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SATURDAY, JUNE 3.~io7G~
Capt. F. V/. J)&wson's Address to
(he Press Associati n.
Tho Press Association of .this Stale
met in SpnrliUiburg sonietimo since,
and whs addressed by Captain F. W.
Dnwson of the 'Nats and 'Courier.
The Captain's remarks were
eloquent, and defined tho mission of
the j on na list from Iiis standpoint to a
gnat's heel. Put what a pity. it is
that the qditorials'-iih tho^Ncicti 'and
Courier do'fiot chime >\iih the advice
given . .by its editor to ? the, I'i\ss
Association'?, IIe preached one thing
in Spartrtnb'urg and practices the
opposite in Charleston.
We make the following extracts
from tho address, giving, as we pass
along," our opinion of *' their
consistency willi the course of bur
contemporary : ? ?
"More than 8,000 newspnpers are
published on this continent, and each
and every one of them, in its degree,
quickens or retards the growth of the
human race in public intelligence
and private virtue. For, tho news
paper press thinks for those who care
not to think lor themselves, cuckoos
whose chosen hcsl is other inch's
opinions, It formulates and crystal
i/.cs opinion, clothing it in the garb
of winning or rcpcllanl words. It
may not create public sentiment; 1 it
it shapes, ilcvclopcs and directs it."
Which is just what the Nietes and
Courier wauls. It doe. n't care to
"create" if it can "shape" and
"dircvl."
"It forbids whatever can deli Id or
debase; any dalliance with impulily,
any gloating over sickening stories cd"
crime."
"It forbids" &c. What didyeu
write that for Captain? Have you
forgotten that tho people regard
Frank Moses, Cardo/.a, et id ijcuus
oiuue, men whom you have over and
over again clasped to your palpita
ting bosom, as the princes of the
"de?lers" and "debascrs" of our fair
Slate? And then you speak of
"dalliance with impurity." Where
is your consistency ? Why you have
helped more Radical rascals out ol
trouble than all the Republican
papers ol the State put together.
Forbidding, the mischief! You
fatten on it.
"It matters little, in these disjoint
ed times, whether the community ap
prove or disapprove of what is wt it
ten; whether the newspaper repre
sents or misrepresents them."
Jess so. And herein is the News
and Courier faithfully photographed.
How lifelike,^ oh, how lifelike,
Captain, you have painted 11 i? course
of your "great journal" in the aboyc
extract. Toll you, you'll get credit
for consistency if you keep on in that
line. There is no doubt about it. It
will ooiuc as .surely as the night
follows day.
"A day will come, perhaps, when
lips need; not ho sealed; when manly
indignation and hohl rebuke will hot
be misunderstood.. That day has hot
come yet, and until it docs coiho the
conscientious journalist must think
lirst of the welfare of his public, and
last of his own inclinations."
Through which two sentences you
should have drawn your "Reform"
pen. You see, such a "gush" as that
might injure you with your friends.
"A day will eoiiio" &c.*, induces one
to suspect, that when the Democ; als,
siinor.-puro, attain to p.v.vor again,
you intend to ' unseal your lips,"
turn Slate's evidence, and .-end a
whopping crowd of Radical rascals to
the Penitentiary. Now we don't
like that. Wo enter our prole if, in
behalf of tho** "powers that bo,"
against any .-uch intention, and urge
you, Captain, if you are "conscien
tious" in your "manly indignation,"
and mean that il shall not be "mis
understood" on a day "that lias not
yet uQiiicy! that you follow your
"inclirtsvltoii.j" instanter, and quit
"dallying" with the Vdefiiers" and
"dohtisers" in the liadical parly.
This is oflicial !
"No recognized cheat or fraud
should he t.llov.id to make the press I
its instrument orVecoy. The ingeh^
ins knaves who prey on the public
have little scope unless, through un
accustomed or unsuspected channels,
they can reach the public car."
We didn't know tint U'.c Ncta and
Courier had failed all this time to Uli
llerstund the true characters of some
of its friends. That paper is neither
an "unaccustomed" nor an "u tsiis
pected channel" for a great many
"cheats" and "frauds," and their
"scope" to ''prey on the public" is as
ample as the resources of their "uri
stumcclcd channel'' is far-reaching.
"It is not, however, the place of the
Journalists to pldy the pedagogue;'
and,(reut She.-public,- in nfiministcritig
the naked truth, ris child run who can
be ".kept i:i" or birched, if they mur
mur or sulk. It is his duty to rc
monstrnlc, to rebuke, nnd to - con
demn when peimicioitstplaus'tlro aibot
and pernicious .cpuusnls., tlu'calcn ..to
prevail; when .yVhut .is clearly and
palpably liiVd or injurious (s ndviicd
or contemplated. Tln.s ' is no pleas
ant task. It is easier to float with the>'
popular tide limn to pull against the
stream "
We wish \yo could trust yon, N tcs
and Courier.hto; pull w.ith .the pari)? of
"moral ideas" through all time as
faithfully as yc-u have boon doing that
glorious work for the past year or,
more. Ours is the "popular tide,"
ami -jiu- can "Hont" upon it a< cus^ as
.you please. f Drill on,. friend, tupd if
present "aiTatigtinenls," don't "bust,"
you'll bp made fpttito prjntcr as.sure
as you are n "pedagogue." This is
also bllic-ja), and was telegraphed flb
llic Grand Cyclops ol this County on
the 1st day of this Centennial Year.
"Continued unpopularity, however
gained,ensures failures in journalism.
Shall the journalist then unhesitating
ly say and du what, in his judgment ,
will ruin the business of his newspa
per, cause the loss of its capital, and
dep live him of the. menus of serving
and aiding the public ?"
No sir! A thou, and times no!!
Uuii't you lot 'em scare you away
from that principle, Capiaiii. Its
the life of your excellent journal, and
wo beseechingly advise you not to
ruin the "business of your newspaper"
by going back on your coalition rc
forih plut'urm. If you mean business
don't bother with tlie Democrats any
more than you can help it. Write an
editorial of Centennial gush* for thciit
now and then, but as a rule you hold
mi to that "popular tide," and you
will lind it to bo the winning one.
"Whit is wholly true will live, and
the newspaper that preaches and
practices iL will live likewise. The
pretended truth will '.lie."
Which ought to have been left bill
of your speech. You don't want to
set people a-thihking oyor ypur "pro
tended truths," do you? Of course
you don't believe that your present
policy will prevail in South Carolir.it
for 'ill time to come, but you know
it is u part of "the arrangement" to
make the people think ko. So you
ought to have drawn your Kcibriu
pen through "them sentences/' Cap
lam.
"Iii my judgment, and speaking iui
the South Carolina of to-day, it is
wiser to hire the whole time and
thought and work of a far inferior
person. The hitler can be i ml open
dent, and, except in rare instances,
the former cannot. Supppsu for sake
of argument, that the Judge of this
Circuit is tyrannical, incapable, or
coriupt, ah I .'no newspapers in the
Circuit arc edited by lawyers who
arc dependent on their practice at the
bar. Dare those lawyer journalist to
expose the fut'ts of that Judge, and
condemn I hem as the public weal rc
rpiiies that thev be condoned '! To
denounce the Judge is to be out of
favor willi him; Lawyers known to
bo disliked by a Sutlgo n'o shunned by
litigants. What these want is lb
gain illicit* causes; and they naturally
incline towards tJie lawyer who is sup
posed to hnyc the etir of the J.udgc,
and is familiar with ll>3 Court House
backstairs. The lawyer journalist in
the ease I have supposed, is forced to
choose between bold speech for the
sake of lite newspaper which amuses
him, and silence for the sake of him
self ami his family. It is lo bo /ex
pected that, under such circumstan
ces, the lawyer shall think always of
his ditty lb the abstract public; and
never of his obligation to himself V"
Which forming no purl of the gen
er il plan to' 'carry the. State," we
pass over without making any com
ment,
"When then ujournalist publishes
what he (Iocs nut believe, or defends
what in his hear! he condemns, or
cringes to prejudice for his own or
his parly's good, he is.as many times
:t falsifier and deceiver a-i there are
fihcols on whiclrhis words tire printed.
A journalist, of course,.should be loy
itl to the political party with which
he is in sympathy."
Mixed up again, Captain, IniL no
matter whether-your sympathies are
with the Democrats or not, so long h.3
ybu continue, your r(dr of "deceiver"
l>nr rxreUanee, wo shall not quarrel
over your "loyalty" nor inquire
''?.vi al's iii your heart."
"Of what worth is such a newspa
per, a journalistic chameleon that
takes the hue of what it feeds on ?
We don't know exactly, but (lap
tain report says that your editorials
are "adieap'of 'worth' to your friends."
And ofcour.se they must feed you.
The laborer b worth}' of his hire.
"Wc who are Democrats, and arc
guided by the principles of the Dem
ocratic parly, are confident that our
principles, and none other, nrc true.
"Which can't be reconciled to the
course of the News anil Courier, and
knocks the bottom out of an other- [
wise good coalition Itcform-ltepubli
C. n speech. Wc have no idea, though,
that the last scntimCut quoted will be
allowed to interfere with the general
pluu for "carrying the State."
,--Signs of the Times.
This is a subject upon which wo
coulll write, enough, , to fill up our
entire papor, but us thcic is nothing
in it just now that is cheering, we
shall dwell upon it very; briefly.
Signs of tho times! "What arc
,lhcy?( What is tho status of our
,agricultual, educational, commercial
and financial interests? Bright or
gloomy? What prospect is there of
a better government ? What chance
is there of ridding this Slate of the
stranger ihicycs who urc here sucking
the lifo blood of the taxpayers?
To the first of these questions we
must answer, that bur agricultural,
educational, commercial and financial
interests are all in as mad a state of
complete stagnation as they could be.
Many places people arc starving for
want of bread, with no prospect of
immediate or remote relief. Edu
cationally we have been bankrupt
since the war. True, large amounts of
money have been annually appropria
ted 'or iho maintenance of the Free
School syslnni, but the appropriations
have been gobbled up by worth
less nil incompetent officials, and the
children allowed to grow up in ignor
ance. Instead of selecting the best
men morally and intcrlcctuully for
the office of School Commissioner, as
a general thing the most ignorant
embodies have been foisted upon the
public. The School laws are ample
and efficient,hilt they cannot lie carried j
out bv tf\ovelinK idiots. II(dice, our i
Schoo! status is not good, and does
hot promise a .-ingle sign of imprqfag
mer.t.* v
pnnniercially wc nie hot much
better oil. There is no money in the
country and consequently lid trade, is
going on. What few goods are sold,
are bought oil time under liens, and
these latter in the Fall will swallow
up the entire crop of cotton and leave
the people us poor as they are to day?
The condition is simply this: Our
merchants owe their factors, our
farmers all owe the merchants, and
when the cotton crop is gathered it
will go to the merchants on the liens
for advances, and from the merch
ants to their Factors lor credits. In
this winde transaction will there be
any money handled ? Not a cent !
The young cotton crop is already
sold, and hence we say thai our con
ditio n will not be bettered by the cot
ton crop that will be made this year.
And wc will continue in this same
flat-footed condition .from year to
year on to the end of our lives if our
people do hot pay nioro attention to
the cullivaiion of corn, rice, wheat
&c, and to the raising of their own
bacon. Just think of it, it takes
now two pounds of good ordinary cot
ton lo pay for one pound of bacon in
some places. How much more will
it require next year this time ? Let
our farmers change their tactic?, and
make more provisions.
Financially we arc "dead broke."
/There is no money in the country,
and no prospect that there will be
any for a long time lo come. The
State Government is bankrupt. The
penal and charitable institutions will
have to run on a credit after this month,
^if they run at all, for the balance
bf the year. There will be n deficiency
lo be made up in the next tax of over
Ivo hundred thousand dollars, and
where tho money is to come from Clod
only knows. And yet many of our
people are going about their business
looking as cool as a cucumeer under
the delusive hope that better times
arc "coming, and thinking and believ
ing that wc are living under a Re
form Government of tho first water.
Dream on, friends 1 It is our impres
sion that you will he aroused by the
next-tax levy to a tune of twenty-one
or two mills on the dollar. Hence our
financial condition is blacker ihan
Egyptian darkness.
As to the prospect of n belter gov
ernment and a riddance of the
E
;?thievos who luivo besmirched and bo
Voulcd every department of our State
'Government, we see none save in the
resolution of honest. men ?to drive
them ii'?m power. Hour people will
rise up in their mightnud swear tlvtt
the desecration of our Jtiiul shall stop,
and hurl the robber band to the dust,
?a belter day will nt once dawn upon
us. Until that is done, wo cannot
promise a belter outlook.
Strike in the Low Country.
The laborers on the rice, planta
tions along the Cuinbahcc .struck fur
higher wages a week or more ago,
and went about tho country compell
ing nil the hands in thai neighbor
hood lb quit work. Jl sc'clris that the
regular price paid per hand was forty
cents a day, and the laborers doinah-'
ded more. The outbreak threatened
to be serious at lir.st, and a large num
bet:of rice planters materially injured,
but by prudent ami peaceable action'
oil the part of (he whiles, the laborers
were kept within tlu law and at this
writing are said lobe, resuming their
work at the old pfiec.'
A few centennial gits hers arc trying
to put a political aspect upon the
strike, but the cilbrt will be an in
glorious failure. Forty cents a day
is hardly enough for a day's work in
the rice (ields of the low country, and
we suppose as freemen the laborers
quietly resolved among themselves to
ask for more. They failed, but that
is no reason why the. aet should he
put down as a political trick.
OKANGEBURO ACADEMY
AM)
KINDERGARTEN.
On Monday Juno 'J?th Rev. J.
.Baehman llaskcll und Sisters, will
ope:i a
SCI IOOL
at their resident's on Russell Street.
In connection with above a KIX j
lUJKUA 1;TI;N, (for children lib
I ween the ages of three (o) ami Scv^ri j
(7) will i expelled MS sOotl as the pro
per material can he procured :.? :i
the North.
Apolieati.. is Tor both Sehpb's iv
cciveil 11 Saturday nud .M itdUy
bet v. et a tlic hours of ten t 10) ah 1 t
(&)
J. HA CUM AN IJA? K El A .
_ ._I_j
AITENIION LADIES !
Mra. Julia Winlii re, r? l <> tfully intbni ;
ilie Ladli s <>r t iraupehurj lli?i die will
hpen mi Kxhibiti'iii Moiidsiy one "ejiif0
Mr,!. Oliverns' l)tiiidini>, it lieautiijd :is.*nri?
in. ni >>l" bodied L'liilerweor. Knilm <li :?j
Infant* i Cloaks :i?d ?'.-ps. ??
?MaVVtili.a), :k large variety of Sill- :ir..l i.i ? ?
Neck 'l"u s, Ivihln.us liiid a urea I mi h.y
other ariielcs. ?
These goods will lit'fohl atAuetiph oh
Tne.Mhty .lane ' (itlt, rtimuieiu'ing :i! I?J
o'clock" .\. M. Thanking lor the past
patronage and invite tho public to ntltiid
this sale;
M It*. JULIA H;.IXfl*I2It<-.
juue o It
ORANGE?UKG, S. C. June 1st.
I will be at tlic following named
places to receive Returns of Personal
property for the year 1870, as follows:
At Lewisvillo Manday and Tuesday
June 12th 13th.
At Port Motte, Wednesday, June
14th
At Rowesvillc, Friday, June 16th,
At Branchvillc, Satu day June 27th
At W. E. Lewis' Store (Poplar)
Tuesday, June 17th.
At J. F. Ways Store (Goodbys)
Thursday, June 2yth.
At Knotts Mill, Monday, July 10th.
At Col- 1). Livingston Mill, Tues
day, July; 11th.
At W. L. W. Rilcy's, Wednesday,
July 12th.
The 'Oilice at Orangeb?rg, will b?'
open for the same purpose until the
20tli day of July -1876, . after-, which -
time tlvc 50 -per cent penalty will be
charged against all delinquents ?
JAS. VAN TASSEL,
Co. Amrron.
ouLnuebuiu^ ^
In Common Pleas.
Oliveros vs. Oliveros, ct ah
For Sale, the Lot, and Residence on
Rnssrll Street rpcontly creeled,, between
Mr. 1'ike's. and Mr. * Scovili'aj with the
ornamental material for finishing the
piazzas, Ac:, in handsome style. The houfe
has French roof, three ija'v windows, and
Wiichenjexton.sion, ami baa eleven Rooms in
all. The Lot extends ba?:k to U lover
Street in the rear, lias outbuildings and a
fihii Well of water. For further particulars,
applv to Mrs. Rosa Oliveros, Kxeculrix,
or the undersigned, who will receiw pro
posal* for the purchase of the saine.
I The time for proof of claims ngalnt the
I Instate of the late Ksidro I. Oliveros has
been n'xteiVdecl to August 1st, 187(J.
I'v Order of the Court*
'C. R. GLOVER,
Referee.
jnne 3 ? m ?3m.
Western Corn.
I .Six linger grain r'. ad!- -- j i-( received
Al.-O
' ? r ear loa I of VW^V. CORN*, which
\.< oil! red a*, low priec- !'- r''.i l .
AU(a.:.-;TA K.ijtlLf FLOIIL
n.iCSII ilKXt IillTJ, Arc.,
run s.u.:: nv
? .'MUX A. HAMILTON,
Stolen faoji My Office.'
f'.r?> S5<>*iVar<l?rV.r the ltv.v-ry
of my' priv.ile Atlor ?<?;.?'.- !> ?ekei M
?.vhi.h v\ -s M'iileii faftl.'tayhftta 1?;<Vtifc
M.i>:!-v S?pnne f.'ohi liith ? ?'?? p'ril last, i v. til
ji.iv die -> e '! \< .o d. The name of "<*?.
j :;. Ihdt" is lutprihU1! i?ri the back of the
' I took in gilt litters. Thue were a number
iif j11-i.;i:?- papers also in the doekel-, which
ran hi- of service tu no one hut imvelf
I and which I wish Retuhiiil with the Rook
U.S. RUM*
i may '27 11
11| |1? & ho ?
b 11? I! Eil--? f 4 I vM
? tr i f #11^ I B to
- irr? 3 5 ?? s S>* ?^
sc ? *3 i # st-1
5 v ?? o JL ? # j?
HAS REMOVED TO
T. D. WOLFE S OLD STAND
With a full stock of Groceries,
Liquors, Cigars and Tobaccos.
Gall on him and he will do his
best to please you.
I
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SIX and QUARTER Cents!
SIX AND QUARTER CNNTS
5 1
.SIXTEEN YARDS :
FOR ONE DOLLAR
SIXTEEN YARDS }"'.
FOR^NEDOLI^R!
SIXTEEN YARDS1'1-' ' lwnlf,i
FOR ONE DOLLAR!
ill
Just received ' ' ?* ^ J
'!', I fi '?.}.? MM
One Hundred Pieces.
CHOICE. P^T$
r*>? r-3 / At. Jf, i^. ;J{J
T, KOHN & BROKER'S
Which will sold At the above
HARD PAN PRICES:
Xe\v Spring C*oot\r?tit,l^w
pi'i'.'x.'-' !
N*-\v" Spring T*i\i.-t\f?olrtllX
\V?- ni:i-r. also, full liZVS IcidhlJ; l<mntte
I,oii? Clothes* at ihr |WVrc?ti
inaiihfaititrrr!?' ptic-;" Ami. filiert* ,]
iMjir- lvi!i?rv 4<<?t toliKt
Towels, S.iii ?Mi '?':??.
liiivK. Erish ?.im*u*-,
i i meres, i. otfon*
sides. itl* Mtu.is,
'of the best nmkesat jnieM
Hut cannot fail to pica***.
...
\.f\v Ciiijliiitjjgl
New Sty los i I
Wudr r.rc
l'"i]iiii*s all hovers
id\Spi'lltff Clothing;
to examine our good.-* Ul.f?re.purchaMrigi
Our stock, of Clo&hinff csceil in varifetjr
extent, Style, (Quality and teonomy:
"\\T also have m stdr'ca iargctrfriety-.br
latent fashion* In I.mliert, Gents*
.fit <>* h and Girls Straw IKats
. Ktid every Other ntyle df Hats lit
vogue. Stationary* itUse*
Hall*. Hats* Pistol (tira
tridgeM and thousand* df other
articles tco numerous* td com1
ineuce to mention, pnr
chased at the prevailing
Low Priceu, nnd
Kill be Bdld *d
cordingly.
Shoes and Gaiters
in Leather 6r Serge for Men*
Women and Children, in
large assortment of the best makes at
price* to suit the times.
All we Oak of the kind
public is to conte and see us,
bring along the Silver or
Greenbacks, which is at par
with each other.
T. KOHN & BROTHER.
