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Entered aHthe Postqfice at Easley, SI. C., as S9econd Class Alatter. J. R. HAGOOD, Editor. EASLEY, S. C., JANUARY 25. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One ye'ar, strictly in a(nce......$1.00 IX mniths " c ... 65 RATES OF ADVERTISING. One sqtiarc (1 inch) 1 insertion......75c E aci nbsequent insertion............40c Liberal discoutit on contracts or by the colum, half or quarter columm. Maritage notices free and solicited. Obituaries over 12 lines charoed for. Correspondents, to insure attention, nmst give their full address. We are m(t. responsible for the opin 'oiis of our etrrespondents. All comtiuletiations for the paper must be addressed to the Editors ; Iisiness letters to the Puiblisher of the MlESSENG ER, Eaisley, S. U. OUR ENLARGEMENT'N. This issue reaches our readers in the enlarged form. We are glad to be able to offer the public more reading matter, and to offer them one of the cheapest county papers inl the State. It is to he found inl a very conIvenient form, neatly printed, and bearing news of interest. It is meeting with 11aiuch slc(cess. and if the peoPle will give the enterpiise their good: they 111,1 wishes and ait, t m rest as sured that they will he we!l repaid for all their acts of kindness. For the present we continue to publish TlE MESSENG.ER at One Dollar a year. O.)uri rates of' advertisin ar1e (ioubtless Cheaper than any pa per in Soumth Carol ina, and all those. wishing their pockets t~o be0 drawvn l ighitly upon, should have their advertising tlone iln TnE ME;SSEN en-boh priat (e ani leal Tfhere is Po la desigating thec paper in which the legal adlvertis ng shoutld be (lone, ando it w ill be to the advantage of the peOple to give ns their work. We adv~ertise cheaper thanx any other county pa per, and our circulation is growing About the first of next month Mr. J1. T. ArnokI will be traveling t hrough the country in the inter ('st of the paper. Th~iose who have not sublscr'ibed for it, should hand in their names, arnd get a cheap, but newsy sheet. We will be glad 10 receive communications from the dlifferent portions of the Couuty, as well as from an out side point. The nnner is quite nopular, nnd we thank all those who have co'n -tr'ibuted in any way to the -cuter p rise. ANOTHER WAY TO GET 111)OF " THE SURPLUS-% The members of Congress from our State should at once introduce a bill appropriating one or two million dollars for the construction of the Carolina, Cuiberland Gap and Chicago R ailroad. This great enterprise is about as important as the Mississippi River, and it is cer tainly more importait to the coun try than the hailf dozen or more small rivers in Florida which Sen ator Call, of that State, wants the Government to clean out and make navigable. Indeed, it seems to us that the building of' railroads with the surplus money in the National Treasury would do more for the general pr osPciperity of the country than the red uction Or a bolition of' the tariff about which so much 10(ld clamor has been heard. Edgelield Chronicle. This short article evidently shows that the editor of' the "'Edge field Chronicle" has the good of' our new railroad at heart. We may not exlect to receive an ap propriation from Congress, for the buil(lintg o 011r road, but we may oxpect to receive aid froiu o1r1 ownl) quarters, and periaps from others. Any class of people who ore able to grasp any important isubjedt., shouild take this cute rprise inl hand a1d give it all the attention which it so much deserves. We havn't heard of a Imass .neting . being called yet for our tow'nship. Now ia good time for holdiig one. WORK OF CONGRESS. ''he wvork is stea(ily (oinlg on in Con1gr'e1( s. One of the most im p)or'tan t 5teps takeni, was t he re peal of the~ laws pre'scribiing the ir'onie~l oath. llelow enni~ be seeni ani acconut ojf the act ion taken in the matt er': Mr. Cox, of' New York, mov'ed to suspend the rules and pass the bill repealing all laws pre'scribinlg the ir'onelad oath. Mr Hon telle, of Maline opposed the bill,. lIe was unab :ile to r'cogniize aniy (e x~ig cy whic cliedCl for' I h .a inltro dulIion of this m easurte. If te r'epealI of th tes~t oath woul have the ten-. d1e of hasteintg the era~ of good1 feelinig lhe wonhll heartily favor it~, hut h1. believed that the inter'pretation would~ be harmiiful to the country. WVhien ever con~cession of this kind was interpreted .in the South as a retriogres sionl from 'the standi'poinit of loyalty, and1( as a. sanctlonl or con donmation of attemipt to (lestroy3 t he G~overnument, he musti enter his~ prOtest against It. Mr. Cox explaincd h it the bill only affected jur1ors and( men wh-> take the ironelad oath. 'Thie men~l who had been in secession did not take this oath. T1herefore it did not affect Southern men. Tlhe ironelad oath was but a rotten reminder of the e~~lumy btres ses of aribtrnre nowcer. It was anCCe.. sary during the war as a test, but since the luen who had fought a aillt the Union were rehabilitated the same privilege should be-extended to Union men which disutnion1ists enjoyed. Why keep ill) th--se. old bit ter hates of tle past? Why .not pour oil Ilpon the old wound? Ile appealed in support of the bill from politics, from sectional hate, from the old uncharitab'e-ness, to the better era of good ft.eliung which had been itshered in. The motion was g1leed to and the hill passed-18) to 11. [For The Msegr LE'AP YEAR RECEPTION. SrArTANBunG, S. C.. January 21, 1884. 1)E A IEssENo ER: We Spar tanbirgers wiere honored by the presence of ) our Editor at our Leap Year lieception. It wits a novelty to the Juniors present (lie a mong them ). ie requested a young lady to give TiE MESSENmE: an account of her experienee as a a "gallnt " on that occasion. ThIiey were certainly funny and novel. A formal request for the honor of escorting the "fair one" was dlidly made; a favorable response being received, at the appointed hou r En cariage c'all ed at his hous~e andi~ b)rought him i safely to her parlor. She was awa':iti Ig hi In zaid with due solicitude, saw him carefully wrapped for the Col drive-buttolling his gloves and placing his hat coquettishly on one side, she gave him her hand down the front steps. Assisting him into the carriage she gave the orderl, "Drive on." The parlors of the Merchant's IHotel had been engaged by the -MInagers," anl wvere well warmed and lighltedl, that the( love lcreatures, in evening dresses, might b~e comfortably entertained. As the carriage (100r openfed, out sprang the "'gallant"' andl helped her charge safely to the pavement, up the H ote istep)s and to the door of the Dressing Room. Seeking her own, and settling bangs and flounces to lher satisfaction, she joinedl a p~arty of comr1adeCs and waited (duly ini the hail for' the r'e app~earance Of "'youth anld beau ty.' A number of' marriedl ladies hadI consented to act as Chaperons to the large bevy of debutants. The married gentlemen had also ac eepted the invitation to "see the fun." In deference to the wishes of some of these, dancing was ta b)oed ; promnenadinug, therefore, Was indulged in to its fullest ex tent. Some of the gentlemen were such "belles" as to become victims, and it is nidl ne or two thiik they walked atliousand miles, for they (the gentleme'n) were sought, and not seekers. Novel experience, eh?!! Supper was announced at 11 o'clock. Here the narrator, for the first time, forgot her new posi tion, for she quietly and naturally allowed the waiter to place her chair, and she took her seat, but her 'lady fair" did NOT forget, for he reniained standing, looking reproachfully indignant. Instant ly springing to her feet and waiv ing the waiter aside, the chair was seiz'ed, and the ''lady'' seated in style, with profuse apologies. Most assiduously was he served at Supper, oysters seasoned, creain an( sugar handed, etc. Wending their way to tle par lors, after supper, they were charined 'till the "w Nvee sia' hours'' hyV uIIISIC from piano and violin, flute and cornet, and above all, the "'human voice divine." ( radually the merry crowd dis persed, the lhllaperols waiting to see the last carriage drive off, the Maagr cot selves that the Leap year's Re eeption of 1884 was a success. I' SPA INi'ixA. -(lpt. Ja ines Lannister, of Giele villab (., lied onl Monday night after. cvvral ve(ks illie., aged 53. Ile was on1ce a miemiiiber of the board of (e0Inty comm~ttisionersi, andi had be~m for a nliilber of yvea s, and un1ttil with in the past t wo years, promineiit 1 1 polities inl this couinty as a Democrat. r19ring the at ter period Ie hIa , held the (filee of goV(vrIlNint storekeelwr am1(l gallger, a 111d had allied liiseif with the opponients of the D.eImocratie party. lie was a Iiative of Penisyl vaia maad a Schoolmate of ex Speaker -Mr. IIeury Wite, of 1ork Town 'hip, one of the oldest a m1nost respee tedl citihzens of Anderson, diedl at htis homeI niear Earl's lBridge oni last Suni dayX. ie was a native of the counity, and~ had ani extensive coInction, he sides JmanyV friend(s wVho regret hy (death. Mr. W ite' h11(d been in feeble1 heal th~ somie time, butt had been con fin~ed t o his hed only a short time be fore his deaith. -The Grand Jury of Essex eou nty, New York, earniestlhy urges the esta~b lishmrent and use of the whipp)ing po~st for the puiuilshment of wife beaters. -A elever old maid once saidl it was5 far' better to be laughedI at because you were not married than not to be able to laugh because you were. There is sound logic ini that. -Col. Jamnes EdwaVfrd Calhoun,w~ho lives just across the Savannah River from Elbert, Ga, is at brot her-in-law of .John C. G~albotm. LHe Is 90 years old, perfectly erect, rides h'rseback 20 or' 30 miles, speaks a dozen languages fluently, and has never used specta cles. 4Col; Calhoun is In excellent hal thI