The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, September 28, 1887, Image 1
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THE SUMTER WATCHMAN, Kotabi i shed April. 1S>1>.
"Be Just and Fear not-Let ail the Ends thou Ai3??*t at. te thy Country's, thy G-od's and Truth's
>;vi ?'v?? ?v/J. f Ut
Published, orrery "STednes?ay,
BY
N. a. OSTEEN,
SUMTER, S. 0.
TERMS:
Two Dollars per aunuin-in advance.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
One Square, firs: insertion.'31 00
Kvery subsequent insertion. 50
Contracts tor three mouths, or lodger will
be made at reduced rates.
All communications which subserve private
interests TC-?I? becharged for as advertisements.
Obituaries and tributes of respect will be
charged for.
ami RIM,
NEW STORE,
Fresh, Sweet Goods.
Before buying: your Groceries call at our
Store and Examine nur Stock and j
Price our Goods. You wiii find
PRICES TO SUIT THE TIMES. ;
TFe don't want a fortune, it is on';y a liv- j
ing. therefore we believe iu
- ?QxUk Sales and Small Profits? \
Io our Stock one can find everything that is ?
kept in a well assorted
Fancy Grocery Store.
in future there will be
m USE OR EXCUSE
for one to send to Charleston for anything in
tbeFancy Grocery Line, because they can cet j
anything that they want or their appetite j
craves at our Store, and by buying here one j
?will have the satisfaction of knowing what
they are getting. Not only that, but we can
Bare buyers freight on their coeds.
Mr. Frank E. Taylor, of Charleston, says:
??in QimitCT
than it does in Charleston. Now. why does t
it bring more bere than it does in Charleston ?
The Sletes end Courier correspondent of Sum?
ter answers that question in his com mun ica
tion of the 14th. when he says tne farmers sell
the cotton to the merchants with the under-!
standing that a part if cot the whole value of ]
Ihe cotton is to be traded out with The nu ver. j
*tid if ti?i? contract is carried out ia pood :
faith, the merchant must charge an additional j
proSt to that which he would sell for cash to !
cover the probable loss on the cotton, ?c.
Now we bandi? no cottoe.
\ We Buy and Sell For Cash, j
?nd we hive no cotton tosses staring us in the j
face, therefore one nfed have no fear of our I
charging an additional prout.
fe Guarantee Full lilis lo AIL |
And rooney refunded if coods do not come up j
to recommendation. We allow no mis.r<?:>- .
reseo tatton. j
We seli good CoOVe at 22*c. : the best at !
25c. per pound.
*. Pure Sugars from 6c. up.
Try our teas at C5c. : they are as good as i
the doilar tea.
We handle j
Heavy as well as 1 ancj Groceries, j
AXD WE SELL AT
ROCK BOTTOM PK?CE3, !
m our j
DRY ??OOS>S,
Shoe and Kat Stocks, |
there will :<e found many bargains. No j
trouble to show goods.
Gents fineBai and Congress Shoes at $1.50. i
worth $2 00
Boys Hals, a: $1.13, worth fully S1..5? !
anywhere. * |
Women's Shoes from Si 00 un. You i
ought :o see what a stylish shoe wc have ?or j
ladies from No. U to 3. at Si 75.
Call and see our good.--it wi!! pay ou to ;
do so. We deliver goods to any part of the j
city free, and at once, if necessary.
6. L. & C. W. KINSMAN, >
* j
Next to C. Er. Stubbs' Office.
Sept 21_ i
TAX NOTICI? I
THE TREASURER OF SUMTER O >l"XTY j
hereby gives notice that his books will be I
open at bis Office in the Town of Sumter from
the FIFTEENTH DAY of OCTOliEicJ
to the FIFTEENTH DAY Or DECEMBER, .
1887. except on the following named divs. ;
when he will attend at the places namr.-d, !
i
either in person or by deputy for the coi^e- i
tion of Taxes, for the Fiscal year l^-i'j an : i
1837: j
On Monday, October 17th, a* Shiloh.
On Tuesday, October 13th, at Lynchburg ir;
Lynchburg Township-.
On Wednesday, October li>:h. at Raid's Mili. ?
On Thursday. October 20th, at Bishopviile. |
On Friday, October 21st, at Manville.
On Monday, October, 24tb, at Providence:
On Tuesday, October 25th, at MayesviMe.
On Wednesday, October 20th. at Gordon's ;
Mill.
On Friday, October 23'h, at J. M. Tin.lul'j j
Store. j
On Saturday, October 2&th. at Bloom Hil!. j
On Monday, October 31 sr. at Wede^Seid
On Tuesday, November 1st, at Stateburg.
On Wednesday. November 2d, at Rem bert's j
Store, in Rafting Creek Township.
On Thursdav, November 3d. ?t Sr?rin2 Iii'!. I
On Friday, November 4th, a: Punch's X J
Roads.
P. P. GA ILLA RD,
Treasurer Sumter, Co. j
Sept. 17, 1*37. j
MASTER'S SALS.
State of South Carolina.
COUNTY Or SUMTER,
ls TFTE COURT OF C<"?>ry<.?x Ps K A>.
Paul S. Felder, Ph.hthf. KS. Xnhj
Coleman awl Pa ul V'Ann't it, l>> . j
fondants.
T>Y VIRTUE of a decretal order, mate in I
the above entitled cause and (Tied .March .
5th, 1887, I will seii at public au c.-ion in
front of the Court House in the Town .-.} Sum?
ter, in said State, on Monday, October 3rd,
1887, (being salesday) between t!;e hours
of ll o'clock in the forenoon and 5 o'clock ;:.
the afternoon, the following premises :
"All that piece, parcel or tract of land fi'- ?
uated in the County of Suinter, Slate afo -
said, on the head waters o* Can* Sa Ta non .
containing twenty acres, bounded North :
lands of M. S Moore: East by binds of Mnt:
Gedding; South by land ofD R. McLnurin.
and West by laud of Ned Evans. The ?ame
being the tract of larvd conveyed to Rirbard
Singleton bj D. B. McLaurin hy ilee?J .!.:*- I
the 20tb day ot" December ?S?*2, w.??cti ?JLwO
recorded in the Register's office f.?r Sumter,
County in Book W. W., at page ?Ti.'
* Terms of Sale-Cash.
Purchaser to pav for titles.
JOHN S. RICH A RDS? ?N,
- Sept. 6. 1387. Master for Sumter Co. ?
THIS PAPEE ?ST?.^ 8?2?
_A<?TrtIstn?T Bureau ( 20 Sprue*? St. j. wileri u*i NVH . stn JJ
contract* T"nT 1*> amie ?or lt I>" ??W 1 OK is.?
MASTER'S SALE.
The State o? South Carolina,
COUNTY OF S?MTKR,
COURT OK COMMON PLEAS.
Robert C. Mc Ft ullin. Exec ah,r and
'Trustee, I>L-Jtn'i'?'i\ <rqtr?it.<t, S'frc/Ji Ai.
Mtibn and others, D/fcndants.
BY VI RTUE of a Decreta! Order made in
the above enritied cause, and dat??d May
! 31st. ISSI. I wi!i it's?-!: at public auction,
I in front of the Court House, in tho Towri of
[Sumter, in said State, on Monda*, Uct.
;;rd. ?c'^T. (being saiesdayj between the
hours of ll o'clock in the forenoon, and 5
o'clock in the afternoon, Ihe ioili_>v\ ?:?g prem?
ise?, to wit :
The life Estate of Sarah A. Mellen in and
i to the following tract? of land, to wit : The
' lift Estate ? f th? said Saraji A. M ellet! c;of,
m or to that certain piece, paree! tract cr
plantation of land, sitante, iyng and being
in the County and State aforesaid, containing
two hundred and thirty acres, more or less,
bounded on the North tty lands of Estate of
[)ink;ns, on the Eas: by ?ands of Wash Allen
?nd iaads of Elizabeth Thompson and ot
Thomas Richardson, on the Sou;;; by lands
of Murray and of Estate of Burrell Moody,
and on the West by I*::di of the Estate of
Burrel! Moody and of the Estate of Mo?-e:
also the lite Estate of the said Surah ANV,-I
!v't, of, i:i nr.d lo ali that other tract, or par?
cel of iand. situate in said County and State,
containing eighty-four acres, more or ivss,
and bounded on the North by lands of the !
Estates cf Moore and of Moody, on the East by i
?aadsof the Estates of Moore arid of Moody, ;
on the South by lands of the Estate of JallirS
A. Moody, and on the West by lands of tiie j
Estate of Dr. W. VC. Anderson-t he-said two ;
tracts bfinir the san)e devised arider the wili :
of VYiiHam~\Yheeier.':
A so the interest in remainder belonging to j
the Defendant. Martha M Moore of in and to ;
the two said described tracts of ?and.
Also the interest in remainder, belouging j
to iiie Defendant. E. Bland M elle ti of, in and j
to the two said described tracts of land
Terms of sale-Cash.
Purchasers to ouv for necessarv papers.
J?jiiN S. RICHARDSON.
Sen Master for Sumter Co.
MASTER'S SALE
?
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
COUNTY OF SUMTER.
Ix THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS I
yb'?ft C. Osteen. Mary C. RcnAcrt. Francis J.
Osten. '.-7,11 utters:. Eluviiijj's ?uai/isl Esther
Amt TJiiikins. Ijtfaidant.
BY VIRTUE ufa decretal order made in the .
above en titled cause and dated February ;
Z<i:u, ISSI, 1 w;;j sci! at purdie auction ia
front of" the Court libase i:: the Tow:: of Sum?
ter, in Sumter Co.. in said State, on Monday., :
Uetober_3rd? ?SST. (being.?salesGayA between j
the hours of ll o'clock in tia- forenoon and 5 j
o'clock in the afternoon, the following prem- j
ises. situated in said Couuty and State, to ;
wit: * ' ;
1. That tract of lan.; in Concord Township
on which Jonathan Weston, deceased, rt'S'ded
at the time of his death, bounded on tiie ?Vest
by land formerly of J. G. Fort : on the
North by iand formerly of Elijah Pringle, and
und on the Eas: and South by laud of VC. J.
L-nrsn; and by land formerly of li.:n
co?k : except twenty-two acres thereof which
has br?.n asidgaea to Mrs Sarah E. MeGrew :
which is represented is hot No. 1. on a p!*.;
accompany ing the herum to the writ of Par?
tition ir. this C::S-J : The puree! of said tract to
be sold bein; represented on said pia' MS LO"
No. 2 coutatnirti: < rv hundred and six acres,
with the xv-p*i?-n therefrom of the tap.;'iv
r>. :-vir._r ground c-w-t:ii::ir one-eighth Ot
acre, with a right o? w&yn-heretu tor vehicles :
2. That parcel ot hmd in Privatefr Town?
ship containing o-.e hundred and fifty acres,
which was ?lrvise? ny Jacob l ?st?-?*Ti. ??ce?as?i?.
to his son Charles in tr-asti adjoining fciird
which th" y.rA Jacob Us'een had i?V*s?Misly
?ivec to his son William, ruUniuir ':.>:'.) Mr;
E. Pugh's Ian ?? (to *.\i:. lund : of na-Cy of Ezra
.J. Push-) to Mac Kofb'? ?uro: ; th:-? parcel lo
he Sold subject to the r:?_-?:t of way bf the
??a.??hest?r ? Augusta Rali R-oa;d C; ra pa nv
over the same already grafted hy the adult
parties to this acton.
On the following terms of Sub--One-third
of the parchare money to be paid in cash, the
'.alance on a credit ot < :.<? and two .v ar- TO
he secured by bond oi the purchaser and
mortgage ><: ire premise; sold, wi*h the privi?
lege :o the purchaser to pay the whole ia
Cash.
IVtr-d.-tser? tc pay fer necessary papers and
for r*-'-',:" i:r:g :::<. riga ge?'.
J'CiN S. RT:CHAT>T>SJ:;N;
Sept. 0. ?S.-?T. Mas-er for Sam:.-r Co.
MASTER'S SALS.
State of South Caroma,
SIDITEK COUNTY,
IN T?;-: O-viti ?>:. COMMON PLEAS'.
Wilt?>>,!> /?". /;. lin)?i:.<trr,,-tf, an'! TnoM
li. I r<:<-r n:; h.1'' c?'tors Ol hf hist
\\'H> mid T'.stnun t,J Wi'i't::, fj.
M"i'f/ Am' /inst i'f:. L'a rid l's stick,
Ti"s. j'?'-rsi/n !r.:<ti'i\\ l/'.r'-'Ts
MW*. M ::d>!" Hin,,,, ";"/ J;-/,, Un
|>V VIRTUE ot u
! .. creta:! *'rder ra a de in
d ?-au><-, a::d du ted Fe'b
? a.?ry 2-?tri. 1 --"iT. I v. i 1 ! -eil ai public unction
la front th- f'oa:; iionsr-. in the Town of
Suaiter. in said St it.-. ?.;: M-.adav. licto'tier
;trd. I SST. rn-;-;- sat.-da;. ) i"-lv.,f-:i rh-J
iioi.rs o' -I ?/?.;.>(..; in C:?- :br?-aoon aj-d f?
o'clock ia *' e atterubon. ;:.e toliow::::; pr-ru
ises :
"Tr.at lot or parc! of hind cohtainirrg six
acres, lying partly with in and partly without
the ^orpr.r^.t." limiis of ti.- town of.Si?mt*;:*, ia
said Coanr. :?.:>: Stare, b.. o;5 th'- East
or Northeast by the Public Road !. -dir:-r from
Said town r.? Ri-h<?p viJh-: ' n Cu*' South ort
Southeast '.y lan ! :.<>w M.;: ia i'rin^b-: ?;ri
ti,J. WV.-t or S.- :tt,v..--t t.v land r.ou- Or i-.rr:?
'?r]y o: Mr?. Sa:. J. A. "liirv.n ,;-,d ?o :b?
North or Nor-ti.e.es: bv
M..'k'-y.
Tertns S ile- ' '. sh.
Purchaser to pav r"r tirV-?.
.!"?iN S Ri'"CA R: *S' ?N
Sept. 0, Mr S,;.;-. : ?
Master's Sal<\
o. lijvue-.ia
State of South Carolina.
5UMTE1? cioUXTY.
IN T-?K Cot"RT OK COMMON P; ;: \s.
.fi'Ii't \\ //' ./;;o/'./s. '/s E.i/' ntri.i <-f dt
Eli iitiij', >i fi/'*' .i.>'.<,}, Jin's,
Ern m i s <'. /.'" .< WAii'im ./. /.''. - .
' I h A "
V'irT? i-.
si d..t. i M.
ter, ?,, -s:'t (.V>?mtv ;tiid Stati on M-.i -iav
Oct 3rd. J s-1?, .I.'-.MU? saj.-^t-i;. ; b-'jv,.-rn ;i.
hours ot li *>'<.;, i. k i:? Ci?' f(..r?-:.o<?n ?t*id
0 olo?-k tn t.r:.o';r'. h.: h. c;\w? [-lern
1 t?, :
"Ai! ?ha- iry|: of biud cvaPtini^ f|S
aer-<. ?a ?re :-,\ !?.-<. *.,/? j,? .(,;.
v.-r-:s by a':- OX ti;?? ?ir;??- ot'
Rees ? .o*:r-. : . ds. ron tract rd to t,
;4.:f] \(> M. '-'I- <. .>:'. i- i ;-..? J. i],.] oi E-l.-bt
<?: VC. W. ;;.-<.-:. '.rt ^:,'|t!. t.v ; ;.. i- o
the Kw s .' W..W.--:.-e. and -.. 'th- A'.-.
by i-mds-. d f. .-.-dd t.. Rix ,. |:...
and W V\. Rar-^y, i , ? ha?..-;: .?<.*.-!...;?
a-nd .iini'r? ton; s- a:- :.;.:';;?.?;!..-;,.:, :.
of ;!;>?::.'.'. . HK-?dV by JaS. ! .*. ?.tc! 1 W:ii:>. li?
the fi?-reenth (lay ?? Jatu?^ry ia :>.,. j.. ,
ex?b'eetl ri.ua<ir?i :..-. t -rirv-?hrt-.>.*'
Trrrrr? of Sale - C .-h
P.in ba?er
.*!;?!> S. R?CIiART'S?'N,
Master
11?? cu red at bon? e ?.vU n ,
ont t':.:si. -. .. k - f ;.-ir
.:?,-nlar< 7*KEE. :
_?:. M.V.*:. !,KV. M.'?.
< ???J?;C Qlv vVij??eua?l St. i
Absolutely Pyre.
This powder never vari?*-. A ri::;r-ve? cA
nuriiv. strength and wholesomeness. Mort
econ om ieai i iia'a . : i v e-dinary kind?, and ?":?.:
not ne sold in compeii'ion wi;!; the rau'Iiiuid
of low lest, shori weight. alum or phosnhate
nowde-S: iLA: only ?? wris. iii'VAL l'AK
\SG ?'HWI?E?: rn'., jo?; Wal!-*... X. V.
A SPECIFIC TOR
OMAN'S DISEASES
-SUCE AS
a infill oppressed
rofu.se canty and
ENSTRUATION or
ONTHLY SICKNESS.
If t*ik-?n cl:;r!:ii: the CHANCE op LTFK. creat
R?ffe?ng'?sd danger wi?? beavcM?dl J^T-SCM for
book .? ilK^rA?E To WOMEN." mailed free.
BnAZjri?i^> ?vEGCXATos CJ., Atlanta, Ga.
ELYS CATARRH
Cream Baimfgp^7^^st,
? Cleanses Tue ^?^"4M BA^
Ulead. A?ay.gs^^S^Si?*
?.Se?is the Scros^^lf
j ]v:-S?(.:?-? ?he*
. SE.\>:'-:S(.'i- i AST.' K^^^ ^ ^ry.1-- r
t ....... s- ^t:^-. ^
A i-~:rtt is ap- '., ; L.'.o *
; is a^rtnsit.!-. L: -.- f .. ; -a a . . 'r'j ."Vj :.. t> : by
I !:i:;ii. rC'gis'.er? :. o ' cents. ELY iiliiv'Sv.
: Ne?v Vork t* ?lice *2b\'? (J reen v.-ici j Street;
I a ? V F~ V ivi:
is an in Hamed cot: ?.Ki i b:: ot* the iioinj merh
I brant: ..] the hostri;?. tear d-tots abd :h:Oa:..
j atlee:ing "he lung-- Ab aa: a: mucus is r-t
: -d. discharge is accompanied wilts a ?.ai :.
? Li.: SenSatioa. There are sf-ref- cM.?-?-rPs of
i ?::..(?;:!.;:. freoneni attack* o', i '-n : watery
[and iuiiamt-d '-yes. ? >. a .tm iLiI'm is a
: remedy ti:..: v.*: d?pend*;.: tipo.*; ;<.' reLrVe
I :;t "iee and '..! i :..
. arr-sr
i MILIUM
FEMALE COLLEGE,
Vr?LL?AM>tUX. s (\
THE i* ALL S ESS!* N ?Jr TL'.S Pr.IT
lar I::?ti::::i.-.r. -A ii; o: ? r. on .\b-:id:.y,
S.-pt. 1:2. ISS", nhiiyr bitter than
' ?. rcr. Its ti?or??:gb ..-..boL- -Hp. :<.?....
j tion. pure l'ic-lroo?.* :::r. :! . ?'. ..:?.?:.??...?? watt r.
j excellent board, IT rs - ?.'....-> .. J ...r.:.-:;;. s at wry
i low rat?*.*, are ai i well !>!..., v.- m
i Tij?- l'r?-sid?-r>t w !.! ;Vrij/
! Hot"! in i/oinnsbia,. S-.**?:-! ..... Setter;:ber JO,
; to escort pu pi s t.? \> it-ge.
? Eor I:;!! inforruaT:-'!:.
REV. S. LAXuEit; A. M. :>. D..
j Aug. 2;. ; ^7.-::. i' -ei-i- Tit.
A BAS H?SAL G-?8?H=
F.Or over four \ i have bee.ti a preat
S'i?Trrer from a terribie form 0! Nasa! ' '.it arr h.
I wai;gre?rlv'anynyei wi a eo'rs'.a::' rto tr
i::*r in my head and ::./ :. -ri*.g b'?cn.m? v. ty
:;;nen .rn: ':. L
T:?- ri!: :.:.:*_ . from :r.y n?k'Sw?S ..".t'^-j
er ry o!?V-*.T'\*e. :.:? J t:.-y i; ..;:(..*:.. i i:-.. ;l.
i impaired. ! '?i : " : . *. : .':. :.; :
i (ians. b::t they did ;..>: eus. and ! =..-d
: Visrions advei*t:S*.-d t' *:.? vLa-Vt:!
i.en-fi:.
0::e day I chanr-ed '.:> read a r-. ma; kab;.
articic written by p:xm>::-.en" ciii'ien r?f
Athens. <ia.. Stating tba! ?a- had bi ?-r? p--?
mar.e?tiy enr'-d i?v ;!:;- (.: Lb ib IL
iiotatiic lilood La n:. ll ^k^.p^i?.M1 cn
xl:' si:' I-t-t. ? wrTile t?? him ?.:, ?be Suoji-rt
|-};rjd r-.'iv.-! M m,-.-: f-c-tra-Lig' :::..>*.v.-r' 1?
ihr- f "?-ei ti..* !... had !.?-en rurni :o::g ..hOugl;
: !<: be :: orf>::!:hL- sa i-!;-d L. it no return of
? th- d:.--..>? v.'.:.':d e: .
I I then -:.* f. !h*.- d*n ."( :<. E Smith
fe t?ro . aii>! pa;cna"S'-d iL iL i.-., aad to HIV
titt- ra ' it'. : r.-i'-i?: aral sa'i-ta-*'?on. the .:<..
: ot" ?-n io' bay :: yi.:j-.-2 ::.;. !. rai health.
? stoppj-d th*-' roaring .*. r:Sat,--r? ? : '.:? !y h:::!-*l
?' and ci: . . -i . br.na?'?? rt-:":-:: aaa {ara :::iintl
t<? r?-c. '.i.m< .J a bb./i.:' r-'tia dv t\:'b sa?;!
catar:ti : 1, t:?'. . ... 1. : . .
'I?'.- ta., r.??3 ta- ::' ?.? v. ? *H *V O!
my ?M--. N..1*. r L\V A !:LS.
Lam; ? a- S r:i 'j ? V.'.y :.?--j.
For .-.\ ?..-.:.- ! havf i . ?:<:i :v-;-?i with
blood :"-:-or,. wi.ieh c.a'in.j.-d irit-r-s.se,
?'::<-? t ot-;. .;. '.: j; :. .< r. ,\,. ..... ;.. ;
(.ring. W. '. -.'. \ 1 . -t,
LAD BI.007j AT r:L J:S.;\Y IC71. c--.
i^it.S ar.
'.';?: . i.ilt: I.
Aa who
i . : ? ?.
iiiiill
'La
-. aa! !.
'i '.Vork: :
TIN?; MA TT ii ESS .v :. pnt tition riiiy :
i ?ir- f*ra?JeS h'ij.vv inadti SA.'?". S^.' ';. SA .
Samp.*1 aa! * I j i I ? TI' I! 'oa ! lor: a' S'ore of
Tr.eMSori r. A . .M. ->< -
Satisfaction goat :::'- ;1 A. . :-T*. v . . . u\
money faaib ?!
SF;-,;TEU. rc;-; M?.LS
THE ART O? BOOK-KEEPING.
Mow hard, iv hf: ri tba?0 who do in>? wish
To lend, that's lose, their hook?.
A re' snared hy ang?cr-fu?ks that fish
With ?iterarj hooks.
Who call and take some favorite toare,
lint ne?er read it through,
They thus complete their set at home,
By making one at yon.
!, of my "Spencer' rpn'e bereft.
Last winter sore was shaken ;
Cf .'Lamb'' i've lint a qa ar ter left.
Nor cou!:: J save- my ..Bacon."
Anil then I saw my "Crabbe" nt last.
Like 1 Pam let's bark ward Lr,>.
And as ray ride was ?i^r fast,
Ut course I lost my ..Rowe."
My "Mailet served to knock me down,
Which nuikcs me thus a talker.
And once when I was out of town.
My ''Johnson'' proved a "Walker."
While stud} ing o'er the fire one day
My "Hobbes" amidst the smoke.
They bore my "Coleman" clear away,
And carried off my '-Coke."
They picked my "Locke," to me far more
Than Bramah'? patent worth ,
And now my losses I deplore
Without a "Howe" on earth.
lt once a book you let them lift,
Another tiley conceal :
cor t!i o ugh I caught them stealing "Swift,"
As swiftly went m'y ..Steele."
Kern :'(V.oivor's" works I cannot put
My frozen hand; upon:
Though ever since I lost my "'Foote,"
My "Bunyan" has been gene.
My "Ibu ie" with "Cotton" went oppressed,
My "Taylor" too must fail;
To save my "Goldsmith" from arrest,
In vain J ..tiered .?Kayle."
I "'Prior" sought, but could not see
The "'Hood"' so late in front ;
And when I turned to hunt for "Lee,"
Uh. where was my "Leigh Hunt?"
I tried to laugh old. care to tickle,
Vet couid not "Tickle" touch;
And then, alack ! I missed my "Mickle,"
And surely Mickie's much.
'Tis quite enough my grief to feed,
My sorrows to excuse,
To think I Cannot read my "Reid,"
Nor even use my ..Hughes."
My classics would not quiet lie,
A 'hing so fondly hoped ;
Like Dr. Primrose I may cry,
"My 'Livy' has eloped."
My life is wasting fast away,
I si:'fer from these shocks ;
And though I fixed a. lock on "Gray,"'
There's gray upon my locks.
i'm far from "Young"-ara growing pale,
! s--e my "Ratler' ' f.y .
And whet: they ask about my ai!,
'Tts ..Rurto.n." 1 reply.
They still have made me slight returns,
And thus my griefs di vide :
For. edi ! they've cured :::..? of roy "Burns,"
And eased my "Akenside."
Bu- td! ? think I shari aol say.
Nor let my anger burn ;
Fer as they never found nie "Gay."
Thee have not Wi- me ..Sterne."
AX OCEAN RACE, s
Jnlthe-sp>ri?g of. *C>. or'o'.', I forget which
??O.w 1 was rna: . or" the ? >or:?-r Wiilirigton,
ti'?? tons register, ir:'iii". I3er:rui-!a trade. At
that time v< s>: i w.-s i-omprrratively ::ew,
having or: ly be-;, m c. um: sion about n y*ear,
.-.?: i vas eonsidornbiy ahead of anything else
ki ti;:.: trade in the way of sr.1. We had a
irrst rat-- captain and a good crew, whose
per. .:::;. i wa -a:: ; : h r to the majority of
oon>ter crews, also we were better manned
for our size thriti ::K-st of those vessels are,
and our Owners wctv liberal :"n everything
?. ?:. hieive t'- the comfort ol* tho men. The
WiRiiigton had the record of the fastest pas?
sage fr .ra it. non.ht, and wo were ail proud
of ...ur b-nutiful schooner;
puring the wmc-r snndry rumors were
nfl--a" a v ..?.... ba';-.mg in Boston for a
rival ilrrri of pro. tuci dealers, of about our
tonnage, aral, -rs it was supposed, she was to
}..? put ? a the at thc opening of the sea?
son of wi:;.-ii 1 wri? US?
< m arriving at Nev? York from our first
tri]- ? ;.' ih- year, \x? heard that the Invincible
iiv-r-.. had h-.r ....vi!..-;-.-: named her) had ar?
rived from L'.i.-toa. I--.n put in commission ,
and elva red Cor B-riii?da the day previous; j
She v.as .apparently a beauty and our cap- |
tain was very any'..>..?-> to try conclusions j
with I;-"-, but somehow it seena^l a difficult ?
n;att-r :.> : et a trial, o nd during the busy
Season ah rivalry ha l to give way to the
pre?UTe .?? bar.ro.-ss.
However? patient "waiting was at length re?
warded, and. one day alter we had finished
unloading and were awaiting orders, the
skipper ca ene aboard with his weather l?eaten
facvali aglow with excitement. "We've got
a chance o> show our mettle at last. Joe.'* he
said, as i:-- j'-ined na: on the d-ck. "Smith <fe
Co. (.?ur own-, rsi have ia ard a good ti ea! of
blowing about that new crail and asked my
advice about palting up si.ooo or ?2,00:) on
the Wilimgton. I ' . -1-? ih-m that I had not
tried her against, the Invincible at all yet, ?
but. f roa i what ? had s- <-r the latter, 1
thought wc could wm bis looney for him.
Anyv.ay we wotiid try mighty hard. So he
bas taken a bet of Tiro wu's (tire Invincibles
i?wirer of ?:!.'..>.> fora rac- from our j>ier,
around Bermuda and back, the start to take
y-l?v- a week today.**
This was short notice to prepare for a race
with a vessel ja.-t oil* the stocks and clean be
Iow the-water as a new pin. Nevertheless,
we set to work with a will, and that wry
owning had la-r haul?t? up and a gang of
men cleaning her bottom, the crew, under
my directions, seeing to her rigging and
spar?.
Monday WRS th" day fixed for the start,
and on Saturday at noon we tied up at
Smith's pier ivady and anxious for Monday
t<. corrie;
A u-."d twenty-four hours* rest after the
it ..!:-. of the w.'.-k prepared the crew for
anything, and on the cal] for "all hands'' in
the morning as tine arni sailor like locking
h >t ? .f iner, trod the dock as ever manned a
c<.aster of our t...image.
Tl: it:?rt was ;,. !,.. by a powder Hash from
i.ppo ?re our pier in the Norih riwr at 10
o' a. m.. so HS t-- get th?; ebb tide through
? u- Narrows. Ry both v.wls were
i!:ar:-sv.-i mg nlM.nt thc lin?* for a start,
standing bael: and f..rth across the river un?
der all th-ir canvas, the breeze being of faif
pt;.. a.:til fi--on th?! south. The Invincible xvni i
ii b. avit ul craft to look nt. mid I;had my !
doubts as tb our victory .fr win weiuust) !
!.. io r .':?*..-( ~. . ei-. as I v. a t -h.-> fh?- v.av she
p . '..--! . !i: a. i; i't writers- although j
?.>. i::.i: i inri lian' rim"-. ;
-; ::: ..: . :>-.-?i- lb" };-*::>. watch in ;
ian.!, ?i. . i ; . .! ;t,.- ,.. i.. ??? ' r.r rh.-ir j
<? < . . :<!?" ?. .! : : : I - '? '.? ?i..-.v... iii- ;ij-per oay :
Vr pr- ? i ..:/. ; v s...: !- i . ''..:;. Io .-ur i
.aotan; ;...?;ii <t.t-a<nr. . i .-.irh i.i-- <\ ..ur -ib
...... a':. . . :'./? hp;-. :. ;.'.!. ..! i;;> watch . m !
p >. k:-r a-..I g-iV" ..:.].?:>?;..i" ?be >t:irt. |
r-y ;.. haw I ? . cr ven;.! Ii. !T :. >n may, j
... v t!::f.-ti as ?'-'::^ !..:?. and nf!." :>!id. as :
. .:.;':>. was i :;T .i.-c.'r. and vs'. V,-t> knu'-d in, j
. :..??':.:?.?.:? V. i'.:.i .-: ni-- ni . lo t IIM ;
- ".' I.:i'i;! .'yh av j !:.-. owi" a! nu ?
llial v-:,... . i. v.aiiT. t il-la--.-, as >?i.? :
d !..;. th- bj,., - a ri:.- :.}a?i '..ard la?-!c. ]
'' ??? '' "'. " .?'..'. '....'''d' t! .-. -kipp-, :
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v 1 ! . [-.!", !?. >? .;. ; "l a* . i;;V.> '.v:is !
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T -:t: ! ' h , ' . t :. ?i; : li t !..- Nar :
..-. .. ; ??? : i . i ! i . a .; c " ? ?? i ri;id ? .af .'?*.v:iiliJ
ur niT-.T'.' ?...::'..! ,. : r.'.e J.>-.*.-"!- I>ay. 'J I.en a
! i ? :.i r.r.e e:*.>t ?.::??:?eb*.-the.Wiitd :I*?.JHII.
v ts '......i" st a: tc !.. n ii?:. vy i th- ? : .?* In vim <b!?.
?asitia'- ,,! '"a:.!. '-. !< ngti.sri.-'' rn and t'Ovind
.-:!.!. r> .-:..!...! d-ii I or. Sandy :;..< k. 'ii'
a .. ; i-: -, n - }'?..;!< v..?;.?? rounded s.?.r.
ff. I" 1 u'r-Jock J- Ill . ?Old settled down fof
!...?>; . ?ii.- Jigbr>i?;'?: i cat was !''>i:*:.'ied
i -hj.- . ,i i- r. .-i :. i v\ i : j i n if. i / . l.?. \v; i g .
i?T ! ?V ::. .; I II ? ii- I.Wn >. I.i,. ; s \v . I .. !i'-ad?*d,
o>e baa, d : i- ?-. ?; 'a- ... a s-tutbeast J
course for Bermuda, and the race had fain
begum Our position w;?s now about thre
quarter-; of a niue to leeward of the oth<
craft, which cain she had made in the be;
out to the lightship, we having ai most lost tl
wind when limier the II-?ok. There was
choppy sea on; -"be j ti creasing wind crossin
the bing Atlantic swell und kicking up coi
siderable of a pother, and once dear ot Jaia
and at the mercy of the ''roiling forties," tl
schooner begafn to get pretty liveiy. The sk
had become overcast, the clouds seemed to 1
getting lower. a?*.d *.he wind increased as
gradually headed us on. and lt began to a
sume the appearance cf what would nov-' I
called "cutter weather.''
I was watching the other vessel through
glass when I saw her lull' and como up in il
wind. ''She's taking in her tops'ls." I shoute?.
and when she fell off and again headed h<
course ;t was under mains'l, and forseU an
the jib only, and even then seemed to ha\
all the sail she wanted.
And, indeed, it was high time we were d<
ing something, too. for our skipper was *fii
ing his vessel beyond what J thought advi
able, ard J. expected something to go ever
moment. She lay over at a fearful angle, th
water to leeward hissing and bubbling abm
her rail, while clouds of spray broke contint
ally over the forecastle, varied ocensioimll
by a hugo wave flooding lier dock torr; an
aft. The crow, with tko exception of a coup]
of hands at the wheel, were crouching mute
tho weather bulwarks, every one of ther
wet to the skin, when at length the cxpecte
order eenie: "Stand by to take in your gai
tops'ls and outer jibs, hekn-a-Iee, get the:
stowed smartly, now," and hardly wer
sheets slacked off and haliinrds matinee
ere at a sign from tho captain, the heh
was put up and we were again tearin
tbrovgk the surges while the light canvn
was being stowed. This eased her coi;
siderably for a time, but by sundown i
w-os blowing hnlf a gale while we plowed tb
whitecaps iii grand style tinder a couple c
reefs in main and fores'ls, our goal bearin;
about three points to windward of tbo bea
course we could lie. Before night closed in
took another squint at the other vessel au?
had the satisfaction of seeing that we ha<
weathered on her some and were aise grad
uaily drawing ahead. The view around u
was superbly grand, but things were ratho
too lively for any one not a seaman to enjo;
it. The wind was blowing balf a gale-goo
measure-the whole surface of the set-thin;
waters had that opaque, graj- tint which th
froth and bubbles of a heavy blow alway
give. Monstrous seas rose and fell and ros
again, their tops torn to shreds as th<-y brok
into foam and spray under the fury of th1
gale, while the schooner, under her shortener
canvas, was pitching in a way to make ?
landsman's hair stand cn end ns one momen
her sharp stem split a huge wave in twain
her forefoot the next moment suspended clem
of the water over the succeeding trough o;
the sea as her stern sank d-.op hi the embrac?
of the divided wave.
As darkness came over the scene our last
sight of the Invincible showed that we wer?
at least holding our own, and, lt being my
watch below, x turned in, after changing my
wringing wet clothes, to make the most oj
what bid fair to be only a short rest.
I was awakened by thc bourse shout of "al!
hands on deck," and tumbled up in a hurry
to find the wind abating and the crew busy
.shaking out the reefs in the fore and mains'ls.
It being nearly 1:13* time to take charge the
skipper went below, while I walked the deck
in command, occasionally stopping to glan?
at the compass to see how we kept nurcour:>'.
About midnight we got the gait and jib
tops'ls on her and before th.* captain again
appeared we had the Hying jib set as well.
By daylight, it vas only blowing a gotitio
breeze, but the se- Ii was still k< avy, and as
the schooner had .".Il sail r. including a
maintop most stay>?J. ali that could be done
was to watch and wait. It is needless to tell
that, as daylight broke over the still heaving
surface of the ocean, every eye aboard the
vessel was eagerly se.i rei ling the expanse o?
water for a sight of our competitor, but,
from the deck, there v.as nota sail in sight.
A baud sent aloft to the fore cross trees
hailed the deck with the nows of a bark off
the port beam, beading to the northwest, but
that xvas ali. Speculation was rife as to the
whereabouts of the olker craft, the generally
accepted theory of her absence from view be?
ing that she must have laid to to weather out
the gale and that wc bad consequently run
her out of sight. This Mea imparted a pleas?
urable feeling to every ont- on board, as each
one of us had the promise of a liberal share
of the winnings in case of crossing the lino
first-tbi-s being an offer of our owners as an
inducement to the crew-besides the natural
desire to win against a crack new boat
The remainder of our run to and around
Bermuda was uneventful, light winds pre?
vailing all the way, and our course was i aid
for New York with the expectation of meet?
ing the Other craft on her outward ?journey.
But no Invincible did we see, and on the
early morning of the ninth c?ay out Sandy
Hook light wps sighted. By noon we were
running up the lower hay umlt-r a light, baf?
fling breeze; shifting from east to east south?
east and anxiously scanning every rchoonor
in sight, but nothing was seen of the beauti?
ful cruft for which we looked. We reported
at the finish and found that wo had won our
money, as the other vessel was not yet in,
and right well were we satisfied with the
race.
When did the Invincible arrive? some one
asks. She was never heard of ngai ri. Wheth?
er she stni'-h a floating wreck, cr whether
thrown on h?-r r?earn ends and foundered, or
sprung a leak under the pressure bf the gait
of tlw first dn\ arni night, has ;mr; ?or never
will lie known. Her fate is one cf those mys
teries iii which the Ufr <.; a mariner aboimds.
and, until thc sea give? ??p its d.vjd. naught
will never be known cf ibo crew who maimed
the gp'*' sch-*o:ier Tn*- ines bli in her iii tat--.!
race wi tb the now cid ami weather '.?>. at?, :i
coaster Wiliington.-Carl Torp in L'?troit
Free Bress.
Look on This Picture.
A sufficient quantity of Kr ju or is
used in thu United Slates !?> fill a
canal four feet deep, fourteen feel
wiilc, and uno hundred and twenty
mill's \uupz: Tin' ?tenar sab-nms in
New York aloin*, placed tn ('j-piisrie
rows, Would tn ak .. a st; eel. eleven
miles itt length, while those <.! tlie
United Sttilcs wou'.J make a double
row uno hundred miles l"Ug. i! tin*
victims of I he Ira???e were en;.^'repite.i
on this I ii j nor Broadway, wc would j
see ti suicide every mile, and a thon \
sand funerals ti day. If ali the drunk- j
ards wno drawn nj) in i'.ittle ni ray
in two ranks, they would ! re; ti line .
two hundred and *wotity-tiv.- etiles
long What an att?v >.! victims !
Kvriv hour in J ;n* nighl the hcaYiNiS
are li*>-?j 1 rd fin !?v lie- torch ni i he
drunken ine?*ii'!ia?v livjery lue:; in
IMO day il::- i-arth :.? ?; .!?:?.!.( ! with
tiie bb'o.i s<.;i| by llb- 'Ii*lt:krii assas
sin. '.'|?;s :-t'\d atmy ts tn motion :
? ielaehf.-e ntM tire constantly hiing' "tl
lo tin" ?.r h-eisr-s. p; ;<ne. 1 he seal
lob! ari;. I lint ii; tinkai >! s -^i a ve v.u.! :
while tt:*-ii :da?'es ;n e rons 5 uni i V lilied
hy recruits il ra wu lie-in lie- camp id
111 . > I I 111 " ' . . 11 tile jMe'd-t til .. lirtlikelS.
Win; e.'??i ea'Ol pu te I he I .; Junes M j nan
deicf). jin- le-pcs ei u>h. 1!. Ibe i ?''.?\<'>
IV?.T,le des..late, .-e..! 1 heal : Lit . h.'li
\:\ Jtile[i)|t' ! atlee ' /? / -.c.' O ./r lffr .
-. ^ > . J?- -
ITO !. I i J: iii: . li:
" The advance is 1 I' lia-* t Wa
Seen fa: V .1 Slat.-'s aro-i!.-?! r- p.ot.
slixW ?hal ! a ? in- \ i .11 end , "et.: -til
her .';?>, ISM:, tiwi:' we;:- lr.il I .'?to 1
eoiiv ?el lens ::i the Sta!.- ici' minit-nal
ol?onses. an average el 1 >u!v s:\Iei-n 1
lu a emmi v. Uni a still belle: siiow- I
in jj i<, iVitil tn li'lv liv.* cnjifies in :
I h.- State. I:ie;e Was ?TI-j a sln-eb- e, pa ?
mit moni i<i ti-e o-tn;!\ j.v..> i?.;:;rrg t
the ycac,' tc'Jar l;>a>i>!< Cmt.- . f
HABITS.
nv PROF. .7X0. C. I-A NITA M, OF Sl*>f>iER
TON, S. C.
Read nr. the Teachers Int er-Comity In?
stitute, of Sumter and (Jin rend on
Counties, on Friday, Any. 'lOth,
1887. and Published. [>}j Rennest of
said, J nsf it nfc.
Habit, in the abstract, is tiie involun?
tary tendency to perform certain notions
which is acquired hy their frequent re?
petition. There are two classes of hab?
its-good and bad-resulting from the
repetition of certain given actions The
repetition of a good act will produce a
good habit : the repetition of a bad act ?
will produce a bad habit. I believe j
that Metastasio's strong sentence. "Ail I
t
in mankind is habit, even virtue itself," I
i
is true.
Habit is formed si owly at first, be- j
ginning with single acts, extending j
into a continuous repetition of acts, and j
it is not till its spider's threads are j
woven into a thick cable, that its exist- j
ence is suspected, proving that a 'two?
fold cord is strong, but a three-fold cord
is not quickly broken.'
Jeremy Bentham says: 'Like flakes
of snow that fall unperceived upon the
earth, the seemingly unimportant events
of life succeed one another.
'As the snow gathers together, so are
our habits formed ; no ein?le Sake that
is added tc; the pile produces a sensible
change; no single action creates, how?
ever it may exhibit a man's character . ?
but as the tempest hurls the avalanche |
down the mountain, and overwhelms
the inhabitant and his habitation, so
passion, acting upon the elements cf
mischief which pernicious habits have
brough ? together by imperceptible ac?
cumulation, may overthrow the edifice j
of truth and virtue.'
A bad habit, wheo indulged in, soon
becomes deep-rooted, obstinate, begin?
ning with cobwebs and ending with
chains, when the whole man is enslaved, ?
physically, mentally, and morally, his !
whole nature being changed. Repeated
pilfering will produce a confirmed
rogue: repeated dissembling will pro?
duce commensurate fraud ; repeated j
betting will produce a gambler ; re- j
peated back biting and gossiping will j
produce a devil in a neighborhood ;
continuous dram-drinking will produce |
a drunkard. So powerful is this effect !
of the constant repetition of actions, that j
men whoce habits are intemperate may .
be almost said to have lost their free !
agency. Habit being second nature,
their acts become of the nature of fate,
and so strongly dc thc cords, which
they have manufactured for thcmselve?, >
entwine them, that they do those very j
same things which they have been tc- j
custom ed to do, even when they know j
that a performance of the same can af- j
ford neither pleasure ncr proSt.
A bau habit, fixed, can never be j
eradicated, from the fact that it renders
pleasant, things which at Srst '.rere in - j
tensely disagreeable or even painful.
Xo man likes the effects of the first ?
chew of tobacco. A bad habit may be
kept in abeyance; it may be controll?
ed : it may be governed, but never.
never, y EVER, can be destroyed. Bad
temper, opiates, thirst for liquor, are
examples. From the time that it is
formed, a bad habit, becomes a powerful
and fearful factor in a man's life, and !
necessitates a constant, persevering, !
vaiiaut struggle until death to keep it j
under.
Bad habits arc more easily formed !
than good ones. We may use auy ?
article of food agreeable to cur phys!- ?
cal welfare without the formation of any j
bad habit, but whenever wc use opiates, \
tob?ceo, liaaor, or ai?y other thies <
contrary to our taste, a habit is formed, i
a bad habit which will last as long as j
life endures. By way of parenthesis, j
the amount of tobacco and whiskey con
Fumed per year is simply appalling. .
Indeed it seems to bc a popular idea i
with not a few of our youth that they j
cannot appear manly unless they .
their hair slick with drug store fat, j
force down a drink of li .'?or. *eu>s :
"round a few' and then take a quid of i
tobacco and spit red ; they're elected i
then; bound for the ki Dildo m. I trust j
that no teacher will bc to his pup Us a '.
pattern of profanity, swearing, "akin? ;
the ti'reat .Master*:, name in vaia, j
i cac", your ptipus to ?ear that aw fu i .
habit which calls upon Gcd's name in ;
every idle or angry talk : thai tire !
habit of profane s wea ri rig is a vulgar. '
wicked ami degrading vice Uh ! "wear- |
ing is a terrible habit, provi: g- c?early |
that ''be. tongue is set on lire of heil.' j
Oil .r!?c habit of drunkenness. ! [save :
but little t i say. as I trust you arc ali ,
wide awake on tim: subject. This habit
is/o:;V. Win, hath wee "i who hath
sorrow; win.? h "tb c-mri nt...'..- : v. :o>
hath babhding ? w?m hath word- v.Lt!:-!
on! cause"!1 who halli ret:noss id cv-> :
Thc drunkard! the drunkard: the
drunkard ! The p-'or drunk ar ! exp "res
himself to the greatest darrgtrs ivirhoM?
knowing rt. ami ts at tim ;uerc\ ot any
one who wishes to injure him., ami tie
recovers from his debauch full ol pains
and miser}" like otic pe ve rely beaten
(bu- of rh'.' greatest puribmvmr.!? ci five
habit ?-i drun'cento'ss is lire i usa Ita bio
anpetire which ir.rentes Tito drunk?
ard is a slav- to it -in chal?es Foi low
teachers, do y ur duly in ih-rs !.ne i m
m av be humbie instr;::; - o's it; the naU'.ts
-dan e.V. ait ed in-j mg ...? > ha ping mar;y
destinies in the rieht ubr- Uut. I .vt::
never ]?.> an opportunity IT <:.;:.:
?bod ott tlti> subj.a f pasS me if i lin uv
ir \\ o had a c;:?>s mare '.nco : a .:. ar
teli'b.v he was. g. ner, us. a fruc hiern!. :
the bi ig??t. s: bey m thu class. Un* hr
i i?, ?ked upon w?n?: lp? i.adc :; . ..?
,? i.d gbss. We :dl talked r.. him : .
:r tried lo pc rs i! ne}'' him '>.. bV . fl "a? ?t
rs fsoin the taco .vf g a bier. He
hoT'-lrf : lr? ."e was no '.-"in in :i . . .
~ ? ?.-!l-y?..2 he wa... ; ^v.r--; w tb -
?fi v :e. I'teti.t. ? io set . ::. fd . 1
i with 'irre s: -r i; ;v'i :; hi .'
er, bn: he' !.. .
'; 1. The La-: ci ? . ur ?
UM;.te .-^ss-mrit-. h.. bad ? ^:;,d Vv'
..TSTel? <:..?. a 'irbik bi wbbUt y Oh !
hat I and lov i'i:i."S-mai!> i. ri-* done "t!? ?
ititi more Itiitlifufiy
Tit oro isa ge tun ni fe/ping fi::;t the :
ni? Mittons tra!.ie ;u liquor, aggravating
Iris terrible habit, mu>t ho suppressed. .
J .... . : ; ;., ... vi:., :"'J;....:..
the <i;iy ! 'J he time inf; come when
good men and women ail over our land
should raise their vinces a sain M thc
eviis of thc liquor traine. The time has
come when those who make our laws,
and those who administer them, must
look to the suppression of this evil, for
it threatens the ruin of our country, it
is right and proper that our young peo?
ple ir? school should bc warned against
the dangers of this habit cf in Temper?
ance. No teacher is faithful who doc??
not do it. The habit and vice of 'mod?
erate drinking'.-houM Lc cl as?-d ?vi th that
of intemperance, for it leads to drunk?
enness, and is the more dangerous, be?
cause so insidious. Help your pupils,
with all the available help?, to keep the
temples of their bodies so pure that
God will dwell there; and show thom
that they can not accomplish this if they
take into them the 'strange fire" which
turns a beautiful, nobie hoy into a
bloated, staggering drunkard, and
which habit ?lis, mere prisons and
graves than docs any other blasting
evil. Let us urge our students to
think of the ruined homes, the widows
and orphans, the suicides and murders,
that liquor has caused, and thus do,
through them, ali we can to help ban?
ish it from land, keeping ever before
them, in their minds, the solemn and
awful declaration that, 'No drunkard
shall inherit the Kingdom of Heaven/
So much on tin's specific habit.
If such be the results of b"d habits,
how necessary is it that we cultivate
good habits-doing all the good we can,
getting ail the good we can-so that
when the trial, the struggle comes. w&
will have the reserve power to over?
come, always bein?: prepared. William
Matthews says: 'in some of cur. large
mechanical establishments may be seen
a machine invented to operate upon cold
iron. With ali the ease and quiet of a
common printing press it exerts a force ;
equal to a thousand tons, whilst at every
pressure of the 'cam' large cubes are
pressed o?t of the solid bar as easily as
one cati break earthenware cr mould
clay. It will push its hard steel finger
through iron two iuches thick, without
the slightest jarring or failure in the
regularity of its action. What is the
secret of this prodigious and constant
pjwer? It is found in the accumulated
force of the balance wheel, which: re?
volving one hundred and thirty times
a minute, bears with overwhelming
force upon the steel punch, and must
either break the whole machine into
fragments, or pierce tb rough eyer j obsta?
cle.
tn this ingenious piece of mechanism,
we have a striking illustration of the I
power of habit. There are times of
pressure in every man's lifo when lie
would utterly fail but for tho help thus j
a?fo rd ed ; hut fortunately at the crbis. ;
hy the force of principles that have ?
gathered energy by long and pcrserver- j
ing good habits, be is carried over rho j
dead-point, and is .able to rally his j
strength for new trials and struggles.
Wc could continue, and enumerate \
and discuss mac j, many speciQc habits,
such as politeness, showing that impo?
liteness is derived from just two sources,
indifference to the divine and contempt
for thc human : the habit cf chaste con?
versation, proving that as *a little ?re
ki nd le th a great matter,' just so a lit- j
tie quiet shutting of the mouth when i
we are tempted to tell what wc heard |
about somebody would soon cure that
abominable, soul-cursing, mind destroy?
ing habit of tattling, gossiping and
back-bitting-small talk-in which li?'le. '
minds icdu'go: thc habit of being kind. j
by which a man endeavors in cheer in- j
stead of to dishearten thc?? about bim. j
to um ko every one ab^ut him feel thad
hotter for his presence, rather than to j
go through life with a frown and sn~"i ;
of contempt for his fellow beings; the!
habit of gentleness showing ilia: there .
is nothing coble in a sneer no matter
from what source, and proving conclu?
sively that 'nothing is se strong as
gentleness and nothing so ccnt.o as
reai strength :' the habit of obedience, j
:<vo7-\v.? Lhat bbod??iiA.c ?.,^ prosperity \
ari liked together in t:.'d's rdaa . 'he :
habit : truthfulness, snowing thar m
?.?vc cf truth lies at thc >'dat:ol
al! dignity and excellence of charade: :
and in business life th: hr. h itt: cf april- :
cation. observati'Vn, rt: ! hod. accuracy. ,
r.unctuaiity and dispatch, wit bout wilek |
no ma:- can c$cuint!y 'rrosecate his
business, aron each and every one ci
which habits as topics there is latiru :.
for a Ion?: and forcible lecture. '\ itt:.) :
ts wantit"-* on this occasion ter rite \
cussbm oi ail til! these heads.
?ommeudablo good habits are not to 1
bc formed rna day ; neither cat: ti: y be
formed by any sot of faint ami desultory
resolut iou S They are ::>.: at ta: rte : by j
accident, n e Iv * ll : s ::t:d starts.' at on?1 .
pcrrcd t,e:t:g ::: *:: pnr".*rjsm '!' atten?
tion" and ::.' an??'h er stu-king into thc
si -ugh el' incliner? nee. Ti:cv arc no? - >
attained ; l u: by constatit; sTe:vd!::st.
..}. ....?/..?:? b-::ir* c?e ?rr. Ir i< ?v^h'-y
i m partant and necessary that they
should be forme.: in youth for :':.:' it
is thar titi grandi-st habits <:::; I"- ac
.pired at tho c >st of the leas: ? :: : :.
.Ir-tfers c-iit in tho bark id ti tree w*!i
jrrvAV and widen wit!: agc :" just se wt th
}>iiiiei habits in ve urn. Unce :? rr ai ned
"c.-ni habits are ti fortune ? f there
sc i yes. fer ?he possessor has titspescd
tbercbv et the heavy end of the l eo: et
lire: all ?hat remains he can caerv
easily t:u>! j i eas:::?:* r! vhl tire oth et?
han.!', bad habits. ?n>e f-rmed. wt '.
teuts! f.e.-.?v. r . n the wheels et cni-r'r
jirrsci and iii ! ho end will a^.-:?? ?!.:-::
srreemacv. te the ruin ar.il il-antc o.*
their victim.'
tu cennoetien with t.v.s suhv.-ct w
ttetjeo the il ^U: pre,im. ed Ly habit
thr. neb thc bnC'1 of example. ?Cverv
enc has an in true eec : eve rv '.:.." exec?
that in j; ii--;i :v lr ? . -d er 'er rv:!
What w:H be M ep" ..: rf eu- bald's
i:-;*"-..-.-.'* ns ? ai her- - . " tie !lv-:"";:
. be! -'iel ; \\ -,i"t-. I tilii:; .?? r!;? ' : -
. .? t: :. :: 'her. dav;: " nt o. r ::: v
c!-:;f;ct.'! < {or hcavi r:
io : . i
?rv ip ?j
L-l!.
revere"-;-.- tear I fee! like
?1 vd ?: ?ve en-rev c-noc me
v et km >s make yje
? .--Mr r. in i e. y
sir-m-g !
l? vc rv t?-n?her. to say the least of it.
vijclit to he a mora! otto, te sa v ? : o : ? > t ; > ir
:s tin* raipur:ar.cc et' ivs heine;:-; i vue
.i-^td::., V.-rtir- iiis bel-* '?shin..-,
'.rowing ''brighter and brighter
J.J to tie- perfect dav,v \>\ ice ;= l i
iud consequent I fifi ac ti cc-, shaping
and training characters to bec- mo
thc pillars of Church and Sra:;-; :
tri tn to build the Church and to bulli
the State; meu to fortify the social cr
ig -i ri r . . . ?j rind to stamp out tv:-r : men,
who would not be guilty <=f doubler
mindedness ; men ni positive C nt C
ttons arri lorry principles, permanently
inwrought wiri: eharasti r ; men of c< ur
age to stand by the right though at thc
cost of position and life i ?self.; men,
wh-rt would rather *ii^- f l a-j io de. a :m aT'i
thing cr fo dishonor their God. and I
te li you that through his Instrumente'
irv and the conjoint instrumentality of
the teachers of Sumter and Clarendon
Counties and of ali the Counties of this
State and these United States and a!!
lands, our God would spon 'have thc
heathen for his inheritance, and the utter?
most parts of the earth for his posses?
sion/
HftMt ! ?:-hi: ! tac forre or I'tr.:: :
? o-ib? at first, li bu.: a ri'keri ihr? - i.
?*::.'. th . ?igbt-w'mgt ': uo.--:-.? tr-.rVr .-way
ir: tire war::; s tm beru:;? ot a summt r's <'?." :
? Shallow St'Vrliuh t. ri}Uv":pg i'? bud :
A liny ?ap; mg ere in ro ;t? a: c si?'r??d :
A yet aamirdt-ned thorn irp'Cn th- spray :
A [Tori's whelp that hath tm; ?cer.:c:i prey ;
A i:.tl?e ?mi?rg ci:lld obedient led.
l?ew?re ! that ;.h:>h.d may bind late as a
chain :
That streamlet gather tn a f ital ira :
a sapimg spread imo a gnarled -ree:
That thorn, .-grown hard, may wound a cd
gi ..'<. rriiro pain ;
That piavfui whelp ii is murderous fangs re
- veal ;
Tim: child. a giant. crush thee "neath his
keel/'
A Call io the Farmers.
0:ptahi Tihnans Appeal for a Good
AJ'.'-i'.d'.'ti'yj af the AA rf (Joh edition.
To ike F'jrincr.S oj SarJ/i Carolina ;
The cgirat toy. known as the * 3: arm?
ers' nJCVemeDtj^crystaiizcd last Novem?
ber into a permanent organizarhu: under
the name of the 'Farmers' Association
of South Carolina ' The objects for
which we then organized were clearly
set forth and are as follows : The en?
courage rue nt, protection and advance?
ment of our agricultural interest", and
the securing cf such reforms and the
passage cr repeal of .inch laws z?. will
commiss these ends and enable tis as
tiller? of the soil tc secure at least a fair
share of the profits of our labor.
We seek to elevate and educate tho
fanners of the State by any and every
means possible, and to bring about such
changea In our system o: farming as
wilt preserve tho fertility cf the soil
and increase the prof.ts therefrom.
While rr-; deprecate political agita?
tion, wc will not hesitate to assert cur
rights as cit;;:.::? and taxpayers : and
foci;rig we have just ceesc cf com?
plain!, we wiil continue to demand a
fair and proper recognition cf cur rights,
and needs, 'and will use cur ballets tc
secure i:..
The tl?:: rina ai element in the State
has thus far bsfiiiJ our efforts in this
direction and ignored our reasonable
c?n:p:a:uis. it rerts ?nth you. farmers
of South Carolina, to show whether you
will remain the tools and slaves of an
oligarchy, and deport yourselves as ser?
vants who have no rights esccr-t to
obey ; or whether yen v.:il "ir.c-TC ic you*
arrogan: law makers that you aro the
masters aud not the servants c: these
who hold rower only by your vere?.
You have thc power, you have the
brains, you haye DOW A-" rieue-eus et an
organization which wi': ena- ie v>u to
act. in cc-r.cer: throughout thc rotate, and
arl that is necessary is persistent and
aggressive action:
Lei the :\czi meeting ? : rho Farmers*
Association be comnoscd ! such mite
:::;! and ni :"..!: numb:--;: r.s vA'\ rhow
.bosses' ll:: : vre m- in t.? hayo ref--rm.
or, ii vye fail -o secure it, will show our
fanners tuat we can next year re-ire those
:o private lifj who stand in the way.
Under the terms of eur constirut^n
the number cf delegates from each
county association is five, rmi the J-fe
or cur meeting is. Tuesday of Fair wccK.
November S.
The executive committee of thc
..'arm;-.: A:rsOciation. for good and
... :: : ..- P?^".< b?-re de-.'b!--.t f - r:= fer