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BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 1886. VOLUME XXX. NO. 40,
FIELD HID GARDEN EHOPSJ
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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
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LONG CAME AND C?DAR SPRINGS. J
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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.
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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.
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