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Rules for the Board of Officers.

/. The cash on hand at the adjournment of an anniversary
meeting not appropriated shall, that evening If practicable, or ss
soon aferward as possible, be lent to such applicants for loans, In
such sums and upon such security mot less than what is below
specifed) as to a majority Of the Board, upon private consultation,
shall seem proper. All sums coming in at any time afterward,
and before the next anniversary meeting mot directed by the So
ciety to be reserved and not appropriately, shall in like manner
be lent as soon as possible; the Board hi all cases giving TO the
Treasurer an order directing tho loan, which shall be his voucher.
2. All loans shall be secured by joint and several penal bond,
payable to the Upper Long-Cane Society Of Abbeville District, its
successors or assigns, with condition to become due ten days AFTER
date, signed and sealed by at least two solvent personal securities
gage or otherwise, if the Board shall think proper.
8. Payment of the interest due upon every bond at every day
fixed for anniversary meeting, shall be required to be punctu-.
commenced the next day without distinction Of persons, which
shall not be discontinued without the payment Of the compound
interest and all costs, besides such portions Of the principal rs the
Society may direct, or the Board may think e%xpedient, to be ex-
acted, and such additional security as the Society or the Board may
require.
4. Whenever any borrower, or any security Of a borrower,
may die or remove ont Of the State, the bond shall be renewed
and other solvent parties substituted or in default thereof suits
shall be commenced against all persons who can be sued on the
or after the next anniversary meeting. <
5. Whenever the Board at any time between the meetings may
deem any bond insecure, they shall require additional security,
and if 1t should not be given to their satisfaction, proceed to mako
immediate collection.
6. Whenever the Society or the Board shall direct payment OF
the whole or any part OF the principal to be made upon all or any
Of the bonds, suits shall be immediately commenced in default Of
payment after the expiration Of the day appointed for payment.
I. In all matters where a discretion is allowed to the Board IL
may be controlled Ivy the special order of the Society.
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Constitution and Bylaws Of Upper Long Cane Society
OF ADBEyILLE DISTRICT, WITH A SHORT SKETCH OF
ITS ORGANIZATION.

on 10 july, 1858, n disastrous fire occurred in tho vii.
1agc of Abbcvillc, consuming a number of houses. Among the
buildings destroyed by the fire was tho store of Robert Fl. Ward,
Secretary Of the Upper Lons-Cano Society of AbLeville Dis
trict, in which all the records and papers Of the Society committed
to his keeping were consumed with the building. In consequence
of this casualty, tho Society is deprived Of all previous records,
and many OF the pleasant memories CONNECTED with its early his
tory.
In 1882 the Society remodeled its Constitution, and had a num-
Der Of copies printed. Many of these wero destroyed Ivy the fire and
others lost, so that but few copies remain extant; and at the meet
ing in January, 1870, it was deemed expedient to have a reprint OF
the Constitution, embracing all therein contained, with q complete
list of all who have been members, and other matters approved by
the Board of Officers. by virtue Of tie order of the Society 10 this
effect, this publication is made.
Owing TO the circumstances above mentioned. the List OF
Members, between the dates 1882, when the Constitution was for.
mcrly printed, and January, 1850, the next meeting after tho fire,
being made out entirely from memory, may not be exactly accu-
rate, especially rs regards the dates of their election.
Over and above the appropriations made by the Society for the
support of the Gospel and other benevolent objects as contem-
plated in the Constitution, amounting to about thirty thousand
dollars (the exact amount cannot be ascertained(, the funds of the
Society had increased to between seventeen and eighteen thousand
dollars but owing TO the losses resulting from the lato disastrous
wal, and the scaling of debts adopted by the iuries of the country,
the Society finds its funds reduced to probably less than half OF
tho amount specified. The amount on hand cannot be specifically
stated until the settlement and adjustment of the debts due OH old
bonds now in progress is completed.
We regret that the benevolent operations of the Society must
for a while, be stayed as by the Constitution tho Society is so re-
scricted that it cannot make appropriations while tho capital al
interest is less than ten thousand dollars.
January, 1870.
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BYLAWS.

l. The anniversary meetings shall DO held on the last FRIDAY
in January of every year, at the Upper Long-Cune Church.
9. A member refusing to serve in any Office, or upon any COM
mitteo to which he may have been elected or appolntcd, snail DC
fnod in tho discretion of the Society not exceeding two dollars
except any member who shall have faithfully served H. my OF tho
offices for the full term of office, who shall not AGAINST his con-
senU be required to serve in amy Office for the next term.
8. An officer for absence at any meeting OF tho Society or inc
Board, or for neglect of any duty assigned to him, or any mcll-
Der for neglecting to attend a meeting of any committee upon
committed to him, may DO fined in the discretion of the Society
not exceeding two dollars, over and above his liability Tor III dam
ages which accrue from his neglect.
i. No member, except in committee Of the whole, shall be per,
mittcd to speak more than twice to the same question on the same
day, unless with the consent of q majority to explain himself.
Every member speaking shall address himself to the chair, con on
fine himself to the subject under discussion, avoid all pcrsonali-
tics and offensive expressions, and DO silent when ordered by the
chair.
5. The Secretary shall inform every chairman of a committee
who may not have boen present at tho appointment OF the CON-
mittcc Of his appointment, of tho names of the committee, ana OF
the subject referred to them. Tho chairman Of every committee
shall appoint the tine and place for tho first meeting Of the COM
nlittcc, and summon the other members to attend.
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There Is n man in curtnwn,
And he is wondrouS wise.
Whenever he hath goods 10 sell
He straight doth advertise.
And when he finds his goods nre gone,
With all his EliEht and main
He hurrirS In another lot
TO advertise again.

Full STocN.-Scal & Mc1lwainc have Just
received by the carload, Cincinnati Buggics.
P%liaetnns and Double Spring Wagons, which
they will sell low low for the money. These
vehicles arc built Of the best material. and In
thu latest styles. They nrc cheap. durable.
good. and worth more than the money that
will buy them. No such bargains In this line
were ever Offered to the Abbevillc public ln.
fore. Come quick, before they are taken, for
any Judge of good work and material Will buy
on sight. u
We have n good many names on our books
OF subscribers who have prpmiscl to pay, but
have not dorc so. We have waitc'l on them
three months. From this Issue all unpaid
subscriptions will be discontinued, and our
subscription list brought down to cash basis.
Darlington NcwS.
ToBAcro AND C1GARs.-Mr. James NJ. Law
son has Just received q large supply of the
best cigars and tobacco, which he Is retailing
at low prices. He keeps the headquarters for
such goods. II
Messrs. w. Joel Smith & Son, have q guam
tity Of acid, which they are offering on &C
colnmodating terms.
II you want to make a big crop of cotton call
OH MeSsrS. w. Joel Smith d son, and get sup
piled With acid, which should be compOstcd
with an equal In weight Of cotton seed. DO
this and make farming profitable. Don't use
the acid without composing.
A sensible writer, who knows how 1t is, says
GLOW often Is 1t the wet spell and the dry
spell get the credit Of bringing about short
crops when the lazy spell and the 'rx,rav-
agant spell had rs much TO do with the short
crop as the weather did,
INCREASING CIRCULATION. Within the
past two weeks, thirty new subscribers have
been entered on our mali books. We try
very hard TO please Our patrons, and If every
man in Grcenville county will take our paper
and pay for 1t, the Increased patronage there
BY brought will enable us to aspire for the
leadership in the weekly journalism of the
Stntc.-GreenviNe Enterprise and lMounMineer.
-FOUR AT A BIRTH.-It Is stated that Ia COL
orcd, woman living near Piedmont Factory
gave birth or last Friday to four children,
three of whom were living at last accounts
one having been born dead or died very soon
after birth.-Grcenuiiie Mountuinccr.
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Uneasy Preachers.

Hardly a month passes without some religious sect being
startled Lv the announcement that one of its ministers has found
himself unable to remain longer in accord with the particular
formula Of faith to which he has hitherto subscribed. Sometimes
he goes into another communion, frequently he starts an indie
pendent church, occasionally he abandons the clerical profession
for some other, but whatever his course he goes temporarily u-
der a cloud and is regarded doubtfully by sinners as well as Chris
tans. Even the people who are most liberal in matters theologi;;
cal are inclined to regard such a mans conduct az mistaken, and
their reasons arc worthy of the thoughtful consideration OF uneasy
preachers. Even in the churches whose crceds are most rigid and
exactins the great majority of tho members attach more iimpor;;
more by what they, do than what they say; A commitment is
not Judged so much by his faith as by his life, and the member
who stands highest in the regard of his brother communicates and
of those of other sects Is not the man who is stoutest in defence OF
his faith, but he who proves his faith by his works. The artist is
not Judged by his brush but by the picture he paints with it, and a
preachers creed is never questioned while in his sermons he ma6es
vice hidcous and virtue lovable. There are hundreds of great
minds who every Sunday expound the philosophy of their creeds
to empty pews; their ~neighbors who preach the morality that Is
without selfishness are tho men who crowd churches. 1t Is i'm
possible for a man of intellectual nature to consider his abstract
principles: but a tree is proved by it's fruits, not by its seed.
when a minister's creed troubles him let him stop talking about
it; NOBODY will miss what he leaves unsaid. If ho cannot recon-
cMe principles that arc in his best moments far above his compre-
hcnsion he can always find ease in being moro attentive to the poor
and the troubled. in moro earnest work to keep the y young people
of his congregation ont of mischief and in turning older people
from the errors Of their daily life. Even if he doubts whether he
knows all about tho next world he can find so much to do in inn
proving tho present moral condition of his parishioners that he
will have no time to trouble his mind about the world TO COME
NCW YORK Herald.
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Hand.

A correspondent Of the Union Times writes
q very sensible article for that paper on the
subject OF the hand, M closes with a few re-
marks on hand-shaking. We all know the
pleasure Of receiving q cordial grasp Of the
hand OF him whose heart Is warm and true,
while we are not less impressed by the disa-
greeable touch of the cold hand OF another
which is merely extended that you may grasp
1t. There are men whose hands we love TO
take, while there are other men who's hands
we lnvo!untarily avoid, whent the proprieties
OF the occasion admit Of our doing so. The
correspondent of the Times closes his article
with these remarks:
Each faculty, sentiment and propcnsitv ~
the human mind has its natural language in
action. There is a significance in h ediNerent
modes OF shaking hands, which indicates. so
person. How much do we learn of a man or
woman by the shake OF the hand? Is the
grasp warm, ardent and vigorous? 50 is the
disposition. Is it cool. formal and without
electrical and animating? the disposition Is
the same. AS We shake hands SO we feel, and
so we are. Much OF our true character is re
vcaled in shaking hands. But why do We
shake handsat all? 1t is q very o!d-fuShioued
way of indicating fricndshid. We read in tho
Bible that "Jchu said to JehoHadab: Is Thy
heart right as my heart Is with thine heart:
If it be, give me thine hand" Time was, In
the old country, when aristocracy deigncd t
extend Il single finger, or, Mt most two, to be
shaken by humble democracy. Even now We
boar of instances In which the ofiensc Is re
pcatcd. 1t is an indignity which no true mar
mcnt and trne certility give IT, whole hand
and respond cordially, 4 81 all. This /.
equivalent TO saying, You are welcome; OF
when parting, Adiec! God 10 with you"
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The Society shall be known by its corporate name of THE
consist OF an indefinite number Of members, and shall not cease t
exist while five members remain"
ARTICLE II.
Tho regular bounds of the Society shall extend to The distance
of ten miles from the Upper Long.Cano Church.
ARTICLE III.
An anniversary meeting shall be held once a year; and if q
majority Of lie oaiieeTs shat! dnl it necessary for tie transaction si
ssna ssSba tES~ mh shs b RSiH'' Settle sa r sSs s S5nRifEp BE- I psr Z ;G sns9s, With; E"
i 5 bs %S; nsr 81 RSss give" to ~ Il! !I the HSSIsss residing e . Within lie
and less than u majority Of all tho members, living within the
ton Of any business.
ARTICLE w.
The officers shall be a President, a Vice President, a Secretary
and q Treasurer, to be elected at every very, anniversary nm meeting when
the next anniversary meeting, and until Successors shall be chosen,
s eisIlS to d SSsfstss a ta t the pe ST sits s"a Of to t RPsnd'F Fesp al! tive Sut is aa dsf:
sSs . the 1t general powers and duties contained in this Constitution
ARTICLE V.
refusal to serve, or removal from the bounds Of any officer, the
r Femaintng C of tSo t saS of oPp Office, u unless ess'a an interme sMat IL meeting is
shall be had, in which case an election shall be held to provide for
President, the Vice President shall assume that office, and the sub
stitute become Vice-President.
ARTICLE VI.
place of any officer who may be absent at any meeting, except the
place of President which shall be taken by the wee ,d RESIDENT II
he he present, and q vice. resident d q temporarily electeu.
ARTICLE VII
All elections shall be by ballot, and a majority of the votes OF
the members present shall be necessary to a choice.
ARTICLE VIII.
The President, Or in case of vacancy or absence, the Vice-Pres-
idcnt become President, Shall preside ut the meetings of tho Socie-
ty and Of the board of officers; preserve order; appoint commit
tees; supervise the minutes and the accounts oi the Treasurer
sigh all orders on the Treasurer, and charge himself with u gene
raj superintendent over the interests of the Society at all times
between its meetings.
ARTICLE IN.
The Treasurer shall receive and pay out all moneys; preserve
all the cash, bonds, notes, ~title-papers, mortgages, securities and
other property of tho Society; keep an exact account Of his ro-
reipts and expenditures, and submit to the Society at every ami
versary meeting a report of the money transactions which have
taken place since the last anniversary meeting, and 4 schedule OF
tho funds. evidences of debt and property i'll his hands, with such
remarks concerning them Us ho may deem proper.
ARTICLE X.
The Treasurer shall, as soon as elected, give bond with APP
nroved security to tho Society, in the penalty OF twice tho value of
all the moneys, bonds and other property then delivered Into bis
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THE foregoing was prepared as a Preface in 1870, when it was
determined to have a reprint OF the Constitution but owing to the
financial difficulties Of the Society and other satisfactory reasons
The intention to reprint was not carried into effect. At the meet
ing in 1881 it was ordered that The resolution of 1870 be carried out,
and that the Secretary have reprinted under his superintendence
at least fifty copies, Of the Constitution and all matters mentioned
in the resolution of 1870, together with such additions as will con-
;inue the history of the Society up to the present time.
Many bonds of the Society had to lie settled by compromise
bonds still remain unadjusted, so that it is impossible now to state
with certainty what the Society is worth. But the Board of Off,
GERS think that they are gradually getting these matters brought
into sucl, a state of adjustment that we hope that ere long we will
oring, the Society rejoices in the fact that it now not only can con-
slider questions of benevolencc according to its charter, but aid in
their execution.
Since 1874 the appropriations in aid of the Gospel have amount
cd to 81; 3OO-no appropriations being made between 1853 and 1874.
So far as memory serves, since 1882 the Society has had no ad-
dition to its funds beyond the accumulation by interest and the
annual contributions of members except a legacy Of $4,000 by Will
liam Icsly, Sr., n donation from John r. Wilson of one year,
commissions due him as Treasurer, amounting to about 5000, and
q donation of $500 from james II. Baskin, Esq.
January 81, 1851,
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TIE p LONG CANE SOCIETy
OF ABBEVILLE DISTRICT.

THIS SOCIETY was formed in 1893, by most Of the members
then belonging to the Upper LongCane Congregation of Preshy.
terians, i'll the ncishborhood Of Abbcvillc Court House, associatipg
themselves to rrovide a permanent fund for the support of The
Gospel in their Congregation, and for works of bcncvolence among
themselves, so as to place these great objects above the difficulties
and vicisstudcs which the tucuation III society and the incon-
venicnccs of a new country them occasioncd.
The Society was incorporated in 1899. 1t at first consisted o
35 members, and in a few years increased TO about GO; but the
number was soon reduced by Withdrawals, removals and deaths,
50 that for the last twenty years it has been generally below 81, at
which it now stands. In this course of time the original contribu'
ton of $50 has, from the payment by each member OF 81 Il year,
and from the accumulation by compound interest, gradually in
creased, so that Gnclnding a legacy of $50 from Major John Bowie,
and various other small donations amounting to about $50 morc)
it amounted, on the = day of March, 1852, to Ss,o09.s2, bearing in
.tcrest from that day, over and above $500 expended in aiding the
support Of a clcrgyman, and all other expenditures.
Most Of the members of the Congregation, for many years past
have neglected to join the Society, and the latter, having always
been a wholly distinct body from the Upper Long Cane Congrega-
ton, is now connected with it only by the circumstance that most
of the molnbers of the Society are also members of tho Congrcga-
ton, although composing q minority III it.
The present members of the Society having fully experienced
the great benefit Of The plan heretofore pursued in its management
and finding themselves now become tho stewards of Il considera-
BILE fund, to be faithfully husbanded and expended, upon the OBJ
jects Of their association, haye new-modeled their rules to suit the
present condition of the country and Of the Society, and directed
them to be published with the matters herein accompanying them.
March ?, 1882.
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Garneld'S Cabinet.

WASHINGTON. March 5.-President Gar
field this afternoon sent to the Senate the FOL
lowing nominations
James &. Blaine, Of Maine, Secretary o.
State.
William Window, Of Minnesota, Secretary
of the Treasury.
Wayne McEeagh, of Pennsylvania, Attor
ney General.
Thomas l.. james, OF New York, Postmas'
ter General.
Samuel ]. Kirkwood, Of Iowa, Secretary o.
the Interior.
Robert r. Lincoln, Of Illinois, Secretary o.
War.
William II. Hunt, Of Louisiana, Secretary
Of the Navy.
The Senate received these nominations al
3:o5 2. NJ. and immediately, OH motion OF
Cameron, OF Pennsylvania, went into execu'
tive session.
The Senate, In executive session, confirmed
the nomination of oil the Cabinet.
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The McKcttrick Case.

We print elsewhere in our columns the de-
cision OF the Supreme Court in the case OF
The State rs. George Med. McKettrick. This
case excited n good deal OF Interest ut the trial
h re in September, 1879. AMI we hope our read
ers will find the opinion Of the Court inter.
csting. McKettricS's counsel, Mr.. w. c. Ben
ct, appealed from the order and rulings OF
Judge Presley, the main ground Of appeal
being that the Circuit Court lad no jurisdic-
ton to try simple assault and battery, and
that unless the otfense is one OF q high and
aggravated nature it must be tried in the Trial
Justices Court. The Supreme Court has sus-
tanned MIR. Benet's position. The decision Is
one of great interest and importance, espe-
cially to Trial Justices and Solicitors. 1t Is
an able decision and has the hone of being
the first opinion written by Chief Justice
Simpson. And rs such it is a sure proof that
His Honor, the Chief Justice. IS the right man
in the right place.
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Louisville CJurtcr-Journal

President Garield's Inaugural! address pre-
sent aStriking contrast to thato MIR. HcycS's
four years ago. 1t abounds in strong and Wig
orouS thought. 1t comes as from u man who
knows where he stands, knows what his duty
Is and means to do IL though the heavens fall.
There is Al abScnSe Of partisan colOring and
O plausible consciousness that the great Onlcc
he holds must not be prostitutedt to base party
purposes. There is evidence than the man
knows that the country wants rest from Sec.
tional unrest, sectional bitterness, and that as
far as in him lies will labor to that end. His
reference TO the South will hardly satisfy the
extreme men of his party. His asSereraiion
Of the permanent supremacy OF the Union
will meet with general acquieScence rs will
also his assertion Of the autonomy OF the
States and the binding nature of the COnsti-
tuition and laws made in pursuance thereof
this is Democratic doctrine, and on thai
ground every Democrat must sincerely desire
that Garfield will continue 10 stand.
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The Towering Rage OF the Conkling.
Cameron Clan.-.Senator Paddock
and the Treasury Girls.

WASHINGTON. March 7.-When the name
II MacEeagh was read in the Senate on Sat
urday, 1t Is reported that Cameron broke
into n passion and used language not lit fol
ears polite. Both Conkllng and Cameron al
a dinner party on Saturday night damned
the new administration In a very pointed
and profane style. AS Conkling rarely uses
such language 1t Is inferred that Garfield has
In some way triticd with his feelings.
The fact is the more Conkiing thinks 1t MI
over the more enraged he BECOMES. The diff
ference between his position now and former
ly Is that his displeasure only cxcitcs rldl'
Guile. Senators Logan, Cameron and Conk.
ling had n long conference with Grant al
Wizards tonight. The call Is said to have
been OF n friendly Stalwart nature, but II ex-
cites considerable curiosity.
senator Paddock. OF Nebraska, was this
evening made the recipient Of n magnificent
bouquet at the hands OF thirteen hundred
ladies OF the Government printing office, as q
testimonial OF his services In the passage Of q
resolution giving them pay Tor the holiday
the same rs the Government clerks.