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'-. - ? ? - ? " - . ~ - ? -" ? " - i - r ? I .- . , Vol. II. ORANGEBURG, S. C, FRIDAY, JULY BO, I88O. No. 31. A Card. Editors Orangeburg Democrat: '"Tis to tho pen niul press wc mortals owe All wo'ro forgot nad nlmobt ull we know." I, therefore, beg leave through your widely circulated paper to give the public a few facta relative to tho Or ganization of the so-called "Willow Swamp Straightout Democratic Club, as it seems, from its name and other circumstances connected with its his tory, desirous "of making the impres sion on the publio^miml that ftfsion or Radicalism had tarnished the hitherto bright escutcheon of the "Wil low Democratic Club." And if in giving the pubiic a brief history of ' this .straight model of Democracy, I should givo offence, I have only to say that I am responsible at any time, under any circumstances, for every word uttered, and have no npology to offer, only my devotion to the cause of troth mid right. Previ ous to the reorganization of the clubs in the county Mr. W. C. Mitchell, an entire stranger in this township, re peatedly asked me to allow him to use my name for nomination for President of tho "Willow Democratic - Club," to which I finally, with reluc tance consented. The club met for reorganization in May. Mr. C. F. Dowling, the Presidcut, briefly stated the object of the mecliug, and while a member of the club was offering my name iu nomiualion for President, Mr. Mitchell inlerrupteJ him by of fering tho name of Mr. Dowling to the utter astonishment of myself and others conversant with his (Mitch . ell's) course. The election was by ballot, and the result as reported by the tellers was eighteen for \?vans and live for Dowling. The next election was lor Vice-Prcsident. W. L. W. Riley being the only one nominated, was, on motion of Mr. MiteLell, se conded by Jesse Baker, elected by ac clamation. On lite next day at Wil low Swamp Church Mr. Mitchell stat ed to me that, while my worst ene mies did not object to me, he (Mitch ell,) Mr. Dowling and others, did object to Mr. Riley's holding the po sition be did in the club, and asked me to reassemble the club to recon sider Riley's election. I said to him that Riley was fairly elected and could only be removed from the posi tion he held os a member of the County Executive Committee by ac tion of the Convention, but that my duties were, if I rightly understood them, to consult the wishes of the club, and that I would re-assemble the club on the next Thursday at ten o'clock A. M., and reconsider the election of Rile}', and I so expressed myself to several gentlemen, among the number the R?v. Mr. ISaggctt, all concurring with rac that as the turn out on the day previous was small, a larger one would give more general satisfaction and that the ratification of Mr. Rilcy's election would be a fi nale to the whole thing. The eVn did assemble pursuant to notice, and after one o'clock, with a much larger turnout, I called the club to order, and definitely stated the object of our second meeting, when, after a long pause, Mr. Mitchell sprang to his feet and in a very unparliamentary manner disgorged himself of one of the most sarcastic and uncalled for harangues it has ever boon my mis fortune to listen to, npplying to Riley every epithet that vulgarity or malice could suggest, using language unfit for tho occasion and which you, Mr. Editor, would doubtless regard as an insult were I to offer it to the readers of your paper, to all of which Mr, Ri ley put in a flat denial, demanding the proof which Mr. Mitchell failed to give. Well under the impulse of the eloquence of Mr. Mitchell's speech bore, within two miles of where Riley was born and reared, where bis good deeds and had ones were alike known to the neople, the vote was taken, rat ifying by a considerable majority his former election. Then it was that this so-called straightout club had its origin, numbering, as I was informed, fourteen names, among them some 'six or eight gentlemen recently from Eclgeflcld County, not members of the club. Some few of the old club nave gone over to the boilers, among the number Mr. J. T. Williamson, who accepted tho appointment as a dele gate from me to the Convention, oc cupying a seat on that floor, his re pugnance to Mr. Riley lying all the while dormant. How gentlemen can recoucile such a course with common decency, remains to be explained. Now, in conclusion, I can only say in regard to Mr. Rilcy's political an tecedents, that he was a member of the first Democrat club ever organiz ed in this township, presided over by the late lamented John R. Milhou.se, Esq., and that while I presided over it some years ago, he was a member, and that during the Ellcnlon riot he was a member of my company, aud when called on by the people of Gra ham's to go to their aid, I found him in my ranks a willing subject, whilst others, now members of the bolter's club, slept in their beds under the plea of ill health. 1 have reluctantly written the above in vindication of 0* hundred and lifly-livo true, and tried Democrats, who ate willing to show their faith by their works, and yield obedience to the wishes of a ma jority of their party. A. J. Evaks, Pres. Willow Dem. Club. Willow Township, July 20, 1880. Horrible. Within the hearing of the church bells ol Spartauburg arc twenty-two while women living openly wilh ne groes as husbands, aud one widow of a negro recently deceased. She has two of his children by a black wo man whom she proposes lo raise as her own. Two or threo of these wo men show marks of intelligence and good raising. Nearly all of them arc natives of thai county and North Carolina. Tho greater portion of Ihctn are low and degraded, with no iiopc of ever rising from their debas ed condition. The colored people living in the neighborhood complain very much of the state of aflairs, and say that these raiscrablo white women live with the negroes just to have some one give them bread. Elections. Alabama is the first Stale that will elect Stale officers this year. The election will be held in that State on the first Monday in August. Arkan sas follows on the first Monday in September. Vermont votes for a gov ernor on the first Tuesday in Septem and Maine on the second Monday in September. Ohio, Indiana, Georgia, West Virginia and Colorado hold elections in October. Maine is the first doubtful State to pronounce a verdict upon the issucB between Ihc parties, and considerable interest will attach to tho result. The Greenback era and Democrats will unile and there is a great prabability Ihht the Republicans will be defeated. Waste Labor. The Winnsboro Neioa and Herald saj's that one of the evils wilh which the South has always contended, and which exist even more in the present timo than during the days of slavery, is that of waste labor. In the North, [as well as in the Old World, the uti- j lization of all the energies of man has been reduced to a science, but in Ihc South, just as unlimited water power runs undeveloped into the ocean, so muscular force is kept latent through the combined elfects of laziness and I had management. It is unlikely that Col. Cash the killer of Col. Shannon will bo hanged. The traditions of the old lire eating days stil\ linger in this State, and as Col. Cash shot his man in accordance wilh the letter of the code, it will proably be difficult to And a South Carolina jury willing to send him to the gallows. Rut if he, goes scolt free, it will bo a bad business for South Carolina in more ways than one. Mean souls, like mean pictures, are often found in good looking frames. A Deplorable Marriage. A narrative of the marriage of a brother And sister, through ignorance, was published some time ago in the Herald \ another chapter in the sad event has now boon made public. It will be remombercd that a young wo man called on Judge Neilson, of the Brooklyn City Court, and asked him what course she should take to have tho marriage between herself and husband annulled, as ho was her own brother and she had become his wife through ignorance. It appears that several years since an Irish girl, named Connor, came to this country, and formed the acquaintance of Potcr Peterson, a Swede. She consented to live with him as his wife. A child was horn in due time and in order to hide her disgrace, tho child, a boy, was given to her sister, who was mar ried to a brother of Peterson, and was christened Peter Peterson. Sonic two, years after another child wus born to the Connor girl. The father disappeared soon after and the little one, a girl, was called Anne K. Con nor. Peter and Annie regarded each other as cousins. They grew up to gether in this city, attended the same school and as years advanced became very ninth attached to each other. When Peter reached man's estate he was started in business by his foster parents and prospered. I .ast summer Annie's mother paid a visit to the old country, and upou.hcr return was horrified to learn that during her ab sence Peter and Annie had become man and wife. She immediately dis closed the secret history of Peter's birth and wrecked the happiness of their home. Annie hastened at once to Judge Neilson and related the ter rible story. Acting under his advice she consulted with a lawy'cr and insti stutcd proceedings for divorce. Tho case wa3 referred to Counsellor E. ISA 1 Dana to lake testimony and report. Mr. Dana has handed in his report favoring a separation, and the same, it is believed, has been confirmed by Judge Neilson.?N. Y. Herald. South Carolina Distanced. South Corolina needn't lake on any airs about the killing of Col. Shannon by Gen. Cash, in a duel. At the same time, in a town near San An tonio, Texas, a double fatal duel took place, without any of the circumstan ces usuallv attendant upon affairs of this kind in South Carolina. Texas Is a "business" Stale, and when John and Ab McCoy, and Calhoun and John Dee, stockmen, met at a country store and quarreled over a difference of $250 in a statement of a stock ac count ; and when Ab. McCoy and Cal. Dee drew their revolvers and fired at the same lime, both falling dead, one shot through tho heart and tho other through the head, and when John McCoy And Jake Deo drew pislols and fired, both being mortally wound ed, there was only the usual excite ment among the bystanders, and us there were no "friends" on hand to continue tho slaughter, tho remain ing herders gathered up the dead and buried them, and went about their business. Made a Bad Job of It. A liltlc anecdote Ajrropoa of self made men: It used always bo n boast of I lorry Clews, the banker, that he was a specimen of this class. One day he noticed that Mr. Traverse ?the Wall street wit whose stammer ing pquibs of speech have won a world wide celebrity?was eyeing his bald head with a critical expression of countenance. "Well, what's the matter, Traverse?" asked Clews, rather impatiently. "U-II-IIenry," responded the other, "d-d-didn't you s-s-say you wore a s-R-self-made man?" "Yes, certainly ; I made my self." "Then w-w-why in tho d d devil, when you were ab-b-hout it, didn't yon p-p-put, a little more h b hair on the top of your head ?" ?A big head is no more an evi dence of brains than a paper collar is of a shirt. Married ornol Marriod. It isn't often that a young man gels married and then forgets all about it. They liavo found some such case up in Saugcrtics, N. Y., and, 03 a conse quence, Saugerties is holding its broath and awaiting tho result. Young Lester Burton found his name in a newspaper tho other day, and attached to it was that of Miss Anna Sehroinaker. Burton went around to the office to sec about it and declared that to the best of his knowledge and belief that marriage notice was u\tili out', and if he had married the young lady he didu't know it. Just then it occurred to somebody that the young lady herself might know something about the case. She apparently did, for she declared most positively that she was married, and that young Les ter Bopton was her husband. It was a sad mix, for one or the other of the young people couldn't fail to bo somewhat disappointed. Then the minister was looked up. His name was Scuddci?The Rev. Mr. Scuddcr of Red Hock. He hadn't any record of the marriage, aud hadn't giveti any marriage certificate at the time) the young lady said the ccrcmo ny was performed, but a few days ago however, he gave her a certificate at her-own request and upon her own statement that he had married her. Amj here tho matter rests for the present. Saugcrtics has divided into two parlies. Half tho town supports the statement of the girl and the other half believes that the young mau is right. The case is to be tak en io court, and a whole lot of law yer$^r?-jgoing to settle the qucst'ron. Air Castles. The Republican National Commit Ico-has about dicided to contest some of the Southern States as the outlook in the North is not particularly reas suring. At the recent committee meeting the Southern mcmbcis were called upon to report the chances of success in their respective Slates. Their replies were Falstafflan in the extreme. In Alabama the Republi cans were declared to have much bet ter cnaucea of success and a much belter organization than tho Demo crnls. W. Watkins Ilicks pledged Florida's electoral ticket to Garfield, and* promised a Congressman besides. North Carolina was also declared safo lor the Republicans. Sam Leo, when called on, said that the Republicans were thoroughly organized in South Carolina, and wilh a little help from tiic North he could carry the State by twenty-five thousand majority for Garfield. Similar promises were made from all the States. It is to be presumed that the Northern members heard lliesc Muchausenisms with dis gust. If the Southern members had agreed among themselves to lie about only one or two States they might have been believed. But they over did Ihc business. Tho Republican'' will find their hands full in the North, and as they failed to carry any South ern States fairly in, 18711, even with the aid of machinery and troops, they will hardly be foolish enough to waste time on any of them now. , The South will be Solid,for Hancock. If Tanner, tho. New York starva tionisl, Uvea through his forty days, it seems likely that the lasting maloli will bo established as a regular Amer ican amusement. 41c has already re ceived a challenge from Baltimore for a contest of fifteen days for $500 a side, the man who loses the most llcsh to bo considered beaten. 1 >onon.lh a, shady tree they sat, II?; held her hand, she hold hin hat, I hold my breath and lay right Hat; . They kissed, 1 saw them do it. lie held that kissing was no crime, She held her head up every time, 1 lield my peace, wrote this rhyme, While (hey thought no one knew it. A Radical procession in Georgetown on Monday showed the mottoes, j Martyrs to Freedom?"John Brown nnd Abraham Lincoln;" "Black Men Uavo Rights Which White Men ! arc Bound to Respect." Agricultural Hints, Ilavo faith in an overruling Provi dence, but plow deep and put a little manure in the hill. Gather melons in the dark of the moon ; particularly if they are your neighbor's melons. Cook3 have been very successfully raised with coal oil, but the process is demoralizing to tho kitchen. riant your neighbors' cat early. One nndnr each fruit tree will help 'your crop and do your neighbor a good turn besides. The late variety of young men (those who keep daughters up until 3 a. m.,)-should be raised rapidly*? out of the.front door. liaise boys early?in the morning. If they don't "raise" easily, a light dressing of poach tree fertilizer will help them wonderfully. Teach your boy to love the farm. To do this don't scud him out to drop potatoes, but give him n horse and carriage and a new whip. A Michigan widow who jumped off a load of bay and knocked down n tramp who made fun of her suubonnct, had three offers of marriage within a week. AY hen you arc plowing new ground and run into -a slump, dou't swear about it. Go biro somebody to swear for you who can do it with more grace and dignity. Premium pumpkins should be weaned early and brought up on the bottle. Take thorn in the house over night, or your neighbo? may get them to the fair ahead of you. Develop your resources if you have any, and if 3*011 haven't any, get some. Don't depend loo much on a bad fence and your neighbor's pasture field to bring your cattle through. Cut His WayTlirongh. A student named Davis, from up in tho Cherokee county, graduated tbiB session at Wake Forest, N. C, Five years ago be went to that college with five cents in his pocket?all bis mon ey. They told him bo bad bettor go backjbut be vowed he would stay there nnd live on the wind but what he would go through. And stick ho did. lie cut wood about for citizens, and finally the professors gave him the contract to cut up llreir winter wood. Professor Royall was in the chapel one morning and heard a ter rible racket out side, like a cannon touched off, and it was Davis who had finished all of a pile of wood except some great knotty slicks that he split by boring holes and ramming in pow der, lie cut six hundred and odd dollars out of wood during his term and graduated only twenly-lve dol lars in debt for the whole five years, lie learned to sing, and taught sing school in the country during his spare Saturdays. That made him some money, lie graduated with honor, and the subject of his commencement speech was, "Hew to the line, let tho chips fall where they may." Ho has got his axe with hiru, and intends to lay it in his study and label it: "With this I cut my way through." I Jo has already been offered a professorship of some college. Go it, Davis.? IieidsviVc, Ar. 6'., Times. Gains and Losses. According to present estimate's un der the census the Southern Stales will lose thirteen representatives in Congress and inn}' possibly gain three?two in Texas and one in Missouri. The Northern States will probably lose eight members and gain c'ghtcen?Ihc gains going to Wisconsin,.Miiinnaoln, Iowa, Nebras ka, Kansas, Colorado and California, Eleven Democratic Slates will prob ably lose thirteen representatives, and two Democratic Slates gain three representatives; four Republican Stales lose live rcpresenlalive's, and and seven Republican Stales gain eighlcen, while three doubtful States lose,four representatives, Tub Is'cw York Times is forced to admit that tho Union is in no danger in tins canvass. This is a Democrat ic gain. - ' r- . ? I 'Horrible Murders .-and Suicide. At Lyons, New York, Sunday last, Solomon H. Easterly, a farmer, worth I between $20,000 and ?30,000, quar reled with his wife and her mother, Mrs. Grccr, when he (Easterly) left ?> the house, and eccuriug an axe re turned, and on entering the room ?; where Mrs. Grccr and Iub wife were i. he at once attacked the former, oli ik ing her a terrible blow with the axe on tire head, sinking the blade into the woman's brain. Mrs. Greer, on being struck, staggered to a corner of the room, where she fell and almost immediately died. Easterly, after, striking Mrs. Greer, turned to his horror-stricken wife, before whose eyes ho had killed her mother, and, raised the axe, struck her. She dodg- 1 cd the blow, and only a slight wound"; was inflicted. This was followed by ' another blow, with like results. Be^J'' fore he could deal a third blow his - wifo made her escape from the room and ran out. Her husband followed her, and overtook her beneath a tree i struck her a terrible blow on top of" the hear as she was running. The U skull was crushed in and tho woman > fell to the ground and died in a few moments. Easterly dropped the aacev ?? and hastening to the barn got out Iiis/ horse and buggy, and, going inJ.clrQ\yS off. The knowledge of ike double ' murder caused great exc/tomcni at- ? Lyons, Officers were notified, and ti . number of persons started in' pcrsnit ? of tho fleeing murderer. Tho puv suers failed lo find Easterly, but at ,tt O later hour discovered his lion;?, aud ? ? buggy hitched near Hotchkiss's mill, ? I somo four or five miles distant, and . on the banks of tho Canandaigna dl outlet, At an early hour Monday ' morning search discovered Easterly's clothing lying on the book of tho out?... let, some distance from the mill;eq^toa search of the outlet resulted in finding the dead body of the murderer and . suicide, he having drowned himself. More Smoke Than Fife. The "Independent" movement in Marlboro County, of which so much has been written or said, after aUVwc . areinformcd by a true and disinterest ed Democrat, is only a fight in tho Democratic ranks. Our informant says that. tho lead ing citizens of Marlboro are sick and tired of being ruled by rings and they arc determined to throw off their cor. ruptinfluences, The history of the Democratic par-'"I ty in Marlboro since 1876, our iofor-: mant 803*8, would not read well ir|!'j public print?hence this disturbance in its ranks. To the end that justice may bo done, let all the facts come out.-*-? ? Marion Slay. -rr - ,\ ?The Beaufort Sea Island News is the only paper in the State which has hoisted the banner of Garfield and Arthur for President and Vice-Presi dent. Prom a statement in its col umns, the number of Radical clubs in - tho Stnto is not very large. It says: "The first Garfield and Arthur club in this State was organized la9t night in Beaufort. In onswo'r to a call k meeting was held in Harrison's Hall ?? and was called to order by T. J. Hey- r nolds. A committee on permanent, organization was appointed and re ported for permanent otlicers, who ' were duly elected: W. J. Whipper Esq., president; T. J. Reynolds, vice* president; A. G. Thomas secretary and Alfred Williams treasurer. A committee on bydnws and constitu tion wne appointed who will report 1 next Friday evening." John Mai.one was killed in Don ton County, Texas, by Fred. Balletv ger. The killing grew out of a mis understanding hot ween the young men as to which ot thoin was to 09 eovt a Miss Browning from church. The words Jod to a list fight, result ing in the whipping of Ballcnger. Mnione went into the house, where ho remained until the singing was over. As he slopped out of the door Ballanger plunged a knife in his breast in the region of the heart, fron) the effects of which Mannte died in ten minutes. Ballonger, mounting bis horse rode away nod is sliil at largo. Both' parties are highly con? neclcd. .V?. . . i.j"'?t?r>t '? O'StJ t.t >'?\V.MSxl