Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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5 t> ;. ... I> TWO DOLLARS PKtt ANNUM. (JO I) ATs I) OCR C< iCTTsrTU'Y'. -{ ALWAYS IN ADVANCE VOLUME 7. SATURDAY MOR.NIN(V.teEPTE\inER 20, 18T3. NUMER 34 THE ORANGEBURG NEWS ?:o:? PUBLISHED AT Every Saturday Morning. BY THE ORANGEBURG NEWS COMPANY ?:o:? TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. ?no Copy f*r one year. $2.00 ii <i <i ^j:x Months. t.00 Any ono sending TEN DOLLARS, for* a Clnb of Now Subscribers, will receive an RXTRA COPY for ONE YEAR, free of ?karge. Any one lending FIVE DOLLARS, ?r a Clab ef New Subscribers, will receive en EXTRA COPY fer SIX MONTHS, free of ?rf e. ?to:? RATES OF ADVERTISING. 1 Severe 1st Insertion. SI.50 ?? ?? 2d " . 1.00 A Square consists of 10 lines Brevier or one iniV. of Advertising space. Administrator's Notices.$5 00 Notices of Dismissal of Guardians, Ad s?si-trators, Executors, io.$9 00 Costract Advertisements inserted upon the most liberal terass. ?to:? MARRIAGE and FUNERAL NOTICES, not exceeding one Square, inserted without e barge. ?tot? Terms Cash In dvance. ""?a J. FELDER MEYERS, TRI AX JUSTICE. o?ncB COURT HOUSE square, Will give prompt attention to all business entrusted to him. mar 29?tf Browning & Browning*, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, ??RAXQEBURG C. U.. So. Ca. Maloolm.L Brownish. A. F. Bbowkiwo. ?er 4 AUGUSTUS B, KN0WLT0N,] ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, OEAHGEBORG, S. C. july t if ' W.Xu RILIGY TRIAL JUSTICE, Residence iu Fork of Ed into, ALL BUSINESS ENTRUSTED rill bo ?rempGy awd ?areikUy attended to. ;uly 23 ly METALLIC GASES. Till UNDERSIGNED HAS ON HAND ?11 of the various Sixes of the above Coses, which can be furnished Immediately on ap plication. Also manufactures WOOD COFFINS as usual, and at the shortest notiee. Apply to H. RIGGS, war*?Cm Carriage Manufacturer. Do You Want ~ NEW GOODS! GO TO BRIGGMANNS. IF YOU WANT CHEAP GOODS GO TO BRIGGMANN'S WHERE YOU'LL FIND Any and Everything. ?et t m lf DR. A. C. DUKES' ORANGEBURG, S. 0? pkammi if DRUGS, - MEDICINES, PAINTS, AND OILS, #15? TQWTt SOAPS, BRl'SRBS AND PKRFUMEY, PURE WINES and LIQUORS for Medicinal nies, P\E WOOD? and DYE-STUFFS generally, A full line of TOBACCO and SEGA RS. Faroiers and Physicians from the Country ?III find oar Stock of Medisines Complete, Warranted Genuine and of the Best Quality. Lot of FRESH GARDEN SEEDS. iani; c t AN ACT to Provide roil the ADMINISTRATION OK derelict Ks TaTES. Section 1. Be it enacted f?y tlio Senate nnd Mouse of Representatives of the Stato of South Carolina, now met and sitting in Gcncrral Assembly, and by tho authority of the same, That whenever it shall couie to the knowledge 3f any clerk of tho Court of common Pleat of any County in this State that the estate nnd effects ol any deceased person, as to which administration could legally bo granted by the Judge ol Probate of his County, remain, for the period of six mouths.' cutirely or partially uuadmiuistered, either by roasou of uo application for letters of administration, or from any other cause, so that thero is uo legally appointed representative of such deeoased persou, it shall be the duty of such clerk of the Couri to make application to the Judgo of Probate ol' tho County for letters or" administration on the estate of such deceased person, accompanied with n statement of the nature, condition an d raluc of the said estate, so far as it may be known to him, and thereupon, it shall be the duty of such Judge of Probnto to insert a notice of such ap plication, in the usual form, lot forty days, in some public newspaper publish ed in such County, or, if there be none such, in some adjoining County, and also at the door of the Court ilouro, and, after such notico, to grant to such clerk of tho Court letters of adtnistra tion on the estate of such d<*eeased per son, with the will annexed, incase there be a will, and such clerk shall give boud, with two sureties, for the faithful discharge of his duty as such admiuistra tor, in euch amount ns would be re quired ol any other administrator. Sec. 2. That, upon the grant of such letters oi administration, su ill clerk shall bo entitled to all the rights, powers und authorities, and shall ho subject to tho same duties aad obliga tions and responsibilities, in rdatiou to said estate and the administration there of, as nro now provided by law in cane of administrators, and shall be entitled to live per centum of all inouejs collect ed by him aud, in addition to the filing an invent ry, nppraisemcut and account in tho office of tho Judge of frobnto, shall also keep an official record of the same, and all bis proceedings therein, in his own office, which t>h ill be sub mitted at each term of the CourtTo the circuit Judge ; and tho said clerk shall have the* right to possession of any of tho goods and chatties of such deceased persou, and may, by authority of the Judge of Probato, sell aud dispose of (he same; aud any sale so made, in pursuance of such order, shall be good and valid, to all intents, as if regularly made by any other administrator. SEC. 3. That whenever, after the grant of such letters of administration to such clerk, any other person who would bo entitled to letters of administ i at ion on such estate, ns specially designated by law, shall niply to the Judge of Probate of the. County granting the same:, and be ready to give the required security, the letters of administration previously granted to such clerk shall bo revoked, and the sauio be granted to sucb person bo applying for the same ; but such revocation shall in no wise be held to unnul or. impair any act legally done or right acquired previously under or by virtue of such administration. Approved February 2G, 1873. an act to Encourage and pro vide for the incorporation of agricultural and m echanica i. Societies and Association for the Promotion of the Arts and Sciences. Section 1. Be 'it aiactrd by .the Sonute and House of Representatives of tho State of South Carolina, now tret and sitting in Cotioral Assembly, and by the authority of tho snme, That sewn or more persons within this Stato, having associated themselves by agreement, in writiug, lor tho promotion of agricul ture, mechanics and other industry and ingenuity, and for tho encouragement of the arts and sciences, or for any of thc?e purposes, under any name by them assumed, and upon complying with the provisions .of this Act, shall, with thoir successors, be deemed a body politic and corporate, facturc, aod shall have a capital of one hundred thousand dollars, iu share? ol ton dollars each. Sec. 2. That paid carporation may purcha.se and hold real estate, such as may be required for the purposes there of, or such as they may be obliged or deem it for their interest to take in the settlement ol' any debt due the said Corporation, and may dispose of the same ; may sue and be sued in all Courts ol this State ; may have and use a common seal, and make such by-laws lor their regulation aud government as they may think proper : /'/"{?('</<?</, The same arc not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of the Unitod States und of this State. . Sic. ?? That said corporation shall hate the ri<:ht to erect a dam across the Savannah River, below the mouth of Stc.\cns: Creek, iu the (\iunty of Kdge field, terminating on the opposite side of said river at any point not exceeding otic thousand yards bei iw the mouth of 1 led Creek: Provided, There shall be loft in said Jam Gsll ways for the free passage of migratory li*h. Skc. 4. That, said corporation may go into operation whenever a majority ol the stock holde a may determine, and after one month's public advertisement in the newspaper published in thn County of l?dgefield, to be designated by the President. Skc. 5. That Gcorgo C. Robinso a, Samuel J. L.-e, M, A. Ransom and Robert R. Reed, may open books and take subscriptions for the capital stock in euch manner as they may deem expedient, at such times and plaeoa as they may designate iu a public advertise ment ; and the stockholders, having had two weeks' public notice in n ncw.-paper puolikhcd in the vicinity of the establish Uient, may meet and proceed to elect such Directors and other officers as they tuny deem necessary for conducting the affairs, of the company, w hieb Directors shall elect a President fruin among their number ; ell of such Directors* nnd officers t? h dd?ih'ir officers until their successors shall he elected^ and to receive sti eh eon.p.-.i* i!i >m as tho s-o?k holdcrs, at each auiiuatl el.icti >u, shall tleterraino. Sec, G. TIic officers- of the pompaity shall submit mutually to the stook h ddcrs a writtcu statement of the affairs of the company. Skc. 7. That this Act shall be deem ed a public Act, and shall continue iu force twenty five years. Approved February 27, 1S73. AN ACT n> Abhoo4.teamd Sink am. that Portion op the Dkut ovtiik State ok South Carolina Ino.k rri) in Am or Tit.. Late Uebel i.ion Aua:nst the United State?. Whereas Article fourteen, in amend, mcnt of the OaVistit ution of the (Juitod States, in Section four thereof, among other things, enjoin* that neither the United States, nor any State, shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid ol insurrection or rebel lion nghiust the United States, or any claim for tho loss or emancipation ol any slave; but all such debts, obliga tions and claims shall he held illegal and void ; and whereas the C?nstitultOU of the State of South Carolina, and Article nine, Section sixteen, enjoins that no debt contracted by this State in behalf of the late rebellion, in whole or in part, shall ever be paid j therefore, Section 1. lie it cnaciedbi/ Senate and House of Representatives of Ihe State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That all of the indebtedness and obligations whatsoever of the State of South Carolina, coming within the constitutional prohibitions aforesaid, as contracted or incurred iu aid of ihu said rebellion, or which are covered or described by or under such prohibitions, or either of them, and all authority for incurring or assuming such indebtedness or obligations on the part of the said State, arc, all and singu lar, hereby abrogated and declared and held to ho illegal and absolutely null and void. Sec. 2. All such indebtedness and obligations of tho said State as arc men tioued in the next proceeding Section shall be immediately dropped and excluded from tho debt of this State, and shall never bo reckoned with nor form any part of tho same, i Sec. 3. Wboover shall violate this Act shall, on eouviction, be punished by n line oi one thousand ddQus, or by imprisonment in the 1 'cnitantiary for one year, or by both BUQD flue and imprisonment, at tho diicreqloa of the Court. Sec. 5. This Act shall tajfu effect up on its passage. Approved February 27, 19&3. J US i o r n ! Atlvice to MuiTiiignibm liirjs. "Girls," said a worthy olijjtlndy tohor grnnd daughters, "whenever a fellow pops the question, don't bltlsh aud stare at your feet. Jost throw your sweet arms round his dear neck, look him lull in tho face, and e ?:r.menee talking about the furniture. Younp^ fellows are mighty nervous, sometimes. I lost several got d cb. n -es before I cau )our dear grandfather, bjjr puttin airs, but L learned how to, do it aflo while." A girl found the aboVc in a news paper, and determined to act upon the suggestion contained therein. She had tried many other plans to capture the wary, fuz/.led lipped youths, and had failed. As a last desptrate'resort, she would try the lurnituro business. So when the young man whom she was angling forVSflropped in to sue her the other evening, she received him with stuilos nnd lured him along in tho con versation up to what she considered the popping point. She held the bait temptingly before his eyes, and he opened hia mouth arid said : J "Angelinc, I have long entertained fee lings of the highest regard for you. I have the greatest respect for your judgment, and I would ask you a ques tion upon which much of my future happiness depends. Would you hive _ ?? 1 mc? lie was interrupted.; The girl threw herself across the room into his lap. aud as >hf held him in nil ii ?n en brace, she stared**" into hia eye:?, and rapidly vociferated : "( Ml, yes?double bedstead?with all my be tri ? mahn; any sofas?b'ess you ? parl -r and kitchen soTs?my sweet, dar ling love?marble topped cradle ? and. ah!" Tho astonished youth, partly recover ing his senses, strove to pacify the excited girl, and find out what was the matter with her. As he soothed ber, she held tighter to him, and between her sighs whisper cd of love and furniture. Suspicioning that he had bceu misunderstood, the young man said : ??Angelinc, calm yourself. You didu't hoar mc, thruugh. 1 was about to ask if you would have me?" '*Uh, yes; chairs and?" "Do listen a minute. Would you have me marry-Miss Gertrude Ii-, of (ilasgow, or Mias Emma V-. ol LicxiogtOtl ? You See I a:u uadecidod, and 1 - -" Like a cat arising from a hot grid He that gill arose frouiniTlh.il follow, and .-hu pourd hot epithets upon him like scalding wat.r rushing from tho mouth of a kettle on a dog's back. Said she : " You oonsarnc 1, insanish. idiotic, g ecu simpleton. What do you reckon l^arc who you marry, you fool 7 You lubberly, obtuse, unapprooiativo, mutton headed, Jackoared? ' She stopped?he was pone. What She Said. A colored mm living on Mac nub street, having loug admired a colored widow living in the block nest above, but being afraid to C0U?e out boldly and reveal his passions, went to a white man of his acquaintance, the other day, and asked him to Write the lady a letter asking her hand in marriage. The friend wrote, telling the womin in a few brief lines that the size of her feet, was the talk of the neighborhood, an 1 asking her if she couldn't pare them down a little. The name of th e colored man wot signed, and ho was to call oti hor Sun day night for an answer. Yesterday the writer of tho letter met the ucgro limp ing along tke Rtrcct, nod asking hiui what the widow. The man showed him a bloodshot oyc, a scratched nose a lame leg. und a spot ou tho scalpy where a handful id wool had been Violently jerk cd out, and he answered in solemn (ones "She didn't say muffin, au' I didu't stay dar mor'u a minute !" ? ass e??o . The merchants favorite apbori.ns? Otic gooJ ton deserves nu>tbcr. Very Absent-Kintled. The most absent minded man we ever know was our friend, General Muiuru. Ho lost one of his legs in the lato war, and he always woro a patent artificial le^ full of springs and joints. Sometimes when he started out in the morning, he would get his leg ou hind part forutnost and then he would go straddling down the street with one set of toes pointing cast and the other set pointing west. His right knee would lend in one direction and his left would bulge out in auother, und the old man would boh up and down like a jumping jack worked with a string. Presently he would meet us and come jolting up to say that he wished we would pitch into the highway department for leaving tho pavement 9% such a rascally condition that a man couldn't walk straight. I'rovious to the war, while he was down at Cape May one summer, he took a buff bath early in the morning, and while in the he got to meditating upon Bomeabtrusc subject and forgetting hiruaelf, ho came walking out upon the beach and np the street to the hotel dressed in nothing but a sad, sweet smile, just as the people were coming down to breakfast. Only a very short time ago ho hitched his hortfc to a sulky, with the animal's nose pushed close to the dasher, and started off back ward without noticing tho diroction. At the end of the first half mile the vehicle jammed up against a tr;e, and the General shot out over the horse's tail. If he doesn't get out of his coffin at his own funeral and insist upon go ing as pall bearer, it will be siugular. A Shrewd Parrot. The subjoined incident is related by a Virginia uegro. If it is true, the par rot was certainly a remarkable bird; 4 You sec," said he, ''dis parrot belon ged to a baker iu li.iclwu.ond. Now each baker is 'lowed to make a certain number of loaves ebery day, aad do more, 'cordon* to how many customers he got; cause if dey bake too much, duy will be servin' out stale bread to do cus miners. Well, dis baker had baked morn'n his share one .day, and hid de rest oh'nm under do counter Do par rot was hangin' in his cage and see it all. " Hi 'lie by, in eouies do inspector and finds de bread all right and is going on; agin satisfied, when de parrot cocks his eye at him and sings out: "Dear's more bread under dc counter I" So de inspect grabs it,' cordin' to law. and carries it off. Well, den de b.iker goes to dc par rot, werry mad, and takes him by Xhe head at d fotches him a twist or two and flings him into de gutter f <r dead, 'longsido of a pig just dead of de mca seis. Dime by, de ptrrots begins to crawl about, his leathers a stickin' out and his head lopped on ono sido, and den he stops and looks at do pig; wery pitiful, and says he; "diJ you say any thing about de bread V A lleautiful Female Ilriguml. The Italian journals relate that tho environs of Catanzarn, Calabria, are infested by a band of brigands under the command of n young woman. She is twenty years of age, and of great beauty, with remarkable black eyes. Her name is Maria, the widow of l'ictro Monice, a bandit chief, who was killed in an encounter with the gendarmes. At his death, she seized his carbine and swore to avenge him. Some time after, a young man, the sou of a wealthy fir nur, fell in love with her and joined her ban 1 in order to be able to prosecute his suit. lie was, however, peremptorily rejected, and, in order to ravenge him self, he betrayed her to tho authorities. She v.aa arrested, tried and sentenced to thirty years' imprisonment. While Undergoing her punishment, a warder, becoming enamored of her, favored her escape and accompanied her, but was .stabbed to death by her orders itnmed iately after the had rejoined her band Sinco that period, she has become still moro redoubtable, her audacity and activity having redoubled, and sho has made herself the terror of the country. Sho burns farms, carries tiff cattle and lev'es forced contributions. The slight est disobedience to her orders is punish able by murder and fire. Her troop is numerous, and nlways well informed by the peasautry through dread of venge a nee. Wilkcs' Conversation. Deacon Dozier going down Broad it., on, hin way to Frout, passed the house of Mr. Wilkca, and looking i? the win dow saw Wilkes down ou his marrow bones, and showing signs of great dis tress. The deacon was sure ho had caught Wilkcs praying, and ho was delighted at tho discovery. Going on he met sister Faunks, and ho told her "Wilkcs was struck." "Struck !" says sister F., "why what on earth do you mean ? You don't mean to sny; that"? "Yes, I do," put in tho deacon; "Wilkcs is struck' under conviction, and I have seen him wrestling with the spirit. "Well thank the good one," says sis ter P., I have prayed often for ^Vilkes and now my prayer has been heard, who can doubt the efficacy of prayer, they both went to Wilkcs' house to comfort and strengthen him. Doing neighbor*, they did not stop for ceremony, but openiug the door, rushed Into the room and there was poor Wilkcs suro enough on bis lenecs with a basin of soap and water scrubbing at something on the carpet. Nof the deacon and sister Faukcs were struck all aback. Wilkcs looked up and accepted tho I situation at once; he explained fully to the deacon, that on account of hi* lone ly situation, his wife and childron be ing away for the summer, and feeling like "one who treads alone somo ban quet hall deserted," be had tho night before come home late and wept tears of Punch and Sardines on the carpet and he had been trying ever sines 9 o'clock to get the darned spot out, but could not succeed, and here was Mrs. Wilkes coming home on tho Reliance to.mor row. "I tell you what," says Wilkes, "there is uo time to pray now, but te scrub. ' Sister Faukcs threw tip both arms in despair, having her faith in the tffieacy of prayer much diminished, but she vuevs she will have WiUes yet, and went home singing: "As long as the lamp holds out to burn, the vilest sinner (even Wilkes) may rctur t. Presence of Mind. It i-- a good thing, says the Detroit Free P.ess} to know what do when a man faints away and falls down in the street. As pedestrian fell down on Monroe avenue yesterday, being just off a sick bed, and it was wonderful bow many men in the crowd knew exactly what was tho best thing to do. One called for brandy, another waved the crowd back, another shouted "police" and "coroner," a fourth brought a buck et of water from a saloon, and all tho Others, crowded in as closely as pissibta, and began wondering if tho roan had his life insured. Some wanted to throw water on the victim, and others thought that his boots ought to be removed, and the uiau with tho slop pail fell down iu it and jumped up and kicked at a lame boy. Two boys were sent for a doctor, but didn't go, and a market woman crowded in and told them to raise the mau's head. Somo ooo put a brick under his neck, and another general call was made for whiskey, camphor, gin soda pop, root beer, ginger, ale vinegar, water and lager. Nothing was brought, and after a few minutes the man opened his eyes, gave his name, and asked to be taken homo After he had departod a doctor arrived, a coronor came puffing along, and the crowd came near having a fight as to who was entitled to the honor of saving tho man's life. Red cedar chips spriukled on a shov el full of coals will clear a ro?in of Hies. Red and white ivory chips droppod on a green table will clear a man's pocket of money. "Why, Charley, I am astonished at seeing you nuking mouths at your mother t" Charley brightened up at onco and. retorted, "why, I oaloulatcd to laugh, but 'mamma, my face slipped. The "personal mention" with which the Omaha editors take pleasure in hon ortug thir friends is illustrated by tho following choice morsel of recast date : " ?V* M. Madden, commooly known as 'Fatty, the great American traveler/ arrived in this city recently, and samp] ed forty kegs of beer, besides attending tho circus and eating eight straight meals at Wyoming." The Conductor Aheaf. A Cincinnati car conductor tells tke following story. ' One day lost week,'1 said he, "there came on board of the cars fron: one of the up country stations, a very pretty, genteel young lady, on her way to this city. She was alone; so I waited open her to a goed seat, and made her as ooas lortablo as possible. It was a few nun utcs before tho startling hour, and she was so agreeable and so talkative* that I lingered, and we had a pleasant chat. Afterwards, when collecting the tiok cts, she detained me again an instant and gave mo some fine peaches, which, she Baid came from her friend's orchard in the country; and, really, I began is) think that I had not had so charming a passenger for many a day. "Well, we arrived at the depot, and then I attended her to the carriage, handed np her arpet bag; and after all, what do you think she said?" All thought of course, that the young lady would say viry politely, "Thanfc^ you, sir"?smile like a gleam of sunshine :?the carriage roll off?and John Van Dusen, the gentlemanly conductor would bow an adieu, and with a sigh turn away and forget tho matter. "No," said the conductor, 'she did no such thing: but, just as her foot w*3 on the step, she turned, and with a sort of look I can't describe observed: "Yen must consider this, sir, merely a car acquaintance. Yon must not as pect to be recognized if we meet any wh#r else!". John drew a long breath. /What did you say?" "Why, I thought this rathsruoeivil, to say the least; so I replied very quick "Ccrtai.ily not, madams. I was j?t goiug to remark that you mast not feel slighted if unnoticed bf mo anywhere, except on the cars: for really, we. eon ductois have to bs careful ahmt oar acquaintance!" "And tho lady ?" ( She looked quite silly, and sho drove off,' r< p ied John. Dropping a Fop. Mr. W. C, of Elliott City, a ceaeeh cd snob, was so fond of fine clothes that he reveled in them by day and dreams*! of them by eight: One cveaiag he visited a young lady, and as he removed his overcoat, etc., in the hall, preparatory to entering the parlor, tho lady orsr heard him uttor the following sensible words : Taking his overcoat and hanging up, he said, "Hang there you fifty do! lar overcoat!" Hauling off his gloves and putting them on the table, "Lay there you five dollar gloves !" Placing his hat on the rack, "Hang .'here yo? t?n dollar hat!" Standing his cane in the corner, "Stand there yon fifteen del lar cane !" Then he enterod the parlor and was about to sit down, but the lady palled the chair from under him, and, as she left th e room said: "Lay there you two cent fort.** lie has not been soen around that house since. Sixteen Good Habite. 1. Abstinence from tobacco and in* toxica thra. 2. Temperance at meals. 3. Daily attention to all conditions of health. 4. Constant occupation. 5. ^ Doing at once what is required of yon. G. Having a time and a place for ev erything. 7. Fidelity to all appointmeriin and duties. 8. Paying for everything when ywe get it. 9 Regular pursuits in some seicMt. 10. Giving as woll as receiving. 11. Aiaiing at harmony in oonversa. tion. 12. Looking always on the bright side. 13. Associating with some WlUlile minister and society. 14. Talking of edifying subjects. 15. Acting always in th* right sper it. 16. Reslising the presence of Oed aft I all times. "Pray, Jack, why did yon marysaelt a little wife ?" "Why," said W, "I thonght you would ham known, that of all evils we should ohooee At least,".