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T- -* ~ -A VOL. 5.---NO. 46. PICKENS, S. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1895. DO THE COLORED STATR COLLEGE 101VORCOED FRtOM OlAAFLalN UIN VIlSITY. The Convention Decided to Seiparn Church and State-Tho Negro Led i the ifforl. The constitutional ,convention toi up the subject of education, and V pending question was upon the amen ment to section 8 offered by M Derhan as follows: " The Gener Assembly in appropriating money f the institutions of higher education this State shall at no timo make i annual ap ropriation to exceed on tfnth of the money actually paid t'eachers annually in the free comm sHonools of this State from the funi provided for in this article." Mr. Rogers moved to amend by I sorting one-sixth. Mr. Dreher said his object was limit the amount of the appropriatio Mr. B. Rt. Tillnan asked why n leave it to the General Assembly You wanted to leave the whole matti to the General Assembly last night. Mr. l)erhai said his object was protect the common schools ; to pi vent the higher institutions from ge ting an undue portion of the taxe We wish to make the support of ti colleges dependent oi the support the public schools. Mr. Rogers said that he had exerti himself to secure a most liberal pros sion for the common !chools, whi< the committee's report gives. The can bo no doubt that the higher i stitutions have created thib burnir thirst for. education in every hamia of the State. At the very minuto y are about to provide this we are offeri an amendment that will make the lose that interest in higher educatih which alone is the incentive for seo in this education. This iron-ah r I would give just about enough rtA 'two colleges, if that many. Cler son alone gcts $40,000. Mr. Derham said most of that caw from the national government. Mr. Rogers : Do you menu then 1 blot out all these institutions excel Clemson. Mr. Derham said he did not, bi wanted to protect the common school Mr. Rogers went on to say that money was poured out upon publ schools, and they were run for tweh months, their desire for knowledy would be quunched unless there wi something higher, and in the end ti public schools would proe~ a fareo. Mr. W. U. Smith wanted to kno whether one-tenth would not be moi than Georgia gives ? Mr. Rogers said lie didn't know, bi Georgia get $40,000 a month from lh< railroad and liquor license, but an way Georgia conditions are not Sout Carolina conditions, and we mu look at things as we have them. we propose to be niggardly with thei institutions tear them down and n, go through the farce of keeping the up. Sixty-eight thousand dollars ca no make these five Institutions wh thby ought to be. Had one-sixth bec inserted by the committee as I wanted, lie believed the word " shall would be in this section now. Mr. Meares read from the report the Superintendent of 1iducatioi which showed that $470,000 had bec paid teachors last year, and accor Ing to this amendment there would I only about $47,000 to be divided b, tween five institutions. Mr. Austin tl ought the matt( should be left to the Legislature, an he moved to lay on the table, whic was agreed to. Mr. Miller of Beaufort offered th following : "Provided, That Clallin College hereby divorced and separated fro the management. control or any col noction whatever with Clallin U nive sity, and that professor-s and instru tors of Clallin College be men or womc of the negro taco. HeI said that he wished to chani the wording so as to say that Clil College should never be, dir-etly 4 indirectly, under thc control of Clall University, and that the teachers ar pr fessors should be Southern me am"'Ywomen of the colored race. senator Tillmnan : In Flor-ida the: Is a gr-eat deal of talk about not allov Ing white toachersm to teach the colort peIole, andi I have received lettel from the North asking did we propo: any such thing. Now what sort answer can we give when you, colored manm, advocate such a pr~opo tion ? Mr. Miller said the question applic to denominational and privato institl tions, but ho was arguing for a Stai institution. Ho said lie simply askc what the white peopl)1 wanted fc themselves. The negroes of the Stal wanted an institution for negroes, floored and man-iged by negroe Florida's matter' is a law that strik< at the root of philanthropy, bi Georgia has givcn the negroies a cc loge and the president and all the pr fossors are Southern nogroes. Unmb his amendment every dollar of ti $25,000 from the govormemnt will go his school. Chuillin College may 1 legally divorced from Clallin Uniiivo~ sity, but it is not morally so separate We ask a constitutional guarraint that the two shall be divorced. 'Mr. P rinco asked whether he thougl thore could be a corps of necgro( pr fessors obtained to ollcetrs such ani stitution ? Mr. Mlller~ replied that there we hundreds of them. GJo to tihe Atclan Exposition and see whether they a not prep~aredl to conducwt such an ins tution. Go In every walk of life a1 you find the'nogro keeping up wvi the progress of the age. It then hi disgrace to the South to insInuate th negroes could not fill these positio: Go to Alabama and see the school p)1 sided over by Booker '.I. Washing ton a school which he hoped Clemson time would equal. Hie did not ask for a negro board directors. As to property the Ste has 100 acr-es of land. F'ive build In have been oroected ; maehinery wor $9,000 ; a brick machine which e make all the brick necessary to bul a school which would accommodi 500 students and he would enter inti bond to see that the buildings were erected in five years. Mr. Smalls moved to strike out t words "Southern men and women the negro race." He thought t Stat~ ought to support a colored scho He -dud not want any excuse to go Washington and nak that h kapp priation be withheld on account of any i Injustic done to the negro by this con- s1 1. vention and be did not believe it 8< would do wrong. He was opposed to di the words "nogro teacher because C to4 the first education the negroes got at- sc es ter the war camne from the white at philanthopists of the North, who put g] )k their hands in their pockets to educate ri 1 the negro. le wanted a nogro chools, n d- but he wanted the best men for the le r place, good educators, moral, respect al able men, whether they be white or or black. He wanted the college divorced in from Clallin University. il Mr. Miller withdrew the word A c- " Southern" from hBis anm endment. to Mr. Reed offered the following as a m substitute for the amendment: Pro ls vided, That in lieu of Claflin College there shall be established and main tained a normal, industrial, mneehani cal and agricultural college for the to higher education of the negro race n having no connection with Clallin Uni- P L, versity, whose professors and instruc- h tors shall be of the negro race." c Ho said the Miller amendment didn't V suit because the negroes would then w LO get only the advanta go of the mnchani- h cal and agricultural features of Clallin. I Lie wanted to provide for the norinal O and industrial features as well. w Mr. W. D. levans favored Mr. Ieed's ofsubttituto. He has realized the ditill culty of the management of those two d institutions. He has seen the property of the State used for the purposo of ! -h building up the property of this church. Ie-H has seen brick made by the State . used to build up the college building ti not owned by the State. The trustees .i were in part to blame but things were ec P so mixed up that they did not know di where they were at. oI favored di- g' i vorcing the State's interest from that of the sectarian institution. If in es- Ii tablishing this college we make it bt d strictly agricultural and mechanical in we will lose the funds from Peabody 11 and Slater funds amounting to $2,000 22 and $5,000. th A ir. Bowman said as to whether there should bo negro teachers alone .o or not he knows nothing about that or )t w hat the sentiments of the people are, 10 but he knew the white and colored t both wanted tihe Stato institution s. divorced from the church. The State if only elects throo profossor and the a ic negroes have a right to see that their a -t money given them by the State is not o under the control of the Methodist is piscopal Church. The only question it as to the separation is the question of cost. All that is needed is to erect one w large building. - Speaking of the general conduct of bit the institution lie said by example of it social equality was taught there and ;r the white people objected as well as y- the better class of negroes to that. h Senator 13. R. Tillnan said that, there st was no doubt as to what the conven- tli If tion wanted to do and intoduced the 3o following substitute : Provided, p jt That the General Assembly shall, as m soon as practicable, divorce entirely ~ n- Clallin College from Clallin University, u it and provide* forl a separate corps of in professors and instructors therein, re to presentation to be given to anon and women of the nogro race and It shall of be the colored agricultural and me )f chanii college of thisState." 01 Mr. Reed and Mr. Miller both with i drew their substitutes. o l.Mr. Tillman's amendment was adopt to ed. a 3- Mr. 13. R. Tillman moved to insert a on lino ( the words " by the national th r government" after the word " pur- th d poses." Ho said it siiiiily (lefined what h fundb are meant and that they shall be tO applied just as Congress meant. 0 Mr. G. ). Tillman said that the t amendment was a little foggy, but, he is would like to put the convention in si [U possession of a few facts. When the sh i- Hatch and Morrell funds were passed t r- he voted for themi and heard the do- tl e- bates. Hei was struck by Mr. Mitchell's r n attempt to stamp jedo the convention am by stating that we might lose the Pea oe body fundl and the national appropria n tion. 'rho Peabody fund Is to be dis r tributed in a few years. Rock H-11 i n and Nashville are both striving for it. a d IIe thought it would be prudent to pui~t v n Winthrop in the constitution, and inti fact, all institutions if the maximum -e amount to be appropriated was stated. r- The chairman was mistaken in think d lng that the national applropriation a wvoumd ever stop. We got that amount o through the selfishntess of the originaltl >f thirteen States, which had never got a any benelit from public lands for| I- schools like the Western St atest got. Michigan University was founded by d the beneficence of the nati mnal govern .:- ment in giving the land. t) e The old States thought they ought to o d have something and these funds ' mr amounting to $3,000,000 were appro- t se priated and they won't give it up ifr f- they can help it. The Morrill fund s. expenditur'e has to be passed( up~oni b~y as the Secretary of lnteilor, wh)o mayy. it withhold a State applropriation w h'jm mI- the negroes are not liberal 'y pirov ided~ 0 0- for. This donation of $51,000, wichla or it will be after 19)00, will come to us me ini p~erpoetuity as5 long ats publ)Ic l andis 5 to are sold to amiount to $2,00~0,00. When * ic the lands give out lie b dlievedh the at r.- Statos weuldh vote to take it out, of the Il ii. general treasury. That *51,000 ought a~ so to run Clemson, Clallin and Winthrmop. T1ho money wh Ich we get niow ouigh t to i it supp~ort these inastituitloins, wh ic.h would t o- leave us nothing but, theo South Clero ni- li na College andc the Citadel, and the P priiv~iogo tax ought to ruin both of o ro them. lHe would like to spea~k of the tab muonstrono~ injustice of giving Clemsonli reO all the prilvile tax anid tbe govern bi- munt, appr)Iopriation, eixejpt w hat goes ad to Clall in. If all this money goes to th Clemson, how many students could go a at1here and have free tuition, board, at Lelothes5 and1 uifiorma. y Lot, Clemson v is. revel ini wealth and let, the orther col- ! .e- logos starve. i -- Senator Tillmua's amendment wvent in through, and then the entire section a~ was adopted in the fol lowing words: of "Thme Genaeral Assembly mayii pr'o-I to vide for the maintenane of Clemson ga Agricultural College and the Uiiver th sity of South Carolina as now ustab- a an lished by law, also for the establish .ld menot and miiiaitonianie of aL niora~nl and sto industial college tfor the cohored r'ace a nd may create scholarships therein. tI tll The prloceeds reallid from the land a scrip given by thme act of Congost; pauss- i lie ed Juy 2, 1862, for the su1port, of an T1 of agricultual~ colege, and~ aniy lands or 1~ he funds which have hoaretoforoc been or~ I ral. may hereafter be given or approi~priatedl I tofo euational p~urp~oses by the nation- 1 Purchasing school appara t us ....................... 3,208 08 Purchasing books for Ilbra ry........................ 85 07 Purchasing school houso sites...................... :1,131 15 Building sobool houses..... 11,108 72 School coniuissioner-'s sal arMes ..................... 20,120 33 County treasurer's commis sions.............. . .... 7,4143 64 School Commissioner's tra voling Oxpenses .. 2,3701 35 Exponses of County 13oard of '11xaminers ....... ..... 1,-1 85 Teachers' institutos........ 2,351 15 All other expenses. . .... . 0,-I I Tot ol..................... $5 :1,7 3 6 The total expenditures of each coun ty for the year was as follows: 1'eacher's All Other Counties Salaries Expenses. Abbovillo ...... $ 18,704 37 $ 2,01 00 Aiken ..........1597 8 0 Anderson ......1,045 1 82 7.1 Barnwell ........ 2,525 3 30 9 leaufort ....... 7,274 27 80 Brkeley ........13,55 0 118 8 Charloston ..... 0,021 25 25,80 28 Chester..... ... 13),W470)95 1 1 Chesterfield . ... 7,1 11 1.193 96 Clarendon .. 7,117 :10 1.1.1 8 Colleton ........ ,81 90 1,5 1 Darlington ...... 79 .1 ,158 00 Edgeliold .......15,82 81) 970 00 l'alrfield ........10,141 95 1,902 (m I"Iorcnleu..........8,704 70 $ ,0 1.1 Georgtow ..137-1,5 00 1,718 .13 Greenville ..... 893i 2,:10 399 mpton ..... . 2:1 00 1,184 81 i7lorry 4,354 11 1,0713 .56 ershaw ....... ,2431 72 1,990 18 Lancaster 8.300 79 1,011 70 Laulrens.........1:1,2: 89 2 107 0;0 Lexirngto........ 7,15 710 2 1.:1 2 Marion .r. w. 1010 .11 1.1.17 2 Marl lo ..... 6 I) 73 1 1". 89 Newberry ....... . 5 l 2.1 I Oconee ........ 81 1,412 11 Oancgtg .... .. 3 03 2,40 ickuens ........ I :17 1 2,771 52 la n ....... . 15 1 1 07 3 Sp)artaenburg ... 2), 1:Il03 :10 ,(;1( (;: Salbte...........15,996 8I :.431 11 Union ......... 7, 10 1,091 92 illiansburg. .. . ,406 70 2,127 58 York....... . . ....3 11-1 IN 1,10 19 Total......... 170,083 07 $9:,659 9 Bly dividing. thle amlouint spCnt for toawerl-s staaries by thle 1.111111)01 of pu pils enrolled we have the 113000iII spenlt its tu itioni p.~ rpu1p il I CII olled ats fol lows: Teachers' No) o,)f 'Salaries I 'll) I s AbbevilleIc......... $ 18,701 :17 (), 183 Aiken ..............15, 976 8- G 8-13 Andorson............I 16,( 0 1 6 8.. I.SF Barnwell...........12 525 :19 7,1164; Bea1u fort ............7,27-1 27 .1,10l Berkeley3..........13,5 00 ,71 Charlston ......... 0,021 25 Cheste...........10(,46 00 13 ,'11 Clhetserfi. d.........,3 7 ( ,9 18 Clarendon ...........7,117 -13jo Colleto ............t 1,381 130 G1 1 Darling3on.........,1.193 -1i 12 ~ d.......... 15.812 89 11 4K) Piritfield1..3.........,1-1 1.5 (1, i oec9 7........... ,8,335 70 8) Georgetown5........., :15 W) 0 :1 -5. Greenville.........20,88:13 00 10180 Hamipton............,233 2,7o5 Kershaw..........8 2-.1: 72 1, (1 Lineaste ...........813(11 7 13 -3,876 Laulrens............1:,)2: 81 , 077 Lxington .........,7,5(1 42 1 Ivi-ion...........1:1,010 41 7 38 Marlboro .......... 3,-11 3( 1, 3 8 113 Nowborry .. .........15,150o 0-3 6, 182 oconeeo..... .........,811 61 -1 283 Orangebu rg .........22,40: 3 12.01.1 aickens............1,017 93,i .9( iech land .......... 21,151 6,25 1 Sp~artanibutrg ........213, 1:36 360 1 -1I's Abbneville...........5113* 8 8:7 Anikon...............,1103 1,2 \Oarnw..............21- . 1 353 Lel..uort..........100: 1 210 hasone tale..o....h mne Cheste. .... .eoos t. l . n ...an Che g~rdeld. 'ih lent..f .le . Clarnsdo no.t.. deen en. rl .1h i3lingntofnmney....t...re r Gronlly eguat..e......f il 88 Hampton Thefi..... ti.vey.. c Kershaw cont..tani......terClit Illarn loo....... rgn audl Thcenlas... be.... cty.fllw...i OXichlnd ..........1Ic fo3(1 ad h s~i~t aid hepc echers'l3~t No oft1 town Il~d secil dslris lvyigs 11105003 red 1)3'511 ,1)7Itii(lt n- ti 8-u1 from to tnilive iitill, eie l tile4 citiensof tles- ciies town auil. 7,dii trics. ~oru tite 7,fo 1-1 s27 :t,4ey etiotigli t ~) 0,47tl supor 5,110 schools. Ii if 7,iy i 3 tlit'0 d,. is from eveno tor m ,:lls t ais a fun triets:cou:d5not :ta5(I '1'ie iemecy, ll ,83 1fi 0,18bod to ~erese yut't~Ig4,t35- -dr li, lit the cuntie. By1010 (c aasi tt the )resnt aw cn ri, lioti 3 sol!s ly.84-llipr-o e8 vise tie constttion 7 ontion3,now allniae )Cr~tl h7,l2i1- 1 and-1,70 yers .............lttO I 3 ,-1111 to),50 - fThe aonr tablssowin tahe taxabe pllis adTh famould pr pupin an rected in the acts appropriating the ,mo: provided, that the General As mbly shall as soon as practicablo vorce entirely Clallin College from aflin University and provide for a parato corps of professors and in ructors theroin, representation to be von to men and women of the negro ,co, and it shall be the colored nor %I, agricultural and mechanical col go of the State." THE 80HOOLS OF THE STATE. NNUAL REPOtT O SUPIOIULN TUCNDECNT MIAYFIICHLD. iloci Thousanii More .egroes Than Wlites Eiur'ollth( in the Schools BuggestluiS ainti Recont nendat ionts 1o the Legislature. Superintendent of 10ducation May dd has just completed his annual re >rt to the Legislature. Mr. Maylield w taken a deep Interost in the edu itional institutious of the Stato, and commends several improvements hiieh, if adopted, will pr'ove a great 311 to educationi in South Care na. Tie report in full is a lengthy t, but the following introduction ill be read with interest: To the Honorable the Senato and ouso of Representatives of South trolina : Gentlemen : I have the honor to sub it the twenty-seventh annual re)ort the department of education. In eow of the fact that the constitu Dual convention is now in session id may make changes affecting the lucational intorest of the Stato, I stom it inexpedient to make some sug ,stions I otherwise would. There were enrolled in the free pub . schools of the State for the year ginning November 1, 1891, &nd ond g October :11, 1895, 103,729 white and 9,292 colored pupils, aggregating 3,021. Tie enrollment of the colored for is year exceeds that, ol the whites by ,5:. Last year it exceeded the lites by 11,414. Last year the white enrollment was 3,170. thIs year 103,729, making a loss 2,447 white pupils. Last year the c(olored enrollmont L8 120,500, this year 119,292, making oss of 1,298 colored pupils. Last year the total enrollment was ;,76i, this year 22:1,021, making a bat loss of 3,7-15 pupils. It should be remembored, however, at tlho enrollment last year was in cess of that, for any previous year :1,616. This year it has di ropped ek. It is, perhaps, but fair to ut bute to loss this year to the extra Imand W Itretnts for' the, services of Uir children on account, of the linian LI otringency of the yCaur. I bog to again call your attecution to e fact that under the special acts Osel by your1 body for the foraLiition special 'echool districts you put all ci schools in a large measure from ider the control of the State and unty school autnorities and thereby nder it very di licult for these olli is to got information concerning eso schools. Tho failure this year many of these schools to reiort to her the county authorities or to thih Ice accounts in part fol the falling in the enrollment horowith reported ' the year. Under the rule for ascertaining the 'rago time the sehools of a county v been in bession during the year E long term schools. which are in L cities and towns and special dis ets, are placed with the short term entry s.hools, and the general aver e for thp county does not do justice the long temi schools, while it in lates to the casual thinker that the ort term schools ran longer than 3' really did. It would be well for ese schools to he replorted in sopa to classes and the law should be tennded for this purpose5. 1'ho special schools should he put, der the school authorities at, least the extent of accounting for' the blic money received and expended dI reporting such other matters as Il cinable the school authorities to ike compljlete r'ep)orts of the condi mts of the schools of the State. I am forced again to compllain of the gligence of many of the cou nty school mmissioners andl some1 of the treas or's in making up) and sending in cir' annual reports. T1his is a great noyance and h1indranee to this ollice. at, few of I he school commuissioners ut, -,ine milelte reports. Tue inucom dte reports hand to be r'eturned for rrec, Lon, and in many instances all ei correction were' not mnade. T'h ro the coouty commnissioner's have not 1t,'reportxd. 'This niecessatrily has low tn my recport, behind, and1. to the tout of thtese failurtes It is incomip e. There should he some legisla nt on thtis sublj 2ct. Ii t' to school at' began .11)o3 1, andI closed Ju ne 310 eachl your I, mloreO timeoI old be vontis bfre tue mtttint g of your bodly wh h t to perc1'tO the reports and Li school yearit as it woul hi bon be lined Iby latw woulId be in anccortd I th thte sibl. sess055ion as thbe schtools 3 no0w I un, and ther'e woul b( o no 411 ing of LIbo e chool sessions. So fatr the money is conternend thero could no0 tr'ou ble in that respect. We ar'e IW using tie taxes of one0 liscal y'ear pay the school expenses0' of another, Is being ma~udo necessary by pot min g severa'.l yearis ago thbe collection taxes for one year'. I am plea~sed to rep1or't thtat thor'e is been a genet'al inmpr'ovieent in e teachei's of thte public schools, bich is evidenced by the greater in r'est, they take in the work. Thtis of urso must be necessarily grandual. the school autthor'ities andi the duntary~~ eliort,. on the part, of the achbor's themnselvyes thtis 1wimprovement In miany 3ouniIties .untner t st chools at teachnes' i nstitut Los were hel with tisfactor'y work otn g'he part, of the structors antd good ab. ndaitce on tihe irtof the teacher's. Thcs work should ct iIth your apmproval and enco'ur Accor'ding to the reports of the coun 5(school comisi5iuoer to this ollice to expen~tditur'es for the liseal year for' .1 public echool purp~oses were as dllows: cachet's' salaies ........ ..$70,0831 07 ent o f school houses. .. . . . .',56 50 ~opairs of school houses. .. . 21,721 4:i 'urchasi ng school fur nituiro 1,005 8( urchasing fuel and inci dentals .................. 8,018 8( / courdty school fund to be collectod, dis tributod and expondod In such manner ats tle Genoral Assombly by Act shall declare. I would recommend that all qualifying and lmitin g words as to the mannor of levying, collecting, distrib uting and oxponding bo omitted from the constitution, and that, tile abovo general provisions be used. Tihe Gen oral Assembly would then be at liborty to pass on the subject and establish such rules as may be thought best and to change thorm from time to tiLo as the public good may requiro. The roa son for having the fund a county sohool fund is that by this course non of the woll-equipped splondid schools of the State, which are the results of years of most earnost elfort and pat-i 01)0 on the part, of thoso Who have strugglod so manfully and so long against old customs and great opposi tion to establish thom, would not bo in theslighitest degree injured Or crippled, but would on the other hand bo hlped in common .ViLh all the other schoolsi of the county by inereasing their funds and leaving their special school funds undisturbed. 1y this course the basis on w hich thes excellunt schools have been founded would remai n untouched (xcept to give It strength, and there would be no teari nmr down or ono school for allather's gain, but would broaden the basis on which to build other good schools. On account of the inabilitv of the pooror school districts to levy a -il1 cient extra tax to Make for themselves good schools as I have already ex)lI ed, I would recommend to the convenl tion, in add ition to iieaeltsinlig the county school levy One mill, to prwovide for the leVy aid collection of al addi tionlal tax of one mill on the dollar On all of the taxablo proporty of the Stato as an eq ual/ization funld, to be levied and collected as other State taxes, and to hbe expelided througlih the State Iblard of Nducationi, under such regiulatiols ats the General Assembly mllay prescribe, leaving much to the discretion of that hoard, bringing lp the poorer Sch)ools of the soveral coun ties of the Stato to a plane now oecu pied by the good aid well established bschools. Inl other words, toar dowi 11one, but build up1) al ltand ma11ke it pos si ble to) brilg all up to a given standard. Such at provision Would ea1sily operated and could he maLde to produce most sat isfactory results. Until soiethinig of this kind is don1 We canl n1ever hope to have the schools of the State uplriOn an equal footing. The wealthy and well to-do coult'ies will g radltilly iprove t0he ir scihools Vh)ile t,b1 less fortiilUto Counties coLtinu to faill to provide sof icient sel1ools for their people. Th 0amec is true of school districts Tle strong Counties ani1d the stroig distriets will continue to sap the weaker cou] ties and weaker districts by drawiig from thIe miian0y of their citizens b cause of their schools. It is childish and foolish to expict ,good selhools whIit tile money nueeessatry 1 11111 I l ill is withheld. Governor A tkio 118, of Georgia, in his message just silt to the General As sembly of that State, shows that thbe school fund Of thalt Stato is overI *1, 15),000. Of this $l15.000 WLs not earli ings of the ponitcintiary, *102,000 from Iicenises for the a1le of liquors, $201. 000 the State's one-hialf of the income fI'omt the Georgia. 11i1lroad, while the residue wias from other Iicoies and at IlIrge diritet Stato arpl)lr'l)J'iatlol' Of $(i00,000. If at sutlfiicrit ,eItalizatiol frund can be raised itn thils State inl any other way than by a direct tax of I mill onl prop er'ty tho sam1e geleral good resItis to thbe schools Would follow, and that course should be taken. Georgia gives tie prolits of the penitentiary and the icorte of the salo of liquors to ho schlools. Wily shlould Sou Lih Cai olina riot do l ike wise ? No one aclqulainted witih the watis oh the p~eolo can for a moment quiestliln the fact thalt, the 1peopl)1 want and1 arte expecting their school s to be improli'ved, 11a(d are' willin~g to lpay an extra tax foi LIIhis pur pose. All experOieneo proves that where they arc0 able thley novel hecsitato to veo an extra1 tax foir school0 )Oprposes. Ill 1iwoof of' this statemen: I bog to call your attoention) to the fol lowing list levying thle special tax: Winn lsboro 2 ills, Chlestelr 2, Ker shlaw 3, M ontieclo 2, lUnion 3, .10hn1ston 2, (Colum11bla 2, I.idge Spring 3, Varun villo 2, Lcesvillo 2, Salndy 1loie 2, Ilhackcstock 2, ZDrangoburg 3, Walter boro 2, .1 id~geway 2, Little Iti vor 2, l'orence 2, TimmionsvilloI 2, MarI ion 23, dpatrtian burg 2, Mv artin 3, Jilacksburtg 4l. Laurens I. Seneca 5, Cheraw 3, I lroad Siiver' :. CJontinen1 tal 3, 1 )arlinIgton) 5, 114)lley :3, llutherford( 3, Williston1 24, I lishopv ill Ic 1.Ilitack villho 3, Camldeni 3 10dgmnoor 41, 0l ko 5, LancasLtr 5, Ora :1, Ilculah 5, Snlem 3. ilriceton 3, Wheel - andl( 3, l)enimark :3. These areO not 1)1a1f o)f the d istriete levying tile pecialI tax, hbut they are enloughI to proeve the trutth of the prop-1 05sitionl that wh 1ere( the popl)o~ are ab1l1 they are lprovidling thlemselve wO Vithi good schools by levying an extra tax. Then wh y not houl I'oat theC poorerl (dis tricts that are' not able to luvy It onl thlemiselves Y 'l 'ror~t from the State colleges, inceorpor'ated1 in the body of this replort, to which refer'ence is made, shows themo to lie in good contitoni. TIhe Cedar Springs Inlstittt for thi. education of the deaf and( dlumb~ an~d blind has (done a1 mo(st ex~cellonlt work (luring thle year1 and1( deserves youri fos torinrg caro. The faculty has been enlarged anud thle Jour~se extendied withlout ma~ht(erial ly Iicasinrg thme expenses (of the 1 insti - tution. Youri spec0ial a1ftnti is d cc tedc toi the se paraite repiort made(1 to y'oiur body biy Supe rinteLndent, N. I". Wlker. as Lto th(e conit ion and( 00041s of tiihis inosti h)r. l' S. .Joynes spen1it thbo ptast sum11 mer. in eranico anid G ermn~ly and1( made observ'ati on oIf nlormlal and111 indu str ial work there, anid I have the pr'iv iloge of I icorp)oi'raig in thIs replort his intLer ost ig replort, to Governor 1Evans on those subhjec~ts. Inor fulil statisticaIl Inlformation as to thle general contion andl10( workinrg (if tihe schools, the oxpend)41iture of school mloney, thle expend1(1itur-, of thle appr'o 1piations.for thIs dleparmtment, anid the ex pend1titur of the l'eabody 1Educta tionail futnd attention is called to the tabulair titatementi)s to bo foutnd in the balck (of th) is replort. 1tespectfully submitted, I State Sunt. of 1Edneation. TO CONIED iitATiE V1D'JMANb;' q An istportant Cirnular It Regaird to a Conbderate History. To theoiUnited Confederate Veterans d1 of South Carolina: Pellow Comrades: The flatterin ti ondorsement the convention of' UniI 0 Confederate Veterans in Colum a ( gave the plan suggested and publish65 v in various papers, for collecting the it facts and data pertaining to the his s tory of the S:uth Carolina troops dur I Ing tho war, prompts me to explain I. my reason for not wishing to wait for il the Legislature to make an appropria .s tion to carry on that work. C To ask the State to appropriate . money to be oxpended to an enterprise . , In which, perhaps, many of its citizens LI feol no interest, and less pride, is only Li giving ground for obstructionists and Lf croakers to oppose it and pour cold e water upon It. I have no doubt (and I o shuddor at the thought) that there are mon in this State to-day who might be o of some service in this work, who o| would rather see the records that b brave mon an11d women have made for v themselves and their State during ,, that oventful struggle destroyed or C hid forOve' from mortal sight, rather than to have them preserved as his d tory to ho read and revered by loyal I and patriotic generations yet unborn. n The mon of our State who in 1861 to 18t., inortalized the name of Lee, t- ackson, lIeauregar-d, 1ill, Longstrcet, I- Stuart, llamipton, Butler, in"vans, Gary, ts .Ienkins and many others, are not dtoud beats " knocking at the door of it thbe Stato treasury, claiming something (I that is not due them. The work be >f fore Is is a larbor of lovo. Lot the I survivorA of the difrl'ent regimonts, i- battalions and battories, select thoir ). abl'st and most enorgotic comrade e who vilI go to work at once and gather iip ovey obtain iblo incident worthy 1 of note, pertaining to his command, or 1 any Individual soldior (doad or alive) connected with it, and let it be written s down for the use of the State historian, whose duty it Vill be to put It in book I form. ' f tilis work is dono thoroughly - and pwoim ptly, the State authorities I will se at, otco a hot'anza in procuring the publicatiou of th.eso records and t, will will ingly pay tlioEo) who have la - hored so fa ithfullv in getting them up. I verily believo it will realize a I stilleiency from the sale of the book I (after paying all expenses incurred in - its publication) a sum suflicient to ba b stow ai bounty upon overy disabled I Confedorate soldier in the State with I Out 0110 cIt of 6X)nISO to the taxpay 3 o, s. Whein the l Angislatutre is asked to . raise money to procure the publication - of t.his history, some1 people will begin - to -ry : " I L's a montiey machino, got ten up by tihe obl soldiors and their allies to dLep0leto the Stat treasury or live at - the expenso of the taxpayers." It (entilnen, thuI mon who saved the I State in its darkest days, are not go ing to do any sutch thing ; neither do d1 tih*y intend that their enomnics shall - write ,hoit history for thom-mark s that. Wo have a porfoct right to meet in on (tON) vIntion, with open doors, as we havo done, and recount the doods and V rcaill thb1 mmories Of the past, with out iming guilty of any disloyalty to I thb general government. The war is - over. Tie llag of the nation is our - latg. The soldiers of both armies, i North and South, can now meet and oxchange courtesies, and In the most 3 ' pleasant, and dispassionato manner, I recouni, the incidents of the past, the I needs of tile present and the hopes of tlo future, without discord or embar t assment whatever. t JAAL eVomy old soldier Who fought On I tihe side of the South remember that I his ni1ne will SOOn be forgotten and -his deceds peCrish with the cause ho fieold sio deari unless -he hestirs himself - to thte duty bcfor'e him. a Ifilhe is an uneducated man who .t can't, write, lot him call to Ils aissis s L ance somie onme who will write for him. .1 In thiis ho will f id somo1 moni willing di and ready to give him assistance-then 0 thbe noble women of our State. So dl there is no reason wvhy a single inci ..dent, renmmbcred by an old soldlior / t should not, he inucorptorated in the his -tory if it Is worth preserving at all. I Tihore aire ptlenty of publishing L houses in our State, and many men throughout our country that would be Sglad to get the pubilcation of those records, and will pay ai hiandome roy t alt~y for that, privilege. So let us be up ~iand doing ; there is not a moment to I lose. No loyal son of South Carolina a can d istrutst his mother State, and he Li may most assmured that If he does his -,duty faithfully he wvill ricompesoi5 ainmsel f for it. A history gotten up) to r maintain the truth is of incalcably miore valueti than one made mainly for tilthe money(3, the State might agree to di pay for it. Let us work to tihe hearts bi of the people rather than thoe po~ck sa ets for a true history. Hoping all ii papers frienidly to our course will o copiy tiihis letter, ni I ant your fraternally, I, .J A Mis L. Sima IN, s Adjt. Camp) Giles, U 2. V. (Jnion, S. C. A Praomtmnnc Minifster. I Vv. T1. lR. Kendall, pastelr Graco Mv. l'. C hurch,, Atlanta. Ga., says: " Stake leaC~suro in testifying to the great virtue of King's Royal Germontuer in relieving night sweats resulting from "the debiilitatting inlluence of malaria. In a severe ordleal through which mry family passed~ from this oppressive afilliction, I found Gcrmnotuor to be an immlnediato specilie. Hfave also found iit a spteedy tonie to the digestion, and a miost grateful and refreshing remedy in thbe heated season when suf fering from relaxation and general debility."' -It is said that a Main ehoe manu a facturer being asked to assist in pro .i vhing bread for the suforing poor, .. said that lie would contribute to the , tet,n of l10) sacks of flour and 100 bushols of meal to each man who t, mighit he found In Portland who neither kept a dog, drank rumn or used e tobacco, who was in need of bread Liindl that person has not yet appeared to claim Is gift. -The brImstonei mines of Calcasion fCounty, La., are being developed by a e syndica~to. One hund red tons of brim (I stone are b' ut raised each day to the surface throuigh quicksand. in a short, time the product of the mines will be lt great enough to' supply the United States. THE P. R. & W. 0. SOLD. ONLY A SINGjLE' 1IDII M WA The Southern Itailwiay ias Scoope the Prize--Who Will Operate It? Mujor Thoodoro G. Barkor, spech master for theO saio of th Port 110y and Western Carolina l.ailway, rei thO ad(1 VOtliseiienit of $1al, froI LI dopot platform in Greonwood at n1o1 on tho 20th inst., and clled for bit upon the Allgusta and Kiuxvillo Rad roal, for wlihiii ho (lid no( get a b 1lo called for olfors on tho Port, Royi and Wostorin Carolina, and there wt no responso. 110 thon olyercel th entire property, when ir. John \V lutchinson, Jr., of Now York Cit. representing Sniael Thonia a Thomias [tyan, of Now York, deposite the certilled check nocesstry to bi and oll'ored $2,050,000 for the entii property and it wits knocked down t himl. T1he l'olt oyal Itd Western Car< liia Itullwity was It conasolidation i Lhe Augusta Itild K noxvillo, runnin from Augusta to (reen ville, th (Groolwood, i lurns and Spatanh urg from 'Greenwood to Spatuianburg ; th Greenlvillo and LI&inrIuns, wiose. to inInals aroI indicated In II e namne, aii the Savatinnah Valicy, running frol McCormick to Anderson, mak ing itil iL miluingei of 227 miles. A special correspondunt of the A gustat Chroiclo gives tho following ii tails of tho sale, With someo forecas as to the futtu-o policy of control : Tho sitlo wits mudo under a joi forecIslin-0 by Charles 11. 1 linizy ti Alfred lihtkeir, of Augusta, trustees the bonldholders of the Augusta at Knoxvill and the Cuntral Trust Con painy, of Now York, trustees of the I i1. &' W. C. The or' for the sal was filed Octohior 7 th.a, I S9. P'irst tho A. & K. wats olruured atsI il't, but there was no bidder. ''io the '. 1"'. N W. C. excutsivo of tih I'. & K., was olfured. After thi tho cLire systenm, including tho A. ' K. from Autgustit to Grveenwood, an1 tile line frou AieCormiek to Amtlo Son); f'omii IaVlronis tI(h' UetIville, 3n from reeIvuwood to Spa-titilurg Und3e.1r 11. terlms of tli sale 1,b0 upIS prieu for tLho entire system wats $2,i,5u, 000. \Vhen Special Mlasturi iltrko enlied for it bid oil tibe eutive systei ar. liutclinlsoni stepped forwLrd, ilat placing at celrLified check inl the nintu ter's haniiids, Ilmle the bidl at, tile upse price. There was it secund llid thirci call1 and1 theLn the Ioti wvats knoeket down. The occlion of tie sale wa ntdoittl (jiuiLe It lolidaly in this pnle Itai tWbero wereI( 111;11ny peo~lel inl Uattendantet oll tie sale. A mong tihe Ilore proil i litnlt personls he11re to-daty woro Ite CuiveI' J)ohnil li. CleVelatkd of te '. I & \V. C., Mr. A. A. ,awton, .V., 0 Savallnnoh, memllber of the fiirm of i'nt LtI. N &, iiiiii iunninglam, Who rieprl'4'eseellL( te '. It. & W. C., the A. & K. IaIu the ( t '1ra1l Liailrioad of (or.gia:l ' I WltLr G. (' lmriton, of SItvaatiht , Il W iliain K. Aiiller, of Augi4usta. r"'r, unltinig I 'hiniizy anid iliker, truslter Of the A. & K. bohlllolers: llenry I Pol'ipkhins. of Alan1111ta, rresetLi tUh Centrl 'Irisi, ('o., of Now York Joseph GaItnaiii, of Auoguslta, attorLne for .n1o. II. (O2voiila , reccivel; S. . Siipsion, of Spartlani*ilg, general coun.3illI for receiver; General Il'asser1 gel' AgoeLt W. .1. Cr'aig; Suprinte dent A. \,V. A idersoni, itd M r. W iI Iiat Nl'i"Od, of tie 1'. It. & W. C. Just, exactly What, the sale of tLi systei IeILis for tibe fulmol is hiat to saty. Of course Alessr-. Thomias atnt i tyanl t'e th 1)11 1110wiomovers ill the re0 orglnizattion of thie Cont~ral and i wouh seem rsoaiIble to holiev( thi tlho flulio policy of til l'ort, 1Ioya and Westeri CarolilL will be directei by tuhe Cen tral, (If wich iouNIr. 11. AI Conini wvill ini all probablity.I ho Lih prien ot unde(4'r LbO ' permatinnt. or g'tn i'ation. On the ot~her hand , sine tube initerosts of the Conta anud th Southern are4 so) closely iallied, It, i r'umioredl that, the 't I tdyal an1 Westeorn CXaroilina wIill ha)(51 c Iool l by the latt~er roUad, ias ia par, (If Lih division which no0w Iicludes the ofi Ci-ariotte, Colubia aiLind Auigulsti Under atlI evenats tlho sale does no atlleet ~ho bus~ iess int Loresta, (of A ugut t,, for as LIIho road~ will b)eOI opratedi I the in tolrests of its ownlierS it can1 (If cortit n1, ot ho0 opeorated ain~st Lh iiterests of thIs city. Speaking witI rlroaI d( butsines(s 4 *tot, Ii a -kf cl whail would~ 1)e. thle p~robab~:e fatuine pol!icy' V the roitd, and1 in wh oe in torests won I it bo operatCed. WitLii a knowIIinag smil the genitilmani in questioin assuaredI mi tIaL, it would b)e " (Oerated inl the ii torests (If the pocket, books of 11 owneors." So thiere is the wh~olo maltte in It nut, shell. Somei4 hadt~ feared that if Lt South (lrn got, control (If Lht r'oad( it woul3 sht il (it, the Scab~oard A ir Lainie, wi c1 has of late buen1 do:2 : gooid bincei13 by way oIf this line, but thie intorstat comm1ifision~ will, of course51, 001ntLrol I ia degree, anid thaceo can( b)e no( n0ti unfavbr'able to Aaugastt, een if Lh Southern wished, wh'ich 1by atll meanl~ it (does not. Wheaon queIlstioniedl by' 1 me4 tody, AlI fl utohinson03 atssured0 333 that, hae wa not litI lierty to nimko tany sl~at-..mon beyond the fact. tiat lie representri L Thoa(Ilis and3 I tyan, wh'ichio of iours'5 appIIeared' itth Li ale1 I. Nor woulI d Alu A. It. I LawIon, Jr1., tialk. In fac nu(1i tie of t~ibeso gelntlmen 011 couh knm141 a31 Liiing of the future pol icy. IH. Clovilatnd, sine he nats had1 charg oIf tuho r'oad is ai groat, one3 and to i ab110loimanagemenilt, is (1d u it great deii of pra1i se. A L (1n3 Li me, and1( onily few years~ aigo, thec bolnds of thbo Au guistati ad K nlOXviiilo couhl( be0 bough at l5 d today you (can not touel conlgr'~aulation iat thiis ond of the lint for ia good mnany of the $30,000J of Lth IirstI mlortgalg secur3i it'is lahd (Ihort' L in and~ 1.1h( roa)Id bedf viastly imlilpove( 'The ioatd was higly 3 (11) comp 30m3nted b) Alr. Cecil( Gabbott, whoa~ this week wer over It on1 it tour' of inspect ion. To(day3's siale wI Ilf be rp1or'ted to J1 udg Shnonton iln the next ton days atnd wi In all prIobilIity he confir med. Real la thie satlo mecans in parit but a transfe The Cen tratl Is owne o3'(f $1,870,00 I theo secur'ities anid fto $63o,000 firi miortgatge bonds1 (of thie Augusta at Knox viillo is the only Iicumboirance. - I'ut not your trust in money ; b1 put your' money in trust.