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'-The Abbeville Press and mfiner^ m BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 1890, VOLUME XXXV. NO. 7. jg Selections from the Cbristian Neighbor "The Mystery." The leading definition of mystery, as given in Webster, is: A profound secret; something wholly unknown, or something kept cautiously conceal- 1 ed, and therefore exciting curiosity or wonder; hence, specifically, that which is beyond human comprehension until explained. What then is the "mystery" often mentioned in the Scriptures, particularly in the epistles? E. G. "We speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our flrlnrir Tliia nnrl other mssatres teach i 6.vr.i7 . t o that God bad from the beginning kept secret or concealed something of which prophets spake without knowing the 1 mysterious import of something they 1 uttered, things which the augels desired to look into. God intimated after I the fall in the garden what this myste. 1 ry was: ''It [the seed of the woman] shall bruise thy head and thou shall bruise his heel." In successive ages ! intimations more or less significant of what was the mystery were given un til the time had fully come for God to ! g send forth his Son made of a woman, 1 ? made under the law to redeem them ' A that were under the law. This was ' ^ the beginning of the full revelation of i' the mystery. More and more was this | great mystery revealed or made known j1 ? -Li- - <~i? is 1 T?;,wi 'I as me ouu nveu, ttcicu, buucicu, uicu, ( rose from the dead, commanded the preaching of his gospel to all the ; world, ascended up on high, crowned i King of kings, sent the Spirit on the,1 day of Pentecost. "Without contro".! versy great is the mystery of godli" !* ness: God was manifest in the ilesh, 4 justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, 1 preached unto the Gentiles, believed 1 on iu the world, received up into glo- 1 ry." 1 Tim. Hi : 10. 1 When these things had come to pass 4 the mystery was no longer a mystery, | but he came a matter of knowledge * .1 i. - ?< uu l even u*4 ruui wiuic ui ma ivuimt icu^r . iu the mystery of Christ" to the Ephe. ( sians and to other churches as well.;4 The burden of the world-wide mission!? of ihe apostles was to proclaim the | ^ great facts and truths of the now- * made-known mystery" to make known the mystery of the gospel." And this is the burden of all apostolic preaching to-day. The design of this mystery in con-, ception, revealment and consumma-! tion was and yet is "that the Gentiles; should be fellow-heirs, [with the Jews]' and of the same body, and partakers o* rliis promise in Christ by the gospel"? that whether Greek or Jew, circum- , cision or uncircumcision, Barbarian, 1 Scythian, bond or free, male or female, all should be baptized by one Spirit into one body, and thus all be made to . drink into one Spirit. This gives the . "unity of the Spirit"?the only real |. unity iu the Church of Christ oni earth. For this Jesus prayed, and fori' realization of this he has given his gos- , pel aud the Holy Spirit including the ' command to his disciples to strive in * teaching, living and suffering "to j make" all men see what is the fellow"! ship of the mystery, which from the ' beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ." And last, but not least, let all who ] have been baptized into this one Spir- t it, "with all lowliness and meekDess, { j with long-suffering, and forbearing one another in love, endeavor to keep < the unity of the Spirit in the bond of 1 peace." That this is "the body," the J true Church of Christ, and that Christ j and Christ alone is the Head thereof in ^ all things world without end. Amen. < ... i Using the Flag to Inflame. { Two copies of a "Fourth of July t number" of The Youth's Companion 1 have come to our table through the ( post office. The covering is as red as < tire, the contents are mainly adorations < (P of the flag of the United States as rais- j ed over school houses, all tendiug to ( inflame the youthful readers of words and pictures with ambition for milita- j ry glory and an idolatrous regard for \ that flag. It seems that the Companion last January offered a prize of a flag, 9x16 feet, to that public school in each State one of whose pupils should write the best essay on, "The Patriotic J Influence of the American Flag when ( raised over the Public Schools." A | list of the flag winners (one in each ! State) is given. Debauchery of \ Youth. The radical mischief in this whole < business is the raising of the flag over 1 t.hft nnblifi schools in nrrl^p tlmf < children of the country may have , their minds and hearts biased, perme- j ated and tinctured with the war spirit. < That a publication like Youth's Com- ' panion should lend, sell or give itself j to a scheme so plainly barbarian in its i final results will astonish all thinking Christian patriots. ' May it not be reasonably inferred j that whatever Christian teaching there i may be in those flag schools must be milmriliiintpfl tnnn norropmoiit. ivi(li past bloody record of that flag even as 1 was illustrated in the late war and in ] fact in all other wars in Christeudom. 1 There are different kinds of companions. This fourth of July number is, we think, an evil companion. ? -W A seven story building, costing $50,- j 000, Knoxville, Tenn., just finished, fell with a crash June 28. No person j hurt except iu money. ( u Law?Conversion?Love. So far forth as the official administration of a nation and the lives of its public and private citizens are conformed to the principles of Christianity there is no need of civil law. The enactment of civil laws became necessary according as men failed to ob" serve the divine laws. Tbe former "were added because of the transgression" of tbe latter, even as tbe latter? the decalogue?was added because of the original trausgression of the law ol love written on or in the heart of the man and the woman in their creatiou. The ten commandments on the tables of stone show in extenso what by disobedience was broken and lost from the heart in the fall. By this law?the ten commandments?men may know when they do wrong, "by Lue law is me Knowieuge 01 sin." In answering the inquiry of the lawyer as to which was the great commandment in the law Jesus said, Thou sbalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy ojl, aud with all thy miud. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shaltlove thy neighbor as thyself." In this answer Jesus explained and condensed the ten commandments aud thus resolved them into their original aueuess?love. What now is the conversion of a contrite sinner hut the recasting of the oroken heart in the mold of God's law? "I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts." [11 this new birth by which the sinner jecomes a new creature in Christ Jesus, the love of God is shed abroad in ;he heart by the Holy Ghost, which is jiven unto us. Thus is "put on the jew man which after God [in the likeless of God] is created in righteousiess and true holiness." Then is there >eace with God through our Lord Jems Christ. Before this great change in which he believing sinner is baptized by the Spirit into Christ, he was under continuation, but now there is no conlemnation to him or any one of like ,'xperience who is in Christ Jesus, and vho walk not after the flesh but after he Spirit. Digging to Kill?Digging to Save. Durintr the war the Federals by Tiuch digging laid and sprung a mine ind thus blew up a great number of Confederates, killing quite a number ind maiming many others. This was lone to destroy life, and for the sucsess of the plan the originators purjhased to themselves a good degree of ;hat kind of honor which is highly es;eemed among a class of men but ivhich "is an abomination in the sight ?f God." In contrast with that destruction of luman lives has been the effort of nojle hearted men, day and night for ;wo weeks, to dig through the walls of slate and dirt to relieve, if possible, the iren imprisoued by the recent Mine Hill disaster in Pennsylvania. One jarty dug to destroy human lives, the >ther digging with their might to save luman lives. This shows the differ >nce between war and humanity? be" u'cpii dp?trnrtif>ii and salvation. A Colossal Lottery Scheme Killed. San Francisco, Cal., June 25.? President Diaz of Mexico has dashed ,o the ground the hopes of the $5,000K)0 syndicate, which intended carryng on a lottery business at Tia Juana, eighteen miles South of San Diego, Jalifornia, by vetoing the bill after it lad passed both houses. It was the ntention of the promoters of the lotery scheme, to make Tia Juana a vertable Monte Carlo, aud with this in ?iew they had arranged the purchase )f all the land in town. This California syndicate was organized about a ,Tear ago with a capital stock of $5,000, WO, $500,000 of which was paid into :he hands of the treasurer, a resideu t >f Los Angeles. After considerable lobbying and the jxpenditur# of large sums of money to jarry the lottery bill through, and af;er the syndicate was apparently on :he road to success, President Diaz vetoed the bill, knocking out the MekimnMoute Carlo. Those two New Orleans Confederite Generals might take lessons in patriotism from the Mexican President. Ed. Trouble Brewing in Japan. A reaction against the assimilation ji western lueas appears in japan, rwo progressive statesmen murdered, the assassination of two others attempted, with various attacks on the English and American missionaries, ire symptoms of a wide-spread dissatisfaction. The Tribune, philosophizing upon it, reminds its readers that snly about one hundred thousand of the thirty-six million inhabitants of Japan are already initiated into the svays and mauners of the West. In a note iu this paper, published six years ago, we stated that the attempt to acselerate unduly assimilation invariably produces disturbance and reaction, md that in Japan trouble might be expected, even though the educated and traveled Japanese might exhibit French versatility in adautation. Wp hope mat by prudent management our missionaries and institutions will be able to maintain and increase their influence. There is now a Bishop Fitzgerald, North, and a Bishop Fitzgerald, South, which will tend to confuse the secular press and people outside our Church. Our Bishop's initials are J. N., and the Southern Bishop's, O. P.?Zion'tHerald. A bill before the Italian Parliament, which wrests from the priests the control of charitable institutions, in all probability will soon become a law. fhis bill will place such institutions in the government's hands, and is therefore vigorously opposed by the Church >f Home. - .. ; V ? ' . *5 JA AEa5*>-"'.**. ; Downfall of Rome. An eminent scholar and divine in Maine writes to Rev. R. B. Howard, Secretary of the American Peace Society saying: "I have lately read Mommsen's and Merivale's Histories of Rome with new amazement at the might and wisdom of that remarkable nation. It was war, however, which overthrew Rome. She conquered vast numbers of the people of the very finest races of the earth in physical force and beauty. Those she reduced to slavery. The enslaving of such multitudes of such people introduced the exhausting, devitalizing indulgence of unlimited lust and sensuality. Rome became enfeebled and rotten through her immoralities made practicable by war, and she fell. "I have heard Prof. Roswell D. Hichcock, D. 1)., of the Union Theological Seminary give the same explanation of the physical, enfeebling and necessary consequent mil 01 Rome." To Reform Criminals?A Way Worth Trying. A new penal law has just been put in operatiou in Wisconsin, Uih principle of which is not new, but which has not heretofore greatly influenced legislation in the United States. The law provides that a persons convicted of crime and sentenced to prison may be released at the expiration of the shortest time prescribed by law for the offense, but is required hereafter to live a blameless life and to report monthly to the law officers until the expiration of the lime for which he was sentenced. The first persons released under this law were two burglars who had been sentenced to serve ten years. The minimum penalty under the law for their crime is two wfluiv onrl tKo\r huva corvorl nnlvr flint length of time. For eight years they will he under police surveillance and on their good behavior. If they again commit crime they will be forced to serve the remainder of their uncompleted terms without being tried again. The idea is that the effect of the law will be to reform many criminals by making their liberty depend upon their good behavior, prompt punishment being certain to follow violations of the law of the land or uf the conditions under which they were released from prison. The English "ticket-of-Ieave" system, which was almost the same, is "said to have worked well, many convicts becoming good and useful citizens. The experiment being made in Wisconsin will be watched with groat interest, especially impressed with the necessity of prison reform in this country. The Columbia, Newberry, and Laurens railroad has been declared opened and ready for traffic as far as to Prosperity. Everything combustible in the Standard Oil Company's refinery yard, Louisville, Ky., was destroyed by fire, June 30. Escaping gas reachfng the fire in a workshop started the blaze. Of the 39 persons wounded 4 will surely die. Loss in money value, $40,000. One Mr. Conuell, it is said, has introduced a bill in Congress to ;'pro vide pensions for the freedmen of the South." Is this in lieu of the "forty acres and a mule," Mr. Collins thrown in for good count? Dissatisfaction is expressed in many places about the census enumeration as taken and reported by the men employed to count the people. Deaths. Mr. E. Rhett Youmans, son of General L. F Youmabs, Columbia, died in Florence, S. C. June I860, aged 30. Miss Emma Burgess, daughter of Mr. J. E Atkins, Maysvllle, S. C., died June 19, 1890* aged 19. Mrs. Ann L. Marks, an estimable lady of Columbia, died June27, 1890, aged 85. Judge W. M. Shipp, a prominent jurist or North Carolina, died in Charlotte, June, 28, 1890. Rev. James A. Godfrey, of the Mississippi Conference, died at Waynesboro, Miss, June 11, aged 71. Albert Rlielt, ten years old, son of Ex-May or Rhett, Columbia, died of lockjaw, June 30 1890. Mrs. Fannie Lupo, wife of John W. Lupo Aiken, S. C., was so badly burned, June 27, from tbe explosion of a kerosene can, that she died in a few hours. There are no less than fifty-three English Friends on the Mission field. The Foreign Missionary income is over ?15,000, and the chief spheres of labor are China and India, where some hundred zenanas are open to the agents of the society. They have also an interesting Mission in the district of Mount Lebanon. Not less vigorous are their Home Missions. They, too, with the rest of the church es, are worthing ior uie upruismg 01 the East End of London. They have a very, effective Temperance Union, aud it is needless to speak of their indefatigable exertious in the cau3e of "Peace upon earth." Quaint and oldfashioned as the Friends may seem to many, there is room for their quiet and mediative vigor in the midst of the rush and stir of this nineteenth century.? New York Christian Aclvocatc. It was stated recently in The Daily Telegraph that three hundred and fifty-four packs of hounds are kept in England, the aggregate cost of Keeping which has amounted to no less than three and a half million sterling. We hope there has been some unconciousexaggeration in the statement; but, even assuming that there has been, what an idea the figures give us of that wasteful luxury which is doing so much to intensify the feeling of bitterness between the rich and the poor. Some time ago Lord Leigh gave up keeping hounds on the plea, if we remember rightly, that he could not maintain tnem ana eominne ms charities, and the example is well worthy of imitation.? The (London) Christian. Michigan has paid off a debt of over seven million dollars since 18G0, and is now free from debt. Vanderbilt University semis out four missionaries this vear: Revs. O. E. Brown and T. A. Hearn to China, and Revs. John L. Bruce and R. C. Dixon to Brazil. Bring into u*e every resource of the farm. Make the farm pay, if you nan Make every cow do her part. THE WINNSBORO MEETING. A Sample Account or a May's Doings. Augusta Chronicle. Columbia, S. C., July 1.?Columbia hot, Aiken hotter, SVinnsboro hottest. Tlmt Is the record of to-day's catnpnlsn meeting nt Winnsboro, tho hoiue of Gen. John liratton. At no meeting of the past series has such bad blood been displayed,.or a culmination of such a desperate character threatened. In short, there came within a pin's point of being a riot which, if developed, would have cost possibly fl'ty or one hundred men their lives. NOT ONCE, BUT OFTEN. For five minutes or more, on three or four occasions, It looked ns though bloodshed could not be avoided. The people were wild, and one side was as much to blame as another, and the whole thing came up as unexpectedly as a thunder storm on a summer day. There w ere no extra Influences to aggravate a row. NO BARS OPEN*. To keep down such an objectionable feature the good people of Winnsboro took the precaution to have the bars closed, and whiskey, for one time at least, apparently was not to blame. The crowd was variously estimated at from 800 to 1200, and prior to the meeting was so quiet and orderly that every body thought the meeting would be without incident, and the newspaper correspondent acting on this idea, assured the local telegraph operator that bis work would be light. About 9 o'clock a mounted delegation from Gladden's Grove, snifl to number sthnnt Klvfv titan rnrln In in town, BEARING A BRATTON BANNER. Mr. J. G. Mobley was in command of the troops and drew his men up in front of the Wlnnsboro liolel where several cheers were given for Gen. Bratton. T'l's was answered in a good natured way by a Tillman contingent said by some to equal in numbers onehalf the entire crowd and by others one-third. This gooil natured rivalry between the two factions continued to the musicof the local band until the speaker began, when THK TUG OF WAR CAMK. The speaking took place In a grove about one mile from wlnnsboro. The stage was beautifully and artistically decorated, and on the centre of the platform was a large rustic chair garlanded with flowers and trailing vines. It was put there for Gen. Bratton, but the "Old Roman" was too modest to sit in it and turned it over to County Chairman Galllard. Gen. Bratton spoke first, Get). Earie second and then Capt. Tillman. The latter was carried to the platform on the shouldersof three stalwart young men. Just before the speaking began one of those "erroneous"' characters so common to this Pitmiifllirn iinnroiir?hnrl clnnH nri/1 offor critically eyeing those who occupied seats thereon, said: "Hello candidates! I hope the Lord will take a liking to you ail.'* This seemed to have loosed the flood gates of applause, and from then on the air was constantly tilled with shouts. When Gen. Bratton faced the audledce he was vociferously applauded. Then came a respectful silence, which was not extended to any of the succeeding speakers. GKJT. IIRATTON'S SPEECH. As usual Gen. Bratton's speech was brlel and to the point. He opened his speech by assuring the audience that he could not appeal to their sympathy or sentiment. He then proceeded to analyze the political situation of the State, and pointed out the oppressive tariff laws as the causeof existing evils, ('apt. Tillman's methods were condemned by him as undemocratic and he warned his hearers of thecalimlty that would result from a factional fight within the ranks of the Democratic party. Gen. Bratton's speech was manly and dispassionate. When he retired from the stand he was LIBERALLY APPLAUDED. During Gen. Bratton's speech the Tillman contingent had concentrated on the left hand side of the stand, and as soon as he wae throuerh betran to enll for t.hptr ennriidntp. Gen. Earle, however, \>us introduced and spoke for an hour and a qaarter. The first part of his speech, barring some Interruptions, was listened to with tolerable attention, but the latter part was drowned by yells. Capt. Tillman's friends would cheer him and the anti-faction would try to drown them out with their yells for Gen. Hratton or Gen. Earle. Gen. Earle devoted his entire time to denouncing the charges made by Capt. Tillman against the State government and condemning the methods of this campaign. His speech was frequently punctuated with such cries as "we don't want to hear from you;" "sit down, let Tillman speak;" "you can't change us, we are going to put Tillman in," etc. SHARP DEBATES. During his speech several sharp colloquies occurred between him and Capt. Tillman. Capt Tillman's strictures on the Agricultural Department were reviewed by him at length, and he emphasized each charge by calling on Capt. Tillman for the proof. He said he had uii luuiuiujciib LU picieruguiusitapi. unman, and thai was that be bad slundcred the State. ARRAIGNING CAPT. TIM-MAN. He then read a communication ftorn Capt. Tillman to the Cotton Plant, four years ago in which he said the State was permeated with political leprosy, and that there were rottenness and corruption in the government. He took issue with Capt. Tillman's explanation of the language used In the letter and said his words were downright slander which could not be evaded by such explanations. Gen. Earle's speech was an arraignment from beginning to end. IMPATIENT TILLMAN MEN. During the latter partof Gen.Earle's speech there was great impatience manifested by Capt. Tillman's friends and they did their best to cry Gen. Earle down. "Nobody hears you," cried one. "Run him out boys," said another. Beyond these interruptions, however, no special incident marked the speech ol Gen. Earle. It was while Capt. Tillman was speaking that the music began. He stood before theaudlcuce possibly five minutes before be was permitted to open his mouth. As soon as he could make himself heard Capt. Tillman said this was the third time he had addressed the people of Fairfield county. TAUNTING CAPT. TILLMAN. A man In the audience cried out^'Yes, and I hope It will be the last time." Cupt. Tillman replied that the next time became it would be a? the Governor of South Carolina, and those who didn't like it could not help themselves. Here the confusion again became so great that the speaker had to cease." During a lull Capt. Tillman said they would not let him speak because they knew If he did so he would carry the county. Gen. Bratton advanced to the front and begged the crowd to give the speaker a hearing, and if he could convert anybody for God's sake let them be converted. CAPT. TILLMAN SITS DOWN. For several minutes Capt. Tillman was allowed to proceed with his speech, but he said something that again put the crowd to yelling, and all eflorts to silence them were in vain. Capt. Tillman announced his Intention of retiring from the stand unless the disturbance ceased. Some one in the crowd told him to sit down and he din sit down. This produced the wildest kind of excitement. The crowd in front of the stand seemed to have been transformed Into maniacs, making the air hideous with yells and groans, and there was a general movement made towards the stand. At. last twenty or thirty Tillman men mounted the stand, and pushing every obstacle out of the way, pressed toward Capt. Tillman. CAPT. TILLMAN MUST SPEAK. They lifted him hodlly from the seat and carried him in their arms to the edge of the platform, where they swore he should be permitted to speak if their lives paid the forfeit. It was a picturesque scene. The reporters, numbering nearly a dozen, stood on a table, nnto >inr?ir< ill Iinnil nnrl rp^nrillinr ing incidentals as they evolved from the lip and movements of the augry crowd. A dead calm ensued, however, In which Capt. Tillman replied to the arraignment of Gen. Earle. Ho proceeded ui.interrupted for several minutes, when there was a commotion iu the crowd fronting the stand. TIIROAT CLUTCHES AND CURSES. Two men were striving to get at each other's throats while their ilercc curses and imprecations tilled the air. The crowd swayed to and fro and every movement threatened to precipitate a deadly conflict, but they were kept apart. There were about fifty ladles sitting in carriages on the outskirts of the crowd, and although seemingly trying to brave the confusion their gentle faces wore a look of dread apprehension. A in: uo ok '70. Muj. Woodward, one of the " "70" Democrats, was on the stand woarlngu red coat that he hud worn during the '76 campaign. lie is an open opponent, of Capt. Tillman. In the course of Capt. Tillman's speech he read a letter written by Mnj. Woodward to the Jiiilpeway Advertiser some time since in which lie used sentiments which Capt. Till man declared smacked of TUlmanism. A VKIIKMENT IJKXIAT.. This brought Maj. Woodward to the front, and he vehemently denied that lie had ever written anything that could be construed as . an assault on the State government. I The sight ol the ml coat must, have infuriated the crowd, for the excitement became in ..-v: ' tense, and another difficulty arose, which wag only stopped by removing the parties fr0m the crowd. A QUESTION OF PISTOLS. The situation was made more ihrllllng by MaJ. Woodw ird, calling to the audience that several Tillraanltes were on the stand with hands on their pistols. It is Impossible to1 paint the scene that followed the announcement. With terrilled /aces nearly all the ladles left the surroundings, while several of the audience prepared to shield themselves from an anticipated volley of lead. AI.MPST A DIFFICULTY. Mr. James Tillman, a nephew of Capt. Tillman, who was on the stand at the time, thought that MaJ. Woodward's remark had reference to lilmseir and there was an exchange of words between the two gentlemen, but MaJ. Woodward assured him that his remnrk had no such application and the misunderstanding was smoothed over. CAPT. TILLMAN SECURES QUIET. Capt. Tillman in the meantime adroitly secured the ear of the excited crowd and restored order. Judge Crawford, Col. Fope, Col. Gary, Col. Farley, Col. Rice and MnJ. Townsend also spoke. There was one llstlcuft', but no Incident of special interest. L. H. PATTILLO. Order Overruling Exception* and Sustaining Judgment of tho Pro* bate Court. The State ok South Carolina. County of Abbeville. In Common Pleas. j Martha McCracken, Plainlifl, against William H. Brooks, et al, Defendants. Plaintiff brought this action in the Probate , Court for said county to recover her dower In , a ccrtain tractor parcel of land aliened by , her deceased husband in his life time, and during his coverture with the plaintifl, and which was, at the commencement of tlie action, in the possession of the defendants. The right of the plaintiff to dower In said lands was contested by the defendants on several grounds, but principally upon the ground that the plaintifl' had accepted her distributive share In the personal estate of her husband, who died Intestate, and was therefore barred of her dower in said lauds. The Judge of Probate after full hearing rendered his decree adjudging dower to the plaintifl' In the lands in question. From this judgment the defendants appealed to this Court on several grounds. The Probate Judge is charged with error in finding certain facts relating to the principal issue: and in not finding certain other facts; and in failing to put the plaintiff to her election. I have carefully considered the several grounds of exception, in connection with the testimony niilnnHtoit ond ?v><? ni law involved, anil I am of opinion that the Judgment of the Probate Court should be sustained. The widow's right, of dower is favored in the law. it Is one with which the law invests her, and she can only be deprived of it by her own act or voluntary consent. The acceptance of the provisions under the Statute by a widow, is no doubt a legal bar to her right ol dower. 'The Statute plulnly meant to create an electlota to be made by the widow between her dower at common law, and the provision made lor her by the Statute."?A vant vs. Robertson, 2 Mc.M. 215. To decide her election, however, there must be some unequivocal act. The circumstances as disclosed by the evidence in this case, do not in my opinion, go to show any such unequivocal act of election and acceptance of the statutory provisions,as would bar the plalntltl's rlghtof dower In the lands In question. On the contrary, ! it would seem that the plaintiff has elected to stand on her common law right of dower, and to reject the provisions mude for her under the Statute. And this being so her legal right to the statutory provision perishes. Buist vs. Dawes, :i Rich. 281. At the hearing of the appeal in this Court, the defendants insisted that they were entitled to have the question of fact as to whether the plaintiff had not elected to accept her dlsi tributive share in her deceased husband's es iaic nuutmutcu iou jury, a iriai Dy jury in the Circuit Court on appeal from the Probate Court Is required In those cases only, where, . according to the rules of law a Jury trial may be demanded, and except In those cases, a trial by Jury Is discretionary with the Circuit Judge. Rollln vs. Whipple, 17 S. C. 83. The Issue here sought to be submitted to a Jury It i not, in my opinion, such an Issue as by the rules of law a Jury trial may be demanded. It is therefore ordered and adjudged, that 1 the defendants grounds of exception and each and every of them be, and the same are hereby overruled, and that the Judgment ol i the Probate Court be sustained. It is further ordered that this judgment order be certified by the Clerk of this Court to the Probate Court, for such further proceedings in the cause, in that Court, as may be necessary to carry into effect the Judgment ol the Probate Court. JAS. F. IZLAR, i June20, 1890. Presiding Judge. Order Confirming the Master's Report and Making it the Judgment of the Court. The State of South Carolina, County of Abbeville. In CommoD Pleas. R. O. McAdams and W. N. McAdams, as Administrators of the persona) estate of Rob??. ^ ? ni.i ?.?/? wi u luv/auaiuo, uncascu, XJUIUUUB, UgUlQBI : John A. Robinson, Defendant. This case was heard before me on the pleadi ings and all other proceedings had in the cause, including the testimony taken by the Master, the Master's report, and the excep* tions of the plaintiffs thereto. From a careful consideration of the case, and the exceptions to the Master's report, I am satisfied that the conclusions reached by the Master are fully sustained by the testimony, and that his report should be confirmed. As to the exceptions relating to the jurlsdlc1 tlon of the Probate Court, and the decree thereof, under which the lands of Hezekiah I . ; Clinkscales, deceased, were sold to aid the percnnnl In novinor hlu HnMa remarked that the Probate Court certainly had jurisdiction of the subject matter, and in my opinion of the person of the defendant also. The defendant appeared in the action, and filed a verified answer. Actions In the Probate Court may be commenced by petition, or complaint, and if the defendant, by his attorney, accepts service of the petition or complaint, and afterwards flies, his verified answer thereto, I am of opinion that the Court would obtain jurisdiction of the person of the defendant, and that 6uch defendant would be bound by any judgment rendered in the action, even though no summons was ever issued, or served. And it may be further remarked that the petitioner, Carrie Clinkscales, in going Into the Probate Court selected her forum, and by filing her verified petition therein, submitted herself to Its Jurisdiction. She cannot now complain of either the Jurisdiction or the Judgment of said Court. Have the plaintlfls herein any higher or other rights, in these respects, than the petitioner, Carrie Cllnkscales, in whose shoes they claim to stand? If so we fall to see it. It is therefore ordered and adjudged, that the several exceptions of the plaintiffs to the Master's report be, and the same is hereby overruled, and that the said report be and the Mime is hereby confirmed and made the Judgment of the Court. Let Judgment be entered accordingly. JAS. P. IZLAR, June TO. 1890. Presiding Judge. THE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION. The Meeting: to Take Place in the City of Greenville. The State Teachers Association will hold Its sessions at Greenville, beginning Thursday morning, the 17th day of July, and continuing to the 20th. The State Teachers Institute will also meet in Greenville, and begin Monday morning, July 21st, and continue for ten days or two weeks. The local Committee on Arrangements will do everyjhing in their power to have each teacher assigned to a comfortable and convenient boarding house or hotel. Those not assigned to a boarding house at the depot by one of the committee, are requested to go straight to the Y. M. C. A. rooms, where a committee will be in waiting to give information and escort them wherever they may wish to go. Drop the undersigned a note or card simply stating when you will be present and on which train you will come, and state whether you desire to be assigned to a boarding house or hotel and at what rates. John G. Capers, chairman, Lleut.-Gov. W. L. Mauldln, Col.S. S. Crittennen, J. V. Richardson, A. II. Donaldson, P. T. rfayne. Dr. W. P. Addison, \V, S. Morrison, Hon. M. F. Ansel, Frank Hammond, Dr. G. T. Swundale, Prof. H. il. Watkins. "Wc are a prohibition churcl), but not a I'rol.ibltion-parly church"?a distinct Ion with a diflVrcnce.and well put by the Nashville Advovitr. The church has nothing to do with politic-', and site can not make political deliverances without a practical abandonment of her great mission as a spiritual and religious organization. But she is hound to lift up her voice against every form of moral evil. Asa witness for the truth sbe can not hold her peace against prevailing corruption. Her ministers.arc not dumb dogF.?Southern Christian Advocate. Whether Tillman "gets there" or not, Wolford's Sanitary I.otion will. It will cure the lull In llili ty minutes, it has been tried. For sale only at Speed's Drug Store. 'the ballot in new hands , . . .1 362 ADDITIONAL VOTEBB, OF WHOM 26 ABE COLORED. ? The Registrar Closed His Books for Abbeville County Last Monday, the Following Names Having Been Added Since They Were Opened. ninkty-six?1. Major Wallace, colored, Charlie Williams, colored, Harris.Snrkltt, colored, Tom Reid, colored, Sol. Martin, colored, Captain Wallace, colored, Calvin Chandler, colored, M. L. Young, white, J. P. Burnett, white, J. W. Brooks, colored, W. B. Brooks, colored, G. F. Townes, from Edgefield, W. A. Hitt, Edgefield, R. L. Pratt, Edgefield,W. H. Whitfield, white, J. H. Anderson, white. W. L. Moore, T. C. Anderson, J. P. Anderson, R. S. Wells, A. S. Chaney, W. L. Heffernan, W. M. Seal, J. S. Chaney, J. C. Burnett, J. McN. Turner, , E. R. D. Dove. Total 27. GKEENWOOD?2. Wash Butler, colored, J. B. Simpson, Newberry, R. S. Campbell, Newberry, Daniel Perrin, <}. F. Buchanan, W. T. Verell, C. R.Jordan, R. L. Boyd, G. P. Neel, J. P. Mickler, Oconee, Idis Brabham, Barnwell, F. F. Dunbar, Barnwell, R. E. Stackhouse. Marlboro. J. G. Hitteri, Edgefield, John Belton Day, Laurens, W. L. Durst, Eagefield, J. 13. Abney, Edgefield, .S. M. Benjamin, A. J. Cauthen, Chester, T. D. Jones, J. B. Ellis, W. W. Arnold, S. P. Arnold, J. E. Arnold, C. M. Crews, W. B. McKinney, J. M. McKellar, R. A. Strawhorn, R. S. Nickels, R. H. Henderson, C. B. Alexander, Georgia. O. H. Cobb. Total 32. COKESBURY?3. W. E. Agnew, James S. Gambrell, colored, Nathan Weaver, Georgia, S. C. Riley, Jr., S. 0. Harvey, F. L. Bramfett, W. C. Ellis, (i. T\ finHrlis. ; ' T. B. Ellis, James M. Rasor, i J. A. Griffio, T. N. Graham, F. D. Hodges, \ W. Tiras, O. W. Searight, H. E. King, W. V. Young, r J. W. Strawhorn, D. R. Jones, W. M. Ellis, 1 C. Cullins, I. M. Odfell, r S. B. Thomas. Total 23. DONALDS?4. M. M. Mattison, ' E. R. Cox, S. W. Searight, T. E. Smith, B. K. Vermillion, E. B. Rasor, C. W. Tribble, i. T. Johnson, M. M. Shirley, M. S. Phillips, Anderson, L. S. Bigby, Anderson, A. C. Bowie, W. T. Davenport, A. F. Yanadore, T. Pruitt, J. D. Knight, W. H. Davis, M. F. Williams, J. H. Shaw, W. E. Bowie, J. .A. Bowie, J. T. Higdon, S. P. Robertson, Thomas Maddox, C. B. Waldrop, T. P. Davis, J. W. Gilmer, J. R. Bowie, C. D. Burts. Total 29. due west?5. Sam Thomas, colored, George R. Black, W. S. Jordan, E. A. nugnes, L. L. Abbercrombie, S. S. W. Brown, D. S. Kennedy, Joo L. Pressly, J. S. Ashley, H. B. Humbert, H. R. Crawford, J. A. Emerson, B. L. Magill, S. A. Bowie, D. P. Walker, T. B. Miller, C. E. Pruitt, B. M. Sullivan, J. N. Ashley, R. L. Young, M. P. Fleming, W. L. Mitchell, Anderson, J. Willie Ashley, W. T. Sprouse, Edgefield, R. B. Ashley, W. T. Pruitt, J. H. Nance, B. F. Banister, R. H. McAdanss, F. P. Hawthorn, S. G. Murdock, S. A. Banister, J. W. Fisher, W. C. Fleming, John F. Calhoun, Jr., W. C. Fisher, J. T. Kerr, Walter Wilson, J. T. Hamilton, W. E. Hamilton, J. C. Wilson, J. Y. filler, W. L. McDonald, II. E. Pruitt, J. K. Hood. Total 45. LONG CANE?6. W. W. Westfleld, S. M. Milford, John W. Simpson, J. E. Gordon, T. P. Vldrick, Fielding Font, S. D. Robinson, I. W; Bowie, J. P. Jones, R. H. McDonald, A. H. Munday, G. W. Sharp, J. P. Cox, R. . Jennings, F. M. Robertson. Totftl 15. SMITH VILLE?7. W. T. Bnrnctt, George Foster, J. H. Birch, I .,-v''i ^'.v.' ;< - a---. -- ' ..-s - G. M. Tasfgart, George HagaD, Isaiah Williams, Will Klugh, -mf J. T. Anderson, R. W. Nickles, " J. E. Rogers, D. R. McKeLler. ToUl 11. WHITE HALL?8. ; T. H. Chiles, Anderson, - -.'J Richard Anderson, Sam Watts, ' ' ';**SB John G. Tolbert, Marshall Coleman, V-J Martin Nash, Wesley Harris, K. Wallace, W. T. Banister. Total 9. INDIAN HILL?9. W. W. Dowtin, Thos. Dowtin, William Tramel, fSsgB TIT ?T ? TT . TT . UClWItJ V, UVUIKIM, - H'rlfla W.H.Robertson, F. R. P. Cresawell, B. C. Talbert, T. E. Leard, J. B. McCaslan, A. M. Kennedy, . J. A. Brown, J. P. Bosdell, . . J. W. Edwards, J. A. Adamson, W. C. Steifle, L. O. Branford, J. M. Spence, R. O. Bollock, S. G. Branford, B. L. Taggart, -^3 T. J. Slbert, J. L. Stewart. Total 22. CEDAR SPRINGS?10. Lewis Johnson, W. W. Bradley, > J. D. Neel, J. R. Kennedy, John Kerr, Frank Kerr, J. F. Thornton, 'M S. E. Richey, S. W. McQuerns, J. F. Gibert, : J. H. McKinney, Thos. Clay. Total 12. ABBEVILLE?11. W. H. Smith, ??| R. J. Feltou, Edgefield, ,_&? T. L. Robertson, A. M. Smith, W. E. Lesly, f PM F. C. Perry, Oconee, ..fa James W. Martin, Greenville, James L. Roche, D. W. Keller, . M W. A. Lyon, v ^ W. B. Wilson, C. C. Scoggins, an Dewitt Hall, B Benson, W. D. Lesly, A. J. Ferguson. Jr., J. W. Perrin, Jr. Total 17. DIAMOND HILL?12. John Wiles, James Cunningham, W. B. Going, Georgia, C. M. Clinkscales, J. F. Bowen, G. W. Grubbfl, Anderson, Joel Etheridge, Anderson, T. A. Hall, " A. F. Bond, John R. Boyd, F. A. Carwile, J. F. Patterson, J. T. Ware. Charles Etheridge, R. E. Fortiscue, S. F. Killingsworth, W. C. Gordon, J. G. Fleming, J. R. Boyd, W. W. Etheridge, J. W. Little, T T. MAAIih E. B. Taylor, V. L. Ellison, W. B. Fleming, R. T. Gordon, Jr., T. B. Caun, T. H. Knox. Total 28. LOWNDESVILLE?13. W. R. McClinton, W. M. Grant, W. M. Speer, E. R. Horton, Pickens, R. A. McConnell, Anderson, I. T. Drennan, A. D. Broadwell, Georgia, W. H. Monday, James Hill, Georgia, H. H. Shaw, v W. H. McNair, D. A. Parnell, r. h. scott, --gg R. E. Cllnkscales, J. F. Parnell. G. L. Stalnacker, A. A. Maulden, A.T.Scott, J. W. Waters. J. T. Slaton, i W. L. Boles, J. M. Huckabee, G. MartiD, W. M. T. Pond, J. B. Stone, W. A. McCurry, J. C. Pettigrew, P. B. Parnell, J. H. Parnell, Georgia, J. A. Moore. F. S. Hutchison, J. H. Hutchison, E. H. Mathews, I. O. Chambers, Georgia, H. W. McCullough. Total 35. MAGNOLIA?14. W. A. Poore, Butler MoBryde, H. E. Hester, T. J. Hester, Jr., R. W. Cowan, v '/St W. F. Lanier, J. E. Palmer. Total 7. calhoun's mills?15. S. W. Boyd, J. L. Taggart, $2 W. O. Mars, W. D. Morrah, P. W. Wilson, J. D. Wilson, J. W. Boyd, James Oliver, W. L. Lawton, John Kennedy, R. H. Taggart, W. B. McAllister, James Lawton, C. Harris. Total 14. ' ? >? bordeaux?16. G.W.Andrews, Edgefield, vr n fthirbflv rtfinrcift. M. L. Sturkey, Georgia, T. J. Price, John W. Britt, H. C. Jones, James Beasley, Benjamin J. Franks, Otway Henderson. Edgefield, G. W". Brown, Edgefield, J. T. Ludwick, J, F. Davis, H. C. Edwards, J. L. Reynolds, S. Z. Gray, M. Milnor, D. A. Wardlaw, W. R. Barrett, G. T. Box, G, L. Jennings, J. K. Jennings, J. L. Jennings, V K. I. Burdishaw, Georgia, W. S. Burdisbaw, I. D. Holoombe, S. W. Walker, J. R. Brown, George Wicks, T. Finley, I. Z. Edmunds, John Harmon. Total 31. ' :Wl ;; "V* '