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&fympne,Devoted to Literature; Miclay New8 Agiutr,M$re~ V~LL.. EWERY S.. THCURSDAY, JAINUARY 25,1883. 4 ~ r -~ ~ ~,,-, .%~ .~ Emb - 2~' I A? M.e~ -~, A t 1~ * ~e~)*~ -~ ~r ~ V r;~? *~. k '~ 4 ~-~-~i' ? -a ~- -- ~ ~*in~ wh~ ~* "~*-~ *~~4~- - - - ~ $1.09: y~r. ~Sped.eus fur 3 * -*. - * F, -* ~e. ~ixiaSU*rI3. A~ ** - - - 1be1ter..-~ - ~ grown~ amid ' ~b~b~ef Weutm~n - A~&mm 3ea~t~&4o -V.--. 8uu*u~ Soil, than any aseda in t~ ~ -~ -~ tbsen% no in~. sent on ':~ ~ at W. VA~WBL seed Prodoo~r. ~ N Q Jan 18SS~-3L ~~'Afl New ~ TU3~ flU iiii. ?I3I m?NUL wmi v rascAL FRUIT I EWE!. ~ f#sb Qi~*t~g~I Every Week. ~ '-cO~cOAKt,TS, ~ <~* *3AR~RS, *J~ACA ORAPES, Ilorthern Fruits. ~App1es~ ~ 2 - * OUa~u.. >~ $~. ~ AK ~ji~re ~ - . d beidos r 'wlaow:our -a -up yors9&. - -77 QMPOUNDI Lrand Kidney Cure. IPLIOU. gg Aad . by .'. FANT. ta: Cotton Seed ir;a n . g - pro aersen?, Lad n -1EA -"Io is2 kind e4 C i oeas"fuee. to andet fcvo. ) foodAs o t id Tai3stead bes -iM nin A . SC Block. Writing Pap r-ec es ore, eto Legl CGaideT -O. KAIIT Fainc P*rws Cote Plrer. do an ivr ae.W.i CHTE A~ P O CAMH. '1r D. 2 .the resdn. either sMie. Tieder bo ughe.ibMnM, 'he issadw isads a resy Ma. o inoer blon Is soodhig; 8aS-whsth.bloinMaie*teda*r, That whee I went to derch to-day I eakt bat eboose the longest way. ad ag the bobos abd eund The mllk-weed dowers the bees were bum. saabtb nI-desnoe.oas& Be baId me d s:oe o*s coming. TUiot turn.iny head to see. And.yetIktnew wbo@llowed me 'Sie~ orsu mne-'tstay. a ia. wih 7a bye8 way 1a oot .meeei stipspee slow, Or oes iwhen the be stopped ringing, r tbink or beisate. bt, io, Whes we had rese , the chaab,. the " U e rtiomepailer asdame. 8 1u we ga Ia, ahou ie stay oat, l s, boldiy: ote tarqsbdt? 'b a :Ie.thisitaaeais1e uo1 -Awe a itadwastarfsg ad:bere and.fiere .euI.g a smile; teat tlk i ws not earing. And jet I tblishid,I know, and.showed A-ties thatiXe-a poppy glowed. For esrvolieemiesunOsyin, Rate, - We altiriw'wbyyoa havse oise soie. other 8dsyote what- w , I ime, to.sat. ehr insesion; {p re tet this stWl, I trast I neversalihave reason; ers ld I esr a wedding dres b-ear frem tow,perhapsyoa'll geow WbatTam said tospe wb, te<ay, We wiled to e!aU*the tonoest way. -0 illt us. en Laws. Benj'min, do bush ' said unt .gFgy,. looking up midly ram ber-arting;4a twaya fiud I' omethia' eeisthie t .tallr bout. But Ben -ster was not the ns to be esily stoied in a tory be had ,etbis ,mid on 'tell ug,' and his good dama gentlb >r)terst only .seemed to whet the ;nriosity of the metrry group whc iad erzt to spend their Christmas mven. with the: voi 0, old couple: .Go on, Onjte ts,' eame frbtm ery'side; and- 94ee Ben, you may bseure, waited for no second nitation. It vas thus bis story ran: 'When egg thero'was Peggy Whitd, and turned of eighteen, bre wa'n't her match for good ooks2ithin a range o' twenty iile. You needn't frown an hake. your he'ad, Peggy; yoa'd a1likbd to bear it well enongi hen. -Peggy was left,an orphan whilh rery young; butp n ucle, as had ome propertj an'. no ebildren wok '4er ~home an' brung her up to' wheat be died left her all hn bad. 'It war'n't that, let me say, ai tade me te a notion to Peggy i've je told you how han'some she was; but evin ef%A ad beqi er money I was after, l'd- prc eoue little chance. of ever gettin it, for by her, uncle's will, ef slie married 'itLhout the>conisent. o osh way Spreckle, bar guaideen she lost all ; and there was abon is much prospect of Josh Spreckie onsentin' to her marryin' me as ,here was of his doing any othe1 gd-natur'd thing. 'Peggy'n me'd talked the thin1 over, .an' come to .an-understand in' that as soon as I'd scraped toe gether ,enough for a start, we'u bitch tsams' for better or wusa iJhbnt axin' Mr. -Spreckle's leave let the money go where it mont 'Oue day I had to take a tr ' a neighboriu' settlemen country was ne w and- w Wthec an' my way laid through -thb woods. As the weather was bo an' my walk to be a long one, didn't keer to kerry more weight'1 oessary, an' so left my ris a ome. 'Ater trsdgin a spell I got i adeep thicket, an' pooty soo earn: loud tiolleirin' as of somi *y callin' foir help. Imade for the soud, an' afer Some to theledg of a dee th Steep welIs9 r~g'k o sides an' * agin' stir a' along at e bottom.' of-a tree, sot a,maa shon screech ; an' on the ground below a big bear, squattin, on his ba'nches, was lookin' up an' lick in' his lips mighty wistful like. S 'Heio l' says I-'what's the matter ?' 'The man turned his head, an' lo'n behold, who should it be but Joeb'way Spreckle f 'Good mornin', Squire,' says I. -Josh'way, you see, 'd- been -LIattely 'e-ted Jcttiee o' the Peace, an' liked bein' called by his noo title. - 'Good n .a-niin'. B1njamnin,' says he; 'I'm eter sr muheb glad to see you.'-An' -isr the first. time in bis life he l"'uked 's ef be r'aly c Was. 'You sem, to be in .a pooty tight platr, Squire,' sas s I. . -I am:' -: 4 i.e.-'I went out h'untin' 1ii. mornin', an' all of a sudden, -. thai derourlo' monster you see t breofme rushin'at. o full split out. o' the busbes I ups an' blases away, but bevin' no 1ime for a ,tiddy ai,. nads a clean mies,-, aa' tb' savage critter come tearing' on tadder'n:afore. Of coure I had to run fo't,. an' arter'' j larp race barely sue ceeded in scrambtii' up here,' 'I mtust conf ss I felt consid'" rable much like remainin' nootral. Howsever,. says I at last: rWhat kin I do forynu,Squire? You see -I've g.ii n gun.' There'. a young tree over there, says he, 'loanln' over the gulch from your side. You kin climb up into it. an' let voursolf dap over tere. My gun's bu't a little ways back yonder, an' 1 kin tbrow' you my powder'horo in' bullet pouch, and you kin load .p and shoot the bear with no troublo at all.' "An' what'll the bear be doin' all the w bile?' says I.-'Hgs.a sookin' at me from the tail of his eye tbis mineit, an' I'm a1e red eli drapver there it'll be plump inro 1i.jws. Tboe's oal one thing to do,' says I, an' that's to go 'u fetch my rifle an' shoot the varment from over here. I guess tbat's so,'- sIr he ; 'but' don't' be gone- :long. The desp'rit brute's made two or:tbroe attempts to shin up here a'ready, an' there's no knowirg bow soon he may succeed. There's one thing I'd like to meation afore goin', Squire,' says I. -I've had it on my mind for some time.' 'What's that?7' says he. "Your.uwd, Peggy White 'Well ?'.. says he, cockin' up one ear. eI want your consent to her'nt. [me gittin' married' .says I speak in' squar out. 'He giv' a l ook at men'n then. one at the bWar. It was more'n: a naiint afore he spoke. I seed t2lere was a paowerful in'ard strug gl..goin' en. Ev'rybody knowed 3.8sh'way Spreckle'd sot his heart lie was debatin', jest it'he.wheth eto telH me to go to Old S'entch' takin' his~ own chances of tiriii, out the bear's.patience, or to buy may help with fair promises. Now Josh'way was,a prudent man, an' a strict believer in the doctrine of self-presarvation. So't last says ~he: "Mr. Hunter, I've long had my -eye on you as a suitable match for Peggy.' 'I'd more'n, wunst bearn Josh'. way reckie pronounced by good -'~~ to be the ablest liar in the errii'ry but that whopper fairly tuck away my breath. 'Then Ifee got your consent1 says 1, har'ly darin' to believe mny TYou hev,'. says bhe.vs "n, no takin' backT says f. S"Hpnor bright l' says be. 'I waite4 to hear no more, but sot; off, at full speed, hopin' an' prayin' Ihat my triend, the bear, mout not be t.emp%ed to .desart his poet: As I harieisalong I'd time o think how little dependence Pas to .be placed- otrJo.h'way , pecle's wel -Oceot angergb ol e as~ negb go bc ao r)), ~ItfO presenuy. 'Ia a oouple of hours I was-back with my rifle an' }%ggy White besides; an'. there sat the bear bless his honest heart-an' Josh'. way Spreckle, jest asa-.-'d left 'em. ''What's tke meaning' o' tbis r says Joah'way, , as soon's as be seed Peggy. "You're a Jestice o' the Peace,' says 1.. "Well ?' says be. - "An' kin. marry folks,' says I. ''What ' that ?'aays-be. 'I want you to marry me"n Peggy,' says I. "When ?' says t' ''Right off,' nay? _. - 'He got ,o mad he fairly turned green. ''Go straight bome I' he, roared at Peggy. 'I'm afeared to go alone,' she whimpered, -for fear 6' the bears. "'I'll go with you, darlna',' says I, tornin' to.iead her away. ''Come backI' bellowed Jdsh' way. 'Surely you're'not goi' to leave a man in .this fix! 'Marry us then,' says I--t,bea's my terms. Comw. to 'em or not as yoq - like 'I'm a one price man.' 'Jine your right hands,' he growled- through his teeth. An' in lees'n"fie minutes Peggy an' nie was tied hard an'"fast. But whether 'twas., by sayin' 'let no man put 'em assunde:,' or tellin' us to go thunder,_ he wound un the cdr'niony, 1 couldn't quite hear: Ro wsoever,Peggy says'twas the right words be need. = -Then I tuck-up my ride an' pintod it "t the- bear. I hadn't the heart to kill the--noble beast to which I owed sech a debt o' grat itndo - Accordiur'ly [I-a1nd 'r to graze the tip of his left ear. The hint was enongh, for wben I fired he give his bead a quick jerk, an' turuin' on . me a reprosohful look, scampered off. 'Josh' way slid down . from his roost, picked up his gun an' load. ened it, an' sulked off alone. 'So 't turned out that -. got Peg gy, and Peggy got her money, an' all the help of our faithful friend, the bear-which it has al ways been my hope that he lired long and prospered. and ended,his -days by-dyin' in his bed.' MARVEL,OUS GREWTR OF SOUTH CAROLINA. To ',hose of our readers who ad not kept up with the material progress of South Carolina the fgures of our Columbia corres pondent Sunday morning amount ed' to a revelation. N~o State.in ths Union can present amore satisfactory record, notwithstand ing misrule and corruption during a portion of the time-for the past ten years, and no State can claim with confidence a future more assurng. The -dirst notification to the countrj that South Caro lina had taken up with vigor her hbr~ i6 material things was the pubiba -in of the tenth census. Her increaD 6 population was found to be iIro5ing, and her growth in agricultuNidmann factu ring was almost c6o .-p dingly large- During the pib three years, however, thi State has mnade giant strides. Hbw better can such statements be emphasized than by reproducing the figures of our Columbia cor respondent: 1n 1879 the number of bales o1 cotton., raised in the State was 522,548; in 1882, 630,758. In 1871 11,764,$49 bnshels of corn were produced ; in 1882, 17,460,O0( bushels. The amount -of wheal arvested in 1879 was 962,334 bushels ; in 1882, 2,973,600. Oati in 1879, 2,715,445 busels; in-1882 8,094,600 bushels. Barley in 1879 16,641 b,ushels; in 1882, 423,404 bshels. Rye in. 1879, 26,981 bushl.; in 1882, 136,500 boshels Borgbnm - gallons pr6ddoced ~ii j 879. 261,708; in 1882, 507,9W alplIus. In. 1979 Ihe farmer&oi 25,95 gallons of milk; iu1882 and -ta1879-m*de%l1K% 1881, a notorioutsly severe -yei r upon the tasrtiAg interest, inter - vened in ,t he period, above cited. - But,-as our errespondent goes 'on to. sayS, if the results obtained by the- farmera of the :Stat in the past three years are surprising. the incressed production in tfepa.t~ ten~ year< is Ast.onndingd' SIn_ 1870 the State prodaced 224 - 500;bales of eotton and 9,735.465 i bnsbel of grain. There were 88 acres or improved land to the p square , mile, and 6 bales of cotton and 287 b4elst of grain were t made to the square mile. In 1880 ii there .a prddneed 522A48 bales e of cotton and 17,010,593. bushels'_L of grain ; there were 11 Acresof; b tilled. land to the square ile and 15'hales o~fco ton and 501tsbelsets of grain w ere made Ot the equre mile.. In 1870,147 pounds of lnt cotton. and 13 bu hela of grain, .a per capita of popalation were o produced. In 1882 S4 ponnds;ot cotton, and 17 busbels ot-gra Tbe value of the dtferenc between a the yield gfeo* ,whet an4oats in'1881 and 1882. is worente ta value of the w:role suosiP srm - supplies purchased 'tai4e a of the state. Yerily do -these eistepeak. volumes for ths prospectsof8th a -Carolina. With such i i ippee ment,. -seenred too daring a t when a most disastrous fioafieial: panic had crippled, the boat growth of 'the whole conutry. t the imaroveruen, of Sooth- Curo liina:at that, period was, as tunaked and as wonderful as her recnrora Lion from the blight of elii ar4 What more assuring agamen .a .ansas, or.,owa or Wisco i - make for -the settiment.Aoi tbe immigrants, for the employment of labor odr -t' capital than South Carolina as forcibly set.forth in these 6gares! t Nor is it alone to the forelgo la borer thst-she appeals. There-is a lwson to every 'Southern;ai ner in the fact tt a=3aitjy r' y cultivation there were-Iaif am. lion 'more. acres planted-3D grain l than in cot.on. The- Stte, too, is taking a i=roa iaert posion Yia epiniiig the staple which growe' abundantly in <herfields. Thei pr. i du.ctiveness o some of . theetton mills of Carolina has;grownto e a-part of the ;history of Augvata, still, t he folowitig fgapm,atakea a from our Columbis. letter, will be interesting in big'connection: In 1870 there were T4& looms and 34,683 spindles in the cotton iniils in the State, and the invested was 3 3,000. Nbnu 41ii paid in wages that year,357, 680, and- employed 1,128i harnds They- constuned 4,750,848 pounds. of cotton, and.tbd valueo(aither products of the mills was $1160 987. in .1880 thoe were -1,77# loors,, 92.78spindles, capital in vested, $265,00; wagies pid 3840L166; hands employed, 8,195; pounds of cotton consumed, , 869,500, and, the vatue of all the pro duets was, 3,750,77O9. With such a record no fears need be felt of the fature of a great Stale or of the prosperity o a noble peogle. They have.seared a governmonit. as honest; and s conservative as any in the Union, and they ha*e gone to work them selves to prove that theirs 'ifs State to be sought by others comn "ainto this country. South Caro ilnahb' the recent war sunfered heaw1y, ber recaperation from' these wron has shown more herotinfa-tha a rer of a. hundred battlies. people are in the fields a wek, ber most gkilful hands are at th loom and h6e readiest wits arg at the- wheels of governmneat orgr devising meang io the meore comn plots.developmentOf her resources. Many objetion bie feature s of the old regime haive passed away and have been replacod by anewesr stronger aqd healthier etliistiot upheld by te d'~t tlaf iaud hrighteaedf he h # f er people.b Beat .blain N~' ussdto beshleltofn aiI ticians thando*Nsnonia .. *a~hg -- be noIout bi2 few Sont* ivmeio doon -Lo Tank -wim Geigi s-s ire State. TRZ AM3RI0A he Wfo 3gd leoe She ranif ekii$1 gand too siii ) sati*gly, 'it ya Sbew aso6914 id O&@ k,riSiv arle bangieg - ead as it leo eyes;'' iN r 1 -" p 0 tiff Izd-ft WOA -SE K n . -~ * ~f 'h b o~ a a".i r. Adsees oi Wt1 19r a% y s eou mor'mnishr I aeirerter 'ammarrmamofmer~~' 'Pe9 o A~ y a I ; be .1 6t A p.Y-J' op7-Ya : 4.