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A. l*si|><ii* lor ilxa Pooplc. LI. (i. SlIKHlOAN, ) ? . .V, . ... *-> Proprietors. James L. .Sims, ) 1 Simsemi'llONV <Onn Year....S$1 ,slx Montis.I <><> iMiiii.-li.-rs oftlfo GnSpul.1 <><> Al>VKUTlSIN<i K AT ICS. F.'vst luscriion, ncr sou are.?1 OO Kae.li fSubso<jiiciu. Insertion.f>0 contracts mane ?or Unco 'months and longer periods. All transient ailvorli.-etuents must bo 15Ui>! I ill' ill UttViMKJC,. Maniacs a'iid Notices of Deaths, nut making over one Square, inserted free, ami fcolkitcil? ?o? fc3f*:\Vo are not ''responsible for the Views o.f.'our Correspondents. Air liu'sinr.ss Com inimical ions. Tetters for Implication, ami Orders tor Subserip tion. Iis well as all Ailvertls?uieii?s, .should bo addressed l<? Sil El? 1 DAN & SIMS, Uninjroburg, S. C. OlCANUKlU'KCT, S. C, XOVKMIIKR 21, 187U. ..;!!' ' Ourselves. . In the biSMOCttAY of November 7th an article appeared from a corres pondent making certain enquiries re specting t\ie conduct of the Orange bury 'Times in the recent municipal election with reference to Mr. Gco. Bolivcr, ami also that paper's mihi treatment of the Bolivcr-lJyas scan dal. -We slated in the same issue that we knew nothing of the business of our- coteniporary and could not, therefore, answer the questions. At liret we declined to publish the arti cle of ?our?correspondent, believing it could answer no good purpose ; but its publication being insisted upon j by the author and Iiis friends, and j the Democrat being "a paper for the people," in which every citizen, bow ever humble could have a hearing, wo determined to give the ailielc to the public. It is hot our design to j say one word relative to the editorial management of our neighbor either in these particular.:, or upon any other subject where we are not per sonally, concerned. If the reply giv en in the last issue of the 2'tmcs, in relation to the matters enquired af ter, be satisfactory to our correspon dent, it certainly is to us. In that reply, lipwcvcr, the Times goes out of its way to. make an attack upon us personally by unwarrantably draw ing public attention to our connec tion with that paper last year. The animus of this attack, its justice and the motive that prompts it wo leave to the judgment of an impartial pub lic, after making Ibis candid and final ?'..dement of fads us they cxitfW--1 At the beginning of the present year when wo entered upon the pub lication c i" the 0 it a x o Kit u kg Dicmo chat,'we published a card which wo tbougbt uouhl be satisfactory to the public,., Mi. Holivcr the next week published the card alluded to in the last issue of the Times, upon which the editor of that paper bases his charge of our receiving wages of Mr. Iloiivcr. This card left the matter as a question of veracity between our scli'aud Mr. Doliver, and not wish ing to enter into a controversy with { Mr. Uoiiver about the matter, we suii'orcd it lo rest with the public, which to believe. The editor of the Tims sees fit to repeat the charge and boastingly in forms the public that he "never edit ed for a'Radical and never will," not withstanding his ed.toiial connection with i he (J'urion tinder Mr. T. C. An !n iv.:, We shall not attempt to decide who owned the Clarion^ but this we do know, that the material tipon which the Democrat is printed was purchased from the Rev. Alonzo Webster, and it is the name material upon which the ( htrion was formerly printed. This alone makes it neces sary for us to impose upon the pub lie again the following statement of facts : In December, 1677, we bought of Mr. .Geo. B.diver the Ora.ngt.bury Tim s, who then claimed it as his in dividual properly. It was a genuine sab: and we had not the slightest doubt of the legal right of Mr. lioli ver to seil ili.j paper until the News Company sued out an injunction and stopped its publication. We immc ciatcly applied 'o Gen. J. F. I/lar, our legal adviser in the whole matter, f ir counsel, who.instructed us, as we were already under contract to pur chase th'o p iper, not to accept titles from Mr. Uoiiver, but to go on and run Ilse Times in the interest and for the good of the Democratic party. A motion was consequently made to dissolve the ii-junction which was ? successful; and we entered upon the j duly of editing the Times as an or gan of'tlm ? Democratic party, and J with the view of ultimately becoming its owftcr -whi'n the suit was ended. This was tunic with the approval of many Staunch Democrats and person al friends. During the entire year the paper i was in litigation?various parties claiming an interest in it by reason of purchase and otherwise ; indeed, it belonged to no one man but to a company, a part of whom were pray ing that an accounting bo had and their portion ol' the assets be paid up. We, at the same time, frequently urged our counsel to push matters that the suit might be closed and our purchase of Ilm paper consummated. While the paper, including its fi nances, was thus in the hands of the Court, wo received seventy-live dol lars for our services, not from Mr. Doli vor as the Tivws charges, but from Gen. J. F. Ijslar, our legal advis er in every step wo took. We bad nothing to do with Mr. Boliver, never made any agreement with him about pay and never designed to do so. The paper being iu litigatiou, of course, we had no control of its fi nances, nor could we make any ar rangement of the kind with Mr. Boli ver or with any other member of the Company who had a claim upon the concern. It was a matter between Gen. I/Jar and ourself exclusively. The suit is still pending, and no legal disposition can be made of II12 paper until the Court decides who owns it. Willi this statement we dismiss the subject. Thai Mortgage. We dislike very much to parade our private a (lairs before the public, but inasmuch as the editor of the Times has seen lit to publish the fact Unit A. Webster holds a mortgage on our paper, for the purpose, no doubt, of trying to injure our business, we feel assured wo will be indulged while we make a short statement in regard to this matter: When we first came to Orangeburg one year ngo we purchased the material, upon which the l.dislo Clarion, was being printed, from A. Webster. Not be iug able just at that time to collect some money that we had out, wo ask ed and received one year's indulgence on the purchase money, Si,200, for which indulgence we paid ten per cent, interest. The mortgage ma tures on the first day of January, 1SS0, about six weeks hence, when it will bo promptly met and lakon up by us. As our readers can sec there is no particular harm in this mort gage. The giving of this instrument was simply n business transaction, and its being unwarrantably dragged before the public by the editor of Ihc Times, only shows to what extent some people will go in their wild at tempts to injure ihclr neighbors. m^m^. ??Ajjother'Mortgage. - - If there is one characteristic of our nature more fully developed than another, it is in being unselfishly de voted to our friends and in practicing a forgiving charity towards our ene mies. We fully and freely forgive tl'.e editor of the Times for any inju ry that he intended to do us in drag ging our private affairs before the public, but we would embrace this opportunity of reminding him that a man who lives in a glass house should not throw stones, as they might lo him more harm than the parties for whom they are intended. The 2<lilor of the Times with a great nour ish of trumpets announced that his .itle to thai paper was recorded. We suppose that is true so far it goes. But while prating about the mortgage .hat is over our paper why did he not ^o on and tell about the mortgage 1 lint Gco. Boliver has hanging over Ihc Oriingt bury Times. Strange as it may appear Boliver does hold a mort gage over that paper, and to make Lhc matter worse he will hold it lor Lwo years lo come as the last pay ment is to be made sometime in 1882, unless Boliver should sec lit to ac cept the money and release it before Lliat time. We invite the attention of the public to the accommodating Lcrms upon which the Tim s was sold lo its present owners. It was bought by I hem in January, 1879, yet the first payment is not to be made until January, 1881, two years after, ar.d the last payment in January, 1882, Lhree years after its purchase. We were not in such high favor with the Radical from whom we bought our material as to get such accommodat ing terms. Our obligation must and 'fill be met on the fust day of next January, while the proprietors of the Times have until January 1882 to meet theirs. ''Consistency thou art a jewel." The Supreme Court. We clip the following paragraph from the Bsaufort Crescent : "Think :>f Governor Simpson on the Supreme Bench with a telephone from the Broad-street Clique to whisper in his uar the law and the gospel. Where would small-sized attorneys be if Lhey happen not to be regarded as necessary factors towards making a place on the Supreme Bench of South Carolina what it once was?a place >f private station." Gov. Simpson ivould be as far above the influence of this dreaded Broad-street Clique, we hear so much of, as any mau In the Stale. It is immaterial to us who Is elevated lo the Supremo Bench, u3 wo feel assured the Legislature will elect no ono who is not worthy and competent to fill tho olliec, but we must enter our protest against the above paragraph as it does a great injustice to a gentleman whose pri vate life is pure, and whose integrity is abovo reproach. Oppose Gover nor Simpson if you want to, but doit in a legitimate way, or it may re bound and kill your candidate, who ever he may be. Meeting of the Agriouitural Society. The Orangeburg Agricultural So ciety held its annual meeting in the Fair Building ou Saturday, Novem her loth, 1879. After the reading, correcliug and confirmation of the minutes, the President called for the Secretary's report which was read. This, bcingulho annual meeting, was the proper time for the election of officers to serve the Society the en suing year. The President, Dr. \V. F. Barton, having served the Society for eleven years as its presiding offi cer, desired to be relieved, and asked the members to select a younger and more active man to this responsible office. The Society, however, need ing his valuable counsel and experi ence, decided to re-elect him and did so by a unanimous vote. Dr. j. C. Holman, Capt. J. L. Moorcr and Mr. J. J. Salley were elected Vicc-Prcsi dents. Mr. Kirk Robinson, the pres ent incumbent, and Mr. J. K. Vosc were put in nomination for the Secre tary and Treasurer's olliec. Both gentlemen declined, but a ballot was taken and Mr. Kobinson was elected. The Presixlent desired lo know the names of those members who were engaged in the grnpc culture, and the following gentlemen responded : Dr. W. F. Barton, Narpin Bigg1*, T. II. Zimmerman, W. S. Robinson, and J. J. Salley. Dr. W. F. Barton marie a report of three experiments he made during the past season with flour ol bone, Ger man -cju and cotton seed. Dr. Rav enc , during a visit to the Doctor's hon.e, gave it as his experience that this bone was greatly improved by coa'posting with a salt, as Kanitc, and cotton seed. He thought that more of the members should make expei imcnls in order that the ?Socie ty, by the combined experience of all might arrive at more definite conclu sions. Mr. J. J. Salley made three exper iments with Atlantic pho?phatc, salt and dissolved bone. The cotton was planted in the same quality of land and tho same number of hills gather ed from each section. The salt gave the best return. The cotton grew oil slowly at first but yielded the most satisfactory results in the end. Mr. J. \V. Dukes said that he used salt on his crop at the rate of one sack to the acre, and the yield was most satisfactory on his place. It paid belter on his land than any oth er manure. He had caused iwo rows in a negro's field lo be sailed and ihese rows yielded as much as six rows not sailed. Mr. Vosc used salt with litter at the rate of one sack per acre. At first the cotton grew slowly and was behind the rest of his crop but later i*. caught up and yielded nS'Wcll as any and two or three times more than where litter was used alone. Mr. J. J. Sallcy's experience with salt is the same as that of Mr. Vosc. The cotton would not grow oil* well i at first but was very satisfactory in the long run. Dr. Holman said that salt was no manure at all and contained no ma nurinl properties, not even potash. Its olliec was lo prepare I he veg table mauler already in the soil for plant food ami only in Ibis way was it ben ficial. Mr. Dukes said whether it was ? manure or not it makes very fine cot ton for him. He was an old farmer and he thought as successful as the rest of his neighbors and he had used salt a long time and never failed to realize the best results. He had used it in every way, with stable manure, litter etc., and his experience was that hickory and black-gum leaves were the best to use with salt. Dr. Holman said, used with litter salt would pay. Its office as a pre paid- of plant, food was known in an cient times for the Bible speaks of it in connection wilh crops. At this stage of the proceedings the committee appointed at the last meeting to draw up resolutions on the death of Mr. W. M. Hutson. made following repoit through its chairman, Mr. E. ^. Felder: Religion and virtuetcach us of mor tality and we reverently bow to the mysterious decree that renders lo-day ours?to-morrow a fearful uncertain ly. 1 he familiar home scenes arc grave-marks of our fellows, the every hour contact but a reminder that n gap has been made. .Smiles are dis pelled for (cars, I ho companionship of tried and trusted souls is exchang ed for a life-long parting and the light of our cherished jo3*s is mellow ed by the coming fall. This reflec tion is induced by the decease of nur brother, William M. sIlutson. Dei Foo tiuthfully and cynically says that "headstones tell of virtues known never before."- Our friend was a splendid exception to a conventional eenlimenlnlisni. He was a gentle man of Carolina's old school. I Je was bred and had adopted its sever est requirements. Gentle, courteous, considerate, noble, he sacrificed his comfort too often in obedience to that of persous who had no claim upon him. In his family ho was all that home could require ; in society, its favorite guest; in public life, rc proaehless; and in the church, a faithful Christian. Therefore lie it Jiisolved, That this Society bow revcrendy in humble submission to the decree of All mighty God, which takes from our number one of the worthiest and most respected mem bers. J( Jiesolvcd, Tlnjt in the recent death of the Hon. W. M. Ilutson. this Soci ety is call upon to mourn the loss ol one w ho for a long series of years oc cupied a high find controlling position in the community of Orangeburg County, and w];o, during that time, was loved and respected for the Stel ling virtues liA ever manifested in life. V Itcsolvtd, That a blank page in our Minute book be devoted to commem orating among the members of this Society the virtues of our esteemed brother. Unsolved, that a copy of this pre amble ami resolutions be furnished his family, and also be published in our county papers. E. J. Fki.dek, Jas. Stokes, Committee. jctk. Dr. IIoiinan*iaid that the cultiva tion of jute in this country was like the Indian's gun, it cost more than it comes to. Mr. Riggs was of the same opinion. He planted onc?sixleenlh of an acre and the plant .grew very rank and high, and he thought it would make at least GOO pounds, but when gather ed he realized only 75 pounds. It required three or four hands three days to prepare it for baling. He had a bale of it on exhibition at both the County and State Fairs. At the last he look the premium of ?50. No one could plant it in this county as a money crop while labor is so high. Tue worth of juleps four or live cents per pound. i'earl millet. Mr. Iladley said he wished to try this millet as a forage crop for horses, sheep and cows, and desired the Sec retary to read an article upon its cul tivation and yield, from a paper he received from New York. This arti cle gave a glowing account of its rap id growth, ease of cultivation, enor mous yield and value as a forage crop. Mr. "I adley said all the papers spoke of this millet in similar terms and he desired the Secretary to write on for some seed for distribution to the members. Mr. Irwin Dukes said he had plant ed this millet and had some of the seed for sale. It was a different plant from the common horse millet. It grows about six or seven feet high and produces a head similar to the hoise millet but longer and twice as large. One aero mauured as cotton would make as much as live of corn fodder and all kinds of slock ^werc fond of it. clement attach >1 ext. ? Dr. [Barton said he received a pa per with an account of one of these machines. There was one in opera lion on a small scale at Westminster in this Stale. It required live or six e.hildren and one skilled operator to manage the machinery. He thought it was destined to revolutionize the wo!Id?increasing the value of the farmers' cotton crop at least 00 per cent. Yarn made on this machine was worth from 2 to 3 cents more per pound than ginned cotton. It was the gin wedded to the spinning machine and required five hundred pounds of seed cotton to keep it at work for onj day. The price, $3,500, he thought was two high, which was against its general introduction. One thousand dollars would be its worth in two years. Dr. \\. desired to know if it would pay three or four farmers living near together to get one. Ho was willing to go into it and go in largely. Mr. Riggs, while at Anderson this summer, saw one of these machines at work. The cotton In the seed was thoroughly dusted before it entered the gin, which having very small teeth, cleaned the seed perfectly. From the gin it entered the carding machine after w hich it was separated and cnleicd tin tubes, where it was twisted into thread. The thread was one-third stronger than other thread and the ladies preferred to use it. lie thought it would be better to get four machines as one skilled work man could attend that many and twclvo boys or girls could manago two mucbiucs. Dr. Ration moved that a commit tee of three be appointed to inquire into the matter and report as soon as possible. The President appointed Dr. W. F. Barton, II. Riggs and Mr. Iladlcy as the commit!ee. The Society here adjourned to par lake of a splendid dinner prepared in the next room. After completing this very necessary work and drawing new inspiration from the President's demijohn, a call was made on Dr. J. C. Holman for a speech. The Doc tor acquitted himself handsomely, do ing full justice to the dinner, the wine and pine straw. More Mention. Editor Orangeburg Democrat: "Wc had the pleasure of listening to a most excellent sermon, delivered by Rev. J. Hawkins, editor of the Luthe ran Visitor, on the 2nd instant, at St. Matthews' Church, from 2nd Cor inthians, 13th chapter, and 5th verse, lie had been previously solicited lo deliver a sermon on the Great Luthe? ran Reformation, this being its 3C2nd anniversary. Fears were entertained that we would have disagreeable weather, but the day was all that could be desired, calm and pleasant. Long before Ihc hour for divine ser vice had arrived, a iarge anxious and interesting congregation assembled. Wc feel our great i: ability lo make any comments on the sermon, and will therefore leave it for a more table pen. It is not enough to say he fulfilled our expectations, we were highly pleased, and not only we, but a good many otheis who heard. He is looking remarkably well and in line spirits. His daughter accompanied him. Sound in doctrine, whole soul Lutheran, efficient pastor, full of Christian piety, and as an editor he has few equals. His highly appre ciated and welcome Visitor shall al ways claim a place in our heart and j home circle. How any Christian households can get on without their church paper we arc at a loss to know. Wc felt ourselves honored to have so distinguished a guest with other friends lo dine with us on Monday. May he long live lo serve his church and his Creator. A. Oak Gnovi:. ? ? m -? ? Danger Ahead. An Alban j' correspondent of the New York Siin says that "the Robin i?n Democrats are not only astonish ed but paralyzed by the result of the election." lie attributes Ihc defeat of Robinson not lo the lack of voles, (or he had a surplus of fifty thousand' to spare and could then count on a majority, b.?t kl!-cca;:se more than j two hundred thousand stayed away from the polls;" The same writer says that Ibis defeat will "have a most damaging eflVct on tho prospects I of Democratic success. l ean see no j way out of the present dilemma. Mr. I Kelly has proved himself fcliong enough to u.in the party if he is not permitted to rule it. Our Presiden tial candidate must be acceptable to him, or he will repeat his perform ance of this year. Put a candidate acceptable lo Mr. Kelly may, on lhat very account, be obnoxious to oilier Democrats in New York. Polls are very apt lo beget bolls. There ie danger ahead*" A Desperate Lover's Doom. St. Louis, Mo., NovcMUBr 10.? Charles F. King, who shot and killed Mrs. Dora Praemscr, a married wo man, with whom he was desperately in love, on July 4, 187."?, withdrew his plea of not guilty of murder in Ihe second degree, and was sentenced lo the penitentiary for twenty years by .lodge Lougl I'm. When sentence was pronounced King made a strong pioteet, saying that his lawyer told him if he would take this course he would receive light punisbmdnt, and slating that he would rather take the chances of conviction under Ihe origi nal pleading than to be subjected to so long an impiisonment. He asked the Judge to w ithdraw the sentence, which request was refused, and a mo lion lo set it aside will probrbly be made. M.ore Emigrants for Liberia. At a meeting of the Pennsylvania Colonization Society held Tuesday a warrant for ?2, 000 was issued to de fray the expenses of colored emi grants to Liberia. The expeditition sails from New York on the loth of Decemder, and the emigrants are to locate at lirownsvl'le, not far from St. Paul's River, and near where tho Mandingo traders stop on their way from the interior. It was announced at the meeting that Mr. K. S. Morris had secured S2,700 toward tho pro posed S?, 000 for a school to educate tho sons of native chiefs in Liberia. Calhoun Monument. Mr. Til man It. Gaines, Col. T. Slobo Farrow, Col. G. J. Foreacrc, Col. W. L. Calhoun, of Atlanta, Gen. A. C. Gnrlington and Col. K. I'opc, arc- nominated as a committee to inaugurate a plan for the erection of a monument to John C. Calhouu. It is suggested that a handsome bronze statue of Calhoun, on a granite pedestal, be elected on the west side of the Seneca river, near tho Calhoun munsiou, immediately on tho Air Line Railroad. Ocn Demcratic contemporaries of prominence readily agree with us that Horatio Seymour wculd be tho best Presidential candidate the party could name, but they are inclined to seriously doubt whether he could be Induced to make tho race. We be lieve such fears to be groundless. Gov. Seymour could not, would not refuse to respond to his paity's call were he to be nominated. He is too much a statesman, too much a patriot,' to allow his personal wishes to hinder the consummation of a great national good. We know he does not seek the executive office, bnt that is not the question. The Democratic party and the country itself are seeking him.? Washington IJ')st,Dem. "The negro at the South is igno rant, pliant and dependent; it is not natural that he should be permitted to go on misgoverning South Caro lina a.id L misiana in order to furnish the Republican party at Washington with a few more voles in Congress. We have no apologies or excuses for Southern terrorism but it is vain for the Republicans to expect that the colored race, making a failure of lo cal government, can be held together i to vote the Republican ticket to keep j the party in power over a distant na : tionality."?Springfield (Mass.) Re j publictin. j Atlanta is suffering from a Grant boom. Col. R. A. Crawford starts it in the Atlanta Constitution. He served in the Confederate army, was twiee wounded, and claims to have "done as much for the Democratic patty as any life-long Dcomocrat of Iu3 ability," and to have lost "two hundred and forty one negroes, a plantation ami other property in pro I portion, with Confederate bonds and paper enough to paper the capilol." He comes out for Grant and praises him generally. He wants him to run on his own platform. IMotiee. T will sell at Auction the Salcdny in JL December, 1S7'J. the lots belonging to the estate of W. ,M. Hutson, lying on both stile* of Amelia Street, and running buck to the I'.-pr Ground on the North side of Amelia Street and -140 feet deep on the North side, of Amelia Street. They will be sold in separate parcels if wished. Tliu terms are one-halt Cash, balance in one year, bond and mortgage from date, and purchaser to pay for pa pers and recording. They will be treat ed lor tit private until Salcdav. m. m. uursosr, Nov. 21)st, 1S70?2t Executrix. I ICstnto o ?~ X^owir? IT. Zim mcz'uinn, Dee'd. ' I > V order of the Probate Judge, I will ! JL) sell at auction for cash, in front of IOrangeburg Court House, on Monday. December 1. l>-7'-'. at 11 o'clock A.M., IctlOSKS of the ?-.-t?te of LKW IS If. ZIM | M 10II.MAN. against .J. D. lHckehbocker, .lack Dant/.ler, Citizen's Savings bank, I I J. Mlev, A. 1*. Slroman and D. W. Shu ler. Notice is hereby given that in one month from the twenty-second of No vember, lsTlt, 1 will lib; my final account as Administrator of said Estate, with the Probate Judge, and apply for a thud ills ' THOMAS E. IUCKKNBACKER, Atini'r Est L. II. Zimmerman. Nov. 21. 1870?2t Great Attraction IN CHARLESTON, S. C, Dec. 3rd to 13th, 1879, GREAT INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION of the AGRICULTURAL SOCIB1 Y OF SOUTH CAROLINA. Splendid display of the resources of the Stide. Varied attractions each even ing. The Main Hall and Machinery Hall Will be lighted With the ELECTRIC LIGHT. Railroad fares reduced to enable all to visit the Fair. Grand Lodge A. F. Mason, South Car olina Press Association, Association Graduates South Carolina Military Acad emy, all meet during Fair weeks. All are eotdially Invited to visit the city. Exhibits of the products, manufactures and resources of South Carolina special ly desired. For further Information ad dress, E. L. ROCHE, Nov. 21, 1S70- 3t Beefy A. S. 3Noti<;o to Tenehers, TN consequence of a deficiency in the number of teachers for public schools in some sections of the county, there will bo one more public examina tion of applicants for Teacher's Certifi cate?, tobe held at ShcrHnn's School Rooms, on Saturday, November 2?, 1S70, at 10 o'clock A. M. Ry order of the Hoard of School Examiners. D. L. CONNOR. Nov. 7?lit School Commissioner. EntutO Sulo. npilfi lands of tho Into W. M. Ilutson JL can be treated for at private sale on a liberal credit. They consist of tho OFFICE LOT, w hich will be sold as a whole or In par eels to suit purchaser. THE RESIDENCE, on Bussed Street, with out-buildings. TWO Lots on sumo side of Amelia Street and fronting It. ONE Lot on opposite side of Amelia Street. Rev. J. D. A. Brown, at the reeldenco, und W. F. Ilutson, at tho Ofllee lot, will give every Information in relaiiou there to. 31. m. UUTSON, Sept. 2C-tf Executrix. W 00 L Wanted; Wool in the burry state, washed and unwashed. The subscriber will buy it in lots of any quantity at fair prices. JOHN A. HAMILTON. Orangeburg, S. C, Oct. 10,1879?3m JAMES V-AJN TASSEL is agent for tbe salo of tho celebrated BALD MOUNTAIN OORN WHISKEY, the purest brand in the known world. CALL! CALL!! CALL!!! and sample for once in your lives a pure MOUNTAIN WHISKEY. It has no equal. Also on hand the cheap est brands of SMOKING and CHEWING TOBACCO in the market. A full Hue of Staple ami Fancy GROCERIES, Cheaper than the Cheapest. Give mo a call and be convinced that this advertisement Is no humbug. JAMES VAN TASSE Ii, At Midler's Old Stand. Something New! In addition to the large and elegantly assorted stock of I My Gondrf, Bint* ami Shoes, Hats, Ac, <&c, a ho Groceries of the best quality, eheapur than can bo bought any where ehe. Tbe tlnest and best stock of Whiskies, Brandie?. Wines. ? Gin. > Bum. The prices of which have just boon re uuced 2.> to ">0 cunts per gallon'. D. E. SMOAK & CO. Have Tutted up their tip-stairs mid bud in a stock $0.000 of tliu IInext, best aud cheapest assortment of 0 L0THING to be found between Columbia and Charleston. If you are in need of fli suit at any price, Pants, (;oat or Vest, don't tail to sec them before buying. Just re ceived, lf)0 barrels of floue; Which will be sold cheaper than the same quality can be bought in Charles ton, make room for QOO Barrels to be in by the first of November. The Best RUST PROOF WHEAT & OATS on hand. D. E. SMOAK & CO. Orangeburg, S. C. June 27 tf J. I S0RENTRUE Late of the firm of Sorrentruo * Lo ryea. thanks tho public for their liberal patronage of the past while connected wi:Ii tbe late linn; and having now bought out the entire stock will continue the business at the same place. Re in vites tbe public to call and examine Ids stock of DRY GOODS 11 NOTIONS I! Staple and Fancy GROCERIES!! SiitSI! of every quality and prleo. SEGARS and TOBACCO, which be will sell nt the lowest prices possible. All goods subject to exchange or money refunded if not satisfactory. J. I. SORENTRUE, Proprietor of tho CALIFORNIA STORE. N. B.?Mr. Benj. P. Izlar and Mr. A. L. Stroman, who,are now In my estab lishmeut, will be pleased to serve the'r" many friends and customers. Orangeburg, S. c, Oct. 31,1870?tf