Orangeburg times. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, April 09, 1874, Image 2
Corruption 1ms poisoned tho ballot box
and elections arc held at the point of the
bayonet. It has entered tbe jury room,
the repository of public justice, and vir
diets, like a common commodity, nro
bought from and sold by American jury
man. "Wealthy litigants by bribery,
control the justice of tho courts. Tho
honored profession Of the law can no
longer boast of its purity or its dignity,
but numbnrs its mendicants by thousands,
who prostitute the solemn pledge of their
office to villinny and fraud. The sanctity
of tho bench has been invaded by the
appointment of a venal judiciary, who
^manufacture decrees according to the
prescriptions of nionicd combination and
political rings. , Public offices, onco the
positions of honor and trust, have been
converted into places of profit and given
to partizaus who look more to tho per
quisites to be enjoyed than to the duties
, to be performed. Legislatures, carica
tured by some as public monagri es, are
more properly filthy marts where the
people's rights are.battered for the peo
ple's money under the sanction cf law.
And worso than all, this political prosti
tution, aided by scifishncss'nnd material
ism, is silently sapping the honor of
private life and destroying tho moral
bonds which hold society. Yet should
these poisonous elements, springing from
the barren sands around the old Ply
mouth Rock and nurtured in the pulpits
of sainted New England, to change "the
human countenance into some brutish
form of wolf or bear, or tiger, or bearded
goat;" if they by physical force and un
constitutional laws ."manacle reason and
imprison will,?yet, virtue, that divine
attribute of the soul which makes it im
mortal, shall yet be free to teach us "how
to climb higher than the cheery chime;
or if virtue feeble were, Heaven itself
would stoop to hor,"
Such a character of. the southern
citizen maintained in its purity amid the
political corruption by which wo are
surounded will give us a history that
absorb all human thought and admiration
in every country and in every age. Cor
ruption for awhile may ride over tho
land upon the back of ignorance; negro
Bupreraacy may cripple the energies and
depress tho spirits of our people; many,
who defended the Southern flag upon the
battle fields of Virginia and the West,
may become traitors to principle, join the
rauks of our persecutors and calumnia
tors, and grow fat upon the spoils wrest
from a comrade; yet the time will come
when this dishonest regime, which like
parasites gnaw upon the body politic,
shall end. Then northern fanaticism and
Southern treason will stand rebuked be
fore the .splendid life and character of
the true southern citizen.
NEWS ITEMS.
The Massachusetts Legisature is still
unable to agree upon a successor to Suin
ner in the United Senate.
It is claimed that one thousand granges
will be established in Georgia by Janua
ry 1. 1875.
The Darlington Southerner learns that
every one of tbe German immigrants
employed by Mr. 11. P. Williamson have
left him.
Thomas H. Willingban, of Southwest
Georgia; plants three thousand acres of
corn aud two thousand acres of cotton'
this year.
M. C. Brown, the father of Gov. Brown
of Georgia, and a soldier of tho war of
1812, died iu Cherokee County, Ga.,
aged eighty-seven.
The Lynchburg Virginian says that
never since the war has tho tide of North
ern immigration set so strongly toward
Virginia as at present.
The Richmond Enquirer thinks Vir
ginia is recovering more rapidly from
her prostration and desolation by the war
than the most sanguine of her sons at
first expected.
Texas has two new lcfial holidays, one
2d of March and the 21st of April. The
first is the anniversary of Texan indepen
dence, and tho second that of the battle
of San Jaciuto.
The Michigan Legislature has agreed
to submit tbe question of woman suffrage
to the people. As thie will afford tbe
first opportunity of a direct popular vote
on the subject, the result will be looked
froward to with interest.
Tbe Legislature of North Carolina has
passed an act entitled, "for the better se
curity of human life." It provides that
any person who manufactures, sells or
deals in spirituous liquors as a drink, of
any nnmc or kind, containing foreign
properties or ingredients poisonous to the
system, shall be punished with five years'
imprisonment in tbe penitentiary. The
certificate of a competent chemist shall
ho prime facie evidence against the offen
der. .
mmm times
ORANGEBURG, S. C, APR. 0, 1874.
STEPHEN B FOWLES,
EDITOR AND BUSINESS MANAGER.
LARGEST CIRCULATION IN THE COUNTY.
B55u We are in ho vay responsiblefor the rieics
or opinions of our Correspondents.
Our friends wishing to have advertisements
inserted in the TIMES, must hand them in by
Tuesday morning, 10 o'clock.
IleiiC?iox'tll? a*" icgai Advertisement*
of County Interest, whether Notices or others,
will be publudied for the benefit of our leaders
whether they are paid for or not,
SUBSCRIBERS
Will bnve tbtir papers regularly,
mailed. Send us new names, build up
our paper, and let every household in
the County bo a supporter of our enter
prise..
COUNTY TREASURER J. L. HUMBERT
Wns on last Thursday arrested and
committed to the County Jail Upou a
warrant issued by theState Treasurer, for
an alleged failure in paying over State
taxes collected by him. The State Treas
urer's warrant was issued in accordance
withChapt, 17 Sec 36 of the Revised
Statutes. This section provides that
"any County Treasurer who shall neglect
to pay over to tlio State Treasurer the
amount in his hands belonging to the
State, or for which he has made himself
liable, shall be liable to be committed to
jail by a warrant from the Treasurer
which warrant shall be directed to all the
Sheriffs of the State, who shall be bound
to yield strict obedience to it under pen
alty of liability for neglect of duty; and
such County Treasurers shall remain in
strict custody until he shall have render
ed a full account and paid over the taxes
for which he is liable," The warrant of
the State Treasurer alledged a failure on
the part of Humbert to pay over sixteen
thousand dollars, for which he was accoun
table to the State.
Upon this warrant the Treasurer was
committed to jail about 2 o'clock. At
four o'clock the petitioner sued out a
writ of Habeas Copus, upon which he
was brought before Trial Justice J. Fel
der Myers and James P. Mays. Mr.
Kuowlton appeared as counsel for the
prisoner and moved to discharge him on
bail,"ou the ground that theseetion above
quoted was unconstutional." The cotiusel
relied cheifl/ on section 16 of Article 1
of the Constitution, which provides that
"all persons before conviction shall be
bailable by suficieut sureties except for
capital offences."
Malcolm I. Browning Esq. acting So
licitor, appeared for the Mate. Mr.
Browning objected to the discharge of
the prisoner upon the ground that the
section above quoted was very explicit in
its terms and required that the County
Treasurer be "committed to jail" and
"remain in strict custody until he shall
have rendered a full account, and paid
over the taxes;" That this was a coercive
power given to the State Treasurer to
compel the County Treasurers to account
for the people's money collected by thorn;
thai the prisoner was not entitled to the
benefit of the Habeas Corpus as was
show by section 1 of the Habeas Corpus
Act chapter 118 of the Revised Statutes
and that the prisoner was not entitled to
his discharge under section, 16 of the
Constitution, since ho was not in custody
for any alledged offence, but under this
special coercive power conferred by law
upon the State Treasurer, which was in
its nature final.
The Justices reserved their decision until
8& o'clock in the evening to which time
the Court adjourned. At that timo the
Court reosscmbled and announced their
decision to be that prisoner could be dis
charged upon his giving a bond in the
sum of Ten thousand Dollars with sure
ties for bisapperanco at the Mny term cf
the Court of General Sessions.
The bond was then filled out and signed:
Mr. Browning for the State objecting to
most of the surities thereto. \\ c arc in
formed that one of the surities signed
himself as agent for another. This to a
criminal bond was commented upon as
rather unusual, if not entirely illegal and
void. However the bond was approved
and the prisoner was discharged.
[communicated.]
Orasgeburq, S. C, Apl. 6,1874.'
Mr. Editor:?A writer in your paper
of tho 2nd, over the signature of "Repub
lican," advising as to our duty in
the comi?g campaigu, magnanimously
saddles upon the white people a part of
the censure for our present condition,
nnd very kindly exonerates the colored
people from all blame for the crimes'
which have disgraced South Carolina.
Ho upbraids the whites on account of
their "imprudent sulleniiess in refusing
to recede from their position of hostility
to tho government"; but thinks "the
colored people were ignorant and have
been fooled."
Now Mr. Editor with all duo deference
to the opinions of the writer I must mild
ly say that I differ slightly with him, and
briefly rccoid my reasons for so doing.
In the first place the negro is not the
fool some take him to be. He is much
more of the knave than the fool in every
respect. He upholds this thieving gov
ernment, by no means, through innocence
or because he is fooled into it, but he
does it willfully, and because he believes
he will be benefited by it. Ho believes
that high taxatu n will finally break up
the" white farmer, and throw the lauds
into his hands, and he intends on this ac
count to uphold it.
He has no thanks whatever to bestow
upon the thousands who have, of their
own accord, divided up, and sold their
lands to hi.n.
The writer speaks of tho whites refu
sing to accept office at their hands.
Will he cite a single instance in which
the negroes have offered office to a white
man, without requiring him first to pro
nounce himself a Republican, which
whatever it may menu in the oyes of the
intelligenten the eyes of the negro means
nothing more nor less than to go with
the majority, that is the negro part}.
Besides, I understand that some promi
nent men in our County have taken tho
pill without sagar, joined the leagues and
bended the knee, nnd done everything
else requi red by tho Radical .party, who
have not yet been honored with even as
much as a corporals guard.
The negro therefore makes, as there really
is, but two parties, the black mans party
and the white mnns party; and the sooner
we accept this fact, the better it with be
for us, especially if it makes us abandau
for ever tho cringing policy which has
cursed us since the war, and look within
ourselves alono for relief.. It is a scrioufti
question weather half of tho whites or
one tenth of the blaoks know the differ
ence of meaning between Republican
aud Democrat.
In South Carolina it is no longer a
question of party, but it is reduced to
one of nice, and the blacks and not the
whites are responsible for it.
In 1870 the whites came to the negro,
and invited hint to un'te with them in the
establishment of nu honest government,
but he presiatently refused. It was not
because the negro was ignorant, for the
subject was thoroughly explained on the
stump by Kcrshaw, Rutlcdgc and others.
In the campaign the whites almost
unanimously voted for and supported
negroes for office, but the negroes wero
nearly a unit against the whites.
Did "Republican" think of this when
he spoke of "the whites refusing to recede
from their hostility &c", and of the
blacks seeking advice from their old
masters nnd being refused ?
I have always been kindly disposed
towards tho negro. I always believed
that his emancipation was a blessing to
the South. I think it right that he
should enjoy equal political rights with
the whites, nnd I think if he would ac
cept of the system of cumulative voting
and minority representation now, that
we should cxteud the same rights to him
when we have a white majority, but I
think that any further stooping to him,
unless ho first comes to us, would be
worse than degradation on our part.
If we wish relief from our wretched
political condition we must cease crying
for help from tin U. S. Congress or the
negro. Both of theso elements rejoice in
our humiliation.
We trust look to our own pockets and
energies, and never cease sacrificing and
working, until we mnko the whites out
number the blacks.
Wo must organize at onco County Im
migration Societies. Divide up all the
lands we can spare into 50 acre lots, and
sell them to tho Immigrant on ten years
credit.
Ry so doing, Rail Roads will cross our
country in every direction, villages will
spring up on every line, cozy cotages aud
thriving farms will be seen instead of
our dilapidated plantations, nnd South
Carolina will reach a state of prosperity
unsurpassed in her balmiest days.
Tho day of policy has passed. Immi
gratiou is our only hope. Cmo.
[For the Oranoeroro Times.]
Among many others I visited the hall
of the Temperance Society on Monday
night last, and enjoyed the rare privoiige
of witnessing a thriving order promotive
of vast good, and hearing a graceful and
forcible address from the Rev. J. B.
Campbell. 1 need only say that not a
word was lost, and the eloquent speeker
made a lasting impression. The cause
of Temperance has few friends among us
compared with its vast claim upon the
sympathies of the public". No evil has
more general support than intemperance
in tho tacit consent of the world to its
^cureeful sway, and the friends of temper
ance should enroll on its side against the
enemy.
The So. Oa. R. R. Company.
Mr. Editor:?"We observe by the
Charleston papers that a meeting of the
stockholders of this Company will be held
next week. It has been urged by many
of the stockholders that dividends should
be declared by the directors, inasmuch
uas the earnings of the road are so great.
But it is well to remember that the Com
pany is in the condition of a man who is
^largely indebted, althought in receipt of
a large income, and the only question is,
shall he, under these circumstances, use
his income to reduce his indebtedness, or,
spend it on himself, and thus run the
?risk of alarming his creditors, who would
seek by legul means to secure their money
by a sale of the debtor's property. The
stockholders, however, are the owners of
the Road, and the)- must decide the ques
tion ; we only throw out these suggestions
for what they arc worth.
The directors of this Company have
-doubtless made some mistake in tho past,
but they are owners of a large portion of
the stock, and certainly would declare
dividends if they thought it their interest
to do so. We think too much indiscrim
inate blame has been attached to them;
the present efficient condition of the road
which is due to their management .should
be called to mind whenever their mis
deeds are cited, for we can only get at
-the truth by hearing both sides of the
question. PfiNNA.
DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI
TED STATE for the Eastern Dis
trict of South Carolina?In Bankruptcy*.
?In the matter of William P. Witt
Bankrupt.?To whom it may Concern:
The undersigned hereby give notice of his
appoiutmcet as Assignee of William P.
Witt, of Orangeburg, in the County of
"wimgebnrg and Stato Of South Carolina
within said District, w ho has teen adjndg:
ed a Bankrupt upon his own petition by
tho District Court of said Dristrict.
Dated 23rd day of March, A. D. 1874.
C. B. GLOVER.
Assignee.
QlUNGEBUllG ACADEMY
FOR
GKmJLS and BOYS
AT THE NEW FA IK BUILDING.
TERMS PER MO STIL
Primary Department.$1.50
Intermediate.82.00
English.83.00
English with classics.$1.00
Music Extra.
JAMES S. HEYWARD,
Principal.
Jan 8 1874 tf
Dr. J. P. Frwa.?Being sworn, tart. I pr.vluaieJ at Uta
UolveriUypf Penn'?. In IU3. and afttr30 ytara'tiperiment,
perfected IJr. Kitler'? Vegetable Rheuma*lo
Syrup and Fills, which i guarantee an infallible cure
f r Paine In Head. Luogf. Back. Heart. Limb?. Kerront7Kid
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JOHN A HAmX-TON,
HAS JUST RECEIVED A SUPPLY OF
PHOSPHATES,
ATLANTIC MAPES
?
ATLANTIC ACID,
also
Peruvian Guano,
At lowest market rates for Cash.
JOHN A. HAMILTON
May 29, 1873 16 tf
?OF THE
SOUTHERN LIFE INSURANCE CO*,
MEMPHIS. rl'ENNX January1,1874*
ASSETS. . \
January 1st, 1873?deducting premiums not reported.
INCOME for the year 1873.
Premium Receipts and Interest...
disbursements for the year 1873. ;
Denth Loss and Dividends.
Purchased Policies, Taxes, Commissions, Advertising,
Salaries, aud all other expenses
Assets January 1st, 1874.
LIABILITIES. >
Net Value on Policies in force nnd on losses reported
to tlie Company.
Surplus to Policy Holders.
$1,133,843*5
1,643,249 7^
285,393 85
243,672 56
^ -. z?fk
, % V 0
?$,777,09270
'.') ;-i !!?*'?
529,06641
?2^48,026 35
?1,843,38^70
? 804,640 69.
ii.n. , .,,, ?
ATLANTA DEPARTMENT
Southern, Life Insurance Company,
J. B. GORDON,
President.
a. II. COLQUITT,
Vice President
J. A. MORRIS,
Secretary
ATLANTA, Ga, Marciii, 1?74?
In order that our patrons may be kept fully informed relative to tho security and progress of
the Company, on vdiicli thousands arc greatly relying for the future welfare of the families, vre
take pleasure in submitting the foregoing statement, which we trust may be a/i satisfactory to
them as it is gratifying to in. , ,
During the year 1873, the income of the Company was $1,643,249,70. whilst the total outfer
of the Company for the same period was $529,000,41, leaving the net inoorno for the year gl,llf,
183,29, augmenting the assets of the Company to $2,248,026,35, January 1st, 1874. llhc cnti'r.j
liabilities of the Company, at same date, embracing the reserve on policies in force and losses*
reported and maturing, amonnts to $1.76,943,385. which, deducted from assets, leaven a surplg*,
as to policy-hold?rs, of$304,640,69. T
In view of the monetary panic dnring tho four last months of the fast year, at .i time, tooy
when our receipts should be the largest, it is n source of satisfaction to the management o??;?
gratifying evidence of confidence of our patrons, that ths Company is among the tew that anowa
increase of business and n^e'ts. Commencing the past success of the Company as an earnest of
continued prosperity, we earnestly solicit the cooperation of our patrons in extending ouVbrjkftvsttr
and usefulness - A. II. COLQUITT, Vice Fresafent. ! .
HAGOOD&TREUTMN, Gcnl. Agts. Columbia. Ap. 2-2mi
_
1874 SPRING TRADE 1874
T. KOHN & BB0. ^
ARE NOW OPENING TIIKIIt
NEW SPUING STOCK.
And can confidently assert that they are
EVER before Exhibited in Onsngcburg, which are the refills of Cousual Favorable I'lireTiaUcS1
in consequence of the present and post I'rcKSurc npon Trader
DRESS GOODS, PRINTS. EM Pitt M DERI ES, Xf>T((Y%*,
WHITE GOODS, PEUCALES, 11? >USKK EEP1NU GOODJf Ac* *ev
OF the Fincft and Riches Materials and the latest Novelties in style and Designs of tin* nelson's
Wear. An elegant Stock of la ly's Neck Wear, Tie-?. Collarettes, S.'arf<, Ru.-hcs aud Belt*
in most Select and Becoming designs. SVe have added to ?>:ir n'.tvvW Immense Stock of
BOOTS AND SHOES *
Comprising the Latent Styles of Lndis' < Jailers, (tents' Sh >es and Roots.
Our Stock of
GENTS' CLOTHING, HATS, AND FURNISIIINE GOODS
IS Superior to any ever offered by ih.
We earnestly call your attention to the above facts and solicit a VISIT of Insptrtfon, We
being able to offer far more Valuable I iduccmeiit* than ever bc'brc presented, and ?och :n nil
not fail to claim the Patronage ofall who study Economy in connection will, llie Finest'({ii?ittjr.
TIIEODOBE liOH V & BROTBfiE.
Apr. 9, 1874 NEW ST?RE
COME ONE .COME ALL
AND EXAMINE MY PINE STOCK OF
BOOTS AND SHOES,
WHICH I am now offering to My Patrons at very reduced rates. By buying direct from the
Manufacturers, I am able to Sell a FIXE SHOE at a very low price, "l hate al! Styfo of
SHOES to suit the purchaser. ?** *? '
IN addition to lily Shoe Store, I have a Select Assortment of
Fresh Groceries.
Wide' I am ottering Low Down.
T. 55, jBOYI>*S
Nov. 13, 1873?ly
For Oheap Tobacco,
At 8 plugs for SI.00
At 9 plugs for 81.00
Go to storo of
John A. Hamilton
A Southern House.
GBO S HACKER'S
DOORS, SASH _A.nd
Blind Factory.
King, Opposite Cannon Street,
Charleston, S. C.
The only house of tho kind in this City owned
aod managed by a Carolinian.
A Large Stoek always on hand, and sold
at 20 per cent, less than Northern prices.
address,
Geo, S. Hacker
Clictrleeton, S- C
P. O. BOX 170. Oct. 30?ly
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Send fbriyice Lttt.
LH. HALL & CO,
Minu/k(turmtcJ)ttlmV?s JB
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H . CHARLESTON,
This cut entered riccordiog'to Act of CoBjyr^
in the year 1873, by I, Hi Hall & Co., in tbf
office of the Librari an of Congyc?, ftt Wi*fy
ngton*