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Elr. CAMDEN, S? C., JULY 8, ISS6 NO. 2. Is*. .\liEK.\X?F.K. Proprietor $1.00 [>er year in Advance. f So comnunlcalion mil be publish"' t JOURS Ah unless we are placed to lion of Ike name, of the author. m We are not responsible for the vxeus sessions of our correspondents. m fnr nrrsnnal ad I\e will be charged for at the rate of one for each inch. L dominations of Candidates in usual .not to exceed one inch, FTVE DOLS. , These charges are to be paid strictly , ance. and no exceptions whatever will be to the rule. r Sheriff's Sales. Mortgage Sales, etc., . infer the head of Transient Advertise Contract advertisements must be set- ( r quarterly. . ,OCAL IrrEMS. 1 paper Patterns. J ;o Bntteriek Pattprns are now ] [ con8tan tit on hand and for sale tias Ellen II. TWEED. so stamping done on short r.o Ied Bcoms to Let. al gentleman can be accomI with nice furnished rooms J ialthv portion of the town . ;w. For further information. , this office. t < h "Water. ^ ' 1 reshot in the Wateree last c ine np lo within four inches ? nrk recchod by the big fresh- c .y?the highest points evor ! by the, water in this vieini- * is. no record shows any s oirit ^ ial Levy for the Graded " OF. ? To a notice from the i Commissioner, a small num- o gHf'the taxpayers in School Dis- h |BNo. 1 met in the Council Che in- S |Hn Wednesday of last week and ii a resolution requesting that t jBcial levy of mills of an ex- I SHax be levied in School District if for the maintenance of.iho d |B-d schools in said District. I ? e UP for Business. Barfield lias had his ^ ^g^Sgnfeted and repaired to resuming h a favorite resort ;1 WcwR^^^^^BjK|Cause of the (I iSrst-dasj} goods at Tnich-n- -? ^RBfergin. Tbjo front of the tl nainitcd a bright red o attract atten- c HgHPuiy W<sser-by. May g mee^with the sqccess he so well t! erves. s ? - p ather Report for June. Juring the mouth of June there t e eleven rainy days in this Vtffn the whole rainfall amounting to j action over 7 inches, which (with 1 exception of June, 1875, when \ n cites fell) was the heaviest fall rain we have bad in twenty J v I he highest temperature noted } ng June was 85?, and the lowest F r?an average ota fraction over ^ ! ___ s jig up Another Engine. Lhas been clearly shown that our _ engines are useless if called I for service in the upper por- ^ |bf the towD. Under these cir- ^ Itances there wp.s nothing for Ihief of the Department to do j l> have one of the old hand en- c repaired and made roadv for Be in case of a fire in that por- j llio 4r.nrn HPTiio onmno nf\n Id with water from the wells, >m it a good stream can be [ for at. least a hundred feet. T r Pushing and Reliable. t C. J. Dunlap can a'ways be Tf- * on to carry in s'ock tbe purest c irt g<H>ds, and snstain'ho rep- c i of be;ng active, pnsbi' g and r f\ b* re ommet?dina articles t rsll estab ishet m-rit and such c 1 popular. Having the fg ncy t p celebrated I t. King's Mew ? l'tt for t'oi'Suniplio:?, co'ds < Bghs, will sell it ton a positive I tee. It will sorely cure any 1 Irv fflVWinn of threat. In lie's I and in order to prove our * e npk you to < a!l and get a , tt'e Free. * t Survey of the Wateree. i SV. H. Bixby, of the United < past Survey, was in Camden 1 I looking after the Wateree t K was his intention to make ' ?f the river and examine it , las possible in order that he ' A M A A r* f A O BUUJC tr&LllUtttC UO UKJ LUC st of work it would require 1 its navigation Also, to 1 laving draws placed in the ' idges that span the river ( are now a bar to its free ' I Owing to the high wa- 1 in- at the time it was im- 1 Ixamine the river as to but he will attend to draws placed ^jn the i early day. I, from what we can see | inquiry, that more cipoked by the little boys Kboys from 10 to 15 than are used by the mtlook for the rising Mortuary. During the mouth of June there were three deaths in the town of Camden?1 white adult and 1 white child, and 1 colored adult. Bridge Washed Away. Miller's bridge, over Lynches River, was washed away by the high i water in the river last week. That bridge was built by Kershaw and Chesterfield counties, and was a free linage, it is n Heavy joss 10 me county, as it will require a considerable outlay to replace it. A New Dec.ocrp.tic Club. A number of the citizens of Camden and vicinity met in Town Hall nil last Tuesday evening and organized a new Democratic club, to be known as Vv'ateree Club. Capt. T. H Clarke was elected President. Mr. 9. G. Alexander Vice-President, witli Mr. J. R. Drnkeford as Secretary. I'he club already lias a membership >f about 78. with a good prospect of laving over 100 by tbe time the ;onvention meets. Surrendering to their Factors. w e understand tnat several per sons in this connty have been so horotighly. disheartened at the conin ued reverses that have come upon hem that they have gone to their ienors and factors and turned over heir crops and everything else np>11 which there was a lien or mortgage. They felt satisfied that to :ontinno to work on under sncb >ressure would only result in heavier osscs still, and probably utter ruin. iumter District Conference. Tho Furater District Conference >f the Methodist Church, Rev. A. -i. itokes Presiding Elder, will convene 11 Camden on nest Wednesday vening, July 14th.' Service will bo icld in the Methodist Church at. ; :H0 o'clock on that pvening, and rnmediately after the service he Conference will be organized. , t i? thought that at least fifty min- ' stcrs and-laymen will be present a9 eiegates. The membership in this )istrict numbers nearly 5,000, and ( mbraces al>out sixty churches. L Serious Fight With Hoes. { A terrible fight occurred on last j 'ridny above Camden' between | imos Jon&s, Jr.. and Harry Jones, . toih colored) cousins, ^.tbos inafearful *gnsb across Hsrry'jJ,1 Cl.v "-gen Cv 1 lie bone, and gave him another blow n the arm, making a vory serious ut there, too. In return. Harry nve Amos some terrible blows on ' lie head, and, it is said, crushed his ; kull. Warrants have been issued r>r both parties, but Amos is laid ( p and unable to be moved, and it is bought he may die. Harry is in lil, bail being refused until the conition of Aiuos improves, Vonderful Cures. W. D. Hoyt & CWholesale and letail Druggists of Home, Ga., say : Ve have been sel ing Dr King's lew Ih'scovery, Electric Bitters and 1 ?ueklen's Arnica Salve for two years. ; lave never bandied remedies that : ell r.s we l, or give sucli universal linvn itaan finm a ? ?' U'rUfiV V KJiU? JLUV.I V ?/ ? ?w , wonderful cur s t fleeted by these aedicines in fcf?i<s city. Several cases f pron- nnced c nsumptjon have ieen e?jtirely,cured byjthe use of aTew lottles < f Dr. Kb g's New Disc >very, ftken in connection with Electric iitrors. We guarantee them always, oil by C. J. Dunlap. la on the Lookout. It is reported?and there is a ;ood deal of foundation for the ruth of the report, too?that the oliticians will make a strong effort " ?-v4ilia doln/votinne "fmm flifl H iuc WViV^tVUUilO iiwiu iUV ar'ous Democratic clubs in the ounty and get them to vote tor the convention plan instead of the priunry election for making nominaions in our county. The politician knows from experience liow easy it ;s to manipulate delegates to i convention, whereas the primary election system would completely n.-w.l. I.In /..una mid tnoJ.-n lidate stand upon his merit. No one will dispute the fact that t large majority of the Democratic ,'oler.s in the county ore in favor of he primaiy plan, and il it was left ;o them they would unquestionably idopt it, but the politicians will do'eat their wishes if they can. Thereore. take warning in time, and see ;hat you are not outflanked #by the 'wire-pullers." Laid Waste by the Floods. At last our farmers along the Wa* teree seem ready to give up in despair. The floods of last week have laid waste and destroyed all the srops on the low lands along the river, and it is now too late to plant again with any probability of being able to gather a crop from those I V iLi i an as inis yeur, even unuei tue musi favorable circumstances. Never before in tbe memory of man has the river had as many overflows in one season, or has the water risen as high as during the present year. Those farmers have worked bard and faced their reverses manfully until this last fell swoop blasted their hopes for this year. The farmers in the up'ands have also had many reverses. The con tinned rains have washed their land into deep galleys and buried the col ton and corn in the valleys with t!i soil washed from the hillsides Where there are no galleys the soi has been leeched like an ash barrel and all its fertility carried to th valleys below, leaving the corn an< cotton plants with nothing to sup port them or make them grow. The picture is a gloomv one. in dead, but it is a true one. and wha the result will bo no one knows Bankruptcy will undoubtedly befal some of our farmers, while other will be strained to their utmost t< meet their obligations. County Sunday School Convention. The 9th Annual County Snndnj School Convention of Kershaw wil be held at Piuo Treo Church, four teen miles cast of Camden, on Jnlj 31st and August 1st. The Executive Committee met at the office of tb< Wuteree Messenger on the 2nd inst. and arranged the following pro gramme: SATURDAY, JULY 31ST. 1.?Organization, 10 a. m. 2.?Reports of Sunday Schools. 1.?Subject.?"The duties anc responsibilities of Superintendents and 'teachers, especially in impart ing the glorious truths of the Bible and the necessary preparation for the ??i,? nui iv. 2.?Miscellaneous Business SUNDAY, AUGUST 1ST. 1.--Convention will meet at 10 a. m.. and the Gr*t hour be given to (love tonal exercises. 2.?Subject?"The great aim of the Sunday School to assist the pious parent, and to supply the place, as far as can be, where no godly ex ample exists, and above al to make the youth of our land savingly acquainted with the truth as it is in iesns" 3.?Subject?"The duty of training the children in the Sunday School to contribute to the cause of missions." 4.?Adjournment. Every school in the county is.re1 nested to send delegates.' Each 9chool is entitled to one delegate to air/iHtr f monfvr.fiiTfl momKora ond Ann L. ? CI J b ? Ctl V1J -J** V UUCIUVVtU www vuv at large Suprintendants and clergymen are ex officio members of the Convention. The comitiiftee on statistics last year suggest^ tl?at in electing' delegates, ft littlie. bpy Cra I'his report with the suggestion, npDn motion, was adopted. Writ-ten reports of the scboils are especially desirable. Brevities. We have had rain tn this section every day this week. The Fouth of Julv Dasscd br un noticed in Camden. No demonstration of any kind wan made. Put np your fruit this year in Ma" son's improved fruit jars, the best made, and for sale by Dr. Zemp. There will bo many empty barns this winter owing to the terr ble destruction of crops by the continued rains and big freshets. Several fields of corn and cotton on the river that survived the big freshet in May were destroyed by the high water oflast week. The river is not low enough yet to permit of safe travel over the washouts on the western side of the iron bridge. The water falls very slowly. Mason's improved fruit jars? quart and half-gallon 6izes?for sale by Dr. Zemp, Cheaper than anywhere else. Several of onr citizens took advantage of the excursion rates to Charleston on last Saturday, and paid a flying visit to the city. The fruit crop in this section promises to be an litter lniiure this year, as tbe continued lains hare caused it to rot upon the trees before maturing Only a few home-raised melons have been offered for sale in this niaket this year, and thoy were oi inferior quality. Thp outlook for good melons is gloomy. "We think the year 1886 can truly he entered upon the record as the "rainy year," when the losses to the farmers were equally as groat as those caused by the terrible drouth of 1881. The bent wood factory in Colnm bia has failed, and the machinery was sold last week to Mason & rvf TTtr tttVirv r\fA r uivi| ui 1 wumiwn, ?TUV pose to run the business in tbe lattei city. Don't fail to attend the meeting of the county Democratic Executivt Committee in the old Town Hall ir Camden on next Saturday. Bnsi ness of preat importance will bo dis cussed. If we can have as clean a sweej: in tbe election this fall as the con tinued rains and floods have madi of tbe crops in this county, we don' think any one will have cause to sa; i il.nl ...1? il | lin*l nug iiuc buuwiiuca. During the high water last wee) two or three of the residents ofWes Wateree did a pretty fair busines with a sma'l boat by conveyinj pasesngers from the briuee to th high land on the other side. I _ Uirr8n$tt 5- The. Ca xr>ex Journal is the Official i' Organ o f Pomona Grange No 10? corn prising sixteen subordinate Gran, J 9es>_ | . GEORGE W. RAR5TES, ; Editor Grange Department. 1 Pomona Grange. 1 Secretary W. K. Thompson wishes to announce that Pomona Grange ' No. 10 will hoi J its next regular * meeting with Granny's Quarter 3 Grange on Wednesday, July 21st. at whmh time it is earnestly desired that a full delegation from nil the 7 subordinate Grangeejwtll be presents : To WrEnge.?. " JM 'T The members of Pomona GmsSjg > N'o. 19 appear to take very 1 t'-rest in the puccosf and welfar^W,their follow Grangers1. ' Itis>eldom ' that the editor of the Orange department of their rcguJa?iy chosen organ can get any information from the various grangeB oS to their condition?whefche .they a'e flonririrng or languishing, whether the members I are taking ^co invekflt in the'r J i Grange or not, elc.j Stir up niy brethren, and lot us hear from you. ? . It is to you tlint we took for nssie- 1 ' tence in making the fcr&ngo department interesting to aft r * our road. -N JT. ( or s. A Sow Way to Catch Coons. The following art Vie from an ex- i change has sojne trath in it, and for I , the benefit oftlmSirSiirmay like 1 coons wo publish it: ^ { As corn will soon he largo enough } for the coons to bother it, and as you i frequently give information gratis, ? 4-lt'a /Vv*? th?i nf r>?tf I ? UUW i*Ji rut- LAi9y i brother fanners. ' I abt your I went, < to a drug store to lufc. stnrimine for ! use to kUl coons m.3p>field, but the t drnggist made a misifcke and putnp ( morphine, all of which I did not \ know until I. got ready to use; so I used it, and the ne^i morning the { field was full ofcoonK,^ll fast asleep. Properly.In Game, ( Game-?n> its wra^tftto properly t belongs to nobody. ff\- is only wh'-n . it is i-ednced to possession, -or killed. f thlBt it cftn be ,cd)^Vpropierty. Q { qualified propcrtyiini'ara e. oven in ( , its-wild state, common law. , T5^b kil\ and lake ^snch'anirna's j ferae natural, as may: from Mrae |o c time be found on his land, as soon c as that right is exercised, the an- f imal so killed or caught becomes the i absolute property of the owner of c the soil. Aside from the qnepfion [ of trespass, if a man kill or capture p a wild animal it becomes his proper- t ty; and depriving him of, or injuring j it, can be punished both civilly and r criminally. But until the game is ] actually killed or captured, the s sportsman has no property in it, j even though he may have wounded <= it or bo on the point of catching it, c and any one has a right to "come in 8 at the death" and seize the game if t he can But although there is no \ ownership of game UDtil it is actnr.l- i Itt ra/Tnoorl tr> nrtcapsalnn fh lion bflf-n T . V.V. 1* ~1 X decided in England that an action t will lie against fine <who intentional- t ly frightens away game from another man's land or water.?American Agriculturist, i From Granny's Quarter. We have had more rain?just i enough to break ditches, keep up the S creek, spread out the branches make ( the grass grow and prevent the ne- ! cessity ofavearing out our plows by [ constant use, The gee.haw man t has had a good time of it lately looking at the rain fall. He is not obliged to go far for watc-r. I-Te con- i, soles himself with the reflection that ( what is ono man's loss is another's ' gain, for while his gnano has left i him it has gone back to the sea coast to help some one else, and he , questions the humanity of a turpen, Hue team nulling a load of hnv from i Camden when the' fact has been . demonstrated right here thai, grass will grow rapHly, luxuriantly and , right straight along without help. \ Wo met one the other day going , to mill. lie had his breeches rolled i | up and his shoes were muddy, lie 5 was polite and had an expression of ' l l ? -J : ui~ I COUlllUUHiiuo ub uuiumiviu ua tut; | state of the weather would adm t. | " After exchanging civilties, he asked ] us if we had any "later vines to 1 spare." Said he had "sot out" all * he had in every clean place he r could flud; bad been at it for a week and expected to continue as \ long as the supply lasted, "for," said a lio <1 r>ifrr t.r? l<jf. ennh fino i weather pass away and not set out later vines" We asked him if he sung many Sunday school songs r\-\ l t 1 now. uu, yes i i am learning a new v one" ?"What shall llie harvest bo?" G. Q. ' An exchange, ridiculing the ridiculous county fairs, which make no ' effort at good shows, says that the Chesterfield fair consisted of a calf, f a goose find a pumpkin. It rained so t hard the first night that the goose s swam off, the calf broke loose and ate ? the pumpkin, and a thief prowling e around stole the calf, and that ended the fair. | Oo'orcd Excursion to Charleston. By special arrangement with tlio railroad officials. arrangements have been made to run on excursion to 1 harleston on Wednesday, Jnly 2let. A special conch will be kept for the accommodation ,>f any wbiie person? who may wish to take ad van lage of this occasion to visit the city. I'nre for the round trip, only ?1 50. Tickets for sale by E. If. Dibble, D. M. Shannon, i. a. ana ueorge Cautey. Refreshments will be serve*! on the train. Secure your tickets at onco. The train will stop at "11 stations on the Camden Branch. For further informant ion, apply to to Winyah James or Isaac English. R^-Frinttrry Rfscti^iR. ^editoi: : flense nuew-r me :<qae3tipns about primaries. t.hit a Slate Convention is . tto meet in Columbia in An. What effect can primary eleet;ons hare. on that? A meeting of the Executive Committee is cnllo.fl io elect a County Chairman in this county. I ash the same question over again Please give us some light rm the subject, for although it may he viry plain to some there are a rocH many who omnot take it ail in at a glance. Inquirer. 1 flirt fiMivftntinn TOhirth merits in I Doiumbia on Ibo 4th of Angus' ia ur minaltv fur the purpose of making i|> a Sla*' ticket. However, if a tjift tloii-gaiea should see ;it ( ? (!< a?, riicy can forego inahlti-r liomi'O'ititt.na und remand the matter :o tho i-'etrooratie voter* < ? the :it.aie to rocke the said nwniiurionn jy the- primary ?lee':oo r-yatem The I 'etr.o'.T-th: KxeeeVvo fJ?mni-tee wind; & :u uvxc ?ati:rh\y w;]l only elect , a U tnpor&ry 'hairmau. 'i i.e regular or permaicmt couctr Osairrnw will be dee cod by the comity conveniion I'lim it mook ??'",r? Sran&Master-WorJiinftn Powder|y oa Rum. Tn tlio whole English lrngnagc I :an find co word that strikes more error to my soul than the one word Ram." It was born in hell ere the iat of "no redemption" hod - gone orth. Its life on earth lv>s been >ao of ruin to tlie hopes of yonth irid the nonce of old ago. It lias T It. _ nnocence, the bloom from the ikeeks of manhood. It has touch, td the heart of old ago like the tip >f a poisoned arrow Its sound, as t gurgles from the n^ck of a bottle, tchoes through many a desolate io rise hold as too hissing of a thou land serpents. Ton may deem mc oo radical on this point. Yet I lever interfere with the rights of a nan to dtink if he so elects I hold ! havo a right to. and do shun rum is T would an enraged tiger, neither neddling with or allowing it to modile with me. So long as it keeps its listance I am content to leave it done, bill the moment it attempts o interfere with my rights by coning into the Knigbfa of Labor, then ay son! rises-in amis against it, and , can find no words too bittc, no leminciaiion too scathin^ to hnri igainst it> Pare fresh lionev for sale by G. Q Alexander. !3uckleu b Arnica Salve. The West Salve in the world for Cuts, Iruls**. Sure*. Ulcere, NaU Rheum Fever lores, iVtte* 0f-fif j?o?l JInml3, Cliilihlnir.b ?oens and :!! SLiu L'ru->lioos. and fo??i*c!y c?i'? s IMwt. or no j?.ay rcqniro l. It 4 Ho-.i:ijU"'.1 fo ??! ? rfoct vithfaciinn. ir v roitt'olol i'rVrf -j renis p?r >ox. Fur ea.-e hy i-'. 1 |:uu!u|t. Subscription I he Journal only ?1 per year in irance, $1.50 at the md of the year. State o? South Carolina. Office f-J lie Co-iipl:oiler Central. C-oluifitia. U. It . June 1SSG * 1 csnl'y tLat Mcss~.a. Kennedy & Williams' of Oanulcn, S. C., Ap?nts of The Southern of New Orleans. Vil>-, tJinln r,P f nn-smn !in? io.l with the v<T,ui;itir>u ?f ?hc Act if the General Asscmhly entitled 'An Act .0 reenlyte the Agencies of Insurance f'omnir.i?? n?>? incorporated in the State of ?ruifh Ofiro!i.r'n,'' an ! I hereby liccaso the >ai?l Ktnnei'y & agents aforesaid o taho risks ftM transact nl! husineps of [nsurancein this State, iu the County of Kershaw, for ami iu behalf of said Company. Expires March Slat, 1887. AV. E. STONEY, Comptroller General. For Sale. A Cutting Knife, Sinclair patent, ns good as new. Can he bought low down for cash. Call at McCreight's ShopMm Dismissory. I hereby give notice that thirty (lays niter (late I will apply to J. D. Dunhip. Judge of l'robate for Kershaw county, fi r letters disraissory as administrator of the estate and effects of Robert Man, deceased. J. 0. MAN, Adm'r. July 8, 86. jSTotice to Trespassers. I hereby warn all persons from trespassing in any manner whatever upon my plantation in West Wateree, near Buck Hill. This notice \&poaitivrt and I want all person* to obey it. John Higgins. 0t8,4. Offer to the Trading I THE LARGEST AND PRETT JJ K Y e o o CLOTHING :o: . pi s ;il o ? Bist csabarw^ Z & ? ^ ^fE?!<a^!s?i=s=i' \\ its W ?-PPXtSVSZs i o 855 esi i W " b &r? i >? fea , r TO O &?*sc?a,. t g C teaca H *c2m?3 ESQcv ^asma* %3B3BittP d :o: * V " *' ^ .A. Big* ^5toc] SPRIMG DRESS CALICOES, ZMHTSZL.!] O-Tj WS1I1 ?I SLaceSj EmSii'oide S-^aa'asoJ Hosiery, Handk Etc., Eto At Eidicuiousiy Lc 4 :o: A IksHI rtii finani iirf Hi 11 A JfUiicii nini " Goods than Anywhere els your money before you es and prices. ^ C, H. STEICKLA1 >ablic 1EST STOCK OF * \ ' iD S 9 V ; . ?? AJNTK : i , v SHOES^ '- ' ;-j ' ( . >?' < J? 0 ? ^ o. . ? > ^ < a 2 \ fin 2 -i <1 1 mm Li ? * ' IP k of GOOD?* l-TS, jries3 [fs9 Gloves erehiefs, ?w Prices. r* wr a 19 9>...r .?. I ik ?IA 5 una ?uj hum c e, so don't spend ;amine our goods ID & CO.,