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THE JOURNAL. JOHN KERSHAW, PROPRIETOR. ' CAMDEN, S. C? AUGUST 14, 1873. loyWill our subscribers please notico our in... terms, ana pay accorutngiy i mu jn^nv tor of this paper has no other sourco of income, and prompt payment is essential. JtoT W. II. It. Workman, Esq., is an thorized to receipt for monies due the Camden Journal. ThefUniverslty of the Sonth. We had the pleasure of attending the Commencement ot tin* unurcu 1/UITVlOli^ | on the 10th of July, at University Plaec, Sewanoe, Tennessee. The various exercises of the week, wore exceedingly interesting and largely attended by the citizens of the placo and visitors from the Southern States. Thero were members of the Board of Trustees present from North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas.? Among them were the Bishops of Mississippi, Texas, Tennessee, Louisiana and South Carolina. The business of the Board was * harmoniously dispatched, the condition of the University found to be mast satisfactory and improving, and only money needed to plaoe it upon a most admirable footing. Tbo attendance of students was large and constantly increasing, being now two hundred and ten?many of them of mature age and higher attainments. A large number of young men are in attendance from this State, and it is most gratifying to know that they arooompeting for the honors of the institution. Of.fchc University students who took ,J distinctions at the end of the Lenten term, ? were the following: I*. IT. Nelson, (Nonnulla Laudc,) Frcnoh and , >t Latin. * < W. M. Aiken, " " Chemistry, French, Genhan. W. M. Steele, (Nonnulla Laude,) French. Herbert Khett, " u French, La* tin, Engineering and Physics, German. John Kershaw, (Magna Laude,) Ureet, moral Science, with Gold Medal. A. S. Smith, (Ndbnulla Laude.) Greek. J. D. Seabrook? " " Greek, German, Math. J. D. Seabrook, (Magna Laude,) Met. and Eng. Lit. and Latin. E. R. Middleton, (Nonnulla Landc, (Chcm. * Geology.. Palm?, ffinnnnlli ,T anrin, fhnmintry. ^ Math. E. R. Falmcr, (Magna I^audo,) Geology. ('. T. Connors, (Nonnulla Laudo,) JChem. Math. Mot. and Eng, Lit. II. Steele, (Nonnulla Laude,) Chemistry. J alius Seabrook, (Nonnulla Laude.) Latin, German; v Julias Beabrook, (Magna Laude,) Math. Henry Boyleston, (Nounulla Laude,) Latin, Math. Whaley, (Nonnulla Laudc,) Met. and Kng. Lit., German. Besides these, some distinctions were conferred upon pupils of the Grammar School? w among whom wc remember the names of musters Champion and LlanJing DcSaussure, of this place, known in the jsirlaact of the school us DeSaussurcs, fortius and gmartus. The standard of scholarship is high, and tho competition earnest and severe, and these honors are well- crited by those winning them. The Commencement Address *as ascrinonfVom tho Rt.Itcv. Joseph P. 1L Wilmec, 1). I>., Bishop of Louisiana, an able^ ekaiueut and nhiioeonhieal appeal for earnest and faithful labor, most admirably adapted 4a tlu> occasion. During the week thero was a moot interesting contest between the Pocic. ties for a prize, a gold medal, lor the best essay, and another, a silver cup. for elocution. Tito essay was admirable, and the four addrawca competing lor tho prize in elocution were abovo the usual average of such performances. The prize in tho former oase WW delivered by the Hon. Jacob Thompson, and in thclatter by Thomas'M. llaockcl, Esq., both of the Board of Trustees, each of whoin made appropriate addresses. The student's hall and levees at the Chancel, lor's and Vice Chancellor's, private entertainments, and various contests for tho championship between the rival bono ball clubs relieved the gravity of tho exercises of tho week, added innocent diversion to the ... l _ / ,i ;? 1 j graver u uucs ui iue occasion, ?uu uijiju-u the wh'Jo with bright and cheerful memories. it id worth mentioning, that the Hoard have provided for the addition to the 1'niveraity of a School of Thoology n* soon as the linanrial condition of the institution will :? I.. ?1 .... wnrriwii. ii>. in iiiitu iiu viiriniiaii jutuuii ready to re.sjKmd to this opportunity of doing good ? The students in attendance arc from fifteen States, of which the most Northward is Connecticut. This is enough to show that no narrow provincial spirit pervades this institution. We have supposed our readers would feel an interest in this excellent enterprise, which, thongh under the control of the P. Jj. Cfimvh of the ten Southern States, is doing a work, that must commend itself to every friend of civilisation and christian truth. ( oufcremman Raiucy. This representative man of his race and party has made a speech at Hartford, Conn. We make the following extracts. They 'ndicate tho atrocious spirit which actuates his wing of the republican party. Will his Northern allies continue to support those avowing the policy of high taxes in order to cheapen lands? Mr. Rainey shows the Commune a nearer and better way to possess itself of the accumulated millions that represent the thrift and industry of tbc Stewarts, the Astors and [the Vanderbilts. Nothing can be simpler. Let the internationals who r i have the majority, elect their own men to office. Let them make sure they are needy, avaricious, licentious and unscrupulous, and thus fitted for the spoliation. Then bid them lay on the taxes, waste the proceeds in riotous living and unbridled lust and licentiousness, and continue tho process until the honest tax payer is bound to sell at any price. Such is Mr. Rainey's.programme, and the process has been exemplified in South Carolina without intermission for the last five years, and has been sanctified by the name of republicanism, and as suoh receives the endorsement of tho nation. Our people arc ealled recalcitrant rebels because they repudiate with horror, a party which pursues a nolicv utterly subversive of the rights of r ? ?r i - ? property, and publicly avows a purpose of confiscation by taxation. The republican party is sustained at the North bccauso it is considered conservative of property. How will the leaders tolerato Mr. Rainey's doc. trino of making lands cheap by. laying on the taxes, which he says he and his people " like" to do? The Columbia Union-ITcrahl finds this radicalism too strong for its republican stomach, and comments upon it as follows: "Mr, ll&inoy strains a point, and lays, perhaps, upon the shoulders of the party, a responsibility which it might be unwilling U> bear, when he says that wo " like to put on th^taxes" so as to make land cheap. In the first place, the Republican party cannot afford to acknowledge that it would lay any unjust and discriminating tax upon the people, and, in the second place, if it did, in matter of lands, it would entirely fail of its purpose. " Wo do not care to elaborate the argument, but itis plain the colored man foots the bill, because he has to pay the price for the P - * J x ? A- l!i?- J iooa ana raiment wnicn supports me, anu that food and raiment are in the hands of the man who has the money. This is the reason why, all over the world, tho rich grow richer and the poor grow poorer, and why there havo been so many attempts to combine labor for self-protoction against capital. Now, how is itan this Stare ? There have been, in debt and taxes, about ten millions of dollars paid for taxes since the war, aad yet lands are on the mn tli&u fa 1008:' And again, out of this money, how comparatively few colored men have bonght lands'/ Those who have got oomfortable or bought homes, and there arc hundreds of them, have done so iu spite of the taxes, and becauso they were hard working, thrifty and economical. The man who has no property must earn his bread by tho sweat of his brow in the street or in the field. Tho man who lias property is gonerally ablo to run some business that will kocp him out of the hot sun. If you shculd levy a tax hoavy enough to forco him to sell iiis property, would the poor man who has nothing, be able to buy ? A good deal of land has been sold in this way, and how much has the poor man bought? It has eithor reverted to tho State or been bought on speculation by some man of means. Look too, at the land commission. IIow is that for high taxation and cheap lands? How many colored peoplo havo got homes out of that job? No; wo think Mr. ltaincy is mistaken, not only in the fact, but in the policy. The democrats have all along used this increasing taxatien against us and yet laughed at us in their sleeves all the time. If the poor republican can stand it, they can. The people ought to be undeceived in this matter. It is their most important concern.? Lands arc not different from other species of taxable property. Tho more you lay on the tax, the more you compol the luborcr to pay for tho necessaries of life and the less money you Icavo him out of his hard earnings to purchase his humble homo. We have taxes enough iu heaven's name, and it is one of the reasons why ovcry thing is so high." It will be observed that these remarks arc addressed to the impolicy, rather than the enormous wickedness of Mr. Harney's project. Hero follow Mr. lluinoy's remarks: "We negroes in the Sontli are endeavoring to rise in the scale of being, to remain no longer a harden to tho general or State government. We are industrious and are slowly accumulating property. We arc not skilled moehanics, but wo know how to till tho soil, and that is one of tho most honorable and useful occupations. We take the ground that wo arc rising in the South. If you in the North aro not watchful, if you don't urge your children on in the path of education, the little black children of the South will prove your superiors in the years to conic. There are but twenty-five per cent, of the colored population of South Carolina who can neither read or write.? The poor whites?the "clay caters"?are not alive to the need of education. Quite the contjary, the negroes arc alive to the blessings*of education and religion. They go to church, the little ones go to school, and their advancement is really astonishing. The schools, not yet as good as yours in tNew Kn gland, arc coming on step by step. Wo are determined that wo shall be a useful people in the government of tho United States. It has been said the negro in the South not inclined to work. Democratic papers have accused him of idleness and want of thrift. Let me say wo are industrious and emulous of advancement. Our lahor" is underpaid, arid we won't work for nothing. Hut look- at what has been done, and credit cannot he withheld. The ? colored people of South Carolina pay taxd| on nearly $1,000,000. They own $100,00^ worth of church and school property. IfjB bo true that we are idle, how is it that.th^^H ton nulla of the North and of Englancra^B kept running ? You would not have rice <& cotton, or various other Southern products if negroes were as idlo as claimed. The speaker referred with pleasuro to tljX evidences of thrift which appear in the orcd population of Connecticut. lie they have had advantages which the Sotf^P is only now gaining. The colored peoplp South are learning tho lesson of economy As tho source of thrift. Land is cheap, Be said; tcc lifec to put on inc inxcs so kw make it cheap. ? How independent a feels when he owns six or eight acres of la? and has a prosperous home! He feels pro? and gratified. When a people feel so them cannot help going forward, politically, ciahji, financially. We will prove that^^p were made for something besides slaves. ? * * * * * 0* There arc some things you have not do? for as. We are desirous of beooniing ajMsans. Throw open your work shops to Bored boys. With equal rights to the baljflt, give them equal rights to employment^^Thus wo shall become intimately connected-. Our interests will bo aliko. Give us a fffr showing in the race of life and we willJakmonstrate that the negro will rise. You inftt not expect him to become religious wjth church doors closed or intelligent tdfth Wn mnaf nnf KftVA infpdOr DUUUUAO UIUDLU. TfV Uiuov uvv ?-? v ministors or teachers if you expect us toj^r prove. Lay this to your souls, and do wat you can to make us better citizens. v * * * m * The matter of civil rights next occupi? a large portion of the speaker's attention. ^Re said, we must not be expeoted to be quiet till all our rights are granted. Wo sWdl continue to agitato until we'get them. 10any first class hotels aro , closed to us; we cfnot ride in many first class railroad oTP*; schools and churches arc in many pjfta closed to us. Thcro must be no vestig?"of this animosity left. Our people still swor Civil rights is now the great qucstioijT I wish that my million fellow colored ven might go in solid phlanx and say?shoWus the man who will befriend us and we yill vote for him; say you will not vote for ? 8 Grant for president, nor Ilanry Wilsoiylnor any other man who will not hear this c^u of ours for civil rights. 1 Referring to the honored champion offfhe colored race, he said: There is the imintfftal Charles Sumnef. dear to tho heart of otery negro. We appreciate his efforts; wcijiall not forget him, living or dead, me negfocs in Congress will watch the questions ck?eJy the coming session. We shall go agjJnst the interests of every State whose repfppntatives go against ours. We shall try the negro in high office and make the WiVe man recognize his black face awl he has met his equal. -W * * * Ifc * Tho speaker referred to the jeaHviea which were too apt to exist between ter and poorer classes of enured . adjured his hear era to livo raindndrtnTin **"! lahor ^toget^e^^^HPP common good." An interesting letter written from this place under date of August 4th, appears in the Charleston News and Courier, from which wo copy tho following: "What we need is emigrants and immigrants. We have spoken of the prosperity of this section; wo will be frank; wo mean not universal or goncral "prosperity," but that of energetic, hard-working individuals. We havo direct reference to the planters of tho community. What do you think of fortvthrec bales of cotton being sent to the market from a two mule farm last season ? And, better still, the proprietor thereof (as good a gucsscr as he is a planter) is this year looking for a fifty balo crop (besides six hundred ??i- -i?r \ ? . .. _:?l :i DUMiicin 01 cornj on twenty acres, wim no increase of anient! power P II is farm was bought three years since (on time;) ho had to "clear" every foot of it, yet has lived in oomfort; has paid every dollar of the purchase money, and is, to-day, worth several thousands clear of the world?having startod with nothing'{ Kopt this "out West" if you can! It is true, that tho case cited is the prominent one of the community, but there are others that approximate very closely to it, and wc arc confident that we hazard nothing in saying that there is not a farmer in the county, who faithfully guards his interests, that is not "making money," and rapidly striding "on to fortune." Per example, (to show what thorough culture will do,) a gentleman realized, last year, upon his residence farm in Camden fourteen bales upon but sixteen acres, and that, too, as poor a piece i i u:n i i?> j. .. ? ui "puiiu-iiiii juiiu um ever uiitue u river bottom planter "cum" to look upon. But tho planting element is miserably dispropotioned to the immense area of idle acreage in our midst, upon which enormous taxes aro paid, in $oliilo, but which, cut up into "lots to suit puachascrs," (as they havo been.) would enable tho fortunate possessor? to laugh at the tax collector?backed though he bo, by the capacious maws of tho Columbia "ring"?and this simply for the reason that cultivated acres can support thcinsolvos under the present exorbitant taxation, whilst, in the ratio of ono hundred acres "in hand" to a thousand lying idle, tho reluctant "lord of tho manor" sees "confiscation'"'(virtually) staring him in tho face." Hungry for Oehick.?We learn that sixty applications for the two clerical positions in the Anditor's office have been re* ceived hy (Jen. Taft since ho took possession of tho office two days ago. Some of the applicants couldn't "audit" a pint of pea nuts n tney woro caiicu upon to settle a dispute about the number it contained. Another instance of the thirst for Government situations is foend in the three thousand applications which it is alleged, have been inado for positions in the Custom House since the change in the Colleotorship. OF this number, at least two thousand nine hundred and seventy, or thereabout, must necessarily be disspointod.? ChnrlmUm Ctironiclr, The Postal card con tractors ex poet to catch up with their orders by October 1. Thodo niand is marc than double what was cxpocted i I t At a Mass Meeting of the citizens of Kcr- 1 Khaiy County, held this day, (August 9th, I u873,) at the Town Ilall, in Camden; the ' mcoting was called to order, and the following resolutions were adopted: I 1. Resolved, That an effort has'becn made ] } for tho removal of Donald McQueon as Coun- i , ty Treasurer of Kershaw County, and in an- 1 swer to tho call of tho mass meeting, bo it < therefore, ' 2. Resolved, That we arc, as citizens, 1 perfectly satisfied with tho admfuistration of < County Treasurer McQueen; wo bolievo him ? honest ana emciont, ana wouia most respect- j fully ask your Excellency not to interfere in i making such removal, but to let well alone, t 3. Resolved, That a Committe.c be appoin- 1 ted to carry these resolutions and deliver > tho same to his oxcellcncy the Governor. I 4. Resolved, That the following gentle- < men be appointed the Committee to carry c out tho above Resolution: Messrs. ? J. JF. Sutherland, J. P. J Frank Adamson, Rep. Reuben'!). GAiTiiER^Rep. Frank Carter, Schogl Com'r. Rev. Monroe Boykin. I 5. Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting be published in the Camden JoUr- j nal and Temperance Advccatc. C. Resolved, That the thanks of this meet- c ing be tendered to J. K. Witherspoon, Esq. j for his kindly offer to telegraph the resolu- E tions of this meeting to the Daily Union Herald, at Columbia. [Signed] . J. l\SUTHERLAND, Ch'n. \ Neil Blair, "Sec'ry. . c The following Preamble and Resolutions ? alnA Ail l\if 4 1* r\ IV> rt*A tin r? wi;ru uiou auujiu;u uj vuu uivwiuig ^ Whereas, it having come to our knowledge a that an effort having been made to remove from the position of Treasurer of this County, Donald McQueen, in whose honesty and * integrity we have the utmost confidence, and n who has endeared himself in our hearts by " tho rigid discharge of the duties incumbent a upon him as such officer, with equal and im- c' partial justice to all, so that the claims of poor ^ men received equal distinction with other t( men, and a just, fair and economical disburscuient of the county funds plJccd in his ^ hands by virtue of such position, and as a 01 result thereof the public interest has been e< best subserved during his administration. Therefore be it Resolved, That we frown down and dis- 'c countenance any such effort made by design- ^ ing men as unworthy, impracticable aud 01 unjust, and deserves our severest censure. w And be it further * Rrsolved, That we fully, freely and un- J* qualifiedly endorse the actions of Donald ^ McQueen, Esq., as such Treasurer, and will ra use our utmost exertion for his retention; " and be it futfchor \v Resolved, That a copy of this preamble 'J ^^^lutions bo published in the Camden* ^HHpLmd, Temper jure Advocate. ?, " Letter from General Boauegard. (General Jubal Early's letter about the situation of political affairs in Louisiana contains extracts from a letter written to him by t0 General Beauregard, in which the latter says : Like many others, you think wc have time to wait, and allow mattors to adjust them ? %/! /v*?/l??n1I(v Knl T nnn Aociirn T.1 {JCIVW IJUlUUJf UI1U ^iauuuiij y uuv x van m^ouiv you we aro driven to the wall, and "arc on f our last legs." No one can rcalizfc our sad ta distress unless he witnesses our condition, ly It makes one's heart blood to think of the l'< poverty and ruin which are actually staring ca in tho face of most of our best people. I do cc not speak for myself and family j for by my lol professional reputation, I can manage to get cit along comfortably enough hero or elsewhere, Li but I refer to those thousands of planters L< who have no other resource than their indus- of try and knowledge of tho soil. Take away co from them their plantations, and they will tw rwM>Cnr>?l\r Vir>lt>lna4 Thl*<,linifi?ltion"ll!OVC- St: mcnt may not take "like a prairie fire," but it will surely succeed in this State when cu viowed in its proper light; for, after all, wo ca only propose to accord to the colored people i? the political and civil rights guaranteed to a < them by our Radical construction, or. condi- liv tion thoy will aid us in getting rid of those ed vagabonds who have plundered usso unmcrci- cr fully for the last five years. In advocating !o< this phn I give up no principle, and wish to pa part with no friends. I believe now, as I did of when I fired the first gun in 18G1, and ono dc of the last in 18GR, that the cause wo upheld th was a just an holy one; but we failed in our Ti struggle?were overpowered and conquered po ?and we have to submit to the old Gallic a s maxim nuilhuer aux ruinats. I view our gr present condition in its practical light. If I so were attacked by a set of highway robbers, wi and some negroes could come to my assistance, un ought I refuse their aid bccauso they arc pi colored people? I would accept it, and give in; them probably iny shirt with which to make a ch rope to hang the scoundrels; and thus I am ex willing to do for the plunderers ofLousiana. he This movement is not at all political, nor do I wl recommend it to other states not similarly sit- cv unted, where the inhabitants are not boldly pa callod upon by those in authority (under the th protection of Federal bayonets) to "stand and deliver." What I rccnuiend to my people is gr simply "unification" to rid ourselves of those in unscrupulous carpet-baggers who are ruin, eo ing ns nnd, by "immigration" to enable se ?\nr nlunters to chanirc their extensive and an expensive plantations into small, profitable pr farms, by which also we will be able to tnrn in our vagrant colored population into property- rc holders and taxpayers, thereby making them of useful, conservative citizens. My friends sli uccd not fear that 1 shall go further in this \\ movement than nt first intended. I am no vi politieiun, and have no desire to occupy office si] cither Kedoral State, or muncipal; no con- nj sideralion at present (in view of the position in IJinvo assumed) could induce me to aceopt in ogp if tondercd. Those who are absurd and It unjust enough to compare 111c to an ex-Con- M federate officer whose mourning we wear in 1 fr our ltoarta, must know very little of me it j et they suppose I am to follow his cxatnplo. 1 c< have too high a regard for my reputation ! w (which belongs not alone to mo,) ever to for- a| adbar tho past, but, at the same 1 into, I claim w thfc right of advising, to the best of my ti m ability my fcilow citizens of Lousiana what is best to do to savo themselves and their State from utter ruin and desolation. Having done so, my part is ended and theirs must commence. The Government and the |Ku Klux. Attorney General Williams, in' a letter published elsewhere, explains the governmental position regarding the Enforcement let and the Ku Klux prisoners thereunder :onvictcd. The President's desire to be element will be well received by the country. He will pardon the prisoners already convict* ;d, except, as Mr. Williams intimates, in loine exceptionally grave cases. The Ku Klux organization is said to be broken up of ts own volition, and the government thinkB hat there is no necessity for scaring the hot -l-J O il _1 il 1 leaut'u yuuii^ ouumruiia wucu iittrj iiuvc voluntarily placed themselves on their good ichavior. ITcnce a nolle prosequi will be mtercd in such cases as arc not already derided in the courts, with tho exception of ;rave cases of outrage, similar to those for vhich prisoners already convicted, will not w immediately pardoned. We are not inormed where the President and the Attorney Jeneral will draw the line between the jardonablo and unpardonable, the offonces o be prosecuted and those not to bo proseuted. Referring to the latter, Mr. Wiliams says;?There are, however, but few uch cases within my knowledge." Persons vading the law who aro changeable with Cu Klux offences are informed that they nay return to their homes" without fear of nolestation under the same exceptions. It rould be desirable, we think, since the Atorney General has opened the matter, that le should makothe distinction emphatic by ithcr citing the exact grades of crime still irosecutablc or naming the particular unricd cases which will be followed up. This ronld removQ a great deal of uncertainty nd make men more ready to return home? 2t us hopo to loyalty and law-abiding. The amendments to or modification of the Inforcetficnt act, which it is the governicntal intentiou to propose, will probably cfinc the difference in prosecutable crimes bove alluded to. Should this bo so, there ould be no objection to stating now what (iey shall.be. We shall be rejoiced indeed ) chronicle all facts tending to show tlut anquillization at the South is not altogether ic quiet of tho vanquished under the heel f the victor. When the South has discovcril in earnest that white and black can live >gethcr and respect the laws without recourse > degrading and violent practices the prob!Ui will be solved. The carpet-bagger and ic Ku Klux have Mutually produced each ther, it being difficult in many states to say hether the intolerance of the Southern hito or the unscrupulousncss of the carpetagger was the first to call the other into jing. If the South gives up attempting i idial Bourbonism at thejballot box and set- i C8 down to labor, the carpet-bagger will find is occupation gone and everything promptig him to go also. It is a dream, perhaps, iat ho could romain and be becomo honest To aro impelled to the. thought, however, by ? ic oonoMMing lines of Burns' "Address to f ic De'il," where he days:? Fare thee well, nuld Nickie Hen, ' An' wad yc tak' a thought an' men', Vc niblins might. The prospect in cither case is, we regret t say, not very encouraging. e Ni'w Yorlt Herald. ? The Cotton Caterpillar Effectualr Flanked?The Results no Longer ourtful.?The Tallahassee Floridian conius the details of some experiments recontmado in that vicinity with a mixture of iris green and flour to destroy the cotton tcrpillar, and which proved entirely sue- * ssful. The information is contained in a 1 ttcr from Messrs. Earlc & l'crkins, of that c Ly, who, one day Ixst week, visited the v ike plantation of Mr. Henry Winthrop, of a :on County, and wituessed the application o the mixture to a cut of five acres. The * mpound was one pound of Paris green to 11 enty-four pounds of flour, and the result is ited as follows: < At the time of the experiment, the entire v t had catcrpilllar in all stages. The applition was made on the centre rows, by dust- -i g tho poison over the top of the plant with J louiuion sifter. In twenty-four hours not a ? 'o caterpillar was to be seen. We cxamin- J? tho cut carefully; tho top leaves were isped; the stock and remaining leaves jking as fresh and vigorous as if the pre- _ ration had not been* applied. On a portion the leaves we found quite a number of ad worms, but none living, although J o bottom leaves show no signs of poison, o no tint fVitin tliia stall- nnd wliern the I 1VV* ; . ison luid nut been applied, we found J, jlalk containing about titleen caterpillars, ecn and black, busy eating the cotton; numerous were they, that wo counted five jruis on one leaf. We were told by the imager that whero the poison had been apicd, a number of the worms had died, fallg to the ground, and were eaten by the ^ iekens, yet the chickens, stilllivo on. We o amined the cut where the poison had j, en applied, and could find no worms, g lich demonstrates to our satisfaction that n en if they do not cat the poison, the proration being distasteful, the worms desert e plant and seek more healthy quarters. A preparation of (411c pound of Paris con and twenty-four pounds of flour was f ade and dusted in our presence over the h tton containing the worms. In fifteen - 1 1 < .1 i I. comls, one eatcrpilier leaped iroin me mock id was eaten up l?y the eliiekens. others awled to the main body of the plant, workg their way to the ground, while others maincd in a slugli.sh condition, a sample I 'which we brought to our office, and in a 11 mrf tiinc this pest was as dead as Hector. rc have since been told by parties who sited this cotton in the afternoon that no ?ti of eatcrpilier could be seen, yet the iplieation had only been made that morng. We visited this cut the next afternoon, company with Or. A.' II. Hawkins, W. Wilson, (Too. Lewis, ('has. 0. 1'earce, r Wintlirop, M. I'ago, and a colored man em Mr. 1 Varce's place, and oxauiined the it and after a dilliircnt search, not a worm uhi bo found. Mr. 1'earce noticed live ' onus on a stalk that had not received the ^ iplieation, and dead ones on the next row p here it had been applied. All of the par- ,t es left fully convinced that it was a coin plctc success. Wednesday the first application was made, and on Friday night this cut was visited with a very heavy rain, and still the poison remained on the plant, the floor making a paste which is difficult to wash off. Mr. Pope, one of Mr. F. R. Cotton's managers, who has been experimenting, reports that afttr the poison had been Applied, the worms in the next twenty-four hours deserted this cut, and none could be found. Mr. T.,1 u: xi il:- - - ioiui, mo ui/uci uiuuugur, yimiicu mis coilOD, and reports about as Mr. Pope. He also stated that this cotton had put on a new growth, showing the peison did not affect the plant. Mr. Rufus Tucker, a practical planter, also tried the poison, and *&ys it is a complete success. He.had worms in a cut, made the application, and next day could find no live worms, dead ones appearing on the ground and stalk. MARRIED?-On the 27th ult., at the residence of Capt. A. Moeely, by the Rev. J. E. Rodgers, Mr. L. C. Freeman and Miss Exiline Boykin. All of Sumter District. SHERIFF'S SALE~~ By virtue of an order issued. to me by James P. Sutherland, Judge of Prolate, I will proceed to sell in front of the Court F^noo on the first Monday in September next, one No. 718, one lot No. G40, iu the plan of said town; one lot bounded on the north by the Darlington Boad, south and west by lands of the South Carolina Railroad, enst by Town Creek'swamp. Said lots sold at the suit of Virginia 8. Baxley, adm'x. SAX'L. PLACI, S. K. C. Aug. 7. 4t Sheriff's Sale. BY virtue of an execution to me directed, 1 will sell on the first Monday in September, being the second day of said month, at the mill, on the plantation on Lynches Creek, lately owned by by L. W. R. Blair, now by Angus Johnson, the following named personal property: One pair of Mill Stones, one Mill Spindle and Screw, one Forty Saw Qin, one India Rubber Band. Levied nnnn nn<t to Ho anlrl Ha tl?? nmiuW* nt T. W n -r r--r?J ?? ? " Blair, at the puit of -Sarah A. C. Lee. Terms Cash. SAM'L. PLACE 8. K. C. Aug. 14. 3t. NOTICE. T^OTICE is hereby given that the Southern J^| boundary of school district No. 4 has been changed, and is now the "old Hughes road" running from Adams' mill in a westerly direction, intersecting the Lancaster and Qamden road near Sanders Creek ford Fkamk Cabtkb, june 23tf School Cbmm'nr. PUBLIC NOTICE. I this day appoint W. W. Copeland my lawfu' Agent to transact business for me. e k. Mcdowell. Aug. 7. lm* NOTICE . ALL persons having demands against the estate of Dr. E. C. Hughes, deceased, willprelent them duly attested, and those indebted to the same are required 10 maxe immediate payment. . SALLIE L. IIUGIIKS, AdmVx. Aug. G, lm. SCHOOL NOTICE, . OFFICE OF SCHOOL C0MMI88I0NEI, ) 7* KeBSIIAW CotHTT, T Camden, S. C., August 6, 1878.^ rHE Free Common 8choola of Kershaw will be re-opened on Monday, the tith day of Octo>er next. All teachers wha intend resuming heir schools, and whose certificates of qualifiesion have expired, arc hereby notified that they ire required to come before the Board for reexamination and renewal of certificate. FRANK GARTER, Chairman Bonrd School Examination. Aug. 7. 4t. NOTICE. OFFICE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, ) Kershaw Couktt, [ Camden, 8. C., August 5, 1878. ) The Annual meeting of the County Comniisioncrs will be held at their office in Camden on Tuesday, the 2nd day of September next, in ompliance with Chapter XIX, Section 28, Reised Statutes State of South Carolina. All persons having bills against the County re required to deposit them with the Clerk on r before the 1st day of September, otherwise uch bills will not be audited at said annual aeeting. FRANK CARTER, Clerk. Aug. 7. 4t. South Car olina-Kershaw Count) IN THE PROBATE COURT. ^Totice is hereby given that on the the 8th day Ll of September next, the undersigned will pply to J. P. Sutherland, Judge of Probate, for nal discharge as Executor of the last Will and 'estamcnt of Charles Perkins dee'd. H. K. DuBOSK, Ex'or. Aug. 7. In. NOTICE [S hereby given that application will be made to the Legislature at its next session for the pening and establishing a Public Road, front lie Black ltiver Road three or four miles front 'nmden, to the Bishopville Road at or near the tig Hill. July 24 Sin. Take Notice. Camden, S. C., July 22. 1873. Messrs. Leitner Si iMinlap are my authorised tttorneys to collect all demands due the Estate f C. Shiver, for all cost* through his office while c was Clerk of Court, or otherwise. All thoae o indebted will please make prompt payicnt. J. L. llRASlNGTON, Adm'r. July 24 1m. FEMALE SCHOOL. Mrs. Charles J. Shannon will open a school or girls anil young ladies at her residence at iirkwgod, on Wednesday, 1st October proximo. TKRMS I'KR MONTH. ? ! miliary w|?arimvn? Intermediate Advanced. including Ulin and French $r>. ItBFKRKNCK*. (Jon. J. 11. Krrohiiw, Dr. L. II. Deas, Ctpt. J. . Villcpigue. Tims. J. Antrum, Maj. John Cauey. Mnj. K. H Cnnfcy, W m. M. Shannon. Camden Female School. Principal?K. THOMSON, A. II. Assistant . Music Teacher?MRS. HUGHES. tkr.ms ri:R moxtii . Primary Depart nmnt, $:! (H . Intermediate, " 4 (Ml Advanced, " f, (Hi Music, f, (N) The exercises of this School will commence on lie 22d Sepleiiiher, lS7d. Hoard or Tut STRKS?Col. Iloykin, Maj. ljciter, Men. Kennedy, Dr. fcemp, Dr. \oung, Dr lurhain, Mr. J. \V. McCiirry, Mr. M Paum. Mr. . M. Williams, and others. July H>. td