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[The Press and Bannei ABBEVILLE, S. C. ^"Published every Wednesday at 82 i year In advance. TCnFageS' Wednesday, Sept. 1, 1897. ? .? A Ru?hln(c Bosluem. If there is one publication that would mor L than another commend the dispensary to th ^ temperance element of the State it is th statement tbat each and every one ofthi original package stores, do a rushing bus! ness as soon as the doors ot these stores o doubtful legality are opened for the Bale o . liquors. i. It eeems that the thirsty crowd will not g< L to the dispensary; and because of this facl luey uo dui wasie [UCH uiuucj ivi <]? L where It may be legitimately bought. There Is nothing which so unequivocally ' commends the dispensary as the fact tha ' the whlskey-guggllDg crowd will control thel f their thirst and wait for an opportunity t< buy It from a dealer whose right to Bell 1 doubtful. This rush for the doubtful stores Is no doub caused by the restraint which the dlspensar; enforced on the liquor drinking element, am this trade may be made apparent in the bop that the grog shops, under license, may "b opened to entice and debaach the yoatb c ft our land. A All facts wblcb are stated In reference t I toe original package stores go to prove th j2 beneficial influence of the dispensary. When the dispensary was flrst opened, per ^ haps volumes were written to prove that tbi selling of liquor by the bottle produced wors effects on the community than the sale c liquor by the drink. That the man woul< I generally be satisfied with one dnnk if h got it In a bar-room, but if he bought a flael K ol whiskey he would go oft and get drunk.; I But the opponents of the dispensary seen to bave abandoned that theory as to the orlg inal package business. Whiskey in origlna packages does not affect the consumer as th same article does 11 bought under the restrlc tlons of the dispensary. I The liquor men of the cities are gradual!; yielding to law and order, and they are n(^ beginning to see tome good In the dispensary Some of the liquor advocatss have actuall; claimed that a high lioensed bar-room unde the same restrictions would be an Improve ment on the old bar-rooms. But the "high license" bar cannot fool tb same community more than once. Longag the temperance people of Abbeville wantei prohibition. That Bame old cheat and fraui 'high license" won the day. The result wa that the liquor business was pursued, lfpos sible, with more energy than ever before The dealers had to make more money In 01 der to pay the higher license. As they mad more money It is not plain bow drunKennes decreased. It didn't decrease. And the onl; perceptible reduction of drinking and drunk unaesti was brought about by tne dispensary The ttreat Xeed*. Different people suffer from lack of variou things, for instance: The people of China need Bibles and mU slonarles; The people of the Klondike region nee< bread; Bat the people of South Carolina need 11 qnor. For the last five years the cry from the dall; newspapers has been "liquor," "liquor, "more liquor," or something to that effeot. Volumes have been written on thesubjecl and all the eloquence at their command ha been directed to those who are trying to en force the law against the indiscriminate sal of intoxicating liquors. The importance of good roads, the value c manufacturing industries, and the materia vtHAenAaUn Vtao ?OAftl n Afl ZlAtYl yi uoj/ci HJ VI tuo wuuhij uao ivvvivvw w?paratlvely no notice. Tbe great and all-at sorbing question la "liquor." And more el fort bas been directed to tbe increase of tb liquor traffic than has been given to all tb ' industrial interests combined. Tbe importance or necessity for mcreasin our liquor trade bas even attracted tbe atten tlon of the Georgia press, and Instead of dl reeling their energies to the suppression c cruelties to their convicts?cruelties tha would disgrace a barbaric country?they giv much of their valuable time to the liquor Id teref ts of South Carolina. The moral or material development of thl State has never received half the attentlo that has been given to the encouragement c t the liquor traffic. And it Is perhaps the first time in the hit tory of newspapers in this State that any poi tlon of the press has aligned itself avowedl; with the liquor interest, as against the mora ity or sobriety of the people. South Carolina is so badly In need of liquo that it is necessary to resort to doubtful or ue lawful metbods to get It, and those who seel to violate and break down our laws are nc without sympathisers from those who shouli support law and order. Wliinkey In Hew York. Tbe article on the Ralne'sLaw, will affor< interesting reading to tbe people of Sout Carolina. We are not familiar with tbe term oftheKalne's Law, and tbe mere statemer tbat tbe doors of 2,000 saloons bave bee closed will prove tbe wholesome effect of tb law. Tbe p lcnlc or river restaurants beic closed to tbe debauchery of tbe people Is ale a great thing In Its favor. Even at $60 a day for Sunday debauchery i cheap, but if such establishments are close all good people in every part of the countr will have reason to be tbankful. The dispensary law in South Carolina close i, uarruuius iu ouuiu i^uruuuu ttuu a K I tit bowl went up because5,WO men were tbrowi out of employment. That 1b to Bay, tba tbey were removed lrom tbe destructive t tbe productive Bide oi the economy. Abbeville shared with tbe rest of tbe Stat in closed doors and men out of employmen The stores have been opened again lor tb sale of supplies for the family, embracln nearly every needed article. The men ha* gone actively to work, and are prosperou and useful citizens. Tbey have obeyed tb law, and, aB far as we know, not one of tbei has sought to nullify the law of the State. The article in reference to the Itaine'a Lav iB most gratifying. A large number of th places which lead the unwary luto tempU tlon have been closed. Tbe houses are noi icttujr iur i cut lur u?iicr puipuoco lunu iuu of making drunkardB and furnishing resort lor the making of vagabonds In the great city tilorion* Outlook. The outlook for business at Abbeville wa never better than It Is now, and every firm ii hopeful of the beat results for their inves mente. Trade has been felrly good all summer, am now the prospeot Is that a large business wll be done In all lines. Theootton mill business Is beginning to b felt In the town, and the mill Itself seems t< dc On me Yery luresuuuiu UI buucobb. Aiwu two thirds of the looms are running and tb cioth which they make is of first grade Much cloth haa already been shipped. Las Saturday 96,000 yardB were seat off, and slno then an order for 100,000 yardB has been re ceived. Rev. W. L. Presaley, D. D., of Due West (( mil preach next Sunday morning at tlx HjHkfl hour for service. - m. , Does Colombia Need Metropolitan Po- T lice? | The Columbia Record In noting the arrest I of an alleged vlolater of the dispensary law, A In Columbia notes tbe fact that the citizens of : Columbia maae no attempt to interfere with the officers of the law. From the following! statement by the Record, It would appear I that an interference In behalf of the accused : mlgbt have been expected. While the sympathy ol the crowd was with Meetze, no attempt was made to Interfere with the officers." ' Speaking for the Press and Banner and In behaif of tbe law-abiding elemeut of the State and city of Columbia, we would sug- * gest the propriety of metropolitan police that [ they may the better keep the liquor element within the limits of tbe law. e e e The GreenvilleNews says that 1,613 veterans e regisiereu m me reveut lueeuug. i uo .->cno [* published a part of tbe names on Sunday ( if morning. The Charleston News published v if what seemed to be a full list on the same day. Because the list of the Charleston News seemo ed to be full we copied from that paper. After we bad classified the Hit, as we bad set It up( r we found only 1,132. On counting the names in the Greenville News we And that pa- ' y per, had only 1367 or 251 more tliaD t was published. r We do not propose to reconcile the differ> eDce in the figures. n 8 The list as we prlDt it, will be Interesting. ? t Look Up Your Old Paper*. p ~ ,,, ,,, ' Hie rreBB auu ttuuuer will pay u nuoiai I price Id cash for flies of tbe Abbeville Ban- t e ner. We bave flies of tbe Press and Banner e whicb are nearly complete, but we have no 1 flies ot tbe Banner, except some numbers of 1846,1847 and 1848. Except duplicate copies of 0 tbe Banner of date since March 8, 18*. all 6 copies will paid for In cash at a price much above the regular subscription price. tf s e An Honor to Journalism. II Tbe ability and fairness with which tbe 1 Walterboro Pres&and Standard discusses free 6 trade and Calbounism Is an honor to Journal1 ism. It is seldom that we flnd an abler or more dispassionate discussion of any subject. 1 We are so accustomed to seeing temper, in- ^ ' stead of argument, that it is refreshing to see 1 an editorial which Is written with a proper j e regard for tbe proprieties. , ?. 1 y The Charleston Critic. ? v Tbe Press and Banner makes.its best bow r* to tbe Charleston Critic for the pleasant no- : >' tlce which that paper makes of tbe Calhoun r discussion. Brother, weextend.sentlmentsof the highest respect. 0 A correspondent of the "Christian a Herald" says : "Are any of us missing a to-day golden opportunities to bind our s children to us by the mighty hands of i- sympathy ? Sympathy means so much _ > to a child?and now quickly does a J ' child learn who are its sympathizers ! ~ e They only are the ones who can lead _ him to the right?yes, or to the wrong. J v Tbe sympathy we give our little ones j now will measure the strength of our _ influence with them wnen they are I older and less dependent upon us. If ~ we would have their confidence and so _ be able to help them by and by, let us i s not fail to sow the seed of the harvest [ we would reap. I suspect many a _ h mother has lost her influence over her C boy and mourned his waywardness 7 1 more because she had failed to take an _ interest in his bsseball or his bugs and I . beetles than because she did not give ~ him proper teaching. And I suspect y that many a girl has gone wrong who ] ? would not have done so if her mother had thought it worth while to admire ^ her childish gift of dandelions of clover, ? 8 and to heartily thank her for them. Then when she was older, her mother e ridiculed her girlish fancy for some in- J nocent schoolboy friend, and unsym- ? lf pathetically told her she was altogether [j j too young to be thinking oftheatten- i< tion of young men. Perhaps she wa9, $ h but O, there are ways and ways of do- a r. ing the same thing, and, above all, e mothers should be tenderly careful lest ? e their lack of sympathy should repel }, tbe confidence of children. And not a only should we encourage them to con- j> . fide in us, but let U9 also confide in ,] [ them, and let nothing that interests u them be too insignificant to enlist our 11 enthusiasm. Let us read with them, ^ helD them make nuzzles, and tell them t stories. Let us join them in croquet 11 ' or parchesi, and love their dear little -y white rabbits, their butterflies, and b n toads, if only because they do. 0 let a ){ us hold them fast?these darlings of ? ours; let us forge the strong chains of b }_ love, not that we may keep our chil- ? r[ dreu always with us?we cannot do j, that?but that, if only for tbe love they o bear us, they shall not drift from the jmoorings of righteousness. r "The years are passing. Let each u one make us nearer and dearer to the " k hearts of our children. Let us bless | >t them while we may. Let us point v j them, train them, lead them, love " them into the kingdom of God and a heaven." e t H More and more there is growing a E d disposition among parents to permit all 8 h matters of religious observance to be f > with their offspring mere matters of b choice of preference. Your child 1 Q must learn French and German and ? e drawing; but he shall learn his cate- i chism and his Bible lesson and a reve- 1 ? rent observance of this holy day if he [ >o chooses, and not otherwise. A more r dismal and irrational folly it is not easy 1 is to conceive of. I do uot say that there ? d may not have been folly in another c y and an opposite direction. I am not ? unmindful that religious teaching has d been sometimes made a dreary and init tolerable burden. But surely we can a correct one excess?not, I apprehend, it very frequent or very harmful?with- t o out straightway flyiug to an opposite ( and worse one. And so I plead with j you who are parents to train your chil- t t- dren to wavs of reverent familiarity le with God's" house and God's day. jj k Let them understand that something e e higher than your taste to prefer? ence makes these things sacred and e binding, and constrains you to embue n tbem with your spirit. And that they may do this more effectually, give r. them, I entreat you, that mightiest e teaching, which consists in your own i. consistent and devout example. v ? ? The great majority of people will find the work of life near at hand. It may be, perhaps, to correct the faults in "one's life, to sweeten the atmosphere of home, to bless the local s Church, to consecrate one's business, g or to purify the political atmosphere. t Trite and true as is this statement, it is a difficult one to apprehend. If we j set ourselves to master it, the task is t soon abandonod, and we are looking far away for some other and greater 0 work to do. The moet successful and 11 0 useful midister is the man whose la- ^ t bors are confined strictly to the cultie vation of the one vineyard committed 8 . to his care. The minister's best help- 1 t eris that member of his Church who e a fidds duty nearest at hand and can al 1 ways be relied upon to sustain the home Church in its regular constituted work. tl The last lesson which high aud stormy natures learn is the value of gentleness. u M LIKE I'Llll]. ? , lis is a Long Way in the Lead, and Will Probably Beat Both Oppo- j nents by a Majority of 7,000. j J tolleton Only County Reported! For Evans. j Spartanburg, and PossiU1 juaui ciio, iui iiuj. ? i ienl ClalmH ttint McLaurin if) Certainly Elected on Firm Ballot.' Columbia, S. C., Aug. 31. Neal claims the State for McLaurln by 7,000 aajorlty. Everything now looks as If Mc* .aurln will go In on first ballot. Tbe vote is light. Spartanburg Is reported for Irby.' Laurens Is very close, with Irby slightly In be lead. Charleston gives McLaurln 2.204; Evans, 94 rby.20. Colleton only county reported for Evans. Vote In the State reported up to this time: McLaurln, 12,461. Evans, 3",689. Irby, 2, OIC. Reports slow In coming In. THE PRIMARY ELECTION. ? Abbeville County, August 31, 1897. The primary election came cfl yesterday, fery little Interest was felt. The vote is estlaated at about half the full strength. The ndlcations now are that McLaurin may carry his county by a small majority. The second race for member of the House if Representatives will be between Mr. Deiruhl and Mr. Oraydon. ~ Senator. House. I . ? d a a o CLUBS. . g 2 ? B -Kg SI. ? Q ? J i ? & > Pk & | ? . > ? I " I . I J Abbeville No. 1 j;i45 8 7| 11 86; 61 Ibbevllle No. 2 lie 59 28 4i? 57 105 ilcCormlck 20 17 50 27 ! 50; 1U )ooalds 07 30 30 22 26^ 76 )ue West 48 45 8 , 30 52! 19 Lnireville 58 21 4 , 8 41 34 'roy 69 7 7 11; 18 42 ^ODgCane 8 40 7 27 7 14 :alboun Falls i 22 1G 4' j louotaln View 4 20 7 19 tj 8 jOwndeBVllle80 50 24 , 71. 86 4 lTiTiTinmn r?n mnn r? > mTnci T * WT jir iiuisui mil xiiiiix jjo ixo. vv Illllous Ijont to Citizen** or New York and Hnndredw Out of Employ meat?2,000 Death Trnpw Shut. ulius Harourger, formerly commissioner of xclse, in speaking before tbe members of be Albemarle Association, said, concerning be Raines law, that It bad entailed a yearly 388 to tbe citizens of New York of 66,000,000 to 7,000,000. "There are now," he said, "several thousnd vacant stores In Kew York, a larger amber of untenanted stores in tnls liy than there have been at any Ime since the financial panic of 373. More than 2,000 saloons have been closed, nd nearly all tbe saloons so closed have sen minor places of tbe better character, requested by worklngmen and by law-abldag persons, while tbe business of tbeidlves, ndertbe name of Raines hotels, bas been lost unblusbingly revived, and there Is no letbod under tbe law adopted by Mr. Raines nd bis hayseed associates for shutting out hese places, as was tbe rule under tbe old iw. "Every one familiar with tbe city of New rork (though, I suppose Senator Raines, In ils country home down on tbe farm in Canndalgua, has never beard of it, and would, erhaps deny the existence of such a thing,) ias beard of the summer restaurants on tbe anks of tho Bronx river, where, following a stom general In Europe, Sunday parties for dinners or suppers on tbe banks of the stream, Li iuo wuuug, arc a iuruj ui pupuiai nuu iuuueat diversion. The proprietor of such a resaurant informed me recently that be had ieen compelled to olose, not by lace of patonage, Dot by the condition of tbe times, and lot by reason oflnbllllyor unwillingness to ttend to the care of this patrons, but by tbe talnes law, which imposes upon him a tax of 800 a year, for fumlsblDg, not wine, but wlDe pith meals only, to patrons Sun days In sumner time, and as tbere are about four months if this business, from June to September, ,nd as the total license is SS00, this Is eqalvalnt to 8200 a month, or 850 per Sunday, and as he tax of 850 for furnishing, perhaps, fifty or Ixty dinners In a day Is impracticable, this ilace Is only one of a number which have ieen closed to the Injury of hundreds of perons, of tbe loss of a large business in thIn city, nd to great inconvenience. Though Senator talnes seems to believe that by law men can ie prevented from drinking, I do not bolleve bat even be will claim that men can be lopped from eating where they have tbe noney 10 pay ior meais. uunareas oj men n New York have been tbrowD out of employr nent In vartouR capacities In ibe nalooos and estaurants, while tbe work of the dives has teen resumed and of tbe Raines hotels, open, tot only during tbe usual business And night lours, but all night as well. And If there be my menace to tbe sobriety of a great com unity, an Injury to tbe health and welfare if Its people greater than 'all-night' bousee, rbere strong drinks are retailed, I do not ;now what It Is,"?New York Times. There is an ocean of difference beween housekeeping and home making, )ne is a business, the other iu an art. tiany women make great successes iu he business who fail absolutely in the irt. Their houses are perfectly kept. Svery department is run with care and txactness. There is never a failure to neet demand ; but it is not a home. K home exists for tbe comfort, bappt. less, and health of the family. There s no department of housekeeping that s not made to yield to the needs of auy nember. There is never a crisis of emper if a meal is late or the convent enceof a member demands a change n the hour. A few minutes?yea. (ven a number of miuutes?spent in cindly converse in the morning, the , :all of a friend, or the sudden desire or an hour's outing, never seems to ! he home-maker a violation of the noral code. I)ust does not cause 1 ligbtmare. nor order a display which J ove and charity agree to call nervousless. Not things, but souls, arts the \ 'bjects of the homertnaker's care. ( >he values peace more than system, i lappiness more than regularity, conr i put mnro than u-nrlr nnr>nm nlis hpd ' fet, with it all, her house, when she ouches perfection, is the essence of reularity, order, and quiet. It is this, hat makes home-making an art. And he aloue is a home-maker who has a rue sense of proportion. ?f ? < Party is the madness of many for ae gain of a few. Good books, like good friends, are sw ana cnoeen ; me more ?eieuc uie t lore eujoyable. jt I FREE TRADE. 'A jtricoln" ClnlmN Overmuch for C'nl hounitiin?Taki'N Exception to The Prems nml KlnndardW Position. Walterboro Press and Standard. Editor Press and Standard: In your paper if August 11 we notice, as from the editorial pen, tbe following sweeping assertions, which. :omlng from one whose views have, and aught to have, weight, caused us great surprise and are startling indeed, as tbey point strongly to thedaDgerous tendency to sweep away all principles in politics save tbe idea 3f making everything?the public welfaro, honesty, truth and patriotism?subservient to Individual advancement and the magnifying of self. You say "the statesmanship of Calhoun was from the standpoint of slavery and all bis principles have been overshadowed ,md relegated to the rear. Slavery having passed away, the cornerstone of his doctrine has been removed." To little purpose indeed must the life, character and political career of this great man have been obnerved when tbe searcher aitor iruin couiu ari^e lruiu llic oiuajr cuici* talnlng such a Beatlment. To "relegate to the rear" all the high and noble teachings of this high and beloved statesman would be to deal a death blow to the loftiest principles of purity and self denying Industry In the oause of lntellgence, and honest government. Such an Idea ouce permitted to take ho:d of the public mind, disaster dire and speedy, would be the result. So far from relegating such political principles as Calhoun 8 "to tne rear" our hope rests In better promulgating and more fully cultivating them, They are honest and Bound, and to quoi,e from another paragraph of the essay alluded to, "as sound principles they will survive the everlasting hllhi and spread their blessings among the people more and more as we succeed in exposing error and turning on more and more the steady clear, light of everlasting truth." Which of the principles of Calhoun are unworthy of respect and void of Influence today? Again we read: "It Is certain tbs.t no freetrader 1b In favor of developing manufactories In the south" This Is indeed news tons, who can furnish In our own person an example to disprove the assertion and expose its fallacy. How does free trade oppose the lull development of every Industry promotive of the wealth, happiness and growth of a nation? How does our being able to buy what we waut in tho open market of the world so enjoying to the uttermost the beaeftt of competition in Its fullest sense, with the ability of selling In the name way, so placing our transactions upon the best possible commercial basis where price 1? coutrolled cblefly by the law of supply and demand, make us antagonistic to the building of factories? Because, forsooth, I would buy my ehoea. my clothes and my groceries, with my farming tools where I could get them tb<i|cheapest, I mus:, says the writer, be opposed! to the building cf factories among us. I fall lo see the deep underlying principles upon which such an argument Is based. Perhaps you say that free trade will bring our laboring population In competition with the cheaper labor of older countries, to the Injury of our laborers. Such reasoning In my opinion Is an insult to the yoemanry of our land, who, with ao even chance, are fully able rt tholr Aoin ooolnat. tho luhnrpra f\t any other land. Hut you must give him fair play and not force nIra to sell bis products at low rales to American buyers, or if he refuses to do so, to be Informed by tbe shrewd and protected manufuoturer that be can get what he wants thiough the agent of some foreign bouse; while, on tbe other band, the same party returning ltit?r to buy what be needs finds prices high, und on attempting to use tbe same argument and buy from tbe agent of the foreign houne, finds the merchant telling him with a smile that be can do no better, as tbe tariff will force tbe foreign houco to come up to the same figures?Indeed that perhaps he can do a little better tban his foreign neighbor, as he bus produced bis goods on no greater cost than formerly, and that the additional price is simply a bonus or gift for benefit. And so It is, that the producer or laborer enjoys the full benefit of the tariff at both ends of tbe transaction. Again comes t be most wonderful of all these newly found short-comings; He fails in tbe desire "to furnish profitable employment for deserving citizens who need the opportunity to work." Oh! Mr. Editor I am alrald that you flail to understand the character, tbe moti ves and the heart of our sturdy, horny handed-free traders, whose only political offence is that having found tbelr.noses getting pinched and tender they will not allow (themselves tc be led by them any longer, but are thinking add acting for themselves, and bo causing alarm among tbe syndicates, trusts and devotees of mammon, and desire to restore to our beloved country a pure, honest and upright eovernment, as made by her patriotic founders. Maka no mistake, Mr. Editor. The principles and especially tbe political principles, of ouch men ut Washington. Jeflfcrsnn (Calhoun and their peers, can never be "relegated to tbe rear" or noticed "only as ancient history." JUetter, far better, make tbern tbe dally studies of your youth as the basis upon which to build those temples at whose altars, In future years, they may bring: offerings of undeflled patriotism, as devotees to the honest development of their country's resources and sincere guardians of the harmony and purity of their government. Pardon me Mr Edltor, 1 started; to give you In brief tbe statement that along tbe river shore From Charleston to Walierboro the farmers are In good heart and the crops maturing with bright prospects of an abundant harvest; tbe people are In good health with their animalB sleek and well, save where In a lew Instances, cholera Is killing some hogs. Abundant rains have made tbe temperature undesirable. Fodderstrlpplng Is all that Is being done and tbe farmer are enjoying a much needed rest. In conclusion Mr. Editor, let me beg you to continue to wrestle with the vexed question of political principles, with the hope that we may "relegate to the rear" the mushrooms of yesterday anct restore such as are typified by tbe palmetto of old and tbe sturdy unbending oa^. Sincerely yours, Agrloola. ? m "Agrlcola" Answered. Editorial,Walterboro Press and Standard. In an article in another column In this Issue "Agrlcola" who, with due reaped for bis seniority, elves no evidence of being as smart as the old Roman statesman wbo bore the name, takes exception to the estimate placed by us, through the adoption of an editorial printed in the Abbeville Preis and Banner, upon the value to the South of Calhoun's doctrines at this stage of the world's progress, and proceeds to eulogize the principles enunciated by that distinguished advocate of slavery and free trade. "AgiMcola" may be pardoned for clinging to the views held by the ante-bellum slaveholding autocrat, for It was in those good old daysjthe memory of which Is mellowed by the lapse of time, that he was reared to man's estate and repelved those Impressions which are the most lasting. With him, as with other representatives of the old order of things, the trouble Is that, owing to these Ineradicable Impressions of early life, he Is incapable of properly recognising and appreciating the changed condition of affairs. We revere the name ana memory or Calhoun, an we do the memory of all the great and good men whose conspicuobs abilities exemplified In the service of our country, Inthe timos In which they lived, can never be depredated by southern posterity; but at the same time we cannot fall to appreciate the fact lhatthe sooner tbe south frees Itself from traditional prejudices and from subjeotlon to old and outgrown authorities the sooner will Industrial development suooeed business stagnation and enrich agricultural sterility. Mr. Calhoun advocated slavery, secession and nullification, all of which "Agrlcola" will doubtless be forced to admit are now dead Issues. To quote again from the Press and Banner, "he was tbe obamplon of slavery and all his efforts were directed to the perpetuation of slavery, To perpetuate slavery it was thought best to make tbe south an agricultural and not a manufacturing country. The plan wbb to with-hold opportunities from the non-?laveholder toflnd profitable employment. Tbe laboring white man could not compete with slave labor on the plantations and if no opportunity was afforded for him to engage In manufacturing enter prises tie must leave nit) uiu nckiieu Binvti slates to seek homes elsewhere. The nonslavejholders who owned land were, In hundreds of Instances practically forced to sell Ills real estate. And when the land was out of his possession, he could not get other land In the slaveholdlng neighborhoods. "With the abolition of slavery the principle of free trade became extinct, and Is today no more an Issue than slavery. Free trade was based on slavery, and when slavery passed free trade was no more to be thought of except as a dead Issue." In the tace of these facts, how can "Agricola" ask "which of the principles of Calhoun are unworthy of respect and void of Influence today?" Should he not rather direct his Inquiry to the finding out of which of the principles of Calhoun are all ye and applicable to existing conditions? The next question "Agrlcola" propounds admits of an ensy answer. "How does tree trade," beasUs, "oppose the full development of every Industry promotive of the \yealth, happiness aud growth of a nation?" By making It Impossible, we answer, (or the ] growing nation to compete ^ylth stronger and richer nations tbat can by concentration of ; their resources upon manufacturing, produce . 1 niipnlns nf orltplaa omv rif I rnntinorfailnn. , [f the United Stale*, for instance,weresimply purchasers and consumers free trade would 1 benefit thero, but they must produce some- i Lblng to give In exchange for what they buy . rosell they roust find a market. As they , auy from a foreign manufacturer It is useless 1 Lo expect a better home market In which to tell their raw materiel. "Agrlcola," therefore, nakes the common mistake ofassumlnir that . here could be a cheap market in which to ' my and a dear market in which to sell, ( To equalize prices we must have the oenera of manufacturing near the produoer so ? be cost of transportation may be saved, '{his 1 rings us to the point of urging proteotlouf for i our Southern ^industries and southern pro I m ducts. I C ' *? mu/ I m tree iraae tenus io puu(jerix^ mwi, ^u< r only great free trade nation of the world to f day is England and her roll or pnuperH tin m c bers 810,000 or one to nine of her oopuiHtlor f while In the United States the proportion 1- 4 one to 164. f What the South needs today Is a multi- ? pllclty of manufacturing industries. Evei | since the days of Calhoun the South h?s been f fighting protection, while the north has stood m for and taantained protection, the result be- 4 Ing that we have suffered and the north ba> ? prospered. In advocating lree trade and Calbounlsro j at this time "Agrlcola" Is only following Ex- <. Governor Evans whose patron, we assume, |l ae is. By resorting to Calhoun for argument t< sustain them In their awkward position, and by advocating the annihilation of the "mush , | rooms of yesterday." both have gon-? back on their previus teachings, assuming that f "Agrlcola" has been a member of the domi j uent element in politics since 1890. f It will be recalled that the slogan 4 of the reform movement of which Ex- L governor Evans has been a member, was the f relegation to the rear of the men and prlncl- f pies that controlled the government previous > to 1S90 and the institution ol a new order of i thing. Pursuing this policy, one of the first 4 notorious acts of the movement wa? the re-1 5 legal Ion to the rear of Gen. Wade Hampton. $ who had rendered Invaluable service to bit d state and was as worthy of adoration then at * John C. Calhoun. d Why, now, does Mr. Evansjaud "Agrlcola" 5 want to crush out the "mushrooms of yester- ? day" and bring up the shade of Calhoun for 4 the reformers to worship? Is genuine reform i too progressive for them? Or do tbey desire simply to utilize Calhoun's skeleton for d campaign purposes? 5 There can be no daubt of the fact that Till- V mao and McLaurln have been the most act- g Ive representatives South Carolina, and the i South, for that matter, has had in Congress f since the war. We believe that they have J adopted the only policy southern representa- \ tives can persue with the slightest expecta- 0 tlon of taccompllshlng anything for their J section of the country. \ How many years would "Agricola" allow f John Gary Evans in which to perform the J feat of converting the American Congress to \ Calhoun's doctrines of free trade? Unless he f could accomplish what the entire south has failed to do in fifty years his advocacy g ol Calhounlsm In Congress would be worse than folly. Does "Agrlcola" wish tojsend Mr. Evans to Congress simply to snap and snarl and exhibit on every available occasion rabid an- f tagonism to the party In Dower? If this Is a "Agricoia's" conception of the duty of south V ern congressmen, perhaps 'Mr. Evans, with J his Calhounlsm, will measure up to there- 5 quirements. But such tactics have time and r again been resorted to in Congress already d and nothing but barm, so far as any one has J been able to observe, has been the conse- f quence to the South. d WEST END. | llfippciilajtn ?ud IacldenU of a Week J Around tbe City. J While Abbeville baa bad no "boom,"and 2 our people bave made no big talk or display \ tbe city silll Improves. Every day sees some 4 new improvement begun. Tbe city's popula- 2 tlon Is growing larger each day, as Is quite ' natural wnen one considers the many ad- d vantages Abbeville offers to the home seeker J and Investor. Just now the sound of ham- f mer and saw Is beard on all sides. We give d below a part of tbe Improvements In the way 5 ofbulldlnK that are now In progress. f One story brick addition 30 feet long, to the d store occupied by P. B. Speed. Same kind 2 and size audition to the store room the Cohen T Dry Goods Co., are opening. d Two story briok addition to W. D. Barks- J dale <fc Co's store. ' One story brick store, being built by P. Rosenberg, & Co., lor C. P. Hammond. This ! building will be ready for occupation in a few days. This building Is '28 x 70 feet. Frame store room on the corner near Trinity church. , Two pretty cottages being built on street I leading toS. A. L. depot. Wprk on handsome two story resldenceof : Mr. A. W, Jones is being pushed with all ? possible dispatch. ? A lovely little home Just completed In F West End owned by Mr. R. E. Cox, who will erect Hi ouce uuuiuor eyuuuj' prcbi/jr auu uuuvenlent collage on adjoining lot. Tbls la only a partial list of the buildings in progress, but sbowe that our city is wide awake, and at work. Miss Florence Templeton is at borne after tbree weeks stay wltb friends In tbe country. Miss Mary DuPre lett Monday for borne, Clemson College. Mr. T. T. Quarles said good-bye Monday affer spending several months with tbe borne folks. Mr. Quarles bas relumed to Alabama, wbere be wnl bay cotton tbis season. Last Saturday was tbe busiest day our merchants bave bad for sometime, and is only a foretaste of wbat tbey will bave tbls fall. Policeman J. S. Flsber bas been superln- . tending a part of tbe street-working-force, and , Is getting a big lot of good work done, adding J; mucb to tbe appearance 01 tbe town's streets \ and sidewalks. ? Mrs. Matbews and family bave moved in tbe pretty cottage Just flnlsbed In West End. 1 Tbe "Klondike lever" still rages unabated ,, in many parts of tbe country. As far as we j. know It bas not struck tbis place, If It bas it is only in a mild form, sjo far not one of our people bave even started to this new f EIDorado, tbls land of exbaustless gold, and ? of snow, ice, and hardships, wbere those who go often find Instead of wealth, a lonely grave among strangers, in a far-away laml. Abbe- " vllle is good enough for us, at any rate, and we are oi the opinion thattbis feeling is tbat ? of a large majority of our folks. Mrs. E. P. Harrison and son, Mr. Wade Har- ??? " f Doo/I Ian Wu oa Kann uIqIi ln.? P\? <> n/J Mrs. F. E. Harrison, for the past few days. . Mr. J. A. Allen spent Sunday here. h Miss May Robertson has returned from a c delightful visit to relatives atLowudesville. ^ Mrs. J. Allen Smith has gone to Tallahas- ? see, Fla.. for several weeks stay. c Miss Nell Orr.ofGreenvllle, Is the guest of ^ Ler friends the Mlssos Seal. Miss Orr came t down Monday. d Mr. and Mrs B. S. Barnwell, and Mrs. A. ^ B.Robertson, after a tbree weeks trip came home last Thursday. While absent tbey visited, Saratoga, The Thousand Islands, Quebec, Montreal, and many other points of In- g terest. At Poukeepsle, N. Y., they were > joined by Mr. Foster Barnwell, who aoooin- C, panted them the remainder of the trip, arrl- a ving here with them, after being away for j, several months attending Eastman Business t College at Poukeepsle. ? Monday afternoon, Mr, and Mrs. F. J. My- , ers, and little son, arrived here. They will make Abbeville their home. Mr. Myers will be manager for the ohen Dry Goods Co., and c la an old dry goods man and thoroughly y posted on everything that pertains to that ^ business. We extend ta himself and family a hearty welcome. v We learn that Mr. E Calhoun, of Monterey, ? T n Unfllrnll a r Unolralla aonh _ tiuu ju. \j, x^aotvcii, \ji 4+cfcoitviio, uaio oocu u bought lota In town, and will at an early date build handsome residences. The lots are op- . poslte the home of Mr, W. H. Parker. ? Fall goods have already begun to come in, and both the Southern and 8. A. L? are doing a heavy business, TheS. A. L. depot Is filled li to overflowing, and in fact will not accommodate the freight as It comes In. Miss Plevna Seal oame home Monday from Greenville, where she has been visiting Miss B. Nell Orr. 5 Miss Mamie Lee is at home after a short , stay with friends In the Mountain City. ? Miss Lee went to Greenville as sponsor for b Clark Allen (.'amp. Sons of Confederate Vet- ? erans, Nocamp atthe re-unlon had a more charming and accomplished sponsor than fl did Abbeville Camp of S. C. V. Prof. II. M. Perrin, who has been visiting ? Mr. W. C. Cothran in Greenville, for two weeks, came in Monday afternoon. e, Three residences (Instead of two), will be , built on the street leading to the S. A. L. depot. Elsewhere In this paper we stated that two were to be erected. The more the better. ^ Today Mr. Thos. Thompson opens in the D store reoently occupied by Mr. C. E.; Mc- y I'ntt o *1 ??c# nlocu crrnoorv uml Mr, Thompson has for some time beeu Id this business, and knowB Just what our people want. h aud will at all times be able to furnish bis customers with everything In the way of eatables. He proposes to keep all kinds of fresh meats, country produce, fruits, fish and oysters In season. That he will please his cubtoraers goes without saying. w A very dellghtfhi social affair came off last w Friday evening, at tbe home of Mr. W. T. Mc- S1 Donald, when Miss Lou Voss entertained a Dumber of her young friends in honor of her guest and cosuin, Miss Moneta Osteen, of w Sumter. During the evening delightful ices tr were served. Miss Marlon Kirkland, of Nashville, Tenn.. Is the guest of Miss Bessie l<<d wards. Mi^a Kirkland arrived yesterday. g)j ^ \V These are some things that a Chris-. ? tian boy or girl can do ; hi He frank, he polite, be prompt, be w obliging, obey their parents, Refuse to H do wrong, never use profauity, keep tb themselves tidy, never learn to smoke, '8 be useful about home, never cheat in ^ their play, keep out of bad company, lit spend their night at home, never 1 I I- Urn tlioin 111 laugll lib u uuaiac jimc, ivuim utvu , cu lessons thoroughly, never make tir unnecessary noise, never he disrespect j J Ful to old age, he kind to your brothers |^? ind sisters, take the part of those who j tjei *re ill used, never make fun of another because he is poor, Why call the advanced years of a Christian's pilgrimage the "shady side tu ? MM V- 1.1 nlnolri,.! Wi JI llie" >V uy biiuum nut uic 1/iumiig | rears of one'a fife be the sunniest, since gri he beams of heaven's glory are shin- lor ng more fully upon them? jfoi 9 i A NEW : ) JTUJX Ar WILL BE PREPARED IN A SI pair woftk on Macbinery, Edi thine In tbls city. It Is my intention to enlarge my A Complete Line of Bic; I am now prepared to do any kli Wheels, making any broken part of ordered an Enameling Oven, Vulcai ery necessary Tor a first-class repair Having secured the services of > pared to do all kinks of ^ Plumb ling a If you are thinking of puttlDg it faction and prompt work. Other w< creases. Let TJs Estimate on 1 It is my Intention to fit up a Fir that comes along, from a coffee pot t i Macinnists sent in in i Machinery Wc i O. P 1 P. S.?The Harness and Leather ( We will be In oar new store now sot T. Lor ton Robertson. T. Lorton B H AVING BOUGHT THI belonging to J. C. Corley, are Groceries anc ? At the L They will be glad to see t Corley on Washington Stree body good bargains. T. Lorton E ^^%^%^W^rn^rmrmrmrmrmr Estate G. S. Cade, Dec'd rkEBTORS to this estate are notified J \J unless all arrears of Interest are paid st November next, proceedings will be ta o enforce payment in full by foreclosur therwlse as may be necessary. Tbe estate papers are now In nandi 'arker & McGowan, Attorneys. A. S. HAWES, G. W. CADE, Administrate Aug. 24, 1897 , 4t. CONTRIBUTED LOCALS. What "M" Sees nod Hears on H Rounds About tbe City. Abbeville, S. C., Sept. 1' Mrs. G. H. Peckliam sod her charn laughter, Miss Jessie, after a most pleai Isltto their home at Newberryport, Mi eturned last Sunday accompanied by ] iUclDda Peckham .the mother of Mr. tie I. Peck ham, who will spend some tlm be Sunny South with ber son. Rev. and Mrs* McCrady oame home 'hursday aftera pleasant vlBlt to his mo t Sewanee, Tennessee. Mr. N. W. Collete, one of tbe most rell nglneera of this division of the Seaboard jlne, has Just returned from an exter western trip. Capt. Rigsby returned last Sunday i pending a most pleasant time with frit t his old home in North Carolina. Miss Plevna Seal, after a delightful vlsl llssOrr, of Greenville arrived in the a8t Monday. Mrs. C. V. Hammond, after several we isltto friends In. Greenville and Landru eturned home last Saturday. Miss N ler daughter who accompanied her, was lected home yesterday. Miss Nannie Seal and Miss Nettie Rui ?ho have been visiting In and arround harming olty of Asheville, N. C.. retui tome last week. They bad a most dellgb rip. Miss Seal is again with R. M. I Ion A Co. for the fall season where, sne te glad to see her many friend. VISITORS COMING AND GOING. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Dantzler have t pending several days with Mr. J. E E dr. Dantzler was cordially greeted la levllle by some of his old friends, the wi mong the number. They returned to t tomein the Gate City yesterday where )antzler has a position with J. M. Hli : Co. where he will be glad to see his Caro rlends and will give them a hearty welo t all times. Mrs. Francis Scott, of Atlanta, arrived lc illy last Monday and will spend some t ?lth her daughters, Mrs. Charley White Irs. J. 8. Hammond. MlBses Nora and Pearl Duckett, two pn oung ladles of Greenwood, after a pleat lslt to their friends Miss Nell and Moi len, returned last Monday. Miss Maude Holllngsworth. a sweet yo idy of Due West Is visiting her cousins, llsses Taggart. Miss Mary Clifton, from Fort Lawn, Is ' . ng her cousin Miss Josle Clifton. FROM AUGUSTA TO ABBEVILLE. Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Myers and their hs )iue little son arrived In the city last M ay, from Augusta, Georgia, and will m .bbevilie their home. Mr. Myers is gen lanager of the Cohen Dry Goods store i rings with him an enviable reputation a rst class business man. Mr. Cohen has been in Northern mart ar several weeks looking after special I ains, new styles, and all the latest novel I the season. Mr. Cohen is a first olass merchant 1 very one acknowledges his exquslt taste ie selection of goods. Tbelr store is now being enlarged, repalc iid fixed up In modern style and will be fl 1th a large and elegant line of everyth reuy and nice for the ladles, Mr. Myers and family are most oordlf elcomed to our new made city and we tt iey may so prosper that they will ne ave cause to regret their move. MRS., TAUQART. Mrs. Taggart has moved up stairs o arksdale <& Co's,, sto?e for the present, t 111 leave for Northern markets very w here she will purchase a handsome stock nods in her line. Uosenburg A Co., are getting on nicely w in building of their new brick store, wh ill soon be ready for Its occupant,C. P. Ha lond. / wivp.!? nv i*a<4p. Mr. Sum Agnew who wrb for a long time iged In the merohaatlle business at 1 est, is now with the old and reliable firm . M. Haddon A Co. This firm has done w securing the (services of one so compel! id so popular. Mr. Agnew will likely mt u family to Abbeville this fall and wo h( 111 make this his home. Miss Ellen Gambrell formerly with R. uddon & Co., has secured a position wl e Cohens Dry Goods Arm. Miss Gambr a first class saleslady and has a host ends who already know her In the m utile business, all of whom she will be i ;hted to see In her new quarters. Mr. Jas. A. Bowie, who has been with R. iddon <? Co., for several years, has also i red a situation with the Cohen Dry Goc m. Lf i lid r r>r.? nf ihhiiuMlo h, ung ladles has, taken a situation with , Haddon & Co., aud we are sure by h rule and sweet manner, together with h juraoy for business will win hosts of ci ners for her employers. In turning from sin we repent; i ruing to Christ we believe. Whe ; look at our sins we are tilled wit ief on aceouut of them; when w >k to Christ we trust in him f< giveness or them. ENTERPRISE ^ JBEVILLE! | ' IORT WHfLE TO PO ANY KIND OF RE- 5 jlnes, Bicycles, Pipe Fitting, and In fact any- 0 Bicycle Business and put In ^ ^cle Machinery and Supplies $ id of bicycle work such ?? Brazing, Truing 0 a wbeel, putting In new Rims, etc. I bave jk llzer, Lathe, Drill Press, and all the machln- v shop. V (r. W. C. Parker, a fine machinist, I am pre- 4 nd Pipe Fitting. % J i Water Works see us. We guarantee satis- F Drkmen will be employed as the demand In- m four Job Before Placing It. 5 st-clasa Repair Shop, and repair anything ^ x> a steam engine. ^ r e Country to do Engine or i >rk. Write Us. j[ Very respectfully, ^ \ . HAMMOND. 5 Business will be oontlnaed as heretofore. # %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% v? Frank P. Robertson. f ,obertson & Co., j mm j ? STUCK (JF UUULJS KUJUiUJN TIj X > now offering a nice assortment of 4 i Confectioneries $ owest Prices. @ heir friends at tbe old stand of J. C. J [ t, where they propose to offer every- d Respectfully, (| lobertson & Co. I %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% READ AND OBSERVE! X D.E.BROWN, ken * ? ?r Art Tailor, Cutter, Fitter, Etc., i Of r|F 40 YEARS PRACTICE AND LARGE U experience inthe various styles of Amer lean, t rench and ttngllsb costumes, uiotnea renovated In silks, woolens, etc. Dyer and Dresses. E^Inqalre at E. F. OUllard's Tailor Shop. July 11,1S87. rs. J 98. ? ? a * Something $ Mrs'. J J You Need. t last # W ther 4 Have Juet received a new supply of # *11? d ICE TUBS In Imitation cut glass. J ided | Blown Glass Tumblers with hetvy i mds ^ bottoms for Iced tea, something ^ t to !l durable and plain and neat and J c,ty (I cheap. f eks ^ d ms., \ HA.ND30ME ^ ora P T ex* J imitation cut glass Vases, large J da] I V ^ ^ the 4 size only 25 cets. j| itful ^ dlaln white genuine CHINA? p lad- m S will a Plates, Cups and Saucers and Frnlt J ^ Dishag. A >een J J 111 r. c: bernauJ Mr. i w- J A rach J ome i _^>The Jeweler^^ ? abe f ^ 3Dle ^ | ung the "" FDRMAN UNIVERSITY, ind. GREENVILLE, C. ake Dr. C. H. Jndson, Chairman of Faculty and ^iKSSION OPENS SEPTEMBER 22NI). .s a | o Courses leading to all academic degrees. | Special elective courses for those intending to cets j Btudy for professions. Preparatory departa*r* I inent in charge of experienced teachers. ties ] rvutt. reduced to minimum by mess system. Board Id private families moderate. *nd ji?0r further Information apply to chairman, 'n or to BEN E. GEER, Aug. 4,1897. 8ec. of Faculty. i ted lied lag 3 GLEN-JONES HARDWARE CO. Si |i vii imvjwT? ifh I Bicycles and Bicycle Sundries. of er- LAMPS, tBELLS, SPOKES, RIMS, TIRES Je" CEMENTS, etc. r/l WTXTlllMI IU ^ TlXL l js-1 have lhe be8t Bicycle Puropa mad , Kepalrs promptly atteuded to. u j Death keeps its own secrets and takes n nobody into its confidence. What it ish i to die, we can actually know only by 'e i dying; and the knowledge thus gained )r i we can never give to those whom we ! have left behind ue. J