Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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^tumorous department. A Department Story.?Some years ago the agricultural department at Washington received a'scrawly letter from a Wisconsin farmer. It was one of many, of course, hut was noticeable for its laconic indefiniteuess. The envelope was addressed to the "Agrycultral Department, at Washington, D. C.,"and the communication itself ran thus: "Sir, 1 want a. agricultral report on being in the farraiu' bisiness. I orter git it." It happened that the gentleman in charge of the department correspondence was a very conscientious aud even elegant letter-writer, and partly by way of pleasantry he replied to this communication in bis most elaborately courteous manner. The department would be most happy to comply with its esteemed correspondent's request, he declared, but it needed to be informed somewhat more specifically which of its numerous reports was needed. Would Mr. be kind enough to meution the date, or at least the subject of the document iu question.? Mr. replied promptly and succinctly thus: "I don't care a rap what the book is about or when it was rote. I want it fur a skrap book." Her First Trestle.?The East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia railway had, before they were filled in a year or two ago, some very high and very dangerous trestles in Georgia. One day in 1886 a happy, jolly faced old woman, with a ticket to Dalton, was telling the impatient conductor that she "had rid on the cars afore, 10 miles one time an' seven another, though this here wuz the fust time she had been clear across the continent. But, law! he needn't be afeard to put on steam thinkin' as how she'd mind it. Massy sakes, no! Fact wuz she'd like fur'im to spread hisself an' show Beujy here how everlastin'ly he could leave that old piebald Mazeppa be?! iilllU. Shortly afterward having taken a breathing spell in her genial entertainment of all the passengers near enough to be interviewed by her, she glanced out of the window, and saw far below her the tops of tall oaks and hickories. In horror she bobbed her head down, covering her terrified eyes with both hands. After some minutes, venturing to peep out again she saw blackberry vines and persimmon bushes on a level with the car. "Thank the Lord!" she gasped ; "we've lit at last!" The Old Times.?An "old Verginny darky" met a Massachusetts colored lady recently in Washington, and manifested great interest in her new acquaintance. "Lawd-a-massy! chile is you from Mass'chusicks ?" she inquired, earnestly. "Yes," replied the Northern branch, curtly. "An' you nebbah seen ole Veginny?" "No." v "An' you nebbah war a slabe in de ole times?" "No, of course not," indignantly. "Fo' de Lawd, honey, I'so sorry fo' you; 'deed I is. You don't know uffin 'tall 'bout de real pleasures o' bein' a nigga; sho's you bawn you it uuau I^Back in the seventies a report reached army headquarters that the Indians in Idaho had swarmed down on a little village, and murdered every inhabitant. A second lieutenant who bad just received his commission was despatched to the scene to ascertain the authenticity of the rumor. A few hours after bis arrival In the village, he sent this despatch to the commaudiug officer: "Everybody is quiet here," Whereupon the commanding officer replied : "Your report is unintelligible. We have it from responsible source that Indians have massacred every inhabitant." The lieutenant answered: "Report is correct. Everybody has been massacred. Everybody is quiet." 8?* The Transcript Listener tells of a certain young woman who was anxious to impress her friends with her knowledge in general and her French in particular. She sought and obtained an interview with a noted womau writer. "Well," said a friend, to whom she was relating the story of the call, how was she dressed ?"' "on, well," she answered, "she wasn't dressed up much iu the morning. She just wore her nom df plume !" On another occasion, when she bad been remiss in returning a neighborly call, this same young womau said, "Well really, you must excuse me, for we have had sickness and death in the house, and vice versa!" JST A Quaker was once advising a drunkard to leave ofThis habit of drinking intoxicating liquors. "Can you tell me how to do it?" said the slave of the appetite. "Yes," answered the Quaker; "it is just as easy as to open thy hand friend." "Convince me of that, and I will promise upon my honor to do as you tell me," replied the drunkard. "Well, my friend, when thou fiudest any vessel of intoxicating liquor in thy hand, open the hand that container it. hofrrro if rounhps thv mnilfh lalMg IM VV,W1V .V.v?.v-vw ?J 7 and thou wilt never be drunk again." The toper was so pleased with the plain advice that he followed it. Quite Secure.?1"I want to consult you on a certain point," said Miss Cash to her lawyer. "I am at your service, Miss Cash." "You kuow Mr. Squildig?" "Very well, indeed." "He has done me the honor of proposing marriage." "Ah !" "What I wish to ask is if you think my money would be safe in his hands if I were to marry him?" "It would be so secure you could not even get it yourself." Wajjsiitc (Slitherings. tiST They say that there are 10,000 more women than men in little Rhode Island. 8&T A noble part of every true life is to learn to undo what has been wrongly done. flaT" The Japanese carpeuter can hold a plank with his toes, and draw his plane toward him. 86?" The tomato crop in Oregon this year is enormous. One factory alone has canned five tons a day. 8ST" A duck having four wings, two tails, and four legs was recently shot by a hunter off the coast of Maine. The longest recorded hair growing on the female head was eight feet. The longest recorded beard was 12 feet. 8*aT One of the most curious inventions on exhibition at the Mechanics' Fair, in Boston, is an augur that bores a square bole. A novel and simple cure for headache is announced. It is for the sufferer to walk backward for about ten minutes. 8?* Hold in grateful remembrance those who have done you a good turn ; try to forget those who have done you wrong. There are now 25 women in Chieago who are practicing lawyers, and 15 more will soon be admitted to the bar. AST The population of the world averages 109 women to every 100 men. Eight-ninths of the sudden deaths are those of males. Waff' It is estimated that over 120,000,000 people speak the English lauguage. And the trouble is that they all want to speak it at once. AST Twenty-five per cent, of all the babies born in Russia die before they are a year old, and 42 per cent, do not reach the age of four. AST A Frenchman has invented a bicycle that can be taken apart, packed in a valise, and carried, it is claimed, with ease aud comfort. VtSS* It is au interest ing fact that while the new Rhode Island State capitol in Providence is to be built of Georgia marble, the Georgia State House is built of Indiana marble. ?6T" The hottest mines in the world are the Comstock. On the lower levels the heat is so great that the men cannot work over 10 or 15 miutes at a time. Ice melts before it reaches the bottom of the shafts. A?^* It is said that in the future firemen's clothes in England will be made of asbestos or mineral wool. It is non-comoustioie, a non-conuuctor of heat, and is in no way injured by water. S8T There are now over 200,000 words in the English language acknowledged by the best authorities, or about 70,000 more than in the German, French, Spanish and Itallian languages combined. ?6T "If it were not for drunkenness, there would be no crime in Ireland at all. As it is, there is no crime which does not arise out of that evil," says Archbishop Croke of that country. V3T Probably very few eons and daughters know that in using the word Dad they are speaking the purest Welsh. The opening words of the Lord's prayer, in Welsh, are "Ein Dad." 86T" Do not let the freezing weather catch you without having the horses well shod, for if the heel and toe corks have worn smooth down to the shoe, there is great danger in using the horses on icy ground. 8?" Oklahoma has au estimated population of 275,000 and its taxable property, now amounting to $40,000,000 has doubled within the past year. Arizona, on the other hand, has a white population of but 677,000, and its taxable property but barely holds its own, ttdF In 1813 postage rates in the United States were: "Single letters, by land, 40 miles, 8 cents; 90 miles, 10 cents; 150 miles, 12J cents ; 300 miles, 17 cents; 500 miles, 20 cents; over 500 miles, 25 cents; double letters, twice the single rates, one ounce at the rate of four single letters." During the last 40 years Senator John Sherman has been a private citizeu only one day. While this is quite a good record for officeholding, Senator Morrill, of Vermont, has a better one. He entered the house in 1855 with Senator Sherman, and since that date has not lost a single hour of officeholding. 8?" A musician, brought to despair by the playing of a lady in a room above his own, met her one day in the hall with her three-year-old child, and said in a most friendly manner: "Your little one mere piays remarKubly well for her age. I hear her practice every day." flay At an evening entertainment in one of our country parishes recently, a stranger was conversing with the minister's wife, not kuowing her personally, and asked, innocently, "Do you like your minister as well as ever?" The lady (the minister's wife) replied, "I like him just as well as I ever did." W8T One of the curiosities of the cable code method of sending information is shown in a recent message announcing the loss by fire of a ship at sea. The whole message was conveyed in three words of Scott's cable code : "Smouldered, hurrah ! hallelujah !" "Smouldered" stands for "The ship has been destroyed by fire"hurrah" for "crew saved by boats," and "hallelujah"' for "all hands saved?inform wives and sweethearts." 80T "Brown is awfully absent-minded." "I should say so. You know what he did the other day?" "No." "He had a fresh cigar and no light; i stopped a fellow smoking a stub, lighted the cigar, handed it to the fellow, aud went off smoking the stub himself!" Jam and Jircsidc. DURABLE WHITEWASH. Every farmer has more or less out buildings and fences that are built o rough boards, that he does uot fee that he can afford to paint with leac and oil, that could be covered verj cheaply with whitewash, and thus be greatly improved in appearance, and, what to most farmers is most impor taut, made to last twice as long as i! left exposed to the changes of th< weather. The great drawback in commor whitewash is the want of durability, ii being necessary to renew it everj year; but an improved preparatioi: may be made at a very low cost, thai when properly put ou will last somt years and look very well. It is raadt as follows, for five gallons : Slake sia quarts of good lime in hot water, cov eriug it up while in process of slakiug to keep in the steam ; when slaked strain through a coarse cloth ; add one quart of salt, prepared by boiling it water until dissolved, and the irapuri ties have been skimmed off; also adc one pound of alum, one-half pound 01 copperas, three-fourths of a pound o: potash, four quarts of very fine sand aud coloring to suit fancy. This prep aration should be put on hot; if prop erly done, it makes a durable paint To make a brilliant white, to th< amount of lime above mentioned, adc one-fourth of a pound of burnt alum one pound of refined sugar, three pints of rice-flour made into a thin paste and one pound of dissolved glue This, like the other, should be uppliec hot. If the lime be good, it will makt a very pure white that will last somt years. It is said, with what truth wt cannot vouch for, that the east end ol the White House at Washington was at one time covered with this prepara tion. There can be but utile (loubi that it is economy to keep rough hoarfi fences and out-buildings covered with a cheap paint of whitewash ; it pre vents decay by keeping the water oul of the wood ; it also adds very much to the appearance of the home. The outlay is very trifling iudeed, except the labor, which cau be done by the farmer or his boys, when other work is not driving. It is believed by many that it pays to whitewash the shingle.on the roofs of buildings, as it not only assists to prevent decay, but it is a great safe-guard against fire.?Massachusetts Ploughman. TRAINING VICIOUS HORSES. A new and very simple method ol training vicious horses was exhibited at West Philadelphia recently, and the manner iu which some of the wildest horses were subdued was attonishing, The first trial was that of a kicking or "bucking" mare, which her owner said had allowed no rider on her back for a period of not less than five years. She became tame in about as many minutes, and allowed herself to be ridden about without a sign of her former wildness. The means by which ? - If.L . J 1 tms result was accompusneu was uy a piece of light rope which was passed around the front of the jaw of the mare just above the upper teeth across in her mouth, and thence secured to the back of the neck. It was claimed that no horse will kick or jump when thus secured, and that a horse, after receiving the treatment a few times, will abandon his vicious ways forever. A very simple method was also shown by which a kicking horse could be shod. It consisted in connecting the animal's head and tail by means of a rope fastened to the tail and then to the bit, and drawn tightly enough to incline the animal's head to one side. This, it is claimed, makes it impossible for the horse to kick on the side of the rope. At the same exhibition a horse which, for many years, had to be bound on the ground to be shod, suffered the blacksmith to operate on him without attempting to kick, while secured in the manner described. Piric Acid for Burns.?A remarkable cure for burns is said to have been discovered by Dr. Thierry of the Hospice de la Charite, Paris. Having twice, while working with piric acid disinfectant, dropped burning matter on his hands, and been astonished at the absence of pain or injury. Dr. Thierry was induced to make experiments to see whether the ' -J ?*a ? *% + fKn fonf aciu LUlglll HUVUUIil/ 1UI IHC law. He has had now two years' experience of its effects, and announces that a saturated solution of piric acid applied to a burn or scald will not only remove all pain, but will prevent the formation of sores, and will bring about a complete cure in a few days. If this be true, the solution should at once be takeu up by all managers of iron works and engineering shops, where accidents from burning are frequent, and not uncommonly fatal. The solution is perfectly staple, cheap and free from any ordor or toxic properties. It produces a temporary discoloration of the skin, which can be entirely removed by the application of boric acid. Rice and Cheese With Roast Beef.?Rice and cheese are very good ntitlt vnact Koof Tliov opa nrAnarftd much in the same way as macaroni and cheese. Boil the rice until tender in salted water, drain dry, then put in a baking dish alternate layers of the rice and grated cheese. The layers of rice should not be more than a sprinkling. Season with salt, pepper and bits of butter, moisten with sweet milk, cover with fine buttered crumbs, and brown in a quick oven. Chapped Hands.?Insufficient drying is the cause of most chapped hands. It is an excellent idea to keep on one's dressing table a box of almond meal with a perforated cover. When the bands are dried with the towel, a little almond meal dusted over them will complete the work of absorbing the moisture, and the hands will not chap. Miscellaneous THE PHONOGRAPH TOLl) THE TROUBLE. To those people who look upon the f phonograph as a scientific toy this sto1 ry will be of interest, and it will be [ none the less so to those who know of r the practical purposes to which this remarkable instrument can be put. It appears that the Knowles pump works . put up one of their large pumps for the f Ricks water company at the Elk river . pumping station in California. The pump was in constant use for some i years, and the makers heard no coinl plaint until a few weeks ago, when > they received a novel communication i from H. L. Ricks, the manager of the I pumping statiou. > There was no doubt in the minds of > those at the station who were best ; acquainted with the mechanism that . something was wrong with the pump, t but they were unable to fix on the det feet, and as the dismemberment of the > pump would involve much loss of time, i and as a visit by an expert from the . East would mean a considerable ex[ pense, the phonograph was resorted to. f The manager spoke into the receiver, f describing the symptoms of the ailing , pump, and further to indicate the case, . he placed the receiver so that the pul. sations of the pump would be recorded , ou the roll. ? Just as a physician listens to the ac1 tion of the heart or lungs in the human ) body by means of a stethoscope, so the ; pump doctor listened by means of a ) phonograph to the throbs and pulsa. tions of the pump thousands of miles I away, and was enabled by that means . to diiiynose the disease. ? A Tribune reporter listened to the > strange communication at the New f York office of the Knowles company. The voice of the Californian is heard . first giving in a clear, precise, and disl tinct way, the symptoms of the pump, 1 and then he asks the listener to pay i attention to the pump's action. Then . one hears the b?r?r?r?bang ! b? > r?r?r?bang! of the pump, and an i occasional wheezing sound which might > be made by escaping steaui. , The engineer to whom the phono? graph was submitted said that the ; whole record was so perfect, and the > speakiug so plain, that he felt tempted ; sometimes to interrupt and ask addi> tional questions. i, . The experiment proved absolutely successful, and by means oftheroll the disease was diagnosed. The proper remedy was suggested, and the puuip is running once more "good as new." r HOW TO HANDLE A HUN. s , Never under any circumstances , point your gun toward a human being. Never carry so that if it were acci dentally discharged it would even en danger the life of a dog. Always think which way your gun is pointing, and, if a companion is in the field with you, no matter how near i or how tempting the game appears, do not shoot until you know where he i is; a stray shot may be sufficient to i destroy an eye forever. Never carry a loaded gun in a wagi on or buggy. i Never carry a loaded gun over a > fence ; put it through and then get over. Always carry a gun at half cock; if a breechloader, never let the hammer rest on the plungers. Never get in front of a gun ; if you are falling, drop it so the muzzle will be from you. If the cartridge sticks the stout blade of a knife will probably extract it; if not, take out the other cartridge, cut a straight stick and poke it out from the muzzle; even then do not get in front of the gun. After firing one barrel take the cartridge out of the other and examine tho tvurl trt cpp that if. is nnt, lnnsp.ned. as it is sometimes after a heavy recoil, for should it get into the barrel it is liable to burst the gun. Never take hold of the muzzle of a gun to draw it toward you. Never keep a loaded gun in the house. Follow these rules, be self possessed, and the fields will afford you sport without danger, says The American Field. A Few Rules in Business. ?When a mau pays you money be sure to count it in his presence; otherwise a mistake may cause trouble, confusion, and hard feeling. When you pay a man money ' require him to count it before he leaves you, and then there can be no danger of mistakes and no room for dishonesty. When a man seems unwilling to furnish a receipt for money paid, you will be wise to require it of him, and put it carefully away. If you want to remain on friendly terms with your friend, don't loan him money without requiring the security you would ask from a stranger. When a man borrows money 1* A /*> i.1 ...1 or you 10 pay on auotuer, who is picking him, you will probably never get it back. When you become security on a note, bond, or other paper, you need to see that it is settled when due, or it may turn up at an unexpected and inconvenient season for you to pay it. Live within your income, and then you will not have occasion to borrow, or go in debt. Pay as you go, and you t? 1. t. . j j u:il~ will noi oe uunneu wim uma, uui threatened with suits. SOUTH CAROLINA'S WILD BEASTS. If a circle be described with the Charleston city hall as a centre and a radius of 15 or 20 miles, there may be found within its limits at least 25 different species of wild animals, several of them in sufficient numbers to make their capture for the sake of their skins a profitable employment says The News and Courier. The list consists of the black bear, the bay lynx or wild cat, the gray fox, the Virginia i deer, the raccoon, the 'possum, the i gray rabbit, the swamp rabbit, the polecat or skunk, the mink, the Canai da otter, the fox squirrel (three varieties), the Carolina gray squirrel, the flyiog squirrel, four species of rats four species of mice, and three species of ground mole or shrews. All thest are found in considerable numbers while some, eveu of the larger ant more importaut are very abuudant. In addition to these, the commor seal is an occasional, though rare, vis itor in the harbor, while the panther the beaver aDd the wolf have becomt extinct in this circuit within one 01 two generations?the latter haviiq been killed within 30 miles of the eitj in the memory of men now living. I we extend our circle to include th< limits of the State, we must enlarge our list by 8 or 10 more species, sue! as the red fox, the woodrhuck oi ground hog, the muskrnt, the iMounr squirrel, and several others, while tht panther, wolf and beaver may pos>ibh be found in the wild regions of th< Blue Ridge. Retaliation.?"What in the nam* [ ofull the idiots," asked theslovemaker "did you mean by sending home mj coat with your advertisement stencil ed on it in letters two inches high?' "Well," said the tailor, "the stove bought from you was ornamented ii the same way." CeS"" Idleness travels very slowly, anr poverty soon overtakes her. ROYAL Baking Powder Absolotely Pure ROYAL Baking Powder AbsoluTely Pure ROYAL Baking Pewdep Ab?oluf 2*** **e> B. X. MOORE. W. B. MOORE W. B MOORE & CO, CHRISTMAS IS nearly on us once more, and the young and the old alike will be trying to make as many happy as they can. Tf look through our splendid assortment h a pastime?dazzling, bewitching, charming, captivating, entrancing, pleasing beautiful, winning, handsome, admirable attractive, durable, useful, appropriate economical, extravagant, superior, serviceable, lasting, desirable, excellent, beneficial. The Largest Stork of Silveware Shown in Yorkville for Years. Fine Vases, Toilet Sets, Tea Sets. Lamps etc. Ask to see our 25-cent cabinet size Photo Frame. Nothing ever seen before for less than a half to equal it. Fruit Cake Material of Every Description. Fresh French Candy, Nuts, Raisins, Oranges, Lemons, etc., etc. Cream Cheese, finest made, at 16 cents per pound. Another grade at 12J cents a pound. Don't think because we talk and advertise so many other lines of goods that we are not in it on Fancy Groceries; not so, We can sell them at less than other folks, and make a living on other things. Fresh, Plain and Fancy Buckwheat, Dried Apples, Prunes, Oatflakes, Icing Sugar, and in fact, well?everything at our store. does your boy want a gun 1 Do you want a Gun ? More boys' Guns to arrive this week, a large stock of men's Guns at unheard-of low prices. Pistols and catridges. W. B. MOORE A CO. fa the f| AT WOOD I | B I Suspender i gjj 1 Try a Pair. i B ? B **et 'em TX & ? A Erom 1\F \1\ JOHN J. # W HUNTER. BOY'S CLOTHING. When I said last week that I was going to sell over 100 Suits of Boy's Clothing at any price to move them, I meant just what I said, and they are going. I will refuse no reasonable offer. WHAR YOU GIT DAT 'AR HAT ? If it is not the very latest in style and the best in quality, you didn't get it from me. Last week I received my third shipment of Hats, and I tell you they are "Honey Lulas." I have the latest Dunlap and Knox Derbies at $2. Good as anybody's $3 hat. I have a full Tourist Hat for $2. A low crown, broad brim Planter's Hat for 75 cents, that is a daisy. Call and see my Hats. J. J. HUNTER. GARRY IRON RC MANUFAC IRON ROOFING, MBAfWA CKIMPED AND COKRIUATED Iron Tile or Shingle, FIRE PROOF DOORS, J SHUTTERS, ETC. I " H\ W& THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS JSH- Orders received by L. M. GR 1 ; GRIST COUSIN^ ; NOT OUR FAULT? ' ""ITTHAT is the price of Cheese?" ?i VV "Fifteen cents a pound." "Is it i good?" "The best we can buy?New York State Pure Cream." "Well, I supposed it was good, as I have bought a good > many goods here and have never yet got5 ten anything that was not of good quality ; c but I thought I would ask, because other r people have been charging me 20 cents for * cheese. Have you Snow Hake Craok' ers ?" "Yes, sir; we got in a case of fresh f ones yesterday, and also a lot of as fine , Cakes its you or anybody else ever saw. They are simply elegant. We have Graham Wafers, Iced Coffee Cakes, Fig WaJ fers, Marsh mallow Wafers and Vanilla r Wafers, Pineapple Wafers, all fresh." I "What are your Snowllakes worth?" "Fifteen cents a pound." "Let me have ' a couple of pounds ; I have always paid ? 20 cents heretofore, and loan figure a net i saving of 25 per cent, by buying yours. WE HAVE BEEN TRYING For more than a year to let the people of i this section know that they could buy many things in the Grocery and Hardware line at closer prices from us than ' anywhere else, and many of them have found out that our claim is correct, and ' are profiting by it and patronizing us. [ We desire to say to those who won't test us that we cannot help you, if you don't 1 want our assistance. Of course we want your patronage and will give you full value for your money if you will give us ?j the chance. They Are Pleased. ; During the past week quite a number of ladies have called and bought Raisins, Citron, Currants, Nutmeg, Cinnamon Bark, Spice, Flavoring Extracts and Royal Baking Powder from us, and expressed themselves as heing cteiightea witn the quality of our goods and pleased with the prices. We are making a specialty of this class of goods and solicit the patron- * age of everybody. In a Few Days We expect to receive an invoice of Atniore's Mincemeat, Baker's Chocolate, Shredded Cocoanut, Apple Jelly, Apple Butter, Cranberries, and other things mdispensible to a well ordered Christmas dinner, and hope to receive a call from all who want any of the foregoing delicacies. GRIST COUSINS. > Bananas at '20 cents a dozen. ? SILVERWARE. My stock of Silverware is very * large and varied, and is equal in everyway to any Silverware prol duced in America, being triple > * plated; and every article is guarj anteed with a guarantee that - guarantees. I have Cream Pitchers, Sugar Bowls, Pickle Stands, Molasses Pitchers, Pepper Boxes, , '' \ Individual Sets, consisting of knife, fork and spoon; Napkin Rings, Forks and Spoons, and if I haven't got what you want I'll i get it for you. I HAVE IT. ! If there is any article that can possibly come under the head of ' Notions, I have it. It is almost j impossible to mention every! thing that I have in this line. It . , would take great volumes to do that; but if there is anything in the Notion line that you want, just put it in your pocketbook, that I have it. See if I haven't. UNION UNDERWEAR. I have received my third ship ment this fall, of Ladies' Union Underwear. The ladies are very highly pleased with these garments. Call and see them. I CAN SELL YOU A Nickle Watch for $2.48 that is guaranteed to keep time for a year. Or a Gold Filled Watch for $4.98 that is guaranteed to keep time for one year. Call and see ^ these watches. H. C. STRAUSS, N. W. Comer of Fountain Square. Agent for Coats's Spool Cotton. new cloths: new breaks: The Champion Flouring Mills Has Added New Machinery. RIDDLE'S CHAMPION FLOURING MILLS, in Bethel township has been thoroughly overhauled, ana with increased capacity, and the addition of NEW MACHINERY, is prepared to serve the public in a manner that will compete with anv flouring mill in the world. AN EXTRA CHOICE PATENT FLOUR IS THE PRODUCT OF THIS MILL, and my friends and the public generally are respectfully invited to bring their grain to "The Champion Mills." GEO. L. RIDDLE, Zeno,S.C. September 25 65 tf lOFING COMP'TVY, TURERS OF OF IRON ROOFING IN THE WORLD .? 1ST.