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A GROWING GIANT.
Interest Never Slecps-Some Import
ant Facts and Figures.

The suhioined statements. showing In q variety OF
forms the rapid increase arising from interest (rent or
usury being very neatly s~ynonym"iis terms) cliarge for
u lecture that was delivered in Association Hall. New
York, BY Wallace p. Groom, on the Currency Needs
Of omnierce"-contain much 'luUd for thought for
all classes, old or young. man or woman, employer or
employed; for interest affects the price of every com.
nudity In the mort vital mnnier.
Many carelossly infer that the increase OF money OF
six per cent Is Just thrice as rapid Hb at three per
cent; but in reality the increased Is vastly more rapid
than this. In one hundred years, Mt six Ter cent, the
increase Cd any given sum is about eighteen times as
much rs ut thrc. pr cent
II one dollar be invested and the interest added t.,
the principal annually. at the rates. named, we shall
have the following result as the accumulation Of one
hundred yerls:
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ONE DOLLAR, ONE HrSpED YEARS.

There are probably few, however familiar with the
subject VI the rapid increase of capital put at interest,
who would hot be startled ut the statement that the
cost Of the outfit Of Christopher Columbus In bis hrst
voyage OF discovery, pat at interest at six per cont,
would by this tim have amounted to more than the
the accumula,ions from the industry Of all who have
lived upon it. lf any douh: this, let them reckon the
amount, estimating the entire outfit to have Gust only
tho small sum Of Ave thousand dollars, and renlcln-
BERN. that money dUnbles, at ak per cent. In q little
IesS than twelve years-or accurately. In eleven years,
ten months, and twenty-one days. Allowing II TO
double every twelve years, this Ave thousand dollars
ut interest ut six Per cent. since 1892. It will DO found,
would have amounted to $l7, e95,7 TOO. 70 .OO0; which
estimating the population Of the entire continent ol
America North and Suutb) to be eighty.Rve millions,
or seventeen million families (averaSing aye members
each), would give more than y million dollars rs the
pussossiun OF every one Uf those. The interest upon
n million dollars as tho posscssion Of every me Of
these. The interest upon u million dollars At BLK per
cent. Is sixty Thousand dollars, which would now be
the princely annual income of ench of these seventeen
million families from the accommodations up to this
time upon 50 small q sum as that named for the outfit
of the discoverer. In lIildreth's History Of the Unit
I'd States" it IS STATED that Manhattan Island-aftcr.
ward call New Amsterdam, now the city OF New York
-was bought by tho Dutch from the Indians for sixty
guilders, or twenty-iour dollars ($24l and this only
ubout two hundred and fifty years ago And yet, If
the purchasers could have securely placed that $A
interest ut the rute Of per cent, the accumulation
would exceed the present market value OF oil the real
estut- of the city and county Of New York.
Again, II Is man at the age Of twenty-five should
commence business with n c%alitnl uf"nc hundred thous
and dollars. aud could by any possibility aid thereto
interest ut our legal rate Of I per cent annually, the
result would BE- (n round numbers) as follows.
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Tho new lease Of the Cincinnati Southern
-.;, cop,binc with the Knoxville and Carroll
M system of railroads for Southern conhec-
,ions, This will stimulate the iit5un Gapcx-
tensions and rave the way for the Augusta
w.. kDo,,:,lc continuation in Carolina.
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The letter OF Uncle Rufus Hatch, of Wall
s,reot-not the good Mr.. Hatch-toa provin-
c;aI Indy will be found interesting. Those
vho contemplate gambling in Wall street
sto,,,s and cotton futures would do well TO
n.,.d the advice which lie gives in the mat
Sn,.
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St0lbrana at Work.

Last Wednesday, January e, 1851, Colonel
T.. Il. Gary, the lion. D. Wyatt A!kcns attor.
ncy In the contested election case, served his
answer on General Carlos J. Stoltrard where
he was employed as gaugcr, or something OF
that sort, at q Government authorized dlstil-
lcry near Seneca City. in PickcnS county.
Colonel Gary, in speaking OF his visit TO the
quarters OF the Republican aspirant for Com
greSsional honors In the Third Congressional
District, said that he was treated With ali the
po!itene>s and attention which one gentleman
could expect from another.
On the 18Th instant Mr.. Aiken was notified
OF Mr.. S~tolbrund's intention to take tcStlmo-
ny. From the promptncsS with which the
work has commenced, we have no doubt that
The full time, forty days, allowed will be used
in a vigorous search for irregularities in the
recent election. The law regulating contested
cases will give Mr.. Stolbrand forty days from
the date OF notice, the 10Th; after that, Mr.. Al.
ken has forty days IN which to rciutc the tcs-
1imony taken IN Mr.. Stolbrand's Interest.
Stolbrand then has ten days torc2ly. SO that
in ninety days from the 2jth of January the
whole Of the testimony must be taken and
sent to the Clerk Of the House Of Representa-
tlvcs at Washington.
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These heavy roads require n good wagon.
Get one OF the Ce.ehrarcd Milburn Wagons
from Mr.. J. W. Robertson.
Mr.. j. w. Robertson has received Il car load
o! the Celebrated Milburn Wagons, which he
Oilers for sule cheap.
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WE notice In the Register q paragraph sta
ting that Hobbs rs actively at work in Column
bia. taking testimony IN the case Of Sto!brand
against Aiken. We may expect that person
10 appear in Abbevillc at an early day. when
n choice set Of negroes will no doubt flock to
his assistance. Let our people watch the
movements OF their enemies who may swear
with
them. A:man who would attempt 10 convict
unjustly any citizen Of crime, IS no better
than all assassin, and he should be looked al
ter. The miserable dupes cannot swear Sc
cretly. We will have an opportunity OF
knowing what they do, and If we do not re-
sent it, we will less brave than we have
credit for. A man who from personal dislike
attacks another in this covert way is a public
enemy to the peace of the country and he
should meet his Just deserts. We hope that
orr young men may commit no personal vio-
lencc or insult to such people, hut that they
jndict them for any false swearing they may
do. False swearing is a grave offence, and We
should be ready not only to dlSprove false
hoods, but to indict and punish them 10y the
law. We had as many witnesses at the cleo
t!on as they did, and We should make 1t hot
for pcrjurcrs. There ought to bc q hereafter
for such people.
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rUR ONLY WAY.

What, thsn, are we to do! There Is but one way to
bring them Into unity AMI thIt is BY bringing tnem
into unity Of thoughts ir"in the insid': You cannot
mike u light in q mans presence that be WIN not sec
Il, Even If he shu,s Mo eyes be viii nulice the dill
ference. You cannot present beauty to men aud they
not admire 1t, You cannot See nOule Christian men,
who live in tranucrndrnt heroism all their life long,
singing in Tho household, cholring H. the congregation,
And moving to and fro with blessings for everybody,
and not we'll nigh reverS them. Their very presence
is Il picture of beauty, and their pushing BY Is o. thu
fragrance of Huwers. You cannot have Seauty In life
and have ulgn hate II, or reIuse to bs in alliance with
II; and II you kin,lIe 1t in churches they will c"ine ".
g.ther Just Us much rs It ID posaiblc ior people to come
together. T..
Il Is OF making them chant the same hymns, IT In
no, making then. oay A, b., &, altogether. that makes
this or lh.; school. The true creed 81 my church Is
The Wa, It's Members live. The true Gospel of any de-
nomination is the uttainuent which it makes In the de-
vrlupuIuut Of holy Christian dispositions. When 1t
comes to that we are very ninb!u 10 delend ourselves
and We have pimblr Instruments OF 1ur by which 10
altuck our neighbours on the subject. Here denolninn-
tiuns wage fight; but once let the orthodoxy OF q
church sti nd III its new spiritual life, aud In the rxal-
tutIun of ito members, and NO weapon III t Is formed
against II shall prosper. Nothing can keep apart 'hen
who ur d, lawn together by the saIrr spirit that drawo
them TO their common Head, Jrsus Christ.
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The outlook for tho future of tho Columbia
~. lhco'o%ical Seminary IL said to he very
Encouraging. More than Slj,HU have been
raised for the endowment of the seminary,
ana The Kew. j. Is. Mack, ID. d., was appoint
ca financial agent for two years to push the
schcII"a and secure funds for the
relief OF the school. The board has deferred
sh* election Of u professor to tho anlIal meet
ing In May next. The Seminary has now
Sll0,W invested funds.
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Tie "no fence is gradually creeping on US
and there Is no iSc to Try to stem the Tue OF
pubic sentiment which is dairy growing IN
It's favor. We believe IL will In The cou;sc Oh
Il few years include the limits OF Lancaster
County, Lancaster Ledger.
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Notice..

nwING to the bad weather and high water
~ there will be another examination Of
on Friday 18th February, at Abbc-
willie, I'D o'clock 4. ". -,
Teachers who have been examined will coll
ut School Commissioners Office for their crr-
t~iticaics. or enclose II stamp to him, II they
wish 1t sent by mall.
L. COWAN,
W. G.. BENrT,
X. \. PRATT,
Examining Eoard.
january o., 1881, Ct
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SAVANNAH VALLEY RAILROAD.
The Contract for Grading Twenty Miles
OF the Line Let Ont at a Fair Figure.

ANDERSON, January 2S.-The directors OF
the savannah Valley Railroad Company met
mere to-day and let out a contract for grading
the hrSt twenty miles OF the road at a very
low price. The first two miles, which have Il
PrcttS heavy grade were taken at Sl.2D per
hiie, ana the other eighteen miles at $50 per
ihile. AZ this ate the road cun be graded cas-
ny Tor the amount voted.
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v,HEsE WORKS WERE ESTABLISHED
in lS47 by Messrs. Geo. Sinclair and james
Anderson and purchased by me in the ycnr
lS58, aud from that time TN now carried on
suceessi.lIy by by mysrls Ny friends adsa and and Gus Gus
pendous Jobs executed by me. 1t was Mt my
works where. the largest and almost only job
Of It's class ever executed In this city wasd0ne,
VIZ: the making OF the pipes for the City
OF BELL FOUNDING. can say that I have
made the largest bells ever cast In the state,
such az the bell for the City Hall in Columbia.
RAJ WORK, COLUMNS for store fronts, IL
large and various, and in Ratings for Bal
comics, Gardens and Cemeteries ] have tho
largest variety and most modern patterns;
many Of these are patented and I have pur-
chased the right for this State. >.
/ II the machine line can furnish my ps-,
irons with STEAM ENGINES and BOILERS
SAW MILLS nave carried off the prize at ev-
cry state Fair held IN thisc city, and IN thair
construction / have taken pains to combine
simnlislty with the most useful modern I'm,
CIRCULAR SAW MILLS find favor with ey-
cry sawyer who understands his business.
The many orders ! am steadily receiving for
appreciate the mills Of my make. and SO It is
with my GEARING for HORSE POWERS,
GIN WHEELS, GRIsT MILLS and other
/ have the manufacturing right of many
PATENTS, such as castings for ROCK COT
TON AND HAY PRESS and three or four
different FEED CUTTERS and other tmple-
ments.
I will be pleased to send my circulars to any
applicant, together with price list or estimate.
Ny prices arc moderate, and I assure the pub
lie that they are lower even than those Of
Northern manufacturers, and that my work
will compare favorably with that o! any 9TH
er maker. Address
John Alexander,
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Sto.braud Makes His Appointments.

The fullOwtn. notice will explain ttSrlL. 1t
will be seen that he or his attorney will be at
Greenwood on the on the 2lst. 22d and sd Of
this month. 1T present no other appoint
men, IS announced for this county, but We
presume II ri he will come TO Abbeville {. d.
Let our people look we'll after those VINO
are attempting 10 get US into trouble. Sto:'
brand, ii was reported, promised oeiore the
election that he would, If defeated, contest its
validity If he got but two votes. and lie Is
Keeping his word:
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
ThIRr uSGRESsIoNAL DISTRICT.
In the Matter OF Contest In the Forty-sevcnth
Congress-.
Carlos J. Stolhranh,
against mUny AID I'el!osi-
d. Wyatt Aiken. Dcft. lions ol Witnesses.
Returned Member.
The Hon. y. Wyatt .Aikcn:
Take notice tt,at the undersigned Will pro-
coed to take testimony ana dcp"sliiolis IN tMe
above stated cause. before the following oifi-
GERS, on the fDliowing dates, and Mt the iol'o"-
places, TO VII:
: Fir>t.-Thc witnesses To he examined at each
place are lst, The Republican Supervisors OF
Election for the county in which the place is:
and 2d. The Republican poli-walrlierS ana
ticket distributors; and sd. livery Ecpubiic'n
voter In general.
Scroni.-Thc officers before whom said Dc
positions and testimony will be- taken. are l..
:. commissioners l.. VI. Stocbcr und --
E:lStOn. -,
Third.-Said dcpositions and testimony will
he taken at the following times and places;
lSt, Columbia. Richlanl CO., january Si>t ana
February l., 1881; Nrwhcr.y {. H.. NewbeTry
Co., February 81, :. .. 10. Ii and i2. ISL; ia.
lappa, Ncwbcrry Co.. February ~, II ana IL,
ISL; inurenS e.. H., iaurens Co, February II,
Is, Ii, II, Is and -, lSl. Martins Dcrot: lilu-
rens Co, February Il, Is and 10. 1851 Greer
wood. February y. - and y. 1881; IitkrnSC.
H.. Picxens CO.. March l and2, ISL: Walha!la,
Ocouer Co March and !, 1881 Anderson 1.
H., Anderson Co., March 5 and Z, 1881: Lex
irston L. H.. Lexington Co.. MARGINS. 1871.
Euurth.--ThiS contestant Will be ana appear
by attorney at the aforesaid times ana places.
Co. John +. Hobbs is the retained and au'
~tloriZeI attorney.
Fifth.-ihe undersigned and contestant
herein agrees. if cnncurrcd in by the returned
member, that each party contestant and re-
turned mcmbcr shall proceed to take me les
iimony and deposition of witnesses without
notice to the opposite PARTY. or without me
appearance Of The opposite party, either IN
pei son Or by attorney. to cross-@Aa:nlhe Wit
icSsCS.
tSigncU CARLOS }. ~Tol1RASp,
Jauau! V e. 1851. Contestant.
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TIE RREAkiSG OF THE MORNING.
Ii " - l.,

And now, brethren, l shall die. / have been a hew-
er Ut wood sud a currier Of water. un not In the
slightest degree pulled up with any conc. pli"n OF my
own impurtancu In my time. uin unspraSably CRATE
full to lave been permitted to do IL lutte. But oh, l
have such Il srise VI The movement 81 God Upon tho
whole eurthl | see that the murning IL cunning, and
TINT the truth is breaking the bars Of night, nut be.
cause l%hupprned t" Gel up u little earlier tnan you did,
but because God is working. The morning Is coming
by reason Of the revolution VI the earth. nave such
u sense Uf tho 0utpourinG and the oncominS u tho d.
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You might lake away nl the medieval hanle work
OF the Roman church you might take away sli tue
n. WY -lushiuned fiuine~ Urk OF the Anglican clurch;
you might take away all the laws of the Cal.ihistio
nm. Arm, nlan systrms vi theology Iol might take
away Irrtly much oil the ordinances Of The churches,
and get all CIR. s.isns To write their naines In blood, u
it wer. necessary, in league and covenant that they
would come together In unity, by q sinking Of all
tho u things that tended to sela,ats them; and u bu-
nun nature WAS not changed they would not b. one
particle n. arer together, and there would be no inore
Il nit, than there was before. Iheie can be no Unity
In III, re ju1tupusitiou. You cannUt crowd neh togrth-
er In lhut way. You cannot have unity OF ci'urche:
in the sense that every Christian on The globe will
accept what every Uther Christian does. You have
gut 10 meet on different days, IL different HOUSES.
There cnn be No physical unity. You can never b.
united by calling yourselves oil Catholics, or gu
proleslants. The Catholic thinks he has unity. In
some respects hu has q technical, theological, dynastic
unity; but iur the most part he has no more unity
than we have. The Professionals are broken up INTO
sects, It 10 said. Yes, you would think SO to bar
then, %squabble. Yet there 10 no more real unity
among the Catholics than there 10 among the Prot o.
ants. All at,eu,pts to produce unity from the outside
are vain and foolish md even II The Impossible
should become u possibility 1t would not BE- worth tie
having.
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At some future time we van to write some
thing on the importance of the recent deci-
sion in the JcT David case. The Supreme
Conrt in tina, decision opens the door OF the
penitcntiary to every convict who may be
able to present ufter-discovcrcd evidence SUI
iicient to warrant the Circuit Judge In grant
irc q new trial. The decision having so re-
Gently been delivered, jeff David will not be
tried until the June Term.
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This week We present OUT readers with one
of Bcccler's peculiar octrinal crlnons which
will be found both interesting and instructive
to all who may give it o reading.
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GLORIOUS NEWS!
FOR PIANO BUYERS.

, ARGE Reduction In prices of the Mvoriie
~"SoUTnERN GEN. the most popular Fl.
amos in America. Over 5U,MD now In use.
Sold by US for 10 years past With splendid sat.
isfaction. ! Oct. large size, Rosewood case,
great volume OF tone, only 500. rs Oct,
Square Grand, 8 strings, Magnificent Case
(Iinest madsy. only $50. Stool "nd Cover with
eaah. At these prices the hest and cheapest
Pianos ever sold by any dealer North or South
Is days test trial; 6 Year, guarantee. Easy
InStallmcnts, with small increase on cash
rates. Buy u Southern Gem, and you ire alb
soiutcly ccrtuIn Of getting a bar.ain and Il
r. liable Piano. Address, for Full 1880 Price
List and Catalogues, LuDDEN & BATES
Southern Music House, savannah, Ga.
Jan, 2G, 1851, 2t
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There came together, not long ago, q great oonven'
ton Of very noble nen-lhe Pan Presbyterian C0uu'
ell: and in their deliberations 1t was drbated whether
there should be IN attempt made to restate the creedt
of the Presbyterian Church substar tally the West
minister Confession, md they concluded not to med
die with 1t, but to let 1t stand, aud dis persed and won
their several ways home.
There wat cnnvokrtl. not a great while after, what Ia
called the Trienniul Council Of the Congregational
churches. Professor Smythc, "f Andover, read u long
and very able essay to show that the Congregations
churches ought IL have u new creed nnh utter debate
IL was resolved that steps should DO taken for making
a rev creed. A cuminittcr III seven WIS appointed Dy
the Council, not tn make The creed, but TO select the
creed Twtnty.flv Is the number, l think,
thut are to be called into council.
Now, it, is to be remembered that the Congregation
al Churches " New England, and centrally oi the
United States, are substantially III ngrcrinrnt with the
Presbyterians In holding truths formulated IN Inc
Westminster and Savoy Confessions Of filth. The
Two yreut platforms Of New Englard nrc substantially
the Suyoy Confession and the Catccltsin The Longer
md Shorter Catrchisms have been substantially those
Of til. Westminster Comic ssinh or Assembly.
The CONGREGATIONAL churches then, ~ represented
In their great TrirnnInl Council, unqutstinnAbly said,
by this nctI0n, that these confessions OF faith 40 not
any longer perfectly express divine truth. l think
that may be said /" no u very lair Inference: lhey
have substanli lily declared t nj The minds OF tn" p'o,
bic to-day need t. he Illuminated by u reconstructed
statement Of religious truth. We'll, that Is q good
dcal-a 0ood deal.
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(Nr,p York Sum-

Now" said Mr.. Rufus Hatch, Of Wall
street, " tins Is L genuine letter. Truth Is
Slrans or than fiction. There are 100 brokers.
members of the Stock Exchange. and each
one receives more or Less similar letters from
the rural districts. And that's Why We cali
dine at DclnIOnico's.'
well, did you answer the letter? ?" a1r.
Hatch Was asked.
"Uf course | did," he replied. johnson,
get me the copy that ! wrote last night"
The aMsNYcr was as follows:
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The Calvinist!c-the Presbytcr'an-church holds
that having subordinatrd all history and ext rnnl ele-
ments and mad, them merely the servants Of the
church, they have a better declaration vi Gods truth
and will than any other church. and that within the
SCOPE Of their b~ellevings q man 10 q great deal saier
and o great deal nearer 10 duty nnd to God than be
could Dc else where. If 1t could BE- shown that human
nature generally hud risen higher within thuse limits
than any where else, there would be a Yer, strong pre-.
sumption In favor OF their statement; but 1t IL not
enough that there are here and there stately growths
these are In every community. ! Is not enough
that you point out much that Is good and admirable
there are saints belonging 10 almost every sect In the
world. But Is there such o Characteristic difference
10 that they stand. rs compared with other sects, In
the consent of oil men. abUve oil Oihersl Differences
Of degrea are recognizable. You could not make a
community believe that the vine wss q stately, strong
oak tree Of centuries; you GUILD not make IIrn be-
lleve that any number OF candles In d dwelling were
like the run In light md in %Btrengih; y"l could not
make u community believe TINT this, that, or the other
sect had such IN advantage Ov. oil others that the
men and women In this sect stood head and shoulders
above people in general. There 10 no such difference
In sects. When you como IN Look into the actual re.
lations VI denominations TO one another they ore very
largely relying upon organization, upon ordinances.
upon philosophical statements, upon doctrines, upon
historic md external conditions, In their assumption
of superior ranks one over another whereas the Word
q; Gud still sounds Its note, = Circumcision or uncir.
cumcision, baptism or no baptism, organization Or no
organization, doctrine or no doctrine, It Is tho new
creature creatri. In righteousness In Christ Jesus that
is the Gospel :" and he Is the new creature VIII" Ia this
life rises hight st. shines brightest, and 10 irradiatrd
with the must beauty.