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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-;
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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,
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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.
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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
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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.' "
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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
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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." '
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\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
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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
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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."
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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
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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.
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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."
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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.
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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,
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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.
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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.
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