Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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?ui?0t0us ?fpartwfnt. AN ECONOMICAL BUYEIL ~7 They drove into town on Monday, behind a cross-eyed mule and a sprained horse. They looked contented, but one could tell at a glance the head of the house, for she held the ribbons, and when they halted, she hitched the team, while he stood demurely by and took the basket of eggs and her shopping satchel, as she handed them out They disposed of their produce at the grocery, and then entered the dry goods store. She made a few trifling purchases of thread) pins, needles, and such things, and then called for two knots of yarn. "That won't be enough, Mary," said the man, plucking at her dress. "I guess I know what I'm buyin'," she retorted. "But 'tain't more'n half what you've had afore," he persisted. tt\TT 11 il _ .1 I _ xl vt an, inai 8 none o your Dusmess ; inese socks are goin' to be for me, and if I want 'em short, I'll have 'em short; you can have vou'rn come way up to your neck if you want The old man bowed to the inevitable with a long sigh, as his partner turned to the clerk and said: "Two yards of cheap shirtin,' if you please." "That ain't enough, Mary," said the old man, plucking at her dress again. "Yes, 'tis." "No, 'tain't" "Wall, it's all you'll get," she snapped. "Put it up then, mister," said he, turning to the clerk; "put it up and we won't have any." "Who's doin,' this buyin' I should like to know ?" hissed the woman. "You are, Mary, you are," he admitted; "but you can't palm off no short shirts on me." "You act like a fool, John Spiner." "Mebbe I do, Mary, but I'll be durned to gosh if I'll have half a shirt?no, not if I go naked." "Wall, I say that two yards is enough to make any one two shirts," she snapped. "Mebbe that's enough for you, Mary," he said, very quietly; "p'raps you can git along with a collar button and a neck band, but tKof oin'f mo ond T nrnnAoo fA froo'/o mx? lltuu M1U V IUU | MI1U X UVU V J^/tV|A/OV IV AiVVUV J legs to save eight cents." "Git what you want then !" she shrieked, pushing him over a stool; "git ten yards, git a hull piece, git a dozen pieces if you want 'em, but remember that I'll make you sick for this." "Four yards, if you please, mister?four yards," said he to the clerk; "and just remember," he continued, "if you hear of'em findin' me with my head busted, friz to death in a snow drift, jest remember that you heard her say she'd make me sick." And grasping the bundles, he followed his better half, out the door.?Fulton Times. A Scene in the Sheriff's Office.?A newly elected sheriff was sitting in his office sad-eyed and haggard. He held in his hand a stack of manuscript representing the applications for eight hundred and seventy-nine candidates for positions of deputy sheriff, each one of whom said he had worked for him at the polls, and had gained him all the way up from two hundred to one thousand votes from their personal friends who did not vote the Democratic ticket. A man attired in a blue shirt, with a paper collar and a red nose, entered the office, and, grasping the hand of the tired official, greeted him cordially. "Ah, Mr. Sheriff, but it's glad I am to see you looking so hearty; don't you know me ?" "I don't think I do," remarked the official, "olfViAiirrli fVioro iq finmottiinor in vnnr tVifl.f'. u'""uul5u " fe j is familiar to me ?" "Ah, Mr. Sheriff, I thought you'd know me. I worked for you all day election day, aud got you one thousand votes, and I come for that place." "Well, I am sorry to say that I have already promised all the places at my disposal." "Oh, give me a place; I don't care what it is" "Oh, by the by," said the sheriff, with a malicious grin in his eye, "there is a place, but it is not worth much, and I don't think you'd take it." "Ah, Mr. Sheriff, I'll take anything; I don't care what kind of a place it is. Tell me what it is, and I'll jump at it with my coat off." "All right," said the sheriff; "there is a Chinaman going to be hanged at the jail next month, and he wants somebody to take his place. I think it will suit you." The man with the red nose ceased to smile, and asking the sheriff for a quarter to pay for his lodging that night, he left the office and mingled with the throng of would-be deputy sheriffs on the outside.?San Francisco Call. * ? Out of His Jurisdiction.?A man with a sad, depressed look and a black alpaca coat, and carrying an umbrella that looked as if it was subject to fits, stepped into a lawyer's office one day last week, and inquired, "Do you attend to all kinds of law business ?" * He was told by the lawyer he did. "Make affidavits and administer oaths?" "Certainly." "Well," said he, opening his wallet and taking out a two dollar bill and laying it on the table, "I want you to administer oaths to that amount about this weather we are having, and attend to it just as auick as you can." And picking up his umbrella, he left the office before the lawyer could explain that such business was a little out of his jurisdiction. He Won,?"Bet half-a-dollar I shall fall down ! Bet half-a-dollar I shall fall!" murmured an old chap last evening, as loaded to the muzzle with forty-rod whiskey, he was feeling his way down street. "Bet half-adoll?" Just here the old boy's heels flew so high into the air that bis head and shoulders beat them back to the ground. Rising to a sitting posture, he took up his hat, rubbed the back of his head, and then said, "Won the money by thunder! And it is the first bet I've won this winter." His Wife.?In a crowded horse car, the other evening, a gentleman who was seated resigned his place in favor of a pale, slender woman whcf carried a large child in her arms, and was being jostled this way and that with the motion of the car. To the gentleman's surprise, a burly individual took the seat before the lady could reach it. "I meant this lady to have my seat," said the gentleman, angrily. "Veil," replied the other, settling back comfortably in his seat, "dot lady ish my wife." The Effect.?A Savannah darkey, shot in a watermelon field, thus explains his presence there: He said that religion had greatly affected him; that the Lord called on him tc pray in private, and he climbed the fence sc ?' klmoAlf TTa xt?qo nrotrinfir anH tts* llU LA? uy 111LUOU1J AAV TV MO lug) w?*v? he had no thought of melon. He accounted for the fact that it was pulled from tK& vine by the sudden jerk the shot gave him. He was allowed to depart, but can't sit down ir a chair yet Her Husband.?As a Detroit man was digging in the garden, his wife appeared at a door, and shouted, "Come, you old fraudcome in to dinner!" As he did not ^conie, she opened the door pretty soon, and yelled "Hain't you coming to dinner, you blarsted"? she saw a neighbor in the garden along with her husband, and finished?"old darling you!" _ Fresh from School.?A young lady at home for the holidays was asked if she would have roast beef, when she replied, "No, I thank you; gastronomical satiety admonishes me that I have arrived at the ultimate state ot delugation consistent with dietetic integrity!" The young lady was never asked if she would have any thing again. - ? ? Bed Time.?Little Willie was saying his usual prayer at his mother's knee, and having got as far as "If I should die before I wake," hesitated. "Well! what next?" asked his mother. "Why, mamma, I suppose the next thing 'would be the funeral." J^ricnltural ??partweut. [Original.] MORE MANURE?LESS LABOR. It does seem that the experience of the past would be sufficient to deter the farmers of ' our country from planting vast quantities of old, poor, worn-out land, on which nothing ; can be raised. What on earth can induce 1 men who have been farming for many years, and know that some of their lands, without manure, will not pay for working them, still continue to plant them, we do not know. Mul' titudes of farmers in our country hire hands to work lands that would be dear at any price. No farmer can afford to work three acres of land for a bale of cotton. It is a losing business to work land that will not produce more than ten bushels of corn to the acre. It takeS" as much labor to prepare and plant an acre of poor land, as it does to prepare and plant an acre of rich laud. It may not require as much labor to work a crop on an acre of land on which grass can not grow, as it will on an acre that is rich. Would it not be a wise plan in the farmers of the country to turn all their poor and unproductive lands out and work only the rich spots ? In fact, it is on these, at present, all the produce of the country is made. On many farms there may be enough of cleared land to run ten plows, but not more than one' fifth of it is worth working. The whole is worked ; but only one-fifth produces anything. The other four-fifths scarcely produce the seed that was required to plant it. Would it not be wise policy to turn the four-fifths out, let it grow up in grass or pines, and put all the manure on the one-fifth ? By this method, a ' great expense in the way of labor would be dispensed with, and both the cultivated and uncultivated lauds would increase in value. , The hire of one hand will purchase two tons ^ ~ m A wlf Af TKo miAQ. UJL U1C UC31 guauu 1U LUG ujbuxgu xul ' tion is, which is worth the most, a good hand to work poor land, or two tons of guano on good land ? In those countries where farming is carried to the highest state of perfection, a man plants no more land than he can manure. In our country; farmers generally manure the poor spots and let those portions of the fields which will produce something, go without manure. This is the most profitless way that manure can be applied. To ! sprinkle a little guano on a poor spot of laud, and expect a good crop, is about as silly as to take a dead poor horse, give him a good feed of com, ana tnen mtcn mm 10 a wagon ami capect hira to draw a heavy load. The old tellow needs something more than a feed of corn, no matter how large or how good, to put him in a condition to do good pulling. He needs muscles. Poor land needs something besides guano in order that it may produce a crop that will pay the expense of working it. It needs vegetable and animal matter, in large quantities, worked into it. Almost every farmer has his crop, every year, spoiled by some poor field. One half of the land he works is fair, productive land; the other half brings nothing. It would have been far better for him to have turned out the half that wa3 poor, and bestowed all the labor upon the productive half. Half the horse power, half the labor, and half of all the expenses of making a crop, would have been dispensed with, and the crop, instead of being lessened, would have been increased. The time that was spent in cultivating the half that produced scarcely anything, would have been more profitably employed in cultivating the crop growing on the other half. The productive fields were neglected that the poor and unproductive fields might be run over with the plows and hoes for absolutely nothing. It is no extravagance to say that an acre of good land, with a reasonable amount of manure, may be made to produce a bale of cotton, or thirty bushels of com. Any man could work, with ease, eight acres of such land in nnttnn and harvaaf n frnn ILL UU1 JUL OUU iUUi 1U VVUWU y t w? v.w^ of wheat and oats, besides. He would make, according to this calculation, two hundred . and forty bushels of corn and four bales of cotton. This would be a tremendous average crop. The average yield of corn to the acre in South Carolina, for 1875, was nine bushels. Evidently, a vast number of acres must have been in cultivation which produced not only relatively, but, absolutely, nothing. Had one-half of the land that was cultivated in corn been turned out, and the labor and time which was spent in cultivating it, been bestowed in cultivating better the other half, the aggregate yield would have been greater and the average yield to the acre been doubled. If two acres of land will yield twenty bushels of corn, and one of the two acres will only produce two bushels, it would be far better for the cultivator to throw that acre out and cultivate only the acre that will produce eighteen bushels. No man can afford to cultivate an acre of land for two bushels of corn. Since the labor system of our country is in a badly organized condition, it does seem that it would be wise in those farmers who have large quantities of exhausted lands, to turn out all but the best spots, apply manure to these, dispense with the labor necessary to cultivate the poor land, and' thus increase their income by decreasing their expenses. Ever}' one who has made the experiment, is aware that manure, of any kind, pays better when applied to rich land than it does on poor land. A man may suppose that he is doing good business when he, by the application of five dollars' worth of guano to an acre of land that, without the guano, would make nothing, he makes five or six hundred pounds of seed cotton to the acre. In fact, he is sinking money, if the cotton is made with hired labor. It will cost more to make a bale of cotton, at that rate, than he can sell it for when made. We venture the assertion that : this conclusion is the sad experience of nine. tenths of the farmers in the South. They , sink money every year by cultivating poor , lands with hired labor. | Small Farms.?An agricultural paper , tells us that "small farms make near neigh> bors ; they make good roads ; they make plen! ty of good schools and churches; there is more money made in proportion to the labor ; less labor is wanted ; everything is kept neat; j i less wages have to be paid for help ; less time j ' I I ...nnfn/l . mnrn ia rolQP/1 tn t.ViP a/TP hpsidps i ' Id V) ilOtUU j liiUI v * mhwvv* vv w??v ww* w j -vw.v. j it is tilled better; there is no watching of hired ? help ; the mind is' not kept in a worry, a stew, < a fret, all the time. There's not so much fear of a drouth of weather, of a frost, of small prices. There's not so much money to be > paid out for agricultural implements. Our j wives and children have time to read?to im- j (Sprove their minds. A small horse is soon cur- j I ried, and the work on a small farm is al ways : pushed forward in season. "Give us small J fiiwms for comfort; aye, and give us small v farms^fcr profit." And all this is true if we ' | carry to tne-sffiall farm the same cash capital j that we would put on a larger one. The writer of this has nad a very varied experience this season, extending from into Canada to the i i Gulf of Mexico, and undertaken chiefly in i | pursuit of agricultural knowledge, and he is '! quite sure that if most of our farmers would j j sell half their land and put the labor and J i capital spread over large farms to the smaller j ones left, it would be a great move in the J ' right direction. i Mdttn'gi flrpartrarnt. f Original.] HATE A POINT. The young man that commences life wit no fixed purpose in his mind, is just as sui to fail as two and two make four. It ma ters not how great may be his talents, or ho favorable his circumstances, he must fail. 0 the other hand, the young man who sets 01 in life with a determination to accomplish certain thing, and directs all his energies t this oue thing, will, in ninety-nine cases 01 of every hundred, succeed. He has a certai point in view, and he will ultimately reach i ? ? [Original.] BLACKSTOCK. On the Charlotte, Columbia and August Railroad, there is a station, twelve miles belo' Chesterville, called Blackstock. The dep< took its name from the post-office in the neigl borhood. The line of division between th counties of Fairfield and Chester, runs throug the growing town of Blackstock. The depf 1 ? n 1 4 ?e it. ana post omce, as wen, pemapa, as muni. ui m business houses, are in Chester count} Blackstock post-office was so named in hone of Edward Blackstock, generally called ol Ned Blackstock. Originally, it was locate about a quarter of a mile above where th widow of Charles Bell now resides?two milt above Blackstock depot. Afterward, it w? moved down to the place now belonging to th estate of Charles Bell. When the post-offic was established at this point, we are not cei tain. This much may be safely said, it ws in existence early in the beginning of th present century. Old Ned Blackstock wt succeeded by a gentleman by the name ( Law, who afterward removed to Columbii Law was succeeded by John F. Debardelabei When the Charlotte and Columbia Rai road was completed, the post office was move from De Bardelaben's?now Bell's placeto what is now known as Blackstock Depd Some, from the similarity of the name, hav been led to suppose that Blackstock Dep6 and Blackstock's buttle ground, occupy on and the same locality. This is not correc Blackstocks' battle ground is on the Tyge river, in the western portion of Union count] Tin 4i j ^ __i vv neiner jDiacauiuuKs, nuui wuum mc unui of the battle is derived and old Ned Blact stock were related, or not* we are not able t say. There is a difference in the orthogre phy. The former terminated with an ?, whih the latter did not. The name Blackstock, o Blackstocks, has, so far as we know, disaj peared from the county; bat once it wa not unusual to meet persons bearing tba natne. By examining the old grave-yards ii the up country of South Carolina, tombstone will be found which silently bear testiraon to the existence of a family now almost, if nc entirely extinct. Ned Blackstock, from whom Blackstocl DepOt derives its name) was a Scotch-Irish man. The precise date of his coming t America we have no means at hand by whic) to ascertain. It was, however, shortly afte the Revolutionary war. Perhaps it was ii the year 1794. There were four of them The mother, two sons?the Rev. William am Edward?and one sister, the wife of Alexan der Skelly. The father had died some tim before, leaving the children already uamei and one other son, Samuel, whose tragical em drove the mother and her children to America Ireland, from time out of mind, has heei an afflicted country. The Scotch-Irish are i good people. Find them where you will, yoi will find a people thrifty and industrious, ao< great lovers of civil and religious liberty They have so long been trampled upon b; tyrant^ that they instinctively hate kings Find an Ulster man in whatever part of th globe you may, and you may count upon him with certainty, as a friend of constitutions liberty. Ireland, in consequence of this spirit has been the scene of countless rebellions. J part of the duty of the King's troops is t guard Ireland and keep the people in sub jection. In one of these rebellions, Sam Blackstocl became the object of suspicion to the King' troops. A squad was sent to take the younj man into custody. He was found at a shor distance from the thatched roof of his widowei mother. With unbridled lust and bruta cruelty, he was set upon by a band of ruffian and murdered. This was not all. He wa ripped open and bis bowels torn out. As i to add insult to injury, and taunt the widowei mother and brothers and sisters in J,heir griel the squad rode up to the door of their dwell ing and told the mother that she would fim her son, Sam, at such a place. Apprehensiv of some dreadful calamity, the mother am her daughter, Jane, set out for the designate^ spot. There she found the lifeless corpse c her son and near by his bowels. With a foi titude begotten by the circumstances, am pressed with a grief which dried her tears she bid her daughter take hold of the lowe corners of her apron, then gathering up th bowels of her son she placed them in th apron of Jane. She then took the disem boweled body in her own arras and the tw went silently back to the house. Such a scene beggars all description. Th shock was too great for the daughter. It d< throned reason; and although she never was raving maniac, she never entirely recovere< from the sa4 effect of that trying hour. Sh became the mother of a large and highly res pectable family. Her son Alexander was man of decided ability. He studied medi cine and went to Illinois. After the murder of his brother Sam, Ne swore eternal hatred against the British gov ernment. When the war of 1812 broke oui he set out and joined General Harrison in th "* " J * ? A- :?iL West, tie COlllluueu 1U me service uuwi ui war closed. This was voluntary on his pari He went because he hated the English go\ ernment, and determined to resist it himsel and encourage all others to do the same. W dare not say that Ned Blackstock was* righ in cherishing, so long, a bitter spirit of reveng< The location of Blackstock Depot is withi a few rods of where once was the residence c Jerry Walker, notorious for his briberies an forgeries. Correct Speaking.?What is it to spea correctly? It is to accustom ourselves t speak and write accurately, having specia care to use no language or utter any statemen that is not elegant and strictly truthful Avoid the use of all slang words and phrases They are odious, and 110 amount of persona grace in the speaker can compensate for th disagreeable effect that the use of slang ha upon the hearer. When once the habit c using these "pet" phrases has been formed, i is almost impossible to eradicate it. Youth i the best time to acquire correct language. I does not require wealth; the poorest can ot tain the faculty. And how ? By using the language of books in other words, that which one reads ; forr the taste from the best speakers and writers treasure up choice phrases and accustom youi self to their use. But do not fall into the opposite error c selecting only that which is pompous an< high-sounding, for that will make one ridicu lous. But choose language which is terse expressive and clear; and the habit of coi rect speaking soon becomes fixed, and make it a pleasure to listen to you. fUadrag fat the' JFkllAtk. CONDUCTED BY REV. ROBERT LATHAN. ,e [Original.] t_ THE SABBATH. Where there is no Sabbath there is no rew ligion. There may be some forms and cere^ monies which, in some respectfc, resemble the forms and ceremonies of true religion ;i but they are mere counterfeits. It is a very re^ markable thing that the institution of mar. riage is both the base and index of civilizat tion. All civilization that is worth anything, is constructed upon thiit relationship which causes one man and one woman to sustain to each other the relationship of husband ?pd a wife. To be a good citizen, a man must first W be a good husband. It is all nonsense to talk about a man being a desperado in his own x' house, $nd at the same time loving, generous and kind to his neighbors. The marriage relation is the index of civilization, in that it ??l.o nmnrMoo urki/ik ftivilivAllAn Kfto mm two blic j/iv^ivoo niuw* *iwu 6 made among a people. Loose practices with 7' respect to marriage vows, always indicate a ^ low degree of civilization. A. nation of for^ nicators and adulterers would be indicative of a nation of heathen. e In the same way that the marriage relation 58 indicates individual and national civilization ; 19 so the observation of the Sabbath indicates in10 dividual and national religion. It is impbse sible to conceive of a people having any true Bible religion who have no Sabbath. What 18 the marriage relation is to man as a social e being, the Sabbath is to him as a moral being. 19 God gave the Sabbath to man becausq he needed it. His body needs rest and his mind l" needs relaxation from worldly cares, and his 1# soul needs the Sabbath that it may be kept in '* a devotional condition. ^ The word.Sabbath literally .means raft; but we are not to conclude that rest and idleness k are the same thing:' The Sabrbath is properly 0 observed when we lay aside all our wofllly^ labors and worldly cases, except those of ne6 cessity and mercy, and devote the day to sacred things. Whatever cannot be done before ir. the Sabhath, or delayed until it is passed, is a r' work of necessity. . e Wfi should n?member that the Pharisees of k* old were strict observers of the Sabbath, so 0 far as outward form is concerned ; but they l" violated it in that their observance of it was !t only formal. In observing the Sabbath, as r in the discharge of every other duty, it is got v so much the external act that is to be taken 18 t into consideration, as the spirit with which the 1 duty is performed? We may not work with D our hands, but our minds may be deeply en8 gaged in our worldly affairs. Such being the ^ case, we could not be said "to remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy." ^ It is worthy of note that national desecration of the Sabbath and national calamities are intimately connected. When the ancient ? Jews forgot the Sabbath, God visited them with sore calamities. Rarely does it happen r that the notorious Sabbath breaker fails to be overtaken by some terrible overthrow. On the other hand, the proper observance of the Sabbath is usually followed, both in individuals and nations, by prosperity and peace. ^ Those cities and towns in which the 6abbath j is openly desecrated, are full of horrid cruelties ; whilst the banner of good order and so rtkoa tiro. Mok. I UriClY uuaio UVOI miuoc uiau vmooi tu www kjmu | ^ K .l/ bath. , , a ? > [Original.] J SEASONABLE SERVICE. ^ Notwithstanding the fact that so many of ' the human family devote all the energies of Y their souls and bodies, to the service of Satan ; !< still, it may be said the service is unreasonae ble. They toil and labor for nothing. Satan ? and his host of agents promise great thingB, I but never bestow any favor upon those who '? are beguiled by these fair promises. It is ^ surely unreasonable that an individual should 0 toil and labor, night and day, for nothing. This is the case with those who serve Satan. He is a hard master. His yoke is heavy and it I 1 * L . Ann.An?iftA Ulfl OAMrantc Qt>Q nis uurueus arc u^icoono. mo ?iv 8 lean and hungry. Their bodies are emaciated => with disease and their souls are stricken with ' leanness. The service of God is reasonable. We ^ should serve G$d because he made us. The s human family, although intelligent beings, are 8 still the creatures of God. If thev are but a r # * little lower than angels, it is because God made them so. If their location in the scale p ; t f ?; of creation is mid-way between nothing and i divinity, it is because a God of creation has ^ i assigned them that place. It is then reasonae i ble to serve God because he is the maker of 1 | | our bodies and the fraraer of our spirits. ^ ! If it is reasonable that we serve God beX* | cause he is our maker, it is no less reasonable "" | that we should serve him because he is our ^ : preserver. ' It is God, the maker, who opens 3' his hand and supplies the wants of everything r ; that lives. It is God who provides for us all 6 : things we enjoy. It is his air we breath, his e earth we inhabit, and his water we drink. ; His sun gives us warmth and light, and oi]jt 0 ] of his earth grows our food. He sends the ; rain and the sunshine. He is the author of e j summer and winter, spring and autumn. If I the beggar should be thankful to the man who a | opens the doors of his house for his admission, * i and admits him to the bounties of his table, e I surely the human family should be thankful to God, the giver of all good. God not only ,a | provides for our bodily or temporal wants, but l~ | he offers his Son to us that we may be saved from our sins. He has made ample provisi ions for the wants of our immortal souls. r~ I God so loved the world, that is, man?Adam's ^ : children ; that he gave?that is, offers?his e i only begotten Son that whosoever believeth e upon him should not perish, but have everj lasting life. God does offer salvation through IJ Jesus Christ to all sinners. He has no please ] ure in the death of the wicked, t God has the highest possible claims upon }. the service of all men. He made all, he n provides for all, and through Jesus Christ he ^ I offers salvation to all. If any of Adam's race ; are eternally lost, it will be because they rejected Jesus as a Saviour, k I When, then, God demands that we serve him (j with our bodies and spirits, it is a very rea' sonable demand. Our bodies and spirits are [ his. He made us, he provides for us, and he 3. \ ofters to redeem us. All that we have, sin ex .1 i cepted, we received from God. In him we e live, move and have our being. To serve the ' world or the flesh, or Satan, is unreasonable. t, It is, in either case, to serve a treacherous tyB | raut; but to serve God is reasonable. ^ ' IS?" Depend upon it, the world cannot be held together without morals ; nor can morals . | maintain their station in the human heart: n' without religion, which is the corner-stone of . the fabric of human virtue. ' IS?" A minister who thinks himself called to preach only to the learned, refined or rich,! * | is not called to preach to anybody, and needs ^ ' an acquaintance with Christ. t, i 1ST If you would pass innocently through ' - a difficult world, keep within rules. Let a ! your life be open, your eye single, your walk j 1 iu the broad light of day. '? j,/.((' iiiraB! SEWING MAC ! : > . j ?i O > vi . i - i /1U jvi * IS PREPARED TO OPFEI TO MEECHAN' Who . SIliTO MM'UINELI 11 i xri'.A:i > A11'r FAMILY ITS NAME IMP! REFER TO 25,000 FAMH JIOtfOH 30 8T3Iff tifiA , ., ' A ..? f ,T8fSH 3HT'm 2IBf ?4iiW?W NAMED GENE <Ui HO i W?fV TO EVERY POSSIB Our compet T"* |f"( 'P * n-fTi q *rn f^ATM ^MAI THAT FOR TAILOI POSITIVEL i! ? no j:e> j.nn j-i Address WEED SEWING M 51 AND 5 I January IT " v r * ~ ~ ' THE SOLUBLE P 5 ' i liflv 5 $ " ? $ CAPITA] ONE MILLK WE again offer l THE SOLUBLE which as a COTTON FERTILIZER, stands eqi would also call attention TO. THE ACI] made by this company, fat WHICH WE CAN SAFELY ] , In every respect The al|d FURNISH THE BEST ARTI As a substantial ev ADVANCED THE GRADE. -1. .1 ! .'/ /. I Call on us for Circulars and T. M. DOBSO YORKV j. M:. IVY -S ROCT WHITE, STEWj FORT J! ITrTT O-r f ' CHES Janaary 13 : COTTON A FAIR 3 THE CELEBRAr WILCOX, GIBBS & CO.'i IS OFFERED ON THE.EO] On Credit to 1st November, 1878, with option 17 cents for Middling, delivered at Planters net ses on Guano to destination.) The advantage to the Farmer in buying on tbi Guano, that 412 pounds Cotton, (Middling) will can make his calculations accordingly. The < been thoroughly established by the use of the ! on same terms. Importers and Deal For sale by MASON & HOPE, Agents, Yorl February 3 THE J AS. LEFFEL Doable Tarblne Water Wheel, A Mann factored by v ruuus <x niui a, A Baltimore, Xd. Jfs 7/foo sow ix vast Mfl > Simple, Strong, Durable, n always reliable and aatlafactory. ; Mannlbetnrers.also, of ! Portable k Stationary I "rinr nteam Tinilm a ! Grist Kill*, ^sirh&ISIS&S I rate and of very best flnlib. Send for Circular*October 7 40 6m ' J. S. R. THOMSON. C. E. SPENCE1 THOMSON & SPENCER, Solicitors in B ankruptc; - ; YORJKVILLE, 8. C... 1 SPECIAL attention given to filing of petition fothe prosecution of claims in Bankrupts and the collection and forwarding of Dividends i Creditors. February 45 tf application fob discharge. XTOTICE is hereby given that the underslgne< J3I Executor of the estate of ARCHIBAL STEELE, deceased, will make a Anal settlemei with the Judge of Probate for York county, on tl 10th day of March, next, when he will make ai plication for a final discharge from liability as tl Executor of said estate. W. A. STEELE, Executor. February 10 6 5t . WEED HINE COMPANY ' ( t THE MOST LIBERAL TERMS j rS A.2STD OTHERS, | will deal in | )P ITS MANUPAt'TUKB. : ( I > * I ' . . F." . . i (y \ -i ,;?- * i , // -1 f Iw V. ?J0 iinBl ^11\ v^f! imm ^ 199 I . !\ 1 /' .; FAVORITE. a 'I".PWm, -IHM.'I MM JE8 HAVING THEM IN USE. 5 * i . ? s - I i / iHj'VI i???.w ... -y- i i nliu't Mil (lliv/ - ... . ; NO. 2.'' RALFATORITE, BE ADAPTED ./<jI</>..' < iViiT/'i iti*/ IE GRADE OF WORK. j itors acknowledge IS AND SHOEMAKERS ] i ? i f >c <1 i t f.L I'r.r.'A It is r i. Y THE BEST! ;<t;i HV > *\\51MII / . ? l Hi1-' : 2 if t 1 ACHINE COMPANY, 3 N. CHARLES STREET. < BALTIMORE, MARYLAND. ACIFIC GUANO CO., ? : . . 1 > / i < ? : -1 4 i 1 ';' > j (PAID IN) t >N DOLLARS;' ? .... , '? to the Arming public .. PACIFIC GUANO. ual in merit to any article sold in the country. We i ; 3 PHOSPHATE 1 fc r oomposting with Cotton Seed, i ftECOMMEND AS FIRST-CLASS, J a " of tbia company has er r been, to s ICLE AT THE LOWEST PRICE. * * Wence of this, they have ^ I AND LOWERED THE PRICE. i l prices, before buying elsewhere. ,, . ? a IN Ac CO., Agents, * ILLE, S. C. i * r t OO., Agents, ; v . Z HILL, S. C. ' / ? J i 1RT Ac OO,, Agents, n HILL, S. C. ' ! ' OUSAR, Agents, j ITER, S. C. ?~ . 5 . ' t, i * ' . . e 2 3m. a FOR GUANO! i SXCHANGE. i rED FERTILIZER, i S MANIPULATED GUANO, cc [.LOWING LIBERAL TERMS : c of paying In Cotton on the Dasis or j fJUK, 'IXFH, v ireat depot, (Planter paying expen- > 1 J $70 00. c esc termsis plain, as be will know when he buys the pay for it, no matter how low the price may t>e,and juality of this GUANO 18 UNEQUALED, and has many thousand tons we have sold. Our Agents sell WILCOX, GIBBS & CO., C !ers in Guano, Charleston, 8. C., and 8avannah, Ga. * u tville, 8. C. I 5 3m RICHMONP ADVERTISEMENTS. TALBOTT & SONS. ' SHOCKOE MACHINE WORKS, ? RICHMOND, VA., KAEUFACTT7RER8 OF STEAK ENGINES, ? BOILERS, AGRICULTURAL ENGINES, ? CIRCULAR SAW MILLS, | GRIST, BARK AHD PLASTER KILLS, h 8HAFTING8, HANGERS AHD PULLBY8, IMPROVED TURBINE WATER WHEELS, ii October 14 41 ly WM. ETTKNGKK. H. P. EDMOJfD p ETTENGER & EDMOND, - Richmond, Va., MANUFACTURERS OF InAnmiuTV tvn UTATTONARY ENGINES, i rvniAi^uu an 1/ , . V I BOILEB8 OF ALL KIND8, 1 CIRCULAR SAW MILLS, 0SI8T MILLS, i y KILL GEABIHG, SHAFTING, PULLETS, 40. to AHERIOAN TURBINE WATER WHEELS, CAMERON'S SPECIAL STEAM PUMP. J - Send for Catalomie. ' ? October 14 41 ly :: J. ? 0 Jt COFFIBTS. g ie 1UST received and in my Shop, a large supply S p- ?| of WOOD COFFINS AMD CASKETS, of ail T ie sizes and qualities, already trimmed and finished 1 ; up in appearance equal to m^tajic pases. Also, on hand, a fall assortment or MTETAUC CA8ES ri i and CASKETS. J. E. 8MITH, Agent. I ft rHE COOKING STOVES mamifcctnred atobt works In Greensboro, N. O., aire tfniyqrsal latisfection wherever introduced. They art mpde >f the BEST SCOTCH PIG METAL, with KeSVer and thicker plate than any .qthenSteve in the narket. and consequently will the longer with itand beat and bard usage. They are of band tome pattern and neat finish, and warranted equal n every other respect to any Cooking Stove sold n the United States, while it is confidautlyclaimed hat they are the CHEAPEST. Ail the .usual jieces of ware and cooking utensils are furnished with each Stove. An important consideiathm with purchasers is the iact that, our patterns and itzes are never changed. Should a pieoe get accilentally broken at any time, we can replace it at he mere cost of casting Not simply because it s a home production, baton account of its intrintie merits as an article of hoaseholdocoaoiny, do ve ask the patronage of home purchaser*. More ban ONE THOUSAND of these Stoves are,now n use, and among many others having them we -espectfally refer to the following: B.E. Guthrie, D. M. Campbell, M. H. Currence, York county; Mrs. Elisabeth J. Wylie, Chester; D. A. Gordon, Suthriesville; John A. Brown,Rock HilL.B.iF. Boyd, Joseph Herndon, L. M. Grist, Yorkville. Sfou can save the freight from the northern oities tnd the dealer's profit, which is no email item, jy baying of us. and at the same time yget ? STOVE THAT IS MORE DURABLE thanjboee )f northern make. The following are Qua prices lelivered at depot in Greensboro : , . Mo. 8, with 10 pieces ware and 8 feet pipe, $80 00 ? 7 ?? ?? < <? <? " il" ?0jOO Address, SERGEANT A M^AtlLEY; r. M. D0B80N A CO., Agents, ToS ?A. rOHN R. LONDON, Agent, Rock Hill, S. C. ' A. F. LINDSAY, Agent, LowrysvUfe, Chafer county. S. C. J. L. CARROLL, Agent at CheeterAiCw < : " , . a nnivnnPKivmc U-. rr.Jvl?j{ '.*, 1*1 hM.v. V v - :. v " J M'Urt? '! IA _KI lO of ;; ,?r:*,l>. . ." ,.i/j '?. /Vs. FALL AND WINTER GOODS,: f ?* * " #>!u!ViN * * ~ - .'S* i ?l:?nluf jr. "/t;(A.Y. >1 mA'T *' 1 MH vf, ?/>, '. 'vM-- .'y<-i rX . " ??.*': * .' vr-fI L. GUNHOUSE & CO^t, " ;-!??# : / , '( ' ..i.1 ?$}. * CHESTER, 8.C., . ,i ! ii:?/ */<? ' (is5' ll ?}|?0 Jrlif 1. Ipeelal Indneemtnti offered to C!onitr|r iiK? chttte. 1 ' ' " .1 J'-,' tKvl,' ,A5 . .1 l) '.nV'-,ifr r I li ' / ' J? (' 1K . /lliUH. ;j v(' * i ii CALICOES AT 7 1-2 CENTS PER YARD, ' ui> ; * ?-V) rfl'i >y the piece. All other goods in proportion. pa- All orders will receive our personal often* wo. ' > At i. ?ii I. L. GUN HOUSE &CO?fc,:/:> CHESTER, 8. C. . ' ?v October 7 40* . rj # r / ,< ;ii , . ; , . , f \ { \ /Jjo.il e? GEORGE WOODS ft Ji'So? S'Sfc *15.25 ?cc-" .fi^^HHHIPIRHRIRPK^w /<na ?tx-a,S~^ >x?~? c r* i ^CjHB(810iiHi8ss!I^B55> These remarkable instruments possess capiapies for musical effects and expression never before ttained. Adapted for Apnateur and Professional, nd an ornament in any parlor,, pa- BeamJfdl few Styles now ready. " ." r4,,in^ ;EO. WOODS & CO.* Cambridfeport, Ian. V A BE ROOMS: 608 Wellington Stv'Bdston ; 70 State St., Chicago; 28 Ludgate Hill, Lpndop. THE VOX HUMAJfX A leading Moaical Journal of selected music nd valuable reading matter. By mail Jbr $1 per ear, or ten cents a number. Each number.eon* iins from $2 to $3 worth of the. finnt selected lusic. GEO. WOODS A CO., Publishers, Cambridgeport, Maw. January 20 3 tf ~ FINE LiirdRS. ,,, [HAVE for sale at my Storenear the rtfliwl depot, ?-'c? THE BEST QUALITY OF ' ver offered for sale in the city of Yorlcville. . Call ndgetsome '' \ ' FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES, ill my liquors are pure, and consist of , ipple Brandy,' )I 1 1 * Madeira Wine, linger Brandy, Malaga Wine, ,11 a 'each Brandy, Port Wine, Iherry Brandy, Sherry Wine, Id French Brandy, Scupperaong Wine, lid Cognac Brandy, Red Rye Whisky. >ld Holland Gin, White Bye .Whisky, ? ? i- > 1?- nruui,?if. lid ixrndcm uocx u:nt duuiuuu TTUimv>, Sagle Gin, Georgia Corn Whisky, ,'laret Wine, N. C.iCarn Whisky,. Robertson county (Tenn.) Corn Whisky.; i My Whiskies are all pure, and are worth lrom |2.00 TO 16.00 PER GALLON, , i w : . v: r ?u Jhampagne by the bottle. 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