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gpt Mii Sew aod Heralo I^PUBLISHEDEVERY WEDNESDAY. ST TEK3SS, Df ADVANCE ; One Tear. .... 81.50, -Six Montlts, .... .7i K w.n.nni;r,T.i.ss. ... mi^r. r ADVERTISING HATES, CASH: One dollar a square for the first insertion and fifty cents for each subsequent insertion Special rates for contract advertisers. Marriage and death notices free. Kegular rates charged for obituaries. Orders for Job Work solicited. ?rr\TVTOD/^DA C r* Ivv xix odwivv/, o. vt sn Wednesday, September 18. : : 1H89 J:- ? Congressman S. S, Cox, familiarly known as "Snnset" Uox. died in New |> York on last Tuesday. He was one of ~ the most brilliant and brainy rae'i of The latest thing in the way of trusts H? is the brick trust of Seattle, the city Mfeently visited by a destructive fire. M Irhis is, perhaps, the hardest trust yet ^^^>rganized. It is said that Jefi. Davis will be at 9 Bayetteville, N, C., in November next H^to attend the constitutional centennial K;' celebration, and that fully fifty tbousK and people will be present. Ii will be BL a pleasure for the old veterans to see m the grand old man once more. K ^ Again the news comes from London I ^ mnH/lat* KQO Koon HS? IU!U auv/iuct IC1I1U1C UU1VCI nuo uvbu ||| committed at Whitecliapel. These M marders eclipse anything of the kind in the annals of crimes. All efforts of the E| detectives to ferret oat the murderer seem futile. The victim is again a HE woman and her body is mutilated H substantially in the same way as the m many others that have been butchered inWhitecbapel. W "We publish to-day a very interestK ing discussion of the Act of Apportionment from the pen of Prof. R. Means ? Davis. "We know of no one in the State more conversant with the subject and more competent to give an exposition of the intent of the Act by reason of the active participation taken by him in the matter. Indeed, it was his suggestion that induced Gov. Thompson, who was A-P VrlriAoflAn M n trUCll OUpCllUlCUWUlI VJL uuuvuuvu; w ft' frame and introduce the act of apB portjooiftent. AVe feel sure his article l^^ft^Mffill be read with interest and profit. ft * It is said by the Columbia Krister's ft'-...: correspondent from Charleston, that ft ' 'the British steamship Adancorrad has IH coJinr? frtn RjtmAlnna. Snain. and in her K; hold a cargo of nearly 4,000 bales of cotton, and in that arnonnt about H HL^^/200 bales are clad in the regulation Hr uniform of the Alliance. This means WF^- practically victory for the farmers. [P They are classed "Merchantable." Of Wr coarse the inference is that the bales Hp. packed in cotton bagging will be acKcepted on the other side of the water, H because otherwise they wonld not have been received, ana it is lariner reporieu K that the appearance of the white coyeringjigrowiug more frequent daily. H|^^?flrais looks like iate mnsfc <;o down. Bj A Week of Sensations Jg-;-- Last^ig^k was a week of sensations in Ubesierrv iumer i>iauui, mc . janior memota: of the firm of li Hpr Brandt & Son/p^omineR t jewelers of ^ that place, committed suicide on last Rl|; Friday night. In the Ilalsellville wsclion of that Br?' county a brutish outrage was attempted! 1 ?>"mi ? litliti mhito orirl I rKU*l iuuuuav upvii u uikiv *? w??v D... by a negro villiau. ?On Salnrdav, in a cutting affray at Lowrvsville, between Scott Brawley, (white), aud Hez. Robins, (colored^ the former was cut in several places. knci |# We purpose about the 1st ofNovem- \ ber next to print a trade issue, giving ] as elaborately and accurately as possible, an account of the trade and pro^tes of Winnsboro, and we shall also. Hebthe whole county, with the smaller towns in it, a place in the picture. We have not made as much demonstration over our industrial oyw* Une? noes <)>>vpSnnmeiii as manv I of the other towns of the State, yet by a anion of the conservatism and the wise jndgment of oar older raeu with the zeal energy and progressive spirit pf the younger, Winnsboro has made within the last year a steady and ?are advancement. We believe that a icSfiew of onr trade, progress and re Ptaonrces will result in groat good to [the county seat and to the county at ||?ow> it will require a great deal of rouble and labor ior ns to publish a trade issue, that will be a credit to tbe town and county, and unless we have the aid aud sympathy of our people in the work, it will necessarily fall far short of success. y There are maoy persons who ccmld Ip ns, and we ask them to do it, ! ask our friends to collect all the la tney think will be suitable, and id it to us. No matter how little nay be, L' >nly a few lines, send it. i feel in the very outset that it will '* 4 *? ~ ? m4 HE ceavy U1S&. IU uuu?ua&c, auu lately beg that every one, who is H BWko^b know of any adv&nt8 ?fge which Fairfield possesses, will inHFform as of it. We trast that each and every individual will feel an interest in - ? ?-- j I bis matter, ana give a? tue ir ucip auu i co-ooeration. ' Fortune Follows a Fresno, Cal; Disaster. Bernard Heringhi, a well-known broker on pine street, between Montis gomery and Sansom, is the father of KR A \ UUIl^ lildU ?? UU II j^^^praise concerning the Louisiana State ^tajta^^^few days before the recent ^fc^&jfjnohe bought the Meant Zien'x Xew; tirhotwtie Year Under the most encouraging auspices has Mount Z'ton entered the scholastic year of 1889-90. There was no friction in beginning work the first week so well adjusted is the mechanism of the school. All the old pupils knew exactly what was to be done. Tlioir t-naor Jhair in thP vailk. They knew exactly where they were to sit. There was no scrambling at the school-room door, all trying to enter at once as the parents of most of I hem were, perhaps, wont (o do when they were school-children. The same regularity and methodical movements characterize the exercises tbrongh the whole day. There was no confusion in the assignment of scholars to their appropriate classes, aud even the new students are now in harness, as it were, and at the close of the first week we find them working with the same regularity as the old. What kind of a start have yon made? was the question asked Prof. Witherow 011 last Monday morning. "Well." said he, "the first week has j been the best since my connection with tbe school, we have now on the roll 142 pupils, and they seem to have begun their work in earnest." Do the people of Winnsboro properly appreciate Mount Zion? Yes, in a sense they do, and in a sense they do not. Passively they d?, actively they do not. Mount Zion is doins: a arreat work for us, and every citizen of the town ought to feel it his duty to add to the improvement and increased success of the institution. The Rock Hill people, we are told, never let a stranger leave the place without hav * * * ? rnL?^ snowii him the scnooi Duuaiug. x is right. If we want to make a good imprest-ion on visitors to the town, we must not only show them the oil mills, cotton factories, magnificent store?, etc, but we must let them know oar educational advantages, for sound intellectual training lies at the very basis of success in business enterprises, There is one matter which we want to exDlain. and throw it in here some what parenthetically. It is the tuition fee at Mount Zi jn, and as there has been some misunderstanding we think it necessary to explain. In the first place so far as pupils from the other School Districts are concerned the loss by apportionment does not affect them at all. They pay one dollar per month for the ten month*, a? they lave always done. Pupils living in this District pay one dollar per month for the last four months of the session, or in other words what is received from the two mill* tax is only sufficient to rnn the school bir. months, and hence the one dollar is charged pupils of this District in order to complete the ten mouths. .Let u? mow a more acuve appreciation of oar school for she deserves it. Let us work for it even harder than in the past. The teachers cau't do it all. No matter what may be their didactic and disciplinary powers, they cannot accomplish the best results ! cnless they have the sympathy and coI operation of parents. For instance, j they can't control the preparation of I lessons at home nor enforce pnnctnal attendance. 1 If parents would have their children ' "?r UsvCm n/Ir?r rrnc of \fnnni prUUt UV 1*1^31 auiauvo^o mv Zion. they must, to a great extent, assiit the teachers in enforcing the bylaws and reflations of the Institute. They must ace that their children leave home in time to reach school at the proper hour, that they are not allowed to shmi the scrutinizing test of rigid examination! and other exercises. We do not by this editoReftnean to, impule_j;o people" of Winnsboro any lack of appreciation of intellectual culture. Onr only object is to remind them that while they are ?o busy with the many new enterprises springing up in Winn&boro, they must not lose sight of MountZion, which has always been the pride of the place. As a leader in the cauae of education. Winnsborj has ever enioyed the high distinction of being classed foremost among the towns of the State. Her people were among the very first, more than a centnrv ago, to organize a society to foster popular education. Her people weie (he first to declare, "Our country calls, nay, ihe voice of r? ason calls aloud to us, to promote knowledge as the firmest cement of a State." Oars is a noble heritage. Let ns make the most of it What 4>o Yon Say, Gentlemen ? We think that we are not far wrong when we say that, to fhe observant man, there has been a very perceptible, mi <lio noft nf th? hnatnpsi mpn f VII l>IIV ^Hll V* %MV VMV.uwv of Winnsboro to offer every inducement aud furnish ali the conveniences in their power to get tbe trade ot the coanty and to have the cotton of the farmers brought to Wiunsboro. There is, so to speak, underground currents at work with this end in view, and we feel confident that the people of the town will cheerfully respond to every '?lo and lpcritim?fp dftlTlAnd ig?CV/ll /tv wwv* ?? made upon them to suit the convenience of farmers bringing their prodace to this market We want the confidence and support of the whole county. We have m^taal interests. Why do we say that there is an earnest and sincere movement to bring about a closer union of town and county? We assert it oecause we nave overwhelming facts that bear us out in the statement. Our merchants are now selling their goods cheaper than they have ever done before. We have now almost completed the oil mill, and the fall operation of the cottou factory is destined to be an actuality in the near future. While these enterprises alone will be of inestimable value to the farmer in t?upplyiug a market for his produce, we verily believe that they are but a nucleus to which shall be added others, provided they meet with the response to which they are Itotia^hlecLThe Board of Trade too totaj^^riostvaluable that the charge for weighing cotton was abandoned. Now, we understand that the Farmers' Alliance is agitating the advisability ot establishing an agent at some point in the county to buy their cotton and to bnild a ware-house in the place selected. Will Winnsboro not be the most suitable pi ice? She wants it, and it is our purpose to advocate ber claims before the Alliance as impartially ?z possible. Col. Terrell, j in his speeches throughout the state, has advised the Alliance men to patronize those who will offer them the best inducements. Will they asfc upon his advice? Winnsboro is well stocked with cotton buyers; in truth there are more here now than at any other time in the whole history of the place. This market is attracting the attention of some of the largest cotton dealers in the couutry. We have with us the representatives of firms who sell direct to the factory and also export to Liverpool. Some of them do exclusively an exporting business. They are buy" *- ! An/.l.tt/vno |lD UJJj til isuiuiy pnwe. V^UVIBUVUO u * wire will be received every quarter of an hoar. Competition, therefore, veil1 beat a high pitch. "What must necessarily be the effects of the presence of so many purchasers? The answer, we know, is anticipated as soon as the question is asked. It must be to the interest of the seller to have within his reach as many buyers as possible; the more purchasers we have with us the greater will be the demand for the cotton on the market, and hence the higher will be the price paid. The effect has already been noticeable. Cotton sold in this place on Tuesday at Charleston prices. We challenge any inland town in the state to beat it! We have now in Winnsboro the representatives of snch mammoth foreign firms as George H. McFadden, of Philadelphia, S. M. Ir.mas, of Atlanta, Heath & Springs, of Laucaster, Sanders & Orr, of Charlotte, Carroll & Stacy, Gaffney's City, and wc are told that others will in all probability arrive within a short time, ?nrl hpnirh-s manv of our own mer chants propose to make the bidding hot. The fact that so many big establishments are locating agents here is significant. They evidently believe that a great deal ol the staple will be on this market, and, moreover, their respective firms tic accustomed to handle cotton on a tremendous scale, and they can, therefore, afford to reap a minimum profit, and this means that high prices will be paid with a small margin for profit?all of which will inevitably be for the benefit of the producer. One of these geutlemen, and a man of loug experience he is too, said that he regarded Winnsboro the best point in tte county for the farmer to bring his cotton because it was the most central, arid the others UUlJIrfUi Willi ill lia J.UW tuwjvitij VA these gentlemen have no property in the to^n and their opinions must be accepted as - impartial and disinterested. Again there is no other place in the connty that has a bank, ar.d we feel snre that every one will agree with us in saying that a bank is indispensable to both seller and buyer; and it is a great pleasure for us to. state that we have been officially authorized to say I that the Winusboro National Bank will afford every banking facility, and, i if necessary, ihe hours of iLe bank will be prolonged to suit the convenience of the farmer. No breakage will be deducted as has been the custom heretofore. A disinterested weigher will have full charge of the 'iLUtta.? the price paid, ana witnout respect 10 the interest of the purchaser or seller. Mr. W. B. Creight has held this position for years, and a more honest and conscientious gentleman can't be found. We believe that for all parties concerned it is better to have fi weigher who has no interest whatever in (he cotton. We d> not mean that if the buyer weighed he would be dishonest, yet in haviitg a public weigher there is the absence of temptation. There is another thing wtj would have the Alliance consider, and that is the advantage they would have in having their ware-house under the vigilant protection of the three lire companies. We know of no town in the state, all things being equal, that lias a better fire department than TTinnsboro. And we presume tliat the Alliance will nave a <p-eat quantity of cotton held for a considerable time. The matter of insurance therefore will be a big item. Now, gentlemen of the Alliance, the people of Winnsboro are in earnest about this matter. They are determined that no place shall offer greater inducements. "We ask you to consider this matter seriously before you settle upon the location for your agent and ware-house. What % you say, gentlemen? THE CROPS. TLi a Tpyl ' 4 T fan/? CAIH on AT f |?0 r*f JLU.I JLJlll I Ui 2. OCIIU J V/UL ail v?\b> wvi. of a statement made to The Charleston News and Coorier by a commercial traveler, giving his opinion of the agricortaral ontlook for the state. He says the prospects are so good that 4*if the larmers do not prosper this year, I will not be able to see the reason why," and at the same time gives a satisfactory answer to the "reason why" when he says, "the country merchants are laving in big supplies of all kinds and grades, and they expect a big trade from all classes," which implies?let the cotton crop be short or good the merchants must get the most of it, and with other expenditures take up the whole. The outlook for many of the merchants, is trafxr onrrmrnorintr. hnf ti>r th? farmers. ,V,J o 1 i without a radical change from the former way of conducting their business, must necessarily" remain the same, fn my article, "Does FarniDg pay," which was pnblished in your paper I advanced the opinion thai the only way it could be done, was to practice the tesahiiwr, of John Itandolph, "p^aa you go,7* ani that of late Governor Hill, of Georgia, to wane > uui uiauiawiuiio ao otircu^wming as practicable and cotton "a surplus crop," and tbe merchants will not have to lay in such "big supplies of all kmfe and .grades" of merchandise, jmd farmers would have something j^nrer necessary expenses. J. 31.(J. HKwteceville, S. C. Sept. 5,1889. ' TUB PUBLIC SCHOOL FUND. A Statement Giving the History and In* tent of the Act of Apportionment. To the Editor of The News and Herald: As I was a member of the County Board of Examiners of Fairfield that first adopted the method of apportioning school lunds which has been declared ille^ral I feci it incumtent on me to show that this method was injfull couformiry with the Act of the Legislature, and scrupulously carried out its intent.and meaning. To do so it is necessary to examine into the the history of the public school system. During the Republican regime there was no legislative interpretation ot the constitutional phrase "in proportion nTY-?Ko? ^\f* /-hi!Hrotn attending I the public schools." Each Couuty School Commissioner was a law to himself, and as the whole school fund was then sent to the State Treasury to be apportioned among the comities, much unfairness resulted. The Commissioner of a neighboring county on one occasion opened schools for a week or two in every nook and comer, by means of which he so increased the nominal attendance of bis Comity as to secure about $10,000, while Fairfield, though paying the same tax, got back about $3,000. When Hon. Hugh S. Thompson began in his admirable way to reduce chaos to order his atteution was naturally d:rected to this question of attendance and apportionment. After much consultation with myself and others he framed the act which is now on tha statute books. This act provides that. the several County School Commissioners shall aDDortion the funds "iu proportion to the average attendance opon the free public school for the last preceding year." That is the pupil to be regarded as fully attending school must attend for the school year. If he attends only a part of the time he is rated fractionally and the school district is paid proportionally. This follows the general custom of schools that charge tuition. If the terms be ?40 a year often months, and the pupil is present eight months he pays $32. The conditions are not changed if the terms are $4 a month. In that case the mouths are added to make the aggregate. It is next provided that "the school month shall consist of twenty school days, and this number shall be taken as the unit of compensation in estimating the average attendance of each pupil iu the free public schools of the state". If one month is oue UDit, by the rules of arithmetic,two months are two units, and so on. I can see no other reasonable construction. This verbiage was adopted to introduce the idea of time. The County Board of Fairfield has followed this law in making its apportionment, until the present year. To confirm this statement of facts retrardinsr the intent and meaning of the act, 1 have written to the fion. Hugh S. Thompson, the frawier of the bill, and the iuaugurator of the school reforms introduced by the Dcmpcralic Legislature. Among Dther things, I said: "My recollection is that you told me that you would have the act passed so as to make time a factor, bat that you were doubtfnl of its constitutionality." He replied as follows: 44 Washington, D. C., Sept 4,1889. "Dear Sir: Your letter of the 1st insL. has been received, you are cor rect as to the purpose I had in viewin framing the bill regulating the apportionment of the school funds. Whether or not the law will bear the construction which I bad in mind when it was prepared is of course a question which must be determined by the Attorney General or by the .Courts. The plan which I followed in framing ^the ?s^M^stecf by yon. I thought iL just und^^pit able, but had then, as I have"^fc I doubts as Vj its constitutiont^^^l "Yours truly, "HdghS. Thompsox.^B "Prof. It. Means Davis." ^ There are many acts whose constitutionality must be tesfrl in the Court*, such as the Township Bonds Acts, but they are law until leversed by a Court of final resorl. I have no time to discuss the constitutionality ot this act here, but I am firmly pursuaded it can be sustained. It will be see? that the Fairfield aMort in with the intent of tho State Superintendent and with the plain meaning of the words of the act. Their position is impregnable. The trouble about this matter arises irom the fact that the rule of the State Superintendent does not conform 10 the act, and Commissioners in other counties have followed the rules without studying the act. I quote the rule: "Enle 2. To find the average attendance of one school for nnfi school vear add the averasres as found by Rule 1 [for each month] and divide the sum by the number of month* that the school has been in smion " To conform to the act the words in italics should be changed to the number of months constitutzng the school ttrm of the County." The County Boards are allowed by law to fix a term for the county, not different terms for each school. Schools opan for a shorter time can be rated fractionally. But there must be some commou Dasis or appuruuume:ii. ivi i all. Otherwise a pupil attending a month in a school that is open for a month is rated at one unit, while in a school open for ten months he is rated at one-tenth of a pupil, or in other words "things equal to the same thing are ot equal to each other." When this act was passed there were only two graded schools in the State system, so that in the rest of the comities the time that each school was in session corresponded to the term for If Co nnltf cin r*o (ho U1C UUUU11C** lb 19 V?i i j umw introduction of differeut classes of schools in a county that the rule differs from the act. The Attorney General decides that the rule conforms to the law. The State Board of Examiners who constitute the special advisory Board for the State Superintendent of Education discussed the matter fully in May. The three members preseut, Messrs. J. S. Murray Sr., R. W. Boyd | and myself, were unanimous ia flittering with the Attorney General, as to the intent and meaning of the act. Messrs. Boyd and Murray are lawyers of acknowledged ability, and have been members of the Board since 1877. Without detracting in the least from the acknowledged acnmen of the Attorney General who donbtless reviewed merely the printed statute without tracing its history, it is permitted me to suggest that in the interpretation e?hnni law thfi mrinion of the State VI guuvvt w -r - 7 Board of Examiners is entitled to} great weight before the Conrls and I : khe people. When this is fortified by the statement of the Hoi;. Hugh S. Thompson, the former County Board of Fairfield find ample justification for their rule. j So much for the law, now tor the reason. It has be^n suggested by an eminent jnrist of this State, that no rule should be adopted which would tend to punish a school for obeying the constitutional requirements of a six months session. The operation of Rule 2 does this < for the longer a school is ju session the smaller is its average attendance for the term. The Columbia schools had an average attendance for one month of about 1,300, but for the ; whole year only about 1,150. Llere . is a loss of the quota of 150 pupils entailed by maintaining the schools nine months instead of one. it has also been suggested that under the constitution no school can receive money as a public school unless it is open six months, and that the people are expected to levy a lo^al tax to. *I>A M <? A V* Uc f nvtAn^ lCUglUcii LlJU fic^iuu iw iiiat u-kicia. Again City Schools are more costiy than County Schools, yet unless time is regarded, ranch of the city tax is taken away from her. Columbia pays about $7,000, receives abont $3,500. Greenville pays $4,500, receives abont $1,000. Winnsboro pays $1,600, receives abont $500. The richer should help the poorer but not to an extent that cripples themselves. These arc approxima tions. In all matters ot business time enters as a factor. Pay is given for work done. The tendency of the true meaning ot the act in question is to cause trustees to get as much teaching as possible lor the money, to lengthen sessions, to supplement the two mill tax, to make better schools and scholars. The operation of Rule 2 is to discourage the maintenance of thorough schools. Fail-field is a good example. For vfiftrs shft fiHJi worked nndftr thu rule of the former board. Her schools, teachers, districts, pupils and funds, have increased. She has more local taxing districts than any other county. This disposes of the argument that the introduction of time would destroy the county schools. R. Means Davis. OUR PHILADELPHIA -LETTER. Philadelphia, Sept. 15. ? Philadelphia is pre-eminently a city ot charities. There are inslitutious for t.hn rfpftf And dnmli. nsvlnms for the orphans, and hospitals for the disabled scattered all over the city, and the great majority of them had their origin in the charity oi some benefactor in social)*. The Pennsylvania Hospital, one of the best conducted institutions of its kind in the chanty, and the oldest in the city, was founded by the Quakers about the beginning of the eighteenth century, and has been supported entirely by contributions and endowments. They hare never accepted any aid from the state, for those old Quakers realized that where fho cnntrihufes. nnlitifts are liable to enter, and wishing their hospitals to be entirely free of all political sup* port, they have never accepted any aid from the state, bat that it has been liberallv supported is attested by the elegant buildings and grounds which they own. There is a Catholic Orphan Asylum here?St. Joseph's - and jast on top of the building in front, covered by a marble arch, is a life-siza statue of St. Joseph holding the infant Saviour in bis arfts, looking on the multitude be" * "11 / lAl1\AllAO IMKAM ucttilij aim an uQTvub \jauiunuo9 ?t ugu they pass beneath 011 the street, reverently bow and uncover their?heads. Among the most useful and instructive of many institutions here is the Mercantile Library, containing one hundred and fifty-three thousand volumes. The public are allowed free access to the booko, and there is a reading room attached, where one can read or write in as much quiet as if he were at home. While looking over some of the historical works, I noticed a sketch of South Carolina ing ju it iouna *$cstf\m-ds desci lprfve^^iP^l^ataerif in the days ci' the Revolution, by Lord Comwallis; "1 cum conceive of no finer county, taking into consideration its fertile soil, mild climate, its Eng drawn valleys and glorious high^uds;" and the writer observes that force of this remark may be hetehleBj, when it is remembered that CPn^Jiis was in no favorable situ ation to be\attracted by the beauties of nature, asybe Scoioh-Irish patriots gave him littn^tirae for poetic inspiration ; and in another place the historian writes: u,Y'1(M;ver remembers woodland FairlielVl has in his mind's eye a vision of naturfeC- be>t finish and kindest prodigality.We fear that with the ravages of war a^nd the lapse of time no such spleVlid eulogy could be written on Fairffield in her present condition, but with U^e develolpment of her soil and reWirces, why may she not again ho\j her prestige among the counties oXthe state. I noticed in the librarv nunW ous historical sketches of " counti&Sj throughout the different adjoining states, and it struck me that the Northern people pay more attention to the presevation and gathering up of local nistory than do our Southern people. Philadelphia has just come iuto possession of a donation of William Peun's, who, in his will, left one thousand pounds sterling to the city, which was, however, not to be used until at the expiration of a century, and the time has just ended. The amount foots up something like a hundred thousand dollars, and it is proposed or rather thought of, to build a public bath for the city in honor of its founder and benefactor. Severe storms have been raging alon? the coast, and Atlantic City has nearly been submerged, and there has been an immense loss of property and lives. The saving service crews have been of incalculable benefit to the shipwrecked p3ople on the coasts. o. Epoch. The transition from long, lingering and nainful sickness to robust health marks an epoch in the life of the individual. Such a remarkable event is treasured in the memory and the agency whereby the good health has been attained is gratefully blessed. Hence it is that so much is heard in praise of Electric Bitters. So many feel they owe their restoration to health,.to the use of the Great Alterative and Tonic. If you are troubled with any disease of TTinnevs. Liver or Stomach, of lone or short standing you will surely find relief by use of Electric Bitters. Sold at 50c. and $1 per bottle at McMaster, Brice & Keteliin's Drug Store. * Backlan'r Arniac Salr?. The Best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chepped Hands, Cbillblains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, andjxisi tiveiy cures rues, or 110 pay reqnireo. n is guaranteed to give pcrfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 23 cents per box. Por sale by McM'wt'i ^riee & Ketahin. . * B PARKER'S I HAIRBAL3AM wfFii >if?y Htir f* Ha Y?afkM C?Ur. TVTjtrAmTin rrn TtTVTTn i TTrtV JJ>JSYU1JCJ.U 1U ?|J^UVAJ1VJ.1. All comiau-ieations intended for this jolnmn should be addressed to H. L Duke, School Commissioner, Winnsboro. 5. C. B.LDUKE, . - Editor. Trustees' Meeting. Let every trustee in the C unity remember the meeting wunmay, im* 21s!, and be making arrangements to be present. Many things concerning the practical workings of the law will be presented for discussion and action. Be thinking the matter o^er, and come prepared to take part aud give others the benefit of your views. A few of the points that may be profitably considered on tne occasion referred to are named below: Borrowing money to pay the teachers for the ensniug school year, getting the schools upon a cash basis, smaller districts, the "omnibus" bill, joint employment of teachers, exemptions of trustees, poll lax, line schools, etc. Others may occur to different minds or may be bronght out by discussion. The meeting "can do no harm and may do good. At any rarfe it is worth trying, and a full attendance is earnestly desired. In much counsel is great good. Come, one and all, and let us consider together how we can bett promote the causc of education in old Fairfield. Teachers' Liorary. There is a small collection of books in the School Commissioner's office belonging to the teachers of the County, collectively. There are some very good work9 on teaching among the number and their reading and study is commended to the teachers for whom they are intended. Quite a number of them, however, have been taken out by teachers and not returned. All derelicts are urged to send or bring in hour* ort flint snmfi nnp bUU UV/VAC V UVJ liuiv w vv.*w else may have the opportunity of reading them. The School Commissioner intends making an effort to secure farther donations of pedagogical works from the different publishing houses represented on the couuty list of books used in the schools. Some few districts are opening schoois already in the County, and the School Commissioner would like to be notified by the trustees whenever they start a school. He proposes inspect* ing every school in the County during the next scholastic year as often &s possible, and wants to get an "even" start with them. Send in your notifications. The next regular meeting of the Board of Examiners will be held the first Fridav in October?the 4th v?rox. Teachers, particularly, will please bear this in mind and come to the courthouse that day for examination. The readers of The News and Herald will confer a favor by informing parties desiring to teach of this date. The colored teachers, especially, need such .notification, as but few of them read newspapers arid are correspondingly ignorant of cnrrent happenings. It will not be much trouble for trustees who read the paper to tell them of the time of said examination, and it is hoped thev will. Due and formal notice of it will appear in the advertising columns of this paper later uu. Tiie School Comissioner has a few applications from trustees and patrons foe male teachers, and will be glad to put young men wanting t? teach in correspondence with these parties. There is a ?ood opening right here in Fairfield now tor bright young men with anything approaching a fair education. The salaries are not so high as may be desirable, l??f. they areas! good or even doiut man m amiosi any other vocation folio wed" by voting men in our m.d>t. It >hoard be retnetnbeied, too. lha.'. if i^ ? i improved eaHijj#sr*meiit:iiiy ih?t there is, ami if pursued systematically and ctirtiSCientionsly ? making the same faithful effort to rise a* in other professions?it is iu-t ab mi as remunerative as any of' ilietn. ?The. e are many h:iir preporations ia the market, but iiui e have >o desirable effect upon the hair and scalp, as Hall's Vtjietab.c Sicilian Ilair llenewer, * A DVICK TO HOT.VI Kifc,. MKS. \ViN?j,ovr'> SOOTHrNO StKur should always be used when t hiidrei: are cutting teeth. It relieves the littlesuficiei at once; it produce* natural, quiet >l?*ep by relieving the child from pain, ami 'lie little cherub awakes as "blight as a '-utton." It is very pleasanl to taste. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays all pain, relieves wind, regulates the bowels,, and is the best known remedj foi diarrhoea, whether arising from teething 01 other causes. Twenty-five cents a bottle. June25fxly * *4KIf$ onwnrffx rwilWlnll T Absolutely Pure. This powder never varies. A marve.of eurity, strength and wholesomeness. More oconomical than the ordinary kinds, and pcannt be sold in competition with the multitude of low test, short weight alum or phosphate powders. Sold &rUy in cans. Royal Baking Powdek Co., 106 "Wall St., N. Y. Sold by Mcilaster, Brice ?fc KetchiJi Grocers. 4-6fxly ti? irttd funiffiroo it infi raiuuijito WANT TO WORK OVER their crop fast so as to get fV,^ lor,rl r?olr/ac U UVXI UV^lVJl ^ CTTC TTXTTTJ they can do so by purchasing some of my STE^^jjJ MM Luxuriant Hair = Can only be preserved by keeping the scalp clean, cool, and free from dandruff, and the body in a healthful condition. The great popularity of ! Ayer?s Hair Vigor is dne to the fact i that it cleanses the scalp, promotes the I T growth of the hair, prevents it from -* falling out, and gives it that soft and : , silky gloss so essential to perfect beauty. ; a Frederick Hardy, of Roxbury, Mass., j e a gentleman fifty years of age, was fast ; t losing his hair, and what remained was j s growing gray. After trying various i i dressings with no effect, he commenced ; J a# A tvAv'a TToi? VirrAi* ? Tt i < " UXO UOO VA Ajr gj. AAOIA V i^v* I |i stopped the falling out," he writes: 11 "and, to my great surprise, converted j ' my wfaite hair (without staining the scalp) to the same shade of brown it j hail when I was 25 years of age." Ten Years Younger. t Mrs. llary Montgomery, of Boston, < writes: "For years, I was compelled ^ to wear a dress cap to conceal a bald q sDot on the crown o? my head : but now e I gladly lay the cap aside, for your Hair ? Vigor is bringing out a new growth. I J could hardly trust my senses when I first found my hair growing; hut there it is, and I am delighted. I look ten years younger." A similar result attended the use of Ayer's Hair Vigor by Mrs. O. O. Prescott, of Charlpstown, Ifftss.. Miss Bessie 31. Bedloe, of Burlington, Vt., Mrs. J. J. Burton, of Bangor, Me., and numerous others. Tl.f> r>f liair mav hfl mrinc tn im purity of the blood or derangement of > the stomach and liver, in which case, c a course of Ayer's Sarsaparilla or of , Ayer's Pills, in connection with tha Vigor, may be necessary to give health ^ and tone to all the functions of the j body. At the same time, it cannot be < too strongly urged that none of these remedies can do much good without a persevering trial and strict attention to cleanly and temperate habits. * Ayer's Hair Vigor, Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, WfM, , Sold by Drcggiiti and Perfumen. Presents in the most elegant form THE LAXATIVE ano NUTRITIOUS JUIOE ?or THE? FIGS OF CALIFORNIA, Combined with the medicinal virtues of plants known to be most beneficial to the human system, forming an agreeable and effective laxative to perma- | nently cure Habitual Constipation, and the many ills dependirg on a weak or inactive condition of the KIDNEYS, LIVER AND BOWELS. It is tlie most excellent remedy known to CLEANSE THE SYSTEM EFFECTUALLY When one is Bilious or Constipated ?so THATPURE BLOOD, REFRESHING SLEEP, HEALTH and STRENGTH NATURALLY FOLLOW. Every one is using it and all are delighted with it. ASK YOUR DRUGGIST FOR SYRUP OP PIGS MANUFACTURED ONLY BY CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL LOUISVILLE, KY ?e'" Vfl*r. N. y By HENRT DII Thie is ? New sad ICuterly Medical Treatbe, as AC ELD. and OLD MAN w&o ia guttering from Wei ISepression of Spirit*, liver Complaint, jjiseases oi A erident, Bt wm, Folly, Vke, Igaoraace, Kerroaa! Sound in leather, foil gQt. Price, only one doE CONFIDENTIAL. Address Hz xbt DuMoxr,] 3462, Boston, Hw. Prefatory Lecture with anmert This is the oafr ELECTRO-MEDICO PHYSIOL and perfect. It i* invaluable to all afflicted, aa it reac For all Diseases of Men, by the distinguished author Hxxbt Du Mont, M. D., who has DISCO VERES THE ELIXIR OF LIFE AND THE TRUE ES ru/tr oc iituunnn. may be consulted la strictest con?deoce4s person or by fetter,*t his Electee Medico Infirmary,Nb.381 Columbus At. .Boston, Mass "I HEARD A VOICEj IT SA ^E^ANX CAM WE WE ARE GOING 1 TO GET SO OUR STOCK has been received, and ' come and see it. We are in the rr sell them. I OUR AIM is to give OUR CUSTOM <3an for the incnev ihev pay. 1 *? t . tt a ii ir ir 3lis sell in ? s line will be found s u buy. RIBb in the t*. Be permits released, place o^SIk '., f^z^zy^rW .' - -" Wr'^t^S'i3^ 1 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. MM ^NPRECKDENTED ATTRACTION! fl J OVEK A MILLION DISTUISCTED. jOTiisiaiia State Lottery Company. Incorporated by the for ,uucauonai ;u:c <: purpose^ \ iid its franchise made a pnrt uf jJic presnt State Con.>tilut:?v., i;i ism, by overriielminsr popular vote. Its MAMMOTH DRAWINGS take i?lae? enii-AunoaCy (Jane ami De<eJ?>b?r). and ts GEASD SINGLK NUMlJEB I>EAWJSGS take place in each of the other ten tiontlis of the year, a:i>l are all drawn In lublic, at the Academy of Music, New Oreans, La. FAMED FOB TWEKTY YEARS, For Integrity or its Drawings, and Prompt Payment of Pim Attested as follows: "We do hereby certify that we superotx^ he arrangements for all the Monthly and hemir Annual Drawings of The Louvdana )tate Lottery Company, and in person manige and control the Drawings themselves, \nd that the same are conducted with honsty,fairness and in good faith toward all uirttes, and we authorize the Company to ise this certificate, with fac-s-imiles of our ignatures attached, in its advertisements." ] vommiKiioneri. We the, undersigned Banks and Bankers CM pay all Prizes drawn in The Lwisiara State Lotteries which may be presented at nir counters. &. 91. WAL3ISLEY, Pres. Lou'ua Nat. Bk. PIE ERE LANAUX, Pres. State Nat. Bk. 1. BALDWIN. Pres.Xew Orleans Nat. Bfc. CAUL KOHX, Pres. ITr.Ioa National Bk. Grand Monthly Drawing* .It the Academy of Slasic. New Orleam, Tuesday, October, 35, 18S0. CAPITAL PRIZE, $300,000. 100,000 Tickets at Twenty Dollars each. Salves S10; Quarters 85; Tenths $2; rwentietlis SI. list of phizes. 1PRIZE OF $200,000 IS : *300,000 1 PRIZE OP 100,000 IS 100,000 1 PEIZE OF 50,000 IS 50,000 1 PEIZE OF 25,000 is 25,0OO 2 PRIZES OP 10,000 are 20,000 5 PRIZES OP 5.000 are 25,000 85 PRIZES OF 1,000 are 25.000 Loo PRIZES OF soo are 5o,ooo ?x? FRIZES OF 3oo are go,000 500 PRIZES OF 200 are 100,000 APPROXIMATION PHIZES. Inn PM'/w c\t nrd Artfl too Prizes of *3oo are. 3o,ooo Loo Prizes of 200 ar: 20,000 terminal prizes. ?9 Prizes of $100 are $$o.9oo W9 Prizes of 100 are ?0,900 M34Prte amounting to Sl,o5i.Soo Note.?Tickets drawing Capital Prizes are not entitled to Terminal Prizes. AGENTS WANTED. v rvFo . Club Rates, cr i>ny furtner inform- y atlon desired, writs legibly to t&e undersigned, clearly stating your residence, with State, County. Street and Number. More rapid return mail delivery will be assured by your enclosing an Envelope bearing your full address. IMPORTANT. Address M. A. DAUPHIN, New Orleans La?, ftn u A ninpnTV Washington, D. C. By ordinary lette .containing Mon??y enter Issued by all Express Companies. NevYorfc Exchange. Drift or I'ostal Note. Address Registered Letters coutafii'g Carrency to } NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANK, ^ New Orleano. La. ' "REMEMBER, that the payment of Prizes is Wl'ARAXTEED BY FOUR r. XATIOXAIi BAA AS or Ne w Orleans and the Tickets are signed by the President of an Institution, -whose chartered rl2hts are recognized In the highest Courts, therefore, beware of all imitations or anonymo;is scli"mes. ONE DOLLAB is the price or the smallest part or traction ot a Ticket ISSUE ;> BY US In any Drawing. Anything in our name < tCen-d *? for less than a Dollar is a swindle. r mont, m. b. d indispensable to every YOUNC, MIDDLE. ikness, languor, Lom of Memory, Baahfoloess, the Kidney*, ud all diseases dependent upon Debility, Vital Exhaustion, and IfliMtfliir nlilWJf at, by nail, sealed in plain wrapper, postpaid, ?. D., No. 381 Columbus Arenac, or P. O. Box J ma testimonials from high sources* free to all. OC Y ever published, and is absolutely complete Lea the very roots and vitals of disease. 111 m flf A f M niiil ID, '(COME AND SEE."* oupx Trade. v ____ 1 GET IT? ' j *3 * -ti X)!DO OUR BEST ME OF IT. | r* -3 i we invite every l.uly in the C-mntv to larket. to >ell good-? and we intend to EIIS the REST GOODS we possibly or Boys' Clolliiog. J { comI to none in this market. Give ONS. RIBBONS. ?J on can get almost any color and width rnRaFT I V7 ?> * ? I \f and Glassware in ibe market. Ii? will sell it cheaper than any man you HENDRIX _