Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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T li R M S Published every Thursday morning. For subscription, sl..">o po annum, strictly in advance; l'or six luoidlis, 7"> cents; for foin months, fit) cents. Advertisements inserted al one dollar per square nf one knell or less for Hie llrst insertion and H tty cents for each sub sequent insert ion. Obituary Notices exceeding live lines. Tributes of b'espeel. Com mun icu Hons of a personal character, when admissalde, and Announcements of Candidates will be chained foras advertisements. Joh I'riiitiug neatlv and cheaply execu ted. Necessity compels us to adhere strictly lo Hie requirements of dish i'uymulils. rfT| [i(i|c)i m ly Jil U Ulla To Thine Own Helf Ile Tra? nud ll Munt I'olloo UH UM- NiftUl the l>iiy, Thou OaUl'l Not Then Ile IMIUC lo Any Man. HY THOMPSON, SMITH & .J AYN IOS. WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, NOVEMBER M, 188?. YO LU MK XL. .Kn .tit. '??> Choose, bought before i lie riso, .> pounds for 50??. Imported frosh Mnocnroni, sold ?it I fte. por pound. F.vaporated Drioil Apples, sold ai ?o. per pound, lilli'";" ?rosli imported I'nines, sold al ?Oe. per pound. I tesl, (.los? Slsil'ell, o packages l'or lile. ] u*r pound. Davis' linking Powder in cans, al only -V. per pound. This linking Powder is equal lo Poyal Puking Powder. Holmes ?V ('outs assorted Cakes al iiOc. lier pound. (iood I tousled Coffee at "Joe. per pound. Post I loiuo-iuado .Molasses, .'! gallons l'oral. (iood Laundry Soap at lo. per pound. Toilet Soap, 'A oakes for fie. While I Jeans at sl.?t) por bushel. .Mixed Heans at il I.Ut) per bushel. New Corn at fide, per bushel. Cow Peas al.Too. per bushel. Adamant ino ( 'audios at iifie. per do/on. Pearl Parley, 1 pounds for 'Joe. (iood linking So.la at fie. per pound. Canned Corn Peel' at I 'JAe. per pound. New Sugar Corn at Ide. per can. (Jood Sardines, in olive oil, I boxes for ?ifie. Large ? pound boxes Sardines at only K'e... Fresh Lobsters ut :'.<?>?. per eau. Pure Mustard at .'hie. per pound. I pound lull weight Oysters, Ide. per eau. .J pound lull weigh) Oysters, rans for ftOc. I )ried (.'hipped Poof, 'Joe. per box. I pound flesh Mackerel at Lie. per can. Potted liam, Sch ri in ps, oto. Dossiocalod Cocoanut, lido, per can. Assorted .lams, 'J.V. Marmalade, lido. Ni lson's ( Idaline, 'Jib-. Punnet, 2Ue. Sausage Seasoning, I.V. Package Minee Meal, I ?o. Prepared Kreuch Mustard, Ide. per bottle. Can I h ats, loo. Pine Apple, Iftc. Turo Fruit Tulu Chewing Cum, fie, per I ox. Tomato Catsup, ode. per bottle. Worcestershire Sauce, lido, per bottle. Largo rpiarl bottles Queen (Hives at "J?c. per bottle. Large i pia ri bottles Swool Mixed Pickles, ?i?V. per bottle. Largo ipiarl .Al i xe.I Cluiw-Chow ul 'Joe. per bottle, (iood Mixed Cucumber Pickles at ldc. per bottle. Tho linest Pickled White Onions at liOc. per bottle. 'Fresh Morse Kadish ni IV. per bottle. Pepper Sauce and Ca pus at I ?o. and '20c. per bottle. Ilorseford's Prend Pr?paration al Ide. and 'Jilo, per package. War r's Salo Yens! at ldc. per box. Snit, Flour, Meal, Sugar, Coffee, Pico, Paeon, Lard, 1 lams, I buniny, Spices, etc., Ai Low Prices Stoves, Ranges and Heaters always on lian cl. 25 dozen Wooden Buckets, at 15c. each. Paints, Oils, Varnish, Glass, Putty, etc. Crockery and Glassware. Hardware-complete stock. Shoes and Rubbers a specialty. Last, but not least, remember that we are Headquarters for DRY GOODS AND NOTIONS. DRY GOODS AND NOTIONS. We carry a large stock and can sell you goods that you can't buy else where in this town. Very respectfully, Walhalla, S. 0. [ (ioods packed ami delivered Cree TEACHER'S COLUMN. -o All communications intended for this column shouhl he addressed, to S. 1*. Stribling, School Commis sioner, Walhalla, S. C. ( hart Work. IIV Sl'IT. K.J. IIOXKSIIKI., (MAUI.KS- I TON*, 11.1.. When pupils li rsl enter school, the teacher should endeavor to drive away their "school fright" hy pleas ant conversation. Alter their tim idity has disappeared, and they are ready for their lirst lesson in reading, ti,,, teacher shouhl select n word that represents some familiar object. I know of none better than the word //?/, because the object is fami liar to every child and is always al hand. First show a hat. Have the children talk about it, mentioning the different kinds, the use, etc. This conversation exercise may oc cupy the entire time of the lirst recitation, but it is not lost time. After the pupils are ready for the word, write it on the board, but say nothing alu ul the letters composing it. Children speak the word as a whole without thinking of the differ ent vocal elements, and thus they should learn the visible word. Have the children talk about the word hat, how it looks, which part is the highest, etc.. Then have them trace the word, the teacher guiding the in experienced hands if necessary. Fi nally, have them write tlie word them selves. It may take several recita tions lo get through with this w ml. Next take the word cat. If a real eal is liol al hand, a large picture of a cat will answer very well. If neither eat nor picture is al hand, the teacher can commence saying something like this ! "1 am think ing about a little animal (bat nearly every family has in the house. It sometimes sleeps on a chair, ami sometimes under the stove. Nearly every little boy or girl likes to have one l'or a pel." Hy this time lhere will probably be several lillie bands up to tell you what you are thinking about ; but il no one is ready to guess, go on by saying, "It often catches rats and mice" Now all will be ready lo (ell you its name. Talk with them about eats. Have them tell you about their own eats, their names, their color, eic. If all the time of the recitation is taken up with this conversation, don't be alarmed. The children are being in troduced into school life and they are learning lo think and to express their thoughts-a good training in language. Now write the word rat on the hoard near the word /tat. Have the pupils examine the two I words and point where they are alike and whore unlike. This will be training I hem to observe carefully. Then have them wrile the word. Kor seal work they can write each word live times, or as many times as the teacher thinks best. For Ibo next word the conversation can be easily directed fron cat lo rat. With this word, as well as with the name Words lo follow, if neither object nor pic! re is at hand, give a descrip tion of the object and have the pu pils guess what you are thinking : about, as was suggested in regard to thc word cat. Next lake hal and nial. They have HOW learned live words, each the name of a familiar object, and tin- formation differing only in the li rsl letter, thus giving the untrained hands as lillie dilli i cully in writing as possible. The words coy?, man, Jan, ami pan should be taught next, each word precoded by a lively ?nd earnest conversation about thc object. The pupils now have nine words and shouhl be abb- to write any one td' (hem ai the request of ihe teacher. For seal work the pupils should write daily all the words they have learned. In this way lhere will be a continuai review ami (he little hands will be kepi busy. At this lime introduce the word Its use can easily bo developed by conversation about a hat. N'ow wrile the Words a hal on the board, and have the pupils pronounce them as they would in conversation, not giving a ils long sound. For seat Work the pupils can write all the words I hov have learned, each pre ceded bs rt. Next leaidi the words hm, ju II, />i'/, m ?.'I, tull, J'II/, /m.)', laji, ilnll, preceding' oath word by '/. Now introduce thc word thc. Have the pupils write il before all the Words they have learned. They shouhl pronounce Ibo two words to gether josi as they (lo in conversa tion. Teach thc words /n'nt piff, cap, lah, mit, j";/, boy, and ff ?ri, us ing wit li each either o'or the. The pupils have now learned to make all tho loiters, hut do not know their naines, or, at least, the teacher has not taught the names. It is very likely, however, that they have learned the names of man)' ol' them hy hearing older pupils use them, ol in some other way. Ii will he ob served thal, with* few except iona, only (?ne new letter has been intro duced at a time. It will also be ob- | served that with the exception ol' ? and //ic, all the words learned re, re sent familiar objects. This was done to give many opportunities for conversation between teacher and pupils. The nanics of other familiar objects eau be taught, selecting from the lirst reader the pupil will use when he lakes a book. The next ste]? is li ? leach some qual ity words, or adjectives. Take a hat in your hand, and by questioning have the pupils give you the word htt'ffC, bluck, or snipe other familiar adjective. Suppose the lirst one learned is tho word Muck, Then write the phrase, A black hat, or The black hat, on the hoard. For seal work have the punils write <> black Ol* tfte*black before as many name words of the list already learned as they think proper. They will prob ably hesitate before, writing A black nest, or A black ral. TIIKV wi 1.1* UK I.KAItXIXIi TO THINK ANO DIS I'ltlMlXATK IN THU I si: ol-' WORDS . (ii'o important th i ny* that some chil dren never learn. Teach in the same way the words white, targe, small, ijooil, m a-, ml, etc., always having the pupils make phrases with the article, the new adjective, and the different nouns learned. Of course, some of adjectives can liol be correctly applied to some of thc nouns. L<l Un pupils think. If oh/, or some other adjective begin ning with a vowel is taught, the uso of thc word an should also be taught. Pupils will easily decide that il is better to say "All old hat," than "A old hal." About a dozen adjectives shouhl be learned al this time. The next step is to teach a few familiar action vj^oi'd?, or verbs Suppose the teacher decides to be gin with the word /."//..?.. Uv con versation about ti dog, it will not lu diflicult lo have ihe pupils give yoi thc sentence : The dog runs. Tin pig runs, cte. Have them write lin sentences. Kor seat work .bey cai predicate the word funs of many o the names learned ; or, they can change the sentences by introducing in each a different adjective; as The large ?log runs ; The black dot runs; The white hen runs, etc. In the same way teach ami use the verb: plai/s, honks, walks, ?umps, sees, am probably a few others. Teacher will readily see thal almost an in numerable number of sentences cai bi' fonneil from thc few words ai ready learned. Teach the words om and tice The eon versal ion necessary lo intro ilma' these words will readily SUgges itself. Next teach the plural ol' tb nouns already learned, begin nhl] with the word hats. After th word has boen given by tho pupil write it on the board and have pupil compare it with hal. They wil soon discover what should be .'ldtl0' to a name word to make it un a moro than one." For scat vvor they eau make all the nouns lennie plural. Then teach tho plural fori of the verl Pupils will easily de ciilo that "The dogs bark" is tb proper form, not "Tin- dogs barks. Lead them t" discover that who the is added lo tho noun, il is io addeil lo the verb. Aller consider!! ble drill in writing sentences t mean om- or more Mian ono, a- th teacher may direct, lake a hat i your hand and lead the pupils to gi v some such sentences ns The hat is nev If asked to write the sentence the will slop al I be word is. Tho now feel the need of Ihe cord nu will easily remember it whoo learnei Pl{ I.M AIM IM IM I S slim il. A I. WA V KKK I. I III: N UKO Ot' A \\ illili ISKI'OK IT is liiVKN TO 'niK.M. Uv using lb word Di and tho nouns ami nd jet lives already learned, many new soi lenc.es can bo formed. Ask yoi pupils lo write on their slates liv tilings (hal are old, or live illili}. I bat aro largo. They w ill write The cow is nhl ; Tho dog is ob Phi' boy is large, etc. Teach ail use the word <//.? in tho same wa The asking sentence can easily I laugh! by laking an object in yon hand and request the pupils to a von questions about it. Suppoi thc sentence selected is, "ls the lu miall V" Have the pupils w rite i As no now words are in this quoi Lion, they will very likely write orrcclly. Teach them to put fl interrogation point lifter ouch sen tenec that asks n question. For sont work request them to ask as many questions about some object (naming it) as they can. Suppose you select rat. They can write : Is the rat bad ? Is the rat small ? and many others. Hy selecting different nouns, and introducing various ad jectives, you can extend this work ahil?se indefinitely, without intro ducing new words. Teach the word on. Flaco the bell on the desk mid ask where it is. They will answer : The bell is on the desk. Ask them to write it. Thev will stop at the word. on. be cause they have not had it before. Write it for them. In a similiar manner leach the word in. Plenty of seat work will m.w suggest itself. Teach a proper name or two : as, Ann, Nat, .lohn, or some other names familiar to the children, beginning each with a capital. Teach the word has. More seat work will suggest itself. (Ann has a bird ; The boy bas a bat.) Some teachers claim that before taking ti reader, pupils shouhl learn many more words than have been given here, but if the teacher has faithfully followed the method given, the pupils have had the words so many times and in so many different positions, that they readily recog nize them as soon as they see them. Besides this stock of words well learned, they have learned to think and to construct sentences of their own. liefere taking the reader, the change should be made from serpit to print. Write on tho board some thing like this : The girl has a pan, and print the same sentence di reell} under it. Nearly every pupil will read the printed sentence correct!) the lirst trial. Two or three dnyi will be all the time required to inak< the change. The pupils are nov ready for thc lirst render. The lime for a recitation duri nj. ibis charl work shouhl not exccei ten minutes, or lifteen at the utmost lt.? the conversation about object* train pupils to speak pleasantly am promptly, not with a drawl. All sentences should be Wfittei with proper capitals and punleuatioi marks.- School Journal, The Cotton Fields of South (hind i nu [Correspondence of the Camp New.' Philadelphia, l'a., November I, ISSI).] WALHALLA, S.C., October l-l, 188? - Everybody knows that the ship! product of the Southern States i cotton and lliat South Carolina is great cotton producing State, bu very few p"ople who have neve seen a cotton field eau form an ide of its appearance nor appreciate th magnitude of this great enterpris without a careful study of the fact and ligures thal one year's labor i thc fields show, lu this article will endeavor to present lo the rem ors of the Xi irs a pen picture of iii lields as I see them, and then to ri view some of the wonderful IH'SUll that the ligures of hist year's cot tc crop ri scal. The cotton held pr< souls an enti.ely different Itspci from what I had been led to belier I imagined I should see a Held a mos! while in appearance, and ah that the cotton grew on some sort < bush or shrub, bul when I saw a lie resembling a potato patch I was vci much surprised. I don't mean convey the idea that the cotton pla is n vine similar to potato vines, li that* the general appearance of tl fields are similar. The plants are long tows about two feet apart ai grow from two to three feel big except what is termed rank collo wliigh will grow four feet or mo high. The leaf is very similar maple and will grow as large as man's band, lt is smooth on I upper surface, and slightly lu/, underneath, and of a bright gre until nearing maturity Ol' (ouched 1 frost. The blossom is about the si and shape of the hollyhock and white, then pink al different slag? When the blossom fades ami dro off, then the boll forms and reset bb s thc hickory lilli ?ll shape ai color, being green and also qui hard. As it matures il grows da ami brown ami bursts open and c paiids like a chestnut burr in si (ions and then the snowy cotton a pears, but not enough to make t ideal snowy while Mold. The cotb is picked by hand, almost entirely the blacks, and each section of t cotton picked contains a seed. T iced is black or nearly so w hen sej ral ed from the colton, which is ve tenacious. The cotton gin of com separates the seed from the colli Tho seed w'a-i formerly thrown KW jis useless, but now oil is extracted and tbon tito balance is made into meal. The seeds sell for twenty cents a bushel. Now we will consider the annual product, price, cte. Last January, 18SS, H. T. Wilson & Co., made and estimate that thc product for 18S8 would reach 6,934, 1)9-1 bales, and the actual ligures i were 0,985,082 bales. A bale is sup posed lo weigh l-K) pounds and was I worth 9:J cents per pound on the average. Where did this immense 1 amount of cotton goto? At least i half was used in this country you say., at ti-st gin nco, but r.uch is not i the fact. 4,742,785 hales were ex- i ported, and of the remainder tho I spinners used 2,207,089 bales in this -i country. This loft oil hand 50,864 i bales of this immense crop, the I largest ever raised ; bul ISSO's crop s will exceed those ligures and will I also realize ten cents per pound is | the prediction. The Northern mills t used 1,789,485 bales and the *S<nilli- 1 ern mills J83,008. In 1887-88, cot- 1 ton cloth and fabrics rea I i/.ed 3.04, . while in 1888-89 it reached :'.S9 per M 100 yards, which is considered agood ' increase. The seaports that took I these millions of bales of cotton are < as follows: New Orleans, 'JU.18; 1 Norfolk, 18.98; Savannah, 12.SS; i Galveston, 8.00; Charleston, 8.59; 1 while all the North "li pons, ?ucind- 1 ing Now York sind .'biston, took but i 0.07. From September, ISS7, lo Sop- ( tomber, 1888, 31,279 packages of dry I goods were sent lo China, while in 1 1 SSS 'KO this was increased to 39,- ; 740, clearly showing the possibilities I of this great product. t I ii conclusion it may be of interest lo . know what the wages arc ot* the pick- t eis. 50 to 75 cents per day is the inu nilicieilt reward, but the blacks are contented and thrive and multiply ut a remarkable rate. The present popula tion ot* South Carolina is composed ol' .'{01,10;") whiles and 004,332 blacks, by thc census of ISSI), and this ratio has probably been increase! in favor of the black race. I have referred lo South Carolina because I live in it, but the facts and ligures about thc colton crop refer to thc entire South of course. The cotton is be ing picked now and will continue to be until December. The frost does not hann it und the planter prefers cold nights ami warm days, but dreads a bard rainstorm, as a storm of two or three days duration ?it this season would injure il fully ten per cent. In *my next article I will give you some surprising facts about the School question in ibo South and ibo Mair bill as it is regarded hore. Fraternally, A. S. WKI.CH. Col. V(Tiler's Address. The York County Teachers"' Asso ciation met at Yorkville on the 'Jil <d' November. Col. J. S. Vernor was introduced by I'roi*. Thackston to the Association and delivered an excellent address on "Taxation for Kducutioii." He believed that the best educators are the newspapers. fe had them in his home for many years and expected to keep them lhere. In the course id' his remarks he referred to thc inagniliccnt re sources ?d' thc State and brought statistics to show how favorably this State could compare with others in progress, although with .i burden of OOO,OHO negroes "tied around ber neck." Ile spoke ol' Charleston, the pride of South Carolina, and her noble people in thc most Haltering terms and showell the great assist ance she is rendering to thc interior towns. Ile then weill on to speak of the great importance of educa tion and various plans pursued in the State for raising an educational tax. Advised the judicious use of this money iii getting good teachers and paying them good salaries. Hy means of statistics he showed that each teacher oil lill average would receive ?01 and some cents a year which was liol enough. The ad dress was heartily enjoyed by all. s I A 11-, or < ) ii io, CITY W TOI.KOO, / LUCAS < OI N i v, s. s. I Krank J. Cheney makes oath that he ls (he senior pal tner of the linn of p. .1. Cheney & Co., doing business in tho ( itv of Toledo, county and State aforesaid, and that said linn will pay the sum of one hundred dollars for each and every ease of catarrh that cannot, he mired hy thc use of Hall's Catarrh Cure. Ku A N ii .). CHUNKY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this lilli day of December, A. D., 1880. ( ) A. \V, GLEASON, SK A ti ' \ Notary Public. KaU'S Catarrh Cure is taken internally iud HCjs directly on tllO blood and miiens turf aces of the system. Send for lesli mouhvls. free. K. J. CHUNKY ?V CO., Toledo, (). )ff Sold by Druggists, 75c. KEG WEE COURIER, -KKT A UI.IKII KI) AT Old Pickens in 1840, - MOV HI) TO- 7 Walhalla in 1868. Destroyed by Fire June 21st, 1887. Re-Established August ll _ 1887,_ Now h'nglnnd Moving South ISAI.T1MOUK, October 80.-Satur day's Manufacturers' Record will show that great enterprirvs aro crowding one on another very rapid ly in the South. There Di'O reports of the Organization of a grcator number of gigantic enterprises than cvor before made public in ono week. Ono of the most striking features is the heavy investment of Eastern and New England capital, which is pouring into the South as t formerly did into thc West. A number of Philadelphia capi talists have just returned from Flo? ?enee, Ala., where they invested icnvily, including, it is reported, ??800,000 inwards a #500,000 carpet nil). New England excursionists o Fort Payne and Denison left, it is mid, over $500,000 in these two owns hist week. A $0,000,000 com? ?any has been organized, with all .ho stock subscribed, by leading New Cngland bankers and others, who nive purchased '2,000 acres of land id joining Chattanooga, where oxlon ?ive enterprises will bc established, md a purchase is reported lo have .cen made by a #3,000,000 Northern tom puny of 300,000 acres of land in inst Tennessee, the enterprise being u t he hands of the wealthiest mom? .ors of the Prohibition movement. ii Chattanooga a $1,000,000 bank viii open for business shortly. Two ?ompauics, one with #800,000 and he other $000,(100 capital stock, lave been organized in England for odd mining operations in Georgia. IJinuingham has organized a $1,000, 100 coal mining company. Centre, Alabama, a $100,000 iron company o repair and operate an old furnace. Dade ville, Ala., a #5,000 company. Mobile a $00,0110 paving company. Kentucky a #500,000 contracting .ompanv. lu Louisiana sulphur nilling property has been sohl for ?(200,000. Laredo, Texas, has se ?urcd a $f>0,000 fotindory and ma diine shop. In Virginia lhere have teen about a dozen big enterprises, nd liding a $'20(),000 (own company, ?50,000 lumber company and #200, 100 iron company. At Graham a lalo of iron property on Cripple .'reek for $100,000 for the develop neut of a town company. At Max Meadows $1,000,000 manufacturing .oinpany. At lt ich mond $1,000,000 and an investment, and $500,000 and company at. l?ounoko, with nany other enterprises being active ly worked up. . Kupopsy. This ls what you ought to have, in lari, you mist have lt, n> tully enjoy life. Thousands ire seal riling lor it Haily, anil mounting heeailsn hey Mud il not. Thousands upon thousands of lullars uro spoilt nnnuallj hy our people In Hie lope thal Uley may attain this hoon. And yet t may hf hail hy all. We guarantee that Klee ric Uiileis, if useil according to directions ami ll? USC persisted Iii, will bring you good dines iou and oust out 1 lie demon dyspepsia and lil la! instead oupepsy. Wv ri'coiiuni'iiil Klcclrlc lill Iocs Cor dyspepsia and all diseases ol' liver, il omach and kidui yu. Sold ut 60o and $1.00 per Hlttlc hy Norman I?IM|; <'.linguists. The good that is done in a pleas mt way accomplishes most and is nore lasting. Eond advice kindly ^iven, is worth a dozen reproofs ae iOmpanicd by scowls. Thc Pennsylvania railroad's cani ngs in tho month of August were thc largest of any month in the his ,ory of the company. The gross 'in nings were at least #5,500,000. Iowa has splendid crops this year, ll is believed the corn crop will reach i total of three hundred and thirty d.\ inillion bushels in excess of the Top of last year. The more believers love God, the nore they love one another; as the ines of a circle, the nearer they .onie to thc centre, tho nearer they .onie to each other. A Scrap of Paper Saves lb r Life. li wan Just an ordinary sci ap ul wrapping pa c?, hui il -a voil her life. She was in Oie last, lagosof conslllnptlon, told hy physicians thal lie \va< incurable and could live only a short Imo; sin; weighed less than seventy pounds. On piece ol' wrapping paper she read of Dr. King's few Discovery, and got a sample bottle; I helped her, -he hotlglll ll largo hotlle, it It?lp d lld mole, bollglll another and grow hetter asl, continued lin use ami is now Ht nmg, call hy. rosy, plump, WOlglllllg 110 pounds, l'or ulSur particular* scud stamp to W. H. Cole, rugglsl, l on Smith. Trial bottlCH of this ..miel lui discovery tree at Norman Drug Co.'s rug slore, -fl*?? There is no abstract excellence in arly spring. All depends on what on do when you are out of bcd lt louhl be better for the world if some copie never gol lip. -+ . ? Nothing more impairs authority han a too frequent or indiscreet use f it. If thunder itself was to bo ontinual it would excite no moro r-rror '.han the noise of a mill.