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7r ! ME CHARLOTTE OBSERVER. JOB PRDfTING; 3 IBS OBSERVER JOB DEPARTMENT t not been thoroughly supplied vrith even needid : wmt. and vith the Latest Styles o f type, ai d every manner of Job Work can now be done wiik SUBSCRIPTION RA TES: baily, one year (postpaid) in advance., $8 00 Six Months Three Months....... Qnc Month..i..i. 4 00 2 00 - 75 NcutTiCH, wspawn ana cheapr,as.' - - v We canjurnish at short notice v : BLANKS, BIL BEADS, - -; LETTER MEADS, CARDS,.',, " TAOS, RECEIPTS, POSTERS, , . , PROGRAMMES, BAND BILLS WEEKLY EDITION. ' Weekly (in the county) in'advance..'...t2 00 Out of the county, postpaid.............;.;. 2 10 Six Months..... 1 00 CHABLo(rTE Civ SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 4' 1878; YOL.X1XL HO: 2,969 if Liberal reauaww jot auos. v.y irjLJUJTiii!!, i 3, wusujus. art. TO It is with pleasure "we announce the purchase of , our FALL STOCK OF, DRY GOQDS. Mnfih of it has already arrived, this season's business JwUl be complete by September 1st. Prepared ltd ofier inducements, even GREATER AN HERETOFORE. WE INVITE INSPECTION OF OUR IMMENSE PURCHASE. 27 BURGESS NICHOLS, VV HOLES A I ,E & RETA IL n t'i"i' -. m inL,1 " rrT-ziiir tfi FINE ASSORTMENT OF CHILDREN'S CARRIAGES, JUST ARRIVED CALL AND SEE THEM. jn3 -VIA PORTSMOUTH, Va RALEIGH, HAMLET and CHARLOTTE, N. C. As QUICK and RELIABLE as R&LEIGH.PQRTSMQUTH, NORFOLK, ALL EASTERN CITIES Express Freight Trains, CLOSE CONNECTIONS, PROMPT AND CAREFUL DELIVERIES GUARANTEED. For full inrormation, Tariff , &c , appy to inch 2G IN- -Ar B . G - Ht O NEXT TO POSTOFFICE. MV STOCKtlS VERY LARGE AND ini 1 iv; 11 Timor, tUaiUlien 1I1UIUS v.. - . All Goods Packed junll DRUGGIST AND liirp-t : i 1 1 j Now offersib'ffie'ie a fullfst p ColjnnnPA-J TCrio-ifiri Rplpr.t1 ftinties! CoIgat6 KoneV and Glycerine .! J. 0. vV 0 a re fallyp repaired at all' iYoars'y j botlt c night and ( day, 1 at J. H. McADEN'S - - ; t" j ' Cnilqren tp,tUP OWJ, uu huo; iuyraoo TT,.);rn , 'TDTTTnT" XPC'G n wifti1 tltnlarger tiext year. Itis 4 r JlX . J. . n V XI P j iTv J ' . 'i tfJ '? confidently hoped that in. tipae. Mount T-'7t! j j ' -u " ?ZZJ'-. ;riW!:uw zion Institute trfflgftio lbecomeJ 1 ' ' 1 'r.? ?, '. " j. i flourishing academic school, with the 1 ' J V J 1 .''.ik iM public echool ks rrmUnent -feeder 'tilt. . ! 1fiffiflE?;ffiAi.IlilE; and our arransrements for ELIAS &c OOHEH. 3SALKB IB ALL KINDS OF PURNITURB, BEllG,&0. A or CHEAP BEDSTEAD LOUNGES, PARLOR & CHAMBER SUITS, BCOFFINSof all KINDS on HAND. No. 5. West Trade St. CHARLOTTE .N, any Freight Route between AND ALL TOINT3 SOUTH Southwestern Agent, Charlotte, N. C. & 3E IS " EMBRACES A FULL LINE OF" J im .ii liOOIU HIM VlUCe rUniUUre. .. ; . . I Free of Charge ii CLI f 1171 I C T classes being marched from room to V Mj--lijt-r-born- under i monitors. (Where the t. "' ' 1 '. 1:1 '' '' 1 I Trui'kjk'tKMU stXJ&M PrescriptioniStorfeo l .1 ur THE CtOXTD. The cloud lav low in . the heavens , Bach a little cloud it seemed ; jasi ngntiy toaenmg tae sea s Droaa Dreasi, wuere the rose-light lingered across the west, i' " : I Soft andigray as in innocent rest, -it v While the gold athwart it g reamed, , ; It looked such a harmless eloudlet. r8een over the sleeping wave- ,r ' Jet the keen-eyed mariner shook his head, As slowly it crept oyer the dusky red, ' "See the rocket-linei are clear.f he said,. , And his lips eet stern and giaye. . , And or ever the eve midnignt, That cloud was lowering black. UimmlDg the light of the stars away, . Dimming the flsh of the furious spray, ; . As the breakers crashed in the northern bay; Winds howling on their track. So, in life's radiant morning, May a tiny care or cross 1 Just trouble the peaceful course of love. . ; As if tne Btrengta of its sway to prove, As if to whisper, my surface may move,. But my roots can laugh at loss. It may seem such a little j irring, Only Experience sighs, , For with time s sad learning to inarpen tne glance, He sees the "rift in the lute" advance, Knows how fate may seize upon circum stance To sever the closest ties, Ah me, in the fiercest tempest The life-beat its work may do ; But what can courage or skill avail, When the heart lies wrecked by passion's eale, When change or death have furled the sai', When treason has bribed the crew ? Then watch , oh hope and gladness, Watch for the rising cloud, Sun it away, frank warmth of youth, Blow it away, bright breeze ot trutn, For ch, there is neither mercy nor truth, Should it once your hearen enshroud, GRADED PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Success of the Experiment at Wiansboro The Problem of Education Solved in South Caroli- Charleston News and Courier. VViNNeBOEO, August 22, 1878. To the Editor of the News and Courier : , As the question of graded schools is being agitated in a number of the towns in our State, and as information is sought as to the -mode of inaugura ting, conducting and supporting them, a few thoughts on the subject may be of interest to your readers. Let me premise by saving that this article is not intended for those who are al ready familiar with the system through the medium of the admirable institu tions now in operation in Charleston, but for others who have heretofore been accustomed only to the old fash ioned, unclassified schools. A graded school, in general terms, is one in which ail the pupils in the same grade study the same lessons, and each pupil studies every branch embraced in the Z'Xat Carolina it seems to mean in auuitiun a huuuui supiiuucu uaiuv uy public funda and partly by private means. The method of classifying and conducting a graded school can be learned from works on the subject; such as Wells on graded schools, or by application to some of the principals of the excellent schools in Charleston. In this connection the writer would re turn his acknowledgements to H P Archer. Esq, of your city, for valuable suggestions on this very subject. As to tne plan 01 organizining suca f ! A a school in any 01 tne interior towns of the State, a few facts concerning one that is already in good working order may furnish some useful hints. In January of the present year the people of Winnaboro determined to utilize the school tund coming to tne district of which the town is a part. , Up to that time education was confined chiefly to private schools, of which there were at least ban a dozen, each dragging out a precarious existence, while a considerable number 01 chil dren were not in attendence on any school. The public school trustees rented the building of the Mount &i- on Institute, containing one large ana two smaller class rooms. A male principal and two lady assistants were employed' The school was thrown oDen to DUDils of both eexes within the scholastic age. The English branches and mathematics were taught free of charge. It was stipulated that pupils in the higher mathematics, an- cjem aqu muatsru languages nuu ali enees should pay a monthly fee of two dollars and a halt. Three grades, reaching as high as the "Third Read- n tf Ai-ts-1 rm Kra airier rmnila nf hnth qpta es. were placea in one room. ine re tnaitider of the school was divided in- ".I m . 1 to four graaes. ine Doys m taese grades were seated in the mainv rocm, under the suneivision of the principal, while the lady assistant bad charge of the girls in another room, beparate nlay-erounda " wre arranged for the sexes, and no trespassing was permit ted u Rnth afiiRfl recitfld together, the rooms 'are contizuous the monitors are rC naAi4u) ,t1 Tha ulinAt nnoieH in awaited the result. One hundred and fiftv-seven pupils were enrolled 'the fiftv-seven first month, and this number was maintained during the session, the ac tual attendance averaging about one hundred and thirty. Of these, between twenty ;and thirty were instructed; in the extra branches, rne experiment has thus far succeeded admirably. The school, owing to the excellence at tainable through : Increased, num bers. has been better than any of its prede cessors for yean, and it has been found that thd presence of the two' sexes in the same class is most benenciai, eaen stimulating the other to-renewed exer tjohi L Parties living in the country are maKing prepaxauuuH m jcuu iucn ftlao as refifarda the1 material interests 0 the ! townEvery 5 pupily retained at home means a saving Of ascertain sum nr mnov tn bn otherwise exDended:' 1 Paring the Lfirst- five trontb8 the icboliwa 'svjppftrted fVom' the pUbliq f UTtqs Fo? the Aext 1 session' it. wifl re ceivethretf hundred dollair frrm; "he PA.hnnV fund. and 'fthe .''dtwens'-' will subscribe two. or three' ilnd.red "iriortsj thus securing, at a private expenditure of a few" hundred dollars, a year's in struction of a hundred and fifty pupils whose, tuition iees under the old sys tem, would, have amounted to more than, three thousand . dollars ! These graded schools solve theproblem p( ed- ucaition in poverty-stricken south. Car olina. ,;, Without them, thousands will groHv up,in absolute ignorance. The W)9ve is the result of the experi- mept an Winnsborp .. ; What Wians borb' has done, pj&er, , towns can do, if the; people are in .earnest and if com petenteachers are, employed. . .For raising the necessary lands three sources exist. The amount supplied by i the . school fund should be for a hundred; and fifty pupils, seven or eight hundred dollars, Three hundred,, or four hundred and fifty may be secured rom the Feahody fundi lhe balance can boised by extra, tuition and by private.- subscription. To maintain a school of the above mentioned size at east eighteen hundred dollars should be raised. As to the manner of obtaining aid rom the ireabody tuna intormation can be had on application to Superin tendent H S Thompson. A few points connected with it may, however, be mentioned here. The "trustees of the fund will give three hundred dollars to every public school of one hundred pupils maintained for ten months with an average attendance 01 eighty-hve per cent yr T7i 1 eA in aa aV taaa f Vv f UlUy 1UVU XLJl jijlL ULIOiU the current fund from other sources are double the amount asked from the Peabody fund. Application must be made at the beginning of the year on blanks furnished by the State superin tendent of education. The promised amount will be paid at the end of the year on proof that all the conditions have been complied with. A tew words in conclusion Concern ing the third source of revenue. It woulct-be much better to revive, in incor porated: towns, at least, the provision for h, Ideal school tax, than to trust to individual subscriptions. Some argue that the school fund is already too lare'e. Thajt tktels an error is conclusively shovti . py comparison with other StatjesV South Carolina raises a little over a dollar for every child within he scholastic age. Many other States raise seven or eight dollars per capita. several others from twelve to fifteen while Massachusetts raises each year wenty-one dollars for everv child with in the prescribed ages. It is absurd to say we pay too much, or even to hold that we raise anything like enough. Besides, it is easier on the individual to pay a tax than pay tuition. A tax of four mills on ten thousand dollars is required to raise forty dollars. Yet how many citizens worth not the half often thousand dollars now pay twice orty dollars a year in tuition fees V A ocal tax is the cheaper means of rais ing money. Every one is aware of the abuse of the local tax during the days of Radicalism. It can be so hedged around with restrictions as never again to become a burden. The scheme is as follows : Let it be Confined to those towns in which graded schools are lo cated. ' Let the extreme limit of the evy be fixed at, say two mills. Let a vote of a majority of those persons paying taxes other than poll-tax, be re-. quired to levy it. lhe taxpayers will then have the matter in their own hands and cannot be compelled to pay the tax against their will. The re striction of the vot0 to a certain class is perfectly legitimate' The Constitution provides expressly that no capitation ta'a, other than' the . poll-tax, shall be evied. ltiis local taxis, therefore, to be paid Only by those persons owning property. And as the poll-taxpayers are not affected by the levy of this ex tra tax, they hav6 no right to demand a vote ; while, if the tax is levied, they are benefited indirectly through the superior advantages afforded of edu cating their children, since it is much simpler for a town to levy a tax of five hundred or a thousand dollars than tor the citizens to subscribe that amount, an earnest eftort should be made "to restore this tax with the limitations mentioned above. This method is in vogue in a very large number of states. It is needless to cry out against the public schools. They are t fixed fact. They are cheaper than private schools, and can be made better. In perfecting the system, South Carolina will be marching abreast, not only of every other State in the Union, but of Ger many and other European nations. No one in casting a glance over the State and seeing the large number of children, born of educated parents,' now growing up in ignorance, will deny that we are relapsing, anq that sometning must be dotie speedily ' to check this downward career. The surest remedy is the organization Of graded scnooi 01 an the towns in South Carolina. May tneir day be not far distant. R M t. Horny-Handed Unbelievers. , Bo4ie ( Nev.d Standard. , It is not surprising to - see smiling' faces in Bodie, when bu en eases as the following; are occurnngj A' miner- one of whom Jiearney -would call a "Krtrnw , Knrl Htul i gnn ;,rF' t.ni l"Qwrl his money last winter ana oecame a "bloated stockheWertq he extent of 500 Bhareof 'Home,' which cost him II per share. 4riaay morning he order ed it sold on the street in, San Francis co; and obtained $19 per, share for the lot, which places . hini exactly $9,000 ahead on the transaction.: fie is not a communist to any great extent. . He believes in the ' 'sacred rights of pro perty." ,, True, No Doubt. A Cleveland physician saves 4AW .though theyrYery strongly resemble 3gly Ti -.Spit each QjneJ1, the desire Tor - 'opium and the desire lor liquor, yer i - think the former is much stronger and far more uncontrollable than Jbe. latter. The morphioe eater is lost to, all ; sense of jbonesty j tr uth r, f decency . wbn 1 hia appetite for morphine is. unsatisfied, gnd the reaor s to- any,, m eans, deceit os dJsboneBW to owaio the drug to sat fjf pi orayihg TbeuwpwJ)t)f ian opn pot ewer w gouqr;or, oatning 3 . bdsQ' Jutely ;nnreliable.v j v. ? n , stii iiiiiS lu:A: J'- ' Tfipr ipwaTds of tMrty.yars4-Ttrr Wins lftWs ' Soothing 8yrtrpi has teen", used for childre.' 'It corrects abidity oXlbe stomach, jfjievea ' wind.'colfc. .regxjlatea the bowels," curfa dyasentery-'and' d afrhoea;, whether ariwtg from teethiagOT'other'ttauies.'.'Ah old and "welWried" remedyV i'ceht per bottle, .yj!jiHvr - - - i - Slippers aad Stockings tParis Letter. , The low and sandal slipper is much worn by ladies here, and the display of ankles is One of the most attractive fiatures of the Exposition. Heels are still high; and often glitter with' ' brass tips. There is a great vari jty of design in foot wear. It varies from a mere sole with barely two incheaoftoe cover ing to the delicate boot.but toning far np in the clpuds of lac. Colors are also variegated as form. There are black, bronze, lavender, 'white and- pale yel low. Canvass ''slippers banded with leather are much worn. Stocking no longer hide their light under : bushels. The favorite color is a light' blue. But we see also the striped stocking a a barber-pole ; the perpendicular striped stocking, black and white ; the stock ing with a brilliant bouquet interwoven above the ankle; the diamond-figured stocking in red and white, and the de licate open work stocking. As fashion prevails at present, the female feet has become the rival of her head, and male dilemma ia whether to look down or up. With this development of , style all former senitiveness as to the dis play of the walking anatomy seems to have deserted the female heart, and now, as they recline on chairs and benches about the grounds, young wo men wear costly stockings and slippers that do not waste their; sweetness un der dimity. The sand and gravel of the walks on the ground is of a most aggra vating and troublesome character for low shoes, and it ia not uncommon to see ladies retiring into corner . where a hasty removal of a delicate triumph of the shoemaker's art shows that some little "grabbel stones" have intruded themselves in tender quarters, as the Dutchman remarked when he poured 1 the snuffers out of his boot after work ing in the held all day. New Advertisements. Pric?, TEN Cents. NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING. 116th EDITION. Containing a complete liBt of all the towns io the United Stated, the Territories and the Dominion of Canada, haviog a popu'ation greater than 5,000 a'cording to the last cen sus, together with the names of the news papers having the largest circulation in each of the places named. Also, a cata logue of newspapers which are recommen ded to advertisers as giving greatest value in proportion to prices chained. Also, the Ke ligioos and Agricultural Jaurna's. very complete lists, and many table? of rates, showing the cost of advertising in various newspapers, and much other information which a beginner in advertising would do well to possess. Address GEO? P. ROWELL & CO., Nowspaner Advertising Barcra, 10 Spruce St , N. Y. BYARD TAYLOR says: " I take pleas ure in recommending to raren!s the Academy of Mr S. C. Shortlidge." Hon, Fernac do Wood, a patron says: "I cheer fully consent 1o the use of my name as refer ence." 8 WITH IN C. SHORTLIDGE, (Harvard A. M.) Md'a Penna. Boys' Academy. Agents Wanted ! Medals & Diplomas awarded Fob holman'b DIPTflDI A I DIDI CC ISTEW riblUniRL OIDLLO 2,000 Illustrations. Address for new circulars A. J. HOLMAN & CO., 93J Arch St, Philada. SWEET 11 Awarded highest prise at Contenninl Exposition for fine chacing quahtUa and excellence- and l-luig char acter of eweeteninff and fioamring. The ti3st tobacco erer made. As oar blue strip trade-mark n closely imitated on inferior pooJs, too tbat Jackton'e eet ix on every jln. Sold I y r.H dealers. Cend for samrilc, free, to C. A. Jacksox A Co., Mfrs., retersburg, Va, TT k:KT.f Beautiful gq. Grand Pianos, JL J-wti-XX J price $1,000, only $275.- Magnincent Upright Pianos, price $1,000 on ly $275. Elegant Upright Pianos, price $800, only $175. Pianos, 7 ctave, $125, 7i $235, New Styles. Organs $35. Organs stop3, $72.50. Church rvT) n A M 16 stops, price $390, only U-LlVJ All $115 Elegant $375 Mirror Top Organs only $105. Beautial Parlor Organ, price $340. only $95. "Fraud Exposed, $03 reward." Read "Traps for the Unwary" and Newspaper about co t of Pianos and Organs, sent free. Please address DANIEL F. BJ5ATTY, Washington, N. J. Qry A DAY to Agents canvassing for the U I 1' jreside Visitor. Terms and outnt wee. Address P O ViCKKRY, Angasta, Maine. Ileal Estate, Mining MrOr Immigratfioii Agency;,: R i selling,' buying; and renting Mines! Land and Houses, and nrovidin homea in the Piedmont regions of North CJarouna and South Carolina, and ,heing connected with the 'SotTTHKER Rbcoe'd ." circulated in this conntry-and Europe twice .a month. I wiU advenree, tree of cost, all farms and mines, placed In my handsJor sale. JIJU THOa F DRAyTON aag9 EWDEPARTURK. ; 11 CA8H SYSTEM ADOPTED. . On and after the 2nd day of September, 1878, 1, will sell Crockerv, .China, Glassware and House Furnishing . Geeds,, for CASH ONLY. . .,, ..; ,r, .,. "I h'aye been se.ling goods for thirteen years ori' credit, r.nd find it 8 gains t my In terest to continue it. I hope my . friends win not ask me to credit them. All per sons will be treated alike. My motto ia cheap for CASH on delivery. I niean just whatl say. ,f augao lw JAMES HARTY. - T3 ELI ABLE Fire Insurance is offered to 'XV the pufttic by ... J C BURROUGHS., 5 Ili-XxS Si ) ft'. u .ii i.;e iI r V SM,J OUR ENTIRE STOCK OF ,1. Worth 50, 60, Closing This Day E. D. A LARGELINE OF- ALL LII1U COLM'BS, Worth 20 cents each, Closing This Day at three for 25 cents. E. D. LATTA & BRO. By the 1st of September wewill tages Superior to any in theSoiath. The YorK purchasing our FALL of Clothing, which will be of the very latest styles on the Market, bring out a very superior line of Samples for our oco u 0 ou o u UbSScTTTT oo MM MM o o OMMMM T OMMMM V ou u s O OM M M COO UU SS' OO M M M wnicn we win mane up to oruer at extremelv low Dncea. and euarantee a xect hi or no oaie. Our Mr. L. Berwaneer beine a Dractical Tailor of manv vears' emerience. af fords the people of Charlotte and surrounding country advantages equalled only oy in ew xorfe or Baltimore. We can save customers ordering from us from $10 to $15 on a suit. Our iece Goods Department consists of the beet Imported Cassimeres, Doe Skins and Imperial Cloth from the best manufacturers in the World. Call and be convinced, by examining our goods and prices. L. BERWANGER & BRO., FINE CLOTHIERS AND TAILORS, NATIONAL CLOTHING HALL. CHARLOTTE HOTEL, CHAULOTTB, Jff. C, Terms, per Day, Table Board, per Month, - FIELD BROTHERS, Proprietors. Being determined to keep a aBbarecf public pa tror age. augl AND in; As there is an unprecedented prospect for good crops aa wq have reason to expect a season ; am ouymg A. VERY And Elegant Stock for this Fall. W1 J7 WH WWWWH' H OO L KRS oSSo A Zi K S - AA L WWWW HHHO OI7 , , EB TSSa A A L -WW WW, M HO OI K ' E AAA 1 ' K i , W W H H OO lXIXBKBBSS,iA . AIXLX.BKE til ,:.i'.h:,"iii '(.., i . .. u m.. 'K ' ' " Vt3r K-'TT k ptwdSfare'noWuaniving.daiiy, and by September 1st t a bolesale Stock will be comfjlete y and the Retail Stock s :2Tha tli0 .Wholesale Charlotte, August 19. !;!( 9 75 and 90 cents at 25 cents each. L. & B.- f r beprepared to offer!to the public advan senior partner of our firm is in New STOCK He will also DDD EEEPPP A RRR TTTT MM MM KKKNN NTTTT D DB P P A A. 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