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B* Jwwwl. G. (J. ALEXANDER, Proprietor. CAMDEN, S. C., OCTOBER 24,1878. Our Ticket, For Governor, WADE HAMPTON. For Lieutenant Governor, W. D. SIMPSON. For Secretary of State, ROBERT M. SIMS. For Comptroller General, JOHNSON HAGOOD. Fnr Attornev General, LEROY F. YOUMANS. For State Treasurer, S. L. LEAPHART. For Superintendent of Education, HUGH S. THOMPSON. For Adjutaut ? Inspector-General, E. W. MOISE. For Congress, from the 4th District. HON. J. H. EVINS. ^ A I I I! T V TIP I^CT u w u n i i i i w i\k i For Senator, L. J. PATTERSON". For Representatives, J. D. KENNEDY, L. B. STEPHENSON, W. R. NELSON. For Judge of Probate, F. P. BEARD. For Gounty Commissioners, ALLAN McCASKILL, JOHN BURDELL, T. A. MOORE, For School Commissioner, JOEL HOUGH. For Coronerv J. R. GOOD ALE. As Usual. The time will never come when the puro mioded moralists of the North will cease to misrepresent, hate and abuse tho helKdeserving wretches of the South. We may cry: "Let us have peace "Meet us half way and shake hands with us across the bloody chasm/' and "He serves his party best who serves his country best"?we might do all of this until our tODgue would refuse to give utteranco to our words; we might go further, and clothe ourselves in sackcloth and ashes and pray three times a day with our faces turned towards Boston, and still the Fame course will be pursued by those immaculate people. of whom Chamberlain, Cass Carpen ter and Whittemore are St representatives that have prevailed ever since they got rid of their slaves by selling them to their Southern neighbors, and will continue to prevail until the end of time. In one breath they applaud as a virtuous and praiseworthy act in the State of Massachusetts what they condemn and utterly abhor in South Carolina. A crowd of men could bully and break up a convention at Worcester, but when a body of poverty stricken, long suffering and patience-tried Democrats go in red shirts to a Radical meeting down here in South Carolina, aud request and are granted a "division of time," and then proceed to say what they think of the manner in which the colored peoplo have been misled and deceived by their leaders and so called friends, and bow the State has been plundered and well nigh destrojed?wheo we do this, the tender heart of the great North is made to bleed, and a fear is excited tnat the wards of the nation are about to be de? prived of some of their rights under the law. Bot what are the facts ? For eight years the white people of South Carolina, representing as they did the wealth, intelligence and virtue of the country, were deprived of a voice in the government, were plundered and robbed, and subjected to every insult and wrong that a hellish malignity ?1 - 1 4. it J 4 C0U1C1 conceive, u ut uioae urucuv friends of suffering humanity never uttered one word on our behalf, or in condemnation of those who were ruining us. During this period, colored men were forbidden to vote the Democratic ticket, and where they dared to do so they were ostracised, abused, whipped and in many instances killed, and yet those advocates of morality and of the doctrine that all men were created free and equal found not a word of censuro for tho oppressors, or of pity for the oppressed. Do wc distort facts? Every citizen of South Carolina knows the truth of what we say. It is known that never until cow could a colored man vote in Kershaw county again9t "the party" without molestation on the part of his own race. It is a fact that not a drop of blood has been shed in the present campaign, save that of Frank Massfcy, a ctflW&i Democrat hi' LtaCai* ter county, who was shot and dangerously wounded by a black Radical on account of his political opinions. But a thousand colored Democrats might be killed, and those large hearted philanthropists would never discover anything wrong in their manner of leaving this world. Oh, no; ic is all important with them whose ox is gored. And this being the case, we may regard the hal? loballoo raised by the northern press over the presence of Democrats at Radical meetings as nothing more than usual. Do what we may, we need expect no aid or comfort from that quarter. Upon ourselves, and ourselves alone, depends our salvation. So let us move constantly forward in the course marked out, and never look back, uor to the right or left* until our work shall have been completed. Democratic Clubs. The Democratic clubs of Camden have many limes beeu culled upon to meet at their hall to consult together regarding the present campaign, and out of a membership of 135 names they cannot get over forty or fifty members to come to tho moeting. Why is it that they do not turn out ? If there ever was a time 10 the history or old Kershaw when she needed active work on tho part of her good citizens, now is the time. One of the most important elections ever held in the State is soon to come off, and one which is to decide whether we are to go on in prosperity and happiness under a good government, or bo thrown back under Radical rule when villainy, rascality and corruption will again assume sway over us. "We all know what Radical rule is, and wo do not want to see it again. It has bankrupted the State Treasury and ruined all our public institutions, besides paralyzing nearly every branch of industry in the State. Knowing that such a _4.i. ;n i a. :/ siuie 01 mings win come auout again u tho Radicals win, can any good citizen content himself'by thinking that bis neighbor's work will do for him, and that his presence at the clnb is not necessary to insure success ? Friends, this will not do. Too many of you think that way now. The mere fact that you intend to vote the right ticket is not sufficient; you must work for it with all the energy you have. The time is drawing near, and in that short time everything must be done to give us victory. This is the turning of the scales. If we win now, we will be safe hereafter Tf w? fm"! nn mnv or Wf>ll ouit > J T the State. Let it not be said again that. the Democrats of Camden are asleep and indifferent to tbe situation. The Radicals are not so badly demoralized as many of you think they are, and we will havo to work, one and all, if we intend to beat them NEWS ITEMS. Cyprus is to have a Legislative Council, of three inhabitants of the island, and three official members, with the High Commissioner as President. sammie Lee told the negroes that Abraham Lincoln's son would be here on Saturday to distribute the property his father left to tho negroes. What next, Sammie ??Sumter Watchman. Governor Hampton and party went on a deer hnnt near Brighton the other day but he did not succeed id getting a shot, though some of the others did, sod killed ono buck, one fawn and an old dun cow. Moch excitement prevailed in Nashville on the 20th inst., over an attempt to open a grave in Mount Olivet ceme^ tery. The guard shot at and wounded the parties, who got away and are onknown. Bloody tracks were discovered. The Madrid (Spain) Epoca pub| lishes a letter dated Tangier, October 11, stating that a United States representative has been publicly insulted by the Moors and that the offenders have not yet been punished. ( The Russian press begins to speak j out. The St. Petersburg Golos says i that England having allowed Messrs. i Baker, Keinbell and* others to fight for Turkey, Russia will not prevent her i officers, volunteers and ammunition , merchants going to and fighting for Afghanistan. Apples are so plentiful in New 1 Hampshire and prioes so low that the farmers cannot afford to pay for picking ] thetn. Barrels, on the contrary, are in such demand that when some thieves entered a barn in South Seabrook the other night they emptied tho apples on the barn floor and carried off only the barrels. The Mount Vernon (Ind.) lynchers are carrying out matters with a high hand. A special from Mount Vernon says parties are ridiog around notifying ?n,4;nr* ?n!nrprf nonnle to leave tho I UUUllCUuiu^ vv.v. ? | r - town, and that already many have fled in terror. It is again reported that the old man Harris escaped the fury of the mob by jumping out of the jail window and taking to the woods. Mr. Hayes should turn his attention from affairs in South Carolina, and consider whether a call for troop3 to suppress negro-killing in Indiana would be admissiblo under the passe comitatus clause of the army bill. A ship canal through tbe Peniusula of Florida, from Matanzas Iulet to the head of navigation on the Suwnnee River, to unite the Atlautic with the Gulf of Mexico, is proposed. The length of the cut is sevpnty-five utiles. The distance by this route would be about twelve buodred miles less from New York to New Orleans than the route now sailed. Exposition Universelle, Paris, October 24.?Wheeler & Wilson, Union Square, New York, are awarded for their sewing macbiues one of the special grand prizes of the Exposition?the only grand prize awarded for sewing ? .t. XI _ machines?over eighty competitors. mi. 13. T. Marshal! is the agent in Camden for those splendid machines. Call and examine them at Kirkley & Smith's. The wholo management of the City of Glasgow Bank, namely, the secretary, managing director and nix directors, were arrested on Saturday on the ehnrge of fraud. They are confined separately and not allowed to communicato with any person. They nil surrendered without trouble, and declared that they tonni.i impp (inns bo voluntarily if they had known they were wanted. Some of the bodies of the drowned in the Princess Alice disaster were taken from the water, robbed and thrown back again, and in more than.one case drowning passengers were passed by boatmen with the remark, "Oh, never mind bim, he's alive; look outfor the der.d ones." This is owing to the regulation which provides that a reward of five shillings be paid for the recovery of dead body, but fails to reward the rescuer of the living. Little Hattie Engo.l, eight years of age, did justice a good turn in Jersey City on Tuesday by recognizing Edward Burns in court as one of the men who robbed her father's house some weeks ago. The entire family, except the girl, were bucked and gagged at tho time by burglars, all of whom wore masks. Oue of the villinns took off his mask to wipe his face, and u moment's glance at it made such :i vivid impression on the little girl's mind that she easily picked out the fellow from a parly of three. On Thursday last, while the wife of Houston Dcmere, a planter in Bryan County, fifteen miles from Savannah, was returning from a visit to a neighbor, she was followed by a well-known negro named Giles, who beat her and attempted to outrage her. but was prevented by the timely arrival of a gentleman. The negro fled, but was captured on Friday, aod while he was in charge of a constable Mr. Bemcre shot hint .and then surrendered himself. The negro died on Sunday. The Grateful South.?The people of the North still continuo to send us food, clothing and money. Tlicy have.1 noc weuried of well doing. Their com-; mittees are still at work and their great j dailies aro still urging collections for J our sick and deslituto people. With a I generosity unbounded they arc piling up measure after measure, eacli one larger than the other, and all overflow* ing, even after we have said, "Thanks, we havo enough and to spare." What can we say ? Words will not tell the sense of gratitude we feel at an exhibit of manly perseverance in a good work surpassing anything the world has known before.?Memphis Appeal. Advices from the West received by the Kansas Pacific Railroad Company say that the sheriffs of Saline, Rice and Hays Counties, Kansas, with a strong posse, attacked the rendezvous of a gang of train robbers west of Brookfield on the eastern border of the Great American Desert, seme two hundred miles west of Kansas City, on the 19th inst. Amonf the caDtured was Mike Rouke, ? n i leader of tho gang and a notorious desperado. They wounded Dan Dement, who, however, escaped, and three others of the gang also got away, but the posso started in pursuit at onoe, going south towards Fort Dodge. Mike Rouke waB the leader of the band that robbed the Atchison, Topeka and Saute Fe trains at Kingsley, and the Kansas Gity, St. Joseph and Uounc:i liiun iraiu at Winthrop somo months ago. It is bolievcd that his capture will break up one of tbe etrongost and uiost desperate bands of thieves and robbors ever organized. One hundred and fifty 'possums, confined in a box car, were received at the - * * T> _ ! 1 J Greenville ana uoiumoia xvuuruuu uepwi, from Walhalla. They were consigned to a well known colored caterer of Col* umbia, who proposes to put them up, fatten them, and deal them out to his customers, where they would do the most good. The shipper has ovidently mado a mistake in tbi3 business ven* lure; he surely forgets the fact that Mr. Chamberlain and his followers are institutions of the past, and that " 'possum meat" will not be as popular in the future as it used to was, and the 'possum nu n natural consequence, will be (lull in Columbia this fall. There was a "gnashing of teeth," even if there was an absence of ".weeping and wailing," when the 'p&sutns arrived and were inspected, as though even they seemed to rttttl ih* writing on the wall.?Register T ^???????????? W. L. ARTHUR, CHEAPEST # CHEAPEST m M " CHEAPEST ^ ^ CHEAPEST J gjg CHEAPEST P H CHEAPEST CHEAPEST H H CHEAPEST g ? CHEAPEST 2 gf AMD BEST R SIWDKKST ^ L 1 J ?/ M %/ V ? IS BEST S AMD BEST gg ? AMD BEST ? Pg" Am BEST W w- - Am BEST if Am BEST lH* ' Am BEST gg & HATS and CLOTHING, M HATS and CLOTHING. M HATS and CLOTHING, fifl HATS and CLOTHING. gl HATS and CLOTHING. I5 |jf HATS and CLOTHING, HATS and CLOTHING. N . HATS and CLOTHING. P |j| HATS and CLOTHING. ? 2j ^ HATS and CLOTHING. ^ !S " HATS and CLOTHING. . HATS AND CLOTHING. ^ HATS AND CLOTHING. g g HATS AND CLOTHING. P 2 . HATS AND CLOTHING. P HATS AND CLOTHING. 'anH?av VM t BABUCH'S MAMMOTH DRY GOODS PALACE. Headquarters foxClothing; and Hats, Boots and Shoes The Great Dress Goods Store SHAWLS and CLOAKS. 26 Different Styles of Clo%aks, Ranging in Prie< From $3.00 to $40,00. $3.00, $5.00, $7.00, $9.00, $10.00, $12.51 CLOAKS Are Exceedingly Handsome and Cheap. :o: v Ladies and Gents L'ndervest, The Largest and Cheapest Stock in Camden. See My 40c., 50c., 75c. and $1 Unaersnira The I XI White Dress Shirt, The Cheapest and Best Shirt for the Price in the World, ONLY $1.00, Warranted to Fit. o I am determined to lead Low Prices will sell as Cheap as the same Goods cai be bought anywhere. Save your monej ^ trAnn m*rvA rlo frnm aim uuy JUUl guuua liUHi h. baruch. o HAD mi iH AA1IID1TA1T I Iua ViUIlTAlUfl : . : I S THE I i i \ ii a unnw iAti?wi? ; HUM JUUnJlJUi, I I I Established in 1827, " = ?? I . - - p * HAS THE I I j?LARGEST CIRCULATION i * of any paper ever issued in Camden, and is the * . ! . -'-5 ; | ONLY PAPER KERSHAW COUNTY 1 t - . THAT IS PRINTED AT HOME. Published Every Thursday Morning >? . | / i : f AT I S. a.. V | BY G. G. ALEXANDER. T.i 5 r?- * : ' ?: The JOURNAL being one cf the oldest papers in the State, and having 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, s 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. # > \ / :o: ^ fifrivinn> nlwurg fn ftdr?nr?rt tlio inforoofa ond fn imnrnvp thfl condition of their people in every conceivable way, and recognizing the fact that ^ the campaign just opening marks a crisis in the history of Sooth 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. Afl a medium for reaching the people, THE JOURNAL is unsurpassed 4 in the up country. Haying 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 Jk to advertisers. ? ?n.? ; TERMS?Payable Strictly in Advance: i TWH DOTXAPS VV.R ANNTJM. A II v - ?? r :o: ENCOURAGE HOME INDUSTRY! ' I