The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1879-11-21
OnANGEnUEG, 5. c., NOVEMBER 2l, 1873.
Ourselves.

al allEic apIica'CN itoui - Soi'S'
pondcnt making certain enquiries re-
spccling tue conduct OF the Orange
6urg Times in the recent municipal
election with reference to Mr.. Geo.
Bolivcr. AMI also that papers mild
treatment Of the Bolivcr-Byas scan
dal. we stated in the same issue
that we knew nothing Of the business
Of our cotcmporary and could not,
therefore, answer the questions AZ
Iirst we declined TO publish tho artl-
Gle Of our" correspondent, believing it
could answer no good purpose ; but
lis publication being insisted upon
by the author and his friends, and
the DEMOCRAT being ga paper for the
rccple,". lin which every citizen, how
ever humble could have 4 hearing,
we determined to give the article TO
the public. IL is NOT our design to
say one word relative TO the editorial
management Of oar ncishhor either
in these particulars, or upon any
other Subject where we arc not per-
sonalIy concerned. If the reply Civ
Ell in the last Issue Of the Times, in
relation to The matters cnpuircd af-
ter. be satisfactory 10 our corrcspon-
dent, it certainly is TO us. In that
reply, however, the Times goes out Of
its way TO- make al attack upon us
personally hy unwarran!ably draw
ing public attention TO our conncc-
tion with that paper last year. The
animus of this attack, its justice and
the motive that prompts it We leave
to the judgment of an impartial pub.
lie, after making this candid and final
statement Of facts rs they cXiSt:@71'e'1
At the beginning Of The present
year whcn We entered upon the pub
lication. CT the ORANGEBURG DEMO
GRAFT, We published Il card which we
1hoa9ht would he satisfactory to the
public. MI l'olivcr the next week
published tho card alluded 10 in the
last Issue Of the Times, upon which
the editor Of that paper bases his
charge OF our resolving wages Of Mir.
Bolivcr. This card left the matter ms
IL question Of veracity between our
self and Mr.. Bolivcr, and not wish
Ing TO enter into controversy with
Mr.. Boliycr about the matter, we
suffered it 10 rest with the public,
which to believe.
The editor Of the Tim, IS secs liL TO
repeat the charge and boastingly in
forms the public that he "ncvcr edit
cd, for Il Radical and never WILL" not
wiliistandi"g his editorial connection
with the C"rion under Mr.. Il. G.
Andrews. We shall not attempt to
decide who owned the Clarion, but
This we do know, that The material
upon which The DEMOCRAT is printed
was purchased from the Rev. Alonzo
Webster. ansl it is the same material
upon which the Clarion was formerly
printed. This alone makes it ncccs-
sary for us tc impose upon the pub
lie again the following statement OF
iac;s:
In December, 1877, We bought Of
Mr.. Geo. Rolivcr the Ordng Gnry
Times. who then claimed it rs his in
aiviinal proprri IL was q genuine
sale and we had not The slightest
doubt OF the legal right Of Mr.. Boli-
yer to sell the paper until the News
Company sued out IN injunction and
stopped its publication. We immc-
eiatc!y applied o Gen. j. +. Izlar,
oar lcga. adviser in the whole matter,
for caunscl, who. instructed us, rs we
were already under contract to pur-
chase tic paper, not to accept titles
from Mr. Deliver, but 10 go on and
run tl:c Times in the interest and 70:
The good OF thc Democratic party.
A motion was consequently made to
dissolve. The Injunction which was
successful, and VIC entered upon the
duty of editing the Times as an or
gan of",l,e Democratic party, and
with tic view Of ultimately becoming
its owtitr .whan the snit was ended.
This VAS done with the approval of
many staunoh Democrats and person
al friends.
During the entire year the paper
vas in litigation-various parties