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i ii *'! UV. ' N(i l'.VK'VJ: 'I I !"N lUttoK . t \n\ i rii?iug. Ont S'fuare 1st Insertion.?1 00 J:\iCh OI(i>M'/UCTlt " . iiO Notices inserted in Local Column ut20ejHr Line. All Subscriptions and Truvsicnt Advertise ments to he puidfor in Advance. J5Kj>" We are in no way responsible lor (In- views or opinions of our Correspond MltR. Friday, juxk -20. tsVo" An Interchange of Population We believe that Gen. Butler is rght, tl lit mi interchange of popu 1: tion between the North nntl South is what the country wants. Wo feel Falisfkrl that it would he best for the South. The Be] uldicans are constantly agitating the question of the nrgrn rxrdus, and proposing the'r coloniza tion to themselves in tho West. 11 ?y [ rofess their groat love for these people, and their auxiety that they n ay be transported to some clime where they may enjoy their political and social rights under their own vine and iig tree, undisturbed by the cruel peoph\ of the Sou'h, and yet they never utter a word about taking them to their own homes in Ohio, Massachusetts or Indiana, where they'might be elevated by the influences of Northern civdizat ion. and enjoy the practical effects of Northern kindness an! philanthropy. In faCt, when the colored people a few months ago commenced to go from Louisiana to Kansas, the pcop'e of Wyondotte in that Northern locality* held a town [meeting and issued a proclamation signed by the Mayor, the e'ergy, and all the promi mnt citizens, forbidding these colored emigrants'from landing. Now in view of the fuel th it the people of tho North brought the slaves here, and have] the credit of being their best friends, this conduct is unkind and inconsistent. We don't want them to leave, but if I hey will, we think it best for them to be scattered hum rig the white people of the North than to be put ofl in a territory tothemselves w lure, unsupported by the e'evating influ ences of" civilization, they may fall back even from what they h'ive gained fiom contact with Southern Bociety. We ; believe, tc o, that if any con sider able number of them should go North and their places be supplied by the whites, it would he beneficial to the South in throwing us inor e upon our own resources, and mak ing us more independent. As long as we have the negro to depend on for work, we are disposed to do too little of it ourselves. While the people oft ho Smith have exhibited,wonderful pluck and ener gy, since emancipation, in adapting theninelves Lo tho situation / there is no doubt that in this line the pecu liar institution of tmr country has been a great injury tons. Our chil dren should be taught to work, but, under tho citcumstauces it is difficult to do so. Another great advantage of the interchange spoken of is the removal, to a great'extent, of the cause of sectionalism aim political strife. Let she white and colored popula ton of tin; country be more equally distributed, and, besides the better opportunity for tho effects of enlight enment, the causes of disturbance would cense to be localized. Any sudden aud violent dislorti >n ef 01 r industrial system would be ur.wife, and we would recommend nothing of the kind, but in as much as there is a disposition for change manifesting itself, ns the exodus fever in the Southwest shows, we would prefer to see it tnkc the direction in - dicated in the views wo have here expressed. To The Colored People. "We suppose that t lie advice of a Democrat will be little heeded, but we tay in all sincerity to the colored people that their Wisest course is to join the Democrats at ouce, and work together with them for tho develop inent of a common South. What good has ceme to the masses of tho colored people from their blind devo tion to the Radical party wo are un able to see. All they havo done has been to enrich a few cunning leaders, like <. !:.'!.? I-.Mlain find < orbin who I Hi 11 r<i ? . . ? ''>.;;; ? run laxes, have been reduced i> stall .11 im tit thiit the siiitia ol prosperity uro va ly in sight. I'ro visions are cheaper, anil the moans of Ii Ving rasier lhan ever before. We have heard predictions from the best business men, bused upon facts, ti nt tnore'prosperous times are dawning" upon us. IVaoo reigns throughout the land. Schools for both in COS aie established, and the teachers are regu'arly paid. The hill for the establishment of a higher grade ol education in the Slate has been passed by the Democratic Legislature, and by it equal advan tages arc given to each race. The Institution for the colored youth has already been started in connection with Claflin University, while that for the whites in Columbia has uot yet been established. The laws nro fairly and justly adminis tcred. What more is wanted ? By keeping aloof from the Demo cratic party the colored people de prive themselves of their full share of representation. The last Democratic Convention was obliged to deviate from the rule and give them ou the ticket a ;u?-er representation than their numbers ou the party roll en titled them to. W\l are glad that this was do he, but \\c would prefer to see a larger enrollment of colored men on the club list. They can't ! complain of the distribution of the offices if they dont put their names down on the party roll, ami act with it. We advise ihetu'to do this at once. Our iuteri'Sls are the same, and we should vote together. The South is an agricultural community in which the whites and blacks are equally engnged and interested. The North is a manufacturing com nvunity. The interests of the two are antagonistic. Through the F?deral tariil'laws, fur instance, thcNorthern manufaciu:cr is protected, while the Southern agriculturist is taxed on articles of living brought in from forctgu cou.itries to such an extent that we have to pay a groat deal more than the value This makes living harder for the. poor man. When ilio "?.Luc i penp'o in rr?Torij refuse to vote with the while people, they-arc only, like Samson, bringing the building down on all alike. They arc voting toV help the New England manufacturer, agai nsL themselves, the tillers of the ground. They are helping to l:ccp up the unjust pro tective tar ill' of the North East, and staving oil' Southern prosperity. Why not stop this loolishucss at once, and, trusting each other, lot us work together f >r our common good. -??. ? ? in mm ii ? The Republican Presidential Cards. The sudden collapse of the Re pub lican opposition to the new army ap propriation bill, it seems by advices from Washington, develops the little game on 'he political ch esfboard that the Radical Presidential aspir ants have been playing. It appears that the matter has now become too transparent to the administration, and the tactics are somewhat modified. Grant's friends thought by raising the cry of "revolution," and exhihit ing a necessity for a '"strong hand" to j nip press the new rebellion that "the man in the saddle" would be demand ed as the party nominee. Therefore the opposition and the vetoes. Hayes' eyes however are opening to the plot, and he sees too that the Republicans can't afford to go before the country in the coming campaign as the avow ed champions ol bayonet rule. There fore the change ol policy and Repub lican back down in preparation for the administration candidate against. Grant, who is most likely to bo .John Sherman. Thu contest on the a ppropriation bill has now gone glimmering in tho presence of tho currency question. And, with tho Green backers and Democrats drawing votes against each other, the Republicans will have an advantage The greatest wisdom of our leaders is needed in shnping our policy on t his question. Tho Barn well "People" is reliably informed that I). 11. Chamberlain is soon to settle in Charleston. Doubt less he and Cot bin are making ready for the campaign of 18S0. U f.? U?c Farm. M e v.!-! iJibi*c;lihq':uo6u ii tendency to leave the farm :i'ui seek other means of livelihood. Thin ia natura] in view oflho up parent rapidity in whicli men in nie renn tile ami other occupations have accumulated furtuncs, and the enticements which allure in this direction. But wo are in a great measure deceived by this fictitious prosperity. The ratio of failures in nicrcanti'c lifo to those in tho agri cultural is almost as ten to one. The (armer ma y rot make money as fast, but he is happier and more inde pendent. If he attends well to his business there is a certainty about his living, and a pleasure in tho sys tem of his affairs which well repays for all his hardships and solitude. There is a freedom from many of the harassing cares which attend almost every other occupation. Agriculture is the most honorable and independent of employments, and there is every reasons for old farmers to be contented with their lot, and for our young men instead of wandering about largo cities in search of their fortunes to go home, and stick to the /arm. Horrible Crime and Swift Vengeance. On last Sunday the body of a young woman was found in the woods near VcrnonsviMe in Spartaubun? County I. cj ? J shockingly mutilated. The remains wire identified as those of Miss Fiances Hcaton of a family favor ably known in the County. The appearances indicated that she had been outraged under circumstances of horrible cruc't.y, robbed, shot, and her throat cut. Suspicion fell from the first on Johu J. Moore a white man living within a few,hundred yards of the scene of the tragedy. His reputation i very bad, being kn >wn as a thief, a sharper and desperado, fhe evidence tl gainst him gra lil ally accumulated. So outraged was the community that a body of 150 mount ed men pr< cccded to the jail, and fin 1 ing him outside under a bridge guard ed by the authorities, took him t > the identical spot of the foul deed and swung him to the first limb. Maj. Woodward of Winsboro' anaoai'tVLj upon (he feme and tried to restrain the crowd, but without success, The lynching is generally approve.!. The Chester Trouble. An unfortunate difficulty has arisen in tho camp in Chester in reference to the appointment of a Treasurer and Auditor. A primary election was held in which nobody received a majority of votes. There wero two gentlemen however, who received a decided plurality* Gov. Simpsou however, it appears, passed them by in tho ap pointment, and appointed others, whether by the recommendation of the Senator and Rep rcsentatives wo are not informed. Tho action of the Governoi has caused great dissatisfaction. The Columbia "Register" writes a long editorial on the subject iu which it advises acquiescence on the part of the people. We regret to sec these difference-* arise, but to us it <ecms that tho wish of the people should be the aim of the Governor, and in this light we think a new election is tho only way to restore harmony, and settle tho difficulty. Changing Tune. The Republicans who have been boasting all this time over what they sly'c(-I a first-class Democratic hi under, have at lart come to find out that they, and not the Democrats, were the blunderers. The. tables have turned, and the backing down is now on their fide. All their bluster was only to force the Democrats into a disadvantageous position, but failing iu this they now conceal their dis appointment with ill grace. As is to bo expected there is al ways a large class of wise acres iu our own ranks who join in the shout of Democratic blunders. One thing is very certain, if the Democrats have been given to blun ders, their blunders have taken a very fotInnate direction in tho past few years. They have managed ) blunder themselves into power. Alex Stephens has n't got throng h with his weights and measures yet, Congress. T y \ \ e I VtSi V as put down as ibis day ui n'tjoUi'iiiucht, /<;:? thi body, hu! it ?ti< in- that tjlO :;"<<? ..?'>?'? are h^?L ... ? ho i o yet Toe Ro I u??! ii :iuro iillil)U?tering und op posing every thing that they think might interlcre with their retention cd' power. The warner silver bill seems to give some trouble in the Democratic camp. .Senator Bayard threatened to resign bis position qn the Com mittee unless the matter was sot aside until the next session, but it now seems that his position will 1>3 sus tained. lion M. 1*. O'Connor has obtained an appropriation oi'$5,000 to prevent Sul ivans Island from washing away. 'lhe supplemented Judicial bill has been passed by the Senate, but a veto is foreshadowed by Mr. Hayes. Justice We have nothing to say of Mr. Tilden as a candidate for the Presi dency. He may not be available, and we want the man who can win. But wc think the assertion that Mr. Tilden "backed down'' in 187G, and would no*, take the office to which the people elected him, totally unjust. It was not Mr. Tildeu, in our estimation, but the Southern Democrits who bucked down or compromised by establishing the Electoral Commis sion. Mr. Tilden has always acted with becoming dignity, both before and since the election. - ? ? ?m> ? - ? #s? ? As to Gen. HumpU n's views on the appropriations, they are not original with him. In the first cau cus, after the first veto. Bayard, Stephens) Speer and Tillman boldly announced this doctrine, and they were the only ones who did so, al though silently backed up by others. A little while ago, if I mistake not, some of the very papers that denounc ed Tillman as a "soaptail'' and "sub mission ifet" arc now lauding Hampton as a patriot. As Mr. Thurman says, with a blast on hi* bugle, "this will never do !'' If Hampton is wise how, Tillman had wisdom in advance. If Hampton deserves eulogy now, so decs Til Iman.? Washington Letter. The merchants ol Winnshoro'have .held a meeting and given expression Hicii imitgtiatiuii nt uiu rutnous policy oj the Charlotte Columbia and Augusta Kail road Companies, resolv ing to establish a wagon train if lower rates are not secured from the Iliil rond.s. This is Ilm way to deal with high handed monopolies, and just such an expression of feeling is need cd to bring the South Carolina Rail road Company to a sense of justice, and compel it to pay for stock killed. mm t ?B -? - - A young man by the name of Wilson has run away with another man's wife from Suinter, and was arrested in Augusta. KIEK E 0 B XNS02T, DEALER IN BOOKS, STATIONERY, FANCY GOODS, Groceries and Plantation Supplies, t prices ns LOW as they can bo sohl fur cash. Insurance and Co.lecting Agent, Fire Insuranoo Risks taken at reasonable rates iu first-class Companies. Plantation Risks a Specialty. Will Insure your Stock, cither Horses or Cows against denth by Lightning or Fire. Col lectioiiH of a 11 kinds will receive prompt attention. KIRK TiOj3I]SrSOTsr R?SSEL KT. ORANGEBURJ, S. C. H DRY GOODS BAZAAR, NEXT DOOR TO COR NELSON'S. Read This! ! OHANGEBURG COUNTY, WILLOW TOWNSHIP, Mat 10th, 1879. Mn. C. D. KOKT JOHN : Peak Sir?Kudosed find Four Dollar? and Seventy Five Cents, send nu- nnothcr barrel of the same Flour. It is the best for the price I have ever hud; und right here I can add, that all goods I have bought from your Stoic have turned out just as represented. My only hope is that God may hires you in your enierprise, ns there is 110 telling what a benefit it has betn to the Farmers of this County. Your Iricnd [Copy.] - No other advertisement needed. In addition to our CHEAP STOCK we have added the new feature of a FIVE CENT COUNTER I*o our Business. Every day NEW BARGAINS will be thrown on this counter and .-acrificed, but that is no t.usincss of yours or miue, as we are workinc under orders to sell as soon as possible to make room for other shipment*. Your? truly C. D. KOETJOHN, SIGN aW THE [RTBD FLAG.