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MUCH OF INTEREST. All Sorld of Choice Bits of Plensnnt Intelligence. Di'e West, S. C., April 4, l?i>7. Kev. \V. L. Pressly assisted Dr. Sloan with his commiiniun. We'think the hndings of Ihc I'icss and Runner greatly improve the appearance of the paper. B. C. D. irets off a good one oil the feilow with the Van Buren collar. The pnsi? of J. F. Franklin as narrated in The Press and Banner. ABBEVILLE , S.C. Wednesday, April 6, 1887. The Cumberland Gap Railroad. There Ik a rumor to the effect that those towns ana townsmps mm voiru nllj o tax for tlie benefit of the Cumberland Gap road will now be required to raise money to complete the survey from Kastntoe Gap to whatever point may be selected In Kentucky as the terminus of the road. This survey to cost3!0,000. This, If true, will no doubt br gratifying intelligence to the friends of the rood, as well as to the generous voters who have contributed so liberally. There Is another report to the effect that President Bowen said at Troy that he had but littfe hope lor the success of the enterprise, or words to that effect. This, if true, is rather discouraging We know nothing of the truth of these reports, and vouch for none of It. It seems to us that taking of money from South Carolina to survey a rood In the mountains of Kentucky or North Carolina would be contrary to all previously conceived notions of expediency or propriety, and, therefore, we are inclined to the opinion that there must be some mistake about the report as to the issue of bonds by Troy, and the townships from there and along the line to Aiken. The "conditions" may save Abbeville and Due West from harm, but we do not 6ee how the towns ou the lower end of the line are to protect themselves in case It should be determined to compel the issue of their bonds.?Press and Banner. The above is from the Press and Banner of the 17th Inst., and was called to Col. Bowen's attention too late for it to be noticed in our last Issue. Col. Bowen requests us to Inform the Presi and Banner, and the public generally, that the rumors published by the Press and Ban ner. If there are such, are without even the semblance of truth?utterly without any foundation In lact. He thinks that the Press and Banner should at least have taken palne to see If the rumors were well founded, instead of showing its own faith in them, by seriously commenting upon the Injustice oi the aliened plans. Col. Bowen further says that the suoscnp tion of noue of the towns or townships l.< voted conditionally; bo the Press and Hannet - will be glad to know this, and cheerfully ln< -?-* ftjira any of its readers who may have beer been so misled by the "rumor."?Pickens Sen tinel. The P)-ess and Banner cheerfully gives Col onel Bowen the benefit of the above correc tlon of the rumor In reference to the contem plated Issue of the bonds voted to the Caro ? ' lina, Cumberland Gap and Chicago road. "Colonel Bowen further says that the sub "scrlptlon of none of the towns or townshipi "Is voted conditionally." Well, now, let us see. The official advertise ment of the County Commissioners orderin) the election for "subscription" or "no sub scriptlon" In Due West township to be hell on April 23,1885, contains these words: 1. "On the condition, that the bond to be le sued thereunder shall be deposited in the Cui olina Savings Bank of Charleston in trust; 2. "To be delivered to President of the Car olina, Cumberland Gap and Chicago Railway Company only upon a completed line througt wald township, being constructed In accord ance with the resolution of the Board of D1 rectors as adopted March 5,18S5, and entere< on the minutes, 3. "And on the further condition?to be ei pressed on the bonds to be issued by authority of the vote to be taken, that said bonds shal be null and void unless said railway shall, a( ter passing through the corporate limits c Due West, run thence along the general rout surveyed through the township in the dlre< tlon of Craytonvllle." ?I?.iio?mon( ho (ho cnrnn anthorlt1 , ;V 1UO BUTOI uooiuouk wj v>?v v ? , and for the same purpose, at Abbeville Cour ^ House, on May 29, 1385, contained thes - words: 1. "The said subscription to be made o condition that the said bonds be deposited l! some bank in trust and 2. "Not to be delivered to the President c the Carolina, Cumberland Gap and Chlcagi ^ Railway for the benefit of the Raid road ur til tbe said road shall be completed to tb town of Abbeville Court House, 8. "And oil the further condition, that th aid road be completed to Abbeville Cour House on or before the 1st Junuary, A. I 18SS, The people can of course make up their ow minds as to whether Abbeville and Due Wes voted their bonds "conditionally." It would be no trouble, however, to prov that the citizens of this village thought the; wore voting the bonds "conditionally," bi the PreM and Banner has, from the -first, an still believes, that it is at least a question i to whether the "conditions will save us harn less in case the Railway Company should d< mand the Issue of the bonds. Colonel Bowen may not know it, but think that he aud the Pickens Sentinel ma find, upon examination, a defect in the la which authorizes townships to vote the ta: It will in the humble judgment of this scrll require at least a Judicial decision toconstn the act, or else an amendatory act of tt Legislature to enforce tbe collection or a ia to pay the Interest on the township bonds. In those days It was less trouble to get tatnteon the books than it is at present. \V presume that not one man in a thousand i that time knew the act authorizing the ele< tlon for a tax was being put on the book but now It takes yards of petitions to In duce Legislature to pass an act authorlzin us to vote on the sale of whiskey. Reason in then from analogy, it will now bo cxcoedliif ly difficult to get the Legislature to euro i own mistakes as to the railroad. If the officers and friends of the rond ai true to their pledges and their promises, (an we have no doubt they will be.) the peop . have nothing to fear from the result of tbi election. Our obligation to Issue bonds 1 the road, expires, by its own limitation, c the first day of next January, and If the Ral way Company had all the money they wan ed, they cannot comply with tbe stipulate that It is to be "oompleted to Abbeville on ( before the 1st of Jauuary A. D. 1S8S." We know that neither Colonel Bowen n< the Pickens Sentinel would intentionally <3 the Press and Banner an injustico, and, ft tills reason, we presume that the Sentinel wi gl ve our reply to Colonel Bowen's denial th aame publicity that it gave to what the Fres dent of the road has said. A PLACE FOR SMALL CAPITALISTS. A South Carolina Man Grown Ei thuslastlc Over His State. Washington Post. J. Altheus Johnson, one of First Comptro ler Durham's lieutenant#, speaks with ei thuBlasm of the great possibilities open (c small capitalists in the ftouib, especially 1 bis own State of South Carolinia and in h own County of Abbeville. He regarded it a far superior even to the famous Uramplai HUM for sheep farming. "The South,' said he to a Post reporter, " fire-eminently the field for small capitalist t oilers opportunities for Investments on email scale tnat are not to be found in an other section of the country. The strihgenc of ihe times and the scarcity of money 1 that section make it so that very little read cash wljl acoompllsh a great deal, compari lively speaking. Indeed, owing to the gene: al poverty of her people, the South will t largely dependent for the proper develoi roent of her material resources upon the li flux of capital from other quarters. Thl however, will be Bure to come as her natun advantages come to be properly known." "How aro the facilities for transportation? was asked. "In Abbeville County, S. C., the county 1 whleh I was born, there is now every fncillt for railroad transportation?the Columbi and Greensville road cutting the county o anct & nivMrtn on/) I/nn?..lllA I. WWJI, auguoitt UilU l\uu.\yiuc UI1 in south and the Savannah Vally on the wes While tho Georgia, Carolina and Xorthert which has every prospect of speedy cornpli lion, will run through the heart of the cour ty from west to east. There are hundreds c acre* of land that at present can be bougt; at from 83 to $5 per acre. These lands are car able to indefinite Improvement for tiling purposes, being of the gneiss formation an possessed of a clay subsoil. Many of thei nave beeufying idle for a couple of decadt or more, having beeu abused by tho viciou system of cultivation that obtained in th South, and then thrown out to recuprrat and not since brought into cultivation. J would be a gcod investment to buy tlies lands at present prices and hold them : the are bound to appreciate in value. Shee could be grown to advantage on them wit but little cost; and, besides the mutton an the wool, there would be the enrieii ment of the soil that comes from sheep cu fjireasfrom 110 other Industry. But ana 1 fwp 1 the euchanced market value of tb land, /the sheep could of themselves be mad the soti,r.Q6 <>{ handsome profit. Origins woodland ana sptendld water-power abouu in the locality 01 wtj.?l) I speak, as in nearl every other part of the M^dpiopt section c the State." ' ' Have you seen the pretty figured and whiI jprlaeu for eurtalns at Smith & Son's. 9-1 - \ 4. - - '4 your last issue excited sympathy. Can there be 110 mistakeabout his trull;? ills cotninc up in person is hard to explain 011 tfie guilty theory. The election of a new town council occurred last Monday. We heartily and fully endorse the position of the Press and Banner on the temperance agitati n. Moreover we think its arguments and position a very fair one. I>r. O. 1'. Hawthorne drives a handsome pair of blacks to a nice new buggy; the outfit makes a good team. The Doctor make plenty to feed on. Mrs.C. O. Cohen of our town received a most appropriate birthday present. 11 was a dollar for every year of her life. Dr. J. J. Darlington, of Washington, D. C., sent the purse. He is certainly a noble and worthy son. Some of our correspondents missed the date of our missionary meeting. It occurs next Thursday instead of last Thursday. It is expected that Prof. J. I. McCain will deliver the next lecture In the Ersklnc course about the middle of April. How would it <lo to have an occasional lecture from tlio Female Faculty? Or an essay? We are glad to see our Legislaturemcn taking an Interest in tbe temperance discussion , in the county. Wedo think their action In the last Legislature lacked vim in this matter. However, we may not be able to appreciate all the obstacles in the way in the halls of legislation. Mr. J. P. Ilarkness leaves this week to take his position on the Philadelphia elub. We hope well for Jessie. The clothiers. Means <fc McGee of Anderson have their agent Mr. T. B. Mllford here selling ; a line of fine goods. The Quarterly meeting of the Associate Itefnrmpri Prpsbvteiinns took Dlace on last Sal nrday evening. It was very Interest in?. .Mr. R. C. Brownlee was called to the chair and | J. B. Bonner requested to act as secretary. A r committee of ten-live gentlemen and five ladies?were appointed to look after the grave yard and keep it more neatly. In order to ! make the meetings more interresting, by mo. tion It was resolved that at the next Quarterly meeting reports be rend from the different ' societies connected with tlic church. Also that Mr. H. M. Young read a paper 011 the subject: "How to make our church meetings more interesting." Rhv. Stewart of Greenville assisted Rev. . \V. F. Pearson with his communion. A drover stopped Sabbath night with Mr. John P. Calhoun with a number of good Dr. Grier filled the Associate Reformed Presbyterian pulpit Sabbath morning, and Dr. Lathan Sabbath evening. We had two excellent 3 sermons. The Young Men's Christian Assotlation held their monthly meeting Saturday night. Rev. Cochrane, J. B. Miller and Prof. Miller I made addresses. Great Interest was manifested. ( Of the pleasant things at the last congregational meeting was the presence of the ladies. We hope this may continue. r Our young men speak of getting the Abbe vllle Cornets to make the music at the Junior Exhibition. We were glad to see Mrs. McCaw and Mrs. ; Dr. Williams out last Sabbath evening. This ^ is their first time since they returned to Due 1 West. ~ j. It Is with pleasure that we learn of the sue3 cess of Mr. William Harkness in his Mississippi borne. He is now foreman of a printing office in his town and has charge of the paper l* in the absence of the editor. The Abbeville 1 boys seem to do well wherever they go. f. The new council as suggested to the voters if Monday Is as follows: Intendant, Mr. John A. e Devlin ; Wardens, Messrs. B. C. DnPre, J. 1). Brownlee. Mr. Hughes and Dr. Ellis. This scribe had a bad case of roseola last week or he would have sent the Press and Banner some dots. X. e KATE FOWLER'S PURLING RILL. n a Farmers, Preacher*, Trial Justice*!? lf Pretty Women, tiooil Eyes, Greeu a Fruit. Ninety-Six, April1887. Rev. J. K. Mendenhali preached two exeele lent sermons at the Baptist church in (his , place on last Sabbath. ? The furmers are preparing to plant largely ' of the Spanish pinder this year. It is a crop easily made and yields largely. Good for n hogs and milk cows. ;t Trial Justice T. L. Moore has sent Wiley Pitts to jail for refusing to pay poll tax. Miss Minnie McCants, of Lacrens, is visit'e ing her sister Mrs. A. McTurner. y Capt. Eel. Sullivan, of Greenville, was In .. town last Saturday on Railroad business. Mr. Tabor Hill and wife of Edgefield, word Shipped at the iiaptist church last Sunday, is A lettel from Col. L. M. Moore to his brother st itesthat the Atlantic, Greenville & Western Rillroad Is booming, ana mat Mr. jjoyu lies !- returned from Knoxville greatly eiieoura.e^ at the prospects of help from ilint city. They say they want Uio road and will subscribe lib ro erally. y Mr. M. O. McCaslan reads tlie Press cih w Banner and the iXews and Courier withoul eye-glasses. He is now in his7Sih year. "it is believed that not all the/rull has beer '? killed; the early corn, though, is all bit down ie A half-dozen colored applicants from Nine . ty-Six were before the Board of Examiners last week. We have not heard how they x came out. Mr. David Aiken has a fine young Hami'* tonian stallion, a son of the famous "Bis marck," at his plantation near Stony Point e Reports say he is a good oiie. We have noi at seen him. Messrs. C. T. Whitton and Noah Griffin o tnls place have established a wheelriglit anii 8. wagon shop at Laurens Court House. They i. are both good and reliable workmen, and thr Laurens people can rely upon them. s Wr. William Lomax, of Vcrdcry was in 0111 city last week. Tnere is a still a demand for mules In out country. EAST END. The Sacrifice of n Valuable I<lfc. ro yew'ocrry Observer. lt, On last Saturday about 12 o'clock a ( most terriDie and deeply to oe regretted . shooting scrape, took place between Col. ? John B. Jones and Col. George John1,1 stone, during the progress of an argull* nicnt in Trial Justice Henry II. Bleaso's t- court, in which tho lawyers represented >n opposite sides of tho question. jr All the lawyers had concluded their arguments when the shooting took place, >r except Jones. The conversation thai l0 seemed to be the immediate cause of the jr drawing of pistols, and tho shooting, as U near as wo have been able to gather it from those who were present, was about 10 as follows: Mr. Jones: "If tho Court ple-ase, counsel for tho defense ad mitt at this is a court of record." Mr. Johnstone: "No, if the Court please, we do not admit that, for the Statutes expressly say that it is not a court of record." Mr. Jones: "I was addressing my remarks to the Court." l- Mr. Johnstone: "And I wasaddress3" ing my remarks to the Court." ^ Sir. Jones: "Will the Court hoar my is argument?" s Mr. Blease: "Yos, proceed, Mr. Jones. 11 Don't interrupt him, Mr. Johnstone." I Mr. Jones: "Oh, he can't confuse me; s I don't notice anything that comes from u such a source." y Mr. Johnstone (rising): "If tho insoy lent puppy will repeat that, I'll slap his " face." At that Jones drew his pistol and began r- firing at Johnstone. Almost at the same ?e time Johnstone drew his pistol and began firing at Jones. After Johnstone had exhausted his first pistol ho drew a secli ond, but did not use it when ho found Jones had exhausted his ammunition. Some persons who witnessed the shooting say that Jones fired twice before y Johnstone fired at all; and others once, a All the firing was over in less than a n minute, and both parties had emptied e all the chambers of their pistols. Pour J' shots each were fired. Johnstone had a jl 38 calibre, and Jones a :i'J calibre pistol i- Johnstone was hit four times?in the >f right ear, the thigh, and twice in the loft lt arm?nono of the wounds being serious. ? Jones was shot once through the body, a the ball entering on tho left side just ben low the heart, and lodging lower down on tho opposite side. Johnstone is up p and about his business. Jones was ime mediately removed to Geo. J. Mower's r* r* fTi #>0 tcKnen Itn /lincl nKnilf h jt.a a'oIamI.' it' on .Saturday morning. ^ Hahtforu, Conn., March 30. ? The j Senate to-day by a vote of 20 to 3 passed ir tho ten-hour law for women and children J- already passed by tho House. It is tho same as the Mississippi law. e The Salvation Army proposes to comd mence wcrk this summer among the Ind dians in the Northwest of Canada. Some ^ of the best officers of the Army, of both sexes, have volunteered for this servico. 4-lbany, N. Y., March 31.?John Cod0 frey the poet, died here to day. BIG FIRE AT ABBEVILLE. THE BURNING OF JUDGE McGO WAN'S DWELLING HOUSE AND THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Some Facfd of a Soluble Occurrence " <i>" ?>r Use Totrii?The .lioHt I3?RUtiriil In (lie Plitce is I$pKtrnyoil. From Mr. W. T. Buck we loam tlic following particulars as to the discovery of the fire : At three o'clock while \V. T. Buck and Will C'olib, tinners and painters, in the employ of II. \V. I.awson <S Co., were at work painting am! repairing the roof of the tower of Judge MctJowan's house, Mr. Cobb noticed smoke coming through the shingles In a story below, but not under them, to which he called Mr. Buck's attention. Seeking to Investigate the cause, tlicy immediately slipped down the roof from where they were to the roof below, from which the smoke came. In raising the scuttle or trap door in the roof they saw that the building was on fire. Dense smoke and hot air came out of it when opened1 It being impossible to reach the tower from whence they came. Mr. Buck and Mr. Cobb Jumped down the scuttle through the Rtnoke, not knowing where they would land. They rushed down stairs and gave the alarm, the family being at dinner at the time. The tinners a>.d painters hail commenced that morning to paint the roof and to do whatever repairing was necessary. They carried their soldering furnace to solder leaks in the tin, and had finished that purtof the work by eleven o'clock, placing the furnace on the tower at that time, with very little fire in it, anil they had not used it since that time. They had been painting since eleven o'clock, and were together on tlie tower when the fire was discovered in a part of the hou*e in which they had not been, and which is immediately over the ironing room. fmm tiio f.ihip .Tndee MeOowan took several torpedo tire extinguishers and threw then) on the lire, but they wero useless to stop the fiames. At the same time the cry of Are hud been extended down street. In an extremely short time the tiou*e was so thoroughly enveloped in flames that it was considered dangerous to inter it. In the short time allowed every effort was mode to save the funlture, and much was brought out and deposited in the streets, and hack lot. Mr. Henet and family lived up stairs and lost everything, Includinga tine library and all his valuable manuscripts. He had in hie eare jewelry which had boen left with him for Sitfe-keepinK. Mrs. Henet lost her dla^ mond.s and other valuable jewelry. In about half an hour after the alarm oi fire the cornicing to the root of the Presbytert tin church took tire, and inertetuul effort* were made to extinguish It. Fifteen minute* later the tower blazed, and in a little whilt the whole tower was in a bright blaze, and every hope of saving the building was given up. Capt. L. W. White's house was now in dan rer and every effort was directed to saving li It was on lire and continued to burn foi half an hour before it was extinguished, dur inp: which time It had been emptied of all itf furniture. Mrs. White, who Is sick, was car rled to the house of Mr. George White. The roofs of houses belonging to the follow ing named persons were afire at some tlm< ilurin-r the burninc of Judge McGowan'i house find the Presbyterian church: Mrs. Lythgoe, Presbyterian parsonage, j; A. Smith, T. P. Quarles, The Methodist parsonage, ("apt. L. \V. White, Mrs. Jordan, The Catholic parsonage, Mrs. Allen, old Methodist Church, Miller's Hotel. Russell's stock shed, Marshall house stables, Small Rntledge house, The carriage shop, J. II. Simmons, ? 15. S. Barnwell's cottage. Six of these houses were on fire at one time but the tire was stopped in each instance be fore much damage was done. lirush piles, wood piles, fencing and gras pa'ches took.fire in many places. Everything was most favorable for th spread of the lire and the great wonder is that other houses were not burned. The pre vious wind and sunshine had dried everj thing, and the high wind which was prevail ing at the time of the tiro made the spread c the fire an easy matter, ond it was with th greatest difficulty that some of the house were saved. Thi^ is especially true in the cas ofCapt. White's house. The greatest effort were necessary to save it. The roof ol'the cabin on the Rutledge lo was much burnt. The old Methodist church at one time 6eem ed likely go. The Presbyterian parsonage was saved b; much effort. iirii, 1/J'ingoe ? cmiagc was mr ii mug uiu greatly exposed, but was saved. The* whole town turned out to this fire nml everybody worked with a will, and it i . owing to iheir efforts that much oilier prop , erly was not destroyed. , Judge McGowan's house was the flues I private residence in the up-country, and wa . llie pride of Abbeville. It was built by Co James 51. Fen in in 18-VJ and lSCU. Excluslv of the high gutliic roof mid still higher reucta I ing tower, but counting the basement, it wa [ four stories. The cost of its construction i not definitely known, though some say tha , it was thirty thousand or more, others plac its tost nt twen'y-tivc thousand dollars. I Tlic house was insured In the London an< s Liverpool and Globe company 87,500?thefui . niture,51,000. B. S. Barnwell, agent. The Presbyterian church was of brick, co\ . ered with tin. It was built in 1854, at a cost c . ?1.000?Dr. J. F. Livingston and David Lesi ly contraclors. Upon this building there wa ? no Insurance. The walls seemed yesterda evening to be uninjured. The congregatlo C is the richest In town, and they will build I new church. The Baptists and the Episcopalians hav , ottered to the Presbyterians the use of the! houses on Sunday afternoons and nights. Judge McGowan saved his vuluubio paper - his notes, bonds and moriglges. r Judge .McCJowan, and Mr. ami Mrs. Bene lodged witli Mr. W. C. McCiowan lust night. MANY HEW ROADS. The Opening* oT So Many Itoari Would Indicate that the Countr; lit no: Dead. , Okkick County Comm issioners, April 4.1 -S&7. The Hoard met to-day pursuant to order c last nice!inn, present Commissioners, Mattl ' son, LIIcs and Mann. The minutes of the last meeting rend an approved. Sundry claims were audited and approvec 1 W. I'. Anderson, of Cokesbury townshij 1 having made application to have Mund, , bound to him, On motion, ordered, that th petition be u ran ted upon condition that good and suflicient bond be filed in the Com ty Commissioners office by the said W. I Anderson. A petition sicned Many Citizens In Dlr mond Hill township pray 1112 for a public roai to beoni-uod from the Dry Hollow on the Mil lord's .Mill road to the public road leading t Lowndesvllle between P. C. Saber's and Ma: Helow's passim: through lands of Pleaxan Ferguson, John B. Ferguson, J. B. Hampton John S. Can 11 ntid P. C. Suber, was recelvei and ordered to he advertised. The road connccting the Island Ford Roai with the old Cam bridge Iload was also order o?l to be advertised. The road Iron) ttic Galloway Place to con nect with the Columbia and Greenville Ral Itoad near ttie Henry On la i>!ace was also 01 dercd to be advertised. The road leading from the Anderson Horn at or necr John Seawright's to connect will the Ward's Hridgc Hoau near Ward's Hridg was also ordered to be advertised. An account for damages was presentod b; James T. 1 task in, Jr. After statement inad 1 by the said Mask in, it was agreed by the par ties to submit the claim to an arbitrator, eael party to select one arbitrator and the two ti select an umpire in case of a disagrecmeni each party to abide by the decision of the ai j bitrators, I On motion resolved?That hereafter the reg pilar meetings of the Hoard will be held oi Tuesday after Sale Day, instead ot the Are Monday in each month. Commissioner Mattison was instructed t< advertise tlie building of a bridge near Sain ua Uiverat Maddox's mill. A letter was received Irom J. N. King, super visor of Ninety-six township, stating that hi I.ad opened a road from the corporate limit j of Ninely-Six on the line or tlie Greenville 1 Atlantic and Wcstei n railroad to the Edge : Held line. There being uo objections tin ! Hoard declared ihe same road a public road G. M. MATTISON, J. T. Paiucs, Chairman. Clerk. Kliori S'lirrowN a Waste. Many calculations have been made tr prove the waste of time consequent upoi short furrows. Under average circum sinners a pair of horses will plow an acn ! of trrass land in a dav of nine hours. Oi turnip land of the "same quality, rathei more than 0110 aero will be plowed in 5 day and on stubble land ono and on< quarter acres. A considerable differ once will, of course, bo found in tin work accomplished by different horses I and men, even on the same laivl. Will a furrow nine inches wide, exacth i eleven miles are traveled in plowing ai: j acre. A quarter of a day or inoro is genie rally used in turning at t)io headland, Time and labor are.saved by running tjie furrows the longest way of the field, ae tho number of turns is thereby diminished. "'w ? ' ' fB THE FORGERY CASE. The Preliminary Examination?The Judgment of the Court. The preliminary trial of J. F. Franklin, charged with attempting to pass a forged note on the National Bunk of Abbeville came off last Friday in Trial Justice Calhoun's office at Abbeville Court House. For reasons unknown to us, we were denied access to the official records in the case, and not knowing when the trial was to come off, the matter was nearly concluded before we wore aware that the examination was going on. Because of these reasons we can make no report of our own, but are dependent upon the kindness of our neighbor, the Abbeville Messenger, lor inn luuvwuig uvu? ui o?idonce as taken during i;he trial by the editor of that paper: Preliminary E):amlnatiun. A. 3. Wardlaw sworn : I am President of National Bank. I had a note purported to be signed by J. F. Widetnan, A. H. Kennedy and R. J. Robinson, presented me for discount, on the 24 or 25 February. Note in evidence. Person presenting this note represented himself to be the son of Mrs. J. C. Williams, the payee named in this note. 1 did not discount the note but told him it was irregular in form for bank discount, but I told him with the names signed to it I regarded it a perfectly good note and such as the bank would like to handle as collateral, and said I will see some of the Directors and if it meets their approval, will discount your mother's note of u thousand dollars with this note as collateral, endorsed by his mother. I told him that , his mother must come up and sign a i note for $1,000. Ho replied that his mother was going to Augusta in a few days and asked if I could not arrango so that she would not have to come to Abbeville. I replied that in view of th J fact of his mother being a lady, if r she would go to Troy and sign the note - in presence ot J. yi. JL>enay or ureorge | C. Bradley, whom I knew very well, I would discount the nole. I made out 1 a bank note for him. I have, to say that this uian calling himself M\ - Franklin is the party who presented the note to me and represented himself as . the son of Mrs. J. C. Williams. When ? ho caine I was very much supprised to see him with a noto for such an amount - against these three gentlemen and asked j him about it. He replied, in substance. that Capt. II. J. llobinson knew his mother had a considerable amount of money which she had put by for building a house and which she wouldn't need for sixty days or more; that Mr. A. B. Kennedy and Mr. J. F. Wideman needed a good deal of money in settling up the affairs of J. F. Wideman & Co. about that time, and that Capt. R. J. Robinson said that as he was borrowing the monev for these men. he would , sign the note with them, and said that the note in evidence was the one given !l for the money. He also said that his mother had 400 acres of land unencum8 bered. I drew up that note for $1,000 e with instructions to have signed in ' presence of Mr. Bradley or Mr. Dendy. I would express the money. On the i- evening's mail of the 1st of March they p were returned to tne. That afternoon s we discounted the $1,000 note and fixed ? up the express package. A letter from Mrs Williams ordered the money 1 to Augusta by express, and it was i- so done. The same day I mailed a letter to Mrs. Williams notiy fying her of the shipment. This e letter was returned as not called for. , On the 9th I received another letter reb: questing to have the money expressed back to Troy, which I had done through ,t Mr. Hammond. I saw the defendant 8 next in the bank after he was arrested e and recognized him as the person who presented tilt? notes. J? Cross-examined. t 1 lirst saw defendant in tne Dans. i e had been informed that he was the 1 party suspected before I saw him the r_ day of the arrest. His general apj. pearance and peculiarity of voice was >f what made mo recognize him as the *g party who presented the notes. There y was no scar or other mark about him ? by which T could identify him. A description given me in the mean time, e particularly of the hat he wore, corresponded exactly. I remember thit s he had very little beard and a small !t moustache. F. II. Wardlaw sworn : I am assistant to Mr. Barnwell in the bank. I saw the $1,300 note before; the day it was to be discounted. I saw the party who presented it. He was * unknown to me. I next saw him the y day he was arrested. I did not know the party was there before I saw him. He catne in with artother gentleman. I )f havo since learnod that Mr. Davis was l- the gentlc-man who accompanied him As soon as he came I recognized him ' as the party who had presented the > note. 1 did not tell Mr. Barnwell but I' i: I I..H | tnon y UIll ICll IttllltM LIJUL I ICV/V^III/itU VI?W lliuu c as the party who had presented the ? .$1,300 note. The defendant here is the . man. When I first saw him T did not know his name. I hadn't heard he was j there before I saw him. I- J. F. Wideman sworn : ? Handed witness $1,300 note. That t is not my genuine signature to that note, f I did not sign this note with Mr. Kennedy and Mr. Robinson. Pretty good * imitation of ray, signature. I do not know Mrs. Williams. I think I have - seen this writing before. It reminds ... me of Mr. Franklin,s writing, but would not swear it was his. I am familiar, to l! some extent, with Mr. Franklin's hande writing. There are some other parties whose writing I know that write like c this. Cross-examined. 0 J can't say what other persons' writ? irg this looks like. I can't swear that it is Mr. Franklin's. A. B. Kennedy sworn : J The signature to that note is not mine. It is a pretty good imitation of my sig? n tture. I do not know Mrs. Williams. R.J. Robinson sworn : That is not my signature. It is a very imporfect imitation. I do not know , Mrs. Jane C. Williams. 1 never lizard "e o' any such person. t. W. Joel Smith sworn : I was introduced to the defendant the day of his arrest as Mr. Franklin. 1 had seen him once before. I don't remember thn Iln was in inv store , wanting to buy corn. He said he was i from the neighborhood of Troy. Later on, the same day, T saw him talking to| 3 Major Waidlaw' and asked the latter ' who ho was. lie told me of the ar, rangemonts ho was trying to make to ? pet money from the bank. Later Major - Wordlaw asked me about the note and - I told him I thought it was perfectly 4 good. I am positive that the defendant , here is tho man. I talked with him 15 . or 20 minutes. Mr. C. p. Hammond sworn : I reside in Augusta. I am asxi.s'ant ' money clerk in Southern Express Coin] pany. A money package ti ny billed from Abbeville in March, marked to Mrs. \ \ Jane C. Williams, came to Augusta from the Abbeville National Bank. Reached Augusta 2d March. Amount, $974.15. We had it there several days when a party of two came in and asked tfas it there. The defendant there is the party who asked for the package, claiming to be the son of Mrs. Williams. I am under the impression that he said he had a letter, but I did not look at it. It was between the 5th and 8th and be10 ??/! O /%" v?l r\n\s in tl?Q iluv j iwueu xu mm * \J ix in mmj. ? declined to deliver the mone}'. We wore ordered to ship it back to Troy, which we did on the 12th. The agent from Abbeville here requestpd it done. Cross-examined. Another man was with him, having a red moustache and ruddy complexion, will weigh about 170 pounds. I think I would know him if I saw him again. I saw thom both from the bars of window, but saw Franklin distinctly, the other gentleman was some ten feet off. Geo C. Bradley sworn : The Geo. C. Bradley signature, as witness to that note, is not my signature. I first saw that note when the President of the bunk sent it to Mr. Dendy, the express agent of our town. Shown envelope directed to Major Wardlaw, and says he takes it to-be Mr. Franklin's writing. The body of the $1,300 note resembles Franklin's writing. J. F. White sworn : I was requested, on the morning of the 12th of March, to call at express office at Troy for package for Mrs. Williams. A party called me before day and said his name was Fuller. The moon was shinirg and I took the man to be Mr. Franklin. Ko said he had an order from Mrs. Williams for thy package. I replied that I had given out going to Troy. I know Mr. Franklin very well and thought it was him, but it was not his voice. On."the evening before I had seen Mr. Franklin and he told me he was expecting an express package at Troy, from the Abbeville Bank, and would be glad if I would get it for him. Myself and Mr. John Bracknell endorsed a note for him and I got the money from Mr. George Bradley. It was $94. The man who represented himself as Mr. Fuller was on horseback and offered mc one dollar to get it. Cross-examined. The conversation the evening before probably made mc think it was Mr. Franklin, and I thought I recognized the horse as Mr. Franklin's. I couldn't really tell whether it was a white man ? nani-n T> nrnc nnt Af r Franklin's VI ? w? AW If WW ?v? ? .... ... natural voice. I did not know whose voice it was. The attorneys having no argument to make, the Court announced that it would have to bind the prisoner over for appearance at the next term, and asked what the amount of tho bond should be. Mr. Parker asked that the bond be put for .$1,000. which was the amount of the money involved. Mr. Benct, for the defendant, thought the bond a^ked for was oppressive, and said that inasmuch as the defendant had evinced no desire to escape arrest, but had votuntarily given himself up, the bond should be made lighter and that if500 was heavy enough. Mr. Parker, in reply, stated that the prisoner himself had said he could give a $2,000 bond^ The bank had no desire to be oppressive. The Court: I think an $800 bond will bring him back and I will demand that. Keeping Poultry in Orchards. This is a matter that should be practiced when possible. Wo believe that if farmers and fruit raisers knew the benefits arising from such management they would at once adopt it. Last Fall we visited an orchard in which fowls were kept, the owner of which told us before the fowls were confined tho correspond mg amount 01 iruu was owaineu. out what a change was evident now! The grass was kept down, the woods killed, and the trees presented an appearance of thrift which the most enthusiastic horticulturist could but admire aud envy. The growth of .the trees was most vigorous and foliage most luxuriant. This excellence was accounted for by the proprietor who remarked that the "hens ate all the worms and curculio in their reach, even the canker worm." He found loss trouble with their roosting in the trees than he expected, and a picket fence six l'oet high kept them within bounds. His orchard was divided into three sections, and the fowls were changed from one to the other, as the condttion of the fowls or orchard section seemed to require it. Sonth Carolina Railroads. A ugusla Correspondent News and Courier. President Mitchell stated that the grading of sixty-three miles of the Georgia and Carolina Midland had been completed, and twenty-suvcn mill's of cross ties have been placed in position, roaay for track-laying, which, he says, "will be commenced as soon as tho weather becomes warm enough to get a good day's work out of the negroes." The grading will bo completed to Newberry in six weeks. Tho Port Royal and Western Carolina Railroad was formally organized here toda/ by the consolidation of the roads heretofore known as the Port Royal and Augusta, tho Augusta and Knoxvllle, Greenwood, Laurens and Spartanburg, Savannah Valley, and Greenville and Laurens. Gen. E. P. Alexander was elected president, Mr. Andrew Anderson, secretery, and Mr. Edward Mclntyre, treasurer. Who are J.lable to Pay Poll Tax. The Legislature, at its last session, in what is known as the general supply bill, changed the law in regard to those llabie to poll tax, by reducing the age from sixty-years to fifty. So that now only male citizens between the ages of twentv-one and fifty-years are deemed taxavt 1I_ tn I ijiu jiuiin. liicic <uc pv^oiuij n uuuiuui of citizens between fifty and sixty yenra of age who in making their tax returns this spring charged themselves with a poll tax, being ignorant of tlio change in the law. If thcro bo any such persons they ran yot bo relieved of tho same by notifying the county Auditor. ?? A IIIk TIiIuk for Cnpt. Ilaoul. A Savannah special to tho Au<;usta Chroniclf says that Kx-Prosidcnt ilaoul of tho Central Railroad has boon appointed President of tho Mexican National Railway, from Corpus Christi to tho City of Mexico, eight hundred miles of which are in operation, and tivn hundred miles of which aro to bo built. Tho company has a capital of seventy millions and is owned by English capitalists, ('apt.J Ilaoul wiil have his headquarters in Now! York. Ho will go to New York next week, and from there will leave for Mex-J ico to inspect the road. Tlio burning of u livery establishment I and eleven horses at Greensboro, N. C., | entailed a loss on the ownor, Ben bow, of, $5,COO. Gen. It. R. Hemphill has donated some valuable books towards getting up a pub-; lie library in Greenwood. Chicago was fifty years old March 14. It then had 4,000 inhabitants. It now has 700,000. The capital of the National Bank at Laurens is soon to bo increased to ?100,000, Mr. A. II. Mo wry has recoived the appointmentof postmaster at Charleston. J Whither are We Drifting. Laurens Advertiser. The Abbeville Press and, Banner of last week republishes a strong article from the Columbia ltegt3ter in defence of "Southern Civilization," and in a pointed editorial asks the question. "Are wo true to our past history?" All of this "Now South" talk is shown to be a reflection and a shame on the land we lovo. It is also shown that in many things we ?annS?>a/l *Ka J r??nrfloo r%F tho nr%i\_ Iin t U I CUV'I V CU UIU i UJ[/I vm v/? H?V v</M queror. This is emphatically true. The North is striving now more than over, not to cultivate the friendship of Southerners, but to obliterate the traditions and uproot that spirit which has given tone and character to the South, and which was bequeathed to us by a chivalrous anecstry. The civilized world has come to recognize South Carolina as the champion of woman's honor. From time immemorial tho highest plane has been woman's, and an insult to her meant a serious penalty. In no state is the sanctity of marriage more fully recognized ; we give woman tho right to own property, and make contracts concerning it; we give all rights that true women desire. But this mighty structure, this grand social fabric, which it was the pride of our l'ore-fathers to erect and which is viewed with envy by the world, is being shatered by innovations suggested by those who, by force of arms, failed to bhake it. Nenntor Brown on Free Passes. Seuator Brown, President of the Western and Atlantic railroad, says in regard to tho railroad pass question: ""The interstate commerce bill does not interfere with any road issuing a pass to any point within the state in which the rauroae is doing business. It does attempt to interfere with issuing passes from one State to another. As to what will he done about long distance passes I have not yet determined, but clearly I can issue passes over the Western and Atlantic railroad as far as the State line without any evasion of the interstate bill. I doubt if I can issue a pass from Atlanta to Chattanooga without in some way getting around the provisions of the bill." The Laurensville Herald says: The Georgia Pacific road, it is understood, has already provided a stamp on which free tickets are issued as far as the State line from Atlanta. From Birmingham they arc issued up to the Georgia line. It would seem that all that is necessary in future is for an editor or a legislator to get a pass for each State through which he desires to travel. A Woman's Objection to War. Tn f lip first nlar?A. T have verv little res pectforany country, whether it la my own or any other man's, which has n>t I the diplomacy or the dignity to settle its quarrels without going out like two gangs of street boys and fighting it out. In the second place, I fail to see the nobility cf half of the causes of war or the nobility of spirit that resents with a hired brother's .blood a fancied insult. I also fail to see the glory of decimating the male population of two countries, destroying the commerce, business and agriculture, to say nothing of destroying the national treasuries and taxing an overtaxed people unable to earn to the very last cent, simply to settle some little question of boundary, respect or allegiance.?Cor. Nero York Graphic. National banks in South Carolina are very prosperous. In one respect this State enjoys a distinction that only one other State can boast of, and that State is Delaware. There has never been a fail ure, or a suspension, from any cause, o any national bank organized in the State Since the organization of the nationa banking system, sixteen Banks hav been established, and they all are doin well to-day. The capital of these sixtee hanks amounts to ?1,779,100, to which ha been added a sumlus fund of 8S14.198.16 In addition to this they hold as undivid ed profits $585,506.29. Their outstandin circulation has been slightly reduce during the year, the amount thereof now being $$874,135. As the custodians of the people's money tney hold 83,699,164.47, and tbeia total liabilities are in the sum of 88,463,267.65. The committees of the Northern and Southern Presbyterian Churches, to make arrangements for the Centennial celebrafion in 1888, have decided that the celebrating shall take place on the fourth Thursday In May, 18S8, in Philadelphia. Commemorative services will be iield, and addresses delivered?half of the speakers to be from the Northern and half from the Southern branch of the Presbyterian church. A monument will soon be erected in Central Park, New York city, to the late Dr. J. Marion Sims, of this State. Dr. Sims was undoubtedly the most distinguished surgeon that this country has j j a *, ever pruuuceu, auu it is ngui/ auu piu^ci that his name should be perpetuated by a national monument, the only one over erected to a surgeon in the United States. The President lias appointed the following Inter-State Commerce Commissioners: Thomas M. Cooley, of Michigan, for a term of six years; William It. Morrison, of Illinois, live years; Augustus Schoonmaker, of New York, four years; Aldaoe F. Walker, of Vermont, three years; Walter L. Bragg, of Alabama, two years. Dr. KovalefTski, a very wise Russian doctor, tells frightful stories of the number of lunatics in his country. There is room for only 10,000 in tho asylums, and there they are brutally treated. About 90,000 roam about at largo without any care. They are to be met on all the country roads, and they avenge ill-usage by maiming littlo children. Laurens, S. C? March 31.?A meeting of citizens was held to-day with the view to esterblishing a cotton factory at this place. Resolutions were adopted to commenco with a capital of not less than $200,000 nor more than ?500,000. A committee of fifty men was appointed throughout the County to solicit subscriptions, as was also a committee of four to get up a charter. The almost universal prevalence 01 111funt baptism among Oriental Christians isstrikingly illustrated by the fact thnt in January last there occurred in the Church at Killis, Central Turkey, the tirst baptism of an adult that ever took place in the church, though used by a largo congregation for twenty-five year9. In October 188.% tho Hoard of Agriculture appropriated $I,SOO for tho purpose of testing tho culture of tobacco in South Carolina. A premium of ?100. was ottered for best results. The award has been recently niado by Mr. Kdward M. l'ace, of Danville, Ya. The successful farmer was F. M. Rogers, Jr., Florence, Darlington County. It is proposed to build a memorial hall at Weslevan KemnleCollege, Macon, CJa., to Dr. ijorick Pierce and his son the Hishop. The building is to be used as an industrial school, where girls may I learn all the modern arts, such as bookkeeping, telegraphy, stenography, modeling in clay, etc. I Tho Mt. Zion Colleiro at Winnsboro i has two hundred scholars enrolled. i Within the last year ?10,(100 have been 1 spent on tho school and the citizens are congratulating themselves that it bids fair to equal their Mt. Zion Collogo of years ago. Tho measles are raging pretty generally . U? .......ti.. ?f ij L111 uujjiivui juuau vi nit; uuuiiuua VII Georgia. President Cloveland has appointed Mr James L. Ilantia, postmaster at Oakland California. Tlio Pacific Methodist says "It is said that the President on liciujr told that ho was a member of the M. E. I Church, replied : 'That is nothingagainst him.' We should think not." Queen Victoria has reigned fifty years, J during which time England has been engaged in fourteen foreign wars. A tire at tlio Chautauqua assembly grounds destroyed eighty buildings, including several hoarding houses, among them the Aekert and Park house and the Ailing houses. The total loss will probably exceed 81,000,000. ? FALLACIOUS HO?E. '-? :M \o Remedy Yet Found for SaflTeriof Consumptives. Philadelphia, Pa., March 31.?This week's Mcdicctl News, to be issued'tomorrow, will slate that recent articles, * ~? extensively published throughout the country, annonncing the euro at Philadelphia Hospital of a number of patients suffering with consumption, through treatment by infections of carbonic acid gas and sulphuretted hydrogen, greatly exaggerated the success of the treatment. The treatment, it says, was first introduced by Burgeon, of Lyons. In an editorial article on the subject, the Neivs says: ,/ "Very many of the statements which have been spread over the country are absolutely false. So far as we know, .? there have been no cases cured?certainly not at Philadelphia Hospital?and even those of Burgeon's patients who were most benefited continued to have slight expectoration containing baccilli. The results at Philadelphia Hospital, in a limited number of serious colds whioh have been under treatment, have been *!?? ..A/ln/.^Art s\f ffti'fln ??r*/1 DWflQn fhfl til U I UUllV/llUii VI iVVCl atiu o TT wuva| vuv lessening of expectoration ani an increase of weight. These are gains to be thankful for, and encourage us to hope that wo may have a remedial measure of some value, but further than this nothing can bo said. Phthisis, as we usually meet it, is not an acute disease, and an experience of seven weeks is far too f short a time in which to from judgment of the permanent beneficial effects of the treatment. It will take a year or two at least to thoroughly test its value, and 1 meanwhile it is sad to think that so many poor victims of this direful disease will suffer also the dolirium of a false hope, aroused by premature and unreliable statements which, unfortunately, have been given wide currency." The total loss of the sealing steamer Eagle is reported at St. John's, N. B. The report is confirmed by the discovery of wreckage consisting of deck ladders, forecastle .deck, ect., bearing the steamer's name. Lives lo3t placed at two hundred and fifty. A new two-story dwelling owned by Capt. R. S. De8portes, and occupied by Dr. F. D. Kendall, Sumter, street (this city) was burned March 31, between 1 and 2 a-m. Also a small brick dwelling ijuau HUtbU Wi 1/1 . xvguumi a* vy A large warehouse in Spartanburg was destroyed by fire on the night of March 30. Guano "and machinery were stored there?the first, valued at ?900, half lost; the second, valued at 31,750, a total loss. The issue of standard silver dollars from the mints during the week ending- ' > March 12 was 3447,252. The shipments of fractional silver coin since March 1, amounts to 8133,838. Major Charles H. Blackburn, a wellknown criminal lawyer of Cincinnati, noted for his eloquence and power over jurymen, has become as an evangelist. Pernicious egotism is another man's desire to tell you about himself, when 1 you wish the floor tell hira about yourself.? San Francisco A It a. . lie who shall introduce into public 4 affairs the principles of primitive Christianity will revolutionize the world.? Benjamin Franklin. ' ; In Spartanburg March 31, the dwelling of Col. H. H. Thompson was burned. It was used as a boarding house by Mrs. George Bomer. RELIGIOUS DISSIPATION. Mrs. Smith Neglects Her Household Duties to Play Decoy Dock for Sinners. Jnstnt this time many Atlanta people are guilty of wliat can only be fairly described as religious dissipation. The following circumstances can be testllled by scores of men in this city. I shall name the players In this domestic drama "Smith," not with auy intention of making conspicuous any member of this ponr but honest family, but simply in an effort to make the narrative as impersonal as possible. ' '<52 The play opens at the breakfast table withi Smith surrounded by Mrs. Smith and thelittle Smiths. Mr. Smith?"Aramlnta, 1 think the baby is: golug to be sick if yod don't see that tho nurse keeps him in the house to-day." Mrs. Smith?"Yes, Augustus. Doyouknow, dear, that was the lovliest talk Dr. Blanlc gave us last night that I ever heard?" Mr. Smith?"If there is any dependence tot be put In your statements, I ought to know It, for I've heard nothing cl*e," and Mr. Smith heaves a sigh and leaves for his ofllce. About ten o'clock ho meets an old friend! whom he invites home to dinner witn mm, and like all good husbands he sends be sends word to Mrs. Smith what he has done. The messenger returns with the information tbat his wife is at morning services. He crumples up his little note beginning, "Darling Araminta," and crams it Into his trousers pocket with a pathetic resignation. Two hours later he needs a paper which he , has gotten Araminta to lock to up in her private escritoire, and being unwilling to trust it to a messenger he goes home for it himself. He finds the baby sitting in the piazza bare- _ j headed, with the bleak wind cutting the tears from its eyes, and the nurse entertaining her young man in the kitchen. Mr. Smith picks up the baby, and goes in to remonstrate with Araminta. Mrs. Smith has not returned from church, however, and escapes. She also has the key of her escrltolrc safely wllh her, and Smith being unable to get the paper he wanted loses an opportunity to make a good trade, which he might have consummated If he could havegotton it. He tells the cook that he wants a good dinner for his friend, Mr. Jones, who will be home with him at two o'clock, and then adds, "but, of course, you can't get anything an Mrs. Smith has the keys to the storeroom and pantry with her." "No, sir, she haint. She done leave 'em wid me when she gone out." Smith s grocery bill having been unusually large of lute, he liail just naa a new complicated lock put 011 the storeroom door, and suggested to Araminta the propriety of keeping the key herself and Riving out the raoala to the cook In person. And now, in less than three days, he comes home to find the cook In charge of the new key. Smith is too polite to swear, but there ia just a perceptible slam as the front door closes. behind him. At diDner Mrs. Smith smiles winsomely on Mr. Jones, who is too polite to notice that tho Irish potatoes are not done, aud that there ia no salt on the roast beef. Mr. Smith?"Araminta, I havn't seen Ton* luf.nv <ince were at school together, and I wanted him to come with menud meet you." Mrs. Smith?"Yes, I'm glad you did; been to any of our meetings. Mr. Jones? We had a perfectly .'ovely talk from Dr. Hawthorne this morning. Mr. Joues?"I've only been in the city a few hours. Who is Dr. Blank? Are you attending clinics?" Smith rubs his feet together under the tablo with keenest satisfaction at this innocent query, and sympathizes with Jones when Mrs. Smith realizes tlut she has a new sub- . f ' * hftrfiftlf nff to JCCl IO worn uu, ?uu o\|uu.v? , give poor Jones what Smith has been suffering for a week past. In the afternoon Smith hurries through his work, and hiring a carriage he and Jones go around to get Mrs. Smith to drive over the city together. Conscious that he is doing the nice thing and already seeing Araminta'* look of pleased surprise, he rushes In to And she has gone to the four o'clock meeting. Heand Jones continue their ride alone with ardour somewhat dampened, but .Smith Insists on his going home to lea with him and spending a quiet evening at home afterward, when he will really get an opportunity to see what a nice little woman Aramlnta Is at home. They get homo only to tlnd that Aramlnta has hurried up supper so as to get around to the 7.30 o'clock, air. sinun pn?tests, but Mr. Jones feels obliged to side wltli Mr. Smith, and they eat a mtiacholy meal an Mrs. smith expatiates upon the eloquence of Mr. Hlank, whom they are going; to hear. That night after one of the little Smiths haa got ton over nn attack of crout), and the baby's fever somewhat gone down, Mr. Smith says: "Araminta you've been a good member of the ehurehfor ten years. I havn't noticed any recent influx of sin Into your life that roquirrs this constant attendance upon church meetings to counterbalance it." Mrs. Smith?"Oh no, it ain't that Augustus, but then you know it's my duty to be thcro, and let my devotion and constancy attract others who are not members." Sir. Smith?"Don't you think you have homo. If vou had been hero to keep the children near the flee, and saved them from being slek to-night, and had been here to see that dinner was all right for my friend, and to have given mo tbat paper I when 1 wanted it, nnd to have kept charge of 11he storeroom keys, and really fulfilled your duties it would have been better than being nwa.v fr>>m home all day and alt Ingup in theamen corner to play decoy duck forsinners nnd liavo brother?, pat you on the back nnd Kay what a help to him your presence is in the meeting. There are a crr-at many Smiths In Atlanta who can testify to the justness of tbts fancy sketch. The spring time is coming gentle Ann!?. Prepare to visit her by tilting yourself u;> in a suit of Wanainakers clothes. J. C. Miller, Agent. 1-3' . - - v>