Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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SPEOIALsNDTICEl; V A!*"fc'tfit?s ' * k ! ?? ***** Now that the holiday season is over and everything has gone pros perous and happy; every one better off, and a bright fertile year: ahead, at no period in tho history of our business i life have we boon so thor oughly proparod to moot the wants of the trado and the requirements wf the people, nn we are now. Wo shall continue to place'upon our counters from day to day, bargains iu every department at and shall always.be found using our boat endeavors io.prevent extortions and uphold the CASH SYSTEM. Our entire stock' is i)OW offered at. REDUCED PRICES; . . We ask 3 oil to call and inspect our goads. We guarantee to please as to quality and price. Look can fully over this list of a few articles mentioned : Genta 5 Hose, white, 5 and 10 c. " atriped 12 J " solid colors 12} " double heel & toe 12i Ladies hoee, white, 8, 10. 12J. striped, 10 " solid colors, 12$ " bulbriggan, 15 " ; u finest qua'i ty,25 < bibiren's hose, colored, 6, 8. 10, 12J Ladies Liaunllcts, dark colors, 30 c. *? Berlin gloves, embroidered backs, 35 " kid gloves, 4 bnttonp, "best makers, 75 Gents buckskin gloves, lined 75 ?1 driving 30 Derby suiting, 10 figured, 12J Cashmeres, beautiful colors, 103 n Merinos, heatttiful colors, lti Sf l'lanuelr?, red, white and blue, 25 to 35 cents. > 11 it.?., cry pretty,'30 c 3 adies Hoods, new styles, 40 ?-<ooking Gl as.-es, bureau size, SI '? extra large $1.50 " , oval frames GO and 80 cents Jrilvcr plated tea spoons, SI 25. " Table " 1.75 " Forks 175 " Knives 3.75 Glass Setts, handsome, 4 pieces, 50 Glass Preserve Stands, 00 Goblets, 75 ct per dnz Tumblers, 00Jet per doz Lamps from 25 to 75 cts Large assortment Ladies, Gents and Children's Shoes from the finest to the cheapest, Men Hud Boys Hats, 40, 60, 75, 1.00 1.25 to S3 Meu and Boys Caps front 25 to 50 Fancy Box Paper, J'.nvelopea and Stationery. Agent for the Largest Tobacco Factory 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 ?*et Stock of BROOMS AND BASKETS in the Market. Agent for tho Celebrated Town Talk BAKING POWDERS. These Powders have stood the Test by the best Chemist, and pronounctd PURE, when bought in can3. Prof. Mott, the Leading Chemist of the World, says tho worse ndulteratious occur wlten Powders aie sohl loose or in bulk. Remember this and get TOWN TALK from Headquarters Your attcutiou is asked to the re duction in our CARPETING, put down to. 25, 35, 4Q cents. Pocket Knives from 5 cts. to 82.. Buggy Whips, 25, 50,75 cts., 81, $1 26 $2. ours respectfully, C. D. KORTJOHN. Sier Always notice this COLUMN CHEAP GOODS. TU? Stock Law. Knotts Mills, S. C, Orangeburg County July 30th 1S81. Editor Orantrcburg^Titfte&r-. -. On a short visit to ray native County; after ah absence of several years, I find our ; people ??agitating the fence question"and l am pleased to sec it; for I consider it a sure indi cation of progress, which must cer tainly lead to increased material prosperity. I am pained, however, to see pieces written for the public upon this subject, which abound in what I consider, unbecoming per sonal allusions. I must demur against such, and I am ? sure that every intelligent man will join mein saying, "It is a pity that men cannot rise above such trilling, .and discuss calmly and impartially the question at issue." ^ The question before us is, which is better to fence the stock or the crop? Now, I am not a farmer; but I am very deeply interested in the welfare of the fanningcomiuuuity, andut the instigation of a valued friend, I am led to give my experience as learned from observing thp working of1 the new system of fencing the stock in live different counties in the State. I first observed its working in Anderson County for a year or two, and I find the people delighted with it. It was amusiug to hear them talk of the opposition which it re ceived at lirst, and of the wonderful stories which were told of the great injury which it would bring to '.he poor, ccc, but the law in actual force showed that these were only imagi nary, and the poor could laugh for ever, having been duped by them. My home was at this time in Abbe ville; but I visited Anderson very often, being only a few miles from the County line, and as often as I visited it I had to pass through a gate, which shutout the stock of the Abbeville farmers from the Anderson people. Very soon the people of Abbeville seeing what a blessing it was, began agitating the question, and in a short" while they fell into line, and several of my friends, as good farmers as arc in the County, were after a year's trial highly pleas eel with its working, and regretted that it bail not been passed sooner; j for had it been, they would have 'saved? much valuable timber, and j would have bad finer stock. Of course the law was not secured.without op position. Some condemned it in the strongest terms, and 1 have in mind now, an old gentleman, who would have died holding on to the good old way, and who said that he would not regard the law; but in due time he put up his stock, gracefully sub mitting to the inevitable, and though I have not heard from himlatcly yet I suppose lie is by this time fully con vinced that what he opposed so streit ously was for his own good arid the general welfare of the public. 1 have likewise observed its work ing in Greenville, Chester and Lan caster, and I find the people equally well pleased. Only a portion of Lau. caster County has adopted the now system; but 1 am sure that this will not be the case long, for the advan tage w hich this portion has over the rest of the County must soon be scon by the most skeptical, and it must convince them that it will be better [ for them to follow suit. I visit twice each month .one of the best farming conmiunitcs in Chester County, lit tceu miles from Lancaster village, and I find the people there well pleas ed with the new sysieinj and have heard expressions like this, "I do not know bow we ever did manage to get along so many years without it." The fact is, I have not yet met more than one man with whom I convers ed on the subject who was not pleas ed. I found, from my own experience, that a man who docs not farm will much prefer living in a community where the stock law is in force. One will feel this very Sensibly when be contrasts the accumulation of filth which necessarily arises from stock lying, and btandiirg around the premises, with Its total absence To some this may seem a very trivial matter; but I am sure that it well de serves attention, not only for decen cy's sake; but from hygienic con siderations. It w as not my purpose, however, to discuss the question, but to look at it through the spectacles of one daily seeing the working of the new system. It remains for you to de cide, whether, what suits so well other couuties, will be adapted to you and will enhance your farming inter ests. You must look tit the question fairly, squarely and decide what you consider for the best interest of the fartner. In conclusion; I will saj' that I have been greatly pleased to bco. uu mi stak able evidences of progress in thiH County, which are all the more easily discerned by one who has.been abscut for some time. I rejoice to see my old County in which is the home of my birth and of my earlier years, recovering from Sherman's de vastating raid, and the blighting effects of Radical misrule. May her prospcrit}' continue, and may the .God ;of heaven bless her sous and 'her-daughters more and more. G. W. G. ? i ii i ?.??i -<U?1<1 Age. Life, viewed from a proper stand point, is a blessing,1 and not a curse, aud if improved as it should be, will insure ja reward of immortality which will more than repay us for ail the toils of suduring incident to a long and tiresome journey across the world's wild waste. The aged pil grim tottering upon his staff, and looking and longing for the end. shouldjbc au object of envy instead of pity and commiseration. He may have had a rough road to travel, and been persecuted aud neglected, yet he was true to his trust, faithful to his integrity, and now, from Pisgah's hefght he views the promised laud, with tho lied Sea and forty .years' travel in this wilderness world all be hind him, and rejoices, as well he may, that the journey is well nigh ended, and the reward of the fai hftll though feeble soldier is almost with in his grasp.?Palmetto Yeoman. Tue Wile. What do you think the beautiful word "wife" comes from? It is the word in which the English And Latin languages conquered the French aud Greek. I hope the r'rench will some day get a word for it instead of that dreadful word femmc. But wdiat do you think it comes from? The great value of Saxon words is that they mean something. Wife means "weav er." You must either be housewives or housemoths; remember that. In the deep sense, you must either weave men's fortunes or embroider them, or feed upon aud bring them to decay. Wherever a true wife comes, home is always around her. The stars may be over her bead, the glow worm in the night cold grass may be the lire at her foot: but home is where she is and for a noble woman it stretches far around her, better than houses ceiled with cedar and painted with vermillion, shedding its quiet light far for those who else are homeless. This I believe to be the woman's true place and power.?Ruskin. Serenade. Gov. Hagoed was serenaded at Greenville on Wednesday night, by a colored brass band, at the Exchange Hotel. The News says: "The Governor spoke briefly, com plimenting the band on their music, and thanking them for it. He said that he had just seen the mother of the leader of the band who called on Mrs. Ha good, \vhom she had kiiewn from a child, and-hud listened to their exchange of reniinis :ences of former days, and to the maternal pride with which their leader's mother had spoken of her son's musical talent. They lived, he said, in an exception ally favored section of the State, where they had the finest lands, en terprising people, and that Aladdin's lamp, line water power. The Pied mont section seemed destined to a splendid career of prosperity that nothing could check. In all of this the harmony that bail existed and still exists was an important factor. The races could and should work to gether iu a common cause, to put South Carolina on a platform of truth, and justice to all men. [Ap plause.)" Henry Ward Beecher has his life insured''tor $1,000,000, for the bene fit of his heirs. Will the legatees mourn very sincerely wdien the course of nature invites them to take poss ession of their inheritance? Two Irishman, on landing in this country, and sitt ing down to first din ner, found on the table a dish of pre pared mustard, which neither of them had over happened to meet be fore. One of them took a spoonful ?it a venture, which quickly brought a deluge ot tears to his eyes. "What are you crying about?" ask ed his companion* ? - "I was crying at the recollection of my poor father, wdiowas hung about twenty years ago." The dinner proceeded, and sonn t he other made a dip into the mus tard with a similar effect. "What are you crying about?" was the grave inquiry of his comrade. "I am crying because you were not hung when your father war." Old Field School**. Editor Or tngebufg Times : Readiug extracts from the pro ceedings of the National Education al Association at Atlanta, I see that D . N\w .1 of Maryland said, "In this day every one is taught as if going to college when in fact ninety per cent, never go beyond the country School." It is SO; Now as to the higher schools in towns which will include say, one twentietli of the list. Let'these, if you please, carry satchels holding a I alf bushel, or a: pyramid of books balanced on the licad, very likely the people are able to pay for them, and it looks like gttiiny on, the big dictionary being the base and taper ing up with "somebody's very best" of grammars?a myth to parents and a mystery to the pupil, although he may commit the whole to memory and repeat it parrot-like; the pyra mid further raised by Nos. 1st, 2nd. 3rd, Ith and 5th of somebody elses unexceptionable pictorial readers? Wry much pictorial, and very little reading lesson, but popular and counting to the publisher in propor tion as they raise the pyramid say four dollars for series. ?hall the pyramid be capped with the ove:ybouy's lirst friend?the his tory of the boy who stole apples and wouldn't comedown, the black bear, the dog light, spilt milk and "if ami if," sail' the farmer? No! Fol wo have this; 'under the law the books adopted, anu Norn? Uliter COUiU be used until Sept. 1st 1S81." This ex eludes from the list our old blue backed friend of sixty years. Well we have.found toed boots, square toed boots, box toed boots V Are oil r toes any easier for the changes? Wl have Hop hats, felt hats, round top ped hats?do they cover any more brainsV Every one who has the means can follow fashion. But, when it comcs.to this we will sup pose a widow with a half dozen child ren to buy boots for at an expense of teil or fifteen dollars for each succes sive teache*'*,. it is time for fashion ?Ii' 1 "V'ii lfjflf|jffet0P tu so far as.it re gards stdm^Wonks. Better that the State furnish books if it wants to subsidize certain authors, and let the p.it rons employ the teacher. The expense to our supposed widow would lie n nch les-;. But the object of this article is to ho.v how-likethe heil (-1 Fructifies is the plan now pur t-.ied :is i; ri?,/eo.M the nineteen twentieths of I lie '(>hl Field schools." It. is no diuibt : s well arranged as possible so f:ir as theory goes -so tar as the Superintendent Kmi leach with his s'ip'crvKioth but whjoii we. cdiiv to the tielil of op-ration, ask U113 of the citizens. Hiivi they will say that the rxpcndilnr.* of the public fund in most ease., is a miserable failure. Very generally the trustee is inert 1:1 1 inoperative, lie has to do .?veryfhiii.4 wi:liuit pay. docs hot e.il disposi-d to cx-.rt h.mself iinl iss personally iuic/cslcd, an 1 if lie be oinpctenl tt> examine the school .?hieb is not ofleti the case. he don't ['.??! disposed to lose the time to do it. A goo i plan would be to have an :xaminer, witli .1 iho.ieratc salary, to -xauiine and inquire into llie ejjlrie'n ./.of teachers. Some teachers (courteously so called) are continuously looking for '.school where I bey may get into a sleepy hollow eddy and .sure pay, even if it don't amount to much. They will teach in a ten by twelve cabin, tin ier an arbor, or almost any where with any number of e Iii Id reu from ten up to one hundred; in fact there is no end to their capabilities. They never have loo many nor too few. The name for these, is "Pliable." They teach after their fashion, the high-sounding dictionary, the mys terious grammar, history, ifcc, &c.i ostensibly aiming at the ihocn when in reality their objective mark is on the hori/on. In connection with this and in con clusion Dr. Newell says, and I think his plan an excellent one. "I would 'eaeb onlv one-fourth as much spell ing." (It may he South Carolina re quires a little more than Maryland.) "No grammar, leaving that for the college, simple arithmetic, abolish history and geography as text hooks; but allowing the former to be used as a reader. I would substi tute the following; draw ing, writing, reading, composition and "simple arithmetic." The writer would sug gest spelling the most difficult and constantly recuring words in each readiug lesson. M. L. Baldwin. Orangeburg, July 27, 1881. - ? . * ? A lady physician says: "The prime cniust of weakness and disease among our women and girls is owing (o.crrors in dress and lack of physt crdexcTci .r, in fact, utter laiinca." A 1'lmiiltKKiviiic I>uy ? The proposition to have n day of thanksgiving for tho deliverance of the President from death, emanating from the ollice of the Governor of Ohio, has been favorably received by most of the governors of other States, and by the secular papers. The Governor of Texas has raised a dis senting voice?and a very manly.sen sible voice it is, in our. judgment, though be has been sulhcicntly de nounced for it by ungodly editors; We take it, that Go v. Roberts is a Christian man. His view is" simply this: that in our conutry, where church and State are totally separate, no state officer has the right to make any sort of proclamation calling for religious services. lie rejoices aud thanks God iii common with all the people for the.spared life of the Presi den'., but declines to issue a procla mation on the subject. We think he is right. We have never had any liking for na'ional or State thanksgiving; days or fast days. We seem always to hear, through high sounding words of the proclamations and nil the for malities of the occasion, tin; voice di vine sternly demanding "who hath required this at 3011t- bauds?" A call to worship the spirit God, the God of infinite holincsfc, issuing as it commonly docs from irreligious men, sometimes from infidels und blasphe mers, never has in it anything of sacred n ess or power for us. More over, the very iden of a national ser vice, whether of thanksgiving or fast ing, savors of a dispensation that missed away when the .Messiah came. None cau worship God now except as individuals. Many mny worship tit the same time and in the same place, but stiil as individuals will lie regard them. A national service, in which" all the people, converted and unconverted, godly and wicked, are summoned to give thanks to the glorious God or to humble them selves in fasting aud prayer before Him, is in our view a solemn mock cry.?Uttptist Courier. * Marriage* Happy unions tire always ypluu tary, not oulv at the beginniug, but as long us life lasts. Love cannot be made free by a change pfstatutcsi It cannot be found or lost under any circumstances. If the state should listen to the petitions of those who ask that sex relations be exempt from control, the experience of a quarter of a century would convince the world that the old, long tried monpgamic solution of the sex question is the wise one. There are evident reasons why such a result would conic. Iu all the past emotional experience of the race, it has been found imposs ible to create an intense idealization of more than one subject at one time; and it has been found, too, that when such an idealization has been tested by knowledge and time, it docs not diminish, but deepens, and that the effect of ?Iiis long continued idealiza tion is to create the liest condition of development, both for those who exercise it, a.id for those toward whom it is directed. Now, if the best conditions of happiness arc once se cured they should be maintained. It is not possible to bring out all the results of this mutual sex idealiza tion in any short period of associa tion. The fact that the association is a permanent one gives it earnest hess and dignity. It would not be possible to extract from a half dozen associations, extending over a period of twenty-five years, the same amount of fine character development as would come from one fortunate asso ciation lasting for the same' time. When we are once sure of the wis dom/integrity and affection of some friend through long experience, we spend no more brain activity in learning his peculiarities of charac ter and in adapting ourselves to them. The association of man and wife is rather moral and alt'cctiona) than in tellectual. It is a rest, a certainty, a point of departure for other activi ties. Once settled and safely settled, we waste no power in readjussing the relations, but take the fruit as it rip ens, without the need of uprooting the old and planting new trees. Broke tub Car Stiuno.?As a train was approaching Cleveland it parted in tbe middle, and the bell rope snapped off like a thread, the end of it striking an old lady on her bonnet. "What is the matter?" sho ex claimed. "Oh, tho train's broke in two," ic plicd a gentleman who sat in the next scat. "I should say so," the old lady said, looking at the broken bell cord. "Did they s'poso a trilling little string like that would hold tbe train iogcihcrVV Fulrly Kenten. Goethe was one evening interrupt- . id, while absorbed in literary work, by a caller from America. When the caller was asked by a servant if he ? bad any special business, ho replied, "Only to see the poot,'r Goethe was vexed at tho -iuterrup-.l tion, and showed itjdfdnly..- Coming hastily into the room without a word of greet ing, he seated himself abrupt ly, on a stool, ;us if sayiug, "If you only wish to see me, look at me.1' The visitor's impudence was Mjfov ' lime. He proved himself muster of the occasion. In perfect silence, like Goethe's he rose, took a lamp from the table, and walked slowly around* the poet, looking at him from every point of view.,. Goethe was conquered by this cool ness. He burst into a hearty.laugh, . and began to converse in his pleasant' '. . style. The. visitor proved to be a? agreeable cum p? ? ion," uiid Goethe ' was amused at his impudence.?? i'wilts Companion. fc?. m?tllieWn Dots. A corrcspotuh^nt from St. Matthews furnishes us the following dots: The Glass Ball Tournament on the 1,9th, was an enjoyable occasion. Four teams entered with the follow ing . score: Ft. Motte, 40; St, Matthews, 36; Scrubs, 35; and" Belleville, 33. Win. M. Sain. D. E. Smoak, A. M. Izlar, Geo. W. Arthur ' and Luther Bell, the experts were ex cluded from the team shooting, but carried off most of the prizes in tho sweepstakes. The tournament was attended by a large number of ladies, and the whole affair wound up at ::ight with a ball. The following i'ecent improvements arc reported: F. J. Buyck, C. F. Zeigler, J. D. Antley and Wi F. Rives, have all completed their resi dences. Mr. J. W. Buyck has just built a very neat store. Geo. W. Arthur has built a large livery and sales stable, and will soon complete/ a t wo story store, the largest in town. Dr. W. ft Pbh and L. M. Whaley Esq., will leave in a few days for \firginia Springs on a heal?i tour.. - mt -i m? ? ? ?' ' ?' . ' ' ?Pleasures of hotel life: "Here's a lly in niy soup waiter." "Yes, sir; very sorry sir; but you can throw the lly away aud cat the soup, can't you?" "Of course I eau. You didn't expect me to throw away the soup and eat the fly, did yotiV" Old proverb: "The darkey's hour is just before the dawn," re-, maked Sambo when ho started out just before daybreak to steal a young chicken for breakfast.?Ncie Orleans Times. Teacher?"Now, Bobby, what is the plural of mouseV" Robby, "Do* no'm'm." Teacher?"Why, Robby; I'm surprised. The plural of mouse Is mice. Don't forget that now." Bobby?"No" m." Teacher?"Now tell the what is tho plural of house." Bobby?-Hice." There Is tin use Iii drugging yntttaelf to death, and buying all the vile medicines fur internal use when you can be ciitcd of fever and ague, dumb ague, hi 1 liouu disorders, jaundiuej dyspepsia) as well ae ull digorders and ailments of the liver, blood and stom ach, by wearing one of /'rof. Ouillmettc's French liver pads, which is a bjtc cure every time. If your druggist does not keep the pad, send SI .00 iu a letter to French Pad Co. Tolo.lo, 0., and it will be sent you by return mail. It is the only pad that is guaranteed to cjre. Beware of counterfeits. ' may 19 DANCING SCHOOL -AT THE FAIR: BUILDING ?EVERY? WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY ?Entiling nt 8 o'clock.? -O? Mondays reserved for Soirees when commenced. a ? o? ? Terras Reasonable? For other particulars apply to M tSS OLLIE THOMPSON at M is. Neu Oers Boarding House* . July 28 tf Lost or Stolen ON Wednesday, July 20th. oho Geld ? English Lever Watch, No. 12.?1S,. maker, oseph Johnson. Liverpool Eno land. Private mnrk inside casu, 1,924. Outside case, V, M- M. Gold chain at tached, twist link, with booh or catch brok en oil*. A liberal reward is oflercd for th? recovery of same C. Wi CULLER, . Julv 26th 1881. july'28 2t