The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, November 28, 1895, Image 1

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I 1 I s VOL XIX. BARNWELL S. C, THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 28. 1895. THE OOLOBED STATE COLLEGE. DIVORCED FROM-CLAFMN UHt- VER8ITY. The Courentlon Decided to Heperete Church and Mate—The lied in the Effort. —- The oonstitutional iconvention took up the subject of education, and the pending question was upon the amend ment to section 8 offered by Mr# Derham as follows : “ The General Assembly in appropriating money for the institutions of higher education in this State shall at no time make an annual appropriation to exceed one- tenth of the money actually paid to teachers annually in the free common scnools of this State from the funds provided for in this article.” Mr. Rogers moved to amend by in serting one-sixth. Mr. Dreher said bis object was to limit the amount of the appropriation Mr. B. R. Tillman - asked why not leave it to the General Assembly ? You wanted to leave the whole matter to the General Assembly last night. Mr. Derham said hlse object was to protect the common schools ; to pre vent the higher institutions from get ting an undue portion of the taxes." We wish to make the support of the colleges dependent on the support of the public schools. Mr. Rogers said that be had exerted himself to secure a most liberal provi sion for the common schools, which the committee’s report gives. There can be no doubt that the higher in stitutions have created this burning thirst for education in every hamlet of the State. AT the very totaute we are about to provide this we are offered an amendment that will make them lose that interest in higher education which alone is the incentive for secur ing this education. This iron-clad rule would give just about enough to run two colleges, if that many. Ciem- son alone get* 140,QUO. Mr. Derham said most of that came from the national government. Mr. Rogers : Do you mean then to blot out ail these institutions except Clemaon. Mr. Darham said he did not, but wanted to protect the common s-.-hools. Mr. Rogers went on to say that if money was poured out upon public schools, and they were run for twelve months, tneir desire for knowledge would be quenched unless there was something higher, and in the end the public schools would prove a farce. Mr. W. G. Smith wanted to know whether one-tenth would not be more than Georgia gives? Mr. itogers said he didn't know, but Georgia get 440,000 a month from ;her railroad and liquor license, but any way Georgia conditions are hot South Carolina conditions, and we must look at things as we have them. If we propose to be niggardly with these institutions tear them down and not go through the farce of keeping them up. Sixty-eight thousand dollars can not make these five institutions what ( iriation be withheld on account of aqy 1 ' ‘ ' ' ' ' ‘ this oon- njustic done to the negro vemion anti uiu would do wrong. He was opposed ‘ Kano , . JP the words 41 negro teacher” because the first education the negroes got af- Neicroes ter the War came from the white - philanthopists of the North, who put ,1, their hands in their pockets to educate the negro. He wanted a negro schools, but he wffnted the best men for the place, good educators, moral, respect able men, whether they be white 01- black. He wanted the college divorced from Claflin University. Mr. Milter withdrew the word Southern” from his amendment. Mr. Reed offered the following as a substitute for the amendment; ‘‘Pro vided, That in lieu of Claflin College there shall be established and main: tained a normal, Industrial, mechani cal' and agricultural college for the higher education of the negro race having no connection with Claflin Uni- tbey ought to be. Had one-sixth bepn professors and instructors therein, re inserted by the committee — £-»K. Wo. „i„„_ •« —' wanted, he believed the word versity, whose professors and instruc tors shall be of the negro race.” He said the Miller amendment didn't suit because the negroes would then get only the advantage of the mechani cal and agricultural features of Claflin. He wanted to provide for the normal and industrial features as well. Mr. W. D. Evans favored Mr. Reed’s substitute. He has realized the diffi culty of the management of those two institutions. He has seen the property of the State used for the purpose of building up the property of this churchy He has seen brick made by the State* used to build, up the college building not owned by the State. The trustees were in part to blame but things were so mi&ed up that they did where they were at, He favored di vorcing the State’s interest from that of the sectarian institution. If in es tablishing this college we make it strictly agricultural aud mechanical we will lose the funds from Peabody and Slater funds amounting to 92,000 and 95,000. , Mr. Bowman said as to whether there should be negro teachers alone or not be knows nothing about that or what the sentiments of the people are, but he knew the white and colored both wanted the State institution divorced from the church. The State only elects three professor and the negroes have a right to see that their money given them by the State is not under the control of the Methodist Episcopal Cburch. The only question as to the separation is the question of cost. All that is needed is to erect une large building.' Speaking of the-general conduct of the institution be said by example of social equality was taught there and the white people objected as well as the better class of negroes to that. Senator U. R. Tillman said that there was no doubt as to what the convea- tion wanted to do and intoduced the following substitute : “ Provided, That the General Assembly shall, as soon as practicable, divorce entirely Claflin College from Claflin University, and. pro vide fora separate corps of as he’ ‘shall would be in thin section now. Mr. Meares read from the report of the Superintendent of Education, which showed that 9470,UU0 had been E id teachers last year, and accord- J to this amendment there would be only about 947.000 to be divided be tween five institutions. Mr. Austin thought the matter gover should fie -heft to-the Legislature, and poses, he moved to lay .on the table, which funds was agreed to. . Mr. Miller of Beaufort offered the following : “Provided, That Claflin College is hereby divorced and separated from the management, control or anv con nection whatever with Claflin Univer sity, and tnat professors and instruc tors of Claflin College be men or women of the negro race. * -, , ■» He said that he wished to change the wording so as to say that Claflin College should never be, directly or indirectly, under the control of Claflin University, and that the teachers and professors should be Southern men and women of the colored race. Senator Tillman : In Florida there is a great deal of talk about not allow ing white teachers to teach the colored people, and I have received letters from the North asking did we propose any such thing. Now what sort of answer can we give when you, a colored man, advocate such a proposi tion ? Mr. Miller said the question applied to denominational and private institu tions, but he was arguing for a State institution.^ He said he simply asked what the ’white people wanted for themselves. The negroes of the State wanted an institution for negroes, of ficered and managed by negroes. Florida's matter is a law that strikes at the root of philanthropy, but Georgia has given ihe negroes a col lege and the president and all the pro fessors are Southern negroes. Under his amendment every dollar of the 925,000 from the government will go to his school. Claflin College may be legallydivorced from Claflin Univer sity, but it is not morally so separated. We ask a constitutional guarantee that the two shall be divorcei directed in the acts ‘the appropriating same: provided, that the General As sembly shall as soon as practicable Purchasing books for iibra- dlvorce entirely Claflin College from ry 85 07 Claflin University and provide for a separate oorps^ of professors^ and 1m given to men and women of the negro race, and it shall be the colored nor mal, agricultural and mechanical col lege of the State.” THE SCHOOLS OF THE ST ATE- annual REPORT OF SUPERIN TENDENT MAYFIELD. Purchasing school appara tus : 3,208 08 Purchasing school house sites 3,130 65 Building school bouses...^. 11*408 72 School commissioner’s Sal aries: .* 20,120 33 County treasurer’s commis sions .7.., * 7,443 64 School Commissioner’s tra veling expenses 2,376 35 Expenses of County Board of Examiners 1,41185 Teachers’ institutes 2,351 15 All other expenses: 6,456 16 Fifteen Thousand More Negroes Than Whites Enrolled id the Hchools— _ ions and Recommendations to the Legislature. - ’ Superintendent of Education May- field has just completed bis annual re port to the Legislature, Mr. Mayfield has taken a deep tnler^t tn lhe edu- there pould be a corps of negro pro-, feasors obtained to officers such an in stitution Y Mr. Miller replied that there were hundreds of them. Go to the Atlanta Exposition and see whether they are not prepared to conduct such an insti tution. Go in every walk of life and you find the'negro keeping up with the progress of the age. It then is a disgrace to the South to insinuate that negroes could not fill these positions. Go to Alabama and see the school pre sided over by Booker T. Washington— a school which he hoped Clemaon in time would equal. . He did not ask for a negro board of directors. As to property the State has 16C acres of land. Five buildings have been erected ; machinery worth 99,000; a brick machine which can make all the brick necessary to build a school which would accommodate GOO students and he would enter into a bond to see that the buildings were all erected in five years. Mr. Smalls moved to strike out the words “Southern men and women of the negro race.” He thought the State ought to support a colored school. He did not want any excuse to go to Washington and ask that the appro- presentation to be given to men and woman ot tbe negro race and it shall, be the colored agricultural and me chanical college of tbisState.” Mr. Reed and Mr Miller bAth with drew their substitutes. Mr. Tillman's amendment wasadopt- ed. Mr. B. R. Tillman moved to insert on line 6 the words “ by the national government” after tbe word “ pur- " He said it HtigptyUpffreffwPgt are meant and that they shall be applied just as Congress meant. Mr. G. D. Tillman said that the amendment was a little foggy, but, he would like to put the convention in possession of a few facts. When the Hatch and Morrell funds were passed he voted for them and beard the de bates. He was struck by Mr. Mitchell’s attempt to stampede the 'convention by stating that we might lose the 1’ea- body fund and tbe national appropria tion. The i’eabody fund is to be dis tributed in a few years. Rock Hill anu Nashville are both striving for it. He thought it would be prudent to put Winthrop in tbe constitution, and in fact, all institutions if the maximum amount to be appropriated was stated. Tbe chairman was mistaken in think ing that the national appropriation would ever stop. We got that amount through the selfishness of the original thirteen States, which had never got any benefit from public lands for schools like tbe Western States got. Michigan University was founded by the beneficence of the national govern ment in giving the land. The old States thought they ought to have something and these lunds amounting to 93,000,600 were appro priated and they won't give it up if they can help it. The Morrill fund expenditure has to be passed upon by the Secretary of Interior, who may withhold a State appropi iation when the negroes are not liberal'y provided for. This donation of 951,000, which it will be after 1900, will come to us in perpetuity’,.as long as public lands are sold to amount to 92,000,0o0. When the lands give out he believed the Stages would vote to take it out oftbe general treasury. That $51,000 ought to run Ciemson, Claflin and Winthrop. The money which we got now ought to Suppdrt theise institutions, which would leave us nothing but the South Caro lina College and the Citadel, and the privilege tax ought to run both of them. He would like to speak of the monstrous injustice of giving Ciemson ail the privilege tax and the govern ment appropriation, except what goes to Claflin. If all this money goes to Ciemson, how many students could go there and have free tuition, board, clothes and uniforms? Let Ciemson revel in wealth and let the other col leges starve. Senator Tillman’s amendment went through, and then the entire section was adopted in the following words : “ The General- Assembly may pro vide for the maintenance of Ciemson Agricultural College and the Univer sity of South Carolina as now estab lished by law, also for the establish-' ment and maintenance of a normal and Industrial college for tbe colored race and may create scholarships therein. The proceeds realized from the land scrip given by the act of Congess pass ed July 2, 1862, for the support of an agricultural college* and any lands or funds which have heretofore been or may hereafter be given or appropriated for educational purposes by the nation al government, shall be applied as cational institutions of the State, and recommends several improvements which, if adopted, will prove a great help to education in South Caro lina The report in full is a lengthy one, but the following introduction will be rqad with interest: To th» Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of South Carolina: Gentlemen : I have the honor to sub mit the twenty-seventh annual report of tbe department of education. In view of the fact that the constitu tional convention is now in session and may make changes affecting the educational interest of the State, 1 not'if now deem it inexpedient to make some sug gestions 1 otherwise would. There were enrolled in tbe free pub lic schools of the State for the year beginning November 1, 1894, and end ing October 31, 1895, 103,729 white and 119,292 colored pupils, aggregating 223,021. The enrollment of the colored for this year exceeds that of the whites by 15,563. Last year it exceeded tbe whites by 14,414. ijast year the white enrollment was 106,176, this year 103,729, making a loss of 2,447 white pupils. ^ Last year the Colored enrollment was 120,oOO, this year 119,292, maxing a loss of 1,298 colored pupils. Last year the total enrollment was 226,766, this year 223,021, making a total loss of 3,745 pupils. It should be remembered, however, that the enrollment last year was in excess of that for any previous year by 3,616. This year it has dropped back, it is, perhaps, but fair to at tribute tbe loss this year to the extra demand of parents for the services of their children on account of the finan cial stringency of the year. 1 beg to again call your attention to the fact that undet the special acts passed by your body for tbe formation of special school districts you put all such schools in a large measure from under tbe control of the State and county school autnoritles and thereby render U very difficult for these offi cers to get Information concerning these schools. Tbe failure this year of many of these schools to report to either the county authorities or to this office accounts*in part foi tbe falling off in the enrollment herewith reported for the year. Under the rule for ascertaining tbe average time tbe schools of a county have been in session during the year the long term schools, which are in -thauitius- aud tow as and special -dis tricts, are placed with the short term country schools, and the general aver age for the county doesjnQt do justice to the long term schodls/vftile it in dicates to the casual thinker that the short term schools ran longer than they really did. It would be well for these schools to be reported in sepa rate classes and the law should be amended for this puVposei The special schools should "be put under the school authorities at least to the extent of accounting for the public money received and expended and reporting such other matters as will enable the school authorities to make complete reports of tbe condi tions of the schools of the State. I am forced again to complain of the negligence of many of the county school commissioners and some of the treas urers in making up and sending in their annual reports. This is a great annoyance and hindrance to this office. Hut few of »be school commissioners sent jincomplelo reports. Tne incom plete reports had to be returned for correction, and in many instances all the corrections were not made. Three of the county commissioners have not yet Veported.. This necessarily has tnrowu my report behind, and to the extent of these failures it is incomp lete. There should be Wome legisla tion on this subject. If tne school year began July 1, and closed June 30 of each year, more time would be given before the meeting of your wdy in which to perfect the rep^tys ,and tbe-sch'iol year as it wyuld then be defined by law would "be in accord with the bcIroI session as the schools are now run, and there would be no lapping of the scDool sessions.. So far as the money is concerned there could be no trouble in that respect. We are now using the taxes of one fiscal year Orangeburg.... 22,403 03 I’iekens....' 3,637 04 Total 1563,743 66 Tbe total expenditures of each coun ty for the year was as follows : Teacher’s All Other Counties Salaries Abbeville .......9 18,704 37 Aiken 7. 15,976 84 Expenses. 9 2,016 00 Anderson 16,045 61 Barnwell 12,525 39 Bpaufort ... Berkeley— Charleston . Chester Chesterfield Clarendon .. Colleton — 7,274 27 13,545 00 60,021 25 10,476 95 7,163 6« 7,117 30 11,381 96 Darlington...... 9,793 46 Edgefield.. Fairfield Florence.. Georgetown Greenville Hampton Horry ■f h n nr Lancaster Laurens Lexington! Marion .......... Marlboro Newberry Oconee 15,842-89 10,94J 95 8,33;> 70 3,735 00 20,893 65 6,233 00 4,35*41 ft *>4‘i 72 8.300 79 13,023 89 7,56(5 42 13,010 41 6,196 73 15,150 04 6,844 64 Richland Spartanburg.... Sumter Union Williamsburg... York 21,154 95 29,136 36 15,996 81 7,244 00 7,4015 70 23,414 (58 £,457 02 2,826 74 2,3(50 39 • 2,045 86 1,618 88 25,803 28 1,645 10 -il,193 96 1.614 86 1,586 81 6,458 00 970 00 1,902 9(5 1,302 14 1,718 43 ”236 99 -Jlflt 11 1,073 56 1,990 1(4 1,011 73 2 107 61 2,651 42 1,147 92 1,946 89 2 404 54 ‘ 1,412 16 ‘ 2,988 46 2,771 52 1,307 <53 3,616 <53 2,435 17 1,094 92 2,127 58 1,166 19 county Bchool-fund to be collected, dis tributed and expended in such manner •s the General Assembly by Act shall declare. I would recommend that all qualifying and limiting words as to the manner of levying, uclWting, distrib uting and expending be omitted from the constitution, <hr that the Above general provisions be used. The Gen eral Assembly would then be at liberty to pass on the subject and establish such rules as may lj>e thought best and to change them from time to time as the public good may require. The rea son for having the fund a county school fund is that by this course none of the well-equipped splendid schools of the State, which are the . results of years of most earnest -effect and pati ence on the part of those who have struggled so manfully and so long against old/customs and great opposi tion to establish them, would not be in the slightest degree injured or crippled, but would on the other hand he helped in common with all the other schools Total ..9470,083 67 993,659 99 By dividing the amount spent for teacher s salaries by the Lumber of pupils enrolled we have the amount spent as tuition per pupil enrolled as follows Teachers’ 'Salaries No of Fupils Abbeville .. 9 18,704 37 9,183 Aiken. .... 15,976 84 6,843 Anderson .... 16,045 61 8,445 7,966 Barnwell .... 12.525 39 Beaufort .... 7,274 27 3,416 —1,274 Berkeley .... 13,540 w Charleston ... 60,021 25 5,934 Chibs ter .... 10,476 95 5,940 Chesterfield ... .... 7,16366 3,298 Clarendon .... 7,117 50 3,358 Colleton........ .... 11,381 96 6,147 Darlington .... 9,793 46 5,422 Edgefield .... 15,842 89 10,615 Fairfield .. ,, .... 10^4146 6 t 3U8 Florence .... 8,335 70 5,494 . 3 582 Georgetown.... .... 3,735 00 Greenville.-.... .... 20,883 00 10,180 Hampton .... 6,233 00 2,870 Horry .... 4,35441 5,130 Kershaw .... 8 243 72 3,842 Lancaster 7.... .. 8,300 79 4.876 Laurens .... 13,023 89 6,077 Lexington..... .... 7.566 42 5.444 Marion .... 13,010 41 6,336 Martborrr.: r.T :TTT~*«,’tPrt 73 3! 819 Newberry .... 15,150 04 6,182 Oconee.^ 6,844 64 4,283 Orangeburg ... .... 22,403 03 12.014 Fickens 3,637 64 3,968 Richland .... 21,154 95 6,951 Spartanburg... .... 29,136 36 14,875 Sumter .... 15,996 81 8,377 Union 1... .... 7,244 00 4,724 Williamsburg . 7,406 70 5,058 York 23,414 «8 9,600 Total ....9470,083 67 223,021 this being made necessary by post poniug several years ago tbe collection of taxes for one year. ■* s 1 am pleased to report that there has been a general improvement in the teachers of the public schools, which is evidenced by the greater in terest they take in the work. This of course must be necessarily gradual. To 'the school authorities and the voluntary efforts on the part of the teachers themselves this improvement is due. In many counties summer schools ana teachers’ institutes were held with satisfactory • Work on the part of the instructors and good attendance on the part of the teachers. This work should meet with your approval and encour- agfement. r EXPENDITURES. According to the reports of the coun ty school commissioners to this office the expenditures for tbe fiscal year for all public school purposes wete as follows: Teachers’ salaries 9470,083 67 3,356 55 21,721 42 1,665 80 The above tables showing the money spent in each county for teachers' salaries aud the amount per pupil in cludes all schools, the ungraded and the graded. The length of the ses sions do not depend entirely on the amount of money spent. There are many reasons why this is true. The number of pupils in a county has much to do with it, but even that does not wholly regulate the length of the ses sions. Tiie fact is it is very much more expensive to run the schools in some counties than it is iq other coun ties. It is more expensive to run the schools of some districts in a county than it is to rup the schools of other districts in tinYitiaue county. Those things are governed and regulated by local existing necessities and circum stances, and affect the length of the sessions. . __ The law has been strictly followed in expending the public funds and the expenditures have beqn economically made.. Notwithstanding taese facts the school sessions are entirely too short, aud the people can never become educated unless longer sessions are provided. Tbe sessions in the cities, towns and special districts levying a special tax are as a rule long enough, and these schools are sufficient for the needs of the people. These schools . Are secured by supplementing the gen eral school fund by an extra tax df from two to five mills levied by tbe citizens of these rcities, towns and dis tricts. Fortunately for all such they are able to bear these heavy taxes. But tbe great majority of tbe school districts of most of the counties of the county by increasing their funds and leaving their special school funds undisturbed. By this course the basis on which these excellent schdols have been founded would remain untouched except to give it strength, and there would be no tearing down of one school for anatber’s gain, but would broaden the basis on which to build other good schools. On account of the inability of the K rer school districts to levy a sutti- it extra tax to make for themselves good schools as I have already explain-, ed, I would recommend to the conven tion, in addition to increasing tbe county school levy 6ne mill, to provide for tbe levy and collection of an addl- tion&l tax of one mill on tbe dollar on all of tbe taxable property of the -State as an equalization fund, to be levied and collected as other State taxes, and to be expended through the State Hoard of Education, under such regulations as the General Assembly may prescribe, leaving much to tbe discretion of that board, bringing up the poorer schools of tbe several coun ties of the State to a plane now occu pied by the good and well established schools. In other words, tear down none, but build up all and make it pos sible to bring all up to a given standard. Such a provision would easily operated and could be made to produce nhoet sat isfactory results. Until something of this kind is done we can never hope to have the schools of the State upon an equal footing. The wealthy and well- to-do counties will gradually improve their schools while tbe less fortunate counties continue to fail-to provide suf ficient schools fuf their people. Tb3 same is true of school districts The strong counties and the strong districts will continue to sap the weaker coun ties and weaker districts by drawing from them many of their citizens be cause of their schools. It is childish and foolish to expect good schools while the money necessary to run them is withheld. Governor Atkinson, of Georgia, Id his message just sent to the General As sembly of that State, shows tha.t the school fund of that State U over 91,- 150,000. Of this $15,000 was net earn ings of the penitentiary, 9102,000 from licenaes for the sale of liquors, 9204.- 000 the State’s one-half of the inoomc from tfie Georgia Railroad, wnile the,, residue was from other incomes and a large direct State appropriation of 9600,000. ; If a sufficient equalization fund can iin Lit Lm a** in jaau stLliaix* iar i c» 1 ottvi i u w u try in tali j v/wtjr?f tay than by a direct tax of 1 mill on prop erty tbe same general good results to the schaols would follow, and that course should be taken. Georgia gives the profits of tbe penitentiary ana the income of the sale of liquors to bet schools. Why should South (.’-atoliaa not do likewise? No one acquainted with'lhe wants ot the people can for a moment question the fact that tbe people want and are expecting their schools to be improved, aud are willing to pay an extra tax for this-^puspose. All experience proves that where they are able they never hesitate to vote an exti-a tax for school purposes. In proof of this statement I beg to call your attention to tbe fol lowing list levying the special tax : Winnsboro 2 mills, Chester 2, Ker shaw 3, Montice!lo2, Union 3, Johnston 2, Columbia 2, Ridge Spring 3, Varn- ville 2, Leesviile 2, Sandy River 2, Blackstock 2, Orangeburg 3, Waiter- boro 2, Ridgeway 2, Little River 2, Florence 2, TimmonsviUe 2, Marlon 24, Spartanburg 2, MartinS, Blacksburg^. Laurens 4. Seneca 5, Cberaw 3, Broad River 3, Continental 3, Darlington 5, Holley 3. Rutherford 3, Williston 24, Bishopville l. Blackvilie 3, Camden 3 Edgmoor 4, Elko 5, Lancaster 5. Ora 3, Beulah 5, Salem 3. Princeton 3, Wheet- and 3, Denmark 3. These are not half of tbe districts levying tbe special tax, but they are enough to prove tbe truth of the prop oeitioo that where tbe people are able they are providing- themselves with good schools by levying an extra tax. Then why not help out tne poorer dis tricts that are not able to'levyiton themselves? The report from the State colleges, incorporated in the body of this report, to which reference is made, shows them to be in good condition.- ! The Ceidar Springs Institute for the education of the . deaf and dumb and blind has done a most excellent work during tbe year and deserves your fos tering care. The Taculty has been enlarged and the course extended without material- Alfred Baker, of Augusta, trustees of fore ns ti a tarbOr of love. LettlM survivor* of the different regiments, battalions and batteries, select their ablest and most energetic comrade who will go to work at once and gather up every obtainable lacideat worthy of note, pertaining to 1 ter THE P. SOLD. ONLY A MINGLE BIDDER THERE. The Houthcrn Railway the Prime—Who Will Operate Major Theodore G. Barker,- and Western Carolina RaiiSray, read the advertisement of sale from tbe depot platform in Greenwood at noon on the 2uth inst., and called for bids upon tbe Auguste and Knoxville Rail road, for which be did uoi. get a bid. He called for offers on the Fort Royal and Western Carolina, and there was no response. He then offered tbe entire property, when Mr. John W. Hutchinson, Jr., of New York City, representing Samuel Thomas and Thomas Ryan, of New York, deposited the certified check necessary to bid and offered 92,650,600 for the entire iroperty and it was knocked down to ilm. The Fort Royal and Western Caro lina Railway was a consolidation of the Augusta and Knoxville, running from Auguste to Greenville, the Greenwood, Laurens and Spartanburg, from Greenwood to Spartanburg ; the Greenville and Laurens, whose ter minals are indicated in the name, and the Savannah Valley, running from McCormick to Andersod, making in all a mileage of 227 miles. A special correspondent of tbe Au- gurte Chroicle gives the following de- teilaof tbe sale, with some foreoasts as to the future policy of control: The sale was made under a joint foreclosure by Charles H. Fhinizy and CON FEDERATE An Important Ctmwlar la A Con fed ‘ ,^e»</niled Confederate V. of South Carbltna: Fellow Comrade*: The ■ , ,, OTdorseoient tbe convention of 1 master for the sale of the Fqrt lloyal Confederate Veterans in Coi Has Scooped gave the plan suggested and pabllshed in various papers, for oollcetiag the facts and date pertaining to fhc his tory of the South Carolina troops dur ing tbe war. prompts ms to explain reason for not wishing to wait for the Legislature to make an appropria tion to carry on that work. To ask the State to appropriate money to be expended to an enterprise In which, perhaps, many of its citizens feel no interest, and less pride, is only giving ground for obstrnctionists and croakers to oppose It and pour cold water upon It. I have no doubt (nod f shudder at the thought) that there are men ih this State to-day who might he of some service in this work, who would rather see the records that brave men and women bare for themselves and their State during that eventful struggle destroyed or hid forever from mortal sight, rather than to have them preserved as hie- tory to be read and revered by loyal and patriotic generations get unborn. Tbe men of our S’ate woo la 1961 to 1865 immortalized tbe name ot Lee, Jackson, Beauregard, Hill L mgstreet, Stuart, Hampton, Butler,E aa .Gary, Jenkins and many others, are not “deadbeats" knocking at the door of the State treasury, claiming something that is not due them. The work be- most of the counties can not afford to pay an extra tax large Hy increasing the expenses of the insti- xeacu Rent of school houses.. Repairs of school bouses.... Furchasing school furniture Purchasing fuel and Inci dental ..... /..........!.. 8,018 80 enough to properly support such schools. In many of tbe poorer dis tricts it would require an extra tax of from seven to ten mills to raise a fund sufficient to properly sustain such schools. This the people of these dis tricts could not stand. The remedy, then, Is for your body to exercise your right under the pres ent constitution and increase the levy for school purposes on-tne property of the counties. By no other means under (the present law can the poorer schools of those poorer districts be substantial ly improved. Were it within my piovince to ad vise the constitutional convention sow in session I would recommend that the county levy for school pui poses be raised from 2' mills as a minimum to 3 mills as a maximum, and declare ail male persons between 21 and 60 J 'ears-of age who are unable to per- orm ordinary manual labor taxable polls. This fund should remain a tutioa. Your special attention is directed to the separate report made to your body by Superintendent N. F. Walker, as to tbe condition and needs of this insti tution. * Dr. E. S. Joynes spent the past sum mer in France and Germany and made observation of normal and industrial work there, and 1 have the privilege of incorporating in this report his inter esting report to Governor Evans on these subjects. For full statistical information as to the general condition and working of the schools, the expenditure of school money, the expenditure of tbe appro priations fot this department, and the expenditure of tbe Peabody Educa tlonal fund attention is called to the tabular statements to be found in the back of this report. k of this report. Respectfully submitted, W. D Mayeh the bondholders of the Auguste and Knoxville and tbe Central Trust Com pany, of New York, trustees of the F. R. A W. C. The order for tbe sale was tiled October 7th, 1895. First tbe A. A K. was offered as a part, but there was no bidder. Then the F. R. A W. C. exclusive of the F. A K., was offered. After this the entire system, Including the A. A K. from Auguste to Greenwood, and the line from McCormick to Ander son ; from Laurens to Greenville, and fro pi Greenwood to Spartanburg. Under the terms of the sale the upset price for the entire system was 92,650,- .000. When Special Master Barker Called fur a bid un tbe entire system Mr. Hutchinson stepped forward, and placing a certified check in tbe mas ter's hands, made the bid at the upset price. There war a second and third call and then tbe road was knocked down. The occasion of the sals was made quite « holiday in this place and there were many people in attendance on the sale. Among the more promi nent persons here to-day were Re- oeiver John B. Cleveland of tbe F. R. A W. C., Mr. A. A. Lawton, Jr., of Savannrh, member of the firm of Law- ton A Cunningham, who represented the F. EL A W. C., the A. A K. and the Central Railroad of Georgia; Mr. Walter G. Ctiarlton, of Savannah, and William K. Miller, of Auguste, repre senting Fhinizy and Baker, trustees of Tbe A. A K. boudholers; Henry B. Tompkins, of Atlanta, representing the Central Trust Co., of New York ; Joseph Ganahi, of Auguste, attorney for J no. B. Cleveland, receiver; S. J. Simpson, of Spartanburg, general counsel (or receiver; General Passen ger Agent W. J. Craig; Superinten dent A. W. Anderson, and Mr, William Method, of the F. R. A W. C. Just exactly what the sale of the system nnw-n* for the future to say. Of course Messn. Thomas and Ryan are tbe prime movers in tbe re organization of the Central and it would seem reasonable to believe that the future policy of tbe Fort Royal and Western Carolina will be directed by tbe Central, of which Mr. H. M-. Comer will in ail probability be the president under the permanent or ganization. On the other hand, since tbe interests of the Central and the Southern are so closely allied, it is rumored that the Fort Royal and Western Carolina will be controlled by the latter road, as a part of the division which now includes tbe old Charlotte. Columbia and Auguste. Under alt events thp sale does not affect the business interests of Augus ta, for as the road will be operated in tbe interests of its owners it can of a certainty not be operated against the interests of this city. Speaking with one of the most prominent men in the railroad business lodsy, 1 asked what would be the probable future policy of tbe road, and in wnose inloreals wuuld it be operated'. With a knowing smile the gentleman in question assured me that it would be “ operated in the in terests of the pocket books “of its owners.” So there is the whole matter in a nut shell. = .......; Some had feared that j{ the South ern got control of the ro^d it would shut out the Seaboard AB- Line, which has of late been doing a good business by way of this line, but the interstate commission will, of course, control to a degree, and there can be no action unfavorable to Auguste, even if the Southern wished, which by all means it does not. When questioned by me today, Mr. Hutchinson assured me that he was not at liberty to make any statement beyond tbe fact t)iat be represented Thomas and Ryan, which of coarse appeared at the sale. Nor would Mr. A. R. ' Lawton, Jr., talk. In fact neither of these gentlemen could know anything of tbe future policy. The snowing made by Receiver John B. Cleveland,, since he uas had charge of the road is a great one and to his able management is due a great deal of praise. At one time, and only a few years ago, the bonds of the An- gusta and Knoxville could be bought at 65 and today you can not touch them under 124. This is a matter of congratulation at this end of the line, for a good many of the 9630,000 of the first mortgage securities are held here. Theapstem fs now in splenlid condi tion and the road bed vastly improved. Tbe road was highly complimented by Mr. Cecil Gabbett, who this week went over it on a tour of inspection. Today’s sale will be reported toJudge Simonton in the next ten days and will in all probability be confirmed. Really, thtresale means in part but a transfer. The Central is owner of 91,870,00 of tbe securities and the 9630,000 first mortgage bonds of the Auguste and Knoxville is tbe only incumberanee. note, pertaining to hit oommaod, or any individual soldier (dead or alive) connected with it, and let ft be written down for tbe use of the State historian, whose duty it will be to put it in book form. If tbit work is dooe thoroughly and promptly, the State authorities ill see at once a bonanza in proeur the publication of theeo will willingly pay thota who have la bored so faithfullv in getting them up. I verily believe it will realise a sufficiency from the sale of the book (sfier paying all expenses incurred in its publication) a sum sufficient to be stow a bounty upon even disabled Confederate soldier In tbe State with out one cent of expense to the tax peg- eis. When the Legislature Is asked to raise money to procure the publication of this history, some people will begin , to cry : “ It’s n money machine, got ten u p by the old soldiers and their allies to deplete the State treasury or lies at the expense of the taxpayers.” Gentlemen, tbe men who eased the State in its darkest days, are sot go ing to do any such thing; neither do they intend that thair write their history for that. We have a perfect right to meet ia convention, with open doors, as we have done, and recount the deeds aad recall the memoriae of the pate, with out being guilty of any disloyalty to the general government. The war to over. The flag of the nation to oar flag. The soldiere - of both nrmiom North and South, can now moot aad exchange courtesies, aad in the mote pleasant and dispassionate msaaar. •• recount tne iuciuoiimi oi of the present nod the future, without dboord or r ass ment whatever. Let every old soldier who fought oa the side of tbe South remember that his name will soon he forgotten and bis deeds perish with tbe onae* be held so dear unless he bestirs himself to the duty before him. , If he is an uneducated maa wto can’t write, let him call tohisanto- tence some one who will writ* for him. In this he will And some moa willing and ready to give him assistance—then the noble women of our State. Bo there Is no reason why a-totefto Inci dent remembered by an old soldier should not be incorporated ia the hto- torv If it is worth preserving at alL There are plenty of publishing bouses in our State, and many men throughout our country that would be glad to get the publication of these records, and will pay a heodome roy alty for that privilege. So let es ba ap and doing; there is not n mopeat to lose. No loyal son of South Carolina can distrust nis mother State, aad ha may rest assured that if he does hto duty faithfully he will reoompease himself for it. A history goth a up to maintain the truth is of Inealcahly more value than one made mainly for the money, tbe State might agree to pay for it. Let ui work to the hearts of the people rather than their peek- ets for a true hlstoty. Hoping all papers friendly to our coarse will copy this letter, . I am your fraternally, James L. Strain, Adjt. Camp GiTas, U. a ▼. Union, S. Mayfield, State Supt. of Education. —Fut not your trust in money; but put your money In trust. A Prominent Minister. Rev. T. R. Kendall, pastor Green M. -E. Church,- Atlanta, On., sage; * 4 I take pleasure in testifying to the great virtue of King’s Royal Germetuer in relieving night sweats resulting from the debilitating Influence of malaria. Ia a severe ordeal through which my family passed from this oppressive affliction, I found Germetuer to be an immediate specific. Have also found it a speedy tonic to the digestion, aad a most grateful and refreshing remedy in the bested season ’when suffering from relaxation aad general debility. —It is said that a Mala shoe mann- facturer being asked to assist in pro viding bread for the suffering poor, said that, be would contribute to the extent of 100 aaoks of flour aad 10# bushels of meal to each man who might be found . in Porthuid who neither kept a dog, draak rum or used tobacco, who was in need of btead— and that person has not yet to claim his gift. —Tbe brimstone mines of - County. La., are being developed flg a. syndicate. One hundred tons of 1 •tone are being raised each day surface through quicksand, time the product of the mil great enough to supply II Stolen. £.•52: