The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-01-22

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THERE is young man ..iu Camden
whose moustache measures sixteen
inches from tip to tip.
Mosr of the roads leading to Cam
den are in very bad condition; notably
the Chesnut Ferry road.
A PARTY of gentlemen from Clark
sons started down the river from this
point on last Wednesday, duck hunting
SAM BRAcY, colored, was severely in
jured in the head aud face Inst We'd
uesday by the kicks Of vicious horse
HENRY WARD BEEcHER has gone
into the abolition business again. lie
is now hard at work trying to abolish
hell.
A BAND Of gyps!es passed through
town last week, and camped Tor several
days in the old field across the Depot
Greek.
THE crowd Of colored people in'town
Saturday reminded Que Of the celebrated
BLACK Saturday" during the campaign
Of 1876.
AND now our neighb,rinS village Of
Kirkwood should apply for charter,
cleo, a town council, and organize a
police and fire department.
SEVEN per cent. interest and fir-
tors commission Of FIVE per cont. on
advances, as the way in which the usury
law is evaded.
Two of our fellow citizens engaged in
small sized scrimmage on Saturday
night, in front of the store Of Capt. D.
W. McCurry. Nobody hurt.
For the benefit Of the uninformed ::
The seven Deadly Sins are Pride, Ava
rice, Idleness, Luxury, Envy, Anger,
and Gluttony.
The Newbcrry Herald Of last week
contained twelve distinct paragraphs
about the weather. They must have
had an awful spell up there.
Mr.. WALTER S. HARLEY, the woun-
dcd principle in the duel near savnn-
nah on the 18th Instant, died last
week.
Dix. J. a. NEWMAN has preserved
the skin OF his big wildcat in stuffed
condition. 1t is the seventh he has
killed this winter.
We hope the river will now remain
in its banks loug enough to permit the
road between Camden and the bridge
to be put in passable condition.
GARpozo and Carpenter relieve the
mouotony of their prison life by play
ing seven up. Cardozo stakes Blue
Ridge scrip against forged checks on
the Treasury.
He bought material for new dress
for his wife, and was surprised to see
the dealer slip the cloth into IN envel-
ope and say he would have the buttons
sent righ: up in dray.
BoisrERoUs and troublesome va
grants are numerous in Cam len. II
they could b. put to work or expelled
from the community, there would
scarcely be any need for po.ica force
THE first impression that house
keeper has these days, when she hears
the front door bell ring, is that it is
another beggar. These pests are both
numerous and exactiug, principally
colored.
Mr.. q. RICHARDSON, of Hardeville'
6 C.. has been in town for the past
week, employing hands to work on his
turpentine farm. lie relieved this county
Of about sixty colored men. We could
not learn if any Of our town Vagrants
enlisted with him.
Mr.. D. ]. WINN, Of Sumter, who
has the contract for making the uni
form. of the Kcrshaw Guards, was IN
town last week, taking the measures OF
the members. The cost Of the uniforms
will aggregate S4OO.
BEFORE the recess, all that the Lrgls'
la,ure did was to pass the usury law.
II will now be in order for them to
temporarily re-cnsct the lien law and
repeal the usury bill. 1t is also ?roba-
bic thA they will pass tax act