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The Press and Banner
ABBEVILLE, S.C.
;!S!rPubli.she<l every Wednesday at
a year in advance.
Wednesday, Feb. 24, 1892.
The Railroatltt anil the stale uovernmout
at War.
Tho nretonl q i> m 1 n i?jtrnt ion. nndpr the lead
of Governor Tillman who returns his own
property at thirty or forty per cent, of its
value, determined some time ago to make a
warfare atainst corporations.
The presumed object of this unfairness to
the banks and the railroads had its object,
first: the securing of additional money to
meet the appropriations by the reform Legislature,
without calling on the people to settle
the bill; and. second, perhaps to gaiu some
cheap notoriety in flaunting their unjust taxation
of corporations before the people, as evi.
denceof intense and excessive interest in the
welfare of the de^r people.
The idea of a Governor returning his own
property at thirty or forty per cent, of its
value, and then using the machinery of the
government to oppress other tax payers, inus-t
moAt tha nnnilomnotlrtn nf fnir cleullntr ciLl-'
zens everywhere.
This newspaper makes no reflection on Governor
Tillman for his return of his personal
Inillolrfiml nrnnortv hntniir KPnse of Cum
mou honesty is offended when he uses hlsolflci
and official power to make corporations
assess their property at a hundred cents ou
the dollai while he assesses his own at only
forty cents. There is neither decency nor a
pretense at coinmou fairness In such a course,
and any member of that commission who
dodged his own taxes wlnlo forcing a higher
rate of assessment on the railroads ought to
be ashamed of himself, and he ought to he
ashamed of his official record. Fair play Is a
jewel.
Last Saturday Mr. Brown, the local agent of
the.R. and D. brought the money to pay the
originalassessment of that company's rouds
in Abbeville county $8,461.40, but the amount
demanded on the Increased assessment by our
Governor who makes one rule for himself
and another for railroads, was S12.84S.U0.
Treasurer Blake refused the tender, and of
course the county, the schools and the State
are out of pocket Just that amount. Thisde*
flciency was cauaed by the attempt to extort
from the railroads more than their Just proportion
of taxes, and innocent holders of
claims against the county will ilud their payment
postponed.
Besides this large amount held back from
the treasury, the Georgia, Carolina and
Northern Railway Company paid their taxes
SI.300.00, under protesi.and it will be sealed
and locked tn the vaults ot the State bankers
until the Courts decide the questions In'
volved. We learn that It Is thought that these
cases will not be settled for a year.
Meeting In Colombia.
The "Stralghtouts,"or their Executive Committee,
were to have a meeting in Columbia
yesterday, for the purpose, we presume, of devising
plans for the defeat of Tillman and for
developing a scheme whereby the election of
some of their own number could be effected.
As a matter ol fact, we think it would be
wise for theSlraightouts to take a back seat.
A IHUJurilJ Ul luc jjciuuvinviu jmi (j iu ovu^w
Carolina ilo not favor a division of the party*
Tbe leading Democrats of South Carolina
have in the past denounced Bolters or Independents
In tbe most unmeasured terms.
Without pretending or claiming to know
more than anybody else, we venture to make
this prediction : That no party organization
which has Its origin or inspiration at Columbia,
or which has Straigbtout leaders at its
head can be elected to any office.
The election of Governor Tillman may have
been a bitter pill to the Stmigh touts, but they
must take it, and tbe less fuss they make
about it, the better for all of us.
Presumably this country is ruled by the
people,and not by any self-styled betler class,
who may assume to have more respectability
than their neighbors.
If the zovernment of South Carolina is not
good enough for any of her high-toned, touchme-not
citizens, then they should appeal to
the people. With them rests all power, and
they are all-powerful to raise up one or to cast
down another. *
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The School RoimJn.
We learn that the School Kondsof the town
of Abbeville are to be Issued aud sold about
the first of April.
BeltevlDg that these bonds ought to be owned
by our own people, we call attention to tie
fact. If people at a distance buy these bonds
Abbeville will for thirty years pay tribute to
other people. And will therefore help to build
up other places at our own expense.
Let the legality of their issue be looked into
by some good lawyer, to see if the law is all
right, and to see if all the requirements of the
law have been strictly complied with. Was
the election properly advertised? Was the
election held in accordance with the law? In
Khort. ?r? we letrallv hound for them f If so.
they are a good investment, and we hope thai
the people of the town or county may buy
them. They are exempt from ail taxation,
and if legally issued would make a fine Investment.
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CLOSED THE TAX BOOKS.
The People Make a Goad Showing,
But OftieerM or the Government
Cause a Deficiency in the Railroad
Taxed.
Last Saturday Treasurer Blake closed his
collections, without penally. He speaks
cheerfully of the manuer in which the people
have paid, and says that, comparatively,
there are Tew delinquents ihis year. Un to
tills lime about 9,000 tax receipts have been issued.
Owing to the fact that the Georsla, Carolina
and Northern Railroad paid SI,:XW under protest,
and the R. & D.'s tender of over ?8,000 was
refused, there will be a deficleucy In the treasury,
and a portion of the county and school
claims will not be paid. No more money will
be paid until after 5th of March.
Just now it Is not known what action will
be taken as to payment of the demands
which are still due. The County Commissioners
may borrow the money, and pay everybody
in lull, or they may conclude to pay
Interest on outstanding debts and let the
creditors hold on to their claims. And so It
i?, that the evil resulting from the Governor's
action lu assessing bis owu property at thirty
cents on the dollar, while assessing the
railroads at a tiundred cents on the dollar
has been brought home to us. The railroads
protested against the discrimination between
themselves, public officers, and privjite citl'(Qiil'
orwl hiit'iionniiloJ In Iko i'mirtl li. ,o.
dress their wrongs, and It may lake a year to
settle this matter. A
We see it slated tn the newspapers that'he
trouble with the railroads will keep about
8150,000 out of the State treasury, and we presume
this deficiency will excite the present
officers as much as did Alexander's foolish
tender of $10,000 of worthless paper in payment
for the Agricultural Hall.
The reform government seems to bo setting
into a sea of trouble. Besides the deficiency
which they have caused by extortion on the
railroads, the banks have won their suits in
the Courts for a correction of their assessment,
and this will make a further deficiency
of a large amount in the State treasury.
The warlare on the banks and othijr corpo
rations has sent the bonds of the State below
par, and, unless some of the much-i.bustd
inouey power comes to the relief of the government,
the State will have an empty treasury,
at a time when money and good credit
are needed. ,
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Negroes of Georgia have made an
appeal to the Govenor of that Slate for
aid to enable them to emigrate to
Africa.
It takes a fraction less than three
seconds for a message to go from one
end of the Atlantic cable to the other.
There are more Germans than Irish
in the lTnited States.
Sale of Parker'* "Haul.*'
The Agricultural Hall In Columbia was
sold to the highest bidder last Sale Day. J
\V. Alexander bought it for$16,l(il, which was
made payable in three installments.
Last Tuesday, Mr. \V. H. Lyles, attorney for
Alexander, paid the first installment in mon-1
ey, received the titles, gave the required M
mortgage for ttie remainder, and afterwards |
during the same day, tendered Dine Kidge
Scrip in payment of Ihe two credit installments,
which of course, was refused by Treasurer
Bates. <
A great Hurry was immediately occasioned
in ofllcial circles, and the Governor ordered
the clerK of uie uouri uoi 10 recora me uues, i
and sent an armed guard to take possession
of the building, while the unemployed una
idle members of Tillman's political pot immediately
began to count up the number of1
votes that would accrue to them because oi;
this foolish tender of worthless paper. The j
Governor's impulses in this matter were en-1
tirely faithful to his ofllciol trusi, hut he ex-1
ceeded his authority when he ordered.'lie
clerk of the Court not to record the transfer
in his book, and when he put an armed guard
in possession of the building he did wh'it he
had no authority in law for doing.
The property was then Mr. Alexander'sHe
had paid the first payment in cash. To
Mr. Alexander had been delivered the titles,
and of course the property was his, subject to
the payment of tne credit portion, me i ici
that he offered Blue Ilidge Scrip or any other
trifling paper in payment of the deferred
part of the purchase money did not work a
forfeit to his title. Those members of the political
pot who were not otherwise engaged
have made Tillman a great hero, A if to do
his duty was a strange occurrence, and the
whole opposition to Tillman are being
charged with a great sin because ol Alexander's
efl'ort to get something for nothing. Mr.
Lvles. the attorney tor Alexander, is a Has
kelite?lie having boiled at the last election,
and voted for Mr. Haskell against the regular
nominee of the organized Democracy. The
anti-Tillmanites are, therefore, no more
chargeable with Mr. Lyies's sin than are the
Tillmanltes. Mr. Lyles may b6 said to be
now not in politics, as it is probable that
neither wing of the Dernocralic party will
utilize the services of any bolter in lSilQ. Hut
if the other side can make anything out of
that circumstance they are welcome to it. It
seems that they arc more anxious to realize
some benefit from a matter which is of no
consequence, than they are to give the Governor
credit for having done his duty.
March Convention.
We ask attention to the call for a March
Convemlou, which we publish elsewhere.
The opponents of the dominant clement have
a perfect right to call a Convention, and they
have a perfect light to meet and consult and
adopt the best methods t>y which their purposes
nnd aims may he accomplished.
Boiled nown, the document to which reference
is had may be considered nsan arraigument
of Tillman. However just thnturralgnment
may be, yet we think something else
could have been said. This country, the
State, as well as the people, are now in great
financial straights. We need to have our
credit restored. We need public confidence
in our bonds, and we need the restoration of
individual credit in the money markets. The
fact that Governor Tillman characterised
some of his followers as "driftwood," is a personal
matter between him and his followers,
for whom he iias such contempt. If they can
stand it, we needn't care. But every public
spirited citizen is Interested in the refunding
of our bonds, and the fact that they are to be'
come uue ai mis nine is uiuinuni uiuui luuuir
event that has befallen us under this administration.
Tiie depreciation of our State bonds in mar"
ket value since Tillman's appearance on the
slaue will amount to something like SiOO.OOO.
Tlie.v were at a premium, and now our six
per cents are at a discount. The credit of the
State was so good two years ago that the present
administration thought th?y could float
four per cents at par. The result of their incompetency
and general warfare on capital,
is, that the six per cents arc below par, and It
would be a wise man indeed who could tell to
where Tilltriau and his associates will yet
drive the four per cents.
This country needs a wise and conservative
government?one that will respect the rights
of all classes. If the March Convention can
nominate, and the people will elect, a man to
IHU KUVCUIUIMUJi W IIU W ill icaiuiu UUI V*l vuiv
and give peace to our excited and nervous citizenship,
they will have done indeed :i noble
work for South Carolina. W6need re.-t. We
need the promised peace. We need to have
our credit restored. We need a governor who
will regard the finances of the State as of
more Importance ttjan the gratification of his
own ?habby spite against a broken judicial
officer who did his duty. We need a govern"
or who will be a governor of the whole people,
but we do not need a dictutor, who may
assume control of the executive, the legislative
and the judicial departments of the government
for the purpose of oppressing corporations,
or others.
One meat need Is the election of members
of 1 he General Assembly who may have at
least a decent ability to discharge the high
and important trust.
The day for amassing at Columbia on aggregation
oi Incompetent and useless representatives
has passed.
The experiment of sending lo the capital
alleged representatives who have no higher
ambition than to become the subservient
tools ol any Governor lias not been to our
credit. May we not hope then that our farmers
will hereafter look more to the ability
or competency of the men whom they may
elect to the Legislature, than to their well
known unfitness for the place?and to which
they were heretofore chosen because of their
esneclai unfitness for legislation.
The time for boasting that the Ignorance
unci the prejudice of a country may be massed
against light, reason, facts, and common
sense, is in a large measure out of date.
The shameless pretense that the decent people
of this State will vote for an oftlcer
merely because Ills short-coinings and unbecoming
oiHcial conduct has been exposed is
not to the credit of the people ol South Car.
olina.
The Political Situation.
! At present we believe there is considerable
I disalfection from the Tillman ranks, but we
do not believe that Tillman can be beaten.
We do not believe the opposition, no matter
what its numerical strength, can beat Tillman
for the simple reason that they are di
viued amongst themselves. Tiiere are at least
two factions in the ranks of the opposition?
the Ilasliellltes and the anti-Haskeilitcs.
The great mass of the Democratic party will J
be slow to give tlieir votes to any bolter. !
Tillman is a bitter pill to many of our people,
but It is the patriotic duty of every good
citizen to maintain the Integrity of the party
In South Carolina.
We believe In a rule by the people, and it a
majority of the Democratic parly name a can-1 <
dldate, tlien It Is our duty to support hlin. I
We have nothing to gain by going back on
our neighbors and friends. We have everything
to loss by quitting the company of our
kindled and the men ol our own race. We 1
have a light to oeatTillman, if we can, but we i
are in honor bound to stick tothenomina- '
tion, after it is made.
At present the opposition to Tillman can <
not harmonize. The newspapers can not ge
on the sa ne platform, uud the individual 1
members of the opposition are unalterably 11
divided. It may not be that the bolters are!(
trying to take charge of the Democratic par- j J
ty, but It looks a little that way to us. The
other wing of the Democratic party which op-''
posed Tillman Is, we presume, as much op-,1
posed to giving the management or the parly ' t
to the bolters, as they are to giving the Gover-!
norsliip to B. 11. Tillman.
Harmony then is out of the que>lion. Willi-, *
out harmony, we can do nothing against Till. J
man's organized forces. I
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CONFEDERATE RE-ONION. |
THE OLD SOLDIERS TO MEET AGAIN, j
( ooil t'tioor. h Ills IlitrbrriiP, iiikI ii|
liojal Old Time for All-LNt ofj
iim> com in ii ipc* in .'unit? armnkc" i
ineiitM.
The following is a list, of the committees of
each township of Abbeville county to make
necessary arrangements for a re-union of the
old veterans of the Confederate war at Abbeville
Court House, on the 7th July, 1S92, when
h barbecue will bo furnished for all the soldiers
and their friends:
' township no. 1.
(>. MnD. Miller. Dr. W. A. TJmbeckcr,
Col.J. I*. Phillips, Hon.J. X. King,
Dr. W. L. Anderson.
township xo. 2.
Dr. .T. C. Maxwell. Hon. O. A. C. Waller,
Joseph ij. Ilughey, J. F. Coleman,
John Darraugh.
township no. 3.
Dr. Willie T. Jones, .T. C. Ellis
(j. \V. Connor, (.'apt, Geo. W. Jones,
A. R. Ellis.
TOWNSHIP NO. 4.
Oapt. G. M. MattisOD, W. R. Dunn.
Jolin W. Rowland. K. L. Wnldrop,
W. B. Acker.
TOWNSHIP NO. 8.
Rev. W. M. (lirler. I). I)..Dr. J. \V. Wldeman,
R.S.Galloway, R. W. Haddon,
F. W. It. Nance.
TOWNSHIP NO. G.
R. H. Mushes, J. II. Nichols.
Robert Hagan, Samuel Pressly,
W. R. Mundy.
TOWNSHIP NO. 7.
MnJ. J. T,. White. .T.W.Fife,
James Jones, I.A.Keller,
W. W. Pnrdy.
Tnwvsnlp xn. 8.
T. J. Hearst, Dr. P. H. Adams,
T. J. Griffin, Burnett,
D. H. Howard.
TOWNSHIP >*0. 9.
Capt. W. K. Cothran. J. H. Chiles,
Dr. J. D. Neel, D. W. Dowtin,
S. O. Younj^.
TOWNSHIP NO. 10.
Cant. John Lyon, Hon. J. E. Bradley,
William Ma gill, W. P. Devlin,
Samuel Evans.
TOWNSHIP NO. 11.
Dr. L. T. Hill, Hneh Wilson,
T. C. Seal. John Bass,
Hon. J. T. Robertson, A. W. Smith.
Cnpt. J. G. Edwards, W. A. Templeton,
L. W. White, M. C. Henth.
TOWNSHIP NO. 12.
W. X. Hall, W. R. McArtams,
S. B. Knox, . R. O. McAdams,
John E. ilrownlee.
TOWNSHIP NO. 13.
Or. .1. B. Moseley, Dr. A. J Speer,
Geo. F. Burdett. I. H. McCallo,
M. L. Huti-hlnson.
TOWNSHIP NO. 14.
Ert. Calhoun. .T.K Norwood,
W. A. Lanier, L. C. Haskell,
F. E. Cowan, William Cook.
township no. 15.
C.A.White, O.A.Grant,
O. W. Cowan, W. H. Branch.
J. H. Morrah, I\ H. McCaslan.
TOWNSHIP NO. 1C.
L. B. Ramey, W. T. Jennings,
J. H. Holloway, James Colli ran, Jr.,
E. Cowan.
TROY'S TABLE TALK.
Bridges ? Entertainments ? Prayer*?
Cross Tics?Photos? House liurnt?
Death.
Troy, S, (,\, Fob. 22,1801.
Miss Ettio Robinson is visiting in town.
Remember the enteitainruent next Friday
night. Young men bring your best
girls out, they will enjoy it, too. .
Rev. Mr. Henderson will preach in the
Presbyterian church next Sunday evening
at 3.30 o'clock.
Miss Jennie Gilchrist is visiting her sister,
Mrs. L. H. Perrin.
Mr. Albert Blum's house was burned last
Tuesday night. February 16tli. He lost everything
lu; had. No insurance. Cause unknown.
Cupt. J. N. King will finish Patterson's
bridge this week.
There will be a S3.000 bridge built at
Bradley's mill in the near future.
Our town election will soon take place.
Who will be the lucky men, we can't sav.
Prof. G. G. Parkinson went to Due West
bust Friday on special business.
Miss Kittie Herman spent Friday and
Saturday with her sister in Bradley.
Mr. J. S. Harris looks as pleasing as a
basket of chips. We know Span.
Messrs. T. 0. Lites and B. L. Taggart
spent Friday in Abbeville.
Small gram is looking fine in this section
of coiintrv.
There were twelve young couples out at
prayer meeting Sunday night. Why can't
the young men escort them out every Sunday
night?
We can almost hear the wedding bells
ringing, but wo keep cool.
Capt. 11. W. Lites lias some very line oat
seed. They cost $5 per bushel. He says he
will let some of us poor fanners have some
next fall.
Miss Eva Smart, of Greenwood, is visititing
her mother, Mrs. H. C. Smart.
Major W. A. Glover has about 1500#cross
ties gotten ou?, and it is sure money. Why
let your little oaks stand when you can get
35 cents per tie or about $1.05 for each tree.
Our town was crowded with drummers
last week.
Our Sons of Temperance will give a public
entertainment here next Friday evening.
and we hope to see a big crowd out to
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nrar tin; piuy, Amivr tin; wiuuun.
Row T. W. Sloan preached at McCormiek
last Sabbath afternoon.
Ourlntendant has had some needful work
done on our streets.
The young men's prayer meeting at Long
Cane is in a flourishing condition, and wo
understand much good is being accomplished
up in that section.
If you want your photo taken you will do
well by calling <111 Mr. J. M. Spence.
Mr. J. W. Lyon is kept busy looking after
bridges.
Mr. Samuel Cook, of Aiken, whose remains
were brought here last Tuesday ami
laid to rest at HoreUchurch, is the father of
our townsman, Mr. F. A. Cook. Nick.
LOCATION OF THE SCHOOL.
The Oltl A?'R<lcmj Lot is Clior.cn as I
Ibe Kite lor Our Temple of Learn1MB.
We think a majority of our citizens will he
glad to learn thai the Trustees of the New
School Building have bought from the owners,
the olu academy lot on which to erect
the comteinpiatcd handsome structure for
rsrhoo! purposes.
Tne price paid was low?SI,000. The old
building Is to be torn down, and a building of
modern architecture will take the place of
the old bouse which bus so long been a sutiled
ol remark becauseot its dilapidated con
diiion and Its evident unfitness lor me purposes
for which It- was used.
The owners held It under title providing
that tile lot should revert to the grantor or
his legatees lu case it should lie used lor others
thun school purposes, hence the low price
ut which it was bought.
The lot is h central one. and Is perhaps hotter
suited lor the school than any oilier which
i;ouiu be had for any reasonable sum.
Hut the best part of this transaction Is the
removal from our midst of a frulllul source
uf dissatisfaction among our people, The lot
was bought with 110 especial value being set
upon the building, as It to be lorn down.
And so the public school house, which has
been private property, becomes the property
Jl" the town, and the location of our Institution
of learning has been definitely settled as
[ar as this generation Is concerned.
Let our citizens now see that the bonds arc
e^ally bomb-proof, and made a safe investment.
As a matter of public good 1! is better that
lie bonds be owned by our own people.
Black goods. We keep constantly on hand
1 lull line 01 black goods. Our line -MS inch all
vool black liennetias ure hard to beat, at
4 addon's. r
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WHAT FIFTY MULES DID. JJ
St. Valentine's Hay ? I>imiii-nisli<<l
visitor. ami Others Not so Dlstin- S
fiiislii'd ? Post Olllee ? I.eap Year?
SIouso Burnt.
Lowndesville, S. C., Feb. 20,1802. *
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hosier, of Hester,
were in town Saturday.
Prof. H. B. Humbert wont to Heardmont
on a visit Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Huokabee went Satur- f
day to visit the parents of the latter, living |
near Latimer. ?
\r,. \r \v ?r?v>r wont, to visit the familvl;
of his undo, Dr. Venlell, in Elbert county
Saturday. . ]
St. Valentine's day coming 011 Sunday ,
this year avjis not observed very much, if ,
j any. in these parts. 7
Mr. J. E. Carter having pretty badly bum- ,
ed his foot took a short respite from his la- ,
Itors as postmaster, in paying a visit to his j
Anderson home Monday.
Tuesday and Wednesday each day there
were. perhaps fifty mules, and as many :
men, stopped from farm work, coming here :
after guano, and this is only a fractional
part of the time which will be lost in this
very important business.
Dr. J. B. Moseley and Mrs. R. L. Morehead
visited Abbeville Wednesday.
Mr. James Giles, of Abbeville, came up
Wednesday and was the guest of Mr. Win.
Moore until the next day.
Mr. Mason Miller returned from his Florida
trip Wednesday.
Mr. James It. Randall, perhaps one of the
host known newspaper men in the South,
now of Baltimore, paid our town a pop call
Wednesday.
A colored man near here was summoned
to Anderson Wednesday, to answer to the
charge of running a "blind tiger." The
case was postponed.
Judge T. A. Cater, of Monterey, was in
Thursday and Friday.
Friday being fast day among the Methodists,
was also observed by public services
being held in Smyrna church, Eev. J. S. Porter,
the pastor, officiating.
Mr. Mason Slicrard, of MoiTattsville,
reached "here Thursday, and will spend a
few days in supplying applicants with photos.
,,r* 1 ? ? rt?A /xf DKa?4 ivMinfv'c mnnf.
>ve luiiru liiuu one iu ...?.
successful planters has entered into a rather
novel simulation, i. e., has hired thirtyfive
colored female convicts with which to
farm this year. The curious have been figuring
at liis expenses, and they say that it
will take at least two hundred bales of cotton
to pay expenses. At that rate he may
make a fortune, but we can't see it that
way.
Mrs. Tantie Huckabee, of Willington,
came up for a few days visit Wednesday.
Rev. J. B. Campbell arrived yesterday
evening to hold the lirst quarterly conference
for Smyrna church, commencing today.
It seems as if our friends in the neighl>orhood
of Otto post office, near Bell's
chapel, are not likely soon to reap any advantage
by the location of said office, as the
pay for carrying the mails to that point
and back to this is so very small that a
rider will be hard to get.
Leap Year with its peculiar prerogatives
to the fair sex is ujxm us, but the crusade
against the liberties of the "lords of creation"
has not properly begun hereabouts as
yet.
The old time dwelling upon the Burton
place, belonging to Mr. I. H. McCalla, was
i 1 i~~i- rru,x /\P flm firn ia
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unknown. Troupe.
CONTEST IN ORATOEY.
PreaolierN, Politic* mid Prohibition
Take the Day?Flower* of NprinK
?IlyaeinlhM and VIoletN Sweet ?
Return of it Convalencing Son.
Due West, K. C., Feb. 22,189.'.
Tills the shortest month of the year Is /hbI
growing old, and soon will be numbered with
the things that are not.
Prof. J. P. Kennedy lias been quite sick
with ilie (Trip.
Dr. M. B. Ellis lias erysipelas and the
grip.
It Is expected tlmt I>r. Luther Kennedy, of
Atlantii, who has been hick for such a long
lime, will arrive here sometime during the
week. He has been valuing strength quite
rapidly.
Home few flowers of Sprint! are beginning
to sweeten tne air with inelr fragrance. The
hyacinth*, u lew of whlcn you tee, and the
uiHiiy violets are very sweet.
Mr. W. o. Seawrlght, who for a number of
years was a student of Ersklne College, but
who Is now located in the bustling cil? of At
lania, ailenUed llie iMipuenimu mcunmuu.
He loi>ks quite natural, and seemed to ice I at
home.
Mr. G. G. Parkinson, of Troy, wit's up to be
present at the semi-annual cclcbrutlou 01' the
Euphemism Literary Society.
Mrs. Drown lee. of Anderson, Is visiting relatives
In town. Jsiie is tbe guest ot Mm. it. c.
Browniee.
Miss Nannie Hood, who has been teaching
at Pendleton, Is at home at present.
Mr. lid Sullivan, of Greenville, visited his
mother last Week.
Dev. J. II. Press I y went to Woodrull'on Saturday
to preach.
He v. Dr. Sloan, of Dradley, will deliver a
lecture he lore the students of the Seminary
on Thursday night. The public Is most cordially
invited. Dr. Sloan is well known In
all this section, and It Is useless to suy that
all who are present will hear a tine lecture.
The lodue of Good Templars of this place
are doing a good work, and now number over
titty active members. At the meeting tin last
Monday night it was decided 10 have u Dentorest
Medal Contest, which will be as follows:
Any number of persons between the ages of
12 and 'Jj will contend for a silver medai. The
extracts spoken must be trom certain books
published oy Uemoresr. >v urn It uui ill III
number have obtained silver medal, they will ;
contend lor a gold medal, and then in iike
manner for a large gold medal, and then for a ,
iiold medal .studded with diamond. These !
medals do not cost the lodjje a cent, hut are
given by Mr. Iiemorest, who has donated his
wealth to the temperance and prohibition 1
cause. We wish to use tills as an educator of i
t he people. The day is not far dlsiant when ;
temperance men will llil our legislative
halls.
Mr. Kd Polhlll has completed his telegraph '
liue to his house, and now has a down town 1
as well as up town ofllce.
The Eupheini.iii celehiatlon came ofl' on
Friday niitht. As is usually the case on such i
occasion, the rain put in lis appearance, but j
despite tlie weather every nook and corner of ,
the multi-cornered hnll was filled, ai.d all the ,
beauty and gallantry of Due West lent their '
churms.to the occasion.
The exercises were opened with prayer by
Mr. s. \V. Held of tlio Seminary. <
The program was closely followed, and the
exercises with I lie exception ot the debate, ]
resembled so much previous exhibitions, that (
we leel it calls for tin special remaik. Below
you will find that entire program :
PROGRAM. '
President?D. J. Black well, Due Wes:, S. C. <
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FitKSIIM AN DECI?A 1 MKItS.
Factious Opposition to the Government? R.
B. '.'alwell. Chester, SS. ('.
The Glory and Shame of America?J. A.
Pearson, Woodruft, S. C.
SOPHOMORE DECLAIM KttS.
Foes United in Death?P. B. Logan, Okete,
Missouri.
Heroes Die: Heroism Is Immortal?T. P.
McDill, Hickory Grove, S. C.
SENIOR ORATOR.
Senior Orator?J. G. Dale, Ho.vell, Ala.
DERATE. *
query?Has the South done Iler Duty in i
the Field of Literature?
J f Molts. it
Affirmative?R. A. Pressly. Due West, 8. C. <
Negative?W.Mel). Molhil, ltives, Tenn. j
Affirmative?I. It. Phillips, Louisville, On. *
Negative?It. M. Sullivan, Due West, H. C.
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COMMITTKK OK DK(ISION.
I>. J. lllackwcll, Chairman, ex-oflielo. 1
Kmtnei Chitiolii), Hiirrells, Ala. ,s
llenry E. l'ressly, Itue West,s. C.
MA ICS HAI.S.
W. 1'. Green, Chief, Due West, S. C.
It. s. Harris, Troy, Trim. ,
I. .\ Kennedy, Due West, S. C.
The debate was especially interestlnK, as I ^
was shown by the deepest, attention of thejl
large audience. It is often otherwise.
The decision was sjlveu In favor ol ihe neua- 'j
live, and we think just ly. The whole ex*rclses
shows study aud read Ins. We think
Uim affirmative with a little lietter arrangement
of the material could have gained the 11
decision. We do not think they madu as <1
cri Ileal examination of authors as the netr a- si
live, anil In that they lost a valuable ami;-,'
inent. It.
... jh
Outing cloth, percales, zepheieth, beford
eords, ginghams, checked muslins, calicoes, Ii
hamburg edsilims, nil-over embroldinus, chit- \\
ton lace, jut nail heads, jet. trimmings, htrjje
and small pearl buttons, kid gloves, table linens,
towels, imbroldery, silks, etc., at Had- vt
don's. |
'HE BURNING OF EESKINE
HOULD THE COLLEGE BUILDING HAVE
BEEN INSURED ?
ioinc Knti<Ioin Thonglita on n Subject
Alto tit Which Onr People Think C
Very IiiUle.
Quite a numltor of persons have effected
*reat surprise at the fact that Erskine Colore
was not insured, and seem ready to excess
the opinion that it should have been
nsured.
Wull nnw lot. hb l<vilr nt. tho fnets. Tt. WAS i
GREENWOOD'S GREETING. 1
'LEASANT ECHOES FROM THE THRIVING fj
TOWN. n
h
{lipid's l>nrtN anil Cnplri'N Victims?
On (lie Churn?The NtraijflilontM J
In Colored Social Circle*A v
Postmaster Becomes Mall Agent? ()
Primary Election?Episcopalians | j
?Twins.
Greenwood. S. C., Feb. 22,18H2.
The I.eap Year Valentine party at Mr. J. H. t
Oldham's last Monday night was a very en* 1
oyable affuir. All the chivalry and beauty \
jf town were in attendance. Space precludes 1
the publication of a ilM of those present.
The banks and graded kcIjooI observed Mon- '
day as a legal holiday. C
Mr. Osle rt -rvey of Walnut Grove passed j
through town Saturday enrouie to some point /
In Edgefield, to this scribe unknown. He re- J;
ports W. J. Mctjee's doukey lariu in a Hour- f
Ishlng condition. v
The Infant sou of Mr. D. S. Rayburn died
Saturday evening after a short illness, aged 11
six months. g
Death catne to the relief of Miss Matnle c
Lipscomb, an estimable young lady of Verdery,
last Satuaday evening. For several '
months she had been a ^reat sufferer, but f
bore it all with patience and perfect reslgna- j
tion. Her visits here were frequent, and her ,
cheerful and amiable disposition made her a
general favorite. Her untimely death is no |
more keenly felt any where, than here. (
Dame rumor Is now enjoying a season of ,
ecstacy, because she Is lnlormeil that Cupid's 1
dart has at last pierced the heart of one of our ]
handsome bachelors and that he is soon to l
wed a winsome belle.
"Our Congressman Is a man of superb Intel- '
lect and is proving himself to be apeople's i
man. His friends are watching bis course j
juiit in 1843, nearly fifty years ago. Original
cost $7,000. Suppose* it had been insur- -J
nl for $5,000 from that time until the day it
tvas destroyed. We presume the premium
;ould not have been less than one per cent. 1
:>r $50 a year. As interest nearly doubles
itself at seven per cent, in ten years, let us
make a little calculation:
First premium 1884 $ 50 00
Principal and interest to 1854 100 00
Principal and interest to 1864 200 00
Principal and interest to 1874.- 400 00
Principal and interest to 1885 800 00
Second premium 1845 50 00
Principal and interest to 1855 100 00
Principal and interest to 1805 200 00
Principal and interest to 1875 400 00
Principal and interest to 1885 800 00
We have not run out the calculation, but
enough is shown to prove two things,
namely: The great increase of money
when put at interest for a long term, and to
show that the authorities or trustees of the
college lost nothing, but saved much, by
their neglect or refusal to insure the college
building. If the lirst two premiums of $50
each and interest would be now worth $1,600,
the other premiums woidd run up the
figures to a sum no doubt far in excess of
the value of all college buildings, male and
female, the society and commencement
halls, the church budding, and all the libraries
within their walls.
If the college should have been insured,
then Lindsay Hall, and the Society Halls
should have also been insured. In that
time many times over woidd the full value
of all the buildings have been paid out for
insurance.
The fact is this, those who insure will certainly
in the end lose the value of their
building in cost of insuring. *
But those who fail to insure may never
lose a cent, while it is also true that they
may lose the whole in a very short time.
Wliile in many instances it is bad policy
and poor business principle to neglect to in
sure, yet it is equally true that tnere are
many persons who ought not to insure at
all.
For instance, the Associate Reformed
church, as a body, are richer than the insurance
companies, and, therefore, after
thev recover from the present strain to
build their new College, they should not insure.
The same is true iii reference to the jail
and the Court House at Abbeville. These
buildings should not be insured. The people
of the county are more able to take the
risk than are the insurance companies.
If a citizen has a large part of his estate
in one building, or in one risk, then he
ought to insure for a large per cent, of the
value of the property.
But if he is rich, and has many houses,
then he ought not to insure any of them.
Suppose, for instance, a single man owned
all the houses in Abbeville. He would be
foolish to insure. "We have not the ligures
before us, but we presume that in no year
has the losses exceeded forty per cent, of
the actual premiums that would have been
required to insure the property of the town.
Take for instance, the ligures of 1880,
which are before us.
Paid for Loss
Insurance. by tire.
Ahhovilln s T.,m S 2.750
Charleston '. 247,000 108,800
Columbia 44,378 20,000
Bennettsville 5,036
Cokesbury 1.07G 1,400
Darlington 12,500 (500
Georgetown 5,500 425
Greenwood 2,273
Lexington 2,100
Manning 1,837 2,072
Ninety-Six 500
Prosperity 968
Spartanburg 12,134 2,051
Ij nion 5,050 18.216
Walhalla 1,864 *
Williaruston 1,324
Williston 8.000 2.980
GafTney City 530 375
Florence 300
Blaekwell 104
Belton 325
Total premiums puid..? 358,635
Total losses S 159,669
That year Charleston had an unusual loss
of S44,(I00 in a cotton lire, and the earthquake
added over 850,000 of unusual losses.
Together with the extraordinary loss at
Union by incendiary fires, made 1SSB an extremely
unfortunate year for insurance
companies, and yet their enormous profits.
These are the figures which we have.
They furnish food for thought, and those of
us who look at these figuses can easily
enough understand why the insurance companies
are enabled to boast of their millions
of dollars.
If we take the financial statements of the
fire insurance companies, together with the
reports of assets belonging to the iife companies,
we naturally conclude that the people
of this country are crazy on the subject
insurance, and that they throw away more
money in this way than in anv other. The
proof is conclusive that the premiums
which are required to pay is far in excess of
nn equitable amount.
The insurance companies form a trust or
an association by winch they regulate the
nricenf insurance, and their boasted mil
lions of capital is proof positive of the un- i
L'onscionable manner in which the insurers I
lire charged,and of the little vulue which is j
returned to the policy holders.
We ought to have competition in insur-'
anee, and the people of the larger cities I
might to organize local insurance couipa-1
nies. Properly managed, such companies \
would be of great benefit to the people gen- j
[ rally, and the stockholders in these organ-1
izations would realize a better profit from I
their investment than they could from their!
L-apital if put into any industrial enterprise.!
Charleston, Columbia, Greenville, Spartanburg,
or perhaps smaller places, might
organize insurance companies.
Wo are surprised that Anderson, with all
her energy and capital, does not organize a
lire conmany and enter into active competition
with the old line, or trust companies.
The opening in no department is so good,
riie fire companies have gradually increased
their rates, until some property is
charged about its full value.
BRIERWOOD ON THE MAP, '
I'reHcliert ami I'cople ?Tiic i.iviux ,
and (he Dead.
Brienvood, S. February, ltfOl.
AVe have a thriving school at tins ueade- j
ny, alK>ut thirty-live scholars and a good j!
;eaeher, Mrs. J. P. Brooks. 1
There has been but little work done yet J
oward farming in this section.
Rev. Mr. Kilgo preached an excellent ser- |
non at Tranquil last Sabbath afternoon. 1
I'lie congregation was large considering
;he unlikely weather. I
The youngsters of this neighborhood were J
avoreel with an enjoyable entertainment on j j
Friday evening at the residence of Mr. W. IJ
V. Stacy's, who has recently moved into ]
his community. i
Lamar Brooks, son of Mr. J. P. Brooks, 1
vhile riding a colt last week was thrown: }
rom it and received a severe wound on the j [
lead. He will soon be able to start to i
chool again. 11
La grippe has been raging here among J
is. Nearly every family has been more or v
r\ss troubled with it.
Wo were satllv surprised to hoar or .Mrs. j
olin Davis's dcutli oil last Saturday. She v
ras quietly laid away in tin' churchyard of j
Yanquil. 11
Mr. and Mrs. E. II. Gray left here oil p
'uesdav last for North Carolina to visit 1
elatives. e
We will expect services at Mt. Moriah I p
oxt Sunday morning, which will lie con-jv
ucted by the pastor, ltov. J. T. 13. Ander- "
on. '?
We will soon have another public hiffhay
through the vicinity, which will lead
y the store of Mr. J. T. Anderson.
Brierwood is situated near the A. and K. tl
nil road, about live miles south of Green- \
ood. Elephant. 1Z(
# ?" I ??|
Call or send to liaddun's for bla>:k hosiery, i
re keep all grades. Osiendorf fast dye. o
For tine foot wear, call or send to Maddon's.. CS
?
with Maturation.?Medium." It does us gooa
for General Hemphill to talk this way, al- '
though It Is susceptible of different inter pre !
tutinns. He may have meant It tauntingly j
for Tillman's opponents who voted solidly for
Johnstone, but I am persuaded that bis "our"
In used In lis broadest sense, referring literally
to the whole people, and not nsed as the
resi rioted editorial or (actional pronoun.
Johnstone was elected by the opposition to
be the representative ol the whole people, to 1
be factional or partisan would be a disappointment
to a majority of those wbo supported
him, and 1 am truly glad that Till- '
manites, aMancemen, and all except third
party men, can speak of hlm ns "OurCou- ,
gressman." All we ask In return is for the
Medium to assist us in the election of a Governor
ol whom as much can be said, or give
us a primary and we will elect him ourselves.
In answer to East End's interrogatory
"what has become of the churn men," l will
say that the six original imported thorough- j
brcds have departed into as many )ar oH
counties. Our score or more of domestic or
home raised have, after a few days peregrination
In various parts of the State, returned to
their homes here and in most Instances have
engaged in a more cougentnl and profitable
business. There are two reports of the result
of tlielt' pilgrimage. The majority of the report
being varied aud voluminous, while the
minority is pointed and pungent. It may
add l'orce to the latter to say that the gentleman
making it isln some respects thoroughly
Washlngtonlan and is an officer In one ofour
evangelical churches. He nays he thinks he
will sell two churns In tils territory next summer
aud lake ft out In advertising in Die
county pauer. Now, brother Kodgers, I have
answered you fully irom the information before
me, at the risk of having to apologise or
be churned, Jiving, as 1 do, In the ceuterof
churndom. Are you willing now to share
that risk and tell us what your credulous
neighbor has done with the wagon load the
irrepressible thoroughbred sold him at go a
piece. I warn you, tbey are getting very irascible.
The call for the meeting of the "straight
out" executive committee need not cause any
panic, it is only the lloppitg of oue of the
wings. H is true, it cannot, must not, and
will not be ignored, nor wllj the other when
the time comes lor action, but the body (politic)
Is not yet ready to move, when it does
start it will crow with no uucertaln sound,
then the acceloratlng agencies of both wings
will be called Into requisition. Weanxiousty
wait.
The upper circle of our colored society had
Its equilibrium considerably disturbed last
Friday by the arre?t and conviction of one of
their number, Uus Waller, for stealing a
ham.
Mr. H. P. McGee- the merchant prince of
this county is building a new store at Donnalds.
As one of the results of having a good pastor
our Presbyterian friends have had to increase
the seat ing capacity of their church.
Mr. W. F. Rowland of Douttalds is now
regularly In the undertakers business, lie bus
a bran new hearse that Is a daisy.
Miss Tulu Garman.v ol Newberry visited
Miss Eloise Andrews, last week.
Mr. s. G. Major is constable lor Trial Justice
Kerr. 1 .
I predict that some good lady is soon to be
courted, from the recent purchases or a handsome,
sprightly and' well-to-do widower, of
Due West.
Several of our youni? men went over to Enoree
Sundttj? only one for the purpose of
worshipping.
Rev. Jolin U. Klteo, Professor of metaphysics
ill Wuflord College, will deliver the annual
address belore the Woman's Missionary
.Society of the Methodist Church, on Easter
Sunday, April 17th. fie enjoys an extended
reputation us a scholar ana orator. Those
who are privileged to hear him will be highly
entertained, edified una instructed.
From previous reports I had expected to
And some ol the people ol I)onnHlds preparing
to move to the alms house, but I found
mem uu ill. iiiiuii; viwui? no hcm ni- uoum, > nu i
un much evidence of thrift. enterprise, peace. .
piety and plenty as anywhere else I have '
tone. N<>r hud they experienced any nottc- '
able facial elongations, hut were as Jovial as |
ever, this is especially true of Messrs. John Caldwell
and Win. Mattlson, who enjoy their
accustomed hearty laugh. 1 noticed too that ]
Mr. John Agnew smiled Just as blaudiy as be i
did fl(teen j ears ago. The sedatAippearauce .
of JuJpe Martin Is only a habit acquired iu .
the court io >m. I
In consequence of the Illness of one of bis
f . jhiers. Kev. ?. J. Forrester has been closeli
confined at his home during the past week,
liev. J. L. Vass tilled his pulpit .Sunday. \
As an evidence of the christian fellowship s
and brotherly love existing between the de- "1
nominations at Due West, u leading Baptist (
of that place recently said to uie that some ol I
the ablest sermons he had ever heard were f
preached by the youthful pastor of the A. It. t
P. Church, Itev. o. Y. lionner.
Air. P. W. H. Nance and Dr. J. A. Marshall, t
are recognized as two leading Tlllmanlte^. |
We all respect the opinions of representative ,
ii cn. Jn a recen t conversation with tbem, I 1
found both in favor of a primary. 1 believe
everybody but Ti 11 ihm it's henchmen is. and It
does seem reasonable that we should demand c
itof Jrby's committee 1 am unas alterably
opposed to Tillman us any one, but a gencr- ^
at primary and our Just representation in the e
cemral club will fully satisfy me, and 1 be- i
tieve the entire conservative element.
The lestival Friday night was h financial 8
success, far beyond the most sanguine expee- t
latlonsof the ladies, 'the net amount beiut; t
iUU. One ol the cakes sold lor Sa7 50. being of- '
leredisa prize to the most popular young t
lady. .Several 6 *1 les were placed in the contest
und the voting was lively. All runnlug
pretty close together. n
To my library of patent-cfllce, agricultural,
c'lisus reports aud election returns. I have 1
recently added The World Almunac aud t
Pyie's Legislative Directory. Chronology /
and .Statistics are usually pro>y, but esseuDully
didactic in campaign yeais. J
The Washington correspondent of the Au- c
^usia Chronicle, makes a feeble attempt to i.
jeer at Congressman Johnstone, because ?>f his v
?peechtif indeed he ever attempted to make n
itnejon the Indian appropriation bill. The
writer is himself a very stupid man evidently,
i?r lie is a stranver to the ability of the man
tie thus derides. Apropos, I quote a para- *
rnph from the same is?ue of tne Chronicle. C
I he fellow who tires popgun pelleis at his
superiors, finds thui t he little instrument of ^
tvar kicks hinder than itshools."
L. (J. Waller, colored, Wiio nus oeen ksm.m- y
nit uostmaster here, has been promoted to i a
railway clerk on the C. iK G. road, Louis was .
I'ery polite, obliging and efilcieiH as clerk in "
,he oliice and i daresay will make >i good
igent. .Mr. Nappii-roi Troy, and brother-iuaw
to .Mr. Tolbeit, succeeds him in the ofice.
.
The Greenville Episcopal Convocation met j c<
liere on Wednesday 17lh, in the 1'ivsbylerlan e."
'hurch which had been kindly tendered as a i (<
jlace of meeting by Uev. \V. T. .Matthews, lis j.
topular pastor. There were present, the Rev-!l(
Tends McCullouun '.Dean,) bcuitou, Pore her. !
lolly, iiancket, Alston, and Sweeny. Thls|
ible and intelligent body of ministers made a ;
avorable linpressioii ou cur people. Services!
vere Held morning and evtiilng, closing on I W
. ...... 1 I. iu |> ill,
. r:uu>~ evevriiiug ;um. mi. n. i. ?
lie f-k i lleU organiM oi I tie 1'resby leriuu j >i
Church, and Hon. \V. C. Ucnet, o t Abbeville,! '
fill valuable assistance in Hie the music.!
i*lie ministers were acnerously entertained |
i liile liere by Air. T. F. Ullej and oilier cit- b'
zens. As an outcome oi the (Jon vocal ion, "
rrangements have been made for a monthly i?'
ervice to be held In the armory of the Mux- j I
k-ell Guards. I <>]
The lirst will be held by Rev. Alston, ofj
'nion, on the lirst Monday alter t lie second!
uiulay in .Match. It Is hoped und believed ' .
hat ere long an Episcopal Church will be is
ieclfd In our midst, so mole it be. i j
Horn, Feb. ?!, to Mr. and Mrs. F. (J. (Jrien, a ?i
air of daughters. Of Washington's aim I- 11
ersary this happy couple can truthfully say j
the day we celebrate'' lor oil Ills last they!
ad a son born unto ihctu. S. n|
The difference in the of the cables in (y
lie East River Bridge, Brooklyn, N.
when the thermometer registers
pro and when it registers 100 degets nl
bove, is two feet four inches. The y<
inference iu the rope which hauls the w
*rs is seven feet six inches. yt
\
from the Land alt School*, ?sd the
Home of Prosperous People.
Phoenix, V C., Feb. 22, W92.Mrs.
Chipley 8 teaching a flourishing
i-hool in the house known as the Bouse
ouse. She has the patronage of the whole
eitfhborhood. I
We have had some very bad weather the
ist two days. .
Rev. J. T. B. Anderson preached at Mt.
loriah yesterday in spite of the bad
feather.
Mr. Dominiok is having his house fixed
ver and his chimneys repaired. Note this.
jook out next week. Phoenician.
*
?
Dr Albert Sbaw. of the American
Edition of the Review of Reviews, has
vritten for the Forum an article on "A
i'ear of General Booth's Scheme," ill
.vhich he presents an optimistic view
>f this wellknowu movement. Accordn?r
t-o tfciMM.nt.hnr. the .AtOO.OOfl Whinh
jeneral Booth has already received
or the prosecution of his work has
>een so wisely and economically
idministered, that after helping thouandsof
helpless men, women, and
ihildren, the assets of the institution
urn-amount to ?116.104, the capital
und having increased during tbe year
nore than ?1(>,000. Eight important
'Shelters," three "Poor Man's Metro*joles,"
eigiit "Food Depots," a series
>f "Workshops and Labor Factories"
lave been formed at Hadleigb, in
Essex. More than 2,900,000 meals
lave been supplied, of which 210,000
were given free, and between 300,000 1
ind 400,000 nights lodgings have been
furbished. Of the amount originally
donated, ?25,000 has been reserved for
the purchase of land beyond the seas
to establish an over-sea colony.
"Christians" in Unchristian Business.?Mr.
Moody, at Carapbelton,
England, said the other day:ulf there
is anything in your busineess that is
wrong, you must give it up. 4Oh' but,
you might say, 'that would ruin me,
financially.' No matter; better be
ruined financially than to go to the
bar of God a disobedient child. If
men could distil whiskey for. the
glory of God, then let them go cn
distilling whiskey; let them send a
thousand barrels of it to the heathen,
and some for the missionaries; and
then let them pray over the matter,
and see how they feel. They could
sell whiskey to men. who might drink
themselves to death, making their
wives widows and their children
fatherless, but it won't do tq turn
round and say now?'I will give this
widow and these children some money
and think that the transaction
wuujru ?4Utt?c, liui uuuiu a uiau wuu
ill-treated hfi* wife and family wlieu
he was worse of drink make up for it
by treating them kindly wheu .be is
sober."
The Underlying Principle of Gen- ,
eral Booth's scheme for the releif
[)f the poor commands greater
respect in proportion asit Js more
thoroughly examined. The old I
way of helping the needy by giving
alms does not meet the ' case. It
should not be abandoned but enlarged.
Very little permanent social improvem<nt
arises from mere almsgiving.
If one-half the money spent in
helping the poor were used to^improve
their surroundings and remedy the
bad conditions of their lifemuch good
would result. The weakness of the
r)ld plau is thus set forth by Dr. Sbaw:
"Here is a huge miasmatic swamp,
with a diseased and helpless population.
Great sums are spent to feed the
people and give them medicines jubt
where they are,when part, at leas', of
the money might better have undertaken
to drain the swamp or to put t
the people in healthy sourroundings." '
Our brethren of the Presbyterian
Church are proge?sing very well with
the revision of their Creed. On the
question of infaut damnation they
propose a new deliverauce, as a substitute
for Chapter XIII., Scction 3,
as iouowh: iiimiua uyiug iu iiuaiicy
iml all other jjersons who are not J
guilty of actual trangression are includ- 1
hI in the election of grace, and-are f
aved and regenerated by Chrtat, I
through lhe .Spirit who worketh when (
ind where and how He pleaseth." t
The medical adviser of a large hon-j
loti life insurance company declares)
that the loss from epidemic influenza/
s two and a half times greater than1,
:hat occasioned by the cholera of 1842. j
l'he British government is'on the/
oint of making an exhausted inqui-|
Ition into the nature of intlueozu, to/
letermine, if possible, its contagious or;
nfectious character.
It is to the cleverness of women that
ve owe the invention of the su perjor;
itreets sweeper, the improved method>
>f heating cars, a chain elevator, a '
eaper aim mower, a macmne ior;
feeding cattle on the ears, a practical I
ire escape, aud the uhiquuitous paper * I
>ag, ice-cream freezer and perarabu-'(B
ator, aud yet she wiil get off the car j I
>ackwar<J just the same.
The grip has t?een so fatal in theelly \ I
^Philadelphia that ^angs of grave dig-/ I
:ers are kept busy in the several ceraV J
teries day and night, Says Tht^fl
Record: "Never before, with the po^
ible exception of January 1890, whe|R
he grip carried off nearly 8,000 v?jiines
weekly; has the pressure un/a
he cemeteries been so great." A
Mi's Bonanza Macay intends tofluild
nd endow an imposing matarnity
lonie in London for the benefit of
hose women whom poverty or misurtune
compels to seek such a Retreat,
'or this purpose sne will set/ aside a
ertain sum yearly, which ?be has
teretofore expended on entertainments.
Fifty years ago, Daniel Webster,
peaking of the region then known as
>regon, Haid it was "so ft>r off that it
onhJ not be governed hy me United
iiituo fliid ? ilulufrote from if tn fVin
ress would not reach Washington till
year after the expiration of his
inn."
Washington, Feb. 17.?The senate
Drnmittee on interstate commerce
>day gave a hearing to parties interred
in the bill introduced by Senator
ullom to compel railroad companies
> use automatic car .couplers.
People in Japan are called by the
imily name first, the individual or
hat we should call Christian name,
ext. and then the honorifice?thus,
Smith, Peter Mr."
The last Scripture quotation made
V Mr. Spurceon, "I have fought a
>(id figlitj I have finished my course,
have kept the faith," was iusc Jibed
i his casket.
Divorce and Drama.?As a furnher
of grists to the divorce mill noilrg
has yet been discovered equal to
le stage.?Pittsburgh Gazette.
A good many people just now will
^predate the Irishman's account of
* recovery from la grippe: "It took
e three weeks to feel better after I
us entirely well."
Perhaps the most valuable result o f
I eiiucatou is the ability to make
mrself do the thiugyou have to do
lien it ought to be dou??, whether
iu 1 ke it or not: itis the tirst lesson