholders."
This shows that the world moves.
We are gratified also that this montrosily npncars
to be confined, to an enormous decree.
Northward. It Is perhaps a "result of the
war," and the logical sequence of "inarching
through Georgia," burning Columbia, etc.
HEALTHFUL DRESS FOR WOMEN.
Stic has "the Rigiit lo Health, and to
be a Ministering; An^el."
The great trouble with our feminine mode oj
dress is that the warmth Is unevenly distributed
over the surface of the body. The waist,
hips, and lower back are much over-heated
by the lapping of the upper and lower garments,
while the head, throat, and extremities
are usually only half protected. To this
. cause alone can be traced a great part of the
ill health of American women, \yoinen often
break down from over-work; but working at
a disadvantage in corset and heavy skirls hay
a great deal to do with it. We cannot do so
much nor do it as well as we could if public
sentiment permitted women a hygienic mode
of dress. Skirts reaching to the I'eet nre an
undoubted hindrance to free and ea?y motion;
but as the petticoat is here, and has
come to stay for a long time at least, we must
study ways and means tor making it as little
harmful as possible. Everybody knows that
men owe much of their good health and sue
cess to their natural and suitable style ol
dress. Now what women want is to secure
the benefits of men's general modeof dress in
their undergai ments, uring over these the ordinary
dress. In its most sensible form, as the
badueof womanly modesty.
To specify?tho lirst ga?ment put on should
be some kind of a knit union suit, with long
sleeves, which is elastic and covers nearly the
whole body. I'nless this is very heavy and
warm, it should be surmounted by another
flannel union suit of cloth at least in this
northern climate. Then should follow a light
flannel skirt, made in princess style without
any heavy trimmings. In moderate climates,
there is nothing better for this purpose than
Jersey cloth; and for cold climates eiderdown
flannel. Both wash well, and have a
knitted web, which enables them to be tittcd
perfectly and yet give every muscle of the
body full play. If the dress is in one piece, sc
much the better; if in two pieces, sew short,
strong tapes to the seams of the waist just
above the waist line, make buttonholes in
them, and place corresponding buttons on the
loose yoke or band of the light-weight dress
skirt. The idea is to have the whole body evenly
covered, with few, if any, bands around
the waist, and all the weight depending from
the shoulders. Let the clothing be nslight as
consistent with perfect warmth*
The Way to Rig-lit tiic Wrong.
Greenville News.
The newspapers that branded the fertilizers
reported as below the guarantees as' fraudulent"
did wrong, for very few of those fertilizers
are "fraudulent," and many of them are
valuable and give buyers an honest return for
their money.
But suits for libel do not constitute the best
method of obtaining redress. Let the fertilizer
men obtain from competent and known
chemists honest statements of what their
goods are and are worth, and have them pub11inlwfi
That will undo an v harm which mav
have boon done and ettectually show what is
good and what b;id.
Newspapers are printed to give information
ami the newspaper that neglected to print
such important information as the list of fertilizers
which were proved by analysis not to
be what their makers ciaim, neglected a plain
duty.
We doubt if anybody in the State could seiocta
jury, outside of the persons immediately
interested, which would find a verdict
against a newspaper for printing that list.
Soiled Clothes Holder.
Tell Dorcas a cheap and pretty receptacle
for soiled clothes can be made of a barrel,
f.ine the inside with plain paper, and cover
the outside with pretty cretonne tacked on
full. Make a lambrequin cut in deep points
finished with balls or tassels el German town
wool and tack this around the top. Cover the
barrel top also to correspond with tho rest.?
Mrs. WinxI'AV, X. C.
Advice to letter Writers.
All writers of letters this warning should take:
You're sure to be caught, you're cure to tie caught,
You limy think that no winds your opinions can
shake.
But the future is full of its dangers unsought;
And soine muggy morning you're sure ton woke
To find that your views don't consist as they onght.
Yon inay talk, but don't write your conviAicns for
then
You're snre to bo caught, you're sure to bo canglit,
Use words of the mouth, tor words of your pen
Art- mosttroacncious means 01 expressing a iiioognr,
And have a queer way of appearing again
.To teach yon a lesson you should have been taught,
A word that is written don't knnw when it's dead?
You're sure to be eaiisiht. you're sure to he eaught;
At limes moat unsermlnaly 'tis sure to be rend.
And to ylory in mls.'hiet its nature has wrought,
Cut the word that is spoken, when echo ha* lied,
May be safely denied or a new setting bought.
It. would be well for tenants to plant less
than usual, say at out the lmlt or two-thirds
of n full crop. Then when hoeing time and
harvest comes they can demand and obtain
fair wages for a fair day's work. Or if they receive
their pay in provisions they can get
these at the cash price. One good hand hired
out by the day in the busy season would keep
a large family in corn and bacon.
A scientific paper publishes this bit of Information:
'"Lay a piece of charcoal upon
burns and the pain subsides immediately.
By leaving the charcoal upon the wound an
hour it will be healed. The remedy is very
cheap and simple."
The trustees of the 17th district (Anderson
C. II.) of this county have decided not. to reopen
the public school:- until next. November,
in order to put the schools on a cash basis.
The schools will remain open, however, as
private schools.
Dr. K. P. Mnllally lias been cbosen to conduct
the services at. the insial ation of ttie
Kev. L. Wilson in the Presbyterian church at
Abbeville (J. A., on the 2S inst.
A newspaper is an index of the business in
the town and county. Is your name in the
index ?
CONSIGNEES.
Eximikss?Henry Marshall. P. K. Iiobiuson
iV: Co., Miss Nellie Press)y, 10, \\\ Moore.
I Kkkight?D. K. Cooler, J. ifc \V. McNeill, T.
j Baker, W. 11. Powell, Walter Jackson, W. IS.
| Auld.
Remnants and short lengths of all qualities
of dress goods, will be closed out at and below
I the cost of manufacture, Bell & Ciulphin. 2-21
_ . ' *W.- '
I'll ' ?ani?? mimiiui
Must he ROld! bargains' bargains I in order
to make room for Soring pnrchases, we
will sell our stock oT hats and millinery goods
?it and below cost, Hell A Gulphin. '2-24
We continue to offer great Inducements In
ladies hats and millinery goods, Bell it Galphtn.
2-24
All forms of contasrlous Itch, mnnge and
scratches cured in thirty minutes by Woolford's
Sanitary Lotion. For sale by Speed &
NeufJ'cr. Feb-24 tf
Tiie Press and Banner prints letter hends
bill heads, hand bills, etc., as well as they can
be printed elsewhere, and as cheap as the
cheapest.
Srxn to the Press and Banner for lien and
mnrtcnee blanks of the best form.
Buy the Golden Machinery Oil for engines,
gins,\fcc., sojp by Speed & Neutfer. 12-0.
Cull ami examine our stock of overcoats before
they are all gone. P. Rosenberg a Co.
| The prettiest thing out?black lisse with
gold tinsel, to be had at Bell & Galphin's.
Some'ate style raised edge and plain visit
Ing cards at Lawson's.
J nst received, another lot of circalars at Bell
& Galphin's.
Jersey jackets, Jersey jackets, in all sizes,
styles and colors, just received, very cheap at
Bell <k Galphin's. 11-11.
Cow pens! cow peas!!.TOO bushels of cow
peas are wanted by White Brothers. The
h'ghest market price will be paid for them.
Mb. Titsten's jewelry and watch repairine
business is in the new store of Messrs. R. M.
I-Iaildon & Co., which has Just been beautifully
fittoil up.
Mb. Tusten has moved his watch repairing
business to the new store of Messrs. It. M.
Haddon & Co.
Don't foreet. that Mr. Tnsteh is in the store
of Messrs. R. M. Hail don & Co.
Get your Job printiug done at the Press and
Banner office.
P. Rosenberpr & Co. arc selling their breech
oading shot guns at New York cost.
We are still in the same place, lirst door before
the National Bank. Our recent improvement
has added much to the beauty and
convenience of our store and with a complete
line of dresses &c. hope to meet all demands.
All order sby baud or mail promptly and carefully
attended to. Give us a call. Speed &
Neii Her. 2-17
Try the crown fine cut charming tobacco.
Sold by Speed & Neuffer. 2-17
Diamond Dyes, Diamond Dyes, the best and
cheapest dye stuffin the market. For sale by
Speed <fc Neuffer. 2-17
A big lot of prepared paints, colors, leads,
oils, &c, Just received by Speed St Neufler.
2-17
If vou want a good breech loading shot gun
at New York cost, call on P. Rosenberg <fc Co.
A small amount invested in window glass
and prepared putty will make your houses
much more comfortable for the winter. Glass
Gut to lit any sash by Speed & Neuffer. 12-U.
Always on hand, a large lot of white lead,
prepared paints, linseed oil, paint brushes,
which you can buy in any quantity from
Speed Neuffer. 12-9.
Now is your time to get a good breech loading
shot gun at New York cost. P. Kosenbern
<t Co.
Our line of cigars and tobacco is much larg
er than ever before, and we only ask a trial
to convience you of superior quality of same.
Speed & Neufler. 2-17
Johnson's Kalsomlne, the prettiest, cheapest
and most valuable preparation of the
kind in the market, lor ;i testimonial examine
Speed & NeuIter's store. 2-17
Jersey stripes at CO cents, worth 75 cents
Bell <fc Galplnn. 12-!).
l?M/A/.n.ln,l t'nlvnfnnna nf AH WAPth 7."
, cents. Bell & Gulp Lin. 12-9.
Hiuestone in abundance. 3 pounds for 2."
cents. Speed & N culler. 12-!).
I O
I
Supervisors and overseers of
roads throughout the Comity must have
| their roads well worked ami in first-class cun
' dltion on or before the 13lh day of MARCH,
1 The roads must be ditched on each side according
to law.
JAMES A. McCORD,
i Chairman of Board.
Feb. 21,18SC, 3t
Terra Cotta Wells.
T^HE undersigned will put yon up a 19 incl
Terra Cotta Well for halt the price of s
dug one. The common wood bucket is used
. for drawing water. The cleaning out is th<
work of a moment h.v keeping a jratvanizec
' sheet iron bucket, in the bottom to be hooked
out at will. Satisfaction guaranteed. Alsc
tl^UU L UIC cwtuiatwu X U.I*,/.
C. M. CALHOUX,
Greenwood, S. C.
They fire frog proof and superior to one du?
, Joel 8. Bailey, Greenwood.
They are bound to tnkc precedence over all
, others. Prof. Hlakc. Greenwood.
Joe Lisbon, Bradley.
i Rev. II. Smart, Troy,
i Dr. L. Anderson, Ninety-Six
Kev. Prcssly, Due West.
D. J. W'ardlaw, McCormielc.
100 other names yiven 11* necessary
Feb. 24,1880. lyr
Atlantic Coasi Line.
PAS3ENGEIt DEI'AliTMENT.
i Wilmington*, N. 0., Jun- 22,1SS.V
FART LINE between Charleston and Coluuibiu am
Upper South Carolina.
GOING WEST.
Leave Charleston, S. C 7 20 a n
Leave Lanes, 8. C 8 "4 a u
'! Leave Mi inter, S. C 9 -S3 a n
[ Arrive Columbia, S. 0 10 40 a n
,. Arrive Winnsboio. 8. C 8 02 p n
j Arrive Chester. S. C 4 15 p ?
Arrive Yorkville, 8. C 6 05 d u
[ Arrive Lancaster, 8. C 7 01 p it
j Arrive Rock llill, 8. C 4 56 p n
Arrive Charlotte, X. C 6 05 p u
I GOING EAST.
Arrive Charleston, S. C 9 in p n
Arrive Lanes, S. (J 7 45 P "
Arrive Sumter. S. C 6 42 p ii
Leave Columbia, S. C 5 27 p ?
' Leave Winnsboro. S. C 8 4S p "
Leave Chester. S. C 2 42 p n
Leave Yorkville, S. C12 11 45 p n
Leave Lancaster. S. C 7 00 a ii
Leave ]ioek Hill, S. C 1 p n
Leave Charlotte, N..C 12 50 p a
GOING WEST.
Arrive Newberry, S. C 12 4S p n
j Arrive Greenwood, S. G 2 42 p n
j Arrive Lnurens, S. 0 6 30 j> n
, I Arrive Andersnn, S. C 4 47 p n
Arrive Greenville. S. JC 5 35 p n
Arrive Walhalla, S. C C p n
Arrive Abbeville, S. C 4 80 p n
Arrive Spartanburg, S. C 4 40 p n
Arrive Ilemlersonville, N. C 5 -35 p u
GOING EAST.
Leave Newberry, S. C 3 02 p n
Leave Greenwood, S. C 12 44 p n
I Leave Laurens, S. 0 S 00 a n
. Leave Anderson, S. C 10 22 a ti
Leave Greenville, S. C 9 45 a tr
I Leave Walhalla. S. C S 30 n ir
' Leave Abbeville. S. C 10 45 a ir
I Leave Spartanburg. S. C 11 05 p n
| Leave llenderflonvillo, N. C 7 00 a n:
Solid trains between Charleston and Columbia, S. C
J. F. niVINE. T. M. EMKKSO.N.
Gen'l Sup't. Gen'l Pass. Agent.
iMmkrcn J386.^m&
l Will be mailed FREE to *11 applicant*, and to customeraof
j last year without ordering it. It eontaim about ISO pages,
,, 600 illustration!, prices, accurate description! and valuable
direction! iorpi?nnn? oil Tarietlci of VEGETABLE
and FJLOWEK SEEDS, BULKS, ew!lnv*]uablo
to til, eipeciilly toi.Mwket Gardener*. Send for it.
O. M.FERRY & CO., Detroit, Michigan.
Harness Shop.
FOR the manufacture and sale of nil kinds
of harness, awl everything usually kept
| In such an establishment; also repairing at|
tended to with neatness and dispatch, should
you want anything we have not on hand, give
1 us your order and we will see that it is done.
THUS. 13 EGGS.
j Feb. 17, ISSti, tf
I \VM. II. PARKER W. C. McGOWAN.
PARKEE & McGOWAN
; _
ATTORNEYS AND SOLICITORS,
ABBEVILLE, C. II., S. C.
! IT7 ILL practice also in the Circuit Courtsoi
?? tim 1,'niled States for South Carolina*
Jail 7, IStiO, tf
Chairs.
ALL kinds and styles. Over COO on hand.
J. D. CHALMERS & CO.
1 Nov. 20, ISSo. ti
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- K-*V*??; VJF. ? 'Wr-T v?- -f Mr'; '
IIII ! I M11 till ! ! ?M? BMWMl jjl*Wrt<W?CHWXBWB?WW?
y ' /.;i
GOODS AT COST!! ||
The Entire Stock of the Late Film of
MMUGMS & TEiriETI J j
Is now Offered for Sale lj
' v J\.
T GOST! -Jgi
COME EARLY AND SECURE THE CHOICEST GOODS. 1
,j-m0m
WAITER L. MILLEB, Assignee. Ill
J. R. CUNNINGHAM, Agent/
i V' v
W. JOEL SMITH & SON!!
ARE NOW OFFERING A *
COMPLETE AND MAGNIFICENT* 1
.. . V!' '4$
?stock OF? .
Merchandise for Fall and Winter Uses.
' THEIR VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS ARE FILLED WITH
I
Well Selected, Seasonable, Attractive Goods, '
containing MANY real pyrnVTUIIWr atld Persons wishing to lay in t'helf:
bargains. They keep L Villi I 111 111U WINTER SUPPLIES can not only get
' WHAT they want, but the best of It, and at REASONABLE prices.
C U fi ITC Our stock of Shoes Is very large, Ladles, Misses, Gents, Boys and Children all
jnilllwi complete.
^ 0ur stoek of Hats cannot be surpassed.
nATUIWr 0ur 8,ock of Reody-Made Clothing is always large. Thrlv season we
I I n 1 mi. mn suit vou. Come and see.
' no V rnfiHC Twilled White, Red and Bine Flannels, Dress Flannels,.Flannel
JL/il I UUUJL/J> ClnaklnsH, Water Proof Goods all prices, Blankets, Robes, Counter*
> panes, Bleached and Brown Sheetings, Hosiery. These goods are
all very cheap and you would-do well to examine tbem.
DRESS GOODS. Always ln^ stock a complete line of Standaid aad Fashionable?
W. JOEL SMITH & SON^Ii
Oct. 7. 1885, tf V..
SPEED&NEUFFER,
Keep constantly on hand a full and well selected stock of pure
DRUGS, CHEMICALS, etc., etc. All the latest and popular lines of PATENT
AND PROPRIETARY MEDICINES. HER BINE, the best Liver Medicine, care* \
Dyspepsia. For sale only by v.t. Try our BLACKBERRY CORDIAL for Summer Complaint*
and our COMPOUND SYRUP SARSAPARILLA with IODIDE POTASH for the Blood.
BED BUG POISON, the most convenient way of destroying these insects. DIAMOND DYES
all the staple and fashionable colors. A full line of KANCY GOODS. TOILET ARTICLES*
STATIONARY, etc.. etc. The best brands of CIGARS, TOBACCO AND CIGARETTES. A
complete stock of WHITE LEADS, PAINTS. OILS. VARNISHES, ETC., ETC PAINT
BRUSHES, WIN DOW GLASS, GOLDEN MACHINE OIL. Wesell ?Iw celebrated Harrison
Bros. PREPARED PAINT, the best In the market. Special atteutlou paid to the ,
> [Prescription Department.
f Physician's prescriptions and Family Recipes filled at all hours of day and night by expe5
rieuced and competent hands. Orders by hand or mail promptly attended to.
! SPEED & NiUFFER.
> April 29, 1885, tf
PALMETTO SALOON.
1 Tit Larjst and But SlotW Hik Ii tit Op-Ctiilu. j
. WITH SELECT BRANDS OF
j^INE "^yHISKEY, JgRANDY AND "^yiNES, JpGREIGN'
AND jQOMESTIC, jyJBLIN AND J^IVERPOOL JJORTER
AnD JpRESH JJEER ^LWAYS ON JJA3SD*
* ^LSO A JpULL J^INE 0F ^OBACCO, QIGARS AND QIGARETTS,
jyjOUNTAIN Q.AP J^YE AND jgTONE jyjOUNTAIN
?10RN "^yHISKIES A gjPECIALTY.
Thos. McGettigan, Proprietor |
No, 4 Washington Street.
Elberton Machine Works,
ELBERTON, GEORGIA.
BUILD AND REPAIR ALL KINDS
? ,. n? ? n.' _- iimu n?i?+ TUTilln ft * Millet
: lacnuery, apes, dolhivmw 1111115,(11-161 mis, wuc mma
; SHAFTING, PULLEYS, &o. I
' Agents for the best Stationery, Portable and Semi-Portable
,'| Engines in the market.
I Sorting's Universal iEjector, the best Boiler Feeder known.
; The Van Duzen Jet Pump, for raising Water to Tanks and
) Mining Purposes.
'|The Vanwinkle Cotton Gins and Presses.
.1 Freeman's Patent New Era Power Cotton Press.
Keep in Stock Steam and Water Pipes and Fittings, Globe*
Valves, Check Valves. <
Steam Guages, Guage Cocks, Oil Cups, Malleable Oil Cans,
t nkvianinvc Tiioc s a q r\ St.nn e. A she s tos. and
lj UUX ll/CllUl Oj JL w
Best Italian Hemp and Gum Packing; Set Screws, LogScrews
and Bolts.
K7r Will he ?ln<l to furnish est imates for anything needed in the MACHINE Hne* Correspondence
solicited. Respectfully,
PHILLIPS & GAEBUTT.
Nov. 4, lSW, fim
NEW DRUG STORE.
Cotliran db Perrin
HAVE Just opened a new and elegantly fitted up DRUG STOKE on the Marshall HouseCorner,
under the Press <iml Manner office, and are now receiving and will contiuue to
receive till their stock is complete a full line of
Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals, Dye Staffs, &c.
I Also, all t he popular PATENT MEDICINES kept in a first-class Drug Store, all of which we
: u*!irrn 111 to tin fri'sh nnd irood.
i \V?j also oiler 11 well selected stock of FANCY GOODS, consisting of
j Colognes, Foreign and Domestic, Handkerchief Extracts
in great variety, Handsome Vases, Lamps, &c.
| Our lino of BRUSHES AND SOAPS Is simply complete. Every variety of HAIR, TOOTH
; NAIL, FLESH, SHAVING AND SHOE BRUSH SOAPS from the flnesttoilet;to tlieche?j?
| est.
j Jauuary -J3,18&;, tf