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"Drs. Dabney and Adger on Dancing.'

Our sincere regard for the Rev
John B. Adger, D. D.. would have in
duced us to withhold from publication
the letter he has written to US OH the
subject of "Drs. Dabney and Adgel
on Dancing" But DR.. Adger's re
quest was so urgent that we yield
He and DR.. Dabney alone can be in
jured by its publication.
AS to the g~rievous charges he brings
against US we shall say only this: we
did not assail DR.. Dabney's person
but his positions. We made no per-
sonal attack. It is DR.. Adger who
has taken our general statements
sharpened them, barbed and feather
ed them, and then shot them straight
against DR.. Dabney. Personally we
had previously heard as favorably OF
DR.. Dabney as DR.. Adger could DESIRE
but we had to run a-tilt of his "posi'
tons" on the dancing question and
we still consider them u%ntenable.
AS for DR.. Adger's own discussion
of the question and his "sofa" illus
tration. while we are strongly tempt
ed to speak our mind, we refrain and
hold to u determination expressed
in this column a few weeks ago-no'
TO continue the discussion OF the
dancing question, on moral grounds
Besides, we should hardly know now
where to place DR.. Adger. Love II
blind, and brotherly love is binding
and DR.. Adger in his brotherly desire
to vindicate DR.. Dabney has bewilder
ed US as to his own position"
Perhaps we ought to humble our
selves in the dustjor having dared tt
break a lance with DR.. Dabney-s
secular editor with a reverend profes
sor. The pulpit and the professor
chair make their occupants impatien'
of reply or question. So long unan'
swered, they think themselves unan
swerable. Even when they attack 80
ciety-"the world" if you please-so
ciety has no voice, must be silent, ant
if a worldly" editor dares to speak
word for society, reverend doctors
differing among themselves, agree t
nut him down and quiet him.
We cannot and never could under
stand why ''honest mirth" should b.
incopgruous with Thoughts divine;'
why the refined and innocent pleas
ures of social life should be regarded
as inimical to the practice of piety
why there should be perpetual wa
between the preacher and the dancing
master. But then, you see, we are Of
"the world" and love the things o
1.-THE world" we are "worldly church
members" and that makes all the
difference in "the world"
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without Pay.

The United States Marshals are per.
picked now about their pay for future
services to the Republican party in
carrying the elections. Attorney Gen.
eral Devens would seem to encourage
them to hold on in the hope of receiv-
ing their pay by future Congressional
legislation. In justice to the Marshals
it is only fair to state that it depends
on how faithfully they discharge their
duty to their party whether they get
their pay or not. If. they can cleo,
enough of their men to give Republic
cans the President and a majority in
both Houses Of Congress they will
most likely be paid for their patriotic
services, otherwise it is fair to pre-
sumo that q Democratic Congress viii
not pay them. The office Of Marsha!
will henceforth BE Of little profit *
the holder.
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Free Education not q Blessing.

The Furman (Baptist) University,
Greenville, S. g., has been forced 70
suspend. The Faculty resigned be-
cause they were not paid; they were
not paid because the Trustees made
tuition Fl ee-depending on endowment
bonds-S225, ONTO bring Interest sur
ficient to run the institution. The III,
terest on the bonds was not collected
hence SUSPENSION. The cost of all
education or religion that is made free
to people who can pay is as often an
ininry as O blessing, and that in more
wsvs than one. The cost falls some
where, and to that amount diverts inc
funds of Gods universal Bank Jor mel
Poor fro.n the way the Divine charter
points out.-Christian Neighbour.
On the same principle our present
school system seems to have a most
demoralizing effect upon u citizens.
Since the Government has undertake
en- to educate every child it educates
none. The public money is not SUM-
cient to keep a poor school open Tor
as long as half a year. Under n
present arrangement tseems tina Inc
pride of education which once pervad-
ed the hearts of our people Is crushed
out. They do not want to pay any
thing at all for the education OF their
children, and 1t is possible, under the
pretext of hot weather, that some OF
our Abbeville school-children nave
been taken from the graded schooi
since the public funds have been ex-
hausted. At the beginning OF the
school a number of gentlemen SUD-
scribed a sinking fund to be drawn Oh
to pay teachers in case of a deficiency
and the school association with TINS
assurance employed teachers who Will
have to be paid. About one-halt OF
the pupils have been Withdrawn, out
the teachers pay will 60 on all the
same, and the children will lose II
|iuestimable advantages Of a good
school which can never be regained.
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bLDCI|0l NOTCH.

THE township Of Lowndesvf1s having
L petitioned to subscribe six tbousan0
five hundred and twenty-five dollars.
Magnolia township four thousand two
hundred and twelve dollars. Calhouns
township FIVE thousand Ave hundred
and fifty dollars TO the capital stock OF
the Savannah Valley Railroad, there will
be an election held on Thursday the 31st
Of July next at which all legal voters in
said townships will vote subscription or
For L~owndesville township at Lown-
desville.
For Magnolia township at Riley's
school house.
For Calhouns township at Mount Car
mel. s q
The following are appointed managers
Of said election viz:
Lowndesyille.---G. F. Burdett, J. d.
McDill and J. T. Latimer.
For Magnolia township At Riley's
School houses. C. Link, Edwin Cal
houn and SC. Riley.
For Calhouns township ut Mount Car
mel.---W. D. Mars, n. NJ. Tarrand and ].
E. Caldwell. s ~.
The polls will be opened at each place
at 8 O'Clock q. M, and closed at 4 O'clock
.. m. The msnagers will at the close Of
the polls count the votes and report the
result to the chairman Of the board OF
county Commissioners Of Abbeville
county at his Office on Monday the 4th
day Of August following by l2o'clock.
BY order of the Board,
@. M. MATTIsoN,
Chairman Of Board.
-. 1879, ct. W.
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SHOE BEGINNING TO PINCH.
Attorney General Devens' Advice To
a United States Marshal as to His
Fees.

WASHINGTON, July 8. - Attorney General
Devens has written the following letter to
Gen. Matthews, United States Marshal at DE.
troit, in reply TO a telegram asking whether
the latter should continue 10 serve warrants
In criminal cases as heretofore:
"DEAR SIR: I advise you to perform the
duties OF your Office, which you are In no way
forbidden TO do, to the extent OF your power.
The law prescribes those duties and affi%es
certain fees as compromising therefor. No
provision for payment Of fees OF Inarshals
and their deputies has been made, nor can l
make any contract or promise that thisproVis'
ion shall hereafter be made. But your per-
formance of your duties, so far Us the law
contemplates, that they are TO be compensa,
ted BY fees seems to me to constitute good
ground OF obligation against the united
States. where services OF deputies are reauir-
ed. and expenditures are TO be made. l recog-
nize the difficulties you may have to encoun,
ter. In oil his matter, however, y9I VIII WIN
have to rely upon your expectation OIL future
legislation by Congress that shall be just TO
you All other expenses, except PIE fees SS ol h'afi
for CHARLES DEVEFS,.
fSigned) Attorney General"
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The False Position Of the Grand Jury In
SDartanburg.

The position Eken by The Grand Jury OF
S~pnrtanburg, In regard TO the recent iynch.
law case In that county, Is unprecedented III
the history OF South Carolina, is totally false
In principle, without the slightest shadow o.
a founuation either in law Orin justice, ana Is
fraught with the most alarming and danger
Gus consequences to the peace and GOO Oa 9r amG
of society. 1t Is practically making nun anu
void the laws of the land, and strikes NJ the
verv root of the fundamental principles upon
which government Is built. What does II
mean when reduced TO It's last analysis
What must 1t lead to? Why, 1t Is virtually
encouraging the establishment Of a G mon ru.e
ia inviting anarchy, misrule and lawlessness
in our quiet and peaceful borders, n ten ,s
TO shake the confidence OF the people IN tne
efficacy OF the laws to protect the innocent
and punish the guilty. This is not the only
instnnce Of lynch law that we will hear Of
in Spurtanburg. Tho lynchers have been
Justified in setting the laws at defiance on
one occasion, and now who viii say That 1fha ey
are not encouraged to take the laws into theil
own hands whenever they feel disposed TO dc
so ?-Georgeto,Un Times and Cuntet.
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THE GENUINE
e. MoLANE'S
Celebrated American
WORM SPECIFIC
OR
VERMIFUGE
SYMPTOMS OF WORMS.

oIWE OWS VI VNESNsSo
THE counsenance is pale and Ieaden.
l. colored, with occasional Pushes, OF
a circumscribed spot on one or both
cheeks; the eyes become dull; the pu'
pills dilate; an azure semicircle runs
along the lower eye-lid; the nose is IT.
ritated, swells, and sometimes bleeds
a swelling of the upper lip; occasional
headache, with humming OF throbbine
Of the ears; an unusual secretion Of
saliva; Shiny or furred tongue; breath
very foul, particularly in the morning;
appetite variable, sometimes voracious,
with a gnawing sensation Of the stom'
ach, at others, entirely gone; fleeing
pains in the stomach; occasional
nausea and vomiting; violent pain.
throughout the abdomen; bowels II
regular, at times costive; stools shiny
not unfrequently tinged with blood
belly swollen and hard; urine turbid;
respiration occasionally difficult, and
accompanied by hiccough; cough
sometimes dry and convulsive; uneasy
and disturbed sleep, with grinding Of
the teeth temper variable, but gener
ally irritable, &c. ....,.
r." Whenever the above symptoms
are found to exist,
DR.. c. McLANE'S VERMIFUGF
will certainly effect a cure.
IT DOES NOT CONTAIN MERCURY
in any form; it is an innocent prepars
ton, met capable Of doing THE thSAAs
injury to the most tender infant
The genuine DR.. McLANE's YER
MlrUcE bears the signatures Of c. Nc
LANE and FLEMING Bros. on tn.
A,er~~
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ask if it is not rather gratuitous in oul
Beaufort friend TO animadvert so Sc
verely on a little judicial pleasantly
Let the Bench and the Bar have JUS
a little finn to relieve the tedium of the
Court room and bring a CLEAN of SUM-
shine into 1.-THE dusty purlieus of the
law"
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Loves Lament.

Ia q charming ballad by John l.. Hardee, OF
SAVANNAH. Words OF tender, but not foolish,
sentiment, expressing u lovers regrets tina
not for him again can bloom Loves Pas a,S 2
lament over a dream that is done" form 9
veil nigh perfect song. Ludden 4 Bates WI
vail It. post paid on receipt Of. Thirty Gents,
or It can be had nom any Music Dealer.
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A Vital Question:. Does 1t Pay t
Teach?

Tt is more than q remarkable coinci-
dence that the subject chosen by both
MFR. Rice and DR.. Bonner for their
speeches last week in Due West, was
our Common School System. Both
these gentlemen followed the same
train of thought, reviewing the past
and the present systems, and suggest
ing alterations and improvements fol-
the future. This shows how vital and
pressing the question of public educa-
ton is at present in this State. 1t Is
a serious matter aud no wonder.
Any man who opens his eyes and
looks, cannot help seeing that the
present system is rotten and sickly in
itself, utterly unable to erect and
support healthy and prosperous
schools, and only instrumental
in spreading corruption and decay
even in those time-honored academies
and high schools which fourished be-
fore the two-mill tax was imposed.
Something must be done and done
speedily to prevent the public school
fund from being any longer a him
drance to education and a curse TO
good schools. Such it certainly Is nj
present. From all quarters we hear
of schools being discontinued or Ian
guishing. A prosperous permanent
conmon-school or academy in South
Carolina, or in the up-country-where
is there one? Where in Abbeville
county is the worthy successor of the
Wellington academy? Are the
schools at Abbeville, C~okesbury,
Greenwood, and Ninety Six in a con-
dition of assured success? In plain
English, is it . paying business TO
teach school? and do the parents pay
the fees? It Is all very nice and
pretty and pleasant to have closing
exhibitions, and crowded commence
ments, with speeches, music and
tableaux. But what about the school
accounts? Are they paid?
Let US take our Abbeville Graded
School AS an example. With its Us
pupils on the roll, it does not pay ex-
penses. What do the good people OF
Abbeville, think of that ? If only 50
pupils were paid for at the rate of the
average fee charged, the school would
be self.supporting. What does mis-
means Have we here in Abbeville
forty or fifty, maybe sixty white chill
dren whose parents allow them to be
taught as paupers? We are all poor,
but are we so poor as that?
"But it is a public school. 1t gets
the public fund.-" says the poor tax
payer. Hence he demands, or quiet
ly takes, free education for his chill
dren. Shameless Sinking Of respon-
sibility this is, andnothing less. What
is true of Abbeville is true Of other
places. The public fund is the curse
of good schools ; and until some plan
is devised whereby it can be made o
help to supplement private enterprise,
good schools can not succeed, and
good teachers cannot be retained.
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PROF. w. N. MARCHANT,-ProI Marcnant:
GraniteviIIe, s. c., was In the city yesterday.
He witnessed the graduation exercises OF the
Tubman High School for girls and was de,
ND new pip. He has done, n 10 destined TO
do q great and good work at GraniteVille.-
Chronicle and GfaaHu1iondlGk.
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The Female College Commencement.

On Thursday morning Lindsay Hall
was more closely packed than on the pre-
vious day. A very interesting pro-
m of exercises was distributed
through the audience. We mako the fol-
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of South Carolina
County of Abbeville

Probate CONFEDERATION for Letters OF
Administration.
BY J.. FULLER LYON, ESQ.,, PROBATE
JUDGE.
WHEREAS, Martin G. Zeigler,
w Clerk of Court Common Pleas has
made suit to me, to grant him Letters
of Administration of the Estate and ef-
fccts OF Joshua II. Mccall late Of Abb
beville County, deceased.
These are therefore to cite and admon-
lsh all und singular the kindred and cred
itors Of the said Joshua Il. Mccall de-
ceased, that they DO and appear, before
me, In the Court Of Probate, to be held Mt
Abbeville c. H., III Wednesday 2S dry Of
June, 1879 after publication hereof, at
IL o'clock In tho forenoon, to show cause
If any they have, why the said Admins
tration should not be granted.
Given under my hand and seal, this
18th day Of May, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-nine and in the one
hundred and third year Of
American Independence.
Published on the lt4h day Of May
1870, In the Press and Banner and on the
Court House door for the time required
by law.
Probate Judge.
May IA, 1879.
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AGUE N
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
Abbeville County.
IN COURT OF PROBATE.

Thomas W. Smith, by his guardian, al Item
E. F. Martin, Plaintiff.
... . d0nint
Harry @. Pinckney as Executor OF the Will Of
Pinckney, William 8. Marshall, Jennie. Z:
Marshall, Samuel y. Marshall, Samuel a.
Smith, Mary f. Dantzler and Jennie +.
Smith, DEFENDANTS. .,g.. .-- f.
Summons for Account and Settlement OF
Estate,
To DEFENDANTs: Harry g. Pinckney aa
Executor OF the will OF Mrs. Fannie J: Smith
deceased, Fannie {. Pinckney, William g.
Marshall, Jennie g.. MaIshall, Samuel 8,
Marshall, Samuel A Smith, Mary E. Dantz.
Ter and Jennie F. Smith:
TAKE NOTICE that the above Plaintiff, q
Fannie j. Smith, deceased, has tled his Peti:
ton In this Court praying that the defendant
Harry G. Pinckney may be required TO &C.
count a Executor. Of the estate OF the said
Mrs. Smith for the assets Of said estate which
have come to his hands or should have come
O his hands as such Executor In due course Of
administration and TO distribute the same
amongst the leHatees. ra
You are hereby notified and summoned TO
be and appear In the Court OF Probate for Alb.
beviIle County to be holden on the 9Th day o.
/ August 1879, when the said Executor Harry g.
Pinckney IL ordered and required TO render
an account Of his actlngs and doings. as EI'
and show cause why distribution, OF the es.
tate should not be made amongst the leg.
atees.
Given under my hand and seal OF ONCE
this 10th day Of June 1873.
J. FULLER LYON, Il. ST.
J. Pro. A. C.
EDWARD NOBLE, Plaintiffs Attorney.
| To H1liam s. Aarshau, Defendant.
Take notice that the petition in this case
together with the summons OF which The
foregoing Is o copy, was died In my once al
Abbeviiie Court House on tho 18th dry o!
June 1873.
!. FULLER LYON,
Judge OF Probate Az
yrna IA 1877 A. O
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DIR. G, McLANE'S
PILLS

are not recommended as a remedy "for all
the ills that flesh is heir TO-" but in affection.
Of the liver, and in! all Bilious Complaints,
Dyspepsia and Sick Headache, or diseases Of
hat character, they stand without a rival
= AGUE AND FEVER.
No better cathartic can be used preparatory
to, or after taking Quininc.
As a simple ~purgative they are unequaled
BEwARE OF IMITATI0xS.
The genuine are never sugar coated.
Each box has red wax seal on the lid viii
ne impression DIR. McLASE's LIVER Pills
Each wrapper bears the signatures Of T.
.McLAHE and FLEMING Bros.
Insist upon having the genuine DR.. c. NC
:.ANE's LIVER Pills, prepared by Fleming
Bros, Of Pittsburgh. Pa, the market being
iull Of limitations of the name McLGHr,
spel!ed differently bu, al pronunciation,
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Baccalaureate Address by DR.. Bonner.

Some one has said, "Let me make the songs
Of p q, q pseopWls,,, Sn sya ! care create, nqt pr wpG %f he m,s CHI
have said, LET me educate the children 1no
! care not who rules the State. For who
does not know that character Is formed IN
childhood and youth, that home and schooi
n~om-education, OF an Individual, shapes bis
life, fixes his destiny, and as a state is made
I'D of individuals, whatever AFFECTS the party
affects the whole. To us, as citizens OF SCUM
Carolina, therefore. the cause or educauon IN
lance. Indulge me, Shen, in closing up the
exercises of this literary festival, In a lew
words on
EnrcAr1oN IN PAST, PRESENT
AND PROSPECTIVE.
Carolina was fortunate IN the period aso OF ,h ne,
birth, and in the character or those ma
nursed her. Tho enrly settlements were
made here after the invention OF inc printing
press, and when Milton and Locke were
shedding the etfnlgence Of their genius US over H"rr
gotten thitt Locke wrote the first constitution
Tor tho Ca.olinas.) And the people who hrst
found. homes here. were not only Marcy hha
adventurous, but they had III leasts4 love Oh
Gated. This is shown In the fact that ANON
the first acts OF the first settlers, was tho es-
tablishmento OF public libraries, ana tnis ~as
followed az early as the year l1lO ny the es-
tabIishment, by an act OF me i;eg,siaaar ~ 1 ,h q
inhabitants Of South Carolina. TINS was
soon followed by the erection Of seminaries
of learning in various parts OF the territory,
with The appreciation and material support OF
The Governor OF the Province. which were
aided also by public bounty G ma d PrlyIi; 4ia' a or
the forty-second year subsequent 10 tne see
Element OF the province" Ramsay, the histo,
Ran. saws, "the knowledge OF grammar and
of TIL Latin and Greek languages, anu OF
at any time" This was a good beginning;
The early settlers about P!lynlouth couiu
scarcely show u better record. Besides, Mr.
RAMSAY says, none OF IL z British Provinces,
In proportion 10 their numbers, sent SO many
OF their sons to Europe for education as SCUM
erect a College OF high grade was i~ntroduced
but for some reason 1t failed, In l7so, three
colleges. on paper, were actually erected ny
the Legislature, VIZ: one ~ Charlestoh' Que
Mt Winnsboro, and one at Cambridge. len
years afterwards, a Ourth was Staroeo ~
those days. Two years after this (l71) anon.
pr college was started under the auspices or
the Stale. in Pinckney District, which was
called the College of Alexandra.
Only two Of these institutions ever accom-.
plished any thing OF importance. the one at
f,horlrston and tho one ut Winnsboro. The
one ut Cambridge Tor Ninety:Stxl we are sol.
nv 10 say, was a magnificent failure. IL went
into the Lottery business, for the purpoSe OF
ruislng funds, and ~ is usual, tlost lts a.;
and the trustees were authorized 10 sell @he
property, pay the debts, and assess the bal
mar schools in Abbeville District, ana tne
grammar schools were never estaoilsne2,
fho College of Alexandria, who can LelI
wherei IT was located? The very name pas
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THE RESULT.
TO THE CLASS.

Young Ladies' Whatever may be true OF
hundreds and thousands OF your sisters In the
State and In the South, you at least have had
the advantages Of q liberul education. In re-
turn for this, one of the first obligations that
will rest upon you, will be the study Of doing
what you can to help others, and this you
can do most effectually by showing the infiu-
ence and power Of an educated woman. To
do this you must not hold your candle under
q bushel. 70 do this you must I'm the stand.
ard Of education around you, and TO do this
1t may be your duty to enter the school room,
TO teach yourself and to show others how to
teach. And whatever may be your duty In
this line, do 1t and do 1t with you might.
Let your light shine. illuminate not only
the home circle, but the community In which
you may live, and not only the cOmmuni.
~, but the State. Danish the clouds that
may hang about you, n let the world be
the better for your having lived In 1t. Thus
you will show that You appreciate the privi'
leges that you have here enjoyed and thus
you will prove to be an honor TO you Alma
Mater and thus you will fulfil the just ex.
pectations OF teachers and friends; and thus
you will cheer the hearts In years to come, 1t
INDY be, OF those who have watched over you
here with parental sOlicitude, and who will
watch your future with loving interest until
the curtain of death shall close the scene.
DIPLOMAS DELIVERED
Our wsrk Is done. The fated our has
come, and we must part, 1t may be for o day
1t may be for years, IL may be forever. 1t Is
sad. Would that we could stay the hands on
the clock. But fate has decreed and we must
bid goodbye. God bless you.