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IffThe Press and Banner ABBEYILLE, S.C. ?3?" Published every Wednesday at $2 a year In advance. Ton iPa^es. Wednesday, Aug. 18, 1897. About Joining I ho Church. Our honored and respected friend, the Associate Reformed Presbyterian, says: It is a mere pretext when men say that they stay out of the church because there are hypocrites in the Church. They stay out because in heart they are of the world. They are no more ready to join a pure church thau a corrupt one." The right way to say this is: Such men realize or recognize the purity of the church, but being honest and conscientious, they recognize also their own unworthiness. They do not like to sail under false colors. They will not pretend to be what they are not. Thocflfnrn thou xell I r> aCBiimA VfltCB tn tllP Lord, which they know they cannot perform. If a tnau feels that he does not possess the moral power or the spiritual grace to crucify the evil that is within him, should "God's people" dragoon him into making professions to which he canuot conform his life ? Should a man be expected to eat and drink to his own damnation? Should a man assume to please the church while the world knows that the act would be that of a hypocrite? The world is a good Judge of human nature, and readily distinguishes the true christian from the pretender. The church, to increase its members, it seems to us, has lowered its standard. Any body can become one of "God's people," no matter what his reputation for veracity or common honesty. The religion that is worthless in the markets of the world is not of much value, even at the great White Throne. The Christian whose pledged word would not secure for him at one of our stores credit for a pair of shoes it seems to us lacks the foundation ol true Christianity, and that he does not properly set himself off from the world as one of "God's people"?though it is expressly stated in Holy Writ that our Lord came to Bave the lost and not to call the righteous to ropentance. Viewed from the standpoint of this editor, and Judging from his intercourse with ment the shrewdest detective could scarcely tell the difference between the average "God's people" and the plaiH everyday children of the devil. The fact that a man is one of '-God's people" is generally received as information and not as a certificate of good character. The following expressions, with one or two exceptions, are all right. The Presbyterian, continuing, says: "And yet if church members lived up to their profession as they should, many who are now in the world would be drawn into the church.* The gospel, would be preached with power through the lives of God's people and tne spirit would by means of this preaching convict and convert souls. In many instances the preaching from the pulpit Is plain and earnest but its power is quenched because those who profess to be Christians are not holding up Christ in their daily life. Their inconsistent lives stand in the way of the Spirit's work. If Christians only lived as they should the word oi God would grow mightily and prevail and there would be added to the church of such asshould be saved." With our good brother's permission, we would call his attention to one expression in the above, namely "God's people." That expression it seems to us, may not oe in gooa iasie, even 11 a man snouiu conceive the Idea that be was a special favor Iteofthe Lord. Our Saviour was a friend of sinners. He didn't collect himself up Into a select 6et to denounce those who failed to come up to the highest measure of profession of faith. He didn't draw the skirts of his garment about him for fear of contact with the graceless mob?nor did hewlth a view of anathematising tbem, form a select crowd of church members. It may be really surprising however, that all men do not join the church. The rewards are: 1. Good fellowship, and business advanvantages. 2. If a man is a candidate for public office the surest way to get the coveted prize is to Join the church, and take charge of a Sunday school. 3. If a man seeks success in business the church with which he affiliates will be a great helper. 4. If he seeks marriage, the best thing that he can do Is to become a zealous churchman, no matter about the spirituality, the temporal advantage is sure to follow. 5. If a man wants recognition in society, let him Join the church, or the choir, and though he may be the blackest bearted villian In town, yet he is welcomed into the hearts and homes of good people?even the hearts and homes of "God's people"?his own very elect. All that Is needed Is a good exterior and the art of concealing the evil that Is within him, and he becomes one of the choicest of God's people. ' Most of the people around here are understood to be "God's people." Those who are not "God's people" may be set off, or assumed to be, as orphans, or else they are children of the devil. It is so difficult for a child to change his parentage that it is possible that the devil may go permanently into the business of peopling this earth, and thus come into active competition with God's people. In connection with this subject, it may not be amiss to state that in the youth of this edk itor he was the intimate associate, acquaintance, or friend of two young men. He knew their lives?was familiar with tbelr conver sauou aou ineir private acis. une 01 meBe boys joined the church. The other did not do bo, because he knew that the life, or practices, of each were such as to properly exclude both from the church. The young man who was the less moral of the two became a high dignitary In the church. The more conscientious man refused to take the vows. Their lives, in fact?before and after joining the church?was not essentially different except that one sought the protection of the church? from which his private life was concealedwhile the other remained outside?among the goats?a plain every day citizen. The hypocrite was carefully taken into the fold among the "sheep ol his flock." The inducement to renounce principle was great?the reward for hypocrisy was abundant. . According to the opinions of this editor, the effort of church people should be flrst to induce men to abandon sinful lives, and when men resolve to live blameless lives, an ellort might then beTaade to induce them tojoln the church. The taking of immoral men into the church is about on a par with the acts of some good women in marrying reprobates to reform them. Unless a man is actuated by the proper spir* spirit neither the marriage nor the churchly vows are worth much. TRUE DEMOCRAT. v Trne Friend nnd I.ojhI Politician. Mr. J. Y. Jones, member of the State Democratic Executive Committee has opeued Democratic Headquarters In the old Council Chamber over Rosenberg's store. As his trueness to the Reform Movement has been impeached and the Democracy of his friend Senator McLaurin he will he glaa 10 tiave any democrat call who has any doubts about the soundness of either.?Adv. Water works ia your house. C. P. Haturoond is prepared now to do your work promptly. See blin. L McLaiirin In Sick. During one of his recent speeches Senator McLaurin was taken quite sick, and has not j been able since then to take part in the can (' vass. Something has been said about postponing the canvass until ho should be able to re. T sumc. Such a proceeding, it seems to us I would be very unusual. While every one [ must sympathize with McLaurin, yet it is j oi his misfortune to he sick. His sickness will j 11 not likely affect the result any way. 15u11 f,' whether it did or did not, it would not be lair ! 1$ to postpone the meetings. * At our recent bicycle race, a negro attempted j j to cross the track before the spinning wheels jjt The negro was struck, the wheel was broken, ' w the rider was thrown a long way toward the | a ring before he struck the ground, but he fell j ai short, and lost the prize. The mau who was i " r I 01 a long way in the rear rode up and won the m prize by the time the little negro and the j w foremost rider could gather themselves to gether. Let the procession march on. Time and t* tide wait for no mau. - ^ ' Tired, Very Tired. Jt Editorial, controversies on personal lines are very uulnterestlng to the public at large. . We throw out the hint, as some of our pro- " fessional brethren do not seem to realize this fact.?Charleston Critic. m The public can skip the editorial controver- j( sies, as we always do, but an Innocent ce audience has no protection against the orator who wanis 10cnargebuujcuuuj' wnu miuug m the Populist platform. k The Press and Banner cares not one cent ^ who wrote the platform, and to tell the exact sj fact, we do not care whether it was ever writ- p ten or not. j as far as our judgment goes the public are Q tired and worn out with "editorial controver- k sies," while the question of writing a Populist platform is unbearable. We believe the public is getting mighty R tired of perpetual war on the good name of p men. al T " " a ti Liquor on (lie Railroads. s( The railroads have given the original pack- E age dealers a black eye. They refuse to ship unboxed or uncrated bottles of liquor, and it seems that the liquor element of this State tl who would flood tbe country with liquor, p will Dot have such an easy victory. The ^ State, we believe, has instructed its consta- j bles to seize everything In sight. si Three cheers for the railroads that obey the Jjj laws of tbe State, and refuse to join bands tl with foreign liquor dealers in their effort to tl debauch the people of South Carolina. t) Ic " o: ME. JONES' REASONS. it rl Why lie Wishes a Seat in (be General la Assembly for One Term. ol I have been asked the question why I wish a seat In the General Assembly for one term ? rr I take this method of answering it. w I wish a seat in the South Carolina Legisla- si ture for one term to offer and advocate one d resolution. It is this: To appoint a committee to Investigate the State officers from the sc Governordown. w I shall be opposed by tbe Governor and the H Speaker of the House. J. Y. JoneB. ti u OLD GRAVE. V Found on tlie South west Corner of 11 Little Mountain. " hl Dr. W. A. nunter was In town a few days n ago, and reports that Mr. J. T. Thornton last It week found an unknown grave near his saw d mill on Little Mountain. Ha was in the woodland, looking for trees to cut for his. mill, when he found the mound. Calling Dr. Hunter's attention to the mound it was de h termlned to open it, as it was believed that it bi was the grave of a humun being. The grave w that was opened is believed to have been the ai resting place of a white man. The wallB were is built up with stone, and while no bones at all were found, yet the appearance Indicate that a body had there undergone decomposition. No metals were found in the grave. Apiece w of broken glass and a white piece of crockery, a wsr? ihp's. On h niece of crockerv louud on oi the surface of the ground near the grave, was gi stamped the Impress ofa cross and crown, above wblcb was (in an oval) tbe word in tt English letters: "Herculaneaum." - le No one in the neighborhood ever heard of u tbe grave before. Dr. Hunter's father has u been llvlog in sight of the place for eighty bi years, ana his forefathers lived there for it many years before his birth, and none of tbe M traditions of the family include any kriowl- J] edge of the old grave. The grave was made from east to west, and was about one foot and A a half below tbe level oj the surface?the w mound making the greater part of the covering. It would have taken from one to two u days, with two good hands with the mason ai work?some of the works in the walls of the ri vault were heavier than any Bingle person tl could handle. li Mr. Flournoy, a printer in the office, suggests that this may be the grave of one of ai Desoto's men?he bavins: passed through this cl country over two buudred years ago on an exploring expedition. From tbe curious for- pi mation of the grave, it leads one to believe C that it is tbe last resting place of a Spanish ai officer of high rank. al rl BARBECUE AND PICNIC. I Si A Royal Good Time is Promised to Hl All Who Go?Speeches nod Dinners s( Free. Arrangements for the veterans picnic din- b uer have beeu completed and our people are looking forward to a pleasant day tomorrow. 11 The dinner will be at Klugh's Park. The w speeches for the day will be made by Kev. Dr. , Clifton, R. K. Hemphill aud Rev. Dr. Wilson. si A committee of ladles will be at the grounds n to receive the baskets and those who have promised to send will please do so between half past ten and eleven. A canvass has been made of the town, and B it is hoped that no family has been over-look- w ed. If so, an invltatlou is now extended to if them. bi The speakers staud will be decorated, the hi speeches will be good, the dinner excellent r? and the park is a delightful place to spend pi the day. " c< Pi COLORED TEACHERS. 2 a Resolution of TliankN Olferetl by the 11 Teachers of Abbeville County. q' The following resolutions were adopted by ? the colored teachers on triday evening, August 13, at the close of their Institute: A Whereas, the County Board of Education has manifested such Interest in the colored ? teachers of Abbeville, both by thoroughly notifying the teachers of the county, and by making ample provisions for the holding of ? said institute, and j\ Whereas, in the selection of the faculty for ^ conducting said institute, the State Superin- Hj tendent of Education exercised such appre- C! clable wisdom, Itesolved, That we, the teachers of Abbevilie county, in institute assembled, do here- rt in record our unfeigned appreciation for the '.'J provisions made and lor interest shown. Resolved further, That a copy of these resolutions be spread upon the face of the 11 minutes and a copy by sent to the Press and P Bauner aud Christian (Quiver for publication. J1 Tired of the Ilule of Dentl Men. Yorkvllle Enquirer. We are a little like the Abbeville Press and r( Banner when It says It is tired of the rule of dead men. We revere the names and memories of Calhoun and other ante-bellum states- "I men and all they stood for, but they are dead and their Issues died with tbem or shortly J? afterwards. Slavery is gone ; our country is tl changed. We are face to face with uew prob- ?f lems and new issues. Dou't drag Calhoun Bl and his contemporaries from their graves to fight living issues. The senatorial party ought to be able to get alon^ without them. d< Ci MISS MART HEMPHILL. |j ^ tl Sponsor for Secession Camp. j" Miss Mary Hemphill has been appointed sponsor for .Secession Camp at the lte-unlon ol the confederate \ eieraus ai tjreeuviiie on j August 2-ltLi and 25tb. ? bl Having placed our order in April and May bt for nearly every thing ill our line affected by to the new TarriU", we propose to give our cus- sn tomen> the benefit of one of the largest and best selected stocks of goods we have ever brought out. Respectfully. ( It. M. Huddon. so JOHN C. CALHOUN. ol. John I*. Thomas Wants to V^ urli Tin* Editor <>t The I'rens iiikI Itim nor. 0 the Killtor of the Abbeville Press anc Banner: 1 address you under a sense of public duty am not specially charged with the memorlei I South Carolina. 1 know "Sparta hat! lany a worthier son than I." Nor am I 01: ??' > ? ' sin*.. ll.o Inml, nf I'nllumii owever honorable such h vilgil might be ut I he appeal made to me by my friend, c orthy kinsman of John Caldwell Calhoun iconic to the defense of a great name tra need In its home, in Abbeville, explains and istities this open protest. The necessity o hich is deplored. For some reafcon inexplicable to me, th< bbevllle l'ress and Banner has time iid time again treated with grave dlsjspect and disparagement the name and farm f Calhoun?a man ol the people ; a born l)e< locrat?In the best sense ol the term; one ho had he been living In the early days o ome, would have been a Gracchus, as he was Cato. Your studied and persistent attacks upor le lame of Calhoun, illustrating the licens< f the press, seem to have begun with youi litorial of March 3,1897,on "The Writing o lstory." Referring to the truthful declara on of the Yorkvllle Yeoman that. H1N V. CALHOUN WAS ONK OK TJIE M It EAT EST MEN AMERICA, is produced, the Abbeville Press and Ban Br says, with amazing effrontery . "These words, or words to that eflect, are al lost stereotyped; yet who has ever quotec %Vir? Polhnnn \ t\ cnnnnrt ftl nnv thpnrv py, spt perhaps those old theories that have jen long since exploded by the logic o rents. Tne Press and Banner, living in the ome of John C. Calhoun, confesses that wt now nothing of liim, except that he madf jeeches that few men have rend, aud thai e also do not recollect to have heard a sturue )e0ch In 20 years that did not refer to John C ilhoun's greatness, without giving us the ast idea as to wherein his greatuess lay he fact is that we have heard the name o alhouu.aud a few local celebrities who had indred, until we are worn out and have n( lore patience with the publlo idolatry oi aur set.'" After this, follow the editorials on "Th< ule of Dead Men." "Slavery and Fret rade." "To the Candidates," endiug for the resent with "Refreshing Innovation." In II these emanations from the vitriolic pen o he Press and Banner of Abbeville the states lanshlp of Calhoun is derided and his doc ines scorned and repudiated. Here ar< >rue "choice" extracts to serve as. nsamim.es ok the dense darkness oj THE WRITER. "The statesmanship of Calhoun was fronc le standpoint of slavery and all his prlncl les have been overshadowed and relegatei > the rear. Slavery having passed away, th< >merstone of his doctrine has been removed o say that the political condition of tlx Uve OUllCM UUU UUl cunugcu, nuu LU r<\Y I.UO le policy which governed In the time o avery would answer for today 1b to say tba le former days were better than these aut jat we hare learned nothing in 50 years. "Sond principle will survive the everlasting ills, but error must give place lo light. Th< >glc of events has proved that the utterancei f Calhoun are ancient history?not llvinj rinciples.,' "A politician who would today advocati ee trade and quote Calhoun as an authoiltj (to be classed with the preacher who woulc se in his pulpit and show from the iiible tbi iwfulness and Justice of slavery. ' The one idea is not more dead than tin ther. "The great mistake which McLaurin hai >ade In this campaign was made when h< ent on the defeuslve as to protection, in :ead of pronouncing boldly for the grea octrine which must role this country." "It may be that Calhoun is authority oi )me great political principle, but, as tar ai <! can now recall, all of the leading qut-stlom ml agitated the public mibrt during ills life me bave been settled definitely and forevei jalnst the ibeorles or principles which wen pheld by the great slaveowner. "But even admitting that be was the greatst man that ever lived, and tbat bis states lanship was characterized by the most uu rrlng Judgment, are we never to have a restl fe have heard of Calhoun and of the lessei ghts tbat Rhlned in this country 40 years age ntii we are sick and tired of the parrotlik< peecbes that can recognize nothing In tb< tanbood of the living and that can say notb ig of the Issues that present themselves to ay. ' We are tired of the rule of dead men. "We are tired of idiotic hero worship. "If an orator is nothing of himself he wil ardly gain much by attaching himself as f arnacle to the corpse of those who ought itb their laurels, to be allowed to rest. W< re so tired of hero worship. The whole hearl faint with so much idol worship." 'J'UUS NOT SATISFIED 1th one exhibition of its hostile temper, th< bbeville I'ress and Banner sends its enven rued shafts repeatedly at the sepulchrec reatness of Soutb Carolina. And tlie surprising spectacle ol dishonor t< le name and fame of South Carallna's peer ss statesman Is prpsented in his birthplace le home of himself'on earth and his ances y ! Oi him, of whom a distinguished mem er of the New York Historical soclPty said i his noble eulogy, April 2. 18."j0, "In hear Ir. Calhoun was a Raphael, in mind i [ichael Angelo." Well may it be said to the editor or thi bbevllle Press and Banner, "Oh, shame here is thy blush !" You may congratulate yourself, Mr. Kditor pon the Indulgence of your constituency nd upon the Immunity you enjoy in theout iged county of old Abbeville, than whicl lere is none more illustrious in South Caro na. It appears thaLyour mlsrepresentationi ad your sophistries have thus far not beei jallenged by any son of Abbeville. Sit tnat there Is no one In your county to< r to do reverence to the mighty shade o alhoun? Or is it that your editorial utter aces have beensoexlravagantand unreason tile as to place you beyoud the pale of i gnteous responsibility? It may be so. It surely must be so. But 1 jcurs to me that you have so outraged every roprlety; have so wounded the sensibilitlei r the men and women ot Abbeville and thi tate who take pride in the heritage of Cal oun to the country that one pen at leas Kiuld proclaim the Ignomiuy of your un arranted expressions of contempt ant :orn of Calhoun. iTessanu Manner vs. joiid 'jaiuwew uai oun ! This might seem enough. But It Is not enough wueu a writer revels lr is rot, and when Impunity leads to repeatec rong and injustice. Thereare cases when the comparative in gniflcance of the accuser is lost In the mag itude of the accusation. This f hold is A CASE IX POINT If the editor of the Abbeville Press anc anner were a student of Calhoun; if b( ere acquainted with the works of Calhoun he haa followed his grand career in It! rilliant incidents to the pathos of lis close e never could have written the words he hai (corded the sentimeuts he has avowed in de reclation of a a man whose splendid pubii< induct was in accord with the purity of hlf rivate life. From 1811, when Calhoun took his seat in knirrpKH to lXiV) wtwn h#> ?lipil with HIh hnr ess on, his history In the history ol his Stan ad hiR country. In all the public ineasurei mt agitated the union during these 10 years e took a leading part, and he was a mastei jirlt. He grappled like a giant with everj uestion that arose. And when the waves o eepest agitation raged in crested power, "H< eat the surges under hln, nd rode upon their hacks." As representative, as senator, ns secretary r war, as Vice President, he adorned everj ttice that he held aud showed himself a mas rlul man. In the serjHte, with thelogico ristotle anil the fire of Demosthenes and th< rmnesB of Cato, with spirit like Burke and hatham, he was the peer In debate of Claj ad Webster, making with them the Ameri in triumvirate. unrivaled In the history o nr country for forensic power. On the sub ct of the tarlir; on 'he question of the cur incy ; on the institution of African slavery a State rights; on government, he shed thi ght of his mighty genius and his abounding >ve of State and country and truth, ltlcli it 10 legacy he left to posterity of deathlesi rinciples. Ana yei me euuor 01 nie i-ress mm nun er imagines that there remains now notli ig great or good or valuable witli wiiich tb< atue of Calhoun is linked. AMAZINU UKMJSION. What blindness In view of history and icord that will never die ! Does not the editor of the Abbeville Brest id Banner, who seems to be living in somi pent up I'tica," know that great principle! irvive lost causes. Because the feudal sys>111 lias passed away, does the fact disparage ic statesmanship that organized it and rec ;nlzed it as a civilizing force, as Uuizol lows it. was ? 1 iecause African slavery has passed away I'lerdoing its great work in God's provliiice: because nullification and secession e no longer recognized as rights under tin .institution of ourj republic, is Calhoun les? inorable? l)oes not the editor of the Abbe, ille Press and Banner Know how great fun< imental truths survive the wreck of 11 a ous and the crash of Slates? Consult the works of Calhoun, and then will ?seen what a vast residuum of political axins there is to make him what he Is?one ol lose "Dead but sceptred sovereigns That rule our spirits from their urns." Well may Abbeville be proud thatshe is the rth place of Calhoun. What, alas! must i the character of the public sentiment that lerates, witnoiu liHiiguani proiest, uie eersof the county paper! CALHOUN'S <JUKATNKSS. [Jreat in his political getiiufl ; great lti perual character ; great lu his popular .syuipa I ? I thles; devoted losomn uaromm nuu iu iub Union, how ungrateful tUe Bon of Abbeville I not ready to honor the nnme of Calhoun, i and to rebuke him who unblushttig'y caJumi niates a splendid memory, His masterly Speeches and Addresses and Letters; his able " I State Tapers ; his Discourse on the Constitution and Government of the United States ; 1 his Disquisition on Government, equal to the Politics of Aristotle; his dignity, elevation I and purity of character, personal and polltis cal: bis Roman firmness; his marked Inde, pendenee; his incorruptible honesty: ihese , constitute his titles to the fame that he has won and which has made him a erand Ideal for the youth of the country. And yet this Is i the man whom the Abbeville Tress and Banner treats with contempt and would fain ! eliminate from the minds and hearts of the I youth of Abbeville!! I'RAISK OK CAMIOUN. ' I commend to The Press and Banner the ! praise of Calhoun from Hammond's maRUifi" cent oratl:>n on Calhoun. In closinK up his ! masterly analysis of Calhoun's strvices and " his character, he says : "The example of his noble efforts to reform f the government and to restore the Constltu* tlon of his country, distinguished by the display of the vastest resources and the most 1 uiasteriy power of Intellect though like Agls, 5 and Conon, and the younger Brutus, he failed J, In his glorious designs?will live forever. ' Hut his speeches and writings will constitute ' a new epoch Id the science of politics. Our Kedernl Constitution, he often said, was In . advance of the wisdom of those who framed it: and belt was who first thoroughly explored, comprehended, and expounded it. He found In It nearly all that was requisite to establish on the firmest foundations, a free and popular government, which was his beau j Ideal of government; and which, though it has many friends and many martyrs and has been illustrated by patriots and heroes, has r scarcely before had a genuine apostle. He , laid down, for the first, Its true principles ; and marked out Its true limits; he has shown ; how It might, and unless vlglianty watched { would depart from those principles and limits, and produce all those evils which have so long made H odious to the best and wisest ; men. Helms shown, on the other hand, how ' capable It Is of unlimited expansion to meet j all the exigencies and reap all the benefits of I real progress, if Its powers be confided to the proper majorities and their suffrages collected r III liie proper iuuuuci , mm uu>, . 1.0 ui?iul?u/ may be kept undisturbed and Its duration . made perpetual, by securing to the minor' ltle.s the sacred and all-Important right of self; protection. In short, he has so thoroughly elucidated all the checks and balances of Free Constitutions, simple and confederated, that henceforth, In the long tide of time, no Republics will be erected or reformed on a dura[ ble foundation, without a constant recurrence ' to the theories be has discussed, and the measures be has proposed ; and a profound observanreof the precepts he h?s taught." Let the Press find Banner read Hammond's oration and Lamar's on Calhoun, and review 1 Its course as to Calhoun, and be patient. I must say it. Duty demands It. The pious I fool that fired the Epbeslan dome Is less to be > condemned than the South Carolina editor . who would tear down the monument to ; Calhoun. Marbled In the great heart of I South Carolina, or dishonor the name or disf parage the character of the People's Friend, I, who wore himself out In the service of his I Country In his role of purest oatrlotlsm, and who loved all the people of Sooth Carolina, t poor and rich alike, and every Inch of her j territory fram silent Blue RIdce to sounding i Sea. ; In the lofty lines of Milton, addressed to Shakesneare. well may South Carolinians > and all wtio appreciate true greatness of sou), r call CalhouD I "Uear Son of Memory, great holr of Fame." ? Yours respectfully. Jons P. Thomas. 3 Columbia, S. C.,Aug. 10 1897. i Iu Reply. I Abbeville, S. C., Aug. 17.1807. j To Col. Jolin P. Thomas : 5 Dear Sir Your letter to me In the cols uraiiH of the dally newspapers has been read. " Always having had the highest respect for ; your education, and especially for your rei fined manners and the courtly conduct which " has characterized your intercourse with genI tlemen, I was unprepared to see your name f attached to such a screed. Knowing your familiarity with the classics ? It Is surprising to me that vou should so far j forget yourself and your learning as toaban" don their methods for the manners of those newspapers which substitute temper for reason. , I feel that if you had been clothed in your [ right mind thnt you could have Keen no dlsre, speclin my editorial to either Mr. Calhoun's ' public or private life. His public life wan blameless. His private llle was lovable, It was to the cheap utterances of politicians who know even less of Calhoun than you ? would appear to know of the Greeks and Uo. mans to which I objected. ' But I asserted tbat the pol tics of Calhoun j are now dead Issues?an assettlon which you in no way attempted to refute, but which in ' the condition of your mind, you, in 1 some way, seem to construe hs an assault on , his public or private life, and tben simply be. 1 cause I did not swallow the dead Issue* for which the great Carolinian contended, 8 you make a pitliul appeal for the lynching ol '? the editor of the Press and Banner. Familiarity with the customs and habits ol r this newspaper has no doub, Informed you * tbat I do not notice the obirping cf every . tomtit who chooses to exhibit his ill manners. ^ But because of your high Handing among the respectable people ot this State, I cannot j ?witnoui eniering a proieci?mow you 10 an[ sume the role of the bully la your effort to . have the editor of the I'rens and Banner i lynched. t If you had hau my article explained to you * by any ordinary English speaking person, * you would have understood that I believed 3m that slavery, and all the collateral principles t for which Calhoun contended are now dead, - and that I made no reflection whatever on 1 the purity of bis public acts and that no ref. erence was bad to his private character. But I can conceive bow a gentleman of elej gant leisure who hag so long delved into the literature of the dead languages, and who * spends so much of his time airing his facility for using high sounding words and phrases may become so far carried away as not to be able todlstingulsli the difference be' tween the dead Issues of the past and the 11 v\ lng principles of the present. 5 Because of the high respect In which I have * heretofore held you, J have carefully avoided * disagreeable personalities. I have tried to bp ; respectful to you under irritating circum" ' stances. 1 have endeavored to avoid any exhibition of the lack of the amenities which - are due from one gentleman to another. i Your letter Is so unlike anything that I have heretofore conceived of you that I let r its temper and disrespect pass. ' ^Trusting that your letters in future may be , pitched frc-m a plane which is worthy of you and that our correspondence may hereafter be of a more pleasant nature, r 1 am respeotfuily, Editor Abbeville Press and Banner, f . I a J. Y. Jones to the Front. r J. Y. Jones has been aunounced by his 'f many friends as a candidate for the Legislature. lie was :i sltnon pure economist and Reformer for many years before the recent Tillman movement. He served three ses. ..I Imimiil f*la,.Lr l? Iho Vunom ?r tills ; State and became perfectly familiar with our : public men. Ue wan in Washington city ' for four years as Assistant Sergeant at Aims ol the Uuited States Senate. He bus been Chairman of the County Campaign Committee and member of the State Democratic ' Kxeeutive Committee since J.SUO. Kor years he has been an Alilanceman and tliere Is no man living, who is better posted as to the manipulations of politicians, both State and National. He has been a sentinel on tiie I watch-tower of popular rights and knows the devious ways of certain men who are now 1 posing before the public as loyal and true to the lieform Movement and to the Democracy. < And more than this be means to tell it all and he is not afraid to do so.?Adv. ! ' Yk'inllirnp College Scholarship* mill Kin rauce Kxnm hint Ions. The examinations for the award of vacant I scholarships in W Inthrop College and ror the admission 01 new suiueius win ue neiu hi iuu ' county Court House on Aug. I.'itli at i) a. in. Applicants must not be less than lilteen ' years of age. When scholarships are vacated ' alter August ):ith, they will be awarded to those making the highest average at this examination. ' The cost of attendance including hoard, ' furnished room, heat, light, and washing is only SK.iiO per month. For lurther information and a catalogue address President 1). 15. Johnson, Hock Hill, 8.C. Ituildin^ Lot Wnnlril. You can dispose of one-quarter, one-third j or one-half acre lot, not too far from the square, or would buy house andlot.il suitable, aud price Is reasonable. .Stale price and 'location. Address, "CokIi," care Press and iiauner. ! ; ' . ' - ' V. " . "LEARNING" TO "TEACH." i i IVhnt Mr. JoIiiimoii Kay* of Tillman'* ' VlRorons lltixIMi-Tlic l*re??s ami ' Manner Wilis H'rone ami (lie Sena- ' tor wiih ilium.. Washington, D. L\, August H, 1S07. j In the Press and Banner of this week, where mention is made o( .Senator Tillman's recent speech at Abbeville. I notice the following criticism "During his speech he frequently spoko of'learning' people to do so and so, when be meant to say 'teaching.'" I do not wish to justify tbe use of "learn'' In the sense of "teach but, notwithstanding good usage at the present day, we do not have to go very far back In our literature to find that our best authors used tbe word "learn" | In the sense of "to teach and no dictionary of the language, like Webster's, Worcester's, the Standard, the Century, &c , omits to give this as an archaic or obsolete meaning of the word. For instance, the Standard, in itR second definition of the word "learn," says: "To teach: a use now considered erroneons, thought formerly common In good writing and speaking." I call attention to this, not to excuse in Mr. Tillman the expression to which reference)^ above made, but to say that a lapse now and then into the so-called errors of unlettered folks, like the one here mentioned, helps to show where Mr. Tillman learned the Ian guage mm ne kijuwh ui uw wilu nu muuii i force. With no special predilection for the Komanic part, but with a full appreciation of the strength and power of the Anglo-Saxon element, he handles his mother tongue as but few men now before the American public are able to do. Mr. Tillman, as any one cognizant of him must have observed, has studied his native tongue not only In books, but among people who 6peak It without having conned the rules that grammarians and rhetoricians talk about; and, after all, he who neglects this latter field, because, forsooth, the schoolmaster has not been there, will lose much of the richest of the harvest. Do we not dally hear unlettered persons who have grown up outside of school-houses, express themselves in I short, pithy words that have meaning and force; whereas, If some pedagogue, oppressed with a fear of slang, were to get hold of them, the words would have to be convened into high sounding and sonorons terms, losing, by the way, lu the metempsychosis, all the vigor and robusness of which they were possessed originally. Who to this day has ever used our language with such tremendous power as Wilam Shakspeare? And who more than he ever got down to the speech of the great body of people? He was evidently a man of the world, conversant with all classes, equally at hnma nmnnp all. and nanable ot everywhere appropriating what he saw best. That he did not always model his speech after thejforms taught In the schools would seem to be apparent from the manner In which the compilers of grammars, even to this day, pounce upon him and complain of his disregard of tbeconventional rules of speech. Instead of feeding on the scant and ofltimes exotic plants to be found;ln the gardens of pedants, he frequented the rich fields of the sturdy yeomanry and vindicated tous in literature the strength and beauty of our English tongue. If Mr. Tillman does now and then, In tbe beat of off-hand speech, commit a lapse (and D18 lapses are extremely iewj, ne in uevernieless a master of the English language. He may sometimes talk about,bis being a farmer, and bavln? to use a pthln, blunt speech that h farmer has to use, but any one acquainted with our language, and Its various elements, must recongnlze that it is from choice that Mr. Tillman uses the genuine article, unadulterated with the sweetened juices of a foreign growth. Do you want" examples of the effect with which he can use our language? Man after man of the Democrats In the Senate of the I United States had sought to criticise the late Administration as faithless to the party that had it Into power It was not until Mr. Tillman paid bis respects of the outfit, that the climax was reached, and ever afterwards the Administration, both in the Senate and out of It, was a by-word and a reproach except in tbe* mouth of tbo.se in some way dependent upon It. Tillman's hot words raised blisters and made scars that could not be hid. Who, for iu6tance, of the speakers that had lamoasted Mr. Carlisle had beea able to tag him and burn into him the descriptive words "the Kentucky Judas." Again, take his speech on the armor plate trust. That trust for a dozen years had fattened on the government and sold armor for the great battle ships for as much sometimes asSOToa ton. Finally the figures bad been reduced to $42.r> a ton, below which the trust said they could not go. The navy Department, the House of Representatives, and the proper committee of the Senate hud agreed to those figures; and the appropriation bill had come for action before the Senate with those figures In It for armor plate. Mr. Tillman moved to amend by reducing the figures to S500 a ton and providing that the government should establish Its own factory for armor plate if the trust did not want to accept the latter ficure. It was In the closing hours of the Congress and for two hours the overcrowded galleries and packed hall-ways looked on with amazement as the hot shot was belched forth that threaiened to penetrate and destroyed even the plate armor of Carnegie; and.strauge to say, when the roll was called fifteen minutes afinrwards on a vote to table the amendment, but eleven men remained with hardihood enough to stand up and be counted for the trust?but eleven men In that great hot-bed where trusts flourish. merest nauueserieu ineircuiors kuu ueu irum . the field. The trust sought at the late extra , session to re-tnarsh'il Its forces and enlarge the limit of expenditure, but its minions were ' still too timid for effective aggressive work, r Was thlfi result accomplished hy the use of language that had been robbed of all power to r sting and that had not the keenness to cut through? No man knows better than Ben Tillman how to talk home to the end desired. I might Instance also the manner in which Mr. Tillman at the late extra session, in a speech In support of the resolution to Investigate, paid bis respects Incidentally to the sugar trust. One result of the speech was to cause several Senators to make themselves ridiculous by assuming the poslt'on.ln effect that a man might be a rascal until the very day he^was elected to the United States Senate. and that be might return to his rascality the day after bis term as Senator ended, but that for the time he was envested with the Senatorial robes he must be held free and quJt from all things vile or ignoble. The power of the Senatorial toga thus to change the nature of a man and to preserve him pure and unsullied as long as its sacred folds are iLhocit him. Is already a subject of jest. A man may have served i~or years an Interest, corporate or otherwise, aud that Interest, und the influences by It controlled, may have procured lilm a seat in tbeSenate, and he may continue in his new Held of labor to serve the interest which for its own purposes placed him there; but let a person, however reputai ble, not a member of the favored body, speak before the public of the close sympathy between the Senator and his creator, aud at once some friend, In an Interview for the public press 'ells how the distinguished Senator cannot afford to dignify with notice the words of every dealer in blllinassate that undertakes to bcsbatter public officials. On ly let such charges be fathered by some responsible person, and this friend gives us assurance that they will be fully and completely met. Let one auihorlzed to speak on the floor of the Senate rise and call attention to charges that reputable men are boldly making and that reflect upon the character and practices of members of the body and at once, concerning him who thus mentions such matters within the precincts of the holy place, the lamentation is raised: "Behold the disgrace that has befallen the grand old commonwealth. In the days gone by ?he sent statesmen to the Senate. Now she sends blackguards." Verily we are very bad If we use strong or ugly words about persons who live in th3 glamor of high place. Those who ply Iheir trade In glided saloons do not like the same terms applied to them that are given to their less fortunate but no more erring sisters whose surroundings are not. so courtly. It is not to Mr. Tillman considered with reference to the objects to which his speech Is directed that 1 am here calling attention, Kor the purposes of what I am now saying he may be either right or wrong, wise or unwise, in Use uses to which he applies Ills mother tongue. What I do say Is that Ben Tillman is a master of the English language and can wield It as but few men are able to do. Of Its component parts he well knows that the language is of Anglo-Saxon make, and when he wants strength and power he knows where the marrow Is. Eor my own pari, J am giaa inai. a man i* in the .Senate of tlie United States who i,sable to do as the mim of old, who was sent ou a mission, was tolu to do?"To cry aloud and to spare not:" and I do not regret that the mail is from the State of my own nativity. J. Altlieus Johnson. I)o Xol (Jnc Dig; Words. In promulgating your esoteric cogitations, ami in articulating your superficial sentimentalities, amicable, philosophical or psychologj ical observations, beware of platitudinous ponderosity. Let your conversational trommunlnations possess a clarified conciseness, a I compacted comprehensiveness, a coalescent : consistency, and a concatenating cogency. Kechew all conglomerations of ilatulent garrulity, jejuned bobblement, and asinine iitlections Let yourexteinporaneousexpatiations j have intelligibility and veracious vivacity without rhodomontade or thrasonical bom- I 1 bast. Seduiuously avoid all poiyspilable proi fnniiHv iioiiinniK nrolixitv. nsl ttaceous vac ! ully. ventriloquial verbosity, urandiloquent ( vapidity. Shun double ententes, prurient | jocosity, and pestiferous profaniiy, obscurant and apparent. In other words, talk plainly, j brlelly, naturally, sensibly, purely, and truthI fully, Keep from slang; don't put on airs; say what you mean ; mean what you say, ana don't use bis; words. ? i . -<?? , New Fall (foods -We will open first of next week our tlrst shipment of imported dress goods. Having placed our orders Inst spring with the importers we are In a position to offer the trade our entire line ot new stuff at and below old prioes. Respectfully, tt. M. lladdou & Co. 1 # | A NEW I J FOR AB] 5 WILL BK PREPARED IN A RHO W *? pair wook on Machinery, Engit A thine In thin city. . It is my Intention to enlarge my B ? A Complete Line of Bicy< F I am now prepared to do any kind m Wheels, making any broken part of a ordered an Enameling Oven, Vuloauia 9 ery necessary for a tirst-class repair sh i Having secured the services of Mr. pared to do all kinks of J Plumbling an 4 If you are thinking of putting In \ A faction and prompt work. Other worl F creases. J Let TJs Estimate on Yc p It is my intention to fit no a First^ that comes along, from a cofiee pot to j Machinists Sent in the ? Machinery Wor I C. P. f P. S.?The Harness and Leather B d We will be in our new store now soon, f T. Viorton Robertson. | T. Lorton R< \ h AVING BOUGHT THE ^ belonging to J. C. Corley, are n< < Groceries and j) 0 At the Lo ^ They will be glad to see th d Corley on Washington Street, r body good bargains. Ri 2 T. Lorton Ec C. E. Bruce & Sons, Agents ABBEVILLE, S. C. Ark hereby appointed and ai thorlzed to act as agents for the folloi ifig companies, to wit: The Key & Co., man facturersof whiskies. Statesvllie, N. 0.! JJ Somers & Co., manufacturers of Old Popli Ly Corn Whiskey, Statesvllie, N. C.; Rob Porter Brewing Co., of Alexandria, Va. Aug. 18, 1897. tf Lowndesville HIGH SCHOOL. Opens September 6, 189; The building has just bee painted and equipped with raodei desks, natural slate blackboaids, maps, char etc. Two new teactiers have been added f the next term. Offers special courses in En llsh, Greek, Latin, French, German, and tl department of Mathematics. Special ca given to the primary department. G. 91. MOORE, Principal. ismr -MB II steam engines, neoa rs cotton gins hu?i t saw mills. Engines and Machinery of all Kinds for Rent, Lease, or Sale, Second-hand or New, ALSO AGENTS Automatic Engines and Rams. We are fully prepared to do your pluramlng and gas titling. We also run a grl mill on Saturday and are making splendid meal. Shops adjoining old depot. Address, gox J. E. Gadsey, Manage Livingston & Ferrin. -DEALERS INAll Kinds of Groceries FRESH MEATS, SAUSAGE. HOG HEA CHEESE AND FISH. r AMNrnr.nnnc V-UA 11 nuu uvwc of every description Fresh Bread always 011 hand. Give us a call when In need of anything i our line. We guarantee satisfaction. Particular attentioi given to our MARKET department. Remember the place, No. 2 Washlngtoi street. Mule Lost. A SMALL BAY MARK MITLfc RTKAYEI away. Any one sei'lug or hearing of on >vill please notify Aug. VV. Smith. A libera reward paid. AUG. W.SMITH. Abbeville C. 11., S. L\. June '2i, 1?J7. tf Kll-a-Bug, doeR up beg bugs, at Speed's. ('all and see one full line ol buggy harness are making and selling tliem cheap. C t*. Hammond >V Co. Hj 1NTERPRISE \ m BEVILLE! | ^ iRT WHILE TO HO ANY KIND OF RF,- J ies, Bicycles, Pipe Fitting, and in fact any- w lcycle Business and put in j [ jle Machinery and Supplies ? of bicycle work such ns Brazing, Truing V wheel, putting In new Rlras. etc. I have S :er, Lathe, Drill Press, and all the machln- \ op. \ v W. C. Parker, a fine machinist, I am pred JPipe Fitting* % ? Vater Works see us. We guarantee satis- ^ tmen will be employed as the demand in- . m >ur Job Before Placing It. < class Repair Shop, and repair anything a steam engine. ^ * Country to do Engine or 4 &. wzo wruc uo. j Very respectfully, f HAMMOND. 5 ueiness will be continued as heretofore. V %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%^ i - ^ %W%4W%%WV% Vi % V? Frank P. Robertson, f jbertson & Co., I STOCK OF GOODS IlECENTLY 5 nf A J w unci iu^ a uiuq aoouiiuicuv v? ^ Confectioneries 4 west Prices. ?> $ eir friends at the old stand of J. C. 5 where they propose to offer every- d Bspectfully, J )bertson & Co. J ; HEAD AND OBSERVE! j. D, E. BROWN, ? Art Tailor, Cutter, Fitter, Etc., . f\F 40 YEARS PRACTICE AND LARGE Jr " experience Id the various styles of Amerl* lean, French and English costumes. Clothes renov&ted In silks, woolens, etc. Dyer and Dresses. j3T"Inqulre at E. F. Gtlllard's _ Tailor Shop. July 11,1897. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%? I 8' | w ^ | Something <; ^ or ? | I f." > You Need. 5 >i - i ^ Have Juet received a new supply of ? - ^ ICE TUBS In Imitation cut glass. J 4 Blown Glass Tumblers with hetvy 4 W bottoms for iced tea. something W \ durable and plain and neat and \ 14 cheap. ^ S HANDSOME ? \ Imitation cut glass Vases, large ? ? size only 25 cets. ^ ^ jlain white genuine CHINA? ^ ? Plates, Cups and Saucers and Fruit ^ i Dlsbas. A i H. C. BERNAUj ? _^>The Jeweler<^_ j a FURMAN UNIVERSITY, GREENVILLE. S. C. Dr. C. H. Judaon, Chairman of Faculty CESSION OPENS SEPTEMBER 22ND. J *5 Courses leading to all academic degrees. M Special elective courses for tbose Intending to 4Q study for professions. Preparatory department in charge of experienced teachers. Cost reduced to minimum by mess system. Board in private families moderate. i For further Information apply to chairman, or to BEN E. GEER, Aug. 4,1897. Sec. of Faculty. SlVILLI HOSPITAL I j H. D. REESE, SURGEON. I InpHE place to carry your SICK WATCHES L and BROKEN CLOCKS, where they will | be looked after and attended to at all hours of I tbeday with skill anil experience. No turnI log you Hway or sending Patients off to have I them treated elsewhere, but I will put them D j going at prices to suit the times. IWeli Presents, Clocks, 1 and JEWELRY. Prices Down. H. D. REESE, THE PEOPLE'S JEWELER. Restaurant. Iwould aunounce to my friends and custo mers tliat I have moved my RESTAU- ~ j I KANT to Colhran's Block, on Washington e .Street, where I will be glad ro serve the publ 1c with as good meals as the provisions of the market will afford. HARRIET E. ADAMS. Oct 1.1S95, 6ms. i ' I Try our blend of "Java and Mocha" coffees ' | and you will be pleaut'd. Found only at A, 1 M. 11111 & Sous. Jk -