A Family Paper Devoted to Literature, .liscellany, News, 4griculture, Markets, &c. VOL. XX. NEWBERARY, S. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1884. No._46 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF NEWBERRY. IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Napoleon B. Davenport, Plaintiff, azainst William M. Dorroh and John D. Pit:s, as the Executors of Il'nry Burton, dece.sed, who was the sole Executor of John G. Da venport. deceased, of whoSe will they are now the Executors, Theresa R. Davennor-, Edv:in G Davenport, Jobn G. Davenport, Robert C. Davenport, Sarah Ann Daven port, Amy W . Hill, Jonathan W. Davenport, William G. Davenport, 31elvina R Daven port. Lomisa McClure, .Jonathan I). Rudd, Elizte.h Hu":or., William G. McKeever, James S. MclKeever and Wilds McKeever To the Defendants above named : You a e herebv summoned and required to an-wer :t:e complaint in thiS action, which is this day filed in the office of the Clerk of said Court, for said County and to rve a copy of your answer to the said cam plaint on the subscribers at their office at Newberrv Ceurt Honse. S. C., wcithin twenty dav af:er :he service hereof, exclu-ive of the day of -uch erviee; and if you fail to at ,w'r the complaint within the time atore aid, the pl:aint"ff in this ac; ion will appl to e Court for he rciefdem::ni,ed in ibe e')m int. Dated Septemter 11. A. D. 18S4. MOORMAN & SI1KINS, Plaintifl's Atre.ets othe De-'endant-, Amy W. Hiti,Jh: an X. ),venport. willi,t G. Daeor. elvina R Daten!ort, Louisa 'McCure. Jonathan W. Rudd. Elz.tbeth Hot,ton, Wil liam G. McKeever, Jame- S. McK-ever and Wilds McKeever: Take notice: That the Summouns in this action. of wit ich he foregoing is a copy. was fil. cl in the office of ti:e Ciet k of the -aid Court of C.>mmon Pleas, at Newbtrtv C,ur, House in the County of Newberry, in .he State of South Caroina, on the 11th d iy of September, 1881. MOORMAN & SIMKINS. Piaintiff's Attori:eys, Newbet ry, C. H., S. C. This 11th day of September, 188:. Sep. 11-6t. Land for Sale. A TRACT of LAND, containing Seventy-seven (77) Acres, more or less, bounded by lands of Dr. G. W. Glenn. Edgar Sligli, and the Wilson Place, is otered for sale. It is well-watered, paly cleared and sus:-eptible of high cultivation. Th-re is consid:erable cord wood on it. A hr,aitn may be had. Apply to HEALD and NEWS OFFImcE. sep IS tf BLOOD And its unparalleled abuses, are fully and freely discased in a neat 32 page book, mailed tree to any address, by Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga. Drop a postal for it, as every man and wo man needs and will be delighted with its val uable and entirely new revelations. NIILL VOICES So'n:imes s'ake a Nattion of people and arouse them to action. Exnressions simiilar to the following, from a well known Drug gist of Atlanta, pour in from sections where B. B. 3. has been uzed. ATLANTA, .uane 12, 1884. It is our firm belief that B. B. B. is the Blood Puritier on the market. We are selling four or tive bottles (f it to one of any other prer:arations of the kind. It has failed in no inslancr to ,i-:c en:t;ro stisfacion. Merit is the secret. W. P. SMITH & CO., Drupgists. This is the otnly blood nmedicine known that combi.es quick action, certain effect, cheap price antd unihounded satisfaction WE PROVE That one single Lottle of B. B. B. will do as much work in curing Blood Poisons, Skin Affection s, Scrofula, Kidney Troubles, Ca tarrh and Rheumatism as six bottles of anty other preparation otn earth. One ~50-year-old chron ic ulcer cured; scro fu!a of children cured wvit b one bottle. Blood poisons cured with a few bottles. It never fails. We bo'd home proof in book form. Send for it. Large bottle $1.00, six for S,5 00. Expre,sed Ott receir of price, if your/Drug gist can't supply you. Address BLOO65 BALM CO., Atlanta, Ga. Sold in Newberry by Dr. S F. Fant. Oct 16-84 1y Wright&J.W'oppock We now announce that our stock of CLOTHING FUINIllHI *OOD1 - FOR eon, Youths, Bo0y8 and Ghildren, I8 NOW COMPLETE, and we think U'NSURPASSED in anything that tends to constitute A First-Class Stock Our line of DRESS SUITS was never MORE HANDSOME, while our Business Suits are a decided improvement on any thing we have ever been able to get. Special attention given to the se lection of Youths' and Boys' Goods. No doubt every mother will be grat ified at the improvement in this line. We claim to sell the BEST GENTS' SIIRTMIDE, for the amount charged, and no one will doubt the assertion when a comparison is made. Indeed, our whole line of FurnisbingGoods was Never So Good as Now, and in every instance we will give as full value for the amount invest ed as any other house can afford to do. and we guarantee satisfaction. Respectfully, WRIGHT&JIW.COPPOCK, 1n Front of Court House, Ono 4 1 ae*brr, S. G. Glass Houses. "The wicked flee when no man pursueth." It is amu-inr to .ee how tender-footed cer tain bloOrd Iett"ilv proprietors have becomc ot Loe. :hev m:k- ronch ado about "apes and hi tan.r''" when none are in sight. The pr1,oieor,of B. B. B. nould sty most emph:a:e:hiy th:;t :h ir reinedy stand, upon is o.%n 'rerit. Shoul we attenar t to imi tate, it would omt be tho-c wto d., not un der-tard ilte modu , operandi of that which they offer. Our own !om, experience in the profe-ion ptecude' such an ide:l. The fle!i for blood rent dies is arge rtld broad atf fordinr ample ro >tn for all pre-ent aspiranrt. We do not desire to c!ose the door against othtets, Wither shill it be closed against us. B. B B is t:e quickt-s renedy, does tot cot,ain mitt ral or vegetable poison. dots not imit:te : i, in the field as :in bon orabl, cornpa:'tit.or for .nlic favor. oct 16 lm I POSITIVE NOTICE. ^Ill)T0/1ci. Ii/i(d'fed to [Ie lli(/'Si('d/. i;li!! SilIt t J(|ill' i i 20'l It 0! 1il ./C (!!!/' /Ji!.!/! Oi J ' i /Q f i er credit ia tIe - U - T IUE. S. r. FANT. Oct 3) :st N . I ICE. EsTATE OF MoSES M. CoPPoca, DKCEASED. Notiee is hereby given to all creditors of Moses M. Coppock. deceased. to present their claims proper.y proven, to the ut:dersigned im- T mediately; at:1 r ho are in anvwise indebted to the same are rlequested to settle at once, as au early settlemeut of his estate is desired. JOHN W. COPPOCK, No 43-5r. Fxecutor. I] We desire to annonnee to the eittzeiis of Ncwberry and surrounding Countis. that we have located a MAR BLE YARD in the Town of Newherry, and are pre pared to furnish all kinds of MARBLE AND GRANITE TOIB STONES and MONUMIENTS. In first class style and 20 per cent cheap er than the same class of work has hith erto been sold in Newberry; consequent ly we respectfully soli(it a liberal share of their patronage. One block north west of Crotwell Hot'.l. Oct 30 tf MILLER & HOOF. Fresh Butter, &c. t The best New York Dairy Butter. S Fresh Western Bot:er. u The Genuine Cleveland and Hendrick's Ci gars, also, that po.pular Ci;ar, the Sweet Mash, just received at the Cheap Store of g B. H. LOVELACE. ( t I', .*:, e < < I I PIAN OS. Grand, Upright and Square. The supeuiority of! the -- TIEFF" i Pianos is recognized and atckn'owledged I by the highest mnusic-al authorties, and b th2e demand for them is as steadily in- I creasing as their merits are becoming ~ more extensively known. Hlighest Honors Over all American and matny Eur opeain I rivals at the3 Exposition, P'aris, 1878S Have the Endorsement of over P 100 different Colleges. Semina-rnies and - Schools as to their Durability. They are Perfect in Tonie and Work-t manship and Elegant in e Appearce. A large assortment of seond-hand 1. Pianos always on hand. General Wholesale Agents for g Burdett, Palace. Sterling, New Eng- C gland, and Wilcox and White I 0OR G ANS. ANOS and ORGANS sold on EASY IN- c STALLMENTS. g ?ianos taken in Exchange, also thor- I o .ghly repaired 23Send for ilins.trated Piano or Or gan Catalogue Ohas. M. Stieff, No. 9. NORTH LIBERTY-STREET. BALTIMORE. MlD. F. Werber, ir.. Agent. Newiberry. E April -27 CONTRACTORS -AND BUILDERS. -AND_- r Lumber Mill Men i The under%igned respectfully inform ~ Ithe citizens of Newberry and the o surrounding Counties that. having loca- fi ted at Hele.na, they are prepared to eon- i tract for. and build. Churc-hes, Dwell ings and other Buildings. We guaran tee satisfaction both "in the quality ot our work and in the pr:ces charged for 3 it. Having an excellent saw mill we lh are also prepared, at short notice, to sawv and dress lumber. Orders solicited. SHOCKLEY BROS. 3 March 14 t BOOKS AT YOUR OWN PRiCES, ~ Religious, Moral, Miscella-. neous and Good Books. E S THE PROPRIETRESS of the HERALD ti BOOK STORE, offers a certain portion of her:a stock of Books at such prices as Cannot Fail to Intsure Sale. I A good Book is a good friend; it never t disputes your word, and is always ready toy afford you pleasure; it can be read and re read, and never pahil. on the taste. We simply desire to be rid of these books. I Thbink of a $2 book for $1.00 . "'" 1'"" 50. " " 50c "" 25. t " " 25c " " 10. ' " " other Booksat . HERALD BOoK STORE. ctrn. 1Y WIFESHAL;L IVE iHE Iy little wife shall have her wa'. I oftePn tell her so ; 'or1 -lit has both the ' wit :n] will To ehoo-e the,, right I knowx, Lo d if -olet i:ne- n- cho,es r': on , She's sun-" the f:ult to 110(1, l 1ell me in a little while "1y dear, I've cha::ged my mind " le said to me the othier rmration has come from our for( ithers that they built a rude log cat , and did name it St. John's, i -hich house they worshipped'till thei umber increased so much that the entured to build, as they though fine house,-hewing the logs 6 b 0 inches, and dovetailing the co; ers in the old German style. Thi ouse was used until 1809; when b ter. Wallern's influence the presert t. John's church-building was ereci Wallern died about the year 1814 remember very well when Rex loser was sent here from the N. C ynod, about the year 1814, an hen he took charge of St. John's t. Jacob's and Zion's ch urches. HI reached at St. John's twice a monti -one sermon in English, and one il terman alternately. In his mothe >ngue (the German) he was consic red a very effective minister; not s ich so, however, in the Englis mguage. He was, nevertheless, ood Christian man. He served hi ongregations acceptably until 183( fter which time some began to fin nit with him on account of hi trict discipline. The dis-atisfactio aused some to become interestedi e doctrine of Universalism. Whie ev. Moser discovered that his seg ices were not agreeable to all, h iade arrangements with Rev. Drehe > attempt a reconciliation, in whmic ie latter was quite successful; fo e was considered one of the ables iinisters of that time. Mr. Drehe ;o my knowledge) never' was calle y the congregation of St. John's ut, after he had reunited the parties Ir. Moser desired to be alone in th ianagement of his congregationt hich some of his people with M )reher would not consent. This,c ourse, caused a new difficulty, whic sulted in the division of the churci oser preferred charges againt )reher,-accusing him of heresy,an rought it up before Synod which e: nerated him from the charges. Y4 om some cause Dreher was not sa fied, and withdrew from the S. C ynod, without, however, attachin imself to the Tennessee Synot either was there any objectiont is doctrine on the Lord's Supper, i s much as it was the same as the ~ught to-day by the S. C. Synod.] oser or Hope ever preached thz he bread and wine in the Lord' upper were simply emblems ot tb oy and blood of Christ, I cave Lought so ; and I have heard thet oth preach on the same subject. m confident that neither of ti bove-named ministers ever preaci d the Romish doctrine of transsul tantiation. "Peace,'' also says, "Some of ti 2embers suspecting that the Epting nd Dickerts might at some time a ert a claim to the Church land ui .er the title secured by their ance; ors, surves ed it in the night." ] ras not surveyed in the ilight ; ne her were any persons afraid of thes aen asserting any claim to the lan< ior was it through ignorance; f< hey, who surveyed it, were intel] ;ent, business men. One of them. ;ood surveyor, did the work, whit ared them f,rawirnanpre and OVE if the title was of no value, the su veving did no harm. I am truly so ry to hear my father and other goc men. now long in their graves, a cused of bei;g --Moonshiners. The )reher party really were callt Ilenkelites (of which ! hey wer - no as:amed): hut the other party wei not called -- Soaptails they went 1 the name - Sclboherites." I thin that -- 1 ace'- must surely have tai ufactured the name --Soaptail. Geo. Eichelberger was certainly whole souled nan, and advocate peace ;" but did not have anythin t do wIti efiecting a compromise. Tl Dreher party were ry,, willing t rive the other party half; but tiher nev'r was :n:v :reeiuent betwee them, about the time for tihe use the church. Somet may think from -- Peace's tisihnuationts that t :ere has been a pei heet )rivat:e war b,etw--n I bese partic at St.,io hn' or the i:lst ;ifty year: To prove tha' this t ;ot tie case. i is well known t.,.at im.,i aunis an w sisters an:1 hrot:ers. an neighbors have been on opposit sides, and still t.hey all were and ar lioilmd by the closest ties of friend ship and love. It is true, the-re ar so,ne thing"*s which oig ht. not to h. but I canot see w"here the lif;erenc is too gr.. ! : h - one an the same congregation All that can see is tiat the l)reher party cot fine themselves inore strictly :o t; (Galeshurg rules. Anl t:,- law sui that was rumored to have taken plac never resulted in anytin,, : and th o-e that is now pending never woul, have occurred if the ci.ngreation o the S. C. Synod had no: been locke, ou of the church If I ou a men her of the Tennessee Synod I ca but acknowledge in justice to the ol posite party, that they have .,orne a it becometh Christians, anl I see n reasons whatever why they should b -ashamed " of anything that has ur fort unately happened. The fine log church, of which have already spoken, was converte< into one among the best school house of that day. In that house, Ienr Nicholas and John Summer, togethe with other-s, were prepared for th South Carolina College. Dr. 0. E f Mayer, Sr., 1evs. Berly, Stingly an Lindler also received a good portioi cf their education there The church now standing is ai evidence of the intelligence :.n< energy of th')se good old Christal people livir nearly a century c Its dimensio:s are 30 by 50 feet; tih walls 20 feet high; the ceiling bc:n t beautifully r ched. There is not on piece of tim'er in the frame that wa sawed. Wh2n the building was las covered son:e of us estimated th rafters at about 2,000 feet of lumber There is not a plank in the buildin= more than 1:' feet long, it being th; r longest plan': that could be sawed o: S the mills of that time, (1809). Al the hin :es, f ! in number, and a grea Vmany o:f tl-a nails were made b; Capt. John Summer himself. with hi Shand hammier. The nails tha' were no Vmade by hin cost from 25 cents to 31 cents per pound. Notwithstandini its ancient a: chiteeture, it is one c the best houses of the kind in th State. If " Peace " k:iew the character of all these old i'3ople as well as Sdo he would pro .ably know that thle; were not all believers in witches an< conjuring, and were not by an; means such ignoramuses as he style Sthem. As theore has already been to rmuch said up;on the subject, at dii fereni jimes, I shall say no more now hence fecth and forever. May w Salways have peace. TRUTH. aPox&In, Nov. 5th, 1884. [Lex-ngton Dispatch please copy. For the Herald and Ne ws. s VA :'ATION REMIMISCENCES. SMessrs. Editors: Now, as the brigh sammer seas.on is well nigh-over an< the bu -y da 3 of school life have com again, our niemory delights to rever to ih:e many pleasures it was on privi! .sed a five months' see sion at Butler Academy. Pupils, ps tron:: neigl.bors, friends, stranger and cn did:ates were early assemble' 4on I'- .mppc in ted day, to partake o Ssuch .joyment ':s could be had frot Sorgr. and vioLn music, dancing ucroq i,ice-lemonade and soda drinki now and then an affectionate tete,c rtete in a buggy or in the shade, an' Slast, ! -t by no means least, dinnei SOf cotrse, the music was lovely, efrc:n - nech accomplished performer -as .u A. H. E. of Mine Creek an< nthe <1 .mr, dark-eyed, little Miss W. < SJoh:ne on. Croquet was enjoyed b ethose .x hose principles were agains ~dan-ing, while th.e dinner and delic .ous drinks, prepared by Langston < Co., of Johnston, were greatly enjoye eby tL. Perhaps the most amnusin *featuire of the occasion was "takin Sthe p;c%re of the picnic." An artie1 .with his photographic apparates, b eb ca' e , strayed to the grounds of ou rpien;ia. and after a little persuasior jwas it. inced to try our picture. W epreen .ed to arrange ourselves for th Ipurp:;, and 0. what a fixing of bang rthben' -"as. All around could be hear .~ soc; expressions as "Be pretty, s."a sweet." etc. Btzt not wit1 stans ~ g so many injnctions for goc behavinre savern1 attaenms Ia. you in the name of God, to teach the children the evils of whiskey, teach them to flee from it,-teach them to despise it." She related numerous instances of the rain .n. d-solation wrought by inteiperance, and was listeir-d to for two hours, by a t(ar ,cl andiinee, :s from b""-ginning to end ti: It ;tr twa:tS tonthinh -u tifli. Manr; :;'s"'lItions were fornt ed, ~ ~ ~ ':, an lutes ne-t efforts wc; i;; b t.-b w 3"at tssi; thli- goodu( ro rtW! in I t,! is unrI p)rayer. T .W. . T. U o:,'nzed hy Mrs t. .p.n ta+e t ies of the: Insti e a ' i.'-litOl: hIl p: . 't a utost Seven1tI a 1d.- Of ne trcotif were tue ioSt < i.nit ' ti .. . a, ,f Miss Mtanse !G. So .0 : l..v. ly gir!. :u i th- ...em l . : t:".y f. thu :t ..f :i'"-: t. delivere,d wit sneh:1 we--:ns :: w . only ad le1. to i r:t,.n cha.r i lan wou for her the Itsye of mtauy b ar t, now scatter..d far.d witie. Miss Lulie rucker. Prin-!ialt ~f the High School in Jae "orvih-, Fla., was chosen to m:tke the next response for us, au-1 she riii i* in an elegant mannrir. The e.say " iich she read was ino-,t extraordinary ; indeed, it was p:Iramount to any we ever before heard. She esmts e,l our deep hea:rt-ft.t arel,rt-citi n of the arm wyelcome , xiet,d,ti 4. im :a wanner far superior t tht whic: the nairity of the ldies ,f the In stiinte could have retndered. At the close of these exercises, held in \if for.i College chapel. we were invited down on the Campus :here Aere set a number of tables, most beautifully adorned with the sweetest of flowers, and laden with the most delicious re freshnents. These were the delight of all Ere long, "night dronped her eabl(: curtain d;own"~and thongh she "pinned it with a star," we bade each other adieu and turned our faces hormewards; one and all having en joyed the reception to the utmost These delightful times et Spar tant-urg came to an end, and we are off on a tour to the Mts. Two weeks are pleasantly spent recreating- at Bat Cave end Hendersonville. Our party nnmberedeleven, most of whom were constantly rambling over the adjcent mo:;:tains, searching curi osities and enjoyi.ng the grandeur of the views For individnal benefit, we preferred re,ting, and only in dulged occasionally in agamne of cro quet, or a horse back ride. Sept. 1st, is close at band, and as school-days are to begin again then, we b isten to prepare for the return home. Bidding farewell to dear friends at Hendersonville, we board the train ; and after-a journey of three days we reach oar destination. Our vacation of six weehs was delight fully and, we think, profitably spent. In closing, we wish to encourage all teachers to attend, if possible, the hormal School. A. F. Higgins' Ferry, S. 0, BAILR~OAD ACCID)ENT. soUTH cAROLINA RAILWAY PASSENGER AND) FREIGHT TRAIN COLLiDE-ENw GINEER KILLED. At half-past 8 o'clock yesterday evening as the passenger train on the Sonth Caroline Itailway, due in Charleston at 9.38 o'clock, was run ning into Reeves's a misplaced switch threw it on the side track against a freight train. Both engines were smashed to atoms, ss the passenger train was running at a frightful rate, estimated at forty-five miles an hour. Engin eer J. C. Hunnicutt was instantly killed, being crashed into a jelly, and Fireman McKoy, colored, was badly injured. The passengers were jarred and thrown from their seats, but no harm was done to them. Tbe engineer and fireman were the only persons in jured. The body of the engineer and the wounded fireman came in on the train at 2.15 this morning. The engineer leaves a family in Atlanta, Georgia. 4 large crowd was at the Line street Station, not withstanding the unseasonable hour this morning to see the train come in. The body of the engineer was a ghastly sight and the fireman was moaning piteously. A passenger told a Reporter of the News and Courier that the effect of the jar was terrible, throwing people ten feet from their seats, and in some instances against the top of the car. Both engines and about twenty cars were wrecked.-News and Courier. "We must draw the line somewhere," remarked the washerwoman on Mon day morning, " and I guess the back yard is the best place." The cow-boy sleeps with his sad dle for his pillow wherever night overtakes him, eats at any camp where favor or fortune drives him, and in turn is ever ready to assist or divide with his fellowman-who perchance drops in on him, resting at his cabin or beneath the shade shelter of some trees, as the case may be. The genuine Texas cow boy was hardly ever known to do a mean or cowardly ast, but his reputation has been infringed upon -in fact, ruined-by desperadoes who know but little of cowboy life and magnanimity, but palm them selves off upon an unsuspecting public as man-eating, man-destroy ing cowboys from the outposts of Texas. Of course, the knight of the lariat, when under the influence of liquor, is noisy; aside from this he is a harmless Lreature.-Chcago Jau'wLn r- before "the children would netp r- still and be pretty." At last, however, d a real good picture of the Acadruy c- and grounds, which boasted of lovely ornamentations as the brighc d faces of sweet Edgefield maidens uid >t their most gallant friends of the -e sterner sex, was successfully por y trayed; and to this little picture, we k shall owe very many tender and af fecti'nate thanks, for it is a weult that will perpetuate a memory wiicht a will be treasured as ever dear. > Next, w e are boar ding tile C. & G; 0 traiL,whlieb spt' iin;g Lart iedly along, C beats us at eventide to the io.u,ia .e () Lowe of kil,' friends in out - i.. e lain City." But cre long, we i- av. ll this ioveiy Edlen, and are bout le t-y t' e (hulndei:g Air Liue to bpartau Uurg, nuicb is perali less Edi-like In appiaranec: iz.ali its s ter (li V, ... i:"1iA, i j Ut h:t' l1''C ei(11eCS A s tua , , goo petjtile >s ilit i ti ., itity ijoa lut1g but a Mulay/d&:ss t citultJ a liI)er tlity, a.d a yJf;uilline, I uttiwi-itlrte( /osj)1tality. W er:jyed this lilui tpltiL of Lhierz duUlitig tue . eacuers >ate Nor mal Schoo; hicU U body. iuckily for the giet coilfort and cuU%euietieu ofist, liunorei factul ty and nuteioUs attendants, held i s luturtl besSlou ill ,ile iist of toe Lenevoieut, people of .purtanburg A pertanent location of the .l-titute at Spartanbulg was spoken of. and - ; no Uth )t pt-rseterilg eff.rts ni I be Wade in Lla .lectiCot, Lii(we thei place t and people have imau l ue wl nobie impressions. BL 'wiert;ver the in Stlkute goes, we shal also go; Ior. us all who have attended can heartily tes1ify, wonderful advantages accom pany it. T is session was lalgey attended, there being two hundtert enrol:ments and nunibeis of visitors; but by no tucans, were all the teacl eIS in. the St.tie tUert. dow unfor tunate for thew and their respective localities ! We esteem it a superior advantage, indeed, to have been under the tutorage of such able educators as Dr. Joyles, Profs Johnson, Wool wine. W.a.:n rd. Witherow and Da vis, Misses Annie Bonham atd Susie Gibbes. Miss Gibbes was drawing instructress Of course, courtesy and respect would forbid us questioning the age of a teacher, but when she was introduced as a member of the Faculty of the Normal Institute, courtesy and respect were almost overrome by criosity. She was a beautiful.golden-haired, wee creature. and apper.red to be about fifteen years old. Most certainly, it was peculiarly interesting to see one so youthful, so pure and lovely, giving instructions with such a sweet and t winning grace, to a large class of her seniors, many of whom were hoary headed and even blind with age. Cultivating the talents and develop ing the mental faculties will invaria 1 bly elevate one to a certain degree of 1 superiority, as is exemplified in the t instance just related. But no less o talented and admired than Miss 3 Gibbes was Miss Bonham. The t Normal School is a inodel scol, and ) .of course a model school would have model teachers. Mies Bonbam was f not only a model teacher, but a model a woman. She was so refined, so so cial and sweet-tempered, so extreme a ly kind, who with any soul could help [ loving one so truly fascinating? If i a student love its teacher, or if its 1 teacher be even lovable, how much r better a student it will be! So many s dear children are forced, day after y day, to submit to the unkind and -even cruel impositions of a teacher, , cross by nature and soured by cir Scumstances. How sad for the little ones ! But sadder for you, my sister teacher, if instead of overcomning na ] ture, and being amiable and affection. ate, and establishing as yours true gentle-womanliness, you yield to pas sion and allow a rash, ill temper to t become your predominant character j istic. Your constant scholding and a fault-$nding will ruin forsver the t disposition of the children, and most e assuredly, you will be responsible. .Let us not only adopt Miss Bonham's model methods of teaching, but also .her gentle, sweet manner of speaking s and acting. Let's be kind. We r had not intended to write so much i of Misses Sonham and Gibbes, but i it is well known that when one is Sreally charmed, absent-mindedneM. .is natural. .Dr. Joynes and Prof. Woolwine .were grand men, (so were the other .professors) and South Carolina can well glory in the fact, that it has men of such superior talent and magnin a cent intellect at the head of its eda .cational interests. They are rapidly -elevating the standard of education, s and are revolutionizing this important matter, throughout the State. Bless f ings be on them in their noble work, a glorious consequences will undoubt , edly result. , During the Normal School, lectures -were given by different prominent Imen, and were attended by large .and appreciative audiences. The -- most interesting lecture was Gov. 3 Thompson's. One rarely hears such I a lecture. We are incompetent to if describe it, but will say, being the y man he is, enabled him to deliver the t lecture he did. He has so much L soul in him, so much noble manhood, so much of all that constitutes our Sideal man. Some may not know that SGov. Thompson organized the Teach Sera' Institute. It was four years , ago, when he was State Superinten y dent of Education. r Second in interest, was Mrs. Cha ,pin's, lecture on Temperance. She e was introduced hv a little Band of e Hope man, as "Mrs. Sallie F. Chapin 3 -.-not of Charleston, but of South d Carolina." "Her object in coming to Spartan -burg, was to meet tbe lady teachere d of the State. " o you, I come," she said "irn nnble sisters, and implore ered while othei s were asleep. Strange as this may seem it is only about two years ago that a party of four gentlemen entered one of the lowest of the Bowery Dives. It was near the hour of midnight and the proprietor was preparing to close. Among the painted and bedizened females who thronged the place was one whose brazen behavior chal lenged the sharpest criticismn. The gentlemen gazed at her intently and at last drew her into con versation in her native tongue German, and it was soon established that this wretched painted creature was the heiress to a vast fortune and a title besides. So infatuated was she with her vile life that it required all their powers of persuasion to in duce her to abandon it; at last she yielded, and in a couple of weeks after sailed for Germany to enter into her title and her vast posses sions. Stranger than all this is the impositions successfully practised year after year by clever swindlers, and the dear public seem never to tire of being gulled. Only a few years ago a magnific"nt Turk ap peared among us ; just imagine a most fascinating and engaging and deluding Turk. He was here to pur chase for the Turkish. government 500,000 stand of arms, 200 cannon and five million of rounds of fixed ammunition. He was a catch in a mercantile sense, and various large manufacturers sought his acquaint ance, loaded him with presents, and very humbly solicited his favor. More than one anxious mamma inquired how many wives he had on the Bos pborus, and if there were not more than five she was willing to let her; darling go. At any rate his magnifi cent 'lurkship had a jolly good time. He hived on the fat of the land, he wore the nobbiest of clothes, for the extent of his Turkish wardrobe was a dandy little fez; the rest of his costume beipg in the very height of the prevailing fashion clean down to his patent leather gaiters. This wicked Turk made love to all the pretty girls he met, and he promised at least a round dozen of them to re nounce Mohammadism and turn Christian for their sake. To make a long story short one morning he turned up missing; his hotel was out nearly $1000; he had borrowed right and left of every body who would lend, and even captured several diamond rings from the girls he had engaged himself to. Then on inquiry they found out what they might have found out before that the Turk was no Turk; but a very clever Jew who was well known in Constantinople, where he had been imprisoned for swindling, and more than once he had suffered from the bastinado. Fashionable society which had feted him was shocked-but it pocketed the insult.and imposition and said nothing about it; and waited for the next. He soon came in the person of an English nobleman, a regular tip top swell. He set up an establishment here that an English nobleman might envy. His coronet was on everything-his carriage, his paper and the buttons of his lackey's coat. His dog-cart was a sight, and it was said that his drag was the finest ever seen, but it hadn't arrived. He captured the town, painted it a bright vermillion, and succeeded in making himself a nine days wonder. He too has disappeared, and the places that knew him once will know him no more forever. Yours Truly, BROADBRIE[. Blind Tomn performed to a full house last Thursday night. We have, however, seen but fent.-Abbevill Press adflner We see no reason whatever wyany one should be ashamed to admit ththe had been to hear Blind Tom-the most wonderful musical prodigy that ever lived. There is only one Blind Tom. He is genuine, and Is greeted with de light by crowded houses wherever he goes. The above notice is the first we liave seen intimating that there was a single person livin ashamed or afraid to acknowledg at he had been to one of these concerts. Blind Tom has been in Newberry twice. Both times he had full, paying houses. We hope be will live to come again. People ride a. long distance to hear him play. His Imitation of the music box, guitar, ora gan, and other instruments, is simply grand and remarkable. Then to thin1r of hisaccurate reproduction of thousands of the most difficult compositions of all the grand masters in the world. It Is beyond comprehension. This mysterions musical manifesta. tion beyond anythin the world had witnessed-a psycholgclmystery has appeared before the dle of thegreat cities of the world. His power is simply an exhibition of the power of mind over matter. His performance upon the piano p roves that all the senses are but a mo dification of the sense of touch. His re tentive faculties and his intuition aet with the rapidity of light and shatter, as It were, the darkness which envelopes him, by the splendor of his execution. Nothing in music upon the piano seems impossible to Tom. To play with both hands and sing at the same time, each key being distinct from the other, shows how wondrously kind nature, in her law of compensation and rewards, has been to this blind and almost idiotic creature. Humor, is the harmony of the heart. Broughit up on the bottle-the la beL. Consider well then decide positive ly. A crying baby is the roar of the tied. A changeable commodity--gunpow der. Be alike indifferent to censure u.n& praise. Poor breadakrs.-sverage daugb. maalaa1 ROADiERI'S NEW 10K LETTER. Brother Beecher may say what he like-, everything is not lovely in Ply mouth Church. Whatever else he may do. he is bound in the present election not to hide his light under a bushel. and it is safe to say in no campaign for twenty years has he shown mo,e energy tha:: in the pres ent one. 'l'hc Reverend gentleman has gone in to win and if Governor Cleveland does not reach the White House it will not be the fault of henry Ward Ieecher. In the ineantime. however. !'e is not reclining on a bed of roses; he ri'eeives letters by the bushel from all sorts of people, begging h;m to reconsider his determination to sup t,ort Governor Cleveland. As well mc:ight they try to :urn Nirgara with a pitc:tork or datu the great hikes w.th i.aystacks. as to turn HIenry W :r:i IBecher aside when he has male up his mind. Ile coies of a remarkably headlstrong family. His father before . him was constantly ioing -extraordinary things, and no sooner had his friends recovered from one snock than he gave thein another, the second generally being much worse than the first. Mr. Bee cher in his Friday night discourse ap peared to think that the difference of opinion i - the congregation was a v,ery slight affair and lie gave his ::ttditors to understand that in the thirty-eight years they had been as sociated together that he had always had his own way and he intended to have it to the last, or in other words he said to the people who are paying hun $25,000 for thirty-eight or forty week's work, if you don't like my way you may lump it, for I will have ii whether you like it or no. It was omirrous to look about the room, how ever, for faces were missing from last Friday night's meeting which have not been absent for years, not small men but those who have been re garded as the pillars of the church, who have been foremost in its coun cils and whose aid financialy has never been withheld. Their places were vacant, and though several of them turned up to prevent open scandal, yet the Friday night meet ing.is the social weekly event of Ply. mouth church, and from that they were conspicuously absent. During the week three of the pillars of the church have given the Plymouth pas tor a public excoriation. When men like S. V. White. Gen. Stewart Wood ford and A. W. Tenny speak out in meeting, it means something, and we will be better able to tell after election whether the defection is fa tal and permanent. Still Mr. Bee cher does not quail and at an Inde pendent meeting last week he struck back at his foes with a trenchant power that caused a tremendous rat tling among the dry bones. This election will be celebrated for years to come for the severing o' party ties and the sundering of old time friendships, to an extent never be fore experienced in our history. Some of the men who stood by the cradle of the Republican party are now the most ardent friends of the DemoQcratic candidate; and life-long Democrats whose fealty to the party was never suspected, are following the forlorn fortunes of Butler or are openly working for Blaine. A prog nostic as to results will be much safer on the fifth of November than on the third. It is the desire of every one that the whole affair was over. Whichever party wins, the election will have left a demoralizing effect behind, from which it will take us months to recover. One of the worst features of the campaign being the manner in which the most dis reputable elements colne to the sur face and assume an importance which is destructive of order and of law, Known criminals are publicly courted by the opposing candidates, and magistrates tremble in the pres ence of the thieves who are brought before them. The Judge on the bench and the rascal whom he sen tences are altogether too closely re lated. I don'tL know whether it would be any better to elect the judges for life ov during good behaviour ; one thing is very certain, and that is that nothing can be much worse than the present state of affairs. This is indeed a city of sharp con trasts. This week a Baron and Baroness have been discovered, the Baron working as a common laborer for a' dollar a day and the Baroness add ing to the family wealth by picking rags. These two were none of your bogus frauds either, but real simon p gre geuie old stock. The lady bor i a asleand in her girlhood waited on by an army of servants. The Baron too had his castle and re tainers, but he offended the Emperor by his marriage and he was banished from Court. Burning with revenge at his disgrace he joined a party of revolutionists, and on the defeat of his party was forced to fly the coun try. He reached the United States having little after paying his pas sage but his wife's jewels. They parted with these precious souvenirs one by one, till at last all were golfe. Neither of them had been brought up to labor and they could not seem to learn the language of our country, and their means being exhausted they sunk into the direst poverty. Hunger and misery drove the proud nobleman into the streets and after a time he got work as a common labor er. His wife looked with envy on the chiffoniers as they gathcred the rags in the streets. At last she took her sack and a hook and every morn ing when the shop girls and the me chanics are hastening to their work, the Baroness may be seen staggering along under her load of rags and imane, mnet of which hiae ha gii8,