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TO THINE OWN SULP BB TBUE AND IT MUST FOLLOW AS THE NIGHT THK DAY, THOU OANS'T NOT THKN BB PALSK TO ANY MAN, BY JAYNES, SHEfiOlt, SMITH & STEOK. WAXiHAliliA. SOUTH fJAKOLINA, AUGUST 3, ISO?. NEW SEGIES, NO. 70.-VOMJMM Xi.-NO. 81. IE El OF EDUCATION. ADDRESS OF R. T. JAYNES, ESQ., BEFORE THE COUNTY TEACHERS' IN8TITUTE. Habit of Right Thinking Moro Than a Thou sand Thoughts-Every Man His Own Proper Gilt Tho Bost of Life Out of Struggle-Uroatnoss of Anglo Saxon - Power to Think and Act Civilization. [Published by Request.] On Thursday evening, July 27th, Mr. H. T. Jaynes delivered an ad dress boforo tho Oconeo County Teachers' Institute, and, at tho re quest of several teachers, a copy has been furnished for publication. Mr. Jaynes spoke as follows : Ladies and Gentlemen : It is a great thing to live to-day. This is a great world in which to livo. The oloso of tho nineteenth century linds life-civilized and christianized life-worth the living. This is a great ago, tito age in .which mind ; rules matter. It is an agc of thought; of three-fold education-tho educa tion of the hoad, tho heart, tho hand, i I am glad that I have tho privilege of spoaking a few words of encour agement to tho representative teach ers o? Oconeo county while engaged in tue work of the Summer Institute. And I beg lo assure you in tho out set that tho citizens cf Walhalla highly appreciate your presence, and wish you God-speed in your noble work ; for tho life of every true teacher is ono OL toil, of self-denial, of self-sacrifice for tho good of humanity. You literally spend and are spent in a labor of love. The true toachor magnifies his calling, and thia you do in no small degree by attending this Summer School, which is designed especially to per fect the teacher in thc art of teach ing. This year is going to mark an epoch in tho history of ?ducation in South Carolina. It is the first year tltat the Teachers' Instituto lias run four weeks, and attending this ses sion is no holiday affair. The teach ers themselves are going to school once more, and they arc going to lino teachers, too, in Walhalla. I hazard nothing in saying that the teachers attending this Institute for tho past four weeks aro proud of their teachers ; proud to bo pupils again, and well they may he, for we have been fortunate in having assigned to us two of the ablest edu cators from two of thc foremost Southern States, Alabama and South Carolina. Professors McNeill and Hughes, you will pardon me, but 1 feel that I ought, herc and now, in this public manner, to thank you sincerely for your labors, to thank you in the name of tho teachers of Oconce county, to thank you in tho name of the bright-eyed boys and girls in every nook and corner of our county who shall attend schell dur ing tiio coining year, and bc readied and helped by you through the teach ers w h oin you have taught and helped. Oh ! how tho life of wor thy teacher multiplies and perpetu ates itself. This, I sometimes think, is tho greatest compensation, the summum bonum, that our teachers receive. In dollars and cents they aro poo' h paid at best. Were money their chief object, their wis dom in choosing a calling would most assuredly bo discounted by the world. But the soul that longs to bo a bless big to its kind, to dispel tho dark cloud of ignorance, to rend tho veil of superstition, to enlighten and elo vatc humanity, finds in the school room full scope for tho exorcise of all its God-given powers. Hard by the sido of the consecrated ministers stand the faithful teachers of our land, and, next to religion, the most inestimable of earthly bless ings is education. IIIGIIKftT TYI'K OK MA.V. Were wo to depict the highest stylo of man wc would describe him ns being educated, relined and pious. ..Certainly," says Bacon, "It is heaven on earth to have a man's mimi move in charity, rest in Providence and turn upon the poles ot truth." A mind fired with ardor in the pursuit, of leai ning, trained to acquire it and able to enjoy it, this is thc most pre cious of the goodly pearls, and second in value only to thc "ono of great price." And although all things of earth teach us "what shadows we arc and what shadows wo pursue," yet thero is no earthly blessing that will so outlive the vicis situdes of fortuno and the lapso of years as a cultivated mind and lite rary tn-Uo. Wealth may tako to itself wit . d fly away ; friends may fall on tin ?ht nnd on tho left ; old nge may creep on with stealthy step; hut amid life's wrecks and 1 ? ) THK THACHER'S HOBLK WORK. woos thoro is reserved this solid ground to stand upon, this sweet trysting placo of the soul and truth. And when this preoioas poarl is put into the scalo over against houses and bnds and wealth and worldly preferment, wo no longer wonder why so many noblo souls, so many bright minds make their way through tho school-room to this goal and at tain unto tho very aomo of human existence, traveling along this path of drudgery, of toil, of self-denial, and too of ton of penury and want, and not unfroquontly of littlo appre ciation by those whom thoy sorve. I do not doom it nocessary on this occasion to speak at length of the benefits and blessings of education or to onumorato the manifold OV?IB of ignorance. Should wo travol back through tho ages of tho past until we stand boforo tho cottago doors of Adam and Evo, on ovory pooplo of overy age, wo would find resting tho blighting cursos of ignorance Tho most costly articlo ovrr purchased by the human family is ignoranoo ; ?iud yot how many thoro bo that buy. It docs not pay ovon when reokonod from a pecuniary standpoint. AB I oneo hoard an eminent divino, who has since gone lo his reward, exproBB it, "Ignorance is a luxury in whioh the poor cannot indulge, for the sim ple reason that thoy aro poor." Might I not express the thought in another form and say that ignoranoo is a feast spread only for a Roths child or a Vanderbilt and not for UB ? Not for tho peoplo of tho South not for tho people of South Carolina, for thc simple reason that wo aro all poor. With us ono dollar rightly put in the hoad is worth a thousand in thc pocket. And yet how many are so blinded by ignoranoo as to re gard education as a matter of minor importance, as something which will do one no harm, but vhioh oan be dispensed with without any material loss. Well, to bo candid is a commenda ble trait iu man, and if tho abovo unfortunates havo formed their ideas af what education really is by cor Lain spurious specimens of tho genus homo, who sometimes go through col lege, wo must confess there is some thing in tho objeotion. I remotnbor hearing of a certain young fellow who recently returned homo after graduation and his father sont him to Lho pasture to drivo up tho cows. The cows were on tho far side ot thc 3rcek and thc Latin scholar crossed aver after thom. Ho remained so long that tho folks became uneasy ind went to search. And what do you suppose the j found him doing ? Why, actually trying to drive tho iowa across tho crock on a! footlog, md he had run himself, and tho ;ows, too, almost out of breath. As v consequence there was a scant sup dy of fresh milk for supper and )ren!^fast. Well, now, eduoation had dono its .york for him. Don't you soo it had ? Hut, after all, education was not to rlame. Why ? Simply, because he ?ras a fool to begin with, and educa don had dono its legitimate work ol lrawing out and dovoloping whal ivas within him. EDUCATION HAS TO DO WITH MIND. And, thus, it is pertinent to asl .vhat is education ? Is it a fow yean it school ; a little reading, writing grammar and arithmetic ; a smattor ng of Latin, English, Fronoh am listory ? Or, still more, is it men nstruction in all those things ? Ah io. [?ducation has to do with mind md that only is worthy of this ox ilted title which at once determine! md onablcs tho student to educat limsclf. Thc true end of oducatioi ming thc unfolding and dcvolopmon >f mind, its purpose is to induce th labit of sound thinking. Dr. Jas. II. Thornwell, for year die honored President of tho Sont dardina College, and ono of the mof brilliant thinkers, eloquent oratoi md om ?non t educators South Ca"' ina has ever produced, in his lotte Lo Governor Manning, Bays : "Til labit of right thinking 1B moro tba i thousand thoughts. It teaches th itudont tho uso of his powers an imparts those habits without whic lis powers would bo useless. ] oakes men, and consequently pr< motes every cnterpriso in which m? nay engage." l?duoation may also bo regarded i \ certain sense aB two-fold-Uber and professional. Tho ono ia tl foundation, tho other tho auporstru Lure; tho one is proliminary tor professions, tho other a Bpcoial pr parution for one. Tho objoot ) *?' braining imparted in our c?? \ ichools and colleges is not ll^L^H for a profession, but to tit iSe study a profession ; not PO dfflBB 30mmunicatc knowlodgo, bul toW paro for its acquisition ; not to qualify for any speoial pursuit, but to ron der capable Of adopting any. A lib oral eduoation trains the mind with referenoo to what the mind nh all bo ; ! the professional, with referenoo to | what tho mind shall do. In tho ono tho mind is an end unto itself ; in the ethoi it is a moans to an ond ; tho one is subjootivo, tho othor objootlvo. And just horo will you permit me to speak a word of friendly admoni tion and sound a noto of warning? Tho teaohcrs in our oommon schools liavo to do with tho commencement of tho libornl, and not tho profes sional, side of education. Your busi ness is with minds of plastic mold. With you tho mind of your pupil is m ond unto itself. You havo noth ing to do directly with tho uses of knowledgo by your pupils. Your sailing commits you to tho employ ment of soionoo ns an instrument for j tho unfolding and dovolopment of mind. You aro to toach your pupils tho iso of thoir faculties, and impart ihoso habits of thought without vhioh thoir mental powers would bo iseloss. Do not make tho mistake )f thinking your work. is dono by ?imply cramming the mind of yoi pupils with cortain sets of rules which ,hey can ropent as so many parrots. Would you dnro oall this eduoation ? Again, do not bo carried away with? .he idea of utility in eduoation. You mve ohnrgo of your pupils during j ,ho timo when tho earliest and most asting habits of thought are being] "ormed. Seo to it that you lay iroad and deep tho foundations of | '?gilt thinking. V LESSON FROM TH IC ANCIENT GREEKS Wo aro living in a restless, ira pa ient ngo. Amid the din and heat and A SPE \ SUM/ < Lawns, w wor Also, a lot of M . Come nirry by which wo aro surrounded vo might do woll to pauso and learn i lesson from the ancient Grooks he schoolmasters of the world, ??ovor has there lived a people so lovoted to what wo call culture nB vero tho people of anciont Athens, fn their youth thoy were assiduously aught their own language and its dnssics ; and hore wo would do well ,o lonni a lesson, for how many Eng ish scholars are ?earned in tho ICng ish langungo and its classics ? Later >n they studied rhetoric and philoso phy under special tutors. An old ,imo Grook cared very little about my business of stato, and gavo his ifo to culture "I think, 0 Socrates, ,hat tho chief ond of lifo is tho mak ng and hearing such discourses ns .his of yours." His life was simplo md his wants comparatively fow. His ideal idloness was not intellec tual stagnation ; it was leisure for .bought, speech, debato and tho lighor pleasures of tho mind. Above ill olso, ho worshipped beauty. And io advanced so far in this culture ,hat his lovo for tho beautiful became ilmost puroly disinterested. Works >f art Avoro public property. A 3rook could admire a painting or a itatuo without wishing to mako it iis own. Thus it was that the poor est pooplo onjoyed tho highest artis ,io cultivation, and tho highest n>s hcttcism o? that timo was wholly lovoid of selfishness. Contrast with ^'dfl tho culturo of our own time. ? t of ovory ton young Amor ti thoir business or profes aohiovo porsonal distinction. The aooumulation of gigantic fortunes in our day has fearfully inoroased this tendency. Money \B power, the souroo of luxury and tnoaus of dis? play. A mnn with brains, but with out monoy. is too often made to fooi that he is a perron of very littlo social or politioai oonsequonoo. Tho groat prizes of lifo aro for tho rioh, and ho who would ho successful, in tho modern sonso of tho term, must adopt some monoy-making pursuit and dovoto himself wholly to it. Ho cannot afford to waste his time in general culture. "Getting and spend ing, wo lay waste our powors," was tho just criticism of tho poet Words worth. Yot tuero are many who load beautiful ?ives-lives devoted to bonuty, truth and goodness. But tho comparison is botweon tho prova lent nim in modern and anqiont civili zation, and thc conclusion is forced upon us that wo have lost, in a dc groo, thc ' corot of onjoymont and of education. Wo havo far moro, in struction, moro knowledge, but loss true oulturo. KV KUY MAN ms OWN GIFT. I behove in tho doctrino that every man has Iiis own proper gift. No two persons aro exactly alike in either physical or mental stature. Wliilo wo aro all of thc dust of tho ground, into which, wo aro told, tho Lord God "breathed tho broath of life and man became a living soul," yet how different are human tnlonts and cha racteristics ! But God has given to us all stamps of His divinity. No boy or girl, no man or woman, is without stamps of divinity. Ho can compare, roiicot, reason, resolve, de cide and do, and grow in loaming and lovo so lc .g as wo can seo and observo him. This is tho common ?CIAL DE MER DRE 100DS! ort h 20 cents, th io cents, at t '. ...-. en's and Boys' Clothing Shoes to go at G real ? . ? . T. . : :. and See Our endowment of mankind. It matters I al not whother the birthplace ho a house j af with carved doors or a rudo log hut, ' there is no dofonsnncc of this inheri tance, as we lawyers would call it. Hut tlieso divino faculties must ho used ; one must loam to conquer, unite and uso his God-given powors ; to send thom out on his missions of mind or matter, before tlioy aro of any practical uso or value to him, The command written over tho door of tho Temple at Delphi, "Know thy solf," has come sounding down tho ages, and is to-day tho command of tho same inexorable drill sergeant, whoso voico we, too, must hood. There is no royal path to knowl edge. It is only by patient toil, by hard knocks and severo losses that ono can win in this contest-the con quest over self. Hut tho victory is tho making of manhood and woman hood, and tlieso are worth all tho pain, tho toil, tho hardships, the self-sacrifice. Tho highest victory known to manhood and womanhood is to conquor,and havo perfect com maud of coif. Aloxnndcr tho Groat conquered tho wholo world, hut shamefully failed in tho conquest of self. At tho ago of thirty-three ho foll an easy victim to his own de praved and vicious appotite. Hy tho force of Iiis victorious arms ho con quered other/ peoples and other nations, hut/himsolf ho could not conquer; and in Hahylon wo lind him at the zenith of his military renown /literally taking up arms against /limsolf. And how shame fully ho/ was vanquished in tho con flict le/ his last gasp as n debauohoo ai nc ttl M b: M? tl Ii O ll a ti u ti ll t< b it h tl tl it 'I tl u 0 ti ci et u tl ii w vhispor in our cur its solomn wani ng. Every mau has his own orgauio jift, bis own gift of disposition, fao ilty, ability. God has made us all o differ-no two aro alike in oithor I ibysical or montai stature-and can - vo not boliovo that He has appointed : heso difforonooB for W?BO ends? I ] omotimos think th nt ono of tho . visest axioms, a Baying that gooB ?ar i eward explaining tho univorso, is J hat common proverb, "It takoB all i orts of people to mnko tho world." j t tolls of tho wonderful fullnosB and < 'toliness of tho world, with its mani- . old diftorouoos and varieties, all corking together in ono grand, har doniouB whole. If man had mado ] ho world, a vory dull and Stupid ono ( b would probably havo been. How 1 ilnin that Cod abhors ononcss and ( miformity, but IOVCB variety, both j ii mind and mutter, in tho spiritual t 8 well as tho material world. How < tanifost, also, that God designs these . rimal differences in mon for the good < f human society. ^ DIVISION OK I.^UOK. 1 Civilization domnnds a division and < istribution of labor, both mental t nd industrial. Who would impedo 1 ho mardi of tho world and (main ( own each man's faculty and func- i ion on a dead level with that of his eighbor ? Could such a narrow and hort-sighted policy prevail, it would t ulegato the world to tho level of tho i avago and barbarian. It is only < moog savages that thoro is found no f ivision or distribution of labor, i 'ako ns an illustration the American t ndinns as tboy roamed over these ( ills and dales two hundred years i go. Thon every man wnH a hunter t r a fisherman, just like all tho other t len of his tribe. The women wore E ESS at io cents \ 5 cents per ya g, and Hen's, Ladies' tty Reduced Prices. Bargain Coui 1 slaves, each toiling like her sister v i cook, as mme, ns tiller of the soil, i "ter tho samo rude fashion as their iothci-8 had done from time hinno- 1 lorinl. But the Roanoke and tho J [ississippi will never again float tho |( ireh canoe, and tho smoko of tho 1 .igwam fire will riso no more from n ie summit of tho Allcghanics. Tho B ted men have faded from tho face r r f tho earth boeaueo there is no alms c ouse for decrepit and pauper rucos. ? 'ho vast and varied resources of n io American continent aro being c tili/.ed by tho enterprising oivili/.a on of tho Anglo-Saxon. Tl.cy are r lade a comfort and a blessing to i icming millions and to thc world, j C ecatiBO they supply tho complex r 'nntB of civilized society. _ Tho greatness of tho Greek wns t, is power to think ; tho greatness of i io Kornau was his power to net ; (1 io groatnoHs of thc English? American i his power to both think and act. , 'ho law of tho "survival of tho fit- j ?st," applies no loss to nations than t ) individuals and tho lower ordern * f auimnto hoing. Among tho na- ( ons of tho earth ibero is ceaseless H :>nHiot for dominion. Thc endless o indict goes on ; tho victory ia ever 0 ) tho strong. Two conturicB ago JJ io rivers and mountains of Arno ea were the property of tho race hoao name thoy hoar. NOI.O-HAXON HATTI ". > FOll NOlt?.K I J OA usn. It has been reserved for tho Amo ican to teach tho world tho inspira ion of a noblo emmo and to domon- * Lrato the brotherhood of man. Can " 'o not soo that tho ?um? of I'rovl jK?? dence has been directing in the re cent poworful protest by the Ameri can people against Spanish tyranny aud oppression in Cuba and the Philippines ? It mattors not how opinions may differ as to tho wisdom ?>? the latter course pursued by our nation toward tho Filipinos, yet it is plain to tho onsunl observer that tho Anglo-Saxon is still doing battle for % moro glorious vi?tory than that of rnoo ovor race. It is ho who to-day shouts loud and oloar tho words of truth and freodom : 'Ito has soundod forth tho trumpet that shall novor call retroat, Ho is sifting out tho hoarts of mon bo foro tho judgmont Boat." Ho is king of tho old world and king of tho now. Ho is king by tho livino right of a noblo manhood. It ias boen rcsorvod for him to toaoh .ho world constitutional liborty and ;o vorn mont by the pooplo ; to con itruct thoso otornal charters of frce lom, tho Mogna Charta of England ind tho Constitution of the Amori 3an Union. And ns tho Indian gave ,vay before his ponderous tread, so must tho weak and decropit races jontinuo to do. In tho fulness of ,ime every nation is weighed in tho jalancos, and, if found wanting, its lays aro numberod and kingdom di vided. O?B O UH AT CIVILIZATION. Consider now for a moment tho itato of our great civilization. Every nan has his own'trado, his own oc mpation ; ono after this kind and mother after that. On this codti lcnt thcro aro literally thousands ?pon thousands of difforont trades, )ccupations and professions, oaoh. in ts appointed sphere hoing a ncccs lary component part of our complox locial fabric. The rudonoss and limplioity of savago lifo havo given and Children's /ay to all this varied and diversified ndustry of onlightonod civilization. And while our matorial or indus? rial lifo has dovolopod into all this 'aricty and combination, into dif erenco and adaptation, so, too, it ? in tho moral and intellectual world, education and culture, instead of naking all mon mentally and mor ,lly alike, dovolop difforonccs. And night I not say that the moro tho ough tho education, tho groator tho mit uro, tho more marked aro tho lifforonocs? As mon and women isccud in tho soalo of hoing thoy bo ome moro personal, moro individual, nd consequently moro unlike. Eda? lUtiori draws forth and dovolops tho ?rimal fnoultios of man, the powors rnplnnted by God in the birth of tho ihild. Is it not true, then, that ovory nan has his own propor gift ? Doos ?ot God moan ovory man to bo him elf, and not a weak, misorablo imi ation of any other man or creature n tho wido world ? God, who looked >n tho world ho had made, wo aro old in tho inspired record, said it vas all good; and ho mado oaoh of is to bo just what our own gifts and lowors fit us to bo. Bo that and do hat, is tho divino injunotion. Let aoh bo and do tho best for which tod has givon him capacity. Thus out >f scorning discord will como the weetest harmony, tho best affection ut of difforonces, ttio bostof lifo out f struggle. And education is tho nouns, tho instrument, by whioh this ligh and holy ond is to ho attained. Keep pushing, for 'tis wlsor than stand ing asido, ind dreaming and walting and watching tho tido; n lifo's oarnoBt battlo, tVoy only prevail, Vbo bravely prosa on?viud, amt novor Bay fal).'' In diarrhea Dr, M. A. Simmons' Liver lodlolno is invaluable. It gives tono to ho stomach, aids digestion and assists aturo in carrying oft all impuritios. Foi alo by Dr. J, W. ?oil, Mokes the food more def _ROVAt BAKTWfl POWtM Greenville District Conforonco. This conforenco mot according to j appointment at 0.80 A. M., on 20th j of July, in tho pleasant and hospita- j bio little town of Williamston. Tho Conference was opened and presided ovor tho first day by Rev. J. R. Wil son, tho Presiding Elder of this Dis trict. Bishop Duncan oarae Thurs day nftornoon and prosidod from Friday morning until tho CIOBO of the Conference. Every ifiterest o? i ^ tho church was most oaref tilly looked f into, especially matters concerning Sunday sohools and tho causo of education and Twontieth Contury Movemont. According to tho reports mado at some points, the work is progressing finely, but at somo others tho outlook Seemed not to bo as encouraging as ono would like tc sec. A fow good rovivals woro reported with conside rable number added to tito church. Tho spiritual condition of tho work gonerally rather low. Considerable interest seems to bo manifested in the oauso of education throughout tho district. A goodly uumbor of boys and girls ayo attending college and many moro aro preparing to go this fall. Many of them aro attend ing other institutions than our own. Tho Sunday school work scorns to have improved very much this .year ?ind wo look for an incronso in num ber of scholars instead of a dcorenso of over two hundred, as reported last year at tho Annual Conforonco. Sixty-nine members of thc Con ference out of a total membership of ninety-eight wore present a part or all of the time. Five local preachers' licenses woro renewed. Charles W. Burgess was rocom mended for deacon's orders. Loriug Prico MoGhee, Charles fjoroy McCain and Henry Loo Sin glot?n wero granted licenses, to preach, and Henry Leo Singleton was recommended to tho Annual Conference for admission on trial Tho following wore elected dele gatos to tho ensuing Annual Confor onco, to-wit : J. A. McCullough, L P.MoGhee, W. D. Hutto and J. B Marshall: C. P. Jones and W. II Austin were picoted alternates. Resolutions expressing the thanks :>f the Conforenco to tho peoplo of Williamoton and vicinity for their liospitablo entertainment of tho Con forenco were unanimously passed. Resolutions expressing tito appre ciation of tho Conforonco of tho Presidency of Bishop Duncan and extending to him a cordial welcome always among us woro unanimously passed by rising vote. The Conference was addressed by Hov. J. B. Wilson at tho oponing trad by Bishop Dunoan from time to bimo on tho various interests of tho church ns thoy canto up. His talks ft'crc always to the point and appre ciated hy all. ? Does Yaun ^ < y Hoad ?ch&?r < i Aro your nerves weak ? Can't ? . you olcoj) voil ? Valu in your 4 rd bads ? J.ack cnorgyV Anpotlto L poor? Digestion bad ? noll? or r. ? . pimplos? I'liesortro butsomoof ^ ^ Ibo results of constipation, ?f L tho contents of tho bowels aro?ot 1 romovod from tbo body each ? . day, aa naturo intended, poison- 4 rJ ona substances aro ?uro to bo ab- k. Borbcd Into tito blood, alway? ~j ?J causing sufforlngand frequently T causing ?overo disenso. / , y Thorn ia a coiiuuon-sonso euro. i ?yetfs PILLS 'f hoy dally Insuro nu easy and r*j natural niovomoivtof tho Imwols. I V 4 l'rleo, 2i>o. a box. All druggists, y ? Ayov^a Scu'Batmvllla < ,4 with tho i>llls wlli hastonroeovory. ? Wrlto tho doctor lust how you aro ' < suffering You will rcoolvo tho bc? ? y moiUcul ndvlco without ?ont. 4 Du. J. 0. AYKit, Lowell,Maas, L J)r. John A. Rico addrossed tho Conforenco Friday morning in tho ntorest of Columbia Fomnlo College ind the causo of Christian cduoation ?onorally, including tho Twontioth Century Movemont. ? Friday night, instead of preaching in addross was delivered 1 y Dr ?inmuol Landor in tho int.orost of Willinmston Fomnlo Collogo and Christian ?ducation, and Rov. Geo (I, Wnddoll moved ug all in ft touch ng appoal in hohalf of tho Epworth I p Orphanage. A subscription was'n MM URE iclous and wholesome tn OO.i HEW voaK._? taken for tho Orphanage und $199.96 >vas raised, $100 of which was given jy ono brother, J. A. McCullough, lisq., of Greenville. Lot others do ikewiso. Saturday Dr. John O. Willson nd lrcsscd the Conference conoerning The Advocate ano* its work, und Prof. J. G. Clinkscalcs in behalf of Wofford College and Christian edu cation. Tho proaching of tho Conforonco vas dono hy J. C. Roper, M. 15. vclloy, J. JJ, Daniel, A. B. Watson, ?shop Duncan, Dr. John O. Willson, r. P. Attaway and L N.\ Stone. I oust say that tho proaching and ad Iresscs dolivorcd at this Conforonco iccmcd to mo to bo tho best I over teard at a District Conforonco. They certainly wore far above the ivernge. , It was stated on tho Conforonco loor and plainly appeared to all that ho Williamston Female College was loing good work and was a great ilessing to tho community and tho thuroh. I think this is duo most argely to tho Christion lifo and in lucnco of its President. Rev. J. li. Wilson, our Presiding Cider, was present during tho entire ossion, though "scarcely convalescent rom an attack of fevor. Hoismuoh oved and respected by tho proaohors md people. Rev. P. P. Kilgo, tho host of the Conference, was indefatigable in his ifforts to mako thc stay of tho Con erenec pleasant. Tho invitation of St. Paul's Church, Greenville, S. C5., extondod brough its pastor, Rov. M. B. Kelley, 0 hold tho noxt sossion of this Dis rict Conference thoro was unani nously accepted. 1 will close this paper in tho lan ;uago of Conductor "Billy" Smith : 'Williamston 1 Williams ton is the ?lace where tho water is good and he schools aro better and tho people re better still."-T. C. Ligon, Scoro ary, Southorn Christian Advooato, illy 27th. Thoro is moro catarrh in this section f tho country than all other disensos mt together, and until tho laut fow years 1 was supposed to bo inourablo. For a ;reat many years doctors pronounced it , local disoaso, and proscribed local rom dies, and by constantly failing to euro pith local treatment, pronounced it in*/ unable Scicnco has provon crttarrhJjfT io a constitutional disoaso, antl/lV itToro oro- ??quires constitutipnalr troatmont. Iall'sK'tarrh Curo, na?Cnufaoturod by F. f, Cheney iv^Co... Toledo, Ohio, is tho inly constitutional euro on tho markot. tis takon internally in doses from ton Irops to a teaspoonful. It actsdirootly >n tho blood and mucous surfaces of tho ystotn. Thoy ol?or ono hundred dollai'S or any caso it fails to euro. Sond for healan; and testimonials. Addross P. J. Cu KN KY & Co., Toledo, Ohio, Sold by druggists, 75 couts. Hall's Family Pills aro tho host. Thoy Mourned Him as Dead. COLUMBIA, S. C., July 2G.-Elijah tawon oroated a sensation by his udden appearance to-day in Andor on. Thirty-eight years ago ho WUB , soldier in Company G, Twenty? iocond South Carolina regimont, and /as last soon by comrades at a vi Ictte post on the firing line in front ?f Petersburg. His fnmily and rionds mourned him ns dond. His on Whitaker, a man of forty, re ognized his resemblance to a ph oto ;rnph. Many comrades also rcoog lized him. Klijah carno to Andorson rom Now Jersoy in a buggy. Ho /as captured and sent to New York, lo spent tbreo years in Conncticut, hrec in Now York, and thirty-two >n a farm in Now Joraoy. --_+??. J. F. Griffin, Lancaster, S. C., says: 'For 18 yoars I havo used and recom nondcd Dr. M. A. Simmons' Livor Modi ino to all painters ns their best modi lno for painter's colic and torpid livor. And it far superior to /cilia's." For alo by Dr. J. W. Dell. A molasses combino was made in >Iow York last week witli a capital f *10,000,000 With all tho scionco hat monoy can purchase it may bo ossiblo to make a syrnj> or molnssoB li?t will look well and not havo a article of sugar in it. It is too late after August 16 to sow nything that will givo a full crop of ^rr.go. K.?ily ^oro mixed with early ens would, if sown on good land, niko a fair yield Vith plenty of rain,