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TUE ORAKGEUURU TIMES, j /SM" \.< V.VKWY KlltllAy M?UXII.'O JJKliLiCUAMI? & K?\yA.!t!)8, Proprietors. STILES R. MELLICH AMP Editor. Terms of Subscription* One Grnry mie Year.$1 00 M " Six Monih?. 76 Rates of Advertising. fhir Sayare Ist Insertion.$1 00 Euch Subsequent " . 60 Xotices inserted in Local Column at 20c per Line. All Subscriptions and Transient Advertise ments to be paid for in Advance. ffs&~ We are in no way responsible for 1 lie views or opinion* of our Correspond tnls. Fill DAY, APRIL 25, 187?. Causes of Hard Times. There is hardly a doubt that there if tr.oie nuxirty about the means of livelihood, and less real happiness and enjoyment now than in tho dayj of our primitive simplicity. Our nncceters mny have been less dashing or demot strative in their nitdrs of living, hut tiny were by no n.er.rs lets happy or contented. While we enjoy nil the adv.ntagcR of modern science and inventions for our ci mfort, the cry of ha id times is no common sound. It may be p ofitablc for ua to en quire what may he the causes of these thauges. To us a few suggest them selves just here. In the first place extravagance, es jceiaily in dress, Inn taken a deep hold upon our people and brought with it its attendant miseries. Men Lave, to a great exteut, become slaves of fashion, and they bow obsequiously to its mandates no matter how great the sacrifice. In fact pride feels no pain. The milliner sways the world with tho power of a monarch, estab lishing the fashion, changing it at will, and all, from the king to the pemnut, bow cbtdhnlly at its shrine. The rich promptly follow its whims, and the poor, determined not to be left btlikd, struggle to keep up, aud thus care, anxiety and even distress is entailed upon the human raco. To so great an extent arc these follies of fashion carried, that our places of worship often present tho appearance of a variegated flower garden; aud doubtless many'are often denied the privilege of bowing e/r.-und the ?acted nltar, bccaune they hava not the cash to meet the de mands of the mighty sovereign fash ion. Hard limes must fu'.low if wo spend on gaudy tinsels what would produce for the suffering millions the necessaries of life. Another cause of hard times, as we have before mentioned, is the uni versal scramble to get out of the fields and ?eiks.ft places, and thus decrease the number of producer?, aud proportionately increase the number of mere consumers. There are too many men in the cities and towns and, too few in tho corn ami cotton fields. This is tho gr^at trouble, aud the best way to euro it i? for the farmer by proper cembina tious to protect his calling, and by making his products bring their true value, cause his occupation to be more inviting. The evil may .n!f<o bo cor rected to ?eine extent by wholesome legislation. It is- from the farmer that all wealth comei, and why is it that he is crying poverty ? Hie fine bl'ildings, court houses and stores in'every county seat come out of the field. Tho farmer put them the otd nobody ebe. W by then i* hv so pooi ami dependent ? I his is m ejuettiou it would be well for him to consider. One reason is that the few iu the fields aro supporting so many who aro running in the shade. "i bo third cause of hard times that we will note here, is official squan dering of the people's money, and large salaries to.the people's servants, ?Vieh literally converts them to the people's masters. We tay olhcial squandering be ciuieo it may not be classed us steal ing, as it is gene-ally dene legally. A glance at Washington would convince any one of the truth of Ibers allusion!'. Resides oi r high salaried law makers, thousands of cfficial followers live at easo, with little to do, out of the public treas ury. The employee* of the United States ccnctitutc an immense army feeding on the fat of the land, and supported entirely by the products of the field, the hard earnings of the unfortunate farmer. When we think of theso things do we wonoJcr at tho hard times ? JJbtory repeat* i|*elf. Extrava gance nvd corruption I uve always worked the full oi nations. Let us I ? b) tho lamp of experience, strike lit the; root of tho evil, and avert an impending doom. Tho Election Oases Go Over. In the United States Circuit Court on Tuesday, Judge Bond instructed tho jury to bring in a verdict of not guilty in the Barn well cases, on the grounds contained in the motion of Mr. Aldrich. District Attorney Northrop th.cn staled that this do j cisiou made it necessary to move for a continuance of all tho other cases uut?l the November term of the Court, on the ground of saving ex pense to the Government as well as I to the person* accused. He suhl that apparently the only reasonable course open to the Government was to re gard tins term of the Court as only preliminary to tho November term, nnd he, therefoie moved the continu ance of all the so-called political or election cases to the November term. '1 l.e Court grunted the motion, aud so ended tho election trials lor the present. Our Orangeburg managers did well [in saving expense b> keeping back the accused from Charleston until tlto last moment. They were ready and wailing when the news ol cent inuuuee came. We will now have the chance of good juries. The Next President. This is a subject that is attracting morn attention as tho time for the next campaign draws nigh. On the Kepublican side Grant has tho inside track, while on the Demo cratic side public opinion is divided between Thurman, Bayard, Tilden and others. To our m ind the prime object should be to shape oui policy, and to prepare the Democratic record for the struggle. This is of more im portance than the mere choice nl men. So far as the South is concerned she can well afford to be independent of the Presidency. Her province is lo purify the body politic, and restore the government to its constitutional limits, aud this being done all will b^ well. Ect not these grand questions narrow down to a miserable scrarn'i'e for oflice. The Test Oath. The iuicpiity of allo wing this tcfit oath for jurors to remain on the statute books of tho nation is clearly j illustrated in the recent election cases in Charleston in which a prejudiced Judge, fourteen years after the war, takes it up and uses it for partisau purposes. Judge Bond may prate as much as be pleases on his logal points, but he W( II knows that the juries obtained under its operation iu these cases were naturally prejudiced aud unfair. He knows too that no hon est Southern white man who lived here during the war could swallow the oath, and upon this the United states depended lor its success. It is a matter of encouragement that Congress is now grappling with this matter, and, as sure as the Dem ocrats stand linn, this biot upon our legislation, conceived iu Republican hato, will s ion be expunged. Congress. Nothing of very great importance is transpiring in this body beyoud the continuance of the army debate in the Senate. Senator Bayard has delivered a masterly speech on the Demociatic Hide. In tho House Mr. Stephens' Sub sidiary Silver Coin Bill, by which small coins are exchangeable lor legal tender to the amount of twenty dollars., has passed. A Growing Evil. The recent municipal election in Pick ens has resulted in a contest and dual government. Such cases are becoming too common, and indicate an unfortunate tendency. The only safeguard of liberty is the purity of tho ballot-box. If this is lo-,t, self gov - eminent is at an end. Let us guard it by nil tho means in our power, and keep back the wholesale demoraliza tion which is creeping upon us. An effort is on foot to raise fuuds to eroet a monument to the memory of Henry Tim rod which is certainly ju&t nud proper in view of t'ie valu able contributions hu ha? made to South Carolin? poetry. ' On Tui'fcday five colored convicts in i I.e. Penitentiary at (!olu in bia, whi'e working in the garden under the guards, broke for liberty. Two were re-eapturedj and one seriously wounded. The balance made their escape. Gen. I)ick Taylor one of the most distinguished men of the day, and well known in Confederate times for bis daring generalship is do id. Gen. John A. Dix, of New York, so well known in the political world is dead, MakuiKU? On April Flth 187'j.at the Residence of the Itrido's Father, ftyMlev. K. II. Graves, Mr. ;Joh*c Xetglcr to Miss .Mary F. Cnfhiev. AI] of Uraiigeburg County, s. C. BLACKSMITHING AND MOUSESHOEING. The undersigned respectfully informs tho public tlmt In- hut opened al the sbop op posite Mr. Joseph Hurley where n? i.Tpre pared io ili> all kind of work in his line on tlie shortest notice and in the best work manlike manner. .Ml work guaranteed to give satisfaction, and prices to suit ihepro sent liiuiM. W. ARNOLD, npr'l '?!?? ly. Fl J ? HALF V1 LI 1879. List of Articles fur which Premiums are otlVrtd by the Oran^ebiirg Agricultural ami Mechanical Association, to be ex bibitcd at the Floral Fair of raid Asfoui.i tion which will b? held on theSUdi of May 1879: Greatest variety of hot house Plant? exhibited by one person. Host collection of Plants. 2nd. But " oesi Fancy leaf Geraniums. Und. Best" " " " Piest Zonale 2nd. Beat '? " Best Seen ted 11 2nd. Beat Re<t Pel.irgomms. 2nd. Pest ' '? Best Fuchias. 2nd. Bent " Reft Fant:?1?. " Beaton ia?. " ColeotiH. " Single- Plant. " Rotes (cut Flowers.) Mixed Flower* (arranged.) Greatest variety of Vegetables. Best collection *' " 2nd. Best " " M Best Cabbages (not less than heads.) " Iriah Pot a toe* " Strawberries. X .7. is Il-EIDTwxS* Secret irv and Treasurer, O. A. & M. A. np'l_7t Reduction in Prices. PLUG TOBACCOS at 40, 45, 56, 65 and 7") cents ]>cr pound. RU) COFFEE. Raw I2J to 15 cents. Parched 19 cent*. JAVA COFFEE ."'.0cents, a prime article. HYSON and < >0 LOX (i TE AS, 75c to $ 1 line flavors. CUT-LOAF SUGAR 9 lb?. for $1, A WHITE STJOaK 10 lbs. e YELI.0W SUWAR II lbs. for $1, BROWN SUGAR 12 lbs. A lot of Smoked C R SIDES, and FLOUR I-nmi It and Kxira. LYE, "Family SOAPS, STARCH and SYRUPS. A GOOD BUTTER at 25 etH. 000 yardsofdark Prints at 5 eUt. a yard. GRAIN CRADLES and SCYTHE BLAUE6'. JOHN A. HAMILTON. Next to Henry Kohn. Mastsr's Sale. M. J. Mel). Whittcmore, Administratrix, v*. George Dispeau ct al.?In Common Pleas. JJy virtue of a decretal order in abovn entitled cause, dated March i7. 1S70; I will sell at public auction, in front of the Court house at Orae^eburg, S. C, on Monday, May 5, 1879, at i' o'clock A. M.. All that Plantation or Tract of Land, situate, lying and being in Orange Parish, in the County of Orangeburg, State of South Carolina, on the headwaters of Cow t astle Swamp, waters of North Ivlislo River, on both sides of the road leading from OrniiKcburg Courthouse to Charleston, containing -even 1.tired and eighty-eight (788) acre*. Butting and bounding to the north on binds now or late of John Buzzard and Adam Smoke, to the northeast by lauds now or hue of Adam Smoke and I>r. J. II. O't'ain, to the east on lands now or late of l>r.?l. H. O'Cain and Samuel Fairev. to the southeast on lands now or late of ihn said Samuel Fairev, to the south on lands now or late uf said Saiuuel Faircy and Dr. W. F Batton, to the southwest on lands now or late of the said W. F. Barton, to the west on lands formerly of .John II. Felder, but now or late of Edmund P elder, and to the northwest on lands now or late of Joshua Buzzard and John Hiizzard, ami having sinli shape as is represented on a plat made hyM.L Baldwin, D. S? dated l?th December, I Soil. Also, all that Lot of Luid in the Village of Orangebiirg, County of Orangeburg, State n fores nil, fronting on the Courthouse Square, measuring and containing seventy live (76) feet front and one hundred and eigbiy-scven(IS7) feel in depth. Bounded on the norlkcaflt by a lot now or late o1* IV, M. Ilntson. on the southeast by a street dividing the said Lot from the t ourlhouae Square, on the Southwest and northwest by a lot now or late ol Eliza RobillHOIl. Terns-One-third cash; balance in two equal successive annual instalments, with interest from day of sale pnj aide semi annually, secured by bond of purchaser and mortgago of premises sohl. Purchaser to pay Master for papers. W. D. 1\)TFK, Master. spr'l 11 It EU i? HD PLAINI'AIjKABOTJTDRT GOODS AND Things to wear G-siierally . ohn ?TJD Talk and Brag Advertisements are PLAYED OUT, especially _J i! there is only a handful of TRASHY GOODS to hack it, or worse vet, not to comply with the assertions made (as it two often the case ) HENRY KOHN ^&?m$Z?Fi LAUGE STOCK ot DV Before the recent RISE in all kinds of COTTON FABRICS. Notwith standing (he KIKE he has put down to the BOTTUM NOTCH, as will be seen by ihe price list of a few articles. jPjRIOE LIST ?500 pieces Prints 5, 0 and 7 cents. 100 pieces white Pique? G. 8 an 1 10 c. 50 pieces Bleached Long Cloth, soft While Cambrics 10 cents and up finish, 5, G and 7 cents. At 7c we 10 pieces White and Colored Lawn ofler 1 yard wide,soft Bn'sh for the 9 cents. needle, thatt aii't bo beat I 10 pieces French Lawn, colors war Home- ! ranted 15 cents. 25 pieces colored and black Alpacas 15. 20 and 25 cents. Shir tine 0 bales 3 1 Yellow spuns 5 cents. 2 bales 4 -1 Sheeting 7 cenjs. 1 bale 7 8 Shitting G Cents. '.00 pieces CliecKe bear single thread 8 und 1 'I cents, '20 pieces Ginghams 8 and 10 cents. 10 pieces 10 4 full width Sheeting 18, 20 and 25 cents. 15 pieces Derby's and Domestic Dress Goods 10 cents. Black Grenadines from 23 cents up. Bunting Cloths all wool. Black Cashmeres, double width, all wool 40 cents. iao S I K Ii Y 2000 pairs Ladies and Children's Stockings 5 cents and up. 5.U0 pairs while ami colored Lisle Gloves 10 cents pair and up 500 Laoies'au 1 (tent's Collars, Linen 5 G and 10 eeuis. J, & P. Coats' Cotton 55 cents dozen, (Trade supplied) Ladies' Serge and Foxed Gaiters 99 cents Men's best Full Stock Brogans $1.20 Boy's Shoes from 75 ct? pair and up. We also have a large line of Philladplphia HAND MADE GOODS, every pair warranted. C Li O T fil I N Our Spring Stock of Clothing for Children, and complete in all STYLE-** und 2*171 CCS SLIT for little money come along. We COll'd go on enumerating the many BARGAINS to fill this paper, but deem it unnecessary. AH we ask that \ou come and LOOK We particularly request the LADIES to bring samples they may have from Charleston or anywhere else and we promise to Duplicate the Goods and the Price. Remember the place. a Boys and Men is now full if vou want a uice nobby DRY GOODS BAZAAR, N1 XT DOOR TO CORNELSON'S. DlsMolittioii of Copartnership The Copartnership lieretofore existing between the undersigned, in the practice cf law, is this day dissolved by mutual consent. MAM OLM I. BROWNING. A. F. BROWNING. Orangeburg, S. 0., March loth 1ST9. MALCOLM I. BROWNING will con tinue the practice of law, an usual. Utlice opposite Court House. I apr'l 4 ol TST( iTICE. 1 I will fcII at Orangeburg,0 H, SC, on the j first Monday in May next, during the legal hours of sale, for cash : One 15a v Horse. J. A. IIARTZOO, Special \^t for L K former ."c Co. Orangeburg, C B, S. C , April lSth 18"9. N OTU'E SCHOOL COMMISSIONER'S OFFICS, itRAsoitrcna i'ocnty, Orangeburj;, S. C., March 13, 1ST? Notice is hereby given that a certain Claim has heen approved by tue in favor of M. K. Wilkinson, to the amount of twenty six doll am, approved .Ian. 4th, 1S79, which through mistake, ha? the wrong number. The person who now holds the Claim will please pro*ent it at mj Office so that 1 may correal tho nii.?toke and register the ?am? D. L. CONNOR, School CommiHsionor m?r 21 ? 6l ^Orangeburg County. ALIVE To 11 ic requirements of the people, und feeling deeply interested in the satisfaction of tho public, I propose to make efforts never before entered into for the welfare of the community. To this end I hnvo purchased my STOCK, and knowing that earnest and honest endeavor will meet with that success which should attend it, I would ask all who are seekiug 13 A R (iAIN.S in Dry Goods, Clothing, Shoes and Hats, Kot to make purchases before exara in my Stock, and can assure to SAVE MONEY BY QOING TO THEODORE KOHN for Dress Goods. THEODORE KOHN for Novelties. THEODORE KOHN for White Goods. THEODORE KOHN for Domesticc. THEODORE KOHN for Cassiraers. THEODORE KOAN for Fancy Goods. THEODORE KOHN for Embroide ries THEODORE KOHN for Parasols. THEODORE KOHN for Straw Hats. THEODORE KOHN for Shoes. THEODORE KOHN for Shirts. THEODORE KOHN for Neck Ties. A WELL KNOWN FACT that can cannot be successfully contra dieted that (lives the Best Bargains To be had in Ortngoburg. Every man and youth can be well dressed in ELEGANT STYDE at nominal Prices by purchasing Cloth ing and Furnishing Goods fron? THEODORE KOHN THE LIGHT RUNNING "DOSTICME SEWING MACHINES," and Needles for all seeing machines always on hand for sale cheap. Agent for MADAME DEMOREST'S Reliab'e 1 ittteins. Spring and Sum me. Fast ions are iu You caL. net Catalogue by applying at A gent for .1 I* CO ATS COTTON Price per doz. 5G cents. Trade sup plied. No trouble to give or ?end Sam plea. Salesmci' po'ite and anxious to SHOW GOOD-?. The continued RUSH of Custom I ers is proof conclusive that you caa get the most goods f*r your money at THEODORE KOHN'S. Adramistra tor's Notice. All persons indebted to the Estate of Gideon Blnmc deceased,are heroby required to make immediate payment, and all hold ing claims against s.tici Estate, will present the same, duly approved, to Jas F. lzlar, Es*j., Attorney at law, Orangeburg, C. H., S. C P. D. BLUME, Qualified Administrator, mar 28 St ommon Sense Will tell a map, buy wlicreyou can DO the BEST, regardless of FEAR or FAVOR, where yon can get the ost Goods for the Least Money A friendly clasp of the hand, a slap on the back, a hearty laugh, or tho bland and child-like smita of the merchant will not compensate you iu the sweoi bye and bye, for paying him 50 percent more for his goods tha n they arc worth. RxjrHo where von plcnso, price what you will, thon call on us aud we will give you the SAME GOOD3 for LESS >10>'hY-fc? JUST RECEIVED 10 Kegs Good Butter, 20 and 25 p unds each at 15 Cents per Pound. C. D. KORTJOHN, SrOTS OF1 THE RED FLAG,