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VOL. I. ABBEVILLE, SL C., WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 16, 1885. NO 51 # * QONDENSED TIME CARD Magnolia Passenger Route. Id cfleet March 15,1885. OOISO SOUTH. Leave Laurens *5 20 a in f8 50 a n " Waterloo 6 06 a in V 55 a n " Greenwood 7 00am 3 15 p o Arrive Augusta 10 45 a m J 7 45 p n Ii??T* " 10 50 a m 10 00 p n Arrive Atlanta 5 40pm 6 40 a n Leave Augusta 11 30 a m Arrive tyoaufart 0 30pm Arrive Port Royal 6 35 pm " Chaleston 6 50 pro " Savannah 7 00 pm " JoolrBAnpilltt. 7 (lft am GOING N OUT II. Leave" Jacksonville. < ... .*8 50 pm " Savannah C 55 am Leave l'ort Royal 7 35 am " Beaufort 7 47 am * Charleston..... ..7 50 am Arrive Augusta 1 50 pm Leave Atlanta f8 20 pn Arrive Augusta 6 10 an Leave Augusta *2 30 pin 6 15 an Arrive Greenwood 6 10 pm 11 40 an " Waterloo 7 04 pm t 30 pit ? " Laurens...- 7 50 pm 4 40 pn Daily tDaily except Snnday. Tickotaon nalo ait Greenwood to all point? at through rates?baggage checked to destination. Connections made at Greenwood with 0. A U. R. U. E. T. Charlton, G. P. A. Augusta, Ga. WILMINGTON, COLUMBIA AND AUGUSTA RAILROAD. Going Sou h no 48 no 40 Leave Wilmington 9 30pm 11 10 p ni Arrive at Florence 1 60 a in 2 20am arrive at Columbia 6 40 a tn Going North no 43 no 4T Leava Columbia 10 Oft p m Laave Florence 4 50 p m 152am Arrive at Wilmington... .7 40 p m 6 10am Train ko! 43 stops at all stations, Kos. 48 and 47 stop only at llrinkley-o, Whiteville, Fleminglon, Fair Bluff, Marion, Florence, Timmor.sville, Sumter, camden Junction ard Eastover. Passengers for Columbia and all |>oints on c a u b x, c, c * a b r, Aiken Junction and all points beyond, should take no. 48, night express. Separate I'ullman sleepers for Charleston and Augusta on trains 48 and 47. All trains run Bolid between Charleston nd Wilmington. SOUTH CAROLINA RAILWAY COMPANY. Commencing Sundav, Sept. 6th, 1885, at 6 45 a in, Paisenger Trains will run as followa until further notice, "Eastern time:" Columbia Divinion?Daily. Lear* Columbia 7 45 a ni 5 27 p m Due at Charleston 12 20 a in. V 05 p m WSST?DAILY. Learo Charleston ....... 7 20 a m 510pm Dufe at Columbia 10 40 a m 10 00 p m , Camden Division?Daily except Sundays. Leave Columbia 7 45am 5 27 pm Due Camdon 12 59 p m 7 42 p m W1C8T DAILY, EXCKPT'fll'KDXV. Lcare Camden 7 00 am 315pm Due Columbia 9 25 am 10 00 n m Avyvtta 7>?ci*/<m-rEast Daily. Leire Columbia 5 27 p ni Due Augusts 10 35 pm WKBT WlLT. ?? rLeave August a .4 45 p ni Dae Colombia 10 00 pm Connection* Made at Columbia with Columbia and Greenville railroad by train arriving at 10 40 a. m. and departing at 6 27 p. ni.; at Columbia Junction with Charlotte', Columbia and Augusta railroad by same train to and from all point* on both roads. At Charleston with steamers for Now York on Saturday; anfl on Tuesday and Saturday with steamer for Jacksonville and points oil St. John's rirer. Daily with Charleston and Savannah Railroad to and from Savannah a'<u an poinia iu r inriaa. At Augusta with Georgia and Central rail roans to and from all points West and South: at Rlackville to and from all points on Barnwell railroad. Through tickets can be purchased to all pointt South and West by applying t* . , IV. McQukf.k. Agent, Columbians. C. J*hk D. Pkce, General Manager. l>. C. Allen. Gen. Pass, and Ticket Ag't COLOMBIA AND GREENVILLE RAILROAD. r: On and after Octobcr 5,1864, Pabsknokb TkXins will run as herewith indicated upon this road and its branches. Daily, treept Sundays. No. 53. UP PASSENGER Leave Columbia S. C. Junc'u 10 45 p m " Columbia C. k G. 1) 11 10 p m Arrirs Alston ....1310pm " Newberry... : I IS p m \ Ninetr-dix 2 4T p m Greenwood 3 09 p m Hodges :.. t 33 p m Belton... 4 40 p m et Greenville 6 05 p m Ho. 53. DOWIf PASSENGER. Leave flreenville at 9 5ft a in Arrive Belt on 11 IS a in Hodges 13 2.1 p in Greenwood 13 48 p m Ninetr-Hix 133pm Newberry 3 02 p in Alston 4 10 p ni " Colombia C. A ft. D 5 15 pm Arrire Colombia 8 C. June'n 5 30 p no BTAaT ANSl'RG, UNION * COLUMBIA K All. KO AD. WO. 63. UP PAHriKNOKlt. Leave AIM oq 13 53 p m " Union S 55 pm M. Spartanburg, 8.U.AC.dcpot,5 50 p m NO. 62. DOWN PAH8ENOKR. L? ve Spart'g K. A I). Repot .... 10 35 a ra " Spart'g 8. U.A6'.I)?pot ..10 50 am " Union 13 50 pm Arrive at Alston S 40 p m LACKKKR KAILXOAD. Leave Newbevy ISO pm Arrive at Lanrcna C. H 0 50 pm Leave Laurens C. H 7 40 air Arrive at Newberry ... UlOpm AUtVILLE BRANCH. Leave Hodges.. .. 3 45 p ra v: Arrive at Abbeville, - 4 45 p ir !,?) ?? AkliftvilU 11 Art - ? r<?r T w > ? >. &< uw m in Afri ve at Hodges.; 12 00, p a . BlitIK SIPOK KAILHO AR AMU ANDERSON IlKANOn, Leave Helton 4 45pn Arrive Anderson 5 18pm L' " Pendleton 6 55 p it " Seneca*. .. G 40 p it Arrive at Walhalla 7 OS p ir Leave Walhalla 8 60 an - Arrive Beneca 9 15 a ir " Pendleton...' ...9 53 an ''."A. Anderson 10 33a ir Arrive at Belton........ .110S an COXXKCTIOVS. A. With South Carolina railroad to andfroit - Charleston;'with Wilmington, Columbia ant Augusta railroad from Witmicgton and al points north thereof; with Charlotte, Colour Sfr. ' Ilia and Auguata railroad from Charlotte atn m all poiaU north thereof. B. With Aebovllli awl Hpartauburg railroad frAni and for point) ft ia Wottrt X. Carolina. C. Witt AtUa&anc Chariot** dir-Richmond and Danville milwai *. RiAP??r?*lOen'l Paasenirai' Act, ; D. CmvuL, Ass't Gea'l Pasa. Agt. I j^TLANTIC COAST LINE, PASSENGER DEPARMMENT, Wilmington. N. C., Aug. 2d, 1885 FAST LINE between Charleston anc Columbia and Upper South Carolina n CONDENSED SCHEDULE. I) GOING GOINI ? WEST. K AST ? 7 20 am Lv Charleston.... Ar. 9 05 pn 8 34 44 44 ... Lanes 44 7 38 44 9 33 44 44 ....Sumter 44 0 37 44 1*40 pm Ar....Columbia Lr. 6 17 44 3 01 44 44 Winnaboro 44 3 48 44 4 15 44 " ....Chester 44 1 44 44 8 05 44 44 Yorkrille 4* 11 45 an 7 0 1 44 44 Lancaster..'... 44 7 00 44 450 44 44 ... - Rook Hill 44 2 02 pn 0 00 44 44 Charlotte " 1 00 44 12 58 pm Ar Newberrr Lt 3 10 pn 1 51 44 44 ....Greenwood 44 12 59 44 0 00 44 44 ....Laurens " 910 *a 6 01 44 44 ... Anderson ; 44 10 11 44 5 45 44 44 ....Greenville....... 44 1? 00 44 ' 0 45 44 44 Walhalla 44 8 30 44 ? 4 2 0 44 44 ... Abbeville 44 11 15 44 1 3 17 44 44 ....Spartanburg.... 44 11 25 pir ' 715 " " -HendersonTille.. 44 7 00 44 , Solid Trains between Charleston and Columbia, R. C. J. F. DIVINE, T. M. EMERSON. ( Gen'l Sup't. Gcn'l Pas. Agent QPARTAXBCRO AND iJ ASHEVILLE RA1LROAL On and after Apr. <Uh, 1885, passengrei trains will bfe run daily, except Sunday, between Spartanburg and Hendersonvillo at follows: 1 UP TRAIN. 1 Leare R. k D* Depot at Spartanburg 4 00 p rti Lcarc Spartanburg, A. L. depot 6 10 p re I.c*tc Saluda 0 SO pre Leave Flat Rock 7 00 pre . irrire Hendersonvillo 7 15 n re DOWN TR.4IN. Leave Hendervmville 7 00 are 1 Leare Flat Rock 7 15 am Leave Saluda .7 50 are Leava A ir Line Junction 10 15 are Arrive R. A D Depot Spartanburg 10 30 a re Trains on this road run by Air-Line time. | Both trains make connections for Columbli and Charleston via Spartanburg, Union and Columbia; Atlanta and Charlotte by Air Line JAMES ANDERSON, Superintendent. LAW PARTNERSHIP. 1 Sam'l C. Cabok, ) Abbeville, S. C M. L. IIokiiam, J*. > " " J. II. Rick, . ) Ninety-Six, S. C WE havo this day formed a nartnerahij for the practise of law under the firn namo of CASON, 110NHAM A RICE. a kkfliriltn h r 1 sim'i. f! pidav Mar 25, 1885. V M. L. Bonhah, Jh, ) J. H. Rice. Moy 27, 1885-tf , W T. P. THOMSON. J. W. THOMSON mHOMSON & THOMSON, Attorneys at Law, AnnRvri.i.E, S. C. j?y-Offico in rear Mr. Leo's. Juno 8th, 1885-tf. 100 QAL1IOUN & MA BUY, Atorneys and Counsellors at Law. ARBKVIM.K C. H., 8. C. Offico formerly occupied by Judge Thomson. tf-50 L. W. PEKUIK. T. P. COTURAN. pEKKIN k i'OTHRAX, Attorney8 at Law, f>l Abbeville S. C jjUTOEXE B.OARY, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, 52 Abbeville, S. C, JAMES S. PERRIN, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, Abbkyii.LR, C. H., 8. C. t&?Xo. 1 O'Neill's Range. Jan. 38, 1885-tf 5S UOBT. B. HEMl'HIM.. WM. I*. CALLOUN jJKMPHILL & CALHOUN, Attorneys at Law, Abbevii.i.k, 8. C. - Will practice in all tho Courts of the ' State. 54 PAVILION HOTEL, CHARLESTON. 8. C. First Class la all Its Appointment#. R A TES, $2.00, $2.SO. , Excellent Cuisene, Urge alrr room* Otli , Pcssenger Elevator. Electric bell and light* , Heated rotunda. Centrally located, i OctV84-tf J1 | 0ENTRALHOTKL, 1 Mns. M. W. TnoiiAR, Proprietrow. Broad Street. Augusta, G?. 40. i I piKCHANGK HOTEL, 0 UR1CNVII.1.K, S. C. THE ONLY TWO^CLASft HOTEL I! THE WORLD. W. R. WHITE. Puopriktob. 48 ' j |JEW DINNER HOU8E, i GltKKNWOpD, 8. C. ' > , | Kept by Mrs. F. G> Parks*. Cheap rate* : first ?laa> fare. June 1Mb, 1885-tf. 11 Rat?bat Powd?r?, tbe jnoat foligbtfal, mi W 8. Cothran c? Co. V ' ' ; " ' - ' ' ' Alumnae reunion at "Williamston AdbeviijI.s Co.. S. C., Sept. 7, 1885. Editor* Messenger: ' Owing to the fact that wo travelled by private conveyanoe and made several j visits along our route, bur return was delayed until too late to report in last i week's issue what we saw and heard in Williamston during tho aluiunan reunion. Leaving homo on the 25th, with a > morry crowd consisting of two children, , Miss Annie H., and an escort whom we have christened, "Ilappy-go-Lucky" Bob, wo proceeded as far as Donnalds, ville and stopped over night at Mrs. D's, whero wo were entertained in the most hospitable manner,and wo would just say incidentally that Will Donnald is ' the most chivalrous fellow in the world, I fqr as one of our steeds was rather tawc, he loaned ua another in its stead, for which clever kindness he has earned our earnest thanks. We had had only . time to take a bird's eye view of Donnaldsville, but could not help noticing ' itH' manv imnrnvnm?nfn imdn I > . last few years. The handsome and > commodious depot really looks too pretty for a prosaic railway station. The i largo number of handsome private recti' donees also struck us, as an index of i the prosperity of tho town. We par1 ticularly admired the style of Mr. J. C. i Caldwell's new residence. It looks as 1 if it were some city villa, lifted up teni dorly by an aesthetic cyclone and set 1 down gently in a country town where k there were plenty of green trees to form 1 a becoming background for its tastefully tinted painting. Leaving Donnaldville at 9 o'clock, we proceeded on "our way to Williainston. In passing we saw sonic of the finest crops it has ever been our pleasure to behold. Corn, everywhere, upland and bottom, was > simply magnificent?cotton more so, and everything elso in the crop line. Wo were favorably impressed also, by the number of improved farm implements wo saw, such as sulky (plows, cultiva, tors etc. t At Hor.oa Path, the small boys were playing a game of base ball. At Bclton, the townjwoll relieved our thirst and excited our admiration. After lunching, vre resumed our journey and arrived in Williamston at .2.30. Dining over, and an hour's rest taken, we shook off the fatigue of travel and proceeded to that point of interest?the centre of attraction of Williamston? tlic Spring l'ark,-where we had the pleasure of meeting our efficient Secretary, Miss Mattie Brown and several other sister Aluinnie. among them Miss F.?"Cara" wo exclaimcd mentally, t "Cara means my dear, miVi cdra% what a little darling she is!" "Her name just suits her." "It was she who informed us iu a voice so low and sweet that Sir Walter Scott himself could have found no exception, thereto, that Miss N. had received a hoof from a cow, by which her shoulder was dislocated, and therefore could not bo prcsont at the reunion. This little incident gave us food for reflection. Here was a young l.rltr t ..i.:ii~J . muj, rw VhBIVIIJ , IC1IHUU, oamuu ll?. IU UK1C, in a word, highly educated?a girl who read the'story of tho traitor Cat&line and the fate of illustrious Troy in their original, yet who had met this injury while milking a cow. We were proud of her and proudor still of our Alma Mater who has taught us one and all - to inscribe over the threshold, of our . lives the legend grand uLabor is Genius!" Calling at the college on our return from the park, wc spent a pleasant ten minutes with Dr. and and Mrs Lander at d their, distinguished guest, llev. W. D. Kirkland, who as our Presiding Elder, had long ago named us . ''Magnolia." Proceeding homo ward the familiar chime of the ohurch bell broke the evening stillnes. Wo wore very tired, ' but could not miss the opportunity of attending prayer meeting in it. What a troop of memories came crowding back, fairly jostling each other In their intensity. Jlow grateful we wero to see one beloved, venerable form, whose i face crowned with gentleness and peace * was thero still speaking in hi? Master's praise. May God preserve and bless -kU. Thursday was tho momentous 27th, the twelfth anniversary of the laying of the corner stofte of the Williamgton Female College and w%s made the occasion for a reunion of its Alumnae. The morning dawned cool and cloudy, but after a while the sun shone forth in a perfect pic nic temperature, neither too g hot nor too cooh The College Chapel, under the admirable management of Miss Ella Smith had been beautifully - decorated. Just over tho stage was the motto "What hath God wrought" with evergreens and Tines all draped and interlaced so artistically that they seemed to hare grown there. On the South '' wall was the legend **1873, Aug. 27thk I 1885." On the tforth >all were three beautiful wreathes *1n memorl?m" ,of, thoM of the Alumnae who are dead. The white walls and snowy pillars showed to advantage the rich green of holly and jasaininc decorations. Outside there was a lovely wreath suspended with satin ribbons over the'comer stone. Right here we will mention a beautiful coincidence. It is, and has been for years, Dr. Lander's custom to write every morning on the black board a "Gem Text*' from the scriptures and the verse which in- ordinary sucoession fell on the comerstonp anniversary was as follows-: "Now therefore yo are no more s^tningerB and foreigners,but fellowcitizcna with the saints and of the household of God; *nd are built upon the foundation of the?postles and prophets, Jesus Christ' Himself being the chief corner stone.'/ ,Kph. 11, xx, The chapel was thronged and crowded to its utmost capacity by an in intelligent and appreciative audience. Mr. Kirkland'a address on "Female Education" . was an eloquont and thoughtful essay, an earnest plea for the elimination of the superficial and for tho doeper, broader, ^ "Higher culture of woman; for after all It is woman's voice that "shapes the whisper of the throne" and "the hand that rocks the cradle sways the world." Mr. Kirkland closed with a bcautifuiiMid olegant tribute to the alumnae, ^tfouiparing them and their influence at homo and in society, to the graet violets and daises ml ttin fitfktnlv pAlnnnl T G. Clinkficales, school commissioner of Anderson County, very miltary looking however, followed with what he called a "local talk" although wo thought gome of his illustrations, rather ultra, yet taken as a whole his lecture abounded in brilliant thoughts and novel ideas, to say nothing of the scintillations of wit that fairly brought down the house. After an improssive benediction the audience proceeded to the Spring Park where an elegant collation was spread. The young America Brass Band of Anderson furnished splendid music for the occasion. After dinner the whole Park resembled some immense home parlor, into which all the absent ones had gathered. The refrain of a beautiful song was constantly recurring to me "and Oh ! it Alls my heart with joy to meet my friends once more."' At 3 p. in. tbo Alumnae met in tho College parlors l'rof. J. M. Lander introduced Prof. De Camps of the Greenville Conservatory of music, who with his bright little son gavo us a charming duet on the piano and violin. After our guests had retired, the Alumnae proceeded to business by electing us tJhairman. We protested, but protests being out of order we were led to the Chair by the graceful Mrs. Piince with all our ''blushing honors thick upon us," On oalling the roll it was found that twenty graduates were present of tho original fifty-six, thirty-three of whom were absent and threu of whom have crossed over the River unto the Section Triumphant. The attendance was considered a fair proportion of our number, for our companions arc scattered from the shores of the Potomac on the north to where under the burning tropics, the mighty Amazon flows forth ;to meet the sea. Tho following officers were elected: Mrs. Mattie Lander Prince, President: Mrs. Klla Coxe Cromer, Vice President; Mis* Mattie Brown, liecording Secretary ; MUs Lila Prince, Corresponding Secretary"; Miss Ella Smith, Treasurer : Miss Lizzie Alexander, Alusumie Editor of the NrtW. Misses Zeigler, Pinson and Mrs. Turner were appointed an Executive Committee. Mrs. Clinkscales, Mrs. Pouche and Mrs. Muller were appointed a Committee on music. Mrs. Fannie Sharp Boyd, of 8t. Joseph Misaonrri and Miss Cara. Featherstone of Bel ton, S. C. were appointed Kssayigt* for the next meeting in August 1886. It wss intended to havo the Spring Park illuminated on Thursday night, but tho weather being unfavorable the College chappel and parlors were threwn open lo visitors. The Pelaer String Band was in attendance. The occasion was a most enjoyable one the music of the Band floated in at the windows, the bass-violin seemed to say deeply, distinctly, "Can J forget that night in June upon the Danubo Hiver" and the tremoluus violin sighed back "Never ah, never!'* Beautiful forms and manly figures passed and repassed in endless promenade. The night was doliciously cool, eyerything conspired to render it a scene of fairy enchantment never to be forgotten, a gilded milestone on lifo's roadway. Prof. MuChesney of Savannah favored the company with somo wondorful fingering on the piano. Miss Prince, Miss Lander, Mrs. Prince and Mrs. Kirby also play id and si^ngsome beautiful selections. We had the nriviloaro of noninir ftr Lander's caligraph in oporation, it is a woi.derful instrument,''almost human in fact, but it thiilled us with deepest pain, to know and realize that its use was absolutely noeossary to our venerated instructor, ho being afllocted with upori paralysis." . Mrs. I* with uuiuk intuition and "inothor-like" showed us the laiproreuients in' house, and grounds which last fraa as dcligtfnl aa any part of tha programme. On Fridny afternoon we left Williamston for the land of Goshen, or in other words the home of Mr. Malcolm Erwin and arrired in sight of the broad Saludn beforo sunset in time to see Mr. Krwin's Jersey cows and ruddy Devons. We think he could get up a pretty extensive stock show on his own account. We had a most enjoyable visit, music and song caused the hours to fly on fairy wingsand here it was that '"happy go lucyk' Bob, won his cognomen ; for in going up cat-liko on the elevator at the mill, he fell, from under the eaves and yet sustained no injury, except that his hands wero badly lacerated. That ho was so slightly injured after such a terrible fall seems almost miraculous. We must not forget to mention the crowningglory of this trip, and that was seeing and holding in our hands our great grandmother's act of China, from over the sea. the quaint little cofTcc cups, the queer little tea enps. the dainty sugar bowk tho pretty square bread plates, nil in pink and gold. There in one house * were representatives of four generations ' and the fifth represented by that prec- < ious set of China. Wo can now account < for extravagant jearning in this particu- t lar. it is au iuhcrited tendency, but we ? very much fear we will never own such < treasures, for our great grandmother's t China is as beantiful as the old Trofes* a for's . t "Antithetic bi^blj mafjnetic } Peripatetic ailrer churn." Yours respectfully. Abbe De Villc. | Up to Snuff. r\ Ik It- ir. " - * yuuiu mc ews ami uouricr: 1 "In South Carolina there is, wo bo- 8 liove, too much regard for name and c birth. It is an old joke that when Mr. 1 Calhoun opened his snuff box the whole 1 State sneezed, There is no one man in ' South Carolina who can produce this * effect on the olfactory nerves of the poo- * plo of to-day. But there are a great * many persons who expect the people to I sneeze whenever they open their snuff * boxes. Especially is the sneeze looked < for as a matter of right when a snuft r box is rapped upon which belonged to a ' gjandfather and a great-grandfather.'' s This is what hurts, is it? It is plain I i. it-i ? - - r iv suu mat it is not so inucn the smiff r nor the box containing it that is the subject of cemplant as it is the grand fa- 4 thers the and great-grandfathers that are 8 at fault. Now will ihe exes and (Jou- * rier point out among the prominent I officials to-day the men who had grand- c fathers or great-grandfather of distinc- c tior. to whom they in any wise owed 1 their promotion ? ' To begin with, take our bench of ' Judges, always esteemed in South Car- c olina as occupying the first station in 1 the commonwealth. Who were Chief 1 Justice Simpson's grandfathers or great- ? grandfathers ? If we know anything 1 about it, they were plain, respectable 1 members of society, some of whom 6 were recognized as pillars in tho house-. ( hold of faith to which thoy belonged, but otherwise of littlo or no public sig- ? nificancc. ' Does anbody in the State know who 1 were Justice McGowan's grandfathers I and great-grandfather* ? This noble ' citizen and Carolinian, like most of ( Carolina's great men, is the builder of * his own. name and station. ( Who were Justice Mclver's anccs- 1 tors ? Plain, hard-beaded, reputable 1 Scotch people, who had as much to do 1 with Justice Mclver'a advancement aB * the man in the moon. 1 Now we come to the Circuit Judges. ^ w no were ?Judjre Aldrich's grandfathers and great-grand atbert? Who were Judge Pressley's grand and great grand-sires ? He bears the christian "name of Benjamin Chaplin, one of his ancestors. This is the name of one of the oldest families in the State, but a plain, honest one, and one of the least pretentious in the State. If any one of then has every sat in the Legislature even, we have never heard of it, though they wore peoplo of solid means and had been so for genorations. Who were Judge Hudson's, Judge Cothran's, Judge Fraser's, Judge Wallace's, grandpires and great-grandsires ? We might add the whole list. Doubtles the ancestors of tho citizens were men of plain, good repute; but whore is the eclftc, the golden annff boxes, which their ancestors left that carried a single man of them into his seat ? Now let us take up the prominent Stato officials. Take our Governor, Hugh Thompson. He had a distinguished ancestry it is true, but what did it do for him ? If there van ?I1V reelf. oning of it left, it was right across the * path of Carolina's political sentiments. 1 It is antagonized Calhoun and his political standards squarely. The truth is, the ^'schoolmaster Gorornor" ihado his own.rcpution before the peoplo as com- 1 pletcly as if ho had no family reckonings -whatever. He waa taken up at a ' venture as the popular diligent , and i, successful Superintendent of Education. ; It may be said, then, with perfect troth < that Hogh Thompson represents to-day . ?! :'r; . ' \ : V ' ' " ! ' . - " the brand-new public school idea of the f lay in this old commonwealth. Surely j '.here is no rnp of the snufF box ?ere. t Take Lieutenant Governor Sheppard ; ft'ho were his grand or grent-grandsires? j We do not know. Take Secretary of ^ 5 ae Lipscomb. Is there any ift > of the muff box about him ? A descendant of t i substantial stock, with pleasant { 'plantation manners," it is known of all < lien that though a "wheel horse" in e stub) orn fight for State redemp,ion in 1876, the manipulators at the ! 'ore kept him out of place and position as ong as the people would consent to it. Take Comptroller General Stoney. . How did he get his position ? Why, as . he wholo State knows, he got it by his ligh efficiency and courteous do- ^ licanor as a clerk in tho department. ^ [f a ntan of his name in tfie State has O jver held public office before, or has * iver been a member of the Legislature ^ sven, we do not recall it. There is no ^ muff box there, then. Take State t, Treasurer Ilichnrdson. Ho is a man of listinguishod ancestry. Although not V ixactly "a hard-handed son of toil," if here be a more couteous, more accept iblo, more diligent, more popular offi- " :ial in the whole South we would like r o 8ee him trotted out. If the golden ^ inuff box has given us this worthy genleuian and official we would like to lave some more of thein. ? Take Adjutant General Manigault, a gentleman to the last inch of him. lie " iclongs to a race that the people of j tauth Carolina have been accustomed, ind rightly, to rcBpect from tho time of heir honored ancestress Judith, Mani- ^ ;ault, to the present. How mariy gjeat 1 >fttces havejjthey ever held in the State. 1 i. ?i?I-.J -- * \d )uu luvNuii over me wnoio Uarolinal1 legislature of four years ago, ? here sat General Ijlanigault the he member from Georgetown, returned o here by negro votes, an outspoken, v leclared Democrat, and one whose very r )rcsence in the Assembly would strike p he casual visitor of the llousc as the t ronrteous, refined, modest, .manly rep- p esentative of a better day. In honor- c ng him. South Caroiina honored her- ? iclf. If there was any rap oj the snuff C >ox there the plain people of the ' itate will profit by a little more of it. Take tho Superintendent of Educaion, Colonel Coward. He is another choolmaster, and we don't know who ^ verc his grand and groat grandsires. Ie was manifestly chosen for his place ?n account ef his reputation as a teach- 1! sr. There can scarcely be any rap of 0 he snuff box there. Take Attorney General Miles Apart ' 'rom being a member of a new and tal>nted family, who, one after another, ^ ose to distinction by their own intrinsic alerts, wo don't see a rap of the snutfl* )os thoro. Mr. Miles reached prefer-" nent strictly on account of hit; v*high or- 0 ler of talents, his unquestioned profus- ^ lional ability and his unimpeachable ^ :hai actor as a man. ' r Now, turn to our Congressional delegation. Take Senator Hiunpton. There ' s a grent deal of talk out of the State 0 tbout his distinguished ancestry. Most * leople in the State don't care a grot for ^ t. And Wade Hampton has boon as a issentially as any man the maker of his a jwii reputation. Opposed to secession ' >n principle, and his family surround- 1 ngs had been of the Union school of ^ jolitics in their proclivities, yet when c .he State acted he raised a legion (thanks *s x> his wealth) and went into tho field, *rhere he rose from a Colonelcy to a 8 Lieutenant General's command. He ^ jroved hiviself a brilliant cavalry lead* ^ ;r, whilst his men loved him liked a A brother. That's his record. and thai is $ just the rccord that called him from the 1 i.~?? . . ( mnnionippi UUbiriUO iU IHKU IflCJ 1021(1 liore whon the men of Carolina put v their house in order to achieve the re- n iemption of the State. Ho filled the * ai 11 completely ; and though the people a >f the State had themselves' to thank 1 for their political redemption, it would 0 i>e saying what is untrue to history to c tay that tho man they matched to their 0 preat emprise failed them in ono portic- 1 lar. He was calin, ho war. self-collect- ' 3d, ho was courageous, he was patient, c lie wns wise, he was juxt. Take it lltogether, it made him a most remark- 0 tile man before tbo whole country. * This, too, it will be retnemberod, was ' just when the News and Courier was | :oquetting with Chamberlain. ' 1 Take Senator Butlor. He had a dis- 0 linguished ancestor wo bulievo on his 1 luottar's side in Commodore Perry, and 0 he has more or less distinguished * iffinitios. It is not for us to say how * much servico this has been to him. Wo 1 uro confident, however, that whatever 1 distinction tho Senator has reached has I been his own handiwork. * Now, as to our delegation fn' the 1 Federal House. Who were the grand-v 1 nires and great grandnirea of George rilhnan. Wyatt Aiken. Samuel Dibble, ' Gfoorgo W.Dargan, John J. Hemphill? j Any gold snuff boxes about th^m ? ^ . So far a*' Congressman Perry iu con- f corned, apart from his own individual worm m a noun 01 sound sense, anqneg-l . ; ?' ?-*V. ^ ?-k ionoii manliness and firmness, whatever strength he possesses coine from his ather, an essentially self-made man and i life-long U nionist of the most declared ype. And lastly, who were Small's grandather and great grandfather ? We arould have to go to Congo, possibly, to jet his ancestry. Now what is true of his generation was strikingly true of ormer generations of great men of the State. Calhoun himself was a scion of a lain Scotch-Irish stock, that had noth> ng to do with the great names of cclotial period. Mr. Calhoun was essenially a plantation man. He never lived n a city in his life, save when at Washngton. NnV DR tn nil P.nrnlinn onon.I^n. VIMIH Oll?VAIUg Tt UUil Calhoun took "snuff," it is too woll ;no?vn for denial lliat some of the ;rcide8t men of tho State were opposed o Calhoun's views, as were Colonel Villiain Drayton, Judge Hu^er, Judge . )'Ncalc, James L. Petigru, Waddy Thompson, li. P. Perry and many others vo could name. Now to show the nonsense of this alk about "too much regard for names nd birth in South Carolina," let any nun at ull familiar with the history of he State call the names of the most listinguished men in South Carolina amiliar to the popular ear for a ;eneration or bo before the war. It will ?c seen that four out of five of our great nen came out of the plainest stock, fliilst some of the greatest of them iturnlly had no ancestral reckonings rhatever. ,Vhat is the matter in South Carolina o-day then ? Simply this : That the Veto* and Courrer wants the people | 0 sneeze whenever it opens its snvjjy 1 ox. It would seem that there is a school >f would-be leaders in tho State who rould take pleasure in sending to tho ear men in any way connected with tho >ast history of the commonwealth so as o make room for themselves. This the teople of South Carolina will never onsent to so long as the sons of the itatc are South Carolinians or South !arolina is herself.?Columbia Regit' er. . . The. Rock Hill Failure TflK News and Courikr Bureau, ) 03 Main St., Columbia, Siptomber 8.$ Col John C. Haskell, of this city, who 5 the attorney of Williams, Black & Co., f New York, and represents both that inn and J. M. Ivy & Co., of Rock Hill, n the matter of the assignment made >y the latter, has given me the inside nvin vi viivj Col Haskelfe'Bays that Col. J. M. Ivy, rho owned tho whole interest in his Lrm, has been very ill, and his physiians having informed him that his only lope of life lay in retiring immediately rom business. he concluded to malce he assignment. CqL Haskell was called rom the White Sulphur Springs early KHt week lo confer with F. W. Williams if the New York firm and Col. Ivy, nd remained at Bock Hill from Tueslay until Saturday. It was by his dvico that the assignmant was made as y short cut to Cob Ivy's affairs. Wiliams, Black & Co. own five-sixths of he claims against, tho firm or aboufc >195,000. The other debts, to the amount if about $30,000, are for the most part ecured by collaterals. On Saturday business was stopped >nd an assignment was made to Mr. F. V. Williams," of Williams, Black & Co. iVhen this action was agreed upon the few York Arm was telegraphed to stop ayinents. and this is the reason that he paper of Jvy & Co. was protested. Jol. Haukell siys that the firm was Solent and will in the opinion of Col. Ivy nd his assignee, have a surplus after mying all debts. The nominal assets re considerably in excess of the liabiliies and consist of very valuable real state in York, Lancaster and Sumter ounties and securities and good pappr >f various kinds. The Assignment was ? 111 1. 0 - a !A !_ 1. _ nnuu wunoui proiorence, ana u is oetcvcd that tho payment of creditors is mly a matter of time. Col. Ivy was solo partner in the firm if J. M. Ivy & Co., cotton buyers and >ankors and collectors, doing also a large crtilizor business. Ho was the head of he firm or Ivy & Fewell, large dealers n general merchandise. Col. Ivy iwnod and operated twelve plantations raa also a largo owner of Rock Hill real istate, a considerable stockholder in the Iock Hill fa*rory and the owner of the lock Hill Herald. Ool. Haskell says hat the firm at the timo of the assign* nent bad good oredit, and that die >ayment of its drafts wis stopped only' /tor the assignment; had boen agreed ipon. He returned to Rock It is ohvious that the firm hai|S .peculating considerably in cottM ;urw?. Col. I*y has bnM a bold If tor, losing one yetfr $70,<X>0, I j| orindd, and making it alt baclffiSS*! noro besides, the next y?r. S Subscribe for the MK8?rnaKn.^^^^ ^