G. G. ALEXANDER, Proprietor.
CAMDEN, S.O., AUGUST 27, 1878.
Our Ticket,
For Governor,
WADE HAMPTON.
For Lieutenant Governor,
W. D. SIMPSON.
For Secretary of State,
ROBERT M. SIMS.
For Comptroller General,
JOHNSON IIAGOOD.
For Attorney General,
LEROY F. YOUMANS.
For State Treasurer,
S. L. LEAPIIART.
For Superintendent of Education,
HUGH S. THOMPSON.
For Adjutant Inspector-General,
E. W. MOISE.
For Congress, from the 4th District.
HON. J. II. EVINS.
Our County Convention.
Tho history of Kershaw County from
the days of our earliest settlement down
to the present time, shows that she has
always been a prominent part of the
integral in our State. Hci jurists havo
adorned the bench; her sons, as soldiers,
have added new glory, lustre and renown
to the American name. When*
ever and wherever, in all the crises
through which we have passed, never
has her fair name been tarnished, and
to-day her every son is proud to bail
from her. It is mete and proper, then,
that this unsullied name and reputation
be kept up; and we are free to say,
without hesitation, that much, very
much, depends upon our approaching
Convention to keep up to this high
standard. He can do it. It must be
done. Since the closo of the war we
hare Leon subjected to an irresponsible
rule, owing to the overwhelming preponderance
of Radical numerical
strength. Our voice has been stifled,
onr people misrepresented, end the
gloomy pall of misfortune has capped
our every undertaking. The long lane,
however, is being turned; the sunlight
succeeds the black night, and all danger
dow comes from our own camp,
This must be met, and where can it be
more effectually done than in our
County Convention 7 Let us go into
that body with all personal ends
subordinated to public weal. Let
us bear upon our standard three
simplo words, Unity, Merit, Action.
Let no bickerings, crimination
or recrimination, invade our ranks; and
surelv. as an armv marching with ban
J J V
ners, we will be victorious. Deeply and
profoundly do we regret to hear it said,
day after day upon our streets, that the
Convention will last perhaps a week.
Why this ? We have too many pood
men ready to accept office, and who will
reflect credit upon us to allow this
stir and commotion. We therefore urge,
earnestly urge, this Convention to meet
in a spirit of public good, to reject all
wire pulling and chicanery?select
promptly your best men?go to your
homes?work for them and elect them.
Swails.
We touch the very name of this sweet
scented scoundrel as the surgeon does
the putrid corpse that lie is about to
dissect, and only wish to give bitn prominence
in a striped suit with his photograph
dangling in the rogues' gallery.
But bis recent utterances, bis bravado,
bis impudence and overwhelming au
dacity, force us to ask our brethren of
Williamsburg: Is this felon to be tolerated
? The compromise that was made
with him by the State authorities, we
knew at the time, was done for the best,
(as they thought;) and when this bird
of prey covered his head beneath his
wiDgs and sought the retirement of his
own home, abandoning office and power
to escape tho penitentiary, it was
thought that lie would never aguin show
himself. But what do wc see ? This
fellow standing in the State House at
Columbia charging all kind of fraud,
violence and depravity to the Democratic
party?arraigning Gov. Hampton
himself, and from his fetid breath hurl*
ing against the good people of our State
everyinuendo that he could. He struts
with au air of importance tho streets
of our capital; declares that bis voice
shall ring from every hilltop to every
valley in this State; and further declares
himself a candidate for office
from Williamsburg. Can this be submitted
to ? Aro we to turn over the
hard fought battle of "iG to such knaves ?
It strikes us that it won't do, and we
know the County of iViliiamsburg too
well for one moment to believe that be
will ever again misrepresent her in the
halls of our legislature. Meet him face
to face, hurl back in his face and to his
teeth his infamous lies, and drown
with sound reasoniug that Voitfe wbicb
laMBBHHHMHIMBaMaa^MHaaaHHaHa
he boa.'ts will "ring from hilltop
to valley." Such cuttle come to the i
surface by the results of a mighty storm, i
and never again can be tolerated with I
us.
The Democratic Executive Commit- 1
too met in Columbia on the 21st inst. (
and made arrangements for a vigorous 1
and active campaign.
John Locklear, Neill Lochlear,
(white) and Pompey Easterling, (col'd)
were hanged in Bennettsvillc last Friday
for the murder of Frank Brycc, the
Irish peddler, in February last.
On August 10 an election was held
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in ueorgeiown couuijr iu uctciunuu
whether or not the county should leud
its credit in bonds to the Georgetown
Narrow Gauge Railroad. The total
vote was 953?853 for, and 100 against
?only one-fourth of the possible vote
of the county. Whites and blacks both
participated in the election.
Tiif. following interesting statistics
and wonderfully accurate prophecy of
; the population of New York city, are
to be found in ''The Traveling Bachelor,"
published in 1828 by J. Fennimore
Cooper :
175C 13.000
1790 33,000
1800 00,000
1810 90,000
1820 123,000
1825 100,000
182S estimated 200,000
And a calculation on that basis of
increase that the numbersin 1860 would
be 900,000. The result of the prophecy
was almost as accurate as the ascertained
statistics of the ccdsus of the
past.
NEWS ITEMS.
Queen Christina died-on the 21st
iost. at Saint Adresse, near Havre.
Five steamships have left San Stefano
(or Odessa with Russian troops return;
ing home.
Queen Victoria has given a pension
of $500 to the widow of the artist
I Cruikshank.
Tiie Texas Greenback platform calls
for the issue of two billions of dollars in
paper money.
Kearney writes to labor clubs that
wherever he goes he wants the expenses
of two men paid.
The powder mills near Negawnee,
Mich., exploded on the 21st inst., killing
four of the employees.
Three men were killed and eightyfour
wounded in the recent election
riots in Hamburg. Germany.
The Prince of Wales has accepted
the honorary membership recently prof!
fercd him by the Ancient and Honorable
1 Artillery of Boston.
The Spanish Minister of Finance
has declined the loan offered by Peveral
: foreign capitalist?, as the treasury has
; resources sufficient to meet its engageI
meets.
The remains of Montague, the actor,
' are interred in Lester Wallack's lot at
I Greenwood Cemetery, New York. The
services were performed at the Little
Church Around the Corner.
The Qaecn, desiring to form an estimate
of the value of the latest accession
to her empire, has commissioned a photographer
to obtain for her a series of
views of the island of Cyprus.
Light* vigiiants entered tho jail at
Ripley County, Ohio, on the 21st in6t,
and lynched Tom Boyd, who was confined
on a charge of rape. They fired
seventeen shots into his body.
David Aiken and Frank Williams, ,
two colored men, for their faithful services
as servants in the Sixth Regiment :
during the war, were made regular '
members of the Survivors' Associa- ,
tion.? Winmboro News.
The Berlin police have been obliged
to interfere to save the Lime tree in ,
Untcr-den-Linden, pierce bv some of; <
Nobeling's shots, from being torn to bits'
by relic hunters. It is now enclosod by
an iron grating.
Joii.v Rf.VELS and his brother Xeill,
of Marlboro, tried to kill each other in jail
the other day, and would have succeeded
bad not the sheriff interfered and put
them in different cells. The dispute
arose as to who shot the peddler first.
For the first time since the FrancoGerman,
war a number of German ofli. i
cers will be present at the autumn manoeuvres
of the French army, on the
invitation of the French Government.;
French officers have been attending?the
German army manoeuvres for sev- |
eral years. . \
J j
Tiie congress for the reform of the
international lawB has adopted a resolu-1
tion favoring the freedom of tho Suez
Ganal and similar works in time of war.
Mr. l'eabody made a speech expressing
his approval of tho new international
relations promoted in London by the (
Chinese and Japanese.ministers. I
The International Congrsss for the J
prevention and repression of crime, in- c
eluding penal and reformatory treat- fi
ment, assembled at Stockholm on tie r
21st insl. M. Van Bjornstjerna, the !
Swedish minister of foreign affairs, was
elected president, and E. C Wines, of u
tho United latest, honorary prcsidcut. | k
Prince Milan,of Servia, hns issued
i proclamation formally annouueing the
independence of Servia and the reduction
of the army to a peace footing.
The Secretary of War tenders free
access to the Southern Historical Society
to the Confederate archives in the
custody of the War Department. Returning
the courtesy, the Society extends
the government a similar privi.
lege.
GARinALDi, old and crippled as he
is, urgently advocates another war with
Austria on the part of "Unredeemed
Italy"?the unredeemed consisting of
the handful of brethren inhabiting
Trieste and Trent. At this rate France
and England hold some of the aforesaid,
if the maps give the ownership of Malta,
Nice and Corsica correctly.
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j)r. INobemng, wno recently provca
to the world that a university gentleman
as well a? a traveling tinker can
shoot at an emperor whenever he likes,
attempted three weeks ago to commit
suicide by cutting one of his arteries
with a pair of scissors, but was stopped
by his attendant and heavily fettered
in order that he might be reserved for
the headsman's axe.
No Rain for Thref. Months.?
There is a little strip of country, not
more than three miles wide, between the
six-mile and twelve-mile creeks, in
Union County, on which no rain has
fallen since the 19th of last May. The
stricken territory extends to the Clay
Hill country, iD York County, S. C., and
everything in it is, of course, burnt up.
There have been good rains on both
sides of this dry strip, but hardly a drop
has fallen on it.? Charlotte Observer.
Enterprise is meritorious even in
the loquacious race of barbers. Truefitt,
the London hairdresser, has already established
an agency in Cyprus, and received
a dispatch the other day to the ,
effect that the first Englishman who had j
landed on the island had been cut and i
shaved by his representative. Yixere
fortrs ante Agamemnon. There were
barbers before TrueStt and Englishmen
in Cyprus before the days of IJeaconsficld,
but what has an advertisement to
do with facts ?
Tiif. London police are seeking an increase
of pay, and it is said that ihcy 1
have threatened in very plain terms to J
strike in a body unless their demands
are acceded to. The chief commissioner,
Col. Henderson, has issued a deprecatory
circular, in which he says the question
of increased wages is too serious to be
settled in a moment, und assures the
men that their request will nice) with
immediate and careful attention. The
present pay of a first-class constable is
S7 50 a week.
An Aerolite?A singular looking
and irregular shaped flint rock, weighing
about twenty five pounds, having
the appearance of a molten mass under
intense heat, was picked up on Ladies'
Island, below Heaufort, by some colored
persons and taken to that town. It is
said to have fallen as a blazing meteor j
during a late storm. It is pure flint
throughout, except the outside surface,
which has a thin coating as if of lava.
The Savannah excursionists who called
at Croftu's storo to inspect it thought
it a great curiosity.?Xetct and Courier.
Address of the State Domoccrotic
Executive Conimitte.
APPOINTMENTS FOR TttE CAMPAIGN.
WILT. HE IN CAMDEN SEPTEMBER 18TII.
The State Executive Committee announce
to their fellow-citizens that the
State canvass will formally open on
September 10. Already the counties,
are ready for action, and the committee
cannot doubt that the campaign will be
as brilliant a9 brief.
Throughout the canvass the Democ
racy of South Carolina will have but
one rule of conduct. The platform of 1876
adopted and reaffirmed in 1878, is the
supreme law of the Democratic party.
Ily it the lowest and highest arc bound.
NTo person or body of persons, other
than a State Convention, can chance or
modify its wise provisions and patriotic
declarations. Within the lines of the
platform of the Democracy all arc safe.
Outside of it, and beyond it, there is no
Iruo Democracy in South Carolina.
No issue not made in the platform, and
inconsistent with it. can ho raided. N'o
issue made in the pint form and consis
tent with it can he icnor-d.
The platform of the Democratic party
af South Carolina is at 01100 a history I
ind a prophecy. It is the record of I
what is past and the assurance of what is I
to come. In it arc declared IDmocratic i
principles and Democratic practice. 1
The issue in South O'arolinn, ns mado <
by the Democratic party, is not an is- '
?uc of race. On I ho contrary, the ob
iects of the Democracy in retaining eon- i
:rol of the State, are to complete the !
reform of abuses; to punish public criru...I..
. ? ,1... 1 ?L.!1
11ui, *, in uiuiniaiia ? iic j'ui n > uuu iiuiity
of the government in ull its branches
o lower the rate of taxation anil lessen
lie burdens imposed upon the people,, '
o ensure peace and concord, aud, inrludinjx
all else, to give equal and com- i
dote protection to overy public ;pid i
irlvate right of person and property, in j
rder that the government, in the hands |
if the Democratic parly, rhsll he the
;overnmcnt of no one section, of no one a
ace. of no one class, but of the whole j)
icople of South Carolina, without Inn. n
tation or restriction.
So far as lime and oppoitunity have
dmitted, th?- Dfumcralic party has
ept to the letter, aud iu spirit, every
pledge or promise made in the platform
of 1876. The State officer* elpetcd two
years ago are again the candidates of
the party. With the same platform
snd the same candidates, holding bene
ficmt possession of every department
of the State* government, the Democracy
of South Carolina deserves success,
and can command it. Vigilance is
necessary. Active and incessant work
is indispensable* Unity must be had.
They who slumber on in false security,
they who postpone the preparations for
the fight, they "who encourage or permit
dissension and division, for any reason
or upon any pretext, are as much
the public enemies as are the political
lepers whom Democratic rule drives
into the penitentiary or out of the State.
Malcontents, laggards, disorganizes
shall not pull down the Democratic
party, although they may multiply its
difficulties and make the struggle harder
and more depperate. And when the
?I?II v.. i U ? TV
Dame is won, as u ?uau uc, mo i/cmu'
cratic party, for its own sake, will pass
sentence upon any who, not being with
us, arc against us, and make them for
all time political outcasts, despised by
Democrats of their own race and shunoed
by the colored Democrats who have
been tried and have kept the faith.
For the whife Democrats, the State
Committee arc sure no other exhortation
is needed.* They know full well
that Democratic rulo ia worth having,
and that what is worth having is worth
keeping and will be kept. Dy the colored
Democrat*, as tho State Committee
believe, the solid advantages of an
enlightened and honest government are
thoroughly appreciated. They have
seen sod felt the difference between integrity
and rascality, between lofty justice
and partisan rule. The hope is thai
the colored people, in larger number!
than ever before, will march beneath
the folds of the Democratic banner, ami
so assist the Democracy in perfecting
the work of governmental reform and
industrial restoration.
The reign of ignorance and vice ir
South Carolina is past and gonp. Vir
tue, intelligence and elevated 6tates
manship shall, as during the lost tw<
vpnp< cnnlrnl fhp ntihlir affairs of Snntf
? j r
Carolina. For this the people faugh'
in 187G, and the sceptre then graspec
fcr the first time in eipht years, by pun
and stronp hands, will not be laid dnwt
and shall not be wrested away.
The Democratic County Nomina
tinar Convention.
Camden, S. C., Augus 12 h, 1878
In pursuance of a resolu ior
adop ed by the Democraic Execu
iveCvn"nij3 FCjmuV 1?ii y,
at a mecing held on he 9 h of Jul)
ult., a convention of the Democratic
party of said county is hereby called
to meet at the Court House in Cam
den, at 11 o'clock a. m., on Thursday
the 29th of August instant, foi
the purpose of nominating candidates
for county officers, and transacting
such other business as may be deemed
proper.
Basis of representation?one delegate
from every club at large and
one additional delegate for every
twenty-five members. Each dele
gation will be required to produce
its credentials, which shall consist
of the certificate of tho president
and secretary of the club from which
it comes, setting forth that it has
been duly elected, and also of the
list of members of its club who are
roters. certified to be correct by the
president and secretary of the club.
J. D. Dunlap | Wm I). Trantuam,
Secretary, J Chairman
Albemarle Female Institute,
Charlottcvllle, Va. $200 for Board and Literary
Tuition for Nine month*, beginning October lat.
Music. Drawing and Painting extra. For Catalogue*
address, K. H. KAW'LINviS, M. A., l'realdeut.
nTTnTTTT classical and militauy acaukmy,
HH. H Ml NEAKWARUKNTON Va.
Uij A11JJ.U Prpnarea forColleire. Ulllveraltv or
Business. Recommended for Location. Health,
Morality. Scholanhlp and Discipline. TERMS?
Hoard and Tuition per half session $?5. For Catalogue
address Maj. a. (1. Smith, Supt., Bethel
P.O., Fauquier County, Va,
"" T H 0 M AS V lUTFEMALE"
COLLEGE,
DAVIDSON, CO , N. C
The W?l Session begins August ssth, 1978. Board
and Tuition In English per month fin. A first
class Institution unsurpassed for beauty of location,
health.and every requisite. Eight thoroughly
qualified live teachers. Unusually extensive
and thorough course. Three grades of Diplomas.
To accommodate the steadily Increasing patronage
a large addltlou to the building Is In progress
For catalogue address II. IV. REINII ART,
President.
VANDERBILTJN|VERSITY.
Forum Session opens Sept. 1, 187-' an,i C|0ses
tune 1, IS7?.
Fees in Literary and Scientific Department ?C5;
Law *100; Medicine ?% Theology $15.
Board and Lodging per month $10 to $?>.
Professors. t~\ Instructors, 9; Students last
year, 4h(S. For Catalogues address
L. C. OAKLAND, Chancellor,
Nashville, Tenn.
EXECI TOR S NOTICE.
All persons holding claims against the
Estate of Thomas W l'egues,deceased, will
present the same properly attested to the
undersigned within the time prescribed by
law, and all persons indebted to said Estate
will make immediate payment to
augi!-lm J. T. HAY, Executor.
M/ni.ltS DINJIIMSOKY.
Notice is hereby given tlint one month
from dnte 1 will npply lo tbe Honorable
James F. Sutherland, Judge of Probate for
Kershaw County, for Letters Dismissory as
Administrator of the Estate of J. L. Tiller,
lecensed.
oug (i 11. M. PEARCE.
gfeBfegg m ?n J Morphine hshlt cored.
1 rill ImRtmOriginal ?b iodIt?'uoIui?
I ||VII |Hf| Cl'Rl. scbd f.T l>vuk oa
III 11 IIWI Opium Kitlna li? W. B. Hqnlra,
VI IVI V I WurlMufU.0. liricuo lol.
JOO Sacks Liverpool Sail,
For snle at $1.26 per sackuoy20
2t 11RASINQTON k NETTLES.
To Rent.
Three Stores In
CLYBURN'S BLOCK,
nd two wooden stores on Ilroad street Immeditely
South of Clyhurn's Block will tie rented on
avoratjle terms. Pwstsalou given Immediately i
t desired. W, CLYBTRV, |
uyHO 'TS-tf. Agent. ?
Tlio Rfttl RntiPi*.
Cheese, Maccaroni. &e . for sale by
febl2l'f K1RKLEV 4 1
Crockery, Glass Ware, &c.
We have just recjved a fine assortment
of
CROOKERYWARE, OLASSWARE,
Brooms, Buckets, Flour Pails, Baskets, &c.f
which we will sell at greatly reduced prices.
Lamp Chimneys, all sizes, very cheap,
K1RKLEY & SMITH.
S. WOLFE,
CHEAP DRY GOODS STORE.
ALSO,
Buys and pays the- highest market price
for green and dry cow hides, sheep, fox,
otter, mink,'raccoon and rabbit skins.
Also, rags, wool, tallow, beeswax, old iron,
K**aoa AAnnaw J(? a v inn! if
U.V. J
Always on Hand.
Choice Family Groceries at lowest fibres,
by KIRKLEV & SMITH.
BOOTS, SHOES, &C.
The undersigned respectfully informs his
friends and the public generally that he
may still be found at his shop, one door
west of the postoffice, where he is prepared
to execute promptly and in the most stylish
nnd durable manner all jobs that may be
given him. He will also make or repair
i harnass. or in fact anything else in his
line. He only solicits n call.
ISAAC YOUNG.
Aug. C?tf
! THE STEAMER
LILLINGTON
%
t'apt W. W. SKIV^F.It,
? Having been overhauled and thoroughly
, repaired, will now make regular trips on
Wateree River between Parker's Landing
and Acton, stopping at all intermediate
landings. SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS to
I shippers of freights by this line,
i No goods dcliverea until all freight
| charges are paid. In no instance will there
I be any variation from this rule.
L. M. BOS WELL & Co.
I apl23-tf
! Dr. ZEMF
) Begs to call atttention to his large and
carefully selected stock of
I DRUGS AND MEDICINES!
I My 9tock is made up of the best and
purest, consisting in part, of
Drugs,
Medicines,
Oils,
Paints,
Dye Stuffs,
Glass,
i "Putty,
Turpentine,
^ Soaps,
Fancy Toilet Articles,
Choice Perfumery.
Lamps, Burners.
, Patent Medecines,
Trusses,
I Books,
Stationery,
Paper,
Envelopes, Faucy Candies,
^.PHYSICIANS' PRESCRIPTIONS
! accurately compounded, and solicited from
All part* of the country.
|1 julydO?tf.
"W. Clyburn,
1 COTTON BTTYEB.
The undersigned begs to inform
his friends and the public generally
that he is still on hand, and will be
able to
BUY COTTON
more largely during the coming
season than ever before. Always
in the market, and alwavs prepared
to give the HIGHEST MARKET
PRICES in
CASH
for the article.
Remember my stand,
Cly burn's Block,
CAMDEN, S. C-.
july 30tf
A ?r_ m ?
licur suuii tf aier
AND
GINGER ALE.
THE ARCTIC SODA WATER FOUNTAIN
is now dispensing this beautiful
and delightful Beverage. A la^c and
varied ussorlment of PURE SYRUPS always
on hand. K/.v,KLKr & Smith.
Tobacco! Tobacco !!
.1 choice lot of Fine and couunon
Chewing Tobacco
Consisting of Cable Coil Navy, Twist, Fine
and common, Plug and Fine Cut, just received
and for sale at bottom prices by
KIRK LEY & SMITH.
Vtf iitf
COUTH CAROLINA RAILROAD.
CI1 A NOB OK SCHEDULE.
Columbia, March 3, 1878.
The passenger trains on the South Caro.
lina Railroad will run as follows ;
1?ay passknflkr train.
(Sunday morning excepted.)
Leave Charleston 6.00 a. in.
nrnvc in ooiumina lU.fiU a. in.
Leave Colrmbia 6.00 p.m.
Arrive at Charleston 12 15 a. m.
atmiT express.
Leave Charleston 8.80 p. n>.
Arrive at Columbia 7.45a. m.
Leave Columbia 8.00 p. m.
Arrive at Charleston C.45 a. in.
accommodation thais.
(Sunday morning excepted.)
Leave Columbia 5 30 a.m.
I Arrive at Hrauchvillc 12.25 p. m.
Leave Branchville 12.50 p. m
Arrive at Columbia 7.p. m.
Accommodation Train connects daily at
Kingsvillc with Train for Camden, and at
Branchvillc with lb?y Passenger Train to
and from Augusta and Charleston.
Passengers for Camden leave Columbia
daily on Accommodation Train at 5.30 a.
i.i., daily (Sundays excepted), and passengers
for Columbia leave Camden daily
(Sundays excepted 1 at 5 a. m. 1
s S SOLOMONSlt Supt.
8 11. Pickens, Ucu'l Ttckvl |
FOR THE CAMPAIGN!
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THE
CAMDEN JOURNAL,
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Established in 1827,
HAS THE
LARGEST CIRCULATION <
of any paper ever issued in Camden, and is the
ONLY PAPER IN KERSHAW COUNTY . ,
. THAT IS
PRINTED AT HOME.
Published Every Tuesday Morning
AT
C^IMIIDIEJIsr, S. Cm
BY
I
G. G. ALEXAMDER.
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The JOURNAL being one cf the oldest papers in the State, and having
an established reputation for reliability and 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 its usefulness by putting
it into the hands of every reading man in Kershaw County.
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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.
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, A
Fairfield and Richland, it is prepared to offer EXTRA INDUCEMENTS
o advertisers.
1
TERMS?Payable Strictly in Advance: j
TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM. 1
For tho Campaign?and until January 1st, lb79?GO CENTS.
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