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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
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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,
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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.
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Rexnlt of Primary Election
Brownlee, County Commissioner; PenAnsel
for Solicitor; Graydon and Mlll?
Moore and Mann will run again for Sh
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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ip Sheriff. k > Coujjtv Commxs
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Filling the Pews. 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^
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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.
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, 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.
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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
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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.
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