The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1872-02-03
Personal.

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sent issue, the editorial maaagcmeht Of
the .0RANaEBuRe NEws,p the under
signed, before lapsiug into the moro
.; dignifed and distant style which is here
afterto govern his converse with its
readers, ayails himself Of a pleasant Gus.
tom, to chat with them for few mo-
mcuts, in friendly and easy fashio n,
!: concerning his editorial intentions aud
the views which he is hereafter pub:
licly to advocate. 1s h" a. es1
Ss0" tn the first pace, it is his intention n
4 to make the "NEws" thoroughly liye
newspaper in every respcct,-savc the
< obituary notices. 1t will. be original,
: liberal, earnest and charitable 1t will
demand aud exercise the right to s'ox-
press its views ftrvcn,ly and emptati-
I cally, yet with due regard to the claims
Of courtesy and the laws of the land
yielding and admitting to others the
Famc right, willingly, and as Of equal
right. ''.s a'
twill contain occasional well-oon-
sidered aud timely articles upon impor-
tant questions arising under the, Home
4 stead aud Exemption laws, in regard to
Liens on Crops, Planting Leases and the
best mode of enforcing them, and other
legal, subjects Of vital interest to every
citizen Of our County and State. All
Recognizing that the farmers are the
very foundation ofopr country's pros.
perity-in fact, that without them we
could mt hEe at all, the "NEws" will
always have something to cay concern
their particular avocation aud interests :,
copied generally from some lead ing Ag-
ricultural journal (for as to his per-
soual knowledge of such matters the
editor frankly admits that ho cannot
tell & bushel of rye from peck Of win
4 ter wheat--except by tho size of the.
measures.) Aud rs farmers, now -a-days,
cannot generally afford to take moro
than one newspaper (Which ought, for
the very names sake at least, to con-
tain some news and that one must,
'hercabouts, be tho "ORANGEBURG
2 NEWS" tho most important news Of each
week will be condensed for its columns,
down to the latest possible date before
publication.
Recognizing further that the ladies',
both old (bless them y aud young (God
bless thcmD are also an important
part Of the community, whose goodw
it is most desirable to obta;n and to
secure, the ''NEws" will from time 70
time contain such delightful. items anent
the Fashions, ''The latest thing out"
(Which it is sincerely hoped will never
bo ono of their husbanjs) and other
charming and dclectablc trifllcs, as will
cause ii to be welcome ..sitor to every
household in the County where "womans
will has womans winning way"
Then as to politics. Well, when the
colorcd man insists that he was great
deal happier and better of as slave
ethan as free man; when people give up
travelling OH rainv.u. = Nt"-"r-
:, boats, and prefer to go from Charleston
to New York in a sailing vessel, or from
Orangcburg to Charleston on mule
back; when business meu, i'll great
hurry, think the Atlantic cable too fast,
aud prefer to send important dispatches
to Europe in three weeks by the old
way rather than in three seconds BY the
new way; then the "OnANoEEURo
News" may turn out 10 be sound
old Democratic newspaper. Until then,
however, it will be staunchly, heartily,
boldly Republican
Until then, OF until the Millennium
but in the. Millennium we shall ak Ls Re-
publicans Save one, and he - "shall
be bound for thousand years =