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WINNSiOlRO. 8. C.
Tuosday, December 11, 1877.
R. MEANS DAVIS, Editor,
JNO. S. REYNOLDS, Assoclato Editor.
Tus CoimESPoNm)WHT Of the Jour
1 o* Comimerce says that Ropro
uontat.ivo (lailla1rd, of this county,
made an ablo 3peoch agaimnt the
usury law, as op)osd to the rules
of political conomy, and powerloss
to offect any good to the borrower.
Mn. R. V. SiausoN, of Anderson,
has boon elected chairman of tho
Committoo of Ways and Means of
tho Houso. It had boon thought
that the plaeo would be given
to the lon. C. . Mommu1inger.
ut Mr~. Simpson a is an earnest
worker, cool andI clear headed,
and will malk an admirable chair
man. We havo no unfavorablo coI -
mont to m1lako uponl thi solo etion.
Important Bills.
Among tho billN of importance
now beforo the Legislature aro the
following:
1st. That. the comptroller-general
rk-1mit the forfeit onl (11lnqlilt
Uaxei whenlever Oho apl)[ic-nt, poe
by affidavi! 0hAt he wasv prosenit be
foro ho clo'sin)g of tho tax books,
but that the tromsuror could not
collect hil; tax on account of the
rush of busills.
2d'. An am1endmlont to the con
stit,utionl providing that the justicos
of tho supre-0m0 court and the cirmCut
uldges slall hold oflico during good
behavior.
3d. That all parsons engaged in
manufacturing, in this State, guano
or other fortilizors, or in solling, in
this State, guano or other fortilizers
manufactured in another State,
shall attach to oaoh Back, barrel or
other artiolo containing tho same,
a tag, eithor written or printed,
containing the namo or namos of
the person or porsons, or the namo
of the company, with the namos of
its individual members, so- manu
facturing or selling such guano or
other fortilizer, and a true analysis
of such guano or other fertilizer.
The ponalty for non-complianco
with this act to be a fine of from
two thousand to five thousand
dollars, and im1isonmnit in the
penitentiary of fronm onoe to five
years, or either fine or imprison
mont.
4th. The continuance of the
operation of the lien law for two
years.
5th. A re,onactment or the usury
lawv.
6th. The ratification of the school
amendment.
Besides which there are several
bills providing ways to abolish
special legislation, iuuich as in the
matter of erecting gates, &c.
A Needed Amendment.
*1 ~The ratifica4tion of tiho school
amnendment ha.s boon1 made t.he
special order for the 14th inst.
Considerable opplosition to it exists ;
but it should pass. Edgeolold was
the only county that voted against
* ~ it; and nlow the Advertiiser favors
its ratification, on the ground that
a closer study of the matter b)rings
out its good points. In one respect
both tihe p)resenit sectioni of the
consatiutioin and t.he tuamient arc
faulty, each providinig that the
moneiy shall be apportionied accord
ing to the school attonldanco, with.
out specifying in what way attend
ance shall be0 reckoned. This gives
rise to the most absurd results as
will readily be scen. Assiueo that
the amendment is not ratified, and
that one county has one thousand
childlren attending forthomnh;
another county three thousand
children for ono month; a third,
six thousanmd children for three
weeks; and a fourth, twelve thou-.
sand children for one week. Here it
is obvious that the amount of
teaching-i. e. the numnber of
children multiplied by the number
of days each attends--is the same
in all these counties. Yet in nmak
ing up the annual report, the irat
county will be credited with one
thousand chuildlren in attnenan.
the second, with throo thousand;
the third, with six thousand ; and
the fourth, with twelvo thousand:
for the law says nothing about the
1VOru/e attendance, and each
county will report tho largost
possiblo nunbor of. scholars, in
order to obtain the largest possible
share of the school money. And
by thus showing, the fourth county
will claim twelve times as much as
the first. So long ,as there is a
premiiumt on fraud, the ratio of
apportionment each year will be so
inaccurato as to practically daIno
the system.
If the amendment be ratified, the
same objection holds good as bo
tweOn the respce-tivo school districts
in each county.
It is tho duty of the Logi3laturo
to define the meaning of tho words
"school atteIdailnce," so that thoro
May b 10 no ambiguity. For that
purposO we strongly urgo the
passage of an act of the following
tenor:
Tht the teacher of each public
school in the respmetivo school dis
trict"s of the St-Ato, be, an(d is hore
by, required to keep -t roster of all
tho pumpils attondiig school, With
dato of enterin', anld leavim; and
slw1l fturthwr kep it recor(l of the
daily 'attundallco ill said twhool
and4 si-Li, at tho end of euch month
of four wecks, enter in s.tid record
the number of daiiyl each 1upil shall
hie attended during the month.
The liggreIgato atteldllance of all the
11up1)il; for the mlonth shall bo
livilo( by lwonty, and the gntioat
slall be the a0vera1g attendanco for
the month, (a f!Wtion lOss than
one half being rejected, more than
a half being countd as ono.) The
attendaneo of one pupil for one
month of twenty school days shall
be taken as the unit of apportion
ment of the school funds.
Each teacher shall make aflidavit
of the correctnesr of this report, to
tho best of his knowledge and
beliof, and shall filo a duplicate of
the rnport with tihe clork of the
board of trustoes beforo he be
entitled to roccivo pay for his
services as teacher. And the school
conumissioeior shall not countersign
any pay certificate, until he shall
have received the teacher's report of
average attendance for the month
for which the certificate is (rawn.
By the adoption of this act the
difficulty would b obviated. It
would entail trouble on the teachers
and school oflicials, but it is the
only just way of apportioning out
the funds. Under this, the four
counties moeitioned in the hypo
thetical case would receive the
samie sum-one thousand pupils for
three months, three thousand for
one month, six thoumsand for half a
month, and twelve thousand for
one--fourtht of a muonth-all giving
the same number of units of attend
ance-throco thousand.
We trust this matter will receive
attention. It is as important to the
school law ais the multiplication
table is to arithametie.
TilE ST'ATI E G ISLATiURE.
FamaAr, December 7, 1877.
SENATE.
A number of bills wvore intro
dued, read by title and properly
roferrod.
On motion of Mr. Cannon, the
Senate proceeded to eoet a commit
tee on Federal relations.
Mr-. S. S. CJrittendon was elected
chatirman.
Mr. Cannon nominatod the follow,
ing senators as miembers of that
eonuni ttoo: M.esiu-s. WilIey, Lips
comb, [Butlor, Gary, (runyboll and
Maixwell.
A ftor somo debate, these gentle-.
meon were dumly elected.
Concurren t r-esolution (H-ouse)
relating to the election of Hion. J.
J. P'atter-son to the Senato of the
United States was taken up.
Mr. Hlowar-d moved to refer it to
the committee on Federal relations.
Mr.- Cochran moved as an amend
umont to request that committee to
report in Jive days, and called for
the ayes and nmoes, which wyore.taken
with the following result :Ayes,
11 ; noes, 1(3.
Yeas-Messrs. Campbell, Carter,
Evans, Gar-y, Jotor, Mootzo, Myers,
Walkor, Williams, WVitherspoon and
Wylie.
Nays-Mess. Bowen, Buck, Butler,
CIan n om, Coker, Counts, Cr-ittendon,
Duncan, Howard, Kinsler, Lips
comb, Livingston, Maxwell, McCall
andl Todd.
Mr. Cochran then called for the
ayes and noes on Mr. Iloward's
motion, which resulted as follows :
Yeas-Mossrs. Bowen, Buck,
Buntler, Cannon, Counts, Critten
din. Eans Gry, howA Jeo.,
Kinslor, Lipscomb, Livingston,
Maxwell, McCall, Todd, Witherspoon
and Wylie.
Nays-MosEis. Campbell, Cochran,
Meotzo, Taft, Walker and Williams.
So the resolution was referred to
tho committoo on Fodoral relations.
Mr. Lipscomb presented memorial
of Stato Grange, rolative to railroad
freights and other railroad abusos.
R1oferrod to the railroad committee.
Adjourned.
HousE oF REPRESENTATIVES.
After calling the House to order,
General Wallace, Speaker, in a very
graceful speech, resigned the Speak
ership, and then requested Mr.
Mommuinger, of Charleston, to take
the chair.
Mr. MIomninger, on taking the
chair, said : "The Speakor of the
Hotuo having resigned his position,
what is the pleasuro of the House
as to tho order of business 7"
Whoroupon Mr. Hall, of Charles
ton, olfereud a resolution thanking
H1on. W. II. Wallaco the uniformly
couttoons and ablo manner in which
he had porformed the arduous and
trying dities of his position.
The resolution was seconded by
Mr. Aldrich, and unanimously
adol)ted.
On motion, the Houso thon pro
cooded to elect a Speaker.
ilr. Buist, of Charleston, nomi
natod Honl. John 0. Shoppard, of
Tho roll wias then called, and Mr.
Shepimud unanimously elected.
Tih now Speaker then took the
chair, and, after a brief and appro-.
p; iato address, called the Houso to
ordiwor.
A number of bills and resolutions
were introduced, road by title and
pr).perly referred.
Mir. (Iaillard, of Fairfield, intro
duced a bill to alter and amend the
law on tho subject of fences in
certain townships in Fairfield coun.
ty.
The resignation of Mr. W. H.
Wallace as a member of the House
was accepted.
TIhe unfinished business yestor
day-bill to regulate the rato of
intorest on all contracts arising in
this Stato-was taken up and dis..
cussed.
Adjourned,
SATURDAY, December 8, 1877.
SENATE.
A number-of bills were introduced
and referred. Favorable reports
were made other bills, which were
ordered to a second reading. None
of general interest.
A joint report was received from
the ju(iciary committee of the two
houses that in their opinion offices
and attaches cannot be appointed
and elected at the present session.
Adjourned.
HousE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The House met, Speaker Shep.
pard presiding. A number of peti..
tions were presented and referred.
On motion of Mr. Haskell the
House resolved to mneet hereafter at
11, a. mn.
A number of bills were reported,
none of general interest.
The usury .bill was then argued
till the time of adjournment. Mr.
Brown argued forcibly in favor of
it. Mr. 0. G. Memminger spoke
learne,lly in opposition. Mr. White
of Charleston followed in favor, as
did Mr. Rt. WV. Simpson, of Anderson.
Adjourned.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Aiken has-am eight-.pound potato.
Col. 3.. D. Wylie has been elected
senator from Lancaster county
without opposition.
Associatio Justioe Haskell and
Judge W. H. Wallace have both
:iualified and entered upon their
judicial duties.
C. H. BalHwin, formerly of Colum
bia, wvill be nominated for collector
of tihe port of Charleston, vice
Worthington.
The treasurer and the auditor of
Williamsburg couldn't agree who
should make out tihe delinquent
tax list, and so the people got off.
The "Marion's Men of Winyah"
are to have a regular old. fas hioned
gander-pulling in Georgetown on the
14th inst.
A negro named Malloy broke
into a house near CJheraw one night
during the recent freshets, and in
attempting to make off with his
booty fell into the water and was
drowvned.
Four miles of the Greenwood and
Augusta Railroad have been graded,
andl are now ready for the cross-ties
and iron. If a hcartby response be
made to the call of tile company tihe
road will be b)uilt and in running
order within eighteen months.
Edgefield was ablaze with enthu-,
siasm on the receipt of the news
of the admission of Senator Butler.
The citizens, white and colored,
went out in a body~ to Sunset Hill,.
his residence, a mnile from town, and
indulged in bonifres, music and
speeches
Richland county has the lion's
share of offices. They are as fol
lows: governor, treisurer, attorney
general, superintondet of edntcation,
chief justice, associate jotico, su
perintendent of the penitentiary,
clerk and assistant clerk of the
House, and aSBittant cl(rk of the
Senate. Why is this thus ?
The Beaufort Domocratic conven,
tion nominated Col. Win. Blliott for
sonator on the fifth ballot, Maj.
Joff. Warren withdrawing in his
favor. Whipper is trying to induce
the Radicals to run him for the po
sition. They will scarcely bo such
fools.
The Savannah and Charleston
Railroad has completed its bridge
across the Ashley River at Bce's
Ferry. The river where the bridge
crosses is 490 feet wide and 60 foot
deep in the channel. The draw
bridge is 115 foot long, rsting on
it stationary bridgo 128 feet long.
Whon the draw is opn, two opon
ings 60 foot each are left for vossol s
to pass through. Passengers can
now go through fromn the North to
Florida without cliange of cars.
On Thursday last, while M.
Charles R. Bates, a wealthy citizen
af Kalamazoo, Mich., who had como
Lo Aikonc for a wiinter tour, was
walking out With his wife, he was
inddenly attacked w'ith a heavi
aess in his chest, and, without any
prAi,rous symptoms, 'was dead in
Gwenty minutos thereafter. F 'our
mece(-(ssivo paroxysims of what is
3upposed to have beon conlgestion
>f the lungs seized him, ore lie
0asod to broathe. Ho had been
tpparutly a hearty man.
NE IVS 01 TIL E D.AY.
The Washington Post, a now
Domocratic daily, has been started.
Two nogroos are to bo hanged in
Jharlotte, N. C., on the 14th inst.
Samuel Bowles the editor of the
3pringfield, Mass., Republican, :s
langerously ill with paralysis.
The Wolfborough, N. H., Savings
Bank is closed, pending an *xamna -
Lion of its condition.
Thore were over a hundred nomi.
ations left unconfirmed at the
lose of the extra session.
Conunodoro Charles H, B. Cald
-yell, United States Navy, died at
Waltham, Mass., on Friday night.
Tom Scott is engineering a bill
,hrough the Mexican Congress for a
grand railroad.
The New York police have boon
-econtly arresting large numbers of
anlicensed liquor dealers.
Hon. John H. Evins, of Spartan.
)urg, has been admitted to practice
n the Supreme Court of the United
states.
A Spanish council of ministers
has approved of the marriage of
King Alfonso and the Princess
Mereedes.
The Pope has been in a dying
)enditionl for twvo weeks, Cardinal
dimeoni, his primio minister, is also
Iange'rously ill.
The Indians are pre a-ing for a
'aid on Deadwvood, i'o the B3lac(k
Fills, and United Status troops al e
Iurrying to reinforce it.
Georgia ratifies the new constitu
tion by a large majority, and re
ruses to remove the capital from
atlanta to Milledgevillo.
The Russians have the advantage
at present, but the Turks are mnak
ng desperate resistance. The
l'urkish ,.parliament will meet on
~he 13th.
President Machon of France
~as backed down from his contest
rith the Republicans and will select
i ministry from that political party.
It is reported that Disraeli will
osign the premiership of Great
Britain, on account of ill health,
ma that the Eamrl of Derby will
mucceed him.
The Pot tnguese M~inistor to the
Vatican has been raised to the rank
f ambnssador. Portugal claims a
'ight of veto in the next Papal oloc
Lion.
A Panama letter of the 26th
:dltimo says that the Terrorist
R~evolution in Equador has assumed
grand proportions, and is (uito
bhreatoning.
Gener'al Or'd stated, in his8 evis
lence before the military committee
oecently, that the Mexican peoll
md authorities on the lower Rio
*rande were in sympathy with the
i'aiders into Texas,
There is no doubt that Eustis will
seated as senator from Louisiana,
ut there will probably be six
speeches on each side, not for delay
but to enablo senators to place
their motives on record,
The Republic Trust Company of
Newark, N. J., have decided to dis
oontinue business, owing to the
diffloulty in making safe nd profi
table investments, Peposit'ors
daw thnih balances I full
The London Financior says that
the premium for roiniiufnces onl the
Overdu staiMo0r City of Uerlin
which left New York on the 24th of
Novomber -wis advanced on Thurs
day to twenty guineas. The Post
says tho rate was from thirty to
thirty-fivu guinoas.
In Laneaiter county, Pa, on
Thanksgiving Day, a youtli named
Milton Helm attempted to shift a
pistol from on1e pocko. to another,
wlon tho woapon was disclmrge'
the ball striking Miss Mla Neal n
the tomple, causing her death in half
an hour.
Antorio Nicrosi and Miss Orolia
Sharp woro recently found lying
doad together in the Montgomery,
Alabama, Comotory, each with a
bullet through tho brain. They had
boon engaged, but moeoting with
opposition, they sought death ai a
relief. The inquest has developed
no facts about the sh1ootinD.
John J. Patterson claims to havo
received three hundrod letters from
all parts of the country asking for
coplies of his great speechl in tho
sonate, which,it, is said, was written
for him by Judge '. J. Maekoy,
Patterson smys, also, that ho has
received an oftr $2,000 to deliver
twenty lectures in the North upon
the Southern q-mstion.
Ler-do Tejada withdrivaws his pre
tEnsiois to the Mexic"n Presidency,
anIld intends ret iring to Prance He
recoI01111ds General Eicoblo to
the sufi'rages of his friends. Variouis
bodies of troops are moving to tho
frontier. The iaz government
s4cm- to be firmly seated in power,
but has n ot been recognized iby the
United States on account of the
Rio Grande border troubles.
A prisioner inl c-mrt t Pal myra, N.
Y., haviti cll Judge ichmiond in
Open court "a gray haired old
scoundrei, ' t-e jkvlgo left the bacih,
and seizing his clle hoganl to casti -
gato the rnflum, but his foot slip
ping, the pri:,oner got Iim dvowin and
kicked 1um severely about the head
beforl he w ,.s alrresited. The pris.
onor was remankded to jail until tho
judge wan sufliciently recovered to
Continu his case.
The Russian Court invited Dr.
Ayr and his family to the Archsv
(ike's wedd'Ing in the Roval Palace.
Thiii distinction wasi aw'arded him
not only beeanso he was an Ameri
can, but also bocause his name111o Its a
physician had become favorably
known in. Russia on its passago
round the world.-.Pueblo (cut.)
People.
It was rough on a fellow to have
to got up in the middle of the night
and hunt around for another bhmnk
et. 1.1L it wis rougher to find that
the blanket wasn't there.
A Virginia Sherill' asked a muira
dorer if he wanted to muake a speih
on the gallow~s, and he rop!iodl,
''Gutss not ; it looks like rain, and
I dlon't want to get wet. Go on with
the hanging."
.T COST 1
To Change Investment U,~
Twill sell my entfire stock of' Ilard w'mro
. . for the nr.xt sixty d1ays at cost to elo, o
out, thle buin ess. Mer,.hants and ~ Plan
ters will hint it, to) their inlte-roit to cal I
soon at-l setorme g uods they maiy be inu1
im s I in,ten I to s. 1! thiemi (,lY ns arly
a.s possibtlLe. Ay3 pIers(on wish in'. to con
toniie the buinless will ha furishail wi th
particulars, anid willi be given liberal
deCbted are requtestol to caill nt set .le ait
Onco). I havo0 ton Shamros of' Ui.ling arut
Loan Stock, which I will also sell on
good terms.
dec i--1mi J. M. GALLOWAY.
IAM RECEIVING daily fresh
Sugars, Coffees Green and Roai.-t
od, Ten, Flour, Grist, Meal,
Syrutps, Molasses, Soda,
Soap), Starch, Bagging
and Tios, Bacon,
Lurd-in B3bls., Cans and B3uchots
Seed Oats, Rye and Barley, Nails,
Trace Chains, Horse and Mulo
Shoes, Axle Groese, White WVino aind
Cider Vinogar.
Mir All goods delivored within
corporate limits.}
Fresh Cheese and Maccaroni
received to-day,
Now Buckwheat Flour.
Choice now crop New Orleans
Mo.usses.
Now Mackerel in kits, i and 4
barrels.
* D. IL FLRNNTKENa