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% ft The Press and Banner. ABBEVILLE, S.C. Wednesday, Aue\ 20, 1879. Tho Fair. The Directors of I ho Fair Association have ?net in solemn assembly anil have determined to have a Fair this Fall that is a Fair. \VC- admire and uppr iveoTthe conclusion they have arrived at and ask why should not their determination be seconded by every man. woman mid child in tlie whole county ? Wc are nn Agricultural people and none arc better suited for the successful prosecutton <>r such A ?u enterprise. Long ago in the limes of ltadleal administration the Fair was all we poor democrats could call our own; then \rc would * meet together under our own vine and tig Kgr \ tree and consult gloomily enough over the By future prospect. It was and ever lias been a white man's show and a democrat's show and tliis we mean to keep up as long us it is an institution. If then tor nothing else the pleasure that It gave us in those days should prompt in us feelings of gratitude to the old society and incite us to rescue her from falling. If it was a private investment there might be some ground for objection and some hindrance to a general putting together, but It is not. Those who went, into it n?ver once thought of making a speculation oul of it but purely from the lefticsl and most disinterest vd motives for the benefit of the county of Abbeville, to hold up Its hands and show to the peoole of this State that we had a prosperous eountv and the enterprise and zeal to improve every opportunity atid increase it in every rexpect. It is then purely a public institution as much devoted lo the aims of public happiness as the courts, and every thnmlng practical man must allow that when it becomes well conducted and is a success, the benefits to be derived therefrom are almost incalculable. Mnch of the narrow contracted disposition of a people is remedied by the introduction Of Just such institutions as this. Institutions that bring the people together, that throw friend in contact with friend, where they exchange views with each other and all part with the feeling that it was well to have been there. This is the condition of affairs that is thus brought about instead of all staying at home and like turtles each one in ills own shell without having a thing to do With liis neighbor except every now and then poke out his head and then with a growl, and teeth ready to take hold and stick till 5t thunders. Now the only way to rentedv soch a state of affairs iis this or to keep from falling into such is to meet together frequently* Man cannot get along without friends ana neighbors, p? Way ott" in a foreign land on a Kobinson w Crusoe Island his condition would hepiti ble indeed: while all his cnergiesand talents are allowed to stagnate simply for want of incentives to call them out and force him to be more than a brute. And now see what, hi* sides the advantages ana power 01 association, a powerful incentive to action our Fairs ul ways has been. Then are ottered inducements besides more personal gratification for bringing up the finest and the fastest horses, the fat test and most proline cows, the most luxuriant crops, and to the ladies the finest productions of art and the needlo, here the beauties of the house wife shine forth most conspicuously. Younc ladles anxious trt please and obtain (not) better halves ne&l ?ko bettor advertisement. And Jtll this not without immediate advantage. The premiums "t hings of beauty and Joy forever awarded to the succcssiul competitors ?re by no means insignificant. Look upon tfiein however only as incentives to draw out the talent undiscovered and thus aflliet remotely the happiness of all and the prosperity of the State. This isthe light In which we should view the matter and determine now to make it a ?rand suec??s. By making it a success innumerable benefits will be conferred upon Abbeville County and surely the people ot the Banner County of the State will not allow the call t??he made upon them to come forward and held the old cause out without a corresponding determination on their part to move Jleaven and Earth if necessary to accomplish their purpose. All we want is a determination on the part of the peopleof Abbeville for \vith thein determination is a success. Start then as soon as the 1'remlum List is I printed and take it from beginning to end to ?ee what all you can bring up to the Fair, and above all bring yourselves and your daughters and let ail have a jolly re-union 1 1 11 ? ? illiu U^WU |)IIUC (jcuv<t*>v* ! ^ m , m Excursion to IValhalla and Greenville. The following telegram will be gratifying Intelligence to thoseof our townspeople, who liAve a boiled shirt on hand and desire to go on an excursion. Of course it will be of no b.-netlt to those of our friends living at any J t distance from Abbeville village, as the train Will be cone before they receive the Intelligence. We culled at the depot yesterday to know if there would be an extra train from | t his place in the afternoon, but failed to receive the information. The tickets are only' good for to-day in going by excursion train, good to return at any time before the -1th of 'September. The following is the dispatch : Cor. cm in a, August 16, 1S7U C. V. 1Iammo.no, Abbevllitfj s. li?Sell round trip tickets on Wednesday 20th by special excursion train to(ireeetiville at s'l.-VJ; to Walhalla Sl.SOgood to return until September ^th. JABKZ XOUTO.V, Jit. t5. T. A. Advertising Without Pay. The Medium of l'ise week h;ul something to say on this sutyecU We would add that wei sometimes receive at the Pres* anil Jlunncr ol-j lice propositions to do a certain amount of f,.,. lit.irofi* In Kl i I II t Ions !l r. I TP ill I V' tin C4 USUI* I... ...... ? . reduced prtccs hccaustfcof the diameter <?(' the j institution advertised. In reply to all such j we would state that wo have u uniform price I for our work, and that wc have no agencies L by which they can Wauk us. If they eould do! ? ko, it doesn't pay for a great cdlege or school | *eeking public patronage. to beat a printer OR out of h small pittance. The Colleges In this County pay us iu full for all we <lo for thctn. Others need not expect our services ou more favorable t-rnis. The Bishop's Appointments. k Bishop Howe of the Episcopal church will i he at St. Stephen's church, Wellington ot\ A ' Thursday, October hi: at Trinity church, AbB beviilu, Sunday iHtli; at Brook's chapel, Wednesday, --d. Death of a Preacher. Rev. Mr. Merriwother of the Methodist Church died, at his mother's residence, tins side of Fury's Kerry, last Friday morning, aft?r a short Illness. Honoks at SewaNKB.?From the .Vowituini A'cwt, published at Sewanee, Tenn., \ve learn that some of our South Carolina students took honorable position at the recent Commencement of the University of the South. Mr. John (j ass of Greenville, well known and much liked in Abbeville, gained the Prize Cup offered for the best essay. Mr. Gassalso gained his diploma in three departments? (ireek language and Literature, Moral Science and Evidences of Christianity, and Chemistry. Our young friend Mr. L. W. Smith ol Abbeville, took his bachelor's diploma In Mathematics and in Political Economy and History. Mr. W. D. Brutton, of W" I nnsboro, gained diplomas in French Language and Literature, Chemistry, Geology nnd Mineralogy, and Metaphysics and English Literature. Beautiful Scenery.?Have you noticed the beautiful clouds to be seen these afternoons? Although they are the grandest scenery to be found In the universe, very few of our people seem to notice or admire their beauty and grandeur, If these clouds were to be seen only from the boulevards of Paris, many a pen would exhaust the language In their efforts of description, and miinv an American citizen would spend his last dollar to look upon them, but as they are to be seen In Abbeville, wo take but little notice of the shifting clouds. They are nature's pictures, and are grander than any of the works ol art. J"IIey ,irc L'lu pvor Illctil * I'iuiui Xin I'V/V/# Fike.?Last Wednesday morning between tone and two o'clock the alarm or tire was hounded In Abbeville and everybody was soon on the run. The fire broke out in the laundry In Mr. \V. Joel Smith's yanl, and Very nearly consumed the building before it was discovered. The huildinc was a good rrame house. Some of the clothing belongto the family was lost, Loss between $300 and ${00. The Pennsylvania Land Company Ills said now proposes to lend our farmers money on their forms to one-half their value, at 7 per ct?nU Interest. No loans to be made for a shorter period than three years or for more than twenty years. We learn that Mr. John It. Moore of New Market has applied for the agency. We do not know how much truth there maybe in these statements. We merely give them as given to us. Rkv. T. M. Galpiiin returned from LewisVllle on the South Carolina Railroad where he has been preaching the gospel during the M.n? ?.|H Milliliter IJIUlltlla, wit ,nuuu?; ....-v. favor liis friends hero with ? short visit ami then will relurn to Louisville Kentucky .where he will tlnish hlsconr.se us a student of theology and then begin the arduous and responsible duties of a minister. Miasitt. monti a Jonks* Ice House has 'dissolved (at least the Ice has)for the summer. All the Ice is out and the proprietors think it too cool to warrant them in ordering another cargo this Reason. This is a sample of Abbeville industry which has succeeded well as everything does that that enterprising man Mr. Tine Hammond takes hold of. 11c is an ornament to any community. Thh Penny Reading Club is a great tLing and especially are we pleased with Its organization on account of the many grangers we have been having In town lately, and all seem inach pleased with the cxerclscs. Nothing h'isdone more to draw the people of Abbeville closer together socially, and it certainly has infused new life into everybody. Bkttkii LUCKY than Kich.?Our townsmart, Mr* George Shillito. seems to be In luck. l,hsi wees wiiui: iiuu 1.1 iik <"> ............... he discovered aomc of the finest specimen ol gold-fouring quartz that has ever been found in this county, fie did not tell us where he found it. but certain it is thai somebody has a rich gold mine. Child Found in thk Sau'da.?Wb learn that the body of a new-born infant was found last\rcete in the Saluda Kiver, on the Lanrens Ride, riear Maddox's Mill. Thecliild had been fully diVssed, and had a rock tied to it. The child is supposed to have been a mulattos It was found by some fishing boys who were bathing. Gen. McGowan and Col. Cothran left for LauVenfc Court House Sunday evening, where thoy expect to attend an important Itefcrence held Tuesday lBtn. in the winding ui> of tho SrtiUh estate which is said to be very large. The General has Just returned ffom the White Sulphur Springs of Virginia, much improved. Deathi?Mr. William X. Purdy, well known In this county- as a repairer of clocks, die*' n'dar Milford's Mill Inst Saturday. He Was a harmless and inoffensive man M ho - -? ?i.? f,r waiKca iroin no use m injure iu iuv ? his profession, and many a clock has he set to going which had stopped short. | icotoxel Cothan states that there baS beBn a great decline in crime In his circuit. This ?oct he attributes loa Just administration of the laws. He deprecates lynch law under evefy circumstance, and believes the only sure preventive is in the Impartial administration of Justice. THE following were among the visitiug ladles who were present at the Penny-Heading at Mr. Lee's last Friday night. Mrs. Brunson, Miss Vermillion, of Edgetlelu ; Miss Kate Cal. liouu of Montery; Miss Kuuuie Calhoun of ^ Mt. Garmel; ilina Virginia Alkeu ot Cofccs^ * bury. ! Mr. V. J. Rogeiw, one of our nv , I prising ijH-rcliu.it*, leaves for Charli j morning, where he will luy in iv la? | He expects to get a full line of good: will sell very low for cash. Ho sur I Mm a call when he comes bade an< j keep up his former reputation f cheap. Tim Literary Club will meet nc? nigh l at the residence of W. Jl. Par I .Mr. \V. A. Templeton is the essay is I occasion. His subject is Kiliuftio at present a favourite subject, and . ' plelon may be expected to handle it Adam liarkcr, a.voting man ft boo I old, an adopted son of John A. j member of the South Carolina Leg! ! I*7.?, commuted suiciuc uy mmiuh. I Sunday, thirteen milas north of J : llarker leaves a wife and children: I The Press and Jinnw-r will keep b j now. Mr. Reese, ihe watchmaker, overhauled our watch and put it He does his work well. .V. 15. We other watch in our sanctum?the one?which gives if) tick. Mit. .1. M. Ellis and Mr. R, M. Li Due West passed, through Abbf Wedmsduy on their way to Kdgetiel They expect to canvass the County. | young ba-helors*. Set your traps, I good gnmu in the woods* j Mil. W. T. Mt Doxai.p has lost, | glass, by which he could discern a c ! the Ave'miles and learn whether o I' had the money in his pocket to "s< little bill-." It Is marked "L. C. ! '. have it, please return it. In the list of visitors at Sewanoc,' i tendinir the recent Commencement. ! lishcd in the Mountain .Vrtn, we Him low ins entry, "Mr. P. S. Hrooks, I: f*on, Edg>'llcld, South Carolina ? Porchcr's." Tin; dam on the branch which boys ab<iut town such a delightful nlace was washed away last Saturd j Penny's corn patch was lower d creek. He speaks of damages, Ac. Rev. A. W. IiA^Aitand Mr. Sams town Monday. These gentlemen arc on the sUitrof(Jrand Dictator. Kt Honor L. W. I'errin, Ksq? and were to headquarters we presume. A I'Kotiiactf.D meeting will begil I Porn Mine Haptist church on I morning, August L''f. in wmcn me pit I In* assisted by tho Kcv. M, E. liio; ' Newberry County, S. 0. | Mil (I. W. How en, of Diamond : the whitest, house In Abbeville cou { \V. ('. Moore did the painting. We oilier farmers may follow his good I and give Mr. Moore a Job. j Fixe Peaches.?We are Indebted | 71. s. Kerr for the finest specimen of j lieious fruit that we have seen this 3 will please accept our thanks for her j mcmbranee of the printer. ! Washington, aged twelve years Mr. Isaac W. Dansby, near Cedar I died yesterday morning about S o'cl a short illness. Othej members of ily are sick. We have lately received some prr from Mr. Foutaine's advertising age will save postage and stationery bi them elsewhere. We do not want a orders. ' One gentleman of this village sen: gv to Hodges Depot four times last w vvas compelled to do this In conseq the present schedule on the Abbevill road. Mu. J. S. Cmrr.KY reports the cro Phrpiii* us the best that they liavi that section for years. ITo says that Haddon lias the finest crop Jn the hood. Mrs. W". Joei. Smith.?We are p loam that the health of this most 1 lady issrneatly Improved by her visit villo, where she is on a visit for lier Dr. ft. R. rtKin of Donaldsvlile wi that the health of that section was r tor than at present, and that there | been a case of typholU fever there th Thk Salnda Baptist. Association 77th annual session with the Mou Phuroh last week, beginning Its se Tuesday and closing on Thursday. 11".?Jack Kdwards, a colored mar the .IvfT Davis place, near Abbevi Honso hist. wook. aged 11.5 years. Quilla Is said to bo DO years old now. Wf. have had the pleasure of me our streets our former townsman, Dt Wardlaw. of Augusta. The Doctor n ly a short stay In onr town. Doctor Wii.son's trip to the m was shortened on account, of sieknt>s fami^v. Wo regret to loam of Mrs. | indisposition In Columbia. | W'k have recolved the Pirtlmont I TTi'orl-TAfjlit-, a paper issued by rho | Railroad in tin' interests of Irhmlgra a trood work it is doing. Miss Mamiv 111r.i. one of the liai young ladiesof our town is quite s will be disappointed in her conti trip to the country. I Mr. R. K. II i My would have gone n on the excursion train. b?it ho didn't its going, until it was loo late to have washed. | Tnr vounsr people of Warrontoii v a erand plo-nlc and ilanco n?xt Sati I Thomas's Hollow. The public are ii Miss I.izzik ('atf.ii after spendlns or ton days very pleasantly on I .one turned to the Alston House last Sutii The deaf mute whoso hearing an< was so myslorlouslv restored recentl; llamslon,' turned out to bo a humbug Mn. f?. W. HmvEX's liorse ran him on his return from the village !i Mr. r.owen received painful Injuries. Wot a Candidate.?Mr. w. a. t< requests ns to announce tliat be Is no dMat.e for municipal honors. Mn. McilosAlt) has a parlor r makes no report when fired. He>lioo' with it on Sund i.vs. Mn. J. S. ('iiipr.f.v. sr.. of riiccnlx 17,(100 bushels of grain this season O'l which was wheat. Rev. Joiis Kershaw, now of Rear appointed alternate orator for 18S0 b wanee Alumni, Heavy Rain.?The heaviest rain have had for a year, fell last Saturda one o'clock. Master Krnfst TiitrCK IIi'TcniS( at his father's residence near Pixel twelve years. SoMF.nonv has borrowed Mr. W. T, aid's butter dish. He says lie wants returned. Miss Virginia Aiken*, acharmin lady ol Cokesbury is up on a visit tc in town. <"ON<512T.S.SM AN A IKFN niI0n<|f<j i; ins of the Agricultural Society 01; last. . Tmr. Jackson T.itornrv Snslofv has Constitution and By-Laws printed at ttce. Thf. colored rjimp-m^tinir at T:i comQpoff this weck? Commencing row. Titrsorshnm crop in Phn-nls ) ! hood is good. There will be a iarjrc y Mu. T. Pekuin Is trying wha City can do for liini; lie needs a clian I Messrs..1. s. Ciuri-ey a <'o.. have fl.ODO hush els of grain?one-half whea I Kkcexti.y several mad dogs have 1 ed in the Plncnix neighhorh?>od. Mns. \V. J. ]{<k;kks is on a visit tives In Cokeshnry. It U a subscriber to the Prew and If O. lT O 2 II. Tiik Pickens Sentinel has seen an i of cotton. m Hold Spring. ! Editor* Prow find IlunniT : j This cliurch Is situated near the < | Shattertleld in Edgefield county, nl mile from Shu Iter field Court IIous .lames Callison 8.) It is connected with the Edjrefleld [ tlon, but bus to come over Into the J side to?et a preacher. Their protrae I iiiK commenced last Saturday, you; pondent had the pleasure of being p Sunday. The Sunday School met at I Mr. G. W. Street, Is Superintendent, absent, his wife being quite sick, i son tilled his place. After the classe ished their recitations, .Mr. Callison capital address, and was followed b: teran Mr. K. Devore, who Is everrea a word for his master. Precisely at 1 the pastor ltev. J. S. Jordan entered pit and preached from the Text?I< chapter and 10 verse?"For 1 am not of the Gospel of Christ: for It is the God unto salvation to every one thn eth." Atter the sermon an hour w for refreshments. These people are ! pitable, plenty to eat upon the gron I Invitations without number. Mr I preached the afternoon sermon, ah ; Kzekiel .'tt chapter and 11 verse?' Turn ye from your evil ways for wh |dle." Mr. Devore followed In aver; exhortation and spoke by way of ei ment of the recent revivals at Itchc lted Oak drove, ">~ joined at the for Hit at the latter church. Mr. Jordan not only to this church, but also to 1 and Mount Moriah* and is one of preachers, clearheaded, and inak 1.1* onnuwxr.illim I I good fault, doe? not tire out his com with long prayers itnd sermons, rai preaches over forty minutes. Thi seems to be in a prosperous coiulill preacher, flourishing Sunday School I out" deacons and laymen and la rue < I lions. The ehtirCh Is a larue framed anil will sent mm or 700 people, it win on Sunday and several hundred eon in. Mr. ('allison told your eorrespon on regular preaching days the chur ways about tilled. Card of Thanks; I take this method of ackno wlci kindness of my friends who re.idi j well-timed and efficient, assistance 1 i checking the fire upon my premise j night of 12th Inst; Very respect I I \V. JOEL Grain-Threshing Repori J GrkknwooiI, Augusl Editor* Prrsn and Jinnnii r i Dkak Silts?In compliance faith j quest we send statement of the a : grain threshed tills year by us, \vh | follows: | Wheat, | Oats, I Hurley, Total, I The above was threshed In 7 days, i . Very respectfully, KLUOK We also send statement of Inst y< | which we threshed in days. | Wheat Oats, | Barley, ;...... Rye, Total ..: _ KLUOtl Nominations; I WO have been asked to give spat col unins for the following ticket fbi ! muiilclpal election. For Intcndant. Bi W. BARNWELL; Wardens. W. A. TE>lPLETOJf? lATOB MILLER. T. P. O.UARLES. J; & HAMMOND. Dear Brethren: The ninth nnnui tlou will assemble in Greenwood, county S; C., in Weston's chapel, at ! p. m., Thursday August iKtli, and session three days. W. H. ELI j Grand Hccrctary State Assl July 13, X879, 2t I ' ' ! i?t enter-1The Kiudorg:artcn-".\. Word or Two A. ?ston this I . , _ . '1/1 go stock, j with Hon. I). y\. Aikeu. < which lie I ? to Kive SMITHVIM.E, S. C\, August 18,1879. i tie will j Editfii'Z jPsv-m nntl Jiamicr : IT!" i>r selling' In your able report of the transactions of i the "Teachers' Instilute of Abbeville Coun t Priii iv * >'" 'wc l,mt ( oI> Aiken, one of the honorary b >r members, arrays himself very decidedly i against the Kindergarten asa means of edu- Xot cation?in fact uses very derisive language . \f- ' when alluding to it. I expected, as a matter <> of course, that some one, out of so many dis- i A tinguished teitellers, would have replied In V5U years i fU'fence of this noble system, but it. seems (J Barker, a ! that all held their peace, so far as (tie Kinder- T1 slature in jratreu was coneerncd. 1 would oiler no dis- .. : hi itself | respect to the august presence there assent- X iidgettcld. hied ; for there are many names on the rt>ll. that I hold dear?some, at whose feet i have ?J. etter time Sill? um' been cditled greatly thereby?others | has just that I cherish as friends?yet another, who; , to rights. I hails from the same Alma Muter. j have an-1 1 Hud these extraordinary words in the re-1 same ol<l1 marks made by our honorable Congressman, 5s,"J*8 | Col. D. w. Aiken: i. n, ?r| "The Kindergarten system of teaching Is a 'egis !Viii~ ),,??'hunibUR. I have had books Kent to iiic on *l 'his subject and I haveglveii it considerable Thi'vuro I attention, anil I see no use of it whatever l' Tho?!'? e*ccpt on plan unions, where there are larjje , 1 utrc h numbers of little negroes. Then I think j1,' some old man might prolltably teach t tic svs- l( , his field | tern. The benefit derived would be in keep- !l , xeditorut! ins: tlictn out of mischief." J1'1, r not lie | These sentinientsare not in themselves, ex- al,t ,'ttle that, traordinary, inasmuch, as every man, in a s-vsl' If you I free country, has a right to form his own '>l*?s I opinion, belie (Tougressman, oronly a "poor ?" '' renn., at- taxpayer," Hut 1 must confess I was stritek- ' as pub-1 en with amazement, when alter reading your , ,! I the fol- full report, to tlic end, I realized that the en- ' ' uly, and | tire assembly,consisting of the Ilrst and best at Mrs. I teachers of the county, endorsed his opinion 1 ?i,? T*ttwlAwr?i r(nn evetotn g\r of lUCU I Wliuni.ll^ IIH' AillVlVl^UllUII w. ?,w J thJ least quietly acquiesced In lils statement*. ?Jvr i,.,.),!,,,, lias the Kindergarten system then so few , nv Mr friends i i'Abbeville county ? Perhaps it Is J?/,11 <??Mi ?ii? only lack of information on the subject; for I feel assured that if tiny parent eouid sec a a,? first class Kindergarten in operation, ho ,, were in would wish his children's primary education i deputies commenced under no other auspices. That lights of it ts*'a humbug." I must emphatically deny. \ reporting It is a grand, ti beautiful truth. The word ft- s'r(r. self means a "utirden of children." As we ,J,y u at the cultivate plants in their infancy, jostso must ' . Saturday ] we cultivate iiunian plants?children?in their ], , stor will ! infancy. Wedo not wait until the plants atiddus, of laid their growth, but we cultivate them as- 4!,, Isiduously from the beginning. Froebel, , .riii i,?- 1 whose brilliant genius evolved this ereat | plan of eductitlon founded it on the beautiful \ i' .in ' analogy that exists betweeil a Utile child and ; ?vn??>Vin ft tender plnnt. We must not allow the ?,>?1 example, weeds to grow up and choke out the life of . the plant, neither must we neglect a child ," ! to Mrs. and thus permit the weeds of ignoruirl-e to ' ' tliis do- crush out its upward respiration?its young rear. She soul-life. A child educated by this system, 1U1C( kind re-, will have learned, without the aid of a jingle deki book, or even alphabet, facts in Mathenmtlcs, Be i son of I Botany and Anatomy, that a child educated scho 'springs, by the old method, does not acquire until he ustc oek after enters college. from the fam- Aiken says he has given It "eonsidorn- arut ble attention, and has read books on the sub- rial | ... ject." Tlie editor of the Xcw York Sun ex- rial! ncA- itn presses the opinion that only a very iinper- rive ^ii'dinir ,cct '^eil cnn 1)0 f?rm('d the* system by read- nres nv nf hi* ing of it?one must see it In practical opera- ]. nj oi in. tjon i have heard an experienced and sue- is to .lessful teacher express the same opinion, strut this bug- This too has been my experience. I have ing j oek. He i tieen a member of a Kindergarten Normal trair uence of class, and It impressed me as being in its eve- jn/oi e Branch ry feature,an exposltlen of the True, the encv Beautiful and tho Good. Its very atmosphere whai ps about seemed to breathe that beautiful sentiment learn j had in of Richter?"I love Ood and little children." obse "Mr. O. G. And I will venture the assertion that the mon neighbor- Kindergarten will never send forth an inflilcl to eu or an atheist. welt , , . Thereisonly one Kindergarten in upper sion ?t?imnhi? SouUi Carolina, and'that'was established sliou psumaoie three years ago by that liberal and progress- anii: i .i ft h Ive institution, the Willlnmston Female Col- lies* tieann. lege, which has a Kindergarten Proper and a men riles to us Kindergarten Normal ("lass?both in a Hour- 2. ever bet-j ishing condition. Miss Kranciode Wagner, a pi has not! who has charge of the Kindergarten,isa lady spea Is year. j of high culture, and has studied under the of tli held its best German masters. I will simply ask Col. jecti nt Bethel Aiken to visit the Kindergarten at Williams- -edu sslon on ! toil, and see Miss Wagner's happy little pti- outc | piis, and I think he will change his opinion schoi , j immediately. Dr. Lander, the President of eouli Vi n t I''l0 College has proven himself a public ben- is an iii . cfaetor by thus introducing this noble sytein Xo < lils son j? uppor Carolina If his first efforts In this is nu direction had been successful, to him would mati etinc on belong the honor of introducing It in the cann p. W. C. State, as it was, however, a Kindergarten ail pi lakes on- was established in Charleston a short while wliio previbus to the one at the Williamston Fe- bed< onntains male College. olcm s in tbo And now 1 would speak softly, and rever- 1 Kakln's ently lift the curtain of the past. I fain would systc leave this untold; lor In thus stirring thcush- intHc .. r . es of dead hopes, iiiemorics crowd upon me, deve i!r~.which will start more than one heart in audi Atr-Uno, south Carolina should this come to their eye. the ?1 tion, and | nut I crave forgiveness for thus bringing up vane the memory of (hat noble young life which tain ndsoniost | has been laid a willing sacrifice on the altar the iek, and I of education in South Carolina. Col. Aiken grad< ?tnj)Iated perhapsrenienihers the sad tragedy which pron occurred at Williamston three years ago. dullc IT to-dav ' '''ho victim of this tragedy wasa lovely young praci know'of I la(iy?beautiful even beyond- tier sex?and cl'M, I his shirt w"h a nobility of character which stamped -i. 'J itself on every action of her life. This young u> on ii ... creature, roared amidst, luxury and retlneriit give | mcll|. left home and friends and the society iroav. in |of the gay capital, tocotne to a dull little town whlc ivilou. j to study the Kindoruarten system. aiiu (iocs r a week ; any one think that this sacrilico of all that Is od. ; Cnne re- j pleasant in life, would have been made l"??r so ratio irday. contemptiblea cause as Col. Aiken would inenl I speech 1 ',|lve us helieve? Perish tho thought! No! Uiior Y \Vil-1 WJ,S (he devotion of v noble lile to a noble depci . ' j cause, and though the daisies bloom over tin Kach rr .:.i |golden-haired young martyr, iter ineinon oitizc | will live on, made brighter by the eruei flame curia ist ween. | \T|tit:ii destroyed the young; life? the "Jeanne quesi ID' Are" to the cause of education in her na- perl'e impleton ' liveSiate ! niissl tu can-J Yours truly Ar.r.K Dk Vit.i.e. of tii legisl snake* Our Municipal Election. j Editors I'rrxx mid Jl'nnter: icvo ,, . ,1 1 was creatiy surprised to see in your last over ' , f Iskuo, a ticket nominated for Intcndnnt. ami In co c-nair or Wardens of our town. I thought if there systc J was one thing in which our pcoi)io were now itor*, was. unanimous, it wsis the determination to rcr and? y the So-1 elect our j>resent council. Of the ticket depai j r i .?a If It- /lAtnn.K. IVMKJ | IIOIIllllUH'll, 1 llilw IIUV'JVVIIl,.., . V... v. that we I ed of some of our best citizens; but does not xdvj y about th? same apply to our present Council ? Is it ^ not made up of the live, business, go-ahead )>*, (lied ! men of Abbeville? Ami I think none will . )ix, aued j gainsay that they have done their duty wel', . .. | an?l are entitled to the thanks and plaudits ' . MeDon- i of our citizens. Such being the ease, it ' z". it to be | strikes me, that the .very best evidence we ' j can give of our appreciation ishy their unani- 'J0',. 15 younsr j niotis re-election. As was said by our retiring ? , ? friends i Intendant last year, this otlice "is not a bed of roses," and 1 doubt if any of the gentle- J'Jr" he meet-1 men have found it such. The honor and com- 1 i Friday pjiment rests solely in their re-election. Then r""? j you give proof conclusive that you are satis- , ' had its i tied with their administration, and are will- . this of- | insr that these men should rule overyou. Itlsan old maxim Messrs. Kdltors, "that bernacle , you had better let well enough alone," and ] , ' : to-mor-j for one am disposed to accept It. CIV1S. ..-j*,," leiehbor-j -**1 tic, t ' hi. MAIlRhT REPORTS. t Seneca creu* jj0> ; coint threshed! New Yokk, August 18?12 m. ? Stocks "The t. strong; money 2(u , gold 1.00; exchange? ,s,a' jecn kill- long t.85% ;short -I.St%; State bonds duller; ,, , governments firm. Cotton dull; sales 118: pllee to rehi- iniddling upland 11%; middling Orleans 11$; tiou. I Futures tinner; August. 11.60: September ger.s. Banner 1111.5S; October 10.3-J; November 10.32; Decern- ,01 . ber lO.-'tl. 1W 1 open boll j IiOrt.svn,r,K, Aug. 18. ? Flour quieter : 1 I Wheat firm; corn duller; Oats ttrui; l'ork - ' 110.2"); bulk meats higher; bacon lioininul; J1. 1""' clear sides5%; wiilskey active. in.? 1 AUGUSTA, August 18 ? Cotton steady; expe I middling 10%; low middling 1U; good ordl- mei" cntre of; nary K>l/3\ net receipts 1; sales ?. gutni unit one | <'h aiii.kmton, August. 18.?Cotton quiet;? !,0f^; > I Hon. I itilildliiie ui-v? low middling 10H: uood ordl- ' | nary lO'/fnet receipts35; sales ?. ~ the Assoeln- J _____________________________ Vbltevll le j ? ted meet- HOTEL ARRIVALS. r eorres- A reset)t on - J"cv 10 o'clock Ai.ston HotiflK?W K Ellis, Chickewuv; L but. was m Pratt, Hojiskin; DC Mcl'hec, Philadelphia: Ir- S!l'H* LM Pflefcr, Cincinnati; J 1, Pratt, Edfrctlcld; ,*1, k had tin- H wanllHW, Jr, E L Wilson, Mrs M J Lytli- "... ruSVo* KOC-11C W1,HOn' Ult-V- watc dytosay ?tend lheU,mIi: CONSIGNEES. ft omntis, 1 pent ashamed Eximiksr?Mrs I, Graydon, .1 1* White, G u",n power of Cade. It J Robertson, J S Robertson, .1 Kurtz, clltt ,t bellev- Rev H Robertson, J B Marks. as Riven Kkkioht?W P Wldeinnn, J C Trlble, J E whii very nos- uidrich, J S Anderson, 11 Robertson, R O Mc- ty-li lids, and Adams, W II Plinn. liow '. Jordan ___________________________ Iit. Kl ? Text? l.,0h 'Turn ye, BIRTHS. U?o >* will ye , feeliiik - . icourugc-i ;senr none,a I'liiu, August 6, iorj, .urs. jjuu- ^yef iboth nml | iel Howard, a son HC[K mer i.u"? At Abbfville, August 18, 1879, Mrs, Clccro into preached Hughes, a soil. em ! amuse.lis ., h I () w FsFT" THE DUE WEST !? EFM FEMALE COLLECE. | ."talking 'S',S :on?rL'?a- U building ji.jj, i crowded riMIK twenty-first year will open October Id not get 1 stli. " dent that The President and ids family will remain in . eli wasal- the College. ?>(.r( * * * itates iiave been reduced. Tuition and sjJO] Hoard, including washing and fuel, for the ' ^ year, one hundred and xixli/-two dollars. Up? Kor further particulars apply to the Prcsl- ,t?ji lgin:r the dent, Am red such , AI" to me in J. I. BONNEK, t nt-i t ?>rl Hurl 8&W" Due West, S. C. ??? Auk. 20, 187!). 1m o sein t. ?- ???<?] us.* . J COKE8BURY X ^"FEMALE SEMINARY, B 2,000 '("I.1 it 1111 rpHK FALL SF.SSIOX WILL orKX MON- ]><- <?] 1 I>AY, SK1TK.MIIKR 1st, 1S7U. <livi . r.r For particulars upply to 1 the MRS, J. S. GLASS, Principal, t BROS. | August 13, 1879, tf i ,>ria liiiiiFi W.007 BROS. 1 AX election for Intendnnt ahd four Wardens Dlst for the tbwn of Abbeville, will be bold Iti J'l the Court House on the seuund Monday in | was e In our September rtext, Ktli. Polls to be opened at. ?> ' can r the next o'clock, A. M. and reniuln opened until Oj'1* , o'clock P: M. 111,(1 By order of Town Council; "~ur T. P. QUARIES, Bedretary. am.' AUgUSt 13.1879, tf __ GREAT BARGAINS fj<] i v ?o? i pit* Abbeville TN DRESS GOODS, MII.LINEUY and all ?i,d ,3 o'clock. A kinds of KANCY CSOODS are still being i remain in offered previous to fall purchases, at the I <> i^uuoa. Emporium of Fashions* J Aug. 13, umi. tf o wiii ir Public Scliool System. ? ' o ; DEFECTS AND ADVANTAGES- ti IMPROVEMENTS SUGGESTED. * es of ftn Address Made Before the R bbcrille Touchers' Association, at Bl bbeville, 1st August 1879, By W. . Bcnct, Esq. ? ie subject of which I am to troatis certain- j s,' no ol exceeding interest, not to the meinof this Association alone, but to every | u In this luill urn) to the whole State. It is s, rowing importance lo us at this present j ji 2 because of sundry historical reasons toj, L-ii I siiiiii refer afterwards. The public Uf to I sysiem of South Carolina has boen dised frequently of laic in every corner of SUite. it is ttic favourite theme of the tlator as weil as of the educator, and only tc ;w weeks ago the people of this county c< d or read the addresses oil this subject do- In rod at the l>uc West Commencement by fr representative, Mr..I. H. ltico of Ninety- In and by our fellow member and vice-pros- si t, the lie v. ]>r. Homier of Due West Kc- II .. .1 u? l'"? ??n tinman 111,. Rllh- K! IS Ulliusi:. i IV uirac v..- - was so admirably handlcdand the history tl present, gondii ion of our public school \v uin so completely surveyed and clearly tl ented. that much which under other cir- ci stances 1 might have found It necesary Ij iy needs not to be said by me now. Of all w d^ns of the times none is so cheering, Ir is so full of promise as this?that in the ni s, on the platform, and on the stump, In In hulls of legislature, at our College Com- tli cements, and on the floors of our Teach- pi Associations, the topic which presses it- ni forward with greatest urgency and which ns scussed with most frequency and deepest it rest is the subject to wnich I have been w id to call your attention. the short time, wisely limited, at my dls- tli .1,1 cannot hope to do mor? than briefly ar to the numerous divisions and sub-di- it >ns of my expansive subject: and I de- sc to do so witli clearness sullicient to leave es our minds a distinct impression, if not of se ished picture of the extended landscape, of ustof a bird's-eye view, or even a map of tli ,Jf all many-sided questions, that of edu- i'< >n has the greatest number of sides; and lc ic much-discussed sides of that question, of public education is discussed the most. _ ady by the addresses made before this ~ iciatlon I have been robbed of much of lninder and some of my lightning. .Still iv ist that I shall be able to present to you is views which If not recommended to you 8:1 rrcshness or originality, will find their re- ' inendation in their recognized import- r' ai GCTS IN ALL I'UIILIC SCHOOL SYSTEMS. (', fore proceeding to discuss tho public' in ol system of this State, i think it wise In "<e > consider some of the defects inseparable so - I fwulnniii tin,*lt cvitt.unc Sf? lie natural outgrowth of an ago of mute- l(i prosperity, universal sullrage, unci mute- d? sticand utilitarian idciis; and they de- pi from tlieir origin sonieubjectlonuble feat- 1" ar The tendency of all public school systems us regard results rather than methods of in- se :tion: to overvalue the means of convey- ?r Knowledge, and undervalue the means of tit ling and developing the mental faculties, sa mation is not necessarily education. An th clopsedia is not a poein. The sum of fo t, is tauylU Is not so vuluuble us whut is >vc iid. while it is Important, to quicken the bu rvution and strengthen the memory, It is bi [ important to discipline tlie reason and ar iltivute the taste. The possession of a few of trained faculties is better than the posses- cli of u multitude of /acts. Tlie school house or Id be u mental uymuasluin rather than "fi iformutlon-tnlll. Under eventhe best pub- be shoot systems, edueution is bused on tho In lory more than 011 the understanding. su rhe standard of edueution is lowered by ed ibllc school system. In thinking nnd th king of "public education" tho temlency ar ,0 people Is to lay more stress on tho ud- hn ve, "public," than 011 the substantive. h< cation." The higher studies ure forced sti if public schools. The classical "old-Held ol ' from whose threshold the student stl 1 step, well-prepared. Into the university, impossibility under a public system, jncourugoment is given to, 110 provision ?de for, the clussles nnd higher mutiiecs in common schools: and high schools c ot supply tho lack. Ibo food thut suits J? illUK'k 1* i'lUIll uiiu aiiiijjii; , ciiuuimiiK/iu li all nre to sup may be wide but eaunot s? >?'p: hence In common schools only the entnry brunches are taught. e;' Under a public school system, as under a Wl im of universal suit rage, there Is a Ions of '/' ktitali/i/. (By individuality Is meant the . lopinent of individual, personal abilities s-v character.) Tills is unavoidable. Where lesire is lor general though moderate ad- 1,1 einent, individual progress must to a cor- an extent l>e disregarded and yield to ' Procrustean rule. In properly ';l ?d public schools, the quick-minded, 00 lising and dilicent boy must wait lor his sr fellows. Individual instruction is not p{ .ieable, for under a public system the r0 and not the individual, is the unit. j .'here arc other delects, but I shall refer -pi ily one more, the sj, communism to h Is Inherent in all public school sys- J,iil . The best governed are the least govern- , lite freedom of a people is in inverse with the interference of their govern- 111 t. That nation has the largest snare of !|n Ly which has the greatest, amount of lu- Ci* udenee of thought, opinion and action. *ul surrender of mis independence by the ;ns is a step towards VwHiaunixin ; it is q ?!? in loss to the Individual citizen, while a {_' [humble gain by the government. The etCommune demands the entire subion of (lie individual to the strong hand Ail e central power. Education by act of ur lature is as inferior in moral worth and i to vol until ry education as Is an army d by conscript ion to an army of patriot Is, luntecrs. If the < I rem led Commune sliitll be established, Its success will be owing nsiderable measure to tlie public school ms of Kuropc and America which arfc aceustomiug the people to bo eared-for l& :ontrolled by u central government In a ?'J rtment wherein individual action and 01 inslbillty should reign supreme. intagks os-' I'LMIt.JC school systems. < L afew advantages may b: urged In fa- th of public school systems. There X ml to utage iu sh 'he more general diffusion of knowledge, t" e is no doubt that a public school system ci< ly and constantly increases the percent- it; f those who can read and write. It is uc tr,,l IIM.n i..liii" ilion (il :L IW!H)ii> ll< ?e gauged by stutisties. jioubtful t?> If jt'vlliit!/ up is a sulticicnt recompense for i nil (rwlUntf down. Tin: waters ofknowl- tin If made to cover a wider area necessarily! ui lie shallower. Da Tocqueville lias pairil- en it the fact that la the United suites ele- hr lury education is more generally diffused cv hat there are fewer learned men (main.?,) tl< In any other nation. When the nntnuer bt ireased of those who possess only the hi ee KV?reading, writing, and arithine- til lie knife, fork mid spoon of education,? cli c the number of men of learning is de;ed, the ad vantage is debatable and be- of s a doubtful quest Ion of profit and loss, a] greatest good for the greatest number" ight maxim In the world of matter; but j)t her mankind Is the better forlt when apl to the world of mind, admits of ques- 0f ' Knowledge comes, but wisdom lln- ei " It is an advantage t hat under u public >1 system "man grows more and more;" u surely a disadvantage thatsimultaneous- hi he individual withers." Jlieapncss Is another advantage. Under tli >pcrly conducted public school system \\ arger the number of pupils the less the i)( usepercap/M: which is a great recom- ie iiatlou,-if we co'uld be sure that what Is td in cheapness is not lost in tlioroughw s now time ttf consider so vculic school system op south cakomna. c? l>y "System" is meant an organism well st sud, well put together, well adapted to sc vork, and working well for the purposes ^ ided, weeannot yei, i icar, ciaim 10 iiuvo bile school system in this State. As h 1?: in ours litis not. yet advanced beyond the w dur phase. It is gratifying, however, to ai that under the faithful direction and :hful care of our present-state SupcriuIcnt, the various parks of the system are . mlng con.solitlaled and are being made to J Ho and work for each other. We may exere long to hare a s> stein worthy of the e and worthy of this State, ours is mod- |( 1 upon what is usually known as the ei AMERICAN* SCHOOL SYSTEM. Ill ;h the Pilgrim Fathers! originated twen- , voyears after the landifig of the Mayer; whose purpose was to establish pub- J. chools wherein children should be taught " read the Kngllsh tongue and obtain a ': wledge of the c<t pita I laws,"?a system id upon the township as its unit: which ... overspread the Northern. Middle and A item Slates with a network of coirtmou* >ols; which has been recently introduced ', , or rather superinduced upon, the South* " States. Its fundamental defect, which is !., r in being remedied, Is that it makes no r.! juate provision for training and securing i 1 teachers. John ICnox in founding the J sh school system of Scotland ordained 1 every parish school teacher slibuld bej^ npetent to teach the grammar and the ii tongue." Asa result Scotland has been v sed for centuries Wit.i a suecessiou of parschool masters who. with few exceptions, u* men of university training. Had the Q riin leathers emulated the far-seeing wis- ' i of the Scot tish Reformer, America would .V ' have a grand army of professional leach ustead of a nontliigauu uncertain num-i, of men and women win') lor U longer or ? *L?-*r period "teach school." product of the Northern states, bearinirL 11 its face the "township" stamp, modi lied t J., improved aftur German models, tlie T erican Common School system was ?. KAN.Si'LAKTKI) INTO SOUTH CAIIOI.INA d ingourpnsl-bellum rt-publlcnn regime. Thk h Constitution imposed on this State 6'r-1 !"? led. Art. X, Heel. ;t. that, "The General As- II l?ly shall, as soon as practicable after the j " pllon of this Constitution, provide for a' ' ral and uniform system of free public b >ols throughout the State." Tlien in Iff7.r>a' tl it UesoiuLion was adopted pr< p isIuk ft! o stitutioiial Amendment for the purpose of! t< iuga tax of not less than two mi I Ik on the e ar upon all taxable property "for the sup-1 A of public schools." Tills Constitutional j w cndincnl was carried by the votes of llioiK! ile in lN7'i. Previously, t he State had been | ded into School J?lstricts, or Townships, j T poll-tax had been set aside "to be applied i si ly to educational purposes," and thlsfuud | ii been augmented by annual State appro- ] ! ' Hons and township assessments. The j e lie school fund is now made up by the I u :eeds of the Two-mill Tax and the Poll-i a ("harlcston city alone incite stntc nug-! p its It by local assessment. I neeu nni ue-| ti lie at length the otllcial system by Which,1 n fund is administered, namely, the State) criiiteiidcnt with his Statfe Hoard, the i si nty School (.'onimlssloners with their e niy Hoards or lOxamiucrs, and the School riet Hoards. I lis public school system, to say the least, ( fi unfortunate in Its sponsor?the. rcpubli- j d party. Ourpeople did not take kindly to ; tl It was novel, exotic, alien, imexpeeted, t b ( sired, and incomplete. Hut bore it was j 7i elephant on our hands; say, rather, two 1 b iliunts, one whip; and one black, each Sep- j d eiy hard to inuiifigf, ftnd utterly intracui-1 * ;is a team. Although since l.S7(i ?reatlm-:il . einents have been made, thanks to our it . StateSuperintendent, the Hon. HujjhS.lt' mpson, still the- system Is very imperfect 11 !i beeauseol* Its Inadaptability to our p'eo-j 1 niidour people's iiiaptilndc to understand ! 1 properly use it. t' TitK I'CltklC SCHOOL I'L'M). IJJ ie of the diiMcuhle'! lu the successful (1 klu? of our public school system is (It'j riuously lur^e publle school fundu fund eli, considered us coining x'roin u tax tbui 1< 0 4 resses as a burden upon the tax-payit?g clti- scl ons, hos do parallel, if all the tax were col-1 soi jctod. the school fund would amount to !?j7.- ! all IU.72, supplying for each public school piimlian \:S> per year, and for each child of slx-to-f.i.'J- at Jen years in tlie State, $1.0.3. Massachusetts, nu a often held up to uk as an example, conU'ili- coi tes as a State only i"> cents per pnptl. An The influence of Mils great fund upon our JJji cople has not been jjoml. A public school Hz ind, to have Its proper moral forccand effect, tin lould be regarded only as 'lei a stimui.cm. not a pay-for-am.. jjl? Asa wholesome stimulus to beappllcd from i cen tnil source, our fund Is much ujo large; Uta< s a fund to pay the entire expense of a public gin ihool system, it Is much too small. Unfor- w*e inately too many of our people have taught de; letnsefves to regard the public lund as all- p|j lXIlclent-tx> pay for the tuition of their cliil- di> ren. The fund will not, and should not. be mj icreased by additional taxation. Mow Is it |)(ll > be used to tlic best advantage? Uy niak- thi iglt Oil a sui'plrmentary fund hj!if > be obtained on compliance with certain indltions: such as, that the teacher shall ? >ld a certificate from the County Hoard or ??n n. Vfirmnl School; t hat t lie KcllOOl Shall i open at least, nine months In the year unrt x hours In the day; ?that the managers of le school shall have guaranteed a certain ilary to the teacher, varying according to rJ' it-grade of the school, to each dollar of J hieh guaranteed salary on being collected wll i? public fund would add a certain per (J"J in Ui ire. For example, to a guaranteed month- A. salary of $20, ;>! >, or $"j0, the public fund 1 ould add as a supplement $10, ?15, or S'JO. da^ i some such way the public fund could he lade an educational blessing Instead of beig as iu too many eases It now Is, an cdueaonal hindrance. Thus would private enter- ^ rise be encouraged, and responsibility would :t be removed from the shoulders of many . irents whoseem only too glad to get rid of . Thus would the public fund be ft moral as ell as a financial help. , , Such a use of the public school fund, Is, I TJ Ink, clearly in aecordiince with the law V id the Constitution: such an application of c,iJ would be "for the support of public * hoots" and "solely for educational purpos." It would be well Indeed'If the public , , hool system were set free from the shackles ' the Constitution In all particulars except . e levying of the Two-nilll Tax and the , >II-Uix, anil placed under the control of the Klslature. tfni.ic schools," not "frkf. schools.', h Is not the term "Free Schools'' a misnomer s lien applied to out nubile Schools? No- ma herein the Constitution nor In the School iw do I find tho appellation "Free Schools" A ve in one place?In Act X, sect. .'1 already ? loted, where It Is ordained that "as soon as aetlcable after the adoption of this Consti ilion" provision shall lie made for a liberal id uniform system of free schools. But. the institutional Amendment levies the Two- XJ ill Tax simply "lor the support of public , hoois." and the Poll-Tax Is "to be applied J'1" lely to educational purposes." A public nc* liool obtains some support from the State, Jt if Is not liccesrarlly a free school. No mht the Constitution Intended thai "free iblie schools" should be established. But j\ ive they been "provided for?*' If so why ? e they not "kept open at least six months" pi the same section demands. The average hi sslon Is three months. If our public schools SJi e "free schools" why is not attendance at em "compulsory," according to Sect, i, of J me Article? \Ve read there, "It shall be cduty of the General Assembly to' provide r (he compulsory attendance of all children," provided "That no law to that etFoct shall Tp passed until asystein of public schools has ion thoroughly and completely organized id facilities allbrded to all the inhabitants the State for the free education-of their illdren." As attendance is not yet "compuls- h y," may we not conclude that It Is because 1. iclli tics" for "free education" have not yet en afforded? IjcI the schools be "public" the sense of being under the control and pervlslon of the government and support- ' [ In part by the public school fund: but let ctu not be wholly free, except to the poor id Indigent. The Idea that they arc free is acted like the dry-rot against our tlmcinoured academics and high schools and deroyed tvarly all of thein. Willi reiard to the suggestion of the Con- f] llutioii about J CO M l'UXaSOKY ATTENDANCE would, I think, bo unwise in our General isenibly ever to carry It out. The Prussian oinpulsory education" system is as foreign our Ideas and as unsuitcd to our tastes tus the Prussian military system of "compulry-service." In some of our States, attendice at school is coniimlsory by law, but In Icct the law Is utterly in-opcrative; and it. 1 .mid be Inoperative In this State. Quid lc* ninemoribiuf I^aws are null and void ami moralizing which are not supported by the <\ mpathic* of the people and are not in ac- ^ rd wltil their genius mm i?mpvr. im sutu c .Maine Liquor Law Is u conspicuous ex- s>> nple. I* Vs to that part of the teacher's salary to be I, ised Independently of the public fund, it uld be raised either by H('1I<J0J, FEKS OK LOCAL TAXATION*. ^ le-billsare preferable to local assessments, r many rciisons: I. Their moral eflbcton the people is better. ie pocket Is sensitive: It may be called our cth sense'; and when It pays out it desires get back the worth of Its money. This is a ,iliable stimulus of which a free school sysin deprives any people. _ !. They encourage constant and punctual T) tendance for the same reason. Truancy K| (I absenteeism prevail under and are onuraged by a free school system. In the fret! Iiools of eight Northern cliies the avoift* dally attendance of the enrolled pupils, ^ ys a recent report, was only Si. per cent, fil idera fee-hill system, the average rarely Is UJ iver than S-'i or iH). I. Kee-bills raise the standard of teachers. ( .rents who pay fees desire the host teachthey can get for their money. I. A stronj? and Just objection to local taxa>11 Is that In this State the taxpayinsf class nr not the class that would get tile greatest Ufi nellt. i. A nother objection to local taxation Is uml In the fact (hat both the Two-mill Tax <1 the l'oll Tax are really local assessments, "'I l.?iw <t?wl I 11 (. t */\n wt I f 11 f if in t/t plication and use. Tim Two-miil Tux of tltt cli county is disbursed in the county where Is ruisetl: tlte l'oil-Tax is reserved for use in I e respective townships. j Kher objections to local taxation (by which c nubile schools would be free) are the evil udencies of a free school system to make ort sessions, to multiply school needlessly, increase the number and decrease the cih?ncy of teachers. Cheapness, like familiarbreeds contempt; neither teachers nor ed- 'P ation can be highly regarded where little or 1 uhlnir Is paid for thorn. In tills preference Jor a school-fee system id in these objections to local taxation, 1 11 aware that the opinion of many isni;alnsi e, in which "number is suite Superintendit Thompson; while Charleston for years is raised a local Tax. My conviction, bower. Is deep and strong that additional taxajn for the support of public schools would ! nurtf'il to the moral tone of our pcop.e, i wise as a matter of policy, and unjust to e already heavily burdened tuxpaying iw-?. ANOTIIKK I.KOITIMATK USK part of the public school fund would be its indication, I. To the butldlm; and keeping in good relirof sclioolliouses and teachers' houses. J. To the estiiblishment and maintenance ' Normal .Schools for the training of teachs. To the establishment of one or more f i^li Schools in every county, wherein the > l>o I > *< lUiwtM <i _ The Church demands trained prcachcrs; i ic school should demand trained touchers. rhile the university gives tho highest and *st training, the public schools should at ast be supplied with teachers trained In NOUMAIa TRAINING COLLKMKS 0(J| hich may be called tho salt of a public tj,J Siool system. Teachers we huve In auundice; 3,117 In the .State, Mi in Abbeville u' ?un'y ; bu too many are untrained and In- (;f impetent. Well lor South Carolina If she is ion shall see the day when all her common ?g'u ;hool tenehers shall hold certllicates J'rom s., ormal Schools, and when, in the white ' :hools at least, the third grade teachers shall q]'. nve become tin extinct species. The great nQ aut isa profession of w^'ll trained, well-paid _ id well-educated teachers, "For little way his learning reaches Who reads no more than what he tciichcs." nil I hat want can most readily be supplli by Normal Schools. OTHKit IMI'UOVKMKN'Ttt i our public school system might be discuss1, but my time permits me only to oiiumcrte thenii 1; The State Superintendent of Education ioulit tiolct Ills mnce uy anpouiuncui. uuu >r life or good behaviour. Under the clueon system the State loses the benefit of Ills Kpcricnce unless he Is i -elected.?ir'oj* sample, the value to the State of le present Incumbent, Hon. Hugh S. lmmpson, is much greater now than at ic beginning of hi* term of olllce. ills Ineased experience, his deepening Interest, ndliis tborough intimacy with the working f our school system, make hi in more tit for ie post lie occupies than any new man lioni the chances of biennial elections light. make his .successor. -. The County School Commissioners should ] I so be appointed by tlio Governor and the . tute Superintendent. ' :i. Since tho intluence of ofllcials varies In- i crsely as their distance from the school, it | 'ould perhaps be well to subdivide the ehool Uistrlefs or Townships into School 1 ections, each under u Hoard of Managers 'ho should, under the supervision of .the , ownsiilp and County Hoards, control the . uliool or schools In their Section, elect the achcr, designate the grade of school, guar- 1 nice the salary, and collect tiie school-tees. 1. No public school system can be satisfae- i >ry which is not subjected to constant and | It;id inspection by properly qualified inspcc- . >rs. For this asutllctent number of State ehool Inspectors should be appointed, whose ' uiy it would be to visit in person and exuin- < ie once a year all the public schools of the i tate. With a proper system of inspection, \ lie office of County school Commissioner , light be abolished. The law confers vlsitan-Tal powers upon the School Commissioners, < Ut so few of these officers are. according to I i.n ..fiii.ioi to iwrlnrm Mn? rluf it?s 1 f their olllcc eUicleutly, the visit* tliev inaite ] j tile public schools ure not, as a rule, benell- . Itil. They cyst I lie Stulc about SLS.WK) a year. i less sum speut <m qualified Inspectors, ' ouUl work much better for the public school I yslcm. , a. Tim institution of the admirable Pupilciicher system v,ouId greatly improve our jhools and be h( ilnnieuKe service in l'urnish- 1 iK a higher and better grade of teacher. : our years'apprenticeship as a l'upil-Teaeh- ] r in n public school, with a moderiiti) renin- | eration.Mieceeded by two years' attendance ta .Normal College, would give many a| ' roiulslug youlh il good curriculum; and 1 aiii liIm to be aii elttcient teacher of a com- 1 ion school. < ti. For the purpose of having loug SO-liool I'ssioiis, and of increasing the pay of l">uchis, It would be well to CIIANOK Til K SCHOLASTIC A(JK ?-lil v?.nrii fi. M.I4 Vi'UIS 'fills WlillM ro- ' lien thcnunttier ol children of school-ago in j 1 lie Slate from 'J2S,inii) lu I1H,IK)U ; mill the nuin-l ' or actually nitendlnn .school Irom llo.tuHi lo 1 J,I'M), ill this way tin; ]tiil>llc fund might | c niiiilc to i;fi inui;li lurtlier ill two deslraiile ireellons. It. seems lo tuu Unit, children Mould not. lie sent to the public. schools iiii- 1 or eight years ol' age; and as the instruct Ion heroin is enuiliied to the elementary hnitichs, surely proficiency In these eun lie attained , y the tune tlie pupils are toiirtuun years old. . ly coiilliiiug lliesclionl-agu within narrower iuiiIs, iiii(i lengthening (In; annual sellout- ' urni to niu's. or ten months, much holler I rork would lie done in our schools, and the i I'iiole syntelii Mould lie placed on a healthier i I .nd more stable has-ls. is <;onci.usion t us ltopu Unit In tliu near lulure the i>uhllo| I iooI system of South Carolina will b< jree of pride ami of blessing to our pool apparent defects having been remCU d ail needed Improvements made. Htr< the centre and sensitive at the extreinit ly its influence be felt for (foort in evi ner of our land. .May the public sen id be administered like a great and ben it reservoir whose water shall n/>t desc< >. rain indiscriminately upon the just a ; ilnjust. hut shall be sent through a w lined, and wisely-arranged system of irrl n wherever it is needed, desired, and ved. 'he Vic?r rtf Wakefield chose his wife i chose her wedding-gown, "not. for its t >ssy surface but because it would w II." ActlnjjT.on tl?i< principle, I have i ivnrp.t to freAfcof mv sublect. plainly, si 'and clearly so sis, if possible, to leavi tinet and Ia."ting impression on y nds. I have tried jo put together the i lies of a skeleton system; and I si 11k myself happy and as not having sp in vain If this Touchers' Associat ill lie of the opinion that tficse dry bo: Mild live. Notice, HE rebuilding of the bridge across V son's Crock, on the Watt's Ferry Ho 1 be lot to the lowest bidder on Wodn the 17th of September next at 11 o'clo M. lans and specifications will bo given of letting. G. M. MATSISON, Chairman, County CommJssionc .ugust 12lh 187!),4t tlanta Medical Colleg !IE Twonty-S'ocond Annual Course of h turcs will commence October 1">, 1679, t so March 1th. 1SS0. ACCi/rY.?J. O. Westmoreland, W. F. Wi rnland.W. A. Love, V. A. Taliaferro, .T id..lohnson. A. W. Calhoun..!. IT. Ixjg r. Hanks; Demonstrator,.!. W. William his well-esfabllshcd College affords opp ilty for thorough mcdlcal education, t Is an af]illatlon with, and Its tickets n lomns, recognized by. every leading m< collegein the country. :equlrctnents*for graduation as heretofo end for Announcement, giving full lnf tlon. .TNO. THAT). JOIIXSOX, jr. I>., Dean, .tig. 13,1870, tf Atlanta, Hi JL^I once. IE rebuilding of the hrldce over 1/ Cnne.nt Cromer's, will ho lotto the low dor on .Saturday (lie 13tl? of Septum ct at 11 o'clock, A. M. J. F. LIVINGSTON, County C'ommlssione .usust 131 h 1870, tf ^TERPRISE GROCEEl r f rrr i i AI jo. o, wasnington ?iree Where Ton fill M Choi LOUR, MEAI GRITS, FJGE, COFFEE, SUGAR, rOBACCO, CIGARS; SODA, SALT, BACON, LARDCRACKERS and CANDY, Fell Selected Stock I ANNEDGOOD I<Ii of which will be sold low for CASH -Top of Market paid for country prodi Respectfully, J. R. NORRIS. July Cm o obertson, Taylor & C ?.SUCCESSORS TO- . EO, W. WILLIAMS & C lotion Factor8, Wholesale Grocers ?AND? INERAL COMMISSION MERCHAN 1 and 3 Hayne Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. rill t;lvo all business their most car< ention. Consignments of Cotton Solicited uly iJ, IS"!), (Jin "J7Kur25, AOK.NT Foil AllUKVILLK COCXTY. HE celebrated SINCLAIR CUTTER, SIX und EIGHT, 'hose Machines are nnlvcrenllly acknc ucd to be the best manufactured, n>r iB Hay, Straw, Fodder, Corn Stalks, St ne, etc., and for Strength and IHiriibl ve no equal. 3.10 FIRST 1'REMIU! )IjD MKDALS at the World's Fair of 1 London and Moscow, besides thousand tlmonlals from large stock raisers, 11 v ibles and farmers. Samples to he seen at Kurz & Bruce's B oeand Harness Establishment', Abbev urt House. So. Ctt. Dec. 25. ISi W.C.BENET," attorney at La Law Range, Abbeville 0. II. S. C dyer's Ague Cure For Fever and Aguo, Intermltte fever, Chill Fever, Eemittent Fevi Dumb Ague, Poriodioal or Eilioud Fev< fee., and indeod all the affootlonfl whi irisQ from malarious, marsh, or mi* natic poisons. Thin is & compound remedy, prepared w, ctentltlc skill from vegetable ingredients, whi arely fulls to cure the severest cases of Chi] ind Ferer and th? concomitant disorders. Bu t rsmedy th? necessities of the people In mn!a ius districts dtmsnd. Its great superiority oi iny other medicine y?t discovered for the ci >f Intermittent* It, that It contains do qulnlno nlnerai, nnd those who tnko' it aro frso frt langer of quinism or any Injurious effects, a J* u healthy After using it a* before. It 1 t???n extensively employed during the last thi r*or? In the treatment of theso distressing c srders, and so unvarying has been Its succ lhat It has gained the reputation of being infa bis. It ean, be safely recommended udii remedy and specillc for the Fever sad Ague the West, and the Chills and EYvor of I South, -which, one* broken up' by it, do i return antll the disss** is again eontracted. V The groat variety of disorders which cr rrom the Irritation of this poison, such ns IVc ralRift, llheumatisni, Gout, Ilcadnci llndncaa, Toothache, Earache, C Urrh, Althmn, Palpitation, Splor ftffbotlooi, Hysterica, Pain In th? Bo sla, Collo, Paralyala, and dcrangomcnt th* Stomach, all of which becoma Inturmitt. or periodical, lmra no apavdlcr ruinedy th A.TSR'a Aon* Ci:*n, which curai thrm all nil! ?nd prot??U th? ajritam from futura attacks, a prajantiva, It I* of Immania ??rvlet In thi tommunltlti whara Ferer and Afjuo pr*v?iJ lui It ataya tha davelopmoat of the dlstsio If Uk ?n tha flr?t npproacb of tha prainonltory ayn Umi. Travallara and t.-mporary raildcnta i tiiua anablad to dafv thaia dlinrdan, anil f rill ?T?f auffar If thay orall tii?ns??lras of t prolactlon lbl? ramady afforda. ^ For Llror Complaints, ariiing fr< torpidity, It U an ax?al!ent iair...1y; It atlmulnl thla arjan Into haaltliy activity, and produ; many ramarkabla aura* wh?r? otkar madlcfc fail. Prepared by Dr, J. C. Ayer & Cc PmilUnl and Ada'/llo'il Clicmlata, LU1VF.LL, st.me. MU) B7 LU. UKUOUWM* ^ ^ * | BAKERY, CONFECTIONERY MAIN- STREET, ABB iin- n ti i. nj. i_ _ n ? i ??ii rresn diock oi uooqs r>ur ''?[ DREAD, CRACKERS, i-pffl'OMATO CATSUP "{!' POUND CAKES, SAUDINES, SALS '; FltlHT CAKKH, ? CHOW C lIOW, OINOER SNAl'S. 20 JELLY, CITRON, 11 es (rIN(iKIC CAKES, RAISINS. CUKl'.A TEA CAKKS, SEE 1 (LESS RAISI SUGAR CAKES, /?i PICKLES, NUTS, DROP CAK KS. Lj PEPPER SAUCE, CAKKS c?E ALL KINDS, ?p* PEA NUTS, CANNED CiOODS, (/} POTTED HAM, PIE. l-'RlTITS, _ TOMATOES REE PINE APPLES, OINOER, MUSTA i'll- APPLES, PEACHES, ?JSALi; SODA, *? All the above Goods Gi August 13, 1873, tf ( on --, ? : IB COLLEGE, r* 0 suec a WALHALLA, S. G. ? . rjiHE NEXT SESSION P.EOINS SE1TEM[,Rt 1 ber lltli. HOARD and TUITION lower n0, tlisui any other first-class Institution. In "* ? KirilCllou Liiuroi^ii; uiM'ipiui*' inw-*v?^u ; juiiitary drill dally.' The climate is ntlld in winor" ter and bracing in summer. md FACULTY. , _ !di- RKV. JOHN P.. IlILKV. Chairman, Tn and Professor of Mental and Moral Sclt'ucc. if? re. 11. SLOAN, c l' or- Profewor of Mathematics. ? . \V. W. LEOARK. fl# Professor of Natural Science. * i. REV. II. STRONG. ? Professor of Languages, American and Modern. S. P. BOOZER, Professor of Preparatory Department. August (f, lbT'.i, tf 8 LANDRETH'STURNIP | ' SE5E5X3. B W'c have Just received a full supply of | ^ I ' t, Landrctli's Turnip Seed. Am BLOOMSDALE, BE1 SWKDK, RUTABAGA, inn STRAP LEAVED, GARDEN LB RUTABAGA, WHITE-FLESHED PURI'LE TOP RUTABAGA, HANOVER, , LONG FRENCH. SWEET GERMAN, CHON N A V IT, 1 'O M ICR A NIoN, WHITE GLOBE ? YELLOW ABERDEEN, AMBER _ <d% (ff,ol:E, YELLOW STONE, T? ' WHITE E< }<J, <J<)W HORN, 51 S E V E N T 0 I', BT NORFOLK, | I Ac., Ac., ? H. W. LAWSON & July 2.J, 1S70 tr !M< Don't I3e Deceived f -BUT COME AND. LOOK FOR YOURSELVES AT the long list of desirable ami useful artides to be sold atgreatly reduced prices Worsteds worth JO cents marked down to 25. Worsteds worth :W cents marked down to 3). Q Worsteds worth 'Si eenty marked down to IS. ni i Worsteds worth 20 cents marked down to 15. J Now Is the time to get bargains. -TEHMS CASII. J* "R M TTod(?nn A: f!n. n July 2,1S79. o ft 5 W pREENVILLE & COLUMBIA RAILROAD EJ J SUMMER SCHEDULE. ice. On and after Monday, June 2d, 1879, the Passenger Trains will run as follows daily, Sundays excepted. UP. Leave Columbia at 10 .*).> a m Leave Alston 12 20 p m fl Leave Newberry 1 .'i'l a in It Leave Hodges 4 27 p m v' Leave lSelton Cftipm 0 Arrive at Greenville 7 30 p in DOWN. RipLeave Greenville at fl 45 a m lot i heave Belton 8 25 a ni Leaves Hodges " 9 55 a in -i 0 Leave Newberry 12 45 p m . Leave Alston 2 17 p in x ' Arrive at Columbia 3 45 i> m ANDERSON AND BLUE RIDGE BRANCH 17 P." pvc Leave Bolton fl 03 p m _ Leave Anderson fl 50 p m TS Leave Pendleton 7 45 }> in lj Leave Perry vl He :. .S 20 j) in f Arrive at alliallu ...? 9 0U p m 1. BOWS. T/v?v/.wniJinii-i 5 15am ?ful Leave Perry ville. 5 55 a m Api Leave I'cndletoii li 10 a in ? Leave Anderson t 7 35 a in Arrive at Helton 8 15 am "ST LAURENS BRANCH. V Laurens Branch Trains leave Laurens C. H. 1: at 7.31)a. m. and Newberry at 1.40 p. m., ou 1 Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. J ABBEVILLE ERANCH TRAINS. J No. Abbeville Branch Train connects at Hodges - ? ( with down and up train daily. Sundays ex-j cepteil. Leave Abbeville S.IW a. m.; leave i llodgos 4,:!i) p. m. 1 Up and down Trains on the main stem j -pi make close connection at Coluinblia with the i 1C up and down day Passenger Trains on the South Carolina Railroad and with the through I Freight Trains, with Passenger Car attached. on (lie Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta Railroad, and at Alston with the trains of the Spartanburg, Union and Columbia Railroad Oj fur Union, Spartanburg, Hendcrsonville, W 1 Ashevilie. Ac., Ac. THOMAS nODAMRAD. I General Superintendent. jAbi:z Sonroy, Jk., General Ticket Agent WJcSlMLI* ?AG EXT.? ' iNo. 2, Granite Eange. I ? ? AJk *5 T1 m a I Buy and SellA iTi"" For Casli iia eryf STAPLE AND FANCY DRY GOODS, r0t, CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES.' ' !l' ALSO, . A noon line ok confectionary; ^ CIGARS, A SPECIAL*118 0 w , ?My motto Is "Live ami let Live."? - GIVE ME A CALL, i'l *9 MANTUA-MAKING executed vit'a. neatness and dispatch and upbii Reasonable terms, by Mrs. M. D? McDonald. March, 12, 187ft. P T V IT I f i I T rJLDIj LILLhh.v Iirn i 'pi "J1 UAS,.JUST HAD HIS MITJi OX CAT- A, cl> ft horfn'st'rock, eight miles wesi of Abbe- *.'1, lit vi'.le f.'ourt Uouko, put lu flue repair by one ' oh ?f tlj^ best m'.Uwriglit'M in the country. With '. *, jj. a, new boliingcloth, a;flno new water wheel I aiuT improved machinery of every kind, ho e 1 cannot lail to pleas*? ail who may favor him ir? with their patronage. . All he asks is :i fair or trial; when Ihj will trimrnntee Mtilsfuetion in ^ both iiiiiini.ii v sin! nuulity of yield. J' Rd j 1S7!l't' j E I SPECIAL MENTION! ~ U j T "NITTIMi COTTON in hanks, both color- tj *? | IV ed and wlilic, at ?{ ill* , ii'ii I V/. Joel Smith & Son's n'<. ;?f I June25, 1.S70. -|80 TO DUE WEST ?AND IIAVE YOUR- ? z Watches, Clocks ni JewelryFixsfi lnilo T>KIN<S permanently located at Pno West. r;?l ,v? ! I) I wish to call the attention of the people . i of Abbeville Comity, to the fact, that I tun (iei ?* ! prepared 10 do all kind* of work on Watches, ( ?. 6"' Clocks, Jewelry, ?tc., in the best style and fur inn less money than any other wn'iclt maker in clo: ko, the State. All work .srunrantecd togivo entire ?. satisfaction or no charw. j J, M. VISANSKI, lis, I Feb. 1!), 1ST!), t/ Due West, S. C. :en | K ! Br. H. B. WILSON, T .w ; NC hi j n? * | dentistry, Nm I i _ J 2 I Abbe v ille, C. H., S. C. T iea . t nstairs over tho l'ost OAfcc. "'Ttv -* Juu? o-J( >kt!?. ' tf, f> ; 1,1 i^'.occpu:? Cough Mixture, p<J I "van led rare vyt,KKlv>i "u 1. '1 line '-j, t~l'. j1 > AND RESTMANT. EVII.LE, S. C.' Always on Hand. CCJBLT'KIKG, STARCH, IOX, CfFLOUR, KICK, QMKAL. GRITS, CTrOFKKK, SUGAR. i NTS, nH'TTKK, CIIKKSK, >?, llilyAlK \V I'.IjIj KSJUJK I.Nli I J CO} TOMACCO, , S.1F.ST f'llKWIXd, S( :K;AHK-NO IJKTTKK. 1 1 oRiFAKANTEEl) HAVANA! , F. SKILLED, Ac., &p? Ac. | ] UD, f CALL AND SEE THEM ] &h$F0R YOURSELVES. j laranteed FRESH. ! r*2" otice. E rebnildlngof the bridge at Fair's on Little River, will be lei to the lowest bid*, on the Wth of August next. Plans mid (Mentions will bcglven on the day of let-1 O. M. MATTISON, ij iu, loiv isI>Mj11,j i Carpentry. ! E undersigned hereby gives notice that s prepared to do all kinds of kEPENTEB'S WORK AND BUILDING. \lso repairs , TON' GINS; THRASHERS, AND FANS, ill supply of GIN.MATERIAL always on d. Farmers are reqiie*te{i to bring their s up early in the kohkoii t<j 'allow time to e tbein properly prepared. Iso agent for the raylor Cotton Gin, The Brooks Cotton Press, lali kinds of RUBBER ftnd LEATHER r 'I'Tvn 0, B, SMITH, ABBEVILLE, C. H., 8. C. '.iSIIK, ). 3, GRANITE RANGE, .bbeville C. PI., S. Cdally receiving his stock of ;ring and Summer m nuns. ENERAL MERCHANDISE. 0 The most perfcct, stylish and complete jf / | toady-Made Clothing r brought to this mnrlcet?cheap, snhstnnand fashionable. Ilemembor to call on RfiQFNRFRft. , 3 Granite Range, Abbeville, S. C. ril M, 1S79. o ililii, )tween White's Block and the Central Hotel. VERVTITIXG in the Drug lino at reasonable prices. Give me a call. E. H. McBRIDE Agt. ill FTRACTIVE AND NEW -ATCnuiiliab & J fajletti's Five Cents Counter! 3-000 jful Articles at FIVE Cents Apiece! For CASH Only!! , ( Fust ilie Thing for Hard Times!!! u tic 25,1S7P. DBESS GOODS. r.' ?11 Ir i nrlu Kfllinif nff* ut astonlshlnc ly low figures, ?t tiic Emporium of Fashions. lit l "), i > 7H. H. D.REESE, fate! Mater M Jeweler, AESSVILIS, S. C. r ILL be pleased to serve his friends nnd .the public with the best of work in his " n* the,lowest prices. CuUalthe store ol <srs. lty.ru well & Co., where he may aly.s be Icii VI during business hours. pril!). i.ST'j.' otice tb Creditors! !IOSK holding Claims wralnst tlio Estate or Thomas .f. Illll.deeeased are rcnuosto meet ni<; In tIn* l'roliate ortice at Abl>e0 i.'otirt House on Friday, the 2/itii 01 July :i for the purpose of canvassing the said1 inis, wuli a view to an early settlement 01' 1 estate. W. E. WALTERS, .Administrator of Estate ot T.J. Hill iiy 2, is::); o [iaiisolltmbym *sT rrc?Hrod another ense of new and dosira.'le Millinery goods?now shapes of (s and Hon nets. Ties, Jabots, Untiling*, iwers. Kims, Kan Girdles, Parasols, <Ve. are aisooli'ering some bargains in thisdetmcnt, R. M. Haddon & Co. lily 2, IS"!), o Dissolution. UK partnership heretofore existing botwe?-n NORWOOD <V .f<>NKS, bi-iiicrs In ural Merchandise, Abbeville ('. II., So. , has Shis day been dissolved by mutual iseiit. The business of the old Ilrin will be sed out by Norwood llros. II. II. NORWOOD. A. W. JONDS. .bheville, S. I'., Marei. 11, bTU. NEWFiHM. UK undcrsljrpod have this d;,!y farmed a copartnership under the firm ria'ue of >R\\ l)01? 151!i >'S, as succcssors to Norwood Jones, and 'Till be glad to have the public ;e us n call. IT. IT. NORWOOD, .1. S. NORWOOD. Ihbevillc, fi. C'., March 11, lsTD. VI THJD.K AlWAL. TAVINUsoid n?y entire Interest in tin1 s Jinn of Norwuo-l.v Jones to Mr. J. s, irwood, I bejr to return my tisanks to tl"1 bile for the lib-ral patron aire exit mled tn mill ih-sire to comn.* lid the new 11 nil tc clr iiatrouage. v ,v JONES. ;\<,W!Ue. March It. y 3 SCIENTIFIC; The Puddling ftrp^xpe.?idea jommonly eDtertai^ed^ that.^t^e' pud; iling furnace is a recently. voHginated; Jfevfce is now shown to be, eironeousj ?lf Humphrey Davy, demonstrated, in. , i public lecture, that, a, flapi6' fit very ^ . :.,j tH7 uigu Lqinpei'ttburo uuuiu w which cobrined no free oxygen^ - jap :hat bodies cbuld i)e heated In such a. 3ame without fear of oxidizing tliem,. oy simply limiting the supply of air to an abundance o{ .fuel. A young' man named Cort wae In the audience," svho caught the idea of decarbonizing pig iron by allowing the fldine to. play upon it without bringing it into contract with the coal, and for this purpose ho devised a form of puddling furnace. Before this cast Iron was converted into wrought iron by Rowing air through the mixture of pig Iron with charcoal?a process so expensive and wasteful that only small quantities were produced^ and the iron was costlv.- The latter imDrovement of mixing the melted pig with oxide of iron, in the form of scales or iron ore, was very important, as then a double reduction takes place, the iron of the ore being as well reduced to wrought iron as that of the pig irozi; the car* bonofthe- latter, combining irith the oxygen of the oxide of iron, e'stttp&i as gaseous carbonic acid and sWelis up ' the mass of reduced wrought t iron , like a sponge, forming the so-called * * puddling ball, which, after ...fcejUig rolled around in the melted cast iron by the puddler, so as to collect all solid iron, is removed to the Bqueefcer} , where all slag and cast iron remain- ? ing in the pores are pressed out, while the resulting solid mass' 1b passed through the rollers. Utilization or Waste ThbeaD.?' The utilization of waste thread In th^ manufacture of textile fabrics is now completely effected, it is said, by i foreign ^device recently introduced! The object is accomplished by simply returning the waste thread^ to the condensing carding engines bjr means of mechanism, the greater pfert of which is Attached to one Of the scrib* biers in prefetched to the last' Over the end of the c&fdlng-engine rollers are fixed, over which rollers the waste thread from one side of the engine Is conducted to the othei: sidfcL and the threads from the t'wb sides of thd,erigine thus brought side to side*. . The waste threads are taken up by or coiled v upon a roller or spool driven by any. convenient gearing from the carding AM A^liAMnriaA 1?A11AV 'wkdA CU^IIIC U1 UtUCiWiOOl XUV AVUUA) fiuou thus filled with waste threads, Is con- , veyed to the scribblet?and made td bear or rest on a 1 second roller ot drum; the latter had a sldw; tinifonij rotary motion communicated, to it) by meins of which the waste threads are Uniformly delivered into the sliver as it comes off the scribbler. The sliver ih this operation passes to the con* densing carding engine in the usual way* The Intebior of thb Basts.?a ' Danish geologist asserts tils belief that the interior of the earth 13 occupied by currents of ^various de^ grees of heatj and that thesb mix with each other knd attain a certain degree of temperature, in the same manner as substances subject to all the physi-. cal influences of the earth's eiterior.. This theory, in other words, asserta the well-known fact that a mass of. fluid possessing different temperatures' In different parts of its interior must be subjected to convection, the fosulfc being, usually, a change of voliiflie in the entire mass of emulating fluid.* " This change is capable of being observed in ordinary experiment^ and' may also effect the volume . <Jf the. fluid matter in the interior of the earthy provided the changes of temperature, of the fluid are sufficiently great; Itis, however, the opinion of tie most eminent geologists that the refrigeration of the earth is now so extremely slow as to render it quite unlikely that any considerable change's of volume arising from this caiise could have taken place within recent periods. Influence of Ocean CrssE^tt. ? < The influence of. ocean currents od temperature has been the subject, of a long and careful Series of investigations by a Swedish meteorologist, who arrives a the following general conclusions, namely: that the surface of. the'1 ?n /.lYrfnntfe in n'?rfow sounds^ 13 in. CVU XU VUA4VVWJ mmmm ? ? . . ? _ _ sumiiicr colder than In . neighboring-places where there is a wi^qr sheet of' water?an effect of the referee kindtaking place in winter, but io a muth feebler degree; that both' effects to-* gether diminish the yearly range of the temperature of sea; and", finally^: that these circumstances influence in the same direction the lempetetturO of the air over such seas ana sounds? and, in this way, apart of the aiiOmaIous, strongly marked oceanic character which* places in such sftMtions exhibit, may, it is thoughi, be accounted for. These conclusions appear to' be the most rational' of any yet presented in this sphere of inquiry; 11 m 1 "* # . . f t . * n-vmrxw Stt.vfti.?Pour 1U UUJil/AU out some spirits of salt into an earth en ware df other dish, and put u-piece of zinc m it. The$ scrape the parts that are to be Soldered ind pa}nt orer with the spirts of salt. Next put a piece of pewter* solder on $e joint and apply the blow pipe to It.' ' Melt five parts of German silver and' four parts . of zinc into thin cakes, then powder It for solder. , . . . ' I ==========? Procuring Fresh Water from Sea Water.?A method of procuring fresh , water from sea water through the di- : j rcct action o! the sun's rays is auiuug j the foreign inventions; The apparaI tus consists of a box of wood one inch j thick, about fourteen feet long, two ! feet wide, and of au average depth of . j six Inches. The upper part of the box j is closed with otdinary glass, which . j has an inclination of an inch and a half. I At the lower edge of the glass there la ! a semi-circular channel, destined to receive the fresh water which, is condensed on the interior surface of the glass. The operation is entirely sim! pie. The salt water is let into the. | box for about an inch in depth, and j it is then exposed to the rays of the ; sun. A ver^ active evaporation then i begins, and ft Js found that a square !M ^ollv metre or glass win uuuucbw ???.., the amount of two gallons of pure water. . . . / . ' 1 ' It is said that iron goods treated as below described, acquire a bright sur face, having a white glance without Undergoing any of the usual polishi lng operations. When t taken from n ova i the forge or rows, uik (SI liugo uav placed in dilute sulphuric acid (1 to 20) for an hour; they are then washed clean in water, dried with sawdust, ; dipped for u second or so in nitrous. ' acid, washed ?nd dried as before, and . finally rubbed clean. :