The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, May 21, 1878, Image 2
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W. I>. TRANTHAM, Editor.
G. G. ALEXANDER,
Business Manager.
CAMDEN, S. 0., MAY 21, 1878.
The State Convention.
The Democratic State Executive
Committee has, after consultation with
the several County Chairmen, decided
to call the State Convention, to meet in
Columbia on Thursday the 1st of August
next, for the purpose of nominating
candidates for State officers. The
Conventions for Dominating candidates
for Congress from the several districts
-'II ??> it. coma timA *nd nlflCfi.
mil uiwvw ua vuv iiwimx * ?? r
Coming to Life.
Those of tbe prominent Radical leaders
of tb? State daring tbe reign of
corruption who still remain in our
midst, met, under tbo came and style
of tbe "Republican State Executive
Committee," in Columbia last week.
They held their meetings with closed
doors, and admitted only tbe faithful
to tbeir deliberation!. Everything relating
to tbe plans of the Radicals is, of
course, a profound secret, but the preTailing
opinion in the best informed circles
is that they intend to make a desperate
effort to get coutrol of the Legislature,
and elect a majority of the
Googressmen from this State. Democrats
would do well to take warning.
?
To Be Investigated.
The House of Representatives, on
> v Friday last, by a strict party vote, de
)( cided to investigate the frauds alleged
to have been committed by the Forida
and Louisiana returning boards in tho
Presidential election of 1876. The
k bottom facts will therefore most probably
be made known, and steps taken
to prevent the occurrence of such a
disgrace iu the future. The Republicans,
it is thought, will iotrodnce reso+
lutions, providing for the apppointmeot
of a Committee to investigate
alleged frauds also in Mississippi and
South Carolioa. The publio will await
the result of the investigation with the
greatest anxiety.
Exemptions Under the Bankrupt
Law.
Chief Jnstice Waite, at a recent term
of the U. S. Circuit Court for Virginia,
decided that the exemptions under the
bankrupt law do uot extend to debts
contracted prior to the enactment oi
the law. It is thought the decision of
? - " . l | _
the Chief Justice will be sustained vy
the Supreme Court of the United
States.
NEWS ITEMS,
The Kingstree Star has been revived
bj Mr. Jamee S. Heyward, editor and
proprietor of the Orangeburg Taxpaytr.
The Star will be edited by P. B. Gillaud,
Esq., a young lawyer of Kingstree.
The Edgefield Adverttttr of last week
cornea to ua adorned with a splendid
picture of General M. C. Butler, U. 5.
Senator from South Carolina. Being
Butler people over this way, we will
save his likeness.
Wk arc indebted to Hon. J. R. Chalmers,
member of Congress from Miseis"
wippi, for a copy of the excellent speech
made by him in the House of Representatives
on 2nd of May in favor of the
Texas Pacific Railway.
ADDRESS
or fins era l james criesnut, de
LIVERZD BEFORE THE MSWOIU.U
Association of Camden. Ma*
^ 10th, 1878.
V The readers of the Journal will peruse
with pleasure the splendid and
v instructive address of General Chesput
which, in accordance with our promise,
we now lay before them. Being introduced
by Col. E. B. Cantey, General
Obesnutapoke as follows:
Ladies of the Memorial Association oj
Camden?and you, my Friends:
W:th pure hearts, and elevotod tninde
?with wreaths, and garlands, and with
sweet remembrance of worthy heroes
who gave their lives to uphold the good
cause of their country, we come this day
to do honour to the Confederate Dead.
Your purpose, my frtends, docs honour
to you as well. The feeling which
prompts you lies deep down in the human
hoart. It is old as humanity it
self. Egyptian pyramids and obelisks
-Asiatic mausoleums-Grecian sarcophagi?Roman
oenotaphs, tombs and
monuments?in short, the practice of
all nations, from the earliest time?
down to our demonstration to-day, attest
its antiquity and its universality.
It seems to be an injunction of Nature,
r Bat in honouring the dead, wo ought to
ecek to honour virtue. Otherwise our
efforts would be deceitful, empty and
vain. In trying, therefore, to do proper
homage to the memory of the comrades
who have gone beforo us, we will honour
the virtues which wero conspicuous
in tben>, and which will ennoblo humanity.
What a touching spectacle is this day
before us 1 In every part of the land
we behold our Mother-State bowing
ber majestic bead in sorrow over the
graves of ber sons. But no teer of
shame falls from her eye. An honest
pride mixed with grief are tbo component
elements of her monming. At
bar behest her hero-sons died in a
righteous cause. Yn, my friends! it
HHk.. V-4 Jg . /
Id marred beneath the spoilers heel;
I cannot trust my trembling hand
To write the grief I feel.
Oh home of tears! but let her bear
This blazon to the end of timo;
No nation rose so white and fair,
None fell so pure ol crime?
The widow's moan, the orphan's wail
Are round thee ; but in truth be strong;
Eternal right, tho' all things fail,
Can never be made wrong.
An angel heart, an angel mouth
(Not Homer's) could alone for me,
Hymn forth the great Confederate Sonth;
Virginia first?then Lee."
Desiring to avoid all topics purely
political, I would like, notwithstanding,
to correct a grave popular error. Il
has been affirmed, and widely believed
that South Carolina began the war,
whieh culminated in the late gigantic
"War between the States." This I hold
to bo an error. It will be remembered
that the State passed its ordinance ol
secession on tbo 20th day of December
1860. At that time and after it,
Fort Snmter and Oastle Pinckney were
not occupied by Federal forces, bat
were rightfully in tbe possession of tbe
State. Tbe right of eminent domain
in the territory on whiob they rested
was in the State, The Federal govern;
ment, however, tbrongh its Presidept
cWxmedproperty in tbe structures and
(heir sites. This claim was admitted by
tbe State; but she could net, nndcr the
' changed condition of affairs, ooncede
1 absolute jurisdiction over them to be in
> the United States. This'would hare
* been an abandonment of 'sorereigntj
over a pprt of her territory?which
, nniiiidnl Pi?r#i
WUUIU JJdTC UC^U Vfliyiuifit IMVIWIVIV,
od the 21st of December, 1860, the
State appointed three commissioners
to proceed to Washington, and treat
with the government there in relation
to all claims, with power on a fair adjustment
to bipd the State for the payment
of the last dollar, and also to treat
for the continuance of peace and amity
betweeu this commonwealth and the
goveinment at Washington.
Before their appointment, and bofore
secession, bnt in anticipation of it,
however, oar memhere of Congress then
in that city, on the 9th of December,
1860, had come to an understanding
with tbo Executive hranoh of the Fed|
eral government, that neither party
should change the relative military
status in the harbor of Charleston, until
South Carolina should have an opportunity
through accredited agents to
. -*.t- .? ,?
I real Willi li;? ^Utciumvuv 1.11 niun' "o"
ton en *11 the points at issue?in order
that collision might be prevented, and
' peace preserved.- On or about the 25th
of the same month our commissioners
arrived in Washington, but bcfoie they
could communicate with the government
there, the understanding between the
parties was violated, and the understood
' promise of the Federal executive brolccu.
The military status of th? parties in tho
harbor was changed, but pot by South
Carolina or any of her people. On the
I night of the 26th of December, I860,
Major Anderson, the Federal officer in
command at Fort Moultrie, spiked h*U
i guns, btyrnrd their carriages, made pre.
paration for the destruction of the
I fort, and transferred his entire foroe
with munitions of war into Fort Sumter?an
unoccupied fortress within the
r limits of a power then foreign, and aL
most in the very heart of its metropolis.
> This was an armed and hostile invasion
i of an alien State at ptace with his gov.
ernment, and was ap act of jrar. It
! was the beginning of that great strug1
gle we sought persistently to avoid.
Without this invasion, a peaceful solution
of the question might havo been
1 attained ; but with it unrepudiated, as
' tho United States knew full well, such
solution was impossible- Jfotwithstand
i iog this act of war, so anxioua was the
State to a7oid bloodshed and arrest
farther acts of hostility, she refrained
from attacking the fort, and suffered
her commissioners to remain in Washington,
still hoping to restore the previous
condition of affairs in the harbor
and to obtain by negotiation a peaceful
settlement of all issue* with the government
there. But all was in vain.
Again, on the* 9th of January, 18fil,
before Uny violenco had been dono by
tho State or its citizens, the Star of tho
West, a federal Tense) containing armed
men with provisions and munitions of
war, appeared in our waters to reinforce
Major Anderson, who had already invaded
the State, although he was permitted
to obtain from the city of Charleston
whatever of provisions he needed
for his garrison. Wo fired on this vessel
as it was our right and duty to do,
and turned her uninjured back to sea.
Still anxious to avoid hostilities, refraining
yet from acts of violence, the
State determined to make another effort,
and, on the 11th day of January, 1861,
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was a most righteous, Doble caute. It I
would be out ol time and place, and
worse than useless to re-argue that
cause. But it is our duty to affirm it
now, and ever when occasion requires.
It is our justification before high
Heaven, and the tribunals of the
earth.
That a State had the right peaceably
to withdraw from the union was before
our period unquestioned. It was claimed
by States, and conceded by statesmen.
The necessity and the wisdom of the
Act were alone debatable- That the
Federal government had the right to
coerce the State, to pin it by bayonets
to the union was an idea repudiated
even by Alexander Hamilton. As wc
have no other tribunal left as now, we
must remit the question to the verdict
of posterity.
Laudari a viro laudato.
Perhaps it may not be amiss on this
occasion to read before you a few stanzas
written on the fly leaf of a translation
of Homer and sent by the late Earl
Perbv to Genera] R. E. Lee, in order
> to show what that verdict will probably
he. It is a voice comiog across the
waters, and anticipates, I think, the
voice of posterity.
"The grave old bard who never die?,
Receive him in oar native tongue;
I send thee, but with weeping eyes,
The Btory that he sung.
Thy Troy has fallen?thy dear land
she sent a special envoj to WasKTngtoiT
with fall powers to treat for peaee/anri
for a full and equitable settlement of all
matters in dispute. And what was the
result? A refusal to treat with the State.
Subsequently vessels of war?ponitors
with ail their great armiture and hugs
"blacksmithery" vexing the bjsoin of the
ocean?appeared off the bar, to supply
and reinforce Major Anderson by force,
and ready to run in, when wind and
water should favor, and, if need be, to
bombard the city and reduce it to submission
or ashes. Of all this we had notice
Upon this last notiGed exhibition of a
purpose to subjugate the State, the manhood
of the country, supported by conscious
right, could not longer forbear.
Honor and safety forbado it. Still, to
avoid unnecessary bloodshed, and proposing
terms most courteous and honorabla,
time and again, we demanded
the surrender of our fort. Still all
was in vain. In the supremo peril of
that moment there was nothing left lor
us bat posillntimously to surrcnd?i ap
the Slate and city without a blow, or
Xo attack the fort and endeavor to expel
i the invader from our soil. We chose
i the latter, and tbo bombardment of the
fort followed.
Then was witnessed ono of the most
sublime spectacles that ever filled the
human eye. First one signal shell as'
eended in the darkness of the hour,
like a globe of fire hissing through its
parabolic path until it fell and exploded
on the fort. Immediately thousands of
similar missiles from the circle of our
batteries illumined the sky?all having
the same destiny and the same end. If
it were possible to be, it seemed as if
myriads of lesser suns had left their
spheres to hold high revelry in the hurbor
of Charleston, and nil with concentric
movemeut on the head of
that devoted fort. All the rest you
know. If the assault was grandt persistent
and irresistable, with professional
justice we must admit that the defence
wan stubborn, heroic and fall of fortitude.
The recital of the few facts elated
~l ?K? ir.r irnnurl nn the
f fluuVV piUVU MlttV itUb ?IHI v..
part of the State was defensive;
and that all the evils resulting therefrom
must justly be laid at the door of
the Federal power.
| This truth will survive. Not numbers,
nor arms, nor force can crush it.
Though its voice may be gentle, it will
pierce beyond the din of a thousand
battles, and be heard amidst the uproar
of blind ignorance, or of conscious
1 wrong seeking to cover its own inquity.
When the State was thus invaded?
her city beleaguered?her autonomy
denied?her liberty and existence
threatened?she called upon her sons
to rise, to strip for the fight and rally
to her standard. And what an uprising
was there! It seemed as if some
god had struck the earth, and every
living soul upon it sprung un responsive
to the blow, like a divine call
whioh all obeyed.
We read with admiration of the spirit
of the Spartan mother, when alio sent
forth to the fight her sou armed with
javolin and shield; of the Roman matron
gathering her jewels around her and
giving thorn as fit presents to the State.
" 1 ?- -- Dnmnn mnlWr fVfr
out- no oicvittii vi xtvuiuu
exhibited greater and more persistent
devotion and heroism than did onr Confederate
Women. How may thousands
' of Carolina Cornelias have wc seen
bringing their jewel boys and with a
mother's pride deliver them op, with a
smile and a tear and a prayer, into the
bloody bands of the Moloch of war!
And have we not seen these noble yonth's
with the light of battlo in tbeir eyes,
pressing to the front ? And, if we were
permitted to call tho long roll of honor,
how many would be able to answer,
"Here ?" Alas ! too many absent; but
thank heaven, they can all be accounted
for.
Every man wbo rallied to that standard
was a patriot. Every patriot be,
came a soldier, and every soldier a hero.
2S"ur was thp enthusiasm evanescent.
In tho forefront of battle?amid tho
hardships of the bivouac?in the suffering
of tho hospital?for four long years,
without an ally, aud aeaiust overwhelm'
iogodds. did this fervor last Every mau
had offered Lis all. Love and devotion
to his country were burning deep down
on the altar of his soul, and kept him
true to ?he last.
The leading virtues of tho Confederal
soldiers always seemed to mo to bo
dovotion to their cause, constancy, cour(
age, endurance and fortitude. They
possessed the elan of the French aud
Irish, with the steadiness ot the Uerman
ai^cl Jir;ton. Their valor never suffered
the slightest eclipse, whether tho
field they contested was lost or won.
Their bravery took new honor from the
fight. Allow me to read here a few
verses descriptive of tho Confederate
private;
Only a private! his jacket of gray
I(i stained by the amokp and tbp dust ;
As Bayard he is brave, as Rupert he is gay,
Reckless as Mumt in heat of the fray,
In Qod ia his only trust.
Only a private! to march and to tight,
To suffer, nnd starve, and be strong ;
With knowledge enough, to know that the
| iMiguv
Of justice, and truth, and freedom, and
right,
In tho end must crush out the wrong!
Only a private / no ribbon or star
Shall gild with false glory his name!
No honours for him in braid or in bar
His cross of the Legion is only a scar,
And his wounds are his role of fame.
Only a private ! one more hero stain
On the field lies silent and chill,
And in the far South a wife prays in vain
One clasp of tho hand she shall ne'er clasp
gain,
One kiss from the lips that are still.
Only a private ! then let him sleep,
lie will need no tablet nor stone,
For the grasses and vines o'er his grave
will creep,
And at night the stars through the clouds
will peep,
And watch him who lies there alone.
Only a martyr! who fought and who foil
Unknown and unmarked in the strife,
But still, as he lies in his lonely cell,
Angel's and Seraph's the Legend shall I
tell?
Such a death is eternal life?"
"'Th iVStaTc sent forth to ttie^commnn" 1
cause a body of men as true and noble i
as ever shook the earth with .tramp
of war; and tbiit county furjjiisked her ^
full quo^ both in number and quality, i
Yes, my comrades, the virtues I have I
mentioned shone forth conspicuously in 1
you. When ' The Bars and the Stars," i
sacred emblem of our cause, was to be 1
pressed forward to victory and planted
within the lines of the enemy, you
were ever in the forefront of battle.
You wero never in the rear until the
rear became the post of duty and of
honor; and then yon guarded and protected
the honor of that paired though
'falling flag' until it was furled in blond.
Your names are now and ever shall be
household words in this land.
You observe that fortitude appears
last in my list of Confederate virtues,
but it is Dot the least. The excitement
of battle tends to baoish all remembrance
of hardships, and to dopress all thoughts
of suffering and apprehensions of danger
and death that may have existed
before. Under such circumstances the
mind becomes exalted in the contemplation
of dnty performed, of glorious
victory achieved, and the hope of well
earned renown. Then again the hardships
of the camp, whether in tent
or bivouac, are always alleviated by the
sob* tmici, the .rollicking gaiety of n
gallant soldiery. Hot fortitude is rerjniretl
most where fewest alleviations are
found. The excitement of battlo over
- no comrade near?no voice to cheer--no
friendly hand to give the last cool
draught, it may be, to the wounded and
, dying roan-these test to the fullest the heroism
of the sufferer. Under all these trials
we tnow that the Confederate soldier
stood the test. If ho had to die, he
died cheerfully, thinking swoetly of his
home, and for the independence of his
native land. Again come with me to
some of our innumerable hospitals
where?
"Anguish
Tended the sick busiest from couch to
couch:
And over them triumphant Death his dart
Shook, but delayed to strike, tho' oft
invoked
With vows ns their chief good and final
hope."
Yet here, all the other virtues having
been elsewhere displayed, patience,
cheerfulness, faith?all born of divine
fortitude?were characteristic of our
men.
And here again the Confederate Women
come to the front. With unflagging
zeal, by day and night, our women
devoted themselves to the comfort and
welfare of our suffering comrades. Their
; angel faces, refulgent with the light of
heavenly charity, illumined the gloom,
and they purified the atmosphere of those
otherwise Lazar houses of woe. With
delicate touch they smoothed and cooled
the burning pillow ; with soft hands
they bathed and dressed the aching
wounds; with gentle voioe they soothed
the irritation and wiped the death
damp from the brow of dying heroes,
and, bending over couches, caught and
reported the last breath of departing
spirits as they whispered messages of
lore to those they left behind and far
away. Saored deputies of a mercifql
Qcd ! \yb&t roqre can I say for them ?
The blcssingsV>f that some Good Bring
attend them and theirs forover is the
prayer of every surviving Confederate.
Look now on those nameless graves.
Behold a sad spectacle?hat not without
moral- Though we know not
the oaraes of their tenants, they were
none the less our brothers, and will this
day be honored at your hands, for they,
! too, gave their all to the common cause.
1 "To be nameless in worthy deeds eii
coeds an infamous history." Tho good
Samaritan lives more honored without a
name than Judas Iscariot with one. Who
knows whether tho best of men be
known ? Or whether there bn Dot
more remarkable persons forgot than
any that stand in tho kuuvro account of
j time ?
"The greater part must bq content to |
be si though they had not been?to bo I
j found in the Register of God, not in
the record of man. There is no antidote
against the opium of time. Our
fathers find their graves in our memories,
and sadly tell us how we may be
buried in our survivors. Grave
stones tell tho truth if at all scarco
forty years?generations pa?a while
flomo trees stand?and opjd families
last not three oalB." "Still mau is a
noble animal, splendid in ashes and
pompous in the grave?solemnizing nativities
and deaths with equal lustre?not
omitting ceremonies of bravery in the
| wfimy of his nature."
If (he spirits or par depart#] brothers
take cognisance ot earthly things, they
must bo filled with joy when they
see that tho meekest, purest, rarest, yet
most sublime of christian virtues?
charity?with her sisters, mercy and
gratitude, yet survives with active ministrations
on earth through you.
Friends?all?let us turn now tp agothey
theme. Whan wo returned from
the war through forests of houseless
chimneys, and sat amid tho charred ruins
of our own homes, wo did not permit
black despair to sottle beside us on our
broken hearthstones. But with a resolution
born of conscious duty, fostered
aqd guided by hope, and under the
inspiration and help of our wives, we
went to work to rebuild our shattered
altars, and to gather up and utilize our
scattered fortunes, I will not remind
you of tho tyrannies and oppressions inflicted
upon us by the iron hand of
power?such as few if any civilized
people ever suffered before. Wa have
experienced the truth of a political
axiom?that misrule may be more desolating
than war. At length, however,
we have been redeemed by the virtues
of our own people, and, metaphorically
speaking, wo havo ascended our I'isgab
from which, though afur off, we
can sco tho promised land. Some of
you way bo permitted to cotcr. Muny, I
bopc, will. But tbosc wbo do not
will bo comforted by tlio assurance that
posterity certuinly will. ,
It is true that uo deep wound ever
honied without u scar?but heal it must, ?
! or end in death. Wc have entered now '
on a new era, and, though we npy '
carry into it pur scars, wo uiqst adapt
ourselvevca to it. Again wo are all t
:he wfial)Wants of a^cnra'mon country ""
with like interest athJ^Mtiaj.
When the hanij of peabe warstretched
fa las icros* the "-bloody chaitai," we
took it; Brief, baying accepted tttc situa?
tian, yre will.keep the faith. We will
look tti the-future, nod, as fat as true
and honest men can, forget the past?
except its eacrcd memflTree and its spotless
glories, which we will strivo to
make immortal.
Ready for Business.
HEW STORE
AND
Entirely New Stock
BRAWTON AND NETTLED
ii.vvr. the pleasure of annoujtciag
the opening of their NEW STORE at
the old stand of 0Al'T. J. W. McOURRV,
where tliey have just opcue-l
An Entirely New Stock
OF
FAMILY & FANCY GROCERIES,
Consisting in part of
Sugar, Coffees, Teas, Flour, Bacon,
Lard, Butter, Canned Goods
all kinds, Jellies, Pickles,
Ccnifectioneries, Cigars,
Tobacco,
And all other goods usually foond n a
FIRST CLASS GROCERY
STORE.
Highest market prices paid for all kinds of
VyUUUU Y X 1VUUU,
Always ready to pay the CASH for Cotton
BBASIN6T0N A NETTLES.
Sep. 20m3.
J. W. McCTJRRY
IS OFFERING
Rare Inducements
TO PARTIES WANTING
IDIR/TZT GOODS,
CLOTHING,
BOOTS. SHOES, HATS
HARDWARE, CROCKERY,
Groceries, <fcc.!
|Always in the market, and will pay
tho
Highest Prices for Cotton.
Don't fail to give mc a call.
J. W. McClRKI .
declltf
Coffee.
?/-Jlags of new Coffoo foa sale low by
UAU.V BROS
npfjfU buntnHta yon cnn onpasre In. fft to ?C0
M [IN j per day made by any worker of cither
vuvji. K<.Xi rl?j,t j;i thP|r own localities Particulars
free. Improve your spare time at this
business. Address Stinson A Co., Portland, Me.
Soap, Soap.
Kfh BOXIiS Soap for sale low by
oil BAUJf BROS.
CAUL SCIIUITZE,
TAILOR,
Broad Street, Camden, So. Ca.
CSy Can give the best of references,
aprinetf
15 utter.
(CHOICE Geshcn Butter, for sale low by
J BAUM BROS.
Baoon! Bacon!
pfx IMIA Pounds Bacoafor jwtle by
? (IjVW BffUM BROS.
200 Nacka Liverpool Nalt,
For sale i\t ?1.25 per sack.
uov20 2t BRASINGTON & NETTLES.
gOUTH OAROLINA RAILROAD, ^
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
Columma, March 3, 1878.
The passonger trains on the South Caro.
lioa Railroad will run as follows :
day passenger train.
(Sunday morning excepted.)
LenYC Charleston fl.OO ft. m.
Arrive at Colombia 10.50 a. n>.
Leave Colrwbia ti.OOp. m.
Arrive at Charleston 12 15 a. m.
niout express.
Leave Cliarlcston 8.30 p. m.
Arrive at Columbia 7.45 a. u.
Leave Columbia 8.00 p. m.
Arrive at Charleston G.l-3 a. in.
accommodation tdain.
(Sunday morning oxcepted.)
Leave Columbia 5 ?i)a. m '
Arrive at Branchvillc 12.25 p. m.
Leave Branehville 12.50 p. m.
Arrive at Columbia 7.p. m.
Accommodation Train connects daily at
Kingsville with Train for Camden, and at
llrnnchvillo with Day Passenger Train to
tnd from Augusta and Cliarics'on.
Passengers for Camden lonve Columbia
laily on Accommodation Train at 5.30 a.
a., daily (Sundays excepted), and passengers
for Columbia leave Camden daily
[Sundays excepted) i:t 5 a. m. 1
8. 8. SOLOMONS, Supt. k
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(OFFICIAL PAPER OF KERSHAW COUBTY)
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ONLY PAPER IN KERSHAW COUNTY
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Published Every Tuesday Morning
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The JOURNAL being ope cf the oldest papers in the State, and baring
an established reputation for reliability ana fidelity to the interests of
the people, it needs no introduction to the public. It is the wish, however,
of the present management to extend the sphere of ?ts usefulness by put*
ting it into the hands of every reading man in Kershaw County.
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Striving always to advance tie interests and to improve the condition
of their people in every conceivable way, and recognising the fact that
tho campaign just opening marks a crisis in the history of Sonth Carolina,
the Proprietors of THE JOURNAL will spare no effort to make it indispensable
to the reading public of this section of tho State.
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TO ADVERTISERS.
As a medium for reaching the people, THE JOURNAL is unsurpassed
in tbo up country. Having a large and constantly increasing circulation
in the counties of Kershaw, Sumter, Darlington, Chesterfield, Lancaster,
Fairfield and Richland, it is prepared to offer EXTRA INDUCEMENTS
to advertisers.
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TERMS?Payable Strictly in Advance:
TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM.
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For the Campaign?and until January 1st, 1S79?ONE DOLLAR,
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ENCOURAGE HOME INDUSTRY!
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