The times and democrat. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, July 22, 1886, Page 7, Image 7

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FORCED APART _\ By W. CLARK RUSSELL. Author of the "Wreck of the Grosvenor," "A Sailor's Sweetheart," Etc CHAPTER X. THE ACTION. At ten of the forenoon the Frenchman lay ! plain on the sea, with colors flying, muske teen in her tops, and hor bulwarks black with the heads of her men. A big frigate She -was, of the graceful shape which the British were all too slow fb copy in their dockyards; and the Gallic cockf. in her hen coops might well have swelled sheir throats with dorisive screams when they beheld the English sparrow sailing down to grapple with the hawk. The first shot fired came from the frigate, when sh;> whs still out of reach of the Cleo patraN ^uus. Cuthbert saw the glance of yellow dame and the smother of white smoke; the ba.l whirled up a little pillar of froth out of the sra close alongside, and then came tho report, dulling i:s sting against the wind's teeth. ??My lads."' exclaimed Sir Peter Grahame, standing at the quarter-deck capstan with his hat in his hand, ''yonder ship is the Guerriere. "Nono of the enemy's ships has done more damage to our peaceful merchant men than she. She is a big nut to crack, but our heels are shod with British iron, and we'll grind the kernel out of her yet Hold on all till you get your orders, then make one man of yourselves. Now God be with usl" A cheer like a broadside was given; the helm put over, the loftier sails furled and the Cleopatra drove on toward her enemy. The Cleopatra's flying jibboom pointed due amidships of the Guerriere; then by length of a spoke was tho wheel put over, round swept the Guerriere's helm, tliat she might rake the Cleopatra as sho passed under her stern. But lo! the brig, twisting on her keel like a yacht, put her nose at tho revolving Frenchman and blaze 1 blaze!, wont her two bow chasers, and down came tho flag of tho republic, along with the gaff and a sputter of canvas shreds. A minute later the ves sels lay broadside on to one another, as close as two houses on opposite sides of a street; and simultaneously from both of them leapt out a line of flame, with a roar as of a moun tain rent in twain by an earthquake and tho smashing and splintering of woodwork, while all between was smoko. Now had tho action begun in earnest, and a sight for Cuthbert to remember was the deck of the English brig.- Calm as a statue and as steady Sir Peter Grahame stood some fathoms forward of tho wheel with powerful voice and slight gesture of tho arm giving his orders. You would have said that ho had eyes all over his body?eyes for the helms man at the back of him and tho yards and sails above him; for tho grimy seamen sweating at the guns and for every toss of the arm of tho gold-laced French commander shrieking, after the manner of his nation, from the raised after-deck of his ship Now the English captain began to see that he should bo ovormatchod if he did not lay the Frenchman on board; for his eighteen pounders could mako no fight with the enemy's heavy artillery, and there was small chance of prize money and the glory of a gazetting unless *tho boarding pike and cut lass came into play. But as he gave the order to man the weather braces to sheer tho brig alongside, his foretop mast was carried away, aud all his head sail with it As a running man, shot in the leg, falls a cripplo and slues around in a helpless state, so the Cleopatra, doprived of her forward canvas, rounded np into the wind's eye, whereupon the Frenchman sailed clean round her, drenching her with both broadsides in rota tion. Tho second dischargo was a murderous volley; for a ball smashed the wheel and killed the men at it, and a bullet hit Sir Peter Grahame under tho arm, and ho fell, mortally wounded. At the beginning of tho fight Cuthbert had stood at tho foot of the mainmast unnoticed by officers and crow?in the furious excite ment and spendid horrors of tho scene for getting self?eager to help, but in his igno rance not knowing what to be at, when a cannon ball struck a seaman in the back, and threw him forward with a heavy smash, where ho lay dead as dust, with his face a mask of blood. This was the first man killed; but scarcely was ha down when a gunner leaped from tho breech ho was patting and tumbled backward, moaning' shockingly. "Help mo carry hint below!" sang out a voice; and, with a sick heart and damp fore head, Cuthbert buckled to the worst bit of work a sea fight gives. He had returned on deck for the twentieth time, and was at Ms former post, ready to do what should be wanted, when tho foretop mast fell, with its heap of sail and rigging, aud the brig shot round; and in a fow min utes the Guerriere pourod in tho first of her two deadly broadsides. ' Ho heard tho grapo screech past him, and beheld tho carnago of it; and then he saw Transom, with his hand to his ear, rush forward and call upon tho men to clear away the wreck, and "bear a hand, or tho brig would be taken." And all the while the Frenchman was sneak round to bring her port broadsido to , and her small-arms men and topinen were discharging volleys of musketry at tho small band of Englishmen on tho brig's fore castle. Then, before the staysail could be hoisted, the Guerriere pound her second tre mendous storm of flamo and thunder and iron into the devoted brig. Cuthbert saw the captain fall, and sprang aft Ho placed his arm under the dying man's head to raiso him. "Too late?I am bleeding inwardly!'' ho gasped. "Tell Lieutenant Transom to strike? drag my body abaft the skylight?they are too many for us?my poor men!" Then came Transom rushing aft with de spair in his face, for ho had seen that tho wheel was gone and their case was hopeless. Beholding tho dead body of Sir Peter, ho started back, gazed despairingly around him, and buried his face in his hands. "Tho captain's iast words to mo wore that I should toll j ou to strike,'' exclaimed Cuth bert. "Yes, yes," groaned Transom, "it must be done. God help us! Half our men are killed ?the wheel is gone?I must stop this car nage.*' And he went aft with a tottering and, grasping the signal halliards, hauled down the colors. Tho Guerriere, to leeward, was working up to rako the brig again, but when her men saw the English (lag hauled down they sent up such a shriek as uothir g less than tho cap ture of a line of battle ship could havo jus tified. "What! all this clamorous exultation over the defeat of a little ton-gun cruiser of one hundred and twenty men by a great thirty-six gun frigate of three hundred men! But a shout rarely provoked may well be a loud one. And what was Monsieur's plight? It is known that tho Guerriere had eighty men killed and one hundred and eicht wounded in this action. Tin; sun shone through her sails like a lamp through a sieve; her mi/./.en mast, foretopgallantmast ami jibboom were gone; her figurehead smashed, and part of her bulwarks in splinters. She looked to the full as much a wreck as the Cleopatra. And if there is anything certain in naval history, it is that, could Sir Peter Grahame have put Cuthbert saw the captain fall. his brig on board the Frenchman, disorgan ized by havoc, he would have carried her. So let us fling the union jack over tho valiant dead, find with reverent gratitude thank God that they were our countrymen. CHAPTER XL JENNY CONFESSES. In Mr. Strangfield's yard brisk business was doing. On stages round tho skeleton hulls workmen were sending up a clang of 6aw and hammer. He walked sedately about, his hands clasped bohind him, pausing often, and challenging the men's work with eyes I which they had good reason to believe could [ coo through an oak plank. He rebuked no j jest, ho was deaf to songs; but if ever a hint of scamping showed itself, iu front of the sinner he stop?od, and stored at him, im movable, with face of wood, which method of correction was as effectual as storming in immediate efficacy, and in the long run more prodigal in good results. Indoors, in the same sitting room in which wo havo sat with' Mr. and Mrs. Strangtjeld, Jenny was at work on a gown, which, you know, in that ago had short sleovos, and a waLst just under tho bosom, and a bravo breast opening for th6 divulgencc of sweet secrets. This was a gown that Jenny herself had made, and toiled at with love and smiles and many a soft whisper; for it was to be put aside to furnish, with other work of her pretty Angers, her wifely equipment when Cuthbert should tako her home. But as she sat over it now she would leave her needle in the stuff, while her chin sank into the hollow of her hand, and her dreamy ayes looked out through tho open window upon tho people in the market place. There was trouble enough to sadden her. First of all, her father had not spoken to her that morning; with a sullen aversion of head ho had declined her kiss, and, with an iron manner turned from her. Then her mother was peevish and short, irritated by tho alarmed curiosity which Jenny refused to gratify, and wagging her head at her for an obstinate wench. In pensive posture was she musing when her mother came actively into the room, with skirt tucked up for kitchen work, and face red with scolding aud serious cooking. To mildor natures than Mrs. Strangfield's ?and truly mild was hers?has tho "general servant," or maid of all work, as that ago termed tho Thing, proved a steady vexation; and thero was no moro obliging, idle, willing, neglectful, tearful and ignorant slut in Grey stono than tho Polly Baggs who "did" (in several senses) for the Strraigfields. "There's no trusting tho creature a mo ment !" cried Mrs. Strang field, leaving tho door open that her voice might carry to the kitchen, and making Jenny a moro excuse !or a parenthetical attack on Polly. "Will you boliovo It??tho knives are not yet cleaned; tho slattern hath left your father's new boots all night in the scullery; and not a bedroom touched." "Still a dreaming?" she exclnimod to Jonny. "What with Polly's sinful idleness and thy moping face and dreadful swooning, I scarce know which end of me is upright Tell me now, Jenny, if?well, well, say yes if I am right, then. Was it not Mr. Shaw whom you cried out about in tho bedroom?" The girl turned her pretty oyes upon her mother, and answered under her breath, "Why should it be Mr. Shaw, mother?" "Nay, nay, it was?I seo it in your face!" called Mrs. Strangfleld, with a little burst of triumph. Jenny was silent "Tell mo it was?toll mo it wo?. I shall not bo angry, Jenny." "It was," replied Jenny. "Now, Jenny," eoutinuod Mrs. Strang fleld, leaning forward in her eagerness, "toll me in two bttlo words, what is there between thoe and him?" "Mother, I told father last night that you and ho shall bo answered, but not by me?" "By whom, then, Jenny?" said Mrs. Strang field, coaxingly. "See, my dear, I am not angry; I do but want tho truth. Your fathor is in a bad way because of your stubborn ness. Mr. Shaw is a pleasing young gontle man, and the Lord forbid that I should quarrel with a man of his quality for?for?" Hero was a long pause, and then insinuat ingly, "Now wilt thou not help me, Jenny f "Mother, mother, is it fair to press mo in this way?" responded Jenny, with a bewild ered look, yot with something like spirit quivering in hor mouth. "Neither you nor father will bide. He has not heard me, and yet he judges. How cold and hard was he to mo this morning! Oh, mother, I havo a secret?it will make hiui angry, und I feal hiinl I Uavo not cuuragu to toll it myself, but it shall bo told you. Oh, be sure, mother, you ^hall know it." And now speaking thus, more fully than mere thinking could realize for her, did she feel the secret shiver and bitter fear that made hor crave for Cuthbert's presence and support when thu moment of disclosure or discovery should arrive. Somehow, it had become a habit with her to believe that when tho secrot was told to her father, he, in his deep wrath, would turn her from tho house?a notion built by her terror on tho fierce severity of his judg ments on human weaknesses. And uf this conviction, intolerable to her when seized with sense of loneliness, tho pain and shame and misery were only to bo mitigated to her imagination by her resolve to hold her tongue until Cuthbert was beside her; that, should her father drive her from his roof, her husband's hand would be in her's. Mrs. Strangfield stared at her us a stranger might. Of this lovable child of hers?this sweet and placid girl, whose pure soul workings had been heretofore as plainly figured in her lovely face as clock work shows in a crystal box?she ou a sudden could make neither head nor tail; for a virtuous and holy reason, indeed! that rut question of her child's honor could arise. Tho fall of tho moon or tho drying up or the sea sooner than such a thing. And not hitting upon a secret ninrriagd, what, then, could remain but love? which, to bo hugged as a mystery, to hold tho tongue obstinate, to ?et a body swooning, altogether passed her simple understanding. No wonder, therefore, was she puzzled and stared with perplexity. With her honest wita at work she tried her hand a', a solution. "If you are in love with Mr. Shaw, and letting him court you slyly, your father will certainly bo angry when he hears of it; be cause he does not like under dealing in man or woman, and would think it unpardonable in thee, who shouldst know better. But this I may say, child, that though I should agree with your father in thinking ill of a secret love, I would not allow him to say too much to you, nor set his face against tho young man. You are fit to bo a gentleman's wife, as I have told him over and over, aud if you will just own all to me, Jenny, I'll break it to him as his wife should know how, and tho rest will be easy, my dear. / am not averso to Mr. Shaw?quite tho contrary; though what his father will say is another matter. But, then, 'tis no business of ours. Young Mr. Shaw is a handsome youth, and not accountablo for his father. -Indeed, if he truly loves you, he will attend chapel, which would win thy father's heart You needn't smile. I have heard of a man turn ing Hebrew Jew to marry, and if a man can deny the Lord for love of a wench, surely Mr. Shaw may easily become a Baptist" Jenny's amile quickly faded. It seemed easy to say tho few words, and if thoir effect could begin and end in tho kind-oyed mother who watched her, long agd would thoy have been said. But when she thought of her father, her throat grow dry. In the midst of tho silence between them, both actively thinking in wide-parted ways, there fell a substantial knocking on the house door; whereat up jumped Mrs. Otrang field, to see to her cap and gown, and square up all dishevolment, whilst Jenny's heart thumped wildly, and the work fell from her lap to the ground unheeded. "Now, surely," exclaimed Mrs. Strang flcld, "this cannot be Mr. Shaw who should have come last night!" and she looked at Jenny's white face with an air of comical fright, for, loudly as she talked, she was sin cerely afraid of Michael. Presently in floundered dirty Polly Baggs, with the bustling importance a bad servant assumes when she thinks she has something of consoquenco to deliver. "Pleaso, missus, you're wanted." ""Who want* me? Did you answer the door with that smut on your nose?. Oh, for shnmo, you baggage! "Who is it? Bo quick?be quick! Don't you see you're keeping them waiting?" "It's a gentleman," said Polly, surlily pass ing tho whole longth of her arm over her face in pursuit of tho smut, which she suc ceeded in lodging under her eye, ""Well, show him in." "Ho axed for master fust" "Show him in, I say." TVho should appear, bowing gravely, his soft hat under his arm, and his light hair oiled and brushed into a cone, but Dr. Shaw's English master, Mr. Saunderson. Mrs. Strangfleld favored him with a swift courtesy, and Jenny also prettily bent her knees, though fear made that an easier job than stiffening them again. "Pray, sir, take that chair," said Mrs. Strangfleld, with fussy politeness. "Do you wish to see Mr. Strangfleld? Ho is in his yard, and shall be called at once, if you please. Ho hath much business on hand just now?two vessels building, and an order re ceived ftir one yesterday, and likewise a gal ley for Mr. Jackson, of Mount Zion." With much doliboration, undisturbed by Jenny's beauty, at which ho flung several respectful, ardent glances, Mr. Saunderson put his hat on tho tablo, divided his coat tnils, and sat himself down. That ho was in no hurry was oasily seen, which very con siderably, in Mrs. Strangfield's oyes, height ened tho mystery of his visit "I am truly glad, madam," said he, "to hear Qf tho flourishing condition of your 'husband's business, and would on no account have him summoned from his duties. You and your charming daughter will, I am sure, bo as fully competent a3 he to answer the question which has occasioned my intrusion upon you." "Indeed, sir, we shall be glad to oblige you in any way in our power" "You are most considerate. I must tell you that Dr. Shaw, of Gro3'stono school, with which academy I nm nt present asso ciated, is much troubled about his son, Mr. Cuthbert, who, I beliovo, is known to you?" This he said interrogatively, looking first nt one and then at the othor of them. Mrs. Strangfleld gavo her daughter a quick glance and replied: "Mr. Shaw is known to mo by sight, sir, but I have not tho honor of a speaking acquaintance with him." Mr. Saunderson olovnted his eyebrows. "Why, then," said ho, "I have been greatly misinformed. I was told that Mr. Shaw visited here, and was on tho most friendly footing with your family;" and ho looked at Jenny with a smirk that gavo a large mean ing to his words. "Whoever said that spoke what is en tirely false!" cried Mrs. Stronghold, indig nantly. "Pray, sir, who gave you this pioce of news?" "An old woman named Mead, ma'am, who lives behind tho market yonder. I was di rected to her as a gossip who has all facts concerning thLs town nt her linger ends. Says sho: 'If you are hunting after Mr. Shaw go to Michael Strangfield's house?tho wooden houso by tho boatyard. It thoy choose to speak thoy can tell you all you want to know." "Mrs. Mead Ls a shocking false speaker and is most unbearably impertinent to uso our name in answering you. Thero is no truth in what she hath said. If you seek Mr. Shaw ho Is not here." "Still, ma'am, I trusted that you?or you, miss?might know of his whereabouts. Last evening he left his father's house and has not returned. If ho has run away he has gono foolishly to work?slyly and foolishly, ladies ?for no man has soon him, and he lias left with nu more clothes to carry than what are on his back. It Ls idle to suppose that ho is dead, fur the cliff has been searched and tho sands under the cliff, and nil about the country wc have sent our big buys and somo men, and no sign of hint visible." Jenny sat motionless, staring at the speak er with unwinking eyes. "However," continued he, slowly taking his hat from the table and rising, "it is plain that he is not here, and that you know noth ing about him. His loss will be a heavy blow to his father, who had great hopes of hint; though, for my part, I cannot help thinking that he kepi him too much under, and so forced him, after a manner, to leave his home." ? but what is thought, sir? What doth his father thinkf" exclaimed Mrs. Strangfleld, too much interested to notice the growing strangeness in Jenny's eyes and the singular blanching of her lips. "Why, Dr. Shaw cannot conceive what has become of him; he is in a bad way, and thero is no school kept this morning. Quite a sad ness has fallen upon the boys, who talk to gether in subdued voices; for Cuthbert Shaw was a kind young gentleman, much loved by us fill. As to what has become of him, f have my own opinion. Last night, a little before nine, I saw him leave tbo house, dressed more qucerly than ever I had taken notice of in him. Shall I say shabbily dressed? That was it, ma'am ? Ho was undoubtedly annoy ed to find mo posted at tho gate, and ad dressed mo very hurriedly, and was glad to make off. Now, I can put two and two to gether as well as another; yesterday afternoon it was that ho spoko to mo of being weary of his life under his father?not precisely those words, Mrs. Strangfield, bat his meaning. Now, what would his disappearance, repre sent but the true significance of his language to me?" Having delivered himself of which, Mr. Sannderson bowed low to Jenny, saluted Mrs. Strangfield and went away, expostulat ing with the elder lady for coming to the door with him?though politeness was not so much her reason as a resolve to favor him with further views of her own respecting Mrs. Mead before she let him out Now, gen roe had sho re-entered the little sitting room when sho uttered a shriek and ran forward' to her daughter, whoso aspect was one that might well excite a mother's terror. She stood rocking herself at tho win dow, with both hands upon her heart, and her face of the dreadful whiteness of the dead. Mortally wounded sho looked, with her languishing eyes. "Oh, my God! what is this, Jenny!" cried her mother, flinging her arms around her. "Was he so dear to thee, thon?" No answer came from tho pale lips for somo moments, only hard struggles ior breath, with now and again a littlo moan. "Oh, Jenny, rest thy poor head on my shoulder! Oh, little hands, how bitterly cold! My lamb, my pPetty one?hath he betrayed thee? Why wore you not bVavo to speak out your heart's secret to me? Whis per now, whisper now, that I may comfort thee." "Mother, I am his wife!" the girl answered, and with a mighty effort overcame the nausea and the darkness of swooning, and drow away from her mother and stood orect. ?(TO BE CONTINUED.) RELIEF! Forty Year? a Suffeueu From CATARRH, WONDERFUL TO RELATE! 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Up to July 1,1885, this shows a pain of no less than ?i:i 214,580 over that of the corresponping period hist year. In June alone" its mortuary receipts ex ceeded ?250,000, of which over ?(50,000 went into the Reserve Fund?that triple buttress upon which the association justly prides itself. This reserve now amounts to ?125. 000, and is employed for three purposes only?to pay death claims, if any should occur In excess of the American Experience Mortality Tables; to make good any poss ible deficiency in the Death Fund Account, and to be apportioned among those who have been members of the Association fif teen years, etc. As the first and second contingencies named are not likely to arise, the third object is the one upon which the fund is practically expended. It is. full of other good points, among which may be mentioned the economical salary list?less than ?50,000 for carrying on the whole work of the vast institution?and payments t<> widows and orphans at the rate of over ?2,000 cash cash day.?From the old and conservative New York Daily Journal of Commerce, July 10, 1885. With the Annual Report of the above Company is attached a large number of Deatii claims paid from February 1882 U February 1st 1880, representing all parts of the Union, amountiugto?l,G85,!!00.UU from, this list we take claims in South Carolina which have been paid : Valentine R. Jordan, Wesl Wnteree. ooo. .Ino. S. Small, Grahams. ?1,250. llcnrv L. Krause, I'oii Roval, ?l,2"n. .1. B. T<h1iI, Due Wesl ?2,300. Win. II. Whilden. Jaeksonbmo', ?."?,n?o. E. Parker, Abbeville, g5,000. A. S. Barns, Wallciboro', ?2,500. Em'l Xehemias, lieaufort, ?1,500. J. S. ALRERGOTTI, Agent. Feb. 25-finis. IXS1KK VOnt PROPERTY WITH KIRK ROBINSON, AGENT. COMPANIES ALL FIST-CLASS AND RELIABLE. LOSSKS PROMPTLY AD.Il'STEU AND PAH). COLLECTIONS PROMPTLY ATTEND ED TO. 1 am still selling Brick, Lime, Latlis, Hair and other Building Material. ALSO I am now^nepared to furnish Coal and Wood in any quantity. All orders left with me shall have prompt attention. No dravage charged. Give me a trial. July 20- KIRK RORINSON: South Carolina Railway. /Commencing on May 9t?, 1886, Passengei \J Trains will run a- follows until fur ther notice : greexvillk e'.pkess Going "West, Daily Through Train.' Depart Charleston. 7.20 a m Depart Branchville. 8.31 a ni Depart Orangeburg. 0.14 a in Depart Kingville. 9.50 a m Due at Columbia.10.33 a ni Going East, Daily Through Train. Depart Columbia.5.27 pm Depart Kingville.r>.07 p m Depart Orangeburg.ri.4S p in Depart Branchville.7.25 p in Due at Charleston.y.00 p in accommodation local tha1n. Going West, Daily. Depart Charleston.:.3.10 p in Depart Branchville.7.05 p m Depart Orangcburg.8.12 p m Depart Kingville.0.08 p ni Due at Columbia.10.00 p m Going East, Daily. Depart Columbia.0.30 am Depart Kingville.7.18 am > Depart Orangeburg.8.12 am Depart Branchville.9.00 a m Due at Charleston.11.00 a ir j wat ekeight and passengkk train. Going West. Depart Branchville.0.43 a m Depart Orangeburg...*.8.12 a m Depart St. Matthews.8.48 a m Due Kingville.9.30 a m Going East. Depart Kingville.C.13p m Depart St. Matthews.0.58 p m Depart Orangeburg.7.40 p in I Due, Branchville.8.45 p m ; camden train. West, Daily, Except Sunday. Depart Kingville.10.05 a n: 0.12 p in Due at Camuen.12.37 p m 7.42 p m East, Daily, Except Sunday. Depart Camden.7.00 a in 3.15 p m j Duo at Kinsgville.8.30 a m 5.47 p ni J augusta division. West, Daily. Depart Branchville? 2.35 a in 8.50 a in 7.35 p m Depart Blackville? 4.18 a m 0.45 a in 8.31 p in Due at Augusta? 7.3f) a m 11.33 a m 10.25 p in 1 East, Daily. Depart Augusta? 0.0? a m 4.40 p in 10.33 p m ] Depart Blackville? 7.30 a in 0.20 p in 1.42 a m | Due at Branchville? 8.45 a m 7.22 p in 3.15 a m Passengers to and from stations on Cam den Branch change cars at Kingville. Passengers to or from stations on Angus ta Division change cars at Branchville, | also at Blackville for Bamwell. Connections made at Columbia with Co-1 lunibia and Greenville Railroad by train ar riving at Columbia at 10.33 A. M. and de parting at 5.27 P. M. Connections made at Columbia Junction with Charlotte, Colum bia and Augusta Railroad, also In these trains to and from all points on both roads. Connection made at Charles ton with steamers for New York on Wednes days and Saturdays; also, with Savannah and Charleston Railroad to all points South. Through Tickets can be purchased to all points South and West by applying to D. C. Allen, General Passenger and Ticket Agent John B. Peck, General Manager. J. G. Postell, Agent at Orangeburg. rVoffee. Rooms Democratic Executive Com., ) Orangebuug County; > OllANGEIiUllG, ?5. C, JllUC 21, 1880. ) 4 CON VEXTTON OF TU E DEMO J Y CRATIC PARTY OF ORANGE burg County is hereby called to meet at the Court House, in the City of Orange burn, on Tbilisi" vy, July 22, 1880, for the purpose 01 electing delegates to the State Convention, which meets in the City of Columbia, S. C, August 4th, 188(5, and for the further purposes of electing a County Chairman, confirming Club nominations for members of the County Executive Com mittee, determining a plan of nominating candidates tor County offices, and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before it. The several Democratic Clubs through out the County will at their meeting for re organization elect delegates to the County Convention called above. The basis of representation will be, one; delega* at large from each Club, and one j delegate for each twelve enrolled mom- j bers, not counting fractions. It is request ed that the Clubs take a vote at the time of electing their delegates upon the Conven- i lions and primary plans of makingnoniina-; tion for County ollices and report the re- I suit to the County Convention through their i respective delegations. Dy order of Exccu live Committee. A. S. HYDRICK*, County Chairman. L. 11. WANNAMAKER, Secretary. Aoiice. J WILL RECEIVE PROPOSALS 1 until the 15th day of July, for the repair ! of the STAND at BLVXIKER'S CAMP 1 GROUND, with the following new materi al, viz. 10,000 boards or shingles, 3 feet \ long. 4 inches wide and ?!:, inches thick. S plates sxs, 45 feet long. 8 post 10 feet long. 7 posts 0 feet long. Together with such new rafters and laths as may be found unlit for use, when the old roof is taken off. Boaidsto be either cypress orpine, posts either Tat lightwood or the heart of black cypress,and not less than ten inches in diame ter at the top. Old roof to be taken otT and new cover put on. Plates and posts put in where needed. Every thing to be done in a workmanlike manner. Work to be com pleted In the 10th day of .September, 18X0. * IRA. T. SHOEMAKER, IJuilding ('oininlttcc, June 21- Midway, S. C. _ j niiitiml Aid Association Special Meeting. V MEETING oi THE ABOVE i *- Association will l>e held at Way's Hall in tlu> citvoii Thursdav morning July 22ml, is>i;. at "to o'clock A. .M.. for the purpose of considering Amendments to the Constitution ami By-Laws of the As sociation, and siirli other business as may be brought up. A full atteiulance of the members iu eaniostly requested. Ily order I or the President. KIllK ItOBlXSON, ' June UK-'t. Secretary. !\of ire. rV\\Y. UliANGEIH'UG UAI'TIST i Sunday School Convention will meet with the Canaan Sunday School, mi Friday before the third Sunday in July. All the Ltaptist Sunday Sehools in the County are urgeil to .-cud delegates and :i report of their year's work. Kev. D. W. Key will preach the introductory sermon, and several interesting topics will be iliscusscd. A pleasant and profitable meeting i-. antici pated. T. M. GALl'HIN July 1 Secretary. Instate r%"olici*. 1 I.I. PERSONS HOLD J X Vi i\- claims against the estate of J. F. COPE, deceased, will preseul the same properly attested, and tho.>e indebted to said Estate will make payment to tin: un dersigned. .1. A. COPE. June 21-U. Qualified Executor. Notice ol" I>i*iui?al. rpHIUTY J)AVS AFTERDATE I 1 will tile my final account with the Judge of Probate for Orangeburg County, as Executor of the Estate of A. B. Griffith, deceased, and ask for Letters of Dismissal. L. S. CONNOR, July l-4t Qualified Executor. SLAUGHTER THIS MONTH IN FINE DRESS GOODS. The critical time in the Dress Goods trade . of thoscason has arrived and HENRY KOHN will not delay the usual CUT Which he makes in the prices of his Spring Dress Goods Stock in order to close them out! Those who desire to get (he most for their MONEY always respond to my notice of "CL'T PRICKS." Cashmeres, Plaids, Albcrtross, French Dazes, Mikado Suitings and Tricot Cloths, have been reduced fully 'J.i per cent, to re duce the stock. 36 Fine White Embroidered Robes in boxes from ?2.50, 5l\7"> and ?:!, these prices are one half of former price. SHOES. HENRY KOIIN'S new Shoes and Slip pers, the best and cheadest stock ever offer ed in the City. NO SHODDY SHOES! NO TRASH SHOES! HENRY KOIIN'S stock of Ribbons and Laces, is beyond comparison, the largest and cheapest assortment in Hie City. UUGS, M.VTTIXGS AM) SHADES. Shade and patent rollers complete 73cents. Gents reinforced shirt-, linen fronts .">u cents. No list* in talking, HENRY KOHN leads i:, the ClothiiiM trade ror Men, I Joys and Children, be sure and look when you want a suit of Clothing, Thousands of Dargains in Corsets, Fans, Domestics, Cassimiers, &e., limited space forbids the mention uf. IT COSTS .^OTailAttTO LOOK, ^lt will save you money to do so. HENRY KOHN, i i LEADER OF LOW PRICES.