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f; ggWWMi^wi??mini i?mmm*?~ Are ItloSio.s Dcslrnbic? Wesley an Christian Advocate. .it. Editor : Some years since I I dished in pamphlet form lorgratui-| ;-s distribution a series of letters t-> ;;; young men upon the subject oi "fcjuc; cess and Failure; .Making and ,Sav-; m4 i"g-H As the issue of three thousand copies is nearly exhausted, 1 tiave eonelu? ded while testing ill my JS'acoocliee; home to revise and republish u-.iletters, adding a lew chapters iq on "Kielies" and upon "Human L.110," ; lam frequently asked the question, "Are litems JJesirable ?" Also "is Life a Failure V" The?e are question- of momentous import, as tney ireai ?ii mu mv n..? now Is and on life eieilial. 'ihe clean -1 ableuess of anything depends not only | upou the value it is to this hie, buti more particularly to the lile that is to come, if we admit that riches will really prevent a man's securing eternal hie, then wealth is not desirable. But is a rich man's money a greater hindrance to his being a Christain p than poverty is a hindrance to the ?poor man. These are questions for us to consider seriously. Oi course nearly everything | depends upon the use that is made of ricnes. whether they shall prove a. blessaing or a curse. The same is true of the use we make of life. In investigating every question atlecting our spiritual, as well as our temporal wellare, we must rely upon the aciipturts for our only true guidance, lor they touch upou every phase of human character and the human heart. We find in the narrative of the man who inquired of Christ how he might obtaii\ eternal life, that everything went smoothly with him until he was told he must sell his possessions and distribute the money to the poor, and follow Christ. . The young man flattert-d himself that as he had kept ail the commandments, he was ready for the kingdom of heaven, but when he found to gain eternal life that he must part with his riches, he went away "sorrowful" lor he had "great possessions." This young man must have been of excellent character, for Christ loved him. When our Saviour saw how loth he was to part with his riches, Christ said ,Ahi? "How hardlv shall IV II AO UIOVIJ^/lV^ .. ^ they that have riches enter into the kingdom of heaven." He further said, "It is easier for a camel to go though the eye of a needle than lor a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God." Well might the disciples exclaim, "Who, can be saved;" The answer of Christ whs, ''With Clod all things are possible." Do not many of the difficulties of the rich arise from the fact that they make an ^ idol of their money instead of making proper use of " it? Many persons worship mammon more than tney do their God. It is written, ye cannot serve God and mammon. 1 have long been convinced that an inordinate love of money leads multitudes to ruin. Covetousness is original sin, and is consequently the prevailing form of selfishness in the hearts of the entire human family, rich and poor. Nothing but the grace of God can save them from its baneful effects. It is a fact that the poor man's heart is as much tilled with covetousness as the rioh man's If the possessions of even the best . men could talk we would learn of toils stugfeles, anxieties, and frequently of guilt in procuring them. Our prayer should be like that of Ager's asking for "neither poverty nor riches," lest riches ini?;ht make him deny his God, or poverty make him steal. If people would but lessen their desires, their wants would be less. * One means of overcoming covetous ties-s ' and of making money desirable and v'tu/ useful is a willingness to share our s.'Z wealth with the poor and needy. This requires an entire change of the heart. It is not enough for a man 10 strive to keen the commandment if he hoards his money. it is as impoilant for parents to train their children 10 habits of Chri&tnin benevolei.Cf a.-: it is, to teach them the art of s*uviis^ and making money. A great drawback to wealth is the harm that it is liable to do the children of those who possess it. It isa common belief, but not entirely ^v;V' correct, that rich men's sons are permitted to grow up in idleness, luxury, v; profuueness and intemperance, which makes them worthless. This is too ? , often the fault of the parents and evil associates, and not of riches. Wealth, when properly used is a good thing, and should be diligently jy|? sought after. There is no wiong in F the possession of wealth, but money t should not be hoarded or used for sell indulgence, but for the good that can be done with it. We should be frugal but not parsimonious,generous, but not extravagant. All should work for success, and success means wealth. "Wealth brings with it power, and at thesame time caresaudresponsibilities that few can realize. It is more ditticult to use money wisely ami humanely than it is to make it. Money is important in every relation of life, and cannot be dispensed with. Without money or riches the world would relapse into barbarism; ourcom '' forts and independence would begone. It is the love of money and "trusting in riches" that is jo wrong and so much comdemned in the JJihlc, Man's daily wants require him to work io his bread and clothes. If he expect to make money desirable, hemust have a higher ambition than to merely work for his own food: he must have an ambition to accumulate property for the purpose of doing good with it. Money should be used so as to produce the greatest happiness to our families and to others. this can be done in a thousand ways and it is therefore desirable and lion orahle to accuuilate money lor its intrinsic value. Gold and silver, however, in the possessions of a miser is worth no more to him than the sand in the ocean, as it furnishes him no more true happiness than so many hags of1 dirt. 1 have known rich men who were so penurious that they begrudged : the money for the very clothes they ; wear and the food they eat. They take 1 no pleasure in using money, for their ?w?? /mmfirirt, or for the comfort of I others. They are unhappy nil the time J for fear of poverty. They are always predicting a famine in the laud. I am sorry to say that it is not only 1 the miser who fears a "famine." Some 1 years since your correspondent received a severe rebuke for filling his cribs' ' with corn that the poor should have had. For two years there was a gen- * eral drought. Corn, even in the rich 1 jSacoochee valley, was twisted, and ! sent forth sickly tassels. Jt looked as ' if there would be a total failure of the ' cro])s. ( I thought I would be provident, and therefore filled my cribs with J corn, nailed tin over the cracks to keep ' out the rats, and put on the doors strong locks to keep out llie rogues. { I felt a relief in having my 'barns ' fill?d I dealt out sparingly the nub- 1 bins und shattered corn to those who v were obliged to have bread. Jus! I befoie leaving for Charleston I discov- \ ered hundreds of bats Hying to and fro 1 around the cribs. I soon saw that r ^ ' . * " "'W~v ' r . f. - . ; ' . * *. ' ./y 1 ;. > 1 n * they were feasting on myriads of! weavils that wore destroying my hoard-) ed treasures. I felt rebuked, and after that experience i had plenty of weavil oaten corn to sell. The next thing to j eovetousiuss is prodigality. Prodigality, although quite the opposite in iis nature to eovetolisuess, it is to be condemned ?>n account of its selfishness. An extravagant, wasteful use of money upon one's f-ell" without necessity is a sin. The self-indulgent man has hut little left for henvolence; he has yet to learn that it is more "'blessed to give than to reeeive." It. is the custom of the world to rail against the rich man. I cannot sec that the poor man is the worse oil on account of his neighbors being rich, but the better oil'if the rich man uses his weath properly, gets it honestly, and does not abuse its power. In answering the question, "Are l. it ;L. i 1 lam1n Kit'Ill's Jd'MUUMC . ?l in III,, opinion that wealth is desirable, us it eon tributes vastly to the spreading of the Gospel, the conversion of the heathen, and the comfort and happiness of the human family. Riches arc consequently desirable and worth toiling and struggling for. My advice to the young is to work, to make, to sitve. Wesley's advice upon this subject cannot, be improved upon, wliih was : "Make all you can, save ?ill you can, and give all you can." If you will do this in love of Christ and fear of God, your riches will not hurt you, but prove a blessing. "If Life a Failure?" in my next. Gko. \V. Williams. JXixcoochcc, G'a., Aur/unt 29, IS,SO. ?-?> Letting Alone a* n Means of Childtraining. A young father who was an earnest student of methods of child-training, and who sincerely dc-ired t > be faithful in the training of his first child at any cost to his feelings of loving tenderness toward that child, made a mistake in this direction, and received a lesson accordingly. His child was as '* * ^ i; r, .1 lull oi airecuon as sue was 01 me uau spirit. She had not yet learned what she might do and what she might not do, hut sin* was rapidly developing impulses and tastes in various directions. Her father had heard much about the importance of parental training and discipline, but had heard nothing about the danger of over-doing in this line; hence he deemed it his du'.y to be constantly directing or checking his child, so as to keep her within the limits of safety and duty as he saw it. To bis surprise and regret, the father found that, while his little daughter was not inclined to waywardness or disobedience, she was steadily coming into a state of chronic resistance to his attempts at her stricter governing. This resistance was passive rather than active, but it was none the less real for that. She would not refuse to obey, but she would not be ready or prompt to obey. She would not be aroused to auger or show any onen sign of disrespect, but she would seem unable or unwilling to act as she was told to. Kind words and earnest entreaties were of no avail at this point, neither were they ever resented or explicitly rejected. If punishment was attempted, she submitted to it with a go d grace, but it seemed lo have no effect in the way of removing the cause of original trouble. rlhe father never lost his tennier. or irrew less loving toward his <}liil?J: lie prayed for guidance, and lie <;ave his best thought to problem before him; but all to no apparent purpose. The matter grew* more and more serious, and he "was the more bewildered. One day, after a serious struggle with his little daughter over a matter that would have been a trifling one except as it bore on the question of her character and welfare, the father left his house with a heavy heart, and almost in despair over this question of wise child-training. At the door he met. a fiiend, much older than himself, with whom lie had been a co-worker in several spheres of Chistian activity. Seeing his troubled face, that friend asked iiim tlie cause of his evident anxiety, and the young lather opened his heart and told the story of liis trouble. '"Isn't the trouble, that you are overdoing in the training of'your child?" asked the listener; and then he went on to give his own experience iu illustration of the meaning of this question. "My tirst child was. my best child," lie said; "and I harmed her for life by over-doing in her training, as I now see, in looking back over my course with her. I thought I must be training her all the time, and I forced issues with her, and took notice of litile things, when I would have done better to let her alone. So she was checked unduly, and shut up within herself by my course with her ; and she grew up in a rigid and unnatural constraint which ought not to have been hers. I saw my mistake afterwards, and I allowed *mv other children more freedom, by* letting them alone except when they must be interfered with; and I've seen the benefit of this course. My rule with all my children, since my first, has been to avoid an issue - ? /? ? 1% it fltdiAn r\ f I Willi nil III Wll iV \/? \l lovJ J lit whenever I could do so safely. And the less show of training there is, in bringing up a child, the better, as I see t." Tins was a revelation to that young father. He determined at once to try to act on its suggestions, since the opposite course had been such a signal failure in his hands. When again in bis home, an opportunity for an expernieut was soon before hiin. His little daughter came into the room, through a door which she had been repeatedly told to push to after she had passed }it. Without any special thought on the subject, the father, who sat writing at his desk, said, as often before: "Push the door to, darling." And, as often before, the child stood quiet aud firm, as if in expectation of a new issue on that point. The counsel of the morning came into the father's juind, and he said gently, "You needn't shut the door to. my darling, if you don't want to. Papa will do it," and at once he stepped and closed the door, returning afterwards to bis desk, without a word af rebuke to his child. This Avas a new experience to the poor over-taxed child. .She stood in perplexed thought for a few minutes. Then she came lovingly to her father, md, asking to be taken up on his knee, she clasped her arms about his neck, and said : "Dear papa. I'm sorry < r ilwln'f s;lmf th'it <lonr. T will novf lime. Please forgive me, dear papa.M And that was the beginning of a now state of things in that home. The fu:her had learned that there was a dan;cr <>t over-doing in the work of childraining, and his children were afterwards tiie gainers by his added knowledge. l!i the ease of this father, the trouble i lad been that he made too many direct ssues with his child on questions of uithority and obedience, and that thus ie provoked conflicts which might uive been wisely avoided. After this lew experience, he was very cautious it thi* point, and he soon found that lis child could be trained to obey vithout considering so often the possilility of resisting or questioning paental authority. When, in any cafe, . ^ ' ; r: ' an issue had to be accepted, tlie circumstances were so well considered, that the child as well us the parent sav i that its right outcome was the onl; I outcome. The error of this father ha':been the error of a thoughtful and dc r | liberate disciplinarian, who was as yet ! but partially instructed ; but there are 'also thoughtless and inconsiderate patients who harm, if they do not ruin, i their children's dispositions by overI doing in what they call child-training. I And this (trior is worse than the other, j There are many parents who seem to suppose that their chief work in the training of a child is to be incessantly commanding or prohibiting: telling the child to do this or to do that, ami not to do this, that, or the other. J?nt this nagging a child is not training a child; on the contrary, it is destructive of all training on the part of him who is addicted to it. It is not the driver who is training a horse, but one who neither is trained nor can train, who is all the time "yanking" at the reins, or "thrapping" them up and down. Neither parent nor driver, in such a, case, can do as much in the direction of training by doing incessantly, as by letting alone judiciously. I itn?..iV niwnv: rlon'iintr." is a bit of JL/WI1 L 1IL Ui wmj 0, counsel to parents that, can hardly he emphasized ton strongly. Don't he al-j ways directing, i> a companion precept lo this. Both injunctions are needful with the tendency of lutmun nature as it is. Of course, there must be explicit commanding and explicit prohibiting in the process of child-training; but there must also be a large measure of wise letting alone. When to prohibit and when to command, in this process, are questions that demand wisdom, thought, and character; and more wisdom, more thought, and more character, are needful in deciding the question when to let the child alone. The training of a child must fro on incessantly ; but a large share of the time it will best go on by the operation of influences, inspirations, and inducements, in the direction of a right standard held p?rsistently before the child, without anything being said ou the subject to the child at every step in his course of progress. It is among rulers, a?* among individuals. Few have the wisdom to acknowledge, or the courage to act, on the noble and lovely principles of Christain Peace. Tlie battle-ship aqd the tented field, the sword and, the cannon, the science and the stratagems of war, areat once the symbols of power and the proofs of courage, the iocric of statesmen, and the eloquence of"patriots. For myself, I trust, that I hold with an inflexible conviction the sentiment that the character of the warrior, in any point of view, is unchristian, and in civil contest is absolutely, ami unchangeably anti-repubiican.? Thomas S. Qrimke. God does not save us to put us on to some secure level <f moral mediocrity and to leave us there, but to bring us into fellowship with himself. ???? I ask, are not all military establishments, particularly military academies, incitements to war? .Must they yet exist? Where, then, shall they be established? In our cities, where better principles of peace and commerce prevail? or near our colleges, to pervert the study of libe ral sciences, and poison the waters of the sanctuary? "No!" Do not I hear you all say : "Rather let these seminaries of blood, these colleges of misery and murder, be erected far from the religion of domestic felicity and the pleasant walks of social life, on some mountain's lofty top, in the region of eternal winter, where the blossoms of spring are never seen, amid the brew of storms and the howlingof tempests; or on the side of a dmokin? volcano, in the suburbs of death and destruction, where liglit! nitiys flash and thunders burst: there ict the gloomy walls of the military academy rise. Let tombs ami graves and bones make the path of ihe dismai spot." As these men of war proceed, instead of supplication and praise, le'the warhoop and the song of death land the roar of artilery, announce t heir morning toil, their evening rest. Their passions, their thoughts, their studies and their dreams, are stained I with blood. They are studying volume of death, deceptions, and stratagems of i murder and destruction. Instead <?f i making men happy, by cultivating the useful arts and extending the news of salvation, they are ripening their plots,sharpening, their s.vords, and hardening their hearts to make themselves adepts in the traffic of blood and misery. Most devoutly do we pray that the time may be hastened when'these mansions, like Babylon may be left desolate.?Elijah Parish. Rc;rii;i i81 .Sccrct. Ah, how many departures from God, ending in a total shipwreck of faith, have begun in the secret chamber! I n some sense, they have all begun there. If only we could look into the inner record's of some young man's life, who, .rained in a Christian household, and 5 >- II 1 nimseu seeming m nave wen has yet after awhile forfeited the promise of his youth, none fortli and forgotten the sanctities of home, and the faith pledged not to God alone, but (o father and mother and sister?still loved, and to be forever loved, but with a tearful aching love so unlike the proud love which regarded him once?should we look, I say, into that story, here, I am sure, would be most often found the secret of all. He counted that he could do without that which the Saviour himself would not do without? that he could live on his own resources, that he could lean upon his own strength. Wellington mull SliuHeslmry. The late Lord Shaftesbury has related the following incident"Very many years ago?more than thirty years ago?I was driving down through Hertfordshire with the old Duke of Wellington, in his carriage. It was a beautiful summer evening, the sun was shining, and everything looked flourishing and joyous. He was silent for a quarter of an hour, or twenty minutes. At the end of that time, he said, '1 will tell you what I have been thinking about. I have been contemplating this very beautiful country, and I have been thinking I what a' curse war is. .Suppose 1 had to take military possessions of thisdistricl. i should have to lay low every lienuti luI thing which you see here. Take my word for it,' said the old veteran, the I)IWO OI a liuiiurcu u-tmvs? IBM- mt> I word for.it, if you had seen but out; | day of war, you would pray t > Almighty (tad that you might never see such a thing again.' " ? 4Q> ? The man who is drawn into a scheme to invest 1 cent and draw out :?1 may not be a fool, but lie is in 110 danger from brain fever. One of the "sure cures of consump- 1 tion" sold in Philadelphia was anal- 1 yzed the other day, and found to consist of rum, molasses, and extract of < dandelion. |i A 1 m r m ?' . ', r- \ ' Sliould the Neighbor Apologize l i Cbisti'lil X-bjhbor. 7.0. for what? Some few of . ms have intimated that it .ke the Xkiuhkok more acceptable to (lie average reader if less wore said about peace and war and more on other subjects. We havo given consideration to the suggestion. The following are some of our thoughts. 1. The Xi-:i<;HHoit compared to some j other papers, is small in size, yet giviugas much reading matter as some broader sheets, and much more than those of smaller size or those of the ' same size. 2. While a liberal space is given to other matters of general interest the 1 leading feature has been "peace and ( good will" as opposed to war and ill will, and so must it continue?con- ' stantly and prominontly in view. 8. As far us we know there is not in | the South another paper whose teaching on I he paramount subject, of peace is plainly and fully in accord with the Christian Scriptures. However far we may have deviated in our teaching from the letter or spirit of Christianity our efibrt has been declarative of an unwavering faith that the spirit, the teaching and the practice of war are ; antagonistic to the Christian religion. 4. Considering the hold whieh war has on the governments, churches, presses and peoples of Christendom and its baleful influences upon all that is true, right and good among people, we have wished that a thousand peace papers were published and read by the people. Nations will not cease to war until they cease to learn war; they will not cease to learn war until they are no more taught war; and the only sure way to counteract the teaching of war is to teach the people the teaching of the Christian Scriptures. 5. When the advocacy and glorification of war and war heroes by the . tongues, pens, pulpits aud presses of the country are added to tlie manifest . iniquities, aud abominations of war it i would seem that all human hearts should be so fired with indignation ' against the monstrous wickedness of ] war and so impressed with the desirableness of peace that their tongues 1 would involuntarily cry out for "wars to cease unto the end of the earth." ' ' ' " -?-i 1 \vline cue peopic 01 i. nrisienuom enjoy or endure the reading of the thousands of journals which advocate war or arc studiously silent or equivocal it may appear to thinking minds that t the XKromion does not say too much in advocacy of "peace on earth, good will toward men"?and needs no special apology except that its teaching is not more abounding and more exactly in accord with the truth as taught by the Prince of Peace and Saviour of men. - 1 Wiiat Othcis Say. Rmivin? !)Ifi:nbcni. 1 1 \ We are in too great a hurry to get i member?, and often do not impress upon the candidates for Church member- f ship that it means something to join the , Methodist Church. The first circuit this writer traveled he commenced a revival service at one of his churches , on Sunday. Some young people came up to join the Church. The pas to I asked them if they bad read the vow* ' l?.w1 iflwii) i/tiiiiirl IliXiK iw Kiiw; ?? 11 v >1 invtj J'/IMI ?? i??v Church. He learned llie.v hr.d not. He told them to conic back the ivxt Saturday night*, and le would receive them ill to tin; Church and nil other* who desired lo join, and told llicin to < he sure to read the vows. ]>ut the pastor lismlly got out of the house before I one of the local preachers said to hint : 'Why didn't you t:ike those girls into the Church? They may never come hack to this church again." JJut they ? di<l conic back, with about fifteen oth- J ers, and they answered the questions like they fell their weight. This inei- , dent only shows the greediness we ex- I ercise in many places about Church !" membership. Our Churches had bet- ' ter be reduced one-half, so that we then would have members with grace, grit and gumption, than to hold a lot of old scaly-backed sinners who won't repent. Under the circumstances many things arc received and published which would never be made known t through respectable journals were they not so completely under bondage. Ma- j ny editors?cultivated, refined, and moral, if not religious?doubtless ,i blush with slmme when they see the j vast amount of trash?sensational and someinies filthy stuff? they feel compelled to deal out to a:s intelligent pub- i lie. They would not read all they i print in the hearing of their wives anu children. Jly 110 means would they! We are sorry. Yes; our pity is aroused in behalf of the press groanintr so heavily under the yoke. The opportunity is given us of reciprocating the feeling so often expressed by 1 ilie secular papers for the pulpit when it has been charged with being under r bondage to :i ereed and the money- 1 power of the Church. Talk about a bondage! The pulpit labors under no such burden as the press, which for the ttike of money will pander to the viti- j1 ated taste of society, esteeming 110th- v ing too sacred or private to be disclosed I to public gaze, and nothing too dirty to be published, if it is news. Let the ( press assert manhood and liberty. Let it demand better things or nothing, and the Associated Press will give , more healthful new* and equally as interesting. Until it dues this let them j1 keep silent about the matter of bond- r age. * \Vlien steKiHSS itresiKs in upon a working-man's narrow home, it is a heavy ailliction. Helpers are few, accommodations an- pom* ami scanty; there is little knowledge of disease and its treatment, the invalid lights for life r at fearful disadvantage. Where one > dies for want of medicine ten |>erish i for lack of care'and nursing. If the i Church had a corps of saintly women trained to nursing, so that she could . send one of them like a ministering angel into every al'llictcd household, hy what cords of love she might bind / its members to herself. When men , are in trouble, their htarls are soft ; the love yosi show them then, and the help you ofi'er, are not soon forgotten. |j Wh'Mi one oilers himself, or some lov-j r I'd member of his family, to I he service v nf the poor, there is a irifl which can e neither degrade nor pauperize, but < an |. rinly ennoble and Itlcss lliose that f^ive h iiiii those that- lake. s f f j f i ^A -i - .. "V ' ' i'p ' * ' * :k y.' liiil fx ACCORDANCE WITH THE ACT ,o raise supplies for the fiscal, year comnencing November 1st, 1888, notice is icreby given that the Treasurer's office >1" Abbeville County will be open for the jolfectinn of taxes nrrriNTx i tt nnmnnn-n < r iaAa fUKSUAI, Uli'i'UMK 15, 1889. Taxes can l?o paid until December 15th without penalty. After that date 15 per jent. will be added. The rato per centum of taxes is as follows : State purposes 5J mills. County Current 2j " County Special 1 " Schools 2 " Total 11 Poll tax ?1.0D. Male citizens between twenty-one and fifty years of age arc liable to Poll tax. In order to further the collection of taxes I have arranged the following schedule of appointments and request the tax payors to take due notice thereof, as tlio otlice at the Court House will necessarily be closed on those days: Vordery, Tuesday, November 5th. liradley, Wednesday, November 6th. Troy, Thursday, November 7th. MeCormick, Friday, November 8th. Hordeaux, Saturday, November 9th. Willington, Monday morning, November 11th. Lowndosville, Monday afternoon, November 11th, and Tuesday, November 12 th. Latimer, Wednesday, November 13tli. Hester, Thursday, November 14th. Mt. Carmol, Friday morning, November 15th. Abboviilo Court House, Saturday, November 10th. Ninety Six, Monday, November 18th, liter arrival of dov/n train and until up ;rain next day. Greenwood, Tuesrlav afternoon, November 19tb, and Wednesday morning November 20th. Coronaca, Wednesday afternoon, November 20th. Ilodges, Thursday, November 21st intil 3 o'clock p. m. Donalds, Friday, November 22nd. Due West, Saturday, November 23rd. The remainder of the time I will be in lie office at the Court House. All information as to taxes will be :hccrfully given by mail or otherwise. J, W. PERRIN, County Treasurer. September 25,188'J, 3m. Attention Smokers. 'Lb! tieCoapering Hera Comes!" 'Let those now Smoke who never Smoked before; Yiid those who always Smoked now Smoke the more." < i ii!. fin; ..II .i f rue brasn tiepuojic ugarroB, at * w, AND [he Eirani Rspulilic "Buffo:," it 21-2 eta AUK THE MARVELS OF THE AOE. \re I,ong HAVANA STOCK anil make a Smoke equal to any Ordinary 10 ctx. Cigar. P. B. SPEEDSADDLES! SADDLES! HARNESS! HARNESS! P. ROSENBERG & CO., Have I he largest and most complete line of vUMjLICX ever shown in tills market from lie cheapest to the very best SPRING SEAT in all the different styles. All grades of >oth SINGLE and POUBLK, at the lowest prices. Also UtIDLES, breeching, ;addle iilankets, buggy robes, 5UGGY WHIPS, WAGON WllirS, Etc. We are carrying a larger line of those goods han heretofore. When in need of anything n any of the above lines, call on P. ROSENBERG & CO. Abbeville, S. C., Sept. 4. 1889. Land for Sale. [fi/E WILL SELL AT THE LATE RESIyV denee of J. Y. L. PAKTLOW three iniles ?ist of Greenwood, on WEDXESDAY Will DAY OF NOVEMBER XEXT,at 11 o'clock i. in. Two tritets of land. Tract No. 1. The Homestead contains ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY-NINE - ? 1 ~ 1?l. / -? ? .lm?lllr.? icros, more nr JCSM. mm name undiuii, muse with ninn rooms, bnrns, stables, serant% houses. Ac. There are also two tenant touseson this fraet. Tract No. 2. Containing )NE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIX AND ONE HALF ACRES, \ noro or less, adjoining tract No. 1 has >:i?: tenant house upon it Terms of Sale.?One third cash,"1he balince in two equal instalments payable In one md two years with interest at ten per cent. >er annum from 1st day of January, 1S90. at vhleli time possession will be given. The leferred payments to be secured by bond and nortgaec of the premises. Purchaser to pay for pvipers. M. J. RICHARDSON, < S. T. WHITLOCK. ' Greenwood, S. C. Sept. 25,1880,(it. 1 l Notice. rllE COLORED AI.L1ANCE CONVEX- ' I tion will be held in Abbeville Court House .Vcdnesday, September 2fith, commencing at i) o'clock, A. M. l'rof..I. H. Carey, State SuuTiiitiiul' itt, will deliver a public, lecture, ill are welcome. L. A. FORD, i Lecturer and Organizer for Abbeville Co. | Dr. F. E. Harrison OFFERS HIS PROFESSIONAL SER7 vices to the public. Oilloo over the lacks! Store, Mcllwain Corner. Jan. :J0, 'SU. j A gentleman, generous in his contributions for church purposes', but not egtilar in his attendance upon public rorship, wits wittily described by it lerjr.vman as being'"not exactly a pil- . ir ??!" the church, but a kind of Hying u(tress, supporting it from the ouiidc." _ Port Roysl & Western Carolina R'j Aurlota, Ga , Januart 8, 1889. Commencing Sunday, .March 4>li. I'asnenger train will run as I'mIiowi.. by 75i.li Meiiitlnn time. ooino South. IMij.YT: T>aTi7 Lv Spin tai'liiirg 3 50 pin Lv Wi?"i|: liff. 4 48 pin! I.v llllivilli' 5 ill piti| Lv GfiThvilh* 3 25 pm 6 JO nin J.,v Lumens fi 87 pro a 03 am Lv Wuu'rluy 6 12 piii s 38 am Lv Greenwood 0 ."54 jun 0 20 am * Ar Verdery 7 l?i pm 9 42 an. Ar Bradley 7 2S pm 9 04 am Ar Troy '7 44 jiui 10 09 am Ar McUoruib-k 8 00 pml 10 25 ati' I Ar Anderson . 2 55 pm ' Ar Purksvllle 8 29 pro 10 34 am ( Ar Clark's Hill 8 52 pm |l IT am , Ar Amriista 1") 00 pm 12 30 am ( Ar Savannah <i 80 am 5 40 pm , Ar Charleston 6 00 pm | Ar Jack ami vl He 12 00 M T 10 am Goino No in ll. Daily. Daily. Lv Jacksonville 1 15 I'm S 35 pm Lv Savannah 8 10 am fi 40 am Lv Augusta 8 15 am ^ 6 00 |itt Lv ClaiVs Hill 9 28 am 7 07 pm Lv Parksvllle 9 54 am 7 31 pm Lv McOorinink 10 25 am 8 00 pin Lv Anderson 2 55 pro Lv"Troy .. 10 44 am 8 17 pm Lv Bradley 11 00 am 8 81 pm Lv Verdery 11 15 am 8 44 pm Ar Greenwood ., 11 40 am 9 05 pm Ar Waterloo 12 20 pin 9 45 pro Ar Laurens 12 53 pm 10 17 pm \r Greenville 2 40 pm 11 50 pm ATHifivllle ................. 1 27 pm .7. Ar Woodruff 1 45 pin Ar Spartanburg 2 35 pm Connections made at Oreenwood for points on C. A G. K. K. Connections made at Spartanburg Tor points on A. &C. Air Line andS. Jc A. K. U. And at Angusta with Georgia 11. R., C. C. ?fc A. K E., South Carolina Railway for all points. For further Information relative to schedule, tickets, rates, best route, etc., write to or call upon W. J. CRAIG, E. W. 1IUNT, Act. Gen'l Puss. Agt, T. P. Agt., Augusta, Ga. ? 2 SS S 3 ?y * t?^ C -r< -+J S S . J5? <0 C P- g <> 'g g. CD P< ri cJr: ?< a Ph - p, ?* SJ . 2 ? s ; s ' gS| * I w i H g sgi ?i S t? -2 ?3? 1 s W ? '& g*2 aj ^ Ik o O rj co5^ 9 W 52 ? a " ?i S s <S s os , fcs; i 2 S 1 w o ?3: ? ? W u ? W| Oq? . g O e3 = S a?-c l 5 S3 c *rj co qj!^ I ? ? & -g &* d S c fl is p=? H jH = a S 1 ! ? ? * ? B g's 2 I .2 m <gs ? 5 ^2 8 ? ?81 B'? g J! 3 ffl g<5 | o W > CQ E?<~ rj fa ' S ?- 5 a B E 5 J ? sl! J 5 pq *2 . artf !} a ^ S * ho * s E-? ?> wg , Terra Cotta Wells. ; 1'H?er"oSli?Wel""!,rPtTMh?p%!c.1o7; 1 rfuff one The common wood bucket Is used , lor drawlng watVr. The cleaning out Is the ] work of a moment by keeping a galvanized sheet iron bucket In the bottom to bo hooked out at will. Satisfaction guaranteed, This Terra Cotta weighs -10 to^M poujidH to^hefoot. , Greenwood, S. C. ' They are frog proof and superior to one dug. 1 ' Joel 8. Bailey, Greenwood. ( Thpv orfl bonnd to take precedence over all , others. Prof. Blake, Greenwood. < Joe Llgon, Bradley. ( Rov. II. Smart. Troy. ( Dr. L. Anderson, Ninety-Six. , Rev. Pressly, Due West. D. J. Wardlaw, McCormlck. , Out of 24 wells made in my town in two years I hvae put up 23 of them. < July 13,1887, 12 m , Terra Cotta Wells. ! rpHF. undersigned Is not disposed to brae on j 1 his new mode of water supply, hut it is proven beyond the shadow of a doubt Mint . his wells are the best ?ncl more durable than nny other kind. He boasts of not hnvlnu lost >i slmrle one In seven years, while two- . thirds of his work is lor parties having lost. ( their dug wells. Address, CJ. M. CALIIOUN, Greenwood, S. c. They arc frog proof and superior to one il^g, and are hound to supersede nil others. Joel S. Baily, Greenwood, P. C. Greenwood Cotton and Oil Mills. Col. Ivinard, fc'lnef v-SIx, 8. C. llev. Pressly, Dno west, S. C. Jones Miller. < bt>eville,8. I have sunk nine-tenths of the wells In my own In seven years. Augt. 12,1881). SPECIAL Partnership. The State of South Carolina, i County ok Abbeville, f THIS is to certify tliat theundersigned have formed a limited partnership pursuant to the provisions of the General Statutes of the Stii te of Sou th Carol i wi. That the name or firm nnder which such partnership is to be conducted is JOEL C. i WIER. That the general nature of the business is buying and selling merchandise. That the name of the only general partner is Joel C. Wier, whose place of residence is Ninety-Six, in said .state and County. That the name of the only special partner is J. Allen Smith, whose place of residence is Abbeville, In saidStato and County. That the said J. Allen Smith, special partner, has contributed Three Thousand Hollars up. capital to the common stock of said partnership. That the said partnership is to commence : on the 3rd day of September, 1880, and is to terminate on the thirty-llrst day or December, ; Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred ' and ninety-two. Dated at Abbeville C. II., (his the 3rd day of September, 1881). JOEL C. WIER, 1 J. ALLEN SMITH. Made and severally signed In presence of Sam l C. Ca.sox, j T. P. Cothuan. The State op South Carolina, I . County of Abbeville, f ' Personally appeared beiore me, Samuel Uason, who uemg nuiy n?uni, i-njo, ....... , was present and saw Jool C. Wier and J. Allen Smith make ami severally .sign ibe certificate ( above written, and that he, with T. i'. Coth- j ran witnessed the due execution of the same. c Sam'l C. Cason . ^ Sworn to before me thl* :Jr?l day of Sept.^A., n D. 1SS9. T. P. Corn kan, (L>:0 t N.JC. # The State or South CaiuJEina, ) ' County ok AKhkvilt.k.) . Personally appeared Joel (L/Wier, and having been duly sworn, siiys1/niat lie Is the sen- " ural partner of the lit til. iu J <?el C. Wier, uiunsd in the above certlttciite, and that the miiii of I'hreeThousand Dollars specified in said cei- 1 Liticate to have'been contributed by J. Allen 1 Smith, special partner, to the common stock, '' has been actually and in good faith, pnid in c cash. ' J oki. C. Wikk. Sworn to before me, this :M day of Sept., A. <i D. 1889. T. P. Corn HAN, (Ii.S.) N. 1'. S. C. Let the terms of the limited partnership between Joel C. Wier and J. Allen Smith, bel |)ul?lished in the Abbeville J'rcxx ttntl lUtnwr nice a week for six consecutive weeks from Litis date. Titos. I,. Mootuc, Clerk Court Com. Pleas, and 1 it. M. C. Abbeville Co., s. C. * Recorded this the third day of September, iSSU, In Deed Book No. 1'J, pa^u -t 10 and ccrti!led. Titos. L. Mookk, Sept. -1, ISSU. (it Hegistor. ^ Wanted. a A SALESMAN WJ10 IIAS HOUSE AND /I buggy. Good pay to the tight mau. a Write lor particulars to t V. A. AUSTIN & Co.. II Columbia, S. C. Sept. 11,18S9, , / - ' i ... ? --? I Notice to HAVING determined to mnke some Chuntrc^ In my bunlmw, I otter for sale seven or eight tracts of laiul containing. - M C 1800 or 2000 acres. in nil. This land is nll'locnted near Monierey except two tracts three or four miles from Hodges, and will be sold in tracts to unit par* shnser. My terms nre one-forth CASH, balr mce In one, two, and three yarn, with inter? est at seven ner cent. secured by bond and - ' / mortgsure. 'Csi!l on ine at my house near Monterey, Abbeville County. A. 3. CLINKSCALES. | July31,18t<9. 3m At Prime Cost. The Following G-oods will be Sold at First Cost. ' i Cnonfln/^ovc w uo|;vuuvj. U) ' 'r " sv? Hosiery, Fans, , , Undershirts, Overshirts, Handkerchiefs, ? Gloves, Drawer*, i Neckties, ; A.T E, A. TEMPLETON'S. CONGAEEE Coumbia. S. G. Agent for CHAPMAN'S PERPETUAL EVAPORATOR rPHE8E WOKKS WEEK KSTAELL8AED in JL ,1847 by Geo. Sinclair and James An- /*' ilersonand purenusea oy me in uioyesr 1000, ana frotn that time till now carried on sncceseftilly br myself. My friends and uustomen> win bear witness jftbelargeHndstupendousJobsexocuted by ino. ft . . ; wuit my works where the larcest and almost only job of Its class over executed In this city wu done f\z.: the making of the pipes for the City Water Works In the year 165S. My stock of patterns for ARCHITECTURAL WORK, COLUMNS for Store front?, Is large and. ' ,y.< various,and In (CALLINGS for Balcoirles, Garden*, ind Cemeteries I have thelorjest Variety and most nodern patterns; manv of thesoare patentcd'and I aave purchosed the rightfor this State.1 < ilyf'i In the machine line 1 csn furnlth my patrons with 5TEAM ENGINKS and BOILERS of any size anil lescrlptlon. My CIRCULAR SAW MILLS havo sarrled off thoprlzoat every State Pair held In thlft ilty, and In their construction 1 have taken pains to jombine simplicity with tho most useful modern Im- t jrovements.and may tlatter myselfthat my CIRCU- t A LAR SAW MILLS llnd favor with cvory sawyer who inderstands bis business. The many orders I urn steadily receiving for SIT ?AU CANE MILLS prove that the pnblicappreciate lie mill? of my innke, and so it Is with tny GEAR- , [KO for HOUSE POWERS. OIN WHEELS, GRIST ' MILLS and other MACIIINEUV. I Havo the mannractiirlns rights of many PAT- :y UNl'S such us easting fm- roTTON AND HAT PRESSES, IIAWLEV CORN -HELLER and threo >rfour FKKI) CUTTKI.'S mitl other Implements. I will lie pleased to s-nd niv circulars to any nppll:ant. together with price lift estimate. 11 y prices ire moderiite. and 1 assnrit ipublic that they arc iweri-ven than ili?se ?.f Northern manufacturf rs.and hat my work will compare favorably with thatol any ither maker. Addr s? John Alexander, CONOAUKB Iuo.v WoiiKs. Columbia, S. C. ' ? Taluable property fad dp w t run n 11 i ? ;/ '< r WILT. RENT OR LEASE, to any responL slbli- party, Die MARTIN MILLS PLANTATION. seven miles (mm Abbeville.ou Little Itlver, also I lie Mili undGin House. There isa ten horse farm open on the plantation. .f./O about sixty acres of fresh land and some of the finest creek and river bottom land In the Ktute. Good tenant houses. stables und outhouses, and all the land is in a eood state of cultivation. The Grist and Flour Mill is known as the best stand for custom in tho State, and in aood condition. Good (tin house and a patranage of four or ftvex hundred bales of cotton a season. In connection with this is a new Store house, conveniently loeuted to Mill, Gin and Farm, ami as irood a stand fora country store as can be found. Plenty of good labor on the plaeo. and some as good renters us can be had. Will rent nt a bargain. For. terms, Ac., come and see mc at Martin's Mill, or address J. H. HOLCOMB, , Doyer P. 0., Sept., 4,1889 Abbeville Co., S. C. FOB RENT. r OFFER FOR RENT FROM OCTORER jrlst, next, my dwelling house and lot, contnlnlng four acrcs, half mile from Court House on Moseley Ferry Road. For tern?r ipply to T. P. COTHRAN. Sep I. 4,18S0. tf. rhe State of South Carolina, ABliEVILLl-VCtfUNTY. probate Court.?Citation for Letters of Administration. By J. Filler-fcYox, Esq,. Judge Probate / Court: (1/IIERISAS, Elizabeth O. Jordan has made W suit to me. to grant her Letters of Adn in 1st lion of the EViale and effects of J.J. Jordan, late of Abbeville County, deThese arc therefore, to cite and admonish il 1 and singular the kindred and creditors of lie said I). J.Jordan, demised, that they bo uid appear before tin* In the Court of Probate, 0 be held at Abbeville C. H.. on Wednesday 'eptonfber IS. 1SS1I, after publication hereof, lit. 1 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause if my they have, why the said Administration boll Id not tie granted. (liven under my hand and seal of the Court, his 2nd day of Sept. in the year of our Lord ine thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine titd in the 113 year ol' American independlice. Published on the 4th day of Sept. 1889, in he Press nntl /imintfi' aid on the Court House loor for the time required by law. J. FULLER, LYON, Judge Probate Court. " THE EMMIE """ PERFECT FITTING SHIRT. i Kf E have rccchcd a fresh stock of the well IrV known "Eijslunic Hiirts," which weare citing at the old | opalar prices. These shirts re uudoiiiiti'dly t hi-vf ry best value for the 4 i oii'-y and far sup -rior to any other make In t. To those wh'? nave worn them a simple nnouiicemenl. or the fact that they can get netting tin issuilicienl.. To others we say try liein once and you will want no oilier kind. \V. JOEL fsMITil ? SON. Sept. 1, ISfJ. J i