Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1879-11-14


ance in the democrat" e,
We heard the rumor about the
tissue ballots, but to publish anything
about them without being able to
give an intelligent and truth lul story
we deemed inadvisable.
We are satisfied, from the frien lly
reatio..s of the members OF the Cum
mlttee towards us, that there was no
intention of discriminating against
lis, hut the simple fact, that we we're
not Informed before g,ing to press, is
the true and only reason that this
correspondence did not appear in
full blast" ip the Times also. We
claim that the diffeye enee of news iu
this case was not owing TO any lack
of zeal on our part, but to the pc.
culiar gopd fortune of Four ncighbor.
In the second place, as to the Boil
ver-Byas scandal, we commented as
We thought best for the community.
We expressed qualification that
justice was done, and all the offend.
ers we're properly dealt with, without
respect to person.
We mentioned no names because
we had no idea ofhelping the partici.
pants into notoriety. Bol,ver, we
believe, likes just such abuse and full
blast" The paradiny of his
name in the public prints only
helps him with his party, and
strengthens him to DO us more harm
Expose him, of course, every time the
public safety demands, but the less
notoriety we give him, the quicker he
will, die q natural death. He is II
dangerous man, not only OH account
of the grip he has upon his own party,
but, unfortunately, because there are
Democrats (O who have held to him in
the past, and nre sti II holding to him.
This, above all else, gi yes him his pow
er to injure u.s. 2 fr
So far as the TIMES is concerned,
VIC are perfectly wiling that ali our
tlansa ctions should be known.
There seems to be some confusion
i'll the public mind in regarl to this
whole mattcr The fact that last
year the editor ofthe "Democrat took
wages from George Doliv CT for edit
ing this paper when the latter owned
it, (see Boliver's card Jan. Sth 1879
makes it difficult for some people to
Understand that we are not doing the
same H'
We would like onr maligrer. t, be
more discerning upon this point, as
We have not yet arrived at that state
ofperfection that we are willing that
the sins of our neighbors should be
added to our own.
We have purchased the TIMES from
BolIyer and we are the sole controllers
of it. All desiring to read our title
will find 1T recorded on page I 10. in
book 16, in the Clerk office. We have
teen careful enough to secure a clear
deck for the all important campai gn
of 1880, and Boliver can't touch us.
We have never edited for Radi-
cal and never will. We have never
received cent for our services from
any other source than our subscribers
and advertisers. If their support i,
given, we live; il j. is withdrawn, we
tail.
Again, to insinuate that the TIMES.
because it was bought from George
BolIvcr, would i'll any way shield him
when he requires blow, is as unjust
as to suppose that the Oranseburp
Democrat" would bo untrue to
Democracy, because it happen, to be
mortgaged to Alonzo Webster.
We have thus answered in good
hum"r, and we hope satisfactorily all
the questions propounded to II induIg
ing in nothing out eide of tn
PLAIN facts. Our unwillingncss
to burden the public with mat
ters of. this nature. is all
that has preven ted us from noticin.
the secret whispcrin.ss we have heard
before, and it is only that we ar.