Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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BY CLI MoCA. I /ES^^ANGSTON " Avnvtt^iT'TT^ ^ ----^ _ _--?--A M DijjRSON, S. C.. WEDNESDAY. O??TOI?KI? ia iuor V - : XMASINGS FOR MEN! - Christmas is at hand and you will soon have to purchase presents for relatives and friends. What to buy is the ques tion. Any article below will be an acceptable gift for man or boy. The goods are the best, and the prices-well, you eau see for yourself. 'NECK GEAR." Perhaps you think nothing presentable can be had for 50c. We have Scarfs, Bows, Puffs and Four-in-Hands innu merable at that price, some as low as a quarter. Lawn Ties for evening wear, just the thing for Christmas or New Year parties. (Two in an enameled pasteboard box) 50c. GLOVES ?ND HANDKERCHIEFS. These are, perhaps, the most acceptable gifts-articles tu ut make a good show for little money. For $1.50 we can give you as good a pair of Gloves (silk lined) as a man could wish to wear. For the same money half dozen Hemstitched Linen Handkerchiefs. Silk Handkerchiefs, in great variety, 25c up. Collars, Cuffs, Half Hose, Night Robes, Overcoats or a good Suit of Clothes. , 0. Evans & Co, THE SPOT CASH CLOTHIERS. TO THE TRADING PUBLIC. If yon want one yard of Cloth or any kind of DRY GOODS. NOTIONS. SHOES. HATS, CAFS, Or anything we keep in Stock between this date and Christmas you can rove money by simply coming to ste ns. NO FAKE-ttra??hi business. We will certainly sell you if you come to see us. Fine Groceries Oheaper imu anybody, 8?, if you owe us an Account we need and MUST collect it. lours ror outguess, BROWNLEE & VANDIVERS. THIS IS NO FAKE ! That Jewelry Palace OB* WILL. R. HUBBARD'S, NEXT TO F. and M. BANK, Has the Largest, PretfSaat and Finest lot of . . . XMAS AND WEDDING PRESENTS IN T??K CITY. Competition don't cat any ice with me when it comes to prices. I don' buy ponda to keep. I want the people to have them. Gold and Silver Watches, Sterling and Plated Silverware, Jewelry, Clocks, Lumps, China, opectacles, Novelties of all kinds. Rogers' Tripple Plate Table Knives 81.6? Per Set. A world beater. =4 WILL. B. HUBBARD. LET SOAP! EVERYBODY should be careful what kind of Soap they use in cold weathor. You want good, pure Soap. We have ono of the nicest assortments of Toilet Soap ever opened here. Use the best and you will not be troubled with chapped hands and face. Call and see us when you want nice Soap, HI LL-ORR DRU C CO. P. S. We give Trading Stamps except on Patent and **oprietary medicines. fiep ir?' fur a l'uni Kamin?'. We have received li um a prom i non I Chicago linn ot' brokers, members n( tlic Chicago hoard ot' .trade ami the Now York stock, produce ami cottee exchanges, a circular lotter ?ni tho corn supply which, alt bough intended to promote speculation in that grain, we think we can put to better use by com municating its substance to thc farm ers of South Carolina for their infor mation against next spring's planting. lt is insisted that "the best, posted private authorities, the trade journals, the. crop experts, and the larger and best posted grain firms, throughout thu country,1' agree that the government estimate of 1900 million bushels of corn ns this year's crop is from 1(H) to 21:0 million bushels too high and that "a conservative estimate of the crop would md. be over 1?00 million to 1750 million bushels." The husking shows that the crop in large portions of tho surplus corn Slates is poorer in quality and condition than any crop in ten years, much ol' il tit only for hog Iced. "Tho reserv?n of old corn have been reduced toa mini mum.' .More cattle arc being fed on corn in the surplus corn States (han ever before. Various indications go to prove that the consumption by hogs will he very huge during the coming year. "The continued shortage of feeding stutts on the continent nf Kli mpe ami in the United Kingdom has stimulated the demand for corn, bid h for human and animal food, and opened up innumerably new uses and new markets. Last your saw tho largest ex port of corn from this country. This year will more than equal it. Already since July 1 to date wo have exported over 1,000,000 bushels moro than for tho same time last, year, and the de mand seems to increase from week to week, stimulated in a measure by the partial failure of thc Danubian corn crop, which leaves Kurope almost en tirely dependent on us for its com supply." Eighty per cent of our corn crop, it is asserted, is consumed on the farm, and there the feeding and consequent consumption is larger than was ever before, known. Assuming the govern ment estimate of 1025 million bushels tobe correct, the statistics tiru given to provea shortage of corn supplhs next year, as compared with the eon sumption this year, of 217,000,000 bush els, leaving not a bushel of reserve November 1, 1890. The circular continues:. If, however, the generally accepted estimate of the corn crop as ascertained by tho husking is correct, there is in addition to the shortage of 217,000,000 bushels, as shown by the government ligures, an additional shortage of 100, 000,000 to 200,000,000 bushels to be taken care of; a total shortage sn large as to force extreme ?trices for corn before another crop is on the market. But these ligeros do not tell the whole story. A year ?go the visible supply of corn was 42 million bushels against 22 million bushels to-day, showing a shortage in our immediate available supplies of 20 million bush els. A year ago every point not in cluded in the visible supply statement was loaded with corn. The luke ports of Collingwood, .Midland, Prescott, Kingston, Ogdensburg ami Erie con tained at least four million bushels more corn than at the present time, and not one bushel of it appears in the visible supply. A year ago every pri vate elevator here and elsewhere was full to overflowing with corn. To-day they are practically empty, these stocks being ut least 8 to 10 million bushels loss than last year. A year ago every corn crib at every railroad station in the surplus coin States was tilled. To-day a large ma jority of the corn cribs are empty, and a very conservative estimate of the shortage in this crib supply (and it. must be remembered that the govern ment figures do not include corn that has left farmers' hands) would be somewhere from 80 to 40 million bush els, so that it is safe to say that we j enter the present crop year with a j stock of corn in all positions at least 400,000,000 bushels less than we actually used during the 12 months from March 1st. 1807, to March. 1st. 1808; in other words, consumption bas overtaken the supply, and, as compared with our actual needs, the corn crop of 1898 is the smallest this country has ever raised. Un this showing it is easy to agree that "our actual needs will carry corn prices high, and speculation will carry them still higher.1' Tho weekly commercial reports have long revealed the persistent ami enor mous demand for our corn in Europe. On Saturday we printed Dunn's review showing that corn exports for the week were 4,151,000 bushels against 8,818,000 for tho corresponding week last year. "Such a foreign demand," said I lunn, "at prices much higher than last year, and with wheat cheaper, is proof of a ?tate of things abroad which Ameri cans hardly appreciate. The price de clined only i cent, with enormous re ceipts." The moral of this to the South Caro lina farmer is, of course, to plant heav ily of corn next year-fur moro heavily than ever. If there shall be a shortage the southern crop, coming into tho market far earlier than than the west ern, will command tho best prices, even though tho r. ?st plant much more heavily than aural to supply the ex pected deficiency. In such a case cora will lu? neasli cmp ?uni salable ?it every railroad station in ih?> State, (II any casi* tin* (?real ?nal growing Kurupcnti dcinunil u?1 nilly tm American corn hut A inti ii-aii incuts, tin- product ot corn-feeding, w ill cihinr ?1 higher lt*vt*l of prices I lum usual. Hut it is mit only tn iiiuka money hut to sa vu ninney that we need tn plant amply ot th hi gin in in thc south. With higher priera tin- southern farmer, never with less ready money than now -?un? hi' won't have much innre next year unless lie cuts cotton tc. a greater extent than wc think probable.-will not he ahic to hay weste-n corn. Ile must supply himself or tlo without. Thc corn crop nf South Carolina has increased materially nf late, hut it is tar, far he him) what it can he, what it ought tobe ?iiiil what it used tn he :'.*> or 40 years ugo. There is un innre ic liahlc corn Slate in the Union than this, ?uni mme than one (cst has show u ; that the crop can he made as prod uc - i ti vi* as it is reliable. It is not only ; necessary tojiriiduee next year all that shall he liecih'il at linnie, hut there \\ ill i he no helter year fur testing I ho merits , of the crop ?isa nmney-prutlueer. Of course this is quite early tn preach nf next ycnrVplanting, hut we wish tn lay thc foundation fm- further remarks anti stimulate some wholesome winter resolut ions.-Thc State. ? - tm ? ?a Capers Fatuity are Patriots. Mr. McDonald Forman, writing to The State from Privateer, S C., ha* the following Confederate record of the Cap?is family : " I'he Ca peri family of the Sunlit - Mtid we believe it is exclusively a Southern family-made a rcunirkudlc Hull ti ii)! r< curd dining the late war Fr un i li o album ufa friend we send you thc following, as eui bracing the members of this family, who were sol dicrs under ihe red-crossed banner nf U'Xie in the Confederate army : Two brigadier generals, one Colonel of ar itlb-ry, one lieutenant-colonel of artil lery, two colonels of cavalry, one major of artillery, ?nie lieutenant-Colonel of cavalry, four explains of cavalry, three c.iptuios nf infantry, three sergeant", two chap'ains, three HUrjroaut*, 14 privates-making a Intal nf 37. Th HM* were, without exception, brothers, uncles, or cousin*. Nine were killed in battle, three died of wounds, two died uf disea>e, thirteen were wound ed more than once, seven wounded nuce, and only three came through -afe. Eleven of the officers were pro moted fur gullautry on the field of battle."_ Two Lovers Murdered. MISSOURI CITY, MO., Dec. 8.-A double murder was committed to-night iu a country church two miles out From Missouri City. Miss Della Ole ve ger was shot down, mortally wound ed, aud h r escort to the meeting house, Oeoree Alden, was instantly killed. The murderer was Earliest .-'levenger, cousin to the young woman who nus one of his victims. The trag edy occurred immediately after the congregation hud been dismissed, as the worshipers were leaving theehurch. Voting Allen and Miss ("levenger were walking out together. Earnest Cte venger slipped up behind them, placed a revolver close to Allen's head and tired. His victim fell dead at hts feet. The as>a sin turned the weapon upon his fair young cousin, shouting ber io thc back. Sim fell across the body nf her murdered escort. The murderer escaped. Jealousy was the cause. The Lookout Point Buttery. WASUINOTON, Dec. ?).-The Gov nrtim?iit, through the Chickutnatiga Park cotnmtsMon, has secured the deeds of sixteen acres 011 Lookout Point, the highest point io the Chick amunga chain,and overlooking seven States and all the battlefields udjaceut to the park. During the siege of Chiekumauga this point was an ?rn portant Confederate position, occupied by a battery. The park commissioners wtil ab once replace the battery iu the position it occupied during the war. ?nd will erect historical tablets at im portant pointe. It will be left to the several States whose troops were en gaged at this point toereot monuments and memorial tablets. ? Drowns Herself. ASHEVILLE, N. C. Dec. 7.-Yester day afternoon Miss Amie Willis,daugh ter of Dr. Willis, founder of the church of tho Redeemer, a few miles uonh of town, weat horseback riding, as was her habit. She did not return dst night and search was instituted. This morning her horse was found hitched near the French Broad river, three miles from home, and footprint* leading toward the river. About noon her body was found in the river, where it hud drifted against a rock. Mis* i Willis is about 30 years old and be longed to a prominent English family, The verdict of the coroner's jury wut that Miss Willis committed suicide iu a moment vf mental depression. - Socrates waa said tobe the ug liest man of bis time. Catarrh Cannot be Cured ?Uh LOCAL *f?PMCtTIi?8, as Iber cannm rt-at li ?fi . reit, nf til--uiseu-o ? u'nrrh t< a li in. ?I ur r?tu?tl(uil<>oal aliwate, and In orler to cure li rim tun?! takn Infer .&! remedies M-ill'? ( at .nt I ! Carn U infeecj li.t rosily, aud ac.? dlr-cly no ?tn I btondj ?lid ii UC<iU4 Mirla c.-, Halla ('a'nrr'i' un 1 ts D?l av qnaek mrtlclne It vat pr. *erllM<d .>) ?na of lbw he*t phy.iclan? In thia c mi'rjr foi yo tr?, and I? a r*-*Qlar prv?crf piton It l-co'n. pnard/fif the beat tm lei known, contint, rd wit ' lb* beat hltwxl purifier*, adina; direct tv nn t t ' BM?aita surface* Tho perrett cuuiutnatlon of thc ??j two fna-rvdletit* ls what produce? ?v^r? w.inderi u remalle lav euria/Catarrh. Send Kr U*ilmonla? t free. Ks?jplhiii l'oliMii r.s?a!?ii??li ii m ?Yx*?. Tin? fot ton i'rowcrs' Journal. <.! : Waco, Texas, prints tun l. ??. is ibis I \vi'i'k from Mr. XV. W. Wi ni worth. <d I Karney, in lin' sniucStntf. with icganl to tin- progress of his experiment s w iib j Egyptian cotton, which contain mallei I of much interest for cotton produce!s generally. In one letter Mr. Wen I wort li reports that his "crop of Egyptian cotton is ginneil ami about ready to scud to Huston, where cottons of this ami other grades timi ready sale at good prices," and he adds that the 1,SOO pounds of that product "will bring as much as 5,0)0 pounds of lim from common t ot , ton." About 1,500 pounds of thc Egyp tian lint, he explains, was gathered from a six-acre trai l, which was at thc I rate of 250 pounds tu |he acre, and lite I rest from a patch which, owing to the late stand mid "the detrimental little bug called boll weevil, was almost a ' failure." i lu another letter, In- remarks that bad he received "thc assistance begged for in is'.n from the scientific gentle men, Texas would tu dui lie shipping thonsimls of bales ol this beautiful libre" to factories in the North, and "realizing a handsome profit." Of th? four different cottons now grown III this country-sea island. Egyptian, long staple, native, ol ll inches in length, and the short or common cot. ton-he says, "the Mil A 111 ti (Egyptian stands pre-eminent ly* alone, ns no ot hci cotton approaches the peculiarities ol its fibre." "The strength of the Texm raised, the silky lust re, and I he sol' feeling ol' tine lambs' wool, places ii peculiarly alone," and he adds: "Winn a victory for Texas! to know that ot her ordinary cotton lauds, from tin Sabine to the Kio (?ramie, she can pro duce a superior fibre to that importei from the fertile valley of the ; Nile valued ut$150 per acre." It will bi noted particularly that thc cotton ii question can be grown on "ordin?r* colton lauds" in every part of Texas and Mr. Wentworth remarks thal arni: "strong in wealth" have now come ti his assistance, af tel his four years o si niggle, timi it. may be assumed tba the crop he has introduced will som ligure extensively among Texas' pro ducts. In an editorial note introducing oir of his letters, the .Journal says: "W< may add that Mr. Wentworth tells u in a private note that his cotton, sen to Ibiston and classified by an expel in tine tibies, was viii tied nt 14 cents pound." And he adds that the Egyp lian, on our Texas lands, will produc ?s much, acre for acre, us the comino! variety. His cotton was ginned on th "ideal" roller gin, amt not by the Mt Carthy knife roller gin. . . . Al honor to him. He has labored unseli ishly, overcoming obstacles for th common good, and we think withi haifa decade, when Texas is produciii several thousand bales of Egypt ia cotton annually, Mr. Wentworth wi lind that his work is appreciated as i deserves. Helias won his light. Th Journal congratulates him most heart ?ly. It appears to be a safe conclusio from all this that, Mr. Wentworth ha made a complete and notable, sueco of his effort to introduce the culture ? Egyptian cotton ou a large and pi ol ?table scale into this country. He ht grown it by the acre and made it pu duce ns much as ordinary cotton. 1 will grow on ordinary cotton land au is worth three times as much as ord nary cotton. The Texas grown tibi ?seven superior to that grown in Egyp The "boll weevil," which attacked this year, does not affect that cotti alone, but attacks any kind; il is at i special disadvantage on account of th foe. We submit to the cotton plant!*! fraternity in South Carolina that tl experiments of the "modest, pat iel and untiring" Texas pioneer is wt worth repeating in this State in the interest. Possibly the "cotton problem" wi be solved for the more intelligent ni progressive cotton farmers by the pr duction of this tine fibre io large qua titles, leaving the coarse and cheap product to the rest. The demand f the fine Ubre has grown rapidly in tl past few years, and is growing eve year. No limit can as yet be. nssigm to such demand. As it is "strong! than the common fibre, it may wi displace that fibre in many manufn ! tures in which the latter is now employ alone, and so make new demands as I \ certain supply increases. lt is to be noted, finally, that thc is a present es tu bl i she? I market inti , country, for the fibre which is suppl i i by the Egyptian grown product, ai which will insure our farmers hi ! prices for all they can produce for sc 1 eral years to come; and that when th are in position to supply the whole ?1 ' mund they will be in position to nm 1 effectively for tho exclusion of the fi cign product, under our Protective tai system. The only excuse t lint has bc . given for admitting the foreign pi duct free, heretofore, lins been that "did not compete with nny domes product," ns it was "wholly unlike I t Sea Island and other long staple vu I etica." That excuso will serve i longer, and it only remains now for t cotton farmers to produce, the forei ' I staple nt home in order to claim n > capture tho "home market" for it \ Aews and Courier. I -The term banu, used ia meas 1 ing, mtaat four iuohes. Vt? ?IS ??f I'lslll'p Tlll'liel', ,.f Ulf Viii can (' rnfli. 111 s i -\ 11 i i . A i.A., i '. :: \V\f\u p ll . m \ M. Turner. I lie i known colored < li II i (li ai i ii in iii S? MI 11n>t II Slates. w!,'? is at presen! presiding . .MT lilt? I'oiifcrcncc ul lite Vliican Met timi ?si I 'burch, in session here, sa.? s ol (he eomlilion ol the negro that as a race In- lia? no manhood Inline in (his eoiinlry. "Kc-ciisluvemcnt, emigration or ex termination,'' he says, "confronts him. No man who has any knowledge of I he degrading surroundings td' the negro ilmilils these assertions, "Tin? negro ian no more hold up andel ihe Initializing decisions ol' the I'uited States Supreme Court, and all lin- degrading law of (In- si?vi ral Slate Legislatures, than lu- eau earl y Ihe liock> Mountain? Upon his Ili ad. '.lin- class and pi (-judicial law's en acted li.t I he L?gislatures ol lite several Stall -, and I he timi dffi>iotis In a I holts iud i uni i - i.i blight , in t ut itl"c u! lite negro will lill a ina>si\e volume. I "\\ here I? llie jiegin who ran gel a | cup nt li a m coffee mi .in\ laillnad I Iti'lweeli Ihe I'oloucic h'ivel and thc Kio I'tamle. milch less a decent ne al ut victuals' Nut are negroes allowed lo keep an eating stand lol ile accoiu lliodatiou of their own race, w Idle Ihe tldiiiissiou of a negro btw tn aux ina chine shop North would make hundreds ' of employ?es lay down t lu i: timi-, ami walk out. 'Could the liai liai mi? ?igcs surpass such ?i condition of a tl a i rs i I am nut so apprehensive of rc-cnslavemenl as I am of extermin?t inn. The white pau pers coming from the old World, ami those now here hy millions, will du the scullion labor that was conceded to thc. negro and may prevent ro-ensln\ emeiil, for they are monopolizing that kind of labor. " Tin* .lews are the only people in re corded history (the greatest race on ?.artli) who ever made any progress under oppression, and they made hut little comparatively. Yet thc color ol' the skin was not a badge nf degradation, as in thc ease of the negro hen*. "The negroes in the United Slates are practically- without law, existing upon tin? mere, whim of the white man. If they fall into humane hands, they have some show, but. if into cruel or whiskey besot teil hands they tire lynched, burned or shot, and horrible allegations are Hashed over the nation -allegations in many instances with out foundations in truth. "And the degro cannot send a cor rection over the same wires. The greater number of newspapers manu facture hurtful sentiment against the negro. If the. negro could stand up and hold out under this slander, abuse and misrepresentation, he would be the mightiest race on earth to-day. "There is, therefore, but one ulti matum-the negro must appeal to the National Congress for one hundred million dollars and lid. those, who have any manhood leave t his count t y and go to Africa, and do what God intended when Ile. allowed him to he brought herc; go to Africa ami begin thc work of civilizing his kin. Wc will thus show ourselves men and vindicate the wisdom of the Almighty iii our crea tion. "There JUC some fool'negroes, void of scholarship and wide reading, be lieving that they were horn to be scul lions, who will object to this, Cte only plan offered by Uod and nature. "Three millions of us are now ready to leave and be warmly received by millions on millions of our brethren rising up in grandeur, 10,090 of whom i received into the. African Methodist, (.'burch when I was in the Transvaal, six mont lis ago. "Unless this nation helps us dod will overthrow it us He did the Kunian Em pire and al! other nations who op pressed thc weak; for the blood of thousands of negro men, wm urn and children aro crying to Heaven daily for retribution, and millions of prayers ^ are ringing in the ears of tl?VAltnighty every minute, and when God moves tuen and nations must give. way. "The white lynchers, politicians and 1-nv-tnakers may turn a deaf ear and refuse to hear our groans, our wails und our cries, but God will not refuse, ' though he bear with them long. "These tens of t hotisauds of churches, and hundreds of thousands of pray? r meetings which ure being held in them, ' and in private retreats, will r?volutior. 1 ixe this nation sooner or later. A hun dred million dollars for cinigrnth II ! may, however, avert the vengeance of 1 Heaven, do justice to an oppressed ' people timi save this nation from fur ^ ther crime, bloodshed ami ".ultimate 1 ruiii.'1-Wtttthin'jton '/'hms. - There is a groat deal of specula ) tion and talk in Charleston ase to tho personality of a young lady "who ia .* accused nf s miling objectionable and annonymous letters through the mail I to parties about the city. Thcyouog 1 la?ly is very pretty and acenrnp'ished * and her friends who know of tlm.aflVu cannot account for the] whim which lcd ) to her arrest. For mouths she has i been mailing letton to various people I of an annoyinc character. Thc young " woman was taken before United State? Commissioner Smith aud put under ? boni to answer at the next term ti co art for her conduct. MAH: M? M S Thi! roll ul' CIIMIISOI) College lilia I lill II .i nu's .it |it*< ?cul. lin.1 i 5. ? j -1 . - ? Stall! Convention .? I inri I in I ; IV??** V in S I J r i r. . commi-sion luis been i SSH eil to . iL' lti-./c .i bicycle factory in Columbia .nih ?i ia pi i ?i I nf half a million. I'lii' Stau* Legislature will -meet in Columbia "?i tin* second Tuesday in F Hillary, which is tho l?ih day of the month. IVof. Charles 15. Smith, of Wof ford College, ha?* resigned his position to return to the active work of the ministry. - The militia is beginning tore organize ami n is pus>thle that the State will do helter hy it than it ha* io the past - dd. .1 \Y Klovd, adjutant gen eral ch et, says h . li i- not yet selected his assistant icljntmi general. Ila has ahoill IU applii al ions. The Slate l)i?p<'os.try is plying s Jil.HUI) a mouth into (he publie suhool fund and the hu1.il dispensaries are paying a similar amount tu the. cition i and conni ies. I *.t illili ct I 'rat t, a colored woman, was found murdered in thc woods near lui home in Gnsliatu township in I ilion coiiuly, last week, lier hua hand, Tom Pratt, is in Union jail ehiirgeil with the murder. There are several d?sertera from the Second regiment whom taeoflioers would like io lind. Three or four ar rests of soldiers charged with deser tion have been made in Columbia by the police and the men were returned to the regime nt. State Superintendent of Kdnoa t'on Maxtiehl says that the reports on the selection of the State (lower uro not coming in rapidly. Only two coun ties have reported ulficially, although a number of schools have recorded their vote. So far the wild roso and yellow jessamine urj the favorites, with the former slightly in ?.he lead. - lt is the belief of mill men who have visited mills in many States that the Piedmont mills fare better than any they sec. They have comfortable houses, and they live better than they did before they entered the mills. Tho health of thc mill hands is also good. - It is said'GovernorEllerbo is in favor of having a new inauguration day, and will suggest to tho Legislar turc to appoint January 18 as tho day to hereafter install the newly-elected Governor and State officials, thus avoiding thc past mmfusion created by the change in our fiscal year. - In Columbia last week Private Atkinson, a member of a Tennessee regiment, disarmed a negro who was about to shoot Policeman McDonald, whose bael; was turned to tho would be murderer. The negro wa9 then ar rested. In Court the mayor publicly thanked thc soldier for thebrave act. - A freight train on the'CoIumhia, Newberry and Laurens road was badly wrecked at Leupbcart, about seven miles of Columbia. Nine box cars wcro tlerailed and piled upon each other, their contents being badly broken and scattered. The accident occurred on a down grade and the train had consider able momentum. Among tho cara wrecked was one loaded with horses. Strange to say but one of thc un i mulo was hurt, his leg was broken. - Superintendent of ;-Education Mayfield'* report shows that tho en rollment in thc public schools of the State during thc fiscal year was whites 125,102; colored 150,787. Of the whites the number of females enrolled was 61,386 ; males 63,716. Of the col ored 7U,22S were females and 71,551 males. Thc grand total was 275,889. Thc average school term for tho pub lic schools of the State {was four month*-. The Milford Baptist Church, four teen miles from Oreen ville in ?O'Neal tiwnship, is minus a'fine organ which c ist $100, and two pulpit lamps. Tl o congregation are indebted for their loss to Home sneak thief, who visited thc place and took away thc" propel ty probably Sunday night, the *27th cf last month. The theft was not re puted to thc sheriff of Greenville till Thursday, and a very weak clue ii gi ven upon which to-work. - Col. lt. M. Sim*', o who was one of the best known and most? highly OP t -emed citizen of South Carolina, dind at his home in Columbia on Saturday I after an illues* of a fortnight. Ile wast i elected Secretary of State on tho tickt t . with Hampton in 1876 and served three 1 terms, retiring voluntarily. Ile wm sixty-two years old. He volunteered iu tho Confederate army as a private, ; but became adjutant and inspector i g moral of Uratlon's brigade, and later > J a I jutant general of Longstreet's corps? I' IIo carried tho Jast flag of truce ai Appomattox.