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"Vol. I. ORANGEBURG/, S. C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER {J, 1879. No. 40. SHERIDAN & SIMS, Proprietors. SunsciurriON. One Year.SI.GO Six Months.1.00 Ministers of the Gospel.1.00 Advertisements. First Instcrtioii.$1.00 lach Subsequent Insertion.GO Liberal contracts made for 3 mouth end over. JOB OFFICE 18 PROTA1TED TO DO AM. KINDS OT Job IPrintirig Branchvills. Brancitvillk, S. C, Sept, 2G, 1879. Editor Oranijebxirg Democrat: I htwo thought that a lino from this bustling, busy town might not be unacceptable to your readers. But little appears iu your paper from this eeotion of the county. It is not, how over, your fault?it is ours. Wo do siot write?and we do not write, not because there is nothing to say, but because of an indisposition to exer cise pen and head. I am satisfied if wo would write you would give us a place every week in what I conceive to bo one of tho newsiest county pa pers in the State. If I had the car of Orangcburg County I would say substantially to every man that he was doing himself and his family and his county a positive harm by not taking and supporting this paper. Their was a time in the history of this town when it was about as much as a man's life was worth to spend the months of August and September here. But under the direction of thoughtful and enterprising men who have for several years been at the head of affairs, the streets have been thrown up, tho lots have been Glied up by hauling dirt, and tho town has been thoroughly drained, so that now health reigns where a few years ago sickness and death brooded. A lady said in my presence several years ago, in defending the place, that the "town was healthy but that the peo ple were inclined to be sick.'' Now it can be said "the town is healthy and the people are inclined to health." There are just now many indications of thrift. Old houses are being taken down and new, more substantial and sightly ones arc going up. The painter is also busy, and in a short time Mr. Mitchell, who is a superior workman, will give a more sightly ap pearance to the place. Mr. A. P. II. Dukes, who leads the trade, has greatly enlarged and beautiGed his place of business. He is opening now a very heavy stock of good in all lines, and is marking them at very low Ggnres. I heard his clerk say to -irim yesterday "there Is no-place l?r this piece of One dress goods we must sell it out to-day at cost to get rid of it." He is a very accommodating, en terprising and successful merchant. Indeed, the town is full of excellent men, in the mercantile line. Messrs. Bruce, Rhoad, Myers, Loryea, &c, are all doing well. It is I believe the best cotton market on the line of road. It has sold as high as 10 3 4 cents, and }'OU weight it yourself. I do verily believe that if the people ol Orangeburg, lower Barnwcll and up per Collcton knew how cotton was banc'led here, and how cheap goods were sold, that they would all turn their attention to this plaoe. We have wonderful facilities here, two daily mails from Charleston and two to Charleston, and four opportunities of going to the city by rail in twenty tour hours. Wo have two churches in and near the place. One Metho dist and one Baptist. Breaching in the former three Sabbaths in the month, and in the latter one Sabbath in tho month. These churches are on good terms. They vie with each other only in seeing who can serve the Master best. The churches arc well attended, and religion is very far from being under par. We have also in and near two schools?one taught by a lady and the other by a gentleman. Tbey are now running as public schools, and are very well attended. There is just now no Trial Justice here. There are two applicants for the position, but neith er has yet been appointed. I do not know that we will be beriously dam aged if no appointment is ever made. I have long since been inclined to the opinion that if we had fewer and Birapler laws and less law facilities, we would be a more contented and orderly people. There is, however, to all this, one draw back, which the City Fathers might control?to wit, tho large number of hogs that are al lowed to go at large in the streets by day, and sleep around the doors and corners at night, thus generating filth and fleas. Have wo not written enough to show that the future of Branchvillo is assured. If not conic down and read it in the unchronicled -. Vox. Tho last slave sold in the Confed eracy was in 18G5, near Richmond, a colored man who was bought for 900 heads of cabbage. Cabdago was worth a dollar head consequently tho colored man footed up at $900. "He Goes for M. L. B." Orancsekuug, Sept. 20th, 1879. Mr. Editor: I noticed! a letter in the Dkmochat last week signed t4M. L. B." which I confess I am unable to understand. I have come across the writings ol this individual before, and they are all wrapped in mystery and enigmat ical a(lueions. Why dou't he write in plain English so that he might evolve some thought for his readers to profit by? All that I could make out of his article was a would-be ridi cnlo of Critic. But this won't set well. The people are pleased with Critic and know bim to bo a practical and successful fanner, which is more than they can say of "M. L. B." When a farmer writes on agriculture and his farm is a failure, his words are of little weight; but when every thing around him prospeis, as with Critic, his advice, whether written or spoken, is heeded. Such are the ag ricultural writers the country wants, and not failures. Let them go ahead. The people arc listening. Observer. I take the above from the Orange burg Times of last week. Observer has evidently too much bile on the stomach?he should take something. There are several, however, who owe Observer one for a licarty laugh, among whom is critic himself. "'1 hat individual," armed with Ob server's pup-gun, purposely lay iu ambusli for Critic. No doubt this rusty charge of wind was Observer's only amunition reserved for a holi day, but wasted on "that individual." He speaks individually for the peo ple, and like a knight errant?a se cond Don Quixotic--sallies out to redress their wrongs, and let us know what they want. It is a pity that Observer's eyes are like a wood cock's so near the top of his head as tp leave no room for brains. M. L. B. Wicked Ben. Old lien Butler is the best nomi nated candidate that has ever been before the people. Most aspiiant'i are satisfied to secure the majority of a single convention, but not so with Butler. The unanimous votes of three conventions^have put Uiin_^o4i the track for the governor's mansion. The Greenback convention consisted of about twelve hundred delegates, the Butler Democratic convention of nine hundred and fifty, and the Inde pendent Republican convention of about twelve hundred and sixty. The temporary chairman and secretary of the Independent convention held similar positions in the first Republi can convention ever held in Massa chusetts twenty-five years ago. The Republicans have nominated Lieu ten ant-Governor Long for governor and are terribly afraid that Butler will beat him. The straighout Democrats will make a nomination, but four fifths of the party will go for Butler. Butler runs entirely on State issues and goes for economy. The Republi cans have been very extravagant, and they fear the hand-writing on the wall. We hope Butler will win. He is no worse than the stalwart ma chine Radicals.? Winnsboro Actos & I J er aid. Munificence. Northern munificence will soon be come as proverbial as Southern hos pitality used to be. The princely endowment of a Southern institutiou at Nashville, Tcnn., by Vauderbilt, and the liberal donations from chari table Northern people to every well endorsed claim for sympathy shows ?hat the "ynnkeo" and the Southern er are after all one people, one race, one stock, one blood, one common humanity. The last generous re sponse to suffering Memphis by Jay Gould, the New York broker, author izing drafts upon him to foot up the bills for all needs is a monument more enduring than brass could be to the liberality of the munificent donor. Let Ii? hear no more of sectionalism when such examples refute the charge that the virtues of benevolence be long to any particular section of the human family.?Beaufort Crescent. A Clean Job. Two sons of Erin, shovelling sand on a hot day stopped to rest, and ex changed views on the labor question. "Bat, this is mighty hard work we're at." "It is, indadc, Dennis ; but what kind of work is it you'd like if you could get it?" "Well," said Dennis, leaning reflectively on his shovel, and wiping the perspiration horn the back of his hand, "for a nice, aisy, clane job, I think I would like to be a bishop." Sound Advice.. The New York World gives the following advice to the South, which roust commend itself to the people of this .section ?s both sensiblo and ex pedient : "The Northern Democracy are to be assailed as the upholders and defenders of an alleged cruel and coercive policy ot tho Southern Dem ocrats in reBpect to dealing with the negroes as citizens, as voters and as laborers. In the face of such an im pending contest at the North it will not do for the South merely to pro test that it has no policy to present, but must stand still to act as an um pire between the East and the West, should they disagree. Let the South ern States understand that they are self-governing States under the Con stitution and then let the "Solid South" prove what its civilization at home is to be, and what doctrines about free election, finance, taxation and public economy its people will uphold. Since the Stalwarts will have it that a "solid South" dictates to the Northern Democracy, let the "solid South" accept the situation and put out its Hag* phi inly and bold ly, in order that tho independent vo ters ot New York may seo for them selves what it is that the South seeks and will vindicate. General Chalmers of Missississippi, in his outspoken declaration that such a Union sol dier and lover of civil liberty as Gen. Hancock is his first choice for the Presidency, sets up a standard in our columns to-day which we do not think will terrify the business men and tho right-minded voters of the North." Atrocious Murder. On Saturday last a young negro woman, named Margaret Simkins, living on-the plantation of Captain James Brooks, five miles northwaid of us, wns shot through the neck with a single-barrel shot gun and instant ly killed. She was lying at the time across the foot of her bed, and length wise in the bed Jay her husband, Jno. Simkins, sick of intermittent fever. TbTs-mati ? eftof ts-rhafc- ljfc-wiresTnrte'ef by the sudden report of the gun, &c. But, to make the story short, the jury of inquest, which has met twice, have rendered a verdict that the wo man came to her death at the hands of her husband, and consequently the man, John Simkins, has been lodged in our jail. The woman was about 25 years old ; the man is about 30. Jealousy is supposed to be the cause of the foul deed.?Edgf?ld Advertis er. One Good Result of the War. The misfortunes of the war, culmi nating in the loss of servants, has de volved on the daughters in Southern families much of the bard work form erly done by the slaves, and they have become more practical women than they could ever have been if reared with a servant at their com mand, ready at all times to do their bidding. In all that pertains to the art of housekeeping, the girls of to day are better educated than their mothers were. Th:y have learned to work for themselves, and for the families of which they are members. Cultivated in mind, muscles and mo rals, boautiful iu form and manner, modest in speech and apparel, the Southern girls are tho peers of any the world can produce. A Bargain. There is some humor in Texas. The other day a man brought out a forlorn spavined-looking steed, and I addressed the spectators thus: "Fel low-citizens, this is the famous horse, Dandy Jack. Look at him. He's perfect. If he were sent to the horse maker nothing could be done for him. What shall I have for the matchless steed?" "What will you take for him?" yelled the crowd. "Two hundred dollars." "Give you ?5." "Take him, I never let 8195 stand between mo and a horse trade. That's business." - Joe Peutz took a rille to his wed ding, at Mark,s Gap,Texas. The sex ton tried to persuade him to leave it at the door on entering the church, but be persisted in carrying it across his shoulder as he walked with tho bride up the aisle to the altar rail. His ex planation was that a rival suitor had threatened to kill hita on this occa sion, nod ho meant to bo prepared for I defense. Woman's Righti. Do not be frightened atthe caption reader, for wo are not gobg to indict on you a long homily on modern Woman's Rights. We ire opposed to all that kind of nqisense, but women have God-given lights, much higher than any of tlese. Chief among her rights is prote/tion at the hands of man. Recent)/ we com mented on the Sprnguo Oonkling af fair, and condemned the creatures, who pretend to be men, .'or throwing dirty slurs at a lady on to evidence whatever of hes guilt. There is where wo have ever stool. Female virtue lies at the very foundation of society?without it, there can bo no society ; without society no govern ment, and without govornmcnt no progress, no civilization. It is a thing infinitely ahove pico. It is only the meanest of Gods creatures that will wantonly rob a women of her good name. If, in a thoughtless moment, ono repeals sotao rumor concerning a woman, one r?eis a loss of self respect, and the slug of con science proclaims that a gnat wrong has been done. A man who can, without remorse, add, by Iis tongue, to woman's blame, is fit fo; any crime that his cowardice will permit him to perpetrate. A woman's chr/ncter is much dearer to her than 1hY life, and ho who attacks her character, .is much worse than tho nsslssin who socks only the woman's Ife. God made woman the weaker, and has placed her under the protection of mnn. She does not vote nn* mix in tho out-door turmoil of j lifo, nor do we agree will? those Ifho would place her in such position^but while she is in the home, as nai's weaker companion, he should deceit her hon or, even at tho expend. J?f the last drop of bis blood. ProuKion is the right of the woman,' anflwhen she barters it away for thcjfijallot, she throws herself out of tluhcuannel de signed by her MakerJbejotnes the target of tho world's rffalife, and the moral standard of society | ea down, down into utter anarchy.^ MatrimonialTairs. Matrimonial fairs are still kept up in tho south of Ireland, where all the "likely hoys and girls" in the parish are on view, and all the "matches" in the year are made. For days before there is quite a stir in tho neighbor hood, and a twitter run3 throagh tho entire female population. There is a universal stitching and a buying of ribbons ; every girl you meet on the road holds out her hand for six pence, and you can't speak to a do mestic servant without hanging out signals of distress. On the day of "Shrafting" the girls stand in a row on the village green, while "the boys," as they are called, cluster to gether at a little distance, dressed in their best, bht looking ns sheepish as possible. Tho real business of the occasion, however' is done by the parents on both sides. Why She Wept. A young lady of Douglass, Mo., recently showed more good sense than is common with lovesick dam sels. She had been courted by a young man who took the name of Westmoreland, and who, though a stranger, had secured her consent and that of her parents to their mar riage. The twain were on their way to be married, when Westmoreland was arrested by Sheriff Donald, of Springfield, Mo. It appears that the real name of Westmoreland was Wood, that he had been indicted for fraudulent voting, had skipped from Springfield, and that the sheriff had been sent in search of him. When the young lady was informed of the facts she cried as though her heart would break. Sheriff Donald asked her if she wept for her lover, and she gavo the sensible answer, "No; I'm mad to think what a fool I was." "Thar is times for all things," said Daddy Wilson, "and one of tho best of 'ein is the time when you hold both bowers and the ace?don't you disre memher it." uBut,"snid his grandson, s'pose the joker, nn' queen an' nine, an' ten is in the other feller's hand, what then?" "Dern yer modern im provements 1" exclaimed tho old man sorrowfully. If Cetcwayo should come to Ameri ca he would find but little difficulty in making money, I'oeplo would rush in such numbers that he wouldn't know whether ho was a walking match or a boat race. Gentlemanly Girls. The young lady of the period rath er prides herself on her gentlemanly appearance. She wears a round hat, and raises it by way of acknowledg ing a how ; uses her umbrella or par asol as a cane ; thrusts her gaily col ored handkerchief in her "ulster" pocket, and flourishes it from time tc time in a marked manner. She uses slang, and characterizes her male friouds as "jolly fellows," or "slow coaches." This boldness towards her male friends is far more disagreeable to us than the wearing of hats suita ble for men, or garments cut in a shape formerly used by gentleman alone. Girls make a great mistake in thus forgetting the delicacy of their sex. How strange they do not know that manislmess or boldness is as offensive to young men, if they are true gentlemen, as it is to their mothers. Young men know that the jewels need to be sought after, and do not lie on tlie surface to be picked up by any one. When young men are ready to marry, they seek the modest, unobtrusive young ladies., who are busy with books and home duties, who dress in quiet taste, and arc neither in gait nor manners in clined to mnnishness. Girls like these do not need to "do the court ing," or dress conspicuously to at tract the attention of the other sex. Think less of your "nobby hat,'' girls, and more of the heads beneath theui. ?Palmetto Yeoinan. A Fatal Accident. A most distressing accident occurr ed at tho residence of Mr. W. P. Wright, in Martin township, near the Abbeville line, on Monday evening last, which resulted in the death of Mr. William Fields and the painful if not serious injury of Mr. Wright. It seems that Mr. Wright had called together a number of his neighbors to assist him in raising a crib, which was to occupy the same ground of an old one recently torn away. On one side of tho old building was u shed, which it was desired should remain "nn~(iT>rcomu ^ ipo-^oA iJubn&whnililT ing, and which had accordingly been propped up. As they were proceed ing with tho raising of the new crib, however, from some cause or other, the shed fell, striking both Mr. Fields and Mr. Wright, the fuimer dying from the injuries received within an horn's time. Tho injuries sustained by Mr. Wright were not so serious, though at first it was feared he could not recover. He was better when we heard last, however, and it is thought he will be able to be out in a few days. Mr. Fields was a valued citi zen, a quiet and industrious fanner and a good neighbor, who enjoyed the confidence and esteem of all his acquaintances. He leaves a wife and several children to mourn Iiis untime ly death.?Amhrson Jntelliacncer. The Reason Why. We often wondered why girls mar ry. An Austin young lady upon the subject says : "Well, no, I don't know as I'd marry for money alone, but if a man bad plenty of money al lied to a sweet disposition, and a mustache that curled at both ends, and nice blue eyes, and a respectable profession, and his father was rich, and his mother and sisters were aris tocratic, and he wanted to marry me, and would promise to let me have my own way in everything, and keep me liberally supplied with coin, and have a nice furnished house with a big pi ano in it, and would give me two dia mond rings, and would pay my dry goods, milliner's and dressmaker's, bills without grumbling, and I really and truly loved him?I wouldn't con sider his money any drawback to the match." Tub Fort Way no (Texas) Demo crat reports th.\t in Johnson County, a lady was visited by two of her lady friends who spent the day with her. She told them of having lately re ceived a large sum of money, and that the absence of her husband an noyed her because sjm was afraid of being robbed. That night a stronger stopped at her house, and during the night, being awakened by a noise in tho lady's room, he looked through tho window and saw two negroes in her bed. He fired at them,ami killed both, arid just then two persons fled from near tho house. On investiga tion it was found that the negroes were tho lady's guests digniscd, and it is supposed tho two who fled were their husbands. Second Hand Love. What.care ? if you have loved before, So that you love me?love me best and last! Nor would I ask you to forget the ties That bound your heart to happy days now past. 'Tie tho remembrance, of tholoves that wore By which your heart oau guogo Its love for me; E'en as my own throbbed at another's touch, Beats it now more quickly with thoughts of thee. I know that you have whispered oft be fore Tho same sweet nothings you breathe to me now; ? know your lips have passionately pledged. In other moments, Constancy's fond vow. I know that there are tender menioi les still That speak to you of happiness gone by; I know that, in its deepest depth, your sotd, Hath hidden feelings that may never die. Yet care I not if you have loved before, Mo that those loves are but in memory past; Nor do I ask you to forget those dreams Now that you love me?love mo beat and last. Ohio. Tho Detroit JP>ee Press, comment ing on the boast of the Radicals, says; "There has not been an elec tion in Ohio within the past six years tiiat the Republicans have not claim ed, in advance, that they would have a majority of 20,000 or upwards, and there has not been an election within the same period of time in which they had an absolute majority of 5,000 votes, and the highest plurality for their party was but 7,51 G given for Hayes in 187G. The Democracy car ried the State in 1873 and" 1874. The Republican plurality in 1875 was but 5,544, and the majority less thau 3,300; the Republican plurality in October, 187G, was but.C,03G and the majority 4,753 ; the succeeding No vember the majority was but 2,951; in 1877 the Democrats carried the State, and last year the Republicans had a plurality of but 3,154, and were in an absolute minority of over 41, 000. The Republicans may sarry Ohio this year, hut if they do they will hardly have a single vote to spare. The force which almost car ried tho State, both in October and November, 1877, is solidly on the side of Ewing, and it alone can hold the Republicans down to a bare ma jority. When it comes to voting the Democrats of Ohio arc usually on the I spot." Knights of Honor. "The Knights of Honor is one of tho very best Mutual Benefit Associa tions in the world. Statistics prove it to be in the front rank, if not ahead, of Associations of this kind. In an experience of six years it .has paid two thousand dollars each upon seven hundred and tluee deaths; and one thousand each upon two others, making a grand total of one million, four bund cd thousand dollars; and all this has been done by fifty-four assessments, or an average of nine per annum; in other words, it has on ly' cost a man under forty-fivo years of age lifty-four dollars to pay his shave toward making up the enormous sum named above ; and all tho time he has boen insured in tho sum of two thousand dollars, at a cost of only nino dollars a year. Who can ask for anything better or cheaper than that? and the result is more astonish ing when wo consider the fact that the Order lost last year within a peti od of ninety days, during tho yellow fevar epidemic, one hurj-lrel and ninety-three members by that terrible scourge; and whose bench is have I een paid and are included in the above named deaths."?Plattsburg {N. Y.) Seniinti. A sea captain, trading to the African coast, was invited to meet a committee of a society for the evan gelization of Africa. Among nume rous questions touching the habits and religion of the African races, he was asked : "Do the subjects ol the King of Dahomey keep Sunday?" "Keep Sunday!" ho replied, "yes, and every other thing they can lay their hands on." Thrice has Ben Butler, like Cre sar, been offered the crown. First by the Greenbackcrs, then by the In dependent Democrats, and finally by the il aller it es, or Independents, puro and simple, Unlike Caisar, however, the modern warrior-statesman didn't make a, motion to ?put by" the glittering bauble. Whether those proposed to give it can "deliver the goods" remains to be seen.. Oats. Editor Orangeburg Democrat: How - to improve your lauds and make paying crops, was the proposi tion we started out with. I contend Mr. Editor, that the Oat orop ranks first in importance to the farmer in ? order to accomplish this desirablo ob ject. Very many farmers, In our county, are prejudiced against this crop. Onr fathers, in ante bellum days, entertained the erroneous no tion that tbe Oat crop was poisonous to land, and many of our present farmers, who have cotton on the brain, believe it to be a great exhaust er, so much so that they will not sow it on lands good for cotton or coro. They plant on hill-sides too late ip the Bcaaon, without a particle of ma nure. What can they expect to reap? "J. 0. H.," answers, Nothing ! for he baa tried this manner of planting -? Oats. It won't pay. "J. C. H." as-/-? serts from personal experience, that the Oat crop, properly planted and ^ fertilized, is the most remunerative * to the farmers of Orangeburg County. McQ. Salley, a successful Oat grower, will bear me out in this assertion, and his crops of corn and cotton fol lowing Oats, prove conclusively that Oats will not poison your lands. I am anxious to remove this prejudice fiom the minds of our farmers, and I think I can do it. Conic and see what a luxuriant growth of Peas, (notwithstanding the unprecedented drought we have just passed through) I have on those acres, from which I harvested, over one hundred bushels per uote. The Oat plant is a hearty feeder and thirsty plant. Ammonia and bone is the manure for Oats, with deep plowing to hold moisture. Oats should be planted from the middle of October to the middle of Novem ber, on well broken soil, properly fertilized. Orangeburg County affords the best climate in the world for fall Oats. J. C. H. Two Years In Texas. Yesterday wo met at the union passenger depot a younj&nan wjto was on his return to his home in South Carolina after spending two years in Texas, where he had been engaged herding cattle and getting them in shipping order for the East ern market. He says he has had enough of Texas life, and proposes lo spend the remainder of his existence in tbe States. Speaking about the roughness of tbe western part of the Lone Star State, he remarked that, while on a trip to that section he came in contact with a man who said be bad not seen a woman in two years. He said that he thinks this quite likely, as he traveled all over the western portion of the Slate for six months and did not see but ono woman. Tbe entire population of the country westward of Fort Worth to tbe lino is composed of cowboys and stock raisers and herders, with here and there a small settlement of half-breed Indians. Our inform ant states that he saw numbers of Georgians in Texas. Some of tbem were doing well, while others were only managing to live, and intend to return as soon aa they can procure transportation.~ Atlanta Constitution. Character is always known. Thefts never enrich; alms never impoverish ; murder will speak out of stone walls. The least admixture of alle?for ex ample, the least attempt to make a good impression, a favorable appear ance?will instantly vitiate tbe ef fect ; but speak the truth, and all Na ture; anb all nids will help you with unexpected furtherance. Two girls who lately ran away from Long Island are thus graphically described by their father : "Laura age 18, dressed in a straw hot j Florence J., ago 1C, blue suit." We tremble iu view of the possibility of the fair Lau ra's hat blowing off.?Boston Trans cript. Singular, isn't it, that when a man gives his wife a dime to buy a box of hair-pins or a gum ring for the baby, it looks about seven limes as big as when he planks it down on the bar for a little gin and bitters for the stomach's sake ? When a man pulls out his sixpence and gives that, when he is laying by thousands and thousands of pounds, I can only consider that he forms a pretty accurate measurement of the valuo of his religion.?Spurgeon,