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
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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