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SCHOOL FIUUUKS. Statistics Presented to legislator? by f upt. 0. P. Martin. There Hah Hct n a I<*rftor Iicroaso in Nutnh rot While I'liplln Than of Ooloroil. In his annual report t.o the general assembly, lion. O. H. Martin, State superintendent of education, gives interesting figures hi regard to the enrollment of pupils in ihe public t o H>ol8 of the State. There were In the schools of the State for ihe ti cal year ending June .'10th, 10)6, a rotal of 111 1191 white children and 101,272 to orod, a grand total of 302,003. For tin same period for the ti<rv?l vear 1904 there were enrolled 135 527 whiles and 150,688 colored, making a grand total of 292,116. This shows a gain o! 6,804 wmte children and of 4,684 colored children. There were 2,001 white schools and 2 250 negro schouis with an average of 52 white pupils and 70 colored to a school. Toe average number of white pupils to a teacher was 38; colored, 01. The white sch ols showeu an average of 24 7 weeks for a session while the colored schools had 15 5. Tae number of schools showed an increase of 7 white and 4 4 colored over the year preceding. The receipts and expenditures for th? fiscal year 1905 were ?s follows: Receipts: Poll tax, $183,901; 3 mill tax, 8019 803 80; alspeosary fund. $210,971 12; <xtr* levy. $230, 109 71; other sources, $59 380 29; total, #1 081 599 54. Expenditures; Teachers, $1 089,280.12; total expenditures, $1 3u4, 029 14; balance on hand June 30, 1904, was $370 970 10. Receipts fiscal year 1904; Poll tax, $ 185 641.01; 3 mill ?*x $694 212 71;' dispensary. $230 795.52; extra levy, $200,808.25; other sources. $43 634.15; total revenue, $1,505,136 74, an Increase for 1905 of $110,ouo in round numbers. It wili be observed that for the fiscal year 1905 the dispensary profits are nearly as much as for Uie year preceding when really this does not represent the protitsof the dlspt nsary fnr t.lio UOO * f *r\ wo. v??w wutUlJiMUi JUAL 1 UUUIII^ liUUJ .January to January, and frym the evidence brought out in the dlspensary investigation the school fund may show a falling (IT in dispensiry protits for the tiscil year ending June 30th, 1900. following la the enrollmont by counties for the year ending June 30, 1905: CJol1906: White, ored. Abbeville 2,835 6 952 Aiken 3.779 4.729 Anderson 8,803 6,454 Bamberg 1,407 2,753 Barnwell 2,445 4 301 Beaufort 509 3,183 Berkeley 1,825 3,807 Charleston 5,034 8,951 . Cherokeo 3,879 1,008 Chester 2,180 4 301 Chester Hold 2,707 1 403 Clarendon 1,995 4,529 Colleton 3,833 2,320 Darlington 2,700 3 870 Dorchester 1,7(5 1 559 Elgelield 1,930 4 250 Fairfield 1,708 5,591 Florence 3 150 3,405 Georgetown 1,317 2 710 Greenville 9 832 4 191 Greenwood 2 382 4 osn Hampton 2 288 2,654 Horry I 620 1 262 Kershaw 2,202 3,001 Lancaster 3,577 3 064 Laurens 3,297 4 853 Lee 1,893 3,006 Lexington 4,471 2 322 Marion 4,419 4,109 Marlboro 2318 3,396 Newberry 2,835 1,740 Oconee 1 485 1,103 Orangeburg 6 261 10 231 PickenB 4,224 1,184 Richland 3,670 6,864 Saluda 2 079 2 799 Spartanburg 10,419 6,813 Sumter 2,084 5,353 Union 3 318 3,438 Williamsburg 2,774 3,542 York, 4,532 6,093 141,391 161,272 The statistics a.s to the enrollment by races in the town and country schools is as follows: Towns: Whites, 10,838; colored, 33 899. Country: White, 100,553; colored, 127,373. Average attendance cf whites in town, 27,609; in couhtry, 65 026. Average attendance of colored children in town, 21,684; .n the country, 86.116. The vast disparity between enrollment and average attendance suggests that It, might wbe advisable to have school f mds apportioned upon an enrollment based on average attendance rather than upon the number of names on the scho >1 teachers' books This would prevent any padding of the rolls. UindciHin byes Ckusvd Month. Staggering across the tracks with a bag of coal cinders on her head, uncounclous of her danger, an unidentified woman, about fifty-live years old was knocked down and Instantly killed Tuesday at New York by a carat One Hundred and Seventeenth street on third avenue. The woman was going home with a heavy load < f cinders, the dust of which shut olT her view, so that she walked right In front of the car. The motorman saw her passing one of the elevated pillars and thought she intended to wait till his car passed. 0 A GROWING EVIL. Tito Habit of Advancing Money to Colored Carm lltndR "The now common practice of ad vanning money to negro wage hands in the etlort to secure their service as laborers on the farm is an evil, and as great an evil in its scope aa was the right of universal and unqualified suffrage such as so nearly ruined the south for many years following the civil war, "says the Clinton (Jlzette. The Gpz^tte go<s on to say that It. is i an evil the practice of which has al ready demoralized negro labor, and its effect ia being felt to a degree that threatens the downfall of agriculture i and the consequent prostitution of < ur southern institutions. Tills evil wo believe?have been told?lad its 1 origin In our own county, Laurens, some twenty-live or more ytars ago i and has since then grown stead! y I and lias spread all over the state, am I Is still spoeading. It has brought ' about a couditlan that a white farmer, no matter how inviting and how fruitful ids soil and no matter how badly he may nred help t.o seed, cultivate and hat vest his crops, need , not. for a moment foster the hope of hiring a negro, no matter how hungry how ragged and dependent the negro may bo, without lirst putting up a cash bonus?advancing a stated and demanded aunouut in orior to secure at least the promise that the appll cant will on a certain day begin work upon thejiinanc'erlnglandlord's premi its. And seven times out of the, o> at not. a badly dissimilar ratio, tin negro after securing the cash deman dcd, moves on and "sells" himself to another and another f inner, thus dupirg a gocd Ion# string of unwarj and unsuspecting land owners, only to skip for parts unknown, or else land in limbo, to be bought by th( farmer possessing the "long&st pole." Thus the country Is overidden bv an ?5'?q8 chain of negro dead beatr while he farmer, disgusted at tin ,ai>iiul outcome of his own folly, tries to Hnd an ayslum in town cr Is ' compelled to sacr?ll.;e his meagre be longings to seek a plfci of refuge in the wilds of the west. MAGISTRATE 8TJSPENGEP. (lovernor llnywurd in tl?r? llarnwell Matter. I The lynohlog in Burn well county last Friday has resulted in the re moval of Magistrate Ulmer, who looked after the Inquest over the two negroes and, it is alleged, neglected his duty In not reporting to the slier 111 the acouut of the lyuching. Thursday afternoon Gcrv. Ileyward had a conference with SherllT Creech, of Barnwell, on the double lynching of the two negroes and the report mado l>V l.hn ulmrllT o '<>" ^" *" ? k/j vuu nuvi 111 <% J U VY unyn (V^U The suspension of Ulmer is on the ground of neglect of dtitv in failing to properly protect the two negroes. Ulmer claims that the shertlT had plenty of time to protect the v ciims, nut the report of the sheritV does not hear this out. The letter 10 the mag 1st l ite, whoso suspension ho'ds good until tlie legislature takes action on the matter, is as follows: S. E. Ulmer, E qM Ulraers, S. C. Sir: 1 have read SherilT Creech's report, and also your statement in the State newspaper, touching the lynch ing of Frank DsLoich and John DpLoach in barn well county on the 22d inst. being satisfied that you hive been guilty of neglect of duty as magistrate in failing to take proper steps to secure the safety of the said F.auk DeLoach and John DeLoach, who had been arrested under your order and were in the custody of your constable, you are hereby suspended from the ofllce of magistrate. Yours truly, 1). C. Hkywakd, Governor. Tho \V*y to lav**. The farmer, if he only knew it., is a little nearer the kingdom of heaven than anyone on earth, lie is certain of three meals a day and is the only man who can fence himself in and 1 < ?*A ~ I * ~ ~ 9 4-1 -- ii*c in ui mi iiiu resi or no an kind. A few cattle, Hheep and fowl provide hlra with food and clothing, while his fields yield him tine flour and a source of revenue. So generous are these provisions and so common, that hardly one farmer in ten makes an account of them although the ordinary business man think he has done well when he reaches the end of the year and find he has a little more than made ends meet one is so independent as the farmer; he dosn't have to truckh ; if he is insulted he can resent the insult without fear of losing trade and there Is no earthly reason, with the improved farm machinery, he now lias in use liy should he not have an eight hour day and such lessure for reading and stiidv as would soon make hhn one of the best informed men in any calling. Why shouldn't the farmer be all this and more? Surelv h? ha.w Mm nnssi bilities. fowim cauhi) discovery, Several miners In the < mploy of Albert Talpas, a Mexican of E'.alpapa, Mexico, discover lug grains of gold in the craw of fouls purchased from Mexicans living on a tract of land between Etalpapa and San Gabrlal, bought the tract. The land developed a placer and has been sold at Guadalajara for $150,000. The land Is 10,000 metres long and 500 metres wide and comprises 400 partenencia. Senator Dryden, president of the Prudential Life Insurance company, testified before the Insurance committee that he had given $20,000 to republican campaign funds. ? (#( ^ J TRAOt 7*AAl I The Great Blood 1 Ii? A Sunt Cure fo t RHEUM'AT H ??O11 ? H v -/ ly. jjj Also a Specific for all otht }{ arising from Impurities o I DIRECTION M k Adult*, one to two teaspoonfu J(- "water, alter meals and at t it L???? S BOBBITT CHEMIC, B fij SOLE PBOMItTOM I BALTIMORE^ MD^l ;?1 ? I1SHAKE THE BOI CUT HIS THROAT I I ItocauNi' Ho Mxlo a Me*s of Carvli>K a Turkey. The New York American says when the near loafer exterior of a Christmas turkey?a patriarch bird revered s for many years in the rural district1 )f Maryland because It was reported that only one of a largo Hock to escape the foraging Invaders under L-^e -did not yield to t> e desperate efforts of John Harry to carve it Christmas, the exasperated man turned the knife on his own throat and slashed himself so seriously that he may die. Harry, who Is a carpenter, has been out of work for several months, and Christmas went, to the h< me of his sister Mrs. William Nally, of No. 1095 Facltic, street Brooklyn, to take Christmas dinner, lie gaz d sadly at the Corlstmas tree laden with t.o>.s and lamented hh inability to contribute to the store of presents for his little nephews and nieces. As Nally was sharpening his earviug knife, lKrry asked to be allowed to carva the fowl. Nally gladly resigned his place at the head of the tau i - 1 uie. Barry's vigorous but inetTiottve strokes with the knife cvused great merriment 111 t.he little circle abou the table when suddenly to the terror of every one present, the man raised the long blade to his throat and drew it back and forth several times. Toe screams of the worn in and children brought neighbors ruining to the house and some one telephoned for an ambulai.ci from Sj. John's Hospital. l)r. White, who attended the injured man found him V)ry weak from loss i f blood. He was hurried to the hospital where It was said Wednes day night he was in a *>ery serious condition and probably will not recover. lieitu ii and ll< bhtid. The Columbia Record says Mr. Dial Brazzel, a farmer living several miles north of the city on the Two Notch road, was beaten Into insensibility and robbed Thursday night Just how the atTalr occured Brazzel Is not able to tell, but lie says that he will investigate the assualt himself and will probably issue warrants in a few days. He says that he left the city Thursday ? ight about 8 o'clock and as his wagon had g me on ahead he found It nccors aiy to walk. About two miles out of the cit y a white man hailed him in the middle of the road and ordered him to throw up his hands. Brazzel started to resist and as he made a m .viment toward his pocket he was dealt a blow over the head with a broken ax bar die arid I knocked senseless. When he came to a little later he found himself lying in a ditch beside the roid His watch, a rather Odeap silver a Hair, valued at about $1, was gone ar.d about t'J in casn. mazzu was uot arrne I and he said that ho only male a m ?tlou to ttls pocket in the hope of frightening the highwayman utT. SAlnot'.J. ll'-.rtmn II mio Si?vc(l. The old home of the late .Joseph JetTerson, lhe actor, at Under ellff, near Rtdgcwood, N. .J., will not be sold under the hammer for a longtime if at all. Chancellor Stevenson has sustained the answer to the plea, made by council, for Mrs. Isabel E. Miller, who owns the property. Mrs. | Miller, a distant relative of the Goulds, got the estate from JelTerson, who held a $15,000 mortgage on It. The oase will be fought in the oourba. JW1" '* ' f "THERE'S A a! Not the mere t not the little ABSOLU1 \ Rheumaci 4 Am) 1 uric acicl * lilW) 1 if a stronZ i 1 II klood \j\S I oil ural metl J || SWEE Vifier. | M CURI ~ | BM Differ ISl?l " 111 *a^est sci ir Diseases 1 II CUREC rthe Blood. & III r- i, H II For 10 year _ ^ in Rheumatism. r;u II H sicians but got l >! In little |H IH fl of ever being icdtime' I I RHEUMACI I ? H mi * have taken ' " [i[|Ji| wonderful me< f ft P ill I K?tten a 14 new vU.j I I of the disease h ' ^ ^ f | Sample bottle an * e fl I U If you send five c< rTLE.-->_| j fcOUrBERN FARMS. Il'phl Inorraao in Values Mukns the Whulo Houth I'r?N|)orou8, "While It Is true that the Industrial development of the South is golr g forward with amazing rapidity, it j? nevertheless true that, hy virtue ,f the i x ent of the agricultural Interests of the South, agriculture Is yet the foundation of the business of that srction. A change from poverty tc prosperity of the farmer, and a change from land without a selling value to land in demand at an advance of 50 to 150 per cent, over the nominal pr'ce of one or two years ago, is the most farreaohing development In Southern advancement of the last quarter of a century. It is farreaching in many ways. It means that within the last year or two Southern farm properties have in creased not less than $1,000 000,000 In value, probably at least $1,500.noo,000. But more than that, it means I that under this Improved llnancial conrlui.,? O ?.l ' uiviuii litir ouutueru larmer nas Kilned new courage, new backb >ne; that he has learned how t > market hit* cot ton crop; that he has fought to a finish the great. battle as to whether the producer or the speculator is to cont rol the price of his staple. Having w< n this tight, the < nt.he handling of cot eon from the Add to the factory whether the factory be in this country or in Europe, ha* entered upon an en tirely new stage in its history. It also means that land will bo more thor oughly cultivated, for the successful man, whether he be a farmer, a merchant or a manufacturer, is aiways better able t.o work to good advantage than the one wno Is fighting a liming battle. During the last six years the total value of the cotton or >p, including sped, has been $3,600,000 000 against $2,100,000,00J for the preceding six >ears, showing a gain in the last f ix years over the preceding six of over $ 1,400.000,000. It is not, however, due to tills great increase !n cotton alone that the Southern farmer Is in better shape. More and more has the divert fication of agriculture gone or ; more and more have fruit growing and truck lalslng, ' hog and hominy,'' with the meathouse at home rather than in the West, been developed throughout the S uth.? Manufactur cri' Ildoord,. Cotton Uinncd. Tho census bureau h.ts Issued a bulletin showing the quantity of cotton glnnei from the growth of 190.5 to December 13, to bs 9 282 191 bales, c until g n u cl bsles *f> half bales, as c mpared with 11 971 477 hales on the I stme date. In 1904. an 1 8,526,244 bales of the si m i date In 1903 Piano or Orpin Ior You. To the bond of every family who is anihitioiis for Iho future and education of his children, wo have a Special Proposition to make. N o article in iho homo shown tho evidence of cultures that discs a Piano or Organ. Nonei coinplislimoni gives as much pleasure or is of no great value in after life as tho knowledge of music and tho ability to play wol . 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