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ggg-J_g_ E. B. MURRAY, Editor. THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1885. TB RMS s ONEVI?^U_._.......mi.BO. SIX MONTHS.".~. 7Bc. Two Dollars If not paid In ?dvun<;c. Tho Columbia Register comes to u freighted with the anticipated volnmo o editorial venom which that paper stand ready todischargo upon short notico upoi all who venture to take issue with it infallibility. In thc absence of au; belter founded epithet, tho Register, ou of ita capacious manufactory, calls thi INTELLIGENCER a trimmer. This in ?tances tho reckless character ol' fbi Register'scontroversial tendencies. If th< Reg>*tcr will poirl to a siuglo publii question upon wlr.ch tho INTELLIGENCE! has ever trimmed, then bo mny austah his chargo ; otherwise it must bc imputei to the malicious ire in which tho article was written. Tho INTELLIGENCER ii not infallible. It may make mistakes but it has never yet dodged upon an) public que8tiou. The Register's imputa tion ii, therefore, as baseless as was th< occasion of its first attack upon us. Tin Register contends that our first article made the attack, and says : "Now this was u disingenuous attack on tho Register, as the article alluded to and complained of was only a notice ol the sharp criticism that was lodged against the Secretary io many directions. There waa not ono of theso chargea made by tho Register. Wo were not informed of the facts, but called attention to what came to as from all directions. Why, theo, assail us and hold us up as the par ty making the criticisms, which we dori veil from journals of every shade ol opinion?" The Register said in tho first articlo : "It is safo to say that Mr. Bayard hat .suffered serious loss in the respect ano confidence of Democrats in all parts o: the Union. The storm of criticien which bas bo fallen the now Secretary foi treating his high office os his own perso nal property, entitling him to bestow po siti?os and preferments on bis persona favorites to the exclusion of others, ii just what he deserves. This sharp criti chun of Mr. Bayard's course, it is said, i approved by his Cabinet associates People near home may profit by Mi Bayards example with much advantage to themselves. Everybody is about tiret of this sort of thing, and are going t< show their teeth aboutit." Now, tho Register in this article, die say that "the storm of criticism," ?tc, "ii just what ho (Mr. Bayard) deserves.' And yot it now says "there was not one rt these charges made ly the Register." Tin Register did not originate them, it is tru< -it hardly ever originates anything ; bu it did assert that the storm of critichm which had befallen Mr. Bayard, for treat lng his office as his personal properly entitling him to bestow positions on bil personal favorites, is just what he deserves If this is not an assertion that th? charges apon which the criticism is mnd< are true, we cannot understand ita mean ing. The Register bas written and Baie so much that it evidently forgets too soot its own voluble emanations. Tho Regis ter characterizes our article as pert, offl ciouB and disingenuous. Of course it ii pert and officious and disingenuous (snr. we wonder there had not bein half a col umn more of similar terms used) for an; paper to differ from the great Columbi) Register[t). The Register also says: "When th INTELLIGENCER says of us, 'He permll ted his nanto to be canvassed for tb Legislature frc m Richland County unti it wi? o apparent that there was not i ghott of a chance, when he declined ti run,' it hes been betrayed again by it spleen into a statement that ls by nt moana true." And yet the editor of the Register ad mita that his name was used for the Leg Mature on1 two occasions. Once he re calved a flattering mention in a neigh boring paper, but |t soon transpired thal the people wanted othore and he declined On another oboasiou his name was sprang in a convention wbiloiio was sicl in bcd, aud he was beaten, fie does not say whether, ho knew his name would bc sprung there or not, but his admissioni ara abundant to show that what we saic was true), fie permitted his name to ' Lc uECtl, for the Legislature until he san ?that the people had selected two othci m?rito represent the idea upon which ht was suggested, and then he withdrew Why f* Because, os ho admita, he saw th? people had selected somebody else, an?! he would not get tho nomination.. Tba1 is ali that ' wo stated. Oar readr rs cai see from th ese fae ts that the Register h not entitled to perch itself above every body else ih South Carolina BS tho cxem piar of disinterested patriotism.- Th< spirit with lt is wiiliog, but the flesh ii weale. ' ? The fight for the pallectorship of thc Port of Charleston continues to be ai absorbing theme with the friends of thc several applicants, the bitterness between tho friends bf Capt. Wal ho; and Mr. Mowry increasing a? Chi fight progresses: There is a dlsposi tion on the part of ninny persona tc confine the appointment os faros posslbh to one of these gentlemen, but we trus it will not be permitted to succeeded,- foi in ca?judgment, none of, the names pre scated for tho position come any when near to possessing the claims upon thi potty .and the State which Gen. John D Kennedy presents. Ho has been con apicuoas in every straggle through whicl the party hat passed aluce' tho war. Ii every instance his party zeal and effectiv Ber vice have added much to tho strengt] And spirit of the party, and at p*r=Q?? tacrific? bebas given bis'time and abili ties to the party scrvieo when neither c bis opponent? were hoard of in politics soryicc. We do not mean to insinu?t that either bf thom failed to render th service' which private duty calls for froe individu?is, but wo think that tho met who bora the labors of the party servio should be given the preference in officio portions over men who mkde no sacrl ficos in tho great struggles ia rough wh icl f we ! .-hftvov passed. ' Gen. Kennedy ba borna himself nob5y cn all occasion whero devotion to party and abn?g?tiOi o? a.'Sf required ? the - mani fea tat iou c higher principle thai) is ordinarily ?fcun to ?ciaste men. He ia, we belisve, th decided ?sycriie of tho PPptif^Mf? Stete for the position, and wo think hq 3 entinad to tho posltiou. His ^opoiot metst ^ould ?fiCrfy tho p?ople?w? CRtb> S?A?O, atH? ?ttlo>h<j Ohorietto GoTernor Thompson has called upon Attorney General Miles for his opinion ai to his right to have thc cens?a taken this year, and has received an opinion in answer to his enquiry that ho cannot?) have it taken without an appropriatiou to defray the expenses of printing Ac, as the Executive ofllcers are forbidden to contract any debt for these things beyond the appropriation. Quite a number of lawyers differ from the Attorney General, but bis opinion in n matter liko this ought to be and of course will bc fol lowed by the Governor There is then ouly one way for the census to bc tr?ken, and that is by an extra session of tho Legislature. This, wc thick, would bo bad policy, and we hope the Governor will not couveuo an extra session. Wo think tho matter bad better go over to another year. Gen, Middiotou has made a most suc cessful campaign against the Riel rebels in Manitoba, and virtually brought tho campaign to a close by capturing Kiel himi'olf. For this service be should be knighted, nu the British government feared a long, tedious and expensive insurgent war. Mr. McLee>> Explains. Mil. EDITOR: I seo in your issue of) May 14 a comment or criticism on my article in the INTELLIGENCES of May 7th by John G. McCurry. As I said in that article 1 bad uo intention of getting into any discussion on that subject with any peraon, neither do I now reply for the purpose of a controversy. If the true seuBO and menning of what I said in that article is that I am opposed to pro hibition in a limited sense, I did not that. I said Anderson was the only place at which spirits are sold in the County. I also said it was tho last place iu the County it ought to bo sold. There ought not to he a retail shop in Anderson City nor in the County. That is what I say and mean. My friend, I say my friend, because I regard him as a friend in thc full nenso of the term, says : "But if you will compare the society uf that day and this, you will seo u vast difference. In tho first place, tho popu lation was not half so dense, and boys were only boys until they wore of proper age; tboy regarded thero fathers' com mands and example more than at pres ent, and tho habit of public drinking hud not become so common and dangerous to society." I must diner a little with my friend. Ile scorns to think the dense population bas something to do in tbis matter. I know the population of thc United States hos increased, but I don't think the increase of population bas much to do with the use of whiskoy. My friend says boys were only boys until they were of a proper age. That is true, und if parents Lad kept their boys boys till grown many of them would have heon sober men to-day who aro very often found drinking to excess. He also says the habit of public drinking had not become so common. I dont know that I know what the word common applies to, but I know thu drinkiug was as frequent and in as many different places in those days aa it is to-day. Thalia what I under stand tho word common to mean. Again he says, alluding to the so-called temper- j ance societies, "? am sorry he wrote of them aa he did, for although, be it said to their tharne, that some of thom drink, yet some of our best men and women belong to those societies. In that para graph I did not use tho word woman ; neither did I include tho entire member ship of thoBe eooieties." I Bald I believed that one-half of the male members of these societies were drinking men, to a greater or less degree. I also said that many of our best men belong to those societies, and if I Baid anything that imputed a disgrace to those societies as a whole I did not understand my own meaning, because there are many men and women bolonging to them that I "lia vo tho highest respect for. Again my friend nays that I said that Christ mi raculously made wine on a certain occa sion, but says remember it was to be used as an article of food at a supper, and not to get drunk and carouse on ? Did I say to get drunk and carouse on. If the genUemaa says that I say it, it is not so. If he infers that is what I meant, he is badly mistaken. Next he asks the ques tion: "Think you (that means those that read tl'o Aude tuon paper) that Ch ri bi would have made it for this purpose ?" I think not, neither, do I think it was made on that occasion to get drunk and carouse OD. If the above question does not convey the idea that my view of the matter was that Christ made that wino for s drunken, carousal frolic, I confess I don't under stand what I read. If I have miscon strued or misunderstood the gentleman's meaulng I beg pardon, and hope he will explain it so I will understand it fully. He says as for the Bible advising its moderate nae. you will find roany places condemning its improper use. The gen tleman might have died the word evory 5lace instead of many, beuaueo the Bible oes not authorize the excessive use of that I eayo that putteth the cup to his brother's lips," and then asks the question what does that teach? I will answer the question by asking how the Book reads In the 81st chapter of the Proverbs of Solomon, (said tobe the wisest min that ever lived, and bf course that ever died.) The 6th verse reads thus: "Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish', and wine to those that be of heavy hearts." 7th verse: "Let him drink, sud forget his poverty, and remember his misery no moto." A man might take a detached portion of the Bible and prore or estab lish almoit anything br soy point ; but pas the Bible altogether and there is a great many things therein written that are bard to understand, and without contro versy great is the mystery of Godliness. I will close these few lines by repeating what I said in my former piece that I had no desire, disposition or expectation of gettlnf into a dispute or discussion on the whiskey question or anything else. But I think the gentleman has certainly not understood my true position. I tao* I threw oat the Ides tb st to turn this whole thing looso and brcadcaat, might remedy tho evil about ss well as Bom o other plans. I think tb evo would bo troublo for a while, but it .would soon blow over, In conclusion, Mr. Editor, if you will be kind enough to give these few lines a place in your paper I will be much obliged. I do not expect to make any other reply to what my friend McCurry has said, or may say hereafter or anybody else.- I did not set out for a controversy and will not go into ono; so I Unat that i If Others aro disposed to criticise what I have eatd, none will, be willing to lay more on me than they would be willing to carry thetnnslves. JAMES MCLAES. --.Under the compulsory' education 3stcm very remarkable r?sulta ?reseme* mes achieved. A Missouri judgo sentenced aa illiterate thief to jail until ho loamed to read ?nd ?nita, and another thief was set to work to teach him with the prom loo of release when his task was aooomplUhed. In six ??ska the two men. were released, .eachpasing per? BfsarA bia part of tho seaton. . ,. WZ&i SIAJOi; MORGAN'S APPOINTMENT* Col. Aiken Condemns lt imil Gives the Appoint??'? Mccord. Mn. EDITOR : The press of thc State and country have very justly criticised tho appointment by a Democratic Presi dent of a Blainite Consul General to Australia. Numbers have enquired, who is this appointee'.' No ono has answered thc imjuiry satisfactorily. I do not know that I can, but I propose to publish, by your consent, a few facts concerning him, and his political tergiversations. Maj. Morgun, as he wits known to his associates during his short sojourn in this State, was generally accorded citi zenship in Louisiana, though I have always thought him :i cosmopolitan. A brother, hailing from Louisiana, was the Republican Minister to Mexico under Mr. Arthur, and a brother-in-law, Gen. Drum, has been for some years thc Adju tant Gcueral of the Army of tho United States, resident in Washington, D. C. Another brother-in-law is thc editor-in chief of tho News and (fourier. Maj. Morgan married a wife in South Caroli na, and for two or three years farmed below Columbia, supplying that market with Menns'-grass hay, seven tonB of which he told me once he had cut from one acre in a single season. Ile soon abandoned farming, however, and South Carolina also, aud for tho p.vu few years his face has been a familiar one to tbo'rcsi dont? of Washington City. During tho late presidential campaign ho was quito active, and after Mr. Blaine's nomination published a small pamphlet, tho title pago of which reads, "AMERICA'S EGYPT. MU. BLAINE'S FOREIGN POLICY, BY JAMES Mon?IS MOKOAN, ?ale. of the C. 8. Navy ami the Egyp tian army." lu this pamphlet Maj. Morgan do clares in ho outset, that Mr. Blaine's foreign policy was and is one that would redound lo the glory of tho United State!, and that when Mr. Blaine entered President Garfield's cabinet be resolved upon three ideas. Firt, to uphold, at any and all costs, the Monroe Doctrine. Second, to hold Mexico and tho South American Republics responsible for any unjust treatment of the citizens of the United Slates, and for any infringement of what ia considered tho Law of Na tions. And third, to convoke n Congress of thc Independent States of the American Continent for the purpose of forming a united phalanx of Western Powers against the Powers of Europe. Maj. Morgan Bays, from the day the Suez Canal was finished England and Franco have boon struggling for the con trol of Egypt, and have taken possession of all of Northern Africa but Morocco, which seems to be in a fair way of join log her sisters in captivity. To-day Franco is attempting to build a canal across tho Isthmus of Panama, with a view doubtless of ultimately controlling tho Central American States. Mr. Blaine said, we havo a Monroe Doctrino which forbids tranB-Atlantic Nations from intermeddling in the affaire of theso cis-Atlantic people. The Clayton Hui wer treaty of 1850 between tho United States and Great Britain practically con ceded to the latter power control of uny canal to be dug across this Isthmus. Subsequently the United States entered into a treaty with the Columbian Repub lic, conceding to tho United States simi lar control. Mr. Blaine, therefore, abro gated the provision of tho former treaty, and said to all European powers-hands off, we are tho masters of this Continent; times have changed ; your Clayton-Bul wer treaty is out oi date, Ac. Maj. Mor gan continues.. "I can easily understand why Great Britain would not like to see Mr. Blaine in the Presidential chair," and quotes the Pall Mall Gazette of London, issued "after the nomination" of Mr. Blaine, as saying "wherever Mr. Blaine can oust the British fiom the position they hold on the American con tinent ho will ondeavor to replace Eng lish influence by American. * * ? England will watch with extreme solicitude the progress of the electoral campaign." I havo italicised the above to show that Mr. Morgan's pamphlet was pub lished after Mr. Blaine'? nomination, some weeks perhaps, and was written by him as a campaign document to assist in occuring Mr. Blaine's election. Maj. Morgan further says, Mr. Blaine's second idea was to uphold the rights of citizens of the United States in Mexico. Central aud South America, and to shed light into the darkness of America's Egypt, "for Mexico is, or promises to be, America's Egypt." Ho then draws a parallel between Egypt and Mexico, citing that the two countries aro almost identical in every respect. The minarets and domes, the 6treet-dogs arid water carriers, the adobe huts of the poor and the stone-houses of the rich, the sportivo bot merciless and insstiate little fies, the ragged beggars and earthen gods, are all as familiar to the Mexican as the Egyp tian traveller. Both these races are in dolent and docile, and possess great pow ers of endurance beneath a burning sun. The Mexican peon is the Egyptian fellah. In both countries the women veil their faces, tho Mexican peening from beneath with one black eye while, the .Egyptian risks two, much to the envy of their ever watchful and jealous parents, brothers and kinsmen. The robber Bedouin of the Sahara ia tho robber Baudit of the Sierras. Egyptian agriculture is Mexi can, both people plowing oxen yoked by the horns, anti using the plow that has como down from the times of Abraham. Chastity has no place with either race, because neither the Egyptian nor the Mexican believes in the virtue of woman. The rich have their duennas, while the poof man puta bis wife to work while he Hes in the grass near by to watch her. "Bonkra" in Egyptian means "Manana" in Mexican, and both mean "to-morrow," implying that the national motto of each in, "Never do to-day what can be put off till to corrow." The two governments are very similar ; Egypt is called a des potism and Mexico a republic; neither understands the meaning of free govern ment. The Despot in Egypt is called a Viceroy or Khedive ; the Despot of Mexico is called s President or General. Mr. Morgan next comments apon oar foreign policy In these latter years, and says, we are getting so polite that we never raise oar voices above ? whisper when we remonstrate against outrages practiced upon our citizens by foreign nations.' Freeing Martin Kosgta thirty years ago made Commodoro Ingrham the most popular man of the day. The same act would take the shoulder straps off of any officer ?rho would attempt it In mod ern times. Maj. Morgan says, "I read in the papers the other day, that the Monitor Jlcpulican? of Mexico speaks of Mr. Blaine's nomination for. the Presidency of the United States as bad news." I ask, how coald a Mexican paper ?peak thus, if tho nomination bad not been modo, and how could Maj. Morgan onoto the paper until it had boen issu cd ? Thus proving conclusively, thai thia pamphlet was written after tho nomination, and in furtherance of * ; Ropubllcan candidate for the Presidency, Could a man who was real to the Democratic party bo guilty of saoh treachery I Tho pamphlet concludes with the in formation, that Gniteau's bullet pu'- no end to Mr. Blaine's projects, and ce sse quently Ids third idea of convoking au American International Congress was 'cavar consummated* , - \ From this synopsis of tho coo ten ts ol that pam ph let . no ono Oatt. question Maj. Morgan's admiration for Mr. Blaine, nor to It doubtful thai be hoped for Mr. Blaine's prcaidc.n?r? ?teosas, es the pamphlet appeau* after Mt. Blaine's nomination. We, therefore, must con clude tho author a Republican. If he asserts thc contrary and claim? to bo a i Democrat, it is a charity to say, under the circumstances, he is a political fool, Unfit to represent a Democratic adminis tration any where or in any capacity. Mr. Bayard, I presume, submitted this appointment to Mr. Cleveland for his approval. If he did so, cognizant of the existence of that pamphlet, in this in stance, he has betrayed bia trust. If he wus ignorant of tho facts above recited, he waa imposed upon. Who is respon sible for tho imposition ". View the mutter as we may. lt is di??cult to avoid suspicion of unfair and (aloe representa tion, and downright betrayal of thc J'c mocracy of South Carolina in this ap pointment. Like every other bitter ex perience it suggests its own moral. Very respectfully, I). WYATT AIKBN. ! The question of Color. : WAHHIN<.TO.V, May 17.-A highly sen- j eational ?cene was to-day enacted at thc First Presbyterian Church. As is well known President ('loveland i? a pew bolder in that church, therefore vacant ? seats have been at a premium ever since it was determined that the Presidential 1 family would worship there. Recently a pew directly in front of that rented by j thc President became vacant. It was ' immediately secured r.nd but few mern- 1 hers of the congregation knew to whom it had been rented. This morning their curiosity was gratified when Frederick Douglass, the colored recorder of deeds, I accompanied by bia white wife and two friends entered the church and took pos session ef the pew. The congregation became so excited that they paid very little attention to the divine services. Neither the President nor any of his family were in attendance. Nevertheless, great excitement prevailed when, at tho conclusion of the service, Dr. Sunderland descended from the pul Cit and greeted Recorder Douglass and ia parly cordially. The ciders, deacons and mombers ofthe congregation did not leave the church until they hud expressed their indignation at the minis ter's conduct in unmistakable language. An informal meeting of the congrega tion was held on the spot, and it was agreed that Fred. Douglass should be re quested to relinquish lils right to hold a pew in the church. Otherwise tho con gregation would secede It is alleged thal Douglass on a previ ous occasion almost ruined tho Church by a lecture which ho was permitted to deliver from the pulpit, and therefore he was considered an unprofitable member. For a time excitement ran high and thc scene was intensely dramatic. It is enid that Douglass rented the pew through a personal friend, and that his idea is to establish a friendly relationship with the President through the church, and by that means retain his oflico as recorder of deeds. - The marriage of children should be prohibited by tho law of the State. This is a growing evil. Even in our own County there aro several instances nf girls and boys between the years nf eleven and thirteen running away and marrying. It is to bo supposed that no parent would consent to the marriage of a mere child. There ought to be a pen alty for ministers or officers of the law to join in marriage children who are too young even to know what they are doing, and in many instances who are under the age of consent. In tho State of Georgia it is against tho law for a clergyman or officer of the law to perform tho marriage ceremony where the girl is under eighteen year? of ag?, without the written consent of her parents. This is a wise law and something of tho kind would be a good thing for South Carolina.-Easley Mes senger. - Tho Scotch have never a bright, Duany day, and barely any flowers at all, yet they are famous aslandscapeguarden ere. They aro tho most bigoted race, yet they nave produced tho most radical thinkers. They have the most abomina ble climate, yet go without breeches and never seem to catch cold. They have barely any fruit, yet are celebrated for making jams. One would suppose a Scotchman had never seen an orange in his life, yet all the world delight) in eat ing their Dundee marmalade. - It ought to be generally known that a man's hat will sorve in most cases as a temporary life preserver to those in danger of drowning. When a person find.? himself in the water bo should lay hold of bia hat between his hands, koop lng the crown close under his chin and the mouth of the hat under water. The quantity of air contained in the cavity of tie bat will keep the head above water for a long time-sometimes for several hours. - The notorious Mormon elder, John Morgan, boash) that his infamous sect is receiving largo accessions in the South. It ls claimed that so many persons are being converted to Mormonism in Es* Tennessee. North Alabama, North Geor gia and the Carolinas that partie* are organized to start for Utah almost every day in the week. Chattanooga seems to be the rallying point for theso recruits preparatory to there departuro to the West. - The Kershaw Gazette says : "While the posse wore firing at Sidney Temple, who attempted to escape arrest on Satur day night last, the man's wife came to the door and said, 'white man don't you shoot my ox, whatever you do.' She acted on the principle that it would be easy to get another man, but an ox costs money." - An eminent scholar declares that not one out of ton knows how to use the word "quite" correctly. "It is quite warm," "quite a large crowd," ana "It rains quite bard," are expressions used every day. and yet the word is employed erroneously in all the above senses. - One of the most remarkable facts brought out by the oceanic researches made by the British ship Challenger is the probability that all oceanic islands ore of volcanic origin ; in all the re> searches made no indications were found of submerged land over these arras. - Wbea Mend S. trotted a mile io 2, 09} she moved forty feet ten sod five sixteenth inches every second. Her or dinary stride is seventeen feet, but. assuming it to be twenty feet, each hind foot would touch the ground at least twice every second. - A citizen of South Georgia sent a sample of dried LsConte pears to a deal er in New York and asked his opinion of the fruit. "Send me all yon can find st fifty cents a pound and I will take two tons at tbst price," was the reply. - On the form of George Jones, in Harry County, one hie' .' recently, between sunset and sunt.?e, thero were over sixty births, embracing nearly every species of animal life raised on a farm, from a baby down to a biddy. - The New Hampshire man who made a will leaving his wife $10,000, provided she remained unmarried for eight week? after his death, may have been joking, but hts widow will never bo ?Sle to, appreciate the humor Involved In the bequest. . ' -- Cassius M. Clay, of Kentucky, now nearly one hundred and ten years old, is tull able to attend personally to the busi ness of bis large estate, and takes a keen interest in current affairs, includtog poli tics. ? . - Lizzie Gladden,- tho negro girl at Abbevilla who carries a pistol hali Ia hex braln.ohot tb ero by her brother Sro weeks ago, is doing well, and the Indication! . are that she wiil recover. Bello Boyd, famous as a Confed?ralo . spy, oed notorious in many other ways, has oponed a school of elocution sad oratory al LitUs Soak. She now ezlM nuder tho nano of Mrs. N.B. High, ME THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY. Annual Meeting of Hie Board of Director* The Board met at the .Seminary 01 Tuesday night, eleven of (he thirteen mern hers being present. The nnnual election for ofllccm tool place, with the following result : Presi ieut, Hon. James Hcmphill ; Secretary Kev. J. H. Mack, D. IK ; Treasurer, T A. MoCrcery, Esq. ; Librarian, Kev. J \s. Giranleau, D. D. Kev. C. C. lleratnan, 1). I)., Presiden sf Wcotminister College, Missouri, wai sleeted as Perkins Professor, lie ia J comparatively young man, but one of tbi most accomplished scholars and fines :eachers in the Southern church. Hil slectiou will no doubt be hailed will leiight by tbc friends of the Seminary, is bis fitness for the duties of the Pro ressorsbip is KO generally recognized rho duties of this chair have been cn larged. Formerly it included only .*eicnc< in connection with Revelation, but as fo the past three years the chair had 011I3 two recitation! a week, while the othe chairs had about ten a week, thc Roan recommended to the Synod that tbi chair include also the whole field o Christian Apologetics, and hence, ii nccordance with the expressed wisb o the generous donor, it will hereafter bi called thc Perkins Professorship o Science in connection with Revelation und Christian Apologetics. For tho Professorship of Biblical Lite rature the Hoard elected as Provisional Instructor, Mr. Oeerhardus Voa. Till gentleman is about twenty-four years o age, and is connected with the Frei Uhurch of Holland, of which his falbe is a minister. This church was foundet in opposition to the rationalism am spiritual deadness which infected tin established church in that country. Mr Vos bas just completed his classical am literary education fa one of the gymnasii of Amsterdam, when bis father removei to this country. He pursued his theolog ical education in the institution in th Northwest of which bis father is a pro fessor. After graduating there, be spec a year as teacher of Hcorew, Greek am Latin. Ho then went to Princeton Sem iuary, where he basjuatgraduated, bein recognized by all his professors and clase mates as facile princept in a cla*>s c thirty eight. To bim has just bte awarded the Hebrew Fellowship in tba Seminary. Professor W. Henry Green sti tes ths Mr. Vos is "most extraordinary in hi power of acquisition and in the r.penes and balance of hi? judgment. Th theme assigned for thc fellowship ex am i nation was 'The Mosaic Origin of tb Pentaleucbal Code.' He produced dissertation of 250 carefully writte pages on the subject, which I do not he: Rate to pronounce masterly. I real! have not seen a more complete an thorough defense of . the Pentateuc! against the modern criticism anywhen It would have dono credit to a profesar, of long standing. Ho had read an digested everything of consequence thr had been written on both sides, and h treatment was independent, catidit scholarly and decidedly evangelical." Mr. Voa ia at present employed in r< vising this papor for the press. It hi been accepted by a New York publisho and will bo published in a volume in th fall. Tho friends of the Seminary feel tbi the institution is non iu ti coodition t fulfill its great mission, and that it wi go forward in the career of distinguiahe usefulness to the church which has hill erto marked its history. Tho annual address before the Alumt of thc Theological Seminary was delh ered by Rsv. J. F. Latimer, D.D., of til Union Theological Seminary of Virginii at the First Presbyterian Church lai evening to an appreciative audieno The subject was "The Influence of tb Invisible Church upon the Visible i the Formation of her Dogmatic Creed. The following officers were elected fi the ensuing year: Rev. J. L. Qirardeai D.D.,President ; Rev. Jas. Stacy, D.D Vice President ; Row T. H. Law, Seen tary, and Rev. Edward Muller, Treasure Executive Committee-Revs. W. J. Mi Kay, L. M. McKinnon and S. L. Morri Rev. C. R. Heraphill, D.D., was electc to deliver the next annual address, wit Rev. Jas. L. Martin, D.D., as alternat - Columbia Iiegitter, The President en Temperance. WASHINGTON, May 17.-Several day ago a delegation from the Order of Goa Templars of tbs District of Columbi called on the President and left with hil a written address, urging him to mak diligent inquiry into the personal habit and associations of the persona whom b should appoint to office in the Distric and to see to it that the statutes enacte for the government of tho Distric especially those relating to regulativ the liquor traffic and tho suppression t intemperance, are properly enforced. The President has communicated hi reply to Dr. Warral), who was chairma of tho delegation, and this was reporte to a mass meeting of the lodges of Goo? Templars of Washington at a meetin to-day. In reply to the address the Prei ident said : "I read your address lato last nigh with great interest. It is BometbTn tangible, and if all mea would come t me as you have my labor would be great ly lessened. The temperance people ar good people, and the friends of law am order. Before I left New York I detei mined to give the District a good Gov ernment, hut there are so many conflict ing claims I am sometimes at a loss t know what to do, bnt you come wit clear statements of which I will tak further notice." - There ls nothing new under tho nur and not even the modern inventor c artificial teeth can claim the honor c having been the first to supply gap-tooth ed humanity with the subtlest of mast! cation knives. This has recently bee proved by Italian antiquarians, who hav discovered false teeth in a skull whic has been excavated in an ancient Etrui can cemetery with msny other enriositic at present safely stowed away in th museum of antiquities of Corneto i Tuscany. The sepulchre out of whic the skull was taken dates, according t experte, from the fifth or sixth centun B. C., and the false teeth are nothing bu animal teeth attached to the hums teeth by means of '.mall gold plates. . - Mr. J. W. Norton, of East Point killed a large coachwhip soske on lsi Monday evening measuring nine feet i length and about six inches in circuit ference around the largest part of il body. Mr. Norton was working in hi bottom land near Eu toy Creek, and bl attention was directed to his dog whic be heard making a noise as if in gres distress near where Mr. Norton was i work. His surprise may be imagine when he saw the huge snake drawing hi coi s around the dog. The snake wa killed, and aside from the effect of th tight squeezing, the dog wa* unhurt. - A little child of Mr. Dan. Morris < Foresten, Clarendon County, while plat lng with some dry beans got one into f windpipe, producing death from strangi lation in about on hour. . ByK1*r-d ???SS1* * *. Pairie, t in tho crowded city, Avar's Ca th art PlUs are the beat for purgativa puS every whore al Ike convenient, efilcncloui and sare. Por dugglab bowel*, Sro liver. Indispon, .-ba breath, fiatuen? ">d nick ht^achs, they area iure rTmed: Notwithstanding much has been eal I about the Importance of a blood-puriQ ling crtedldno, lt may be' possible that tb m.&t tcF bM !L?r*r seriously claimed roo aUenUon^JPbink o? lt nowTx?"by ? use ni a tow bottles of Ay er's Sana part ll you ?void the evils or scrofnuT^tran rait a healthy constitution ti your ol spring, thank na for the suggtetJou PLAIN QUESTIONS. Mythical ideas aro fanning tiio public brow with tho breath of prejudice, ignor ance and humbuggcry. I lave you tho rom o teat idea that your scrofula was created by the usc of potash and mercury? No matter what tho cause, fl. B. IL i.s tho peer of all other remedios. Do you presume that your troublesome catarrh 1H the result of mineral poisoning? B. B. B. is tho quickest remedy. Aro your chronic ulcers and boils und ?ores the re sult of potash and mercury? Medical gentlemen will not tell you so, but il. B. B. la the only sovereign remedy. Wem your terrible kidney troubles created h. mineral poisoning.' Nota blt of it, but H. ll. B. bus proven to be a reliable rom cdy. Are your ukin diseases, your eczema dry tetter, etc., tho oiled of too much potash und mercury? Tho medical pro fession are the best judges, and thoy Bay nay, but Ii. H. H. makes more pronounced enies than all other preparations com bined. Willacoocheo ls the name of a flourishing village in Coffee Countv, Georgia, on tho lino of the Brunswick and Albany railroad. Mr. I). E. Gaskin, a well known citi zen of that village, writes under dato ol' December 22d : Soon after mv marriage, about lour years ugo, my 'wife was stricken with some trouble peculiar to hor sex, which broke down her general neal;'.. In this condition she was soon after nttackod with Inflammatory Rheumatism of such a severe tvpc that it made hor a cripple, she was reduced in flesh to sixty-rive pounds, and came vorv near losing her lifo. Sho was attended Dy three good physicians who treated hor with some benefit, but tho swelling in ber joints ncvei left her. Last Summer the Rheu matism returned in a still moro severe and painful torin which scouted to defy the skill of all tho doctors. She would almost go frantic with pain, and would lio and scream all day. A friend of mino, who is an engineer on thc Urunswick A Albany railroad, suggested tlint I should uso Swift's Specific (S. 8. H.), which I did. After she had takon ono small bot tle sho was up and ablo to wal's over the house, and alter taking tho six small bot tles hbo is now able to do any kind of house work; tho swelling has gone, all thc pain hus left her, and sho is in better health than she ever waa. The treatment beforo using thc Swift's Specific cost me between $:if>U to $100, and tho six bottles of S. 8. S- cost mo six dollars. It is certainly tho most wonderful medicine and the best blood purifier in thc world. Tho proprietors should let the world know ubout it. NOTK.-The H. 8. S, Company wish to caution purchasers in regard to tho nu merous imitations of their goods. Some carry the lio on the face, purporting to be vegetable remedies : when, in fact, they are reallv strong solutions of poisonous minerals-us Mercury, Potash, etc. Be careful to get tho genuine. Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free. THE SWIFT SPKOIFIU Co., Drawor 3, Atlanta, Ga. _ _ _. J Telephone Posts Wanted ! ONE Hundred Telephone Posts wanted by the undersigned. The Posts must bc Chestnut, White Oak orPostOuk. They must be 20 feet long, and not less than 4 inches in diameter at thc top. Will let the contract out for thc whole number of posts, or any number not less than ten. For fur ther information applv to or address, J. L. MAULDIN, Andorson, 8. C. May 21, 1885 _ 48 1 Stockholders' Meeting. THE Annual Meeting of the Stockhold ers of THE ANDERSON BUILD INO AND LOAN ASSOCIATION will ba held in th? Court Hoase in Anderson on THURSDAY, the 18lh day of JUNE next, ut IC o'clock a. m., for thc purpose of re ceiving and acting upon the reports of the present o ulcers and electing officers for the ensuing year, and for the transaction ol such other business as may como before thc meeting. J. D. MAXWELL, 8ec. and Treas. Anderson B. & L. A. May ai, 1885_45_g NOTICE TO CREDITORS. All persons having demands aguinst the Estate of James M. Gumbrell, deceased, are hereby not i lied to present them, properly proven, to the undersigned within the tim? prescribed by law, and thoso indebted tc make payment. JOHN N. GAMBRELL, Adm'r. May 21,1885 45 3 NOTICE. A Chance for an Enterprising Man. THE undersigned oilers for sale the in terest of the late Dr. W. C. Brown in The Taylor ?fe Cox Steam Fire ExtlngnlHhcr ?Jo., consisting of one fourth interest in the Patent for the same. Also, one-fourth interest in the rnanufac turo of the Euroka Gin Saw Files for the duration of tho Patent for the same Also, one-fourth of Stock on band, con sisting of Iron Piping, Valves and genera Fittings. Also, over 200 Gin Whets man ufactured and ready for delivery. To any one who has tbc time to devote lc it,( there is a fortune in these inventions. To be sold cheap, and on easy terms. For full particulars as to the profits stock, etc., apply to MRS. A. L. BROWN, Executrix, Belton, S. C. April 30. 1885 42 MUSIC LESSONS. HAVING retired from commercial bus iness, I desire to announce to my friends that I will receive a limited num ber of pupils for instruction upon the Vio lin, Finte or Guitar. Special care taken to Interest children in the study of Musio, and impart to them a thorough knowledge of the elementary principles. Parents who employ me may rest assured that I will faithfully Instruct the children intrasted to my care. I proposejorganizlngan Amateur Orchestra from the members of my class, and as orchestral work ia especially adapted to the parlor, I hope that tbe Ladies will encourage thc enterprise by giving me a fair show of their patonage. Terms mode rate. Any communication left at Fant & Son's Book Store, or addressed to me through tho Anderson Postoffice will re ceive prompt attention. ,? ^1??"w"1 &e prepared to fix and repair old Violins and Guitars at reasonable prices A -I. ?X ..oe JULIUS POPPE. ' April 30,1885 42 4 THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ANDERSON. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. E-C- Lpns, Plalotiff, against Francia Moore. Sarah gfi Wulfen?, Sarah ?asou, Dora King, John King and "oah B. Moore, D?fendante -SIB?. mo~forS<Htf-C^i**it\Ut Served To tho D?fendants Francia Moore, 8arah ?lrod Caroline Murphy, Jefferson B. Kin*. Fanni?ic! YOU are hereby summoned And required to an ? ?w ttoMmpUlnt In thia action, which la filed in the office of the Clotk of tho Court of Common Pleas, at Anderson C. H.. 8 c_ and to aervo a copy of your answer to the" esk! ?"aPl ?{nt on the aubecrfber at his office, Ander son C.U..6.?., within twenty days after tba eerriee hareor ex?ualre of the day or ?heh ?errie? ?an 3D you (di to answer the complaint within tte Urna aforesaid, ute plaintiff in thia action will an ni it? tbaCouri ft, thTreUef demandedIn th?%3$uai Dated Anderson, 8.0, May 1st, A. D. 18S5. ' E. W. LOMO, M n rr PlaintuTa Attorney. ISXALJ M. P. Tr. I DU LE, car. 1 To the snore named D?fendante : - Take notice that the object of thta action In which a s um DI ons u herewith ?erred oraTrP fe ^obtain parttUoa or the tract of tadVeVwhWh Thoau B. Moore died adzed sad fomst?^t ?*1??H,t>re* h??<lred acre?, mora orleaTaTtuate tn the County of Aaderet?, Bute of 8w(h Cai? Una, te be made between ute owners tt?&fa? coTdW to their respective right*, or t?cSSalns ?**?*. j/ * partition cannot bemads without DI?. ".B.W. LONG, May 14,18? ^P^thT? Attorney. BEAUTIFY YOUR HOME. A ?evrjot <* WALL PAPER aoaBo* A dering, Just Motived, by T _^_ A. B. TOWERS TUSf received Ladies' Fina Shoes." and OJ for Ealo row b* * - A. B. TOWERS. ? SHOES ANO BOOTS. T ^TS^J^^r00 ?? Buts Shot* BooU* JWarranted not to rip an? A, B. TOWERS, SPRING - HAS - ARRIVED ! AND leith it that peculiar condition of the system, known us impure blood. It is n fact, kiwu-ii to everybody, that if ice hats uny Hu mor in the\lilood, it is almost sure to break out in the Spring month* in Eczema, fj-ythema, Tciier, Hina Worm, Splotches on face, dc, Ac Now, the. reatan for this is generally supposed to be the change of the seasons, and a want of abstinence from food. During the Winter, when the weather is bitter cold, we eat a great deal of grease-especially hog meat. Our - whole system becomes, as it were, permeated and clogged up with our heavy diet, and when Spring comes, and hot ucather begins, very few - of us are careful in our eating, continuing the same heavy articles of diet, that are only fit for bitter cold weather, when, in fad, we should eat very little until our system becomes acclimatized to the hot weather. Most people understand that they have to take a dose of Pills or Calomel, or something of the kind, to prejxire the system Jor the Spring ami Summer ; and most of them now know that to prevent the ,lSpring Hashes," Boils, dc, they must take some kind of Blootl Purifier-such aa SARSAPA RILLA, with IODIDE POTASSIUM or QUEEN'S DELIGHT and IODIDE PO TASH, or SARSAPARILLA and YELLOW DOCK-which latter is made and highly re commended by Lamar, Rankin u> Lamar, of Atlanta. Or SUCCUS ALTER ANS, which is a very fine and efficacious remedy, or some of the Patent Medicines, which are very highly recommended by the parties who made them. No<ot we always keep on hand a good slock of the vhove remedies, and many others, for the diseases of Spring and Summer. Yours truly, ORR & SLOAN, DEALERS IN DRUGS AND MEDICINES, Prescriptions a Specialty? BENSON HOUSE CORNER. Moy 7,1885 43 li ?fl k'f: HAS JUST RECEIVED AK ffv^ LARGE INVOICE OF-. XTlU BUGGIES. CARRIAGES, WAGONS, HARNESS WHIPS And respectfully requests parties to purchase to gfvu him a call ??,, ?fi?fr lils stock. You will certainly-. Iam!a? SAVE MONEY hy so doing, and will have thc LARO?^ ASSORTMENT in the np-coinlrVTag l?CHINES. Having taken tho Agency for ?e?nl Counties in tho upper portion of this Shit, he is compelled to keep in stock a Ir.rg-? number of Machines of various makes to supply tho increasing demand from Sub Agents, and it will certainly pay ons ind all who cont?mplalo buying a 8ewlngUt chino of any kind to call, and you are re spectfully invited to do so, and sb \ re ?oive polite and careful attention. TIio JL,igrlit Hwaning NEW HOME Is now the favorite., and is certainly ibo TI all competition. It is simple and strong, doing the widest range of work, tod equipped with al! thc late improved At tachments. It is the lightest and euiat running Shuttlo Machine on the marka, and in fact thc New Homo takes tba front rank in Sewing Machines. O. -iV. REED. **, A C. Feb 10, 1885 OUR INVITATION TO-ALL, COME! NOW IS YOUR CHANCE. WE arc ogain in tho lead, andre?;];fe action with a mammoth stoaoi New Spriitg Goods, Bach os aro usually kept in a flrst-cbfl Dry Goods House. Don't fall to seo m large and complete assortment., Wecoa older IC a pleasure to show goods. , Now, all we ask is for you to comHW? ,.? five ns a chance to show yon tbs ?og?.; f you don't buy it will not be our fenlt. Life is too short to be sqonnderedin??! attempt to do business in the WflM?5, humdrum method, and we aro ??f*1^ to crowd as much as possible In we space allotted to us. . We advertise nothing but wbstwjj?, ready to perform ; and having on.f'?rl? ; large steck cf good ? nature, as ***JalZ2 immense stock of good Goods, wo sra?*; , fldent we can please yon. " We want to remind yon thotRia * a part of our business to satUfy oar ?ag mers as to sell Goods, and wo 9^?5S anybody's money unless wo can PjvSTT . a ftlreqoivalent. Now, we meanTo**% Everybody knows very well ; the best ways, to eave money U to w Goods of W. A. CHAPMAN. The A, B, 0 of onr business: ? fr sTTRAOIIVK O?0M. ?Ll . ?XTEKTIVB CLERKS. BIO VARIETY, S?U?IFUL DESIGN?, Ol TOM ?BICES. COMPARE OUR ?TC0K, ONSIDER THE UfW. 0KB BIGHT AWAY, And ?you will be conv?nc?dof **** W Yours, very Tespect?"1^? S pair, and if you have corns ana v otiibt pair. April2,188? *L~~~~f?r'i nv vlrtneof an dcecoUon to?????& Hotu*,?judi Carolina, tho follow^sr^ ofjr^nt??laUiMe;. -.^?t lom itermsof saie-vin. A - extra for all n?^ryi*r*? ;M May 7,1888 ?8