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The Press and Banner. ABBEVILLE, S.C. Wednesday, June 29,1887. THE MISSION OF THE PRESS. The \urNc or I>omestlc Purity and the Guardian or Public Virtue? The Handmaid of Rplit,riou and the Bulwark of Liberty ? The Great Educator at the Fireside, the Market Place and the Forum. PREMIUMS TO BE AWARDED : 825 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 famish proper newspapers to their households. 3. Convincingarguments that money spent for newspapers is worth more to the general welfare of the lamily than any equal sum of money spent wrauj umci 4. Besides the above, any other thoughts or suggestions which may go to impress the people with the ftct that the newspaper is scarcely less important to the family and the youth of the country than the school teachcrand the pulpit orator. The undersigned desiritsg to give Increased Interest to the columns of the Press and 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 keeping 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 fail to merit the prizes offered. All essays or stories submitted to be the property of the Press and Banner. Address PRESS AND BANNER, Abbeville, S. C. Mr. Calboun s uu juu. ? Mr. Calhoun informs us that "the Supreme Court does not make laws; it only construes them," and they says the Supreme.Court "would, indeed, be doing wrong to take the "bit in its teeth and to decido a matter con. "trary to the Statute." This is Just what we contend the Supreme Court has done. They have made a decission which we belive Is absolutely and positively contrary to the plain reading of the Statute Mr. Calhoun asks us to tell him what law! yersknow about electricity. We wculd answer this question by saying If lawyers are not better informed on electricity than they are about the existing laws of loo State, their lnformationon electricity would be limited. Mr. Calhoun says: "No doubt if the Supreme Court would undertake to dictate the management of your paper, its interference would be received with very 111 grace." In this statement Mr. Calhoun Is entirely correct. The Supreme Court have 110 right to intermeddle with the business of the Press and Banner so long as its editor does not make himself amenable to the laws. But if the Supreme Court shall make a decission which is contrary to law, and ruinous to a large portion of the people, it is not only the privilege of the press, but it is the duty of the press, to speak out. "Let it be instilled into the hearts of your children that the liberty of ?h? nrpKK is the Dalladium of all your rights.'! It will be a nice state of affairs when the acts - of public officers may not be proper subjects for criticism by the press or the people. The press speaks for the people, and tyrants in all ages have been the enemy of a free press. "The cat may look at the queen," and a newspaper in a Republican government may with perfect propriety criticise the acts of even so high a tribunal as that of the infalla. ble court itself. The people in a Republican government have no greater safe-guard than that of a free press. Although we have never made an expression as to whether we believe the improper construction of the law by the Supreme Court in the Rush case makes a good or a bad law, and although we have distinctly stated this fact several times, we will repeat it again. We do not say whether or not the law as construed is "obnoxious," bat we do say and re-assert again, that the construction of that law Is "obnoxious." ' Mr. Calhoun says: "The warfare on the Supreme Court is without effect. It is bomb-proof and it has the strength of its honest convictions to sustain It." This sounds to us very much like Mr. Cal. houn is a little afraid that the court may conclude to reconsider its former ill-advised judgment. In this apprehension, we think Mr. Calhoun has well grounded fears. Ho knows that wise men often corrcct their errors, and he also knows that men of lesser calibre, like dead men, never change their mind. The gentlemen of the Supreme Court being distinguished no less for their leaguing j and their legal attainments than for the up-J Tightness of thler character and the purity of] their motives, Mr. Calhoun may well try to brace up the Court In sustaining a Judgment whlph was contrary to his expectation at the ttmp. The Press Association. We entirely agree with the theory advanced by the junior editor of the Laurensville Hei~ aid as to the possible benefits to be derived by Its members from attending the annual meetings of the State Press Association, and if his theory was carried out practically, all the good which he claims for the Association would accrue. But the last meeting of the State Press Association seems to us to be more of a joke than anything else. Let us run through the programme: First, meet Thursday night to hear a speech on Railroads. Second, meet next morning to elect officers. Third, go on excursion around the harbor at ten o'clock. Fourth, adjourn. If such a programme is of much value to theSouth Carolina country editors, they must surely be easily benefitted. If the Association meets for the advancement and benefit of Journalists In the line of their exalted profession, why is there always so much talk of excursions ? If the brethren bad gone to the News and Courier office, and learned something of the practical workings of that great newspaper, while cultivating friendly and cordial relations with the brethren connected with that office the country brethren would have received substantial and profitable benefit. No such offer, however, was made by the News and Courier for the reason, we presume, the News and Courier know the desires or Inclinations [of its brethren |of the country press. Instead, therefore, of inviting them to the rooms, where something of an Immense Job printing establishment, and a great daily newspaper might be learned, they were Invited to go out ou the edge of the ocean, with the distinct understand that they would not be oxposod to the danxors of dceu water. Treating the country editors as if they were good little Sunday school scholars, the News and, Courier took the brethren "around the harbor," and they were all delighted! People continue to assert that Prohibition does not prohibit. If it does not, why does the National Liquor Dealers Association raise large amounts of money to defeat the Prohibition movement In any State? Is it to injure a Competitor ? Being on the A. ?fc K. Road a'few days ago we were offered by the newsboy the daily newspapers of the day, and not having seen a I m? ? <1ollu flirt Cltfynitn tv'rt copy UI iVllgUDU* r? uv; v? vuug , ?? v | bought a copy. It is a four-page " column paper, nicely printed in big type, but ' ' ' fails to take the Associate Press dispntcl.i.-. That paper seems to liavo thus early adopted the newspaper regulation plan of throwing mud at its contemporary. We helicvo the habit of assailing competitors is contlucd chiefly to the newspaper fraternity, and it. has got to be almost an impossibility for a live new6pai?er to print an issue which is acceptable to its less enterprising competitors. When men go into almost any other business they seek, as a rule, to win success by making it to the interest of the public to deal with them. But in the printing business, if a newspaper adopts the more progressive systems, or in any other way makes a superior paper, his methods are usually vigorously attacked by its competitors, and the nearer the progressive editor supplies the public demand lie mav exnect insinuation and in uendofrom his less energetic and less enterprising competitors. If a merchant devoted his energy to the defamation or abuses of a competitor, the public would condemn the course. The Chronicle, being a progressive newspappr seeks to give its readers as much reading matter as possible, and by the plate synitem newspapers can furnish much interesting matter that would otherwise be lost. Plate matteras everybody knows, is used, instead of dead advertisements to fill out any space in the paper which may not bo needed for original or n^ws matter, thus benefitting the reader to that extent. But, we presume, in order to injure the Chronicle, the Gazette publishes the following paragraph: "Pi.atk Matter.?Every newspaper reader In the whole country has been nauseated by having from day to day thrust before his eyes whole columns of bogus reading matter purchased at SI.20 per page, and put forth as new and original. So prevalent has become this cheap trick and saw-dust imposture that a .ti-Mf nrnnnrt.inn of the nrints which annear with this villainous burlesque of type go into the gutters or elsewhere unread. It is totally unworthy of a newspaper to send abroad this machine-made Action under the guise of news or information, and it is humbug which has never appeared in the pages of the Gazette and never will. Let the pessimists and dyspeptics who predict the failure of everything because as a rule they have been monumental failures all their lives, note that, should their gloomy forebodings for this journal ever be realized, the Gazette will not out go an arrant fraud, but will die an honest newspaper. Let them also reflect that if tlio blanket sheets and lesser publications can thrive by supplying chaflf and chestnut literature by the square yard at shoddy prices, there should be more than abundant nope for the longevity and prosperity of a daily newspaper which furnishes the latest and best type-set news matter every day in the year." We have seen pleasant words of the Gazette and we have nothing to say against the following utterance, except that we are remind, ed of an old saying to the effect that selfpraise is half-scaudal. The Gazette says : "The Gazette will not go out an arrant fraud, but will die an honest newspaper." We have no doubt of the truth of the assertion, but it we understand the reading of that paragraph it means to simply imply that the Chronicle is deficient in that desirable quality ?"honesty." 1 ai waisn may ue cusiionesi, anu ins oig Irish heart may bo in the wrong place, but it will take proof-positive to make the public believe It. Certainly the public should not be led by the unsupported insinuation of a competitor who may have no higher aim than that of seeking a division ol his business. Competition is legitimate and right. It is well foE the public that we have competition every department of business, but we hare no sympathy with that competitor who seeks to win by assailing the character of his competitor. Mr. Walsh's bitterest enemies must admit that he has risen to a place of honor in the estimation of many good citizens of the States of Georgia and South Carolina, and il may be that he has committed the furl of saving some money. But a spirit ot detraction by a competitor who may seek to rob him of his good name and to despoil him ol his prospects will not be quick to prevail. Here is another specimen of the Gazette's self-praise, and a little moro vituperation for the Chronicle: "Precisely.?The Gazette desires to do all It can for the good and growth of Augusta?all that dauntless loyalty and devoted affection demand. But we do not propose to approach this result by slopping over or coveriugup reeking and rotten abuses that ought to be fumigated or removed. We do not aim to practice any sort of deception, either upon r?n r rvv t hnco lllrAtv t a tnlrn nn infnrnot In Augusta. We do not propose to mislead the stranger into our midst, anil then blnsh for its wretched and inexcusable condition. We prefer to put the hose to the festering place?, and then invite company to a clean city. The Gazelle has neither purpose nor interest to misrepresent. A newspaper which has higher than a selfish motive, and iessthan a greed for making money ought to be frank enough to tell the truth about Augusta. When we cease to do this we shall cease to claim to do our duty. We have no lands nor tenaments to boom and sell, and no stocks and other speculative possessions to market, and hence we havo no instinct for "whitewash" in these columns. Those who ever hope for good government in Augusta will not get that result by seeking temporarily to whiten that which is unmitigatedly off-color." We believe the history of newspapers will warrant the assertion, that the superior newspaper Is always treated somewhat after the manner in which the Gazelle treats the Chronicle, and the experience of the Chronicle will likely prove that the better paper it publishes the more displeased its competitor will be with it. To have the hearty good-will of the great public heart will likely be to the Chronicle sufficient compensation for the spiteful remarks of its competitor who may assume, for its own aggrandisement, to take Its business, and to impeach the honored name of the editor of the Chronicle. Let us not be misunderstood. We bavc no unkindnoss for the Gazette. Wo merely remark upon upon a habit which is reprehensible, and which reflects no credit upon a profession whose standards should be the highest. The Charlotte Observer. From force of pecuniary circumstances Col. onel Charles R. Jones several days ago found it necessary to retire from the editorial management of the Charlotte Observer. Col. Jones is an excellent journalist, and for years he had one of the best paying country newspapers in this part of the country. His success as a journalist inspired a political ambition which induced him to divide his energies and perhaps to subordinate the interests of the paper to his political aspirations. Colonel Jones, we believe, lias never been charged with corruption or a lack of fidelity to his country, but in politics he went outside the Democratic party for support, and ran for Congress as an Independent candidate. He was defeated, and the "Independent" course proved fatal to liis success both as politician and journalist. For his misfortune we feel a sincere regret . For ten years that paper has come to our ofllce, and we believe Its editorial utterances have been brave and honest, though its editor has at times made mistakes ?political mistakes-which in many Instances are the unpardouable sin. We take no part or sympathy with any expression of any brother editor which would seem to laugh at his political calamity or to rejoice at his financial and business embarrassment. His downfall came from his bold and unawed utterances. Conscious in the rectitude of the motives which actuated him. and nossesslncr the moral courage to express his convictions, he did so, and lias suffered the consequences. If he had been a time-server?a man t< '^'low public opinion?a bootlick of Senator . .u.cc, whom the people of North Carolina idolize? and had had no opinion of his own, and been willing to accept thrift by fawning, he would have been solid with the people, and his paper would have been a tower of strength to him. Hut ho was brave and honest?though mistaken In Judgment?and that bravery and that honesty ruined his business, and we do not see how any brother editor can but feel i sorry for such a brother's misfortune, i ' *' i Mrs. T. J. Syfak is improving. i i Hangman's Day in Georgia. The execution of the three Georgia murderers on Fridav is nol evidence oM??e prevai- , eneeof crime, but rather of the certainty of the punishment under our legal system. Four 1 ii:iml'iiil's were nnpninted for yesterday, hut i one was postponed by an appeal lo the su- , preme court. yesterday's lesson establish In every I...-,. " " v heart the fact that murder In i Georgia Is uven,iu ..v d^ath, and that he who i takes man's life will tlnd his own life inexorably demanded l>y tliat state. Jt is the certainly of punishment that lessons crime. We may hope, therefore, for many years to pass before we see three men hung for dllferunt crimes in <11irarciit part of the state on the same clay.?Allunlu Con&titulian. It will be a proud day for South Carolina when this State furnishes some protection to the life her citizens. The records of the pa3t ten years show, under Democratic rule, that we have almost no protection for human life. Great numbers of our citizens have been slain, and as a rule, they were of tho inoffensive and harmless class. If the reader has any doubt of this, let him run through his mind the various murders that have come withlrt his knowledge. It Is nearly always the case that the inoffensive citizen is shot by men who have, It may be, never shown any disposition to assail men of well known courage. If any man knows of a case where a man of well established courage lias killed another of like reputation, he can place the instance to the credit side of tho statement that, as a rule, it is the Inoffensive men who are killed. Take for instance, the case of the killing of J. Lafeyette Hamblin last week in Orangeburg. Ills murderers camo to his house and shothim in nisown room wuuo ..c was putting on his pantaloons, and the father of the slayer stabbed him with a big knife seven times after he 'had received the fatal shot. Hamblln was known as one of the most peaceable men in existence. Will the courts of South Carolina punish the murderers of this inoffensive citizen ? Wo will see. Scores of equally guilty parties have heretofore escaped. The chances are that if Ham. blin had been armed and had been known to have been a "dangerous" man, his murderers would never have molested him. Does anybody know of an instance where a "damrerous" citizen has been killed? Do not murderers usually make their calculations so as to be perfectly safe in attempting the life of their victim? A little wholesome enforcement of the law against red handed murderers in South Carolina will do something toward suppressing crime. But this enforcement we do not expect as long ns our Judges continue to give murderers of every degree Instant bail in nominal sums, even while their hands are yet dripping with innocent blood. If the law in Orangeburg Is no better enforced than it is in the up-country, Hamblln's murderers, being white men, will suffer but littlo inconvenionce from tho commission of their atrocious crime. Some kind hearted judge, perhaps, before this time, has, or will, ball them in the usual sum, of S2,500, and a Jury may be picked who will acquit. When tho State of South Carolina, under Democrat rule, shall have tlie courage to enforce her laws against white men for murder, fewer Inoffensive men like Hamblin will be shot by craven cowards and heartless assassins. About Buying Senilis Machines. We arc in receipt of a circular letter from a dealer in sewing machines who proposes to sell us a machine for S30, taking SIC In cash, and $34 in advertising. The 816 In cash Is the full value of the machine. No one of the sewing machlues Is of much greater value than any other machine. The chief difference in cost is in the cabinet work?the machinery is all about the same. If a machine is expensively boxed, and has a number of drawers, the fine boxing and the additional number of drawers add something to the cost, but very little. The best machine that is made, with the most expensive cabinet work should not cost uiufc .la'.xx from $20 to S24. The machine which is offered at $18, including subscription to the Snnny South, or the machine which is offered at $19.50 Including a year's subscription to Demorcut's Monthly Magazine, Is just as good as any machine that is on the market. The cabinet work on either machine is sufficient for anybody, and thecitizen who buys from an agent, who takes his timehis horse and wngon, and pays travelling ex ponse to hunt him up, and! then consumes much time in teaching him how to work It, must bo repaid for his expense and trouble, and the purchaser will pay about double price, if not more, for his machine. Earn or borrow a samll amount of money in cash, and buy for $18 or $19.50, from the publishers named above, as good a machine as you can buy for $40 or $50 from an agent, who undertakes to deliver it at your house, and then takes half hlB price in cash, and your note for as much more as profits. This is no advertisement. We are talking business. The best machiue that Is made is not worth more than from $16 to $18, and he who pays more, pays the additional amount in profit to the agent, or expends It in fancy work, which adds nothing to the usefulness of the machine. Subscribe for tho papers above named and get your machiue at the figures mentioned. Tlie Railroad Will be lluilt. The account published elsewhere in our columns shows that the prospects of the Atlan- 1 tic, Greenville and Western Railway Company are very bright indeed. It would seem that J this road will be completed from Augusta to < Knoxville within two years. While we re- ' grot that it does not come by way of Abbe- ! ville, we sincerely congratulate our friends ol I Vlnntv.Clv Pr IfAct.it... A.wl T* I viiwauui j aiiu VX1VU11V111U* il will place them on one of the most Important , trunk linos of the country. The stockholders of the A., G. & W. It. R. 1 Co. will meet in Ninety-Six on Thursday, 7th J July, to vote for consolidation with theCaro- I Una, Knoxville and Western R. R. Co. When 1 tlie consolidation is effected tho Georgia Construction Company will contract to build the < whole road, 269 miles in length, from Knoxville to Augusta. Greenville town and county will Join heartily in the undertaking by ; subscribing enough to finish the grading to the State line. It is to bo hoped that the Legislature will grant the use of convict labor for tho bard work in the mountains. I Susong & Co. are to be congratulated on the 1 success that has attended their efforts to build " tliis road. They seem to have plenty of mon- < ey and plenty of energy, and theiramalgama- i tion with the Georgia Construction Company , was a stroke of policy which, we think, en- ( sures the completion of the road through the 3 mountains. j ? m i Alllmvillo lt?ritr? ?lm l>iihlln. Abbeville seems Just now to be criticised * by many newspaper correspondents. We ] havo seen In the Atlanta Constitution a com- i munication on tbo color Question, and we see in the Xeivs and Courier that somebody has ( been writing statements to the Xav York t Sun about negro immigration from Ab- . bevllle county. The statements arc so from | being in accord with the facts as we see them, that we are inclined to the opinion that the 1 communication to the Sun did not originate in Abbeville. So far as we have heard, there Is no discontent among the negroes in Abbeville county. There has been no notable exodus. The negroes arc better treated and c have less cause of complaint than ever be- J fore. The Courts arc more mercifui to avlj doers and the citizens generally treat the ne- :i " no* with kindness. . r c m a The A.. O. A- W. Railway. f Our friends along the line of the Atlantic, 1, uiucuvinu ana western nauroaa win read ^ with much interest the article in another part of this paper which is taken from the j| KnoxvUle Tribune. It really seems to us that c the prospects of the road are entirely satlsfac- n tory to those at the head of it. If the cities of ll Greenville and KnoxvUle do what is expect" 1 sd of them the success of the enterprise Is assured, t The Lciter or Mr. DouglnNit. | Mr. G. A. Douglass iu his letter to the Abbelillc Medium In this week's Issue to the Press ;nd Runner, volccs the sentiment of the peo- , ;lc In tlit.r C satisfaction with the unstabll|ty and uncertainty of our laws. The laws which concern us most arc con. ( stantly changed l>y the Legislature and the Supreme Court puts strange and unheard of constructions on the simplest words in the English language. So great is the uncertainty of many of the <!.-< 41.~ I 1? #!,? CMntn tolll jil?n HIUli l>llt' UC3C inn jwio lit tuv uuuv ?? ?? scarcely venture to give a dccidcd opinion on many points which should be well entabliahed, :ind upon which no doubt should exist. To prevent the great and grievous wrong which the mnjority of the Supreme Court of this State propose to inflict on the creditor class of our citizens calls loudly for a re-organization of that tribunal. There can be in our opinion not the least shadow ot a doubt that the Supreme Court strained a poinst when they construed the words "as to" to mean "for the benefit of." No Literary writer or law giver has ever before given such a meaning to these simple words. The people owe the grand Jury a debt of gratitude. If tlie people never protest at the encroachment of their servants they may someday proclaim themselves masters of the people. Nearly all or the State papers have copied the admirable speech of Mr. Jones at the Press Association on the subject of "Railroad Discriminations." Wo arc some times tempted to ask of that speech the same question that a citizen of Spartanburg asked of Col. Pope's speech before the Association in that town a year or two ago: "I would like to know what connection that sneech had with journal ism ?" Blackwood, who has been the subject ol so much newspaper notoriety was advised by his lawyer to plead guilty to the crime of forgery, and put himself up on the mercy of the Court, which he did. Ho wc.s sentenced to the penitentiary for nine years?three years for each offence. Georgia seems to be a bad State in which a white man may commit crime. ? ? mm Our good friends of the Keowev Courier had the misfortune to lose their office by Are last week, but we are pleased to learn that they have perfected arrangements whereby they will resume the publication of their paper at once. We know well how it is to bo burnt out, and know how to sympathize with our friends in their loss. GREENWOOD'S GOOD LUCK. t'olouol James Edward Calhoun Im* mortalizes Himself by His Liberality ? Pic Xic and Patriotic Speeches?The Tonrnnincnt Association to be a Grand Success? Wedding. _ Greenwood, S. C., June 25,1887. For some lime 11 was Knowntnaicoj. james Edward Calhoun thought of making a donation of books to the Greenwood Male High School. Last Saturday the Greenwood Educational Association, through their Secretary Mr. C. A. C. Waller, received -irVi volumes all standard works for a library to bo established In the ilnleHIgh Suliool building. Col. Cathoun stated that another shipment of books would be made in a few days. Not only the Greenwood Educational Association, but our entire community are titular lasting obligation to Col. Calhoun for his generosity in aiding so worthy an institution. The Colonel has erected a monument here to his memory which will be more durable than marble or brass, and will be pointed to with pride for generations to come. The library will be named the James Edward Calhoun Library in honor of Col. Calhoun. The Association hopes that other donations of books will be added to the "James Edward Calhoun Ltbrary.'' Our citizens out at Buck Level and Itockville arr going to enjoy the 4th by having a big barbecu out at Pearce's quarry. Speeches will be made by Messrs. C. A. C. Waller, \V. K. Blake, Col. W. G. Rico and others. The barbecue will be given by Messrs. T.J- Arnold and J. A. Partlow. Our town will spare no pains and money to make the grand tournament on July 20th a success. Of course all editors and newspaper men are expected to be here on that occasion. A history of our town will bo published and distributed on that occasion, aud let the world see what Greenwood is doing and expects to accomplish In the future, surely the dawn of a new era is upon us. Mr. Charles Bland, of Augusta, and Miss Gussie, daughter of our honored townsman Mr. C. w. Crews, will be married to-morrow at 1 o'clock. They will leave immediately for Augusta. Greenwood's loss will bo Augusta's gain. Y. Z. tvt nittt? nr? a tmjtmv at c t? xt a n a in nu mrtj liti vi a unuia ax oiiiiavh. The Injunction Case?Some Xlcc Questions ol' Law. Seneca Free Press. On last Friday Judge Aldrich filed his decree in the Seneca whiskey case with the Clerk of Court of this county. His Honor refuses to dissolve the Injunction granted by Judge Norton on the ground that under the law the Council of our town was without authiroty to grant license to retail intoxicating drinks within the town. From the opinion of Judge Aldrich it seems that Seneca sister town snare In this want of authority to grant such license, and it appears that the County of Oconee Is now, so far as the law goes, dry. Judge Aldrich holds that under Sec. .34 of the Revised Statutes the repeal ofa statute which Itself repeals a former act does not revive the repealed, if this be law, and It seems to be perfectly clear, the act of 1SS3, or the Strlbling tind Mason act, repeals a!l acts which grant to any officer tiie right to grant license to retail Intoxicating liquors in Oconee, the object of this act was entitled an act to prevent the retall of spirituous or malt liquors in Oconee. I'he act of 18S5, or the Hieman act, simply repeals the act of 1SS3, which act of 1SS3 repealed all nets giving authority to grant license previous to its passage. Under Judge Alilrlch's rullug the act of 1S85 does not revive , I.Jin milhorlf v fo I'l-nnt. linpiiRft whlr.li wns r pealed by the act of 18S3. If Judge Aldrich's view of the law be correct, which appears to becorrect, whichappearstobo undoubtedly so, Lhen any license granted In our County i would be void and no protection to one who ittomps to sell under it. So tho wet men of , Seneca seem to have avoided expensive trouble in the courts by the action of tho dry 1 men In enjoining the town authorities from ' granting license, and should bo under obligations to the dry party rather than condemn ( Lhem in this matter. I. LAFAYETTE HAMBLIN THE UNFORTU- ! NATE VICTIM. 1 1 V Citizen of Abbeville County Miir- ' ilcreil in Ills Own ilouyc In Or. angebnr!; Count}'. On the 23d instant Mr. J. Lafayette Ilara>lln was killed in his own room in Orange- ] jurg county by Mr. Richard Norton and Mr. < ?Norton, tho father of Richard. Mr. Joseph Wilson of this county, the only >ye witness to the homicide, gives the follow- 1 ng statement: t Mr. Ilamblin while at work became very r vet, and went into his house to change his j :lothlti<!: Mr. Richard Norton camc Into Mr. . rlamblln's room and using very abusive lan- , ;uage, Mr. Hamblin ordered him out of ills 1 louse, whereupon Mr. Richard Norton drew i i sell-cocking pistol from his hip pocket and ^ Ired a fatal shot at Hamblin, who was In the ? ?ct of undressing. Sir. Wilson seeing that Norton was still trying to shoot Interfered, 1 ind had succeoded In throwing him to the > loorand was in the ant of talcing the pistol t iway from him when the father of Mr. Rich- [ ird Norton ran In with a knife and gave Mr. hamblin several serious cuts about the throat, sliest and back. In about two minutes after he shot he died. The Nortons were arrested and are now In i lie Orangeburg jail. Mr. Wilson states that iono of the parties were drinking. ?x(rnetM from a Speech Delivered by Itev. Sam Jones in Chattanooga, ' Nashville Banner. A man can beat his wife justas well on high y icense as on low license liquor. . Prohibition is a plea for a purer land, for 1 mr heart-broken women and destitute or- C >Ii;mis; -t Is a plea for God and our native a and. < A man that will nreach one way and vote t mother Is either a hypocrite or a fool. I'J 1 atlier be a hypocrite than a fool, because you t an straighten on til hypocrite but you can't s L fool. {] I want to tell you folks that if you don't _ ass tliis prohibition amendment, and quit muring your damnable whiskey into Atlanta, " Ulanta is going to pour its damnnblo whis:ey business into Chattanooga. Some people say God made whiskey. God .1 lidn't. God didn't inakeanything that whls:cy can be made out of until It rots anil In- 81 omes so mean that a hog won't cat it. God 11 undo the juicy peach, hut it can't be mado Is iito brandy until it is so rotton that 110 ani- ,1 aal would cat jt. Light shades in dress goods at cost. Win. E. c tell. . tl THE U&W. TO BE BUILT. ? rHE OUTLOOK AS GOOD AS IT3 MOST J ZEALOUS ADVOCATES COULD WISH. \ i The Director* have been in Session? I The <>eor?ia Const ruction Com- 1 jmny liavo Entered Into Writings i ...riw> ciiv <>r Kiutxville to tnkc Action nt Onee?Work to be Comnieiieeri within forty-Five IJnyn ( After Knoxville Votes ?300,000. ( Knoxville Tribune. I The Directors of Carolina, Kncxvillc anil < Western Railroad Company have been in scssi on for two days in our city nid have i under consideration, besides otlier buslht.--, pertaining to the interest of the company, a 1 proposition uiaiio by the Georgia Construction aud Investment Company. The Georgia Construction and Investment Company Is chartered under the laws ol the Stale of Georgia anil arc suid to have ample capital as well as almost unlimited credit. The Directors or the railroad company consider themselves very fortunate to make the arrangements, aud look upon the completion of their road as an absolute certainty within the time mentioned lu their agreement, or contract, with the construction company. The construction company have entered into writings with the Carolina, Knoxvitle and Western railroad company, by which they biud themselves to build, construct and equip this road in a first-class manner, including all necessary depots, switches and side tracks, commencing at Knoxville aud working southeastward to the South Carolina lino bj the most feasible route. From this point on to Greenville, S. C., there remains only fifteen miles to be graded. The people of that city will subscribe liberally in order to secure the building of the line. From Greenville to Augusta the road has been graded, and every thing In readiness almost for laying the track. When the line is completed to tliis latter point we KlinII have an outlet by different routes to Port Royal, Wilmington, Charleston and Savannah. The two divisions, Tennessee and North Carolina, have consolidated their interests, and arrangements have been made to have ine soiun uarouua uivisiohs iu ji>iu jii, ? ilu this virtually new company, when the company will be complete. The gentlemen comprising the South Carolina Division are expected in this city sometime soon when the necessary arrangements will be made for the formation of a company which will have, as a majority in the directorship, some of our representative business men. This will insure the establishment of the principal offices, building of large shops and round houses and an acquisition in the way of population of many hundred clerks, mechanics and other families. The road is to b1? laid with sixty pound steel rails, and work will be commenced within lorty-flvc days after this city shall subscribe 5300,000 to tho capital stock. The construction company will put on a force, beginning atKnoxvllle, and pushing the work through as fast as possible. They have agreed and bound themselves to have the whole line completed and equipped on^or before the 1st day, of January, JS90. It Is understood that the city bonds bearing Interest at tho rate of seven per cent are to be placed In trust only and not delivered over until the line Is completed. Everything Is now In readiness to make a proposition to the city, and will no doubt be done at the next meeting of the City Council. The gentlemen composing the directorship feel confident that they can show to our citizens the facts, the shortest line to the sea coast, an independent line, and one which will most certainly be built, as the company undertaking the task are men of experience in the building of railroads, and know no such thing as fall. If our people want the Carolina. Knoxvllle and western to commence operations, an opportunity will no doubt be offered them soon to say by their voles what they will do in the premises. Tlie Evangelist's Work in Abbeville. A pavIao r\f I tr Innu onrvinoc loctintr t hron SX. OCIIW.1 \J 4 1 wv? T.VWW .... w?. weeks held in the Methodist church at this place came to n close Inst Sunday. Mr. Leitch, the evangelist, during this meeting preached many impressive sermons. He Is an earnest, efficient and tireless worker, and his work here has done an amount of good which it Is impossible to estimate. Hie co worker. Mr. Marshall, charmed the people with his sweet spiritual singing and doubtless many truths were impressed in this way which' the sterner messago of Mr. Leitch might not have reached. The services were well and largely attended up to the close of the meeting, several times the church w.is filled to overflowing. Many from the surrounding country came and took part in the meetingand shared in its gracious benefits. Last Sunday morning was a joyous occasion. Iiev. P. ]{. Jackson, our beloved pastor, received twenty-six members into the Methodist church as part of the result of this meeting. One was received for the Baptist church and one for the Presbyterian church. There were Reveral who joined different churches in the country. During the meeting thirty-six applied for church membership, and every one of them professing conversion. The total number of conversions during the meeting is estimated at about sixty. Rev. S. J. Bcthea, Rev. Mr. Morgan, Rev. \Vm. Shaw, of the Baptist church, and Rev. P. B. Jackson, of the Abbeville Methodist church, were present during t!;e meetiiu d were actively engaged therein. The meeting lias been a success, and the ?pnl of (Sort's nouroval has boon affixed to the work. L. Notwithstanding the tightness of money matters the good people of Abbeville made up a purse of $150 and presented to Messrs. , Leitcli aiid Marshall in appreciation of their labors. A True Sditomcnt or tlic Case. [Clinton Advertiser.] Some of the newspapers, In their zeal for the vindication of the law, may have overleaped the niark in some instances, but this is , more than setoff by the failure of other editors to speak out on questions In which their professional ability miglit be called into ser- i vice. With this class, Judge Aldrlch's re- ( marks meet with a hearty endorsement, . while the other class who refuse to subordl- 1 nate the position of their callingto the whims I of the legal profession, treat Judge Aldrich's ( remarks as the result of a disordered liver. , nubilities of Riink Directors. j An important decision has been ren- , dered by theSuprome Court of Illinois, { in a bank case which has been in the ( courts for several years. Gardner Case , was a depositor in Bunker Ilill Bank, at Bunker Hill, Til. The bauk failed while , holding his deposits, and he brought suit . against the directors individually, set- ! Ling up the claim that 11 deposits wore received when the directors, by exercising due diligence, might have known the bank was insolvent, they were legally liable for the deposit. The Circuit Court of Macoupin county gave judgment in favor of Case, and the defendant appealed to the Appellate Court which allirnied the decision of the court below. The case ' was then carried to the Supremo Court, v which again aflirmed the decision of the c jourt below. The opinion declares the S following: First, thattlie directors of e bank aro trustees for the depositors as a well as for the stockholders; second, that v ;hey aro bound to the observance of ordi- ^ aary care and diligence, and are hence liible for injury resulting from its non-ob- li jervance. e l'rof. Jno. W. Slii]>j>, d Prof Jno W. Shipp having tendered his b resignation of the Chair of Languages a md Literature, tiie Board of Curators is lereby express their deep regret at his t] withdrawal from the faculty of the insti;ution, he having rendered it most valu- ;i ible service and given the utmost satis- ? action by his professional ability' and li- 'j lelity, and his most amiable qualities aud c. jearing as a Christian gentleman. They e, nay, thorelbre, confidently, as tlioy do vith pleasure, commend him aseminen- ~ ly qualified as an instructor and gover- 3, lor of youth and assure him of their best ^ vishes for his posonal welfare and eon- ? inucd honor and usefulness in his voca- ? ion. T. M. Fixnky, Pros't. S. MCSI'ADKN, Sec. Bellevue Collegiate Institute, Caledo- r( lia, Mo.??S7. Louis Advocate. ' Long Live tlie Queen !** C< The English Jubilee is remarkable in various ways. Not often in the history 2 if that country, or any other, has a sov- " ireigti reigned half a century. Henry 7111. reigned thirty-four years; Queen a Clizebeth about forty-live years, and n ieorgo III. about sixty years. Hut, as s( .11 English writer says: "What a conrast did that aged monarch present to w ho Queen as she is to-day! It pleased he Almighty to deprive him of his rea- 0I on ; for long years he lingered on, a sad nental wreck, unable to administer the Hairs of his kingdom, or fullil the com- ct non duties of life." h< The broken dyke which caused such a IOUOUIUVI'1 uicinun 111 auajjiliy JS Ill'W nidtohavo been tbo result ol careless- af ess, which, by tho by, is tho cause of a w irgo proportion of tho so-called wi- ol ems. It is stated that Mr. Mclirydo, on re- 01 onsideration has consented to remain in Pf be Presedeney of tho S. (J. College. ' "* t The V?-je of Proof-readers' Work. From The South Bend Times.?The .irinter makes mistakes occasionally in setting type from manuscript which es- r apes the notice of tho proof-reador, but J il'ty mistakes aro corrected In a printing>lli*o for one that is committed. Tlie following from a speech delivered by t Colonel It. T. Van Horn is not an exaggeration of tho truth: If tho manuscripts of speeches, sermons, law arguments, scientific, or professional papers were printed as they L-omo to the printer's hands, seven in ten i>r great reputations wouiu ue wreweu, Lhe educators of the land, the very teachers of the gram 111 er schools not excepted. ( i'here is something in the process of the handling of the types, of reading copy, of j Borrectins proofs, that begets on aptitude ( that 110 other instruction can give. The , mind is so trained that it detects errors ' in style, expression, and rhythm in com- j position, as tho trained ear directs discord in inusic. The printer is, after all, lhe real prcteeter of literary reputation. *? ? Walhalla, June 21.?This morning about :5 o'clock the Keowce Courier office, ! with ils books and appurtenances, was destroyed by fire. The law offices of Keith & Verner and Thompson & Orr, and the trial justice ofllco of Robert Jaynos, which occupied the first %>or of the Keowce Courier building, together with their libraries and office furniture were burned. Loss about five thousand dollars. The records ol the county commissioners' office, being kept in the office of Keith & Verner, were lost also. The law offices of Major Dendy, Squire Gib- , son and Major Slielor were destroyed. Loss about one thousand dollars. Tho Court House and other offices and build ings came near burning. The fire was of incendiary origin. Tho conspirators are white. No arrest havo been made. The venerable senior of the St. Louis ; Christian Advocate, referring to the un- . veiling of the Calhoun monument at Charleston, says: "In years gone by, < tho present writer served as a minister in the county near where Mr. Calhoun lived, and while much has been published regarding the talents and services of that truly great man, there is one thing rarely mentioned, that is the esteem in which he was held by the common people, especially the poor around liim. By them he was almost adored for his kindness and his goodness. Here were his greatest honors." < Yemassee, thejunction of the Charleston and Savannah and Port Royal and j Western Carolina railways, has an artesian well which is a wonder in its way. The well was bored to supply an adequate quaintity of water for railroad pur- i poses. When it had reached a depth of 270 feot a bold stream ot water issued from the pipe, and rose to the height of 9 lect above the ground. The boring will be continued until the stream is project ed higher than the railroad tank it is intended to fill. The supply is however already abundant not only for road purposes but for the use of the village. Dr Boyle, Ed. Episcopal Methodist say of himself: ^ So many kind inquires have recently been made about the health of the Editor, that he takes this occasion to express his appreciation of the sympathy of his i friend?. There was a partial paralysis, < which has been subduea, except as to the < right leg, which yet drags and does not co-ordinate with the other limb ; so that walking is difficult and very tiresome. Iiiram Maxim, an American inventor . of an automatic machine gun, has had an audience of the Czar, who asked him ] why he had left his own country and 1 and come to England. Mr. Maxim replied, "that his business was to make I weapons of destruction, it was necessarv i for him to take up his abode in n Contf- I nent whore the business of destruction i was the chief occupation of mankind. In i the New World they have something else to do than to kill eaoh other. Therefore he came to the Old World, where instru- j ments of slaughter were in request."? Exchange. An odd-practice prevails in regard to moil ruing for deceased relatives in Corea. And one who has suffered such a loss goes about for a year wearing a kind of pointed basket on his head, which completely hides his face and no one is permitted to address or speak to him. It was by adopting the mourner's bonnet as a disguise that the early Jesuit missiona ries succeueu m entering me country ana making their way about uuquestioned by J anybody. Tho eviction or dismissal of tenants for non-payment of rent is no doubt a sad tiling; but will some warm-hearted and 1 fair-minded person propose a remody? ' Evictions ! How many eyictions of poor 1 families are there in Washington every year? In New York city there were 20,000 last year?more than in all Ireland! Can pliilanthrophy cure this distress near home ?? Wanking rost. Dr. Corbitt, a returned missionary from China, says that "tho heathen never go to iheir temples to worship without carry- i ing an offering of some kind as> a proof of :heir sincerity. When they become , Christians this convictrou is not rooted , >ut, but rather it is lieightenod in proportion as Christianity is regarded as supe ior to heathenism. I have seen them j ?ivc to such an extent that I felt itaduy to remonstrate, and remind them that hey owed duties to their homes which < nlist not be forgotten." < There is an evil in this land that ought o be corrected. It is a crying evil. It < s tho custom of employing teachers to < each our schools just because they are elatives or friends of the trustees or ( IIMIJU JlllJUUUUl.il J.IU1LIUII Ui lilU airilUUJ. J ilcn cheat their own children onto!" their iducation in order to throw a few dollars nto the hands of an unworthy relative or , riend. The Presbyterian Church in Ireland , iow comprises over 550 congregations, vith 62(> ministers and more than 102,000 ommunicants. There are over 1,000 iabbath-schools, with nearly 9,000 teachrs, and attendance of over 100,000 schol- g rs. Last year's accounts show that the j oluntarv contributions reached nearly !157,000, including .?10,395 for Missions. s The repeal of the capital punishment aw by the Maine Legislature was eli6ctd, and imprisonment l'or life substituted i)r death in all cases of murder in the lirst egreo. Such convicts, however, are to ie kept in close confinement, away from J 11 associations, and no pardoning power 1 i left to Governor and council, unless he convict is proved innocent. 0 Tho "base ball" contagion is running I .s coursc over tno country a la distemers. Many of the secular papers seem j olighted with the honor of helping aconling to their ability to spread tho dis- , aso with golden edging. Tho Irish Methodist nunibor 24,003. , 'he net increase for the past year was J9. They have 3G4 chapels and 1,802 ther preaching-places. They must do a ^ reat ueal of out-door worK. 1' Discontinued?For Sale. ti Tho Bool; and Job printing department, * jcently established in connection with ^ ie Christian Nkighbor has been dis- Cl antinued. fl The entire lot of job material, including Gordon presses, one-half and one-fourth ( icdium, is for sale. It is hoped that in "j few weeks tho material will bo so ar- Sj mged that tho varied stock can bo easily j tn inn nn/1 nni?nl?noAwa : ~ ?t.si-ln, ....v. ^uivntmvig liuu 111 il 111uu \vlliiu g bat they may want. Term.% Qcixh, on dolivery at Neighbor j, ITico. ]< Presuming that everything fomul in a miplote lirst-class job ollico am l>c bad H*c, il will be to tlio interest of those I U] 110 wish to buy to come ami see. j ill The foregoing arrangement in no wise fccts the Christian Neighbor which I itli its own independent and complete jo iWit, remains in tact in the samo ollico; tli i Plain Street. Our purpose is to dis- ?r* >se of all job material?nothing more. fcjiui H. Browne, of VICTIMIZED TAX PAYERS. [ AYLOB COUNTY, KY., IN OPEN REBELLION. Swearing not to Pay Bonds or A Bond that Xever Wn# Itnllt?Will Fljflit"* the lfandate of tlic Court?Bloodslifd Indicated--?In 1 tod States Troops to lie Called into ServiceMore Had Blood In Kentncky. Lou is villi-:, June 24.?United States Marshall Gross returned from Taylor county, Ky., to-day where he. went to' take initiatory steps to collect taxes for the payment of the county railroad bonds of the Cumberland & Ohio Railroad in accordance with the judgment issued by Judge Howell E. Jackson,at the recent r~-m of the United States Circuit Court, tie reports the citizens of that county in very bad temper and determined not to pay taxes. The threat was made that the mandate of the Court could be executed at the loss of many lives. Marshall Gross is determin :d to execute the judgment to collect the taxes, even if he has to call upon United States troops to aid him in asserting his authority. He returned to the city this evening to consult with the United States district attornev. leaving a deputy on the ground. There is great excitement at Campbellsville, the county seat of Taylor county, the amount of taxes ordered is $18,00 in this particular case, though the total amount due the bond holders from other counties amount to about ?250,000. Tho road was never built. A Colored Editor's Views. Cape Fear Advocate. There is nothing that does more to injure the negroe race than the ignorant jackass preachers who prey ,upon the pockets of the colored people. On Sunday these Bible smashers can be seen alter their pulpit harangue is over, sitting around sorno of their members houses, with another man's wife, waiting for the last old hen to be put on the table that they may stuff their hypocritical hide. They, as a rule, are always wanting to build a church, and therefore can be found with a little book collecting money for the purpose, and, when it has been built, it would not make a good-sized ~ coal house. Generally these pulpit gymnasts know as much about preaching as iTenueesee mule knows about probation after death. One of the fathers of Methodism cured a young minister of using extravagant language in this way. After be had been denouncing a person in a terrible fashion, this minister took him aside and said: "Yonng man, if you had to describe twelve wicked men, beginning with the best of the lot, you would use np the entire English language on him, and would ijayu uotiuug tu any ujicupb uiurt? ou on <. the next, and before you got half through you could do nothing but make faces. The possibility of premature burial has been considered so great by the Madrid authorities that the municipal cemetary has been provided with an electrical signaling apparatus which will notify the officials of the slightest movement in any colfin in the receiving vaults. Rev. T. D. Witherspoon, pastor of the First Presbyteriyn church, Louisville, Kentucky, has been elected to succeed Rev. Dr. James Woodrow in the chair of ; Natural Science in Connection with Revelation, in the Columbia Theologibal Seminary, South Carolina. ?.; J The burning of the large cotton warehouse belonging to the Camperdown . * mills, Greenville, with seven hundred bales of cotton has turned 200 hands out of employment. The burning was caused by lightning, June 21,10 p. m. Prof. John W. Shipp, son of the R?v. A M. Shipp, of Cheraw, and once an instructor in Wofford College, has sesigned the chair of languages and literature in Bellevue Colleirinte Institude. Caledonia. Mo. The bronze figure of William Penn which is to surmount the tower of the new Public Building in Philadelphia will be 36 feet iu height. It will be more than a year before it is completod. The war cycle, a velocipede that carries ten soldiers, is considered so valuble in England that one is to be built for twenty-six men, thirteen to work the vehicle " and thirteen to ride. The forest fires, which have devastated ? northern peninsula of Michigan during the past fortnight caused a total loss of ?7,000,000. Eight lives are known to bave been lost. It has been computed that the death rate of the globe is 67 a miute, 907,790 a day, and 35,639,835 a year, and the birth rate 79 a minute, 100,800 a day 36,792,000 a year.?Exchange. The Catholic and Non-Catholic members of Knights of Labor in Chicago have divided ou the McGlyn issue. The Southern Presbyterian Church has made olders eligible to the moderatorsbip of its General Assembly. Militarism on the continent of Europe Mid coercion in Ireland are depopulating the old and filling tho new world. T?ov K P Mnrrv liati a null ;o the pastoraio of the Prosbyterian ?hurcli in Summerviile, S. C. Experts state that the best modern guns ;ost ?97,000, and it cost ?900 to shoot one >f thein only once. Ahont twenty members have been recently added to the Presbyterian church it Ninoty-Six, S. C. Piedmont?Baptist Church near Bishipville, was burned to the ground June 18. Incendiar}'. The Commencement exorcises of the S. 2. College closed last Wednesday. Married. Married in Columbia, March 9,1887, by >idi II. Browne, Mr. Wm. T. Friday to ktiss Harriet A.lice Ford. Married in Columbia, June 21,1887, by iidi H. Browne, Mr. Willie W. Faust to tfiss Mary S. Daniels. Died. Mrs. Mary A. Roach, widow of Dr. T. r. Roach, Columbia, S. C., died June 22, S87, aged 84. Rev. W. W. Bennett, D. D., President if Randolph Macon College, died iu jouisa, Ya., June 8, 1887. Miss L. H. Richardson died in this city une 21, 1887, aged 85. Dr. G. M. Yarborongh, Seneca, died, une 14, 1887, aged 73. Mr. Ellis Brown, of Fork township, * ied after a verry brief illness. Miss Ella Twitty, daughter of Mr. and Irs. J. W. Twitty, Lancaster, died June 9, 1887, aged 23. Trial Justice A. A. Chrietzberg of Wa?ree, died in Orangeburg, June 20, 1887. le wa3 post-master at Wateree. Charles Allen, inventor of milk conensing, fruit evaporating and other procsses, committed suicide, Juno 20, at Umdolph, Mass. Mr. Samuel A. Nelson, Charleston, S. ? died June 26, 1887, ased 67 years, 8 lothers, 17 days: The Christian intoerty of this honest merchant and public lirited citizen commanded and mainlined the implicit confidence of the peolo of Charleston and throughout the tate. Elizabeth Hovle (Shuford,) was born an. 11th 1813, and died May the ISth *S7, being 74 years, 4 months and 7 days Id. In i829 she was married to Noah 'oyle who preceded her to the glory orld about 11 years. She was brought p in the German Reformed Church and entiliod herself with the Methodist Imrch in 1832. Sbo and Uncle Noah sared a larj;o family of children, and icceeded in training them all for Christ, no of her sons is Rev. M. II. Hoyle of io N. Conference. She left a family children, grandchildren and grout -andchildrcn, numbering 119, and I bejve nearly all who have attained years accountability are christians.