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VOLUME VII THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 10, 1881., NUMBER4
SPECIAL NOTICE.
New that the holiday season ia
over and everything haa gone proa
?ereua end happy; erery one better
eff, ??ad a bright fertile year ahead,
at bo period in the hhtory of oar
barinees life hate we been no thsr
eaghly prepare! to meat the want*
ef the trade and the requirements .if
the people, ai wo are bow. We shall
eentiaae to place upon our countorj
freaa day to day, bargains in t every
dopai tmeat at
LOWEST PRICKS,
aud ehalt a1 ways be found using our
heat rndeatorj to prsveut extortions
aadapkold tbe CASH SYSTEM
Our entir? stack io now offered nt.
REDUCED PRICES.
We ask } ou te call and inspect our
genda.
We guarantee to please aa to
qaality and price.
Look cairfully over this lift of a
few articles rneutioned :
Genta } Hose, ?hitc, 5 and 10 c.
" striped 12}
" solid color* 12}
double heel *fc toe 12}
Ladiea*hoao, white, o, 10, 11! j.
4 striped, 10
" solid colors. 12}
" balbriggau, 15
M " fincet qua'i
It, 25
( kihtren's ho?c,colorod, G, S. 10, 12}
lsad'ie* CauHllets. dark vnWa, 30 c.
Berlin g;?<?ea, eiabroidored
harks. 3.>
" kid glovM, 4 hutUnt, "best
maker*, 75
(e??Wi hark*kin {I ?res, Wnni 75
*' driving *? 30
Derby *4 it ui?. 10
" fie "red. l*Ji
Ca*hua?re*, beautiful color*, 1 tJI
Marino?, beautiful colors, IS
FlauHols, red, white und b'uo, 25 to
'Mi C?U(.?.
Nubia*, o rr pretty,.SO c
1 ad is* Honda, new styles, -10
liookiug Glasses, bureau si/,e, SI
" ex tra large $1.00
M oral fratuea 00 anil
60 cent*
.'iilvcr {dated ten apuons, $1 20.
Table " 1.75
Forks 1.75
M klnive* 3.75
Glas? Setts, handsome, 4 pieces, 50
Glass Preserve Stands, (50
Gebiets, 75 et per dox
Tumblers, fiOjjct per doz
Lampe from 25 to 75 cts
Large assortment Ladies, Gents
and Children's Shoes from the finest
to the cheapest,
Men and Boy? Hats, 40, 00, 75, 1.00
1.25 to $3
W?u and Boys Caps from 25 to 50
Fancy Box Paper, J ntelopea and
Stationery.
Agent for the Largest Tobacco
Factery in tho United States, we
offer bargains in this line.
Agent for Manufacturers of Soaps
and Concen rated Lye, we defy com
petition.
We have the Largest and Cheap
est Stock of
BROOMS AND BASKETS
in the Market.
Agent for the Ctlebrated Town
Talk
BAKING POWDERS.
These Powders have stood the Test
by the beet Chemist, and pronounced
PURE, when bought in cans. Prof.
Mott, the Lending C hemist of the
World, says tbe worse adulterations
occur when Powders arc sohl loose or
in bulk. Remember this and get
TOWN TALK from Headquarters
Your attention is asked to the re
daction in our CARPETING, put
down to 25, ,'15, 40 cents.
Pocket Knives from 5 eta. to $2..
Baggy Whips, 25, 50,75 cts., el,
$12612:
Yours respectfully,
C. D. KORTJOHN.
USST Always notice this COLUMN
CHEAP GOODS.
[Written for the Orangubmg Timiw.]
TIME AND THEE.
nr n.
Time >m.l its giddy flight
Passes quickly from our ?ight
On to eternity.
Spring time ha<* come again,
With aiaay a go'den chain
Linked to memory.
The guMy March wind* blowing
A bomrt gently fluffing
With thought* of the*.
Tho tiny little birds that sing
At dawing of an early spring
King of theo.
Times and changes there hare been
Yet nothing la?ting comes between
Mjsclf and thee.
'I Ii? ?il'int prayer beidde tho grave
Did not baui?h, doe* uwt sa-e
From thought* of theo.
tTell then.
Time and seaion* rumc and go
Tdrdios sing and s'reandcti Herr
And let the hearing be?rl o'crllow
Thinking of thee.
March IttlSgl.
FREEDOM OF OPINION; EDUCATION, j
Editor Oranytbxtrg Times: j
A few stray thoughts from one
who is quietly wntchlng the current
of events! hoj)C will r.r.t be out of
place in your popular paper. There
are one or two points which jtist now
attract my attention as important to
be considered.
In the first place, while the Demo
cratic party has inado great improvo
mentM, in retrenchment and reform,
we would ask whether it is laying
the foundation deep and tsuru for it*
future permanency nud success. It
seems to the writor that in the en
joyment of tha present there is too
little regard for a record for tho
future.
People are drifting too much into
the old rutj of axclusivencst and
"bourbonism." There is too much
intolerance. Freedom of political
opinion is checked. If every hod}'
don't think exactly iu the same line
:w the favored few who hohl the
reigns of p ildic opinion, whether self
constituted or not, they arc driven
into line by the party lash. Lt is a
dangerous tendency aud is entirely
undemocratic. It is this exclusive
ness, and domineering disposition
that kept South Carolina so fur hack
in the past, and, if not checked, the
same spirit will ruin the party and
prospects of the State in the future.
Can we expect foreigners to settle
amongst us, if they must leave their
freedom of thought and opinion be
hind them? There is no danger in
letting people think as they please.
If we do so, all foreigners who come
into South Carolina will become
Democrats. It is the opposition
which has the injurious effect. Darn
up a stream and it will break through
somewhere. Freedom is the law of
nature, and the law of human
thoughts. The peopling of South
Carolina with the Caucasian race is
too important a matter to he thwart
cd by such silly fogy ism and intoler
ance.
Another reflection, ami I will con
clude. Our people arc too indiffer
ent to the subject *f education. There
are some sections which hare good
schools, but in many sections our
children arc allowed to grow up in
comparative ignoranco This is no
; fault of the School authorities or of
the government. The facilities pro
vided are not utilized. We need a
j tremendoue awakening on this sub
ject.
The future hnppincss, prosperity
and well-being of the State depends
upon it.
With perfect freedom of speech
and the general diffusion of educa
tion, we have the best home in the
world. Intolerance is the child of
iguorance.
OnsEnvEn.
A boy who found a $2,000 check
returned it to its owner and received
five cents as a reward. We arc glad
to see that virtue is in sympathy
with the general business boom?it
may now be fairly quoted at five
cents.? J*vneh.
J/r. Etliter :
Az the Cumpniu iz about over, an'
times ar gettin' dul, i thortyou mito
have a little room in yore paper tu '
let sum uv US fellers rite a little bit.
Now, wat i wantcrsay iz a little bit
about owor town.
Orangcburg iz a grow:n' an' no j
mistake, it haz about 35 strove lamps j
with nu chimnizc tu 'ein; tha ain't 1
the brite kine, but tha ar blaek wuns,
tha ar never cleaned hekauze tha
don't nedo it, tha ar inity nice tu look
at tho sun thru, fur thou it kwood not
hurt your ize. Ornngeburg iz a long
wi\ze sihed uv uther towus in the
lamp bizues. Thear ar about 7
polece iu town an' the town iz growin
so fuss that i think :i fu mo will
hnftcr be hiurd. Polecemon iz a
mity good thing tu have about n
town. Tha arc good things tn have
arown shows an' such uther things
tu cullcck the lisenac an' stop fusses
au such. Tha ar good things tu
hav rowii the stretos on Sunday tu
keep the bar-rooms from Sellin1 enny
lickcr, fur tha ar all stvpoze l tu be
tcmprnucc men. an never drink, an i J
hear thear iz a law that sez that nun I
I
uv the poleceshal g<?in a bar-room
an take a drink, an ef this iz so, i no
that nun uv them drinks, fur i never
sor a set uv men stick closer tu a law
thanowcr poleeouHMi du tu the town
ordcruoilsez. This iz a growin town !
an it iz also a growin late, so i muss
stop fur this time lu hav suml hing
loft fur thencx. an if i sta out to
late ile have tu uze a box uv maehez
tu lite me home az the stretes ar
orful dark, Hpcshuallv when the
lamps ar lit.
j \Yill rite aganesune.
1'oMrr JtMRixs.
COL PKLSTUN?^tilTrH CAltOhlNA.
The Xafhmal Hrpuhlicmn contains
among its reminiscences of old times
in Washington, this:
"Col. Pre*ton, of South Crolina,
was one of tbe most brilliant States
men of the clay. His likeness, by
Hcaly, in the Corcoran Gallery, gives
a poor idea of him. He was one of
the handsomest men in the Scuate,
and the wittiest. No man iu Con
gress bore a purer record; it was
without a stain. An anecdote of
him, which I have never seeu in print,
occurs to me at this moment: He
was standingoue day in the Congres
sional Library, pouring over the con
tents of a volume, when two lady ac
quaintances hove insight.
"There is Mr. Preston." cried one
of them, rushing opto the Senator.
"Dear Mr. Preston, you promised to
escort me to the Capitol, and here
you are reading a book."
"I will escort you over," said the
gallant Senator; "but where do you
wish me to take you V"
?'I think you may take me to the
rotunda and theu to the crypt."
'?But the crypt is very dark and
loucly," suggested the Senator.
"Never mind," replied tbe viva
cious lady, "I am not afraid to go
with you."
"Mr. Preston gazed steadily nt the
lady for a brief second, and then
said in his peculiar sarcastic man
ner: "What confidence! what trust!
Oh, woman, great is thy faith!"
Col. Preston had a great respect
for old age. One evening, while at
tending an entertainment at Curusi's
saloon?then the only public hall in
Washington?he observed an aged
man, respectably dressed, standing
in the aisle, while every one else was
com fort ally seated. The Colonel
rose and politely insisted on his tak
ing his place.
"Mr. Preston." whispered a friend,
nudging his elbow, "do you know
you have given up your scat to one of
those d?<l abolitionists?"
"I cannot help it," said Col. Pres
ton, firmly. "If it were the devil
himself it wouldn't make a particle
of difference."
The people of Marion were uot well
pleased with the Borgers.
Rubbers do not uccessarily give a
msn an elastic gait.
I THE SOUTH REVIVED.
That the Republican party cher
ishes, at least so far ns its stalwart
brauch goes, the hope of one day do
minating the South with military
and carpet-bagging forces, is a fact
admitted freely by many of the pro
in incut mouthpieces of that party.
Senator Patterson's famous lamenta
tion over the many "good years of
stealing" that still remained in South
Carolina left a plaintive echo which
is ?tili ringing in the ears of all his
class.
To there gentlemen, if they ever
hope to obtain a clutch on the mon
ey-bags of the South again, it will be
of unusual interest to learn how pros
perous that section hns become. Rc
centobservation shows that there has
been mar\elous progress in the mo
chanical and industrial arts since the
locust carpetbagger was gotten rid of. j
I New villages art; springing up and j
j old o.ies urn widening and showing J
I more thrift. Country stores, where!
j all useful and luxurious articles arc j
I sold, are established in every ham
j let.) Manufacturing centers are form
I iug.
At Chattanooga there hns been es
tablished the largest tannery in the
United Stutcs; Nashville possesses
the largest Wrgoil factory in the
I country; Richmond has instituted an
j immense business in the manufac
turcof cigarettes from tobacco of the j
finest quality, grown in places ami on j
j lauds which, ten rears ago, were sup- !
I posed to be unfit for growing any to- i
bncrco, even of the coarsest kinds.'
I Wood is worked in all sorts of forms,
, and the chief supply of the best ash,
I oak and walnut for Eastern cities is
j now found in the South. Iron is
j being made at the lowest cost and of
j the best quality in many place?, and
i the leading iron cities of the North
1'are"cfriven to construct new lines of
railroad to reach the Southern mines
in order to maintain her place. At
nearly any point of the South on
which he could put his finger the old
political carpetbagger can find a gold
mine richer than the District that he
used to work, if he could only get
at it.
If the Scotts. Chamberlains. Pat
tersons, Dorseys et <//. can only re
habilitate the obi military or carpet
bag governments and repeat their old
games under them, their fortunes
would be assured. Unfortunately for
them, however, the South has de
termined to supervise the workings
of these gold mines to a certain extent
itself. The rule established there
for tho future is that every one, na
tiveor carpetbagger, shall put a hand
to the plow, not thrust both arms up
to the shoulders in the State
Treasuries again.? New York Star.
\\ OKDS OF WISDOM*
Happiness is evident to us in this
life by deliverance from evil. "Hap
py is he who sees the day!"' said a
blind man; but a man who sees clear
ly docs not say so. "Happy is he
who is healthy!" said an invalid.
When he is well he does not feel the
happiness of health.
No man ought to complain if the
world measures him as he measures
others. To measure one with his
own yardstick may be hard, but it is
fair.
No person can be no feeble or so
poor that he has not a duty to per
form; which, being performed, makes
him one with the highest and great
est.
To pronounce a man happy mere
ly because he is rich, is just as ab
surd as to call a man healthy merely
because ht has enough to cat.
Ignorance and deceit are two of the
worst qualities to combat. It is easier
to dispute with a statesman than a
block-head.
Nature has written a letter of cred
it on some men's faces which is hoii
i ored wherever it is presented.
The feelings of a pig are oftcu
pent up.
A dangerous collision?Running j
into debt.
A WARNINtt?
The Union Tones of last week
says:
Cotton is still coining into lunrkot,
and fertilizers going out as rapidly,
tc make more cotton. The demand
for fertilizers was never so great.
Phosphate rock has advanced in
valuo and of course all chemical fer
tilizers will go up too. We are told
that many of the cotton fields in the
State still hold a good deal of un
picked cotton, and that there is a
good deal of cotton held for higher
prices. It is not hard to see that
everything else will advance. The
Western capitalists can, any day,
make a corner on bacon, (lour or corn
and ruu it up. Jay Gould, Tom
Scott and Vandcrbilt, cnu sit down
and advance the rates of freight; the
Cotton Exchange gamblers of New
York cau put their heads together
and make cotton go up or down as it
suits their ? interest. They have a
combination so strong and so com
pact that they cannot only control
the present but future price of cot
ton. At the bottom of the ladder,
holding it up, stands the fanner who
is sure to feel the pressure, conn
whence it may. Will he .count the
cost before he pitches his crop or "go
it blind" this year?
DISCIPLINE IN CHILDHOOD.
Young people who have been ha
bitually gratified in all their desires
will :.ot only indulge more iu capri
cious desires, but will infallibly take
it more amiss when the feelings or
happiuess of others require that they
should be thwarted, than those who
have been practically trained to the
habit of subduing and restraining
them, ami consequently will, in gen
eral, sacrifice the happiness of others
to their own selfish Indulgence. To
what else is the selfishness of princes
and other great people to be attribu
ted? It is in vain to think of culti
vating principles of generosity and
beneficence by mere exhortation and
reasoning; nothing but the practical
habit of overcoming our own selfish
ness, and of familiarly eoeottnturiug
privations and discomforts on ac
count of others, will ever enable us
to do it when required. Indulgence
infallibly produces selfishness and
hardness of heart, and nothing but
severe discipline and control can lay
the foundation of a magnanimous
character.
THE SITUATION 'lN IRELAND.
It is not safe to believe unreserved
ly what the London newspapers say
about the condition of affairs in Ire
land. What the Washington Rrpub
ticon and New York 'Viibune are deal
ing with Southern a flairs the English
press generally is in speaking of the
Irish situation. The prejudice
against Ireland and the Irish is so
deep-rooted that the newspapers can
not report fairly or see clearly. Just
as an "original abolitionist'1 broad
ens his phylacteries, and looks down
on the South, so do the English ha
bitually look dowu upon Ireland and
the Irish.
There arc some grand and noble
exceptions. Mr. Gladstone is a tow
er of strength, and John Bright isns
true a friend as Ireland ever had.
Such men as those will insist on the
observance of the law in Ireland, as
their position compels them to do.
but they will not, for any reason,
postpone their efforts to remove the
causes of Irish discontent. They
apply themselves to the task earnest
ly and conscientiously. Hut, as wc
have said, whatever the London
papers say about the. collapse of the
Laud movement should be taken with
many grains of allowance.
"Plump as a partridge and healthy
as a bullock," is the sensitive and
delicate language employed by a re
porter of a New York journal to de
scribe his hostess at the dinner table,
the. hostess in question being Mrs. J.
A. Garfield, who will preside over the
White House.
A good trade mark?A big adver
tisement.
COLORED REPUBLICANS DKSi'ONDENT.
The colored Republicans, says tho
Washington Post, have about come
to the conclusion that their clain:?
will not he recognized by the incom
ing administration. They will, as
usual, be welcome to a lunch in the
kitchen, but they will uot bo invited
to sit and eat w ith the family in tho
dinning room.
They have not failed to mako known
their demand for a Cabinet position.
They took the field early. They
spoke their desire frankly. Good
and abundant reasons they assigned
i for asking such recognition. But
i they have no hor c of faring better in
1 the near future than they have in the
recent past.
They have told General Garfleld
that he. owes his election to them, and
he cannot deny it. They have shown
that, but for their unexampled devo
tion to the Republican party ."there.
I would now be no such organization
I known in national affairs. And thia
! no one denies.
j But their fidelity, their sacrifices,
i their devotion, arc counted na
? naught. Tho feast will soon bo
spread, as it was four years ago, and
the colored brethren will be permit
tod to smell the savor of rich viands
while waiting for the scraps.
Ax Alleged Miracle.?The town
of Summit, Pa., is excited over an
alleged miracle. About thirty well
known citizens have signed a won
derful statement, declaring that Miss
Ellen .McQuillan, aged 20, was sud
denly stricken with a disease that
paralyzed her w hede body so that It
began to wither away. For eight
days she laid in a state of trance, aud
to all appearance deacL The Rev.
Father Mahoney came to pray for
her, and as he invoked the help of
Jesus ami Mary, animation return
ed to the corpse-like body, the with
ered limbs recovered their plumpness
ami she rose unaided and walked
about. The subscribers to the state
ment made affidavits to its truth.
Singular to relate, it is stated that
the priest was so terrified at the re
sult of his invocation that he nearly
fainted.
Domestic Happiness.?The har
mony of married life depends jilmost
entirely upon dinners. It is not tho
state of the heart so much as the con
dition of the stomach which makes a>
man happy. It is bettor for a wo
man?rank heresy, we know-to be
able to make a cheerful home.than to
talk Greek. Before marriage, the
ability to sing divinely and to play
impossible music is very attractive;
but when two people settle down to
the steady work of loving each other
for forty or fifty years, the kitchen
inevitably emphasizes itself, and tho
chances of success are greater with a
comely housewife than with an ac
complished beauty, who knows every
thing except how to make tho house
attractive.
Rank RonttKKY.?The First Na
tional Rank of Charleston was rob
bed some time last week of between
ten and cloven thousand dollars iu
securities. It was takon from a
private box of Duncan N. Ingraham
who had deposited it in the vault, of
the bank. It appears the bonds wero
taken by Mr. G. Fratzer Wilson, tho
second book-keeper in the bunk.
He was arrested w hen he gave up all
but one $000 seven per cent, city of
Charleston bond, w hich was missing.
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hcsh, and Girls given u thorough course.
TERMS rv.n month:
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