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Objects and Aims of the Labor Reform Associations. Rev. A. W. Moore, of Laurens, was invited to attend a meeting at Hodges', in Abbeville County, but was unable to meet the engagement, and sent the fol? lowing letter to the meeting, which ex? plains so fully and satisfactorily the aims and objects of the Labor Reform Associ? ations that we transfer it to our columns, with the hope that every farmer in An? derson County will give it a careful peru " Ptnefields, S. C, July 20,1876. Gentlemen: I regret that pressing engagements in Laurens will prevent my being with you next Saturday at Hodges. When we can, we will meet with the citizens of Abbeville and urge upon them the absolute necessity of thorough organ? ization in every township of the county. Such an organization is indispensable to the industries of the county. No kind of government will help us much, unless we can make our industries productive and profitable. If we can introduce a change in the results of business all over the State, this very change will have a deci? ded effect upon the government. The fundamental principle of "Labor Beform" is the union of employers upon: just and humane principles to control labor, so that it shall be made more effi? cient and productive. Our laboring class generally is the poorest laboring class in the world. It is generally poorly fed and poorly clad. It is poor because it is not productive, and it is not productive be? cause it is not controlled by superior en? ergy and skill. In Republican govern? ments a poor, ignorant, licentious, antag? onistic laboring class is an exceedingly dangerous element Our policy should look, not to the alienation of the negro from us, but to the winning of him to us. j In subordination to the Anglo-Saxon, when this superior race is animated by a i humane, liberal spirit, the negro will be-1 come to the South not only an important industrial factor, but a positive element of political strength. Labor Beform is a revelation of power, to him; indeed it is simply the embodied and organized pow? er of intelligence and capital, asserting their supremacy, first upon the farm and then upon the government; asserting this rightful supremacy in both spheres, without ignoring or destroying or even abridging the rights of any class, not even of the ignorant, debased negro.? Labor Reform throws around him safe? guards in the way of protection, which a class government administered ostensibly in the direct line of his interest, has ut? terly failed to extend. Labor Reform will work a revolution in the industries of the State, and therefore in the politics of the State. It will finally effect an economic, efficient, equitable, as well as a broad and humane administration of public affairs. It will effect this peace? fully and legitimately, without tu? mult or violence. It may not do this in one year, yet it certainly will do it and that speedily, if the business element of the State will unite upon it, and there? fore make it successful. All classes will eventually rejoice in the fruits of its be? neficent principles. In onr constitution, which was dictated in a very liberal spirit, no distinction is made between the white and the black laborer, and no distinction ought to be made in the organic law of system. The white laborer has no reason to fear the I negro as a competitor, when honesty, effi- j ciency and reliability are made incuspen sable elements in the selection and re? muneration of labor. The great difficulty with which the more energetic and trust- ; worthy of the negro race have to contend is that they have been judged and re? munerated more by the standard which the great mass of negro laborers has 1 created than by their individual charac? ters or exertion. The great enemy of energetic white labor in South Carolina has been cheap, unreliable negro labor.! The tendency nas been not only to class all labor alike, but to pay it according to I their classification. We were specially J impressed with these difficulties in'our j efforts to induce immigration, especially of the plodding, tireless German element into our State. , The honest, capable white laborer will therefore welcome most gratefully any system which calls forth and rewards their prime elements of labor?efficiency and productiveness. The policy hitherto adopted, which degrades the white not only to the level of the negro laborer, but to the level of the worst negro laborer, has been most fatal; and that better pol? icy which magnifies efficiency and pro? ductiveness in all labor, whichever pro? motes their qualities and which seeks to reward them, will not only stimulate the better class of negro laborers to still greater exertion, but it will encourage and help our own white laborers, and also finality induce to the South by our superior advantages of soil and climate, a larger influx of white immigration. Our land is capable of sustaining a much larger population. Agriculture even among us, is in a rude state; it is des? tined, however, to make rapid strides to? wards perfection. We have also this pre? eminent advantage: while our agricul? tural resources are abundant and have not been utilized because they have been so very abundant, our manufacturing facilities are unequalled in the nation.? The South should not only grow to be a great agricultural country, it should also become a busy manufacturing mart. The cotton that is made in our own fields, should be spun and printed in our own factories. We never can induce the necessary capital from abroad until we establish a government the permanency and simple honesty of which "shall be known and read of all men." We cannot have such a government in South Carolina until the business element, ramifying every voca? tion, trade and profession, shall "lay to" its mighty hand and say it shall be.? Labor Reform is among the elemental agencies contemplating results so vast and beneficent. All classes in Laurens recognize the prominent place of Labor Reform in the great work of the "Rehabilitation" of the State; all classes, farmers, mechanics, laborers, lawyers, merchants, doctors, ministers of the Gospel; all the classes whose work and skill make up the grand total of the State, are united now in making Labor Reform what it is designed to be aud what it certainly will be?a great, unspeakable good to all classes of society. The excessively hot weather prevents a longer communication ; the subject in itself and in its relations is boundless. In your effort to make Labor Reform successful in Abbeville, do not overlook the wonderful power of the press. We are mainly indebted to the Laurensville Herald for the unprecedented success of the movement in Laurens county. Its columns have teemed with this great sub? ject for the last few months. Both its editors are in profound sympathy with us. Your very ably conducted press can make Labor Reform to Abbeville what it al? ready is to Laurens. It has already become a fixed institution in Laurens county. The people are all relying on it as a powerful auxiliary in their efforts of recuperation ; and they are relying upon it with a strength of devotion which is simply wonderful. You have our sympathy and the sym? pathy of the Laurens people in your ef? fort to make Labor Reform a success in your county, and you can depend upon onr active aid and co-operation. Very truly, A. W. Moore. ? A manufacturing firm in Massachu? setts has secured the' patent right of a noiseless shoe. A shoe that doesn't creak like a barn door, and wake up the whole family when a man goes home at night, should be worth millions. An Important Witness. It was a peace-warrant case, between a conple of colored gentlemen, before a Georgia justice of tbe peace. I sauntered into tbe court-room just in time to hear Uncle Zip, the grizzle-headedold darkey who was prosecuting, give bis evidence from the witness-stand. In response to a question from the Court. Old Zip gave his trousers an ex? tra hitch and turned loose. "Yer see," said he, "I war a-settin' wid Tildy, an' she war a-settin' wid me; an' efde trufe mils' be tole, we uns war bofe nv us a-settia' tergedder." "Go on," said the Court. ?Tassur," replied Zip. "Well, Marse Jedge, it war at Tilda's house. I war a-settin'?in de do' an' Tilda, she war a-9ettin' in de do'; an' I war a-settin', as Iwld umafo'"? "Never mind about that," said the Justice, impatiently. "Go on with your story." "Yassur. Well, den, yer see Tilda, she war a-settin* in de do'; an' I war a-settin' in de do'"? "What happened next?" asked His Honor. "Why nuffin' heber happened nary time," said Zip. "Yer see we nn9 war bofe settin' ter? gedder"? "Oh! bother!" interrupted the Court. "Go ahead and make out yonr case.? Confine yourself to the question." "Yassur. Well, ef yer mus' hab it, I war a-settin' between um"? "Between who?" interrogated the Court "Between who? Oh yassur,"continued the exasperating witness. "I got urn now. Yer wants ter know jes' who I war a-settin' wid?" "Bless your soul, yes I" said the Justice, very emphatically. "Well, Marse Court, dat Borter mixes up tings. TJnnerstan'' me now, I'se a-tellin' yer de troof. Deacon ob de Baptist chutch I is, an' I cnddn't tell a lie ef I wanted ter. Well, den, Tilda war a-settin'"? "Hold up!" cried His Honor, seizing a ponderous law book. "You've got to stop that everlasting 'settin,' or I'll settle yon. Tell me at once how many of you were at this woman's house." "Dat's jes' what I'm a-comin' at," said Old Zip, very calmly, 'Ter see, in de fus' I place, dar war Tilda"? "Good!" remarked the Court. "An' Tilda, yer see, war a?mean, she war in de do'. An' dar war me next. I war in de do' ; and we war bofe"? "Dry up!" aaid the Court "Now tell us where the defendant was." '. "Dunoo whar," said Zip, scratching I bis head doubtfully. "Spec"'? "Do yon mean to say," asked tbe Court, with a rising inflection, "that the defend [ ant wasn't present?" "Sartinly," replied Zip. "Ain't got ter dat pint yit awhile. Ise takin' yer back ter de beginnin', more'n two yeah ago; an', as I war a-settin', an' a-settin' "? "Mr. Baliff, adjourn this court!" shouted His Honor, purple with indigna? tion. "And make these parties settle their difficulty out in tbe back yard." The investigation came to an abrupt close, and tbe last I saw of Old Zip he J was complaining loudly because be i couldn't tell the entire history of his case. It was a pity. The Latest Wonder.?The readers of the Traveler have been made acquain? ted with the wonderful inventions of Prof. Bell, by which musical and vocal sounds can be and have been sent over the electric wires, bat few if any, are aware of the wonderful results which are sure to follow these improvements in tel? egraphy. A few nights ago Prof. Bell was in communication with a telepraphic operator in New York, and commenced experimenting with one of his inventions pertaining to the transmission of musical sounds. He made use of his phonetic organ and played tbe tune of "America," and asked the operator in New York what he heard. "I hear the tune of 'America,'" replied New York, "give us another." Prof. Bell then played "Auld Lang Syne." "What do you hear now?" "I bear the tune of Auld Lang Syne, with the full chords, distinctly," replied New York. Thus the astounding discovery has been made that a man can play upon musical instruments in New York, New Orleans, or London, or Paris, and be heard dis distinctly in Boston. If this can can be done, why cannot distinguished perform? ers execute the most artistic ana beauti? ful music in Paris, with an audience assembled in Music Hall, Boston, to listen! Prof. Bell's other improvement, name? ly, the. transmission of the human voice, has become bo far perfected that persons have conversed over one thousand miles of wire with perfect ease, although as yet the vocal sounds are not loud enough to be heard by more than one or two per? sons. But if the hnman voice can be sent over tbe wire, and so distinctly that when two or three known parties are tel? egraphing, the voice cf each can be re? cognized, we may soon have distinguished men delivering speeches in Washington, New York, or London and audiences as? sembled in Music Hall or Faneull Hall to listen.?Boston Traveler. The Greatest of All Bores.?An exchange states that the work on the Hoosac tunnel is now completed. After twenty-eight years of agitation and labor this darling enterprise of the State of Massachusetts has reached a successful consummation. The first passenger trains were put upon the road Monday, July 17, making through connections with the West over tbe New York Cen? tral. The line which was to induce the great West to share its prosperity with the mother State is but just beginning its operations in earnest, and Boston may now fairly compete with New York for the Western trade. The first passenger train passed through the tunnel July 8, 1875. Though the road was then formal? ly opened with much ceremony and cele? bration, so much work remained to be done that it has not been ready for actual use until the present time. During tbe past year the tunnel has been enlarged and arched, and the road from Greenfield to North Adams almost rebuilt, making it one of the most substantial roads in the country. The central shaft, which was built at an expense of upwards of a million of dollars, and twenty or more lives, was originally designed as a third Eoint where the work of excavation could e carried on and afterwards serve as an immense chimney through which the smoke and bad air of the tunnel would be taken off. The shaft itself was only completed a few months before it was over? taken by the work from the western en? trance of the tunnel, so the temporary advantage it gave cannot be said to be in proportion to its cost. Experience has Eroved that the rush of air occasioned j y the speed of the trains affords suffi? cient ventillation, and that the shaft is an actual disadvantage. It has therefore been entirely closed near the surface of the mountain. The whole cost of the road from Greenfield to the State line on tbe west, including the tunnel, is, accord? ing to the lowest estimate, ?14,124,000? distance, forty-four miles. ? A lady who is very successful in raising poultry, says when the wings of her little turkeys begin to lop down, and they look sick and weak she pulls out the longest feathers on each wing, and they are all right and smart in a few houre. She very seldom loses one, and she has tried it for years. If it is so, it is worth knowing and practicing. ? Statistics show that thus far in this Centennial year two boys have been born to every girl, and a very fine article of boy in every instance, too. Does this mean another war, or merely less talk? Mark Twain on the Indians.? When Mark Twain, in 1867, resigned his Clerkship to the United States Senate Committee on Conchology, it was partly caused by his tender of the following ad? vice concerning the treatment of the In? dians of the West: "I next went to the Secretary of War, who was not inclined to see me at all until he learned that I was connected with the Government. If I had not been on important business I suppose I would not have got in. I asked for a light (he was smoking at the time) and then told him I had no fault to find with his defending the parole stipulations of Gen. Lee and his comrades in arms, but I could not approve of his method of fighting with the Indians on '?he plains. I said he fought too scatter? ing. He ought to get them more together ?get them together in some convenient place, where he should have provisions enough for both parties, and then have a general massacre. I said there was noth? ing so convincing to an Indian as a gen? eral massacre. If he could not approve of the massacre, I said the next surest thing for an Indian was soap and educa? tion. Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are dead? ly in the long run, because a half-massa? cred Indian may recover; but if you educate him and wash him it is bound to finish him some time or other, It under? mines his constitution; it strikes at the foundation of his being. 'Sir,' I said, 'the time has come when blood-curdling cruelty has become unnecessary. Inflict soap and a spelling book on every In? dian that ravages the plains, and letthem die!"' Bee-Raising.?Bees are as useful as chickens, and as easily raised. They afford us a luxurious food; healthy, and might be cheap. Bees need little feeding, little expense and attention. They want only a comfortable home, covered from the storm and sun, and protected from the marauding miller. They will make their own living and do considerable to? ward the living of the farmer. Not many swarms can be kept prosperously in one place, but every farmer may raise honey for home use and a little to spare. Every gardener, every villager might do it. A single swarm of bees, well attended to, will soon produce as many swarms as can be successfully kept in one place. All that bees make is clear gain. They get their treasure from the flowers. We should have bees enough in the country to have one always sipping at every flow? er. The flower is all the time producing honey. The bee should be all the time gathering it. If we had a bee all the time at every flower, honey enough would be procured to supply the world. It is a means of health, wealth, and pleasure. Let bees be cultivated; let every farmer have them. Tbey are as useful as cows, and far less troublesome. A little atten? tion will teach one to manage them.? Rural Sun. Truth.?How beautiful is truth! In this world where there is so much false? hood and deceit, whereby hearts are es? tranged and recriminations, crimes and assaults engendered?how beautiful are true thought, word and deed. Like the sun smiling out amid the angry storm; like the bright stars shining through the heavy night cloud; like friend clasping the hand of friend; like right butting wrong; like the lance of virtue's ring on the shield of vice; like heaven upon earth, and God in man is truth! Pre? cious and priceless. Dearer than smile of friend, love of parent, pomp or fame. Truth is all. By this we know the nature and value of things. Falsehood is das? tard. Truth is bold, noble and God given, beyond every other attribute of the soul. ' All Sorts of Paragraphs. ? Moving for a new trial?courting a second wife. ? What is nothing ? A footless stock? ing without a leg. ? The early risers nowadays are the thermometer and the house-fly. ? Why is a talebearer like a brick layer? Because he raises stories. ? Man does not want to be an angel nntil be has failed at everything else. ? The heat is reported so extreme in Rhode Island as to expand the State into quite a country. ? Mark Twain says: It is a blessed thing to live in a land of plenty, if you have plenty of land. ? What is the difference between a spendthrift and a pillow ? One is hard up and the other soft down. ? One of the proudest moments of a fat man's life is when he can eat buck? wheat cakes without getting molasses on his shirt-front. .?When you go to the Centennial, be sure to take your dog along aid enter him for the dog show. A free pass is furnished every exhibitor. ? Life is said to be a journey from the cradle to the grave, and the great prob? lem with most men seems to be how to perform it without getting corns. ? "My dear," said John Henry to his scornful wife, "Providence has spared you the necessity of making exertions of your own to turn u r your nose." ? "Matrimony," said a modern Bene? dict, "produces remarkable revolution, Here am I, for instance, in ten short months, changed from a sighing lover to a loving sire." j ? The Boston Globe thinks it would be cool and nice to be a frog in hot weather. That would depend on how many boys and clubs there were along the edge of the pond. ? Any well-educated young man who wants to go out into the Indian country and get killed for the benefit of this paper can start to-day. As soon as killed he will please telegraph. ? A man in Michigan swapped his horse for a wife. An old bachelor ac? quaintance said he'd bet there was some? thing wrong with the horse, or its owner would not have fooled it away in that reckless manner. ? "It was simply an informal affair," wrote the editor of a little strawberry party at a neighbor's house. "It was simply an infernal affair," read the com? positor, and that editor will never get any more invitations from that quarter. ? Young ladies, time is flying; if you have your eye on any particular chap it is time to commence business. There is plenty of time befoie the year is out in which to pop the question, but a few months courtship is desirable to make the thing interesting. ? "May they always live in peace and harmony I" was the way a marriage no? tice should have woundup; but the com- , positor, who couldn't read manuscript very well, put in type and horrified the happy couple by making it read, "May tbey always live on peas and hominy." j ? Mr. Spurgeon shuts himself up on Saturdays. There is a story told of a man who called on Saturday and insisted on seeing him. The servant inquired who he was. "Tell him a servant of the Lord wishes to see him." The message was delivered and Mr. Spurgeon sent back the answer: "Tell him lam en? gaged with his Master." ? The following advertisement ap 5eared in a New England paper: "Mr. ohn Gow begs to intimate to the party or parties who are in the habit of helping themselves to his firewood that they may now have the axe, as he has uo further use for it. He hopes that the taste which they so strongly displayed for heat may be gratified, if not in this sphere, at least in the next." ? Bashfulness is an inherent quality of womanhood. A dozen women may be gathered together, every soul of them talking at the rate of forty miles an hour, when the unannounced entrance of a sol? itary, weak looking man will throw a pall of silence over the assembly with an abruptness that baffles the most searching investigation for a clue to what they were talking about. 1776. 1876. CENTENNIAL Transportation Anipeit OF THE GREAT ATLANTIC COAST LINE. FOR THE Accommodation of Visitors To all Points South. THE Railways and Steamship Companies between Augusta, Oa., and Philadel? phia, comprising the Atlantic Coaet Line, will during the progress of the Centennial Exhibition of the United States, Present for the patronage of the citizens of ] the South, routes of transportation and forms of tickets upon which to reach Phila? delphia, that will immeasurably excel all other lines in point of i Direct Daily Movement, Comfortable Accommodation, Variability of Transit, Economy of Expenditure. To enable this to be done, the combined resources of the Railway Lines South of | Norfolk, together with those of the Balti? more Steam Packet Company and the Old Dominion Steamship Company will be em? ployed, and the individual tourist, the social party of ten, twenty or more, or the civic or military organization of one hundred to three hundred, can each be cared for in a manner that will satisfy their desires. Price Lists, Time Cards and all needful information are now in hands of our Agents. It will be to the interest of every indi? vidual and each organization proposing to make this trip to communicate with the undersigned. A Centennial Exhibition Guide Book as authorized by the Commission will be given to the purchaser of each Centennial Ticket. Call on or address the following named agents of the Atlantic Coast Line: J. H. White, Mocon; A. L. Reed, Savan? nah ; H. V. Tompkins, Atlanta; M. J. Di? vine, Macon; W. J. Walker, Montgomery. A.. POPE, General Passenger Agent, Wilmington, \". C. May 4,1876_42_4m THE GRANGERS LIFE AND HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANY of the United States of America. Authorized Capital, ? $4,500,000, Of which $100,000 is to be owned in each Department. PAB.ENT OFFICE, MOBILE, ALA. F. E. DAVIDSON, President. M. G. HUDSON, Vice President. R. W. FORT, Secretary. South Carolina Department, Colum? bia, S. C. Capital Stock, - - 9100,000. Thos. B. Jeter, President. Thos. A. McCbeeby, Vice President. H. P. Gbeeh, Secretary. McMabteb & LeConte, Attorneys, Columbia, S. C. J. H. EVTN8, Attorney, gpartanburg, 8. C. Dr. B. W. Taylo XML Medical Director. Security I Economy I Liberality II Are the leading principles of this Compa? ny. All approved forms of Life and En? dowment Policies issued. Also, Term Poli? cies of one, three, five or seven years. AH Life Policies non-forfeiting after an? nual payments, when the insured will be entitled to a Paid-up Policy, or cash surren? der thereof. Dividends may he used to protect Policies against larwing m case of failure to pay pre? miums. This, with the non-forfeiting and cash surrender features, are sufficient to make this Company popular among think? ing men. Good Agents wanted. B. F. MAULDIN, Jr., Agent, Anderson, S. C. April 13, 1876_39_ NEW GOODS! CHEAP GOODS! The Public Generally and the La? dies Especially are requested ted to call and examine the New Goods now arri? ving a* the THESE Goods will be sold very Cheap for Cash. Though I am not doing a general credit business this year, I will sell on time to prompt paying customers, who do not think a merchant unreasonable be? cause he wishes his money when due in the foil. Having secured the services of MISS LIZZIE WILLIAMS, Who is so well and favorably known for her polite attention to all customers, I can as? sure the Ladies that they wilfbe most cour? teously waited on, if they will give me a call. C. A.. REED. Anderson, 8. C, May 4,1876. G. P. WATSON, Furniture Works and Lumber Mills, RICHMOND, YA. COTTAGE Beadsteods, Chamber and Parlor Furniture, Lounges, Chairs, ?fco., manufactured of Walnut and cheap? er hard woods. No soft Pine used. Cot? tage Bedsteads and Cheap Mattresses leading articles. Oct 14,1875 13 ly FURNITURE! JURNITURE!! ANOTHER GENERAL REDUCTION IN PRICES! Anderson the Cheapest Rirniture Market in the State. PRICES THAT DEFY COMPETITION ! -0 IN consideration of the scarcity of money, I hare put down prices to the following remarkable, unheard-of low prices: ROOM SUITS, consisting of Dress Bureau, Bedstead and Washstand, from $16.50 up? wards. With four Chairs, Rocking Chair, Table and Towel Racks, (complete suits of ten pieces,) from $24.00 upwards. SOLID WALNUT SUITS, consisting of high head-board French Bedstead, Deck Dress Bureau, (five drawers,) and Washstand, from $30.00 upwards. With four Walnut Chairs and Walnut Rocking Chair, from $40.50 upwards. GOOD COTTAGE BEDSTEADS, hard wood, not pine, reduced to $4.00. Without slats and castors, to $3.50. Good Washstand, with drawer and towel end, reduced to $1.50. Good Tin Safes, with two doors and drawer, $5.00. The celebrated Kentucky Double-wove Cane Seat Chairs, varnished or painted, warrant? ed to be the strongest Chair made, at ninety-five cents apiece. Rocking Chairs, of the same kind, at $1.40 apiece. These prices are no ketch-pennies, but all my poods are at the same low figure. I have on hand a large Stock of Furniture of all lands and description, which will be sold cheaper than can be bought from anybody else or any other place. Come and see TOLLT and he will do you right. HE WILL NOT, OR CANNOT ^E UNDERSOLD. C. F. TOLLY, May 18, 1876 _Depot Street, Anderson, 8. C. ARE YOU GOING TO PAINT? , Then Use New York Enamel Faint Go 's CHEMICAL PAINTI READY for use in White, and over Ons Hundred different Colors. Made of strictly prime White Lead, Zinc and Linseed Oil. chemically combined, warranted Much Handsomer and Cheaper, and to lost TWICE AS LONG as any other Faint. It has taken the FIRST PREMIUMS at twenty of the State Fairs of the Union, and is on MANY THOUSAND of the finest houses in the country. Address, NEW YORK ENAMEL PAINT COMPANY, . 103 Chambers Street, New York. Prices Reduced. Sample Cards sent free. May 18, 1876 44 ly THE YEAR 1876 IS HERE! AND WE ARE NOT PAID ! want EVERYBODY to pay all they owe us I No people can prosper and all the time be in debt. Come on and pay us up and begin anew. 8ome of you will be SUED the first thing you know! We have a LARGE STOCK OF GOODS always on hand to sell for Cash, or on Credit to good men. THE PRICE OF THE WANDO FERTILIZER IS RE? DUCED THIS YEAR. We sell IT ONLY because we believe it as GOOD, OR THE BEST MADE IN THE WORLD. Come and get what you want of it for cash, good credit, or for Cotton at 15 cents per pound. BLECKLEY, BROWN & CO. S. BLECKLEY. Feb3,1876_. READ THIS! ? 0 ? TO ENJOY the very great pleasure of paying others their dues, we ask all who are owing us to come forward and pay their dues, and save us the unpleasant task of employing some one else to collect them. We do not ask fbr money because we want It?simply because we need it to pay others, who want their money. WE ARE AGENTS FOR ZELL'S AMMONIATED BONE PHOSPHATE, AND ACID PHOSPHATE, Formerly kept by Watson & Son, which are too well known to need farther recommen? dation. For prices, Ac., call and see us at No. 7 Granite Row. A small quantity of Cheatbam s Champion Prolific Cotton Seed for sale. WILSON & REED. . Jan 27,1876_28 CHEAP GOODS. IAM now offering iny entire Stock of Merchandize at VERY LOW PRICES FOE On hand, I have? Groceries, Hardware, Iron. Crockery ware, Buggy Material, etc. The following Goods I will Sell at Cost for Cash, viz: Clothing, Hats, Boots, Jeans, Cassimeres, Etc. I con also supply the Fanners with first FERTILIZERS, And the justly celebrated "CHEATRAM COTTON SEED." Call and see me, for I mean what I say. C. A. REED, Waverly House Corner. N. B.?Those who have not yet settled their accounts are earnestly requested to come forward and pay up, or close their ac? counts at once by well secured notes. Feb 3, 1875 29 P. P. TOlLlLV MANUKA CT U R E B OF DOORS,SASHES, Blinds, Flooring, &c. DEALER IN BUILDERS' HARDWARE, Paints, Oils, &c. SOLE AGENT FOR The National Mixed Paint Co. Great American Fire Extinguisher Co. Page Machine Belting Co. Send for Prices. OFFICE NO W AREROOMS, Kos. 20 k 22 Hayn? & 33 & 36 Pinckney Sti. FACTORY and YARDS, Ashley Elver, West End Broad Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. Sept 28, 1875_10_ly_ Encourage Home People and Home Enterprise. GEORGE *T HACKER, Charleston, &. C. THE only DOOR, SASH and BLIND FACTORY owned and managed by o Carolinian in this City. All work guaran? teed. Terms Cash. Always on hand a large 8tock of Doors. Sash, Blinds, Mouldings, Brackets, Scroll and Turned Work of every description. Glass, White Leads, and Builders' Hard? ware, Dressed Lumber and Flooring deliv? ered in any port of this 8tote. March 10,1876 33 ly New Advertisements. ??1 9 a day at home. Agent? wanted. Outfit and terms free. TRUE A CO., Augusto, Maine. Ann A WEEK GUARANTEED to AgenU, X I /Male and Female, in their own locality. (1)1/ Tema and OUTFIT FREE. Address P. 6. T ' ' VICKERY A CO., Augusta, Maine. 4 n rn 4i0n Pcr da? at borne. Samples worth SI v? w free BrureoN <fc Co., Portland, Maine. ?pSYCHOMANCY, OE SOUL CHAEMING.' A How either sex may fascinate and gain the love and affections of any person they choose, In? stantly. This art all can possess, free, by mail, for 25 cents; together with a Marriage Guide, Egyp? tian Oracle, Dreams, Hints to Ladles, etc. 1,000, 000 sold. A queer book. Address T. WILLIAM A CO., Publishers, Philadelphia. Price, Twenty-Five Omit. NEWSPAPER ONE HUNDRED ANDTOUETH EDIT10> Containing a complete list of all the towns In tho United States, the Territories and the Dominion of Canada, having a population greater than 5,000 ac? cording to the last census, together with the names of the newspapers having the largest local circula? tion In each of the places named. Also, a catalogue of newspapers which are recommended to adver? tisers as giving greatest value in proportion to prices charged. Also, all newspapers in the United States and Canada printing over 5,000 copies each Issue. Also, all the Religious. Agricultural, Scien? tific and Mechanical, Medical, Masonic, Juvenile, Educational, Commercial, Insurance, Real Estate. Law, Sporting, Musical, Fashion, and other special class journals: very complete lists. Together with a complete list of over 300 German papers printed in the United States. Also, an essay on Advertis? ing ; many tables of rates, showing the cost of ad? vertising in various newspapers, and everything which a beginner in advertising would like to know. Address GEO. P. ROWELL A CO., _41 Park Bow, New York. NEWSPAPERS UNITED STATES > A complete list of American Newspapers, number? ing more than eight thousand, with a Gazetteer of all the towns and cities in which they are pub? lished: Historical and Statistical Sketches of the Great Newspaper Establishments; illustrated with numerous engravings'of the principal Newspaper Buildings. Book of 300 pages just issued. Mailed, post paid, to any address for 35 cents. Apply (in-, closing price) to Superintendent of the Newspaper Pavilion, Centennial Grounds, Philadelphia, or American News Ca, New York. EVERY ADVERTISER WEEDSjlT. SOLID WEALTH. $600,000 GIFTS. Grandest Scheme ever Presented to the Public A FORTUNE FOR ONLY $12. THE KENTUCKY CASH DISTRIBUTION CO. Authorized by a special act of the Kentucky Leg? islature, for the benefit of the Public Schools of Frankfort, will have the first of their series of Grand Drawings at Major Hall, In the City of Frankfort, Ky., Thursday, Aug. 31, 1876, on which occasion they will distribute to the ticket-holders the immense sum of $600,000! THOS. P. PORTER, Ex-Got. Ky., Genl. Manager. POSITIVELY NO POSTPONEMENT, As we will have a series of Grand Drawings and cannot establish the precedent of postponing. LIST OF GIFTS: One Grand Cash Gift.8100,000 One Grand Cash Gift...?. 50,000 One Grand Cash Gin. 25,000 One Grand Cash Gift..- 20,000 One Graf.d Cash Gift......?. 10,000 Ono Grand Cash Gift.-. 5,000 50 Cash Gifts of $1.000 each. 50,000 100 Cash Gifts of 500 each. 50,000 100 Cash Gifts of 400 each. 40,000 100 Cash Gifts of 300 each. 80,000 200 Cash Gifts of 200 each. 40,000 600 Cash Gifts of 100 each. 60,000 10,000 Cash Gifts of 12 each. 120,000 Total, 11,156 Gifts, All Cash...... 600,000 PRICE OF TICKETS: Whole tickets, 812; Halves, 80; Quarters, $2; 9 Tickets, 8100; 27?^ Tickets. 8300: 46%Tickcts,$500; 95V Tickets, 81,000. 100,000 Tickets at 812 each. Hon. E. H. Taylor, Mayor of Frankfort the en? tire board of City Councllmcn,- Hon. Alvln Duvall, late Chief Justice of Kentucky, and other distin? guished citizens, together with such disinterested persons as the ticket holders present may desig? nate will superintend the drawing. Remittances can be made by Express, Draft, Post Office Money Order or Registered Letter, made payable to Kentucky Cash Distribution Company. All communications connected with the distribu? tion, and orders for Tickets, and applications of Agents to sell Tickets, should bo addressed to HON. THOS. P. PORTER. General Manager, Frankfort, Ky. July 27, 1876_2_4 MEDICAL CAM). W. X. HOLLAND HAS returned to Town, and will resume the practice of Medicine and Surge? ry. He w?l be assisted by his son, 8. N. HOLLAND, who is under his medical in? struction. Office at their residence near the Baptist Church. May 11,1876 43 3m ' CONFECTIONERIES, FANCY GOODS, TOYS. J. H. IPAJSTT, CONFECTIONER, - - ANDERSON, S? C, KEEPS constantly on hand a well-selected stock of CONFECTIONERIES of all kinds, such as French and Plain Candies, Canned Goods of every description, Pickles, Jel? lies, Dried Figs, Raisins, Currants, Citron, Dates, Crackers of all styles, Fruits, &c. A large selection of TOYS AND FANCY GOODS, Such as Toys, of every kind, Ladies' Work Boxes, Companions, Writing Desks, Portfolios, Fine French and Bohemian Vases, Perfnmes of the very best quality, Toilet Sete, Fine Silk Flowers, Musical Instruments of different kinds, Wax Dolls of every kind, from 6c. to $7.00. I have one of Mathews' splendid SODA FOUNTAINS for dispensing pure Soda Water. Tickets will be sold cheap. Any one buying three dozen tickets at a time will get them at 90c. per dozen. J. R. PANT, East End Masonic Building. THE BEST PUMP IN THE WORLD. NOTHING conduces more to GOOD HEALTH than PURE WATER. Such is fur? nished by the DOUBLE ACTING STONE FORCE PUMP, Manufactured by J. C. Nichols & Bro., Atlanta, Ga., which brings the water pure and fresh from the bottom of the well. No slime or filth collects on the pump or in the well. No snails, worms or green moss gets about the water. It is free from rust or other impurities, and can be operated by a small child with ease, and brings the water fresher than anyioth er Pump. It is of stone, glazed inside and outside, and never will decay. It improves the water beyond a doubt by. ventilating the well, and keeping it like a moving stream of water. With a hose attached, it becomes a good fire-engine, ever ready at year door to extinguish the flames in case of fire. It is better and cheaper than insurance. Its work? ing gives complete satisfaction, as those acquainted with it will testify. It is a home enterprise, permanently established, and relies on its own merits, upon which it asks your patronage. This Pump is represented in Anderson and adjoining Counties, together with the Counties of Hart and Elbert in Georgia, by A.L01TZO Xj. WELCH, Anderson C. II., S. O. Send in orders at once for Pumps, and they will be delivered and. put in immediately. He meanB business. March 2,1875 33 ' ly C. A. REED. A.S.STEPHENS. REED * STEPHENS, MANUFACTURERS OF BUGGIES, PHOTONS, ROCKAWAYS, CARRIAGES, WAGONS, &C., &C. A. J. STBINCHER, Agent. W. J. HIX, Agent, Helton, 8. C. Fair Play. t ESPECIAL at? tention paid to REPAIRING, and aU work ful? ly warranted. We claim the ; imost thorough I Ironwork, Wood I work, Painting , 'and Trimming,^ as we employ on? ly the best work? men. None but well-seasoned lumber used in the manufacture of our work. au per? sons desiring to purchase are cordially invited to call at oar Manufactory, (at the buildings formerly' owned by John A. Reeves, Esq.,) and inspect-the work for themselves. BUGGIES always on hand at our REPOSITORY, (near the Railroad Bridge, on Main Street) where Mr. Joseph Martin can always be found,' ready to sell a new set of HARNESS, or to repair old ones. Anderson, Sept. 9,1875 ? 8 . ly THE ?LiB?MA GOLD tiFE INSURANCE COMPANY ?.-??--? C. E. THAMES. President. T- N. FOWLEE, Secretary. Gen. 8 I), LEE, Superintendent of Agencies. CASH CAPITAL PAID IN, - - $200,000 GOLD. Assets, $759,084.79. Surplus in hand, $266,921.47. THE above statement is based on examination of Company by the Insurance Commissioner of Maryland, on admitting Company to work in 'Maryland. The Company has paid from 17 to 27 per cent, dividends per annum since organi? zation. Policies issued in Gold or Currency, and non-forfeitable after two years. BOARD FOB ANDERSON COUNTY. B. F. WHITNER, President, F. C. v. BORSTEL, W. H. NABDIN, J. L. ORR, Secretary, G F. TOLLY, T. B. LEE, O.A. REED, R. F. DIWER, .J. B. LEWIS, J. a: HOYT. The above gentlemen are insured in Company, and will take pleasure in giving information as to obtaining policies, and any factp as to Company. WM. WATIES, Agent. Sept2,1875. ....ff ' . LOOK OUT ! LOOK OUT I PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT. WE desire to call attention to the fact tha* we have on hand a LARGE and well-selected stock of Heavy Groceries, Dry G-oods, Boots, Shoes Hardware Crocker\ Ware, Etc* We have Jost received a large lot of Bu. on Sides, Shoulders, Sugat-Cured Hams Cheap Grades of Syrups, Muscovado, De uerara and New Orleans Molasses, 100 BARRELS CHO LE FAMILY FLOUR, A complete assortment of Sugars, Coffees .and Teas, Pickles, Canned Goods, <fec A very large stock of Iron, Steel, Hoe's, "Shovels. Spades, and farming Implements generally. In short, we have everything that the farmer or man of family nseds., We are sei ling the forogoing articles at the most reasonable cash prices. Call and be convinced of this fact. $a~ And now a word to those that w e have supplied with Goods daring the year 187271873 and 1874. Unless yon come forward and pay up, your Notes and Ac? counts will be placed in the bands of an Officer for collection. BYRUM & McGRATH. * Important to those Indebted to Us. To {nose indebted to as on Accounts for last year, we will give-one-half cent above the market price for Cotton, in payment of such Accounts and Notes, at any time between the 1st of November next. We must have the money on them, and do not wish to add any cost. So come forward at once and settle up. BYRUM & McGRATH, Mechanics' Row. Oct7,1875_ 12_ ly THE MONEY MUST COME! WE NEED EVERY DOLLAR DUE US, AND YOU MUST CALL AND SETTLE YOUR NOTES AND ACCOUNTS AT ONCE, OR PAY THE COSTS. PROMPT PAYING CUSTOMERS CAN CONTINUE TO BUY GOODS AT PRICES AS LOW AS THE LOWEST. i-n_J? OUR STOCK OF GENERAL MERCHANDIZE IS COMPLETE. ? ? .', .. r *' ? .;' ? iifoiii yi v>V . \.-\t\.: GIVE us a CALL. LEWIS & GO., r^m? #0. 2 benson house place. Jin 20, 1878 . 27