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The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-08-14

they were unable to say whether the
owner of the house got struck by light
ming, kicked by the mule, or talked to
death by the book agent.
Mrs. Dorsey's brother, in conversa-
tion regarding her devise to Jefferson
Davis, said that if he possessed the
spirit of Wade Hampton, he would tear
the will up and let the property go to
her lawful hairs. This is an allusion to
circumstance connected with Sena-
tor Hampton's father. The first Wade
Hampton, desiring to observe the law
of primogeniture, left his fortune to
his son Wade, Gather Of the Senator
and making little or no provision for
his daughters. Colonel Hampton tore
the will up, thus allowing all the other
children to share equally with him.
Mr. Davis does not see the matteriE that
light, and he will hold on, especially as
Mrs. Dorsey's relatives aro accusing
him Of being too intimate with her and
exercising undue influence. For his
reputation he has to fight the matter
through.
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presented by the grand jury at the next
term of court. Their "reckless" state
ments may satisfy them, but they will
not satisfy the taxpayers,
They say that the chairman attended
the first meeting of the commission with
the intention of resigning, and was pre-
vented from doing so because he found
that it would place the management OF
the funds Of the commission in the
hands of irresponsible radicals. The
act itself renders such q thing practi-
cally impossible, for it expressly pro-
vldes that in case Of the death, rcsigra-
ton or refusal to serve Of any member
of the special commission, the vacancy
should be filled from among twenty OF
the highest taxpayers in tho county.
This would necessarily cause q good
man to be selected, for there was no
radical in the county who paid much
more than his poll tax.
We would like to ask few ques-
tions upon which some explanation is
desired:
The statement of the special COM
mission as filed with the Clerk Of the
Court, contains, among other items, the
following: March G, 1874, Baum Bros.
account for hands in full to date,
1,1S9 SO; interest on same, $50. Are
We to infer that this interest is paid
on un open account? The county is
not going on a lien business that it
should thus be charged with what it
ought not to pay. Again, What right
or authority did the commission have to
pay out $500 to man just to look over
and 'superintend the construction of the
bridge when they had contracted with
COMPETENT engineer to do the work?
It was our desire in this issue to re-
fer at length TO the management of the
financial affairs of the Bridge Commis>
sion, but we could not obtain the me-
cessary documents until it was too late
for this issue. They will be taken up
hereafter, however, and the public fur
nished all the information that it is pos
siblc for US to obtain on the subject.
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Gen. Mart Gary.
The Beaufort Gr*sccn', says.

The Beaufort GrFsceaf, says.
We can never again expect TO have an,
other Uannton Perhaps Gary "o"iI
c,me next 10 him in arousing universal
cmsh. Unfortunately his individuality mas
Es,ajn him an Eagle. but for DAVIS to peek
Of He who is next heir to supreme pow
er sovs Tacitus. is always hated by those
who actually WELD it. Gary has made too
monv others great for himself to snare
greatness with them ,
It does us real, genuine, whoie>souled
GOOD when we read anything laudatory
of this noble old hero. Mart. Gary Is
trump. IIc has never been in any
emergency that required the exercise OF
great power, but what his cool nerve
his brilliant genius and his true man
hood showed themselves. Too much
GOOD cannot be said of him. DAVIS
NAV peck at him, but the grand OLD
Eagle will yet soar higher and higher,
and he will ever live in the hearts oil
the people of South Carolina as one who
,sver knew what it was to be absent
when she called the roll of her sons 1oE
1,tv
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oil, That Bridge,

I Mr.. ED1Tm : am'quite surprised
to see the turn that the discussion of
the Watcyco Bridge has taken, and I
think it is time to stop fuss;ng and fu-
ming regarding this subject and keep all
parties down to facts. Don't let them
cvade or dodge the main Issues.
We (the tazpayers) are with you,
Mr.. Editor, and don't want to see any
fighting about this meter. Did the
Commission do proper in retaining La
Sale in their employ after they found
him incompetent from drink, &c.? Did
they do their duty to the county i# re-
ceiying this miserable structure from
him and his bondsmen and allow them
to 90 ''scot free" aud thus saddle this
"eyesore" and burden upon the county?
Did they do right to pay our friend,
Capt. ViIlepigue, $500 to overlook the
builder sent by the South Carolina Rail-
road Company, when said builder was
considered competent workman and
our friend had no experience what
ever in bridge building, thus taking
said amount from the already overbar-
dencd taxpayers? Now, Mr.. Editor, I
am of the opinion that it is in bad taste
to drop the main questions in this mat
ter and 20 into other subjects of but
little interest to the public. This old
elephant, afflicted with all manner of
diseases, and built of inferior material
until it vas so decayed as to allow
fine mule belonging to Mr.. Gettys to
drop through the bottom of his dilapi-
dated frame, and that too, before it was
turned over to the county, with all of
his joints out of place and sloushing the
sap from his ribs, dropping off so much
that he is past all hope of cure from
any source whatever. Gentlemen Of the
Commission, all that We taxpayers want
is fer ycl to show that all is right. and
then we will be delighted 70 say, "Well
cone, good and faithful servants" And
until this is done, you cannot satisfy
GooD CITIZENS.
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West Wateree Items.

The weeks pass so rapidly that [ can
hardly realize that to-day is my day for
the JOURNAL Really things are so
exceedingly quiet here that I am afraid
my letters may be only q repetition Of
each other.
1t is that quiet season now, just in
advance of the gathering Of the crop,
when we all have nothing much to do,
save to lay down in the August shade,
dream of the day when we shall carry
our cotton to market, and eat corn once
more from our own fields. I have not
for long while seen the people over
here in such fine spirits about their cot
ton crops. They are really fine, and if
the prices keep up, VIC can "pay out"
and have little left. Corn is not so
good. and VIC may have to call upon our
friends on the river to help us out.
Religious meetings, among both white
and colored, arc very frequent. The
one at Ebenezer is now going on its
third week, and while I would not for
tho life of me say one word that could
be tortured into a reflection upon reli-
eiop, I must conscientiously affirm
that in my humble judgement such fits
of excitement are not permanent, and
generally end in no good. Crops are
neglected frequently, health injured, etc,
and all ending generally for the good of
no one.
have read with deep interest your
article on the bridge; also the reply of
Colonel Shannon. I am afraid, how
ever, to say what I think. The people
seem generally to be with you, and for
the life of them they cannot see any
improperly in asking the status of the
bridge. DON. be frightened off.
We have no trial justice courts up
about friend Rabon's locality, but so
peaceablc and quiet are we over here
that we deserve a chrome from the
county for taxing them so little in this
respect.
expect to report wedding in my
next. A member of your staff passed
me few days ago on his way to Long
town. 1 was surprised to see him look"
ing so calm and serene.
BLACKJACK.
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News Items.

Mr.. Corbin, or South Carolina, was
at Omaha the other day, and passed
himself off on the unsophisticated re-
porter of one of the newspapers as an
ex-United States Senator. As he gets
farther east we shall probably hear of
him as the cx.Chief Justice Of the Su-
preme Court of Utah.
During a thunder storm recently, a
book agent onl a mule got caught in
the rain, und they sought refuge in an
outbuildiDg, where the owner of the
house happened to be; and when the
coroner's jury came to find q verdict,
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-08-14
The Yellow Fever.

The fever in Memphis continues to
prevail to about the same extent as we
reported in our last issue-ranging from
twenty to thirty new cases daily. The
spread of the disease is principally
among the negroes. The city is almost
completely isolated from communication
with the outside world now, except by
telegraph.
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BIodgett House
CAMDEN, =. Q.
s. II. BLODGETT, PrOp'r.
TRANSIENT RATES, s. PER DAY.

TRANSIENT RATES, s. PER DAY.
Having vacated the DeKalb House, 1
have opened for the accommodation oil .he M
public in the large building known MS inc
s.Salmond House, on Dekalb street, JUST
above the corner of Main. Location equal
ly MS convenient. and opportunities to make
guests comfortable arc better.
ask the patronage of the public, with
the assurance that whatever reputation
7 have made rs proprietor of the De-
Kalb House, il will be my study to improve
rs proprietor of the Blodgett House.
FREE HACK to the Blodgctt House.
nug6-ly S. II. BLODOhII.
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S.A.ARNSTEIN &CO.

8. A. ARNSTEIN e. co. beg
leave to announce that their stock of
fashionable dry goods is complete, and
they are offering great bargains in
Muslins, Piques, Linens, Lawns, Swiss,
Grenadines, Buntings, Poplins. Sum-
mer Silks, etc., etc.
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Colonel ". II. Shannon.

SIR: Your pettifogging letter, adj
dressed 70 me through the columns Of
last weeks Gazette, wcarying the pa
tience and distracting the attention Of
the public from the main points at is
sue, by farrago of. irrelevant trifes
and quibbles, was evidently intended to
muddle, rather than to clear up, the
darkness and obscurity with which the
bridge affairs are enveloped. Few will
read it, and perhaps none will under
stand it. should not deem it worth
my attention or notice, but for the anx-
isty you evince to insult me and aspersc
my character. Among a great many
other things you say: I'm your edito-
rial there is not paragraph that has
not in it a perversiou, suggcstio .falsi,
or supprcssio vcri-a quib5le worthy of
your nature and your cultivation"
"Your tortuous course through the
courts for the past two or three
IN a gssIIsSaS & your asVanscSVg Years:
1t is unworthy of one VINO processes to
be follower of the Lamb" 1t is dc.
rogatory to the reputable character you
once bore in this community. I say
"oacc Jorc," for the public are sharp
observers. They have seen you cham
piopizing dame Honor, in order that
you might more secretly take unwar-
rantable liberties with her, ostentating
virtue which you repudiate in your
practices, until you are very generally
regarded as the "Phiosopher's Square"
of this community.
But return to the points have re,
cited from your letter. 1t pains me to
say anything rude to gentleman of
such advanced age as yourself, but self
respect constrains me to repel such as
peraions, apd to pronounce them, as |
do pronounce them, false False in
the fact that they misreprescnt. False
in the dishonest insinuations they would
fain iustil; and doubly false in the spi-
rit of despicable malice by which they
have been prompted. Again, rciter-
ate it, it pains me exceedingly to use
language so rude TO one Of your age.
But while regret the necessity, con-
graduate myself with the reflection that
the gentleman who has thus constrained
me to disregard the reverence due to
age has forced this personal issue upon
me, despite every effort upon my partto
avoid it. will not be mioconstrued
if ! decline to initiate your.gasconading
subscription, "Yours to command"
Yours to command how? Oh, sir, how
much more becoming to one of your
Years would have been little of that
modesty which you have ventured to
claim, without exhibiting Q trace Of it
in your note or your conduct. With
you, sir, shall not attempt to reason.
You are incapable of it; and now, sir, I
commit you to that coventry with which
I would ono who has perverted truth,
falsifed facts and evadcd issues.
Now, I bid you a final adieu. If
your inclination leads you to bespatter
me further, and your taste and breed
ing permit it, take carte blanche and
vent your gall ad libitum. They will
provoke no answer from me, nor be
needed otherwise than as the follies of
an old Lap who ought to be wiser and
better.
have the honor to be,
Your obcdient servant,
II. II. CLARKE.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-08-14

s. A. ARNSTEIN & co. have a
large assortment of Fancy Goods and
Notions, Silk and Linen Handkcrchiefs,
Embroiderics, Ribbons, Laces, Ties,
Gloves, Lace Mitts, Fans, Parasols,
Cuffs, Collars, Rucbing, Hosiery, Soap,
Perfumery. etc., etc., all of which must
be sold, if low prices will sell them.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-08-14

Weinvite special attention to our
elegant stock Of Gents Ladies' ard
Children's Shoes and Slippers. and Of.
fer them at cost, fact which shou..d
insnr, them large and speedy sales. .
= s. A. ARNSTEIN & co.
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PaSturaGe.

Having rented the pasture just belov
town, known as the Withers pasture, VIII
pasture cattle for any person, and be re-
sponsiblc for their safety while under NV
care Best pasture around Camden. Ra''s
so cents per mead per month. A 60 /
stock minder to be in charge Of the cattle.
and gate kept locked.
All persons are warned from trespassins
upon these premises, or on the plans',l
fields, for any purpose whatever. AppJ
to ANEKE BENNY,
Or WASHINGTON BENNY.
may1tf
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Camden Ice House.

One door north of Ancrum & Co. Ice de-
livcred Mt the store in quantities TO suit
purchasers, at the following prices:
Single pound, 6 cents; pounds, ! cents;
6 pounds, 25 cents; ID pounds, 30 cents;
30 pounds, 81. -,
Picnics and parties furnished at small
advance on Charleston prices.
". F. MALONE, Agt.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-08-14

An ounce of peach kcrnals contains a
grain of prussic acid, which is a fatal
quantity. Ammonia is the best anti
dote.
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WANTED!

10000 pounds Wool; also Hides, Rags,
Bccswax, Brass. Copper, Lead, etc, for
which the highest each prices will be paid.
l also keep on hand good supply of
Dry Goods, Clothing, Boots, Shoes, Hats,
&C., which will be sold nj the very lowest
prices. 5. WOLFE.
may23taE180
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| Wnlcn are So eSSentlal tO IHc uea!tu J
growth of those children.
Again, who helped to redeem Soutl
Carolina from the awful condition into
which she was forced. All this is for,
gotten while in pursuit of self agrau
dizement. 1t would be q condition zoe
sad for a moments contemplation. Gu,
calculations were intended for the ma
iority of farmers in Kershaw county
and not for the peculiar, isolated local,
Try in which your correspondent resides
However, if 4 change be necessary f0l
the farmers convenient to Russell Place
We have no objection, provided they
make it at their own expense; and if q
change is badly needed. They will Ger,
tainly make it. Every city, for its
better protection, builds its own walls
We have as much law upon the no
fence as we desire.
We acknowledge an error in the cost
of putting up the rails. 1t was an over
sight on our part. However, we are
glad that it is in our favor. We pro-
pose giving what we think an average
estimate of the cost Of the fencing in
Kershaw county. Ono hundred acres
can bc fenced with 1,112 panels,
or l1,12Q rails. At so cents hun
dred, they will cost s55 60 for cutting
and splitting. A two-horSe team will
average Is loads per day on the major
ity of farms. Fifteen times 40 rails is
600 rails per day. Six hundred into
11:l20 is lSi. the number Of days re-
quired for hauling. A wagon and two
horses are not worth more than. 50 per
day. Two hands cost 60 cents. which
giveus cost of 50 GO a day for hauling
Then 49, times $500 is S4S.1O. A
hand can put up the rails in II days at
cost of So 30. Total amount of cx-
pehss, ai66 Average expense per
year, s17 &c 2-3. Any farmer who
gives cattle any attention, can sell beef
and butter enough to Keep MS fences
repaired. Gross fences are not included
in the above calculation
We do not propose to pay out the
money to build our fences. 1t will cost
US nothing but our labor, and that too in
time during which we would dc 9but
little else. 1t may be said that we do
not allow enough for hands. The MAJ
jority are working for six dollars, or
perhaps less. They get 10 pounds of
bacon and one bushel Of corn per month.
at cost of So. Total amount of hire
and board is s9, which amounts to
about 80 cents per day. The advocates
of the "no-fence" urge that it would be
cheaper to hire a stock mindcr who
would cost sS per NORTH, or 500 per
year, to mind a 500 worth Of stock
that yield tho poor farmer profit of
$40. What do you think of this for
economy? We would like to say more,
but enough, unless it were better.
W. j. YOUNG.
Flat Rock, August 9th.
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THkO.FENCE LAW.
Reply to J. R. NJ.

MEssRsEpIToRs: AS your cores
pondent at Russell Place has thought
proper to pAice the few crude ideas l
threw ouYkon the no.fonco question:
I ask spses N your columns to pen
few thoughts in reply. "Ihe situation
in this couprs one hundred years ago
was quite different to what it is now"
The cause Of this has not materially re-
suited ia the present system OF fences
but frM various other reasons, such as
conflicting interest between the North
and South,a change from q controlIable
labor system to an uncomfortable one;
from living at home to living abroad,
and from a variety Of crops to almost
cotton alone. Remove these causes, rs
! far as it is practicable, and our country
would again abound with peace and
prosperity.
Cotton is not necessarily king in a
climate as we'll adapted TO grain and
other crops as ours is. "Thc virgin
/ forests are NJ moro the old field pines
have taken their place." making about
/ five or six rail trees where one grew
before. 1.-THE labor of the country has
been changed from slave to free labor"
The inefficient labor system, the i'm.
provement of science and the aid OF
commercial fertilizers have considerably
reduced the amount Of acreage neces-
sary for cultivation, thereby turning out
thousands of acres which in fifteen or
twenty years produce an abundance OF
rail trees. "The capital necessary to
employ labor is not owned by tho far
mers of South Carolina, hence, labor is
not comfortable by the land owners" :"
Why not? for I am sure the laborer
pays the interest on the capital, and not
the land owners. IT farmers would
learn to live at home, and cease going
into debt, the capital would belong to
them, "fence' or no fence" Then why
urge that e fence law is productive oil
all these evils q? Why not place it up.
Oh its proper basis owe change our
corn cribs aud smoke houses from the
farm to Baltimore and elsewhere, be.
cause we cannot fence our own stock in,
and other peoples out" We think
that this lasser clause is Vt the cause
of the former, but that THIS change has
for its cause several reasons. First, the
effects of the late war; second our in.
creased desire to remunerate the losse:
mado by the rebellion; third, the plant
ing of cotton to the exclusion of grain
crops. grasses, &c.
Stock are not returned for their real
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During the Month Of August
our attractions will be great, stoc, =
complete and prices very low, and W
hope no one will fail to visit our esta'
lishmcnt. We shall try to please an f.
satisfy everybody, and upon that exter
q hearty Invitation to all.
s. A. ARNSTEIN G. co.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-11-27
FIRE IN ROCK HILL...DEATH.

About four o'clock P. M, last Friday, the
residence of Mr.. R. T. May, in Rock Hill, was
discovered to be on fire-having caught be-
tween the ceiling and Notwithstanding from
defect in the chimney. By great exertions
of the fremen and citizens, the fire was extin'
guished, though not before the house and fur
niture sustained considerable damage.
While the fire was progressing, Mrs. Gym
thia Owens, who lived but short distance
from the burning house, became so excited
that she fell in paroxysm which proved fatal
She was victim of dropsy and also subject to
disease of the heart, which rendered her sus'
ceptible to undue excitement. She was the
mother of the late NJ. L. Owens, formerly a
member of the Legislature from this county,
and aged about 81 or 50 years.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-11-27
SUCCESSFUL FARMING.

Mr.. John Smith, of Broad River, is known
as one of the most enterprising and successful
farmers in York county. Some may attribute
his success to the fact that he has good lands
to cultivate but then again it may be argued
that the fact of his owning good lands is the
best evidence that he is a good farmer. We
have just learned of an experiment he made
last summer, and as it is of Importance, we
publish it for the benefit of others. In the
last blowing of lot of u acres of corn, last
July, he sowed the lot in buckwheat, drilling
the seed, in the proportion of peck to the acre.
The buckwheat required no further cultivation
or attention until maturity, when it was
reaped and yielded 18 bushels, while it was
not detrimental to the corn amongst which it
grew, as the yield of corn from the same lot
was 81 bushels
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The Aurkrille Guqnirer.
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THURSDAY MORNING, NOV. 27, 1879

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amount of taxes thereon may be assessed and
given to the county treasurers for the purpose
of enabling them to collect the taxes charged
upon such assessments, and restraining the
county treasurers from enforcing the collec.
ton Of the taxes.
As has been stated, a temporary injunction
was issued and placed in the hands of the
United States marshal, who served it on Sat.
urday. The argument on the question of
making the injunction perpetual will prol'a-
bly, be heard in Columbia, Gen. Conner hav-
ing gone there on Saturday night.-Ners and
Courier, 24th instant