The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-03-03
An Interesting Batch of Locals from
Troy.

| them too warl!ke doctor.
! Mr. J. T. Solomon is putting up colniiioul
Gus furniture warehouse Oh his lot on Malh
street ,, ~
Captain ]. T. Younghlood and his bride, nee
| Miss Mamie WidenIan. are spending tne't
honeymoon in Charleston.
! The repairs on the a. r. p church are al,,
preaching completion, and the building VIII
soon he ready for occupancy. ,-,,,,o,..,,
Among the presents to DR.. killings"ortn
and his bride, nee Miss Bessie Vance, was 1,
certificate of stock in the Georgia raj lroad
lamounting to one thousand dollars Ihlssup,
stantial gift came from DR.. Smith OF Barh"el'
! county. ,,, r,
have secured quarters in the rear end OF Shep'
| uird Il CulbertSon'S drug store ana opened up
y stock of millinery goods. We bespeak for
these worthy lrdtes Il liberal patronage.
! Troy proposes having thi>ycar the BOSS nom
professional base ball nine in the stale Any
other nlne not willing to concede TINS can
have it batted into them on very snort nollcr.
Secretary Of State Lipscomb sits down teIS
heavily upon Mr.. r. b. Tillman, the Edgenelu
Moses" whom he denominatcs "a destrYc-
ZIONIST instead OF constructionist.' Mr.;
| IdpScomb must he intimately acquainted
with Farmer Tillman. ..u;,.
The delicious (?) odor waited to our nostrils
the other day from a carload of fertilizlng SUB
stance reminded Us of remark once lhaue oS
the late Bob Toonbs-"All that 1t Is necessary
for u man to have to start n guano factory
with is Il sandbank and polecat." .,
The Augusta Chronicle advances an eNcaeu-
ingly novel argument in favor Of educating
the negro-that 1t will beSet in him q desire 10
travel. and the South will thus be rid or MS
presence. The Chrontctc:people ought to have
'"ss Moses ON Tillman should understand that,
while in matters. o.: legislation the FARMER
should not be Disseminated against II IS
equally important that in this respect ne ne
Should not be specially favored. We are alt
mutually dependent upon each otner, ana tie
consumer IS just as necessary a factor , IN our M
81 l,a, &c a rrnHnpQr
mcr furnishes the market for the products OF
the latter, and without him farming would oe
an uphill business. Class legislation IS the
bane of any country: ,,,, o,,,i,o,,,
but really. Whisky cannot be had here ,nr
love or money. This Is as 1t should pc. no
matter what our private opinion OF aM may may
be be- respected Y and obeyed. IF it be a. good law
SO much the greater reason for It's enforce
ment: if it be an unwise one. then the quick
est way to secure its repeal Is TO rlSlul$ ell
force its provisions and thus render IL ool1oN,
ious. VIC know of towns whose most jealous
prohibitonists are druggists. They advocate
and vote "dry" tickets In order tnat thef may
ilesitInately monopolze the sale OF WhshS' nsars
Sheppard & Culbertson are law-respectlng,
law-,tbiding citizens, and not drop or whls-
ky passes over their counters In any shape or
form. ,. ,,,,,,
An ahly-edited, enterprising daily newspaa;'
per is the very best educator we have All
our large cities now have such papers, ana tle
fact that they are read by the masses Oh tne
inhabitants of those cities makes the average
metropolitan resident far superior In point OF
general intelligence to his country cousin.
We draw broad line of distinction between
"intellisence" and "cducation:" AN ed9caieu
man may or may not be intelligent; ana Ills
is equally true of an uneducated man. me
late Josh Billings" was highly Intelligent
man and his pen brought him a competency; :;
yet he had been heard TO say thaE a. nc o Ie'Gf Of
family in Columbia the younger members
of which attained to manhood ana woman
hood during the war or shortly AFTER the ccs-
sation of hostilities. The reverse IN LOT fortune IN,
to the world to seek their living with only the
merest rudlments of an English educat'on.
All of them are to-day filling lucrative posi-
tions. acd they arc as intellgent young rhe, r,eu
and women as can be found anywhere. Incy
arc we'll posted on all the current topics OF tne
day and can converse tlucntly upon what Is
going on in The world in which they i've.
And this intelligence came to them through
newspapers They are constant reauers on
three irst.class daily papers and most or the
leading periodicals. Parents Shoulu enuea'or
to develop In their children taSte ior neMs.
paper literature; fOt as a means OF 1mparllng
general intelligence the press Is as superi4r, 10
the schoolmaster as 1t is possible for one thing
to he superior 10 anOthcr. .
The late General Winfield Scott Hancock
was without doubt one OF the ableSt OF the
many able military men who participated III
the War of the Rebellion. He should nave
been placed in command or the FeueI;'l army
after the disastrous and signal failure OF
.Heatquarters-il,-the- he-Saddle" Pope at Fred
erlcisburg; but it was no part of the pro-
gra,ume of Edwin NJ. Stanton-who was tlle
power behind the throne in Lincoln's caDinet
that the war should result successfully lot
the Union with its army under the command
Of Democrat. In addition to being BRAY"
and accomplished soldier, General Hancock
was a statesman of broad. comprehcnslNe
views. His letters to the Radical Governor
Pease of Texas, written when lie was IN com.
mand of the Department of the Gull, win
HEADQUARTERS at New Orleans. are among the
ablest State papers ever pcnncd by the nanu
of an American, anu are well "oriny " M tthS :;
rank with Washing TOMS Farewell Address" "
They breathe in every syllable that spirit OF
lofty patriotism which could only be expected
Of one who was brave and honorable In war
and kind and forgiying IN peace. In the acatm
last its nohlest and most efficient representa-
tive and constitutional liberty one of itsablest
and most earnest defenders. He was Durlpo
as he had lived, without pomp and CStenta-
tion; and In the quiet graveyard IN MS ma,
tive village in Pennsylvania, where mo oSOuno
can awake him 10 glory again." the brave SOL
dier the pure patriot, the kniyhtly gentleman
"sleepS his last Sleep
The Democrats in Congress are at logger.
heads with President Cleveland. and without
a leader In either house, the party seems 70 pe
rapidly drifting to destruction. me ClVii ser
Deinocrat-Pcn 1letOn of Ohia-and 1T became
q law through the votes Of Democrats in both
houses. The few Democratic members Wao
opposed the measure fOrctold what its eftcctS
would be, and their predictions nave peell
verified to the letter. And now that the chick.
ems have come home to roost. and Democrtt1c
congressman find it difficult to get Il sufficient
number Of their friends in office to secure
law and find fault with the President FOR en-
forcing its provisions. Under a Republican
President the Democrats did not believe that
to the rictors belonged the spoils: but anotll.
er OK is being gorcd now, ana with the chanse
| In the administration came change IN Dem.
ocr:ttic views, in this respect ut least. But
politi les is nothing more nor less than q game
| of "you tickle me and III tickle you, ana az
both the Democratic and Republican partleS
are operated on this principle, 1T makes but
precious little difference To the masses Of the
! people which is in power. Indeed, l! the Re'
publicans would select their oihceho'ders mere
| in the South from the respectable and lntelli.
gent classes OF our people, we arenot sure that
our section would not be the gamer by having
that party in power; for on the leading CUES
tions of the day-tinance and the tariH-the
Republicans occupy more tenable ground
than the Democrats, and sooner or later inc
Southern people will recognize this fact.
! The recent marriage Of Judge David 5. Ter
nv of san Francisco to Miss Sarah Aithet
Hill, plaintiff in the celebrated Sharoh-Hill
breach of promise suit. has revived Interest IN
Senator David G. Frederick. which took place
near San francisco a few years previous tt
the war. We have read numerous accounts
Of this duel, butall of them have grossly mis-
represented the causes which led to ana tne
circumstances connected with it. The An
guSta Chronicle not long since. gave puOlclIy
| to an article concerning this unfortunate al
~ II. IngersolI," which is a tissue Of niisrep
rescntatiOn from beginning to end. AS this
duel was the last one engaged IN by men O.