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WINNSBBORO. S. C. 7URSDAtY, JULY 16, :I::IS1. X. MEAXS DA Vi., E'IT0on. JNO 8. REYNOLDS, ASsocIAT8 EDITOR. The Schools. In no department havo the bloss3 inge of D -mocratio rule been more marked during the past year than in the public schools. For the first time sinco the in:Iugnration of the system it lai ie,g:a to ho a bonetit insto.d of a builrtea to the people, and under the h.tand.i of tht, otlicials who have thu1 f.rr wi un>;;t. such an iwproveiiut it will c in tinne to grow in popular favor. In Fairfiold especially, the schools have done well, the chief drawback i being the want of muouey. It is hoped that before long Fairfield will be a banner county. The practico of exuuining teach ers, while it has boun distasteful to 0o13, has boon of gru.tt advant.tgo in offacting an improveont in the to tehors thu-i,vJs. '.h) pracoice will be c;altin I pnl in.: tLiv, anid entionued tl'.r)s will h. m1e, year. after yo:ar, to raise the standard. Arely tlo Stato l3iard has taken a stop in th.tt dirertion. (iostion: will ho prop uro0. by the board, a dil'orent sorios fLr o tih of the throe gra les, an I sn' to (1he countion, the gntostions boilg se.l until they arc brought into the ex atnination room. In this way there will bo 110 chance for favoriitisn and the State Bar1 will be satistiod of the coimlp;tenyov f thea teachers admitted. Itorotofore it has beon a stalldinlg Vxcust - of applicalts that thlay are "rusty" in their studios, and have had no timo1 for special preparutionl. This excuse will0 not avail herofter. h:tel applicant is expecte,l to pre, pare himself or hor silf beforehand, and any failurd in this respect is of course the fault of the atpplicant and no one olso. The exUinitions, will not take place for several i1onthls yet, and there is plenlty of time for preparation. As there is but one set of questions for each grado, it will be seen that there can be but one d ly for ex amiunation, ol which all applie.ts mtust present I themiiselves. The exlrlamiationls cannlot st retch OVer1 ai dozen days as they did in the sprinlg. Of'theo details, full notice will be given at the propler tie, mecanwhilo aplicanfts oan prepure themslves, , The Spirit of the Primaries. Gen. Juo. Biatton, our Counaty Chairman, lhas sent to the different Dodoratic Clubs tihe following cir~ culari, explanatory of the true spirit and intent of the primiary system of nominations: FAR MINOTox, July 13, 1878. To TuE PnEsIDENT ov -- CLUn . As there seemas to be a mnisappro hiension as5 to the operation of the primary election sybteml, I denAm it necessary to. call your attention * oit. The very gist of thc pri:mary olec tiuon mode of making our* part y nlomlinations, is the porfect freedom of individual muembersa of the party to exercise peismnal preferee in easting their votes for candidatos, and tile perfect freedom of individu al members ofthe paurty to become candidates for the nomination. No organized body of Democrats, und(er without rsrcig ooo es this fedm;adsc cino h part of a rglrcu sicmxil with the idea on wiich theprmy election system is based, and vio-lates the spirit of the rules and regnia. tions recentliy adopted for the government of our party. You wvill tl:orefore se> to it th it the tmda~t freedom b0 llIowedl to thle members of your club, both as to the nomination of can didates for the' party nominations, and suIpportinig their para'~on d p'oforon '.oi for the H Candidates for our party nomna.. the party should evince his india vidual ehoice in casting his voto. No club pr other organizedl body of Democrats shottld, by its8 action as such, obligato its mlemlbers to' vote for any amned candidate at a pri, mary eetidti.- When, however, tile party nobunation has been decided at a pria'ary, election, by a majority our organiz+tion is in full force, and rc(ulir(s every member of our ) trty to 11 p)rt it without yefe'rencO) to person il proforeico or j'O gin)tlt. ,Tho iitii)st freedom of 1rC1so)naLl will inust be allowed at prti nltry e'eetiols---tlhe stl i-testt Comtlpilimce with t he m in ltes of the organiz,:a tion must be observed in the general elections. You w ill see to it that there is a proper understanding of this matter in your Clnb. JNo. BRATTON, County Cbairman. Europe. '1'he E 1rope-in lro C(iong.es haS1s lap palreit'y stli'ed ly) 'T'mrkey inl a way t. >;tti.:d all the (Great Powers. All of Turkey in Eu:"ope in- Cte of t he B.lkans has been taken away. Russia gets the city of Bitoum in Asia. In the meantime Disraeli hats procured the adoption of a privato treaty between Groat Brit.iin and Turkey, in which the former protects the latter's interest in Asia, and receives the island of Cyprus for a taval stttion. Cyprus is the most casitern of tho islands in the Archipelago, and Coutnmtnmds the Suez C.mal aw1 Asiatic Turkey, tlls ensutnring lDritfish Dominion in tih E iist. Disraeli, who is i de - scen,ldcnt of the tribe of Judah, han all along 1lO,k(el out. for tio inter edts of his people, and his nnex. pet ed stroke m:y be regarded as a p trtiatl fultiithnent of till) l)l)lcho that tho Jews will r('tu rn to :P.lesl tin . British caplit'il and 0 it eprise ean work wol.lers in tha t histo) r. reg5.ion. Motst er[ities y '.tonl this feat of .1)isr.ieli as rai.,ing him to the higihest pinlnaclc of sittliship; but the New York lc: -ul( pr'ofess.s t > seo only a yiclliug byv Great Britain of L'rmils prop,1.:el by 111.sia ve-irs a1.go. . 1t. says I lit Nichol is offret to let, Etghind have E;vpt in ex . tan !o for T rkis i pr.vin 1. but t' it l"'-..l i1.1 i a only rofuta I t , at ,ree in this sthe.i1, but aetilaly inlugnirated the (imean w tar. Now, twenty yc:ars lator, Eigh:nd d1o.s juAt wh, t~t the Czrt N'irhla:s prol)p.ed then. Tie veight of criticism is. however, decidedly in favor of 13oeconstiel. lItlssia is agitatbl with Socialisml, andl the authorities are tiking singlent me- tisuires to prevent an caCPIl. S)oilismi is now at a low ebb in Germ myi sine tihe infamiiouis 1ani.LS on t he E.nperar. A largec niiunber of airrests h ive' been) made1. feared, will be ractionairv, ini con, seq ueceI2 of public feelinig. anid it is fearedi Iis.n trek niy curt ail somec o.' the liberties now entjoyed by the F"or a wondLer, wvhi 1 distuirlbances are grifue overy where else, France is t pc ice The great. Espoit ion lu s drawn thlousands; from~I every~ where, iand ha:s alrieady (learl e x penises. A t last Faax isq-i, and t hat too under the tri--color of the llepublic. A1 QUF.ES'nL0. AISW E R EgD. Hlow the "Dark Corner" Got its Name. .iesars. E:'litr : Wa have 50oon several articles in your papler as~kingo wvhy and how this caime to be called thet D.urrk Corner. TPhe interr ogatory to, yoiu, Miessrs. E.litors, maiy seeml aprop)riat.e--ease you hain't never bnen up here. Now, Messrs. Editors, that is one thing I don't think you can anisur' very accurately, case yon hain't beenI ini existonece long enong~h. No doubt. you would hive tz go to same Indian chiiaf who is porb- ps inh ibiting some of the lo wer regions -- place we3 dan't suspect you would like much tci reconnoitor. My daddy told me his daddy told him, and his daddy come here wid de big revolution war, and it didn't spriIso <tOm to talk about do Dark Corner, for it warn't 110 nowv nae.o mi ante- revolution days, but in (Ion days 't.cas a place right. Dey hadl one street day called Bull Street, and it was a Bully street ; for de way demi Bullys did fite on and about lection times and muster days, and it is indtulded inooceaionailly yet. I record it as a sign that another letion is proaching, and doy all can't get ofRece. Now, Mr. 'fdditor, some fellow cotnes up in .your ,papor, calling himself "Fair Play' ard talking abont us hayin a Mdr'ay een." If lie had'been he're one hun dred yeart ag and bad' sicoha as dat, ho could have t,ld you somes thing about the origin of the n.tmo I of the D.trc Corner. S.)m11 of our < old fogies aliways held tp a n.onson- I siealt feloso u that the loot)n1 had it speik in it just ats it realchld over dis place, but it has I)een diseivered by someo of ou 111 111 .-- , Who 1 ,will no doubt yet astoulnd the wt.xid, that this doctrine is falso. Tihe general theorlin now accepted is c that the man in the moon, who we;, have always hiearin so much about, simply passes over with his right t eye shot. It is thought that he closes it 'bout the time he reichos F Ieivver C -eek. and keeps is slh.t till 1 '!r0sseL .a.o ul Iiver, thits in.king it atppe-lr as of thn) moon was alwiys (lippedl. Of cour-se this is the Cli)ped off (1rnor. ',Ud S-riu r:r . P. S. Parehed C.>1 ul.tld in March is sed to be growing luxuri- t antly (being parched on accunlnt of the severity of the weather). Of course, tle crows did not interfere with the stand, as he is somewhat t partial to raw food. 13. S. SUT '11 CAROLI N IS. A bear five and h df feet long, and 1w(ighing thro hundred pounbds, was recentlr killed in Aiken county IIog cholora h.is i ide its appear anlce- in Pikens county. Several hogs htave died from it. A c".)lOre.l W,)m! n:une.l R ichel I1rown, died of reli. iouls excitieent in C harleston last week. A numnlb)r Of pr)nlinent R11publi cans are up for Congress in C.iarles ton, but it is said that Senator Taft rules the roost.1 Th'e Spart.antburg and Ashevillo Raihroad his been1 c)mlpletie.l to the clliuimit of the hut. llidge, nine iik from Hieulelso)ville. The tirst annut il reuliion of tile survivors of the old Sixth Iie;ilent, toi t h Carolina Volunteers, will taike platce at h Iester on1 tae first o.f Aulgust. A fine ti le is anticip.ited. The property of the Sa,ith Caro lin: It Rtilrot.l C )m his been att.io.1 for i deb of sevei th.)t sInd (Ilars)cll dte to the Teople'S S.aviugs In.ditiion of Chilr!estm. Ex-Smi:ltor Otirge F. LIii. tyr e i is bec agail arrested and lodge?d in Wa'zlter ('irIo. jil, on thie oult carge of tfaletion vlile t.rtasurer of Collcto.n c'oui ty. Go vernor Hamptoni has granted another respite to Jeff 1avid, the negro convieto.l of the murder of Mc. Fralnkliin il his sister in Abbe - siile county. Tie respite extends to the 23rd of August. The Ch triestt)n RIdials talk of running a "straight' ticket, but they. are willing to comipromizse. Th'e De m<:eraits are not willing, and will ncm.ini)lte anld elect a full straight ticket. Thnnniver.saryv of Edigifefidks day, August 12, 18'76, will bo ceo brated with a granld nuiss meeting, b)arbeencainndpicnic. Comm.it tees have been appointed, aind Guvernior Hfampltoni hans been invited to be OUn Monday last Mary Smnalls, a negro chiildl about eight ye.tra oil1, plaiying, ini COmpany with two other children, around a (el ~street well in Aiken, fell head-foremiost in and was inst-intly killed by the bre ikin?g of the skull anid the neck in the f.ail. Rtobert Sm 1lls is tunderstood to have alro.idy declared his in tentlion of being a candid ite for the next Congress, an I ex J udge Wiright is to locate iln Beufort for the par1 pose of hocoi:ng a member of thme next General Assembly fromi this counIIty. IHarveyV Trerry. the "b:m buz zird, hans been sentenced by ,Judire Aldrich to p'y a fine of tive hmnd.o e dollars, 01 be imnprison)ed for six mont hs, for publishing in the CI.arlo tto Observer* an~ article re fleeting, in an offensive manner, upon Judge Shalw. Mr. Thoas B. Harney,. of Sumi ter, reeently intlicted a cowhiding upon01 Jno. A. Whittemore, a brother of the R1ev. II F., and postmaster at that place. It seems that W'hiitte more had trumpe:d up a charge of mail robbery against Mr. Harney, of which the latter- was prIompltly acquitted by the petit inry in the United States Court. Some experiments of irrigation on a large scalo are now being mado-in the centre of Fr'anco. In the very minddle of the French territory there exists a tract of country which is not Only unpro-. ductive of any valuable crops, but also dangerous as a place of resi donce. The. distric.t in question is called the Plain of Foroz, and it extends for some twenty five miles in length, from north to sath, and al?O'ut. twelve miles in breadth, from the mnounltains of the -Forez to those of the Beaujolies country,. asar Saint Eticinne. -It has a'nar Iy. Ad.aurface~ pIylded into two un equal parts by the Lorne, and con-I ,tllins nbout. 155,00d acres. A li1antity of )ools or lakes h:avo )>ol t -ltt.ered. over this surf ice, ii which for two years the water viiiclh iuns down f'riimi the sur '-) ldikNg lltll ttla rimg>s has. 1)ehn tllow"d to acceutiiiilate, annl1 havo itrved as fish pouds, in which 6i;h vere put, bred,. and then caught and eaten by tire neighboring in ilittants. For the following two rears the ponds have been drained,. is well as could be, and the ground ised for the cultivation of grass aid some sorts of cereals. But 1eithier in the wet ye.ir: nor the fry ye:ars, the season of corn or of :trp, has4 the country been either -o:tily dry or properly sublerged. k st hgiLat mllorass 1a14 alway-i 'eel he best (le3criptior lor the g:et, r )art of this i>)tlr, and the miasat trising therefrom has been. con.. ilutlly productive of disastrous evers. This is the country upon vhticlt the engineers employed by io departnent have been oi king 'or soiu ye l1s past. It is now said that their operations have succueded, and that tho outlay of upital is beginning to be remu1an ). ative. At the same Limo the .'ainago water has been utilized or purposes of irrig._tion not far >4. The Unitc.1 5t ites pays annually ;o other countries $100,000,000 for m.gar and mltlass(es. At ev.ry birth in l i Oil H tic's inily, F:tber-in -law Zitch Chand or ci ds a check for $20,003. ;1a nt arcal.i, .iti y Acadlumily, WILMINGTO, N. C. X.' Session begins 23r 1 of :'ptclm. L Ur. A full corps ot competent in1 tOuet ,r'S. L >e.;i ln. 1un .lri> t;o i. ciiool 110r1 t".11v ettaipew1. an,l expenuses to. t'rate. As oli at fe.v vacancies exist, aost'e who desire to enter are rtlutestedt o apply at once. For ca 11logu1es, Aatatress .1J, 1. J. 1Uit((EtSi, july 16 t31 1'.1rinipal. THE PAPER TO TAKE. LONG ES'TAB-LISIED. ENTEni:IIS1.1. t itELIAB3LE } LIE CHRONICLE & SENTINEL1. (E.. abilisue.l 17d.j.) TIlE CONSTITUTIONALIST, (Establisled I7;).) wl) rarnas1 C.)asO1.I11T, Matrch 16, 1877. 111 C.IIt\IUL'" & CON.'TI1'U1'ION A L.', f, 1i)ally, Fri .Wee I an.l Week .y,) the olv miornItig pape r1 puaished in -t! . y o1 A1ti- ;st.1, tn i.tl t.,e o.lyi P tat r -et'elv'Ill;t tlt, u ay1.. 1i..patt::es of t]10 ttw 1 e. . t' i"iatetl P'resis. iT ntO l no01i ing l.iperL pitlisheii. I in Easterri Jeot)1 a ou-, W esternl 5.)uth 0"ar1otIlna. i.r grtater idva ntages to advettisers ant1 ilny llaper ini ttie 04on hi. a he C.lron i.. & (.x. it i i ml t is dnicasilles.: itis. pinin upon'~lc' all unpoI'rtan~t maIltter', areO featrlessly express tu.e coing wintter sei&. nie r:.:, U Wa,nIing4t on, Athrntti an lii Co.411lumia, vrill keep 0.ar re.i.t.-; 1f1lly info>-mi -d of lina.. Its l'onuneeiac ltRepor'ts aire care' :u11ty coml jiledt, ian.i are full amiiil acec urUo.. Now~ is lie l.ime t.o subscibe. Daily, :3 It per aun11tOi; Tri- Wuek ly, $5; Weel,ly (ai mamml*tothi street) $2, cash in tilvante. Eatch e.dit,iou se'nt treeolf post july 14-tf Matnagers, Iliet Stat(i of' North Carolli11a, COUNTY OF FAIRIF[lI,J. W HERtEAS, Thoimas W. Srni'g1 haith maiide suit tol lmet to grant him i r'tters of adm10inistation of (i thei estate1 and1 These5 are therefore to cite anid acd m. -nti:h dii and( singumlaw thie kindred and ctrid-itors fi thle said D)aniel S'o1tt, de4'4ois(ed, that ii Probaite, to bhel a01i itt i'a:rneld Court i I0tnse. S. I ., n thte 24th day13 of July3 'clock in Ohe foren'foon, to- show canseit, if ny they' haive, why tihe sa.i adiistra-. 101 shiouldl not be granted. Given under my hatnd, this Sah day f July, Anno Donini 1875. 0'. RL. TilOMPSON, July 9-txlaw2- J P. F. C. DAVENPORT'S PROCESS r.O Preserving Fruits, Meats, Vogo t. tables01, et--., *s rcomm1leRded( by3 Dris. edin'igs, ' oalley, Diavoga, and othir 'ro).iin 1nt physicians. F"amiry flights, 12.00 each. A pply to Agent, for Fatirtleld,. )r to Jan'. A . innlfant or T. E. Bell. july 4-t ximI SELLING OUT. [N order to close up ther b-nineq, of 'o1. Wolfo, great iucoints will b effered to Cash buyers for tho neoxt sx,ty lays. The stouk of goods, contsixting of Dtry 1ootd, Notions. Lamr3 Ribbons, Ilosiery, llothing, H.tt.s, Trunks, Shoon &e., wvill. eo ofred at and balow Now York' cost, POR OASII ONLY, Money miut bo mrised., aind easit pttr basers will certainly find it to their nterost to call 1and4 oxamino the stoek nd be oonvinoed of the above faote, ian, 3-isa . . A. WOLE,Vh CAMPAIGN RATES -Folt THE NEWS AND 1IERALD. IN the campaign th at is now opening TEua- N e ws .un I Ii.a.u,u pro poses to keep. its readers ftlly 1 osted as to events oc cturrin)g in National, Stato and' County Spolitics. It has heretoforo labored earn estly in the cause of good government. and its tIorts in ftilro will be redoubled. In order to aecomplish the greatest good,. it desires toRvach every citizen of Fairfiod County. To attain this end the- follow ing sp cial rates. are offered. for the caln paign: 'Fri-weekly, to t!e 1':th November, $1.50. 11 eekly, to the 15th November, - - 1.00.. :.I (ah, in crery case, must accompany; the ,der. Cards nolmin.atin,; candid'atcs will be inserted at the toliowing rates,. in-ad'canco: For each candidate, 1 inch, one in sertion, - - - - $1.00.. For the campaign, in. Weekly and Tri.weekly, - - - 5.00 Pledges of caudidates-at the same zates. as the above. Proceedings of clu-bs or comnmunica tions, when they contain nominations,. come unler the ruiles for advertising, But the paper will be open for the legit imato discussion, within- rasonablo bounds, of the merits of all those candi dates whoso names are appearing in its advertising- columns. Eq,unl privileges. will b accorded to all true Demoorat.. We ask that subscriptions and nomi nations be handed in at once. P All business communimto.ttions shou-ld be addressed to the WINN-SiiOltO PJllfIsuiN( Co. 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