Keowee courier. (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, February 27, 1879, Image 1

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:-. ' . . .. .. ' | ' ' ' ' ''''''' '"'^ '''' "'''r' ' ''' ~~*-~r^--*~r-; - rj*j ry - NIGHT THE DAY, frlfiU ??N0T NOT THEN BE FALSE TO ANY MAN ? v M BV KEITH, SMITH & CO. AV A LH ALL A, SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1877. .'i }.i i . . frit">i >r .Mitf-i " ,?w.'.M ! S):!. 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. - ? ? ? - 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. -4?i --- 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_';.