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I'M* WIMM?*? /?nttHMOT? ?. M ?lim ?UV .?"Ja? </,X>?V . BY KEITH, 8M?TH & 00. WALHALLA, S. C. : THURSDAY, MAY ?, fafo. Si 03* For subscription, $1.50 por annum, strictly in advance; for six months, 75 cents. 03* Advertisements inserted at ono dollar per square of ono inch or less, for tho^first insertipn^ and. fifty ce?its for euch fiubsequenV iii? sert ion. ? 03* Obituary Notices exceed^ ! Communications ot <\i personal character, when admissable, and announcements of Candidates will bo charged for as advertise ments. (QT Job Printing neatly and cheaply executed. 03r Necessity compels us to udhore strictly to tho require ments of cash payments. Congross. Tho appropriation bill with tho repealing clause attachments hos passed both Houses of Congress and boon seet to the President for his signature. Up to tho time bf going, to press wo hayo no further nows of special note. Both Hoosos sceui preparing for work whioh may be completed either at the present extra session or at the next regular session whioh meets in December next. 1880. Who will be tho Ucxt Democratic candidato for President is being agitated extensively by the Northern press. It is generally conceded that (Jen. Qrant will rooeivo tho Republican nomination, if ho will aooopt it, both because ho is regarded the man most likely to consol.-, idato tho party, and also to draw to his sup port tho raoniod interests of tho country. IC nominatod, with thoso Laments of support, ho will bo difficult to dofoat, for the day has come, in this oouhtry when tho influence of | capital on elections is almost certain to insure success. On tho side of the Democrats Tilden, Hendricks, Thurman and Bayard aro most prominent. Of thos* Oov. Perry, in a rccont lottor, favors Thurman, though ho presses tho claims of neither, holding that, tho groat question for tho Domocrnts to solve is, who is tho most available mao? Whothor it is either of those or sumo person ns yet unknown to fame nud not spoken of, ho should ho selected. Success is what wo want and what tho country requires to ennhlo us to work out truo harmony aud reconciliation. Ho docs net think tho fi nan oin I question should entor into tho campaign, but can this bo avoided? Capital is a power and it will bo hoard and will demand to know tho views of each party on this question. In tho lost election Tild?n roooivod a majority of several hundred thousand rotos io tho Unitod States aud on a fair count a majority of tho doctoral col 1 ego,. but ho was arbitrated out of office and Mr. Hayes declared eleotod. Whothor any fault rests with Tilden or not, this failure will operate against his ohnnco for tho nomi nation, and it may bo that after a number of ballots somo porpon not hoard of will bo takon up and nominated. Th oro can bo no question .but the campaign of 1880 will ho tho most ? excited ono ever had in tho United States, and that the two partios will spare neither expense nor labor to win success. Our Farming Interests. In our last i<;suo we spoke of tho great ndvanco mado by our pooplo in agriculture, in tho Inst ton years, both as to the modo of | cultivation and tho value of tho products grown on tho form. While this is apparent, it is equally clear that more attention should be paid to tho diversity of our crops and to tho importance of making tho farm self-sus taining. So long ns our poople buy their corn, bacon and flour from abroad, in addi tion to their sugar, coffee, salt and other necessary articles, wo will And money scarce and times hard. If tho Western farmers can rai?e, fatten and ehfp ba^on from five hun dred to one thousand milos, surely our people can, in such a country ns this, savo money by mining their own moat. Yet wo soo cnrtually thousands of pounds of Western bacon brought and sold in this county. Tho ono item of flour carries out of tho oounty a largo proportion of tho income from other branched of agriculture.. This year wo find ourselves ?careo of corn, and bofbro tho 8onson ii ovor, v?'? doubt not but largo quan tities will bo sold hore from tho West. Corn is now rating from sixty-flvo to sevepty conts .cash and tho supply is small. While this .condition of things continues, hotfovcr much .cotton our people may grow, tho proceeds of its salo will pa68 to othor sections for the supply of our necoesary wants. Wo would not advise against planting cotton, for it, with up, is tho only product whioh nt nil periods of tho year -will command money, and as wo ?lust -pay our taxes, buy our groceries and other necessary articles, cotton ns a oortnin representativo of money should be planted. Wo do say, howevor, that tho first aim of evory farraor should bo to grow whoat, corn and bacon sufficient to supply his fumily, and whorovor we find a farmer who doos this wo will find him thrifty and successful in making money. On tho contrary, tho farmer who has to buy all thoso things will always .bo found lo be without monoy and tight run. M o bave heard it said that ono bushol of corn grown on tho farm is worth two-bushols bought. This, of course, oannot be strictly true, and yet whan a man grows hia^own oom ho gathers from tho samo land fodder shooks and pens, whioh grow with tho oom, so that tho corn grown by n person doos go farther by reason of tho help from these nt* tendants of a can orop. A great many will also say it ls cheaper to buy bacon at elx ?ants than to raise it. This ia a great mijo ?ako. 'lilting in town wo have always .made it a rule to raice our own mo?.t and ibel sure we fare money by it, and if this can bo dono, In town how moah mow ?|i<>i>M ? pcr;cn cs - farm eave money by killing hie own meat. It 1? no email item in this oonneotlon that you will get good, sound, healthy meat and pafo lard. In tho matter of flour, the grow ing of wheat enables tho farmer to rotate bia 'crops and improve the jjtnd, ot the same'tipje that ho onn mako m uti ure from the straw. In an agricultural community it should bo tho aim of tho far mor to grow all he nooda for the growth Of which the soil and climate is adapted. Io this way alone can we hopo to regain our lost fortunes and rise to aotual prosperity. Tho Election Case*. The trial of tho Barnwell election conspi racy casos was concluded on tho 2'Al instant, tho jury undor Instructions from dgo Bond roturning a vordiet of not guilty all the defendants. Tho defendants wero ohnrgod io four counts, with other persons unknown, with conspiring :io prov ont ?Ved Nil, colored, and other qualified voters from meeting peaceably for consultation on public affaire, and the filth count for conspiring to injure ami oppress Nix on account of Iiis race and oolor (Vom tho exorcise of his right to voto at a Federal election. On this cou ot no, proof was offered, and tho othor four counts woro held defootivo in failing to allego tho aot was dono on aeoount of rnoo aud color. Judge Bond held tho information insuffloiont nnd directed an acquittal. Thc District Attornoy theron pon moved a con tin nan co of nil the other casen to tho November Term aa a neces sity lo savo enormous exponse to the Govern ment, and further becnuso so muon of tho terni had been consumed already in dilatory motions and the trials bad, that to go on with those eases would provont tho heming of a mmibor of important civil cases. Tbo mo tion was granted and tho cases continued to November. It is thought by many this action menus an abandonment of tho prose cutions, .and that tho cases will never bo tried. Tho case of tbo rule against tho Secretory of State for refusing to oboy. tho subpoena duces iecum and bring from bia office tho original poll lists, was taken up. Mr. Bur" ker, for tho .Secretary, had filed a return to tho rule, Bolting forth that the papers asked for aro required by a law oT tho State to bo kopi in tho oilier) nt Columbia, and ho argued that by statute cortlflod copies of such pupers should bo furnished in suoh eases, whioh should serve as originals. Tho Diutrict Attorney claimed that thc originals woro necessary, as they wore to bo used to provo handwriting. Tho court ruled tho return insclRcient. and that lt bud tho power to compel tho production of tho original records, but that thc rulo had boon defectivo in fail ing to notify tho Secretary of thc State that tho originals and not copies wero required. On amending tho rule, tho ordor compolling tho production of tho. poll lists would be granted. In thc case uf Wm. Kerrigan, convicted of assaulting a marshal while on duty, tho sen tence nf tho court WUK a fino of five dollars and tho costs uf tho prosecution. Tho same sentence was imposed on a colored mau con? viotcd of voting twico. Thoso woro the only cases in which convictions wero obtained, and tho sentences wore light. Wo can soo no good In' reviving and koop ing alive tho bitter feeling growing out ol thc lalo elections. Thero may bnvo been irregularities on both sides In somo places, but lind they better not bo let alano far thc sako of penco nnd amity. Wo trust these prosecutions will nil bc discontinued and that actual reconciliation will bc begun. Tho Negro-Exoduu. Wo have, understood that' sumo of oin colored population have tnken up tho ?def that they will be compelled to full into tb? greet movomont of their ruco to tho North wost. 'Wo can hardly conceive how such ai improsvion could got up among them. The; aro ns freo as nny whito citizen of tho State Their rights of person and property aro n well protected by tho law, and whother thc; 'will go or stay rests with their own volition They aro tho host laborors tho South can go and with honesty, economy nnd industry they .oould in a fow yours own homos am |ivo comfortably! While this is tho ense should thoy feel inclined to seek homes in th Northwest, wo would not object, feeling con fident that their places would be supplie by nbct'Or population nnd in many caves b immigrants who would hiing capital wit them. Tho great emigration movement of ,tb nogrooa scoiiid to bo a political trick to carr doubtful States by tho Republicans, and i has been encouraged by circulars promisin them lund and provisions ni well ns bette political privileges. These aro falso promise; as many of thom have alroady learned t their sorrow. Tho South in its climate an productions is bottor suitod to tho raoo tba tho Northwest. In tho South, too, thoy KI .among a peoplo who havo raised thom, wi know their nature and disposition and have kindly feeling for thom. All this will 1 ohanged in tho West. They will ho subjeclc to severe win tors and bo thrown among people who neither know nor caro for them. A rooont dispatch from St. Louis fctnt that aovon.toen huudred oulorcd refuge* have arrived in "Wyandetta, Kansas, in r ontirely dostituto condition and aro oooup; ing tho churches and publie hulls of th placo, many of thom sick from cxpasnro ar dying. Tho Mayor of Kansas City tel graphed tho Soorotary of War for an ord for the insuo of rations from Fort Lonvei worth, whioh was refused on the ground tb thero was no authority for it. Tba" san dispatch states that a largo number of ollie aro on tho way. Tho condition of thoso misguided poop is truly pitiable, hoing among a strati, people, without provisions, money, cr ovon roof to shelter them. Wo havo little dou butif they ?oro bnok nt thoir old homes th would not ngain bc induced to leovo. Th enjoy tho same rights, civil and political, bc thoy oould have nt tho North, and aro fully protected by tho law. ? lt is thorcfu tho height of fully for thom to start on suol pilgrimage without tho mern << of suppo Thoy onn go or stay ns they.like. tlow is the time for Sun-Jay Sohool pic?n and May parties. ""vi C'?- . ' '* t. ', .' ? ? 1 1 ' ? ? . I " ."" ? xiuu Common oonooie. Xditors Kcoxoe* Courier: My last ari ?ol? closed with referenco to.: salaries of School CummiaBionorfi, I ' shall make a few romarks on this subject and pas? it by. Until last year the salaries of tho 8ohool Commissioners were paid by tho State. The now school law requiros that each sobooi district shall pay ita proportional share of the School Commissioner's salary.in proportion to tho number of pupils attending the schools. Under thia section of the law every dollar needlessly.paid to School Coinrolseioners I? ?imply taking brood from tho hoads of tho pupils. The law rerjuiros that the Sobooi Commissioner shall visit tho eobools. NV hut does one visit amount to? In my opinion it amounts^ nothitjg,.^ J think if tho . parents of the pupils would all visit the sobooi, pay the Inst Friday afternoon in one!) .month, it would encourage tho toucher to try to advance his pupils and show his patrons what he' waft doing. Thrco dollars.por day paid to School Oom missioners h> visit schools I think is money foolishly spent without wo had moro than we'havo.' TEACHERS' S A I, A UI KS. I have elated that thc teachers of Coonee County got. an .avorago. salary of males, $11.98; females, $10.37 per month, .tho. smallest wages paid by any county in tho State. First grado teachers got five cents, second grudo lonelier s get four con ts, third, grade teachers got three cents per day for each i npil in attendance 1 boliovo this county is tho only ono in tho Stnto that em ploys teaohors Undor tho abovo mothod. It is a well known fact among the teachers of this county that thoy seldom re?oive in full tho nbovo small salary. Thero now remains . a balance duo tho teachers of Oconeo County for thoyoar 1874, $1,971.93; for tho year 1875, $1.197.24; for the your 187G, $1,640.53; fur tho year 1877, $1,878,12. Tho school funds for 1878 failed in two or '.breo school districts to pay in full. I nm informed that tho fund for 1879 will also fail in two school districts to pay in full. I have beon informed by our' School Commissioner tho cause of tho excess' of indebtedness for this year ts through thp negligence of porno of tho teaohors in filing their monthly reports, some of these teachers holding thoir reports for three or four months. Section 41 of the school law says very plainly, "lluit tho teachers must file their reports with thc Clerk of tho Board of Trustees nt tho expiration of cadi month." 1 think that tho teachers who wcro punctual in filing their reports and complying with the law, should bc paid in full, and let tho loss tall on those who, through thoir negligonoo created this dobt, which will never bo paid. Our local management of school affairs I think is very defective. Let us comparo our plan with that of our neighboring County of Andorson in n fow respects. In our oounly tho teacher.' turn out about tho beginning of tho scholastic year and get their schools and go to teaching. Somctimo during tho second or third month they bunt up their noarost trustoo und get him to rign their monthly report or reports Thou in tho courso of tho next two, tinco or four months file their monthly reports with tho School Commissioner. Tho School Commissioner on reeoiviug tho toaohor.i' reports enters tho claim on tho account book. Hy tho timo all the teachers' monthly roports arc filed with tho commis sioner it is found that there will not he funds tm iii cien t to lirjnidato tho claims of teachers. lu Anderson (ho School Commissioner apportions tho school hind to tho several school district?, nod publishes a statement with instructions to thc trustees and teaohors. Tho trustees aro required to hold a district meeting on tho first Saturday in each month and recoivo teachers' monthly inparts on that day and on that day only. Tho Clark of thc Board of Trustees ci.tors tho claims on .the district account book, and ns ho knows thc amount ol funds duo his district, nnd receiv ing tho teachers reports punctually, ho can toll to ii day when to ulnso the schools. Any person cnn soo ut a glauco which pinn is the most business like. Under our plan our school districts eithci oloso i hoir schools in dobt or with funds or band to lie in Ibo county treasury until thc next your. I doubt if half tho boards ? trustees in Oconeo County can loll tho umouti of public funds duo (heir districts tooday How many of our citizens cnn toll? As nil accounts [indited in tho County Commissioner's ellice aro published, why ne make a ftatomont of our school Hilaire? Tin money for both of llicso brnnchos nf tho pu bli pervico pontos from tho people and the; ought to know where it goes. rr. .\ lu Liv KUNU. I have frequently boon naked why Ocone County docs not rcccivo aid from tho munifi cont donation made by Mr. Ocorgo Penbod to tho South? My answer is, that tho rule laid down by tho Financial Agent and th Board of Trustees of that fund aro such tim our sohools cannot reach them. I will ber insertan abstract of somo of tho rules. 1. Tho sobooi must bo a freo comino school, under UK; control of tho local schoi authorities. 2. It must havo a bona flile enrollment i not less than 100 pupils, averaging 85 pt day, for a term of ton months. 3 It must bo ii gratlod sobooi in tho propi sen so ol' tho word. 4. Difforont sohools oannot bo countt togcthor to make tho requisito number. A school averaging 85 pupils daily fur 1 months receives $300. An avcrngo of 85 p cent, of 200 pupils receives $000. And about tho samo rato lor Inrgcr sohools. Tl sum of $o,000 of tho abovo fund bas hoi paid in South Carolina during tho past yen Messrs. A. T. Barnes & Co., of Now Yo City, donated 30,000 school books for the "war desolated Stutos," as ho tormed tboi somo years back, but nono of thom ov reached Oeonco that I bavo board of. fCIIOOt. DISTRICTS, Kdg'ollold has tho largost r mhor of sold: districts, vi?: 32. Oconeo bas only 8 selie districts, being tho s nial lest mm ber that a county has. Tho avorago territory of o eight school districts is nearly 92 nqun miles, Now, lot us consider tho advnntnji and disadvantages of our largo school di ti ictH. All tho advantage I can seo is t smaller the number of districts tho.less In) falls on County Treasurers in kcepi account of tho poll tai. The disadyautaf , I think aro numerous. Tho avorago nu m I ?3ii*fW..?m, j i niiiM.iiui? im IH...II...UI MM; O? BOUOOIS m n uistriot iv nerwiy twolvo. Tho law roquiros "thai tue tpietees shall visit tho schools fronV timo to time, nod luke onre that t-hoy are conducted nooording to law and with the utmost ofnolonoy." lt is not reasonable to ospcot our, trustooa to ride over, nearly ninety-two squaro milos and visit twelve or fittooi) schools from "time to kimo," without compensation* 1 havo be?? informed that in those States where froe a?ho?rs oro a> success, that tho distrlots nro fivo milos square with school house in the centre. In our large districts there is more or tess wrangling about tho location of schools. Tho results uro very poor sohool houses and many children kept at homo. If our. sohools wore permanently located, I think'our oltiiens would pr?vido bettor school house?. Tho most serious objec tion to large districts perhaps ls this. With twclvo or fifteen sohools in a district about ^???o-thlrdsbfitbo'm. mhy'open with tho soho' lastro your; the others two or throe months later, consequently tho district fund is not equally divided The u ",o term of free common 6ohoots' of tho Stace is 3 1-10 months, lt is clearly evident that very little practical benefit can bo accomplished in short tomi sohools, The sehne) fund of our State is certainly, inndo qu?te, when wo take into consideration that in many sections of our Stato that tho citizens d?pond principally on tho froe school fund to pay tho tuition of their children. Taking facts, circumstances and tho financial condi tion of our State into consideration, I do not think it would bo prudent to inoroasc tho sohool tax at an emly day, especially when wo tako into consideration that nt least 05 por cent, of tho two mills sohool tax is paid hy thai class of our citizens who in return get about 40 por cent. Tho Stute Superintend dent of Education, in his Inst annual report to tho Legislature says: "I would recommend that all incorporated towns bo granted tho right to levy a tax for tho support of schools within their limits. It will bo obssorved that tho grant of power to lovy and coiled tho tax is suggosted, and not that tho incorporated towns bo required to do so. By restricting the right to voto for or against tho tax to (lioso uitizons who own n prescribed amount of property, it will not bo within those who own nothing to impose a tax upon their moro fortunate neighbors." As there was no net passed on tho above recommendation, I take it for grated that tho system of freo schools is not very popular with tho taxpayers of thia State. When wo lojk nt tho financia* cqndi tion of our State and our impoverished citi zens, who arc just beginning to recover from tho effects of! tho Into war, wo aro ready to exclaim that tho Stnto of South Carolina is not proparod nor nblo to moko thc free common schools a success. Wo cortninlv will foil to cduoato our futuro men and women in schools whoso nvcrngo terni if 3 1-10 months. lam in favor of u compel. eory national system of freo schools. It it well known that a large chics of tho inhnbi< tarts of tho Southern States were m ado citi zens l>5 tho National Government. 1 there foro think it tho duty of the National Govorn ment to ed?calo them. In oonolusion let mo insist upon our oiti zens to build good school houses, whero the have nono, and employ good teachers for i term not less than nine months. Gtvo youl teachers n living salary. Got good text book for your children. Stop wrangling about lin location of schools. Every person canro ha ve a-school house at his door. Do no depend entirely oh tho ?mall amount of publi funds to educate your children, if you do. yoi will certainly fail. ll. Annual Convention of tho Y. M C. A, Editors of Keoxoeo Courier: With you permission wo will givo tho many readers c your journal a few dots regarding tho fourt annual Stato Convention of the Young Mon' Christian Association of South Carolin; which convened in tho Methodist Chuach II Anderson on tho 24th instant, nt 8 o'clock 1 M. Tho convention was well attended b tho dologatcs from nil parts of tho Stan namoly: Anderson, Columbia, Charles ton, Duo Wost, Groonvijlo, Ninty -Si i Orangeburg, Spurtanburg. Su m tor und Wal halla. A great deal of interest was man fested und tho meeting* very liberally a tended by tho pooplo of Anderson, Tl woloomo meeting was truly interesting. At dresses wore delivered by tho followin gentleman: On tho part of tho Anderson Assoeiatio by Mr. L. P. Smith; on thu part of tho ton of Anderson, by Mr. G. F. Tulley; tho pres by M"j. E. B. Murray; tho pulpit, by Ito I). Vi Frlors?n, of tho Presbyterian, Hov. V ll. Strickland, of the Baptist and Hov, J. Carlisle of thc Methodist Churches. Wi welcome addresses from snell men i thc above, mid dolivcod in such fcclir terms, thc delegates nil scorned to feel homo, and a brotherly hand-shaking tot placo. ThoSO nddrcssoa wore responded on tho pnrt of tho delegation by Mr. L. 1 Zealy, of Columbia, in un earnest and appr priam manner. On Friday tho regular btu-1 noss of tho co volition was taken up in ordor. In tl absence of tho regular President, Mr. G. Tolley, Vico-Prosidont, took tho chair, nfl which tho following oflicors woro elected 80rvo for tho ensuing year. Prosidont, Mr." G. F. Toi loy, of ?nderst Vico Presidents, Mesura. L. N. Zoaly, of t lumbla, J. M. Curds, of Sumter, and N. .Tunes, nf Nowborry Recording Secreta Mr. P. II- Chisholm, of Charleston; Corr? ponding Scorotnry, Mr. E. W. Watkins, Charleston. Tho remaining limo of tho convention w devoted to services and tho discussion topics relativo to tho intorosts of tho Assoc j Hon, such ai: "What is tho legitimate w< of tho Young Men's Christian Association 'Biblo study," "What oan Associations in small towns?" "Collcgo work," &o., ? Thoso various topics woro assignod to so of tho ablest mon in tho oonvontiou for ope ing and very fully disoussod. Thoso diso< nions will provo beneficial and tend remove a great deal ol misapprehension tho real object and work of this ordor. , In attondanoo on tho Convontion was I Thomas K. Kroc, of Now York, a mar national reputation ns a revivalist in Young Men's Christian Association. Ho i . _I J ll ? H?l III ll WIIIIIHII ?ll . " ' ? ' member of tbo International Oomnittoo and ' ?ont out bj tbo ?ame to revivo and orgaulao the Associations in different! sections of the South. Ilia report of tho international WOjrk and the International Convention nt Geneva < wa? very encouraging. lio -spoke of tho ; various number of languages In wblob ?ho , AsBOolntion is now organised and tho numbera c upon numbera of young men in ull porta of J tho world now engaged in this work and Ibo good results' of bringing many under the ear? ( of thc-church. Mr. Kr co is a fluont talker | and an earnest worker, and with his Ano < Moro of Biblo knowledge ho will accomplish ' muon good. ( Tho reports-fron? tho Assoplatlona:?*?}* th? State showed that tlioy aro not dead, but i gonorally doing nu activo work, not only j among tho young men; but also in bringing the various denominations of tho church into a nearer relation with each other. This is indeed a noticeable result wherever an Asso ciation has boon aotively sogngod. The spirit of Chriat'ihn'love aVd fellowship sooms to manifest itself very cloarly omi causes tho great work to go on in unity and strength. Tho report from tho Charleston Association was the most cheering, especially siuco the labors (boro of Mr. Watkins, Gonornl Stato Scoretary. An appropriation of .throe hun-; dred dollars is to be raised for tho purpose of enabling Mr. Watkins to visit different parts of tho State, wherever his services may bo desired. From the result so far hf the labors of M?\ Watkins much good may bo expected and uhcoring repot ts at tho next annual CUT vention to bo held nt Orangoburg. Tho hospitality of tho good people of An derson was unparalleled in providing for tho delegates, livery delegation wa? mot nt tho depot by committees and tho wants of all properly cared for. Your correspondent did not have the picas-, ure of remaining to tho farewell meeting of thc convention on Sunday evening, nur cnn n minute account be given of ull transactions in this small sketch, and wo fool that wo have doubtlet-a transgressed already, but wo hopo Ibis d'foription will give to tho people of Oconec an idea nf tho gr?at work which til?n organisation is carrying on, and also its worthy nbjeot. Thora is a great field of labor open in this county, and wo trust (hut tho members nf our Association will tuko new courage Lot this glorious banner again bo unfurled in our county with its sole object of recalling young men to a sense of their duty to themselves, their neighbors and their God, and who can toll what good niny rosoli? JOANN'KS. April ??Oth, 1870. County Sunday School Conven tion! Tho Executive Committee of tho Oconco County Sunday School Convention uiet in tho Court House at Walhalla on Thursday, 21th of April, nt 2 o'olook V. M. Present Hu v. J J. Neville, Chairman, Kev. Win, MeWhorter, Kev. Jepthu Hoad and Juhn L. Smith. A fi cr prayer thc Chair utan called Iho meeting to order and tho committee proceeded lo business as follows: On motion, J. NV. Stribling nnd 0. A. Smith were invited (o sit as advisory members. Tho following resolutions were unanimously adopted: Resolved, That n County Sunday School Con vention be hold on Friday, August 1st, and that n mass meeti 'g of tho Sunday SOIIOOIH of tho County bo held on Saturday, Joass meeting to ?oiaddressed by speakers scleoted for tho ooca on; exercises interspersed with singing. Resolved, That thc committee recommend lo schools, especially to superintendents, thc pro priety of grouping together in each township and hold mass meetings as early as convenient before thc meeting of tho convention. It wa? suggested that Walhalla be designated as tho . place for township mass meeting for Wagoner Township; Seneca City for Seneca Township; licthlchoni for ChafUga Township;' Center for Center Township; Westminster for Tugaloo Township; Salem for Kcowoe Township; Long Creek for Pulaski Township; Whitewater at such place as is most convenient. It is recommended that thc following pro gramme bo adopted for tho exercises of theso township mooiitigs: Mee', ol ll o'clock A. M ; occupy one hour in singing and short addresses; adjourn at 12 o'clock for lunch and recreation Meet again at 1 o'olook; spend an hour in sing ing and addresses and i ujourn at 2 o'clock. It is further recommended tliutthc superintendents of Sunday Sohools meei as soon ns convenient lo make arrangements for these township meet ings nnd make such changes in programme as may still them. It was (bought advisable not to appoint tho placo of meeting for tho County Convention until hitor. Hie following r solution was offered and passed: Resolved, That all ministers of thc County bo urgently requested to impress upon tho parents and children of their congregations thc impor tance ol' thee mass meetings and of thc con vention , After which thc ooiiimitl.ee adjourned to meet al tho samo place on Thursday, tho 12th ol Juno, at 2 o'clock. J. J. NEVI LLB, Chairman Kxcculivo Committee A 1 ) I fi KA sr. THAT WBROKS THE SVSTKK. livery function is doranged, evory nervo un strung, ovory muscle und fiber weakened bj fever un I ague. It is, in fact, a disease whicl if unohcokud, event na ly wrecks Hie system In all its types, in every phase, it ls dangorous destructive. Stupor, delirium, convulsions often attended it, and canso swift dissolution Hut when combaltod with Hoslcttor's Stomaol Hil tern its foothold in tho system is dislodged am every vo.sligo of it eradicated. Thnt benigt nnti-febrilo specific and prcvontivo of th dreaded sconrgo is recognized not only withii our own boundaries, but in tropic lands fa boyond thom, wheeo iniormitlonts and remit tents aro fearfully prevalent, to bo n sure anti dolo to the malarial poison and a rcliablo mean of overcoming disorders of tho stomach, live and bowols, of which o vitiated torrid almos phcrc and brackish miasma-tainted water ar extremely provocativo. All emigrants nm travelers should bo supplied with it. Bottled Lightning. Whon used for Rheumatism, Soro Throat Lumo book, Nonralgia, Spraino, Bruisoi Contraotod Muscles, Stiff Joints, Corns an Bunions, on human beings, and Spavin, Kin Bono, Galls, Soratohos, ole, on animals, Coui sons' Lightning Liniment in unequaled, an its oftoot simply olootrioal. As ita nam suggests, it is quick to rcliovo, and thousam: bear witness to its astounding virtuo Prioo 50 conti, For salo by R. E. Norman Bro. rho Democratic Candidato for the Presidency. I must ask permission, Mr. Editor, lo, lorreot tho publication of Ibo Now York Times, wblob appeared Ih your papor last fhursdi-y nimming in reforenco to tm inter low of myself on the subject of my profor ihce ns to the Democratic candidato fur tho 'residency, t? ?bo correspondent of th? New York; Tibet tamo into my nffioe, and woe introduced to. no ns Mr. Ifoffmno. ile said he wished to mow who i preferred ns tho Democratic can* lidate for the Presidency. I repli.ed prompt? y, "(he-iuoet awitabfo inan.n J was willing 0 uko Tilden, Hendricks. Thurman, Bayard ir any other Democrat wbp opuld.be sleeted* 1 had been in favor o? Uendncko for tho Inst) en or twelve tere, but still voted for Soy? nour in tho -New York Convention and fi r Cildoo at St. Louis, beoause i thought they vero the moat nvoilnblo candidates. Mr. lloll'man said to ino that Tilden and Icndrioka were not much talked of now, and? visited to know my preference between, Thurman and Bayard- . I.roplj?d that I waa lorfootly willing to take either, but that I upposod. Thurman's y.$nanqi?J vuyws^'Wero tfbV?'ib nt?bord with' tbtfSouth..than MyWrdV. . never paid, "Bayard has exhibited signs ofp veakness in bis ea ur s o towards tho South."' may fi further endifcajt s'KchijiA;ldea novers intorod my bend. J have for Senator Bayard* is a statesman and patriot, tho verv highes* .pinion,- and equally high as u.mnri; Of Voor,, nfolleot? and void of sectional feeling. In conclusion I will say, that tho Demo?, ratio porty would bo very foolish to( permit illy financial question to enter into the nomi iniion of a Democratic candidato fpr,the> 'r'esldency. Their sole consideration should ie tho restoration of tho government to hon ist consli'utiunnl principles in its administra, ion. the freedom of olcotions from oil rhllii.' ary role, thu prcservnlion of tho rights of ho States nnd (ho liberty nf tho citizens.. Tho candidates fir tho I'rosidonoy and Vlce >rosidonoy should bo from the groat Wost nd Northeast. No Southern man should lo. pnkon of, or thuugbt ol in the selection of >omocrntic candidates. There is still, nt the forth, a strong prejudice against what they erm "Somborn Bebels," and any ono of that lass put on tho D?mocratie ticket would? lefent it. . (j Let mo also say, (bat whilst 1 know, andi II the American penplo know that Tild?n, ,nd Hendricks wove elected by thrco or four nindrod thousand votes, they noted properly, md so did the Pomoorntio party in not io olving Ibooouiilry in n civil war nod revalu ion by contorting Ihn cl cet iou, after it hud icon referred lo orbit ration, no matter how rrung nnd fra mi ul eat ibo award was.. li . F. PERRY. Sans Suuco, April 25th, 1879. CHICAGO, April 20.-A dispuloli to tho Vimrs from Houston, Texas, says that a> load occurred in that city yestt rday which ins been thc most destructive ot any in its listory. The water roso twelve feet from ! A. M. lo 8 A. M., and continued-rising ll day. Thc old cemetery wus almost, u tirol y inundated, and many railings: round tho graves were tern away nod, ar ri ed down strcum. Many buildings, tere submerged and residents driven out.. )n Texas avcniic thc water roso from four o len feet in the dwellings Many houses loated owny, and others wcro in danger. [Mie long brii?go a or ess thc bayou on Pr H on street wos momentarily expected lo. uccuuib to tho pressure of ibo nooumulutcd Irift. Warehouses, foundcrics, stores, &c.,, io flooded.' All the buildings on tho. South side, from the corner of Matoo and /Oinmerco streets to Travis i-trt-ot, hnvo heir rear ends abd cellms filled. Tho lom! extended all over the Sti-to in a girutcr >r less degree. A DANOKUOUS TOUPOU.-Torpor or in tctiviiy of thc kidneys is seriously dungcr >us to those organs, since it is tho precedent >f diseases which destroy their substance md endanger life. This sluggishness'moy JO overcome by stimulating them, not ex-. :cssivcly, but moderately, un effect produced jy Hosteller's Stomuch Bitters, a general nvigorant ami alterativo, possessing diuretic [tropcrtics of no common order. Tho im ictus which this admirable medicine gives ,u their evacuative, function counteracts any> endency to congestion which mny exist in heir tissues. Both they and their associate Jig rn, t ho bladder, aro invigorated'as well, is gently stimulated by tho Bitters, which exerts a kindred influence upon tho stem-. ? ch, liver and bowels, mid by strengthening tho system, enables it to withstand malarial, epidemics, to which when expoaod it might Dtherwisc sucoumb. TAX RETURNS -o:o-r COUNTY AUDITOR'S OFFICER WALHALLA, 3. C., APRIL 29,1870. NoTlCM is hcrjby given (hat thc Auditor's. ??Tico will bo open lo reoeivo TAX RETURNS, from Juno 1st lo July 20lb, J870. Thc Auditor or his Assistant will attend at the following places nt tho time specified for the assessment of l'crsonnl Property, viz! West Union, Mondny, .lune Hi h. Scncoa Oily, Tuesday and Wednesday, Juna lOMi and lilli. Hird Abbott's, Thursday, Juno 12th. Sin cm's Mills, Friday, Juno l?t h. J. B, Sanders', Saturday, Juno litb. Fair Piny, Monday and Tuesday, June 16Kb, and 17th. Bachelors' ltotrcat, Wednesday, Juno 18th. Westminster, Thursday nnd Friday, June 19th, and 20th. Thomas Powell's, Saturday, June 21st.. Fot?n Hall's, Tuesday, Juno 21th. Mrs. Bnrkcr's, Wednesday, Juno25ll MoDada'n Mills, Thursday, Juno 2Gt' , William Rowland's, Friday, Juno 27th, h iv's Mills, Satur,lay, June 28th. Talley's Shops, Tuesday, July 1st. High Falls, Wednesday, July 2d. After the 20th of July the returns of (hose fulling to return will bo made from tho best in* formation that eau be obtained anti fifty per cent, adlcd thereto. All malo perrons from twenty-one to sixty years of age, oxoepting thoso exempt by Jaw, are required to return their polls. Merchants, manufacturers and bankers must mako their returns strictly according to law. Eaoli tax.payer, except when impossible to do so, mull mako their own ref?rn. Alf assessments of porsonai prop?rly must bo "Ibo usual selling price of" similar proporty on t li o usual i ?rrns '?t exeonlora'^of administra tors' sales, at tho plnoo wh?ro. Ihc nt (ir ri, is rpado." )\ KJM&^W** Auditor Oconco County. May 1, 1870