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"" : ?wfGMfcatttst,:?????? The Press and Banner. ABBEVILLE, S.C. < I > Wednesday, March 31, 1886. , The Loiter of Sir. Hollies. j The School Commissioner replies to 1 our article of Inst week. Ho takes issue 1 with a good many of our statements. That is ( a matter entirely for himself. It is useless for us to repeat what was then said. The * statement of facts to which we referred as ( having been received from the School Com- ' missioner we printed as he stated them to 1 us. There can be no doubt on that point, < Without making any effort to explain his 1 net in denying the shool to a majority of the t children of the neighborhood, who are unable 1 to pay, while he is paying tuition for a few of ? the rich it would seem t<* us that he would di- I vert attention to irrelevant or personal mat- 5 ters. What we want !s the school. We have no personal quarrel with Mr, Hodges. Why Mr. Hodges should attempt to brine odium on usby insinuating that we improperly printed a letter, which he chooses to designate as a "private" letter may be as readily ^ seen by the reader as by ourselves. The original fact is that Mr, Hodges said we should * *...? ? ?<? vMinnrc for linhlif.lLion nut im\c ?ii%> ui buv r ? !?nd cited President Cleveland as a precedent for withholding official papers from the public eye. Afterward, Mr. Hodges, for reasons perhaps known to himself, but not to us, concluded to surrender the papers, and so informed us. He gave all the papers to the edItorof the Pressand Banner who told him expressly that he would publish all of them. Mr. Hodges then said, "Go ahead, I don't care what you publish." Without seeing him again, we received a letter from him on Tuesday evening, as follows: Donalds, S. G\, March 22,18SC. Mr. Hufjh Wilson, Abbeville, S. C.: "Be sure not to publish the letter of Capt. Carwile to me. It is private and had nothing to do with the action of the County Board in the White Hall matter. Klugh did not so much as read it, nor docs he know what was in it. It does not form a part of the record. Let me emphasise it?the letter must not be published. It is strictly private. Yours truiy, utu. nuimr.-*. , When the above letter was received on i Txiesday evening, over hnlf our edition had j been printed. The reader will understand ] that owing to the size of our paper, we can i print only two pages at a time. j The allegation that Capt Carwlle's letter { was "strictly private'' will not bear the test of -scrutiny, I whs addressed to "Geo. C. Hodses, School Commssiener, A. C." Every word in !*t was i n reply to our petition for a school, and in fact it was the only objection, of ' which we had any knowledge, that had been ' lodged In his office against us, until alter the ' school had been denied to the white "renters." The letter was signed "J. It. Carwile, Cli'rn B. T. W. H. T." It is not necessary for ' us to argue with any intelligent man as to whether the letter was "official" or "private." Every man with intelligence enough to read 1 -It will see at once that Mr. Hodges has no j more right in justice to claim that letter to be "private" than he toad to refnse the white ' -"renters" of White Hall a school. Asa mat- ' ter of fact Mr. Hodges possesses no more abil- ' Jty for discriminating between "official" and 'private'' letters than anybody -else. But we Ihink it may be clear to any body that Mr. "Hodges might very well seek any pretext for objecting to the publication of facts concern, ring official derelictions, ! Buteven, admit that Mr. Hodges is correct, ; In saying that the letter was "private," would it not show a more inefficient management ( of that office than we have ever charged? 3)oes it not show that he would conceal his '(information from the white '-renters" at a ' time when he caused them to send a copy of their appeal to the Trustees? Fair play is a > JeweL a Boiled down to simple facts: Mr. Hodges pave u? the letter with the other official papers. We suppose this fact will not be denied* ] Then why did he give it to us? and why did i he wait until after we had gone to press to in- j form us that it was a "private letter?" irn^liYnc cintommt if wnnlil nil- i I' l \JILL iUl* liVW L?V ?VHVV?>IVI?V| .V " w.? -4- j peor that Capt Carwile's letter was a nonde- 1 script: Being a private letter on a public j matter from one public officer to another. ( This would make a proceeding rather too ' much of the Star Chamber order. The School Commissioner's personal re- i marks to us have nothing at nil to do with the 1 question at issue, that is : the provision of a J school for the white "renters" on the Ea&t ] *ide of Hard Labor. He can best defend him- ' self by giving substantial and pood reasons j for his refusal to do so, and we trust he will, < leaving out all personalities, proceed at once to show cause why he denies school privileges , to white "renters,M when he extends such ad- I vantages to the colored "renters" lu the same 1 neighborhood. Things to l?e Corrected. Sopoftof our people are beginning to think * that they are called upon very frequently for aid to those who may have met with losses in any way. and sometimes subscription papers j are presented to persons who have less prop- < erty than the proposed recipient of their ben- \ ^factions. We think, as a rule, such proceed- j lngs are demoralizing, and should be diseon- s tinued. While charity to relieve the imrne- ' dilate wants of the distressed should not be j withheld, yet gifts should not be asked of ' poor people to replace the loss of propery, 1 Another matter is the "excurson"' on ( the cars, which offer cheap transportation I to all who may apply, is, in our opinion, ; .both objectionable and demoralizing, and we , save glad to hear that increasing numbers of | <ovr citizens have reached decided convictions 1 <on this matter. We think ladles and chil- ] drew are Just as happy, just as well protected, ] onH liic* qo froo frr?m Immnral nr r?vil mn. ' J?v tingeacles if they remain at home on excur- i ?ion days. Another matter: The habit of demanding J from candidates for office, or soliciting aid from raeh already in office, is a system which should he discontinued. In one sense of the 1 word., ve think it is a kind of blackmailing or highway robery. The candidate may have the fooLitih idea that if he contributes to build ! it church,4n which he has no interest, that i his chances of election may be increased, or 1 he may, by a word or significant look, under. ! eland the applicant to mean to say that if he is refused, his chances for election will be -decreased, if auy such state of affairs should \ exist, -it te a species of corruption, and when i a candidate for office is compelled to give 1 uioney to a .church or other charitable pur- j pose, we think, as a rule, it Ik creditable to .< neither giver nor reciever. As a matter of ' /act honorable candidates should Dot give -cause for away suspicion that tliey may be buying their way into ofBce. Many men who are candidates for ofiice, #wek the place that they may be enabled to ] ?xafce iin honest living for themselves and ! ] their families, and they are not able to give j1 away their substance in this way. But even;] if any are rich and can afford to give away | < much money, it would be unfair to impecu-M nious competitors, Jf they were to do so. Let t ] us shut down on this business of allowing'< candidates to buy votes by subscribing to lo- 1 <wl charities in which they cannot ba inter-! i ssted. < _ i Our Twenty-Seveuth Auniversay. i On the first day of April, we celebrate our! I ?yrenty-sevenMi anniversary in the Presu and; ^ Banner. Before reaching our majority we < (became interested in the Independent lb-ess? jl now the Prest and Banner?and we have nev- i 'J .er sevexert our conaeetion with tlae paper ( irom that day to this. JS'o business firm whoj advertised with us then has remained as if. * avuk, and the changes of names on our sub-j* ecription list, remind us that \vc are passing l( away. I j 11 Dress goods, kiber cloth, nun's veiling. En- t plisli plaids, Henrietta cloth, black ana col-if ored cashmere, and stripe bouclc cloth lbr t i;oJxibinatiou suits. Wm.il Bell. a-3i i a Monroe, Abbeville, and Athens. We publish this this week the cnll for a neeting of this road to be held in Columbia >n the Kith instant. We are glad to see eviletices of an effort to build the road in which ve have so Ions stood in such great need. We have all along thought our people Tould. sooner or later, look to some pract ical ont<' for relief, and the proposed road from \thcns to Monroe seems possible, while the .'cry remote prospects of the Carolina, Cumberland Gap and Cnicago road is still unchanged, so far as we arc informed. A meeting of our citizens will he called in i few days to elect delegates to the Railroad Convention in Columbia on the 1'ith April. S'ow is our chance. If we fail in this we will je forever without hope of relief. In the :ourse of time the country will be supplied with railrods. If we wait until the spirit of railroad-building supplies all denand for iron highways, we never will have i road. Let us do our part toward building ,he Athens road, or else let us stop talking ibout building any more railraads. tnother Little Chapter in the History of the (.. ('. G. A . R. It. The stockholders of this road held another neeting in Greenwood last Thursday. The :>roceedings, we learn, will appear on the uinute book, in about the same indefinite generalities which have characterized other nee tings. Mr. Schofleld is still hopeful. He ms his net set now for the East Tennessee rial 1 road, or some other big concern, and the irictim is about to partake of his bait. He >egs that the C., C. G. & C'. R. It. Company irant him further time, say to the fifteenth of May. The time was granted. We are glad to see that our people arc beginning to be less hopeful than Mr. Schofield, md have about concluded to give Mr. Scholeld an indefinite extension of time, while hey go to work on a real live road, which ,vill bring commercial advantages to our loors. The Monroe and Athens road would lo us good all the days of our lives?and it is i practical possibility, if the people will it. The Sumter Advance doesn't like for editors x> appropriate its items without giving crcdt. If any brother editor ever sees any thing n the I^ress anil Banner that may be wort hy ;o ffll a little corner in his valuable paper he s perfectly welcome to it, credit or no credit. He may even give the credit to a competitor, if it suits him better. We sometimes get cred>t for what we did not write. We can even stand this, without being at all offended. The Greenwood Tribune. The name of the Greenwood Light lias been jhanged to that of the Greenwood Tribune. Mr. J. S. Paly, formerly of the Edgefield Chronicle succeeds Mr. Cunningham. We wish our neighbor much good luck. We shall Lake advantage of his columns to place a good piece In the Press and Banner now ami ihen. The Ketvs and Courier will accept our Lhanks for a lithograph picture of the first page of "Representative Journals of the United States." The Xexvs and Courier and Capt. F. W. Dawson appear with others. We have had the sheet nailed to suitable sticks and it now ornaments our oditorial room. We appreciate it. JlcCormick Circuit. Southern Christian Advocate. It was indeed hard for me to sever my connection with the rnrtny dear friends and brethren on the Wedgefield Circuit. I had long been with them as their friend and brother and pastor; and many of them had known nie from my youth up. In the midst of many of their joys and sorrows I had stood with them. They had endeared themselves to me by many acts of kindness; and I am irlad to be able to state, to their honor, that I have never received any personal unkinuness nt their hands. How imuiy of us shall meet tigain? One denr l'rlend has already gone. May the Lord graciously bless them all, and save them, so that we shall meet again, either here or hereafter. I do most cfycestly pray that the Divine Master will bless my successor, Brother Belhen, and make him a blessing to the people, and make them a blessing lo him. I t(.ok charge oi the McCormick Circuit almost a perfect stranger?being acquainted with only three persons within the bounds of the circuit. I have met all my appointments up to this time, not excepting the sold Sunday in January. On that day we had no one to preach to, and we were not disposed Lo blame the people for not attending. Meithi>r of the churches had sieves at that time, rhe members generally have received me kindly, and I .find some excellent material Among them. * I see no reason why we should riot have a very successful year. "The Lord l>eing our helper," we mean to succeed. I regard this a.s an exceedingly important section jf our Conference territory. If the work is r>rr>Kpf.nt.eil systematically, no Dart of our field will produce a'more abundant harvest. The rich and beautiful Savannah valley Is bein? Iraverscd by the engine of progress; and the jlorious Gispel of the Son of <*od must envelop It. No "dark corner" should remain. There are n^t many subscribe!*! to the Adlocate in this section. We need its enlightening influence. The Editor lias many friends in this section, and a visit would be gratifying md profitable to us all, and may result in rood to the Advocute. You must not forget its. ilrother Kirkland, when making your appointments. J. C. Chandler. Vlden's Cyclopedia of Universal Literature. This work is the outcome of many years of planning and preparation. It will be an almost indispensable work of reference for ev?ry library, large or small, a trustworthy juidetowhat is most worth knowing of the literature of all ages and all nations. Occupying a dozen or more volumes, and yet issued at a price so low as to be within the reach >f all, a familiarity with its contents will constitute a liberal education to a degree tliatcan be claimed for few other works in existence. Dr. Lossing, the eminent historian and author, says of it: "I am strongly impressed ivith t.hu trrcsit. intrinsic value of the work j\k a, popular educator in a high department of learning. The plan is admirable. Combining [is it does a personal knowledge of an author with specimens of his or her best literary productions, gives it an inestimable power for sood among the people."' The work is being published in parts of MX) pages each, puper [ overs, at the price of 15cents, also in very handsome cloth-bound volumes, gilt tops. -l.sO pages, for fit) cents. The parts can be exchanged for bound volumes, at any time. Five parts are now ready, also the first bound volinne; volume two will be issued in March, rhe publisher'* 132-paffe illustrated catalogue [>f standard books may be had for 4 c-onts, or condensed 10-page catalogue, free. Johu li. Alden, Publisher, New York. Still Another Itailroad for Elberton. [Elberton Leader.] Last week we copied from the Bonner-Watchman a letter from Mr. \V. C. JJeuet, of Abbeville, K. C., to R. B. Russell, Esq., saying that the people of Abbeville were anxious to push the project of building a railroad from Monroe, N. C., via Chester, Greenwood and Abbeville, S. C., and Elberton, Ga., to Athens, Ga. On the first Tuesday in April Dr. J). A. Matthews will address the people of Elbert sountyatthe Court House on the subject of Lhis proposed road. He will endeavor to show [he great and vital importance of having this road to come bv Elberton. I)r. Matthews is rmeof the brainiest men in Elberton county, ;md those who remember the part lu: took in seeurinsr for Elberton her present railroad. will not underrate his views. Let the Dr. have u lull house. This is a vital question. A Narrow- Escape. [Anderson Jonrnal.\ We learn that an attempt was made one day last, week to wreck a freight train on the Columbia and Greenville Railroad, a short distance below Honea Path. An old rail was i)laccd across the track, and, being dirty and rusty, the engineer failed to see it until he was dose upon it. Fortunately It gave way under [he weight of the engine, being cut in two as if by a chisel, and the train was saved from a imash-up. The evil-doer is unknown, but no jtt'ort should be spared to discover and bring :o justice any one guilty of such an outrage. This is what the American people spend ?very vear for the following commodities: Whiskey $100 odd ooo Pobacco <>00 000 OK) [{read 000 oiv; Meat :ww iM)0 (hhi iron and steel 2!)0 0"0 out) IVolen goods W 000 O0C ?awed I.umber 2W 000 000 'otton goods 210 0(KI (MH? Hoots and shoes l'.'l! 000 0(H) ^unarand molasses j.v> 000 ikid 'uhlic education itt 000 dot) Jhristain missions f? 000 000 Sumo idea of the vast amount of capital inrested in farinimr tools in this country may ?e gained from the fact, shown by I lie last renins, that the value of agricultural implements nanufaciured in the I'nited Slates in a single rear was TtJS.OiO,i:5f>. Depend mainly on the barn for your mature supply. Stable manures do double or riple duty; they not only supplant plant bod. but have a inecanicul or chemical action hat brings out the fertilizing qualities of tiie oil, a very important item. II! VALUE (IF HISTORY. ? WHAT OUR COUNTRY GIVES HER YOUNG! MEN. | An Essay l>elivcre<! l>y Prof. J. II. Millpr. of Erskine College. I I think I can safely say that the first two j questions that face every intelligent, young man as lie looks out upon life are, wliat am I ? and what am I to do? Until we know ourselves w?; can never know what we can do. The very moment that we master ourselves that moment we are ready to begin to remove barriers and to accomplish possibilities. Tlic measurements of a possible life-work include ! iint <>i> 1 v i tin stronir sisTf-ncies which our bodies ! and our minds furnisTi us, but also all tliose j immeasurable conditions of growth which rei suit from all tbf? advancement ol the past. [ Every American youth is rich?rich in that | which ho inherits, and richer still in that | which he muy acquire. Our national character receives its impress not only from our natural, physical environments, but also from the welded worth of the Hotriau. the liriton, the Saxon and the Norman. Each one of these great peoples is a distinguished branch of the noble Caucasian race?a race that bears the stamp of supremacy on its nature. Each one of these four nations has left an indelible image of itself to all I posterity in the monumental strength of the I present ilritishempire. It is from tills fourI fold source that the well-balanced EnglishI man draws his cool courage, his tameless spirI it, his wise counsel and his chivalrous conduct: qualities that make men?men who rule in thought and action?men who can meet the nio:?t crucial emergencies of life, from those emergencies which require the steeled nature of the mailed warrior to those which demand the profound attainments of I the strongest iutellcct. To these qualities Kn| gland owes all that eenerations 01 poets, orators and statesmen have made her. They have made ihe name of "England" a name to charm with. They sanctify the "historic dust" held by ihe costly caskets of Westmin I ster Abbey, J nose properties ui m-uu uuu heart which give to English history its fadeless lustre ha ve been trans-planted without loss of strength to our own soil. Their presence is attested by every field and forensic struggle in American annais from the cradlcj days of the republic to this her time of giant | manhood. But he is poor indeed who trusts alone to that which ancctiry gives. That, man hardly deserves the space that he tilts on the globe who simply sets the names of his dead ancestors to inusicand sings himself into ae existence of blissful indolence. He is not a hero who will wear withered chap lets. "We have Abraham to our father" is a vain and futile plea when it Is the only plea that can be made. If those energies which spring from the centre of the soul, and which, in their strenuous searchings and thirsty aspirations, terrify competition and assume the nature of destiny, if these energies are wanting, a youthful j life may possess all ol the enchanting colors of the rainbow yet it will be without the royal promise of that divine symbol. Of all the ten thousand truth-freighted maxims that float In the air no one of them is more richly laden than that one which tells you to build your own fortunes. Sonic one asuea ^>np?ieon jibout his father, and that greatest captain ol modern times replied: "I am the Rudolph of I Hopsburg of my own name." The life of the i brilliant Corslean may not be the best type of manhood, yet there are elements in his colosI sal character worthy the imitation of every | youth. His life may be very much like that of the young pearl-diver, of whom Nathaniel ! Hawthorne speaks, who becoming entangled in the sea-weeds perished in the very pres| cnce of the prizes he so vainly sought, yet I | toll you the pulse of all Europe beats faster from the tact of Xapolean'x lite. But whatever your country gives you in the way of ancestry it amount* to little unless you avail yourself of other advantages which she extends. To-day your country stands bofore you with both her hands lull of gifts. In j addition to thin rich, untainted anccstral heri\ tuyeshe offers to you her proud hixlory. It is valuable to us not only because it is history but because it is our history. It is not the record of kingly tyranny. Repeat the roll of our Presidents and point to a single tyrant's name. Some of their names we scarcely feel like writing except it be with a sunbeam. The purest stone ever cut from an Italian quarry would tarnish some of their names. ! We have raised monuments to some of them I which almost bathe their massive lorehea-ls ' in the solt light where their spirits dwell, j How wisely was it said that "monuments I mark and make the history of a people." But all the pencillings and chisellings of ' senilis cannot perpetuate virtue. It needs not ] their work. Virtue is self-perpetuating. It i will write the epitaph of time, but these penj cillings and caivings can express a nation's | gratitude. I History is the material out of which are ; wrought stepping-stones for the present, it. | has its ominous warnings as well as its checr! ing incentives. American history is not comj piete. Wro have our heroes, civil, military, | and literary, but may they not be only "prophetic pictures'' of those that arc to come? American intellects will continue to grow | and expand under the fostering condition of i salubrious climate, territorial wealth, venerable institutions of learning, and under the ! quickening impulses of the industrial and j commercial forces. Here in America all j young men start even. Here every man can j win a splendid prize who is endowed with enI ergy and common ability. None of those un| happy influences which in the Old World { stifle hope and paralyze ambition meet you in your race-course. There are 110 fixed laws by which honors are conferred save by ihe immutable laws of justice and merit. The spirit of our institutions is keenly appreciative of the throbbing ambition of the humblest boy before me. The very genius of our j laws guarantee to him an honest recognition 1 of every honest effort that he makes. That is | why so many of our rulers come from thatchj ed cottages. History is a safe though not an infalliule guide. The best of the past is its I lessons. He is very unwise who quits the ! present to live in the past. It is Just like prcj ferring mildewed food to that which is frseli. : Every nation that has hung the picture or ! its history on the walls of time has left us an embodiment of its ideal of manhood. Like a man, a nation should never rise above its idea), always approaching it, it should never be reached. When Roman pride and Grecian conceit led tliern to believe that there was nothing higher in life above them, their pow! cr Masted and their glory declined. Their I ideal was wanting in the spiritual element. Those broken marble forms which still stand [ In their mouldy temples, and which lie scattered through their grimy cities are significant and mournful monuments of the carnal nature of their ideal manhood. The magical strength of an ideal consists in its power to emancipate us from the threatening evils of a degraded destiny, and instil into us the kindling, the inspiring and the deathless energy of Immortals. Day by day under the enthralling witchery of its spell must we climb higher until we lift ourselves up Into the coveted regions of our golden dreams. If we | would grow we must compare ourselves with that, and those above us und not with that and those below us. Your country supplies you with every coai dition of high manhood possible for it to supply, yet there are some elements that must be in the vian. Henry Ward Jieecher in his glowing and impartial eulogy on General Grant defines good citizenship to consist of three elements: 1. That which ancestry gives; 2. That which opportunity gives, and .1 That which will devclopes. Some men are the weak minions of circumstances, while others mould circumstances as the skilful sculptor molds his clay. Will-power is an element of manhood and without it men are no more tican the weather-cocks that are nailed to the roofs of their houses. Will-force should rest on honest convictions; honest convictions on careful analysis. Men of strong wills are men of strong purposes, and where life is con| trolled by the iron rule of some gtand purpose results How from it with a preordained regularity. What a determined purpose there is in those lightening words of Luther's, when I iifin<r lip.soiitrht bv his friends not to iro to the city of Worms that it would be instant, death, he calmly and grandly replied: "If there were as many devils In Worms as there are roof-tiles I would on." Why, my friends, | there is enough of energized determination junder that one sentence to create and confirm the greatest religious reformation ot all I the ages. I never think of those liaht-houses of granite and metalic framework which our ollicient Signal Service has erected along the dangerous points of our coasts without being reminded of how heatifully they represent a life with a firm purpose. Through ages of darkness these storm-proof structures have stood in the sea triumphantly mocking the unstable waters that sometimes play and sofiinr? w;ir siroulid their base. I ihit all that your country gives you is not J back of you. It would he hard for mu to exaggerate the pressing possibilities of (lie fuI ture. The human soul can hardly bear the I inspiration that Is poured into it from the study ol' millions of human lives historically 'bound together. On the eve of one of bis ! great battles the army of Napoleon stood milder the shadow of the groat Egyptian pyrajmids, and looking up to their proud heiuhts II lie fearless Frenchman exclaimed: "Soldiers, from yonder pile thirty centuries look down I upon you!"' Twice thirty centuries look 1 down upon American youths from the towerj ing pyramids ol the piist., a pyramid whose j stones are fathered from every aire and clime, I and which reaches from the present instant back to that time when the kingdoms of darkI ness vanished before that conquering coiu! mand, "Let there be light." 'PIimii. in iin mure L'i';indlv vvenlthv moment in man's life than the present, moment. The I entire past is back of ii, the past. Willi itssuni shine ami its shadow, its peace and its war, j its barbarity and Its civilization, its liannoui ies and its discords, its backward and its forward striues, its oppressions and its allevia! lions, all, all of these are before you as guard1 iati spirits of your future caiecrs. Compress j I hese inspirations and agencies into the one, land feci now of your lives lhal they may deI velop a useful greatness in jour futures. The 'tremendous and dreadful import of that ; word now should be made thunder in the cars cTourrace, numl>ers of wliom are living in the past.aml no less number living in the fuI ture. The legend of the forty years sleeper is no idle myth. Thousands of our race are | sleeping uud dreaming their lived away. Let ' , . ' " -C7-. ; ub?earna? ?bb?? us know thnt the present. Is no neutral grsund. It is the pivotnl period of our bejng. ( it is nit; ureal, oau le-grouriu m mi me u<m|i. Here and now, during these liveB that we are 1 llvins: must we win forever or forever lose. 3 A]low me in closing to urge upon you the power of purr motives. 'Don't live too near g the earth. Breathe the atmosphere of the ] upper slues. "A thousand brilliant tnen have risen and passed away, attracting wide attention while they lived, but warming and J fructifying no mind by their light, and , expiring at last like a burned out star j leaving no trace in the sky. So near the earth were they that, their 11 ?ht faded at once < when the fountain failed, while many a lesser 1 star by burning nearer heaven has been able to send down iis rays lor centuries after its ] tires were extinguished. i Some time ago I read two verses that im- < pressed nie very profundi}'. Let us call them ; the son's inquiry and the mother's reply. I fancied as I read the lines that I was looking , into the radiant face of some noble boy as he ! inquiringly asked his sainted motner: "What shall I bring tlieo, mother mine, "What shnll I brinjj to thee? Shall I bring thee the jewels that burn and 1 shine From t hp depths of the shadowy sea? Shall I bring thee the crown that the hero wears ? By the wondering world entwined. Whose leaves can cover a thousand cares And snine o'er a troubled mind?" "What nre jewels, my boy, to me? Thou art the gem I prize. A nd the dearest spot on that shadowy sea Will bp where thy vessel flics. Bring ine that innocent brow, my boy. Bring me that shadowless eye; BriDg me the tone of tender joy That speaks in thy last good-bye." Training Grapevines. (From (he Amcricun Agriculturist.) Of nil the various systems that bavo been Introduced, advocated and practiced, during the last twenty-five years, the most popular and prevalent to-day in the vicinity of New York is what is known as the Knlftin system, or some modification of it, and its popularity is, no doubt, chiefly due to its simplicity and ease of practice. The trellis consists of two wires on posts set at convenient distances; the lower wire, two and a half to three and a half feet from the ground, and the upper one tour and a half to five and a half feat. In our own practice we adopt the greater distance for convenience in passing under from one row to another, in any part of the vineyard. The vines are grown with two main stems, or trunks, from near t he ground. Ono of these is stopped at cither wire, and two arms are trained along each wire. These are pruned to five or six buds each, and the shoots as tney grow are pinched during summer as above stated. Tills pinching, and the hanglngdown of the shoots as the fruit develops und increases In size and freight, checks the flow of nap and tends to the formation of good, plump buds at the base of the shoots, which, when I rine. are termed "canes." The annual prun Ing thereafter consists in cmtingotF the entire arm, up to the cane nearest the trunk, bringing that cane around on the wire to take the place of the arm removed, and shortening it into live or six buds. Sometimes the bud expected to make this arm may, from some cause, fail to grow, or may turn the wrong way, so that the cane can nut be bent around where needed; in such a case take the next cane for the arm, and prune the obstinate one to two buds, one of Mfhich will very likely come to where it is wanted tbe next year. No positive rule aiu be laid down to follow inflexibly, as there are exceptions in all cases, and there Is no system that will not at times need a little modification or variation in some of Its details to the filial accomplishment of its aim. Spring Work with JPoiiltry. (From the Journal of Agriculture.) This is the time when farmers' wives need to be very particular about their breeding fowls. Fanciers or practical breeders have all made their arrangements before this; they have separated the dlflerent breeds and the ditferent types of the same breed ; have mated cocks with pullets and cockerels with hens us the ease may be, and procured cocks from other breeders to take the place of those not suitable in their own Hocks by reason of rei?i tionship, Ac. Farmers' wives do not study thepubject up so closely and, like their husbands, tney do not always make preparations beforehand for spring work aud lo get the best results from the mating of their Hocks. Where there is no division of the tlocks and no yards to make such division, there should be no cocks allowed to run at large that are not yood. In tho production of eggs for market it does not matter, but in the production ot young poultry, ei ihcr for our own uso next year or for sale, the cock is half the flock, aud it will therefore pay to get good ones even at higti prices. Nests must be provided for the uso of the hens and it is important tlmt they be clean and well arranged. Nests should be accessible and yet not so public as to cause constant annoyance to the heu while laying. The coops must be kept positively clean from this on to ?? liitlA filth in wintMP. while Ipi uvuiitfuiacaoi;, ? mtiviaiut ? ,, ... not recommended, uiuy be permissible, but not so in summer. A Trade Secret. A trader who was fortunate In giving credit was asKed the otln r day by a confrere, wlio, beinjr less clever, always had a lot of failures 011 ins hands, the cause of his success, and lie replied: "When a new customer asks me for credit, if upon taking advice I feel justified in giving it to him, I subscribe for the local paper of his place and study closely the way he advertises. In the first place, this investigation shows me wnat profits he realizes on certain articles, and so indicates whether my customer works on a good basis or not. Besides this result, which cannot, however, be always exact, in viewol the sacrifices that are made in some Cases, I learn also from his advertisement what his standing is as well as if J opened his account books. As long us my debtor advertise energetically, his advertisements well got up, carefully looked after and in good position, he can get from mo all he wishes?}ie is a nood risk. lJut if 1 discover that his adI vpi tisfMiinnts sire badlv nrraneed aud defective I set myself about settling his account and stopping his credit. The merchant who cannot pay lor his advertisements, aud who allows them toBtand In tin; paper as a contraaccount and in a defective shape because he doesn't dare to take them out, is a dangerous customer. As for the man who throws away his money on advertisements in worthless sheeis, simply because they co*t, less than those in a good journal, he is ft hare-brained fellow who know nothing nbont business, and who must be dealt with only on the terms of cash dovn."?Journal of Fabrics. I Polled (!ro?scN or Grades. (From tfie Farmers' Home Journal.) The following, from the pen of Isaac B. Lutz, may be of Interest to some of our stock-breeding readers who may profit from his teu years' experience in crossing black polls with other breeds: Select a thoroughbred bull, with hhrli-polnted poll, well sunken where the horns should be. Never select a high-horned cow, as they, as a rule, only breed one-third polled?a low, short, crooked or crumpled horn will breed the most polled calves and nearly as many as a low polled, high grade polled cow. Jerseys breed more polled calves than any other breed ! oi homed cattle, if crossed with the above described bull. t Kill I will lirp/vl mnrn hlnnlcs J ;i Uilliun aj uuu M Iti M.vvv, than the Angus, in crossing with other breeds. I The Ansus hroed too many browns and brindies. Tlie Galloways and Angus make a good cross on the Jerseys for farm purposes, as they will give from four to live gallons of milk per day. If properly fed for milk the quality will nearly average with the average Jersey. The calves of the Angus and Jersey crosses can be fastened at any nge to sell ready for butcher stuff. Galloway and Jersey crosses are preferable Tor dairy purposes, but the calves are not as salable as the others. Either breed crossed with Jerseys will breed more blacks than when crossed with any other breed. Five O'clock Tea. It used to be in former days They played for "filthy lucre," But now they've got. new-fangled ways They call "progressive euchre.'' 'Tis very harmless, I suppose, Nor strains the mental powers Of airls >\ 11o entertain their beaux That brings them pretty flowers. "Receptions," too, are all the s<>? Deceptions, rat her, call them? Ami tea parties, the Mi-ka-do, 1 think, is what they call 'em; Where all trick out like Japanese, Or, say, like "Dolly Varden;" Ami gabble like a lot of geese, Penned up in a tlower garden. This does not tax their mental powers Nor do they l'eel regret, The duties help while away the hours To please some vain coquette. All this is called lesthetical? A "craze," to call it mild ; To quiz and quote pathetlcal A la sweet "Oscar Wilde." I Alas, such is "society" In these progressive days! May reason and sobriety lluslore tiie good old ways. I TTn.im. Clnirnft In /"Viwi./i-K fl,m//union envt ' j JlVll I (? ?JV. II III ? 9 1(1 v,f VfH.V- fuiyrvt "-tv " ; ! that dry corn fodder alone makes dry cruin- j j bly butter, while too much cotton seed meal | makes brittle, granular butter. Jiran makes j white butter, while exposure to cold lessens the quantity, hardens and whitens the butter, J and makes it dry and brittle. Farrow cows j give such butter except when they are highly ! led upon corn meal. The nicest winter butter ' conies trom a cow that is feeding for beef, i which gets an abundance of corn meal, and ! yields only a small quantity of milk that is j excessively rich in cream. CONSIGNEES. ! Fi:kh;ht?T. I'.aker, Emnrni J. Marshall, T. j (t. Haki-r, \V. K. Powell. !-.xi'kkss?W. A. Toinplol.on, Mrs. J. S. John-; ! son, K. A. Prossly, K. 15. Gary, J. vi. tinker, \V. 11. Hanckel. E. M. Keaton, Dr. Drcnnan, Aug. i \V. Smith, (J. \V. Abney, J. F. ('. DuPiv, Mis.? Sarah J inker, 11. li. IIUl, Khorurri & LoHoy, J. D. A lew hie, A. O. Grant, M. \V. Parker. ' The lace braid hat. This shape will "become immensely popular before the season Is over. Every lady should have one. Wm, E. Boll. -31. Never before was snch beautilul millinery ihovvn as we will exhibit this season. Win. 3. Bell. 8-31 We have all the new shapes in hats this senson with trimmings to match. Don't fall to all on opening days, 8th and Oth of April. Wm. E. Bell. 3^1 Ribbons! ribbons In all the new styles. Pe'.ot satin will be used both for hat and dress [rimming. Wm. E. Bell. 8-31 Flowers! flowers and ribbons will be the - - " 1- - -I ? *v\ t .1 ~ ?U<., Dlnmoo IWtUlllg JlilU I.iiiuaiui^ Li i in ocnovni. x luiuto md tips are also used. Call ami see them on ipenlns days, 8th and Oth April. Wm. E. Bell. 3 31 We expect to show a beautiful line of millinery and dress Roods on openingdays, which will be on the 8th and 9th ot April. We invite all to come, both old and young, big and small. Wm. E.Bell. 3-.*Jl Colored lawns and Crinkle Seersucker calicoes will be used for cheap wash dresses. Wm.E.Bell. 3-31 Crinkle Seersucker, baureftecloth and houcle ginghams, for ladles' wash dresses at Wm. E. Bell's. 3-31 White goods, lawn plaids, nansook plaids, Victoria, India and Persian lawns from 0 cents up, at Win. E. Bell's. 3-31. Chambra dress robes with trimming to match. Win. E. Bell. 3-31 White dress robes, in beautiful styles, at all prices. Wm. E.Bell. 3-31 Buttons! buttons for trimming ladles' and chl.dren'H dresses. Wm. E.Bell. 3-31. Braids! braids ! Novelty, Star, Feather Hurculese, silk, black, and colored, silver and gold braid. Wm.E. Bell. 3-31 Remember, we will have our opening on the 8th and 9th of April. Win. E. Bull. 3-31. Corsets! corsets! Dr. Warner's Health Tumpico und Bull's Health Preserving Corset. Win. E. Bell. 3-31 Mourning goods a specialty at Haddon's 3-24 For tho latest styles and lowest prices call at Haddon's. 3-24 Ladles' fine shoes cheap at Haddon's. 3-24 Don't forget the opening, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, April 1st, 2nd and 3rd at Haddon's. 3-24 For early spring wear bourett ginghams, toul dc nord, krlnkle seer suckers, bourett zeyphyr suiting, checked muslins &e,Jnst rereceived at Haddon's. 3-17 Call at Hill's photograph gallery and get your picture iukcii. .j-u Txie Pre** and Banner prints letter heads bill heads, hand bills, etc., u? well as they can be printed elsewhere, and as cheap an the cheapest. Bluestonc tn abundance, 3 pounds for 25 cents. Speed A Neulfer. 12-9. Just received, new Spring goods at the new store of Haddon's. The wise man will call at the Press and Banner office for prices on printed letter heads, bill heads, note heads, or any other kind of Job printing. Mens, youths and boys overcoats at prlcet reduced to suit every one. P. Rosenberg Jc Co Something entirely new for wash dresses krlnkleseersuckers, krinkle calicoes, Toile Dt Nord plain and in stripes, bonnet ginghams, bleached homespuns, check muslins, Indlgr blue calicoes in beautiful patterns. Don't forget to drop in the new store of Haddon's. 2-2^ New styles jewelry can now be seen at Had don's. 2-24 Spring calicoes, new patterns, at Haddons 2-24 Domestic Sewing Machines for sale at Had doit's. 2-24 .Jewelry! Jewelry!! For holiday presents Just received a most beautiful assortment ol ladles scarf pins, bangle pins, bracelets, necklaces. ear drons. lace pins, oxydized pins. Ma kaiio's infant'bib pins, Infants pet name pins These are tlie handsomest and host gonds w< have ever shown. R. M. HADDON & CO. 12-5 The PrfM mid Banner has some stock or hand Just now, and cnn print nice bill heads letter heads, Ac., at the lowest prices. All per sons are invited to examine our samples anc prices. I Lien blnnks which are intended to proteci merchnnts lor advances on crops are printec and ready for sale at the Press and Banna office. A handsome line of picture frames, various styles and sizes, at.Speed Jc Neu tier's. 12-9. Blankets, blankets, blankets, at New Yorh cost. P. Rosenberg & Co. If yon wjint a good pair of all-wool blanket! at New York cost, call on P. Rosenberg & Co P. Rosenberg & Co. are selling all-woo blankets at New York cost. Now Is your tiin< to secure a bargain. CfiU on P. Rosenberg & Co. and get a pair o blankets at New York cost. Thomas McGettigan. of the old reliabl< Palmetto Haloon, has greatly reduced th< prices of his tine old pure goods. Give him i call and see for yourselves before buying adul terated liquors.?Adv. Remember, when you wnnt to bny ft pount or two of nice Jrnnch candy for your girl thai we have again added it to our stock and intend to keep a fresh, nice lot, always 011 hand Speed & Ncufler . 2-17 If anything wanted In the stationery lln? don't fail to examine our stock. Prices l< suit the times Speed & Neuffer, 2-17 Velveteens, Velveteens, Velveteens, black brocaded and colored, In a great variety o colors, see them at Bell <k Galphin's. 1()0 overcoats at greatly reduced prices. P 1 Rosenberg it Co. Thnrber's Bird Seed at Speed & Neuffer's 12-9. Diamond Dyes and Diamond Paints a Speed Neuffer's. 12-0. It will do you good to sec Speed & Neulfer'i pretty goods. 12-0. Linen paper and envelopes In boxes at Lav son's. All kinds of job work quickly and neatlj done at this office. We have just received 1 new supply of bill heads, note heads and oth er paper, and can furnish them in pads if do sired. Our prices will compare with any oth er market. Ladles Jerseys very cheap at While Broth ers. Sept. 30. l'repnre for trie winter ny ouyin? an eie pint pair of bed blankets from While Broth ers. Sept. 30. If you want a pood overcoat at a reducei price, call on P. Rosenberg & Co. Our line of clears and tobacco Is much larg er than ever before, and we only ask a tria to con vienoe you of superior quality of same Speed & Neutter. 2-17 Johnson's Kalsomine, the prettiest, olieap est and most valuable preparation of th< kind in tlie market, Jor a testimonial ex amine Speed & Neutfer's store. 2-17 If vou want a good breech loading shot gur at New York cost, call on P. Rosenberg & Cc Peterkin Cotton Seed. JCA BUSHELS of unadulterated PETER 10U KIN COTTON SEED. For sale by MILLER ? MrOASLAN. I Ninety-Six, S. 0. The average yield of this COTTON in 40 pei cent, of LINT. [March 31, 1886, tf Bill 3886. OPENING AT THE NEW STORE 4 Pattern Hats, Bonnets, Ribbons, Flowers, Laces, &c. Also a choice selection of Dress Goods, Silks, Satins, Parasols, Fans, Gloves. Everything new attractive anil cheap. The ladies invited to examine our stock. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 1st, 2d and 3d APRIL. Itcppcctfiilly, UUlOMIt March 21,18-50, tf I - ; -,' i '. : ;; > ' V - ' - UNDER THE 'I i\/. ^ HAS just opened a new and elegantly fltt< NEW HOTEL, and Is now receiving t complete a full line of Drugs, Medicines, Che Also, nil the popular PATENT MEDICINES warrants to be fresh and good. He also offers a well selected stock of FAN( Colognes, Foreign and Bom in great variety, Hand His line of BRUSHES AND SOAPS *s Rimj NAIL, FLESH, SHAVING AND SHOE Bit 6St?# January 28,1885, tf "speed & Drug Keep constantly on hand a ful t mMTOK11: Dyspepsia, b'nt sale only by us. Try o?r BL^ and our COMPOUND SYRUP 8AR8APAH BED BUG POISON, the inont convenJent whj all the staple.and fashionable colors. A ful STATIONARY, etc.. etc. The best brands ol complete stock of WHITE LEADS,_PAIN1 BRUSHES .WINDOW GLASS, UOLDUiN j>X Bros. PREPARED PAINT, the best In the m [Prescription Physician's prescriptions nnd Family Reel] rlenced and competent hunds. Orders by hai April 29, 1885. tf PALfflETT Tit taint ail Best St? , WITH SELE ; JUNE QLD "^yiHSiCEY, gl t AND J^OMESTIC, J^UBLII ; AND ^le> J^RESH jg ! ^LS0 A pULL J^INE OF rjlOJ MOUNTAIN QAP RY1 ?JORN '^yHISK Thos.McGetti i i I ^? ???? ! WHITE I I Would call the attention o 5 : rpHFJR STOCK nF DRESS GOODS IS JL They have the cheapest line of BLACK 3 some handsome COLORED SILKS. They h . ED VELVETEENS, for dresses and trimflrii 1 all colors, the latest tblug for trimming. Tb f Cannot be They have bestowed unusual care in ibes J all right in regard to color, quality and prfci i than ever before. It would aatouisb any ca< HOW VE , FLANNELS and BLANKETS are this seas 1 ine the stock of WHITE BROTHERS, < " reach of all. A pood assortment of CARPE' Brothers. The above are only a few liuetfJc | SPECIAL BARGA1 The general stock of FALL and WINTEP , BROTHERS Is the largest, best assorted a It is Complete i September 30, 1885. IP YOT r ?- I. TV T , sasn, uoors, x MOULDIN Lime, Ce BARBED F ; CAI ; B. K. BEACl AHHVTTTT.T!\ $ UUJWU ? - July 22, 1885. tf Elberton Ma ELBERT01 i BUILD AND Kf 1 lacMnery, EDgines, Boilers; Sa SHAFTING, Agents for the best Statione Engines m tne mar&et Korting's Universal Injectoi The Van Duzen Jet Pump, f< Mining Purposes. The Vanwinkle Cotton Gins jFreeman's Patent New Era I jKeep in Stock Steam and Vi Valves, Check Valves. Steam Guages, Guage Cocks Lubricators, Files, Soa] Best Italian Hemp and Gi Screws and Bolts. I B7)- Will be Kind to furnish pstimntos forany respondence solicited. Respectfully, PI Nov. 4,1885, fim n n a I ABBEYJ Is now prepared to furnii ed Lumber, and is ready to Work of any kind, at the v< {most reasonable prices. June 15,1881, tf - NEW HOTEL. I 3RRIN I Ml up DRUG STORE on the Corner under the and will continue to receive till his a Lock la V'r.-. micals, Dye Stuffs, &c. kept In a first-class Drug 8tore, all of "which he JY GOODS, consisting of estic, Handkerchief Extracts some Vades, Lamps, &c. jly complete. Every variety of HAIR, TOOTH US5H SOAPS from the finest toilet to the cheap ; NEUFFER, agists. iL AND WELL SELECTED STOCK OF PURft , etc. All the latest and popular Hues of FATHERJEJlNK. the best Li ver Medicine, core# iCJ^ERitY COltDlAL for Summer Complaint, ILLA with IODIDE PCTA&H for the Blood. ' of destroying these InaectH. DIAMOND DYE3 II line of FANCY GOODS. TOILET ARTICLE*, ' CIGARS, TOBACCO AND CIGARETTK8. A ?S. OILS, VARNISHES, ETC., ETC PAINT APTTTKE We sell the celebrated-HArrlSOlb r arkeL Special attention paid io the Department. J yes filled at all hours of day and night by expir* ikJ or mall promptly attended to. SPEED & NEUFFER, 0 SALOON. W tat ii Ike IfyCnM. : CT BRANDS OF RANDY AND ^yiNES, J^OREIG-lSr * AND J^IVERPOOL JpORTBR > ; EER ^LWAYS ON "p^AND. BACCO, QIGARS AND QIGARETT^ E AND (gTONE jyjOUNTAIN tfq a np^rtit tv gan. Proprietor | No, 4 Washington Street. BROTHERS f Buyers to a few Specialties. I j in 4 . UNUSUALLY LARGE AND ATTRACTIVE* SILKS thev hnrve ever offered. They have also' iave a good itssortment of BLACK AND COLOR? ngs. They hnvea nice linn of WOOL LACES ?n lelr stock of BLACK CASHMERES i Surpassed! ' election of these poods, and are assured they *r& 0. A good Hb? of JERSEY JACKETS, cheaper 3 to tee . , v 'v"o< RY CHEAP on. Bnye-re In this line would do well fo exam Tarpets afp so very cheap that they are In th^ rs and RUGS can be found at the store of White i which , L\TS CAX BE HAD. L GOODS now offered to the pnbllo hy WIIIT1& nd most attractive they have ever carded. n all Departments. N V - J 'W^LISTT Slinds, Shingles, nLGl T . A TTTQ. V_J JLJXX J. ?m ent and ENCE WIRE, -l oisr HAM, AGENT, E C. H., S. C. tchine Works, f, GEORGIA. SPAIR ATjL KINDS w Mills Erist Mills torn Mils 11 HilliUj UiiUl AIAAIAU} WWUW PULLEYS, &c. ry, Portable and Semi-Portable *, the best Boiler Feeder known. }r raising Water to Tanks and and Presses. Power Cotton Press. rater Pipes and Fittings, Globe , Oil Cups, Malleable Oil Cans, p Stone, Asbestos, and am Packing; Set Screws, Log \ thing needed in the MACHINE line. Cor[ILLIPS & GARBtJTT. M I T H, XLE, S. C., sh all kinds of Rough or Dressfin oil nrdArs for Carnenter JLLAA. WA* v.^w-- f 3ry shortest notice and at the