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r in < i;<: ?'s .\xi> \ i AiUni: is ?xtH-ciVingly easy ( ;??tilvc. ami ?'; oftt-n give that;' -. H whk.'iwo do act follow, but in tlie > j face of the troubles and disasters j v. l ](I: have come upon us in the past I few ve:.rs, we feel assured that) 11? tee commodity be cheap, yet | i. . intiy, and ,it is importsmt to i b.- rv.'. The new year is now fairly!, u:?? : i.s The oh; one left us our i liv . and that was about all. Tlie;! ox-, i j-tio?s are very few and very,! very far apart where a man's exche-i qui r i*i this country is not row much ! wors; i';aii it was one year ago. ;e .ail. nv.ny arc ruined who one. jy-.-r ago stood ; ir witi; bright an-! ti .;>r.t;:ig a)id. gi t-d n .solutions. T<? beni-. a:; the past how is childish I p.; i i. and can d?? no good. It only ; t - . ;> i Ut-rt'j. diverts the mi ml of i t.and i> e<>i;r\ facultiesand , I i ii us .'ort!i 11? Si iiit. So r ow let: i ;> < : liu ii. i i.f.i.ri.0 to crt oil ;i'l u.... :i.and coti.e d.ovrn to hart! pan i t ?i" .11 tii'.' re:>' couoiiiou of af-1 f : ?. :.*:?! f wo i'S'.i I ufT rd ft silk to; :1 dr.awir.aroir.r, take tLe! ]?!' i in calir-i cs. i it orally.- cut; lU < N-ti.it" 1-y tl c clotI:. and many . or skeleton now in tl.c closet j vltT ere is apjarent case will i way. . .. a r.sr.'tn. cf.ii t our farmers?I i t - very bore, the sinew nr.ci strength j i i ;;r "an!?raise their own pro-' v : end rot let everything de-J } j'.-n t'.e Milt of the ccltonj i r-r ! its price. V'o thlr-.k so, v..: v.e <Val assure that it will not i. in- u before a very different icsult ir'vi the former would n now. j We vrere pleased n few w; < ks ago! ! > a goodly lady carrying to ii:a:-!; '1!. :i basket of syge.?when asked ii r?ho could got sal? f<r i!, she quick ly i v plied. "yes, mid fifty limes as nueh more." A'l td these 1 ttlo r.rtick-s count up. and if is just whr.t v. v -fc (o 1 ring iu ( nt of the hands i f factors and usuries. Let's tr? it. Vtltose Fault Is It? With the above head as a text, the! Srr.'.Wr Advance treats its readers j r.. > k nsiWe lecture for 18S7, which il!? '. would do well to heed. As the art clo dr enr cotenporary is as apy lie- .1 ie to < rangeburg County as it is t<> r uinter, we adopt it as an edi ^r-y^tjijrij.i. making such {.Iterations as change in necca-_ y v. In the langii^'^Wfotir ootcmporary. then, kind reader, come and Jot ns reason together awhile. The ,f 1,y b'acb tt'lS liCir.n year mai iawm >w wv=w --- ? . t disappointinen! to many of i!-v Instead of l'?^ prosperous ' I. i j.y, mrr.y o' ns find oure .\ ; to in* 'ii r.ti nd'.rrso situation. V.> have l aid, early and h.\. and yet our condition is not I in.'hrod. What is the matter':' { ? . .csu fa nit ? it? We. icim.w that it is ;i!? inLerant quality in human haiu'-p for one to try always to blame s.nn.body ??r nanc-tr h-u outside o! s lf. if things arc not as one thi'.hs t; . y cujiht to bo. It is not pleas::iu for ( ;(! to admit -that he is himself to hi time, if bis circumstances in life i?<t better Indeed it is always s. me consolation lor one to throw ti blame on somebody else for an :: ' rs.-j situation of affairs. One so : blame l:;msel\ that it is < : .: times hard for h:m to reason or -'cut ol ibis sort in an impartial !; :v. With ns to-day. if is true 1' :;;, iiuri:ur tin yorr li.e Reasons v * been unpropitious, nnd with s .'rned production, prices hive i" iv i low i>nt does this acconul rlioi* for 11 ie situation in which * of us tirnl ourselves to-day? Wii thiuk cot. ; the cases of many of us we ? ourselves to Maine t?> a very ... ? extent. Y?> have not. been. ,p>. n> ?n!:??cnt r.s we mitrht have nr.rv TVe have gone i;i debt on the crops of the y: r.c bevoud what we could reasonably expect to.realize. j .. incurrence?:!" a jjreat deal ol tiiis d ' f w is i o doubt unavoidable. but ll-V.V a '.(>.It th r rest of it? People will go in debt unnecessarily. Some do so in order to niako a show, and others do so to keep up with their n ?.:?_'iibors. T: at is the case with many people in Orangeburg County, t ? r.- is no Huubr. How many peo do in Hii county .hi.- year Iinvo gone iudtbtfor tiroes i bey could Lave done without; i'or tilings they could . 1 i lie ]nej< ol' morai courage and 'lie exercise of a sound practical judgment coupled with a <1. i ire to keep up appearances, are Liio "i HI il irc.v.v homibol ls. We sn'Tiin'e tor r.meh for fashion. l\ople will mort crops, /:c e.n-ir !i :>nd sacrifice the peace and happiness of life in order to keep within -lin?* distance of fashion and its f !';i"s; :ts iiiil Arp -a.s. if this should he read l y any one :. > p.:ss;:!;r through hard times, 11 '.* mind tuaiMed < n account - elver.-:. situation. 1 t him as! >\i in all seriousnt ss to v/hr. ?.stcut he himself is o blame, and then he will perhaps see if the fault 3 i* not his own. YVe cannot pursue J L'jis Pul.jct t furthe r now, but if we ami persuade tl?? people of Orangeburg County to consider it seriously for themselves, our object will have" been gained.? Orangeburg Times 2nd Democrat. Never Knew what Killed Him. "I was chopping in the woods one rl?v Inst winter." stod be. "when my d/wr ?i lk^< t / ??n : tk ici'ivi, tinnivu 11 hollow log mihI found ft coon. He took .?lr Coon bv the nose Ana pulled him out into niv presence. Wi?c-n the coon saw how I was situated with a big ax and a yearning look, lie yanked the dog back in the log. The dog was ft light weight, but his staying qualities wero something to contemplate, lie had tae coon firmly clinched, and to that gentle influence he yielded frequently, but as ofteu withdrew from the cold world, taking the ambitious pup with him. They kept sawing it off this way for nearly an hour, and it began to look as though tlie coon was going to win the rubber. when an idea struck me. When the dog pulled the coon out to view I aiinco my ax and struck a terrible blow at the coon's neck. Just then he gave a jerk anp pulled the dog's head to the spot where his should have been. That dog don't know to iliis, day but that it was the ecen that killed him/*?The Eye. IL.ea To Toll the News. Iforra e Gil spy, colore J, passed through Angusta yesterday on his way to 1 ,s oid home near Newberry, S. 1>. Ho -rac-, is or was, an emigrant Not lor- ago he converted his little all int) cush' and started out to Arkautas to take advantage of the of flowery and tempting inducements held out by an agent representing a section contiguous to Little Hock in that State. But he has come back fl madder and wiser man, and expresses his intention of going to live and die in "Old Carolina." Further, ilorrac-s declares he will preach the truth m .1 stem the tide of emigration fr->in the Palmetto State. If IJonaci tells his woes and his trials and his disappointments, as he narrated t: am in this office last night while wrestling with a coal fire, of which he knew nothing, his words will be heeded. "I declar. boss, dem'Kansas folks arn r.a uiggest story t< ilers. Pey done fooled me !out-a-everv thing i work hard fur dis ten year. J'segoin' back to Caroliny?and I'se gwine to stay dar. loo. Any nigg?r dreaming 'bout happy homes in do West better wake up quick and stay in Carolina." Korrace is walking back. He rode out Wesf. but was compelled to tramp it home ?Augusta ChronxNot So Fast. "0. mamma," cried little Blanche, "I beard sneh a tale about Edith. I did licit think she could be so very naughty. One?" *\V|y dear." s.iid her mother, "before you tell it we will see if your htory wil pass through three sieves." "\Vh it does that mean, mamma?" T .?..I :i. T.. !.? Urol "JL VAj'liltll iU iu vuv mow place, It??, us usk about yonr 6tory, is it true?" "i suppose so; I got it from Miss White, and she is a great friend of Edith's" And does she show her friendship by telling tales of her? In the neitpl .ee, though you can prove it to be true, is it kind?" "I d- 1 not mean to be unkind, but I am afraid it. was. I would not like Edith to speak of. rue as' I have of her." "And is it necessary?" ' No. of course, mamma; there was no need of arc to mention it at all." a - .v., Hour in f.iovcs to ??et the ..in "V J.-MW ^wv.. - - O good a; art from the bad, so let us ask, when v.j are going to say something about tillers, these questions: "Is it true?" Is it kind?" Is it necessary?"?Ex. A Sure Sign. Every established local newspaper receives subscriptions from large cities, which puzzle the publisher!, but which the New York Times explained as follows: "A wholesale merchi-nt in this city who had become rcli at the. business, says hi? rule is, that when he sells a bill of goods on credit, to immediately subscribe or the local paper of his debtor. So long as his customer adver. Used :bernlly and vigorously, he rested, bnt as soon as he began to contra -t his advertising space, he took the fact as evidence that there I ---1 ?J ?:?ui? TVH* ti' 11016 JU1C3U, auu luvtiiiuLMjr went f >r the debtor.' Said he: 'The tun n v to is too poor to make liis hiisim a known, is too poor to do business" The withdrawal of an advertisement is evidence of weakness t at lhe business men are not slow to aet upon.? Ex Mr. Charles D. Philpot, a young farmer residing near IJogansville, Ga., sets an example worthy of imitation. With an eight-horse farm this y< ar ?Jr. l'hilpot's proht were oioik > to pav on land he purchased ' !.ust F 11 for rattles $380, con-J tingent e\; iisea for running his arm i 180 amonuting total and hr has twelve heavy bale? or cofctou yet to sp!1. with ample suppliss of corn, fodder. t ats, etc., to run his farm another year.?Ex. IS THE o; C. H. STUCK Best checked Homespun Fall style Calicoes, Dress Goods in all shades, All wool Red Flannel, Centon Flannel, Bed Tick 6$c. Hemp Carpet, Linen Table Damask 3 yards for Linen Doylies, per d?z., Men's Undershirts, per pair Ladies' Undervests per pair Gray Blankets per pair Men's Boots 81.50'. Men's Brogani Boy's Boots, 90c. Boy's Bmgans Men's Calf Dress Shoes Bo "Women's strong Shoes Ladie's Dress Shoes, lace or button Children's Copper Tip Shoes Men's Over Goats $2.25 ?3.50, $4..' Boy's Knee Pants Suits Oar stock in all lines is the largest i the lowest on all goods. Wc call special attention to our line Fine Custom Made Shoe*, which su bililty and cheapness. Every pair r is the "Boss" We guarautce then money. Our stock of Ladies Dress Goodi best assorted. Embracing every thin Don't buy your winter.wrap's till y , please yon in style, quality and price, Now is a "GOLDEN OP crowd and get some of ttiesi Iii low Prices wo will ie Very Res C. E. STEICE The Umbrella Test* A Boston philanthropist and stu. dent of human nature11iouglit a dozen cheap umbrellas, had a liickel plate inserted in each handle on which was his address, and the request that the umbrella be returned, an.! on the first, rainy day went out on the street and handed one to each"! umbrellalese woman that he met. ! All we: o returned within a * ei< bn;.' one, and in place of that am e a : <> j saving that it. had been stolen an i ! that the w j iter would pay for ! it. The nest rainy day lie hande i I 1 ?11-_ A..I 4 I t>nc uIUormniv) i-tj iwcnu * j men. 1Je novor saw but one of j them again, ami tliat was brought in i by a friend who said he bad stolen it j at a church festival.?N. Y. Sun. Moral Courage. Hare the courage to do without that which you do not need, however much your eyes may covet it. Have the courage to show your respect for honesty, in whatever guise it appears; uud your contempt for dishonest duplicity, by whomsoever exhibited. Have the courage to wear your old clothes until you can pay for new! [ ones. Have the courage to ooey your Maker at the risk of being ridiculed by man. Have the courage to prefer comfort and propriety to fashion, in ail things. Have the courage to acknowledge your ignorance, rather than to seek credit for knowledge under false pre. 11 tenses ?Ex. Died from the Bite of ills Child. A singular instance of blood poison-1. ing is reported from Lincoln Couctv,! C?-* .. l AFK. .tt. r. rcinipsuu, u while playiDg with his three-year-old hoy was bitten on the thumb by the b lad. Tlie wound bled profusely, but i? the blo->d was checked, and no J portance was attached to the inci- t dent Last week, however, bimpBon's baud began swelling, and he died in great agony from the effects of the wound, hocal doctors say it is the only fatal case from blood poisoning that has occurred in Lincoln Count)'. There is no dauger that :lie convicts will have to remain in idleness and become a dead expense "to the - 1 - T> 4 AAwnAKA^iVna iron! otaie. xvtttii? ??** wijA/mii'iiiQ "i-uu j to hire them to grade railroads; phos- , phate miners want thetfi; some seo tions of the State want them to drain creeks, and marshes And in ad- , dition to all that, the last one of them could find constant employment in improving the public .highway*. There is plenty of work tor convicts to do besides digging canals, ?Neuiberry Observer. THING OUT GREAT I F LAND & CO. 6^c 3c 6$c 12?c 6}c 18c 50c 40c 5<>p * 75c $1.25 ,, 85c 65c v's CalfDress Shoes 85c 60c $1.00 UU\J >0, and $5.00 up to $15.00 $1.75 n this market, and prices guaranteed > of Ladie's, Misses and Children's rpass any other shoes in fit, duraVDrranted. Our $3.00 shoes for men i to be the best in the world for the 3 and Trimmings, is the largest and g that is fashionable and pretty, ou kaxe examined our stock; we can PORTUNITY." Follow the e rare bargains, ad: let Follow who Can! pectfully. XAED & CO., An Ordinance. To J.'fjulote the Sale of Wine, Spirituous and Mult Liquors in the Town o Camden for the Year 1887. Bk it Ordaikkd bv th? Intondant and \\ anlri s ?.f i <ii* Town of Camden ami by ii?f not' oii.y ol the vain??. I. That *iiv ocr.-oo fii-ulvitiir toruli to n tad wine. spiriton* t r malt liquor* n> fisH town oi t 11 on 1 ."it on ami nft?T .Its-nary 1*1, 18*7, khall Iir*l be re !?niii;i-!i'it*?i by six o| tb* i.fjirest- free 1 oilier* to tin: place where lie proposes! so do business, ik to hi* bring of gtaal repute. t??r honesty, ?ot?rii?iy and i.'"?il j irmr^l character. The person applying lor iin-'.sc shall then, if Council grant* liini a license, pay to tli* Town Treasurer ihe sum "t five hundred dollar* per niitiinii. withoiitany rebate, payable half yearly in advance, nutl * leeol five dollar* to the ltecnrder. 2. That any person npplving for a license to sell intoxicating liquor* in the Town of Catndeii by I he quart nud in larger quantities after .January 1st 1887, he required to par t<> the Town Tn'as rer three hundred dollar* per annum for the license payable half yearly In advance. J. i iiiir. tirujff? nun api11" iiw u i* who ?fllt trade or barter in wine or bitters oi which spiricoiu or malt liquors are ingredients, or intoxicating liquors of njiv kind l?v the bottle (and not t ? be less than a bottle) shall be require I to pay lo the Town Treasurer three hundred dollars per annum, payable naif yearly in advance. 4. That all bars or other places where intoxicating liquors are sold shall be closed on election days, or on any other lavs that Council, for the better preservation ol order ;tf.d peace in the town, may see tit to order tlieni closed. itafilied in Council assembled, this 1st lay of December, A. i>. IStJn. (;. .J. DUN LAP, liitendant. J. L. Bhasixgtox, Clerk and lleeortler Land for &:ale. i ? Bete een four and five hmudred aer s? ohl in h>ls to suit purchasers, fr.mi ifty icres up. These lands are on Gran t's piarter creek and nre the best fan iug nil Us in the up country. One fourth cash, >alcnc;in three annual paymentis. GEU. W. BARNES. I r. II. Clarke. T. S. C'a.ler CLARKE & CARTEIL ATTORNEYS AT LAW J J.A3TCASTER, S. V. [ Ojjict in Ledger Office Building] Wili practice in Ibe Court* of thiit Siale. .'roinpi attention given to nil business enrusto'l t<? them. "STERLING . A-OB HONEST ABV3 NOW A. Very few people credit all that fid that many advertisers draw the "i??ni> It is reasonable to believe that, that whose expenses,are least; who buy lb] That is the motto of GANSONi Who through the mec^iurn of giod i business. We offer no "baits,' fur.c from this day and through the month a real genuine "bait.', Our entire sto l)IiY Go6l)5 # at prices that credit concerns and par No matter what inducements they off< der sell all competition, and we assu to our establishment now, will h^ndsc Very lie V?*M. GA.XSON, Lancaster, S. C. A 0 D , K Ei Is better prepared now tha^. e bis customers, ha immens of choice ai ' G K, O C ] Which will be sold on the closes! that means. Come and let os show j 'hard' Of all kinds is unsurpassed in C from the smallest tack to the largest ] I also have in store a full line of r>r r\'-rrjr-\7r^ c? A t\tt\t tt -L XJ.X1N Wooden, Willow a If you want anything in the way Sliot9 Powder, C Come to me and get them cheap. A.. X> B : : $50 From OneTree. | Large Pecan Trees yield net annual incomes Of $25 to $60. The home of this most profitable nut is In the (Seuthe nand Western states, but It succcuds admirably in many of the Northern States. THE PECAN THRIVES WHEREVER i'lIEillCEOiiY GROWS. Every farmer in the South should have a Pecan grove as a source of profit. I am now celling fine trees of the best and ! earliest bearing variety two and three years old, at the following prices: Froml to 12 ' S31-3c. each. 12 to 2fi 43c. " " 26 to M . 20C. " " 60 to ICO ? ISC. " Trees securely packed and on cars here at above prices. Shipping season begins November 1st. Iiooal -^.ggoints WANTED EVERYWHERE. S. W. PEEK, Prop.r HART WELL NUItSERIKS, Ilartwell, (in. Author of "The Nursery and The Orchard," a practlca: treatise on Fruit Culture ; 2S0 pages. Price, In elegant cloth binding, $1.36 per copy THE CHOICEST GROCERIES 1 TN CAMDEN are at 1 T. J. BAR FIELD'S. FLOUR, BAG OX, SUGAR, COFFEE, MOLASSES, Etc., ETC. :?f all kinds, and all guaranteed to * be fresh and pure, and at such i low prices as to astonish everybody. L'aii ana see me uujuun. a SPRINGS, HEATH & C0~ 8 Cotton SSuycrs AND iB.A.isrfKiiEK, /aiuable Property for Safe Whit' is known as tiie i'layr Will, tcp:hct villi ilit> dwcllincr house antl al) c'-ossa.-y oui! ous s, and '> ) acres o' ? iu t co i bo bought at a hurjrain by app y njr to 'V. Metis. The teirns are e-'-y. | 'lie place is ouly three miles from Gnmn, an'J in a hoalfoy locality. BARGAINS~ L3E DRTISEMHNTS DA1> S. irert.tsers say. And it is notorious I ,nu.'1' riiiMnrd/ilftctlif nn/^ nnA/<n ?!?/*! uv? IVUIWIOUCOCIJ U.1J14 UUUt'USlIl^'jr* Firm can {rive the best bargaing r cash and sell for ditto. fc BROOM. ioods, and low priees advertise their v pr ces on Flour, sugar, &c. hut of December we offer, we guarantee, ck of * and SSHOJEiS npblet advertisers, dare not mention. ;r, we are able and determined to un- * re the purchasing public that a visit ? imely repay them. spectfully, fr & BROO^M. % GANSON & BROOM, Camden, S. C. KNEDY t ver befoie to give bargains to iving in store an ^ E STOCK < itnil. fresh EBIES / ; margin possible. Yon know what 'on. Onr stock of W A R E; | J )amdeu. It embraces everything M plow. I 1 rS "\T T T ry TT ? ? ixrti, ?1AI^J nd Tin Ware, Etc, l, ~if of j run Shells, Etc., iTr U ^ umuw ^ j. { ^ -H . .B* 0^1 j > s -sl Owl B8al 3'? H r a Trm Sj gg ^"3 P^K ^ I J\ FRUITS AMD Wi I respectfully call ' H the public to the fact that w, BSS band a lar^e lot of chojf? ajBHB ill kinds that are in scat afiSH AfU.ff | IB mi j u9B and all other seasonably^ HB| Also, CABBAGES and otJ^3 egetabies. A full line of Pam^^| riir> naHH ^jo JlK JL JUJ iT , OOIVFJEOTiOIV^H te., ana TOBACCO Vtd ('.'GAlfl I Fresh FISH nna OYSTR 9 pecialty. Received fresh eveBSH \ eilnesdav and Saturday. Give i^H9 i^H T. A. FRESH " MB " ?. JLX. t' over;,* variety, and at one-half l^Hg& in price than von have to pajKMH for it elsewhere. BSBfi T. J. i;AKFlELD.MHfl 1