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SPECIAL NOTICE. Now that the holiday season is ! over and everything has gono proa* ' pcrous and happy; every one better off, and a bright ferlilo year ahead, at no period iu the history of our busiuess life havo wo boen so thor oughly prepared to tuaet the wants of the trade and the requirements of the people, as we aro now. We shall continue to place upon our counters from day to day, bargains in every department at LOWEST PRIC13S, and shall always be found using our best thdeavors to prevent extortions and uphold the CASH SYSTEM. Our entire stock \a now offered at. REDUCED PRICES. Y.'e ask 3 ou to call and inspect our goods. Wo guarantee to please as to quality an 1 price. Look call fully over this list of a few articles mentioned : Gents } Hose, white, 5 and 10 c. " striped 12} " solid colors 12* " double heel & toe 12* Ladies hose, white, 8, 10, 12}. fctriped, 10 ,{ solid colors, 12} " balhriggan, 15 " " finest qua'i ty, 25 (. hiluren's hose, colored, 5, 8, 10, 12} Ladies Gauntlets, dark colors, 30 c. '* Berlin gloves; embroidered backs, 35 " kid gloves, 4 buttons, "best makers, 75 Gents buckskin gloves, lined 75 4< driving '? 30 Dorby suiting, 10 figured, 12} Cashmeres, beautiful colors, 163 Mennos, beautiful colors, 10 Flannels, red, while and blue, 25 to 35 cents. > 1 1 ir>, cry pretty,,'30 e 1 adics Hoods, new styles, 40 Looking Glasses, Im read size, dl " extra large SI.50 " oval frames 00 and 80 cents Kilver plated tea spoons, 81 25. Table " 1.75 " Forks 1.75 " Knives 3.75 Glass Setts, handsome, 4 pieces, 50 Glass Preserve Stands, GO Goblets, 75 et penloz Tumblers, ?O^ct per duz Lamps froni 25 to 75 cts Large assortment Ladies, Gents and Children's Shoes from the finest to tho cheapest, Men and Imys Hats, 40, GO, 75, 1 00 1.25 to $3 Men and Boys Caps from 25 to 50 Fancy Box Paper, Envelopes ami Stationery. Agent for the Largest Tobacco Factory in tho United States, >\e oiler bargains iu this line. Agent for Manufacturers of Soaps and Concen rated Lye, we defy com petition. We havo the Largest and Cheap est Stock of BROOMS AND BASKETS in the Market. Agent lor the Ctlebrated Town Talk BAKING POWDERS. These Powders have otood tho Test by the best Chemist, and pronounced PUKE, when bought in cans. Prof. Mott, the Leading ( hemiat of the World, says the worse adulterations occur when Powders are sold loose or in bulk. Remember this and get TOWN TALK from Headquarters Your attention is asked to the re duction in our CARPETING, put down to 25, 35, 10 cents,. Pocket Knives from 5 cts. to 82.. Buggy Whips, 25, 50,75 cts., 81, $1 25 $2. ours respectfully, C. D. KORTJOHN. VST Always notice this COLUMN CHEAP GOODS. i*rcaml?lo and ICcsoI ut ions. At a, regular Communication of Snell Lodge No. A*.* Fv Mv held on I the fourth .Saturday in June A. D. 1881, the following preamble and resolutions were ntiered as a tribute of respect to the memory, of the late A. G. Stroraan: Wijeueas, It has pleased Almighty ; God, in the mysterious dispensation of his Providence to remove from us, our beloved companion, and brother, Andrew G. Stroman. Resolved, That in the death of our friend, we feel, that the Hand of Providence, has borne heavily upon us, and whilst wc would not murmur. ! at the manifestationof the Divinewill j yet our hearts sink within us, when we contemplate the deep affliction, which we are made to feel, when social and fraternal tics, so near and dear to us, have been severed by the unfeeling band of death. Jiv*olct<lt That in the death of our brother, our Fraternity has lost an exemplary representative, our Lodge ?a beloved member, the State a most honorable citizen, the community a faithful servant, and we, ourselves, a cherished friend and an amiable companion, RfWac/, That our Lodge be drap ed iu mourning, and that our warm est sympathies be tendered to his bereaved family, and that a page in our minute book, be inscribed to his memory. Liesotvc ', That a copy, of the reso lutions, be sent to the bereaved family. Iv-Wlvo7, That the Count)- papers be requested to publish those resolu tions. When Ben Franklin, a grimy young printer was carrying his forms through the street one day, he met a young fellow of his own age, the son of an aristocratic family who was so poor as to want a meal. Franklin offered to Hud work for him in a neighboring shop, but re ceived the haughty rebuff: 'The G 's arc not fallen' so iow as to become mechanics!' Wheu Franklin was Minister to Franco, this man died a pauper in the Philadelphia altnsh?use. Family pride of another kind was shown by a sluidy fanner in Con gress, who, when an attempt was made to buy his vote on a ci rtain occasion, replied: lSir, every one of my kin in the old graveyard at home would rise if I should touch that money. I would not dare to do it. In countries where social rank, estate and title, all solid realities, descend in an unbroken lino, there i is some apology for family pride, arid even in America it is natural for a man to take a keen interest in those whose blood and character be Inher its. As iong as the knowledge that his ancestors have been truthful, hon est, manly men, helper's in God's world, makes him more anxious to bo himself honest, independent and useful, lnihily pride is a help in his life. But when, as is more often the case, we see a family dawdle weakly through life, unwilling to engage in trade or honest work; justifying their right to be alive by their far off kin ship to some titled or rich dead man, pride of birth is only a hindrance and is a vulgar absurd pretence. tiax d by uu Urasig-outaitg. A hobicnuiri had a favorite mon key, a large orang-outang, which you know is the largest species of mohkey except the gorilla. This monkey was very much attached to his master and to the baby boy, who was the pot of the whole family. One day Muldenly a lire broke out in the house, and everybody was running bore and there to put it out, while the little boy in his nursery was almost forgotten; and when they thought of nun the stair-case was all in flames. What could be done? As they wore looking lip and wondering, a large, hairy hand and arm opened the win dow, and presently the monkey ap peared with the baby in his arms, and carefully climbed down over the porch lind brought the child safely to its nurse. Nobody else could have done it, for a man cannot climb like a monkey, and is not nearly so strong. You may imagine how the faithful creature was praised and potted after that. This is a true story, and the child who was saved was the young Marquis of Kildare.?Chitili-en*? Treasury. How pleasant it is for a father to sit at his child's board It is like the aged man reclining under the shadow of the oak which he has planted. Ancestry 4 'tlie Secret. "I noticed," said Dr. Franklin, "a mechanic, among others at work"on a house erecting but a little way from I wy olllce, who always happened tobe in a merry humor, who had a kind word and cheerful smile for every one he met. Let the day be ever so cold, gloomy, or sunless, a happy >-milc danced like a sunbeam on his cheerful countenance. Meeting him one morning, I asked him to tell me the secret of his happy flow of spirits. *My secret, doctor,' he replied, 'is that I have got one of the best of wives, and wheu I go to work she al ways has a kind word of encourage ment for me, and when I go home she meets me with a smile and a kiss; and then tea is sure to be ready, and she has done so many little thing:, through the day to please me that I cannot lind it in my heart to speak an unkind word to anybody.' What an influence, then, hath woman over the heart of man, to softer it and make it the fountain of cheerful and pure emotions! Speak gently, then; a happy smile and a kind word of greeting, after the toils of the day arc over, cost nothing, and go far toward making home happy and peaceful.'" A Worn to Taoimg Men. Too many young men disregard the. divine iiijuuetion 10 live by the sweat of their brow aucl endeavor instead to j make a living by the sweat of their jaw. A reasonable number of our , young men can take this course and 1 not injure the State, but when eight put often make up their minds to; follow the professions, the result is j exceed.ugly injurious to the com munity. ISo man of sense will question the fact that to clay the most inviting field for our young men is in becom ing skilled mechanics and good scicniiBe farmers. Georgia is at:the threshold of a period of wonocrful material development, and in ten years will be one of the greatest, manu facturing States iu the Union. '1 be Held Tor farmers is just as inviting. Are we tobring men into our State to do all this work, or shall ot:r youu-j 1 men learn how to do it themselves r* The sooner they do, the better it will be for them ami the State. .Let us hope that our young men will consider this question. If one half of tlie idlers were to look at this question propoiiy wo would not need to cry aloud for immigration to de velop our resources.?Atlanta Consti tution, As Others Sec Vti. If we could occasionally get out of ourselves and from a short removed standpoint lbbk at our lives tbrowga others' spectacles, it might ass.ol sonic of us very much in putting a proper estimate upon ourselves. It would also have a tendency to make us more charitable to others, and in cline us to be more ready to excuse and forgive the faults and shore comings of our friends. I'j has been said that we carry our neighbors' faults in a bag in front of us, with both hands delved into it up to our elbows, while we carry our own in a hag behind us, which we seldom care ; to inspect. This is a prominent trait I in fallen human nature ngai.ist which we should constantly contend and persistently fight, otherwise it may prove an enemy that may overpower us in the end. To sec ourselves as others see us, is a very desirable ac complishment which is seldom at tained, and a hard lesson that it is very difficult to learn. Vanity and .selfishness is the rule, 1 and charity the except ion, iu the li ves nnd practice of most of us. If per sons who are so peevish and discon tented, and so dissatisfied with the world and the people in it, could and would but place, themselves for the time in the position of others, and Stil rounded by the same circum stances and conditions, and then look back upon themselves, it would wonderfully change the affairs of life, and strengthen the bondsof the com mou brotherhood of civilization and society. The world is advancing, and we may be approaching this de si ruble state of tilings, but we have not yet reached it yet. A correspondent til ChnrlbllcsviHc relates that in a certain ecclesiastical? "court" tho question of dancing wns4 discussed warmly and al length. Ki-j nnlly 'twas proposed that the square [ dance be sanctioned and the roiindl (lance forbidden. Al this juncture m member of the convention arose and saidJ "ah, brethren, 1 fear that if wS authoritatively permit the squat? dance that Some people may soow pinch off the corners and make it the round dance." The proposed com pro mise was not carried.?Llctigi-jus J/cr ald I V WcbHtcr tili?! T?y i?r. The last time Homy Clay was the cat) did ate of theold Whig party for I President, Daniel W ebster was I strongly averse to the .nomination, I aiiq in dlllorcul ways made his aver | si oh* felt. When invited to address j the1 Young Men's Clny Club in Bos ton ho sneered at the tinrncauingness j and absurdity of its name. The com mittee appointed to tender him the invitation reported the fact to the j elul), and the indignation of the Whigs toward Mr. Webster soon be came so intense that he thought it expedient to revise his opinion of the name of the club, which he ultimate ly, with great good nature, pronounc ed not only appropriate, but the most appropriate that could have boon selected! At a subsequent election Gen. Taylor became the Whig candidate, and Mr. Webster's opposition wa-# sLill more outspoken. In a public speecu he pronounced it a nomitia tion *'not lit, to be made" Still he gave it his adhesion, and zealously supported the ticket. There was a good story at the time, to the effect that Mr. Webster sent Gen. Taylor a copy of his first sptech, to which no aus ?vor was received dur ing the campaign. After the elec tion Con. Taylor wrote him an ex tremely cordial and complimentary loiter, beginning something tike this : "My De.su Sin: I received, some tir#e ago, from your baud, a copy of a speech you bad just oelivcrc.i, in which you pronounced the opiniou that my nomination was a nomina tion not lit to bo made. I fully con curred in that opinion. You only gave oxj rc?sion to the sentiment winch I myself entertained. But, by the result of the election, it ap pears that a majority of the people differ with us both on that subject; and, as thoir choice has imposed up on me the duty of electing a C-.binet, i cor iially luvitoyou to accept the Department of State." I>nss in Chtucli. the countries of Southern ?t uoc fudbioutiblc, and is noy: considered iu good taste, to be gay in ttl'ess at church. We were pleased to read thai the ladies of a large and wcnllhv congregation ol Baptis 8 1:1 Nash\illc, Tennessee, had rofolveu to dress iu calico in church. Now we <lo not care or desire that ladies should routine themselves to calico?though it is neat ami pretty ? but we do most siuoeroly and re ligiously desire to see,onr lovely and beautiful women adopt a plainer style of dress at church than that ivtiich now prevails. '?But," says bo me fair lad\ reader, ??why do you wish us to bo plainer at church than at other public and so ciai assembliesV" For more reasons than one; but onr chief reason is thai you may not dreiii? poor women out of ch'tfrch atid away Ironi church, as we, alas! have too rnuv.b mason to believe that \ cu are now doing. Now wo know that tiiis is no part of your design Or de sire; in.Iced, we doubt not you will hear wit ? regret that '.his is the elfeet of yottr lino dressing at church. But you will ask: '?Vliy does our finery affect or barm th ? poor at church more than elsewhereV" For this simple reason: The church is the only place where the poor and rich meet together. The poor do uot visit in the circle of the rich?do not attend grand dining-, parties, and t he places of public gay et v. It is only in church that they are brought in contact and the poor made to feel the contrast between I heir cheapness and plainuess and the costli ncss and splendor of the ivcll-to-do. Now it ought not to be so, but so it is. This contrast ih humiliating to the poor, and they shrink away from it, and will not go to church at all; or, if they do, go with a feeling of mortification, or else with an effort at display beyond their moans. Many poor women are kept from the church in. the morning, and some at night, because they shrink from contrasting their poverty and plain ness with the wealth and show oi the richer classes. Wc cannot hope to or red this feeling in the poor, Lhatf thou, can be done': This: Lo become fashionable and be regard las a matter of good taste to he Liu ul church. If the ladies who the lenders iiiftocicty will lake in hand] it can be carried through be l he means of grout good. Now, tot sensible and godly women bo uuded for Christ's sake, and the of the poor, to make this effort ^denial? Of all things farmers agree that a mortgage is easiest to plant, and hardest to raise. Woiuunly Modesty Man ioves the niysterioitSi A cloud less sky and the full blown rose leave him unmoved; but the violet which bides its blushing bcs.'rtleB behind tho bush, and the moon when emerg ing from behind a cloud, are to him sources of inspiration and of picas uro. Modesty is to merit what shade is ton figure in painting; it gives bold hess and prominence. Nothing adds more to female beauty than modesty' It sheds around the countenance a halo of light that i? borrowed from virtue. Botanists have given the rosy hue which tinges the cup of the white j rose the name of "maiden blush." This, pure and delicate, is the only paint Chri.>-tain virtue should use. It is the richest ornament. A worinu without modesty Is like a faded flow er diffusing an unwholesome odor, which the prudeut gardener will throw from him. Her destiny is mel ancholy, for it terminates in shame and repentance. Beauty passes l\Ui the flowers, which bloom and die iu a few hours; hut mo lesty give 3 the fe mnle charms which supply the place of transitory freshness of youth. An Ixvc lcnt Couimatdfy Jountown.AikcN Co. S C. July 5th, 1831 Mi. Editor ; Though living just beyond the borders of Oraugeburg, we once be longed to the domain of mat grand oK? eounty, ana our people tu.ve a lively imeresttuber affairs and ner news, so that your execlleut paper is a welcome visitor. We say welluone lor oid Orangeburg! You have hon ored your people iu honoring your gifted son?Hon. Samuel Dibble. In ?is worthy bands the interest of your Congressional District is safe. 'i his is u section noted for its fer tile lands, line watel' power, and geh?r bus, hospital 1c people. The waters ol Dcan?wamp Creek afford ample power to run several large mills and factories. Already some good mills are on it and at no distant day we inay expect to hear the hum ot many thousand spindles. Capt. D. II. bai ley, cine of our most wealth}' and en tei prising citizens, contemplates eree ting a Clement attachment in connec tion with his large mills, and bis site is a splendid one. Wc have excellent society, good churches and line schools, our John town academy is under Prof. B 0' Brieu as principal, an acomplisued scholar, who has a school with a reg ister of over one hundred scholars', several from your county. The build ings are new and large, and he is as sisted by a worthy young man, Mb A. B. ? urbctt from your county, while the music department is under Miss Julia S. Kinginan who is also a resi dent of Orangeburg and one of the most accomplished ladies ofour State The people arc justly proud of their school. Then we have a Sabbath school at the academy numbering a boutoue hundred and fifty scholars with Prof. O,Brieu as superintend ent, Mr Arthur Fanning assT., Mr. A. E; Snllej as trcts* arid Mr. Thps< K. McElvtsn, .sec. Here on the Sab bath, isd pleasing and entertaining spectacle, the various classes busily reciting. Theu those contesting for prizes offered for the greatest number of verses iu the new testament to be recited from memory. Last Sabbath there was quite a number of verses recited by the young ladies as follows: Misses Eva Corbitt, 133; Annie L. Salley, ?140; Francis Byzer, 217; Heattic Altmcn, 70; Florida Low man, 95; Gallic Gunter, over GOO; Sailie Cor b.ttj 800,3( ; and wc expect to h.-; r from Miss bailie on her next lesson over one thousand verses. Then come the thrilling strains of appropriate Sabbath day melody from the organ, touched by the skii Inl hand of Miss Kingninn, made sweeter still by the mingling of more than a hundred voices led by Mr. 'Phos. K. McElveen. Altogether this is a garden, taken from the generous old mother Orangehnrg, to make the fair daughter Aikon. Here the people of the two counties meet to worship, o fill our sc hoc Is and our lodges, on i in e.'est and distinies being inter woven, we scareely know to which County we belong, except when wc vote. Yesterday we did not forget the "Glorious Fourth," but from 300 to 400 of our citizens, with their fa mi lies met near Rocky Grove Chnieh at Prices' school house when an eloquen oration suitable to the occasion was delivered bv the Uev.'s E. A. Price, who was followed by Pi of. O'Brien i . an address upon the subject of educa tion. Mis speech was very able and eloquent, and, like that of Mr. Price, was listened to with marked atten tion. On the Friday before the third Snndny in August :? Sftbbnth school Convention will meet at Dean Swamp Church, wlicvo we cxpyct a large as semblage an d a good time. Trim. Pleasure is seldom found where it is sought. Our highest blazes of gladness arecomiuouly kindled by unexpected sparks. A negro teamster in Nashville de clares that he must give up driving mules or withdraw from the church, the two positions being incompatible People act according to thf posi tion of their brains. If the?e Hein their heads they study; if in their stomachs, they eat, if in their heels, they darce. A geutlcman who has a thrifty cherry tree in an insecure place, put a capital stone imitation of a clog un der it to frighten boys otf. The oth er morning he went out to fin d the li'gs and tail broken off the image, and the body sticking in the ground and labeled, "This 'ere dorg feels sick." An English bishop querulously re marked to his servant that he was dy ing. "Well, my lord," said the good fellow, "you aid going to a better place." "John," replied the. prelate, with an air of conviction, "there,s no place like old England!" - ii viT-r - - ? ? l am. i??. - ? If the virtue of oat meal and water, as a summer drink, were better known, it would be generally drunk in summer in place of spirits or beer, or even simple ice wttcr. In tho British navy, especially in the engi neer department, it is regularly fxrv cd out to the meu. On hind, especi ally to those exposed to execssivo heat, it is very grateful?say a cup ful of oatmeal to a pail of water. mnm-+ o? -? How Happiness .May Be ObtaieI).?s There is one way of obtaining what we term, if not utter, at leabt mortal happiness. It is this?a sincere and unrelaxiug anxiety for the happiness of others. In that one maxim is concentrated whatever is noble in mo rality, sublime in religion or unnna-# wtrable in truth; In that pursuit we have all scope for whatever is ex the petty passions to which our na; iure is heir. Tints cugaged, whatet* er be our errors, there will be nobility not wcakuessj in our remorse; what ever our failures, virtue not selfish ness, in our regrets; and iu success, vanity it self will become holy, and triumph ctcraal. Tn:: Difference.?Two years ago wheu Governor Hampton was wound ed, and when the whole State felt a deep anxiety as to his condition, every word of information regarding his condition was carefully concealed from the public?the public being treated as if they were impertinent inquirers; but when the President of the United States is wounded, the public get hourly full and accurate statements of his condition. The President, to the whole country, is not more than Governor Hampton was to tin; State of Sotifct Carolina. Instead ofpoliteucss in recognition of friendly interest, the treatment which the Governor's friends receiv ed was auy thing else.?Abbeville l*ress end Manner. Desekting Ex Confederates.?A dispatch from Washington says: "There ftns some stir created here over the announcement that the Com missioner of Pensions, Dudlcj', in* tends to dismiss all the clerks in hin bureau who served or were connected with the Confederate army during tho rebellion. The Evening Star quotes Dudley as saying that while he has no disposition to discriminate against ex-Confederates, he thinks they ought not to hold position which puts in their power to pass upon the claims of Union soldiers. This mat ter baa created more talk and inter est than any question not connected with the President since the attempt ed assassination. There is consider able talk on the streets about it. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Oranokburo Cocntt. by bgsj. p. IZI.AIt, e8qu1ke, P/obatO Judge ?1/ II F. UK AS Joseph F. Robinson, C. C. TV P.. hath m->de sail to ufu, to grant him Leiters of Administration of the i-.state of ami effect*of .Sarah I'riokett. Tlnao are ?htreloro to cite aud admon ish iill iiiiul ringular tlie kindred and redl* lor* of the said Sarah Prickelt, deceased, thai they he and appeal, before me, in the Court 01 Probate, to bo held at Orangebnrg tj. 11 , on T venty-seeond fi'Jnd) August next, af.er publication bcr?ol, at. 11 o'clock in die forenoon, to show caiiite, if any they have, why the raid Adminii-tration should not be granted. (liven under my Hand, this Oth day of Julv Anno Domini lbSl. iLs.J B1CNJ; P; TZI.AK, Ji.d^o of Probate, U. C. ju'y I I 2(