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'?mjj _i -??.i.ii ?.?. li.J-.iil .IMIIII.?.nu nil Fill! KiiOW??l! COI/lt IE lt . ^TuV HI lTat, ?UlTit "? ?;0. -o . THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1880. t?f* l'or subscription, $1.50 per annum, VfiTc?Ty m advance; for six months, l'y ccnt.i. 069" Advertisements inserted at one dollar per square of one inch or less for the first insertion, and fifty cents for each subsequent insertion. ' 19" Obituary Notices exceeding Jive HMS, Tribubcs of Respect, Communications of a per. tonal character, when admissable, ami Announce ment s of Candidates will be charged for as adver tisements. ?&f" Job Printing neatly and cheaply executed. JSiOf Necessity compels us to adhere strictly to the requirements of Cash Payments, Un Tuesday morning last tho sun roso bright and ?beering after soveral days of iv ur m, rainy weather. During tho day a oold wind was blowing and on Wednesday morning Ibero was ?considerable ice aud tho suriaco of tho ground Was frokon. Wo have had so few cold nights ??? days lo this limo that tho sudden chaugo gives men the shakes. Wo hopo we will now hate settled winter weather. Concert. Miss White's Coucort Company will givo n free entertainment in tho Court House on Thurs day night, tho lGth Instant, and on the following night another entertainment will bo given at Which ?10 prioo of admission will lie l wooly ? live Cents for adults and for children under twclvo years old len ocnts. All tho performers, five in number, aro blind ladies and gentlemen, mid wo see from our exchanges that they exhibit a <klgh order of musioal talent. Tho object of .tho company ls to apply all fur.ds received lo tho ?stabliehmcnt of an industrial homo for thc blind, without regard to Stalo lines, it being .open to all who have been educated and taught a trade. This company is deserving of large patron ago, 'not only on account of their reputed musical accomplishments, but nlso on account of their all?otions and (ho beneficent purpose they have In view. Thc company has a splendid siring baud with a quarlclto of accomplished singers. Tho entertainment will consist ol' "duols, trios, quartettes and choruses, with negro melodics, plnulntion songs and condo solos." Wc bespeak for them a full house. Tho Mudd lo in Maine Tho Supremo Court of Maine decided sub-, stantially against tho count of Gov. Ghircoion and his Council, in excluding members of tho Legislature ou technical grounds. Thc Fusionists, Domocrats and Ci eon back ors, assembled in tho Stato House mid organized both brunches of tho Legislature. The Se? unto elected Mr. Lnmbsou, President of that body. Meantime tho term of Governor Gar celun and Council expired. Tho Fusionisis met regularly each day in th? Slate House, .but had no quorum-thc Republicans absent ing themselves. After tho expiration of the "term of offico of Governor Garccloo, General ?Chamberlain, Commander-in-Chief of the militia, assumed control cf affairs generally, to protect tho property of tho Stale and sec that tho interests ol tho State "stifler no detriment." On tho 12th, President Lamb ton Bent in n letter to the Sonnie, announcing that bo bad assumed tho dulios of Governor. At G o'olock P. M. tho Kcpublieiins took possession of tho legislativo halls and organ ized both bouses. Joseph A. Locke was oboson President of tho Senate, and may assume the oflico of Governor also. Tho following order was passed by tho Republican Sonatas "Ordered that iv committee, consisting al throe members of tho Senate, bc appointed j .by tho President to report to ?ho Senate for 4ts action whothcr tho Seunto shall call upon tho Justices of tho Supreme Court for their opinion touching tho legal organization of thc Sonato for tho GOtli Legislature, and report for tho action of thc Senate such questions as tho law and facts rcquiro in thc premises." AUGUSTA, January 12-11 P. M.-It is announced (hat tho Fusionists will proceed at onco to tho election of ii Governor and nil stuff officers, but it is still claimed that Lambson will not bc recognized as Governor by General Chamberlain. Tho Extra Session. Tho Columbia Register and several of our Other exchanges advocate tho call of an extra Bossion ns essential to thc collection of thc taxes levied by tho last Legislature, on the ground that tho Supply Act as it was enrolled and ratified did not receive tinco several readings in tho Senate and IIouso of Repre sentatives, as roquired by Section 21 of Anij clo 2 of tho Constitution. It is claimed, and wc believe admitted generally, that the Sup ply Act as agreed on in a committee of con? fcronoo between tho two House?, fixed tho lory for Stdio purposes at 4\ mills, but hy 8omo clorioal error in enrolling tho bill 1] mills wore inserted, and thc bill in this shape was ratified and approved. It is also claimed that tho sum of $3,000 was inserted for tho Charleston Military Company, which tho House refused to appropriate. Tiloso favor* ing an extra session claim that the payment of tho present tax of 4ij mills can bo suc cessfully resisted in law, and if such resist* nnco bo m ado that tho Stato will havo no funds to run tho government unless a now supply bill bo passed. Tho Governor, it seems, lins expressed his views adverso to tho call of an oxtrn session, stating that in his judgment no such extraordinary occasion exists, as would demand an extra session, nnd that thc supposed error is a matter for thc courts. As to thc $3,000 improperly appro priated, tho Treasurer can refer' to thc jour nals of tho two bodies, and If he linds that no such appropriation was made, ho can refuse to pay it ont. Should an clio rt be mado to.compel tho Treasurer lo pay thc money, it could bo successfully resisted at tho expenso of tho complainants. Wo mc glad to seo tho Governor lins taken thc view ho has of tho mutter, for wo boliovo our peo., plo will pay tho one-fourth mill without com plaint, whilo if tho Legislature wcro rocon vencd tho expense of tho extra session would necessitate a further levy nnd its expenditure. Tho onO'fourth mill, it is estimated, will raiso about $25,000 moro than will be ro quired for Stato purposes, but if paid, il will bo in tho treasury next winter and will bc a furid lo roduco our noxt tax. If, however, nu extra session bo culled, this ?25,000 will bo spent nod perhaps un additional sum Without bcnotU to any ono. Tho Anderson Journal takos tho saino view of th'n matter, and wo approvo fully cf itu article on Ino kubjtict. THE COLUMBIA CANAL. Wo publish on our ilrst pago tho rom arks of Col. J. W. Livingston, us furnished us by him, tnndo in tho Semite during tho conside ration ol tho Columbia Canal Dill. How? over bou est our Senator may huvo bcou in his opposition to this bill, und however unjust ho may havo regurded its provisions to tho tux payers of tho State, wo aro. compelled to di Uer with him, both ns to bis opposition to tho bill and tho grounds for such opposition, for whilo wo bclievo with him thc Lino llidgo Railroad is a grund enterprise, and if com pleted, would bo n mino o? wealth and a source of unending prosperity to tho Stato, yob if tho Legislature cannot seo this, or sec? ing it, refuses to lend it aid in any way, wo cannot say that is a good reason for our ro? fusing to aid sonio other cntcrpriso which must provo, in the cud, n sourcoof profit and prosperity to tho people of tho wholo ?Stale. Let us for a moment consider tho features of tho bill which called forth the opposition of tho learned Senator. Tho State docs two things on its part, to wit: Undor Section 10 tho property is to bc exempt from taxation for len years, and under Section G tho State agrees to furnish to the parties two hundred and fifty able bodied convicts, tho parties to feed them and thc Stato to clotho and guard them, provided ibero-aro in ibo penitentiary that number of convicts. Section 10 reads as follows: "That for thc purposo of inducing capital to invest in milli upon tho said canal ur canals thc cotton mill horoiubcforo provided for, and any oilier mill or mills, warehouses or other structures pertaining thereto, erected upon tho enid canal or canals, which shall bo used and employed in tho manufacturo of cotton fabrics, yarn or other material ol' any kind, shall bo entitled, and are hereby declared to be entitled, lo all thc rights and privileges extended to individuals und associations of individuals in ti rebate of tuxes fol" ten year-1, in accordance with the provisions of un act entitled 'An act to aid and encourage manu factures,' approved December ~0, 1873? and ibo same provisions ave hereby mudo and shall ba deemed part and parcel td* this act." The learned Senator objecta lo tisis section for two reason.-: First, because ibo Section is unconstitutional; second, becauso it pro poses to exempt?'7/iis valuable j)ro/>er/y from taxation for u long term of years after it has passed into thc hands of Northern capitalists." As to thc first point, without discussing thc question, wo think tho act constitutional, as thc parties pay their taxes and it is refunded to them, tho net being itt tito nature (d' an annual appropriation to the company of the .amount it pays in taxes, which the Legisla ture has the clear right to do for this or any other public or private enterprise likely to benefit tho wholo Stale. This company enjoys, under this section, thc samo and no other privileges than arc extended to the Westminster Factory, the Camporelown and Piedmont Mills, in Greenville, and, in fact, all other factories built in this Slate since December 20, 1873. The net proceeds on tho same principle an that which led, in Ibo curly days of our go vorrmcnt, to ibo passage of t? high protective tari ll', in order lo encourage tho establishment of manu factories in eur country, lt proceeds, too, on thc Minie wiso principle which led thc States of Texas', Kansas and other Western, newly sCltlcd States, to donato to all actual settlers a homestead ?foighty orono hui.died acres of hind, whereby their population and taxable properly rapidly increased and they have become rich and prosperous Slates. Rill when the Semi'or speaks of exempting thin valuable property front taxation for ten years, wc would ask him ol'what value is Ol' bas boon thc Columbia Cantil in tho past and w here is "thia valuable propcrlyu until ii is built? This canal for fifty years has not been worth a chew of tobacco to tho State, and so it might remain unless some induce ment be held out fur its development. D..cs thc State loso anything by this bill? Will our taxes be increased during Ibo ton years of its exemption from taxation, and after that, if the factory bc built, will it not bc a source of ineomo for all (imo to the State? Rut thc Senator objects lo the Section because thc factory is to bo owned by Northolm capital ists. We know no .Wu iii or South, but only tho interests of our State, und really we regard U.ii objection the strongest argutnonl in favor of the bill. If capital in uer own Stato was to be wholly cm ploy od in tho build ing of ibis factory, eec, then it would ht virtually withdrawing that much proportj from tho taxablo property of thc Stale but if tho capital c 'ines from abroad tho Slate l.t?M none ol' its taxabh property, while from tine:) to fivo li und rei ? thousand dollars from abroad is brought int' and ?'pent in tho Slate, assuming a penna nont and tangible .shape, subject at a futur fixed period, to become a sonrco of revenu to thc State. When the capital once cunio j ami is invested hero it becomes Southon capital and its owners Southern men, ami a j for ourselves we would bo glad to sec a bundie ! million of dollars brought hero and invoste on tho fumo terms us iboso offered io th Columbia Canal Act. Hut tho Senator speaking of tho Act ( li>7o, says: "Where arc tho millions of capi tal and tho thousands of immigrants whic woro to fellow its passage?" Wo will rcpl that in our opinion tn ne spindles have bee put in operation in South Carolina in the si yours since tho passage of that act than i one hundred years prior to its passage, an ibis, too, in the faeo nf eur great poverty ar loss cf properly, lind in e. few years the: factories will begin to pay taxes lo the Stat As to this particular bill tho rights of tl Stale are well guarded. Tho parties may | into possession of tho proporty at onco, wi 1 all ibo rights and Irancbises con fer rod 1 tho act foi* tho purpose of carrying out i provisions; but the title shall remain in tl Stato until Ibo conditions of the act aro con plied willi, or until tho parties cuter in j bond with good sureties to tho Stale to I approved by the Attorney (lonoral in t j sum of $100,000 conditioned for tho faithl I performance of their contract. Tho cont j thins are that tho parties in e .isidoration tho rights and franchises granted to tbei shall, within tho period of tlirco years fro thc dato nf tim contract, oomplolo thc coi struction ef a darn er danu, bulkhead*), <k co ns lo develop on tho Columbia tho lf>,000 herso hour?r and shall put in cporatii II ?m ;'niiii--?!???????IIIII.II? i.inwtiwmwiiliMiiinmii ?ti tho (?mo aforesaid ono cotton mill of 10,000 spindles, und shall gi YO to tho Statt) "fifteen hundred horso powor of water powor tn ho used or disposed of in such manaor and on suoh torma ns tho Stnto may direct." While tho Stato furnishos convict labor, which is of little or no value to it, it gets 1,600 horso power for its own usc, besidos developing un enterprise which may lead to others ulong tho canal until millions mny in ton years bo invested ulong this canal to tho great enrich ment of the Slate Tho canal now stands Ibero a slugglish, hilo stream, bringing profit to no ono. Tho starting a great factory at tho capital of tho State may also load in n fow years to weaving and stamping, until tho great profit of cur staph) reaped by tho Northern manufacturers will bo kept nt hamo. Furthermore, tho act reserves to tho Stato full right to quarry rocks at any point, pr:.? vided it docs not intorfcro willi t li o dam or abutments of tho partios and overy right not injurious to thu franchiso conferred by tho net on tho parties moutioned in it. If the parlies fail to comply willi tho conditions by developing tho ennui and putting in opera? tion 10,000 spindles in threo yours, then tho property willi all tho rights and frnuchiscs conferred shall revert to tho Stato. Where, now, lies tho injury to tho Stuto or tho tax payers from this act? Do not prom ised benefits flow from overy word and lino of ibo net, without tho cost of a dollar to the lax pay ora, for iho convicts must ho clothed and guarded and it is belter to keep thom at WOlk than otherwise. Tho Slate ^cta moro actual value in tho waler power granted to it than tho little thc convicts could ho hired for, apart from the futuro benefit in increasing tho taxable properly ol tho State. Suppose the pm lies do nothing, then tho Stale loses nothing, neither in properly, convict labor nor water power. Suppos?, on the other band, thc contract is carried out, then in ten years wo may see not 10,000 spindles, hut fifty or ono hundred thousand along tho banks of Ibis immense waler power, with leonis, and it may be, all tho machinery for stamping cloth. Thc question is simply whether it is hotter to let that canal How along sluggishly, fur? nishingu retreat for toad and bull frogs, to thc benefit of neither (?ic Stato nor tho tax payers, or whether by encouraging ita dc volopiucnt, without any actual expenditure of money, we shall make it thc motivo power ol hundreds of thousands of dollars worth -of miiohinory devoted to convening our great staple into thread and cloth and keeping the profus ut honio. Wo advocate thc latter alternativo n.> Ibo true policy of ibo State, and wo rejoice to know that while our Senator can say "thou canst not say that I did it," wu can ray there was a su Iii? oient number of our members to ihc Legislature who wero willing to go homo to their constituents and toll them that they were willing to give to North ern ht rangers or Southern capitalista or any other person tho franchises und privli leges conferred by tho act on tho conditions ii a tu od in thc act. For years Ihc canal has been open for de velopment by cither Northern ur South ern men, and until now no ono has ( fl'ercd to do it. Thc terms uro stringent and ibo rights of the Stato aro protected. Jt can lose nothing and may gain a groat deal, and so far as Northern men and Nolhcrn capital arc concerned, who does not know when they invest hore in to great an enterprise they becomo Southern men and Southern capital. Wc wish wo had u thousand such companies with Northern capital lo 'no invested hero in Suilh Carolina on tho saino terms. Ono word moro and wc arc dono with this subject. If this canal should he developed und the factory put in operation, M provided in thc act, and ii.0 investment should prove remunerative, as wo have every roasou to believe it will, first, because Ibo expenses ol compressing and shipment would bo ?nVCuJ ?oojiid, because by reason of our mild climate tho mills could bo run all thc year, without tho heavy expense of wood or coal required lit tho North to keep tho rooms at a proper temperature, and third because laborers in this mild clim a te ctn do more work 'han in tho freezing climate ol Massachusetts; thou lhere aro tho strongest grounds to expect that other companies would invest herein simihll enterprises. In taking Ibis position wo aro not tobo understood as approving any notion of thc Legislature in refusing to grant reasonable and liku aid to tho llluo Kidgo Railroad. We regard itnn enterprise pregnant with th?, highest interests of tho v.hole State and hopi yet to fco it completed und our COiiiicolioi with the great West assured for all lime. Ii lins matter we ngreo fully with '.he patrioth words of our Senator. Mr. 1). M. Thompson, ono of tho parti? who propose to develop thc Columbia Canal was soroiindod at tho Wheeler House in Co lumbla Inst Saturday night. In ibo cours of his remarks, he stated he had boon in th S.mth nearly a year and in Columbia eight o nine weeks, mid that while, before cumin hero, bo entertained tho usunl unfnvorubl opinions of iho South held by Kollh?rn mer yet in all his travels in tho South ho ha boen favorably impressed with what bc ha seen, and that ho had failed to seo anythin wlilob should deter persons in thc North froi bringing their onpitnl into tho South. In speaking of manufacturing in tho S.nitl ho said! "There is not ono of thc enterprise of tho country that gives i-o much promise ? Iho extension of manufacturo? into thc Soutl Wo can gather herc manufactures in suffield force to supply all tho markets of tho wor With coarse goods, and it will bo impossib for Great Britain or cheap labor in Franco compelo with thc South." In speaking of tho propost 1 Factory : Columbia, ho said: "Wo uro about cntorin upon a mailor that very greatly concerns i of us, I sny us, because I regard myself ono of you. I havo pledged myself, ai very largely pledged my means In this onie priso, and ? shall do all in my powor to u complish it. It is moro important tbnn au thing ever presented to tho pcoplo in ibis any other community of tho Soiilh. Wo ti entering on a period of unexampled prospc ity. Ciionmstnnces nil conspire lo makb t present tho most favorable opportunity I ha ,pvor known, and nothing short of tho gre prem?eos that it seems to hold ont would lin in .1 ticed mo to expend so much limo ai tnonoy upon it. I havo every reason to Lo? licvo that 1 shall succeed." Mr. Thompson ia from Hhodo Island and talks Uko n man who intoudod to carry out tho contract sot out in tho net of the Logisln turo. Wo hopo ho will nnd thal our manu* fact a ring interests will grow and expand until wo sholl bo ablo to spin nil tho cotton grown in our State. Tho Columbia Canal. Wo had tho pleasure on yesterday of in specting sonto elegant maps and drawings of tho Columbia canal, which were uiudo and exhibited by Mr. ]). M. Thompson, of tho well known engineering firm and manufacturers of Thompson & Nagle, of Providence, lt. I., to whom wo uro also iu debted for a lucid and extended explanation of thc purposes and views of tho company ho represents, und kuown as tho Columbio and Lexington Water Power Company. ]!y rcccut uct of thc South Carolina Legislature, as wo understand it, these gentlemen, for n nominal consideration, have bcooino pos sessed of all that inagnilicent waiter power in Columbia on tho Congarco Uiver, nud known as tho Columbia canal. It is pro posed to build a factory of 120,000 spindles, which will bc, no doubt, the entering wedge to tho utilizing of oil tho vast amount of power now idle, and which ouly-needs cap ital to mako it os good paying property os any in tho world. Thc canal will be live milos long and 200 feet wide, and will bo 21,000 horso power when completed, which will bc in about two years. Mr. Thompson is very enthusiastic oh tho subject, and an indefatigable worker. Ho says when it is properly shown to capitalists in his section it will bo as easy for bisseelior. to got 820, 000,009 as it would to "ct *) ,000,000. This development will help out not only Augus ta but tho entire South. Ho is a fluent talker, a clear-headed thinker, and very en ergetic. Wc are suro the day is dawning for our neighbor on the (Jon gu roo j ami wo hereby extend our heartiest congratulations. [Augusta Evening j\rewsf Jan, 9. Tho Crisis iii Maino. Matters in Maino aro not improving, and tho unsettled nnd threatening aspect of affairs onuses serions appr?hension in Official circles. Thc Republicans propose to test ibo legality of thc organization of tho House, and bring tho matter before tho Supremo Court, by an injunction to prevent tho State Treasurer from paying tho mi longo and salaries of thc members. Startling developments uro ex? peeled when the bribery committee pets to work. As malters advance, tho feeling ol doubt and distrust BCOiilS ti increase rathol than diminish. Nu regular call has been made for troops, bot tho military power it becoming unusually conspicuous. General Chamberlain is in constant consultation with tho civil authorities, livery ono reems to ..c preparing for A collision which may happen at any moment. Tho politicians aro reported as being somowhat norvons, and the tfusionisU ure decidedly panicky. They aro anticipat ing a struggle for lim possession of ibo Sum lionne, and all aro cager f r thc prnminonl bribery revelations, which it is hoped wlj chango the threatening aspect of a Hairs Con. Chamberlain hus issued a general ordei staling that, in view of the extraordinary situation now presented ut the seat of govern (noni, ho would assume command and pr..ti c (ho publie property ami institutions of tin State in trust for the people until tho Govern or's Fuccossor bas been legally elected am installed. Hy this oilier, Cen. Chambeilaii assumes, temporarily. Ibo ellice of Govern, and Cummnndcr-ih-Chidf. I Palmetto Ye tman. School Commissioner's Salary. Mi:s.>-it ?. lint TOUS: In your la^t issuo wi said something about bow poorly our teacher were paid. As our County School Commis sionor is paid-from thc rcbnol fund, lot u e Ul)parc his salary with that Cf tho teachers Cur School Commissioner's ac: mut, filed in thc County Treasurer's ol??oo, shows tba ho recoil ed for thc Hist fpiartor $150 for thc second quarter ?141, for thc thin q u arter Sill, being Sl"55, for nln months, Ills fourth quarter's salary bas m been paid, os two months of it ia chnrgoabl to ibo prcsont year. Tho fourth quarter wil carry his salary as high as ibo law will pei mit, viz: ?C00. There aro ?omo strange thing, in connel lion with tho machinery of this office Tin is why it lakes M> much mme time to pei form tho duticj of tho cilice now, when ll Commissioner i ; paid by thc day, than who tho salary wai annual. Lot us compare When Dr. Tims. L. Lewis was School Con; missioner ho gave notice that bo would mal tho first Saturday in each month bis regub office day, thereby performing tho office woi in twelve days. His sab. ry was an nun Mr. M. H. Dendy, in reply to an artic written by mo, says bo received $282 for b last year's salary, being ninety, four days f odien duty and visiting schools. Our prosoi School Commissioner will doubtless re?oit pay fur two hundred days, nearly till fi ollicc duty. Now, tho strange part is, how is it that oi School Commissioner can perform Ibo otli work in twelve or ii ft con days on an nunn salary and it Inlccs another one hundred Ol fifty or f-ixty days to do thc same work wh ho is phill by tho day. There avo oilier fa< in connection with this office of late. 'J' average torin of our freo schools is four five months. Hy examining tho Commissio cr's quarterly salary we sea that bc recoil about thc same whotl the tcliools aro clos as whoo in session. Tho teachers of our County roccivo t smallest average salary of any teaohors tho State, viz: $14.93 per month. If \ n vera go our Commissioner's salary for t average school term bc receives about ?1 per month. Tho, Commissioner re?oives 100 por cont, und ibo teacher roooivoo bis per cont, ono limo and lifty or sixty poe co nt another time. Tho school law gives tho Board of 13 s an nora power to limit tho number of days n niuount per day that tho School Comm sionor may servo and receive. Wo thin) our Honrd would givo this subject duo com Oration they will como to tho sanio conclus that wo* have: That is, that tho work of office can bo performed in less iban (won five days and all thc schools can bo visited forty days. 1 will here remark that ? havo boon leai ing in this County ton years and onco dur tho period my school has been 0Aloin visited by n School Commissioner. '1 leads mo to believe that sojiool oflii concilier money ypent for thia purp ?AGLE AN COLUMI IT HAS N 10 Hall? to round, O 30 Hall* to l'oiiiMl, 'J'' PACKED IN CASES OF 20,30, 5 mO(F?M (?irlu?!Eu 08W BOLD BY .A-IL JC^-ASK FOR "EAGLE & PHENI January 8, 1880 is Bimply wasted. At least tliis is our opinion. Wo think that $200 would amply pay for all work actually nec essary in connection with tins oflico, thereby leaving $400 in favor of tho echools. This $100 thus saved would keep ono hum died children in school four months. Ono moro remark und I lmvo done Our Board of Examiners ucoel moro prompt rules in regard to teachers coming forward to bo examined. Last Octobor tho Hoard gave notico that tho School Commissioner's ollieo would bo opon from October tho 15th to Octo? ber 24tll for tbopurposo of examining teach0 orr, being timo suflioicnt to examino ovcry tonohev in Ocoaco and Pickons. About ono third of ibo feathers carno forward. Sinco that timo thc Commissioner has been in nt* tendance lit hil Ol?cc. I hilVO been in tho ollice several times recently, and I frequently lind only ono teacher undergoing an exami^ nation. Tho Commissioner spends tho day with this solitary teacher and a few days after this tho hoard will meet and pnss on tho examination, thus requiring two dayo attendance by tho School Commissioner nt three dollars per elay, Costing six (lollara to examino ono teacher. If wo had sufficient school funds to run our schools ten months 1 would not object to paying $000 to oar Commissioner. This year we will have less funds than any year since tho introduction of tho prosont system of free schools. Therefore I do think our school fund should bo economically spent, and trust that our school o (Hoers will give this subject duo consideration. ? In my next article I will tell you some thing about thc progress wo aro making in education in our free schools. iv. fl ' i) E3 il ??3 j> ? J 'Fl Dil ?'Cd. 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Notice io Fiduciaries. 4 DMINISTItATOllS, Executor*, Ctuar A di ans, Trustees and other Fiduciaries j are. required to conic forward and make their annual returns according to law. HIGH ARI) LEWIS. Judge of Probato of 0:oncc County. Jan. l?, 1SS0 0-2t Corn For Sale! IWILL SELL nt my farm on Seneca River, on THURSDAY tho 22d instant, about 500 Bushels Com. TERMS ON DAY OF SALE. W. A. LOWERY. Jan. 14, 1380 0-11 ft IJUUtj 1879 .A.KT DD I88O. OKCONU SESSION begins MONDAY, February Killi. Thc rulo, "cash in tidvanec" for Col lege dues, adhered lo strictly. II. STRONG, Treasurer. January 15,1880 0 MOTI?l? is hereby given (hat Ibero will be an ii election for nc Intendant and six Wardens for Ibo Town ol' Walhalla on MONDAY, Janu ary 10, 1880. C. h. Illili), Intendant. J. E. HKNIMUX, Clerk pro tem. Jan 16, 1880 O-U ^E will Fol! f.t Hie lt. Press Smith bouse, five or six ediva below ?eiiOou Oily, a lot of CORN,supposed to ha oighly bushels, oil TUES DAY, ibo 20th Instant. NORTON ? JOHNSON, Agenls, J lunary 1 ">, |880 'Jit Administrator's Sale. I) Y virtue of an order of ll.-c Probat o Court for ) Ocoaco County, tt. <;., mada I Hi li January, 1880, 1 will sell io the highest bidder, lor (.ash, at my residence, in said Cornily, at 11 o'clock on .Someday, ibo ?Mst day of January instant, ono lot ol' Cora, about ono hundred ?ind thirty bushels, about seven bushels of wheat and about Ihreo hundred bundles nf fodder. JOHN T. UODtH.b, A dm in 1st ra I nr. January lo, 1880 '.t ?i' D PHENIX rBCt ?LL. 0~ EQUAL* nc Po ii II tl Packaged IVO Pouisd UD:tjicr ?ioxcs. 0, ?0O OR 000 POUNDS EACH. JOBBERS. X." USE NO OTHERS 8-ly New A<lvcriiwcniciils. BEST IN THE WORLD ! ) p ppHl^ I ?mnih'O X;?-Cnr?> Roda in of it digit fly ?\fvty wMto color? Jit muy iippcnr ? lt. Wo? cvumtitCii by 11 N(-W, ??ut n ?OBIft?AM?SON WII'IIC CIlllItOBI tc <'<\r.i kiAi*W? AND tl A .12 M Mt ?> MUAN!) v. lil okow tiio lUftoronco. Kc? tit tit VoilV T?::Mi?:r Roiln I?i white n mi ??s S? nun.totild i?o A rr, KI?11BK.AU fJU?iSl'A.NCti?l Utititl lor io oil. A simplo I nt sovfin test of tim comrnrotivo vallie) ot iHffcrriit liiatiils ot Podii into dfstolvo a doBtiortt-poon ful t.| eut? lt Ind willi about n pint ?flt witwr tliot preferred) in cica? tdiwsi s, flin in,? until nil in thoroughly dissolved. Tho dolota lions in>>oliib!o lin Ute in I ho IIIIVJI lor Botin will bo shown :il!i r i ci I ?ins- Mimo Iwonly minnies on sooner, by tho milky imuoiirtinco or tho liolutlou Mid tba finit.my tC iioatiuj tieck ywatterac coraitiu to quality, Bo Btiro ?ititi nsk foi- Church &. Co.'? Soda and r*e Hutt their nnmo is on tlio pauhngo mid you Will tnt tito purest IIIIII whiioot mudo. 'Jim usn ct till* willi sour mille, ill ptclortnro to lhiklnj; 1'OWdcr, (Hived twenty limos ils vost, Seo ono ponn<1 pnokago fi r valuaMo informa. lion und loud carefully, SHOW TIMS ?? YOUR GROCER. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, OCO?AOO County. By Riobard Lewis, Iflsq., Judgo of Probate; Vlf 1110 ll AS, O. W. Loathers bas mado Tl suit to inc to grant bim Letters of Administration of tho l?sttito aud .l??Tcctfl of NY, W. Lou tilers, deceased-? Those aro, tbcreforo, to cite nod admon ish all aud singular t ho ki nd rod and credi tors of tho said W. W. Leathers, that they bc, and appear, beforo ino, in t o Court of Probate, to bo held at Walhalla, S. C., on Thursday, -9th of J-jnuary, 1880, oft or publication hereof, at ll o'clock in thc forenoon, to Bu OW cau3c, if any you have, why tho said administration should not be "-ranted. 0ivett under my lund and son!, this tho Pith day of January, Anno Domini 1880, mon AUD LKW is;. Juline of Probate of Uconcc County.. Jun. 15, 1880 9-2 ~ DELI N QU MT LANDS; 'pill1, following is tho Delinquent Land Mst for 1 Oeonce County for Taxes of Fiscal Your 1S78: CKNTRK TOWNSHIP. Alonzo F Daniels, lilts aeres. Parmelia band, 1 aero. Janies lt yinni, 80 aeres. RUN KOA TOWNSHIP. Wm It Addis, 103 acres. Joseph ll llmlgins, -Hi acres. Mrs Mary T Lewis, 2 10 aeres ami 1 building.' Mrs Ksiher C L'orohcr, 3'lli aeres & I building' Wm lt Taylor, lti acres. TUQALOO TOWNSHIP. Mary Morrison, 00 acres. A ry Siuilh, 150 acres. Jemiaia Smith, (JO aeres. Susan VnnlJivere, 7") acres. WAClHNfcH TOWNSHIP. Mrs Sallie Downes, I lol aud building. Stephen Woods, p c, !, ) acres. KHOWKK TOWNSHIP. Mary 13 llunnieiitt. IOU acres. l?state ol' Kito<liv Marlin, 7"> acres. John M M lloblnsoii, 00 acres. PULASKI TOWNSHIP. Janies lt Cox, 700 acres. lt ober I M llix, 70 acres. A Oil ic Hughes, .. t acres. William Lee, SOO acres. John M M lloblnsoii, 100 acres. Nallian Sherri IT, 100 acres. Lorenzo D Thrift, 02? acres. WHITBWATKH TOWNSHIP. Wm Dodgins, 60 acres. Iiibn \V Wntson, OOO acres. Notice is hereby given timi tho whole of tho" several parcels, lois and paris ol' lois of real esl ale, described in Hie preceding Hst, or so' lunch thereof ns will be necessary to pay tho taxes, penalties and assossinonls charge.11hereon, ? will be .sold by (bo Treasurer of Oeonce County, South Carolina, al lils ellice in said County, on' Hie PI lt ST MONDAY in February, A, D. 1880|' unless said lar.es, penalties ?uni assessments fro' prtid before (hat lime, and cited salo will Do oon liitiieil from day (o day until nil of said pareo?s', lois nml purls of lois of real estato shall be sohl or Ottered for salo. J. N. GEORGE, Auditor Oconoo County. January lo, 1880 0 f5t N0TIC1? OF DISSOLUTION. TH H furn of LOVINOOOOD & KRVIN is this I day dissolved in consequence of tho death of ino senior pariner, which occurred tho 11th day of November, 1879. W. C. HR VIN, Surviving Partner. WALHALLA, S.C., December 31, 1870. COPARTNKRSIIIP NOTICE, BE,T?T & TBRWJBR, 1> AN KURS, Merehnndise llrokcra and Com-'-' ) mission Merchants. Walhall?, S. c., succos Roro to Lovinggooil & Krvin, Walbnlhi, S. C. Deposits reooived, Loans made, Kxchiiugo bought and sold and iv Oe ne ral Hanking Du si ness done. 'IMIK undersigned give noiico that (hoy will 1 conduct Ibo above described business with same oapital as iholr predcoOBSOrs. They assume nil liabilities and will fulfill all engagements Ol Ibo late linn nf Lovixunnon & I'.IIVJW. Kei^pcei fully, WM. C. Kit VIN. JOHN D. VKKNKR. January lol, lbtJO 81 ruc