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AV A LH ALL A, SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1877.
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VOLUME XII-NO. 29.
LIM ? H?H*imd?Ji?i
G TATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
Ooonee County.
IN TUB OOUUT OV COMMON PLEAS.
.Margaret L Hughes, Anna A Miller and Myra
A Doyle, Plaintiffs, against John lt Steele,
Sua.Aii A Stcelo, Martha S Steele, Esther J
Steele, Louisa A Stcolo, Joseph G Steele,
James O Steele, Wm L Stcolo, Robert M
Steele, Hobort I. Norris, James S Norris,
Kinma L Norris, Frances M Norris, Joseph
O Norris, Paul O Norris, Florence B Norris,
Agnes lt Norris, Lou A Norris, Alexander
K Norris and Wm T Norris, Defendants
COMPLAINT FOR RELIEF.
'To tho Defendants abovo named
YOU aro hereby summoned and required to
answer the complaint in this action, which
ie filed in the office of tho t.lcrk of the Court of
?Common Pleas for the County and Stalo afore
.said, and to servo a copy of your answer on ?he
subscribers at their oflicu on thc public squnrc
in Walhalla, in said county and State, within
'twenty days after tho scrvico of this summons
.on you, exclusivo of tho doy of such sorvicc,
and if you fall to do so tho plaintiffs will apply
<o Ibo court for thorolief demnnded in thc com
plaint. NORTON & STRIBfJNG,
Plaintiffs' Attorneys, Walhalla, b C
|LTS! j J. W. STRIBLlNG, C C P
December 24th, 1878.
To tho Defendants Joseph G Stcclo, James 0
Steele, Wm L Sleolo, Robert M Steele,
Robert L Norris, James S Norris and W?n
T Norris
'PAKE NOTICE, that tho summonc ?a this no
1 tion* of which thc foregoing is a copy, and
(he complaint heroin was filed in thc ellice of
?ho Clerk of tho Court of Common Picas for
Oconco County, in tho Slato of South Carolina,
on tho 24th day of December instant.
NORTON & STRIBL1NG,
Plaintiffs' Attorneys.
December 24tb, 18 ?-Ot
State of South Carolina,
COUNTY OF OCOiVEE.
IN TUE COUU? OP COMMON PM:AS.
Leander. It./ Johnson, Plaintiff, against Wm.
H. Toy, Defcndant-SUMMONS.
To thc Defendant Wm. II. Toy
YOU are hereby summoned and required to
answer thc complaint in this notion, which
is filed in thc office of tho Clerk of tho Court of
Common Pleas for sai J county, and lo serve a
copy of your answer lo thc said complaint on
the subscribers at their office on tho public
squaro ia Walhalla, S. ()., wilina twenty days
after the Ecrvioo hereof, exclusive of Ibo day of
service.
If you fail to answer Ibo complaint within
the time aforesaid, lite Plaintiff herein will
apply ta the Court for judgment against you for
tho sum of forty-four dollars and forty-six
cents, with interest ou sixteen dollars and forty
six cents from the 1 pt day of July, 1872, ond on
I wenty-oight dollars from thc ii I st day of De
cember, 1673, ami costs ol' this action.
NORTON & STU I UMNO.
Plaint i If "a Attorneys.
Walhalla, S. C., December 21th, 1878.
J. W. STRM LING, C C P
To Wm. H. Toy, Defendant herein -
'PAKE NOTICE, that (he complaint and (he
I Hummons (of which (he above' is a copy) in
?bis action, were filed in (he office of thc (Jerk
of the Court of Common Pleas for Oconec
county on Ilie24lh dav of December, 1878.
NORTON & ST1UBLINO,
Plaintiff's Attorneys.
D?o 20. 1878 ()-(it
FOR LAUNDRY U8E.
Nov. iii l?i? l-4t*
NOTICE TO FIDUCIARIES, &C.
'PUB Law requires all Executors, Administra
JL tors, Oiiardians, &o., to mako their annual
returns during tho month of January in each
year. Beware lest you should bo in default, and
Buffer the ponaltlos of the law. I must do my
duty in tho promises. A word to thc wise is
sufficient. RICHARD LEWIS,
Judge of Probate Oconco County.
January ?), 1879 8~lt
DRTJ71I.^^LT??HA?,
HAVING resumed tho practico of medicine,
offers hin professionn I services to tho com
munity.
Offico at his residence at Bachelors' Retreat,
Oconco County, 8. G.
August 8, 1878 38
W?MKUt?T
rjnilE next session nf this institution will
X commenco THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER
5th. 1878.
It is an advantage to teachers mid pupils to
enter tho various classes nt that time, for a
few weeks dolay render it difficult to advance
with olass.
Board in College and in private
familia*, per month, - - $10.00
J nvonilo Depart m ont, per month, - .50
Primary Department, por month, - .80
Academic Department, por month, - 1.00
Collegiate Dopartmont, por month, - 3.00
Theso prioo8 aro oxolusivo of Stato appro*
priations.
Musio, Wax and Fancy Work extra.
For particulars, address,
DR. J, P. SlrTEI/rXEK.
July 25, 1878, 30
JPTION FREE!
?'or the opecUy CiiroorHemlnnl Wfukm-fMi.Xosl
Manhood mia nil <llHor<lern hronxhi on by indis
cretion or oxcew. Any DrucglHt IIRH tho Inure
ellene?. ArtrtrcM, Or. iv. JAQUKS .V Co.,
"'0 Writ HI* td Slu.i, ?Indu ni,11, O.
True Friendship.
Thoro aro many friends of summer,
Who ure kiud while flowers bloom,
But when tho winter chills tho blossom,
They depart with tho perfume.
On tho broad highway of action.
Friends of worth arc far and few;
So when one has proved his friendship,
Cling to him who clings to you.
[WRITTEN FOR TUE KEOWKE COURIER. J
Reminiscences of Fair Play from
its First Settlement to the
Present Day, January, 1879.
BY WILLAM 1?. CALHOUN.
cn Arno it vi.
1828 TO 1879.
From 1828 to 1840 very few changes
took place in Fair Play. Tho habits of tho
pcoplo Ind undergone very little chango.
Samuel Brown moved to Fair Piay und
opcucd a grocery about tho year 1828 and
duriug tho same year Benjamin and Divid
Sloan oponed tho first large dry goods s'oro
herc, although they sold various other
articles in u building which stood where tho
old enrriugo shop now stands, owned by
Dr. J. L. McOuriy. J. li. Cox como with
them as olcik. Thc firm did business about
three years, ut the cod of which time Cox
bought them out und set up a store on his
own account. Cox seems to have contin
ued in business longer than any other mun
who lived in Fuir Ploy. Hu erected the
storehouse und dwelling owned by W. J.
II ix. Tho storehouse waa put up in 1833
aud thc dwelling in 1837. Tho post oflioe
was established hero in 1830 with Cox us
postmaster. Betwccu 1828 and 1840
others nv,ved to this place, and there tuc
other persons doing business, but 1 h ?va
not been able to locate them. Tho prici
plo trade was still curried on with Auder
sunville and Hamburg, S. C , or Augusta,
Ca. Flour, chickens, &c, were carried
down Tuga loo or Seneca Rivera in boats,
similar to those used now farther dowu thc
river for couveyiug cotton, lt would tuko
a boat a long time to make thc trip. This
means of transporting freights from here
lino been abandoned long since. From six
to eight days would be occupied in going
frcm here or Anderson ville to Augusta, und
of course would occupy a much longer limo
in returning. So little cotton was raised
tint thu principio pirt of it wus sold iu An?
dcrsonvilht iu thc seed.
Education does uof seem to have taken
any steps towards improvement. Thc
schools were conduotod ou tho same old
plan. Tbc only other teacher's name that
I have been able to learn was Ilumilton Mu
ret, who taught, hero ubout 1839.
The principio part of tho trado was cur
ried on by barter. Tho pcoplo were very
sociable in t'ieir habits und tho old custom
during harvest time of helping each other
in gathering the grnin wus extensively on
gaged in und tho old men ol this communi
ty like to talk about those times and to tell
of tho pleasant days und thc merry parties
they used to have on those occasions, and
also how much more sociable aud neighbor
ly the people wcro then than they aro nt
the present time. Tho harvestrics were
conducted ns follows; When ono of thc
neighbor's grain wus ready for thc blado
ho notified tho community, und the whole
neighborhood would come in and help
gather the grain, and ut night a sumptuous
repast would bc provided for tho harvesters
Thu beaux und belles after supper would
have dancing und if that wus forbidden they
would engage in various games and amuse
themselves io making love or any other
pastime that was convenient, nnd this pro
ceeding was kept up until all tho grain
was harvested, going from ono farm to
another. Tho females generally hud a
quilting on thc same day of harvesting. It
was a timo of goncral jollification. But all
of this is now numbered with tho things
of thc past.
In 1840 I find J. lt. Cox still engaged in
tho mercantile business hero, and also A.
P. Reader. From this dutc to 1844 nothing
transpired of importun?e, but in that your
tho attempt to change tho name of tho town
to Rookwcll wus mode, and as I havo re
marked before, was unsuccessful. From
1840 there seems to havo boon considerable
improvement in thc educational lino-tho
people manifesting moro interest and tho
teachers better qualified to teach. During
1846 Morgan Loony taught school hore and
govo general satisfaction. Martin Mackey
taught in 1847 and C. II. Spears hod a
good school io 1849, ond gnvo, too, I think,
general satisfaction. Bruce <fe Bruoo orcotod
a ourringo manufactory iu 1850, ond during
tho samo year John Benson was doing bus
iness boro. Tho following porsons taught
school in Fair Piny during tho yoars follow
ing their names: Thomas Harbin, 1851-52:
W. T. Cleveland, 1854; Dr. W. It. Harbin,
1855; Dr. Jos. A. Johns, 1857-58-59; W.
T. Cleveland, i860; Miss Lucinda Strib
ling, 1863; M;.8H ('utrio Dumas, 1864; Elias
Maret, 1865; A. P. Harbin, 1866; Thomas
Cryuics, 1867; A P. Harbin, 1868-69-70;
J. P. Wright, 1871; Miss Hannoh Soaborn,
1872-73; Mrs. lt. C. Bartlet, 1874; G. W.
Grcon, 1875. Mr. Creon was tho first
prinoipal of tho Fuir Play High School.
John O. Hix, assisted by T. B. Pasmore,
taught in 1876-77; tho latter was prinoipal
of (ho school. Tho school was tought by
W. P. Calhoun in 1878, and ho stiil has
ohargo of tho sohool for 1870. I havo
heard various reports of the tooohcrs
mentioned above, but will tuuko no c Hu
ilienta.
T. J. Sloao and Jumes Seaborn wcro
engaged in thc mcroantilo business together
from 1854 lo 1850, and J. H. Maret also
did business in tho samo year that Sloan &
Seaborn opened. In 1856 Bruco & Bruce
sold out tho earriago establishment to A. S.
Stephens. Maret & Holland did business
during tho 6umo year. Sloan oe Sen
born sold out to T. J. Kecso & Co., in 1857
and tho hitter sold out to L, H. Wright in
1858. During tho whole period of tho war
thc only person doing business her; was
D. S. Stribling, and ho had ouly a small
stock of goods. Tho following persons did
business hero during tho year or years op
posite their names: S. F. Smith, 1865; .1.
M. Harri*, 1866; Doau & Glenn, 186S to
1871; Kecso & Maret, 1870; h. L. Jurrurd,
1871 to 1878; Recd k Broylcs, 1871. In
1872 A. J. Hunt and W. J. Hix went into
business together aud continued in partner
ship until 1874, when W J. Hix associated
R. S\ Pullen with him; U. 1?. Mason & Co.,
1872, and D I). Holland also had n grocery
hero in tho samo year. .James Seaborn
commenced doing business again in 1874
I). H. & W. S Glenn bought out L. L
Juirurd in 1378. This now brings us to
thc present year, 1879, and tho persons now
doing business in Fair Play ure: 1). H. & W.
S. Glenn, Hix & Pullen, R. 10. Mason and
Jumes Seaborn.
There has buen tho greatest chango posai
bio in thin community within tho past
twenty years, from what I huvo been able
to learn. Doth tho moral and religious
standard havo vasily improved and to-day
wo have a quiet, industrious and temperate
community. Wo havo two churches
Ii i[itist and Methodist-a Musonio Lodge of
Good Temp! rs, a large school, and whiskey
is sold in no shape. Jesse Waldrop is
building another buggy und work shop,
besides thc ono now run by R. C. Bartlet.
The only tragical event which happened
herc waa in 1865. A lady by thc name of
Mary lieut, ot least that is tho name she
gave, by sonio means found bur way herc
from tho Georgia side, on lier way to Green
ville, where she said that sho had relatives.
She had no money, but offered a gold watoh
to any ono who would carry her to tbut
placo. At that timo there wcro few men
hero ns they hud not returucJ from tito
army, and sho could get no vehicle to carry
her farther, She remained herc ul out u
week and seemed to be in deep trouble
about something, but no one has been able
to (ind it out. Sho would only say that
she was in trouble, but no more. Tho
family with whom she WHS slaying happen
ing to bc nbsent for u short time, sho took
advantage of their nbsenoo to commit sui
cide by banging herself in ono of thc shed
rooms of tho house from a beam, having
inst made a platform of ti trunk and some
thing else, from which she jumped, after nd?
justing tho rope. No inquiry has ever
been made about her by nny ono nnd her
identity is veiled in mystery. After a lupso
of so many years it will hardly bc brought
to light.
This section of Oconeo is very healthy,
which is, as I have remarked before, attested
by thc great ago attained by some of its
inhabitants, some of whom now living aro
ninety four, nnd ono old couple near hero
over one hundred. Thc majority of the
people nrc healthy and robust Thc sur
rounding country is picturesque Cotton
is now extensively grown here nnd during
the full thc hum of thc uin is heurd every
where. The business of Fair Pluy is vory
good, although tho towns on tho Air Linc
Railroad have '.aken some trade from hero.
(TUB KN1>.)
[From tho Columbia Register.]
Normal Schools.
Tn? STATE SHOULD HAVE NORMAL
SCII00L8.
J'Jditors Rcgi&tcrt I seo that our Super
intendent of Education bas recommended
to thc General Assembly tho necessity of
establishing a Stato normal school, which
is something that wc need very badly, uud
I um truly glad to sec thut ho hus brought
tho subject to tho notice of tho public.
Mr. Thompson cannot aocomplish his do
sired end, I four, withoutuid, aud we should
work with him in this matter and try to
huvo tho school established as BOOH US pos
sible Our State needs such an institution
badly, for our cduoulional iutorcsts arc,
beyond a doubt suffering on account of tho
insufficiency of tho majority ot our teachers.
Not only aro thoy inefficient in tho requisite
amount of learning, but in disciplino and mo
tho (Ls of instruction. Besides thoy do not
take sufficient interest in their business.
I agree with our worthy Superintendent
when ho Bays that "normal schools for trim
ing teachers must bo established beforo
tho publio school system oan bo made
to do nil tho good which it is oapablo of
doing,"
I will also quoto hero what a strong
ndvoooio and r, pcraon who has had wido
exnnrieno? naya about tho uso of normal
schools: "Tho groat fault with untrained
tcaohors is that thoy do little but toaoh the
wordi and formulas of books. A normal
graduoto teaches things principies, thoughts;
every point is examined orally, and subjects
aro sifted by tho exercise of tho judgment
as well as the memory. Tho pupil is mado
to seo with his own oyen and to rely on his
own observations, Booko u,o a moro sylla
bus, a skeleton, to bo clothed with flesh by
tho teacher and pupil. Practical knowlcdgo
of almost ovory kind is worked in continu
ally with tho subjeots of study. All tho
common objcots of sight, each DB flowers,
plants, trees, rooks, birds, insects, taroo and
wild animals, forms, colors and dimensions,
maimers, morals, laws of health, gymnastic
exercises, drawing and thc cultivation of
tho voice receive spcoial attention. This
common sense knowledge of useful tilings
is a vital part of prpular education. In
stead of this how often aro poor children
wearied with tho endless repetition of
mero words, the dry and stale lumber ot
tho books't"'
Thc above is only a small part of an
extract from tho report of tho Superintend
ent of Kduontioo, who quotes from an ad
dress of Kev. ll. Sears, agent of tho Pea
body educational fund. I lock upon a
State normal school to bc tho OU ly solution
to our present educational problem. It is
certainly ono of tho grandest, institutions of
tho nge, and not only this Stale but every
State should hove ouo if our public schools
arc to bo run successfully. Our present
mode of teaching is not what it should be,
and thc teachers employed uro not up to
tho standard in thu majority of oases.
They arc deficient in discipline, methods of
imparting instruction aud iu thc requisite
.amount of education. Tho teachers ure
generally too inefficient to accomplish any
thing, nod thu State will never prosper in
her educational interests until wc hove a
corps of trained teachers-persons trained
for thc purpose. A great number of our
teachers do not take sufficient interest in
their schools, even to learn themselves much
but go on from day to day with thc same
old song, without eire, in a haphazard
style, learning their pupils little or nothing
beyond tho words und formulas of tho
books. Generally, too, lliat very class of
teaohcrs dislike to hoar of improved mo
thods of teaching, for fear it may cause
them a little extra work or study, or, know
ing their incompetency, do not wish to
make! u struggle to rise. What thc State
needs is a corps of teachers trained for the
business, and, too, teachers that are wide
awuko, energetic nod willing to avail them
selves of every opportunity of gaining know
ledge and rendering themselves more com
petent to fill their important position. The
question is how eau wo elk ct that change,
and thc only answer that 1 oat) find to it is
tho establishment of a Sute normal school
for training teachers.
We cannot hope to effect tho change in
ouo year, but it will take limo to work up
to tho proper standard. Wo will have to
proceed step by step, till ne reach thc do
sired end. lOvery man interested
tu this mutter will have to put his shoulder
to the wheel and push with all his power.
If our teachers wotc only interested suffi
ciently on this subject they would not lie
idlo and let this golden opportunity pass,
but would risc up t?s one tuan nnd givo our
Superintendent of Education all tho aid in
their power. 1 think that tho people of
this State will not let tho chance, slip; I
hope to seo this tnattor fully discussed by
the press of tho State. I hope, too, to see
thc matter brought before tito notice of om
next General Assembly, not only by the
Superintendent of Education, but from
other sources.
This is one of thc great advantages ol
thc agc, and shall wo make a struggle t<
svail ourselves of it? Wo should never b(
idle, but ever keep toiling onward and up
ward. Wc should not bo satisfied to stone
ns we nro. Our schools should he made tht
pride of tho State. The literary, moral
religious nnd politioal standing of tho Statt
depends upon thc training and education o
its youth. Should wo not, then, uso oven
means in our power to raipn tho standard o
our teachers to as high a pitch ns possible
There aro numerous ovils in our proseo
system of teaching, and I repeat again tho
thc only feasible plan that I oun seo fo
correcting thc evil is the establishment of i
normal school. How is this to bc done
Let. tho Legislature of cur State do as tlx
Legislature of North Carolina has d ne-?
make n suf?oicnt appropriai lue to estnblisl
one. It will require only a ?mall sum, un<
I hr.vo no doubt but that wo could obtoii
aid from tho Pc? bod y educational fund, u,
thc normal school of North Carolina has rc
ceived aid from that source. Thc Legislatur
could not make on appropriation for u bette
and nobler purpose, for by making tho sp
prupriotion it will bc doing tho Stato o grca
and lasting benefit.
I will quote tho conclusion what Hon
Kemp P. Hattie, L. L. D., President of th
University of North Curolina, say? of th
normal school of (lint State, which is ourrici
on ot Chapel Hill, N. Od "Tho industr
und effioioncy of tho instruction of th
school, tho enthusiasm, order and dcvotioi
to Bindy of tho student havo nobie/e
results of lasting benefit to thc causo o
education in tho Stato. There woro tonohor
in attendance who had spent years in t hoi
calling; there wore toaobrsonly beginning th
work; there those scoking to booomo quali
fied to take ohargo ot schools. Hut on
and all, over four hundred of tho bc?
material in tho Stato, gave unanimous ant
earnest approval of tho normal sohoo
They dcolarcd that they had their mind
enlarged and quiokoncd, their stores c
information and their power to acquit
other stores incrcnRod. They of their ow
accord united in a memorial to tho Ocnen
Assembly for the continuation of tho selim
in future, expressing tho decided oonviotio
that its discontinuance would be a gran
misfortune to tho Stato."
I cull upon all who aro interested, au
especially tho colleges , teachers' union
and all teachers to usc their utmost er,dei
vors in this matter. Let not tho subjet
die out, but keep it alivo until wo havo
Stato normal school established in tho Stat
. i "
I hopo that persons who are inoro able to
do so than I am will tako up this metter
and present it forcibly to the State, if
necessary call a convention of tho teachers
and thone interested to meet it) Columbia
next July, to fully discuss tho matter. C.
OOONEE COUNTV, S. C., Jan. 29, 1870
?-**> * *
Synopsis of the Supply Bill.
Tho total amount appropriated Uudcr
this act, to meet tho ordinary expenses of
tho State Government, is $00,084.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
Governors' salary, 83,500; Governor's
Privato Scoretary, 91,600; Messenger,
?400, Contingent fund $500; Stationery
stamps and printing, $336.
Scorctory States salary, $2,I00? his clerk,
$1,500; his porter, 8150; his contingent
fund, 8200; his stationary) stamps and print?
ing, $810.
Couipetroller-Genorars salary; $2,100;
his ohicf clerk, 81,500; book-keeper, $1,
500; contingent fund, 8200; stationery,
books and stamps, $319; printiog, $150.
State Treasurer's salary, 82,100, ohief
clerk, iii,500; book-keeper, (loan depart
ment) 81,250; general book-keeper, $1,
250; contingent fund 8200; stationery,
$200; printing, $30.
Attorney-General's oalary, 82,100; clerk,
$1,200; contingent fund, $200; printing,
and stationery, $180; expenses of litiga
tion, $3,000, if so much bo necessary.
State Superintendent of Education
salary, $2,100; dork 900; contingent
fund, $200; printing and stationery, $130;
pri ting books and blank forms for usc
in public schools, $600; traveling expenses
State Board Examiners, $200; printing
amendments to the sohool law, $100.
Adjutant and Inspector General's salary,
$1,500; derk, $1,200; contingent fund,
$50; printiog, stationery ?fee., $100; palary
Stato armorer, $500; watchman at armory,
$300; for purchasing new urms and ex
changing old, $5,000.
Stato Librarian's salary, $625; contin
gent fund, $200; printing, stationery ?feo ,
890.
Salary two watchmen of State House
8800. Salary State House keeper $500.
JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT.
Salary of Chief J usti?n, $4,000; Assooo?
ate Justices, $8,500 eaoh; Cirouit Judges,
$3.500 euch; 8 Circuit Solicitors, $12.500;
Clerk Supreme Court $1,000; State Re
porter, $1,000; Librarian, Messenger and
other officers appointed by tho oourt, $1,200;
contingent fund Supremo Court, 8800; for
purchasing obe hundred copies Supremo
Court reports, 81,000.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
For tho support sod mainteounoo of this
department, $8,000.
TAX DEPARTMENT.
Salaries County Auditors, $20,300} for
printing books, ?fcc, for County Auditors,
und Treasurers, $2,800.
8TATK CN1VEI181TY.
For insurance on the building, $1,000;
for salary of Librurian, $000; for repairs to
buildings, $600.
PENAL AND CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS.
Support of Penitentiary, $20,000; for
building dem and opening canal in Colum
bia, $11,000; for enlarging hospital end
constructing workshops, $6,000; for nani
iary purposes, $2.000; for completion of
main building, $0,000; for silary of Super
intendent of Penitentiary, $1,000; physi
cian of the Pcnitehtiury, $500; for deli
oioncies 1878, $9,752.82. Support of Lu
natio Asylum, $60,000; salary Superintend
dent Luntaio Asylum, $2,000, protection
against firo, 84,200; for addition to build
ing, 85,000. Support of Deaf and Dumb
and the Hlind Asylum, 86 800; for repairs
of building, $3,100; deficiencies, $709 Ol.
For Sta?c Orphun Asylum, $500. For Psi
motto Orphan House, $500 For Catawba
Indians, 8800. Support of tho Stute Ag
ricultural ano Mechanic's Institute, $7,500,
For civil contingoht fund, $5,000. For
publishing monthly statements of State
Treasurer, $1,000. For the public print
ing of thc two houses of the General As
sembly, $11,500. For aid to tho South
Carolina Agricultural Society, $2,500.
$8,100 for thc Court of Claims established
at tho regular session of tho General As
sembly of 1877, to wit: For tho salary of
tho Commissioner, $2/100; for the derk,
per annum, $1,200; to pay John ll. Abney,
iOsq , for professional services rendered in
said oourt, $750; for tho payment of judg
ments already recovered on amounts less
than ono hundred dollars, $3,500. Two
thousand dollars, to pay tho balance duo bj
the Court of Claims, commonly called the
Bond Court, for expenses incurred by said
Court.
Fifty Per Cent. Above Par.
Tho extract bolow tells in stronger lan
guage than wo can command how the toil
ing fanners have contributed to the princely
wealth of tho officers and shareholders of
tho phosphato monopolies. Tho paragraph
oe on rn in tho local columns of the Charles
ton iVeto? and Courier, in a notioo of an
advertisement of phosphate rook for salo:
"The Atlantic Company waa organized
early, with a paid tip eapital of 8200,000.
An admirable ?ito was ehoflen, and the
company succeeded in competing success
fully with Northern faotors, while nun bally
reduoing tho selling prico of ita msnnfoo
turca. The Atlnntio Phosphate CotspaD?
has ia thc past six years averaged over 20
per cont, dividends to tho stockholders, nod
accumulated a commercial capital which
shows on the booka of tho company that
oach shore is worth over 50 per cont, more
than ita par value. Thia arises from the
ability with which it has been managed,
and thc securing at unce uf an ample cash
capital."
There oro very few investments that hove
for tho past six yeas averaged 20 per cent,
profit, and uo farmer ever oxpects half that
amount. Many who huvo worked hurd to
pay for fertilizers from year to year, uro
poorer now than they were when they began
six years ago. Yet to resist tho exorbitant
demanda of those exacting taskmasters Who
have conspired to enrich themselves at tho
COBt of tho farmer is in tho language of our
Charleston contemporary, to follow tho
leadership of Kearney and B. b\ Butler,
and to become the "enemies of order, dc?
coney and peate."
The Stono Company offers thirty shores of
stock for sale. This company from bod
management, bad speculative i ti vestments,
and thc waut of a paid up capital to begin
with, has not fared so well us thc moro
fort?nate Atlantic. Notwithstanding these
disasters, however, the Stono is still in n
healthy financial condition, and tho iden ir?
held out in thc notice that with tho inc
creased pr oe for phosphates thc stockhol
ders will soon reap a rich harvest in divi
dends, which have only been delayed by
thc poor management of thc company's
ufiairs in thc pact. But hero is thc notice:
"The Stono Phosphate Company waa
incorporated about tho same timo aa tho
Atlantic, but the capital stock of 8170,000
wuB not paid up as promptly) thc specula
tive idea of placing tho factory on Central
wharf lost tho company about $27,000.
After the site on whioh tho works now
stand was purchased, delays occurred which
oaused tho oompany heavy losses, not only
of money, but must valuable time. It lins
taken them several years to recover from
these curly misfortunes, but wc oro informed
that tho works of thc Stono Company aro
in good order, tho capital of tho company
intaot, and tl at by allowing thc profits to
accumulate they now have a cotninoroiul
c i pi tu I over and above thc cnpital poid in
of about 800,000: Th's ought to be v.ry
encouraging to tho stockholders who have
waited so patiently for profits on their out
lay, end it is hoped hereafter that regular
dividcuds will bc paid by thc company."
A story of faith and charily from Russia!
Not long since n government functionary
died in St Petersburg in utter destitution,
leaving without friends or relatives two
email children, ono of whom was a boy
about seven years old. Alone, moneyless
foodie.?.*, with his little sister crying for
brood, he wrolo on n piece of piper as a
last resort tho petition: "Pleaso, God, 6end
mo three oopecks to buy my little sister n
roll." This ho carried to tho nearest
church to drop it into an alms box and start,
it on its way to heaven. A passing priest,
seeing him try to put tho pupcr into tho
box, took it and road it, whereupon ho
carried tho children to his house, fod them
and clothed them. Tho next Sunday ho
preached a sermon on charity, in whioh ho
alluded td thc incident. Tho collection
that followed amounted to nearly one thou
sand dollars.
Mr. Charles McGill, who was executed
at Cleveland, Ohio, last Thursday, should
bc remembered in history as tho modol gal
lows performer nf tho country. Two days
before tho bonging he o.rcfuliy inspected
thc gallows and, as a mechanical export,
pronounced it a fine piece of work. When
brought out to bo "worked ofl" he stepped
up add took his placo on tho trap without
a whimper. Tho only remark ho mado
Was, "Don't make any mistake about that
rope." Tho execution was a groot success.
Mr. McGill's nook was broken with skill
and ho was extinct in precisely thirteen
minutes and a half. It mu t bo a real
pleasure for a sheriff to hang a man who
acts well his part.
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There arc about forty fomolo physioians
io Philadelphia in full practice, ot least ten
artists (painters) and ono sculptor, Miss
Blanche Nevin, lately selected by the Btatc
to execute thc statute in marble of M?hlen
borg. Of lady lawyers wo find no record;
of printers, school and music teachers there
is a multitude; of lady clerks and attendants
in shops and stores an army; of editors, cor
respondents, novelists, historians and scien
tists of tho gontlcr sex in this oity alone,
tho roster would be a revelation. Among
lecturers, preachers and ministers WO merely
mention Lucretia Mott, Hannah Whital
Smith and Anna Dickenson. Thc stage, thc
opero, art in flowers, wox, looe, costumes
and decorations aro largely represented by
the women of Philadelphia.
A SstAitT CHILD -Mrs Sally Smith in
tho mother of ti sprightly boy six years old;
who can road tolerably well. Ho has an
inquiring mind. Tho other day at tho
breakfast tnblo ho looked his father full in
tho face and naked:
"Pa, dio you ever havo another wifo
besides ma?"
"Why no, my little boy; what makes you
ask sn eh a question?"
"Bcoatiso I saw in the old Bible whoro
yon married 'Anno Domini, 1871,' aud abo
isn't my mother, for her namo is Sally
Smith," replied tho urchin.
Tho mother is painfully dUtrcsecd with
tho idea that she'll never raiso that child
ho's too smart.
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There >s oo killing tho suspicion that de
ceit has on co begotten.
tf a mon bo endued with a generous
iniml ihir. is tho best kind of nobility^
*at_';.