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I The Press and Banner ABBEVILLE, S.C. ^^Publishetl every Wednesday at -?2 a year in advance. Wednesday, July 15, 1891. This In n Riul Time to Go in Debt. We already have a stringeuey In the money market, which borders nlgh.untoa panic, and the prospect Is, that next year will be an exceedingly hard one. The price of onr staple is lower than it has been in a life time, and the prospect is ttiat it will remain at figures approximating the present price. The laboring class and the debtor class seem to have combined and entered into a war with what they term the ' money power," and the result of that warfare has been to scare capital and to make capitalists more cautious of extending credit. In this way we account for the present scarcety of money. Capitalists in the cities have largely with drawn credit from the agricultural districts, and this withdrawal has caused groat depression In prices and Inflicted a severe blow not only to the mercantile interests in the country towns, but to the debtor class everywhere. And this condition of affairs may be reasonably expected to continue as long as the great mass of the country people are arrayed against the city people generally and the money lenders in particular. Except as a result of the recent defamation of the credit of the State, and the present at. tltude of the people toward capitalists we cannot account tor the depreciation of our six per cent. State bonds to US J/, at a time when it was hoped that our four per cent, bonds could be sold at par. The great sollcfled mass is clamoring for Legislation which will be unfriendly to cap itallits, and the result is. that capitalists will lock up their money until this storm blows by. The ttreenwootl Mcolins;. The meeting at Greenwood last Thursday passed off without any occurence to disturb the peace, or to mar the pleasure of the occasion. Dr. J. W. Stokes editor of the Cotton Plant, made the first speech, and spoke from twelve o'clock until half-past one o'clock, holding the crowd together until the arrival ol the National Lecturer, Mr. Willetls, ol Kansas. Mr. Stokes seems to be a man of more culture and refinement than Mr. Willctls, but . -Mr. Yv'llletts^s'a forceful speaker and li?hl the unflagging attention of his hearers until half-past three o'clock or later. The audience beiug made up largely of delegates from the local alliances who were sent lo me meeung ot'cuusu ui men ?ir.-n mi finance methods, and alliance principles, the speakers had a sympatnising audience, and, it seems to us, that some of them really thought the millenium was near at hand. The speeches were impersonal, and such as were not offensive to any one. The eloquence and force with which the speakers presented their side of the question, increased tlie zeal of their followers, while those of their hearers who saw the sophistry and art of tlie orators were more than ever impressed with the belief that lionest and earnest effort should be made to let unimpassioned reason and solid facts take the pluco of widespread error and blind prejudice. , "What Hum the Deiuorriitic Party Done For Is ?" This is the question which wo have heard asked several times lately. We are not able to answer the question fully, but we would suggest: 1st. It reduced our tax levy to less than one-half the tax levy under the Itadical administration. 2nd. It paid tue omcers, me interest ?>n our bonds, and all current expense s, which payments the Radical Government did not make, even with double the tax levy. 3rd. It restored the Government to its rightful owners and put respcctablo men in office, and gave the State credit abroad, so that our bonds were at a premium. Under Radical Government they had almost no marketable value. 4th. It restored peace to South Carolina, and disbanded mobs and midnight assassins, and gave a feeling of safety to the inmates of every Lome in isouin uaroiiuu, no\vever uumble. 5th. It put good men in our County office*. It employed a better class of school teachers, reduced their salaries,and gave us more than doubled our former school privileges, by opening more schools and keeping them open longer. 6th. It developed a revenue from the phosphate deposits of nearly a quarter of a million of dollars annually, but about half ol this has been stopped by the present administration . EnttuiHlastic Knilrontl Meeting at Abbeville. The projected railway scheme to connect Florida with the north, through Mi Hedge? t-* 1 > ???/! WnelilntrtAn fin v 111 vine, jmsmiaii aii\x <.o..u?? Mount Carrnel, Abbeville, Laureus, Union and Yorkvllle has the enthusiastic support of oureitlzcns. See official report of the meeting at this place !>th Inst. This would be a magnificent road?beginning at one of our best harbors (Tampa, Fla.) giving us steamship communication with South America?running through the central part of Florida and Georgia, and diagonally through South Carolina, through North Carolina Into Virginia, connecting with the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, at Roanoke, thus giving this great system just what she has long wanted,?a Southern out-let. The phosphate interests 01 me riiaie 01 Fiorida is rapidly forcing attention, and makes this road almost a necessity for the Baltimore & Ohio railroad. There are very encouraging reports from the several towns of Georgia, through which the road is contemplated, and Abbeville is aroused and 1b willing to co-operate to the best of her ability in the furtherance of the scheme. A committee of ten of our most enterprising men has been appointed to act with similar committees appointed along the projected line. Mllledgeville, Kastman and Washington, Ga., are deeply Interested and pledge their heart endorsement, and oo-opcratiou in tills new and great enterprise. * Judge Hudson does not like our prisoner's dock. "Why that thing Is only a travesty, and I want to say to the graud Jury, the officers of the court house, the county commissioners, or whosever business it is to look after such matters, to have a decent one made. It won't cost much, and it will add very much to appearance and convenience." We agree witli his honor?that is, to a certain ex tent. We are sure that we would not like to sit in that dock.?Yorkville Enquirer. The PresB and Banner Is not particular as to the "decency" or "indecency" of the dock. What we object to is, tho partiality which the Judges sometimes show to prisoners of more or less "decency." The dock should do every prisoner alike, whose crime would asslgu him to that position. But there is no fairness In putting a friendless creature in the dock, while a more influential criminal may como into court for acquittal and ask to be allowed to sit around the Bar, wilh the lawyers. Put all prisoners, charged with the same crime, in the dock or else put none of them there. In allowing special favor to presumptuous criminals the Solicitor and Judge are both to blame. If counsel desire to have prisoners on their side, let them go to tho side of the dock. 10 yards colored Lawns at zj cents \V. Ii. Boll. j QUARTERLY MEETING- I | THE ABBEVILLE COUNTY ALLIANCE EN-; TERTAINS HONORED SPEAKERS. _ # - -National Lecturer Willed*. ami Slate Lecturer Joseph 1.. Keitl .Make Speeches-.-Auual Election ol Ofliccrs?Various Mailers ?1" fillerj est. | Tlieannual meeting of the Abbeville County Alliance took place Inst Friday, Mr. .1. IS. Blake, President IYeslning. I Many delegates were present, only one or j two sub-alliances being unrepresented, | The following ollicors were elected : J. K. I'lake,.1 r., rresidenl. J. V. Jones, Secretary. c. W.Collins, "J'reasurer. J.s. Craves, Lecturer. K. W. II. Nance. Assistant Lecturer. 11. \V. Howie, Doorkeeper. \V. A. Stepenson. Sergeant-nt-.\rnis. D. \\ Hannah, Assistant Doorkeeper. i. \> .Mriiiiam, i iiapiani. .I.T. Robertson was electcd delegate to the State Alliance. L>r. 1*. il. Adams Co. Trustee stockholder. The meeting was with closed doors in the Court House. .Mr, Joseph L. Ivcitt miide a speech, which we presume was somewhat after the matter and style of his recent speech in Pickens, which we herewith reproduce from the Sentinel. After this address, and after the subject of a corporation or alliance store at Abbeville had been discussed, and after Colonel Kohiuson had teen elected delegate to the Spartanburg meeting, the doors were thrown open, and the public were invited to come and hear Mr. Willetts. A few of our citizens went up, and some of them rernai ned to hear him finish. The speech, we learn, ws:n very much the same as that delivered at Greenwood the day before, and to which we listened for two hours. The abstract of that speech Is given elsewhere as taken from the Charleston World. The Alliance very wisely deferred action on the ocala platform, and did not instruct their delegate, though I here seems to bo 110 doubt that hu favors the Ocala plat form throughout, ami r.s a whole. As argument is to be had on some of the questions involved in the Ocala platform, it seems well that no action was taken, as to rejecting or adopting it. Without being able to state definitely and positively our reason for thinking so, yet we believe the Third Party will find some advocates in lii is county. The Indications would point to the division of the Democratic party. We believe the Third Party is here now, and Is only waiting tor recognition and baptism. This is what Mr. Keitt is reported to have said at Piekens. We presume lie said about the sumo at Abbeville. ISrethren ami fellow citizens: I appear before you today under a new dispensation; a new order of things as it were. Jt is the lecture system adopted by our National Alliance, to educate the peopl" in thu atlairs oi Government. The member of the Kub-Alliance is also a member of the County Alliance and so on up to the National Alliance Where our demands are formulated and handed down, by this lecture system, until the most humble and remote member has received the instructions and plans for the work from the head of the organization. The National Hoard of Control is supreme in power for the framing of tne demands and the formulation of plans lor the work. It is from that board that the National Lecturer gets his instrucli.tr. Iw. ill turn l.ullilu it lloull to till Lectiner and soon down to t he sub lecturer, and by ( his means we nil get our instruction from the heud of the order. If dinferences and disputes arise they are sent up until they reach the National Hoard of Control. Here they are discussed anil settled, their conclusion is the conclusion ot'lhc order throughout the laud. Thus all are unified. This is the working of the order. All our labor, thinking, teaching and planning is done as a unit under the direction of the National Hoard. Tills isour machinery by which we are enabled to educate the people on iiuestions of economy in government allalrs. My time is too short to discuss all the points fully, hence I will touch on the main ones. The principle or creed of the order is to be lound in the preamble of its constitution; nonpartisan, unity, charity, elevation of its members to a fetter state, socially, morally and financially. This Is the entire ground work of the order, its scope is unlimited, the only limit to it is the zeal and enterprise ol its members, by their work they can make II great or small. The great mission of Hie Alliance is to educate the farmers in the fundamental principles of our government. Our forefathers over a century ;ago made this a government of the people, lor the people? then the people should understand it. our farmers are conservative and long suffering and are only to be aroused by and appeal to their intelligence. The first purpose of oui order is to educate the people so that what they do may be done intelligently and to educate them in a non-partisan spirit. For twenty years i lie two great political parties of the country have been warring upon each other and the present deplorable state of gov ernmental at lairs lias been brought. about by evil legislation and mal-adminislration ol the laws which has only been for the benefit of the money power ana the oppression ol the farmer. Then it is not to the interest of the farmers of the two sections of the country, the Hopublican farmer of Kansas and I the Democratic farmer ef South Carolina?to correct tins great, evuv i ne Aiimnix is *?|?posed to partisan political action. All must stand together in one common light. Jn union there i.s strength. Without organization it wil| amount to naught. Time and again have our enemies insulted us and taunted us with being slaves, who are not free to act as we see proper. Our creed docs not gag. It advocates free thought and speech. On the tloor of the Alliance no man's politics is asked. Here we are all brethren and in things essential will voto and work as a unit. Some members disprove of certain do innnds made by the head of the order. The fullest liberty is allowed for the discussion of these demands within the order, but they must not oppose the demands of the ordet outside of the Alliance. Jf a member will not support these demands after the majority lias said that lie must, he should retire from the order, and if he does not do so, then brethren it is your duy to retire him. Hissen ting members have the right to put their objections before the order and endeavor to convince it that lie is right, but lie must submit to the wiil of the majority, and alter a question is voted on we know 110 sueli thing as a minority. All think and work as a unit. Now we will devotea short lime to the demands of the order: We will only consider the financial question which is the most important of the many demands ol our farmers. Now, right here, I will say that if any man can show that these demands are not found eel ou trutU anu jttsiicc 1 win oppose mem with all my strenth, but until it is shown to jni\ I am bound to believe that tlio plans suggested lor our relief are the best, and will do what Is claimed for them. 1st. We detnand the abolition of National Hanks as one ! of the greatest evils foisted on the laboring class of any country. This system has given the capitalist unlimited power to oppress the laborer and has brought on the present tight between capital and labor. What is money, this all-powerful oppressor? We must have some conception of what it Is and whence It derives Its power. Whocrenteil It ? These are questions on which the people have been kept ignorant, but now they are beginning to learn something about it. Money is a creation of law; none of the materials of which money Is made have unv intrinsic value, except the value given It by law. Lumps of gold and silver do not pass as money until the stamp of the government is placed upon it; then it is money, that powerful king. The coinage of gold Is unlimited, the silver ami paper issue is limited. The Government has the right to make money, and all the statements to the contrary are false. During the late war the United States issued millions of greenback legal tender notes, simply 011 credit of the Government, and that was good money and is to-day. At that time the circulating medium was 572 per capita, and labor and produce was high. Now it is less than S'JU per capita, and labor and produce is at a low price, if this is a Government of the peopieand for the people it is the Government's duty to furnish the people witli a sufficient circulating medium Willi which to <lo business. The capitalists who control the money of this country isonly six percent, of the population and tills six per cent, representing the money of the country controls and oppresses the ninety-four per cent, of our population which belongs to the laboring class,and this oppression has been growing I worse ever since the war. Money has outweighed property and labor. When money becomes scarce and tight, labor and land go j down ; when money Is plenty they are high. I It Is the capitalist's interest to make money ! scarce so that the price of property and labor I will be reduced and brought in subjection to j the money power which is in his hands. Once before in the history of this country, in the time of flay, our people got Into such a financial strait that In Missouri the best, horses sold for SJ.50. and a whole drove of hogs for '?> cents, simply because money was not to be had. We are fast, getting in that condition now and the facts will prove It, all because of the banks and the greed of capitalists. That money has controlled our law making machinery no one can deny. Just as I soon as tue government began to make paper money and the people were to be released I from the power oi the Wall Street jobber, the j bunkers held a convenlion in Washington and began to plot for the defeat of liils uewj currency law, which would emancipate the people from the chains of the money power. This they soon (lid, by the means of money influence, which corrupt legislation remains to-ilay on the statutes a foul crime against the liberties of the working people of this country. I want you brethren to study this, question and become thoroughly acquainted with it, then yon will know Its rottonness| and bo more able to understand the remedies i)tiered by t lie deinandsof the Alliance. That the Government can make a paper dollar as good as a sold one no one can deny. On what is the Government bonds that bring such a premium, based, but thecredltof the Government? These bonds arc then made a basis for the issue of National Hank Notes, which is good money, but. we must get it through the hanks and pay a higher rate of interest therefor; that's where the robber comes in. The banks get I he money from the Government at about one per cent, and place the bonds as security?Ihese same bonds, mind you, that have nothing outside of the guarantee of the Government to make them gooil ?then the hanks, the only channel through which wc can get our currency, lend this money to I lie farmer and laboring classes at from ten to twenty per cent. If that Is not robbery, what Is It? These banks can contract the currency so that cotton will not bring but three cents per pound and other produce accordingly. This government has run too long in the Interests of the capitalists?they have controlled legislation long enough. The Alliance is the way to find the relief wc seek, and the sub-treasury bill Is the means. I want every member to study this bill that the Alllancc has endorsed, and I defy any man to prove that It Is not a good tiling for the farmers. The first great advantage the farmer will derive from this bill is that it will give us a flexible currency. (Second, It will give us a circulating medium in the fall that will enable us to dispose of our cotton tli a good advantage. The circulating medium is so small now that It will take every dollar in circulation In the I'niied .States to handle the cotton crop alone. Thus you see that cotton Is bound to tie cheap because there is not enough money to handle it. I'nder the sub-treasury warehouse plan this will be avoided. The farmer can deposit ills cotton, got eighty per cent, of Its value in money, with which to pay his debts and hold his cotton. Hanks lend money on cut ton, anil are sale; and why not the government? Cotton is Just as good a secur ity as the bond deposited by the banker witli (lie government on which he gets ninety per cent In legal lender notes; then why should not the farmer get. eighty per cent. 011 just ns good security ? Another feature of the bill is, the government will deal directly wiiii the .,iwt flw. rnliKnn- /%|* fj?,. I. ImL'W will be done away will), and the runner supplied with money at thesamerules the bankel's gel. It is natural that the hankers and their sympathizers should fight this hill, because it will lake away from them the power to dictate terms to the farmer and* it will, in a great measure do away Willi the money lending on mortgages, out of which the tmnkcr has made millions oil' of the larmer The tiller of the sol I can take his produce to tlie .sub-treasury warehouse and there get what money he needs for pressing demands, and hold his cotton till llie market pi.vs a fairpnec. Under this plan cotton can't go down. Olherwi. e,the banker can reduce the price of cotton to almost nothing and still compel the farmer to pay him a high rale of interest. .Money will be plenty under this plan but there will be no inflation. The ecrtilieates thai arc issued will he returned when the produce lias been sold and these notes will be destroyed. The next ureal henelli will be that the government will deal dlreeiy with the people in the distribution ol' the oe<!iiiiu uf exchange, and that will do away with the largo p-reent. charged by the banks which under the present !*ws holds ail powerful control of theolrculallon o:' money. No one can doublthat the government will amply secured under the terms of this bill; cotton Is good security for bankers, and why not for the government? I claim that farm produce is just as good a basis for the issue of money as bonds which arc only backed up by the government's promise lo pay. As lor the warehouses, I don't cure a snap about them, if any one can devise sonic other means by which the produce can be deposited and the government made secure for the money advanced. I want every Allianccnian here to study tills question lor himself an<l settle 11 with himself. I believe that the sub-treasury bill Is the best thing ever proposed for the benefit of our laboring class, and will stand up for it until some one enn show me a better plan ; but let us all discuss it and try to understand It, and if there is anybody here who does not endorse it, let him say so. Col. I>owen placed himself on record as opposed to the bill, but believed a better thing for the poor man would be the land loan scheme of Senator tsanford. He was afraid of the olllcials who would handle the Government securities under the warehouse system. Col. Keitt said that an Alliance Government would be honest and fair and that we need not fear to trust the wnreliouses under the control of the Alliance. t.'npt. J. A. Grillin also said lie feared the class of officers that a Republican administration would put in control of the warehouse, but said If we had an assurance that the Democrats would hold the reins for all the time he would not object to the plan. GREENWOOD STOCK SHOW. A MAGNIFICENT DISPLAY OF SPLENDID CATTLE. ? Xoles of the Animals on Exhibition, X antes of Owners Whose Slock Jiore oil Itihhons. tiKKKNWool), S. C.'., July 13, 185)1. In order 1<> add to the great Alliance day here Thursday it- was decided by a few citizens to have a stock show after the Alliance meeting. Notwithstanding tho few days notico a very creditable display of stock was exhibited, ('apt. J. T. Parks and K. P. Itlake were the moving spirits in the matter, and to them is due the credit of Greenwood's stock show. About two dozen head of eattlc and the same number of horses were on exhibition. Tlio cattle exhibit was especially fiue and I doubt if ihero Is a town In the State of Greenwood's size, could have made a better display of cows. Itcv. \V. T. Mathews's two yearmold Jersey cow, "Butter (.'op'' and It. P. Blake's cow, "Walking Daisy" was the admiration of all. The latter cow lias a milking record of gallons of milk in seven consecutive days" and 'Jl%quarts In one day. lie refused ?110 for Iter." The exhibit which was the greatest curosltv was an Angora goat of Mr. W. .1. Wells. This goat would not weigh more than fifty pounds and gave % gallon ol milk per day. Miss Lila Calhoun exhibited her I'ralrle dogs which was something new in this section. The following named gentlemen composed the committee on mules and horses: F. ] '. Dunbar, U. 8. Spark man, Hugh Wilson, David Aiken, W. A. I.oniax and It. W. Major. On cows, J. T. Parks, O. 1'. Hawthorn, T. Turner, Dr. W. B. Millwee. On Sundries, It. P. 151ake, C. A. C. Waller, W. Ci, Calhoun. The following parties received premiums: Best pair carriage burses. There were three contestants for this prize. K. 15. Marshall, J. T. Simmons and .1. S. Bailey. The committee thought that J. S. Bailey's horses should wear the blue ribbon and J. T. Slmmous's horses should have the red. VI <>.?u f,,r 4 1,a hfwl ulnrrlo I liorse. There were six entries tor tills honor. /.. T. Cook knew how to handle the reiii* too well. Ilf ic.ii-ivcil the blue ribboii and JO. 11. Beyno'.ds the red. Best bridle marc, V. H. 11 iiiton 1st: llavid Aiken :.'iul. Best, ih.trough bred, ! year old mare, David Aiken. Best one year old colt, V. It. lliulon 1st: Joe Wilsi.n and. Best colt under one year, David Aiken 1st; 8. B. Mai shall 2nd. Best stallion open to the world, .1. W. Scott. IJcst Jack, \V. J. Wells. Best two year old mule, James McComh 1st; J. T. Mcl.ces 2nd. Best Shetland pony, Miss Florence Bliey. Best saddle horse, John Tolbert 1st; it. H. Tolbert '2nd. Best milch cow on exhibition, B. 1'. Blake 1st; B. \V. Major 2nd. Best Brahma cow. B. \V. Major. Host Ayrshire cow, B. B. Blake. Best Devon cow, A. A. Morris. Best Jersey cow 3 years old, J. Hill 1st: .1.0. 111112nd. lies I. registered Jersey milch cow of any age. Mrs. Carrie Metier. Best U year old registcrd Jersey cow, J. T. Mcl.ees 1st ; J. T. McJ.ees 2nd. Best grade Jersey, J.T. Mcf.ccs. Best 2 year old Jersey cow, Bev. W. T. Mathews, Best registered Jersey lieifler, J. T. McLccs 1st; \V. B.Bailey 2nd. Best Jersey heltler, \V. B. Bailey. Best registered Jersey bull, J. T. Mnl.ees. Best grade Jersey bull, Dr. \V. I,. Hood. Best call" on exhibition, B. 1'. Blake. Best registered Jersey calf, J. T. Mcl.ees. Best grade Jersey calf, J. T. Mcl.ees 1st; J. T. Mcl.ees 2nd. Best grade Ay shire calf, J.T. Mcl.ees. Best pair sjoats in harness. Hunter Olbbs. Best Angora goat, W, J. Wells. Best, pug dog, 'Willie Marse. Best pair prarie dogs, Miss l.ila Calhoun. B. 1\ B. MYSTERIOUS DEATH. A Utile Xofjro <?lrl In Stubbed to (be Henri. Sainty Johnson, colored, of Hester ncighborhooa, in Abbeville County, had lu his employ a twelve-year old girl as nurse.! One day last week?possibly Thursday?Johnson and his wife left their child in ciiarge of tho nurse. When they returned they found the little girl dead on the lloor, with a knife wound in the neighborhood of the heart. An , Inouestwas held, but no evidence as to who did the deed was produced. i THE ALLIANCE MEETING. i RANDOM SHOTS AND SCATTERING THOUGHTS. * s Home Comments on tlic Alliance Meeting at Greenwood I.ast Thurs- 1 lay, July 0. 1801. Quite a number of those present at Green- 1 1 wood, last Thursday are enthusiastic in be- 1 I half of the proposed .Sub-treasury plan, iThey are greatly impressed with the ini- ( I portance of the measure, and seein very much in earnest about increasing the ainonnt i of money in the country. M'l.lla ,i,.on> #11rtnrpnf conclusions ' from niiiny ol the facts and llgurcs used by I , Mr. Stokes and Mr. Willetls, yet when they . [ say that they want more money, and are not I .'wedded to the sub-treasury plan, and are ready to nceeptany better plan which may be olfereil, the Press and Banner and the distinguished speakers are not very far apart. We hardly know enough of National tlnan- . ces to realize that we know nothing about the subject, but our prejudices arc in favor of i more money. We, therefore, agree to the I demand for more money, while entering our . protest against the sub-treasury. i | We believe the National banking system is | tlio best in the world, and. until the Alliance i I can show us a belter system, we will stand bv I th? National banking system. We don't understand how the facts of the i I case can be squared with the statement that j the Goverinent lends money to the banks at i one per cent. I The Goverment lends the banks no money I j at all at any price. The facts are: TheNalional Hanks desire 'to Issue their own bills. The Goverment. i gives them permission to do so, and furnishjcs the printed blanks, on condition that United States bonds are deposited at the < I Treasury as collateral security for the payI ment of the bills, so that no bill holder need i care anything at all about the solvency of the bank. When a national bank breaks, i the bills are as good as the richest bank In the country, and are in no way effected by the solvency or insolvency of the banks. All banks must have a capital on which to i do business, ami they must have a basts ot creilii. The ITniled States bonds, which arc deposited at Washington ure not for the benefit of tlie bank, but for the safety .and benefit ol the bill holder. ! If we are not altogether mistaken the able and learned speakers oil finances have failed utterly and absolutely to comprehend the national banking system, Mr. Stokes saw no reason why the miner of while-metal should have a warehouse in which to deposit ills wealth, while the producer of the wliiie staple was denied the same privilege. The owner of the white metal, he said, received a receipt lor his white metal, and the owner of the white staple should be granted the same privilege, lie said the principle was the same. The lluctu itions in silver were like 1 lie lluetualions in cotton, and for tills reason no more could I'elost011 one product, than on the other. The IV;et Is, Mr. Stokes said, If the (jovcrinent advanced so p'r cent, ol the value of cotton, and the price went down to 10 per cent, the tiovcrment would still loss nothing. All such beautiful reasoning as this was swallowed down without a single doubt as to Its verity. The reader will notice that, the sub-treasury plan contemplates living receipts for all "cotton," "Mini/' "wheat." etc.. In su;,!i shape as will enable the holders put the receipts in circulation aij:;;..r,ey?not as a de iinind for so in.u.M rot ton, as in the ease of II1C Sliver CCUII1CUU*, WHICH ri'ims il? mr lows: SiLVTrn ("KRTikiCATK.?"Tliis certifies that there have been deposited in tho Treasury of the United .Slates five dollars payable to the bearer on demand." As we understand the object of tho law In giving thesilver certlllcute. it is purely ns a matter of convenience to the people, paper being more convenient to carry than a largo amount of silver. Toseeurethe payment oi the bill, the silver dollars arc left In the treasury and remain there until called for. It makes therefore, no sort of diOereuce tc the Goverment Whether the priee of silver goes up or down, the silver dollars are in the vault, and will remain thereuntil called for by the bill holder. Hut tho farmers want money Issued 011 cotton, which is quite another thing from lssu ing receipts for the delivery of the cotton. The Goverment could lose nothing by giving a receipt for any amount of cotton, if each receipt simply called for the delivery of so many pounds of cotton, and, as in the case ol thesilver, could lose ^nothing if the price went down. Hut the most objcctional part of Mr. Wallet's speech was the effort to bring tho goverment Into disrepute. According to his talk, there Is nothing but corruption In the Goverment. We take no stock in any speecli which in general terms defames the whole Goverment of the Toiled States. We believe this is tlie best govermect in the world, and the fact that it. Is the freest is proven In the fact Unit a man may make all sorts of unfounded assertions against it. Of course every one knows that In all countries there arc instances of exceptional corruption, but as a whole, this Goverment is the best and cleanest In the world. Mr. Wllletls made a charge against the leading newspapers or tne couniry which nc cannot substantiate. Ilesald tlicy wore subsidized by the money power. lie slipped up in Ills argument about the price of our goods, and the need for more circulating medium. Jle said tlie prices of our products were established in Liverpool. If Liverpool establishes the prices, wherein does It matter whether the per capita bo ten dollars or fifty dollars in this country. The way he eulogized the money power, should stimulate every farmer to get hold ol as much as possible. We see a statement in the papers that Jay Gould was born on the farm and that he ran away to the eity because lie had to take a turn at churning when the goat couldn't he caught. Mr. Willetts ridiculed the suggestion of the apponents of the Alliance that more work might tiring tlio needed relief, 'fills created a laugh, and it seemed that work was placed at a discount. The Press and Banner lias always had great, faith In the i remedial effects of hard work in bringing re lief to those who are financially embarrassed, and as a powerful agent In bringing ease and comfort to those who might wish to get ahead in the world. lie lorgou hi speaKiu ^ <u iiic uuhucu indebtedness of the cou nty to state the bonds of the lTnlted States are made payable in gold coin, and that no mutter how mueh the currency might bo depreciated, there Is 110 law 011 earth to prevent the holders of bonds i from exacting payment in gold. 1 Mr. Will etts en I urged on the necessity of Increasing the clrculatlon.'ln order to obtain better prices for farm products. He forgot to stale that when the country was full of mou ey, and t he demand for cotton was great be- j cause of the results of the war, that money brought from twelve to twenty-five per cent, j and now when money is scarce that the rate 1 01 Interest Is only eliilit |ier cent. i The motto of the Alliance Is all wrong as | long as mechanics, miners and mnnufactur- s cbs are excluded fioni any of the direct ben- ( eflts of the sub-treasury. i The distinguished speakers and learned 1 political educators, Itsecms to us. slipped up when they demanded the abolition of the 1 National Hanks, and in the same breath dc- 1 manded an increased circulation. A very largo per cent, of the money of this country 1 is in National Hanks notes. To withdraw these notes would reduce the circulation to ( perhaps one-half of the present circulation? , we do not know tlie exact figures. t ,Mr. Wlllctt's remarks and liis mixing lip of , facts in reference to the comparative amount of properly owned by tlic farmers, the amount of .Siate debts, and tlie value of farm products may be said to have been artful, and the result upon the crowd was apparent. While tho farmer was credited with some* > thing like one-third of the wealth of the country, yet he presented the debt of the t country and the value of the farm products . In such a way as to possibly leave the impres- , siou that the farmer paid nearly all of the , lux oh. ; The Ocala demands, as a whole, nre ob- ' Jectionable, even though each and every In- . dividual demand might be well enough in It- J, self. It is too radical, and too comprehen- , sive in that it proposes the overthrow of the ( organic law (iovermcnt of this country. 'J lie platforms which aro intended to bring success to political parties, deal very , lamely in glittering generalities or In un- '. detlnuble particulars, but the Ocala platform , won Id uproot existing laws and establish a new form of goverment. lielievlng that the ! projectors of the movement never expected , more success lhau comes from agitating the . country and elevating little politicians to ( places which they could not otherwise reach, . the platform In some of Its details will fit ! almost any country and almost any variety s of politics. Kven If the Alliance could elect i a President and every Congressman, the.Sen- . ate would still stand In the way of their sue- ' cess in the matter of electing Senators. The ^ Senate being opposed to that particular . plank will kill at least that much of the Ocala | platform. liut notwithstanding the fact that, the sub- , treasury bill can never become a law, s the fact remains that this agitation may 't bring more money to tlie country, ami as , ! the Alllance'ls not wedded to the snb-treas- _ jury, the Alliance will possibly cot what j they want in another direction. This is a goverment of the people, and it tlie people . j want more money, then it is tho business of j Congress to give it. t While webcllove tho great mass of the Alliance would llHten to no facts or arguments | which did not endorse the platform < of principles which has been prepared for them, and which their leaders tell them to swallow, yet it is a fact that there are men In the Alliance who would listen to reason, s, and who, wc believe, are anxiously looking i. for the facts. For this reason the; l>cmoeratie ? party, through Its accredited leaders, should f. ascertain the facts in reference to tho varl- w ous questions, and they should be printed ? and sent, broadcast, and public speakers 1 should be scut out to meet ami combat tlie statements which may be calculated to propagate error. The peopio mean to do right, n nmlwilldo right, It the right way Is shown to them. y LOWNDESVILLE'S WEEKLY BUDGET. [ cbblcs from Ilocky Klver"* Konrlnjj: Waters. TiOW'NDR8VIL1.K, S. G\, July (i, 1S01. i Dryer, d ryor. Many of our planters have had almost to j itop work, because of the dry weather. However some around are having good [ atus, and are happy. Sherifl" \V. I). Mann was In town Monday, j Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jones went to Abbe-j rtlle, Tuesday to wlslt the old home and "riends of the former. Mr. C. T. Baker was called to Augusta, Tueslay on business. (.'apt. J. E. Brownless, of Penny's Creek, was n town Wednesday. Misses Kallie, Laura and Mamie Baskin. ivho have spent sometime with the family of their brother-in-law Capt. AV". G. Johnson, at tVnderson, returned to ttrelr home in Monterey, Wcdnesdnv. Mnupru 1? (><.!! < a i1a? .....1 T T Tnlim.il* wont to Abbeville Wednesday. Mr. Joel Keys,- of Anderson, on me down Wednesday and has since been the guest 01 Mr. E. \V. Harper. Mrs. Dr. J. H. Moseley went down to Latimer. Thursday lo spend the night with the family of Mr. Claude McAllister, then on to Abbeville ihe next day by iho U., C. N. rallrond. Our ellleient School Commissioner C'apt. E. Cowan was here Thursday going his "grand rounds" visiting the schools In the county. Mrs. Will Lnnday, who has spent somelime at her father's Mr. S. S. Baker started upon her return to her Georgia home Thursday. Miss Leila Groean, of Elberton. reached here Friday to visit the family of Mr. E. W. Harper. Miss Cathie Reynolds, of Greenwood, arrived Friday, and has since been the guest of Mr. K. W. Harper. Our town can now boast of a fine collection r>f accomplished and attractive young lady visitors. We are glad to have them In our midst. Miss Carey Calhoun had a school picnic at Swear! ngln Mill, Saturday. A large crowd IVHH 111 ILl lenrln linn uinl aunrvllilnir nnewnd nfF very pleasantly and quietly. Mr. M.S. Willis, of Anderson, who has acquired a reputation for being an efficient teacher in vocal and Instrumental music had a singing in Providence Saturday night. Miss Mamie Nickolson will give a school picnic at Mr. \V. L. Bowman's spring next Friday week 17th instant, to which the public is invited. A good time is promised, to all whose pleasure it may he to attend. Mr. and Mrs. Sand lore Parnell lost their little babe a few days ago. Its funeral was preached in Smyrna church by the Itev. J. K. Beard, after which its remains were deposited in Smyrna cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. J, J. Moseloy's little girl I.elia panic very near being seriously hurt a few days ago. She was walking near a cow that was being milked, when she was raised upon the cow's horns, and tossed to one side. "A close shave." Another glorious Fourth is numbered among the tilings of the past. With us It can be.said as of one of old, that it passed "uuhonored, unwept and unsung. Another very important change In the schedule on our road. The regular freight train has been discontinued, and now we have a mixed train, which passes here going North about 10 o'clock a. m. and passes going South at 5o'clock p.m. with headijuurtorf; al McCorniick. Troupe. .Iloiuit ('iirnirrs Items. The valley town is still living. We have plenty of sugar and blackberries. Mr. O. Cade anil Mr. J. W. Morraii went to Abbeville last Thursday. Mrs. W. It. McCannon is very sick. He v. W. A. (iaines is pushing the new railroad for all that, it is worth. Crops are needing rain. We hear that Texas is 011 the war path again. Mr. J. M. Boyd will soon move into ills new dwelling. Mr. Wm. Riley is traveling for a tobacco hon.se. Mrs. J. C. Pressiy is visiting her daughter Mrs. T. M. Knox. Mrs B. G. Reese is visiting relatives in Georgia. A canning factory is talked of for tills placc. Money and energy will l>ulld it, and Mount C'arniel lacks for neither. Let us go to work, have It by next Fall. It will pay. Mr. Joseph Gibert has moved his saw mill near town on Mr. S. G. Baker's place. Birth?'To Mrs. W. H.Powell, a daughter. Miss JCIIcn Book hard t left Thursday for her home In Edgefield. The married people of Island Ford had a pic nlc Friday. Kev. A. h. Patterson addressed the Metho,1Il( Cnl.n,.! l.iu* U.iiwl.iit Sub|eet: Possibilities of Children. Mrs. Mathews of Greenwood Is visiting her sister Mrs. VV. W. Hoard. Wo lire t<> have u singing school In town. Mr. Moires preached an excellent sermon in the l'rosbyterian church laitSunday night. Kcmember the singing on Tuesday and Kriduv nights. I,et us talk the new railroad, and do all we can to push it through. T. M. K. Ashlers from (lie Huarr.s. QuAititY, S. C., July HI, 1891. Crops in neiglihorhood arc in good coudition. Health of community was never better. Rev. Mr. Henderson, of Cokesbury, preaches liore every third Sunday mornlncr. Miss Kate IJuliock, who is teaching the CentrevilleSchool near here is an excellent teacher, and has a full shool. There is not a man in our neighborhood in favor of t tic sub-treasury scheme or of a third party. \\*e have an abundance of fine granitehave already shiped upward of live hundred car loads from tills point to Greenville City, Savannah, Charleston, Augusta, Greenwood, Cinclnanati and toother places. The (iuarry is a close neighbor to Green wood, so close indeed when she has a good thing Greenwood likes toclalm it. This place has furni?.hed Greenwood will) so much granite she seems to think our quarry belongs to her. Mr. Editor, there are some men in this neighborhood who are the boycott has been l?l,? tlw. l>.-..^o ?t,.l II...,. ner in their own names. Mr. K. B. Henry is now the happiest man in the neighborhood?another daughter. Two young ladies, Miss Lipscomb and Miss Bonner, from Gaffney City, who had been visiting friends lr> our neighborhood returned home a few days ago, since their return two sad looking young young men have dailycalled at the post office for mail. l'rof. Winston Smith, of Brewerton, Is Leaching a writing school lu the old academy. Miss Jessie Uohlnson. of Waterloo, Is visiting Miss Nallic Turner. Messrs. Welch and Witzel, Stone Cutters, md (Quarrymen, now have a contract to flit for Hon. C. A. C. Waller, of Greenwood, also :>ne for Mr. J. M. I.awson, of Abbeville. The grunite lor Hon. C. A. C. Walter Is for constructing the front of his stores soon to be jrected in Greenwood, and thalfor Mr. Lawson Is for closing iu Cemctary lot at Long Jame. Messrs.T. II. Klngh Sc Co., Mlil-men, are low lurnishing Greenwood with slats for making boxes In which to ship bacon. Mr. Sam Benjamin, our accommodating postmaster, Is a good businessman. A movement Is on foot to open a public oad from Mr. John Pinson's to William's svell. The matter Is now In the hands Conny Commissioner Dul're who will have the oad opened at an early day. Our place is in need of a good teacher. L. Tlic En?l of the Wliole Mutter. tin ken woo i), S. C., July 13,1891. iditor Press and Manner : Dkak SinMy brother "Mac" In your last ssne seems to be "oil'" a little. Had division, or ills liver somewhat deranged, unions, no doubt, and hence Ills attacks on [ood men who are doing more for our race In >ne Uny than lie or I could do in a whole year. Now, come brother, you must not i><> too ievere on the preachers. Iain not a preacher is you seem to think, nor the son of a p reach>r, but I am a friend of all ministers and am jpposod to you turning them over, evangeists and all, into the hands of "Old Nick." 1'our your hot shot Into me if you wish, I im tough and can stand it, but do not pour be bile of your deranged liver on the military, either by insinuation, as you did in your ant communication to the Press and Banner, lor directly, as you did in your previous one. lutyou say "Justice" was no friend of the raveling preachers before the coining of one >f his choice and persuasion." Let us com>are notes. Yes, "Mae" I not only went to jear every evangelist who has preached here ilnce 1870. regardless of religious "persuasion" >ut have contributed towards getting up a nirse for them. I even ivent to hear Joe Hunday, a man of "Mac" religious ' persuaion" when I was afraid at the time he was a 'wolf in sheep's clothing." [ enjoyed Kvange 1st I.eiteh's meeting here and contributed to lis purse, and it was but natural to suppose hat when a man of Mr. Fife's reputation i hould come 1 would take a lively Interest in he meeting. Hid "Mac" do belter. Willi his explanation I am through, and will gain sign my name Justice. LN ABBEVILLE YOUNG MAN BREAKS THE RECORD. - - ? 'inlet Jiiiiicn W. IVrrin of our Town Wins Distinction at llie Citadel. i Wk understand that Mr. J. \V. Perrln, the 1 on of our late townsman (.'apt. J. \V. Perrln ; as graduated at the Citadel with dlstin- J uislied honor. For four successive years ' e has stood highest in his class ; a record of , Miicli both he and ills friends may well feel rotid. , Ladles if you want a pair of flno custom I lade shoes. Uo to 0. P. Heath & Co. 1 2f> yards of bed ticking for SI or 4 cents per J aid at O. 1'. Heath .i Co. ' JAYHAWKEE AND RICE BIRDS On Kansas and South Carolina Meet, s 1 ? cei ter TTEY KISS AND THE BRETHREN DWELL i TOGETHER IN UNITY. of ^ brj Important Meeting nt fireenwoodAble nntl Eloquent Speakers I>l?- br ciimn Alllnncc MeaNiirp* to nn En- Iss tluislastlc Audience?The Speaker* ,,n are Agreeable ami Evoryhody jcoes a| Home in a Good Humor. bu Greenwood. S. C., July 9.?About a thous- .V? and people gathered in the grove In front of est lliley's hotel, at noon to day. They were oc> mostly farmers, and represented the best ele- ( monls of the agricultural class of Abbeville 101 and neighboring counties. Ih< A stand and scats had been erected the br< night before. The stand was ilecorated with h? the mottoes: "In union there is Htrength," by and "Equal rights to all, special privileges to 11,1 none" On the stand were seated President J. Win. Stokes, of the state Alliance:.!. R. Blake. he President of the Abbeville County Alliance; ne W. J. Mclane, Alliance lecturer, and John R. hli Harris, member of the house, Greenville ; Dr. A. C. Fuller, member of the house, Laurens ; vi J. B. Watson, Alliance lecturer, and Killtor all Russell, of the People's Advocate, Anderson ; th Mr. Hugh Wilson, editor of the Abbeville In Press and Banner; E. A. Aull, Newberry ne Herald and News ; Gen. It. R. Hemphill, seu- pa ator from Abbeville county, and Dr. Maxwell of Greenwood. tb Dr. Maxwell, In behalf of the citizens of lo Greenwood, extended a cordial welcome to de the Alliancemen to the beautiful little town, wi Htntpri that the citizens were clad to see ly them there, and that they believed farmers at had the right to organize Just a* well as mer- pu chants, lawyers, doctors and other classes. sh National Alliance Lecturer NVlllets was to th have made the opening nddress, but failed to [" arrive in lime. President Blake, of the Ab- bs beviHe county Alliance. Introduced in commendatory words, Presldeut Stokes, of the eI" State Alliance. LI OPENING ADDRESS, ^ Dr. Stokes made some opening remarks in h< which he stated tbat lie considered it an ex? ceedlngly high honor to be elected president ki of the State Alliance of fanners and that he n< proposeil to serve the farmers as faithful and su ably as he could. el He then read theOcala demands,starting at pi the last and reading with slight comment lIi down to the sub-treasury demand. With re- n< gard to the tariff demand he allegrd that the st Alliance only differed from the Democratic ill party In its notion with reference to a tariff di for tarift only, in that it wauted a much low- til er reduction than that provided for in the. Tl .Mills bill?about 7 per cent?which Is appa- '( rently the standard set by the Democracy. cr The first of the Ocala demands was discuss- tli ed at length. The free coinage of silver was in urged in order, he said, to increase the amount of money In circulation which would pt not only benefit the farmers hut oilier classes gl also. Jt would help Charleston and Colnin- th bla and other cities with large debts. The sub-treasury was discussed at length, pi the -praker advancing the usual argumenis aj In favor of that scheme. He spoke in a clcar, tli distinct tone and was heard with most te respeciiiu auenuon ana qcchmuuui nphiniiw. hi One of his arguments was quite ni>te- pt worthy. He said that one argument advanc- co ed against. the sub-treasury was the possiblli- e\ ty of loss to the'government. A easa cit.e.d Is this : suppose that a farmer deposited ?100 tli worth of eolton and received $30 advance. 13; At the end of the year he refuses to take the pt cotton out of tlie warehouses. It becomes the pt government's property. Suppose the price Jo lias depreciated, and that cotton is only tli worth $40. You say at once that the government lias lost 810. No such thing : It can buy M in the cotton, and as a "business oreanlza- Ti tion," It would do so, and hold the cotton nn- Ci til Its value increased. Even If the cotton Is m sold the government does not lose $10. The a $10 is in clrcu iation and, therefore, the gov- fo ernment has not lost It ec l'resldent Stokee Introduced Mr. J. F. Wil- M lets, national Farmers' Alliance lecturer, who I5i was received with much applause. Mr. Willets got the audience in good humor at the cli start with a number of jokesand anecdotes, ill and held Ithe enthuiastic attention of the pr audience for two and a half hours. Mil. WII.LETS'S ADDRESS. l,'J CO lie said South Carolina and Kansas, his na- tr tlve state, were the two most radical states in w the Union. They represented two extremes of politics. It was a strange thtng for u Kan- th sas Jayhawker ta be addressing^tn enlighten- |a ed South Carolina audience. He didn't feel t0 strunge for all Alliancemen are brothers. NOT FORMED FOR POLITICS. > The Allinnce, he emphaticafty stated, was not a political organization, but was formed simply to advance the Interests of farmers. The great wrong of this country Is the power of money to deprive people of their rights. E The farmers want more money and less misery. The great opposition to the Farmers' demands comes from the money power, which ' will be dead if the farmers succeed. yt The boasted liberty and independence of ed American citizens Is only In name. The cli common people have lost all liberty. They are of SLAVICS OK TIIE MOSEY POWER. pi The government lias been removed from ca Washington to Wall street. The farmers 'l' must send farmers to congress. It is natural ,r for the lawyers and bankers sent there to legislate in their own interests, which are us- 111 ually against the farmers' interest. The last measure passed solely In the inter- '\l est. ol farmers was the homestead law. twenty-flve years ago. Before farmers could get land it was given to railroads, so the farmers 41 * got law, and the corporations land. *>' A NEW THEORY. The reason of the present depressed condition of agriculturalists, Is the deliterate at. tempt on the part of European Jews to conquer America with the monev power. They have already conquered all European countries. In flowery strains of earnest eloquence Mr. Willets pictured the fearful wrongs farmers are now enduring, and others to come, unless they woke up and got to work. He charged the press with being subsidized by the money power and attempting to change the form of government from a republic to a moneyed aristocracy. He quoted Radical expressions from Northern newspapers to prove this. RANKING SYSTEM DENOUNCED. He denounced the national banking system, of which Chase was the father, and quoted Chase's words, that the greatest mistake in financial policy he ever made was the ad- ' vocacy of national banks. Before long a contest, he said, will come between the banks and the people, and will be the bitterest strife the world has ever seen. Those who control money, control commemo and Industries. The interest on all debts o( this counlry Is $2,(HI1,000,000. This Is pain primarily i?y iiirm priwiurm, i nc ?*n? lire produce of farms fall short several mil- ' lion dollars of this gigantic interest. Tills is no accident, but the murder by European and Wall street men, with malice aforethought, of the liberties of the common people. The present bankintt system has shrunk all ^ values. Politicianssay lidollar will buy more 1 now than ever before. Yes; more of cotton. i corn and farm products, but 110 more of other things. I He said corporations had bought corn In ICansas a I II cents a bushel, and stored it In ' cribs until n bad crop year, when they sold it 1 I o Kansas farmers for SO cents a bushel, and South Carolina farmers at a dollar. The poor 1 farmers hart to mortgage their all to got food 1 for themselves mid stock, while making an- J other crop. 3 foi KANSAS MORTGAGES. J The mortgages on farms In Kansas amount I)('J to sus.iion.ono; in Michigan to 8130.000,0(10. ' Til ore Is not enough wheat raised in Michigan to pay the in teres ton mortgages on the wheat lands in that state. The Average debt of the farmer ot thin country Is j-.VIO. The averajie value or his crop In ?100. He pays $? > interest and taxes, which leaves ?.'{'! "> to foed himself and family, and attempt to get. out of debt. jj, THK KEMKDV. These evils were further alluded to and enforced with statistics from tho Congressional Record and other sources. More ready mon- i ey per capita, the speaker alleged, is the great- i.|L est need of the country. There Is only About ?,? per eaplt'i in circulation. Farmersare con- m*u stantly told tliey siiould do business on a _\ja cash basis. Suppose they did. Suppose they Le'. brought their crops to market, and sold them ,IK, for cash. In thirty days they would have st,|( every dollar in the country in tiieir pockets. J.jtj and every other business would be ruined. It 'j.'u is Impossible for them, under existing condi- ^ol Hons, to do a casli business. jv | ritK sru-TKK.vsi itv s?' was the panacea urged by the speaker for qui all the ills lie had pictured. It will give a inu flexible currency and money to more crops, of I It will do away with speculation and gain- tin; bling in futures. For people to live in cities Dai they must keep the farmers in debt. Ore People say the sub-treasury is unconstitu- tna tional. That Is always the way; all things leg< that don't bonelH the farmer are constitu- Col tional. It. Is constitutional to lend money to Ho the Pacific railroad on second mortgage (Jal bends, and to the New Orleans anil l'hllartel- M. phia expositions; but when ttie farmers Mo: want money loaned them on good security, a I'at howl is raised, "unconstitutional.otli Farmers don't insist on the details of ilie bw>i sub-treasury plan but demand a recognition r>f tlie principles Involved therein, and will nccept any measure embodying those princi- -<)< pies. All the farmers want is more money i and a lower rate of interest. If it is unconstitutional, make a new constitution that 10 will help the farmers. Hell The speaker's view was, the sub-treasury is jo \ good eng. The Alliance laid it, and will set m it until It hatches. One legislator says that argicultural depression results from over Bc" production. Another thinks tlie farmers 10 diould ijult going to meetings, and turn in |-> iQd make bljger crops. w" DEATH OF MISS BENIE ZEIGLER. \ \ le of Abbeville'* Ilrst Beloved n. Danslitcra Goes to Ilcr Reward. I )icd, on SuDday, July 12, 1891, at AikeD, i.'., in the 21th year of her age, alter a llnrltig Illness, Miss Bexie Zeigler, daughof tbe liilo M. <i. Zeijjier, of Abbeville. )eath, at till times sad. is inexpressibly so len It comes to cut down the fairest flower the Held, and to blast all that Is best and Ightest In youthful strength and loveliness. * * U fxlanH a loping even ii^iuum. iiujjc, uci iikuoo istedtothe native vigor of her constltuiii to overcome tlie Inroads of disease, to ing her protracted sickness to a successful ue and to restore her to lier wonted health (1 activity. Vtl that medical skill, devoted nursing, and ihange of climate could effect, was dfane; t, alas, itt vain: and t: e promise of her ung life was suddenly cut oil", and the dear, hopes of relatives and friends extinguishin the grave. )nly two years as:o, with a mother and sis , slie moved to tShreveport. La., and with em, made her home at the residence of her Dtiier Mr. ts. J. Zi'igler. Site kept alive, wever, the associations of her early years, annual visits to Abbeville, and made an nual visit to the grave of her father. .Like e rest of her family, her devotion to his emory was all-absorbing, all-enduring, and r love burning brightly in his lite, suffered Ither extinguishment nor abatement after i death, These manifestations of family eel ion. inlens-eand unremitting, attest the rtues of hi in. who beloved and esteemed of . was stipri'ine in the love and devotion of e home circle?who, honored and respected life, wns loved iu death by all who were arest and dearest to him, with a love "surissina the love of woman." The deceased possessed In no small degree e beauty and attractiveness of her sex, a vely person,an engaging manner, a gracious port men t, and a conciliatory temper, she is loved by all who knew her, but especlalwas she the light of the household, thestay id guide of brothers and sisters, and irenis. To her lather especially was ie the object of unbounded love, and is love she repaid with a devotion, as we ive said, burning brightly in life and unaited In death. A member of the Church In early life she ijoyed at all times the best opportunities of ulstlan sympathy and fellowship, sought i conform her daily conduct to its duties id requirements, and cherished its brightest ' ipcs and consolations. One of her sisters says that she has never aown so perfect a character ; her unselfish;ss, both In health and sickness, was truly ibllme. She had been sick for more than slit months, and never did a murmur or 1 lament word escape her lips. She was one of lose bright and continent Christians who jver entertain a doubt, and always said that ie was going to heaven. During her long lucss, she never spoke to her family of ring, lor fear or making tliern sad?she lought of their comfort, even to the last, lie smiles that lit up her fare, Jnst before :rossing the River" were lovely beyond des ipiion. ? ucii HsKUU uy iu? iiiiiimicr, uu ie morning of her death, if she was trusting i Jesus, she replied, "1 always have." She was always one of the most self-reliant :rsons for one so young. When a school ii she assumed responsibilities from which iosc of mature years would have shrunk. One of her sisters, Mrs. Wise, of Louisiana, eceded her to the grave, only a few months ;o. and her body lies burled in the soil of nit Slate? her father and two unmarried slsrs sleep in the Upper Long Cane cemetery : id there, beside the loved ones, who, had eceded her, sorrowing relatives and friends tusigncd her body to the grave on Monday ron'cg lact. The {solemn words of the funeral Bervlce, e touching notes of "the Sweet Bye and ye." aud the earnest invocation of the eacher all conspired to furnish another lm essive lesson of the vanity of earthly en* yrnent and of the true hopes and consola- ^ r?ns of the gospel. The body of the deceased, accompanied by r. S. J. Zeigler, Mr. DuPro Calhoun, Misa , itlieGraydon. Miss Ida Calhoun, Mrs.Adger ilhoun, Mrs. J. C. Chandler, arrived on the ldday train on Monday, and was met by number of relatives and friends, and by the Mowing named gentlemen, who act1 ns pall-bearers: Hugh Wilson, W. L. Iller, F. B. Gary, M. T. Coleman, W. R. llloeft, J. Hayne iMcDill. The services were held in the Methodist... 1. ~ Vx.. (Ua nftofA* IU I Ll 1 UUU >* cj c u/uuuuicu uy mc Haaw,i e Itev. M. Dnrgan, and were especially lm- / essive. A large congregation were present and testled their sympathy by floral tributes which ivered the while casket, and which were nly emblematic of the pure young life, hich has passed away. A train of carriages escorted I he remains to e cemetery, and there were performed the st funeral rites, which consigned the body the dust, and the spirit to God who gave it. LITTLE RIVER SCHOOL. (licient Teuclier? ioo?l Ncliolarn? VI/ n fau?- F.vpri>laoti? Prncpnm. The Little Itiver School, taught the past :ar by Miss Pel Edmunds, an accomplish1 lady from ltldgeway, S. C., closed its exernes on Tuesday the 7th inst. Miss Edmunds not only won the affection ' her pupils and the hearty approval of her ltrons by hor genial manners and quailfU itions, but secured during her sojourn here lite a number of admirers and a host ot iendH. An appropriate and highly entertaining lale to the exercises of said school, which et with the hearty applause and congratutions of a large and intelligent audience as given at the residence of Dr. John A. obinson on the evening of Thursday the h inst., of which the following program will vp a failit Idea: Welcome?iiy the School. Recitation?Goblins?Miss M. A. Robinson. Robins of the Woodlaud?Teacher. Tableau?"Guitar lepow" Lovers. Music?"Juanita ? Miss Lula Bowen and Mis* Edmunds. Rccitution?Razor Seller-Scott M. Alewine. Music?Nearer niy God, to Thee?Vanatlns Charade. Fred Ward?Medical Student?Louis Bryant. Joe Dashlngton?H. Bowen. Mrs. Eondlelgh?Miss Lula M, Alewine. Susan?(Her Maid)?Miss B. A. Robinson. Music?In the Starlight?MissC'rayton,Miss Robinson and Miss Edmunds. Tableau?Clinging to the Crop. Recitation?"Curlew"?Miss Rozella Bowen Music?Love Song?Miss Edmunds. Recitation ?Passing Under the Rod ? Miss Leple Branyon. Music?In the Moonlight?Miss Edmunds and Ml.-s Lula Boweu. Tableau?Gambler*, with Gbost Scene. M uslc?Storm?M iss Ed ui un ds. Recitation?(In Concert.) I'salm of Life? Miss M. A. Robinson, Miss Rosa Hi anyon, Scott Alewine and Lee Taylor. Music?Rocked In the Cradle of the DeepMiss Leila Alewine and Miss Crayton Robinson. Tableau?Sleeping Beauty with Guardian Angels?Charade. lacK i psiou?a loung lawyer ttngageu 10 Rose Thornc?Oscar Robinson. [lose Tlioriu? Miss Clayton Robinson. Mr.Thome? Win. W. Robinson. [Ciiio, Host's Malil?Miss Loplo Branyon. Viusic?Boiling the Cabbage Down?Miss Edm unds. Itecitation?The Drowning Singer? MIbs Lillle Kobinson. U lisle-Wood land Echocs?Miss Kdmunds. iecltation?An Answer to Wanted?Mlsp Cm j'ton Itobinson, dnslc?Good Night?lty the School. V warding Prizes? Dr. John A. Kobinson. duslc?Home Sweet Home?Ml?s Edmunds, diss Cray ton Kobinson secured the prize r proficiency. iliss Rozclla Bowon for Improvement la nmanship. Ilss Leila Alewinc for deportment. Patron. ABBEVILLE WINS MORE HONOR. lt Sons S111 nil IIIkIi Ih itic Fduca* liomil World?Prof. K. L. (jaints ami l'rof. II. T. Cook. Baptist Courier. t Is with great pleasure that we note the ;h compliment recently paid Prof. R. E. incs. of this State, by the trustees of Rlctamd College in electing him to the chair of I hematics in that institution. He had 11 temporarily tilling the chair, and at the etlng of the trustees two weeks ago he was L-cted from among 21 appllcauts for the poon. Prof, i jalnes Is an A. M. M. M. P. of rmnn University, and though quite a mg man he has already taken a deservedligli po.-.ition among the educators of the lib. his incident calls to mind the fact that le a number of the Furmau boys are Unimportant places in the leadlug colleges the country. Among those who are now is engaged we recall the following'; J. F. rgan. Converse College; A. S. Townes, envlllo Female College ; H.T. Cook, Furn University; E. T. Kemp, (irayson Colf, Texas; J. M. and F. W. l'ickel, State lege. Florida; Maurice Hloointleld, Johns pklns University, Baltimore; R. E. nes, Kiehinond College, Virginia ; John Manly, Brown University, R. I ; H. R. seiy, Madcro Institute, Mexico; J. M. rick, Patrick Military Institute, and ers. The University shares in the honors lowed upon her worthy sons. pen and shut Fans 2 for a cents. W. E. I. yards colored challics at 'St cents. W, E. I. yards white lawn at 75 cents. W. E. Bell, yards colored lilnghams at 75 cents W. E. I. yards I)est Calico at 50 cents W. E Bell. 1-2 yards Best Bleached Houispou at $10. E. Bell,