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EMPSON MILUS. ?Htcr Hipp Lo YOL. ?. LAI KENS C. LIM S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1886. big job of Clothing _Baltimore Fir?. - i NOMINEE OF THE REPUBLICAN | PARTY FOR THE PRESIDENCY. Th? grandson ol rIn- nihill Pres ident ol thu United Slates hus been made l>y the voice of Hie ttopubli- | enes or his Slate ol Indiana a cnn- j didute for leadership of tho party in the Presidential campaign of 1888.* "Blood w ill tell" is a sas ii.g whose truth is proved hy histoiy ns well as by ever;, day experience in the great modern republic where every man stands for himself, and Wlieil he COIliea before Ibo people, cannot ?sk for support on account of his ancestry. Mis forebears muy bequeath bim the quanti? .. and n.il by reason of his birth, that his .sword Hashes in tho van of tho charge. No furn i ly tree offers Itself a ladder to political distinction in till? country, though lim limber Which the family tret* yields may furnish thc material for'a ladder lo fume. lt is sometimes said if one's de scent be truced hack far enough there may bo lound a hangman's ' noose nt the end of it. In the case of Gen. benjamin Harrison,of Indi ana, this is literally true: ami yet true Without discredit and with honor. Were there co.its of arms in this republic this Presidential candidate iniglft happily Hank tho knotted rope willi gibbet und chu i ns. Indeed, tho re gicide blood comes often to the front in American pol ities. There have boen throe ('encrais in the Harrison family. There may have been more chiefs and leaders in prehistoric times, bul (bc mud ern records give evidence of three. Ol those the ll rsl was hanged, Hie second was the President of the greatest republic of Hie world's his tory, and the third may till -.ncc more the position held by tho sec ond. Hut the first Honorai Harrison the mail who was banged, was si man of whose execution any deso dant may bc justly proud. I Ie died p martyr to t In- cans., nt const il M tiomil liberty, as opposed lo ile prerogative ol' kings. Tho igmmi iny ol' Iiis execution lins become il luinincd with (ho progress of civil i/.ed Institutions until itshinesn ^'fllOW of lire. The Hrs! (louerai Harrison wie ono of Crom well's trusted Henton ants, He was banged for no i'd., ny, but for a service that forwurdoi England's history consequently on own. He was appointed one ol'Un board ol' comniissio icrs who tri? < King Charles 1 for I reason to parti aillent, and with loyally io tie great protector and fa i th I'll I li ess ti the Presbyterian church li?' signo? that king's death warrant, Porhup he may have loll a premun?! ion o the reaction in polities (hal eas (< rei-ti 11 in Iiis own death, this hrs General Harrison, w hen li?' witnes seU tlie royal execution. ?1?' put' tlie penally ol' his steadfastness t his principles by being banged h order ol Cutirles If, on October II 1660, und Pepys says that he look eil ns cheerful as could bo expuele under the circumstances. The Ilnrri- li family, under th reign of th?? Stuarts, it may lc im agine?I, found lil Ile comfort or pros perl ly in England. Certain it i that they emigrated to American S'il pillia colonists. Once mot }dood told, us they soon were hour from on this thc waler. Benjnnil Harrison, of Virginia, was a typ c Hi pat riot of the Revolution, member of the Virginia House < Burgesses, lie undoubtedly hear Patrick Henry make his histor upeeeh ju the li I He e li ti rel i that -ti crowns one of the hills of I tic li mon exclaiming "Give mo liberty < ?rive me death,'' und In- took Iiis li n his hands when, willi his fellov leaders of Ainoiicna patriots I signed the declaration of I Ilde pei ?lenco. Three times was ibis Bel jimmi Harrison elected (Joverm .of Virginia, und he was u in em b of the State convention that rn t i tl? the Conni i tut ion of Un- Unlit Mintos. His son, renowned both soldier and .statesman, was tl ninth President of the Un I ti jj tate?. Rut luann able lind distinguish) as his English and Virginia mo i try may be, it is not their morl that alone shed lustre n boil I I career, the character and tho pr? ?nt position Of Indiana's favori : on. Ho stands for himself, ai his deeds in war, hin record In pu tics, his ability us a lawyer, I brilliancy ns u stump speaker, il bis acts us a statesman ail spooK I themselves. General Harrison's grand filth wa9 one of tho early settlers of Ob and Io un humble houso al Noi Bend, O.,on August 20, l883,you Benjamin's eyes Hud met the Hg Ho was n Ind of slender but w i physique, ami he Inherited un telleet thal matured curly. I father john Scott Har-Ison, li himself served us governor nfl Northwestern territory und itt < < gross, but hud retired t ? till t tarni at North Rend, only it f miles below ( ineinnti. Young lb Jamill was only seven yours i when his grnndfuther was elect president In the famous log eal and hard cider campaign. <* ? Tho young man's earliest Indi t'.on was for tno law Perhaps Inherited that bent, or hin m* constitution Impeli?/j hlmtnal w Certainly no mun ever poss sse moro distinctly legul mind. Ceri His that Immediately on lesv ?Olio/O ho begun the study o? lew lu Olnolunatl, In the offle< Judge Kmllany Strover. Mc WUK nd m i ((eil lo tlc' bur before ho wa 21. N:?t only bad bo gained a pro fession, but bi :.'l-l year saw him willi a wife as we'll, Ile had but $200, which hin laMier furnished bim, he had no practice ami no III llucncc behind him, ami Im doler mined lo tah > hi wife, liol as n burden, but aa an Inspiration, and dat t a career for himself. His an ia'dor-. lind come from Kugln ml to Virginia and fi om Virginia to O., w hy .should lie nol carry lim family further Wosl ? I lo carried ont the idea, end Ibo year of his majority saw him hang ont his modes! law yer's shingle in Indianapolis. lt was in Ift?fj thai young Harri son began his can er in I ndinu , Ile looked dien Vin? record sayli like ii schoolboy, Hen rd I ess, with n big bulging Imad, covered w itt tow like hair, and -el Upon a s lt Ol' thick neck,; slender ol' ligure, lui mature.of voice and ??lone among strangers, tliore seemed little promise of the brilliant career to follow. N et lie bad a w ile and w is poor. Kor a long time bc lived in three rooms in a little old house, w hich -un stand i on Vermont street, near Alabama in Indianap olis. lilli (hough so young and un known his head held ?1 brain t hat soon brought him into notice. Ile Was sacco sfttl from thc very :start, < Inc of his earliest eases concerned a legislative investigation, in which he was employed hythe Memoe lat in ((overlier, Joseph A. Wright 'rile, ability In- displayed soon brought him oilier cases. lu oin ol the earlie-,! (,f ||m-o he w as for tunate enough lo be selecleo a assistant prosecutor against a wo man charged w ith poisoning a mai: al the Kay Mon---an old hostel rio-a case which excited grea public intere-t. A Hood of client! loll..wed, and since then he has al ways boen pressed w ith business lt is worth w hile saying just here that aside from bis prominence ?1 public lil", Im lin - hu- nearly twa? do cades been ono of Hu- foremost law y ors lu I ht? Stale. Now, I hat tin I loud ri :ks Iii ni Is broken up, il ma; be .-aid thal t louerai 11 a rr ison .-har es with (ino, or possibly two m hoi Hie honor of standing at the how of t ho I ndiaiin bar. When tim wai'canio on llarriso w as - till po .r, ami ho needed all 1 h li diar- Im colli I i ai n to support hi family. Kui le- was nc li Vi! in tb cause, und in July, 1872, Clov. i\foi ton ned him on Hie street and sah "Hen, I want yoi; to raise a reg moni," ho accepted tho bequest it a com ma nd. Ho raised ?1 com pan; was commissioned a second lim tenant, then captain ami then co oncl of the igtli Indiaua regimen Clov. Morton al this t i me suggest! to the young lawyer, who was m yet 30,and whose family still neoi eil Iiis constant care, that it Wt hardly lair to ask him to give 1 (hu civil ellice to wllloll Im had bm elected, and offered to send son one el-e in lils place to t lie Heh Harrison'' reply was chnracleVisti "I have recruit <\ ibis regime) and I would ask no man lo go win? I would tmt go myself," 11 was Ibis soldierly spirit thal he beg. his military rorvioo. < ieuerai I lani DU'S pol 11 i cal e roer, interrupted by (ho war, w destined Ihereiifter I" be one much hard work ami lillie rew a in tho way of preferment, alhel? 1 paid liberally IA1 great popular! ami t he high ?ppro ?at ?on of t party loaders in n any oilier sit i's, While he wa?J nb-miit in I Held in | si;:{, the supremo .court ? clarcd ais ellice ol reporter vaca ami the place was tilled by :111o er. I- rom the time of leaving diann w ith his regiment in I fi until the tall of 180 I, after the ci ture of Atlanta, Honorai Harri? had no leave ol' absence. Kilt I Indiana Kepublicans in I std I rem Inated liiui fm the otiicc from wit ho bud been ousted and, limier : orders ol ibo w ar deportment, at once reported to Gov, Mor ror duty on a thirty days' lea I le al once imnlo a brilliant ci vassoftho Stale ami was Irin pliantly elected for another toi Then he rejoined the army and - ved until tho surrender of Job ton. I le served out Iiis term as l e ter ol tim supreme court, but (lined are-election io 1808, and voted himself to the practice of profession, I n i sv<; < t?nern I 11 arrison hoc? ?1 candidate for (.{overlier un circumstances which rolled l ali the honor of a leader of a for! hope, even though Ibo .success victory did not crown bis br Thc nomination carno to him der peculiar circumstances regular party nominee, (lodi < )rth, hud withdrawn fl om Hie ti et, and thc State central conn lee clmsc (?en. Harrison to dil vacancy. Tho (louerai ut Hu? s; time was absent from Hie St ami w a- only apprised of Hu? lu Hms 1 li rust upon !iim by 11 toleg WhlOh met liiui on thc return j ney. Mo had declined tho nt 11 ni i MM ho fe TO the meeting ol convention ivhicli named Orth, in tendering it to him again committee said : ,iTn0 nomina was made for no other pur t han (o subvert the best intel Of the Itcpublie.in party in 1 ana, and in tendering it to yoi do so with tue nnsurnneo that will receive the united and cai vide of thc entire parly." Again, in ls*U, Im took a lea j.arl in the campaign, and win wm found thal the ltcpublica carried Un? legislature, ho became :it oiieo lito loading candidate for United Stales iSunulot'. Tho voice of thc p.u iy u ns unnniinous in lu xor of iii" man u ho IMHI hoon light* iitg ils but Iles MI long und u ho had hoon ?i lending Hg u ru in I ho history since I8;>t}. Iii- nomination wm li oe-lindo WCll, Ililli whin lin- o till . .u ; uni no other mime wns presen d d. Hi election guvo ilu? liveliest tm I i shiel (on ld ItcpuhlicniiH through out Hie RltltO. Dui ing his (crin ol' B?X yours in I lie oiiuli , ( ?on, 1 lorri son won :i reputation us oin- ?d' lin- nulo t lender , al rouge ?I I ti wy ern mid mo I forcible debaters In Unit body. Senator Harrison's tenn expired March I, 1887, nuil Ibo legislnture lo choose his successor wns elected in tho lilli ol' 1880. Timi w ns tl ntemortihleeitmp.'iign. 'l'on largo ext tm I ii was Senator 11 nrrison's I nw ii ciimptligll, lor lu- lud und won Mu- light. < louerai Harrison is liot>> culled all orator, although bo is n must el?uc live mid forcible speaker. His greatest successes have been al the har and have hceil won hy learn abd logie. Ho lins a reniai kable fnculty ol (urning Iiis mind quickly rroiii one matter to another. Ono of his ch a rae I eristics is :i pe culiar one for u publie Ullin, He docs liol care lo shako hand-, ami lu* has .such a pour memory lor li?mes and Tacos that il is said Hutt prominent mon in his own state have been in trod need to him three liiic , in une day. < ?eu. I lan i ou i ; not rich, even though Ids law practice is large and remunera!?vt. lio owns a bund-1 some house in Indianapolis, where 1 his wile, a daughter ol' Professor Scot t, ol his old college al Oxford, receives much company. They have a married daughter und son, : wdio luis followed tho family Iradi- 1 (lon of going further wesl, and is becoming prominent in (ho politics I nf Montuna, (lenernl Ifiirrisou i ix au a. live memhor ol' tin- Kl rsl Presbyterian church ol' Imlhtuapo W Ail :u i.oo. Items ol'Interes) (inllicceii lo our . '. il c. HpOllllClll. Mr. mid Mrs. NV i i is, of Johns (on, base lieen sp,.niling sntiiclimc with Mr. .1. T. Harri-, Mr. Wills has purchased it half interest in ile wood shop ol' Mr. Harris, und ex pects lo move lu i" lo lake charge about ih<" I-' of Septem her. Mr. liairi- luis binghi tho .lohn Karris place and coll (cm phi les building il linc ret idciico. While I lr, NV. li, Harris occupies (he newly comple ted house ?d' Mi-- Irene 1 Lilli-. Died on tb - 'J !h nf .?uno, Alger, t lu- infant child nf M r, and M rs. ' KoheiTson Turner, Iles. A. M. Ilnssell will hold ci nu mu u ?nu services here on t hc ?t li Said? it li in .1 illy. Mr. Parks ()f Greenwood, who hus hcen suiTering from ?ll health1 Inr some I imo, i- visiting his son in tow n, and tesl lug I in- nil healing minorai waters. M rs. |??, .1. I i. iidy \\ ?th lu i moth er and si I r io law, emile very nour having a serious accident on j Sunday while going lo church. NV hon about a mile from (own thc mule (bey were driving; hogan lol run at lull .peed. Thc buggy ran against n 'urge tree, throwing Mrs. Hendy om on one --ide of the 'bug gy and her mother on Ibo other, w hile Miss Dendy fell between the singlet ree and the mule. .lust al ' (his moment (he mule broke from i the buggy,und thus Miss Dcndy'sl life was saved, for if Hie harness I had held good she Would have been kicked tn death. This should be a wu rn lng lo those who are in ibo habit of allowing (heir wives ami daughters lo lake their horses and buggins without niiy one to go with them, S l'A RTA NH Ultu-, .lune dd.-The organization nf thc nev Kiugorvllle Cotton Miiuuhicturing Company waa yesterday completed liv the l election of Jlenry Lib s, president ; .1. H. Liles, sec nd ii ry und treasur er, timi tho following board nf (M ree tors: G. A. Lo theo, T. P. Kims, M. P. Linger. IL V. McMillan and NV.J, Chapman, w illi president mid t rofl su n r, ex olhcio members. The capital stuck of $o0,000, Which luis.di been taken at hume, vv111 he paid in monthly Instalments nf.fi (ter shu re. The mill will have hOUil spindles mid will manufacture yarns only, li will consume from ten lo twenty hales per day, mid will be in operation by October, issy. Thc father ol Jolie S. W ise was the man who hanged John Brown, whose "body li?'- mouldering in thc grave, bul whose soul goes march ing on Several patriotic speak ers nieldioiicd .lohn Drown in the course of their reniai !<-.. Al I heirn limes a smile, half nf iiintiscmcnt, h.ill .i disdain, lil tl|> Hie lace id' NN'ise. lt was a peculiar position for him to be i laced in. Wanted-A cat which will not bring up .i jilter <?f squirrels given her eat. Hlorlew of such happy families arc again gelling leo nu merous lo be I rue. General Sheridan says he would rather ht' lather nf (wilts limn l e Preddent. Ile will Illili no op position D?the realization of that ambition-nothing in fuel lint sym pathy. THU CAPI TOL CITY AG SEEN RY .OUR ARGUS EYED CORRESPONDENT. . Wasblngion, .1 une 29th. I ::>-':. Verily UH- Ilcpulicun mountain halli 11 mi i ??I tl fort h u mouse The party which cloded Lincoln, the mil- pliiler, Oran! tho Immer und (larllchl tho low-path hey, ami whicli lins so loudly claimed to he Hie peoples' putlv,tlio friend of tL<? inuit il ado, ole. llUH Liken a new departure, ibis limo they have se lected ii member of du- hlue-htood ed silk stocking aristocracy lo head their ticket, whoso only distinction \ is that . he is the gm nd son ' ol Ids griimUfuthoi', mid have j hitched on t<*JBfch< tad n .New York hanker, whoso only distino (ii II is the possession of many bar- ' rda of ready cash which he ls ex pected to distribute around liber ally during the eamprign. Harrison and Morton is a queer kind of n lionel lo ask II working man to vote for, hut of course the ItcpUblicail managers expect tllOU '.ands of the wage-workers of th" country to support them. The question is Will they get them? j T|UIO Will tell. If (he Chinese |?;id sotes I hoy would doubtless bo sol id for I larrison. The democrats in (/'engross ure much pleased willi the republican ticket us lite following opinions sliow; Semi tor McPherson l< ?; a sers- weak ticket. In Iho lirsl place Harrison has no i lenient .d' pope- ; Iii ri ty in tho country; Second his ('bilioso record svill lose the Paeif- , ic Slope, ami I do not seo hos\' be can hope to.carry any doubtful State. Senator lintier-The noni- ! ?nation is tlie weakest Ibo repub licans could possibly have niuo e. Harrison po.?sos no personal popularity, and hus no claim-- lu statesmanship. I served willi him for along period ont lu* commit tee of territories, know him well, and am certain (bal he possesses no ele ment of leadership. Senator Har ris- Harrison is as good n man ns tho democrats could have desired. If wo cannot beal bim we cannot beat anybody. Senator faulkner - Harrison is ?I wC-ilk man. 1 can not see boss' F man defeated three ' or four Hines in his own state can hope to lu- cloded. I leprosen t ti 11 ve Higgs-Harrison ss Ht not sland ii ghost of ii show, California ss ill go democratic und Cleveland and Thurman ss ill be cloded. Itcpro sentutive Mc Ailoo---Timi licket cannot carry new Jersey. Clove land and Thurman are noss' certain tO ho Clouted. ll -pr?sent?t ?ve lluras--Tho republicans have blun dered. I presume they dont ex pect seriously, lo elect that ticket. Representative Lawler - I don't see boss- any laboring man can sa de. thal ticket. I'ut enough of Ibis, Tho above i- suUlcienl und is Hie general reflection of tho opinion of every democrat in Congress, . | The I louse ha passed Hie public lamil* hill, with an amendment re taining title In the govern mool (<> coal mim--, fourni on (lu- public, land .bul allowing enlrynmn lo initie such coal di posit.4 until Con gress act - furl her in tho matter. A new style of Un IW hi Hil bas 1 made its appearance among, demo crats her.. lt has portraits of Cleveland ami Thurman in Ibo center, willi an eagle and th Allier lean shield in cadi coi nor, Mr. ('loveland wits Tuesday oili cially not I lied of his nomination by tin.nimittoe appointed by the St. Louis Convention. He respon ded ina fess well timed remarks and slated that he would column ni.-ale further ssith the party at large short ly, hy issuing Ids letter Of acceptance. The .committee went to Columbus Wednesday evening, to notify Mr. Thurman, An amusing incident occurred nt the White House Tuesday. Mr. Leroy Springs a mein her of (4 ie notification committee from South Carolina, during a conversation ss ith Mrs Cleveland remarked that South Cand?na Would give tho President 10,(100 majority, but that il the Woman SuflYngO people would nominale her sin would rot'love tho unanimous vote of the stab-. Hut, said Mrs. Cleve land quickly und laughingly, "Pm liol that kimi of a ss oman." The tight for revenue reform i i again raging, ill the I Luise There ss iii he no rest until ll Intal vote is taken upon the Mills bill. When that svill ho is at p rosenI extreme ly doubtlul. (J 011 ero I Sheridan bas gone lo bis gummcr cot tage on ibo Massa chusetts coast. Wlioro'N Cuptuin Tilmnii? [Ti, A. lt. lu Augusta Chronicle, j Some Hmo simm ('apt. lt, |{. Til mon challenged < 'ol J, C, 11 ask di m meet him on lim -lump in Lauren-; county, II lid discuss certain politico agricultural questions with hitit? Tho challenge was promptly an? OOpted, hut nothing further has bee li heard of thc ma I ter. 11 is un derstood (bat ('?lionel Haskell is la ndy for Hie debate svhenever his nd ve rsa ry nninos the doy. Tho poe? pie of Laurens would no doubt be delighted to bear this discussion Lc tween two such well known Bpon'; OS. and no doubt Hie people goner ally IhroUghoUH thc State would bi greatly ed I fled. Hy all means (hen let the debato be llxed. M:\VS l'l?(MI VIOl?NTVIlil.H. I Some excellent siig/resllon for (lie roi ?sion ul' one present I'n'i' School Si stem. 'riie hm* veal, iii over ami Ihn (?i'tiln croh I'3 almost a failure especially wheal. Johnson in his lecture on Agricultural Chemistry, say: : we (.?mi raise wheal successful! v with out applying Phosphulcof lime ii natural food. Wherever lime has hoon npplleil ? tho resull has hoon nitlsl'actory, I think I nonr<l I lr, A, <". Kuller say : lie applied lime once when he sowed Wheal in Mn' rall .uni then applied emly in (lie spring and tho result was respectfully nineteen and twenty two lui lu i ol' wheal per nero. ('urn looking W"ll, hut collin: small ami iippeareiilly in nu hurry 1 10 crow large. .Mr. K. l layton Watt I has the finest colton crop wo liase seen lids sonsou. < i lad to see (he - eh? ml -y- tem ng ?tilled, hope it w ill resull either In improving or abolishing it entirely. I can't -ec how we eau improve it without commencing a new or adopting tito old New Kllgltiml school law. Our system s'i far as (ho children w ho uro to receive Hie most beuclii are concerned is ti la mentable failure. I may "see through tho glass ?bukly," bul ii looks ,,, m,, as if too much money is spent on l-hoenluhlalure ami not enough on t he plinl h. Our free school system was inten ded I presume, le create within us 11 new Inlorcsl lu tim can e. of edu cation ami lo place thu mean- willi in Ibo reach ol all children Iud ween nerlai n UgOS, lo al t a i II ll fail.lo mon school education. Kroin some cau-c, w ant of method probably in the management of Hie common schools-parents generally arele interested in educating llieir ?-iii! dren than I (?vi r knew. I have linen leaching ii good while | uni now leaching Hie children ol' -*0'mo ol' my furnier pupils, and know wi ur roof I speak il is certainly ti mutter oTvilul imp?rtam e Iii ti - nil-a crise Hutt ll (>(?<! S MOroie. t l e;: ! nn nt, nild Ililli too wit h ml lehiy. A llttbsl \\ it h 'carani! trembling. I am going lo mahon few propositions without discussing t lie mortis of ol I lier i ne, (htli the sta!.' llpprupl'iuli moro money if possible for ibo common ? country schools mid Iel Hie public funds for lltelr maintenance he made legally,siippleiiu nlnry. Let Hie primary stipulation in the incorporal ion of every town es pee I illy where Ihpior i- - ?ld by li cense bo ti lio:nl lu nininlain II com mon udtool-- say four months in lhe \ ear. Lei the idlloo of Scholl ( 'oinuiis sinner he abolished, ami l t lim du ties he discharged by Hie county I loa rd of K.\a in i ner.s, (o bc paid each three dollar- per day for ex amining teaelu-r- on llio regular appointed days for examining. Ti acher- ami Ibo Chairman or Seo. of suhl Hoard be paid by Ibo teach er a feen! of twenty-live coll IM for every mont lily pay certiiienfe lie approve-; ??.ml for consolidai ?np; monthly reports, making return lo State Sn peri II tem la II t, etc, Lol drsl elliss teachers bo paid j?jU monthly others proportionately. Lot thc township irusloes I.lee led hy eiU/.ens und lol them he paid a lea onahle pri?e for (boil service in permanently locating -chools, for heretofore there has hoon entirely II "labor for h ve." Let lhere Le -ay live -chools in cadi lon miles Si pl ?I CO, one in Hie centre and the others cipii-distun( from centre and tho corner . A Trip lo I iii H reit?, - j ( 'brist ?au Adv?cale. 'The ed i tor had I he pleasure of at tending thc commencement exorci ses Of the Laurensville Kellidie ( 'ol lege I as I week. Th is Institution i- now in charge nf Professor W. M. McCtislan, who I.? oipporled by a .orps of no t efUoienl touchers, I Udor Um new administration tito Col lego is taking on now life, The past your bas Leen one of great sue- 1 cess. A largor number of students matriculated than for niailj year pa it, and t Imir depart ment ami progress in Stlldy bas been nm ! gratifying lo teachers and patrons. Tho outlook for the next year i very hopeful, lt i-; conlldoiilly bo? lloved thal under the wise, vigo rous ami ofllcionl miiiuigemeni ni Professor Mci'asian. Ibo college Will bo imue prosperous than ever before. 'The commencement oxprelses passed oil' vers- pleasantly, The au llonces were larg, orderly and sym palheli '. The y >l ,ig" belies pei Formed their sovoral parts well, the mu -ie was excellent, lind t lie essays >f t bc gradua tes, Misses Horrell ami McCaslan, worn very creditable, Mrs Kinma Auld of GrooilWOOll, a il', of Kev. I'Vodorlck Auld of tho South Carolina < 'on ('(?renee, read I ho issn y before the Aliiinnrenn Assoc I - ition, H Wiisn thoughtful ami oar Host discussion of Woman's [nilli mco, Mrs, A.M. Clireii/.borg was .vas also present to renew thc me mories of her ci liege (llU'S, We found t ho Methodist Pastor, Kev T; K. Morris, lu goori health ind spirits. Mrs Morris hus gr Oft I ly improved in health duce her re moval to Laurens. The preacher [a ill favo' w ith his people, and he 400ms mindi attached to his charge. Kev J, M. Carlisle, tho ex-Pastor, w as also present. lt was touching to sec (he devotion ol' thc people, coung and old, to this vouerai lo limn of (SOt], who hud served thom sti faithfully 111 1 Ito past, iii- it.une is us oin! mool poured forth in II ucl ti bon I I inure ii ? rVw places in Hie Stale have hu* proved us much n.-i Laurent lu (lie ins! six yours. every sitie wer" ? ?o l?o ne?n evidences ni growth und development. Now Iel Hie goon people ol' thu low II liri ny I heir church buildings in I lie li?"' of Hie 11 rose ni iulvuiicenionl. rivery de nomination represented lhere nocil j ti new anil heller house ol' worship, j These will i onic in Inc nour futuro, ; wo iloulil nol, pu tl lu?! I uuirees in rank willi lier . Isler low ns in i h li rcspccl. Common Sense Inarming-. Thc editor ol' Hu- Polers luira:, S'a. I tn ru I Mc mn cor lolls in I lin I in , Kui ope a fl or an on tin,*, nf millions I of money ami niueh hu niling', ii has hecn round, Hint so* eu I lot I sec | enlilie cxporiuiellts, conduct-Hl hy i professors und other adepts in sci- ! euee, und having in view honestly ? intended demonstration of fuels L for erenlhi}'; a system of seionlilie ngrlonllttro,'have Leen practically failures. Thal is lliey have hoon ol very lillie herein tn fumiers mu? ( practical men. 'lhere has hecn perhaps loo much en tice .mil loo ' ? little sense lu their highfalutin j ? theories. With (lie average Carmel i seeing ls believing, mid one good resit 11 in (he Heidi rrios moro con victions (lian a hundred demon s ( ti Mo ns in tho laboratory. Chops rai<eil in llowi'l' pots ami on [dals nf ground*u few y il rd tpinre, fm ni - ii lait a niall erl tor loll lura! : ti ulreil-aei e Held. Accordingly Hie ox pori mon I ' farms are hojng measurably nhun dotied, and cease now lu ?iii rael al h ni ii II, or to elicit much esteem, i litirgo farms*vilh competent, (hat ls !. say practical managers al their hoed, and field experiments timi de.nsl r.it ititi are Inking i ho place ni small slut ions. Thc; I he writer think ls Hm only Way lo '1 ? any good in the way of experimentation for agriculture generally. Thc a nal little garden ? iijMU'ations'ai'ii Averil) next lp nulli- ! fug. A half ;.i r.' phil i i' corn t Ititi Will produce live ol' eVen tc ii har i'idfj, wil) uroiisn less admiration and isoutilled In less pr.ii e ( Itali ti forty or llfty nerti Held thal wi I j ' \iei.| I Wo inri lia.I li i rfc j -. ' l'Ile i'.lngie hall' ac e may he ( ho liCsl - il ii j tit il i he t'arai, lin I tl.ierc an? few Heids di lii'iy ?ieTo.s. ex?ohl i that i ; ey er j yu rd I'crl ile. Suppose (hal lil a practical Way | and I y common unities et' improve* nieni ti llfty acre Hehl may he liroughl up hy common anise man-| ngimicnl within, - iv I h ree yen rs, to a capacity pf ten burrel s per nore or live hundred I ?ur re I.s for Hm fluid. Would liol I hat f inner mid Hull munngcmcnl tii. it more addition, enquiry and probe from th?- far. mer-- around than all the garden phil (lenee: ! ra lion i t hal Could he pla before i helli V 11 would ho farming tm a scale large enough to j command their res pac I. Anti ii' >mii tiling' were curried oil year hy year righi nuder their eyes, lliey per force ?limn |, lie o.\cl\od lo emu lal ion. und I hi y would begin lo I r,\ ilieii-nun hands upon their own farms. lt i- In Ibis w ay if ni all; i ho ex perimental funn ('(inducted hy - lille aid lu lo he inside nil exemplar mid guide to farmers generally. h'!rsl it mn-; bc a farm like lie goneialily ol I'llfHIS, Si comllv it mu i be mann<reil hy II horn ami bred farmer, who mu t in- bos.s oui ut doors .it b a-1. There may In-a ligurc-hcud in tin- house hy wey of orniiincnt and celui, hui ii. pend upon il lhere must ho a real fa niter in Ho Held or thc whole cs.'ahlishmeul will he n laughing lock iiml it hy*wor 1. Thirdly Hie whole mmingemc ut nf the farm willi all t ho details must he ope,-, tu Mic oyo and crlti* [?ism of Hie public, fl must cour! Inquiry alni criticism, mid i)f management mu t be -ai.ii a to .reate a friendly Inierosl and feel ing Ihrouglioul the country, (.'ourl ii it - bunill ito ii museum of igrieulture, wliore the nature and vallie nf soi!-;, left i I i .'el's HmllCI'S, |ilun(s und crops could hu *oon nml lemonstrated* where nil thc im iilcmcnts eoti?d hu seen in use; where the breeds of stock could !>.? placed in its host Ugh! lind made to show Us liest results. Il should lie practical common sonso farming, foi' common sense men. \ lough one on Thurman. Col. Thomas odd tree willi II '-U-: [delously red baudketchiof In his lairds w hich he vigorously protests snot a"bundmui," lolls this story ; When Thurman w as lu the Senate me Of bis fellow-members WHS Henry <!. Davis of West Wi., Hie lie fat bei-in-law Of Si H. I'ilkiltS. An important (fMl.lle came on, in iVllicil Thurman look ll leading pa; ! Ill (lie Illili I ol' (I I).ivis went to deep with bl i ho ni on his finn ?it hi ; desk; Th ur m a ii slop* >od to blow his nose, and it ls Olio >f his personal peculiarities that Oil inch occasions lie lltornfly wakes ho dead, fin this occasion Ito woko DltVls, who ?nearly life WHS u Hal I moro m?] Ohio brakeman, titi tl ,vho us ho OpOliOd Iii-* eyes, (Jil tl fifll I nght nf Thurina n's Innoinna wnv ug in tho nir. lu his itali' da/, ni 'omlition l|o coupled tho sound ami he hnudann into a mili uiddangor lignai, ami grabbing lils desk lie it tempted lo I u ist it a rou ni Uko un >I< 1 fJ s tinned brake before ho re hom bored Where he was mid began 0 laugh at tho <ldtt-,ion. Tl io (iitli'cli ?ii Politic < ! roon v 11 lo Now . An aunn \ mons wei (or in HIP < '<> I it tn Iii ii /rV?//s/< i- a -ail Ilia l?pisco? pal I'liuroli ol' llii: stn to willi ionio hiltornc -i, anil uhnrges Hint Its so? dui power, inliorito.l from tho old days "i thc establishment, predom inated in our i ? > > I i t i, . - - und closes thc hlgho; I nllloes in 1 lin State nguiu i Ml person ; outside Its membership. This nt luck is fol lowell with II demand l'or :i chango and tor tho illling of our high oiii ees Willi ?lien pinn I i ll Cil tly i Ilde ll t i . tied with religious work from oth er churches, ami willi a nomination of the lion. Hiles Patterson of < ?he der, for ' Sovornor. Plie hipiscopul eh undi is the old? est of t iie I'rot cst un t denomination in Ibis country, and w hen our sta I"- were colonies ?d' Knghtud it was the established church, supported by tho inilueuces and revenues of the Government. Thal fuel lias been its blessing and its bane. It gave the church a membership Hmong the oh er ami more influen tial lamil! es of Hie country, which lum scoured for it re prosont at ion in-public adair-, as the Register ron e-pondent indicates, out ol' pro? portion io ?ts numerical am! Hnan dal strength. Thal representation is liol, however, secured by any .burch inilueuces. it is a result of Ibo power naturally accumulated by id! ?dd families in a country, by wide ami ever widening connec tion names ide nt Hied in the pub ic- mind w ith Iiis lory and achieve ment, and hy i ll lier i ting talents. li won!., be proper lo say that a largo proportion of thc men more piomincnt In our allai rs aro lOpts copnlians; it is improper and un true to say that tho Episcopal church as"ati organization bas or tries to have a ppre c ?able ? n tl nonce ill our politics. Tho unfortunate ell'ocl of tho bisttp'y'ol that church is lo throw ii ron ml h a chilling atmosphere of cxeliu-iveiiOss windi rep 1- many . nod people :'i itu i!, ami-far WOtHO -draw. - to it occasionally people who arc impatient of thc nulural md proper processes of social ad vancement and who seek it ?ts a. indans of hastening their progross. Asa mall -roi' fad (ho Kpiscopnl .burch, ii \ e under .(and its doe? hine- anil ii- real spirit, i-. an iu I enc dy th ic.-rat lc instil nt iori, rounded und driped literally hy tho peuple and for Hie people; ami just -ai far as it is removed from tho mptilhynud htdp of (ho masses nf tie- people ii i- removed from Its proper position mid (hui designed for i t. Wo Ugree willi Hie Register's sirrespondeul heartily, however, in Iii.? ileektrallnn that in Hie af fair- of (Ills State, in which, we believe, tho grout 'majority of the voling population i- included in dui rd i membership, some atten tion should lie given Ibo religious* md moral character of till its olll Luals. Activity lu church ami re ligious w ork i- ns good an Indien lion a - can i>e h ni of good citizen ship ami gives promise w hich may usually relied on of a good ami f nih Cul oflloi r. Tim rigid code ol mornlity generally prevalent I Ulong our people i s ad m i ra hie and beautiful, li- prevalence in all mir lligll piare >.\ mihi be fl t liing to he \ cry i hank lui for u nd i- an end ivorihy I lu* ell'orls ol all good men. A < 'v? foi- I II forma t ion. \bbeville Medium. Tin- p -opie would like lo know me single lust ance in which a state ditchi! lins ri.m mended n reduc ion of tuxes since 1870. Wo cun io! remember anything of tho (ind, mid would thank our esteem ?d con tom pa ni ry, thc Register, to ?Ivo us some information on the Ulbject. Tim people in thislati lldo nr.- much exercised 0U this loitit, l! seems as ?f e\cry mun ?I ec (et I i- Lent on li lld lng a place to ? pend tim increased phosphate my illy, privilege tax and thc balance d'our revenue, A little rotation n Columbia might do Hm public ionic good, A lateral ( 'oust met io u. Lads of tim house (shivering): lim tim I'll rn nco none oui, Bridget '.' Bridget : ! (bink not, mum, I've leen at tim gate all ovening with a enlleiuaii friend ol' minc, an' il lidn't go hy me, milln, I'm sure. Mr. Kural ll lysced, in town on ti ,-isil, bas just been shaved, and tim onsorial aili-', ''touches" him for a mir cut. Harben Your bair looks pretty nul-come-oser your coat ecllsV, dr. Hhun'l I liv il for von V * ?lasced: Wall, I don't care if , 11 do. Vim might just pull I he .tod collar down n lillie. "Mum Ul lt," exclaimed a '?(Ito Mill-ago hov indignantly, alter (bo . ?-?tor bad gone, "w hen 1 get (oho i man, i'm going lo gd up a sod s' for provOnHng Ugly old wemen rom i i sing nico little l.oys.",^ ihlcilgO Tribune. uif it were customary in this ?ounlry to confer lilies upon nico \ bo rank in literature, whttl would be?" asked a conceit.?d Journa-li a of bis so?l?t "Huron of Ideas?." vus the terse reply.