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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1883-06-06
The Profession or journalism.


It may not be generally known that journ.
alism Is the only profession that Is guarded
and protected by special mention in the Con.
Stitutlon OF the United States. The first arti.
Gle Of the amendment to that great charter
OF our rights, which Is the highest law Of the
land, says that Congress shall make no law
abridgiug the freedom OF the Press. In coun-
tries governed by monarchS all newspapers
are under the surveillance of officials, and
Journalists are subject to arrest and punish
for PUBLISHING anything displeasing. to
the Government. But In this free land, where
government is created by the people,
p pers are sentinelS OH the watch-tOwer.
they are expected to sound the alarm
when the liberties or the rights OF the people
In danger from any source whatsoever.
The Journalist also occupies q special place
in the world OF letters. He is expected to
have Il wider range Of knowledge than the
the preacher or any other profession.
He must be prepared at all times to write es-
arguments, jOkeE, poetry md obituaries,
and also descriptions OF marriages, Of funer-
nls, of pic-nics, balls, and religious and pOliti-
cal meetings He Is also expected TO be !amil-
lar with every department of Industry and Of
and to write articles upon a~gricul-
manufactures. and upon the policy Of
the government and the different political
parties. The work of the journalist is there
fore various and sometimes difficult to per-
hut at the same time II Is of n high and
dignificd character and there Is no other pro-
teSsion that Is more honorable, or more fusci-
In many respects than that OF Journ-
lliSm.
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Marriage.

Men and women, says Theodore Parker. and
especially young people. do not know that IL
takes wears 10 completely marry Two heaptS,
nature allows no sudden change. We slope
very gradully from the cradle to the summit
OF life. Marriage is very gradual, a fraction OF
us at Il time.
A happy wcdlock Is q long falling in love.
know young persons think love belongs on
ly to brown hair and plump. round. crimson
checks. SO does It's beginning, Just rs Mount
Washington begins at Boston Bay. But the
golden marriage Is d part OF love when the
bridal day knows nothing Of.
Youth Is the tasscl and silken fowerof love,
age Is the full corn, ripe and solid IN the ear.
Beautiful Is the morning OF love with It's pro-
plctic crimson, violet, purple and gold, with
It's hopes of days that are to come Beautiful
also Is the evening of love, Its glad remcIn.
brances, and Its rainbOw side turned to ward
heaven rs well rs earth.
Young people marry their oppOSiteS In tenn
per and general character. and such Il mar
rage Is generally II good one. They do II IN
stinctively. The young man does not say.
"hly black eyes require to DC wed 70 blue; nnd
modified with somewhat of lnllness aad re-
serve When the opposites come together to
he we'd they do not know II. but each thinks
the other just like himself.
Old people never marry their oppoS1teS:
they marry their similars and from calcu!a.
ton. Each Of these two arraiigemcntsis very
proper. In their long journey these opposttes
VIII 1aIl out OF the way IL great many tiihc''
and both will charm the other back again,
aud by and by they will be agreed rs to the
place they will 60 and the road they Will 90
by and become rcconciled. The man VIII be
noblcr and larger for being associated with So
much humanity unlike himself, and she viii
he n nobler woman for having manhood be-
side her. that seeks to correct her deficiencies
and supply her with " hat she likes, If the al,
verSity be not too great, and there be real
piety and love In their hearts to begin with.
The old bridegroom, having n much shorter
journey 10 take. must associate himself witt
one like himself. \ perfect and complete mar
riagc Is, perhaps as perfect personal beatty
Men and women are married frartionally-
now n small fraction. then u large fraction.
Very few are married totally, and they on
ly, | think, after some forty or fifty years Of
gradual approach and excitement, such q
large and sweet fruit Is a complete marriage
that 1t needs Il winter to mellow ana season
nrnt bctween man and woman Is one Of the
things so very handsome that if the sur
were. as the Greek poets mbled. a God, W
might stop the world In order to feast his eyes
with the spectacle.
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A Herald,S Voice,

1t Is the opinion of the New York Irraid
TINT for fifty years or more 1t was considered
that no Southern planter could be a gentle.
man unless his crop consisted either OF cot
ton, tobacco, sugar or rice. Since the war the
limits nave been enlarged q little, so az TO
take In corn and wheat; but the general Idea
still seems to be that the proper thing In farm
ing Is to raise n large crop OF Il single article
sell the entire yield for cash, and with the
money buy whatever the plantation and Its
tenants require. \ few weeks ago some
North Carolina farmers gathered TO protest
against this sort Of thing and to encourage
one another to raise hay, grain and fodder for
their live stock, vegetables and fruits for their
own tables, and pay enough attention TO cat
tie, sheep, swine and poultry TO be able 10
have a home supply Of moat. After III c nee
cSsary time, labor and money were bestowed
upon these things the reminder might be
dcvotcd to making some single crop for mar
ket. Tho plan Is Il good one, but the south Is
not the only section that needs to put 1t into
At the West thousands OF farmers
devote themselves as exclusively to corn or
Whcat rs the SOutherner does to his laVOrltc
crop, At the same time they pay more for
hams and bacon thar these articles cost In
New York, and they scarcely ever taste fresh
beef; as for poultry and fresh vegetables,
they are as scarce as In mid-0cpan. The farm
ers of this class, no matter what they plant or
how well their crops do. are generally In debt
vision of farming, like subdivision OF labor,
Is profitable in thicltly settled countries,
any surplus may rapidly be exchanged
into almost anything else that Is desired but
is n great blunder In sections where farms
are large, n, ighbors few, and n special trip to
store or market consumes Ut least nall O Jay
Of time.
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Two Hundred Thousand.

It Is estimated that ut least 20n,0O persons
crossed the Brooklyn bridge Sunday. At 10
o'clock in The morning pcui lie were p'edScu
together on the bridge 80 that moving In
either direction was utterly impcssibIe. ana
those who could were compelled to eXtricate
themselves from the crush by climbing from
the footpath over the train to the train: way.
small boys discovered this ut first, and soon
the mode Of progress became general FOR the
ruder sex. Evcnwomen and children climbed
over the dividing lines. \ number Of women
fnintcd during the crash. At ioclock in the
unable to cope with the crowds anxious to
enter, and an extra police force was summon
ed to guard the entrance. Additional barriers
were nut up, but the eager visitors dashed
them aside and streamed through. The police
finally ovcrcame the trespasscrs, and after
half IN hour. during which period OF time M
one was permitted to enter Through the Chat-
ham street gates, the eager multitude was per
United to pass on. The travel over the bridge
Monday was less than one-ha l OF thaL on
Sunday.
The decrease of usine on the Fulton ferry
consequent upon bridge competition. is much
more serious than has been supposed. 4hc
loss Is estimated at from $500 to l,0W per day,
chiefly on teams. The falling of Is notice
than in foot passengers. TIL tremendous
crowd on Sunday has impressed upon tue
trustees the necessity Of at once widening the
approach to the bridge from william street,
and with that view. not only Will the Elerat-
ed Railroad he Obliged to remove It's station
in the vicinity. but the horse railway conf
panicS will have to take up their tracks and
make their tt rlnini Il block or so further eats.
The latter are disposed to resist the PROPOSE
ton rs an Invasion OF chartered rights, but IT
IS q case IN which 1t IS pretty certain resist
nncc In vain.
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%AccidentlY Killed.
Hampton Gudrdidn.l

s'tf' ~" s'A''l
Last Thursday afternoon a colored woman
was killed near Farnville, under the follow
ing circumstances MrSSrs. George Itentz,
Tom Rentz and Willie Common, wishing to
have some sport. took u small rifle and went
to the woods near the residence of DR.. Goethe
TO practice at q target placed against a large
pine tree. They fired several shots, and Mr..
George llentZ firing last, missed the tree.
While examining the target they heard some
one crying out rs If hurt. They ran on about
fifty yards through the thick woods, and conf
ing to a path leading toward town found two
negro women standing V the PROSTATE body
OF Mary Ann Simmons, who had received the
bullet In the centre Of her breast. DIR. Goethe.
the human and skillful physician, heard the
outcray and FASTENED to the spot, but could
do nothing tosave the wornan's life. and she
expired In ten minutes. From the place
where the bullet was fired to the path where
she was found the distance IS about one hum
drcd and fifty yards. and between the target
and path there Is a belt Of very thick woods.
An Inquest was held over the body of the de-
ceased by Coroner J. G. e. Mathews and a
verdict rendered In accordance with the facts.
Mr.. Rem is very much depressed, and deeply
regrets the unfortunate occurrence. He and
his two friends are young men of irreproach-
able character. and would not willfully take
human life. The killing was purely accident
nj. and Seems almoslt an imposib!lity to ono
viewing the distance, the dense growth Of
trees intervening, and the small callbre OF the
rife,
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ACCIDENT on BROOKLYN BRIDGE
A Wild Pane Takes Possession OF
the Multitude and Many Trampled
IN ne0fh.

NEW YORK, May @.-Terrihlc accident oc.
Cured on the Brooklyn bridge Mt half past I
O'Clock to-day. The bridge was crowded to It's
utmost capacity: On the platform at me
Ne York tower the jam became SO great that
many persons tainted. a cry Of distress was
raised ind n dreadful struggle began between
the panic striclle ! crowds coming In East and
West. a number were. 1t is reported; crushed
to death. IN the end the crowd coming rom
the Brooklyn side prevailed aid rushed to.
ward The New York anchorage tramplinE
and children were troddcn under foot, and
falling down the steps leading to the tower
platform were buried under a mass of strug-
Cling humanity many feet high. AS o as
the news of the disaster was conveyed to the
New York station by the onset OF the public
stricken crowd the police were called and the
bridge was closed. The work OF removing
the Crushed and wounded then began. a
number were taken to the city hall police
station and others 10 the Chambers street
Hospital The police report that at least 10 or
Is were killed, but as yet It Is impossible to
say who or how many. OF the Wounded
who are In the city hall station. one b. Reich
crs, a cigar maker Of No. 3S Delaney street,
is now dying. The excitement ut the en-
trance to the bridge IS Intense.
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Voices from SOnth Carolina.
LSouthc1n Cuifirdf0r.

lSOuNcTN JUttttuOT'
Mr.. ?. PC. Chambers. of Darlington. S. c.,
writes as follows to the CutiirofOr: I have
been tempted several times since | have been
taking your valuable agricultural journal. TO
reply to some things / have seen In Its pages.
but being q young farmer / felt that / had not
sufficient experience In farming to begin to
exercise myself on any matter pertaining to
agriculture. I am very fond Of farming. thav-
ing been raised on q 1nrn) and am deeply In
~tereste;i with the idea tdat there Is one very
important thug for us to do rs farmers. 1t
Is 10 have good dirt roads from our farms to
market and rail road stations Now the qnes-
ton arises. low are we to have gOod roiluS.
There certainly mvst be quite n different plan
from the present adopted; to secure them: IN
other words, different laws must be elihcteu by
our Legislature. ] have had some experience
in trying to have public roads worked. having
been for several years overseer, ana later on
elected County commissioner. think l can
tell very well what the present diftitultlesa are.
and what tho remedies are. finu IT. I'M
possible to get the people to work the roads
The most of them Will come out when they
are warned and pretend to work three or four
hours. lust work enough to cause the roads 10
wash away ut the first rain. | think all over
secrs have had n similar experience. Now.
propose to give you Il remedy That Is approved
the best men OF our county. The I.eglSla-
TIRES of our States should impose an addition
tax, sufficient TO have the roads divided Up
into sections OF five miles, more or less. and
ench section to be let out to the lowest rcSpnn-
sible bidder for ono year, to be put and kept IN
repair.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1883-06-06
WEALTHY COLORED MEN.
Some of the Comfortable Fortunes
Accumulated Before and Since the
1Sncciol 10 the CDuricr-J11uul.

rSpeciol to the Comricr-Jo'onol.l
WAsu1SGToS, May 31.-1hc LOungeron inc
Avenue to-day tells the following story !:
'rnose whu see the ty plead rolored ;ltiz"i. IN
the boo;hlack or rs an artistic operator win
tho whilcwnsh brush, will be surprised 10
learn thut anon them. North ana Snu'h, are
some very wealthy men. The richest man Oh
c0.Or In America Is probably MT. AflSii"es
owner before the war, and his income rom
his p1 operty In New OrlG, rs Is not less man
SiD,rO q year. Besides Nails he las Il large
personal estate consisting OF first class S"cuii-
tics. Mr.. Maine Is Il man O: fine ~acrCnln.isn-
mcnts. n graduate Of one OF the best lnHti.u,
lions OF France, and lives abroad ;loonl 'it'i
of each year. Mr.. b. +. .lnEhrrt, OF Lnu,S'nma,
Is another cn!Orcd gentleman nl iaht'>o',t
fortune, and Il former slave ow mel, til9tTl nv
and Mi. Marie were always free. nc ~ SO
nearly white that one would. scarcely take
him to be colored, while MI. Marie IS q very
decided brown. The Dumas, rcre ct us, o.
New Orleans, are very rich. Governor ilncil-
back is also very well off-worth perhaps Il
quarter or Il million. There are half a dozen
others who have from Sl0O,uO0 to Sgp.ou" eacH.
In New York 1 know of at least q uoZsn t nn
orcl mon who nave from $lOO,GN9 TO- SD',Fn'
There are two who arc physicians whose Pro
fesSinnal incomes are S2j,tW0 Il year: MT.
~Itusclle. Il barber In williamsburg, r.; ~, re-
Gently died. leaving nearly hali a m', rn,o y" 1T
lars. Henry Thomas, for years head waiter nv
the Grand Hotel ut Saratoga, and hcaH Wil'Gr
at the Metropolitan Hotel IN NcW loik, Is
worth SlJ,,0H,. DR.. Mcdonald, ol NJ" tH,h'
Is worth sajD, GOO. and Mrs Gloster. Of Brookiyh
is The wcnlthicst OF them all. her fortune DC.
Ing rated ut 81 ,GOO,OO,, John TencykG Is worm II
Sj0N,OUO. The wcal.hicst colored planter IN
America died u year or Two ago. us t",ho
was Ben Montgomery. He began life as 'he
body servant of Gen. Joe Davis, a brolnSr ,h .,
Jefferson Davis. Ben Montgomery ownGu INC i
Hurricane estate, formerly the propeI,S W
Ioscph and Jefferson, in Claiborne county.
Mississippi. III 1853 he bought It Of thcHt
Gentlemen, giving them S'on,HN for II. wltnmmt
thc slaves, Of course. There are three Srea.
cotton plantations in this estate - PnlniSta
island, Brierfelds, and another, the name -, -,
Which l can not now recall. HIS crop useu "
he so bales OF cotton q year, besides corn NIL"
other products. Ben Montgomery credit WA
as high az that of any planter IN M.iss'sHipiu Is
and he had the good will and respect OF an m.s
mriphbors. Ex-senator Bruce Is also II 'crS
sncccessful planter. and owns two very largi
and valuable plantations In Coahoma any
Bolivar counties, Mississippi. He Is worm a.
least s2o0,0O, and does not u cent " any
Dnn
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Last week we fund the Methodist
newspapers discussing the ~EpiscopalianS
Tha: our readers may see what has been
said we transfer two articles to oar COL
umns, and leave our readers to judge for
themselves which OF the articles breathe
the best Christian spirit:
The EniscOnal Convention aud the
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Nutgrass and Bermuda.

lOOUttf"
Is there any way to eradicate nut grass
also Bermuda grass2 I see q good deal being
said about Bermuda grass. 1t may answer Tor
same sections. but the man VINO VIII pass
through this section and tell how to yet rid OF
it-how to XIII II out without costing more
than the land Is worth, can make Il fortune
j. NJ. T.. RartOw. Ga.
ASswER.-We know Of nc method Of eXter-
minatlng nut grass-l perfectly CONTINUOUS;
dense shade several feet deep might do it. II
kept up many years. If We had q piece of
land ir Tested with 1t which for some special
purpose It. was desired to clear OF said grass.
we should Try the selling out al over ~ the c
cultivated for making bowers ana soreness. On
soils adapted to 1t, 1t will smother anything
which does net shoot up raridly to height OF
out leaves SO early in spring. that 1t gets the
start of most plants, Is very hardy and easily
prOragated, and is to be recommended In the
higl est terms as q smotherer. 1t, the honey
snckle, may be eX:erminated without much
difficulty. On damp and especially on sandy
lands Bermuda Is very difficult to eradicate.
and we should never advise amy one to plant
m where they were unwilling for 1t to
remain pcrpetually. But on ordinary upland
In middle Georgia 1t can be very thoroughly
eradica,ed by leaving the land not planted,
and In July and August, during very dry anu
hot weather. plOughing as dee rs the roofs 90.
and then narrowing the grass outof the ground
Tie revolving harrow Is the best for this pur.
pose. The blowing and narrowing must be
repeated several times AT SlOrL lnlerVulSa anu
kept up as long rs any grass shows itself.
After this ia done two courses are open : one
to sow down thickly in peas say middle ofAu-
gust and get the land Thoroughly shaded. ma
nurlng the peus that they may grow rapidly.
Turn these under the middle of October and
and seed thickly in oats. manuring these also
If 1t he necessary to secure q heavy growth.
Follow oats with peas again the next year and
peas with oats; continuing thus for some
years. If there are no Stumps or rocks about
which the Bermuda can tnke refuge. this plan
will very thoroughly subdue II. If d ocS not
and the hydra shows It's head, put the land In
cotton one year add cultivate the cotton very
late. seeing 10 e that every. piece of grass that
appears Is carefully dug up and left and on
top OF the ground to die The other course Is.
after killing NIL the grass possible IN July and
August and later, to put the land In cotton
the next year and keed 1t in cotton for several
years, watching closely and having, careful
hands dig up thoroughly all that Is to be seen.
The crops in both Of the methods suggested
pay for the labor, though this is somewhat
by the presence Of the grass. If a
piece of and Is infested with nut grass 1t may
be utilized in pea and oat crops In succession
MS described above, or 1t may be seeded down
In clover and winter grasses. We have seen
recently n very fine, growth Of white clover on
land Infested with 1t.
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An Outrageous Act.
lE1ScfeM Chrontcle.l

Some unknown Iarties took the horse OF
Mr.. OhaS S. Thomas from Mr.. Jerry Gardeners
stable in the neighhorhood of Horns Creek \
few nights since and %disigured the animal by
cutting or it's name and tail. This was one
of the most outrageous acts that ue have ever
heard of-sD low and mean that language fails
to express It.. Mr.. Thomas, though u poor
young man, is n gentleman of fine character
and represents one Of the best families in this
county. His father fell upon the battle fields
of the West while fighting for our nm
cause and he was left an orphan without
money and without means to battle through
llfe. A man WHO would be guilty of so basen
decd would not hesitate to do any thing in
the catalogue of cf imrs
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Outreges in Lexington.
t~CUtumbiu RcgiStc7-.l

A reliable citizen OF Lexington brtucsinte!-
iigence Of dastardly violations OF law in the
lower part OF that county, especially In the
nelgtiborhood OF Bnl! Swamp. He states that
the opposition to the stock law is maniieSting
Itself nfrcsh In II violent manner. Where far
mers have lett their crops open and built pas
tnre FENCES. the fences are burned down.
dig close to houses and threatening
letters sent with pictures of collins TO the far
nicis who persist in enclosing their pasture
lands. Several fights have also occurred,
These OutragcS can only result in the sevcrest
punishment known to the law If the depreda-
tors arc arrested.
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Stnmps Disappearing.
Lexington Dispatch.

One good result of the introduction of the
reaper In this section Is the removal by some
of our most progressive farmers Of the old
pine stumps from their fields. This course
Is not confined TO those who already have
reapcrs, but those who intend purchasing
them nrc pursuing the same line Of action.
will undoubtedly add to the ease OF cnlti-
Walton aud increase of production, n greatly
enhance the value OF lands. Old Lexington is
the progressive line in many farming ways
md the introduction of improved labor-Sav-
idg machinery is not the hIndermost sign OF
thIy
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Executions by Electricity.

The hearts OF mary murderers will be
checred by the announcement that o Mr..
sheridan. of New York. has invented a new
way to XIII. 1t isn't to help them in murder.
ing, bnt To make 1t easy for the murderer To
die. II Is an electric chair. The murderer
takes his seat; puts on n brass collar presses a
metallic button close against the back OF his
shoes and stockings, SO as to be harcfooted
takes n ball Of metal In each hand, and sits
hlandIy up without q suspicion OF danger
Suddenly he Is dead. The charge has been ap
piled from miles away and the vital spark
goes out as the electric spark comes In. 1t Is
not easy to see what comfort II is to the doom
ed man to have q shock come from miles
away, but that IL emphasized especially. The
real charm Is In the utter surprise OF the
thing. There Ia nc horrid suspense OF the
rallOws. H fits himself with the utmost care
into an uEauspcctrd harness, leans bnck In nd
chair and listens intently to hear "hello.'" md
IT. comes SO quick that he can't catch the
yubOla word
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He Knew Too Much.

IDHTTtI -TVVITCt'J
I'm q recent neighborhoOd conversation In
one of the smallest villages in this county, q
man expressed his appreciation of the value
of reading and intelligence by asserting that
he "kneW too much to fool away his time
People of TINT sort are pretty apt
not TO find TIM, to read their Bible, If they
have one, but appreciate the old jokes Of n
twenty years old almanac or the thrilling
stories In q patent medicine circular given
away by the agents Of concerns hunting up
tust his kind,