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..?.???.?.....?in'? JOHN E. BACON & THOS. J. ADAM ?/.At* iii VOLUME WORTHY OF WU To those Who Contemplate in- j vesting in Real Estate, or Boing into Business. OFFISH a very desirable I lajff?TSET-?:'LOT at Johusfc?? j?e?oi, ou the CC & A Bail road. The Dwelling House, which is entirely~newirom roof to cellar, contains 8 commodious rooms, two piazzas rnu ning across, pantry, stove room, Ac. The out-buildings consist of a servants' house, barn and stables. There is also a good well of water on. the plac?,'which has a house over it. The most desirable purchase yet of-? fered,.and one of the-most pleasant^ njg^ ?igs^n_tbe thriving village of Johnsen. "* *rhvperson or bV letter to / ^ jL ii. S?., ?UN-OVANa', -^-K?al Estate Agent. IfSfA_, tf51 HE*pTP?|ERfY , . -IX- r FOR SALE] THAT^ LJ&?E-AJ??T SPLENDID rLOT ON MAIN S;t?ET ON WHICH MTOODJttE TILLMAN '-^/HOTXL. QA ID LOT FRONTS TO THE NORTH O on Aiain Street, 150 feet-and has a magniticent.Soulbern exposure/from the rear, which.in. tlie Southern climate is a mighty desideratum. .The whole .lot contains two and one-half (2?) acres more . >r less, ail of it lying in the very heart of | the town: ' For 70 or SO feet from the street this lot lies ona dead level, after "hich it slopes iu the gentlest and most eautiful manner to the rear line, afford uuparalleled spots for gardens, ?atches, meadows and fruit trees. Eith a Bite tor a grand hotel j with all its ortenances, or for a row of stores, this has absolutely no equal in Edgefield. is line property will be sold as a whole, 'erms will be made accommodating. R. G. M. DUNOVANt, Nov 17-tf Real Estate Agent. STGRL WiRE FENCE. ?tr THE above cut represents a section and Gate of a strong, cheap, and dur able Stoe* Wiie Fence willoh is now be ing used at the North and Northwest in preference to any other kind of fencing. Wherever it has been.tried it has given great satisfaction. ' It is a uet work without barbs and will ceep out small pigs or a\iy other animals Vinay injuregardens'or farm crops, makes no shade and?helters no ene mies to crops or poultry. It is jobt the fence for Garden*, Lots, >awnp, FRI ks and Cemeteries. ?-r--l-.^-/-y->^- ~r>-? ~- o-Ul. ic? iu every respect. lr. is easily and quickly put up. Specimens of Fence and Gates .f?an be seen at the Ar>v*:nTisKit building ."witcre a stock is kept on baud, and where ali information as to price, ?ie., can f>c obtained. R. G. M. DU NOVA NT. Azt, EDGEFIELD C. H., S. C. A Bargain! A Bargain! AVALUABLE TRACT OF LAND, containing One Hundred and Eigh ty-seven and a half Acres, more or less, lying just beyond the incorporate limita of Edgeheld Village, about two acres ol it extending within said limits. Upon the land is a good Dwelling House of two stories and 8 rooms, with tire-places to each room, besides a store-room attached and a servants' house in the yard. Also a good Gin House, a two story Barn, and stable room for any use. The place ha* three tenant houses, conveniently ar ranged, upon it; and it is well watered, having several fine springs, and suffi ciently timbered. Terms reasonable. Applv to or address, R. G. M. DUNOVANT, Real Estate Ageut. March 3, tf 18 Orangeburg Land for Sale. I'-?nA ACRES of line Farming OUv/ Lands in Oran^eburg Co., on South Ed ie to River, six milos from Midway Station on the S. C. Railroad, 400 under cultivation, the larger portion ol'which ison the river. The upland portion is tine for cotton, and the river bottoms suit corn admirably. On the place is a fine Dwelling House, .r)4 lt. by 40, t; rooms, 2 chimneys, 4 tire places, 14 foot passage way, piazza in front and pil lars under the house, which is six feet off the ground. A numberof out-build tngs. Gin House, Gin Head, tine well of water, Aa., Ac. Will be sold cheap. Apply to R. G. M. DUNOVANT, Real Estate Agent. Feb. 3, 1880.. - tr" 9 AUGUSTA BUILDING LOTS TO EXCHANGE EOE COTTflJN LANDS! IHAVE 1G Building Lots in Augusta, in the upper part of the city, to ex change for Cotton Lair's, or Plantation. Lands must be convenient to Railroad. Applv to, or address, R. G. M. DUNOVANT. Real Estate Agent, Edgeheld C. H., S. C. Dec. 22,1880. tf8 ! TTTE" MOST DESIRABLE Purchase, Yet Offered. O ACRES of Land, half a mile ?? O w from Dom's Mills. A good ^welling House, Store, Gin House, Barn and Stables; three out bouses; 100 acres in cultivation. Improvements of {pl eater value than the price asked. Terms verv easy. A tirst rate bargain. R. G. M. DUNOVANT, Real Estate A pent. March 3, 1880. tf 13 Irf C\ ACRES more o I.VJEN COUNTY, ONE MILE from C. C. A A. R. Ri-, adjoining lands ol' Lark S,wearengen and ottr-rs. SO acres under cultivation -two cabins. Oond tenant on the land, who will show the ?dace to persons desiring to see it. Apply to or address R. G. M. DUNOVANT, Kcal Katate Ageut. Edgefield, S. C. . If EAR THE RAILROAD, 2?> A ACRES OF LANJD-150 OF tj TC which is cultivated, end ls good cotton and grain land, with branch l(Ottoms,. This tract is situated three miles fit .i Dom's Gold Mine, oue quar ter of a mile from the Greenwood and Augusta Railroad, and two iniles from probable depot ou saiJ road. Dwelling house and two cabins. For terms, Ac, apply to R. G. M. DONO VANT, Real Estate Agent, Edgefield, C. H., S. C. oct. 28-It. wrot1 -\>H: ,.1'H'?.-: THE POPULAR CREED :ailiDg ! [C harks P. Shira?, author of the follow ing poem, died in A?leghany. City, Pa., some twenty-five years ago, at the age of twenty-nine years.] Dimes and dollars ! dollars and dimes ! An empty pocket's the worst of crimes 1 If a man is down, give him a thrust ! Trample the beggar into the dust I ? Presumptuous poverty's quite appalling, Knock him .over ! kick him for falling ' If a man is up,- oh ? lift him up highe Your soul's for sale, and he'saj^ Dimes and dollars ! do^^HHfi dimes! An empty pocke?^jP^>rst ol' crimes. I know of^^^ffoat worthy youth, V?^^opes are built on a maiden's truth; "Sat the maiden will break her vows with ease; For a woc-r cometh whose claims are these; A hollow heart and an empty hetu', A face well tinged with the brandy red, A sou] ! well trained in villainy's schcol And-Cash-sweet Cash-he knowe th the rule; Dimes and dollars ! dollars and dimes ! An empty pocket's the worst of crimes. 1 know a bold and an honest man, Who strives to live on the Christian plan, But poor he is, and poor will be; A scorned and hated wretch is he At home he meeleth a starving wife, Abroad he leadeth a leper's life They struggle against fearful odds, Who will not bow to the people's gods ! Dimes and dollars ? dollars and dimeB ! An empty pocket's the worst of crimes. So get ye wealth ! no matter how ! "No questions asked" of the rich, I trow ! Steal by night, and steal by day, (Doing it all in a legal way); Join the church, and never forsake her. Learn to cant and insult your Maker; Be hypocrite, bar, knave and fool; But don't be poor! remember the mle : Dimes and dollars ! dollars and dimes ! An empty pocket's the worst of crimes ! BOVINE VIRUS. The New England Farm .Overtaxed H'ith Demands all Over our Country. Two or three years ago humanized virus waa used in vaccination almost exclusively. This year, however, has. Witnessed a complete revolution, and almost all ol the physicians ase bo vine virus, and prefer it as immea surably superior to the hnmenized. It was only during the lastfew months that the New Eoglaud Vaccine Vims Company, of Chelsea, Mase, extend ed its trade this far Sooth. They placed the Kentucky agency in the haiyls of Luc:en Alexander, the dn/fcst, through whose efforts the or?ug5 Kentucky and the 5>c.i;hern Jrates. The breaking out of the mail pox all over the countiy has aused an unprecedented run on bo ice virus. Within the past few month ir. Alexander, the Kentucky agent, las sold about $5,000 worth of virus, ,bout two-thirds of which has been ised in this city. During the past wo weeks Mr. Alexander has receiv d orders from two or thiee hundred owns in Kentucky, Tennessee and Uabama to suppiy virus for public accinations, and has had calls from everal other States. So heavy has teen the demand on the company rom other sections that half the or lers could not be filled, and for more han a week Mr. Alexander bas re eived but a most limited supply, .leanwhile his orders have account ?ted, until now he could dispose of lmost aDy quantity of point*. For ones which contaiu enough vims to accinate 100 persone, he has orders jr 100. Th j demand among the ity practitioners has been simply norinuu*. There is now hardly a loint of animal viruein the city, and [ming the past lew days vaccination a this section has been suspended. ike physicians have beeu holding off | or Mi. Alexander to get a supply ol 'accine from Massachusetts, but yes erday he received a telegram from he company, telling him he must ook lo other propagators, as they veie now overwhelmed. The city raccinatora ha?-e been using the New England virus exclusively, and are tow compelled to use humanized rims when they can get it. During he days when a supply of bovine rims was expected, Alexander's drug itere was besieged by doctors, and as nany as thirteen buggies have been Hunted in front of his door at a sin gle time. The giving out of the vi -us is caueiug great inconvenience io the practitioners-in fact, ?orne of! hera know not what to do, aa, kar ng experienced the e:. jacy of bo bine matter, they are unwilling to 50 back to the humanized. Dr. j?eorge ' Griffiths, surgeon of the Louisville and Nashville Road, com menced vaccinating the entire force jf the road, but yesterday had to suspend operation!. The New EDg and virus having given out, the Doc :or telegraphed to the Fond du Lac, Wig., pens for 1,000 points, bot so far has received no reply. FEES AND DOCTORS.-The Fees of I doctora ia an item that very, many persons are interested in just at pres ent. We believe the schedule for visits ia $3*00, which . would tax a man coniiued to his bed for a year, and in need of daily visits, over $1,000 a year for medical attendance alone! And one single bottle of Hop Bitters taken in time would eave the $1,000 and all the year's sickness. Poet. Subscribe to the Advertiser. Por the Advertiser. More Stock Law Fi&ures-An An swer to "Barwell*" ^ - Jd coLui?Bi?/src., issi MESSRS. EDITOR^-I? your issue of January 2G>jyfiicb lias been kind ly forwarded^ nie by a friend; I no ticejyjiie'a lengthy and interesting I cpfimonicaiion signed ."Barnwell," fin which the-writer attempts a re view or criticism of some figures on the stock law, that I had the temer ity to contribute to the columns ol the dironick and ConaliltUionahsC It seems to me, however, that "Barn well" has written an able article in favor of increasing the acreage in grain, and decreasing'the cotton pro duction." I agrse fully with;him-in this, and thinfe that we v.-ill never be permanently prosperous until our people produce what they " consume. In the article alluded to by "Barn well," I did not attempt an argu ment in favor of the stock law, but merely placed ths figures before the people as shown by the various re ports mentioned; and they must have been convincing, for "Barnwell" as sumes that I belong to that "certain class" that have advocated the pas sage of the kw to "oppress" the "cer tain class" who have opposed it. Ile says that my letter . was "teeming: with statistics."1 Well, it occurs to me that his was teeming with asser tions easier to make than to prove. Any one can go into the field of sup position and make any reasoning plausible, but it ?3 said that "figures don't lie;" therefore I am perfectly willing to risk .my- "figures and pounds" with the "little earthquake" that -'Barnwell" raised.. Perhaps it would be cruel in me to answer aDy of "Barnwell's" assertions by more statistics, as he found the others so "nauseous;" but 1 will give him an other small dose, and ask Lim to "take it x x as it will cure hin.',"pi o vided ?e does not heave it np before it is digested. He asks me to prove that the small farmers of the stock law counties ger. as much hog meat, beef and butter to eat. or buttermilk to drink, as ol'! yore. Well, I confess I cau't answer i this by ligures, because I haven't the statistics "of yore," but the people in I the stock law couuties say that they i have an abundance of these goon : things ol' life. While I can not prove li are making more 01 these things than formerly, except by "Barnwell's" method-asserting it-I think J eau prove that they are producing more beef, butter and buttermilk than the anti-stock law counties. I'll con tinue the comparison between An derson and Barnwell: Anderson slaughtered in 1S7D, 1,409 head of catto for beef; Barn- j well 1,083. Anderson had 13,871 j head of cattle; Barnwell 20,'178. And yet Anderson made beef of 3SG (J head more than Barnwell, because, ils ^ the only reasonable solution, the cat ile in Barnwell were too poor to kill, DI- had strayed oil' into the swamp?, and could not be found when beef was wanted. Anderson made 204, 124 pounds of butter; Barnwell 3S, 105; and it must be remembered that Barnwell had 011 more milch cows than Anderdon. I suppose it is a moderate estimate to w.y that it re quires three gallons cf milk to ?naku one poand of butte.-; therefore An derson had 792,072 gallons of butter milk, and Barnwell had to I e satis fied with 114,080 gallons, because the peopk preferred fences to buttermilk, j ^ "Barnwell" says: "But there are j t thousands of pounds of butter and I t cheese produced in Anderson County '. \ ] What of that, if only a certain class produces them, and another lia* to purchase or do without; any price is j a dear one when paid for what should ? . be raised at home.' Exactly. Then, ? "Barnwell," why dor. r. you do like ! j they do in Anderson-"make it at i home ?" But perhaps you mean that j , all the butter made in Anderson is i j made by a "certain class"-landown- !, ers-and is sold to the land les?, who who otherwise make their own butter if the stock law was not in force, j Supply and demand regulate the ?, price of all articles. Now do the landless make their own butter in Barnwell? Assuredly not, unless the census is incorrect; therefore, if they use it, they are forced to buy, and they could certainly purchase cheap er in Anderson, where 200,000 pounds ware made, than in Barnwell where only 30,000 pounds were mad?. "Barnwell" says ''It is nor. lair to contrast a high, broken, clay soil, adapted to grains and grasses, with : the flat, sandy soil of Barnwell, bound \ hand and foot to the tyrant colton, j where the natural grass of the pine barrens and the cane of the. branches . and swampB is the beet and cheapest grazing." Well, jet uri enquire into this and see if Anderson is so much beti?. adapted to the. grains and grasses than Barnwell. In 1870 Anderson produced 143 bushels ol buckwheat, 492,640 bushels of corn, 94,013 b.uth-, els of oats, 959 bushels of rye, lui,- ^ 950 bushels of wheat, and harvested ' 57 tons of hay. Barnwell produced , 625 bushels ot buckwheat, 600,985 \ bushels of cora, 140,150 bushels ol'! oats, 4,550 buabelo of rye, 18,057 i I bushels of wheat, and harvested < tons o? hay. So that Barnwell no mady largely exceeded Andersonii buckwheat cop, patsa/ul rye: au fell below Anderson only in the pi o ?yction of wheat and hay. And if i had not been "bound hand and foe by the tyrant cotton," and-expensive .fences, it would doubtless have bed ahead in wheat and hay also. An derson produced, in even numbers, ( bushels'of buckwheat per acre, Barn wall Oj Anderson 0 bushels oi' rori) Barnwell 7; Anderson 7 bushels o oatt-, Barnwell 14; Anderson 4 bush els of rye, Barnwell -1; Anderson I bushels of .wheat, Barnwell nearly^ 5 It will be seen from this' that' Barn well produces a third_ more .buck wheat, 'ti?ibc as much oats, arid-' at much rye per acre ?ts Anderson, whil? Andel soon exceeded Barnwell onlj in the production, per" acre, ol' corn andj?.heat. The larger acreage de voted to wheat, and the better yield per acre obtained, is due to the fad that the farmers in that county have the time to properly prepare theil soil arid plant their seed, thai thc Barnwell people have been giving to building fences. Now I do^not mean to say that the 6oil ol Barnwell County is as well adapted to grain and grass as Ander son, but I do say that the dilicienca is not sufficient to be used as an ar gumeirtrngairrst the stock law. '.'Barnwell" says -tfiat "the small farmers hold in the aggr^a^ioore acres of the State's area than -the planters so-nailed, and they pay in the aggregate more taxes into the State Treasury, than db the large landholders." I do not know ; what "Barnwell" bases this estimate upon; but admitting that they'db, his argu ment- proves nothing. They are as much benefitted as the "planieis so called." It costs them jost as much to build a ftrice, and more too if they have to buy the timber. Their taxes on a dozen hall starved cows are just as high as those of the "plant?is so called.'" They are all equally inter e-ted in any law that will promote thc prosperity of the State. Since writing the foregoing, I have re-read "BarnwellV communication, and think ? heve answered ev.er} thing except his political argument, and let me say, 1 think that has noth ing io do with the merits of the sub ject under diBcua??^^jcar^ aire this session that the argument' ?v :s not used by tho?o who opposed t, that it would divide, thc Demc iratic party. On.? bill was offered io >revent the sale of liquor at a ?iriie .?ilrond station, and the men who van ted to seil liquor said, ii you pasa hat bill the Democratic party is gone. A. few citizers petitioned tor the in lorporation of about one doz^n houses, md the Legislature was tobi th;<r, the ?-etiiion must be granted or it would -nd the rule ol Democracy ??j ?t'oir.h carolina. When the Legislature in its wink tn saw proper io re-open the ?rand old State University, the op position shouted: "the peuple were oo poor, and if you put this binden about 2? cents each) upon il.em, they viii not support the party. And so t has been with nearly every n. eu rie proposed. The Democratic pi riy s the people's paily hi;d should be me ol progress in everything U L ding o the moial and material advance neut of the State. Brigham Voling vas told when the Pacific Railroad vas being bini!, that ii would break ip hid religion. Ile replied that it vas a d-n poor religion that couldn't ?land one railroad, ii I he passage of he stock Jaw will break np the D?mocratie party, why J suppose we viii have to let her ''bust.." 1 hope I have said nothing to offend 'Barnwell." He is a good Democrat, ind I know will be satisfied with -.lie stock law after if iras been ?iriy ried. ?? In conclusion, 1-1 me .-ay to"I5jin well," that I have no intel est. in this [aw; I do not own a ?cor of land, and mi trying to earn my living, by di vine injunction, by the "sweat, of my wow. " " L. A. II. L\ S. Will "Barnwell" please tell ns what are his objections !o the itock law anyhow'/- L. A. R. That thc stock law is not an un mitigated curse, ss. some wo ?ld have in believe, ihe following, from the Saluda Argus, will prove : "Th? de mand lor crossties and cord wood h nr-al ticing the rapid denudation ol ? all forests contiguous to the railroads.1 The stod; law having expunged the ? rail item from the fu-mera catalogue ' of incidentals, ho in .thus enabled lo readily turn his large areas of lim- I ber into ready cash. Thi-; is a lime- : ly aid to the larine!- in bringing him j ever short crops and hard times, and gives him fresh land for cultivation. I Every day develops seine new aud lucrative result of this vc'm? law." i - - .. -.. - The Milwaukee Evening Wiscon* s n says: "lu all our experience wo have never beard so many favorable reports fi ora all classes as wo have' concerning Sr. Jacobs Oil. The people should vote doun the Constitutional Amendment, fixing tho terms of office for Siate and County orTicera and Legislators four years.- ! Newberry^ Herald. I A $mr-<--. MFIFL CIROLINIAN. f0**l . ps mia Triumphs o? J. J. There ! ," ton, anoti-^ this time in Wasfcing deservt-B I" South Carolinian who breath mentioned in the same he l?^r?St?.a?l Inman, and if repnt.iliu?*' nave ?wider and loftier I?Hr?icgtWrr? allude. to Mr. J. J. already g< ? )'onu8 lawyer, who has niest p-m}" bravely ... eyer the thor ai:d wealfT^h? roat* t0 distinction poor, bu-t^*^8 Parents were very Cornelia possessed a jewel that d-uned tdV1^ would not' have dif viv-d." %my in "when Rome uni tive was. i? intelligent and attrac h?s ?id ??boy thai friends came to eJneitlioi?Lg^ nim a^university a'nr??- ..p AU row ii todman H estate, daunted: the viilai io the and K\val at laut it aud incoil ,-ith an un-, ivt.' did not linger ih hid co un tv. He came weakuess, but yields ificf-ntdowry to valiant ?? youth that knows how "to.?ri'e and be strong." The 8?rugglcs>?.yung Darlington need not be-minfcrey recounted. He be came a stii.;!ei; in the law oflice of the distipgt'is'ed Richard T. Merrick, who has ianthe greatest pride and interj li^fiupil to whom he ad miringly wr^es as "a grand intel lect." Hon. ?eorge D. Tillman wa? the first (?fengpsman to employ Mr. Darlington ; ir a contested election case, which %jjB- maQaged with thor Qtighuess' -i^^brilliancy. He ba? "now Ti is" ii?^Wkof these and other "matters o?iiport. Hie career ie asaured. Hi&arvest is no longer an expeetaticiy t ?. bountiful reality. Hardly thjr,tiye.\rs of age, he stands very near tb:front in ^ mighty me tropolis whi' all the talents tl )uriah ? have new. *een a human being who had aVger impress of ability, and wheres) much manly beauty was allied *}(-o much character and bruin. Hews a noble head, with the nair aij brow of seme young Greek-or latan demi-god, such as can be seenfcy day in the marble prodigies els Corcoran Art Gal lery. ThiJm, appear, attir?t blush, an extr;'ijHnfc description, but ii Suggest fd wfr io me, al once, the il rt t time [?tt^yvlnrn, and t grows in;* IWs SfetaRi. I .am tri?t HU euCha siastio frieB1"-tthaoet a Istrauger should be J' ri ting, late at night, thi fervid KketJh; but gladly do I reccg ni;;e so ml>'h true courage, wortl ctn J ta?entl? nm who, born to nov eily, rose iP'^m il by the the potenc of his f-pirJt. ander Gods providence ar:d who, Jrawing his blood from ai bombie siJ'^i looks like lie migh hiv.; spruif? ir")r11 toe loins ol' majes ty.-J. R.ijt'i in Augusta Constitu bionalist. I.0f?-e Led by Lucre. "No, C: Raret-Gharley," she said lisiog the I1M,:U' by which he wa known arcing the wild, reckless se with whicP b^aissociated, "I can nev sr be you/ bride." "Piii-yV-Mi;-:; Perkins," sait] R.-g toa id; 3f hifs"'-^??inuf-inHeeil J cannu Stay ulm moment--onii it !" ir i ich voice rang in ho Bara! Desfcte berseil it moved he sfcrangely.J "Very well," site said "J will HUW-" Darling hii.-tilv to tb? dat-rack if?rhe front hall, Ruinait! fumbled (tr ? moment in ths upper left-hanJ fi'Ocket ol his overcoat am frew theiX8froul rt piece of white pa per, Relf,lrnjog to thc parlor h< le the fauteuil on wLi< 1 thrown herself iii an ago i, and kissed away th let you ^" Dne mome How tl knelt ba* Pansy ha ny oi gri bitter tea'ra of pain sud sorrow th-i ware avve ?nS ?P into tho beau tifti brown ey "See.i ?y darling," he exclaimed eigerly, ] dacing thepapei before her Look at i hiJ, my precious one." Pa?ay 'pened her eye? and ga;:* Languidlyr at. fhe paper. "What i ?k-, Tootsije '." she murmured. Draw ing himself Up proudly and hoidinj in one hf"d" the paper and in th other hjia pancake hat, Reginah Gresn saM ir> proud fconcB : "It is i notice oil la7 promotion lo the rib bon confier. Hereafter my palan will be per week. Pansy, rn; precious! Poe, we are saved.". Th girl loolj^ at' him lovingly. "Yoi bet we ;^re<" -she said, and her arm were clipped anout u>8 thirteen-incl neel-: in ttn ecetacy of passion.-Chi cago- Tribune. jj y0,;r hair is corning ont, or turn ing gravi ^? r,ot ruurmur ov r a mis fortune Ly-00 can 80 easily averl Ayers cause o? hair to with yep ture, f iair Vigor will remove th your grief by restoring you ts u dural color, and there )od looks and ?/ood ns The Mor ?inc-A wash woman'? full of fvarie^ater] stockings. % ^Babylon L. I. South bi ie Si^ nalK?Jt?s from a Missouri papei Mr. U1.,:- F- Quinlan; Cry al al Citj Mo., arffered occasionally from rhet niati--! f??n? in LIM knee.', for which li succes5'ully llied St. Jaccba Oil. JosbiBillings? Philosophy. If you will sit down and wait, young man, at 1 ast one naff ov the good thingfl ov life will at sum time eddy around near yn, while the more yu chase them the more they will break into a run. . All ov natur's works ar a part ov a perfekehun ov a plan. She make? no mistakes, creates no, vacancies, and guesses at nothing; Ideas are whit win*, but if a man hain't got but one, be is a very apt to run that one into the giound, and take himself along with it. Laifter proves nothing. Wixe mfh lafY and ideats g?in all the time. Cunning iz a weak irnitashun of wisdom and iz liable at enny time to merge into fraud. Happiness haz no abiding place, L'jToftenie very near at hand, like the old woman's spectacles. After . >-..no. inr them hi nnil lo qne (bund ftbnn nt hi^t?a-crrbxrTmr?, Gravity ix becuraiug to a| all times, but only to a wi xe state ockashuns. Very m enny seek knowledge, nott so much for the trut? a/, for the speckulashuu thare iz in it. Heroizim iz simple, and yet it iz rare. Everyone who duz the., best they ken iz a hero. Buty iz a dangerous gift. The vanity it inspires, and the base flat tery it attrakts, its possessors are not to be envied. Charity makes no mistaken that she kari be charged willi. Good breeding iz the only thing that kan make a phool endurable. Servitude iz to unnatural that an honest servant is the rarest ov all thing?. There iz great art in knowing Low to give without creating an obliga tion. A? ael?i?h und as ill-bred aa the mass of mankind are, I prefer to live with them rather than go ir. o solitude anil Irv to live with my self. Gratitude ?s a word that you will fiad in the dictionary's, but you will not find much of it anywhere else. If a man has got the right kind of religion he kan pick np a kreed en* ny where that wi i J fit it. A true friend iz one whom you chuie for his faults, without giv- j offense, CHn chide yon. Nature he/, never made ennythinf perfekt, and she lava variety so well that .she never baz male enny tw( things just alike. Indolence is a quiet malady, bm it he/, eal. up more foundashuns and tipt over more superstiuckt tires than wild ambishun ever ha/.. Abstinence should be the t-xc-p shun, and temperance I he rule. The Usury Law. The repeal of the present Usury law would b" bett, not only for thc g i poor man, but for the whole State t j As the law now stand--, ii for forbid) the capita, ist H from loaning money at a higher interest than 7 per cent wh ch practically prevents the pooi tuan from borrowing mouey at all unless some plan is resorted to evadt the law, which is tee frequently the case. This evas ou, however, alway.' subjects the lender to considerable risk, and the borrower to Goosen lien I expense. Tue law, therefore, doet not a il ord any protection, because while money Irtidera may oe willing to lend iarge sums on a moderate in terest on good security, which car always be given by the rich, they wil? either not ?end at all, where the to euri ty is doubtful, us must uece.^sari !y be the case with the poor, or, il ti. ey have to resort to evasion and legal risk, they will make the bor. rower pay for it. But, this is. not all. Our present Usury law drives capital away irom the State, and xcts as an embargc against improvement and develop men;. Can South Carolina aflbnl thia ? Are we willirjg that our growtl and prosperity should be impeded hy such a (dog being thrown into the jmicbitiery of progress? Trade, like j nature, will adjust itself through the j 1 twa of supply an^. demand. Then ; H no more wisdom in arbitrarily fix I ing the price fer the use of money j than there is to (ix the rent of housei I or the price of corn or cotton. Mon ! ey, like water, will seek its level. I will go where it is most wanted j There is no objection to 7 p. c. beint j fixed as the legal interest of th? j State, where no contract is made '. This ia proper, and we hope it may j he done. But, at the same time, le: ! all restrictions on the use of money ; be removed.-Orangeburg Times <S j Democrat. An Englishman who had recently visited this country astonished hil London friends when in a speech hi told them that he had been in a Pres byteriau Church which eost $750, OOO. The one he referred to was th< stately structure on Fifth avenui where the multitude throng to bea the Rev. Dr. Hall There are n< . ich ? OBtly Presbyterian churches it England. lu uniou tb.are ia strength. The First Baptist Church and The : First Baptist Minister in South 1 Carolina*, i , .1:^ .? -. j - .: The year 1882 is the twp hundredth t anniversary ol' the landing* in Chai leeton, S. C., of the first Baptist. Min later in the colony. Tbe Rey. Wil- \ liam Screven, with several of ' "his ? connections, then formed what is now ? known aa the Old First Baptist'. Church, and which h s passed through'varied experiences of pros-, perity and depression-in 17"0 with but one active male member; during the Revolutionary war its house; of worship used as a store.bouse b? tie British, its membership ic?ttered, its: pastor, the Rev. Oliver Hart, ari exile. Under the pastorate of that giant in the denomination, the Rev. Rich ard Furman, it became a power ur the State, and known as the leading Baptist Church of the South." Later still under the pastorates ot Dis'. Ba-, oil Mainy*?^cl"W. T: Brantley (now J^pasaed away) ita membership was large abd vigorous, numbering over five hundred white and twelve hun dred colored. Tbe mother of churches throughout this Stit<\ she has given of her strength to her children until depletion has resulted, and a mere handful of faithful adherents strive in vain to quicken the life blood that sluggishly creeps through her veins. Let a day be named that the churches' throughout the State may remember' the old First Church in their prayers that she may .be again built up. ' The grave of the Rev. Wm. Screv en, who labored for over twenty yeaTs in founding churches whose member-, ship is now numbered by fens cf thousands, whose descendant's . are scattered over the entire South, is known to but few. Interred in iis own Ii>t in Georgetown, the land on which the town is built being' cr.ce his property, bis burial place is now the property of etrange-s, ?nd the stone ' H marks t he spot "is sunken below the Hurface of the Partit, and ir. ? a few more years its location may be unknown. Let the Baptist Histori cal Society of this State be the recip ients of a fund lor havingpiacedover his grave some plain tablet ibat will perpetuate at least for another cen tury the resting place o! th? remains of the first BuptiHt Minister in South Carolina-H. T. R, iii But?t Cou rier. Registration. and become a law. There ai^ r? ur objectionable fes lures about it besides the creation ol' a multiplicity o Sf new officers by appointment, who will have to be paid by the people. The amount is no very much f ) each officer but when all are paid there will be a considerable addition to the burden of the tax-j ayers. Ont? ol the avowed purposes iii the passage of the act was to prevent fraud at elections. We have always denied the charge ol fraud in our elections since the accessiou ol the democracy to ihe control of the State for we committed no frauds of our own and would not allow any cheating by others. There is a provision in the act for H renewal ol' a certif?cate in ca-e of its becoming ''defaced hy time or accident," provided, the applicant surrenders th H defaced certificate tc the Supervisor. Suppos? the certi ficate is burned by accident or i-< . te len from the bolder, bow could hi get another "pass' it being impossi ble to produce his certificate? The certificate might have baen lost en tirely without fault of the holde] and yet he will be deprived ol' ? Constitutional right. Will any sud thing as this ensure a lull and fail election ? By no means. The act ii very defective in this particular. The crowning uutragn, however of the scheme is in tho absolute row er given the Snr erv if or in the ltittei part of the act .vhere it is enacted that at the conclusion of the regis rration, "the supervisor of r?g's.r i tion shall revise the list, and io case it be made to appear to "his satisfac tion" that theie is a qualified votei iu a precinct who has failed to regis ter, he may, "upon such evidence ai hi may think necessary, at his discrti 1 j tion" permit the mine ol' such volei 1 ' to be placed on said list and issue ? certificate therefor." This puts it tn the power of th* ' j Supervisors to control any election ' ; Everything is left to "hi? discretion' ' j and he can take just "such evidenci : as he may deem necessary." Ile car !. ; put down as many names as he wisher . ; to carry an election for his friends < j What use is there in the first, ol th? ' i act if the Supervisor has such power' ' j Why not have enacted the last pro vision alone ? lt. would answer alf j purposes just t) appoint a s'upervi ?sn* in each county who will decid? . i who can vote. It strikes us that i ; the Legislature meant tb do the fail . j thing in passing this act they rnighl 9 j have improved th?? last provision B ; It ehbuld have made it the "duty o . I the Supervisor t-> register personi . who by some ehance were not en B ? rolled before the closing of the booka Q i whpn such person could show tbs r he had the Kgal qualifications of ? a voter. Under this new scheme fraut j can be perpetrated more readily thai ever before. We c-in't imagine wha the Legislature was thinking of whei ' buch a law was siade. "Don't give me?i'?v?]jh'^N?l^ the tat girl when invited ^tep-.o? Charity begins al-hom*/??d' ?50es out to see a poor neighbor as soon aa it is ?ble. To': turn GaTteaiT out on the ?om Wnity, Mr. Scoville still labors at the crank. . ".W|io ever saw ,* woman us? a ham mer'td drive a fftek ' when a fist iron jwasj iilndy V i?i> Wiiar a cheerful countenance. If your mir'or won't smile on you, how oan you expect any body will ? ? ? .A New ?Jersey man "couldn't see . u any ?anger.in. sm kiug - while weigh ing powder," He can't see anything : now. 4 * : . Virtue being thc' politeness of the ^ ecnl jflft kno-w a many people QI 'Who'had better teac? their souls good I mangers, 1 What does ida ho ? Governeur t Herald. She-doeseu't hoe any thing; I she just makes "the cash ny,~thoogh7 ?for spring bonnets? diamonds, laces ind sicji.-Yonkers Gazette. ? "Cfneeseiit/'. 'said the rat to the trap.' ''I will;" said thetrap, "and .. . wi th; baited breath I await your com ing.'' 'All right," responded the rat, . "and I'll wire you the result.""' . A;remedy resting on the basis of inttihsic worth demands thc .confi ance'of j?l Dr. Bull 's! Cough Sy rup is known and used moat . satisfac torily throughtout the land, aa i&at tested by its great sales. Your drag- . gist keeps it. . Perhaps in 2,000 y ears hence, there . will come a. man to: Chios to make , excavations in the ruins of the de stroyed ?owns, aud. make out of an old, i broken barber cup and three s broken chairs the statue of the ApOl tie Paul. ' Cornelia Slobeon wanta toltnow if s, man can be a christian and an'edi tor at ope and the. same.time. Wt should remark that they could, and. r C jr nelia, WA want yon to understand. .. ? ?that at is ver jr Seldom'that editors . are ?nything else. W,Len you find a ?tan who always hits the street car at thc crossing, nev*|- leaves his gloves -behind, and. -.. , jiih&Ji&?wuyr icy corner jotted down in bis memory, don!t tacVle.him, with .beat Ltver Droj-i ' is the ti-? tie of an advertisement in the daily and ?weekly. We don't consider our liver ono of the best in the market, but it has never dropped, to the best of ojur knowledge and belief. We fearsome advertisements don't tell the (ruth. A railroad man met with a pain ful accident the other evening. He had just emptied om-schooner of beer, . ana was in the ac; ol reaching for another when his wile appeared un* expectedly upon the scene. He wat caught between the bumpers with the usual result. I " i Hiram Green was lugging up coal when he stubbed his toe and fell, causing him to accidentally let slip a cuss word. "Ain't you shamed of yourself? Where do you expect you'll go to when you die?'' asked his wife. *" "To a place where I shan't have to lug coal, by thunder !" and he con tinued on. Old Hank Chalk met a friend who said: "Hank, your wool is getting . gray !" "Look, yar, mister man, yer ken call this man a fool; yer ken set. "' yer feet onto dis yer old veteran's corns; but when yer up an' call, dis yer har wool 1 yer iusults de woman, d?t ueeter. tote me round. Yer har?. . Dats what i sez !" .A Rochester street car horse shot out with his heels the other day, - aad ?lit the driver with one and the eash b"x with the othfr, and an u> , ve^.igitiion .-lii.wed that Le L.c LL^ ? ed ?six doll arg- ru tu* th e fl ri ver'fi erv er ooit pecker. The wonderful sagacity on the part of the horse caused the discharge of the driver. 1 " ' ' . .'.*..' ' """""; A smiling, sunny-haired stranger stepped into the nandum this morn ing and, after stamping the snow from b is shoes,, taid : "? have here a . little poem which I wish you would publish." Cautiously reaching for thi lever we inquired, "What is it cafled ?" " Its name is 'Beaut-' " ? Wh i r-r-r-r ! The valve opened and a current of XXX compressed ? air swept the (tend through the transla tion tube into the milky way, where ->3 he was scooped np by the great dip per." "Why, my d?ar," said ? lady last ~T evening, "when did you return from } I Washington ?" "Only yesterday, f j And I have had such a splendid time ! Went to the Guitean trial, and-?" "Oh, did you? Wasn't that splen did?" "Yes, indeed If they hang him it will be'so ^nice to say ' that ! saw him." That's all we heard. Oh, tender hearted woman. lu the fifteen years since the war file South has raised nearly 10,000,* ?Q?' more cotton than she did during fire last f:ft?on years ol slavery. This addition waa wo.th about $600,000? OOO-almost enough to compensate^ them i or the* load <?f their ?la veaV