The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-09-05
Reform Topics.

"A Union Rcf,rm Club has bean organized
at Pendietou.
There was au enthusiastic Reform meeting
on Saturday week iu Poplar Township, Orange
burg County. Scott speaker was put rp,
and overcome, by argument, as usual.
The Gsangehnrg FsrS prints glowing
eulogy o. Judge Carpenter, and urges the peo-
pie to hear him in his own vindicat.ou. The
Neus says: This man can be elected; this
movement can prevail to save us. 1t is worth
the mighty effort. By every patriotic senti-
meut, by the love of home, by The hopes for our
little ones, let Us work, G i we will win
There was grand Reform meeting aud
barbecue at Ridge Spring, in Edgeaeld County,
on Saturday. About 1900 persons were pros
ent, including number OF ladies. Addresses
were delivered by Maio Jno. I. Bacon, Gen. NJ.
c. Butler and the Hon. L. F. fOumans. The
barbecue was abundant, and the greatest good
order prevailed.
Joe Crews, Deputy U. S. Marshal in Lau-
rens, seized quantity OF whiskey and wagon
and pair of mules, about month ago, the
property of person charged with violating The
internal revenue laws. The Herald says that
Crews is now campaigning in Laurens County
with the wagon and team, transporting band
OF music, aad squad OF Sco.t's consuabularly.
The whiskev, We suppose, was absorbed long
ago.
"A coiored m1n informs the Lancaster
Ledger, that certain white Radicals in town
told him on Friday last that the meats pre-
pared for the Reform barbecue were poisoned.
Thlt they had just got a letter from Ta1aEa"
which stated that at public dinner given
there TWENTY-FIVE colorcd men fell dead at the
ta5lc. This outrageous lie didn't deter HIM
from going to the dinner, and more thar That,
he SAYS be has voted his last Radical ticket.
Such lies dou'S take well every time
-Trlal Justice Jones, who threatens to re-
duce Georgetown to asnes, explains the way in
which be lives upon 5000 year. Jones tells
the Times, that the 5000 which he received as
pay for his services as member o. the LeSis-
lature had been expended ii furniture to make
his house comfortable, and ii the puoiic wanted
to know how he was able to support himself IN
the style he IVES living, let inquiry be maze OF
Sheriff Carr, who will tell them that be loaned
him s75-that Hon. Joseph Fl. Ra'neT loaned
him s25O-that T. D. Mcdowell loaned him
s125-that his particular friend, Frank Beck
man, loaned him s75-and that he had IN
limited credit With Ellis and Hood, besides at
the stores of Democrats, which he would not
name for reasons satisfactory to himself
The Unionville Times s:irs up its readers
in this way A fatal apathy seems to have raj
len upon the people. Has the Press done ITS
duty in bringing before them in facts and hS-
ures tho true condition OF the country we
are afraid Lot. Do the taxpayers know what
an expensive establishment they are keeping
up in the way Of government? Do they know
that the county is new chlrsed with all its ex-
peases; that every pitiful brawl, disturbance,
arrest. dispute and lawsuit ia charged to tha
county-the nu!ta bon1 costs land nearly all
The costs will be suua bona under our present
ofheisls) are charged to the county-the roads,
bridges, ferries, public buildings, jurors. wit
nosses, ass all pat upon the county. Then ne