The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, July 12, 1877, Image 2
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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