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The Press and Banner ABBEVILLE. S.C. '3z>9- Published every Wednesday at $2 a year in advance. Wednesday, July 27, 1892 (?OV. Tllluiaii on llie (tight to Vote. Gov. Tillman favors an educational or property qualification for sutlrage. At Aiken Gov. Sli<'|iparil turned to (inv. Tillmau and asUed him if lie did not lavor a constitutional convention to qualify the suffrage. He replied, "I will make my speech when I come lo it." Then Kheppard charged Gov. Tillman openly that he had written a public letter to the press of the State favoring a qualification of the suffrage. When Gov. Tillman came to rep'y he did not say one word upon the subject, thus admitting that he had written such a letter. Here is the proof. In 1S>S Gov. Tillman wrote a series of letters to stir up the people in the State. On January 2iith, 1SSS, he wrote a two column letter to the News and Courier in which appears the following passage: "The remembrance of our sufferings under Radical domination grows dimmer year by year, and contests over railroad taxes, prohibition and municipal politics are familiarizing our people with the use of the negro to carry elections. We toy with this monster which is now lethargic and torpid, but if we Hrt not irf?? 11 mnwtifnttnmif nnn rrn I it m fitt/rtn/! his/migs while he is yet asleep hi/ a properly or educational qualification for suffrage he trill one day be energized by a division among the whites and destroy inn" These arc* Gov. Tillman's own words. We control the negro well enough now, and it is but poor consolation to the poor or uneducated white man that they are to have their vote taken away from them simply to better control the negro. The man who rents land, audthe man whose father was so unfortunate as not to be able to educate his children, will then have no farther need lor his registration ticket, as his right to casta free ballot as a free man in a free country will be gone. These are (acts which cannot be disputed. It is said by some that the work of a constitutional convention would have to be submi;ted to the people, and that the people could ratify or not as they please. This is a mistake. The work of the convention becomes the fundamental law of the land as soon as passed, without reference to the people, and no Judge, Court or Legislature can change it. It is said again, that even if Gov. Tillman favored the qualification to suffrage that he could not- make the constitution. This is true. Gov. Tillman could not alone do it. but when we remember the unbounded Influence he has with his party, and when we remember that he wants no "driftwood," (and "driftwood"' means opposition to his views,) it is the part of wisdom to be careful now. After the constitution is made and your right to vote is gone, it will he too late to object then. Gov. Tillman says he is the friend of the poor man, and Is asking re-election as such. Is it true? Let the "renter"' and the man who has not had the advantages ot' an "education" answer l'or himself. * Felly Tyranny?Humiliating: t'oncc*slon. Tlie Anderson Journal says: "It is commonly rumored and generally believed that an edict has gone forth from Gideon's band forbidding the faithful to vote lor any candidate who does not con tine his announcement to one special paper." The Conservatives, then, should not vote for any candidate whose name does not appear in the newspapers of the city. We believe Liie blindest candidate, with the biggest and heaviest bandage of the Gldeonltes tied over hiis'eyes, can see that there are some Conservatives In Anderson County. I f, therefore, the Conservative voters, fouri teen hundred in number, retaliate and refuse to vote for candfdates whose names are not found in the newspapers, the U^deonites and the city bosses will be relegated to the rear. Ouradvertisingcolurun, In which the names of the names of the candidates appear, afford food for thought, and cives evidence that the caudidates hope that the people are inclined to do a little of their own voting Hi is year. Our list of candidates for the House, up to this time, consists of only live?two from Ninety-Six and iliree from Abbeville. We presume others will yet eater the race, if the race is an open, free one. Of the thirty-one candidates, in all, twelve are from Abbeville. We believe it is not likely that the country people will be led around by ropes this year. We further believe that they will not submit to dictation from town bosses and cross roads managers. There is abroad a healthy spirit of self-respect which will prompt tliera resent any Idea that the people can b? driven to the polls to vote in solid blocks for machine made candidates. At present, the plan of sinking self-respect out of sight to form an infinitessimal part of the whole has passed. Kacn man siiouia ami will east IiIn own ballot, and each man should express his own choice, without being controlled by his neighbors. Wliere free thought, free speech and Intelligent citizenship exist there never can be unity of sentiment and unity of votes. If we are freemen, exercising the proprieties and obligations, the likes aud dislikes of a citizen who has the courage of his convictions, there will be a diversity of opinion and a difference in the way we cast our ballot. Jn order, therefore, to put all doubts us to your independence of characteracter and individually of thought, do not adopt the exact ticket of your ueighbor. There is generally more or less of a compromise of principle in such a course. Don't vote any other man's ticket. Vote your own, and let Mm vote as he pleases. That Is the only way to get the true sense of the people. Fine Kpeccli. The speech of ttie Hon. K. 11. Murray which was delivered at Abbeville last week is adjudged the best document that has been brought out by the campaign. It is being widely circulated. The Columbia state prints it in full, and we have no doubt that other papers will copy it. We have printed in tract form 1,000 copies of it, to fill orders, and il anybody else wants copies they can be had for S1.75 per thousand. The local politicians on both sides have been resting on their oars lor a week or more, in so far as any public demonstration is concerned. Hear in mind that. Heath & Co. are sole agents for the octagon soap. They can give you choice of five different kinds, special price given in lots of one to five boxes. *' "j" " Tin* Striko nt Homestead. About the <?th ol July, some ",S00 nipn quit work in the Carnegie Steel Works, at Homestead, near Pittsburg, because the owners ol" the mill made a slight reduction in the wages of about Son men. The 1'inkertons afterwards went there for some purpose inimical to the strikers. A tight ensued, and several men were killed on each sale. The militia was ordered to the place and now are quartered at the mill, "?.?HX? strong. The strikers were invited to return to their work, and given several days m which to return. The time ex. pired. None returned. Demands have been made on them to vacate their houses within ten days from the service of the notices. At the expiration of the ten days, they must, either get out or take the consequences. The cost to the Stale of J'ciiugylviuiiu of maintaining the militia is a large sum dally. The loss to the mill owners is enormous. The hardships which the strikers have undertaken will prove ruinous to many. The great and crying evil of tills country is the arraying of capital against labor, and the J disastrous ell'ects of great strikes must be felt throughout the country. In our opinion Congress is derelict in its duty to provideample punishment forall persons who enter into a conspiracy to prevent other honest laborers and mechanics from accepting positions in any factory, mill, railroad, or to work for other firms or persons employing labor. This is a free country and a mill or factory may employ whom it pleases, and mechanics or laborers should be allowed to accept such places or not as pleases each individual. Congress passed a law to punish leaders in a rebellion against the government; it is now trying to pass a force bill to control Southern elections, but this greater evil of strikes und conspiracies against those who seek an honest Job goes unnoticed. I We have no sympathy with those who eon-1 spire to prevent a mechanic or laborer from I accepting a job. They have a perfect right to quita job they do not want, but they have no right to prevent others from taking the work which they have thrown down. Conspirators against capital no less than J conspirators against brother mechanics should be severely punished, and our Con-1 gressmen are simply not doing their duty as long as they neglect to make provision for the proper punishment of men who act as have the strikers at Homestead. r ourieeu uuuurea votes are oouuu 10 oe a factor in the election, and if the country people are wide ..wake the bosses around the city of Anderson will have a hard time in putting rings in their noses. They are not ready to have the cards stocked on them, aud will, in consequence, refuse ( to be led up to the polls by u rope to vote as the city bosses and cross roads managers may direct. We take it for granted that the people of Anderson County are beginning to get their eyes open and will look out for ring-makers and city managers who may propose to run the whole concern and take a larger share of the offices to themselves. * We are not informed on the subject, but It would not astonish us to learn that there were enough men in the city of Anderson ready and willing to receive the county vote to fill all the desirable ofllces, leaving only a few little places for the cross roads managers. The plain, patriotic farmer, will, of course, get what he always gets from the city boss? nothlnir. Will Fitfht Prohibition. Wc sec by our Columbia exchanges that the liquor dealers of thai, city have a protective association and will enter the Held against the machinations of tiio.se presumptuous preachers and working women who would interfere with their legal business of preparing and developing subjects for treatment at the Keeley Institute. It looks as if the liquor men are being persecuted. The traflic has been banished from all the country districts, and in many of the incorporated towns the business is uuder the ban. It now begins to look as If their strongholds in the cities is to be attacked, and if they should be successfully assailed the business of selliug liquor in this State would be reduced to express jugs and "blind tigers." Old topers could, of course, run the " tiger,' but how in the world are new drunkards to be trained for the Keeley Institute if the bars are shut up ? ?li looks like all our freedom is to be taken away lfror? us, and that the towns are to be deprived of biood money with which to pave our sidewalks and macadam our streets. It matters not what becomes of poor weak men and boys,?and the women who are depend" ent upon them?we must have mo.iey to run the towns and beautify the streets. The killing of a man now and then, and the moral and tlnancial wreck of weak men is a mailer of small consequence. Our rights must not be abridged. The country people in the past have beeu good enough to allow the cities to realize a handsome profit in the business, and it is possible they will permit it to continue, but w<* do not believe they will do so foolish a thing. Work of Town Hossen. The Pickens Sentinel says: The friends and the foes of the Pickens Sentinel must, know this: There are about seven men In Pickens county who have said thoy would not vote for any candidate who announced his name in the Sentinel. Well, now, If the hundreds ol Conservatives in Pickens county will withhold their votes from the town Tillmauites and those town bosses who may be seeking to put rings in the noses ol' the country people, the Sentinel will tlnd matters evened up. Ten chances to one, the boycott of the Sentinel originated in the mind of some flllmau boss in the town of Pickens. Ix;t the Conservatives bear this In mind, and don't let the country people forget that the extreme love ol the town men for the farmer may be based on a patriotic desire of the aforesaid town men tosetoflice. Thecountry people mluht wait awhile before putting the town friend in ottice. The town man often wants oltice when he goes into politics, and when he becomes "dead in love with the farmer,'' look out for an otlice seeker, and a man who may have u ring to put In the noses of the country people. ItliBi'kmnil fli?? rumlidnfou. iii some places wo believe tlie practice prevails of presenting subscription papers to candidates. But the practice is so reprehensible, and verges so near to the borderland ol corruption, that wo tru?t (hat no citizen of Abbeville couuly will so far forget himself, or the cause which he represents, as to ask any candidate for a churcli or other subscription. its places tlie candidate in an awkward position. He does not feel inclined to give and he fears to refuse. If lie gives lie may be charged with an lndi* reet effort to buy the votes of that particular* neighborhood. If lie refuses to give, he fears that the people inay resent an implied oiler to sell him their votes. in a position like this, what is the candidate to do? We think, if he Is worthy of the ofllee to which he aspires, that he should refuse to give for more reasons than one: It is a species of corruption, or to put it more mildly it approaches too near corruption. It is unfair to the other candidates who are seeking votes. If such a practice were to be come honorable ana common, the rich eouiu buy any votes that might lie for sale, and the candidate who tiad no money would always be defeated. Dcnlli ol' n Prominent I'rcHclicr. itev. U. F. Miller, died last Wednesday in Smith ville township, after a lingering Illness, aged about lifty years. Mr. Miller was one ol the ablest and best known ministers of the Baptist Church in this county, who most zealously labored for the spiritual welfare of the people and for the glory ot the Redeemer. Ho married Miss Morton, who with six children, survive him. In his death the church has lost a faithful worker and Abbeville county has lost a useful citizen. The speech of Hon. K H. Murray which was delivered at Abbeville last Monday. Is regard ed as the best political speech that was ever] delivered all his place. II can not fail lo havci its eH'ect upon all minds that arc open to.rcal sou. It has been priuted as a political tract for free distribution among the people, and anybody can get a copy on application. The county campaign opens at Lowndesville to-day, where various of the local headlights will illumine the political sky Irom their own particular standpoints. Have Onlors Ileen Issued ??Will tlio People Nu Inn it to Have Kin^s Put in Thefr .Vonpn? We hear that Gideon's Band, or some other ; organization assuming to control tlie people, have issued orders to their loyal subjects, dl'recting tiicin for whom they must vote in the I primaries for the House of Representatives and for Sheriff and Clerk, leaving the people i the privilege of casting their own votes for County Commissioner,School Commissioner and Coroner. The plan is supposed to be a profound secret, managed in somewhat after this fashion : 'J'lie chosen licKei is 10 ne orougni oui uue | at. a t ime, and in addition, decoy ducks for 1 (lie Legislature are also to be brought out, I one at a time.for the purpose of deceiving the jaulls and for the further purpose of getting J rlie strings bettor fastened In the noses of j those brethren who are supposed to have no ! inind of their own. | In case the secret town bosses who may assume to control the people should get scared' the plan also Includes the right to call in the decoy ducks just on the eve of the election. The plan provides against the charge that the Court House is to get the lion's share of (lie Legislative ticket. In the cutting oirof the heads of the Sheriff and the Clerk of the Court. The decree which directs how loyal subjects shall vole for Legislators is supposed to include the names of four persons from Abbeville village, and another favorite who Is not a farmer and does not reside In town. If the surmise is correct the plain country gudgeon will likely sec that there is at most only a town farmer or two on the ticket, and that the town will actually gobble up all this Is desirable. We have nothing to urge upon those citi*. zens who will allow a few cro<s roads mana' gcrs and a selcct conunlttce of town bosseB to either divideout the otlices among themselves or are willing for them to deprive them of the right to vote for whom they please, but. If we are not mistaken there are a lew free born white citizens who will not hesitate to kick off the shackles and refuse to be dictated to on any subject, much less their right to vote as they please. The Difference. The Tillmauites afl'ect great distress be cause Sbeppard is president of the Farmers' Bank at Edgefield. ' Tiie same crowd in this county seem to be swinging to the coat-tails of vice-president of the Farmers' Bank at Abbeville. If It is a sin to be President of the Farmers Bank at Edgetieict, what is it to be Vice-Presldentol the Farmers Bank at Abbeville? . The Press and Banner thinks that to be President of a bank is the highest evidence of integrity of character, and is the best as surance or unimpeachable moral worth that any man can give. NVe have no objection to a man because he is either a President or a Vice-President or a Farmers'Bank, and we would like for those exceedingly virtuous and Intelligent voters to explain the evil which they see in holding these high and honorable offices. The Ordination. The South Carolina Presbytery met In the Abbeville church last Thursday evening and Friday morning, the object or the meeting being to ordain the Kev. iM. B. Grler, as missionary from this church to China. The exercises are said to have been exceedingly interesting to all who were present. The Press and Banner knew of the meeting of Presbytery but had no thought of the in* teresting ceremonies that were to take place. If we had known of it, it would have been our greatest pleasure to irive ?ir readers a full account of it. We would have done so for various reasons. Our duty to the public would have been thus better discharged, and the occasion would have afforded us an opportunity of expressing our high appreciation of the commendable spirit and the self-sacrifice of the Christian brother who has consecrated himself to the service of the Muster, and who has chosen to do the hardest work in the most distant anil most unpromising Held. Mr. Grier will leave in a few weeks for China where he will remain for many years before returning to the home of his kindred and the land of lils birth. May our over-ruling Providence preserve I him and bless his labors. Contribute*! I.ocals. Abbeville, S. C., July 27.1892. Last Sunday was the hottest day of the seaj son, the thermometer registering 91 in the shade. Xi-xt Monday is Sale Day and the first day of August. A warm time lor the rallying of the troops. ,Mr. John C. Dorn, son of the late W. B. Horn, of Edgetleld, has found a vein of the old Porn gold mine, on a traja of his land, which with rude machinery is panning out from S9 to per day. This is a rich vein that was looked tor many years ago. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Latimer, of Euoree, are here visiting iter brother Mr. C V, Hammond. Mr. Julius M. Visauska, now u prosperous merchant on King street, Charleston, Is spending a few days in Abbeville visiting his father, and circulating among ills many friptids. lie will leave here for New York to purchase bis fall stock. Mr. Leroy Wilson is quite sick. Miss Mamie Murray returned to her home in Spartanburg yesterday. Her sister Hessie accompanied her and will spend sometime with her parents alter which she will return to Abbeville and make her home with her uncle. Mr. W.T. McDonald. Messrs. A. M. Hill ?t Sons sold over 150 watermelons last Saturday. The same being brought in lresh from their patch. A new Anthem book has been Introduced in the Methodist choir, and we may now expect some line vocal inuslc. This choir Is progressive and keeps up with the latest editions. Miss Brown, of Anderson, Miss Stradley, of Greenville, are vlnlting Mr. C.D.Brown and family. Mrs. Isaacs, of Greenwood, is here visiting her daughter Mrs. G. \V\ Syfan, Jr. Miss Bessie Coogler has Just returned from a delightful trip to friends at Cross Hill and Mount ville. > I>r. Pressley Born, son of Maj. Dorn, of j Kdgetield, Is visiting in Abbeville. Dr. John S. Thomson and family now of Atlanta have been visiting relatives and | friends in Abbeville. The Doctor looks well alnlnv/?n vouru Hp i u Prnlnv. I sorin the Soul hum Dental College, of Allanta. The College is a llouring condition, havimr at present a membership of 1M students. Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Coleman left yesterday lor Coronnca, inmi which point they will leave next Monday In company with his brother and wife for Ca-sars llead, Ashville, and other cool retreats through which they will roam during the month of August. Miss Kate Scott alter a pleasant visit on the Savannah side, returned home a few days ngo. Mr. I'. J). Klagh and family spent last Sunday in Abbeville visiting her father Mr. Geo. \S'. ?y fan, Sr. On last Thursday dirt was broken at Calhoun Falls for the erection of a $tftUUO hotel. Work Is being pushed right along. Hev. IS. K. Miller after a long and painful illness of IS months, iiuietlv passed away at I ' o'clock on the afternoon of the liltli of July, I :it I he ol<l Morion homes lead. lu his death Abbeville county bus |<wt a high toucd Chrislain gentleman, a good and useful citizen,' while the lSaptist church lias sustained al-| most all Irreparable loss. We have known lirotber Miller for a number of years intinialeiy and have found In him a true and valued friend, and while we grieve over his | death, it altords us pleasure to pen tliis tributt! of love and respect to the memory of j one so honored and beloved by all who knew j him. "Messed are dead who die in the Lord, l-'or their works do follow them." | Mrs. Knox is now organist lor Ihe Methodist J Sunday School. I Mrs. t'. A. Holts died very suddenly on yes| terday morning. >he was in her usual health ; and attending to her domestic affairs when j the summons came, suddenly without warnint;. "In the midst of life we are in death." j She leaves a heart broken husband and loving children to mourn her loss. She was a; consistent member ol the Methodist church, a bright christian, living the laitli she proiess-_i ed and died as she lived trusting iu the mer j itsot a cruel lied Saviour. The bereaved ones' sorrow not as those without hope, feeling sure their loss is her eternal gain. M. j Xcw millinery, laces.dotted swIss, ribbons, Mowers, etc., just in at Iladdon's. Think of it, white vests worth ?.'! for only Sirs'. J*. Rosenberg & Co. j, Genuine West India spiced vinegar for sale! j by A. M. Hill Jk Sons. j j Duke cigarettes at jobbers prices always on ' hand at Speed's Drug store. j 1 Character Soon Formed. It appears to be the common opinion iliat 110 permanent evil impressions are made on little children, and that they are in no danger from this source until they have advanced somewhat in years, but bow far no one seems to know. This is a mischievous error. If habit is formed by repeated action, and habit consolidated constitutes character, then the formation of character must begiu just so soon as we are capable of performing good and evil actions. Here, as in some other things, "the child is father to the man." Tt in oo!.l flint tlm nrootir?ll PVP of tlie botanist can detect in the germ of the acorn the quality and size of the future oak. Now, if the acorn contains the model of the tree, why may we not expect to find in the child the model of the coming man ? Indeed, as a matter of fact, we may calculate with tolerable precision what the man will be and do when we know what the boy is and does. What life is to immortality, youth is to life. Life, we know, decides for immortalit3\ and youth equally decides for life?not invariably, but so generally that the exceptions prove the rule. Honor Bright. "I don't know whether you'lP be able to do much with him," said a father to the principal of a school to whom he had brought his son as a pupil, "he's full of mischief, and loves to break over rules and bounds." "Does he tell the truth?" asked the principal, "can I depend always on liis word?" ' () yes," said the father, "he's honest he'll, tell the truth every time, even when it's against him. You can depend on that," and he brought his fist down on tne tauie wun a uig wump. "Then'it's all right," said the principal, "we can manage him,'' and he did. He was "honor bright" and so came out right. Wliat\?( to ?lo in tlie Sick Ilnom. Don't Tiptoe. A tiptoe will sometimes cause more disturbance than a carefully, squarely placed footfall. Don't Tiptoe. Don't Whisper. A whisper will often wake a light sleej)er, when an ordinary voice would not. Don't Whisper. Don't SuifForSigh.?Snifls'and sighs may be better indulged in in the open air'where a gust of wind can blow them away. Don't ?niffor sigh. Don't Handle Rattling Papers. The folding and unfolding of papers that "rattle" is well calculated to "rattle" invalids, to say nothing of those who are strong and well. Don't "rattle.'' Dou't Shout, or allow the voice te be keyed on a high note. Shouting may be a necessity in connection with the treatment of "beasts of burden." but should be counted a luxury for indulgence indoors, only when conversing with those who are "deaf as a post." Don't Shout.?Good Housekeeping. Crenm Cake. This is very easily made, and* may be baked in a number of ways. Take one cup of sugar; break two eggs into a cup, and fill it with sweet cream; add a pinch of salt, two spoonfuls of baking powders and two cupfuls of Hour sifted together. Flavor with lemon,, and bake in small patty pans. The same recipe may be baked in three deep tins, and put together with jelly, lemon custard, sliced bananas, icing or fig jam; or it may be baked in one cake and iced. ? Kpanittli IIii 11 n. Mix together one pint of flour, one pint ot sugar, cup or sweet idiik, one cup of butter, four eggs beaten seperately, one teacup of licjuid yeast, one teaspoonful each of powdered cinnamop, cloves, allspice, and grated nutmeg. Knead thoroughly, then roll out and cut into large biscuit, and set them to rise in a warm blace. When well risen, bake them like rolls. As soon as they are taken from the oven, sprinkle white sugar over them. A Smart Young Trader. There was ouce a worthy Presbyterian minister, who, while sitting in his study, was interrupted by a small boy who nad by some way or other gained admission, to sell the good man some young pups. "I do not want any dogs, my boy," said the divine. "But these are Presbyterian pups," persisted the youngster, The old gentleman, however, would not have them and the disappointed boy' withdrew. Home days afterward while visiting a friend.who was a Universalist, the minister was astonished to see the same uoy come in aim oner 10 sen ins friend some pups. "Gooil Universal ist pups," said the chap. This was too much for the Dommie, wlio said to the boy. "Are you not the same boy that tried to sell me these pups the other day?" " Yes sir." "And did you not tell me then they were Presbyterian pups?" "Yes sir." "Then how can they be Universal ist pups now ?" "Because they have bad their eyes opened since then," said the little chap. It is needless to add he sold the pups. ? - ^ f ^ ? Mutton with Peas.?Take two pounds of mutton chops, dip in Hour, put in a stew pun with one quart of cola water, season with salt and pepper. Stew one hour, tlieu add one pint of shelled peas; cook another.half hour. iloast Beef and Turnips.?While a two-pound roast of beef is cooking, huvejboiling some white turnips. When the'meat is done serve the vegetables with rich gravy from the meat poured over them. Berry Pudding.?'Take any kind of berries anil spread over a rich crust; fold up. Place in a pudding pan, add one tablespoon fill of butter, one teacupful of sugar, season with nutmeg. Overall pour a quart of boiling hot water, liake one hour in a moderate oven. The latter preparation make the sauce. Steamed Pudding.?Three cupfuls of flour, two of sugar, one of sour cream, ..r i-.!uiiw Ml... teaspoon ful of soda, flavor with vanilla; mix well, pour in a'mold and steam two hours. I'llII" Pudding.?Mix in one pint of Hour a teaspoonful of baking powder, a pinch of salt and sweet milk to make hatter; pour in a greased pan, cover the top with steamed apples, then a layer; of butter. Steam half an hour. Serve j with sauce. Fresh Corn meal.?I'resh corn meal, | :is most readers know, will quickly heat and sour in warm weather, unless properly ventilated. It is advised in the New Kugland Homestead to pour the meal into bins or barrels, or settle mid open the bag, and with a brooniliandle make several chimneys in it Lo thelloor. Out of these the heat and moisture will rise. : ' \ .. / '.: m -mm???am??i?| A Churchman on the Boy* Brigade. An excellent and timely letter on the Boys Brigade movement, signed "A Churchman," appears iu the Enfield Observer. The writer remarks : "I have made a few inquiries into the | objects of Boys Brigades, and have | learnt who are, in the main, its chief supporters. It meets with the up-; proval of all the Generals of the stand- j iug army, and tne voiumeers wuoi have ventured to speak upon the raove-l ment; it is even stated that this fad was hatched at the War Office by the Duke of Cambridge and Lord WolseJey. and not in Scotland. But whether this be true or not, the fact that military men praise it so highly is enough to excite the suspicions of Christians of all denominations. It is a fearful, a lamentable confession to make that Christianity in the abstract is in any sense a failure, that the Cross and Passion of the Divine Founder have lost their charm, that at least our juvfenile population are not to be drawn into the fold by the Jove of Christ, nor by the earnest and self-denying labors of God's servants, and so it is thought desirable to introduce the Prince of Peace through a military organization and the muzzle of a gun. UA reverend gtntleman in Elgin, in speaking of this movement, says 'He would like to see everything connected with the art of self-defence taught including boxiug. and everything else. He did not think any boy was worth much, unless he was able to knock down a fellow as big as himself.' The Rev. It. VV. Dale, the eminent Congre gauonai minister, 01 AirumiKuaui, iu speaking on this question, says: 'Cadet corps might add immensely to the popularity and perhaps efficiency of the volunteer movement. At present, a boy cannot belong to a battaliou till he is fourteen ; it is difficult to understand why the age for a battalion should be higher than for a corps. The battalions are furnished with unserviceable arms, and these are not to be fired. These conditions almost destroy the charm of the force. The encouragement given by the War Office is extremely grudging and inadequate.' "After such testimony, will any one dare say that the tendency is not towards militaryism, and the development of warlike feelings in its follower? Is it not natural that if you teach a boy how to use a gun he will, sooner or later, have a desire to use it? Where the military tone is assumed, the military spirit is quickened. The spirit of the New Testament is in direct antagonism to the tone of militarism ; the murderous spirit of war is far removed from the spirit of the Master, and it is surely a mere mockery of prudence, and an insult to our common sense to say that we can foster the Christian man in these boys while we teach them to ape his opposite. "Listen to the official organ of the Boys Brigade, viz., The B. B. Gazette : 'At the ordinary drill meetings of a company, experience teaches, there is but little time for instruction in those subjects which are peculiarly fitted to advance the higher life of the boj's, or make them desirous to become memhor? nf Hip TTinorl.tni nf Hhrist.' I do not hesitate to say that if any friend of mine sent his sou to a Sunday School which had a Boys Bridage attached to it, I should strongly advise hiru to take the lad away and place him in another, where the story of the life and death of the Savior, the Prince of Peace, is taught without the sword or the gun. The gentlemen who are at the head of the movement here, who are they? I thought they were men who advocate the substitution of Arbitration for War, the beatiDgof awords into ploughshares, and spears into pruning hooks. Have they given up these thoughts for military drill aud gun exercise ? These good men, in my opinion, should relinquish such a craze, in favor of Christian work promoted by methods which are beyond suspicion." TcnMlnu; Little Children. How common it is for grown persons, and especially men, to amuse themselves by teasing little childrendisturbing them when at rest, taking their toys from them, interfering with their plays, and in other ways worrying and annoying them ! Recently a gentleman who, with his wife and bright little babe, was a fellow-traveler of mine, complained that another gentleman of the party had come up to them just atatime when the babe was about to be got to sleep by its mother, aud had aroused it in order to get it to play with him. The babe was fretted and put into an ill-humor, and the mother, who was already fatigued with sleep, was put to new and unnecessary trouble to pacify it. The disturber of the repose of the child seemed to give himself no concern about the mischief he had wrought, but hiughed and joked as if he had done a very smart thing. Doubtless, if some one had come to him at a time when, fatigued, lie was about to fall to sleep, and had aroused liim that he might administer 10 the amusement of such a person, he would have resented the disturbance as an act of cruel, not to say brutal, unkindness. A little child, even in babyhood, Iuim feelings as keen and as sensitive as has the man or the women of mature years ; and many a pang is given to it which it cannot resent, and of which it is not able to complain, except by its cries and tears, by the thoughtlessness of adult persons able to find no better way of amusing themselves than by trifling with its weakness. Many a child has lost its rest, and has caused its mother to lose hers, for hours together, by being worried in this way; and not uufrequently the child might have become amiable if treated with gentleness and kindness, has been rendered ill-natured and spiteful and cruel by the things it has suffered at the hands of inconsiderate persons. Parents themselves sometimes do their little children positive injury by the excess to which they go in playing with them, and getting them unduly excited, and keeping them in a state of excitement too long. Doubtless, the nervous system of little children are often broken down in this way.? Western Christian Advocate. The religious observance of Sunday is absolutely essential to spiritual life, because withdrawal from the world, Irest, stillness, the turnings of the 1 thoughts into other channels is essenJtial. and it seems as if Sunday was made by a good and wise God for just 1 such a purpose. A Solitary Way.?It has been said | with Inuh, lie who would go heavenward, or go Christwurd, cannot go with the crowd ; for the crowd is not going in that direction. And this is one of i the surest trials in the Christian life. Jt separates the Christian disciple from many a compauionshiy which would otherwise be deligtful to him. Hut the choice must be made between con- ' fortuity to the world and consecration j to Christ. t Kxl.ru wings for Victor sweeps. AII sizes at ttiiiiUj'H. I . -v t ' - *; ti 4: ' j Preparing e ilL1 . i ?WHUtjI' 11 Knocked EAST and and New York Cost n< All Summer Fabri We have ordered e1 Goods in the Store to Our most sanguine have been exceeded tl now preparing to sho^ Greatest Stock i ever before shown this anything in the way of a long as we can sell s PRICES ARE AO Laces, Embroiderie greatly reduced Prices Summer G-inghams dress fabriques at redr HEME] Our Shoe Stock, v most durable lines of fine shoes ever shown Our Ladies Fine Sh Our Grocery Is being replenishe< arrivals and for anythi pocket book says go t< Yours trulv. HEAT JUST IN AND 350 From $3.50 P We have all grades up to the interest to see our FLOUR when w. JC A 4-n /M^ JT i'UJJLLJJ U XI. L UCJJL tlUUL F. S. E Machinery Broker DEAL] Steam Engines, Portable Eng: ary Boilers, Steam Fitti Belting, Corn Mills, Threshing Machin Brown, Wins Cotton Don't fail to get PRICES from ] call and s Gre enwc Junci!, 1NW2. If Bank of Lowndesville, LOHNDKSVILLE, S. C. I ' Capital Stuck I'aitl in $19,920 00 Surplus - 1,000 00^ < DOKs a gknkkal banking Birsr- ? ness. A (lords Oest security and facill- { ties for depositors. Issues time certificates of deposits bearing ; Interest as follows: six months 4 per eeut., j twelve UIUIJI lin *r |/ci uvtn. ^ J.B.FRANKS, jj Prescient, i1 Spectacles and Eyeglasses. THE cheapest ever brought to Abbeville. A large lot. Call ou Dec. W, lrttt. tf J. \V. RYKARD. E. F. GILLIAED, L .'.TAILOR,.'. Is OVEH THE POST-OFFICE, IS PRE-jP pared to do all work In his line. CUT* I riNG, MAKING, RE I'A I KING, and CLEAN-1 [NO of GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHING, a I ipeclalty. SAMPLES of SUITS always on hand, .'harues Reasonable. June lSItt. 12uios. jj i r t ???????? ^HS for a Big I Campaign^ I WEST former prices 5 consideration. Lques Must Move. rery piece of Summer t be Knifed. business expectations lis season and we are t you the of Merchandise trade, so if in need of "i summer u-ooas, come iell you, if ONSIDERATION. is and White goods at i* and all kinds of wash Lced Prices. y-.MIS UBER. re have the best and ' Men's and Women's here. ' . 0 oes never fail to please. . Department I all a long with fresh ng you need. Your 'H & CO. 1 TO ARRIVE ! j EtELS OP PLOUH. I 'er Barrel up. Best Patent. It will be to your , you want to BUY, >?L SMITH & SONS. Given to Orders ! IVANS, :j and Commission, ?11 IN ines and Stationary, Station- Lj ngs, Pulleys, Shaftings, J Saw Mill Outfits, es, Cotton Preses, 1 hip & Pratt Gins. me before buying elsewhere, or ee me at >ocl, S. O. "NT OT ICE to CITIZENS OF THE TOWN! It is a violation of an ordinance >r the town to turow watermelon rinds In the itreetsoron the sidewalks. Anyone guilty >f such ott'ence will be punished. Citizens are notified and required to put heir back yards and hoji pens In condltlou to >o examined by the town council this week, ['he owners of such lots as are found to be In >ad condition will bo subject to penalties as irescribcd in the ordinances. k. m. mill, inteiiGant. J. F. Miller, Secretary. July JU. Ifltt, tl' SCHOOL NOTICE. A LL PERSONS HAVING BUSINESSl\. with the School Commissioner will And lira In Ills olllce all public days and every >nlurdny in each monih Dearest the middle i the month, during the present year lor the iurpose ul registering claims, <tc. E. COWAN', School Commissioner Abbeville County. Feb '1, 189-.'. 1U0 bushels fresh cow peas Just received at' toseuberg ?fc Co. I