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The daily gazette., 1876-10-02
Centennial Notes.
STATE DAYS.

The next Of the State days will
be Georgia's, which has been ap.
pointed for October 10. New
Hampshire follows upon October
10. This day will have the addi.
tional attraction of being the day
when the statue of Columbus will
be unveiled with imposing ceromo.
nies, it being the anniversary of the
first discovery of America by
Christopher Columbus.
On October 10 Maryland will
gather her thousands together, and
Governor Carol of Maryland, and
Mayor Latrobe, of Baltimore, hold
a reception in their State building.
On that day the orator selected for
the occasion Mr.. j. V. l. Findley,
will deliver an address upon the
history and resources of the
State. In addition, the celebration
of Virginia, West Virginia, and
Delaware will be held at the sam e
time.
On that day, also will be held a
tournament, the arrangement OF
which has been before described in
these columns. In addition to the
ceremonies attending the tourna-
ment and the crowning of theQueen
in the evening, there will be ad-
dresses by Hons. Morton McMich-
ael,' Benjamin Fl. Brewster, and
Henry Armitt Brown.
ADDITIONAL AWARDS.
The Unit d States Centennial
Commission still continue their
work Of examining and passing on
the awards as presented by the
several groups of jurors. At their
meeting on Friday they resolved
that the reports thus passed on
should be published as soon as they
were endorsed by them.
Amongst the recommendations
of awards approved bythcm yester-
day afternoon are the followiug:-
Bullock Printing Press Co., of
Philadelphia, Rotary Perfecting
Web Printing Press.
Lobdel Car Wheel Co., Whining
ton, Del, for Chilled Cast-Iron
Wheels for Tramway and for Rail-
way Cars and Locomotives.
There are several thousand
awards yet to be acted upon, and
the commission are anxious to close
up the entire list.
THE FRUIT DISPLAY
at the Pathological annex there are
daily fresh arrivals of fruit, which
keeps up the display. From Ore
gon there has been received within
the past few days some very fine
specimens ofapples and other fruit.
Amongst the former are speci-
mems weighing one pound three
ounces, and Seclel rears, three of
which weigh a pound. Although
these have been eighteen DAYS on
the journey, they are in verv fine
condition. The state of Michigan
has over 1000 plates offruit, com
prlsingapples, pears peaches, ,plums,
and grapes.
In few days there will be a
magnificent display of grapes from
allparts Of the Union and from
Canada.
A swINDLER.
A person calling himself DR. At
kinson, and who represented in
August that be had been robbed
of 81 900 in the French Restaurant
has been brought forward by DR..
Van Baumheimer as having used
the title ofa commissioner from the
Netherlands to swindle the Turkish
Department of S25 worth of Jewell
ry. He went with a lady to that
department, selected the .lewelry
and paid for them by check tc
that amount on the Centennial
Bank, The check was dishonored
This is said to be one of many ot
The daily gazette., 1876-10-02

George William Curtis in his Concord
speech said that the democrats nomina-
ted Adams merely "for export trade"
To which the Spridgfeld Republican
neatly TeJoins: II the democrats nomi-
Mr.. Curtis says, we don't see any objec-
tion to the republicans electing him
for home consumption
Seventeen yellow fever interments
were reported in Savannah yesterday.
The Collector of the Port and two of his
clerks, who were successfully author
lied to act as Collector, are ill Of the fe-
yer.
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SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

Governor Chamberlain has appointed
New Crockett as Jury Commissioner for Lam
caster county.
Greenwood, Abbeville county, has a
Aourishing Democratic Club of over 140
members.
Columbia people are rejoicing at the fact
that Mr.. L. J. Radcliffe has been elected
chief of police Of that city.
Mr.. Jeremiah Looper, of Pickens, has a
wheat patch on which he expects to make
forty bushels to the acre. More wheat and
oats have been sown in the county than be-
fore since the war.
- The trial of Robert McEvoy, who shot
Capt. j. j. Gregg at Graniteville on the 10th
of April, took place at Aiken last Friday
before Judge Maher. The evidence against
the prisoner was conclusive, while the defence
offered no testimony. The jury rendered a
verdict ofguilty ofmurder in the first degree.
In letter to Judge Reed, the members
of the Orangeburg bar assure him that they
do not and will not recognize W. j. Whipper
in any manner whatever as Judge of the First
Circuit. They urge upon Judge Reed to main
tain his position on the bench, and pledge
themselves to afford him every support in
their power.
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EDITORIAL INKLINGS.
lurz on the Political Situation.

SCnurZ OH Cuc fOllGlCdl SitudGAVHs
Carl Schurz, it is said, announces that
he will support neither Blaine, Conkling nor
Morton, as the Republican candidate for the
Presidency, but will stump the country against
either, should the nomination be secured by
one of them. Mr. Schurz is identified with a
movement of portion Of his party having
for its object independent action, if future de-
velopments should render it necessary. In a
recent letter touching this proposed action,
Mr.. Schurz denies that the gentlemen with
whom he is acting are ambitious to lead a
third party movement, but they do expect to
indicate the character of the nomination that
ought to be made at Cincinnati. The follow
ing is his estimate of the strength Of the two
parties in some Of the leading States: "New
York is, so far, in the hands Of the Demo
Gratis; likewise Connecticut; Ohio was last
fall carried by majority of five thousand in
poll of over five hundred thousand, and that
probably included the wholeindependent vote
Indiana is strongly inclined to be Democrat
ic; of Illinois neither party is sure; in Wis
consin the Republicans lost last fall their
whole State ticket with the exception of the
Governor, who was elected by very small
majority, owing to his personal popularity with
certain classes of Democrats in Milwaukee
California and Oregon you cannot count on
with certainty. Probably not one Of these
States can the Republicans expect to carry
without the support Of all or at least large
majority of those who, of late years, have
acted Independently of party control" In
this there is food for reflection for the Demo-
Gratis, as we'll as for Republicans The party
that gets the majority the independent vote
will elect its President.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1876-05-11
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.

-Forty-eight bales Of compressed cotton
were shipped in one car on the Carolina Cen,
tral Railway at Charlotte last Saturday.
On the 1st instant, Greensboro voted, by
a majority of 247, against permitting the re-
failing of spirituous liquors within the corpo'
rate limits of the town.
- The Concord Register is glad to report
that much larger amount Of grasses have
been sown in that section this year than ever
before.
At house raising in Stokes county one
day last week, man named Benjamin Smith
shot two brothers named Martin, both Of
whom died from the effects of their wounds
The shooting is represented as most wanton'
ly act. Smith made his escape.
The Winston Sentinel says that last week
Judgment was recovered against the Register
of Deeds of Forsythe county for issuing q
marriage license to couple when the gir]
was under the prescribed age, and did moi
obtain the consent of her parents.
Charlotte has larger banking capital
than any other city or town in the State. The
four national banks of Charlotte employ q
capital of 100000. The combined capital
of the Wilmington banks is s675,OOO, and
that of the Raleigh banks 100000.
Thomas Strange, the Wilmington youth,
who shot and killed hack driver in Hay.
wood county last summer, was tried and &C,
Quilted last week in the Superior Court OF
Buncombe county. The deed was claimed
to have been done in self defense.
Hon. A. M. Waddell, of Wilmington,
present representative in Congress from that
district, who has been for some time the sub
iect of abuse in the columns of the Whining
ton Post, republican paper, administered a
Gaming to the editor of that paper on the 1st
instant.
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to adjourn until tomorrow morning at 10

to adjourn until tomorrow morning at 10
o'clock.
Col. Haskell moved that the convention go
into caucus tonight after adjournment.
The motion to adjourn having been re.
newed, Gen. Gary said that his voice should
not be stiAed The secret session must be
had. He intended to be heard. He had al
ways been stright-out Democrat, and be-
lieved the right plan to adopt was the honest
plan-the Mississippi plan.
Col. Haskell insisted that there should be a
caucus before the executive committee was
chosen
Governor Bonham said he had moved with
the purpose of having caucus tomorrow:
The Convention then adjourned until 10 A.
M. tomorrow, when it is understood that it
will 60 into secret session.
There are only two negro men in the con.
vention. They are from Sumter county.
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For the YorkyIlle Enquirer.
GRADED SCHOOLS.

Mr.. Editor: Enquirer" in your issue OF
the 9th of April, asks several questions in re-
gard to graded schools, which we take pleas.
ure in answering. But first, let us understand
what is meant by graded schools. They are
schools in which the pupils are classified, or
graded, according to proficiency, in their stu
dies. Some estudy-mathematics for instance
is taken as standard and all other studies
are made to conform to that branch. The
course of studies for the class is then arranged
for the school session. At the end Of that
time, after thorough examination Of the in
dividuals of the class, all who are qualified
enter higher class or grade, and so on to
the end of the course prescribed for the school.
1st How are graded schools established
The city, town or school district proposing to
establish public graded schools, applies to the
Legislature for a charter. The city or town
authorities, or the trustees of the school dis
trict, are created body polite and corporate
with such privileges and powers as are neces-
sary to put in operation and maintain the
schools. This body polite will, in addition
to the performance ofits other duties, prescribe
rules and regulations for itself and for the
government of the school, select teachers and
direct the course of studies. The schools are
then entrusted to the care of a superintendent
and the teachers who have been chosen. The
superintendent may be one of the teachers,
and he is responsible to the board Of educa-
ton for the faithful discharge of his own du'
ties and the duties of the teachers. r.
I'd. Do they take the place of public
schools! ''
Yes. And by their charters are entitled to
their pro rata share of appropriations made
by the Legislature, or otherwise accruing to
the educational fund. ...."
Sd. What are the advantages over private
schools? 1t would be difficult to answer this
question fully without making this article
too long, yet there are some advantages
which we might suggest. Every educational
system should be established upon perma-
nent basis. This cannot be done with private
schools, for it is simply a matter Of time. as
to how long they will last; certainly not lon
ger than the efficiency of their founders. We
have instances of this, not only in our own
State, but all over the country. The public
school system, if properly organized, has in
itself continual recuperative power; for
every individual in the community in which
there is public school is, or should, be inter.
ested, as all must in some way contribute to
it's support. Besides, private schools are too
expensive, and as consequence, their advan-
tage can be enjoyed by only few individ-
uals. In every community there are persons
who are as worthy, in every respect, as the
more fortunate, but who are not able to pay
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the price which it is necessary for 6rst-class
teacher to ask for tuition, in order that he
may support himself and family. The con-
sequence is, that many children are raised in
ignorance, and soon fall into vice, or are sent
to inferior. schools, the advantages sof. which
amount to almost nothing.
Public schools, with an efficient board of
education, drive out incompetent teachers, the
very curse to education, and curse, too, to
which some are compelled, by Unfortunate
circumstances, to submit, & Is, y
We are glad that even one has been enough
interested to ask questions, and hope others
may be benefited by the example. ~ Srss1 Z,
LISBON
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1876-05-11
For the Yorkyille Enquirer.
PICNIC AT ROCK HILL.

I1CN1O Al mum hAAAs ~ t5tFE
Mr.. EDITOR 1T was our privilege, on the
2Sth ultimc, to attend picnic, at the! Pine
Grove Female Academy of Rock Hill. This
Aourishing school, numbering fortyreight :pu.
pills, is under the efficient control and manage.
ment of Misses Adams and Hoke, whose suc-
cess as thorough educators and strict discipline
riaus is acknowledged by all who have either
enjoyed their Instructions or observed their
mode of teaching. One marked feature aof
their fitness to teach, apart from their real
and solid accomplishments, is the confidence
of their pupils in them, their unbounded at
tachment to them, as we'll as the ,nisersal
satisfaction given to their patrons. These
young ladies are assisted by q competent board
of trustees, whose sole purpose, and greatam-
bition is that the Pine Grove Academy shall
be second to none Of similar grade il, thorough
Instruction, real accomplishments and genuine
morality. Long may the Pine Grove Acsde-
my continue to deserve the prestige lit has 20
favorably wonl 4. ltls!E egi'i Ii nd t,istgso
We were most avorablys impressed with
the neat and refined appearance of the young.
ladies of this and other schools, arrayed III
their tastefully y-selected and neatly fitting cad
icoes, and seated in couples or in ausrtettes,
with their beaux, beneath the waving pine.or
densely-shadedi oak, As we gazed upon! this
truly picturesque scene, we could scarcely re-
frain from exclaiming-"'O would Il we're Is
boy againl" saaal; aii ,gfi:ii .i,Ss
And last, butnot least, among the pleasures
of that occasion, was the bountifal and tas6lY
arranged table, literally, "groanipg With COED
things It's marked features, inithesye and
upon the tongue of every aconnoisseur, sers
abundance in supply, skill in preparation, and
taste in arrangement. The music was ele-
CANT, and none who we're there viii soon forget
the pleasures Of the picnic at Pine Grove
Academy. "'i!i 2ii& IN li5l@ SPECTATOR
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YoRKv1LLE COLORED SCHOOL.


The colored people of Yorkville are making
commendable exertions to educate their chill
dren, in which efforts they should have, as
they no doubt receive, the best wishes Of the
whites. The Importance of educating this
class of our people is too apparent to require
elaboration here nor is it even necessary, if
we may Judge from the zeal manifested by
them in giving their children the rudiments
of an education. In addition to that portion
of the public school fund to which, in tha
township, they are entitled, they have, by
private subscription, added sufficient sum
to secure to them $3.50 from the Peabody
fund, which aggregate amount is ample to de-
fray the expenses ola well.conducted school.
Such school they now evidently have
Instead of having a dozen or more little
schools, with eight or ten pupils to each, scat
tered over the township, as has been the case
until recently, after the above-named fund
was secured, the next step was to provide a
suitable building in which all could attend.
Such building was rented by the managers
and four teachers were employed. These
teachers are all females, three of whom are
colored, and the number Of pupils in attend
ance, we learn, was about 200, the average at
tendance during the session being ITO. The
first session under this arrangement closed last
week, and on Wednesday public examina-
tion was held, in which, we learn from those
who were present, the pupils acquitted them.
selves quite creditably. Mr.. jillson, State
Superintendent of Public Education, was
present by invitation, and while he bestowed
no lavish praise upon the pupils, he expressed
himself as highly gratifed at their progress,
all things considered, and seemed pleased with
the discipline and general management Of the
school. The exercises of the examination
we're concluded in the Court House on Wednes-
day night by recitations, declamations and
dialogues, in which large number Of the pu-
pills participated, and considering the limited
opportunities they have had in the past, acted
their respective parts very we'll. 1t is due to
the teachers to say that the selections for these
exercises we're judiciously made-care being
taken to ignore everything liable to the least
obnoxious construction by any white person
who might be present
When the exercises terminated, the princi'
pal of the school, Pauline A. Vanderhook,
asked Mr.. Jillson for an address, and that
gentleman responded in brief but appropri-
ate manner, con6ning himself entirely to ed
ucational subjects, and impressing upon his
hearers the Importance of sustaining and up
holding liberal school system.
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FORT MILL ITEMS

Our Fort Mill correspondent, under date
of the 9Th instant, says the farmers OF that
section have finished planting their crops.
They generally have good stands Of corn,
while wheat and oats are very promising.
Capt. S. E. White is building new dwell
ling for the purpose of renting, and Capt. S.
Hotchk;ss is about completing nice two
story building, the first floor of which is de-
signed for store.room. W. H. Stewart is
also erecting nice, two-story dwelling on
Banks street.
The firm of White, Stewart & Co. have
consolidated with the house of A. G. Ivey,
under the name of White, Stewart, 1vey q
Co., and are conducting both houses.
The Masons held their first meeting in their
new Hall, on the 4th. The cost of the build.
ing was 81, $50 and it is handsome edi6ce,
rejecting great credit upon the Fraternity OF
Fort Mill.
On the evening of the 9th instant the young
ladies, assisted by number of gentlemen,
will give concert for the purpose of raising
funds to procure bell for the Academy.
Mrs. N. NJ. Harris, wife Of Solomon Har'
ris, died on the End, aged 81.
Messrs. A. B. Springs and B. H. Massey,
delegates to the State Convention, have re-
turned from Columbia, and at meeting OF
the Democratic Club of Fort Mill township,
they made report of the proceedings Of the
Convention, which was duly received, and a
vote of thanks was rendered by the Club.
After short speeches by several of the mem
bers, the Club adjourned to meet on the first
Saturday in June.
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GRADED SCHOOLS.

We would call attention to the article OF
"Lisbon," in another column, on the subject
of graded schools. The writer proposes, in a
series of articles, to discuss the advantages to
bederived from this system of public schools
a subject in which all our people are interest
ed, as being the most efficient and most eco
nomical method of conducting public schools,
giving them at the same time the advantages
usually possessed by private institutions.
"Lisbon" proposes to elucidate these points,
the perusal of which will repay all who are
interested in the cause of education.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1876-05-11
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
FINE STRAWBERRIES.

On Tuesday morning we received from Mrs.
Sarah Eccles present of the finest and most
luscious strawberries it was ever our pleasure
to see Nor was the quantity sent confined
to mere sample; but in the fullness of the
kind donors heart there was plenty to feast
family, for which we return many thanks.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-12-28
T4MMANY PRIMARIES.

Primary elections were held last evening by
the Tnmmany Hall organization in the districts through
ont the city, 20 delegates 10 the General Committee
for 1877 and also elect the Assembly district commit
tees In the Xth and XVIII Assembly Districts dele
ga,cs were elected 10 the With Congressional District
Convention TO nominate member OF Congress to I'LL the
vacancy caused by the retirement of the Mayorelect
Smith Elv IT, No delegates chosen IN the With
District TO the Congressional convention, and IL Is
expected that they will be elected this evening
Opposltion tickets In the IId Xth XVIII ana
XXIst Assembly Districts but the regular tickets were
successful In the lid District the opposition was led
by James Hayes but the regular ticket headed by James
] sevn was elected by large majority. The primaries
we're held without any of the disturbances which dis
aced OF those OF former The following are
among the prominent delegates TO the new General
Committee:
Henry A. GumbIeton Edwin r. Meade. Peter Mitchell,
Nelson W. Young. Thomas Shells, James seyin; VII
linn r. Roberts, William T. kirk, William walsh marx
oa,nn Hugh Dalton Martin T. McNlahon Peter b. Olney
Vincent C. King Henry H. Porter, lioratio " IwonDy
A AWARD " D. Gale Martin Nachmann' Edward Gon
George W. Morton, samuel A Lewis, Anthony Eck-
Rqm, Sshn schs, august Belmont IiS James
Thayor, Benjamin Wood, George W. Mclean "
L john T. " 4gnS%, David McAdaa, Henry woIman
Samuel s. Acker, Sidney r. Nichols, Christopher Fine
Hndras, Luke r Cozans, Peter KehT, John Reilly, VII
John ID Townsend Hugh L. Cole, Frederick sulytl Leo
c. Dessar, Charles II. Hgswell, Henry d. Parroy William
CaudWell Jordan L; Mott, Ambrose H. Purdy, Thomas
s. Brennan, imuol c. Courtney, Francis b. sptnola El
ward Cooper II. +. Marbnry, 3D. n Harrison William
C. Whitney j. Nelson Happen, Henry /. Clinton,
William ii. Wickham, Stephen j. OHaTe, George W.
Wingate Thomas Cooper Campbell, Butler H. Bxby
Laurence d. KieInan Richard Croker, James o'Rorke
Thomas G. f. Ecclesne Sheppard Knapp, Thomas Dun
Ian GERMAN Hanscbe Michael TuOney, wheeler H.
Peckham William II. Quincy, Richard G. Fellows, ben
iaIain A. Willis James q. Spencer Orlando H. stewart
Ambrose Mcneil, MOrtz Hertzberg william O. Irapha
gen, Charles h. Loew, Thomas MespedOD NIIam NAN, ~
Hoyd Hugh H. Moore, james L. slnnOtt, and Gunther
X Alderman.