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THE ADVERTISER. Terms, $3,00 per Annum. Death of a Good and Venerable Woman. A good and venerable woman has filled the measure of her appointed dayl among us, and is now peacefully gathered to her fathers-Mrs. Elizabeth Covar the wife of our aged fellow citizen, Johr Covar, Esq. Mrs. Covar departed this life on Thursday the 14th inst. Her pil grimage on earth extended to seventy odd years, and leaves behind it wide spread impressions of sorrow and respect, A Floor for the Episcopal Church. As is well known to most persons in our community, the floor, on the right oi the aisle, in the Episcopal Church, has almost entirely fallen in. This should of course bo repaired, and that quickly. When we allow the houses of God in our midst to fall to the ground, -we have reached the lowest ebb. To secure funds to replace this floor then, three or four ladies and gentlemen of the congregation are getting up a Mu sical and Dramatic Entertainment for Christmas week. This Entertainment will take place on Thursday evening, the 28th inst., in the Masonic Hall. On the programme will bethe Fourth Act ol Verdis' Opera, " Il Trovatore," and a beautiful two-part Farce called ''The Happy Pair"-a play, by the by, which all lovers and young married people may .well profit by. Doors open at 6 o'clock. Performance to begin at 7*. Admission-one price only-Fifty cents. The object is so unmist kably worthy that we feel we need make no long or urgent appeal to the sympathy and pat ronage of our town and vicinity. Towards Graniteville Let the Tide Flow. Tho tide which shall carry popularity and money to thc new firm of L. G. Swearingen A Co. At the head of this new firm we find our old friend, Lark Swearengin, whoso integrity and practi cal sense should recommend him to the public strongly in his new undertaking. We beg that special attention will be be stowed upon the card of the new firm, in another column. Wo wish L. G. Swear ingen <fc Co. very flattering success. Two Acres of Seven-Pounders. Our old friend, A. D. Bates, ("Jack") of Bat-asville, comes out strong on the Turnip question. Ho has sent us an awe inspiring Ruta Baga. It would go every ounce of seven pounds. And he has two acres of just such. Col. Pick Butler, of Cherokee Ponds, tremble foryour laurels! ?'It Has a Taste of Sinners." On the subsiding of the waters of the deluge, old Noah-although it is not re corded in Genesis-said that water had a taste of sinnen in it, and that he could never drink any more. And thereupon he planted a vineyard and invented strong drink. And from those early days to these, the best strong drink in the world has been kept by our friend, O'Dowd, of Augusta. We speak with a divine afflatus upon us, for we have just imbibed from a miraculous bottle sent us by young Johnnie Harrison, a son of Col. Stuart Harrison, who holds forth at O'Dowd's. Johnnie is a pood boy anda bravo boy,and if an Edg?field man wants anything in the Grocery Line, why Johnnie's the lad for him ! *' Costly Thy Aprarel as Thy Parse Can Buy.?* So says the AV iso old Polonius in the play of Hamlet. And very good advice it is! And if you wish to follow it, go to our young friend and townsman, Mr. William Boulware, at Simon's in Au gusta. At Simon's " Billy" will show you C'lothin--Men? <"lot h ing-to nuit any purse, be it chuck full or empty as a rotten hickory-nut. The Star that Leads Ail Other Stars. The Load-Star, the Polar-Star, the Cy nosure ! Well, as the Polar-Star is to the heavens, so is the Frederleksburg Store to Augusta! This may seem ex travagant, but weigh the facts and you will not find it so. Of course everybody knows that the Fredericksburg Store and " Richards" is one and thc same thing. We publish for the Messrs. Richards this week a holiday advertisement. Seek it out, and con it over carefully. *? Preferring: to Los-e Five or Ten Thousand Dollars. Everybody knows that Jas. A. Gray A Co. the princely merchants of Augusta are building a marble Dry Goods Palace. In fact this magnificent building is well nigh completed and in a couple of months they will move into it. And in a new advertisement, in our paper this week, they announce that they would prefer to lose 5 or 10 thousand dollars ir. the pres ent stock rather than remove it to the new store. The cheapest goods in the world are, therefore, to be found now at Jas. A. O ray A Co.s. Read that new card. It is profoundly worth your at tention. An Eye This War* You Cotton Plan ters. See the card of Wm. C. Dukes A Co., in another column. They advertise the famous Wando. Wo will say more of the Wando next week. Hurley-Bnrlcy and Bustle in Gran iteville. Not all over Graniteville. No shoot ing or killing, or anything of that sort, r imply a great burly burly Ln the popu lar Store of C. K. Henderson & Bro., where they are oponinir??eirSecond Sup ply of Fall and Winter Good*. Mighty line fellows ure the Hendersons, anda most complete Stock of (ioods dc? they always keep. Kept Alway* up t ' r..<-st M ater Mark. The splendid Dry Goods Establishment of thc Mullarky Bi others in Augusta; Theirs is an elaborate and costly invest ment, and we arc delighted to see that it pays them so wei!. However, all tills is nothing new. Exactly the same thing may have been said of tho Mwllarkcys at anytime duri nu' tho liwfc fifteen ycam. Their new advertisement in this week's Advertiser is one of unusual interest and attraction. ' "s.1mm, 142 Brond Street, AUGUSTA, GA., Wholesale and Retail Dealer in WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY, &C. HAVING at a frreat outlay, secured the services of a FIRST-CLASS WATCH MAKER, from Switzerland, is now pre pared to Repair all kinds of Watches, Music Boxesand Jewelry of all descrip tions, with neatness and dispatch, and guarantees all work. He offers, also, a great variety WATCH ES: CLOCKS, JEWELRY, SILVER WARE, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, GUNS, PISTOIiS, CARTRIDGES, Ac, at New York prices. Look out Tor the sign of the BIG GUN, 142 Broad Street. Augusta/ Doc :?? ' " 6m52 Fine Whiskey, Wines, Se. 20 Barrels "WHISKEY, 'assorted K2 Cases CHAMPAGNE, lW (jirilily, Besides-a large stock of WIN" Cs, J:v ni in? HUM, Holland <ilN, how in store and for sale cheap hy - - -Ai ARtERT A CUSBY. Dwi? ?f ? Local Jottings. The anniversary of the divine birth : Bethlehem is again near at hand. Th play of 1871 is well nigh done. The eui tain falls slowly at the prompter's bel But the actors stop yet a moment, an [ look around to say farewell. The Adver i User is one of tho actors. It is getting t I be one of the very oldest. Even now i completes its thirty-fifth year. Thirty-fiv years on the boards ! And it is a favorit too, and always gets a good price. It ha always been clever, and honest, and re Mable. Yes, we flatter ourselves th Advertiser is a WrJJack or a Jefferson those pleasant, genial gentlemen wb amuse and edify, you without rendini your soul or making your hair stand 01 end, like the heavy tragedians. Yes tb f I Advertiser is a light comedian rather I I but perhaps we grow vain and egotistical But nevertheless the Advertiser mus utter its thanks and good wishes befon the evening ends. It pledges a hand U every friend ; and says on the part of tin manager (D. R. D.) thathe (the manager is profoundly grateful "for your kim attention and liberal patronage;" nn< that the season of 1872 will begin witl new zeal on his part, and on the part o Iiis whole company ; and that the enter taimo ont during the new season, althougl not entirely new, will be sufficiently varied to prove very attractive; and tba he hopes your liberality and kind appre eiation will ever remain-as now-a high tide; and-all that sort of thing! " My song, save this, is little worth, I lay the weary pen aside, And wish yon health, and love, and mirth As fits tho solemn Christmas tide, As fits thc holy Christmas birth. Be this, good friends, our carol still Be peace on earth, be peace on earth, To men ol' irentle will." But where aro our local jottings? Let'! hunt them up. Well, ibero's Dr. Tomp kins's wagon just driven up to Willi? Durisoe's door ; and it is piled up to tin very moon with barrels, boxes, and pack ages, of all possible shapes and sizes. Sc there is to be a grand Christmas openinj at Willie's to night. Bear that in mind At Markeri <& Clisby's there is a perfect wilderness of Lovely Things-exquisite ly appropriate presents for young fel lows to make to their sweethearts. " Clis': knows how to choose such things-ht does ! And hang the young fellow whe would not make his sweetheart a Christ mas present. And Mr. Manget's display of Toys, and Fire Works, and Notions, and Tricks, and Gimcracks, is truly astounding. Be fore thc holidays arc over we expect tc hear that Mr. Manget and Ned Penn have been trampled to death by excited and frantic children. And then there is Willie Penn. Oh ! it's worth a five dollar bill just to peep through Willie's front windows! Wr know Willie must have had a fairy tc .assist him in his selections. Just go and see what Willie and the fairy have ac complished. And at our friend "Toby's," although his business is heavier, there are now terrible times of opening and unpacking. His new goods for the holidays are very varied and handsome. But as for that, all the shops in town are getting into a high state of prepara tion for the groat occasion. Everything to please thc fancy or suit the taste can be obtained, and we have no doubt that Old Santa Claus will lay in a full supply for the good little boys and girl?. For the bad ones he has no use, and there"! fore he will make no provision for then;. Christmas has already begun with thc little negro boys. The public square is alive with them, and the din of fire crackers resounds through the land. And tho older colored people are shop pingfrantically. Poultry and eggs arc he il)}; brought in in considerable quantijios and at high prices. The Kentucky hogs which we lately invited to como through Edgcficld, have given us tho go-by ; con sequently sausages, backbones, spare ribs, etc., are but pleasures of hope. We pant for them as the hart for the wat^r brooks. What are to bethe festivities for Christ mas ? We hear of one or two private parties, a grand Sunday School Christ inas Tree at thc Baptist Church, and n Musical and Dramatic Entertainment for the Episcopal Church. What has become of the young men's ball? We hope thc jeunesse done is not going to prove itseli poky and spiritless. And what is the general news ? It is reported that the Rev. Mr. Broaddus, who has been long enough in our com munity to make himself much beloved, is to take the Female School for the coin ing year. Another report says ho has receive J lately two advantageous calls, one to Virginia and one to Mississippi, and that possibly he may leave us. Wt earnestly hope ho will not. People who rent houses arc moving abort from pillar to post. Village peo ple are moving into the country, and country people arc moving into the vil lage. Many are expecting to become rich ut the Butler-Chadwick-Gary draw ing in Charleston on the 8th of nexl month. We hope Edgclield will at least draw tlie Opera House. And here we all are-at the end of an other year-still mingling in tho turbu! strife of men, still struggling for th< mean and base rewards of the world still wriggling, and twisting, and con niving, still forgetting " the better part.' We might preach quite a sermon to-duy Indeed we feel very much like doiiu; so. But then we must not forget that th< Advertiser-in its local jottings al al events-is a light comedian. PB- When a man begins to go down hill he finds everything greased for tin occasion. ??>' MAXCKACT?IUS? ENTERPRISER < 'u.vnnKsTox.-Charleston is fast becom ing a manufacturing as well asa com merdai city. Thc largest mauufactor? ?f doors, sashes, blinds, &c., in the South orr. States is that ol' Mr. P. P. TOALK, OI rlorlbpck's Wharf in that city, sale rooms at No. 20 Hayne street. Mr TOM.K'S advertisement appears in an ither column. COMMERCIAL. AUGUSTA, December 19. GOLD-Buvlugat IDSandsellingatllC COTTON- Was ti rm to-day with a goo< demand at ISL Receipts, 1,080; sale i,4iH> bale-;. t , . BACON-Stock large and market un changed ; C. Sides, 9| ; C. R. Sides, 8} Shoulders 8i ; Hams, 15? 18 ; Dr; Salt Shoulders, 6 ; Dry Suit C. R. Side* H ; D. S. Clear Sides, 8. CORN-Prime white is selling at 03 cb liv the oar load from depot ; retail. $1 Ot WHEAT-We quote choice white, $1 Ot amber, 81 80. FLOUR-Citv Mills, $7 50@850 ; at rc tail, il'0 barrel higher. Country, $7 5 @0, according to quality. CORN MEAL-?95 at wholesale; ?1 at retail. OATS-C5 (S> 70._ TO PLANTERS. OYSTER SHELL LIME, tho mos valuable renovator to land known. -300,000 Bushels of SHELL LIM! f?Y sale, delivered on any of the naviga ble rivers of South Carolina or Georgia at 13 couts per bushel, or five dollars pe ton,-'>ags extra. BOWEN o" MERCER, Lime Burners, No. (>?, S. Gay st., Baltimore, Md. Dec 13 6t , 51 Ajiplicaifcu for Discharge a .Administrator. ON FRIDAY, thc ">th day of Januars 1872, I will apply to the Probat rodie (if EtlkeBwlt! County, at Edgefiel Oint Hou ;o, S. C., .for a' Discharge fl ?ldniiniatr?tor of th? Estate of Jas. I Rushton, dee'(I. Distributee* and Oed! tor* will t-.ke duo notice hereof. BEKJ. RUSHTON. Adm'or. * SOT. 2C <* . Insure in a Home Institution f Piedmont & Arlington LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. Of "Virginia. Assets, over Annual Income, over $2,000,000 1,500,000 W. C. CARRINGTON, President. J. E EDWARDS, Vice-Pres't. D. J. HARTSOOK, Secretary. Prof. E. B. SMITH, Actuary. J. J. HOPKINS, Assistant Secretary. Directors for Home Office : WM. B. ISAACS, GEO. S. PALMER, PARKER CAMPBELL, JOHN ENDERS, ? JOHN E. EDWARDS, H. H. ELLYSON, D. J. HARTSOOK, 0. H. PERROW, J. J. HOPKINS. WM. H. PALMER, JOHN C. WILLIAMS, W. C. CARRINGTON, WM. G. TAYLOR, State Directors for South Carolina J. P. THOMAS, W. B. G ULICK, THOMPSON EARLE, DR. H. R. COOK, JOHN MCKENZIE, DR. ISAAC BRANCH, T. C. PERRIN, R. W. GIBBES, JOHN T. SLOAN, JOHN S. PRESTON, EX-GOV. M. L. BONHAM Excelsior, N. Y. (suma age) Metropolitan, N. Y. (same age, Missouri Mutual, clo 4?.CT Standard, of N.Y. (same age,) 39.37 40.77 Union (.'entrai, Ohio, clo. ' 32.43 28,00 Piedmont & Arlington, of Va. 18.83 TlIE SUCCESS OF THIS COMPANY IS UNPRECEDENTED in the history of Life Insurance, as the following grade of success will shew : Policies Issued 28th March, 1867, ONE. " Sept, 1, 1869, 8.000 " Dec. 1,1871, 15,250 Its Plan, of Insurance is Mutual, Being the ONLY PLAN to get Insurance at its net cost. It has de clared and paid to its Policy-Holders THREE ANNUAL DIVIDENDS, ranging from IO to 40 Per Cent., which will compare favorably with other good Companies. It fully provides for the non-forfeiture of its Policies, and has the following feature : " Should the policy-hold?*, by any mishap or revolution, be sepa rated from the home office, and thereby be prevented from paying their | i premium?, they have the right to reinstate their Policies within- one year after the intervening canse ?s removed, ami are entitled lo the some righi* as 1 to non-forfeiture (is though thc hindering vause hod never aisled, ul I )i caption of t Ihc insured," so that no contingency can take tr>>m her policy-holders their just rights. The late war taught many in the South the penalty of being separated from the home office by having their payments forfeited. It issues Policies payable in Gold or Currency, and offers every advan tage consistent with the safety of the Company* It has Wen in ACTIVE operation but four years, and yet its business and income exceed many Companies much older. Its ratio of expenses to income in 1S70, as the following comparison shows, was only 18.83 percent., being less than ONE-HALF the expense cf other Companies of like age and ex perience. * ,V Ratio of expenses to income in ISTOof the following Companies, organized in 1SC7, hence, are the same age as the PIEDMONT AND ARLINGTON : " .?Etna, Berkshire, Brooklyn. Continental (N. Y.) Equitable, Globe, Guardian, Life Association, Mutual (N. Y.) North America North-Western, Security, St. Louis Mutual New Kngland Mutual, 115 00 Piedmont & Rylington, 121 00 $112 00 to each S100 it owes, or surplus of 12 pr cent. do do do 7 do do do do 15 do do do do S do do do do ll do do do do 5 do do do do 14 do do do do ll do do do do 7 do do do do G do do do do 7 do do do do 12 do ' do do do 5 do do do do 15 do do do do 21 do 107 00 115 00 108 00 111 00 105 00 114 00 111 00 107 00 106 00 107 00 112 00 105 00 We need not stop at Companies of our own age, but continue the com parisons with Companies older : Atlas, of St. Louis, Missouri, one yi-ar older, is 37.GO Connecticut General, two years older, is 22.01 Continental, Connecticut, three years older, is 23.00 Globe, New Yolk, three years older, is 24.33 Guardian, New York, eight, years older, is 26.58 Hahnemapi Ohio, two ye irs older, is 34.71 Hartford Life and Annuity, one year older, is 34.59 Mutual, Illinois, two years older, is 23.13 National, New York, lour years older, js 34.53 Security, New York, rive years older, is 24.87 Universal, New York, two years older, is 23.98 Widows and Orphans, New York, three years older, is 20.75 World, New York, or.e year older, is 31.07 PIEDMONT AND ARLINGTON, OF VIRGINIA, 18.83 Its solvency cannot be doubted. As an evidence of its strength, we make the following comparison with other good Companies ; Companies that are acknowledged to be good, and recommended to the public as being 11 sound, safe and reliable, bv all Insurance Commissions ? ITS POLICIES ASE KOT SUBJECT TO EXECUTION. As Section 15 of our Charter provides that Policies issued for the benefit of wives and families, ancestors, descendants, creditors, or dependents, shall not be liable for the debts or contracts of the assured. ITS INVESTMENTS ABE ALWAYS SECUBE, As Section 18 provides that " all permanent investments of funds shall be on mortgages on Real Estate, unencumbered, worth double the amount loaned." Its investments are made where the money is obtained. Thus it combines all the advantages of a home Company, and the increased security of its large business and large assets. J8@~lt has passed the rigid inspection of the Insurance Departments of New York, Kentucky, Missouri and California, and has outside vouching of these Insurance adepts which no other So nth em Company has. It has now therefore as high vouching os any Northern or Western Company. J3^*Tt has progress to vouch for its popularity, small expenses for its economy, small losses for its caution, and every vouching any Company has for its S'did solvency. Why should South Carolinians send money to those Northern Companies whose State law positively forbids lending one dollar in the State, when this Company has chartered authority and has invested in their midst? Active Agents Wanted all over the South for this HOME COMPANY, which aids those who patronize it. ?ff* Examine its merits before insuring elsewhere.-^ XEAPHART & RA?VS0M, Ceiil Agents, COLUMBIA, 8. C. Capt, E. E. JEFFERSON, Capt. B. M. TALBERT and Mr. E. KEESE General Canvassing Agents... Dec 5 l?a 50 Stono Fertilizers. THE STONO PHOSPHATE COMPANY of Charleston,- S. C., agaii offer their Superior Fertilizers at the following low prices per toi of 2000 pounds, at their Factory, delivered to Railro-.d without chargi for Draying, or any extra charge whatever, viz : Storno Soluble Guano, Cash, $45 00 On time till 1st J?or. 1873, 30 00 Stono Dissolved Phosphate, Cash, 25 00 On time tUl 1st Nov. 1872, 30 00 Stono Pure Ground Phosphate, Cash, " 12 00 These Fertilizers have given such universal satisfaction in this communi ty, and have spoken so well for themselves that there is little or nothing left for me to say,^ will be seen by reading the accompanying testimonials from those who have used them. STONO SOLUBLE GUANO is pronounced to be As Good as thc Best by persons who know of what they speak, and in every instance hat given complete satisfaction. As to the results produced by the STONO DISSOLVED PHOSPHATE, composted with Cotton Seed or Stable Manure, I can think of no word tc express them better than the one used by Maj. Coleman, in his certificate below appende^y?Sf. They were truly vjonderful. In ever)'ins'alice they produced effects equal to the most popular and costly fertilir?T, and they ought to have done so. Although costing less than one-hall ^iuch as the most popular and favorite Manures, they are really better, for they have double, or nearly double, the quantity of Bone Phosphate, none of it having been displaced to supply Ammonia which the Cotton Seed or Stable Manure supplies abundantly ; nor Salts to furnish Potash, an ample supply being liberated from the clay by the large quantity of free acid in these Phosphates;-a quantity so large that it will destroy Sacks ire a very few days, compelling the Company, at more cost and trouble, to ship entirely in barrels. ..This is not so of any other Phosphate in the At tlie very outset this Company put their PRICES AT THE LOWEST FIGURES, being at the time and nearly so now, Filly per Cent Less than the prices of other Companies. And these low prices made many persons, last season, reluctant to buy them, fearing that they would get an inferior article, when the fact was that the Company could afford to do it, for their Stock cost them just one hundred cents for tie par dollar's worth, whilst the Stock in many of the other Companies cost the present owners from three hundred to four hundred cents for the par dollar's worth. The Stono Company is satisfied with, and expect only reasonable dividends on, their Stock, and to pay the same dividend these high-priced Stocks must make from three to four times the profits the Stono makes, and hence must jell the same article higher. The Stono grinds the bone and manufactures their acid upon the spot paying no freights to Baltimore or North and back again, which Companies out of the State have to pay, and of course charge to the consumer. The Stono Company manufacture, and recommend the use of, and pay ment of freight on, nothing but fertilizers of the very highest grade, but if parties wish lower grades they will mix two Tons of their Dissolved Phos phate with one ton of Pure Ground Phosphate, or equal portions of each, ind ship in sacks, to Cash orders, for Thirty Tons or upwards, without extra iharge. This will give a Phosphate at $21 or $18.50 per ton, and perhaps )f as high grade as many others on the market in Sacks. It is desirable to get the Phosphate in the hands of consumers AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE, as the best results are obtained by its remaining in compost i sufficient time, the longer the better; and again, as spring or planting ;ime approaches, the greater the difficulty in getting transportation. That consumers may haul and compost it early, at this leisure time, or lers will be filled, and if paid for in 60 or 90 days, at the Cash prices. Drders on time will be filled at the same price now as next April, This irrangement relieves the Compauy of the Storage and care of the Fertili sers, and this amounts to the same thing to them as keeping it on hand to supply an anticipated demand. I am apprehensive that the comparatively VERY LOW PRICES and SUPERIOR QUALITY of these Fertilizers will cause such a demand that he Company will not be able to supply those who -put off to .the last mo ment ordering their supplies. Many persons are delaying to order that they may induce their tenant? md croppers to use it. I imagine tln-y would have but little difficulty in nducing them to use this fertilizer, if they would remind them that by its use ;rops would grow off at ones in the spring, ?nd they would save the Worki ng always required on untnanured crops before they commence to grow ; That the crop would shade the ground and be laid by with one or two )ther workings le s in the si'.mmnr : That it will open two or three weeks .arlier, and they could finish picking before veiy cold freezing weather ; That tho co t per acre would only be from $1,25 to $2,25 ; That an increased field of thirty to forty pounds of Seed Cotton per acre would, at present trices, repay them, and save the two or three workings and early picking; That, in addition, the probabilities were (if seasons were only moderately avorable,) that the increased yield would be from Three to . Six HundrS? Pounds Seed Cotton per acre, on ordinary land, which,- at present prices, vould pay from $17 to $34 for every $1,50 to $2,25 invested in these Fer ;ilizers. This Fertilizer will not produce Rust on either Cotton or Grai it is highly recommended for Small Grain. Try it Edgefield, S. C., Nov 22 j t ps. S. S. TOMPKINS, Agent -o_ * ?lease Read the following Testimonials from Your Friends and Neighbors: MEETING STREET P. 0., 1 SDGEFIELD CO., S. C., Nov. 20, '71.J ] used on my crops this year Peruvian, Sttiwan and Wando Guanos, Cotton Food ind Ober's Super-Phosphate of Lime, and melon Stono Dissolved Phosphate, com bated with an equal weight of Cotton Seed, using two hundred pounds of each >ei acre. The effects of the Stono Dis olved Pho3p?iate was superior to that of irty of the others. There was no ruston he Cotton under which it was used, whilst di the Cotton on which the others were ised was killed long since by it. I am ?ure that if composted and used as directed, ts effects would be as prompt and more lerraanent than Peruvian or any other Commercial fertilizer 1 have ever used or men used. If it will not prevent rust, which thc experience of one of my neigh bors, whose cotton I have seen, would m licate, it will certainly not produce it. I mall usc it exclusively on my future crops, 'except perhaps a small amount of some lew kind as an experiment) till I find' ?omething better anet cheaper. D. C. TOMPKINS. P. 0, 1 ), 1871 ; COLD SIT.ING P Edgefield Co.,S. C., Nov. 19 I used one ton Stono Dissolved Phos phate, composted with an equal weight ot cotton Seed, on sixteen acres Cotton, on thin land. The field will yield ten bales Cotton. Without manure the same field would not have yielded half this amount. Rows left through the field, without ma nure, did not yield half as much as those manured and adjoining. I applied a little to Corn at the rate of about 100 pounds per acre. Its effect was more marked than ;i handful of Cotton Seed on each side o? hills in thc rows adjoining. J. W. COLLINS. EDGEFIELD, S. C., Nov. 20, 1871. I used this year on my Cotton one ton Stono Dissolved Phosphate, and never have I been better pleasod with the yield. Es pecially was this the case when composted with Cotton Seed and Stable Manure. The beauty of this commercial fertilizer con sists not only in its Cheapness, but espe cially in its intrinsic value-and the econ omy" it engenders in accumulating euch materials for composting as are easily ob tained on a farm, yet generally thrown away. Our lands are thu? moderately im proved by tho vegetable' mould distribu ted, and stimulated'by the Dissolved Phos phate. R. .0. SAMS. ' BATES VILLE, Nov. 27th, 1871. , I used about HOCIpound? of Stono Dis Kjnound solved Phosphate, mnKlvith equal weights cotton seeel and stable-manure. I also Used 3 tons favorite and higher priced Guanos. In two rows side by side across a field 140 yards long, one manured with thc Phosphate Compost, the other with higher priced. Compost row yielded 2} pounds more seed cotton than the more costly fertilizer. This would make about 80 pounds per acre in favor of the Com post. The higher priced fertilizer used is undoubtedly a good manure, but as the Compost yielded as much as the Guano, and enough over to more than pay the cost, it is hardly necessaiy for me to say I shall use no oilier next year. I also used some of the Phosphate Compost under Corn, with the most satisfactory results, standing the drouth (a severe" one) both under Corn and Cotton, better than any manure which I used. CHAS. DUNCAN. EDGEFIELD. H. C., Oct. 2,1871. I used three tons Stono Dissolved Phos phate, comported with Cotton SeecUiu mv Cotton .the present year. It did atwell as a Standard Fertilizer, coating much more money, used by me on the place. There was but little rust where the Phosphate waa used. I shall use it raft. 1. J?. HAYS. EDGEFIELD, S. C., Nov. 22,187b* I used one thousand pounds of Steno Dissolved phosphate, composted with about 50 bushels Cotton Seed., on five and a half acres Cotton this year, which yielded five bales Cotton. Last year I applied one ton nf a p02>ular and favorite fertilizer to the same lut, costing mo Seventy dollars, and made four bales. I received the Phosphate too late to compost and put under the Cotton, consequently had to apply it in tho siding furrow of the first working. M. A. MARKERT. EDGEFIELD, S. C., Nov. 17, 1871. I used one ton Stono Soluble (Jnano on my Cotton crop of the present year. 1 ulso used another popular fertilizer, cost ing much more money, and I have hereto fore used many other favorite commercial fertilizers, and I am satisfied that the Stono is as good as any I ever used. JAS. P. WELLS. JOHNSTON'S, C. C. ? A. R. R., \ EDGEFIELD, CO., NOV. 20,1871. / I used one ton Stono Soluble Guano on my Cotton this year, (about 100 lbs. per acre.) Its effects on the crop was as good or better than any I ever used, and in creased the yield at least one hundred per cent. I used also one ton Stono Dissolved Phosphate, composted with an equal weight of Cotton Seed, on Corn, on a thin sandy old field, about 125 lbs. of the Phos phate to the acre. Its effect was wonder ful, and I want nothing better. W. LEE COLEMAN. PINE HOUSE, C. C.&A. R. R.,} EDGEFIELD CO., S. C., Nov. 16. '71 J I used two tons Stono Soluble Guano at the rate of about one hundred am twenty-five pounds per acre, on my Cot ton the present year, which produced a; good results as two hundred pounds o commercial ferti'' ors, costing much mon money, did on the same lauds last year I used also one-half ton of Stono Dis solved Phosphate, composted with Cottor Seed. The effects of one hundred pound: Phosphate, and from seven to ten bushel Cotton Seed per acre, was so good that J shall use it another year till I use all mj CottonSeed, and for the balance of mj crop I shall use the Stono Gumo, these fertilizers being, in my opinion, the best ] ever used. B. W. HATCHER. EDGEFIELD, S. C., Oct. 31,1871. I used two tons Stono Soluble Guano o? my crops this year. I am satisfied ii .doubled the yield. As an experiment ] used also one Sack of Stono Dissolves Phosphate, composted with Cotton Seed as directed, lt did as well as other firs class fertilizers on same lands, and I shal use it exclusively hereafter as long as '. have Cotton Seed. EDWARD PRESLEY. COLDSPBINGP. 0., Edgefield Co., S. C., "I November 15,1871. J I used one ton Stono Dissolved Phos phate, composted with about 75 bushel; cotton seed, on fourteen acres Cotton th present year. Three acres of the Cottoi was on old poor land, which would no have yielded more than one hunchee pounds lint per acre with the very bes seasons, and under the most favorable cir cumstances, without manure. From thes three acres I have ginned and packed ove one thousand pounds lint. The balance o the land is first year's new ground, whicl I have not yet near finished picking. I is quite as good as the cotton on thin year's land, and better land near by ma mired with an equal quantity of a stand ard fertilizer, costing $50 per ton. Judg ing from rows left without Phosphate, ! am sure the yield will be over one nundre< per cent tatter whore the Phosphate wa used. There was not a particle of rust ol anv of the cotton where the Phosphat was, whilst that, under which the otbe sameH?rtilizer was, was killed by it.', I hav or?kred ten tons of the Phosphate for m; next crop, and will use no other kind. EDGETIELD, 8. C., Nov. 27,1871. I used two tons Stono Dissolved Phoa phate, composted with an equal weight of cotton seed, on my cotton this year. It certainly doubled the yield, making on or dinary lands three bales to every four acres on which it was used. In some teat rows an equal weight of Phosphate, with two other fertilizers costing nearly double the money;produced more cotton.. There.was no rust on the Cotton under which the Phosphate was used, except on a few small spots of wet, springy land, whilst the Cot ton under which the other more costly fer tilizer? were, rusted early and badly J. W. TOMPKINS. EDGtniLD, 8. 0., Nov. 23,1871. I used two tons Stono Soluble Guano o my cotton this year. One toh Was Use by one of my croppers on forty acrei which yielded twenty-five bales. Twent acres adjoining these forty, quite as goo laud, and better cultivated, without ma nure, made only six bales. The other to: was used at the rate of two hundre pounds per acre, by the side of cotton ma nured with a like quantity of a popula and favorite fertilizer, costing sixteen dbl lars per ton more than the ?Stono. Th cotton under which the Stono was used was decidedly the better. JAS. A. DOZIMB. FRESH GOODS. JUST RECEIVED AT J. H. CHEATHA3VF8. 50 Dozen COATS' COTTON, white, black and brown, at 90 cte per d?z. 25 " Clark's Machine Double Twist SILK, all colors, 3 Pieces Black and Colored VELVET. 2 Pieces TARLETAN, And a beautiful assortment of Cash's FRILLING and MAGIC RUF FLING. I am determined to keep a full and thorough Stock of GOODS. J. H. CHEATHAM. DRESS GOODS at J. H. CHEATHAM'S have been reduced 10 per cent, below the original marks. Beautiful DELAINES, French POPLINS and LUSTRES from 25 to 40 cts. per yard. J. H. CHEATHAM. Nov 29 tf 49 TO THE PUBLIC. THE COTTON STATES LIFE INSURANCE C0MP1NY. Principal Office, Macon, Georgia. W. B. JOHNSON, President. J. MEBCEB GBENK, M. D., Med. Ex'r. W. S. HOLT, Vice-president. W. J. MAGILL, Supt, of Agencies. GEO. S. OBEAB, Secretar}-. C. F. MCCAY, Actuary. J. W. BUBKE, General Agent. EDGEFIELD C. H., AGENCY FOE SOUTH CAROLINA, \ Nov. 13th, 1871. / "Pennit me to invite your attention to the claims of this Company to your patronage. It is purely a home Company, chartered by the State of Georgia with a large Capital-$500,000. Organized but a little more than two years ago, it has already issued near 3,000 Policies, insuring about $8,000,000/; and paid in Losses $100,000 ! Its Reserve is ample, having about $200 of Assets to $100 of Liabilities, and its business is economically managed. Desiring to be properly represented throughout the State of South Caro lina, it would give me pleasure to oommission many active gentlemen and ladies as both Looal and Traveling Agents for the Company. A reasonable portion of time devoteI to its interests, I am satisfied would repay you. To illustrate: Many Premiums will average about $150 on each Policy. The Commissions (20 per cent.) will be $30. The Company has now some features particularly d sirable,. for both Agents and Insurers, and one ol these is its LOW Premium Bates, as follows : At age 25 vears, annual payment on $1000, $15,00 " ?? HO ' " " " " 17,39 .i ? 40 ? ? ?? ? 24,85 ? so " " ? 37 91 " ? 60 " " " . ?. 63,17 With rivals in business, OUT course shall be uniformly cordial with all who seek and praotice right things ; and we therefore urge upon all Agents of this Company to co-operate cordially with all who seek, and practice right things ; and while so doing, to press the business of this Company, aud by the utmost efforts on your parts, to secure good risks. Any gentleman or lady who will take an Agency, either Local or Trav eling, will please address w M. W. ABNEY, GeneraY*Ageut al Edge?eld H., S. ?. Nov 14 tf 47 Carriages, Buggies" AND 0 Plantation . Wagons, ) ATA At Greatly Reduced Prices ! WYMAN, TEY & CO., -Manufacturers 4 Dealers, 208 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga., RESPECTFULLY invite the attention of all in want of a Vehicle o? any kind to their Large and Varied Assortment, comprising all the LATEST and MOST DESIRABLE Styles of CARRIAGES, PHOTONS, ROCKAWAYS, Carry-alls, and Open and Top Buggies, Which have been manufactured specially for them by the best makers in the country. We also solicit attention to "WYMAN", MAY & CO'S. Wolcottville Wagon FOR PLANTATION PURPOSES. These Wagons, made in Walcottville, Ct., of the Best Seasoned Timba and Best MoUerials throughout, have been used in. the South for the last fifteen years, and for Light Pratt, Great Capacity and Durability, are un equalled by any "Wagon sold in the South. We are also Agent for the Celebrated. MILLBURN IRON AXLE WAGON, Manufactured in the West, and especially adapted to the Southern country and warranted to be the Best and Cheapest Western Wagon sold in anj market. A Full Stock of HARNESS, SADDLES, PLANTATION GEAR. TRUNKS, VALISES, French and American CALF SKINS, SHOE FINDINGS, SADDLERY HARDWARE, Carriage and Wagon MATERIAL, Leather and Rubber BELTING, LEATHER of all Kinds, Ac., &c., Constantly on hand and for sale at lowest Cash prices. Orders solicited and will receive prompt and careful attention. WYMAN, MAY & CO., 208 Broad Street, opposite Georgia R. R. Bank, AUGUSTA, GA. Aug 23 6m 35 For Sale, or Lease, THE PLANTATION in Edgefleld Dis trict, known as Mount Vintage, residence of the lato Francis O'Connor. We consider tl?s Plantation too cele brated toncod a minuta , description In an advertisement. Wewill8ell the place for a small por tion of tho purchase money in Cash ; the balance in Cotton, annually, forton years. If we cannot sell, will lease the place for a number of years on reasonable terms. Apply to JAMES A. GRAY A CO. Augusta, Ga. Oct, 18 * ?t Kinsmai? df Howell, Fac tors and Commissiot Merchants. Liberal Advances made <n Cotton and Naval Stores Char les ton y S. C. SeptS 4m sr SOLUBLE Paeiie tolo. "Price, ?45 Cash, with the Usual Ad* vance for Time. EXPERIENCE INTHEUBE OP this Guano for the past biz yeats in thia ?state, for Cotton ona Corn, has to lar es tablished its character for excellence as to render comment unnecessary. In accordance with the establ?hed Kiley of the Company to iuriu&n the . st Concentrated Fermizer rt the lowest cost to consumers, this f'vr>v h ; ut into market this season at tl.?. :t?<o\ c rt r.uced. Srice, which the Company is enabled to o by reason of its 'arpe f?ciluie- and the reduced cost of manufacture. The sunulles put into market this sea son arc, ?W heretofore, prepared under the personal superintendence of Dr. St. Julian Raven?!, Chemist of the Company, at Charleston, 8. C., lichee, planters mar restassured that its QUALITY and COM POSITION is precisely the same aa that heretofore sold. At the present low price every acre plantad can be fertilized with 200 pounds-Guano ata covt not exceed ing the present value of ?b pounds of cotton, while experience has shown that under favorable conditions^ season and cultivation the crop is increased by the application from two to threefold tho natural capacity of the soil. Hence, un der no conditions could its application fail to compensate for the outlay. Apply to J. N- ROI?ON. Agent Pacific Guano Company, No. 68 East Bay and Noe. I and 2 A tl an- - tlc Wharf, Charleston, K. C. JNO. 8. REESE <fc CO., Gen'l Agents. Nov. 29 3m 4U PACIFIC GLANO (OMPANI^ COMPOUND ACID PHOSPHATE?F LIME ron Composing with lottou Seed. Price $25 Cash, with Ubual Advance on Time. THIS ARTICLE IS PREPARED UN DER the superintendence ol Dr. ST. JULIEN RA VENEL expressly for com posting with cotton seed, It was introduced by this Company two years ago, and its use has fnllv ?tlesf?d tts value. 200 to 250 pound. 0/tli is arti cle per acre,) properly composted with the same weight of cotton seed, furnishes the planter with a FERTILIZER of the highest excellence nt the smallest cost. A compost prepared with this article, as by printed directions furnished, contains till the elements of fertility that can enter into a first class FERTILIZER, while its economy must commend its liberal use to planters. For supplies and printed directions for composting apply to J. ?. HOBSON, Agen); Pacific Guano Company, No. 88 East Bay and Nos. 1 and 2 Atlan tic Wharf, l-; Charleston, S. C. JNO. S. REESE A CO., Gcn'l Agents. Nov-29 ? Sm 49 W? I FARR, I le Laiirp Man./9 Successor to the Late Wm. Hill, 193 Broad Street, Angus ta. Geo. WJ. FARR, "The Lamp Man,' . Successor to the late Wm Hill, 193 Broad Strtet, (opposite the French Store,} has secured the services of> the long and favorably known J. A. GUR LEY, and will continue to keep Almost Everything, (except Dry Goods,) that has ever been found in any one Store in the Southern States, from a Needle to a Plow. CROCKERY, GLASS, TIN and WOODEN WARE, CUTLERY and PLATED WARE. LAMPS. Lamp CHIMNEYS, KEROSENE and MACHINE OILS, And expects to keep up hiy former repu tation for Selling Cheap and Telling. the Truth. ^a?^Look out for his FLAG over tho treat. S Augusta, Oct 4 3m 41 SIXTY-FIVE FIRST FRIZE MEDALS AWARDED, THE GREAT Southern Piano MANUFACTORY. WM. KNABE & CO. MiXcrAcrouzRS or Grand, Square and Upright Piano Fortes, BALTIMORE, Md. These Instrument? Uar . b-.-n before the Public fur nearly Thirty Years, ami upon their excellence ?lone attained and unpurclitited pr**ii?iutn<e, which pronoances them ane<malcl, in TONE, TOUCH, WORKMANSHIP And DURABILITY. W^/~ AU our Sqiuire Pian** ,haru our N?W Im proved OVKMTBU.SQ Bout ina the Agra?e- Trtble. py We would call special attention lo nnrlate Haunted Improvements In GRAND PIANOS and SQUA RE GRANDS, found in.no other l'iano. wbleh bring UioTlano near?r rcrftetlun than bas yet becu attained. Every Piano Fully Warranted for liva Year? ty We aw bv ?pedal arrangement crialiled lo fumUh PARLOR ORGANS and UBLODEONX ?flhe m.?st celebrated makers, W7toletaU and lie tail at lou** Factory Prices. Illustrated Catalogues and. Price Lists promptly famished on application to WM.KNABE & CO., Balti'ore, Md. Or any of our regular mtabliehed agencies. Nov. 8 . ' 6in 4? LEROY F. YOUMAXS. J. C. SHEPPARD. Attorneys and Counsellors At Law. THE Undersigned havo this day formed a Co-partnership under tho firm name of YOU M ANS ?fe SHEP PARD, for t?e Practice of Law in Edgc fleld County, C. LEROY FJ YOUMANS, J. C. SHEPPARD. Nov 14 tf 47 JOHN BAUSKETT, Morney and ff,ir.iseilor al Ltw, COLUMBIA. S. C., Wat Prances in Edgefield, Lexiegfon, Barnwell ar.d Richland. Columbia Mar 8 ly 11 CARY & .GART, VTTORNEYS AT LAW AND SOLI TCRS IN EQUITY, Will Practice in the Courts of tho State, and Au trusta, Ga.; and also in the U. S. Courts for South Carolina. Edgctiold, S. C.. O.-t 4._3r? Law Notice. 'HE undersigned have formed a Co partnership forth?PRACTICE OF LAW in Edgefield Coanty, and thc Counties of the Fifth Circuit, under the name t.nd style of MAGRATH d ABNEY. They will also Practice in the Court- of Trial Justices for these Counties. THOMAS P. MAGRATH, JOHN R. ABNEY. Edgefield, Dec 13, tf r.i LAW CARD. THE Undersigned havo this Cay formed a Partnership for the PRACTICE of LAW in the Courts of this State, ?md the Circuit Court of the United States. JOHN E. BACON, J. D. TALBERT. Dec 4,1871._3m 50 THOS. J. ADAMS, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, Will Practice in Courts of thia County and State Will be found in the Law Omeo next above T. P. Magrath, Esq., and opposite Saluda Hotel. Edgefield, S. C., Nov. 29, 6m 49 MELLY1LLE ft. NORRIS WITH Christopher Gray & Co,, BiESPECTFULLY solicits a call fr m his Edgefield friends at thc famous Dry GoodsHoUae, No.202 and 204,. Broad tv., Augusta, Georgia, where he will te pleased to show them anything :ntl.e dry goods line, at thc most reasonable prices. ' ' . Augusta, Deo. 6, . 6t t>0 /