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I Ths Press and Banner IlUWEVILLE. ?.C. Wednesday, Dec. 21, 1887. \ Twelve IPa^es. Christina* (irccthi^. With pood-will mid kindly feeling lor all. and with Ill-will for no living human being,) Hie IYc.is und lianncr sends a Cti istmas grectin nnrli mid every reader. In acknowledging kindly offices from an innumerable host of friends, there is reason to be grateful to them all, while there is much cause for thankfulness to the giver of good gifts and graces. l"or more than a quarter of a century we have endeavored to print a newspaper for this people. In that time we have made many mistakes, j and may have committed some grievous Kins, lull lor Jill unit uien; i>c?|nv n?>v ?wu true to us. Under ail the varying scenes and changing circumstances that have gone to make up Ihe history of the past, the Press and Banner ha.s had steadfast friends among the best and truest people of Abbeville conn, tv. No man ever had friends who were more faithful and steadfast, and with a grateful heart we express the belief that the Press and Banner has a safe plane in the hearts of the people of Abbeville county. Asiiiii extending the congratulations or uie season, we wish to each reader a merry Christmas, a happy New Year, and a long ' journey to the River. CliristmKN. Refore another issue of the Press ami Iiaix wcvismade, theannivcrsary of the birth ofour Savior will be celebrated. We do not intend to try to preach a sermon or to assume the duties of preaher, but as an humble layman, we trust it may not he out of place to urge upon our people ? respectful and proper observance of the occasion. It Is meet and proper that we be happy and joyous at. that time. It is well that we iorget all animosities when ?Ui.u>u? ihaMrih nf thn Prin<*f? of Pf>aee. uiv ...? - l^ct fellowship anil good nature rule supreme, anil let thankfulness to Almighty God till our hearts. Let us not desecrate the sacred anniversary by drunkenness or gluttony. Let no man take the time as an occasion for indulgence in a debauch that is sinful at any time, but which is shocking to our sense of nronrietv on tills anniversary of such im portnnce to christians. Let scoffers and unbelievers profanethe day, but let no self-respecting man in this Christian laml offend by violating tlie decencies and proprieties of a proper celebration of the annlveisary of Him who died that we might live. Mr. \V. G. Chapman, of our town, was in <rv.iit.iwwn rerontlv. Havinu read the article in this paper in- refereuce to tliat town, lie j says it Is correct. ! . ir> ? THE ETHICS OF 1ITERATUEE. I.ecture of I>r. W. ?i. (irlcr Before llie Tiieolosr.nii SiuilenK of Krskiiie Colle^ei Friday ilvciil>12;. live. 1U. IHS7. We marl: ourselves down several notches higher 111 mental expansion since last night's liK.vnw :iiul mule a pity for all who tiiil not have t lie muihi <"!ijoyinenJ. | Altera titic rendition oi a iieuutifu! anthem by tlie Associate Keforiui-il l'rcsfo.vtvrian choir, J?r. <?rier nsiemii-il the rostrum, ami then for more than an hour held u? spoil hound list?:iin_- to"The KtlisoBul'ljitenitpiv/' With won-ienui tact Ik- !ir*t interested the two colli srcH ijy Umigitig in un exquisite extract from ;ii?* "Alciiea' of Kmrlpules for the beueflt of the youus: Juniors, u glowing sentence from Jjcsnosthenose for the Sophomore*, and a senumtntal l>it of Tappno, \vun :i nomv 1 thrust which entranced ti;c boys niul Kills, I and gained their curuest attention till the | Close. Dr. Grier*s aim was to show thai no litem-! ture, no lM;ok. can become immortal unies* laid on t!io broad foundation of everlasting lti:;iH, unless an appeal to oui heart and couBcienco. After touching on tiso Grecian literature, he fame tlowg to more tno lent times and took ui> thp mil ins of histor*. . suwtry, and lietiou. j In tbe iir>t, In- showe":. "that McCaulny and his works ;iro ueathless, because his hfetory always litis up Us voice for the "living verities of truth, justice,the rightsof tiieoppress od, ami the- siiuctittcs of religion." A letter from Mcl'au lay's mother to hitn while In- was yet a school boy. gave us an Infcight into the training that made the historian an unconscious preacher of "ethics in all his writings." The siteaker theu cited Scott and his greatest novel, "Heart of Midlothian," as an example of the ho'.il that moral grandeur ever has, in whatever language portrayed; and he impressed the lact most vividly by quoting ?w.i from the storv in ouestion, stir ring our hearts anew with love for Jeauie Deans. Milton and Dante then passed before us: "take from the moral, the religious, element, a show of beautiful, glittering words remains as powerless to stir our interest as an iceberg to warm our chilled limbs." And now tlio speaker flashes before us the point of the whole lecture. He leads us to that ever living well-spring from which all abiding literature has been supplied?the DiIrlle. His peroration in which lie marshaled Carlyle.liunyan, man after man 0:1 the staije, and showed how shorn of power each would be, with the Hible part left out. was as fine a specimen of eloquence, of felicitous quotations, of that same liible power of expression = .voll.lrimu-fi llr ns we ever iiMciim m, iuc . .. Htage, wltli his equally well-known lecture, ' The Bible," in our opinion does not equal it. I>ue West, S. c., Dee. 15, 1W, SHOOT, LUKE, OR GIVE UP YOUR GUN." ? A CritiH Has been Reached in the Cumberland <Jnp Rond?Something imi*t be Doue, and Done Quickly. Kdgkkiki.k, December 15.?In ISS'J the town of Kdeefleld issued bonds to the a mount of twelve thousand dollars to aid in the construction of the Kdgefield Brunch Road, extending from Trenton to this place, l-.ow forming a part of the'Carolina and Cum. terland (iap 15oad. A first mortirage of the road-bed was executed to the town council to ecure the payment of the bonds. A contract Mas of course entered into on ttie part of the railroad to build tlio line within u certain lime and upon certain conditions. These conditions, it is claimed by the town authori (IVif, liuvi; Ulllg DIUUC Ull-U uumcu, UIIU mill has been brought to foreclose the mortgage, upon which our master has tiled a report, finding that there is due thereupon upwards c*i seventeen thousand dollars, for which ajnount the council are entitled tou decree of foreclosure. John Liary Evans, of Aiken, representing i the present contractors of the Carolina tiap | I'.oad. has born here for several days, to urge i the council, upon the consideration of the i company delivering to them income bonds of joad to the amount of the mortgage, to release its lien upon the road bed, As a result of his lalxjrs a called meeting of the citizens of the town was lieLU last nigiu wnicu cimuiiiaieu in t lie passage of a resolution to tbeett'eet that the council be empowered to sign an agreement staying the enforcement of the mortgage lien until March 1, at which time if the road v as completed to this point and tlie incomc 1 onds delivered the mortgage would be cancelled. This agreement, all that was asked for by the road, was signed this morning, and now itseems that the way is clear for theConstructiou Company to begin work at once,which l its head representative, JMr. i'otts, of 2\"c\v ; i'ork, says will he done. GREENWOOD NOTES. -- ? - ? ( oo<l Wishes fop Former Correspondents? Sick I'reaclier?I'n tier takers Celling: Koittlj' Tor Iliisiuess?.MulesOther .Matters. (tHKKNM'OOD. S. Pec, 20111,18K7. we regret to sue that the Frenchman L'in* coininc, the versatile correspondent from this place, lias discontinued his weekly interest inp budget of news to the Pre*s and Jiamicr, but we arc glad that he has entered a field of more extended usefulness, and wish him abundant success. Ill sending this letter to the Prc.? and Ii'tnner, we are not proposing to step into the nine* tie vaeates. or to till the place the ever watchful ''Mao," of plensant memory to your readers of u few months ae<>, so acceptably occupied," but merely to let your readers hear Irom the "little Atlanta" of Abbeville for this week. We hope you will soon secure the services of some good correspondent from this 'important commercial centre," as some pleased to call It. Because of the illness of Rev. \V. T. Mathews, the pastor, there was no services in the Presbyterian church last Sabbath. Conso: qucntly, Mr. Carter preached to a house well I tilled, and gave bis hearers abundant food I for after thought and reflection. I Messrs \V. V. lily the J. H. Wells have bought out the furniture and undertaking I litiBiimpnt. of Mr. J. It. J.eavcll. and will henceforth do business under the lirm name or Blytbc & Wells. Would it be kind to our friends to wish them success in the latter part of the nfore-sald business? We know that each one hopes that he may in nowise contribute to this part of their undertaking. May you sell car-loads of furniture gentlemen. Mr. John K. Hood, who is principle of the Troy High School, is spending his Christmas with us and is clerking for the Charleston firm of Jervy A Co., He will return to his school on the first .Monday in January. --* > linvn 1 WO cur-iouus U1 11 wi siiiu III II. VI II...V lii-cn sold here tills fall. Why dont each farmer raise a mule colt, as. I think you once suggested, and thus save a very considerable item in thoir yearly expense. Prof. A. Coke Smith, of Wo fiord College will lecture next Friday night in the hall of the Male Academy for the benefit of the Methodist church ol this place. Go to hear him, and you will hear something of merit. Mrs. K. P. Blake leaves to-day for Newberry to spend Christmas with relatives. The Christmas deml-John Is receiving his usual respectful atteution, and John will be a welcome miest in many a mansion, cottage and cabin in the next teu days, and receive I imiff and froouent caresses. Well may you sing, Oh, lovers of John, 'lis you who makes my friends my foes, 'Tis you who muUes me wear old clothes," and brings other and severer curses upon him who drinks of the "flowing bowl" to intoxication. L'sther, the beautiful queen, a cantata, will lie rendered in the hall of the Male school ou Thursday evening, December 29. This beautiful drama is under the supervision of Mrs. W. T. Matthews, which sufficiently guarantees tbat the public will be highly entertained. Your presence, Mr. Editor, together with that of our other Abbeville friends who so recently acted this, or witnessed It, is earnestly desired. Come, menus,ana compiuc m? i-??u. It is nearly lime for all ptople to make new resolves for the coming year, and regret the misdeeds of the past. To all who may wish their friends a glad new year, we suggest I these lines, which are our wish to your read-1 ers: "What shall I ask for thee. When the new year, Rose-crowned and golden shod, To thee draws uear: Wealth, fume, or pleasures rare, .Surcease of grief and cure, Wisdom's Increase? Nay, rather sweet content, Withal uy neaven seni, And perfect pence." I.INDIAN. Tlip Chickasaw MpiwoiiBcr, a Newspnper Piiltlifthed at Okolona. Ml**.. Advisrw South Carolina on the Agricultural CollOKe IlnslnosH. South Carolina is now being agitated from - !.? ,Vw, nn,ni?il. lilt' inoilliciuia |I? tuu I tiou to establish an Agricultural and Mechanical CoUrse, copied afier our own pet. humbug. The fwriuers of the State are told that the institution is for their benefit and their sons will tie taught scientific agricultural, whereby I they can outstrip their fathers in the preservation or reclamation of tlici' lands and in the production of crops, and their class prejudices are being aroiis*ed to secure their ac-I live support of the scheme, which if adopted, i will red. >;;nd to the interest of the professional classes, the swell planters and theedueated freotry, who secure employment at the colJC-'O Mississippi h:ts traveled the road dentil Carolina is now importuned to try, and It. is a pity our Palmetto brethren do not seem to be sufficiently posted to profit by our experience , \iiiinst (l*ii 1 v We receive letters from different ; portions of the Slate siskins for information! concerning tin? workings of our Agricultural; and Mechanical College, anil we have, when wo could, furnished our correspondents with I a short bioirraphy of ihe Mississippi "Tombs- j aone Industry," which in t-ixjyears' operations and after expending &iiT),(M)0, turnstout two scientific farmers having faith enough In their theoreiical education to attempt to put it lo practical utility. Our school has now entered its eighth year; lias supported in elegance, luxury and case since lis opening a small army of well dressi.i.riiiv cMiinrcii nnonio. unost of whom never tried farming as a business, and not one of whom ever made a success as a farmer,) has expended of the people's money about $4HO,0.")0, and we defy its officers to Dame ten of Its graduates who arc to-day engaged In practical agriculture. Ten rich countics in the State furnish more than naif tiie attendance; twenty-one counties have no representation at. all at the college, and the assessment rolls of Oktibbeha county show that the property valuation as a whole has not Increased iu the immediat vicinity of the Agricultural and Mechanical College as it has in other portions of the State. We assert,andldefy successful contradiction that the tax rolls show, thatthe land of a member of the Board of Trustees lying adjacent to the college farm has depreciated in value 23 per cent, since the establishment of thc-collegc in sight of his home. Wo have had some rich experience, also, with our munificently paid faculty, who devote n good portion of tlieir timo traveling around over the State, holding farmers' Institutes (?) and keeping the people impressed with the wonderrm work they are doing and the great necessity for further and bigger appropriations, and this too while their piaces are filled by subs, generally under graduates of the colleges who are paid out of the Slate Treasuay. We flllustrate: Our Professor j of Agrleulturc, whose last report shows he expends ?12,000 In farm operations and gets back 87,000 worth of products, straddles the hobby: "Our worn out lands and how to reclaim orrnvniv tplls our farmers to "sow cow pens and turn them under in the full, (.'ontiuue this proces, rotate and diversity crops, and oar lauds," he, says, " will bloom and blossom as the rose." And for this kind of advice our producers are expected to pay him 2,000 ber annum aud furnish him a nice house to live in, and at the same time pay his assistants $600 or $300 to attend to the duties of his department in the lecture room and on the colledgo farm. Not. I The advice and experience of one such farmer as Dixon, of Georgia, Is of more value to agriculture than all the colledge faculties in America, unles others are endowed with more practicability than ours have ever displayed. Ours are wonderful theorists, but practical In nothing except in lobbying big appropiatlons out of the treasury. It is amusing to observe in the discussion of the question in South Curolinu, that the friends of the co!)cdge insist that they can establish one and run it, wunoui nuiuuonui taxation. We thought so, too, at, the outset, and we in common with other members of the original Hoard of Trusters urged with our legislators that if they would appropiate 5!n'),il(Hi to purchase the land and erect the necessary buildings and then give us the insignificant sum of Si",000 per annum for three years we would make the institution selfsustaining thereafter. But it was so? Let the SVJO.UUO in State bonds issued two years ago to defray the expenees of our too numerous state institutions; The additional levy of ono mill ad valorem tax and the enounnous Increase in nrlvaleee taxes answer. We want" to say to our South Carolina friends another tlung In this connection and wo are done. Should they determine to burden themselves with an Agricultural and Mechanical College they will llnd it will only be a beginning, and ere llvo years roll around, there will be a demand for another Statelnstitution or two. The elephant must have a mate. He can forage more successfully. It is a great deal easier to secure satisfactory appropriations, when there is a number of pampered institutions to make common cause, than when one is compelled to go it nloue. THE TALLAPOOSA SWINDLE. THE WAY OUR DELUDED CITIZENS WALK THE GOLDEN STREETS OF "THE CITY OF THE GOLDEN RIVER." Something of the Land and Something of the Methods Whloh have Induced Clti TkATiolria onrt TIIIA ZtiiiH Ul l>U&UOULUJ'| 1/UUIUUL., ? West to Depart from their Comfortable Homes to Live in the Fine Barrens of Georgia. How City I,otH are Sold lo Distant InveNtorw?A Paradise in the Prospeclive, a Bleak Forrest In Fact. r Condensed from New York Herald.] "Tallapoosa, Ga; the City of the Golden River," Such is the catching headline of a pretty eight-page paper, which sets forth the alleged charms of Tallapoosa "as a home, as; an in vestment, as a place of permanent employment, as a place of comfort, com petency and health lor ail, wun roriuues iur many." The Garden of Eden was a sterile and poverty stricken corner of the earth compared with this "City of the Golden River"?as it is described in the literature circulated by the company. Company? Of course? the ' Tallapoosa Land, Mining and Manufacturing Company," organized In June last. "Itsaffairs," according to the Journal quoted, "are governed by broad gauge, liberal-minded men, who have the interests of Tallapoosa at heart and believe in the vast mineral resources of the South." Nothing could be more skillfully constructed than all this. To the ambitious workman is held out the aliened certainty of bettering his condition; to the humane and unselfish Iinlrnriwn le nffif>rpil t.lie chance to provide for his family, and the cupidity of all" classes is invoked by the promise of a rapid rise in the value of the lots they may buy. IN SEAKCH OF FACTS. However, the standing order to nil Herald men Is to secure facts?facts at no matter what expenditure of labor and money. The New York address of the Tallapoosa Company was set down as No. 179 Broadway, and thither the reporter went in search of further information. The home of the company proved to be in the ofllces of the ".silver Springs Park Land and Improvement Company." This Is one of the Florida companies shown up in the Herald. The president of the company proved to be Col. George W. Adair, who is a real estate dealer of Atlanta. The list of the directors was headed with the name ol Hon. John B. Gordon, Governor of Georgia. In the list was Gurdon W. Hull, also prominent in the Silver Springs deal, and James H. Plummer, organizer of the Belmore Florida Land ComI pany, which was exposed In the Herald in January, 1880. Oddly enougn, Messrs. nun u. Dean are set down as of New York, wWereas their home Is understood to be Walllngford, Conn; and Mr. Plumtner, who was originally n newspaper man in Chicago, Is also set down to New Yora. They probably dub themselves New Yorkers on the strength of the office at No. 17W Broadway. Another director. Col. A. J. McBrlde, a crockery dealer in Atlanta, is set down as of Tallapoosa. Mr. Plummer figures as "assistant secretary'* of the company. It was pretty evident that his pen, the same which endowed the Florida prospectus with such wealth of Oriental imflgery, was now doing a like service for Talla CATCHING BUYERS BY MAIL. Several clerks were busy enclosing in wrappers, for mailing, copies or the prcmpectus, nicely colored maps of Tallapoosa, circulars making a "special"' offer of stock of the compHijy at fifty cents on the dollar?capllal stock $2,000,000? price list of the lot* remaining unsold and other literature setting forth the matchless attractions of "The City of the Golden River." These papers are widely distributed through the malls, and It appeared that many lots were being bought by mail. The buyers sclect the property from the maps ?on which each lot is numberd?ascertain the amount asked from the printed price list and send checK in i>aymenu ud eacu mup were printed directions as toordering by mall am1 iUiaranteelngsatUfaction to those who bought in that tv<ty. The map showed streets, avenues, boulevards, parks and horse cur routes?a beautiful oily. AN INVITATION' TO VISIT TIIE CITY ACCEPTED. A copy of this map, nicely mounted, was displayed in the otllee, ami on it would-be investors were shown ties liable lots. "Yes," said the attendant who took the Herald man In charge; "yes, we will sell you u lot which you may select rlulit here froru the map, but (Willi a grill) we would rainer nave juu Tallapoosa and select your lot right on the ground." This was evidently a stock stateliinnt and one caiculcleil to give contldence to halting investors. As the trip would cost about as much as an average lot the challenge was not likely to be often accepted In accordance with the standing order of the llcraro to always nrocure facts, the reporter, howi-r, unhesitatingly accepted the Invitation. It was only a ride of one thousand miles anyway, and the Piedmont Air I.inc runs almost straight as an arrow. Tallapoosa is in Northwestern Georgiu, within a few miles of the Alabama Stale line and on the Georgia Pacific Kailroari. The cities of An ii Is ton and Birmingham. Ala, arc on the name line, the former atiout forty and the latter about one hundred mile.s further west. The reporter lefton the evening train. A HACK WOODS VILLAGE OK LOO CABINS. The brakeman called out. "Tallapoosa" on the afternoon ot the second day, and the reporttr stepped out upon the platform. It was a wretched looking plttce. Back from the road 011 either hand stretched the pine and oak clad hills through which the train had been journeying for hours. Near at hand on either side and parallel with the railroad struggled a sandy country road, along which wore scaiuTcu u iui i? uuc-ntui j, ,..,u ... them uupaliUPd. board structures wltti their cables to the road. Jt was Just such a backwoods village as may be found anywhere among the bills of that reigon, tbc building of the railroad through it having awakened it to very little more life. There was no rlv-1 er, golden or otherwise, in view. The structures referred to were the local habitation of the "leading business houses located at Tallapoosa," as the reporter discovered from tlje signs. THE LEADING BUSINESS HOUSES ? A SAW MILL, A BLACKSMITH SHOP, AND A tiwsriwrti'.i otwiwit One of tbeso buildings on this business avenue was occupied as a dwelllug, as could plainly be seen by looking through the window opening?window opening is the phrase, for there had never been any sashes in itnothing but a big board shutter wherewith to close the opening at night or in stormy weather. This, however, la not an uncommon feature in Tallapoosa dwellings. A glance at some of the "lwuling business houses locatcd in Tallapoosa, On.," named In the prospectus showed that one is a country blacksmith shop, another a modest livery stable, another n tvirtniiin sawmill another a little ono-story I cottage occupied by a woman who "fixes upT' bonnets for the wives and daughters of the village iblk?or at least stands ready to do It. Judging from general appearaaces she Is not kept very busy. Another of the "leading business houses located in Tallapoosa, Oa.," on the list is a little board grist mill on a neighboring creek. The slock in most of the shops was identical?some hardware, groceries, domestic sheetings, cheap prints and "notions;" Just the stock to bo fouud In a crossroads store in any of the Mlddlo States. A CITY OK SPECULATORS AND SWINDLERS. It is easy to believe the statement that fho nAnnloUnn c\T TilllftOnnSJl. UlICC ^t'UIOUfjU buv W. - ?? was fllty-six. Now it Is evidently swollen by real estate agents und the employees and managers of the company and the visitors attracted from the surrounding country by Idle curiosity and widespread advertisements. A smart carriage and pair waits the arrival of every train to show visitors over the "city" and out to the "mines." too, if they are determined to visit the latter. Jt is the company which also owns this turnout. It is the company which also owns the horse and bugcv 11 soil l'or the same purpose, and the horses on which well dressed men are tiding about? I llie surveyors iind clerks and managers of "the company." The hotel which has just been extended and made to look quite respectable that, too. is owned by "the company.'' In short, the company is all there is of Tallapoosa at present. A CITY WITHOUT HOUSES, r.ut where arc the boulevards, avenues, streets, parks? In.short, where is the city? Lanes newly cut through the denso forest on the north and cast of the railroad tell the whole story. In each of these openings is a biir siifti bcarine the name of the "street" or "avenue" in which it stands. The fallen trees lying across the "thoroughfares" make them rather dilllcult to traverse, and the stumps do not tend to make it easier. One of the men engaged in digging stumps out of the principal avenue confides to the visitor the fact that the trees were cut down , so as to make a show before the public nuc | lion sale of lots which was hckl lata month. The sale lasted three days and was largely attended, notwithstanding It rained, for it I had been very widely advertised. The managers give out tliut they sold some $50,000 worth ol lots on that occasion, and that they hope to be more successful at a second sale, to be held next, month, provided they should not be able lo dispose of their enormous holdings at private sale or on mail orders before that time. AIT ADVEHT1SMENT. Seated upon a fallen log, and with the si lence broken only by the twittering of birds in the leafless trees, the Ile.vuld man read the : following from the page of the prospectus: I "WVirkmkn Wanted.?Necessarily they will be, and very much so. Not only those directly lu the varlou* 'building trades,' but men who are capable of doing anything whatever in the way of working will be wanted iu Tallapoosa. There is nlready a brisk demand there for everything oi utility, and this will rapidly Increase. There is every sort of consi ruction to Le done? hence there will be too few rather than too many to do it." However, there were a dozen pages filled with figures and statements about the wonderful mineral resources of the South, the suddenness with which cities like Birmingham hail sprung Into existence and no end of paragraphs giving manes of men who had "grown up with the country" and accumulated vast fortunes in a few months or years at Birmingham or Annlston, All this is skill fully con til vcd so an to create the impression tlulthestiiteineiitHoriiilner.il weultli apply as weh to Tallapoosa, anil that there will be a Klmllar boom and equally great fortunes made there. GLITTERING PROMISES. With this object, too, the wonderful advance In the price of the stock of the Elyton Land Company, which tounded the town of Hirmlnuham. Is told at length. The land back In IK71 cost the company $2T>,0i)0. I<ast summer the company had p.ilii SI,320.0:)0 In cash divl (lends, besides selling asiue an Kuunmiu? nerve fund and in venting 8750,000 in improve- J rnents. "Who would not like some of it?" asks the Tallapoona prospectus. '-Well, the only way to gel it is to put up the money at these prohibitory figures or to repeat its successes elsewhere, which Is exactly what we propose to do and shall do." ' Wo intend to build here a great, rich and beautiful city," adds the prospectus, and as the basis of this ciiy It refers to the "soil, splendid forests, fine climate and an Immense quantity of xold, silver, iron, copper, gurnet, sulphur and marble." Then the question, I "Does mining pay?" is asked and answered by Instancing the fortunes of the Bonanza kings. It did not occur to the writer of the yrospcctus that anybody should ask the question, "How much of all these precious products have you got, and how much of *' * ? tuhv Hnn'fc VIM mem mkvo juu uus u^>, ? dig up more quick ?" At any rate, he does not go into that matter, but tells about big gold and copper mines of the world and the wealth they have yielded. WHAT THEY AHE BASED ON. Well, Aw to the soli, nothing Is said; the climate is ail right; the forests are In doubt. The saw mill which stands right in the heart of the proposed city does not belong to the company, but to some pushing Michigan lumbermen, who bought the timber before the marvellous Tallapoosa company was organized. They could have had the land thrown In with ttie lumber for little or nothing extra, but they didn't want it. They have done a prosperous business turning the trees Into shingles aud boards, nnd shipping them to Birmingham. There has been no demand " in me "oity ui wc uuiucu ?>>v>. LAND SKLLINO AT ONE DOLLAR AN ACHE SAID TO BK WORTH MILLIONS. A? to the value of land In the vicinity. It Is a lact that the limber on a large tract in the vicinity was sold the other day to the owner Of another saw mill ercuteil ri^ht by the railroad Irach. After the bargain was struck the man offered to Rell the land, too, for one dollar per acre more. And this in the presence of the "hurrah" gotten up by the Tallapoosa Company and the magnificent value it sets i imnn ik h.nilfL Here is the company's own estimate: "Our gold assays from $25 to $300 to the ton I finest free milling ore. The 'Cross' mine, or Tallapoosa, Is reported to have yielded over 83U0.UU0 and it lias recontly been capitalized at #1.000,000. With our gold alone as a basis, even it wo had not another attraction to show, bow could Tallapoosa possibly fall to develop? Has abundant and easily gotten gold ever been neulooted since the world had a history? We estimate the town land for building purposes as worth over $2,SOO,OUO; the Hold mines as worth 52,000,000; the silver mines as worth nearly $1,000,000; the marble as worth SI,*>00,000 ; ih.j Iron as worth $1,250.000; the copper, sulphur and garnet as worth Sl.000,000, using even numbers for ail these. 'I'lin mini is over S'J.OOO.OOO." jTili; WAY VISITORS AltK SHOCK KD ANI) SWINDLED. Many of the visitors are so shocked by the | appearance of the plaec that they moan to wait only lor the next train; but then the "boomers" show iliein the sites of the facto rie.s and expatiate on the miraculous growth of other places and show them samples of the gold, iron and silver ores and dwell on the fact that the Governor of the state, (?en. .1.15. I ?1-... I... .Ii^in,. nf i lift fiim rin n v. and l>e j i.iiruuii, i* ? ? , I fore they arc brought back to the hotel the chances are thnt they will have been talked Into buying several corner lots. .Sceptical visitors, or those who want to see for themselves the wonderful mineral wealth," are mounted on the company's horses and couuucted out ot the hotel and among the mountains. The guide Is .1 shrewd, stalwart fellow, credited by old residents with knowing the spots where the moonshine corn whiskey is made. Ills name is Handy Crew, and he Is the "prospector" of the company. They do say that If one gave .Sandy an order to to out 011 the company's imuls and find Camoniuert cneese. ue wuuiu be gone overnight and return In the morning with specimeus of It obtained from a true tl.?sure vein. However this may be, Sandy is not a bad talker, either, as he proved to a "personally oonducted party,', of which the Herald man was one, on tho way up the mountains, and through apparently trackless woods to the mines. Mr. Spencer informed the visitors that a blast furnace would be erected, to go into operat ion in the spring to smell some of I the extraordinarily high grado iron ore lound on the lands. No, the con tract for its erection had not yet been made: no, it had not been i i ?i t.k.iui ii mnniH li? Inrfited. actucu niioiv n iivu.u ~ AN IKON MINK AS JBIG AS A CELLEKY PATCH. "Now, here's one of our iron mines," said Mr. .Spencer, as they party emerged into a little open space in the wood6. The top soil here was composed of decayed leaves and other vegetable matter. The "mine" proved to bean opening some fourteen feet long and about ns wide and deep us a farmer's celery " " 1 * I. rvnt thlu | trcncn, in mereu ciuj uuunu were a few pieces of ore about as large ordinary polatoes. Sandy und Mr. Spencer picked ui> some of these and exchanged comments on the wonderful richness in iron. Their conversation was carried on in a stage whisper. As they made this trip several times a day it's surprising that they should Jiavc to exchange these little confidences as If ..? ,w>m ?n th? I'l'min d for the first Hiej IT VI c mm v.. time. A VEIN OK IRON" AS THICK AS A HOMEMADE PIE. As there is nothing here to retain the attention of strangers, the party Is conducted to the biggest mine, the "card" of the company. This is a perpendicular cut made into the foot of a hill?such a cut as would be made by half a dozen laborer? in a day or two. There was exposed the edge of a horizontal vein of ore about as thick as a home made pie. The visitors w:ere led into the hole and assured that when that cut should be continued the vein would show up thicker, and, in fact, Mr. Spen i.(hot \rlinlp hill was ft solid mass of Iron. This was the burden of another stage-whispered conversation between himself and the versatile Sandy. A GOLD MINE AS DIG AS A BUSHEL HASKET* Then the golden mines were visited. Ono consisted of a hole as big as a busheJ basket, scooped out of the marly bank of a little mountain brook. The marl is Interspersed with bits of quartz and is asserted to contain gold. That this is no new discovery is shown by the remains close by of u crude cradle which must have been used in washing away back in the war times. In short, this mine i looks like any one of a thousand that may be IOU11U 111 nil! ui'urjjin iiiuuiiuiiui, .......v. natives, when there Is no other work to be had, contrive tomake enough to buy whiskey ami tobaceo by washing for goiit. CONNECTICUT YANKEE SWINDLERS AND ATLANTA CHEATS COMBINE?ONE SET 1't'lSNISI IRS THE WORTHLESS LAND?THE nwirLMf TW-fcEM '1*1 f ! ? T.YIVfJ. "I'll tell you the deal," said a disgusted purchaser or lots who could nol lind a buyer to take them oil'his hands. This Tallapoosa scheme is the result of a combination between Dean, Hill and those other Connecticut landowners on the one side aud some Atlauta people on the other. Having exploited their Florida lands, these people came looking for a good opening near iiimiiugham or Aunistoii, believing thai ou the legitimate boom those places were enjoying it would be easy to get up an excitement any where In the same section. Col. Adair, of Atlanta, as a real estate man, was right lu their line, and he was acquainted with Col. McBridc, a crockery merchant of his owncity. Mellrlde hail a bi? tract of this almost worthless land hero. As I understand it. McBride contributed the land, the Yankees agreed to organize the company and pay for the printer's Ink to "boom" the "city." THE WIIOLE 4,(XK) ACUES OF TIIK CITY IS WOHTH ABOUT 810,000. "Before starting they wont about the country here and for a mere song bought options on the wilderness and on cultivated lands. \s you have seen tbe lands are poor and the houses on the plantations are mostly mere inrr hnie Porh.tns 81. or sav 81. an acre would be a fair average for the whole 4,000 acres the company claims to own or control. However, suppose It Is worth So, then the property Is worth, say 820,000, barring the great "mines" discovered on it. That's a long way Irom SO.fKiQ,'00. at which they estimate theproperty, isn't it?" ONK MILLION DOLLARS FOR TWENTY THOUSAND. The company has 52,000,000 of stock, and is selling or trying to sell It at fifty cents on the dollar. With the prospectus and other printed matter being disturbed through the mails there Is sent out a special circular trying to Induce people to buy shares. It is not easy to know the "inslde"'dctails of such a ???/i ??/? tTn-nlf1 Infnrmont. nmv lif? BUIICUIC, ilHU IUV ilCflim >?<w ??..? mistaken as to his figures and as to some of the details of the deal. It it is assumed that he is practically correct, then the company would make a good thing by selling ?20,1X10 worth of property for Sl.OOO.OOD. INTERESTING DISCUSSION IN THE SENATE. The Hill to Nnbmit the Question of License to the People of Abbeville and Cireeiiville will Become a Law. j The bill to provide for the submission I to the qualified electors of Abbeville, Gronville and Oconee Counties of the question of "license" or''no license" in the incorporated cities, towns and villages in said Counties at special elections, and which came up as an unfavorable committoe report, brought on a small sized tight on prohibition, and found a divided Senate on the general merits of the quesI tirvnu r>nti nnft afi with tllfl hill. Th? prohibitionists scored the first point, and had the unfavorable report rejected by a vote of 16 to 9. Senator Biernann then moved to strike out "Oconee," and succeeding in his motion was correspondingly happy. Senator Izlar offered an amendment providing that the question of license or no license should not be submitted to the voters of Greenville County under the terms of the Act, unless a majority of the real estate owners of the city of Greenville first petitioned for such election. Senator Austin moved to table the . ... j.w. ! rm matiaii nitocaSlorl Ktt q HUIUIIUlIlt'UU 1UIO 111UUUII pcmiiou %jj u voto of 16 to 9, i Senator Smith moved to reconsider the vote striking out "Oconee" from the bill, and on tins called the yeas and nays. This motion disturbed the equanimity of the Senator from Oconee, and renewed his anxiety concerning the bill; but its opponents"under the skillful leadership of Senator Smythe closed ranks and fought it out to the bitter end. Senator iSmy the at once moved to table the matter to reconsider. On thiv fhnrA was n tie vote, and the Chair votccl nay; so the motion to lay on the table was lost. Senator Smythe said that he* trusted that the Senate would not restore Oconee to the bill. Out of courtesy to tho Senators from Greenville and Abbeville, who wanted this bill for their County, the Seuate was willing to pass the bill so far as it related only to those two Counties. Ho thought that the Senator frotn Oconee was as mucli entitled to tue courtesy 01; I the Senate as tbe others' were, and as ho was against the bill applying to bis County, he ought to be sustained. Senator Field said that it was well known that the people of Oconee wanted this question submitted to them. Senator Biemann .said that the people of Oconee were by no means unanimous 011 the subject. A very large number of them were opposed to any further agitation on the subject. It would only split them all to pieces and foment discord. Senator Khame said, as ttio goou taini of the friends of the bill seemed (o he imputed, lie wanted to pay he had heard of no reason why it should not pass. Senator Howell said that he hail always voted for prohibition. He had even voted for the Anderson blue law, and he would now votditor this bill as far as it related to Greenville and Abbeville, but he could not for Oconee, when there was no potition or memorial for it from that county, so far as the Senator knew, and the Senator from Oconee was protesting against it. Senator Hemphill said that the bill had originated for the benefit of Abbeville I County, which had asked for it. Greenville and Oconee bad been tacked on it (the latter county under protest.) He could not consent to its being so overloaded. Senator Izlar said that there was no use for the bill anyhow; the counties of Greenville and Oconee were already dry, and the towns of those counties had rights under the local option law which could give them all they needed. The bill was simply an attempt of those out - ?i.. 1 side or tuc towns io uiciuit; men- 1ut.u111.11 management. Senator Patterson said that it was but just that theffacts of the case should be presented to the Senate. Oconee County had been fully represented before the Judiciary Committee, and the statements of her prominent and distinguished citizens showed that this question was a burning question. It decided elections, and men's general fitness for office was lost sight of; their sentiments for or against prohibition made the test. For this reason, among many others, he wanted the bill passed and the question taken out of politics. Senator McMasler said that he thought that the local option laws now of force were amply sufficient. There was such a thing as intemperance in temperance, and lie deprecated the constant agitation of the subject. Senator Smythe said that tho debt of Walhalla had been alluded to in the course of the debate, and it was an important question?one that he hoped Senators would consider carefully. Sianntnr Mnnriv s:uri that Marion had UO revenue from whiskey, and Marion was prospering and her taxes decreasing. The people of Oconee would abide the result of the election and they ought to have the privilege they ask for. After some further sparring between Senators, the vote was taken on the motion to restore Oconee to the bill and it failed by a vote of ll> 10 10. .Senator Moist; then moved to indefinitely postpone the whole matter, and get in a shot or two at prohibition and its failures. On motion of Senator Murray, the motion was tabled. Senator M(.-Master endeavored to amend by striking out words incorportcd cities in the bill, and this also failed. The Senate then took a recess. Tlio Houso bill providing for the submission of the question of "license" or "no license'' to the voters of Abbeville and Greenville counties came up for its final reading. The abolition ol'the liquor license In Greenville would decrcaso the revenuo of the city ?ti,000 a year. The charter of the city only allow- i ed a tax of .s mills, but with no revenue from liquor the city could not get along with less than 11 mills. Jn order to provide that 110 injustico should be douo to J those citizens of Greenville who had to pay its taxes, he offered an amendment providing that before the election could be ordered one-half of the owners of real estate in Greenville city must petition for it. Senator Austin characterized the argnments of the Senator from York as ridiculous, and moved to table his amendment. Yeas?Austin, Alcxaudcr. Bell, Crews, Edwards, Field, Howell, Hemphillj Moody, Murray, Sligh, Smith, Talbert and Woodward?14. _ Nays?Black, Buist, Byrd^ Erwin, Izlar, JMunro, Mcuan, ivxoiso, jratterson, Rhame, Reynolds and Wofford?12. So the amendment was defeated. Senator Black olfered another amendment requiring as a pre-requisite to the ordering of the election the signing of a petition by one-half the real estate owners in the county. Tabled?16 to 11. Senator Buist moved to exempt Greenville city from the operation of the law. Tabled?16 to 10. Senator Izlar offered an amendment leaving it optional with the county com? !?s * a uiiKsiuuura iu uruurnu vievuuu. juuiou? 17 to 13. Senator Buist moved to recommit the bill. Tabled?18 to 9. The Prohibition Senators would not concede an inch, and several of the "Antis" voted with them on the policy of "Senatorial courtesy." Senators Kennedy and McMaster, Pro and Anti respectively, were paired with Senators Smyth and Sinkler throughout the tight. Tim Hill naoanrl iinH wn? rntnrnod to the House with the Senate amendment excluding Oconee County from its provisions. PROBABLE MURDER OF DE. MAITLY. A Distinguished Baptist Divine As Maul tea ana rernapa rniauji ? Jnrcd. Louisville, Ky, December 16.?The Rev' Dr. Bmll Manly, professor In the BaptistTheo logical Seminary of this city.und one of the most prominent Baptist divines In the8outh, was assaulted by two masked men, In the suburbs, at dusk yesterday, and probably fatally injured. The purpose of the men was probably robbery. Greenville, December 17.?"Manly seriously but not dangerously hurt. Mind perfectly clear. Very cheerful and will be out in a few days." A Point Well Taken. T Irani in n?tor m v nrntPRt flP.llnst the STOW ins: and slovenly habit of wilting "Xmas" for "Chrisinas."?To swy nothing of the Impropriety of writing down the greatest festival ot the western world as If it were the celebration of the birth of the algebraic unknown quantity, the habit Is In baa ta*te, and shows a carelessness and thoughtlessness which can not be too highly condemned. The worst instances I have seen of this vulgarity were, first, a list of newspapers upon the name Ctiristlan Register," was written "Xtion Register," and secondly, letter In a Boston newspaper from a preacher, signed "Youre, for X's sake!" Ir not from reverence, then at least from the considerations oi good taste, do refrain from tbis shiftless and vulgar subterfuge. Cease sending a "Merry Xmas," or an "Xmas Greeting" to your friends, and take time to write out the whole beautiful word Christmas. The Cumberland (Jap. Edgefield Chronicle. Capt. Kirk is surveying and relocating the route from Aiken to a point some ten miles, this side. When we any ten miles, we mean that some six or eight miles of the present gradlne bearing out towards Shaw's Creek, is to be abandoned by the N. Y. Construction Company. This will shorten tho distance between Aiken and Edcefleld, and save the<Company, it is said, some 828,001). Capt. Kirk is actually at this work. We understand that ??-. Ti-.'.,. i? ?vno/.ln.l In A 1 Iron (in WpdnesdaV j or Thursday of" this week. i Macon. Ga., Dec. IS?The NVoolfolk trial was concludcd to-day. The Judge charged the jury al leugtn, concluding at 12:5.5, at which time the Jury retired. It remained out only fifteen minutes, bringing in a verdict of murder, unaccompanied by any recomendatlon. Itiiad no visible effect on Woolfolk, who paled sll^htjy, but did not move a muscle. After the lapse of a short time Judge Gustin pronounced sentence on the prisoner, naming Friday, February the 10th, as the day for the execution. The verdict has eiven general satisfaction. In Ills statement before sentence wooiioik asserted his innocence before heaven, and said the witnesses had sworn falsely. He seems to be absolutely without nerre. A motion for a new trial will be made at once by , his counsel. Bells Across the Snow. O Christmas, merry Christmas! Is it really come again, With Its memories and greetings. With its joys and with its pain? There's a minor in the carol. And a shadow in the light, And a spray of cypress twining With the holly-wreath to-nisjht; And (he hush Is never broken t>y luuguivr jikwiAs we listen in thestarlight To the "bells across the snow." O Christmas, merry Christmas! Tis not so very long Since other voices blended With ltie carol and the sons. If we could but hear them singing As they pre singing now; If we could but see the radiance Of the crown on each dear browThere would be nosiah to smother, Ko hidden tear to flow, As we listen in the starlight To the ' bells across the snow." O Christmas, merry Christmas! This nevermore can be ; We cannot brliiK again the days Of our unshadowed glpe. But Christinas, happy Christmas, Sweet herald of good-will, With holy songs of ?slory " t-_l? f * til . rsriuKs noi^ uuiuiiv.i9<-?... For peace and hope may brighten, And patient love may glow, As we listen In the starlight To the "bells across the snow." [/ "'. R. Havergal. Nolhlnsr to Do. "Nothing to do," In this world of ours, Where the weeds grow tip with the fairest flowers, ,*rl ?rtnlr o tltfnl nlav. \v uere smiicn ii??c , ? , Where hearts are breaking every day ? "Nothing to do!" thou Christian soul, Wrapping thee round in thy selfish stole? Off with the garments of sloth and sin, Christ, thy Lordj hath a kingdom to win. "Nothing to do!" There arc prayers to lay On the altar o*f incense, day by day; There are foes to meet within and without, There is error to conquer, strong and stout. "Nothing to do!" There are minds to teach The simplest form of Christian speech; * - - ? ? Inuincr will*. mere are new is u> imc , From the grlmest haunts of sin's defile. "Nothing todo!" There are lam Iks to feed, The precious hopes of the church's need; Strength to be borne to the weak and faint, Vigils to keep with the doubting saint. 'Nothing to do!'' and thy Saviour said, 'Follow thou me in the path I tread," Lord, lend Thy help the journey through, Lest, faint, we cry, "So much to do." It is, doubtless, :i question which nntv well give pause to the moralist, whether the current opinions of manMOTr/i tr? thfi flutv of SClf-de JV1UU ill w ^ fense, do not stand related to- the custom of war, with all its horrors, precisely as did, a few years since, the general sentiment in respect to moderate drinking to the habit of intemper auce?? Gcorrjc jjus/i. Keep faith with the children as much as with strangers. I