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i The Press and Banner. ABBEVILLE, S.C. / ' . """"""???????? Wednesday, August 28,1889. The Killing' of a United States Supreme Judge. Ex-Judge David S. Terry, some two or three vMlrn Asra. slaDDed the face of Judge Stephen T. Field In an eating house at Lathrop, California. Deputy United States Marshal Nagle Immediately rose from his seat and hot him through the heart. The difficulty grew out of a judgment which Field had rendered, and now the question In Court will be. was Nagle justifiable ? While all must deplore the difficulty and the death of Terry, It may not be amiRS to enquire how much Judge Field was to blame? We cannot believe that Terry would have been so much exasperated at a simple judgment of the Court as to Induce him to slap face the of Judge. While we care nothing at all for any calamity that may befall any one for attempting to disgrace a fellowman, or to Injure him In good name or estate, and while we would leave the act of Nagle to the judgment of the Court of California, we would remark on the probable cauBe or origin of the difficulty. It Is altogether probable that Judge Field reflected in severity on the veracity, integrity, or tome particular act of Terry's while wording or framing of that Judgment. Judge Field should have given a Just verdict, but, In doing so, It was lnexcussable in him if he voluntarily used his official position to exasperate him or to detract from Terry's char' acter, and he deserves little sympathy for the Insult which be received. The Pres$ and Banner believes in supporting the dignity of theofflce of Judge, and itde precates any practice which would countenance the use of the machinery of the Court to s'tab the character of the humblest citizen, no matter whether in be by the Judge himself, or whether It be done by bullying lawyers before weak Judge i who command the Sheriff and an army of oonstables to force the nnnfflcinl victim from the presence of that august body, under charge of oontempt for a I oontemptable court. If every Judge fared as did Field when the oh&racter of clients and witnesses are assailed, the probability is, that our Courts would be conducted with a proper obsei vance of the I decencies and proprieties which are customary among gentlemen. If courts are properly conducted, and If Judges and lawyers j would attend strictly to the matters at issue, the court rooms would seldom be the scene of % disgraceful rows, and our Judges would seldom be nnder the necessity of being followed over the country by an armed guard. Railroad Jokes. The surveyors are now far on their way to Greenwood, by the way of the "lower route," going near Mr. A. W. Smith's plantation on Long Cane. In case this lower route is adopted the road will run by the Fair Ground up in rear of the Eplsoopal church, and out towards Judge Cotbran's and then toward the Poor House. More than eight hundred hands ara at work grading the road this side of Chester, and fifty miles Is under contract to be finished by > the first of January. It is thought that track laying will begin at J Chester before many woeks. The cbesnut bell is rung on Cumberland Gap news. . The Sunday School Lesions. A friend writing to us In reference to the Sunday School Lessons, which we are now publishing, has the following pleasant words to gay : I wish to thank you for your advanced step. The Education in the weekly publication of the International Sunday School Lessons.The secular press is tbe most influential agency in the education of the masses and this opportunity which yon afford students of the Bible will be of Incalculable value. Your example, I trust, will be succeeded by others along the same line. You are now the teacher ol' the largest Sunday School class In the county. ABBEVILLE STILL BOOMING. Hopeful Outlook for the Future? Bayertt Should Patronize Home Merchfiutw. The people from all sections of the county will do more or less trading at Abbeville this Kail, and onr merchants will do their best to supply every demand. Liberal purchases will be made, which, together with long and puccessful experience In pleasing the public, will bring back any of our former trade that has gone away to distant markets. The rtght spirit for every man to have Is to v . buy whatever you can from some merchant , or dealer in your own town, and then, if not In your own town, certainly In some town Id the county. Let the people ofj Abbeville County stick to home merchants. Nearly all of us are more or less dependent on the home merchant for credit In the hard times, lo turn, when crops are good and money 1b plentiful, we should expend our cash with tnose who have befriended us in hard times. In every case such acourse will likely result in good to you and your neighbors, by sustaining and keeping up our own people; but laying aside all friendship and local incidental benefits, nine times out of ten it is a direct and positive benefit to the buyer to get his goods from a reliable neighbor, whom be knows would not cheat him either In price or quality 01 goous. Speaking for the Press and Banner, we act on this principle. We buy everything In Abbeville County, and find it to our interest to do so. In the first place, we do not pretend to be a Judge of goods and prices, and rely on the merchant. Our merchants being reliable, we never feel that we have been cheated. By actual comparison of prices, the country stores can sell cheaper than retail stores in distant cities. When buying at home we take our time, and buy with deliberation. If we go off we buy in a hurry, and are generally dissatisfied at leisure. Compliment to the Editor?Other Personals. P.*'Dub West. S. C., Aug. 20, '80. Fine rain tgaln. Fodder is making a large yield. Miss S. J. Galloway is off on a occasion trip. Our people were well pleased with the Institnte. A protracted meeting begins this week in the Baplst church. Mr. Brown will have help. We hope the farmers will down Jute, notwithstanding Liverpool. Mr. M. B. Cllnkscales is some better today. Dr. Wldeman spent a few days in Pelzer last week. There is some fear that the cotton is not fruiting well. Prof. W. C. Bell Is studying German here under Prof. M. C. Cain. Prof. Bell expects to make teaching his life work and want to thoroughly qualify himself. Mr. J. T. McDlll will go on North to buy goods shortly. The A. R. Cemetary was cleaned up last week. Mr. w. L. Miller took in the Teachers In stltute and made a useful member. School Comml8ioner McLees made a good impression on our people. Capt. Wren Is pushing Dr. Cowan house along to oompletlon. Dr. Wldeman has sold the lot between Dr. Edwards store and the store of P. C. Brownlee & Co., and a new post office will be built on the spot Prof. Cork represented Ninety-Six at the Institute and made an active member. Prof. Courtney McGhee lias a new way of controlling the quite in school room. Mr. Editor, your letter on your recent travels la much spoken of here, and exceedingly Interesting to our people. We hear ladies as well as gentlemen discussing it. it 4s a letter full ot Interest and Information. Gentlemen of such culture as President Kennedy rod Prof. Hood so pronounced it. R. S. a. THE LAST CALL. ]be Cflrltfihow Will Take Place Next Monday. The annual colt show at Abbeville village will take place next Monday, sale day. Brine In colts of every degree of excellence. Blooded and scrub stock are needed?the more scrub stock the better. If you have none to show, and some to sell, bring them along. A purchaser can be found for any colt that may be offered lor sale. Messrs. A. M. Hill ??* Sons offer their stables free of cost. THic.Alllanco submitted propositions to our merchants last Saturday for a big bill of goods. Messrs. Rosenberg & Co., being the; lowest bidders, filled the bill. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmrn mm mmbjw THE ALLIANCE MEETING. A GREAT MULTITUDE CAME TO HEAR THE DISTINGUISHED TEXAN. ? The Court Ilonxc In Packrl-Introdiio, tory Speech of President BlakeSpeech of the Hon. Benjamin Terrell ?The Pnbllc and the Member* of the Order are Delighted with the Day, Which was all that Could be Desired. According to previous appointment, a public meeting of the citizens of Abbeville county was held yesterday in the Court House in the interests of the Farmers' Alliance. At ten o'clock the railings of the Court House steps were covered with great sheets of the new cotton bagging, which was observed, examined and spoken of by many. On the center were the words: "A 1,1.1A NCR UNIFORM." At half-past ten o'clock the doors at the Court House were opened, and the Court House was so closely 11 lied that not a seat was left unoccupied. The farmers from every section of the county were largely represented, and it may be fairly presumed that if the large crowd here yesterday Is any Index to the hold which the Alliance has upon the people, that the order is built upon a foundation as solid and as permanent as it Is possible for human instltutlo is to be established. The overhanging clouds and the l'ght rain which fell sec ned not to deter the people from coming to hear the distinguished orator who was to address them, ani} the house was crowded for at least half hour before the speaking commenced. v The speaker came Immediately from Edgefield, arriving here about ten o'clock. He had addressed the farmers at Edgefield on Monday, and in company with Mr. Jones, came through to Abbeville by private conveyance, stopping all night at the town of Bradley. When Mr. Terrell entered he was greeted With demonstrations. Introdncing .lfr. Terrell. Mr. J. R. Blake, President of the County Alliance, called tho meeting to order and said: Fellow-citizens and fellow-laborers in the great agricultural interest of Abbeville County: The occasion that convenes us to-day is one that should arouse an interest in all that pertains to the material prosperity of our State. The spirit that animates this assembly should find a responsive chord In the breast ofevery citizen of our common country. Recognizing the fact that upon the success of the agricultural interest of the people depend, in a great degree, the prosperity of the nation, in all Its varied industries, it becomes us as loyal and patriotic citizens to make every effort for the advancement of the cause. The destiny of our country is inseparably connected with the destiny of its Individual citizens, and what ever cause or combination of causes tend to oppress the sovereign people, the custodians of the country's welfare, is a standing menace to the stabi'lty and perpetuity of that government. It was the consideration of these facts, fellow-citizens, that first gave birth to that grand organization known as the Farmers' Alliance and Co-operative Union of America. Bound together for the advancement of mntyal interests and; for protection against unjust and fraudulent combination and monopoly by which labor is deprived of its Just rewards, and having for its chief purposes the elevation of the masses, socially, morally, mentally and financially, and of all citizens engaged in the pursuit of any legltlmat j and honorable business, it strives for nothing but "equal Justice to all." In its efforts to elevate the citizenship of the country and to protect them from the extortion of soulless corporations and trusts whose greed and daring know no limit, cave the measure of their arbitrary will, the Alliance is to that extent striving to advance the nation's prosperity, and battling for the perpetuity of American ireedom ana liberty. Such is the worthy aim of our noble on/i Uc flcoonrl r?rr?i/rPGft flnfls ft COUD terpart only in the importance of its mission. It has gone on prospering and to prosper? gathering Its membership from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and from the great Northwest to the Gulf. And, fellow-citizens, it is with pride and Pleasure that I note the fact that Abbeville oounty Is not derelict in her duty, but true to her interest, true to her convlotlons of right, true to her glorious past, in every good word and work, she, too, Is machlng shoulder to shoulder with her sister counties in the advancement of this worthy cause. And in accordance with the hope expressed by another I, too, confidently trust [that such will be the growth of the order j that ere long the rap of the gravel in the band | of the National President will invoke the at' tentlon ol thoroughly organized farmers and laborers, not only throughout South Carolina, from mountain to seaboard, but from every hill top, plain and valley of our country's vast domain. And, fellow-citizens, It gives me p1casure to announce that the man who has done more than any other individual In America to advance the interest of the Farmers' Alliance is with us to.day. He comes in obcdience to the request of our State E ecutlve Committee to speak to the citizens of Abbeville County In regard to the object and purposes of our organization. To Alliancemen of our county he needs no introduction irora me, for his name Is familiar in three million American homes. I now have the honor of introducing the speaker of the occasion, the Grand Lectu rer 01 tne isationai Aiuancc tmu ^o-ujjcjuu v?r Union of America, Hon. Benjamin Terrell, of Texas. Speech of Mr. Terrell. Fellow L ttzens and Brother Members of the Farmers' Alliance: I trust that my coming among you may do some good. If class feeling may exist among you, and if I should do anything to do away with that feeling, my visit to your town will not be without its beneficial effects. There can be no denying the tact that the truest and best interests of all the people of any country are one and the same. The advancement of the interests of the agricultural people must tend to the advancement of the Interests of all men in your midst. It is but Just and fair to ask every man to do his duty. To do one's whole duty should be the proudest, as it is the greatost, act that can be performed by humanity. When I explain the objects and aims of the Farmers' Alliance I hope that all opposition, if any should exist among you, will cease, and I believe every man ol you will wish it God-speed. I assure you if its objects and aims are attained, it will bring blessings not only upon this mighty brothc:hood of farmers, but upon the whole people of this country. This organization of larmers should be encouraged by all classes and conditions of men. Its influerfbe will be to regene.ute and to make this people moreindependent in their homes and less dependent on others. It will make Its members more self-reliant and more self-respecting. In the first place, the Alliance alms to benefit the people morally and socially. I think there can be no objection to that. We should labor with all our mi;ht to benefit not only ourselves, but our labor 6hould ixtehd to the welfare of our neighbors and our country. Some man may rob the widow, because he can commit the act under the forms of law. He is nevertheless a scoundrel, and such an act should be considered in the meetings or our local organizations, and thoroughly discussed by the brethren. The seal of condemnation should be set upon him, and he should be expelled from our order. Tell me you do not need organization! You do need organization. It brings us closer together, and unifies us in one grand and vast brotherhood. Socially we come together to discuss every question of interest, and to denounce the wrong. Leaning on each other < we are stronger, and better able to do good for ourselves and others. There has been and Is, a moral evil?drunkenness?amongst us, which we should seek to abate or To lessen. It hurts our people; it keeps us back. It is the business of this Society to talk about It, ( to remonstrate in kindness with any weak brother?not to arbitrarily say, you shall not drink ; but by such persuasive talk as will be most effective in leading him to temperate habits and to sobriety. It ts Incumbent on you to help each other, and to do vour whole duty. The Alliance de sires Its members to stop every act which tends to lower the member in his own respect or that of his neighbor, and which may pos- i sibly bring discredit upon our glorious order. We want you elevated socially, industrially and financially. You are the foundation stone upon which rests all prosperity and national growth. Where would tho country go with- ( out the farmers ? You meet together in Sub-Alliances, where all the best mental faculties have the best means of growth and enlargement. The questions there presented are argued with all the ability of the brethren. Every man there is free to speak and to urge his own peculiar views. When the vote Is taken opinions are , modified, and minorities do not exist, or if they exist are satisfied. There may be opposition toourorganlzatlng for the purpose of advancing our own financial interests. No merchant sells without a profit on his goods. If he did so, he would soon be numbered with the gentlemen of the past. No teacher, no lawyer, no preacher follows his profession without pay, and I claim that the farmer should be paid for his time and labor. In Georgia Avhere the country has made rapid growth, the cities and towns have increased sixty millions In ten years. In the same time, the farmers have lost forty millions. These figures show that there is somethiug radically w.ong. It becomes us to change all things that hurt our financial condition and hinder our advancement as agriculturist What should we do T What would merchants do if losing money ? It is criminal in any farmer to do less than bis whole duty. He should mend his ways, and act for the belter interests oi i himself and family. The Bible says, "He that provldeth not for his family is worse than an Infidel." Eve?y farmer is expected andought to join us. unless he has something better to otter us, In wb'.cli event we will Join him. I expect, your countenance to help us, and i we expect you to help us in carrying out the i noble purposes of our order. Wo must strike i at the credit system. It is the "Old Man of ] the Sea" about your neck. 1 expect to show Iyou Credit, with his clothrs off?the naked, ; miserable jwumdrcl t'?at he is. Before tho re -.il dealer ran sell to you on a credit, the factory gets 2>.j percent.; the Jobber 5 per cent, the wholcssllo dealer 7 ^ pel cent., making fifteen per cc.it. that is a.'tiled to actual cost of retailer's foods. AVJmt tin- retailer charges you may be known on the day of judgment? j uot before. 1 If a man has a large farm, the relaller Is glad to got your tradi*, but If your collaterals consist entirely of a wife and children, they are not so glad to get your trade, even when extravogant prices are charged. Make your arrangements to mortgage nothing to any merchant. It cuts you otf from any of the benefits of competition in trade, and puts you completely in his power and at his mercy. It may be that you can't avoid placing yourself in this undersirable position. But I say you can prevent It. We did it in Texas. We elected three true men as our financial agents. We nave our mortgages to them, and they gave their notes in bank, receiving the money monthly as we needed it, and it was given to us. We could buy our goods at greatly reduced figures from the prices which had been formerly charged on credit. We paid nothing but interest, and bought our goods with tho ready cash, where w'C could got the best bargains. If the price was too high tho merchant generally looked at tho cost marked again, and reduced his price. The merchunt credits whom he Cleases. If the farmer doesn't work he stops Is credit and tells him ho is eating too much. If a member of the Alliance falls to pay his debts, turn him out and let him go, and you go on to success. At the end of the year, under the credit system, who owns the cott ?n V 1 hear that the merchants say,-that they will "make" their debtors do this or that. Can ho fo?co you to part with your cotton ? If so, yc i are in a lamentable condition, and tho threat is the strougest argument in favor of the principles advocated by the Alliance. 1 earnestly denounce tho jute trust." It means evil and evil only to the farmers, and the "trust" has no Interest which is not inimical to the Interests of the farming class of our fellow-citizens. The Hrmers ask nothing but Justice and fair dealing. As we do not get that, it is our highest duty to fight the trust. It Is to our best interests to Btmd out orrni net tKn !r?nllrtr% *i?Vil aV? Anmmtfo O great wrong on uk as individuals, and which wrong we can only resist by unity of action and by a oneness of purpose. If the farmers of Abbeville county do not light it, then they are unworthy of the noble sires whoso action In times past have conferred great honor on this people. The trust people have snapped their Angers in our faces, and have asked us how wo are to help ourselves. It is for you, and not for me, to answer how you will help yourselves. South Carolina representatives and others at the National meeting of Farmers refused to have it. Are you going to have it? Vice?I'm not going to have it. That's right, my brother. 1 wouldn't have it, either. Let him force you who will, yield never. If the Alliance men of Abbeville county do not resist wrong?and do not refuse to pay tribute to a heartless usurper?you are not of the old South Carolina stock. We have taken a stand against the wrong which it is proposed to perpetuate against you and me, ana every other farmer in the South. We look confidently to you to stand by ub. We want the friendly touch of the elbow in the great firht. Are you going back on us? Voices?Iso, sir; we'll stand by you forever. Voice?I'll pack myootton in my shirt, first. That Is right. If all will do as well, the victory is assured. I cannot understand why our merchants prefer for us to pay millions for Indian jute, when we have an abundant supply of Injured cotton that may be utilized for covering our cotton. The highest manhood may be found in fidelity to duty, and I shall expect to find that manhood in the Alllanco in Abbeville county. The abolition of the credit system will be a grand service for the poor, as well as for others, not quite bo poor. The cash system is the true plan. We will buy less and pay less for what we do buy, If we pay cash. ' If we are right, come and stand by us. If wo are wrong, come and show us the better way. We are not organized to elect men to office. 1 You are organized for a grander and better ] purpose than that ol thrusting little men into bie places, which they can't fill. We would 1 raise you irom the degradation of debt. 1 de- 1 spise a demagogue?a man who will appeal to ' the prejudice of men vho do not think, but I love a statesman, I like a politician, but we should set down on little men who appeal to our prejudices that they may get Into places for which they are unsulted. I deem it important that men study political economy. Not in the secrecy of your organization, but openly in the Integrity of your character. I would like to see members of the Alliance act like men, and vote not as a unit, "not as dumb driven cattle," but as individual who act independently and vote Intelligently. If you elect gentlemen to office; if you elect gentlemen to the Legislature ; if you elect gentlemen to Congress, you wltl stand in no danger of being robbed or being misrepresented.* The Alliance furnishes a grand example. The representatives to the Natioual meetings are elected because of their fttnejB to fill the place, without money, without whiskey, and without perquisites. The Grange is the mother or the Alliance. The former members of the Grange are now the leaders in the Alliance. It takes the power of organization to accomplish the good at whlck we aim. It can't be done otherwise. He who opposes us does so because of his ignorance of our alms and objects, or else he has a simlster motive. Be patient. Don't expect this great revolution to take place in a day. If we can get our people out of debt in five years we have worked the greatest revolution in so short a time. What a blessing it will be when I every farmer may put his corn in his crib, t and may store his cotton under a shed until 1 It please him tosell it. That is the object for t which wo work; If we only partially succeed, we will have done much. The Alliance Exchange Is of great benefit, where such an agency has been established. Individual farmers, under such a system, can buy their goods at wholesale prices. In Texas, the price of wagons was reduced 319 to the Exchange. The price of buggies was reduced 825, This was accomplished for the farmer, without making war on anybody. They simply went inf j the market, and bought their goods at wholesale prices, as you can do today. South Carolina is big enough to organize an Exchange, but if help is needed, call on Georgia. If more help Is needed, call on Alabama. Texas would help, if called on. In Texas we sold our cotton in thousand bale lots, at our own weight, with no loss, at about a cent above the price for little lots when harvested. How much we would have lost by being forced to sell, will never be known. It is for you to say whether it is best for you to handle your own business, or get others to handle it for you. Without organization, others must handle it. The success of the Alliance is the harbinger of better days. It foretellsof our freedom irom domlnltion of capital. Let no man with 820,000 think I refer to him. It is the mighty combines to which 1 refer. We make war on the oil trust, the jute trust and all combines which have for their purpose the enriching of themselves at the expense of the people. The people need education, and I know of no better educator than the press. The newspapers are of great value to the people. Money spent for newspapers is well spent. Nothing will afford the family more pleasure, and nothing will be of so great an advantage to the manager of a farm or to the head of a family. We have with us at present, the editor of the Cot'on Plant. It is your paper. Patronize it. and make him make It the best paper in all the country. Take your State paper. One more word of advice: The people of Abbeville county should be proud of their newspapers. You should take one or more of them. Support it, if it supports you or your cause. But if it attracks the Alliance, quit takingit. s The chairman then announced that the public meeting would adjourn, and that an Alliance meeting would be held immediately. Of what took place in that meeting, we are not informed. The day was a great success for the farmers and all, as far as wo arc informed, were well pleased. The general public were abundant ly satisfied. Close attention was given to the t speaker throughout his speech of au hour and ^ a half. vVe have omitted all the objectiona- ? bio words, and the anecdotes wo have not i reproduced. The above synopsis will give the reader , somo idea of the epccch as delivered in a i most enter? ining manner. The cause of the 1 Alliance was advanced by Mr. Terry's speech, t and ho will likely do much good for the order 2 wherever he goes, lie made a pleasaut im- j pression on our people, and they regretted to <] see him go away. He speaks to-day in An- c derson. Good luck to him. |j i The TcnclierN Institute. r Due Wkst, S. C., Aug. 20, '89. J The Teachers Institute came off hero last t Wednesday and Thursday. The occasion . was interesting to our people and well pat- \ ronlaed. The discussions affording imforma- f| tlon to all. They were enjoyable and at .. times full of good humor and quite spicy. a We bound the lecture of Lr. Grior the essay t of Prof. Boll and that of Prof. Cork and also h that of Miss Leora Blake. The lectures of| Prof. Hood. Rev. Pattcr/.on and Prof. M. C. [ Cain wo diet not hear. But I* -nod they wero . all good. Mr. McLws was exceedingly complimentary to the lecture of br. wrier. Prof. " Hellsaud Prof. ? ork had an admirable essay. Miss Leona Blake's essiy brought out a full dlscusslo.i on "subject It >sojs." This system ij of teaching has e/.dently made headway ? since the last Institute met here. This b time even Prof. Ilood a word In its fa- n vor. Miss Blake said tne "blue back speller" tl must take a back s at. n We started to give a full repprt of every- y thing but found l'. -t Prof.niteH n:? secretary j was taking a ill minute/^^o we will in- p corporated his minutes-'UK^^of a report by y s, merely adding that nini^Bsioner McLeeP r, jot off u good Instil ^^fttlng and that tl 1'rof. If. 10. liotincr wus HHcntivo to all tl I i . ! ???? ? ??wa. BY TEE JAPE OF THE NECK. IS THAT THE WAY SENATOR HAMPTC".* PROPOSES-TO TAKE SOUTHERN NEGROES TO CUBA 7 Mr. Calhoun's Strnnge Idea Seems to be Gaining a Foothold on the Public Mind?Ills Iinpractlcal Proposition Has Made Him Famous. About three years ago, or jnore, our fellow-citizen, Mr. Wm. P. Calhoun, read an| essay before the Aboevllle Literary Society, in which he discussed the neisrro, and advanced the Idea that his colonization would "?nd thn sen. of troubles" Incident to his pres-1 ence In the South. | We presume the ability and intelligence of the members of that society would place it on at least as high a plane as that of the average assembly or congregation of men. At that meeting of the society, at which Mr. Calhoun read his essay, we hod present,among others, eminent Judges and distinguished visiting lawyers, bat if any man at that meeting endorsed the views as expressed by Mr. Calhoun, the fact has escaped our memory. Several years after that meeting, Mr. Calhoun wrote out those views in a condensed foui, ancf published the same In the Augusta Chronicle. That article has made Mr. Calhoun famous, and seoms to have originated or given birtb to a scheme which has met with a responsive echo in the hearts of men who either write for the newspapers or are Interviewed by newspaper correspondents. The agitation has spread until our beloved Northern triends seem to bo excited in consequence thereof, while our own honored Senator has fallen a, victim to bis views. Mr. Calhoun lately said: "My idea is to give to the negro New Me..ico as bis fotare home, as the United Statos owns nearly all of it. I mean literally to give It to him?not to sell it to him, and a.-er doing this to pay his way there. Before doing this Congress mnst nave proper authority to do It, by such an amendment to the Constitution as the case requires." It will be seen that Mr. Calhoun virtually acknowledges that bis chimerical scheme cau never amount to anything, for the simple reason that a radical and violent change in the settled policy of this government would have to be brought about before his Idea could even be mentioned in Congress; but Senator Hampton seems oblivious of the actual condition of affairs, and seems to be laboring under the hallucination that a vote and a raid on the treasury is all that Is necessary. He says among other things: "I would gladly vote to appropriate Ufty millions for the purchase of Cuba, or some other place in which they might setl'e." Mr. Calhoun frankly acknowledges that a radical change In our laws and form of government is necessary before any citizen of the United States can be jerked up and expatriated at the will of those who may assume to know better than he does what Is good for in,t Oonatnr Homnt/m SPAS no such d'ffl culty. As an Individual Mr. Hampton, like Mr. Calhoun, has a perfect right to his own opinion, bat when he, as Senator from South Carolina, proposes to speak for South Carolina, and utters jsuch views as these. Iwe claim the right to protest. He Is reported to have said: "As long as local self-government demands onr attention, our people cannot be divided on this issue. Whether a man Is a protectionist or a tariff reformer, the safety and welfare of his home is paramount to the tariff." "Do you think that there is a growing protective Bentiment In the sout'i?" "No." the Senator replied. "I think ;the tendency Is more likely to be the other way. especially in the mining and manufacturing districts. The inter.(ts of the States of Virginia, Tennessee and Alabama p: rticularly are advanced by low duties. Tiiey cm produce Iron and coal much cheaper than they can ho p-oduced in the East. Protection only assist Eai.fcBrn manufacturers to keep up thia rivalry. Without protection the rivalry would be greatly lessened. Less protection, more capital will go to develop the industries of the South. Seeing this, I do not think mr people will be led oflfby this question. The efforts of ihe Kepubllcands will be In Yirgina, Tennessee, North Carolina and perhaps Alabama. I do not think they will meet with success in elthei. The exjdusof negroes from North Carolina, if it keeps ? >, will hart them there, but they could not carry ": o State anyhow. Harrison's appointments in the Hot; h lave been of a character to strengthen us in onr re? ? iance of any attempts made upon the Southern Stan t. t know it has been so in South Carolina, and I pr>inme it is the same elsewhere." He thought inconvenience, but no injury, would r?mltfrom the extensive negro exodus in theSoni . 'We," he said, "would gladly Bee the colored peoj. e nove el so where, and we would be willing to sutler my reduction in the electoral college and Congrt i hat might |Tesnlt front their departure. It would sake things a llttlo harder for the present generation, but wonld be the salvation of the future. I tfould gladly vote to appropriate fi'ty millions for the purchase o." Cuba, or somo other place in which they night settle." If the Honorable Senator's views on the tariff Isn't a stunner, we know nothing or what he Is talking about. We presume the eporter must have put that la as a joke. Reporters seem to have a spite at Senator Hampton, and often ml&qaote him. Our respected metropolitan contemporary, he News and Courier, has this to say lu refer;nce to Senator Hampton's utterances above tooted: "There is no man, nerbaps, fis the Washington Slar iays, who is better qualified than Senator Hampton o apeak for the South. He is observant of current lolltical events, la careful of forming his opinions, lossesses singularly clearly judgment on all subjects h which he is interested, and is in full sympathy with he people whom he represents on all questions affectng their national welfare and political conduct. What le aald, therefoie. In the interview published in liio War on Wennesday will be read wita interest evei /vhere, and particularly by the people of the Benin, vbo arc most concerned In the several questions dlainssed. ' As to President Harrison's spec'al Southern polity, 8enator Hampton franklv says that It is not yet ufllciently defined to enable him to form a definite ipinion about It. Ho does not believe, however, that ho effort to break Into the South and spilt the Sou. h <y infroduclng economic questions as an euterng vedge will succeed, for the reason that the ques; on if local self-government demands the attention 01' our teople, and they cannot be divided on any other Issue mtil this issue is disposed of finally. 'Whether n nan is a Protectionist or tariff 1 eforme'", the safety or welfare of his home Is paramount to the tariff,1 is'iiie irief statement of Senator Hampton's views on this ihaso of tho President's policy, bat, brief as it is, it lovers tho Southern situation fully. Somo of Piesilent Harrison's appointments in ibe South, moroiver, have not bicn of a character to obscure the nain issue, as it is presented to the mind of Ihe iouthern people, and every such appointment, Senoor Hampton says truly, strengthen the roslstancn gainst rttempts of whatever character to divide the white -people of the Southern States. Scnntor Hampon is particularly well Informed always about policial affairs In Virginia, and It is encouraging \o havo us unqualified assuranco that notwithstanding the trenuons efforts which they are making to carrv bis State this fall, the 'Republicans have no chance of success,' and will bo 'snowed under' when the day >f election arrives. "The most interesting part of the Interview wo hlnk, however, is what Senator Hampton says In re:ard to the question of a considerable exodus of the olored people of the South?a {question that Is being llBcussed earnestly in every Southern State at this Ime and is growing in Interest overy year. Ids veil known that Sonalor Hampton is one of the best riends the colored people have in public 1 lie. He was be first man in the United States, we beileve, to ad'ocate the bestowal of the suffrage on the negroes as , right growing out of their changed condition after he war. 1 He has shown the highest regard for their yelfare on every occasion when he could serve them ly h's Influence, action or counsel. With this record o stand on, 8enator Hampton declares now that be rould gladly see tho colored people emigrate from no souinern otaies iu ntw j^u^umu, ui ?iuit umn art of th? country, and that bo would gladly vote to ipproprlato $50,000,000 to purchase Cuba, or some ithor place for them bo settle In. 'There would be some temporary inconvenience, of :ourse, to the white people on account of the loss of <o many laborers, and the South would also lose some if Its representation'n Congress and in the Electoral College. Senator llainption is satisfied, however hat the loss of laborers would be compensated in nany woys in the future, and he is willing to surender the representation in the councils of the nalon. lie believes that the movement would be the salration of the South Instead af affecting it injuriously. Phe News and Courier shares these views in full, ,nil they are shared al;<o b a nnmber of the no Hampers and public men of ^outh Carolina and other Southern States. Tho South is rapidly organizing a 'Southern policy" of Its own on the general line# vhlch Senator Hampton indicates, and the open exiression of his views will give force and direction vO he movement. "It is high time to begin to consider this policy iu larnest and to put it into practical operation. Our Northern neighbors will not allow us to llvo in pecco vlth our colored population, nor allow the problem of he two races to settle itse'f quietly and naturally. Tho wise course, alike for the white people and ill < :olored people of tho South, therefore, is for them > eparnte and move apart as soon as is practlcnb . Die country is largo enough for the colored peopl. > nake their homes in some part of its unoccupied i itory, whore tlicy can acquire land and establ . hemselves In communities of their own, under tin r iwn local governmet, and where they can develop nil he powers they have, and exercise ail the rights and irlvileges of American citizenship without challenge. L few years later the West will be Ailed with forei. : ininigrarts. Tho time fo the eolorcd people / uove, therefore, Is how, and tho white people of > outh should dovoto their whole attention and ener.. i \ o promoting the movement in the best interests < oth races and of the whole country. Tho gener.! overnment, toi>, can help to solve the 'Southern que>- ( Ion1 in this way, by appropriate legislation, and it is ; d be hoped that the whole matter will be pressed | n the att- it on of Congress at its next session, liy , tie Southern Representatives and Senators. , As to whether no man In Washington is etter qualified to speak for tlie South than enator Hampton, we have nothing to say; ' ut if the iroposlt on had -u general and ot ilnJite- to Wcshingtou city, we would say i hat other men mi 'jt speak more advisedly < nd more correctly as to the opinions of the outh than does Senator Hampton. The , Vaxhington Star. being a Ropubllf .n paper, Is ( erfectly willing to magnify Senator Hampton t Mien making pu. lc Indiscreet utteiances In Bfercnce to the South. The Star would make ] lie country believe that Senator Hampton is I lie embodiment of Southern unwisdom, and :iat he carried tho South in his pocket, and ' r 1 ' ';..." m ro?iaw?l.??IIJBIIii I I mmmtmm? that we in tbo South regard him as Sir Oracle, when his speech would best serve his purpose in exciting the NorrUern sentiment against the South. We presume as a matter of fact, that Senator Hampton never I eard of the threatened lvnchings of omigrau. agents for attempting to carry off the negroes from this section. If so. we think the Senator should have had the fairness to state the fucts. If we were to give testimony on the subject of reducing the "representation in the Electoral College and In Congress," we would certainly say?if anybody was willing to the reduction?that there Is a division or sentiment. Senator Hampton should not speak so as to convey the impression that we are a unit on the subject of a reduction of representation. Senator Hampton is reported to have said: "I would gladly vote to appropriateliftv millions to purchase ,Cttbo. or some other placs in which they might settle?" The Senator Is a very learned man, and has much experience in administering the law in this State, and In making laws la Washington, but we would like to ask him to give us some of the practical outlines of the methods involved in this scheme. In the first, place, Can we buy Cuba? If so, would it bo wise and politic to make It a sort of "Fiddlers Green?" Has the government the rJght to appropriate any part of this country to the African race? If so, might not the government condemn Scotchmen to gotoono place, Dutchmen to another, Irishmen to another, Southern soldiers to an-other ? But if we owned Cuba, we would be glad for the Senator to tell us how he, or the government, or anyxif Its representatives, are going to condemn that country as the home of the class of citizens whose presence may be objectionable to Southern politicians; and we would like :'or him to tell us how he may lav violent hands on any law-abiding citizen and send him to Cuba or anywhere else. Does the honorable Senator recognize the fact, that under the laws of the United States and the lows of South Carolina, the colored man is as free to'come or to |jo as the white man, and that he is endowed with all the rights and privileges of full citizenship ? If this is so, will he tell us how be can do this great thing? Could the Czar of Russia exercise over his unoffending subjects the despotic power w liich the Senator. In this republican country, proposes to exercise over the nrgro ? Another matter. Suppose tqe negroes, who are greatly in the majority in South Carolina, should recognize, as just, the proposition' to send any portion of the citizens of this country to distant parts, and there colonize them, and that such an outrageous law could by some possibility be of force, how long would it be before the negroes of this State would petition the Washington government to expatriate or send away the white men and decent Demoorats from this State? It might ba claimed that it would cost vastly less to send ofl three hundred thousand white people than it would to ship six hundred thousand negroes. * when we can have one law for negroes and one for white people, the white people of South Carolina will have fewer friends in Washington than the negroes will have. Even as It is now, the Washington government to the full extent of Its power, Is a negro government, as Car as the 8outh is concerned. It is no tv hard enough for us to get any rights from Wanhington, and any movement on our part which would remand the negro to slavery. or walch would subject him to greater evjls than that of aotual servitude, can only do great wrong to the white people. Alreadv the Northern Republicans seem to thinkjthat Southernseldlersare not half as good as the Southern negroes, and this useless agitation of an Impractical and impossible scheme will do evil and only evil to the Southern people. We would not deprive our fellow-citizen, Mr. Wm. P. Calhoun, ol any of the honors to which h3 may be entitled for exciting the public mind on any question. The fact that he has such followers as Senator Hampton, the News and t xtrier, and other distinguished Southern politicians, showB that he Is not without sagacity, and that be has presented his views in a manner so as to attract public attention, and to impress at least a portion of the public mind with his strange views. Although Mr. Calhoun isamost excellent citiI VAT* TTf\t xxra thfnlr ho ahnnlrl Urtt. mlfllPJlfi Rlich men as Senator. Hampton. We are astonished that our contemporary, the News and Courier, should for one moment assume that the Washington government dc size to see the "Southern question" settled. With that question settlea the Republican party would go out of business. That party lives only by exciting the public mind on the negro question. Othello's occupation will be gone when the negro is dropped. Lowndeflville'M Life and Locala. Lowdesville, 9. C., Augt. 26, '89. Mr. W. (ilbort, of Labanon, in town last Monday. Mr. George Wilson, of Warrenton, spent a fow hours In otir midst on Tuesday. Mrs. J. B. Franks relumed from her North Carolina trip Tuesday morning. Miss Ittio Allen accompanied Mrs, P, B.' Allen to her home at Starr, for a short visit on Wednesday. Mrs. E. W. Harper went to Anderson Wednesday to visit relatives and friends in that place. Mr. J. M. Baker went to Augusta last Thursday, w.ll return to day. Mr.J.C.Scott formerly of this place, but now of Augusta, caiue to our town oa Thursday last, on a short visit Mr. and Mts. D. L. Barnes and Dr. J. B. Moseley spent Thursday night at Mr. B. L. Morhead's and on to Abbeville Friday. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Barnes were called to Abbeville on Important business on last Friday. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Moseley left Monday, by nrivate conveyance, for Williamston and the next day they went by railroad to the "Mountain City." There was quite a large picnic at the Diamond Springs last Sutnrday?a plenty of everything to oat that was nice and tempting. Miss Eva Baker, of Anderson, has been the guest of Mr. T. Baker since Saturday. Allparts of our township,so far as heard from, had a splendid rain, the night before last. It came in good time, peas, potatoes, young corn, and cotton, the old as well as the young, needed It. Mr. w. T. McDonald who has beon teaching a class in vocal music here during the past week, returned homo on Saturday to see the widow, he said. Miss Lillie Huckabee gave a little blrth-dav party to her little friends, Friday evening. The little folks had a "boss" time. . Mrs. H. C. Irvln. of Mt. CartneJ, spent the greater part of last werk with the iamily of her brother-in-law, Mr. P. L. Sturkey. Mrs. P- L. Sturkey has organized a jurenlle Binging class. It meets every Saturday evening to practice. Mrs. W. B. Scott, went to Augusta, last week-, and Is now visiting the family of her son Mr. J. C. Scott. Hon. J. C. C. Featherston and his daughter Miss Janie, are now visiting the family of Mr. J. T. Latimer, the brotber-ln-law of the former. Miss Eftle Cofer, of Richmond, Va., is now on a visit of some length, to Mrs. J. B. Franks. Messrs. Mark and Dick Speer have been among relatives and friends in Elbert for the past week. Mr. P. L. Sturkey was called to -Atlanta about the middle of last week, on business. During the past ten dajs the planters have saved an extra quantitly and quality of fodder. With good weather the remainder there will be no scarcity of this valuable roughness another year. Messrs. Baker, Chambers & Mathews, are beginning to come to the front as wholesale merchants, having shipped a whole case of shoes to McCormlck one day last week. Mr. Mark Patterson, upon Mr. E. H. Matthew's place near here has a patch of ribbon cane, which proves beyond a doubt that variety of cane can he successfully grown here. There will be an Alliance picnic at Latimer next Taturday. Several distinguished speakers have been invited to address the people, nnil AYnlnln tft t.hfim the WOrklriSTS Of this Important order. TKOUPE. THE IMPROVED CONDITION OF OUR PUBLIC ROADS. Active and Energetic Work of the County Commissioners Good Bridges at Low Prices. The present Board of County Comminsloners are working with great energy on our public roads and bridges. In many sections of the County the roads are as good as anybody would wish, and all that the traveling , public need to expect. Among the excellent bridges in this county which has Just been put up at exceedingly small cost, is that , across the stream Mr. at G. S. Cade's mill. It was substantially and honestly built. All . the necessary Iron rods and braces wer>3 put iu, while the work was all that tbe occasion j required. , Mr. DuPro lately returned from an inspecting tour of the roads, and he is enthusiastic ' in liis praises of tho efforts of the road over- . seers to do their work well and according to j the reqrtrements of tbe law. With very few , exceptions all have discharged their duty, | and have given the traveling public better , roads tl-an wo have hud In Abbeville County , {>r many ycai j. Tho Commissioners seem to have taken , special pride in looking alter the roads. In , no place bus greater p .ictical common sense. . been brought to l.ear la iin the cheap con- j struction of good bridges. Tho new bridges , have been built in many instances at much ( less cost than tho old ones, and in many in- ( stances the bridges arc more permanent than , uver before. I ? m vi , White Brothers have just received one thou- j >and bushels rust proof red oats. If you want rust proof red oats lor seed I fon win And tho purest and best at the store i >( White Brothers. t (.'all on While Brothers and examine their ' ust proof seed oats which they are now of- ' oring for sale in quantities from one to ono J .housand bushels. 1 Children shoes at great reduction at Wm. K. Sell. l'arasois for less then actual cost. W. K tell. . J* -j' " Vv, ' ' ' 7 'yvii ''v\ ASKING TIE WAY TO Mi l i "STRAIGHT AND NARROW IS THE WAY, ] AND PEW THERE BE THAT FIND IT." J Sermon by Rev. C. P. Scott, ofXcwber- | ry. S. C.. Delivered at the Abbeville BaptlHt Church Atiguat 18.1889. , Jereuiiab 50:5. "They shall ask the way to Zlon with their ' faces thitherward." The Prophet Jeremiah commences this ; chapter by foretelling the destruction of Baby- . Ion, cue of the most magnificent cities of the , ancient world. Babylon, with Its massive , wans, beauuiui gardens, costly palaces, ; stroug towers and ancient splendor, was to ; crumble and decay?"to become heaps, a dwelling place for dragons, an hissing without an inhabitant. It was to become deso- late; and owls, bats and hideous reptiles J were to tenant there." True to prophecy, "the beauty of the Chaldean's excellencies , is no more. Where is she? Ask the wanderer , as he gropes his way amid the ruins, or at/ , tempts to decipher the inscription, h<ilf legible, on|some broken arch. Where is Babylon, , "the glory of kingdoms?" Ask the Arab who refuses to pitc j his tent there, and the shep- , herds who neither make their folds there. Behold the wild beasts of tbte desert as tbey lie there, and the satyrs as they dance in the j desert halls. Listen to the deafening cry of , the wild-beasts in the desolate houses, and i the hldeoos yell of dragons in the pleasant , palaces. With preternatural voice they re- i spond: "Howl, O gate; cry, O city; Babylon , is taken. Bel is confounded; Merobach is , broken in pieces." The prophet refers also in this chapter to the redemption of Isreal in language no less emphatic than to the destr uc- ( tion offBsbjUap. Ouritezt refers primarily to , the release oflfcrtwJfromBabylonish captivl- , ty. The Jews wero-utroef ihe yoke of bondage and were crushed by tyranny and oppression; but the captives are to be liberated, and the violence ox,the oppression is to be visited upon bis own head. The ultimate and more special reference of the text, however, is to the gathorlng of scattered and despised people?the people of God's loving choice?to Himself. Wo are not ignorant of the Ingenious and sceptical, though learned attempts of some critics to demonstrate the Impossibility of such an event as that of the redemption of , the Jews. It is confidently affirmed by them tuat a large number of the tribes belonging to the original twelve have been utterly lostrtnat the passing zephyrs sing a perpetual re- > ciulem over their Bilent and unknown graves. ,/lthout pausing, men and brethren, to state and refute these cavils, we will let their authors refine and argue and "darken council by words without knowledge." There la a voice whose potency and lnlailbillty are more authoritative than the puny whisper of petrified skeletons taken from the mausoleum of , ages; it is the voice of God in revelation which , can give no uncertain utterance declaring "They shall ask the way to Zlon with their faces thitherward,"?saylng, "come and let us Join ourselves to the Lord in a perpetual cov- , enant that shall not be forgotten." They are now as sheep wandering on the mountain tops, in dark defiles and through unknown past urea They are to , be found in every | nation, kindred, tongue, and tribe nnder heaven, every where wealthy, bnt despised and wlthont power. The time is | to come in their'history, as a people, when the wandering Jews from the nortb, the , south, the east, the west, from every nation and clime, from city and rural districts shall turn their longing hearts towards their own land, from which they have been so long ex- i lied. They will fill the air with tho Inspiring, , ravishing harmony of the Lord's song which they could not sing in a strange land. "They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward." They shall return "and feed j on Carmel and Bashan," and their tools < "shall be satisfied on Mount Epbralm and < Gllead!" We will now detach the text from all connection with the Jews and apply its instruction to the wants of God's modern Isreal. We frequently bear professing Christians "ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward." They have their faces thitherward, or In that direction, bat are not satlplied about the way. They appear to be grop- 1 ing their way in gloom. Despondency i& the unbealthful atmosphere whloh Is poisoning; their spiritual vitality. Doubting castle is their trying abode, ana giant despair Is tan- , tallzing and tyranlzing over tuem. The clouds nang in lowering clusters about tbem; the tempeBt is high, and the waves madly roll. Their faith does not hear tie voice of authority and love, above the howl of winds uud roar of waves, exclaim: "Peace, be-still!" This conditlonis sometimes the result of great mental depression. The mind Is perplexed , In relation to some transaction or vast lm- , portance which Is about to fail, increasing , personal liabilities and Involving endorsers. . Men perplex their minds about and brood ! over their poverty, their loss of property, ag- . rlcultural pursuits, mercantile business, fail In speculations, losses, loans and stocks. They ( think too much about themselves, about their i temporal or spiritual conditions, attempting to devolop and perfect that which Deity aloqe i can accomplish, and the mind becomes dark, unstable, and doubts arise. Under the Influence ol this mental instability?bordering on i insanity most mad, men imagine they have j more temptations tD&i are naraer to resist, that they fall into error oftener, and are less spiritual minded than other men, and some lingering, permanent physical disorder may J Increase the uneasiness and unsteadiness of < the mind, thus rendering It more doubtful so that they only see the dark side of every qnes- i tlon concerning life, as to this and the future , world. They never sing a new song but per- , petually sing (that old, old song of doubt and ! fear, sadness and sorrow, darkness and gloom. They have their faces in the direction of Zion, but the scene are not familiar and the way Is obscure. Such have lost sight of Jesus, who < is the Bun to rule in Joyous hours, and the Hesperus to light the trembling footsteps in * darkness and doubt Neither do they know j what It is to be "satisfied with marrow and fatness," to "praise God with Joyful Hps" . and have "their youth .renewed aB the eagles." They never soar In Joyful and rapid wing to i far off regions of spiritual thought, and bathe their plumage in rays of the Sun of Righteous- . ness, but hover near, with trembling pinion, I in the mnrky atmosphere of doubt and sing in dolorous tune: , "Where is the blessedness I knew ] When first I saw the Lord? 1 Where is the soul's refreshing view OCJesus and His word." 1 Cowper and Martin Luther as illustrations ( of this class of Christians. To this doubting, * trembling, halting class of Christians I would say, mourn over yoor misfortunes no longer; J cast your burden on the Lord your God. When J you are brought Jow He will raise you up; 1 He can give spiritual Joy, which is more to oe desired than great riches. You have treas^ 1 ures more lasting; than anything temporal. Empires, kingdoms and dynasties rise, 1 flourish, decay; Individual prosperity and ac- 8 cumulations take unto themselves wings and ? fly away, but your possessions* spiritual { joy, hope, love, and the peace of God which 1 pusses ail understanding, are as endnring us God's throne, and while He exists they will . remain. The Infinite resources of heaven are 1 bequeathed by God, to the saints "all things arc yours, and ye are Christ's and Christ is 1 Cod's." "Rejoice in the Lord, ye righteous, J and give thanks at the remembrance of His ? holiness.', (Ps. 97.) As you remember His loving kindness "from the land of Jordan, f and of the Hermonites, from the HIUMizar, J exclaim with the Psalmists in penitent tears: 6 "Why art thou cast down, O my soul, and why art thou disquieted within me? hope ; thou In God; for I shall yet praise Him who is tbe health of my countenance and my 1 God," and He will guide you in "the way of Zion"?tbe way everlasting. (Ps. 42.) Men and . brethren we often, from worldly mlndedness ' and from yielding to temptation, have to "ask tbe way to Zion." . The way to Zion according to scriptural teach * ing, is a straight and narrow way; but there are other ways connecting with it at various i points, auu toe lempuiwuu w tum iuw won; Is hard to resist. We have our faces heav- v onward, but arc disposed to tnrn into paths a forbidden. We are too apt to long for the | flesh pots of Egypt. Isreals march is in tbe u direction of Zlon; many hearts beat high with hope and joy as rivers of waters enrich 8 and refresh their souls. They suddenly an- t proacha road, divergent from the way. It e leads through a fertile and rural district. Hill s and dale, and meadows covered with verdue t and waving with golden harvests charm tbe a eye. Many tarn In thl.3 way, to sow and reap, 8 buy, sell and get gain. One goes lo his mer- t chandlse, another to his farm. These will have to "ask the way to Zlon." The host of Zlon move triumphantly in their course with loud hozannas to their Heavenly King. They come to another road which leads to a city, the massive columns and piercing spires dash In the rays of the orient sun, music and dancing, hilarity and mirth, "rerellings an.l j such like" are heard In the distance, and b many turn from tbe trumplial procession at .! K go in this way; there to mingle in such 6cen * a its to cause God to change the banquet chai..- n berof Belsbazzar into one of tbe thickest carnage. The great procession moves on, "soleini., D magnificent, majestic, slow," filling the air t with their seraphic peans, and they come to a mother road; this leads to dimly lighted ? balls, the dwellings of mountebanks, to tj saloons where the wine sparkles upon t lie ^ board, gives its color iu tie cup, moves Itself j iright and stingcth like an adder, and to g nostly mansions with tapestried halls, the j abode ot harlots, bachcnaliau songs, and j the shrieks of woe, purity, degradatlon.deipair rend the air?makes niglu hideous and c 'disturb tl j sleep of honest men." Shocking y lo contemplate, yet true, others turn in this a ivay, and enter with extreme gusto into these t. scenes.' "Tell It not in Oath, publish It not t| n the streets of Askelon, lost theduughtc's t] >f the uncircumcl.xed icjoice; lest the daugh- w ets ol? the i'hillistines triumph." Thus w night I speak of the devotees of fashion, ol?- h jant equipages, costly atti'C and sparkllug ^ ewels, the modern devot'on to which trans- C( orm them Into the "gold i. calf'of Aaron's jt lay. Fashion regulates the social system j. norc than mind. The Individual of talent vho does not follow the fashions and refuses C] o conform to the absurd conventionalities >f modern society is considered unfit for the a, ?olito circles. Fashion, said Churchill, is? , "A'word which knaves and fools may use. ai Their knavery and folly to exouse." And this unholy desire to follow the usliion is ouu cause of the genera, natural et - [ :;; . 'f - ?v v 'y- t.y <* -V'i/.->- '' <> iepresslon and sectional penury and Is fol lowed as Its legitimate effect* by bankruptcy, embezzlement, fraud and failure. Avarice, selfishness, pride, ambition, bypocrlcy are temptations ;ln the way to Zlon, and If yield3d to will be productive of the most dlsas-' trons results, yet many they are. professing to nave tbelr faces In the direction of Zlon, who are In the dally exercises aud Indulgence of these offensive evils. If there are representations of libit class of believers here?those who set their heart's affections too much on earthly things, or have Fielded to the siren's songs Inthefeonrof temptation, I would exhort such to "ask tbe way to Zlon with their faces thitherward." Return to the old pallia, the pleasant paths from which you have in some unguarded moment wandered. The Immortal love, which was moved front all eternity to make propiclatlon for your guilt, now yearns (for your return to tbe way of life, exclaiming) in accents of celestial tenderness, "come wan* iererbome!" Think not, because you pave stepped aside, which Mls human." tha% the Lord will cast you away from His presence forever, when Peter denied his Master with DathH and blasphemy, tbe darkness qtt which would make tbe cheek of darknodapale; be went out and wept bitterly, they were not sentimental tears, but were the outgusblngs of genuine evangelical repentance, the overBowing of tbe fountains or th/s penitent heart . * He was the first to go into/ the sepulchre in search of his Lord; and C/nrist directed the three noble women to tell/the desclples "and : Peter," calling him by nftme, had not ceased to love him. earnestly dMlrlng to have an interview with him. that Ble would meet them . Id Galilee. This same tender regard Is maul- . rested towards all His Ifollowers. Ha ring been tempted In all poRnts like they are tempted, He is able to sympathise with and succor those wbo are tempted. Adopt the ^ language of David whioh\ is the true exponeat or penitence: "Have inercy npon me, O Ood, according to Thy Umlng tdndofpr**' cording to tbe mnltltnde off. 33y tender mercies blot pot my transgressions; wash me thoroughly from mine iniquities, and cleanse mo from mine sine; purge me with hyssop and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow; create In me a clean heart, 0 God, and take not Thy Holy Spirit from me. Restore onto me the Joy of Thr salvation, and uphold me by Thy Dree spirit; then will I teach transgressors Thy ways, and sin- > tera shall be oonverted unto Thee." (Ps. 61.) When God Is approached In this spirit He ' will be swift to forgive sins. A broken and contrite heart He will not, cannot despise. He will set your ibet In a Arm place, so that you shall not be moved; open your Hpsismd < your mouth shall , show forth His pmlse. There 18 another olass who "nsk the way to Z l on," rejoicing over the triumphs of thenast and gathering strength for the future. They have been signally blessed of God on the * way with brilliant hopes and the felth which has rendered Mount Moria a scene of sacrifice immortal, thev have, with unfUtering step, ^ Zlonward urged their way. While they have enjoyed some transporting hours they have, also, passed through scenes snob aa try men's souls and severely test and discipline Christian valour and character. They have met with tbe tempter In the. wilderness, In the y-desert, on tbe mountain's brow and the pin* nacle of the temple; listened to his seductive voice and triumphantly repelled blm. On their way they have.encountered tbe turning cohorts of spiritual foes In the valleys and the narrow mountain passes?their spiritual Marathons and Tbermopylsas?and with the Spartan of honor and ohlvalry, Infinitely heightened by oelestial Influences, they hurt- , ed thorn from tbe field and came "off oon- v*;- querora, yea, more than conqnorors, through Him that loved them, and gave Himself tor them." With the cross uplifted high having, "by this sign we oonqoor" as their motto, emblazoned on the folds of their proud ban uer; they are moving on, flushed with victory, > to other conflicts and greater triumphs, Adopting as their appropriate psalm of thanksgiving tbe language of the Apostle: Thanks be unto God, who glveth us the rictory, through our Lord Jesus Christ. T1MTY-SIX BUDGET ECHOES FBOX THE FAIE?AS EDITOR'S QBATXFUL WORK. flie Cattle from a Thoosaad Hills Meet In GoaTeatl?*~PMpl? . from Distant Part* Take Them Away. Ninety-Six, 8. Ci, August *7,1889. We have received a copy of the MgtjUld Chronicle, edited and published by the genial' and accomplished Col. James Z. Bacon, The report of oar fair la quite gratifying. Wean j ?lad that the ootaide wond appreciate what we have done. Or ooarse aotne people will grumble. For a conatltattonal grumbler we ' bave no sympathy, and we believe the great Creator will have leas la the "aweet bye and bye" Capt. E. M. Lipscomb and Messrs. A. 8. Opoorne and W. Y. Sherrard have gone to New Fork. The Messrs. Geer, of Belton, have rented No. 3 Miller Range, and will open a large stock of goods about 1st September. Mr. J. McD. Kinard sold to parties at Don- ^ ilde a fine Holt Win ball call OoL T. C. IJpicorab also sold to a visitor to the fltlr a Hoi iteln calf. Mr. Klnard alHO sold some tine fc iheep. Two gentlemen came here to the Hair from Newberry County, and were so well pleased with our atock that they bought quite a drove >f cattle, among them some line grade Jerseya ind Uolstelna. We merely mention theae facta te show that there u no better advertising medium for atock than our fairs, and ' ' -h ose of our poople who withhold theli pa;ronage not only cripple the fitir but put themiel ves on record as b>-ing opposed to progress, rbe Ninety-Six country la deatlned to be the lead and front of the stock Interest in the 'up country," and it Is tbe duty of every cltlsen to help or move out of the country. The grand tournament and barbecue at Dyson's, on the 29th instant, promises to be a 'Brand" affair. Messra. Hill <x Beld oan be de pended upon. We understand over forty mights will contest for the prises. Miss Sarah Anderson, of Laurens C. la 1 rial Ung Miss Eliza McCants. She is a charmng young lady, and we hope her visits to AbSeville will be frequent. The good people of Greenwood and vicinity urned ont ? mane to onr fair, and we are >nly sorry tha. weoonld not pay them more ittentlon. The cotton we :ghing business in onr town itlll hangs Are, we think the best way out of .be dilemma is to have two weighers and let *' lie seller take his choice. Miss Sallle Pitts, of Cllbton, is visiting the amlly of her uncle, Rev. W. P. Maaden. | Mr. Jefferson Floyd died saddenly ofapo- I >lezy on Saturday morning. He was dowg I tome work In a field near tne house, and fell I md died before medical aid could reach him. I 3e leaves considerable property to near reia- 1 Ives, never baving been married. I East End has some beautiful barley forsale. ' Mrs. Dr. H. M. Julian has gone on a visit to fiends Jn Newberry County, Mr. Dove, the Superintendent of the new oil nlll, has arrived. He has several yean' expelence, and comes highly recommended. He s a very pleasant gentleman. Mr. Joel C. Weir will open business here on . ir about the 1st September. He will carry a arge stock of general merchandise. Nlnetylix is on a boom. A young cavalier, attended by two damsels, mssed through our town one day last week, 'apt. Lipscomb says tbey were tbe advance of be Salvation Army. / East End. IOUNT CAR MILL'S BEAUTY AND GRACE. ^ S L Short Description of s Nice Eater* talnment Given by the Young. , Editor Preu and Banner. ' On last Tbursday night at Mt Carmel, it ras my good luck to attend an entertainment iven In aid of the Presbyterian church. Tbe ntertalnment was something out of the isual order, and very unique. While I upplaus that the real object was to ell ice cream, cake ana omer uamwei ior be benefit of the cburcb, it went still furthr and embraced music and recitations by everal very charming young ladles of Mt, . Jannel and the neighborhood. The Icecream nd cuke were mode more enjoyable by the weet music that filled the Academy during he evening. This music was furnished by Mis* C. M. Cowan, ^ -? R. W. Cowan, B. L. Jones, J.M.Kennedy, Dock Taggart, . A. M. Kennedy, 8. J. Cowan. Ir.B. L. Jones played several aoloe on the anjo, that were much eujoyed. The above entlemen are first class musicians and it was . great treat to hear them. Mt. Carmel la loted lor its musical talent. Not the least interesting feature by any aeans of the oceaslon were the recltntlona by he young ladles. They all showed oonsiderbio training and talent and they bandied beir subjects well. Iam very sorry indeed bat 1 cannot glvo a list of the pieces recited., ut I guess that your local correspondent will o. I am simply giving the several lmpresIon of au observer. The first to recite was liss Clara Covin, who was followed by tisses. Bessie Covin, Sallle Whltten, Sell lerch and Lizzie Taggart. It was very enImnting to see these pretty and charming ouug ladles rcclte in handsome costumes nd give themselves up entirely to the apprelate sentlmonts of the pieces recited by lem. As I listened to them the thought nie and ug.ilu crossed my mind that they ould make first class orators and lawyers, ? ho could easily sway and hoodwink a jury, ' the Ju-ors especially were unmarried men. here is nothing like being equal to the ocislon. My lair friends whom I am critlcislg certainly found themselves equal to The Academy was decorated with sunfiow-H and others fiowers, and those present HHired much pleasure from the recitations ud music, while eating creams and cakes id passed In their money for a good cause nd a good purpose. AN EYE-WITNESS. i Barley ! barley !! You can buy home rals> J 1 seed barley from White Brothers. M . : Tw ' -