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VOL. 1. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1884. NO. I.
WII.MIXOTOX, roHIMHIA AND {
A I'll I'rtT A KAII.KOAI). >
Ooing Sou h no 48 No 40
Leave Wilmington 9 30 p in II 10 p hi ^
Arrive at Florence 1 60 a in 2 20 u in 1
Arrivtf at Columbia 0 40 a m
Going Xorth No 4'l no 47 j
Leave Columbia 10 00 p m |
Leave Florence. 4 50 p m 1 62 a m j
Arrive at Wilmington ....7 40 p m 0 10 a m j
Train No. 45 stops at nil stations, Nos. 48
and 47 stop only at Hritiklcj's, Whiteville,
Flemington, Fair HlufT, Marion, Florence, '
Timmor.sville, Sumter, cnniden Junctiou ai'd '
Kastovcr. Passengers for Columbia and all '
points on c ? i) k k, c, c a a k r, Aiken June- '
tion and all points beyond, should tako no. 48,
night express Separate Pullman sleepers '
for Charleston and August a on trains 48 and '
47. All trains run solid between Charleston 1
and Wilmington. I
QVARTANBURG AX1)
Ar>lll% > lliliK KAU.KUAU *
On. aud after Mhv 12, 1884, passenger ,
trains, will be run daily, except Sunday, be- j
tween Spartanburg ami Hendcraoiiville as f
follows: '
UT TRAIN
Leave R. A 1)- Depot at Spartanburg 6 00 p ui r
(.cave Spartanburg, A. L. depot?... C 10 p m t
I.care Saluda 8 50 (> m t
Leave Flat Rock .0 15 p m J
A rriv? Heiidersonvilie V SO r. m u
I)<)\rx M R.I IN.
Leave Hendersonville . 8 00 a in r
Leave Flat Rock 8 15 am n
I.cava Saluda 9 00 a in v
Leavr A ir Line .1 unction 11 25 a m c
Arrive R. A. 1) Depot Spartanburg 11 30 a in i
Trains on this rond run by Air-Line time.
Both trains make connections for C< ' -bia
and Charleston via Spartanburg, Union and
Columbia: Atlanta and Charlotte by Air Line. ~
JAMKS ANDERSON, Superintendent. F
0OKDKNSK1) TIMK CAKD
Magnolia Passenger Route.
Ia fleet September 14, 1884.
(ioinu hot'tll.
Leave Greenwood *5 SO am + 4 00 pm "
Arrive Augusta ... 11 SO him 8 50 j>m
Leave Aujrustn 10 SO am U 00 pai
Arrive Atlanta 4 46 pin fl 40 am
Leave Augusta 11 40 am
Arrive lieaufort.r 5 60 pm
" J'ort Hoyal 06 pm .
" Chalvston 6 50 pin |
" Savannah G 42 pin
" Jacksonville I 00 am 1"
ooinc south. i
Leave Jacksoaville 5 SO pm r
" Savaunah 0 ii am t
" Charleston 0 10 am
Leave Port Uuval 7 26 am
" lieauforl 7 S7 am
" Augusta 1 40 pm
Leave Atlanta 4 8 50 pm
Arrive Augusta (i 10 am
Leave An^usta 4 AO pm 5 40 am
Arrive Greenwood V 00 pm 11 30 am (
Tickets on sale at Greenwood to all poinla
ai luinugn rates?u?gg?R? cnecketl to tlcBtination.
I>ail.T. tDailr, x<*eo< Similar. t
\V' K. SBiLLMiN, Traffic ilmiHpcr.
J N. Uahh, Superintendent.
ATLANTIC COAST LINK,
T IWSSKXC.KU DKI'AllMM KNT,
IK/7 mint/run. JV. ( /"/// 10th, IHSJ,.
NKW LINK brtwoon Charleston and ~
Columbia anil I'pper South Carolina. J
CuNI?KXSKI? SlHKIWl.K.
?iOIN? COINU s
WEHT. K A5T. R
fl TO am I. v... Charleston ... Ar. 9 65 pm
9 55 " ' ... Lanes " 8 11 " '
11 12 " " ... SiinitiT " ft 55 " n
12 35 ptn Ar.. . .Columbia . . . I,r. 5 :J0 "
2 31 " ' .... Winnsboro " 4S 11
3 45 " " Chester " 2 44 '
35 " " .... Vorkrilla . . " 1 01) "
8 25 " ... Lancaster " 9 00 "
6 00 " .... Hock Hill " 2 00 "
6 16 " ' ... . Charlotte .... " 1 00 "
2 55 put Ar . . . Newberry . I.r 3 11 nm
4 53 ' ' .... Greenwood " 12 59 "
7 20 " " ... Laurens " 915 nm
? 53 " " ... Anderson " 10 45 "
7 50 ' " ... .Greenville " V 55 " j
8 53 44 " .... WulhalU " 9 00 ?' ,
6 SO " " ...Abbeville " 1130 "
5 37 " ' .... Si?nrt*nl)nrjr ... " 1150 "
9 3ft " " ... Henderson ville " H 00 "
Solid Trains between Charleston and Columbia,
S. C.
.1; F. 1) IVIN K, T. M. KM K KSON.
("ton'l Sup't. on'1 I'as. Agent.
/^OLUMIJIA A XI)
. GREENVILLE RAILROAD.
Oq .and after October 5, 1HS4, I'ahhknoek
TfcAlfis will run as herewith indiaiitcd upon
. . . thiWoad and it8 branchc*. ?
. . . WJailu, fjret/it.>Sv/nfill/f.
' ' , No. 53. UJ' 1'A SSKNOER"
j * Leave /Columbia S. C. Junc'u 10 45 p in
Columbia C. & (?. I> 11 10 p in
* Arrive Alston, 12 10 p in
- . "Newberry 1 13 p m
Ninety-Six 2 47 p in
' greenwood 3 09 p in
,. Hodgws 3 33 p ni
Belton 4 41) p in
at Greenville C 05 p m
No. 52. DOWN l'ASSENOER.
Lea ve Greenville at 9 50 a in
Arrive.Helton 11 13 a in
Hodges y> 12 23 pm
, Greenwood 12 48 pm
Ninety-Six 1 32 pin
Newberry 3 02 p m
Alaton. 4 10 p m
'* Columbia C. k G. I) 5 15 pm
Arrir# Columbia S C. Junc'u 5 30 p m
START ISIt'KO, I'NIOK * A RAIJ, KO All. (
NO. ua. UP PAHKKNWKIt. fi
Learc Alston 12 i2 p m 8
" Union . 3 55 pin
" Spartanburg, S.U.AC.depot -5 50 p tu
SO. 52. ItOWK l'AHHKNOKIl. 8
I.? re Spart'g K. A I). Wepot .... 10 35 a m '
" Sjmrt'jf S. U. A C. l)uj>ot ..10 50 am i
" Union 12 50 pm (
Arrire at Alaton 3 40pm t
LAUBEK8BAILBOAD.
I.fare S'e?lter?y 3 30 p m '
* Arrire at Laurcnit ('. H 6 50 p m
I.cat# J.aurcnH C. II 7 40 am
Arriva at Newberrj 11 10 p m
ABBBVII.I.K BKANCII.
I.far* llodfrcH 3 45 p m
Arrirr at Abbcrillt; 4 45 p m
Ltara Abbeville 11 00 a in
Arrire at Hndgutt 12 00 p m
ai.l'BBIDOK BAII.KOAP AND ASDKKHON BBAKCSt. *
I*ave Helton 4 45 p tn
Arrive Aiideritoii 5 18 p ni 1
" Pendleton 5 5ft p in
' Seneca c ft 40 p ni '
Arrire at Walhalla 7 03 p in |
J,eare Walhalla 8 50 a in
*rrir? rteueca D 15 a m
" Pendleton 'J >>2 at in
" Anderson 10X1 am
Arrire at Helton ....II OH a 111 ,
COXXKCTJOXS.
A. With South Carolina railroad to and from
Charleston; with Wilmington, Columbia and
AugtiMta railroad from Wilmington and all
point north thercofj with Charlotte, Columbia
and August a railroad from Charlotte and
all nointa north thereof. IS. With AahefilU
ana Spartanburg railroad from and for points
in WeMtern N. Carolina. C\ With Atlanta and
Cliarlottc dir Kirhmond and Danville railway
for Atlanta and all points Mouth and west.
Standard Pattern Time.
(J. K. TALCOTT, Superintendent.
M. Siii'fliiTKK,(ien'l I'asncnger Agt.
I). Cakpwki.i.. isn't Gen'l Paas. Agt.
AI.l. the new shapes in Hats aod Bonnets,
with Ribbons, Birds, Flowers, Satins
and Velvets to match.
- K. M. HADDON & CO.
UOUTH CAROLINA
RAILWAY COMPANY.
Commencing Sunday, Sept. 7th, 1S8-1, at
! 3 5 m in, Passenger Trains will run as follows
lutil further notice, "Eastern time:"
Columbia Diet*ion?Daily.
?eftve Cwlumbia 7 60 a in 5 25 p in
)ue at Charleston 12 20 p in 0 47 p in
,i'ave Charleston H 33 a m 4 30 p in
.)ue at Columbia 12 38 p m 9 22 a ni
CatnJtn Pirition?Daily cxcept Sunday*.
<eavo Columbia 7 50 a m 5 25 p in
>ue Camden 2 25 p m 8 25 p in
'.earc Camden 9 00 a m A 00 p m
)ue Columbia 12 38 p m V 22 p m
uyuntil I'ivirion?Daily.
[.earn Columbia 7 50 a in 5 25 p m
>ue Augusta 1 20 p m 7 411 t in
<cave Augusta 7 15am
)u? Columbia 12 38 p ni
Connections
rfnde at Columbia with Columbia and Greenrillc
railr?iad by train arriving at 12 38 p. ni.
ind departing at 5 25 p. m.; at Columbia
luuction with Ch'urlotte, Columbia and Aujuata
railroad by same train to and from all
>oints on both roads.
At Charleston with steamers for New York
>u Saturday; and on Tuesday and Saturday
ritli steamer for Jacksonville and points on
>t. John's river; also, with Charleston and
Savannah Railroad to aud froin Savannah
tllu nil puillis 111 rionau.
At Augusta with Georgia and Central rail
oatis to and from all points West and South:
it Kluckville to and from nil points ou llarnrcll
railroad. Through tickets can be purhaiied
to all points South and West by applynjr
to
1). McQi kek. Agent, Columbia. S. C.
John B. I'kck, General Manager.
D. C. Ai.lks, Gen. i'ass. and Tickot Ag't
rhe Georgia Pacific
RAILWAT.
"Jew Short Line, vin., Atlanta. Oa., and
Birmingham, Ala., to l'oints in
Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana,
.1 rkansas, Texan and the If'wi and
Xorth west.
I he favorite route TO THE WORLD S
FAIR, XEW OH LEANS, LA.
MOMMKNCING December 1st, 1884.
Double Daily Trains, with elegant
keeping Cars attached, for which the
ow rate of $1 for each section is
ihargcd?the lowest sleeping car rates in
he United States. Berths secured ten
lays in advance.
tUF" SEE that vonr Tickets
t&- Read* F ROM
ATLANTA, V,A 'r?B
iEORUIA PACIFIC RA.LWAV and
BIRM INGHAM, ALA.
Tor further information writo to or
:all on
L. S. BROWN, Gen. I'asa. Agent,
HlltMJNOllAM, Ai.a.
A. S. TI1WKATT, Trav. Pass. Agt.,
Atlanta, Ga.
I. V. SAGK, Gen. Superintendent,
HlltMlNMIIAM. At.A.
DICHMOXl) A.-sD DANVILLE
LV KAILROAD
/'itine/iyer I>rpnrtnunt.?On unci after A up.
*1, 1884, paanciijrer train nervice on the A.
ml Division will l>e ns follows:
Xorthicurd. No. 51* No. 53t
.i'ure Atlanta 4 40 pm 8 40 am
rrirc (SainesvilU 0 57 p in 10 35 a m
I.nla a 7 25 p in 11 01 a in
Hahun (Jnp jnno h. 8 12 p m 1130am
Toecoa e 8 54 p in 12 04 p in
Seneca City </. . .. D 59 p in 1 00 p in
Central 10 32 p m 1 52 i> in
Liberty 10 53 p m 2 13 p m
Ka*lev 11 10 p m 2 27 p ill
Greenville t ... 11 42 p m 2 47 p ni |
Spartanburg/ ... 1 *1 a m 3 56 i> iti
Gastonia </ 3 20 u in 5 54 p in
charlotte ft.: 4 10 a m 0 40 p in
Mouthtcard. No. 50* No. 52t
,fu?t charlotte 1 45 a in 1 00 p ni
irriveGastnnia 2 30 a ni 1 45 j> m
Spartanburg . 4 28 a m 3 45 p ni
(>re?tnville 5 43 a ra 4 55 p m
Kasley 0 17am 5 26 p ni
Liberty 6 34 a in 5 <2 p m
central C 55 a in ft 00 p ni
Seneca city 7 33 a in 7 36 p in
Toccoa 8 40 a in 7 35 p in
Uabun Gap juuo... 0 34 a in 8 30 p m
Lula 10 0V a tn 8 51) p m
Gainesville 10 36 a m 9 25 p m
Atlanta 100 pm 11 30 am
Kxpreiis. tMail.
Freight trains on this road all carry passen:erit;
passenger traijis run through tol)anille
uml connect with Virginia Midland railway
to all eastern cities, and at Atlanta with
>11 lines diverging. No. 50 leaves Richmond
it 1 p m and No. 51 arrives there at 4 p m; 52
caves Richmond at 2 28 a in, 53 arrives there
it 7 41 h in
Buffet Sleeping Corn without
hangc: On trains Nos. 50 and 51, New
fork and Atlantn, via Washit.gton and
)anville, Greensboro and Ashevillo; on
rains Nos. 52 and 53, Richmond and
)anville, Washington, Augusta and New
Orleans. Through tickets en sale at
Charlotte, Greenville, Sencca, Spartanjurg
and Gainesville to all points south,
southwest, north and east. A connects
vith N. E. railroad to and from Athens;
? with N. K. to and from Tallulah Falls;
' with Kl. Air Lino to and from Elberton
ind Bowersvllle; d with IJlue Ridge to
md from Walhalla; e with C. and G. to
ind from Greenwood, Newberry, Alston
ind Columbia; f with A. 9c H. and 8..
L*. & C. to and from Hendcrsonville,
\lston, <fec.; g with Chester and Lenoir
o and from Chester, Yorkville and I)alas;
k with N. C. division and C., C. it
\. to and from Greensboro. Italcigh, <frc
Edmund Bkkki.ey, Supt.
.V. Slaughter, Gen. Pass. Agt.
A. Ij_Jttvee:_2d_y. P. and Gen. Man.
CARPETS.
CAItPETS and House Kurnishing
ioods, the Largest Stock South of Baltimore,
Moquet, Brussels, 3-Ply and Ingrain
CarpetH. Hugs, Mats and Crumb
[,'Ioths. Window Shades, Wall Papers,
Borders,_ Lace Curtains, Cornices and
1'olcs, Cocoa and Canton Mattings, Upk
All-t/iri' I'l* MM - A
iiviovvi j, liii^niiin^n. x/iuuiun, I 1CIUTC
Frames. Write for samples and prices.
BAILIE & COSKERY,
Augusts, Ga.
LEE A BAILEY
Dealers in
Pure Drug* and Medicine*, Garden
Seed*, Fruit*, Tobacco, Cigar*,
and Cigarettes,
0 R K E NWOO D, S. C.
I LOVE MAKING IN CHURCH.
THE VIEWS OF A WASHINGTON
PASTOR ON THE SUBJECT.
How Young Men take their Sweethearts*
to Church on Sunday
NiKhtH, Kraile the UnhevB anil make
Ijotc on tho Back Scats.
The preacher is tilting back in his
chair, gazing in an abstracted manner at
a Washington Slai' reporter, who was
on the opposite side of tho desk in the
pastor's study, writing out some religious
information for th? columns of the
Star. As the reporter finished his
work and wns gathering together the papers,
he glanced across at the preacher
and noticed the preoccupied expression
of his face. Anticipating that he might
hare something more to say of interest,
the reporter settled back in his seat, and
without interrupting the vilence, awaited
developments. The reporter gazed at
the preacher and the preacher gazed at
the reporter, but the silence remained
unbroken.
Presently the reverend gentleman remarked,
as if thinking aloud : '*1 shall
have to begin shortly another series of
Back Seat Sermons.
"Ah, indeed I" observed the listener,
entirely in the dark as to the meaning of
the reverend gentleman, and then the
reporter hastened to add on a venture :
"Doctrinal sermons, I suppose ?"
"Doctrinal sermons V" echoed the
preacher in almost a shout, as ho
brought his chair down .with a crash
that threatened the springs, "What aru
) ou talking about ?"
"Well, I thought?that is to say, I
supposed ?'' stammered the reporter,
considerably abashed.
itn. ? ?> 1 ? ?
i/u tuu |iiclciiu mil you uon i Know
what I mean ?" asked the preacher,
with an appearance of astonishment.
The reporter confessed without a
blush to this alarming ignorance.
"Well," concluded the preacher, charitably,
"1 suppose you have been married
some time and hare forgotten about
your courting days. Now let inc ask
you one question. How did you and
your sweetheart generally spend Sunday
evening ?"
"Let mo see." reflected tho reporter,
somewhat astonished at this turn in the
conversation. "I think that we usuallr
went to church if it wasn't too cool or
too hot. She wan rather delicate, and
had to b? careful about going out at
night, you know,'' he added half apologetically.
*'0h ! certainly, of course," said the
preacher, and he leaned back and looked
at the reporter with one eye shut, very
suggestive of a worldly wink. "Now,
when you went to church you invariably
sat ua far back aa you could get.
Of course you did. Now, why did you
do that ?"
The listener pondered that question,
and as the events of the happy period
passed in review before his mental visu.
:i- j ? J t - 3 . ? I
ivmi nc Biiuieu anu luuguea OUl 10U(1.
"You see," at lastsaid the reporter, aiming
to make a sensible explanation, "she
wanted to sec the bonnets of the other
girls, an is natural with women when
they go to church or any other public
place, and I wanted to sec her, and so,
of course, we couldn't go way up front,"
and the reporter paused.
The preacher nodded his head approvingly
during the explanation, as if it
was just what he cxpected. and then
said : "Your reasons, I suppose, are j
ju?A as good as could be given. At any
rate, all young couplet 011 Sunday night
make for the back seats, and they won't
take any other. An usher may start on
ahead, ana they will let him go and then
drop into a back Beat, and when he turns
around at the head of the aiale with a
pleasant smile to sh?w them into a good
front pew, he general!/ finds to his disgust
that no one is behind him. That
sort of thing has deprived the church ?f
many an efficient usher. They can't
stand the humiliation of ushering up
the aisle nothing and then walk back to
face a smiling congregation. It breaks
them all up, so to speak,"
"Now, what is the result of this sort
of thing?" continued the preacher, argumonUtively.
"When I rise in my
pulpit on Sunday evening and look over
the congregation, what do I see ? In
the pews near the front ar? tho deacons
and eldors, good men with their shining
bald heads and attentive faces. Their
wires are with them, and here and there
is a maiden lady. Then in the centre is
a broad desert of empty pews, and away
back in the rear massed around the
doors, na you might say, are youug poo
pie, always in pairs. i am glad to Bee
them. I always preach better to the
young. And I plunge into ray sermon with
enerey and animation. After a particularly
telling pt>int, aimed right at these
young people, I look up to enforce with
i gesture and personal glance what I have
' to Hay, and instead of finding the eyes of
my back seat congregation turned upon
me in attentive interest they are not paving
the slightest attention to me?not
ven'looking at me. But there they sit,
looking at each other's eyes like young
calves, or perhaps," he added, with bitter
sarcasm, as the poet expresses it,
' and eyes looked love to eyes that spak
again.' "
' That's Byron," remonstrated the r?'
porter.
"I don't care if it is," said the preach
er, recklessly ; "its the major part o
any congregation Sunday night, too."
l'I got tired of that sort of thing Us
winter," he resumed, after a brief pause
I 1_ . v . I .
>iiu i lunui- up injr uiiuu mm 1 wouii
have their attention for little while a
leart.''
"How did you manage it ?'' asked th
liaener, with eftger curioaity.
"In this way," replied* the preacheT
"I began a series of what 1 call back
scat sermons. They don't 'differ materi
ally from other sermons, except at cer
tain intervals, which I mark. I shout ou
with great force, 'Young man !' and thei
pause as if for rhetorical eflfect. Tht
effect is rhetorical merely on the fron
seat congregation, but electrical on th<
back scat congregation. The younj
men who have bean devoting their entin
attention to exploring thtrliquid dopthi
of their sweetheart's eye#-gfrre a star
and their fair companionate the same
and every face on the back Mat* is turn
ed toward me. In their* guilty self-con
sciousnoss of using tho church to d<
their courting in, they think that Ihe^
are being personally rebuked fVom thl
pulpit. While I have their attention
j improve thfi opportunity by pouring ou
J some gospel hot shot. However us sooi
as the first shock is over, and they hav<
glanced around and found everythinj
quiet, iney mi to courting again witl
renewed vigor. Then I come at then
again, nnd suddenly shout out, 'Younj
woman !' with the same effect as befor*
and the same pouring out of Gospe
truth. So, you see, in thia way I gaii
the attention of my audience for a fev
brief minutes at least."
The reporter gazed with admiratioi
upon a man who had contrived cuch ai
ingenious device, but then a thought oc
curred and he said : "I should thinl
that the young people, after a few sucl
shocks as you describe, would prefer t<
i go to some other church,"
'To they don't," ho replied, with i
satisfied smile. "They seem to like it
' It gives a spicc of danger ^nd adventur
| in their courting, as if soma eno was try
ling to separato them. Sipce I begai
| these sermona this element in the even
| ing congregations has actually increased
You see they are obliged to hear some o
the sermon ; and their attention beim
aroused so suddenly, what they hoar i
impressed on their minds, and they re
member it. From this circumstnncc
which is entirely novel in their ejpori
enee, they get the idea that I am a ter
powerful preacher, and my fame ha
ery considerably increased."
"Do you announce your sermon a
the 'back sent course ?' " inquired tli
reporter as he arose to go.
"Oh, no," replied the preacher, "I cal
theiu 'Talks to the Young,' or some
thing of that sort. You must com<
around and hear mc some evening.1
And the reporter promised that hi
would.
Mr*. Purnell for Cleveland.
Buffalo, October 10.?Mrs. Deli
Stewart Parnell, who came to this cit;
yesterday to attend the Woman Suffrag
Convention, is reported as saying in at
interview : '*1 am in favor of Governo
Cleveland for tho Presidency. I thinl
that what this country needs to assur
a ^antlmian/ta a* a ?. f " *
? %VM?MIU?IIVV Vt mdlVI U ICTIVBl Ul II
old prosperity, is honesty in public lif
from tho highest official position to th
the loyrest. I know GovDrnor Cleve
land. I hare not been unobservant
and I believe that he elpmentg o
greatness that even he.'himself.deeB 110
adcquatolyrecognize.. <iHe is open, he i
honest, he iff riot a cOward *n^i' a sell
seeker, and I thoroughly and conscien
tiously. believo in hfto.: t^haye met hie
personally, and he impressed me at
man whom one coald trust. I holier
office came to him rather than ho to offict
and jrou may take my prediction fo
what it is worth that the star of his poj5
ularity will not wane so long as he hold
to his present principles. We wan
honest men in the Presidential chair, nc
self-seeking, crime-stained knave:
The record of the other candidate i
shameful. When I first saw Mr. Clevc
land I folt he wts a man in whom wa
resident the true elements of Greatncs:
His countenance is frank and open, hi
look clear and fearless, his demeanc
strong yet modest, and a proper modest
is an indication of force and usually t
be encountered in men of individuality
Yes, lam a staunch Cleveland adheren
and I am so because I believe his ele(
tion to be the best for the country i
largo."
A correspondent of the Lnurensvill
Herald Inst week said that he wn
pleased to see Mr. Wash Boazmati, wh
was ho badly crippled by the cyclon
which demolished ChappclU in febnu
.... I...I IT? I 1 _ A .1.-1
m j inn. sit: nau n iu?i niaye
about the office with him before the cj
clone, and he Haw it some days aft<
wandering nround like it wa.H looking fc
his office, hut every time it hears th
train coining it bristles up and make
for the Kwainps ; it seema to be expec
ing another storm.
e BILL AR1\
The Cotton Crop thli Season uot n
KncouracliiK-Obeying the Law.
The prospect is not bright. We wel
* counting on twice as much cotton as vt
^ are going to get I don't plant cottoi
but my tenants docs, and I thought
1 would get enough rent to pay my tax(
'* and put blinds to the house, but I won
* and the blinds must go. It is hard o
1 me, but it is harder on Roland, for li
has worked faithfully and had big
B hopes of being ablo to buy anothi
mule. Roland is a cheerful man an
'? never complains. He compares himse
" to those who are worse ofF. When
' sympathized with him about the Ion
' drouth cutting off his cotton, he said
* '"Well, Its not so bad as it might be, ft
1 I made a good corn crop and plenty <
8 wheat and oats, and 1 don't owe i
1 much as some of tha nabors. I don'
0 owe more than I can pay." How muc
5 do you owe ? said I.
B ''Only two dollars,*' said he.
B I wish everbody was as well off i
* Roland. I traveled with a man froi
> York in South Carolina the other da;
* and ho said his people owed enough f'
' guano to take all their cotton, and thei
5 wasn't enoogh made in his county 1
r make & shirt apiece for the people wh
0 made it, "but then*' said he we are havin
1 mighty good meetings going on, and
* alway3 noticed that it took a power <
1 religion to do folks undor trouble?moi
f religion in adversity than prosperity an
S they always got it." That's so I reckoi
1 The good book says: '"Humble thyse
1 unto the mighty hand of God," but
? man can't do it with a pocket fall <
e money. He may be ever so much ii
I clined that way, but a man who has n
1 wanta unsuppiicd can't get down to
r and wrestle in prayer and take undei
holt like one who is in the low grounc
1 of sorrow. The rich man feels secui
1 and independent whether it rains or no
' The only thing he wants it to rain lor
4 to lay the dust and cool themir so he ca
1 feel better in hi* skin. Hut the po<
3 farmer looks to the clouds for a livir
and he never looks up without feelir
* his dependence upon Him who mac
- them and who sends the rain upon tfc
e just and the unjust. It ia not at ail in
" possible for a rich man to reverence h
0 Maker, and do good with bU monty u
* have a peaceful conscience. Job is
' notable example, and we hare thei
f about nowadays, ever and anon, but sti
5 they are scarce. It looks like the moi
8 the Lord gives a man the more he ougl
" to love him, but he don't, and it is tl
'? same way with a parent and his childre
' Poor folk's children love their parun
y better than rich folk's children, and tl
* best Christians I know of are among tl
poor and the afflicted. Kich men's chi
V?iv.ll OVHIIU HI uuuu nulling IU1 lilt' UJ
c man to die. They don't think they ar
but they are, and they catch themselvi
' Hgureing many a time about their shar
" and what they will get when the o!
0 man dies. Dr. Hag?od preached a ae
raon at our town not long ngo, and wil
e solemn earnestness declared that it wi
a perilous thing for a father to lay t
money for his children. "For mar
a long years," said he, "I have been an ei
j ucator of tho boys of this land. I hai
e loved them nnd watched them and trie
? to guide them bj' precept and exampl
r and I say now with solemn convictio
^ that there is 110 danger, no peril, r
e temptation so fatal to youth as riche
s Many boys come to college as benefici
e ries : many come whose parents ai
e toiling and struggling to give them c
. education, and many como whose p:
1 rents are rich, and their children nev<
,f know a want. It is this last class onl
if: inn naie evor given us trouuie or anx
a ety. From this class all the expulaioi
L- come, and not long ago we had to exp
. one of them who was only sixeeen yea
q old for being a habitual drunkard,
g. keep a roll of our graduates and wat<
e them from year to year after they lea^
us, and it is only this class who come
r grief and make up a record either of ii
dolence or of shame. Of course the
H are many noble exceptions, and I on
allude to the contrast in general."
This was the substance of the do
, tor's declaration, and I wish every pare
g in the land could have heard it, axd r
alized the solemn emphasis with whi<
? he said it, for Dr. Hagood knows. 1
, has opportunity to know, l'oor bo;
jg make the best citizens. They obey tl
,r law, and they work and toil for an ho
y eat living. Riches are beset with mai
0 perils. A man can pile up and keep <
f piling if he wants but let him look o
t for breakers. Not long ago I passed 1
a princely mansion in a large city, ant]
tt usked my friend what has become
that man's children and he said well !
didn't know but two. The son is a gc
'e teel vagabond who loafs around to*
lH nnd the daughter married ft gambl
? who neglects her, nnd that is what ki
e ed the old man. So, after all thore
^ some good in poverty; some comfor
r. some security for our children. N
r long ago I asked a wealthy old gentl
>r man about his children, where th<
1 wero and what thoy were doing, and I
t_ answered with pride about his old<
boys and said that they went sober ai
steady and at work?and then he added,
hut these boys were born when I was
poor, very poor, and had to work hard
for a living and as they grew up they
had to work too and acquired habits of
industry and economy, but our two
j youngest came to us after I had got well
off and they never worked any, and
they give me a great deal of trouble and
1 anxiety, 1 am sorry I evfergot rich."
This is the way of it exactly. The
j perils of riches.
But still a fortune gained honestly in
the pursuit of an honest calling is a
Igood thing, and many men manage it
j aright and manage their children too,
and T am like everybody else : I think
I would bo willing to risk it and take
the chances. It ?s no sin to have it, but
every man who is hunting for it ought
to be forewarned and bring up his children
on proper principles. "Get acquainted
with them." "I heard a rich
mnn at Anniston say, "I am tired of
work and I must quit. I have got money
enough but it looks like I can't stop.
ls I want to stop and get acquainted with
m my children." ^
Well that is right. A man ought to
>r know his children and they ought to
0 know hiin. Me ought to take time to
,0 talk to them and tell them stories about
? what he did when he was a little boy,
^ and he ought to frolic with them and all
^ have a good family time together. That
beats money oil to pieces and even if he
? has got a big pile for them, they won't
be waiting for the old man to die.
?' Rill A hp.
If
* CAPT. KIRK'S LETTER.
5f
Proposed Road to Aiken f^om tireeno
wood ria Edgefield C. H.
'From Edgefield Advertiser.]
r~ Greknvillk, Aug., 23, 1884.
* Dr. P. H. Adams:
e Dear Sir: Your letter of the 7th
. * instant is received. I have been absent
18 from Greenville for some time ; hence
n _ -
"" the delay in ray reply. The railroad
>r project you refer to, has been brought
? to my attention before. 1 sec no serious
objection to its development. 1
'e think that the Northern porfion of
ie Edgefield County needs Railroad facili)
ties more than any section of the State.
,a The County is almost surrounded by
railroads, yet none penetrate Hie best
portion of her territory, The Carolina
m & Cumberland Cap Railroad would
11
have divided the County, but its finanC
rial condition is not promising, and its
construction may be delayed for a long
ie ..
tune.
n* i am not personally familiar with a
ts large portion of the route you have
11 marked out. but as it follows the general
lc course of the streams and ridges , its
construction most be easy. My old
survey from I)r. Strom's to Edgefield,
was light, with the exception of a milo
8S or two at the crossing of Tnrkey Creek.
O, /N ] ?_ J-A . 1 A t
_ vircenwuou is uesuneu 10 oecoine an
important distributing point, if her citi^
zeii5 would use the proper exertions.
Superior advantages hare already been
aK given to her by competing roads, and
'P the coustiuction of one or two inoro in-'
dependent lines would secure such com^
petition in the matter of freights that
,c she could afford to undersell any point
i(* in the State.
e* As regards the other terminal point in
n' your proposed line, 1 need only say
lo that Edgefield C. H., is the only County
8' Seat, with one exception, in the State,
a* that has not railroad and telegraphic
re communication with the outer world.
kn You ask if I can make the survey
a* from Greenwood to Dr. Strom's, or some
#r point in the locality. In reply I would
say that my duties on tho Greenville &
*" Laurens Railroad keep me closely con.
lined, and will continue to do so until
the completion of the grading, which
will be some lime between the 1st and
15th of October next. If this will suit,
L will do it. If you wish it done sooner,
I will send iny principal Assistant
Engineer, with my corps, some time
n next month. I will ride over the entire
line with him, marking out the course
y and giving general instructions as to the
conduct of the work.
c* You ask what such a survey will cost,
nt Engineers are paid entirely by salaries ;
e- and the time consumed is proportionate
.u to the difficulties of the route. The
" usual cost of a corps is $600 per month.
c varying slightly with the cost of
provisions and the price of labor. I
lie do not think it will take more than two
n_ weeks to run the line you speak of.
You can communicate further with
1^r me on the mntter. I am frequently ab5n
sent for days, but this is my P. O., and
ut I am here at intervals,
jy Yours Truly,
Wm. T. Kiuk,
Chiof Engineer, G. & L. H. It.
of
he One morning about three weeks ago
n. Mr. J. C.?UrifRn found that hig horse,
which was perfectly well the night born
fore, hnd received what he took to he a
or serious snag. After careful cjjwminaII
tion the Doctor pronounced it a pistol \
jg or gun shot wound. The horse died a
few dayw after. It has been suggested
' as a plausible explanation that some one
during the night, stole the horse from
!e- the stable temporarily, and while engager
ed in some theft or difficulty the horse
. was shot. There was no report of a
10 gun or pistol heard by any member of
181 the family or neighbors. Lesson?
rid Lock you stable* ut night.
A DKSl'ERATK TH1KF.
Tlircntciifd With LyiKiliiiiK. If?* Hi'- j||
fuHCH to Tulk ?Who He In. '
Mn.i.KixiKvti.t.K, Ga., October 7.?
[Special.] When the ni^ht trnin of
the Georgia railroad stopped at Milledgeville
Sunday night, there stepped
on board a party of three, one of which
was literally loaded down with chains.
When they left the depot a large crowd
had gathored and watched them eagerly.
When n Heat was taken two of the party
proceeded to tie the man with chains
about him securely to it. When he had
finished, he remarked, "I reckon you
won't steal any more horses before we
get to Aiken."
The three men were Messrs. R. A.
Chafee, 1'. MrK. Williams and M. W.
Smith, the former two citizens of Aiken,
S. C., the latter a notorious horsethief
whohad been captured in Miledgevillc,
supposed to have been the one
wanted by them.
On the afternoon of the litith of September
a well dressed man of pleasant
address went to the livery stable of Mr.
U. A. Chafee, in Aiken, S. (\, and ordered
a horse and buggy. Being a
atranger, he was requested to make the
usual deposit for the turnout. When
he was seated he dashed away, and was
soon lost to sight in > cloud of dust.
When the time arrived for his return lie
did not show up. The owner became
uneasy, and made inquiries to no avail.
It wan ascertained that the stranger had
left town soon after leaving the stable.
The stern reality began to dawn upon
Mr. Chafee that his team had been stolen
and ho had been inadc a victim, lie
reported the matter to police headquarters
and immediately began.'to telegraph
oyer^the country for his apprehension.
'?hoi night he with Mr. Williams 'secured
fclracc of him and began a. remarka blfc-ifoce
for the thief. He was traced to
fcdg&Aeld Court House, thence to Abbeville,
from there he came, tt* Georgia,.
His track was lojit whell'he crossed th?
riv^r.
Going to Trenton, S. 0., the' gentlemen
received a telegram from- CHfcf of-Police
llagood, of Mi Hedge vfyle,, saying that a
tnan had beon arrested annwerihg-to the
description wired by them, lie was
wirnd to ho{d him, and they came at
once to Milledgccille. I-.. .
T rid ay a man rode into the place with a
trim littlo animal, for which he offered
to take one hundred and sixty dollars,
afterwards fifty. This aroused the suspicions
of the police. He was taken in
hand by the officers and placed in Bald
win county jail, lie admitted having
stolen the horse from a gentleman in
Brunswick, and refused to talk much.
He was given a cell with two other prisoners,
on tho lower floor of the jail, one
of which was* a horse thief arrested during
the week.
A negro was doing some scouring in
the jail, and late in the afternoon he
went on the outside to secure some water.
When he went out he left the door
of the coll open. While he was out
the three prisoners slipped out and
crouched in a side partition. When the
negro finished he wont out and the jailer
locked the cells and out doors securely.
When all was quiet the three men proceeded
to take a liar of iron and beat a
hole in the brick wall. They had workoil
hard and well and a few minutes
more they would have been as free as
air. The keys grated in the locks of the
front door, and the Sheriff Mr. Knnis,
the jailer, and two gentlemen from
South Carolina entered. When the desperate
prisoners an v them they glared
like mad inen, ami showed fight, but
were noon overpowered and placcd iu a
different cell. The ring leader of the
revolt was securely chained to the floor.
Smith was taken in charge and heavily
ironed by the men. He was taken to
the cars and securly tied for the journey.
He is regarded as a desperate
character, and is supposed to he a men.,
her of a gang of horse thieves now infesting
the southern portion of the State,
He is supposed to be a member of the
same gang that stole Ave head of horses
from the campineeting near Augusta
some time since. II2 refuses to talk, and
will not tell whether or not h# is tho
one who Btole the buggy in Aiken, S. 0.
A reward of fifty dollars is offered bv
Mr. Chafee for his buggy and horse.
When tho train reached Cuinak an attempt
was made to force him to tell
what he knew, but he swore he would
dlo first. It was proposed to lynch him,
and a rope wits secured to tie him to a
i telegraph pole, hut several Indies were
present and their shrieks and protestations
prevented it. Ho was taken to
Augusta on the 3 n. m., train.
\V ynton.
This in the Mr. Ohafeo who wa? her#
looking after this thief.
Ki?. Mesknoek.
The remains of an Knglish traveler
was exhumed for interment in the family
vault. When the coffin was opened the
spectator started hack in affright.
'Why, these appear to he tho remains of
a lion.'" replied a nephew of the
deceased, "that's the lion that alo him
up: uncle's inside of him.

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