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The Press and Banner. ABBEVILLE, S.C. Wednesday, June 22,1887. twr MISSION OF THE PRESS. The Xnrne of Domestic Purity mul the Guardian of Public Virtue? The Handmaid of KeliKiou ami the Bulwark of liberty ? The Great Educator at the Fireside, the Market Place and the Forum. PREMIUMS TO BE AWARDED : 925 for the Best Essay or Story; 815 for the Second Best Essay or Story. The essays or stories tending to show? 1. The value of a properly conducted press as a teacher and exemplar. 2. The moral obligation resting upon parents to furnish proper newspapers to their households. 3. Convincingargumeuts that money spent for newspapers Is worth more to the general welfare of the family than any equal sum of money spent for any other purpose. 4. Besides the above, any other thoughts or suggestions which may go to Impress the people with the fact that the newspaper Is scarcely less important to the family and the yonth of the country than the school teacher and the pulpit orator. The undersigned desiring to give Increased Interest to the columns of the Press arul Ban. ner, proposes to award the above named premiums to the best and second best essay or story, upon the subject indicated. Awards will be made by a committee of three disinterested gentlemen. The essays or stories to be handed in by the first of September next, the writers giving assumed names, and beeping back their true names and places of residences until the awards have been made. This is to insure perfect impartiality in giving awards. The committee will have the right to withhold the premiums, if in their judgment the essays or stories foil to merit the prizes offered. All essays or stories submitted to be thel property of the Press and Banner. Address PRESS AND BANNER, Abbeville, S. C.. Death May Lurk In Yonr Well. We have to print the unwelcome news that tpphold fever already exists in Abbeville, and we would again warn our people against filthy wells. Mr. Frank DuPre son of Mr. J. F. C. DuPre, is now lying seriously sick oi this tearful disease, and every good citizen of the town should give the town authorities his active and hearty co-operation in uniting with them to prevent the spread of so dangerous a disease. All lots should be scrupulously clcaned, and all Improper or sickness-producing material should be removed to a place of safety from barm to any human being. It is^well-establlshed fact that typhoid fever Is the result of poison to the system, which poison may reach our vitals by means of the air which we breathe, or through the water which we drink. The Doctors tell us that medicines which are administered to the stomach in liquid form are much more thoroughly and mucb more readily absorbed and distributed throughout the system than if taken otherwise. This being true it is but reason and common sense to attribute much of our sicknesa to the impurities which may exist, even In the most sparkling water. fjiMhowoHop tlnn In fhlnlr. nnd he Will not be surprised that our water Is often pol. soned, but he will be surprised that any pure water Is ever obtained from our wells. It is a fact that a well will drain the surface of the earth for a distance three times as great as its depth. A place where clothes are washed and where the water is discharged has euoush of the disease-producing element in it to kill all thej>eople of a town, and when the earth oe ?comes saturated with it, and the water is filtered through such a mass of corruption, is there any wonder that there are case* of typhoid fever? Is it not more of wonder that any sane man will establish a wnsh-place for clothes in his back yard? See that the milk cow gets no impuie water She should be furnished no water which we would object to drinking. The earth around a well should be kept scrupulously clean. The depth of the well makes it a sink hole into which every Impurity naturally and certainly gravitates. Every stable, cow house, chicken house, and garden bouse, should be placed at the greatest possible distance from the well. If barrel of kerosine oil sunk Into the earth, and by it absorbed, will contaminate the ground for a quarter of mile, what will such fllthy places as we first mentioned not do ? In connection with this we would mention ? tv\whlnh Ic h v r%f thn nt frtiit lnn nt' every citizen, and which deserves the oflicinl notice of the town authorities. It is this that no sinks should be allowed In the rear oi any garden house, or elsuwhere, for th<; recei?tion of poison. If we contaminate corrupt, and poison the earth, how are we to expect to draw from It pure health-giving water ? We trust the town authorities may set the example, and have the water drawn from our public wells, and then we nope that every good citizen may draw tho water from his own well. Mr. Frank DuPre to-day is sick of fever. The chances are ten to one that he was poisoned by well-water. Of course nobody will admit that he has established a washplacc or built a horse-stabl&over his well, but the fact remains that one of our best young men has been poisoned and the probability, or almost certainty, exists that he got that poison out of somebody's well. A Word about Beer. We presume that there are at least a few persons who know that the editor of the Press and Banner does not drink Intoxicating liquors, and others again may know that wo are straight-out for Prohibition. Our position then being known, we would say something of beer. While we know knothing whatever experimentally of the beverage, yet what we have seen on the subject, from what we deem good authority, we think it a drink above all others, which should be avoidedThe newspapers have stated that beer-drink, ers in the cities have the appearance of extreme good health, but if epidemics break out, the beer-drinkers are notably the greatest sufferers. There is, webelleye, only about four per cent of the intoxicating quality lu beer and this four per cent contains all the valuable qualities of the drink. We say this, that we believe if any man wants a stimulant be should go to a reliable uetwcr uuu ouy goou corn or rye wui?&ey, uuu we further believe that no man should drink beer under any circumstances. It is extreme ly expensive when the amount of stimulant is considered, and any Idea that beer is food 1b not to be considered by any man of ordinary intelligence. Ten cents worth of corn w hiskey will bring more of the genulno good ol d drunk than two dollars worth of beer? and the beer has no earthly good in It except the "drunk" that may be In it. Three Murder Trials. " Three men, charged with murder, were tried in Hampton last week. One negro sentenced to be hanged, ano ther negro sentenced ten years in the penltentlar. The usual ver. diet in the case of white men charged with murder was rendered in the case of the third man. A young lady at Waterloo was bitten a few week a ago on the finger by a rat. The finger became painful, a doctor was called, when It wu deemed ocessary to amputate the finger. The Grand Jury "Present*' the KnCourt. There lias been of lute much la the newspapers In criticism of the Supreme Court for its utter nml absolute disregard of the law and the Constitution in reference to ihe rights of married women to make contracts, and many lawyers have remarked on the monstrosity, which by courtesy is denominated judgment, in tlie Hush case, but the hardest tliinjr yet said of that tribunal for trampling our laws under foot, comes from our grand jury, which presentment we publish this week. When the Supreme Court of the State presumes to set aside our laws, and when it assumes to put strange and unheard-of mean* tngstothe simplest words in the English language, it is the duty of our grand juries to speak out. The Abbeville grand Jury have spoken for the people, and we believe they represent nine-tenths of the peoplo iu their pic.Ciitment of the Supreme Court. Tho Muntrv is not entirely lost as long as I we have courageous grand Juries who do not hesitate to present an evil, even if it should come from the Supreme Court itself. Our grand jury deserve the thanks of the people. Tli? Atlantic, Greeuvillc ami Western Railway. We copy from the Greenville News the fact that \V. E. Sullivan & Co., contractors, has secured an attachment against the Atlantic, Greenville & Western Railway Company. The trouble, we think, is more apparent than real. A settlement was pending between the parties. Their difference was left to arbitra| lion. The suing parties being dissatisfied with the award hy the arbitrators, then declined to settle on that basis, and being residents ol another State they bad a legal right to annoy their debtor by an attachment. As soon as Susong & Co. appear and give securlly the attachment will be dissolved, and the suit will proceed regularly. The attachment, we presume, wos a matter of feeling, or ill will. The national association of wholsale liquor dealers is in session at Chicago raising a fund with which to tight prohibition in Texas, Tennessee and West Virginia.?Exchange. The opponents of prohibition never fail to assert that prohibition does not prohibit. What we want to know is, if prohibition does not prohibit, why should wholesale liquor * nwAlilkltlAn in | dealers raise a iuna 10 ucirat *>ivun? ?.%... ... any State. The fact Is, the wholesale liquor I dealers feel that by the success of prohibition they have lost territory for tlio sale of their liquors. The paragraph above has solid food for thought. Let temperance people make a note of it. Due West Female College. Mrs. L. M. Bonner was elected Principal of the Due West Female College yesterday |eveniug. 1 Mr. H. E. Bonner was at the same time clected Vice-Principal. | Both have accepted. WHAT DOES IT MEAN. ? Tiie Atlantic, Greenville Western Kailroa<l in the Sheriffs Keeping ?An Attachment against Susong A Co. Greenville News, June 21. On yesterday the sheriff and clerk of court of this county received through M. P. Ansel copies of an attachment against G. W. Susong ik Co., at the suit of W. E. Sullivan it Co. The attachment was obtained by Henderson liros., leadingattornoys of Aikin, and seems to bo a very complete document its it requires the seizure and safe keeping of all the property ofSusong <fc Co. in this county, includ| ing the franchise, road bed, and" rights ol I way of tlio Atlantic, ureenvnie a* western railroad, about $25,000 of township bonds deposited in the Greenville national bank, real and estate of G. W. Susong and D. L. Boyd in this city and county. The amount asked for in the suit o( Sullivan <? Co., on which the attachment is issued, is $<10,ol8 26, with interest. It is doubtless a balance duo for grading done on the lower end of the road under the original contracts given out bj' the company, and was assumed by Susong <fc Co., with the other liabilities when they took the road audits assets. The claim of Sullivan & Co. was about one-third of the total' liabilities of the road at that time and the general understanding was that it was paid long ago. There is prospect of some lively litigation all around as the people of the township of this county, bonds of which havebeen issued for the road, will insist on strict compliance with all the terms ol the contract by Susong <fc Co. before the bonds now in the bank here are delivered. Those terms include the complete grading of the road and the execution of a satisfactory bond to complete tlio laying of cross ties and iron within two years. No representative of Susong & Co. was accessible on yesterday, but they will doubtless bo heard from within a very few days, I>i*coiitinnc<l?For Sale. The Book and Job printing department, recently established in connection with the Christian Neighbor has been discontinued. The entire lot of job material, including 2 Gordon presses, one-half and one-fourth medium, is for sale. It is hoped that in a l'ew weeks the material will be so arranged that the varied stock can be easily seen and purchasers find in a little while what they may want. Terms Cash, on delivery at Neighbor office. Presuming that everything found in a complete first-class job oifice can bo had here, it will be to the interest of those who wish to buy to come and see. The foregoing arrangement in no wise affects the Christian Neighbor which with its own independent and complete outfit, remains in tact in the same office on Plain Street. Our purpose is to dispose of all job material?nothing more. Sidi H. Browne. The Commissioners of Emigrants in the city ofNew York, recently decided to send back to Ireland sixteen families, in all nearly one hundred persons, sent to that port by the agents of the British government. The ground for this antinn anne.-irs to have been the evi dent purpose of the British government to shift from its own shoulders the duty of caring at home for this needy class of emigrants. Mountain Shoals on the Eneree River have been sold to capitatists, who will erect an extensivo cotton factory. The Laurens and Spartanburg railroad crosses the stream immediately above *? roll a ClOlinn A/Mitinnol iuiiOi jl live, vi->yuu? iiviuiviwuni tract of larnl ?10,000. The tenement houses will be built on the Laurens side of the river, and tho factory on the Spartanburg side. At this season of tho year when a few dirty, half starved Indians in Arizona, or some of the other territories, steal something to eat, or take a few fifteen-dollar ponies from the whites, the army is called out and the "renegades," "savages" and "blood-thirsty villians" are run down and killed. The Indians have a mighty poor chance in this country.?Spartan. The Jacksonville (Fla.) Times-Union editorially says the yellow fever scare has died out. The slow spread of the disease in Key West has given grounds for hope that it will bo arrested and stamped out, and Cuban physicians, who are iamiliar with the disease declare that it is not genuine yellow fever, but a severo form of climatic fever. Before long Columbia may have a free j mail deliyery. , GREENWOOD'S COLLEGES, j THE ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT EXER- \ CISES. i - I Interesting Programme by the Sin- | dents?Able aim ivioqiiciii 1 i oh by Senator Hit tier and J mlgfc I Cothran?The Pluck mail ItiisliiftiH Tact ol' ;Fonr Practical ami Energetic Young Ladies?The Public Spirit ol' the Town. UltKKXWOon, S. C., June 20, 1S*7. On account of the death of Prof. S. P. Uoozer it was decided by 1'ruf. Geo. C. Ilodges, and tlie directors of the Greenwood Male Academy that it would be proper to omit the closing exercises of that institution, and although a v*ry entertaining and appropriate programme had been planned for last Moil day evening, it was abandoned in respect 1o the memory of the beloved teacher. The programme for Wednesday, which consisted only of an address by senator M. C. Butler, was uot abandoned and at the appointed hour an immense audience, perhaps the largest that has assembled in Greenwood in years, assembled in Durst's Hall to hear the eloquent Statesman. After prayer by Rev. F. Auld, Prof. G. (J. Hodges, before introducing Senator Butler, paid an appropriate tribute to , the memory of Prof. S. P. Boozer, his fellow teacher. Senator Butler before beginning his ( address also spoke very tenderly of Prof. Boozer, with whom he was in college Tor several years. He then cotnmensed hfs address by speaking of tlie erroneous opinions entertained by the people of the North in regard to the capacity, competency, energy and self ../ ?i,.. Ho enli! flint. TC'SpCCl Ol llli; omiuivii. |/vut>.v. --v ... we had been nceuscd of being improvident | and non-prosressive, and that these and other accusations bad been repeated so often that an undue self-depreciation and a thoughtless admission of ana acquiescence in the unquestioned and unquailllcd truthfulness of tho charge, and a positive injury to tlie material progress and best interests of the South has , resulted, croakers, and ignoramuses at home , and a well organized systematic misrepresentation and perversion of tho truth abroad have inflicted untold injury and injustice to every interest |n the South. After urging all to preserve a proper self-resepect and self-appreciation lie closed with the following words: "Old South, new South, Carolinian, Southerner, American, each title a patent of nobility, all eonibiucu cncirclcs your brows with a sovereignty as proud as ever worn by an Imperial Oesar." ."senator uuueifor nearly an hour, tlie immense audience listening with intense interest throughout. Vestigia Nulla Jtetrossum Is the motto of the Greenwood Female College and the varied and exceedingly interesting exercises of last Tuesday evening and Wednesday evening which were so largely attended mid so highly appreciated by the public, show that this young institution will soon rank with the noblest in the South in usefulness and popularity. THURSDAY'S WORK. Delightful Programme Charmingly Executed by tlie Pupils or the College. On Inst Tuesday evening the closing exercises of the second year of the college, wore opened with the chorus: We come again with songs to greet you. What time is it??Concertr-was recited in a most admirable manner by Miss Hill, Major lteynolds, Anderson Durst and Auld. Welcome to Spring?Instrumental Trio?by Miss Hill, Miss Williams, Miss Whltlock, was appreciated by the audience. That .Freckled Face Girl wns recited by Miss Carrie, Miss Graydon. The selection represented a not extinct character, and was recited splendidly. Silver Threads?Instrumental Duet'.?was J J 1_? rinpet nnrt Mis, renuereu uy iuwa n ...... Bessie Oldbatn. The Message?was recitcd In an admirable manner by MissTena Mllner. Yankee Doodle?Instrumental Trio?as played by Miss Daisy Waller, Miss Winona Durst and Miss Slay Blackwcll could not have offended the most acrid resident of "The Hub." 1 Useful Precepts for Girls?Good advice but ' a little too hard on "the boys'' was recited by I Miss Matilda Greene. Calisthenics?Dumb bell exercise. Mary the Maid of the Inu?was pathetically recited by Miss Minnie Cason. Midnight Moon?Vocal Duett?Miss Bessie Hill and Miss Lee Hentz Huff?Was made very beautiful by tlio fair singers. Give me the Hand?Concert?Miss Hintnn, Miss Slieppard, Miss Wells, Miss Cobb, Miss Durst, Miss Clary, Miss liartzog, Miss Heynolds. Miss Wells, Miss Duckett, Miss Cobb. Well done. Prima Donna Waltz-Instrumental Quartette?Miss Maggie Finley, Miss Bessie Oldham, Miss Daisy Waller and Miss A tiki. The Modern Belle?A selection containing some truth as well as rhythm was recited in a splendid manner by Miss Tudle Hill, one of ( the smallest, girls in school. Calisthenics?Iting exercise. lie Doeth his Alms to be seen of Men?Miss , Nannie Major. Truth well told. Rosebud Schottischc?Miss Auld, Miss Duckett and Miss Durst. Smoked Amcricau Theology?Miss Bessie Oldham. Humorous and entertaining. ?iw? Wnvfic wo Vlnnf?Vm?nl Thioti? ] Miss Anna Hill ami Miss Matilda Greene. Tills was snug III a beautiful manner ami elicit ed the applause of a pleased audience. A practical Young Woman?Miss Ella McKellar. A good selection well recited. The Soldiei's Reprieve?These pathatlc lines , were recited by Miss Mamie Williams. i Calisthenics?Wand exercise. The correctness and grace witli which the | different movements in tlie Calisthenics weie made by the young ladies showed thorough < training, and reflected credit on both them* j selves and their teacher. The different exercises were beautiful and one of the most Interesting features of the occasion. On Wednesday evening the exercises were j opened by the chorus?"Rocked in the Cradle ; of the Deep." A purpose?Miss Tudle Gray don. This was one of the best of the evening. The Storm?Instrumental Duett?Miss Bessie and Miss Anna Hill. This was rendered in a manner showing careful application and skill. The Bridge?Concert?Miss McKcllar, Miss Blackwell, Miss Major, Miss Hunter, Mi>sj Sheppard, Miss Kellnr. Gaitcdu Coeur?Instrumental Duett? M!ss| Maggie Finley, and Miss Mamie Williams. Unclc Tom and the Hornets?Miss .Sallle! Whitlock. This laughable tale was recited well and produced quite a roar of laughter, serving to put everybody in the best humor possible. Last Idea of Weber?Instrumental SoloMiss Carrie Graydon. Childless?Miss Lizzie Holloway. Greeting to Spring?Vocal Quartette? Miss Hill, Miss Greene, Miss, Graydon and Miss 11U!* J; l lie r.iiKini'cr s .uiiiiui?i m- ?v-| cited in a peifect manner by .Miss hoc Hentz I Iluff. Dance of the Fairies?Instrumental Qunr- i tette?Miss Graydon, Miss Whit lock, .Miss Flnlay and Miss Williams. The one legged Goose?Miss Mamie Chatham. The Caliph of Bagdad?instrumental Trio?. Miss Graydon, Miss Hill, Miss Greene. Tills ( was charming and one of the llnest performances of the evening. The Song of the Camp?Miss Hill, Miss Blackwell, Miss Flnlay. Bronze Horse?Instrumental Duett?Miss Graydon and Miss Greene. Der Dog und der Lobster was recited by Miss Mary Auld. Invitation a la Vabe?Instrumental Quartette?Miss Graydon, Miss Hill, Miss Greene i and Miss Hill. > An Old Woman's Complaint?Miss Daisy Waller. This was one of the best recitations j and contained a broad hint to users of tobacca but was given too late in the cveniinr. Murmuring Sea?Vocal Duett?Miss Hill j and Miss Greene. Hum's Maniac?This was recited by Miss Anna Hill who shows considerable talent in ! in theportroyal of tragedy. Home Sweet Home?Instrumental DuettMiss Matilda, Miss Greene and Miss Carrie Graydon. The Anniversary Ornlion. On Thursday morning at half past ten a lapfrn ninllon/?n nrnthnvorl in tho f?t* tllfl Female College to listen to tlm address of Hon. J. S. Cothran. After prayer by ltev. F. Auld, Hon. J. 8. Cothran was introduced by ' Dr. J. C. Maxwell. After a few Introductory h remarks Hie Rifled speaker, who lias amused j the enthusiasm of the people of this comity \ \ on more than one occasion, having selected 1 Progress as his theme gracefully entered up- 1 on its discussion in that manner so peculiar- j ly his own holding his hearers undivided attention for more tiian an hour. At the close of the address three medals t were awarded. The first for proticieney in | j music was presented to Miss Carrie Graydnn \ by Rev. \v. T. Mathews with a few eomplimentory and encouraging remarks. The Presentation of Medals. A medal for general excellence in scholarship was awarded, Miss Tudie Graydon. This , medal was presented by Mr. J. s. ren in of ' tho Abbeville Messenger whose remarks were witty and particularly pointed and appropri-. > ate. i A medal for improvement in writing, hav-h ing been won by Miss Matilda Greene, It was j j presented ?y ur. j. u. iwiixweu. .v iij>-i proprlate selection for presenting a nieilal fur proficiency In tbat art sonic one has remark- | ; L'd, and so say we, because the prensentntinn | was dono In a most gallant manner. With J the benediction by ltev. 11. D. (Smart the exercises closed. 1 rhe Keceplion at the Fcinalc College. On Thursday evening the teachers and pupits of the college received ttieir friends In J I he colltge hall. This was attended by a jreat many including parents as well as chil- . iren. The tine music with the vivacious con- } versation of the beautiful ladies and gallant 1 men added animation to the scene, causing Lime to tilt by so rapidly that ere we suspect- , id it the hour for seeking home uud repose md arrived, and now while thinking of the i ileasures of last week the only thing that :anscs snUness is a thought of the brevity of I hose pleasures. All here appreciate the nolle efforts made by the Misses Giles in estnbishlngthe Greenwood Female College and f this institution does not open in September ) villi a greatly Increased attendance and ultliiiitely succeed beyond ilie anticipation of Iffe most sanguine friend it will not be the hull of the educational enterprise of <ts icroie originators, nor lack of interest on the i lart of the people of (Jreenwood. The ,1!:ilc High Scliool. The Male High School building has been received by the Hoard of Directors of the .Jrconwood Educational Association. ine juilding is of brick 10 by GO feet with t.Vo lours. The first tlonr is divided Into a 1ml! ol' M)by 8 feet and three rooms which will be isi-dus class rooms. The second floor whi ch s reached by two broad stairways?one on ;ach side from the hail near the front jn:r:\.ice?is a large hall or auditorium. 1 he roof is a very ornamental mansard ,wh eh idds much t>> the appearance of the build' ng < md is an-oruameut to the town. The proper- 1 ty with its three acres of ground is valued at < ibont four thousand dollars. The building Is urnlshed throughout with modern school furniture. The building was erected by contractor J. \V. Wells who deserves credit for :he thoroughness of his work which gives [H.I ITO Other jlfnttcrs. It, Is very warm for this dato and rain Is needed. Editor J. S. Pcrrie, of the Abbeville Mcs.cn /nr attended the commencement here last iveek. Mr. M. II. MeGee and Miss Sallie McOee, of Walnut Grove were in town last week. Mr. J. I. Chipley, of I'll eon ix, dledon'ast Thursday morning. He leaves n wife and Ave children. At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Greenwood Educational Association last week Mr. It. W. Major was elected chairman for the unexpired term of Dr. A. P. Boozer, Mr. J. S. Bailey was elected a Director. Hon. It. A. Child, of Pickens was here last week. A cabin on Mrs. S. L. Blake's plantation occupied hy Bob Brown was burned yesterday while the negro and his family were at church. Drs. T. W. Chiles and W. A. Limbecker, of Ninety-Six were with friends here last W'JCk. TI1C isonrci oi mrmura ui mc umunw. Educational Association will elect a principal for the Greenwood Malo Academy to-day. Hon. J. P. Black well, or Plum Branch attended tlie exercises at the Female College last week. He luis two daughters Miss May and Miss Lula as pupils in that institution. A committee has been appointed to superintend the cleaning out of the Methodist cemetery. Prof..I. C. Cork, of Ninety-Six spent a few dnyslast week with Mr. J. T. Simmons. The Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian cnurch in America lias decided that no user of tobaeca shall preach or hold office in ihat church. Now if they will forbid all users of tobacco who habitually desecrate tapir churches by using tobacco aud spoiling the carpet, scats or Door during the services, from entering their places of worship they will have done what Should be done by all ohurches. Prof. H. II. Watklns, of Grcenvlllo was In town last Friday. Two ruliiu elders aud perhaps one or two deacons will be elected by the Presbyterian congregation here 011 the llrst Sabbath In July. MaJ. B. F. Whitncr, of Anderson was lere last week. The Greenwood Division Sons of Temperance will publicly install the officers ol the organization for the next quarter on the second Friday in Jul v. At the same time an orator of some note will address the meeting. Mr. Ambrose E. Gonzales, of the Chtirkxton rintivi..j. ?..ik liprp Inst Frldav. Miss Alma Bamberg, Miss Fleweilcn Cleckley and Miss Minnie Walker, of Bamberg visited Mrs. II. G. Hartzog last week. Miss Mollle and Miss Sallie lleed, of I>onaldsvillc attended the commencement inertlast week. They were the guests of Itcv. and M rs. G. II. Carter. The Misses Giles leave for Winston, N. C., to-day. They will be away several weeks. Solicitor J. L. Orr was here last Friday. Several new buildings are going up In town. The dwelling of Mr. Stanley C'ews cam? near being destroyed by Are on last Tuesday evening. The Are, which originated from a lamp, which was placed too near torn wall paper, was promptly extinguished before much damage was done. The dwe ling is one of the oldest in town. Mr. F. M. Oldham is spending a lew da /s at his home. Ho has been In Augusta tlnce January. Mr. Peter McICcllar returned from Greenville, where lie has been iu Furman Un versity, last week. Miss Josie and Miss Sallie Wardlaw, two of .\bbevilfe\s most charming nnd accompli shed young ladies, visited! Mrs. W. J. Parks last week. They returned home lust Saturday. Miss Anna Greene and Mrs. W. J. Park i are visiting in Abbeville. Mr. Knoch Agnew is with Mr. \V. V. B.yth. Mr. T. Cook left for Batesburg lastS itur-1 Jay. Ho will be away for two tr mrec weeks. M.'iC. Examinations nii<l Com men com ;nt? In Due West, June 23-30, 1887. The public examinations of College classes will begin in Erskine College, Thursday, June Sird, and continue from day to day until completed. The following persons oonsl itute Iheexaming commltiee of Er.skine Coliene: f?r. I.athan, Prof. Lee, .Mr. G. C. Hodges, Prof. IV. M. McCaslan, Mr. J. A. Johnson, Prof. Lowr.v, 1'iof. Vonng, Mr. Mike McGee, Prof. IS. 1,. Pat ton, I,. L. 1?., Kev. J. A. White, Rev. F. M. Grier, ltev. J. S. Moilatt and J. K. lleury, Esq. Sabbath, June 'JO.?J5aecalaur?atc Seimon liy Uev. A. C. Stakely, of Charleston, S. C. Monday night, June 27.?The Literary So2it ties will present diplomas to their gra luatIng members in their respective hails. Tuesday, June 2Stli.?The Trustees ol Erskine College will meet at 2:30 P. M. The Hoard of Directors of the Female Collegt will ineet immediately after the adjournment ol ihcTrustees of Erskine College. The I irccLors of the Theological Seminary will meet i<-?r.<n>iin?niv after the adiournment cf the Directors of the Female College. 8 o'clock, P. M.?Contests In Essays by members of the Junior Class, and In Declamation by members of the Sophomore Class. Wednesday, June 2'J.?Commencement in F.r.-kino College. Anniversary Oration by Mnj. W. II. lirawloy, of Charleston, s. c. 0 o'clock, P. M.?The Alumni Association of Erskine College will meet. 5 o'clock P. M.?The Alumnse Association of the Female Ernkine College will meet. 8 o'clock, P. M.?Alummu Essay by Miss Mamie Wiekllfle, of Anderson, S. C. Alumni Address by l'rol. Win, M. McCaslan, of Pickens, S. C. Announcement of distinctions. Thursday, June St'tli.?Commencement In the Ketnnle College. , 8 o'clock, P. M.?The teachers and pupils of the Female College will give a reception In their halls. The Columbia and (Srecnvllle road arid its branches will sell round trip tickets at-1 cents a. male?from June27 to July 2. i2t.) I*. II. Sperd'H LornN. rn? 41 a * ...?,? vnmilnlm* nfnHnn T1 JI J 111*" KTVIU. 11'lHiUC I , ?... . is superior lo Bradford* preparation Sold only by P. B. Speed. 2-16 Try Ine great electric remedy, electric bitters, It positively cures all diseases of tlie stomache, liver and kidneys, billiou mess, general debility, fever and ague and blood disorders, pricc only 50c sold by P. 1*. Speed. 2-10 Highland's Healing Horse Powder cures sore back horses. Guaranteed In every instance. Money cheerfully refunded If the cure is not etlccted. P. H. Speed. 2-9 Ice cold sodu water, only 5 cents a gl;tss at Speed's drug store. 4-20 Latest fniproved eye glasses and spec tacles for sale by P. 15. Speed. 4-20 Highland's lightning healing powder, guaranteed to cure scratches, Q,uitter, cracked fitlocks, and all sores that a horse may be liable to have, or money cheerfully refunded by P. H. Speed. 2-16 Most any article, likely to be wanted, In the drug line cau be found at P. li. Speed. 2-16 Yon nun hnv a nice dress at less than manu fucturcrs costal H. M. Iladdon & Co. A number of persons were made insane y tlie recent earthquake in Arizona. The fissure is said to be not less than twenty-five miles Ion#, varying in width from six to eighteen inches. I-teliablo information states that when the earth ripened water and mud were thrown to a great height. The lire record for the current year allows unusually heavy losses. The aggregate for tho live months ending 1st Tune was $i>I,880,500, which is at tho rate af nearly $125,000,000 a year. A great j part of this enormous loss*is attributed to (>ud building and carelessness. June 10, at 10.:$3 A. M., Summcrvillc \nd adjacent territory for miles around wore visited by a pronounced earthquake ! shock. The roaring connectcd with the : shock was unusually alarming, particu-| larly so at Ladson's Itoad and at 10 mile j! Iiill on the S. C. H. K. Cumberland church, Charleston, IT. B. j ] lirowno. pastor, was formally reopened < June 10, bv Bishop Duncan, in connce- I ion with ;{sermon bj- him quite Jsuita-j I j]o to the occasion. j i Mr. John A. El kins and Mrs. Elise E. |< McK night were married by Kev. T. E. (1 Morris on the evening of May 2fi, 1887. j( Tho father of Rev. Dave Tiller drop-' j led dead at his homo in Kershaw Conny, Sunjlaj', June ft. Dr. S. D. Jones is recovering from an t ittack of soveral days' sicknoss. J fUDGE COTHRAN'S SPEECH.s * h VHAT HE SAID AT THE GREENWOOD FE- e MALE COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT. ? ?. c Tribute in Memory or me iienu? ^ Words or Admonition null Cheer for J lllR Mvlng?rrosrcss lh?' I.nw of V Our Xnture?Moral ami Spiritual 1 Training iiuist Iteceive tlicir Groundwork Around ,tlie Hearth- ( Rlone?The World more Indebted n to Pious Mothers than to Poets, ,| Philosophers and .Scientists? 1 Moral Truths and Moral Precepts. The Abbeville Messenger having kind- | ly loaned the typo of Judgo Cothran's g speech, wo herewith reproduce it in the ( Press and Banner. Tho reportorial re- c ?A#A(; m>n liu llin rwlif-Ml- nf Mm ? Messenger. Thursday morning ai half-past ton o'clock was the hour appointed for the address before the Female College by Judge J. S. Cothrnn, and of course every one was out hear it. It took plucc at the college. The Jud^o was introduced in a happy manner by Dr. J. C. Maxwell, who said that he thought the people of Greenwood had two causes for congraulation. The first was the establisment in their midst of this institution of learming, presided ovor by those so competent and worthy, as the successful exhibitions of the past two nights had abundantly testified, and the sccond was the presence of the distinguished jurist and eloquent speaker whom they all know and loved, and who was to address them to-day. Judge Cothran was greeted with rounds of applause, and proceeded in his usual graceful manner to make a , most interesting address. In the outset i he referred to the many sad incidents ' which the people of Greenwood had witnessed in the past month or so. It ( had been but a short time since with i them ho had stood by the grave of as good and as true a man as ever lived in ' our midst. One wo all delighted to hon or?the lamented Col. Aiken. In the i past week the head of one the institu- 1 tions of learning had been gathered to his fathers,?stricken down in the midst of his usefulness and almost in the very ] harness, and another, a zealous patron of I the school, and a pillar in the Presbyte- j rian church, after a long and painful illness had crossed the river to rest in the J shade of the trees upon the other side. A bright young lad, by an un- i fortunate accident had lost his life, j and one of your fairest daughters had , succumbed to a fatal disease in a distant land, and brought back to find her last resting place in your cemetery. Her then took up the subject of his address, and by apt illustration drawn from various fields, impressed upon his audience the doctrine of the universal brother" 1 1 a I /".ICM! Iioou Ol man, ana love as ine luiniung of the law. Progress in all departments seemed to be the law of our nature. It had been so since the foundation of the world and would doubtless continue so j to be. He believed it was applicable to the spiritual condition of man as well as to his material advancement. In fact so wonderful had been the achievements in physical scienco and art during th<* present century, that in some directions it seems to hare reached the utmost limit. Men however, in this day and generation were disposed to attempt to go beyond their limit. ''Secret things belong unto God," and to all such from Saul, the son of Kish, who stood preeminent among the prophets, even down to the evolutionists of the present day, the wrath cf God would attach. Things which man had a right to know were progressing, and virtue and < intelligence, in every conflict.? with vice and ignorance, would score a point; ; every war would end with peace, and ] substantial progress be made, until the : nations shall learn war no more. The * .1 a- ?^r spcaKor man proceeuuu to mjuui\. ui progress in educational affairs as follows : < It would seem that on an occasion like this, 1 any address would be incomplete without ! soine allusion to Greece and Rome, but it is said the noblest Roman was more distin- 1 guished once by the outcry of the populace ' to know "why is not Brutus in the procession to-day ?" than his presence there could possibly have given him. Nor do I consider myself equal to the task of advancing any valuable ideas, or of shedding any new light upon the subject of education?especially of female education. In the first place, it is a long time since I weut to school, and when I did so, it was not to a female college. A laborious, active and somewhat eventful life has turned my thoughts and efforts into other channels. PROGRESS IX KDl'CATIOM. With some diffidence then do I venture to say that the strides of progress in the field of teaching have not equalled those in the matter of material and mechanical development. There were brave men before Agamemnon and even so there were good schools in Abbeville District before those of the present day. It is not my purpose to draw the comparison or to disparage or unduly praise either; that pro gress andjimprovement have been made in the nunrtier and matter of teaching no one perhaps would have the hardihood to deny, but that there was a thoroughness to the extent they went in former days, is equally undeniable. I grant you that the student of Geography of the present day can tell ycu more than her grand-mother, at a like age, could have done of Afghanistan, Kahmscatka, Polynesia or Oceanica, now called, I believe, Oceania, but 1 gravely doubt if she could bound the various subdivisions of her own Stale as well as her grand-mother, or name with equal accuracy its towns and rivers with their population and length. A WOKD OK ADVICE TO PATRONS. We are all born critics, and especially so of those things which we can neither donor say very well. In proof of this, I venture the assertion that some could be found in this audience?on the outer ed<re of it?who believe that tliey could easily make a butter address than the one to which you hare so patiently listened. I dare say it is so. I certainly would be delighted to exchange places with any one of them if he would only come forward. Hear another criticism and tell me if it is just?this time of the trustees and patrons of the schools. Do you visit the schools where your children are being taught, to see how they are getting on, manifesting an interest in their progress and thereby upholding the authority and encouraging in their arduous efforts, the teachers? If not, and, from my own experience, I am almost sure such is your answer, tell me why not. if von had a Messenger colt being trained by 'Tom Anderson as a roadster, and the trotting course was five times as far from your home as is the school house, do you not know that , vou would witness the performance of the colt five times to that of your boy once? Are not the boy and the colt alike coursers in training? But how different the prizes for 1 which they are to contend?the one to lessen, possibly, by a few seconds, the time in which a mile can be made, the o'lier by the practice ' of virtue to make the world better or hav- t ing lived in it, or by vicious habits to sink into infamy and ruin, draggiug others down with him?for no mau 1 iveth to himself, no n.an dieth to himself. Nor is this lack of in- I lerest to be ascribed to any comparison in the hearts affection between them. Let the ? hand of disease rest upon that noble bo*', and f* ivitness the tender, anxious solicitude of the father; let that hand press heavily even to [lie extinction of life; see the graceful form stretched upon the bier, beautiful even in ieath, and listen to the agonizing cry of the 4 leart-bioken parent: "Would God 1 had lied for the, 0 Absalom! my son, my soil." f, Is there a parent in this assembly of people p o-day, ( and I well know that there are many b vith hearts as tender and true as ever throbjed with affection and love,) who can rise np p tnd say in this regard, "1 am without fault ?" w 1 I.to <wmllu> lHSIIOllsiliil- I b iy ? Will he say : 0 11 have so much con- 'I cicnce iu the teacher, or I am not well * ' -I 4 iU- a^U??I nougti eaucaieu 10 tuuut mc kuw> ciuse, or I hare not the time to spare ? Such A xcuses are as thick as the blackberries that re now growing: on the bushes, and all are a miserable refuge of lies. No my friends you annut escape the responsibility for the moral 1 nd intellectual training of your offspring, 'on may continue as you have done and are loing to leave these to the school teacher, and on may throw off another and more imporant duty by leaving their spiritual training o the teachers iu the Sabbath schools, but or all these things you will surely be called f o account with troubles, vexation and dis- j ppointed hopes here and it may be by coniemnation hereafter. HE SCUOOL TEACHER IK THE SABBATH SCHOOL. The lesson to be drawn from this, and one f hat we as parents should diligently lay to icart and practice, is that the school teacher ihall take tlin lead in the intellectual training j if our children. In the Sabbath school, they . an only add to and supplement moral ' ind spiritual traiuing?the ground work of ( hese must be [aid at home, around the hearth itotie, in the family circle. To tne genius vhose special province it is to preside here; < .0 the tender, pious, loving, but firm and intelligent mother is the world more indebted :o-day for whatever of good there is in it, lhan "to the authors of all the grand epics; ;o the philosophers in all the realms of sci;nco, or to the inventors in every department if physics and mechanics. Adorn her, as she s so often found to be, with that simple, unjucstioning, child-like faith which would have prostrated her, too, at the feet of the Master, ;o wash them with her tears and to wipe them >vith the hair of her head. Listen, a^ she relates, to the little ones around her knee, with tender pathos, the old, old story of the cross; i ind when the labors of the dav are ended and the liitle feet are tired, see her as one by one ihe nestles them to sleep upon her bosom, find hear the little tongues, so fresh from God that they sound like the angels still, as they lisp "Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keen, Anil if I shonld die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take." Oh ! wonderful, beautiful, universal prayer ?f childhood, with only a single word of more than one syllable in it, yet, simple as it is, I would rather be the author of it than to have written the "Iliad," the "Odyssey," or"Paradise Lost," for who can comoute the list reclaimed by it, whose footsteps have followed the devious paths of sin; who have strayed far from the fold with torn and bleeding feet ind witn neaas not ana ievereu vy uiasipalion in the haunts of vice. How many a prodigal son has taken his journev into a far country and after spending his substance in riotous living, would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat, has"come to himself, and with these lines ringing in his ears, and the associations of innocent childhood, which they suggest, pressing upon his heart and conscience, has Deen given grace md strength, even in his desolation, to say : 'I will arise and go to my Father?" Shall I pursue the parable further? You know the result: how the father*seeing him, yet a great ivay off, ran to him (be did not walk, he ran,) uid fell upon his neck and kissed Lim, and jrdered forth the best robe and a ring for bis band and shoes for his feet. The fatted calf ivas killed and they began to be merry. TRIBUTE TO JUDGE WARDLAW. An incident occurs to me, just here, illus trating so well this part of miy subject, that I feel it is unnecessary to bespeak of an Abbeville audience any apology fo) its recital. It concerns one of the greatest, in my bumble . judgment, the very greatest of the many distinguished men that for nearly one hundred years Abbeville District gave to the country; i>ne whose life had been lengthened out beyond the Psalu.ist's allotted period; who was born and reared and lived and labored and died among you; who had reaped all the honors and much of the emolument of the profession of the law which he adorned; who strode like a giant upon the mountain top of that noble profession, exciting the wonder and admiration of the dwellers in the valleys below. Stricken down by an incurable malady, he laid for weeks and months in conscious hearing of the swelling flood of the river upon whose bosom we must all sooner or later float, whose dark waters filow out forever to the unknown sea. Just at daydawn, after a night of painful suffering and unrest, he said to the faithful watcher by his bedside, "now let ine turn over and catch a nap of sleep." Sinking into unconsciousness, he was heard to mutter the simple, touching lines I have already recited. It was his last utterance on earth, and as the hunted hare returns to die near the form from which her relentless pursuers have driven her, so did this ?reat man, in the hour of death, become, as it were, a little child again. Oh ! happy deliverance from care and toil and sufl'ering ; and even unto such is the promise of eternal life, for "except ye become as little children, ye cannot enter into the kincriWn of hpavpn." In view of these solemn truths, where is boasting, vain glory, strife and bitterness of contention, earthly fame, the fleeting applause 3t' wen andvall the empty honors for which we toil and strive. Thcv ure in comparison with the excellency of a knowledge of better and more enduriu'g things, but as the small dus if the balance. "How e'er it be, it seems to me 'Tis only noble to be good, Kind hearts are more than coronets, And simple faith than Norman blood.'' I cannot, my friends, take leave of you on this occasion, without expressing what I am sure we all feel, a strong sense of admiration and gratitude to the brave and intelligent young women to whom so much crcdit is due for founding this Institution of learning. With faith in themselves, in their noble cause and in many of you, which is sublime, have they labored and toiled in this behalf with marvelous success, and have brought to your very doors the inestimable advantages of higher education. There is a legend which has been preserved (or centuries among the devout worshipers in II? ru 1. ?r T nf p?aKln ;n V... IIIC VI1UIC11 Ul 1jxjo ILll^ctuo uv a. uvwiu wva ico, that in the erection of their beautiful temple, the wonder and admiration of every beholder?the angels came at night and and carried 011 the work, correcting the errors of the builders who wrought by day. Our own poet, Emerson, has expressed the same thought in speaking of that grandest of all earthly temples, St. Peter's at Rome, and of the immortal Michael Atigelo who designed it and gave his life to the great work; that he was but a passive instrument in the hands of God and builded as he was directed by the great architect of the universe. Wherefore, noble young women and you the patrons of this youthful aspirant for usefulness and fame, be of good cheer, be not discouraged, but persevere to-the end iu this glorious undertaking which has upon it already the seal of the great architect's approval, for whilst you sleep the angels will come to carry on the work, and when you have rested from your labors and shall have been gathered to your fathers, afar clown the aisles of time will future generations arise to call you blessed, and ivill inscribe in letters of living light upon i ins, your nuu hivj iw "Builded better than they knew." .Special Bargains. For the month of J une I will offer some special bargains. W.E.Bell. Double width dress goods at 49c. worth COc. \V. E. Hell. Double width dress goods at 29c. worth 35c. W. E. Hell. Single width dress goods at 20c. worth 25c. W. E. Hell. Single width dress goods at 17c. worth 22J/c. W. E. Hull. Single width dress goods at 12}/.c. worth 15c. W.E.Bell. Luce flouncing at 75c. worth 90c. \V. E. Bell. Lace Houncing at 50c. worth 60c. W. E. Hell. Lace silk tlouncing at ?1.25 worth S1.C0. W. B. Bell. Embroidered flouncing at S2.00 worth S2.50. \V. E. Bell. Embroidered flouncing at $1.75 worth S2.25. ft'. E. Bell. Embroidered flouncing at 90c. worth S1.25. W. E. Boll. I c.and IG'^c. worth 20c. and 25c. W.E.Bell. Colored batiste and colored lawns ut reduced ' >riccs. \V. E. Dell. All over embroidery tu white and tan at :ost. W.K.Bell. | l'arasols In colors at cost. \V. E. Bell. Shado bats at 15e. untrimincd. W. E. Bell. I Check summer silks at 44]S,c. worth 00c. W. , Bell. 1 Special summer sale in milinery and dress < oods. I will reduce the price on all summer < oods, and have marked down several ar- ( icles below cost. W. E. Bell. G-S s I^nlies who have summer goods to buy can ] ccure special bargains at Win. E. Bell's. , Never before has such barguius been offered , s you will And at W. E. Bell's. C-S m 1 Wooll'ord's sanitary lotion will curc all I >rmsol contagious itch, mange, and scratchsin 30 mlnuies, only 30c a bottle. Sold only y P. li. Speed. 2-iti . Use Johnson's kalsomine to whiten your ( lastcred walls. It Is the most duruble aud ill not rub off. A variety .of colors for sale I y P. B. speed. ) i'he rnm^m speak. . PEAEFUL AEBAIONMENT OF THE SUPEEME COURT. 'tie Jnrr Say the Law* "as later* pretcd by tbe Courts, Work HardNhlp anu Injury by Prostrating: nnd Destroying the Credit of the People, by Fostering and Encouraging Fraud and Dishonesty, and l>y furnishing a Cloak and a Shield to Tricksters." ? - - - ' ' n ilJ-.M I'o /us Honor ,/utiye si. i~. Presiding Judge. v We the Grand Jury beg to make the ollowing presentment: We have visited the county offices, md find the officers accurately and aithfully performing their duties, and jffices neatly and judiciously arranged ind kept, and the officers courteous and >bligi?g. We visited the Poor House and find the inmates well cared/or, the premises ire kept clean, and the inmates arc contented and well pleased with their treatment. We also visited the Jail and feel it to be a duty and a pleasure to commend the Jailer, Capt. Parks, for his efficiency in the performance of his duties. We have examined and approved the books o." all the Trial Justices of the ""'1 tlinn ono un/Miratoltr and ^UUIItjr, mm Hivjr MI v. well kept. We recommend that the case pending against ex-Trial Justice Ransom be withdrawn, as ho has explained and corrected his error. We have examined the finances of the county, and find while the county is considerably in debt, its finances are in a healthy condition, and that its paper is readily discounted at the Bank, and we are reliably informed that all the debts will be paid during the latter part of the year. We find the dockets of this court are encumbered with many trivial and insignificant cases, and we would recommend that the laws in regard to stealing from the field, and to petit larceny cases in general, and to stealing live stock, and to all cases of foigery, where the amount involved does not exceed twenty /Inllnrc ho so modified as to put all such cases within the jurisdiction of Trial Justices, and that they be allowed to sentence guilty offenders in all such cas>es to the penitentiary for a term not to exceed one month for each one dollar involved, and that no such cases be tried in the Circuit court except on appeal, when errors of Trial Justices might be corrected. We find a source of complaint and of evil in the absurdities and incongruities and abstruseness of a number of thb Statute laws unwisely enacted in the past f?w years. As interpreted by the courts, they work hardship and injury by prostrating and destroying the credit of the people, by fostering and encouraging fraud and dishonesty, and by furnishing a cloak and shield to tricksters and swindlers, while they afford but little protection to upright and fair-dealing people, and that little costs more than it is worth, if available at all; under these laws the meanest and most systematic scoundrel may be a strictly lawabiding citizen while practicing his schemes of knavery. These laws are misleading and decep* * * '*? 4 ? ? ? - ? -1 Ulln fknir oro tive in me extreme, anu nuue u.v; ?fair in their exterior appearances, they contain in disguise all the elements of discord and wrong. They are calculated to decoy the in nocent and unsuspecting into the intri* cacies of plots and counterplots covered as snares in the coils of their real meaning, and invisible except to the most learned Judges and subtile lawyers, and under their different phases of legality all the intrigues and machinations of dishonesty are made right, while honest men are thus defrauded. Therefore the obligations of the poo pie to perform duties or to pay nonesc debts, thus encumbered with uncertainty, are worth but little, and the resources of the county cannot be utilized for the want of means. We deem the crcdit of an enlightened people if properly protected and fostered to be worth more than their cash, and if sustained and upheld by wise and judicious laws, requiring obligations to be faithfully performed, is just as available as cash; and if, instead of affording legal clap traps and technicalities for the evasion of duty, they furnished a rigid rule of honesty and uprightness, the morals J ~r n?Aii 1<1 Kn illlQ prOSptTllJ' UI U1C UUUIUIJ n vu?u w promoted, and men would be encouraged and induced to prosper by fair rather than by foul means. Several laws have been enactcd as make-shifts and subterfuges for the misfortunes of the people, and* their tendencies have not buen well considered, and as a consequence we have fallen into greater misfortunes than those sought to be remedied. Their phraseology is utterly incomprehensible to ordinary ?,w? ttinv nrove to bo calamities UlCIIj till V* i.ivj r - - - rather than blessings to the people. Therefore we recommend that the Legislature appoint a committee of learned men to remodel and simplify all such laws now on the Statute books, and to give the definition of each phrase and a synopsis of the entire law, all of which shall be presented to the Legislature to be reenacted or repealed as in their judgment may appear best, after a full comprehension and understanding jf the matter, and that this committee shall, in a like manner, define and give - ' i? i* 1 i synopsis of all laws oeiore ineir unai massage, and that the definition and neaning of all laws thus enactcd be filal, so that our laws may be practicable ules of action, rather than a stumbling jloek to the people. In closing we thank his Honor the fudge, and the Solicitor for their couresy and kindness. Respectfully submitted G. A. Douglass, Foreman.