The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, May 01, 1890, Image 2
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CAMDEN. S.C., MAY 1, 1890.
t'KATl'KKS OK Til K KAMIWK. W. |
The campaign on which the I'cinoeratie
party of this St**??i? ahoal to enter, hncertain
fiatares which are peculiar anil
unotualoiu', and are the outgrowth of the
r-oii.tiiitui iaio which we have been plunged
by !In- listless: ?s and ngilutioii begun live
years ago, ami mow culminated ii! iho altitude
assumed by Tillman ami his followers.
For this conditio:! the majority of the party
is not j-sponsible, nor do they approve
ot it, but it must bo met, and the result
eventuate either in tlie victory or defeat of
the regular Democracy.
We draw this distinction between the
Tiilman wing at d the regular Domoemey,
because it is the nalurui ami proper one:
for while they are not camped outside ol
the regular party, they have thrown i.p a
fort within it. from which they propose to
saily forth, and by ai: aggressive policy
.seize the olliees and dominate il. wc
have jvniivrltid l-efoic, their platform is
only a masked battery, from whence they
projrese to open lire. If they adhere to it
alone, and abandon the charges preferred
by Shell in Ids call for their Convention.
the campaign would assume the Torm simp'v
of a personal candidacy between Tillman
anil some other Democrat before the
August Convention, for theie is nothing in
the platform to warrant the denunciations
he has heaped on the regular party. Hence
wc cannot conceive that he will take the
platform r.t his text, hut launch out mi the
line he has for live years pursued, ami
which the Shell call embodies and epitomize?.
ilo is too}?en his campaign at Kidgewav
on Saturday, and his speech will ho
the key-note thereof. 1'very word should
Ik? reported, so as to advertise the party of
the line lie proves to operate km.
It isftu anomalous eondilii 11. The "<uggestoe"
of a Convention called by a small
. ,.i* ...... m ..... Tii.nifvraii and
I'OUJiUlllOV "1 cut ViiUM T -iliis
committee representing a very small
provision of farmers in Llie Counties which
senr delegatus, lays down a platform, ?p>
points a committee, and litis committer*
proceed to unite appointments for this
"sureste?\" ami aro lints running' a campaign
of tiit.ii* own without leave or license.
T'ioy claim thai lite/ will have a majority
of th - fanners on their side, and arc uppart
nily confident of su cess. In this I hey
will he teirihly mi.-titluui, if the propel
clfoits atv j.m. forth l.y the regular organization.
It must l?c a campaign of education. The
people of the Stale must tia^e presented
to I linn the fads connected with the
State government since our resumption o(
power in lS7d, and the charges made against
il of excessive taxation, incompetency, extravagance.
and iin puled corruption, met
und dissipated. The charge of multiplying
oil ices uHiat also ho mot, and wherever
lhere has Icon an additional office created,
such addition must be shown to have been
demanded by the Farmers themselves, ai?
the case of the Agricultural Bureau and
the Hail Hoad Commission.
The charge that an aristocratic ongarojv.
or ring, has ruled the ftate, must lie met
r,nd shown to be false?a figment of the
imagination of the ignorant, or a falsehood
purposely circulated by those informed to
the contrary, for selfish purposes. They
must name this oligarchy, man by man,
We want no general charge, but specific
proof.
Again, it must be shewn by the parsonnel
of our General Assembly from to
date, that seventy-live per cent, of its
^members have been farmers during ai!
these years, and the charges made against
its legislation is a grass insult to the representatives
of the fanners themselves. If
hueli men lmvc stood by and permitted the
State to degniciate into the Condition in
which Tillman and parly say it has. then
they were either knaves or fools?and is
thcic a ni?n in the State who dares make
such a charge? And yet, ibis is (he practical
effect of these charges. We could
take tin? roll of evtrv General JAssoinblv
since 1-Si'j. ami the list will show as earnest,
honest, able ami patriotic farmers as any
State can boast of. Not a measure affecting
the administration of the Stale Government
in its varii ti< department-;?financial,
education!'.!. penal or charitable--ha?
been passed without their Function ami
concurrence, Jirrors in judgment may
have been trade. l:ut we wiil compare
them. Assembly by Assembly, in character
ami capacity, with any body of men
in any civilized country on the globe.
Slander dares not point her linger at them,
while bribery and corruption hide their ignoble
heads in shame at the b.;iv sucgestitai
of iuc-li an imputation.
Tt II.list l.c a lampaigu free from j>ct.vmal
abur'c. There ist.o utcersity for such.
Nr-r should any iiiun be allowed t.> j lay the
role of martyr as a eor.icotunee thereof.
Above ail things , let there be a repudiation
bv the self respecting and true people
ail over the Stale, of any attempt to array
the common people against the aristocracy.
Any man who attoiiijits it should bo put
down its a blatant demagogue. 'J'bcre is no
-ucli distinction in South Carolina. Kvcrv
man win! attends to his laziness, seeks to
l??tk-r his fortune, educate liis children
ami malic tin in latter nun than lie is,
ami give tin in a gi on start i:i life, is
hi) aristocrat, a:.d we know of no oilier
anstocra-y. We are r. 11 poor, and stnigglint:,
and entry honest. hard-working
man, in any avocation in life, is the peer
of any other man. if a man's ancestors
achieved distinction, it is a matter of pride
to him, but it can neither make him respectable
nor put money in ids pocket.?
]n this brorul land, the humblest man can
rise, by talent and worth, to the highest
position, whether he be Andrew Jackson
the son of a p< or v. iilow, Andrew Joimsou
the tailor, ??r tleorge McDulTie. taken from
a hovel. Tlicic are no common people except
those who are shiftless, id.'eaud worthless,
and it is mi imai.'t'io any honc-t and
industrious man to thus classify him.?
Away, tlitii, wi;h such dtinagogi in. lull
the campaign tiecoiiducicJ.ua high ground
and on the place of argument and proof.
Stil toil c lu il e J? 11N/1.
THM r.lP.jlftiS* AUAAXCF.
; he eilorts which me being madein s >:.:o
sections of the ."'litft to dn.g -tI.> ? ithy
body into poliiK-s ?,i:d utilize it i:i the in:t-iost
i f cei lain candidal.:; f.?r otVico. are
dim an! agonistic t?? its ; ihaiplos n:::! dis*
tnsreful ton majority oi its number-.
lis principles, without entering into demils,
arc tvlf-prnfcelion. instruction. rlcvn ;
iioii and r.I'-tiiKnee i'r.mi ; oiitieale::'. !Ju>iiicr.i!
was organized to enhance am!
promote the material, mental and social |
status of farmers, ami by concert of action
incidentally give lliem the weight tiieyj
ought to Iinvo. Their constitution arid by-1
laws are framed with a view to the attain-'
meat of these objects, and so long as they
ivtilaiii triro to them, the henchcentv of the i
in.-tii will grow arid develop into higher
jad more pracliea! usefulness. Organ:";: i- :
tion, co operation and harmony, are o.-sen-,
tial to every such organization, and there;
is no danger of tlu ir losing their eiTeet so j
long as thv?y steer clear of politics. IJut i
a.? ;.,?lnm,nnl ?if" '
tile moment ll is nume ua- . ,
ambitious. self reeking men to ride inloi
power, thnl moment it will fall to pieces,
lor it is not :t !? it y ; n;l cannot lit* maintained
its >ncli.
Its objects arc high, its aims elevated,
and it s capacity for goo 1 well nigh iiiii.ittahle,
mill so long as it temnius true to its
principles, must succeed in entailing unti l:]
good on its members. We know it is difileult
in this country to disconnect any organization
of men from polities, ar.d the
nututill tendency (save in case of the Church
and certain social and ihurilab'c institutions,
and even willi the former, alas, too
often.) is to drift int > polities; hul there is
hope that this organization, so national in
it.-; membership, and based on such high
principles, will steer'clear of them, except
to influence legislation by petition and ;lie
moral effect of its power.
Ac.ion, ilien, on the part of any Alliance,
looking to political affiliation v.i.li the fortunes
of any candidate, is to be rcnrobjired.
and we cannot believe that such con
duet will meet with the approval of ilio
body us a v. liole, but 011 the contrary it will
??o repudiated, and the man or men agilaj
;ing it wiil be brought up standing, and in
j a summary way at that.
The address of .State lb evident Stackliousc.
that of Major Magi.il before the Kcr>
slinw County Alliance, and tlic letter of
Major Woodward io It. A. Me;:res, .Secretary
of the Fairfield Alliance, who proposes
.- ,.t 41,oTtilmnn meelinn'iii Mitbrc
way on Saturday, set forth ir. clour foreibie
terms the relation o? I lie Alliance to
' politics.
It is .1 noble organisation us now constituted
anil conducted, and we would deplore
. beyond expression to see it dragged into
and be draggled iu the*political cess-po d.
i Let it seek in every way to promote its prin
ciplcs, and great good must result. In
our own County the purpose of erecting a
. j Cotton Seed Oil Mill is most commendable.
, and we wish them every success in this and
j every enter prize which will promote the in
j (crests and assist the materia! prosperity
ami advancement of oar fanners. They
can exercise political influence without ?! :
generating the Alliance and prostituting rl
into a political machine.
The great majority cf our farmers Ijelie vein
attending their own hie.ine;-.. and uiO
not oIlicc-seeLois. 'J'lu-y should. r.j good
| citizen.", take an interest in politics, elect
good men to oflice.and hold them to a strict
account, but they will not bo led by the
iiv.se by men who seek to use 1 hem for i.heir
own selfish pniposes. Keep the Alliance
out of politics, and it will be of untold
benefit to the farmers.
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LA-XOXA.
Not satisfied with political agitations,
lttlmr troubles, and social up.
heaves, the world seems to be stirred
up on the subject of discovering
new diseases, to which poor humanity
is heir, an I as tlie result r.l' advancing
civilization or natural cluingJ
cs, new typos are constantly being
developed. La Grippe run from
Asia Minor through Kuropo to our
own horcs and lias slaughtered hundreds
and alllictcd thousands. Everything
has been the "grip," and to itdoor
have been laid ills more fearful
than Jhmdora ever lot loose out of
her fateful box. And now as this
foil monster is about to give surcease
to our race, comes a now disease
cailcd "la ivma," or sleepiness, instead
of being grippe 1 and harassed,
weakened down, and utterly used tip.
. ? t* t i ,
IIIC' VtCUlD Ol UUS ivpo 1:1 i-S 1!H.? ?
'trance, in which ho 30.nr.in?, in some
iiustaire?, for days. It :< a quasi
j comatose condition, which deprives
j the patient of all ] hysical or mental
iefibit. and is evidently free from the
j dreams which Shakespeare describes
as harassing the victims of evil consciences.
It must have been tin's
which seized Old J'.ip and gave him
that long rep sc of twenty year?, so
graphically described, witii a!! of its
attendant eircarastaneer, by Irving,
ami so vividly portrayed by Joe Jef1
itISOn.
i;ill onr readers will naturally ask
j why this disquisition on "!:i nc:in,"
i or allusion if) ilip Van W inkle' It
is ?lie moral whicii adonis our talc
j as applied t'> this dear <-M Town.
| We lear it. lias accuse of 'la nun,'
ami has lapsed into n '-Sleep,' 3If;! j
low. J?e! us arise inun mem noin.
ami pu' forth efforts to inaugurate I
ei.ltrpriser, develops car res jur.-es.'
ami thus coma forth from our quasi i
comat sc ondition. And a? there is!
an enterprise on foot by the A banco
to start a Ciiftou Seed Oil Mil!, let!
every <ncouragemeut bo jiivcn it.!
and thus make if the forerunner and
beginning of other enterprises.
The new organ in tannage's new!
tjihernafle v. ill be the largest in J
I>r? <>':!yii and will rest s.f?.;)!)0. Itj
wiil.inive four kej boards and sixty-j
six slops.
TiiK FAlMiKiiS* (' {)?? Fi? It KNTE j
Twenty .una farmers assembled at
Columbia on llio i.'lru irstsnt on the
invitation <1* Messrs. IredCii Jones,i
of Yo;k. T. \V. "VVooilwf nl, of Fair-J
livid, and ?T. (J. F. Sims, oi' Richland.
I:i plain langunji'.', *t!ioir object *:is 1
to consult together iohiti\9 to Tillman
ism, p.ml ?alvO some :ic:;i>n in regard
to it. They had Llti* weli-wi.shes
of every one in the State who differs
with Tillman, Slicil & Co,, and their*
deliberations were watched with much
interest.
' " --- -1-1: ... 1 ,1.? ?.,r.
i icy<)'i'I I llC lUYU.Ulua itim uic on-1
mires of correspondents at Colutn I
t-ia prior to the meeting;, there was
ik> jositive intimation us to what
course would be pursue.1. The brief
time allowed for replies to invitations
extended to one farmer in each coun|
ty. prevented a full attendance.?
i More time should have been t ken,
j and two letters wri ten to as many
farmers in every county, so tluit if
! number o..c did not attenl number
! two would, and thus everv county
j would have been represented. Those
who attended were earnest, success|
ful and well known farmers, ami their
j devotion to the State cannot beques!
liontd. They claimed only to represent
themselves, and were as unpre;
teutons in their conduct as they were
j sincere in their efforts to accomplish
jsontt good result. They evidently
| felt the responsibility resting upon
i them, and if their public action was
! ai! of their delibe;atio-, they seetu j
I
j lo have had but one policy, ami that)
i was to issue a pretest by way of an
j address.
Wc expected them to go farther
| and suggest, not aa j\n authorized body
but as individual farmers, some line
to be pursued by all in sympalby
j with them, and confessmir di appointI
luc-nt that tlicy did r.ot. The exi|
geucy of Ilia situation demands ac*
i tion. The State Executive Commitj
tee will meet at. Columbia on t> c Sth
J of May, and possibly the nearness of
that event determined Llio Conference
to stop where it (lid. The address
is terse and strong, so far as it
i fides, but it is neither as elaborate
nor statistical as. it shonM bo.
What cfTect it will have, remains to
.1 be seen. We regret 10 s.vy we fail to
perceive any practical in (lac nee this
conference will have on the campaign.
As an incident, and incident
I only, it may produce some. Further
than this wo fear it will have none
In our judgement, it could have been
utilized witli much effect.
^
ICONOCLAST.
In the debate last week in the
j
; United States Senate, on the question
of erecting a monument to Coi
a
j iambus, in connection with the bill
to appropriate money to help the
[ World's Fair at Chicago, that educa[tionnl
fraud, Blair, in a facetious
' sooeeh. denied that the great naviga*
Ilor diacovorerl America. Partly seI
rious and partly in jest, ho made
! some very humorous remarks, and
I Iiis historical proofs had an appearance
of being well-founded.
lie contended that the Norwegians
had discovered the Continent of
North America two ccnUirios before
Columbus was horn, and that
there were people living hero with an
j advanced civilization, notably from
the ruins discovered in Mexico and
f |
; Central America, and had intercourse
j with European people. His reaj
soning was specious, and his coa|
elusions illogical, so lar as Christo.
! phcr was concerned. Be this as it
j may, the great Genoese has the credI
it and wi 1 surely maintain it, and
! his name is as indissolnbly linked j
j -.villi tho d.scovcrv of Amoiiea asj
' George Washington's with the!
'cherry tree, or William Tell with the
, apple. As Bret Ilartc remarked, all j
! the proof in the world eou'd not I
i convince him that Washington did
j not cut down tho aforesaid tree, or|
I T^il < 1?nf. jinulo from liis !
I XCU onwwv .'I'J
i boy's head. The truth is old Wecms
! J
j originated the cherry tree tab*, .mil
; it -bus boon satisfactorily proven
| thai tlie Tell incident never happenj
ed, if such a man ever live 1, but the j
' world goes on believing both, and it
I is to bis credit lh.v it does, for
j they illustrate noble v'rtncs in our,
j common humanity. The world has
j witnessed during our century two ex
! Ironies in historical investigation
| and criticism?the one is iconoclasj
lie idol breaking; b!ie otliT, a white
I washing process. Nichubr and Arj
siold have lorn aside the romantic
I veil of Itonian history, while Fronde
; has white-washed Henry l!iC Tin,
; ami an Italian historical critic perI
formed the same oliico for the Borgia?,
and onr Fresco'.! lias given a
!-orncwhat heller coloring t the char- j
aetcr of Philip the 2nd. The dispo i-1
lion to tear down about balances Mi it j
to white-wash, and :hc outcome of the j
whole of it is to make ns very sleep-,
tie.il of what we term the verity of
history.
Now is a good limo to subscribe'
tor the Campkh JotuiNAf.. '
For /.'if Viitnt'ci Jjti.'Hci.
A "Farmer" Speaks .Ag:\iu. I
The Democratic' party (or white
people of South Carolina) have con- (
trolled Ike State Co.erninent since |
1870. A fieliou of that party, sty]-!
ing themselves *-'riiO Fanners' Aaso-1
eiation," claim that the harden of
laxai ion is fonrfold greater now Hum
it. was nudor Itudie.d (or negro) rulo.
Yet, thev propose to slick I > the
Democratic party, which imposes a
lb irfold harden up n them. Are
thev sincere in their charges against
the party, and in their declaration of
intentions to stick to itV Wliafc have
they done to reform the party during
1 lie fotiilcen years of their connection
with it? Titey claim to rcprosetit
SO per cent, of lite membership
of the party; then arc they not responsible
for the acts of the party?
They admit that the lax levy is about
the same as under lloli.rftl rule, but
claim that one dollar wilt purchase;
as much as two w old in 187*1. This J
is not true , but adin.t it for Iho sake
ofargsmcr.t, and it proves die reverse;
r.c t t!i,w i-laiin. The burden of:
f;irmer>' debt, or taxation, is properly i
measured by tins amount of 1 ilior1
necessarily expended in tlio produc-}
tiou of commodities in value sutli |
ciont to liquidate the debt or tax.!
In 1870 corn, flour ami bacon, r,l-!
though not double, yet were higher!
in price than at tec present, Consc-'
qnently tins cost of producing a falej
of cotton was gicater then than now, j
and the price, or value,of the cotton I
was about die same as now,- (i. e., it:
was quoted in New York at 11 to 13 i
?being highest and lowest prices in '
1S70) Farm wages, in many local-1
! itics, arc lower tli in in 1S7G, un.l the j
reduced price in corn, bacon unci!
Hour reduces the expenses i.f cotton
proiuctioa. Thcrfore, if wo meas
are tue sincerity ? r wisdom of litis
faction by the assertion of its chairman,
we could not commend its
teachings o.a a safe guide to ho followed
by the I'oicocratic voters of
the State. If it was not ignorance,
then what could have prompted .Mr
Shell to so falsely charge the Democratic
party with increasing the burden
of taxation? Was he practising
the art of ii demagogue to weaken
J the faith of the unsuspecting farmois
-? ? ...v.
j iu the party as organ:/??!, aim win
them over to a f ?ction whose purpose
is to secure ollice for thcinsciws? Ur
has he no tru'lifn! charges of delinquencies
;o brim: against the l'einocratic
party? Why did he not tell
us that the Statu expenditures for
liseul year ending October 31st 1333,
was 81,190. 182.Git, us follows: For
State expenses, &.VJ3,935.411; for into
est and redempti-'M of State bonds,
$59(3,497.17? '1 lie interest alone on
the bonded debt of the State is about
$350,U00. Did lie not know that this
legacy of de bt was left ns by the Kac'iea!
party? It lie is a good Democrat,
why does he make such invidious
comparisons between his own and
.the Radical party so much to the
detriment of the Democratic party?
Who dues he expect to defend the
Democratic party (his own paity)
I'roia false charges of its friends?
Notwithstanding our large per cent,
of negro population, which furnishso
DO per cent of the criminal class of
! the Stule, and thereby adds to oar
tax burden, yet thcro aro )>nt two
States in the United States that pays
less tax" per capita t' aa South Carolina.
When we consider the interest
on the "Radical legae\\M we arc s-ir
prised that a faction claiming to Lie
friends to the farmer and members
of the Democratic part}* should bring
such charges against their own party.
FAl'MFU.
Thft ligations of the Alliance to
Politics.
Ia view of tl:o fact that our Slate
organ is not taken in our (J unty hy
Alliance members as general!}' as it
ought to be. or as the prompt circulation
of Alliance news among ns dej
mauds. I conceive it to bo my duty
to call the attention of those who do
not take the Cottoji Plant to a letter
published in its issue of April 10th,
instant, by our State President, G n
F. T. Stack ho use, on "IVe relations
of the Alliance to politics." lie says:
i.'iV.n Ciot.i Allinnpo fvia in idn no
X iiC ?.-? i ?
demands, and, as 1111 organization,
we are not called upon to pass on
the deman 13 of the 'farmers' Association.'
Legislative demands, formulated
by the State Alliance, would
he submitted to the Snb-Alliauccs
for ratification. When ratified, it
would become a Stitc Alliance <lo,
wand, and the membership would
vote for no man who was not p'odv
ed to work for its legal enactment"
Until the State Alliance formulates
legislative demands, and these demands
are ratified by the Suh-AlI-ancos.
"each member will determine for
himself his dnty a3 to men and measures."
It is our duty to "labor for
the edncatiou of tne agricultural
classes in the science of economical
government, in a strictly non-partisan
spirit.' There.ore, we .should
not be governed politically by sentiment
engendered by partisan', but
rather by the teachings of the Alliance,
which aims to secure economical
government with "Ktjnal rights to
all, and special privileges to none."
r . t. T> (l.ni I V I ?i-no.l'f
?J A-UHiO i\. i'j .1 vj'i-n-Ji i ^-jvi u
Kershaw County Alliarcc.
1*. S.?On< worthy Sla'c Preside!.t
says: "Hie word labor, in the deolaration
we have been extmining,
means effort at perform nice ? ii.
si.cans that there ; re to be no drones;
in flio Alliance hiv-/'?until our
work is accomplished?hence there
is something lor us nil to do Kacli
and every mcinS'-r Ii is a duly to per
form, ft is the slut}* of each, to ?>b.
tain all the nl'ormalion lie can con j
corn 11 g Hie interests and welfare of
tiio agricultural cha ses, and to itn -!
Jan.;t the same to members of the Al-i
Jiance. Afucli can bo accomplished
in this line by taking Alliatico pa- j
pers, and by regular nttondance at,
our stated inoe:ings J. Jt.'M.
J'resd.t K. C. i'\ A.
\n lni'.^'Psri?!* (!omm;ini<aaticn
From f.STicrty Hill.
L:r.r.;;TY Jftr.T.. S. C,. i
April 28th, IS'JO. $
Editor Ctimrit it Jo.tymd:
Wf.at a commotion ! Wii.it a hrn
find cry liio dreaded 15 in is raising!
Wli.it :i flutter among tiie / atrial ji Iiliclnns!
And how master.)' tin
leading State organ handle* the vo.
cabulary of abuse a d del ruction upon
' one lone min" whoso .greatest
fault iiuiy he that ho "loves not wisely
hut too vvcU- the farmers" cause.
And still tli s veritable fanatic, in the
face of all opprobinm a d caliunn
that is spent upon him, remains
"calm ami serene."
We are not an advocate for Ml
Tillman for Governor of South Carolina,
.tor Ao wo expect t > he unless .he
receives the nomination in the coming
State Do i-oc.-atic Convention.
We have always Ulioved him
*/w. niiii extreme in his
remedies, and Unit the patient
lie was treating bad not arrived at
tini stage of me disease where heroic
measures were necessary. If.
howewr, he bo mistaken in his ding
uosis, and even askance trying to
build Ids reputation a* physician,
( ill men arc .-.ollislr, is it, not the
height of charity to givo him
credit Jar the sincerity, interest and
pluck he has shown in the treatment
of the case? It is absurd to doubt
Jiis Democracy, when ho expressly
declares, and reiterates, that he will
abide and cheerfully submit to the
dec sion of the regular Democratic
j Convention as to his nomination.
| No one will deny but what Tillman
(the ugitator, or reformer, (as you
| please) during Ids two years career
as sucii, has mulo and will make
I many errors. Dut who, we ask,
| ''has sight so keen and strong' as t<?
! be wdling to risk the assertion that
the wrongs corrected for :ho farmers'
i el ef by the daring and intrepidity
; of Mr Tillin m, m ^y not in the end
j vastly outweigh all his errors? No
reformation, polit ea!, ro igio.is or
sjciiii, and no leader i f any reforinaI
lion, within our knowledge, ins ever
! been free from error, or perhaps actjual
ertine, in achieving the ends for
i whieu they sought.
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j We road Witii spee.ai mcenei
! the "series of qiiurrica" as tln-v have
| appeared in your excellent paper,
i in discussion of the Sheil-Tditnun
lhior, and fully endorse many oft1 c
dcdueli na drawn therefrom; but no I
iall. While we admit the necessity
1 of system in ail things, if we woahl
win success?, still we believe that toe
iiiiic'i pa. Ly ruacliiucry is cumbersome
. anil unliealthful to the body politic
! and too often lead the masses It
I think that rings exls. antagonistic It
I their welfare, espeb:aliy when the}
j have examples of "'hocks of Five'
i originating at machinery hcadqnar
ter?, as in the last 1'residential elec
j lion.
I A sound, honest, and progressive
! State and National policy in politic?
is what the people want, uni to m]
j mind is a needed reform, and wouh
front iTiifit.lv f.u oniettlic unrest thai
- o J -- i
! now pcrra ic tlie masses. Ana again
. that the Democratic party is in any
; great -danger of being wrecked am
; riven to pieces by the Ti Itnan night
! in a re, we cannot but regard as high
i Iv imaginative. And as to whit? su
premacy, there is not an iota of argu
| ment that Ihc.roan is yet bon wlic
possesses either the personal mag'
i nt-tism or mental acumen in sncli f
degree as to able to lead the farnf
ers into any movement or divisioi
'tint would even threulen the over
j throw of the great results of 1S7G.
We have written thus much hasti
jlv at noon tide, and with hardly tir.n
to do this important topic justio , unci
i have only feit inclined to say whal
we have ;n the interest of charity ami
; fair play. J. W. F.
j P. S.?l'lnnling cotton is p. ogres
j *ing?rapi.Tly in tiiis section, and wil
! be completed this week. In inanj
fields a line st and is already through
i and farmers aro decidedly in advance
! with their work, and a settled deter
[initiation pctvades oar whole neigh
borhocM to push with vigor to the
j end. Com looks well J. W. F.
Itch, Mange, an J Scr.tches on
! human or animals cured in 3C
i minutes by Woo! ford's F.mitury
! L tion. Tni-i never fails. .Sold bj
! I>r F L. Zemp l^ruggost, Camden,
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, I'rcients in the most clejj.mt form
THE LAXATIVE AND NUTRITIOUS JUICZ
?OF VIIE ?
FIGo OF CALIFORNIA,
Combined with the medicinal
virtues of plants known to be
llm tinman
ijlVOL IJV.14V.liV.lC4l WV hitv
system, forming an agreeable
and effective laxative to permanently
cure Habitual Constipation,
and the many ills depending
011 a weak or inactive
condition of the
| KIDNEYS, LIVER END BOWELS.
It is the niort excellent remedy 1:no\vn to
I CLEANSE THE SYS TEH Err EC TUALL Y
[ When one is lhlious or Consiiputcd
?so THATPURE
BLOOD, REFRESHING SLEEP,
HEALTH and 8TRCNCTH
NATURALLY FOLLOW,
Every one is using it and all are
delighted with it.
ASK YOUR DRUGGIST FOR
SYPitTF OF PIGS
MANUFACTURED ONLY DY
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
LOUISVILLE, KY NEW YORK, N. f. .
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AT RACKET PRICES
FOR CASH JLrV
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WE HAVE NOW IX, OXE OF THE LARGEST
AND HANDSOMEST
Spring & Summer Stocks
Ever Brought to Camden.
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It would take the whole paper to partic!
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ularizc. Suffice it to say, every Depart|j
!;ment is full to overflow, and we advise our
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friends anil the public generally not to buy
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! until you have seen our wcll-sclcctcd and
>! RVftflK wiiiMi WAS Isnno'ftf. for
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.'Cash, and you will also get flic benefit of
. our experience. Call on us and we will
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GINGHAMS?No City can surpass in quality or quan
1 tity.
I DRESS GOODS of all kinds, from tlic cheapest to ihe
highest prices.
Call for our Novelty Dress Goods at 0]c.
[ We have the best line of WHITE GOODS we have ever
i carried.
t Ask for WHITE XAINSOOK at 5c.
1 4-4 Bleached? a good bargain?at 6}c,
In STRAW GOODS we cannot be excelled. What do
I you think of a good Boy's Leghorn Hat for 10c.
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Our Clothing Department
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Iscomplctc in every particular.
GENTS' EUENISHIXG GOODS?a superior line.?
\ Conic to see them and examine "before you buy. *
Our Shoe Department '"J
Deserves special attention. You must conic in and satisfy
yourselves. AVe tell you it is
3JLoi?ey In Your Pockets
To conic to see us. You will lie rewarded for the call.
You all know our
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Wholesale u-rocerj Department.
Throe Thousand jiushels of Corn now in
the House.
Forty Thousand pounds of Itacon now in
Store.
This is no bragging. AVc hold the Goods.
Several Car Loads of Flour.
These are solid facts. Come and he convinced.
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