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' I VOL. I. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1885. NO. 47. J ????????, ?3BM Richmond a*.d danville RAILROAD Pmitenatr DtparlmttW.?|On and after May 10th, 1886, passenger train aervice on the A. and G. Division will be as follows: Northward. No. 51* No. 53t Lrave Atlanta 6 00pm 8 40 a marrive Gainesville 8 08 pm 1032 am Lula a 8 33 p m 10 55 a m Rabun?Gap junc A. 9 18pm 11 25 am Toccoa c 0 53 pm 1156ain Seneca City d 10 56 p m 12 51 p m Greenville e 12 27 am 2 23pm * Spartanburg f 1 42 a m 3 34pm Gnstonia g 3 50 am 5 26 pm charlotte A 4 40 am '610 pm Soitthtcard. No. 50* No. 52f Leave charlotte 3 00 a m 1 80 p m arriveGaslonia 3 50 a ni 141pm Spartanburg 5 57 a m 3 34 p m Greenville 7 13 a m 4 56 p m Sencca city 8 54 a m 6 '27 p in Toccoa 9 55 am 7 29 p m Rabun Gap junc.. .10 37 a ru 8 22pm Lula 1107am 8 49 pm Gainesville 11 33 am 9 20pm Atlanta 1 40 p m 11 30 p m 'Express. tMail. Freight trains en this road all carry passengers; passenger trains run through to Danville and connect with Virginia Midland rail way to ail eastern cities, ana at Atlanta witn all lines diverging. Vo. 60 leaves Richmond J 25 p in and No. 51 arrives there 4 10 p m; 52 leaves Richmond at 2 00 am, 53 arrives there at 7 00 a. m. The local freights ftop at above stations from 20 to 30 minutes. Buffet Sleeping Corn without rhavge: On trains Nos. 50 and 51, Now York and Atlanta, via Washii.gton and Danville, Greensboro and Asheville; on . trains Nos. 52 and 53, Richmond and Danville, Washington, Augusta and New Orleans. Through tickets on sale at . , Charlotte, Greenville, Seneca, SpartanV burg and Gainesville to all points south. Houtnwest, norm nnd east. A connects with N. E. railroad to and from Athens; b with N. E. to and from Tallulali Falls; c with El. Air Line toandfiom Elberton and Bowersville; d with Blue Ilidge to - and from Walhalla; e with C. and G. to and from Greenwood, Newberry, Alston and Columbia; f with A. & A. and S., U. & C. to and from Hendernonville, Alston, &c.; g with Chester and Lenoir, to and from Chester, Yorkville and Dallas; h with X. C. division and C.. C. 8c A. to and from Greensboro, Raleigh, <frc Edmund Hkhki.ky, Supt. M. Slaughter, Gen. Pass. Agt. A. li. Hives. 2d V. P. and Gen. Man. onrrii ninnuvi ? railway company. Commencing Sunday, May 24th, 1885, at 6 0ia m, i'tttsenRcr Traiii* will run an follows until further notice, "Eastern time:" Columbia Dicitinn?Daily. Leave Columbia 6 30 a m 5 27 p m Due at Charleston 11 06 a in 9 10pm WEST?DAILY. Leave Charleston 7 20 am &20pm Due at Columbia 10 45 li m 10 00 p m Ditition?Daily except Sundays. Leave Columbia 9 30 a m 5 27 pm Due Camden 12 14 p m 7 42 p m WEST DAILY, KXCirr arS'DAT. Leave Camden 7 00 a m 3 55 p m Due Columbia 9 35 a m 10 00 p m AHji'uta Division ? East Daily. Leare Columbia 6 30 am 5 27 pm IVm ? A ' ?1 IA ?A MA _ - t 1'uo au^usit ii t? a oj iu jo p.ni west daily. Leave Augusta 8 05 a m 4 45 p m Duo Columbia *.1045 am 10 00 pm O nntetioiu Mad* at Columbia with Columbia and Greenville railroad by train arrivinir at 10 45 a. m. and departing at 5 27 p. m.; at C'olumbia Junction with Charlotte, Columbia and Aufrusta railroad by same train to auU from all points on both roads. At Charleston with steamers for New York *n Saturdav; and an Tuesday and Saturday with steamer for Jacksonville and points on Rt. John's river. Daily with Charleston and Savannah Railroad to and from Savannah and all points in Florida. At Augusta with Georgia and Central railroads to and from all points West and South: at Ulackville to and from all points on Barnwell railroad. Through tickets can be purchased to all points South and West by applying to D. McQueen. Agent, Columbia, S. C. John R. Feck, General Manager. D. C. Allkk, Gen. Pass, and Tiekct Ag't COLUMBIA AND GREENVILLE RAILROAD. On and after October 5. 1884, I'abbknokb Trains will run as herewith indicated upon this road and its branchet*. Daily', except Svndav?. No. 53. UP PASSENGER Leave Columbia S. C. Junc'u 10 45 pm " Columbia C. k G. D 11 10 p in Arrive Alston Iz 10 p in " Newberry 1 U p m Ninety-Six: 2 47 p m Greenwood \ 3 09 pm Hodges... 3 33 p m Helton... .r......... 440 pm at Greenville., C 05 pm No. 52. DOWN PASSENGER. Leave Greenville at - 9 50 a m Arrive Helton 11 13 a m nodges 12 23 p ni Greenwood .12 48 pm Ninety-Six.. . 132pm Newberry 3 02 p m Alston 4 10 p m '* Columbia C. & G. I) 5 15 pm Arrive Columbia SC. Junc'n..... 5 30 p in FABTANBl'RO, CVIOS * COLUMBIA BAII. ROAD. NO. 53. UP PAHHKKOBR. Leave Alston.. IS 52 p m " Union... ...... 3 55 pm - npariinDturg, n.u.cu.depot.ft 50 p ro MO. 52. DOWN PA88KNOEn. L? re Spart'g R. A D. Hepot .... 10 35a m " Hpart'g S. U. k-C. I)?pot ..10 50 am ? Union... 12 50 pm Arrive at Alston..* 3 40pm 'LAUBBN8 BAILBOAD. Leave Newben-y * 3 30 pin Arrire at Laarens C, H 6 50 p m Leave Laurent* C. H 7 40am Arrive at Newberry 11 10 pm illRVILLI BRANCH. Leave ilodfres 3 45 p m Arrive at Abbeville 4 45 pm Leave Abbeville, .t 11 00 am Arrive at Hodfes 12 00 p m BLUB BIDOK BAILBOAD AKI> ANDKRHON BBASCB. M*f? Deuon 4 45pm Arrive Anderson & 18 pro l'endlctob 4 50 p m " Scncctt ? G 40 p ni Arrive at Walhalla 7 03 p in Iietve Watliella 8 50am Arrive Seneca 9 15 * m ** Pendleton : 9 52 a in ** Anderson....'.... 10 S3 am Arrive at Belton .11 08a m CUNKECTIOXS. j A. With South Carolina railroad to and from Charleston; with Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta railroad from Wilmington and all C>iat? north thereof: with Charlotte, Columa and Augusta railroad flrom Charlotte and U points north thereof. B. With Asherille and BaarUaburc rdUroad from and for points { ' Westers S. Carolina.'^. With Atlanta and CfcjsrUtte dit Richmond And Danville rahwav for Atlanta and all p^inl* Mtliiad west. * :?}>. *,' :/ ' ' ; - *. ^ ^ ,',? /# - . j*./,y%t ^ j^M^MHBMBWHIililllllllln lilllBIIMllllllilll ?J0NDEN8ED TIME CARD Magnolia Passenger Route. In effect March 15, 1885. GOING 80UTH. Leave Laurens *5 20 ? m t8 50 a m " Waterloo 6 06 am V 55 a m " Greenwood 7 00am 216pm Arrive Augusta..... .10 45 a m 7 45pm Leaya " 10 50 am 10 00 pm Arrive Atlanta 5 40 p m 6 40 a m Leave August*.. 11 SO km Arrive Beaufort '.6 20 p m Arrive Port Royal 6 35 pm " Chaleston 5 50 pin , " Savannah 7 00 pm " Jacksonville 7 00 am GOING NORTII. Leave Jacksonville *8 50 pm 44 Savannah 6 45 am Leava I'orl Royal 7 35 am " lleaufort 7 47 am " Charleston........ 7 5? am Arrira AiifriiRti 1 &A ntn Leave Atlanta fB 20 pm Arrive Augusta 6 10 am Leave Augusta *2 SO pm 8 15 am Arrive Greenwood 6 10 pro 11 40 am " Waterloo 7 04 pm 3 30 pm " Laurcnu ...,7 50pm ^ 4 40 pm Daily t Daily except Sunday. Tickcts on sale at Greenwood to all points at through rates?baggage checked to destination. Connections made at Greenwood with C. A G. R. It. K. T. Charlton, G. P. A. Augusta, Ga. ILMINGTON, COLUMBIA AND AUGUSTA RAILROAD. Going Sou h No 48 no 40 Leave Wilmington 9 30 p m 11 10 p m Arrive at Florence 150am 2 20 am Arrive at Columbia 6 40 a m Going North Mo 43 no 47 Leave colnmbia 10 00 p m Leave Florence..., 4 50 pm 1 62 a m Arrive at Wilmington... .7 40 p m 6 10 a m Train no. 43 xtopn at all stations, nor. 48 and 47 stop only at Brinkley's, Whitcville, Flemingtnn, Fair Bluff, Marion, Florence, TimmoRsville, Sumter, camden Junction ard Eastover. Passengers for Columbia and all points on c * u r b, o, c * A r k, Aiken Junction and all points bejond, should take no. 48, night express.- Separate Pullman sleepers for Charleston and Augusta on trains 48 and 47. All trains run solid between Charleston and Wilmington. ^TLANTIC COAST LINE, PASSENGER DEPARMMENT, ?i inning ion. j\. cM .it ig. 1X85. FAST LINK between Charleston and Columbia and Upper South Carolina. CONDKK8KU SCHEDULE. OOIKO OOIKO WEST. XA8T. 7 20 am Lv.... Cliarluaton.... Ar. 8 05 pm 8 34 44 44 I.anes 44 7 38 44 8 33 " " Sumter 44 6 37 " 10 40 pm Ar... .Columbia...... Lv. & 27 " 3 02 44 44 Winnsboro - " 3 48 " 4 15 " " Cheater 44 2 44 " 6 05 " 44 ....Ynrkville 4* 11 45 am 7 01 " 44 ....Lancaater 44 7 00 44 456 ' " ....Rock Ilill " 2 02 pm 6 00 " 44 ....Charlotte 44 100 44 12 58 pm Ar... .Newberry Lv 3 10 pm 2 5 2 4 4 44 ....Greenwood 44 1 2 59 44 6 00 44 44 .... Lntirena :.. 44 9 10 am 5 01 44 44 ... Anderson 44 10 27 44 5 45 44 44 '....Greenville 44 10 00 44 6 4 5 44 44 .... Walhalla 44 83? 44 4 20 " " ....Abbeville. "1125 " 3 27 " 41 ....Spartanburg.... " 1825 pm 7 15 " u ....Hendersonville.. " 7 00 " Solid Trains between Charleston and Columbia, 8. C. J. F. 1)1 VINK, T. M. EMERSON. Gcn'l Sup't. Gen'l Pas. Agent. SPARTANBURG AND ASHKVILLE RAILROAD On and after Apr. 6th, 1885, panaensrer trains will be ran dailv. except Sundar, between Spartanburg and Hendersonville a# follows: UP TRAIN. Learo R.k D- Depot at Spartfcnburfr 100pm Leave Spartanburg, A. L. depot 8 10pm Leave Saluda . #20 p m Leave Flat Rock 7 00 pm Arrive Henderaon vilie 7 15 p m DOWN TR^IS^, Leave HenderaonTille.. "s-\ 7 00 an Leave Flat Rock 7 15 am Leave Saluda .7 50 am Leave .4ir Line Junction 10 15 am Arrive R. k D Depot Spartanburg 10 20 a m i rains on inra roaa run o* Air-i.ine time. Both trains make connection* for Columbia and Charleaton via Spartanburjr, Union and Columbia: Atlanta and Charlotte by Air Line. JAMES ANDERSON. Superintendent. t. p. thomson. j. w. thomson IJ1HOMSON &. THOMSON, Attorneys at Law, Abbeville, S. C. tQyOfficc in rear Mr. Lee's. June 8th, 1885-tf. x 100 QALHOUN & MABRY, A torncy s and Counsellors at Law. abbeville c. h., 8. c. . Office formerly occupied by Judge Thomson. tf-50 L. W. PERRIN. T. P. COTIi It AN. pERRIN k COTIIRAN, Attorneys at Law, 51 Abbeville 8. C jgUGENE B.OAHY, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, 62 Abbeville, 8. C. JAMES 8. PERRIX, Attorney and Counncllor at Law. Abbkvii.lk, C. H., S.'C. mf'no. 1 O'Neill's Range. Jan. 38, 1885.tr 53 rort. r. hemphill. wm. p. cam.ohn. JJKMPHILL Se CALHOUN, Attorneys at Law, ' abbeville, 8. C. Will practice in all the Court* of the State. v 54 0ENTRAL HOTEL, Mm. M. W. Thomas, Proprietors. - Broad BtrMt, Aajruafa, 0?. 4$ t?% ,:Tv SsK suai&'&fcis HOW TO ?EEP COOL. A Few Tlmelr Suggestions About Keeping Cool Daring the Hot Day* of August from One who Keeps Cool. These long summer days the sun pours down his heated rays with lavish generosity, and the merry mercury goes to greet them with a merry hop, skip and jump that will soon explode the theory that "there's always room at the top," unless * thermometer tubes are | lengthened. While the sun and mercu1 ry are having their little picnics, poor humanity is bathed in perspiration, struggling with a palmetto fan, madly mopping its crimson face, and inanely asking, "Is it hot enough for you ?" At such a time as this an expedition in search of the Noirth pole could have no terrors and dwindles into a baso holiday excursion. How to keep cool becomes the allabsorbing question, and suggestions are ahnost as numerous as are men who can tell you just how to cure a cold or a sprained ankle. On one occasion a gen* tleman, who had gone to sleep with a mustard plaster and waked up with a blistered back, tried every remedy at hand in the house without relief, and at Ust. in an agony of suffering, sent fora doctor. After being gone for what seemed an interminable time, the set ant returned with the message, "put cream on it," and the suffering man who had been writhing for an hour under application of cream, was almost be* side himself. To have some one give us as an unfailing formula for keeping cool a system of living, under which we daily Swelter, is almost as exasperating as the cold croam prescription in the foregoing instance, and perceptibly elovatcs our temperature. Bat while in Ruch weather as we have had this summer it is impossible to keep cool all the time, still it is not difficult to prevent suffering from the heat. If you can't be cool it is well a- t to uo as eooi as you can, and a lew suggestions arc appended below, which, if followed, will enable you to bear with coinplaccncy the fierce heat of th# pleasant weather. Horace Greely says : 4*The way to resume is to resume." and we may pro mulgate as a theory equally simple and eficacious the way to keep cool is to keep cool. The mind hs3 an-immediate and all* powerful effect upon the condition of the body, and nothing so heats a person as to get excited and to fume when anything goes wrong. Let you life be qui< I. Keep a cool head and your body will not suffer with the heat. If you hear that a man says he is going to murder yon about something you have said or done, don't worry yourself into fever neat in anticipation or tne interesting event, but glance back over the years of your existence and think how often that threat has been made and how few times it was ever carried out. Don't allow yourself to get in a passion. If your collar button fall, it is sure to roll under the bureau. If you put your shirt on and find you can't get your head through, then quietly remove it and unbutton the collar, but don't tear it to flinders aed swear; that will not improve the shirt, and will 'make you so hot that the water would sizz if you got under a shower bath. In all cases hold your temper and be perfectly serer.e? | in short, keep cool. TUB BATH AXD DIET. I Next to keeping a cool head, two of tbo most important agents in tho war with old Sol are the bath and diet. fn this sultry aid oppressive weather I the hot bath is of all others the most cooling. No matter how heated the system, water as hot as it can possibly be endured with soap and a rough washcloth, is the safeit and most efficient relief. To prevent any enervating effects take an instant's plunge in cool water. Persons who live a sedentary life and having no opportunity for taking noeded exercise, can overcome the difficultly having a pair .of light dumb bells in their room and using th'emi night and morning. This exercise should be taken with the body stripped and with the windows open so as to be as much as possible in tho open air. It should .not be violent or exhausting, but sufficient to sufficiently stretch the muscles. As soon as it is over talfe a plunge in cool water. If a bath tub is not accessible then sn ordinsry foot tub and a bath sponge will answer the purpose, if yeu stsnd in the tub snd squeeze the sponge over the hosd and shoulders. A 1 a. --i! _ * - auoui eating ana annKing no nxca law can bo laid down?different temper* amenta require different diet, and what is harmless for ono person proves disastrous to another. There iB one rale, howevor, that all can follow with advan< tage?don't eat too much ai:d never go hungry. Nothing more thoroughly banishes comfort and causes warmth than overcrowding the stomach, trbilc headaches are produced and tho body made more liable to the attacks of' dig. ease by going with the stomach empty. Salads, flak, eggs, vegetables and fruit are the best ' diet?Httle meat ttfan? kind is needed^ and no Tat should be . eaten. Never eat afteryou have enough. Don't eat anything just to save it?it is costly economy. About drinking, no two persons agree, but it is well to avoid brandy, rum, whiskey and all strong alcoholic drinks.* Soda water, ginger ale and light wines may bo taken with less detriment, while iced milk, iced tea, iced coffee and , iced lemonade are the moat wholesome. Drinking should be regulated by one's thirst just as eating is by the appetite. If you are thirsty, drink, if not, don't crowd your stomach j?st because a friend asks you to ''haTfe something.'1 It is not well to drink too much at a , time or upotv an empty stomach. When suffering frofn continuous thirst a single hwiiiuw 01 ?oia wtnr ieui tor t moment in the mouth before swallowing will do moro good than tojirink a cupful. This can be repeated as Trequent as the thirst demands with6ut wing harm. To drink *a cupful each fltifa crowds the stomach and increases y<W*r discomfort. A lemon squeezed in palf a glass of water pnd drank without; sugar will often allay thirst, and tafeen night and j morning is an almost sup* preventative f malaria. Dress neatly and let. yftur collars and cuffs be always fresh and unsoiled. A lady once wrote in the writers album "the consciousness of beiAg well dressed affords a peace of mind aid serenity of soul that religion can never give." ?: ^..14. r? ??-? ' I .. ,.uvut ijuite turn i?r lavro is no questioning the Tact that neat dreaaing improves one's feelings. Don't spend your time looking at the thermometer and talking about tho weather ; the leas you think and say about the weather the better for you. Sotno people can't stay in the room with a thermometer without one or the other boiling over, so let the signal officer take your observation for you. He is paid to do it, and takes special prido in the achievements of the mercury at either end of the tube. Don't mop vyour face and hands with your handkerchief. You may irritate the aurface and increase your (ilicnmrnri oti<ti limn ?? v?vu ?UUVi VU i UIIUUUrH^t' conversations on the weither, and under no circumstances answer a man who asks "is it hot enough for you ?" . We believe in uniform courtesy, but you are perfectly excusable for snubbing a person who would ask such a threadbare, tiresome and exasperating question.?A*jji/*la.CiuQriicic. ttirls gwtauriag f**" Prises. Philadelphia, August 11.?An immense crowd assembled at Gloucester, on the jersey side of the Deleware, fust below this city, this afternoon, to witness a swimming match among the girl pupils of the Almond street baths. Eight young women were to contest, but st the last moment four of them lose th*ir courage. The tallest one lliss Lottie S. Clair, was formerly a New i oner, qui nan resiaeu at rnilactelphia for several years* Sho has short black hair that curl* about a well shaped head, I a pair of large hazel eyes, and a saucy mouth. She is 22 years old, 5 feet 4% I inches in height, compactly i>uilt, and weighs 120 pounds, lty her side stood Miss Mamie ClaytAn. She is a blonde and won the sympathy of the crowd by natty appcarance in boy's clothing. Large ?blue eyes, a clear complexion, with plenty of color in her cheeks, and her long wavy hair .falling down uTer her back, made her look like a w*ter nymph. She is 5 feift 2 inches in height, tips the scales at 127 pounds, and ix well formed and a striking picture of a well developed woman. The smallest and youngest of the quartet, Mis* Molly Murray, is * trim-built little woman of 20, with gray eye*, regular feature*, and a firm, xet mouth. Her neat figure and determined air secured her many admirers, who backed her aa the winder, odds in one esse being given. Head and shoulders above Miss Murray stood the fourth member of tbe quartet. Miss Mamie Brooks* She is 5 feet 8 inches in height, with long, dark brown eyes, and stoutly built, weighing 120 pounds AH of the contestants were drossed in dark nary blue suits of knickerbockers and blouse, with short arms and lov-cut necks. The cloth used was very light, made tight*fitting, like jersey*, and without skirts. The coursc Isid out was from Haggerty's float to an anchored quarter-mile boat and return, hut the tide being very strong the distance wag somewhat lessened. After a rain endeavor to clear the courxo of Innuinnrablc craft of all kinds tlie'word was given, and thu pretty swimmurs divud' into the river amid hearty and prolonged cheering. A dozen yards had notbeen covered when little Miss Murray took the lead, vrith Lottie St. Clair second, Mamie Brooks third, and Mamie Clayton last. Whop, the bright blue ribbon that held in ulicc lit. tie Misa Murray'* h*ir If ailing they cheered and cried, "Uo it, little one!" The "little one" swam Htcadily, with a short, quick stroke (hat sent her through the water quickly, and the gap between her and th* uthers gradually widened ntil'ove-eight of amilv liad been eot? crod. Atthts point Mamie Clayton, who had held fourth pUte fSrtn the start; ' * h' ? * * r" * . .v passed Mamie Brooks, and before half of the intervening distance to the turning boat had been covered had caught up to and passed Miss St. Clair. Her long, steady stroke was beginning to tell and brought her closer and closer to the "little one," who was still leading. The crowd called on their favorite to spurt just as Miss Clayton came abreast of her, and Miss Murray responded by again widening tho gap between them. A moment later, however, and Mibs Clayton's long strokes brought her again beside the leader, and at the cheering of the crowd both young ladies responded by a fine spurt that kept-tbem head and hoad for several yards. Neither seemed to gain on the other, when suddenly the crowd's favorite, Miss Murray, turned pale and with a gasp sank from view. A1 moat instantly a boat waa over the spot where sho had sunk, and ready hands erasDed her flrmlv when thn w?n. peared and drew her aboard in a dead faint. Daring tho excitement that this produced Mills Clajtoa, who had stopped to see if her plucky little adversary wap saved, was overtaken by Miss St. Clair, who had always been a good second. Miss Clayton and Miss St. Clair, almost abreast, reached the quartor-mile boat in 4m. Is; and 4m 3s. respectively, and started on the return, Mibs Brooks making it in 4m. lis. On the return qurtei Miss Clayton's even strokes soon placed her safely out of leach of Miss 8t Clair, snd in 9 minutes and 18 seconds she reached the goal amid the shouts of the multitude, Miss St. Clair coming in an easy second in 11 minutes, and Miss Brooks third in 11 minutes, and 32 seconds. The prizes were then awarded, Miss Clayton taking the first, Miss St Clair the second, and Miss Brooks the third. Miss Murray, who had fainted, was after some effort brought to the land and taken home. PRESTON S. BROOK'S SON. He Speaks of "The Little Aflfalr" of hit Father With Simmer. "That," said Mr. H., a's we passed along Main street, "is the residence ol Preston S. Brook*, Jr.," and being in the lead, ho wheeled to the left, landing us at tho front door. Mr. Brooks is a large, well regulated gentleman, about 28 or 30,'who seems in no wise to have inherited the belligerent nature ef hit father. Graduating here (from South Carolina).several years ago. *nohle this son of an illustrious siro' found his fate in a pretty Tennesseean, whom he wedded, the twaiu settling amid the classic shades, the husband establishing a dry good store at the station. The portrait ol the deceased Preston S. Brooks hang son the parlor wall, revealing a typical longhaired Southerner, dark complexion, fierce, and swarthy of expression. "I could never see," remarked Mr. Brooks, "why that little affair of father's created such a wide interest. There was nothing about the business very extraordinary. However, of course, it all happened before uiy day and 1 cannot enter into the spirit of the interest il arouse!. I am for the old flag and an appropriation, and can say the Union esto perpetua, and to the North and oouui auico mat 1 love my whole country." He showed us a gold cup presented to hiK father by citiaens of Abbeville in 1856, not long before his death; also a very heavy, handsome a word, in a heavy walnut case and beautifully ornamental xcabbard. This was presented by Company D, Palmotto Regiment, during th? Mexican War, in recognition of Capt, Brooks' kindneaa and gallantry. Thf family lost this sword during the war, and bad no knowledge of its fato foi over 20 years. Last year Mr. Brooke was surprised to receive the long lost relic from General 8heldon Guthrie, who wrote that hearing of the son'i whereabouts, he determined to return the sword to ita legal owner. This it tk. ? A?-4 ' >1. ? ?J ? -A r *uv uiBb nwv VHV UfCUWBUUlCOS I|1T? been published, because Gen. Guthrie enjoined silence. ui do not," he wrote "whh to pose ss a magnanimous restorer." He failed to esplain how he cuai in possessisn of it, adding only thai it wss "picked up during the "war." An other one' was presented bj citizens oi Columbus. Ga. This is very flnelj carved. Inside the inscription is th< etching of a palmetto tree, underneath i snake in coil the motto: "Rivilers Beware."?Sewanee Letter to the Nath ville American. The Farmers' Association. Tho State Agricultural Socity, whicl recently met at Bennettsville, amonj others, passed the following resolution That H is the sense of this meeting tint only agriculturalists should b< elccted on tho Board of Agriculture." Tho question here arises who are ag riculturalUts ? To what claas ia th< restriction limited ? We have what ii known in ftouth Carolina ae farmera planters and agriculturalist*; the> we have >'mechanica, 4m*nufa*tqren lawyers, doctors, uiarchanta, preachen and laborers who are- likewise farmers Let lis see-how Webster defines th< . ;iiart5k??6?ig?H^ ' v ? x?!b9&1*\* ' " "i three first named. A farmer is one who farms : as one who hires and cultivates a farm ; a cultivator of leased ground; f a tenant. Again one who is devoted to t the tillage of the soil; an agricultural- I ist; a husbandman. The word has ?ev- I eral other meanings, but not germain to l the question. . < A planter is one who sets, plants, in- 1 troduces or establishes ; one who assists 1 in colonizing in a new and uncultivated ( territory. One who owns a plantation, i Agriculturalist is one skilled in the I art of cultiva'.ing the ground ; the hus- i bandman. The farmer is always a prac- < titioner ; the agriculturalist may be a 1 mere theorist. ] It will.be seen that the primary mean- j ing of farmer is a tenant or actual culti- < vator or the soil; a planter is the same 1 or may be one who merely owns a plan- ] tation ; while an agriculturalist may be < either or neither, but a mere dreamer or i theorist. Does the term agriculturalist include these three classes ? If so, i then the doctor, the merchant, the me> chanic, the lawyer and every class, who >' nBrno * 2a * * ? , ..... . .?w 10 lukiuucu Mia no one csp i object to the term. Does it merely, illelude those who fall under the deflni; tion of the term ? If 90^. then drones, 1 dreamer*, politicians and such like only 1 come in. Who does it include? If only the actual tillers of the soil, the field laborers, {ton three-fourths of the [ land owners ?f the State are excluded. n.f.? >1 * uviuvo uiu WW WfJ MQ many planters,) i men who own hundreds of slaves, hired t an ov??**er, lived in splendor and rarely i saw their farms. In reality they wore t mere consumers. producing nothing. We have now in this and many other , counties men Who call themselveB far, mors who take hold of the hoe or plow i as seldom as we do. They rent part of , their land, hire a few hands and have 1 part tended, but only direct. We affirm that nine-tenths of the professional men of the State do the same thing, for no protesBion will alone support m fami| ly except in cities In fact if you want to And a good farmer, you must general* Iy seek him among professional men. . Kurman, of Georgia, who has done is much or more for the farming interest , of the South than any one man, was a ^ lawyer. In our own State Chancellor W. D. Johnson, though following this ' profession, was and is now one of the largest and most successful farmers and landowners in the State. . Mr. Calhoan h : was a lawyer, then a statesman, butal* ways a most successful planter. Mr. Burt, of Abbeville, was a superior farmer. Mr. Aiken, who formerly was the head of the Grange, has been a politi. cian since the war and could not attend to his farm. Are such men to be excluded ? To come nearer home. U McClanahan the lean a farmer because be practices medicine ? From all we know and have heard of him, nine* tenths of the farmers could learn of liim for years. Is Dr. Doyle, a success* ful farmer, the less a farmer because a - doctor ? We might instance numbers of others, but as we propose to continue this article next week we will stop. , We propose to write of mechanics and , merchants hereafter, not that as an editI or we fee! agrieved. but.in the interests , of* unity and of the public welfare. Wc want our County and State Agricultural , Society to prove a success and have nn i delusiveness. _lf the spirit of that t resolution waB crrried out, perhaps one half of the body which passed it weuld I Ka CTi?l 11/laH VAll tL'anf mw\A A ?Tt the help you can get, and as the farmers are in the majority, they can elect , whom they please to office, but do not i liy your rules exclude any class.?if?o( wee Courier. Carlisle's Clesa Sweep. Washington, August 10.?Several \ days ago when Speaker Carlisle stopped ( over in Washington en route to the , Grant funeral, he received a call from , Gen. Curtin, of Pennsylvania. The ei. i Governor stated that Mr. Randall would , not be a candidate for the Speakership, and that he (Curtin) desired the honor ) of presenting Mr. Carlisle's name to the j caucus as Speaker for the Forty-ninth Congress. Governor Curtin added that f if this privilege were aooorded him he r would move to make the nomination at* } animous, inasmuch an it was not at #1$ i probable that Mr. Carlisle would have any competitors for tho place. The Speaker expressed his gratification at Governor Curtin's suggestion and assured him that the tender was all the more flattering, coming, as it did, from so prominent a member of the opposite inviiuiii mv |?? v*wanv?a ?v wj a w ?v ma [ Kentucky friends in regard to the mat: tcr. and nignifled hja willingnoss to acS cept the Gorernor'a offer if it could poe5 aibly be arranged. > Be fkoefht the Plate! waa Kaipty. 1 AwDKRitow, August 11.?Walter See* i aerd, a tad about ten yeara old, while 1 1 ' OT8w. c*d en tally ahftt I part of Wi abdoaMa. Hia wAnad ia 4 considered very aoriova.. He tboafht i the piatot'WM eaapty. * ' ' .. Grant's Genius. It has been said that Grant had no genius; that it, no intuition by which :o discover a great fact or to lay out for limself a new and great course of action. [ have eaid that his mind was not inven* .ive, but 1 do know of one course of i :onduct adopted by l)im, an emanation , , \v 'rom his own mind, for, so far as I have i >' &> ead in history, it wag never before in bat form adopted by any great con* nander, and il certainly was not done -Vtf ?*? ??? _?? 1 ?? * fc* m aiij viuur ^enemi in our war. it did lot emanate from the Secretary of war jr the President, so far as I hare an y Knowledge or suspicion, and was explained to myself by Qrant, who had just then been made General-in-Chief >f the armies, and came to Fort Monroe to explain the plan of the IWture campaign against .the enemy* so far as I iras to have part w>th ihem, in Virginia in April, 18M. His proposition was that the enemy should be conquered fcy continual attrition and infflictinc loss in every way and Wearing out their resources as fast as possible and at how^Ver great cost, relying upon our own more abundant moner ana men to bring oat? successful result. He said that he would attack the enemy at all times and under all conditions, even at the risk of losing more men than they did, as we could ^fiord to lose more; and as the rate of death by disease and hardships indent to camp life was far greater tha$. the loss of men by bullet and shell, he thought, upon the whole, that if the w%r could pressed on and ended shortly the loss of life would be l?sf^ and the expenses would certainly be less than those of a longer continued war. He s^iil. further, that tho enemy, occupying the interior lines of defenses, could hold on with less men than we must use and that we must lose more than they would in driving them from their defenses, but they could not retrieve their losses asire jcould ours. He spoke to me. as Commissioner ftT 'J Exchange of Prisoners. He aaid thai , 1 every Confederate held by us was one ' f * man less to them, while, even if wdj? changed, we should, not get one map jf* . >: meet the one we gave,, because men were in good condition and at once to go back into the field, our men. were in iuch a condition it would take months for them to peratc mo as to come back, if they sj5p3wfe^'-> ; did come back into pur jurmies. Bii&t he suggested to me not to -refeewwBSp^sEi^ exchange of prisoners,. but to bsrrsss the operation as only to change the sick and, wounded of wiBEr aides, and to that policy hi ?dh?nd^ffl throughout the campaign of 1884. This course taken bj him pat an end to the rebellion, and he held to it until, in the spring of 1865, Lee had neither men nor, rations to /eeji them upon, nor could the Confederate! aupplj him with either, and then came Appomatoz and ^ the conclusion of the war. r^T" This seemed to me then a stroke of genius, but it reqnire^^a^amantine nerve and iron will to carry it oat?J}. F* Butltfa Eulogy at LowtU. A. Clerkship. F. Werber, Jr., EsqH has received an appointment to a $1,000 salary clerkship in tho treasury department at Washing* ton. The fact that he was appointed wiiuid eigniuays aiier n;a examination is mn evidtnce thai tbe civil aenrice commission and the, department war* not slow to recognise the remarkable quick- ] ncsa and fitneaa of the candidate for this position. The appointment will gir% general saUefectio;i, Mr. Warber haa peculiar adaptability for the dutiei of the office to which ha ha# heen assigned* by the, virtue of hi* thorough knowledge of the higher brapchea of mathrnetiej and of the sciences. In fact he is eminently qualified far.a much higher office 'In the gilt of, the |oTermn^" asiT when the official at headquartera find out what is in him, ten to one that he will he promoted. Ua enjoys the proud diatinction of being one of the moa talented of Newberry's young sons, inherit-. ing the knowledge ability of bta father. He will leaveTop hi* new field of labor aa anon aa eomplteing arangennte to do so .?Herald and Newt. ? ??*- "? ? A Col. T? J. Moore, of Spartanburg ^ County, hu about 30 acres planted la tobacco, and says that that far it bat given him no root* trouble than an equal meroige of cotton. Tho time for topping iji, however, BOW at hand and topping end picking off the worm* is perhaps the most troublesome part of its culture. It comas, however, in when crops aro laid by, and tabor is , > plentiful. Col. Moo*S- says tlias 1|M crap in the world whtyh will bettor 1 dovetail with other crops and 6ms afhrd constant employment for farm laborers' then tobacco. It is set oat When 0m groond is too wfMo pjoagh, or boo; it M fOMM pnn?tjMUiy }n the nmmt ?3 when Am is - nothing iIm to He dene. H end fathered end ootoT the wej in line ? when the* [?| henid be i**?. Tob**ce U ^beMjr H not Move proftt?Hle th?n rMton when 9 |w<J*W<i hni when work*d in ewiete. JB tion with cotton ?ni jr*in the pn*ee<l? ?|