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gQIle ild*'qi fsNtiger. J. R. IIAGOOD, Editor and Pro'pw. hidtcaed it the Postoffice at Easley A. C., as ,41k-cond Clas. Matter. TERMS OF SUnSCRIPTION. One year, siit Iy in nIVance....... 1.00 ~~IN il~it~lS65 R A TE'S OFe A D\'ER'SI \0G. ()ne s(quare (I inch) 1 iinsertion ...... 7c r-neh subseientisrin......0 Libendi discount onl cout racts or b) the colm11 n,1 1: half or guarter columnu. 'Marriage no4tices fre'e and solicite(d1. Obituaries ovg.r 12 lines cAroed for. Correspondellts, to iltstll-e alIIIltioll, iniist. give their fIlll address. We are l1ot respolisible for the oplit !()Ius of oM corr1spondents. All CotlnIlimieat ions f4inr the( paper m11ust, be addressed to the Editors; busine's let1 els to the Publisher of thea! MN 1iSSiNC ER, Easley, S. C. [F1~or '1 he& NMeengerI. The 'School Law. lu. ErI01n: i see in your is tc of the 8th inst., that the .chool inw is amended, so as to allow the chool Coimissionier, with the Con sent of' the Board of Fxaminers, to apportion froi the two-mill tax on pr)perty, a stum not to exceed 900 to defray the expenses of the Teachiers Institute. 'That the School Cuininissioner ih all Ie aIllowYed such tr a e in g cx eni ses as he inuV incur. nt t to cx Ceed $100 inl viit ing the chlcOi;lS of hisc couinty. 'hint. each of the elmblhers of the (county Bo unard of Ex amin ie ('Plrsi al - 1owed 3 per dim for so vices ren dered. Now, Mlr. _Ediml. allo-w me to,( gi ve some express.ion to [1 y feel ils regard to this expenditure of the public f unds I nut not op posed to the Tc'Ihers' Inist itutcs, nor their being atided, if a plan11 could have beeni dev ised whereby it could hav beeni done without robb )intg tihe thenCI alreadly too smfallI Sebool Funlld. I do tin k the C'om missioner was already amply paUid for' his ser'vices, witho~ut allowing him an additional sum to defraiy his expenlses ini visiting the schoiols. I thiink( it t. very unjust disburs'e met of the public funds. The schools scarcely run three months in the year alr'eadly,and if the rtunds be diminished much mnore I think we will have but little, if any , use for a Commissioner. I think that if the Legislature could not have let alone the School Fund, it would have been better to have made a more eqjuitablle dis tibution of it, and have given the School Tr'ustees a little, who are re q~uired by law to visit the schools under their charge, as wvell as the Commissioner. There arme plenty of good men to be found who will take the office and fill it, as the law equires, withoany n addritionnl pay whatever.- Then why this waste of the people's money? There should be an. appropria tion made suflicient to run the schools at least five months in each year; then the free school system wyould do some good. As it is, it does but little, unless it be in communities where the patrons run their schools longer by subserip tion. We want legislation that will simplify and cheapen the law of the State. Portions of it are so complicated that many of our diti zens cannot understand it. We want legislation that will not "'take from the m1any ald give to the few.' We want value received for our money. We believe that every man should be paid for his servi ces and when our officers are paid let tirat suffice. This is not the only deficient law that we have, and shoid be looked after by the people. TAX PAYER. 'IHE DiA irrEn OFFCE. -,879,198 ette 'S Straved into the dead letter office, Washington, du ring the last year: 3,316,857 of te ('~letters wNere not ca lled for at the posthofices to which they were senut ; 78.865 weie sent in from ho tels buca1i C the depIrtted guests h m left no addresses for forward ing their mail; 175,7 18 were in Sulfliciently paid ; 1,345 coutaiied forbdtlen articls, lottery tickets and the Like ; 280 1"9 wele erlonle Onsly or ilegibly -Iddressed ; and .11.19 790 letters bore no address wv hatever. Of I hsc letters 15,801 c-ontaineod monrey amlounlting to 802, ( 17. 12. Beside that,18,095 let ter>-s containued drafts, checks, 1m10on (y orders, etc.. to the ailoult of 8 1,481 ,99-..17. Alorever, 61G, 137: letters conita]ined postage' st amp anid 40,125 contained receipts, paid~ notes and1 cancel obigtinso all sorts. O)gL~i f W Aith this rema~rkable showVing of more)1' than $1 ,000,000 gone wrong,j too much 'I cannot be0 said in eault ion to those who conitde letters and p)ackages ;o the mail. T1he money thus collectedM at the dead~ letter' of fice is turned into the t easury. T1he goods and merchandise from the packages arc soldl at auction, and the Christmas and fancy card1s are done up in packages and sent' to the chuildre's~' hospitals and the or'phani asylums of this city. A whole history of possible an guish and heart burings is wrap 1)e( up in the collect ion of 85,.1.60 photogr'aphIs that camne to the dead letter' oflice in a year, and~ injured and1 resentful swainus, andl angered relatives and friends may know where some of their t reasures have 'go10 to. The photographs are preserved, and this portrait gallerv of the postoffce departimenit numbers up into the millions. TE'i COMIN( RA 1. W.\Y 'I'Cot'T -- A new kind of raihr iy 1iet is-uoingiit to th", fronlt. I1 i: best exphaftie by taiking th Gr.tan Ti unk as :n exanph-. lhat roat pr.it., a Iookt 4f 1 ickit co taining 1,000 or :,0), (w .) tieke'ts I - a pvige, eacwh ticket goo fo.r on inile. 'I h--se little ticket. ;Ire smaller t han a posage' stamp, Iwent on1 a -heet. :II(] PerFforat-tl. Yoni canl Elly tu w, 20 or a 1,04) of the(11n at a fixed rate. al the companly oil it~s part( i:. boun t o 'necpt one of I litII for everY Imile yot Inivl. You will not be Teqireil to tell the t-icket seller where you want to go; yout will 'ay give IMe a h.1ldrel niles, or tweity m1xiles, or a t ihonsail Iiles, Mid get. M) bo:11 ann give the Cotiie tor enug1 of the .oires t(arry you 1.A your tI et ini it ioll. i here will t hen bt no such thin1g a. lay-over tickets, or1 t roubl of gel Ling tickets ebtatngedi, or loss onI th'.1Igh I ickes 1 1o t lsI I ---tI b e little Oiekets Will he I.- goodi a i it ey, :1111l allwiy: e in et, The roatld on its part. will bet proteceel floml 'CAlpvr antI thi: like. Thle new systemi lhas re lI I e t,,Ai k I ,I I I ,i v\v v I'X 1iie . 1:4 I e .i tei e m o rso n v-u t o f Ithe he ter chi s of 1-aseal s ers , a tus is i 1t I .,e ve - r's, 41 1d tI'.lis he litl a pt et il I . l of'~ thce Westrn nie lve teo ~l TilI l nSilI. s U FF ( :- 1 arshal I lI he is coni'ge, ce l t! i a it here n met the1charges prOferwe IgIin:t hia by oh Governm et exer:lihiset fai publih dl inl Ttiles, N Jwvs ANiD GOrli eRi oil M1on.thlv. The eneir-al tiefenice is that he foed stlictly the enurt. ()f t h e r l e, , a 11( t1 h I t .ede partiles from th ie it lettr of tI hec le el e for t nien of 1 of erelditors, a d coul.1 wot k% o ill. jury-N it? the G overnmIIlenIt, ilr Io lilivid 11'. Il l Ill hae L,,tro l i :'hilrlgi h a l ys bee 111' , we b )k!i(I eve, III d I h re i-lno dui spoilltion anywherej~ lo takeat technal i11 ( li'es as iv tl); a] 14qi a 'l'e ofip Ir.. ut , t Ihere h a ; beent_ a Ihw; Gov emnolle, parS~s ~e'tin la-i bahe Sa; h, til N iCt i n tinratvee cersit y lh ltltI coinhit'yf alf S'eder .alria passed Mponkby theth Cony onIf ithe trevI as Iis h'.ved by 31r.loig Bto ohe, thti heat.enteprcii ThMrhal'~rsI0cto dar ht fremeth n~o~ renderedO have a~e $h0,000 ho tne adfoteprdslsos. r -A numuber of enui-jiries from prospectivc inumigrants in the North and Norliwest have been evoked by the recently issued "hand book of South C 'arolina." WlECN YOU GO TO It Will be ImorWe tha1. a "Dollar in yo-ir P)Vket " to exainine RLOBERnTS & DAVID'S inImmense Stock of DIRY wOODS before buying. Want of spnee forbids uw o'ving :nit hing like a foll descriptioi of all the good,; we keep; so we can1 only give a pairtial price list. Iloie-inade bed-ticking that will hlchl wat er, "0, 22 and 25e. Extra hon vy <drill 74 and 8ec good shie-ting -le ; hieavy S hirt ing Gec; shreetin~g 1ya, rdI wide, .If. 7 and (-. Vc sell the best 10e blea'chevd woods inl the world, it Is a bull yard with-, uni( perfectly free from starch. I heavi Je:nis 25e, (eoirgia jeans loc, Nort ( arolina je:uis 47, 33, 40 :111d 43. All-wool t willed red Flan nel onlv 25c; lmlf-vool drvss go0dS 10(; bealtifiul h ('Iin;eable d(ress goods 124c, worth 25e. IEleg'ant Silk eti'ect dress od()(Is 25oc, worth 40c. Best line of BLACK CASHMIES in li City. Lalies clot 1 for CIRC1: 1A ISt, al-wool, 11 y-ards wide, in bhtck, brown, green, garlelboze. WalkinJ.ho-wts :u11d Gloak~s fromn 1, i -.- I I .:ilies :iuul gent1 lFhunuuel \est s froni 50e. up. 12 pair Lauli'White ,ose for 900. 12 pI ir " colored " -- $1.00. WV1 will selI You a full boned, silk IiInbobiered, ) hook 7~>e Corset for 5)(I( ; (donl't rorge)-t 11hi-) Wlile Bed spr:is troun P0e. up) urn $18.l heavy spreid is.. a1 bargainC . Bell comtforts 90c, S$1.00, $1.410,1., $.';. '2.(0. $2.50, $3 00. We cIirry Ile largwest. stock of in the upper part of the State. We alsohaiile renvile Knitting. Cot ton. -10c. pr 1b ; Knit inui W ool 12.l per hanik. or $1 .00 pwr lb. N PEC L L -ver ceat omelr busv ing42. Goods tot I. anuml'it of ONE I0 1 LAlt or more, will be pr(eIte( wit Ih ()n,. of (ir- i(and(.-ome CHRISTMAS PLAQUlES, lIi h one of 1 h1m111 is a work of Ar, :111(d for decoratiig. plurposes If you c'an niot comie send~ for' Siin. pIes and1( Price(' List. IHRE IS THE OLD STONO. Staun(Ich & Reliatble. IT NEVER FAILS! U nI(cs for 2 to 3 per (cnt. Aniiunonia, mo)( ia, 400) lbs, cot ton. Farmecrs, if you want to b.e sure of your crop d1on't stop until J1. B. King has loaded you with "01LD ST1ONO."' When1 you have "()I Dl ST1ONO" you1 have safety, and sa:fet y in farminug i's hap~piness at homne. T[he man thatn under his crop will smile all the Sum - mer. '.'h.a cotton will grow atml thle smile will come. You will not01 he asked to load your own wagonis, as Mr. Kinug will do that. for y'ou. Back upj youri wagon and( n a will do the work. Htespectfully. KING & (HA.D)Y. F'eh 15--I f