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_ ^ \ . , " * r'y 1 *u "> ' 11 1 1 VOL. XXXVIII. CAMDEN, S. C., FEBRUARY 26, 1880. NO. 32. _ : s i ?? ? . do communication tcill be published the J0VRdAL, unless ice arc placed in osscssion of tlf name of the author. V arc not responsible for the vines or expressions of our correspondents. rgy AH communications for personal advantage mill be charged for at the rate of one dollar for each inch. dominations of Candidates in usual form, not to exceed one inch, FIVE DOL LA IIS. These charges are to be paid strictly * ?.,77 /,, in adeane*, ana no eicejmvi ? ^ nt<7'/e to th* rule. I Sheriff"s Sales, Mortgage 'Sales, etc., eonie umler the head of 7VansiMt Advertisements. Coutraet advertisements^musl be settledybr quarterly. LOCAL ITEMS. Church Directory* Methodist CtiCKCii?Rev. J. o. Willsou, pastor. Services every Sunday at 11 a. m., and T 1-2 p. in. Sunday school at a 1-2 p. m. Class meeting on Monday afternoon at 4 1-2 o'clock. Prayer meeting on Wednesday afternoon at 4 1-2 o'clock. Strangers and the public are invited to attend. Lenfcfi Services, Grace GncRcn.?Rev. C. L. LaRoche, pastor. Services every Sunday at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p.m. Monday, Ti esday ami Saturday mornings, ser vices at 9 o'clock?Litany, i uursuaj a, wmu.uukm services at 7:30 a. ni. These services will he held, as stated above, until Master. The public are cordially invited to attend. Photographs. Go to Shepard's'if you want a firstclass photogrph. He finishes them up in fine style. adt. The Trial Justice Business. I A casual call at the office of Justice DePass on Monday showed that evil doers are still among us. The Judge was issuing wan-ants right and left for the violators of the law, and his Court presented a lively scene. I Levying: Jlines Our town Council on Monday w} night last did a staving business. I The lines amounted to $15. At this rate the indebtedness of Camden I? ought quickly to be wiped out, and savtu*- the .jiuisajr"^^ If you really want bargains in * dress goods of all kinds, go to S. A. ! mm Araslein & C'.'s. They are deter 1 W mined that no house in town shall j f undersell them. They mean what they say. adt. What is the Matter ? \ The time for the Municipal elec- 1 tion is only about five weeks off and ] we can liear of no aspirants for those offices yet. What is the matter, gentlemen? Are offices now at a ' discount? Wake up. We want to j* see something done to make the . , times lively. "The Battle of Camden" . ! We have before us a highly in- ' teresting letter from one of our ' most valued subscribers upon this ' subject, and we regret exceedingly 'j ?that it lias reached us too late for publication this week. It will ap1 -- Ml n pear in our next issue, ana win wen repay reading. Another Respite. The Governor lias again granted a j respite to Neil "\Y. Blair until the 2nd Friday in June. Neil was to have been hung on the 5th of March next, but efforts were nyide in his behalf which have resulted as above stated. He bears patiently his prolonged iui_ certainty, and he yet hopes that he - will be removed to the Penitantiary. Only One Week iLore. Mr. C. 31. VanOrsdell's photograph gallery will be open only one week longer iuiu uujr ptM?uu mo.Lui.ig c*o line photographs as can be taken in any of our cities, -would do well to call at once. Pressing engagements elsewhere will prevent his remaining more than one more week in Camden. Mr. E. M. Boykin, Jr., Resigns. After a connection with the Ex press Company for over two years this estimable gentleman tenders his resignation. By his strict integrity and devotion to duty, he had become, quite jii favorite with the Company, and he will be greatly missed. We wish him good fortune in his new; fields of labor. A Good Offer. "We will send the Neyv York weekly San and the Camden Journal one j t i ?>c\ n c 1. I year to any uaaress ior o^* i o uhhu in advance. -{This offe^ only stands #ood for a short time, so call and subscribe at once. See advertisement of the Sun in another column. It is the best weekly newspaper in America.* Subscriptions taken at this office. Cen6us Supervisor. Mr. Jesepli L. Breden lias been appointed Supervisor of the census for the third district of South Carolina, comprising the counties of Chesterfield, Clarendon, Darlington, Georgetown, Horry, Kershw, Lancaster, Marion, Marlborough, Sumter Williamsburg. He will appoint his county enumerators, who are to commence their duties on the first Mon day in June. Concert. Miss A. Moore, of Alabama, pronoses to efive a concert at Town i. o Hall next week for the benefit of the orphans made by the ravages of ihe yellow fever last year. She comes well recommended, and has met with much success in all the towns she has visited. "We hope that our people will also respond liberally and encourage the lady in her noble work. See handbills herej after for programme. The Georgia Baby Bonds will buy Nf.uralgine. Neuralgiue will cure Neuralgia and Headache. Neuralgia and Headache lead to disease?^disease to death. Moral: Go to your Druggists and get a bottle of Neurnlgine and be relieved. Sold by C. J. Dunlap, Camden, S. C. Lecture at Town Hall. A vfrr lnrrrfi audience of colored! people and a good many whites assembled at Town Hall last Friday night, to hear the lecture on Afri ca, by Rev, Colley, who lias been living there for several years past as a missionary. We learn that the lecture was a very interesting one, indeed. He showed his audience several images of the heathen gods, together with many charmes and "cunjure" articles. The pro ceeds of the entertainment were for the benefit of the missionaiy cause. The Moriah Baptist Union. By direction of Rev. A. S. Wille ford, Moderator, the members of this Union, embracing all the ministers of the Moriah Association, will con^^^o-mogrow (the 27th. of >ion until Sunday evening. The 3 ntroductory sermon will be preach3d at 11 o'clock, on Friday morning, j rhe sermon will be open for criti nsm by the pastors immediately ifterwards; and other important < subjects will be discussed during the neetipg.. ] For the Ladles. If you want to see something to * ;harm the eye and please the heart, ( ?o to 6. A, Arnstein & Cos., and eximine the fine and handsome assort- ( nent of ladies dress goods for spring , ind summer wear that they are now receiving every day. They are not surpassed in an any market, and are 1 equaled in but few. The prices of 1 :>f these goods would astonish you, they are so cheap?considering the < liigli prices of everything else. i adt. Let us Also Respond, From all our exchanges we see \ where the different towns and villages in the State are forwarding their subscriptions in aid of the poor 1 famine stricken Irishmen, and yet we ( do.not hear of anything being given ( by the people of our county. "What ; a commentary upon old Kershaw. Is it possible that our people have ; no feeling for poor strving humanity ? \Ve hope they will not remain quiet much longer, but. that the proper spirit will soon come over them and , make them respond liberaly to the ; call of the people for bread. Running Wild. Wagon after wagon loaded down with guano, lien after lien crowding the office of our Clerk, mortgage upon top of mortgage being recorded, com and bacon being hauled to a long distance to pay for these things. It is dreadful to contemplate, and if the scene now being enacted, could be brought to view, and the curtain of December and January be lifted, what mined expections, would be revealed. It is, however, useless to warn and advise. The serpent alone can inflict his sting. End of a Desoerado. John Frierson, colored, who escaped from the penitentiary last August, and who has since that time been lurking around his old home at Wedgefield, was shot and killed on last Friday night while attempting to escape arrest. He was a most desperate villain, aijfl the deeds of rascality he has committed are too numerous to mention. He only lived about twenty minutes after he was shot, but in that time he was confessing to the murder of an old man who was found dead there a few yeaiy ago, the cause of his death i i remaining a mystery up to the time ] John confessed being the murderer. 1 Several other murders are charged against him. A few years since Taylor Wilson, colored, was charged, j convicted and hung for murder up \ on his false evinence, while he him- ( self was the guilty party. All the j people of that neighborhood are glad to hear of his end. - ] THe cnurcnes Xiasx ounaay. c Last Sunday was a very lovely jday. Our churches were all_ well at- ' tended, and all of the pastors were v present except the existing vacancy I in the Presbyterian 'Church; there the Rev. A. W. Lamar, of the Baptist ii Church, preached to a large and at- a tentive congregation. r At the Methodist Church, Rev. J. t 0. Wilson preached a most excellent s sermon on temperance, and one which L touched the hearts of many men in our town. We earnestly hope that , the affect will be lasting, and we know that great good will result v therefrom, ? He is Going in for Grain. There is one young farmer in our p nanntr -nrVinco llPftrl ItOH Tint hp.ATl turned by the present high price of cotton. He has a level head and 0 has been very successfull at planting 8 for several years past. He runs five ^ plows, and says he does not intend 8 to plant more than tei. acres of cot- a ton this year, but will plant corn ^ and other grain instead, believing ^ that corn at 75 cents and $1 per n bushel will pay him much better than cotton at 8 and 9 cents. He thinks that many of our friends who are so wild now on the cotton question will be without bread next fall, ti and perhaps without a home, as ^ many have mortgaged everything a they have to plant a large crop of si cotton. We are sorry to see this state of things and wish that every one would look at the matter in the _ same light of our young fyicnjLfor if the granaries are full the-^^^^if | ~~.t ton troubl o HI All our Legislators haye rtutrned ^ aome. ' ' <f?K Subscribe for the Camden Journal. ^ Dnly $2 a year. j A good many shad are brought ?h lere from the Charleston market, fid The Legislature lias repealed the 8,f Jill allowing convicts to be hired ?? >ut to work on farms. , ,, Ji A real thunderstorm visited Cam as len on Wednesday afternoon of last j0 veek. TO1 Town Council burned up $350 Pr nore of the town currency at their ?-'r neeting last Monday. hu Spartanburg is trying to put on ^ iity airs?water works and gas works ()^ ire to be erected there soon. (}(J rrUn wn-a fvoin +.h? S/111H1 nfc ina Railroad came .up last Friday p" md paid off the hands at this end of m ;he r^ad, ?a Take Ayer's Cherry Pectoral to stop your colds, coughs md bronchial affections before tho5 run into ^ consumption that you can not stop. 5e looked as wise as ai| ow', did he 1 nr The tricks were all adjusted, nr Ee declined to advertise, you see rc And in a year he busted. oe We have not heard of a shad be- ,e inn- taken out of the Wateree this w year. "Wbat is the mat;er ? Do-li^ none come up it now? cn A bill was presented in !;he Leg- rP islature, at its extra session, to change the name of Lynch's Greek hi to Lynch's river. hi All kinds of bljjnk liens, mortga- in ges, titles to real estate anc person' ' al property, drafts, bonds, etc,, for* sale at this office, very cheap. The Yeoman apologizes for being behind hand in getting out, on the cj score that one of the compositors v. went off to get married and had not returned. t) The directors of the penitentiary i' have decided not to lease out any > more convicts, and all the women w convicts are to be recalled to the in '' stitution. v - .... tl Jfouitry tmeves are prucucmg t| business around Camden at present. We hope to be able soon to annouce that some of them have had their feelings hurt by a shot gun. R The Democrats of Columbia arc ^ afraid that the radicals are going to li take advantage of the don't care r spirit of the Democratic party and i. run in a full radical municipal ticket \ in the election in Apiil. a The nofeace law is rapidly gainng ground all over our State. Every place where it has been tried ;he people are well pleased with it. The people of Abbeville are comjlaining of the great amount of gambling carried on in that town. Ve wonder what the people of Camlen would say if they knew how nuch of it was done here. A Mother who starts out in the Battle of life w:ithout a ifottle of Jhriner's Indian Vermifuge is like ho warrior who marched upon the wfflo field won/nnri leflR. Both meet rith defeat because they are not trepared for the battle. One day last week a horse belongng to Mr. Tobias got frightened nil ran away with the wagon. He an out of the yard, dashed across he street and went through the tore of Taylor Belton, after which ie was caught; and taken back. An authoress says that "kisses on ier brow are the richest diadem a woman's soul aspires to." And yet fellow who '.'risses a pretty girl on he brow while her rosy lips are lairing motions like an accordeon ellows, is not the man for the ositicn, An Indian maiden has been driven ut by her trite, in Oregon, because he married a Chinaman. A San Yancisco Chinaman has lost the rerv/-w/i4 r\f Viiti davinIvrrmnn Ktt morvinr>nr ^/CV/U UI UJLO ^VIUAWJIUOU KSJ negro woman. A Virginia mob dripped a negro for marrying a diite woman. So we go. Better ot mir raced. The Cotton Market Camden', February 25, 1880. There is not much demand for cotao now, and the market is rather 'ealdy. Good middlings are quoted t 12@12?. The supply is rather mall. Our Legislators. o the KerQaw Delegation of the Gendolccraies mlde a motion W session Of the J&egisSjL' K^Piiend or repeal the iniquitous t ^ue school olaim special legislation ( ^ Kershaw county This gratuitously t iposed on our people an extra tax of t e mill par annum for six years, equal { six milla for one year, at a time when a e county is so iovolved with bona t lc debts that the Coun y Commis- c mers can only pay forty or fifty ceDtw j the dollar on the salaries and dues c county officers, and when the Grand iry presents important public works ^ necessary to be done, which of course [ the face of such difficulty about pay* J tnt can only be cjone gt exorbitant c ices, these difficulties will bo as- a avated by this additional heavy p irden; and, how heavy it is, may be p predated by our delegates if they will j nsider that ip the county could have n viviated it by paying them each ten c liars per day during the entire stay- G home and attend to thcir-own business T riod of four sessions, (two regular and v o extra.) shp would havo made a'clear ving of soino thousands of dollars by . e operation. Let any doubter make --i?i-.:? ?u e taiCUIUMUKJ. JL lie Ui viar unty caD only get rid of this unjust irden now by making the repeal a c ?t question in the nejt eleotion? c uninating no person, and voting for a ? person, who is not pledged to the ' peal of the joint resolution and of the [ ie mill tax. It will no doubt be pre ( nded that past due school claims, hatever they were before, have, by the inLresnlution and the action of the lunty examining board, beccme vested ghts, and can not now be alFected by peal. There might be some validity the pretence if the joint resolution id been an act of the General Assemy. But joint resolutions, though much i vogue, are not much recognized by , ie C nstitutiori. The Constitution d<- j ar h that the style of all law.' shall be: Be, it enacted," while the style of a ! lint resolution is, ' Be it resolved," &c. 1 his difference alone, I think, is dssive against its constitutionality and ?l;day. But I have no doubt there re graver irregularities and defects in lis procedure which do not appear on a fine, or this detect ol style would uve b- cn caused lay the change of a ord. I am no lawyer, however, and I iere'>re submit the reasons of this, my fry confident opinon, .for whatever ley uiay he worth- in the judgment of v m>>re competent. My sentiments towards the members f our delegation, and my motives for ri mp these communications, are misnnstrued bv your correspondent, J. R. I. ligations of vfarm friendship or MBriigiy to eithpr of them, would have indelicate in me to criticise h. ir^^Briedin^'S. Such do not exist. VhiflB'erish the most cordial regard od flH . and, so far as our acquaint v. ance goes, friendship, for each one of thein personally, I have no intimacy with, nor obligation to either, which would forbid me freely, and if need be severely, to animadvert upon their public conduct incompatible with the highest personal esteem, fur th<t most profligate conduct in public l'fe is often found associated with the purest, most amiable and most faultless of private characters, and vice versa. This fact. straDge as it may seem, is so notoriously true as to have been remarked UDon bv more than V * # one eminent writer. I impugn their public conduct, and when I do so I defy-them lo defend it with fair argument. This, I oonceive, I have a right to do But 'T'scrupulously avoid the slightest aspersion upon their motives or character; and iQgioing so. I conceive that I do nothing to affi-et the courtesies or estrange the friendship which have subsisted between us. This, however, is matter for their consideration, for while I would not conscientiously do them a wrong I am in every way_ responsible-for what I say or write. As to my motives, I fear my professions concerning them will be held incredible. I am not prompted to write by pleasure or ambition; or the hope of pecuniary profit; but by a desire?perhaps wildly quixotic?to promote the public welfare. Our legislature is filled with a various throng, consisting of a rew able and ailisent men who rui3 that body chi- fly for the advantage of their own spption, their own conscituent9 or themselves; but in the vast majority of ambitious aspirants, too intent on logrolling for political proferram' to attend to more legitimate business, of idle, vain gentlemen who like to enjoy honors with a secar, and heavy, in dolent gentlemen who enjoy pea-nuts only. It is perhaps the-e last who ren der it necessary for the General Assembly to employ 9i$ negro laborers at two dollars each per day, during the entire session, to clean off the floor; for I cannot conceive for what else they want them Now all these, except the first, should be taught to give their best diligence to the work for which they are th?-re ( )ur chief need in ikd Legislature is not hat of brilliant abilities, but of sound. )ractical wisdom, honest and untiring i ndustry, vigilance, thoughtful diligence, md snch independence aa cannot be led >y the noso out of the plain line of luty. Such qualities were never so imjetatively demanded there, and Wf nust have them there, or we uhall go? < where the woodbine twin'-th." I am lersuaded that if each county newspa- ; >er would give the prooeedings of the jegislature, and especially of their own - :ounty delegates, a tair, but searching ,nd unsparing criticism?such as fax , layer is permitted to make, however im? i lerfectly,- through the oolumns of the Journal?the complexion- of the L ? ;islature in this respect might 1 be hanged for the better. This is my notive and purpose. Without it 1. rould not write, and would not h^vi rritten a line upon the subject. Taxpayer. Notice. The companies oflWnilitia in Kershaw ounty known as the Ellis Guard, and other olored * companies, are hereby ordered u lease drilling and disband themselves, and dl arms in their possession, known as state arms, mu?t immediately be turned iver to me, to be turned over to the Sheriff, iy order of the Adjutant and Inspector Jeneral. LF.MMOND THOMAS. C, M. VanORSDELL, THE PHOTOGRAPHER Owing to the press of business, will re nam in uamuen a xew weeas longer, ouisfaction is guaranteed to all patrons. Seed Irish Potatoes. All varieties, for sale by KIKKLEY & *5M!" H. Sheriffs SaleSouth Carolina?Kershaw Counly. Jobn S. Miller vs. > jaxecuuonEliza TodJ, us Ex'trx. J Under and by virtue of above execution, I will sell in front of the Court House in Camden on the first Monday, the first day. of March next, within the legal hours ot sale, the following real esiate.* Alt that piece, parcel or tract of land situated, lying and being in Kershaw county, estate 01 oouiu Carolina, on Dip Lynches Creek. containing five hundred and twelve (512) acres, more or less, bound ed on the north by lands of Moses Hough, east and south by lands now, or late of L. W. R. Blair, and west by lands of Amos Hough. Levied on as property of the es* tate of William Todd, deceased. Terms, cash. JOHN DOBY, S. K. C. feb5-td HherifTs Sales. South Carolina?Ktrshavo County. Wm. M. Shannon, Administrator, vs. T Nannie S. Withers, et al. Under and by virtue of a decretal order bearing date September 8, 1879, I will sell before the Court House in'Camden on the first Monday (the first day) of March next, within the legal hours of sale, the following real estate of the estate of W. R. Withers, deceased, situated in Kershaw county, State of South Carolina* to wit: All that piece, parcel or tract of land situated, lying and being in the county and SfatP nfnrpsaiil in Kirfcwnnd Mnlaintn/. four acres; bounded,north,by road separating it from premises of W 0. S. Ellerbe, east bj the OTntinuation of Lyttleton street, soulh by premises late of Miss Susan Lang, and west by premises of the late Mrs. Barrett. Also, all the right, title and interest of said W. R. Withers of in and to all that piece, parcel or tract of land situated, lying and being in the county and State aforesaid, containing six hundred (600) acres, more or less, bounded on the north by lands ofE. B. Dunlap and the .Chesnul'a Feiry Road, east by the Town of Camden, south by Camden cemetery and the river road, and west by the Wateree river. Also, all the right title and interest of said W. R. Withers?an undivided interest of one-third?of in and to all that piece, parcel or tract of land lying and being in ^ ? i A i ot.t* - v :J Tii. # III? cuuuijf nuu. otaic iiiui csuiU| near Jj.a- ^ erty Hill, oommonly called the Dixon place, containing sixteen hundred (1,600) acres, more or less, on the Wateree river, and on both sides in part of Singleton's creek; bounded noth by lands of the estate of John Perry, east by lands of the estate of WilliamCunningham?called Qooso neck, south by lands of William Dixon, and west by the Wateree river. Terms, one-fourth cash, balance in one, two and three years, secured by bond of the purchaser and a mortgage of the premises. feb5-td JOHN DOBY, 8. K. C. T. H. CLARKE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Camden, S. C. 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