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EDITORIAL CHIPS. Win. ('. Ree, a prominent factor of Charleston, died in that city on Tues day morning. Two persons have been fined by the Town Council of Anderson, re spectively, $20 and $25 for carrying concealed weapons. A freight train fell in on the tres tle near the Savannah river last week carrying down two miles of trestle. No lives were lost. "Thai's what 1 call a finished scr mini," said a wife to her husband,as thev went home from church. "Yes," was the reply, "but, do you know. 1 thought it never would he." Homer .Jenkins, a well to do fann er, about 2:1 years of age, living near Greenville, committed suicide last week by shooting himself with his 1 shot gun. The 'd'almetto Regiment of South Carolina,'1 is composed of the crack companies of the State, ami it is pro posed that an annual meeting shall be held during every State Fair. Air. U.S. Cunningham has bought out the Kings tree JSttir oilier and bc gnu the publication of the Williains burg ffni'uhlat Kihgstree. The poli ties of the paper will be Democratic but liberal. Senator Will, of Georgia, is said to I be suffering from a cancerous tumor on his tongue that threatens to termi nate bis career as a public speaker. \ i I' 11? n to end his lib", t here being doubt as to tin- permanent removal of the tumor. The scoundrels who stole the va lise of \Y. J. Gending, the Treasu rer of Hampton County, last Octo ber, with $:?,(J00 of tax money, have been found at last. They are, Rich ard Curry, Richard Duncan and .lames F. Jackson, three colored men. who tire now lodged in jail. \Yc agree with the NYinnsboro Airirs that the presentation of Con federate claims of any kind to Con gress, is entirely out of laste and good judgment. It is disgusting to see a sordid greed of gain overcom ing the just pride which should ani mate every honorable breast. Fernando Wood, the great New York Democratic politician, w ho has represented that Slate so long in Congress, and who took a prominent part in the Democratic Convention in Charleston, S. ('., that nominated John C Breek in ridge for President, d.ied on Monday. A large lire took place in Ilayne Street ill Charleston on .Monday, de stroying two buildings and $50,000 worth of property. It was caused by the carelessness of a boy who'thivw a lighted match down in the cotton lint in the Rag Factory. The female operatives in the building barely es caped with their lives. The colored people should see how the money goes. Not .satisfied with the failure of tie- Freed man's Rank, and the stealing of the fund-:, here is the way the money is now expended in winding up its affairs. The Com missioners pocketed $50,000; agents and oilier employees $70,000, and the inevitably lawyers loI $'11,000 as fees. I'nder the caption, "a famous ora tor,'' the Nov.-- ami Cuitrter mentions the \i-it to the "t ity by the Sea" ol Rev. J. II. Hawthorne, w ho is do s-ri'o ? I by this paper as the peer of Reedier, Tn Image and (Sough in plat form power. We notice that the Young Men's Christian Association of the City have engager! him for an address, and an immense audience and an enjoyable evening is t he ri suit. We mention the fact in hopes that the Association of Orangeburg may extend to him an invitation to come and do us go d. The Methodist Quarterly Review fells the S e.it!l that th-irtr c maxim K ( Jet Rich. There is no doubt that tin1 South i- doing this as fast as any other people similarly impoverished by war, could possibly do. There is no people on earth that can show greater recuperative power. Rut, we are inclined lo think it is hardly 11c eessan t<> lell people lo get rich. It i- eharaelerisfic of human nature to do lids as fast as we can We do not i.ol undervalue the benefits .if wealth. Rul there is something nobler to live for t hau money. The too high r< - vard for lucre often destroys the liner and belter elements of hui.ian character. We don't know but what this is now the mallei with the country. The wild pur-nit of the material is ?bst ibing the intellectual giid * oif i' l!th THE OKANtiElUJ?G TIDIES. ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY MOUSING STILES K. MELLICH AMP Editor. Terms of Subscription. One Copy one Year.$1 00 " " Six Month,, . 75 Kates of Advertising. One Square \st Insertion.$1 00 Each Suli.fi/jin-iii " . 50 Notices inserted in Local Column nl 20c per Line. All Subscriptions and Transient Advertise ments to be paid fur in Advance. tQjf" W'c are in no way responsible f??r the vieiss or opinions o?' mr Correspond rtitK. 11 If USD AY, FKiTkUAHY 17, is8l TIIE ???WTH 0V OIIANbEUUlTu It is with honest pride that we note the growth of our town in the Ins! decade. IJut a very few yenrsback the ground occupied l>y the new oi Amelia street was a corn or cotton patch, and 1'ussell street wn*J the only main outlet of tin- town. (.5lover streit, which is now a popular line of building sites has been surveyed but a year or two, and. i-< now being adorned on each side by neat and comfortable cottages, and we believe will soon be entirely built up and occupied^ The New streel has not been improved so rapidly, but even here there are excellent sites which 1 we think will eventually attract the attention of settlers. The tendency of the town is towards the Last and South, und in the years thai have elapsed since the war. the sound *f the saw and the hammer has almost constantly been heard. To no one is the improvement and growth of the town mi re manifest than to those who have gone away lor a short sea son, and i ome bach to their ol 1 home. The great lire, which almost destroy ed the town, has resulted in theeree lion of suhstantual brick stores and edifices in the place of the wooden hulls which formerly occupie 1 the ground. Resides this, as a resitII of the lire, 11 ussell street from the Court I House towards the river, has been widened ten feet, which has added much to t he bi atlty and safely of this portion of the town. Thus a blessing has come to us in disguise. Further still, the building up after the lire, in brick, has had the beneficial effect of causing a tearing down and build ing up in this manner in other see tionsofthe town. Thus the little shanties from Boliver's corner to Airs. Yince'sstore have been demol ished by their owners and, in their stead an attractive block of brick edifices have risen up. Again, we all have a sal reeollcc tionof "Rogues How" on the ('our: House square, the head-quarters of Radical infamy Now these dens ol corruption have been removed, and oue of the finest Court Houses in the State sits proudly on the site. Nor is it in building aloneIhat oui improvement is visible, but in indus trial progress as well. In this line we would mention t he mills of .Straus s A- Street, Which done done an im incuse business, ami have added largely to the growth of the town! lint it remain-- for 1881 to develop the greatest stride yet in the onward march in the establishment of the first cotton factors h\ Mr. Cornel son. The blow of this factory whistle is a i hecring onion for Oraugeburg. 1: is bill t be proem sor .of better things. With factories and railroads will come immigration. We invite the attention of set tiers to our little town. We want ail to come. We shut our gates upon hour-. Situated upon the plains bet ween the up and low country. Orange burg is itninvi. ing home to the immigrant in width all are welcome. LKr 18 RHEIM RE. The old adage, "in times of peace prepare for war," is a sound one, sind, intheprcsentcase, we arc inclined to extend its application to the poli i tieal situation. it is not that we I I commend political agitation. This we abhor as much as any one else. Now that (piiet and rest from politics has been to some extent obtained, we would lie the last to renew the strife. It is far from us to believe tl at ngita (ion in this line is neceSKury for our future safety. (>n the coiitrny, we b lieve that the more we pour oil on the troubled waters the better it is for all parties and for the country at large. Ritterhessof expression an tagonizes, keeps apart, and bars the prospects of future success. When we contemplate the lone of a great part of the press, we wonder if it is forgotten that the Democratic party \\ 111 i\'ju\ii be compelled to appen I to the suftVages of the people. The dire necessities, which now force party compactness, may not hu.t forever. It is wise therefore for us to lay the foundations of the party upon a broad j and liberal basis. A narrow, selfish and exclusive policy will deserve de feat. The platform upon which we build should be broad onoilgll, not only for the few, but for the millions. Now is the time for us to prepare by the exercise of liberal views for the next campaign. It is the height of folly to wait until the eve of an elec tion to resort to electioneering plans for t he success of the parly. It will then be too late. Now is the lime to engrave the great and exalted prin ciples of the party upon the tablet of the popular heart. The question has been asked the last Legislature, and is now propounded by the Neicrf urn/ Coar/tv to Col. Aikon, "how shall we retain control of the Slate along with fair elections."1 We. don't !<now w hat will he Col. Aiken's reply. We! answer briefly: By political consis tency and liberality of sentiment; by the introduction of Northern and Kuropoon seitlers; and by the pstab lisbme.it of factories till over our fair laud as Our auxiliary to immi gration. The first will gain the re spec! and goud will of the masses; the second will giye political Strohglh a nd independence ?.and the latter '.\ ill bring weal I h and prosp Irity lo the re molest borders of our land. AUENTliE w.yye cf the bloody SHIRT, A report lias gone up that F.. W. M. Mackay, was fired upon lit Man ning, while taking;testimony in his contest with M. 1'. O'Connor, and. the National Republican, ever on the alert for such tales of horror from the South, publishes :i highly sensation al story to the effect that tltcV'immh eulate" was tired, upon three times, and that a colored man with him was wounded. A trustworthy correspondent of the AVuw uinl (Jourivr} however, from Manning, gives an entirely different version of the a (lair. It appears thai Mackay went to Manning along with his stenographer, Hogarth, and stop pel at a miserable "'little en ling house kept by a largo fat an ! greasy looking old mulatto woman, named Hester Brown." While Mackay was here with a number of his colored partisan associates around him. two pistol shots were heard in proximity | to the crowd. An excitement then en.mod and Mr. 1? ha mo, the Intend ant of ti? 'town was sent !'??:?. lnvo: lignlion was made, but the parlies tiring could no! bo discovered. Mr. Rhtime offered his personal protec tion to Mackay, and asked him to put up at a very nice house, k< pt by a j gentleman of flic town. This oder! Mackay refused, and. as pro' !' that j hi' whs in no danger, w alked about a I Inilfuiile in the dark to a section of. the town known as "Lick Skillet," j which bearsavcry questioiiable re putation,!:iiid there put lip lev the I night tit somit colored porsbiis bouse, j A colored man tianie 1 Ivlgo Me-1 Donald < laims thai si in ? of the balls lire I went through his coat, showing holes which appear t<? have been rut purposely for effect. The general be lief seems to lie that (in*whole thing was gotten up for political capital to heip Mackay in Iiis contest. The fact is. the impunity with which such partisan demons as Mack- ! ay can pass t hrough the eotiutry in ! the prosoeuth n < ftheir nefarious de- j signs is the,best |?roof of the good; order moderation an i Christian for bearance of the people of the South. We a re satisfied t Iiat I hi; people of the North, if subjected to t he same iiggra va ions that we are. would bear I hem no better, if as well. AIKEN OS THE ('Altl'ET-RAM'EK.' ('ol. Aiken, of South Carolina, in his excellent speech in Congress, last week, in answer to Mr. Calkins, ol Indiana, discourses tliu> upon the I above i/c it tut; "My friend from Indiana, with much fervor and great emphasis, asks. Wind is a carpet-bagger? In reply. I say he is a political legalized burglar; that is jusf what a carpel - I agger is; and 1 say to my friend if be will come to South Carolina with a view of identifying himself' with the State, intending to become a citi /.'i). claiming the protection of that lhlg that 11 ?ats OVO!'Olli" Speaker's chair, and demanding the right to be rt cognized as a citizen, at the same time lending a helping hand toward developing the resources of that beautiful country, he.will be received with open anus from tho mountains to the seashore, anil no questions will 1h> asked a ; to his polities, Hut, sir, no such motives ever impelled tin carpet-bagger to settle in South Car olina or any other Southern Stale. His was the visitation of a political adventurer, who, thiougli the igno ranee of the blacks, foisted himself upon the oppressed whites, whom be proceeded at once to tax to impov erishment, while he squandered inj luxurious living every dollar poured | into the treasury by the tax-gath erer." tub couii ii: yTmikss. The Nrirs awl Courier snvs: '?The State is getting on. ami in nothing is progress more visible than in the growth of the interior press. From year to year there is more va riety in jhc newspapers, and more freshness and vigor in the comments pn current events. This is the rea sou why we like to give prominence to what our rural conicmpcrnr'v'S an\*. They deserve to be belt er known I ha n lhey are." W I.ST INDIA SlUi.AII CANE. Editor Or myebiirg Tiuics: I have often brought to the atten t ion of the Farmers of ?rahgeburg County the importance of doversily ilig their clops. All cotton (1?y sail experience of Critic) wont pny. Cotton requires too much labor, and labor is uncertain an 1 high. We must cultivate such crops that re quire the least amount of labor, and crop; which produce the greatest' yield per acre. Such is (he one we have selected for this letter. Why lias not the sugar cane been extensively cultivated in this Cmui ty: Simply because the farmers are ignorant of the kind of soil thatsuits it. As sugar cane is cultivated in the great Mississippi valley, our far mers think we must plant bottom lands; A great mistake ? sugar cane pays best on high sandy pine lands. 11 wants a hot si il. ()ak, and liickory and clay soils don't suit cane. An other reason why it is not cultivated more genrally is because farmers are ignorant of (he kin ! of fertilizers (hilt suits it. They think that it needs a great amount of ammonia. Too much ammonia deteriorates the quality of syrup. I .-peak from ex perience; 1 have cultivated it for a number of years successfully. Last year I planted half an acre with good seed, manured with two small loads of stable manure and two sacks ?>; Atlantic phosphate and made three hundred and twenty gallons of thick syrup. I h id 1 \ acres pi ante 1. 1 put up t v. en ty-.-even t wo-liorSe loads for .-ce.1. and ground nine days, mak ing from 50 to 00 gallons per day. The cultivation i ^ about the same as corn. I ::iu satisfied that by apply ing carbonaceous matter an 1 woods earth plentifully and breaking the soil deep and thoroughly, and with stable manure and phosphate, we can make from two to three hundred dol lars per acre with cane. Syrup I make is superior to any Xmv Orleans in the market, from the fact that I do hot ex:racl Ih<- saccaharinC matter Syrup frotii tlie West I ndia cane con tains tw|ce the aeearsivc matter foilud in the sorghum syrup, conse quently worth t\\i(?- as much. In antebellum day - tlie syrup we. manu factured t.o'.n the sugar cane com mhtided one dollar per gallon, w hen New'Orlons molasses brought only fiOi-'cuis per gallon. The seed for planting is very easily saved. 1 have never failed when 1 attended to the banking myself. If our farmers knew the advantage of I hi 3 crop, w e would soon sec sugar relliieries springing up in our lau I. ('urric. NIGHT SCHOOL All Young Peis mi- dedrouH of attending NIGHT SCHOOL wiil please give I heir names to Mr. Sal ley, at * ore of Mr. .1. <i. Wise, or Mr. 0. I'. Hriinson, at store of Mr. 11 enrv Kohn. as I am anxious to gel up one. Terms Sj>"5 p r aioiilli. J AMI'S S. IIKYWAKD. S?TIC SO. I hereby forewarn all persons from hir ing or harboring my son Charles Orown Jr Parties hiring or harboring said boy will be dealt with according In law. UAULICS HKOW N, or. Feh 17. 1 1 It Notice of Dismissal. The nudci signed hereby give notice Hint thirly days aller dale hereof, (hey will file their final account with Hie Judge of Pro bate, for OrnngeburgCounty, ami a-k lor Welters of Dismissal as AdiiiiiiislratorH of the Kstatc of 1?. P. Poglc ileocaseil. W A |'0(!LF, 1? .1 /.KAOLF.U, Administrator--. FeblT, 1S81 4t r H A I! I v. ! v Ii. -1 Mil iliiv ,,f (lib Kdge Hut |_ ter ill V A \ T \s.V)-:i. S. PHOENIX IRON WORKS, COLUMBIA, S. C. P. KIND, Superintendent. G-. DIEEOKS, Proprietor. mANUFACTUKER OF Water and Horse Powers, Saw and Grist Mills, Columns for Store Fronts, Railings for Balconies. All kinds of Castings done at Short Notice and Low Prices. Work done in (Joed, Workmanlike manner. Repairing of all kinds of Machinery and Engines. All orders left with Capt. P. II. W. BRIGGMANN, my Agent at Orangeburg, S. ('., will receive prompt attention. fob 10?tf "the staITcotton manure! I urn receiving SEVE&AL CA 11 LOADS of this LEADING F IS11 T I Xj i z v: R. So well known and advantageously used on'COTTON.last.year. To CLUBS and CASH BUYERS, I will make LOW RATES. It is an Amiuouiated RAW BONE Phosphate of the game character as Coe's and Mapcs. The Rev. L. /^eigler says in reference to it, "I had excellent oaeons, hut never had so large a yield on mv place before." Other certifi cate* frnm II. L. .1. BLUME and'others ENDORSE IT as "THE MA NURE they wLl use fru long n-s it can he had." Stono 1 liosplia*e, KLainit9 Lime, &c. JOIiN A. HAMILTON, jau 20. MSI.? ly N EXT TO 11 EN II Y KOHN. COUNTY ("OMM.lPS'ONEU'rf OFFR K. < hangehtirg ('ounty. Crnugchiirg. S. <'.. Feh. I'uli 1881 ^ Tlie Phnrd ?fCotiniy ?'?> nu.i ? sinners will ?Her InrHili1 ai public outcry, at '>ra??ge burjj Court House, on ihe Iii-! Monday in March ls>'. to the 'li^he*? bidder, thetruel (if land. .?! uate in 0,-,i? g Iriig futility im tIiv Olli < !::i'rli*i>tiin uoinl, ?hont one und rii.c-liairinilrs rruin tIto town >f Orange b?rg, cnniuiuiug uvciiiy-two (-'-') neres, m. r. or less, anil known as the "Pool House Farm." Terms?Cash, l'urcha'ci to pny for papers an?l recording. Gooi titles givi n. '1 lu v reserve the right, how ever,to reject nn_v ami all bids. Purchase! id coniplv in- soon us the sale is concluded. Kv Order ef the Hoard L. H. WANN AM AK Kit, Clerk. f. M7 :;t t SELLING OFF A Y The remainder nf AT J. I. Sorentrue's To make room !"<?? AND 8 V M 33 ? O O B3 s \\ hich arevoou to arrive. A cordial invitation exten led ,T O AJLi ili ! Standard Calicoes at l'>\ cents. ?1 \ 1 lomcspiui 7i{. Oraniicvilie C lloiucspnn H\. Single round thread Plaid- ti. Ami all other tin.ids in that line in pro portion. LACK, EMBROIDERY. EDGING AN L INSERTING F?ojn 'J to I ' cents per yard, worth from ? tu ?U Cent? e'.-i u here. FINK DAMASK LINEN TO\Y \:\< AND DOILIES at a S.A CM v I tri.CIS P.ED NAPKINd At ? cents apiece. Gents Furnishing1 Goods A COMPLETE LINE! I'nbuuiiiried Shirts, liest make and of Superjor (Quality Long Cloth, from oy cents to .fi 1 "J ") apiece. Shoes I Shoes !! Attention is called to this Stoc!: of which I make a SPECIALTY And GUARANTEE every pair sold or re fund ttic money when they don't please. CALL and Kxaniincmy STOCK AND PRICES and you'll he REPAID for your trouble. Respectfully, J* 0. SORENTRUK. N. P..-I will pay IUgliCMl Cash , I'rlcctl for ad Country Produce, invlud I inji Eggs and Chickens. fob 17 1SS1 ly Molliela m j ?s 8 clio ol FOIL Boys and Girls. Tho Ninth Annual Session Of this Institution is now in regular and successful operation. ROYS prepared for Coll CRC or SSusi IICSH. and liirls given a tlx rough course. TKUM9 I'KH MONTH.' Primary.?" 00 Advanced Knglish. ^> 50 Latin, Urcek and French, each, extra 60 For further particulars, apply to s. MELLICH A MI', Principal. rRtll I. best Of Dry Salt and Smoked Hncon _1_ low down at* VAN TASSEL'S. VALENTINES VALENTINES IUST IIECE1YEI) aT FASHIONABLE DRY GOODS EMPORIUM. PRICES AT THEODORE KOliN'J Closing* out tlie emire Stock of vv iiucr Dress Goods j t>l all descriptions at excoptioinhh'* LOW l^JvMCKS. Also.our mlire Stock of WXN.TE.B GliQTHINCp Consisting of I'oy?, Youths ami Meu'iwear will lie closed out at COST To make room for largo purchaucH of SPRING STOCK. GEMAT BAEGA1NS Offered in Children* nml Ladies Cloaks, Shawls, Men's wear, Ac. ttc. FALL STOCK OP SHOKS ?lust received and will be Fold cheap. NEW SPBXH.G Will be opened in a few wceki. The remaining WINTER ^TOCK will b-- -old CHEAP at 'XHI?DOBE KOHH'S. II. SP AHR, WATCHHAKSB, AND DEAL.KR IN Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Spectocles, Musical Instruments, Ac. All those in need of a good pair of SPECTACLES or EYEGLASSKS can be perfectly suited. l[WF~ All repairs carefully nod r.( utly executed. Prices reasonable. oetS 1SS0 tf James Van Tassel, F?NGT GrEQCE? AND LIQUOR DEALER. On hand and receiving daily Fredi Oro rios, ami die I'M not Hrands of Liquoniiii town. BROHTON STREET. ORANGE 13 URO, 8. C. D OPERATIVE AND MECI1ANI6AL. ?:o: ? Bv Dr. L. S. WOLFE. Office over I>. l^ouis' Stoic. Satisfaction guaranteed in all operations. JK?r'Tccth extracted without rain by the use of Nitrous Oxid Gas.