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111--7T 7 . ~J1he ropitb ourni T. . RODINSON, Editor. PUBLXsHED EVBRY THURSDAY. Subscription One Dollar a Yea Entered at the Post Offico at Pokenav second-class matter. NAlYERTISING RATES. Oio dollar por inch for first insertion, fli ty emts for each subsequent insertion Liberal discount for advertiseronnts on an mal contracts. Terms cash. Annual con tracts payable qu1arterly. No Invorites. Ono price to all. No spe cial position or special rates to foreign ad vortfisrs. All siuch must take the run o th palper and abido by such rates. Local notices, in local column, 10 cent por lino for first insertion and live cents fo: each subseqnIelit ins1ertlon. Ativertisllonts for coning isato shouh bo haudod in not later than Monday morn le editor will not bo responsiblo for tbi views aId opinions of correspondents, un less the same are elitoriallv endorsed. TIURSDAY, FEB. 6, 1896. SCHOOt COMMISSIONEIs. As will bo sen by the resolu. tions pubhslied in this issuo of tit JOURNAL, a meeting Of the SchooL Commissioners was held in Colm-n bia Wednesday of last weck. It was our pleasuro to bo prosent and to meet Fehool Conmissionorh from oighteen counties. Thoso wc mot will comparo favorably with a proportionate numbor of any body of pulblic sorvants it has ber our privilege of boholding mn thiE Stato, the prosent logislaturo of South Carolina nlot excoptod. If thero are any in the State thai moots the (oescrilption given ir public docuiin ts or (obatos it tho Constit [-ut ioial Convention they did not attend the ioetint last wook in Columbia. We were aligreer ly surprisod tc observo such dov. ion and enthus insm in the c: uso of Coillol school education as was manifost ed by theso men, whose work is lit fle understood and hardly over ap p~reciated, The success of, lho public schoo system has not in the rocent pas been1 retartded so much by inoffic: enlev in Sclool Commissioners V by the lack of encouragonit froi )romineit men. It is an it disputablo fact that a cortain ot ment of South Carolina citizoi would be gld if the public schoo were forover closod, an1d ha' t1hrown every obstaclo in tho W1 of education for tho masses. Th( merciless war thitt has bo waged against Conunissioners ca not be accounted for on the groun of just cause and [an honeost dosi to promote the Oduicationail int est of the masses, but wvas one tihe moans to injuro the systt and a step) ini the direction of utter destruction. A want of doefinito and dir< legislation has h)uon at sorious hi drance to Comnmissioners iln bumi * ing up) tihe puliic schools, progr sivo and fithfutil comml~issionI often being consignod to privi life for carrying out the true sp it of the school law and worki conscientiously fo.r the doeveh muont of a prop~er intorest in 1po1 lar education. But the 1most1 ab sulrd propositii is contained in the bills, w~hi are intended to abolish the dli of school coummissioner, just the time when tile constitutiom coniventionm has made it possil for the friends of public educ Lion to realize their hopes. Thoro must be a head to ovt enterprise for its successful opeOJ tion and nowhere (does this appt more imperatively than in a s: tern of public education in f oounties of State. TJLLMYAN'a SPEE. In this issue of the Jouliml published a piartial synlopsis Senator Tillmnan 's speech whi was delivered in the United Sta * Senato Wednesday of last we We regret that the whole spe could not be printed for our rei ers. It has met wvith consideral unfavorable comments from t Washington correspondents a press, but tis was to be expecti We have road a full report of t speech and can find nothing sustain the objections made to by these writers of sound mfonl theories. It is a masterly and ui ansiverable argument for f ree s ver and a complete and conci statement of tihe financial que tion. It is substantially the same vie of the question, which the allian< leaders have been presentingi the people for several years. TI voice of .the people has at lai been sounded in the United Stat< Senate, and tile world knows the: yretched condition, and the injui tice done them by the men wh were entrusted with the protectio. >fjthe lives, liberties and fortunei Notice has been served upon th reprosontivos of this nation,.a-nd if" the'rolief does not come, a rev olution seems inevitable, and the responsibility will rest whore it should, upon tho shoulders of those who have betrayed thoir trusts. The steamer Hawkins, which startod from Now York on Sunday night with a lot of arms and am munition for the revolutionists in Cuba went to tho bottom of the soa Monday morning off Long Is land. Most of the party were saved. It is rumored that the Soaboard Air Lino will build a branch of their road from Ruthorfordton, N. C., to Ashevillo. Tho distanco is forty miles. Asheville , is on the tiptoo of 'expectanicy. FOL netder;Sehools. The Convontion of County School Comm issioners convenod Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock. Nineteen Commissioners. woro prosent. The report of tho coi mittoo was road and adopted. In the afternoon a committoo of the commissioners mot with tho com mittee on education and public schools from the Senato and House and adopted the following resolutions, urging that they bo adoptod: To the Honorable Spoaker and Gontlomen of the House of Reprosc-ntativos of the Stato of South Carolina. Gentlemnen: As tho Logislaturo is now discussing tho educational bill, wo, tho School Commissioneors of tho Stato in conveationi assom bled, rocognizing tho fact that thoro is much misunderstanding and misconstruction in regard to the intelligenco roquired in a school commissionor and the amount of work nocessary in the dischargo of his dutios, respoect fully prosent, tho following for your considoration: The minimum amount of work t necessary to dischargo tho duties of school commissioner in one of the - smallost countios of tho Stato is 5 as follows, to wit: n Writing and copying '245 lottorm and cards, 7 days; approving and entoring on book, 408 'cliins, 1 days; adding and balancing booki ono [I imioith, 12 days; every Sat is urday in ollico, 52 days; oxaliina' o0 tions, 4 days; issuing teacher certificates and minutes, 4 days meetings of Board of ExiniIiers 5 days; ordoring, romitting foi and delivering books, 52 days: re n- ports to Judges, and( State Humper. as indlont of Educatjin, 15 days re onforonce0( with trus! eos andii p' o p)1o.24 days; visitIinig .(00 schools , 75 days; Total, 259 days. ol' In reality this oflice was opi;! ml every (lay ('xcept whien the 50choo is comm11issioner was sick or v isitii schiools and1( thore is a larg< ac.rmiount. of business which canno n- days correctly ascer'tainod. Thor d(- is thorof'eore ai goodl yjour's work foi s- any inmtelheigenit anid induhlst riou rs11man. T113hi fac is, the m0lore int 01 ri- will find( tod(o. ng Weo there foro respec t ful 1ly sug. p.~ gest that the otlice of schiool com.1 missioner or supj erinttendenlt ho ro. (Iamed0(. In everyv biness105 thor( o1n espOciallly necessa:1ry in a b~usine1ss chi mi whjieh the duities aro. s0 varied, eo in whicho there is so mucho monox to ho disbured and acounited for iin which the t rustees often dlisa. alt groc i among thiemselvyes anid thi peope1)1 wi thio trustees and1( i1 a- whlich thie school3 conino ssioner P lhe bookkooper for thio tru'steos. ry'.t'h at. the salaries (of thoise' olici -be inicreasedl so that it will not bt a- ineessary for thomi to divido thliu ar~ timoe b~y onigaginmg ini other~l~ buiess rs- to make a suplpor't ; and1( call youi lie atteoutioni to the fact that in nmny counties the sailary is so smnall an pr'actically to Oxcludo monl of in.~ tel ligonco and thrift from hold ing is tils ollico. of That the school commiissionol be elected as horotefore by thic chi peolo, the appoeintive system ;os tending to the concentration' p)ow. >k. or of (311 p)orsoni ch That the clause making thirty Sdays the basis of the enrollment be amended to not less than 01n0 >le (lay or more thani ton (lays. If he thirty (lays were the basis the aid teacher could niot filo his report at id. the 01nd of the month, as provided efor in the bill, or draw any pay at the 01nd of that mionithl, as5 the to school month is coiimosed of it twenty days and1( would lose pay1) DV umnt for pupils who had attenld da'.s wen ty-cight or twenty-nine ' \Ve are fully aware that many 50 will say that self interest is th'e s- main spring of our action but we resp)ectfully submit that in ordoer to understand any business it is necessary to consult with those e who have charge of tihe details. oG. W. HEAJsEY, Chairman. 0 T. C. Romx1soN, Secretary. Boy: "Say, monm, I biustod my a~ ball." Mother: "You shlouldn 't r say bust, John; you should say . burst." "That's what teacher said, Sbut when the principal asked me wo tha.t was, I said it was a burst oGn.Washington and he Jleked me, so I thought I would stick to a bust!I"-T'~ruth. lcnson Colege. 'Tho" investigation committoe from the board of trustoos of Clemson College has made the fol lowing report, which was adopt od by the trustees at the mooting Friday morning. This committee oxamined into the working order some months ago. The re port was submitted to the board at a meeting shortly afterwards, but it was not adopted at that meeting. The report is as follows: Clemson Collego, S. C., December 12, 1895. To the Board of Trustous of the Clemson Agricultural -College. Gentlemen- We your commit too appoited to investigate tho management of the collogo re spoectfully submit the following rocommendations: We consider the academic dopartment unduly prominent, thore being in this do partmont three full professors and two associates, the latter paid $1,500 each, while in the Agricul tural Department there is no full professor and in the mechanical department only one. In order, thereforo to reduce this depart mont to its proper proportion and to show our dotermination to give special promilmince to practical and scientific subjects, we recom mond that salaries of literary pro fosbor rangofrom $1,000 to $1,500. Believing the succoss of the Mathomatical Dopartment to be greatly impoded becauso of the in ofliciency of Professor Strode, we recommend that he bo required to resign at such a time as may sem proper to tho board. This and similar recommendations causes us much pain but wo cannot per mit our sympathy for any individ ual to outweigh our interost in the welfare of students whose prepar ation for the rosponsiblo dities of life would bo irrovocably impaired by inoeliciont instructions. MECIIANYCAL DN)PARTiIMENT. We beliovo that all of our in structors should be mon of at least respectable education and we., thcrolore, reconimond that MIr. Litton, whoso education is lament ably deficient, be requosted to ro signl, and that his place be filled by ll Oxport of lihoral oducation. We do not. recommend any im mediato increase inl the salaries of tho instructors in the Mechanical Dopartimint, but recognizing tho importance Of ha lving thoroughly traind men her-e, %% re(commend~ll~ that ()url prosnlt instructttorsH be urge(l t.(> make use ofI every oppor tInity l.)rI I Ip Poventiie it, and tha t they I ho permitted(, whonever prac tienblo, to spid thiei. vacation at Specia l sch8oolS Or liniverSities of serinlg aIlvntlcedA instruction in Ie ebatnical arts. Weo thiink thait the snalaris of istru'tctors ini t his dep)art mont should h( e not less than $1l,20)0, and we recoinmmend that these sal aries be increatsed from time to Itim nin proport ion to tihe zeal and ellicionmey displayed b~y the mstruc t OrS ini charlgo. I iiasmiuchm as the D~epartmnent of Physics was at thie last meeting of the lI oardl. maiude a~ branchi of the -I lechnmical D epart~mett we recomi mond( ltat thle ChairP of Physics he' abol ishied and that the instruc for ini tIs subIjoet be paid from S00 to $1 ,200, thereby ranking withI oilier inistrutctors ini theo~ Me chaniicaIl Depa rtmon t. Mr'. J. W. Hart, our dairyman, lhas shown himsoi~lf to he an expert mi Ihis work anid we therefore, ire. commend that his salary be in creased to at least $1,200. FITT INo 5C'iooL. We roeommondl that Professor Morrison conitiinue in charge of the Fitting School at a salary of $1, 500. As thorough preparatory trainiing is indispensiblo1 to suc cessful wvork in the college, fail.. uro~ in higher classes often being (1uo to shoddy wvork in thio rudi mnentary branches, weO re'commiiond ihat heoreateri'i oly expert and ex periencedl tealcher's be employod f'or the Fittiog School and that thme young muon now assisting Pro fessor Morrison be urged to fit thoemselv'es ats sotn as possible, by special uiniversity training, for the vocation of teaching. Since it is now easy t~o securo the services of men who, after completing college cou rsos, have made special prepar ation at thoe uniiversitios for the work of' teaching, we (10 not think it wise to employ here young men who have receiv'od only a general college education. Experienced teachers of established rOpltationi woulId of cour mso form inoxceptions to this rule. in conclusion, we consider it the duty of the edtucator not simp)ly to hear lessons, but to strive both mn and out of the class room by almeans at his command to do ~volop his puplils in mind and1( mor als. We want no hirelings at Clemson, and we recommenid that the Board retain only those pro fessors who manifest, by their acts, a genuine love for their work and a hearty interest in all their pu pils, especially in dli, backwvard boys wh~o most need the encour agement of symp)athetic teachers. A thor'oughily docile animal, whether colt or calf, savos one much trouble in the care of it, and is a more satisfactory p~ossession. Neither is a well-broken cc It an enigma to the buyer when lieo ::omes. Let it be handled early mind frequnon thy, and (domesticated before maturit. .44 All Norts. To provont failures on the farm diversify your crops. The ancient Groeks and Egyp tians wore tho simple sandal. The Bible, or portions of it, has been translatod into 354 languages and dialects. The Mississippi at the point whero it flows out of Lake Itaska is tOn foot wido and eighteen in ches deep. This is the tinio of year when the machinory left in the fields worries everybody that se0s it, ex cept the careless ownor. A father usually worries as much from foar that his daughter will marry the wrong man as hor mother worries from fear that she will not marry at all.-Atchison Globe. The Michigan Presbyterian says: If a nowspapor has not positive views no one caros to road its opin ions. If it has positive views some one will be sure to feel ag grieved." A Missouri farmer figured it out one rainy day that he had walkod 300 milcs in cultivating ono acro of corn. He thereupon sold his farm and moved to town, where ho walked 600 miles to find a job.-Arkansas Traveler. If a growing young animal is fed only suflicient food to sustain life, thero is not only the loss of food, but the animal is stunted, and often to the extent that no amount of fooding afterward will entirely eradicate the bad offects. This "land of the free" is a country where only ono voter out of six "owns a home. This "land of the bravo" is a country where four voters out of five are oither political cowards, afraid to ad vance an opinion, or too imbecile to form an opinioll.-Chicago Ex press. Pasture lands are very often badly managod; lato and early pasturing injuros the grass plants so that they never do their bost; insuflicien t soeding allows the grasse3 to run out and dogenerate and wood growths to take their nlace. Heavy pasturing domands top dressing. Spending neithor onorgy nor mony upon those fields is false econoiny. It ready money is not available, the store account can often be aVoi(led by growing somethiag wlich can be exchanged through the season for such things as must be bought. A little timo devotod to fruit, vogotables, chickens, or boos will ofton prove of much more valuo than the more amount of monoy derivod from the sale of the products by enabling one to avoid a caebt. It is very common on some farms to keep the grindstone out of doors, sheltered only by the foliage of seime tree in summer, but in winter exposed to all kinds of' storms. These stones are al ways more or less porous. If they wvero not they would not make good matorial to sharpen metal cuttmng tools. When a grindstone gets wet and the moisture in it freezes, pieces of the stone clip off and tile stono wears away un o)venily, thuis soon1 becoming of very little v'alue. A Spartan burg despatch under date January 27th says: The~ Evening Star, a new paper under the sulpervisioin of Editor Gantt of thle Headligh t and a Philadelphian by the name of Knmght, wvill make its aipearance iln a few weeks. Mr. Knight has visited Spartanburg several times recently, wvith a viewv of engaging in the newspaper bus imess, and succeeded last Friday in coming to an agreement with Mr. Gantt by which they become part ners in the neow venture. Mr. Knight is an experienced nowsp~a p)or man and has been connected Iwith a paper at Roanoke, Va., and in California. He is a man of considlerahio means and will make extensive investments in tis see tion. Immediately after closing the tradoe, he loft for the North to purchase printing material, and expects to return anld have the paper started in a month. The South Carolina friends of Capt. V. E. McBee will hail wvith delight the announcement that lie has heoln appointed General Su perintendont of tho Seaboard Air Line, a considerable promotion, but onewlihi~ was worthily wvon. Ho will probably have charge of the operating department and will1 have his hoadquartor's at Ports mouth. Captain McBeo has been division superintendent of the Seaboard ever since he left the Southern. Ho gave the greatest satisfaction to the road, and lhe is considered one of tihe best railroad men in the South. Capt. McBoe is well known thlroughlout the en tire State. 'Wanted everybody to know that the JOURINAL now has one of the best equipped job departments in upper South Carolina. Tile fact thlat it is uder tile managemeont of that wvell known job printer, J. E. Kinch, is a suflicienlt guarante that the work turned out from the J'oURNAL will be first-class in every partIcular. Our prices will alwvay be as bdas the lowest. Orders by mail promlptly attended to. The first steam engine ill Amer ica came from England in 1758. The first telegraphic instrument was operated by Morse in 18RR. He AdverUied. -- "Once, when I was publishing a ?aper in Seattle, I convinced a nan in a most emphatic way that It paid to advertise," said an old journalist. "He was a fairly pros porous merchant, and I had tried for a long time to get him to in 3ert an advertisement in my pa per. " 'Oh its no use,' he would say. 'I never read the advertisements in a paper, and no one else does. I believe in advertising, but in a way that will force itself on the public. Then it pays. But in a aewspapr-pshaw I Everybody who reads a newspaper dodges the advertising pages as if they were poison.' " 'Well,' said I, 'if I can con vince you that people do read the advertising pages of my paper, will you advertise? " 'Of course I will. I advertise wherever I think it will do any good.' The next day I ran the follow. ing line in the lighthest face agate in the office and stuck it in the most obscure corner of the pa per between a couple of patent medicine ads.: "'What is Cohen going to do about it?' "The next day so many people annoyed him by asking what that line meant that he begged me to explain the matter in my next is suo. I promised to do it if he would let me write the explana tion and stand to it.: He agreed and I wrote: "'Ho is going'to advertise, of course.' And ho did."-San Fran cisco Post First Things. The first almanac was printed in 1460. .Modern noedles came into use in 1545. The first iron steamship was built in 1830. Newspapers were first printed in the year 1494. The first English newspaper was published in 1688. Omnibusses were introduced in New York City in 1830. Tho first copper cont was coined in New Havon in 1687. George Washington was first in war and first in poace. The first railroad in the United States was oponod in 1820. The first watch was made at Nureniburg, Germany, in 1477. The first printing press is claim d for Copenhagen, in 1493. THE PRESENT COLD WAVE SUCCESTS BL AN K ETS I have 10 pairs wool Blankets which have been reduced to $3 and $4. These aro certainly bargains. Woolen Underwear for men and women. Must be sold, our prices aro right. KEEP YOUR CHIILDREN WARM. A big lot of children's Wool Drawers. These goods wvill be sold for loss than cost. A full stock of Shoes always en hand at DRY GOODS AND SHOES I 15 Pendleton St., Grenville, S. C. Snov9-1. Misses McKAY, Main Street, GR EENVILLE, S. C. Hlave now ready for sale all the Latest Styles in HATS, BONNETS AND OAPS, For Ladies, Missos and Children. o7 'They keep~constantly on hand all the Neolties at lowest prices. Your patronage selited.. MISSES McKAY, Main Street, Greenville, S. 0. If you want the finest PICTURES3 made in the State, go to Wheeler's Studio, 113 Mcflee Aveune Greenville, 8. C *&- Crayon Portraits a specialty. A pril 7--y. Corn is a vigorous feeder and re-~ sponds well to liberal fertiliza tion. On corn lands the yield increases and the soil improves if properly treated with fer tilizers containing not under 7% actual Potash. A trial of this plan costs but Little and is sure 'to lead to profitable culture. ng special rtiiizeea, but are practical orscontain ng latest researches on the subject of fertilira'tion, and elpf k ul to farmers. They are sent free for o GEORMAN AIORKs, Now that the Fall and Winter Season is again at hand, and Cotton has again proved itself King, we wish to call your attention to the Stock of Goods we have to sell you. Our line of CLOTIR2zlF=. Consists of every Style, and is made of every fabric. *The Prices are such as to enable every one to buy a New Suit.. Trousers and Suits to fit the Boys and Children. HATS IN ABUNDANCE! At all Prices, and Cheaper and Better than you can get in any other store in the State. UNDERWEAR! From 50 cents a Suit up to $5-oo. Neokwear. In all the Latest Styles; made by the best houses in the world. UNIVERSAL SHIRTS ! Ask to see our UNIVERSAL SHIRTS; Laundried and Un landried. They are said to be the best shirts in the market for the money. EVERYTE INGr. In fact, we have EVERYTHING that is carried .by a Clothing, Hat and Gents' Furnishing House. EVERtYTHIN " EW! NO OLD GOODS, and all we ask is a call from you. Thanking you for past patronage we are Yours respectfully, reifus & Co., THE NEW CLOTHIERS 113 and 115 Main Street, Creenville, S. C. A Word to the Wise, I do not mean to bother the readers of TrE JOURNAL with any high flown advertisement. I mean only to state a few facts and I am sure you all are wise enough to profit by it. When you come to Greenville if you are wise you will drive straight to the Mammoth Dry Goods Store of R. L. R. BENTZ and he will give you bargains that will make you hAppy. I Vill give you Heavy Canton Flannels for 4c. yd. 25c. grade Red twilled Flan Shirting Calicoes 4 nel 16? Indigo Calicoes 4 11-4 Blankets 50 8oz. Wool filled School Boy 10-4 White Bed Spreads 50 Jeans 16? All wool Jackets, latest style $1.75 8&oz. Wool filled School Boy 38 inch Imported all wool Jeans 20 Serge, all colors 25 10oz. Wool filled School Boy 46 inch Imported all wvool Jeans 25 Serge, all colors 39 Yard wide Bleaching (no Best quality apron Ginghams 5 starch) 5 Best quality Cotton Checks 5@6c Medicated all wool twilled |BastCanton Flannel on earth, 83@10c Red Flannel 12i Feather Ticking 10c. Lack of space prevents my mentioning thousands of other bargains~ I have to offer. Come and see for yourselves- All my Goods were bought in June and July when cotton was 5c., so as long as they last will give you the benefit of my early purchases. Our salesmen, Eugene H-unter, C. R. Jordan, J. Milton King, J. C. Campbell, Allen Parkins and Franl: Walker, will take pleasure in showing you through my immense stock, which you arc cordially invited to inspect. Yours Truly, RichererHandsomner . THAN EVER PRODUCED.. 0roun . (LOTHES, HATS AND FUNISlijinGS WE'RtE TALKING ABOUT. Look over the stock; it's complete now, and see if you don't agree wvith us. One of twvo things we always mean to do: To sell you better goods than you get elsewhere for the same price ; to sell you the same goods at a lower price than you get then' else where. GREENVILLE, S. C. THIRTY:. DAYS! For the next Thirty Days we will ofeSpca Bargains~ inrSpca We have gone through our stock and marked them clown at prices that will make them go. Give us a call before buy ing, and save your money. Don't fail to see our 25 cents Felt Hlats. We carry a beautiful line of Stamped Linen, and Xmas Novelties. * Misses Rogers,e WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, aprtmO 10O0fcofrceot,n..nOpa ..o.e,rn-vl .C.a