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Charleston run by ptenm would ho, Mr; Haujmott said: "I should think that o jaro mill in Charleston properly ooostruotod to wako coarse yartla alone out of tho re joutod and cheap cottons that could bo bought thorc might be ruo to a great ad vantage and prout to tho owners. I rather think. NKQROE* OOUl.p LE USED TO-DO COARSE > ' YAUN WORK t think that they oould be lu i ned to make very fuir goods. J. don't think tho labor would be muoh choaper tliau with white operatives. Wo (?ivo our oporatives good w?gea and toko cato of their tnoruls. ll you take our peoploat Piedmont and com pare their morals with any other el ass of people similarly situated, tho comparison will bo vory favorable to our people hore. Wo got our labor from tho nativos living around iu the neighboring county." Tho stock of tho Piedmont Company, with the exception of 8100,000, is hold in this Htatc, and 140,909 of it is hold in Charles ton. Wcstnilustor (TIio Clement At tachment.) mill Having mode a porsonnl visit to tho cot ton faotories of tho Stato, and having iu conversation with tho manufacturers thoth', reives reoeived opinions unanimously adverso to tho practicability of establishing '.'The Clement Attachment" with aoy rea sonable prospect of profit to those engaging in tho enterprise, I thought it would be valuable to those who are disoussing this matter so generally in this State nud out nf lt, to havo placed beforo them not only tho objection which tho largo manufacturers mako to tho ..New Precess Machino," hut also tho auswers to these objections whioh the agents and advocates of tho Clement Attachment urge io ita favor, together with my own impressions and calculations, based upon a personal inspection of tho prosees. Accordingly I boarded tho Air Linc Hail rood ot Greenville, nud ofter u rido of about fifty milos I arrived nt the town of Westminster, whick is _IN OCQNEK, 0 Mir.ES FROM THE O BORGIA LINK. Por como lime previous to arriving nt tho station I became awaro from thc conversa tion of a party of gentlemen it) the oar that I was not tho only pilgrim in search of "Tho Clomcnt Altnohment," und whoo thc train stopped three ?eutlotuon stopped out with mo. I was in tho act of inquiring something about tho location of tho mill when ono of tho party, who scorned to le oldest, saved ino tho troublo by asking tho station master if lie could tell him, "whore abouts was that "Little Spinning Jinny?" Wo were told lint "The Westminster Mills" were located about two miles off, and that a back could b<? procured after wo had gone up io tho "hotel** and taken break fast. Thoro ls poi Imps nothing whioh serves so soon to brenk down the burrieis of uti quotte nud place moa on terms of lutimaoy OS a mutual hunt for a meal in n country village io upper South Carolina. A small houso was pointed out to us, about ir quarter of a mile down tho railroad track, which was distinguished by having two chimneys, one at oaoh cud, in contradistinction lo thc other houses of tho plane, whioh had one chimney in thc middle. This wa3 the "Hotel." In fict, Westminster bes become famous so rapidly that there Ins not been time to erect a mora commodious building for thc reception of ?U09tS. Bcforo wc had gono ten steps I found that my companions wore Mr. Hol lies Harden, of Chester, the President of the Chester un I Lenoir Riil road; Mr. Osm<in Huber, tho representative in thc Legislature from Chester, and Mr. F, H. Barber, of Hook Hill. 1 was in formed by tLcm that they had come to ex amine tho "uioehino" WITH A VIEW*TO ESTAIiblSHINO FACTORIES in their localities. Upon arriving at thc hotel I met another pilgrim. Ile had nrrived thc night bet?re a.'.'d was from Bremond, Texas. Ho mtrodwoct'l iiinisoll s? Mr. T. H. Ih;e.?, of the fir.*." nf White & Hayes, proprietors of lorji*? cotton gins in Central Texas. Ho Jr..d como, ho said, to make personal examina, tion of tho Clement Attachment in tho interest of several capitalists who would upon his verdict determino whether they would establish several Letones noir Bre - mond. Mr. Hayes gave un amusing account of his chase after thc Attachment. lie first went to Memphis where bc was in formed that one of the machines was in operation. Ho arrived Ibero just in time to seo tho remains of tho factory being carried off to Alabama. He thou went to Corinth, Miss., and found thc machine, but ns bud luck would liavo it, it was not in operation. Ho thou hoard of tho West - minster Mill, and came on down with a half lormcd conviction that he would eco this one riso up and fly away ns soon ns he got uoar. Mr. Hayes said to mo with an anxious look, "Well, I think 1 h.ivo cor nered it at last, but I will not he sure until I got my hand on it." 1 mention theso feels to show tho groat interests which has recently sprung up among the people ATili OVER THC SOUfll BRH STATES concerning this little machine, nud thc Bur prising difficulty experienced by those desiring to examino it In getting tho oppor tunity to do so. About 0 o'clock tho party started for tho mill. After a long rido through n oountry whioh was so wild and desolate looking that one of tho party wanted tc know if it wasn't unsettled government land, wo arrived at n modest looking fro tn < building* nt tho foot of a hill, mid and woro told that thia was tho mill. Tnt rumbling of tho spindles soon r?assurer tho porty, especially the Texan, who ap peared very anxious that tho mill waa netti olly in oporntioti. Tho Htriblingn, thc par ownors of this mill and THE AOENTS VOll THE MACHINE very soon carno forward, and, with market patienco ond courtesy, spent pcvcrol hour in describing to thc visitor) every part o tho machinery and in answering tho im u monblo questions which woro asked. Th operation and meehan mm have boon airead HO fully described in the JYeWn and Courir. that I will no- i to .pt it repetition of it Everything wi rkoil in ti e most sntisfiotor manner, nod tho visitors had the host pcs sihlo opportunity of ?* ft ttl lr) lng tho wor from tho moment tim peed was placed upo tho feeding table until it carno out slivr from t)j<t pftrds and roller*. Tho Wostmii ster Mill co nist.tof tin? following machi nery: Oua Clement Attachment, one 36 ino Wellman top flit card, one four deliver " ?-- ...... i. !.i?ni??iiigiimiii ri.HiiiMM.Ei, m i rm in mini Danforlti drawing Tramo, ono twolvo bobbin Dauforth speeder, two .Oauforth spinning frames', 182 spindles each; two reels, ouo buooli press, una ono of tho "Ohauiplou Cottou Cleaners." This completes tho fist of tho machinery of tho mill, whioh hos a capacity of consumption of 150,000 pounds of sood aotton por annum. A portion . of this mnohincry, being second baud, cost 92,500 instead of ?3,500 if it had boen new. Tho cost of crcotiug buildings, op plying motivo power, furnishing, &o., was 81.200, making tho oapital invested $3, 700. Operations woro commenced ou tho 1st of April, 1878. Tho operatives con sisted of soven young girls of tho neigh borhood who had novor scon a cotton factory and ono skilled operator, who trained thom and attended to tho cards. Hy tho first of November, tho crop of 1877, amounting to 08,000 pounds of seed cotton, hud been muuufaoturcd. They thon estimated tho crop whioh they hud just made at 80,000 pounds, and us this would only ruo tho maohiuo seven months they proocedod to purchaso from tho proceeds of their sales 01,000 pounds moro to mako enough to ruu twelve mouths. For this amount of cotton they paid an average of 2$ cents per pound or 810 of tho market vuluo of lint cotton. No difficulty was experienced in securing tho colton, and Mr. Stribliug said that if ho had tho water power ho would not hesi tato to increase the capacity of tho faotory four or five fold. As fanners, tho gentle men who now compose thc Westminster Manufacturing Company owned threo gins with presses,, powers, &0, They havo found they say that they can haul tho seed cotton to the mill, a distsuoo of ten miles over a very hilly country, and rffect a small saving over ginning at homo. Tho usc nf the Cornent Attachment, therefore they they claim lias wrought for them as tanners a saving of ?2,250, the amount invested in three gins. Tho consuinptiotiof seed cotton is 500 pounds per day, und tho production is 1G0 pounds cf yarn per ?lay. This yarn they uro now selling for 28 couts per pound. Tho colton, therefore, por day, at three couts a pound, which is moro than they paid for it, would cost $15, Operativen and contingent expenses uro placed at $-1 50 per day, which would make thc total cost of producing 100 pounds of yarns SH) 50. The value ol this amount of yarn in thc market ut 23cents per pound, would be ?3t) GO, or OVER '10 pun CENT, NET PROFIT. Tho estimated profit is ono cent net on every pound of seed colton manufactured. Mr. Stribling is of the opinion that n mill of a capacity of 500,000 to 700,000 pounds por or. ii um would pay \{ cents per pound. Thc tut piolit for tho last twelve months had boot), Mr. Stribliug informed me, SI,800 ou a oapital of S3,700 invested. Having obtained these figures, showing thc opera tions and profits ol' thc mill for thc last ye;r, I asked Mr. Stribliug to ?ive mo AN ANSWER TO THE MANY OBJECTIONS which tho large manufacturers had to this machino. In thc first place, 1 said, thc factory meo claim that you can't build a house large cuough to hold the seed for n large factory. Mr. Stribling said: "That is ull talk. You can store seed eot'.on in just double tho spice it tikes fur cotton in bales, and you MIYO by doing away with thc pucker room and cumbrous pieces of ma chicory almost vs wuoh room ns will make up this diflcreuoo. A house 2$ by 50 feel will house seed ?quivalant to 100 bales." "How about tho difficulty of procuring tho seed cotton?" I asked "Wo have found," Mr. Stribling said "no dilliculty. 1 could have proourcd enough to run four or five machines. The fanners say that they prefer to soil it that way." "Tho factory men claim that you ice at ti disadvantage in b.C?.Ug compelled to lay in your ?tock for tho y oar ut ono time," 1 said. "Wo oro nt no greater disadvantage that: they arc," Mr. Stribling Biid. "They hav< herc in the up country lo lay in t ti ci r cotton before it sets i)Ut of the. country iust us wt have to do. Besides the need cotton lying it bulk from eight to twelve months enhance: Ju n?arkct value ftom li to 2 centri pei pouni1? ???t| by absorption of oil by tin filiamcntb fr.j.'o tho seed, which gives tin staple a licit creamy color, which inoreosci its weight and truc'ility and onuses it ti work up with less wasfc, Not so witl haled cotton which dc torio."" tvs in valtio tin longer it is kept.'' ?'.Well, now, how about thc tonality o '.our yarn? Most of tho factory men ?ty 1 is of an inferior grade," I inquired. ?"?ir Stribling replied: ''I don't care to pull oui own goods, but I think tho endorsement! wc have icooived aro sufficient to nnswCl that question. Our YARNS ACTUALLY COMMAND A PREMIUM in thc market. The staple being preservct in this process perfectly straight, naturall; makes u better class ot goods, and work up with less waste. Mr. ll. J. Kimball of tho Atlanta Factory, has expressed him self as hoing astonished at thc quality c our yarns. Yams manufactured by tin process in Mississippi received a diplom un 1 modal of honor at thc Centcnnit Exhibition. Statu fairs of Qoorgit) an South Carolina have awarded premiums I F. K. Harrison, of Andcrsonvi'do, S. C., ff similar yarns made by him. Buckinghai & Paulsen of New York in a letter to us i I December, 1878, state that they had BCO some of our yarns in Philadelphia, and th) they wcro thc handsomest goods they ha feen. Again they say, under thc date i Juno, 1870: "Thero nre no better yan made, and they aro pat up in cxoclloi shape" Again, under tho dato of Ootob ll, 1870, they say: "Wo wish you won liitiko us a shipment of yarns to Phihdo phia, ns wo havo nu outside trade for there, nnd for ti superior quality of yur ouch ns you mako u^, WO cm lind a rem market. Those are some of tho endor mants wc havo received, sod tho fact tl wc get 28 cents for our yarns is a praetit evidence of Ult standing in tho market." "But the factory men say you can't ma any of tho finer yarns/' I said. "WE CAN MAKE ANY KINDS OP YAUN," j Mr. Stribling replied. "Tho spinning ni chinery is entirely separate from tho Clot ont Attachment and wo can make any cl of yarns we please." i'Why, then, is it," I asked, "that I Clement Attachment nt Anderson ville 1 clopped, if this is such fl honmfca?" "That mill has stopped," Mr. Strib? replied, ??beoiuso Col. Harrison, who ran is (load, ond his estate has to bo divided e is not yet settlej " lt is fair to stato hero that tho faotory mon who opposod tho Clement Attachment oil admitted that they lind never soon one: Upon our return X oskod tho gentlemen tn tho party how they wcro impressed. Mr. Hoyes; TUB GENTLEMAN tflJOM TEX AS, Bold: "1 am .satisfied with it and am uot afraid to try it, with steam power," Mr. Osman Harbor said: "I moan to buy thom by June." Mr. Jfi Ki Harbor eohoed this sentiment, and Mr. Harden said ho wus vory muoh pleased, and after a littlo figuring oould toll whothor he would go into the enterprise My owu impression is that if tho quality of tho yarn is os good as that manufactured by tho old process, and thoro scorns no reason to doubt that it is, thoro is ot least thirty five per cent, net profit in the or?torpriso ofter deducting tho cost of production, freights, commissions, insurance, drayugo.ond every conceivable expenses of salo. I think that it will aflord a suro aud handsomo support to two or more farmers who club together ond manufacture their own crops, and for tho. vory samo reasons that largo factories pay bet ter profits thoo small ones, I don't BOO why a number of thesoH attachments run together with tho appropriate complement of spinning machinery, should not pay much moro handsomely in proportion. THE VEUT DEEP INTKREST VELT concerning tho new process is shown by tho immense number of persons who aro daily visiting the Westminster Mill und writing to tho Striblings fur information. Mr. Zim merman, who keeps a (ivory stublo at Westminster, says ho has during tho last few months furnished vehicles for over fivo hundred persons to go out to tho mill, and hus mudo over 8300 from th fi souroo ?lone. Mr. Stribliog told ino ti* un evidunoo of tho vast correspondence ho was oo.npollcd to carry on in answering questions that ho hud ex-1 pended in postage for this purpose? alone 847. lt will not bo many months beforo tUo now process will bc thoroughly tested in sovcral di fi?rent seotions of tho oouutry, and tho succeed or failure of theso ventures will definitely bettie the question W hellier ut' not the Clement Attachment is to work a revolution in tho cotton manufacturing intorcsts of tho South. A ?Sccapilulafioii or (lie Iti'sult*. Tabulating tho etatcmonts obtained from thc several factories wo have thc following results: os eo co |?? ir sss g,' ?L-ro s 5 H H IO I-1 ?-1 H H HJ O *. IO M tO H H t< IO O to ~co ?o i*? o lo bo ? o ol-J OO rf?"o bb>b 0)O?O)00)l(*OOCCiOMOOOW ifoaooJ>.oooowooooo^ CO CO Ol *~> M to IO O GO O lt? O' CM l-J h' 1-J IO -1 rf? 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Tho single town of Lowell in Massachusetts has 8115,000,000 invested in cotton und woolen in ills, with 041, 199 spindles and 12,785 operatives, so that there is room for an indefinite expansion of cotton manufactures in South Carolina, inasmuch us the Curolira mills pay expenses when tho New langland mills run ot 11 loss, moko money when thc New Kng'und mills only pay expenses and moko still larger profits than tho New langland mills when th^sn mills pay weil EXCURSION TO CHARLESTON -Groonvillo & Columbia Railroad. To accommodate those winning to visit Charleston during lite Sohuetzenfost, tourna* mont and floral fair, round trip excursion tickctn to Charleston will bo sold at ull ticket stations on thc line of Ibis road from Tuesday, tho'20ih. until Wednesday, tho 28th, of April inclusivo. They will not be recd ved for passage in thc direction of Charleston after tho latter dato, and persons holding them, in consideration of tho low rate at which sold, will not bo permitted to lio over ot any place between tho point Whcro purchased nnd Charloatott and resumo tho trip on tho samo ticket. Tiokots will bo good to return on any day until Saturday, May tho 1st, inclusivo, but will in no instance bo oxtondod or receivod for passogo nftor that dato. TRICE OF ROUND TRIP TIOKF.TS FR0U Alston, $3 35 Donald's, 5 50 Prosperity, 4 00 Honea Path 5 50 Newberry, 4 00 ?elton, 5 50 ChoppoH's 5 00 A o (in .-un, ? 50 Ninety-Six, 5 00 Williamston, 5 Ot) New Market, 5 00 Greenville 5 50 Creen wood, 6 00 Pendleton, 5 50 Hodgon, 5 00 Perryville, 5 50 Abbeville, 5 50 Seneca City, 5 50 Walhalla, $5 50 rttOM rOtNTS ON LAURENS li A 11, KO Al). Laurens, $5 00 Clinton, $4 75 Martin's $4 75 Tickets nt proportionate low rntos will bo sold from points on Spartanburg, Union and Columbia Railroad. R. H. TEMPLE, Onneral Superintendent, ITAOEZ NORTON, flcnoral Ticket Agont. CINCINNATI, April VI -About 300 bu siness men will sturt to morrow morning for Chattanooga, over tho Cincinnati Southern Railroad. About half of thom will go on to Atlanta, Charleston, Augusta, Savonnait and other Southern cities, whore they will bo publicly entertained. A fow of them will bo socompHnied by their wives and dmighters. ff IS li Kl!OW?f] C0IJRIKR. BY KEITH, SMITH Ac CO. W?viii?vii?v, ia- ?o. THU 2VCI9I ?6y -Fbi" subscription, $1.60 j>er annum, ttrictlyin advance; for six months, 75 ec/ii*. BQf" Advertisements inserted at one dollar per square of one inch or less for the first insertion, and fifty cents for each subsequent insertion, fti?f Obituary Notices exceeding five lines, T\'ibnbcs of Respect, Communications of a per tonal character, when admissablc, and Announce ments of Candidates tollt be charged for as adver tisements. til?f* Job Printing neatly and cheaply executed. JJ?jy* Necessity conipcls us to adhere strictly to the requirements oj' Cash Payments, Tho nomination of Judgo Wnllaco for Governor by tho Anderson Intelligencer would meet with goncral approbation all over tho State: Ito would command moro strength than any other mau, perhaps, and would eorvo to unify tho party. Judgo Wnllnco, however, wo eco declines tho nominntioui proferring his presont position. This bei tig" tho caso, wo must look clsowhoro. Thc Netas and Courier"says' tho oontost at present lies between Gens. llngood and Gary. Will either of theso excito the enthusiasm and interest of tho people and call out a full vote? Wo hope so, or that tho Convention will seek somo other strong man folly known to the people of tho ?Stato. Wo want a man who can en daine and unify our people, us in this way only can wo hopo for success. Have in contemplation several measures look ing to thc (;ood health of our citizens. First among theso is the cleaning out of tho Under growth in rear of tho college and thc building of privies for thc ?iso ol' the students. This wc regard of tho highest importance, ns by having proper .shade" trees they Would prow moro rapidly and in a few years make a beautiful grove. As it now ls B6tlibby saplings and un dorgt'OWlh choke down thc growth of such trees ns ought to he encouraged. UC8ideS it would add lo I Ito health of thc town in preventing thc scattered filth, which must tic ((Tensive. They next proposo lo druin the pool ol' water OH Milln Street, in front ot* Mr. VunDivlvre's store. This is in flic heart of thc town and should liavo been done years ngo. Mr. Van Di vi ero, with commendable spirit, hud begun thc work when ho was stopped and wc supposa il will bc com pleted by Council. In addition to these mea sures they will doubtless establish a health committee, who will look niter and have re moved everything calculated to produce sickness. These measures arc of the highest importance, for as wc havo said heretofore 'ho healthiest locality limy bo rendered unhealthy by failure to attend to such malters as promote health. We have in thc last year had a number uf deaths in mid around town, a id while wc cammi (race them to any local cause, it is well to guard against anything likely to cr?alo sickness. There is all over thc conntvy an unusual amount of sickness, mostly pneumonia, from sudden changes of tile weather, bul every thing betokens a sickly season. Let us do our part well mid wc will have no cause to fear disease in our healthy town. Tho Last Legislature. Our able cotcmpovai'y, tho Anderson Intelli gencer, takes us lo' (ask for our strictures on thc loot Legislature In passing au Aol to chango (ho limo of holding thc courts in tho Highlit Circuit. Wc dill helicvo that these changea were unwise, and especially so when tho Act became a law only niuo days before our regular term, It is an old saying that it. is unwise to swap horses while crossing a river, und it is applicable lo rOinogcs in such important laws, niter thc courts af thc circuit had begun, unless a clause post poning tho operation of the Act had been in serted. Wc said wc dui not know where thc blame rested, hut wc (hink every member of the Legislature ?3 responsible lo some extent for all Acts, whether local or general. However this bc, we think thc next Legislature should repeal [\11 Acta relating lo Hie limo of holding courts and I bc manner of drawing julies mid pm s two general laws for Hie whole Slate. This would prevent all fut uro trouble mid in a short limo t li o courts would run smoothly. Wo have noticed another peculiarity of this Act. se for as ii a Heel s the courts in Coonee mid Pick cn s Counties. Tho Act reads us follows; '.Tho Court ol General Sessions iii Walhalla, for Hie Cornily of Oconce, on i he second Monday in March, thc third Monday in .lune und tho first Monday in September, and Hie Court of Com mon Pleas at thc same placo on thc Wednesdays following thc second Monday in Mardi und Sep tember} thc Cou: ! of General .Sessions al Picketts, [Ortho County of PiohcilS, oa thc fourth .Mon ilay in March, thc fourth Monday in June and I he third Monday in September, and tho Courts af Cominan Pleas ni thc same placo on tho Wednesdays following (ho fourth Mondays in March and September." From this extract from ho Act it will he seen (lint thc lull court of Common Pleas cannot opon in either county inti) Wednesday ol' tho second week, so Ihal if herc bc little or no criminal business thc Judge i\ill lie over for n week there being a week mid '.wo days n.lawed lo criminal business and four lays Cor civil business. Thia is tho more ro innrkabla when we consider I hut no civil busi ness of any kin.I can bc done in the slimmer? ls Judge Thomson lo blaine for this or thc j members from this Circuit or tho General j Assembly ns a body? Wc have always behoved thc Legislature was one body charged with nil legislation lo whatever part of tho Stale il. might, relate. We do liol consider that Judge Thomson ivas to bliiuio in holding our court, lev not a lawyer in thc circuit and not a member of thu General Assembly seems to have known of tho Act, and hardly any person would supposo un Act pnssed nfier tho courts of thc circuit woro begun would go into operation so ns to affect three counties only. This is only nn error or oversight, but still operates none thc less hard on our people. From our exchanges wo notice thnt tho Radical porty in nearly nil tho counties Cf tho State are holding conventions to appoint delegates to tho State Contcution to bo held on tho 28th instant, 'i'Kio Impression is general that tho party will endeavor tn reor ganize for tho next Campaign, We also bcliovo that they will run tickols for tho Legislature/ for members to Congress and probably for Stato oflicors of evory grado. It is a party of etronglh from its solid unity in notion nnd it would bo folly foi our people to ignore ita power and numbers. KtCn in o ITlIUnSDAY, APIUL 15, 1880. Our Town Authorities Tho Radical Party. I old Fdgofiold, whi?h iu 1870 rolled up auoh Cn ?'inmenso Dcmoorntio majority, tho elans aro moving U9 shown by tho appended extinct frooi tho Kdgoflold Advertise?. Undor these circumstances it bohooves tho Domooratio party in ovory county of the Stato to put itself in thorough organisation. In thia way only cnn wo hope to retain wlmt wo won by such heroic exertions in 1870. Unloss our people organizo d?font must bo the result with tho ovils of bud government. litornal vigilance is tho prieo of liberty nnd no sacrifico is too great to retain our prosent control of tho Stato government. Tho fol? lowing is tho article from tho Advertiser: "Within tho hist few days wo hnvo nsoor? taincd beyond u doubt that1 oortaiu of tho old Kadi eal leaders in Jv! ge lie ld ure moving. Lawronco Cain has boon appointed County Chairman, and, for tho tlrst timo in two yours, may bo soon daily upon our streets- indeed, on Saturday and Monday lust bowns in hug ger mugger with two or three colored mon who wore vory pestilent follows in 1870. And hoovidontly has m o noy too. For somo timo past, no doubt, tho nogropchools and churches have been hot beds of Radical machination, and in a few days wo nu>.y espect to hear of .neall fer a convention to ?end delegates to '.Columbia. Tho Stato Republican Convention is to meet on tho 20th instant Whcthor Cain will hold bis convention hero or at sumo other point in tho County wo cannot ascor-? tain. So far a* wo can FOO and hoar. Puris Bimbina seems to bu holding ulouf. But tho old leaven is working, nnd soon tho wholo negro lump will bo thoroughly leavened. And, truth to say, wo are glad of it, for moro than anything oise in tho world will it servo to unify tho Democratic party, to mako them discard all personal and selfish motives and to discourage all pestilent independent move ments." South Carolina Presbytery. Thc Presbytery of South Carolina met at WUlinmslon, S. C., April 7th, 1880, at 7J P. M., nnd was opened with a sermon by Kev. J. O. Lindsay, D.D., tho retiring Moderator. Thirteen ministers were present and twenty eight churches were represented. Hov. \Y. F. Pearson, of Duo West, was elected Moderator and Kider J. J. Norton, of Walhalla, Assistant Clerk. Hov. S. fi, Morrie, chairman of committee lo organize a church in Coonee county, reported that Ebenezer Church lind been organized with sixteen members and two ciders ordained. Kev. J. li. Martin, synodioal agent, ol' South Carolina Presbytery, reported that the$100 laid on Presbytery by Synod for Theological Semi nary had all been paid. Presbytery having examined Licentiate A. il. Norris on experimental religion, motives in seeking tho ministry, ecclesiastical history, go vernment, sacraments and theology, ho was ordained to thc full work of tho ministry "by thc laying on of thc hands of tho Presbytery," as nu evangelist for ridgefield county. Candidates D. K. Fricrson, J. J?. M O Lin and W. CS. Neville, aller thc usual examinations, were licensed to preach thc Cospel. Mr. H. D. Lindsay, son of Kcv.J.O. Lindsay, D.D., was received nildev tho caro of Presbytery as a candidate for ibo Oespel ministry. Kev. S. D. Morris and Hider W. A. Templeton were elected commissioners to tho General As sembly to meet in Charleston, S. C., nnd J. O. Lindsay, D.D., and Kider II. D. IJoozer their alternates. Huberts (.'burch presented a call to Presbytery, (supposed to bo intended for Kev. IL C. Ligon,) bul no minio being mentioned, ii was returned (o (ho church as irregular. Liccnlia(o D. K. Fricrson was granted per mission to labor out of thc bounds of Presby tery foi" six mouths. All candidates under caro of Presbytery in I he Seminary were granted permission to lecture during the vacation among thc churches. A conference was hold Saturday night on foreign missions ami a collection taken up amounting to $'25 01. Presbytery adjourned lo mool at Cokcsbury on Wednesday before (bc third Sabbath in Sep tember, 1880, at 7 J P. M. S. L. MORRIS, Stated Clerk, Now Ordinaiico Regarding Health. Wo would call attontion lc? (he new ordU> . nance passed ct a recent meeting of tho Council open tho suggestion ol' the Sub Board of Health for M alitalia. Asourpooplo aro apt to consider Town Ordinances as a. deed letter, wc will give some quotations from the law, KO that our people OMI seo that thc Council li?!' uot chosen to net without j.roper authority. "Thc South Carolina Medical Association," is nu old chartered institution nnd waa recently ro-olinrtcrod and creating Ibo cor porator.-* together with Attorney and Cotnp trolor General, a B und of Health for tho Slate, "and said Board of health so consti tuted and established shall bo thc (quoted from Sections 3d nnd 4th.) solo advisors of the State on all questions involving tho pro? tection of thc puljlie health within its limits;" "that tho nani Association ut its first meeting alter the passage of this Act shall recominond seven nicmhors to tho Governor, who shall appoint them to act with Attorney and Comptroller General as an r?xooutivo Com mittee; that this committee divido thc Stato into health districts and whoro no Board of Health exists, they bo required to appoint; Sub-Boards of Health, w hich shall consist of two practicing physicians and ono layman. Section VI scads na follows: That it shall bo the duly ol' tho Stato Board of Health through its representatives to investigate tho cai'.scs, character and means Cf preventing S'.ich epidemic and endemic diseases ns tlio Stato is liable to sn Her from; tho influence of climate and localities, occupation, drainages, ecavongoring, water supply, heating and ventilation and shall make inspection an-? nually or oftoncr if necessary of tho sanitary condition of all institutions provided a? State chinities or supported at tho public expense. From Section VII of said Act wc quoto: Tho Sub-Board of Health constituted a? provided in Section V aro charged with tho . duty of investigating, w ithin their district all niters nt nf sanitary interest or seiontifio importance bearing in any w'n-c upon tho protection o? tho public health. Thoroforo iii ncoordnnco with this Jaw, Din. li. B. Johnson, Tho?. L. Lowitf and J. H. ?Sligh iv:-rc appointod ns tho Board for Walhalla rfflu from their special instructions we (?ti?la Ihn following itotn: ' Yon w ill please forward to this office from, limo to limo any information of intero6l that you may bc possessed of relating to tho sani tary condition of your booti On ; or of any glaring infraction of sanitary laws touding to endanger tho public health nnd remaining unrcmcdiod after proton by your Sub Board."