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THE UNDERSIGNED HAS ON IT AND all of the various Sizes of the above Cases, which can be furnished immediately on ap plication. Also mannraotitros WOOD COFFINS ns wau.aj/and at the shortest notice. Apply to H. It IG OS, mar a?6m Carriage Manufacturer. 'j', F. Bbooib. R. R. II u on ins H. C. Hupuinh. BRODIE <fc co. {COTTON FACTORS . ahi> COMMISSION MERCHANTS, NORTH ATLANTIC WHARF, CHARESTON. S. C. Liberal Advanoet? nmdc on Consignment. RarER to Andrew Simondfl, Esq., Pres t 1st National. Bank, CharloRtou, S. C. may 21 weo tf WASHINGTON HOUSE BY Mru. M. W. Stratton, cobnkr ' GERVAIS & ASSEMBLY STREETS ?COIiUMB!A, 8. C. Convenient to tho Greenville and Charleston Railroads and the Business portion of the City. Rate of Transient Board?Two Dollars par' Day. Regular Boarders received at Reasonable Rites. AN ACT CongbuninuSchool Funds. Section 1. Be it enacted In/ the Senate and House of Representatives of j the State of South Carolina, now it et i and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That the General Assembly shall1 Hvy, at each regular session thereof, sn annual special tax, to ho known and designated as the "school tax," on all taxable property throughout the State, lor the support and maintenance of Free Common Schools, which tax shall be collected at the same time, and in the same manner, and by the same ngmts, as the general State tax, and which tax shall be paid into the Treasury of the Stato. Skc. 1. That it he declared a m'sdo men nor, on the part of the State Trea surer, to apply or appropriate any funds or nioucys derived from, or collected en account of, snid school tax, for any pur pose or purposes whatever, except that. of Free Common Schools; and, ou con viction thereof, he shall pay a fine of not less than five thousand dollars ($."> ,000,) the same to be used for school purposes, and shall be imprisoned at the discre tion of the Court. Skc. 3. That the Stale Treasurer shall furnish to tho State Superintend ent of Education, annually, on or be fore the first Tuesday of March, of each year, except the present year, which shall be the first day of April, a certi lied statement, showing the amount of mn.ie.ys collected or received by him ou account of s?id school tax. Sec 4. That it shall bn tho duty of the State Superintendent of Education to apportion, ni the law specifies, the Free Common School funds of the State among the several Counties thereof. Skc - 5. That it shall be the duty of ench ^otinty School Cos:mi.?i'riier t?M appoition, according to law, the Free Common School funds of his County among the several school district there of: J*r'H-t'drd, That any School District believing itself wrongpd by such appor tioutnent may appeal to tho State Superintendent of Education, whose decision shall be final Skc. (?. 'J hat it shall be the duty o' each County Treasurer to report, mouth ly, ou the fifteenth day of each mouth, to the County School Commissioner of his County, the amount of collections and disbursements made by him for the mouth on account of ptdl tax uud all other school funds; and it shall be a misdemeanor, ou the purt of any County Treasurer, tn neglect, fail or rcluse to make such report; and, on conviction tnercof, he shall pay a fine of uot less thau five hundred dollars (J>50() 00, the same to be used for school purposes in his County. Sec. 7. That all moneys disbursed by any County Treasurer, on ncc ?uut of school funds, or poll tax, shall be paid on tho order* of Boards of School Trus tecs, countersigned by the County School Commissioner : Provided, That accounts or claims of School Trustees, lor enumerating school children, shall be paid ou the orders of the C'ouuty School Commissioner. Ski". 8. That each County Treasurer shall make out and forward to tho State Superintendent of Education, annually, on the first day of November, a certified statement showing, by school districts, tho amount of poll tax aud (be amount of local or school district tuxes collected by him for the fiscal year ending on the 31st of October next preceding ; and should any County Treasurer fail, neg lect or refuse to make and for1-nrd the (statement us herein required, the Stale Superintendent of Education shall make out a written complaint to the Circuit Solioitor for the County iu which tho said Treasurer resides, who shall prose cute the said.County Treasurer for tho same, and on conviction thereof ho shall be subject to a fine of five hundred dollars ($500.00,) the same to bo mod , for Free Conituou School purposes in his County. Approved February 20, 1873. AN ACT to Rkc.ulate the Service of Process Ishlimi from the Supreme Court. Be it enacted by tho Scnato and Houso of- Representatives of the Stato of South Carolina, now met and sitting in Genoral Assembly, and by the j authority of the same, That the Supreme I Court of this Stato be, and is hereby, 'empowered- to require the 8heriffof eich 'and every County in this Stute, to whom any order or process issuing f.om said Court mny be directed, to serve and execute the same; and shall have the Baine power to enforce such service and execution, and to punish default therein, us is now vested in the Circuit Courts in process issuing therefrom. Approved February 20, 1X73. AN ACT to Bnforck the Payment of i'iik PolL Ta x. Section 1. 11/: it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in Qoncrral Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That there shall be assessed on all taxable polls in the Stntc an anuual tax of ono dollar on each poll, the proceeds of which shall be'applied to educational purposes; and if any person shall refuse or neglect to pay said tax, before the expiration of the tituo fixed for the p*ayincut of all taxes, r.hc County Treasurer shall, with in twenty days thereafter, furnish a list of all delinquent polls to tin* County Commissioners of the County. Where the persons so taxed nnd delinquent have no properly to be distrained for the payment of said poll tax, as authorized in the Act providing for the assessment and taxation of property, approved September 15, 1SGS, the person or per sons bo delinquent shall be subject to u penalty of double the amount of their poll tax ; and on failing to paj- the suno, when notified of the fact, within ten days after such notice, Puch person or persons shall be required to work upon the highway or roads, in their respective Counties, ns the County commissioners may direct, not exceeding three days, Skc. U. That Said county c'uunniss inner? ?hall, ufifcr receiving the delinqu ?nt poll list?j summon such delinquents to appear at their oflieO, and then and there uivo them the opportunity to pay the d mole tax ; and on failing t> do si, such delinquents shall be required to work upon th< highways and roads ol their respective counties as the county commissioners may direct : and il the said delinquents, being personallj wann ed by tho said commissioners, or by written notice, served at their place ol residence, ?hall refuse or neglect, haviug had ten days' notice, to attend by then selves, or substitutes equally able to per form said duties as themselves, or to .pay the double tax in lieu of said duties, or, having attended thcuisclves, shall refuse to conform to the requirements of this Act, vir obey the directions of the county commissioner.*, they shall be considered guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on Ciuvic lion thereof, be imprisoned for the same, in county jail, for a term not less than ten days. Approved February 20, 1873. AN ACT for the Better Protection of Rei.ioious Worship. fic il marted J>y tho. Sende and llou^c of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the author ity of tho smite, That if any j erson shall, willfully and maliciously, disturb or interrupt any meeting, society, assembly or congregation, convened for the pur pose o' religious worship, or shall cuter such meeting, while in a stato rf intoxication, or shall use or sell spi.itu ous liquors, or us? bl.isphomous langu age at or near the place of meet ing, such person shall bodeo'ued guilty of a misdemeanor, aud shall on conviotion, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than twenty, or more than one hundred dollars, or be imprisoned lor a term not exceeding one year, or less than thirty days, or both, or cither, at the discretion of the Court. Approved February 20, 1S73. An Act to Amend Section 17 <>k chapter XliY ok the generai. Statutes or The State. Jic it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly and by the authority of the same, That Section 17, chapto" XliV of the General Statutes^ of the Stato, bo amended by striking out the words ??forty fivo," and insert in lieu thereof the words "fifty five." Approved February 22, 1773 AN ACT to Amend an Act entitled "An Act to 1 ncimu'OUATk. tiir Town ok Lewikvii.le, S.'C" - I lie it mai frtl by the Senntannd House <>I* Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in Gener al Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That an Aet entitled ."An Act to ibeorpora'e the town of Lojnsvillo, S. C," passed February 28?j 187'i be amended by striking out vtho words ? three fourths" wherever same occur ui the Act, and insert the words ?'one third." Approved Fe', ruary 20. j 5 A.\ A' 'T tm Am km? ('n U'Tk.u C\ X <?f i iik (i km.n.m. Smtj^Ks OF the St at b. J)i it viuirtv! /<// the Sei jB&and House of Representatives of the Sr|te of South Carolina, now met and "'?tijjg iu Gener al Assembly, and by t hcfaulhority of the same, That Chapter .jfjXX of the General Statutes of the Statt be amend ed as follows : Strike o? tho word "thirty." wherever it occtVs-iti Section 1 1. nnd insert the word 'nttety ;" strike out the words'ninety day.-y-rh' Section 13, and insert "six mouth. Approved February U0,,tf8''*3. Advice to the (?rls. ? Ih^ lie-in. say at sixteen, V) look in tin glass whenever }<>u pas? one, and to make up your mind that j>o.u are not as beautiful as you might ? be. Grow gradually discontented 'ipth your com plexiun. ami make up yovV mind that it must and shall be improved. Talk a good deal ahou* your w? jj^J-obarius to your young lady frieflftfT^bvi wi!! bo sure to encourage you \i\ your low csti mate of them. I 'r..\v the attention uf | 3our maiden aunts, grandmothers, etc., to your complexion. J hey will soon discover "that it is "your liver." Rcgin n course of weeping on your pillow at night. It will improve your eyes and eye sight. \\ car a dotted veil in the street, and never ovpo.se yourself to KUi I).-.UI.5. Jly these, ptetl >S, an ! by constuutly picking out littlebl>ck specks on your face, you will bee >me a m mo maniac, ami you |?ill be ready I r the second course of procedure as follows : lining ready, take any daily newspa per, and -hunt out. buy and USO ill th J magical ''bouUtifiors" thai are advertised in its columns : "Balm of Moss Rosas,'' "Dowu of Angels' Wings," "D roams of the Violets," "Old Aunty Guntcr's complexion Wash," "Indian Skin Trans former, discovered by a venerable squaw while in search of the graves of her fore lathers," nnd all the re.it of them. Some will be chalk or whiting; some, inuocent starch powdcth some, araenie, bismuth and white lo\d. Some will make you look like the ghost of a work iug baker, who had not time to wash his lace. Somo will fill your pores with little blacks ; sonic will poison you ; some will hurt your eyesight ; some will paralyze y?>ur hands No mutter, go ahead; buy them all, plaster them on, and oil or cold cream yourself at night If you choose you may rub red paint on your cheeks at the stmc time. In a year or so will come tie thirl .?t'ige, in which ycu wiil coDsumo all the univcr sal panaceas on record. You will take Smith's Pills, Jones' Hitter's lirOWtl's Toni's, Robinson's Mysterious Human Health Protector, ifcc, fto. You will try allopathy, bonieoptthy, the wat"r cure, electricity, magnetism, and nil the I quack medicines. You began by being a healthy young woman, with a few pimples on your skin, which would havo departed of thorn Bclvcs after a while. Vou arc now an invalid, with a parchment complexion and an unhappy disposition, and one day you look in the glass and discover gray i hairs on your head. Nature, finding I that you would dose yourself into a pallid ghostliness, tries to do what she can f<>r yon by gtving you such hair a will point the change less hideously. You feel horrified; you fly to the papers ouee more, and read uu advertisement in which Daubs?as an utterly disiuter ested party?advises you to rejuvenate yourself, if you arc prematurely gray, by tho use of his Ambrosial Hair Dye, "harmless, potent, and perfumed." You at once go out to buy this com pound, which, when bought, proves to bo a grimy mixturo with a very nasty smojl, and so begin np"n the hair dyes, and go on till one day there is an end of all things for you, and out of respect to your memory people call it a visitation of Providence, and not a visitation of hair dye, which they would call it if they told the truth. Americans Abroad. TUB PREY/ OF EXTORTIONATE land LORD. A writer from London to the Toledo Blade remarks that many Americans, desiring to show their disregard for money, have been doing it so long and so extensively that they have made it inconvenient for those of limited purses to get along decently. All over the continent they have spoiled the servants and the hotel keepers, and caused prices to be advanced about fifty per cent, on all their countrymen. A hotel keeper looks upon an American as a. treasure chest, out of which he is at liberty to extract as much money as possible, aud be is not backward in making the at tempt. And when an American endcav ors to travel economically he is subject to a variety ol slights and annoyances, and will occasionally be told that ho does not behave as liberally as his respectable countrymen* London used to be better in this respect, than Paris or Rome, but it is now quite as bad. The hotels and lodging houses put on all sorts of 1 extras' and outrageous charges, and frequently the managers do not hesitate to Ho un blughiugly in order to extort money from their patrons. 1 am quartered at a respectable bo el, overlooking Convent (iard n, it was rccummcudcd to me as a comfortable house, aud one where the the charges would be just and correct. I called for my bill yesterday, and told them T preferred to pay weekly; thoy endeavored to induce mo to let it Stand until I was ready to go away, but 1 insisted, und the bill was brought. There were extra charges fur things which I knew I never had, and they had put on an extra shilling for ea rli morning's breakfast, alter telling lue that 1 Could order anything on the bill id*fare. '1 hey charge three pence a day I'm stationery, and make every man pay lor it whether be writes a let er or not I protested, but it was no u-e. It was their custom, they said to charge three pence a day for stationery, and a man might use as much as ho* wished. Up to that time I had not used a sheet ol their paper, but hencelVrth they cannot complain that 1 neglected it. I find it makes good cigar lights, and when I go away from hero it will fill up the loose corners of my trunk very neatly. If they niakejanything out of me on the stationery swiudel, they must be wider awake than I think they are. I paid their bill under protest, aud remained. I Why didn't you go away! somebody wiil a>k.. What is the use in moving ? I I haro bad a row with them, aud though I couldn't get that bill reduced I con vinced them they would not make much by trying it on again. I gave warning ibat 1 would not pay for another '-extra aud have been careful to havo none for which any charge could be made. If I went to another hotel I should have the same row to go through over again They arc all alike in this respect and will clu-it without compunction of con science. 1 am in the position of tho railway superintendent who refuse 1 to discharge a conductor known to be dishonest, on the ground that the man had already bought a watch, diamond pin, horse, and other things out of bis stealings, while the new man, to take bis place, would be obliged to equip himself in the same way. It is better to bear tho ills wo have than fly to oth cis that may be worse, aud are certain I to bejust as bad. Are ladies aware that tho waterfall aud chignon are borrowod from the low Cat order of women in Japan, whoalways have a weakne'8 for them ? In the wildest portions of Africa, as the draw ings made by travelers invariably show, chignonn are worn, and the more danger ously wild tho women, the greater tho chignon. In Jupan, also, it has been obsorvod, the less a woman haa inside her head, tho more she manages to ar raiii/i outsido of it. Kight furlongs make a mile?Tho (Irnnd IUpids Times says there is a farm er near Tackson who has a mile of yqfxog ones. He has four boys sod four girls. His name is "Furlong." Negro Juries, A correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial has been in the Red River Country, where the black population so largely preponderates, and the juries are selected from both races. He says : "I asked a white man who had had con siderable jury experience, how it worked. He said "it worked tolerably well after a fellow got used to it.' "Did it take much effort to get used to it?" I asked. "Yes, sir, you bet it was the con foundest hardest thing to get used to ever you heard of* I haven't got used to the smell yet. Of a hot day in a close room with a lot of fat niggers sitting on a case, it's pretty hard. Rut we have to submit, for if some of us white peo pie didn't go on tho jury it would be all niggers, and that would be ruin." "Row are the juries divided ? I asked. "Oh, just as it happens, so there is some of each race on every jury. Some times there's only two niggers, some times four, sometimes six, and sometimes ten." "How nrc they about agreeing upon verdicts ?" "They arc better than tho whites. The niggeis never hang a jury. When I am ou a jnjy with them, and thesuit is on an account, for instance, I just figure up the amount, and say : 'Boys, here, Jones owes Smith so much and so much and so much, giving the figures much, giviug figures, which leaves Jones behind with Smith so much, aud that's what we must render judgment for-" The}- all agree to it, although they don't know any more about figures than a hog docs about theology." "I'll say this for the niggers," he continued, "thoy^ are uot stubborn on a jury at all; but as far as my experience goes, they aro always anxious to do the right thing between man and man " ?'When their own color is involved how is it ?" I asked. "Just the same. They do not nhicld their own people. They'll hang a nig i gcr for murder just as quirk as they will I a white man, aud a good deal quicker. Sometimes 1 think they arc a little too hard on their own race. But I supposs they fear we will chargo them with par tiality. On the whole, u nigger makes a pretty fair juryman," "Was there no great opposition to his, serving in that capacity?" "Oh. yes, thunder was to pay for a while. White men said they wouldn't sit with a nigger, they would die first, aud all that, but they had to swallow the dose, and have now got used to it. Thero is nothing like being used to any I thing is thero ? Masquerading iu Roy's Clothes* A correspondent at Little Rock, Ark. writes : That a marshal has just return cd from Allenville, Mo., having in his eustody a young girl named Mollie Sherwood, who for intervals during the past two years hss been passing for a boy undej the name of Rill Henderson. About two years age her parents resid ing in Cupe Girardcau, died. She was then thirteen years old, aud her two brothers placed her out to work in a ho'el at Allcnvil e. Recoming tired of this employment, she donned boy's cloth ing, called herself Rill Henderson, and applied for and received a situation as post boy to carry tho mail to and from Allenville. For ono year, unsuspected she fulfilled tho functions of this post. Then her sex was suspected, and at Allenvillo she was placed under arrest and compelled to wear the female garb After this sho tried working in a hotel as maid servant, but soon tiring of this again resumed the trousers and worked as a farm band. Subsequently she came to Agusta, iu this State, as a drover's assistant, and thenoo went to Jncksouport to work in a 1'very stable. After a while the men and boys about the stable, believing her to be a woman began to call her names, * and, as she says in order to get away from tho place she took certain horses belonging to the stablemen and madooff with them. The marshal followed her and overtook her with the horses at Allenville and arrcs ted her on a charge of horse stealing. The people there know her well and were inclined to prevent tho cf&oors from arresting her. Pistols were drawn on both sides, but fiua,ly the girl went of b er own free will with the marshal, She is now in the Jacksoopost jail awaiting trial for horse stealing. Tho girl is a pretty blonde, and during all her vicissitudes her virt ue has never been questioned. Some years ago a new file company /ras organized at Reading, and the mem hers one evening thought they would have a little innocent fun at the expense ol Hopkins, their president. They de cided to rush round with tho engine to Hopkins, house after dark, .to throw up their ladders, pull out their hose, climb on his roof and scare him with the be lief that his dwelling was on fire. Hut the very day Hopkins moved out of the house and a J'rcsbyterian clergyman moved in, without the company being aware of the change. So about eight o'clock they dashed out, and went through all the movements, getting on the roof and splashing water around and creating a terriGc disturbance generally. A rival company noticiug what was going on. also hurried to the scene and. without understanding the joke, attach, cd their hose to a plug, smashed in the frout windows; and began to empty a two inch stream on the family off that Presbyterian clergyman. They sqirted into all the rooms, split up the window shutters with an axe, broke down the front door, ran out the furniture, tore off the shingles, and bawled through tram pets until tho luted girl had convulsions on the kitchen stairs. The first compa uy tried to explain, but the new comers thought on effort was being made to get them out of the way, and a fight ensued and presently firemen wcro sliding off tho roof, and peltiug down the chimneys and bleeding over the entry carpet, and having boisterous encounters with span ncrs and brass horns on the stairs. And the next morning that Presbyterian di vine and bis family moved out. They :.aid the place seemed to be too animated and sensational for a quiet dornestio circle. They wanted a house whera i h^re was calmness and peace: where they could havo rooro security for their privancy and pianos, and for their front doors and shingles, aud pcaoo of mind and window sashes Better Than Whiskey. "Bill Arp" writes; "Gentlemen, there is one thing about drinking. I almost wish every man was a reformed drank ard. No man who hasn't drank liquor knows what a luxury cold water is. I have got up in the night in cold weath er after I had been sprccing around, and gone to the well burning np with thirst, feeling liko the gallows and the grave aud the infernal regions were too good for tnc, and when I took up the bueket in my hands, and with my elbows tremb ling like I had the shaking ague, put the water to my lips, it was tho most dell cious, satisfying, luxurious draft that ever wont down my throat. "I have stood there and drauk until I could drink no more, and gone back to bed thanking God, for the pure inno cent, and cooling bevcragn, and cursing myself from my inmost for ever touching th-j accursed whisky. In my torture of mind nnd body I have made vows and promises, and broken thorn within a day, - Hut if you want to know the luxury of cold water, get drunk and keep at it till you get on fire, and then try a bueket lull at the well iu tho middle of the night. You wou't want a gourd full? you'll feel like the buoket ain't big enough, and when you begin to drink an earthquake couldn't stop you. I know a hundred men who will swear to the truth of what 1 say, but you see it's a thing they dont mcau to talk about) it's too humiliating," I Say ? A gentleman who was in the habit of interlarding his discount with tho expression, "I say," having been in formed by a friend that a certain indi vidual had made some ill natured re marks upon this peculiarity, took the opportunity of addressing him in the following amusing style of rebuke; "I say, sir, I hoar you say 1 sav 'I say' at ovory word I say. Now, sir, \Uh?4gh'l kuow 1 say 'I say' at every wor4 X say, still I say, sir, it is not for you io say I say ?I say' at every word! Husband and wife sailed from D?vrry for Glasgow, en route for Edinbiarg, recently, the wife having on her knee the thirty third child. Of the thirty, thrco there aro at present alive tweity four. It is more than probable that a similar ease could not be pointed out,