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FOIIETEII AND F01 EVElT. I think of IlII tloui art to me, 1 dievai of what, t holn eal1't not he ; Mv 1fe is enti'st. with thoughts of thee Forever ail forever Iy heart. iS full of grief aid woe, I see thy face wher'er I go; I would. ahis, it were not so Forever and forever ! Perchan1 1 -e if wve hadl never met. I hal beenl sparve( t his ina.l regret, T his tinie.ss st riving to orget, Frever and forever! ieichianice if ilott veI t far awav, Did I not see thee dayI\ by tdv I Inight again be blitie allot n i uy iForever andt( forever ! Ahl, no ! I conuld not bear the pain11 M Ievel siiug t hee snin ! I eling to thce with inight :lt and m1ain, Forever and forever! AnII, lIaIv(e in ( t ! I lve buIt thee! I lI s i I I a s , wI hieb 'er I I n b. Forever :nl forIee i Exi'racts From lill Arp on Beecht r. Ilr. IeeeI1r is a siart man. A Ir. lBeeerii. is a thinker, but Ie (oesn' t know evethi n and is candid enogl to conefesS it. lie told The C inst it uion's repoirter1 that le didn't know as lluch about the negryoes a- swe do, and he dwoit. When a iiortlieri maIn who has been raise(l anl fed on the hor rors )f slavery come1110 s down south it takes himiI about a year to (-et his eyes opil, ail hIeNI le does g7et them openi he is the po(orest friend the negro() has got. ThI Ie southern mani who grew lip with tile Iegroe IIet 'n derstadS th em. le knovs Ihir. g(;od traits and1l thecir hkad ones,! thekir. ins tinects an11d Sliperstitiols anid c otions and he knows how to deal with 'em. Mr. .Bewcher is anI oracle. he has been cha ngiig principles and theologv all his life. lIIv fell Iifrmi )Ill grace and roSO aga"in. I is smart but he is after all just human Iand there are 1h ousands of me ust as sima rt who make n1 iet in1 the worl. I wouiIld rathler truist 1)r'. Lelanid's mind1( arnd his piilosophy to-day on1 mfost a1ny subl ject thni 1ri. Beechier' s. ite is beatter' blan:i~ced and~ moreI' sinICcer anid less ambl i tiolls for lame. Mlr. Theeber' de 11ounce~os the confess ion of fait and11( thle old1 theo logy as fiSoundv ed oni hate and faunticism~ and1( says it was Ii(hborni and ' tha ~t noI)w we 'hayve a religio n of love. It has taken himi ai long time to find out that our I leavenlIy fathler wa:us a (;od1 of love andl that Jesus Christ made Jove the very soul and spirit of Ilis teachings. I late andi~ fanaticism! llowv long hias it beeun -ince the rev er'endl gentlenman was win g to set' the souithiern people butc'hered. their towns and~ cities buirned am their land made desolate and~ for what was it-hate towards us or love fbr the uion01 and~ the niegro. .I wonder if lhe neer 'onislid1ers how much lhe conitribulted to this wvar of hate and (leatih and~ arson and1( raipe and robery anid de'sola t ion. It is time the preacher was discover'in z that~ true reli'gion is love ; but it is late-very late f'r him. Mi~r. BecherI'I seemns to have no ObjectiOnl to a M'ite woman mar I' r' ying a niegiro if she wants to, but he thinks Mormnonism ought to he: s unnressed.t I dont know whether it, is the religion of the Mormuonis that excites him or their having more than one wife. If it is the latter, there is somie atoniemnciit ill the fact that they do it openly and publicly and not oin the slIy. But to the sou1therl mind there is some thing more horrible and disgusting than Nlormni1u ism, and that is the amlgaiationi that lie says he has 110 o)bjectiol to. We object, an1d We object so earnestly that it is againIst the order of nature gain1st the litnUess of thin, and(1 we (eliOnlic. it. Mr. Dlee(her is still a fanuatie 'and his senisibilities to puhlic (lecency are ilunted. All that we want is to be let alone and the lrIo pro)b'lem will solve itself. It- is solving now. They have gone to work and quit polities . The few who got- a col lege education are still running :about huntingoV for ()ilice, but oe' y one they drop in the ehiliiauian for some rascality. Tle nu1sses of themii are d(o1ilg better thanu they have done since the war. Ie lv es to work and I(-ie loves to) spend, 3a11 he enjoys wha1t he -Spends. TIey kIIo()w that thev have st rong1 arsand canl grut a dla a day whenever the imeal tub is (111p1 and so they la'ui ma sing and j()kc :un cat aml .lt 1ep anda live wit hout . care t)or ah1)p)rencsIIionI. Somictiies I N'\ ;Th I 111d a little OF their do't caure. iMay be. th wrinkles and tile C w' s feet wNoubmleit comle so fA. lb l';ons AT W I Mfs A L. -It is said while the Rev. James Keenie. geel ly referred( to hv Ib le hos S .1 im Kee ne, was a resilent oI the l'aeile (aSt, a 1ough lookinig spec hIIn of the Calif'rnia F.rrmer birSt in upon him) one day N ith -Sa, Keen, myv nv wife is got bran new babV, and)( we've malIned it Jimi lK~eene Tlhomnpson.' ' ,'Y-e-s,"' slowvly answvered the reveremit Igenftlenin, a1s he passedl o.ver' a twenity (dollar gob~l piece. I n ablout'ani hour aniot hier man1 f011m the sonie netig'l1hbrho eter (ed with the sailutation: "Say, Keeune, what do you think ? We have built a church up: our wa and nam1 ii ied it the Jim Keeune C'hapel . (an't yout comle dlown with a Mhliner' or too ?"' '-Well, I su p)1ose I will have to,'' repllied( the lRev., as lie shielledl out a ten dlollar piece. Thirty miniutes had scarcely l)a.'sed1 whenu in1 caime a tird i( man wvith: "GUood morning, ~Jud(ge. We are biu ilding nr new .school hiouse over the creek Id he cealled the Jim Kane School. WantI to con1tribuhte a few ?'' "Yes,"was the reply as a five was passed out. It wasn't over tweo.nty minutes before a fourth man bustled in andl~ calledl out. "K1 eene', .1 discovered a new enni yon up~ theC counftr'y thme other' day, and I dedicated it to you." "Look here,'' said thme reverend genitlemanit as he turnled in his chair. "'I want you to go hack and( lhtuit up all the nlew babies, school houses, 'chuirchies, tr'ottinig horses, cnnen lunati. naylnms, Aurying grounds and berry pat ches A your county which are to be Jim Keened, and come back here and ivc me the lot at wholesale, for I'm blamed if I am going to fool with the retail busiless any longer. Good day, sir !"-Wall Street Nes ----A dude fell overboard from a s-teamer. Save Ie ! Save me !" he shlriekedl ini mortal fear. "IHold on a Lit will you?' sung out a sailor. 'Save me ! I'm sinking !" he yelled again "'No yer' ain't. Yer can't sinlk ---y-1r too dang igiht !"--Merelmut Tr'aveler'. -"3KI iss A. (to Aliss B.,' who is accompalie(d by a little dog with a st uipv tail) "I beg pardon, does this sweet little bobtail be0lng to you'." l iss B. : "Oh, no, that is the dog'."-Fiegude llatter. There are -172 pensioners of the Ulnitedl States inl this State who draw ,;I a month f'rom the I*v (11e1 Ielue lt. Of these liea u fort couluty lins OIle hlrgest. ultilmb r. 38, 'n.1Gerge1w the ,,mallest, on1ly 1. ('eeiville hais 17. An dersoi 22. Simrtanhur g :11, Lau ren, 1. Pickens 1:1,) Ocolee 16. A bbeville 1). I-r reemn as if there is going to be .some trouble regardiig rail-roal aCo('no(alions nw. ince ti Cmmjis-sion.- has reduced thie fart, in 'the 'w r portion ()f the State, I ley have no first ad second class oaches, 1)LIt alyo is openi to all. On the, A ir Line load these coach es arec rI1ainied a 11(n ho trouble has yet UReen) e )xpekielci. BL A KSMIT) N An all its bmnemhesio'.~1 on-b as (JllEA a te v.IE LS. C. O Givoe im i a ca l ' wl. sat -isfictin will be ivni, baoh L.atrk :nnie Schare, OcLIIt' 12-12mI o V'l3 lCCI~t11 SW OVEJ$ Ag viit ol Owbey Bron . wvilld ao as ClE tAt PVi as ide l o PEST. Om stocki n owaumt complente cosistin of Flruou iBaI~cn, Lard, C011'epit.gar Caeed aGlods of Cvlys adscriptionl Plaein aiil) Fawlyadi to ineleassl bothii tyle ardare i.n lo. wae. Illtct lini of i htw thati comete ikth Greeillefo princs. Our have of Toos r nd io Slegrk hi., tpces thd atisll nde ally thiny. w k eep at futie ofi' loet cs. ilsl Vhmceap. Jewery Ctof pleas1al, bot inst OWNnd rie RS Very res2-eIfuly NEW COpbs! " Whoever thinks a faIltless tnerchat to See, TPlhkinks what uie'er , uor Is, nor e'er sliil be." WI-ILE W. g. HAGOOD & 00. adopt that as their senti ments, yet at the same time they guarantee all possible satisfaction, to those who may have dealings with them. Surrounding circum stances, viz: close atten Lion to businless, the expen= diture of characteristic en ergy, kind accommodation shown to customers, and the filling up of their store with a large Stock of' A SSORTIED GO)S, ohl)I at prices, sufficiently Cheap to inl v't theIC ai t te 1tion of every one, sho1 b sCeII t0) proVe ConeWltively to the ind o)feve-(ry thinidng Intan, the primle inport ance :ndl advanltagre inlvolvedl, ill giving0 t Ieiin frvequv ent (alls. If there i.s :uiothe firinl inl the counitry whocn he er I e iliet the waits of the pe opl 1era *ly thanl the, thenl they will "yield the pfaln ;'' bit So) long a: eve. rything is favorable to a conitinllll pat r a 11e, thev t rust they shall rceviv(: it. in :In lit ion to a full line of Generld MWerlclIandize, /iey wi/ glad'y aCcommo dale you in theC *BUGGY AND WAGON 'saie. 7esides thiat,ithey are Iglad to 'inform thec public & .dgcy of a we/i estab/ished and reputable Co/ion hiouse. 2'he /ighest .3/ark~et prices are paId for th-is staplie. Come in andW see them;; yOurP presence is solieCied at thec S/ore of W. M1. HIAUOD & 0(., .A'asiey, S. C. W, jvr. thAqOOI & G00 K Run a Firs~t Class Livery and Sale Stable in connec tion with their business, arnd will furnish BEST TURNOUTS at Lowest Rates. Don't forget them when in Easley. Oct 12-12mn