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TAXING DRUMMERs.

There is bill before the Legislature
to impose tax of one hundred dollars
on all drummers. We regard this bill as
ipjudicious, whether its object be to raise
revenue or prevent the sale of merchan-
disc by samples or representations. The
wisdom of the bill must depend alto
gether upon its practical effects. Ws
cennot see how it will benefit any but the
large business houses in the cities. The
smaller business houses will withdraw
their drulnmers, and leave the business
to be done by comparatively few, rep
resenting the large mercantile houses.
The practical effect of this will be to
diminish by thousands of dollars the
amount of money annually expended in
the State by this class of persons, to di-
minish competition in trade, and to sub
iect the mercantile interests of the State
to great inconvenience and expense. L
it become Law it will ipjure the rail-
roads and hotels in the State, and what
ever benefits may be derived in the way
of revenue will az last have to be paid by
the people of the State.
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provision for carrying out the terms of
this donation, but it is to be hoped that
some arrangement may be made which
will enable the State to accept it. We
are too poor to make any large appropri-
alton, even for such worthy object, but
a sufficient sum should be given to estab-
lish an Industrial College with two or
three professors to begin with, and in the
course of few years, when prosperity
returns to US, a great and useful institu-
ton may be built up for the advancement
of female education. South Carolina has
spent large sums in the past upon the
education of her young men, but has
never as State paid any attention to the
great cause of female education other
than in her common schools. We are
too poor now to do much in this cause,
but we repeat that in our opinion enough
ought to be done to secure this liberal
rift
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MAP
OF ANDERSON COUNTY.

T HAVE completed and had copyrighted
l. and Autographed q general descriptive
Map of Anderson County, dated 1877, which
is now Offered for sale.
The HAP shows the County and Town.
ship lines, Sixteen townships their exact
lengths by the chain and directions BY the
compass. The Townships are handsomely
colored, so as to be easily distinguished.
The size of Map is q 40 inches, neatly
mounted for hanging. The public roads,
railroads, with every curve, and proposed
railroads; rivers, creeks, churches, cemete-
ries, mills, factories, water-powers, dwelling
houses, Masonic Lodges, springs, Oranges,
camp-grounds, and other historic points Of
interest appear upon the geographical part
of the Map. On the sides marginal col
umn of historical, statistical, geological and
meteorological facts are given, which relate
strictly to this County. These facts have
been carefully gathered and prepared. The
historic facts 60 back to the abandonment
of this territory by the Cherokee Indians
one hundred years ago, when but few white
men lived here. The wealth, area, latitude
and longitude, kind of water and tempsra-
ture, mean temperature of the atmosphere,
average annual rainfall and population.
The different religious denominations. with
number of members, and various other
matters Of interest appear on the margin.
l have endeavored TO present the County
to the public in all of its varied aspects, in
new and attractive way, by combining
with the geography the leading historical
and other interesting facts of the County
upon the same sheet, in such short and
condensed form that it will only require
glance to understand the whole. Contains
about 5000 geographical locations. have
been aided in this work by able surveyors,
engineers, draughtsmen, and other we'll
Informed residents Of the County. I have
spent about fourteen months in its prcpara-
ton. and am confident have presented to
the public the best County Map, to date, in
the u. s. For this superiority am willing
to contest, at reasonable expense, in any
State or o. s. exposition.
To the former residents of this County,
who now reside in this State, our neighbor-
ing States, or in the far West and North
west, would say that perusal of this Map
will be to them like revisit to their old
homes. The Map can be sent by Express,
Soc. added to price.
PRICES---To subscribers, $3.50; to the
public until first Of May, $3.50; after first
of May, $500, except to subscribers.
The patronage. of the public is most re-
spectfully solicited. Terms cash upon de-
livery, or in advance if sent by or express.
s. NJ. PEIG, Agent.
Fob 1879 On
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A public installation of the officers Of
Craytonville Grange, No. 2l3, took place
at Craytonville on Saturday, 26th ultimo.
Col. E. M. Rucker and w. W. Russell
delivered appropriate addresses. The
following are the officers installed:
Geo. NJ. McDavid, w. NJ; james w.
Kay, O.; w. P. Wright, S.; George w.
Grubbs, A. S.; John Shirley, c.; L. NJ.
Wilson, T.; NJ. B. Wright, sec.; W. G.
Adams, G. K; Mrs. M. C. Geer, Ceres
Mrs. ]. S. Strickland, Pomona; Mrs. NJ.
D. Shirley, Flora; Mrs. F. E. Kay, L.
AS.
After the installation a'basket dinner
was served, and the day passed of pleas
antly.
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THE COMMON SCHOOL FUND.

1t is matter of the first importance to
the taxpayers of the County that the
funds raised from the people for the pur.
poses of education should be judiciously
expended. As the common school sys-
TEN is designed to be permanent one,
the expenditure of the fund should have
reference 10 the future as well as the
present. It is impossible to have good
schools unless we have good buildings.
The taxable real and personal property
of this County is s4,454,s 1888, The school
tax of two mills now levied on this sum
amounts to sS,sO9.S7, to which the poll
tax of s, ,535. will be added, making the
aggregate yearly school fund for the
County sl2,44444.S7. A portion of this
sum, say the one-fourth, might be yearly
devoted to building good and substantial
school houses. In FIVE years the amount
of $4,000 or $4,000 could be thus e1-
pended without any serious injury to the
common schools, and by this expenditure
place them upon firm footing. Let
these houses be located four or FIVE miles
apart, and the contracts for building
them at once let out, payable in FIVE an
nual instalments, and an impetus will be
given to the education enterprise in the
County, which will be much more pro-
motive of education than if that amount
should be expended as it has heretofore
been.
We can never have good and efficient
common schools until something is done
to reduce the number of these schools.
So long as an average school numbers
from ten to fifteen scholars, the grade of
teachers will be lower than is desirable,
for first class teacher cannot afford to
take school which pays so little. If ye
go into the States which have perfected
the great desideratum of all cultured
States-popular education-we will find
that they have adopted some plan for
expending their common school, fund
similar to the one above suggested, and
we hope our Legislature will give these
suggestions serious attention, and that
such Legislation will be had as to enable
our County Commissioners, in conjunc-
ton with the School Commissioners, to
let out contracts for the building of neat
and commodious school houses, to be
erected after specifications that will
make each structure cost about one
thousand dollars. If this is done greater
care will be exercised in the selection Of
teachers, and the common school prob
lem will rapidly solve itself and become
great permanent blessing to our State.
,If there is doubt as to the practicability
of this plan we would be pleased to see
it tried as an experiment in Anderson
County.
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SILVER RECONCILIATION.

The propriety of remonetizing silver
has been generally discussed throughout
the entire nation, and every one has be-
fore this time made up his mind upon
the subject. Several months ago we e1-
pressed the conviction that this was a
matter of grave concern to the nation,
and that we believed silver should be re-
monetized, both because its money value
was taken away from it by legislative
trick, and because it is one Of the coins
in which the bonds of the Unised States
were made payable, and the destruction
of its legal tender value was intended to
operate great advantage to the holders
of United States bonds to the injury of
the people.
Inasmuch as the people of the United
States have formed the opinion that the
people of South Carolina are opposed to
the reconciliation of silver, it is proper
that the Legislature of this State should
expires, itself either to confirm or dissipate
this opinion, and Mr.. Connor, of Abbe-
vile, introduced into the House last week,
the following concurrent resolution, which
we have no doubt will pass both branches
of the General Assembly, and show that
the people of this State are in favor of
the dollar of the Constitution and of our
fathers:
Whereas there seems to be prevail
ing opinion throughout the couBtry. that
the people of South Carolina are in favor
of the demonstration Of silver, and of
the act of Congress to resume specie pay
ments in 1879; and,
Whereas, it is proper that the General
Assembly of South Carolina, now in ses-
sion convened, express its opinions on
these questions of vital Importance, there
fore
Resolved by the the House of Represen-
tatives, the Senate concurring, That it is
the sense of the General Assembly of
South Carolina, that while holding that
the government of the United States
should maintain inviolate good faith
with the public creditors, rs due to its
own dignity and honor, and the self-re-
spect Of every American citizen, yet it is
their judgment. that the demonetization
of silver, in this the. greatest silver pro-
ducing country in the world, strikes q
fatal blow at the business prosperity of
all sections of the. Union, and tends to
postpone or render impracticable the full
resumption of specie payments.
Resolved, That it is the true intent and
meaning Of Section 10, Article 10 of the
Constitution of the United States that
both gold and silver shall be legal ten.
der in payment of all debts, and that the
demonstration of silver, and requiring
the interest on the public debt to be paid
only in gold, operates as q, most unjust
discrimination against the. debtor class,
cannot be rightly and legally demanded
by the bonded creditors, because not so
nominated in the bond," while at the
same time it is paralyzing the industries
of the country, and. has been a potent
cause of the present financial stringency,
and fosters the presence of hard times
upon the industries of the people.
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STATE DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE.

The State Democratic Executive Com
mittee met in Columbia on last Saturday,
at which time the resignation of Judge
Haskell as Chairman was formally ten
dered and accepted, after which the fol-
lowing resolutions were passed in recog-
milton of his past distinguished services (:
Resolved, That this committee recog-
nizes the high sense Of propriety which
has induced its chairman, Associate JUS
tice A. C. Haskell, to tender his resigna-
ton.
Resolued, That we accept his resigna-
ton with a feeling of qualification at the
promotion Of the chairman to the Office
of Associate Justice, which has rendered
his resignation proper, but with profound
regret at the severance of relation which
has existed through most interesting
and trying period in the history of our
State, during which Judge Haskell won
for himself an enviable fame for admin
istrative ability, secured the unbounded
confidence of the people of che State, and
has maintained throughout the cordial
esteem of the members of this committee.
RcsoEued, That, as his former associates
on the State Executive Committee of the
Democratic party, we beg leave to express
to Judge Haskell our sincerest wishes for
his future welfare, and the confident be-
lief that an honorable career of usefulness
awaits him, whether occupying the pres
ent or any other position to which he may
be called by. the people Of South Caro-
lima.
Gen. johnson Hagood was elected q
member Of the Committee in Judge
Haskells stead, and Gen: j. D. Ken
nedy, of Camden, was elected Chairman
pro tenn. The committee will hold an
other session to-day, at which time q
permanent chairman will be selected,
and other business pertaining to the
canvass will be transacted. The COM
mittee realize the Importance of their
position, and will no doubt take such
ction as will best advance the interests
of the Democracy of South Carolina.
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SHER1F1ps SALE.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
PIcKENs COUNTY

SIAIE VI SOC IN CAROL1NA,
PIcKENs COUNTY.
In the Pr,bate Court.
L. Ross Eaton, Petitioner, against Ephraim
B. Eaton, Joseph j. Eaton, Amanda c.
Wilson, ct al, ResIondents.-Peth'on for
Partition.
DY virtue of an order in the above stated
ID case, to ME directed by w. G. Fields,
Judge of Probate for the County of Picken.
and State aforesaid, dated the twenty-third
day of November, 1877, will sell to the
highest bidder ON MONDAY, the 4th day
of March next, during the legal hours OF
sale at Anderson c. H., $. c.,
All that piece, parcel, or Tract Of Land,
lying and situate in the County OF Ander.
son, and State aforesaid, adjoining lands of
David Watkins Maria Watson, R. G.. Ea-
ton, and others, containing thirty.two acres,
more or less.
Also, lot of Land situate IN san!e Coun-
ty. and State aforesaid, at the Five Forks,
adjoining lands of - Casey and John
Harper, containing two acres, moro or less.
TERMs-One-ha ci!sh on day of sale-re-
mander on credit OF twelve months, with
interest from date. Purchaser to give bond
and security and mortgage Of the premi-
'ses to the Judge of Probate TO secure bal
ance of purchase money, and pay extra for
JAMES H. MCCONNELL,
Sheriff Anderson County.
Feb +. 1878 80
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Talent and genius will show themselves
anyway. 1 am proud of the many dis
tinguished graduates of South Carolina
College, but there are many other dis
tinguished men from other colleges that
did not cost the State a cent. George
Washington, Ben Franklin, Patrick Hen
ry and Andrew Johnson graduated at no
college, but rose to eminence and useful
ness from the common walks" of life.
There are hundreds of>examples of this
same kind.
Mr.. Speaker, we need no Universities,
but we do need high grade schools
throughout the State, and to building
these up we must first address ourselves,
Thus, all classes OF our taxpayers would
reap benefit from the money expended
This would be equality and justice, and
it would accord with true American idea
Of popular education.
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-wo are gratiHed in being able to
state that block Of native granite is be-
ing dressed at the marble yard Of Messrs.
Leavell q Speers, which is designed for
exhibition at the Paris exposition. The
granite is taken from Rlkard's quarry
three miles from town. Our enegetic
and intelligent fellow-citizen, Col. T. w.
Holloway, of Pomaria, Is getting ready
various kinds of wood and specimens OF
agricultural products for the same pur,
pose. The different varieties of wood
will be taken from Lexington County
Mcvbery Herald.
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EXECUTIVE CHAMBER.
COLUMBIA. January 80, 1878

COLUMBIA, January oU, 1919.
My DEAR SIR: Your letter informing
me of the munifcent donation which
you propose to make to this State, in aid
OF the cause of education has been re.
ceived, and beg to express my great
qualification on account of your gener-
GUS action in this matter. will but
forestall what will, l am sure, be the
sense of the General Assembly, when l
tender to you on behalf of the State the
most heartfelt thanks for your benef-
cence.
Your communication shall be submit
ted 20 the Legislature, and its action in
the premises shall at once be transmitted
to you. -,
With my own earnest thanks, and the
assurance of my respect and esteem, L
have the honor to be,
Very truly yours,
WADE HAMPTON.
To PETER COOPER.
The Legislature has not yet made any
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SOUTH CAROLINA UNIVERSITY.

The passage of the bill to re:orgarize
and resuscitate the State University in
Columbia now depends upon the action
of the Senate, as the House has assented
to the measure. The friends of the Uni
ver,ity presented their cause in the most
favorable guise, and no doubt secured
many votes in favor of the bill by asking
for no money at this time, and there is
no doubt that in its present form the
measure is intended to be only the enter
ing wedge for asking at the next session
Of the Legislature for large appropria-
tion in its behalf. We regret that the
question has been agitated at all during
this session, as it is admitted on all sides
to be both inexpedient and impracticable
to open the institution during the pres
ent year, and hence the waste of time
which its discussion occasioned has cost
the State great deal of useless expense,
and has, by the 'acrimony and the sec
tional illusions made in its progress, en-
gendered discordant feelings and pro-
voked legislative strife, which cannot
fail to prove injurious to the harmony
and best interests Of the State. In our
opinion any expenditure ofmoney upon
the South Carolina University locking to
its reopeniDg is an unnecessary and in
excusable waste of the peoples money.
We now have numerous colleges in this
State whose grade of scholarship is as
high as that of the South Carolina Uni
versity in its most prosperous days, and
they offer excellent advantages to every
student who attends them. To reopen
this State institution now will only be to
give them an additional competitor with
out beneftting the people or elevatiug the
standard of scholarship.
The time may come in the future when
public policy aud State pride may dictate
the establishment of university of the
highest grade in this State, but we are
not able to do this now. To render the
South Carolina University the equal Of
Yale or the University of Virginia would
require the appropriation of at least
100000 as an outfit, and of an equal
sum annually for years to come. Yale
College has large number of professors
and an annual income of near three
hundred thousand dollars. The Univer.
sity of Virginia has also large number
of professors and an income of over fifty
thousand dollars, and yet the State has
TO appropriate large sums of money to
Its support every year. To say that fol
forty or fifty thousand dollars the South
Carolina College can be placed on
plane with these institutions is very
great mistake, and any attempt of it will
insure miserable failure. The State is
too poor to give the money necessary to
make this first class University, and
any expense upon it now is worse than
money thrown away, for it will only
cripple the institutions we now have
without increasing the facilities for edu.
cation, and without elevating the stand
| ard of scholarship.
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The election for Circuit Judges seems
to trouble the General, Assembly, as it
has been two weeks since the vacancies
occurred, and no election has yet been
gone into, although the interests of the
country are suffering by the delay. 1t is
understood that the House favors re-
election of at least Shaw, Mackey and
Cooke, while the Senate is opposed to all
except Shaw. We presume the election
will take place during this or next week.
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!. Hon. ]. W. Daniel, of Virginia, has

Hon. j. w. Daniel, of Virginia, has
been elected to deliver the annual ora
tion before the Calhoun and Preston
Literary Societies, of Wofford College, at
the approaching commencement. Gen.
E.W. Noise, of Sumter was elected to pre-
side over the Preston Society during Its
annual debate, and Rev. A. Coke Smith,
of Greenville, will preside over the Cal
houn Society at its annual debate.-SPar-
tanbuYg Herald.
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Grange Column.
Under the Supervision of tho Executive
Committee of Pomona Grange.

The following sub-Granges are "clear
on the books" of the Secretary of Pomona
Grange, P. H., to S1st December, 1877,
viz: Nos. II, ITS, 176, 2l2, 21S, 214, 2l5,
ZIG, 295, 242, 264, 266, 27l, 294, 339, $40.
J. w. NORRIS, Sec. P. G.
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NEW YORK. January 12. 1878

NEW YORK, January IL, 1910
Hon. Wade Hampton, Goveraor Of South
Carolina.
DEAR SIR: Allow me to present to
you for your consideration, and also that
of your Legislature, the following in
quiry concerning donation which, upon
condition, I might make for the benefit
of the youth of South Carolina, viz:
What are the best conditions on which
the State of South Carolina would &C.
cept the donation from me of a certain
property situated at Limestone Springs,
Spartanburg County, South Carolina,
consisting of the buildings and 100 or
more acres of land, and make and main
tain a manual labor institution, or a
school of science and arts, applied 10 the
useful and necessary purposes of life, for
Young women "similare to the branches
and pursuits now taught in the Cooper
Institute, of New York" If there be
any need of an orphan asylum, this
might be included in the general design,
as there are buildings on the estate sufi-
cient for both purposes. My attention
has been directed by friend of Southern
education to the great needs of the youth
of South Carolina for instruction IN use
full arts and trades, which, in my opinion,
is one of the best methods of securing
the prosperity of our glorious Union OF
States, which is my ardent desire.
am, dear sir, yours very respectfully,
PETER COOPER,
No. 9, Lexington Avenue.
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OFFICE SO BROAD STREET,
CHARLESTON, 8. C.

PENDLEroN FACTORY, S. c., Jan. 8, '7s.
Mr.. D. D. COHEN, Charleston--Dedr Sir |:
I used 200 lbs. of your Poudrette on one
acre of cotton land last Spring, " ich auf-
fered very much from the severest hail
storm that ever witnessed; yet with all of
this lam pleased to state that the result
was more than satisfactory, having made
900 lbs. of seed cotton on land that would
not, without the aid of fertilizers, mako
more than 500 lbs per acre.
w. WALKER RUSSELL.
Fob 7 1879 IN I'm,
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
Anderson CnnntY.


Anderson County.
In the Pr,bate Court.
w. a. Geer. Plaintiff VS.. Minerva Brown
and Anna Brown, nefendants.-Conlplainl
to Sell Real Estate III aidof assets, Gt.
DY virtue of an order to me directed by
D WV. Humphreys. Judge Of Probate
for the County of An derson, and State afoie-
said, will expose 70 sale on the FIRST
MONDAY in MARCH next, (1s78). at
Anderson Court House, S. c., the following
described lot of Land, as the Real Estate oi
E. R. Brown, deceased:
One LOT, situate il the town Of Belton,
in the County and Stlte aforesaid, contain
ing ore-half of an acre, more or less, boun-
ded by lands OF James Robertson, Jonas
Brown, and the GIeenyille d Columbia
Railroad, OH the East side of said Railroad.
Terms of sale CASH. Purchaser to pay
extra for all necessary papers.
JAMES H. MCCONNELL,
Sheriff Anderson County. =.
Feb 7, 1878 30