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True Lifo. I live for those who lovo mo, - For those I know are true. For the heuven that smiles above me, ... Ami awaits my spirit too; Fr?' the human ties that bind me, For the task bV God assigned mo. For the bright hones left behind me, And tho g'o?d that I can do. 1 live'to learn their story. Who've suffered for toy sake, TO (Mhulnte their glory. And follow'in their Wake? Thuds, martyrs, patriots, sages, The nobles of all ages. Whose deeds crown history'*! pag< h, Alid Time's great volume make. I live to hail the season. by gifted minds loretohl, vWUeil men shall rule by reason, And not alone by gold When man to man'united, Ami every wrong Illing lighted. The whole world shall he lighted. As JOdeii was ol old. 1 live to hold communion With all that is divine, To feel there is a union 'Twist nature's heart and mine, To prollt by afiliotioii, Reap truths lrotn fields of fiction, Grow wiser Iroiu con viel ion. And iullil each great design. I live for those who love me. For those who know hie true. For the heaven that smiles above me, And awaits my spirit, loo; For the wrong that needs resistance, 'For the catisu that, lacks assistance, For lhe future in the distance, And tin' good that I ean do. The Story oi a Trail. She was a tall, stout individual and sprang out of the wagon as lightly as a spring chicken after a grass-hop per, lie was a little, withered, dried up weasel, and followed slowly, with a basket of eggs. They entered one of our stores and she asked : "What nre j-ou givin' for eggs?" ??Eight cents," was the reply of the 'county jumper. ?'Well, here arc three dozen," said ' the fat party, "and I'll take it out in "calico." "But I want some yarn to mend up my socks," put in the old man. "The weather will soon be warm," replied the fat party, "and you can then go without socks." "But my boots hurt my feet," in sisted the old man. "Go barefooted," said she rather sharply. Then turning to the clerk, she changed her tone, and remarked : '""Young man please count out the ' eggs and give me four yards of cali co to match this 'ere dress." "But-," the old man was going to continue, when she raised her huge index finger and said : "Henry Winter Davis Spriggins, them 'ero oggs nre mine; the hens what laid 'era are mine ; the corn what fed 'em was mine, and I'se going to have a trail on this ere dress as long as Betsy Go wen's, if every toe on 3*011 r foot turn into gumbilcs. Now, shut 'up ! aud you youngster, yank of that '*cio calico, or you will hear a bum ble bee a buzzin*." The old man shut up, and the clerk yanked off the calico, Don't Get the Big Head. Don't get too big for your breeches .'just because you are a little prosper 'ous, and have a few more dollars than some of your less fortunate 'neighbors. Many a man much bet ter off than you are has come to his wallet and staff. Before the war we remember to have heard a then rich ?man say that he was never to work in the field. That same man to-day is (ploughing an ox and splitting ;rails. Facts?and, if we felt so dis posed, could name him. Go slow on your moonshine prospcrty and riches, ?for you may yet tumble. Don't get. the big head, but take your prosperi ty slow?you may get under the ?wculht r, and yet be glad to have your poor neighbors recognize you. A poor man i.^ just as good as a rich one, if not helle!'?were it not lor the poor people, this thing called a world would soon be nothingness, and the inhabitants would soon go to the devil. The poor, not the rich man, keeps this world moving. Js he entitled to no respect for it? Think and consider the mailer.?JJ.r 'chtknge. How Not to Get Local News. He came into our office, and after paying his subscription, said : "J guess you can slop sending my paper, I've just subscribed for a pa per 1 need more." "Just so," we returned. Ho pulled it out of his pocket and banded it to us for inspection. It was a Philadelphia publication, being neatly printed, ornamented with a handsomely engraved head, and con taining about forty-eight columns of reading matter. "A very fair looking paper," said We. "But my clear sir, do you find much news concerning our county in it?* "Jso, he didn't know that he had fonna any." **Do you find any thing about our State ?,r" "No* lie never did." And yet he needed that sheet much more than he did his county paper. Much are blessings to any communi ty. VVhat ent< rpriso wt uld flourish with them ? What Farmers Succeed. That farmer will succcd who makes up his mind that tho whole Beeret of success is in himself, that it is tho man and not the business that tells. He will succeed if lie brings to beur the same amount of skill, forethought, energy, economy and judgment, that any other branch of business requires. Ho will succeed if he sticks closo to his farm, as the mechanic does to his shop, and not expect to work three or four months and then take his case the rest of the year. Xhat larm or will succeed who takes the papers and digests what he reads, and is not. afraid of new ideas and new methods of industry. He will succeed if it is Ids intention, that whatever he sends to maiket shall bo the \ery best, and so made and put up thai when seen I it will be captivating for its freshness, cleanliness and purify, and will be S unheasitntingly taken on account of his well known character lor honesty I of weight, measure and count. Those' who have farms may think themselves fortunate, for although they will not thereby find sudden roads to wealth, they certainly prove that persistent farm labor will bring a sure reward. Il is worthy of notice, that the adven turer and speculator, with blasted hopes and shattered heulth and for tune, have in the end to come back to the farm for health and safety. Agriculture is the basis of national strength and wealth, and a most cer tain and liberal support of all who follow it intelligently. ine uid Mag. What is the matter widt' the people of Sumter, any how? If Mr. Charles II. Moise i? reported correctly in his testimonj' before the Teller Commit tee the Stars and Stripes are not very popular in the Game Cock County, and by the time Mr. Charles O. Moise's statement to this effect shall have run through a half dozen of the stalwart organs of the northwest, it will have been made plain to the mind of the world that the people of Sumter Count}' stand sadly in need of some more reconstruction. If Mr. Charles H. Moi&e's statement is true then are the people of Sumter very stupid, and sadly in need of correc tion. Each rod-shirled Democrat in the county should be penned up and fed on broiled American Eagles for at least Bix months. The men should be made to wear the uniform which Brother Jonathun always wears in the dime novels and on the stage ; I and the ladies should all be forced to dress a la Columbia, while the in fants should be condemned to wear penny bibs and tuckers, made of red, white and blue, until after the}' arc weaned. In fact, the people of Sum ter should be put through such a course of discipline that, at the mere sight of a carpet-bag, every man, ?vo rnan and child in the count}' would rise up aud shout, until they arc hoarse, for the old Hag?and an ap propriation.?Su7i(?ay Times. Well Kept Farms. A well ordered farm, well chosen stock, comfortable buildings, a neat ly kept garden, toad way or entrance way, ga'cs well hung, fences well kepi, shade trees, ornamental shrub bery, paint without and whitewash within?all these arc worth more tu a fanner in money value than a hun dred dollars carefully scraped to gether and jealously hoarded and loaned to needy neighbors at inter est. No investment pays so well as money judiciously spent in fan provomonls. Draining wet Ian.I p iy 50 to 100 percent, on ilf cost every year; good stock will pay equally well, good roads will turn their cost every year, a gate will save its cost in ft short time, a good fence may save its whole cost in one night, a well-kept gnrden, a neal lawn, orchard and shade trees, which need not cost $100, have added ten times that amount to tho value <d a] Ian::, and the Comfort and sell'-re spect gained through the outlay fov these and from their possession are worth more than the cost. Blessings on him who invented sleep?the mouth that covers all hu man thoughts, the food that ap peases hunger, the drink that quenches thrist, the fire that warms cold, the cold that moderates heal, and, lastly, the general coin that purchases all things, the balance and weight that equals the shepherd with the king, and the simple witli the wise. A witty Western editor, suffering \ from a depleted purse, copied in his paper an account of an accident, in which the man rescued from drown ing related that, at the Moment of sinking, he had a most vivid recollec tion of every circumstance of inn life, ami at the end of the paragraph pointedly advises Ids Md scrilibra to bathe in deep water. Respectfully calls the attention of the Public to their well selected Consisting of everything usually kept in a first-class store, and will lake occasion to return their thanks for the very liberal paronage thus far bestowed, and will always strive to keep up heir stock o such a standard, tha t threij will merit a fare proportion of the trade, nd in order to sell at the lowest possible price. Th ey buy all leading articles, such as FLOUR, BACON, SALT, SYRUP, BA.GGING and TIES, and domestics of every kind at first hands, which enables them, to compele. with allXothers inUhcir line of business- Therefore, oar customers can rest' assur ed that their interests shall always be guarded. Wc also purchase at the highest cash prices cotton, cohn, 11 ice, and all other coantry produce TEAS &c J. G PIKE & CO., corner of church and russel streets. Okangehuijg, S. C, September 28, 1878. 52 First Class Family Grocery, air Patrick's Old Stand, Corner of Russell and Treadwell Streets, Oraugeburg. -:o: IRESPECTFULLY INFORM THE PUBLIC THAT I HAVE OPEND AT the above stand a first class Where can be found everything needed for family use of the very best quality, and warranted fresh and genuine. I will make it a point to keep nothing for sale but what is first class and fresh. P,y permanent arrangements made I will receive my goods weekly?and by close and careful at tendon to my business, and the wants of iny customers. I hope to receive a fair ?diarc of patronage. Goods received on consignment, and country produce solo u* ship ped to Charleston or Northern markets on Commission. chaeles s bull. Ago i Orangohurp, S. C, i ? ) I i 1 ? ' 1 j, ll I IN It DEALER IN &6$lQfel M3) B3>Bl.$iNI@ FINE CHEWING ODA CO, ' DOMESTIC AND IMPORTED SEGARS, A SPECIALITY Made of Mountain Dew born Whisker. champagne, ALKS. porters brandies wines, beer &e &c. f have on h ind a very heavy stock which 1 am offering for sale cheapor than <\>nn y. Mr. A. 1.. STROMAN is with me anil will he ,.e his friends at Doyles Ccrncr Ot angehnrg, September fi, Z. J. KING u j, ??.. ? ?..-.-vir.. . -4 : I NORTH WEST CpRNER STATE IIOUKESQUAUE, COLUMBIA S. C. BOARD $200 PER. DA Y. OMNIB US $$cs. Special attention and RATES to commercial trarolors. Ornnselnirg Oct. 18 1878. ly HARD TIMES. nPIIIS Is heard all over the land. Ever}' paper published is heralding the coming of an awful season. Wise Indeed be that JL man who profits by the ominous and portentous signs that loom up in the Unknown future. Who heeds the distant rumbling of the lar away, but rapidly approaching storm that will yor, like the relentless hurricane, sweep over the land. But wiser far is be who has learned wisdom and experience from the bitter lessons of the long past-by paying more for tho necessities of life than they are worth simply because they have been granted a little time. The lesson taught has been a hard one, but still there is time to halt, and retrace you steps. Buy where you get tbe most goods for the least cash money. Buy where you get thirty-six inches to the yard and sixteen ounces to the pound. Yes. Go beyond thin Golden Utile, and buy where you can, with your hard and powerful cash, got two dollors worth of goods for one. This opportunity Is at last given you. * Man, woman, child, whatever is wanted in your separate papartments call on us and we will furnish it far below any competitor. If not in stock we take pleasure In ordering for you without, eharge A FULL LINE OK GROCERIES, NOTIONS, TINWARE, CROCKERY, &C, on hand, wholesale auu* retail. Auction Sales?Saturdays and First Mondays at the Rooms at 11 o'clock. Will also attend to sales any place whore services of an Experience 1 Auctioneer are required. NEW GOODS AND SPECIAL BARGAINS opening every day. Call and be convinced. Yours Respectfully, , C. D. KORTJOHN, Prop. Original Auction House. RUSSELL STREET, ORANGEBURG; S.O., Jan. 21, 1879. The Favorite Dry-Go?ds He Furchgott, Benedict & Co, Charleston, S. O OFFER THEIR NEW FALL STOCK Wholesale and Retail AT LOWER PRICES Than is paid by customers for infe rior old auction goods. i $250,000 J Worth of the Gnest and best selected stock of Carpels, Lace Curtains, Oil Cloths, Window Shades, Dress Goods, Silks, Cloaks, Shawls, Blankets, Flannels, Alpacas, cashmeres, first and second mourning goods, kid gloves, notions, hosiery, ribbons, silk ties, ladies and gentle men underwear, linens, table and pi ano covers, towels, tatle damask, napkins, domestic goods, and thou sands of other goods too numerous to mention^ are now placed before our old customers in the State of South Carolina, ami we gnaranteo to the public and people of this Slate espe cially that through OUR IMMENSE FACILITIES and long established reputation with buyers and sellers where MILLIONS of dollars has been exchanged through our house, that wo can and always will give better satisfaction as regards QUALITY AND PRICES in goods purchased from us than an}* other house South. SAMPLES sent on applica tion. N. li. Charges prepaid on all goods over S10. Sent C. O. D. or for post olliee order. Please mention this paper in order ing Goods. F?RCHGOTT, BENEDICT & CO. i^Tn King street, Charleston,S C. Oet 2U ly Of to Scmfag, DYER AND SCOURER* No. 34 WentWorth ?troct. near the Old Artesian Well. CHARLESTON, S. C. Gents' Coats Vests and Pants nicely Cleaned, Dyed and Pressed. Faded and Moulded Clothing Renewed with the greatest dirpatch. THIS VAX 211 IS ON VHJB WITH BUY BUY BUY o o COME WITHIN THE RING and enjoy tbe advantage offered by me, which can't be beat by any House in town. Your cheapest man to buy from A. B. WALKER. Avoao AVOHO AiOHO NEW STORE NEW STORE IN THE TOWN OF DA. SAIN NOTIFES THE CITIZENS OF ST. MATTHEWS, AND TIIE i |)id)lic generally that hi the old stand of Clark's, near the Depot, will be found a choice and rare selection of Dry Goods, Groceries, Tobaccos and Segars. Liquors both Foreign Und Domestic, Hardware, Sec., And solicits a share of trade. Mr. J.PHIL. SAIN, who is in charge of tbe Rtore will be glad to greet any ail of his old customers, and new ones too, to r< whom bo guarantees bargains as good as can be had in Charleston. Ilighest^umrket prices paid for all kinds of country produce St. Matthews, Septembor G, 1870. AUGUST FISCHER Announcement Extraordinary JUST ARRIVED DIRECT FROM NEW YORK a select and Varied CARGO of Merchandize Large failures of wholesale business houses has enabled my agents North to buy immense consignments of goods at Rock Bottom Prices. These I shall sell, as I bought, for cash at the lowest prices ever heard of. The immense variety, the most select quality in every line of merchandise Groceries, Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps, etc, etc, etc., will sur prise every body, at my well known AUCTION AND COMMISSION HOUSE, where I shall sell at prices so low as to astonish the good people of Orangeburg and the surrounding counties. MM ? A p.'IfjSfl DU AU So famous famous for its rare brands! ml OHfflTLE ft U Ulli of Native and Foreign Liquors is etlll entirely separate and apart from my other department of business. Call and examine for yourselves. I solicit 3*our patronage most respectiully, because it is to your own advantage to buy the best at the cheapest prices. AUGUST FISHER. Orangoburg, November 32, 1878. c 12mo DRUGGIST AND CHEMIST IS OFFERING Ills large and well selected stock of Drugs, Mediciues,.Paints, Oils, toilet and Fancy Articles LOW DOWN FOR CASH. ALSO k lot of FINE TOBACCO FROM FORTY THREE TO EIGQTT Five cents per pound. Your patronage is respectfully solicited. Orangeburg, S. C, July 12. 62 A. C. DUKES, M. D. SPECIALITIES! BARGAINS! IBSUUCEMEMTS! AT Thh We beg leave to call the attention of thos'o.interested toonr large and well ?e? lected stock of GROCERIES, CANNED FRUITS, DRY GOODS, FANCY GOODS. CLOTHING. ROOTS, SHOES <fce <Ce. to call at our store, before pur* chasing elsewbcro as wo are now prepared to offer the above goods at exceeddlnj ly low prices. N. B. Wo have Just received direct from the factory a large line of ILLUMI NATORS, far lor and Store Lamps, also 23 and 4 light Chandeliers, and are en abled to sell them nt greatly reduced rates, wo invite all to see the light at our store and examine Stock and Prices. SORENTRUE & LORYEA, Russell Street, next door to McMaster'e.' ORANGEOURG, S. C, Sopt.20,1878. fcui