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The Press and Banner. ABBEVILLE, S.C. Wednesday, August 24,1887. Jnwtioe Outraged. George S. Turner who shot a representative of the foreign white trash In Spartanburg recently, has been balled In the sum of $f,0<K) by Associate Justice Mclver. Mr. Turner is a "man of means" and the act of Judge Mclver in granting bail is accounted for, we presume, as being in conformity to the usual practice of the Courts where criminals escape .justice. It would have occasioned Mr. Turner less trouble if the case had been nol pros'd, as was done in the matter of the triple murderer in ti,^ e,,ii/>!?rvr in tlinf. instance nol AU^OIJCIU. AIIV UVIIVIVW. ... prox'il the charge of murder against Jones in two instances. Tlie Jury found him guilty of manslaughter In shooting an old paralytic, and now he is out on bail, and will be forced to attend Court once more before his innocence is clearly established. There may be legal and technical reasons for all this, but it looks very much like we have no law at all In South Carolina which will protect the life of its citizens. As a matter or ract, we inniK, u iuu Courts cannot punish for murder, the United States government should undertake to protect Its cltizcns. To do this the United State* Courts should try all cases. The citizen has a right to look to the general government for protection where the States are Impotent or unwilling. As all law for the protection of life seems to be nullified or set at defiance in South Carolina through the technicalities of the law or through thever.' diets of State Juries, it is the bounden duty oi ' "*"4? ill. tne unueu owifs huh-uiuiuh iu ... loyal subjects from murder at the hands of lawless citizens. The killing of a fellow-citizcn should be an offence against the government, and he who raises a murderous hand should be declared a public enemy, and held to account to the general government for his act. The SUite Courts seem to us to be chiefly for the protection of murderers. Hence the necessity for the United States to protect its citizens. we iisk, in nu rauuui, vun ~ sense people have good respect for either the laws of the State or the Courts of the Commonwealth when every murderer can find legal excuse or justification for his act? We leave it for the people to say if the pretense that we have protection for life in South Carolina is not delusive promise, which Is as fnlco oc If is filir. If tho law is enforced in South Carolina, how is it that murderers almost eertainly find some technicality by which they escape all puDlshment in every instance? If the law is enforced how is it that our Democratic Judges are so generous in giving bail to nearly every applicant ? We saw it stated recently in one of our ex. changcs that in no instance had bail been re fused in perhaps the first ten years of Demo" crntic rule. ??? Tbe Waste oC^Tline In Talking ol Building Factories. For the last year or so many of tho newspapers have been full of commendations of enterprises looking to the erection of factories, and so far as we have noticed, not a single factory has been built or commenced. As a matter of fact the proposition to build factories is, in a large majority of instances, im practicable ana inauvisaoie. 111c cum pen* tloii in the manufacture of cotton in so great that the profit is not sufficient to warrant the outlay by a people who, if borrowers, have to pay ten per cent, interest, or, if lenders, cau realize ten per ccnt. on their money. No people can afford to invest their money in factories in a country where the legal note of interest is ten per cent. As a money investment they would be foolish to do so. People whose interest account Is high can net compete with ttie people or uic coiuury where a low rate of Interest rules. I'litil Hie Southern farmers are prosperous and have more money than they care to Invest in their farms and their improvement, it Is idle lor the South to talk about competing with the Northern mills. As long as our farmers are borrowers at enormous rates of interest, ami as long as our business men pay ten per cent, for money on which to make a profit In their dealings with the farmers, our people cannot build factories. What we need Is prosperous farmers. Fanners who have something to sell, and do not buy everything tbey need, from a hamper basket to a plow auimnl. The BuHlncHM Outlook at Abbeville. All the Indications point to a prosperous business at Abbeville during the coming winter. The fields promise an abunduut yield, and our farmers arc in good spirits at the thought of well stored barns, money in the pocket, and all bills settled. Our merchants are correspondingly cheered. Their customers will be able to pay their outstanding Wilis,?UIIU lilt' llt*? Mil 111\ 11124 mrullKV? "I ui* town, and the equitable i-ales of freight give them all the advantages desired in furnishing goods lo their customers ju tne lowest prices. The equalization of freights has encouraged our business men to greatei efforts, and tlie elt'ectwill be to quicken trade, and to bring new men among us. Messrs Rogers <fc Co. will open a new wholesale house in town. Messrs. 1'. Rosenberg A-t 'o. are enlarging their store room to more than double its former capacity. Every merchant in town will lay in larger and more complete stock* than they have hud for years; a full corps ol clerks has already been employed or eugaged, and every thing for the people ol AbbevilU county and Abbeville town looks iuo?t cheering. i ne Heowee l oiirier. We are glad to note tlie handsome reappearance of the Keoivec Courier from Its own new office at Walhalla. The Courier lias always been a high toned paper, fair and honorable with its con temporaries, and ever up to the highest requirements of a county paper and the good people for whom it is printed. The paper is now otic of the handsomest received at this office, and is printed 011 new type, new cylinder press, new everything. We wish the publishers the increased success which their merit deserves. We have always regarded them as personal friends, ami the Press and Manner will nolo with much pleasure any success which may attend the Courier. The Prohibitionists in Anderson and Lau reus were ueicaieu ium iucsiiuj in mu miction under the Murray bill for the prohibition of the sale of whit-key in these counties, Anderson went wet by about eighteen hundred votes, and Laurens by about one hundred votes. In Anderson there seems to have been much bitterness of feeling in the race The election In Laurens was less exciting. The Bumuiell Sentinel thinks the commer cial agency reports uf tho condition of the crops is injurious to the farmer and to the interest of the speculator. The outlook, that paper tblnks, is not as good as tlie reports would Indicate. Good reports depress tht t-*?*lr*r\ r\f nMtftn |/l IVV V* VVKVVMI Mr. Bonner of the Associate Itr/mmcd 2'resbytcrian Is now the owner of a real live alizator. He doesn't know how to utilize it. and proposes to send it to Grandfather Hucon of Ihe Edgefield Advertiser. "Mr. Spurgcon speaks better English than any other speaker that we have heard in England." To American ears this is true, and the reason assigned is that he never received a classical education, nor graduated at any English University. Ilis style is peculiarly his own, not an imitation of some professor. Ho never says uyis" for "yes" as the manner of some scholars is. WALNUT GROVE SCHOOL. ? - ? Able Sprrclips l>y Jlrssrs. >1. II. He<;? <>. IV. II. Wiitkins. J. Cork. !?? .1. m." Smith?Programme. IH'i: Wkxt, S. A11 trust 22, 1SS7. To <>!T?' who loads a sedentary lile, and plies his hands and brain to a daily a vocation that secludes him to a large extent from participating in social converse with his fellow-men, nothing affords more pleasure and excites more life and animation in tlie whole frame than a trip into the country, where the lovely landscape can he seen, the growing crops? heavily fruited corn and cotton? extends from hill to vale, the cordial grasp of the hand of friend after friend can be felt, the woids of wisdom of the aged, the merry laugh and sweeter song of iho young and sjay can be heard. To contemplate such a trip is at once inspiring and exhilarating. With just such fceiings we were filled la<t Friday morning, when anticipating a jaunt to the neighborhood of Walnut (irovechurch, at which place Was to be a picnic and school exhibition, at the closing exercises of the term taught by Prof. W. P. Culbertson. Early on that clay, in company wmi niie ui the fair nml lovely young ladies of this town, seated behind a splendid roadster, we bid ailleu to "frae and bairns,'' and soon found ourselves nt the residence of -Mr. >1. B. Mc(Jee, whose name in that community is one that is covered with good deeds, und whose hospitality is unbounded. A cordial and warm welcome was extended by all of his family, and hy word and deed from him and his excellent wife we were made to feel perfectly at home. At an early hour a large concourse of people from tlie neighborhood, and a number trorn Laurens county, with representatives from Cokesbury, Hodges, llonea Path, Donalds, Due West, and other places, were on ilie grounds. Tlic people of tlie community "cem to t>o nMve to the cause of education, and are working together In peace and harmony. holding up tho hands of the young gentlemen who presides over the school. And just here we may say that from what we saw and heard, Mr. Culbertson has done and is doing a good work?work of which he need not be ashamed, and work that will yet bear good fruit. At 11 o'clock the meeting was called to order, and opened with an anthem by the choir, led by Miss Minnie Heacham, who presided at the organ, and after a few words ol welcome from Prof. Culbertson, and prayer by Mr. J. S. McGce, Mr. M. B. McGee was called on for a speech, and responded in his usual happy style, by saying that the meeting was for the purpose of Increasing the interest In education. He urged the importance of an education, and was of the opinion that thefree school system was doing much goodit gave the young of this generation greater advantages than than the older persons had . "ihiin ?i?a u'uc imnnrfonf. yet lie luid naught to say against it, hut 11s wo pa hi so much tax to the general government we should have an educational bonur, :?nd was therefore in favor of the lilair Hill. The free school system, properly supplementoft, would furnish a basis upon which to build a higher education, and it was hoped that high schools would soon be located In every community. The colored people were educating their children, and we must of necessity do the same. Our children were not .,v K? ??i?.,l i? lr,nn n? nn.l uMor darkness, but to be educated that they may be usetul citizens, ornaments to society, State and Church. Prof. II. II. Wntkins, the next speaker for the occasion, was then introduced to the audience, and though a young man, ho manifested a deep interested in the exercises of the ?l?y, und In a happy style delivered an able address, full of rounded sentences on the subject, "Morality in Education"?a subject which, we are sorry to say, does not reoeive any too much attention. During the course of his remarks Mr. Watkins said : "The children of our country wiio arc educated at all, are under the charge of the teachers during the formative period of their lives; and as their mindsare trained to love Rood or evil, or tausrht to seek tlie highest wisdom, or spurn what is beautiful or true?so will the fathers and mothers, the future iaw-mnkers and teachers and citizens develop into the embodiment of tlie principles which they represent; and it they are not the happy peo pie whose God is the Lord, we must be turned away with all the nations which forget God, and our government and institutions be destroyed forever." And in the selection of Instructors lie said: "As you, (parents) have hope in the future interests of your children and your country, look to the kind of instmiction which vourchildren are receiving: and In the selection of teachcis. Ret moral leathers?Christian men?men of heart as well as brain." The earnest and derisive manner of the words of wisdom with which Mr. Walkins spoke, bespeaks for him a life of success in the profession which lie lins chosen. To him we say, "Tentare cut valcre." I'rof. J. C. Cork, of the Ninety-Six IIIkIi School, was next introduced, and while he 111?I * 11* II1' j > II" LI' IJ > 1V111 an It I'llMHV Oj'Uinvi, ?v discussed the Tree school system in a masterly manner,atui won golden opinions for himself hot!) as a speaker and a deep thinker, lie was jjlad to know there was no opposition to the free school system at this plr.ee, and that while the system was not perfect .vet it , was a necessity: tlie public fund should be supplemented so that the schools could continue the whole year. lie had no patience with the contlnua! tirade against the system, and thought our efforts should be to build up rather than tear down; the system was a fixture, aud the State was bound to provide a system by which the masses could get some education, lie spoke of the duties of the school officers from the .State Superintendent down to the township trustee, and then 1 of the patrons. lie also referred to the fact that any young man in this age of the world, enjoying educational facilities never before surpassed, needs no assistance and should be too proud to accept any to obtain a collegiate education?all he needs Is the will?the way is open. Prof. Cork's speecli was highly entertaining throughout ami showed that he was deoply interested In the cause of education. 1 ?- T l? Umlll, r\C T niivnhC tpnc nnvt mllml , upon, and made n most, listppy little talk uboutthree minutes, alluding to the excellent ; things already spoken, and excusing himself by say Inn that the time hud come when the hungry should be fed, and believed the congregation would vote for that part of the programme, which tlicy did by a general round 1 of cheer. An invitation was extended to all to repair fri flu* trrnvn In "rpst find rpfrpsh llipmselvas" ?which they certainly did. The tables and baskets were filled with sumptuous dinners, , and every one had an abundance. i,titer in the afternoon the crowd witnessed a game of baseball between the Walnut (.rove club and n club from Laurens county. , which resulted in favor of the former. It was announced that the children ot the ' school would give an exhibition at early can die Iight in the school house. Hut about the setting of the sun the clouds gathered, the ' wind blew and the rain tell, and for a time apprehension was expressed that the children won Id in it be able to furnish the eaj:er crowd with the entertainment to which they had devoted some time in preparing. A rostrum ' had been improvised in Tront of the school i house, and rustic scats tlxed up for tin audience, which was quite a pood one, for . the weather did not prevent many from re ' malum*: till night. After some unavoidable , delay tlie exorcises were begun, and the fol, lowing programme carried out: Too Much Side Show?Dialogue?W. I'. Cnl ' bertson. \V. C. MoOee, David 151 ackwell, Sammie Kiley, O/.a Unrvey, Rorley ("ulbertson, Frank Bratnlctl, iilermann Alexander. Little Chatterbox?(speech)?May Riackwell. Wise and Foolish Little Ciiris?(dinlogue)? Eultt Alexander and Kosa Lee Moore. Above the Skies?(dialogue)?Lucia McGec . and May Black well. The Truthful Boy?(speech)?Walter Tinslev. Cut ami Dog?(dialogue)?l'reuc McGee and Lldie Riley. Courageous Boy?(speech)? ilouier Black ' well. To Be Happy Vou Must He Good?(dialogue] ?Lulu Blaekweli, Sadie Moore aud Her ley Culhertson. Little Speaker?(spcech)?Johnule Steven KOI). Cooking Club ? (dialogue)? Sndie McGee, Margie Alexander and girls of school. The Het ? (dialogue) ? Marion Williams, ' Niemann Alexander. Nothing I.Ike Training?fdiaioguc)?Boys ol the school and Bieman Alexander. Blizzard ? (dialogue)?Lalla Alexander and ' Frank Bram let t. Way to John Smith's ? (dialogue)?Berley Culbertsor. Satmnie Rilev. Marion Williams. ] Wonderful Essr?(Neirro dialogue)?Herley Cullicrtson and Frank Hramlett. Aunt Pot soy's Ruse ? (dialogue)? Km inn I Riley, Sulllo MeOee. Margie Alexander, Sudle j MrC.ce and Herley CnlherlRon. Colored lecturer?(dialogue)?David Blackwell, Saimnic Riley, Oza Harvey, Bcrley Culbeiison, Medicin' for Reumatiz'?(Negro dialogue)? Oza Harvey and Berley Culbortson. Before and lielilnd the Scene?(dialogue)? _ Sftllie MeOee, Berley Culbertson, Emma Hi' ley and Frank Hramlett. His Own Grand-daddy?(dialogue)?Berley ( Cuibertson and Frank Hramlett. ' Lively Afternoon? (dialogue)?Herley Cul' bertson. Oza Harvey. Saminic Hilev. Walter ! Itiley. David lilackwell, Jimmie Jones and Frank Bramlett. I Happy Uncle Tom?(dialogue)?Acted hy I the two Culbertsons from Centrevlllc, I?nui rens County, S. C. i We were much pleased with the rendering of each and every part, and some of ttic act' ing was exceedingly well done, and would he ! a credit to schools more favored. IOvery one ! we met was well pleased, and it will only be | necessary to hint that another such enter I lilinmt'iu Will DC uua anoiuoi jrcui iu vunurc 1 oar prescncc. In conclusion wc will say tliat this section : ol the county is the home of some of the ; best, most hospitable and most progressive of Abbeville county's citizens, and with its new mil road facilities and public-spirited I men, will come to the front rank at an early day. B. C. I). ? m* ? A very perceptible shock of earthquake at Charleston 2:15, August 17. Little damage.. inn titt? Tmci riPDfrnDC! o I A Mi YVi!i 110 UMUU1U) I MR. LAW MAINTAINS THAT WE ARE INDEBTED TO THE RECIPIENT OF OUR FAVORS. He Denies iin Credit for Our (jilts. Millie Ottering no Explanation or Apology Tor His Objectionable Speech at Abbeville. Wo arc In receipt of the following letter from Mr. Thomas II. Law, District Kuperin tendcnt or Hie American iin>ic .~>ooieiy. While t l?f* letter is not such a one as we might reasonably Iihvc expected from one who holds his high position, yet we most cheerfully give him the opportunity of being heard. If he had simply disclaimed any Intention to he rude toward our people, and lind even granted a grudging acknowledgment of our earnest effort to raise money for the Society, whose representative he is, and had recognized our gift at all, we should have been satisfied. But he writes a letter which, we think, lacks any evidence of a willingness to do us justice. In tlic American Itihle Society a 15011 factor ? To the Editor of the Press and Bonner: On my ret urn home yesterday from a ten days' tour, I found on my desk a copy of your paper of the 10th Inst., containing the editorial headed "are we indebted to the recipient. of our favors?" In that article i perceive that you attack the statement made by me before tlie Abbeville District Hll>le society at its lute anniversary, "The American Bible Society comes to you as a benefactor; not as a beggar." I have no fondness for newspaper controversy; but, unwilling to rest under the imputation of making, a* the representative of the American Bible Society, an assertion which is either rash or untrue, I beg the opportunity of presenting through your columns the grounds upon which I based my statement; and then I am willing to let your reaJers Judge whether it is true, or not. I shall simply state the facts and leave thein to draw the conclusion. 1. The American Bible Society makes no profit, upon its publications, with all the advantages pertaining to a very larue bustness. conducted on economical principles, at the centres of trade in this and foreign lands, H sells Its books to all who purchase them at the actual cost of publication. 2. It prints, distributes, and in some cases translates, the Scriptures at its own expense for use in our Foreign Mission fields, and thus saves all our churches that heavy but necessary expense. Last year it expended in this department of Its work the net sum (after deducting receipts for sales of books in foreign lands) of ?118,000; and for the current year it ? f 1111 enm In i f r r>stl linn JJUU ?<>>,? IV .<t.bw ?v. mates for this work. 3. It brings Its publications to the reach of ourpeople by donating ten percent. ofthecost price to all Bible Society Depositories and 10 ill dealers, so that by thus defraying the expense of transportation, &c? the books may be sold to all purchasers at the actual cost of of publication. Besides this it makes large grants of books to ministers and olhers who act as unpaid distributors In selling, and in giving to the destitute, requiring only the net returns of sales after the expenses are paid ; and donates also extensively to charitable and criminal Institutions, to destitute Sabhath Schools, to the blind, to seamen, to steamships, railroads, hotels, etc. I. It sends out its colporteurs, whose wages and expenses are ?>11 paid out of its own treasury, to canvass sections not accessible to depositories by going from house to house, selling the Scriptures at cost to such as will buy, and giving to such as are in need and are unable or unwilling to purchase. Every few vears it makes a general canvass, upon these terms, of the whole land, so that no family may be without the Bible. In these ways It uses every year Its income of about a half million dollars, in printing and distributing the word of God. 5. In all this extensive work the American Bible Socicty asks of its Auxiliaries, out of the funds which they collect for the cause, only the surplus left after supplying thelrown fields, with all the Help which linnorus incm in furnishing books nt ton per cent less thnn actual cost. AncLlf they are unable to do this work themselves, It still further aids them by grants of books and the labors of Its colporteurs. G. At the recent meeting of Abbeville District Bible Society, I call you to witness, I did not ask you one cent as a donntion to the I'arentSoclety; but urged the society to replenish its Depository and seek to supply the needs of its own field. And as a matter of fact, I have received on Donation Account since I have been in office only S60.00, while the elgthteen societies that I have visited had in cash and subscriptions, funds to the amount of 5800,00 or 5900,00. 7. In purchasing Life-memberships for two of Its members the Abbeville Society did not make a clear donation of 8W).00 to the Parent Society. By this arrangement these two members are each entitled to the Bible Society Uncord, the subscription price of which is thirty cents per annum, and to one dollar's worth of Bibles free, every year so long as 111ey live. Thus they each receive bank 51.30 per year on the 830.0 paid for their Life-membership, which Is over three and one-half per """t lutoroKf t.hn rntn which the American BibbTo Society realize# on its invested funds. These, Mr. Kd I tor, are the plain and Incontrovertible facts of the case. Til OS. II. LAW, Spartanbnre, .S. C. Dist. Supt. A. R. S. August 171 h, 1887. We presume the best answer we can make to the above letter would be to republish what we said. We therefore herewith republish the article: Are we Indebted to the Recipient of our Favor*? Rev. Mr. Law, agent of the American Bible Society, in a very emphatic manner asserted before the recent Abbeville District Bibtesodety meeting that ho "did not come herons a beggar," hut boasted that he "came as a benefactor" to this people, which assertion leads us to reflections which would not have otherwise occurred. Nobody had ever thought of him "as a beggar," but if he did not come to tret our money, for what purpose did be come? If lie did not come for our money was he true to his employers, when spending his time and their money in Incurring the expenso necessary to make the trip to Abbeville? This community is nota sot of pensioners on the American Bible Society, and wcarenot under any obligations to the parent society. As a rule we present to the parent society annually about one-half of our gross receipts, for which we get the privilege of buying our hooksat-cost? the whole transaction netting to the society about hundred percent, profit on any books which it sells to tis. To put the matter plainly and clearly before the people, the Abbeville District Bible So1 cicty at its last meeting gave the Parent Society sixty dollars, and now we have the right to purchase of them sixty or seventy dollars worth of Bibles at cost?or In other words, we . fun irot ilK) or S70 worth of Bibles for Si'Ji) or With tlicso facts before us we repudiate Mr. Law's assertion that lie came liere as "a benefactor," or as the distributor ol good gifts to our people. In our opinion, lie does no such thing. Wo pay double price for all that wcget from the American Bible Society. We > could stand this, but to be told that wc are beneficiaries of the same society to which we arc now paying double price for our books, is more than the P;e?n and Banner is willing to I accept without proti-Rt. * As a matter of fact publishers anywhere would be exceedingly glad to make such arrangements, mid would do so every day In I the year. Any merclinut In the town would be glad to sell iiis goods on t he same terms? at cost?if llie purchaser would in addition to pnylng for what he bought, make a gift of money equal to the amount of goods so sold. Wcuse no unkind words in connection with Atnurlnon l<I!.ln nl v'a 111n 11 I1PT of doilll? business, and shall be willing to cnnt.lr.iic to pay double price for I heir Hi hies, but we think It a little loo much of a strain on the Christian forbearance of this community for its agents to eotne here and talk to us as If they were conferring favors. We ask the reader to notice:? That it was Mr. Law's manner of speceh to which we objected; That wemndo no crltisisin of the American Ilible Society's manner of doing business; That wo regarded tho'ife membership fees as gifts to the American ltible Society ; Tint wo still expressed the willingness to continue to pay double price for our books, It being understood of course, that in doing so, U'f> iiiillroi-tlv < <> rrll>iit.i-<l nlioiit lialf of our money to enable the Society to continue its work of hiring colporteur* to distribute Hibles among the destitute. In Mr. Law's letter we ask the "oader to notice; That ho shifts the discussion of hisown conduct, the sole matter wiileli was criticised ; That lie seeininpiy would direct attention from his own action?the only matter under discussion?to a glorification of the American lJible Society; That it would seem tliat Mr. Law denies us even the satisfaction which people usually receive from the act of giving; That in his glorification of his employers" he certainly refuses to give the people the credit fur what they do In the support of the institution; That he seeks a subturfugo when denying that the Abbeville District Bibly Society gave the Parent Society ??;o In life membership fees. lie sp.ys "as a matter of fact, I have received only $<'>0, while the eighteen societies that I have visited had In cash and subscriptions 8800 or $900." Now, we ask Mr. Law to answer in all candor If this is "a plain and inconiroverlable fact?" We ask him to say whether it is not to (lie reader n misleading statement? Hnsn't (ho Abbeville District Bible Society alone given htm more tliun 5(Ki, Including life membership foes? Especial attention is asked to Mr. Law's manner of magnifying the liberality and generosity of the American Bible Society, even In its banking affairs, or money-lending, or money-investing department. Where does this Society get its money, If not from the people? From what source do Its officers draw their splendid salaries? From what source do they get the money to pay colporteurs, printers, book binders and paper mnkers? Doesn't it come from the people? Is It not the generous gift of the people? Let Mr Law answer. Let him not deny due and proper credit to the people who are conscientiously contributing their money for what they suppose to be a good cause. The life membership fees are in fact a donalion to the American Bible Society, though technically something else, which fact ena Dies SUCH Ollicern no mi. littvr I*/ j | crcdit to the people for even the Christian I spirit which prompts ninny of them to self-| denial that they be enabled to pay their annual fees to a good cause. While ignoring the people, and speaking to us as if we were the recipient of favors, he would claim great things for a Society which we believe never gave a dollar or nBiblctonny human being on the face of the earth, which was not first given to It. The American Bible Society is the agent of tho people in performing the good work of the people. The officers of the society, we presume, are paid liberal salaries for all they do. If any officer gives his services we would not treat him as Mr. Law has treated our people, In denying them credit for humble and unpretentious efforts to advance the Bible cause. Let Mr. Law do the fair thing by this people and acknowledge the fact and tho truth of tho matter. We arc all workers In the Bible cause, and there is no use for Mr. Law to magnify the Society while belittling the people. The question Is upon Mr. Law's speech at Abbeville, and his letterln justification. The speech was, in our opinion, too much on the order of the modern evangelist, and the letter would seem to deny the due and proper which a fair minded man would usually accord. r ?< 0!K1? II we IIIISKIKU IIUI 1U1 1I1CI Ul tug uiuiv Society said pleasant things to us. Mr. Law asks us to note that he did not ask us for one cent. The note Is made. We gave him SCO, nevertheless. When he shows any appreciation of the act, or acknowk-ges the generosity of the people, we will make another "note." Mr. Law asks us the following question: "Now, I ask you and your readers . . . whether your people 'pay double price for all they get from the American Bible .Society 1' And show me, if you can, a publisher anywhere who 'would be exceedingly clad to make such arrangements, and would do so every day In the year.' " To explain the meaning of this question, or these questions, It will be necessary to reproduce the statement to which reference is had, which Is as follows: "To put t >10 matter plainly and clearly before the people, the Abbeville District Riblc Society at its last meeting gave the Parent Society sixty dollars, and now we liavo the light to purchase of them slxly or seventy dollars worth of Bibles at cost?or in other words, we cau get jCOor 570 worth of Bibles for $120 or SI30. U IlllllUT Ol 1UCL |)UINIMIt-m illi.Y nuuiv would he exceedingly Kind to make such arrangements, and would do so every day in the year. Any merchant In the town would be glad to sell his goods on the same terms? atcost?if the purchaser would in addition to paying for what lie bought, make a gift of money equal to the amount of goods so sold." Wo can not express tlio Idea in plainer terms. If Mr. Law would call on Brother Petty, at the Spartan office, he might get light on the subject. Let it not be forgotten thnt the Abbeville District ltible Society annually contributes about half of Its receipts to the American Bible Society, by the purchase of life memberships or otherw^e, In the belief that we are contributing something to aid the Society In distributing Bibles among the destitute, but. Mr. Law considers the purchase of life memberships a mere business transaction. Except tor the belief that our people are aiding the Bible Society in its good work, nobody would make the investment. Mr. Law <1,1.1 nn i.ll.it in AMmvllln onnntv who would make such an investrnenton business principles?as he construes the act. If any proof was necessary as to the justice of our first criticism, Mr. Law's letter furnishes It. SHOULD PREACHER'S QUARREL ? A Correspondent of (lie "Prc*N mul Banner" f* n "Little OfT" In (lie Mutter or n linens ?s to Author* sliip. Editor Press and Jtunner : A very remarkable discussion has grown out of I)r. Hawthorne's temperance speech In Augusta. Another minister of the gospel charges Dr. Hawthorn with plagiarism. The Doctor denies thcehnnreand uses some strong language In reference to his accuser. The accuser flits one side of the Au (junta Chronicle with parallel columns to substantiate his charge. Since not one In a thousand has Dr. Hawthorn's speech and Dr. Strong's book, Iuo majority win conclude mat win iwrmr is convicted. But the strange pnrt of tlio thing is, that one preacher should make such a charge against another preacher, in such a cause! Suppose the charge Is true. Who is injuredLhy it? I)r. Strong is the only mnn that crmld raise an objection. But the two Doctors are laboring in the same cause, anil no doubt Dr. Strong is gratified to have such use made of his book. This assault upon Dr. Hawthorn is a defence of the whiskey business. The Idea of a minister of the gospel defending such a business! But the charge is not proven to thoso who know all the.facts In the case. Besides, the accuser himself produces an instance from Sewanee history that completely exonerates Dr. Hawthorn from Ills charge, unless he claims there Is no honestly outside of his little sect. Dr. Hawthorn didn't claim originality, but distinctly acknowledged his indebtedness to another for much of the material of his speech. What object could a preacher have In making such an attack upon Dr. Hawthorn iu such a cause? Is it possible to imagine any pood motive? Surely there is no reputable preacher of any orthodox denomination that will publicly defend the whiskey business. And yet that is the most v-uiil j uu.iu HMMivf III UIII nam; iw i iiu iivA/Uain^ preacher. O, temporu ! O, Moses ! Harper'* nitffitzliie. "The South American Yankee" is the titlo of oi<e of the attractive articles in the September Harper's, written hy \Vm. E. Curtis, a South American traveller of long experlonce. His account of Chill and Its people affords ti lively example of what a plucky race mny accomplish under severest obstacles. "The Cliilano," he says, "is the Yankee of South America, the most nctlvo, enterprising, ingenious, and thrifty of the Spanish American race, aggressive, audacious, aiul arrogant, quick to perceive, qulclt to resent, tierce in deposition, cold-blooded, and cruel as a cannibal. He dreams ot conquest. Helms only a strip of country along Hie Pacific coast, sc narrow that there Is scarcely room enough to write its name upon the map, hemmed In on the one side by the eternal snows that crown the Cordilleras, and on the other by 6iK)0 miles of sea. He h.is been stretching himself northward until lie has stolen nil the sea-coast of Bolivia, with her valuable nitrate deposits, all the guano that belonged to Peru, and contemplates taking actual possession of both those republics soon. He has been reaching southward by diplomacy, as lie did northward by war. and under a recent treaty with | the Argentine Republic divided Patagonia wun Hint nation, inKing to nimsen me control of that valuable Internntlounl highway, tlie Strait of Magellan, the unexplored country between the Andes und the ocean, and thousands of Islands along the Pacific coast, whose resources are unknown." A people so like ourselves, with their perpendicular cities luxuriantly decorated by beautiful gardens, costly architecture, abundant statues, and tine shops, with sumptuous castles and palaces, with lavisii millionaires, with handsome women and pictures<juo peons, and with Irish supremacy (for llarnajd O'HIegins Is the Washington of Chili, and Arthur Pratt the hero of the Inst war,) furnishes nn entertlalnlng study. The article is copiously illustrated. ?? Sotloo. The fourth quarterly meeting of the Abbeville Medical Society will be held nt Duo West on Thursday, September 1st, 1S87. Meeting will be called to order a I ft n. m. Kssays will be read by Dr. Wcnek, of Ninety-Six, und Dr. Slieppard, of Troy. B.v order of T. J. MAIiKY, M. I)., PresldfUt. S. L. SWYUEU'r, M. D., Secretary. M WEST AT WASHINGTON. ? u THE GRADUATES OF ERSKINE COLLEGE ,J TAKE A HIGH STAND AT THE v NATION'S CAPITAL. J, . . v c. Hon. J. Alllicus Johnson. Hon. J. J. j Darlington, ami I)r. A. E. Miller Kcllcct Credit on tlicir Alma )!? t tor. v c ? Speech of Mr. Johnson at the Recent Com- ( mencement in Erskine College, Dellvered Before the Alumni Association on |i Its Anniversary Celebration. The graduates of Eraklnc College ndorn ev- j ery profession and every pursuit In life. Tlioy ^ may oe iounu in every ch.y, iu?u uuu numivi , in all this country, and wherever found they ( are living useful lives and In their character r and work give the best evidence of the value t of a higher education, and of the thorough- t ness with which Ersklne College has done , and Is doing its whole duty to the young men ( whose training has been entrusted to its care. t Established away back in the inidst of a for- j mer generation at a time when the policy of g the State was opposed to the establishment of a denominational Colleges it has continuously s grown In strength nnd in usefulness. Its cur- ? riculum Is most excellent, Its standard are c high, and Its Instruction thorough and com- t plete. Its founders, conscious of the correct- | ness of their motives, went to work to estab- t llsh the institution which has been of Itself an , Inestimable blessing to the country, but did j the further service of opening the way to use- t fulness, which was afterwards adopted by tno c dilTerentdenomlnatlons in the State. In 1839, | nearly fifty years ago, the college was organized, and for twelve or flltcen years stood alone as a denominational institution, granting diploma* and certificates of graduation for tenor twelve years before the State conscnled to grant a charier for the institution. In 1850, partly through the efforts of Judge McGowan, who was a member of the Legislature at the time, the first charter to a denominational college was granted to Erskinc College. In the next ten years many other institutions of learning sprang up, and have done great nnd good work In educating and Christianizing the people every where. Not the least successful of Ersklne's sons arc J. Althcus Johnson, J. J. Darlington and A. E. Miller, now citizens of the city of Washington, and each and all of than occupy high ILI. I- ,1.? R11U rtiMJUIimuiU puniiiuiio utiuiu mv fuuuv, and in the discharge of their respective duties ( rellect credit upon the home of their nativity and the College in which they recolvcd their training. At the last commcnceniont, In compliance with the reanest of his fellow-graduates Mr. Johnson delivered the following address, which was received by the audience with the greatest favor, and among the people there has been expressed the desire that we might reproduce the speech in these columns. In singling out Mr. Johnson's speech for these columns, we know that other orators of merit will excuse us. Mr. Johnson Is an Abbeville county man, whom we arc always pleased to honor. His speech was as follows: Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen : Nearly six years, with their sunshine and cVinrimir hnvo mmii and cone since I went out from this community; but during that time 1 deep down in my heart lias been a recess sa- < cretl from Intrusion ; and when I have wan ted ? to look upon friends dwelling together in 3 unity; upon the beautiful fruits produced bv the union of letters and morals upon God- { fearing people passing to and fro "with char- K ity for ail and malice for none," I have drawn ' aside the veil from that recess, and, in the t fair Southern country, have beheld the love- J ly town of Due West; and, ponderinz anew ' the lessons here taught, I have received fresh ' inspiration from the scene, ami have returned ? with renewed courage to the duties of the ' hour. Mr. Pi-esident and Gentlemen of the Euphemtan , Society: 1 I know the glamour with which oratory is . invested in the minds of young men. \our pulses will thrill at the very mention of the <. name of a distinguished orator. You read with admiration the magnificent outbursts . of eloquence that are sometimes made In the J legislative IlilllN 111 1 I'l" IIHUOII Ub H1I9IIIII:h/I1, J ami, entranced by the power of tlie orator, you yearn Tor the ability to wield the same magic influence. Let me assure yon, bowever, that the man of power In the halls of Congress is not necessarily tlio man who has brilliancy of wit, or pathos of oratory, or grandeur of speech. If he has these, lie may create a sensation for the hour; but unless he has a personal character which is unimpeachable-a character which is a guaranty that the man Is speaking from the convictions of an honest h?>art? his effort is bereft of its power to persuade. The weight of a high person| al character is worth fur more in persuading men than any flight of rhetoric, or gift of tongue. I will mention an instance in illustration of what I say. We may not agree wilii him in his views on the tariff; editors of newspapers which claim to be exponents of Jeffersonian Democracy may essay to read him outof the party; persons who have felt ills hand in the defeat of some scheme which was the pot of "the lobby" may charge that PnmiMlfMin Influence In porrvmaiulerilie tile , State retains him in ills present place; his | colleagues may sometimes criticise and condemn; but there is not to-day In the American Congress a man who wields an Influence In national mutters greater than that wielded bySam'l J. Itanduii, of Pennsylvania. A man of few words, his great power is due more to his high personal character?his sterllne Integrity of purpose?than to any other quai| Ity, for whatever else may be imputed to him, no one will charge that he would do an unclean ora corrupt thing, or that he Is actuated by impure motives. Living In a manner modest and unpretentious, as lie has always lived, he Is to-day a poorer man than when lie entered the public service twenty-five years ago. I know no stronger proof of the absolute Integrity of the man. Young gentlemen, If you want the power of oratory, cultivate It. It is a cood thing to linvo nixl In mmiv wnlks of life Wfill-nlch in- L dispensable. Whatever you want that Is < honorable, that is good, that is attractive, strive to attain It; butbe sure that you have underlying all yonr attainments the honesty that is unassailable?the intecrlty that is unImpeachable?thec.hnracler that is built upon I enduring foundations. I And now,Mr. President and Gentlemen of ! the Society, in view of what, I have Just said as to the importance of a high personal character. I wish to congratulate you on the good Providence which sends you for the rudiments of your education to ?ue West, to Erskine College, and to the Euphctnian Literary Society. l)onot understand from this last expression I hut. T monn to institute a comparison be tween the merits of this Society and the one ' across the campus. Knelt is not my intention. I assume that the ail vantages of the i two are equal, and that each is laboring to ac- , complish the full measure of its usefulness. . If, therefore, I mention the name of this So- ; clely in tortus of special admiration. It is because of the peculiar relation that exists be- j tween it and me, and the feelinir ot gratitude < I have for benefits received. Fidelity to the < Society of which I was a member certainly does not involve a disparagement of the r rneritR, or a detraction irom tho pood name, ' or her rival. Indeed, I would not be speak- , ing worthy of tho Society with which I claim i kinship to-night did I not accord to iter rival ' illlU I'fCIUUUIUI IrllC lull llll'l'U U1 IIVI JU9k "?U" ors. Philomathen, the worthy rival and generous com peer of Euphemia, may the two ever flourish in ponce and harmony, and increase in usefulness as the years roil on! Mr. President, Due West lias many qualities which specially befit it for being tin educational fountain. Sequestered, in a manner, from the populous and busy marts of trade, it has not the distractions of business, the heterogeneous and shifting population, the manifold avenues to temptation, which exist in the larger cities and commercial centres of the country. Settled by a people noted for their piety, a people whose belief In a ncrsonal ("Jod could not he shaken and whose faith was that upon which the Chris- '< tlnn builds his hopes, it has always resisted the inroads of infidelity and skepticism, < which are so rampant throughout the coun- ' try, and which are proclaimed in some places with such brazenucsR of tongue. Tlie spectacle lias never yet been witnessed in this com- t inunlty of a man blaspheming the Most i Higli and an admiring crowd applauding ? and calling it "modern thought." "personal i freedom!'1 And as long as it clierlshen the < memory of Its honored dead, or regards the j precepts of the living, it never will! t Here when the church bell rings out 011 the still air ol the Sabbath morning, all thoughts t arc bent toward the sanctuary whencc issues f the gladsome s wud, and all stops are turned 1 111 iimi' vj 11 vti'iuih mini, ii.*) \H'ii un Jiiiiui w, .1 seems attuned to the lioly day. The people, j with one accord, render the homage that Is 11 due to the Uulor of the Universe. You hear the word expounded with an ability, a simplicity and an earnestness that is not surpassed ill nny pulpit in the hind. More than tills, you see the modesty and Christian humility of the man who for fifteen years has gone In and out before this people us their i pastor and spiritual adviser?a man who in t the sincerity of his life and the purity of his conduct Is known and observed of men as a s most worthy exemplar of tho religion that he teaches. n Sit uated In the midst of such a community, Erskinc College Is both the giver and the re- il ceivcrof good. Itself communicating, it. has the gratification ot being re-nctcd upon by a li people which In point of refinement, inteliiirence anil Christian morality has not a super!- v or In the length and breadth of this country. In the hiuii tone of the people that surround fl it, however, proper credit must be given to that magnificent institution, the Due West p Female College, which for twenty-six years has been ensaged in Its noble work of edu- > eating the daughters of the lain! and fitting them to become blessings in the home nnrt v ornaments to society. Too, the Theological Seminary, which Is a part of this community, (i and to which Krsklne College was designed primarily to be a handmaiden, has exerted s no little Influence In giving to the community Its preuent high character, lu the midst g f such surroundings. Ersklne College Is par " xcellcnce the place lor youns men to acquire he education lliat develops tlic heart as well s the Intellect, the morals as well as Ihe rilnd. It is therefore, Mr. President and >f embers of the Society, that I eonymtu- , tile you this evening on your connection ' k ith Ersklne College, presided over, as It Is, >y a gentleman who illustrates in Ills life and Im meter tlie beauty of the noble motto rhicli Is inscribed over tlie entrance to the , ollege building: "HaleiUOx cum moribits con unrlt/.'' Mr. President, if correct moral principles ,ro not acquired befo*e commingling with lie great concourse of humanity, with its diverse interests, its hostile opinions, lis onillcting designs. Its irreconcilable dif ?' il.?? n/Itl <? nil nrnlwiliilit V IIOV. tr be acquired at all; and the young , nan who has entered upon life without . hem Is; like a ship at sea, rudderless ind without chart or compass, the sport md plaything of every passing wave or tile wind. It is therefore, Mr. President anil demhers of the Society. that I congratulate , on on t!i?> formative period of your life being uist in tliis pleasant community of Due Vest where everything Is favorable to the !iiltlvatlon and growth of an enlightened ,'hristlan morality, not to say a high sense i >f piety. Never, perhaps, In the history of our counry was there greater necessity for men of , inflliuhing Integrity of character and unompromlslng adherence to right and jusice than In the period we are Just entering ipon. Questions are arising so vital In their mportance and so far-reaching in their coniequpnees a? to Involve nothing short of the liability of our government and tlie order mil well-being of society. Giant monopolies ind mighty corporations have sprung up >ver the land and in their power are conrolling the business of the country in the nterests of a few; heresies utterly subversive >r In urn ml nrdpr niv hfinir sown broadcast ?ver the land, and are finding a too ready odgcinentin the discontent and unrest of be laboring classes; Immigrants from the ltd world, Ktrans-ers to our Institutions and otaily unfit to exercise the privileges of the Vinerlcan freeman, are received Into the jody politic and invested with the full right* >f American citizenship?received in num>ers far beyond the capacity of the State to llgest and appropriate?these and other maters arc giving rise to questions the solution if which will demand the highest faculties ind noblest qualities of American manhood. \nd, young gentlemen, when you go lorth rom these walls, from this college, and from his community,and enter the arena wherein hese questions are to be discussed and set,led, I trust it will be as men fully armed and , janoplled in those principles of morality vbicli have been the strength and beauty of he ages and which will endure forevor bc?use established by the Being who is eternal ind who is the author of justice and right Ladies and gentlemen, the Euphemian Soil ety, at the end of each collegiate year, sinlies out certain of its members ar.d, rewardng them for labor well done, commends hem to the special consideration of the pubic. This it does by distributing, on these anllvcrsary occasions, prizes which represent ,he highest excellence attained during the ,#ear in the discharge of certain duties in the Society. These prizes, which consist of gold nedals, are four in number, and are given, imong tho students of the Junior Class, for ;xcellence in essay writing; among the stulents of the Sophomore Class tor excellence n debate; among the students of the Freshnan Class for excellence in declamation; and imong the students of the Preparatory I)e>artment for excellence in every tiling (genertl excellence). My special duty tills evening is to deliver hese medals. They have been awarded by a loinmlttee wbich the Society specially selected for the purpose in the early part of the 'ear. [The report of this committee showed the bllowiiig award of the medals: The one for ;encral excellence in the Preparatory Departrient to Mr. \V. W. Sadler, of Anderson, S. C.; lie one for declamation in the Freshman Class a Mr. J. M. White, of Hickory Grove, S. C., lonorable mention being made in tills con lection of Mr. It. IX Matfett, of Silver Street, 5. C.; the one for debating in the Sophomore :iass to Mr. D. P. Miller, of Camden, Ala., lonorable mpntion being made of Mr. \V. W. Jradley, of Troy. S. C.; the one for essayvrlting in the Junior Class to Mr. Oliver rohnson, of Due West, S. C., honorable menIon being made of Mr. J. W. Halrd,_of Atoka, ["cnn., and .Mr. J. k. Edwards, or uue wesi, 5. Mr. Johnson spoke apt words to each of the roung gentlemen as he delivered the medals 0 them. The words spoken to >Ir. Oliver fohnson were as follows:! Oliver, I cannot help recalling at this time he memory of our dead father. As you enow, the purpose for which ho labored btrond every other purpose was the welfare of lis children. Hedt*si:ed his sons to become lseful men and his daughters honorable wonen; aud he regarded that the advantages of 1 liberal education, with correct moral prluci >les, would bo worth more to them than any egaoy of gold or silver which he could belueatli. It was with this end in view that he ;ame to Due West. In carrying out his pur>osp, he was called upon lo make many sacrlIces; but every sacrifice, so made, however jreat, he esteemed but n pleasure; and I have lever seen him more happy than when he bought he saw an Indication that Ills labor n behalf of a child would not be in vain. He is not here to-night to find a pleasure in lie distinction which lias just been awarded ,o you (,u uiMiiicnou which i inn in uu> :arnctit and foretaste of Ktlll greater ones that ;hall come later Jn life;) but she, who was the mrtner of lils bosom, the one that stood mively beside him In Ills struggles, that par* ook of lils Joys and shared In nls sorrows, is lere, and with her I deeply sympathize in the Measure which I know she has had In the ex:reises of this hour. I hope you will never forget the purpose for vhlch your tather earnestly labored, nor the ;nd for which your mother fervently prays, nit that doing with your might whatsoever 'our hands find to do, and reaching out conitnntly to that which Is pure and good, you vlll eventually stand forth In the nobility of \merlcnn manhood?an honor to thecommuilty In which you were reared, and a demonit ration that tho parents who labored for you Hd nnt lnhnr in vnln. Young gentlemen who have received disions this evening, I need scarcely remind (Too that to retain any advantage which you nay have achieved over your fellows, eonitant work and untiring perseverance are lie:essary. I can not put this more aptly than jy quoting to you from the great bard whose vrltlngs have recently been made the suboet of special study within the walls of tlie Jo I lege : 'Time hath a wallet at his back, rt'hereln he puts alms for Oblivion, V great-sized monster of ingratitudes; Chose scraps are good deeds past; which are devoured \s fast as they are made, forgot as soon \sdone; perseverance keeps nonor Drigni; 10 nave uone, is iu iiuug lulte out of fashion like u rusty mail tn monumental mockery, Take the Instant way: [ 'or honor travels In a strait so narrow, Whore one but goes abreast; keep then the path ; For emulation hath a thousand sons, Fhat one by one pursue; if you give way, J)r hedge aside from the direct forthright, Ukc to an onter'd tide, they all rush by, \nd leave you hindmost ~>r, like a gallant horse fallen In first rank, Lie there for pavement for the abject rear, )'errun and trampled on; then what they do in nrcsent, ['hough less than yours in past, must o'crtop yours: , For time is like a fashionable host, rhat slightly shakos his parting guest by hand; \nd with his arms outstreteh'd, as he would fly, Srasps?in the comer: * * * ."), let not virtue seek [lemuneratlon for the thing It was; For beauty, wit. High birth, vigour of hone, desert, in service,) Love, friendship, charity, urc subjects all l'o envious and calumniating Time. Dne touch of nature makes the whole world , kin,? t'hat all, with one conscnt, praise new-born! gawds, riiough they are made and moulded of things ; rust; give to dust, that is a little gilt, More Inud than gilt o'er dusted. I'lie present eye praises the present object: ' * * things in motion sooner catch the eye ! I'han what not stirs." Ladies nnd (Jentlemen, In the polite atten-1 Ion which you have given to mo this eve-! ilng, I recognize one of the many kindness;s which are characteristic of a Due West mdionce. Your courtesy, however, has been sxtremely RrnwyMR to mc; auu lor tnc j pleasure thus afforded, you have my sincercsl < hunks. Mr. President ami Fellow-Euphemians, for lie pleasure which I have had in visiting iguin these familiar places, I acknowledge j ii y obligation to the Society; and wishing | :ou one and all, a life well-spent and every oy that your heart can desire, I bid you an | iU'eetiomitc adieu. Rucklcvcl rials. RrCKI.KVKI,, S. t\, August CO, 1K87. | Cotton picking will soon commence. inn ntgn waters 01 yesterdays nun uiu j nuch damage tu the coi n crops in tliis see- , inn. .Messrs. Golden and Slioy are oft" to Sulphur . Springs on nceount of tlieir henlth. Mr. (S. i>. Buchanan has moved back to his ild home. It is rumored that there will be several wedlints In town now soon. Messers. Swaneey Jk Sprtiel are doing a good wsiness with their saw at their place. Mr. I'\ P. Buchanan will soon commence i'ork 011 li 1m new ilneltini' Mr. Henson Hughes is making some very ine sorghum. The cotton crop of tliis vicinity is very irnmlslng. Miss Lizzie NVIialoy has been on a visit to Ir. J ...J. Thompson's. Miss Alice Logan's school will be out In two reeks. A bridge is much needed at the crossing to !r( en wood from this place. Air. B. O. Vorell will gin cotton at his old ( land two miles from Greenwood. The health of this sectiou is generally oud. X. Y. Z. I WHHD FROM THE LAND OF PLENTY . ; . i? tg1 rHE TOWN OF ENTERPRISING CITIZENS AND CHEAP GOODS. Blind IIoi'Me on 11 Lark?Kaffir Corn? Tenipcrflnrc K**ay ? Kind Word* for Murray nnd Cray ton?Ttiouiaa Coogler'N Droadfnl Condition ? Preacher*---Holiness, Lte. Ninety-Six, K. A usual 21.1837. Our merchants In entering upon the fall season desire tocall the attention of the citizen.*: of the surrounding country to the fact that they are now on equal fooling with other towns, and will sell tlu-ir goods as cheap as the}' can be bought any where on the Columbia and Greenville Railroad. This Is not brag or gammon but solid troth. They want the trade thatbelonss to Ninety-Six, and If chesip goods and fair dealing will win it back It Is sure to come Mr. C. H. PeLormc, special asrent of tho Staunton Life Association of Virginia, has been In town for several days on business connected with his company. Mr. DeLorme is a genial, clever gentleman, and represents ona of the solid companies of the country. He has appointed Mr. H. It. Turner agent at this point. Mr. Felton's blind iiorso ran away with a one-horse wagon one day last week. He cut =otne funny ligures and Anally landed on the cotton platform. The katflr corn Is n.?w helnsr harvested and the yield Is enormous. A fanner had better pay a dollar per pound for the seed than to do without It. Mr. and Mrs. East End thank Mr. George E. Holland for a basket of the finest swtet potatoes we have seen this season. Every body should rend and re-read the address of Mr. Huah Wilson, Jr., read before the Abbeville Division of Sons of Temperance. On the night of the 18th Instant, Messrs. Beacham & Holt's grocery store was broken into and a number of articles of food, &c., taken. From a peculiar footprint left behind one Wesly Williams, colored, living on Dr. Bozeman s place was arrested. The goods were found and he confessed. Judgo Moore committed him for trial. The news from parties interested in the Atlantic, Greenville anil Western Railway is encouraging, and we are satlsflrd that the prospects were never brighter. The road will be built and that In a very short time through to Knoxvllle and the great West. Mr. Thomas Uooeler thinks Ni-nety-SIx dreadfully dull. It Is true that this Is a very dull season everywhere, but we opine if his clrl would write a little oftener he would be better contented, and If she don't we Intend to see that he gets a sweetheart down here. He is popular amongst the girls and It wont be hard to do. ? The AbbeviHe Baptist Association will meet at Fellowship church on the 31st Instant. Delegates from Ninety-Six church George M. Anderson, M. F. Sanders, E. M. Lipscomb and Thomas u Moore. Miss Body, daughter of Rov. Mr. Body, deceased, was killed by lightning at her home in Edgefield county one day last week. Mr. H. R. Turner has been appointed special agent of the Staunton Life Insurance Assoriatlon of Virginia for Abbeville county. Mr. Turner Is a live man and the company firstclass. lie will call to see you, and don't fail lo take out a policy. The Rev. Mr. Steadman, one of the most youthful members of the Methodist ministry preached in this place on last Sunday. His sermon was first-class and Mr. Steadman is destined to make his mark. He will assist the Rev. \V. P. Meadors In a meeting now being carried on at Snlem. Mr. and Mrs. \V. B. Anderson, who have been visiting friends In I^urens county for some weeks past have returned home. Mrs. L. M. Fouche and children Have gone on a short visit lo Mrs. Fouche's parents, who live at Wllllainston. Wilson's creek has recently been out of Its batiks, much to the detriment of the bottom corn. The Rev. Thomas H. Lelteh spent Saturday night In town, but left on Sunday morning for Chappells, where 1j? Is now carrying on a protracted meeting. Mr. Quattlebaum and Mr. Marshall are both with him. Mrs. John G. Williams, of Cross Hill, passed through u few days ago en route for the mountains for the summer. Look out for the train when you hear the whistle blow. We mean the whistle of the engine on the Carolina, Knoxville and Western Railroad. We are glad to state to the friends of the enterprise that the road Is now on a better basis than ever. All doubts are removed and by spring we believe the trains will he running from Augusta to Greenville. "Well done thou good and faithful servants." This should be said of Messrs. Murray. C'rayton and others who worked so nobly . for the temperance cause In Anderson. They are on the right side and should have no apologies to make to anybody. Thellolinessand anti-Holiness people don't seem to bo getting along so smoothly In our town. We wish we were holy, yes sanctified, and God forbid that we should ever put any obstacle In Ihe way of these devout Christian people who believe that there is a higher plane of religion than most of us are familiar with. For Jersey eattlo, Berkshire and Poland China pigs and light Rralima chickens write to James Rogers, Jr., Nlnely-SIx, S. C Our "Cow Grove" friends who were on the ratnpage have all quieted down and everypapp rvn itiiiig io nuicutt UAI i/, SOME OF THE SHIFTING SCENES ABOUT MOUNT CARMEL. A Chnrcli Leveled and a Church to be Raised?Bottom Corn and Top Turnips --- Fox EutertaliuueutM Itlcc and (irapeM. Mt. Cahmkl, a. C., August 22,1887. Old Zoar church U no more. On the morning of the ISth a number of hands commanded by Messrs. Riley and McCannon laid selite against her time honored and sacred walls, and by 12 o'clock the once proud old church was laid low. Her remains are being conveyed to the new church lot In the town of Mt. Carmel, where they will, like "Solomon's tern pie, "far exceed the glory or the nrst temple." All praise Is due to those who are coming to the front and generously lending willing hands to assist us Their labors, we hope, will soon be rewarded by seeing onr new church pointing It.s lofty spires toward the sky. If you are a Methodist now is the time to show your colors and let the church see where you stand. "He that is uot for us, is against us." Heavy rains above have caused Little River to be out of her banks in the bottoms once more. Hon. W. D. Mars thinks about one-third of the corn on Little River bottoms will be saved. Our farmers are pulling fodder and hay and planting turnips. Now sow barley and you will be all right. Grinding out molasses is fashionable Ju6t now in this section. Mr. T. C. Heal,of Abbeville village, paid us a visit a few days past. We looked for a personal visit but was disappointed. Messrs. Fi ne and Sloan Iicnson were down last week. True looking after business and Sloan after the girls. Cotton picking has commenced and 'tis thought Mt. Carmel will have an early bale. Our merchants should oflera premium for the first bale. The Abbeville boys should come down and take a fox hunt with Messrs. Marshall, Mars and Wilson, who have nine as fine hounds as snutt' the frostv air. Thev have eauirht three rods und seven greys ill the last two weeks. Who can beat this? Ml. Cnnnel can boastof one man in hor limits who never took a drink of liquor In Ills life. How many enn say this? I wish it was just the reverse. Mr. Titos. McAllister, Sr., is one of our enterprising farmers. He lias a beautiful field of rice, nnd it Is so promising that the probability is he will plant on a larger scale another year. Healso has a cholcecollection of grapes and he knows exactly how to handle them to keep tiiein from rotting and from the ravages of the birds. If you would know his secret ask him, perhaps he may tell you. Our farmers generally should give more ol their attention to the culture of rice and tfV.iUu h vnii trill honmniv rAiv.Mivl. ed. The protracted meeting of the Methodist church willcommence here on next Saturday, *271 ti instunt, conducted by pun tor S. .f. Bethea. Mrs. Cor 1 tou hns returned and the Doctor now wears a happy smile. Miss Clara Covin Is off In the country rusticating. Miss Mamie Covin after a loug absence has returned "home again." Mr. and Mrs. Itlley were unexpectedly called off yesterday to see their daughter, who is visiting relatives on the Colceshury side and was suddenly taken sick. We hope ere this she is better and will soon be restored to health. Mr. Alexander Hureli. of Georgia. Is here wllli Ills brother-in-law, Dr. J. M. Carlton, reading medicine. Mt. farinel is fast assuming the proportion of a nice little country village. Shu is growing, I toll you. The weather Is warm ami showery. Fine turnip seasons. Crops are very tine indent. Mrs. Scott, of Walhalla, is visiting relatives here. Mrs.Scott formerly lived in this section and ha* many relatives and friends who are delighted to see her We need ready cash to commence building our new church. Come up with the cash you have subscribed. We must have money to begin. Services in Ihe Associate Reformed Presbyterian church by the pastor yesterday. A good sermon and large congregation. Sunday school In Ihe hall In the afternoon. our community is exceedingly iieamiv tu present. No sickness at nil. M. In 0110 of tlio obituaries of this paper occurs tlio sentence: "lie bad pluck, was a stirring man, a good provider, hut had time to go to Quarterly Conference on Saturday." Will that be said of you, brother steward, when your obituary is written ??New Orleans Advocate.