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VOLUME XXXIV. NO. IL.
Business Morality.

"Sound ethics, but not business" we
heard remarked by a man of trade,
when the improperly of some course
of procedure was forced upon his at
tention. Evidently it was his opinion
that an antagonism exists between the
| two-that a strict observance OF the
moral law, to say nothing of the gold
Ell rule, is Incompatible with sound
business principles. Though he might
shrink from putting it in just so many
words, lie was of the belief that the
world of trade aud finance was not one
in which the law as delivered by Moses
is expected to bear rule.
We fear that this notion obtains very
largely among the men who think il
the great end of their lives to add
thousands to thousands until they
shall become millions. These are dis
posed to resent as intrusive and imper-
linent any hint that this worldly wis
dom is not the best wisdom. They re-
spect the preacher of morality in cer-
tain supercilious way as very honest
and as teaching doctrines to which the
humble and slightly enterprising may
well give heed. But they do not re-
gard such lessous as at all applicable to
themselves. They hold it as altogether
appropriate for the Sunday-school
teacher to urge it upon his class to
think something of tile well-being OF
others while struggling for their own {;
but in business matters they prefer the
maxim, "Get what you can and what
you get, hold" to all the teachings Of
the Savior. In their scheme OF finan-
cieriug they allow no place for the gen
tie amenities which can make life
agreeable.
1t is hardly needful 10 say that they
who eliminate morals from business,
act in opposition to all the teachings OF
Bible truth. The principles which 1t
seeks to inculcate are really sound
business maxims. We do not mean to
say that they who pursue selfish
schemes in selfish ways are not often
successful in the carrying out of their
designs. But it is not a success which
can be the aim of generous ambition.
When it has been attained, it. will be
found that though the fortunes are en-
larged the soul is dwarfed. The mill
ionaire who has become so by methods
which he cannot defend and hardly
cares 70 examine, is really the lower
type Of man because of his success.
Sunny South.
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The Music He Liked.

II always thought 1 was fond o
music" said Farmer Greene, "but
since | visited Matilda in Boston, I'VE
had my doubts about it. l hadn't
been there day before Matilda she
says to me, Now, father, we're going
to have musical, and l do hope you'll
enjoy it
"Of course I shall,' says T. You
know how fond | am of those famous
old Scotch songs you used to sing, and
how Pm always ready to jine in whel
anybody strikes up Coronation"
"Well, this will be the very best mu'
sic you ever listened to-" says Ma.
tilda, and my mouth watered to heal
it.
"The night Of the concert you ought
to ha' seen the folks pour in, all silks
and satins and flowers. Matilda
wore, well, / don't rightly know what
but think twas silk and lace. Pret.
ty soon we all got quieted down, and
then q German, with long hair and q
great bushy beard, sat down to the
piano and began to play. My, how he
did bang them keys! There was
thunder down in the bass, and tinklin'
cymbals up in the treble.
"The lady that sat side of ne wills
pered when there was minutes stop,
DO you distinguish the different mo.
tivesm
"My, no! says I. Il don't see what
anybody's motive could he fer work
in SO hard to make u noise
"Then she smiled behind her fan,
but l don't know what caused it,
whether twas the music or me.
"Whcn the piece stopped, every
body hummel and whispered to each
other how lovely twas, and u good
many told the German how much
obliged they were. 1 didn't say u
word.
"rhen a tall woman. all fixed up
with silks and furbelows, sang u piece
that almost made my hair stand on
end, it went SO high, and had so
many many ups and downs in 1t.
She was master smart anybody could
see that, but somehow [ didn't fancy
that kind of singin'. It made me uil-
easy. When she was climbin' up tC
her high notes, I wondered if she'd
ever get there and when she drop
ped down again, I wanted to say,
Now you've got through it safe once
don't try it again!
"Weli, pretty soon Matilda came
round to me and whispered, 'Father,
how d'you like it??'
81 don't care much for it," says. /.
Its 4 little too much like frosted cake
when you want plain bread
"Shc laughed, and in Il minute I
heard her saying to one of the per-
formers, My fathers little oldfash-
ioncd, you see, and would you
mind"
"What do you suppose happened
then? Why, that woman that sang
the trills and warbles stood up, and,
without any piano playin' at all, sang
'Ye Ban,!s aud Bracs' and John An
dersol.' How she knew what | liked
never could tell, but she sang the
songs I've liked ever since / was a
small boy, and when she got through
the tears were streanin' down my
cheeks.
"Bless you, my dear says I, and ]
went up to her and shook both her
hands. And it seemed to me she lik-
ed the songs herself, for when she
looked at me saw that her syes were
wet, too.
II had a beautiful time, but I sup
pose it's no use thinkin' I appreciate
real music" c."-1ouiA'S CoD1panion.
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WIT vs. ELooUENCE.- The dry hui
NOR of Abraham Lincoln was never
surpassed. DR.. Bellows, President OF
the Sanitary Commission, went to
Washington to get Mr.. Lincoln to
make certain appointment. He pre-
sented the case to the President, who
listened intently, but said nothing.
After twenty minutes of eloquence
Mr.. Lincoln replied:
II made that appointment several
days ago"
"Why didn't you tell me, Mr.. Lin.
coin, aud save yourself the trouble Of
hearing all this ?"
20, Bellows, 1 do like to hear you
talk" said Honest Old Abe, with
twinkle.
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We cannot improve ourselves, we
cannot assist others, we cannot do our
duty in the world, except by eXertionn,
except by unpopularity, except with
care and difficulty. We must each OF
us bear cur cross with Him. When
we bear it, each day makes it easier to
bear.
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In life some men are born mt the bot
tom of the ladder to work their way
up. Others are born at the top to
work their way down. The man Oh
the way n; experiences his greatest
danger when he reaches the middle
and meets the nther on the way down.
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The worst man ever knew had no
vice. He attended church and broke
no commandment and INDUCED in no
eXcesses. Yet he nagged his wife and
children to the grave, and destroyed
every flower of pleasure which sprang
up by his hcarthstonc, and ruined the
tender young lives about him With the
unceasing tempers of a household ty-
rant and petty demon.
Eta Wheeler IElc0c.
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The Dawn of Peace.

1t is most encouraging fact, q" says
contemporary journal, that between
one hundred and two hundred in-
stances of successful arbitration of i'll
ternational difficulties have taken
place The proposal for course Of in
ternational arbitration Oh the part OF
the American nations is most hopeful.
When such measure shall have be-
cume operative on the Western Hem
isphcrc, its example will he powerful
ly felt Oh the Eastern. The sancitity
Of private property on land and sea,
the protection OF life and property
granted to non-combatauis, the meas
ure of humanity toward the wounded
soldiers of either contending army,
the succcsa Of the Rcd Cross Society
which ministers with impartial mercy
to the suffering on the one side and OH
the other, on the field Of battle and iii
the hospital, the increasing sentiment
of brotherhood which prevails among
workingmcn in different nations, all
these are grounds o! tllankfulness IN
every friend of humanity, and are, We
believe, each and all OF them, steps
toward the universal reign Of peace"
CR2jS/iuV S/U/cSApff".
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Some mon work harder 10 avoid pay
ing an hnnrsI debt than they would
Ia%c 20 work To earn lhc money 10 pay
II with.
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Nothing 80 "tl,:; 10 thc treasures of
IL" mind and increases lis powers aS
liz own thinkinM. LrHrii To think for
yourself. 1t is all very well 10 hear
and read the wisdom Of others. hu! one
should not let this take the place o!
ones own thought. Many persons arc
like cistcrlis they are good 10 hoid the
thoughts cf Others, hut when !hc time
comes that they ale lolcvd TO rely on
Themselves, they have no power to do
81. The ontsl.ic supply is cut of, and
the cistcrn runS dry. But if one, like
river, is constantly fed by ones own
springs, then, as the learning of Others
comes To him, il uniIts with his nwn
waters, and the stream wideus and
deepenS.
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NOTICE..

''I-iiE :tcisnnl Commissioner can a. ways bo
!nrnh in his c;!i.'G ut the Court House ON
SAEEnAY and llic l5ih of every month, "E'
crpt when the lJ.u occurs on Sunday, IN
winch caSc his Office vii! he open oil the llth
Feb. Il, 1879, If
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Get the Best.

LrAl; LOAD OF KENTUCKY MULES soon
II tuariivc. and viii he sold low down tn.
cuch Or on apIro:C'l PAPER.
WAlllNGtUED l. RUSSELL.
Jan. |, 1859, II
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Or. (. T.. Harrison

fTFIRS lflS PROFESSIONAL SEN
- vices TO The public. Oili"c over the
Racku. Store, McIlwain Corner. Jan. ~, -.
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There is nothing more painfully in-
dicarive OF the interior wrongness of
our life than the inability everywhere
manifest to rest and be quiet. No life
WAS ever hcaltliy and st:nng in which
there Was not q central rest, and scme-
thing to support and feed that rest.
But in our day the question, 'What
shall do next >" is asked before we
have we'll finished that which went be-
fore and so much OF our activity is
blind and purposelcss. 1t is merely
wasting AMI consuming time. There
is no virtue in it, and no intelligence
in it: consequently no rroiit. Life
does not become purified or strcnS he'll
ed CT enriched or made happier there
by. 1t is simply sIuanderc1. We
congratulate or pcO Alc on ucing the
the most "ulivc" people in the world,
which mcan", in plain English, the
most restless. i;ul n"ie rcStiessiicES
h:s no Inherent virtue or go"dncSs i'll
if. 1t simply denotes t'ir poas cssion of
vitality, which vitality may DC alto
ge,!irr uncduraird and unframed. II
every useful life there must be Internal
rest there must hc something believed
in 50 firmly and continuously that ii
hulds to itself the mind and the heart.
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a Georgia Romance.

III IL better to be born plucky than
lucky. -Four years ago a young
GcorElan asked charming belle of
the pretty town of Thon;avillc to
marry him. Il will, she said, when
You are an ofliccrin he United States
army. Too old to get IN appsint
ment to West Point, this young Geor-
glan enlisted rs II private in un nrtil,
lcry battcry,hs purpose being to rise
from the ranks to II licutcnancy. He
accomplished his purpose in Just two
years; for i'll December last he passed
successful examination at Fortress
Monroe and was assigned to duty at
Fort Wmgatc, New Mexico. ns lieu
tenant OF company Of the Sixth
Cavalry. He got Il fm'lough and re
turned to Georgia on visit OF
course, the greater part of the time
allotted to this visit was spent in
Thomasvillc. The result was as fol
lows: AT G:30 o'clock on the evening
of the 23d inst, Lieut.. Lunsford Dan
icl OF the Sixth Cavalry, great grand
son of John G. Forsyth and grandsca
OF Alfred Iverson, both distinguished
tor their services to Georgia and the
United States. was united in marrigr
to Miss Bette Bruce, one Of the most
beautiful and most highly accom-
phshcd young ladies of the lovely and
famous town of Thomasvillr. They
are now at Fort Wingatc. - Bruins
wick Times.
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L Ln1Inl,S rnrnlNnl from

--Lrttrrs received from Joscphinc
Marie Bcdard, the fasting girl of
dime museum fame, by friends i'm the
French quarter in Lewiston, Me-,
state that Miss Rcdard, who, it is al
lcgrd, has tasted for nearly eight
years, and who has been critically i'll
Tor SOM" weeks past at her home in
! Imwlck, Quebec, is now recovering,
and SINCE hcN Illness has been blessed
! with vigorous AYpctitc. -
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PETTICO.AT RULE.
WOMEN TO GOVERN A CITY FOR A
YEAR.

t The Peculiar State of Affairs In kdgortou
T. kaasas-Ih" Triumph of Pctticont Pol
} itics.
y special from Kansas City. Mo,
says: Petticoat politics have Triumph
. ed at Edgerton, Kan, and during the
= coming year the municipal atrairs OF
! that city will be administered by u
prttcont government
, AT the recent city elections there
the ladies' carried the day. 1t wasn't
their fault that they did. They didn't
, try to and they didn't want to. but
they carried the day Just the same,
and now find that they must shoul.
der the rcSpCn abilities of the city
, government. OF course they might
+ resign their Offices. but that would
, b" nl t"tn! variance with the Kansas
custom. BcsilcS, it would nccrssi
tate the trouble and expense of Il now
election, and that the women have
determined to avoid.
They wont have very much to
govern. Edgcrton is only II small
town, and its most enthusiastic
boomer dare not claim for it more
than 400 inhabitants. 1t attained
the distinction of becoming II city
onl V by virtue of the Kansas law.
which allows the smallest communi
ties to incorporate cities of the fourth
ciaSS and TO govern themselves by
the same methods aS their larger sis
trrS. r.dGertOm is aiI Olu town, how
cvclr-t hut is, i'll Il State where moth
ing dates back further than John
Brown Sr'':lidcncc there. the Quuntrcll
rad, and the border wars. III occu-
pies Il picturesque location III the
southwest corner of Johnson county,
ON the Southern Kansas Railway. 1t
: ls Il quaint and typical village of the
i PLAIN. Ih" prohibition law has done
away with In" saloon. and the alb
Scnrr OF thc saloon has in turn duuc
away with ::rHnt deal of tn" village
| drunkenness mi ruwIyiSm. The
laoilrs won't bay" nuch to govern
it rame about in Tins wAy \ wear
ago the candidates for Mayor were
Nathan k">'s and ii. B. Brown Mr..
Ross Is die vIlia:;c school tcarncr
amt brIh.; Il man of considerable. tact
AMI some personal attrnctivenrSS.
nadc very popular cnmdidutr. Mr.
Brown WAS Il .,l1lIn dealer and pru
prlrtor 0t II lumber yarl. ii". iop,
WAS popular. and tn" fight at the
| polls WAS 4 CLOSE one. The rcgiStrn
tlnn list continued only uDout l45
names, and the count WAS kept even
| with the hulloting. 1t WAS Il neck
and neck race, and when the hour
! approached tor cloniner Ih" polls
! Brown mad Il lead of three votes Ross
had pullCd every vote h" could coma
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Just to each other [ ask YOU now
Wnctllcr tins wrong committed bN
the Legislature, under the intlucnc,
OF Charleston and Columbia, shall by
rlghtcd by the Democratic party as
far IN it can.br dGnc, on shall we
take the risk OF Il division among thc
white people which II failure to do So
may cntuilt
THE PARTY CoNSTIrUTIOH QUOTED.
The constitution OF the Democratic
party provides as follows: "rhc
State convention shall be- composed
OF delegates from each county in nu
nencal proportion to which the
county Is entitled in both branches
of the General Assembly,"
No one disputes that according to-
the last United States census (Which
the constitution now recognizes as
the legal basis OF representation
seven counties arc each "rutitlcI" to
one more mcmbrr OF the House of
Representatives, and conscmlcntlv tu
two more delegates to the State Con
vcntlon, than they now have. Mark
the words: 1t says ito which that
county is entitlcd,@ not which that
county has, and we demand nppor
tlOnmcnt rs 1t is nominated in the
bond
Now, will the Democratic Exccu-
utlvc Committee right this, or have
IT rlElted; or will they bow to Co
lmnbla and Charleston. Suppose in
this campaign / should carry the
counties OF Gr"cnvillc, Spmtanburg.
LnurcnS, Sum,cr, 0[arlborO and
lidgcticld, which is not at I'LL improb
ablc.and that Richlund anGCln,rlrs,on
ShOul.l oppose me. Suppose that
the contest shall be dcc;drd against
me ond len the cXistingappor,i onmrnt.
by twelve votes, what Il spectacle will
be presented to the people OF umfair
ness among those who should bc as
brot ."rs. What heart bmnmgs. Is
this thc compact We made in 70! [.
could only submit, and would dose
cheeriully, for under no circum
stances would do anything to Irop
ardlzc Anglo-SaXon unity. .Actuisci,
thrice accurscu, be the man "who
would build up his greatness ON his
country'S ruin. Accunseu. thrice
accurHcd, be those who in South Car
DINA. confronted rs We are bv dan
gers cngcnirrcd by those feelings Of
dlscontent. would risk: negro dnm
While accusing me OF "Alahonr-
ism, and thus trying TO poison the
people against me, signs are NOT
Ill plenty to show that the
'llng Will heSitut" ut nothiny--w will |
take amy and all risks to compass nv
drfeatAnd | believe that nothing but
my election by an ovcI whclmny vote
VIII prevent thc:n boltinG the ticket
II | ann nominated. "Thc chip viii
split from the log" rather than sur /
render the government.
The Columbia Register has alrcudv
declared It's ability to promise 2S
votes in the counties of Hampton.
tlorrN, Georgetown and Bcnufprt to
any rHndilat" who opposes me. and
h" question arises rs to whether
those counties are rotten bOrough%.
and If SO who OWNS them.
THE "rWENTY- Y-oNl: CoNFEEENrE
next received attention from Capt.
Illlman, and his remarks in relation
to the same were very Snrcastic.. lie
4tylcd the members the apostles of
existing institutions and termed the
Ilsnrrs OF the call "thr three blind
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The Sinucr Factory Burnt.

ELIZABETH, n. Y, May S.-Thc en-
tire western front Of the Singer Sew
ing Machine factory. on First street
four stories high, was %uttcd by last
night fire. The flames worked
their way to the main building. cx-
tending along Iiumbull street, clean
ing out the stock. ncodlc, finishing
adjusting, and milling rooms. The
pattcrn department was also destroy
cd, with the patterns therein. Fifty
thousand finished machines and Is,
100000 needles were consumed. The
loss IN estimated at S2.OOO.OOO. fully
insured by the Singer Company. Al
work IL suspended, and over 5000
operatives are listlossly gazing upon
the burned building. Work cannot
be resumed under two months.
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SoNE SENSIBLE SIGGESTIONS.

Captain !lllman, continuing. said
among other THINGS that he had heard
something Of their forming II Tillma,,
club IN that county. He didn't want
amy Tilman club, but wanted them
to send delegates to the regular Dem
ocratlc Stntr Convention TO vote for
Tillman if they would.
lie also SAID that the Alliance was
not Il political nachine and ought moi
to be used III politics at ull. The
Alliance had it,; duty. aud they
had their duty as Democrats. In al
luliny to the Alliance matters, he,
sald his remarks We're general and
had no reference to Mr.. Mralrs. who
had explained satisfactorily in that
connection, OF to Colonel Iounmls.
rmE KEArroRrIuNMENr QUESTION
was next touched ON by the speaker
who had IL number of tables in refer
rncc to this matter. Ono table show
cd the population of the various coun-
ties by the census of 1880. the unit
of representation in the General AS
srmblN and also the mmhrrof repre-
scntatlvrS talc counties would be on
titled to under What he called n lust
apportlonmcnt.
lie had also q considerable portion
of his remarks on this subject com
mlttcd to writing, having done so, he
sald, to prevent the possibility of error
on the part Of the newspaper men in
reporting him.
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FACTS AND FIGURES.

Below is presented Il portion ofthe
matter thus prepared:
will now give you some compari-
SONS rs to kow fair, just and honora
bic are the methods of the party as
at present constituted for nominating
State officers according to Mcssrs
Jones, Woodward x Go. $ claim
Compare Hampton with 1874 and
= delegates to Georgetown with 10.
613 and 6 delegates, Lexington Is, ,5GA
and &, Clarendon 1890 and 6, Mari,
b0ro 20,59S and &.
Charleston with G0.OOO has twenty
five delegates, and Edgchcld Will
5,S44.has twelve delegates. Compare
the following: Richland, 2S,573, Will
II; Grccnvillc, 37,49G. with 10; Spar
tanburg, 4O,lO7, with 10; Sumter
37,037, with 10: Laurcns, 29,44I, Will
9; Marlboro, 20,5OS, with &; Beaufort
30,176, with 8.
1t takes more than 10000 people
III three OF these counties and over
5000 III another for one representa-
tive, while i'll Richland 5,714 people
mostly negroes, send representa-
Wv " Ciit l4tSlSlilIuic 10 vote aWUN
the farmers money and to oppose ,
school ior farmers sons. In Edge
field we have one representative 70,
5000 people. Charleston one for 3. .OO(
and an extra Senator to boot.
In reference to the question of re
apportionncntin in the Democratic Con
vcntion / desire to be clearly under
stood. Itdors not matter who wrote
the platform adopted by the Marcl
Convention. 1t was adopted by that
! body without amy material OppOsi
ti"n. II therefore represents tho
wishes nnl opinions of that conven
tlon. and. We believe, n largo majori
ty of the people of South Carolina
When adopted not twenty-five mcl
in the convention knew who wrot,
it. | am tEr cNpWncm OF that plat
form and the leader chosen TO give i
ME ME and force. have shown how
m"ntnal and unjust the apportion
:, ta;n "H present obtaining is to cen
l nave pointed ONT .L ,;, ,,,
Mitted against tho just o d;a., dia,.; ,H,' ,,;n
| of political power among ',s,lap'''l' mh;1p Il~
bound together by every Tmate fin en- m.
t should make them honorable t ~
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HE VIM INT. NON FKENtT
next received attention from Can't
Illlman, and his remarks i'm relation
10 me same were very sarcastic. He
stylcd the members the apostles of
existing institutions and termed the
sisnrrs OF the call "thc three blind
mice