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THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1880.
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?&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
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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.
AN old physician, retired from practice, hav
ing bad jdaccd in his hands by an East India
missionary thc formula of a simple vegetable
remedy for thc Speedy und permanent cure for
consumption, bronchitis) catarrh, asthma and all
thront mid lung affect "ona, also n positivo and
radical euro for nervous debility and all nervous
complaints, after having tested ils wonderful
curative powers in thousands of cases, bas felt
it bis duly to make it known lo bis sulfuring
follows, /.ciliated by this motivo and a desiro
to relievo human Bullering, 1 will send free of
charge to all win) desire it, Ibis recipe, in Ger
man, french or English, with full directions for
preparing and HSjng. Sent by mail by address
ing willi stamp, naming Ibis paper, \V. NY.
Siii'iiAH, l-l'.) Powers' block, Rochester, N. V.
Oct -, IV.T'J .llbCovViUt
."-briner's Indian Vermifuge is perfectly safe
and easily administered. It is Cheap and will
give satisfaction. Try it.
M 4' w A? v** a* ? ?se BBB v, ii {s.
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
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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