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The Press and Banner ABBEVILLE, S. C. V ^r-Published every Wednesday at ?2 a year in advance. Wednesday, Jan. 6, 1892. TlIlmnn'N SncceMor. Some of the newspapers, and various writers tor the press, have already spoken of a successor for Governor Tillman at the next ensuing election. As a set off to that proposition it has been suggested to us by a prominent citizen, that such talk at the present time is impolitic and detrimental to the public peuce and goodwill. it k.ohcn thorniosinM i87fi to clve each Governor a second term, and there is no good reason why the rule should be an exception this year. Whether Governor Tillman has satisfied the pnbllc demand or not, there certainly will be found many voters who prefer to stick to the old rule. At the end of two years Governor Tillman will retire as a matter of course, and the race for Governor will be a free and open one, for all who choose to enter. But the mere fact that any candidate is brought out to defeat another who is entitled to the place, by custom, will be so handicapped that defeat will be certain. At the end of Governor Tillman's second term a new man will be brought forward as a matter of course, who will then be embar. rassed by more of the disadvantages to which he would be.subjected if brought out at this time to defeat anybody. The "anybody to aereai Grant" wus ueieaiea, ana uuyouuj iu defeat Tillman" will most likely meet the same late. There Is no use kicking up a muss. Let us live In peace. While this newspaper is not for Tillman, It Is for peace and fairness. Tillman, by all the rules which have governed us Id the past, Is entitled to a re-election. He has committed no grievous Bin against the "body politic, for which he should suffer or for which his office should be taken away from him. The proposition to bring out a man to defeat him seems evidence of a desire to do an unusual thing, and when the great public heart Is called upon to aid personal schemes to do a wrong, it seldom consents. By the time Governor Tillman has served his four years even his blindest supporters at /" . present will then be ready for a change. The man who comes out "to defeat Tillman" will very likely fall, and tbe foolish attempt to dlville our people may do irreparable wrong. We don't want Tillman ism* N We don't want Haskelllsm. We want Democracy, pure and simple. ? The Hnrd Times?Aboat Payini; Debts It is generally believed that If everybody would do all in bis power to pay whatever be can, the times would be easier and better for all. . Whether this is true or not, it behooves every poor man to exert every effort to preserve his credit. A few dollars in his pocket is as trash When compared to the value 01 good credit and a fair name. It is always a matter of great regret when any man consents to put a blur on his credit for the sake of a little ready money. Confidence 1b a plant of slow growth, and the life that is marred by a dishonest or doubtful act, receives an injury which may last forever. Even years of future correct . dealing may not entirely restore the merited confidence. Money is transitory and we soon part with it, but character is lasting, and wp have good authority for saying that a good name is better than great riches. ~While many persous have made contracts for the new year, yet It Is to be presumed that there are many who have not been so fortunate as to secure the necessary aid. Those who fail to make a full and fair statement to their creditors will find it harder to get credit, than if they acted otherwise. The very worst possible feature of hard times at any time, Is the Instances of the foolish and painful surrender of character and credit in the effort to save, it may be, a bale of cotton, or even a few hundred dollars. No matter bow hard the times may be. It will be better to be a man, and preserve your Integrity, than to be able to defeat the claim of a creditor, however hard it may be. It is no disgrace to be poor. Though poverty is attended with hardships, yet it is greatly to be preferred, to a little money, which we can't keep. If a rich man is obliged to have credit, then how much more necessary is credit and a good name to the poor. Kewiipaper Change. Mr. John C. Bailey, one of the oldest editors in the State, has sold the Greenville Enterprise and Mountaineer to Col. James A. Hoyt. While we are truly glad to welcome Colonel Hoyt back among the editors of tho State, we 8re sorry that Mr. Bailey retires. We hope that Colonel Hoyt may shorten the name of the paper?the length of the name bas always been against it. We know tbat be will edit it with ability, and ever keep it In the front rank of the newspapers of South Carolina. Colonel Hoyt will very likely give the readers of the Mountaineer some good political medicine, which will do them good all the days of their lives. Mr. Bailey is a pronounced Tillmanite, but Colonel Hoyt, while equally pronounced in his views, will turn in a new light on the subscribers of the Mountaineer, so that they can now see the other side of political questions. After Mr. Bailey had thoroughly enlightened them as to the virtues and excellencies of one side, it is eminently proper that the light should be turned so as to bear on the other side. The readers of the Mountaineer will no doubt be in a little while the best informed newspaper readers in all this country. Mr. Bailey, by his untiring energy, and by his unwayerlng determination to succeed, has kept the bead of the Enterprise and Mountaineer above water for more than thirty years. In the last quarter of a century no man has done more hard work than Mr. Bailey, and his Industry and energy should teach a lesson. During the last campaign Mr. Bailey and his paper was a strong supporter of Mr. Tillman, and bis popularity among the people was shown in his election to the office of School Commissioner of Greenville County. Mr. Bailey In retiring gives a long and interesting history or the paper, which is second in age only to the News and Courier. We are not informed as to what business Mr. Bailey will hencetorth pursue, but we -I" presume he will be a candidate for reelection to the office which he now fills so ac" ceptably. Another New Law Firui. I,. W. Parker lias withdrawn from the law tflraa of Benet, McCu Hough & Parker, and has Jormod A partnership with H. J. Haysworth under tfee Ann name of Haynsworth & Par,j?&r. Botfajare young lawyers who have risen Xaet in the profession and who stand high with thepiibUe and their fellow members. The firm will command a good share of business.? GreenviUe >T?>ws. ?m True as $?Npel. Newberry Herald and Neos. Tbeso^ner this war on capital jaad corporations is ended the better it will be for a),J our people. In this State there should be ao antagonism between capital and labor?no conflict between those who have money and those who have it not for the two are mutualJy dependent, the one upon the other, and both essential to the proper growth and development of our common .State. The Inlronchins RnsintsM. Governor Tillman is accredited with a re. markablo speech at Laurens last sveek. He claimed that lie was so securely intrenched in the hearts of the people that he whs sure of re-election. While we do not deny that he may be re-elected, yet if he is re-elected It will be because of the custom of giving the Governor a second term, and not because of any "lntrenclunent in the hearts of the people." The fact Is, as far as we are abie to learn,Governor Tillman has lost ground in a very notable degree. We all know how he in the campaign berated former administrations for accepting free railroad passes, and yet he had been In office not more than three months before he was caught riding on these same free passes. By this act thousands of people in this State lost confidence in his sincerity, and some of his former adherents are now out-spoken against him because of this act. The antifree pass bill, and the large vote by which it was passed, may be considered as some index lO lue puuni; upiuiuu no lu lug nvv poo^ | dal which attaches to the administration. The Governor's indiscretion In proposing so many measures, and his failure to control he Legislature in so many instances, is evidence of his lack of ability to command men. While his followers, or personal representa- j tlves, stuck to him with notable and wonderlul unanimity, yet it must be admitted that he had next to no Influence over the Leglsla-j ture. At Laurens he is reported to have said that in the storm which swept over this country much "rotten driftwood came to the surface, and floated into the State House," or words to that effect, and he is further reported to have said that "this Legislature did not suit him," or something of this kind. Up to the last Legislature the people have thought that they were suiting themselves in the selection of members of the General Assembly. While it is true (hat a large number of delegates to the Last Legislature voted perhaps every time as Governor Tillman wanted them to vote, yet when it comes to the elec tlon or new memoers me peopie may waui men who will exercise at least some opinion of their own, end not blindly follow the Governor, and who will have Intelligence enough not to be misled by Mr. Haskell, or anybody else. The Governor made a most fatal mistake In not telling his followers how to vote on the anti-free pass bill. If he had appealed to bis friends to save blm from the stigma which that law fastens upon him and his party, we know that neither the eloquence of Haskell In the House nor the force of Woodword In the Senate could have pushed the matter through. TheTlllmanites who voted for the anti-free pass bill we presume had no intention of doing the Governor any personal wrong, and he ehould account them none the less faithful on that account He should acquit them of anv intention of aiding Haskell and Woodword in their fight against the Governor. In reality, be has only himself to blame, for not telling them his wishes in the matter, and explaining the full meaning of perpetrating such an outrage against the Governor in taking free passes. Ashe had explained his wishes in everything else, he should not have allowed his followers to go wrong on that matter, and for his dereliction in this case he must take the consequence of the errors of well meaning friends. A Good Thins: to Defeat. We ask attention to the advertisement of the election for school purposes. It is perhaps the most important measure that has been presented to this people for a long time and the hard times, the lack of information as to the details of the matter to be voted for, together with the excessive amount to be voted away, admonish us to vote against the proposition. 1 Speaking for the Press and Banner we are In favor of a proper law and an appropriation whloh is not excessive, provided the rights of the tax-payer are regarded. We should not vote away $12,000 of our money, "for one or more school houses," without definite information as to the plan oi expenditure, and we should not blindly vote away two mills to pay the teachers of a school of which we know nothing. We have no Information at all as to the terms and conditions of the law under which this election is held and of course we can give none. But we are opposed to depriving the people who pay the money of the right to vote annually upon the election of trustees. The idea of holding a meeting at night or any other time to change trustees should not be acceptable to the people. The school house which we already have Is good enough. With the expenditure of S3,090 it can be bought and nicely repaired. It should be stated definitely how much of the 112,000 the colored people are to getr-or if tney are to get any. By voting for the 812,000 for a School House and two mills to pay teachers our town taxes will be enormously Increased, and injury will be inflicted on various individuals. ay voung max lax a great wrong win be perpetrated against a lady who built a school house a year or two at her own expense, and she will be deprived i?ot only of the value of her property, but of the means of making a living. Great injustice will be done to the owner of the Academy. Great Injustice will be done to the various teachers here who would bo thrown out of employment. The amount of $12,000 and the Interest thereon, together with two mills added for teachers, will make a tax which will be hard for many citizens to pay. In this year of distress, when the people can hardly make a living, It seems ill-advised for the people to go Into visionary schemes of building fancy school houses. With 812,000 we could build a college. Ersklne College, as it stands to-day, we presume did not cost hall that sum. The Emigration Act. Perhaps the best act of the last Legislature was that which set an embargo upon emigration agents coming here and taking off the The wealth of this State lies largely In its colored people, like cattle, in car load lot#. Its labor and la its citizens generally, and when a citizen, be he white or black, leaves the country, it is a public loss. Every man whd makes a bale of cotton or a bushel of corn, is a valuable citizen, and adds Just that much to the wealth of the countryBesides doing great damage to the country In the removal of its productive citizens, it perpetrates on the citizen himself, in a great number of instances, an irreparable Injury by taking him Into a strange land, among strangers, who often look upon the new-comer with distrust, and never regard him with that kindness and confidence which is accorded to him by the neighbors and friends among whom he was born. ALMOST TWO FIKES. Two of Abbeville's Public Buildings Endangered tbc Same Xigbt. While Abbeville is not seeking to be in competition with Laurens village in the matter of fires, yet Abbeville came very near to loKslng two ol her public buildings last Monday night. Somebody discovered the callaboose, or guard house, on lire. It was put out before a mule, a bale of bay, a plough stock and a Crisoner were burnt. If the town mule had een burnt her relatives In Kentucky, would now be In mourning. The Court House made a narrow esoape the same night. When Clerk Moore opened his ojfice yesterday morning, he found a hole in the floor and a scarred sleeper, where was le/t a ji'oodeu spittoon the evening before. The sp&tctgii, the floor, a'jd a part ci a table leg were buju.t, when the tire, ou Its ow n motion, went out' 0/ business, otherwit-e we would have had ?o Cyu^.t JJouse to-day. Ai! . - -v ,J'v- ? * ' . SALE DAY. An Immense t'roivtl of Well Behaved People ? No Drunkenness ? Few Kales?Little Money. There was r large crowd of people Id town last Kale Diiy, a majority of whom were colored people. It was a cood humored, well behaved crowd, and nothiuu disturbed the peace of the day- They had next to no money, or If they had It, they neither spent It lor goods, nor wasted in paying debts. All the stores, however, did some business in sellinir and collecting. The oflicial sales were very few. most of the little that was advertised being withdrawn. BY THE PROBATE JUDGE. The estate of Howard Strothers, deceased. SO acres bounded by land of C. YV. Cowan, the Gut hrie lands and others was sold to J. G. j Kd wards lor S1C9. The remainder in dower la 43 acres of the same estate, adjoining the above described property, was bid off by J. G. Edwards for .$10. BY THE MASTER. In the matter of W. B. Utsey againRt A. J. Salinas & Son, the Pope homestead in NinetySix, containing four, acres, bounded by the Public Square, by Church street, by Dr. Llmbecker, and Sport street, was bid off by A. J. Salinas k, Son at 8500, which was only a nominal sum, there being litigation as to the ownership of the place. In the matter of Mary S. Alewlne against T ? * 1 * ~ n V??? 1nn/)o r\f I.KIB Aiewuic, llt'ica, UUUUUCU ujr 1UImo \y? J. R. MoWhorter, J. T. McLaln, J. A. Robinson, Marcuret Cllnkscaies, J. N. Young, J. 0. McLain.R. H. Armstrong, and other*, was sold to Mrs. Alary A. Crawford for 81,800. IIY MORTGAGEE. 135 acres, lauds of Mary E. Brown, bounded by J. E. Calhoun, M. J. McCelvey, C. A. White, aud others, was sold at public outcry, under the authority of the mortgagee. E. M. Brayton, of Columbia, assignee of the mort-' gagee, bid it in for $500. ^ A. J. Ferguson, mortgagee, adyertised ten acres belonging to Hampton Edwards, adjoining lands of J. T. Robertson, and Mrs. Ceiiu T. Jones, but we failed to learn If it was sold. BY THE SHERIFF. The Sheriff sold some odds and ends of carriage, wagon, and buggy material belonging to the firm of Seal dcMcflwaine. VOLUNTARY SALES. L. J. Wilson and H. W. Bowie auctioneers. A number of horses and mules without pedigree were auctioned off by private Darties, prices ranging from sixty-nve centB upward. OUR NEW LAWS. Acta of General Interest, Which Received the Approval of the Governor. The following is a condensed list of the acts of general Interest ratified at the recent sitting of the General Assembly: An Act to authorize the organization and mustering into the active militia service ol the State military companies at Bishopvllle, in Sumter and Lexington Counties, to be known as theJBlstJopviiieuuarasanaine.Liexiugton Rifles, respectively. An Act to prevent tbe use of a free pass, express frank or telegraph frank, on any railroad by any United State Senator or member of Congress from this State, or by any member of the General Assembly of this State, by any county official, or by any Judge of a Court of record In this State. An Act to require county treasurers to report number of polls who have paid their poll tax to tbe chairman of tbe board ol trustees in the several school districts and to the school commissioner, and to require school trustees to report to the county auditor all taxable polls in tbeir districts. An Act to amend subdivision of Section 88 of the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to the Courts of trial Justices. An Act to provide for the apportionment of Representatives in the General Assembly. An Act to provide for procuring and preserving documents relating to the history of South Carolina and to make an appropriation for the same. A Joint Resolution accepting the termsand trust contained in an Actot Congress of the United States providing for refunding direct taxes collected from persons, citizens and inhabitants of the State of South Carolina. A Joint Resolution to provide for repairing ?ho tnmh nf ftpn FrnnolH Marlon in Berkelev County. An Act to amend the law In relation to the attorneys' cost In equity causes. A Joint Resolution to authorize the State Treasurer to collect or sell evidences of indebtedness turned over to him as part of Clemson bequest and invest same in State stock. An Act to amend a Act entitled "An Act to provide for the revision, digest and arrangement of the statute laws of the State of South Carolina, approved December 4, A. D., 1889." An Act to prohibit emigrant agents to act without license. An Act to provide for the maturing of paper payable on Sunday or a legal holiday. An Act to establish an Industrial and Normal College In the State. An Act to regulate the liens of mortgages on crops, and to deline what crops can be nihrtgaged. An Act to authorize the use of medical and scientific books as evidence in certain cases. An Act to incorporate the Connie Maxwell Orphanage, and to prescribe the powers and duties of the board of trustess thereof. m m DUE WEST AND THE GRIP. Tbe People Tnice 10 me uiMcaite Blicbt Along?Odds and End*. Dae West, S. C., Jan. 6th, 1892. Mrs. Moore and Mrs. McClung, of Virginia, are visiting the lamlly of Prof. J. M. Todd. Mrs. Aiiie Cllnkscaies, of Lowndesvllle, accompanied by ber husband, paid a visit of a few days to ber father's family last week. Mr. K. L. Bell who has been engaged in teaching school in Montgomery, Ala., is at home. He expects to enter tbe Theological Seminary. Mr. J. K. Hood left for his post at Anderson on Thursday. There was a sale of the household and kltcben furniture, and also of some live stock, property of the late Kev. J. N. Young, on the 30th inst., at his residence. Miss Screws, ol Alabama, who has been visiting tbe family of Mr. Michael McUee, has returned to Greenwood, a. (J where sbe Is engaged in teaching in the graded school. The Young Men's Home Missionary Society held its regular public monthly meeting on Saturday night. Kev. Dr. Grler delivered a most instructive address on Home Missions. Miss Ruth Cotieid, a pupil ol the Wintbrop Training School, who spent her holidays visiting friends and relatives in town, returned to her studies on Saturday. Miss Mary Boyd returned to her home in Prosperity on TuesdayMr. White of Statesvllle, N. C., brought a daughter to the Female College last week. Mr. Jas. Anderson and mother of Falrvlew, ^ ??1 ?-?? % ? nni/l a ntult r\ Vfru A U ureuuvi IJU ^uuuiy, ^aiu a Tiaiu w *uio? Kennedy on Friday. Mrs. J. P. Kennedy returned from Atlanta, Ga., on Monday. Mrs. E. P. McCllntock, of Newberry, S. C., returned last week to her home. She came up to attend the sale of Kev. J. N. Young. Mr. Morrow has retired from the Arm of Morrow, Nickles & Co. The business will be continued by the other members of the llrm, Messrs. G. N. Nlckles and W, T.Cowan. Mr. W. W. Sadler of the Home Supply Co., of Chicago, III., spent Sabbath in town. The week of prayer will be observed, services being held every evening irom four to five o'clock. La Grippe has been in town, and here are some of Ills more prominent victims: Mr. R. C. Brown lee, Dr. E. H. Edwards, Rev. O. Y. Bonner, Rev. M. Fennel, Mr. J. A. Devlin, Rev. M. T. Pearson and Rev. W. L. Pressly, besides others too numerous to mention. No e .-ath have resulted, and all are Improving. Miss Ellie Edwards Is quite sick with the grip. R. Poor digestion has a good deal to do with the devil's success in some places. He avoids many inconveniences who does not appear to notice them. Th^rp is nothincr a man will not promise the woman he is not yet married to. An exchange truly says seeing is not always believing. There are many men you can see and not believe. There's many a trouble Would break like > bubble. Anil Into the waters of Lethe ilejiart, Did we not rehearse it, And tenderly nureo it, And give it a permanent place in the heart. Let the friends of peace manifest the true spirit of Christianity, which does good to all and evil to none. I have no more pleasure in hearing a man attempting wit, und failing, than in seeing a man trying to leap over a ditch, and tumbling into it. The first step in debt is like the first step in falsehood, almost involving the necessity of proceeding in the same course, uebt following debt as lie folic wa lie. Haydon, the painter, dated his decline from the day on which he first, borrowed monev. ;S OBSEEVEB'S OBSEEVATIONS. I] lie Trios to Stir Up the Town, nnd lilts n Few Political Lick)t. What has become of the enterprise of our A town? Sometime since the air was thick with talk of factories and other improvements. Something ol this kind roust be undertaken If the town is to improve. We are on a dead level and at a complete standstill. There must he more shoving and pushing,? I yes, and more talk, If our town Is to keep abreastofthe onward march of the times. There should be more expansion in the opinions of our people, as well as unity, together with an Improvement in the habit of runnlnE our hands down In our pockets and 8 sheillng out the cash whenever the needs or i the town demand It. <3 There are some among us, I am sorry to j say, who seem to be opposed to Improvements and the coming of new people among <3 us. i Such men are drawbacks and a hindrance s to us. A great denl more pubtic spirit and a v more hearty welcome to outside capital would soon put the town on a substantial t boom. . R We need more citizens, more money, and t more diversified lndusterles. What Is the use of sending to Ohio for axe -y handles, bubs, rims, water buckets, tubs, ^ churns, plow stocks, buggies, wagons and such r things when we have the material out of which these things are made?rotting ut our r doors. This opens a chance for our friends of h the Alliance and themselves. Let them c put their money in the manufacture of these 1 things at home, instead of sending their c money to Ohio and other States to pay for r them, and they will better their condition. Think of the twenty millions thut the farmer s every year sends out the State for things that r we can produce at home and our poverty t will, In a great measure, be accounted ror. There Is nothing like looking a thing square in the face. Cotton at six cents, empty corn cribs, no meat, no wheat and no oats at home 1 cannot make us even comiortable. These are 1 facts and not fancy rhetoric. Some very funny things are happening 1 these days,and there is a grand change going J on in the political world In South Carolina. J This is eletlon year, and the politicians and J demagogues are bard at work, figuring out J how they are to fool the people this year, and J keep themselves in fat offices. No good will J ever come of all this agitation. The only J true ruie is to select men for their ability, J integrity and business capacity, and discount J those who are eternally yelling about reform, J when there Is nothing to reform. It requires J ability to make laws and business sense to J run the government . J Among the funniest things that is now going the rounds is the talk of turning those , out of the democratic party who voted for 1 Haskell last year. To a sensible mau such , talk Is absurd; and when Governor Till- < man speaks ol them as curs, and Irby as ( snakes, both men are degrading themselves. , The men in the State who sympathised with , the Haskell movement last year will number ( not less than sixty-five thousand. Then, too, ( it must be remembered that Tillman did not ( receive in the general election half of the . vote of the State. Rather than raise a dis- , turbance, Tillman was elected by the men he j calls curs, not voting. Then, thi9 question 1 confronts us. If the majority of the people j are opposed to Tillman, how can his minor- ( ity faction turn out the majority faction ? It , would be funny, would it not? Tillman vil- : lilies the people, he villi ties the legislature by . calling the members "drift wood," and say? ing other disagreeable things ubout them, and ( Set, he expects these same people to re-elect < lm. That Is funny, too, Is it not? I will ( from time to time recount these funny things, , so that the people can see what Is going on. My observations hcyve been that it is a capital idea not to touch with a forty foot pole: 1 Coat tall swingers. | 2 The man who agrees with you in everything. 3 The man who crlos reform day in and day out, and reforms nothing. 4 The low tax fiend.. (Every sensible man favors low taxes.) 5 The man who is always discovering efforts on the part of some ring or some body to destory the rights of tho people. 6 The man who sets himself up as the people. 7 The man who has no opinions of his own, but trusts to attach himself to every popular , move. 8 The man who is one thing to day and another to-morrow. 9 The man who is afraid to express his honest opinions. 10 The man who cannot manage his own business. 11 The man who is always bellowing that he is on the side of the-people and with the people. y 12 The man who will sacrifice principle for office. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. An Incite Into Abbeville Society, and the movements of tbe People llereabout. I Miss Mattie Woodell, of Raleigh, N. C., is j nlolHnff tho fomll V f\f JllllffA .1 V IjVnil Miss Halite Maxwell returned tonlay from Cartersvllle, Ga., where she has been visiting for sometime. Miss Uusla Bee, of Edgefield, is vitfltlngMrs. W. P. Calhoun. Mr. Andrew Lyon is at home for a few days. Mr. A. E. Woodell Is vlsltlug In Abbeville. Mrs. Isabelle Jordan, of Greenville, is vlsltin the family of Judge J. Fuller Lyon. Mr. Frank Smith left on Monday for Charlotte. Mr. Calhoun Marshall, who has been railroading In Georgia for several years came In Monday morning on a visit to his relatives. Calboun looks Just about the same, perhaps a little better tban when be was bere last. There whs a large crowd in town Monday, but trade seemed vecy poor. If we judge of the amount of money in the country by the prices that a number of mules sold at Saleday, the verdict would be n "as scarce or scarcer than It has been In years." The Rev. M. Dargan is able once more to All the pulpit at the Methodist church, and < conducted the service Sunday morning. , Mr. W, A. Lane, of the G., C. & N. R. R, , spent Tuesday aDd Wednesday last with friends In the city, and seemed to be fujoying himself very much, and adding a great deal to the enjoying of one our prettiest young ladies. Mr. McD. Cuter has gone to the Flatwoods on a bunting trip. He accompanieh Mr. Doc 1 Taggart. With the New Year make this resolution, a "buy only what you can afford," and next fall when your crop is sold you will not owe so mnch, and have some cash to show for your year's work. a The german given in honor of Miss Suzane Herd, of Mlddleton, Ga., though not largely s attended, was quite a success. a T Cl PAlhpan vottirna/1 1 iUUHQi o. j. o. nuu V/wuibCi WKuinu iuuu* u^u i, to Columbia Monday afternoqn. 2 Mr. T. A. White made a flying visit to Verdery Monday to bid his friends and relatives i good-bye before leaving for the far West to grow up with the country. Miss Bessie Edwards returned to Columbia j* Monday where she Is attending college. Miss Saldee Colhoun and Miss Mamie Per- r rin returned from a short visit to Greenville V last Thursday evening. * Up town is improving, Mrs. D. L. Mabry is " having a two story residence erected on the ? site of the house that was burned last fall. , Mr. R. C. Wilson is adding to his house by a A new front. V Mr. T. D. Porcher, of Chicago, was in town Monday. Mrs. Talley Hearth, of Columbia, and Miss Harmon, of Lancaster, are guests ol the K Misses Russell. fj Prayer meeting Monday night in the Methodist church was conducted by Mr. C. V. D Hammond. Tuesday night in the Court t] House by the Rev. F. Y. Pressley. f( Saleday was, for the number of people in f( town, very quiet and orderly. y Chief of Police Riley is at home again, a much improved in health, and hope he will c soon be on duty again. Mrs. W. A. J-.ee and Miss Mamie are down t at Bordeaux visiting relatives. The sale of the books of the Literary Club was a success, or at least It seemed so to us. The literature bringing very good prices. C Mr. Edwin Parker took the train Monday morning for Charleston on a pleasure trip. a ?_ . _ o tl T1ATT rVTI A UDTTIfir f< liilili uI J? ?)hii;ujj. ii d k .lien and .Vnlen are Plunged Into !i l>cep Water. On last Tuesday, December 29th, the long spun of McKittrick's bridge across Little Klver, fell Into the middle of the stream, tl while Mr. Thomas J. Brltt's team were on It. n W. A. Gllloll and Willis Walker were on the U wagon at the time. Everything was plunged into the water some twenty feet below, and fl men and mules were more or less scared and n hurt. a A stray piece of timber fell across the back ei of one of the mules and killed it The mules t? uuci both men were more or less hurt. x The bridge was built In 18S8 by Mr. George M Wilson. The sleepers of the bridge had been bolted s' close together at the ends, and the timber had rotted from moisture. ai Capt. J. N. King is at work, rebuilding the bridge, n: " ' h Abbeville In the Mountain*. ci Eosley Democrat. J1 Mr. W. C. Verrell and family, of Lincoln. u* Ala., has been on a visit to his friends qnd relatives In Kasley. Mr. Verrell, It will be remembered, ljved In Eusley ten years ugo, Mr. E. Jackson, of Abbeville, spent Sunday ei last with his aunt, Mrs. J. It. Gossett. Mrs.T. J. Syfun and family, of Seneca, spent a day or two with relatives In Easley the past, week. ? d! Look at Wm. E. Hell's Infant shoes for 41c al you can't buy them elsewhere for 50c. 2.1 * , w w fHE LESSON OF TEE TIMES.' lLL young men should lay by a portion of their salary. ?? t |a a Great Mistake for Laborer* and Other* to Live Up to Tbeir Income?Something Should be Saved For a Rainy I>ay. It is often the case that young men with mall sums of money have no safe place to nvest their earnings, and hence they squanler their money in buying perishable or unirofitablo articles. It icmilrl h*> fnr hfittpr for such oersons to leposlt their money In bank and receive no merest until a sufficient amount could be iccumulated to make a safe Investment, tbat 9oulJ yield a sure Income. In order to Impress upon our young men. he Importance of putting even a very mall amount at Interest we copy the arIcle below. It shows conclusively that almost any sum vould be a comfort to them In old age, and could Insure them against want when they night be unable to work : Many carelessly infer that the Increase of noney at six per cent, Is Just twice as rapid is *at three per cent.; but in reality the msrease is vastly more rapid than this. In one lundred years, at six per cent., the Increase >n any given sum is about eighteen times as nuch as at three per cent. If one dollar be invested and the interest idded to the principal annually, at the rates mmed, we shall have tbe following result as he accumulation of one hundred years: ONE DOLLAR, ONE HUNDRED YEARS. Vt 1 per cent $2% \.t 2 per cent - 1% \.t 2i per cent - J134 Vt 3 percent 19>4 it 31 per cent 31'4 it 4 percent COU It 4i per cent 81k il ft per cent. 13l>< it 6 percent .. 340 " it 7 per cent 868 it 8 pur cent 2,208 it 9 percent , 6,548 it 10 percent 13,809 it 12 per cent 84,675 It 15 per cent 1,174,405 it 18 per cent _... 15,145,007 it 24 percent 2,551.799,404 There are probably few, however, familiar with the subject of_the rapidjnerease of capi tai put ai interest, wuo wuuxu uvi uu sinrucu it the statement that the cost of the outfit ol Christopher Columbus in his first voyage ol ilscovery, put at Interest at six per cent., would by this time amount to more than the jntire money value of this continent, together with the accumulations from the industry )f all who have lived upon It. If any doubt ibis, let them reckon the amount, estimating ihe entire outfit to have cost only the small ium of five thousand dollars, and rememberng that money doubles, at six per cent., In a little less than twelve years?or accurately, n eleven veors, ten months, and tweuty-one lays. Allowing It to double every twelve fears, this five thousand dollars at interest at ilx per cent, since 1492,It will be found, would lave amounted to $17,895,700,000,000; which, istlmating the population of the entire con.inent of America (North and South) to be ;lghty-five millions, or seventeen million families (averaging five members each,) would give more than a million dollars as the sossesslon of every one of these. The lnter:st upon a million dollars at six per cent. Is sixty thousand dollars, which would now be ,he princely annual Income of each of these seventeen million families from the accurnuaMons up to this time upon so small a sum is that named for the outfit of the dlscover;r. In Hlldreth's "History of the United States," it Is stated that Manhattan Island? ifterward called .New Amsterdam, now the slty of New York?was bought by the Dutch rrom the Indians for sixty guilders, or twentylour dollars ($24), and this only about two mndred and fifty years ago. And yet, i f the ourcbasers could have securely placed that 524 where it would have added to the principal annually interest at the rate of 7 per ceut. he accumulation would exceed the present market value of all the rtnl estate of the jlty and county of New York. Again, if a man at the age twenty-five ibould commence business with a capital of >ne hundred thousand dollars, and could by my possibility add thereto interest at onr egal rate of 7 per cent annually, the result would be (in round numbers) as follows: Age. Capital. . 25 $ lOD.OCD 36 20.000 45 400,000 ft5 600,0C0 05 1,600.000 o (VIA /via Id . <* o,4w,wu ?4 6,600,000 Now, the growth of national wealth la only ibouti% percent, per annum, notwithstandng the assertion of those who have placed 11 nuch higher, through comparing the old valuations with the new (which have been ;reatly Increased,) instead of taking as the >asls of their calculation, as they should have lone, the actual number of bortes, cattle, logs, sheep, etc., etc., at the different periods, t is plain, therefore, that the great mistake nost men make Is in attempting to use bor owed capital at an immensely nigh rent, orllnarlly termed interest. While the growth of the national wealth renalns at the present rate, the average man vho attempts to pay even 7 per cent, for all he capital be can get, should not expect to ivoid bankruptcy as tbe result." THE WEEK OF PEAYEE. The Program to be Carried Oat the first week in Janaary. The first week of tbe new year Is given np 0 prayer by the churches ot tbe Evangelical Alliance. The program all over the country b as follows: sunday, Jan. a?sermons. I will pour water upon him who Is thirsty -Isaiah xllv.,1-5. Tbe unity of spirit Is the bond of pence.? 5pheslanslv.,8. (onday, jan. 4?confession and thanksgiving. ' Confession: Of personal, social and natlon1 sins; of sectarian jealousy and rivalry. Thanksgiving: For united prayer ; for the uccess of the Florence Conference, and for 11 blessings, spiritual and temporal?Pa. I; Dan. lx.,8-19: Ps. xxxlv.; Eph. l.,153. toesday, jan. 6?the church universal Praise: For the real union of all believers nd tbe growing desire for all Its fallen manres tatiou. Prayer- For a larger comprehension of Ihrist, a more perfect love and loyalty to lim, a more complete union with Him and f His disciples in Him; that ministers and 11 believers may be tilled with the Holy (host.?John xvil.; Eph. lv.* 1-17; AcU 11., 22. WEDNESDAY, JAN. C-XHE FAMILY AND THE YOUNGJ. Praise: For the gracious promises to the odly and their children, and for the increases number of young disciples. Prayer: For a deeper sense of the sacredess of the family relation; for invalids and tie aged;"for sons, daughters and servants; >r the consecration of sons to the ministry >r Suuday schools and all Christian assoclalons for young people; for public schools and II educational Institutions.?Ps. cxxvlil., tol. 111., 10-25; Isa. xllv.,1-4. HCRSDAY, JAN. 7.?NATIONS AND THEIR BULERS. Praise; For the Increasing influence of hrlst in all human atfalrs. Prayer: For nil in authority that they may pply the teachings of Christ to the problems four times: for peace; for the abolition of ae slave, opium and strong drink traffic, and >rall needed reforms?temperance. Sabbath, idustral, social, and political: that the kingom of this world may speedily become the Ingdom of our Lord.?Ps. lxvll.; Rom. xil? 7; Isa. il.,4; Rev. xxl., xxi.,1-4. Rev. xi., 15r. FRIDAY, JAN. 8.?THE CHURCH ABROAD. Praise: For the Increased preparation of ae world for the Gospel; for the Increasing umber of those who have given themselves ) the work of missions. Prayer: For a signal manifestation of the [oly Spirit's power for missionaries and jillvp ?1hrlnt'ans: for rlirhtemisnAMs' snlro ud for liberty of conscience; for more co-opration ; for an increase of intelligent inirest in the salvation of the world, Isaiah I., 1-5; Joel 11.,i 23-32; Matt, v., 1Q-12 : John 83-38. iTUBDAY, JAN. 0.-*-TlI? CHURCH AT JIOMK Praise; For a clear recognition of need nd a growing sense of responsibility. prayer: For a large apprehension of the ilcslon of the churcb, to save not only the idivldual, but also society; to purify all uman Institutions and relationships; for In eased co-operation in behalf of city, county and frontier.?Isa. lxv., 17-23; Matt X.. 13; Luke xxiv., 20. SUNDAY, JAn 10.?SERMONS. Lo, I apa with you always, even unto the rid of the world.?Matt, xxvlll,. 20. That the all may be one.?John xxli,, 21. Justiu from the knitting mills 50 doxen la" i Ics vests, pants to match, at Haddon's. Don't fail to see the dress goods that I offer 1121-2 cents. These eoods are worth 20 and , i cents. \V. E. Hell. I Definite Rules! A thor<*ufflj\l3r competent housekeeper, who hL9 uelvfr been to a cooking school, locally famous for her culinary SrtlMwas lately tellinganother womanr*1^ . *? make a pudding. The story J19' Pjven by tiie Chicago 'Ledger,' J3 evidently true to nature, even thoul'h the dialogue may not have been reported verbatim ; for some cooks go x?ore by instinct than by rule. lj '[f it's tolje a small pudding, why of course, Mc " ?11 ' l,se much flour; the bigger m s to be, the more flour T take. So >times I have to use a great deal,^?id then again I very often get up quite a pudding without * * Vnn acui if Ho Having to peuds prett}>y2D9'derab]y2on the cooking powder.wlf i that's real good, it don't mako ?icll difference about the flour." 1 ''I suppose^ou juse raisins ?" "Sometimes^ I i^?> and then, some times I doi' t? i It depends upon whether I waft' *5 rich or not, and what kind < ? sauce I'm going to use." T I "How muchfeugpr do you take?" "Well, nowjp01*^ folks take a good deal and soma folks don't. For my part, I never ?id jlike to have anything too sweek 80 I'm always careful not to get top nc uch sugar. After you've made it face or twice you won't have a particle w trouble in getting it just to suit you." "How many "There! thafe fhe beauty of it. With this kind%f aIpudding it don't make so very nucfa difference how 1 many you use. If jou've got plenty of eggs, why yoit can put in several; itwou't hurt; bit i^ eggs are scarce you can get alorg With less just as rooii nnhnriir win ever notice the dif* "VMj UVUUUJ ?T ?*4 - 1 ference." '>) "Do you mix yo Jf dough with milk!" , ' Yes?sometimes- f'm not so very particular. It dei>endB. If I've plenty of milk, I do; tut if you get everything else alright, Ss rio matter about the milk." q "How about spio^a ? "Use'em if yoT want to. Some folks like 'em, and I think myself they rather help a pud(^ug^ sometimes, especially if you use plain sauce. But you must follow yolir own taste about that; and if you d?n't get it right the first time, don't Oame me, for I've done my very besf to tell you just what I do and all alyut it.'* > i ' Starting' a fiilhy! Horse. On Friday aferno^ a man drove up East Main Street the street car tracks, says the '"Rochester Democrat." He had a ont-horse wagon and a load of hemlock ?labs.i when he was about half-wa; up; East Main Street hill his horsa balked. There was a row of street **rs behind him which reached to thefour corners in a few minutes, and ^ery .driver was leaniDg out from Us platform and yelling more or less [emphatically at the young man to staf bis horse. The young man cliabed down from the wagon and tried t# star; the horse. He coaxed, swore, trifd V- lead and than trk rmah the hnpsp BlODB. but to HO purpose. The animal panted a vaca- ; tion, aDd wanted it rig?& away. Meantime a crowd l,a<* collected on the sidewalk and yellei " I "Twist his tail!" ft "Build a fire under hnt*"| "Put pepper in his n<?'" I "Stick a pin in him!'' K 1 "Club him P' B "Get a wisp of 1Y And lead : him P? r T "Hitch a team to him^' I 1 "Blow smoke in bis essl" I By this time the stre* can drivers ] were frantic, but the brsc Id'd not ] seem to care. He neverfnovfed. Fi- ' nally an old farmer cade down the J walk, stopped, saw what *as tlie mat- * ter,and went up to whe^.tfte horse 1 stood. He reached up M the! horse's 1 head and' stuck bis tinges dfcwn in ' one of the horse's ears. l The effect was instan^us.l The horse started up instanty aad the street cars moved on again; \ He Freed His 3ll#l. \ J Griua Stanton, his war secretary, . novapmiiubnow hnw tn tafe Lincoln, i Stanton was for extermiuitingl such elements as dared to ask qudtiun?. It is related that once some oie had refused to understand an orde, or j it all events had not obeyed. "I believe I'll sit down," ?id Stanton, "and give thst man apiece of my mind." \ 1 "Do so," said Lincoln ; "vrite \him now while you have it on y*ir mjind. Make it sharp. Cut aim \ all up." | Stanton did not need a secoid iqva- j tation. It was a bone-crusher that i he read to the President. "That's right," said Abe; 'that's a good one." ? I "Who can I send it by ?" mised tlhe ? secretary. I "Send it?" replied Lincoln; "sepd 1 it! Why don't send it at all. Tear; It 1 up. You have freed your mine on tjie subject, and that is all that is tecesaary. Tear it up. You never vant io send such letters; I neverdo." A Thankful Deacon. The importance of thinkingbefore you speak receutly received anamus*iug illustration at a meeting he'd in a well-knewn town nof a hundredmiles} from the banks of the Hudson. One? of the persons who occupied thestagej was an enthusiastic deacon, wlP fre-l quently interrupted the speaker by I yelling: "Thank goodness format!"! One gentleman was called upon;*^. arose and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, I am heart and sould in this cause, and tpat it i will be a great benefit to the people of ! this place." i "Thank goodness for that!"'yiplled j the deacon. - -- * < i "But, ladies and gentlemen,"i uc (continue, "I am going to say thalt it will be impossible for me to address you this evening?" i . i "Thank goodness for that!" broke in ( the absent-minded deacon, amidst j^eneral laughter.-[The Ledger. ! Worth Trying;. \ * When Isaac Hopper, the distingufbed old Quaker.met a boy with a dii'ty j face or with dirty bands, be would stop him, and inquire: "Has thee ever studied chemistry?" p The boy, with a woudrous stafe, t would answer,"No," 1 t "Well, I will teach thee how to perfomea curios chemical experiment.1'' the old gentleman woulu auswei'. "Go home, take a piece of soap, put itf : waterand rub it briskly on thy hands and face. Thou hast no idea what ? beautiful froth it will make, and how i much whiter thy skin will he. That'.1* s a chemical experiment. I advise thee' to try it. c ?? : t A little nap before the noon meal , will rest the nerves and promote digestion. It Have a blanket wrapper, and aoftli slippers handy in case of night sick- s ness. ,t \ \ 1 I r__ 1 Lessons in patience. i ; , By Clara M. Soundert. Sno.h wonderful lessons In patlenco A I'm learning each day of m v life I j Mv heart that was once so rebellious, With quiet endurance Is rife, ' | And now In its depths there is calmness. / * j Where ence tb?re was tumult and strife. A few years ago, 'twas a trial R To sit down and quietly wait; I bitterly mourned In my sorrow And loneliness over my &te; Bat, out of those days peace has blossomed, . & W hfch comforts me early and lute. Misfortune, and dork, bitter anguish, ?/? That sadly our fortitude tries, Are often,?I've learned it but lately,? ttlcn blessing* concealed in disguise, And now, in each trial that's sent uie. A wonderful new meaning lies. Ob you who aro tired and disheartened, And weary of lile day by day, Just lake all your burden# to Jesus, Just kneel In your chamber and pray. And lo! the bright lining of silver f, V} You'll And *tniu the dark clouds alway. A Welsh Hjmn. A wriler, under the signature of ^ "Ap Daniel," sends to a London contemporary tbe following translation .> of the Welsh hymn* sung at the grave of Mr. Henry Richard: Ten thousand glorious wonders Sball greet tbe morning ray, "When earth's storm-beaten children Shall wake to sudden day. All in tbeir robes of whiteness, S&jj And crowned with new-born bloom, Upon their Saviour's likeness They leave their gloomy tomb. Beheld ! the day Is coming Jn which one faith to test, To see who kavo the substance, And who on shadows r: st. Lord 1 let my soul unworthy Be sealed by thine own hand; AUD Wl'C, WO UIH* bUKCllf The final test shall stand. TMshymn, "Ap Daniel" says, is sung at nearly all Welsh funerals this side of the Atlautic. Probably no langunge is so grandly sonorous as the Welsh; and perhaps no tongue can boast a finer hymn within so small a compass. Save Ontalde Bows. Why will so many farmers itill work their land in small pieces ? It it uncommon not to find a farm with the plowed land parceled oat in small patcnesall over the farm. This is a great waste of time, team and money. With five acres, more or less, to sow or Slant on the farm, in every respect it > much better to have it in one tract than in five. Every operation with the land is carried out at less expend!* ture of time than if divided up. The work can also be much better done. , Every tract plowed up, however small, haa an outside edge entirely around It. Thifiedge never is well plowed, re quires more ume in narrowing, and never can be as well done; if panted, can not be as well hoed, and never produces as good a crop. There is always an "outside row" clear around each tract, whatever its size, and there is only that, however large, the field. With all in one tract the plow turns its furrow unbroken throughtout its length, and the cultivator does its perfect work to the end of the row. System and order should govern all the work on order should govern all the farm as well as in the maufactory. If five acres are the dimensions of the land to be broken, theD begin on one side of the field with what is wanted, and the next year advance with another section along side.?Exchange. Where Flowers Look Best. There is no place where fiowerg show to such advantage as in the home, writpa fchfl \tpw Vnrt flnrlaf TflimrJor In The Ladies' Hoyne Journal. The flowers and plants should be placed in their proper shading so as to produce the best effect. Never overcrowd in floral decorations. This is veryimportant. The most popular way of decorating the home consists in placing beautiful foliage plants, in different shades of green in corners, on 9ma:l stands and etageres. Flowess ^ are used with long stems and their own foliage, put in case. A very neat thing is a small number of miniature vases and cut-glass bowls, placed on little taqles and filled with different colored carnations, lilies-of-the-valley, mignonette, or other seasonable flowers. Each specimen should be by itself. This produces an exceedingly pretty effect. The fire-places should be well filled with potted plants, such as ferns and variegated foliage plants. Over pictures and doors a neat effect is obtained bv draDiner loner-traiiine ferns and passion-vines in bloorru To keep flowers fresh as long as possible, be sure to cut a little off the stemjach day. A hard crust forms on the jnd of the stem which prevents the water ascending, and this should be jut away each day. A little charcoal in the water in which the flowers itand, will sweeten them and keep ;hem fresh longer. Worth Knowing.?A pie or cus:ard will not burn if in the oven with i dish of water. # A gallon of lye put into a barrel of aard water will make it as soft as .rain water. Shrunken, half-worn bed-blankets >r comforts, past using on a bed, make .< good pads to put under a stair caraet. Spots of grease may be removed from wall paper by laying upon them several folds of blotting paper, and Holding a hot iron to it until the jrease absorbed. .Raisins may be easily stoned by souring boiling water over them and ettiug them stand for five or ten ninutes. Drain, then rub each raisin between the thumb and finger till the (eeds comes out clean. To sweep a room without raising a lust, scatter damp grass or dampened jits of paper over the carpet. This lot only prevents the flying of dust, jut saves the carpet from wear and ear. Either grass or paper is better ;han tea leaves or bran (often recom neuded) as ttie lorraer leaves 110 siaiu kr spot. I Women are not cruel to dumb aniJials. No woman will willfully step >)a a mouse. Fire is one thing to the gold and mother to the dross. Which are feu? Weigh your words and do not hrow in too many for good measure. We may give a man credit for his food iutentions, but he can't get cash or them unless they are backed by leeds. There are people who never give iway any milk until after they have kimmed it, and then they want credt fqr cream. Hkve no business dealings with the nan - who never has a good word to , ay i or anybody. d that hath tasted of the bitterness >f sii), will fear to commit it, and he hat path felt the sweetness of mercy vill ^ear to offend it. A /limble-footed lie wjll run around he corner before the truth has got to ts fedt, but the truth has better wind 1 md u ill be likely to come in first at A he er^d of the race. , 1. I