Orangeburg news and times. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, June 12, 1875, Image 3
Slate News.
The. rico crop around Georgetown
looks well. ? j
Strawberries still soil at five cents
ii basket in Charleston.
A new post office bus boon estab
lishcd at Batcsburg, Edfgficld coun
ty
Watermelons sohl in Charleston on
Monday from 40 ' cents to $1.25
a piece.
Mr. SolicitorFh-piing received $307
for aix doys, labor at the last session
of the sessions court of Lnurcnsvillc.
Mr. Joseph Crnfton, an old and
highly eatcemcd citizen of Edgefield
couaty, died tlier? on the 80th ulti
mo.
A respectable wife of Williamsburg
county presented her husband, ft
short time since, with four babies at a
birth.
A tenement house on the fiirm of'
Mr. Robert Kenniugton, three miles
from Lancaster, was bes'royed by fire
on We ncsdny evening last.
The Carolina light infantry, a
crack colored organization of Char
leston, arc preparing to celebrate
*Moultric day.'
A negro child was killed on last
Wednesday morning at Kock Hill by
a dose of morphine administered to it
for calomel by the mother.
The storehouse of Col. W. I*. Fin
ley, of Aikcn, was entered by but
glars on Friday night of l ist week
and robbed of a large quantity of pro
visions.
A gentleman in Marion couutyhad
a colored man in his employment who
chopped out twelve acres of cotton for
him in three days, being an average
of four acres nor day.
The post oflicc heretofore knows as
Kinnrdville, near Midway, in Barn
well county, 1ms been discontinued,
and an office established at Folk's
store, in Colleton county, with Mr. J.
J. Folk postmaster.
Mr. T. J. Vilion, formerly of Pic
kens county was instantly killed on
the 26th ult., at the falls on Little
river, in Oconcc county, by the falling
of an arch of a new bridge which he
was assisting in raising.
Orr, of Due West, was observed
hoeing corn one day last week, much
to the surprise of ??^^j-'jb-i^wii011'11'11'
cy and value of an lufpolishcd dia
mond and there is hope for Orr.
The grand jury of Clnremkn coun
ty hare presented the county commis
sioners for paying medical bills for
persons who arc not paupers, and do
not come under the- classification of
'indigent,' and also for paying money
for work not done,
HALF FjAl'K.?Round trip ticket?
will be sold by the Greenville and
Columbia railroad to all parties wish
ing to attend the collrgo commence
ments at Williaimton anil Walhalla.
The tickets to Williamston will be
good from the 15th, to the 20th; and
to Walhalla from the 18th until the
2fith inslapts,.
Mr. Gtorgs Hirers Walker, attor
ney at law, of Charleston, was arres
ted on Thursday last on the charge of
perjury. The wan ant was issued by
Trial Justice Arisen, and based upon
the affidavit of a colored man, named
Elina J. Webb, n hostlor, formerly in
Mr. Walker's employ. ? he case was
trunsfcircd tu the court of general
sessions.
The Georgetown Comet; of the 4th
inst., says: 'Every bush and tree on
Sampit has been rendered leafless lry
by the ravages of the caterpillar;
There arc myriads in the woods.
They get in the'boxes on the turpen
tine farms, and in every three bushels
of crude stuff there is one bushel of
caterpil'ars. The first class virgin
hjis to be sold for No- 2 rosin, and
the spirits arc rendered offensive to
the olfactories. The cat terpi liars are
small and of x greyish color.'
Tin; Cuoi'8.?Favorable reports
from nearly every section of the coun
ty reach us of promising crop pros
pects. The late rains have done
much good and will make the corn
and cotton grow, although they will
not ho especially hencficinl to grain.
In the neighborhood of Kincty-Six
the oat. crop is represented to be un
usually fine, llic acreage much lin ger
than of late yearn and the quality
heavy and good. It is estimated that
(he oat. lands in that section will
yield more plentifully than for years.
Our people are learning wisdom after
having passed through the crucible
of credit and 'ivc may be happy yet.'
A bbcti((c Medium,
Pardoned.?Governor Chamber
lain haB pardoned George Moore con
victed beforo Judge Cooke at our last
term of tlie Abbeville, court of genc
ral sessions of burglary and larceny,
and sentenced to ten years'^ confine*
meat in the state penitentiary. -The
only evidence against iius prisoner was
the confessions of three other parties
to the crime. The petition was sign
ed by the leading citizens of Abbe
ville, and strongly recommended by
solicitor and judge, on the ground the
of insufficiency of evidence.'
ISSCKI) tVKltV SATCKOAV MORXIKtl BY TUB
. orakokiiuiiu kewb company.
THAirONl)UKWsTEditorT~
UEU. KOhlVKK, business Mannje'tMi i
SATijRlX?viJ"-?o 12. 1875.
The Now Court House.
The contractor, Mr. J. IT. Livings
ton, has gone to work. He is deter
mined to make all the material nccccs
snry for its construction at home. He
has purchased we learn ground for a
brick yard, be has employed an ex
pert in brick making, and he starts
immediately. This expert says he
can make as good brick here, as can
be produced in any section of this
country. Mr. Livingston's saw mills on
the Ldisto will produce all the
timber and lumber necessary, while
tho mechanical work will give em
ployment to laborers born and raised
here. Plenty of whom can be found
fully competent to do the work,
Mr. Livingston is our present Coun
ty Treasurer, and wo don't overstep
-the mark when we assert that he is
one amongst the best in the Slate. A
young man of herculean energies and
unsurpassed business abilities, be will
give this County a Court IIoiiso sec
ond to none in the State, taking the
cost of its eonstiuclion into considera
tion. We have been a long time with
out a Court House whilst hundreds oi
dollars hare been paid out for rent,
Ac. This inconvenience has necessari
ly lowered the dignity of our Courts.
Bench and Bar alike have felt the
want of a good and comfortable
Court Room, and with none is the
hope more pregnant of the early com
pletion of the Orangcburg Court
House.
We predict, (if the work ci n be
done by any man) in twelve months,
its completion. Of course, ,tn $tt this,
,10^7?Wtur TAHWllll^li M ?bvnncC^
considerable amount of the cost from
his own private funds, in anticipation
of the tax levied nnd to bo levied for
the purpose. This tho present con
tractor is able and willing to do, nnd
the work will be pushed forward as ra
pidly as possible. It behooves our good
citizens to aid Mr. Livingston in every
way they can in its construction nnd
early completion, as it will not only
be a want tilled long desired, but an
ornament to our town and add one
hundred par cent to the value of the
property iu its neighborhood. A
word in regard to its front we don't
think will be amiss right here. We
learn some of our citizens want it to
front west. We think, with all due
deference be it said, that this shows a
want of taste. The old Court House
fronted that way, but why? At that
lime, the Town proper was west of
the Court House Square, and the
building was constructed on its *cas
tcvn suburbs. Now, what was then
the outskirts of the town has become
the town proper, and is rapidly grow
ing, and going West. Then, again a
south front, is always desirable in
the construction of any building. To
front the Court House south, it will
front direct on Russell Street proper,
and face the fine brick edifice of the
Orangeburg Baptist church.
We hope those who have the suc
cessful say-so in the matter, will agree
with us, ami front the new building
south.
Pie-Nirs ami Snakes.
This is just, the kind of weather for
pic-nic parties, and our young friends
are taking advantage of it. Several
parties left town yesterday, some more
leave to-day for the suburbs, where
mirth and hilarity will be in order.
We caution our young friends, bow
ever, to look out for /-nukes. They
abound. They are but, too, in fine
weather. We saw a young lady
Standing in two feet of a huge mbcr>
sin the other day and be coiled t?p
ready to make a fatal strike if inter
fered with. A pistol bullet from one
of the coiopany demoralized his ideas,
and he was hung up on a pole as a
prayer lor rain. Curtying out the
old superstition that if you kill a
snake and hang it char of the ground
it will rain in that neighborhood in
twelve hours. Kill all lh" snakes you I
can pic nic-crs ami hang them up.
We need rain vor)- much now. We
have heard it said that every creeping
thing is good for .something. Wo were
at a losft.to know what good there wan
in a vile reptile, until the above
knowledge was imparted to us by a
believing friend in whom wc have
much faith. We shall hang up every
snake we 'catch hereafter, especially in
dry weather* What a deluge there
would have been in old Ireland if St.
Patrick instead of banishing tiie
fnnkes from there, had hung incmai!.
Wc did not intend, however, to write
so much about snakes, but as long
as we are on the subject wc might as
well mention the fact that Judge
Kuowlto'ni killed one in his yard tho
(ither day at least live feet long, andt
Mrs. Tucker' killed, a large groundj
rattle close to h?r front door steps
wheroi her little ? children had been
playing for an hour or * wo. We aro
the deadly enemies of oJ* ..kinds of
snake.", whether they crawMffl their
bullies in strict accordance' with the
command of our Creator, or rise to a
perpendicular position and try to pre
form their original role. This latter
kind, wc think, aro called "snakes in
the grass."
TIio Iluming of Mr. Shiroc's House.
We deeply sympathize with our
townsman, Mr. O. S. Shirer, in the
loss of his fine dwelling by fire. With
a great deal of labor nnd tas'te, and a
largo outlay of funds, Mr. Shirer had
succeeded in erecting near completion
a structure unsurpassed for comfort
and convenience, nnd anticipated in
a couple of weeks of iuovingliis fami
ly into it. We arc glad to ktjiow that
by a providential act of insurance he
will not meet whh an entire loss of
his outlay. But there is nothing that
can pay him for the inconveuicuce
and discomfort which the loa3 of hii
dwelling necessitates. The fire was,
without a doubt, the net of on incen
diary. Mr. S. informs us thnt he is ,
at a perfcct loss as to who io tiro perpe
trator of this heinous deed, as lie don't
think he has an cucmy in tire world.
There are many vagabonds Strolling
about here who ought to be tiken up
and their business ascertain^ 1, and a
rigid investigation had as to lrpw they
get their support. ThescfMoafers
sleijp 'fu\ixm >A'wl 11ofi11isJ^^MflWdinfcs^.
?^rTte careless ul^ oi*ihc pipe/or the
thrown away stump of a segar would
cause immense loss to our citizens. It
behooves them, then to be on the
watch, and if they sec such characters
loafing about their premises, find out
what their business may bo promptly.
School Claims.
The State is due this county over
eight thousand dollars school money.
If this fund w as in the..hands .\tff- our
Treasurer he could, pay cv^rjv dol
lar of the past indcbtcddo^s,j vand
have some left. This money wns
misapplied by a former State Treas
urer and the holders of old school
claims here suffer in consequence. We
suppose, in time, 'bis monoy will be
j paid us by the State. Tho most of
these old claims aro held j now by a
few, who havo bought them up for
about fifty cents on the dollar, and
however hard it may have been
on the original holder the pre
sent' holder can wa.it nnd not be
j tho loser. We give.this a3 a crum of
comfort. Of course a tax will bo le
vied to meet these deficiencies, but in
our opinion it will be some timo be
fore such a levy will be mnde. It is
no fault of the present State Treasur
er, that we know of, that the money
has not bee i paid us. He found the
deficiency staring him in the face when
he took charge of his office, at that
timo over twelve thousand dollars.
He paid four thousand dollars of it,
and a tax lor the balance has never
as yet been levied.
The Black vilio Sun.
i A copy of tl c first issue of the
above named Journal reached our
Sanctum yesterday. This dors not
do credit altogether to the artisan
ability of our friend I lall, but under
the circumstances, is as much ns could
be expected. In the hurry of getting a
mess of pir. into digestablo shape and
tho ambitious desire to he out as enrly
as possible, tho *S'iot did not wait for
all tho clouds to disnppenr. We hope
next week to see her shine out bright
nnd clear.
Tho editorial and local columns
show the versatile pen of our old asso
ciate. May he prove more succcshful
than Phaeton, (Myth.)and find no Ju
piter in the guise of a Blackvillain.'
Itittiiurs oT War.
Rumors of war In Europe have
been coming across the Atlantic with
more than usual frequency during the
past two weeks.; First came the
troubles ^between Germany and Bel
gium; and scarcely bad the alarm j
thus occasioned, subsided, when the J
visit of the Czar to Berlin seemed to
afford fresh cause for apprehension.
Matters which under other circum
stances could scarcely have attracted
public interest at all, are now twisted
by the fertile brains of newspaper
correspondents and the nervous cicite
ir'ont of public opinion, into the most
Certain prognostics of wars and desola*
tirons. There can be little doubt, in
<.eed, that sooner or later, war will
/tako place betweon the two great
military powers of Europe;'that thero
will bo dosperato contest, as to
whether France or Germany is to bo
the-despot of the continents "? At the
same time it should be remembered,
that the other great nations are de
termined, for the present, at least, to
prevent the outbretk, and stave off so
great a calamity. While this spirit is
in the nscendant it is the itti lost folly,
as well as inconsistent with moral
rectitude, to dish up sensations out of
(every word, or action ofBismarck,
I and to interpret the vague threats of
talkntive Frenchmen, as the fiery
breath of revenge that only bloo. .an
quench.
The Business ok the Would.?It
is poor consolation in adversity to
know that we are not alcne in our
misery, such as it is, however, our
iron manufacturers may take it to
themselves. The depression of the
iron trade is general throughout the
world. The production of pig-iron in
Scotland was less in 1874 than in any
of the last twenty years. At one time
there were only thirty-two furnaces
blowing, out of 132 erected, and the
production, 400,000 tons less than iu
1870. Russia, notwithstanding its
nctivit}' in railroad building; imported
only 5,221,000 pounds of rails, against
7,119,000 in 1873. In Prussia the
large steel works of Krupp has dis
charged some thousand workmen, and
tho Borsig manufactory of engines at
Berlin?the most extensive in Ger
many?has had to protect itself by
taking a similar step. East mouth
^^flarcest. A'js'r'0'! inan;?f^.???^ ?fq
W^IWHfc Sigl, dispensed with 2,000
bands, for the reason that it had
neither orders nor sufficient working
capital. The Government, however,
iu true Austrian fashion, remedied
both misfortunes hy advancing capi
tal to the works, and by earning some
of the railroads to give extensive
orders for rolling stock.
Food for Lean Women.?If any
one wishes to grow fleshy, a pint of
milk taken belbro retiring at night
will cover the scrawniest bones* Al
though nowadays we see a great many
fleshy females, yet there arc many lean
and lank ones who sigh for the fashion
able measures of plumpness,' ami who
would be vastly1 improved in health
and appearance could their figure be
rounded with good solid flesh. Noth
ing is more coveted by thin women
than a full figure, and nothing else
will so rouse the ire and provoke the
scandal of one of the "clipper-builds"
ns the consciousness of plumpness in a
rival. In cases of fever and summer
complaint milk is now given with ex
cellent results. This idea that milk is
"feverish" has exploded, and it is now
the physician's great reliance in bring
ing through typhoid patients, or those
in too low a state to be nourished by
solid food. It is a great mistake to
crimp the milk pitcher. Take more
milk and buy less meat. Look to your
milkmen, have large-sized, well-filled
milk pitchers on the table each mcnlf
and you will also have sound flesh
and light doctors' bills.
On a visit to Gen. M. W. Gary, is
bis brolhcr, Dr. Tom. Gary, of Ocala,
Florida. Dr. Gary hits lived in
Florida fur seventeen years past, dur
ing which time he has not seen the
brolhcr whom he now visits. He is a
physician of great skill and promin
ence?and is Mayor of Ornln. Dr.
Gary is eminently bright and genial,
so much so that even in the course of
bis short sojourn among us, troops of
friends have sprung up around him.?
Ethjofidd AdvertUcr.
Eleven wagons, heavily loaded with
the County records, have arrived in
Blackvillc from Bavnwcl1. The re
cords arc now in the Blackvillc Court
House, the titles to which have been
reinvested in the people. There is
great rejoicing.
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G??PS ESTABLISHMENT.
OUR PLATFOR
IHE LARGEST: ASSORTMENT?ami il
ways to maintain it in Dry Goods
Hat*, Clothing, Shoes, &c.
THE MOST FASHIONABLE STYLE'S?
Whilst we will always have
"plain and medium Style?" for
those who prefer them, yet ne
will aim to he up with the high' ,
est fashion with a large portion
of our stock.
Tli? Lowest Pricee?^one ??n
boy goods Cheaper than this
Hou.se. None watch the bllsines*
closer. None do as large a busi
ness in our line. Hfiw can any
one then sell as cheap? We con
fidently believe our Prices are
really Lower than any where
else. . i
The Bept AttenioTi?Oor 8rd?*
? men' will not littrrv\n enstomer
?? Titrm6Wtn?o'ncoirng*rJiiti ?Uti
suit, and thus make (in exchange
necessary; neither will wr m-II ah
article tl at when examined at
home will prove unsatisfactory.
xTlirtliei"?Our New Hrick Kstahlish
lisbment and Show rooms is a
model of convenience and com
fort, being pronounced by every
body to be the largest of it* lind
in the State. We most cordially
invite a generous public to pass
judgment on our taste and skill
by a personal inspection of *lhe
premises mid stock Our friends
far and near are a.*snred that
everything that patient determ
ined cllbrt can do will always bo
? done to keep our Douse at the
head of the trade.
Lots of NEW STYLES in
SUMMER WEAR
FOR
Ladies, Gents and Children.
S?ecial Notice.?A new lot of tHC Celebrated DIAMOND Per
feet fit SHIRTS arrived
T. KOHN & BROTHER.
T. KOHN & BROTHER.
T. KOHN <fc BROTHER.