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OFFICIAL.
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Acts anti J?>int Revoluti ?ns T*H?.s
by thc (Jf iiT .1 Av-embly f MM
Carolina, Regular session IS
and 1872.
AN ACT to Amend An Act (No. 3c
Entitled " An Art to Grant. 1
nrw and Amend the Charters
Certain Towns crid Villages then
Menliojted". Chnvniaicing with S
iion No. 36 of said Act. . eliding
the Incorporation of thc Tenon
WrijhlsviUe. passed at the e?w
Session of the General Assembla
the St 11 ie of South Carolina, 18
end 1871.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by t
Senate and House of Repr?sentatif
of the State of South Carolin'. n<
me: and sitting tri General Assemb
and by the authority ol' he sam
That from and airer th- passage
this Act, all c-it:/:-ns of this Sta
having resided i wei ve months witr
this Stiite. and sixty days in the v
l?ge o?' Wrightsville-, shall be deem*,
and ?are hereby d?clar?e! to he. a ho
politic and corporate, and the s
village shall be called and known
the name of W rfghtsville. and its?
?orate lirtits shall include Edi1
sland, together with Eddi ri gs vi I
The metes and bounds of said tc
of Wrightsville "will be bound on t
North, by North Edisto Inlet or R
er, cn the South, by South Edi:
River and Saint Helena Sound,
the East by Atlantic Ocean, and
the West by Johnssee Island a1 d E
isto River.
SEC. 2. That the said village sh
be governed by an Intendant and fo
War dens, who shall be citizens of t
United States, and who shall have i
Sided in this State twelve monti
and shall have been residents of t
said village sixty days immediate
preceding their election, and w
shall be elected on tue third Mond
in May, 1872, and on the same d
in ?ach year thereafter, ten days' pu
lie notice thereof being previous
given ; and that all male inhabitar
of tee age of twenty-one years, ci
. zens of the State, and who shall ha
resided in the Stnte twelve monti
and in the said village sixty days ii
mediately preceding; the election, sh
be entitled to vote for said Ir.tenda
and Wardens-paupers and perso
under disabilities for crime excepte
SEC. 3. The said election shall
held at some convenient public pla
in said village, from eight o'clock
the morning, until four o'clock in t
afternoon, and when tho polls sin
be closed, the Managers shall fort
with count the votes, and declare t
election, and give notice thereof,
writing, to the Intendant therein I
ing, who shall, within two days thei
after, give notice, or cause the .sar
to be given, to the persons duly elet
ed. Provided, The < "ommissioners
Election of Ch-ir!es*-on county shi
call the first ? lection under this A<
and shall appoint Managers to co
duct the same, who sh ll make r
turns thereof to the Commissions
the same as other elections held
this State; and the said Commissio
ers shall count th?' votes and dec a
the election, and notify the perso
so elected Intend nr. and Wardens
the sai-i vii l?ge. The Intendant ai
Wardens, before entering upon tl
duties of their offi es, shall respe
tively take the oath prescribed by tl
Constitution ol the State, and al
the following oath, to wit: "As I
tendant (or Warden; of the villa?
of iVr'ghtsyillv, I will^ equally ai
impar:lally, to the best of my abiiit
exercis the tm r reposed in rae, ar
will use my best endeavors to pr
serve the peace and carry into ene
according to aw, the purposes f<
which I have been elected : So bei
rue, God." And, if any person, up
being Iected Intendant' or Warde
shall refuse to act ns such, he sha
forfeit and pay to the Council the su
of twenty dollars for he use of ti
said village: Piovided, That no pe
son who has attained the air? of sixt
years shall be compelled to serve i
either of said offices: n r shall an
other person be compelled to serv
either as Inte dan! or Wurden, mor
than one year in any term of thiv
years. The Intendant and Wardem
for the time being, shall allays a]
point one or raor? Boards f Marni
gars, three Managers for each Boan;
to conduct the election, who, beibr
they open the poils, shall take au oat
fairly and impart?a ly to co nd Cut th
same.
SEC. 4. That in case a vacune;
shall occ-nr in the office of Intendan
or any of the Warden?, by den tl
resignation, removal, or otherwise, a
election to fill such vacancy shnil b
held by order of the Intendant am
Warden?, or a majority of the sara
ten days' public notice being previ
onsly given : and, in case of .-. k-e. -
or. temporary absence iii? lu
dant, the Wardens, forming the C v.
eil, phall he empowered lo ?debt .
ol the number ?rt sis ?;
dnnng 'he time.
SEC. 5. Ti
Wardens ii y
sh -li. dtiriui: : ?
severally ami
with all th? ? .
or Justices ol .i' . ?.. . .
may be, in this Srutv, wit in i he lim .
of the s-ii'i vi!: tg-. ux.jepr" for i?>
trial of stn: ll and mean . au e- ; iii
the Intendant sua;! or di??y. ; ?. ->....
as is necessary, summon the Warden
to meet in Conn il, any three o
W.tom, with the Intendant, shall con
stitote a quorum to transact business
and they shall be known as the towi
Council ol Wrightsville ; and the;
and their successors in office, hereal
ter to b elected, may bave a comraoi
seal, which may be affixed to ><?! v
their Ordinances; trw sue and bi
sued, picad ?no1 be im plead ed in ani
Court ol Justi e in this S:..re. nm
purchase, hold, possess and enjoy t(
them and their successors, in peipetui
ty, or for any term ol years, uny
tate, real, personal, or mixed, arid sell
alien, or convey the same; Provide !
The same shall not exceed, at an\
one time, the sum of ten rhousutf'
dollars. And the said Town Cona?
shall have, authority to appoint, lr n
time to time, as they may -ee ti?
Such and so ma.ny proper persons I.
act- as Marshals or Const ables of k: : ?
vi I h) ge. as the said Council may 1 e i
necssarv aud exjydienj ii<r ;h>- ;?. -
BervAtioii u p-.e-c, good order .Ucl
police-rJaereoJ. which per ons, so ap
fxJii??eiT shall, within toe corporate
imits ol said vili.ige, have the pow? r
and privileges, an i be subject to ..li
the obligation*, pen.titles and regula
tions provided by law for tie offi. e ol
Constables, and Snail he liable to he
removed -ir the [\\ u-ure of S id
Gb?ncil ; th? . . i ?' '. .11 Council
shall ii av <.- po.vci c establish, or au
thorize the establishment of a market
house in said village, also to authorize
the eskibh-uuiernt or a-guard house,
and' pi'eft?noe su.table mles And regtf>
,' tiona tor kee'j.>i?:_'..ati;Lg ?v''.'i t?iifg Hitv
s. ue, a?u : ?" . 1 ..
ho estaousnea, they snail be au mor- j
i zed ?o use a roum in the cc
jaiUn the**bunty of Charlesto
rho ron finement of all who n
subject to be committed for_a,
rion any Ordinances, rule
regulations of said town ; an
said Town Council, or the sai
tend .nt and "Wardens, in perso
one or more of them, may aut
any Marshal of the town, o
Constable, specially appointed ft
purpose, to arrest and commit
said guard house, or jail of Cl
ton county, as the case may be
term not exceeding twenty-lour
airy pe.' son, or persons, who, 1
tlie corporate . limits of said
may l>e engaged in a breach <
peace, any riotous or disorderly
duct, open obscenity, public dru
ness, or any conduct grossly i ntl
or dangerous to the citizen* o
town, or any of them; audit
be the duty of the Town Maret
Constables, to arrest and comn
su h offen ?ers, when required so
::>.! who snail h \e power to c
t:.eir assistance the pos-e corni
il* need be, to dd in making sm
rest. and upon the failure of
officers to perform such duty ?
.pu-ed, they shall, severally, b(
ject to such fines and penalties ?
Town Council may impose upon i
and all persons so imprisoned
pay the costs and expenses inc
to their imprisonment, . which
costs and expenses shall be coll
in the same manner as is provid?
the collection of fines impose*
the violations of Ordinances,
and regulations: Provided,
such imprisonment shall not ex
the party from the payment oi
fine the Council may impose fe
offence which he, she, or they
have committed. And the said '
Council shall have full power
authority, under their corporate
ro make all such rule3, regula!
by-laws iVrA Ordinances, respe
the streets, roads, and the bu?
thereof, as well as the police sy
of the said town, as shall appe
them necessary and proper fo:
security, welfare and convenir
and for preserving health, order
good government within said t
And the said Town Council maj
pose fines for offene, s against
by-laws, rules and regulations
Ordinances, and appropriate the ?
to the public use of said Town ;
the said Town Council shall hav(
same power that Trial Justice
Justices of the Peace now hav
may hereafter have, to compel th
tendance of witnesses, and requi
them to give evidence upon the
before them of an / person or per
for a violation of any of their <
nances, by-laws, rules or regulati
but no fine above the sum of twe
five dollars shall be collected by
Council, except.by suit in the pn
Courts of justice in this State; ;
. aka that nothing herein conta:
shall authorize said Council to u
any Ordinance or by-law inconsis
with, or repugnant ?o, the laws of
State.
SEC. 6. That the said Intenc
*nd Wardens, or a majority of tl
shall have power to abate and ren
ali nuisances in said town; an(
shall be their duty to keep all ro
ways bridges and streets in said ti
open and in good repair ; and, for 1
purpose, they are invested with
the [towers cf County Commission
or Commissioners of Roads, for ;
within the corporate limits of
said town ; and thev may lay out i
streets, close up, widen or othefv
alter those now in use ; and shall h
full power o classify and arrange
inhabitants or citizens of said tc
liable to street, road or other pul
duty therein, and to force the peri
rnaiu-e of such duty, under such p
lilies as :ire now, or shall hereaf
l>\ prescribed by "law; and they sh
have power to compound with all p
.-LUIS liable to work the streets, wi
md roads in said town, upon si
terms as the-r ordinances or by la
may establish, or their rules and r<
illations require-the moneys so J
c i ved ro beapplied to the public ui
6J said town ; and all persons refi
ng to labor, or failing to pay su
commutation, shall be liable to su
fine noe exceeding twen' v dollars i
ny oney?ar, as rhe said Town Cou
ci ii iy impose ; . nd they sh di ha
?:ie power to enforce the payment
?Mich fine, in the same manner as
dow, or may be hereafter' provide
. the collection of cenntv tax?
. n ! the said Town Councilshall ha
power, with the consent of tho adj
:en? land owners, torci?se al BU<
roads, streets and ways, within tl
- lid town, as they may deem necc
<ary, by the sale of the freehold the:
in, either at private or public sale, ;
rliey may adjudge best for the inte
eut ol the sa;d t wu ; and hey sha
keep in repair all such new street
r .ads and ways as they may, fro:
un . to lime, deem necessary for tl
??i\'-, .vein nt and convenience of sai
ti ; provided that no street, roa
. - , .11 h? opt'H? i without fin
: iv ed ii- ebriiielit of ii
n s hereof throng
? ?:??.-;? .ny SUcft n xv stree
;. :il y p iss.
KC. 7. he >:iid Town CouilC
vti'.jtower and authority to rt
h'lire ;di persoiw owning a lot or lot
n said town to close in, and to mak
nu keep in go...I repair sidewalks i
ti ont of said io or lots, whenever th
same shall front dr adjoin any pu bli
? r . ol said town, it, in the judg
ment of the Council, .-uch sidewalk
snail be necessary, the width thereo.
and the manner of construction, t
be designated and regulated by th
.aid Town Council ; and for defanl
or refusal, after reasonable notice, t
m ke and keep in good repair sue!
sidewalk, and to close such lot or lots
the Town Council may cauaethesam
to be made, or pot in repair, and re
pure rhe owner to pay the price o
making or repairing, and the saie
Town Council are hereby empowerei
to sue for and recover the same bj
action of debt in any court of com
pet. nt jurisdiction ; provided thai
sue * contrat- for making or repairing
if to be let to the lowest bidder. Th*
Ui<{ Town Council shall appoint three
liscreet persons, who shall form a
Boi rd of Supervisors of the Health,
who shall have power over the ways
and water courses; ditches and stag
riant water ponds, and take such oth
ur sanitary measures as the public
health requires, giving twenty days'
nuiic.. to me occupants of said prem
ises, where the said nuisance lies, and
?ri default cf non-compliance with
(he order of said board, the parties
so offen ling ?hall be fined in a sum
nor less than twenty dollars, or thirty
days in the county jail, for each and
every offense, the said comp'aints to
be In ought bef ore any Trial Justice,
pr Justice of the Peace, in and for:
the county of Charleston. The said
b a -d shall have power over the cem
eteries and public grave yards within
: he corporation. .,.. ? fls ... .... ,
8 'The'Intendant and; War
ueus ol lae said town, or & majority,
i " nail
?f them, shall" mive full power tjp
grant or refuse licenses, to tavern
keepers, or retail spirituous liquors
within the coronate* dimita?of tn??
said town upoii\ such conditiion, and
under such or?umstances asHo them
shall seem proper and right ; provid
ed that in no instance shall the price
of a license to a tavern, or to retail
spirituous liquors,', be less than the
amount that is established by the
State; and all moneys paid for-'li
censes and for fines and forfeitures
shall be appropriated to the public
use:-, of saiti town ; provide i that the
Intendant aud Wardens, duly electee!',
shall not have power to grant any li
cense to keep taverns, or retail "ipirit
uous liquors, to extend beynd the.
term for which they have been elect
ed. They shall have power to regu
late sales at auction within the cor
{?orate limits of the town, and to grant
icenses to auctioneers, itinerant tra
ders, to keepers of hotels and livery
stables and to levy a tax on all drays,
carts, wagons, carriages, omnibuses,
buggies, horses, mares, mules, kept
for hire, or use, for public purposes :n
.said town; and they shail have the
full ?r.d only power to impose a tax
on ail shows or exhibitions for gain
or reward, within the corporate limits
of said town ; they shall have power
to impose a tax, not exceeding twen
ty cents on every hundred dollars of
the value of real and personal prop
erty lying within the corporate limits
of the" town, the real and personal
property of churches, and schools,
and college associations, excepted.
.That an ordinance declaiing the rates
of annual taxation upon property,
and other subjects of annual taxation
for the year, shall be published at
least three weeks during the month
of January, in each year ; provided
that the said Town Council shall have
power to levy a tax for this purpose
under the same rule as is above sta
ted, immediately after the publication
of this act, and that all persons li i
ble to taxation under the same, shall
make oath of their taxable property
within said town, and make payment
of their taxes to the Clerk or Treas
urer of said corporation, or such oth
er person as they may be ordered or
required to do, during the succeeding
month, after pubdcation ; and upon
the failure to make such return and
payment, as required,- the parties so
in defaultshall.be subject to the pen
alties provided by law for Jailure to
pay the general State and county tax,
to be enforced by the orders of the
Intendant and Wardens, or a majori
ty of them, for the use of said town,
except that in such cases that execu
tions to enforce the payment-of such
taxes s..all be issued under the seal
of the corporation, and may be di
rected to the Town Mars' al, or other
persons appointed by the sai<! Town
Council to levy, collect and receive
the same, with costs, as in such cases
made and provided by' law, and all
property upon which said tax shall
be levied and ^assessed is hereby de
clared and made liable or the pay
ment thereof in preference to a l oth
er debts except debts due to the
State, which shall be first paid, and
that all other taxes imposed by the
Intendant and Wardens, or a majori
ty of them, shall be payable in ad
vance by the parties liable for the
same, and on failure of payment,
their property shall be liable for the
same, as in manner and form just be
fore stated.
SEC. 9. The Intendant and War
dens elect, together with Clerk and
Treasurer, shall, during their term of
office, be exempt from street and po
lice duty. Each Town I ouncil shall,
within one month after the expiration
of their term of office, make out and
return to their successors in office, a
full account of their receipts and ex
penditures duriijg their term, which
account shall b<- published in one or
more p .pers of the county ; and shall
pay over ?di moneys in their pos
session belonging to th* corporation;
and deliver up all books, records and
other papers, incident to the r office
to th-ir successor?, and on failure tn
do so, they shall be liable to be fined
in a sum not exceeding five hundred
dollars, to be collected by any prop
er action of the Town Council.
. ?EC. 10. That all ordinances or by
laws passed by the Town Council of
Wrightsville shall be binding upon
the citizens of said town the same as
the la ws of the State.
SEC. ll. That all acts and part of
acts inconsistent with, or supplied by
this act, be, and the same are hereby,
repealed.
SEC. 12. This act shall bc defined
a public act, and continue in force un
til repealed.
Approved January 51st, A. D.,
1872.
AN ACT to Charter the Town of Bel
ton, in the County of Anderson, and
State of South Carolina.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the
Senate and House ot Representatives
of the "Hate of Som h Carolin:!, rtfTw
m*t and Sitting in General Assembly,
aud by th? authority ut ne Same:
That ?rom and alter the passage ul
this act all l iti/.'jiis ut this L;;aie, hav
ing resided sixty days'i ii the Towri ol
Belton, ?hall be deemed, aud a.-ehere
by declared to be a body politic und
corporate, and the said lunn shall be
called and known by the name of
B?lten, and its corporate limits snail
extend one-half milo in each direction
irom the depot in said town.
SEC. 2. That the said town shall
lie governed by an Intendant and six
Wai dens, who shall be citizens of the
United States, and shall have been
residents of the said town for sixty
days immediately preceding their elec
tion, who shall be elected on the sec
ond Monday in April, 1872, und ev
ery year-thereat ter on the second
Monday in January, ten days' public
n ti?e thereof heing.p.revioiisly given,
and that all male inhabitants of the
age of twenty one (21) years, citizen??
of i he -state, and who shall have re-?
sided in the said town.for sixty da'ys
immediately preceding the election,
shall be entitled to vote for said In
tendant and Wardens.
-EC 3. That the ejection for Inten
dant, and Wardens of the said town
sba 1 be held in some convenient house,
or some other convenient public place
in the said town,- from nine o'clock in
the morning until five o'clock in the
afternoon; and when, the.polls shall
be closed, the managers, shall iorth
with count the votes and proclaim the
ejection, and give notice in writing to
the persons elected. At the first elec
'tion for Intendant and Wardens,
lM3Ssr3. G. W. McGee, B. D. Dean
and. Ira.WiJiiam8 are hereby appoint
ed to act as managers, with authority
to supply, by appointment, vacancies
sthat may occur from death, refusal to
serve, or otherwise. The Intendant
and Wardens so elected shall appoint
three managers, to hold the ensuing J
and any subsequent election. The
managers, I in each case, shall, befinr?
they open the polls for said election,'
take an oath fairly and impartially to
cbnOTtftefl sani?* . (And' "that"tji'e -in
tendant and Wardens,, before enter
ing upon the duties of their- respect
ive offices, shall take tue?; oath pre
scribed by the constitution^ of this
State, .and also the following oath; to
wit:- ?! As Intendant (er Warden}.:o?
th e~ Town of Belton, Twilf1"equally
and impartially, to the best of my
ability, exercise.the trust reposed in
me, and I will use my'best endeavors
to preserve the peace,''and carry into
effect, according to law, the purposes
for ? which-" I have been elected : so
help me God." The said Intendant
rna Wardens shall hold their offices
from the'time of their election. Until
the second Monday in January ensu
ing, and until their successors shall
be elected and qualified.
' -SEC.. 4. That in case a vacancy
should occur in the office of the In
tendant or any of the Wardens, by
dsath, resignation, removal or other
wise, or in case of a tie in said elec
tion, an election to fill such vacancy
shall be held by the appointment ol
the Intendant and Wardens, (or war
den,) as the case may be, ten days
public notic- thereof being previously
given, and in case of the sickness 01
temporary absence of the Intendant,
the Wardens, forming a council, shall
be empowered to elect one of theil
number to.act in his stead during the
time.
SEC. 5. That the. Intendant and
Wardens duly elected and qualified
shall, during their term of service,
severally and respectively, be vested
with all the jurisdiction and po wen
of trial justices and justices of the
peace, (except the trial of civil cases,
and except as it may otherwise be
provided in this act,) within the lim
its of said town, and the Intendant
shall and may, as often as he maj
deem necessary, summon the Wardens,
to meet in council, any two of whom
with the Intendant, may constitute s
quorum to transact'business, and they
shall be known "by the name of the
Town Council of Belton, and they
and their successors hereafter to be
elected may haye a common sea1,
which fehall be affixed to all the ordi
nances, and the said town council
shall have authority to appoint, fron:
time to time, as they see nt, such and
so many proper persons to act as mar
shals or constables of the said town,
as the said town council may deen:
necessary and expedient for the pre
servation of the peace, good order and
police thereof, which persons so ap
fjointed shall,. within ' the corporate
imits of said town, have the powers
privileges and emoluments and be
subject to all the obligations, penal
ties and regulations provided by law
for the office of constable, and sha!
be liable .to be removed at the pleas
ure of Siiid council ; and the said
town council shall have power to es
tablish or to authorize the establish
ment; of the market bouse in said
town, and the said town council sha'!
have full power and authority, under
their corporate seal, to make all sud
. rules, by-laws and ordinances, re
specting the stre.ts, roads, market
house and the business thereof, an.1
the police system of the said town, it
shall appear to them necessary and
proper for the security, welfare and
convenience, and for preserving health
order and good government within
the same ; and tne said town council
may impose fines for offences against
their by-laws and ordinances, and ap
propriate the same to the . public use
of said tov&i ; and the-said council
shall have power to compel the atten
dance ol witnesses and require them
to give evidence upon the trial before
them of any person for a violation ol
any of these by-laws or ordinances,
out no fine above the sum of twenty
dollars shall be collected by the town
council, except by suit in a court of
competent jurisdiction. And provi
ded, also, That no fine shall exceed
fifty dollars ; and, also, that nothing
herein contained shall authorize the
.said council to make any by-laws or
ordinances inconsistent with or re
pugnant to the laws of this State;
and all the by-laws, rules and ordi
nances the said council may make
shall, at all times, bc subject to revi
sa! or repeal by the General Assem
bly of this State.
SEC. G. That the said Intendant
and Wardens shall have full power
to abate and remove nuisances in the
said town, keep all roads, ways and
streets within the corporate limits in
good repair, and for that purpose they
are invented with all the powers here
tofore granted to commissioners of
roads, and shall have t'nll power to
classify and arrange the inhabitants
of said town, liable to street, road or
other public duty therein, and to force
the performance of such duty, under
such penalties as are now, or shall
hereafter bo, prescribed by law. Pro
vided, That thc said town council
may compound with persons liable to
perform such duty, upon such terms,
and on the payment ol such suras, as
may be established by .laws or ordi
nances.' And provided, also, That
the individuals who compose the said
town council ?hn\'i be exempt from the
performance ol road and police duty,
mid the inhabitants, of the .?aid town
lire hereby exempt from road and po
lice duty without the corporate limits
ot said town.
.SEC. 8. Th.'t the power to grant or
refuse license for billiard tablea, to
keep tavern or retail spirituous liq
uors, within the limits of the said
e rporation b?, and the same is here
by, vested in the town council of
Belton, and they shall also have pow
er to impose a tax on shows or exhi
bitions lor gain or reward within the
limits, and all moneys so received
shall be appropriated to the public
use of said corporation.
SKC. 9. That the said town council
of Belton shall have power to am st
and commit to jail, for a space of time
not exceeding - twelve hours, and to
tiny not exceeding twentv dollars, any
pr-rson or persons wh" shall be guilty
of disorderly conduct in said town to
the annoyance of citizens thereof, and
it shall be the duty of the marshal if
the town to make such arre t, and
call to his assistance the posse ccmi
iiaius, if necessary; and upon failure
to perform such duty, he shall be fined
in a sum not more than twenty dol
lars for each and every offence.
SEC. 10. That the said town.council
of Belton shall also have1-power to
impose and collect an annual tax up
on the assessed property of said town:
Provided, No tax shall be imposed, in
any one year, to exceed the rate of
ten cents on each hundred dollars of
such assessed property ; and that the
money so raised shall be applied to
the use of- the said town. The - said
(own council shall have power to en
force the payment of all taxes levied
by the said town council, to the same
extent and in the sam? manner as is
now, or hereafter shall be,- provided
by law for the collection of the "gen
eral State tax?e.
SEC. ll. That' this-'act shall be
deem?d fa public) t act and c?ntinue.in
force until repealed, i
Approved Jfcaufcy 31,1372.
Insure in a Home Institution i
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Piedmont ? Arlington
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.
Of Virginia.
Assets, over - - - $2,000,000
Annual Income, over - 1,500,000
teflU PCM*
W. C. CARRINGTON, President. J. E EDWARDS, Vice-Pres't
D. J. HARTSO?K, Secretary. Prof. E. B. SMITH, Actuary.
J. J. HOPKINS, Assistant Secretary.
Directors for Home Office:
WM. B. ISAACS, JOHN E. EDWARDS, WM. H. PALMEE,
GEO.-S. PALMER, H. H. ELLYSON, JOHN C. WILLIAMS,
PARKER CAMPBELL, D. J. HARTSOOK, W. C. CARRINGTON,
JOHN ENDERS, C. H. PERROW, WM. G. TAYLOR,
J. J. HOPKINS.
State Directors for South Carolina:
J. P. THOMAS, JOHN MCKENZIE, E. W. GIBBES,
W. B. GULICK, DR. ISAAC BRANCH, JOHN T. SLOAN,
THOMPSON EARLE, j T. C. PERRIN, JOHN S. PRESTON,
DR. H. R. COOK, Ex-Gov. M. L. BONHAM
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THE SUCCESS OF THIS COMPANY IS UNPRECEDENTED in the
history of Life Insurance, as the following grade of success will.show :
Policies Issued 28th March, 1867, ONE.
" Sept. 1, 1869, 8,000
<V Dec. 1,1871, 15,250
Its Plas, of IfiSHranee ls Mntuai9
Being the ONLY PLAN to get Insurance at its net cost. It has de
clared and paid to its Policy-Holders THREE ANNUAL DIVIDEND--,
ranging from IO' to 40 Per Cent., which will compare favorably with
other good Companies.
It fully proyides forthe non-forfeiture of its Policies, and has the following
feature : " Should the policy-holder, by any mishap or revolution, be sepa
rated from the home office, and thereby be prevented from paying their
premiums, they have the right to reinstate their Policies within one year
afterthe intervening cause is removed, and are entitled io the same rights as
to non-forfeUurefls though the hinderingcause had never existed, at tlicoption oj"|
thc insured," soithat.no contingency can take from her policy-holders their
?just rights.-JT?e 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 been in'ACTIVE operation but four years, and yet its business and
income exceed many Companies much older. Its ratio of expenses to income
in 1870, as the following comparison shows, was only 18.83 percent., being
less than ONE-HALF the expense of other Companies of like age and ex
perience. . . .
Ratio of expenses to income in 1870 of the following Companies, organized
in 1867, hence, are the same age as the PIEDMONT AND ARLINGTON :
Excelsior, N. Y. (sama age) 40.67 Standard, of N. Y. (same age,) 39.37
Metropolitan, N. Y. (same age, 46.77 Union Central, Ohio, do. 32.43
Missouri Mutual, do 28,90 Piedmont & Arlington, of Va. 18.83
We need not stop at Companies of our [own age, but continue the com
parisons with Companies older :
Atlas, of St. Louis, Missouri, one year older, is 37.60
Connecticut General, two years older, is 22.61
Continental, Connecticut, three years older, is 23.60
Globe, New York, three years older, is 24.33
Guardian, New York, eight years older, is 26.58
Hahueman, 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, four years older, is 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, one 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
sound, safe and reliable, by all Insurance Commissions :
Mina, $112 00 io each $100 Howes, or surplus of 12 pr cent.
Berkshire, 107 00 do do do 7 do
Brooklyn, 115 00. do do do 15 do
Continental (N. Y.) 108 00 do do do 8 do
Equitable, lil 00 do do do ll do
Globe, 105 00 do do do 5 do
Guardian, 114 00 do do do 14 do
Life Association, lil 00 do do do ll do
Mutual (N. Y.) 107 00 do do do 7 do
North America 106 00 do do do 6 do
North-western, 107 00 do do do 7 do
Security, 112 00 do do do 12 do
St. Louis Mutual 105 00 do do do 5 do
New Kngland Mutual, 115 00 do do do 15 do
Piedmont & Arlington, 121 00 do do do 21 do
ITS POLICIES ARE NOT 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.
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ITS INVESTMENTS ABE ALWAYS SECURE.
\s 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.
B@-It 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 Sonthern Company has. It has now
therefore as high vouching as any Northern or Western Company.
.rS^T'It 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 8'?lid solvency.
Why should feonth 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.
?^"Examine its merits before insuring elsewhere.""*?*
****B?APHART & RANSOM, Gen! Agents,
- COLUMBIA, S.O.
I Capt. Ei^.^iFFBBS?N^aFG. B. M. TA2&HRX*nd Mr/^KSESE
G?nerai C??vafein? Agents. ? " . .. ""i
Dao? 8m 60
TO THE PUBLIC.
THE COTTON STATES
LIFE INSURANCE C0?IP1NT.
Principal Office, Macon, G-eorgia.
W. B. JOHNSON, President.
W. S. HOLT, Vice-President.
GEO. S. OBEAE, Secretary.
J. W. BUBKE, General Agent.
J. MEECEE GEENN, M. D., Med. Ex'r.
W. J. MAGILL, Supt. of Agencies.
C. P. MCCAY, Actuary.
EDGEFIELD C. H., AGENCY FOB SOUTH CABOLINA, \
Nov. 13th, 1871. J
Permit 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 1
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 commission many active gentlemen and
ladies as both Local and Traveling Agents for the Company. A reasonable
portion of time devoted 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 desirable, for both
Agents and Insurers, and one of these is its Low Premium Rate?,
as follows :
At age 25 years, annual payment on $1000,
ll <> 2Q (( ll <( (I
<i H 40 H H ? ?i
(I ll 5Q ll ll ll fl
H H QQ H H H ti
$15,66
17,39
24,85
37,91
63,17
With rivals in business, our course shall be uniformly cordial with all
who Beek and practice 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,
and 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
M. W. ABNEY,
General Agent al Edgefleld Ci II., 8. C.
Nov 14 tf 47
ATLANTIC ACID PHOSPHATE
This Article, prepared by the ATLANTIC PHOSPHATE COMPANY, under the
direction of their Chemist, Dr. ST. JULIEN RAVENEL, for composting with
Cotton Seed, is now offered at the Reduced Price of $28 per ton cash, or $31 per ton
payable 1st November, 1872, Free of Interest
Orders tilled now will be considered as Cash 1st March, 1872, or on Time as due
1st November 1872, thereby enabling Planters to haul it at a time when their Wag
ons and Mules are idle.
PELZER, RODGERS & CO., General Agents,
Brown's Wharf, Charleston, S. C.
Charleston, Jan 3
3m
Atlantic Fb.ospb.ate.
0
This FERTILIZER, manufactured by the ATLANTIC PHOSPHATE COMPA
NY, under the direction of their Chemist, Dr. ST. JULIEN RAVENEL, is now
offered to the Planting Community AT THE VERY REDUCED PRICE OF ?48
PER TON CASH, or $52 PAYABLE 1ST NOVEMBER, 1872, FREE OF IN
TEREST.
This FERTILIZER has been very extensively used in this State, and has given
entire satisfaction ; some of the most practical planters admitting it to be equal to
Peruvian Guano, pound for pound.
All sales made now will be considered as cash on the 1st of March, 1872, and to
those buying on time the sale will be considered as due on 1st November, 1872.
By this arrangement planters will be enabled, without extra cost, to haul their
Manure at a time when their wagons and mules are idle.
Pamphlets containing the certificates of those who have used the ATLANTIC
PHOSPHATE wiU be furnished on application to the Agents.
PELZER, R0DGESS & CO., General Agents,
Brown's Wharf, Charleston, S. C.
Charleston, Jan 3 3m 2
Carriages, Biggies,
AND
Plantation Wagons,
AT
At Greatly Seduced Prices f
WYMAN, "MAY & CO.,
Manufacturers & Dealers,
208 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga.,
RESPECTFULLY invite the attention of all in want of a Vehicle of |
any kind to their Large and Varied Assortment, comprising all the LATEST
and MOST DESIRABLE Styles of
CARRIAGES, PHOTONS, ROCKAWAYS,
Carry-alls, and Ope ia 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.
Woloottville "STWSL&OXI
FOR PLANTATION PURPOSES.
These Wagons, made in Walcottville, Ct., of the Beat Seasoned Timba
and Best Materials throughout, have beeu used in thc South for tl c last
fifteen years, and for Light Draft, Great Capacity and Durability, are un
equalled by any Wagon sold in the South.
We are also Agent for the Celebrated
MILLBURN IBON AXLE WAGON,
Manufactured in the Weat, and especially adapted to the Southern country,
and warranted to be the Best and Cheapest Western Wagon sold in any
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, &c, &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
Vow is ibo Time to Buy !
Prime White CORN,
Choice Seed OATS,
" Gold Dust" FLOUR,
Medium FLOUR,
Common FLOUR,
Bbls. of MACKEREL,
i Bbls. and Kits MACKEREL,
LARD, HAMS,
Also, continually on hand and arriving, a large lot of BACON SIDES
and SHOULDERS, and DRY SALT SIDES and SHOULDERS.
All for sale at lowest prices. ^"Particular attention paid to Afy-chant's
Wholesale Trade.
STAPLES & REAB,
A UG USTA, QA,
New Orleans SUGAR,
New Orleans SYRUP,
Cuba MOLASSES,
Re-Boiled Do.
SALT, COFFEE,
CANDLES, STARCH,
SODA, SOAP,
&c, &c, &c.
?ADWATS REIDY BELIEF
CURES THE WOBST PAIS?
In from One to Twenty Minnies.
NOT ONE HOUR
After reading this advertisement neodany on? i
SUFFER "WITH PATS.
?ADWAYls READY RELIEF IS A CURE FOE
' EVERY PAIH. : ?
It WM the ?at tad 4a, thc
Only S^?itiBrioxixooLy
That lnstcntly (tops the most eronda.ting pains, ?>
lava Inflammation*, Md cores CxmgesUooa, whither
of the Longs, Stomach, hovels, or. other {Unis or
organ?, by one application. r '
" IN FROM ONETO TWENTY MINUTES,. ! i
No matter how viel ent or ejtcruclatinK tho pain the
RHEUMATIC, Bed-rid Jen, Infirm..?^?i^TSt?
roos, Neara! gie, o rprostrated w i th disease may ?effor,
RADWASTS READY RELIEF
WILL AFFORD INSTANT EASE.
INFLAMMATION OF THU KTDNEYB.
INFLAMMATION OF. TEE BLADDER.
INFLAMMATION OF THE BOWELS.1
CONGESTION OK THE LUNGS.
BORE THEO AT, ETFFIC?LT BREATHING.
P/. OPITATION-OF TUE HEART
HYSTERICS, CROUP, DIPTHERIA.
CATARRH, INFLUENZA
HEADACHE, TOOTHACHE.
NEURALGIA, RHEUMATISM
COLD CHILLS, AGUE CHILLS.
The application of the Heady Relief to the
part or parta where the pain or difficulty exists will
aflord eaae and comfort.
Twenty drops In half a rambler of wster win in a
(ew momenU cure CRAMPS. SPASMS, SOUR
STOMACH, DIARRHEA, DYSENTERY, WIND
IN THE BOWELS, and ail INTERNAL PA?N8. 1
Tra velars should always Carry a bottle of Bad?
ways'* Ready Relief with them. A few drops
ID water will prevent sickness or pains from chango
of water. It la belter than French Brandy or Bluers
aa a stimulant.
Povor and ?-.^uo. , \
FEYER AND AGUE cared for fifty eenie There
la not a remedial agent in the world .thai will euro.
Fever and Ague, and all o?!:er Malarious, Billons,
Scarlet, Typhoid, Yellow, and other Fevers (aided
byRadway's PillaO ao quick aa BADWAY'S RE
LIEF. Fifty cento per bottle. 1 mn ttJtu
HEALTH fBEAUTY ll
STRONG AND PURE BICH BLOOD-INCREASE
OF FLESH AND "WEIGHT-CLEAR SKIN AND
BEAUTIFUL COMPLEXION SECURED TO
ALL.
DR. RAD WAY'S
HAS MADE THE MOST ASTONISHING CUBES,'
SO QUICK, SO RAPID ABE THE CHANGES
THE BODY UNDERGOES, UNDER THE IN
FLUENCE OF THIS TRULY WONDERFUL
MEDICINE THAT *
EVERYDAY AN INCREASE IN FLESH
AND WEIGHT IS SEEN AND FELT.
IKE GREAT BLOOD PTJEHTEE !
Every drop of the S ARSPARELLIAN RESOL
VENT communicate* t?irough the .Blood, Sweat,
Urine, and other fluid? and julee* of the ty stem the
vigor af life, for it repair? the waites of the body
with new and sound material. Scrofula, Syphilis,
Consumption, Glandular diseases, Ulcer? in the
Throat, Mouth, Tumor?, Kode* in the Gland? and
other part* of the ty stem, Sor? Eye?, St ru mor outr
ditcharae* from the ?art, and tte worst form* of
Skin diseases, Eruption?, Fever Sore?, Scald Bead,
Ring Worm, Salt Rheum, Erysipelas. A<mc1 Blade
Spots, Worms in tte Flesh, Turnor*, Cancers in the
Womb, and all weakening and painful discharges^
Hight Sweat?, TJOSS of Sperm and all waste? cf the
life principle^ are within tte curative. range of this,
wonder of Modern Chemistry, and a few days'vs*
will proveto any perton using it for either of thete
forms of diseane its potent power to cure item.
If the patient, daily becoming reduced by th c wa ates
and decomposition that ia continually progressing,
succeeds In arresting these wastes, and repairs the
same with new material made from healthy blood
and thia the S A RSP A RILLI AN will and does secure
-a care is certain : for wa en once thia remedy com*
menees its work of purification, and succeeds in d i
minlsh'ng the loss of wastes, ita repaira will be rapid,
and every day the patient will feel himself growing
better and atronger, the food digesting belter, appe
tite Improving, and flesh and weight increasing.
Not only does the SAXSAPABILLIAX RESOLVENT ex
cel all known remedial ugen ts In the core of Chronic,
Scrofulous, Constitutional, and Skin discuses; bat it
ls the only positive care for
Kidney & Bladder Complaints,
Urinary, and Womb diseases, - Gravel, Diabetes,
Dropsy, Stoppage of Water, Incontinence of Urine,
Bright's Disease, Albuminuria, and In all coses where
there are brick-dust deposita, or the waler is thick,,
cloudy, mixed wllh substances like the white of an
egg, or threads like while sill:, or there is a morbid,
dork, bilious appearance, and whits bone-duit de
posits, and when there ia a pricking, buming' tenta
tion when passing water, end pain in the Small of
tho Back and along the Loins..
DR. RAD WA Y'S
Perfect Purgative Pills,
perfectly tasteless, elegantly coat? d with sweet gain,
purge, regulate, purify, cleanse, and strengthen.
Rad way's Pills, for the cure of all disorders of tho
Stomach. Liver, Bowels, Kidneys, Bladder, Nervous
diseases. Headache, Constipation, Costiveness, Indi
gestion. Dyspepsia, Biliousness, Bilious Fever, Ia?
flammotion of thc Bowels, and all D?rangements of
the Internal Viscera. Warranted to effect a positive
care. Purely Vegetable, containing no mercury,
minerals, or doleltrrioia drugs.
ISP/"" Observe the following symptoms resulting
from Disorders of the Dlecsrive Organs:
Constipation. Inward Piles, Fullness of the Blood
in thc Head, acidity of thc Stomach, Nausea, Heart?
born. Disgust of Food, Fullness or Weight In the
Stomach, Sour Eructations. Sinking or Fluttering at
the Pit of the Stomach, Swimming of (he Head,
Harried and Difficult Breathing.
A few doses of RADWAY'S PILLS will free the
system from ail tho nbovc named disorders. Price,
25 cents per Box. SOLD BY DRUGGISTS.
READ "FALSE AND TRUE" Send one lette*
stamp to RADWAY k CO.. No. ST Malden Lane
New York, information worth thousands will bc
sent you.
Jqlv D Jv
THE CAUSE AND CURE OF CONSUMETIOK
-The primary cause of Consumption ls derange
ment of the digestive organs. This derangement
produces deficient nutrition and assimilation. By
assimilation T mean that process by which the nu
triment of the food is converted into blood, and
thence Into tho solid:, of the body. Persons with
digestion thus Impair ?d, having the slightest pre
disposition to pulmonary disease, or if they take
cold, will be very liable to have Consomption of
the Lungs In some of Its forms; and I hold that lt
will be impossible to core any case of Consomption
without first restoring a good digestion and healthy
assimilation. The very first thing to be done is to
cleanse the stomach and bowels from all diseased
mucus and slime, which ls clogging these organs ao
that they cannot perform their functions, and then
rouse up and restore the liver to a healthy action.
For this purpose the surest and best remedy il
8chenck'8 Mandrake Pills. These Pills clean th?
stomach and bowels of an the dead and morbid
slime'that is causing disease and decay in the whole
system. They will clear out the liver of ail diseased
bile that bas accumulated there, and rou-8 lt np to
a new and healthy actio i:, by which natural and
healthy bile is secreted.
The stomach, bowels, and liver ara thus cleansed
by the us e of Schenck's Mandrake POis ; bot there
remains in the stomach an excess of add, the
organ Jj torpid and thc appetite poor. In the bow
els the lacteal* are weak, and requiring strength
and support It is In a condition like thia thal;
Schenck's Seaweed Tonic proves to be the most
valuable remedy ever discovered. It ls alkaline,
and its use will neutralice all excess of acid, mak
ing thc stomach sweet and fresh; U will give per
manent tone to this Important organ, and create
a good, hearty appetite, and prepare the system
for the first process of a good digestion, and
ultimately moke good, healthy, living blood.
After this preparatory treatment, what remains
to core most cases of Consumption ls the free
and persevering use of Schenck's Poimonlc Syrup.
The Pulmonlc Syrup nourishes thc system, pori
fies the blood, and ls readily absorbed Into the
Circulation, and thence distributed to the diseased
lungs. There lt ripens all morbid matters, whether
in the form of abscesses or tubercles, and then
assists Nature to expel all the dise&sod matter, In
the form of free expectoration, when once lt ripens.
It ls then, by the great healing and puriMng
properties of Schenck's Pulmonlc Syrup, that all
ulcers and cavities are healed up sound, and my
patient Is cured.
The essential thing to be done in curing Con
sumption Is to get up a good app?tit; and a good
digestion, so that tho body will grow In flesh and
get strong. If a person has diseased lungs,-a
cavity or abscess there,-the cavity cannot treal, the
matter cannot ripen, so lons as the system ia below
fiar. What ls necessary to cure ls a new order of
hlngs.-a good appetite, a good nutrition, the body
to grow In flesh and get fat ; then Nature is helped,
the cavities will heal, the matter will ripen and be
thrown off tn large quantities, and Che person
regain health and ?trenstn. Tuts Is tb? tra* and
only plan to cure Consumption, ant. if a person Is
very bad. If the lung? are not entirely destroyed,
or even if ono lung ls entirely gone, if there la
enof-h vitality left In the other to heal up, then ls
I^have seen many rt/sona cored with oar/ one
sound lung, live and enjoy life to a good old age.
This ls what Schenck's Medicines will do to cure
Consumption. They will clean ont the stomach,
sweeten and strengthen It, getup a good digestion,
and give Nature the assistance abe needs to clear
the system of all the disease that ia In the longs,
whatever the form may be.
It ia Important that while using Schenck's Medi
cines, care should be exercised not to take cold;
keep indoors in cold and damp weather; avoid
night air. and taite out-door, exercise only tn a ,
genial and warm sunshine.
I wish lt distinctly understood th at when I recom
mend a patient to be careful In regard to taking
cold, while using my Medicines, I do so for a special
reason. A man who has but partially recovered
from the effects of a bad cold ls far more liable to
* relapse than one who bas been entirely cored;
and lt Is precisely the same in regard to Consump
tion. So long as the lungs are not perfectly healed,
just so long ls there Imminent danger ora fnU re
turn of the disease. Hence it is that I so strenu
ously caution pulmonary patients against exposing
themselves to an atmosphere that ht not genial ana
pleasant. Confirmed Consumptives' lungs axe tv
mass of sores, which the least change of atmos
phere wUl Inflame. The grand secret of my suc
cess with my Medicines cctwlsta In my ability to
subdue Inflammation instead of provoking lt, as
many of the faculty do. An Inflamed tung cannot,
with safety to the patient, be exposed to tie biting
(Hosts of Winter * the chining winds of Spring
\ X Antonin. It should be carefully shielded from
?il Irritating influences. The utmost caution
should be observed In this particular, aa without lt
? cure under almost any circumstances ls an Impos
sibility.
' The person should be kept on a wholesome and
nutritious diet, and all the Medicines continued
?n til the body has restored to lt the natural quantity
Of flesh and strength. -
I was myself cuied by this treeir^ent of the wurst
kind of Consumption, and have lived f> .<* fat and
hearty these many years, with one rang, mostly
gone. I have cored thousands since, and very
many have been cured by. thia treatment whom X
have never seen.
: About the First of October I expect to take poets
noa of my new building, ai the Northeast Corner cf
Sixth and Arch Streets, where I shall be pleased to
give advice lo aU who may require lt. _
, Foll directions accompany all my Remedies, so
that a person In anv part of the world caa be .
readily cured by a atrirt observance of Ute same.
[ ]. H. BCHENCK, W.n..
Philadelphia,
j JOHN F. HENRY, 8 College Placo,
New York, wholesale Agents -
?Feb 22_ly_0_
Sale of Estate Note.
Y virtue of an order from tho Judge ''
JL^ of Probate, I will sell at auction \
ut Edgefield G. H., on the lirst Monday^ -
ia March, all Notes and Choses hi Action,-1
belonging to the Estate of R, W. Adams, ?
deed. Terms Cash. . ..
T. D. PADGETT, Aftor. *
i Feb 7 St 7 *