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' ''v ' v -f '' " ' :M ^5? . ... _ _ ' a??????????1I?????. . !< ??M?WM?M ?M?M?M The Abbeville Press and Banner. | BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C.. WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 1894. ESTABLISHED 1844 - "'./"V ' I School Notice. I WILL BE IN MY OFFICE AT Abbeville i for the trmi?ncilon of business every snle- i div and every Saturday except the ttrst Sat- I nr?Nys In each inoutn. W. T. MILLFORD. | M iy 1,1S94. School Commissioner. t The State of South Carolina COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. PKOBATK COUKT. Iii tbe matter of the Estate of Heury M. Spikes, Dt-cetibed. Petition for Settlement and Discbarge. C1ARR & CHEATHA.M, a? Executors for j said Estate having xpplied for settlement, and discbarge, It is Ohde){kd, That Tuesday, the seventh day of August, next beflx?'d lor granting tbe relief prayed for. J. FULLER LYON, J uly 3,1K#4, tf J udge Probate Court. Coal! Coal! Wood! Wood! A. M. HILL & SONS! If AVE opened a COAL and WOOD YARD II and are ready to receive your ordero'or Winter. Call and get cheapest rates. Term? ?Cash on delivery. July 27, 1892, tf A Complete and Full1 8T0CK OF THE CELEBRATED Hetropolitaii Brand of Mixed Faints OF j? JOHN LUCAS & CO.! always on hand at the City Drug Store. 1)RICES IN ONE GALLON CANS by the L single can $1.25. A liberal discount to 1 painters using large quantities. Oct. 25. 1898, it I I 1 iTTniw 1 f iimnir i < Lira ! LIV1I If A LONG WANT SUPPLIED !! i > i We have recently purchased a lot of I Nice Driving Horses, and a lot of 1 I Fine Top and Open Buggies. Persons wishing an>thing In this line would do well to consult uh. CHARGES MODERATE. .WALLINGFORD & RUSSELL. May 9,1891, tf " ?? ! 1 Are | You- | : out of employment, cr in * 2 a position that you do not 5? slike? Possibly the solic-s fiting of Life Insurance is 2 5 your special forte. Many 3 people have, after trial, s ^ sbeen surprised at theirs fitness for it. To all such | it has proved a most eon-s genial and profitable oecn spation. The Management s s of the : | Equitable Life j j sin the Department of tlies i Carolinas, desires to adds sto its force, some agentss of character and ability, s : Write for information, s jW.J. Roddey, Manager [ : Rock Hill, S. C. J J. C. MILLER, Special Agt.! Abbeville, S. C. MUTUAL in mm\ lltlJU IllWIIilllVU WRITE TO OR CALL on ibe undersigned or to the Director of your Township for any Information you muy desire about our plan of Insurance. We insure your property against destruction by fire, wimosh or limtm, and do so cheaper than any Insurance Company In existence. Remember we are prepared to prove to you that ours is the safest, and cheapest plan of Insurance known. DAVID AIKEN, Agent, Coronaca, S. C. J. FULLER LYON, Pres. Abbeville, S. C. boardIhrectors. ! S. M. Anderson Ninety-Six Township. J. M. Major.. Greenwood " y. W.Sullivan CokeBbury " W. B. Acker Donnalds B. M. Clinkscales -...Due West " T. L. Haddon Long Cane " J. W. Scott Smilbvilie " E. W. Watson White Hall Dr. J. D. Neel Indian fllll " Capt. John Lyon Cedar Spring " O. R. Richie Abbeville J. E. Wakefield Diamond Hill " J. B. Franks Lowndesville " George M. Smith Magnolia " March 21,18W.?limo. LATIMER'S SASH, DOOR & BLIND FACTORY Manufacturers of and Dealers In AImI* KINDS OF AID ID LUMBER, Sash, Doors, Blinds, TURNED WORK, SHINGLES, Laths, Flooring, Ceiliog and Siding. Mouldings of an kinds, estimates furnished and all letters promptly an ivvertd. Gel my prices before Duylng. J. H. LATIMER. Jan 24.1894, tf Master's Sale, rhe State of South Carolina, COUNTY OK ABBEVILLE. C'ODHT OK COMMON PLKAS. I he National Bank of Abbeville against The Tugaloo Iron Works.?Foreclosure. BY VIRTUE OF AN ORDER OF SALE nade In the above stated case, I will offer for i?le at public outcry at Abbeville C. H., S. C., >n SALEDAY IN AUGUST, 1894, within the egni hours of sale, the following described jroperty, situate in said State and County, to wit: All that lot or parce! of land, situate ind being in the Town ol Abbeville, S. C, sontaining One Acre, noreor less, bounded by lands of Mrs. John Knox, B. S. Barnwell, the Alston Estate and :he street In rear of the Methodist church? ind all the tnacbluery thereon?specially ipecitled In said mortgage, "and set out In said complaint." Said property comprises rbe Tugaluo Iron Works, Including all the persoualand real properly thereto belonging. TUDMQ HI? WAI.V?Tho ttArunnal nmnorf V Tor cash aud the real estate for oue-half cash balance on a credit of twelve months, with Interest from day of sale, becured by bond 01 purchaser and mortgage of premises. Purchaser to pay for papers. J. c. Kl.UGH, Master. July 10,1894, 4t Sheriff's Sale. C. Aultman &Co. against A.J. .Salinas St. Sons. ?Execution. By virtue-of an execution to me directed, in the above stated case, 1 will sell to the highest bidder, at Public Auction, within the legal hours of sale, at;abbevill,e C. h., S. C., on MONDAY, the 6th day of AUGUST, A. D. 1894, all the right, title and interest of A. J. Salinas & Sous in the follow!ne described property, to wit: a certain brick store in the town of Abbeville, S. C., knowu as No. 5 of the White Block, fronting about twenty-five feet on Main Street and running back about one hundred feet, and bounded by W. Joel Smith's store aud drug store occupied by W. T. l'enney. Levied on and to be sold as the property of A. J. Salinas A Sons to sat isfy the aforesaid Execution and costs. TERMS-CASH. F. W. R. NANCE. Sheriff Abbeville County. July 9,19)4, tf Sheriff's Sale. E. W. Williams against The Second Presbyterian Church and others.?Execution. | By VIRTUE OF AN EXECUTION TO ME directed, in the above stated case, I will sell to the highest bidder, at I'ubllc Auction, within the legal hours of sale, at ABBEVILLE C. H., S. C., on MONDAY, the (5th day of AU GUST, A. I). 1S94, all the right, title and Interest ot The Second Presbyterian Church in the I following described property, to wit: One lot | In the town of Abbeville containing One-Half [1-2] Acre, more or less, upon which are ONE TWOSTORY and ONE ONE-STORY BUILDING, bounded by Ferguson Academy, Lane Street, lot of Bay Brown, Academy Street and others. Levied ou and to be sold as the property of The Second Presbyterian Church to satisfy the aforesuid Execution and costs. TERMS-CASH. F. W. R. NANCE, Sheriff Abbeville County. July 9,1991, tf ShftrifF's Sale. S. J. McGliee and Jesse Thompson it Co against J. W. Wells.?Execution. 15Y VIRTUE OK EXECUTIONS TO ME directed, In the above stated cases, I will sell to the highest bidder, at Public Auction, within the legal hours of sale, at GREENWOOD S. C? between eleven o'clock and three o'clock on TUESDAY, the 24th day of July, A. D_ 1891, all the right, title and Interest ut J. W. Wells lu the following described property, to wit: One kllu of brick containing between Seventy-Five and One Hundred Thousand. Will be sold by the thousaud with the privilege of taking them all. Levied ou and to be sold as the property ol J. W. Wells tosatisfy the aforesaid Executions and costs. i TERMS-CASH. F. W. R. NANCE, Sheriff Abbeville County. July 9,1394, tf DENTAL NOTICE. Dr. S. G. Thomson, OFFICE UP-STAIRS ON McILWAIN Corner, Abbeville, S. C. DENTAL NOTICE. I S. F. Killingswortli, No. 4 Seal Block, Abbeville, S. C. House and Lot for Sale. I OFFER FOR SALE MY HOUSE and LOT on Moseley Ferry road In the town of Abbeville. Terms easy. Apply to W. S. Cothran, J. Allea Smith, or to me at Greenville, S. : C. T. P. COTHRAN. March 15, 1898. tf Summer School ___________ I ' I HE SUMMER TERM OF THE ANTREVILLE HIGH SCHOOL JIfKliiM MONDAY, JULY ltt, 1894. New school building, well furnished with latest Improved lurnlture. Thorough In- < tructlon. Both men la I and moral training I diligently nuenueu to. special attention given to pupils desiring to enter College. Send i uri your boys and girls during these summer i months. I J. C. HARPER. Principal. i J. E. McDAVID, Assistant. I July 4,1894, 3t ' DUE WEST i Female College, i DUE WE8T, 8. C. ! This well known institution i again otters It* cervices to the people of ( Abbeville county. The next collegiate i -THE THIRTY-FOURTH YEAR- , will begin on the FIRST DAY OF OCTOBER, 1S?4. Thorough teaching by experledced and progressive teachers. Send lor catalogue. MRS. L. M. BONNER, Principal. , H. E. BONNER, Vlce-Prlm Ipal. ] July 4,1894, tt i DAVIDSON COLLEGE,j DAVIDSON, X. C. 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For every $25 IN CASH you trade with us we will give you n Fine #3.50 Book. i | We have four styles of books: VV EBSTICR'S KN CYCl.ol'.K 1 > IA, MUSEUM OF WON 1>EIts, ijook full of roi ; of the siuudlng authors. SCENES AROUND THE WORLD, i i All the above are tine books. Weglveyou I a card and we punch from it the amount you purchase, aud when the card Is punched iu full we give you the book. Try us and see. Respectfully. C. P. HAMMOND & CO. May 9,1894, tf A TALK ON SERMONS. THE SERMONS WHICH WE HEAR, OR POSSIBLY DO NOT HEAR. ? KftMtty Rend Before flic Abbeville I.item r.v t'lnl) at the Home *.i' Itr. F. K. Harrison, I?y Hugh Wilson, July 20. 1*94. In a feeble effort to discharge a duty which has been unsigned to me. I have undertaken to write this paper, and whatever I may utter will be without much time for reflection or preparation. I have chosen to discuss "The Pulpit, or the Sermons which we Hear, or Po?sibly do not Hear." My knowledge of theology being limited, I will look to the practical common nen.se side of the subject, steering clear at all times of all personalities, and without. Intending at any lime to make my remarks applicable to any particular person. Having* profound regard tor the profession of the Christian ministry, and knowing the risk which a layman takes In having anything to say oil the conduct of the sacred oftlce, I shall he careful to avoid such expressions and thoughts as may be misunderstood or misconstrued by the clergy, who may think that when we fail to agree with them that we are always wrong. The otllceof preacher ranks higher, and is more revered by the people, than all other professions. A large majority of the preachers are doing most valiant and most acceptable service In the Lord's vineyard, and for them I have nothing but the slncerest love and admiration. But notwithstanding this belief In the fitness of the majority, l also Believe that other preachers, equally sincere mitl equally devout, occasionally make mislakes and sometimes fall short, of reaching Ihe full measure of their usefulness. This belief furnishes my reason for taking the ground that a large per cent, of the preachers who now fill our pulpits have in impractical conception of the beauties, the objects and the alms of the religion which tliey preach; and that an equally large per ;ent. of the ministers ol the gospel have t>ut a very contiacted idea of the gravity ind responsibility of their own prolession, ind, as a consequence, withdraw themielves too much from the "world," As a esult they have very little practical idea )f the Idiosyncrasies, desires and Individual needs of the people to whom they preach. ^KKACHKKS IGNORANT OK TIIKIK .SUHItOlINDINGS. For Instance: Of all the educated people in tbls country, as a class, uoue read fewer newspapers, aud none know less ot current ;venls than the ministers of the gospel. There are many preachers who take neither a Jaily newspaper nor a first class literary maglzlne. What, are we to expect of an orator or i preacher who shuts his eyes In the blazing light, and tails to keep abreast of the limes? If a missionary goes to foreign lands to preach the gospel to heathen oeople he studies their language, he learns their manners, and acquaints himself with their personal peculiarities, but a preacher in enlightened America withdraws from the people, covers himself as with a mantle, ana neglects to read the dally newspapers, thereby skulling his eyes to all the passing events of the day. As a simple and striking evidence of the fact that they are not of the earth, earthy; nnd that they live In a dlfi'erent atmosphere from that which surrounds ordinary mortals, It will only be necessary to note tuai there are preachers of the gospel who have never made any utterance ou the recent strike which has for the last month, attracted the attention of the Intelligent world and which has Interested this country from centre to circumference. Hy that neglect tbey have failed to embrace a tine opportunity to Interest their hearers and to impress a moral lesson by the discussion of the facts, in which the church itself may or may not be interested. VACANT PEWS?THE CAUSE. There Is no question that In every Christian community there are too many non-churchgoers. For every etlect there is a cause. Then why the result In this particular? As a rule, we believe the preachers attribute non-attendance on divine worship wholly to perverseness of heart on the part of the people. We doubt not lhat perversenens or a disregard for our religious welfare Is the immediate cause. Hut why the perverseness or disregard ? Does It not sometimes occur because of a lack of interest in the service? If then there is a lack of interest in the service, who Is responsible for that? The point whlolrl would make is this, if the sermons which are delivered from our pulpits taught personal Christianity, Instead nr a hnzv and doubtful conception of fine spun theological threads they would be more interesting, and fewer persons would absent themselves from church on Sunday. The days of martyrdom, either at the stake or In the pew, have passed, and the people demand Instruction, entertainment, religious' consolation. Long dissertations on texts which have nc relevancy to the times, and which have no applied Christianity, are unprofitable to the masses, and in time It may not be surprising to find that many of their seals in the sanctuary are occasionally vacant. THE WRONG KIND OK SERMONS. Too many preachers undertake to deliver literary or theological essays, which are bar. ren of practical ideas and lacking in applica lion to us aud our surroundings, ami which would have been just as appropriate a thousand years ago in China, 01 just as suitable live hundred years hence in J India, as they are for us to-day in America, The people will be more interested if at lensi some reference is made to subjects which tti the tlu>e engross public attention. Or per haps a kind, affectionate protest against tin sins which doth so easily beset us ; or the uttering of the encouraging and sustaining word for the weak and faint hearted ; or even the helping hand to the (alien, would l>t more profitable lhau a discussion of inythoi ogy or those subjects which are veiled In mystery, and of which we know nothing, ex cept what the preacher says. When he talk* so wildly of the practical common sense af fairs which confront us every day, and Willi which we are familiar, lie may teach us ti take a little salt wiih tils utterances on sub Jects Willi which we are less acquainted, ami of which tils own knowledge iiiu.nI be limited They do not follow the example furnlsm-d by our Saviour In his sermon on the Mount I nor do they adopt the advanced methods u I In Ihoi'iliuu lUB grtfttl UIIU ICUUlUg |/.S?V..V,n ... Hut they lalk of theology and the prophets without coming in gunshot range of touching the motives, the Incentives, the dellcienclis or the excesses with which we come in daily contact. Christianity is Intended to touch and gov eru us In our daily conduct and In our ever} act, and when a sermon gives onJy a feu Biblical facts and a great mauy dreamy inductions, without touching Lint people any where, the people become disinterested. and dually are careless about attending the ser vice. INTKI.I.KiKNCK AN All) TO J'HKACII I NC. Without reading the current literature and without being l:i in 11 in r with the events ol (lit day. and without being in touch with tin people pcrsoniiliy.lt is a most ditlicult thluu for a minister to entertain his hearers for tif ty-two Sundays in I lie year, but If preaelierr are intelligent, tlie current events of the day will furnish them a theme upon which they can profitably entertain their congregation, and use the recital of the fads, not onlv to 1 nterest their hearers, but to impress the great truthsofour religion, while giving the people something to think about. In saying this, we deprecate llie act of the story-telling preacher, who tells one string ol anecdotes alter another until we are tired aud disgusted. May the good Lord, in his mercy, save us from clerical exhibitions of clownish uess and vulgarity. AIX'KI'TA Itl.K SKKMoNS. The Sermon on the Mount furnishes tin best known example of the preaching of personal Obristlaniiy, but we hear very little 01 | that sort of preaching nowadays. That kind of preaching which touches tin heart, and leaches us to crucify the evil thai I miihin im will nUiiict a eoiiureiralloii. That klnil of preaching winch ih un lnspira tlon to higher and holier incentives will al ways have listeners. Thai kind of preaching which awakens and stimulates to giowth lite germs of the good that Ik within our souls will seldom he deliv ered to empty benches or lo inattentive ears, And from tlie pulpit which leaches all these lessons, wilt come no complaint of the mini ber of hearers. II the sermons are good, and entertaining tile people will furnish uo occasion forconfeislon that the preacher's congregation is small. A SUtTABI.K SKHMON. 1 speak of the mention of current events as a source of relief to preacher and people and as one of the most Interesting dlseusslom ol every day matters that Lave come under la y notice I would mention that which Dr. Wilson delivered some time ago In the Presbyterian church, on the relations of Master and .Servant?Employer and Employee. There was more practical good in that sermon than there would be in an Indefinite number ol learned theological discussions In which the people are not interested, and which they do noL understand, and in many Instances, do not care to understand. That sermon gave us .something to think about, and In It was much that touched the people atalmosl every point iu our dally life. A GOOD MAN'S MISTAKE. Citing another Instance of local mention by t.he pulpit I would refer to the banquet which some of our citizens gave to the Burgess Corps Inst February. By the unexpected delay of the passenger train, they did not arrive until after midnight?Saturday?and hence the snpper was given after midnight?on Sunday morning?between the hours of twelve and two o'clock. The Rev. F. V. l'ressly in his righteous indignation gave energetic denunciation of the i same in the newspapers, without In any way i regarding the palliating or unfortunate clr- i cmnstance which placed his fellow-citizens in i an awkward and perplexing dilemma, in steacl of sympathizing with brethren who regretted ttie lateness ot the hour at which the banquet was held, he took occasion to drive the steel deep Into their souls and to give the participants a most severe public arraign- i meat. < Not one word of sympathy or extenuation was entertained or uttered because of the fact that the supper was unintentionally belated, but they were censured as If they had from , the first gone into It with malice aforethought and with the deliberate intention of disregarding a divine Injunction. For his spotless Christian character; for his sincerity ol purpose; for his distinguished ability; for his eminent piety; for bis great literary attainments, and for personal friendship to him, I yield nothing In admiration to anybody; but his action In this instance was indiscreet. It destroyed that self-accusation which existed In every heart. It awakened In those who were arraigned, arguments ot self-defense?a feeling of Justification?a seeking for excuse?and in the hearts of some, there may have been more or less of feeling of indignation and resentment at what they conceived to be the preacher's uncharitableness, and what they believed to be the griev-. ous wrong that he had perpetrated against them. This Incident Is mentioned with no view ol defense for the lateness of the supper. No defense Is needed, and no defense is desired. It was just one of those occurrences for which we were not responsible. But the circumstance is mentioned to make clear our point that the exercise 01 proper discretion and the application of common. practical rules, are as necessary for success In the winning ot souls, and In the building of churches, as In other pursuits ot life. In this Instance, the preacher melted or moved no heart, and by his severe act he urew no sin-laden soul to his confidence, aud whatever effect It bad on those who were censured was tbat of alienation. PROKAMTY IN THE PULPIT ANI) EI.SKWHKKK. One of the prevailing sins of the day Is profanity. or an irreverent use of the name o? the Almighty. All the way from the pulpit, down to the highways and alleys, this Holy , Name Is dragged Into the slime ana niire.aniJ Is alike lightly taken on the lUss of the preacher, the church member, and Wose without the pale of the church. As I understand it. all His creatures are for bidden to take His Name on their lips, except : In reverential awe. Do we not often hear < that Name a hundred times In a single sermon of thirty-five minutes, and when so often i heard, Is it not us flippantly used as If the < preacher were talking of Tom Jones or Ben Tillman? I The church members In some Instances following the example of the preachers, i often take the same upon their Hps, but they generally. In au apologetic way, pronounce It i Gawd. The reprobate on the hlehways, still uses the Name In much the old way, with this difference, that he does so on provocation, or on the loss of temper, but the preacher fires this Name at his congregation seemingly without provocation or necessity. Tht good church members have In some instances i approached so near, and have become so familiar with the Almighty, that they too feel that they can take His Name on their lips at pleasure?if they only pronounce It Gawd. If some of our preachers would question their conduct a little, and set us a belter example In not familiarizing ourselves with that Name, we might hear less profanity, and certainly less Irreverent use of the Name before which every knee should bow.* ATTACKS ON It lit I. F. TRANSLATION'S MAKE INFIDELS. Many preachers make a great mistake in spending valuable time, crltlclsiug the translutlon nf f.liP. Rihln It is unt uncommon to hear the translation criticised by men to whom we accord no great degree ol education. It has not been so long ago that a minister of the gospel was reported to have asked an eminent divine if he did not fear the evil In fluence of Rob Ingersoli on our religion. > That emineu t divine replied that the frequent attacks on the translation of the lilble by lgi norant and unlearned preachers was doing > much more to make infidels than all the elo ! quenca that Bob Ingersoli could command. THK TORMENTS. We hear too much of the torments of the lost. Ours is a God of love, and ours is a religion ' of love and devotion. It is a religion of prin. cipie. based upon an Intelligent conviction ol right and wrong, and we should be taught to I do the right because it Is right, and because we love the right, and not because we leal punishment. That is tiie way religion, morality, trull) and good fellowship are taught to little children. The rod is only an Incident, and not the chief instrument in setting a boy or a girl 0:1 the right road in life. He who de ponds upon the terrors ol the law to scare his fearers and to keep his congregation In line will have a membership which in some Instances will have only the merest veneering of Ihe true religion. That kind of preaching which would induce us to strive tor salvation asa teacher would Inspire a boy with ambition to seek the prize in school, falls far short of a proper conception of the true religion, which we should love because it is good and beautiful in itself, and not because of the glittering prize which is held before our eyes as an inducement to embrace the forms, it may be, without pofi I sessing the principles, 01 me irue rengiou. i M I NJSTKRIA r. KRROK. Somet lines error is mode by I lie etlort to ar1 bitrarlly rule the conduct of church members, notub'y on dancing. A learned divine iu u .Southern city some time ago when spoken to ' on Ihe subject said that fie never pronounced > directly against dancing, but that It his mein' bers danced he was sorry, and accepted tin tact us an evidence of the lack of spirituality, ' and that for their lack of spirituality he felt more or less responsible, and then directed his ettorts to remedying theevll by seeking to ' revive the religious sense of his people, lie regarded dancing us the symptom of the dls' ease and not the root of it. Sometimes preachers of less ability and less spirituality than the one of whom 1 have just spoken, disregard the proprieties and decencies and, troni the pulpit, of ihe 1 sanctuary itself, proceed to denounce those ' who dance. In vulgar and coarse terms. Auy ' one can tell which Is the better or more truly I christian course to pursue. i VAIN RKI'KTITIONS. Too many preachers, iu order to lill out to an hour's length a sermon wnich should be ; delivered In thirty minutes, weary their hearers by useless repet itions, and a superabun[ dance of meaningless words, which are empty sound and signify nothing. 'TALl.KD nv T1IB I.ORIl." The Idea of a preacher iu the nineteenth , century telling an intelligent people, that ministers of the gospel are "called by the I .....I ' Iu U,. r>i<un,<uti.riii]vt lilld is such Ull US .sumption on our ignorance ami superstition that I am surprised to hear anybody use the , expression. It might have done in tlie dark ages, or in Hie limes of witchcraft, but for l any mlnlslei to stand up before a congregation of intelligent people In our day and talk . thus Is surprising indeed. If the expression is meant as an apology for his being In the ministry, the idea doesn't . puss current with sensible people. If It is In. tended to couvcy the impression that the Lord, recognizing his superior Illness for I preaching t lie gospel, has picked him out from I among all other men as the one most suitable to present his gospel, the evidence Is not lacking that the Lord made a mistake in selecting 1 so weak and so Ignorant an ambassador for . this country. He must have been chosen for some of the less enlightened and more superstitious people If, however, the expression I "called by the Lord," Is only a form oi speech, . ami has no specific meaning, then it had better be dropped. Somebody may think the preacher Is really In earnest. SI'KCUI.ATtONS AS TO Til K KUTUKK. Too much attention is paid to speculations, < promises, pictures,descriptions and delusions as to the future alule. .Not euough thought is given to the lives which we are daily living. If we live according to the principles laid down on the Mount, (of which we hear almost nothing) and put our trust In our Saviour, he will provide for us In the world to come. We can tiust him?have no doubt on that point. It is useless therefore to try to raise the curtain anil peep into the scenes beyond the grave. II we live right, and discharge our duty to God and man, our Elder Brother and our loving Father will provide for us when we go hence. Let us put our trust in I he Lord, and conscientiously do t he right according to the lights before us, and all will be well. There Is neither Christian duty nor wisdom in such speculations?there Is nothing In it but vain glory. CONVERTED. How often do we hear that great numbers have been converted. Such an expression is not in accord with the fact. Will a preacher talk to me about the conversion of a man who was born of a Christian mother, reared by pious parents, and who uever doubted sillier the saving grace or the divinity of our Saviour? 1 believe to-day, and have never doubted any of the essential or collateral conditions of salvations, and I ain, and have always been, as thoroughly convinced of the truth of tne gospel, as the man who preaches It, and for this reason, I would resent, any Imputation or assertion that I had just been converted to the Christian religion. In the range :>f all uiy acquaintance I know of less than a Jo/.en unbelievers. "god's peoi'i.e," We often hear from the pulpit the expression, "God's people." .Such expressions, whether intended or not, conveys the ideti that the church-people are God's anointed, ind that they have superior claims on Hira, ind by their superior claims they are lifted Lo a higher sphere which Is far above and entirely beyond that, of the average every day mortal who has not been admitted to their charmed circle. They have not exclusive right to the love and friendship of our Heav3iily Father. His Son said he came not to seefc the righteous, but to wave tbe lost. God is our God, and His .Sod is our Saviour. God's people," as others, were born In tin, and, like others, are subject to be tried In the crucible which distinguished the trdfe from the false. Some of tbe rubbish, or pure rot, which Is delivered from the pulpit, and which we are expected to swallow as gospel truth and ac sept as common sense, is the assaults which ire made upon "moral men" and the effort# which are made to ridicule the value of the observance of the moral code. A religion without morality is worthless. A citizenship without morality is dangerous. Tbe preacher, then, who would create the Impression that "moral men" are necessarily further irom the foot, of the Cross than others outside tbe pale of the church, takes the advantage of bis noly office to tell us what nobody, who Is i free agent and does his own thinking, will believe for a single moment. The assertion bears an absurdity on its face. The more of the Christian precepts and the greater number of the Christian laws wblcb a man obeys is Just so m.ucb to his credit, if we are to be judged by the deeds done In the ijody. If we are not to be so judged, the office of recording angel sboula be abolished, Ltnd the great book might be closed. Effort to purify the morals of those in the church would be better directed than energy expended In maligning those outside of tbe church. when the preacher should be excommunicated. We often hear from tbe pulpit such expressions as "God's truth," "God's people," "God's aburcb," "God's earth." Have not laymen and others Just as much right to say "God's apples," "God's shlckens," "God's fields," "God s horses?" "The earth Is the Lord's and the fullness thereof." The preacher who uses the expressions first quoted above should be brought before the proper church tribunal, and If he show not ^satisfactory signs of repentance for his profanity, he should be excommunicated. There is notoee law for preachers and another for the laymen, aDd he who violates the command, "thou shall not take the name of the Lord tby God in vain," is amenable to the law. The average layman uses his profanity on the highway, in the presence of men only, but does not the preacher sometimes indulge In profanity in the very pulpit Itself, and in the presence of women and children? "FAITH." We need to hear less talk of that kind ol faith which is aa indefinable but as common as the sands on the streets, but which is worth no more lhan the mud on our feet The regions ot torment are full of faith without works?faith without prluclple is unworthy of the name?faith without love and obedience to the laws of Uod, is an insult to our Maker. The decalogue was written on tables ol stone, but we have no evidence that "faith" was written on anything better or more lasting than parchment. Thtt loiu na an nnnln tnH In tha n/to 1 rtirllL> should be proclaimed in season and out ol season. Wherever we turn our eyes Its imprint should meet our vision, in whatever we may hear the law should greet our ears. In all that we do, that same rule or life should be the governing principle, and our hearu should be tilled with its truths and our lives environed by these "lieutenants of God, sent with the impresses of his majesty." TO SELF-CONCEITED LAYMEN. To all such laymen as shut their eyes, open their mouths, and swallow all the rot and rubbish that may be thrown it from the pulpit, I would refer to an Incident which occur red to one of the Governors of Massachusetts. Being pressed for time, and being doubtful of his ability to write a suitable Fast Day proclamation, he selected one which had been published many years ngo. But the production was thought to be original, and that ol the Governor at the time. The preachers and newspaper men who were opposed to him, denounced It as blasphemous, and exhausted their righteous indignation In characterizing It. When the newspaper reporters called on the Governor for an interview on the subject he merely replied that he wrote only a few lines of it, but used one of Governor GoreV old proclamation. "Gov. Gore was a ver> learned and pious man, a graduate of Harvard College, for whom one of their principal halls had been named." It Is needless to say that his critics made figures of themselves. WOULD HELP THE I'KEACIIER ON TO PERFECTION. And, now, In conclusion, let me impress the fact upon the minds of all, that 1 am not depreciating the work of the ministry. The tact is, If 1 know myself, and if I have any object at all, it Is to increase their usefulness, and II possible, to "help them on to perfection," In their work in the highest and most glorious of all the professions. Dl KKKKENCE MKT WEEN I'KtNTEK AND 1>REA(.'IIER. Tlio position of preacher and printer I* very different, namely: Kverybouy feels it hi* duty and privilege to teach the printer how to publish a newspaper, while on the other hund, nobody feels warranted In giving the slightest suggestion to the preacher, except to praise his sermons. Ami it occurs, that after a few years the printer has heard so much of I'auU-tludlug that he has had all the conceit knocked out 01 him. The preacher can now do as the printer lias done?speak for hlmseil. I.ine (lie Itoail Willi Trees. The mutter of shaded roads is one upon which the movement for road improvement and for forestry preservation may work together. The ends of the latter, or at least a part of them, would certainly he subserved by the planting of trees along mile after mile of country roads, it would udd a considerable amount to the forest area of a state, and would thus eflect the rainfall to some degree. The beauty and comfort of the highways is an item of no mean importance, and is worth considering in a new country, while the added expense, once the system of road making and mending is established, would be comparatively small. In the prairie states, nloit ?u omi nunt Iv <1pwi m|ir\>ianjf mv [/iuii ia vuai?>vm>?j ral>le, and should be adopted whereever the work for road improvement gets a hold. Our standard of right and wrong is usually very lenient to ourselves, but very strict with others. We shall be judged hereafter in some degree by by that standard according to which we judge otherd here. HERE AND THERE. ''Troupe'' Kwlnics Around the ClrcIc, hihI .SetH Plennaut NighU. Lowndesvllle, S. C., Jaly 20,1894. Kev. J. BtCambell, Presiding Elder, reached \ here Friday evening and spent the night with the family of Mr. E. W. Harper. The next day he went to the Kldge church and after preaching sermon at eleven-thirty a. m., held the 3rd quarterly conference for this * charge, at which the financial report was better than it was at the same date last year. He occupied the pulpit In the Metbodlst church. Monday Rev. and Mrs. J. D. Croutand Miss May Hodges went to the home of tbe mother, Mrs. W. A. Hodges, of the two last named, In Anderoon county. The first named going to Cokesbury to attend the District Conference, which beagn there Wednesday night. Mr. J C. Thomas, of the Kldge, attended the same meeting as a delegate. Mr. I. H. McCalla, of the Fork, attended tbe meeting In tbe same capacity. Having left home Thursday morning accompanied by my wife and daughter, for Greenwood, the above are all of the Items that I gathered before leaving. I have since heard another oue or two which I now give. There was a public debate Friday night In our High School building, which attracted quite a crowded house. Tbe debaters were six members of our school. It Is said that they acquitted themselves finely. Each defending his side of the question eloquently and to the point. The querry, "which bas tbe greater Influence over man, love or money," was ably discussed. So much so, that at last accounts the judges were still undecided as to lilt) preuuuuemuuo ui aiguiuouu. lug Lurco judges naviDg but recently crossed the confines of youth into you ng|man hood, It Is quite easy to anticipate the result. Ad unbiassed opinion can only be expected from those who have tried both. These lines are being penned wtthln a stone's throw of the spot upon which it is pro- ? posed by some to place the new county buildings?(Greenwood,) In case the present effort to that end proves a successful one. On our dirt road travel to this place the crops were generally good. From indications it is safe to say that from Abbeville to the Saluda river the rains have been much more abundant than from the same central point to the Savannah river on the west. The three week's ago storm extended entirely across the county, and where it was accompaaled by ralD, me evidences of damage, such as the uprooting of trees, blowing down fences, Ac., were much more numerous than where there was uu rain. Arriving In this place about Rundown, we registered at the Park House, where we remained until Saturday morning, when we drove over to Cokesbury. Ten years of our boyhood days were spent In this time-honored place, and, therefore, among our earliest and most pleasant recollections are connected therewith. Her citizenship has changed, perhaps, more entirely than any town in the State or elsewhere, in the last three or four decades. There being now, not more than than three or four who were there then. Ia personel, however, her people now compare favorably with those or them. She always could, and can now boast of handsome and cultured men and her beautiful and accomplished women, and she has always been noted for her heartfelt hospitality to all visitors. We, here had the great pleasure of a cordial handshake with four of ourol old friends and schoolmates, whom we bad not seen for years, viz: Rev. A. J. Stokes, of the S. C. Conference. and Messrs. G. W. and L. D. Connor and Joel Townsend. The last two living in town. After spending a few hours, a part of It In the Methodist church where the conference exercises were being held, and the remainder of the time at the very pleasant and hospitable home of Mr. G. W. Connor, we drove back to this place, where we still are. This is to us a very pleasurable subject, but time presses and we must leave it for the present. Troupe. THE OLD FORT. Rustic of Angels' Wings ? Flood of Eight mid Beauty? Good CropsProper Question for Candidate* to Answer ? Easily Satisfied on the New County Question. Ninety-Six, S. C., July 20, 1894. I We) I, Mr. Editor, our crops are perhaps beti tor i.hnn i.hev have been for years. The corn crop in exceptionally fine. All corn planted Id March and April is about made. The cotton looks well and '.be grass is booming. Messrs. Wordlaw and Wilson, two young men from the neighborhood of McKltirlok's mill, have been visiting their kinsman Col. John A. Moore for several days. They are lookltig out for cheap Jersey cattle. Our .own and community areover-run with v I si to s. Miss Lena Booker and Miss Ella Kay, of Donalds, Miss Virginia Caldwell, Miss Miss Fannie May Carwile ann Miss Gertrude Carwlle, of Newberry, are spending a short while with Miss Annie and Miss Mary Blake. Mr. Charles F. Dorrah and wife, of Greenwood, and Mr. M. F. Sanders and wife, of Greenwood, are at Riverside, the eleagent home of Dr. Sanders. Mr. J. C. Bates and children, of Florida, Miss Delia Goodwyn, of Greenwood, and St. Julian Walker, of Columbia, are with Mrs. M. F. McCaslan. Mr. Less Smith, of Abbeville, with Mr. Joel C. Weir. Miss Sallle Langford of Prosperity with Mrs. A. S. Osborne, Mr. W. H. Hill, of Abbeville, with Mrs. Johnson. The meeting Ht the Methodist Church is still going on. Mr. Stoll preaches tine sermons both morning and evening. There is a great demand for cabbage plants, but to make the best cabbage the plants should not be reset before the last of August or 1st of September. Miss Seppie Bewley, of Anderson, is stop<a short time with her aunt, Mrs. Mattle Jackson. Mr. Vermillion candidate for School Commissioner was In town last week. Dnhnrr Wotton nf fMinton. ia here visit ing friends. Mr. VV. VV. Fouche is building a nice coltage on North Cambridge Street. Ninety-Six is on a boom. The Court House Is coming and coming soon. We feel greatly encouraged by the news from Laurens, Newberry, Edgefield and Abbeville. The people of the four corners of the four old counties say they are determined to have a New County and that Ninety-Six Is the place, and then you know we will not seriously eirect either of the other counties. We believe Abbeville Is favorable to us, at least we hope so. Candidates lor otlice will take notice that we are going to vote for only those who are in favor of a constitutional convention that will reduce the area necessary to form new counties. We have been the tail end of the kite loug enough. Master James Hill, one of the brightest little boys of Abbeville, Is at his grand-mothers, Mrs. Bel tie Johnson. Oliver Sprowis or this township, commuted suicide on Saturday morning on the plantation of Mr. J. N. seal, by shooting himself with a pistol. Domestic troubles drove him lo this terrible endiug. ltev. W. T. Matthews will preach here In the l'rresbyterian church the first Sunday lu August. Mr. Ellis, of Cross Hill, is visiting bis sister, Mr? J. s. Plnson. Mr. Ellis G. Htewart in clerking for his brother In Ills brother's abseuce, who has been quite sick. Mr. W. J. Moore anil wife of Cokes bury, are visiting relatives lu town. Entirely too wet to plow. East End. A simple and easy remedy for headache is suggested by the exchange : The ordinary nervous headache will be greatly relieved, and in mauy cases entirely cured, by removing the waist of one's dress, knotting the hair high upon the head out of the way,and. while leaning over a basin, placing a sponge soaked in water as hot as can borne on the back of the neck. Repeat this many times, also applying the sponge behind the ears, and the strained muscles and nerves that have caused so much misery will be felt to inn) ulll/iotll Mianwpll'liS OUt deliciously, and very frequently the paiu promptly vanishes in consequence. "Just so far as a man is able to live simply in to-day, doing its duties faithfully, in the home and place of business, seeking tu know and to do God's will as it cornea each day, leaving to-morrow's burden to be borne in to-morrow's strength and grace, will he be able to keep a heart at rest. And in doing so the work will be better done and God will be honored"