Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, October 11, 1883, Image 2
Scraps and Jarts. j!
? The Board of Directors of the Greenville j
and Laurens Railroad have held a meeting t
at Greenville and resolved to begin the \
work of construction at once. It is expect- ,
ed that the road will be completed some j
time next Spring. j}
? Col. T. M. R. Talcott, general superin- i (
tendent and manager of the Richmond and |'
Danville Railroad, has resigned, after fifteen ,
years' connection with the road. He is sue-!
ceeded by Col. A. R. Rives, first vice president.
The change is owing to the new man- j,
agement of the road.
? It is a'curious coincidence that the Dem- ,
ocratic candidate for Governor of Ohio is too j I
sick to make speeches, and that the Repub- j
lican candidate for Governor of Iowa is (
threatened with death from epilepsy. A (
man who goes into politics ought to have a {
hard head and a tough stomach. ' {
? The latest news from Limestone county, i
Tex., is that the war between the cattle men i
and the wire fence cutters is still raging. <
Two men are known to have been killed. <
It is estimated that $30,000 worth of wire i
fencing has been destroyed, and that land ;
in Limestone has depreciated in value on j
that account, nearly $200,000. (
? The drought in New Orleans has dried 1
up thousands of cisterns, and a system of (
flushing the gutters with water from the j
water works has been stopped, it is alleged, '
for the purpose of allowing the Water (
Works Co. to take advantage of the situa- (
tion and force people to patronize it. A wa- (
tor riot is thought to be impending. <
? The o3rd semi-annual Conference of the I
Mormon Church met in Salt Lake City last \
Saturday, the sessions being held both morn- :
ing and afternoon. The morning session
was addressed by Apostles Taylor, Young
and Grant. The number of Mormons in '
attendance was large and the meetings '
showed the determination of the church to .
stand by polygamy.
? New Orleans has escaped this year without
a single case of yellow fever?the first
time in many years, and a fact almost exceptional,
since a few sporadic cases are always
expected. There is, however, a great
deal of malarial fever in the city and vicinity,
probably due to the drought and the
(frying up of the water in the swamps,
bayous, and lagoons. Out of 138 deaths the
past week 16 were of malarial fever.
? The New York Globe (colored organ)
sums up the work of the Louisville convention
as follows : "As we go to press 3 days
of the convention have been consumed, and
the labors Derformed are satisfactory us.
Mr. Douglas' brave and incisive speech has
been spoken and sent broadcast over the
land, arousing the people to a sense of their 1
dutv ; the republican party has received a <
cold-water bath, and President Arthur has !
been drowned in the bath-tub." 1
? It is stated at Richmond, in Mahone i
circles, that Governor Cameron has contrib- j
uted $1,500 to the Coalition campaign fund. t
What Mahone has himself contributed for ^
the same object is notstated. It is supposed
that all the other leading Mahoneites have 1
made equally liberal donations for conduct- s
ing the campaign. Mahone has sent out an t
address to the people of the State. The State (
debt and other dead issues are relied upon
to hold his followers together. Seventy-five .
thousand of these circulars have been sent '
broadcast throughout the whole common- 1
wealth. {
? The Postmaster-General decides that the '
reduced rate of postage that went into effect i
on the 1st instant, applies to domestic mails <
or.'*? onH r?r?f frkmnile fr?r fhrpitrn nnnntrips :
V/lIi J f CWliVt 14V/V W *v* a\/. J
but becomes the rate of letters to Canada in
consequence of the fact that under the existing
postal arrangement between the United 1
States and that country the domestic rate of <
the country of origin applies to the interna- (
tional letters exchanged between the two j
countries with the exception of Canada, (
therefore, the rates of postage named in the ,
foreign postage table of the "Postal Guide"
for August last continue to apply on and af- 5
ter Ootober 1st. i
? A Washington dispatch says that on '
last Friday the New Orleans National Bank, i
through its counsel, instituted suit for $100,- <
000 damages in the District Court against j
the Postmaster General on account of the (
lattter's order of September 19th, forbidding
the delivery to the bank of registered let- {
tere and the payment to it of money orders
by reason of its relation with a lottery com- 1
pany. The bank's bill of complaint sets ]
forth that the order contained defamatory ^
and libelous matter and was intended to
charge the bank with fraudulent practices
ana illegal action in ana aooux transacting ?
its banking business and to have its eusto- '
mers believe that it was procuring money (
by fraudulent practices.
? A Bridgeport, Conn., dispatch says that I
Wm. Lewis is anxious now to be arrested
and free himself from the odium thrown upon
him by the papers, the detectives and ]
the verdict of the Coroner's jury, which was ]
not a verdict of accusation, but one of suspi- <
cion. He has said to grand juror Crawford: j
"I want the public to Know that I am inno- ,
cent, and I think I cannot do it in any better
way than by standing the fullest trial, .
which I want to do." The authorities not 1
only display no fear that he will run away,
but also no inclination to place him under ]
arrest. Judge Lockwood denies that he has }
been retained to prosecute libel suits against ]
Rev. Dr. Houghton and against New York
and New Haven papers for statements and
charges made against Lewis.
? Prohibition has made its way steadily ^
and rapidly in Georgia. Ten years ago it 1
had but little hold. Now the sale of liquor <
is prohibited in the whole or part of 71 coun- <
ties, leaving less than half the counties in (
the State in which the sale is restricted. (
The Legislature just dissolved has made '
nine of these counties non-liquor counties by j
enactment, and provided tor elections in
thirty odd more. It also passed a bill mak- 1
ingit a crime to sell liquor to a confirmed
drunkard or a drunken person, after notice ]
not to sell has been served by one of his i
relatives. Under local option prohibition <
has shown unusual strength. It has been 1
beaten notably in onljr two counties. Its 1
friends contend that five more years will
see the six larger cities of Georgia the sole
strongholds of liquor, environed closely
with prohibition suburbs.
? Just before the fight at Petersburg, Gen- <
eral B. F. Butler, while out in front of his '
lines with his staff, came near being cap- *
tured by a picket squad of the Seventh South
Carolina Cavalry. Some days afterward a !
member of that regiment was captured by 1
Butler's men, and by the General's orders J
brought into his tent. Gen. B. asked the 1
man what would have been done had he J
(Butler) been taken by his comrades a few j
days previous. The man replied that while
he was a prisoner he declined giving any 1
opinion. Butler then said that he had ask- f
ea the question from curiosity, and would '
protect the man, no matter what his reply 1
should be. The Confederate then said: J
"Well. General. I think that in the event of :
your capture by our men you would never !
be heard of again." Butler laughed hearti- ]
ly, thinking it a fine joke. 5
? A member of a manufacturing firm that J
employs five hundred men told the Senate j
comm ittee, the other day that the knowledge .
he possessed he got by reading the newspa- j
pers, and not from books, and that by reading
the papers he kept himself informed on j
the literature and current events of the day. \
Thousands of other prominent businessmen j
would make the same acknowledgement if j
questioned on the subject. The tendency
of all literature is toward expansion, so j
the most industrious reader of books can ]
scarcely in a lifetime become well informed; j
newspapers, on the contrary condense nearly (
everything into as few words as possible. ]
Were a student to attempt to give tne polit- r
ical, social, religious and literary history ,
of the world for a day he might do it in far ,
more elegant style than the newspapers, j
but his story would occupy the reader's ]
time for at least a week. The newspaper
is the true American university. ?
? A disastrous fire occurred at Dallas,
Texas, last Saturday. It broke out at 11 ]
o'clock in a steam cotton elevator. The j
flames spread rapidly and soon the cotton ]
yard of the City Compress, occupying a ;
block of ground, immediately adjoining the ]
elevator, caught fire and was consumed, s
At 12.30 the elevator fell with a crash. The .
flames-rapidly spread, and soon the cotton !
around the compress caught and was rapidly '
burned. The elevator contained wheat and ]
oats to the amount of 30,000 bushels, all of I
which was destroyed. There were proba- j
oly 4,000 bales of cotton consumed. Promi- i
lent insurance men estimate the loss at
,000,000, and the insurance at say $750,000.
3f course this is mere guess work, as noth-:
ng definite can be obtained. Business is!
ilmost suspended and the whole town is |
excited. The fire department responded
promptly, but it was nearly half an hour!
oefore the engines got regularly to work, *
md then the water supply was inadequate.,
3ne of the engines seemed to be entirely
worthless.
? At the opening of the Orphans' Semi-j
lary, at Clinton, on the 2nd instant, Governor
Thompson, who was present by invita:ion,
delivered an address. .He at once
aunched into the midst of his subject, a
plea for education as the province of the
State. It would be impossible in this short
eportto give even the bare bones of this
iiscourse. It bristled with thoughts, ran
over with brilliant sallies and illustrations,
md though applauded to the echo was yet
i calm, thoughtful and energetic appeal
:o our people to educate their children, and
:o press forward along that line continually.
Jur people expected much from our Governor.
They felt at the close of his address
;hat they had received and learned much
md had been lifted hiaher by the noble
idvice given. The encomiums passed up-1
)n the address have been of the most enhusiastic
kind. In the course of his dis ussion
he specially advocated industrial
raining, and urged that the experiment
be tried on the premises of the Tnornwell
Orphanage. He instanced the history of
)ther places and institutions. This advice
)f the Governor chimed in with the feelings
if the trustees of the orphanage and it is
probable that the first step towards giving
i thorough industrial training as a part of
;he orphanage work will ere long i>o enered
upon.
(The ilovluiUc inquirer.
VORKVILLE. S. (. :
THURSDAY MORNING, OCT. 11, 1883.
THE SPEAKERSHIP.
A canvass of the incoming House of Representatives
in regard to several leading
luestions has been made by the Chicago
Tinier. Letters were sent to all the members-elect
of the House of Representatives
tsking their opinions of the policy and
practicability of attempting next winter
;o secure further tariff legislation, their
^iews of the repeal of the compulsory provisions
in the silver coinage Act, and the
suspension of the issue of silver certificates,
md their choice for Speaker. Many of the
Congressmen were also asked their opinion
)f internal improvements and river and
larbor bills, and of forfeiting land grants
:iot earned within the time fixed by the
granting Act. Many of the persons to
vhom this last question was put either
misunderstood it or are singularly ignorant
if the tacts.
Several Republicans favor Keifer for
jaueus candidate for the Republican complimentary
vote for Speaker, because it is
inly a mere form, or because it would be
liscourteous to refuse it to him. Of the
preferences expressed, eleven are for Ilis;ock,
seven for Reed, one for Reed or Keifer,
and three for Robinson, of Massachusetts.
Some friends of Mr. Carlisle have
made a canvass of the next House on the
Speakership, but some of the Carlisle men
ire claimed with a? least as much reason for
ither candidates. There is believed to be
i good deal ol hopes in the estimate of the
Carlisle men. Pensylvania Democrats are
issunfed to be for Mr. Randall and New
York members for Mr. Cox. As to the
latter, Cox can count positively on only
fialf the members from his own State,
though others will vote for him on the first
?r second ballot. The canvass, summarized,
jives to Carlisle 91 votes, and to Randall
23, South Carolina being put down 4 for
Carlisle and 2 for Randall. The following
views were expressed by three of the South
Carolina delegation:
Representative Dargan writes: "I favor
further tariff legislation. My first choice
for Speaker is Mr. Carlisle; my second
choice Mr. Cox or Mr. Springer. In my
udgment there should be no further compulsory
coinage of silver. I am opposed to
ill legislation giving artificial aid to ship
Duilding or any other industry."
Representative Tillman says: "I am opposed
to any attempt at tariff revision by
i Democratic House while the Senate and
President are Republican. It would be not
>nly impracticable, but impolitic, in view
>f the Prsidential election. I favor ununited
coinage of silver, and would oppose
the repeal of the compulsory provisions
if the silver coinage Act or the suspension
>f the issue of silver certificates. My first
choice for Speaker is Randall, and my
second is Cox, because they both favor the
ibolition of internal revenue; whereas, the
Western candidates all advocate the retention
of the internal system."
Representative Hemphill writes: "I believe
the tariff ought to be and can be reformed.
As to the silver question and the
speakership, I have not yet determined
jpon any course definitely."
RANDALL'S VIEWS.
Hon. Samuel J. Randall addressed a Democratic
meeting at Cleveland, Ohio, last
Saturday night. Among other things he
said :
The tendency of the Republican party is {
to a consolidation of government approaching
monarchy. The Democrats favor the
iistribution of power and oppose centralization,
because it is dangerous and imperils
the rights of the people. As a Democrat, I
Favor the total abolition of internal revenue.
1'here is no occasion for the existing inter-!
rial taxation. We do not need money. The j
surplus each year about equals the amount j
collected that way. The government has I
110 right to collect more money than is nec- [
3ssary for its effective economical adminis-!
tration. Internal taxation fosters monopolies
like those of matches and whisky. It
is a machine which reaches the ballot box
ind threatens to overthrow our institutions. J
[ would remit the support of the government
to the old mode of levying a tax 011
imports so that it would at least incidentally
protect American manufacturers and American
labor so as not to have to compete with
European pauper labor. The Ohio platform
proclaims the true business policy of the
tariff. Various States have adopted it and
the National Convention will adopt it, and
the Democrats will elect a President 011 it.
Free trade and a prohibitive tariff are utter
Follies. If you want an illustration of Eng)tc?V*
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trade would reduce America to the distress- j
2d condition of Ireland. We never can j
have free trade, even after our debt is paid, i
The government will require enough of j
money to till the gap between European j
pauper labor and American dignified labor.
Capital and labor should be co-operative and i
reciprocal, but if we must have legislation, j
I prefer to have it for labor. Capital is:
jtrong?labor weak and needs assistance.!
Labor should be an equal partner in the i
profits on the products of labor. The Re- i
publicans have not only been extravagant j
in the use of public funds, but have done i
^reat injustice to you, all joint owners of the j
public domain. Nearly all of the country
idded to our union has been acquired by
Democratic administrations and through
Democratic policy. Since the close of the
war the Republicans have given away a
hundred and seventy-five million acres, a
hundred and forty millions of which were
[jivon to six corporations.
FIXING THE FREIGHTS.
On Wednesday afternoon of last week,
the following letter from the Railroad Commissioners
was received at this place by the
persons to whom it is addressed:
Office of Railroad Commissioners, |
* Columbia, S. C., October 2. j'
Messrs. Clark Bros., T. M. Dobson, Dobson
& Parish, and others, Yorkville, S. C.:
Gentlemen?Referring to our letter.of
the 31st August, I am directed by the board
to say in further answer to your communication
of the 28th August that the commission
conceded to the Charlotte, Columbia
and Augusta Railroad the privilege of
treating the Cheraw and Chester and Chester
and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroads as
distinct roads. When the attention of Mr.
Haas, traffic manager, was called to the
fact that to charge sum of the locals on
these roads would operate injustice to the
business of certain localities, he replied that
he would obviate the difficulty by making
joint rates, and afterwards informed the
board that such rates had been made. Those
constituting the management of said roads
having now refused to make such rates as
will effect the desired purpose, it becomes
necessary, in order to prevent injustice to
certain localities, to withdraw the privilege
hitherto given the Charlotte, Columbia and
Augusta Railroad to the Cheraw and Chester
and Chester and Lenoir Railroads, and
to treat sum roaas us part 01 xne unarioue,
Columbia aiul Augusta Railroad. The enclosed
Circular No. 7 speaks for itself. Yours,
very respectfully,
M. T. Bartlett, Secretary.
The following is ''Circular 7" referred to
above, issued by the Railroad Commissioners
on the 2nd instant:
1. Freight Rule shall apply to all freight
passing from one point to another on the
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad,
and the Cheraw and Chester Railroad and
the Chester and Lenoir Railroad.
2. Section 7 of Circular 2 is repealed, and
the relations of the Cheraw and Chester
Railroad and the Chester and Lenoir Railroad
to the Standard Freight Tariff are
hereby made the same as that of the Charlotte,
Columbia and Augusta Railroad, as
fixed by Circular 2, Section 2.
8. A charge of one-half cent per 100 pounds
may be made for transfer of freight at Chester
to and from the Cheraw afid Chester
Railroad to the Charlotte, Columbia and
Augusta Railra^, and to and from the j
Chester and Lenoir Railroad to the Charlotte,
Columbia and Augusta Railroad.
4. The passenger class of the Cheraw and
Chester Railroad and the Chester and Lenoir
Railroad is hereby changed from Class
C to Class A.
This Circular win he puonsneu as required
bv law, and will go into 'effect October
25, 1883.
This means that the narrow gauge roads
will hereafter be considered part of their
leasee, the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
Railread, and subject to the same rate of
freight and passage as that road, an allowance
being made for the cost of transferring
freight from one car to another at Chester.
This puts the stations on the narrow gauge
roads on the same footing as stations 011 the
main line of the Charlotte Itoad.
As explanatory of paragraph 1 of the circular,
we copy "Freight Rule 3," alluded
to therein :
3. In the application of the "Standard
Freight Tariff' for the purpose of transportation,
main lines, branches and connecting
railroads, when operated together or controlled
by one company, shall be regarded
as parts of one road, and the rates snail be
computed as upon parts of one and the same
road.
The following is Section 7 of Circular
2, repealed by the 2nd paragraph of the
above Circular, No. 7:
7. The rates fixed by the "Commissioners'
Standard Freight Tariff" are maximum
rates, which the railroads shall not exceed.
They may adopt lower rates; but if they
do so for one, they shall for a like service,
adopt the same reduced rates for all persons;
nn/1 If fKntT v lnoo vo f no /Mi/i
<11114 11 L1IC7J li-V ItOO ItVWD llV/lil
stiition, they shall make a reduction of the
same per cent, on all stations along the
line of road, (except as provided for by Rules
9 and 10) so as not to discrimitate against
any person or locality.
Paragraph 4 of Circular 7 changes the passenger
class of the Cherawaud Chester Railroad
and the Chester and Lenoir Railroad
from Class C to Class .1; in other words,
the fare is reduced for passengers 12 years
old and over, from 4 to 3 cents per mile;
and for those over 7 and under 12 years'
from 2 to lAcent per mile, from and after
the 25th instant.
On the 4th instant the Commissioners issued
Circular 8, which says that on the following
roads, on all classes, the rates fixed
by the "Standard Freight Tariff" for ten
and twenty miles, shall, for these distances,
apply as a maximum : The Charlotte, Columbia
and Augusta, CHeraw and Chester,
Chester and Lenoir, Cheraw and Darlington,
Cheraw and Salisbury, Columbia and
Greenville, Central of Sontli Carolina, Laurens,
Northeastern, Spartanburg, Union and
Columbia, and Wilmington, Columbia and
Augusta uauroaus. ?ms lowers me rates
for hauls of twenty miles and under on
nearly every road in the State.
Circular 8 also contains the following,
which we copy:
2. To Freight Itule I add the following:
"Stations not over two miles beyond the
upper limit of any ten mile group may be
included in such group." With this addition
Jtule 1 will read as follows:
"The Commission is required by the
'General Railroad Act' to determine'what
shall be the limits of longer and shorter
distances,' and 10 miles has, therefore, been
fixed as the usual limit for a change of
freight rates; but the railroads may, if they
so desire, for intermediate distance, adopt
rates also intermediate between those given
in the table. Stations not over two mites beyond
the upper limit of any ten mile (/roup
may be included in such (/roup."
3. The following changes have been
adopted in the "Standard Freight Tariff"
for distances over 100 miles on Classes 1,
2 and 3:
MILKS.
110 120 130 140 ir>0 100 170 ISO 100
('lass 1 59 01 02 03 04 05 00 07 OS
('lass 2 50 52 54 50 57 58 50 00 01
Class 3 44 45 40 47 48 40 50 51 52
MILES.
200 210 220 230 240 250 200 270 280
Class 1 00 70 71 72 73 74 75 70 77
Class 2 02 03 04 05 00 07 08 00 70
Class 3 53 54 55 50 57 58 50 00 01
MILKS.
ii!io :?io ai<i ::-jo aao :wo
Class 1 7S 79 SO 81 82 88 84
Class 2 71 72 7.'$ 74 7"> 7ii 77
Class 8 02 08 04 0f> 00 07 08
4. Bran and Mill Stuff will be classed as
follows: In less than car load, Class 1).
In car loads, Class ().
It is but justice to the Railroad Commissioners
to give them the benefit of the statement
that they have never intended points [
on the narrow gauge railroad to be injured j
in through rates, and that they have waited
until the issuance of Circular 7 in order to
afford the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
Railroad authorities opportunity of themselves
making reasonable through rates.
As they failed to do so, the Commissioners
have themselves carried out their original
rliicifo All tl-iof +hf? lmuinocu pfinimn. i
nity of Yorkville desired, was that so far;
as circumstances woidd permit, they should ;
have equal chances with competing points, i
The rate* never entered into their cause oft
complaint.
The Question of Color in the!
Courts.?Last week, in the Court of Gene-'
ral Sessions of Orangeburg county, Peter
Andrews, a colored school teacher, was tried
for assault and battery with intent to kill
W. J. Frederick, near Branchville, on the ,
Gth of June last. The accused was colored
and the person assaulted was a white man,
and the counsel for the defence urged the
jury to forget the race and color of the interested
parties. In charging the jury
Judge Witherspoon said: "When I hear
the question of race and color referred to
here in the courts, it occurs to me to ask if,
it is necessary that after eighteen years we i
should be continually reminded 'that we'
cannot and must not indulge in prejudice?
Is it necessary? Has not the natural prejudice
that grew out of the changed condition
of things had time to wear away? Is
it not time now that we should cease all
this reference to race and color in the courts ?
If the jurors are prepared to rise superior
to prejudice, then there is no propriety in
referring to these matters. I hope that I j
am addressing a jury whose sense of justice !
is above and will rise superior to any in|
fluences outside of this wise." The case j
was a clear one and the jury found the pris-1
oner guilty of aggravated assault and bat- j
tery. Sentence, nine months in the Peni-1
tentiarv.
ENGLAND'S CAPITAL CASE.
Gen. Roger A. Pryor sailed from New
York last Thursday for England, having
been retained as counsel to defend Patrick
O'Donnell, whose trial for shooting James
Carey, the informer, will begin on the loth
instant in London. Ex-Judge Fullerton, of
New York, has also been retained as counsel
for O'Donnell, and will arrive in London
about the JflJth. U'Donneu wm ue aeienueci
by able British counsel, butbeingan American
citizen,his American sympathisers have
deemed it advisable to employ counsel in this
country. A large fund has been raised in
the United States to aid in the defence.
Mr. Sullivan, of O'Donnell's counsel, recently
gave a London paper the following
summary of O'Donnell's defence:
Till the day after he reached Cape Town,
O'Donnell says he never for a moment suspected
Power to be Carey. Seeing him to
be an Irishman, like himself, he chummed
with him and was kind to the children, because
they seemed to be in misery. He was
further attracted to Carey by his occasional
moody, mysterious manner, and thought he
was possibly a political outcast escaping.
The day after they left the Cape it was rumored
that Carey was abroad. O'Donnell
was overcome by the idea that he had been
giving his hand to and chumming with such
a villain. He lay awake all night moaning
and groaning at the thought, unable to believe
or disbelieve. He had had?as the
I Crown witness, Greenhough, not forthcoming
here, testified at the Cape?plenty of opportunities
for throwing Carey overboard
on the way out had he suspected his identity.
In order to draw Carey out, and contrary
to his usual abstemious habits, he
drank rather freely the next morning (Sunday)
with Carey. The informer, suspecting
something, changed his manner to O'Donnell,
and on going into the saloon for beer,
said : "What have you done with your pistol,
O'Donnell ? It made me nervous when
you fired at those flying-fish." 0'D.onnell
replied, (lying:) "I sold it; but why are
you afraid? Only a man who had something
on his conscience would be afraid of
that"?or words to that effect. Meanwhile
Mrs. O'Donnell, not wishing to he dragged
into the row, had left them. Carey took a
hectoring tone, and, as some men who had
been previously sitting sprang to their feet,
he said, "O'Donnell, you are too ready to
go off half-cock," and grappled O'Donnell,
who took Carey's collar hy his left and paralyzed
hand. Carey and' he then each put
their hands in their pockets and drew out
-f v ~ .? ..A A niA?:/U^
piSLOlS. \L came 1XUIXI U pill L ui ^vinci
, where people don't wait to inquire into a
I man's intentions when his pistol is against
your forehead,' I said," relates O'Donnell,
"and I fired with my right hand. Carey's
revolver went off' and dropped on the floor.
Its owner staggered forward, stooping to
pick up his weapon. Seeing this, J fired
again. Tom Carey then picked up his father's
pistol."
Mr. Sullivan is hopeful of convicting Tom
Carey of perjury on this point, and in regard
to his utterance to O'Donnell after the
shooting. He has applied for a postponement
of the trial to allow time for Greenhough
and the officers of the Kin/aus Castle,
whom he will subpoena, to arrive. He
hopes to secure the services of Charles Russell
to assist him in the defence. Three
hundred pounds toward the expense of
O'Donnell's defence was received from
.tYiiierica on rriuuay. 111c jnisuuci is jaunty
and unconcerned, though his legal advisers
warn him against taking matters too
easily.
?
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? 8. C. Godley, a merchant of Walterboro',
has committed suicide.
? The Fall session of the Citadel Academy
at Charleston opened on Tuesday of last
week with full numbers.
? The Greenville Fair opened last Tuesday,
to continue for three days. The prospects
have been extremely flattering for a
successful exhibition.
? Lynch, of Sumter, who recently left
his wife and ran away with a factory girl 10
years old, has been sent to the penitentiary
for two years.
? E. Jenkins, who killed a negro named
JocClyburnin Lancaster, about two weeks
ago, has been tried and acquitted, the defendant
establishing a plain case of self-defence.'
? Chester lie porter: lie v. Geo. A. Trenholm
has declined the call to the pastorate
of the Presbyterian Church of Chester.
His congregation, the Second Prsbyterian
Church of East Nashville, refuses to release
him.
The Edgefield Chronicle is very anxious
for the Gaffney City and Ilutherfordton
Road to run by" Edgefield, and thinks that
the subscription, of $150,000 by the townships
in Edgefield county through which the road
would run would be a good investment.
? In the Union Court of Sessions, last week,
Henry Long and his wife, and their son,
Charner, were tried for the murder of Mr.
Relew, last summer, a full account of which
we published. Henry Long and his wife
were acquitted, and a mistrial entered
against Charner Long.
?The assessment of real estate in Kershaw
county this year exceeds the assessment
last year by $49,785. In the same
county only about $4,200 taxes have been
collected?$2,500 of the May installment, and
SI ,100 in September. The taxes for the
county amount to $32,583,18; so that there
still remains uncollected about$29,000.
? Joseph B. Clark, who was charged with
an attempt to commit an outrage on the
person of Mrs. Boganat Hade's Gold Mine,
in Lancaster county, was tried in Lancaster
last week. The case occupied three days.
The result was a mistrial, and the prisoner
was remanded to jail to await a new trial.
The case excited great interest.
? Major T. S. Mills lias shown the Chester
Reporter a letter from Latham, Alxander
& Co., of New York, informing him that
several estimates on the cotton crop of last
year are within 244 bales of the true figures.
Maj. Mills' estimate, as it will be remembered,
was within 028 bales of the mark.
So the Major is ruled out and Chester dosen't
get the prize.
? The Abbeville Medium tells the f<> 'owing
story of the rare quality of the w'.isky
sold in that town : "\\ ins. Weston, colored,
came to town on the 25th of September and
took a good drink of whisky. It made
him drunk, and he has been drunk ever
since. lie will eat nothing, but imagines
that he is surrounded with piles of good fat
bacon, lie hasn't the jimjams, but seems
to border on insanity."
? Chester Reporter: The Associate Reformed
Synod of the South will hold its
next annual session in Chester, beginning
on Thursday, 25th instant. The Synod is
made up of the pastors of churches and one
elder from each congregation. About one
Ln?t<-1 ??A/1 /lAlAoiifnu AVAAAI nrl f A nHnnrl
iiuiiuini illU tv/ iuu nvi
the approaching session. The citizens of
the town will be asked to entertain the
i members of Synod during their stay in our
midst, and we know that they will respond
promptly and cheerfully.
? Marion Merchant and Farmer: A nephew
of Judge Pressley, named David Adams,
who has been in Marion a day or two, on
Thursday morning became deranged to
such an extent that lie imagined lie had
the control and direction of a vast scheme i
of some sort in Florida, and among other
acts telegraphed to Florence for a special (
train to carry him thither; also ordered <
all trains 011 the road between here and
Savannah to he switched off to permit his ;
rapid passage. He used .Judge Pressley's
name to insure success. The special train 1
from Florence arrived, but we have not '
heard whether or not further inconvenience <
to the road resulted before his demented 1
condition was discovered by his friends.
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
A. Coward?Toxt Books.
R. Lathan?Public Schools.
T. S. Jetton s, Agent?Cotton ami .Money.
Heriulou Huothers?Stoves, Ac.
Dobson A Raaish?Mackerel, Ac.
Hunter A Oates?Come and Rav lTs.
ColeoekA Miller?New Hoods.
T. M. Dobson?Dolmansand the HlobeShirt.
R. II. Hlonn?Sheriffs Sales.
James Mason, Div. Sup.?Change of Schedule.
M. Strauss?Competition is the Life of Trade.
Withers Adickes?New Hoods.
W. ('. Latimer?An Artistic Display.
Jos. F. Wallace?Clerk's Sales.
Heo. W. S. Hart?Assignee's Sale.
John W.Jones?Plantation for Sale.
S. K. Miller?The Valley Mutual Life Association
J. C. Crazier, Blair's, S. C.?Wanted.
COTTON RECEIPTS.
Cotton has been coming in very freely
since Friday, and is in brisk demand at
from 8? to 10.08. ?
THE RAILROAD.
The trains are now running through from !
Newton, N. C1., to Lancaster, in this State, j
thougli at present postal service by the U.
S. Mail Agent extends only from Newton to
Chester. In the course of two or three weeks
the road will be extended from Newton to
Hickory.
CONVICTED OF ARSON.
Policeman A. F. McConnell has returned
from Edgefield Court, to which he had been
.summoned as a witness in tne case 01 .hod
Grant, colored, charged with arson, and
whom Mr. McConnell arrested in this place
last July. Grant was convicted of the crime
and sentenced to the penitentiary for life.
TEXT BOOKS.
In our advertising columns, this week,
will be found two important circulars?one
from the State Superintendent of Education,
and the other from the County School
Commissioner?relative to the text books
to be used in the free common schools of the
State. The books prescribed are to remain
in use for five years.
PENSIONERS IN VOHK.
According to a statement recently published,
there are twenty-one United States
pensioners in York county, receiving an aggregate
monthly rate of $108.00. There are
472 pensioners in the State, all but about
a half a dozen soldiers or the widows of soldiers
in the late civil war, .the aggregate
monthly pay to whom is $3,931.
FIRE.
Between 3 and 4 o'clock last Monday
afternoon, the cribs and stables of Mr. Geo.
J. Steele, near McConnellsville, in this
county, were burned. There were about
1 An aI* aamm 4-lw* nwS be on/1 n /mon_
J.UU UUSIICin VJUII1 m lii^ auu <w vjuuutity
of fodder was also burned. None of
the family were at home at the time of the
occurrence, and the supposition is that the
fire was incendiary.
THE STATE FAIR.
Mr. Thos. W. Holloway, Secretary and
Treasurer, has our thanks for a complimentary
ticket to the State Fair, to be held in
Columbia, commencing on the 13th of November
next. x
We also acknowledge the reception of an
invitation to the fifth annual Fair ball of
the Chester Fair, to be given at the Central
Hotel, in Chester, on Thursday evening.
lKth instant. _
TAX COLLECTIONS.
County Treasurer Neely lias collected, up
to Tuesday evening last, the sum of $28,8^8,43
4, of State and county taxes, including the
May installment of $10,940,383. The total
collections.to date are as follows:
State $11,194.34 1
C anty 7,06S.lt) s
Seliooi 4,714.03 2
Railroad 4,000.72 3
Polls 1,490,00 0
" per -cut 370,14 0
Total $28,858.43 4
ECLIPSES DURING OCTOBER.
During the present month there will be
two eclipses, one of the moon and the other
of the sun. That of the moon will take
place at two minutes after 1 o'clock, A. M.,
the 10th, and will be visible in the United
States and on the Pacific coast. The eclipse
will last about one hour and fifty-two minutes,
and only about 8-100ths of the moon
will be obscured. The phenomenon is remarkable
for being the only lunar eclipse
visible in this latitude during the year.
An annual eclipse of the sun will take place
on the 30th, visible on the Pacific ocean and
partly on the Pacific coast. As the ring of
sunlight surrounding the moon's dark disk
will be invisible here, the event is of little
importance.
CHURCH NOTICES.
Methodist Episcopal?Itev. R. P. Franks,
Pastor. Services in the church at Yorkville
next Sunday at 10.30 A. M., and 7 P. M.
Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev.
Robert Lathan, I). D., Pastor. Services at
Tirzah next Sunday.
Baptist?Rev. J. E. Covington, Pastor.
Services at 10.30 A. M., next Sunday.
Episcopal?Rev. A. Prentiss, Rector.
Services at the usual hours, morning and
evening.
Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor.
Services at 7 P. M., to-morrow; Saturday
at 10.30 A. M., and on the same day at
7 P. M. The sacrament of the Lord's Supper
will be administered at Sunday morning's
service. The pastor will be assisted
by Rev. H. B. Pratt, of Lancaster.
"EVERYBODY'S FRIEND."
The above comedy, in three acts, by J.
Stirling Coyne, was rendered in the Court
House last Tuesday evening, by local amateur
talent, to a large and delighted audi- 1
ence. The play is a good one, abounding in
many hits at the foibles in married life, and
the weakness of human nature generally, ,
and it was presented in a very creditable i
manner. The acting was free and without 1
restraint, and each character was well sustained.
Felix Featherly, a young married (
xi 1 urn tru J
mail, <1 J^t'IllIt'IIlclII III UlC^illlt icnuir^ (iiHdjn 1
ready to attend to the affairs of others, but ?
never having time to look after the intriea- <
cies of his own business, is the hero of the
plot, and the character was capitally person- !
ated by II. K.Jenkins, Esq. Mr. Icebrook, ,
an embarrassed suitor of Mrs. Swansdown, <
was well presented by Dr. R. A. Bratton, 1
while the character of Major Wellington i
DeBoots?a swell English officer?could not 1
be improved upon Mr. W. B. Moore's rendi- t
tion. The characters of Trap and Fanny
were well presented by Mr. lngraham Wil- ]
son and Miss Mary Lou Coward respec- 1
tively; 3Irs. Featherly by Miss Camilla <
Coleman ; Mrs. Swansdown by ATiss Jennie ]
Coward; and Mrs. DeBoots by Miss Fannie
Gaillard,all of whom acted well their parts. ,
The entertainment was a decided success, as 1
the delight of the audience clearly evinced. (
Zest was given to the occasion by the orches- (
tral performance of the Yorkville string |
band, under the lead of Mr. A. Springs j
Withers as first violinist. A neat sum was (
realized, which is to be appropriated to re- j
pairs of the Episcopal church. t
c
The Law as to Liens.?At the recent 11
term of the Circuit Court for Laurens coun- j (
ty, Judge Hudson presiding, in the trial of! i
ix question of setting aside an attachment i t
under a lien warrant, he let fall some inter-! t
esting remarks about lien warrants. The j t
Judge said that it is the practice generally j
in the State for holders of liens to make a <
simple affidavit before the clerk of his (the !
lienor's) "belief" of a debtor's fraudulent in- i
tention, and out went the warrant. That it r
was a common practice to do this where the t.
lebtor happened to be behind time, even t
without any fact being stated in the affida- e
vit that would show a fraudulent intent. I
That the law required in the affidavit a
statement ofsuch facts as would show fraudulent
intent. That under the prevailing prac- j
tice hardly one out of every hundred lien
warrants would stand if assailed. His Hon-!
or's remarks on this subject were listened to
with an interest increased by the fact that
an issue between a lienor and lienees had
only a day before been tried, the result of
which gave back to the lienees the entire
proceeds of property sold, leaving the sheriff
to get from the plaintiff, as he best may, a
large bill of cost for executing the lien warrant
by gathering a crop. The sheriff has
posted public notice that hereafter he will
not execute any lien warrant unless the costs
are paid to him in advance.
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? Florie Moffat, daughter of Capt. John
N. Moffatt, of the late Confederate States
Navy, died in Wilmington, on September
28th.
? A train of seven Gyspy wagons are
doing the country along the Carolina Central
Railroad, and heading towards Charlotte.
? Gov. Jarvis says it is a mistake about
Gov. Butler presenting him with a Hock of
Cotswold sheep, but Gov. Bigelow did present
him with a superb Winchester rifle.
? The Democrats of the First North Carolina
District have nominated Thomas G.
Skinner to fill the vacancy in Congress
caused by the death of W. F. Pool.
? The Baptists ofShelby have, during the
past year, paid nearly $2,200 for church expenses,
and besides have paid $3,000 toward
flir* nrvllnrrn flinrn
? Union county Superior Court is in session
this week, anil during the term the
case of the State against .J. 11. Stevens and
W. S. Ringstatf, charged with the murder
of W. P. Clyburn, in Monroe, about two
years ago, will be tried.
? Greensboro Workman: From an authentic
source we learn that there have been in
all about 22 deaths from diphtheria within
a radius of some three miles in Orange
county, within the last few weeks. Sixteen
of this number were buried at one
church?Chestnut Ridge?four at Hebron
and two at Hawfields.
? The attention which the North Carolina
exhibit at Boston attracted, has resulted in
the receipt by the Agricultural department,
of numbers of letters from Massachusetts
people, asking for information about the
State. The State has on exhibition one
hundred and fifty varieties of wood, which
feature alone attracts considerable attention.
? The third annual conclave of the Grand
Coinmandery of the Knights Templar for
the State of North Carolina met in Charlotte
last Tuesday. Grand Master Hon.
Robert E. Withers, ex-United States SenafWxto
"\7Jnio + 1**^ lunpliocf r*ffiniol nf fVirx
order in the United States, has accepted an
invitation from the Grand Master to be
present.
? On the recent election of Mr. James B.
Magill to the position of chief of the fire department
of Charlotte, the Journal-Observer
remarks: "There is but one opinion expressed
about this selection, and that is that
it is just aboutas good as the board of aldermen
could have done. Jim is a wholesouled
fireman, and is a man who will take
an interest in the affairs of our firemen, and
do what he can for the welfare of the department.
His election gives general satisfaction."
MERE-MENTION.
On Thursday morning last, a fire occurred
in Pittsburg, Pa., destroying the exposition
building and other houses, valued at $150,000,
and property belonging to exhibitors
valued at $800,OIK). In the Massachusetts
executive council, last Friday afternoon,
the nomination of E. G. Walker, colored,
to be Judge of the municipal Court of
Charlestown District, was rejected by a vote
of 4 to 4. Walker was immediately renominated
by Governor Butler. Latta, the
young North Carolinian who was arrested
in Atlanta last week for forgery, is wanted
at Jacksonville for the same offence. " A
delegation of the North Carolina Press Association,
numbering 25, arrived in Boston
on Friday, on a visit to the Industrial Exposition.
Judge Hoadley, the Democratic
nominee for Governor of Ohio, addressed
a crowded house at Sandusky on
mursuay. un me next uay ne was prostrated,
and decided not to speak at Toledo,
as had been arranged, but went to Cincinnati.
There has been butone fall of rain
in Yazoo county, Miss., since last spring.
There is no water in the cisterns, and but
for the river there would be much suffering.
The Supreme Court of the United
States convened for the October term on last
Monday. All of the justices are expected
to be present. The number of cases on the
docket is 1,011, an increase of 54 over the
number docketed at this time last year. A
locomotive collided with a street car in
Philadelphia last Friday, demolishing the
car and wounding ten persons, three of them
fatally. The failures throughout the United
States and Canada for the week ending
last Friday number 183 as against 180 the
preceding week. The Augusta Chronicle
says Jefferson Davis has made $100,000
out of his "Rise and Fall of the Southern
Confederacy." Bartholomew Binus succeeds
Marwood, deceased, in the cheerful
occupation of hangman in England. Massachusetts
has seventeen thousand names on
the United States pension rolls The
Massachusetts Independents have issued a
circulr in which they say they deem it un
wise at the present juncture to nominate a
candidate for Governor, and recommend
the Republican candidate, G. D. Robinson
as worthy of support by all who sympathise
with the Independent party. James
McSteen was hanged last Thursday morning
in the jail at Pittsburg, Pa. The'execution
was conducted quietly and was witnessed
by 200 persons. His neck was broken by
the fall. His crime was wife murder. He
had nothing to say on the scaffold. Secretary
of War Lincoln is going to tiike the
stump in Massachusetts against Butler.
The Republican committee is also crying
alound for "soap." They depend on "soap"
to beat the hero of Tewksbury. There
r 11: ? ~? - ono
ilIW 111 .lilllJUl^ 1 j0?/0 Ulliro Ui lauivuvi vuiuvvi
by the .State Board of Equalization at ?59,205,508.
At Port Jervis, X. Y., Thursday
night last, the thermometer went down
to 20, and there was ice a half an inch thick.
The corn crop in that region was destroyed.
Educating ti-ik Negko.?Somebody introduced
in the Georgia Legislature an educational
bill which was rejected, although
considered with some favor by a number of
the statesmen of our neighbor State. It provides
in general terms for the separate collection
of the school tax from white and
colored people, each race to receive what it
pays for its schools. Whoever the sapient
genius presenting this measure may be, he
might to feel very heartily ashamed of his
work. It is a hypocritical and cowardly
beating of the Devil around the bush, and is
intended to shift from the shoulders of the
white people a responsibility and a duty.
Georgia has not even the excuse of poverty?ever
blessed poverty, which covers such
i vast multitude of sins of incorporations
ind other organizations.
We expect some similar measure to be
sprung on the South Carolina Legislature at
tsnextsession. The demagogues will hardy
allow such an opportunity for cheap notoriety
and applause to escape them. We
earnestly hope that whoever fathers or supiiiiv
such ininuitv. will be sent to nri- i
aite life at the double quick. The negro is I
joor, dependent on us and ignorant, with ;
mdeveloped and unknown capabilities. |
^Ve owe him an opportunity to improve his ;
condition and elevate himself above the lev?1
of absolute ignorance. If we deny him
hat opportunity we are false to our Saxon
;raditions of generosity and magnanimity, !
)lind to our own interests and recreant to
>ur solemn pledges.?Greenville Xews.
? At the recent term of court in Hamp- i
on county, in the case of B. T. Lawton, the !
'X-county treasury, whose safe is alleged to i
lave been burglarized and several thousand
lollars stolen therefrom, an order was passid
by Judge Wallace, giving the plaintiff,
he State, leave to amend the complaint so as
o embrace additional alleged breaches of the
reasurer's bond, and by making additional
mrties, if such be necessary, and in such
>ther respects as plaintiff may be advised
>y plaintiff's counsel, and referring the
natter to C. J. C. Huston, Esq., as special
eferee to take the testimony, and to report
he same, together with an exact state of
he accounts in the various aspects presented
by issues and proofs to the Court, with
cave to report any special matter.
Jfimcial anb Commercial.
YORKVILLK, October 10.?Cotton hi to 10.08.
CHARLESTON, October 8.?Cotton steady;
middling, 10S.
NEW YORK, October 8.?Cotton steady; uplands,
103. Futures closed tirm, with sales of
108,000 bales as follows; October 10.73; November
10.77 to 10.78; December 10.88 to 10.90; January
11.03 to 11.04; February 11.19; March 11.33 to
11.34; April 11.44 to 11.40; Mayll.55 to 11.57;
June 11.00 to 11.08; July 11.77 to 11.79; August
| 11.80 to 11.88.
HYMENEAL.
| Married?At the parsonage, on the 4th instant,
I bv Rev. R. Lathan, Mrj R. S. AIKINS and Miss
| Iv ATE MITHAM. B<jth of thiscounty.
OBITtlARY.
Died?Near Fort Mill, on the 23rd ultimo, at
the residence of A. Graham, Mrs. ELIZABETH
COLLIER, aged 87 years 7 months and 23 days.
PLANTATION FOR SALE.
SITUATED on the York and Howell's Ferry
road, 10 miles West of Yorkville, embraces
190 ACRES?10 Acres original forest, and 30acres
rich bottom. Is in a high state of cultivation.
Well watered, also a well of excellent water.
Healthy locality, good neighborhood, good Dwelling
and outbuildings, Gin-House, <3kc. Firstrate
pasture and a large Orchard of Choice Fruit.
Apply to JOHN W. JONES,
Hickorv Grove, S. C.
October 11 41 ' 3t
WANTED.
COTTON SEED, COTTON SEED.
1 WILL pay (15c.) fifteen cents cash per hushel
for 10,Oik) Bushels
.Sound Dry Cotton Need, '
Delivered to me at this place before the first of
next November. Will exchange Cotton Seed
Meal for Cotton Seed.
J. B. FRAZIER,
Blairsville, S. C.
"C. & L. NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD."
OCHKDULK of Mail and Passenger Trains,
lO from Newton, N. C., to Chester, S. C., taking
efl'ect at (i o'clock, A. M., Monday September
24th, 1883:
GOING SOUTH.
Leave Newton 0.00 A. M.
Arrive at Maydon, 6.30 A. M.
Arrive at Lincolnton, 7.05 A. M.
Leave Lincolnton, 7.15 A. M.
Arrive at Hardin's, 7.43 A. M.
Arrive at Dallas, 8.10 A. M.
Arrive at Gastonia, 8.25 A. M.
Leave Gastonia,.....^. ..8.45 A. M.
Arrive at Pleasant Kiage, y.m a. a>i.
AVrrive at Crowder's Creek, 9.08 A. M.
AVrrive at Bowling Green, 9.17 A. M.
Arrive at Clover, 9.30 A. M.
Leave Clover, 9.35 A. M.
Arrive at Yorkville, 10.15 A. M.
Leave Yorkville, 10.25 A. M.
AVrrive at Guthriesville, 10.54 A. M.
Arrive at McConnellsville, 11.03 A. M.
Arrive at Lowrysville, 11.25 A. M.
.Vrrive at Chester 12.00 M.
goino north.
Leave Chester, 3.00 P. M.
Arrive at Lowrysville, 3.35 P. M.
^Vrrive at McConnellsville, 3.50 P. M.
Arrive at Guthriesville, 4.05 P. M.
AVrrive at Yorkville, 4.35 P. M.
Leave Yorkville, , 4.45 P. M.
AVrrive at Clover, 5.26 P. M.
AVrrive at Bowling Green, 5.40 P. M.
AVrrive at Crowder's Creek 5.50 P. M.
AVrrive at Pleasant Ridge, ; 6.00 P. M.
AVrrive at Gastonia, 6.16 P. M.
Leave Gastonia, 6.35 P. M.
AVrrive at Dallas, 6.50 P. M.
AVrrive at Hardin's, 7.15 P. M.
AVrrive at Lincolnton, 7.45 P. M.
Leave Lincolnton, 7.55 P. M.
AVrrive at Maydou, 8.30 P. M.
Arrive at Newton, 9.00 P. M.
G. R. TALCOTT, Supt.
JAMES MASON, Div. Supt.
October 11 41 tf
"text books.
State of South Carolina, Ex. Department,
Office State Superindent of Education.
Columbia, S. C., September-13th, 1883.
Circular No. 5.
To the. School Commissioner of York County:
SIR:?Copies of the list of Text Books adopted
for use in the public schools of this State are
sent you by mail. This adoption will remain in
force for tive years from September 4th, 1883, unless
changed by authority of the Legislature.
Please distribute the lists among the several
Boards of Trustees of your county. AVdditional
copies will be furnished on application. By an
Act of the Legislature it is made unlawful to use,
in the public schools, any text-books other than
those adopted by the State Board of Examiners.
ocuooi commissioners aim scuoui omoers generally
arc urged, therefore, to enforce as far as practicable
the use of the prescribed books. The
following Resolution has been adopted by the
State Board of Examiners:
Resolved, That the examination of teaehors before
County Boards of .Examiners shall includes
series of questions upon the theory and practice
of teaching; and that "Methods of Teaching" by
John Swett, and "Art of School Management,''
by J. Baldwin, be recommended as books of reference.
In compliance with the terms of this resolution,
the examination papers for January, 1884,
will include a series of questions upon the Theory
and Pructice of Teaching. Please take such
action as may seem to you most effective to acquaint
the teachers of your county with this requirement
of the State" Board, in order that they
maybe prepared to stand the examination.
"Very respectfully, A. COWARD,
State Superintertdent Education.
October 11 41 It
PUBLIC SCHOOL^
To the Teachers of the Public Schools of Yoik
County:
THE following list contains the Text Books
adopted for the use of the Public Schools of
the State for the next live years. It is important
to the patrons of the Public Schools that these
books and no others be used in said Schools.
The attention of those persons who contemplate
teaching in the Public Schools of York county,
is specially directed to the circular addressed by
the State Superintendent of Education to the
County School Commissioners of the State.
Sehooi teachers are warned that the examination
of teachers will be at the Court House. No exception
will be made to this rule. They are also
warned that all certificates of qualification previously
granted will lose their validity on the 1st
day of November. Every one who expects to
teach in the public schools must be examined in
January, 1XS4. It is the purpose of the school
officers to pay good teachers better than heretofore,
and to raise school teaching to the dignity
which it deserves. The School Trustees of the
several School Districts 111 tne county nave resolved
to respect no Certificates except those given
by the State Hoard of Examinees or County
Hoard of Examiners. R. LATHAN.
LIST OF TEXT BOOKS
Adopted for the use of the Public Schools of
South Carolina for the term of live years from
September 4,1S8H:
Readers?Appleton's, McGuffey's, Reynolds',
Swinton's.
Supplemental?Monteith's Popular Science
Reader, Johonnot's Geographical Reader, Shepherd's
Historical Reader, Appleton's Reading
Charts.
Histories?Davidson's History of South Carolina,
Derrv's United States, Swinton's Primary
United States and Condensed United States,
Swinton's Outlines of Universal History (in
two parts.)
Geographies?Applteon's Standard Series,
Maury's Revised Series.
Arithmetics?Robinson's Series, Sanford's
Primary, Sanford's Intermediate, Sanford's
Common School Analytical, Venable's Practical.
Grammars?Sill's Practical Lessons in English,
with Whitney's Essentials (for Highest
Classes), Reed and Kellogg's Series.
Dictionaries.?Webster's,Worcester's.
Writing Books?Reynolds', Speneerian.
Spellers?Swinton's Primer, Swinton's Word
Primer, Swinton's Word Book, Swinton's Word
Hook, Swinton's Word Analysis.
Drawing.?Krusi's, Bartholomew's.
Music?Song Bells, Song Wave, Wavelet.
Agriculture? Lupton's Elementary Principles
of Scientific Agriculture.
October 11 11 It
DOBSON & PARISH.
MACKEREL. MACKEREL!
WK have just received a large and full stock
of Mackerel, in Kits, Quarter, Half and
full Barrels, which were bought before the rise
in the market, and are prepared to otter inducements
in prices. Call and examine prices and
quality. We will not be undersold by any one..
Our stock is now full and complete of everything;
in our line. Bagging and Ties, Bacon, Flour,.
Sugar and Coffee, at the very lowest market
prices. Fine Cream Cheese, the best on the Market.
Don't fail to give us a call. We are aiways;
down with the lowest living prices.
DOBSON A PARISH.
WANTED.
rpWKXTV Thousand Bundles of good Fodder ,
X for which we will pay the highest price, in:
either goods or cash. Bringaloug your Corn and!
get the highest price for it.
DOBSON <fc PARISH..
BUGGIES^{F
you want to buy a second-hand Buggy, ;c
first-class Cincinnati Buggy, or a nice line
Plueton, call on us. We will make prices to suit,
DOBSON & PARISH.