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v -5v; ^ The Press and Banner. ABBEVILLE , S.C. Wednesday, August 15, 1888 The CensiiM. The Prets and Banner thinks there is a numerus class of dissatisfied people in South Carolina, and that the failure of Ihe npportlonment bill has made, perhaps, us large a number of malcontents as any other single act. Says our contemporary : "Tbe tact that Charleston's influence a few years bko was sufficient to Induce the requisite number of country Representatives to sacrifice to Charleston their own political influence, under a pretext of economy in the taking of the census, has made, perhaps, as large a number of malcontents as any other single act" Now, the can afford to be fair in * ? '"" v. t/\ loci if lirir. lOIR matier, uecuuoD wuui mot, lv .. ed in the most uneqivocal and solicitous manner upon the Legislature, upon the Governor. ana all concerned the plain and positive duty imposed upon the Legislature anil the Executive Department by the plain and Irresistible commands of the Constitution oi the State. The question is who did this wrong to law and order, and who refused to grant the appropriation necessary to enable the Executive of the State to rectify the omiMion of the Legislature ? The Governor aaked for the needful appropriation. After an earnest debate the bill granting the appropriation passed the House and went to the The mawnre was reported to the Senate favorably by the committee in charge, and we ftM the following record of tbe action of the Senate, which resulted In hopelessly killing i the bill. See Senate Journal, page 357, ISS-i: "Thereport was read, the bill received its second reading, and was considered as in committee of the whole and by sections. "The report of the committee of the whole recommended the following amendments: Add to Section 3 the lollowing words: 'With two extra columns, headed respectively. Farmer on His Own Land. Farmer on Leased Land.' Also add to end of Section 4 a section to be known as Section 5. "Section 5. That any census taker, appoints ed un<ler authority of this Act, that shall include In his schedule the name or names cf persons not being in the County of which he take* the census, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum, for eact ottense, not exceeding five hundred dollars, or imprisoned for a period not exceeding one year, or both, at the alsoretlon of tbe Court. "The above amendmei ' > wore severally adoped. "Mr. Maxwell moved to strike out the enacting olause of tbe bill. "Alter debate by Messrs. Mauldin, Smythe, lr>~1? Putrnrsnn. MooJv. Buist and XX/Wj A vumnubf ? , m t J. B. Moore, the question was taken on agreeing to the motion of tbe Senator from Abbeville, on which the yeas and nays were demanded and takeD. resulting as follows: "Those who voted in the affirmative (to kill the bill) were Bleman of Oconee. Black ol k York, Coker of Darlington, Maxwell of AbbeL Munro of Union, Wallace of Richland. WinL sard of Lexington, Woodward of Fairfield?S. A Benbow of Clarendon, Byrd of Williamsburg, Bulst of Charleston. Howell of Colleton, Irlar, of Orangeburg, Moody of Marlon, J. W. Moore of Hampton, Reynolds (colored) Ht of Beaufort, Simmons (colored) ol Berkeley, B| | Smyths of Charleston, Youmans of BarnUHl well?11. Total 19. Those who voted In tbe negative (to sustain 9M|^nibe bill) were Messrs. Bell of Aiken, Bobo or ^^^^ tpartanburg. Clyburn of Lancaster, Field of ^^^Hkikens, LeTtner of Kershaw, McCall of MarlI^^^^^^MCIauldln of Greenville, J. B. Moore of MUlMHSwHBon. Patterson of Chester, Rcdfearn oi BgB^^HepXrfleid, Sllgh of Newberry, Todd of LauTalbert of Edgefield, Williams (colorcd) ^^^^ rGeorgetown." S Wr It will be seen that eight up country Senators voted to refuse the appropriation requisite for taking the census requisite to the reapportionment whilst eleven low country Senators voted with them. If Messrs. Belman of Oconee, Black of York and Maxwell of Abbeville, all of tbe Piedmont belt, bad voted for the bill, the vote would have stood eighteen for the bill to sixteen against it. To say that Charleston dominated these eight up country Senators or threw sand In their eyes is scarcely respectful to these gentlemen whilst, in fact it Is manifestly absurd. Right or wrong these up country Senators evidently thought that a reappointment was not a sufficient moment to undergo the exDense of bavlng the census taken. Of course the Reguier thinks this position uueriy untenable, but these gentlemen judged from another standpoint, and we are not so Illiberal as to suppose that they were trotted out at the bidding of the two Charleston Senators, or In the service of Charleston, and especially when we find a majority of the Charleston delegation supporting the bill In the House, where It passed. We beg here to correct a statement we have previously made, that the Blohland Senator voted for this bill. The re-' cord sbowe otherwise, and our memory in this matter was at fault* Before we dismiss this subject, we would beg to call attention to the fact that there were seven low country and middle country Senators that voted lor the bill and apportionment, viz: the Senators of Aiken, Kershaw, Marlbougb, Newberiy, Horry, Edgefield and Georgetown?or within one of half the votes cast for the bill, and witbiu one of the whole number of up country votes cast against the bill. It Is thus plain to see that there was no Injustice to any part of the State contemplated, however wrong-headed we may esteem the action of those Senators, who very surely are as good dtizeus as any ol us newsoaper men, and have as much the interest or the State at heart a? any other men. In the record of the votes there was no vote cast by the Senator or sumier, wuo nunc j'visibly was absent.?Columbia Register. It matters nothing which of the honorable Senators voted against the census. The Constitution required that census, and each of the Senators took an oath to support that Constitution. We repeat, that Charleston's influence defeated the taking of the census. This it proven by the Register's own statement, that both of Charleston Senators voted against it, whereas, if they had voted for it tbe result would have been different. Does Register suppose for an instant that any rural Senator would have voted to save a mess of pottage at the expense of anybody's political rights, if the Charleston Senators had said: "This census is necessary. Charleston Is occupying seats in the General Assembly to which she Is not entitled and which properly belong to the County Districts. Your oath requires that this census shall be taken, and we would scorn to take by . a trick tbat which does not belong to us. Charleston regards all the people of South Carolina as her own men and brethren, and we resent any imputation that we would knowingly or willingly cheat the people of any part ol ttie state, ana inereoy uoiu seui? which fconorablelmen should yield to rightful owner*." The Bills or tbe Bank of the Ntate. Several weeks ago we asked the Comptroller-General about these bilta, and u day or two afterwards thought we had asked too big a question, and withdrew It. Later, we thought It would not be a great trouble for him to tell us about tbe bills in so far as concerned the C. & G. road, and hence wrote him the following letter to which he has not re. plied : Abbeville, S. C., August 2,1SSS. Hon. J. 8. Verner, Comptroller General : Peak Sib:?The Register and the News and Courier having failed to answer nay enquiries as to tbe redemption of the bills of the Hank of tbe State, I trust you will pardon me for appealing to you for at least the following facta: Did any County Treasurcrer along the ('. G. road account for the money which General Connor paid at either Columbia, Newberry, Laurens, Greenville, Anderson or Oconee in redemption of the bank bill ? If there is any evidence In your ofllce that any one of tho treasurers has accounted to the State, the county, aud the school fund, tho HntOtl Of such ac countings, and the particular amounts so received by each of the treasurers for State, county, and schools, and returned over to the proper authorities. You will observe that I have omitted the name of Abbeville. The Press and Banner published facte ic reference to this county dome six weeks ago, and ugalu since theu, and recently the Newt and Courier and the Register have repeated tlio information, so that you needn't trouble about Abbeville. If the books or settlement sheets in your O/Bee show that any of the treasurers in tl>e above named counties, have accounted for the redeemed bills, and you think it worth your while to correct any doubt which may exist in the public mind, on this subject, I will thank you to give me the the desired Information, so tbatl may publish the same inthe Press and Banner. Awaiting your pleasure, I am very respectfully, HUGH WILSON. Eminently Correct. Capt, F, W- Dawson, editor of the News and Courier, refmteu to publish a letter of Capt. B. #. Tillman "on account of the offensive character of the passages/' to which ho refers. In tbls we think Capt. Daweon Is entirely correct, We only wish that the Nevv? arid Courier would put tbe same safeguard around others which shields Its own editor, aud thus prevent the publication of all passages o I an "offensive character." We say this with dUwitspeut and without any Intention to be oflenslye ourtelf, 'P- ? " - . *<? >1 THE PRIMARY ELECTION. Iutere*t in the Election?Some Were Elected?Oilier* Will Have to Pick their Flints and Try Again. Last Friday the primary election for all county offices and Legislators was held. Much Interest was manifest and the poll was the largest ever made at a primary in Abbeville,and tne people In the village began to look for returns by dark of Friday. Mr. Benet kept his office open until midnight, where all news was reported up to that time. On Saturday the returns began to come In about, nine o'clock. The Sheriff's office, where the official vote was kept, wag crowded all day with Interested persons going ana coming. The chief interest was centered in the Legislative ticket, and for the greater part of the day it was thought a full ticket would be elected, but the flual summing up of the figures disclosed the fact that only four members of the house had received a majority of all the votes cast, viz: W. C. Benet, at the head of the ticket, with the largest vote ever accorded to any candidate for Legislative honors In this county; then Mr. C. A. C. Waller had a vote nearly as great as that of Mr. Benet; Mr. R. E. Hill was a little behind Mr. Waller, and he Is the third man on the ticket; CapL J. N. King scored the next highest figures,and he was elected to the fourth place: Mr. Ellis G. Graydon and Mr, Walter L. Miller received the next highest vote, but not quite enough to elect either, so that these gentlemen will stand for election on the 31st of August. In any event the people will get a good representative. The ticket as a whole is perhaps the strongest whfch has been sent to the Legislature from this county since the war. Only two of the representatives In the last Legislature were candidates for re-election. A new ticket was elected, and we will have new men in the House of Representatives? the Senator holding over. As far as the election was concluded the old officers, without exception, were re-elected, viz: J. Fuller Lyon. Probate Judge; J. W. Perrin, Treasurer; A. W. Jones, Auditor; M. G. Zeigler, Clerk. No Sheriff was elected. Mr. T. L. Moore and Mr. W. D. Mann will run that race over, In the case of the School Commissioner, the old officer, Capt. E. Cowan, failed In re-election, and he and his competitor, Mr. McLees, will try conclusions at the next primary. In the County Commissioners there are still two vacancies. Capt. John E, Brownlee, a new man, was elected last Friday, but the rtfhor 1 Ti'n r?l o ooc o ra r* flllori Ponf .1 T Parks, a new man In the field, Sheriff J. F. C. DuPre, and former Commissioners J. W. Lltes and G. M. Mattlson are candidates for the vacant places. This campaign was no less remarkable for ihe high manner in which the candidates treated each other, than it was distinguished for the open and frank manner In which the candidates for the Legislat ure expressed themselves on all questions put to them by the people. No man sought to push back a competitor, but each one devoted bis energies to convincing the people that he was a suitable person to fill the place for which he was a candidate. All the candidates were In favor of the Clemson college?some wanted to swallow the whole thing straight. Others, wiser and more cautious, were willing to accept the gift?If any in fact had been made?but were openly and squarely opposed to thefstate going to the expense of erecting buildings on the lands of Mr. Clemson?the Idea being that the State should buy adJoiaiDg lands on which to put up the buildings, so that If the aoven-to-slx trusteeship should refuse to do the fair thing, the State would still have Its bouses and could go on with the Agricultural college, Independent of any possible difficulties that might arise In thefuture. These are the avowed principles of Mr. Benet, and the large vots which he received woulu seem to show that this people, while wanting the Agricultural college, are still willing to be guided by reason and common sense?that common sense which demands self-respect and self-protection. The Rnce for ft?l!citor. Messrs. W. O. McGowan and F. M.Ansel are to run the race over for Solicitor of tbl? circuit. The vote, as we understand, Is about as follows: Ansel. McGowan. Child. Greenville 2,994 798 eo? Anderson 1,196 962 1,199 Pickens 891 109 1,005 Oconee 1,073 M4 667 Abbeville 141 2.319 350 6^295 4/723 3JKX' As nobody has the majority of the votes cast, there will be a second racc between AnBel and McGowan. Colonel McGowan lost fewer votes in hl> own county than any candidate in the field, and he enters the second race hopefullly, and we have no doubt that his friends will stand by him on the 81st of August, as they have aforetime. . i A ltoal Live Candidate. The Times was taken to task last week by a friend of Senator Edwards for publishing his speech as it appeared in the Columbia Register. From this circumstance, and other things developed, It appears that 8enator Edwards will be a candidate for Governor, and that, too, in the face of his declining the endorsement of his recent county convention for that position. Therelore we have no hesitation in saying that Senator Edwards is a real, live, active, working candidate for Governor.-Florence Times. And he should be beaten, like any other man who runs, as a crank, on a single Idea. \v e noea a ~goou an rouau man jor uuveruur. Rattling Riley. Rileys, S. C., Aug. 13,188S. Our neighborhood has been blest with fine rains, and our famers are feeling good. The river and creeks have destroyed a good deal of corn. Turnip sowing is the order of the day. Cotton Is beglnlng to open. W. T. Jones, left on yesterday for Knoxville, Teon., to attend a directors meeting of C. K. & W. Railroad, we still believe that this end of the road will be butlt. J. B. Sullivan, of Jackson Tenn., has been visiting his brother P. W. Sullivan, he left for his Western home a few days since; T. O. Alexander, will leave In a few days for LaGrange, (ja., where he Intends making bis future home; bis many friendB wish him success. Alonzo Alexander, will also leave in few days, he goes to Union, S. C., Mrs. Mary Mathews, of Wllllam6ton, S. C., Is visiting thefamilv of J. B. Agnew. Miss Jennie Sullivan, left last week for Union City, Tenn., where she will spend.several months. Mrs. M. B. McGee, ha6 been quite sick for a week, she is improving now. The bridge over Turkey Creek, near Dr. Jones and A. M. Agnew's, is in very bad condition, It Is dangrous crosstng It, and unless fixed soon we predict ^ntaocldent. This is a new bridge, but the builders did a sorry inh. A few days since tlie good people of Mulbury and surrounding country, gathered at Hart's mills on Saluda, to have their annual picnic. By 9 o'clock they began coming in. soon we were all there, every one seemed bent on having a good time. The young people soon began wandering up and down the banks of the river; the older people gathered at the spring; all seemed In a good humor. Sounds of laughter were heard ringing and echoing over the old bills. Nice fruits were on hand, which all enjoyed. It vas now time to becin thinking of dinner. We had 96lbs. of flsh to cook nna cat. Two cood cooks were on hand, by J o'clock they baa "piles, stacks,and cart loads" of flsh ready. The long table near the spring was soon loaded down with good eatables, such.as our good women know bow to fix up. Every one partook freely and still the table groaned. A few hours in the afternoon were spent very pleasantly; at 5 o'clock the crowd began leaving, every one feeling that they had spent a day of rest and enjoyment, and will long be remembered by every one there. The 10th, August, has passed. With it, the hopes of some are burled. While others are thankful they arc living and elected, some must stand the flght a little longer. How close to victory, yet how far. Most people are pretty well satisfied with the candidates eleot The second race promises to be pretty warm. Our own candidate for Solicitor, we feel Is as solid as a rock for the second race. His vote out of the county is certainly encouraging. Two strong men are in the field, but we fell that Will MeOowan'ls eonal to tneemertfoncv. NAVlXUS." Stony Poimt, August 11,1888. The prospect for good crops has been enhanced by good rains. Mr. G. P. O'Neal 1 has been quite sick but is now better. Mrs. J. M. Major and sons, have just returned from a week's visit to friends in Anderson. Misses Turner, of Greenwood, are spending sometime with their aunt, Mrs. Rampay. Mr. David Aiken and family, have been visiting friends in the mountain city. Mrs. W. T. Spaitb, of Laurens, haB been a recent guest in Mr. Caldwell's family. Mr. F. M. Godbold, of Cpkesbury, was at Col. Law's a few days past Mr. I.. K. Dantzler will remove with his family to Coronaca this fall. Mr. Dantzler will act as salesman for Mr. J. S. Anderson. The patrons of the Stony Point school are In need of a teacher for tjje fall term, and have appointed Tues4oy> August 21st, to consider the claims of tfoe applfcoptg. Apy opa desiring the school who oanpot personally attend the meeting, should address Mr. J. M. Major, Coronaca, S. C. We have live little town, which impresses all who see it by lis beauty, and thrift, and we want a live, energetic teacher. Our charming young belle, Miss Minnie Plnson has our thanks for an invitation to uer birth (lay dinner. We wish her many bappy returns. ' After an abspuaa of a few months In Spar! tanbuhg, Miss Llllle Jones Is at home again. I ' " DULC'IQ. ?^?? ?? it 111 ^ ?i Rexnlt of Primary Election Brownlee, County Commissioner; PenAnsel for Solicitor; Graydon and Mlll? Moore and Mann will run again for Sh I | Somcitok I House i ! i i CLUBS. a II J I | ? I 3 ml cS i ? . 2 3 Si! S ^ = i < o C| ? { o a j o < 6ji CJ a j ? oj Sj| ? d S ; Abbeville I 130 4 3 j 117 70] 94j Abbeville No.2. Ill 8 7 : 98 GO, 96i Antrevllle 142 14 19, 143 1 25 106! Bellevlew 15 ...? 10 15| 11 Bordeaux 20 ...J 19 17i Bradley 78 2 2 1 76 71 63; Cedar Springs 40 2| I 83 27; 20, Cokesbury...!. 39 2 5 , 42 32 35 Coronaca 51 7 1 45 18j 27; Donalds ..... 145 21, 20 155 142 124 Due West 88 20 10'j 59 55 92 Greenwood 258 30 6 196 288; 141 Hampton &5 33 18 67 66< 88 Hodges. 94 5 7| 76 72: 63' Lebanon 58 1 12 54 331 64| Long Cane 103 111 4 72 52i 109j Lowndesvllle 117 24 2' 111 181| 40j Lowndesvllle No. 2 52 6! 11 40 40 ! 48 Magnolia 42 8 2 39 45| 34| McCormlck 169 86 1 140 1 43! 48; Means Chapel 28, 3| 2' 27 30! 18; Mount Carmel 153 4 , 3 j 146 91? 79| Mountain View 2i! 2| l| 21 25, 8: Ntnety-Slx. 61 7.5! 1, 87 lOOj 59 Phcenlx 18. 7i | 24 25 3 Smithville 32 8j 4' 25 39; 38 Troy 145 15! l! 140 01; 61 Walnut Grove 44| 2 j| 37 24| 27 Total 28191 350 141.! 2099' 1936! 1599; Extracts from Christian Neighbor Vanity?WlHdom. AMi^ntmpnf there can be If IbUWUV ???? no real happiness. Without godliness there can be no solid contentment. The pursuit of happiness is a race in ^ which "run all." The happiness which a class of peo- * pie seek is iu the intertainment or gratification of the senses?in something ] that titillates unto sensual pleasure? ~ something pleasing to "the lust of the ( flesh, the lust of the eyes or the pride ' of life." The sensual dominates the ' spiritual. The poor slave-soul is kept in subjection, being made to provide 1 with inventiveness, ingenuity and in- 1 dustry for the indulgence of the desires 1 ancl passionsof the;beast part of humanity. "Sowing to the flesh" seems t to be the prime service of the seuls of ( some people: they "live after the flesh." ^ As they live so near like the lower animals it may not be very hard for them ^ to believe that after death there will | be no more of them than "the spirit of r the beast that goeth downward to the earth." ? For this class of people to be happy ^ they must ever be seeing something, ( hearing something, feeling something, , smelling something, eating and , drinking something. Cut them off j from these sources of happiness and it j may be said they are of all animals , most miserable. Indecent exhibitions , on the stage, immodesty in women's j dressing, "hugging to music" in mod- i em dances, tables with varied meats and drinks tempting to gluttony and drunkenness and such like are occasions of high happiness to sensual peo- ' pie "a nice time" they have. All this 1 "is of the world. And the world pas- 1 3eth away, and the lust thereof," leaving the deceived pursuers of happiness to cry with the two daughters of horse- ^ leech, "Give, give!" ( Wisdom's way of seeking contentment is this : But godliness with contentment is great gain. ^ For we brought nothing into this wold, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. ] And having {food and raiment, let u- ii. us ue tueiewuii uuuicuu Dr. W. B. Plait, of England, contributes to the Popular Science Month^', for August, a very interesting and instructive paper, on the "Injurious Influences of City Life." These influences, he believes, "lead, sooner or later, to degeneration of the individual and his off spring by producing progressive feebleness, and to ultimate extinction of such families as are long subjected to their force." Among these influences he names three, which he thinks specially harmful : 1. Disuse of the upper extremities for any considerable muscular exertion. Arm exercise is considered as having a most important bearing on * the general health. 2. The incessant noise of large city. Noise is an irritant to the nerve centers, and produces an opacity of the crystalline lens of tKsv A*tA Q Tovflnrr nf fV\n KroSn onrl lUOOjrw. ""v. spinal cord by continual treading upon ' stone and brick pavements. In walk- * ing, the jar of the fall of the whole 1 weight of the body comes entirely ' upon the heel. These influences ( workingjtogether with other causes ( produce nervous exhaustion. He < makes the statement that there are few families now living in London who, with their predecessors, have t resided there continually for three i generations! I - . 1 In reading daily papers our readers r. should remember that Associated j Press despatches are "cooked to order."? Ejp, In the connection from whioh this extract is taken reference was proba- ' bly made to despatches from and about Ireland and England. The "cooking" business is not confined to the other side of the Atlantic. We have iu America some who are expert in topping off a dish to their fancy prejudicing the taste or distaste of the reader In "cooked" head lines. Bev. W. H. Ariail, Blythwood Circuit, was recently robbed of q, fresh supply of first clgss groceries. 0 Mr. W. M. Jones, Editor of the Spartanburg Herald, has returned from his European trip. Mr. George Davis living near Columbia lost by fire August 10 his bam aud about 200 bushels of corn, fc r*-*rV . *1 vvV'v^. " i, -: - -. :.' ^ . .. ^ The V oice of In Abbeville C'onuty, Aneii't 10, 1881 Id, Treasurer; Zelgler, Clerk; Jones, Auditor; ir for Legislature : Lltes, Parks, DuPre and M lerlff. I w " o I ?a ok Representatives. m > <,? K S a o I j ? I o_l ! I ? S* s S . a: OS ol c I c 5 2 . & i ? 5i c u< g: o ? & a1 a ha I ? 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Two Sabbnths. j Bro. Dargan, our Marion street pas cor, is not yet entirely free from the whooping cough?soon will be, God willing. Last Sabbath week (August 5) I preached in his place, and with his assistance administered the Communion to the obedient disciples present. Last Sabbath (August 12) went with my family to the same place and heard Bro. J. A. Elkins discourse (Psalm xc) >n the brevity of life, the certainty of ieath and the necessity of immediate preparation to meet God in peace. The babe of brother and sister Dar*an that had been quite sick for some iays past, was, Sabbath morning last, much better. Detectives in Chicago have arrested ;hree men, belonging to a gang of about ;wenty, it is thought, who were pledged to avenge the hanging of the Anarchists. These men were in a house Vwai?a AAn/)Afl1o/1 + llfol \TQ H VT"! RTY11 tP IY1JC1C ?UO V/UiiV/tuicu i.nv*fVMj 3ombs, a large revolver and a dagger. , They intended using the dynamite on Judges Gary and Grinnell and Injpector Bonfield. The plot was to explode the bombs under the residences )f the Judges, about midnight of Satjrday last. One man was detailed to study the premises of one of the intended victims; he became appalled at the probable results of the fiendish work, and eased his conscience by revealing the matter to a friend, who in turn "gave it away" to the police. Hence the capture. r ( Frgm the Register. A canvass of the city for the new directory by C. M. Douglass shows the allowing facts: ' White males 3,219 1 e 1? Q Af\f\ I VY uuo lCLuaico. w,-*w Total whites 6,619 Jolored males 2,756 ] Jolored females 2,892 Total colored 5,648 1 GRAND TOTAL. Whites 6,619 1 Colored 5,648 12,267 j Excess white population 971 A total gain of 23 per cent, since 1880. ( At the meeting of the Township Democratic Club at Wedgefield the 'ol lowing resolutions were introduced )y Rev. E. O. Watson: Resolved, 1st. That we most posi;ively discountenance the practice of J creating to intoxicants by candidates 1 'or votes. 2d. That we as a club endorse no candidate for office who is known to 1 ;ry to secure votes by treating to intoxcants. 3d. That we as a club endorse no candidate for office who is known to irink to excess. Yellow fever has created a panic at Jacksonville. Almost every outlet lias been quarantined. Macon, one )f the last to close her gates, did so August 13. On that date the only Means of egress from the stricken city ivas by Atlanta. The "concussion" heory of killing fever germs will be ;ried?cannons being flreq continuousy for several hours. Number of cases ip to date, August 13, 21; number of leaths, 3. All are advised to leave the )ity, though at present the disease is >f mild type. Shocks of eartquake and a volcanic \ jruption have destroyed many houses 6 iround Bandaisan, Japan. The catas- f :rophe occurred July 15. Up to the j [7th 47G bodies had been recovered. ] rhere are still probably 61 more en- ( ombed. Wounded number 40. j There were showers of red mud and j arge stones, covering the county to ? the depth of from 7 to 20 feet. c * t Charleston has declared quaratine )y sea and land against Florida. The j 21yde Line will as a consequence be breed to choose between Charleston j md Jacksonville as a eouinern lermi1US , c On Sunday afternoon, August 5, as 1 Rev. J. W. Kilgo was riding between J Chesterfield and Wadesboro his horse t >vas struck by lightning ftnd instant? c y killed. Mr. Kilgo \yas shocked but r jot dangerously. a I Key. Dr. Young J. Allen has re- 1 urned to Georgia from the "World's a Missionary Conference," London, look- f ng rested and much improved in c ealth. t tlie People. i.?Elected: Benet, Waller, Hill, King, for th< Wilson, Coroner. To be balloted for aga attison, for County Commissioners; McLees I s 3 o : ip Sheriff. k > Coujjtv Commxs < M l ? P H || < j l I i I ? I t A - i 8* 8 ?1 ! I | g ! | |i t ; g * .. ? 5 ! s ! * 5 ! ?1 ?:! I 2 * l 3 ! S ; J * ? ? 2i ^ !i ? J 2 d s. 1 ? Q ^ Ph 1 *' ** ^ | . >\ " ^ jl W ? H St. SJ ! -? 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I In the course of the discussion following the proposition to make Dr. Abbott permanent pastor of Plymouth Church, the New York Times says: "Deacon Ferris arose and said, 'If I had 10,000 votes I would cast them against Dr. Abbott. [Applause and hisses.] Since he has been with us the church has run down. We want a magnetic preacher. If an angel came down from above and filled our pulpit for six months, and the congregation diminished, I would say, Shoo! fly away. (Laughter.) I would vote for a man I hate if he was in the pulpit and could fill the church. There are persons who have pews here who will go away if Dr. Abbott is elected." Deacon Ferris is a specimen bricks We are sorry to believe it, but alas; it is so. This is nroven bv the Dartial au plause with which his remarks on the occasion referred to were received. He djd not stand alone. There were others who thought as he thought, whose standard of judgment was the same as his. What is thus true of Plymouth congregation is true of many other churches. They have their Deacon Ferrises, men whose highest estimate of pastoral worth aud usefulness is a capacity to fill the pews, no matter how.?Ex' change. One of the laws of these United States that is systematically violated is the Naturalization Law. If its provisions were honestly conformed to there need be no just apprehension in reference to immigration. Not only must the applicant have been a resi^ At*f rvf M-tio Aminfnr fl trn voom Kilt WCJUU VI iUlO VUUUI/1J UfV muv during that time he must have behaved as a man of good moral character. A faithful enforcement of that provision would have prevented a very large proportion of those foreigners who are now American citizens from becoming 3uch. It is well known that the turbulent and disorderly element of our cities is largely foreign and it is just as well known that the corrupt and corrupting element in our politics comes from the same class. The Naturalization Law in some of its most important features is a dead letter.?A. R. Presbyterian. Tenancy?Ireland?America. In the matter of tenant laws we A i-- *1 -XX LI X _ 4.1 waul 10 can uueiiuou i-u me luuuwiug facta, taken from an English exchange, showing the difference between Ireland and the United States The section of Irishmen who call themselves Nationalists are never sveary of describing America as the borne of freedom and beneficent laws, a very elysium where the sovereign people administer justice largely diluted with mercy, and landlords and land laws are unknown. One or two common-place facts may be allowed to intrude themselves into the domain )f this delightful dream. To begin ivith a comparatively small matter, [u Ireland trees planted by the tenmt of fourteen years or upward be ong CO Ullli. JLU Auienu an uuigung tenant could not pluck a flower planted by himself. In Ireland agricultural improvements made by the enant belong to him, and in most of :he States they do not. In Ireland i landlord is bound, under a ?20 penally, to give forty-eight hours notice < ;o the relieving officer of the nearest i Union of his intention to evict, so i bat the evicted .tenant shall not be i ihelterless. In every state in America | he evicted tenant is thrown on the < oadside without more ado. In Ire- ( and a tenant evicted for non-payment >f rent has six months in which to edeem his holding. In America he ! ipanotsix hours, In Ireland even in evicted tenant can sell his equity ] >f redemption?and substantial sums ire often realized for it?during the iurrency of this six months period, j !n America he has no interest to sell ^ md 110 rights whatever, in ireianu a andlord can only distrain for one j rear's rent, 110 matter how many are lue. In most of the American States le can distrain for five or six years. !n Ireland if a landlord serves a notice o quit upon his tcuaut it has practilally twelve months to run, and the npre fact of serving it entitles the tenmt to claim compensation for distur- 1 auce. In most of the States the | ongest notice given is three months, 1 ,nd the tenant does not get a farthing or disturbance. In Ireland an agriultural tenant who thinks his rent t oo high can apply to a court to have i s Legislature; Lyon, Probate Judge; In August 31, 1888: McQowan and ind Cowan, School Commissioner. I ! j | si jsioners. j ? School Com! o missioner. * o ! u .ilg ? i =1 i I i III!i I i .li ? ^ n ? w || H a T w & s a H! E < 9 S ? 2 ? < K J S ? * _. fa ? S = ? t& ? 3 55' ? 3 1-3 % ? 3 jLjf ^ ^ 6-1 21| 40 29 21; 89 40! 27 72 *22 10! IF 121 36 42 31' 81 39| 32 67 22 4 125 59! 4o; 20 17) 144 21j 95 40 30 7 176 4 2! 8 3 7 9 7 8 .... 1 16 3L ' 2 19 4 16..... 2 22 13 81 1 4 , 64 21 40 36 5 8! 89 8 5, 2 81 5 35 12 24 5 1 42 5 25' 2 4 8 471 20 9 2 19) 50 18 9! 3: 20 37! 41 3 8 6 59 45 26; 9 6 119 5l| 62 7 29 86' 187 54 25 13 171 51 88; 40 14 45 281 122 68 211 9 14: 143 108 207 54 3 32 301 70 13 11 1| 70 421 3 9 103 II 117 10 81 6 8' 18 90 27 28 30 2l! 106 16 9 45 22 38 32 42 12 20 74 27 ?2 18 II 72 43! 56 28 30 3 119 14 17' 18 3; 122 61 29 84 19 13| 147 i 23; 211 82 2 67 4 IS 3t 21 4j 74 18; 81 16 7! 36 16! 32 13 8 ?*... 54 ! 40 14 80 15! 153 34! 39 132 8 224 j 101 2 3 II 30 2, 19 9 4?... 33 I 841 191 26 22! 118 42! 85 76 3 ll 166 2 6 a 25 ! 16 6 2 ..... 25 12 4' 65 711 72 23 21 24' 142 7 2 19; 24 1 25 10 6 1 17 12 34 16 30 1 1 47 9 12 8 38 70 85 , 50 96 5 1 167 22 17 5..... 11 32i 2 10 3 3l! 46 676 545 851 288 !l622 1017; 1122 938 441:30o!;2892 , it reduced, and the landlord must accept this reduced rent. It would be a violation of the Constitution of the United States for any State to pass such a law. In Ireland a tenant who can agree with his landlord for the purchase or ms holding, ana in most cases this, has been done at twenty years purchase or under, gets the whole of the purchase money from the State, and is allowed forty-nine years in which to repay it, only 3 per cent, per annum being charged for the outstanding loan. In America the Government gives no assistance, and if a tenant borrows to purchase his farm he has to do so at from 6 to 7 percent., and has to repay the purchase in twelve or fourteen years at the most. These are facts which people who talk of "lelonious Irish landlordism" might fairly be asked to take into their respectful consideration. ?From the British American Citizen, Boston Mass. ^ ^ Resolutions Presented bj Mrs. J. TV Hnmhdrt. Whereas in all we do for Christ we need the'guiding and quickening power of the Holy Spirit; and whereas we believe that the Father is willing to bestow the gift on all who ask for his presence, and have proved by experience the efficacy of a stated hour of prayer for the outpouring of the Spirit in the furtherance of our work; and whereas the week' of prayer and selfdenial appointed by the Wdman's Board of Missions resulted in much grace and growth to the work; therefore, 1. Resolved, That we, as Conferference Corresponding Secretaries, ask the Woman's Board of Missions to fix the evening twilight hour as a time when the entire membership of the Woman's Missionary Society, as far as practicable, shall unite in prayer for increase of faith, love, laborers and nflfprinors. n.nH nhnvft a11 for the hea towal of that gift whereby the workers at home and in foreign fields may be consecrated, without reserve to the work of the Lord. 2. That we ask the Board to appoint a time when offerings of selfdenial and thanksgiving shall be made, and recommend the week in November including Thaksgiving-day. We also recommend that a programme of religious services for the week be prepared and widely distributed. To insure the observance of the daily concert of prayer and the time for the ingathering of offerings, we pledge ourselves to keep the subject before the Auxiliaries within the bounds of our respective Conferences. MRS. J. W. HUMBERT. MRS. S. S. PARK. It is just now a good time to raise the question whether or not as Christian citizens we do our duty on election day? It is easy enough for the respectable citizen to denounce politics, but is he doing his duty to make it better? Does he seek the perpe- > tuity of the grand institutions of this country iu the election to offlceof honest, capable, Christian men ? If he is not willing to labor for this end then he is self-condemned and should forever hold his peace. Someone calls politics "applied morality." It needs to be placed on that high plane, and every good citizen owes it to his country and her institutions to attend to the duties of citizenship even at some sacrifice. A conscientious use of the ballot is one of the most important J of these duties iu a government like 1 Dure.?A. R. Presbyterian. The revival meetings carried on in j John Street Methodist Church, in New York city, under the charge of Mr. Harrison, known for many years as "the Boy Preacher," have been fuller I of excitement the past week than any similar meetings ever held in this city. rne pastor 01 tne cnurcn ien uoh u uh- i conscious in the midst of one of his ( exortations, and Mr. Harrison said he bad "a shock of glory." He claims } Dver 2,200 converts now, and is sure i that there will be 2,500 before the \ week ends. Mr. Harrison says it is the greutest revival in the history of y MethodismIndependent. t Counterfeit silver certificates of $5, f is well as Si, are floating about. The t jounterfeits are three-sixteenths of an a nch shorter than the genuine bills, c rake along your tape measure. A writer In the New York Sun puts n lie cost of a national campaign nowa- j lays at about $20,000,000, i Jr*\ Italy is ahead of the United States. She has just passed a law which makes it a criminal offence for the Pope or any of his cardinals or priests to oppose in any way the official acts of the goverment. Violations of this act are to be punished by imprisonment for from three months to a year. There is no possible exception made.?Exchange. The 236th article in tho new Constitution of Spain says: "Any person using threats, violence, or any other illegitimate means to compel any citizen to perform any religious act whatever, ^ or to attend a worship not his own, will be punished with imprisonment and a fine of from five to five thousand dollars." Whenever sheep are afflicted with ticks or other animals with vermin, it ~ ' indicates a low condition of the system, . ^ 1 ?u? iU? j ? v^uocu cuiici uy tuc vcimiu in tuc ixibv place, or by improper feeding. The better the condition of the auimals the less liability to attack. They will not 7; improve until relieved, and the longer this be delayed the more difficult It will become. -" Galvanized iron pails are not desir able receptacles for drinking water. The zinc coating is quickly affected by water, forming a poisonous oxide of . ' zinc. A Suggestion.?We notice.thatsev- ? 7 eral| contributions have been sent to ; Jt Ireland lately for political purposesamounts ranging from $5000 to $10,000. Two facts may be stated in connection ? with .these: First, that the money >>."? comes largely from rumsellfcrs, and . y ;| secondly, that the American people " ^ are supporting thousands of paupers. made by these very rumsellers. The money that goes to Ireland does not go to the poor, but to political agitators ?men pronounced Dy me oeau ox weir _ < own ohurch "immoral."?Exchange. Domestic.?The total number of immigrants who arrived in the United -''-J States during the 12 months which ended Sixth mo. 30tht was 539,818, against 483,116 during the preceding 12 . mouths. The only indication of war in Europe . ; is the fact that large standing armies are maintained by all the powers. There is nothing to gain but everything to lose by a great conflict. The New York Herald says that whenever and wherever there is a pulpit on fire the people always go in crowds to see it burn. Hon. J. Hendrix McLane, en route uvr ximcu vvuui.j nuviv ???? > . yyg daughter is living, stopped over a day or two last week in Columbia. Daring his stay in the city he favored the., Vis Neighbor office with a call. He is looking very well, owing probably in part to the fact that he has married since we saw him last. . i Read the interesting letter, "Across the Equator into South America," from our correspondent on board the 4 Nipsic. The length of time since it was written subtracts little or nothing from the interesting facts so well presented. ? ? ^ A violent storm of wind and rain, ^ or nve minutes aurauoii, maue ? iuw of thousands of dollars at Springfield, Ohio, August 7. House? were onroofed and forests in the vicinity torn to pieces. The Yearly Meeting of the Friends of North Carolina will convene at High Point this year on Wednesday before the second Sunday in August. Friends will meet there at the time above mentioned from every State in the Union, besides others from England.?Patriot. ' We are in receipt of the second annual meeting of the inter-state Farmers' summer encampment, to be held at the city of beginning August 6th and continuing through August 11th, 1888. ' -1% The Richland County Sunday School Conference will be held at Mill Creek church, Thursday and Friday, August 2, 3. # Rev. J. D. Barbee, agent Southern Methodist Publishing House, lost his only daughter August 3, "Sweet audi gentle Mary," aged 13 years. i Mr. Charles C. Crosby, a very worthy and industrious youug man. was killed by lightning while out hunting, near Walterboro, August 4. . Mrs. Drayton, widow of the late C. E. R. Drayton, has sold her entire interest *! - i ? t* y Ti/Tm A 13 Ill Hie JllKKll ItCCU/Ut/ tv 1111, xx. x ? Ford. ;; Rev. J. 0. Kilgo has goue to Cleveland Springs, N. C.t for needed rest and recuperation. Rev. S. J. Rethea lias gone with his invalid wife to Glenn Springs hoping that it will be to her benefit. Work on the Columbia Canal has been commenced. Rev. John A. Brooks, Prohibition jandidate for the Vice-presidency, is a Darupbellite preacher. Madam de Stael is buried at Coppet, vithin sieht of the city of Geneva, ind Calvin, tomb less, somewhere vithin its old cemetery. In Boston a committee of 1000 has >een appointen to take steps looking o the abolishment of sectarianism rom the public schools, Catholic eachers prohibited, and publie appropriations to sectarian schools ease. For Cash great bargains in printing material can be had by personal apilication at the office of the Chris>ian Neighbor, Columbia, S. C. < ' *.