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c<)Hi;i:,sfoy]>h\xch'. THK lOlKTII \T OAK LAM?. .1 KiL'tv : Among the worthy and substantial communities of Kershaw, theftis none more thriving ami progressive than thai represented by th<^ Oakland Democratic I'lub. lloiies,. industrious ami self-reliant lu their business, tlitV are thoroughly alive la the political issues of tlie day ami sound to lite core in the great an I triumphant principles of "straight-out Democracy. The Oakland Club grevviuto a giant wit lain a few days after its organization, ami l?y zealous, thorough and enthusiastie work made its mark deep and broad during the campaign and tit the polls. Every one who was entitled to vote and faded to display the desired interest in exercising thisinvaluable prerogalive of the American citizen, was looked after, visited tin I stirred tip to the noilit lit the processions ami cavalcades which prefigured the triumphant march of Democracy in South Carolina. Oakland was always represented t?y liravr men and good horse?. Such being the hi tory of the Club. mailing was more fitting than that they should celebrate the triumph of Democracy, and lbr this purpose they chose the birth-day of American Iudtpendeno, the great, glorious and hot Fourth. In honor of the occasion, the second political birth of South Carolina. I hey styled f lie day ?)ie "Hampton Fourth of July." The programme embraced speaking, a dinner, and then dancing for the amusement of the young people. Leaving Ua.nden for the scene of operations at mi early hour, we found she sun fierce and hot, hut made a safe and pleasant trip. The place of assemblage was a house owned l<y Mr. James Holland, near which the turpentine distillery of Brown Holland formerly stood, distant something over a mile from Marshall's Church. Upon our arrival, we found a large party gathered. There were men of age and experience to give dignity to the occasion; matron., oi mature years, to preside over a most important part of the Business of the day; fresh and pretty voting ladies, to lend grace to the meeting, attract the young men, and figure in the dunce: children of ail age- and sexes, who could not he left at home and wanted to see what was going on; and last but not least, a large number of young men robust and intelligent, the hope of the conn try materially and politically. These wort gathered promiscuously upon and around l lie piazza of the incidence, from which pro needed excellent music made by the string baud of the neighborhood. In a few minutes after our arrival we wert told that the time had come for opening tin business of the day, and proceeded to tin piazza which wa? to setve as a rostrum Itev. J. K. Rodgers, who is always furemos! in a good cause, wh? called to preside. At ter a few temarks as to the purpose of tin meeting, he introduced to the audience Mr J. i. ilnv. wiio hum ueen iiivihm io neu>e, on address. The speaker firs! referred t? the anniversary of American Independence and urged rlio audience never to undervaliu the priuciples of liberty and free govern inent for which the colonies fought, .lit then took uptba second declaration of In dependence, the straight-out Democrat it movement, traced its history to the preseu time and commented upon its wonderful re stills. The good w.rK, so well begun, tints be continued until something greater am better had been accomplished, and tlii could only be done by thorough organ iza lion of the Democracy and combined, liarnio nious action. Capt. J. M. Davis, who hat also been 'invited to speak, was then intro duced. He spoke first of the plcn?urah]< interest which lie felt in the Oakland Club having assisted in its organization, and then by request, went at some length into tin analysis of the declaration of Independent and the meaning of the struggle for Ameri <-\n liberty The campaign of last you- ant its results were r.cvt inKen up, *nnu tti< peech closed with an earnest appeal to party action, united and harmonious, asiht only way to success in the future. He v. J K. itodgvrs was called for ami responded it an address replete with good sense ami i proper spirit, lie attributed (lie Democrat ic success to the inteivolition <*f Providi n g ,ie ?,..J ?ll.u| |,;u in our v?.ivm ?r,? u..- ......... to look to that source in the future. About an hour after the speaking closed dinner was spread under the trees and wa? partaken of tvilh such appetites as nniistia diversion in the open air gives. Then t 1m party disponed of itself according to tin { est of t lie various component parts?I lit older people gathering in knots to discusthe crops, the fence law and kindred topic; ?the young returning to the house to in dulge in dancing, which recrcatiou was followed fast and furious for several hours despite the hot weather. About 5 o'clock p. ui., we left for home, feeling well satisfied with the experience of the day. Nothing occurred of a disagreeable character to mat the occasion, hut the greatest good ordei and kind feeling prevailed. The company are under many- obligations to Messrs. 2. K. Holland. 11. T. Mct'ov. J. K. l'earco and T. J. llodgevs, the presiding spirit- of the decision. for then- untiring attention and good management. .Messrs. Kditors, the Oaklaml I'enicralie Club has set an example which shoul-l he followed l<y all the t'luhs in the county. It is important that the Iteniocratic organizations saouM ho pres(-rve<l and strengthened, and to accomplish this the spirit of the people must be kept up. Lot each of the t'luhs liold a meeting, some time after crops are iai I by, and arrange so that ihe-e meetings will not coiitliel with each or In r, g*-l crowds together, hear sjieeehe:, exchange congratulations ever the l>einocratie victory, consult together as to the best methods of or gonizaiiou and work, an-1 thus promote euthusiasiu an-l harmony. Kershaw thuef elect a ln-inocratic Senator and llepre-eulaliM 'e<t Mr- Fall of !*7S. The people have mu'hr>i{>4i miid-j t>> that but it cm only be iter .mp.t.J.c I by tv.-rk. thorough ami llllitel. VniTOH 1'ROM (.KlNMSiOl \ KTKK ('rot#4 }*? ii*-i illy *iiHi*ring terribly for v- tut ol rain, We It .* * I u light tail on (In* might of tin* I'll, nri'l again on the ?*lh, but tlie hoi niti and tin* wind soon evaporated fjit inuislurr. The pcwriil ?eiiiiment otius in hi- that cotton i- inii<*li smaller, :t11<I at |*>:i~i thru* week* nelnnd time. From aM accounts Mr. .1. II. Vaughan lias flip finest field ol com iu tIn* comity, and in the best cofi'litioti. Onr friend .Mr. I. b. F'lyburn, met with :t heavy loss of oat*, not long since, from a In-shot in Flat Jlock t'reek. ?'.it ti-ii ai a- plentiful just iioxs* in ihe fltivcr w licks on a poor cow. W'c have seen youK* hue jj/eciuicns lately. It won't before peaches ami milk will be in si-asoo. I>emas has been ou tlm- war path up here Again. This tune he came act oinpaiiicl. lie carried "ti a liinocr ick nigger aul a gam] juM-fashioned "cus-in ' >".'ie hog ami loiiR-y stealers are mil juj| ?vi'l >h?;Iv Ibr an iili'.r Ibray. If that whip pin* pis; bad bei n their pmiishmeiit, yon eouhJ have a ?&.-?;iptl chickens with -afeiy low ilown. That Ion* b?I for jd?. jjic ami jnlol i .' ill uieclillC at I V1'lies Mill, came ,,f] .,i| ||,c The 'lay v..I h-liglitlillly hoi. aid a. Ally is o'clock i!.? Ii'iiol-shaking mm inence l. And before ! ? tin- fool shaking led Marled. The - Ironclad aid '-iinieriitieil Democracy ol Irn ?- Oil ti ler ut-reoiii in their best * bib ami limber. \l| nature was ipiiei. :i:d seemed lin*-*lie?l lip, e<pecial Jy for onr b'-nefii, ami ohl Sol scattered bis rays -lown on us like line meal out of a "f'ijr-0 siflcr. lint we went for it g I lime -and had it- -At a proper hour ilinner was tinnuukceil, ftii'l the way the 4,witth's" did fly' \pple pie?. buttermilk, beef, frit* I diicken, mutton, h tm, cakes, aid last, but >t lea?!, that lag put of s-mp, .After din THE J" tier llit' dancing commenced again ami con- I tinned mil11 ilit> hoys had fiddled nil' Ihv ' s rings of two fiddles. If thai uul?oked for accident lm<l not happened, sotne of us might ( have heon going It urilil this time. 'I'lie la- | ilirs ivrre out in full force, anil so were the luliit's?and just here, it not too foreign to j ilif subject, we will venture the assertion; tliat Cranny's yuaner can 'Mill I lie linen | from the undergrowth"' in the baby line,' hoiii in t|iianliiy uii'l i|iiality. (1. (j. |, KROll THK I A It \V KST. t !,\ Solitaire, Miss., June 22. 1 >>77. 1 /.'l,h.r J' !!rniil iiiiil : Though I long ' lo write something for you, I harilly know what to write. Kxtrenies in wet ai.<l ?lrv i weather have made farming i|ttile -below tiar," at least in this part of the world. it was so wet anil rainy in April ilint very lit-1 tie planting couhl he iloiie, and so drv in May that crops. cotton pariietilarly, came tip in had stands on the uplands, and it lias l. cn almost a continual rain the present in mill, t'li the day and nigld of the '.Mb we had a ceaseless rain of the hardest kind, w lneh did an unknown amount of damage to . farmers all over this and many other conn j lies. AH the crops on creek hot loins were washed away, and nothing left hut hard ground. In some instances, near here, far i tuers losf as high as HO and 7f> acres of cation iii one field, while many lost ?/// of their. The waters rose so fast and got up so Irgli that it scented as if we were going to have another deluge. Several families on the edge of Cold water and Mississippi 'liolto.n had to abandon their entire crops and leave their homes, seeking safety in the liiils The waters were said to he four to , six feet higher than ever before known. 1 Bridges were destroyed, miles nnd miles of I fence carried away, and many cattle drown- j e! l>v tlieancrv Hood. I have heard of one! , in.<n being drowned. (Irass i? steadily advancing, and a few more day* will develope this into a successful hay growing country. , aiil i|iiite put cotton in tlie shmh. Corn is looking well, nnd cotton loo. where it was (denied otii before the wet weal her. Wheat \ crops unusually line. Hogs seem t.? he do I ing well. . Hands working well, at from 3?s I to per month and hoard; still, farmers I oreuot happy, as they are afraid they will realize but a small price for cotton this Fall. Polities here is a tiling of the past. Our . people congratulate .South Carolina on her I victory, and Hampton is hero. More anon K. NOTES KKOM WrNNSIIOItO. k i Ki?. rolls .Int'isN it. \nii <117.kitF.: The tirst k issue of your consolidated paper reached ! me day before yesterday, and 1 beg to ex lend my congratulations upon the neat, at ' tractive and interesting appearance of this, your hut issue. I notice you nrupose to give special prominence to the agrieiiltutal depariiuetit, which, heing something of a farmer myself, I am glad to see. 1 Kvcrythiug aliotit the lioro' is unusually ' dill', l'usiiiess is at a perfect stand-still. ami \cry few country people coiue !> " i town. Fruit is getting to lie abundant, anil tliw.se wlin are mi fortunate as to have good orchards are enabled in get a little money from the sale of apples, peaches, Xc. 1 Considerable interest is being manifested in the elect ions which soon takes place re! ! ' ative to the adoption or rejection of the iih fence law. (Inly three townships in the * county have thus far sent in petitions. 'EJie t'emocrniic County Convention has J been called to meet on next Saturday. A emdidate for Clerk of the Court will be nominated. Mr. James (J. I'nvis, County Treasurer, ' has opened his hooks tor the collection of ' one hall'of the taxes due. L lir S. \V. Hook hart has withdrawn from p Blythewood Seminary, at Imko, ami Rev. I A \V. Lunar succeeds him. Nix. foiilMis KKIIM I.\NI 'WiK.lt. r , Mr.ssiiff Emiohs : Owing '0 he dullness .ami monotony of our village, 1 will not be , ible to give your leaders much of interest x this week. The crops are all grow ing well: as reported in my last. Wheat harvesting j, has en led, and many of the farmers in our ? county have made sutlicienl to meet their wants until the next crop comes in. It is runi'iir 1 ikal the Town Council have deter , mined to sell the street lamps; so that pej di'stri'ios may expect to walk in Egyptian , darkness when perambulating our streets at . night. , One marriage reported in the county ol j 'late date; Mr. J. It. Culp to Miss Julia Orr. , A negro by the name of Anderson Crocket, . who was tried at the last term <d Court ami sentenced to serve seven years in the penitentiary, has escaped and is now at large. I am informed that a special term of Court I for Lancaster county will be called to take place on the IfUth of August. We have two new steam threshers in ac . tive operation in our county. Mr. W. 15. iMuilap. ilir New Comity Treasurer, it now ir charge of hit ollire. As soon us tin* Aiolilor linishf- making up hit hookt, Ihr collection of luxes will commcnro. VIVA MI*. Lancaster, S. July ' . 1*77. rito.it icrssri.i. I'i.ai k. KniToits?'Ilit* aggregate piodtictioii of i-iiiion in ihit section (and other see li nit of the I'Otlou hell where the sntnr j . c:iii-<"' exist i will not ex reel n n average, even t!,. .oi l the seieon prove favorable un-1 lil the ei.,p i/j iiiiret. The extra amount of J liilior required lo riilliviilr file crop, neressitale.l l.y I lie long continued |i|il)S, Mel ' ri.n?e.|iieni utpeii-ioii of work on the farm, as well at ihe stimulus given l>y Hie rain to llie growth of giA?", uiel the poverty of small 11-iiitnl planters, who nr.* compelled to neglect their erupt mid "Work out for rn lion . lo the uiiitrrinl injury of their crops, wiii |e?-<oi the proilitetioii ol roll on l.y tlii- < class The planter who has ample meam| limit hil.oi abundant tui'l eheap, nml will, if the -eav.ii coniinue favornhli.' increase the avenge pro.huIn.n on hit farm, hoi this ela*-- i small. hulk ' of the rot Ion i pro |uee<l hy small tenants, who will proline lc than an average, owing to the eau ? at.ove staled. The corn eiop oil hill land j-: dniiig Well, and promises more than | ' un aver i>f jield Jhittom lands are very i unpromising: the hud y>nri/j in May, and the | drouth, and now the rain, have beet# ittjfa ' vora'de to lioHoin lands, in either corn or j Otl <*<<1 lull. .1.11. II . Itu-en-ll I'laee, S. June '!i?. '*77. ? ? ? |7fit(>;KI?IN<:s Ol ( ill M II.. r S l'? July 1K77. | Council met sit "> (/clock, 1*. ,\|. 1'res-: cut luicipluut Boltings an^ Will i|cii? L)il?- | tile. |.;|t It 1|III llioj Willi. , .Minute* o|' ;i ?I mcctiiijf rcu'i ami con liruicj. Cnliiiislicil liiisliiCKS liii-l i tif :it lasl iiicd ino token ii]i. The Trcnsurei ? hit ijii.'illcily icpoH eXilliiilieil si li * I foiitul correct. < > i< I?-r < ) lliU* ai-ei-lificiile to lb:it effect lie placed ujioo tin- 'f i en iin'c:'? 'loyk. ( J'lic I'olh/wing hill ' !' approved .iii l .inlc.c.l |miil: Wulfce)-, J'.vups Ci>g?i 1 well, pi inline houdr, Itf/ed ^ iSiirt, . Iiiin 1 >< i-. > '/' ''> !: ilnoii t\ illimiic, 'init! i , w o, k, S 1.7j ' Bi<l fo? jnililie printing from Jnrix,ti|i ISIilll/l lit otliee l"i the liiilnnre of the Vesir. ^ 1 i 11 l?t A |?ril. lKiH. tor - li'it. ;ic I eehlcil iml oiilercil piny ! on tile. The foltowiii? re?o|ulpu. wa* offered si it nJ.'|.ieil: ' /. Tliiil the M ir-hiil lie ;in I lie i?. ' lieii I,y |i ,iii i ?-?l In otiisiin tloin the Ciiji J. tains o; eoiiiinni;<li|i^ offieers of the jitter' t III tirii ollgilic eoinplltlil J ol the loUJj, I list* ol the mine <>T si 11 ms'iuhf rs nctii'.J'y enrolled .-iml doing <luty iu ?-ii<11 oiniiuuie.i. The Marshal rceeiveil instrueliutia lu niii k ii ii inspection (f I he coiulit ion of the a yards niol lots in the town, nii't report at next meeting of Council. ** OUR1TAL _AJ IQUKNAL andGAZETTE. TRANTHAM A BKARD, EDITORS AM) I'ROHRfETORS. CAMDKN, S. JULY 12, 1877. T? Correspondents. All communications for this |>u|>er should e accompanied l?> the Maine nl ihe author; ml necessarily lor putdleal Ion, hilt hh all evleiice oi'eood faith on the part of I he writer. iV rite only on mie side of the paper. He parleiilarly earefiil In kIvIiik names and dates, o huVfihe letters piulii and distinct. Tilt: t'EMKUtV. With certain modifications, the bill, passed at the lust session of the (Jen~ ral Assembly and known as ilie Local Option Fence Law, would be a good measure, and do much to advance the : interests of a majority of the people of! tlie State. Hut to enforce, or attempt j to enforce, the law in its present shape,! would in many counties result not on- : ly in tin: defeat of the object sought to be attained, but would in almost every instance produce divisions and dissen. sions in the Democratic party, which,: for the present at least, must lie avoid. 1 ed. The hill provides that, upou the ap?' plication of sixty citizens, the county commissioners shall > ubmit the question to u vote of the people by counties or townships. It every countv or township were composed of similar territory ? thiil is, an excess of pasture lands, or vice versa?the interes'9 of tho people would be very nearly identical, and they might be expected to vote almost as a unit for or against the proposed change i f the law. But such is unfortunately not the caso. Even in the Miiall county of Kershuw no township is composed of similar ter. ritnry; and, if the question were sub. milled to a popular vote, but a small proportion of the democratic voters of any ol the tour townships of the Coun" r\ w?'u!d vote in favor of fencing in tin >t(,cf while the canvassing? of the ... , iuhj -ct would engender ait uiuuunt of b:t'l feeling auiong neighbors that gen" eruiions wouhl bo required to oiadii .-ale. If, however, the law should be amen* 1 Jed so as to give the people an oppor. lunity to vote upon the question by ehool districts, tho several counties having in the meantime been rodis* irieted according to territory, the interest* of everybody would be subserved, | lite lights of minorities w mid io no instance be placed at the uiercy of uia> ijorities; and universal satisfaction and harmony would prevail. MEXICO. The indications are just now far more favorable for a conflict between the I ni'ed Stales and Mexico iliun they were immediately preceding the \yar of ; IS HI. Mexico, known as the country of revloin imc, is n it less dirfturlud now thau usual. A year ago, Ix-rdo, the lawful President of the Republic, was forced to ; flee his country, and l>i?z, the leader ol i lie revolutionists, assumed the reins of i government; and he has since held them, without legald fdr the rights of his own i countrymen <?r of citizens of the 1'iiited ' States living across the Kin (irattde. J And the Mexicans, thus encouraged, and feeling no restraint, are in the hahit of making fre?|Uent ineursiotis into Texas, l'.?r purposes of murder and robbery. I nder the extradition treaty he it ween the two countries, Mexico is J hound t ? deliver up offenders against I the laws of the I nited States, who seek j-lie'tcr wiihiti lu r territory. Hut Diaz ! refuses to do any thing of the kind, and his banditti, have become to | bold ami active in lln-ir depredations that our government has found it necessary, and very properly, to place upon the frontier a sufficient flrcc to prolut t its vitjz^ns, and tieiieral Ord. w ho is in coiuniaud on the l|io (jl'a.iijt;, !i.,s been instructed to capture the outlaws, if it is necessary to pursue them even across the boundary. 11 appears that our government l.as b in- all tbat it could to preserve friend !y iclalions with Mexico The lives an I property of our citizens imiai be pi.w teeli <1 and if (lie Mexican authorities .vill not keep their bummers up <u their dde nl the liver, or at least surrender lorn n j>< >11 the requisition of ilit* I'nifed StsijeP, iIjojj le? qs have v.-wj, instead of p< nee. mi: \\ \\ OK THK TKA.VS<;i:I;SSI?K is IIA ltl>. It appears that Chamberlain's troubles have just begun, ami that he will have another ..pp.,rl unity to bring himself prominently before the world, jt is un der-'"od Itiat Njle.s (i. Parker, formerly l^liile Tretisuier of ?i?iuth ('ii|oljn^, Lip now of Newark, N J., lias turned Piute's evitlence, ami is prepared to prove that Chamberlain knows considerably more iboiit tlje ?)isapp>:aninee of funds belonging to the (Stale than he wuirltj like the [iiiblie In know A Washington ccj^o; ; [londeiit says in reference to the matter ! "tiovernor Hampton has had an un-1 jerstanding with (jovernor Robinson, of j Sew Voil. after displaying the evidence pveti l?y 1'arkep, and when the proper, imc eomes a retpiisition from .(Joverner lampion will be honored." Jvx president tfrant uxj in Jfdgiijm ( t last uccnuntH. Ho will spend eonsid- ' rable time on thu enntiiienf. sm_ gazett: NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. | QUARTERLY REPORTS. Quarterly report of receipli and dig-! bursementa of Town Treasurer for the : Quarter ending June 30, 1877. '[ RECAPITULATION. ! April 24. Received from J. D. Dunlap, flarmer Treasurer...$ 14 17 i For the t.alance of April from Tax Collator 63 35; May. From B. E. .Sill, Tax Collector, for the month 670 13 June. From E. E. Sill, Tax Collector, for the month 666 68 ; Total amhnnt $1,303 33 ' DISBURSEMENTS. April. Paid out foi the month $ 69 00 i May. Paid out for the month 649 37 June. Paid oat for the month 674 26 Cash on hand July 1st 20 71 $1,303 33 : Report of E. E. Sill, Tax Collector for the Town of Camden, for the Quarter end*, ing June 30, 1877 , To amount of taxes collected on real and ^>craonal property from April 26 to June 30 g 720 61 ! To amount jfdiquor licensor 014 w To amount of taxes on billiard tables....^, 25 00 j To amount ofiaies on express couipnnTsf. 20 00 ' To amount of commutation on s'reet tax 20 00 | Total $1,299 61 circular! : COLUMBIA, S. C , June 14, 1877. j To ir. H~. CARTER, School Commissioner oj I Ktrsfuw County, S, Sih r The Ueneral assembly at its recent j cession appropriated $100,000, exclusive ' of the poll tax, for the support of the free j common schools for this fiscal year. The ! amount to which your county is entitled is j $1,028 73. A heavy penalty having been : imposed for the non-payment of the poll i tax, it is believed that the amount derived j from this source will be much larger than in any previous year. The law provides i that the poll tax shall be retained by the County Treasurer, and that it shall be expended for school purposes in the township in w^ich it is collected. If the schools in your county have le;n closed this year, I j?ould advise you to open them as SOOD as pussiuiT, uuu IU ?rvp >111X1 ujjcn ' until the above mentioned amount and the amount (as nearly as you cun estimate it) to be derived from the poll tax is exhausted. If, however, the indebtedness for work done during this fiscal year 19 equal to the amount to which your county is en tilled, the schools should he closed at once. You will please report promptly to this office whether the schools are open or not, as it is my desire to visit those counties in which the schools are in operation. In advance of the publication of the acts passed nt the recent session of the General Assembly, I will call your attention to the l following summary of the amendments to j the school tyw: i 1. Teachers' certificates and all claims | against the free school fund must be sworn i to by persons presenting the claims. All trustees are authorised and required to i administer oaths, free of charge, to persons by whom such claims are presented 2. The same person cannot act as trus tee and teacher of a public school. ! 3. The l4ff authorizing the levy of a I district i* 4 The Compensation allowed County {School Commissioners is three dollars a duy for the lime actually employed, provided the number of days employed in each and every year for wnioh said compensation shall bs allowed, shall in no case ex; coed one hundred Asys, except in the county of Charleston, where the number of days shall ntd exceed one hundred and fifty. This is the year in which the trustees are required to make, or to have made, au onuuierttioa of all children between the I ages of six and sixteen years. The district school tax having been abolished, | there is no fund from which the trustees can be paid for this work. They are, however, earnestly requested to make the ' enumeration. The work is not onerous, I a|)d it is of the utmost importance that it ! should be done, Without the information tliu&fPUtaiueu, n win no iinpossiuie ior me Legislature at the regular session to make a correct estimate upon which to base the a| propriution for free schools for the next year. At cents per capita, which has ' heretofore been allowed for this purpose, tl.c expense of making it, assuming that the school population is about what it was | in 1875, would be nearly $12,000. The saving of this amount will surely be to all I trustees who really desire to promote the j interests of the public schools, sufficient | inducement to perform this important < j work without pay. Permit me to cull your atteution to the j importance of having men of intelligence ! and high character on your boards of ex- \ I a miners and boards of trustees, i The efficiency of tho public school sys' tem must depend greatly upou the manuer in which these boards are organized. | ' 'Partisan instruction in the schools" is 1 | forbidden, and the best guarantee which , you i an give that this wise provision of! ' the law will be enforced will be the selec- I | lion of competent persons for examiners I | and trustees 1 suggest, wherever it is i . practicable, that both races and both po- j j liticnl parties be represented on these { j boards. Many of the school officers, and i | especially the trustees, are notoriously in- i : competent. To retain them will reflect > , great di?<HV#t upon the Hchool Commis-' I sioners, and will be u wrong to the people I of the S'ate. It is my intention to request j | the Circuit Judges to instruct the Orand I Juries to investigate the management ot i the public schools in the different counties, , and shall ask the courts to use their an I thority to remove all school officers who, j through ignorance or neglect, fail to dis- , j charge Jhejr duties. As soon as possible after the closing of j tlwi onlmnlii wnn uritl tvluuao uarwl In fliiu 1 olficc all reports which you are required to make. Delay on the part of any one Commissioner will retard the preparation i of my report. There will he no meeting thin year of I the Roard of Edu'ation, no appropriation j buying been to pay the mileage of: members. ' ' " School oHjceps should hoar in 14'm^ that j the iuoucy appropriated for this yearcauoot be used to meet deficiencies fur provi- ! on a yeara Very respectfully, I Ht'OH S. THOMPSON, I Slate Superintendent of Education. ( Ott'i?,e Cooxrv School CoNUHsto.fitii, h S.r. J?lyl2, 1877. j,1 Trustees will please 111*0 ('} l/' - ' ? above older, snd give its Huggesllune unM ' I reoiicsts their prompt and careful atteu- ' tion W. W CARTER. ] School Commissioner Kershaw County. s An Est ray Mijch Cow, with yOHRjf ?alf. ius taken up with my "cattle. The owner] 1111 recover the Maine by proving prhtiert^ ( ind paying for this advertisement'.' ' * Y A McDoVjEJ-L, JlyiVtf Wr?n rnlkn bctosv yastici* I E, JULY IS NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Fifth Entertainment. , THE CAMDEN HISTRIONIC CLUB t t Will present nt the TOWN HALL on t TUESDAY EVENING, 17th inst. I Tom Taylor's Favorite Comedietta, c t ' TO OBLIGE BENSON." l Followed by the amusing force, ^ 'THE QUIET FAMILY." General admission 35 cents ; Children 20 rents. Reserved chairs, 50 cents. Notice. 1 hereby warn the public agAinst hiring or harboring Sam Vincent, White, aged about 23 years, he liAving left my employment in violation of contract. J. D. McDOWALL.GREENSBORO NURSERIES. I tiUl pcparcu iu ?ctvnv wiuvib *v* j variety of Fruit Tr;ea or Flowering Plants, to betlelivered in November next. Prices as reasonable as those of any firstclass Nursery The Greeusboro nurseries are well known as one of the most popular and reliable in the Southern country. JAMES R. NELSON. At Store of Rollings & Page. julyl2tnovl SPECIAL N0TICE7 All persons indebted (o me on account of advertising or subscription to the Camuex Journal to date are requested to call and settle as early as possible. Obligations are resting upon me, and without money I cannot meet them. W.M. D- TR.VNTHA.M. July 1st, 1877. jly61m TO RENT. THE commodious residence on Monumental Square, recently occupied by the late Donald McQueen, Esq. Several outbuildings and a good well of water. Possession given immediately Apply at this iulrfi?(f *? J V What la more common or distressing than a bllions attack? Who la not familiar with the well-known ayatom? Oppreaalon acroaa the stomach and cheat, low aplrite, reatleaanehi, Sloomlnegs of mind. weakness, ilnll headache, Irty, greasy appearance of the akin, yellow tinge of the whites of the eyes, loss of appetite and coatlveness. Few Indeed of the more ordinary Ills of life are more widely prevalent than the ntlloua disorders, and yet they may reality begot rid of by using Simmon's Hepatic Compound. From James S. Martin, of the firm of Martin ; A Mood, Grocers, Charleston, Si, C.: CHAKI.kS.TOy, S. C. I 1 have used Simmons' Hepatic Compound for | the past two years In my family, and consider It : one of the best patent family medicines 1 have ' ever used, aud believe It to be all that Is claimed i for It. Ja8. S. Martin. ! For sale by F. L. ZKMP aud c, J. Dl'NLAP, I Camden. S. ('. { mm-iE a SUU13E, rroprietom ! Jalyvrn Charleston, 3. C. KBRSHAW, In the Probute Court. Eat at? of Barrel I Albert. Whereas, Win. B. Albert has applied to me for Letters of administration on all ami singular tlie goods and chattels, rights and credits of Burrell Albert, late of the said county, deceased. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to appear before me at a Court of Probata to be bolden on the 19th day of July. 1877, to ! show cause, if any they hare, why said administration should not be granted, (liven under my hand and seal, this ' 7th day of July, A. D 1 ?7tJ. F. SUTHERLAND,J. PJ tin 28 2t KEBSHAW?In the Probate Court. Estate of Joseph L Tiller. Whereas Benjamin M. Pearce has applied | to me for letters of administration on all and singular the goods and chattels, rights and credits of Joseph L. Tiller, ; lateof said couuty, i)oceasei] -These ure, therefore, to cite nud admonish all and singular the kindred and credtors of the said deceased to be and appear before me at a Court of Probate to be holden on the 20th day of July, 1877, to show cause, if any tlicy hare, why said administration should not be granted. (liven under my hand aud seal this 4th day tf July, 1877. jilly f.td J. F. SUTHERLAND, J. P. ORAMFVONW IMPERIAL SOAP IS THE BE8T. Crampton's Imperial Soap ts ihe Best. fm T..i.vnelal C.tau In tha Ilnut * I4IU|HUU a IIII|IVIIB1 .T'/ajJ la tut u< .-I, f'rainptou's Imperial Soap Is the Beat. Crainptou's Imperial Soap Is the Beat. Crauiptoirs Imperial Soap Is the Beat, trainpton's Imperial Soup in the Beat, cramptoo s Imperial Soap is the B* st. ('rarapton's Imperial Soaf> lA'th lmat. Orampton's Imperial Soap la the Beat. rramptnn'H Imperial Soap la the Beat, t'ratnpton's Imperial Soap Is the Beat This Soap Is manufactured from pure materials ; ami as It eontaina a lartre per rent, a^e of Vegetlne till, Is warranted fully equal to the heat Imported t'aatlie soap, ami at the same tlrue eontaina all the washing- ami uleauyIng properties of the eelehrate.l Uer man and French Laundry Soaps. It Is therefore recommended for use In the Laundry Kitchen uml Bath Boom ami and for general household purposes aieofoKprMiteM painter* engineer* ami wttthlijeaL if it tyirt- rvii/tiit; *p?ft<f 14 ?ftu Urease, titr, oj|, pu||it, eti.v f.oin thtf ham) The Huntingdon Monitor of April .Mh, 1S7T, Kronouucea tills Soap tile best III the msiKet, as . illows: ] Header, we don't want von in suppose that this la au advertisement, and puss It over unheeded. Kead It. We want to direct your atteutloii to he advertisement of ('rainptou'a imperial Soap. tiuviiiK used II III our oitlce for Hie past year, we i an recommend it as the best ipisilty of soap In | <ae. It is it rareli.lng to yd u soup that will | 1iririnithl)\MiitM?pr|ntin? tn^ 'rum me hands, t ilso from linen, but (Tamptifn* toaaarynHiau I rill do it, and we know whereof we apeak. It fa 'specially adapted for printers, planters, en-1 i rlneers ami machinists, us it will remove urease >f all descriptions from the hands as well ua the . lothes, with little labor. For general household I uirpouPB it eannot be excelled. MANIJI'ACTOKKD ONI.V HV JRAMPfON lyltLfTIICliy, f Noh. H, 4, ft, o and lo, Kutgers Plate and No. si au RiJellerSOn Street, New York. * ulj iTH, 1877. TEC El PLACE ( TO Buy and Sell! The undersigned respectfully informs * he public that he is selling DRY GOODS, j llotbing. Boots, Shoes, Hats and Caps at s he lowest prices. also i CORN, BACON and all other GROCER- ? ES.ftt prices to suit the hard times, and j >f quality to please the people both of j own and country. All my goods can be bought cheap, >ut rnly for cash. i The highest prices will be paid cash J 'or Wool, Hides, old metals, Rags, &c. t&-Ono door north of Leitner & Dunlap's office. SIMON WOLFE. ! April 6?tf. Always in Time TO Accommodate his Customers! J. W. ft cCURRT Begs to announce that his Stock of General Merchandise Which is constantly replenished, was never more complete nor the assortments more varied and attractive. All that is asked is a call, and he will guarantee a sale upon terms that cannot fail to give satifaction. J. W McCUBBY. apU2m3 SOME REASONS WHY W. L. ARTHUR CAN SUIT YOU BEST IN BOOTS and SHOES. HIS TIME & ATTENTION ARE DEVOTED TO THAT LINE OF BUSINESS. . ' ? ?> rrm=HE BUYS DIRECT FROM THE MANUFACTURERS IN ALL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. P4VS TflE C^SfI THEREBY GETTING THE LOWEST PRICES. An Inspection of His Stock Will Con* vinco you Tb?? HE SELLS CHEAPEST. For all the latest styles in ladies' low shoes fop suipmcr, go to W. L. ARTHUR. The larcest stock of la dies' clotlv laced and congress gaiters ever brought to Camden, at " " "W. L. ARTHUR'S Children's Shoes in great variety, at w. u AB?Hyp: If you want to save money, buy your boots and shoes from W. L. ARTHUR u .. V . U [f you want to find , shoes to suit your fancy, go to { W. L. ARTHUR S i I! i| 7or the best boots and I ( shoes, go to I i W. LARTHUR'S. :, ! ? ____ tools and shcojjj never so cheiiuas rfovr at W.L.ARTHUftS I j r W. McCIJKKir, Dealer In Dry Good* Clothing, Shoes, Hardware, Crockery ^ jrocerles, dec. J ljAL.\naTO HAKKUV, bT MM b] RICH. L Dealer In Family Groceries and General 1 Merchandise. Fresh Bread and Cakes always fl m hand. Weddings, Parties and Balis supdied at short notice. Ornamental Work a >peclallty. pi J. DUNLAP, Druggist, Dealer In Pure ij and Reliable Drugs uud Medicines, Paent Medicines, Toilet Articles, Perfumeries, ioaps. Ac. Prescriptions carefully compounded. Store open regularly on Sunday rom 10 to 12. [VOLLINGH A PAGE Dealers la Dry Goods, IV Clothing, Shoes, Groceries, Plantation supplies, Ac. Agents for several Standard Fertilizers. KENNEDY A BOYKIN, Dealers In Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware, Shoes, uats, Ac. Highest market price paid for cotton. DC. K1KKLKY, AGENT.. Family and , Fancy Groceiies, Fruits, Nuts, Confectioneries, Cigurs, 'tobacco, Ac. Tropical Fruit In season. cut AN K P. BE A UD, Auctioneer, sales of r every kind promptly attended to. Con?lgnmen u_?o 11 ci ted. DAN liUsklNS, Boot and Shoe Maker,? ltepairlug attended to promptly. Orders solicited auu ulled with piomptness and at lowest, prices. _ WL. AKlliL'H,dealer in Bootsauasnoes, Dry Goods, tiata, Clothing, Ac. Sign oi_the big boot. METTS MHOS., Wheelwrights and Blacksmiths. Hepmrlng promptly and well executed. Home-shoeing a specialty. "M. LeGRA ND, Jewelier anil Repairer of , Watches, Clocks, Ae The pulrouage of i ue public is respectfully solicited. All work warranted. JO?: J.~H ACK A Y, V L?UN ITUHE DEADER, ltepairlug neatly, promptly, and cheaply done. J A. YOUNG, hooks,Jewelry, Fancy Goods, , Knives. Razors, scissors, Guns, Pistols, cartridges, China, Spectacles, Remington Breach-loading Guns, Uemlugton Hevung * Machines. B RICH. Buys and pays the hlgheitl~prlce J , for Hides, Skins, Furs, Wax, Wool and | uid Metal. Between Jones' and McCurry's Stores. REED A BL'KT, Manufacturers and Dealers lu prime virgin forest lumber, of any sizes.und styles. Mills six mlies beiow Camden on good road. Orders left at the Gazette offlce will receive prompt attention. Y1E0RGE.ALDEN. Cotton Factor and dealer VJ In General Merchandise, also a full assort ment of Parlor, Office and Cooking stoves. J A. ARMSTRONG S Feed and Hales Bta, hies. DeKaib street. Horses and Mules aiwuys on band. DK. KENNEDY, Dealer in ueserai Mer, chaudise. Full lines of Family and F ancy Groceries, Confectioneries, Ac. Bhoee and Dry Goods. I R 111 Nll l A l l"* Mnnnr?(.,?t 1 A?1-_ J. In Tin ware, wheel Iron. Hoofing, Out* tering, Ac. Full Stock of Cooking. Otflce and Purlor stove# always on band at lowest prices. MLL.Bfc.iiK* DAlHt by a. Miller Williams. Fresh milk delivered in any part of the city dally. ____ MCCKE1GHT*S COTTON GIN FACTORY. K. J. McCrelgbt A Hon, Proprietors, Manufacturer* and repairers of Cotton Olns. Undertuklng In all Its branches. rp BERWICK LtiiAhfc, Dental Surgeon.? 1. Graduate Baltimore college of Dental burgery unlce DeKulb House, Entrance on Broad .Street. OeKALB iiullsb, by Mrs. A. H. Kodgers.? Regular and transient board on accommodating terms. Located in the beart of the city. Conveyance at depot on arrival of trains. DU. 1. H. ALEXANDER, Dental burgeon. Graduate Philadelphia College of Dental aurgery. utHee ou Broad Street. i ?L-j?ami mm* www COLUMBIA BUSINESS CARDS CiHlNA HALL, by W. B. Stanley, Importer I of and Dealer in China, Giass and Kartuware, silverware, Table Cutlery, Tinware and House Furulsbing Goods. Main Street, Next to Carolina Nat. Bank. Reckling s art gallery, opposite Wheeler House. Any style of pictures irom miniature to ilfeslse. Old pictures , copied and reproduced to any site. JO-NEb, DA V itt * BOCKNIUHTH, Successors to K. C. Shiver 4 Co. Dealars in ury Goods, Carpets, Oil Cloths, Boots, bhoe*. Huts, 4c. Samples sent on application,and ?xp?>M charges paid ou all Pills T>f ?iu or mure. PfcllKY 4 sLAWhON, Wholesale aud Ratull Dealers In Cigars, Tobaccos, Pipes, snutT, 4<\ JC SKEGEKS guarantees his Bedr tb . be pbre'Intr rengtiiev 'He dbe* not hd id- I terate it, but brew* Ttom the Best "bartey; malt and bops. ' * ' 1 J>. LOvt, Wholesale and Hetuif DoaD , erln Dry Goods, Notions. Ac. New store aud Fresh block, Samples (Tee by mull. ExPress charges paid ou orders of tid aiid upwards. KiNA'HD 4 WILEY, Dealers In clothing, a shlru. with linen bosoms and cuds, tor 11. Pauts from ?1.5u to 111 VesU II to Id. bulls &, $S, *10 and upwards. Stock of Huts largest andcbcupestln the State. I'mbrellas. Trunks and 1 ravelling Satchels. H4 S. BE A11D, Auction and Commission , Merchants. Correspondence solicited. AD. CCMPbT Y, Tin aud Sheet Irou , Worker uud Dealer In Stoves, Tinware and House Furnishing Goods. il li. HEINlTbH. Drugs, Medicines! j. Chemicals, seeds. Garden and Mem fertilizing Chemicals cheaper than eve* ? Money suved aud 1Jand"eiuK'bed>'Sewd'or* der*. Ilo will buy eYiough fcjr one ton.' This Is worth having. Look To it and address ?, H. Heinftsh, Columbia, H. C. "i "*A. HENDRIX"4 SON, Wholesale GroJ. cers and Commission Merchants. V W. THUMP, 121 Main Street, Deafer In ll, Fancy Goods, Notions, 4c. Quick Sales and small Profits, Agent for Butterlck's Patterns* Catalogue free on application.? Send orders. IJAT MEEHAN'b Itesuiurant is the place to X get meals stall bours. Saloon refreshmen !> of the best brands on bund. Lunch dally irom 11 a. m. to U p. m. jjlt^l UoilAH 'if MGt>itE, Ds^st, CpUijijIEKCKS 4 DAVIS; Wa>bM,ClocksTrfbi Jewelry, Silver ware, plated ware, Cutlery, Guns, Pistols, Fancy Goods, Spencer Diamond Spectacles. Watches and Jewelry repaired by flrstclass workmen. Orders by mall on approval and Express paid. I UltiCK 4 LUWKANCE, Wholesale and li Hctall Dealers In Plantation MUDulies. Groceries, Hardware, Plow*, Iron and fertilizers. Augusta, Ga., Business Cards. p hansbjchoer^ xiHou|dciumrQrqt|4|] I , and Dealer In Tobacco, Pipe* and Suio# ker'?article* generally. l H. THUMP, Fancy Good*. Jewelry and 1, Ludli'*' Furnishing Good*. (special line* celluloid, coral, Jet and plated Jewelry and Iatdle*' Lnderware. Order* carefully fllled. P" la tit KEEN AN, Dealer in Boot* and Blioes. The one price system und strictly fair dealing the rule a.' ?he house. i 1 tN'l'HAIi HOTEL, Broad street. Be t/- Mr*, W. U Ti,u..id.. CcntralL locate and cuuvdnlcd! tct business ..u:. . .1 I A?. G. BAILIE & KKOTHEK X UOo Broad street, Augusta, Ga. Established lttta. Dealer* in Brussells.J-ply and Ingrain carcots A Floor Oil Cloth*. Window shades, Wall Papers A Borders. Luce curtains, Cornices A Rands. Rugs, Mutts, Druggets A Curtain Goods. 2UUU vds. Ingrain Csrpet S3 to 50c a vl. 20U0.1'Carpet.?> t JSPj?d: 1000 " FloorOII I'loth ? * WeGoods sold low Tor cash and any New York In voice duplicated. Mend on orders. \\! T. 1UCHAKD.1 MON, Booksellers, Mta\) , tionersand Printers,M Broad Street. Orders hy mull promptly tilled. I 11. AI.KXANDLKM Wholesale and Kelt tall Drug Store, 212 Broad Street. Drugs, Patent Medicines. Paints, Oils, Glass, Putty. Garden and Field Meeds. Special care given to orders bv mall. CorrespondencesolMUd. /i ;.V. lik^iRA.iFi. Purntturi Jfealer and I J. d'nUsrtaker, 147, d47js| and- 14$ Broad Street. " ' ' * MITLLVKKY UOODB.-For KgstttPtortlf Hats, Bonnets, etc.. at low prices, send orders to N*. Brum Clurlc, Augusta, Ga. cjAMPLKS PflY GOODS.?We keep una or !5 the largest and best assorted stocks Dry Goods In the Mouth and always at the lowest prices. To persons living at a distance we will upon application send samples and pi Ices of most lending articles. We pay the express churges on all orders of $10 or over to Goods Store. _____ "MAKKWALTKK'H *.ifarbie Woirks , Proud Mtreet, Hear I.ower Market, Auju-la. Work of every description neatly and cheaply executed. j\ M. STONK, General Agent for Gullet's If. Latest Improved Coton Gins; Blgelows, "nglnes, Vertical or Hortiontul, either