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i The Press and Banner By HUGH WILSON. Wednesday, March 5, 1890. Early Nominations. The farmers of Abbeville County met in ?!? Court House last Monday, with closed doors. A full delegation to the Shell convention was elected. It has lieen said but one man in Abbeville County has been found who favors the proposed nominations on the ^7!h of March. A prominent farmer said ho did not know who to vote for, iinu lie tnougiu i'vitvuhuj else was in tlie same tlx. A bird In the air twitters something to the effect, that Mr. Courtney, of Charleston, Mr. Tillman, of Edgefield, Mr. Shell, of Laurens, lyid perhaps others, fixed ;tp the Shell manifesto iu the eitj* of Augusta. If it bo true that Mr. Courtney took part in the drnfiing of Hint document, which has met with so little public favor, it Is a matter ol sincere regret. Many men in Abbeville would have been glad to support Mr. Courtney for Governor, but there are men ln;e who will not support any man for ollice who appeals to class prejudices. Speaking for the P>-css and Banner, we would not support anv such candidate? although that support may be worth nothing at all. The only persons that are really interested are tln.se men who want the offices. Cue man suits the voter about as well as another and we do not intend to tear our hair or go lato ecstacies over the matter, whatever ilie result may be. The idea that our taxes are to he reduced, i8 a delusion. They will not be reduced, as kng as this people are crazy on the subject of en" ucatlng other people's children at public ex pohse. The question should not be, whether tins man or that man may get office, but whether we are prospering In our pursuits? Arc we laying by something for a rainy day? Tliosi are the vital questions for the people. Tin politicians will take care of themselves and the State. ?n ? ? ? NhonlU be Sutisliclil. We think the Public Square last Monday must have furnishe.l clear proof of tie effect of licensed bars within our borders. As far as the J'-rcss and Banner is ablo to judge, we would testify that there was mor? druukenness on our Public Square lust Saleday than there wes during the whole of last year?exeeptiug only the month of December. The sight of the many drunken citizens and the crowds of drunken negroes, mus: have furnished indisputable evidence thai there Is now, under the license system, an enormous increase in the sale of liquor a: Abbeville. We have now had experience with license and no-license, and we have no doub; whatever, that licensed bars more thai rinnhlpR ttip drunkenness, and we all knov that their open doors and brilliant lights d< nothing to inculcate habits of sobriety. Boycotliiii; Wunninakpr. We notice by our exchanges that the mer chants of Athene, ua., have signed an a:;reement to boycott all the mercantile firms with which Postmaster General Wanamaker is connected, because of their displeasure at liis official act in uppointiug a negro postmaster at Athens. We think the citizens of Athens are Justly indlgnaut, if an Improper person lias t>een appointed Postmaster, but the b? ycott is simply a foolish ant which will not hurt the Arms it is Intended to injure. While they may withdraw their own little trade, the act will so advertise Wanamakcr sis to draw ti him tenfold more than he will lose in thcii trade. "Scveuteen of the Best Citizens.** Our neighbor, the Auguitu Chronicle, set the CUpj 1UI Wllab kUl U O VUb 1U Ub U howling about the arrest of "seventeen of the best citizens" of Sharon and Taliaferro counties by United states marshals because of alleged insult to Postmaster Duckworth. Now, we wish to ask why the quality of the citizen is referred to? Tlicy were arrested be cause they were charged wilh an offence. The "best citizens" seem to have exclusive right to exemption from punishment by the Male laws, but the United States government does not regard pedigree so much. We presume, If the U. S. Marshal had arrested seventeen of the poor trash, that nothing would have beet remarked about It. We say let the ' best citizens" answer charges just iike plain honest folk. Contributed Locals. Abbeville, S. C., March :i, 1S80. Mrs. McDonald has been quite sick for several days. Mis6 Kate Marshall returned home from Greenville last Saturday. Mrs. Anderson, of Anderson village, is here on a visit to her father, Capt. Williams. The young folk" enjoyed a pleasant sociable .at Hon. R. E. Hill's last week, and last Friday night at Hon. II. R. Hemphill's. They always report a "splendid time. "M" may now be found in the store of It. M. Haddou & Co., where lie wili be pleased to serve his friends. Mrs. Haddon Is now In the Northern markets, where she will purcliaso a full line ol goods'suitable for her trade. The ladies of Abbeville county knowing Airs. Ilnddon's large experience, good judgment, and excellent tasto in the selection of goods, may on her return expect to see a handsome display of goods, embracing all the latest novelties o> the season. What a change from the Oil Mill to the Emporium of Fashion. Such is life. Mr. 15. L. Joues and family have moved from their plantation to the valley town, and now enjoy city life. The tirsl of March brings snow, and as cold a snap us we have had this Winter. The Southern Building au<l Loan Association of Huntsville, Ala., is the only association that writes across the face ot ali iis.securities the words "non negotiable." and under no circumstances Is this association allowed to hypothecate, or negotiate any of its notes, bonds, mortgages, or other securities, but on being obtained they Immediately become the property of the shareholders. The foiindatlon of tins association's security is real estate. This, with proper legal restrictions, makes failure in this company impossible. If >ou want to invest your money where it will be safe and bring you a handsome dividend let \V. T. McDonald, special agent, write you up some shares. Call and see him about it, and you will never regret if. Miss Jennie Harper, one of Lowndesville's most charming young ladies. Is visiting the family of Mr. J. H. Latimer. The Baptist and Methodist churches of Mt. C.trmel each have a large new bell, and saint nor sinner can have excuse uow, as they oon hn mIIoH nnnl Innir rnn?je. .Mount Carmel and Lodimont sections were well represented In town Saleday. Mrs. Moore and Miss Harper from the Savannah bide, were shopping In town last .Monday, also Miss Ludie Ili ley. Rev. W. A. Gaines, of Mount Carmel, was in town Saleday and spent the night at the Abbeville Hotel. Mr. II. M. Hfddon Is quite indisposed, being confined lo his room. The snow was good for small grain, hut dentil to early gardens. We don't plant extra early, and are now waiting for the "moon to get right" to plant cur potatoes. Dr. Carlton and family have changed their mind and will remain In Mount Carmel, instead oi moving to Georgia. We hear Mrs. Kannie Mayn.vrd has Ihe appointment as postmistress at Mount <*ariii-:l, and will soon take chargc of ihe otlice vice Mr. Wm. Klley. M. Government Printing Ofiirc Leaves. J. Altheus Johnson has filed in the Court of Claims a bill for Walton Harrison, who was an employe of the Government Printing ofllcc from July 10,1SSS, to September 25, iss:?. Mr. Harrison received his leave of absence during that time, but, under a decision of the ' First Comptroller of the Treasury his pay was i deducted lor the Sundays he was absent, on] Hie ground Unit the ai-t only considered work-; log days'. The amount claimed l>y Mr. Ilarrlsoa 1? only Slii, but the decision will settle | a question which has given considerable annoyance to Government I'linting < like cm-: ployes. Miss I.UOIK Rli.v, of the Saluda side of t!iC \ County, was one of the prettiest young ladi.s j on our streets last Monday. Mas. John S. Norwood is oft' for Haiti- j more. Full line of lace mitts silk and lisle thread g'oyes. W. K. Ueli. DOTS FROM DONNALDS. A {.'.'liPi' Which W? '.Vcro l*;inl>:o lo I'sibiisI) I.iist Week. Donnnlds and vicinity are qni?t. No hooni to report. our people are hopeful and cheerful and liave gone to work with renewed enV^-rv little siekne-s in and around l>onnolds." Miss Mollic iieid has been quite sick, hut is now aide t<> be out again. .Mr. \V. W. Kowlund was very unwell for several days, lie is now slowly improving. Mr. John S.vkes, altera long spell of typhoid fever, I- up again. We trust the lip country will ?oon resiorc him to h'.s accustomed health. Miss Mamie Piirher?on. of Greenwood, is vlsitinir friends in DonnaMs. Miss Mario Drown and .MissCarriesuiiivnn, of tin? I)uc Wesl Kcmale College, attended the Itainbow part v at DonnaldsSaturday night. Mr. Joe MeOee, of Anderson, spent Salurday iiI t in I'onnalds. Some special attractions for him in this part of the country. Prof. W. \V. liradleyami Mr. XX'.Ponnald attended the Centennial at Cedar Springs. The finiiiy of Itev. XX'. I.. Pi-rues, arrived two weeks ago, and are now comfortably situated in tin* par.sonaste. I'rof.Self tuiulit a class in the art of penmanship at tliis place. lie is now teaching a class at Ilonea l'.it.'i. Miss Gary is assisting him. Prof. W. XX'. IJrsidley, our efficient and popular teacher, has a large and tlourishiny school. Over seventy names are on the roll. Miss Klleu Tribble is assisting hiin. The famous Indian doctor Is no?v located near here, iiis practice is not so extensive a.? it was last year. I'ite Kain'iow party Saturday night was a >ucce<s. There was some tine specimens of handiwork executed liy the boys. Dr. XV. XV. DocNon was awarded the priz>' for the best work done. The prize was a cake. Mr. Geo. l{. lil-.ick cirried oil' the prize for the ino-'t . ompiote failure. A brass nng was awarded hiin for his skill with the needle. A gold mine lias been discovcie! on tlie plantation of Mr. G. G. .<tonc near here. Largo quantities of guano will he used this year, t >ur Alliance friends will use the Granby guano manufactured at Columbia. foe farmers arc well up with their work. Preparation:; are being made to plant a large crop of cotton. The supply of labor is aboutcqual to the dc ? * ..II l|,n maiui. rtome lew nave iiiueu iu muiv ?... help they need. Tue grain crop is not very encouraging. Tiie insects have played havoc with it. The acroav't* is not so large as some years, espcciaiiy wheat. The public schools in our township arc in a .;ooU condition, 'i'lie attendance is laiiM\ and we iiave a faithful band of touchers. There is room for improvement in the school buildinns in many p!ao?:s. The tax on our people for school hooks is ;i heavy burden. The price weare forced to pay isa great hardship. Manyarc not able to buy i lie books necessary, consequently our teachers cannot class the pupils properly. No blame can be attached toour local merchants. The fault is somewhe:e else. It appears to some of us like a monopoly. The public schools are required to use certain books, i'bese books are of extra quality, we suppose, if the price is any criterion to go by. X. VERDERY*NEWS. ? Snow?LiJile Hoys and Girls?Sicknwx of tnjil. E. XV. Watsoit?I'et-soniil.s. Sociables. Etc. VEKDKny, S. March 4, ISO."). The new schedule on the V. K. & \V. Hailroad went into effect last .Sunday morning. On last Sabbath morn every one was surprised on \vakin*; to lliul "Mother Karth" lecked in a mantle of wliite. The beautiful >uow came upon us during the night unexpected, but nevertheless it was a welcome I visitor and was hailed with much joy by all liic boys and girls ol this village, who enjoyed i regular least eating snow cream. Snow cream and cake was one of the favorite deserts at the Cleveland House ou Sabbath for dinner. * Mr. I). A. I*. Jordau, of New York, spent last Sabbath with bis sister Mrs. M. M. Lipscomb near town. Owing to the snow and unfavorable weather Uev. Mr. Dant/.ler tailed to fill his apcointment in the Asbury Church iast Sabbat!i. I.ast week we had rain nearly every 'ay, interfering very much with the farmers. Mr. E. \V. Watson, of Bradley, is seriously ill. Or. l'rcs>ly of Lulah, lJr. Nee I. of Troy. Or. Geo. W. NeeI of Greenwood, Or. O. \V. Youngblood of Bradley, were called in consultation ou his ease one day last week. Messrs. Branch, Lawson, smith and Doutlass, of Abbeville, were in town one day last week. The party took supper at the Cleveland House. Mr. Kim ore McNeill has left Verdery to accept a position nt Woodrull'. Mr. Preston | Fant. one of Newberry's handsomest young gentlemen, succeeds him tiere. Prof. Joel Burnett, principal of the Brierwood High School was in town Friday. Mrs. Sallie M. Devlin and Mrs. B. P. Noel spent last Saturday night with their sister Mrs. K. W. Watson at Bradley, s. C. We are h i ving a great deal of sickness in and around Verdery. Mr. W. W. i'urdy and his brother Mr. T. J'. Purdy are sick. On last Thurday night Miss Mart Morrow . ompiimented Miss Fleta Brooks with a sociable at her mother's residence a mile and a half from town. A. B. C. BOLD UITEKANCB CF TflE KEGISTEF.. Mini r;t|H'r i ?;-os J? ?m? j.| Straight at Ute Tnrs?i. CtJtn.tbki Itrgixler. In I his juncture of our political atHiirs at the South, dot s it not look to tlie farmers 01 the State that it is suicidal impolicy to kus mill or give comfort to any movement, farmers'movement or nsiy other, which would look, whieli mii'-t look, to the political segregation of any important part of tlic Democratic party ? Let Ufc not be deceived in this serious matter. The March convention, which proposes to lie a movement within the party, is on it* :'acea movement outside of the party and above the party. Who calls this convention ? Is it called in the name of the Democratic arty? No! Is it called by any olllelal of the Democratic party ? Xo! Does Democratio adherence give any man a rijrlit to admittance to the body ? No! (Jannot any honest itepublican farmer sit in that body? Yes! Vmt yet this hotly claims the right. ->r the cull :s lor that purpose, to nominate state officers, subject to the acceptance or rejection of the Democrntlc convention. A more shameless deceit was never at tempted i>y any set ot nn-u who ever unucrtook to deal with public a Hairs. Lot tlie farmers sec this for themselves: These men claim tlistt the farmers constitute wi per cent, of the vote of the State, and this is true. Mow, then, when tliey have summoned the farmers here to tlie Farmers' Convention, as?uming to he of the farmers and for tiie farmers, and that .convention makes a nomination, if tliis body does in lact and truth represent the farmers, is it not the most unblushing deceit to talk about submitting that to riieacceptance or rejection of a body where ;lie farmers tli'-msvlves hold, always hold, and will hold, S') per cent, ol Hie seats, as tlicy must do i:i every Democratic Convention consisting either of men of their own calling or choice? What Is this, then, but a dictation of the will of the fanners sitting in their own tiody as a seperatc hihI distinct class? If we are not arrant tools, there can lie 110 other conclusion reached. And this, forsooth, will not be only a dictation coming Irom Democratic farmers silling in their own conven! ion, but, as we have shown, it will tie the ticket of Republican farmers as well, who may of right sit in that fanners' convention Now then Is this seemly, is it right is it safe, just at the moment that a dominant set ol Republican revolutionists are makimr a deadly pu>h at os of the South which may cost us our all if not bravely met? We ask of the farmers of South Carolina i:i perfect good faith : are these men who have thus thrust themselves against the only party which can shield or save us with its powerful atliiUliou in all parts of the Union?arc these men Southerners and Carolinians, or patriots who are ready to jeopardize our all ? They talk to us of the necessity of reforming abuse-'. If there be abuses, what better place to correct than than in the legislature, where the farmers may at all times have fcO per cent, of the seats? What, better place than the Democratic Convention of the people where again the farmers may hold >0 per cent, of the seats? Hut the complaint is that farmers come to stut<; Democratic Convi nitons to Hud everytiling "cut unci dried." 1 ><m*t we all know that the convention, for the most part, meets to confirm the previously asc< rtained wishes o| tliegeneral public? Don't we :ill know thai any attempt, or even appcarance of the >ame, to override this pulilie sentiment lie rendily overthrown as was the ease whe.. Thotupsoo was nominated? Don'l we all I know that this complaint is nv.de hy those who have eoinc here time and again with their trick fixed up and have lust in a lair tight. And yet these are the men who openly advocate Retting oil'in a eorner hy themselves to frame a "cit and dried'' ticket .hat they would force down the throat of the Democratic Convention, which to all intents and purposes would ho called simply to got through the motion of cuutirmii'f/ what they | would he/orcctl to <?/.. . (Hit upon sm.li unfair | dealings and such hald pretenses which show j rat li'T a contempt for tin* people of this State j thai) an earnest in I crest in their welfare. Death ul 5>r. ISosm. ATl.ANTA. <!a., l-'ch. us.?Dr. 1$. A. Uoss, of. Abbeville County, South Carolina. trav< lii.-r for hi" health with Ills wife, daughter and little grandson, died at lie.- Si. James hotel cany | this morning. They were on their way to; Texas und had starled lasl night via the CJcor-1 gia l'aeilic. belayed by I hwashouts, they, n turned to Atlauia. The doctor died shortly j after he had got hack to the hotel he;e at .V ? aK _ ? ?-~rr> ? Wit.i.iam Nki.son died of consumption 1 lasl week. * I ! mm CHARGES FRAUD. SUIT OVF.TI THE SETTLEMENT OF A PHILADELPHIA'S ESTATE. A Son of I.Isicoln's Socoinl Assistant I'ostticisf t-r-ft?'it<>ral Cic^l'liiiiitiirI I'emiini;- (Sic Knit He is Driving i A Klrts-J C?r. i Away back in t!te <*i*ciitit's there appeared ! at Abbeville a family unknown in all of" our 1 people, except Colonel James Edward Ca!, iionu.an octogenarian recluse, who lived on ! his farm ar Millwood, some twenty miles disi taut from tfie village. i From the firnt, Colonel Calhoun seemed to i take the friendliest interest In the new Kel1 tier at Abbeville. He bought for him "the John II. Wilson farm," consisting of some ! three hundred ucrcsof land on the outskirts of the village. it was not long before carpenters wore employed, and soon the old dilap: Mated dwelling bouse straightened up, while | additions were built, and paint was bolus i spread over the w hole. Outhouses were built ' new, the ground surrounding was beautified, | and everything made to have an attractive appu .ranee, and from time to lime Colonel I Calhoun advanced cash ;o him, to an amount I ?It iliiiM?i-.wcruilis mining Hie puI pcrs of the deceavod, notes of \V. 0. i)undas, and of Mrs. Dundas. to the amount of some 31 l.tXiit wort* found by the appraisers*. Mr. jnmdns had 110 profitable business employment, yet he always spent money lavishly in the siores. and the home in which he lived was most tastefully kept. Colonel Calhoun's death, several months i ago, is supposed to have thrown him on It is I own resources, and forced him to look elsewhere for needed supplies, and while he es| chewed all manner of profitable work while here, it will be noted that lie is now a conductor of a street railway. Mr. Dundu- was a remarkable innn In many respects. During the years that he lived with us, lie kept aloof from our people, and had but few intimate friends a ml associates while here. Mr. DuiuIhs and his family were devout Cat holies, who observed the cerctno.llalsof (hat faith with religious fidelity and orthodox churchly zeal. Colonel Calhoun went to see them when he came to town, ami Mr. Dundas was a frequent visitor to Millwood, the home of the Colonel. Gossips had more tuan one surmise as a reason for the wondcrlul influence which the stranger seemed to exercise over him. Wheu the Catholic church was being built Mr. Dundas took a deep interest in the work, and it inay have been thought that he had sufficient influence with '-the old gentleman," toinduec him t<> leave a large part, of his estate to the that church, with a tiood slice for his special u?e and benefit. The Colonel lived alone lUlves nearer Iban a grand-nephew, for whom lie manifested 110special lilting, while every evidence existed that the stranger had Ills ear and received his kindest oflices. When he came to town ha made no secret of furnishing money to Mr. rHindu*. it Is not known if Colonel Calhoun ever spoke of his relations with Mr. Dumlas, but It is thouglit Colonel Calhoun had been impressed with iilin as a worthy person, who needed only si Iilllo money on which to subsist until the conclusion of the lawsuit then pending in Philadelphia, and which must surely result in his favor. Having advanced some money, and the end ol the suit haviii2 been deferred, it is presumed that he continued tfi lend him money in the belief that he would be repaid as soon as the verdict was obtained. , Willie Mr. Dundris had extravagant ideas of domestic expenses, yet he had 110 piide I11 horses or vehicles and kept an old buggy and a cheap horse. lie often walked to Millwood, the home of Colonel Calhoun. He was proud of his lineage and could trace It back lo some of I he English lords, and he was familiar with some of the high officials at Washington and was so much inflated with bis owu superiority over ordinary terrestrial mortals that he at one time lndlKnantly resented the idea that a man of his birth would lake charge of the Abbeville High School. We copy the following article from the Xcw York World, as being of some interest to I our people: Philadelphia, Feb. 23.?The trustees of ! the mllllon-ilollur estate of the late James Dumlas arc charged with fraud by one of the heirs of the estate, William Oswald Dundas, who claims that lie was Induced to sell hi* snare 10 *>irs. a guess uunuas i,!ppmcolt, who now lives in the old homestead, ut Broad and Walnut streets, for au inadequate price. The ease is set down for argument oil tho third Monday of March. William M. Evarts, of New York, intended to appear for the plaintilt', but lie is now suffering from some trouble with his eyes and cannot do so. The case is on appeal from the Orphan's Court. James Dunuas lived for many years in the quaint, old-fashioned yellow bouse at the northeast corner of Hroad and Walnut .Streets. lie and his family had the entrCe to the most exclusive circles of society in their day, and his descendant have ever since been numbered among Philadelphia's most aristocratic people. He had a brother named Wm. II. Dundus, who resided in Washington until lstil, when he died. At that time he was Second Assistant Postmaster-General under the Lincoln Administration. His son, the prc.-ent plaiulili, is now forty-five years of age, and though he has had many good opportunities in lile bo has been unable to take advantage ol'them. lie is now a conductor on the Fifth street car line. When James Dundas di.-d, in 18U5. he left an estate appraised at i'SJ >,013 15. There were certain provisions iu the will which had to be satisfied bcio;e the amounts appropriated lo the heirs could be paid, a d wlicu thpse were complied with the sum remaining for dlstribuilon among Li iu heirs was S-liU, 201.20. To William (Jsw.-ilu Dmidiis was bequeathed one-tonH!i 01'live-1'oitteilis oi this residue, rhc nephew, wiio was siralglitcncd circuinstance.-, at onceset about to realize upon hlR .-.hare of tiie estate. He came to l'lilladei- 1 piiia and called upon Josiiu.i Lippincott, wiio , was one ol Use trustees oi' the estate, to ascertain the value oi his Interest, The result was i thai on November C, lsfr'j, I.e executed a deed to Mrs. Allies Dundas l.ippineott, the wife oi ] i'rustce Joshua Lippincott, and a niece of the i iato James Dundas, which transferred to that 1 lady ail the right, title and Interest to his j share for t lie suui of S!1.4'Ji).!iO, At the same time ne signed a statement tliat lie liad asked 1 Mrs. Lippincott to purchase his interest, and . that he was acting in this sale of his own free will and without any persuasion or influence 1 of any kind. Tue present suit is based on the claim that he was induced to part with his 111- ' terest "for an inadequate price and under , misrepresentation of mo true value of his share.'' < Wtion tlio.oase came before tlic Orplmns' Court Samuel C. Perkins was appointed to < audit the accounts of the estate In order to i ascertain if Dundas's share at the time of the sal* was worth more than lie received. Mr. i Perkins made a report suiting that Dundas ' should have received about;'lO,000 inor? than 1 he did because of the new appraisement at that lime ol the bonds of a Mahoney railroad company. The Orphans' Court over- \ ruled this recommendation and decided that, as Dundas made the agreement with Mrs. Lippincott with his eyes open, he would have to bu satisfied with his bargain. The plain (in a fuunwi iiiivu laiMu iuu [luiuu 01 law that Mrs. Lippincott, being th? wife of one of the trustees, had no right lo purchase an interest in ti?e estate. If tlie Supreme Court upholds the report of the auditor Dundas will receive over $2.\(W0, as the Interest on 3lU,tM(J for over twenty-throe years will run 1L up beyond (lint sum. In reply to Dundas's charges of fraud and misrepresentation Mrs. Lippincott has made answer that Dundas received a price In excess of the actual value of his share at that time. She has also put in evidence u letter written to iter by Mary P. Dundas, the wife of Win. Oswald Dundas, thanking her for having pure.ha-ed her husband's interest and for having presented their baby with a silver spoon. Mrs. Lippincott has also placed lin evidence an otl'er made to Dundas, three years after ae- i quiring possession of his share, to release all claims 10 it if Dundas would refund the nion- 1 ey with interest. Mrs. I.iiipincott says that Dutidas never replied to this oiler. The testimony that has been taken and is now on file i n the Supreme Court covers over '2,000 pages of maims, ript. The. case will be bitterly con* ! tested by each side. IEoiv llic Sua Went Down. We were together, my love and T, ! Wo roamed the meadows and life was sweet; Never a cloud in the summer sky. And Mowers a-blowlng about our feet, Our hen lift were alad for that one glad day, So bright it seemed of all joy the crown ; Dot t!ie beautiful brightness passed away, how quickly the sun went down. (ioiden light upon land and sea ! Uoldcn light for my loveand me! Never can dawn a day so bright, l imrni* *i liTl'pwIth IK tti.nli/lil ' Wo have pnrtitl, my love and I, .M ,ny a year l?y liriK! ami t!<!? . Not till we reach Mil* homeon high shall ttiiiul again at my lost, oiic's side, i Tilt* lloucis are faded, the world Is uuid, The treesarc naked, and gaunt, and Orown, ( Ami youth lias (led and my heart is old, ; o!i,"how slowly the s un goes down ! ICvenln^ shadows of dream3* gray, ]>rn\v your veil o'er my weary way ! Till day shall break and the shadows Hoc And morning bringeth my love lo me. Iteei ived tills week 1h? following goods! . uilaldo for early spring wear. iiij piecesj glngh uns new spring styles. 'S~> pltc.s secr-( suckers. 'J"i eheeked Nainsooks, - "> pieces.1 checked plqiKs. 10 pieces salines, U. M. , I [addon .'c Co. Just received a beautiful line 10 Inch white lawn with borders suitable for aprons. 11. M.j II addon ?V Co. The hot general tonic in all the country , never fails to stive satisfaction as a household | medicine, nod we guarantee it. .Speed's 1 Drug Store. Ht gin the new your nriuhl by buying your,' drugs from tlm pure fresh stock to be " lound 1 at Spei d's Drug Store. j 1 Paints, window glass and prepared putty.1 A fresh sl.ick al Speed's I'rug Store. f- jggggfc Seleciicus from tie Christian Neiglor , | ,, , I,, I Nervousness. !j Nerves nervous, nervousness, ner- j vous system, nervous prostration are ( terms used by many persons to de- ( scribe some ailment about which they , may not know much. Only nervous , people know what and how it is, what \ shocks or affects their nerves, but do j not know as well what to do or to take < or what not to do 01* not to take to cure j or get relief. j Some persons are naturally more nervous than others, they are so born> i and cannot help it though by gentle j discipline ? self-government? much j may be gained in the way of suppress- < ing nervous agitation and by the grace < r r\ _ , 'i.? ,-,f thn Snirit r>f < OI \J1UU LUC UIU? VIAllI^ WA I..V K/r..v ( Christ?patience may become so per- 1 feet as that contentment may so take < the place of nervousness as to enable 1 one to suy "I have learned in whatso- ( overstate I am therewith to be content." j [Nervous persons seldom get that measure of sympathy from others which they deserve. The ridicule or , impatience which thoughtless persons , manifest toward the nervous is cruel, an aggravation of the nervousuess of , the nervous and is not clear of sin on { the part of thoj-e who may speak lightly or tauntingly of what the nervous | one may not be able to help. A nervous person deserves more credit for self-control or for being a Christian than one of a different temperament. How well it is that our Maker "knoweth our frame," and that the "Spirit helpeth our infirmities." Lei not those persons who have become nervous through misfortune or personal afilietion forget these inspired words, nor let the afflict cd write bitter things against themselves but believe that their merciful Father in heaven pities his would-be patient children. Acquired nervousness, whether the result of one's own improper couduel or that of parents or other persons, should be striven against as any other evi! propensity or habit: and whether nervousness be natural, acquired or en- 1 tailed by misfortune or personal afliiction, let all who are thus tempted or tried be careful that this infirmity be ' not an iniquity?something having the concurrence of will or consent. i Why this Difference. Still other divines assay to account < for the prevailing indifference toward < religion and public worship. The I Neighbor, last week, gave one cause ' of the indifference in which the priu- < ter made us say "tearing" for teasing. I But that makes but little difference < when it is so manifest that men and < women of the world with the halfhearted religionists of the day are tearing uj) the old gospel way of salvation 3 and blazing out near and easy cuts to heaven, Yet, they tear up and tear around as if they had just found out ' how the church, the world, the flesh aud the Devil could all go hand iu hand without friction or fuss and with- 1 al have a "nice time." The assignment of one more cause of the prevail- ' ing indifference may suffice for this 1. _ TA..f/.ni* AI* uo vanvn ^ present: i/uriiig mu ivm ^ ^ ? of the late war the people scarcely 1 heard preaching, praying or religious talk that was not mixed more or le?s with war thoughts, war feelings, war 1 doings, war sufferings, war glories, &c. 1 Chaplains and other preachers, speakers and praying men had to preach, pray and talk patriotically, or risk be- ing suspected or charged with being not true to their country. He who officiated had to think how he should 1 frame his sentences so as to be agreea. j ble to the ears of the audience rather than acceptable to God. Now a people ; who for four or five years had been fed ' itid toasted with such religious diet 20llld noi reasonably be expected to liave a ravenous relish for a religion of peace and good will. If it was Chris- 1 tiau like to kill and destroy then, how 1 can it be right to follow peace with all ^ men now ? Tlio Poor Man's Wisdom Despised. llev. W. Smith Martin's letter, seen in another place 111 this paper, may suggest to Bible readers Kcclesiastes ix : 13-1S. [Read it.] What Brother Martin says about the publication of his views four or five years ago on the Negro problem is true. But as the wisdom of his views was not credited to the big name of some big or little man it was "despised." And now other men are making themselves and others somewhat famous in their advocacy of the same views and are being credited as the authors of the scheme us though nobody had ever thought of such a thing before. On this wife, not only is the poor man's wisdom ''despised," but the "poor man" himself is not "remembered," i. e. the arrogant ufleet not to know that such a man ever lived, or that such a scheme was ever heard of before it was proclaimed by themselves. How very few persons in the world form their judgment of cither men or measures by the standard of merit. The great mass of mankind including a large per cent, of men with ' rounding titles arc imru copyists and lire content to follow a head though 1 that head may choose "weapons of \ var" instead of wisdom. ? We believe that Brother Martin pe- c L'uniarily is neither poor nor rich, but s he is a man of independent and t thoughtful convictions and is, with jo uue deference to others, not afraid toil say what he thinks. c "Bob" Pope and his son 11 years i)!d, Hampton County, while on their! way home from mill Monday night' (Feb. 24) were shot and their throats j v cid. One account says they weie.d white, another that they were colored.1 :| lie that as it may it was vninJcr. 11 p ?????a????ammaa Strength Measured by Weakness. A chain, we know, is no stronger 1 than the weakest link in it. It matters not how strong most of the links s may be, the weaker ones make the i jhain as a whole not a good one. If i ;very link but one were sound and \ strong that one defective point would :i make the chain unsafe for using. Is t this not illustrative of character? Is it not suggestive of James ii : 10, "For c whosoever shall keep the whole law, i md yet ott'end in one point, he is guil. 1 ty of all." 1 Is a character stronger than the \ weakest point in that character? One [ that consciously permits sin in himself i in one paiticular could hardly be trusted to reach high duty in others. He j says I neither lie nor steal nor murder, . surely I may be permitted to break the ; third commandment or the fourth; an- ( Diner says I neither swear nor break me dtiuditiu uay, jl uo iiul kiu imr uov- i 2t, if I take the advantage in this trade < what harm is done??the other pian < thinks he is getting a bargain, I know ( /am. Too many are self-deceived, s they reckon God their debtor by rea- j son of their obedience to nine of the i ten items in the decalogue, it may be i to the whole ten, yet neglect of the i one great commandment: "And thou < shalt love the Lord thy God with all > thy heart, and with all thy soul, and i and with all thy mind, ami with all j thy strength." "Thou shalt love thy neighbor us thyself." i Has it seemed impossible to keep all < the law, oh, man of eaith? Then is j the character no stronger than that weakest point. Do not some say with sweet submission, yes, I have my i weak points?my temper gets the best of me, or I will swear a little when I < got mad, or I do hate that man that lias ireaieci me unjiisuy?now rau um.help it??oh, yes, I have my weak points. Your weakest point measures the strength of your moral character. One. Rev. John Ilciumruway. The readers of the Nuifiiiuoit will doubtless be gratified to read the letter 1 from the venerable John Hcmmenway. ! Though not written for the public we 1 iissume the responsibility of publishing it, in the hope that the worthy successor of Penn and Ladd will pardon the liberty thus taken. We hope that the series of ''Thoughts on Various 1 Subjects" is not the last we may hear ! ar have from the unsurpassed Christian uorrespondent of the Nkiqiibob. If ! the XEitinnon should be favored with what may be the last communication 1 3f Brother Hemmenway for the public ( to read weshoukl think of the mantle 1 3f Elijah falling upon Elisha? or on 1 3ue who would fain stand for Elisha, 1 if "Elisha" do not cross over first. LET TER FROM REV. JOHN BEKMEKWAY i He is now Seventy-six Yenis 01?l. > and Thinks i(e may not Write : Afain. j Jaint Antiiony Pakk, Minn.. c ITnlii'iinvu '?' > 1K00 f A VV.M...J .WW. :l/,y Drar Brother Browne: I send you for the Neighbor a lumber of thoughts which you may lispose of as you may think proper. It is uncertain whether I shall ever vrite any thing again for your good y japer. I am now in my 7Gth year, J md though my health is some better ,han it was last fall, yet health and | ife are very uncertain to one of my 1 ,*ears. The cause of Peace is still vert/ dear * o me, aud will be I do not doubt, * vhen I shall lind myself far down ino "the swelling of Jordan." I am 1 lopeful for the triumph of Arbitra- 1 ion, and yet have many, many fears. c I'he world w?s never so well prepared 1 or war as now ; and the nations of Europe and our country are cure full 3- 1 miliirniimr ji military snirifc and a love ~ ??/ ~I >f military glory. The war spirits in s >ur country, ami they are "legion," are ' ietermined to build a navy as large or arger than any nation in the world. 1 I look with alarm upon the hoisting he American flag upon the houses of 1 he common schools in cur Northern Jl ind Western States. I see with great orrow that the speeches that are made " >11 the occasion of raising the flags, are = rain glories, and great'y tend to culti- H 'ate a war spirit among boys, and a v ove of military glory. And the next itep will be to organize military com)anies among the boys in common ; cliools for drill and vain and gaudy 1 lisplay, all of which is pagan and ndl c Christian. Well, my dear H rot her Browne, I 1 im nearly through with my life on :arth, and I am very sad and very hankful. I am very sad that I shall J eave the world so mil 01 s-in, cspccmiy of the sin of a war spirit, and a love 1 >f military reading and display. But [ tun very thankful that if, through c he infinite love and mercy of God in c Christ Jesus, I shall find my eternal 1 t lome in the heavenly world, I shall ice and hear. nothing there about 11 'coast defences," "Battleships," "Tor >edoes," "War flags," "Military sci;nce," "Military display," nor thai ^ STew York monthly magazine ca!led 1 The Century." |j But 1 must close my hastily written ; etter. Whether Peace in this worldj| vill triumph over War in all nations 11 > - - ? . . . . ! 1 annot tell, but l Know tnac mo oie.*b- ^ td kingdom of Jesus, the King or'j aint.s and the Prince of l'eaee, will j riuinph gloriously in heaven to iilj: ^ teruity. Dear 15 rot her, I hope to . neet you in that holy happy world of t( verlasting peace. I,. Your friend now and fortver, !n J 011X 11 i:.M M KS W A V. j I ? ? Wonder how many dillerent men or i, vomen, a single one of these pewter |; lough nut cuts are made I?? ivpre.-ent () is they are presented in s-eme of t. he newspapers? t) Asleep Until I/ife h? i'10 Day. Dear Kci(fl.h:>r: For the I a:-1 few weeks the papers, ocular awl ic-I-gitriis, have boon teemt*.r? with ar.ielcs ?n the Negro Probem. aii(i it is roaily amusing lo see viial j>i?/tiiilit'iicc is given to Ibo views ulvani'nl by sonse men, as if they were lie first lo ml Vance them. This writer, four or five years ago, ulviiuocd the opinion tliat the bestt md safest solution of this great probein, was to scatter the negro race. weciaimct! litis as imperative to tne >rotcction of the South, and also as the est policy to adopt for the develop nc*11L of the negro. The first article on the subject was >nb!Uhed in the Southern Christian Advocate, *md the second in the Nkighuok, having been refused publication by the Advocate. There the whole matter ended, and his writer became an object of ridicule m the part of some people, for being =o visionary and impracticable, liegently the commotion and restlessness unoug the negroes themselves, and the renewal of the subject by prominent writers and speakers, have given new life to it, and since distinguished men have insisted upon the gen^rai Jisseniination of the negro race, as the ?aft.'st and best policy, to -some people Lli*s theory looks less visionary, and in facta little more practicable. Men row. ail over the country, talk Eiud write freely, in vindication of this supposed new idea, and no one seems nfraid of public ridicule. Some grave sages philosophize on the subject as if no one had ever thought of such a thing before. O what distinction can be given a subject, or wtj one phase of it, when vind'cated by a recognized leader} Our purpose is not to discuss the Xesjro Problem In this article,' but to say, we stand to-day just where we did five years ago, and that we believe the scattering of the race will take place, and that it will settle, and satisfactorily solve ihe great race problem. It will save the South from amalgamation and ruin, and it will put the negro in a position, where the best and most effectual means can be used for his elevation and development, and that without any appreciable loss to the Anglo-Saxon race.. All this ean be done without any war or bloodshed, Iioi'n tirtfliiinr finmntilanrv or tlilU Jl'l 1-iutg nwvuiiiQ J ~ irbitrary in the movement. The negro race is ripening for it, and nil liiat is necessary to make the movement succeed, is for the white people to act with common sense, and in a Christian spirit, encourage the right thing. This done, and there will he no need of making the negro's interest i specialty, and of exhausting all the energies of our Commonwealth to develop his possibilities, and make him i civilized Christian citizen. Less enthusiasm in behalf of the ne;ro race, and a little more wisdom will nake the Christianity of this country i blessing to him, and will drive away lie storm-clouds which have threatcn d thi-i nation for more than a quarter >f a century. W. Smith Martin. Various Thoughts. BY JOHN II EMM EN WAY. Ch ristian man ; Christian woman voulJ you never .sin in word or deed ? ff you would not, you must always 'Trust in the Lord with all thine leart and lean not unto thine own unlerstanding." It it delightful (o study the woiks of Creation; but we should ho prayer-j ully careful in our meditations,! is we wander in its wonderful laby-j inths, not for a moment to lose sight >f God rhe Creator, and God the Jteleaner "for without Him was not any hing made that was made." Liberty an J money are never ble.ssngs unless rightly used. Confessing repentance, however full ind frank, is of little worth unle>s Allowed by a forsaking repentance. War is a blind, brutal disregard of he Christian religion. The ablest argument ever given by >nm in nrnof of the truth ot Christi luity is a life agreeable to Christianity. The expression is often heard "-Mr. is growing rich." If a man is growing rich in "the knowledge of Jcus Christ," he is growing rich indeed, whether he is worth a hundred million lollars or a hundred cents only. ilow beautiful, how sublime is this ruth from the very lips of our Savour, "I am the bread of life; he that omelh to me shall never hunger, he hat believeth on me shall never hirst." A good wife id God's choicest earth-1 y blessing to a man, and God should eeeive sincere (hanks fiom the hu? land for the precious ift in every famiy, and in every secret prayer. It will hu a happy thing for our ountry when there is suiiicie.'it inter-! i St 111 UllllSIUilWiy i:j Mijipm i .'/" ' -t ?' y religious pripeiV)?papers licit eonain nothing1 contrary to the '\Sernion hi the Mount." Thivr. Nabbaih Days. The fluid ami the fourth Sabbaths in j Ybruary i prcachid l<? interes ed an-! liences at the (Jo-ne! Tabernacle. I Jrother Oliver who occupies an upper| oom in the building was t?;o unwell to J ie down to ta!;e pait in tie service. Ie is now out am! active as :s his ens-! did. i Last iSahhath iiMiov.'<-i ami i mi-' her preached nor heard any one el.-e, ireach, unless ii was ll/.ekiel, the' irophct which I read and thought on o profit (hough ! could not sutisfaclo. ily understand the me.miug of thoi-ej 'wheels." "faces," Ac. Monday 1 first learned that the i/i/' of Sunday morning had me down [> preach at tlie Tahernaele. Had I nowii this in lime 1 should have ne round to correct or "justify" the .ror. Do not yet know v, ho preached r wli' ther any one diil. S. II. 15. j JH ' \ Prof. R. T. Ely, of Johns Hopkins, discusses in several issues of the Christian Union the railroads of this country as compared with tho?e of Europe. He conies to ihe conclusion that our railroad" ;ire? much infirior in every xfay to those in Europe, and makes a strong pha for the Goveminent t?? lake control of our sys- ^ tenii of travel. He !?:iys, nosing one of his articles: 4 \Vh< n Handed in New York I saw advertised 'the vestibule special' on the Pennsylvania from . lNc\v York to Washington. As it was an American railroad, it goes without saying that it was 'the finest train in the world.' Everything with us is the'best in the world.' I look thuiviiin t.i RnUiifmri*. d?>!ormiiied to do full justice to it. Naturally, 1 had several pieces of baggage. There was in Jersey City no purler to help me on the train, ami naturally the conductor, who was standing by ihe car, would have scorned 10 do so. I struggled on board, got my scat with the help of the porter who fin-.lly appeared, but found no convenient place for my pieces of baggage. My seat was I not high enough in the back, and was not so comfortable as a second-class in Germany. Instead of electric light, dim oil lamps gave a feeble illumination as we passed through tunnels; hungry, \ ordered a very modest lunch and sighed as T paid seventy-live cents, remembering the tine dinners on the other side for half that sum. Special mention was made in the advertisement of'smooth-running' trains, but I and to half-empty my cup of lea to keep it from shilling. The fare was $7.40?about double the European rate; and as I rode along, I tried to discover some respect in which E was more comfortable or better olf j than on the third-class car." There are now forty-seven Protestant missionary societies engaged in mission work for the Jews in various lands. They support 377 laborers, of whom nearly one half are of Jewish j extraction, "it is estimated that there 1 are now 6.500.000 Jews in the world ; M so this makes one missionary to every V 17,000. Dr. Dalman, of Leipsic, who 3 has recently taken great pains to gather these exact figures, believes that, since this century began, 100,000 Jews have been received t?y baptism into ' the Church of Christ. An English journal puts the liquor problem in this form : Twenty-five snakes running through the streets? that's five whiskey.. Twenty-five snakes gathered into a box in which twenty-five holes are made by authority of the court?that is low license. Ten of the holes are closed and the snakes ail fret out through the other fifteen?that is high license. Drive all the snakes over to the next village ? that is local option. Kill all the snakes?that is prohibition. "The poisoning of water or food is n mode of warfare absolutely forbidden ; but tile turning oft' the supply by stopping convoys of food to the enemy is one of the usual methods of reducing them to submission." Human nature revolts at I lie idea of poisoning food or water, but to starve an enemy or mad- \ den him with thirst, is a usual method if reducing him to submission. Wheu will the world see that one is as atrocious as the other? In the United States Senate pn the 17th iust., Mr. Dawes presented more than I'lO petitions from Massachusetts, saying that over 800,000 gallons of intoxicating liquors are annually exported from the United States to Africa, and praying that under that section of the Constitution which authorizes CongI ress to regulate commerce with foreign 1 j nations, this traflic should be stopped The petitions were referred. ' The first Presbyterian church in Oklahoma Territory has been dedicat- j ed. It is at a place called Kingfisher ; has a bell, organ, chairs, will seat three I hundred persons, aud is out of debt. \ Physicians say that la grippe fastens with' special violence on men who drink intoxicating ii*juors. Tiwri. .iiv? si'tfldi) Swedes in New York City unci not o:;c of them is a saloon keeper. nitg- -y*' ? Brownsville, Tennessee, was wreck.' oil i>y a storm February 25. Only one life was 1st. Marianna, Arkansas, has been damaged by a storm, and the observatory at Mot Springs was leveled with the ground at the same time. Wisconsin is robed in white, and there is every every prospect of a damaging overflow in the Ohio. Three Gypsies were drowned in Indiana. Great loss of property has resulted from high winds in Ohio, and heavy rains have prevailed throughout Kentucky. Such are the climatic occurrences of February 24-25. , > The liritish steamer Zuetta struck a J uli.wi-n ?->n din f?hnrfc at 9 l). JO m., Feb. 3S, near Somerset', in Torres ^|jj| .Strait at the northern extremity of Australia, and wink in three minutes. V Advices state that -00 lives were lost. I Later.?It is said that loUof the passen ers and ciew we:e saved. & o w Itev. I). It. MeAnally, D. I)., senior editor of the St. Loui-s Christian Advocate was SO years old Feb. 17, 1S90. He is in the sixty-lirst year of his ministry and in the forly-lirst year of editorial labor. Venerable and grand in the service of his generation for Christ's sake. The stables of Mr. U. S. Dcsportes, Columbia took iire from a stroke of lightning Frbruary and were destroyed. ' ? ? The Chief of Kn^ineers has reported to Congress against any improvement !?V the jiovernmeiit of the Broad and Saluda Rivers, above Columbia. ? Ivi'V. J. M. Stea'iman, McCormick, appends: 'The work of the church is moving oii hojiefully." c ? - ? Tiie IVohibi'ionisis of Rhode Island i i?v*<? oumiiiiiiLil a State ticket. Dratits. it v.dic'il i'.i. J'raiiklai Vox as, I'c'f. I.-'".', til, aged ! "?. !J'. v. Ai:;vJ vvi?e, Virginia Conference, died February i:>, l %i?. I.-iihnin t!;0 invcnUsr of the typ<';* lit.-r, Mi.v.iinkt W isconsin, rcccui* Iv. Mr. W. I. iii-vt! '-. a ski'fid and faithful mi i-lilai-t an ! a man of >U*i a intensity, died at Ins U'-isie in t wlnniM::. -o, [-'.i'.i, aged :? >. ? ? ]hsp?>n:nhi;iiy is a!l the greater Incj'.ihc v. e an- left to ass. ss ourselves. Tne blank form isM-iit to us, and loft to our honor to (ill up. l)o not tamper ' with the paper, for remember there i? a recruiting otticor who will examine your f-e'iednle, who knows all about v;;l!r po-s<':si(iiis. Do as you, who have ri-e* ived everything from theiiOtil, are bound to do.