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THE FREE CITIZEN.
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ORANCEBURG, S. C.
S. A. "WEBSTER, - - - Editor.
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?nil I will como near to you to Judgement; and
I will be a swift wituess nguiiist Hie sorcer
ers, nud against Hie adulterers, and against
faNn swearers, aud against lliose thal op
press the hireling In hts wages, ilie widow
MU?1 the fatherless, ami Hun turn aside tue
stranger from Ids right, anil ???r not mc,
saith the Lord of Hosts.--MALACHI, HI, 6.
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SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 1875.
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from the office, or removing and
leaving it uncalled for, is prima facie
?vidence a* inisntronai fraud.
.That rV?a? ?inio Pile."
The News, ol' last week, makes an
unwarranted effort to make it appear
that we have, an ill-begotten grudge
against our present County Treasurer,
and for that reaso^ are belaboring
bim with our editorial strictures, all
because we were not so unfortunate
as to get that office. Now, in the
first place, we never cored enough for
that office to accept it on terms which
would hurt a good conscience, or pre
vent us from honestly, faithfully and
impartially discharging thc duties ol
the office. No one knows this better
than tho editor of the News. In thc
second place, wc have not, previous
to this issue, said one word in these
columns against our present County
Treasurer. We are not surprised that
the editor of the Neos should think it
inuch pleasanter, by far, to defend,
when no attack w?s made, thc official
conduct and character of our County
Treasurer than to vindicate his own,
or show'to thc sat??facti?t? of-his con
stituents what has become of that
>rneat little pile of tho people's
looney." Wc have said the cry of no
jitney in thc treasury is still heard,
anti county' orders remain' unpaid;
but we suid this, as the connection m
dteated j ia reference to the loss of
that " neat little pile of tho people's
mone}'." This previous loss leaves
orders unpaid, and no money to pay
them ; but this we regard as tho fault
of those" who got that '. neat little
pile,":-rather* than the present incum
bent bf tho office. No doubt money
eridugh "has bWen paid to meet all
the claims against the county, if itUiad
been faithfully applied: No one re
grets the fact more than w? do. Wo
dd not wish the fault of this loss of
the people's money to fall on any one
but those who are guilty, and this is
what the people* bf tho county desire.
This io the only reason why we com
mended the New? ferr the promise pub
licly given to show what had becomr;
of tht?'raoney. . We had faith in what
the News had said, and we still think
that tho editor of that paper-is the
nlan ta give the 'promised informa
tion. Senator Andrews owes it to
himself, and to the rTublic, to do just
what he has promised to do, and just
w?atJall-tl?e 'friends" of tho Republic
cnn party, wish bira to d?. Ile heida
peculiar relation to Hie treasury
when this "little pile" was lost. To
bc sure Humbert was the Treasurer,
but Senator Andrews bad the oppor
tunity of recommending, and, with
the consent of Humbert, placing in
tho Cilice his own chosen clerk, of
rare tact and experience, to overlook
the young and inexperienced Treas
urer ; with this clerk he was on inti
mate terms, and was often in the
Treasury ellice himself. If they did
not know how things were being man
aged in tlie office they were criminally
n?gligent of an important trust. The
people expected, in view of Senator
Andrew's relation to the Treasurer's
ollice, that bc would see that by its
transactions the people of the county
were not defrauded of the money for
which they had been so heavily taxed,
lie had been honored and trusted by
the good people of Hie county, and
they knew that bc held the treasury,
through Governor Moses, in his own
grasp, and they had -t right to pre
sume that his integrity and love for
the people's rights abd interests would
.lead him to bo a faithful guardian ol'
this public trust. Now is it too much
to expect of him that he will unveil
this painful mystery,-and let the peo
ple know what has become of their
money,_to such an extent intrusted to
bib cate as"a public officer?
Trustees Vindicated.
It is an outrageous shame that the
School Trustees of Orangeburg County,
hesides appointing teachers who are in
competent, will actually issue certificates
far beyond the levy made to meet the ac
count, the consequence' being that only
the fortunate teachers who come first to
tho Treasury ollice get paid, while the
others have to go unpaid altogether, or
until a special levj' is made for back ac
counts, which is generally doubtful. The
radical party has been in power long
enough now to do better, if they choose.
So said the Times. It is an unde
niable fact that by far the greater
nihnber' of our school teachers are un-1
able to get their pay, and we knowtof
several instances where* competent
teachers have left our county and gone
elsewhere to teach, for the reason
that in other counties they do no1,
meet with so much difficulty in ob
taining their hard-earned and scanty
j wages. But where Ve?is thc respon
Isibiliiy'r Thu 77j/it.. piiiees il upon
i um ru-uool Trusiees, foi i?.-jiiin;4 eti
I liftantes l'ai''beyond thc levy mude lo
muet thc account. lu our. opinion
this is doing injustice to thc School
Trustees, for how are they to know
the amount of levy made, or the
amount of tax collected, that they
may not issue certificates beyond that
amount? To one acquainted with
our school system it would seem thai
they ought to look to our School Com
missioner for I big information. Ami,
as hil cer ti neates have to bc endorsed
by bim before they are legal drafts
upon the treasury, if our School
Commissioner should refuse to write
his name upon them, teachers would
not be fooled with thc idea that they
were to receive pay for their services,
and might turn their attention to
some other occupation. Again, it is
provided in the school law that the
School Commissioner maj' limit the
school year to the amount of funds for
school purposes, so that the actual
expenses will not exceed thc appro
priations made to meet them. ' This
is wise and prudent polic3r, and one
in harmony with the earnest recom
mendation''of our Governor. Does,
then, the weight of this responsibility
.rest upon the broad shoulders of our
School Commissioner ? lt would
seem so, But let us trace this mat
ter up a little further. How ia the
School Commissioner to know the
amount of tax collected for school
purposes? He must assuredly-get
this information from the County
Treasurer. Our School Commis
sioner realizes how important these
facts arc to a proper and successful
administration of his oflicc, and has
repeatedly solicited the requisite in?
formation from our Trea.?rer, with
shrewd foresight asking him to give
the amount collected in each district,
that he might know just how long
each district coul?l' have a school.
But this necessary information has
not been obtained to this day. How
easily, and with how little trouble,
this information might have been
giv?n, even if there was no positive
law requiring it. But there is such a
law, and here it is :
" Sec. 6. That it shall be the duty
of each County Treasurer to report,
monthly, or? thc fifteenth day of each
month/to thc County School Com
missioner of Iiis county, Um ftinount
of collections and disbursements made
by bim for the monta on account of
pofi tax and all other school funds :
and it shall bc a misdemeanor, on liie
part of any County Treasurer, to neg
lect, fail or refuse to make such re
port ; and, on conviction thereof, he
shall pay a linc ol not less than live
hundred dollars (^'500 00), thu same
to be used for school purposes in hi.->
county."
It is quite a compliment to the pru
dence and foresight of our School
Commissioner that there is now pend
ing before the l?gislature an amend
ment to this very section requiring
the report of collections and disburse
ments to he made by districts. This
report should be made buforfi&hero is
any division of thc State, appropria
tion, and unless it be made imme
diately, we arc authorized lo say
that legal steps will be taken which
will add one thousand or fi f toe a hun
dred dollars to the school fuud ol
(his county.
Set Him Up Agami*
Thc Kershaw Gazette, in com men b
iug upon a recent editorial in the Or
nngeburg News makes ihe following
pertinent remarks in r?f?rence to i tc
editor :
"Yea,' most favored" Senator, wt
recognize that yoxi * have every rea
son for supporting the llcpublicai
party ot this Slate.' A l&pnblicat:
Senate let you go scot free out .of t in
ugliest scrape thal even a Rep?blica*
Senator was ever caught in. * * *
Poor Humbert! How many young
'negroes-nay,young white men,low
placed in similar circumstance, ivouh
have yielded to similar influences
And must he languish out his bes
years in the penitentiary for a crimi
that he-was thus led into? Ur wil
you apply to the Governor for hi
pardon, 07t the ground that in. WAI
LED 15TO TEMPTATION, for, hi COMIO
interpose on any other ground?
"If you will not do so much fo
this poor victim, prithee prate n<
more about Republican protection l<
the negro : for the vilest outrage eve
perpetrated against the pus; ive, wit
less' imbecility of the negro was per
; pelratcd by a JiejMVlicau S?;j.ioi
lam! ignored by a A'e^MofeoyS-jnate
' m spite of Hie mi ?n i mous vuumg of ?
? Senatorial committee.
The St. Patrick of South Carolina
At tho celebration of Si. )'.at>ck'
Day in Charleston, Judge Reed, i;
his remarks in response to a toast o
thc judiciary", used thc ipllowin
eloquent language itt**" refer.-ncc t
Governor Chamberlain, and lim rcsul
of his administiation. Alluding t
the legend that St. Patrick Ra 1 bai
?shed the snakes from Ireland, h
said :
Daniel II. Chamberlain id the S
Patrick who is destined to expel th
reptiles from South Carolina, lie i
engaged now in bealing the magnet
druiu of honesty and economy, and i
perchance, he has at any Lime sti ne
it too hard and broken the head, D
as some men suggest,' bis gool I ungi
will restore it, and lie will beat oi
until, aided by all that is honest,jiu
and true of our population, Un? Go*
ernment, in all its departments, wi
be cleansed of the reptiles thal inlet
it, put on the high road to rc for II
and restored to the love and con!
dence of our people. Yes, Mr. Prei
ident, Governor Chambcrlai.i has m
bly and boldly throwo/himsclf int
the breach, and, although he ma
have erred in some things-torVoei
is human-1 confidently predict the
his administration is to result, i
working out a thorough reformatio
of thc State Government, and i estoi
to our people nonce, "prosperity an
fraternity at no distant day. In ihi
great work all good men, of ever
name-i race, color and coudilion wi
cordially nilli i ate. For you may ref
assured, sir, that a great ma jority t
the people are resolved that hencefoi
ward a better state of things -shall ?3
ist. If there be suspicions as to til
honesty of legislators, thc evil mm
be corrected^' and the suspected pa:
ties consigned, if not to a house (
correction, to the priv???y of their ow
homes. If as to the judiciary, letti
same result follow with greater exp?
dition, until all men-even the co
nipt ion isis themselves, who, when
sober, second thought overtakes then
will rejoice at tho result-shall fe<
that wc have"a judiciary diStit.guishe
for its independence, its dignity, il
purity and integrity. When this stat
j o?' tilings is realized by all out people ;
when tiley feel ami know they aie
protected in their persons and prop- j
erty by an incorruptible judiciary, I
Mien, secured afc they will bc in thc
enjoyment ol" liberty regulated by law,
will* all other eVils become toleruble.
Then will the Shamrock and the
Thistle, the Rose and thc Palmetto,
j be inseparably blended, symhorrenl ot
thu political rciHeniuni that awaits the
inhabitants of South Carolina. [Tre
.inendouS applause.]
A Present Duty to the Freedmen.
The, Civil Rights Act having re
moved certain of the more intolerable
grievances which devolved upon the
colored people from their former con
dition of servitud? , the time is favora
hie l'or a united elfort, on the part of
every patriotic Christian, to further
thc elevation of those of the Freed
men whose mental and sj^iritu?? train
ing had been neglected, lt must he
remembered that equality of civil
rights implies greater responsibilities
and higher duties. In order that the
newly conferred privileges may be
thoroughly and rightly enjoyed and
exercised by the colored people, they
must be educated-their moral and
intellectual faculties must bc trained
and directed. If they are allowed to
remain in ignorance they will become
thc tools of unscrupulous politicians,
who will'taite the earliest opportuni
ty to contract the enlarged liberty so
tardily obtained. The mental and
moral advancement of the colored la
borers of the South will win for them
the respect of those who may now de
spise them as belonging to an inferi
or race.' .Caste prejudice will subside
to the influence of culture and Chris
tianity-the source of the highest
culture.'
In this great and pressing' wor?c of
j developing the faculties and enobling
| the life ol 'the colored population of
, the South, the more favored pastors
and people of thc" same race in the
North' should at once bestir them
selves with greater energy and zeal.
Every evangelical denomination in
both sections of our common country
should'unite in bringing" the Gospel
aiid'tbe means' of education within
thu reach bf tiio.<e whti have been long
j withheld froth the [jr ice less blessings
I wi,i?K therm imoiow, The Protestant
j Episcopal Church is stretching ?ut its
hands to help and raise these who,
ever since shivery was abolished, have
been growing more and more desir
1 otis of aid to attain a higher plane of
1 being ; and that denomination has
1 met with gratifying success. Upon
> the Methodist Episcopal Church and
' Baptist denomination thu negro of the
1 South h-is strong claims, and they
. have already done much. May they
. usc their facilities to the utmost in
. his behalf. Protestant churches
bhouhl now begin to place among the
. colored race evangelical aiid educa
; tioual agencies more in number and
i gloater in elllcienoy than ever before.
' We have on another occasion shown
i how the Church of Koine is striving
: to convert the negroes of the Soutli
! hilo subjects ol'the Vatican, who will
I be held in her thraldom with iron
) grasp, and wno will be employed for
' her political purposes in this country,
. by voting as she may dictate, if the
I present time, in every- way so favora
' ble for the mission and the school in
? the South, is allowed lo pass by un
. improved by thc descendants of those
. who formed institutions to preserve
political abd "religious liberty, they
> may be "accounted unworthy of these
signal advantages.*
By 'education and by Christianity
? the colored people can also be quali
1 lied to discharge those high functions
of government to which they are
called a9 citizens bf this great repub
lic. It is thc manhood which is al
. tained by these means which will se
cure to them their rights and their
privileges, make them valuable aids to
- national progress, and tit them, more
over, for an entrance into that king
dom which is prepared for those
whom Christ has made free.-New
? York Witness.
. l'WoK?. A man, looking up from
sawing his wood, saw bas little son
lurniug two boj's' out the yard.
" See herc ; what are yo? about
George?" asked the man.
.Tn*r turning two swearers out of the
. yard, father," said George. "I said
I W?old not play with swearers, and I
won't."
That is the right time and place to
say, "I wont." Wo wish every boy
would luke the stand. ??o play willi
swearer*. "Thou shalt not lake the
uame of tho Lord thy God iii vain-" :
Bishop Haven."
The New York Witness'anya :
kt We hope Bishop Haven has not
descried the South. He is, perhaps,
the'?rtly white Bishop who would eat
with- colored folks, and. it may be on
Uiai account he is sent hack to New -
England, where we see he is to pre- e
bide at the Conference which opens on ,
lue 7th of April. We should greatly
regret if he has-to leave a sphere
where his strong souse of justice, ^
large-hearted philanthropy and indom
itable courage Ot bini for usefulness
in overcoming the prevailing nnti
Chr istvan1 caste prejudice."
Ii is quite ?ing0laT what an idea j
prevails in reference to the Bishops
ot* our Church, and our work in the
South. All of our Bishops, in visit
ing the South, cheerfully attend our
conferences, in which we have more
or less colored members, ordaining
them, receiving the sacrament of the
Lord's Supper withthem, without any
distinctions, and often, seated at thc
same table with brother.ministers of
a dark complexion. Years before
Bishop Haven was consecrated to the i
Episcopal office, Bishop Simpson and
other noted clerg3'men of our Church
were very handsomely and agreeably
entertained by a colored family in
Columbia. In auother column will
bc noticed thc death of Alderman
Shrewsbury. Bishops have eaten at
his table and felt that it was no self
denial in reference to their prejudices -
or palates. Our ministers rh the
South arc riot in the habit of making
invidious distinctions on the account
of complexion.
A DVERTISE ME N T S'.
MISCELLANEOUS.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
OFFICE SECRETARY, OF STATE,
CO?U5IBIA,.S. C. Feb. 4th, 1875.
The FREE CITIZEN is hereby
designated as one of the newspapers
for thc publication of all legal no
tices, anet official advertisements for
thc County of Orangeburg, under thc
Act approved February 2*20!, 1870",
entitled "An Act to regulate the
i publication of all legal and public
notices und all former orders of thin
Lourd iu conllict with this is hereby
rescinded.
. H. E. HAYNE,
Sec'y of State aud Sec'y of Board.
I, H. E. HATNE, Secretary of State,
do hereby certify that the foregoing'
is a true and correct copy of thc orig
inal, now on Ule in this office.
II. E. HAY XE,
Secretary of State.
FIRE!1
FIRE!!
FIRE!!!
T. KOHN & BRO.,
-AT
The Brick Store,
Are selling off their
RESCtTED STOCK
Being slightly damaged by removal.
--: O:
The Goods Must be Sold,
And aro celling for whatever they
will bring.
Come at once and secure
Rare Bargains :
We mean BUSINESS, as we need
MONEY.
Theodore Eohn & Bro.
At MCMASTKR'S BRICK STORE.
Orangeburg, Jan. 21,1875.
ADVERTISE M J? .NTS.
MISCELLANEOUS.
I will open this morning a lot of th?
Finest '..eas;
...
?Ter offered in thin market, uontlstlag mt
UNCOLORED- JAPAN OOLONGS,
SOtfCHGrNGS,
t'OUNG HYSONS r
?nd
GUNPOWDERS,'
Ind in ordbr to cultivate a trad* ftc
those- flue grades I will self ?hsm
VEKY LOW.
: have also received this morning ?nothor
ear-load of
Solc^?n*s Fancy Flour
Fresh ground and Made especially
for me from the
Finest Selected TTjhtesat,
I have A ever had a complaint of
this brand of flour.
IMPORTANT NOTICB!
Inferior KEROSENE Ol?/io io dan
gerous and so many accidents have ec
cirrred from its use, I have been induced,
nt tho repeated solicitation of ny custo
mer", to parchase a ?apply ef pare Oil
O' , ., . Vf . ..
for their une. I have jue? receive tea
barrels ot
P??R? WHITE KEROSENE
Of 134 fire test. I will sell thia Pur?
Oil cheaper than the aatno grade of Oil
can be sold at in this city. Families use
in?: thin Oil aro safe. The use ol th*
common Oils now
FLOODING THE MARKET
is equivalent to bringing Into the family
destruction and death!
I have also received:
10 Tiercea Freshi Cared Davis' Ham?,
10 Boxes Oeara Cheese, direct from
the Dairy,
25 Firkins Goshen Batter,'direct fro?
the Dairy, which has all th?
freshness and flavor of the flow
er". *
5 Tierces of Baltimore Sagar-Cureel
Strips, '
10 Barrels of Extra Mesa MnckVroI,
averaging twenty ounces. .
25 Sacks Lag ii ?vy ra Coffee, equal' ta
Java.
50 Sacks cf assorted Rio,' by lani Rio
steamer. '
Tr-Uh a full ??pply cf
CHOICE GROCERIES,
Fresh and Good.
My ?tock ls full, with pri?es low an*
good times coming.
Thanking the public for their very Hb
eral patronage, and soliciting its eontin
uanee, I will do my beat to merit th?
ame.
HARDY
Columbia, So. Oa.
