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Desportes & Williams, Proprietors,] A Family Paper, Devoted to ScieNcep Art, inquirv# jndustry and LiteratureTrs-$0 rAnu In dvn VOL. VIII.] I WINNSBORO, S. G. "WEDNESDAY MORNING ARLX(17.[O4 -- - - - - - FAIRFIELD HERALD al *D 1..4 14'UitT.1ti: W I I, K . 1S, ESPIORT'I'i & WVILLIAftMS, i T -r at t. -- 'll I .: Iil n lt.n Isa publitilhed Weeo tL in Ihe Tjw :1 of Wit Wiboro, at 63.00 i (i I Tiably' (a is II"I cf. zrgiY All iransient, advertisements to be. lid i a dvitlance. Obituary Notices and Tribues $1 00 per ' 'O y i. ]i The Lils of 80tti ilrolifift. Acts a 'd Joint Resoliutiota Pased by e the General Assetubly at, the Session of 1872 -70". at dq AN Ac'r TO AMNIND AN ACT t NTITI.r2 p1 ''AN ACT To GR.AN-r, l.::I v A 'i c! AP6F.ND Till- CilART,R OF CEERI. l hL TOWNS A ND V L.1.AGES T i:BFRLIlN il'.N Ill 'IlION Pl).' Y i 13, i& enacted b'y the Seinve tu't it 11moue of Represcntatives ut it - S:.- i of South Carolion, iow met and i: in I in General Asdemiblv, and by . t thoi ity of tiie s 1m : IL Section 1. That se:ti 2I, G. I ,c , eiti led "an noet to grant, ro'e. a-l 8 um113 -1d the charter' of certain w-. bl ud viil.ALeS therein mettioied, Li proved1 Mareb 9, 1871, bw, anl ote, i.- ul herehy, ameided by striking oti, uin hI the litch linou, the wuids "fonth Lon. j day igl March, 1871," and inetort the Ili words "on the foulth M.\lnday in A pril, w 1873." pi A pproved January 29, A. D. ui 1873. 11 AN .\CT TO AME.ND s;-CTiON it., CIAP- l 1 it CXI , OF Till. UENER.% L ST.IT th uis. C lb it cnncted by the Senate and ,11 lion'e of lie pI e..-entatives of the 8:ate til of Soith Caro li n, ne0%w met and sit- ti ting in G nera A.seubly. and by pli the authority of the Same : T Section 1. Th t isection three of sli cbapter ine iindred a eleven of the pt genteral statutes, whiolh requirev that at the board ofjutry Conuissioners shall pi prepre a jury Iist in each county, in hi the ionth ot Janttary of each year di lie so amended as to mlake it lawful le fir the -id board to prcpare the jury di list, for the coni(ties of L'Xiligton %,vi Spartanburg and Edgefield, durinrg the ti: 5ear 1873, before the 10th of 31rcli p. of :aid year. pl Approved February 26, A. D. st 1873. re el AN .'r TO REViSE AND AMEND AN ACT Ill ENT.TI.D "AN ACT TO RiEDUCE Alr. [4 ACTS AND PAnT8 OF AM's To tE- aIl T'EitMNI: AND PEil'EITUATE TH di lgOMI -TEIAD INTO ONE ACT AND TO P1 AMEND TiffE SAir 91 fr it it um'.:d by the Senate and Ii loien s.Itatives of the State 'I S ot: t'a rnal, now let antd sit- rt. ting- ill Geilenri &.Pembly, and by the authrity of the Stle ti Section 1. The family homeatend ei of the head of oaah family re.siding' in it t his St att e, suei haoest ead consisting mE of d welling hotu e, out buildings and - d lai(I appiJ'uI teniant, not to c.%ceed the hN valtin of one thou-nn I dolh1s, anld a: yearly p-odnct tier-of, shall be exemipt it frot amtachment, Ievy or salo, on ei mesne or fiial proces.-i issued from al Any cotut upon any jaigment obtain- fu ed up o(n any rig lit of action, e: whether arising previous or sunbse- o quent to the. rat iliation of' the eonsti- ti tugtion, of' the State oh South Carolinn ; u and11 it shall be the d uty of the sh arifif, ei or other oflieer, befoire executting iiny ii pirocess again,.,t the reali estaie of any n; headmi of a fa toily' re'id ent in thiis Sta~te, 1 to cause it homg~ea d, its itbove istated, o to be set off' to said person in the i< tianner fol lowinl', to wit : i He11hal1 Li e:1nse threei apprii'ers to, be atppoint- d ed, one to b)0 named by the cred itir. d one by the debtor, and eone -y hi-giself fn who shall be d iser'ent anad d is ii. terested meni, ead in rio wise relutifd 0l to eit her' party, resideint in ie coi I I ty, and who sh ll be swor'n by a mal~ p ju t ice, or other officr auithI: id a ti law i to administer* Oaits, to imp4 i d. Ii'i ly appraise and set off', by n te;s ud bottnds, a bioi~itnntd, not le c.- ' in / value onet thousani;I1d dolrs ; .4d. i in: a ppraise rs shaliml imak~ e reun of.1 the r :t<n action in tihe premsis.'s, unii'ler their p hands tond seals, to the .heriff' or o'lh t4 er officer, within tenl days3 after the as. a signmItoniLt and set-i.lfi is miadeit for re- a cord inl Coilrt, giving tile metesB and a bounds, as well as the value of the d homaetead so set off, for which pn r. v pose they sitall ho authorized to call fa in the aid of a surveyor, if they, or a ii majority of tighem, deem it nece'sary, i And if ino oomtipinit shall he mtadle p by either party, with in thirty dais d i alter the returgn of the arpraliers huas a bectu filed, lie piroiceed ing iut the ease t shaiifli e fitnal : P'rovidedl, IlThat, up~on e god cause shown, withini thirty (days a tafter tiling the retutrn of said apprais- c * ers, incecourt out of which the pro- L e a's issued may order a reappraisment and reassignmiient of the homestead o by oilier appraisers appointed by the 6 court :And provided, further, T hat i should the creditor or debtor nleglect f or refuse, after tent days' notice from I lihe officer in whose hands the process is lodged, to nominate an appraIser, I thon the said officer shall appoint the< same. * Section 2. That when thirty days hi all have elapsed after the filing bi e return of said appraisers, setting *if a homcsead to any debtor, nacord .g to the provisions of section 1 of tis act, and no good cause has been iowni, or exceptions filed, against ioh return, such debtor may have ich return recorded in the office of I le register of iesne conveyance of I e o-junty in which the same is loea, < ted ; and, upon such return being 4 recorded in thirty th-ee daysa ter the proceedings have beoe ie jal, the title to the homestead so it off and assigned shall be forever scharged from all debts of taid ibtor then existing or thereafter itrarctedl.. Scotion 3. That whenever in the i aignment of a hiotnentead, as provi td in section 1 of thi, act, the ap aisers thall find the preuisno, in. I udiing the dwelling hou-c and out uses, exceed the value of one thous- ' id dollars, 2nd that the same caunot divided without injury to the re. under, they shall make and C iln under oath, an appraise. < it thereof, and deliver the sain the heIff, who shall deliver t copy theieof to the head of the < nily elaming the ione3tead, or to Iml- membe11.0o of the family of suita- I ( atge, tile nuderstand the nature iereli, with a notice attached that I Al. si the person so claiuirg the 1 mieszend shall p-ty to said sheriff the r rplus of the appraised value over l id atiove one thousanid dollars I ithin sixty days thereafter such -emiises will ie sold ; and, cu fail- a e to pay such surplus in the time r mited, the sheriff Aball aivei tise and 9 11 the said pre mises, and out of the e 'uceeds of such sale srall pay into n e ollee of the clerk of the (0Iicuit t ,urt one thousand dollars, which I di be applied, under the ord.-r of t e circuit judge, upon the applica. t an of the head of the family, in the 1 trehase of a homestead of that value. he residue in the hands of the 3 eriff, if any, after"puying all ex- I nses incident to the appraisemeut a d sule of the property, shall be ap. c ied by him to any executions in e s hands, according to law : Provi. t d, That no sale shall be made un- a sa a greater suto than one thousand >lbrs shall be bid therefor : Pro ded, further, That if after notice, e party claimliUg the honesteadi ys, or cautes to be paid, the sur us over one thousand dollars, he I all, upon recording the return and ceipt of the sheriff for such surplus, t idorsed on said return, as provided t section 2 of this act, hold the pro- a rty so appraised and set off, ficed I d discharged from all debts and tnands then existing against such irty ; but, as to such surplus, not S om debts thereafter contracted, ( ke proceedings to the foregoing t ,ing in such ease allowable for the covery of all after coutracted debts. < Section 4. if the husband be dead, cwidow and children; if the fath. 1 and mother be dead, the children vi. g on the homestead, whether any 1 -all such children be minors or not, all he entitled to have the family I >IIestend exempted in like manner I if the iusbarid or parents were liv- t g ; and the homestead so exempt I shall be subj..ct to partition among I the children of the head of the mily in like manner as if no debts cisted : Provided, That no partition sale in that case shall tie made uu I the youngest child becomes of age, nless, upon piroof satisfactory to the aurt heraring the ;eare, such sale is semed beat for the interest of such nior or mmirors. Sietion 5 No waiver of the right .omreste ad, however bolenmbly execu. d1, isall be bindogn npon thle head of ie fiamni ly, or, in case of hisi or her aith, his or her heirs, so as to feat the homestead herein provided r. Section 6 The personal property lhe headl of any fat i ly, residlinug in aStt, consting of the yearly rotrcts of his or her homestead, and t he prtperty subject to exemiptioni tiler he cousnitutitn, shall be ex ;pc fronm attachment, levy or sale :~ Yini ledi, That in case ihie rig ht of such ' :n pto he d ispunaol by the credi. . s:s the ofier in whose hands thte :Uo.e:,5 i.4 lodlgedn shall cause thre samei I be a ~eeis teed an uilappratise'd, a ndi 1l exempted property so ascermainied Id a ppraised by appraisers appointedI ad sworna for thamt purpose, as provi ad for in seetlion I of this act, shall est absolutely in the party, freed om all debts of the debtor then ex ting, ol thereafter contracted, hether such debtor retain or sell the ropert y : P'rovidedI,further, Th at a ebtor bt ing the head of a famnily, as erein before stated, and not being he owner of any homestead, shall be utitled to a like txempt ion of pierson 1 property, as herein atllowed to the wner of a homoatead, to be aeer ained in the same manner. Section '7. That the exemptions antained in the preceding sections of his net shall not extend to an attach. >ent, levy or sale on any mnesne or nal process issued to secure or en orc the payment of tagee or. obliga ions contracted for thes erection of In rovemeonts thereon: Provided, The ourt or authority issuing said process hall certify thereon that the same is asued for some one or more, and no >ther, of said purposef i 'r'aidi, Chr, Tbhe yestly p roduot of said homestead shall be subject to attach. neut, levy and sale to scoure and en orece the payment of obligations c mt. ;racted in the production of the same, but the court issuing the process Iherefor shall certify thereon that the amne is iaued for s4id purpose, and no other. Section 8. Whenever the bc..d cf kny family,widow or children shall c entitled to na estate or right of komestead as hereinbefore p rovided, kud no process has been lodged with kny officer against such homnestead he party or parties entitled to such oinestead may apply at any time, y petition to the judge of tile Pro. iate Cou t, to have the same appraised Lud set off. The judge of probate 1hall, thereupon, after giving public iotice by advertising the intention of lch party or parties to have his or heir homesteads set off for thirty lays in a paper published in the ounty where tile land lies, and Ia ase no paper is published in the ounty, then by posting the notice on he door of his office, and in toree ther public places, for a like length f time, appoint three diiterested ersons, resident in the county, who, iving been duly sworn, siall proceed o appraie and set off, by metes and ounds, such homestead, and make eturn to him. If no complaint shall e made by any creditoDr, or other erson interested, against said ap. raisal and setting off of the hon. tend, with'n thirty days after the eturn of the appraisers, the same hall be confirnmed by the judge and rdered accordingly : Provs/ed, That o appraisenint shall be uode or re uried filed until the notice has ex. ired. Personal property, to the ex. ant and of the kind hereitnbefcre sta .11, may be exempted and set off in ike manner. Section 9. That one-third of the eas ly products of every person, not eing the head cf a family, of every, vocation, without regard to valuation haractor or condition of products or arnings, shall be exempted from at. achment, levy and sale, except to Dforee the paynint of taxes. S3ction 10. That no sheriff, co - table or other officer, whose duty i a to enforce execut ions, shall proceed n any other inhuner than is prescrib d in this act ; and should any oAmer ell any real estate, or sell or remove ny personal property, in violation of he provisions of this act, and of see ion 32 of article second of the con titution of the State of South Caro inn, lie shall be guilty of a misdo ibeanor, and on convict ion thereof, hall for the first offense, be fined in a urm not less titan five hundred dollars, $500, ) nor more than one housand dollars, (*1000,) and, ipon conviction, for the second ffense, hii ufiiee shall be leemed vacant ; and in either case ie shall liable, in dainages to the )artes injured, for ill injuries, by vasoflns of his wrongful levy or sale. Section 11. Appraisers appointed o set off the hen-stead under this Let shall receive as compei-sation for ,uch service iwo dollars each per day, ad. five cents a mile for every mile >f necessary travel. The sheriff shall *eceive fire dollars for all services in -idental to setting off the homestea d, >ut exclusive of all uccessay dis >ursemecnts. Thle tritil Itustice or >ther omfeor- who qualinies the ap 3raisers shall receive for such aer. riec seventy-five cents, and five cents mile for every mile of neces ary travel. The foregoing fees hall be paild by the officer executing the process, out of property >,f the dlebtor, or, in ease of the Liomestead set off to the widow or minor children, out of the estate of the deeensed, by the executor or ad muinistrator thereof : Provlded, That t.he officer, before setting off the bomestead and exemption, in any :ase, shall be cintitled to demand anid roecive from the plaintiff in execution, in adva~nce, a sumn of monley sufl. t to cover the necersary fees and 3:)t herein allowed. Wthenever a bomeste'ad is set off, as provided ini section 8 of this act, the probate judge hall receive as compensation five lollars for all services, including the record of the proceedings, but exclud ng the advertising, which shall not xeeed five dollars, and whicha fees indecosts shall he p aid in advance by the party claiming the homaestead and ex3m pt ion. Section 12. All nets and parts of acts inconsistent with or supplhed by this sot he, and the same are hereby, repealed. A pproved February 22, A. D). 1873. JoINT RKSOt.tTtoN~ 10 UATirt TtarE AMlEN t)MKNT to TiI10 CONSTIrFtTION or -rnE~ STATE OF SoUTH'i OAnioJ.INA, nELATIvE TO THES TeaMP. OF ' HoI.D INO F.LECTIONS. Whereas Artice XV. of the con stitution of the state of South Caro lina provides that an amendment or amnudments may be made to the same ; and that such amedent or amendments shall be agreed to by two-thirdh ofithe meicibdrb elected to each House, such ajnendsient or amendments to be entered on tha journal., respectively, with ths -yes. Ahd oxys taken thereon i an~d tbat tle same shall- be sub ainetd to tb4 quali. fled hletors of'tbe State at the n'ext nernal eletion theranfter for ranre. sentatives; and if a majority of the electors qualified to vte for men bers of the GCIneral Asemtnbliy, %et ing thereon, Ab1ali vote ill favor of suell amendmeot or amendnceentt, and two thirds of each branceb of the next General Asseu,bl y Mkall, after eehi0 11 electiou and before another, ratify the s6%n( atnijetiil m t or wctennltilitb by yeas and nays, the satne sh ill bet. cone part of te coistitution : l'rovi ded, That .u.--i amusetdnct (itr aiied Imlents Shall have been read tlie ti neos, on three soveral day -, in e .cl loust ; unt- whereas the Gieee-. Assuembry. it it last se (oi, di ,i each int:0ch' , pti set a joint roto io n011 pri-p.si * .: 'ii a-11enidmenut to tie': c. - Ptitu :. dI in. 8:ate 6f South Caro. linIa, wh wis agreed ti) by two. thiIis - of It m emflhtbert, to wit - Sti iko u :ii tih at porction r .eution 11, arteele H. tollowitig the wtords "cightee hu le11n. red an ld .c Vent ,'' curilig in the fotrth aid fith lie , anl ineert the ftollowiig : ".X11.1 forever thereafter, on the first Tu. day following the flat M-.ndav iW . vember, it every y ir, ni ch :c.i nor and .,uele -lLe a:. the l-:i , may provido 1" and wher#:t I It h 1 propoued aniendteiet, has be-n - -i J mitted to the electors quali A i. vote for uteibers of the General Assenmbly, ait the next gener.al deec tion f.;ilow the action of the G eneral Assetably, and a aajority of the said electors have voted in favor of the raino ; therefore, lie it resolved by the Senate and Hlouse oi 11epre.euetatios of the 8ete o South Curo-eliena, now Met aid 1it. tinag in Genecral As.-etmbly, and by the Iuthority of the ace : That the ancendmdeet.to tile con stitution of the Siare of South Caro. line1, proposed and agreed to -y two. thirds of the membeis of'each branch of the last General Assemably, and voted for by a majomity of the eleo tors qualilied to vote for wcuebers of the General Assembly at the last general eleetion, to wit Strike o'ut all that portion of section 11, article, If., following the words "eighteen hundred and seventy," oocurrio:r in the fourth and fifth lines, and insert the following: "And forever there after, on the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November, inl every second year, in such mianner and in such place ais the Legialature nay provide," be, and the saute is hereby, ratified and inile a part of the constitution of the State of South Carolina. Approved January 29, A. D. 1873. JOINT tPSott;T1()N TO RATIFY TilE AMEN )MENT' To TilE CoNST111TIoN OF TIM. TAT11 OF SOUTIt CAItOt.INA, nELATIVE To THE INCeeEASE OF TIin STATS DEBT. Whereas the constitution of ihe State of South Carulion provides that an amenlment or aimendnefits mcay be made to the -ante ; and that suoh amendmet or aienments shall be agreeed to by two thirds of the mem bers elected to each house, such namenuduenit or anendnients to be en tered on the journalhe, re-ipectively, with the yeas and rjne taken thereon and that the samne shall -be submitted to the qualhfiud electors of the State at the ietxt general election there after for repiretenteat ives taced if a majority of thce 'lectorse gnialilied to vote for muemaberse of the Gneneral As sembly, voting tljerecn, ahall vote in favor of sinoeheu amedmenut, or aituened meentse ; aned two- thirds of each branch of the cen xt Gencer Il Assembelhiy allI, after such tan electioni, uand before acco Ic:r, r~sif ly the sattu ine m euc mneinte or ii :eend ieallna by yeds ci ud auccyci, thee c.. e . . t be~come pat e t of the ceoest i a.' . 1eovcded. Tha jt hineh acened tOi ni ' :.ic-ad eiielets ~ ii .lic h:e been rea i . e ittec. oni thte eviiiil d :y- in caebt icue ; iced '. i. ri. ti-e slund, 1i. 'i.-b e-c..lij., pa:--,e. Jeect resoti one Ci ~w ie' anc: a.u1la ti ii thi'. (cC..- :1it e.. ofite : e li- Iff ' h e Cairinnee, n heb uo eg:-ci''l t'e by A::ioe ' i. I ['o the ene th t. the pul e deibt ofi a.h~t t h:ia nay not hereacler ho ulser--'-i.*w vmhout the due censide- aion ca: .1 l a coiu sen t.of the peopli e of c ihe St ot, lhe Giceneral Acsemcbly is hecrebey firbiil denc to create e.ned I ure ler tdebt, or obiligaetioni, either by liehe an of the credit of the aecte, bcy gee risci, :en-~i dorsetenett, or othuec wic-e, oecept feft ordwaicry ancd current hbt inees of the Stute, witheout frat submrtitting the qesttion ast to thle creatione of an) such new debit, guamrcaty, edoraeent or loan of its credit to the peoplec of i s 8tate at ac gerneralh State election' cand, italec-A twvo-thcirds of 'the qu'ali fled voters of Stat~e, votineg on the question, sheall be in fsvor of a fur ther derit, gnearanrty, endtorsetientt or lean of its credit, noueo sneh shall be created or ine' Anfd wh~reas the said propoded amnendmenthcas been submitted to the electors quanlilied to vote for mem be of the Qeneral A ssembly at sbt next geneoral election'" foll6wing the action offthe General Asseteh y, "ii a majority of the said eheetore lpat, voted ini fayor of ihe satne ther~efore, -ieSnt n B. it resolved By teSnt n House of Reresntathi'na of the Stat of StithCarolina, .vow met 'slid sit ting in ,nei :al0 11 eiably, and by thle .?uh''riof the ran-e: Thint tho andvii mont to tb^ eontitu .tiou nl lf- Setate of +3..uth Carolins,pro. po. d and agrend. to by two.thil (1d. of the members of v..ch brutich of the latst General 'Asseoily, and voted for by a uiujoilty of ti.c eteet6fs uinalifi.-d to vote fur menmbers of the (Jeimal Asszimbly at the last general eketion, to nit: 'rlicle XVf. To the ed ti a't the Iublic debt of South Carolina may i not hercafter hie iitereased without< tt.e due .cot.sidoration and f'co co sent of the people of the State, the I Guneral Assembly is ierebly fribid 'len to e elte aniny futther debt or I ui liga'tion, either by the lonn of the credit-of the State, by guaranty, e.', dorserment or othOrwise, excopt for I the ordinary and ourrent. business ofd tho State, witbout first subm itting thw {ue'tiuhs to tie creation of an t *nih 'new debt, gitaranty, ehdcrse. iu:-ut or loan of its credit to the < 1- pe of this Stite, at a general i M i;esetion ; and, un less two-thirds t qiualiled voters of this State, f ): i:n, vn the) question, shall. b--i 11 Iv u of a further debt, guaranty, an. r dl-reaement or loan of its 'credit, none e shall be created or made, be, and the s same is hereby rati.ied and made a piuat of the constitution of the State l 0l Sous h Carolina. Approved' Jnuary 20, A. D. h 1873. AM ACT CtNoaNoING PC1loot. FINDS. e Be it eunatwl by the Sutato and Y Elons-e of Representatives of the State i olSouth Carolini, now muet and hit ting in General A:ncmbly, and by the i auithority of the saie I Section 1.-That the General As ii senibly shall levy, at each regular a session thereof- an annual special tax, A to be known and designated as the to school tar, on ill tdiab!e property li throughout the State, for *the stipport a1 and mlaintenunce- of free coitoii a sohools, which .tax shall be collected. I at the saie time, aid in the saie g manner,'anid by thec satne ,gents a.; a the peteral 8tile tuumo litid which tax shall be paid into the treasuryief the I St to. Section 2. That it be declared a mindemicanor on the part of the State t easurer to apply or appropriate any r funds or moneys derived froni, (or col- V lected, or reteived on account of said school tax, for any purpuoq or e I urpow-s whatsoever, excej't that. of ,. firee common schools I and, on con- a viction thereof, he shall pay a fine of a not less than five thousand dollars, ($5,000,) tke same to be used for school purposes, and shall be impa is oned at the discretion of the court. Section 3. That the State treasr. or Oiall furnish to the State superini i tenidant of eduention, annually, on or' before the first Tuesday of' MarlcI of eech year, % hich eball be the filst dy. of A pril, a cer t ified . tate mint eblowing c t-o ,motunitof ioneys colledted or rcecived by himu on account of said ' school tax. Sectioin 4. That it. shill .ho the v duty ot the State supe intendent, of lj education to apportion, as the law a peCifles the free commiion !ciool fuinds of the 8tate utmong the several coun- I ties thereof. Sec i..n L. That It shall be the duty , of ecoh county schio >l commrissioner to aipprortion, according to law, tihe free a cow nnon1 school fuinds of hisi counlty amonng the sover~al school districetsa thereof .pror ided, That any school district believieg itself wronged by such apprct ionmnt ma111y apIpelal to the~ S ate superiniteidenit, of education, whise deci..don aball be final. a Sect ion 6. That t shatll be the duty I of oech conunty treasurer to report '1i mnt hily, on the 15th day of each month, to the caunity school comnmis- t sti-ner of his county, the amount of 1 colle'tions and d isbursemrenuts ador 1: ,him f or thle runth on aceontirt of i~~ -x iiu.d all otheri school funds ;I ui ll be a mi-,demcanor on the I 1s ..t ainy county treasuner to tie. a bi.i? till or refuse to make such re-i pn0;and, Onl conivietiton thereof, he r.hall paiy a tine of not, lais thain five lihundr'ed dollarsa,($500,) the same to I hae used for school purposes in his I CotlV. Meition 7. Trhat till mnoney 'dis bursed b~y any county treasurer eni account of school funds or Laxes ort poll toaX, be paid on the ordler ol buoardsl of sublOOl trustees, counter- I siganed by the county debooi Oomi.,. sioner :' Provided, that accounts or 4 claimis of school trustees for enamnora. tIn~g school ucialdren shall be paid op the order of thet county school com-~ I maI-lionecr.. I Eeetiion 8. That each county tda - nrror simll iaske out' arid f'orward to the State supe' iutendent of eduention, nlaudlly, on the l5t day of. Novemn ber a eertiled statceent, slbowing~ tiny school districts the amnout of pot1 tutt and the aiaoit of loctal oi--schonl district takes collected. &.y him for the iea yeer endl.aug the , 31st of October next preceding ; und hoy Id anycountytreasurer fail, neg1cee or matetotlke and -for'ward the etate ad h hevei, b'eputredi the Stato superinte*denrt of o dtubition -shall iiabeu. pa writtsp, cqsg>Miu to t.4m% circuit solieltor for the eb urty in which theasaid trananrer resides, Who Otall prosccute the uaid county treas urer or the &i "me, tid oiu evnivictive t2n reof, he shall be subj-et to a fin of ive hutidred dollars, (5500,) th ame to be ured for froo commor school purposes in bis county. App osed February 20, A. D, 1873. liissing the liride. A ttalwart- young rustie, who wa. known is a formidable operator ill a frc light,"' had jlit tunrried a ilool1ning and beau11 toil country gzirl )mily eightoee' yea.S of age, a nd the Sinl were at a 'party where a num. ser of young tifolks of both sects were tmljilying theimelves in thn good old 1bioneldl p~awn-la~yinlg style, I-,ve0ry pirl in the room had ieken called out rid kissed except. Mrs. I---the >eautiful youtig b Ido aforc aid ; and .ilhough there was not a 3oiigister >rcentij, who was not dying to tarte er lips, they wero restraincd by the Colsece of her herculean husband, who tood regardiig the p-rty with i a look f :u!e i dissaitiiation. They mis ook the cauce of his anger howver ; or, suddeuly rolling up his sleevem, e 1 teppdV ipio tle. middle !of tile oom, nd in I tonle (if voieo that at neo ectired ui1aI Lfd Uticltion, kid: IUentlemen, -1 have boen n)ticing 9w things. have beeni wurkltiny hure r Sme length of titue, ind I uini't all' satisfied. I don't want to rai.;e fuqn ;'lit 'What's.the matter, John ' intiuir. d half a-dozen- voices. '\What du ou 11eal ? lavo we done an3 thing i urt your foulings V es, YOU have: all of you have urt illy feel inigs, 11n1d I'Ve got jnst bis to Say about it i hero's evey gal i the loon bpon ki sed m1 i;hty nigh doZCJ tilmI :1piece, atil t here's lly -ire, who I con -ider as liely as any f 'em, ham net 11ad a single 0n0 to iglit.; a1nd1 I'll just. tell you n2ow if ie do,'t got as Ainiiy kimaeus the bal nCO of thet- time as 8 any gal in the J)M1, the nllan thut '.ights her lia otAit to flit2-that's all. Now go hcbd with your plays !' hec'rollic of e1C Ailoiulic I Americail in inrr A Halifax letter, in rt ference to th klantic af1saster, sa s: ' e of the Dilantic incidents of this tei rible flamity hs been the discovery that, io of h 1110en, a common sailor, 1nd hoso lfe, wais sac.ficed il (1.; i to ave others, waIs a 6 olig w -i'm (if bouit t Weill Y or tu% :n1 -3n 44, 1..r IF(!. Her mex was not k i an iii. 1e body was washed ni,,hore, :: ude -olothinig Ie 212eid pr. :. or burial, . She had e..vo . >mmnon Failor fir three v:ui V11as t favorite Shipmiate wr ili. s described as hIaviig fee or ices incident to a sailor's life thaim isual, but she was, nevertlele., as My an old tir as any of theum. 0h.e ( the survivors of the CleW, ill Speak. rg of her remarked : '1 didn't kn, wl Jill Wall a woman. lie uiseid to take is liquor as regular as ny of u-4, and as alw ay begging and teakliig to acco. lie Was a good fellow, thulgl, nil 1'111 1011 lie us a woman11.' 'iho iost 1initgu16r part of he whole story i that the woman was an Amerien, ndwas about 1the only onec of that ationali ty b~elinging to theO crew, Ytho she was, and~ijwhere ishe Was from, trange life of hlardi-hip, never was rid never will be fully known. liow Driiikisig Enlist's A poplexy. It is the essenltial naiture of a'l -inos and spirits to send1 an incereiseid msouint of bloodl to the brain. Trhe rat effoot. of taking at glass of wino r stronger form of' a Ieobol, is tosend)2 bie blood theore faster thlan eo~limOni, ence the oirculation that gives the1 ed fa'co. It inreases the nctivity of he~ brain, and it, works faster, and no 0oes the tongueo. But supposo a man2t i'eps on driulting,, thge blood is sent o fast, in suchi largo quantities, that n order to malikO room for it thle *rt eries have enlarged themtse'lves ; the ncrease in size, and in doing so they ress . against thle muoro yielding and 40e1id veins2 whiich carry the bIlood it of the brain and thus dimlini.,ha heir size, their pore.s, the result be rig that the blood is not only carriedl o thJe arteries of the braml faster hanI i.<nalltura2l or hll(tb12111, but it is a eJvente d from~ Iln inig it as fant asI Anial ; hene aI dotible seCt of cauIses of perat ion. A man may dInIk enough inandy or' other spi rits in) a few hours, r. in a few mlinutces to bring on a .tall attack of apopilexy. Severall housen and out bldinigi v'erpi destroyed, by the stormn) T 1uos lay last, in thou vicinity of tardnei' L'alcrner. .Onaehouse, was blown fron its foundatioddi at disltanid otf seventy live fcet ;. at ebild ltai swept into (wamp, andii only reOcovleed after muel soarobi. No pesons were sorioucl; lJinjured. -- Beau'fort Rlep ublican1. A Oon flays (ldon drankif Chamn pagne -withouit kunowing whiatait. swvas anid ,is being churohped for gettin gwonrt t able and pinging, "lblo i Bo Rlidley, Ho !' A siecut, bteel buttons are i latest. The iost curio'is e. of' tonram brulisinl we vevr iward of, occurred to Soung lady in, tili city night iefore hiSt. Sho resides inl a nighboring tat, and is vi.siting somer ft ilndsi here. Ont 'Ihlu r.,day evening there Wals a social gathering at thi) hiou *e of a gentilen aron ighth st(reet, to whicl sIe was inl% ired. and during (h eveni ing Rhe wt' as14ki(d to sing. Be ing ant aceomptorlite.d naisioian and sinrger of more th1an1 mordin ay sweet losi, s.e respondel to lic (ldemands of the companly for repeated songs, uit til he quito cxbi anosted herself. The com pany broko u II a bout 1 o'c lock, atil at 2 o'clock the young lady re tired. in about all hour music was leard proceeding frot her roon. It cont iinled so long that. one of the Iemhers of tihe family arose, aid upon entering (tho apartment, of tho )uunig lady, found her asleep and Miging with aill her power. She tried to awaken her, but the effort was Itiu;tvailintg. Sh11e conitinulted to sing, gonig from one song to another, for upward of anl hont, whon naturelsoem %,d to he exiuted, arni the sounnin buli :s sank iinto a real sleep. Upon awakirig the next morning she knew noiithiig or the oceurrence.-'lioy (., F. ) '/imes. State Agricultural Society. ThI Spring :itenting of the Stato r~ientturand Z' lanical Society wi Ie held in this city oi Tueaday, April 29, when interesting addresses will be deAlvered upon toepies of isn. portice to planters and frners and stock rai-c. s. Ari nrngoirment.4are IIa kinrg for the enggemlie nt of a sunita. lle hall, and the tietibeir arid thoir families will lie provided with a pronunme of imutisinent largo eflogIhi anrd compi te enough to suit every ta:ste. III addition to the meet inig of t e society and tIto floral fair, Iiire will h e.-anr.i..ns to the mttrl boris tand pho1sht ite works r1nd. eown1 ho harbo;r, so tat (ite visitors uny have a goo.1 opportlunity of Aceing whatever is iio.t ttr'active io and botit Ciarlestun. The railroads and rtearinmshi line., will take exenrsioists both wny., for ono fate, and nothing will be I It witdonme w. make the titno p.sli pleasantly. It is hoped lint, the mImeriS cof 1:m Society will Come down il for ".. k Warmu welcoite : '<it t h! m- C.rleston Ners and ACOurier.y on letter-writers V11, a greater than v i v litre hta ar-isen. T..ht enads With anr 'i'' I !:~~ - t n~tato of K ia thil~iuing Mr. lo uninitain - b:'ii itonniention ri i. i tie nds of tie eunL I II hou1, t tM ni.1 11f "Ir. The''li I4 A ltau e.0abe, i., to be abliol t ni d, ai ai ita n he Riehy Moun. tinsm is to talk juist nas easily to his fric'l (.it MlniI JI11ane, in CGw'itzerland a:4 if they uere ta!iing across the ltre-t. Mlr. liom i.i i.. goin ' to do this by utiliziig the imense reser voir of electricity in teio atmosphere I wo or thtree mile. above the earth's surface. Cimerical as th sees to be ire suiperficiali observer, ire has edi torus, arid even'i C'ongrertmen, enthusi' ititicanlly end rrs intg htisi cornclusiotns. Thie Ilhiladelphia icasr boosts himt wiith two columinsi of pitraite. (Conseri'ative O'rlnrhn in floretce and (icorgetown. A special telegram to the Chrar lert ownr N e ws say a : I'lThe mtunielpai election in Florence paui'od .ff very qitoy, andr resulted itn tire elct in of tire oitizensa' tiloket by fifty fiur mrvjority. Their ofmeera eilecd are : Intendatt-Johtn Kurker. Warrdenr4--.Jeromer P. Chase and W. antd 'T. Bcsrnett, clored. Theb result gives general u'atisfrtion. Tihe mrurnicipal election In Geogo town (in thie 7th Inst ,resulted int a, victory for tihe F'usionr or UConserva tive ticket. Tire majority of G. R. Congdona for 1rntendunt was 184. The Warudens elected are David JT. \Vil ion'Pter WVoodbury, John \V. TIar hot anrd Arthur Miorgan. Tfhe Cliariotle, ('ulombia anti Angusta We tare pl eased to learn that thre recernt vidi. North of Coil. J. 13. Pal. trer, the elioienit President of this toad, wa';s nr't fruuit less. Ilb purchtas ed for tire road 1,000) tons of' heavy iron rails of th It Fi.shting pattern. Weo learn furthter thart two loeimotives haUve been added to tire road,arnd that, tire riuthoritiest are now building at thteir shops sixty cara. Important as thi4 road is to Cooumbia, and the whioie State, wo record with pleasure thre fact that it~s brruirtess is represent edl as being in a flint ishring contdition a nd ontinuallyrinreuting.-Caro Tire Ilir'toricail Socty of Dole ware urnges tire preparation of a hris tory of the newsarparper piress of that (tate, et W ilmingtont cannot tiaid its twopoity dietcetivos.