The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, January 15, 1879, Image 2

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r The Press and Banner. i-,i, By HUGH WILSON & wrc."BENET. soc< i ? bet rTlZTT-ir ~Zcat I ABUKYILJLK, U. : mm Wednesday, Jan. 15, 1879. voni Comity Convention of School Trus- that tees. call! At the call of the County Board of Ex_ aminers, tho School Trustees of Abbe- a sc ville County met in convention in thejz'nc Court Houso on Monday 13th inst. C1; There was a large attendance, only two ' >"' <?f thosixtccn school districts being un- '? tl represented. Mr. D. Crawford, School disc Commissioner, tx officio occupied the pl;l^ chuir, and W. C. Bcnet, Esq., of the ?>ot County Board, acted as secretary, The M roll of school districts was called and the a(l?l following delegates from tho respective wo' district boards answered : ?*'a" 1. Ninety-six.?J. R. Moore, Dr. J110. S(,'u W. Calhoun. tho 2. Greenwood.?Jerry Evans. sch< 3. Cokesbury./?M. B. McGeo. crc;l 4. Donaldsvillo. ,0!U' 5. Due West.?Dr. Jno. A. Robinson. tJU1( 6. Long Cane.?F. llenry, E. Westfield. * f*0"1 7. Smith ville.?J W. Collins, J. J. ehil Devlin. 1,1 8. White Hall.?W, C. Hunter, J. >\ l>lc< Dendy. VV,K i>. Indian Hill.-W. E. Cothran. 10. Cedar Springs.?John Lyon. mci 11. Abbeville.?W. A. Tcmpleton, J. "SI E. Edwards. t,ie 12. Diamond Hill.?Henry Callahom, c. l ru 13. Lowndesville.?J. C. Carlisle. :l^ : 14. Mognolia.?E. Calhoun. sc',( 15. Calhouns Mills.?Howard Strothor. er' 16. Bordeaux. Peri The members of the County* Board, D. Ije c Crawford, L. W. White, and W. C. lien- ton et were all present. or0( The chairman culled on Mr. Ilenct to D state the business of the meeting:. Mr. Benct then explained that the conven- sc'v tion had been called according to custom, reai to discuss the free public school system, -p to make such alterations and improve- on( ments as might be considered likely to rp boncfit the schools in Abbeville County, am( and to formulate and adopt a set of rules eci f and regulations for the working of the suit aystem during tho currcnt year in the una whole County. He gave the following 'p Information about the public school jn 0 fund ;?He stated that it came from two CCp| Bourses, the constitutional two-mill tax, pUjj and the poll-tox. By law the poll-tax ami raised in the reipectivo school districts is grol confined in its use to the district in j me, which it is raised ; on the other hand, the ft)U1 proceeds of the two-mill tax form a Couti- tiiot ty fund to bo distributed among the va- i)atc rious school districts iu proportion to the no <i number of pupils actually attending the botl public schools in the respective districts. a There is thus offered to the inhabitants of jtj, a school district a strong inducement to \yj, send an increasing number of children to t>vc school. At the present time, several dis- the tricta do not receive tlieir proper slmro 01 pGj, the two-mill tax fund because they have reC( not taken full advantage of it by send- m|1] ing a sufficient number of pupils to the lje]( public schools. He stated on the author- cou ityof the County Treasurer and the Conn- ma( ty Auditor, that the total available school ^ fund for Abbeville County this year <_.ov would be approximately, p Two mill tax fund 99,000 00 Sni Poll tax fuud, 5,500 00 Con Total, $14,500 CO T| Last year the two-mill tax had yielded qou nearly $10,000, but the recent Legislation m,^ which reduced the assessment of real estate in this County, wliito boneficial to ?~ the taxpayer, had materially lessened th school ftand. He had made a calculation Fi showing the probable amount of money will which the Trustees of the respective call< school districts would receive this year the for the support of the public schools, 27th Ninety-Six about $ 840. o*?j< Greenwood 1 ISO. wo Cokeslrtiry, 1 140. acc< Donalds ville, 630. fore Due West, 800. alte Long Cane, 830. the Smithvillo, 800. If t White Hali, 570. to e Indian Hill, 700. thei Cedar Springs, 570. tliei Abbeville, 1 430. do a Diamond Hill, 6.">0. don ' Lowndesville, 1 000. thej Magnolia, 1 000. yeai Calhoun's Mills, 1 030. chai Bordeaux, 820. reqi These figures, ho said, did not profess 'J101 to be exact, but they certainly were not t'ni< in excess of the truo aniouut. With referenco to tlio number of pul)- ln " lie school teachers in the County, ho said to that the County Board were of the opin- s'oc t ion that a reduction would better sub- a nc serve the public good by fending to|evci lengthen the school session, increase the com pay of teachers, raise tlie standard of - teachers by the consequent selection of *'ie' the bost and fittest, and secure a higher a rate of efficiency in all grades of schools. act 1 ? The number last year was 149. The | a^a' Board proposee this year to reduce the ! . Kd Jiumber to about 100. At tho same time | s'l'e they proposed, with the consent and aj -j^10 , proval of the Trustees, to increase the w 's' pay of teachers, to lengthen tho school, *"act session from five to six months, and to Inna' place a geographical limitation on the ap- J UP01 pointment and placing of public schools. | 'aw? With alMhcse proposed improvements, ^'s 11 the school districts would be able to em-j,Ior ploy and pay for tho following number of. sitio pnblic school teachers ; I Ninety-Six, 7. Indian Hill, 5 or 6. jhav< . ^ ? Greenwood, 8 or 9. Cedar Springs, 5. Cokesbury, 8. Abbeville, 10. stoc Donaldsville, 5. Diamond Hill. 5. Due West. 6 or 7. Lowndcsville7or8 . ? Long Cane, 6 or 7. Magnolia, 7 or 8. SUcI Smithville, 6. Calhoun's 7 or 8. rillc White Hall, 5. Bordeaux, 6 or 7. Uwo Tho estimated number of teachers was, j l,crl of course, only an approximate number, i ^no bul it was based on the presumption that: no& the averago school is a second 'grade, Ils 1,1 . . ' whereas in several townships third grade *iL'? .. schools are more numerous, and conse- jfror . quently more teachers can there be cm- I c - ployed. He stated that the County Board j cve had prepared a set of rules and regula- jscnl * tions which they proposed to submit to 1 the convention for approval and adop- j ? tion, subject to judicious amendment. ! n"? Aftor a little discussion engaged in by iatci neveral delegates, Dr. John A. Robinson Slt" of Due West said that he thought the' 'aw . . business of tlfb meeting would be facili- ! ^ ea tated if the system of rules and regula- 11,0 tions referred to wore taken up seriatim j fan and acted upon bv the convention. lts 1 - - - . . I fit i; The secretary then read the lirst ruie,; stating that on the twelve rules which the j cvc Board had drawn up the three members ! were agreed excepting on the first which | imposed a geographical limitation. lie! \\ ' ?.^stated that -Lis co-Examiner, Captain towWhite, differed from tbo other two mem- the born on that rule. ven * - Mr. M. B. McGee of Cokesbury moved goo the a<loption of the rulo as *ead. Di;. atitl Robinson seconded. Then followed a is, t long and animated discussion on ;its mor- vici its in which the following gentlemen took Nin a prominent part, Messrs. White and Ed- zqn '* wards of Abbeville against the rule, and tell ?_ Mr. Benet in favor of it. The rulo was fevc intended to apply uniformly to the whole that - County, and the trustees of other villages stre " and of the rural districts .were -almost Mix unanimously in favor of it, but unfortu- ditc .nately the discussion took alocal color- woi ing and narrowed down from the general Enc subject to the particular case of Abbe- Niu . ville village, its Graded School and its thoi j. ' educational interests. It transpired that ditc anther public school in addition to the tow already established Graded School was in contemplation, and Capt. White and Mr I - ' '< - ' * ' " > fev: ^ .. . '.'IV. - . _ ... u Yards claimed that any rule which < ild j>revont the establishment of a >nd public school in Abbeville would t vrsinnical and arbitrary, that the cdu- j onal requirements of tho town de-ji ided a second school, that the Graded J p ool had not room for all the white v dren in town, that it was too far fori ] ie of the children to walk to it, and j c ; many objected to sending to it l>e-|s se their children had to go through' j, town and the public square, and tlmt| ? hool should be establisticd on Maga-ljj 'Hi 11. |r ipt. White moved to amend the rule 11, striking out the two miles limitation ;a lie second proviso, so as to leave it j ? rational with the School Trustees to',, c schools nearer than two miles. The jf ion was seconded. I r. I?cnct maintained that the rule il'i j |)ted would work for tlie educational fare of the wliole County, but espe-1' Iv of Abbeville town, that no second ! , >ol was required in Abbeville, thati* (J raded School had room f?>r all the >o! children, and if the numbers insed more accommodation and more hers would be provided, that the dis- ~ e from any spot in the Incorporate * its to the school was not too far and , Id be easily walked by anv white (.1, and that ho knew he was speaking ] c elialf of the vast majority of thepeo- j" >f Abbeville in all parts of the town n he called upon the Convention to f t the rule under discussion una- . ided. r. Templeton, of Abbeville asked if rule would prevent the Abbeville ^ stecs from using separate buildings some distance from each other as . )ol-houses under one principal teachIt was explained that the rule would ^ mit a school in scparato buildings to onsidered one school. Mr. Temple- ^ 's question had reference to the col- ^ 1 public school in Abbeville. r, Robinson and Mr. McGce and Dr. s !ioun of Ninety-Six expressed themes strongly in favor of the rule as i l>r> Vdln nf (lin f'nnvciillnn ft'HS taken 1 apt. White's amendment. a lie Chairman announced that the ' mlment was lost. Mr. Edwards callor a standing vote, with the same re- 1 , and the rule as read was adopted * mended by a large majority. 1 he other eleven rules were adopted ' rder wiili very little discussion ex- ' Jng in tho fixing of the number of ils. Mr. Westlieid of Long Cane, s Mr. Calhoun of Magnolia took strong ' unds agaiust tho minimum reeom- 1 ided by tho County Hoard?twenty- ' . Mr. Collins of Smithvillc, also 1 ight it too high. After a short de- c s it was agreed to amend the rule I is to fix the minimum at fifteen for ( Ji town and country. c Iter the adoption of rule 12th, Mr. x Yards moved to reconsider rule 1st. 1 ereupon ensued another debate be- ' en tho supporters and opponents ol 1 rule, when Dr. Calhoun rose to a f it of order and asked if the motion to 1 insider was not made by one of the lority. As such was the case, and no ^ ?gate who voted for the rule was forth* t ling to move its reconsideration, the .tor dropped and the rulo stood good. [r. McGlice moved to adjourn and the *' tvention dispersed. uring its proceedings Capt. Rykardof ithville, was admitted, on motion ol ~ Collins, to a seat on the lloor of the . vention. Iio twelve rules ns adopted by the | ntv Hoard and the School Trustees r be found in another column. f f Anti-Stock-Law Meutius. ( rom a notice published last week it t bo seen that ono of our citizens has c Ml for a meeting of the opponents of ? Stock Law in the Court House on the J i instant. There certainly can be no s jction to their having a meeting, but t fail to see what good it is oxpected to J unplish at this time. The law is of { ^KAMA ?ci i*/\ tkot Afin C u m?v> <?i ivt vti v i v? i.i 11 v_z r or amend it before the meeting of i next General Assembly in November, c lie opponents of the law really mean t fleet anything they should reserve 1 r fire for the present, and not waste ' r ammunition so soon. They should > s those opposed to the old law have e for years, submit with grace to what t r cannot change. Next Fall after one ( r's experience, they can with better f ices of success, hold meetings and i icst our Representatives to re-enact 1 old law, but even then we think the > 3 required for such meetings, if spent ' naking pasture fences, would result lore practical good to themselves and ' 10 County. The law which prevents t k from roving at largo, and eating up ' ighbor's crops wo believe to bo best t enacted for us as an agricultural a munity. Yet if thcro are citizens i still insist on a law which will allow r cattle to destroy the growing crops neighborhood, it is better for them to wisely about it, and give their protest < nst the new law at a time when it at least have the possibility of a con- t ration. It is not within the power of Governor to abrogate a law, if he i led to do so, and it is an indisputable ? that tlio Acting Governor in his an- j 1 message to the Legislature dwelt 1 11 the great necessity of just such a c of which complaint is now made, t not to be presumed that the Gover- c would so soon go back on his propo- r ii?even if ho had tho power to do so. [ is stated that some of our citizens t 2 expressed themselves as disgusted i Democratic rule on account of the t k law and liavg declared that they c henceforth vote with the Radicals on t account. We have no fears from a i threats. Those who want Radical c will please remember the twenty- s mills tax we paid to them and it will 1; laps be some satisfaction for them to t w that if they choose to elect Radical d roes to the Legislature in lsso that it 1 otatall probable that a Democratic islature would allow a few negroes j n this County to undo tho best work 11 mr Democratic Representatives ; but, f [i admitting t4iat the Hou*e of If epic- f Latives should allow Radical negroes 11 lliis County to influence tlieni to 3 a bill repealing the stock law, does body suppose for a moment that Senr Maxwell would entertain the propojh in the Senate ? He will not,and the! ? is u dead sure thing ibr the next four ! j rs, and the advocates and opponents ol;* law will do well to make their ar- i j gemonts immediately to comply with \, provisions. It is the duty of all g<?d j < tens to respect and obey a law, how- ;4 r objectionable, until it is repealed. I \ A (Jood Work. ( 'e learn from the Guardian that thej c n council of Ninctv-Six arc havingM Kate Fowler branch ditched to pre- 2 t sickness next summer. This is i [1 work, true work, and such as we are f jori/.od to receive. The only trouble i! hat we fear that other creeks in the nity lifted the same kind of work. | ety-Six has lost some of her best citis from malarinl fever, and there is no. j ing the number of victims which the { >r may claim if the streams about ( ; place are neglected. Ditch the ^ ams at whatever cost. Mr. Lewis 8 jro is superintending the work of j H hing the Kate Fowler branch/ His k should extend to the other cixitiks.! >ugh of this kind of work will make * et3'-Six healthy and prosperous. 4 ^ isand dollars judiciously spent iu 5 lies will do more for the good of the a n than court houses or railroad^. *e li i. Thompson U> in town. JO, \ irccuville aud Columbia llnilrond. Wo have on several occasions asked lie attention of the authorities to the >resent local charges for travel on this ' tail road. It is certain that a change onld !? cllectod whereby the Railroad | rould make money and the community >e greatly benefited. As it is, theI ^ harges and the inconvenience of the chodulo amount almost to prohibition, ''or instance Ninety-Six is twenty-two riiles from here by the public highway, ut by Railroad it is thirty miles. At resent a citizen of that town desiring j 3 come to Abbeville by the train will rrivc here at four o'clock in the after0011, and may return by the ton o'clock j rain the next morning. Besides his otel bill he will have to pay one dollar <" nd-a-half each way on the Railroad. ? tut instead of coming by rail, in a ma- t mty of instances two or more gentle- :i nen from thai town desiring to come to ibbeville, procure a buggy or spring ragon, and by starting early and travclng late, they can come and go in the atne day at a cost, even if fhov do not wn their horses and vehicles, of from 1.25 to ?l.r,0 each. Although manj'of he citizens of that locality frequently ome to Abbeville, we suppose it is not nee a month that the agent at Ninetv!ix sells a ticket to a citizen of that town o this place, the travol being restricted lmost entirely to commercial agents. Greenwood is fourteen miles from Ab>eville by the public highway, but it is ibout twenty-one or twenty-two by rail, vitli the same inconvenient schedule, 'rom Greenwood there is seldom a ticket sold to Abbeville, because citizens livng within fourteen miles can easily nough come and go by horse in a day at . less cost than they could by the raiload but if the}1 could come by rail for ifty cents they would do so in preference 0 riding their own horses. I From Hodges there aro but few pas- j engers. The distance by either route is | devenmihs. The charge to come on ( he afternoon train and return noxt morn- < ng is .20, to say nothing of the hotel jill and the inconvenient hours in which , 1 passenger would have to transact bnsi- i less. Donalds is about as badly accommodacd. Bcine: much further by rail than by ( he wagon road, the high charges and the nconvenience attending travel by the ' ars, make the road almost as useless to 1 hat section as it is to other sections. Wo would not ask a change of the jl schedules or a reduction for general ravel outside the County, bitt we do ask hat thoso in authority look into this natter. There is no use ol blindly closng their eyes to tho consideration of a I [uestion which interests tho road and the >ublic alilco. As the general business >f the road would not allow us to ask a , ihange of schedule to suit local travel, ve think some concession could be proftably made in the charges. The cost to he company of carrying daily from five o twenty passengers additional would )e imperceptible, while the business thus uduced, besides doing a kindly act for . lie patrons of the road, would be worth onsideration. Long ago, when locid j ravel was encouniged, it was twenty imes what it is now. , If the authorities would authorize .theigent at Ninety-Six to sell return tickets , o Abbeville for one dollar?to be good or several days following?the passen- , ;cr would then be paying within u , taction of five cents a mile for the actual listance?twenty-two miles by the public oad, but the construction of the road and >ranch being eight miles farther, the )assenger should not bo required to pay or extra distance. This rule is adopted >y the South Carolina road whero the C. A A. R. It. competes for tho Augusa travel ? tho South Carolina road iharges for only eighty miles, the actual listance by the C. C. <fe A. R. R. when the South-Carolina Railroad carry their passengers one hundred and forty miles to each the same point. Tho Greenville Railroad would find it greatly to their jccuniarv advantage to act in the same ipirit in reference to our local travel. Vt present the livery stable keepers and >thers owning horses can accommodate hemsclves and tlio public for a much ess pric3 than the Railroad charges, rhis fact shows clearly that there is a screw loose somewhere. Let the charge be reduced to one dollar rom Ninety-Six ; to fifty cents from Srecnwood; to forty cents from Hodges ; tud to fifty cents from DonaldsviJle, and f the profits of the road do not increase jy the change we will acknowledge that vc know nothing of the facts, and are leficient in ordinary business sagacity. Wo write this, as we wrote beforo, not n a meddlesome spirit but merely to call he attention of the Railroad authorities r> ? oi'ttnm \vlit/?h t? virf.llsillv nrrthihi ing local travel, and depriving us of tho idvantagcs of a Railroad. + Interesting Facts for Tax Payers. Jurors' and State witnesses' tickets are receivable for taxes. The Auditor "will visit tho dilferent ownships to take tax returns. The action of the State Board,of Iiqualzation isset.asidc and tho valuation and assessment of real ostate, niado and rejortod to that .Board by the Boards of Equalization of the several counties, unlertheactof March 1, 1H78, shall stand j or the legal valuation for the colloction f taxes, until the next general assess ' nent, and Colonel Robertson is now pre>aring the duplicates in accordance with ( he above. Re-assessment of real estate is ordered obe made in 1879, under tho directions if three discreet land owners in each ownship. The several Townsttip Boards , re required to assess each tract or parcel j f land at its true value in money, which hall bo the usual selling price of similar ' unds in the township at sales for partiion under order of tho courts. Persons ' lissatisiied may appeal to tho County Joard. The taxes for Abbeville are, for State mrposes, 2J mills; for schools, '1 mills: or ordinary county expenses, mills; or past indebtedness, j mill: for public dices, J mill: total, 9 mills. I'he Dilferencc Between Northern aud Southern Judges. A special grand jury in Louisville re- j iciitlv returned indict incuts against wclve moonshiners. They all j)leaded 1 fiiilty, several of them /riving as the rca- 1 ion of tlieir engaging in tlio illicrit triillic | hat they had consumption and made it , or /litters; two liad sick wives who could lot live without liquor: another had but I me leg and couldn't make a living at any i *thcr busineiss. Judge Ballard sentenced ( .saeh to one and two months in jail and HOD linci.?Kzchavgc. 1 If the same crime had been perpetrated m the soil ?j" uMouthers State, the right- I jousJudges of the United States Court >vould have sent Hkj guilty party for rears to the Albany penitentiary, but n* t was committed outside the limits of the ' Southern Confederacy it is not so grave m offence. * Support Your Paper. Ninety-Six has reason to be proud of I ler newspaper, and the citizens of that ' own should support is to a man. The Huarilian in every respect is one of the , >est papers in the Stnte, and should bo J mstained. The last issua of that paper i i ays: "Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys." -Alone and unwearied, to plant our t janner on the outer wall and go on to ] ?ur duty. But, friends, one and all, the l natter of our success is with j'ou. If { 'ou want us and need us, give us early J nd litting help. Papers, like all other j msiness, thrive by patronago and 111011y. J_?3t all reali/.o tlieir responsibility f ud place their shoulders to tho wheel, i ,ud wo will roil on qmooUily in triumph. c Razor-Back Convention. L* A ne\ 4HALL TIIE IIAZOR BACK'S J,'"' LIBERTY BE CURTAILED? ^ rcsi and Shall We Be Denied the Time-Honored Privilege of Pasturing Oar {[1" Stock on Onr Neighbors' lira' firn Crops ? llllf r peri tliii Is important Questions for the Con- the siderntion of tlic Stock LnAV Cou- ! da.. vent ion. vll I fiiitor.f Press and Banner : to I) In your last issuo appears a notico, not ivcr the signature of "Voters For 1-SS0.*' "nP vhich calls for a mass meeting of tho nitzens of Abbeville county to assemble in Hch ho Court Houso at Abbevillo on the botl 17tti ilist to protest against the stock law. kl!P The announcement is certainly a wol:ome one, and I would respectfully urge S0C( lpon tho public, and especially the "op-1 ilia jonents of the measure in each town- "ch iliip," tho importance of the meeting ind tlio necessity of prompt and dccideH iction-against the enforcement of such a of i aw. Such unjust legislation as that, If t vnich prohibits a man from pasturing tn" lis stock upon the lands and crops of his {{J?1 iclghbor, finds a counterpart onlj' in the (OCS lays of English oppression, or in the ami 'Feudal System" of the Park Ages. llsli The important question which should bo H"': liscussed by tho Convention, is, whether in arrangement might bo effected by u,e ,vhich a man could compel his neighbors not ,o assist him in pasturing and feeding ?? '' lis stock. To better illustrate, I will ift'cr my own case as un examnle. I j,Ct) lave a neighbor, who has devoted milch mul imo and expense in improving his pas- the ure, and as tho resuit of his attention, ne" ho pasture has a canebrako which is suficient to feed twice the number of his Kni( stock; and were it not for tho unjust woi ?tock law, I could let my razor back logs and old cows graze upon it ais^and Jj"" :hus fatten them without any expo?> on Sut ny part?I have a good pasture, luJ^^'er, it?i myself, though not enclosed, and it will ma w very inconvenient for mo to fence it, }n,< is it would require some time and la- J l)or? honce I would prefer to do as I have st.ii been doing, that is, -to-lQt_Tq(y stock ?raze npou the pastures aiid "crops of liners. Now, Messrs. Editors, I would ask wherein consists the Justice or benefit of j.j, such a law, which imposes upon one the inconvcnienco and exponse of fencing 1 t pasturo and feeding liis own stock, when there is an adjoining pasture already fenced in and amply sufficient to " urnze both liis own and neighbors' cattlc? ... I trust, thciefore, the convention will "ai jonsider the matter and devise some "pi means that may relievo me, and all otli- "of or "opponents of the measure" from tiio trouble of fencing in a pasture, and thus ?w let our razor-backs grow sleek upon tho "ki pastures and crops of others, as they u have done heretofore. "l<j A FOTER FOR 1880. ;[}}j for THE FUBLIG SCHOOLS, I twi J, Hill Rules and Regulations for the Ret- doi lii? tcr Conducting of the Free Public vei School System in Abbeville County i during the Year 1879. ib, Tho public schools for white pupils and J?",; jolorcd pupils respectively shiill not bo nearer each other than four miles. Pro- to vided, that wliere there are already estab- jjjj* lished separate schools for males and fo I mnles, in such case or cases the School ^ Trustees may continue tho satno as pub tin lie schools. Provided further, that whore there are school-houses nearer than four VC| miles which in tho judgment of the Trustees would subserve the public good if j used as public schools, in such case or An wises, tho Trustees may plaeo the schools nearer each other than four miles, but ^ not nearer than two miles. 2. The public schools for tho current year shall be continued at least six months, consecutive or otherwise. 3. Teachers in public schools shall lie required to tcach all tho school days in i?i, each calendar month, and to tcach not less Jj", than six hours in each day, oxclusivo of "II tho dinner hour. ^ 4. The minimum number of pupils that shall entitle a teacher to draw full tui pay shall bo tiftoen. In cases where tho number falls short of tho minimum, tho i'r Trusteos shall apportion a per capita share. ha - ft-- : ?r in ?), X III? IllUA1 111 U 11I JJilV UI in public schools according to grado of ccrlificate shall not exceed for 0f First Grade.?Thirty-two dollars per v<j month. im Second Grade.?Twenty-four dollars w en per month. toi Third Grade.?Sixteen dollars per J", month. l><; G. Pupils transferred from 'one school district to another shall he paid for by the the school fund of the district from which h? they were transferred, per capita accord- "K ing to the number of pupils in tho school ha they attend. 7. tho public schools shall open on the en first Monday in February, LS79. *vV,' 8. Toachors in such schools as may have cc] begun their session prior to the first Monday in February, ami have recived pupils <= ' on the public school foundation, shall be ce: permitted to reckon time backward so ^ as to rcceivo full pay for six months. ed 9. Each tcacher shall be required to enter into neon tract signed by himself and ^ all or a majority of the trustees of h's an school district, and no pay certificates ^ shall bo approved unless such contract .is ne tnado. e\ 10. The School Trustees of the rcspcct- Pa ivo School districts shall hold a meeting ^ at least seven days before the oponing of the public schools at which they shall die place and designato tho schools and appoint tho teachers. 11. Tho foregoing rules and regulations or, fire fiiiiy'ect to correction and change at inj the discretion of the County Board of E*- ^ iminers. voi 12. A copy of tlie foregoing rules and regulations shall be furnished to each School JYusteo and each public school \ teacher, and published in tho County papers. at By order of the County Board, the Ugi School Trustees of tho County, in Con- 11-1 4. t ^ j . cui V'fllnull us.M'ii*mni, ruuviiutii^, ic?I). CRAWFORD, jjj Jj. W. WHITE, tin W. C. 15KNET, jjjjj Countv Board. ill nc j Tho Ninety-Six Guardian will I jopy 0110 time. I'"1 1 J 111 i lit;, Col. M. L. Konhnm, Jr. Jy.? Wo regret to learn from tho Ninety-Six Guardian that its editor, Col. Bonham, In has dissolved connection with that jour- j],, nal andjremoved, we understand, toNcw- T berry. As editor of tho Guardian he i toil proved himself a tasteful, vigorous jjcj writer, and a sound thinker. We hope [hat his connection with tho press has T not ceased, indeed we havo been inform- t.IU :?d that he has assumed the editorship of wb i newspaper in Newberry. Abbeville wa will miss him, and Now berry is lucky in getting him. pei _ . _ Inn out TJie Election at Greenwood. pig ror (iKKKSvwm, S. C., Jan. 13,1S7JJ. fee Editor* Prmx <ind JStitun r : xh< Tlic municipal election Ji?re to-day was an wai ixcitirur one.over the Issue of "wet" or "dry," oa* tad alrfmuphXhe entire "dry" ticket, an put kiiii nit, was notclocled, yet the principle prevail- ter, ?d, and the r<*ult is Mk suciietsoJ' the dryest T ouncll that has existod hene for a kmg tune. Prohibition is the word. The CoimkiK Js : In- ,' V oiulent?C. A. (.!, Waller; Wardens?Joel JS-! iJ?[tally,.I. C. Maxwell, 1'eter MeKeller, Alex, i ^ I jVcc On Tuesday of last week Mr. C. K. Harper's 1,11 j tin house at Ilonea Path, anda iarjre amount I A jf cotton seed together with about three bales tod >f cot ton In the seed were destroyed by lire, froi ivhieh Is supposed to have originated frotu erii lie gin which was running. SUi The Fence Law.-There Is amisapprehenilon on the part of a great many as regards , ho time the new fence law takes effect. Our uu dea 1b, that It took effect immediately upon cr' ts passage, and when it says "the fences are Jv,'| equlred to be completed by the Jtli of Jja!i March.*' It means the fences between those TP." rountles in which the law applies and those! n which It does not.?Xe wherry Herald. Go to the Tost Office and buy your toluicco ten it cost, it Is going fust and will soon be pone, l>ro >e in tiuio :nud buy where j ou can get It ?PP hcup, tr pon 4r .1 ' % J .-v -- ryl.i . toncerning Schools in Abbeville. T.]f >? .?. Editors Prcs* and Banner: tl III/ rc we poor people of Abbeville vlllnge 'er to be delivered from trouble in conncci with our schools? A great effort- was dc during Inst summer to establish a SUC< ool good enough, large enough, and cheap q,,, nigh for us all. The Graded School was the 111 jit, with Its corps of excellent teachers, I Its board of Intelligent, hardworking stccs. No bettor school can be found In .State, and the charges for tuition arc less n one-half of what they are In similar In- ?csn utlons. Can It be true, then, Messrs. Ed- y?. s, that a movement Is on foot to withw a snfflclent number of pupils from the lint ided School to set up another school In , i town ? Have we among our citizens I,WI Kons so wanting In common sense al to ??S ik of establishing another school 1 the Graded School too small for necessities of the town ? No. I am Cri I that the cll'ort is to take pupils from lla is rooms. Is It too expensive? No. Itlsi " " cheapest, school ever established In Abhe-j ",c > o. Is it too cheap ? Those who arc said | JJ'S,S >c trying to make up another school will he apt to pay higher tuition. Is there | ''"'tin .* fault to find with the teachers? I can't Ji'1. ,l; nk (here is, and I ought to know, for 11,,,, 1: c children of my own at the Graded I * he ool nml r can sav that they are making|'"? 11 :cr progress Ltiun llicy ever did. They are j <"?? " t >mr?l at -work, and are Justly and irn- 'n"?J lially dealt with. I have heard, once or I A uo. people complaining of partiality and | ?Vwi* arlanlsin. and I had a strong suspicion Hikt the complainants had not paid their report (M)l fees; for I have always observed that KUL'd pie who pay least grumble most. Then ?"ioni ?t Is the purpose of those who are getting lug in the opposition school ? Is It to Ret a share propo he public school fund all to themselves? count hat Is their object, let tho public school form v Mces act like enlightened, public spirited tbein, n, and refuse to waste the public money whetli . way like that. JAnd If the school trus- of dra i fall to do so, let the County board of ex- sced.t iners do their duty, and forbid the cstab-; 1 ment of a second public school so near ? seed > lie school which is large enough for all Unmet white children In this town. If dfscon- j tlmt I ted people desire a private school, l^t i ?V " m pay foritout of their own pockets, ami ?u' charge It to the public. The opposition j before ix) I is lsqulto useless; it would waste j perioi public money, it would be a private ilor ool, and should not be supported. ThelJ0/'!" pie of Abbeville met in public meeting ; before [agreed to establish one lurge school for; klllin whole town so as to get a good perma- jso''ir it school, and so as to obtain the greatest more slble benefit from the public school fund i point! applying it to one school. It will be a (lis-1 licrkli ceanda shame to Abbeville If the good j Ming< k of last Summer I I to l>c undone by any j Islam jontcnlcd person who can go around and j the sc vuss for twenty-live pupils and establish! Wit Ittlc public school for fill own benefit, tedlot :h miserable splilting up into little fac-|mcnt> is has been the curse .of Abbeville fori was ! ny years and has Injured Its educational ! came ercsts. If the splitting tip process is ?l- durln 'ed to begin again, wliero will It end ? We durln rlit as well give up all hopes of a good durin ool. A Citizen, foot. )j ^ feet a I mou t vindication. ametf c Law not Infallible?Resurrcc- "f ion of the Red Ilcifcr. feetli stitp np south iiaiiomxa.i fi'lm'' ailllkvim.k COUNTY. j scc(| ( rhcreas, on the 21st day of July, 1X71, my time < 1F. K. Jj??wton did make affidavit; (lie 11 flint Thomas Frith, Senior, did on or tlmtu >out the third day of July, 1K74, kill andap- sown oprlate to his own use one red heifer cow the value of fifteen dollars, the said hell- the.li 1 being the property of Mrs. Anna Law- were n of the County and State aforesaid, and aK .,0, hieh Bald heller was killed without her jn(; w uowledge or consent.'' fibre, n^this aitiduvlt the said Thomas Frith, Se- counl ?r, was arrested and tried on the .'list day thorn ly, 1H74, before M. O. Tillman, Trial Justice, enonj la jury consisting of James S. Kobinson, t his v cman, James McKelvey, Louis Covin. A.jj|nm Watson, Kobt. Boyd, and William wli- ro|| 0 i. On hearing the testimony in tlie case j.>ught In a verdict of "Guilty," and he (8 jn s sentenced to pay all costs and a tine of ever i pnty dollars. Xhc low, that full reparation may be made the favor d Thomas Frith, Senior, for the great wrong both ne to him, and lo remove the stigma rest- j.'a|r. : upon his charactcr in consequence ot the 'j'|K diet aforesaid found upon the testimony jea,i the case, soil i , the aforesaid Anna Lnwton do yoiunlari- grow make this statement, to wit: That on or j.row jut the lUtli day of August, 1X7-1, about ten wher ys after the aforesaid trial, the aforesaid suitei I heller did come up lo my residence, and land: it 1 not knowing what course to pursue iy so k-e said heifer to my son John T. Lawton monl make way With it, and that I concealed now; ; fact from Ignorance and fear of tlie law, ubovi juld it become public. Wli further state that the said Thomas Frith, in dr a lor, Is Innocent of Hie charge as above free f ide against him, my own, and all other tes- sevet nony in the case to the contrary notwith- avers ndlng. ANN LAWTON. i;,th , iworn lo before nic, this the A! day of No- sown uibcr, ISiS. m. O. TAL.MAN. it wi T. J. A. c. time SATISFACTION FOK THE WltONG Tll< accept the foregoing statement#, and Mrs. j'!'''!1 ma Lawtou's promise lo pay the sum of '".{ .'eiity-llve dollars in lull satisfaction. his r?asi. THOMAS k. x'fKITH, Sr. (:".!.t{ V'itness, mark m. o. Talman. JJ) nlluv On the Wing. Hour "A Assoclate Reformed Prpubf/tcriun. oludi n company with the editor In chief, who on n jrtcously oll'cred us a seat, we made a jl/i- "n l,: i vlxluwe use the tvord advisedly) to ^ii- I tfood vile O. H., on Monday last. We were very ''tnj-i jclisurprisedtollud thel'ublicSquare 1 Iter- "J1" y pAckcd Willi people, and, especially, in '"'"I1 i vlciuity of the Court House, 111 front of "',0' licit the sherlirs wiles were going 011 with ,!"'sl :ut spirit mid vitfor. hands selling at very MrV1' V prices, affording to tiiose who were so for- ,,, Mite as to piMSCKtrfhe nine i/tta nun 11 rure . ' portunlty for investment. Kor reasons of !'0Wl private nature, the associate editor of the !s*" eabytcrian cot)eluded not to puchase a cot- , 111 11 plantation, for tiie present I wate It Is sad to reflect on the changes which vc taken place in the old Palmetto State 11 ice the war. .Many a home, once the abode ir,',( opulence and rctlnenient, has passed under J1'01 e sherill's hammer. When we consider , t!.t ese vicissitudes of fortune, the exclamation ln l-'ihticis I., alter the battle of Pavia, seems "J ry appropriate: "All Is lost but honor." Here we had the melancholy pleasure ol . 1 setlng many old friends whom we lia<! not ,,rav :n for years. Sonic of these we had constd- ",cn Little <iiJlleulty ln recognizing, and were inptcd to exclaim wltti the clown in Mid- J1"' miner Night's Dream: "IJIesM thee, hot111, lliou art translated !" And candor com- . f. Is us to admit that some of our old ac- w,,)l lain lance were a* much surprised at the |"or.< insformatlon which time had wrought in L.: r own outer man; but we endeavored to |roln nsole ourselves by the reflection that gray V'J'! Irs arc not an Infallible Indication of old (''K" ilium l iiejunior editor of the Abbeville Medium 1W'1'1 vlng given us a cordial Invitation to visit , , s oflice, we made It convenient to accept, c d dining our call wore very "courteously f 1 treated.' Here we found Genentl II., the itior editor at his post, and a roaring Are ' ? ilch added much to the warmth of our re. ption. lien II. and brother have madeu Abbevelle Medium a welcome visitor . tcrcver it lu read. It Ik one of the most fas- ''"l" luting papers now published In the State, . , d constantly growing In public favor. Sue- ' ' sstolt. )n the street, we had the pleasure of meeti, for the flrst time, Mr. 11., the accomplish- P- ! and scholarly editor of the J'rcss utul JJun- ,.} r, u native of Scotland; and of the mountain and the flood, the i nd of brown heath and shaggy wood." .Vnd 1 <1 11 criidiinte f*n hniievnt nf the Universe! the iU hilltiburgh, lie Is a terse find vlgoros- less1 iter, and, nns made the ITchh and JJuti- "' n r almost u necessity, or vatic ineoum, in Tlr ery household. tlon Vc next culled at the ofllce of McGownn * rker, to pay our respects to theCienerttl hihI Bale; ; associate but found both absent. Mr. 1'. Hale! ts a classmate in tho South Can lln i College Hale: 0 Judge Mclver of the Supreme v,ourt, and I. Jeter, President of the Senate. In the Tol itribution of College honors we IiikI the ad- K<]i>? ntage somewhat of these distinguished ijjst litleinen, hut they have left us lmnieasurat behind In the nice of life. Be U so?honto whom honor, Tin n this ofllee, wc had the pleasure of meet- nelll ; Dr. M.t the brother of the lamented J. inixi stcr Marshall, wlio fell In the terrible slang- sliou before ltichmoud. The Doctor gave us a Th< ry Interestingtuconnt of Minnesota, wiileli ed ai til his brother-in-law, Colonel Orr, late dla tl nlster Plenlpotejitlory tollussia, he visit- time: soon after the wjir, for the purpose of sell- Tlx C a. large and vukuuble tract of land. hie el Vc were surprised to learn, from various at ai lrces tliut tliero was considerable opposl- June n to the stock law, which was enacted light the last session of the Legislature. port< e freedmen are understood to be a "O ilnst It almost ct* ma?sc. We do not pre- man id to know much of such matters, but It oc- hoini s to us that this lsone of the uiostsalutary Th< jrms which have ever taken place in this shoul ite; and, we predict, will be a source of lalnd uiter revenue to the people of South Curo- be lei a than tne celebrated phosphate Mines re- poun illy discovered near the coast. This, at Tin st, is our opinion which we give for what left a s worth, with due regard to the caution, tlrst sulor uUra crvpidam. land t is almost Impossible to realize thechange, plant itical and social, which has taken place while the State of Sumter, and Marion, McDuf- be us W'ardlaw, 1'ettigru, and Calhoun. Hut care believe that good will ultimately result about in the terrible ordeal of sull'ering, or bap- the,[] 11 of lire, through which she has passed Moon ec the war. And In the future, as well as amis the past, we indulge a hope that Abbeville The 1 prove the banner county of South Caro- e| the ' ^ staler hese relleclions which nave been spun out i - ... i much greater length than we antlclpa- 'ifS , were suggested by what we saw mid ird last Monday, and we give lliem to ?,i- ,| readers for what thev are worth. P. dred ? each lie Stock Law Tested.?Dr. IJart's oat eltlici d has been rooted from centre to circumfer- coinp :e recently by adrove of "razor back"hogs, of tei o were wandering abroad in defiance of is cut s law. The Doctor vowed vengeance, and In ru lted patiently for Ills opportunity. It soon the ti lie. Upon entering his Held last Saturday It si li ning, he espied three animals of theswiue see w suasion quietly rooting away and playing wlilel >'oc with ills green and growing crop of oils: s, and he immediately gave chase. The die of s sought safety In flight, and in their ter- watci at the close pursuit given by a relentless tlicbi , found refuge in .Mr. Perkerson's hog-pen. j bent< is Doctor put up the bars, and the game this t n safely caged. Justice Rogers took the lowin o In hand, and the owner will pay the denji nil sum of $2 and keep Ills pigs up lit real- drawi .-A'incty-Six Guardian. tors he receipts of cotton at Anderson for the j "j'1}'' ntli of I)ccetiidcr, if>7.s, amount to 2,'JH) iil" es against 1,922bales for tins same lnontli In | "r *u being an Increase of Ills bates. The total days, tints-of cotton for the four months ending ombet ill 1S78, amounted to 10,TO bales, the in Jnst ".IKK)' lies for same time in IS77, being ! . Increase li> receipts of ;l,-'!2l bales. (j i* r K I , , hi, out. til man ami two women, all eoJored, ware nrnearllellon last week by two gentlemen ; n)ilI.|? n Jackson County, (in., charged with tin1' \K , ne of arson, and who had tied to this j win, j te to evade the law. I jik JtAii.noA/J Commissionkh "We are | ling ii used to see tlie^ippointment of Kdgetleld's i fairly o to the position of Itaiiroad Commission-: will b Not only is worth and ability here re-j hand, rded, but a man sans pet/r ft sail* rrprochc j As l been selected to overlook the entire rail- of gro ilooerations of the State and Insure jus- most i ! to all interested in these common car- loreti '8. This net marks our able Acting-Gov- have < or as a man of untiinching nerve and de- fresh i nlnulion, as powerful inliueiiccs were arrive light to bear for another party. No boiler i disti ll ointment could have been made.?Ojrrcs- 1 ehouli (lcncc JXiiicty-Slx Guardian. As t / - i ... v "** ~;':T' 0 in South Carolina; "IESSFUL CULTIVATION OF E INDIAN STAPLE IN CAROLINA. its of the Experiments Last ir -- Hugging Made from Cnro-| 1 J?te--lnstructions for Caltivni-?Time of Sowing and Cutting fed 011 the Way. >1. D. O. Hawthorn's Success. looting of the executive committee of 2ric11lt11r.il Society of South Carol inn ::lil sit Military Hall last evening, l)r. A. 10 presiill nsr. Arrangements were made celebration of tlic anniversary of the > , which occurs 011 Thursday next, the St. committee 011 coast lands submitted illowing report, which was read and d to he presented at the coming mcettlie society: 11 ffntr I'rr.mh'iil of the AuricuUurrtl '!;/ of South Oirotiiia: -Your committee on const lands bog to that In tho spring of last year Jute was distribuled In sniull quantities % eighty-five planters and fanners resldeicven counties of tills stiitc, n large rtlon, however, being In the sen oast lus. With the packagoof seeds a blank nis furnished to each, to f?e tilled tip by showing the kind of land planted, or clay or sandy, wet or dry, condition lunge, Ac.; also the time of sowing ttie he growth during the first three months ne of coming Into bloom, nnd when the ogan to mature; these blanks to be rcI to tho committee during the winter hey might be able to form a correct >n of the soli best suited for the growtli e In tiiis country, of the lime required i the plant came into bloom (at which 1 it is In the light condition to be cut y /lbrc,) and also If It could be relief? on in its seed in this part of the country tho time when we naturally have n g frost. Your committee have received about thirty of these reports, of which than one half come from the following * in the low country, viz: St. John's i'y, Christ Church, St. Stephen's, IJIack ), Georgetown, Edisto Island, John's 1, Beaufort and the city, showing that ed was well distributed. bout going Into details, which would be is, the general resalt of these expurls may be stated as follows: The seed <own from 1st April to 30th May and up In from six to ten days. The growth g the first month was about two-Inches ii the second month about two feet, and g tho third month from two to three nit on rich land six, eight and eleven re reported as the growth of the third li. average height of the plant when full % ?<. nlirlit tr\ tnh foni nnd Mm/II ?p of static at tiic butt from three-quart' an incli to one and a quarter inches; I some cases the stalks measnred fifteen 1 height and three inches In diameter, hint began to bloom about four months the time of sowing the need, and the >egan to ripen in about six months from r>f sowing,and continued to do mo until rst frost. Jute sown 1st April began to re Its seed about 1st October, and that 15th April about two weeks later, instructions for sowing and cultivating ute Issued byyourcommittcc last spring with the view of making as much seed usiblc the tlrst year, and therefore nothas said about Its treatment to obtain the and no attempt was made in tho low try to save the fibre. Sir. ]>. O. Ilawi, of Abbeville County, however, steeped ?h of the plant to obtain one bag of (lbre, vas purchased by the Charleston Hugging ifacturi.ig Company, and made into a f cotton bagging which was exhibited at air of your society held last month, ami all probability the 11 rst piece of cloth made from American grown Juto. > fibre of the Abbeville Jute compared ably with that imported from Kastindia of which were on exhibition at your > results of the past year's experiment* your committee to the belief that our mid climate are well adapted to tlu th of Jute. That It attains Its best III with us on low and medium lands e the drainage Is good, and seems well ;i for cultivation on our inland swamp < and river bottoms, the mure particular us the plant when It has attained a few ,hs' growth is notdamaged by an overso long as t he heads ol? the stalk arc e water. ion intended for seed it should bo sown ills as early as possible after the land i." rom frost, as it requires with us six t< i months to mature Its seed, und tlif igo date of our tlrst killing frost is almui November; hut for a fibre crop it may b( any time from IstApril to 15th June, a> II be ready to cut in four mouths fron of sowing. : following extracts from the report ofi iiitteo appointed by the Lieutenant rnor of ISengal,In the year 1S73, to In gate the condition of Jute culture It India, will be of e>e to those who intent vating ttie plant in this country : igli lands, low lands, recent alluvial alion, dry lands and humid, are all mori ^ employed in cultivating the plant; on ial formations and on saline marshes I Ishes well?often in water waist deep, fter a thorough investigation it is con d it grows best on high lands, next bes tedium or alluvial formation, ami thci iw lands. It grows belter when there l.si mixture of clay and sand, or sand com 11 Willi llllliviiu ui'|>wu>, ?r iimm iiiiau a lillle Kami, Hit gravelly soil Is no ted to the successful growth of the plant iinterain and sunshine are found to l>< I congenial to the Jute plant, but exec* rain after the plant has attained a heigh > 0 or three .'eel w ill not piove Injurious or llbre the plant is usually cut when li r. At Mich Mine the quality of the fibr perior. When cut, the plant In stackci c tieid for two days and then steeped li r, for which purpose pools, sttignaii Is and running streams are used, lie rotting process requires <Vom two o ? day* to a month, ncl..;; regulated ty rind of water used, the temperature, am 'ondition of the plant vl.encut, wiiethei >wer, when thu fibre Is easily separated the seed when the bark is tough am lie fibre is separated from the stalk b; t lug the woody stalk out of It by a sud (el k while in the water. The fibre Ik thet led from ail Impurities In thesume wnte put out to dry for about three days, whei put In bales and sent to market, lie yield per acre varies very widely e In some districts it will not averag ) tlian six to eight hundred pounds, li arger.Iute growing districts It average fifteen hundred to three thousand am Hue reaches thirty-six hundred ami forty t hundred pounds. It Is estimated hy th inittee that in the sixteen districts It :h Jute Is grown S7(>,<KJfl acres are devote* , and aliout one million and a half peopli get! in Its cultivation. lie exports from India had Increased fron thousand pounds in 1S2S to eight hun million pounds in 187.'), and the con (ition of the India mills was fifty mlllioi ids more. The articles manufactured bj ; mills were mostly wool-packs and bags twilled and plain, of which one-fourtl used at home and three-fourths were ex ?'d to Australia, llurmah, Colombo, Mad nd Bombay. New mills were In coursi [instruction which would add fifty pe 11m to the home consumption." re years have now passed since tills re was made, and the cultivation of Jute ii ii has been considerably extended tomee ncrensing demand for It both In Kuroix he United States,as the cheapest fibre li world suitable for manufacture, bcini ll.on U?*\f ftiA nrlun nf mittftn nr H,,v tin 1 one sixth to one eighth of tliatof wool e following figures show the consume In this country for the past three years 1K73. 18711, 1K77. < .Tute 31,000 41,000 12.00 % Heject Ions 21,000 10,000 S.OO s Units 170,000 2111,000 2)o,0U .ill bates 2K.000 27(1,000 27o,(?? tl ill lb?..S#,Xi?),(iU0 110.100,00(1 110,(XMI,(K> UUCTIONS i'OK CCM'l VAT102T OF JUT] FOK riUKK. b land should bo a good medium Jr.nd ler very wet nor tery dry, mid If yossibli (1 with clay,and in all cases the drainngi Id be good. a land should be very thoroughly plough id pulverised and well harrowed (in In lie irUivw pough sometimes six or elgh s before sowing.) j seed should be sown broadcast, if possl ItlierJiiHt before or afl era shower of rain ly time from aarly in April to late It , and should be covered with a brush oi harrow. Mr. Entile LeFranc, In his re in Jute culture, recommends the use o ulhouu" sowea with which he states t may sow ten acres per day, (cost of Cal i sower eight to ten dollars.) jHeed should be sown thin, as the plants Id stand six to eight Inches apart on tlu I. The quantity of seed sown should nol <s than fifteen pounds, nor ovor twenty ds per acre. j.erop, like wheat or oats, should now In lone until ready to cut, but during the month, while the growth is slow, the should be weeded, and if too close the s should be thinned, lit some eases, : the plant Is young, a lifjht harrow may cd. After tills time the plant, will take of Itself, and will be ready to cut in t, loo or 120 days from the tinicof towing ; iroper time for cutting being when In, ii, the llhre being then In the strongest llkiest condition. ; plant should be cut near the ground r by hand or machine. Mr. LeFranc i that tne mowing machine "World No. ill easily cut the largest stalks. Iiould be stacked or laid in piles in the for two days to allow the leaves to drop ten made into bundles of about one hunslalks each, by tying one sialk, round bundle,and placed In water to steep, rin ootids or running water, and kept iletefy covered liy the~water for a space i or nftcen days, until the burk or fibre irely separated from tho woody stalk, lining water more time Is required, but bre is generally brighter. Iioiild Ik-examined from time totimeto lien ready for removal from the water, i Is done In India by the following mcthWlien in the proper condition the bun' stalks Is raised to the surface of the by the operator standing in the water imdlc of stalks is seized by the tops and ioublo about one foot from the end, ireaks the woody stalks inside, then alg the stalks to lloat on the water, a stidL-i'k is given to the tops, and the llbre is ii from the woody stalk; holding the till the long llbre Is dashed on tho water rawn towards thcoperator, this removes purities, and the tlbre is then laid out ng up to dry, which usually takes three >ther method Is to strip the fibre Irom nit end for a few inciies, the woody is seized, and by giving it a sudden L comes out of the llbre as a snake comes 'its skin. The tibrc is then cleaned and asabov?: and packed in bales ready for et. toon as our planters are a little familiar Its treatment their own good sense will st the most economical way of handLand there can be no doubt that once lutroduced in this country a machine cmadc to save the manipulation by nany persons have expressed tho desire wing Jutt this season for fibre, and as nf those who saved seed last year wish ill) it for their own use,your committee jrdered from Knst India a supply of seed of the best varieties, which should i here about the 1st of April, and will be i butcd at tho cost of importation, which | 1 not exceed 30 cent" a pound. 1 his supply will bo limited, It Is s'.iggcs i lg - --1-J ed that those who wish to procure good uhonld aa early us possible send in their names to the secretury of this committee, stating the number of pounds they desire, us it requires about eighteen pounds per acre, which will cost about live dollars. Orders can be based 011 the number of acres they wish U> sow. As coon as the orders received amount to the quail tity of seed expected, the fact will be announced through tile papers, anil thus save other# the expense of preparing lands, &c. Finally your committee would recommend that for the Jlrst year, until our people are accustotnedtoltsmanipulatlon.no one person should sow more than live acres. llc*pectfu!ly, JAM. S. MUltiHK.'H, Secretary. 0, P. II. on the Stock Law. lie is Kiglit--4*Thc Dog is Dcnd." J'Alilnrn Proa uml Iltmncr : In your last issue I observe a mass meeting of the opponents to the Stock Ijiw (railed, in regard to which I'll utter my voice sueeinctly and publicly. Two years piwt I I fought valiantly, as my humble, limited mental capacities would tolerate, against the 'feme question;" and If the Slock I .aw (synouomous term) had eomc to the people lor action, I would unhesitatingly have bestowed similar treatment upon It. Too hasty upon the heels of defeat two years ago, I am opposed to an Indignant mass meeting without a sufllelent provocation. I am reiuc, tant to beget or foster a rebellious spirit; 110 desire to get up strife and turmoil tn the ueaceful reign of democratic government. I acquiesce, hoping that it will, eventually, promote the interest of the people at lartje. \> mi an uucueicrence ionic oters for i*wr I confess f am nt a loss to sec what material good can he accomplished In convocu'.lng the opponents of tills LegWIntlve measure. It would manifestly show non-compliance to a llxctl law, amendable to liutlolment. Too tardy, too tardy, the "eleventh hour" has approached; In common parlance the "dog Is dead." Premature! premature I! for the campaign of 1.S.M): public opinion Is almost variable as the weather. In declaring a protest against this law en masse, I imagine I can perceive much detriment brewing in the political horizon of futurity. The weal of Democracy will he In Jeopardy. Ueware, lest we be culpable of committing some egregious net that will have a ruinous tendency to the glorious cause that surmounted every opposing obstacle in the campaign of 7K by dint of united action, "united we sland, divided we fall." Messrs. Kditors, You are cognizant that everybody's convenience can't be suite;}. It Is an Impossibility. Diversity exist In human nature, an implanted principle. Gud never intended that mankind shou^prilnk, act, and he pleased alike. It uuMKiiI sameness pervaded, 1 imagine thin muiTOane rotundity would be n conglomeration of monotonous hotnogenousness. I entertain no more right to be pleased than any one else. I claim to be submissive if the majority's interest was duly considered. I have no doubt but what our worthy delegation had the good of Abbeville County at heart, acted sincerely, conscientiously and impartially when they unanimously advocated the enactment of the Stock Law. Knowing this lact I have not the least Inclination to Indnlge in obstreperous denunciation and conucmiuuion. isy way 01 uigressnm ? < however, they hutl curtailed their per dlen stipend, I would more eagerly lavish upon them encomiums of laudation. Hut, not withstanding, nevertheless, moreover, nm! besides, yet, it behooves a magnanimous ant intelligent people to sanction their course buoyed with the hope that such a law innj not prove to be a curse, but n blcs?lng to tin county. We exercised the right of fianehl.-c ment in their behalf and made them law makers to frame suitable and equitable Icyr, for the control of the government and the; were not a set of scalawag-carpet-bag dema gogues ? pusillanimous-ignoramus-good-for nothing vagabonds, but Representatives o scholarly attainments and erudition. Le muss meetings enjoy a season of repose an< go to work and build our pasture fence . horse-high, bull-strong, and pig-tight, in or der to prevent stock from committing depre , datlons upon a neighbor's aeljlxh right.1' , iXll-(ie*-pe-ran-<ium (le rc-pub-li-ca. Kre shut , ting oil'steam. I would say the "call"' pub lislied Is calculated to mislead, create coiifti sion and procrastination. Some people ur credulous enough to think that the law cai ' be upset, made null and void, hence nr awaiting until the designated time approacl before making JireparationH for a pasture. ~ ; a P. II. i THE GENUINE ; DR. C. 2IcLASrS'? ! Celebrated American | WORM SPECIFIC OR : VERMIFUGE 1 . 1 SYMPTOMS OF WOftMS. - tfc countenance is p.iie ana leaaen -* colored, with occasional flushes, 01 a circum^cribtd spot on one or both checks; the cjes hfcomc dull; the pu piis diUte; an azure semicircle run; along the lower eye-lid ; the nose is ir ritaled, swells, and som<??imes bleeds a swelling of the upper lip; occasiona headache, with humming oMhrobbinj of the ears; an unusual secretion of saliva; slimy or furred tongue; breath very foul, particularly in the morning appetite variable, sometimes voracious with a gnawing sensation of the stom ach, at others, entirely gone; fi*etins pains in the storaach; occasbna nausea and vomiting; violent pain: throughout the abdomen; bowels ir regular, at times costive; stools slimy not unfrequently tinged with blood belly swollen and hard; urine turbid respiration occasionally difficult, ani accompanied by hiccough; cougl sometimes dry and convulsive; luieasi and disturbed sleep, with grinding ol the teeth; temper viriuble, but gener ally irritable, &c. Whenever the above symptoms are found to exist, DR. C. McLANE'S TERMIFUGI ! will cer'atnly Feet a cure. tt nnva w^r rAHTATW [? II 4TV.fi wn ?? ** iibnwvn . r in any form; it is ?n ii>ooc?nt prepara - tion, net c^\i+.'e $f Aing the sli^htes t injury to the most tender infant. i The genuine Dr. McLamf.'s Ver { mifuge bears the signatures of C. Mc . Lane and Fleming Bros, on th< ; wrapper. :0: ?SI. G. 52#3,AIjS'S [ LIVER PILLS '! are not recommended as a remedy "for al the ills that fWi is heir to," bui in affection of the litar, juuI in all llilious Complaints ? Dyapep*ia and S'ck Meadackv, or diseases ol j chat character, they stand without a rival - ""AGUE AND FEVER. 1 Nobettar cathartic onn ke ased jweparator to, or after taking Quinine. A? a simple pargative they are unequaled ' BK-WASB ?T j. The genuine a*e never sugar coated. t Each box has a red wax seal on the lid witl the impression Dr. McLank's Livbr Pili.s nrr*nru?r tu>ar? the uemture* of C ; McLan? and Fleming Bros. i Insist upon having the genuine Dr. C. Mc Lane's Livkr Pii.i-s, prepared by Flsminj . Brot., of Pittsburgh, Pa., the nark*t b*tn{ > full of imitations of the name ' ip?ll*d differently but Mme pronunciation. : STATE OF SOUTH CAM County of Abbeville. Win.T, Millford, FlnlntlflT, ) In the Court o a?alnst > John f,'. Ellison, J Trl*l Justice. Copy fturamons f?r Money Demand?Com plaint not served. To John W. Elliaon, Dtfendnnt In Ihii action. YOlr an; hereby summoned ami required to answer the complaint In this notion of which a copy is herewith served upon you and to serve u copy of your answer on the subscriber at his ofllce, at Abbeville t'oiirl House, South Carolina, within twenty day.* after the service of this summons on you, e.v ! elusive of the day of service. I If you full to answer this complaint within I the time aforesaid, the plaintiff will takt Judgment against you for the sum of?ii7.!'l j with interest at the rate of 12'/ per cent, pet 'annum,on SJii.71 from the l".th Day of Decent ! her, one thousand eight hundred and seventysix, and w?h|s. ! Dated the SJd day of Deaember, 1S7H. HAMi'Kl. C. CASOX, riaintilf's Attorney, j ! < To J. jr. /.Yi'i-to/i, AO.icnt itrrciKirmr: i 'J'AKK XOTH'K?Tluit a ropy of the con?j plaint herein ha* been filed (his day In tlir I oflice of H, Darkness, Trial Justice for said 1 Couiily. SAMTRT, C. CASON', l'laintilT's Atlorucy. Dec ii, 187S, tf W A TVTVn A "MITED NUMi Vj xl. i' 1 lltU* her of active, energetic canvassers to engage In a pleasant and ! prorttitblo business. Oood men will tind tills a rai'? chance to make money. Much will iplea&eflnswer this advertisement by letter, ! enclosing stamp for reply, stating what business they have been engaged 111. None but those \vno mean business need apply. 1 Address K1NLJSY, HAltVKY & CO.. . Oct. 2, lfrTS, ly] Ailanta, Ua. a'.'.: - - < ' r-, * *' iy ^ Sheriff's Sale. j Tho Trustees of tlie Estate of Dr. John De Lti Howe vs. R. A. McCaslan. Exocutlon. BY virtue of an execution to me directed, Id the ubove stated case, I will sell at Ab, bevtlle Court House on saieday in February next, within the legal hours of sale the fol- m lowing described Ileal Estate, viz: B FOUll HUNDRED AND TWENTY ACRES K of land, more or less, bounded by lands of M. | 0. McCaslan, Dr* A. T. AVIdeman, and others, i Levied on as the property of It. A. M?Cas- B I in at the suit of tho Trustees of the Estate of! * Dr. John De I>n Howe. TERMfj.?Cash, purchaser to pay for prrpcrs. J. F. C. DuI'RE, SAC Abbeville C. If., H. C. )<*oth January, 1H7*J. J _ Sheriff's Sal?. j Peter Livingston vs James M. Gilliam and , |l JuiuunA. Gilliam. Ex cut Ion. BY vlrtueofan execution to me directed In the above slated case I will scll^at^Abbc- j * iiiv vyuui t iiuiwruii uuj* in r curuurj next, within the lexirl hours of wile, the fol- . lowing property, to wit: The Interest, (one-half) of Jamea A- Gil- ? Hunt in a V PORTABLE STEAM ENGINE Levied on as the property of Jume A. Gilliam at the suit of KetCr Livingston. TEltMS,?Cash. J. F. C. fttPlfE, S. A. C. Abbeville C. H. S. C. January 14,1K7U. Sheriff's Sale. . J. T. Buskin th. J. Y. SWon. Execution. BY virtue of an Execution tome directed In the above stated case, I will sell at 2 Abbeville Court House S. C., on Sale Day In February next, within the letftU hour* of Mile; the following described Rent Estate, to wit: ONE HOUSE AND LOT in the town of Due West, S. C'., containing TEN ACltKS more or less, bounded by lands of W. C. Brock, it. (J. Sharp, and Maiu Street. l.evied011 as the property of J. Y. Slltou at the suit of J. T. Haskell, Sold at the risk of the former purchaser. T Kit MS CASH. Purchaser to pay fur pa- m pers. J. F. C. DuPHE, f S. A. C. V Abbeville. aH.,??,C., Jan 11, la'tf Sheriff's Sale. Edmund Cowanct al vs William 0. Nccl. Executions. UT virtue of sundry executions to mo dl? -L' reeled in the above stated wise I will Hell ut Abbeville Court House on Sale day In Febuary next, within tbe legal nourx of sale, the following described Ileal Eatute, viz: [ THREE HUNDIVEU AND SIXTY ACRES . of land more or less.bounded by lands of W. . M. McCaslan. J. J. Shank, Mary Watson aud 1 others. I Levied on as the property of William G. J Neel at tiie suit of Edmund Cowan et al. | TEHMS-CASH. 1'urchuscr to pay for pai pers. J. F. C. DuPRE, | S. A, C. I Abbeville, C. H. 8. C. January 11,1S7U. \ Agent's Sale. * Sloan .t Selgnious vs. Silas Joues and J. R. , Jones. Foreclosure of Mortgage on Personalty. * |?V virtu* of the mortgage In the above l Stated case, 1 will fcell at Abl>evlll?C. H., t within the lejjal hours of b?ie, ou Monduy I the third day of February next, the followtug described property, to wit: * One (1) Eight Horse 1'owct Englno, t. One (1) Sixty Suw Cottou (iln. One (1) Brooks Cotton Press. " Seized as the property of Silas Jones, and ' J. H. Jones, under a mortgage to Slouu ?V . acidulous. ' Tr-ltMS CASH. J. F. C. DuPBK, j Shell ir. as Agent. | Abbeville C. H., S. C., Jan, 1< liffll. Sheriff's Sale, , J. C. WosiuansUy and others, vh BenJ. W. I I Williams und Roger L. \f nliams. Execution. . I>Y virtue of sundry executions to me dlreeled, I will sell at Abbeville Court I House, on saleday in February n?xt, within :he legal hours of s?le, Uie following de- , scribed Real Estate, to wit: J SIX HUNDRED ACRES of land, more or less, bouuded by lands of J, > K. lii'ownle*, J. (i. CiiiikMales, aud others, jOti which l'ei'endtiiil ie>ides.y J^evleo on as the property of lienj. W. Williams. at the suit of J. C. Wosuiaunfty. and others. 1 TEK.VI.H CASH. Purchaser to pay far papers. J. F. C. .bul'KE, S. A. C. Abbeville C.H., 8. C., Jan. 11, 1973. I . " Sheriff's Sale. 1 ' rite Trustees ?f tho Estate of Dr. John De L? Howe, w reJulin 8. kcid :iu4 J?na T. linker, v?. Vr la. U. 'i'aggurt, James Taggart, > and Janice .Mcia*lan. I Exaoutlon. ' 1>Y virtue of an ExaGtillon to me directed In ? -*-* the above sinlcd c?i>u, 1 will sell at Abbe- vllle Court Housu oa saleday In F?buary i next, within the len?l hours ol wile, the following de.>crlfce<l Meal E*u te, viz: i FOUR MU^DKKD ACKEH i of lahd, moraor loss, bounded Hp lanhs of W . J. .suilUi, *.hc Cabball place, W. II. Taggart James Taggart, Jr. I Levied on as the property of Juroc* Tajjcart I deceived, at (he suit 01 the above named 1 plaiiitill's. TEHiMa.?Cash, purchaser to pay for papers. J. F. C. DuPKt. S. A. C. Abbeville C. H.. S. C. I ' iftii January, l?7v. j i f " j Sheriff's Sale. l Margaret C. Lyon vs. James H. Wldoman. ' Execution. r virtue of Mindry executions to me di1 *-* reeled in the above Mated cane, X will . sell at Abb?vlll??C. U., oil sale Day Ui Feb following described Ke?( Estate, to wit; Z Tlie lloincsic:ul '.'r*ct, containing 000 ACRES more or less, nnd botncJeii by lands of W. E. : iWirun, Ed* It Cox a nil iljers. haviffd on 11 us Ji? prt>}-rrty of .lames 11. Wideiuan at the full of Murjarct C. Lyon. TEltMH.?Cu?li. J. F. C. DuI'HE, S. A. C. . Abbeville CH.SC j Jantary 7, , Clerk'S Sale. : W. II. Tarker, Assignee, Plaintiff, against M. J. Tolbcrt, T. X. Tolbort, A. II. Morton Defendants. Judgment of Foreclosar* and Order of Court to sell Iswids, Ac. l r}Y virtue of an Order of Court to me dl' m rectcil, I will sell on saleday In February, IS79. at Abbeville Court House, wltliln the > le^al horn's of sal*, th? follo*lag Heal Estate, s ill) two ar taore saparde tracts, if deemed advisable, upon tonsulUUlon with the par' ties.) to wft: ALL THAT TRACT OK PARCEL OF LAND ' situate, lylnr aad being In Abbeville County, South Carolina, containing ELK YEN HUNDRED AND FORTY (1H0) f AGUES, more or h'ss, ?nd bounded by lands of Estate of John Urifttn Iteld, Daniel TlioMaa, W. C. < Hunter, the Laurens Lands, and others, slU unto near White Hull, on Cow Iiead Creek, waters of Hard Laboc Creek. TERMS OF SALE. ' Cash, or ns much as may be necessary to . pay one-balf of the debt turn interest, see a red by mortgage of the lands described, and i costs, and any taxes due thereon, and the balance ? n credit of twelve mouths, wiib J - interest from day of sale, taking front pur- , r chaser bond and mortgage to secure credit * portion. > I'urcbuser to pay for papers. , >1. ZEICLER, C. C. 1'. A. C. Clerk's Oflloo, > Jan. X, 1K7U. / ? L State oi'South Carolina, 1 County af Abbeville. I IN THE PROBATE COURT. F In the matter of the Estate of John S. IWch, (_ f deceased. Petition for Homestead. ^ NOTICE is hereby given that Mrs. Mary C. Rich has applied to this Court to have 0 Homestead laid ofT to her and her children | out of the real and personal property of her 0 hue husband, John s. ttich. It is ordered, That Tuesday, the ISth day of t< Februiwy, ls"t), be llxed as the duy for the ap- d nointment of Commissioners to lay ott said I Homestead. w J. FULLER LYON, Judge of Probate, A. C. I Jan. 13.1?7!>. 1 - - H wnn | \ ITU I I : AM'UAL KMUKm |J 1 Administrators, Executor*, Guardians, j Trustees, ami other fiduciaries, mast uiakoj :! returun u|>on their trusts within the time i f j prescribed by law, or bo subjected to a rule ^ ' j and costs. J. FULLER LYON, i J. P. A. O. J j January 14, 1879. <>, i tCHARO GANTTr' .Mltiilli total Halite? ABBEVILLI C. S. ! A LL work done neatly and In the most,ap! /V. piovcd stjlo. Give me a call. MatLsEic- _ tion guaranteed. 11. UANTT. \ j lJec. J, 1S78 I IIephyr shawls, St i\yHITE, CARDINAL ANI) BLUE, In' j ff beautiful patterns, Just received?very j cheap?at the , JJ i EMPORIUM OF FASHIONS. I Dec 4, 1878, tf 1 TRY HOME FRST. CONGAREB-" n WORKS, olumbia, S. C. lAniT uniTiamnn Hi Mill, PROPRIETOE. REDUCED PRICKS; ERTICAL CANS MILLS, List of Prices W'-7'. 2 Rollers, 10 inches diameter,.....435 00 2 " 12 " " 46 00 -v$ 2 " 14 " " ^??00 3 " 10 * ' ?00 3 " 12 " " TO 00 9 " H " " 80 00 bovo prlceacomplete with Frame WltbooFrame, J10 lens on each Ml]l . mBT7ftWTAT 3 D/tll** If lit A ?>u MVllvA . for Steam or Water Power, $150. Send Ycir Onto for fane Mills ' AN?> ; ' '%t Syrup Kettle* TO -D. B. SMITH, Agent. Abbeville CH.StrMil Emporium of Fashions. ] Ve now offer the largest and mo?t attrnctltor STOCK OF Dress Goods | Cloak.s, DRESS TIMMINGS, and all tho iTMIS 0F THE SEASON o bo found in Abbeville, at bottom >rices,. at '" v ^ EMPesniM OF FASHIONS. ma&fng large additions to their STOCK OF MILLINERY ?AJfD? 3 filHiDY GOODS rhlch I* nttmctlre nint price# low. Oil) kt once and get BAKGAINH Tn HATS, TIES, SUFFUNGS, FlfifUS M. b ?W WW WW w ? R. M. HADDON ft CO. 0?t. 1 J, LSTS. Can now show to friends 1 SPLENDID STOCK OF . millinery, Motions, T Hosiery, \ Gloves, Ties, Cuffs, Collars, 1 AND STANDEES CHIEFS. Wo havo in connection Dress-Making Department vhere n Irwly cut hare a dress inadc or cut at ilior. notice. PATTKP.N8 FOR SALE. Oct. 9,1ST!), tf , Having lmd ten years experience a* a liquor iraler, and being familiar with nil the brands, lesldcs baring n practical knowledge of what s choice, he Is fully able to supply all who , ?Mi a pure article either as a beverage or for ' mmIIcIm.1 purposes, of ariflklng they desira n liin line of goods, which consist of the Dllowitig: Ive Wklskey, Port Vine. lour boa Whiskey, Madeira Wine, orn, (sweet and sour Sherry Wine, mush.) Malaga Wine, VystallizedCom, Catawba Wine. f. K. Hum, Hcuppernong Wine, ^ enteunial Hum, Claret Wine, Hd Crow Whiskey, Lincoln County Wbs'y Scotch and Irish Whiskey, fine Impotred r'.i, Chanipit^ue, French Brandv. The aoove goods will be sold In quantities i suit purchajers, atprlcis from two to ten oMnrs a gallon. Pari.es ile ;lrlng Christmas supplies will do ell io give me u cull. A. BEQUEST. RVpefi Snnnlir k A VMU M 1 ?OF? Jo Id and Silver Buttons "\HFXS QOODS ?n new *tyles,nLACK AL./ PAC'AS. Pretty Scar."*, MIMInery and j uher styllh'.i joods Jost received at very LOW U1CI& Jit .he EMPORIUM OF FASHIONS. Jot It, 1878 "alstoii_house. 1878. riie Misses Cater. J WKK pleasured announcing to old frlenflft -f and psitrons th.%1 they still keep "The J Iston House" open for theLs accomodation m id will endeavor to make tbmni "feel ntc fm imc" as often as they are kind enough to, ;l Marshall P. DeBruhl, I Attorney at Law, 3 AliBtiVkLLti C. H. S. (J. 1