The Orangeburg democrat. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, October 22, 1880, Image 1
Whikoy North and South.
One rumshop for every 280 inhabi
Innts in tlie sober morul.State of Mas
sachusetts! Ono tor every 220 in
Connecticut, that.proverbial land ol'.
steady habits, and one for every 200
in that paradise of learning and true
goodness, Ohio! Verily the demo"
seems to be in no immediate danger
of being exorcised just yet. These
figures are loom the Internal Revenue
rclurns at Washington, and are not
likely to err on the side of exaggera
tion. Although there are 155,850
retail ami '1,252 wholesale litpioi
dealers in the United Stales, besides
1,053 rectitiers. This means that
tberu arc more than a quarter of"a
million of people directly engaged -in
this trallic. It is a pretty large army
for the temperance folks to cope
with. j
These statistics disclose some curb j
ous facts. Figures have 'notoriously j
no respect for theories. Many a time
ami often have limy scattered, fond 1
delusions to the winds. Rural com
munities were believed lo be more
moral than the dwellers in cities, un
til somebody under took to collect ami!
tabulate the number of illegitimate
births, when the too easy virtue, of
pastoial simplicity became readily ap
parent'^ .So country youths were re-'
puled Lo ' make 'more hardy soldiers
than those who came fr?Hi the more
unhealthy towns. Tho lale civil war'
showed the fallacy of thai ii'Vwel! as
of other things. The Jiis.li labored
for a long ?time undoi the stigma ol
consuming more whiskey than any
other people, until it was showu that
the I'm'tlauical, church-going, jini'd
headed, SablKilh-ob.-M': v'i?l; Scotch-,
man drank thrice as t?nch as l^achiy*
And now it nppeavs that on!? S,outii
ei'u brethren paye {VlsO suiTo: ul a
grievous wtong" while wo hero al the
JS'orth ha\.been taking credit for a
yirlue that -we-do not have;' ?' ' "
In what part of tho Cfiflon ' is there
the most druuUcnncss? liv,ery school
boy will promptly answer, "At the
South; iu Georgia and Texas and
Alabama." Wrong, entirely wrong, il
the number of retail liquor, dialers i-,
an index to the comparative sobriety
of a people 1 There ai'c two rum shops
for ovcry man, woman and child- in
Massachusetts for every one In these
three Slates, ami yet liny together
are, if anything, more thickly studded
with them than the. rest of the late
.Confederacy, Texas has one gin mill
for every 120 inhabitants; Georgia
one for every 500, and Alabama one
for ever 000, the same-as South Caro
lina, Aikausas, Mississippi and Vir
ginia, whilo in NOrth Carolina there
is but one to every $00, and even in
Bouibou county itself there is one
for every 1?0 persons. Contrast
these figures with those of the North
ern States. .Here in New York we
have one bar, room for every 20') in
habit mis?tho- same as in Ohio?
and .Ibis seeing tri be about the aver
age hereabouts, the proportion in
? Peonsylyaniay/Now Jm*ey* Delaware
Maryland and Rhode Island, like ill at
of Connecticut, vai; iug vi ry little
from this. Maine and Vermont muUc
a belter showing, the former having
but one for every 1,000 of her popula
tion and the other do for every 750
The natural inclinations of the people
are, bowoyor, interfered with in these
two communities to such an extent as
to depirve the statistics of all value.
Take those Slated of New England
then, where the predilections of the
people have something ?jco fx'ic \ ia\,
nud the Middle ami as many of tho
Western States as you like, and com
pare them with tho Southern Slates.
Tlie result will show neatly three ruin
shops iu tho former for every one in
the-Hitter. Weih New Voik, who
have setup Uje drinks for the entire
continent at some time or other, need
not be ashamed lo acknowledge the
fact, but it is a very hard dose for the
gteat moial legion to (he northeast of
?us. They have/t^1' con.-.olalioii, such
as it is, that Hoy are not iso bad as
California where ? lh? ie is one saloon
for every 100 inhibilanlH, and llie'y
may also urge tl.at one Southern
drink is equal in potency to two North,-:
oru ones, and that tho whiskey here'
being so much purer is so much more
innocuous, and Ihcroforo not so sinful
in tljo taking; .-But opinions will dif
fer en* tins point, and until experts
have examined and reported upon
the question, tho weight of evidence
will be, that there is more whiskey,
drank iu the good North than in the
wicked South.?Ac jo York Graphic!
j 01
To the frort each and every Demo
crat and there remain until the polls
arc closi d on the 2d of November.
Sacra (ices of time ami business must
bo made, if we wotdd retain the po
litical power wo now have. Givu.it
up by our own lethargy and wanted
enthusiasm, and we are unworthy of
an honest and prosperous govern
ment.
A Correction.
Editors Orangeburg Democrat:
In looking over Reynold's Reader!
I find tho following lines,
?'The boy stood on the burning deck, |
Whence all but Ac had lied."
1 desire to know who is responsl i
lue for such a gross mistake. J can
not think fur one moment that ihe
gifted DrT>itJ is at fault, and why?
Because he was a ripe scholar. Free
schools in South Carolina arc subject
to a ?real, many inconveniences and
impcif clions. The chief ilia whack,
however, is the want of money. We
ecilsinty have "tho science of the En
glish language p'oi feet*," and have had j
for centuries, and while we are read)*!
to give all honor to LcContc, Fur
man, Tie ton, La Borde, Martin, Tim
rod and a host of others, wo say all
piaisc i-> tho gifted; and -the pure
liey'nofd.i, whose contributions to En
glish Literature arc as chaste as die
siio v is while. If .Justuss K. Jilson
wet*- our cducacional head he would
probably have said, ??Wall, ats right,.!
7 gass," or near enough f;r> to suit
hiin, and it would . lie necessary to
explain that tin; word ??but"' may be
eithei one of three parts of speech,;
according to meaning, and that when i
wo can pit I "?except" in its plttc?Vjd
becomes or is a preposition, and be-1
tng a proposition governs the objoc
live case, consequently Ac should bo
him in the foregoing lines. ,The late
editors will \i\\u due notice and gov-l
cm themreives accordingly.
A. A. Coxnok.
The State of South Carolina?the
United Slates?calls upon all Demo
crats to rally to the cause of a just,
honest ami,economical administration
of both State and Federal allairs. An
issue is upon us in South Carolina
worse than that of lsTO. That was
j
for tho mere redemption of tho State ;
this is for the salvation of the nation.
Cigars Lighted With Greenbncks.
Mrs. Eiiimn Sims, residing at No.
l.?-25 Fifth sttcet- Nortlnvc:.!, Wash
? ington City, but slopping in Balti
more, dropped a pocket of notes,
j amounting to $1^380, from her poek
| et on North Gay streut, near Dallas
sucot, about 10 o'clock yesterday
morning. Tlio money, somewhat scat
tered about, was picked up by Mr.
John Myers, lie. remembered that it
was the day of Ihe grand procession,
nnd looked upon lue shower of green
backs as a sham or some advertising
delusion. He at once resolved to
! ujuka it a complete give away, und
handed around tho money to all who
desired it with tin abandon beautiful
to behold. Scenes that were ludii
, crdus in the extreme ensiled, though
' tllctr eirarng was serious; The idea
of Mr. Mj eis took readily, nnd live
con! cigars were cooly lighted with
twenty dollar notes, nearly all the
money being in notes of that denomi
nation. Mrs. Sims informed olllcer
Gibson of her loss. He hastened lo
the spot, and managed to recover
$M>??o? ti>o amu-mf. Tin; discovery
of tho facts caused couslernauoD
uniting flu>so wdio had so freely liiadO
away with what they believed lo be
bogus ticasti c. The ca n is (loci led?
ly oiu: -of 'the most singular on re
cord,, ? Baltimore &'?/?.
The Republican Policy.
Those who imagine that there is
Hille or no coolest ibis ycur over the
j Stale . ami electoral tickets in South
Carolina are' very badly mistaken.
Only a few days ago General Stol
brnnd, tho Republican nominee for
Congress in this District, gavo the
following intimation ol Republican
policy in this campaign : "AsRepub
? licahs. knowing air adversaries by
their acts in.the past, it behooves us
to prepare against Democratic arith
metic in.the future, for it is by Ibis
science that the candidates upon the
Republican ticket have been counted
out, "however largo the majorities
given them at the polls. We must
appoint at once cflicicnt enumerators
in every' township, lo make lists of
the voters, and designate therein all
who arc willing lo disclose to the enu
merator their preferred ticket. By
repealing this classification of the
voles at the polls, by taking clown the
name of .every voter when in the act
of casting his ballot, the enumerators
aiul poll watchers will be enabled to
make oath, not only of tho number of
votes oast, but also to call before any
investigating tribunal every Republi
can vbtcr who appeared and cast his
ballot at tlie election, and thus prove
pur case arid prevent opponents, how
ever expert-ill the Deiuocialic election
arithmetic*, from such a w alk over, a
by our no&lcct aik) default, they have
had berctolbro." From this tl will be
scon that tlie most through organiza
tion is being cllecied by ike Republi
cans throughout the State. The only
remedy for ibis is a full vote by the
Democrats and a careful watching of
the polls. We can beat the Republi
can parly and wc must do it. Every
man owes his tiim: and service lo the
Stale in this cause. It will never do
for a' moment to run the risk of letting I
the. old ihoives and robbers back in-j
u/ power in South Carolina.?Anders
i son Intel igenccr.
The electoral ticket of this State is
i in danger. The nation is dependingi
upon South Carolina to do her duty.!
The civilization and liberty of the'
country is at stake.
Tho Cash Trial.
It is now thought that the disposi
tion of the Cash case in Darlington
last week is the last that will be
heard of it in the courts. It was one
that created a great deal of interest
among tho people all over the State,
an'd they looked forward lo this trial
to solve the question whether or not
; the law against dueling was of any
j force. Practically, it.has been tlo'cUl
! cd that it is noi. With tho evidence
j that is before everybody and the ad
missions of Colonel Cash himself, tho
people ate at a loss to account fur
the action of the Attorney Genera) i:i
h'.s 'declaration tliat he cannot pro
cure si Hicicnl evidence to make out a
j presentment to tho grand jury against
j him. To all' ot'otir citizens it is a
mysterious atlair, and a great deal
! more light will have to be thrown,
I upon tho matter before they trill be
j lieve that everything is all right,
j The idea that there is?uo evidence to
I be found, or that there has not been
sulllcient lime lo Und it is absurd to
i all of them.?Camdan Journal.
-4-.
The citizeu of South Carolina who,
at ihc coining election, opposes any
candidate of the Dcmocralic party is
his own enemy and the enemy of the
I Stale. .
j A love romance had ti sad ending
in Lawinb?rg, North Carolina, on
last Wednesday. It seems ' hat Miss
Alice Ski rr, one, of. the beauties ofthat
place, has been Otigcged to l!;o liov.
John Kost Ofling, a young clergyman.
11c recently determined lo go to Chitin
as a missionary. The young lady re
fused to go with him, whereupon he
said ho would go without her. Iii?
, decision has caused her lo become a
raving maniac.
If Sou :, Carolina la lost to ihe
Democracy '.ids year, we., may bid a
long farewell to decent anil honest
] government.
f ' T|Wiiite Men, Awake. \ ; '
Tuo-Demoernls have never had, si
moi8 :<dnngcVoii5 campaign in thia
State than the present one. The Re-"
publicans arc malting coiistnnt and
insidious elforts to capture the'Stale ;
and yet it seems almost impossible to
convince our. people that there' is- any
possible danger. Their wbrk is qttict,
Out \i is thorough ; and every portion
of tho State wiUjbo catiVu'ised just at
the Close of the campaign,, and afluf
it is loo late for us elleetiveiy to hb
do tha , (uischtcf .their mcctingsJ 'will
work.j. They prol'css to run no ticket,
bultlien the Grecnbackeas have given
thelp a ticket lor State officers, which
thejj will suppoitiT lbuml to possess
any,strength. In fact, it looks to us
very much like a;ba;gaiu bctweon the
Republicans and <ibe Greonbackcrs,
for Stic latter candi'ave no hope what
everof* cai rying the State against the
Democrats except by Republican
voles.; They could not give ftnuion
electoral ticket with the Republicans,
Cor thaL would be too plain, so they
nou/inale a Ail I'd set of clcctois; so
that every man that voles lor them
will be. helping to keep down the, vote
for the Democratic electors, and as
sisling the chances'of the Mate's vot,e
being cast for Garlield. And this is .
no .child's play, we have not votes
enohgh- to -spaic any lo such move
ments as thisj which arc only Radical
rus'JS to divide the Democratic vote
is ;rder that they may win. As Hi
llens \vc may think of Rye ?iituhtton
in South Carolina today, it is a
grave, very grave oho, indeed, if thq
Democrats of the whole Stale, and
pr.^lieularly of tho middle and upper
eoimlics, do not arouse themselves for
l)ij"contest, and use. every possible
c?ytlt lo secure the presence of every.
J hMnoprajdc voter at the palls, ami to
i?li.tngo-?a3 many Republicans as pos
si we both before and at the clectitln.
-WKh tv full vote, Utfci goorl^ofi-rnesl,
i intelligent work, wo are safe, but
with a failure to turn out, and an
I over-confidence which amounts to in
difference or lethargy, we will bcnt
\ch. This wc cannot afford* it would
he unworthy in us to allow it. Our,
t - ? ? 1
j whole people should not lose an op
portunity from this lime lo tho elec
tion to make a Democratic voto, or
I to persuade a Republican to stay
[away from the polls. It is ...uc now
I lo come down to good, steady work,
systematic work. K\;ery Democrat
should select out one colored man
j and persuade him lo vole the Demo
i oratio ticket in November. Show bun
j the benefits of Democratic rule, and
I the evils to come from the return to
i power of the Republican party. As
j we prizo good government, as we
j love our country, and us we wish to
?promote our own and our children's
1 prosperity, we should work faithfully
and cheerfully for an overwhelming
j victory in November.?Edyijic'd Ad
vertiser.
Democrats arouse yourselves. A
dangerous light is ahead. If the
Democrats divide, the Republicans
j will win. Mark this.
As Mrs. Raelud Dedcrick of Cairo,
jGieenu County, N. V., was ciossing
a held of blackberry brush she was
stopped by a queoi sound. Her ac
quaintance w ith snakes sunn satisfied
her that the lioiso was the whistle of
a black sunku known as tho racer,
and she started on a run. The souke
soon overtook her, and immediately
began coiling itself about her body.
I With only a small tin palu ;b a wea- I
pon ol defence, she fought desperate
ly, but at a disadvantage, and the
coils \vcrc drawn tighter until the
snake got one a round bur ueck and
throat and she fainted. Iler husband,
having hoard In r screams, hurried to
her relief, and found her unconscious
bii tho ground. He killed the ."Make
and carried his wife h?hte1?*buti shb
curried, tor days a i>!t?<? mark'on her
throat'. Thu snake was us huge
around as a man's wrist and nc*hrly
twclvo feet long.
Contemplate our condition if we al
low the Radical thieves to be rein
stated in this Slate ibis year.
. . The Census Correot^
It was asserted in every Republi
can pnpcr.anc) proclaniod from ? every
stump in ihedSortb that the late cen
bus return's of the South, and particu
laily those of Sduth Carolina, were
grossly, incorrect and that very nearly
.in every county there were evidences
of fraud upon the face of every ro
turn'. The strongest pressure was
brought lo bear upon the Commission
er .at Washington in order to have
the work done over again . by
'Republican enumerators, ostensible
td seChre'a ?correct enrollment of' the
inhabitants of our Stale. . Recent' de
velopetmhils, however,.indicate that
ihls laudable spirit of right and of
justice on the part of tho Republicans
was prompted by a desire to increase
tho strength of their, party, rather
than to secure a true return of the in
habitants. Hating and wishing to
break) the i influence of tho "Solid
South" they would supplement ballot
box stutllng fby<-traudulcn*, manipula
tions of census returns. This little
jobj'h?wcver,' has been Jbruelly ex
ploded by the reports of the.bdxpefts
whom Commissioner-t ? AV.ulkcr sent
here to investigate and examine the
lists as,made out by our.own enumer
ators. These reports prove not only,
that the returns are correct in every
particular, but that the census taken
in 1870 by the Ru?ical, party ; was
criminally incomplete?.the. ; veriest
farce in the world?and made so in
tentionally to serve dishonest politi
cal purposes.
Surely the Republican party will
have dope with investigating Demo
cratic actions since each investigation
recoils upon their own pat?s with re
doubled shame. Wrhclber the incom
pleteness of the census of 1870 was
due to imperfections in the law, does
not signify anything because the law
uuder which it was made was the work
[ tho Republican partyj but. ilia lata
enumeration was in a large measure
the work of Democrats and is a cor
rect enrollment of the population of
the state. The discrepancy between
them oulyrenders the fraudulent in
leution of the first more apparent.
Tho security which tho Democracy
seems to feel is falso and deceptive.
The hardest fought battle since recon
struction will be waged on the second
day of .November.
The county ticket published by the
Grccnbackcrs illustrate* its absence,of
fixed principles and ideas of policy,
except lo Unite with' any oute to de
feat nil ins. In this short list we
; have a political wbat-is-it styling him
self now an ''Independent Democrat,"
several Republicans, an '?Independ
ent Republican," and the balance of
Greenbackers?lour distinct factious,
besides the countless variety of
shades of opinion represented by
Judge Cookc. We note with morti
fication and regret, however, that the
colored brother who is to do all . the
voting is not even mentioned for an
olllce. It's the Green back-Labor par
ly with a vengeance?ihc while backs
lo get the "greenbacks" and the
blacks do the "labor." That ia ex
actly where tho "Greenback-Labor"
comes in.?Gr? nvV.h- News.
Ornugcburg County will give 1,000
Democratic majority. But every man
must do bis duty. Lot us all work
{jay and night until our county and
State is safe.
Tjik lion. George W. Jones, of
Tennessee, a strong State-credit
Democrat, offers to be one of two
; thousand to pay Ihc State debt, re
lieve his State of a stain, restore its
credit, preserve;its honor and bring
I about an era of progress, thrift and
J prosperity. Iiis share would- bo
, about $l'),/j00, assuming that the cred
1 itors would take iitiy cunts in cash, or
about.08^000 on their oiler to take
Sixty cents. Mr. Uo'rics' opposed the
'creation of ? hi'.'go pot lion of this
[debt, but lie has do d?>ubt of its vatb
12... I
dtty,
The Democrats will succeed on the
2nd of November. 1
I.e... ? ?..?"! i I H . I
A Sketch of Judge Cooke ]
The News and Courier says of ex
Judge Cooke: Judge Cook jjB?anativo
of South Carolina. In 1874 ho waa
elected Judge of the Eighth Circuit,
and served upon the bench until the
expiration of his term of office in
1878. He Was elected Judge* t>y a
Republican Legislature as a member
of the Republican party; defeating
Gen. McGowan, who was the Demo
cratic candidate arid bis strongest? op
ponent.* He continued to act with
the Republican party until the au
tumn of 1876, when ho declared thnt
he could not support such 'nominees
as ' Chamberlain and Elliott, and at
the meeting In Abbeville in Septem
ber renounced his allegiance to the
party of plunder and became a most
bitter and uncompromising Democrat.
In 1878 to failed to bo 're-elected
Judge, and went into the canvass in
Greenville County as a candidate for
member of the Legislature land 5was
?elected by Democratic VoteaV"' He
sate in the Legislature at the sessions
of 1878 and 1879, and the opening of
the present campaign 'published a
card declining 'to'beconle a candi
date, >alleging that the' Democratic
party had not kept faith wi(b him.
He is now a candidate*^'foVtbe-State
Senate, and wilj be.sypimr'OS'd:try the
Greenback, Independent .find Radical
yo.ter*; of-Gteenville Couuty. , Even
with this support he cannot bn elected
but his pi cd eat desertion of the Dt>
mocrocy shows how much fmth can be
placed in the declarations of auch a
man as ho has p: oved himself to be.
On the bench and off it, Mr. Cooke
was brilliantly successful a a judicial
alcoholometer. Leading lawyers
hold that, in other respects, he failed
conspicuously. But he . delivered
maudlin lectures on temperance to
i the disgust of the grand jurjea to
whom they were addressed. In the
Leghjjaiure, lie .did ,noj.. originate a
single measure of any public * good,
and made only a third-rate member.
The object nearest his pericadum waa
to obtain payment of some arrears of
salary as Judge which, fee claimed
were due. n^aaw 11.w ik
While the Radical party-was is
power Judge Cooke waa in full fellow
ship with the thlevce: and assassins
of the period. In 1876 bei--waa a
pronounced Democrat partisan, and
us loug as ofllces were plentiful ho
claimed connection witb this parly
but now he has thrown oil his disguiso
and like the sow of.the Scriptures,
has returned to his wallowing in the
mire. He affected to be politically
honest in '76 because he. thought that
would be the cheapest way - to'make a
living, and now he hopes ?o get into
otliee again by turning his coat and
goinj; n'gaiiist the party he claims to
have helped to get into power. Ho
stauds before th? country So hi-.i
true light at last, and is unW?rtby of
the support of either pollticiV party
or of any intelligent voter. , It were
J better to give over the government to
the Radical party at once than1 to be
stow public cfTIccs upon ? m?rnl and
political uncertainty of the typo ot T.
ii.Cuokc.:/\'iTii '
\ .:, \ ifi Mil' lo fetfrtaildooftSI mAl
i A pall of the blackest dtsffcdr will
hang over South Carolina if iwe are
defeated this year! We will be de
feated if we fail to discharge our
duty. xj 1 j
Voters should not lose their inter
est in the election on the 2d of nex*".
November. They should remember
that everything they bold near and
dear and is worth living for in this
State depends upon the results of tuo
election. If they desiro the continu
ance of good, economical and intelll
jgent government, they should vote
I the Democratic deket; but if they
I desire a corrupt, vicious h\id ignorant
'government, they should voto tho
- i:?Mical ticket. HonctUy arid intelli
ig.nee stund upon tho one band ; ve?
juuUiyaud1 ignorunto upon the other.
Take.y our.cljojce.?I'icktua c$cntind.
1 ' Every thinking mane"cttrf-see the
importance of electing a-?dWocrat to
Congress from this DistricW d Let Or
anjcbufg'cTb'n'er full duty^