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LOCAL, J. i'ELDER MEYERS, ABBistnnt Editor. SATURDAY, SBPT. 5, 1874. The depot is going up rapidly. Hot and oool Hub week. Wator-mclon rinds on the street. Bill Sain went hunting on Wednesday last. He killed a "var mint." Planting turnips is all the go now among gardnera. Pickets off the Court House fonco. Mot on tight enough to hold the ring. Grconvillo and Spartan burg Counties have declared for Chamberlain. A mass meeting will bo bell boro shortly after the State Convention. ? ?^?????.???? Mr. Harley's hands are busily engaged in picking cotton Good time ooming. The American lightning rod man was in Town on Thursday last. Tho Grange Store is doing a fine business. Hurrah! forEzckiel. Mr. Z. M. Wolfe advertises hois for sale. Porkers arc in a bad fix now. Parties hud better keep them close. Hon. W. H. Rcedish is growing in popu larity dally. We hear him spoken of on all sides. Mr. Tetcr Cannon has hoisted bis sign, Pete Ib the best guu smith in the county, and works nt reasonable rates. ????????? BS?? ? Hermann W?hlers called on the Governor Tuesday last. Ho refuses so tell us any thing of the interview. Moses speaks of retiring from politic* and going into the soap business. Good. He will bear washing. Mr. Thnmc8 (the popular Superintendent of the South Carolina Railroad) and family aro boarding at Meroncy's hotel. ? ??? - - ? <s?? ? Judge Grnhani spoke at Marion tho other day, and denounced Moses in unmeasured terms. He is for Chamberlain. JMi\ Kirk Robinson has moved into bis l**"~*Iiand?omely fitted up store under the News <?!hce. -i ? 11 I ? W ? ? - -?! 11 I ? 'The majority of our merchants are pre Jpsrlng for the Pall trade. Wa wish for tl em a lively Lutflnoss. Mr. D. Louis is having a platform bail t in the yard adjacent to his st ire. llo nn fidlpales a lively trade. ? ???in ii- ? -.???? - Mr.- E. B. Seabrook is looming up in 'Charleston again. We wish him nbundtnt success in all his undertakings. Senator Patterson had a consultation -.villi the President this week npon affairs in ?tbis Statt). The result of tho interview has ?noi yet transpired. -Judge Cooko soys there is no reason for mrny:Uriited State Troops to bo brought here We second his motion. Pence reigns in Warsaw. A Chamberlain delcgntiin baa been elcc 1cd from Charleston to the State Convention and a Congressional delegation in tho inter eBt of Solicitor Buttz. There-are aomo men in tlws world who have quarterly s polls ef eocoethes teribmdi whojeannot refrain from showing thoir hands every now and then. Wo know their marks. Hon. John A. Wngener has been spoken of for Governor. * Ho is about the strongest infin tho Conservatives could put forth, provided thay intend to make a nomina (ion. The Edgefield Advertiser was in mourning last week for its founder, Wm. F. Donresoe, Esq., who died in Hint place on Thursday laut a week ago. He was a highly estoemed nrembor of society. Whipper and Smalls are having it in Ihcir District. Of tho two men Whipper is infinitely tho best. His mind is sufficiently large to swallow up the outiro caroass of of a doxon men llko the pompous Smalls. About the weakest and most stupid newspaper article we havoseen lately was an editorial in the Greenville Enterjirize and' Mountaineer, a wcok or bo ago, en tho poor little Chronicle ef Charleston. No man could stand cither on an empty stomach. Sickening, awfully sickening! If Chamberlain is nominated for Qov or nor, two years from to-day South Carolina will be tho moat prosperous Stato in tho Union. Let tho Convention romomber this. Tho Charleston San pilches into the Ifewt and Courier on all sides. TIio Xetca says "Shoo fly, don't boddcr me." They both, however, ignore the very existence of the "Littie Joker?ihe Chronic-all. The Abbeville Medium is the most inde pendent paper in tho State. Hcmphill, tho handsome, never goes down bill, but sonio how or other ho has an aversion to sand hills. How is that ! Senator Smith., of Harnwcll, has been appointed by Frank, Trial Justice in the place of James Browning, deceased. He, Franklin (or Genend Moses, as his daddy calls him) contemplates making a foiv changes in this County shortly. DE. A. C. DUKES? Advertisement in another column presents a new face this morning. Tho Doctor ha-< a reputation for selling puro and fresh drugs, and has won a name for himself by the manner in which he fdls prescriptions. Since Mr. Wallace Cannon's recovery, he begins to look bolter then before his sick ness, nnd certainly continues to sell cheap, fresh ami sound groceries. He docs a stun ning litjuor trade, and is represented as selling tho '-pure stulf." Long life to Wallace - - ?? ? -?- ? - ? Judge Cooke is making a tour through the up country, in the interest of Cum iber laili. He declares that Moses is the biggest scoundrel oulside of the Penitentiary. The Judge is very popular in bis Circuit, and wc are are pleasod to see that he is using his influence on the side of Bcforin. Judge Green of Siunter is spoken of for Governor by several parties. He smells yet of the Boll of 187-, and wont run with Republicans worth a cent. Let him stay where he is. It is claimed that he makes a good Judge, and as sich ho mint cant!mm. Wc can't trust him in any higher ollioe yet a while. Tho Xtics and Courier complains of the curiosity of mail agents. It has failed tc receive sundry letters, said to contain mon ey, which were mailed to it recently. Wouldn't it be a treat to get hold of ouc of Moses's letters to the Xrirs and Courier ? And wouldn't wc like to publish it for the benefit of our readers ? KOI/X k 11110 A)e up with the times. They have a new supply of culicos, of the latest prints. This is the largest dry good storo in Or nngebtirg, and if one can't find there what he wants, it would be of no use to hunt else where. A polite and gentlemanly corps of clerks are always ready to wait on custom ers. The Charleston Sun, in giving some ad vice to the Charleston Convention, says. '?A choico of new men must b,i so made as to form a reconciliation between the two races in the State." This spirit was manifested some time ago when tho Republicans turned the editor of the Sun out of oflice. Perhaps that may account for the milk in the cocoanut. Ho's not what he used to be. Mil. JOI1X DUKES1? Cotton, which looked so flourishing a few days ago, presents now a disheartening ap pearance. Tho catterpillars have taken possession of nearly forty nors of it already , and arc spreading daily. Mr. Dukes re ports that his crop has suflfered considerable damage up to tliis lime. He has one hun dred acres under cultivation, and it would be a heavy Iosb, indeed, to Mr. Dukes, should the cattcrpill irs continue in thoir instruc tive campaign. look our? Mr. John Dnnner, the Chief at Cornel son's mammoth store, is in New York, se lecting a fall supply of dry goods, clothing, hats, pot and crockery wnrcH, and groceries enough to supply a regiment of Militia for 12 months. A special trnin will'bo chartered tobring tho goods through at onco. Mr. Cornelson says ho doesn't mind the cxponso of tho thing, hi", main desire being to please itis customers. Look out f< r something grand as soon as Mr. Danner returns. "Our color lino of yesterday was written to define our position. Wo hopo wc aro understood."?Charit ?Ion Daily Sun. Yes sir. We understand you thoroughly. We think you a great man in your way, and imagine that you aro of our opinion. There aro moments, though, wheu wo aro inclined to think that if the Mertury could reappear upon tho journaldistic stage, you would be porsuntlcd to give up tlio task of Bupp lying the place left vacant by its demise. Would it not bo well for you to doff tbo lion's skin at once. You can't make tho^genuino roar. And you aro laughed^, don't you soo ? Speaking of Mr. Chamberlain and the various Hoards of which In* wus a member, the Columbia Phunir, which wus bitterly opposed to hint a short time since, says of him, in its issue of the 3rd ins! : "By his own showing, the reasoning which persuades us of his innocence must convinc us" also that the conduct of the other mem bers of the Financial Board, both ai mem Ucrs of the Financial Hoard and individual Stute officers, in corniest ion with the bonds of the Stute, was dictated by honest uio tivoi." bet the State Convontion bear in mind this one fact next Tussday, to wit .?Tf Mo ses, Junior, is shoved upon us again, a* the nominee of the Republican party, wo in tend to bolt the ticket. It wont do. VY*J can't swallow the brigand Frank, nor will this County. Nominate him and count Or angoburg County against you. He is not fit to be sergeant-nt-arms of the House of Representatives, much less Governor. Drat him! we don't want him in any shape. Wo wish that he was in Atl'rica among the goril las The Frit Ciiiini suy8 "the Session of Court in this County, is a great time for gamblers and whitdroy-fuddlcrs, and that some big olficials have their hands in it. It is a great mistake not to have them indict od." Now if this is nnvnl for the officers of our Circuit Court, or any of the higher officers cf the Court, we arc authorized to give it an explicit and pointed denial, If however, the Citizen has authority for what it says, we should like to see it repeat in its columns next month what it Said last. A rule for contempt might issue. The Newt und Courirr after quoting from several Northern exchanges, Bflys: ??These are the words of Republican newspapers conspicuous for their loyal ty to the Union and for their devotion to the interest of the colored people. They emphatically declare that the South Car * 1 inix Republicans must * nominate Mr. Chamberlain. ***** And in that case, as we have said before, we should advise against any countcr-noiui nations." The Xewt and Courier is on the right track now. We thought, it would get ashamed of Moses alter a while. Hurrah ! for Chamber lain! A Democrat writing to the Newt und Cour ier from Sunitcr says, "Of one thing I am perfectly convinced, and that is thai the people of this Slate will have to right things themsehet, either through the peaceful remedy of refusing to pay tuxes, or by the strong arm of physical force." How amusing this must be to Repub licans. This correspondent arrogates to the Democracy all that is human in this State. Republicans are not people! How sublimely ridiculous this spawn of a Demo crat m^kes himself, by his attempt at smartness." Dun Quixote was nit more provokingly funny and foolish in his adven ture of the dead body. Writ o again, Juniiis. refreshing, indeed,'to f. j .1/.? The Newt and Courier consoles Moses thtisly ' "There is no danger of any disturbance in South Carolina. Tlia whites are not ready for a fight, nor are they likely to bo ready, nor* do they want a tight whet her ready or not. They desire peace every where, and, for them, the presence of United States troops has no terrors what ever. Siwh soldiers as those who form the garrisons in Charleston and Columbia will always be welcome in South Carolina. And, if they give the people a fair and free elec tion, their claim on the popular gratitude will be strong indeed." Franklin read the above extract with u great deal of pleasure, it is said. He has no fear of fox hunters now. /> our post office? Is run on the most approved style, and by men as polite and a liable as Chesterfield. This is one of the most essential qualities a Post Master can possess. Our friend Mr. W. F.. Williams, the Chief, and his accom modating deputy, Mr. J. S. Bull, aro the right men in the right place, and manage to keep things in first-rate order, consider ing the large amount of work they have to perform daily. The otHcc is being conduc ted iu a manner entirely satisfactory to the department, as complimentary letters to Mr. Williams, from that source, will show. There are about five hundred pigeon holes in our Post Office, from which a mail to thirty thousand peoplo is distributed, ho sides the threo weekly newspapers publish ed here. Mr. Williams sells shout ton thou sand titamps ami five thousand stamped en vclopos evory quarter. This will givoan idea of the business done iu tho Post Office. Long may our friends woyo. BASE BALL? On Thursday last a match game of Base BalLwas played bot ween the Blue Slooking Club of this place and the Rattlesnake Club of Lewisville. The game resulted a.% follows : % Blue Stockings. Rattlesnake. R. O. Bailey, C. 4 4 Humbert, P. 5 2 Holmes, L. F. 4 2 Myers, 3d b. :t 4 ForJIinm, .S. S. 6 1 Berwick, R. s. s. fi 1 Dulfio. R. F. 4 .1 Sasportns, 2d b. 2 3 Robinson, 1st b. 2 2 Aiken, C. F. 1 f> R. O. Fritz, 1st b. 0 0 Priolcan, P. 4 3 Richardson, 8. S. 2 ? Cotton, It. F. f> 0 Bull, L. F. 3 1 Rlckcnbaker, 2 b 2 4 Louis, R. b. h. 2 4 Major, C. F. 0 3 Mitchell. 3d b 2 2 Whitmore, C. 1 G 1 2 8 4 .1 0 7 8 0 Total. Blue Stocking, fl 4 4 3 3 7 f> ? O 85 Rnttlesnako C ."> 1 1 ",4 2 2 2 27 Time of gamo '?) hours, 4 min. and 25 soc. Captain J. F. Fordham wears upon his bolt tho champion cup. After presenta tions the two clubs retired to a nice ban quet prepared for their eutcrtainmcnt. After supper the night wmspent in dancing. Much credit is due to the Committees, and to Dr. John T. Butler, who acted as umpire. The scorers were Mr. F. R. pMcKinlay, of the Blue Stocking Club and Mr. K. Cleckly of the Batllcsnakc Club. We never saw a more orderly and quiet game played. HOMICIDE IX BAMBERG? James W. Browning, Trial Justice at Hamberg, was shot and killed on Saturday evening last, at that place, by Jacob W. Crum, and died trim the wound rcceiv ed abou ten minutes after. Politics had nothing to do with the affairs. (.'rum was arrested a .-hort timo after the shooting, and, the next morning. Trial Justice Hewitt, acting as corencr, held an inquest over the body of the decease I. The jury rendered a verdict that thcdccoascd came to his death by a wound from a pistol in the hands of Crum, and that the killing was willful. It seems that Crum and Browning had a difficulty in front of the drug store of Wright & ('rum, which originated from soma remark male by the decaased. Browning then went to Sinter's store, and leaving there a little while after, he met Crum about half way between the drug store and Slater's. Crum accosted him and then shot him. Crum was scat to jail this afternoon on a commitment issued by the acting coroner, there to await, his dial at the coming term of court. Brown ing wns bunded on Sunday afternoon. The excitement was intense in consequence of tho ntfray, but everything is now quiet. The affair was very much regretted, as both parties had many friends. Wo learn that Attorney-General Melton, Le roy F. Yoe mans and Malcolm I. Browning, Esqs., have been retained for the prososution. COMMERCIAL. .li A R KET ItEPOIMS. Omer, or tuk OnAKOKDunn Nbws, September, Ith, 1S74 . COTTON?Sales during the week 30 bales. AVc quote : Ordinary, to Good Ordinary.... II .l-?M2$ Low Middling. 133? Middling.14 llouoti Rick.SI. 10 per ouslicl ? Cons.Si.00 per bushel. Cow I'kas.'jo to I. Illi per bushel 1'lXHEKS. 1.1"? per bushel. Sheriff's Sales. OHANGICBU HQ COUNTY. In Common Pleas. J. A KELLER, vs. T. K. S A SPORTAS and M. J. SASPOUTAS. By virtue of the judgement of foreclosure herein, 1 w ill sell, at Orangcburg Court lit use, on the fir>t Monday in September next, during the legal hours of sale, at auction for cash. 1. Plantation of 220 acres, more or less, on both sides of Binuikers Bridge Road, bounded by lands now or lately of W. S Dudley, Lewis Wisscnhunt, J. Rilcy, and Estate of S. Beach: being tract conveyed loT. K. Snsportns by Dr. K. J. Olivcros. 2. Tract ot 12-"J acres, more or less, on Little Pen Branch, bounded by lands now or lately of J. D. Fairy, J. W. II. Dnkcs, Andrew Berry and Mrs. Colin Mctts' Dower. 3. Tract of 227 acres, more or less, bound ed by lands now or lately of Andrew Berry, James Rhoods, Oliver IL Ott and Edwards; the two last described tracts being the lands convoyed to T. Iv. Saspor tns by Mrs. Celia Mctts, Executrix of the will of James D. Melts, deceased. ALSO ORANEBUKG COUNTY. In Common I'r.ms. J. A. KELLER, vs. T. K. SASPORTAS, B. L 1.0YD and Y. D. BOWMAN. By virtue of tho judgment of forclosure herein, I wdll sell, at Orangcburg Court House, on the first Monday in September next, nt auction, for cash, during (he legal hours of sale. 1. Plantation of 440 acres, more or less, bounded by lands now or lately of Oliver Fornum, Andrew Inabinet, H. Waunamaker, J. S. K. Legare, und Estate of Peter Hook; being pi omiscs formerly of the Estate of S. Beach. 2. Lot and Pwolling in the Town of Orangeburg, on West side of Market Street fronting on snnl Street, 42 foot and 8 in., and running bnck 271 feet to lands formerly Of James Hnrley, deceased, und bounded by lot of Independent Elliott Hook Si Ladder Company and lot of Jno. S. Bowman. Purchasers to pay for papers and record in pt. Sheriff's Office, ) E. I. Cain, 4 Orangcburg C. H., S. C., [ S. 0. C. August 16th, 1874. j aug. 15 31 HAVING OPENED A FIRST-CLASS GROCERY, Rcsp cct'ullv culls Ihc attention of (he HOUSEKEEPERS and PUBLIC generally to bis WELL SELECTED STOCK of CANNED GOODS, PICKLES, BUTTER, LAUD, BACON, HAMS. SUGAR, COFFEE, MOLASSES, SYRUP. liquors, m. sept 5 1871 ly WANTED IMMEDIATELY! All the WOOL, WAX, HIDES, 110UGH KICK, CORN, PEAS, EGGS, KAGS, eve, &e. To be had, for which the HIGHEST CASH PRICES will be paid at the GRANGE STORE, Opposite where Whittemore's Soap Factory used to be. aug 22 c 1874 c. d. kortjohn V HAS A FULL SUPPLY OF Groceries, liquors, TOBACCO & CIGARS. C. 13. KORTJOHN. TAKE D?E NOTICE THAT THEODORE K0H1T & BEO. Are now CLOSING OUT their en tire Stock of SUMMER WEAR to make room for the immense took Which their Mr. HE2THY KOHET is Purchasing in the Northern Markets. G yose & izlar And "buy your GROCERIES, and thus save yourself the trouble of pricing elsewhere. SXtT GOODS DELIVERED. Mr. Editor:?You will please nmtounoo tlie Itcv. THOMAS PHILLIPS a Candidate for School Commissioner for t he next, term, subject to the action of tho nominating Convention. 4 NUMEROUS VOTERS. August 1st, 1874. FOR THE LEGISLATURE Mr. Editor:?l'leaso announco ('apt., 0. J. JAMISON, of tho Fork, a Candidate for tho next Legislature, at the Comuig election and oblige, MANY TRENDS. If you waul WORK RONE in Hoiihc und Carriage Paint ing go to J. A. WILLIAMS. Experience 21 years. Resi dence on Market Street. jan 17 1871 la Fresh Groceries JUST IN AT J. Wallace Cannons ALSO LIQUORS, CIGARS, TOBACCO, AND CANNED GOODS, CANDIBS, FRUITS, &c All of the above, goods are offered nl PRICES to suit tho present tight times, jan 31 187d