The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, January 29, 1878, Image 2
WINNSBORO, S. C.
Tuesday, January 29, : 1878.
R. MEANS DAVIS, Editor,
JNO. S. REYNOLDS. AsBociato Editor.
POUR MEMBERS oF THE BAR of thC
sixth circuit have been mention(d
in connection with the judgeship of
the circuit-Mossrs. James Hemp
hill of Chester, A. S. Douglass of
Fairfield. W. A. Moore of Lancastor
and I. D. Witherspoon of York.
Each of theso gentlemen combines
in an eminent degroo the qualities
that were sought for in the judiciary
of the olden timo-charactor, learn
ing and ability. We are not pre
pared to pass judgment on the
spoeial merits of these four ro
spectivoly, but wo are satisfied that
any one of themN would make a
judge most acceptable to the people
of the circuit. We suggest to the
dologations from the four counties
to moot in conforonce on this sub,
ject, and, after a froo interchange of
views, to unite upon somo worthy
candidate who shall be placed be
foro the Democratic caucus. Such
an expression of views would have
great weight beforo the caucus.
A Financial Nut Cracker.
The News and Courier cracks
our financial nuts with neatness and
dispatch. But it strikes us that the
implement used is a kind of re,
pudiation hammor.
The News and Courier doa not
think the State owes consideration
to thoso "insatiato" bondholders,
who, having paid good money
before the war, relying on the faith
of the State, now decline to accept
the Radical compromise of fifty
cents on the dullar.
It also holds that "the settlement
under the Consolidation Act is
cheap, and right or wrong, the
Democratic party stand pledged to
abide by it." If cheapness is a
merit, would not General Hemphill's
adjustment of $100,000 (provided
he can run the gauntlet of the
courts) be bettor still ?
The News PInd Courier holds that
tho relief to be given to the non
funding bondholders is the funding
of thoir debt at'fifty conts on the
dollar, the loss of the other fifty
cents being "incident to the results
of the war, like the emancipation of
slaves and the depreciation of prop
erty." Would the bondholders of
Virginia and Tennessee be0 satisfied
with fifty cents on the dollar ? and
has not a proposition to scale their
.bonds lbecause of "dopreciation" &c.
been rudely stigniatized as "repu
diation" ?
Their is no parvallel between ante bet
lumn purchasers of bonds and trus
tees who bought Conversion bonds
at seventy cents on the dollar. The
former relied on the credit of the
State which was unimpeached. The
latter bofhght Radical bonds which
were stigmatized as fraudulent
themselves, and repudiated b)y all
the Democrats.
If we scale because of "deprecia
tion," why stop at fifty cents, when
twenty-five cents is a nearer ap
proximation to the relative wealth
of the State ?"
Lastly, to the consolidated bond
holders the Democrats may say, "You
agreed to take fifty cents on the
7 dollar, and we cannot help you."
But if the Democrats apply the
procrustean rule now to those who
refused to compromise and fondly
waited for Democratic supremacy
to have their just claims paid, they
are guilty, primarily, of repudiation.
Neither the Democrats nor the
recalcitrant bondholders were par
ties to the Consolidation A ct, and
the former cannot include the latter
in its sweeping provisions without
becoming guilty of repudiation.
In our opinion; it is absurd to
talk of honor in connection with
the Consolidation Act. That meas
ure was a disgusting piece of busi
ness. It was bald. repudiation
nothing less. If the courts compo
us to pay the funded debt, wve:
~nontgh. But no court can compje)
Cu old jeond hol'der to fund, and b
has'th~ fini to flauint his bond, i
~ t~eend yell "R~epudiation" till
b~ ie oir'e. And the worst of ti
i wo cannot deny his charge. If we
do not pay him, don't let us talk
about our good credit any more.
Lot us defend the Consolidation
Act as a financial and legal necessity,
but in Heaven's namo let us not say
that honor impels us to abide by it.
4".
The State University.
The bill to reorganize tho South
Carolina College has evoked heated
debate in the House of Representa
tives. The gist of tho arguments of
the opponents of the measura seems
to be that the State cannot afford to
give higher education at present
to her young men, that the old col
lege was an aristocratic institution,
and lastly, and apparently especially,
that its rehabilitation will interfero
with the sectarian colleges at pres,
ent existing. In our opinion none of
these reasons is sufficient to defeat
the measure. True, the State has
not a superabundance of wealth to
lavish on educational institutions.
But it should be rememberod that
the citizens of the State who send
their sons to collego are the ones
who pay tho bulk of the two mill
tax for educational purposos.
And while it is proper that all
classes should receive primary edu
cation from the State, still the men
of property, who defray the expenses
of public schools, have the right to
demand that a portion of this school
money bo applied to the mainton
ance of nu institution affording fa
cilities for the higher education. of
their sons.
A fundamental difference exists
between the old free schools and
the now public schools. The former
were intond6d for the indigent
alono ; but the latter know no class
and no distincti ms of wealth. The
son of the millionaire and of the
pauper aliko imbibe knowledge at
the expense of the Stato. Let the
State College cap the system of
free education, so that the property
owner will not be compelled to pay
his quota of the school tax, and be
compolled in addition to defray the
heavy expense attendant on sending
his son to .privato institutions of
learning. The existence of a State
College will not prevent him from
patronizing private institutions if he
profors.
The charge that the old college
was an aristocratic institution is
groundless. Numbers of poor boys
entered that institution, wore .aided
in their endeavors, and graduated, to
become honored and eminent citi
zens. Proscription found no foot
hold in that classic ground.
The last objection urged is una
tenable. Can the State pause in
any measure of public improvement
for fear of intruding on any private
enterprise ? Should the State re
fuse to establish factories on the
Columbia canal bcause they would
compete with Gran iteville, Piedi
mont or Langley ? Should she halt
in the comp)letion of the grand
system of railways for fear of injur
ing those already in existence?i
Should she cease to hire out convicts
because this might seriously inter
fere with honest laborers ? In fine,
should she abolish the whole system
of public instruction under the
apprehension that it will, sooner or
later, knock private schools "higher
than a kite" ?
The argument used in behalf of
private colleges applies equally to
private schools. During the whole
period of Reconstrucion,,while these
colleges weore engaged in their noble
mission, hundreds of teachers were,
in an unostentatious way, educating
thousands of children free of charge.
Every teacher's account-book wilt
show a list of beneficiaries arising
either from special proffers of aid,
or from the inability of the parents
to pay. And yet all are agreed that
public policy demands that private
teachers must make way for public
schools.
Again, it is note every member of
a church who desires to patronize
his denominational college. There
will always be a sufficient number to
keep thoeo colleges going, but the
State gas1 frovide facilities for
eitlo ' diess of th e.' More..
over, it Is' of .thq e ends
of.theUni m~ake it an inM
afhink n A hig A* ada
that students after leaving other
colleges may complete thoir educa
tion there. In this ca-t1 no clas5h
ing of interests will ensuo.
In conclusion, to draw a parallel.
The State capitol in which the Leg.
islature d.ily assembles, is a
magnificent structure. It rests
upon foundations that cost alone a
million of dollars. The firs emotion
is one of admiration at the solidity
and symmetry of the structure. Bu
a second glar ce causes a fooling of
disappointment. The building is
incomplete. The architect has not
perfected his plan. No dome caps
the massive walls, to give it beauty
and strength. So with public in,
struction. The system is nothing
unless capped by a college-the koy.
stone in the arch of learning.
TME STATE LEGISLATURE.
FttDAY, January 25, 1878.
SENATE.
A number of bills, resolutions and
memorials were submitted, and
prol)erly referred.
The following were ratified: An
act to amend an act relative to the;
power of the City Council of
Charleston to impose punishment ;
an act to incorporate the South
Carolina Immigrattion Association.
A message was recoived from the
governor enclosing the resignation
of Judge Cooke.
Concurrent resolution of thanks
to E. W. Moise, Adjutant and In
spector General, was adopted, as
follows:
Whereas, during the late canvass
for State offices, the Hon. E. V.
Moise, then a 'candidate for the
office of Adjutant and Inspector
General, in tho several addresses
delivered by him in various por -
tions of this State, promised the
voters of this State that if elected
he would devote the salary of his
office to the educational interests
of the State ; and whereas the State
Superintendent of Education, in his
ninth annual report to the 0"eneral
Assembly, acknowledges the receipt
by him from General Moise of the
sum of $805.69, being the net
proceeds of his sFdary for ten
months; be it
Resolued, by the House of Rop
resentatives of the State of South
Carolina, the Senate concurring,
That the General Assombly recog
nizes in this act of the Adjutant and
Inspector General the fulfilment of
the promise made by him to the
voters of the State and as another
evidenco of the good faith of the
administration, of which he is a
conspicuous member, to redeein the
promises made to all classes of peo
ple during that eventful canvass;
that the thanks of the General
Assembly are due, and are hereby
tendered to General E. W. Moise
for bis unselfish patriotism in mnak
ing this promise, and for the
promptness and fidelity with which
it has been redeemed.
Several bills, of local special in
terest only, received a second read
ing.
A bill to apportion the taxes on
property in which the title of,
or an interest therein, has beeu
transferred subsequent, to assess
mont was read a second time.
Adjourned.
HoUsE oF REPRHBENTATIVEs.
.-A number of bills and resolutions
woreo introduced, read by title, and
properly referred.
The committee on education re,
ported favorably on a bill to repeal
the act requiring the proceeds of
the poll tax to be applied to the
payment of past due school claims.
The bill to reorganize tihe State
University was thmen taken up.
Messrs. Memminger and Orr fa
vored the bill, while Messrs. Hood,
Simpson, Brown and R. R. Hemp.
bill opposed it. No final action was
taken.
Adjourned.
SATUnDiY, January 20, 1878.
SENATE.
A number of bills and resolutions
were introduced, read by title, and
properly referred.
A message was received from the
governor, transmitting the resigna
tion of Judge J. 1P. Reed.
A bill to alter the law on the
subject of fences in certain town
ships in Fairfild county was read a
second time. This bill gives the
"no-fence law" to all the townships
in Fairfield, except Number 6 and
K smber 8.
A bill to establish a new election
and judicial district from a portion
of the county of B3eaufort, to be
known as "Palmetto County," was
amended by changing the name of
the new county to "Hampton," and
then passed to a third reading.
A*djourned.
. 006'Er J PREsENTATIVES.
A number. of bills and int resnd
lutions were introduced, read by
title, and properly referied.
Mr. Gaillard, of Fairfiield, intro,
duced a bill to auh:. w the county
commissionors of Fairfield to levy
t special tax to pay for tho assess
mont of property in the year 1876.
The bill to charter the George
town and North Carolina Narrow
Gauge Railroad Company received
a third reading.
A nessago from tho governor,
covering a-conimunication from the
attorney-general concerning bills
of the Bank of the State, was ro
ferred to the judiciary coinitteo.
The bill to roorganizo the State
University was then taken up.
Messrs. Simonton, Ficken and
Rhett spoke in favor of the bill, and
Messrs. Callison, Bradley and Hood
in opposition. On the motion to
strike out the enacting clause, the
ayes and noes were called, and re
sulted as follows: ayes, 29 ; noes,
67. . r. .Brice, of Fairfield, voted
"aye," and Mr. Gaillard voted "no."
The bill wias then read by sections,
and several amendments vere offor
ed and adopted. No vote was
reachod on the bill as a whole.
Adjourned.
NEW IS OF TIE DAY.
A full-blown .: lily was dis
covered under th, Ioar ico by a
party of boys >in at North
Sandwich, Mass.
A fire occurred at Columbus, Ga.,
last week, destroying six stores
the total loss being about twenty
live thousand dollars.
Whitelaw Reid has bcen unaii
mously re-elected editor of the
Tribune by the stockholders, for
another term of five years, ending
January, 1883.
The Mormons aro building a
magnificent temple on the sunumit of
a high mountain in Manti, Utah.
Five hundred men are at work on
it, and it will not be completed for
four years.
A resolution has been adopted by
the Legislature of Massachusetts,
opposing the revival of any Sute
or sectional animosity, as being
detrimental to the best interests of
the country.
Judge Whitaker, of Now Orleans,
has rendered his decision in the
case of the State vs. J. Madison
Wells et al., overruling the motion to
transfer the case to the United
States Circuit Court.
A penny eating-house, at wh'ch
the price of each dish is only one
cent, has been started in Wiasiing
ton, D. C., by somelo charitable peo
pie, and is already a success,
hundreds of persons having been
fed th-.ro on the opening d y.
Sixty four clergymen of the Epis
copal Church died duriig last year,
and of the forty-three whoise ages
are given in the Ch c/uaan's
lmanac, the average ago waLs over~
sixty-one years. This is a very
resp)ectable longevity.
The Western Union Telegraph
Company is ordered that hereafter
on all unpaid messages the words
"collect" should be charged for as a
portion of the telegram. On a San
Francisco disp)atch this will make a
dilference of thirteen cents.
The farm of Frank Leslie, the
publisher, at Saratoga, knowva as
".i.nterlachon," and containing about
fifty-two acres of groundl, was sold
last week, at B3aliston, by T. IF.
H-amnilIton, referee, inr foreclosure for
$2,'250 to George and Mary Arnold,
the original owners.
Two Russian ofhicers were tried
sonme time since for selling good
guns as old brass. One was con
demnned to be shot and the other
to be hanged. The former was
easily disposed of, but no one in
Russia would undertake the ( eeu
Lion of the latter, and an appeal is3
now being made in Poland.
The silver craze in St. Louis has
extended to the sugos One of
these scientific gentiy the other day
removed a cancerous tongue from
a man, and also a l"rge part of his
jawbone. The immuu~ could not be
replaced, but a sih-eri jawbone was
inserted in place of theo diseased
maxillary.
A land slide, eight hundred feet
long, and distributed over three
hundred acres of ground, occurredl
last weok, at the steep rocks, near
Rondout, in New York. A little
child was playing near the edge of
the banik when it began to ca';e.
The child's mother saw its danger,
seized her little one and narrowly
escaped death. The land is sti'l
moving and will probably fall into
the Hudson River by spring.
Experiments in driving by elec..
triciy have been made in France.
An electro--magnetic is placed be
neath the coachman's seat, from
which one wire is carried along the
reins to the horse's bit, and another
to the cro pper, so that the whole
length of the spine forms part of an
electric current. A sudden shook,
which the driver can administer at
discretion, will, it is. said1 arrest the
most furious runaway.
BURIC-A-BR A C.
Strictly religious people should
be careful 1o select only upright
pianos for their houses.
A Hartford, Conn., newspaper
proposes a bachelor show, the
prizes to be awarded by ladies.
The losses of the Scotch farmers
this year through floods and bad
weather are estimated at $40,000,
000.
This is the sea4ou whon a man
who wants to remember the poor
con sit down and think of himself
the whole day long.
Thirty Toxas papers died within
the last twelve months, and
sixty new ones sprang into exist
once during the same timo.
Horno Tooke being asked by
Georgo III., whether he played at
cards, replied, "No, your Majesty
the fact is, I c.mnt toll a king from
a knave."
A Philadelphia baby show broke
up in a hand-to-hand fight by the
mothers over the prizes. The
police cleared the hall of exhibits
and spectators.
"Speaking of riddles, Mr. Jones,"
said a Chicago landlord, "can you
tell the difference between a beef
steak and a shingle. Not Then I'll
broil you a shingle hereafter every
morning for breakfast instead of
beef-steak."
Ainong tho attractions at the
Paris exhibition will be perform
ances by the Imperial Orchestra
from Vienni, in the month of July.
The Viennese artists will give sever
ill concerts during their fortnight's
stay in Paris.
A man in St. Louis has brought,
a suit to recover $5,000 from a
merchant from whom some striped
stockings were purchased last year,
which were worn by the plaintifra
child, and from the effects of which,
it is alleged, she was poisoned and
died.
The lawyer, pQrceiving that his
eloquence hafd put the court to
sleep, stops speaking, and the
Silenco nat-urally Iwakers the
ju e. HI en 1in(ws his argument
saying: "And now lot me return to
the point tiiat I ondeavored to make
clear to your honors yeiterday."
The jndges stare at each other and
are perfectly convinced that they
have lost a whole night of his
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THI E NATIIONAL STANDARfD.
jan 29-ti
8ellinig Out at and Below Cost.
B EING desirous of elosing my busi.
nxen, as I intend to leave the Stat'e
I oft'or my entire stook, consisting of
Family Groceries, Bloots and Shoes, and
a fine stook of Lignmors of all kinds,
AT AND JPELOW C( 8T., until Februar
15, unless sooner ioldl out. Or, I will
sell the entire businesp'frxtures, and
licenso, on acecommnodating;torms to a re
lponlsiblo party.
All persons indebted to ma will setle
up immediately andi save costs.
U. PFitT10EEW,
.Tan 22-xtt feb15Agent.
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