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w - ' BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1886. VOLUME XXXI. NO. 22. ,p TIE DAY OF THANKSGIVING THE WAY IN WHICH THE NATIONAL HOL IDAY WAS OBSERVED IN ABBEVILLE. The Stores Closed nnd All Busines! Suspended ? Worshippers Attem Divine Serviee at the Methodls Chnrch in the Morning?The Ab bevllle Rifles Engajjo In Shooting Contest at \oon?Turkey Dinneri ?Prayer Meeting?Plume Drill. Last Thursday was the National Thanksglv ing day. The bank, the stores, and other places o business were closed, and the street present ed the appearance of a rainy Sunday, with i ?|- 1 ??<> ?<? a mi-ir. An occasion a eiugio llmoc ?IVU ? loiUer was to be seen here and there, as if li search of a companion, similarly engaged ir pursuit of something to interest or amuse. Tho signal flags Indicated much weather fai the day. The "cold wave" flag. the "loea rains" flaz, and the "fair weather" flag wt-ri nil flying from the lofty pole above the Courl House. Early In the day rains fell. Later the rains ceased, and by the middle of the af ternooo we had fair weather, and all the flag predictions were verified. At the appointed hour the Methodist church bell was rune, and devout worshippers from nil quarters of the town, and of every shadeo; rdi^loas faith and belief were soon to bo seen making their way to the place for divine wor ship, to hold a union meeting of Christians where all, with one heart, and with one voice might Join In the universal chorus of thauks giving which was going up trom all parts ol this fair land of ours, lo the Source of ever) good and perfect gift. The Abbeville Rifles marched to the church in .1 hodv. and occuDled the seats which had been assigned them. Here citizen soldiers 01 the Republic joined with Christian soldier? of the Cross In most humble and hearty thanks to the Supreme Ruler of the Universe, mid to the Captain of our Salvation, for the many benefits and blessings which have been conferred upon us aud our peopledurir.g the present year. At noon the members of the Abbeville Rifles, engaged In a shooting contest. Although Ike day was rather "raw." quite a number ol Interested citizents aesenibled to witness the shooting, which has been pronounced excellent. A in mii the distinguished guests present was "Uncle Robert." lie took an active interest in every shot, and watched the sue cceding contestants with increasing interest When a>l hud finished, his pulse was quickened, Lis blood was warmer, and, for the moment, he felt young again. Under the inspiration of bin enthusiasm he remembered his steady nerve and hi-i unerring aim when he was a much younger man than he is to-day. He said that he hud not fired a gun in twenty years but felt certain he could beal Benetata shot. The challenge was aoee|4e<l. and "Uncle Robert," like hosts ol others who have competed with Mr. Heuet in ft'iVy of the various fields of art, literature, and science, jvns vanquished. Mr. Renet's shot wn! straight to the mark, while "Uncle Rob crt'*" is supposed to have bit a tree in another township. At *evcn o'clock the Rev. S. A. Weber, ol the Methodist church couductedaunion praycrmeKtns at the Presbyterian churcb. At eight o'clock the Ahi>evillo Hittes had n numo Drill in the Court House which was attended ??y a)?tge Hsscnibtnue of our citizens The drilllm.'was superb, and the young gen> tlemen?officers and men?acquitted tuemsijves quite handsomely. After the drill had been finished prizes were awarded and delivered to Lieutenant A. \V, Smith, Sergeant A. Harris, Private Mason DuPre, Private W. C. Calvert, Corporal Jen ner Link. And thus ended the exercises of Thanksgiving Day In Abbeville. ?. THE GOODNESS OF ODE CREATOR. OUR NEED OF THANKFULNESS TO HIM FOB HIS UNCEASING CARE OF US AS WELL A3 FOR ANCIENT ISRAEL. ? Sermon by the Rev. J. Lowrlc Wilson, D. I>.. in the Methodist Church nt Abbeville, S. C., on Thniik<t?'lV' iu^ Day. November 25. 1KS0. Tmt?And forget not aU Ilia bciH-flts ?p#alm clH: 2, hut clause. Agreeably to a time-honored custom this day has been set apart as a day of National Thanksgiving for National mercies. All ovm this broad land the call of ourCnicf M.mistrate has gone forth summoning the people in every nook and corner of it?alike in itsgreat trade-centres and its more sparsely-settled communities?to turn aside from their ordi wary avocations and do homage to him "from whom alt blessings flow," to unite as it were in one crand doxology of praitm to the "Givei 4. every good and perfect gift." In response to that summons we are here this morning to cec<rgni7.c with dtvout eraiiUtde "the good liand of our <Jod upon u?f as a people and at individuals. the crsTojr. The custom which has brought us togethet is not only time-honored in itself, but it Is one ?Jso that is eminently right and proper. Xotli1 rnj ffucciy is more becoming a people, than Mnul they pause amid life's busy scenes, amid the bles>lngs which have crowned their days, and manifest in some befitting manner their Mppreciation of these benefits. It is a principle of universal acceptation, that a good and kindly act deserves a grateful acknowledgement Tlie sentiment even of ordinary grati Undo demands it; uud tlie man who with. b<?lxls It, w&o shows a total disregard of the , favor conferred upon him by another, is looked upon hs no part of a man, a very ingrate. Much more is it true of a people, whoso cup has been itlted to over-flowing with tlie mercies of God, a? ours has been. It is a duo we owe him. a tribute demanded by the dictates of nature and the principles of our holy re iiglon. "O praise tlie Ia>i<1, all ye nations: uraise Him, all ye people. For His merciful kindness is great toward us : mul the truth of the Lord endureth forever !" ITS SOCIAIi ASriCCT. In it? social aspect the custom is alike pleas lug and promotive of good. It is eminently suggestive of ehecrand "good will to men," i truly beneficent appointment to poor labor ing humanity. It implies the release of toil Ing masses from the drudgeries of daily life the liberation of multitudesfrom thecontine inents of trade uud business?one day of enjoy meat of nature's own sweet sunshine, and o drinking in the pure, fresh and iuvigoratiiif breath of heaven: ttie re-union of scat tern families?the Joyful convening of kindred am friends around tlie cheery henrt.h-stone. atu the sumptuous hoard, ladened with tlie boun ties of Providence. It implies all these, ant >phut oitn isi iiprhitriK still hotter?a kindlv re niembrance of the poor, and a generous dis trlbutlon of our plenty to relieve their neces titles. So ihat it. carries joy, gladness, suu shine along with it. ITS RELIGIOUS ASPF.CT. In its religious aspcct, it Is Just what, iti name imports?a Day ofThanksglvIng, whosi principal feature Is ilie remembrance of mcr cles, a grateful review of t hejnnumerable am almost forgotten benefits received at the hand: of God. It. Is thus a gladsome survey of thi many precious sun-beains which have llghtet up oiir paths, and which show that these havi not been altogether shaded, as we too oftet s'-eni to think. W'e are all too prone to re member only the dark and sorrowful In ou experience, to brood over these until we-comi to murmur at our lot and lay unklndncss t< the charge of God?lot netful of the matij liicrcy-drops that have been poured into ou cups. A day of calm, thoughtful review, de voted to the search for these is sure toaston ish us with their number. All is not cloiu above us: all is not bitter in our cups. W< have much to be thankfdl for. It thus tend to develope sentiments of gratitude withii us, and to cultivate all that Is best and inos ennobling iu this poor nature; of ours. Coming, as it does, near the close of tlx year, when the harvests have all been garner <nl, whim the Acids have yieiutu generous rc turns for the labors i>esto\ve>l upon them, au< when the hnsbaudinan rests from his-toils, 1 is eminently a fea<tof in-gathering?our "hai vest home." 1'y it we aire made to recojiniz the God of Providence, and I he Providence o fiod-to adore the one, while Joyfully ac kuowlcdging the other. ITS OBSEKVANCB. Then, too, itsgencral observance from oceni to ocean, front the great lakes to the gulf, 1 ]>roof unmistakable that the American Rc public is not a nation of Atheists. On tlii feature of it special emphasis should be laid For the noisy damorof many, and the law defying attitude of others, might lead tin casual observer to a contrary conclusion There are, e. sr. the Socialistic, and some the great Labor movements of our day, whiol are essentially atheistic?as much so as tin I Nihilism of Europe. Their crceds, whether lis I formulated in so many words, or revealed on-, i>c ' l.v in actions, point equally in this direction, j They are aimed unquestionably at tlie exist- j 01 once of a Personal CJod, and especially at ilis 'j superintendence of all human affairs, to rid! themselves of tlic restraints which such aif truth Imposes. j TITF. SACKEDNESS OF THE SATtHATJI DAY AND by 4 ITS UNIVKHSAI. ODSKKVANCE THE COR, NEK-STONE OF AMEKICAN linKKTY. ||, t Certain tendencies In legislation nlso, j,n which serve to weaken the authority l" of God's law, give countenance to the J, ? same sentiment. There are, e. sr. those enact-j ' inents which legalize the violation oftheSub-J P" 4 bath in sundry ways, tlie efl'ect of which is to j n? nullify, so far as human enactments can, the|,, statute of the'great I Am?'Kemember the j -ISabbath day to keep it holy.'' These ordl-j, , ! nanoes which authorize the running or wao-i f, bath trains ami the transmission of Sabbath -1 mails, vacate the authority of God in the ' > ! promises. They compel thousands upon j'v. 1, thousands to disregard its sanctity, or elsr to " ' i forfeit their means of daily subsistence. They I 'i 1 empower certain great corporations to require of their employees labor upon that aaiy? if1 r thereby denying to them that rest, which the }"' I Word of God and the necessities of nature de- ,? j mand, to say. nothing of the claims of the I soul to preparations for another world. They , also permit and encourage thousands more to i desecrate the day for con venienee sake, or for *! mere personal gratification. Now. these might seem to indicate an athe- J|, i Istic tendency on the part of the American i I people. Hut back of all these "socialistic" Pi and "anti-sabbatic" movements there is a 1 "J i deep under-lying icli(:ious sentiment, which , hasstamped its imprint. on all our institu, tions: a religions sentiment, whose volcings j "J* , may not be smothered, and which at times| yj - j like the rumblcof an approaching earthquake i, f evince the presence or a mistily though un-j"? seen power. Ever and anon It makes itself! ,, | felt, and like a giant, roused from liisslumher, j , i brushes aside these futile oppositions! Not. Pr< i even Uie Chief Magistrate of the Itcpublic P,? r| may disregard that sentiment. Whatever be ~l! : I the splendor and glory 01 ms exaneu sumou, j ni 1 j whatever the erliIterlnir and fascinating temp- j j." , tattoos which surround liim, lie may never I,. ; lorget that tills grand superstructure I American liberty rests upon tlic recognition 'r".' \ of and belief in God, a* its coincr-stone! He s'( may never forget liiat this is the unifying "n > principle which gives stability and strength i to the entire structure; and to weaken which f istoinviic destruction! It was this princi- ')l! > , pie which inspired our colonial ancestors of GO ] blessed memory?the Puritan, the Covenanter, and the Ilugucnot? to cross the mighty fJ : ocean, enter the isreat and terrible wilderness, ,'. endure the rigors of the climate, and hravo tlie opposition of hostile savages, to found }, . here au empire whose God should be tlie , . lL-.nl. !> i No, the Chief Magistrate of the Republic I:. may not disregard that religions sentiment | I which forms alike the foundation and the cope-stone of the whole structure! Willing- *y.J i ly, or unwillingly, he is its olHcial mouth- \"_ pieee. He knows that In it lies a force whose J. j power may not l>o braved Willi impunity, lie . knows, as we all do, how quickly il is appeal- W'J " ed to, and how effectually, in every time of e , national peril; and how there crystallises < around it all that is best, noblest and wor- . , , tlilest in the nation's liifc! liis proclamation to observe this day. not J*1'* . less than the custom which called it forth, is bi.t the emphatic expression of this religious V1" f sentimen', that the American Republic is no; j J,1' . a nation of atheists. The very fact that wc tH observe this day, and that ten thousand [ 1! , church beils respond to the call of our be- , " . loved and illustrious President, is proof that J'"1 , as a people we believe in tlie existence of ll^ . God, and are sensible to some extent, at least, * of our dependence upon him. Hy this act we nc: recognize Him not only as (Jod, but further J*1' > still a? the God of Provhb-ncc whose blessing , is essential to our very being and prosperity. wc i The "socialistic," and "anti-sabbatic," and Pl,t other equally obnoxious movements, are'no proofs to the contrary. They are, at best, but "j; . large and unsightly "wens" that have f.isten- 'I" ed themselves upon the system; and "wens" v;n never fasten upon dead corpses, hut always l"1 upon living bodies. They arc possible only where there is life! 01 II.,1 .... if nnvmitlnil (rt ir-mr mnv I endanger Jil'o, their removal should be sought. And so with these noxious influences. We 1 need to watch them -with untiring vigilance, ha J to oppose ihein with determined resolution, he: ' and never to slumber over the perils they be fore-shadow. In every legitimate way; by th j instructing the poMIc inind; by arousing the 1 I public conscience; by stimulating the public an I heart; and by purifying the very blood, as it j wl were which tiiroln through its arteries,we It should seek to rid the nation of them ere their en I expanding power choke out the nation's life! cio 11 The blessings we enjoy should not be sa<-ri-1 on lleed to sncli unworthy inlluenccs. The Ail- TIi Wise (Jod thought them worth the bestowing. ( wl It becomes us, therefor^, sis a pconle, to cs-1 <ju i teem them worth the preserving?"Forget not ed all Jlis benefits." eoi US! THCTJIS RECEIVED AS1) ACCEI'TEn. |,o Now, in the text tills two-fold principle?he- jfjj lief in the existence of God, and a feltdepeni deuce upon Hi in?Is assumed as a postulate. , It. forms, in fact, t he warp into which is woven r 1 the exhortation to "forget not all Ills bene tits." Tiie p>alinlst iloes not enunciate them | i in so many words, as truths to be received; j i for he felt this lo be unnecessary. lie was at j rr ' the lime addressing himself, to s:.ir up bis own '' soul to this duty: '"Uh-ss the I.osd, () my soul. ' ai-d forget not all Ills benefits.*' That soul ,\J 1 was already imbued with these great princl>jples: the foundations had long been securely j|' | piaCCJ, ana nencc required imi in neri-uini.i Tbe thing which most engaged his thought!,'. | whs lo rear the superstructure upon them. Sol V, 1 ' he touches upon them only by implication, , 11 awl passes directly to the work in hand, the 001 j duty of remembering the mercies of (hid. i It is not my pnrpo>e, however, to construct an alignment in support of the existence of | ; nor to trace from It the necessary IIhcs j of dependence upon Ilim. To do so would he ! foreign to the desisn ol this day, which is not *j<| to theorize, hut to practice?not to speculate 1 on the possible, but to net on what is already known and accepted. So, like the psalmist, I shall waive the discussion of tliese great principles, and pass dirccily to their application : ^ ! "fowl uot all II is benefits." nu As FATAL liVHi UKSUJ.TINa FltOM FORGETFUL- ng NKSS. G# To "forget" is to let a thins slip through the eh . memory, Just as wuterdocs from the leak in u |,c : vessel; to lose, through mere want of retenHon. what miglit have been preserved to us. Jt lsaspecles of mental inertia, which makes jjf no eil'ort to retain; and which by simply re- "j taxing its hold, forfeits ihe possession of what 1 cei had already been acquired. | of Such is the fatal facility of Idling slip the|;,n * truths of Uod and the concerns of the soul,i wl thiil we are solemnly enjoined to "give the j 1 j more earnest bred to the things which we j |-n ! have hoard, lest at any tune we should let jih | them slip." The memory is an Important I'ae-! ? <>: j tor in our relations to God. Many of theU0 I most solemn and imprtsslie commands of' Hu ' Scri ptnre are addressed to It. With what tre- ! <.,> j meudous power that word ' remember" is Hs j made to ring in oil* ears. Truths tiiat we are j th particularly in danger of forgetting are in: in 'this way brought home to the consciencej cx (through the memory. "Son, remember." Ly, j "Remember the Sabt>ath day to keep it i,(. | "holy." ''Remember now thy Creator in the U|(; j days of thy youth." "Itemember whence j ] j thou art fallen, and repent, anil do t he lirst! K1) works.*' We are in danger, through the ah-h.y sorldng pursuits and pleasures of life, of for- (i() gelling even our blessed Saviour. So He has i n,. given us a sacrament to keep Himself and Ilie i j henctits of His redemption ever before us. \ !in k I That ordinance, in the most impressive and Wj e j effective manner, bids us to remember Christ i lai ?"this do in remembrance of Me." 11c>i 11 Not only is there danger of forgetting CSod, s there is danger also in forgetting iiim. For ai vj p sick man to forget the prescriptions of )>is er 1! physician is highly dangerous. So also for a j nl, a | mariner to forget the location of perilous | Wj 11 shoals; or for a traveler to forget the diive-jpi, I lions of h's way, by which alone he may hope ?? r j to lind his path amid the mazes of the tangled ! e t wilderness. Hut not. more perilous are these > ! ttian for men, or for nations, to forget <iixl. j "The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all r the nations that forget <ioil." - ,| TIIK UHilim' FIIK.U "I- l.lliMHll nr. i j Jj To he unmindful of favors is the highest wl a , form of imsratiturie. It is recorded to the last-1 he s i ins reproach of the chief butler, that Jn his Hi J ' prosperity lie "remembered not. Joseph." So U> 1 also of Israel, who slew "the thrce-senrc and pi ten sons" of their distinguished benefactor, U-l 2 that "neither showed they kindness to the lit house of (jidcon, according tonll the coodncss ov which he had shown unto Israel.So also of ee J Joash, who obtained his crown only hy riason eil of the fidelity ol'Jehoiada, ' thus Joash tJu* IN kinij remenihered not the kindness which ta ? Jehoiada ills father had done to him, hut slew h; *i his son.'* Ian " j And so also in many instances, of (Sod's an- hii | cient people, that "the children of Israel re- h: j memb-rel not the Lord their (Jod, who had oil delivered theiri out of the Jiarid of ail ilc-ir ai i enemies on every side," For us, as a people,) s to he unmindful of (tod's luvors would 1)0 not; < >- less of n reproach than it was to ancient Israel. .j| s For Seldom iiasa nation been the recipient of ,|y I. more blessings than has this Republic^!* ours. vx', I Its entire history is hul an illuminated chap-j , cjter of (Tod's abounding goodness, l'rovi-j. * 1.1 deuces of the most sinking anil signal eharac- ,u if tor have inarmed i;s progress hitherto. i have only to glance at its past, and survey its | i- picseut, tu sue how u;>p::cub<c to us is the vi ? almist's exhortation: "forget not all Ills ncfits." B, n deht of gratitude to the covkxax:EU, TIIK PUIilTAN, AND THE HUGUENOT. t surely is matter of gratitude that its nidations were laid, in large measure at ust, by men of decided Christian character?: men of heroic mould, witnesses for ihe ith?who soujrht. In the wild forests of this iitlncut an asylum from the persecutions of cold world! If men point with pleasure to illustrious pedigree, much more so may is Kcpubllc. Much of the blood which first I sated through its veins was derived from e Puritan, the Covenanter, and theHusnet! Higher types of manhood it would he rd to find. Of them it may he written, as the ancient worthies in the eleventh .chap of Hebrews? 'of whom the world was not >rthy." Many, unable fo appreciate those jher qimlitcs of soul which may he hidden U rugged C.N tenor. UIUM' ......... ... chi nest and ?ensitlvo conscience uro us life elf, speak deridingly of the Puritan. They loh upon some few palpable defects of charier, and from these condemn the whole? getful that such blemishes, afe almost Insurable, under certain conditions, from nares really great and noble. Hut if a tree is be judged hy its fruit, the Puritan is not to condemned. Where c\ er he sojourned?In itnn, Holland, New England?lie was a witss-bearer for the truth: and like the phosorescent glow which marks the wake of a Ip, so freedom of conscience, civil and reli?us liberty, follow In his path. He lived In ime when (he rugged finalities of soul, raer than the liner, wcie in demand; when 2 willingness to do and die for conscience so were the prime essentials required. He d a mission to perform, and grandly did he rform it! Would that his mantle rested upmorc in our own day ! Would that his lunch adherence to principle, his willingss to abide by it even to the death, bis intcible faith in Clod and rugged integrity 0' aracter, had more of a following in the jsent! Ood be praised for the life and lai s of the good old Puritan! So also of the venanterand t he Huguenot, those twin exes?transplanted. the one from the heaths d moors of Scotland, and the other from 3 "vine-clad hills of sunny France." They juglit with them all that was best and worestin their own lands?principles, whose >wth and development have left their mark the character of our young Republic. For 3 Ollt'Cfc OI llleir lives 11IIU li:illii-ui;ii unu, the gift of such an ancestry, God be 11.seel! "Forget not all His benefits." t?\S I'KOTECTtXG CARS OF THIS COUNTRY, Mine would fail me to recount the mercies God which have attended the growth of s great country: the signal I'rovidcnces it have preserved it through nil its perils: ; place to which it hits attained In the famiof nations: its past, present and prospece influence upon the wf>'!2. To narrate m all, would be the province of the bistort-j ; to refer tolhem alone.simply as maucrs of ititude and thanksgiving to God, the protee of the preacher. Pointing you, then, to it great chart of God's Providences where ?y are all spread out ill full. I would say 1 11 grateful emotion, "forget not all His bonLs." I review of the year now hearing lis close [libit* also an array of mercies. Peace gns throughout our borders. Neither forn nor douicsiic war has disturbed lis traiiility. It surely is mat ter of gratitude that r gallant you ig soldiery, whose presence re in their military attire lends Interest to j occasion, are not to-day on the tented tield: it tiie voices that gieet them arc those'of mksglving and praise, and not the deep am of the cannon and the roar of the bat. I-'or this siunal mercy God be praised. >'rotn the "pestilence that walkcth iu darltss" we have been graciously spared. The >ur;re of cholera which has desolated other uls ha? not yet invaded ours. The very air breathe has been preserved to us in its rity, free from the germs of Infectious dis sc. Deliverance aiso was voticiisnivu on iuc ilit of that terrible earlhtjualcc, when eter,.v seemed just upi?n us; when in sore trail of sonl we called upon God, and lie wu? ased to hear us, mid deli vercit us from all r fears! '"IHess the Lord, o iny botil, and get not a'.l His benefits." THE BI.KSSINO OK DIVINE GltACE. tesponslvo^o Ills blessing the fields a'.so ve yielded generous returns for the labors stowed upon thcin. Fair harvests have en gathered, and the husbandman rests in r? enjoyment of plenty. kit above all these temporal benefits, which i? "exceeding great nnil precious," is one lich demands even a heartier recognition, is the blessing of Divine grace. The preslyear has been one of signal spiritual mer s. The Gospel lias hud free course among r people. Jesus Christ lias been preached, e "demonstration of (lie Spirit" has been tne.-spd In many communities, and conseently the sound of "revival''has been waftto us on many a breeze. The numbers averted and hopefully saved have been uuually large. They aie such as to lend Iresh wer to that oft-prayed petition "Thy kingm come," and to encourage our hope for II larger displays of grace in the years to ine. For Ibis, all praise to God. ?et ns. then, In conclusion, recognize His nd hand in all the events of life?to trust in more and serve him bettor? to strive carsily that ours may be the blessing of t lint uple whose Goii is the Lord. Lot us receive > benefits with all due humility, that weasbe them nut to the wrong source, nor lifted wiili pride to say, ' is not Ibis great Uabyi that we have built." I.et us tlie rather r;iif?e Him in i lie llrninmcntor his power, nisc ilini for His mighty nets, l'rai.'c Him ;ordin<; to His excellent greatness." "Let. Bryttiiuj; tliat hnih hreatli praise the Lord, nise j*c the Lord "?"and forget not all His tieiius." THE LUNATIC ASYLUM. 10 Cost of .llninininiiig: Inmates?A Word or Tjvo About XCHNjinpers In that Institution. iVe arc indebted for liic Sixty Tlilr<l Anal Keport of tlie South Carolina Lunatic yltiin. for tlio tiseal year lvM>8H. The averu number of patients in Dial institution is !, at an average cost ot SI I0.ld7. The current pen ses of I he institution for the year Just >sed whs SS7.-171 s7, besides extraordinary exrises of St.ss7.nl. It. appears Mutt the per pita cost of lnaiiitenanee lias, during the it ten years, bccu steadily rcduced Irom 2.8;; to SMU.27. Phe Superintendent acknowledges the reIMionof twenty one weekly newspapers free cost to the institution. 'J'lic daily Jirr/isfer d the lb-cord is pent on the same terms, lile the .Xni'x ami Courier charges half price. The Superintendent of llio Asylum >>> iowlcd;;e> that the Institution jui? lit adit to e pleasure of the inmates at a very sintiil <t_ llesavs: "Notiii 112 irivcs more uleasure many of the Inmates tliu.it the home paper, il we can not help regretting that every nnty is not. represented in the list." The t of free newspapers is then given. From at. report.it does not appear I hat the Superte intent spends one cent lor any n-ewspaper eept the Ncus ami Cvuricr. Why for the ami Courier and for noothor pajier? Is it cause the managers of tiie Institution prefer ;it. paper, and like it better than any other. If the Superintendent di ems newspapers of I eh worth to the inmates, Ib he doing right them to deny them that which would lie much pleasure and which would cost so lit1 ? 'f the. Superintendent is laboring under y hallucination that the /'/< .?.* and Itatnutr 11 go (here without the necessary two (loirs, lie is simply mistaken. If theSupcrinuient of that Instllution thinks the J'rrx.? tl ll'iiiticr would he oI pleasure to the Abbeile.ininittcs, then it is for him to say wliethttr'ey shall be gratified. It Is no concern of I ,rs, and we do not intend to send our paper tliotit the money. Others may do as they rase. If the manager may pay lor the Sews it (Vmrier, why may he not pay for any othpaper he thinks of advantage to the lnut es ? Dr. Wouilrow and Ills Salary. A ileal llccorder. for the benefit of the Columbia Iteeortl, we Id state that we are informed by the very >t authority that up to a very recent period e Rev. I>r. Wood row has drawn his salary | r the I'erkin's profess<>rship witli painful t iiicluulity, without rendering any eiiuiva-,' ul in services during the extended period ofj i1 Kvolution troubles. It was only a little, er a month ngo when forbearance had j ased to he a virtue and the.storm had reach-1 its Height, that he static! to the hoard that j i would no longer draw Ills salary. Cerinly a very proper course, considering hoi id smashed up the Theological Seminary! nl that there was nobody to teach. If lie; id iidiiplcil Hits coilr>o sooner, lie inijiiiii ivo claimed some merit f?>r a self-respectin";j 'scrvanee of the rules of ordinary equity ill propriety. fhirty-six miles < ( th~ Augnsl'a, Edgefield id Newberry narrow gauge road have alrea been graded and loo hands are now at jrk on ii. Senator Hampton necidentally killed his use and eame near being killed himself,. Idle hunting in lite West. Wk trust that (air Uepreseniativcjs may >tc ygaint llic proposed new cuuntks. 1 ? ? - ' IR. IKE'S VIEWS OF HONESTY | . EE DISCOVERS TWO VARIETIES OF THE' DESIRABLE COMMODITY. ? Iloncsty is n Principle to be Most Utility Prized?The Plnn of Glv iiigr Security <'ojiiineiided--I>ofitnl tiiiST I>ebtors l>uly I) on It With--V/lint .Should he Done With Preachers Who do \nt Paj*?Editors Who Puhlisli Swindling- Advertisements Should be .'Hade to Iteruud?I.nwvers Who Aid Their Clients in Cheating Justice Should be Made to Suffer. E'lilor Press and Banner : This is the first, lime Mint a quorum of my club lias met since llic shake up, and to-night It has met to cogitate 011 honesty. There are, ns the club understands the theory of honesty, two qualities of the article. One proceeds from principle, and the other from policy. There are but few examples of the first, while the latter Is more abundant. When a man is made of the first, he is said to bo the noblest. If not the rarest, work of God. Diogenes, an old Grecian philosopher, underdertook to find one in Greece, at noonday with a torch, but failed. If honest men of the first quality breathed electric lights they could not be seen In this age. The men of this age are too afraid of cheating themselves to give others all that Is their due in every particular, or In other words there is a ;ie ultra In their honesty, or a point beyond which they can nos go. Honesty in light, in a at Un CSS, in thought, In word, In deed, in love, in anger, In health, in sickness, in wealth, in poverty, la linpplncs? iuid I Distress, is a rare Jewel. From somewise purpose unknown to this club the great Creator made but few of this class, and it strikes the elub that it is utterly impossible for It or any other man beneath the sun to reconstruct, men and make them perfectly honest in principle. If It were deemed possible for the club to do such a thing, it would be proud to undertake the job, but the capacity of this club, although in it.* own opinion is enormous, mis a num., u. beyond which it can not go, and to make honest men is beyonu that point-. Honesty from policy, as before stated, is some times found among tnen.nnd it Is claimed by some good and wise men that honesty is the best policy, while others deny the truth of the proposition, and tills Is the question my club has concluded to ventilate to-night, and after maturely considering It, to decide whether It Is better to galvanize men with honesty, if it can he done In such a way that it will not rub oil", and leave the rascality sticking out. or to Jet them go on in their unvarnished dishonesty. Now, sir,assuming that nil men may be galvanized witli honesty In such a manner as to be made puss for hone<t men, and to answer the purpose of honest men, and in that way bean honor to themselves and frlcnils, and realizing the impossibility of making genuine i honest men, this club, consisting of myself, has come to the conclusion that the best tiling that can be done by human agency, Is to nt least white wash all men with honesty,and asfar as possible to cover up all the hideous defects of dishonesty in their construction, and to make them ornamental as well as useful members of society, although it. would not be honest in principle to pass olFsuch men as honest, it would be a good policy to make them answer the purpose of honest men, and if we can sncced then our end will he accomplished. The question to be determined is how to transmography a dishonest man, and make lilm to all intents and purposes answer for an honest man. The law-makers of the universe from the year one till the present day have been trying to accomplish this purpose, and to succeed in it would be the noblest work of man. The leaders of the religious denomination* claim that it is their design to make men act ] honestly, but I Ivy too have fallen fur short of Mia mm!., ami In iminv instances send out! blind lenders or llic blind, and they all full to-1 gcthcr in the quick.- anus of dishonesty, and soli their robes in the mud of unclean thing*. It has come to t lie knowledge of this clisb that an eminent divine, who has dune much to unfurl and spread tlie banner of his religion in this county, has actually dedined to give his n'ote for an honest debt long past due. What can be expected of a flock that imbibe honesty from such a fountain head? Now, Mr. Ike, the solo member of this club, believes ibis to bo wrong. Preachers should pay their debts at least by note, and law-makers should refuse bribes and organize into clubs of one, and go to work to make men act honestly,I and begin t lie operation llrston iho member! of their own cUib, and then on their neigli-| bors and friends, and then on mankind in j general, and though it may be as hord to remove dishonesty as to wash the spots from ! the leopard, we can white wash and paint j them over in such a way as to hide the do-: fortuity and to remove the entire creature. Editors, too, should taken hand in this enterprise and spare some of their space and; brains in the cause, even if they should have to refuse some good pay in if advertisements of swindles and swindlers, and the lawyers, what shall I say of them, or to them? If we i should succeed fti our undertaking it would ruin the profession, as we would have no need of them. My friends, I tear we will need you yet for many days, to defend the innocent and to convict thecriniina's; you, too,should join us and refuse to defend dishonesty, even if you dhl lose some rood tees by so doing. It is hard, hard indeed, lor a poor man to net honestly, or as Dr. Franklin expresses it, for an empty meal sack to stand straight, and, therefore, f sincerely desire all men to be rich, and especially the member of my club, as he is to in' the ring leader in tills matter. There are two plans of making men act honestly. that arc as different, front each other as the ea^t is from iho west. The advocates of one of these plans say to make men act lion- j cstly they should lie trusted soleK on their honor, and they should have no other restraint Imposed on them, to secure a lail.hful performance of duty or obligation. That is, you should lend a man your money or sell j litm your goods on honor, ami If he fails to' pay, you should trust him no more, but let him hunt up somebody else to experiment 011 him,and to.seen ne can ninKouii mniusi muw of liim. The member of this cluU hat. no f.silli in tills plan, ami is uiiwiltinir to Invest the funds of the club in an experiment of thai sort, though lie has no serious objection to being experimented on, if any one Ahotild be desi'.'oiis of trying the plan. The other plan is to trust ro one that can not give good and perfect security for all lit; is trusted with. A great many people are compelled" t<> J?iv? things that they can not give perfect security for, and tiny can not get tl cm honestly they are compelled t^got them some how else, ami in that way a good many would be torced to act dishonestly, besides u great many eonld not develop their hoiusly, I for the want of an opportunity. If no one I would trust them unless they could give perfect securit y, and I hey could not give perfect! security, they would be compelled to eitheri d'uiy themselves the opportunity of success, j or misrepresent their security. If people can not get things honestly they will get them some other way. Necessity knows 110 law. hence the trouble of making a rule that wMI work on either of these plans. In nature all things work in circles, and all extremes meet, so it must be I11 human laws. They must curve to suit the emergency of the c iso, and their ends must meet in circles, so as to circumscribe all men in bonds of equity and usefulness and make them rc'volve and! s.lino in the rays of honesty and rectitude.] You must mix mercy and j istice. love ami chastisement. You must love those you chas-l Use, and chastise those you love. You must! help the weak, and require the weak to use | what strength they have. Italse tip the low,1 or at least give them 11 chance to rise, and bringdown the high. Therefore the best plan to develop nnd I maintain honesty, is by union of these plans, j Let every man be requited to give some security, and more required to give perfect security; while but few can ^rve perfect security, all can give sonic, security. Jfhe has nothing else, let hint pledge Jiis future prospects and be-required to keep his pledge, and if he succeeds he will in time liava other eollall'Tals to uivc. If lie fails, then he must be content to serve some one that is better qua I-! Hied lor success than he is, liil lie learns to' succeed. Require all to put up something, that will make it desirable to perform their j contracts faithfully. Punish all men for uj disregard of their contracts, and for all dis-i honest transactions, and misstatements let' liiin sutler and not be rewarded lor. refusing to perform his obligation. If a man buys 111 horse, cow, or anything else, and promises to 1 pay for them out of his income, ami then up-] piles his income to some oilier purpose, let! itiii) 1)0 punished just ns if lie hail stolen i;ie horse, cow, or other goods thus obtained. The reason honesty is so f;ir below |v,r is lie-j cause it seems to pay a man better lo be dis-j honest tliun to be honest. A prcsic-hey, that won't pay liis honest debts, when he has the . money, but applies it to oilier purposes, not. only out;lit to be driven in dissriaeo from tlie Church, hut lie should be made occupy a criminal's cell till lie learns belter. A law maker (hnl will borrow money from .1 corrupt scheme,and Mien mnken law to legalize: his corrupt schemes, should he sent in disgrace to the house of correct Ion. The editor, that for llio sake of money, will lmlp some swindler (o impost.' on the people, should be mtulc refund every cent, they are swindled oui of, and made take a back seat in the penitentiary. The lawyer that helps some scoundrel, to either escape punishment, or to impose on an innocent-person, should ho an Innocent person, should be made sulFer double tin: amount he would thus Impose on the Innocent person, or of the punishment lie caused the truilty to escape. I.et It be known that the laws are (o protect me n itl their honesty, and In their efforts to help others, and <o punish those who refuse to comply with obligations. J.et It. be known that a man has to pay his debts, or not to eonleact them. Let people know that honesty Is the best policy In every particular, una nol doubt about it, honesty will rise in their estiinutlon to the prominent, position it should occupy. If a man by tulse pretense nets your money, goods, or time, there should be a law to make him refund fourfold. If he does not state facts just as they exist, and then does not comply with his statement, punish him. If a man by lying, gets credit and tails to pay, let him be punished for it. If a man says he can pay In two weeks and docs not pay in two years, punish him for his false- , statements. In line, punish dishonesty in cv- ! cry shape and form, and let no guilty man escape. Let men be punished fur every short-! coming, except unavoidable and unforeseen , misfortunes, and then men will have less! trouble in gel tins; assistance when in need,' and be more likely to act the gentleman when I, assisted. There is no man so poor, If he is!' stout and able to work, but could get assistance, If the person giving the assistance knew i he would be compelled to repay him out of his first Income. "Honesty is the best policy." Let us ad- [, Jouru. Your truly, K i MR. IKE. THE WAY THE MONEY GOES. Some Rrlcf Items from (lie Report of| tliC State Snpcrinteudciit of K<lu< call on. The I'm.11 and Banner acknowledges the i receipt of tlic Eighteenth Annual He- < port, of the Ktatc Superintendent of Kd- < uciuioo, by Hon. A. Coward, which coit- < tains much valuable information on the Pub- i lie .Schools. The Superintendent of Ednea- i lion, like all other otlicers who hold doubtful places, Is an earnest advocate of the public, < schools, and feels that he is only cheek?d in his usefulness by the limited amount of money at his ehmmand. From that report It ap- I pears (hat only Charleston, Greenville, llle.li- i land and Spartanburg counties spend morei' than Abbeville on the public schools, Abbe- 1 ville spending for all purposes connected with 1 the public schools, $16,'217.79. > SCHOOL CHILDREN* IN TJIK STATE. i Average white attendance 50,001 < Average colored attendance 60,792 j [ Total average attendance 120,090 SCHOOL ltEVEXUE. Reports for Ihe fiscal year ending October 31,18.S."), show that the amount available for' school purposes during that year was $.>19,-. So7.0I), of which $liS0.!)12.95 was collected during j the year, and 3SS.yt5.74 consisted of unexpend P(l DlWant'PH irnm Iirfviuus */? n.c j, amount available, S12>,002,88 was expended, lcavlntr balances In the various County t'e.is-1 urlcs of ?12'!,!V)t.MI, to l>c carried to the ac-i counts of Lite fiscal year 18i'3-8f). STATEMENT OK EXPENSES OF THE STATE! NORMAL INSTITUTES TIKI,I) DL'JtlNCJ THE YEAH 1886?RECEIPTS. Stafe Appropriation St 5(10.00 Pcabody Fund 1,000.00 i ?2,500.00 | EXPENDITURES. Salaries of Instructors ?2,a10.fi0. Salaries of Subordinate OtTicers J40.no | Hoard of Superintendent ?.7.0:?| Expense of Lectnrcs UOOO' Adveriislng and Printing 01.0.) j Incidentals 18.231 Balance on hand (Pcabody Fund) 182 021 ?2,500.001 OFFICIAL VISITS?TIIE PEOPLE MORE INTER-' ESTER IN PICNICS THAN OFFICIAL FOOLISHNESS. One difficulty that thcSu|vrintendcnt finds! in carrying out Ids duty in tills respect lies In ! the fa'-t thai people arc generally loth to leave j thtir business to listen to a nublic address at times most convenient to hiin. They chow tlicir interest in education by attending in large numbers the school exhibitions and picnics; but as liifse take place usually during the same month, and many on thesnmo day, i it is manifestly Impossible ror nun in ne prescut nt. more than u half dozen of them in any one year. SCHOOL FL'XDS, EXPENDITURES, FISCAL YRAlt iesi-35. Teachers' salaries S37'!,'M0.M Hent of .school houses S.KK&S Repairs 5,7S1 . )."> School furniture 2,9-J<!.10 Fuel, Ac 2,5Ml.i)2 Apparatus I.ilirnry hooks Purchase of sites 312.50 Buildinp school houses and outhouses 7,S."0.77 Salary ol School Commis-doner lU.0-t4.S01 Traveling expenses of School Com- : inissloner : 2,*178.29 , Per diem of members of County ! Hoards of Examiners 000.001 County Normal Institutes 2,0!0..M) Other purposes '1,')7C.79 Total ?125,?J0J.8S j SCHOOL KUJfnS? ItECRlPTS FISCAL YEAH! 1 -SI 85?AHUEVILLE COUNTY. Two mill tax $10.!)j0.0() I'otl tax Total amount raised during year 1->,"i*?.ii0 \ Halnnees iron) previous years Total amount available lS.ltfl.H j KOK THE STATE. Total for the Stale $313,837.09 ToTA I. EN UOT.T.M KNT. The number of public schools in the State,' tho number ol'children, classified as white | and colored, mate anil female, that attendedsaid schools during the scholastic year 18:Sl>: i. AHIIKVII.r.K COUSTV. Number of public sehool.s 173 j White males 1,W White lenities 1..VI2?.*>,129 Colored males '2-,027 Colored females 2,234?1,21)11 Grand total ; TOTAL SCHOOL CIIir.DKEN IN THE STATE. J Number of public schools o.Otf) White males +UMI While females 84,123 Color ed males is,*jsk? Colored females I.'!j Grand total The I.iffht Bins Hone Out of Their' JIOIIKO. l?led,on Thursday morning :il half-past nine ! o'clock, Nov. 'J.'illi, Louise Martha, only dangliter of Mr. and Mrs. I!. K. l.caehsim, aged [ two years, one month ami twenty-seven days.1 When Just recovering front whooping cough siie was seized with mea-lts, ami sunk under its withering touch. Their little one, t ho j liulit and joy of the household, is not. dead ;; but asleep in Jesus. Mil}' Christ who has said "Sutler little chlldien to come unto me." mis?. tain them in their heavy Joss and atH'cMon,; and t.eai'h them to say 'Tiiy will be Uune. 'i Their liitlc darling is "Safe In the arms of Jesus, Sale on his senile breast, There l>y His love o'er shaded, Sweetly her soul shall rest.". 31. I Information tor I.iiiij^raiits. For th? Information of those people who are anxious to leave our State and go to the : so-called "Jruilful fields and pastures green"; of Texas we will give the following extract j from an exchange in rcleivnco lo what is non to '-e ssen out there. ' Thedestitution and sufl'erlng that has resulted from the protiaeied drought In Tex.-|s ! is exciting 1110 syiliputliy mill < > the charitably Inclined everywhere. A section iif I ho I.ono star siiiie liiii) miles lomrund miles wide was for (llleen monlhs without rainfall enough to i|tteii<:h human lliiist, to say nothing of nourishing the crop-*, :;i;d, many of the mha.hitanls are without fooij, save wluit is sent ti; thorn .from other state-.., !:: addition to this IIm;i*o.*s no seed*!:rain in the desohite section with which to provide for luture crops." County l'u5>er. Ail verttier. Jury and Witness tickets sell at so ets\ on (he dolla r, the same tlsru ro th*y held when! Meiievitl and his cohorts, manipulated coiiu*l ty paper, 1 OUR RAILROAD CENTRE. PP.OVIDENCE HELPS THOSE WHO HELP THEMSELVES. \ Plen to Hie Voters of Greenwood Township, in nclialf of the Chester, tirccuivoori and Abbeville Ilailronri. "Nothtns succeeds like success." J'ortunntely for Greenwood, she has always been very wise in her railroad undertakings, and for the size of the town, most remarkably successful In their accomplishment. Whatever may be said of her want of harmony in other respects, it is unquestionably true, that she has been wise in projecting railroad enterprises and most zealous and harmonious in prosecuting tl?ein to successful issues. Advantageously situated ou the ririge dividing the waters of the Saluda and the Savannah and alert to grasp every opportunity of time and circumstance, she now possesses better railroad facilities than any town of her size in South Carolina. The citizens of the town! and township enjoy with complacency the fruits of a former communistic railroad investment in the low price paid lor heavy goods and in the enhancement of the price of produce sold. Were it not for the A. & K. It. It. the farmers of Greenwood township and vicinity would pay one dollar more for every barrel of Hour purchased and at the same time get from two to four dollars less for every bale of ewtton sold. These are startling facts that can be verified by reference to the books of any of Greenwood's older merchants. It is a solid fuel, that the enhanced price of the oats shipped from Greenwood in lsS'2 amounted to more than the entire subscription of Greenwood township through taxation to the building ol the A. & K. K. It. If tiiu burdens .7.';'':" 1uv.-501.-u u|wn w.o uu<7?..u ..., llJC cotton shipped irom Greenwood in 1S79 had fallen upon I ho buy:"5 of the cotton shipped from the same place this yem, IIlC {UUVr cneeln money paid for same would have amounted to'more than three per ccnt of the taxable property of Greenwood township. ftp<l think of thin?from ticenty-flce to thirty tlu inland dollars saved in one year! Then cotton sold from one and one-eighth of a ccnt to one and a quarter below the price in Charleston, now It brings from one-eighth to one quarter of a cent of the Charleston price. Greenwood will ship at least ten thousand bales this year. VuleuhUe the difference and see the high and glorious vantage ground upon which site stands. Yet she is not out of reach of the iron hand of monopoly. If success should crown the efforts to place the Central and the Clyde systems under one management our advantages would be palsied by high freights. But thanks to her locality and to propitious circumstances, Greenwood Is offered u means of escape from this contingency in the desire of the t'ennsylvnnia Central and Kobinsou systems to make shorter connections with New Orleans and the South West vlaNorfork, ltalelyh, Munroc, Chester, Greenwood. Abbeville. Klberton, Athens, i&e. This will shorten the distance several hours and at the same lime avoid the danger of land slides on Airline as well as the monotonous solitudes oI the Const line. In this last age, "Time-Talks." The road will ray and Greenwood will have the advantage of better freights to Norfolk and the North as well as from the West. She will be accessible from aU points of the compass. Business enterprises would seek her locality. Already several are promised In the event of success of the C. G. & A. R. It. Population would be increased, schools nourish, churches augmented, lands enhanced in value, products of the farm find readier sale at high and more remunerative price.5, more avenues to employment opened up, and every thing will put on airs of prosperity anil grow Hi ] and Ihe hand of monoply will he powerless in its efforts to blight. But this isat!ainable only by a small-communistic investment in auoth nf ?nn nml jl half mlils 11 Doll our property for three years, which amounts j to three-fourths of :i cent upon the avenue acre of land or fifteen cents upon the hundred dollars worth of low assessed property. After that twenty-live cents upon the thousand dollars wort ) of property. Any director can ex-1 plain this. Hut some will say this Is a. private enter-1 nrlse and why build it with public money? In view of the generalyood lo lie obtained und also in view of the fact, that no person in Greenwood is seeking personal emolument or profit it is bound to be pronounced a public enterprise. Jlesldcs. private enterprise is not now equal to tlio emergency, hut consolidated communistic effort can accompli-h success without placing any appreciable burden 01 any one person. Every one will he taxed according lo (Usability and every person will be more benefitted than injured by the railroad. It is more of an investment than a tax. Success will give Greenwood her third great system of railroad passing through her limit? shorten the distance lo her court house and add four thousand dollars to li e slate and county taxes of the county by the four hundred thousand dollars worth of foreign capital passing through her limits. Aid tlie county, aid Greenwood and aid yourself by helping in this enterprise. KATE FOWLER'S RAILROAD TOWN. The Narrow Gaugre ? Short Crops ? Fine Stock ? Personal# by the Score. Ninety-Six-. S. C.. Nov. 30, m. No news of importance this week. Every body grumbling about their short crop. It is thought that not more than two-thirds of a crop of cotton will be made. Jn (act it Is nearly all gathered and marketed. No corn and no grain sown. Indeed the thing looks gloomy, but we must not sit down and wait. .Mr. W. II. Fra/.ler will have his two stal lions at Abbeville Court House Saleday in DefiMnher seriminirLoi!, Jr. and .Sensation. They nrc lino hor.-cs and persons interested In raisins colts should examine lliein. Seaming ton. Jr. Is a thoroughbred and Sensation Is a trotting horse. Mr. John McUowan and lady, of Lnnrcns, who have hcen visiting Maj. Griffin's family, worshipped at t he Presbyterian church In this pirVcc on last Sunday. The .voting ladies in the vicinity of Siinnm I'aptist church will give a hot supper at tlie church on next Friday night. The object of the supper is to raise funds lor purely benevolent purpos.-s. All arc invited toattend. You will yet the worth of your money. Knjoy yourself and contribute to a worthy object. I send yon an advertisement this week from Mr. \V. H. l-'iazier. Hn breeds none but the best and his slock can be relied upon. Mrs. J. 1'. Phillips is absent on a visit to her parents in Orangeburg county. Dr. E.G. Martin will not move to Woodruff, but remain at Ninety-Six and practice his profession, surgeon dentistry. Cap'- M. Lipscomb and Mrs. T. C. Lipscomb have returned from Atlanta, whither they have been toer.rry the little child of the former for medical treatment. W'eare glad to " ' ">'? '- tit u-iio.se eves was alfec'.cd has been much benefited. The I lev. .Mr. Craig preached in (lie Presbyeriai. chmvh Inst Sunday niorningimd night. Tim liev. Mr. Meadow preaehed In ilie Mel hodist. church in the afternoon of the same day. I The worK is nearly all over ami the aeeust'lHied iou'er basks in I ho sunshine, on the streets of our <juiel little town. (icneraj John H. Sample and son, of Greenwood; passed through our town on lustMon | day .;n their way to Edgefield eonnl.v. Mwrii. I<. \!. Moore, Jus. lingers, Jr. nnd CI. \V. t tltioiin, as eom mis-loners, laid oil' houic-1 striiil for \V. I> Merriwelher hist week. Farmer Marshall H. Smith was in town a few days sigo look ins after seed corn nnd improved cotton seed for planting purposes. lie is rather early. Ijii t it is never too soon or too late lo do good. The crop ol birds Is fine this fall, nnd the Xiinrods numerous, hut none of tiiein will give us a hicks of bird--'. Maj. ImhicIic has some line frontiers to sell. He says tliey are of the improved variety. The stockholders and diiectorsof the liar row gauge railroad will meet. at. this piaee on lheStli of December for (lie transaction of importan t inisiness. Turkeys sue selling in this market at eight cents per pound. A gres>t many have been bought ami > hipped to other markets. Thanksgiving parsed oil' quietly. Service.' in the Methodist church. The stores generally closed, and the town hud 1 he appearance o' Sunday. Mr. II. H.Turner will haven lot of fine Tennessee hogs in town in a few days, ami, then, I suppose, we will have the music of the Mviuclh. Mr. J. A. Slnartand wife, nf CirrenvHIe, are spending a lew days with I>r. Sanders family Mr. Thoir.as Alston, yf Charleston, son-in-law of l>r. Sunders, and his u lie sire also there The lioctor was very happy over havingnil o' " trlili him on Ills riiunrcii .inn .. Thanksgiving day. The It:nc in seven yen rs. Willie I losers ha? aeeepled a posilion as operator on tli?* .\u_'ii>la anil Knoxviile liailroad hL V(.Tilery. Turkey dinner is an every day oeeurrenee a Hotel dc Turner. By the way, this Heonsid ered "it" of the he:-1 hotels and eating house from the hikes to Ihegnif. Don't forget, to attend the entertainment at Siloam on next-Friday nlKht. We will guarantee that yon will enjoy yourself. Mr. \V. I'euei was in town oil Monday on his way to Columbia. U-VJii* END. ALL THE NEW8 FEOM PEOSPEEOtJi GEEENWOOD. i Sonlas Wlicat?BIs Hog*?The Rnll'j mbiI ami the Tax-Payer* Stoves Roasted Xegroc* Christinns?Cupid's Darts Other Matters. OUKKNWOOD, S. u. Nov. 23,1&?6. ' The stores In town will bo closed on 'l'hurs- -j day next. ' 3*? We havehad fine raltw-and farmers who' have not finished sowing Wlteat are artxitfus to do so a? soon us possible. 1 : -s' ' " 2J Mr. John II. Buchanan killed n hog <bne. inornlna last week tint weighed three hundred and sixty pounds net. Every familyshould raise at least one or two hogs yearly. This can be done without expenseas t'bewqste" about almost any home would bo sufficient 3 food. ' f* Miss Alice Boozer Is visiting relatives lit Augusta. Mr. II. P. Wilson, the polite telegraph open-"* * C; atoi1 who has had charge of the Western lln^ Ion Telegraph office here during the last nix' months lias jione to Columbia wh?re he wyt- ^ iip employed In the C. C. & A. R. R. office. Mr. Wright of Bradley has taken his placu >; Vj here. ' r* ^ Mr. J. P. Harkness of Due West was in town yesterday. A petition a^kine the County Commissioners -S to allpw tills township the privilege of voting a light tax In akl of the Chester, Greenwood C.. and Abbeville railroad is meeting with n<* opposition whatever. Everybody realizes thd v,.\i importance of the enterprise and are nob willing to he deprived of the great advantages that would naturally accrue lrom Its successful consumtnai ion. Mr. M. B. McGee of Walnut Grove wafl into wn last Tuesday.- He brought to our mar; ket several bales of the liuest cotton we huvd scon tills season. Miss Annie Reynold* and Miss Lcona Blako are visiting friends In Winnsboro. They will i" he nway two weeks or more. xnel-'ema'c Colics."? has been well supplied with coal-turning stoves which will be used this winter instead of the open tire-places and stoves that have been used in heating the T room heretofore. The stoves were boagnt of ' . J Mr .T_ \V. SDroles who nut thein in place a few days since. " 1 \ & On tlie sllll night nlr the Plaintive vWce ofthe talented young man wno last July sanfc' " t "Where is my girl to-night," may again bo heard. , ! Mr. J. W. Hill Is still quite Bick. * ;< -t*' & On account of the cold weather and Ihe fait- v ure of the Baptist congregation to get the new1" stoves wiitch have been purchased for their 'O church Rev. Mr. Carter ncccplod an invitation to preach In the Presbyterian cburch Ijftt .'*3 Sunday morning and evening. Tlie hovfce was well tilled during both services'. "* * *4 On lust Friday while Jim Held and his wife, ' , .;&?? colored, who live on Mr. J. II. Oldham's place , near town were away from home their barn , '-i| and one of their children about two years olcl '* were burned up. Three small children were tvfi left at home alone when one of them thought- J lessly set flro to the barn merely to soo It*' bum. The two older children- managed to'' keep at a safe distance from the flro leaving /vTfi the smaller child In reach of the flames. The Missionary Fair of the Methodist Sun- ?w! day School on last Friday night was a perfect success. The proceeds amounting to -fifty. er." sixty dollars will be devoted'to foreign *' -?J sions. The young people of Buck Level had a very pleasant and enjoyable social gathering at-- -Aj the residence of Mr. B. O. Verrcll on lust Frl- ; v, day night. Seven thousand Ave hundred "bales of cotton have been received here since the first of 'V, September. This receipts lor this season will be far in e'.ccss of that of any preceding season. :. && As soon as the necessary arrangements can 3 be made Greenwood will have a bank. This '~j is not asserted without foundation. Weknow j whereof we speak. Col. J. W. Minton of Texas visited our town . - a a few days since. Mr cir>(,rtn> >r. T?rown. son of Ex-Governor Brown of Georgia was in town Inst Mondoy. He Is a soliciting ugent for tlie W. & A. It. It. < Cupid hns not been Idle io'Greenwood. Wo ' will report the result of tlie tender feeling. I which he has kindled In two hearts soon. General Bamberg of Allien nnd Col. L. W. ; Madd&n of Brunswick, G;i., have honored us I with a visit. . Religious services will be conducted by Rev. W. A. Rogers in the Presbyterian church : on next Thursday morning at eleven o'clock. Contract for Building the \ew Malt. ; College?Thanksgiving - - - Bntef-, ; tainment?National Bank ? Agrl-, cultural "Club?Splendid Frenchera-?Beautiful Women?Squalling Babies. ' { Grse^vooi). S, C., Nov. 29,1SS6. ' Tlie bright days and healthy temperature that we now have makes one feel quite cheerful In spite of the "hard times" of which wo have heard so much. .Mr. Feaster Hawthorne, of Donalds, went* through Greenwood on his way to Maltlund, Florida, on last Wednesday. i Miss Alice Boozer is now visiting relatives In Alabama. Mr. Joseph Tolbert, of Augusta, route Agent I of ihe Southern Express Company 011 the Att* i gusta and Knoxville Railroad, speirt a fev/; days in towiT last week visiilug his mother. ; M i s. s. K. Parks. ! Mr. J. \V. Wells has commenced the work of! erecting the Male Collene building, the conI Ixifltwr IwiAn M rtTfi Vflrul f.A him HV tllfi (li* ' . *JT I rectors one day Inst week. The work will be, i curried on as hastily ns possible. ! We now have a first-class market conducted ; by Mr. Sheppard; who supplies our town ev! cry day with the choicest steak, muttou, I pork, sausage, etc. lie supplies a long felt necessity. Mr. J. W. Hill's many friends will no donbt i be glad to !e?rn that be is again able to leav? i his room, having almost fully recovered from 1 his recent illness. . Mr. P. T. Pwyer and family, of Edgefield county boarded the train here last Sunday for Georgetown, Florida. Miss .Sallie Donald, of Wllllamston, passed through town last Friday on her way to Newberry, where she will spend a month or two with relatives. ' Thanksgiving was observed by our people' in the orthodox manner. Turkey was tho ; principal dish in many houses and everyI body seemed to observe the Holiday with as | much pleasure as could the Puritan Fa'hers ' - " * - - IV. a hoi* f.tiwf: r.ave enjoyuu iij? uoaluvuutu ,,, ,v.? . Homes, two hundred years aso. Another dramatical entertainment will bo< given soon. Mr. A. Gage, who Is assisting In tiic preparations-fi?r it, assures us that the entertainment wilT be- equal, if not su-; perior, to anything we-have had here this ' year. We will report the time for the play | next week. . Application has been made to the Legislature to incorporate the Greenwood National Hank. An institution of this kind is sadly1 needed by our business men, and no doubt- ? v its originators will be handsomely rciuuiicrated for their enterprise. Miss Louise-OKI hain leaves to-d?y.fon Florida where she will spend the greater part of the winter. ' f The Greenwood Agricultural Club is a mod; { el organization of its kind. It will uo .rtoulj'v be productive or' mach good If the valualuo I suggestions and the good, practical, common sense advice of I he members of I he club, Who from long experience -and a knowledge of chemistry, know the needs of our soil and jlhehct manner of Improving it, arc only adopti d by our farmers. The meetins of the club on last Saturday was well attended and by a unanimous vote it was decided to potl-i lion the Legislature lo locate the Agricultural College at this place should an appropriation lor the erection of buildfnjrs and tho support of an institution of that kind be made. ?> \ We are to have a circus here next Friday. > Miss sallie MeGoe of Walnut Grove is visiting her sister Mrs. .J. W. S proles. Hev. W. A. Hogers and Mr. J. W. Sprolcs arc the happiest men in town. Two buby boys are now treasures in their homes. : Miss Annie Keyiurtds, alter spending a week or two in Winnsboro returned to-day. ..Mr. J. S. Daly, of the Tribudc is visiting Columbia and Augusta. MAC. IT WAS NOT INTENDED F02 PUBLICATION ? It Hcnnt no IteHeetlon An n Competent nixl ICftieient Teivelier. I/ONG Cank Township, Xov. 21,1883. We, the undersigned patrons of the Hock spring school, did not Intend for our petition to Mr. Mcilwain to be published in the /'rent " w.fl,.,.. / mil Humor, aim we tuu m>i< mvuu ?v?w- , I ion on the Uaelior. \V. K. Mi'irlson, , -j J. A. stcven.vn, u W. K. lirtice. R. II. Cochran, 0. A. Holts, J..J. Dolts. [Tlio petition above referred to, war hnmlortto iis with the request to publish in l.lic I'rrvti tint llunncr. This Is all that \vc know ot the matter.?Kv. 1'. & I>.| . >?..3 - ' ~i ^