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Xfo ?m$*9 jfourttal,! Vt'. I). TR A NTH AM, Editor, < G- G. ALEXANDER, 1 liiisinpss Manager. 1 CAMIv.:\. s. r:.. JULY 2. 1S78. i Tho Georgetown Railroad. By reference to the notice of the town I council, which will be found in this issue, it will be seen that an election of the qualified voters of the town will be held on the 20th instant, to determine whether or not the corporation shall subscribe 810,000 to the ,capital stock of the Georgetown and North Carolina Narrow Gauge Railroad, the sauto to be payable in twenty years, with interest, payable anutially, at seven per cent, per annum. The construction of this railroad, which will he of incalculable benefit to Camden and the surrounding country, . will, ofcouise, cost something, and that every voter may know just how great a burden the subscription of 910,000 to the enterprise will entaii upon the town, we make the following calculation : The total taxable property of Camden is $307,000?of which $227,000 is of real estate, and SS0.000 of personal propery, including merchants' returns. The interest upon 910;000 for one year at seven per ernt. is $700, and this amount can be raised by a tax of less than tiecnhj'jice cent* on the hundred dolfois, or ubout two and a fourth milU on the dollar, which i* one fourth oj one per nut. oft/a taj'tifdc property of the town. Will the investment pay, and can the L people stand this increased rate of taxation ? That tin proposed road will greatly advance the interests of Camden, no one can deny; and that which advances the interests of the town must eni,..n/v ifm nf its Dronerty. Thus it will be scon that by cutting down freights, increasing the facilities tor travel, and inducing iruaiigraticn, the property of our citizens will be improved to a degree over and above tho cijioudi they will be called upon to pay for tins road. And. if this be true, they can, despite the hard times, afford the increased rate of taxation. ffut is not Canjdon obliged, in selfdefense, to move in this matter? There seems to bo no doubt that the road will be built to Sumter. and onco to that point and it will either come to Catuden, ot go bv way of Hishopvillc to Monroe or Charlotte, which places are bidding for if, will g-t it unless we bestir ourselves. And with railroads running *11 around Camden and cutting ofl her trade from every direction, her laat end will be humiliating. Camden n.nst subscribe liberally to the Georgetown and i North Carolina Narrow Guago ilail- i road. I Official Murder. 1 Mr. McKinlcy, tho well Lr.own and, interesting correspondent of the Charleston JSWa ami Courier, in a let tor to that paper dated Pickens ('. H., June t?3rd, gives an account of the nppalling , condition of affairs in the upper couti- f ties of South Carolina?made so by the | unwarranted and high-handed manner f in which revenue officials have abused t their authority in endeavoring to arrest parties enframed in the illicit distilling of whiskey. The public have been 1 kept iguorjiit of the true state of affairs. ' An outrage, perhaps a murder, would " bo committed; but, before the County ' papers could publish the facts as they 1 really existed, the guilty officials would ? hasten to the nearest telegraph station and send forth to the world a garbled ( statement, exonerating themselves from | all blame, and painting their victims as . the most d.,vpcratc and lawless charae- ( tcrs. In this way they would secure a the hen, lit of first impressions, which in ? nearly every iustancc would stifle iovea- j ligation. Thus encouraged, they have | gone from had to worse until the people of the mountain districts are complctely detnorniusd and living in constant c dread of the men whose sworn duty it ' is to preserve the law. 1 ( The latest and most aggravated vio* Intion of the law is tlie murder of young e Amos I.add. which occurred at the k house of l is mother, a widow lady, in u Pickens ('itintv, on the morning of the Oth of .June. The revenue officials 1 concern.<1 in the tragedy at once fled the county, and coming to ? Greenville, (to tho sheriff of which j, < ' < ? ciirr?n>l<>r<>(l llicinulvod i t vuu." J ....... t they nm?le public tlioir version of the j difficulty, which was to the effect that , they were in search of Ladd and one 0 Keduiond. a dangerous and notorious c character; that they rent to the house of a the former, who resisted arrest, una whom ( no of the officers found i? uecisory to kill in self defense. Tnis statement J was telegraphed throughout the country o and the public believed that it was at), ? other of those unfortunate instances in * which the deceased had been put to death hy an officer of the law in the g discharge of duty. But there is another o side t<> !'.< affair. and the correspondent A ?f the.Y. -x nii'f Courier, with a spirit tl of perfect impart idity, has disco leredtod si pre score 1 it to th'e public in the feftex q ibove mentioned. He Iim en the nothcr, sister and brother of the deceased, who were present at the homicide, and obtained from them a statement which shoes that Amos Ladd was murdered in the mo*t brutal ind cowardly manner. It is said that he was Dot a distiller, that there was no apparent reason f.?r his arrest, and that o> warrant had been issued for hi* apprehension. He was uoarmed and in the act of leaving his mother's house, wheo, without warning, be was fired upon three tiroes and instantly killed, despite the entreaties of hit mother and sitter to the officers not to shoot. The officers declared, immediately afterwards, that they thought that it was Redwood, of whom they were afraid, and bad determined to kill on tight. It ie believed, therefore, that the warrant is an afterthodght, concocted to suit the emergency. The parties, Kane, Durham, Moore and Scruggs, having been indicted for murder, were carried before Judge Ker shaw at Walhalla week before last oo habeas corpus. His hoaor refused bail as to all of them, exoept Scrngge who was released upon giving bond in the sum of $1,000. Subsequently, at Piok ens C. II, Judge Kershaw granted a motion, changing (he place of trial to Anderson 0. II. This weak ha will hear, at Greenville, a notion to transfer the case to the Uoited States Court, where of course the defendants would prefer for it to be triedr because there the probability of conviction of such parties, however aggravated the ease, is always very remote. 8hou!d this effort, to rob the Stat? Courts of the right to try a case of which they alone hare jurisdiction, prevail, our peoplelwill thep b*at the mercy of the United States officials, who may kill and plunder with impunity, ao far at least as the Courts arc concerned. It eeema that there can be no question of jurisdiction in this case. But, however this may be, Judge Kerebaw will uphold mapfnUy thp dignity and majesty of the State and its Courts, and guard jealousy the rights and interests of our people. Again in tba Field.Swails. the colored ex-Senator from Williamsburg County, who, owing to circumstance* beyond his control, resigned bis office last year, is again in th* field lor the State Senate, and is already preparing fop 4 lively campaigu in his county. It seems that ''too uiijch clemency'' has made him bold, and it is Bugse-ted that some of the testimony discovered by the Legislative Investigating Committee be made available for putting him where he belongs?into the puoitpntlsry. The Congressional Investigating committee is continuing iti labors during the summer. York Cul^ty, by lier oanrejitioo which met last week, endorsed Hon. John II. Evict for re election to Con% tress. TlIB Ooqgrafs of the Powers is sti\\ littiag at Berlin. The restoration of riendly relations between England, Rossi* and Turkey in a manner aatis actory to the other powers may be con* ijercd suro. Hon A. II. StepuIns, on LU re-[ uru from Washington the other day. van received at Augusta with demon* (rations of approval by bis constituents, rlis health is better than usual, and his return to Congress considered almost :ertaiu. The correspondent of the Neict am? Courier has visited the famous ouMaw, L.ewis H. Redmond, whom ha finds to >e a handsome young man of twsntyhroe years, a gentleman by instinct, tnd more sinned against than sinning! :oncerr.ii)tr the manv outrages that have I >cen committed in the mountains and aid to him. From i!I account* breadstuff* will be jheapor next year than for many year*, t is estimated that the wheat crop of ho present year is not less than 400,100,000 bushel*, or ten bushels for very man woman and child iu the United States, reckoning the population at forty < nillious of inhabitant*. In addition to i his, it in said that the other crops are i nore promising than usual. i A Military coinmii-sion i* now enaged at West Point N. Y.t in r?hearng the case of M*j. G*o. Fin John , 'orter, who, at the ioatance of Geo. I 'ope, was dismissed from the aemoe on ccouot of the part he bore in the Pro- ^ u<l Manassas. It ia probable that the omruisnion will exonerate Porter from II blame for Pope's disastrous blunder. ' MEShttK II. II. Hurwell of Haodcreoo. 1 *. C., and W. F. Mansoo, of Kicb. ' itoud, Va.f were arrested recently on lie W. C. it A. train wLiie oo their ' ray to'tha dividing lino betwooo North * ud South Carolina, whither tb?y w?ro ' oiog with the usual complement of a?o- t nd? aod surgeon?, to engage in a duel. ill parties were put under bond* to keep I ie peace. HurwelJ and Miiiisod are i tkl lo W 1UM cousins. and their diifi. (j |jry -reW out of | btUU>4p tf H NEWS ITEMS. | Rochefort sent two friends to Versaill-F lately to challenge the Count de Mun, a well known French Assemblyman' The Count ''declined the invitatjpn." The Italian government has decided to hold an exposition at Rome in 1881, beginning Febrnary 1st, and ending Jane 30th. French papers think that the late date of closing will afford strangers excellent opportunities for catching malarial fever. Civilization works curious revolutions. . An anti-opium war in Chiua is something that certainly would have seemed totally incredible a few years ago, and yet the Viceroy of Nanking has not only expressed his strong disapprobation of the habit of opium smoking, but has just degraded, in Chinese imperial fashion, flee high officer* for indulging in the vice. Tile estate of Mark Hopkins, of San Francisco, is worth $10,000,000, and men able to quality as bondsmen in twice that amount could not be found inthccountjf To get around the difficulty about $5,000,000 in railroad bonds were withdrawn from the property and deposited in a bank. Then Charles Crockor and Iceland Stanford qiallfied in $40,000,000 each. Toe Post Office Department has commenced to send to the postmasters at the various fourth-class poet offices in the United States (numbering some 38.000) circulars stating, that in view of the probable change at the present session of Congress, of the law regulating I hair compensation, by making it depend on the amount of stamps canceled instead of told, as et present, it is deemed advisable to notify postm^stete I in order that they may commence from July, 1st, 1878, to keep their accounts to correspond with the proposed change j iu the law. CoogrtM adjourned oo Thursday la*l, sod on Sunday night Senator M. C. j Uo'ler WTj??d HQoag qs. fjo il '?? t^e j special committee appointed under the ! bill.to reorganise the army, anJ his committee, of which Oen. Bum*iJes is chairaaan, in to meet at White Sulphur . Springs on the 22d of July. This im-j portant business rill prevent qen. But lei 'a going to Paris, as one of an international commercial committee, to which we alluded two or three weeks ago. On the 3rd of July he will deliver the commencement address at Krskio College, Pqe JV>t.?EthjeJichj A J vert iter. Vow and than we hear of moa speak iog of our paper as that "sourrillou* sheet," and we dou't get mad worth a cent, because we know to a certainly that everything we have printed sinoe we have been in the Suto has been pepper aqd ip goof} ^aste. (| is true ws have bad to deal with some rough co?tomera, and have to say words not riLnsant fn rvnlita oars hnt nrnnnM > to be as polite about it as possible, and | tbp pe|t (pan, p$cppt one, who WHkM this remark in our presence we propose to put a head on hits. Now this will' be distinctly understood and strictly observed, or prepare for war -Sptightt Miss Jeanoette Bennett, sister of J. G Bennett, is about to be married to1 Lord Rossmore. Mr. Bonnet is to ar rive in New York ou July 6. The wedding is to take place in New York j Baron Itossuiore, (Derrick Warner Wil* I liatn Westerns,) of Roetmore park county Monaghau, Ireland, ia the fifth Baron of that name. lie isalso a peero, the United Kingdom, he holds a seat in the Hour? qf Lords. He ia in his JJGlh j car and held formerly a sub-lieutenants commUsiou in th First Life Guards. He succeeded in the Peerage to bis brother Henry Cairns, who died in 1$74 in consequence of a fall while ri? ding a steeple chase at Windsor. Mies Bennett's fortune is estimated at about two million dollars. A well-known Judge in one of the Pennsylvania counties was iu Washing tun at the outbroak of oar civil war. At I the time of the first Hull Run, whon J Northern politicians generally, placed implicit confidence iu Seward's sanguine policy concerning the shortness of the rebellion, it is well known that "all Washington" went down to see the fan of our "first and decisive victory" (!) over the Confederacy. The Pennsylva* oia Judge was among tho number, and rode upon his horse to the scene of ao? tioo. Having dismounted to view the battle, he became separated from bie ; horse. When (ho panic seised the Northern army, some mors agile and more fertnnatc spectator took poesession if the Judge's animal and has ily sped back to Washington, and tha Judge who was corpulent, aud, as befits a Judge, dignified in bearing, was com* | jflled to foot it. Pufliut! aud blowing in J swinging aud wringing his hands, lis Honor was left far behind by the ( , nultitadinous light weights. But sll >, vho passed Liui he greeted with tho ' >iuo egitateJ, breathless question : I Cap't sumo one stop (his fight f Can't ( j bis a^air bo oompromised ?" The i, Judge's neighbors have not yet forgoten his questions, or the length of time J t required to answer theui; and they f ften, to this day bttvo a hearty laugh ' ? tip fypcQg. i < A Fearful Leap. Lift Monday afternoon Mr. John Knox, one of the principal merchants of this town, together with Mr*. Knox, and her aister, Mrs. Motte, Went driving it) his buggy. As they were deseen ling the hill beyond the residence of W. H. Parker, K.?t| . in the direction of Long Cane Church, the harness broke or became dislocated in some way, and the vehicle ran npon the horse. The bona instantly jumped into the gully on the aids of the road, whioh is ten or twelve feet deep, tarrying the vehicle and occupants alter him, nearly killing a whole family. Mrs. Motte's skull was fractured, and her whole bedy and limbs from her iboulderi are paralysed from injuries received. Mrs. Knox's injuries were principally internal, the bujqqr having fallen on her in some way or having passed over her body, inflicting injuries which it is feared may prove fatal. Yesterday ber symptoms were hot at all satisfactory. Mr. Knox himself was much bruised about the head, the thigh and the leg, and has suffered much since the accident At the time of the occurrence 8-<me negro children were playing on the ground a little way off. who ran with all possible sped to their relief, but Mr. Knox's k..ii J~_ ? L:.i. v-.i r..ti?_?,t ,v.- k.,Anw UUII ??"K| Wllltll IIBM IUHV ft VU VUI^J would not allow them to approach to render needed relief. The fact waa then iyport<-d to Mr. Parker'9 family, who at once hurried to th? scene. Mr. and Mrs Knox were removed from the gully and placed io their boggy, when the colored people who bad assembled drew it home. Mrs. Motte, being in an unconscious state, was plaoed in a litter-end carried to Mr. Knox's residence.?Abbrxillr. J*ret$ and Jiannrr Railroad Meeting. Bt it Ruolvtd, bi thelntendsnt and Wardans, in Council scsemblsd and by the authority of tha aame, that under tbe power conferred upon aay incorporated Tsvrp of thia State by the Act of the Qaosral Aa sembly incorpqrgtjug the Georgetown and North Carohon Narrow Gauge Railroad Company, to subacribe to tha capital stock of said Company, an election will bs held in tbe Town of Camden, in the mode and at the polling placet usual injsaid Town, on Monday, Jnly, 8th, between the hours Axed by law for holding elections, at which all Toters of aaid Town aad none others will be entitled and are called open to yo(e HAM) the following propqtjtjan tQ W(t: Wheiler the tWTB (if Cajideu shall subscribe to the oapital stock of the Georgetown and Ncrtk /'-? !? v n \ ftruuun iisrruw ubujd n*iu w?u vuuajmuj the turn of Ten Thousand Dollar a, pay In conpofc Bonds of said Town, bearing seven per cent intereat, the principal thereof pajrable twenty years from the date thereof. That all voters la favor of aaid subscription, *?U voty by h fcallcit, lfc?re*? ihali be printed or f fit ten, (lie following worda, letters ana figures to wit: Town Subscription to 0. an J N. 0 N. 0. R. K. $10,00). Aye. . That all voters opposed to such subscription, will vote by a ballot whereon shall be printed or written the following words, loiters and figures, to wit: Town aubsoriptiontpfi. and N. C, N. Q, ft. ft, flu.000. w the Intendant appoint three Maaa- | Sera of aaid election, with all the powers, utlaii and liabilities generally incident to such oftcere in said town, who upon closing the polla, shall publicly count the ballots polled and aarte a return of anch count in writing, under their hands and deliver the same to the Intendant of sai^ TVtfbfyfiW * " ' ' Don of all qualified voters ef the Town be held at Council Chamber Car three days preceding the elec* tion, to wit; July 3d?6th?6th; and that N. Thomson, T. I. Jones and E. J. Bissell be appointed Registrars and Managers to conduct said election. ?y ordtrof qouppir M. V. KiRKLHY, Intendant E. E. Sill, Clerk. Seventy firs cents will pay for the Journal uatil January 1st 1879, Two day* mora and tho primary election question will be settled one way or the other in thia county. Then for a long pull, a atrong pull and a pall altogether ! Cwqaty SiwUy School Con rention. The committee appointed to cooaider the calling of a County Sunday School Convention, and the election of delegatee to the State Convention, met to day and decided; That A County Sunday School Convention be called to meet in Camden, 20th July Rest, in the BaptiitCburch at 10 a. m. That Should the State Sunday School Convention be called to meet befcre 20th July next, the County Chairman eland ap. pointed a* a del eg ate, and authorised to apEdnt three, other delegates to represent erab?? Ontin'y. That The repreeentalivee in the ensuing County Convention shall consist of Suprcintendants, and are additional delegates Tor every twenty-five (holers in each Sunday School, i .i- * _n o . i etrswij rrqiMti an oupcriiiicudents of Sunday Schools, except those who have reported to the Committee in session, to make a statesteal report of their school to 1st July and forward to uie, with all other information they may be able to giro of the work. W. Wallace, Chui'n S. S. Oom, K. C. gODTII CAROLINA RAILROAD. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. Columbia, March 3, 1878. The passenger trains on the South Caro. Una Railroad will run aa follows : DAT PASHXNOIR TRAIN. | (Sunday morning excepted.) Leave Charleston 6.00 a. ra. Arrive at Columbia 10.50 a. m. Leave Columbia tJ.OOp. m Arrire at Charleston 12 15 a. tu. KIOHT EXPRESS. 1 Leave Charleston 8.30 p. ui. , Arrive at Columbia 7.45 a. ro. Leave Columbia 8.00 p. ui. Arrive at Charleston C.45 a. iu. ' ACCOMMODATION Tl>AiX. (Sunday uoruing excepted.) I Leave Columbia 6 30 a. m. Arrive at llraucbvillo 12.26 p. tu. < Leave Urancbville 12 60 p. m , Arrive at Columbia 7. p. m Accoinioodalion Train oonoect# daily at Iviogsville with Train fur Camden. and at [Irauchvillo with Day Passenger Train to 1 md from Augusta and Charleston. I'asseugors for Camden leave Columbia laily on Accommodation Train at u.30 s. 3.. daily (Sundays excepted), and passengers for Columbia lenvc Camden daily Suoduvs excepted) at 6 a. in. S- h. SALOMONS, aupt. ) n Ocp 1 TLVt 4|f. Ready for Business. o NEW STORE ANl) Entirely New Stock ^ % BBMGTON AND SETTLES HAVE THE PLEASURE OF ANNOUNcing the opening of their NEW STORE at the old stand of 0 APT. J. W. McCURRY, where they have just opened An Entirely New Stock OF FAMILY & FANCY GROCERIES, Consisting in part of Sogvr, Coffees, Teas, Flour, Bacon, Lard, Butter, Canned Goods alt kinds, .Tellies. Pickles, Confectioneries, Cigars, Tobacco, And all other goods usually found n a fth&t ri ioq nnnrvny VJLSVK7JL VliaUU UHUVUU1 STORE, Highest market prices paid for all kinds of Country Produce. Always ready to pay the CASH for Cotton BHAunmm * settles. Sep. 20m3. MERONEI A REED, Auctioneers. CAMDEN, S. C. Orders solicited and satisfaction guar, anteed. frklgtf J, W. McCUBRY IS OPPERINO Rare Inducements TO PARTIES WANTING ; DIRTST GOODS, CLOTHING, BOOTS. SHOES, HATS HARDWARE, CROCKERY, Groceries, <fcc.! |flT Always in tie market, and will pay the Highest Prices for Cotton. Don't fail to give me a call. J. W. RrCURBY. declltf Coffee. 'clings of new Coffee foasale low bv t*" BAU.V BROS Upnfll bnalneaa yon can engage In. $5 to |iO nLNr jvr day made ??jr any worker of either A,JJU* Hex, right in their own localities. Partlcniara free. Improve your spare time at thia hualncxa. Addresa Snuaox A i n, Portland, Me. Soap, Soap. BOXES Soap for sale low by BAU.V BROS. CARL SCIIULTZE, TAILOR, Broail Street, Camden, So. Ca. PdT 0 an gire the best of references. aprllUtf 11 utter. (1H0ICE Oosben Butter, for sale low by J BAUM BROS. Baoon! Bacon 2 aaa Pounds Bacon for sale by *t),UVU BAUM BROS. HOO ftaek* Liverpool Salt, For aala at $1.26 per aack. no*20 2t BRASINOTON & NETTLES. Garden Seed! Garden Seed! BUY JBIIIST'S FRESH AND GENUINE GARDEN SEED! All Kinds for Sale by DR. F. L. ZEMP. Plain and Fancy Caudlea, Of nil kinds. Crackers, lliscnits, Nuts, lUtHins, Spices, &e.. Ac., for isle by febl2tf KIHKLEY St SMITH. 10 Borrcln E\irs Fine Nugar. For salo cheap. UKASINGTON St NETTLES. 1 * 1 * T " * The Beat Butter* Cheese, Muccaroni, ic . for sale by feb 12 it KIKKI.EV & SMITH. A In ay w on Hand. Cboio? Fatuity Oroo;rifJ at lowest fig- I rre, by fcJKKiiFV * SMITU. FOR THE CAMPAIGN! 1 :o: THE ICAHI JODRNAl. Established in 1827, HAS THE LARGEST CIRCULATION of auy paper ever issued in Camden, and is the PELT PAPER IK KERSHAW COUNTY THAT IS PRINTED AT HOME. Published Every Tuesday Morning AT j C^IMilDEIISr. S. Cm | BY :o: A The JOURNAL being one cf the oldest papers in the State, and baring an established reputation for reliability and fidelity to the interests of the people, it needs r.o introduction to the public. It is the wish, however, of the present management to extend the sphere of its usefulness by putting it into the bands of every reading man in Kershaw County. Striving always to advance the interests and to improve the condition of their people in every conceivable way, and recognizing the fact that the campaign just opening marks a crisis in the history of South Carolina, the Proprietors of THE JOURNAL will spare no effort to make it indispensable to the reading public of this section of the State. :o: ^ TO ADVERTISERS. As a medium for reaching the people, THE JOURNAL is unsurpassed in the up country. Having a large and constantly increasing circulation in the counties of Kershaw, Sumter, Darlington, Chesterfield, Lancaster, Fairfield and Richland, it is prepured to offer EXTRA INDUCEMENTS to advertisers. 1 TERMS?Payable Strictly in Advance: TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM. For the Campaign?and until January let, 1S79?-ONE DOLLAR. 1 ENCOURAGE SOME INDUSTRY! i