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jJjpT5F?;:>vr^:- .. -i - . . - , r , . J;*- * . . *, '/ . "' *: ' ' ' / ' ; The Press and Banner. ABBEYILLE, S. C. Wednesday, Feb. 20, 1889. The "Pattern" We Set. The Rock Hill Herald bas thrown aside the "patent outside," and last week it came out In an all-home print Issue. The Improvement Is at least one-hundred per cent, and its patrons may congratulate Its sprightly editor, as we heartily do In conducting a flrst-class journal. When an editor learns that every page and column of his paper should be edited with equal care and attention, then he will realize the important position he sustains to the reading public. May success attend the new departure, and the good people of "the hub" stand square up, as they have always done In every effort to build up their thriving town.?Lancaster Ledger. Just so, neighbor. We are ready and Join the Ledger in congratulating our brother of the Rock Hill Herald for any Improvement which he may make and are ready to wish him well all the time. We would say nothing unkind of either of our respected contern porarles, and would not for a moment ques* tlon their right to publish a newspaper on any plan which seems best to them. The Ledger may be right Jrom his own -* 1?"????? if hlc onmnotitnr Huuiupuiui) UUI> WU ouopcwc vv?rv..w should adopt the patent outside, and continue to put the same amount of woik on his paper that he does now, the people of Lancaster would see the difference, and would give a verdict which would not be In favor of the Ledger'* plan of all at home print. The people are good Judges of a newspaper, and arc quick to notice any Improvement. The prejudice against patent outside*, like the prejudice against small type, is bound to give way when the patent outside and the small type are once fairly tried. The Ledger would seem to qualify his objection to patent outsldes on the Implied sup* position that they are carelessly gotten up. In so far as that paper may regard the quality of the patent outside, we thoroughly agree with him, and we suppose that paper would hardly deny that some of the patent outsider fully come up to the highest standards of any home print paper of which Awe have acknowledge. It will not do, however, to depend altogether on the patent outside. The work on the home printed side Is all Important, while the patent outside Is a great aid. If the Renew should use small type, and print on a patent ---* ?.A?W on hofOtnfAM. V- OUUiae, auu CUUUUUD W num an U?V>UIV?we avspect that the Ledger't eyes would soon be opened. A live printer on a patent outBide will seldom fall to wake up the competitor who follows old methods. ? . ? Sued Again. It now BeemB that the State of South CaroPllna Is toon to be brought into the Courts to show cause why the Commonwealth should not pay the Just and honest debts which she assumed years ago, or else to Justify berseli by legal technicalities for the great wrong wblcb she perpetrated on her creditors In repudiating her solemn contract, which was legally entered into by her authorized agents. We recently published notice that ' one A. D. W tlllams of New York had sued for a large amount of bonds which he bad surrendered to the State In exchange for paper whlcb the Courts alterwards decided was on constitutional, and the State was tbeiefore not liable for their payment. Another suit has been entered in tbeUnited States Courts from Columbia, to make the Treasurer of that County receive the Blue ?* ? Ridge bond scrip for taxes, as per the conditions of the act of the Legislature, under sj- which they were issued, and for which the plalntltft surrendered the original and undlsputed claims against the State. The obligations, which are now repudiated, it is true, were issued under Radical rule, but It was ? i done as we understood, for tbe purpose ol cancelling and paying a debt which the State . v owed before the war on account of the Blue Ridge Railroad bonds, the payment of which sbe bad guaranteed. The beginning of these suits will no doubt make South Carolina a prominent figure in the eyes or tne woria, ana may iurnisn a theme for South Carolina politicians to agitate and excite the people for the next few years. Of oourse there will be two parties If It goes Into politics, and the people inaat divide among themselves on this very question. Virginia has been almost torn asunder on questions somewhat similar to this which now looms up In South Carolina. Was There Not Mistake in the State* Kf' nieut? We notice in our Ninety Six correspondence that the local preachers of that town refused to marry a runaway couple. Is it possible that these devout servants of the Master reflect upon the fearful responsibility which they assume In refusing ; honorable marriage? No such warrant; or sanction can be found in Holy Writ, asjwould justify the refusal to marry a couple for the single reason the young people were not under the family Marriage is honorable among all men, and the honor of the family Is the crowning glory of the Christian religion. To use the lanjpV' guage of another. In no country in the world in woman's honor so tenderly guarded as in South Carolina and in Scotland. Our own beloved State bears off the honor from even Scotland. It is easier to get married In South 'Carolina than on any other spot of the globe. Any public acknowledgment of the woman as wife is sufficient, and no law exists whereby she may be sent away. In every other country license laws, formalities, and other bars to marriage exist, and all to the disadvantage of woman. The license laws are against woman, and are a shield to him who would seek to win and trifle with her affections. We truist, tharflfnrfl thaf Ihn rlfiv will rii?VAr onniA whpn . the statute books of this State may be blurred aud blackened by any law against marriage, ?? and we further trust any foolish sentiment that any honorable woman should be debarred the privilege of an honorable marriage m may never exist. The preacher who turns Irom his door the woman in refusal of marriage with her lover is Y to refuse to the applicants that union which Is commended by the highest authority, and which Is the foundation stone upon which rests the family altar, and to which we are indebted for the existence of all moral purity. ? ? * After the Drug Stores. The Lancculer Ledger in commenting on violations of the no-license law, says : *H)n Tuesday, after salesday last, in Yorkvllle, the intendant and one of the wardens went out on a tour of inspecting the drug tores. In the new drug store they found seventy prescription for spirit us frumenli. as the work of three days, Sunday included. Sixty-nine of these prescriptions were written by the proprietor of the drug store himself, who Is a licensed physician. It being, however, In direct violation of the ordinance of the town for a druggist to fill a prescripP. * tlon written by himself, a warrant was issued for the druggist, who appeared and put up fifty dollars for his further appearance for trail. The druggist summoned his counsel by wire from Cltiegter. and after the counsel arrived I the mutter was adjusted by the druggist forfeiting his fifty dollars to the town, and the town council consenting not to press the other sixty-eight cases, so long as the druggist . should in the future conduct his business ac ;v cording to the law. Action on the sixtyeight cases has thereupon been suspended. From this it will be seen that it Is somewhat dangerous io violate the no-license law at Yorkville. Persons who seek to sell whiskey contrary to law deserve to be punished' and we have no doubt t hat the law will hereafter be more strictly enforced than heretoPraine from a lligti Source. The Wetleyan Christian Advocate makes the following mention of the minutes of Conference, which were printed at the Press and Banner office: "Weacknowledge the receipt of a copy of the South Carolina Conference Minutes for !8M, from the secretary, Rev. H. F. Chreitzberg. The work is well done, and does cm!it to both compiler and publisher.'' ' " vi" W ,' : " "'ji y Death or Bishop McTyeire. Itev. Holland N. McTyelre, D. D., the Senior Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, died at his home on the Vanderbllt University Campus, Nashville, Tennessee, last Friday morning, at? o'clock, after a somewhat protracted illness with typhoid fever. He was born in Barnwell County, S. C., July IS, 1828. A good part of his academic education was received at the Cokesbury Conference School In this County. Here he joined the church in 18:57. He began to preach in 1S45, when he Joined the Virginia Conference. He was elected Bishop In 18GG. It was owing to him that Commodore Vanderbilt gave to Vanderbilt University the sum of ?1,000,000; to which was added by his sons Wm. H. and Cornelius, the further sum oi ST>30,000. Bishop McTyelre was no ordinary man. His administrative and executive ability was unsurpassed. He knew Southern Methodism, in her meu and work, better perhaps, thau any other man in the church. As an author, he gave to the church valuable works, prominent among which are the "History of Methodism" and the "Manual ol the Discipline." His remains were interred in the University Campus, where also rests the body of Bishop Soule. '1 ue uenenii V/uurcii imn iuhuudvi ihiuuoi valued members; education one of its strongest supporters. Vandcrbllt University, la Its loss of the President of the Board of Trustees, will And his place hard to nil. The press of the State have paid many beautiful and deserved tributes to the memory of Colonel William Calhoun Keith, the senior editor of the Keowee Courier, who Jdled on the 7th instant, at the age of 53 years. He was one of the ablest editors' in the State, fearless in the expression of his opinions, and whose thoroughly honest conduct commanded the respect of all classes and conditions of men. His death Is a public loss and "the press of the State looses one of its brightest mem bers. Honor and love to his memory. A well known railroad man gave it a? his opinion that there should be a law on the statute books strictly problbltingall overhead bridges, as they are ordinarily constructed, and no doubt every freight conductor and brakeman in the State would say the same tUlrtr* AH/itirtflJu/r/n Rrtvnfnfnt' UUlllg. v/' UI?ybVMi J/ If the friends of men whoare killed by these overhead bridges would sue the companies, for, say 820,000, In each case,and If Juries would do their duty In awarding verdicts for the amount sued for, wo would hear of fewer men being killed by bridges. Do You Find Any Consolation in Thin? The Monroe Enquirer and Express, In noticing the removal of the headquarters of tbeG., C. and N. Railroad from Monroe to Chester, says: "It shows that the company Intends pushing the work on to Atlanta as soon as possible, tor If the road were not to be extended further than Chester, Monroe would be tbe most convenient point for the headquarters of tbe road." About Chasing Rabbits on the Public Square. Editor Press and Banner : Please accept thanks for your timely onset upon thebarbarous practice ol chasing rabbits upon the pubiic square of our town. It Is to h?> hnnoH thn sentiment. of the better class of this community is sucb, as hereafter, to forestall tbe repetition of so reprehensible and disgraceful a scene as has been witnessed on several occasions heretofore. CITIZEN. Hettiodism in the Cokesbnry District. From the last minutes of the South Carolina Conference, M. E. Church, South, we gather the following statistics which give a line showing of the work of the Methodists in these parts. There are 16 charges In tbe District Re v. A. J. Cuuthen, the affable and efficient Presiding Elder, has been returned for the second year, and we doubt not that under his leadership great achievements will be gained the present year. The reports show a membership of 6,181 members; with 17 traveling and 12 local preachers. Tbe net gain tbe past year was 222 members. There is church ana parsonage and other property to the value of 588.007. Raised for all purposes the sum of S20,997.?0. We are glad to not? that Abbeville Station along with the Ninety-Six, LowndesvlUe and Parksvllie charges paid ail assessments levied upon them in lull with a small surplus in favor of Parksville. Thoush we do not claim affiliation with this branch of the Christian church we nevertheless feel like lifting our hat to any body of Christian workers who feel that the church debts are Just as binding as those contracted otherwise, and who pay 100 cents on the dollar. ABOUT THE DUE WEST COLLEGES. A Much Pleased Correspondent Gives an Interesting- Account of Recent Exercises. , Editor Press and Banner : I had the pleasure of being In Due West last week upon two very pleasant occasions, and thinking that perhaps an account of them might Interest some of your readers, I send It to you. The one was an address by W. L. Miller, Esq., of the Abbeville Bar, before the young ladles of the Female College on last Thursday evening. This'excellent institution of learning is under the management of Prof. H. E. Honner, assisted by a corps of splendid teachers. It was never In a more flourishing condition than at present, having about eighty pupils enrolled in the college department and some fifty or more In the primary department. The exercises of the evening were begun by a chorus sung by all the young ladles of the college, led by Miss Marie Power, with an organ accompaniment rendered by the beautiful and accomplished Miss Jennie Edwards, one of the teachers. Miss Power has a voice of rare compass and sweetness. This was followed by the address of Mr. Miller, who chose as his subject, "Our Young Women." The theme was a peculiarly appropriate one for the occasion, and was handled gracefully and well by the speaker. It was listened to attentively by the large crowd present, and elicited a number of favorable comments both from the young ladles of the college, and the outsiders who were there. Prof. Bonner had kindly Invited the young men from Ersklne College to be present, much to their surprise and pleasure, and we expect that of the young ladles also. It Is needless to say they were all there. The whole affair passed off very pleasantly, and was one of those little episodes which make college life attractive. The young ladies were all dressed in uniform, and impressed me very much by their graceful and dignified bearing and manner. The 'other was the twelfth semi-annual celebrntlon, of the Kupbemtan Literary Society of Ersklne college. The exercises consisted of a speecn by Mr. D. P. Miller, of the senior class, and of declamations by two members each of the Freshman and Sophomore classes. The speakers all acquitted themselves with credit. These speeches were followed by a debate participated in by members of the Junior and Senior classes, two on each side. The query was, "Is it wise for the South to remain politically solid?" After listening attentively to the arguments, the committee decided in favor of the negative. The exercises were luterspered with delightful music rendered oy the Due West stlnc band under the leadership of Dr. Edwards. The hall of the society, where the exercises were held, was filled to Its fullest capacity, and the occasion was one of great pleasure. The people of Due West are a unit in everything that pertains to her excellent schools, and furnish a striking example of wnat may be accomplished by united effort, and a strong determination. I fr> L A MA^IA A AA MDA ?t -I IH'J UIC UUHl^ a IIUUIC n UI a 111 um vaunc ui education, the effect of which will bo felt long after we have all passed away. No one cau spend much time In Due West, and not be Impressed with the feeling that he Is in a literary town. While there, I was the guest of Dr. and Mrs. Grler, to whose courteous and kindly hospitality was due much of the pleasure of my visit. Although the two places are so near, the people of Due West and Abbeville are almost strangers. This is no doubt due to the want of railroad connection between them, which we hope we will have at no distant day. One has but to know the Due West people to like them, for they are proverbial for their hospitality. }fr. Editor, if you wish to have a good time, go to Due West. W. N. G. Seed Oats!! White Brothers have a few bushels of seed oats left. Call early and bo j supplied. Go to It. M. Haddon <fc Co. for ladies shoes. Beautiful woolen dress goodsoniy 10 cents at Haddon's. 10-inch Henriettas at Haddon's. White Brothers have a large assortment ol low and medium priced dress goods. 1 Walking Jackets in jersey cloth with and without the braid. Very cheap. W. E. Bell. Children's wraps from 4 years to 10 years at all prices. W. E. Bell. i Send your orders to K. M. Haddon & Co. for "i hook glov? titling corsets, kid gloves, tine I shoes tie. TIE CENTRE OF GRAVITY. ABBEVILLE'S ATLANTA STBIVES FOR GREATER ACHIEVEMENTS. New Factories Must be Built?Solid Talk on Fnrmen Alliance? Pleaa> ant Endorsement of the Presa and Banner?All the Solution** of the Negro Problem Wonld Solve a Single Negro's Fnlnre. Qrekswood, S. C., Feb. 19,1389. "It rains and the winds are never weary." It has been raining In almost ceaseless torrents for several days. A slight hail fell here on Sunday, and everything is soaking wet. Water proof coata, rubber shoes and gossomers are In big demands. News is scarce I his week. Mr. Rankin, of North Carolina, has beon on a visit to his sister MIsr Annte Rankin, the art teacher in the Female College. The TYibune has changed quarters. Hon. W. C. Benet was In the city one day l&Kti W66k* Dr. and Mrs. J. C. Maxwell are visiting in Edegefleld. S. C. Cason, Esq., was in the city one day i&Rt week. Hon. Jas. N. King was in the city Tuesday. Our Mr. Waller is always on the alert and sees after his brother representatives. Greenwood is a fascinating place. Lawyers, doctors, statesmen, society people and all like to come " *' * * -t InnMA fflollnff Kflflflr 10 (jreeuWOOU UllU uimijn iraic ibuiu& uu>~. than when they came. Another new firm will soon "be up and doing" at this place, Messrs. F. F. Dumbar and I. Brabham. General merchandise is the order. The town council still go on with their work. They Intend mnklng this one of the most attractive and prettiest places In 8outh Carolina. Bull movements are on foot now for the factory. Our enterprising merchants and citizens are awaking te the fact that Greenwood stands in absolute necessity for ati enterprise which will establish local trade in the place and at the same time give employment to hundreds of operatives and tend to Increase the population. As it 13 Greenwood hns no looting except its trade on which to build up, and hold its en vaible reputation. Other towns are growing Into promlence which attracts more or less trade from Greenwood, and their efforts will be to eclipse our town and by such a combination of other places. unlesB a factory is built to establish a local trade and enhance the value of property and add attractions, Greenwood may sink to the level of a "dead cock in the pit.'' Our people, If they will but bend their energies and attentions to this matter will And that their Interests are more hopefully situated and Increased. Greenwood can easily get up a factory, and her facilities are such that it will pay her. Other towns are getting up factories and it behooves Abbeville's "Atlanta" to keep abreast with the times. We ami. will w oto nn and CUlUCObl^ UVpu uui pwwpiw rt*.4 ? v ? prove equal for the occasion. It will not only be advantageous to business and business Interests already In the place, butlsasafe and profitable Investment. Let the factory come, and Greenwood will stand Becond to none in the State. Everybody should subscribe to the Prest and Banner. It is one of the newsiest sheets In the State and Is always full of interesting matter. The thoughtful editor, alive to the Interest of both merchants and farmers, gives the latter class some useful information in the last issue. Pure good "hoss" sense is In every word and thought, and is expressive of the writer's interest which he feels In that class. The view which he takes of that agricultural fraud, Alliances, is one which to any sane man seems irresistable, and smacks of good honest reasoning and fairness to both classes. There are two tnlngs which have become to be an eye sore, and those are the "Negro Problem," as It is called, and "Farmers Alliances." Every little sheet that can be picked up, going under the name of a Journal, is generally filled from beginning to end with a "Solution of the Negro Problem." If all the solutions which people have gotten up were compounded and extraoted ana concentrated into solution, there would not be enough of It to solve the future of one negro. It is but a waste of time to predict the destiny of any race and statesman and people at large will find their time more usefully spent If tney will only bend their attention to matters more Important and easier solved. As to the alliance question we respectfully refer the reading and thinking pubQo to the article designated as a reply to me communication of odb "J. M. G." of North Carolina, which appeared in the Press and Banner of i3tb lust. We wish every farmer la the broad land of the South could take this In. We could not add to what hus been already said. Messrs. J. K. Durat & Co., are having the hall which has been formerly used for theatrical troupes and dances, fitted up for goods and in connection with his large stock of dry goods and groceries, a full line of olothlng and a mllllnary department. These gentlemen are pushing and enterprising merchants and never do things by halves. The Valentine Ball at Riley's hotel was sllmly attended on account of the inclemency of the weather. Those who were present enjoyed the occasion. Mr. J. H. Youngblood, one of Bradley's successful merchants was In the city Thursday. Miss Emmie Nicholson, of Phoenix, Is vising Miss Sadie Selt Mr. Geo. A. Barksdale is having his house repainted and an ornamental fence around bis yard Is being built. On account of rain there was no services In any of the churches in the place on Sunday laRt. The Baptist church will soon be undergoing repairs. Mr. Charley Cobb, of the firm of Cobb Bros., will move to Edgefield village this week, we learn. The drug firm of Rickenbaker & Co., has changed hands and la now controlled by Mr. T. W. Earle. Whispers of orange blossoms are afloat. In fact, we saw a young lady in town going down tne street the other day with a box of them. We suppose she Is going in to that business soon. Mr. Editor, please present the "cake" to the "Oscar Wilde" correspondent from CokeFbury. Also present him with the cake basket and all the cold pieces of pie, if any. He deaorvoa it_ Mav we lnouire who caueht him. Cotton Is still coming In and is commanding good prices. The travelling public will be alarmed to know that as yet, no accidents have occurred on the A. & K. division. Inventions has taken such rapid strides ns to afford protection to the seatossed passengers by means of life preservers. Could not some inventive genius invent something for railway accidents. The above mentioned road should not break its record by not having an accident of some sort during the wet weather. Kill somebody of nothing more. The last issue of the Press and Banner was unusually newsy. Give it to ur again. Mr. Editor. PEMBROKE. Mttrriaffe? Floods ? Visitors ?Assignment. Mount C arm el, S. C., Feb. 18,1889. Married, February 12th, 1889. by Rev. W. T. Matters, Mr. H. C. Irvin and Mrs. M. C. Parker, all of Abbeville county. Precisely at 4 o'clock p. ni., quite a number of friends and relatives assembled at the residence of the bride's father Mr. A. D. Smith, to witness the marriace of the above contracting parties. The ceremony was impressive and beautiful, and tbe bride arrayed in a handsome brown silk, with a beautiful broach of pearls, clasping "sweet violet" about her throat, never looked half so charminir. The groom wore a handsome suit of black, and presented quite a handsome appearance. After tbe ceremony the relatives and friends tendered their congratulations with many kind wishes. The entire company were now Invited into the dinning room, where a beautiful table was spread and overflowed with good things. A handsome array of flowers was most tastefully arranged In tbe shape of a pyramid in the center of the table and upon tbe plate of each guest was a buttonhole bouquet of violets which filled the air with sweet perfume. Dinner being over norfv txrft.h rfllnMvpa onrl frtAnrta leave by the (i o'clock train for Atlanta, Ga., where tbey will vlstt for some time. After which they will return to McCormick where they will make their home. The best wishes of many friends follow them In their new home. No servlceR yesterday, exccpt a small Sabbath-school in the afternoon. This section has been deluged with rain for nearly a week, and the rivers are again on a bootn. The manly form and smiling face of Col. W. C. McGowan was seen on our streets last Friday. After transacting his business here he left for MoCormlck where legal business again awaited him. The clouds at early dawn this morning presented a very pecular appearance, shedding strange light over the earth. H. 8. G. notices "M's" words of soberness and says "he will keep the Valley town straign." "M" notices that R. S. G. is also talking words of wisdom when commenting upon the behavior of certain church going people. His advice is good, keep your children with you, or learn them to behave before you take them out, especially to church. W. 11. Powell has made an assignment. M. Wonderful bargains in children's Jersey jackets in pure all wool goods. W. E. Bell. The prints, satteens and ginghams at White Brothers cannot be excelled. L.ook at those wide and heavy printB at 8 cents which are usually sold for ten cents per yard. New millinery just received at II. M. Haddon <t Co. Buy your little boy and your big boy a nice suit from P. Rosenberg & Co. 100 pairs of womon shoes for 80c. worth S1.JJ5 This is a heavy winter shoe and I offer them at this low price to close the lot out. W. E. Bell. 120 pairs of children's shoes for 50c. This Is also a heavy winter shoe, and I got 75o. pair for them, but I have no trade for this class of goods, and offer them for less tlmn cost. W. E. Bell. < t ... ,y' . ?? Garden Notes. Unless it 1b Impossible for him to have more ground, no man should have a garden so small that It cannot well be cultivated with horsepower We occasionally see lu the papers what enormous amounts of vegetables can be grown on a very small area. These accounts are probably true: nevertheless such gardening is not the most profitable except where land is so valuable that It must be plastered with bank notes to be bought. The ratio between cost of land and cost of labor must be kept in view; and fully 98 per cent, of my readers will And it the more economical to have the garden so large ttiat a horse and horse tools can be used iu it. The savinginlabor will more than compensate for the greater expense of land Besides, one-third toone-half of an acre Is not too much garden ground for tho average family, though good methods and much manure are employed. Not one farmer's family in a hundred has as many vegetables as it should have. We raise a few messes of peas or beans?perhaps a peck of each shelled?and think wo do well. For a family of six, peas, beans, radishes, etc., should be raised by the bushel. They can, and should, be kept on the table, fresh, for months. In their season fresh vegetables are tac> cheapest and most wholesome food. You can supply the table with vegetables of your own raising at less cost than by any other means. Apparently some people never think that vegetables reduce the grocer's and the butcher's bills; but they do; and they also roduce the doctor's bills, and defer the undertaker's bills To get the necessary amount of vegetables. It Is necessary to plant for a succession ; and this also economizes ground. By making ditferent plantings and also using different varieties we may have a vegetable fresh on the table for several months. Sometimes two vegetables may occupy the land at the same time. For example, cabbage can be planted before the early sweet corn is romoved, or late beans can be planted among the early potatoes. Then several crops may be grown on the same l*nd during the season. In this latitude I can first plant early peas; harvest them as soon as thej' are ripe and put the land in cucumbers for pickles; and at the last worklDg of the cucumbers, sow turnip seed. I get a heavy crop of cucumbers, peas and turnips. Further South, where the season Is longer, Ave and even six crops may be got from the same ground in one season. Beans or cabbage may follow early lettuce and radishes, cucumbers or sweet corn the early peas, or turnips can be sown among the cucumber or melon vines. As already hinted, the cultivation should be done as much as possible with horse-power. When the vegetables will permit, horse cultivation may always be made better and more thorough tban band cultivation, not to speak of its greater economy. Even where the horse can not be used It is often possible to use the wheel hoe or cultivator, and with this the work can be more easily done than with the common hoe. When the rows are stralgth the work can be better and more easily done than when they are crooked, and when they are long than when they are short. Hence, care should he taken to make the rows straight, and as long as the ground will permit. With those vegetables that must be cultivated altogether by band, it is equally Important to have the rows straight. And it is made yet more important to have the rows straight, no matter what the permissible mode of cultivation, when the vegetables are such as come up small ana delicate ; onions, carrots or parsnips, for example. Also, for these the drill should be made narrow; for the wider the drill the more hand-weeding will be necessary. If the drill is crooked and three inches wide there will be three times as much Jiand-weedlng as when the drill is straight and only one Inch wide. A very convenient, and in fact, necessary garden tool is a stout cord two hundred feet long, with a sharpened wooden pin fastened to each end. By using this, straight rows or drills can be easily made. SECESSION HILL. A School Girl's Composition on the Historic Spot. This hill is in the South-eastern part of Abbeville village. In 1860 the woodman's axe had never been allowed to cut one of the native oaks. This hill was the pride of the citizens of Abbeville. The citizens of thesurroundlng counties attended the annual barbecues, picnics, and political gatherings on this hill. In 1884 the hill was bought by Mr. J. F. C, DuPre, the noted florist of the upper part of the State. He has beautified and Improved it until now It is a wonderful and lovely place; he watches over it with the greatest skill land care ; he raises all manner of excellent and useful things, His residence is on top of the hiil; back of the house is the barn-yard, whero avarv varlotv nf t.ho foalhnrpri kind la fnnnrl from the little bantam to tbegraceful pea-cock. To the right of this U his vegetable garden, laid off iu beds, there he keeps a gardener to do nothing else than work the garden. Back of these he has left the original forest for a pasture for his cattle. Beneath the oaks the bermuda grass has the appearance of a green carpet for the cattle. At trie foot of this hill Is a little rippline brook where tha cows can satisfy their thirst in hot summer days. Just in front of his house is his beautiful flower garden. On the right of the flowers is the cool summer house, larger than the largest one in our Spring Park. It Is covered with vines among the vines can be seen tbe white wisteria with Its flower modesnly dropped to one side. Inside of this is tbe two hammocks and several rustic benches. At the back of the summer bouse is the fruit orchard, where there are every variety of fruit. To the left of tbe flowers Is the greenhouse, both the top and sides are made of glass. At present there ure one hundred and thirty varieties of geraniums, thirty varieties of fuchlas, beside heliotrope, begonias, callas and caster lilies, and a great many others that I don't, know the names of. He keeps two small stoves In there in winter. To the stde and back of the greenhouse is the vineyard, where there are twenty varieties of grapes. Mr. PuPrtt is very liberal with his flowers, fruits and everything he has. This description Is a very Imperfect one. ELIZA C. GAMBIIELL. Have a Strawberry Bed. Of all the varieties of small fruits the strawberry Is the general favorite, and of such easy culture and management, that every farmer could have a generous supply for home use, If K.,t ? little HnnpH nf prnnnd is devotnd tn them, and have them, too, early In the mornlug, In all their dewy fragrance and freshness. Considering the comparative ease of establishing a good strawberry bed or patch, it is surprising that every farmer cloes not have one, especially, considering the general aceeptableness of the fruit to young and old. we have seen very many farmers, men of fair means and large farms, who not only bought what little small fruits they were minded their families should have, but also depended upon purchase alone for almost all the vegetables they used In their families. Their excuse is, that it costs less to buy what they U6ed, than I to grow the same small amount. But this is far from the truth, to say nothing of the advantage of having them always at hand and In better condition. Besides, where a farmer raises them, there will be greater abundance, and more will be used, to the exclusion of more solid, and less wholesome foods. Aside from having plenty of fresh fruit durlDg summer, an abudanceof It on the farm enables the house wife to put up large quantities for winter URe, which is so very acceptable on the table when fresh Irult cannot readily be obtained. For home use, some advocate raising the plants as single stools, keeping the runners cutoff; this insures large, fine berries, but is considerable trouble. The better way, we i think, is to lay off a plat of ground as large as desired, or as required for the supply of the furally, have It well broken with the plow or spade, after which rake or harrow it thoroughly ; then work It off about two and a half feet apart, making the furrows deep enough to put in a little fine, well-rotted manure. Then ridge up over the manure, and put out the plants about fifteen Inches apart, first dipping the roots of the plants in thick, muddy water. Some prefer putiing the roots straight down, but we are incllnecfto think that spreading 1 them out is the better way, this being the natural position of the roots; but either nay, the soil should be firmly pressed about them. Then give such cultivation as to keep out all weeds and grass. The first year, all the blossoms shouId be cut off, which will in='" ? " ctnoHv vlfforoiin irrowth. 11s wtill as In sure a more abundant crop* the following season. Thompson Sunday School. Several of the Swalnsboro people had the pleasure of attending a Sunday School at Thompson's mill on last Sabbath. The school Is conducted by Mr. Seawright, us superintendent who Is elven very great assistance by Mr. Wade Shlryal and those who live at and near tne mill. The school has a laree role and In attendance on last Sabbath was over sev- i enty children and a largo number of parents , and grown persons. The school Is quite an honor to the mill people and sets a good example for the Swalnsboro people, who now have no Sunday School at all for the whites. I would be delighted and so would other citizens of Swalngboro, if she would follow In the I footsteps of the mill people and have a good Sabbath School. Mr. Kenduck who was a vls? 1 ltor made a few stirring aud appropriate rc- | marks. Col. F. H. SaiTold also made a few remarks, and while be did not profess to be a church member, or a good man, he said he felt a irreat Interest In Sunday School work and intend to attend the mill school regular-1 ly; he also otrered a prize for the scholar who was most regular In attendance in the school, < and in concluding this article we wish to say was fully appreciated and we hope they will succeed, nod Iliat other places will profit of i their good and noble start.?Pine Forr.xt. White Brothers are better equipped this . season for supplying the men of Abbeville County with choice ready made clothing than c they have been before. Their stock of fine . clothing is unrivalled, and any ouo wishing ' to buy a tine suit or au elegant overcoat is , sure to be pleased. Try it. Breech and muzzle loading shot guns at * Smith & Sou's. , Brown homespun In the Piedmont eoods. have a large stock and have reduced the price in order to reduce 1113* stock. W. E. Bell. 1 Special bargains in ladies nndervests. Splendid article at 2.3c. each. W. 12. Bell. C FROM OUR SAMOAN CORRESPONDENT. | MnrqucNn<i Islands---Abounding- 1" Fruits anil Flowers? Marquesan Areliitectnre?'Tnttooln(f?Simplicity of Attire?Marqiicsinii and American "Warriors." Nord Deocher Lloyd S. Sm "Luijeck," enroutk from apia, Samoa, to Sydney, N. S. W. Australia, Dec. 18,1888. Dear Neighbor : The press of business duties for some months past has prevented me from writing earlier, and I now take tlm opportunity, (whilst running down from the Samoan Islands to Australia to send some despatches to our government,) to say something about the South Sea Islands. Coming over from South America last October the J\ipsic put into j<atou Hiva (Magdalen,) Marquesas Islands, to replenish our stock of fruit aud fresh provisions. J bad quite a rough time reaching the shore, owing to the extensive coral reefs that exist in the bay; when at last the boat had threaded the intricate channel and reached shallow water I was obliged to avail myself of native assistance for reaching the beach. The boat was surrounded by natives who had waded out to me, and, quickly jumping overboard, I was caught by a powerful copper-colored man who carried me upon his back to the sandy shore. Fatou Hiva is a very small settle ment scattered among tne countless fruit trees that abound upon all the islands of the Marquesas group. Indeed, the village streets are but sylvan arcades, and the whole island a forest of fruit and flowers. Like nearly all the islands of the Pacific, the Marquesas are of volcanic origin, and bear plenteous marks of the gigantic upheavals of olden times. Great mountains, beautiful valleys, awful precipices, and gentle plains are all here, and all are covered with the richest verdure. The variety of fruits is ample enough to satisfy the moat fickle tastes ; side by side you find the stately cocoa-nut palm with the sturdy bread-fruit tree? the pi ne-apple and the orange, the banana and the lime, the mango and the grenadelia ; this last mentioned fruit, which seems a cross between the pomegranate and orange, is, so far as I am aware, unknown in the States. Flowers grow in profusion on every hand, but owing to the deficiency of my botanical education I am unable to describe or classify them properly; hnwovop T mnw rnnviiv some idea of their beauty when I say that the whole island seemed a huge living bouquet, wherein the forest of fruit trees was set to lend its rich green foliage as a foil for the'gorgeous and varied colors of the flowers. Fatou Hiva has no large town, and contains only about 5,000 inhabitants. The small village at the harbor is quite interesting to a stranger ; the houses are of various designs, none of them however, being over one story high. Most of them are made of unplaned boards, witn tnaccnea roois 01 sirawj while you will al90 find many made wholly of bamboo-canes set upright in the ground and lashed together with the fibre of cocoa-nut trees, aud covered, like the others, with straw. They are all neat, and a majority of them are rather new, for, as the cost and trouble of building is so slight, the people renew their houses very often? usually every twelve or eighteen months. This is rendered necessary in the cases of the bamboo houses because of their early decay. The floors are either the natural earth pressed hard, or bamboo joints covered with artistically made straw mats. Furniture is scant, and little needed, as the natives eat and sleep upon the level floor. There is no store upon the island, the people depending upon an occasional whaling vessel to supply them with such articles of trade as they desire. With their food ready at hand me year rouuu, uuu wuu o'-aiucij ouj other wants, the natives do not feel this lack of trading facilities very deeply. Perhaps the least said of the people the better, for they are not a very refined or attractive race. Originally they were cannibals, and it is said a few of them still have a tooth for missionary diet, though they are not now allowed to indulge this hereditary taste. The whole population follow the custom of tattooing to a great extent, men, women aud children are walking picture galleries ; some with human portraits upon their copper-colered skins, some with rural scenes and beautiful landscapes, aud others with gory battle fields aud single combats. Much of the tattooing is really artistic work?especially the representations from the animal kingdom, which might please even a diciple of Landseer. Whatever the picture, it is done well and no greater favor can a visitor bestow upon u nauve inau iu aumuc bis tattooing?unless it be to give him money, for every one of them is as eager after the "almighty dollar" as the most energetic and enlightened white man iu America. These people do not depart far from their forefathers in the way of personal attire, and, eveu now, some of them are moie simply dressed than was mother Eve the day she and her weak, cowardly husband left Eden. Do you know, I despise Adam very cordially for trying to throw upon his wife the burden of that affair in Eden But I must not digress, lest you suppress what may be thought uuortho-L Jox sentimentality. Xo, the Marque- ; sans do not go in for fashionable cloth-1, ng, and whatever covering they do | :spouse is made of banana leaves, or, ] straw woven into a heavy fringe, ] vhich is fastened about the waist. } When a traveler lauds upon the.) jeach he is quickly surrounded by a ' ;rowd of natives, who show him al Ij -A- ; y,.,-. >*. ,r\ . .t ' ' ; " '(i '' > ' [' . Borts of curious attentions; bye-andbye some coy maiden with more smiles than petticoats will steal up to him, throw her arm over his shoulder, and whisper softly, "Cowar lin?" (Are you my friend?) If the answer pleases her, she will tag after him wherever he goes, smiling triumphantly over her conquest when she encounters a less fortunate village, maiden. They are very fond of flowers, and in lieu of ear-rings they wear a blossom in the lobe of each ear, and it is surprising how pretty is the effect; they also adorn themselves with wreaths and garlands of gorgeous colors. Their hair, which is usually worn long, is thick, straight and black and less coarse than that of our American Indians. The men carry great war-clubs, axes and knives, and try to look exceedingly ferocious, but the French, who uow control the islands, long since subdued their warlike spirits, and theevery-day demonstration of these idle fellows means no more than do the parades of the military young men in our country,?which Irving used to consider especially for the delectation of idle street gamins and gaping chambermaids. (It occurs to me the Peace Society might find some first-rate literature for promulgation in the letters of Mustapha, (Washington Irvin'9 "Salmagundi," 1807) which illustrate so graphically, and with such force, the absurdity and uselessness of the military organizations in New York at that time, and which are quite as applicable to these latter days.) S. T. Browne. Thin for These?That Tor Those. Christian people usually place greatest weight od, or assign most importance to, those points in the moral law which it best suits them to obey?those obligations which by temperament or habit they are least inclined to deny or ignore. The Christian who takes his wine at dinner, probably nreaches of the fanaticism of "these L temperance folks the Christian that chews and smokes tobacco, usually either argues to his own satisfaction that there is neither physical nor moral evil in the weed, or else ignores the reasoning of an opponent?the statements of eminent physicians and the exhortations of those who differ go for naught with one who would indulge himself. The novel reading Christian will insist that he needs mental stimulus or relaxation, and pays no heed to the warnings of a dyspeptic mind, nor appears susceptible to the claims of a higher literature. The Christian who travels on the railway train on Sunday does so to 'save his horse,' to meet an engagement to preach the gospel of the Lord Jesus, to do this good deed or that kiud act or the other pressing duty for his fellowman. The Christian that would never send to the post office on Sunday may misjudge and slander his neighbor with an easy conscience. The Christian that nKinnlioo Hrn+horlir ftmOTIC mpn. |/iuavuvo viwuv?*j ?v?w -? - ?o ? ??i can let one of bis neighbors starve rather than "give him a lift." The Christian that would never be guilty of gambling, finds it not impossible to drive the "closest" kind of a bargain with an unfortunate who finds himself in "a tight place." The Christian that has an "abundance" with which to "glory the Lord," may beat dowu his dependents to the lowest terms for service rendered. The Christian that pes to church three times on Sunday can be a terror to children at home, discourteous to wives, shark-tongued to husbands, scolding toward servants, exacting of parents, disobliging, harsh, uncharitable. Each one minifies his own vices?if vices he has?and correspondingly magnifies his own virtues as an offset to some other man's evil ways. It is odd how some men regard the matter of morals and religion. They do it comparatively. B is a rascal. A is better than B. Therefore A is safe for heaven. So at least syllogises A unconsciously, no doubt, but with comforting clearness. It needs that God should open men's eyes to see their hearts, that they may be willing to give up whatever of wrong there is to be fouud?only too often in spite of secret conviction of error the dear delight of the heart is still indulged. S. S. Friffld i'liunticism. At Danville, llliuois, February 10, seven persons were immersed by a Baptist minister. A hole was cut in ice covering a pond, but it was so bitterly cold that the ice formed anew over the exposed surface of the water while the ceremony was progressing. The victims of fanaticism then walked a quarter of a mile to a house where their frozen garments were exchanged for others. One of these persons was a chronic invalid, another a young mother. A death "of cold," taken at such a time, would be only God's call to his obedieut child to come up higher. A grown umn at Carlisle, Pa., died Feb. 10, of blood poisoning caused by excessive cigarette smoking, aud an eleven year old boy of Middletown, N. Y., was placed in an insane asylum, a raving maniac, from the excessive use of cigarettes. Belle Boyd, (later Mi's. James Starr) the noted rebel spy, was ambushed nud killed by an old enemy, February 3, near Brook, Indian Territory. Aged 42. At a Church of England Mission, lately held in Cardiff, Wales, the preacher enumerated "among mortal jins" the entering of a Dissenting chap?1. In the same spirit the Pope chariderizes the British and Foreign and American Bible Societies as "moral jests." Prohibition and the Almighty Dollar. The following extract is from tbe |H annual report of the Stockholders' KB Committee of the farmers' Loan and Trust Company of Kansas. It pays a I most remarkable tribute to prohlDKtaii I H as a financial benefit to a State. Tbe HB| men who sign this documeut are all residents of Boston, and they have no flH personal interest in making the statement they do, except that they can make more money out of loans in a prohibition State than under license : HH Believing it to be a matter of financial interest and otherwise to our stockholders, we digress somewhat to treat |H upon a question which has, and is, B| agitating the moral, social, religionst and political welfare of all sections of ^H| our common country. We have no moti ve other than to apply tbe deduce ^H| tions therefrom obtained to tbe valu^ of your Kansas investments. ) HB Not the practical effort of prohibition} upon the people of cue state, our obseiv jOM| vations lead us to believe Jtbat this movement is a grand success in Kan-I sas, which adds, and will continue to( add, value to all the lands in the State.i Whatever make human existence less ' burdensome, reduces taxation, pre- HH vents crime, and destroys pauperism, is sure to give tangible and material wealth to any state. From a personal interview with Gen. S. B. Bradford, Attorney-General of the State, we have ^fl learned the following startling facts regarding the beneficial effects of proliihiflnn Id Atchinson county, in 1884, twen-'^^H ty-three persons were sent to the penitentiary tor crimes. In January, 1886, all the saloons in that county, sixty in number, were closed. During 1886 the number of persons sent to the peniten- MB tiary was but thirteen ; in 1887, but six; H and in the first half of 1888 but one H9| person. Hfl In Leavenworth county the saloons were closed in March, 1887. In 1886 there were thirty-rsix personssentto the.' ' Hfl penitentiary; in 1887, thirteen; and during the first half of 1888, five. In Ford county, including Dodge City, M the saloons were closed in,the fall of HI 1886. In 1884 fourteen persons were HH sent to the penitentiary; in 1887, six. and during the first half of 1888 two. Bfl There are at present 104 less persons < I in the penitentiary than one year ago. IB The jails of the 9tate are practically . fll empty. H The average of convicts is one-third ' less than four years ago. In four years of prohibition, grand larceny has decreased 15 per cent, and the crimesagainst persons has deceased 25 per cent. There is to-day one pauper to every 1,350 persons. In 1880, the last year of the drama?iop act, there was one pauper to every 750 eenom. There is not a distillery or a arrel of bonded liquor in the State. , We look upon the above facts vouched for by such high authority as a strong argument in favor of loans in a State* advancing so rapidly in moral as well as material progress. ** All of which is respectfully submitted, Levi S. Gould, F. G. Hobson, A. C. Gross, I. E. Rankin, Stockholders Committee, ?? Gaining or Losing a Day.?In aoilincr rniind tho wnrld PfwtwAfld the days are each a little le3s than twentyfour hours, according to the speed of the ship, as the sun is met every morning a little earlier. These little differ- 5 ences added together will amount in i, the course of the circumnavigation to twenty-four hours, giving the sailors an extra day, not in imagination, but in sober truth, as they will have actually eaten an extra day's food and consumed an extra day's grog. On the other hand, in sailing westward, tbo sun is overtaken a little cach day, and so each day is rather longer than twenty-four hours, and clocks and watches are found to be too fast. This also will amouut, in sailing round to the starting point again, to one whole day' by which the reckoning has fallen in arrears The eastern ship, then, has | gained a day aud the western ship has lost one, leading to this apparent paradox, that the former ship has a clear gain of two whole days over the latter, supposing them to have started and returned together. ? The Minutes.?We often think and speak of "making good use of our time," meaning our days and weeks and months and years, forgetting that all these are made up of seconds and minutes. If we waste all our minutes, I f! we waste all the years. The French have a proverb: "God works by minutes." His great plans are not wrought out by years, but move on through all time, while we are sleeping, or trifling, as well as learning, working; and thus ought we ever to do. Some people are always coftiplaining that they have not time to read, or study or think; and that while they are wasting years by casting away the golden minutes as they are given from heaven. Red Jacket once heard a wise man say, "I have not time enough." Lookiug at him in surprise, the Indian exclaimed, '"You have all the time there is, haven't you?" Yes, we have all the time there is. God has given us time to work for ourselves ami to bless the world; let us catch it, minute by miuute, and make such use of it as we wish each moment to record in heaven. TVxo PrtCTH'?"l> is jl inllv knife!' VU j v said Ted admiringly. "There are three blades, besides the corkscrew," said Tom; "it could not have cost less than half a dollar." "What made him give it to you?" said Ted. "I wish he had taken it into his head to give it to me." "Why, I'll tell you," said Tom, laughing. "He's so green, you know. I gave him my red alley for it and the medal I picked up in the road, and I told him the medal was silver and the {alley was real marble and worth a lot of money; and lie thinks he's got a great bargain." "Oli," said Ted, "that alters the case. I would not have it at that price if you gave me a hundred pounds as well." "Why not," said Tom, "if he's such a soft as to believe everything you tell him ?" "He is welcome to sell his knife how he likes," said Ted, turning on his heel, "but I would not sell my character for all the knives in the world." .'1 . -0 . ^