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s Gr&figcbttrg, S. 0,i Oct. % 1873. LARGEST CIRCULATION IN THE COUNTY. cnaiige Contract Advertisements, notice fitt^ be given before Monday noou. Our friends wishing to have advertisements Inserted In the TIMES, mu.-t hand them in -by Ijwuflsy morning, 10 o'clock. x % ADVERTISEMENTS will be InBorted at th e rcto of one dollar and a half per square fo r the first insertion, and one dollar per square ft* each subsequent insertion. . JUbera!*terms m*de with those who desire to advertise for three, ?ix ?r twelve months. jjjgk. Marriage notices and Obituaries not exceeding one Sqnore, inserted free. fin . . , Henceforth, all Legal Ad vertisements, of County 11 Interest, whether notices brothers, will he publish ed ?for the benefit of our ;/jriBaclers whether they are paid for or not. ' '."?,.". SUBSCRIBERS Will have their papers regularly mailed. Send us new names, build up our paper, and let every household in the County be a supporter of our enter AD VER TISEBS Will find it specially to their interest to give us their cards. A conspicuous notice will attend each advertisement To build up the interests of our merchants la the'aim of the "Times." ' ? ? LATEST. A favorable turn in the tide of money affairs, causes business generally to wear a moro cheerful aspect. Currenoy pay ments are being Blowly resumed, and Stocka arc advancing. In a few weeks welook for cotton to bo "King" of the situation. -^JThe' Bads, to gain the Charleston ?lection, have created election precincts, and refuse to state where they are. The Conservatives made a gallant fight yes terday. We hope to chronicle their vic tory in our next. jk GREENBACKS "GONE UP." ?* ? A colored depositor called at the office of the Saving's Bank to inquire into his account: "What's the matter?" en qulered the teller. "Greenbacks is gone up, and I'se call to see 'bout it," ENTERPRISE. On the banks of the Conga rec- there is ' a shingle and stave factory in full blast employing (we are told) 800 hands.?*! Messrs. Montieth & Co., are the proprie tors. THE WIDESPREAD ALARM Has caused many ridiculous reports in the interior concerning tho solvency of our banking institutions. We feel safe in saying that the precaution of the Southern banks in checking a run, is both wise and necessary. The assets of al most every legitimate bank in our State coyer fully the liabilities' add to this the certainty of relief which must come from abroad, and the full cotton and rice crops ? that are ready for market, and we see far less of danger than if it was at a time when there were no crops to fall hack upon. Cotton is gold, and will command it to a certain extent. Our banks have yet thirty days to hold out, and they can do much in that time. Time and pa tience will bring the State out of tho storm, battered perhaps, but alive. THE FINANCIAL CRASH A thousand speculations are rife, as regards the cause of this general and wide-spread crash, which, in a singlo week, has convulsed the monetary world, und produced a wilder rout in money centres than could have been expected from even the declaration of war between this country and Great Britain. Begin ning with Jay Cooke & Co., of New York, like the heavings of an e?rth quakc, its throes have .upset thousands of | Bankers, and banking institutions, and its convulsive surgings will roll on, and break, until thousands more, great and small in commercial lifo, will he bn gulphed in the vortex of certain ruin.? No event has caused such fearful fore bodiiig.n-^-uo precaution, cau avert the doom. Tbe knell of Wall Street .is eclio iogfrom the St. Lawrence to the Rio Qrande. "What the end will bo is uncer tain ; how dire ita effects on every inhab itant of the country is yet to be learned. But in all this the people of the South may learn a lesson' of wisdom, and while the responsive throe of -despair may be heard in our borders, it may prove the probe, that drives , deep into a curable malady of indifference to ourselves.? Since the beginning of the war it has been the aim of Northern speculators to suck up every spare dollar of Southern earniogs, and well have they succeeded in keeping us poor with their schemes of life insurance, fire insurance, railroading and manufacturing. A moderate esti mate of the drain on Southern thrift, in the matter of life insurance alone, may be put down at 850,000,000, which has been paid in premiums to be invest ed in Northern securities. Add to this thrice as much more for fire insurance ; and still add millions invested in .rail roads and Northern stocks, and we see a mountain of gold, which, if it had been i.talned with us, to create home enter prises, would have made us defiant of the ruin that threatens both North and South. What security has the South, except parchments of promises to pay. What satisfaction ? in thinking that its hard earnings Jinvc been consigned to strangers and unkind hands, when our own section needed every dime to help us along. The*game of Wall street has been one of speculation?no substantial basis outside of fluctuating bonds, which, in the keeping of rival corporations, found a market as often as a chance to speculate and make money offered. A shrug of Vauderbilt'a shoulder would ex cite wildest fears. Money then must be had?bonds must go. Confidence is lost, and ruin follows. The banks become drained ; money is withdrawn from cir culation, and in the confusion every one looks out for himself, and "Nick" takes the hindmost. The cotton crop is ready for market, but there is no money to* move it. .Merchants are pressed with maturing notes. Belief must come, or they too must go. Factors have no mar ket for cotton, and ? the banks to ward off a smash close their doors. The storm is upon us, and we may*shorten sail, but many a gallant craft will be crippled Let the Southern people from to day take heart, and be resolved to cut loose from Northern securities. Put I every dollar where it can be watched and directed, and with each recurrent cotton Crop, they may add to home wealth, and plant, and bank, and insure for themselves. There is intelligence enough, and honesty enough, to save ourselves from another such black month as September, 1873. ? A VISIT TO THE CAPITOL. September is not the time when Co lumbia shows to best advantage, at least, such a September as is going through the hopper of financial ruin. Yet there is a picturesque beauty investing the city, which renders it among the most desira ble, pianos for residence. The approach from the South through rolling fields, dotted with neat cottages, and enlivened with grazing stock, the subdued tint of distant yellow hills, fringed with a not work of fencing, enclosing the browning crops of autumn, and the dark-green of the far off forest, mnrking the Congaree, is not vory unlike tho city of Richmond. ^Arriving at the depot, a hubbub and clamor, from a score of hackmen inform the traveller of as many hotels as his fas tidious taste may demand. Selecting his conveyance, he jumps aboard, and away he is whirled over the solid road up town. The city is regularly laid off with wide streets, few, if any of them, narrower than Broad Street of Charles ton. The brick drains are in good order, and sure to carry off the rain-fall effbetu ally. The sidewalks are mostly fringed with ample shade trees, and in some por tions of the city, thore aro middle rows of trees, affording abundant shelter from the sun. A peculiar feature of Columbia is its private dwellings. ThcsA aro gen erally only one story high, built of wood, with porches in front and piazzas to tho West and South. Tne palings need whitewash sadly, which, if applied wouldl bo in,.' lovely coutrast to tho abundant] green of garden foliage, which adoroB nl-j most every house. There are still tant the mansions of ante-bellum Splen- j dor, but these 'with tho magnificent gar dena attar.hed^re no longer (except \m a few cases) in the possession of those] whoso hospitality and refinement adorn-j ed society. The# wand of fortune, haw shifted the scene for a new set of actorsa Tho unfinished State House is coverall with a temporary r?of that sits like a worn and battered hat on a noble bead, j and around the site, are-blocks of graiw ite, both rude and cut, ready for theiw place, The ceaseless rumble of truck, and vehicles, that give to other cities a.] busy hum, is here not heard en accouut of the natural roadway, and except on . Main St., (Richardson,) the stores aro\ unpretending in size and appearance.? j "Trial Justice" is a famili?r sign, and is j a reflection upon the good order of. the j city, or a vocation moro honorable than remunerative. Hotels abound; the prin cipal of which are the Columbia, "Wheel er and Central. The two former, exte riorally being hancrfbrno and spacious. Main Street has risen from the ashes, and affords a fine view of iron fronts. -The stylo uf buiidings is-airy and chaste. The ! Central National Bank is erecting a range with mansard, roof estimated to cost I $60,000. "Tho Southern Life Insurance Company," will occupy a portion of this structure. The "Southern Express Co." is laying the foundation of a fine build ing. ' The Federal Court House and' Post Office, is being built of hewn gran ite?and other -structures afford full em ployment to mechanics. The elegant" stores* of R. C. Shiver & Co., J. H. Ki nard & Co., W. D. Love & Co., and C. F. Jackson, are foremost in Dry Goods. Many large establishments in the grocery and hardware line show full shelve?. But trade is dull?miserably dull?the clerks show an ennui, and the proprie tors dream of Bills Payable, as elsewhere all over the land. The Baptist .Churchy where the Ordinance of Secession was < passed and. repeal od, is a tmbstatHmH brick structure. A fine building on Marion Street is going up for the Meth odist congregation. While upon Main Street we visited the elegant gallery of j Messrs.. Wearn & Hix, Artists. The courteous senior led us.through to the third floor, where a display of portraits | and landscapes, from the brush of Mr. Hix, feasted our eyo. Dr. Trezevant of | Columbia, and Gen. Kershaw, of Cam den, were faultlessly perfect upon the canvass.- The variety of artistic execu tion here is in advance of any gallery outside of Now York j and is owing no less to the latest appliances and improve ments, than to the masterly skill of the artists. Their Charcoal Pictures are chefs d'otjvre, and card photographs most exquisite. LyBrand's Musio Ware house came next in order; there a "Knabe"-grand, was under the touch of Prof. Era'Zawadle. The piano which gave forth music "free of metal and wood," responded co the genius of a master. Going by Taylor St., wo strolled where, I in spite of thrift aud energy, the destroy er*a track was yet visible, on blackened walls and ghostly chimnies. Returning, wo wore informed that the title of "Cam den" had been applied to tho street bo lately passed. For the benefit of stran gers, we would suggest that ono namo is enough for ono street. ' Columbia, like Washington, lives a brilliant but short career each year, then relapses to a tame quietude. The harvest of Columbia is the famine of the State. Her social wealth is removed'beyond the blight that infests the public places, and the line of dem ark at ion between tho rulers and tho ruled is as plain as the ruins which .war hath -made upon the landmarks of tho Past. A Remarkable Scene in South Caro lina. A gentleman who has traveled exten sively in the South since tho war relates some rich stories of his observations in reconstructed South Carolina. The fol lowing, given verbatim, will show one of the happy results of negro suprem acy: Riding one day through a sparsoly settled section of the district then rcprc psentod in Congress by A S. "Wallace, I {was surprised to find nn unusual assem | blage of men, on horseback and afoot, at a 'cross road' to which I was approach" j ing. At first view it appeared to ho a sporting match or a militia muBter, hut p(ju reaching tho spot I perceived that the [ magnet of attraction for the assemblage was an old fashioned family carriage, ! drawn by a pair of cadaverous mules, I which stood among tho chinquepin bush es by the roadside. On tho front seat of ; the vehicle sat a little weasel-faced-man, Lwho had upon Iiis lap a huge apouut book, in which he made entries, as from I time to time ho received small packages of dirty shinplasters from the bystanders. [ Behind him, reclining at full length, was ha -big, barley negro, whose feet (literally l&foot each) were elevated so that they BUmost brushed the ears of the little man R&fAmazed at this extraordinary exhib ition, I asked a gentlemanly looking person for an explanation. 'Oh, it is .only a tax gathering/said he, and with ! a smile, 'Wo are paying tribute t? Cse 'sar?old Casar Moses?whom you see ll&'.the carriage.'. 'Why, havo you a.col jored collector?' 'Yes sir or rather I should say Governor Scott has a negro icollector. Wo have none, the white i men of South Carolina^sir, have very I little share in the selection of the oificials who govern them.', 'But who is tho lit ^tie man that seems to be doing the busi ness?' 'He is a low fellow, sir, formerly ?i grocery keepor's clork. Ho now acts |as coachman and clerk. for the, darkey. {Old Casar, who can not write his-own name, is obliged to give half his sallery to iScruggs to attend to business for him.' &Whnt salary docs he get ?'. 'One thou sand dollars and perquisites. During Uhis conversation old Casar, arose to a ?point of order. A meek looking country jonn had asked if State money would be Received for taxes. The negro was too ljurunk to eit upright, butdicard the ques tion, and pulling asido tho curtains, he presented n bleared, sonsunl countenance svhich ought to procure his admission to flic penitentiary without a warrant. ,No! No, sir-ee 1, he began in a maudlin tone. ?Wo don't take no State money: we Jfon't want dat trash. Don't want nuflin ?ut the greenbac, we don't. You jist jfork out dc greenback, dat's all wo. ask if. you.' i^Jhc coachman, however, had been VnR?phig' u grensy cupy-of the" statutes, Und he now whispered to his employer that State money was receivable for State taxes. "Don't kno, nuffin 'bout dat," growled the jnegro. *I know my business. Snm Melton, the Atturning Gincrl, he told me not to take nuffin but the greenbacks* Dat am my gospel. You feller, just fork out dem stakes, dat's nil," And present ly he subsided into his free aud easy po sition, with his feet at tho little mau's ears as before. The latter disregarded his ordors and took tho farmer's money, being evidently accustomed to old Cesar's ways. I had seen a good deal of negro rule in the South, but this spectacle saddened me notwithstanding its ludicrous features. From my observation I am satisfied that every dollar paid for taxes in Sotr?h Car olina runs at least twenty diflarent risks of being stolen before it reaches the Treasury and is certain to be stolen after it gets there. communicated. Carry out the Liquor License Law. Mr. Editor:?As we have a new board of Town officers, there is a matter to which we would call their attention. That is the enforcement of tho Liquor License Law (commonly known as the Tupper Law.) According to tho re quirements of that law, Council cannot grant a license to any one to sell liquors in less quantities than a quart witll out the applicant complies with these re quirements : 1. Ho must havo, above what is requi site for his own and family's use, two beds, with good and sufficient bedding. Also, stable-room and provender for.at least four head of stock; aud muse be ?supplied with good, wholesome and suffi cient diet for travellers. 2. Ho must not havo a screen. ,3. He. must not keep othor goods, waves or merchandize for snle in the same building. , 4. His application must bo nc^mpan ied by a certificate signed by six respec? tarle freeholders, living in the neigh borhood of the place where the liquors aro to be sold, to tho effect that ho has complied with' tho necessary require ments of tho law. 5. He must give bond. Theso arc somo of tho requirements necessary to obtain u licenso to sell liqu ors, in quantities less than a quart, and un less those requirements nro complied with in every particular, "CpUllcil cannot grant a single license and maintain their oath of office. The enforcement of this license law is required of nil municipal bodies by the law itself. If Council has the interest and im provement of the town at heart (and there Is no doubt of that fact) they will en force this law and rid Orangeburg of some, if not all, of these nuisances and low holes which infest it- in the shape of barrooms. Let us see this law, as well as all others, enforced, and their will be no obstacle in the way of the improvement and growth of Orangeburg T. TOTAL. . At a meeting of the Temperance Society of. this place, held on Monday evening last, the following officers were elected to' serve for the ensuing term:. W. P., L. H. Wannamaker, W. A., Miss G. L. Nenfter, R. 8., W. P. Branson, A. R. S., James Tuoker, * F. S.,F.S. Dibble, Treas., Miss M. E. Albergotti, > Chap., J. S. Cuttino, Con., J. A. Edwards, A. C, Miss C. C- Neuffer, I, S., TV. P. Spencer, O. S., James A. Hamilton. communicated. DIVISION ROOM, ) Pine Grove Division, S. of T. ) "Whereas, It has pleased Almighty God, in his inscrutable Wisdom, to re move from our midst by sickness, of which he was a martyr for many months, our friend and Brother? F. C. O. Miller, but while we bow in humble submission we are constrained to drop a tear of sor row: Be it,, therefore, -Resoved, That In the death of Bro. Miller this society has lost a zealous member; the church % consistent Christian, and* the community a good neighbor. Resolved, That this. Division wear the usual badge of mourning thirty days. Resolved, That a blank page be in scribed in our minute book to his mem ory. That a copy of these iiroccdings be sent to his family, and that they bo published in the Orangeburg Times. ? . ELIZABETH F. PHILLIPS, Secretary. By order, ? " ' Edwin F.. PniLLirs, W. P.. Road And Profit Thereby. . We claim*' for -the Weed M? chine that it is. first class. That it can do anything possible for machinery to accomplish in needle work. That it is 1 from 815 to 825 cheaper than any Oihcr 1st class machine. Three medals at the World' sfair. JOHN A. HAMILTON, Agt. We copy the following, relative to the*Weed Sowing machine, from the Hartford Daily Courarit, of the 16th inst,.' In yesterday's issue we Announced the -re turn home of Mr. George A* Fin r field, super intendent of the "Weed .Sewing Machine Com pany, who has rcrjrre.?ented ? that company u! the Vienna Exposition. A personal interview with Iii i u satisfies as of the justice of the com. Pony's claim to the man rar honors at vtesna. Air E. brings with Iura the Official Cata logue of Awards at the Grout Exposition, in which his flame appears as having recoived a Mahl for Oo-oppcraton, In producing and per fecting machines. This medal is given "to persons who,- as managers ef ranmifac^?B, are.nominated on the part of the exhibitors on account of the leading part they have taken in the features of excellence of the productions." ?Noother sewing machine company or rep resentative thereof received such an award,, and this settles the point beyond diRput? that the Weed company lead the world in superi ority of machines and in mechanical ability. ? In addition to this grand award, the Weed Company received a "Medal for Progress," the highest award made to any other Bcwlng ma chine ? also, a "Medal of Merit"?the third^in the list of honor. Thus it will be seen that tiro Weed Sewing Machine Company of this city havo receivod the Three Highest Awards at the Vienna Ex position of 1873, one of these being suprerior to any and all others issued to any exhibitor in their line of goods. The Weed Company also received the High est Prize given to American Family Sewing Machines at the Paris Exposition of 1807. Hartford may well feel proud of this organ ization, and also of its supcrintcdent, who has achieved such credit for the company and done honor to our city in the eyes of representatives from every part of the world. NOTICE ALL Persons wishing to tako part in tho Tournament and Rifle match, to be held at tho Annual Fair of tho Orangeburg, A. & M. Association in October, will please hand in their names for tho Tournament to Mr J. Geo. Vose, and those for the Rifle Match to Mr. Wm. V. War. Number of Knights will be limited to tidily, and Riflemen to one hundred. Entrance fee tor the Tournament $2,60. Entrance fee for the Itibemcn $1.00. Tho money collected from Knights and Riflemen will be awarded as mon ied prises in addition to thoso offered by the Associntion. . T. A. JEFFORDS, Superintendent. ' TO 3^is]sra\~7 MacMABTER'S BRICK STORE, .ON Rusaoll Street. Apply at ? ?"TIMES" OFFICE. Oct2,187?- 33 It A QUESTION AND AN- T SWER. WHY IS IT THAT THE WORKING cliura of this community buy their Gro ccrica from I' S. Alberft-otti's Storo Corner Russell Street andl Rail Road Avenue. ANSWER:! BECAUSE they have found Out thai. hU goods ?ro CHEAP and FRESH, which cna ables them to get as much for.ONE DOLLAR, os they get for two at otler stores. ?Call and examine stock before purchasing ' elsewhere. ? ? . BQL. Goods delivered, free of charge. Jan. 1, 1873 11 Jy COUNTY FAIR, will Open OCTOBER 28. AND CONTINUE POUR DAYS. ? ? ? ??? ADMISSION 5Qets, Chil dren, under twelve Jiall* price, GRAND TOURNABIETJT, 2d DAY. Rifle-OTatcht 3d "Day DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES 4TI* DAY, COMMENCING .12 31. FUL.L. BRASS BAND AND OUT-DOOR AOTUSE METO EACH DAY, For particular-' apply to "D J UJSCTOIW: W. F. BARTON, President F. 11. W. BRIGG MANN, . L. R. BECKWITH, SAMUEL DIBBLE. PAUL S FELDER, J. L. MOORER, .T. G. WANNA MAKER. cotton gins. fTtHE UNPE^STONFD IS AGENT FOR, : JL the celebrated Prizc-Mcdal Taylor Gin, uf which he has sold 2"> in this coTinty. Also, the Neblett & Goodrich Gin, highly recommended by Col. D. W. Aikcn nnd others. . On Lsn'1.' One 50 Saw, and One 45'Saw ? TAYLOR GIN. aud One 42 Saw, NEBLETT * GOODRICH GIN, . RUBBER BEIiTING famished ?i Agent's price*. J. A. HAMILTON? July 10, J873 ?1 ?f -, BRICKS I : BRICKS 11 BRICKSH! rpiIE UNDERSIGNED RESPECTTTflLMr Informs the public that be is now prepared* ta? furnish BRICKS in any" quantity. All ordert will meet prompt attention. J. C, EDWARDS. may 1 73 ly L. E. CONNOR & S?ST WHOLESALE AND RETAIL GROCERS AND GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 093, Kino Stkeet, CHARLESTON, S. C. . (P.O. Boy 206.) WE MOST RESPECTFULLY INVITE the attention of our friends and the pub lic generally, to our assorted stock of Groceries; which cannot be surpassed, neither in quality or {iriec: Our prices are low. Merchant* and farmers will do well to .call and examino our stock, before purchasing elsewhere. >We guar antee satisfaction. Having given special attention for . the pa$t two years to the sale of cotton, wa are prepared, to sell at tho highest market prices. Consigri mcnts solicited. Wo will also nxxsivo for. sale or shipment, all kinds of domestic producer Being truly thankful for past favor^ w?f ea>; ncstly solicit a continuance of same. P. 8.?All business entrusted to mir enro shall meet personal and prompt attention. Sept. 18.J873 81 2?a