The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, July 10, 1874, Image 2
COLUMBIA, S. C.
Friday Morning, July 10.1874.
Active Habits, Kather than Passive
Impressions.
We publish this morning a readable
letter from a oorrespondent, "II.,"
who writes from Spartanbnrg. We
eannot let it go forth, however, with?
out a word of protest against some of
its misconceptions. We do not aonoor
in the hopeleBS view which the writer
takes o! onr affairs. He is greatly
mistaken in saying that the majority
of the white people have become con?
vinced that it is waste of time and
energy to rcsiat the tide of oorraption.
When a people reaoh suoh a conclu?
sion as that, they are already slaves.
Bnt this is no* so. They are quiet, as
they shoold be. The elements which
make the storm ore quietly gathered
together. It is still water which runs
deep. It is wisdom which is Bilent and
thoughtful. It is courage whioh is
calm. It is not trne that every previ?
ous effort at organized resistance has
been s complete and humiliating fail?
ure. Men and States make mistakes,
of oonrse; but sometimes what seomB a
mistake to-day may prove to be good
polioy or a wise act to-morrow. Pre?
vious efforts made in this State were
honestly made, and it is too soon to
pronounce them failures. No good
thought or earnest purpose falls to tho
ground. Men are sore to reap the
Irnits o! sacrifice, toil, patience and
perseveranoe. In onr ease, they begin
already to wave in view. ,
We tnrn with more pleasure to a ;
matter upon which we heartily agree ,
with *'H." We do need organization.
It is the doty of the hour, and it is one .
to whioh, as a people, we are oonstitu- |
iidttally averse. We must learn it. ,
We most practice it. We shall soon '
require it. We shall need the habit of (
self-control, the submission of our in- (
dividual opinions, feelings and prepos- ,
sessions to the attrition of other ,
men's opinions, feelings and prepos?
sessions. They must be polished, ,
unified and worked up or worked :
down, till something like uniformity j
is attained, n community of interest ,
established and a common purpose
fixed npon. We most learn to think
and act as one man. It is only in
unions or organizations that the wea?
pons of steady and resolnto action,
of wise forecast, of prudent restraint,
and of the repression of individual
prejudices, can be successfully forged.
Wijat "H." hay a of newspapers is
what might naturally occur to one not
in a position to survey the field of
their operations, or to study the multi?
farious duties whioh devolve upon
them. They have to consider the
wants of a most diversified class of
readers, many of whom require lino
upon line, precopt npon precept. Dif?
ferent topics have to be presented, and
different modes of treatment must be
resorted to. It should be a newspa?
per's aim to send out good doctrine,
sound views, prudeut counsels, careful
exposition of facts and principles.
Errors and mis-Btatements have con?
stantly to be contradicted und refuted.
They must be put down, or they will
be believed and do harm. It is not
every one who can sift falsehood from
trnth?in fact, it is not every one who
instinctively prefers the truth to false?
hood. The trnth has to be engineered
into the minds of some men. It is not
a waste of energy to show how the
State Government is a maohine, a very
institution of corruption. "H." thinks
everybody knows this, and that every?
body is aware that ruin stares him in
the face. If they know these things,
it is only because intelligent and active
newspapers have made them plain.
Bnt they are not so very plain. They
are constantly and plausibly denied.
If thoy are demonstrated to exist, in?
genious excuses, calculated to impose
upon theweuk, thoughtless and credu?
lous, are sure to follow, in order to
blnnt their impression. Not to dwell
too long upon this matter, we com?
mend "II," to the distinction whioh a
celebrated thinker makus between ao
tive habits and positive impressions. It
in a duty of pressing importance in this
State, to convert the merely passive
impressions of wroDg, fraud, corrup?
tion and abose into active habits of
fixed resistance to them and into unal?
terable and unswerving purpose to
overthrow them. In this good work,
newspapers are not idle or inethoiont.
Death of Colonel Tom Saratur.
Colonel Thomas D. Sumter, grand?
son of General Sumter, the "game
cook" of the American revolution, and
eldest son of Colonel Thomas Sumter,
at one time American Minister to Bra?
zil, died on Tuesday evening of last
week, at his residence, near States
burg. He enjoyed the advantages of
thorough classical training in his
yonth, of foreign and domestic travel,
and of intercourse, frith educated and
polite society. He was a man of
strong constitution, excellent physiquo
and fine appearance. He served for s
term as member of Congress from his
Congressional District. Since the
cloBe of the war, he has beon reduoed
in oircumstanoes aud supported him?
self by the railroad agency at Clure
mont Depot, on tho Camden branch of
the Sonth Carolina Railroad. He hud
passed his three score and ten years.
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"A change
Inks something" very "strange."
The Union-Herald says that it has
passed iuto other hands. It does not
say from whose nor into whose hands
it has gone, nor whether the change
was by purchase or otherwise. The
names of the present proprietors; it
says fnrther, "are of no concern to
the public." Perhaps uot. But the
public feels hurt that the names of its
benefactors are thus kept from it. It
is a clear case of disinterested pecu?
niary 8ucrifioo. Tho original proprie?
tors not being able to carry it on with?
out such loss as they were unable to
bear, a number of prominent and in?
fluential Republicans stepped patriot?
ically forward in the emergency, aud
propose to keep it going. What will
not men do for thoir principles ?
Our "revelations" have proved too
much for the Union It equealu like a
stuck pig. It looks in every direction
lor aid and comfort iu the anticipated
latastrophe of Radicalism in this
?tato, when it shall no longer bo sup?
ported by the National Government,
[t fixes its tearful eyes upon the largo
lumber of good citizens (meaning co
orod) whose lives for the past thirteen
Fears have identified them with the
Radical party. Rut by the time the
jrash comes, these people will all be
jonverted the other way. Call rather
upon the rocks and mountains to fall
3u you aud hide you.
Gen. Grant is growing confidential,
ind talks freely. If he continues so
frank and communicative, we shall get
intimate with him, und bare another
3hapter of revelations.
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Hon. A. H. Stephens announces
that he will not bo n oaudidate for the
next session, and if his health should
not improve, will resign his eeat in the
present Congress. He says that in
some respects he is decidedly better,
but in others decidedly worse. He
suffers morB especially from rheuma?
tism. Mr. Stephens has wou an illus?
trious name, aud maintained an ex?
alted character. A man of disciplined
genius, of ripe learning, of long
experience, of uufliuchiog courage, of
patriotic devotiou**to duty?by these
and muuy other titles, be bus gaiued
the love und admiratiou of his coun?
try men.
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The Union-Herald has changed
hands, but who the now proprietors
are does not appour. We extract the
following from yesterday's issue:
'?The Union-Herald has passed iuto
other bauds. The original proprietors
of tho establishment, huviug built up
a representative organ, without othor
resources than their own, und, at much
sacrifice, huviug mude it worthy of the
great organization to which it belongs,
found it impossible to carry it through
tho .summer without such loss as they
were unable to bear. Iu this emer?
gency, a number of prominent und
influential Republicans, recoguiziDg
the servico that tho Union-Herald had
done, and aware ot the large circula?
tion and fiuo repntutiou it enjoyed,
stepped patriotically forward, in the
resolution thut the Republican party
should uot be without a daily news?
paper to defend its cause before tho
country.
"Tho names of Ihn present proprie?
tors of tho Union-Herald are of no
concern to the public. Who owus it
is of little moment, so loug us it is con?
ducted in tho interests of tho people,
and for tho promotion of honest go?
vernment. It is nut improper to suy,
however, that the statement of it hav?
ing been purchased by Attorney-Geu
eral Melton, as trustee, either for him?
self or others, is utterly untrue. The
firm of Melton k Cbumburlain was
employed to prepare the necessary pa?
pers, and in tho ubsouco of tho trus?
tee, represented him in tbeir execu?
tion. This is simply tho extent of
Judge Melton's connection with the
matter."
Conservatives should make a note of
this, and see that papers published in
their interest are properly supported.
Every dollar contributed in the way of
advertisements and subscriptions is of
material assistance to a newspaper
publisher.
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Homicide in the Good Horn Sec?
tion.?On Saturday alter noon last,
about nightfall, John Goggans, un old
man, with eight or nine children, liv?
ing in the Good Hope section, (a little
above Riohardsonville,) wus shot and
instantly killed by a young man
named Jack Smith, of the same sec?
tion.?Edqefteld Advertiser.
? History of PrcTlom Comet*.
In view of the two oeleatial visitors
whose presence is now visible to the
naked eye every fair evening in the
heavens, it is not inappropriate to take
a glannn baokward and review briefly
! the history of the most remarkable of
these phenomena, as it has passed
down to as through tho long vista of
ages. The first of tho present oomets
was discovered nt Marseilles, France,
on the 17tb of April, Goggia being the
name of the discoverer. It is now ap?
proaching the earth and sou with a
constantly accelerated volocity, arriv?
ing at perihelion (nearest the sun) and
perigroo (nearest the earth) about the
first of August. It will soon be visible
only in the early hours of evening, sot?
ting in tho North-west. Professor
Swift 6uys the comet will be brightest
in the evening of August 3, being then
245 times as bright as at the time of
dibcovery. A cometary display may
then be expected which may rival the
transit nf Venn? iu popular as well as
in scientific interest. It will then be
about five degrees from Denabola, the
brightest star in Leo. But to proceed
to the history of previous remarkable
comets, as we gather it from various
authentic sources. Iu the primitive
ages, comets were regarded with great
dread, as miraculous appearances. 130
years before Christ, a comet made its
appearance, whose magnitude must
have been far beyond anything subse?
quently seen, us its splendor is said to
have surpassed that uf tho sun. Iu
the years 218, 324 and 399 of tho
Christian era, remarkable comets also
appeared. The Emperor Churles V
was so much uffected by the appear?
ance of the comet of 1550, that he re?
signed Iii:; imperial throne, believing
the comet to bo a tvuruiug from God
that he should do so. Iu 837, all En
rope was tilled with consternation at
the appearance of tho eomet of that
yeur. Special m?ssen were celebrated
in the churches, and the people were
universally filled with cousterunliou
and fear. They behoved some terrible
visitation of the Almighty was impend?
ing over the earth. Louis I, King of
France, ucting upon tho counsel of the
Pope, fouuded many churches und
convents, in order to appease the of?
fended Deity. Iu Kornau Catholic
countries, tbo custom of ringing Lhu
cathedral bells at noon originated at
the time of Halley'a comet in 1450.
Pope Ualixtus HI, who then wore the
triple crown, uudcr the belief that tho
comet was u demon come to subvert
his throne, ordered all tho bells iu
Christendom to be rung?a eeremouy
that was believed to bo a turn specific
against the devices of the Evil One.
In the year 590, an epidemic raged
all over the continent of Europe, und
many thousands perished. This visi?
tation was ascribed to tho influence of
u comet, which appeared in tho same
year. An extraordinary feature of the
disease was that the patient was seized
with a fit of sneezing, from which he
frequently died. Always after that
time, when any one sneezod inordi?
nately, his friends exclaimed, "God
bless you!" That custom has conti?
nued for nearly 1,300 years in many
European countries.
Iu tho year 1,000, a comet is de?
scribed us presenting a frightful aspect,
exhibiting an enormous curved tail, iu
the form of u scythe. The appearance
of the comet of 1150 spread conster?
nation throughout Europe. Tho same
comet returned again in 1531 uud iu
1607. Iu 113S2, a comet appeared,
which, by its brilliancy aud swiftness,
excited universal interest.
Besides the comet of 1759, of which
there have been five authenticated re?
turns, there are several others, of which
something like a return inuy be traced
at loug intervals.
Tbo great comet of 1S11 rcmaiued
visible for upward.-, of two mouths, and
was considered one of the most bril?
liant of modern times.
Biela's comet was discovered Febru?
ary 27, 1S26. Its return iu 1S1G at?
tracted u good deal of attention; what
had hitherto appeared us a single body
was actually composed uf two distinct
and separate comets.
Fayn's comet was discovered in 1813,
and made its second appearance in
1851, its third iu September, 1858.
A comet wua discovered by Douati,
:it Florence, Juno 2, 1838.
Among the comets most remarkable,
either for great splendor or enormous
real dimensions, iu recent times, must
be mentioned those of 1780, 1807,
1811, 1815, 1819, 1825, 1843, 1817,
1858 and 1801. Among tho most re?
markable phenomena presented by iu
divitlnul comets, we may mention the
six tails of the great comet of 1711,
und the division of Biclu'u comet into
two distinct comets.
Tho uaturo of comets, especially of
tho tail, is a matter of great uncer?
tainty. Tho nucleus obeys the laws of
gravity, uuiullueuced by the motions
of tho tail. Tho material of tho tail
first moves toward the sun, and is then
repelled from it. The evident polarity
leads to the natural conjecture that the
tuil is electricity itself.
Tho superstitious fears of primitive
uges have, in this century, been re?
placed by tho unfounded fear of the
earth's collision with a comet. This
was notably the case in 1832, when it
was predicted that tho comet of that
year would cross tho earth's track, and
great fears were entertained of a col?
lision. But there is no evideuco that
such a collision over occurred, either
with tho earth or any other planet
The "war oomct" of 1801 sprat g so
suddenly upon tho people in this lati?
tude, and with such um \ im plod bril?
liancy und maguitude, as to astonish
scientific men and frighten the timid.
I The civil war, then just inaugurated
I must have something to do with it, <
I course. But, nnheralded and unin
vited, it burst forth with all its hea?
venly beaoty, demanding universal ad?
miration.
Only one in six of the oomets which
aro observed ever become visible to
the naked eye.
The coast oi 1861 was first disco
vered on the 5th of July, 1861. We
have no account of this comet being
seen iu this part of the world. The
oomet of 18G8, known as Brorsen's,
was 6een on the evening of the 10th of
April. The Superintendent of the
Naval Observatory at Washington re?
ported, uuder date of August 14, 1868.
that Enoko's comet was observed there
that morning. The comet of 1871 was
first seeu ou the 15th of April. The
comet of 1872 was seen iu Sun Fran?
cisco on tbu eveoiug of the 18th of
Juue, 1872. It appeared u littlu to the
South-west of the zenith, aud was
moving rapidly aud somewhat irregu?
larly. At length it disappeared, huv?
iug apparcutly ascended out of tho at?
mosphere of the eurth. Tho nucleus
appeared to bo u star of the first mag?
nitude uud the tuil was wavy. It wus
iu sight for six minutes. Tho plauet
Alurs wus luminous and roso colored at
the timo. Tho comet of 1873 was dis?
covered ut Paris, the 21th of August.
Tbe oomet of 1874, No. 1, wus disco?
vered ou the morning of February 21.
This ooueludus the list of prominent
cornels of uu?i??t and modem times.
c?rreN]ionilt:iice of dir IMiccnlx,
Si'AKTANnuitG, S. (J., July 8, 1874
Although but a few mouths remain
before the next election for State
ofiioers, there is yet uo indication that
there will be any organized opposition
to tbe party which has ho long plun?
dered tbe State uud brought it to the
verge of ruiu. Sotnu effort bus been
made to organize tux unions, but it has
met with only a tranquil response, aud
will have the result of similar efforts
heretofore uiude, unless more persist?
ency aud e u rue.-to ess uru brought to
the work. A majority of the whito
people seem to have settled dowu in
the conviction that it is u waste of
timo und energy to resist tbe tide of
corruptiou which is engulfing the
State?that the ouly course left is to
wait as patiently as possible till it has
spout its force, as, iu tho very nature
of things, it must do, sooner or later.
Aud they uro uot without ruasouablo
grounds for this belief. Every previ?
ous effort ut organized resistance has
beou u complete aud humiliating fail?
ure Compromise bus beeu attempted
iu vain; every concession that could
bo mude or demanded has bceu made,
and nothing has been gained. Tho
patriot may well pause before attempt?
ing the task of destroying tho effects
which past failures have tnado aud of
organizing the friends of good govern?
ment iuto a compact uud active body.
Ye.t this is tho task which must be
accomplished, or inevitable ruiu
awaits tho State. Tho people must be
convinced of the iraportuuee, in itself,
of thorough uud permanent organiza?
tion, whether it results iu the immedi?
ate overthrow* of tho party iu power or
j not. They must bo brought into
organized 'activity, not merely for
temporary political purposes, but for
the perpetual defence of their property
and of all they hold most dear. Tho
necessity of such au organization is
beginuiug to bo recognized by many
of our leading tnou. But simple recog
uitiou is uot sufficient; there must be
earnest and persistent work, if uny
lasting good is to bo accomplished.
The uewspapers of the State, instead
of indulging in idle speculation us to
the exact amount of corruptiou in the
Government, aud in puerile uud profit?
less disputes with the other side, must
oxpeud tboir energies iu uniting tho
people and teaching them their ouly
moile of self-defence. It is folly to bo
constantly telling them that ruiu stares
them in the face; they are well aware
of that fact. What they want to know
is, huw to avoid it. This our leading
lueti aud newspapers must teach them.
Notwithstanding the scircity of
money in tho Statu, many persons
from the low country are seeking tho
healthy and invigorating atmosphere
of the mountains. Auioug the moun?
tain resorts, the most attractive to
persons really desiring rest aud recn
! peration is Chcrokeo Springs. It has
all the advantages of a mountain re?
sort, tho atmosphere being pure and
always cool, aud the medicinal virtues
of its waters are decided iu cases of
dyspepsia, diseases of the kidneys,
loss of uppctite aud luug diseases,
Tbo grounds are well shaded, tho hotel
comfortable aud well kept, and tho
respectability of the establishment in?
sured. Among tho recent numerous
arrivals is the veritable Tom Collins, of
New York fume, who turns out to bo a
respectable sort of fellow, in spite of
tho .slanders published to his detri?
ment. It is the opinion of all that he
is a mueh-nbused man. II.
j The lirsu Commencino ?It has
? commenced, uud is rolling in a volume
like an ocean tide?the rush for tickets
for the fifth aud last grand gift con?
cert of tho Public Library of Ken?
tucky. Everybody knows that this is
the laut concert which can bo given,
and evorybody knows, too, that there
will bo $25,000 in cash distributed to
tho ticket-holders, and nobody wants
to be last iu securing a tickot when
?hob prizes of ?250,000, #100,000,
$75,000, $50,000. $25,000, five of $20.
0(10, Are, ?fcc, See., are to be distri?
buted. There is no timo to trifle?
all talk is business.
Died, on Woducskny, July 1, tbo
Kev. Wm. Glenn, near Holland's
Store, iu tho eighty-first year of his
age. Uo was a soldier iu tho war of
1812, and a local Methodist preacher
for forty years. He was a native of
Virginia, and removed to Georgia at
j an early oge.
Citt MA-TTsna.?Subscribe for the
Phozmx.
Pleasant days and cool nights are
being enjoyed by Colombians jast now.
The largest turn-out these nights is
that of the jyosse comet-atis.
Nothing has yet transpired relative
to the mandamun.
Advertising is to business what steam
is to machinery?the grand propelling
power.
It is rumored that Cadet Smith could
not stand the test, uud will be forced
to retire.
The wooden lamp-posts are being
erected ou Maiu street, and there is a
prospect that wo will soon have light.
There is but ono way to obtaiu busi?
ness?publicity; but ono way of gain?
ing publicity?advertising.
Wo are indebted to tho comowttee
for cards of iuvitution to the Intercol?
legiate R gutta at Saratoga Lake, on
the 15th uud lGth July, 1874.
A city paper says that Walter Jones
makes his mark us Clerk of the Coun?
cil. We thought that Jones could
wiiio.
You cau (ravel to und from any
point ou the South Carolina Railroad,
at excursion rutcs now. Sue adver?
tisement of Geueral Ticket Agent
Pickeuc, iu another column.
The Atlanta Daily News has made its
appearance. Alex. St. Glair-Abrains is
the editor. It is the neatest looking
sheet iu the GiteCity. The News is
Democratic iu polities.
This comet is it God-tend to young
lovers. Tho flowers have nearly dis?
appeared, and they were just about out
of nu excuse for getting into the front
yard by themselves.
Dr. J. F. Ensor, Superintendent of
the Lunatic Asylum, publishes a card
decliuiug to run for the Senate from
Riohlaod. lie retires in favor of Se?
nator Nash.
Dr. J. R. Wilson, of this city, re?
cently called to bo pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church of Wilmington,
is to receive a salary of S3,000 ?tho
highest paid in North Carolina.
Tke comet continues to attract at?
tention iu this city. Prof. Parkhurst,
in the Now York Tribuws, says it will
be low down the horizon ubout the
11th of July. So those who wish to
enjoy the sight must look at it as much
as possible until that time.
Tho New York Irish World, for July
-1, is a regular gala, spread-eagle, pic?
torial number, iu which the principal
events of tho Revolutionary War are
illustrated by pictures, prose and
poetry. The proprietors are out-and
out Irish-Americaus.
A private letter from Gleun Springs
states that u largo number of guests
nre at that delightful watering-place?
many of them Columbians. The water
is searching aud appetizing, the fare
excellent, the accommodations perfect
aud the air delightful. ?
"A Republican" requests us to pub?
lish the foliowiug ticket:
For Governor?Judge F. Malier, of
Baruwell.
Lieutenant'Governor?Judgo John T.
Green, of Sumter.
Senator?John C. Sei'gers.
Representatives?W. K. Bacbmau,
Col. Wm. Simons, U. D. Seuu, Joseph
McMillan.
The Couguree (colored) Fire Com?
pany, Captain Nash, nro arranging for
the purchase of a steamer. The city
has furnished them with a lot on
Arsenal nil!, near the reservoir, for an
engine house. We are of the opinion
that tho Congarce8, liko tho Inde?
pendents and Palmettoes, will find
that a steamer, without horses to speed
it to a fire, is a troublesome affair.
At tho semi-annual meeting of Ca
! tawba Tribe, No. 1, Improved Order
I of Red Men, hold on the evouiug of
tho Stu, tho following officers were
installed for the ensuing term:
II. N. Emlyo, P.; O. F. Uoweil, S.;
J. W. McDevitt. S. S.; J. D. Rrnm
?eld, J. S.; R. Jones, C. of R.; J. F.
Troy, K. of W.; C. A. Calvo, Jr., G.
of W.J W. II. Manning, G. of F.
Mr. Robert Douglass, tho well-known
stago contractor of years ago, died in
Greenville on tho 8th. He was fami?
liar with every portion of tho Stute,
and had friends in tho seaboard as well
' f\.y tho mountain districts. The firm
way Douglas, Ward & Ripley, of which
Captain Ward is the only survivor.
Mr. Douglass was a resident of Au?
gusta for many years.
A new counterfeit of the recent issue
of fifty cents has just made its appoar
anoe. It is one-sixteenth of an inch
shorter iu length and width than tho
genuine, and tho lines connecting tho
two upright linos of the letter X in
the small words engraved, engraving
and printing at tho end of the scrip is
reversed in every instance but ono. In
tho counterfeit, thero is no distinction
between tho white cravat and shirt
bosom of Samuel Dexter, while in the
genuine they are well definod.
Death ok Mbs. M. L, Kinaud.?We
are truly pained to record the death,
yesterday afternoon, somewhat sud?
denly, of Mrs. Cornelia, wife of M. L.
Kiuard, Esq., of this city. She bad
been in feeble health for more than a
year, but had ouly been oonfioed to
her room for the past few days. She
was ouconBoious from 11 o'cloek, yes?
terday morning, until her death, at 6
o'clock, in the ufternoon. Mrs. Kinard
bad been a wife but a little more than
two years, aud was iu tbe bloom of
youth?to-day, should she have lived
to see it, being her twenty-first birth?
day. Shu was a daughter of Mr. D. J.
Williuain, of Laurens, (where she was
born,) and grand-daughter of the late
Judge Hayiis Eirle. She leaves uo
children. The tendereat sympathies
of his friends and tbe whole commu?
nity are with the efflioted bosbaud
uud tbe fumily of the deceased in this
sad bereavement.
A MiitACunocs Draught op Fish?
What the Butchebs Say.?Several of
our prominent butchers barbecued
aud fished, on Wednesday, on Mr.
Kohler's farm; four miles from Acton,
aud, from their statements, they not
ouly had a delightful time?a good
barbecue dinner, first and foremost?
but afturwards they succeeded, with a
forty-foot seine, iu securing over 600
of tho finny tribe from an adjacent
pond iu the course of forty minutes.
This exceeds anything of the kind we
have ever known iu this quarter of the
globe. Remember, this is what the
butchers say, but they assert that it is
not u butcher's story. They farther
more htuto that the crops iu that
viciuity are ruined?corn aud cotton
beat to the ground by tho terrible
bail storm of Sunday evening. This
is a terrible blow to the planters.
At the meeting in the Court House,
on the 6th, relative to a school taz,
Trustee C. J. Carroll submitted the
following report of the receipts and
expenditures up to date of the school
fund that Cime iuto the hands of the
trustees from the lust levy:
Received from tbe State, through
School Commissioner D. N. Simouds,
?2,727.65; special school tax, District
No. 1, 3,956.31; poll tux, through D.
N. Simonds, 5'JO?total received,
$7,183.99.
Paid 15 teachers 'for seven months'
services, $4,561; orders, including
school building, 1,632.62; balance due
on school building, 475?total received,
$6,663.62; balance in hands of trus?
tees, $515.37.
Mr. Carroll further* reported that
there were school facilities for seven?
teen teachers the ensuing year, and
that to curry the schools on for nine
months, which makes the full scholas?
tic year, it would require tbe amount
of $8.050, and recommended the levy
of one mill on the taxable property
of said distriot for that purpose.
Capt. W. K. Baohman made a mo?
tion, which was adopted, that a tax of
one mill be levied on all of the taxable
property of School Distriot No. 1, to
be devoted to educational purposes iu
said school listrict.
Mr. Janney made a motiou, whioh
was adopted, that the Board of Trus?
tees for the said School District No. 1
be requested to locate a school iu the
E lateru part of said Sohool Diotriot.
Mail arrangements.?Northern
mail opons 6.30 A. M., 3 P. M.; closes
11 A. M., 6 P. M. Charleston opens S
A. M., 5.30 P. M.; oloset- 8 A. M., 6 P.
M. Wustoru opens 6 A. M., 12.30 P.
M.; 3lot.es 6, 1.30 P. M. Greenville
opens 13. 45 P. M.; closes 6 A. M. Wil?
mington opens 4 P. M.: closes 10.30
A. M. On Sunday open from 2.30 to
3.30.P. M.
Phcenixiana.?He that pelts every
barking dog mast pick up u great
many stones.
We think very few people sensible,
except those who are of our opinion.
Regard this world as though thou
wort destined to live forever, and the
world to come as though thou wert to
die to-morrow.
Tho sago observed, "A good name
is tbo noblest pedigree, and closing the
eyes tho surest protection against
worldly allurements."
We never respect persons who aim
simply to amuse us. There is a vast
difference between those wo call amus?
ing men and those we denominate en?
tertaining?we laugh with the former
aud reflect wiih tho latter.
The smallest dew drop that rests on
a lily leaf at night holds in itself the
image of a shining star, and in tho
most humble insignificant person
something good and true can always
be found.
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