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r * The Press and Banner. ABBEVILLE, S. C. Wednesday, March 23, 1887. Are We True to Oar Past History? We copy into these columns nil editorial from the Columbia Register, which, vro think, describes the situation as It was In the South before the war. The great fortunes which members of the ruling class possessed favoi* ed the highest culture and the most perfect refinement. A minority of rich and cultured people gave tone, character and reputation to the whole. Their high and chivalrous spirit was emulated by all who Bought social position or desired the respect of their follows. t'-? This high spirit would brook no Insult to wife, sister or mother, and the offence was always promptly and severely punished under the duelling code, or by other and more I rash acts. Such a thing as a suit In court for damages against the assailant of female honor was unheard of in the South. In South Carolina this high regard for woman established so unalterably the sanctity of marj , riage that the Legislature of the State refused to grant divorce under even the most aggravating circumstances. And tbe woman's honor was go carefully euarded, that thp least acknowledgment or recognition of her as wife made her In fact a legal wife. The State lor years before the war annually appropriated 825,000 for the education of such children as were unable to pay tuition fees. So proud and so spirited were the people of South Carolina that this sum was never or seldom exhausted. Except in a few of the mountain counties there was almost no illiterate citizens In the State? the per cent, ol Illiteracy in South Carolina being then less than it was in any other State in tbe Union. Even though future generations may not aspire to those virtues aud excellencies which will yet be immortalized in story and song, yet the true South Carolinian will ever revere and honor the traditions and nistory 01 tne glorious characteristics of a chivalrous ancestry. The question with us is, and should be, are we of to-day true to the principles and honor for which our fathers were distinguished? Have we, like the Covenanter, who suffered expatriation and confiscation of property before yielding to the demands of the Church of England, been true to the traditions of a former age? Are we the worthy sons of worthy sires? Have we been true as steel to those principles which were Instilled into us in our childhood, or have we been truant to our best history, and proved only clay In the hands of the potter? Have we, like many other conquered people, not received the impress of the conqueror, and deserted the highest principles of our forefather*, and dishonored the best teachings of our mothers? If this is not so, whence comes this ingratitude to the needy Confederate soldier which denies him a pension ? If this is not so, and we have not renounced our allegiance to the *- ? 1 -1?.. Usvn + l-t nuuur uuu luuio nuu Kiurjr ui uisiuut. oumu Carolina, whence comes this truAllng?this disgusting hypocrisy?of our State government In the confiscation of the property ol Confederate widows that negroes may be ed~ ucatedT If we have not gone back on our former charaoter, whence comes this cry for a divorce law, and the enactment of a marriage llceuse law ? In the olden times no spot of ground on the face of all the earth afforded so great a protection to woman as Soutb Carolina but it seems that the Impress of the conquer' or has been made upon a large minority Of our people, and there is to-day a clamor for a divorce law, and a demand for a marriage license law. If we have not received the Impress of the conqueror, why should the duelling code be abolished, and ex 1st only in the history of a people whose crest was the highest of any of whom we have any record in the world's history? i It we hare not received the impress of the 1 conqueror, how Is it that injured woman now comes Into the court seeking money damages? In the olden days would not her father have avensed the wrong? If we have not received the Impress of the , conqueror, why have we in South Carolina a ( public systom which forcw every decent cltl- ! zeu to Assume the position of a pauper. In or- ' derto make pauperism respectable In our i schools? Has not the enemy, with the camp fellower, j the renegade, and the negro accomplished, . what he could not accomplish with a. million j gleaming bayonets? An Innumerable host of soldiers with arms ; in their hands, failed to cause us to forfeit or | to renounoe our manhood. This grieved a wioked foe, and seeing our spirit was yet un- ] broken?three years afUr we had laid down t our arms?conceived the idea of sending the < carpet bagger, and the negro constabulary. ( Have not the carpet bagger, and the negro * constables, together wl th negro bal lots, caused ( the Confederate soldier to renounce those j high and self-respecting principles which dls- | tingulsbed him In the past? IttpnnldBMmlnnii that ha has done so. I There are in all parts of South Caroll na, good men who now clamor for the confiscation of the Confederate soldiers' proporty for the education of negroes, while their own comrades In arm* receive no regard at all at their hands. The newspapers and politicians may Justly talk of a New South. Be It to our shame, there Is a New South. In the years before the war the North was Jealous of the culture, refinement and chlvalary of the South. As we, since the war, lower our crest and imitate our con* querers, they rejoice, and proclaim again and again, that there is a New South, and in so far as we have copied their manners, their customs, their principles, their contempt for? Ingratitude to?Confederate soldiers, ana copied their hypocritical love for the negro, they may truly proclaim the fact that there is a New South. And it is to our shame that it Is a so. Will any Confederate soldier, who is not a lost to every sense of patrlotlam, manhood, a and respectability, say thai he prefers to tax t bis comrades la arms that little negroes may ti be educated, while needy Confederate soldiers, their widows and orphans are without 11 pensions? Is It true that any Confederate ? soldier has so far forgotten the Instincts of j oommon humanity, as to love little negroes 0 more than he Joes his comrades In arms, ], his own men and brethren? Would not such y an avowal disgust even every decent negro o In South Carolina? Since the ReQislcr hat so correctly described the situation before the war, we trust that paper may be willing to Join a crusade / against the innovations since the war. Let us then throw off the false principles which the conqueror has impressed upon us and S engrafted upon our Government. Let us b strive for the restoration and maintenance of those principles and those characteristics ? which distinguished our fathers, and which gave to South Carolina the proudest page in 0 history. d We learn that the County Teachers Asso- b elation, of Newberry will meet at Prosperity ai on April 2. We see nothing of anything e< about the pay of Teachers. This seems most extraordinary. We think the past meetings of the Countv Associations havo not bt>pn derelict in thla particular. m i ! w The United States Supremo Court has just decided that a State cannot place ajra tax on drummers from other State; that; e< this power is vested in Congress, which 1 alone has power te regulate interstate commerce. This decision will materially reduce the revenues of a large num ber of States. ^ The Mauna Loa volcano in the Sand- & wich Islands is in eruption, ar.d a stream pj of lava flowed several miles to the sea in tij two days. The Barnwell Sentinel 1b thirty-five years old. ' re -k ..V^ .v-wSfcnsrs - ' SOUTHERN CIVILIZATION. THE MAN OF THE OLD SOUTH WAS DIRECT OF PURPOSE, BRAVE, GENEROUS, JUST. Food for Thought, and which Should I.eiul us to Ask Ourselves if w< nro True to the Tradition!) of th< Old South. (Columbia Register.) We presume our Yankee brethren would cull what we denominate Southern civilization Southern barbarism. Well, wc won't quarrel with our Northern brethren about it, but we call it Southern civilization, nevertheless. The Rcgjstn pluSrnc to )io nn nvnnnr-nt. nt" this: pivili7.il tion?not a ku klux civilization, not .1 ballot box stuffling civilization, and very surely not a New South civilization, but the Old Soutli civilization, with all its faults and all its virtues. And just this civilization, with all its belongings, was not unknown abroad any more than it was unknown at the North. De Israeli, in his Endytnion, we think, showed that ho was fully alive to the true characteristics of the gentleman ol the old South as par excellence the pattern of true manhood on this continent. A friend of a British gentleman of the first water proposes to introduce to him an American Colonel. The Briton declines the honor, but the friend remarks: "You mistake mo; the gentleman I would introduce to you is a Southern gentleman." "Ah," says tho Briton, "that is a different matter. It gives me great pleasure to make the acquaintance." This touches the very marrow of the question. Such men of the Old South were not honey-mouthed adulators of any body. They were the last men in the world to defer to British arrogance. They stood upon equal terms with every man, or no terms at all. Anglomaniaism was unknown at tho South. British merchants who did business here understood this thing well and took care not to trespass 011 tho amour propse of the soumern pjanier any more man muv would on that of "My Lord" in tbeir old home. The man of tho Old South was direct of purpose, brave, generous, iust. He was the furthermost man in tho world from being a snob. "Cits," who affected his company might be, he could not be and preserve his own self-respect. An honest man to him was a worthy man, whatever his birth or calling. A proud self-respect commanded this at his hands, whatever tho social associations of tho two men might bo. There was nature in this Southern gentleman, and he was too proud a man to forego it. Besides this he could not forget as a rule that his ancestry came out of a class of hard working, able, active men, just like those who were, building up their own fortunes around him and growing up their families to the highest estate of Southern civilizatton. Ah, it was a truly proud and gallant race of men, who had nothing in common with the New South adulators, who eat dirt before Yankee magnates, and drink the wine of the upstarts to the ignominious denial of their own sires' high manhood. We have no patience, no fellowship with all this. We have no confidence in it and neither has any Northern man who is a man. The truth is, the social status of a people is by far the bigger part of them. Law may be very well, but we may as well look to a court house for our tone as to expect a people to bo set to rights or reformed by Jogisiative enactments. That law that has not society behind it is as vacant a thing as a religion without a living faith, or salt that has lost its savor. Societ}' is the State. It is immortal. It is omnipresent and, as near as any earthly thing can be, it is omniscient. It proceeds to its ends, however you make the laws. It asks no man any odds, nor can any law live with out its consent. Southern civilization has always recognized this fact. It is a wonder to many people, both at the North and the South, that Southern men submitted themselves so long to the cruel domination that was exorcised over them by the mongrel crew who so Ion# had their sway here, so far as legislation was concerned. But the Southern man knew that he held the social control; and as long as that was the caso he knew that there was a day of reckoning with the miscreants. The gabblers of the North talked ot the social ostracism of the South. They knew not of what they talked. It was the key-note >f the situation. The man who betrayed Southern society, then surrendered the atronng hold, and society rightly turned upon him as a dastardly traitor. Yea, society tvas right. Since the recovery of iffairs into its own hands Southern societp has forgiven many men who trembled in the balances, or even were found wanting during the rule of the stranger. It has wisely seen fit to forget a great deal, j tt can afford to do it now. It could not ;hen. We are entering now upon another era. [t is none the less beset with dangers and iemptations. Northern men see, and see jlearly that the South cannot bo driven, lannot be brow-beaten and humbled so is to lose its self respect. The idea is now to take us up on a high nountain and show us the kingdoms ofi ,he world. Wearo to be told : "All this! sower will I give thee, and tho glory of hem, for that is delivered unto ine, and ;o whomsoever I will, I give it." Mow shall we answer this temptation. It will ae our season of sore temptation doubtess. Can we stand it as a people? Are we uanly enough and true enough to answer is our good Lord did to the great temper: "Get thee behind me Satan." Shall j * ? confess a "New South" theory, in | which we shall confess ourselves regeu- j )rated by Yankee masters and New South apostles? Shall our Randolphs,] >ur Calhouns, our Troups, our Quitnans, and such men go whilst theGradys | ind Cables confess for us a gospel of a ' STow South and a new earth ? Shall southern civilization pass away or shall ve stand by our grand old sires and their nanly, couragous, simple civilization; tanking no ill of any man, nor fearing he machinations ol any man, so as to nove them an iota from what was good nd true and simple-minded, and jlist I nd above reproach. Ah, these new | postles will have to strike out the terriorial records of the past before their new eachings can find acceptance. The South need not disown herself, teed not eat dirt, need not forego her wn civilization to be what she will be? no powerful to be over borne and troden under foot; too proud to bo unjust to ther sections of the Union. Yes, we ave come to stay, but to stay as equals, ,-itli all our faults and all our virtues on ur heads. The Free Schools. Vom the Preientment of the Laurens County Grand Jury. We would suggest to the County chool Commissioner the necessity of a , etter and more perfect organization of i ae free school system. The irregularity I, f taking in and turning out is observa-j! le at most of our public schools, and in \ j ame instances the greatest effort made j ] n tho nn ft r>F tnnr?lior? tn If i11 Hum Hiifl 1 1 raw their pay. j Free schools with us may bo a blessing, i ut doubts exist concerning their value, ud if any great benefit has been deriy3, it is slow in its development. Don't Plow till the Noil In Fit. It will be well for the farmer who ould like to bo in advance with his jring work to put in tho plow at every .vorablo opportunity. Every acre plow-1 i thus early is good progress made and | > much done toward keeping oil'too luch press of work by and by, when a | :oro or more of other things shall deland attention. But do not turn a fur>w unless the soil will crumble after the [ low. If it smears like mortar it is not i good condition to work at. Lands lowed in such a state will sometimes be le worse for it for a dozen years. James Cothran, Jr., of MeCormick, has signed the office of Trial Justice. ' :,v.. ? _ s *i ?I???IB????? Are All Tliliigs Kcndy? Tlio winter months are over and gone. , Wintry weather, of course, will'linger ' for a time. Doubtless wo shall yet have I some sharp northwesters, mayhap, some snow storms, some frozen ground and icicles, despite tho ground hog's deter! mination to break up camp and begin his l i journey. But the sun is mounting high> J'er and "higher every day in the heavens > to shine upon the earth with more direct and quickening rays, and very soon all traces of the "ruler of the inverted year" , will have vanished from around us. , Fine spring weather will bo with us soon, j bringing .nil its gladdening sights* and , sounds to cheer us and to renew our . | hopes and aspirations, and to stimulate to . i great efforts to make their realization pos. sible. , Farmers, are all things ready that you may take duo advantage of the golden , opportunities at hand? Are the wagons . and carts in good condition for hauling? i Are the plows in order with new, sharp ; points and shares to start into the frostloosoned fields? Are the harrow toeth sharpened ? Has the harness been overhauled and oiled ? Have the compost , heaps, the sure banks you are ero long to draw upon, boon looked over and made line for use? And the various seeds you will need?aro they all ready lor casting in at the appointed times? A timely start, and the right kind of a . start, and tho battle is half won. System, method and perseverance to keep i tho work well begun all the time in advance will accomplish tho rest. ( Vtmniv1 PIwc JL UU lVUIIjj< JL | I I'your foresight and management were ' good at the beginning of winter, yon ; ought by this time to have young pigs in the pen." Of course, you had due regard to choico of breeds and other important ' conditions; and now, for the race to 1 make big, profitable hogs. Let them < have comfortable quarters. Shield them j from the cold March winds and provido dry beds. Feed the mothers rich slops : of'milk and bran, with occasionally corn ( unground. Cut for them greon rye and clover when in season. At eight or ten 1 weeks old wean the pigs and feed liber- | ally of fattening foods in variety. Hur- i ry them up. Keep them growing, so as i to get them to market on into the pork tub before Christmas. Then they ought to average ot least a pound a day from the time of farrowing. Cold weather , does not promote the layin? on of fat. ( Once the idea prevailed among farmers , generally, that this spring's pigs should be summered and wintered, and summered again, and butchered the next ( fall. Farmers, nowadays, are coming to < find out that such a course involved a great deal of unnecessary breeding as I well as labor. Store pigs, as they were j | called, have had their day. I m i r , The kind of Pumpkins for Feeding. j If j'ou have determined to grow pumpkins this season for your dairy, let no I one inveigle you with the recommenda- l tion to plant "the "mammoth varieties," l weighing from one hundred to one hun- | dred and fifty pounds. These are not the j kinds you want. They will make long rambling vines, and now and then n good-sized pumpkin. Plant the "common lield pumpkins" and no others. Leave the new l'angled sorts for the 1 a m ate u r gro w e rs. Pumpkins for Cows. I A farmer writes from Fairfax coun- i ty, Ya : "To-day, February 10th, fed the < last of my crop of two hundred pump- , kins to my buttor cows. They have . been a valuable supplement to the other ! feeding materials. I believe they improved the quantity and increased the ' quality of the butter. The cows certain- ' ly relished them. I shall plant largely of them the coming season." < | 9Iainc Ahelishcs Capital Punishment. Augusta, Me., March 15.?The repeal [of the capital punishment law is ef: fected, and imprisonment for 1Kb is sub- t stitnted for death in all cases of murder y in the first degree. Such convicts, how- 1 ever, are to bo kept in close confinement, ] away from all associations, and no par- < doning power is left to Governor and counsel, unless the convict is proved inj noecnt. ^ | Should be a 'Warning to Evil-Doers. Barnwell Sentinel. ^ It is said that when tho convicts arrived at Blaekville last week to go to work on the railroad any number of colored people, anxious to learn something of I penitentiary life, flocked around the cars ^ to see them, and that it was the opinion i of many that they would rather die than to submit to such indignities as are invited by crime. People must not com- i mit crime?no crime no indignities. ^ m ' m a (lueHtions for Teachers. (Newberry Observer.) j We respectfully suggest to the County Teachers' Association that at its next ^ meeting, or some convenient meeting thereafter, it discuss these questions: 1st. How long should a school term be? f 2nd. Would it not be better for the v school board to first fix the school term, a and then fix the salaries accordingly ? a One-half million tompcranoo tracts in 0 the Gortnim and Scandinavian languages c liaro just boon published by the Nat'l c Foreign Department of W. C. 'JT. U. 0 They have also Tracts in the Polish, Holland, Italian, Bohemian and Spanish languages, and it is hoped that every church and Temperance Society will send for some at once for distribution. A sain- ~ pie package will bo sent for 10 cents and!,, 1000 pages for one dollar. Address all , orders to Xat'l Dept. of Foreign Work. Lock Box &J7, Minneapolis, Minn. " II IMaut early peas in light loam. The ^ extra early kinds do not amount to Sj much. A few early potatoes may bo put in. Early Itoso aiid Beauty of Hebron are good kinds if thoy can be got pure. " Finish trimming the grape vines, make 11 the soil all around them mellow with the S! hoe, but do not injure the roots, and if w you would have the large luscious n bunches of fruit next summer and au tumn, fcrtilizo well wit'i compost or nne A] barn-yard scrapings and ground bohe. I] On tlio warm days occurring now and b then among the cold and disagreeable T ones if it be necessary for the laborer in c' his out-door work to tako oflF his coat, let si him not forget to put it on just as soon as his work is done. The precaution will save him a cold, or rheumatic pains. Neglect in tho matter has been fatal to many a man. Beware of cooling olf too . suddenly. 9* The Aiken Record, which is an or ran of the extreme prohibition seutiment'of 111 the State, editorially declares that the a0 temperanoo women of tho .South should UC leave tho Woman's Christian Temper- of unce Union in the face of its declaration in for woman suffrage and do their work in of the Sons of Temperrnce or Good Temp- Sll lar organizations. A rooster 011 tho place of Mrs. Z. M. w Smith in lied Oak toll into a well and re- ft, tnaincd there for sixteen days before it was discovered and taken out. Tho bird is a regular Dr. Tanner ana is now sum- , ting about in good health, and crows as 01 lustily as if lie had nover oxpericueed so us long a fast.?Jiarnwcll Sentinel. te [tgivOim pleasure to announco that ** he condition of our venerablo Book s'| Agent, Dr. J. B. McFoarin, has decidedly of . hanged for tho better, during the last oc few days, llis convalescence, though bl iccessarily slow, may now bo confidently lii expected. He is enjoying great spiritual )eace. An anarchist is a would be gentleman of >f leisure that wants money, but don't ve vant to work for it. A proselyter is a w< iiunberer in tho vineyard who" wants TJ onverts, but either does not know how gr >r is too lazy to work for them?in other to vords, he is a convert thiof? The High- lit my. i It Is thought that the fruit has been killed 1 . ?f". '' y * "What Others Say. r fl (D)\ Chalmers.) s The only populurity worth aspiring c after is a peaceful popularity?the pop- t ularity of the hearr?the popularity s that is won in the hosom of families, and at the side of death-beds. There r is another, a high, and a far-sounding * popularity, which is, indeed, a most c worthless article, felt by all who have " it most to be greatly more oppressive g than gratifying?a popularity of state, and pressure, and animal heat, and a iiilmln trilia nf Arl-iav d tnw\rnnnoa H'liioh ? it brings around the person of it?i un- F fortunate victim?a popularity which e rifles home of its sweets, and, by ele- , vating a man above his fellows, places him in a region of desolation, where g the intimacies of human fellowship s are unfell, and where he stands a con- t spicuous mark for the shafts of malice, r and envy, and detraction?a popularity which, with its head among thorns, a and its feet on the treacherous quick- e sands has nothing to lull the agonies 0 of its .tottering existence but the hosannahs of a driveling generation. ii [Popular Scicncc Monthly.'] Our own opinion is that education is 3 no part of the functions of the State, and that it would be better, therefore, j to leave it in the hands of the family, t; even though the result were to show, 'i in the course of a few years, a larger . proportion than now of that kind of illiteracy which consists in not being able to read or write. We have k nown n illiterates of that kind who could a "give points" to people who could both ii read and write in the matter of common sense and general information. Ci The question is too wide a one for dis- & eussion in these columns, but we de- p sire here to record our conviction that when "power and discretion" m the matter of the education of children are gl taken away from the family and lodg- si ed with the Government, the rights 01 and duties of the family are seriiously invaded, and that no ^ood can come of t< it in the long run. [Christian Union.] Nkarer Than You Think.?You may be nearer to Christ than you think. Those men who went stum- 0 Ming along the road to Enimaus, 6I weeping and mourning that their Uhrist was gone, poured into his very a car the tale of their bereavement. j< They told him of their trouble, that p they had lost their Christ?and there lie was talking with thenj. Iu the f< midst of their deep grief there was ? their victory, and they did not know it. There is many a man in einbar- j, rassmeut, overwhelmed with care, a who does not know what to do. It is c the pressure of God's hand upon him d for the purpose of betterment. It is 3od present in affairs; Christ near to y liiin for the sake of winning him to g< hiuiself. 11 .[Boston Advertiser.] f If a general agreement could he entered into by enlightened nations of the modern world to turn their cannon _ into sewer-pipes and their torpedoes in- J to glycerine soap, it would be a hu- si mane and economical conversion. A reserve of powder and shot might be ir stored up with which to enlighten Af- cj *i ? li iiuc% auu auypicas UIIUIUJIJ . uui a j? general disarming might surely be effected with benefit to the world. Such i disarming must come to pass volun- :arily or be enforced some day. For, :lie spending of national subsistence )u war machinery is in truth a folly ind a sin. r Anonymous. | I Submit and Commit.?I read in a * "rieud's book not long ago an extract ivhich commenced as follows: "The onger I live the more profoundly am n [ convicted that the all-in-all of Chris- b* ianily may be summed up in two tr .vords?'submit and commit.' " Tru- it ;r words have seldom passed from hu- |( nan pen ; and this is the great lesson 0| hat. grace, by her gentle discipline, eaches, and that the will of man ha9 o loam. Submit?cease first from thy rebel I i>us self-assertion, and next from tl)3r >roud efforts tocorrcct and amend thyelf; and then commit?cast thyself utc the hands of omnipotent Jove. Fifty thousand tons of soot were tacen from the London chimneys last ear. .us vaiue as a ierunzer was sei it $204,000. At the recent municipal election in Joston 878 women voted. Mr. James W. Tradowill, Columbia, lied, March 17, 1SS7. Look alter the healthy condition of tho aying hens. See that their houseo are requently cleaned out, well sprinkled nth carbolic acid and thorouglily fumi;atcd with sulphur, if you would guard gainst cholera and other diseases. He- "T ide you will need every pound of tho ' crapings to mix with that compo.it bank w f "heavy artillery'' for the prospective ye rops of soiling corn. Carbolic acid J osts about thirty cents a quart and llour f f sulphur about ten cents a pound. ; TJie London Methodist Times declares pi hat there is an "ominous lack of local {"? ireachers" In tho Wesleyan Connection. J" t says there are 10,000 pulpits, and only ,,,, 5,(JJ0 local preachers. This, it declares, be is far below the proportion of other pe ays. The stream that feeds both our 'ic nniot... 1 ...,l..itu iw f"I J (IIIU UUl UU.1<IW V?. J- | >g up. That is the darkest spot in the u, lethodist horizon, and everybody ess tiould lace it at once." as TLio press and people uf Newfound- thi ind are discussing the benefits of an- 101 exation to the United States, and it is tin lid if it were submitted to the people it scl ould be carried by a three-fourths lajority. I About 4 o'clock Wednesday morning, of [arch 16, a tire broke out in Leggett's [otel at L,anrinburg, N. C., and the 0f uilding and contents weie destroyed, pli he inmates barely escaped in their night ?.P' otiies. Loss estimated at ?10,000; inmmce at half that sum. e0l p A11 Excellent Whitewash. _ Take a half bushel of unslack lime, ABl ack it with boiling water, keeping it tvijred to retain the heat; strain irough a course wire strainer; dis- a lve a peck of clean salt in water; 1 Id the liquid only, boil three pounds | ground rice to a thin paste: stir this , boiling hot; dissolve a half pound ; clear glue by soaking it well and J spending it in a small vessel inside M another vessel containing boiling M 111 ?r? . oilrl tliiis \'niv Dill) fnlU* l)f >'e gallons of hot water to the mixre; stir it well; set it aside for four ^ five days, carefully covering to ex- | ude dustand dirt. When ready for ie, heat; if too thick, add boiling war. It will not be apt to be too thin, win should be applied hot. Different ades may be sccured bv the addition Spanish brown, hunpbluck, yellow lire, Venetian red, etc.; anything > it green, which will not work with Jjf] ne. Industrial greatness is not a question \\ hours ; it is the growth of years. In- $.1.01 stments will not turn fortunes in ajfrle Jek ; they must have time to mature.|soi ie South is all right, but it owes its} owth to the people who work, and not (jo'i those who spend their time in talk.? full ilthnore American. 3"on The trade in guano lias been brisk. M * il (ss Jemmie Zkiolkh is at home. Ja The boy or girl who is a regular news-1 >aper reader will grow up in intelligence, ind will use good language both in peaking and writing, even with a limitid education. It is news, science, literaure, grammar, history, geography and polling combined. It may bo interesting to many of our eacters to know that the limited ot ago or entering tho freo schools has been hanged from 16 to 18 years. This will idmit many that have been prohibited lerctoforo from attending tho public chool. Tlie Rev. J. W. Wolling and wife, inisionaries to Brazil, will sail from Newtort News March 19. A farewell rneetng has been arranged by the presiding lder of Norfol k District, Virginia Conerence. William Paxton, of Lancaster county, !. (J., a veteran of the Mexican war, dopairing of receiving a pension, com mi ted suicide by hanging himself to a tree lear his house. Hev. J. B. Hamilton, a supernumerry member of the Tennessee Confernce, died at his residence in Nashville m Monday morning, March 14. The new Methodist church at Greer's s soon to be raised. It will bo forty by ixty feet in size. Bethany Presbyterian Sunday school, ho largest in Philadelphia, has 2,o!(i cholars. Mr. J. C. Hunt of Laurens village, and jliss Estelle Griffin, formerly Mrs. Linicum, were married at Waterloo last "hursday. Amcrtca In Roiiim] to Shine. The attention ef the public Is called to the lerits of the Univcrsal-Metal-Putz-Painade! n article recently introduced lor the pollshlgof metals, from the finest gold and silver ) the roughest brass, copper or tin, as polish, ; is a wonder worker, and It is bound to beam e the la vorite with everyone that has acusion to polish metals. Call and get a sarnie tree. P. 13. Speed. ? Guaranteed. Highland's Healing Horse Powder cures ore back horses. Guaranteed In every intance. Money cheerfully refunded If the are is not elfected. P. B. Speed. 2-9 Try tne great electric remedy, electric bitjrs, It possltlvely cures all diseases of the tomacbe. liver and kidneys, billiousness, eneral debility, fever and ague and bloou lsorders, price only 50c sold by P. B. Speed. 2-1C Try the great female regulator, uterina. It ; superior to Bradford* preparation. Sold nly 6y P. B. Speed. 2-16 Herbine, for dyspepsia and constipation, a are cure. Sold ouly by P. B. Speed. 2-10 Highland's lightning healing powder, guarnteed to cure scratches, Quitter, cracked ttt)ck8, and all sores that a noi se may be liable ) have, or money cheerfully refunded by '. B. Speed. 216 Woolford's sanitary lotion will cure all jrmsof contagious Itch, mange, and scratohs In 30 minute, only 50c a bottle. Sold only y P. B. Speed. 2-16 Two fine vnrtetiesi of field seed corn?one itroduced by Colonel Mosby of Mississippi, nd the other by J. O. Sanders of Sumter, S. .?for sale by E. A. Teinpleton d'Co. Most any article, likely to be wanted, in the rug line can be found at P. B. Speed. 2-16 A new lot of'-Electric razors" Just open, If ou want an easy comfortable shave and a ood razor that will last you try the "Elec lc." \V. Joel Smith & Son. 3-16 Factory yarn; in all numberB, at W. Joel : Sou's. 3-9 Teacher's Examination. pHE teachers of the public free schools of I Abbeville county uhd those who are derious to teach, will meet the examining oard on Friduy, first day of April at AbbeilleC. H., ten o'clock A.M. Teachers hold)g diplomas can present them, andcertlfiueswili be issued?only one day of examiatlon?teachers will bring paper, pen aud >k. E. COWAN, Chairman Board Ex. APPORTIONMENT OF THE 'DBLIC SCHOOL FUND FOR 1887. *HE following is the amount of money, of hfi Public School Fund, to be disbursed y the Boards of Trustees of the School Dlsicts of Abbeville county for the year 1887. , Is expected and required that the School rustees will give each school Its share of the jhool Fund regardless of the time of the jcn)ng of the school. District No. 1 8 1,150 00 District No. 2 1,500 00 District No. 3 1,415 00 District No. 4 980 00 District No. 5 1,150 00 District No. 6 SCO 00 District No. 7 1,OIK) 00 District No. ft 800 00 District No. 9 1,100 00 District No. 10 740 00 District No. 11 1,550 00 District No. 12. 800 00 District No. 13 805 00 District No. 14 850 00 District No. 15 1,050 00 District No. 10 1.250 00 Total 817,000 00 E. COWAN, School Commissioner A. C. ? Feb. 17,1SS7, 4t c The Public Schools. Office of School Commissioner, a J i.tjt., o. i^., ruu. /, loai. < HE County Hoard of Examiners, together with the concurrence of the County hool Trustees, have decided that the monthpay of teachers shall be for the present ar as follows : First Grade?Twenty Dollars. Second Grade?Fifteen Dollars. rhlrd Grade?Ten Dollars. I'hat the minimum average number of puis per month that shall entitle a teacher to II pay in county schools will be flfteei* (15), the incorporated towns and villages twen(20) pupils. In the event where theaveraec imber of pupils of lawful nge falls low the minimum, the Trustees will pay a r capita share of the monthly pay. The du;s of the School Trustees being so fully set th in the School Law, (a copy of which will furnished to every Trustee on demand at o School Commissioner's office) It is unnec<ary to make any suggestions ns to the manementand rules of the Public Schools, more an refer them to the lollowlnc Sections of 3School Law. viz: Sections 1010, 1011,1012, 9 and Section l.page 23,(An Act to limit 3 ages of persons attending the free public r lools); and to enjoin upon them the ini- F rtance of the faithful execution of this por- 1 n of the school law. laving now assumed the responsible duties tlie ollice of School Commissioner and the at work of educating the masses, I respectlynsk the assistance of tlio various Boards r School Trustees of the county in aeconi- I siting this object, and also their hearty co- ,|t, [ ration in dispensing the school fund judi- fr( usly and profitably, so as to reach every m pll entitled to it wiLhin the limits of the ?f inty. K. COWAN, vv School Commissioner A. C. i.. 'eb. 10,1SS7,4t Jv{ W : your rotatlor for the Oricinal $3 Sho?. \v Beware of Imitations. y. u Hr<Aniilnniiiiloflki lion rl n tr t h 1 a Mf n m *1 flUUWWVUIIIuv-.i.va "*?* ' UIJ 0 JA3W1ES LEANS' IF-^5! S3 SHOE. " &' f ^W'MadelnHuctoa.CongTcss&Lacfl. pi \ > nS ?icaf Caif Skin. Unoxcelled In ilc Kj V' /* "A Dura'.i Com fort and Ap- cm B! \ \ SsV peurustec. A postal card sent cn 2? V-?* to iss will bring you lnformam \.v tlon how to pot tills Shoo ? 1 \\ _> 'iyKloanvSratcdr Territory. F! 41 IJncnln St., ? k listen, Sloes. n. %&:.; " ?^r^9rnmim% ft lis shoe stands higher In the estimation of Pi irers thai! nny ether In the world. Thousands or ?wear It will tell you thercaioa U you oak them. ] THE S lMES MEANS $3 SHOE, I K have the exclusive sale In Abbeville of ^ the justly celebrated "JAMES MEANS ) SHOE," ami take pleasure in letting our nils niul the public know where they can r tlie best shoe for ?3.00. This shoe has a t" illation as broad us this continent itself. JL ou will try u pair in LACE BUTTON or sTGHESS, you will nsrec with us that It is I ] value for the money. Buy them once and ll will have no other. All sizes and several tns cs always in stock. cu: \V. JOEL SMITH & fSON. po< in. 19,1887, If in H . /. . , . There's Only One. "Wliom have I in heaven but thee? and tliere is none upon earth that I desire beside thee."?Psulms lxxiil: 25. There's only One on whose dear arm We safely lay our thoughts to rest, There's only One who knows the depth Of sorrow in each stricken breast. There's only One whoso pity falls _I?lke dew upon the wounded heart; 'i Here's oniy une wno never surs, Though enemy anil friend depart. There's only One. when none are by, To wipe away the tailing tear; There's only One to heal the wound, And stuy the weak one's timid fear. There's only One who understands And enters Into all we feel; There's only One who views each spring, And each perplexing wheel In wheel. There's only One who can support. And who sufficient grace can give To bear up under every grief. And spotless In this world to live. . 0 blessed Jesus, Friend of friends! Come hide us 'neatii thy sheltering arm; And while amid this evil world. Keep us from all its guilt and harm. Thr.u art the One, the only One, For whom no love too warm can flow; Thou art the One, the only One, In whom there's perfect rest below. ^ ^ I Wish. Said the first little chicken, With a queer little squirm, "Oh, I wish I could find A fat little worm." Said the next little chicken, With an odd little shrug, ' I wish I could find A fat little bug." Said the third little chicken, With a sharp little squeal, "Oh, 1 wish I could find Some nice yellow meal." Said the fourth little chicken, With a 3inall sigh of grief, "I wihh I could find A green little leaf." Snid the fifth little chicken, With a faint little moan, "Oh, I wish I could find A wee gravel stone." "Now see here," said the mother, From the green garden patch, "If you want any breakfast. You Just come and scraton." Life lessons. "Art thou growing weary hearted With the strife that will not cease? Dost thou think thy soul hath parted, For all time, with joy and peace? "Think not thlp. Though toils environ. Others have the same withstood; 'Tis by constant blows that iron Grows more powerful for good. 'P.vppv troo In fill lor frill tort For the wound of prunlng-shears; Every tree is firmer rooted, P'or the tempests of the years. "If the fire that burns thee sorely Be Indeed a fiery cross, It refines thee, slowly, surely, Cleansing all the gold of arose." i i i This Space is Reserved for P. ROSENBERG & CO. Look out for their advertisement next Week. i i i i i i Illi 411111.! CONGAREE llllll WORKS, i Ccmmbia. S. C. Agent for ( CHAPMAN'S i 'ERPETUAL EWPORATOfi MIESE WORKS WERE ESTADLLSAED In [ L 1947 by Messrs. Geo. Sinclair and James An rson and purchased by me in the year I860, and ^ >m that time till now curried on successfully bv ' yself. Mv frieiulB and customers will bear witness the large and stupendous.lobs executed by ine. It ?s at iny works where the largest and almost only b of its class ever executed in this city was done z.: the making of the pipes for the City Water oiks in the year 1S5S. My stock of patterns for ARCHITECTURAL 1 ORK, COLUMNS for Store fronts, is large Bnd xious,and in RAILINGS for lialconieB, Gardens, d Cemeteries I have the largest variety and most ^ odern patterns; many of these are patented and I 1 it. t..* ?Ma ~ ,ve purvilttocu HIP * ?w. V...V, In the machine line I can furnish my patrons with TEAM ENGINES and 1SOILERS of any size and sciiptlon, My CIRCULAR SAW MILLS lmve rrled off theprizeat ov?-ry State Fair held in this " y, and in their construction I have taken pains to t tnbine simplicity with the most useful modern im- J oveuients, and may flatter myself that my CICCUUi SAW MILLS find favor with every sawyer who t derstands his business. ? The many orders I am steadily receiving for SUVR CANE MILLS prove that the public appreciate ? i> mills of tny make, and so it is with my GEA1!- ? G for HORSE POWERS. GIN WHEELS, GRIST JJ ILLS and other MACHINERY. [ have the manufacturing rights nf many PATJfS such as castings for COTTON AND HAY t ESSES, 1IAWLEY CORN SIIELLEIt and three four FEED CUTTEUS and other implements. [ will be pleased to send niy circulars to any appliit, together with price list or estimate. My prices -w i moderate, and I assure the public that tliey are I1 rer even than those of Northern manufacturer.*, and it tny work will compare favorably with that ef any III ler maker. Addri-ss John Alexander, Josoakee Iron Works, Columbia, S. C. ^ iARBER SHOP, i 0 I ICHARl) GAXTT, is now prepared to do all work in his department in the best h inner and at reasonable charges. Monthly ^ itomers shaving, hair cutting and sham- 1 nine SI per month, ltasors honed and put i ... n.l?? ?Vv,. or.ouitta oo..h IUV U?IVUMUHIVM ?v* v"v ? . . . : '. ===== * Mill Dress Goods, i 7 AND iimiii v - > SPRING AND SUMMER NOYELties in all Departments. DRESS GOODS. CASHMERE. ARMUN, SEBASTOPOL, DkBEIGE SUITING, ALBATROSS and in fact the finest assortment of DRESS FABRICS I have ever shown in all the NEW SHADES. HELIOTROPE, BOIS DeROIS, BOIS DeJUDEE, BEIGE, Ac. BLACK AND COLORED SILK. All the new shades in Summer Silks, with Trimming to match. WASH GOODS. , COSTUME DeBENPELL'S IN CREAM and BLUE STRIPE with plane to match. ROULE GINGHAMS in different shades and stripes. BATISTE in STRIPE and FIGURES. BATISTE in BLACK PLAIDS and Pink Stripes. This is a beautiful goods for Ladies and Children. DeORGANDIES in PLAID STRIPES, in PINK, BLUE, BCRUE, HELIOTROPE, LAWNS & MUSLINS. WHITE GOODS. ' PLAID DeORGANDIES, STRIPE CRINKLES. Yoa mast see this i goods to appreciate it. PLAID NAINSOOK, STRIPE BATISTE. WHITE LAWNS from 5c. to 40c. per yard. Whito Batiste, Mull in Pink, Blue, Charles X, Ecrue, Cream and White. EMBROIDERY. PINK, BLUE and ECRUE FLOUNcing?40 inches wide?with narrow . Embroidery to match., White and Ecrue Flouncing with beautiful Colored Figurcs. Cream Silk Flouncing, 36 inches wide. Black Silk Flouncing, 36 inches wide, with all over to match. Cream and White Egyptian Flouncing, Egyptian and Mull all over for Sleeves, ?fec. ' ' Laces & Mull Embroideries. r I HAVE a complete line in this class of goods, which you will appreciate when you see them. RUFFLITSTGS. -w- ir-n 4 -XT T ?i.:n LiU IU BU,y JL U?ll t Ut> UCUt UU bUld line of goods in any large city. I have all the new colors in Mousse, Heliotrope, Beige, &c., also White and Cream from 5c. to 70c. per yard. LADIES, MISSES & BOYS COLLARS. ? IN WHITE, BLACK AND WHITE Colored Stripe, and Colored Figures. i'wo and three Button Cbemesettes. MILLINERY, : */. I HAVE a large stock of HATS of the NEWEST SHAPES and SHADES. RIBBONS in GAUGE PECALT EDGE ind PLANE in all tbe new shades. Heliotrope, Antique, Mandarine, Boise DeJudee, Charles X, Mousse, Flaxine, and * number of other new shades which I iiavn't space to mention. . ? Flowers & Gauze Trimming MY stock of FLOWERS, GAUZES, RIBBONS, ORNAMENTS AND HATS was selected by one of the best posted Milliners in tbe city of Baltimore, in<l will qhv tn t.lm trnflfl. that I can sbow sne of the^bcst selected stocks of MILLINERY and DRESS GOODS that was jver in the up-country. Shoes and Slippers. LADIES PEB. GOAT BUTTON, PEB. GOAT POLISH, KID BUTTON, <ID POLISH. KID OPERA SLIPPERS, KID JUDIC TIES, Missos and Children's Kid Peb. and Bronze Shoes in button and Laco, also a full stock Misses )pera Slij)pers. jADIES & MISSES HANDKERCHIEFS COLORED BORDERED, BLACK and WHITE BORDERED. HEMSTITCHED in WHITE and COLORED, L.ACE and SILK HANDKERCHIEFS. GLOVES AND MITTS. BLACK and COLORED KIDS, Black and Colored Silk, White, Black and Colored Lisle Thread, Black and Colored !ilk Mitts, White and Cream Silk Mitts, rVhite and Creaui Silk Gloves. Mourning Dress Goods. rTENETIAN CLOTII, ARM UN, SEV BESTOPOL, ALBATROSS, Nunseiling and Cashmeres. DRESS TRIMMING. ^TRIPED AND PLAID SILK VEL3 vets, Plaid and Stripo Silks, Cord (raids in all the new shades to match >ress Goods. larch 30,1887?April 1,1887 OPENING k/TY OPENING will oominenceon tho A 30th MARCII aiul will continue ntil APRIL tho 1st. I wish every one to bo present and sea r themselves. I expect to surprise tho lblic in the IJJSAUTX ana unjiin-ESS of inj'line of MILLINERY and RESS GOODS this season. Miss MARIE BARCHLEY and Miss LLA BELL will take great pleasure in lowing you ail the NOVELTIES. Respectfully, Nm. E. BELL. < -i : _ -