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Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1879-10-17
Party.

Party is an organization or combi-
nation of men, who, although they
differ on minor points, concur on the
main principles, and unite for the
achievement of great ends, which
could not be accomplished individu-
ally. That it is an evil will hardly
be denied; but it seems to be an evil
necessary to our political surround
ings, and compensates in great
measure by Its results. Under its
existence our freedom of action is
necessarily curtailed, and inlividu-
ality is, to some extent, impaired
But what we lose in freedom we
gain in strength.
1t is best, also, in national view,
that there should be two or more
parties, for they act as a cheek upon
each other and thereby promote
purity.
But it may be asked, to what ex-
tent may our individuality BE cir
cumscribed or hampered by party.
We answer that fidelity to princi-
pie and desire for the public good
should prompt US to suffer many H. :
conveniences and even wrongs.
There is, OF course, principle that
rises higher than party, aud that is
sense of truth, right and justice.
When this is violated our individu.
ality must re-assert itself We must
not do wrong for the world. But
even III such cases the overlapping of
the purity lines is seldom necessary
Tie bold, independent and defiant
assertion of the right within the party
lines will be apt to mould public
opinion in the right direction iu the
end.
True men can never become pup
pets. They will moull the opinion.
their generation, and will never sur
rendcr principle o; indepen lencs.
The man who never .hinks for
himself, but is ready to follow any
leader who happens to be in high
position, is miserable sycophant; an d
worse still 10 the man who criuyes to
power for private gain or the propen.
sity TO go with the tide.
Independence is what is wantc d !,
and instead of destroying, it will
purify and establish party upon
more exalted an enduring basis.
Our great curse is,that the maj ority
of men don't think for the mselvcs
but blindly follow party leaders.
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Sy nopsis Of Grand Jury Report.
Pablic Highways.

Much of this Report which was
presented to the Court OIL Wednesday
is de, ote'l to the condition Of tn Q
Roads aud Bridges in the County,
which have in many cases been OBJ
structed by private individuals.
R. V. Michael Esq, has been pre-
sented for obstructing Road in
Union Township, leading into the
Binnaker's Bridge Road.
The Holman Bridge Road is repre-.
sented as having no footway on tn g
causeway, and the water IL said to be
knee deep at ordinary times.
All the roads in the Fork of Ed is to
are represented to be sadly in need of
W, rk.
Jeffcoat's Bridge has never been
repaired and the plea is no money.
Mr.. Thomas Cartmill has been
presented for obstructins q 70 al from
the "96" Road TO Davis Bridge.
The part of the road leading from
Barnwell TO Columbia, near the New
Bridge, is represented to be in an i'm,
passable condition.
For all Of these complaints the
County Commissioners are presented.
The excuse rendered is tn e want of
funds.
THE POOR HOUSE
Is represented as "a disgrace to our
civilization" 1t is too small, and
badly furnished. Eight paupers
have been provided for inside, and
twenty eight outside of this house ut
q cost of $1OS3 70.
"THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER OFFICE,
We found in some apparent con-
fusion"
"THE COUNTY FINANCES,
We f und to be in dreadful condi-
ton. The back indebtedness is
estimated at about $2O,O0O," with
only $500 incoming to pay it. "The
credit of the County is at Zero"
"THE SCHOOL CoMMIssIoNER' OFFICE,
We found iairly kept, though we
noticed specimens OF spelling posted
on the School Commissioners door,
and in his books, which do not reflect
credit upon those having the charge
of the educational interests of our
children"
"THE JAIL,
We found well kept and Clean"
THE CLERK OF COURTS OFFICE
Needs better arrangements and furni.
ture.
THE COURT HOUSE.
The condition of this building is
complained of. The plastering is
represented rs in II dangerous state,
and, it is feared might be guilty of
the "high contempt" offallins durin;
term.
Better furniture for the Court room
and arrangements for the protection
of the shade trees around the building
are recommended.
The Report concludes with con-
CALCULATIONS to the community for
"the manifest diminution Of crime,"
and :hanka to th> Judge for uniform
kindness and courtesy extended to all
in tho discharge Of his duties.
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A CARD.
GALE.

Information having reached my ears, that
there Is in circulation q report to the effect
that have been cheated or defrauded ont
of five hundred dollars by l.. S. Connor, in
certain Real Estate transaction, and know
ing the same 10 be untrue, therefore take
this method of informing the public that
the same is wilful and malicious lie, an in
all business transactions that | have had
with LIS Connor: he has acted honestly
and honorably'
a. u. GRIFFITH
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we can h ardly expect any thing else
than the dominion Of the money
kings.
AS long as any considerable ele.
ment of the country can be- bought
and sold, self-government will be to
such an extent Mt least, farce.
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NOTICE
oct 10

Mrs. J. Oakman, having occupied the
conan: dio: Il residences ef Capt. +. II. VI
modate few Boarders. Rates reasonable
and satisfaction guaranteed.
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NOTICE.
OFFICE OFCO. COMMISSIONERS,
Orangeburg County,

'''oe"F'fS : SUU'ItIt
Oranseburg, S. G., Oct 9th 1879.
The annual meeting of the BOARD of
County commissioners will he held ON the
first Tuesday after the first Monday in
November next
All persons having claims against the
County which have not heretofore been
presented will file the same with the Clerk
of the Board on or before the first day OF
November next
T. r. MALONE,
Clerk Board Co. CON-, 0. G.
oct 10 If
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plications for which must be made, ia
irritip0. to Mr.. II. b. Nicholas, the
Secretary, whose Office Is in Dekum's
building. Only those who sell wares
will be charged for room.
Mr.. Buchtel, the popular photogra-
pher, has refitted aud beautified his gal
iery. corner First and Morrison streets.
His skylight is the finest in the State,
and is the only one that will permit
taking fine pictures at all hours Of the
dav and i'm all classes OF weather. Moth
ing but first-class work allowed to leave
the gallery.
DR.. Keck, the well-known catarrh
doctor, has issued the initial number Of
an Advertising medical journal, 10 be
published monthly, the object being to
disseminate sound sanitary doctrine,
free from the trammels Of any class or
school, yet always esteeming aud en-
bracing truth, from whatsoever source
it may flow" The number before Us is
gotten up in good style, on the "ready-
print" principle.
The open temperance meeting of last
Saturday evening was a most enjoyable
affair. Tie attendance was large, aud
the President in his happiest mood.
street Church, was good, and the read
ing Of extracts IRON John b. Coughs
speeches was excellent. Many new sig
natures were added to the great register,
which now has 300 names enrolled.
The exercises for next Saturday evening
give promise Of equal interest.
In the Pittsburg Dispatch, recently,
there appeared a long article about a
/ fortune IN Holland of S2O0, 600 900 being
I left TO be divided among about seventy
heirs. -Four OF these heirs reside in
| MBitnomah county. They are the chill
dren Of Mr.. Wm. Kern, who is we'll
known in this county, having come
/ here in 1851. He resides few miles
/ from East Portland. The names Of the
/ heirs are J. w. Kern, 4. A Kern, Mrs.
/ Marquam aud Mrs. auborough. tn-
formation is soon expected which will
settle the matter.
c. T. Belcher * Co. display at their
elegant store on First street, near Sal
mon, one Of the finest exhibits Of staple
aud fancy crockery, glassware, silver
ware, etc, etc, ever brought to this
market. Their exhibition Of MajOlica
ware is particularly elegant and attract
i've, and marvelously cheap. We were
surprised TO learn that fruit dishes OF
this ware, which sell in New York for
/ s. 90 were offered FOR - 90, and vases,
/ Jugs, pitchers and the like in the same
proportion. They also have for sale the
/ famous Diamond Oil" for lamps,
water-w white, l5O' fire test, aud the very
/ best IN the market.
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rest, and has turned his property over
to his bondsmen.
Kalloch, Mayor-elect Of San Fran
cisco, makes excellent promises as 10
what he will do when he assumes the
duties Of his office. Probably one thing
he will see to is that De Young is prose-
cuted.
A race has been arranged between the
Canadian Oarsman, Hsnlan, and Court
ney, American, for ST. 900 a side, to take
place on Chatauqua Lake, New York,
on October Sth. Distance, five miles,
with a turn.
w. w. keeue. assistant cashier Of the
Northwestern National Bank, Of Mime
apOlis, has embezzled Sl35 600 Of the
funds Of that institution. The stock
holders are men of wealth, aud will
make the defalcatiOn good.
Davis. the Republican candidate for
Governor OF Maine, lacks few hundred
votes Of a majority over all opposing can
didates, which will throw the election
into the Legislature That body being
Republican, Davis will probably be
chosen.
Adolph Bernhard, aged seventeen,
hanged himself in New York on the
18th. HIS stepmother forced him and
his brother to leave the house, and sor-
row at being separated from his father
caused the act. He left a letter for
"Dear Papa
An explosion OF oil works at Coupe
willie, Pa, on the 18th, caused the death
OF George Emery, son Of the proprie-
tor, and perhaps fatally injured two
other persons. The works were new,
and had just started up in refining oil
by a new process.
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Monthly Due. al OO-PayaSIe Quarterly
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-01-04

(The handsomer proprietor, must
furnish the answer to this question,
or send the paper to our address for
one year if we furnish the answerl.
A school teacher was recently
fined, short distance from here,
four dollars and costs of suit, for
nlsking one of his pupils drink, as
testified on day of trial, fifteen to
twenty clippers of water. Query
Was the dfpper small or the boys
stomach large; or, did the court
know herself?
Mr.. A. Vaughn killed black
raccoon the other day. He wants
DIR. McQuaid to tell him why they
are called roccon. Can you tell Mr..
Editor?
There is gentleman in this COM
munity who has a remarkable
name. Take five Fights of it away
and all of it will be left. Who's the
man?
i have about lost my echo. Will
listen for coming sounds. Till then
Ishall be satisfied with GREENBACK.
Dec. 80, 1873.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-01-04

grotesque cropped out occasionally.
A bachelor friend who has lately
engaged extensively in buying beef
cattle without Increasing his wealth
was presented with toy COW much
in need of hay. Another, who had
engaged in raising pork, was pre-
sented with a miniature shoat, with
the appended note, 'sCorn at 81 and
pork at $3.50" 1t was not hard to
see the point. A big sock full of
something was brought out, and we
all expected it contained shucks for
Horace's COW, but it proved to be a
new saddle for Miss l.. l..
suspect that t. s. Fain resem-
bles Santa Claus very much, and
many others could not help marking
the similarity. This correspondent
received gloves for his hands and
socks for his feet, a china mug, a
cigar case, and last, but not least,
certain officials put $50 in little
blue box and wrote his name on it.
In the "dim religious light of the
church he thought till the enter
/ tainment was half over that it was
Confederate, and intended as hoax.
Imagine his surprise and gratitude
when he found that it was real legal
tender. Tho exhilaration conse-
| queut upon this discovery must ac-
count for his substituting Scion for
Lycurgus in a few closing remarks,
and in fact for any other mistakes
he may have made.
am not sufficiently posted to say
who we are most indebted 60 for
getting up the occasion, except that
| Miss Matte Hunter, Miss Lyle
/ Lyle, Mrs. Crockett and Eskew
Batson were conspicuous in the ar
engagements, and well did they and
/ all Others concerned do their parts.
.JERE.
Southside, Dec. 26, 1873.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-01-04
DON'T sTOp MN PAPER.

Don't-stop my paper, printer,
Don { strike my name on, yets
You know the times are stringent,
And dollars hard TO get;
But tug little harder
Is what mean to do,
And scrape the dimes together,
Enough for me and you.
can't afford to drop It.;
find it does mt pay
To do without paper,
However others may.
] hate 70 ask my neighbora
To give me theirs on loan
They don't Just say, but mean IL,
Why don't you have your oWn2
You can't tell how we miss il,
II it, by any fate,
should happen not to reach Us,
Or comes little late;
Then all IS in 3 hubbub,
And things go all awry,
And, printer, If you're married
You know the reason why.
I cannot do without it.,
It Is no use to try,
For other people take L.,
And, printer, 80 must I.
1, too, must keep me posted,
And know what is going on,
Or feel, and be accounted
A fogy s1mpleton-
Then, take It kindly, printer,
If pay be somewhat slow,
For cash is not 50 plenty,
And wants not few, you know.
But must have my paper,
Cost what IL may to me,
I'd rather dock my sugar,
And do without my tea.
So, printer, don't YOU stop il,
Unless you want my frown,
For here's the years subscription,
And credit il right down,
And send the paper promptly
And regularly on,
And let 1t bring us weekly
rs welcomed benson.
-Prtntcrs' CTrcsflar
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-01-04
IN THE OBJECTIVE CASE.

CONTENT, Christmas day-in
the morning.
"LoveIy womanl' indeed! o.
Moses and green spectacles! III
let such irony as that go unrebuked,
somebody will call me "sweet'' the
first thing | know-and it has been
as the shadow of great rock in a
weary land, my stay in six troubles
that failed not in the seventh, to
think that in no impossible case
could that well-woven, not to say
threadbare, epithet ever be applied
to me. For in the matter of cpl
thets have a choice-and to tell
the exact truth, which is my inter-
mittent habit, il runs decidedly to
the heterodox. "Lovely," "artless,"
"amiable," "engaging," ''pretty,"
scharming," ''sweet"-ugh! I'd
rather a kitten should cry NEW
than any of them. They are the
stereotypes of approval. If l can't
apply stylish, sparkling, handsome,
piquant, fronOnce, or-besV OF all
thoroughbred, to woman, am
certain to say nothing about her-at
least nothing good. So to 'qOvely
woman" 1 mentally pull off my hat
andsay "Turveydrop, teSotattGnllts,"
adding aloud that l am not cruel.
If were ] would mOdestly submit
that the quality of editorial found in
the average newspaper is a most
sufficient reason for congratulating
one upon its absence-and be GER
tain that upon this plea any jury of
cogaosce,tti must find for Ine-but
you see l do nothing OF the kind, as
l like to stand we'll with editor
folks, except some of them, and
wouldn't hurt their feelings for "a
Jewsharp.
Testing aside, by the misprint of a
word the point of my remark was
altogether changed. 1 wrote ga
neutrality-suspicious."
meaning a semi-playful allusion to
the age and era You might be sup
posed to date from; but the printer
made it "length,'' and thereby non
sense of what was never very good
sense. If my opinion were asked ]
should say that length is not con-
ducive to point, and the narrowing
to-be-continued style of a serial
story Understanding upon the popu-
lar attention. Still, great examples
can be adduced in support of both.
Prentice, hefather of theparagraph,
wrote three-cOlumn leaders-and
your immediate predecessor, than
whom few were more admirable
was rarely guilty of brevity. You
are, doubt not, AS good an editor
as can be made, yet if a man is not
born with what Mrs. Darlington
calls "the divine Fat,aesS,'' he is not
over-likely to wake and find him
self famous. One of these days
am going to try it on myself, so via
mp your wrath against that time
and just see how meekly I'll endure
it. ! wont resent it even if yoI
call me a dOuble-headed dythram
bic idyl, or say that 1 arrive a
results by the difFerential calculus
or-infinitely worse-say nothing a
all about me.
Wishing You health and prosper
ity till it's time for your ''funera
obsequies'-Uidc your local column
Il am very sincerely yours,
s. NJ. A. C..
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-01-04
SUITS.

Black
ed Cloth Suits suitable for wedding and this
city, range up.
Onr stock of American Cassime Woed Satnne and Jeans
least different styles.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-01-04

1.-THE above communication from
S. NJ. A. C. will be welcomed by
our readers as well as by ourselves.
We were not quite clear whether
it was intended for publication or
whether it was a private remon-
stance, but, knowing that our
piquante contributor is always ac-
ceptable and always graceful, even
when she addresses us in her wrath,
we have concluded to publish her
missive as we'll as our rejOinder.
We have only to say regarding the
unfortunate epithet she quarrels
with, that we take it all back and
she shall not be styled either lovely
or sweet, but shall rejoice in any or
all of her chosen adjectives and be
Diq,saUte, spirited, sparkling,
thoroughbred at her pleasure. For
our own part we prefer piq,to'lte, for
while the rose is both fragrant and
fair it is certainly protected by an
efficient armor OF thOrns as he shall
find who handles il incautiOusly, be
he editor or what he may. As re-
CARDS the paragraph question we
have only to say that by her own
decision it is only for inspired edi-
tors to settle a question in a para
..
is decided that we are not inspired.
We are therefore necessarily tied
down to the old fashioned method
of reasoning out our conclusions.
Let us add that S. NJ. 4. c. will be
always welcome to our columns,
and that, not being, as shesuggests.
thin skinned, we are perfectly will
ing to take the thorns with erose.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-01-04
Saturday, January IL, 1879,
Administrators Notice.

All persons holding claims against the
estate Of DIR. J. NJ. Gill, deceased. Will pre-
sent them within the time preserves
narSons Indebted to the estate will
piease come forward and settle AT once as
they will be proceeded with according 70
anfhorized attorneys TO transact any busf-
,,ess in the winding mp of the estate of the
s'Aiu uAA' GEO. w. GILL; Admir-.
T0ac lS7s--4f