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The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-09-09
Communication.

~McCoR1IcK, s. c., September ST. 1876.
Editors Messenger:
We have just read with pleasure in the Alb
beville Banner MI. o. T.. Calhoun's letter on
the labor question, in which we believe him to
be exactly right, but beg leave. 20 differ with
The dissenting party, the Editor of the Ban-
nor, when he says that going into n written
contract or document of any kind he feels
more under obligation to his employer than
nndern mere verbal one. Again he knows
that being bound under the bars of n written
contract renders him more chained in the
eyes of the law because of his signature
'pd witness. And according 10 u law of our
nature when forced to act, we at once become
willing aud satisfied, though the situation
may be in many respects contrary to our
wishes. The editor again seems to think it
best when the negro becomes dissatisfied to
let him be NOV ed Mt once and secure another
sitnuh"n, even If you are forced to pay high
er>wages. The editor. fnrgets that is almost
impossible to hire at any price, when the crop
Is pitched, and they are under contract for
other parties. TO hire at that stage, some
one must be at Il loss for labor and either A.
or b., one must be involved in the loss and it
does not seem right nor just for a to suffer
because Is has employed the laborer under his
control, and 40 chance to secure another.
Therefore | say place them in the pages of q
written contract and if any violation occurs
let the law extend tG it's ut most tension and
this will put an end to the laburer leaving his
EMPLOYER for another home. The system of
labor can nevsr be regulated unless the laws
are executed. Laws are of no use unless
obey eli. Let every farmer secure the ueces-
sary hands at the beginning of the year, and
If any of them fail i'll the contract, shove the
law in their race and make them proud to
obey the second time. The Editor of tn.
Eamner is q man who places his bow upon ev-
cry violin, but seldom succeeds in playing n
tune for the simple reason he tries the ones
with which he is Last acquainted. 1t is in
possible for a man to lie an editor, farmer,
lawyer, physician, professor in music, at the
same time. Extreme heat can only be pro-
Lnccd when the rays converge to ono poirt.
We always read with pleasure his advice upt
on various things, but as a general rule We
never heed, though in many respects it may
DO very good, but not of The right order, aud
this places his seed in stony places. A far
mer will NOT goto u farmer for adv ice in law,
neither VIII a1nwycr turn 10 The fnrmcrfor ad-
vice IN !ew, but always take the, advice from.
nnc III his own profession. The lawyer may
DC abict0 give him much valuable i.formn-
tiien in regard to farming but it is inconsisl-
ent for him 10 believe that n man is familiar
with something which is not in his profession.
look how quickly the farmer will take up The
pa per ane read with pleasure the advice from
q man IN HIS line. D.. n. HARMON.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-09-09
The Murder of Moore.

Cores pondcnce of the News and Courier.
CHESTER, August 3l.-Your &C rresrondcnt
erred last week when he said that Judge
Witherspoon had refused bail in the ease of
State against u. +. Welsh, of Lancaster, tor
the murder of w. C.. Moore. lie declined it
only at that time, and tomorrow the case
Games up again for argument, the Judge al
lowing that privilege for additional afidavits,
and the Solicitor being prepared to meet
them. The testimony is not so damaging as
your correspondent would infer, and Capt. T.
II. Clark, OF the Camden Bar, who is associa-
ted with Mcssrs. Hough & Moore, seems san
guinc OF success in his attempt for bail. lie
is i'll Chester to-day.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-09-09
Extra Court.

PURSUANT to an order of Chief Jus
Il tice w. D.. impson, | hereby give
notice hat a SPECIAL SESSION OF
THE COURT OF GENERAL SEES
SlONS, for Abbcvilie County, will be
held Mt Abbeville Court House, COM
mcncing on the
21sT DAY Or SEPTEMBER, INST.
at 10 o'cluck A. NJ. The Hon. J.. s.
Cothran will preside. All parties
bound over for trial in the October
Court must appear at said special term,
also all witnesses; Grand Jurors will
take due notice thereof and be prompt
III attendance; Petit Jurors will be
served in the usual manner.
M. G. ZEIGLER,
G.. G. p. & G. S.
Clerks Office, Abb. S. c., Sept. 1st 'S5.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-09-09
Notes from the A. Il. Presbyterian.

Adser College is rc-opcncd again.
DR.. Boyce has returned with his neicc,
Miss Boycc.
The Literary Club meets Friday even
ing at DR.. Henry's.
Mr.. Galloway lost about G,WO brick
by the rain OF Sabbath last.
Col. r. L. Mclaughlin, of Ncwberry,
spent last Sabbath IN town.
DR.. j. w. Wideman is off, on profess
sion business, to Troy, Long Cane and
Mt. Carmel.
Miss l.. J. Galloway and her sister,
MIS-. j. y. Drvlin. are spending a few
days Of this week in Anderson.
Abbeville county has one vacanv in
the Citadel. Several young men Of the
county will make application. Due
West Will have at least one applicant.
Mr.. Samuel Martin. who lived a
this place, died last Sabbath and was
buried in the A. r.. Z. cemetery Mnn-
day.
DR.. Cowan has kilned 61.SSI brick.
lie began to burn Monday night. The
kiln will be ready for inspection to-
night wednesday,.
The frs bale Of new cotton was sold
in this market last Saturday by Mr.. j. C.
McDill. II. G. Brownlcc & Co. bought
it at w cents.
Mr.. John II. Chiles, Jr., has taken a
clcrkship in Mr.. j. -. Younslood's
store at Bradley. where he will be glad
20 see all his friends.
Mr.. J. l.. Robinson had on exhibition
last Monday 4 cotton stalk without
.fIuit. The weed is fully maturcd and
looks healthy and is in every respect a
cotton stalk without the sign OF a shape.
Our oldest farmers say they never saw
anything like it before.
DR.. Gricr returned last Friday from
his western trip. He reports CROPS fine
through. the country which he passed,
ard expresses the hope that his visit
will be vaid of some fruit. We have
assurances from other sources that
his visit was not without its rewards.
The summer is past aud The harvest
is ended. Again we stand amid the
ripcncd sheavcs of promise and pros
perity, and inhule long draughtS Of that
glorious bracing air which comes to us
like 4 sigh from hcnven-tle brvati, OF
dying ilowerS, the or,lor of the chan sing
leaves. We look with longing eyes be-
You'd confines Of mortality for a glimpse
Of the other country
"Where the faded flowers f~rcshcn,
Frcshen never NOR. To fade"
5" cot voices welcome us, waving hands
bcckon rs, and we know that for every
sorrow che ulnner has borne away we
shall have eternal recompcnse-howcr,
leaf and friend will live again.
"Ihere is no death An angel form
Walks DER the earth with silent trend,
He bears our best loved things away,
And'then we call them dead"
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-09-09

A great hue md cry is being raised
about political rings, big and little, in
the State just Mt this time. We earn
estly hope that some Of our esteemed
contemporaries who seem to be so we'll
posted will give us light. IF there are
any political rings in this State they
should be broken up at once. but Il
seems to US we will have to locate them
first.-Orange6ury Times and Demo
cIntS.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-09-09
18th YEAR.

The Hampton Guardian has enter
ed on its seventh year. In our opinion
it is one of the best papers on our en-
change list. 1t is ably edited, full of 10
cal news, and tastefully printed. We
heartily wish it continued success and
prosperity.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-09-09

When yon want to paint do not buy
before seeing us. We have a
full stock of Lead, Oils, CoIors, Yarnish-
ca etc., which We will sell at close
figures. Speed a. Neuffer.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-09-09

Alas! we crowed too soon. Judge
Wltherspoon has granted 41r. Is. F.
Welsh bail in the sum Of $4,000. We
call the attention Of the Press and Ban
neI' to this.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-09-09
BENEFICIARY VACANCIES.
Notice of application. fop. CHARTER

5, The undersigned will apply to tho
next session Of the Legislature Of SC.
to pass an act chartering tho "Abbeville
Building and Loan Association.
M. L.. Bonham,
s. C.pCason,
w. II. Parker,
w. "A. T%empleton.
w. C. Benet,
J.F. Miller,
and others.
3m. Aug. 10 1885. 1874.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-09-09
(from The bhcrilio

BY all means let
promotion depend up
on qualification and
fitness, irrespective
OF race or name.
But by no rncans let
prom be denied,
because he who seeks
it had Il father.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-09-09
9 G. MILITARY ACADEMY,
OFFICE OF THE CHAIRMAN OF THE
BOARD OF VISITORS.

The following BENEFICIARY vACAN-
CIES exist in the South Carolina Military
Academy, which will be filed by competitive
examinations before Boards to assemble in
the respective Counties, at tho County Seats,
on the 18th September next. :
The forms of application for permission to
appear before saio Board will be furnished ON
application 10 the Commanding officer of the
Citadel" in Charleston. These forms must
be filled up and returned to the Chairman of
tho Board of Visitors, at Barnwcll, on or be-
fore the IL day of September.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-09-09
Poor House Cabins.

Gcaled proposals will be received till Sep
otcmber 7th. 1885, building two double cab
ms Mt the Poor House.
Specifications may be seen on application
to the Clerk Of the Board.
The contractor will be required to give
bondwith approved sureties.
Bids may be sent to the undersigned or left
with Klugh at Abbcvillo, C.
w. 4. CowAN,
Coanty Commissioner
At, Aug. ~ 1885. l22.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-09-09
Bridges to Let.

TINiE contract to repair the following
- bridges will be let To the lowest respon-
siblc bidders ut the respective bridges Il. IL
wit:
The bridge over Wilson's Greek near Nine
tly-Six, on the road leading to Stony Point, on
Tuesday, September Is, 1885.
Bridge oyer Curltail at Whorton's Mill, on
Wednesday, September lG, 1885.
Dendy Bridge over Long Cane, OH Thurs
day, September II, 1885.
The contractor in each instance will be re
CURED to give bond with approved suretics.
The right is reserved to reject any or all bids.
JAMES A. McCORD,
County Commissioner.
Sept. 2, 'S5. 1T.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-09-09
About Image. Breaking.

Our respected contemporary, tho Able
VILE MESSENGER, must be hitting ut some-
body who is to us unknown. There certainty
is nothing in what the Netos and Courier
SAID about that mage-breaking which we
consider necessary in South Carolina to Jus.
'ify the condemnation of n disintcres.ed crit
G.. Yet the MESSENGER read what we said
with "amazement' mingled with '.disgust,'
and an article of which it has "heard nothing
but condemnation" "Dcmagogical' is a
big word and Il safe one, and is applied to
well nigh every movement which is intended
for the benefit OF the people, rs well as to
movements which have no higher purpose
than the advancement of some ambitious
tribune. 1t is not n word that need alarm
any one who is conscious of n good motive,
and who knows besides that he has no per
sonal ambition to crafty und no personal in
tereSts TO serve.
Our contemporaries views are pretty well
covered By the following passages from it's
article in reply to the Nescs anA uuurics:
"Now the writer OF the above article canno,
ciplc, essentially American, Which teaches
that merit alone is the criterion of fitness for
public Office. We have nothing but unmiti-
gated contempt for that man who depends for
position soteIy upon the name and fame of
his ancestors. We arc heartily in favor of
that Democratic doctrine that the highest
places IN the public service arc open to the
humblest citizen, if he prove himself worthy.
Bnt we have no particle of patience with that
spirit that pervadcs the article above quoted,
which seeks to array feeling against him
whose fathers and inrcfathcrs nave been H.
lustrious and have left behind them names
that are honorable and famous
This is warm, and intended to be strong,
but we shall apply to our contemporary tic
test of the deadly parallel column. side by
side we give what the News and Courier said
and what the MESSENGER says. Here they
are:
4 i'., n. A.. - -,
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-09-09

Now to u mind the whole ;nto,.,
and purpose of these articles wac :,
cast ridlcule upon family rnames and ro-
spect for ancestry and we submit Tint
1t LOOKS so to u man up a tree" CT
course the Neace and Courier. knows
IT'S WI intentions. and it disclaims
those that we nave imputed to il. Ia.
ken in connection with the fact that
Inc article in which the first objection
Die language occurred was wriran
about the Citadel in the mana rcmont ,r
which there does not ard should nat
enter any question of politics. wo suh.
NIT that it lcgitimr,ely bears H..
construction we placed on it.
by the way our friends know,odoo
OF the Bible is no more accurate rho,
It's Statement of the point at issue. i,
speaks OF its respect for the Fonrth
commandment. Now as this was ,
question of ''Image-breakinc" md M,
OF sabbath breaking we arc at n loss +,
know how the command "Rc,nombor
the Sabbath Day to keep it holv,, b,.
any reference to this %ontroy,rsv w.,
presume from the connection in which
II was used that our friend intended 70
quote the fifth Observation-Disclosures
my lather n thy mother, that thy DAYS
may be long upon tho land which tho
i'oro my God giveth thee" 1t is to be
hoped that the churches in Charleston
nave not been permanently injured by
inc cyclone. II would appear that
somebody on the Ncms aud Courier
stan stands sorely in need of the minis.
erations of a Sunday School.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-09-09
II AGAIN.

The reply Of the NeWs and Comier
to our article upon "Tmagc-hrcaking''
is couched il, courteous language and is
temperate and mild.
Our contemporary takes the position
that the NeUs and Courier and MES
sENGER are. not far apart upon this
Squestion Of merit as the criterion of
Gtscss for office--and to prove its as.
sertion applies 1.-The test Of the deadly
parallel column Tn this wise it
quotes from each of the papers extracts
that go to show that We both hold that
fitness and qualification are the only
proper grounds for appointment or cleo
ton to positions Of honor or profit.
There can be 40 doubt that we are
agreed upon that. 1t did not need the
deadly parallel lines to prove it. Our
friend is by no means such II dead shot
as DEADLY Smooth 1t missed the
point. The issue we made was against
the feeling that instigated such Ian
, guage rs we take from the NcW$ and
Courier also put on opposite sides OF
the "deadly parallel lines below"
(Eatrdct from (Entract from
NeWs d. CoM- Ncms st C0Hr-
Ser:, Sept, 5M icr. Sept. 3d.)
1t matters not Il In South Carroll
iot whether they ma there is, We be-.
spell their name licve too much re.
one way or anoth- gard for name and
err; or whether birth. 1t is nm old
their name has a JOKE that when
flavor of France MIR. Calhoun open
or Of England or ed his snutT-box
whether they the whole State
have, or have not, sneczcd. There is
n grcat-grandfa- no one man in
ther who signed South Carolina
the Declaration OF who can produc,
independence, or this effect on the
who would have olfactorv nerves
signed it il he had Of the people to-
had the opportuni- day. But there
ty. The image are a great many
breaking, we fancy persons who e
is about to begin. pect the people to
We would not al sneeze Whenever
low it to take the they open their
shape which was snuf-boxeS. rs
taken in Europe, p~ecially is the
where the noses of sneczc looked for,
the images seemed as q matter Of right
to be singled out when n snuff-box
ior especlo. 1ppro- is wrapped upon
s::":n a::d attack. and opened which
We would leave in belonged to n
peace the probos- grandfather or {
ces as we'll as the great : grandfather,
toes IF thnSa uood
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-09-09

tits now in order for Gen. Hemphiii
OF Abbeville, to explain the political
ring in South Carolina. aince he says he
is ready and willing to furnish informa-
ton onsthe subject.-Edgedeld Chron-
icle.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-09-09

White Lawn for 6I4 cents per var
at Boil Il Galphin,s.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-09-09
C0tlral & Perrin
HAVE in stock Il complete assert
IL mcnt Of
Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals,
Dye StutFs, Varnishcs &c.
A LSO ALL THE POPULAR

Patent Medicines now in use,
many Of them Non-sccrct prepa-
%ratlons, consisting Of the very
best Cough Mixtures, Dispcptic
and Kidney preparations, Rhcu-
matte and Neuralgia preparations
and Best Liniments for Man
and Horse.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-09-09


ca little icOn0clasm
is now in order in
South Carolina. 1t
is time to select for
public Offices the men
who are absolutely fit
for those places, and
to disregard abso-
lutcly The notion that
rank in the Confedcr-
ate army, or emil
nrnce at the Bar, or IL
long pedigree (ot n
hundred years or
whereabouts is an
all-sufiicient qualiii-
catirn for any post Of
honor or trust. Who
are the best men
the places to be fiji
ed That is the only
question:"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-04-03
THE OUTSIDE OF A BOOK.


Very Often More Substance and Character
on the Outside Than on the Inside.
A well-bound book will open easily
and will close firmly. While reading ii
will not be necessary to press the GOV.
ers back, and when laid down they will
not cape apart. 1t will be neither stiff
as cast iron and heavy, with beveled
edges, nor limp. though fashion at
present requires it to be either one OF
the other. A good binding is elastic; it
will yield, but it will return to its place.
If covered with full crushed morocco,
which makes the finest and best cover
ing, the polishing of the leather will be
a great test of the binders care and
taste. Levant morocco comes with a
large grain, and if left so is easily dam
aged or torn. 1t should therefore be
crushed with a ''polisher, large
furnishing tool, and the whole appear
ance of the book depends on how this
crushing is done. 1t may be so lioht as
to be of little service, and to look more
like the result of accident than of de-
sign, or it may be carried so far that
the desirable variety of texture is quite
lost, or it may be uneven, spotty and
slovenly. The gilt tooling and letter.
ing should, in modern books, be neat
and sharp The ornamental tooling,
which is done with small stamps, called
irons, though now universally engraved
in brass, may be so arranged as to form
very pretty patterns or the reverse. 1t
follows that book may have as much
characteristics outside appearance as its
inside, and very often it has more sub
stance. Like everything that is done
by hand. it may be vulgar or quiet,
coarse or elegant, flimsy or substantial.
There is nossort of hand work that does
not rise at times to the dignity of fine
art, and bookbinding is certainly no ex-
ception.--N Y. Times.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-04-03

sumptuous palaces? A curse IS in the
midst of them: the curse of God cleaves
to the stones. the timber. the furniture
OF them. The curse of God is in their
gardens their walks, their groves; q
tire that burns to the nethernoSt hell!
Blood, blo4d is there; the foundation,
the floor, the walls, the roof are stained
with blood. And canst thou hope, o
man of blood! though thou art clothed
in scarlet and fine linen and farest
sumptuously every day canst hou hope
to deliver down thy fields of blood to
the third generation? Not so, for there
is God in Heaven, therefore thy name
shall be soon roosed out
BY such methods Mr.. Wesley labored
to originate and carry forward the Tenn
perance Reform. And Methodists
claims, therefore, that he was the
pioneer, in this movement After the
introduce on of Method SIN into America
in 1865 and thence onward until the
organization Of the Methodist Epicopal
Church at Baltimore in 1884, this salGe
general rule, be ore ref, rred to, Vas
enforced in the Method soc;et es in
tHlS country AL TIE tilile Oh The OEE dill
ization of the Methodist Episcopal
Church in 1884, when it .earAe a
church entirely separated from tie Me-
thodist societies of England, AMI from
Mr.. Wesley's oversight and authority,
the Book of Discipline, compiled and
adopted BY tie General Conference
then in session. contained these same
General Rules, and thus it comes to
pass that every member of the Method
ist Episcopal ChurcA, for its origin in
this country until the present day, by
promising to 'be governed by the rules
OF the Methodist Episcopal Church, y
has joined Church Temperance So
ciety among the best and first of mod
ern times. -ReU. N. ". Halder, IN N
7. Observer.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-04-03
A Business Woman.

! have twice written something about
the women who have held, or are hold
ing, positions in the employ of the
Manitoba Railroad Company; but I fiud
! had not known it all The first women
mentioned was Miss Carey, who, some
years ago was left with three sisters and
a brother to support, She learned TO
be telegraph operator, and wherever
she went, took her family with her and
supported them. She taught two sisters
and a brotler the business, and was
appointed agent at Wayzata, where she
had charge of all the business, which in
the summer, with short-line trains and
steamers on Lake Minnetonka, is very
heavy. After time she was allowed
to have her brother to help, and one
sister was appointed train-dispatcher on
the same road.
Think of it! woman, who used to
be so helpless. and impractical, and
generally useless and incompetent,
given the control of all the life and
property involved in the management
of the numerous trains on that busy
road. And what do they think of herr
Il tried again and again. said the
superintendent, :. to catch that woman
off duty, before | gave her the place, on
Sundays and all sorts of odd hours, and
| never once succeeded. ~ Womags's
Journal.