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!?{# JVuraalt y\\ I). TRANTHAM, Editor, j (i. (i. ALEXANDER, Easiness Manager. CAMDEN, S. 0., DECEMBER 18, 1877. j " The County Printing. The very "brief nud impartial statement4" concerning the County Printing, which appeared in the last issue of the Kershaw Gazette, renders it necessary that I should have something to ray upon tho subject, to the end that the public mfy understand the facts as they et'st. A few days before the bid of the Camden Journal was handed to the Clerk of tho Board of County Commissioners, notice was served upon m?, os one of the proprietors of the Journalthat the Board would receive sealed proposals for its advertising patronage, it being understood, ns Capt. "Workman, the Clerk, informed me, that after-hiiis would he entertained. I consulted my partner, Mr. Alexander, and we agreed to put in a bid of thirty cents per square for each insertion-, (which is les9 than half the regular price.) with the privilege of reducing the j^iwo when the seals wore broken ; or of fifteen cent* per square, if the sealed Lids were to be final. In response to nn invitation, Mr. Frauk P. Beard, proprietor of the Kershato Gazette, and I, as the representative of the Journal, appeared before the Commissioners on Thursday, the Cih instant. When the subject of tb? County Printing was called. I. not Mr. Beard, as he asserts, enquired if after h:Js would he allowed, my object being to have the question settled, so that if further competition would not be perr mittcd, 1 might withdraw our bid of thirty cents, and present in lieu thereof one far fifteen rents per square, as above stated. Mr. Beard at once arose, and urged that, according to the understanding with the Board, the sealed bids were to be final; otherwise, that there would be no reason for proposals of that kind. The Board, however, were of the unanimous opiuion that such was not the case, but that nflrr-hith were to be admissible, agreeably to a suggestion made by Mr. Beard himself on another occasion, when the subject was being eousidcrcd by thcui; I grant that to the casual reader these secui to be matters of 6mall concetti. But however trifling they may be, Mr. Bcnrd Faw proper to ut_ tempt an act of duplicity with me and the Commissioners ; and has since fouud it convenient to misstate a fact ill con^ ncction with the interview on the 6th instant. And he boasts, I believe, that be never does anything without n purpose. In reference to the latter, it would be an act of tupcrcrogation to attempt an exploration of the recesses of his heart to discover what that purpose was. It is palpable ; and litre it is : Mr. B<ard li peu. by staling in the lust issue of his paper that it was he wlo rai.-edtlic question of u/Ur^Luh. to create the impression that our bid cf thirty cents was intended to be final, while his of nineteen cents was not to iutcoded? whereas just the reverse was the case, our bid being iuio which we expected to reduce, while bis was intended, if what he said beforo the Board is accepted as tiue, to be fixed. As for the purpose of his duplicity, I content myself by leaving that to an '-impartial public" to infer. Well, being summarily overruled in roirard to his own proposition, Mr. Beani remarked in substance: ''Suppose, after tho seals arc broken, both parties should mako tho same bid, would both get tie contract?" To this Cupt. Burdell, (speaking, as I understood, for the entire Board.) replied:1 No* the one tlnst bids first will get the contract, or, in other words, if you bid a dollar and ten rents, and Trantham a dollar, \ou will buve to come down to nine., ty five cents and take the contract frotn him." The envelopes containing the proposals were then opeoed, and the bids announced as follows: Kerslirtw Gu~ Tfttc, nineteen cents, and Camden Journal thirty cents per square. 1 at once reduced our bid to 7.<to, and proposed to do the official advertising of t lie county free o f chan/e. Mr. Beard thereupon annouueed that he would also do it for nothing. I remarked that I had the contract, and that, accoiding io the opinion expressed by Cspt. Burdell, he would have to go*etill lower to taL? it from me. I pun tin*, ho said he would give tlie sum of TK\ CENTS (which he terms Uu certain sum of money" in the last issue of his paper) for the contract, which was an implied acknowledgement that I had it. Mr. Allen McOaskill, the Chairman of the .Board, evidently regarding the last bid as a quibble, as indeed it was, decided that no one could bid lower than no* thing, for the reason that the Board did not feel authorized to receive money in Lthe trunner proposed by Mr. Beard. At this juncture I remarked to Mr., Beard that I had uo objection to hit, doing the advertising for nothing. lie replied that he would do to. The uiem- 1 I era of the Board then ex pressed their gratification at the prospect of having their printing donv upon trnni ft> ft* 1 vorabli lo tlic tax-payers of tlio county. anJ Mr. Heard nntl I retired, I foelitui 1 that our biJ had secured the contract 1 for the advertising, that the Camden * Journal was the official papar of the t Democratic Hoard of County Commis- 1 signers (we having never solicited or 1 received such distinguished eousidera- ( tion during the fruitful days of Radicalism), and that the ICtrshmc Gazette ] was privileged merely to do the work upon the same terms if it liked. Acting upon my conviction, which is logical and just, I wrote the article on the sub ! ; ject which appeared in our last i'sue. ' and at which Mr. Heard seems to have j j taken umbrage. However, the Hoard i of County Commissioners havo suhse- I , quently decided that the contract was ! j intended to be awarded both papers; i i aud, consequently, that my conclusion 1 was erroneous. Whether or not their action is just, I have no fault to fiud with them. I am satisfied they would not intentionally do nrc j an act of injustice. Hut the facts of'j ' the whole transaction have been stated i by me just as they occurred. Mr Heard relies upon the certificate of the County Commissioners, that the contract was intended to be given to both papers. T do not conceive that it is uc* I erssarv, where I am known, that I1 j should be so armed and equipped. However, I have nevertheless appended ' hereto the certificate of Captain Workman, which shows what he,' a very careful and conscientious gentle1 man thinks of the facts and circumstances as stated by me. It has not beet) ! convenient for me to sec the other gen- J tlemen who were present, but I know j tLat they will corroborate my statement. I / . and their certificates will, it necessary, j ' appear hereafter. Hut Mr. H?ard says in his paper of j the 13th instant: j It will be peon from die sealed proposals j above given who irantnl to malt I lit moil money nut of the County. The Journal wanted ' 30 cents for the same work we proposed to ' in-rfiiriii for the public at 19 cents. r * Surely Mr. Beard had forgotten, wheu ; I he penned those words, that ho proposed j to uic in his office on the moiniugof : the Gth instant, (the same day that we appeared before the Board,) to recall our lids, and, by combining, to make our own terms with the Commissioners, which proposition neither I nor my partner thought one moment of en. j tertaining. To attribute his action in tbic regard to forgctfulness is the ouly J charitable construction that cau be put upon his conduct. Whether or not his ! memory was at fuult, I will leave it to an 'impailial public" to judge. But Mr. Beard sets himself up as one who dees good, or wants to do good lor the county. Is ho real'y so patriotic!' I might refer to the circumstances under which he hit Orangeburg and came to Camden ; to (lie means be has employed to establish himself in I this community ; to his hob-nobbing ' with Badical officials to sciurc their 1 patronage, though it involved the com1 | remise of his principles as h man of honor ; to the part he has lornc in every campaign save one tince lie has been here : to the antagonism and strife be has never failed to engender among the good people of this towu and county, and always "for a purpose to many other acts that no good citizen could commit?I might refer to ail this, and I much more, to show who and what | manner of man this Mr. Ucaid is. that j he should prate about tlie : good" he does the people Mining whom he lives. ! If necessary, I shall do so fully, and in detail in the future. For the prescut I content myself with summing up what 1 have already wiitten, so that there can he no misunderstanding of my meaning: I charge Mr. l'enrd with huving attempted an act of doubledea'ing before the board of County Commissioners on the occasion of out interview on the Gth instant, in that he did 4'for a purpose" endeavor to make the board believe that their agreement with him and me was different from what it really was ; I charge him with having been conspicuously inexact in the statement ofu fact, j or. in plain language, of having wilfully ! told an untruth, in that lie did "for a' purpose" state in his paper of the l.'Jth i instant, tlwt it was lie who raised before , the County Commissioners tlie question , of affnbiiU ; 1 charge him w'uli having ^ sought to create a false impression ; Twliic-li all writers on uiorals agree is i equivalent to telling a falsehood,) in that he did use certain words and figures to show I hut I wished to make more out of the county than lie did ; I denounce him us utterly unworthy o! I confidence. liut some per.-ons may be surprised i * that I should write in such a manner 1 coneering one who was lately my part.'' ner in business. To suti?fy such, I will say, that nearly everything alluded '' to tbovo came to my cars during the c time I was in copartnership with Mr. * Beard, or since our dissolution. Con- I ceining the period we wore associated together, my mouth is closed. It is 11 enough to say that, af'trr an association i of a little more than three months, "a | due regaid for toy interi ?is," (as ' < stand at the time,) prompted mo to i propisu a dissolution of the copartner- i ship. ( In conclusion, I crave the pardon of our! cadcrs for having imposed so long upon 1 heir time and patience. Of all tilings in l.c world 1 have the greatest aversion to lewspapei controversies, and tho cotisc" jucut parading before the public one's irivatc affairs I with perfect sincerity de. larc thatthis controversy lias not been of my seeking. On the contrary, and the public will sustain the assertion, I have for years taxed my forbearance to avoid | anything of the kind. Hut the gauntlet has been throwu down, the issue is quarcly made, and I will evade it no lougor. W3I. D. TItANTIIAM. Camden, S. G, Dec- 17, 1S77. The above statement of \V. D. Trant. ham, Ksq., of the facts and circumstances attending the offering and opctiiug of the bids of the Kershaw Gazette .and Camden Journal before the Hoard of Couuty Commissioners of Kershaw County on Tuesday, tho Gih day of December instant, is correct. W. II It. Workman, Clerk of Heard. Honest John Patterson. A disposition is mauifestod in sonic quarters, tu ctirconiuiuc me pruscaukiuw against this worthy, because lie simply discharged his duty in voting for the admission of G-m. 51. C Butler to his scat in the Doited States Senate Patterson is charged in testimony that is overwhelmingly convincing, with having obtained his place in the Senate by bribing a majority of the members of the Legislature. To let him go free upon no better grounds than (l4fc lie has done one honest act in his life, would seem very much as if he had bought up the Democratic party. X'o ! Patterson and all the rest of such men as himseifshould i! they can be caught, punished to the f.ilic.H extent of the law. The Mofiett Bell Punch. A bill lbr establishing the Modelt bell punch law in this State was introduced in the House of Representatives last week. The law originated in Virginia, and is said to le working ad mi raoiy. Every barkeeper is furnished with a machine, which contains a register, a beli, and a punch, and for every drink that is cold, the bell rings, idd the drink registered with the punch. At stated periods the tax collector goes around, examines the register, and collects two cents for every drink that has been sold. It is estimated that a million dollars will be raised annually in Mouth Carolina by the operation of this law alone. mw _ TT-.,?. T iuu uaur> uaw That 9'auncb and ably edited paper, the Charlotte (N. C.) Olterver, thus speaks of the passage of the usury bill by the House of Representatives ; "The usury bill which has been pen* ding iti the South Carolina Legislature passed the House by an overall*lining majority. That was the worst day's work this Legislature will do, and we cannot suppose that during all the remainder ol it, it will do enough good to coanU-rtalunee this evil. North Carolina is laboring now uu?2?r the curses entailed by u usury law, and wc know whereof wc s| cuk. Editorial Items. The following assignment of Circuit Judges for the ensuing year has been made by Chief Justice Wiilard : The First circuit, by Judge of scveuth circuit. Secoud circuit by Judge of eighth circuit. Third circuit by Judge of first circuit. Fourth circuit by judge of s'cond circuit. Fifth eir cuit by Judge of third circuit. Sixth circuit by judge of fourth circuit. Scv- J entli circuit by Judge of fifth circuit. Eighth circuit by Judge of.sixth circuit. The Second heur?i'?ii of the respective circuits will be held by the circuit Judges as follows ; First circuit by Judge of sixth circuit. Second circuit by the J uoge o! the revcniii circuit Third circuit by the Judge of eighth circuit. Fourth cite tit by Judge ol first circuit. Filth circuit l.y./udge of the second circuit. Sixth circuit by Judge of the third circuit. Seventh circuit by Judge of the fourth circuit. Eighth circuit by Judge of the fifth i circuit. The third session of the re-; sncctivo circuits wiil be held by the Cir- j cuit ./udges as follows : First circuit by the Judge of the fifth circuit. Sec-1 ond circuit by the Judge of the sixth circuit. 'J bird circuit by Judge of the I seventh circuit. Fourth circuit by Judge of I lie eighth circuit. I'ifth eir-1 rttit hy Judgeof tlia fiift circuit. Sixth J circuit by Judge of the sicond circuit, j Seventh circuit by Judge of the third j circuit. Kighth circuit by Judge of' liic f'jurth cin nit. Sknatou lii'ti.Kit wis sercuudcd in j Jolumbia one night last week, anu made in earnest and eloquent speech. lie iTris followed by (ieiural (Jury, Judge Mackey and others, all ol whom rejoiced it the success of (jeiu ral llutler in semi ing his scat in the I'. S Senate, and ipoke hopefully of the future of South Jatoliua. Mr. Cyrus If. Italdwin, a northern nan by birth but for many years pre;iuns to the war a msident of Columbia, .ashen appointed Callector of the port if Charleston. He is a decided improvcnent upon Worthington. hut still he is iot the man the lutiuiss men of rinrltrcton wauled. i County Commissioners 0 Mden, Gcorsre supplies fur Poor House, Ilauui Bros. R JO Willi's Clerk's fees in State ( llaruch, Dr. S. Examination of lunatics, 58.0( do Post-mortem Examination 117.00 Blair, L W 11. Jury Commissioner, lloswell, W P. Salary us Keeper of the Poor I Roykin, 11 II. Lumber for bridges Ilrewingtcn P. Guarding Jail Brown, J 11. Constable's Fees in Stale cases Capell, Ihnry Guarding Jail Capell, J ! Constables Fees in Slate cases Casey, James Witness in Trial Justice's court Charles, Johu Conveying Paupers to Poor llou Claike, T II. As County Commissioner, do As Jury Commissioner do Lumber Kills 24 Olybnro, William Rent of Treasurer's Office Cooper, George Repaying Watcrce Free Brie Conaway, Edward .1 Coroner's Fees Criuiin, Thomas Jury Ticket for September 'I Cureton. Harry Claaning out Well at the Poo ; Deas, Dr. L li Examining Lunatic Deas, William Coffins for Paupers ' do Shackles and Repairs to Jail 1 Repass, J W Trial Justices Account 10 do Assignee Sundry witness' fees 8 Doby, Jonn Dieting prisoners do Fees in State cases do Transporting Prisoners do Blankets for Jail Dunlap, C J Medicine for Paupers Dunlap, J D Trial Justice't Fees English, Murphy Summoning Board of Count Gazette Kershaw Publishing Advertisements Glenn, George W, Constable's Fees in State c Geodalc, Jolin B. Stove for Treasurer's Office do Fixtures for Court House GofT. William W Repairs to Bridge, Hough, B M Constable's Fees in State cases Hay, J T Trial Justice's Fees in State cares Ilonnie, W Guarding Jail Journal, Camden June, A G Repairing Bridge ir- 1-. v. r?.<......1:,.^. ?.? Tr...,o il\laIIUlUjr IV IJi'JItail tjuj'piiin iu a v.'i liuuru Kenned)*, Robert M Blankets for Poor House Ken-hatv, J B Written Opinion , Lang, S L Rejairs to Biidgc J Moore, Dr. A A Salary ns Physician to lVor I do Visits to Transient Poor do Post-mortem Examinations * do Examination of Lunatics ! Mot on, John Witness in Trial Justices Court Miller, i S Lumber for Bridge j Myers, Thomas S Constable's Feis iu State cat McClair, Jcrc. Serving on Board Kqualizutioi ! Macrae, Colin t'l inting Tax Receipts do Salary Tr. Off. i McGirt Cyrus Digging Graves for Paupers McKinnon, L Sundrv Witness Tickets State < ! MeDowall, C J Clerk pro tern. to Rjard , Nettles & Nelson Beef for Paup-ra Reid, J C As County Couuui^iuner Rollings & Page Supplies for Paupers do McQueen's ace'i lor services B do Clarke's Lumber Bill ! Reed & Burt Lumbci Bill Sill, Edward E As Jury Commissioner Stein, II Witness in 'J'liul Justice's court Sutherland, .lames P Inquests do Repairs on Free Bridge Thompson, William lv As County Couimissio Walker, Evans & Cogswell Stationery Workman, W 11 R As Clerk to Board of Cou Yates, S J Guarding Jail STILL DUE, AND AT TIME OF REPOB Jury Tickets, January Term, 1ST7 do April do do Sept'.r do I Constable's Tickets, January Term, 1877, do April do do Sept'r. do Arthur. W L Supplies to Poor l)eus, William Coffins-for Paup.-rs do Repairs and Shackles for Jail DePass, J W. assignee, Glenn's Constable's Ft Boilings & Page, Supplies to Paupers Carpenter, J P Stenographer for 1875-70 do do 1870-77 Brarinon, Wiley Witness in State case 1875-7 do do du 187G-7 i Black well, W do do 1875-7' do do do 1S7G-7' Holland, T>aap I' Trial Justice's I'cefl in Stutd < Kcthune, I) M Trial Justice's Fees in Stat?? cas McG'askill, Allen County Cuiuuiiatsiourr do d> Burdell, Juliu do Kuulish, Isaac do Copy of Annual Report of County.Comissit Ci mptroUer. General of the State of Fiscal Year Fmliny Oek DEBT. To amount* C HAKOEI) auainst county rott IS77, Viz: Oudinauy County T Original usse.-smcnt osi S?.2?7, i."?3 00 at J mil Special County Taxes? Original asscsMnetit on 227.1"?."? 0(1 tor brid mills iu DeKaib and Watcrco Townships mill in BulhJn and Mat Hock Townships To am't nl lims received by Co Tivns I'roui Tri " ' muuc)s roe'd " * for li<jui liy Amount Caid County Auwtor fi MENTS AS PER Ills OltDEIt ? l>v amount of County Commissioners orders ' " Paid Treasurer of free bridge Couu " * County Couiui'ssior.crs account for s< ' " </a-h in hands of County Treasurer ' " Fur commissions on eolh etious inadi ' " ' ,s funds collected for fi " ' Deduct ions and nb'ints allowed Co Tr i ' County tax uncollected at this dale CUE I) IT. Estimate of Cm vn Expenses for 1'isc C'ommkxcixu Nov 1. 1^77? Eur County Auditors assessments Commissioners and G'lcrk's salaries " " Treasurer's commissions u Jury, witness and constables tickets " Solicitor " Clerk of the Court Estimate of o lui.ty expenses brought forward For Sheriff For Trial Justices For Corouer For Poor House and Poor For repairs on roads and bridges For repairs on public buildings For books stationery and printing For contingent espouses Annual Report. 19.88 ascs. 193.00 ) 95.00; 50 95 | louse, 200.00 20.20 7.00: 68.80 7.00 33 90 2.20 isc 1.00 ; 147.50 7.00 1.47 395.07 160.00: Ige 25.80 10.50 I 'erm, 1875 3 75 j r House 7.50 15.00 '2.70 14.00 36.70, 0.50 2.15 242.05 1.149.75 870.05 114.20 2-50 2,137.10 4.45 145.90! y Cotuuii^ioncra 2.50 75 00 ascs 8.15 16.20 25 10.45 4 00 0 GO 38 50; 7.00, 27 00! 18.30 116.03 22.251 50.00 21-0 00 Iouse4 00.00 21.00 44.00 10.00 475.00 1)0 4.27 cos 28.00 [. 10 40 4.00 8.00 12.00 5.00 uses 40 80 | 3.00 2.10 122.00 579.42 I'd Equalization 00.00 15.00 GG3 42 4.22 15.00 5.40 23.11 20.00 43.11 ner 150.01) 38.75 I iciissiobers 10G.G0 11.00 6,370,00 T, NOV. 1ST, UNAUDITED. 3S2.60 07.00 G32.40 1,082.00 40.50 117,00 1 G3.50 8.35 3.2o 3 25 G.45 i C3 5.40 34 50 117 77 122.87 G 8 10 7 7.10 ll 8.10 7 7.80 ?ases 10 50 eg 4.50 21.70! 2 80I 19.05 14 00 1 88,020.55 mcrs of Kenhaw County to the ' South Carolina for the >her 81, 1877. I TjlEAblRER AS PER DUPLICATE j AX Is $6,682 365 lax at 2 und at 1 3,772 915 aid unices >r licenses 50 $10,503 310 . it Assess017 60 iiisMun 1,790 40 ervices 122 2,001 12 ' : 85 79 ret* brldjio 51 75 by Couip (Ji'0 00 20 5.170 00 810,508 00 t i AL Year \ 300 1 000 500 , 1,500 1 500 30Q _ 0 81,100 4.100 d 3,000 1.000 200.1 1,800 9.000 { 1.000 ? 200 1,000 121.300 H CHRISTMAS IS And so are Goods Di H. BARl With a view of suppl, mand for the Christmas made new additions to < in my extensive Estal fully prepared to satisfy Everybody knows w want it distinctly undc sell you anything in my m A i iL uneaper man it Consult your interest goods from declllf V. W. JORDAN, The Planters' V Enlarged and QUICK SALES AND Si The undersigned ore now ready to show one ol FINEST STOCK BROUGHT TO CAMDEN T Consisting of everything pertaining to Greneral 31er In all department?. It is useless to attempt to tnt needed in the family or on the farm can he had at and satisfaction in ail goods guaranteed. Our stock of HARNESS. SADDLES BRIDLES Is larger than ever before, and cheaper than the cl Remember that we are always ccady to buy co cash for the same. bagging a: always on hand at lowest figures. r. w. m. CHEAP G IS A THREAD BARI I WILL THEREFORE ONL MV STOCK DRY GOODS, I HAT! pft) ft m $$ M ^ life Are Equal it 1101 to any I bare over had to offer. ALL OF WHICH I W AS CHEAP AS THEY CAN BE The Stock has been inoslcciefully selected, and i Robert CALL C J. J. 31 BKFOIIE Purchasing F KhSKWIIKlli You can Save S5(> Buying" Iron 1IK HAS Til f isiss I hat linn ever been brought to Camden. V. C. YOl'NU. ISA AO YOUNG. | | YOUNG BROS., A LA Harness, Boots, Shoes, &c. Made or repaired nt the shortest notice W ,nd in the most durable manner. The highest price paid for HIDES of all lescriptions. Give us a call, one door west of the 'ostoffice, Camden, S. C. Ueclltf GRO Soap, Soap. BOXES Soup fur snip low by J" UAU.V BROS. lillttOl*. '1H0ICS Uoslicu Butter, for sole low by j BAUM BROS. Oct. COMING! ally Arriving at ICH'S. ying the usual deHolidays, I have ^ ivery Department ^ dishmeut, and am i ' the demand. hat I keep, and I I rstood that I will line, ^ ie Cheapest! Is by buying your II. IIAKLL1I. II. G. CARRISON. Warehouse Improved. MALL PROFITS. ' the OF GOODS n IS SEASON. cliandises imernte, suffice to say that everything our house, at (he very lowest prices, * BIT AND LEATHER leapest. m ttou, and arc prepared to pay tLe 1ST ID TIX3S DAN & CO. rOODS 3 SUBJECT iY ANNOUNCE ^ OF CLOTHING, 5, I S3101S t Superior ILL SKLL FOUND ANYWHEF.!, in inspection is solicited. *? M. Kennedy. >rc )KAY i rurniture 2 1 per Oeiit. by ^ i Him. A K S X 0 C K oct4?3ui. -ist Received, UGE ANT) WKLL SELECTEDS70CK OF (EH A\I) LIQUORS,. Which wo guarantee pure. Also, CERIES, TOBACCO i and CIGARS,. ^ Cheap for Cash, by JOHNSTON & GLADNEV. 28tf. i