The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-04-02
ORANGEBUHG, S. G.. ApKII. :. 1850.
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very old question and it has been
proven that it will; bnt what most
interests lhc editor is, will the advcr-
,iscr pay::''
The Chester State Bulletin
lcarns. from private but reliable
SOURCES that D, Z. Corbin is to be the
Republican nominee for Governor
OF South Carolina.
-There has been no bulletin lately
from Edison in regard to the elrctric
light, but something may happen any
day, Gns stock are pretty high again,
and there is promising change for
another bear movement.
A hoy Of II married a woman OF
20, at Jusper, Alabama, but his par.
enls, captured him Immediately after
the ceremony, and banishcl him TO a
distant school. The bride was
wealthy, and The husband claimed to
know what he was about. .,...
john Cox, the Pennsy lvania
abolitionist, whose house before ffc
war Sometimes concealed as many
as twenty runaway slaves in one
night, and whose golden wedding
was celebrated in verse by Whittier
and Bayard Taylor, has just died at
the age Of ninety-rour.
--"'rhe people Of the South" said
the Rev. Dr. Clark, Of Macon. Ga,
to New York Tribune reporter the
other day, shave been greatly mis-
represented in many cases by news.
papers in the, North. What they
want is peace" This sums up in
few words the whole situation at the
South.
THAT was noble sentiment Ut
tcrcd not long since by a most excel
lent Judge: Statesmen should be
tying to mould public opinion in the
right tlirsassAljon, instead of tying to
find out what public opinion is and
following it," 1t would bc nothing
amiss for all good cilizcns to take
heed to the same expression.
The Hale committee on The
OF the returns in The recent
Maine election finds deliberate
attempt made TO count out Rcpubli-
cans iiy erasures. by alIowin. surrep-
li'iou5 corrections Of the returns from
Fusion towns, and denying the same
privilege to Republican towns, and 10y
failing to apply the same rule to
both,
In choosing delegates TO the
next State Convention the party
should bear these things in mind.
They should send delegates who will
represent, not the leaders of factions,
but The honest, eurncst and faithful
yconanry Of the PARTY who have but
ono desire, and that tie success of
tho l'nrly and the dominance of its
California averages higher rates
for farm labor than any State in the
Union, viz, s44 q month without
hoard, and 1927 u day for trunsicnt
help in harvest times. South Caro-
lima is sad to pay the least, or an
average Of Sp6a per month without
board. Transient help is paid for at
The rate Of eighty cents day, with
uut hoard.
Wisconsin has eNtondctl The right
Of suffrage, so far as can bo done by
lhe Legislature, 10 married women.
a single woman must change her
name and condition to enable her to
the ballot box. AS this is
leap year, we shall probably learn be-
fore it is over how many of The young
la,lies Of the Badger State arc anxious
To have voice at primary meetings.
The Legislature Of Mississippi
has passed an act imposing an annu-
el tax nf tllee dollars each upon all
bachelors in that State who are over
lbe age Of twenty-five years. 1t is TO
be presumed the object of the law is
To- encourage matrimony, and 70 raise
o rcvcnue NJ the same time. We
have hoard Of many farcieal things,
even from Legislators, but certainly
no such lihicuIously rucrilc measnre
has ever before found its way into the
.tatu,c books Of any State.