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EDITORIAL CHIPS. A bill has passed iu Congress de nying the right of the President of the Senate to count the electoral vote. Thomas Carlylo, the writer and philosopher, died in Condon on Sun day in the 86th year of his age. There is nothing more cheering than the vigor of the cotton factory campaign in the State. It is said that Hon. Alexander II. Stepheus is preparing an elaborate reply to Mr. Catlin'a letters ou the South. Col. 1). Wyatt A ikon, always inde pendent in his views, has given some pain talk in Congress in answer to the attacks of Mr. Catkin, of In diana. The salaries of public school teachers i;. Anderson County has been reduced to the following rates: First grade. $'10 per month; second grade, $20, and third grade, $12..")0. The subject of ??Coffee Taverns'1 is being agitated in some of tho towns ofour State. We think the idea is a good one and hope to see it carried out. Hon. J. L. M. Curry has been appoin ted General Agent of the Pcabody fund in place of Mr. Soars, who died some years back. A better appoint ment could not have boon made. Gou. Weaver says that there will be no Democratic party in !8S:t, but that all Democrats will be Greeubaekcrs. It is said that propositions have been made for a combination, the Demo crats taking all the olticos, and the Grcenbaekersenjoying the victory. Goo. W. Reunion, the Radical candidate for Clerk of Court in Sum tor, has entered suit for the olllcc | against Mr. W. II. Cuttino, the Democratic candidate, who has been installed. Mr. Rcardotl is repre sented by Judge Melton. All the judges of the Circuit Courts and Supreme Court met last week in convention in Columbia and unani mously appointed Messrs. C. II. Si mouton, of Charleston, W. H. Parker, of Abbeville, and J. F. Hart, of York ville, commissioners to codify the laws under tho Act approved Decent ?ceinher 21, 1880. Mr. G. W. Daniels, of Columbia, who was one of the parties to the Kosc-Eugluh homicide, about a year ago. was killed on Saturday by the bursting of his gun, while on a hint ing expedition. In crossing a ditch tho muzzle got stopped up with mud, ami it is thought that this was the cause of the explosion w hen he fired. On last Sunday the impressive ceremony of the ordination of Mr. Thadcus Salt us, a colored deacon of the Episcopal Church, took place in St. Marks Church in Charleston. The services were conducted Iry Rev. A. T. Porter. Bishop Howe and others of the Episcopal clergy, and a very largo ami intelligent audience was present. We arc glad to see that the Railroad authorities are co-operating with the State Bureau of Agriculture for the encouragement of immigration by t he reduction of faros to a very rea sonable rate for actual settlers. Ar rangements have been made for the circulation of pamphlets, giving in formation as to farms, sites. <v<\. ?which, we hope, will produce sub staid ial results. lion. John Townsend, whoso name is intimately connected with the his tory of Charleston County, and, in fact, of the whole Slate, died at his home, ou Kdisto Island, last Wednes day. Ho was a man of eminent abili ty and culture, and was a prominent ?uomberof the Secession Convention. During tho war, he purchased a valuable plantation in Orangebnrg County,where hei?? well known. In his death the Sta'o has lost a distin goishod son. A disastrous tiro occurred near Charleston last Friday, completely destroying the Wando Fertilizer Works and "1000 tons of fertilizers. The total loss will be about $73,000, almost.entirely covered by insurance. The principal In?* to the coinputn will bo in lime, February and March being the liveliest mouths in this business, We arc afraid that the i liief loss will tall upon the farmers m the raising <d' the price of the ar ticle Gen. Gary, iu his interview with a u reporter of the Hnc* ??</ Cf/fiV/, in < harlcston last week, ox presses the i a me views on immigation that we gave in our editorial a few issues buck. He mya that we need immi g ants to come Mere arid own the land with us, and not as hirelings. To our minds this is the only kind of immigrants that will remain with us, and do us permanent good. It is impossible to induce any other kind to stay. They will not compete with the negro. As (Jen. Gary truly says also, we must crush out the intolera ble "exelusivcness" with which some people are afflicted, or nobody will settle permanently with us. Wo be lieve though, that we are growing wiser and better in this respect. aaiBBHBBanMBsaaMBniiMBBMaii THK ORAMiEIlL'I?i TIM KS (SBUKD KVRKY THUIt'DW MORXINO STILES n. MELLICH AMP Editor. Terms of Subscription." One Copy one Ytar.$1 00 ?; "" Sit 31 Ott?he . 75 Rates of Advertising. One Sotare ~\*t Tnnertian.SI HO i'nch Subtequent " . 50 Sntifct interUd in I.nrnl Column <tt 10r. per r,inr. All Suhtrription* and Transient Advertise menta to bt paid/or in .4 drone*. j?2F- >Vc arc in ?o way rcppomdblo l?r the riowH or opinions ?** ?nr Correspond ent*. TIIURSiStiTfKBKUAUY 10. 1831. down with the color line. There is nothing that throws the politics of this section of the Union into a more unhealthy state than the race puestion. Chat field, a most intelligent, and apparently honest representative of the colored race shows a keen realization of the fact in his letters of advice to his people published in the Aikcn papers. He tells them plainly that there is uo use for them to take part in politics until the solidity of the races is broken. The wisdom of this con rse is shown in Georgia and Virgiuia where the color line iu several elec tions has boon to a great extent obliterated. The solidity of (he Llacks in South Carolin? has caused the solidity of the whites. It has become :i matter of necessity, and works injuriously to both races. The injury to the blacks consists in the tact that, in thcir'pres cut con dition, they are not capable of ilonti. nation, and all their ctlbrts to this end will prove fruitless. The injury to the whites consists in the suppres sion of political independence, nud the warping of everything into nar row party grooves. The stubborn uess of the blacks makes the whites what they are. It would lie well if they could realize that their course of foolish opposition is h ading them to ruin. By their present action they are building up Bourhonism be cause the bitterness an 1 solidity of the colored people prevents the slightest deviation from the laws of safety and self-preservation on the part of the whites. It is an unfortu nate state Oftlfings when people vote according to the color of a man's skin, instead of according to the merits of his cause. Let both races endeavor to break down tin* color line, and we will have elections conducted upon higher principles, und nun h of partisan bit torness will be removed from all fu Iure campaigns. that little colloquy. In the recent little passage in the United States Senate between Conk ling and Butler of South Carolina on the census frauds, the former called the hitter the "vaporing" Senator, to which Gen. Butler replied, character izing the language of the New York Senator, and his attempt to impute fraud to South Carolina as "swagger ing" insolence. .Mr. Con kling then concluded thai he. would not "bandy epithet s" with the Southern Senator. We commend this conclusion bo omse it is exceedingly out of taste and improper fu- Seta'ors to call each other names like a parcel of school boys, but it is to be regretted thai the distinguished New York Senator had not thought of this be fore he begun to throw mud. Would that Congressmen could learn Unit they arc sent to Congress for sonic t ting better than saying "smart things,'' and lowering the dignity of I he Sat ion. the (south carolina cknsis. . Senator Butler made a powerful speech to day iu reply to the charges against the South Carolina ccnsus< in which he criticised with deserved severity Conkling's reference to this subject iluring the campaign. Sena tor Conk Bug attempted to put Butler down wit h one of his insult ing replies, but did net succeed. It is under stood that Senator Conk ling will n tum to Nie subject to morrow. _?..._ *l ,_wm j g THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. How to make the public school system of our State effective seems to us a subject which should engage the attention of every advocate of education. The greatest difficulty that stands in tin; way of thesuceess of the public system of education is the inadequacy of the fund appro priated for the purpose. To raise enough money to accomplish the pur poses of education, would require at least three times the appropriation now made. This is more than the taxpayers can stand. "What then is to he done? It seems to us there is but one plan. Let the parents and the State combine for the education of the children. As soon as the pub lic fund is exhausted, let the parents take hold and continue the schools for the full school year of nine or ten months. In this way good teachers could be secured, and there is hardly a community so poor, or so sparsely settled, as not to be able to support a good school. The trouble is that the people depend too much on the State to do ail, and they don't help them selves enough. With schools run upon this plan in the country, and regular graded schools, aided by an! additional loci 1 tax, in the towns and villages, the public scho.il system would be effective and productive of, good results. Let school trustees do their duty in this ' respect, and let the people give them their support, and the improvement in our educa tional interests would be visible in a short time. ostracism. The policy of ostracism for politi calopinion must bo abandoned if we wish the proper development of our section. We cannot expect men to come and settle amongst us and in vest their capital if they nrn not to enjoy the heaven born rigjit to speak as they please on all subjects. America has always been the asy lum forth, persecuted of all nations, because it is the land of tlu> free*. Let u >t freedom be stilled in any part of this fair land. We may abuse men for doing wro:.g. but never for opinion's sake. It is only through free thought and speech that right is attained. We are glad to be able to enjoy t he belief tfait*intelligent pub lic sentiment is against ostracism of all kinds. TIIF. COMING IXAUCH'RATION. The Inauguration ceremonies of Gen. Garfield will be the grandest and most expensive ever known iu Washington. Money will be lavish ed like water to make the occasion an imposing one. The little matter of lire-works ahme is to cost $5000. Receptions of the ? ostliest kind are to hi'given. A Grand Hall is olso to he given in the new National Mu seum, the loom to he heated with steam, and lighted with gas. The music will be the best that can be secured, a band of lf?0 musicians being contracted for from the Fast. Gen. Hancock is invited to partici pate in the reception. We question the good taste and propriety ofGen. Garfield in assenting to all this dis play. How di tier cut from the mod est and simple inaugurations in the times of Washington and Jelferson. HAN UFA CTORLEti. On the above subject Gen. Gary says in his Charleston interview: "I am in favor of establishing manufactories of every kind and de scription all over the State. The last war proved the stupidity of the poli cy of only producing the materials for manufacture rather than manu facturing all articles that were need ed in a civilized community. I am glad to see that the Clement attach ment is being adopted in different parts of the state " It is cheering to see that promi nent men in the State, like Gen. I (.Jury, who are possessed of ample means, arc alive to the importam e of this Biibjet t iu its bearings upon the I future development of our State. Ii j the. pro-tout interest in this direction continues, our section will, iu time, \ equal any section of the Union in prospe; ity. iin-: press of rut; state* The Smt./i Atlantic /{rrieir, edited by Tilman R. Gnines, has the follow ing: "As most of our newspapers are dependent on the Democrats, or white element of our people for patronage* it is perfectly natural for them to fol low, or reflect the sentiments and " i' ? '." i i I? I i. 11 . i _ f_u opiuiouH of that dann of our citizen than to make new departures and at. tempt to lead in new roads of thought. Yet there is a responsibility resting on the press which should urge the editors to do their duty in educating the public mind in advancement and progress on all subjects of political and social life." MANURE?STOCK? OitAXGEBUitn Ff:n. 7th 1881. /?.'?/(Vor Time* : I am glad to see that "Critic" has commenced to write again. A County paper is read and supported prin cipally by the farmers, and I think they are entitled to have a portion of it devoted to t hem. A farmer's col umn in the Times would not ben bad idea. The suggestions and practical I experience of such writers as "Cri tic," whose theories are so Well de monstrated by their practice, tire of inestimable value to farmers. Fogies may denounce, as much as they please what they snecringly style "book farming," but every intelligent farmer loves to read about his occu pation. It not only adds to his wis dom but to his happiness, There is one point that I would like to speak about. It is that of making manure. Herein is the grand secret of success in farming. We ought to make our own manure which builds up our land more than fertilizers. How are we to do it? By attention to our stock. Let us make good bouses for all our cattle as well as horses, and put them under cover, no matter what the trouble, every night. In this way we not only increase the quantity und quality of the manure pile, but we protect our stock. Wo lose too much by careless ness with our stock and letting them run wild. In the spring too we can manure a good deal, and very effectu ally with little work, by mentis of movable fences. Let us look to our manure pile as to our money pile. Nemo. GOOD FARMING. Caw Caw Towxsmr. ORAXoF.iu.no, S. C. Feb. 5th 1881. Editor Oranyeburt) lime*: Thinking in all probability, that it might be of some benefit to those who cry out I can't, and don't believe it, I writ*- to let you and all con cerned know what one of our one horse fanners made this past year. He made with one horse fifteen heavy bales of cotton and quite a plenty of corn to do the place, a fine crop of I potatoes, in fact, plenty of provisions of all kinds usually made on a farm. Now, I think that is doing pretty well for Caw Caw Township. This gentle man is Mr. Win. Bozznrd, Sr. He formerly lived below Oraugeburg village, and moved up hen' a few years ago, and bought a place in the woods from Mr. John Spigner, worked hard, and now has as pretty a little place and in as tine tilth, as you would wish to see. Mr. Bozznrd says lie thinks lie can make "20 bales on the same land this year, with seasons, by a little more liberal application of manure. Now, why talk of going West to bunt good lands, when we can make more here than we can gather, with the same hands, and have all the blessings of health and civilization? But I forbear comment Come to the front gentlemen! Heads up ! Let's see who bents next! F akmf.lt. A rpiestion has arisen as to the eli gibility of Gen. ('bester A. Arthur to the office of Vice-President of the United States. It is contrary to the Const it ut ion thai any one should be President, or Viee-ProsidcBt who is not a native of the United States. The Philadelphia Time? asserts that Mr. Arthur was horn in Canada when' his father lived at the time of his birth. Since Gen. Arthur has re ceived the hint, he is trying by there collection of the "oldestcitizens," to prove that he wan born in an obscure Vermont town, but the task seems to be a difficult one. ?- m ? ? Judge Carpenter has shown him ! sflf to be a man who will fetch up all right under all circumstances and changos. He met with a good many ups and downs in South Carolina, and about three years ago went to j Colorado w here he practiced law and engaged in mining operations. His mining company has piled up about twelve hundred tons of ore, and while it is undergoing the "crushing" pro ees? the Ex Judge returns to his Columbia home in anticipation of soon handling the silver brick.-. PHGEFIX IRON WORKS, COLUMBIA.. S. C. P. KIND, Superintendent- G. DIEROKS, Proprietor. MANUFACTURE** OF Water and Horse Powers, Saw and Grist Mills. Coltunns for Store Fronts, Railings for Balconies. All kinds of Castings done at Short Notice aud Low Prices. Work done in Good, Workmanlike manner. Repairing of all kinds of Machinery and Engines. All orders left with Capt. F. II. W. BRIGGMANN, my Agent at Orangeburg, S. C, will receive prompt attention. fob 10?tf THE STAR COTTON MANURE. I am receiving SEVERAL CAR LOADS of this LEADING So well known and advantageously used ou COTTON last year. To CLUBS and CASH BUYERS, I will make LOW RATES. It is nn Ammoniated RAW RONE Phosphate of the same chnracterns Coe's and Mapes. The Rpv. L. Zoiglor saye in reference to it, "I und excellent ?enaona, but never had bo large a yield on my place hafnre." Olhor certfti cates from H. L..J. BLUME and others ENDORSE IT as "THE MA- a NURE they wid use so long ai it can be had." [ Stono I 'liosplia.* e, TCn.mit, Limo, &c. * JOLX A. HAMILTON, jan 20. 1881.?ly NEXT TO HENRY KOHN. VALENTINES VALENTINES JUST RECEIVED aT J J r Fashionable DRY GOODS EMPORIUM. G?B AT 11BTJ0IIO3T IN PRICKS AT THEODORE KOHN'o Cleiiue out tlio entire Stork of \\ in,or Press Goods Ol all description* at exroptiinibl^" LOW PIMCI'IS. Alpo'onr entire Stock i>f WINTER CkO^HraG ("onxidting of 1>ovm, Youth* and Men'* wear will he closed out at COST To make room for for hir^o purchase* of SPUING STOCK. QKMAT BAKGA1NS Ofleicd in Children* nml Ladie* Cloak-, Shawl?, MonV wear. Ac. ?f-c FALL STOCK OF SHOKS JitPt received and will he -old cheap. SHEW SFBIHGc STQGIS Will he oponed in a (ovt wcokn. The remaining WINTER TOOK will be ?ohl CHEAP at THIOBOSI KOHN'S. LEWIN'S STUDIO AND l hotograpliic Gallery In now open and ready for bunine?*s in all branches of the art. In order to accommodate all my friend* I ithall be pleased to have yon cat I nod get EIG-HT FERROTYPES FOR $1, Pon'f forcut the plncc A. 11. LKW IX. Next to Dr. Kee%,eHl Drug Store, nov 26 18S0 tf AT TO UN JE Y ani> i OUXSFXl.OK AT L ill , Corner Church Mid St. Paul Streets. Oi'Miijgobit rir, S. C? I'rompt and careful attention 'given [to all bnoincHs entrust ed to mv care, jan 18 1881 ly Attoruoy and Oounseller at Law, ORANGEHURO, S. C. Ofllce corner of Court House Square and Church Street, the same formerly ownod and oc cupied by Wm. M. Hut son, Esq. jnne 11 tf James Van Tassel, and LIQUOR DEALER. On hand nnd receiving daily Fre?di flro ric?, and the Finest Ilrandn of Liquor? in town. RROIITON STREET, OltA.VCEUCKr;, S. C. CALL AT THE LONG ESTABLISHED PEOPLE'S BAKERY AND (IKT BREAD, ROLLS, CAKES, PIES, &.C. Al-o Raisins, Currants, Citren, Nuts ?nd Canned (ioodsof all kinds. A fririfh lot of Confectionery now on liimd. and a full assortment of CHRISTMAS GOODS Viz.- Cups and Saucers, Vasen. Toilet 8et?, Dolls. Tea Set-, Mugs. Tin Toys of all desertpibnis. Lamp Stands, Chit* dren's Cliairs, Wagons, Knrk ing Ilo^e-', Ac , Ac , Ac. * Call at once and get what yon want for Christmas. Partie-" wishing articles for Christina* Trees wid do well to come now while they can make a pood selection. Don't fail to call at T. \Y. AlbovjrottiV And he convinced that Santa ClatM will soon be here. IN THE LEAD AGAIN!!! THE CAMPAIGN 0713 ! Good Government for Stnte and County Successfully Obtained I NEXT COMES ECONOMY! TITO buy the best article- for the least 1 money increases the lasting qualities tho contents in our purse and enable* u? to t buy a great many things for a> litilo money. I otl'er iho following articles 'JO per cent below in market Tain?', tu? goodn having been bought before the recent fcdv.turvtnent of price* . f>0 l.bls FLOUR of the be^t brand*. TA P.LK BU r j"KK 30 and 35 CU pr !W. CHOICE M VMS 10 cts pr lb. PURE LEAF LAUD 10 els pr lb. And the best MO COF* EK b lbs nw$l. AT J.I. Sorentrue DEALER IN General Merchandise Carriag Factor/. The undersigned re?pectfully in foims the public that he is prepared to do all Kind of Work in tho above line on the shortest no* tice aud at Living: Prices. HORSESHOEING done in the beet possible manner. J also have in full operation my PLANING AND MOULDING; MACHINES, And GRIST MILL. All work in this line done without delay and on reasonable terms. A share of the public patronage ie solicited. july 25 H. RIGGS. WATOHM UTETCTtf JEWELER AND IiKAI.RIl IK Watches. Clocks, Jewel ry, Spec toe lern, Musical Instruments, Ac. All those in need of a good pair of SPECTACLES or EYEGLASSES can be perfectly suited. jfflT"* All repairs carefully and ? ? atly executed. Prices reasonable, j ort 8 1M0 tf Horses! Horses! To arrive to day at my STABLES on Market Street S3 HEAD Fine HorseS t? *?7 taste. ThoBO needing a Hor?e will do well to call at once. "B. "Prtinl? Slater.