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DIT KKRTU8, SMITH A CO. 7PlTs?ll%<?ll M* O, -o THURSDAY,' MARCH 18,1880. fi?jr Ifyr subscription, fl.SO MT annum, Strictly in advance; for six months, 1? cen ls. f tSjT Advertisements inserted at on* dollar Wt ty IM ns 0/ ono ?tic h or butty the fr si insertion, and fifty cent* for each sitbseq?eh'i insertion. mf* Obituary Notice* exceeding Jive lines, IMbubes of Respect, Communications of a per sonal character, when, admissable, and Announce - mente cf Candidate? will be charged for as adver tisements. 7 tfST Job Printing neatly and cheaply executed. WsW Necessity compels us to adhere strictly to the requirement* of Cash Payments? A Grand Excursion. Col. Robert A. Thompson fa ?bcent (bis week oa en excursioa to Cinoinoatl. Th? opening of tbeCinoinnatt Southern Hal I road io o ol obra ted there thia week. Very extensive and ox pon sive preparations have been made to colobrato this ?vont. Moron an ta, editors end business men from all portions of the South have gone tai Ciuoloneti upon the hospitality of that great oily. It is reported that a supper for tho in vited excursionists bas been contracted for at a e J3t of $20,0001 Sta J and County Taxes. Tho t i' j this year are duo and payable In two cqutit installments, tho first installment payublo from tho 1st day of May to tho 1st day of Juno, and tho second installment payablo from 11 i0 15th day of September to tho 81st day of Ot ?ber. lt is left to tho opliou of any person ? ?thor to pay tho amount of tho first installment (. no-half) at tho timo tho first installment is duo, or to pay tho whole amount of his or lieu tux at (ho time tho second installment is due. It tho first installment is not paid in May, a i . unity of ATO per cont, on tho amount of said installment is added whon tho wholo is paid in the fal). In other words, and to make it plain, all who fail to pay (ho first installment in May will be subjected to a penalty of 2J por cont, on tho whole amount of his or her lax; otherwise there is no penally added. Tho whole of your tax cnn bo paid at tho first in stallment if it is desired. ermmwmsWsWsWsmsWsmsWsWsmsWswmsVmWsmsm Death of H. O. SUgh. We are sorry to reoord the death of Mr. H. 0. Bligh, the seoond son of Capt. J. II. Bligh, of our town. Mr. Bligh, though an invalid from his early boyhood up to manhood, was one of our most enterprising and activo young mer chants, lie had just past his twonty-sccond birthday and l ad n'ready made for himself, by diligonco in business, e. ?uo reputation among Iiis 1. usines? assoolates nr.ci customers. For the past few months he hrs b?eo more or loss con ti ned to his bed from severe attacks of rheuma tism of thc heart. On Tuesday morning last the pains became more and more severe, and though tho pmus yielded for a short while to the skill of the physician, they soon returned with more severity and ended his young life about 5 o'clock r. M. After funeral services by tho pastor of tho Methodist Church in Walhalla he is lo bc buried at tho family burying ground near Mr. S. Y. Stribling, on Thursday afternoon. The State Convention. ROOKS or THE ] STATS DEM. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, > COLUMOIA, S. C., March 10, 1880. ) A Convention of tho D?mocratie party of South Carolina will assemble at Columbia on Tuesday, the 1st of June proximo, at 12 o'clock M., in tho Hall of the House of .tto precontatives. to nominato candidate* tor State officers, to nominate Electors for Presi dent and Vice President, to eleot dolegates to represent tho party in the National Demo* oratio Convention which convenes at Cincin nati on tho 22d of June, and to transact suoh othor business as tho convention may deem propor. Tho National Committee has ren quested State Conventions to instruct their delegates as to the question of the repeal of tho two-thirds rule now in force in Notional Conventions. Each county is entitled by tho Constitution of the party to as many dele gates as it has representatives in both branches of tho Gonernl Assembly. The exooutive committees of the counties are charged with the duty of calling their County Conventions to elect degatos. By order of the Committee. J. D. KENNEDY, Chairman. JOHN E. BACON, Seoretary. The Tax Levies. As the tax levies for the Eoveral counties were materially changed in some instances by the special session of tho Legislature from 1 hose fixed by tho regular session, tho fol 'wing rato for each county, condonscd from I'O Supply Act, will bo found of gcooral in ivost: Mills. Mills. Mic vi lie, II1, Ham well, 9} .kon, 12} Beaufort, 12? anderson, 0} Charleston, ll And special tax sufficient to raise $3,000 or military purposes. Mills. Mills. Ohostcr, 91 Georgetown, 12$ Chesterfield, 12} Greenville, 12} Clarendon, 12} Hampton, l;i\ Colinton 11} Horry, 10} Darlington, 11 f Korshaw, 13} Edgcfiold. 11-1 Lnncuster, 13 J Fairfield 12 1-5 And two mills in certain townships for public fences, if so much bo necessary. Mills. Mills. Laurens, ll Newberry, 12} Lexington, 111 Oeonee, ll Marlboro', 11} Orangoburg, 10} Marion, 11} And three quarter mill additional, if so muon, ho necessary, for defioienoy for school claims. Mills. Mills. Picken*, Of Union, 11} Riobland, 10} Williamsburg, 13} Sparenburg, 11} York, 9} Sumter, 12 Tbe difference between the act passed in December and the one passed at the special session shows ar. increase in the following oountios: Aiken } mill, Beaufort 1>, Charles? ton } and epeoiul military tax, Clarendon 1}, Fu ir fi old 1 1-5, Lancaster h Marion 2, Ge,m co ll, nnd a rodaotion io ' e following counties; Barnwell }'mill, Hor., & Lexing ton 1, Orangeburg }. Subscribe for the COURIER ?ow before thc campaign opens. Another JCxtra Session-The One? Legged Men and "State Wit* noeses" Can Also Fay the Ex penses of this Session. Mimas. Kdirons - Tb? General Asssinb?y sb oui* .beconvok?d at onoo. Vovy Important Meneiftcs aud Acts failed to rcoelv? the '"full number" of readings la th? Lobby at the Bxtra Session, and by ?beer tool* 1 dent a few Acts, together with other; things s geuerally, wer? left on the Olork's table and failed to secure the OoTcrnor'o great hand seal. Our dear legislators had so much oa the brain and under their ?Mri? that it was Impossible to empty th? on* and- dilute the olk*t in so short a lime as thirty days, that they might legislate intelligently. Tba Regular Session was truly a magnificent humbug, and reminded the one legged Brigade and Legion of State Witnesses of th? show man posting up his "world renown curiosities and w?nd?rs most extraordinary." Beaver hats and kid gloves had a significance, and the boom ia prices soon advanced beyond the reach of those receiving less than AT?dollars per day for brain work. Th? KBOWBB COUBIBB blew on? lung out proclaiming from the top ol tho oourt house that the Bxtra Session waa pregnant with big things. In faot it made ?so much ado about nothing" that the neighbor? -during the sitting of this session would ?ll moot on Wednesday uight o see what on earth had happened' The short comings of tho Kogular ?LC?sion had to bo galvanised into respectability by some process, and to secure this end som? "log-rolling" was necessary, and all hands ?writ to the. log-rolling. Tut this donn in your memo randa that tho "ono-legged crips" will broah tho wooden legs that tho Regular Session gave them and tho Extraordinary Session took awaj over the heads of any baok?bitcrs of our dcai legislators. Moro thnu that-if thoso broken houded-back-bilcrs resort to tho laws of these, our dear legislators, tho Stato witnesses will pul up their "fifty couts per day" and get Col. W, C. Keith lo throw sand in their eyes as ho die in the eyes of tho citizens of Oconeo in th< Moore-Bryoo case. Thcso "contemptible crips and Stato wit nesses" intend that our dearly beloved legisla tors shall not be "counted out by fouls," but ii possible moko a "home run" in the next elec tion. They want a "fair vote and honest count* for thcso gentlemen whoso pliant minds oar both give and take away th? wooden legs of th< poor Confederate soldier between drinks "Justicia?at cesium ru?t." Thoso "crips and witnesses" are not insensi ble to progress and enterprise. When tho Blu< Ridge Road soheme was up boforo tho "Extra ordinary Session" thoy held a "lovo feast" whoi tho bill passed the full number of readings ii both houses, and did actually receive the Gov ernor's approval before tho adjournment. Agaii these voters "killed tho fatted enif" when th Trustees of the South Carolina University de terroined to open its doors in July. Again th Charleston and Columbia canals held wari places lu their minds and hearts, hence th unselfish natures of theso "crips and witnesses. Now in their great lovo and charity for al mankind, fearing something more might happo to the oounlry, they insist on an Extraordin?r Session upon tho following grounds: 1st. That Judge Thomson be wnilcd on au mado to explain why ho holds his pen in his fis Evory school boy in Oconeo is playing Judg Thomson. This manner of pen holding I damaging to schools and colleges. "McGowa sajs no harm is meant." 2d. Was the Regular Session a reality or myth? 3d. Who struck Billy Patterson? Millions f thc omi wer in Georgia. dtli. Has winter como and gono and left us this fix? 6th. If so, should not thc Lord-Mayor Walhalla, Gen. Bicmann, detail tho eollogo pr fes8ors to find out the imcardness of things ai inform tho Extraordinary Session that tho eic of the weather might loso his wooden leg. 6th. Would another Extraordinary Sesai raise UB out our boots? "MORE ANON." Wagoner Republican Townshi Meeting-A Stormy Session. According to tho secret proclamation of t High Chief and Captain of tho Hoste of t Republican Party of Oconeo County, Morgan Bryce, Jackson Henderson, the Wagoner Tow ship Chairman, was commanded to assemble 1 hosts nt tho colored school house in Walhalla Friday, the 12lh instant, for the purpose electing len delegates to th? County Convenu? which will meet on Saturday, March 27th, the court house. From what we can gather it appears thal I convention was divided in sentiment and feel! upon the men and measures to be advanced tho conclave-E. F. Blodgelt commanding < wing of tho assembly and Morgan Bryce i other. Blodgett and his party were endeavor to capture tho meeting on the Grant boom, wi ostensibly limy were Sherman men in disgui lioth parties had held secret caucuses tho ni previous and carno prepared to do their w according lo tho directions of their loaders. Tho Sliermanitea consisted of tho follow persons: E. P. Blodgett, A. C. Merrick, C. duflin, II. H. Jillson, Brent Johnson, T. Roberts, white, Dave Singleton, colored, others. The Grantitos wore bended by Morgan Br tho Grand Tycoon, Jackson Henderson, E Jenkins, R. A. Frazier, John Recd, Pom II end orson and others. At the appointed hour Jackson Hondo called tho convention to order and proceede business. Kl i a s Jenkins was elected Sccrot E. F. Blodgett mado a motion that a comm of three bo appointed to prepare business the meeting. Amid muoh confusion tho mc waa lost. A. G. Merrick then moved that the convei go into (he nomination of delegates to the Co Convention. Motion carried. Blodgett and Hendorson were placed in r nation. Blodgett withdrew his nomina when Henderson was elected by aoolamatio A. C. Merritt then moved that Blodgel elected by acclamation. At this critical moment, when the honors about to be mad? easy by th? ?levatio Blodgett as a delegat?, the Chairman wisely the motion out of order. Thia unexpected ruling created quite a f among th? Sh?rmanites, and caused the 1 (Blodgett) to rise lo npint of order. He i in oubstonce that if a majority of thooonvc did not want bim as a dolegate ho did aol to go. Elias Jenkins replied to him that i jori ty of tho convention didn't want hi h? would soon seo. After a few remarks by others no m In were allowed to proceed, when Green Clove name was placed in nomination along will of Blodgett'a. Tho tot?, being taken ?(vd voc$ resulted as follows! Blodgett retorted 22 t?test Cleveland reoelvsd 80 totee. Cleveland was de clared elected amid rounds of applause. i Blodgett, finding himself and party defeated, said If the minority of tho convention were not going to havo an jr volee or representen, then the "eut and dried caucus" could go ahead and elect tte delegates, and'- called ea Morgan Bryce to read eat tho names of 'bte delegates. Blodgett thoa rose 'to a "uti eat lon of privilege" and said lt had bee,? circulated th; at, "ho was for Shormaq for Pressent? but th^ jieraon who' bad circulated iW report (no doubt meaning' Morgan Bryce) WM a Uar. He wa* foi?Grant for ?President first, last'and .all the time. The following delegates were declared elected by the convention/ Jackson Henderson, H. A. Frasier, Elias Jcnkioa, John Reed, Pompey Henderson, O ree a Cleveland, Isaao Allen, Tom Singleton, Clark Cleveland and Tom Clark. After the eleotlon waa conoluded, Dave Single ton noted that the Secretary read the minutes. The . Secretary replied that he had not taken down stenogrnphtenlly the monkey motions. The minutes were not read. The contention was composed of fifty-two delegates: Six revenue offloere, three white men and the batanee colored. We are indebted to the Secretary of the con tention, who kindly consented to be interviewed, for tho above synopsis of the convention's pro ceedings. % V A Trip to Clmrlptto. ? Through tho kindness of tho Chamber of Commcrco of Charlotte, North Carolina, wo were enabled to visit that delightful city during tho latter part of lust week. Wo loft Walhalla on Friday night, the 12th instant, and after a not very pleasant ride by livory stablo conveyance, arrived at So noca City in duo limo for tho Eastern-bound train on tho Atlanta ic Charlotte Air Line Railroad. After waiting for a short while tho train hoto in eight, and wo woro soon en rouie for tho Old North Stato. lt is indeed a plonsuro to rido over this road, and wo bad a vory pleasant time, not withstanding tho rain, whioh foll during tho whole night. As it was very dark without we could not form any conception wbatoter of the country through which We were travel ing; so we tried tho best we oould to seek the arma of Morphoue.. Wfy arrived safely in Chnrlotto about 3J ?'?lock In the morning, and jumping iq an omnibus were driven rapidly to the Metropolitan Hotel. We were awakened early next morning by the rattle of drays, omnibuses and otbor vehicles and we found it useless to try to further sleep. After eating a hearty breakfast we pro? oeeded to seo the ins and outs of tho city. We visited most of the largest business houses in the place, among whioh were the establish ments of Waltor Brem Afc Co., hardware dealers; Tiddy & Bro., books and stationery dealers, where we were tery courteously re oeited by Mr. R. N. Tiddy, Secretary of tho Chamber of Commoroe, who informed us that be bad ooantersigoed about one thousand tickets of merobants and others who bad availed themselves of this opportunity to visit tho city during tl o last two weeks. We can truly say that Charlotte is a thorough businftss place, and Ats business men seem to be fully alite to the importance of keeping it so. Although it was raining all day the streets were full of poople going and coming. After dinner we visited the wholesale and rotoil store of Wittkowsky & Baruoh, who hato the largest establishment of their kind in tho State, aa we wero informed, and by tho kindness of Messrs. K. and M. wero shewn fu/ni top ?u bullum. Tills ?rin is doing a tery extensive business. Wo also went down to tho Mecklenberg Iron Works where we for the first time saw how tho different kinda of castings are mado. They have a very largo number of employees, and "business" was the order of tho day there. We walked over the principal paita of the city, and it seemed os if wo would never get through seeing something of interest until wo were literally tired out. We must say for. .the benefit of Mossrs. Field db Bro., proprietors of the hotel we stopped ot, that they aro certainly model hotel keepers, and porsons visiting Charlotte will not, in our opinion, find a better stop ping place than the Metropolitan Hotel. Tho rain continued to fall during Sunday morning nod about Hi o'clock we were at the depot awaiting the train which soon carno, and we bade Charlotte a reluotant farewell and were soon rushing homoward at tho rate of about 25 or 30 miles an hour. The first place of interest on tho way home was King's Mountain, wbiob, aa we wore informed, oould be very plainly seen from the railroad, but tho heavy clouds obscured it from our sight. As wo passed along our thoughts ran back to tho timo when that little band of patriots struggled for independence on nnd around this mountain. I.ittlo thought they that not a century ia the future a flourishing town and magnificent railroad would bo built so near tho econo of their conflict, but tho hand of progresa knows no bounds. Wo lind only an indistinot view of Spartan? burg, and cannot form any very definite opinion of how tho city looks. Tho streams along tho routo woro very high, showing that it bad boon raining pretty hard. Tho country is vory hilly botweon Charlotte and Spnrtnnburg, and we did not seo vory muoh good forming lands until wo reached Greenville. As the depot at this place is at one side of the city, wo oould not seo very m .ch of it. After leaving Greenville we were not tery long in getting to Seneoa City, where we left the train. We soon reached, Walhalla and were again at home, feeling that we had had a most pleasant trip indeed. Hoping our first attempt nt writ; o g for thc Ooo RI RR will not provo t iroso m o to its read ers, we will olose by saying they should im provo their first opportunity of visiting Charlotte. K. All the piano manufactories in Now Yorl bate determined to suspend on the 15th o March uniese the men employed by S toi nw? i go to work. Sr. PKTXRSBVRO, March ll.-A great fin occurred en Monday at the weaving, works li Mosoow. Tho en tiro building wee destroyed Twenty-four person? wero burned to deatl and twenty-nine injured. JOINT RESOLUTION TO AMEND A JOINT RESOLUTION ENTITLED "JOINT RESOLUTION TO AU Y HOM ZO TUB SCHOOL COMMISSIONER or OCONEK COUNTY TO PAT THE CLAIM OF CERTAIN TEACHERS or PUDLIO SCHOOLS TIIBKBIN," AP* PROVED DECEMBER 28 n, 1870. lia it resolved by the Senate ead House of Representatives, now met and sitting in Gonortvl Aesouibly, and by the authority of the samo, That a Joint Roaolution untitled e "Joint Resolution to euthorlso tho School Commissioner bf Ooonee County to pay the claims of oertain teaohors therein" be, and the samo is hereby, amended by striking out tho vf ords following to wit; "That the Behool Commissioner of Ocooeo County be, and he ia hereby, authorized to pay tho olaims of oortaio teachers of public schools io said Couoty for. teaching during tho month of January, 1879," and ioBertiog in lieu thereof tho words following, to wit: Thot the Board of Trustees of Public Schools io Goonoo County aro hereby authorized to issuo certificates, nod tho County School CommUsioncr of said County is authorized to approve the aimo, and the Couoty Treasurer is requirod to pay pro rata the olaims of teaohors of tho publio sohools in said Couoty for the fiscal year 1878-79, out of the funda of tho current yoar." Approved February 20, 1880. ---mat -9- am - k Scissorgraphs, Six of tho ton dologates from North Caro lina favor Chant. An almond troo has boen successfully planted and horno fruit nt Murfrocsboro, Tennessee Half grown and thrifty looking poaohos wore rcportod at Fernandina, Florida, thrco wooka ago. The whiskey crop of Kentucky for tho year ending Juno, 1880, is estimated at 10,139, 726 gallons. Tho tax on this will ho $10, 000,000. Tho Mayor of Charleston, S. C., assorts that never beforo io tho history of Charleston has there been na much gambling and dc? bauobing in that oity as is going on now. Col. W. Q. Bartholomew, of Gadsden Point, Florida, had a good medium nixed rico watermelon grown on his placo tho 28th of February. Mississippi proposes to put a premium on matrimony by taxing bachelors thrco dollars a poll. Such a law would work well, we think, in South Carolina. . The Legislature of Qoorgia have passed a law to regulato railroad freights and fares. Three commissioners bnvo boon appointed. They have gono to work in earnest. Qoorgia 1/ 'y lr? things about right. Qoorgia has 187,000 spindles in hor ootton factorioo, 74,000 moro than any other Southern Stato; and Columbus claims 00,000 of thom. All of thom put in since I860. Tho Florida Baptists novor do things by halvos. When a convert is baptized they just loiter a little till an aligator in searob of garoo comos along, and-well, you never hoar of that convert backsliding. Two men from Colloton County fought a duol at ?mud Bar Ferry, near Augusta, and nobody was burt. They hadn't taken tho precaution to notify tho peace officers of their proposed mooting and have themselves ar rested and consequently they had a shot at each other. By a rooent decision of Judgo Hudson nt Bonnettesville, tenants occupying rented farm lands oannot remove manures accumulated by thom during tho year, oven whero they haul in litter from (he woods and add to tho accumulations about the lots. Tho Domocrato have only two Justices on tho bench of ibo United States Court-duse tices Field and Clifford. Tho rest of tho Judges, being Republicans, complotoly ignoro the rights of tho States. In fact their decis ions deny the very existence ol tho States as Buch. Heavy raina havo fallen in Columbia and above there for two days ind nights, and the Congaree and Watereo rivers aro conside rably swollen und out of their banks, flooding n number of plantations in Richland County. Planters on the Oongaree, below Columbia, report considerablo loss of cattle by drowning, The phosphate business this yoar has been unprecedented. . Ono firm in Baltimnro bas applied to tho Port Royal Railroad for storage noxt year for 30,000 tons, showing that the manufacturers believe that the rush will continue Hon. Henry F. Scharrett, planter, of Pase Christian, Mississippi, says that on account of the negro exodus and tho disturbed condi tion of things in his section, planters arc considering tho employment of Chincso labo rers, and ?orno Chinamen will probably soot be sot to work in Southern Mississippi. Tho IIouso Judiciary Committee have decided to report favorably on Mr. Thomp< son's bill relative to supervisors of elections It provides that only ono deputy marshal pindi bo appointed in any voting precinct that bo shall receive only $1.50 per day, and shall make no arrests on election days, bu that warrants muy bo oxocutcd at any tum after its CIOBC. At tho March torm of Hampton Circu? Court, just dosed, tho grand jury found ( truo bill against Walter S. Lynch for a bread of trust with n fraudulent intention, and foi grand larceny of a package of $25,000, cn' trusted to his caro as a messenger of tin Southern Expross Company, November Otb 1878. Lynch is now in jail at Hampton, am will be triod next Juno. Bo has boon a liberty for tho past five months. Tho grand jury of Edgo?old County, ii their rocont preBontmont, gladly report tba crimes of a high grado aro on tho decease, bu doploro tho fact that carrying of. conceals weapons is still provalent and productivo o crimes, and rooommend that stringent law be enaoted on tho subjoot. A writer in the Edgefiold Advertiser sayi "Strong drink and pistols aro tho instrument by which our land is deluged with blooc But thoro is an initial point beyond tho roao of statutory regulations. Fashionable folly especially dancing-is tho gato to tho bros way that leads to destruction. Thoro is foe for reflection on every sido, and thoro always room for improvement. Will ot poople pauso and refloot before it is too late! Tho New York Graphic spooulatoo thu "Mr. Tl' '?m is rteb. The Domooratlo pan is po, . A presidential campaign cos money- Rich Dcmoornts afc not libore Mr. Tild?n will spend money if ho is a oar didate. flo will not spend a cont if he is nc And besidos all this, there is a shrewd susp eton that if Mr. Tilden in not the Cinoinne nominee, bia friend? in Now York w: "knife" tho person that io. Mr. Tilden position is a peculiar ono. Ho may bo bent in tho I>omooratio National Convention, bi his opponents should not ignoro his stronglh .ju ff mil liiigj. Political Bing?. Tho time for political meetings and con ventions ia approaching* These aro a necessary part of tho machinery of tb? body politic. Conventions aro absolutely casontial, bconuso all the people cannot come togother and lay plans and mark out lines of action. This ls impossible A few representativos of tho people have to do this work, lt oannot be otherwise. Jost because this convention work is always done by a few, the disappointed aro ready to raiso the cry of rings and cliques end trickory. TbesC complaints come particu larly from men who think it too small a thing for them to attend a township meeting to ohooso delegates to a convention of the county. Now when a convention for any purpose is coiled, let the people turo ont at their township meetings and discuss the obj cots ?nd aims of tho approaching conven tion and then select the best ?nd wisest men to represent thom, lt is always in order for any township to instruct their delegate? as to men or measures. This may not always bo the best, but it is a privilege the township mooting has. Too ofton is !? tho caso that about a dozen eitisens meet at tho usual place, and one of them reads the oall of tho county chairman, and then they begin to look around and see who will at tend tho county convention. Men are often ?elected beoauso they will go, which is perhaps the only qualification they have, i A convention of indifferent and uninformed men will sit around and whispor to oaoh other, and permit a half dozon aotive mom bera to shupo and carry through overy measure. Very ofton these activo md talking members aro very poor ones, still they ore permitted by tho silent majority to havo their way. Now tho point made is this: lot tho township rn ec tioga bo well at tended, sond your best organizers to tho oounty convention, and if it bo burdensome on thom to Icavo homo for a day or two raise a little fund and pay all their expon aos. This always ought to be done. In this way you got a couvuotion of good men, and thcro would be no moro complaint of town ship cliques and court house rings. These so-called ring? aro often myths and havo no aotual existence. The way to prevent their possibility is for every township to send up its best and most worthy moo to the oounty conventions.- Carolina Spartan. EXCURSION TO ATLANTA.-Excursions aro tho order of tho day. When it comes to the matter of excursions Atlanta gener ally leads tho van. Everybody wants to como to Atlanta. Yesterday tho Atlanta Chambor of Com merce appointed a committee to confor with tho Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line Railroad in rc/erenoe to an excursion of mcrohaots along tho lines of their road, and wcro met by tho-managemont of that lino with their usual promptness and liberality. The man agement of tho Air Linc Railroad is over watohful of tho intorests of Atlanta and fully alive to the wants of ber morobants and pooplo. Tho courteous and popular fa8soogcr and tiokct agent, Major W. J. 'ouston, ot oneo notified merchants along ' .? !i* ' that they oau visit Atlanta at any til ic between March J5th and 25th, by personally applying to any agent of the road, who will furnish tickets at ono and ono fourth cents per mile each way. All that is necessary is to bring evidence to tho nearest railroad agent that the appli cant ia a merchant in veg ul -r business and desires to visit Atlanta. This v.ill entitlo him to the extremely low rates given by this live and progressive corporation. Thc committee, composed of Henry Roylston, M. C. Kiser and R. D. Spalding, were engaged yesterday pcrfcotinir nrronero mcnts for tho oomiog event. Through their entir;?y they havo scoured reduced rates. Tbe Markham has agreed to ent?r tate thc excursionists at two dollars per day; the Kimball at two dollars aud fifty cents, anda numborof hotels and boarding houscB at ono dollar per day. lt is thought that tho excursionists will number about two thousand, all of them representative men of tho Carolinas and from points in Georgia along tho route of the Air Line. Wo are informed by tho committee that in tho event that some of the merchants cannot got off until the 25th of the month that their tiokcts will bo good until the expiration of seven days after the dato of the purohaso of the tickets. {Atlanta Constitution, 11th, THE COST OF SCHOOL ROOKS.-The Stato appropriates a two mill tax to tho support of publio sohools which goes for tho pay of tho teachers. We aro beginning to think it is improperly applied and thcro should be a change made at onoo- The pay of tcaohers is fast becoming tho lightest expenso connected with the schools. The cost of bcoks is becoming tho serious mat ter and wo venture to suy ia in excess of the pay of teachers and building of school houses combined. It is really tcrriblo when you come to think of it seriously. "Beware of the mun of ono book'' wos ro garded once os a wino saying and signified that ho who only hod ono book wus apb to bo thorough in what ho knew. Thc con trary opinion was held of him who hod ninny books-bis knowledge munt bo su perficial. Now it seems tu bc coubiJerod that progress is made in proportion to tho number of books a child lugs to and from school. What it oarries in its satohol is moro thought of than what it holds in its head. Proficiency is not looked upon as of chief importance. In Abbeville last year, to givo it in round numbers, 85,000 poll tax and 89,000 two mill tax was collooted, wbioh added togethor made 814,000. Thcro wore 4,400 obildrcn who attended sohool and this would allow a little over three dollars a child for tuition. No one who has any experience will say that the sohool books purchased io this oounty for the same year will not amount to moro than tho sum paid teachers. Wo are satisfied at tho lowoat ostimate on an average eaoh ohild oosts five dollars in school books. Would it not thon be tho part of wisdom and economy to moko up tho salaries of the teachers and depend on the publio fund for tho purchase of books. Somothing must bo dono to savo ourselves from otter bank ruptcy. Tho pooplo aro not able to stand any suoh drain on their pockets. [Abbeville Medium. The steamship Atlanta carried from Char? leeton Inst Saturday 2.100 packages vgsta* ld on and 20,000 boxes strawberries. Tho borrios are hawked about the strcots of Now York at 20 cont? n box, while the host briug in some cases 46 and 50 cents, SouTUKiiw MANUFACTURES.-A gentleman Interested in Southern progresa write? to tho Herald to oay, by wey of aupploment w an editorial published In these columns esteral day? ego, that cotton manufacturing ba? ed? vancod co at tho Sooth that now there ere nearly seven hundred thousand spindle* in operation. Wo are glad to lay thia Informa tion before our readers, and to hope fot the time when we may glee figaree tenfold Store flattering to Southern thrift and adaptive* ne??. There ?r? various other direction* ia which tho natural wealth of tho South Mf ba enhanced bj hone manufactures; for Instance, there I? no reason why a country full of Wood and Iron should ?end elsewhere for nearly ell of her agriooltaral Implomonto, furniture and household belongings. Every triumph of ingenuity and labor om raw material i? an honor to those who nohiovo Ul it place? them in beatty sympathy with nett of aotien everywhere, ead it iooronoce ?bal aenso of independence which ia j oat sj? vet**-" bte end noble in one walk of lifo a$ another. It is impossible for en individual or a, people* to be largely dependent without alto halag discontented end suspicious, sad the South I? the last portion of the United States that baa any need to be in such condition. - [New York Herald. CHASING REDMOND.-Maj. A. 0. Breen, with a force of raiders, reoonjly nene a trip through the eoubtiea Weet of the ridge. The principal object was to break ap one of Redmond's notorious gangs in Swain County. Tho officers learned the whereabouts of Redmond, who was said to be at Wall's distillery, in tho Brushy Mountain?, which aro almost inaooessible. The forco ap proached the still hou8o very oautlously and surrounded it. The result wu? the oapturo of Mi reo of tho Walls, who said Redmond had left about thirty minutes bofore. After destroying the dis tillery, which was a Tory large ono, the force divided, a part taking charge of tho ?risonors, and others going in pursuit of (edmond, who had gono to a neighboring house. On thc approaoh of tho offiours he fled from the house, taking to the Smoky Mountains, the officers in hot pursuit. The ohaso was continued until dark, whoa the pursuing party gave up and returned without their g?me. On thia raid several distilleries woro oaptured, 25,000 gallons of beer, moah, <bo t destroyed, and} six priso ners taken, all of whom gave hoad for their appearance at the nest term of court. [Asheville Journal. GREENVILLE, Maroh ll.-A preliminary trial of Fletcher Mattox, Bill Dodson, Pleasant Adams and Rioh Bates, all colored, oharged with arson in burning the Acade my of Musio io this oity Doomber 7th last, wa s had before Trial Justloe Hawthorne this afternoon, and tho guilt of the above mentioned parlies and Joe Burton, another negro who is still ot large, established beyond a question of doubt. Dodson at his own request was allowed to make a full confession in open court, giving every de tail, from tho i ? inception of Ibo foul plut to ?ts consummation. The ovid? .i is thorough corroborativo and incontrovertible. The caso waa bear tifa I! y worked up by de tective John Curtin, of Pinkerton's force, as sisted by our zealous and indefatigable Mayor Townes. The guilty wretches were remanded to jail to await their trial at tho approaching terra of court, when they will most surely receive tho death sentence. Considerable indignation is felt, but the law will bo allowed to take its course. Rains in West Tennessee for sovaral week? past have been unprecedentedly hoavy. New Advertisements. LOOK SHARP!! ALL persons having claims on tho reward offered for Os borne will hand in their names by the first o? April. Aftert^t time they will be barred, ?s the money is on hand and will be di vided out that day amongst ihoso whoso names arc given. Apply to L. L. JARRARD, Fair Play. March 18, 1880 18 -ARRIVING AND FOR SALE PliOWS, IRON, NAILS, ST ft?, KL, miff Titll assortment of Hardware: for Ute Spring Trade. Itemcuffcer, we are headquarters for BTJIST'S GARDEN SEEDS. -ALSO HIRAM SIBLEY & CO. SEEDS. -TRY CRYSTAL FLOUR. Deal? anything on oarthl -Alway? on hand ohoioest grades of COFFEE, SUGAR AND TEAS, -AND AT jKTBOTTOM PRICES.-** J. E. HENDRIX. March 18,1880 18