Morning journal and courier., 1885-01-16

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 Lord Sudeleys fruit plantations at Todding.
 ton, England, extend to about 400 acres, and
 the land was formerly arabic farm rented l at fl per acre, which nobody would take The past season has not been good one, but l seventy-ive tons of fruit have been gathered l There are 5O,OOO plum trees, 900 pear trees, 5000 damsons, and $50 cherry trees. Of l small fruits there are 222, ,OO0 black currant
 bushes, 120, 900 raspberries, 10000 red cur I rants, 100, 900 gooseberries, while 13O acres are entirely devoted to strawberries There are also 10, 1000 poplars, 100 Scotch frs, and 100 cob nuts, planted for sheltering pur- poses. Lord Sudeley has established bee farm as we'll which he finds valuable aid in his fruit culture. There are ITO hives, and | they have proved most profitable. Adjoin- ing the apiary is a rabbit warren of 200 acres l in which 5000 rabbits are killed every season. Lord Sudeley sells all his fruit to ian maker of Ealing, who has built jam fac tory at Toddington, where 16O tons have
 been made this season.
 The Supreme court of South Carolina hss made an important decision in relation to the
 assignment of insolvent debtors for the bene-
 fit of preferred creditors It has heretofore
 been considered lawful, and has been practi-
 cable, for an insolvent debtor to make an as
 signment under which certain designated per
 sons were to be paid in full, and the rest of
 the creditors left to share what was left, if
 there was anything left. The court has now
 decided, in the cash of Wilkes vs Walker
 that such proceedings are contrary to the law
 of the State; that no preference, by assign
 ment or otherwise, can be given by one who
 is insolvent, and that all creditors must stand in the rank and on the footing which they
 hold at the time of the insolvency. The statute governing this decision was enacted in
 1882, but heretofore it has been construed by lawyers to relate only to what is known as a general assignment for the benefit of the cred itors; but the decision goes to make void any assignment made by debtor in insolvent circumstances, whether..it professes to be a general assignment or not. A prominent Charleston lawyer thinks the decision will affect every transaction of the kind made since the passage of the law.
 No State in the Union sur, asses Texas in the munifcence with which it has endowed it's public schools. The people are fully alive to the importance of education, and the school buildings in the larger cities fully equal to any in the North. The State Super intendent of Schools says that the constant ly increasing demand for good teachers af- lords excellent opportunities for professionals to locate in Texas. The salaries of city and town superintendents range from $1 200 to S2, 800 per annum, the salaries of teachers from D minimum of $20 to a maximum of $10O per month. The State Normal Insti- tut7s are insufficient to supply the extraor dinary demand for good teachers at present prevailing in the State; and such teachers as favor liberal salaries and 8 generous treat ment will be assured of 8 position. The communities are constantly increasing and the liberal State support is inducement for the immediate organization of a school in each community hence the demand for teach CTS is constantly on the increase, and it is an indisputable fact that the efficiency of the new system will not be complete until thorough, practical and efficient teachers are the great majority, instead of the minority, as at present.