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BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 1886. VOLUME XXX. NO. 40, FIELD HID GARDEN EHOPSJ * THE CONDITIONS WHICH ARE NECESSARY FOR THE GERMINATION OF SEED. The Preparation of Cotton I.and?Tlic > Planting <>f the Seed?The Wnj- to Secure the Best Ite>mlts--llelpintf j I Out the Corn Crib. , More seeds are planted in April than nnv j other month in the year. We speak for the; Cotton States?in these, the \vcather at that ' *! ?? h?i?if ?r,.nr>rnl!v vvjtrin ennuirh to noVrni f ! > the plftnthigof all summer crops,'both of fhld I ] Rnd garden Sometimes, perhaps generally. [ April is a dry month; the rainfall is small h and the winds of March have dried oft the], soil, so that, it is sometimes difficult to get h prompt anil perfect jrerminat Ion of seeds. A ] Kood stand, and with some crops an early,, Stand, is exceedingly important; let us dwell, ] therefore, for a while, on the germination of,, seeds, the necessary conditions thereof, and !, the means of promoting it. There are three j. fundamental requisites, moisture, heat and j | air. Every seed contains a miniature plant, I f and connected with it a" variable amount of j * matter intended as food for the young plant | f during its first stages of growth. This food : J matter constitutes, ordinarily, the main hulk 1j of the seed. To he utilized by the young plant it must become movable, so as to be carried as | j needed to growing poinlg. In a drv seed this . - f.M.-? u it. ??i5.i cannot occur, i ue mimui initio -mm, Xve in-fly add, insoluble. The first fequislte, j Iftcrefote; is that the seed absorb water, which j H does when planted, in amounts varying from one fourth to its entire weight. The water can now dissolve and carry in'o the young plant the food matter, or whatever of the hit- j ler is soluble in it. Most of this matter, how- [ ever, is wholly insoluble in water, consisting as it. does, in large part, of starch, oil, etc., but} 011c of the very tirst things which occurs in sonnination is the formation of what may bci termed a ferment, a substance called diatase, j which can change these insoluble substances | into such as arc soluble and therefore availa- j tie to thft young plant. M^re absorption of water cannot of itself, however, start germination. Bury a graiu ofi corn or cotUm seed in wet earth in mid-win-1 Tcr; it will absorb water freely, but instead of < ^terminating will rot. Heat, therefore, is nccs. rSsary Mso. II stimulates the vital activity, j. fsotospeak?exactly how, we do not know.!. Hut bent alone cannot, bring about gerrnina- !} tion. A dry grain might be kept indefinitely ,, a temperature of ninety-five degrees with?mt sprouting. Heat and moisture must work ? !r\ t?rlr*cr i i Hut these aione are not sufficient. Air, or oxygen, the active iugredient of air, is also necessary. This is esfcntial to the gen era t Ion of lite "ferment" alluded to above, by winch 4he insoluble things are madesoluhle. A seed i-tsppSied wJlh moisture and the requisite heat friil not germinate in a vacuum. Now., let \is Cun?id?r how in practice we may Control these conditions and make tiiem cooperate best to t.'ie securing of good stands. First, as to moisture. As stated before, April is generally a dry month, and the soil, especially near the surface, if oiten too dry to bring up seeds, when planted shallow, as most of them require to tie. To obviate this, very light harrowings subsequent to each compacting rain should he given. Unless one can plant land Immediately after iis fmnl preparation, and before it has time to dry off, it is j hes>t to prepare it long enough in advance of planting to let a rain-fa! I settle" it a little.' Seeds can get moisture hotter in a somewhat compacted soil than in a very loose one- Li^ht harrowin :s after rains caUsc a thin layer of pulverized soil at the sun ace to dry off, but re. .! i.i M.n nnrt lif.l.iu- U'llffO IllC ! . niv o-?w.v ... seed will In* deposited. In such case it ss bet- s ter also to open the drill quite shallow, so us | to disturb the compact, moist earth beneath f :us little as possible. Moisture cannot rise up , from below through a loose, pulverized soil, as x readily as it c.iu through one moderately com- f pact. Again, a seed cannot absorb moisture ]j from the soil unless in absolute contact with j t it. To insure perfect contact, it should be . 1 resscd into the soil. Such pressure not only j j insures better contact, l>ut by solidifying the i; loose earth under the seed enables moisture to 11 lise us frotn beiow to tlie seed. Seed planters j s often h uvea wheel in front of the dropper.!', which compresses tbe dirt in I lie drill. This I * is well, but one ought to follow behind tbe L ikoppHr to press the seed into the earth. In s pluming corn by hand the dropper can step j ttpon each hill us dropped. For small seed in! garden a light wheel c ?n be geared up an I run ! j y hand to linn the seed into tiiesoil. When j jt-iiis is tloue a tight covering of earth will be i suilleient to insure germination. In planting ? ivitii a hoc a little dirt may be diawn over the ) ^ . seed and packed with the back of the hoe, j. ,;?tnd then a little loose earth drawn over it.j, Nothing has been said about the importance I >, of deep breaking and thorough pnlveii/ation i's OI IU9 SOU IIS UltNllls \ij luc iimuiiMivii vji ?? , . iswge .supply of water, or of keeping the land j Hilcd with humus to increase its hygroscopic p ?wer, or ability to hold water durin;: drought. These t?f course arc* matters ol'the very lir>t. importance. Every one knows how much easier it is to secure a good stand on fresh land J t>iill rich in humus than on old, worn soils i!e- ,, void of vegetable mat'er. The second requisite to germination is heat. The ao&ds of a few plants germinate at. very iow temperatures, ju.-t above the freezing point of water, but tuoso of most cultivated, plants will not grow readily much under fifty , c degrees. Of course reference here is made to \ the temperature of the soil at a depth of two" t <or three inches, the ordinary depth at which t larger seeds are planted. During summer! i there Is always ample heat, but in the spring j j it is otherwise?it isolten difficult to .mart ai< <*rop early and well on account of the coldness I of the soil. Can a farmer do an v liing towards j i overcoming this difficulty ? Yes; there arejl i */l,x ! ';?*&?? Im / ?m tilnnf ! * fcCVlTiU nv mil ii?, i ... ..... , . crops tiuitoii^lii lo be started early, on south-; t ern slopes. The sun's rays *trit%e these more it r.early at riahtungles than they do those inclined to other points of the compass, and the|< nearer the approximation to a right angle the' 1 greater is their heating power. "The heating j? power of tne sun in spring in our latitude is t greatest oti slopes of tifteeu to twenty degrees, i I 2Ie can select for the same purpose also soils ! ] which are naturally warmest, either from tex- j 1 lure, color or drainage. A gravelly soil re-, i tains heat longer than a Jliu; sandy one; aji dark soil wanis up more readily than a light j? one, and a dry more rapidly than a wet. He t tan increase the darkness of the soil by keep- 1 ing up the supply of humus, and, in some it cases, can make it drier hy proper draiiwge.lt By strips of fore>t for old Held pines judicious- j I !y preserved he can protect his fields from i j cold winds. 1'y avoid* i;g proximity to streams j i of water he can often escape injury from la'.e ^ spring frosts. Foresight, judgment and careji ean do a good dea\ even in the apparently un-; i controllable waiter <>i temperature. .mhiuiit 1 and very important point in the early spring ;i is to plant seed as shallow as possible. The;: .*oil Is then cold to a considerable depth, ami j i is beginning to warm up from the heal of the: < ?un. Th Ik heat lug begins at the surface and i travels downward. The nearer the surface, j 1 then, a seed is t he more it feels the heat of the; { situ. Never cover seeds, therefore, in the ear-j \ ly sprimr any deeper than is required to secure i the necessary moisture for germination,'] Asid?' from the matter of heat, there is a cer- j I lain depth, beyond which, if seeds are plant- s ed, even if they come up, they produce weak ! i or unproductive plants. Three inches is jisji great a depth as the largest and strongest;1 seeds will bear well; the rule is the smaller !< the seed the shallower it should he piantedjl the smallest germinating best when simply {< pressed Into the soil. J< The air necessary for germination is secured 1 l>y shallow planting and by covering with ? 3->ose earth, which the air can easily penetrate, i i When the soil is compacted by heavy rain, or I when it is natui'i'l y clo>e and waxy, like tlie j i clays, air is very largely excluded. The same ) i is {"rue of soil* tilled with water; the water!! drives out and excludes the air. All know!] liow difficult it is to get seeds up under such J < circumstances. The nearer the surface a sned j | is the more likely is the air to reach it. When a crust is formed alight harroving will pulverize it and allow (he air to penetrate. The Jiarrovv should occupy a very prominent place in the spring On bedded land, one horse can pull two single harrows, ami two hands mid one horse can run over sixieen to twenty acres a day. If a rain intervenes between the planting and the coming up of a crop, by all means run the harrow over it. Not only the crust will be broken and seeds come up better, but a crop of grass and weeds will be most effectually killed. \V,iere circumstances permit the use of a wide smoothing harrow the ivork is still more rapid. .Moreover, the surface will be dry enough to harrow before the | soil is dry enough to plow?hence the hamming need not interfere with the plowing. Hut | the surface mu-t be dry enough to crumble! and pulverize freely. It will do no good lo I run a harrow when the surface is wet. This is i a matter of first, importance. It has been the custom pretty universally to ! bed up cotton land some weeks in advance of! planting time. When this has been done, it 1s excellent practice lo freshen up the beds by i runninga harrow over them just in advance) of planting. It will remove clods and trash, [ kill the first crop of grass, and smooth the top j of the bed so that it is easier to open a furrow j of uniform depth in which to plant the seed, i An opener, following a harrow, and running ; owe and a half inches deep, the seed dropped,' h in the drill thus made, tuul pressed in by aj wheel and covered lightly by harrow oriboard.1 supply all the conditions necessary for secur ing a perfect stand. The opener should sil-; ways ruu ou wheels, so that the depth of drill i BKaBMHaBaammaneaMMBMaHOi may be .accurately gauged and regulated. Careful experiments sire greatly needed to show the comparative yield of cotton piants from seed planted at proper depths, and wnieh come up strong and healthy, and from those which, planted toodeepor held back by crusts, j come up weak and sickly. With a view to increasing the vigor of tha young plants, some farmers apply with the planting seed various fertilizers in small quantities. Piaster is highly esteemed by some for this purpose, others roll the seed in ashes, some put. fifty to one hundred pounds of guano in ] the drill with the seed, and all are reported as -*- ? ??? r>!ucfnr iinK IK w:i I IS t i ( or ?1 v nix a ullicr injurious properties, and is probably one of tin; best. Large quantities of guano, especially acid phospliate, are liable to injure the germinating power of the seed; The Voting cotton plant has no insect enemies, like [ho bud worm in corn, and it is not necessary to soak the seed of the former in any vermifuge solution. Hut with corn it. is otherwise. 1 = Where the builwonn is troublesome, soaking | the seed in saltpetre and rolling in lime will I . heck tli<iir ravages considerably. Giving the ?eed a very light coating of coal tar is, howev-! J er, the best preventive. Corn planted also at. * particular periods escapes their ravages. Ear- 1 ly and late plantings a re not injured by tliem, 1 whilst inteimedialc ones are. in this locality j zorn may be planted in bottom lands in March j1 ind in May, with comparative impunity 1 fiom the worm. April plantings are almost iitre to be destroyed by them. Corn is a most valuable grain, and very de-1 lJ :ir.iblc on a farm, hut often costs the farmer i! " ."..I-.. it Ilai.-ln nmbnit. phoilll-M UK 11 I Ul,. I u> llicvm, iv. ... .. , y should be a matter of careful consideration.!}' Mr. David Dickson says thatalter the laud is , " prepared, all the labor required to cultivate J-1 orn is less than one day.per acre. Ills plan, j S s briefly this: After deep breaking lie l&id oil 1 ows seven feet apart, with a long shovel, run- j F ling twice in opposite directions. Manure, j11 whatever kind used, was dropped every three : 'eel, and the corn dropped .three or lour inches '1 rom it-on the nearside, an I covered one to j 11 >ne and a half inches deep with a harrow go-.j11 ng in the same direction as the dropper. In ' r, ii> locality lie planted from the iOili of March ' ,o Ihe 1st of April, and gave the first working 1 "rom the 20th oi April to 1st of May. Early lining ot the corn he considered a positive if1 njury, doing away with all the good of plant-1 * ng in a deep furrow. First ploughing, he sid- j e d"with a t.venty-two inch sweep, the back of i (' he rifrlii winu elevated about one and'a quar- j o or inches, filling the shovel furrow within I? me inch of the general surface. The middies !11 vere finished with same sized sweep, thcj? VlllgS elCValCU. rour IUITCHs hi all uiiinjm-i,- I ;d a row, a horse going over three anrl a half I ' icresaday. After three to lour weeks it is >lovred a^ain with same sized sweep, running s ive iui'rows :o Mie row. Between the second I a tnd third piowings he planted peas by run- i5 iiii? a shovel fui row in tlie middle, dropping > f' iix or seven peas every two feet and covering J' vith a harrow. Two hands and a dropper * vilt plant sixteen acres a day. The third and ? ast plowing is given with sweeps also, run- !l ting only half incli deep. A twenty-t wo inch 11 weep, with right wing elevated, sides the c :orn, a twenty->ix inch sweep, with right wing V jalf elevated, sides the pea?. This makes four ].. arrows in all t.othe row. lie never put a boo 11 n corn. His estimate was tiiat only su small j:' taction over one day's work was required for 0 111 acre of corn atul peas, and 011 poor pine J1 and he averaged 1*10111 twenty to twenty-live | '< iitshcls per acre. One dny's labor in prepar- c ng the land,one day's labor in cultivating the 11 rop, together with cost ot manure and gath- v ryig the crop, rovers the expense of one acre f '' A llini'iivr 1 l< U UUIIIf IHVK1J , , Uree dollars at> acre for manure, and lilty]c :ents for hand and horse per day, the to-1 * id expense per acre would not exceed six dol- 0 ais, or thirty cents per bushel. We believe j Jj hsit with good management and sound judg- I nent coi n can l>e raised at that cost. Even on I mttom lands, by planting in checks four feel j ' >ach way ?leaving t wo stalks in each Imi) the i " rop can tie made entirely with I he plow. We j > rave done it for years, including several wet >' easons. ! H From the experience of the past year in!(1 ceding the heads of ar early maturing vane-! J' y of niil.o maize, we have con. hided that it ; ? vould be well to substitute this crop, in part.! * or corn. Horses relish the grain, fed whole ti n the head, apparently as well as corn, and j11 aliened and worked up ?n it. qui teas well as; ipon a corn ration. It stands drought better i I hail corn, and cm be made with rallies less! ' vork. Drill thinly in rows two and a half tol.n hive feet apart and cultivate with sweeps or ! 0 crapes?hoe work is unnecessary. .May l?e K* ilanted after ihe 20th of this month. .So may j ill varieties of so.gluun and millet. These 11 viil be found very valu ible for soiling during j s utnuier and autumn when stock is not hcavi- o .. ....oln r.j y. 11 / if}" tl V fl 1*1 II1 r tj f. ' - > UWI IVCU .lliu ?:.IOUUVO Miv V..V.4 ... n \ sucwssioii ol pliinli 11 irs otvjrhl to l?o rnntle * rotn lhe2'ith of Apiil to August. We liave 11J ound these crops of p.eat value in helping! " iut ihe eonw:ril>. They are holier for feL-diiiy: i V ;reen man for curing into dry forage. We 1 ave not t. it d it directly, l>ut are satisfied ja hat they may be kept, gr'-en t)>e greater parti f if the winter hy being put in siios or pits. <' ??nne report uood results with sallium pre- 11 K-rved In trenches like the Louisiana sugar " :ane. 81 o mm ? *? ' U LONG CAME AND C?DAR SPRINGS. J ^ c r!io People Wive Solid Comfort ami ^ Heartfelt Pleasure to Their l?astor J li and 22 is Wife. | j Who would have thought that the staid old ( rongrogaiiun ol' Ceder Spring and Long Cane s vould have faihn in with nvw troys, lint u lines chan'.'O.tnd wonders never erase! Af- ii er an experience of over one hundred years, d i nder Ji t\' jia.iloru(r.i?t 11C last of whom is still | n i1 his post in the thirty-sixth year of his in- s rumbeney?during wiiieii they ^ave dealt I 3 cind<ly and liberally with their pastors, pay-1 a i'g in pounds, shillings and penc\ or in dol- j ars and cents, the promised salary, and gen- ? ;rally leading the vmi in supporting the en-hi erpiises f>!' the Church?they have superadd- b ;d a genuine house warming! it March &?, IS*G, will ever be memorable in o nir house, a day known in the calendar as h ,ady Day?a festival of the Church in ho'hor s if the iinnnnciaiion of the angel to Mary, y hut she was to be t he fortunate mother ot the v 11 1 " f,, fjil'ivc f> I t >1 1U1WUU VI# >?. > *v Romish festival it so turned out that It was v iterally tlie Ladies' Day at. the parsomige. n VI ways "list at the closs and first at the sepllchre," ihey seem to know, as it hy iutul- p ion, how to do a nice tiling, Perceiving a a inge of sadness and discouragement, either j jj 11 the pastor's countenance or his sermons, |e hey resolved to cheer him lip hy an unniis-j t ukablc demonstration of attachment amlji) ove. The thing was wisely conceived nndie idmirably executed?a profound secret, a gen-1 ilnii "sin prise party"?until early morn when d iTC received a message from a friend to "re- i li nain at. home and prepare no dinner, you t ivill have company. Sure enough, men and ji ivomen, old and young, soon beuan to pour in, t 11 large force, with smilinv faces large baskets n iinl trunks, took command and ordered us to r )0 still. We soon perceived that obediedee to lj orders would be the wisest discretion. Sub- e mitting as gracefully as possible to the inevi- a table, we soon saw our house paeked with t quests and our table spread with one of the a most sumptuous dinners we ever beheld? u lone had ever equalled it at tlie parsonage, s :ione had ever surpassed it at hundreds of les- ii rivals which it had been our good fortune to i ittcnd?together with gifts and tree will oiler- j: ingsofall kinds, and gold anil silver audio jivenliaeks,and.above ail "our love." Some | d tlw.ii. I'o.rinfc tiioii* # U III) CWlllU lin( O'lliv III Iiit.il v-7 x )!I'oring.s and their love. It was inde^da ":<?ve ' t fe:iM," nev?*r to he for-rotten. All seemed to i ?njoy the day. But enjoyment is not strong |e mough to expn-ss our motions. We trle<l in ;t t'.Jn to express them. We accept it all with t grateful hearts, not only as an lionor done to;c us, hut to our common Lord aiul M ister,; ( w hose we are and whom we are hound to love j i mil serve. I.ongitig for a revival, it has hurst j ji upon us era we were aware. \Ve read t he ( Scriptures, sang divine songs of gtateful ! ji rnnisc. iind waved ti-ir?*tlier and then adjourn-,'s j(l. The Lord no maunilied for liis grace and [ i love, is the sincere prayer of j 1 H. T. and J. F. Sloax. <: Forever Vonuy. T,,f> wild world hastens on its way; The gray-haired century neius its close, |1 Ii.n >urro?s deepens day by day; l The Summer blush forsakes the rose. But. darling, while your voice I hear. And while your dark-brown e\ es I see, 1 Sad months and sunless, seasons drear, |. Are all the same, all g.ad, tome. Despair can never reach me i ^ While your soft hand I hold : While your eyes love and teach me, I never shall grow old ! They pay that love forsakes the old ; That passion pales and fades away; ... t i.. i.,.c l imt uvni nnt' .> imuiii Must lose thcirchnrm andchange thegray, J But, darlintr, while your heart is mine, j And while I feel that you are true, | For me the skies will ever shine , With Summer light and tendercst blue. Yet., lot your age deride me; I scorn his mocking tongue, I?oar love, with you beside me, j, 1 am forever youug! , ??? |! Rev. Mason W. Pressly, fur the past four J years pastor of the A. II. Presbyterian church ( of i Hester, left vesterday to assume the pas- j torate of North U. I*. Church, Philadelphia.;* W>, with Ids manyfriends in South Carolina,: s wis i and predict i'or him a career of great t usefulness in bis enlarged liekl of labor.?C'/tt'o-j1 ter It -porter. I ( gwaM?aany^?E?P??? THE POWER OF MONEY. 2VEN THE GOLDEN GATES STAND AJAR 1 FOR THE MAN WHO COMES DOWN WITH THE DUST. Sarthly Riches Properly "Invested J Will Help us to Weeurc the Ileav- I en!.v Itielies?If You Would fco to | Heaven When Yon I?le, You Must1 Pay Your Chureh Duos. lermon by the Rev. J. 0. Lindsay, D. D* Text?Pay your church duos. Twenty years ago I would not have said I'hat I am now ?:oing to speak. I then thought he less 11 minister said in the pulpit about noney, especially about the money that pco>le ounht to give to the Ohnreh, the better, now think lie cannot be faithful to his Masor without speaking plainly and earnestly of his great matter. liy "church dues" I mean several things. . The pastor's salary. It is a law of the disensation in which we live that they that! >reaeh the gospel should live of the gospel. | 'he workman is worthy of his meat. The i ihorer is worthy of his hire. This is not a lUtnan enactment, but a divine ordinance, i t, is enstamped with the authority of the rent God. A minister may refuse to receive t, as Paul did, for prudential reasons; but a teopl'e cannot withhold it without bringing ! ipon themselves a fearful rctrihution. 2. The 1 everal enterprises of the Church, as Publica- | ion, Education, Missions, Foreign and l)onesiie?all these require money. The assess-1 iients for tlK'se objects are generally fair and | easonable, and ought to be promptly and Lilly met. If one church neglect* the pay- i nent of its dues in any of these regards, the] nterprise will languish or the deficit will (/. Im moilu lilt liir the* nfhftf eh ill-chw ' 'rue religion is not sctfsh or exclusive, but xpansive, looking to the regions beyond, and iirmg lor Ill's things of others. 3. There arc Lhcr expenses about a church of a more Joal character, as erecting or repairing, or talcug care of the church building, and several! ther matters, all of which require money. I ill these things I group under the general cad of "church dues." They have claims upon us for pecuniary upport. To meet. tJi'-se claims is not simply duty, but a duty of the highest and most i>lt:nin character. The debts we own to our L'llow men arc binding and cannot be ncgL'cti d without bringing gui it upon our souls. Sut this is a d-bt. that we owe directly to J lie | rent and awful God. 15y paying it we honor I nd glorify him; by withholding the paynent we dishonor him, we insult him, we ast contempt upon the Soverigu of the unier.se, the G<><i of Salvation. That the Church requires money to carry on ts operations is not peculiar to it, buta char-] ctcristic which it has in common with all | tber organizations. A government that had o revenue from tuxes, or imports, or sale of uids, would go to pieces at ouce. All the haritable societies, secret or public, arc kept pbylhc members paying iheir dues, and without this payment tliey could net exist. L11 organizations, literary or scientific, politjal or social, havocxpenses thatrequire iiioiiy. The family, even the poorest, cannot subist without money. Money is a controlling ictor in all the societies which men can >riu in thi world. The wise man truly saul, Money answereth nil things." I say, then, in all earnestness, my friends, liatyon cannot ncfrlect to pay your church ues without being criminals before high eaven. It is not something you can do as on please about, but you must do as God reuire-s. II is not a matter of your will but- of ivinc law. It is true that in the exorcise of our tree agency you may neglect the divine pquirement, but you will do it at your peril, 'on will find in this as well us in other maters that it is an evil and bitter thing to sin gninst God. Were I to attempt a full analysis of this sin would have to show that it is covenant-1 reakinf?, disregard ins; vows that an.'! nosi solemn, withholding what is due to an : her, wliioh is a plain violation of Hie eighth j ommandmcnt. I ask you to notice tlie relation which this I latter lias to a church's welfare. Sam Jones j ays,''it lakes two things u> run a church, j race and money; tin? Lord will furnish the; race, but the people must give the money.''! V'e may :idd tlint. His giving the grace is de-1 eudent in a large measure on our giving the | loney. If we withhold. Ihe money lie! 'Ill keep haek thegra e. I make hold to say I liat there i* nor throughout Christendom, iii ny part os it, in any denomination, achurch hat can be properly culled prosperous that oes not pay its financial dues. Where this latter is neglected there will he .some dead y, some root of bitterness, some quairel or Dine division, a weak ministry or no increase ' membership, or in some way, elear and nmistukhle, the divine displeasure will fall pon such a church. What a pitiable speetale does the great nvijoriiy of our country hnrehos pres< n!! What a low state of piety! \'hat a limited number show the least in torsi in religion! We can be interested in secilar matters, in the news tof the neighbor oou, ine niarucis, crops, [hiiipics, i.i>hh>ijs, he'rail road, but how* few care anything for be cause of God. for the up-building of 'hrist's kingdom, for tho salvation or human ouls! The truth is, and it is one that should I (lake us shudder, that there is very littie re-' iaion in the church. There is an amazing ,eal of indifference among its members. We ee lu't talk about t lie world's unconcern and tnpidily and deadness to d'vino things, 'heseerc precisely the characteristics of the verage church member. Now, the cause ofj ills low slate of piety may not be seen at. aj lance. There, indeed, may be many ca'uses u operation to produce this state of things, mt we cannot mistake when we mention s one of these causes, and a very iulluential lie, the neglect to pay the Church dues. On Ins ncgieei tlie fires of piety burn low, t lie pirilis gr'cvcd and withdraws, and blight nd dissiKier follow. It is a true principle^ if tc honor God He will honor us, iiiul if we erve Him, obey His ordinances, the reward rill be great. In keeping His commaiKjnents there is great reward. Not only is it true that a church is not irosperous that fails to pay its dues, but. it is i ,l:.o true that a church is prosperous that! neels full its pccuniaiy obligations. Tla-re | ni?uot be found anywhere an exception to: iiis statement. The church that does its duty j 11 tliis regard will have tokens of divine pow-1 r. What I have said thus far is general, applicable to the Church as a body; but let us | i>tik jiL the ea?e of the individual. I assert 1ml no one was ever injured financially by isi^ftiug his church dues. 1 have known men j o become bankrupts from many causes, but I icver from tills cause. I know one who was i uined by his wile's extravagance. Her new | lonuets, and silk dresses, and ostrich fcath-j is, and diamond rings, and pearl necklace, ml sealskin sacqlie so depleted his means | hat he had noMiiug to pay his debts with, .nd he had to go into bankruptcy. I know I .nother, more than one such, who became in-1 olvent by drinking whiskey anu smoking! ine cigars. Their living beyond liieir income | nade them a wreck, but of all ttie people Ij iave known or heard of I have never known j me injured financially by piying his church lues. Arid more than that I uon't believe hoe is nuy true financial prosperity where his duty is neglected. There may be a sseemng pio'sperily, but just wait awhile, the u rse wi;i come, sooner or later, in some form. jod don't settle up liis accounts with men at lie end ol every week, nor at the end of evry year, hut, mark this, lie settles them, jiid's hand, judgment will reach those who leglect this duty, and how they will wince inu smart under that touch! That financial jnharrassmetit, that big debt, which takes iway the man's appetite, and takes away his leep, and takes away his eheeriulness and ! naKes him prematurely old, and brings to ; lim disease, and after awiiile brings to him! lea 111?all this might not have been if lie had j utid his church dues. The man withholds; lis dues and God withholds his blessing, and . hat is just the explanation in hundreds ol ! ases that otherwise seem so mysterious. 1 ; lely any man who has pecuniary troubles to' ook back over his past life and honestly say j ic has fully done his duty in paying his; hutch dut s. We are a poor people. We become sudden- j V UIIVi; IW lllif l> Dit'b n mil >? v; ait ioiini ,111 1 ;ive to some benevolent object. ]{ut there is1 ar more in this complaint ?u" poverty th;ui : m excuse for .stinsjinos. i inn afraid that *.ve Id not realize the fart I hat we are a poor poo-! :|e am) are gctling poorer every year. Some [ ?eople eanoot see their poverty as Ion# ! ts tliey can get their supplies on a lien, or hot-; o\v money at a ruinous rate of iuteres* on a.j uortgHire. Yes, wouiu uu.v I fie moon nnu i mven stars if we could gel them "on lime." ; am concerned specially, however, as to the i ause ol't his poverty. Whence does it. come? j s it from crop failures, or oveiproduction,! >r low prices, or not raising our supplies, orj ml. diversifyingouroperations enough on our: arms, or olher wrong modes of farming?) I'hese tilings may have some influence in j iringing about that business depression tvliich is everywhere felt and complained of. | iut may there not be another cause more op-: >rative'th:?n any ofthe^e? May we not be! >onr because we have not paid our church! lues? I beg that you will not look upon thisj is a hasty, pendant remark. Let us give heed j the sayings of tue wise man, "There is that withhoideth more thau is meet and it tendiili to poverty." We are under the same gov-' ernment now as the Jews were In the days of Malaehi. They robUed God of tit lis and offerings. They offered the blind, the torn, the lame and llie side? tliey ties looted or perverted ({oil's ordinance ot giving; they didn't pay their church dues. As a punishment for n this lie cut off their crops and left tliem with- J out the needed supplies. Yet he tells them their ea?e was not hopeless. lie offers to restore their former prosperity if they would bring all their tithes into His storehouse; il they would p;ty their church dues. ' Wl.en this duty is neglected peopleoften try to persuade themselves that they cannot afford it. There are other claims upon them that arc so clamorous that mis must oe leu and I admit there art: esises where the sincere Christian may have difficulty in knowing exactly what is his duty about giving. He may not. know how much lie ought to give in a particular c.-ise. To refuse, however, to give because we have oilier expenses, this attempt to outwit the Almighty, to overreach the God only wise, is a superlative folly. Those who attempt this will not escape the divine dls- > pleasure. What a mockery is much of the pretended payment of the church dues! One man gives a nickel on the Sabbath when u collection is taken up; the next day he goes to town and spends a dollar in getting drunk and rna.fi ng a fool of himself. Others, and church members too, pay more money for whiskekf than they give to the Lord. Some spend more for tobacco, to gratify an artificial appetite and keep up a filthy, disgusting habit, than thty give in paying church din s. Some are profuse to the demands of taste and appetite, and custom and passion, but they become awfully economical when asked to give to God. I have known an officer in the church to give at one time for some trivial secular object ten times as much as lie ever cave through a whole year to the church. ( Bo you Suppose that God don't notice such thiiu'snnd keep account of siHh things, and that he will not reckon for such things? If you do you are mistaken. God is not mocked. , tn?? ?.hn innkp nrv nre ten Hons to being Christians, and who ar^ not i Christians, yet they, arc so impressed with j the great, good the church is doing in the j world that they give generously to its support., and by this they condemn those who claim to be pardoned and saved, and keep back their L church dues. .. Some pay what they owe the church reluct- .. an My, grudgingly, after being urged and . dunned, and when they can find no excuse s for keeping it buck any longer. I asked the * treasurer of a church once If a certain man , had paid iiis subscription. "Yes," he ananswered, "ho paid, but lie paid it with a , grunt." God don't love those who give in J this way; on the other hand lie declares that He loves a cheerful giver. If I were a nrivate member of the elitirch there are two things, I j,hlnk, I would do. J ' would pay my church dues, pay them , promptly and pay them fully. That is one, and the oilier iy, I would pay more i than my dues. 1 would know that th?re c are always people in. the church who don't , come up to their duty in this regard; and to . make up this deficiency, to supply this luck of sorv'c?, * would everi ay. - j The liihle contains promises, rrtmy, and ' rich, and precious, for those who pay their i church dues. Here Is one: "Honor the Lord I with thy substance and tho first fruits of all * i thine increase, so shall thy barns be tilled j > with plenty and thy presses burst out with new ! t wine." Our Saviour said: "(Jive and it shall |s be given to you, good measure, pressed down i i and running over shall men give into your i i bosoms." Now. those who are delinquent in k lhis matter put themselves in a position j | where these proinl-'cs are not availablo lor ; l them. They don't "give," they don't "honor j ( the Lord with their substance," and, of S course, these promised good things are notjffor them. It a ? -! -- <1*-* >in/1 P??A\,l?lnni>o ic < t I II IUI' J1IIM' lllirillrun nilM J . w .... ... v ; i ever executing, these judgments upon tho?e > i whoare (le)in(ju cut*. They li-.se honor, the ! t respect of g?*>d people .ami the blessing of i Uod. They incur loss, embarrassment anil J i poverty. i > To deal justly is eminently a part of Chris- { Man morality ; but v.v do not have that if we i tail to pay our church flues. Paul enjoins Christ inns to "provide till nprs i? honest in ihes>ghtof all menbut we don't!, do this in the siuht of everybody if we don't pay church dues. Not to be honest in our general character, or i f in any sinjrle trans iction, is a dbgraee among !. men, is a shame to any one, brands one with an infamy that cannot be wiped out; it will') cleave to him and to his children alter him to ' ( many generations. The very meanest thing , done in this mean world by mean people is ;,( just about this mailer of not paying church ; * lines. / ...l l.nfAP /l.motnu.ru nml vill rmnisll. !. all dishonesty, all defrauding, a:l keeping hack \vliu? helonsrw to another. J.)oycu know why Annanias and Hup!lira * wore Ktricki'ii ilcsnlin the p.esonc.'of tho disci- j . pies? wliy the early cluirch was startled t?y (his di vino judgment ? Their sin was this:;'; they promised lIn* price of their land that, had , heen j-oM to the church, hut they brought on-, , ly a part of the price find kept hack the other L part. They did exactly what, many of you j are doing to-day in not paying your church | . dues. |s To use money aright, whether we have ' much or little, requires more than human;, wisdom. \Ve may so use the earthly that i they will help in securing for us tlie heavenly . richer. Hut we cannot do this if we fail to j. pay our church dues. '. Tiie liibic teaches us by example as well as precept. Let us look at some of these that it j t holds tip for our admiration and imitation. : 1 Thcic was Abraham, the progenitor of the; Jewi>h race, the father of the faithful, the' friend of God. He is among the greatest of] mi.in c.intu fif liim it jrei-orded that he of- I fered sacrifices mid paid tithes, i. c., he paid his church dues. Then there was Job, what a grand character ! < this great man ot the Kast, how many and 1 severe his afflictions! Vet he held fa>t his s integrity, he continued to l>e the one''perfect:' mail", While his children were feasting, Job ; sent and sanctified them and rose up early ill < the morning and ottered burni-oflerinys :ic is cording to the number of them all and thus c did Jub continually, i. e., he paid his church t dues. 11 Obededem brought, a special blessing upon < himself and his latnily by his care of the Ark ; t of (iod which mean.> that he paid his church ' < dues. 11 And so I might have ment ioned as exampies of the same thing Abel and Noah and,* .Moses and Jacob and Samuel and many!' more. j 'J Our Saviour wrought a miracle for, and : t shoved a special interest in a Human eentu- 11 rion who was recommended to him as one ? wiio "loveth our nation and lintli built lis a t synagogue" which is but saying 111 oilier words that he paid his church dues. There ; i was another centurion "a devout man and if1 one that feared (iod with all his house who j1 rave much alms to tin: people and prayed to;}' God always." This payment of eliuren" dues ;' was rewarded by his being brought into the;!" full ligbt and liberty of the gospel. 11 sin is an evil the eiiormely and malignity j t of which we cannot measure, ile can form : \ no adequate conception of its true chaiacter. If It insults (iod, provokes llis wrath and ex- j i poses to the damnation of hell. It is no ex-j 1 eusefortbe coumlssion ol sin thai we are It church members, indeed as church mem-Is] beis we profess to repent of and persaice our ; 1 sins; but that profession Is spurious if we j do not even pay our church dues. j s Let all who keep back their money from the 11 church know that they are going to a world I i where they cannot take their money with b them, and it they could take it, it wouid be of j t .... L-.:t ic i.Ml iln.ro "i-iirrniif. tnciiii>v I with the exchanges." (.'nips, broken sticks, do j cayed leaves, and rotten stumps have as much value "over there ' as mortgages, liens,! and noles and bonds and banktiilis that we; prize hem so highly. Vou <vnnot take youri money iuio (he other world bui you can audi will take your character and you can now! make a right character by usinjf your money | aright, by paying your church dues. More than this there is to be u judgment day and you will have a part to perform in its solemn scenes. Vou will have to standi before thi- great white throne and give an ae- r count of the deeds done ill the body. The j pivot on which the decisions of that great i i day will turn, will be our having done or fail-! i injj t<? have done certain things "unto me", h If you ask who that "me" is it is not hard to j!" answer. It is the King and Head of the s church, the one who purchased the church) wit h his own blood, the one who Is specially i' interested in the church and to secure his ' power now and then we must pay our church 1 dues. The conclusion of the whole matter is, if ' you would live a happy life and sustain n 1 gootl enaracier and enjoy your prosiiemj <mu < < 0 to Ilea von when you die, yuu must pay your 1 church dues. J ?BJ ? If I told you, I should fold you To the lips that said the thing, i Were delight, then, w ong or right then, < Stronger than it.s surest sting ? If I told yon, I should hold you I To the heart that beatoth true } With the mighty faith of silence: ( True U> that is true you ! j r Mr, T. K. Elliott, tho present ineumbprt, f j has been nominated for intenthnit ol' the town of Winnsboro without opposition. The!} present Wardens were also nominated, viz:! ' Messrs. It. E. Kliisou, .lames A. IS rice, .1. il. ,, Cuminings aud James (>. Davis. J C'liambra dress robes with trimming to \ match. Wm. E. Bell 3-31 [ White dress robes, in beautiD.il styles, at all c prlccs. Wuo. E, BelL 3-31 t. LIGHT OB DARK WAYS. ["HE POSTMISTRESS AT ROCK HILL DISCOVERS A SWINDLER. O rhc Way a Catcher got Caught?Interesting Statement of facts in Reference Thereto. Rock Hill Ilcrahl. This community has hail quite a sensation or tl'C past lew clays, growing out, of the arest of u young inun calling himself W. II. lenry, 011 a warrant issued by United States Jomiuixsionor J. Pride. The warrant w.is worn out by W. (J. Koykin, U. S. Postollice nspector, and charged that J. S. Smith, alia* V. M. Henry, alias John Andrew, alias E. IS. 'urm r, alias W. H. Martin laid used and was onlinnally using the United states mails for inlawful purposes, by helling or ottering to ell counterfeit money. Henry was arrested >n Milln street cni Wednesday of hist week by )opuiy U. S. Marshal <J. J. Pride, Jr., and was t once taken to the Commissioner's office. Since the arrival of Henry In Rock .Hill in )ciober last he has puzzled the people 110 litle. He staled when he came here that he exlectcd to engage in the mercantile business ,nd he was encouraged to locate. He rentda dwelling on Hampton street und conflicted to keep the same until December 31st, SSii. After the lease was ellicted lie left on be North-bound train and a short time afteryards returned to Ruck ill 11 with his wife, vho, it was observed, was clad in mourning i'hc couple put up at Gordon's Hotel, but the ISiy lOlIUWlli^ Mll'jT 1111/V UU IllbU IliU 1IWUOC V/ il Ian?pton street, where they have since been lving. They have lived apart fiom the peoiIchiiU though Mr. Henry seems to be a enial man he had but little to do Willi any me. Shortly alter arriving here with his wife to rented inclc box 107 at the postofRcc, givng the name ol W. M. Henry as the renter. L week later he appeared at the postofiicc nd rented lock box 8$, ostensibly for a friend tearing the name of J. J. Smith, and lie intruded that all mall directed to that indlvidlal should be deposited therein. Tie paid the Cut for the iirst quarter and tho postmistress landed him the key of box &J. JSo such peron as J. J. smith is known to live in this ommunity. However, a large amount of nail was received daily bearing his name and leposilcd in box S'i, but it was noticed by the iOstmistress that it was never taken out in laylight but always at night. This fact beanie khown lo some of our people and couping it with the secluded lift} that Mr. Henry vas leading suspicion was aroused. The postnist.ross, ever aierl in the discharge of her iuties, io11 persuaded that something was vrong, and that box M was being used for nil.....(' ii nm'ii.wai! 'I'll I c 11 il n inn VviiK v'.rpnffl.h tiled when tier eye fell upon an advent sell en t In ihe I'ulicc Gazette, which read us folows: GREENBACKS SlWHnTo'to 20 days! \ddivss Uox S i, Rook Hill, S. 0'. knowing that ihe postal laws forbade the ise of ihe mails for fraudulent purposes, Miss A'ood, the postmistress, wrote the postal auhorities at Atlanta informing them of her uspiclons and asking for instructions. Pendn*i an answer to ttait letter, she conceived tlie dea of writing a decoy letter with the hope ?f uncovering the fraud, if any v.*as being ierpe"lrated. She accordingly wrote such a etier, d.iting it at Pleasant Valley, Lancaster, 'o., S. and signed thereto the name of Ed Villiams. The letter was addressed to ''J. J. imitli, box fv?, Kock Hill, S. C.," and asked or particulars a* to tlie ''(Jreeubaek" adverisement in the Police G-'tziUe. The letter was jlaced in box M5. Two days afterwards a leter addresM'd to "Ed Williams, PleasaVit Vaiey, Lan- iister Co., S. C.," was found in the hop box at this place by the postmistress vho opened it und found enclosed a circular, is toilows ; Rncic Hfl.T., S. C., 1880. Mr Dkaii .sik: Yours of recent date to land, and as I lake you to be a, gentleman of i specula live disposition, undone who would >u willing to make a lot of money rapidly, ?rov?ded it coulij be made s.iiely, 1 matte cuown to you ttie speculation referred to in our letter. Jn case you do not. engage in the nisimss, I trust you will not violate (he trust inposeil in you. If you enter into this ex hange business, you can make money faster ha:i in any other business. You can make ill the inot.ey you want In a short time with lerfect safety. The goods I want you ex hun^e are very line imitations of "Uncle >am's Greenbacks.'' I have them in No. 1,2, i ami ?10, also the 10 & 20 Doll silver bills. I guarantee you the goods are equal to the pentine, and tnere is absolutely no fear of detect,ion. You rim fict ilicni nt iO Doll per 10i?, or '?;,() for 2"> Doll, and 1'00 Doll lor 7f> Doll. 1 vlll not sell, or send cut less than $100, price u Doll. II you want to make money very fast 1 advise you to ra'se all the money you an and send it on at once, and get a large lock of the goods while the opportunity a*ds, as no one can tell how long that may be. Send money In a plain envelope, marked if lot received in /> days return to you, in this vay, if not.delivered to me it will be return-! d to you, and will he entirely safe. Under 10 circumstances will I receive or sign for a Jeuistered Letter or Money Order, as the An- j hoiitics might get proof against me tn?t vay. lsopina to start a business that will JIU>C 111 II LUil I I,) |ll i/ll til I'll', I mn yours in confidence, Address carefully J..). SMI I'll, nnil return till Lock I5os SI, communications. llock liill. S. C. This circular was forwarded to (lie postal mlhoritus. W. C. ] Joy kin, Postotiice Inspector, was sent to llock II ill at once with in* tractions to work up Ike case. Upon his arival here tie confemied with Hie postmistress, md the next niorni 111; swore out this warrant. )f arrest. At the same time lie swore out a icarch warrant and When Henry was arrestid on the street on Wednesday Inst, and aken to the Commissioner's oltice, Inspector toykin and Deputy Marshall C. J. Pride at >nce went to Henry's house and instituted a: borough search of the building. >>'o money) >1' any description was found in the house I ml one room oore the appearance of being in otlice with quantities of letters and papers mattered about. Among the letters were a lumber addressed to J. J. .Smith, bi?x >"3, E. IS. 1'urner, box K>, \V. II. Martin, box >M, and a i umber addressed to \V. M. Henry. lies ides I hese letters a number of circulars, like the me printed above, signed .J. J. Smith, were bnnd, together with the plate and press by I i'Iit/-.li 111.?v uvti> i.'Vnrineeii. n lot of biailk Da-I terand several Express (J. 0. L) envelopes, '.evcral of the lettcis mentioned above were roui persons nhn luid cnelo>ed ten dollars in mswer to the "Greenback" advertisement, mil asked that the hundred dollars of "Uncle Jam's Greenbacks" he forwarded at once. Vfter the seized properly had been carried to he Commissioner's otiiee a tiioiough seareii vas made of the person of Henry and the 61lowing property lound, viz: twelve hunIred and twelve dollars in United States $:ink Notes, of the denomination of :5,?10, 20, and S-jO, nine letters ready for mailing, tnd some opened letters addressed to various lames. At (he preliminary hearing on Wednesday | ifternoon VV, 11. Wilson, Jr., hsq., appeared; or the delendanl. JNIr. lioykin, the rostollieej nspiesor, was the tirst-witness called. Jlei iave in detail the information obtained from j he postmistress and an account of theseiz-! ire of the property found in the possession of' X. M. Henry, which consumed the l-iine of, lie court until 10 o'clock at night. The i'lir-j her hearing was adjourned until th.j next norniug. when the po.>tini??tres.s was called. ( ^he stuted the lutss she used to discover the. rand, together wii h her reasons lor so doing, j ilie lestilied that the mail in box Ml was never; nkcn out in day light, at least not iluiinu t>fice hours. She had observed frequently when caving Hie otiiee in the afternoon that box S3 vsis well tilled with letters, but when she| vould return in the morning they would tie lone, she also stated that when the rent of! >ox S3 was due she found the amount enclosed n a note, signed J. J. Smith, that bad been i ilaced in the drop box. This had also been i irposited at night. Sue had never seen J..I. i smith and had no knowledge of such a pel ;on except through Mr. Henry. Alter other witnesses had 'testified, Mr. \V. s.May was called. Ho slated that while in ,'harleston on or about the Vi'Jd of Marcb.bc taw an advertisement in the Texas 6iiftings leaded' (Jrcentiaeks'' [ihis advertisement wiis! iice that above from the J'olicc (Jnzctlc] and he! ,\ rote a test letter to box K>, at Hock Jlill, S. I asiiing lor uwormation ami mrceiiug mat lie reply bo sent to ".T. JI. Klrby, Pavilion! Motel, Charleston, S. CV' llo mailed that, let-J er in Charleston and the next day departed I or Knelt Hill. He idea tilled one of the letters J olind by the Inspector in the search of Hen-| y's house as the one he had writtin at jharleslon, signed J. 11. Kirby. United Stales Deputy Marshal C. J. Pride,! rr., was then called and identified a sealed etter ready for mailing directed to ".I. J1. virby, Pavilion Hotel, Charleston, S. C.,'' as| >ne of a lot of letters lie had found 011 lien ^ .? ... .. 11 .to Later Hi'1Commissioner instructed Deputy ; darshal Prilo open the letter directed ti> J J. IT. Kirh.v, l'nvilioti Hotel, fharleston, S. j and it was found to contain a circular, ike the one above signed .1. J. Smith. The testimony closed at 7 1'. M. Thursday. | Phe defendant's attorney addressed the count it some length in defence of his client and tit { acked the warrant of arrest as being iitsufd ient, and asked that the defendant he reieas-' d. Tills was refused. The Commissioner deeded that the teetiuiouy was sufficient to I bind the defendant over for trial, and ordered j that, lie enter into a Justified rerogniss'ince in tho sum of one thousand dollars for ills appearance at the August term ol the U. S. District Court at Greenville, or be committed to the jail at Yorkville in default of bond. The ri.1.1 ,,t hnn.lsmon. wlioreno- ' on. on motion of the defendant's attorney, the Commissioner permitted the defendant to enter into his own recognizance in the sum of a thousand dollars, by depositing that amount In currency with the Commissioner. Thishc did and was released Iroin custody. By order of the District Attorney, L. K Youmans, the Coin mis?-ioiier has deposited tiieone thousand dollars in the Carolina National Hank at Columbia, payable to the order of E. M. Seahrook, clerk of the United States District Court. THE ARGUS EYED REPORTER AT DUS WEST. What lie Soes in His Journeying*, and What lie Xotcs and Prints in His Paper. 1 Associate Reformed Presbyterian. | We have had unusually heavy rains since Sahbath night. Dr. J. W. Wideman has been called to Chappel Is to perforin a surgical operation. Wc are glad lo state that Jlrn. J. L. Miller is improving. Jler children are with her yet. Mr. J.O. Boll left last Saturday to accept a position as bookkeeper for a Charlotte house. Ilev, J. L. Girardeau, D. D., has been called as pastot*to the new l'resbyterian church in Columbia. Mr. W. Ira McDavid was called home from his school near Ninety-Six on the death of his little sister. Gen. R. R. Hemphill, Col. Wallingford, and the Misses Hemphill attended service iu Due West last Sabbath. Rev. Mr. Lane, of Athens, Gn., will preach the Commencement sermon before the Lumens Female College this year. Dr. J. W? Wideman and Prof. Hood went to Greenwood to attend the C., C. G. & C. Railroad meeting. Rev. W. L. Pressly went toShlloh last Friday to preach the funeral of Mr. Robert Bell, who lived in that section of the county. Rev. W. L. Pressly expects to go to Cedar Spring the latter part of this week and assist Dr. Sloan during their communion occasion. Rev. J. L. McLin, of Darlington, has acceptcdacall to the churches in Chester county of which the late Rev. L. H. Robinson was. pastor. Mrs. W. A. Todd arrived In Due West Tuesday from Kentucky. Since Mr. Todd's return she lias been visiting friends and relatives in that State. There will t>e an election for Town Council next Tuesday to serve during the next year. The municipal campuigu will probably nut be very lively. liev. W. F. Pearson and Messrs. ,T. D. Brownl^e, C. B. Cowan and J. B. Bonner went to Columbia Monday to attend the Moody and San key meetings.. Dr. Sloan's congregations have been piving him the benefit of a donation party. lie has been pastor of Cedar Spring and Long Cane thirty-seven years. Mr. \\\ E. Milford, traveling for an Anderson clothing house, lias been In Due West several days during the past week taking orders for clothing, &c. The peop'e of Due West have been eating cabbages recently,shipped from Boston. This is rlie first time we have ever had our gardening done so fur North. A company of blind colorcd people from North Carolina is giving concerts in the colored church* s in this vicinity this week. Their singing is said to he very line. The meetings held by Messrs. Moody and Sankeyin Charleston were largely attended and inncli good was done. Their meetings In Columbia were also largely attended. The Missionary Society meets Thursday night. Dr Boyce will deliver his inaugural. He is greatly interested in the missionary work and will, no doubt, give us an eutertaininjr address. The Litorary Club will meet Friday ni?htat Mr. H. r. McGee's. Mr. T. (J. Hoyce will read an essay. The club is now studying Macbeth. New oflicers will be elected at this meeting. The Due West congregation had the first quarterly meeting last, Saturday. The day was unfavorable and the attendance was not large. The small deficit on the church was liquidated, and steps were taken looking to the raising of the pastor's salary 0110 hundred dollars. The ladles of the Jlcnevolent Society are never idle. They have now on exhibition a memorial quilt which they have recently made. Jt is Something new and quite pretty. It will be on exhibition for two weeks in Mr. Arucw's More, and is to be sold to the highest biddrr. Bids can be madu at. any time. Go in In/it- nt. il linv ll. do a crnod d(>f,I. aild cet a good quilt. Dr..J.Q. McDavid's little girl, Kittle, died Friday night and was buried Habbath evcninil in the Haptist. burying ground near Prof. McCain's. The funernl services were conducted by Rev. Mr. Carter and were very Impressive. Lit tie K ittie had been a sufferer for several years hut this had made her dearer to the family than pvivw-t health would have done. The nfllk-tod family has the heart-felt sympathy of this entire community in their s<'.d bei'iavemcnt. THE NEW P.AtLEOAD TOWN. Riuiilom SiiotN front, tiie Seveii-llilied 4'J iy. Lowdesvill, s. C., April 5,1S8C. Prof. J. F. Harper, the appointed ha ii road Inspector, lias already entered upon his work, lie went duw n?apiece?last Sunday. He will, for a while at least, 20 on Sunday, so as not to abridge ills duties as a pedagogue. Miss .Johnnie Speer, who has since la*t Fall, creditably to herself and all concerned, been teaching nearCoiuinhiu, returned to her home r n...ivl.wiM'!li, In.J.-i 110- ?nnn thn muun fnr iier arduous duties?ti aching the "young idea" how to shoot-. "The oriJhans" urestni in statu quo but no doubt would be powerful glad for tlie Fates to be lU'opitiousand vouchsafe each of them a lair daughter of Eve 10 assist them in whiiing away iheir now lonely hours. It is rumored that Mr. T. T. Baker who has been merchandising in I.owndesviile for some years, has ictired, giving up his business to his son Mr. J. M. Baker, who intends at once to turn round and otherwise remodel the house that was built by the Masons years ago. and will move his slock of goods into it. Mi'- McConncll. of Anderson.' has opened out a stock of goods in the storehouse built by Dr. Seudday formerly of Lowndesville. Mr. Wm Moon- had the roo'" torn from the Jiell house and is|having it modernized, thereby adding great ly to its appearance. The sidewalks are being widened, shadetrees set out, and otherwise improved ; so you see Lowudesville is already beginning to put oncltyaiis. The near approach of the r.iilroad is giving life and tiade and impetus which will do great thing* for us, and will develops sin activity an energy which wiil show that there is still life in the old land yet. It has been said that "music hath charms to soothe a savage, to split a rock or cook a caboage," and th,i near approa -h of the iron Iioise or some! hinic ei-e litis developed anoihei-power in music. Judging from tl'.c lengths to wl:i< h two ot tin.' na'.iomi!ties, several miles apart, have g me t? provide ti'.eniselves with this pleasure producing! ?g( iit, we l.ave hcanl that th" above men-j tioned have conjointly pu'c!ia*rd an organ, | one of whom wnl hold the instrument. tw??j months, and will grind out t tie music tirst in "broken doses'' fill iie sorter nets tlie "ham; ofi the tlilnsr," und will ;t\v:: Ictt il:c n i list est I och-j oes ii. the immediate >ce.io;i, ilu-n l!:e other| I arlner will claim and have a two-moots! i'cssiN-i<!!); iJjis sirriinfiMM'ilt toeon 1 It:no till! one or ihe other lieednos able to o\\ n the lull j interest In I lie* ''maehiinv' .Mr. I'. 15. Speml and Mr. Samuel (' Turner, t.v.o <;l Abbeville s enterprising .voting men, were at Lowiul* sville a few days since and made arrangement* to open a lirst-ela>s drug store in rhe near future, and two gentlemen from Williamstou intend to engage In the mciTantile businiss in this place. HAWK EYE. ISen ami tlic Aiirt!. Ahon "Hon Tillman, by Savannah's stream. Awoke one night trom a nightmare dream And saw within the moonlight in his room, Making it rich, like the cotton in bloom. An aiig> l innking out a slate in the cold Kxeeetling thirst had made Hen Tillman bold, A ud to the preM-nce in I he room he s;iid, "What wrilcst thou?'' The virion raised Its head. And witti thumb 011 nose and wink of eye Answered: "The names of the /?iv by-ami by." "And is mine one V" Said AI.011. Nay hut s>>," IJepijed the Angel. AhuU's lip fell lmv; lint in plucky way lie said; ' ! pray thee then, I'llt me down as one that loves the farmer men.'' The Angel wrote nnd skipped. Next oceasion, It came with a great torch-light prueessfon, aim miowi u tiii- iiiiiiios by convention l>le>s il, i Audio! Lawyers and politicians led all the rest. [.Vp?j7<m.J The Cnhimbiit j?ivonl truly rays; "When a! ntiin or s.'t of tneii holding public o/liccs run | away with sin kloa thai they can do as they j pk'iised llie only way to bring them to their] senses is u> sol rid of them, ancilet them understauU that the people are Iho musters. -j- 1 THE WHITE HALL SCHOOLS.' f A DISTINCTION WITHOUT A DIFFERENCE. The Trnstcw Nnkc Answer, and Corroot some OfiU'ial Statements which tlie School Commissioner made to tlie "Press and Banner"?Xot Be- . iuff Responsible for tlie Comniis- ^ sioucr's Figures, it is a Matter About Which th? "Press mid Ban ner*' Has Little Concern. Bkapley, S. C., April 5,1S86. ' '?$ Editor Press and Jiamier: Your very elaborate article In the issue of ,. ^ the Press and Banner of March 2ltu, In regard. .'a^S to the White Hall School difficulty has bceii ';'$i road by the undersigned and in Justice'to octf1 selves, deem it proper to answer some of tljfl ' V-*fi statements contained therein; . rXm Jn tlint article you bring prominently for*ward tlie allegation that we used ulleusivtj and insulting terms towards the applicants ??3j for the New School, in speaking ol them ss -\ ' White Renters." \fter carefully reading tbe , article emanating from us, we fail to find any such laniiUHge, and the only approach to it ' iffa appearsin t lie letter of the Chairman to Mr. Hodges, which reads as follows, viz: "children -.'cM of parents who rent land," and in the answer to the appeal from our decision appears the ,'>? following language, viz : "children of parents who arc transient residents." We leave to a $ discerning public whether our language hd mitsofsneh construction, and will dismiss this point, with saying that no disrespect of any kind was meant to any clasx of citizenB, however humble In life they may be. Another allegation contained in your arti- \i5Bt clc, is that we continued a school for tlie nerrocs in the vicinity, where we refused the .' $? New School. Wewlllsimp'y pay that there M ^ was not another school lor negroes within ' a two and three-fourths of a mile or perhaps ^ lliree miles, whereas the White Hall school whs in reach ol' all of the proposed school. The next and most particular point thatwa ' 3 call attention to is in regard to t?e number ot ' white schools and appropriation to each. We " give below what we believe a true statement concerning the white schools viz: Mr. Vin- 'jg cent Griffin taught a school entirely compos* ed of While Hall pupils for five months and V r 'V?a received one hundred dollars. Mr. T. J. Grlfr tin taucht a school composed of puplis from White Hall, Cedar Spring, and Indian Hill* and was paid onr pro ruta for five months) ': >:'^g iinjuun mm 10 iwriy-unu uuiiurtj. .usus xsnniiie E. Kellar taught a school composed of White Hull pupils and pupils from Edgefield county, . and received our pro rata f?.i* five month* amounting to sixty dollars. Wepubllshherewith a card lrom Mr. Mosetey which carries , its owh explanation. Miss Beitie M. Rosh taught a scliool composed wholly of White . Hall scholars, for three months and ceased ,'J (caching, for causes of her own, she receiving full pay for the time taught. Miss Cora Morrow tauL'hta school cemposed of pupils froni White Hall, Smithvllle and Ninety-Six, wo paid our pro rata for four months and part of r% the fifth month, leaving a small balance due her. which was caused by Miss Morrow not making any definite arranscments with the ,:/t5g Trustees in regard to her school and we we?e r-jq| informed of hor teaching, subsequent to our : ?3 meeting at the beginning of the year, at . '-is which time our appropriations to each school was made ; but in justice to the clllzeiia of vl that locality, we appropriated all the femain* Ing funds on hand to her school and propose, . \ if circumstances allow, to pay her balauceand .81 put her on a basis with the others. It will be seen by this explanation that the - r&jg schools are much nearer on a par than your ' statement would Indicate, and we will say v further that the number or chocks a teacher receives is not always an indication of the lengt h of the school term. If lime allowed, wc would notice in detail , ^ more of what we consider your unjust accusations, hut as wc do not desire to trespass on the patience of the public, with these exphmutions, we leave the matter with your readers, fueling that- time and reflection will . -'?8 vindicate the wisdom and sincerity of our ae- .jS tion:*. Respectfully, J. R. CARWILE, ' ,f A. MCNEILL. MR. TT. C. MOSELEY RISES TO EXPLAIN. <? lie Tells How His School Down in .:v;^ Edgefield was Closed in Three '\y JIouilis*?A Fact Which 1m Highly Interesting to White Hall "Rent* ers.*' Phoenix, P. C., March 30,18^0. To (he School Pf'troim of White Hall TomixMp : .jS I taught, a school for whites, lust year begin- - 'fm ninsrJan. 19ili, W5 which school waslocnted in E'lm-llcl't county, about one half mile from yie White Hail Township line. Eleven schol- :";'3 ;Trs attended this school from White Hail Township, Abbeville county, six from Ninety-Six Township Abbeville county and twenty-six from Gray Township. Edsetleld County. * As this school was located in Edgefield conn- -'jj ty its duration as a public school carue to an end when Die public Hind of Gray Township wns expended which was Aprili'5tt?, lfW5. Tho . . *^-5 trustees of the two townships of White Hall and Ninety-Six, In Abbeville connty accepted. my monthly reports and promptly checked . for tho nro rata amounts due by them resnec tively. " I am fully satisfied In my own mind thnt If my school had been continued up to the time ;; for which the two Abbeville townships could pay U would have received its full apportion- ' menu The average attendance of scholars from White Hall and Ninety-Six Townships did not warrant a reorganization of the school alter the 25th of April, which was the time paid for out of the public fund in Gray Town- , i ship, Edgefield oounty. The failure of those seventeen Abbeville scholars who atteuded my school in Edgefield county to receive In- "jo structions for as long a time as any publio school in either White ilall or Ninety-Six * Township continued can not be attributed to t *;.? any fault of the trustees of either township mentioned, but solely to the location of tho school house in Edgodeld county and the hiilortunaie combination of the scholars with ' those or a county which never manages to pay *2 for public schools longer tlinn three months. I thought this explanation necessary, in view of the fact that the recent criticism of , ' the Press nncl Banner on the management of . the school fund in While Hall Township might convey a wrong impression, as far as LUIS poniuil Ui UJU lunusui^HWPHiuin.u. II. C. MOdELEY. m*. Dollrerinie; liloqnent Prayers. Associate Jii formed Presbyterian. t "At the close of Ihe services, Ilev. Dr. <U delivered an eloquent prayer." This is tlio ' way a reporter speaks of (he concluding excr- ; . eise at one of ihe Moody meetings in Columbia, S. C'i He meant weii but lie spoke ilJ*f There m:i.v be ministers who "deliver" "elo-, quent''piayers, but the Doctor named never did such a mulish and irreverent tiling. Such a description is unspeakably distatel'ul to a devout, godly preacher of the gospel. It sug-. ire>ts sit once those who "lor a pretence make. lonir prayers." v ho love to be seen and heard <u' men. "We generally associate with delivered eloquence something of studied rhetoric,' an ellori at an elfeet on an nudience. Tl?l?r. idea Is utterly foreign to ail true prayer. T?ko a<?an instant*"' of "delivering an eloquent, pra.\ or" the following lrom Theodore Parker:. i "Father. we bless Tliee lor the austere loveliness of the winter heavens, for those fixed <m* wandering fires which lent! their splendor to* the night, for the fringe of beauty wherewith Thou borderest. the morning and the evening sky, and for this daily suu sending his roseate tinsii of lUht across the white and wintry-. world." C'.in this he called prayer? Contrast it with the spirit and language of the pubis'* can. "Clod, be merciful to me. a sinner." How. wide apart as the poles are these approaches to God. The one is the natural expression of sttong, earnest desire. It is the hurt panting ^ after the water-brooks. i Tli? Cotton Plant for April. Every fanner who is not a subscriber to the Cotton Plant, the only Agricultural Journal in our State is not doing himself justice. Tl;a April number is on our table, and brimful of Hinder particularly interesting lo tue rainier. President McRryde lias n long letter on the testof the diHerent vatieiies of cotton seed iiindo last year at the South Carolina College this letter itself is worth the subscription price for a year?only sixty cents. A letter In "Stock Feeding" from Col. J. Washington Watts; Calf liaising in South Carolina: "Hoes"' by an experienced bee raiser and a number of others. It also contains a vnritamount of general information no where else obtainable. Some live matter eorcerning the Grange will be read with interest. This is an eight-pnge. torty-column Journal and isstrictl.\ Agricultural. Send for a sample copy.. Address the Co/tan 1'lunt, Marion, S. c. A dinner pot containing $?.000 in &ohl ami silver whs ploughed up a few days ?go by Mr. JoeC'augiiiuan, while woiklng in a ;.e;d on Mi. Godfiey Harmon's place on the Samda river in Is'cwberry county. A tradition haa. long existed oi'buried treasure in that section. -