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The Press and Banner *y-Published every Wednesday at $ _' u year In advance. Wednesday, July 25, 1888.1 The Erliimo. Many of our citizens Rat up last Sunday night to witness the eclipse of the moon, which tock place about twelve o'clock. The eclipse was total and during part of the time the night was as dark as if 110 moon had been in the heavens. Astronomers and lovers In all parts of the country, took notes of the interesting event. Promptly at the time predicted, 10.5o P. M., the dark shadow of the CW bll UCgMil bV/UCU)/ tlVluoo CUV vttovvi u vm^v i of the moon, which at thnt hour had reached a position about forty-live degress above the horizon. Slowly the shadow grew deeper > and deeper until the total phase of the eclipse was reached at ll.M, after w hich it began to recede steadily until the end of the phenomenon, at 2.35 A. M. Look ( Your Health. By reference to the notice of the town council it will be seen that the lots of our fellowcitizens will be subjected to a strict examination. It is the duty of every good citizen to so live and act as to do no injury to his neighbors, and therefore ought to take a pleasure in conforming to the order of the council. There is typhoid fever in some parts of the county, and It may come here, if we do not provide against it. Three-fourths of the typhoid fever may be charged to filthy wells, and nearly all the balance to filthy lots. Death of a Lovely Young- Lady. Miss Mamie Lomax, of Verdery, one of the most lovely, as well as one of the most hund ome, young ladles of the county, died last Monday of typhoid. Many friends at Abbeville and elsewhere sincerely mourn her death. Her departure reminds us all of the uncertainty of life, and admonishes us to be ready for the summons when it comes. Pleaaunt Call. We had the pleasure of a call yesterday from Mr. H. 1*. Galphln formerly ol Abbeville, but now a prosperous merchans of Atlanta. Georgia. Mr. Galpliln has many friends In this county who are glad to greet him back In his old home. The Military. The Abbeville Rltles, Captain McGowan, and a company of about thirty men kit last Monday for the Greenville Encampment. Several citizens also went up on Mouday ' and on Tuesday. The excursion cannon ball train for GreenvIIIa waa fired nnt nf the deDot at five o'clock this mourning with eight passengers. ? Mr. Amos B. Morse, who has been on a visit to his father who lives In the lower part of this State, Is back again at his place in the store ol Messrs. W. Jcel Smith A Son. He brought with him a limb from a cotton stalk which has grown for three years from the same roots The stalk as It stands at home Is some seven or eight leet high. Our beloved old friend, the Roy. Sldl H. Browne, spent a short while with us during the Conference. He does not belong to tbi* District Conference, but he came to look in upon the brethren. Our people were delighted with the presence of the delegates to the District Confer ence, and each one considered it a privilege or an honor, to entertain members of the Conference. We are glad to be able to correct the report as to the death of two of Mrs. D. J. Jordan's children. They are in their usual health. The Court House seems nearly deserted* The candidates are in the county, Interview lng their constituent. Senator Hemphill has been Invited to address the survivors of Orr's Plfles at Sandy Springs in August. Mrs. Lee and family are In the country, and Mr. Lee Is now living as we live every day, alone. MISS NORA MARTIN. A Xnch Beloved Toang Lady Receive* Honorable Mention? Our People Rejoice at tlie Succetts of the Daughter or their Former Pas tor, Rev. J. L. Martin. From a Memphis paper of recent date we take the following mention of Mtss Nora Martin at her graduation : Miss Leonora Martin read an exquisitely conceived and admirably written address made the day before at the ivy planting in the school garden and repeated by request because its high literary merit and feeling touches of nature made it worthy of a larger audience. Miss Martin's production was not only a beautiful piece of word painting, but in her reference to the coming parting ol schoolmates and the breaking of pleasant ties, she so delicately touched the chords oi sympathy in the hearts or all who heard her, that one was in doubt which most to admire, the tenderness of the girl, or the perfection of her literary workmanship. Miss Leonora Martin recited Marion Crawford's "The Massacre of Zorooshee," and infused into the narrative a fire and vigor that kept the attention ol the audience chaincd to her lips. Miss Martin seems to have a keen dramatic Insight and has the natural endowments in voice and physique to give appropriate expression to dramatic composition. Three prizes for literary composition, do- , nated by Mr. J. M. Greer, of Knoxville, were awarded to the following young ladles In the , order named: Misses Mildred O. Matbes, Ruth Cochran and Leonora Martin. Cheap Papers. (Associate Reformed Presbyterian.) Occasionally the suggestion of a reduction \ In the subscription price of a paper coines to the editor's ear, accompanied with the suggestion that it will materially enlarge the number of subscribers. Experience however 1 has taught us better. We are convinced in < the first place that all who have an intelligent appreciation of the value of their church paper, will regard It cheap at almost any price. Those who haggle about its cost, as a general 1 rule want cheap teachers for their children, cheap and trashy literature for their Sabbathschools, a cheap preacher, a cheap religion, a : cheap everything. If there are any who are too poor to pay the sum of four cents a week tor thirty columns of good religious reading, we will cheerfully put them upon the charity list, and furnish the paper gratis so long as we can afford it. Again, one reduction in pricc will be follow ed by a demand for another. There are some people who belong to the category with the ; lour things "that are never satisfied, that say not, it is enough." The subscription price of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian has been 1 reduced more than once, but there are a few in the church to whom this will be news. We know of another publication that has been printed at an actual loss to the publish- i ere, In order to supply Sabbath-schools at the < nominal sum ol twenty-five cents a year, or two cents a copy, and now comes a request "Can't you let us have it for twenty cents?" Finally, it is not true that a reduction in i price increases the circulation. This has I been the experience of other churches. Says i the United Presbyterian: "Two years ngo the General Assembly or Cumberland Presbyterian Church directed that the price of the Cumberland Presbyterian I should be temporarily reduced to one dollar . for new subscribers, one-half its regular price, and less than the actual cost of publica- i lion, xue report 01 me puDiismng commit,tee to the last General Assembly stated that, while there bud been a gain of about 1,600 In the subscription list the year the offer was made, by far the larger number had refused to continue after the year was up, and that the experiment, so far as permanent gain wax concerned, was a failue. The fact Is that if people are really interested they will not object to paying the very reasonable subscription price that is asked by the church papers. If they are not interested, the price could not be made low enough to stop their complain ts." Latimer, S. C.t July 23, 1888. We have light rains. More needed. Most of our farmers have layed by their crops. The melon crop is a general failure. Mr. T. H. Graves is on a visit to friendR in Aiken and Beach Island. During his absence Mr. E. T. Yarbrough has charge of his business at the store. Mrs. Dr. Durr, of Augunta, is with her sister Mrs. T. II, Graves for the remainder of the Summer. Miss Pauline Gibert of Montery, spent several days with Mrs. McAllister this week. Mrs. Norwood Calhoun and her daughter. Miss Marie, were the guests of Mrs. T. H. Graves this week. Mrs. Amanda Johnson and Miss Cora Hawthorn. are off to Greenville, to attend the fes tl vities of Gala week. Another mail dog on the war path, this time U made its appeaianee at Mr. Swearengen's plantation: Fortunately no one was bitten. If dogs were heavily taxed, perhaps there would be fewer half-starved canines going mad all over the country. Some of our ladles propose having a baby show for the heueflt of Salem church. Four of our old bachelor friends have been appointed Judges. One pf them predicts that out of the twenty mothers whose babies will be exhibited, nineteen will be fighting mad?because their darling little dumplius, did not get the fii-Bt prize. We regret to learn of the extreme illness of Mr?. Sarah Johnson, mother of our esteemed friend and physician. Dr. Gid. Johngon. We hear glorious accounts of our Methodist brethren at the District Conference, chickens will bring a first class price in Abbeville after next week. _ If yon want a first class sm:?ke try the "Git There Cigar," at E. L. Wilsor. If you want a pair fine Brown Leghorn chickens. Call on E. L. Wilson. If you want a good Butf Cochin cock see E. L. Wilson. V*. . . , ? .. . -i.-' ~ THE STATE HOUSE BOOKS. THE SYSTEM OF BOOK-KEEPING THOUGHT NOT TO BE A PERFECT ONE. Tlic OflicerM Stteni to Have Stuck to the I.etter of the I.niv, l>iit the DeMi red I n format ion In Hard to <>et ?The "RoclNler" will Make .Matters Plain. [Columbia Register.] Touching certain questions asked the Register as to the keepinc of the books of the State officials and what they show, the Press and Banner asks: "IJoes the Register object to giving the desired information?'' Just the contrary ; and with the greatest respect for the Press and Banner as an important public Journal ot the State, we have been at the pains to make searching inquiry in the matter our respected contemporary has asked to be informed of by the Register. We could have given at once an ott'-hand reply, which might or ml^ht not have satisfied our contemporary. But wc wanted to see exactly how the matter stood, and to see exactly what check the books or tnosiaie nouse umcials are on the county receipts and expenditures. It would doubtless surprise our contemporary to know that we have reviewed the whole law touching what Is required of these offices in the premises, and spent several hours on three different visits to these offices, making Inquiries into the methods pursued in keeping the accounts from the time of the levy to the expenditure of the money. The Impression made upon our mind is that the system is not a complete one. But we are not sufficiently familiar with the actual keeping of the accounts to make sure that we might not be guilty of an inaccuracy in any statement of precisely what was shown by the books of the State officers, which would be a check on the accounts of county officials as to couuty funds payable in the counties and as contradistinguished from the State funds payable here. Thus far we are confident that the accounts of the State officials are kept in close accordance with the requirements of the law, and if there be any screw loose between the accouots of county officers and those of the State officers, it is the fault of a defective law. What we wanted to show was exactly what was done and what was not done, and to see this for ourselves. It took time and care to do this accurately. It would seem our contemporary has taken offense at our delay, whilst we were trying to put the Reoialer on actual information as to the facts sought, so as to be able to reply to some good purpose. Tt Is so easy to misrepresent things before we understand tliem. It Is so hard to correct it afterwards. As soon as we are fully prepared to de so Intelligently and accurately, we will set forth this matter, and, as we trust, satisfactorily. In the meantime, we hope our contemporary will patiently bear with us. We beg to say in this connection, and as to all other inquiries touching the State officiate, that the Register would not hide a pin's worth of remissness from the knowledge of the people; but. on the other hand, it would not for tlie world lgnorantly or idly lay charges at the door of as good officials as the State ever had or ever will have. And just here we beg to say to more than one of our State contemporaries, with the greatest respect, that the Register is not the mouth-piece of any of the State officials. Whatever it says, it says "without fear or favor." GREENWOOD NEWS. Fact ami Comment of General Inter* ext. Greenwood, S. C., July 24,1888. St. Julian Holstein, one of Edgefield's most enterprising dry goods merchants, spent several days in our town last week, the guest of Dr. S. L. SwygerU Mr. Holstein is quite a young mon In years to have obtained so lofty a position in the mercantile world. Capt. Ben Tiliman, "The Government Doctor,^'f or as tbe News and Courier would have it, tbe "Boulanger of South Carolina," passed < through our town on last Friday evening on his return from the Hodges meeting. We i like Capt. Tillman and endorse some of his movements, but think he has personal interest and aspiration at the bottom of his scaeuv. Quite a number of our young ladies left on lata Saturday for Greenville to avoid the crowded cars of this week. We noticed among them Misses Annie Reynolds, Todie < Watson, Mamie Purkerson, Bessie, Anna and ! May Hill. They wilt spend ;tbe entire week < iu the mountain city. The frame work of our passenger depot Is , up and will when completed be the neatest i one on tbe C. & G. line. It consists of two waiting rooms. Ticket and telegraph offices. We hope for a union car shed as soon as the other road is completed. Mr. James Bailey, of Americus, Ga? is vis- ; lting his parents Mr. and Mrs. James Bailey, j sr. It has been some two years since Mr. i Ralley paid our town a visit and we wish him a long a pleasant stay. Master Kobt. Glbbes arrived in town on last Sunday morning from Quincy, Pla. Ho IS a guest of Master Coleman Waller. Mr. J. C. Nickels left on last Sunday morning for the encampment and the mountains. 1 Having a brother at Easley Station, S. C., he I will spend a good portion of his time there. ] Dr. Frank Calhoun, of New Harley, Ga? arrived In the city last Friday morning. His ] visit was occasioned by the illness of bis 6ls- | ter Mrs. DuPre. Dr. Calhoun is well known j to the older citizens of Abbevillec-ounty, having once resided here. We hope that he will speud the entire summer with us. i Very few of our citizens attended the politi- J fit Undorno An lnuf PHriav. Our town Is flooded with drummers. No ] less than ten to twenty spend trie night here. < We suppose our good hotel accommodations j causes this. TLiegame of ball played between Ninety- , Six and Greenwood on last Wednesday at Ninety-Six resulted in 8 to 12 in favor of Greenwood. We stated in our last letter that the game was 1 to 25 in favor of Greenwood J on Tuesday. This was a mistake, it was 1 to I 38. I Captain A. G. Miller, of Ninety-Six, S. C., has connected himself with the Greenwood ] Male High School. He accepts the professor- ( ship made vacant by the resignation of Capt. E. C. McCants. Capt. Miller is a worthy young man and was graduated from the South Carollda Military Academy last year with third honor. No other changes having | been made tho faculty will bo Profs. Geo. C. t Hodges, A. B. Stallworth and A. G. Miller. Miss Annie Rankin, of Charlotte, N. C., 1 will fill the position of Art Teacher in the Femal College made vacant by Miss Mattie Sedgewick, of Richmond. Va. Miss Rankin is a daughter of Col. Rankin a distinguished I gentleman of Charlotte, and Is a graduate of < the Charlotte Female College. i Mr. John Chiles, Jr., was in the city Monday. j Ma). Jno. T. McKellar has purchased a very i handsome "phaeton." Messrs. C. A. Cobb and W. S. Montgomery spent last Sunday at Sulphur Spring near I'nlrPkhnrv. S Every man In our town, young and old, ' wears a Cleveland hat, and it Is to be hoped 1 that the political feelings existing between the white and colored race will prevent the latter from catchlug on to this style. The young men speak of organizing a "Cleveland club.' Misses Annie and Alllne Hodglklns, of ( Macon, Ga., Is visiting Miss Lee Fuss. ' News reached this city last Monday morning from Verdery of ihe death of Miss Mamie ( Lomax. This was very sad news to great t many of our young people. Her death was caused from a relapse after a severe spell of typhoid fever. Miss Lomax had a great many friends In our town to mourn her loss. Mr. Jonh Duncan, of Tartery, passed through town oq last Monday on his way to i Pendleton, S. C. ] A great many of our young people enjoyed t the "eclipse" on last Sunday evening and ex- ] pressed much regret that they did not corae t every time that they called on their best < girls. It is real bad that we can't have them j oltcner. ( Mrs. J. W. Calhoun, of Johnson, S. C., and | Mrs. S. P. Wright, of Plum Branch are visiting t Mrs. It. J. Cartledge. I Mr. J. A. Harty the society "midget" of < Greenwood spent last Sunday in Spartan- j burg. Coutract for building the Greenwood Bank ] and vault was let out to day to Blythe & i Wells, and the Marvin Safe Co. The lot upon which the bulidlng will be erected was < bought at a cost of 8650. Blythe & Wells i have contracted to put up the building for ?2,600. The Marvin Safe Co., is to put in the vault and safe for 81,000, making a total cost ) of S-1,200 excluding rurullure. Work Is to be commenced at once, and completed by 1st September. We are glad to report Mrs. G. C. Williams who for some time has been quite sick is slowly improving. Mr. W. T. Rickenbacker, of Orangeburg, is visiting his brother Dr. Geo. w. Rickenbacker. Eighteen trains pass through our town dally over the two railroads, an average of a train every three quarters of an hour. Mr. C. A. C. Waller one of the oldest merchants in our city has at last decided to retire from business. Greenwood now boasts of two retired merchants, the other being M. W. H. Bailey. Mr. Waller enters into politics where he can serve his friends much better than in merchandise. We need not hope that he be elected for that Is a foreseen fact. We only hope that be may head the ticket. Greenwood has a good many summer visitors. Rain is much needed. Rev. Lowrey Wilson, of Abbeville is lu the city to-day. Mrs. Eliza Logan, of Atlanta, Ga., a sister to Mrs. DuPre of our town arrived here this morning to attend Mrs. DuPre during her illness. When buying Turnip seed be sure they are fresh and to secure this beyond a doubt go to Smith's for "Buist's Turnip Seed." A full assortment of fresh Turnip seed grown by Bulst Just opened at Smith's. ' v V-.*-' . < r;v* .. 1 . '' CANDIDATES. For Solicitor. VV. C. McGOWAN is hereby announced as a candidate for Solicitor of the Eighth Circuit, subject to the action of the Democratic party, cither in primary or convention. We are authorized to announce GRORGE E. PRINCE, of Anderson, as a candidate for Solicitor of the Eighth Judicial Circuits It. A. CHILI), of PIcketiR, is hereby announced as a candidate for Solicitor of the Right!) Circuit, subject to the action of the Democratic party, either in primary or convention. M. P. ANSEL is hereby announced as a candidate for the Solicltorship of the Eighth Circuit, subject to the action of the Democratic party. For Judge Probate Court. The many friends of J. F. LIVINGSTON announce him as a candidate for the office of Probate Judge, subject to the action of the Democratic primaries. J. FULLER LYON, Esq., submits his reelection to the Democratic primaries. For Auditor. I respectfully ask the endorsement of the i people of Abbeville county at the coming Democratic primary election for reappoint- i ment as County Auditor. A.W.JONES. > For Clerk. We are authorized to announce Capt. JOHN M. COCHRAN as a candidate ror uierK ox me Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions, subject to action of primaries. The Hodges Democratic club respectfully ( announce Major M. G. ZEIGLER as a candidate for re-election to the office of Clerk of the Court of General Sessions and Common Pleas for Abbeville county, subject to action of the 1 primaries. For the Honne of Representatives. The many friends of R. E. HILL announce him as a candidate for the House of Representatives, subject to the action of the Democratic primaries. We arc authorized to announce J. II. HARMON us u candidate for the Legislature, sub Ject to Democratic primaries. We are authorized toannounce T. A. GRA HAM as a candidate for the House ot Repre sentatives, subject to the action of the Demo cratlc primaries. Weare authorized to announce the name of O. P. HAWTHORN, as a candidate for the House of Representatives, subject to the aotion of the Democratic primaries. WALTER L. MILLER, is hereby announced as a candidate for the House of Representatives, subject to the action of the Democratic primaries. We are authorized to announce Rev. J. N. YOUNG as a candidate for re-election to a seat in the House of Representatives, subject to action of the primaries. ELLIS G. GRAYDON, Esq., is hereby announced as a candidate for the House of Rep- ' resentatl ves, subject to the action of the Democratic primaries. ' We are authorized to announce the name of j WILLIAM P. CALHOUN. Esq., as a candi- f date for tne House or nepresenuuives, uuujecb to the action of the Democratic primaries. We are authorized to announce W. D. MARS as a candidate for re-election to a seat In the House of Representatives, subject to action of the primaries. We are authorized to announce C. A. C. WALLER as a candidate for the House of Representatives, subject to action of primaries. W. C. BENET is hereby announced as a candidate for the House of Representatives, subject to the Democratic primaries. We are authorized to announce Capt. J. N. KING as a candidate for a seat In the Leglsla- 0 ture. He will abide the result of the prl- c marles. c For Sheriff. We are authorized to announce W. D. MANN as a candidate for Sheriff, subject to ( action of primaries. t The frleuds of JAMES S. GIBERT an- I ounce him as a candidate for Sheriff, subject J to action ol primaries. We are authorized to announce Capt. F. W. J R. NANCE as a candidate for Sheriff, subject 1 to action of primaries. 0 The many friends of THOS. L. MOORE, ol c Ninety-Six, S. C., beg leave to nominate him a is Candidate for Sheriff of Abbeville county, j( r<iosWinir him tr? ahlriA hv the Ansulner nrimarv . Election? * ? "J W. T. BRANCH Is hereby announced as a candidate for Sheriff of Abbeville county, subject to action of primaries. For Connty Commissioner. We are authorized to announce WILLIAM t MAGILL as a candidate for County Commissioner, subject to the action of the Democratic primaries. ? The many friends of JOHN H. THOMAS announce him as a candidate for the office of bounty Commissioner, subject to the action = jf the Democratic primaries. ' We are authorized to announce Capt. J. T. BOYKIN, of Mount Carmel, as a candidate for County Commissioner, subject to action of primaries. We are authorized to announce JAMES A. f McCORD as a candidate for the office of County Commissioner, subject to the action of the ( Democratic primaries. j J. E. BROWNLEE 1s hereby announced as x candidate for County Commissioner. Sub- g ect to the actiou of Democratic primaries. * We are authorized to announce J. F. C. Dtr- 1 PRE as a candidate for County Commlssion3r, subject to the action of the Democratic primaries. * * We are authorized to announce Capt. J. T. PARKS as a candidate for County Commissioner, subject to action of primaries. We are authorized to announce Capt. G. M. MATTISON as a candidate for re-election to 8 the office of County Commissioner, subject to ; iction of the Democratic primaries. We are authorized to announce Major J. W. I r.TTTTS aa a finnillHnlc frtr fVltlTlf.V fVllmmlR- ? iloner, subject to action of primaries. ? For School Commissioner. 1 The many friends of Capt. E. COWAN an- s Bounce him as a candidate for re-election to tbe office of School Commissioner. i We are authorized to announce J. N. CAR- ? WILE a* a candidate for School Commission3r, subject to action of primaries. r The Walnut Grove Democratic club unani- ? tnously nominate M. B. McGEE for the office 3f School Commissioner, subject to the pri- c mary election. We are authorized to announce R. G. a VIcLEES as a candidate for School Commis- i iloner, subject to action of primaries. For Coroner. The many friends of M. HARVEY WIL- I SON announce him as a candidate for Coro- n aer, subject to the action of the Democratic u iritmiry. t I For Treasurer. R. J. ROBINSON is hereby announced for 8 bounty Treasurer. He will abide by the re- 8 iult of the Democratic primary election. J. W. PERRIN is hereby announced for 11 bounty Treasurer. He will abide by the re- \ suit of the Democratic primary election. a a Educational. ;1 Rev. W. G. Rollins, of South Carolina, 1b n Abbeville in the interest of a Revised and C Enlarged History of the United States from ? ;he Aboriginal times to the present day. s Embracing an account of the Aborigines; the a he Norseman in the New World: the dls- . soveries by the Spaniards, English, and C French; the planting of settlements: the ; growth of the Colonies; the struggle of Liber- 1 ty in the Revolution; the Establishment of 1 :he Union ; tho Development of the Nation; * ihe Confederate War; the Centennial of In- f lependence; and the recent AnnalB of the Republic. The whole brought down to the year 19S7, by Dr. John Clark Rldpath. Illustrated with maps, charts, portraits, and diagrams. t No other History of the United States ever written has received such emphatic endorse- t raents from the class of men whose names ? we are prepared to give. 1 Mr. Rollins the travelling canvasser will e vlso give tho people of the county an opportunity to purchase this invaluable work, if a - i Reduction in summer goods. This is the time of the year to reduce the price on sum- a mer goods. I lead off with some startling figures on light summer dress goods. W. E. ( Bell. Children South Carolina Penitentiary made * oViAOO n T> PAOftnharfr Af Po 1 Money to loan on good collateral; apply to 0* A. Douglass, Abbeville, S C. 7-113t I ofler great bargains In my July sales. Never before has such bargains been offered by any house. Wm. E. Bell. Unlaundrled plaited bosom shirts lrom 75c to 8125. P. Rosenberg & Co. Special lot of children hose reduced from 10c. to 8c. pair In regular made goods. W. E. 3ell. Great reduction In hand painted fans, also in cheaper fans. Now Is the time to buy them. w. E. Bell. Parasols at a great reduction In silks, alpaca and ginghams. Call and sccure a bargain. W. E. Bell. Remnants f?r one-fourth their value, In dress goods. \V. E. Bell. I will handle the celebrated Clement Shoo this fall, and In order to make room for them I have reduced the price on my shoes. Call and see the bargains I have in shoes. W. E. Ball, Jnst received the largest stock of Bhlrts in t*wn. P. Rosenberg k Co. ' V'V '. ' V ; ' .' WILLI AMSTON FEMALE COLLEGE, Williamston, S. C. 1MIE FALL SESSION WILL OPEN SKF. tember 10,1SS8, with very flattering proapoets. Rest advantages nt lowest nit en. Teachers experienced, laithful. and capable. Improved Methods. Instruction unusually thorough. Only sixty-live graduates in seventeen years. Reference library extensive aud easily accessible. Pure air and water. Chalybeate springs. Village a health resort. Those who wish their daughters cultivated In mind, manners.and morals, will do well to give us a trial. Kor full particnlars, address REV. S. LANDER, A. M., D. D., July 25,1S88, .2 mo. President. FURMAN DNIVERSTTYT Greenville, S. C. 1UIE NEXT SESSION BEGINS SEPTEAlber20th, 1888. Instruction In the usual College courses thorough. Good board cheap In private families; still cheaper at the Messes. For catalogues, apply to DR. C. MANLY, President, or PROF. H. T. COOK. July 25, 1888, 5t * Board of Health. The board of health will inspect the lots of our town people. The sccupnnts of lots will please clean them, preparatory to Inspection. J. F. MILLER, July 25, 1888, St. Clerk T. C. JOHN Mill, COnSTGAREE mi WORKS, Coumbia. S. C. Agent for CHAPMAN'S PERPETUAL JiVAMA'i'UK rHESE WORKS WERE E8TABLL8AED In 1847 by Messrs. Geo. Sinclair and Jaines Anlersonand purchased by me in the year 1856, and rom that time till now carried on snccessfnlly by nyseif. My friends and easterners will bear witness >f the large and stupendous Jobs executed by me. It vas at iny works where the largest and almost only ob of its class ever executed In this city was done riz.: the making of the pipes for the City Water | Works in the year 1863. My stock of pattorns for ARCHITECTURAL WORK, COLUMNS for Store fronts, is large and rarions, and in RAILINGS for Balconies, Gardens, ,nd Cemeteries I have the largest variety and most nodern patterns; many of these are patented and 1 tave purchased the right for this State. In the machine line I can furnish my patrons with (TEAM ENGINES and BOILER8 of any size and lescrlption. My CIRCULAR SAW M1LL8 have arriea off theprizent ev^ry State Fair held in this ity, and in their construction I have taken pains to ombine simplicity with the most useful modern imirovements, and may flatter myself that my CIRCULAR SAW MILLS find favor with every sawyer who mderstands his business. The many orders I am steadily receiving for 6U>AR CANE MILLS prove that the public appreciate he mills of my make, and so it Is with my GEARNG for HORSE POWERS. GIN WHEELS. GRIST 1ILLS and other MACHINERY. I have the manufacturing rights of many PATENTS such as castings for COTTON AND HAY 'RESSES. HAWLEY CORN SHELLER and three rfour FEED CUTTERS and other implements. I will be pleased to send my circulars to any appliant, together with price list or estimate. My prices re moderate, and I assure the pnbllc that they are Jwer even-than those of Northern manufacturers, and hat my work will compare favorably with that of any ther maker. Address John Alexander, Congaree Iron Works, Columbia, S. C. Butst's Turnip seed are the best, ask for hem at Smith k Son. Remember I can save you money on ladles ind children shoes. Special bargains to offer ash buyers. W. E. Bell. Remember Wm. E. Bell offers spcclal bar;ains in summer dress goods, for the next two veeks. Kennebeck ice for sale by W. H. Burns. Beautiful line of white lawns Just received W. E. Bell's. 1 case of corsets just received in all sizes, or ladies and misses. W.E.Bell. Dress goods worth lOJ^c. for 6}^c. per yard Jail ana get what you want before it Is too ate. W.E.Bell. If you wish bargains In light summer dress :oods, call In during the month of July and'I vlII save you 20 per cent on your bill. W. 3. Bell. Shooting?Politics--Reli g ion. (Methodist Young People.) The Kepuoiicans, me jjemocrais md the Prohibitionists have each met u national convention within the >ast few weeks. Could one but draw i pen-picture of what took place at hese gatherings, the best lunatic asyum in the country would be put to hame. St. Louis became a pandenonium, Chicago went crazy, Indian.polis was enthused and sobered. The noment the names of the successful ondidates were announced the ex- : itement beggared description. Men ,nd women, usually quiet in their nanner, stood on chairs and shouted hemselve8 hoarse. Flags .and banlanas waved. Men sang, and sobbed, ,nd marched and countermarched unil tired nature exhausted itself and j Niagara hushed its storm to gather trength for fresh outbursts of enthu- , iams. In the light of these facts, wny s it that hands go up in holy horror vlien some old saint of God gets loose ,t camp-meeting or in times of revival md becomes the center of a veritable .men corner ? Why is it that a policial shout is cheered and a religious hout hissed ? Why is it fashionable to hout in a political convention and a lisgrace to shout in a religous gatherng? Why is a live politician called a )atriotand a live Christian called a anatic? There seems to be no end to invenions. The Interor has this: "The elautograph is a new invention by Professor Elisha Gray, which promiss to supplant the telephone. 'I have ilready tested it,' says Professor Gray, to my own satisfaction over and overj igain. By my invention you can sit lown in your office at Chicago, take a lencilinyour hand, write a message o me, and as your pencil moves, a pencil here in my laboratory moves simultaneously, aud forms the same ettersand words in the same way. iV hat you.write in Chicago is instantly eproduced here in fac simile. You nay write in any language, use a code >r cipher, no matter, a fac simile is produced here. If you wish to draw a picture, it is the same, the picture is reproduced here.'" Mayor Roche of Chicago was jailed upon by a committee appointed :o criticise the non-enforcement of the Sunday law, but refused to listen to ihem, as they were non-residents, and finally showed them the door. Sit . -n . W' amPi gW28K-,^M8K. beat; Gas light; Situation beautiful; C Termt among tha loweit In th? Union. 1 OLD VIROIwrA SCHOOL, write for a cat Keep Yonr Temper in Sammer. The prime requisite for a happy summer home is harmonious setting. When the malign influence of Sirius reigns, mental and phsical strength decline with increasing heat, and for the vast majority who must face the music at home, there is no better protection than the cultivation of content. As the mouth passes, if its lapse be accompanied with the heat of former years, there comes an amount of nervous prostration that engenders nervous ir ritability and .family jars; and al good home influences must be invoked to keep the peace. Strive to keep your temper. Every failure to do this only makes weaker bodily resistauce to disease, whose infinitesimal germs float upon July heat as cork upon water, ready to enter every door that the temperature makes to be left ajar. Avoid drink. I do not mean alcoholic stimulous alone, which should never be taken except as medicine, but promiscuous swallowing of all sorts of fluids, whose only virture is that they are cold and wet. It is true that when the skin is fully open and blood serum freely passes through its open poses, more water is needed than in cooler months; but water is all that is demanded. If the best way to judge of the merits of an institution, as of a man, is to see in what esteem it is held at home, Randolph-Macon College, at Ashland, Va., holds an enviable position. Its cataloge shows a larger number of students from Virginia than any other college in the State, or than are in the academic partments of the University of the State, although Virginia students are there offered free tuition. Opinions About War. Napoleon, strangely enough, declared that war was "the buisness of barbarians." General Sir Harry Smith, who had himself engaged in many campaigns, said that "the profession of a soldier was a damnable one." Edman Burke declared that "war suspends all the rules of morality." Sydney Smith gave his opinion that "God was forsaken in war; and every principle of Christianity trampled upon;" ond Dr. Channing stated that war was "the concentration of human crimes, for it turned men into beasts of prey.? W. Pollard. ^ t ' Cost of The Franco-Prussian War. A in Hio Tfftnip rfra 7)?/r Tlfnri des estimates at ten milliards of francs (about $2,000,000,000) the total cost to France of the .war with Germany. The war indemnity alone was five milliards of francs ($1,000,000,000); the war contributions of Paris, two hundred millions of francs; requisitons in other departments, over three hundred millions. And all this beside the hundreds of thousands of men's lives destroyed, women and children made widows and orphans, and the horrors of the communism of Paris following this almost motiveless war! Don't Do Anything bj Halves. [New Orleans Picayune.'] The man who gets mad and orders his paper stopped, should get mad enough to demaud and secure a receipted bill in full for past indebtedness. "My dear," said the elegant Mr. Smoothemdown to his wife, "why this unprecedented delay in the preparation of the matutinal refreshment this morning?" "If you mean why breakfast ain't ready, it's because you was too lazy to git up and split the wood." One of the attractions of the Paris Exhibition next year is to be an immense model of the terrestial globe in the Champ de Mars. It will rotate 011 an axis, and will give an idea of the real dimensions, as well as can be accurately constructed on a scale of onemillionth. General Colquitt, of Georgia declares himself against Sara Small's third party. Says that Prohibition in the State is growing as fast as the people want it, and expresses the opinion that the third party movement in the State will retard the temperance reformation if its leaders have any considerable following. We do not send bills to our delinquents in order to offeud them; on the contrary, it is to give them pleasure? of paying what they are due. Certainly after reading so good a paper as we give them, they will be glad of nn onuortunitv to nav for it. Rev. G. B. Strickler, pastor of the Central Presbyterian church, of Atlanta, Ga., was elected Chancellor of the University of Georgia, July 9th. A whole village in Brazil has accepted the gospel through the instrumentality of a young business man, who invited a missionary to that place. The first pile of the Sea View Railroad was driven July 19. This road will connect Charleston, Mount Pleas- i ant, and Sullivan's Island. Divorce in Switzerland is theoretically easy, but the couple seeking it must go before a magistrate every four months for two years and insist that they continue to desire it. This makes it rather uncommon. Cotton worms have appeared in many counties in Arkansas, and it is feared that they will do as much damage to the crop as in 1867, when the crop was a total failure. * > - ,-r t. . >. f.-J \ . M INSTITUTE. SO, 1888. One ol the most attractive School* rtmenU Thorough. Buildings Elegant; Steam llmate splendid; Pupils from Nineteen States, "or the LIBERAL TERMS of this CELEBRATED alogne to WM. A. HARRIS, Pret't, Staunton, Va. Levi P. Morton, whose father was a Congregational minister in Vermont, was named after an uncle, Levi Parsons, the first American missionary to Palestine. The M, E. Church (North) has now sixteen effective Bishops and two missionary Bishops?one for Africa and one for India. The Presbyterian and Congregational Churches in Japan are to be uuited under the name of the Church of Japan. $97,000,000 has been added to the surplus in the United States treasury during the fiscal year just closed. The Northern Pacific Railroad has prohibited the sale of liquor on its property. Johu Bright has refused the offer of a title and seat in tiie House of Lords made him by theEnglish government. What Others Say. Affirmation in the British Parliament.?What was refused to Bradlaugh, the atheist, in 1883, has now been granted on his motion; the substitution of affirmations for oaths, at the option of duly elected members of the House of Commons. On this the Spectator remarks: "The explanation probably is that conservative-minded men feel that any attempt to inflict disabilities on unbelievers would now disorganize society far more seriously than even the very serious dangers which unbelief, if treated respectfully, must necessarily bring. It is a choice of evils. We must to some extent lose confidence in those who do not hold themselves responsible to any being higher than man; but we should do more harm by inflicting a sense of injury on unbelievers, aud by increasing tbe just sympathy felt with them by those who are not unbelievers, than we can do by admitting to perfect social equality persons who are not under those obligations to speak the truth which religious conyictions undoubtedly impose." What was said in the debate on this subject confirms the opinion held by many, on the ground of experience, that the use of judicial oaths has lowered the general standard of veracity in the community. One member, De Lisle, said that there are circumstances under which it would be right for a man to assert a falsehood, when it would be siuful to swear to it. The action of Parliament on this question shows the continuous and rather rapid growth of the conviction,J that all oaths are unnecessary and inexpedient. Thp Christian wav of nnttinc it is, that all oaths are wrong. Lutheran Standard. Some Roads Leading to Rome.? The "poor prisoner" in the Vatican, who has an income of only five mil-! lion a year and lives in a palace containing several hundred rooms, has recently celebrated his fiftieth priesthood jubilee. His friends have remembered him in his poverty and it will not be necessary for him to eat crusts and drink only water for many a day to come. His jubilee gifts are said to be worth about $12,000,000, and with $2,800,000 in money amount to a total of $14,800,000. Among these gifts are 90,000 bottles of wine, for the storage of which a new room has to be built. The packing-cases in which all these presents came number about 4,000 and many of them are still at the railroad station in Rome. They are to placed in a museum for public exhibition at Vatican. It is announced that a large part of the money contributed to the Pope will be given to various charita- j ble institutions. New Orleans Christian Advocate. In all normal populations the sexes are about equal. But in Christian countries more than two-thirds of the membership of the various branches of the Church are women; but of the sixty thousand convicts in the penitentiaries of the United States fifty-five thousand of them are men. The congregations who attend the various churches are by a large majority composed of females; but the congregations who attend the saloons, the billiard tables and gambling hells are by an overwhelming majority males. The people who pray and remember their Creator are for the most part ladies ; but the vast majority of those who profanely swear and take God's name in vain are males. Has church attendance and non-attendance anything to do with these widely different results? These facts are vastly significant and eminently worthy of serious consideration, Bishop Soule on Dancing. Ouce, in Alabama, in a parlor filled with an intelligent and refined company, while the Bishop was conversing with a group of friends, another group in a corner was discussiug the innocence of modem dancing, most of them in favor of it. At length they agreed to leave it to the Bishop, and, approaching, asked his opinion. (Silence.) "Well, I never saw danciug but once; and I must confess I was pleased with it. (Great suspense, and glances exchanged,) I have been to Paris and to Londou, and most of our own land, but have never seen the exercise but once. (Eager attention.) While I was in Paris, umong other things, I saw several monkeys taught to dance and keep time; and I must confess I was pleased with it; for I thought it became them very much." ? m ^ The greatest trials of the early Church came from without, while those of the modern Church come from within. ? ? , ' *fv." The Curse of Frince. Ex-Secretary McCultoch, formerly of the treasury department, and now a " ; banker in London, lias written sever | al letters to the New York Tribune, on the French financial affairs. They have, and worthily, attracted much attention. The present debt of the "j Frejich nation is, ho says twice that of the United States, and what is remark- | able is that this debt has grown most rapidly, not when the country was ,;i engaged in war but when it was preparing for war. The standing army has been at the bottom of all the financial troubles in France. And he adds, it is her standing array and the ' standing armies of other countries that menace the peace of Europe. j These armies, he rightly asserts, are not created for the perservation of / peace, they are the preparation of war. They mean war and nothing . i: else. It would be a measureless blessing to France "if she would forget her >j triumphs under the great Corsiean, and get over the delusion which she indulges that she must become again tbe great war power of Europe." ' What a blessing it would be to Franoe , < and to civilization everywhere, if she would now say, "The Republic is noono H on/1 xrorlft? fV?n oavlnn fnL MUV* ? V4 l*J VUV OMJ IU^ UJ IV4 lowing the example set by the United States at the close of |he late civil war, by disbanding her army. If she should do so she would shame every _ ^ European nation into doing the same. Advance. It frequently takes a long time to change old ideas and habits, even when people become convinced that there is something better. The principle of arbitration is so just, simple, and natural, costing no human lives, involving 110 destruction of property, no suspension of commerce between . nations, and costing financially, scarcely a tithe of what war would; that it would reasonably be expected that the ^ pulpit, the press, the orator, and the statesman would all eagerly embrace . every suitable upportunity of pushing arbitration to the front as a substitute for war. And yet the masses of the . - J people, of all grades and professions, iV! are as indifferent on the subject as if war were merely an innocent amusement, involviug no loss of life or prop erty. A few earnest Christian men and women, in nearly or quite all the civilized countries of the world, are seeking to educate and arouse public . opinion on the subject, but progress seems much slower than It ought to be. The advocates of peace have no more interest in this , matter than others. They believe that war is cru?> and unnecessary, and that arbitration ; "A is a more rational and just method of ^ settling international disputes, and consequently they urge the subject i upon the attention of mankind. It requires faith, patience, and perseverance, to overcome the prejudices and habits of the world. But, friends of peace, let us not be weary in well-doing, for in due season we shaU reap if we faint not. "The Lord of the seed field takes care of hi* own, And the world shall yet reap what oar sower* have sown."?Meuenger of Peace. Aa 4L* J. mills IV IIIO UUUSCTTHCt DISH-WASHING. v This chore consumes a great deal of time every day, even when done in the most expeditious manner. Some housekeepers first clear the table elaborately, carry the dishes to the kiichen and pile them up in order, then begin solemnly to wash and wipe and put them away. This gets the work well done, but it takes "oceans of time." A shorter way is to roll up beside the dining-table a smaller table with dishpan, soap, plenty of soft, hot water _ and clean towels in variety, and gathering the glasses, wash, wipe, and set them on a tray, and when it is full put them away in their place in the closet; then gather the silver and cleanse it, then the cups and saucers, the plates and other dishes, renewing the hot ivafpp whpnever it heroines necessary. Thus one handling puts the dishes in the dish-pan, another puts them in the closet. The tray used for putting things away saves a great many steps, ' and the time oi going three or four times, back and forth from table to closet, when once going will answer the purpose. Another short way of washing dishes is to fill the dish-pan with -them, putting the plates at the bottom, the' smaller dishes 011 top till the pan is full. Set the soap-tin or pitcher on top of all, and pour hot water into it till the water is soapy enough or the pan is full enough. Drain the diahes on a soft, old cloth and this by capil" The lury auracuou imn uncs ulu. advantage of this method are that the dishes haying a chance to soak clean are easily washed, and become heated by the hot water so they are easily wiped. In the hands of a careful housewife this method is both safe and effective. Time saved by these ways of dish-washing may be more pleasantly employed in fancy work, reading, or works of charity. A Good Example. One of our religious exchanges boasts of a certain church possessing a lady who saves the congregation where 1 - * A1A AAA _ _ A mmm**. Slie WOrsnips a ^eur. n. wuman of wealth and of high social culture and positiou. She makes it her rule and the fashion to'dress for church in so plaiu and Inexpensive a manner as to throw the whole social influence of the congregation against extravagance in dress. If she can overthrow the cultus of dress in our modern churches and replace it with the worship of God, she has a mission greater than that of Kimball or of Moody and Sankey.?From the Hartford Bellgiou8 Herald, r-V... -.rtfeg- ...