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b is the Matter ?

Why SO pale. 50 languid7 Arc 80" sick "
Evidently, your liver Is not DONG us dutN.
You cannot live in comiorto or peace until you
are relieved. Go TO the nearest drug store
and buy a box of DIR. elders Liver Pills. A
few doses will restore you to perfect health,
and give o rosy tint to your cheek.
November L, 1879. IN.
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Christmas Primers Boo Ks

&c. &C.,
Uncle Tom Series, S cents,
Fathers Series, S cents,
Little Pet, 5 cents, at
Golden Series, s cents,
Familiar Series, 10 cents,
Cinderella Series, 10 cents,
My Indestructabie Primer. Is cents,
Aunt Lucia's Series, Is cents,
My Prim or, 30 cents, ~
The Child's FavoNte series..
Stories for Little Jack Tar. 50 cents,
Stories and Pictures for Little o nes, SO cts,
Gnr Pc. LAMPS ss 50 cents, ~ cs,.,
Stories for Little Troupe-The House, Scots
Pictures for Blue Eyes.
A Young Rover. 50 cents.
SANFORD and Merton, e5 cents
Childs Own Magazine, 50 cents.
Happy Homes IN P Psn t g L and 80 een"'
Little iisIs Lottie's Picture Gallery. 8Scenu,
Robin Red Breast, 80 cents,
Jennie Wren, 30 cents,
Wee Willie Wrinkle, 90 cents,
Ny Young Soldier, so cents.
G G5s R Rem Tea 8 5h s , 90 ''n'''
The childrens Treasury, 50 cents,
WAX through enid 4 lsnd IS cents,
DAFT q Down Oily. 30 cents,
Dick and I, Is cents,
Old Maid and Bachelor, 10 cents,
The merry game of OldMaid, Is ocnts,
The Dewdrop Series, ~ Is cents,
4. b, c, Cards and blocks, 5 to2s cents,
Vases, Toilet sets and.Al5ums,
Writing Desks, $40 to sl,75.
""A ~ EDWIN PARKER.
December 2, 1873
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FENCE LAw.-It will be gratifying TO our
people 10 know that the Airline Railway
mile for each mile Of the road in our county,
Pickens and Spartanburg towards building
the line fence. Real estate In this county IS
thus enhanced In value from ten to twenty
per cnnt.-GreepUiUc NelCS.
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D. A. P. JORDAN. ESQ, is with us carrying
around an arm In a sling consequent upon
the bad condition of The depot OF the Air Line
Railroad at Spartanburg. These arc "sickly
tines but he says 1t wasn't that. He should
bring an action for damages against the com.
pany for such objectionable negligence.
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ed on Christmas morning BY the reception OF
very many substantial tokens of friendship
from the congregation OF Smyrna Church,
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power we turn to the great military heroes,
such as Alexander, Cesar, Napoleon, wash
ington, our own Jackson, and Won Moltke.
Those were truly great, but infinitely greater
they commanded. Greater than Napoleon,
was the Old Guard which he commanded,
greater than Washington were the patriot
colonists. and greater than Won Moltke Ia the
patient, methodic, mechanic fLandwehr OF
'' onr beloved eia. jackson standing on the field
at lirst Manassas waa swinging his sword be-
tween his thumb and two DIST fingers, when
he was naked by Gen. Beauregsrd II his troops,
xhisn i fse e ss e g Jackson daUi s :Yss, ike issn q ss aas :
wall.n "
And from that day, when Southern arms
and Southern men were triumphant, 70 the
name, but which ~hc,modestly, and truthfully
declined, saying that it belonged to his boys,
and not TO himself.
without the Old Guard, Napoleon was To
France q nuisance. Won Moltke without the
Washington without the citizen soldiery, to
America an egregious failure. '-s
Weare oil thrilled with delight at the sto-
ries Of Marion and his men. But I need not
h ID day sys e Of the tr recent mt Is, when South Caro-.
lina's beloved non. and eminent citizen sol.
dies, whom we delight TO honor; whose name
IL q household word. not only In South Caro-
Ina, 0ut throughout the SOQt0-W ace ramp
ton,-at the head Of. the Little Reformer
Company at Anderson, the Abbevi1le Rides.
and similar organ izations Of citizen soldiers
known'as the Red Shirt Democracy, put an
end to those eight years Of ~depravity and cor
ruption. ~.
Ladies', I would commend to your favor the
citizen soidiery and especially, the Home.
less ones IN our midst,
yield tho floor to n with as tonight, who ID
. worthy scion OF q noble sire, one whose fa.
Their was one Of the original Brigadiers, O
young mar who has been educated q soldier.
He II Is who can present TO you the citizen vol.
parade-Capt. N. L. Bonham Of Newberry.
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The liver pad man has departed. and the
number Of people who arc now calling him a
fcaud caunot be ountcd -Canaocn Journal.
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The Strangers
REPLIED TO BY Mr.. GEO. c. PERRIN.

Mr.. Preadent. and Gentlemen II am
called upon to respond In behalf OF 1.-THE
This call Is very unexpected to
to me. Though homeless" l do not feel like
n stranger and judging from the manifest way
the evening, ! do not think there are any
strangers present. I therefore offer as a sub
stitute to that toast, one that Is very near the
hearts Of US all:
"wOMAN."
She shares our troubles,
Multip lies our joys,
And increases Jul pleasures.
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The Savannah Valley Railroad.

1t will be gratifying news to the friends
of this Road to learn that the County
Commissioners have ordered the Auditor
to levy the tax for grading the Road as
follows:
In Magnolia, ....""""."-. Sl,4o4
In Lowndesville, -....-..... 2,l75
In Calhoun, ..."......"... l,eoo
Making a total ef,...".."""s5,429
Or one-third of the whole tax levied by
tho voters, for this enterprise.
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Old Virginia.

In compliment to Mr.. 8. j. Graham, a Wiz.
ginian, Judge MCGOWAN here profrered a
health to "Old Virginia Never Tire, " which
was responded to by Mr.. Graham.
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REPLIED TO BY J. FULLER LYON, ESQ.

Mr.. President, Ladies' and Gentlemen ::-You
cannot Imagine how glad I am that 1t is SO
late. had hoped that the whole time would
be consumed BY others. l find myself exact
1y in the condition Of the irrepressible Soph-
omore, who had q great deal 10 say. before 1t
came his turn to speak.
My position on this occasion Is an exceed
ingly awkward one. A soldier and especially q
citizen soldier is not apt to be o speech-ma.
ker; but his sphere may be we'll comprehend
ed Ii three words, the first is action, the sec
ond Is action, and the third is action. We
have heen highly favored this evening with
the state. the Bench, the Par, the Press: the the
these ali nnle into instgnifcance when there
Is some "u~npleasnntness,' to settle, when the
military Is called into action. Then the prin-
clplcs laid dow in Blackstone will not apply.
are not fought with quinlne pills,
arms measured with calico ynrd-sticks.
In looking over the roster Of illustrlous wor-
thlcs Of the past, We see in Theology o Luther
D Wesley and now a Spurgeon. In Philoso-
ply, Copernicus, Plato. Socrates, and Newton:
In Literature, Shakespeare: Homer, Dryden
nave most impressed the world with their
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. The Citizen Soldiery.

Mr.. President: I am admonished by the
lateness Of the hour, both by the tiighto Of time
since the chimes have ''rung out the old year,
and rung in the new" and also by frequent
reminders Of 1t by those who rave preceded
me. I therefore promise to nave at least n
me-namely. brevity. Besides, / am threat
ened with almost utter annihilation, and GER
tainly with exclusion from the next dance at
her house by the lady on my right, II ! speak
long. Owing to these considerations permit
me TO propose only q branch Of the sentiment
covers such extensive territory. Let
us then drink to the health of the Able
vile Rifles, whose shade doubtless Is hover
Ing around these walls, upbraiding its quon-
dam followers for their neglect In allowing
an institution. once the pride of Able.
Of their STEEL" to sink into oblivion. May
new life be infused Into the bones of that
body which now lies a-dying, and may the
grand old "'Village Of the Oak" o re-
to their martial tread, led by our gall
liant Captain, with his no less worthy right
hand man, Lieutenant j. Fuller Lyon, with
name couple this sentiment.
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English Clergy, a. friends and brothers that
has had much to do, with rendering tue. En.
fish people not less joyous, but less given TO
excuses. And 80 should 1t be In our land
we ofthe clergy not only present, when we
Join the hands, and bind heart to heart, but
also when the violin sends out It's Joyous
notes, and summons the young. TO thu. happy
brightscene, and amid this brilliant gather.
'eri1g, I am glad to be able to express my
pleasure In mingling with you. and YET
mckay it is we'll Clergy and people should
And a place in your hearts and homes. and
thus minglIng with you In life's varied scenes,
may be better enabled to fulfil the blessed
SavIour's injunction. TO weep with those who
weep, and rejoice with those who rejoice.
[Applause.l
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and Marble Work in general. A large selec.
ton ready for lettering and delivery at short
notice. Several hundreds Of new designs In
the most modern styles Monument furnished
cheaper than ever before In this market and
OF the best workmanship, similar TO that OF
the Confederate Soldiers Monumentrecently
erected BY me In this city.
s March Is, 1879 - - .-
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STARVED OUT.
WITH 4 GOOD PRACTICE

TT IS q singular fact, but such is the case. I
do not collect enough money to feed my
family and horse. Consequently I am under
the necessity to stop my countI, practice and
sell my horse, and decline to see those who
are disposed TO settle their accounts, with the
PROMISE of paying I'm Q Few Days"
This must stop. I will work fo1 those who
will pay me, but sue and collect what l can
from those who do not pay up. This refers also
EDWIN PARKER.
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After the ladies had retired from the table
10 the reception rooms, the gentlemen spent
a few minutes giving and responding to vol.
unteer toasts. Amongst them the President
proposed q health TO
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Mr.. President, Mr.. Wardlap, Ladiesand Gentle
men: Unjust say, MIR. Chairman, that this
change Of toasts has taken me by storm and
rather caught mo mapping: I had laid the fat
never be reached, but since the tolling OF the
bells has Just warned US that the old year has
breathed his last, you have seen fit to make
able friend and kinsman and appreciate to it's
fullest extent the honor conferred. I can only
say, however, that for this newborn year, I
wish you all the Joy and happiness OF a heart
Astounding In good wishes, and may the good
old adage be perfectly exempllied in 1884,
"That this year may be better than the last
and worse than the next"
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Mr.. President, Ladies and Gentlemen II am
much, obliged to my talented young friend
fol- the handsome way In which he has COM
plimented me. But I think 1t advisable in
inc TO make no heightened response, for sew
eral reasons. In the first place the hour Is
Considerably on your patience; n thirdly,
I nave been on the Bench for 30 short q time
that perhaps the best reply ! can make TO the
toast 30 kindly received, Is to thank you all
for the compliment Of Joining my name
with 1t.
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XkT, tTpStQeNI, l<UUteS ana GeVttCTtRV >
In rising to reply for the Abbeville Literary
Club | can only express my regret that the
duty had not fallen upon some one more able
to do the subject Justice. Doubtless l have
been sailed On from no supposed fitness: but
happen 10 be president OF the Club. Mr..
Presidential Is Il large subject and If | were
capable of doing 1t any thing like Justice, the
proprietics Of this occasion would not allow
OF course 1 shall not attempt, to say any
thing about literature g~enerally-nor even
about that glorious old literature Of our
mother country; Whose heart does n not GLOW
mention of the words English literature"
which has given us Shakespeare, Milton,
Jonson, Dryden, Scott, Byron, Macaulay and
u host of others, poets, historians anu writer's
whose names are destined TO pass safely down
the long corridors Of time: ron whose pages,
in the vernacular, 1t has been our privilege
aud will be the privilege of our children,s
children to the remotcSt generation, TO drink
deep and imbibe acknowledgements taste and
The highest sentiments which the world has
known? After the bible there Is no book ever
published comparable to shakespeare. l
nave often wondered to myself how much ex-
ouisitc pleasure he has given to his clio
Il man alone is enough to fix the people
which produced him among the first nations
Of the earth.
The people Of the United States, and espe-
cially the Southern portion of them, are be.
hind on the subject of literature. We are
comparatively @ new people, and It takes
time to build up a literature. Our liberal
institutions open the gates Of wealth t. all,
and we are almost consumed by the love OF
property and the almighty dollar" An an
tidote for thus poison Is needed, and none Gun
be found so good and efficient as q growing
desire for pure literature. We deny that we
are incapable of attaining O high degree OF
excellence In this direction. We have pro-
duced some highly literary characters. For
pure sentiment and u simple sweet style,
Washington Irving has no superior. and
Prescott and Motley ore certainly very re-
spectacle, and then we have our own poet
I'imrod and our novelist Sims, who has made
classic our own fields alui hills and daics.
Bat Notwithstanding this | would still say
. that Il pure literature Is the grentdes!deratum
Of our country.
Our Abbcville Literary Club, 10 which we
are indebted for this entertainment to night,
i q small thing but it is in the right dircc-
ton. IL sreak of it in connection with I'm
gliSh literature or the nCmbcrless Literary
Clubs Of London, IS ike Virgil comparing
small Manlua to Great Rome, but still II is
the widows mite. The intention Is good and
! we are proud Of our little halltling.
: Ii will hardly be regarded improper In me,
10 say that Ahbcville has long been famous
for her devotion to education, and the culture
OF her citizens, she could boast OF the far
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Coincident, exhibit lucid proof
That he is honest In the sacred cause"
Most OF us, Mr.. President. occupy this eve
ming a somewhat novel situation. We arc
the guests OF the Homeless" The Home
less" are almost to q man wifeless. What
thought more In accord with my theme, or
morein sympathy with the sentiment OF this
delightful occasion, then the earnest hope that
during the incoming year, whose advent the
bells are even now ringing, the services OF the
clergy may often and again be called Into
requtsition In behalf OF the unfortunate ones.
In view, Mr.. President of this elegant enter
tainment I think / may say Of all your guests
as was once said OF q particular class;
IF such suppers you give
live.'
Ipropose
The Clergy-"The fnithful, pure and meek,
from Christian folds"-partakers Of our sor.
OWE we welcome them to participate In our
joys.
REPLIED TO BY REV. MR.. GALLAUDET.
Having been born in the South, and lived In
q portion of the South, having passed through
the war, suffering as We all suffered, and hop.
Ing against hope, until almost the last. hav-
ing stood amid the wounded and the dying
in our hospitals and tried to comfort and
prepare them for death, there Is no spot in
at home. To Colorel CoLhran 1 return my
thanks, in welcoming me from another state,
on this occasion, but the past In which with
you I Joined in that same sacred cause, must
make me feel at home here. as elsewhere In
the old Confederacy. On his festal oc-
casion. however. let me say, that 1t gives
me much pleasure TO speak not, ex ofieio.
but as coming ont OF the pulpit, and standing
in your midst, n enjoying your festivities.
There are some persons who would box the
Clergy up In the pulpit or set them of at q
distance, and have religion only for some oc-
casions. But religion as we UNDERSTAND 1t, Is
meant TO 60 into Gil the everyday affairs OF
life, to enter into Its Joys as we'll as its sorrows,
and I know Of ne better instance of the good
effect Of the Clergy minxling with the laity,
and being at home in their midst, than Is
found in the morality and deep toned piety
OF the English nation. In tha rural districts
while there arc no scenes of distress
into which the English Clergy do not pcne.
tratc, SO there arc no scenes OF amusement
In private life where the Clergy Of the En-
glish Church are not welcome guests, n
where while he may mingle gladly In the
Joyous scenes, still he acts as n restraint, not
10 any true pleasure. but to al! excuses. In
the large cities also he Is welcomed. at dinner
party md great social gatherings, where
music and good cheer, md dancing enllven
the evening. And 1t is this welcoming Of the
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Mr.. President: / had supposed I was to be
held in reserve, only to be called n in case Of
emergency. But so thoroughly has my gal
liant friend who responded TO this toast, dope
his duty by the citizen soldiery, that there is
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The County.
PROPOSED BY ". A. LEE, ESQ.

Mr. President: To me has been assign
ed the honor, and 1t Is my pleasant
privilege, to propose, Abbeville the
banner county; = first in NAME. first In
fame; Abbevi1le! the home OF Calhoun,
Cheves, McDuime, PetIgru, Bowie, Noble.
Burt and the Wardlaws, par mobile Jratum-
the home of MCGOWAN, Thomson, Cothran-
WORTHLESS who have illustrated the brightest
pages Of our country's history. Abbeville !
distinguished alike In arts and in arms-in
the genius which illumines. and the virtues
which ennoble-in the labors Of the Cabinet,
the trlumphs Of the forum, and the struggles
of the battle field ; in heroic achievement
and patriotic endurance. Abbeville! may
successful effort In a brilliant future, and the
mantle which Is now so gracefully worn by q
Bnrt, a MCGOWAN. q Thomson, and a Cothran,
fall upon shoulders worthy to bear the names
OF noble slres,
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1880-01-31
The End in Maine.

The troubles 10 Maine are over, at pres
ent, aud the Republicans are masters Of
the situation. The Fusion legislature on
Saturday submitted some questions to the
Supreme Court, aud that tribunal OF
course decided 10 favor of the Republicans.
on Sunday the Republican Governor sur
rounded the capitol with bayonets and
gatling guns, under the pretext that he
expected an attack from the Fasionists
but the great uprising Of that party existed
only 10 his imagination. The Fusionists
denied any intention Of an appeal to force,
and exhibited a willingness to abide by
the decisions Of the Courts. When the
Supreme Court gave their decision on
Monday, the Fasionists began to dispense,
and on "Wednesday the Legislature ad-
journed until August next, but it is not
likely they will ever assemble again. Some
Of the Fusion members took seats in the
Republican Legislature; the Fusion Gov
ernor has gone home; the counted in mem
bers Of the Legislature have dispersed, aud
quict is reignias throughout the State.
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MARRIED.

On the 22d Of January, 1880, by Rev p
A. Long, Mr.. Rufus W. Reaser aud Miss
Sarah g. Erb, both Of this county.
~ On the 18Th Of January, 1850, by the same,
Annie B. Grouse, Of Taneylown.
On the Gath Of December. 1879, by the Rev
a. a. Long, Mr.. David ID. Renner and Ms
Annie N. sLarer, both Of this county.
n oa w the 20 Of January, 1850, by the same,
Mr.. William W. Marker, Of Maybery. and Mis-,
Annie L. Formwalt, Of Tyrone, Ills county
NJ on January y, 1880, in st. Johns Church.
Westminster Nd, by Rev. Father Gloyd'
Edmpnd j, Await aud Miss Helen France,
Fowler, both Of this city.
=, oa September rs, 1870, at ST. Ma,,;n'.
Sharch, BY Rev. Father Foley, Thomas &;
S@1th, 81 Reisiers,own, and Laura ii. nlsaeb,
Of Baltimore. m. M - 4 VI"
40 AZ ne residence OF The brides parents. in
wakefield Valley, on November 9s,b is7a
" Elaer Lewis Selby, Mr. John Dayall and
MISS Agnes Eckatd, both Of this COUNTY '
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Later Operations Of swindler on tho
Eastern Shore.

The Wilmington. Del, Erery Ereaihg,
I.,,,,ars 96. saws .--In the Elktons Nd, cor
rsanondenee ri Erery Ereang Of January
IGlh appeared a bret noueso some Sw;nu'
Inns ooeratiohs Of nm pgent Of Che "Nhi'e
Wsshing Machiae Company among tue
f,rmsrs in thal neighborhOod. The agent IA
duced these rartics to sign some Kind OF con
tracts or agreements and departed
some weeks afterwards knowing looking
aud vel. dressed man, calling himself Tyrone
Spiers, appeared with Promissory. notes
signed hy these farmers, for amounts agsfesA
ling $500 TO 81 900, AND demanded payment
for the sane. The men whose names we're
amended 20 these notes declared that they
never knowingly signed them and refused 70
nav them 10 one man whose note ior S-op
Spiers held, he offered 10 give him the amount
ara if he would make affidavit that the sigma
,ure was not his own. The maker Of tbs nU,e
admitted the genuiness OF the signature, but
insisted that he never knowingly signed such
n note. Hearing that the sheriff was after
him Spiers decamped, aud has appeared to be
shy Of visiting Elkton ever since.
Prior TO this visit to Elkton, Spiera called
upon Elliott, johnson 4 CO., of this city, and
offered TO sell them number OF similar notes.
lie produced letters aud credentials which, In
the absence Of any reason to suspect anything
wrong, induced the firm to believe tia, he
was acting in good faith. They declined to
buy the notes but said they would try and ne
goiiate them for him. Spiers lcft several with
this understanding among them Que parport-
ing to be s,Sued by Robert II. jackson, u
highly respectable farmer living neat Greens
borough, Nd, gten at six months for $40,
PAYABLE to the order Of White 4 Co,
Messrs. Elliot, johnson 4 Co. wrote to the
parties whose notes they had thus received
for information about them. The answers
were generally unsatisfactory, Mr.. Jackson
saving, ia reference 10 the one bearing his
signature, that 'the so recalled note vas obtain.
ed under false pretencos, and that he did not
know that he had ever given such an Obliga
ton" Since that he has published a card in
the Denton Journal notifying persons not to
buy said note, as he will not pay II. He
says that Whites agent called upon him on
the "a inst, and through misrepresentation,
induced him to accept tue local agency aud
to contraCi for several dozen washing machines
aud to sign what he took To be a simple con.
tract, duplicate copy Of which he retained.
Mr.. Spiers was in town this morning aud
claimed TO be acting in good faith, but mani
Tested reluctance to seeing or communi
eating with the repuied makers Of the notes
referred TO.