The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, December 21, 1871, Image 4
A STRANGE AND THRILLING STORY.
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' BY BELLA FKEN'CH.
The night shadows were beginning to settle
down upon, the earth. All day the rain had
been falling, sometimes lightly, sometimes in
heavy, showers. The roses and pinks in the
garden had a sickly look, for their petals hung
low and were heavy with water, and with the
mud which had splashed upon them. The
clouds were still dark and threatening, bespeak
ing^stormy night The little town of Ashton
was unusually quiet. The streets were too
muddy and the weather too inclement to entice
people from thj?ir homes. Only now and then
a solitary traveller was to be seen. These, busi- j
ness had driven forth; and they walked with
rapici steps, anxious to again get under shelter.
in a vine-wreathed cottage on a flower
apringled lawn the supper had been waiting
'over an hour for the master of the housc.'Vhose
business had necessitated his being absent from
home all day. Mr. Jacobs was the tax-collec?
tor of the township, and consequently could
not wait the return of pleasant weather before
pursuing Iiis journey. Therefore he had equip?
ped himself in his india-rubber over-garment
in the morning and had gone about his busi?
ness, leaving his wife the promise of, an early
return in the evening. But the supper hour
had come and gone without his making an ap?
pearance. Mrs. Jacobs, however, was not anx
mus.as-yet Such delays were too frequent to
"cause'this one to give her any uneasiness of
mind.
-. . She flitted about the house, busy with her
evening duties, singing a gay song as she went.
She,was a bright little woman, with a world of
courage'written in her dark, sparkling eyes,
-and on the firm, red-lips.
Anon she disrobed her two little ones, and
put them to bed, and when the night-shadows
.turned into an inky blackness she seated her?
self by the lamp and began to sew, still leaving
the supper-table spread, and the food on the
-stove keeping warm for the return of her hus?
band. But the little clock on the mantel-shelf
'had told the hour of 10 before his step was
heard at the door. He came in hurriedly, and
strode to a seat without removing his dripping
outer-garments or his muddy boots.
"Was detained. Am in an awful hurry.?
'Going to Winchester to-night," diving his hand
into a pocket of his inner coat, and glancing
"anxiously around the room.
"To Winchester!" repeated his wife in dis?
may. 'Twenty miles in this storm I"
"Can't be helped," he returned. "Business is
business, you know."
? He removed his hand from his pocket, took
off his hat, and brushed back bis fair hair, re?
pealing the rather handsome face of a light
cemplexioned, middle-aged man. He had large
Sgray eyes, but they wore an anxious expression^
and their glance wandered restlessly about the
apartment
"Jane" he said, suddenly, again diving his
?.band into the troublesome pocket, "do you sup?
pose you could take care of a large sum of
money-till to-morrow ?"
"Why, yes," she answered, looking up in
'surprise. #
|'f have collected five thousand dollars," he
continued, "and it is too late to get it into the
bank, and I do not dare to carry so much with
me."
? "Well, you can leave it here as well as not.
No one would think of my having such a sum
of money."
He drew a large wallet from his pocket and
.placed it in her hands.
"It belongs to the Government, and if you
let it pas? from your hands I am ruined," he
.-commented. And he arose as if to depart.
"You are going to eat some supper ?" she
queried.
"No. I have no timo to lose. I must make
Winchester by midnight. Good-bye. Take
good core of the money, and fasten all the
^doora."
He gave her a hurried kiss, and the next mo?
ment he was gone.
_ But the sound of his footsteps had scarcely
"-'died away before Mrs. Jacobs began to feel a
' strange fear crseping over her. Why it was
; she knew not. She had lived there seven years,
. and slept in the house many a night without
' the doors being even shut Now they were
locked and bolted, she could not think of going
to bed. She was too nervous for that. She
, yras likewise too nervous to work. She put; the
: money in her dress pocket, and clasping both
1 tightly m her hands, she sat still, gazing anx?
iously-into nothingness, and listening so in
. ten tly that silence became a fearful mingling of
discordant sounds in her ears.
An hour passed. It had been an age to her.
"^'?^Tam glad that I am not rich," she whis?
pered as the clock struck 11. "What a task it
must be to watch one's gold!"
-?Presently she heard a sound. It was not the
rain/for their was a perfect lull in the storm,
^i^jborald pot be a neighbor, for she lived in the
' outskirts of the village, several blocks from any
one, ;ind she was hot likely to be called in cases
of sickness.
Again she heard it. It seemed as if a win
. dow-aash was being slowly raised. Strange that
she s hould have forgotten to fasten them down 1
."Why didn't John leave me his revolver?"
she mused. "I have nothing with which to
protect myself in case that I should bo molested
f to-rught It was really an oversight in him."
Again she heard the sound. It seemed to
come from the bed-room. It was surely the
raising of a sash. Then there was the sound
of a movement as though some one was enter
ing'tbat way.
Fear quickly paralyzed her for a moment,
': Mit she quickly rallied, and taking up the lamp
proceeded to investigate the matter. She had
scarcely opened the Ded-room door when she
? staggered backward with a half-suppressed
scream. Two raen in hideous disguises were
already in the room and a third ruffian was in
the act of crawling through the window. In
- voluntarily she clutched the pocket which con?
tained the money, thinking meanwhile how she
would protect herself and it. Alas! she had
nothing but her own weak hands with which to
^ght the battle, and she well knew how power
? teas they were compared with the strength of
the enemy.
"What do you want here ?" she asked in a
? faltering voice.
"We want the five thousand dollars which
you have in keeping for your husband," Baid
one of them.
They knew then she had it in her possession.
"You can't get any money from me," she said
decisively. "I have no money."
"A pretty little fib/' he responded with a
"rough laugh. "We will just look into* our
pocket and see."
In her eagerness to preserve her treasure she
. clutched the pockets of her dress in both hands,
thus unconsciously betraying its whereabouts.
She turned pale when the knowledge of her
thoughtlessness was revealed to her.
"You can't have it I you shan't have it," she
eried, knowing well all the while that they
would have it in spite of her.
"We will see'." exclaimed one of the men,
grabbing her in his arms.
She struggled desperately, but was soon over?
powered and the money taken from her.
Then, womanlike, she began to cry.
"Let us go now," said one of the robbers.?
"You take the spondulix and git, and I will fix
her tongue in a way that it will remain quiet
for one hour at least."
"Don't hurry," put in another; "I am dar
nation hungry, and we can just as well take a
bite here as not."
The others demurred, but he continued: "Set
to work old gal, and get us some supper.?
You've got a fire and some boiling water, and
we want a cup of tea. To work, I nay f"
"Mrs. Jacobs knew that a refu&al would only
\ subject her to more indignatian, and she arose
to do their bidding.
She put some plates on the table, along with
such food as she had cooked, and then proceed?
ed to make the tea, wondering; all the while if
there was any way to regain possession of the
money, and dreading her husband's anger and
dismay on his return should she fail to do so.
As she took the tea-cannister from the pantry
shelf she canght sight of a bottle labelled arse?
nic. Her husband had purchased* it on the
previous day, in order to.destroy the rats which
were becoming troublesome, but as yet he had
used no portion of it.
Here was a chance of relief, and she seized
it eagerly. Opening the bottle, she put a few
grains, into the tea-pot along with the tea, of
which she gave good measure, iu order to de?
stroy the taste of the arsenic.
A few minutes later the robbers were sitting
at the table; unconsciously sipping their death.
"They may kill me," mused the faithful wo?
man, "but the money will be found and my hus-,
band's honor saved."
After a few minutes, one by one, the robbers
complained of being sick.
trt verily believe the jada has poisoned us,"
said one, and the next moment he fell with a
deep groan to the floor.
"i know ?he has poisoned us," cried another,
"and her own life shall pay the forfeit."
He sprang from'his seat and started towards
her, revolver in hand, but fell ere he reached
her.
"Jane," exclaimed the third, "you have saved
the money, but you have murdered me I"
How strangely familiar sounded the vo'cc!
Forgetting all tier old fear in the new, Mrs.
Jacobs sank forward and knelt by the side of
the dying man.
None tried to harm her now, for all were
powerless to do so. '
She pulled the disguise, a hideous negro face,
with large grinning mouth, from the face of the
last speaker. Onc.lock?then came a scream
which echoed through the house like ? peal of
thunder.
But little more remains to be told of the sad
story. The money was preserved, but the he?
roic woman is a maniac, raving in a southern
asylum over the murder of her husband, imag?
ining that her hands arc dyed red with his blood.
A Very Singular Case.?The Norwich
(Conn.) Advertiser of a late date has this para?
graph :
Mr. Eli Hempstod, formerly of New Haven,
but recently of Chenango Forks, N. Y., died at
his lather's residence, in New Haven, on the
20th instant, from a most singular case. Some
years ago he was? attacked with insanity, and
was sent to the^Tnsane Retreat at Hartford.
While there, he .-.pushed a watch-key up his
nose, and afte r his recovery informed his phy?
sician what he had done. An effort was made
to get it out, without success. He left the Re?
treat, and nothing further was done to remove
the article, though'He occasionally spoke of
feeling it. In a year or two he was attacked
with a sharp pain at" the lower part of the
right lung. He suffered from it for some time,;
when it passed away, and for two years he en?
joyed good health. - A-few weeks ago he came
to New Haven with an invoice of produce, and
while engaged in lifting barrels was again at?
tacked with pain and bleeding from the lungs.
He was taken to his father's house, where in a
few days he died.
His case was so singular that his physicians
made a post mortem examination, when they
found the key imbeded in the lower part of the
lung, and surrounded by a lump in a state of
mortification. The key had dropped out of the
nose through the windpipe into the lung, and
had remained there over two years.
Discovery of Coffee.?Toward the middle
of the fifteenth century, a poor Arab was trav?
eling in Abyssinia, ana finding himself weak
and weary from fatigue, he stopped near a grove.
Being in want of fuel to cook his rice, he cut
down a tree which happened to be covered with
dried berries. His meal being cooked and eat?
en, the traveler discovered that these half
burned berries were fragrant. He collected a
number of these, and on crashing them with a
stone, he found their aroma increased to a great
extent. While wondering at this, he accident
ly let fall the substance into a can which con?
tained his scanty supply of water. Lo, what a
miracle! the almost putrid liquid was instantly
purified, he broaght it to his lips; it was fresh
and agreeable, and in a moment after the trav?
eler had so far recovered his strength and ener?
gy as to be able to resume his journey. The
lucky Arab gathered as many berries as he
could, and having arrived at Aden, in Arabia,
he informed the Mufti of his discovery. That
worthy dive was an inveterate opium smoker,
who had been suffering for years from the influ?
ence of the poisonous drug. He tried an infu?
sion of the roasted'berries, and was so delight?
ed at the recovery of his former vigor that in
his gratitude to the tree he called it Canuah,
which in Arabic signifies force. And this is
the manner in which coffee was discovered.
A Lawyer Astounded.?A few days ago a
prominent lawyer of St. Louis, missed his free
pass on the city railroad of that city, and sus?
pecting that it had been stolen, he went to the
office of the Railroad C >mpany, informed the
officials of his suspicious and requested them
to have any one who should present the pass on
the street cars arrested. Orders were accord*
ingly issued to all the conductors on the line
to keep, a sharp look-out for the missing ticket.
A couple of days afterward, searching through
some papers in his office, the legal gentleman
found the missing ticket, and while riding home
on a car presented it to the conductor, who ex?
amined it closely. He immediately collared
the astounded member of the bar, and in reply
to a question as to what he meant by seizing
him, remarked that he had been looking for the
man who had stolen that ticket for some days
past. In vain the legal gentleman endeavored
to explain that he was the rightful owner of the
pass ; the conductor would not believe him. He
said lie had seen a good deal of human nature,
and knew an honest man when he met him.?
On the return trip he brought his prisoner
back with him and took him to the police sta?
tion, where he was recognized and released.
The Romance of a Wilt,.?The interest of
many novels is made to depend upon the loss of
a genuine will or the production of a forged
one. The not uncommon eclipse of romance
by reality has just been exemplified in New
York. Hugh McAdam died in July, I860, leav?
ing an estate of $200,000. It was at first be?
lieved that he made no will. His medical at?
tendant, Dr. John Brady, wasja poet as well as
physician. He died not long after his patient,
leaving behind him several poems. A printer
was called in by his relatives to examine his
manuscript, on opening which the will of Mr.
McAdam was found, attested by the deceased
doctor and his surviving son as witnesses. The
document bequeathed the greater part of the
testator's property to Roman Catholic charities.
The heirs, already in possession of the estate,
were greatly surprised and disconcerted at find?
ing that they must give up their lately acquired
money. They disputed the genuineness of the
will, but unsuccessfully, and the Church gets
the benefit of the bequest so singularly brought
to light.
Seeing: Him Off.?A country pedagogue
had two pupils, to one of whom he was par?
tial, to the other severe. One morning it hap?
pened that these two boys were both late, and
were called to account for it.
"You must have heard the bell, boys; why
did you not come?"
"Please, sir," Raid the favorite, "I was
dreamin' that I was goin' to Oaliforny, and I
thought the school bell was the steamboat bell
I was goin in."
"Very well," said the master, glad of any
pretext to excuse his favorite ; "and now, sir,"
turning to the other, "what have you to say?"
"Please, sir." said the puzzled boy, "I?I?
was waiting to see Tom of!'.'*
Rotation of Crops.
It may be set down as a fundamental law of
agriculture that the greater the rotation of
crops, other things being equal, the larger the
crop. De Caudolle, a Swiss chemist, many
years since contended that the exudations from
the roots of one class of plants unfit the soil for
continuous reproduction, and yet serve as nu?
triment for plants of a different growth.?
Whether his theory is correct or not, we know
that land will not bear a frequent repetition of
the same crop without showing signs of exhaus?
tion. An apparent exception occurs in the
growth of the onion?the same land near
vVcathcrfield, Conn., having been planted in
that vegetable for two centuries without dimin?
ution in the yield. This, doubtless, results
from the frequent and continuous application
of fertilizers, and from the fact that special
manures are found exactly suited for their pro?
duction.
The law, however, that crops should be con?
stantly varied is general, and manifests itself
as well in'the growth of trees and other vege?
tation as in the growth of corn or wheat, and
even to the keeping of animals too long on the
same land. We might probably go further,
and say that races of people perish when con?
fined too long to the same land. The North
American Indian is perishing from the face of
the earth ; the Picts and Scots were not able to
withstand the shock of fresh life, nor could the
effeminate Roman -esist the bounding blood of
the barbarian from the land of the "mist and
the storm."
We know that wild forests of one description
of trees are supplanted by those of a different
species. The land of an old orchard becomes
unfit for a young one; a new hedge will not
grow upon the site of a former one; corn after
corn will increase in shuck, and where grown
successively upon this same land will not only
diminish its yield, but will become subject to
?ll the diseases incident to this valuable cereal.
Even clover will refuse to grow upon land that
has grown it for many years. Cotton planters
and tobacco planters know how rapidly land
deteriorates by growing three crops successive?
ly. Manure will not prevent a diminished
yield on the s&me land. An imperfect and
diseased vegetation will surely follow a con?
tinuous plenty on the same land.
Rotation, with sub3oiling and deDp plowing,
will add millions of dollars to the wealth of our
farmers, and we deeply regret to find so many
of that valuable class in the cotton growing
districts rotating their crop of cotton only with
a crop of corn. The result is that thousands of
acres are becoming so impoverished that they
will not pay the cost of cultivation, and are a
dead weight upon their owners and upon the
State, and form pictures of deformity in the
landscape. Too many one horse plows are
used; too little manure used; too little gross
sown ; too much cotton planted, and too great
an effort made to cultivate a large area of poor
land instead of a small area of rich land. La?
bor is too high and too unreliable to be wasted
in scratching poor land. Let it be concentra?
ted upon the rich soils, and let the poor soils
be fed with clover until they are fattened.?
Nashville Union and American.
No Mother.?What a volume of sorrowful
truth is comprised in that single sentence?no
mother. We must go far down the hard, rough
path of life, and become inured to care and
sorrow in their sternest forms, before we can
j take home to our experience the dread reality?
no mother?without a struggle and a tear. But
when it is said of a frail young girl, just pass?
ing from childhood towards the life of a woman,
how sad the story summed up in that one short
sentence. Who now shall check the wayward
fancies?who now shall bear with the errors
and failings of the motherless girl ?
Deal gently with the child. Let not the cup
of her sorrow be overfilled by the harshness of
your bearing or your unsympathizing coldness.
; Is she heedless of her doing ? Is she forgetful
of her duty ? Is she careless in her movements ?
R(?momber, oh, remember, "she has no moth?
er!"
? Evergreens? merchants who expect to
make money without advertising.
? Mexico is said to be like the earth, in that
it has a revolution every twenty-four hours.
?A bad marriage is like an electric ma?
chine ; it makes you dance but you can't let
g?
? A pound of energy with an ounce of tal?
ent will achieve greater results than a pound
of> talent with an ounce of energy.
? \Ve should give as we receive?cheerfully,
quickly and without hesitation, for there is no
grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers.
? Josh Billings says that opera music don't
have any more effect on him than castor oil has
upon n graven image.
? "I always sing to please myself," said a
gentleman who was humming a tune in com?
pany. "Then you are not at all difficult to
please," said a lady who sat next to him.
? A greenhorn was offered at a public table
a plate of maccaroni soup, but declined it, de?
claring that they "couldn't palm any biled
pipe stems on him."
? A young convert down In Maine demon?
strated the force of habit by remarking, in a
conference meeting, that some of the proceed?
ings were not "according to Hoyle."
? A young lad who was called as a witness
was asked if ne knew the nature of an oath,
and where he would go if he told a lie. He
said he supposed he should go where all the
lawyers went.
? Josh Billings says that when you com?
mence a courting expedition, it is the best way
to court the girls mother a little in the start,
as she kuows all about it, and will know what
you are good for.
? When you see two young persons seated
in the centre of a pew in church, you may
make up your mind that they are engaged, or
going to be; but when one is at the head and
the other ot the foot of the pew you cen imme?
diately determine that they are married.
? What is the difference between an auction
and sea-sickness? One is the sale of effects,
the other the effects of a sail. Amtarhy do your
physicians have a greater horror of the sea than
any body else ? Because they are more liable
to see sickness.
I ? A Connecticut deacon nearly captured
five boys who had been devastating his chest?
nut trees on Saturday afternoon. Shaking his
fist after their retreating forms, he angrily
shouted: "The sneaking little devils, if I had
hold of 'em one minute, I'd-" and then
suddenly espying his pastor on the scene, he
impressively added, "I'd pray for 'em 1"
? A nice young girl at Green Bay, Wiscon?
sin, was being courted by a nice young man.
He was generously inclined, and made her
presents of hair oil, which he purchased from
the store of the father of his adored. After
giving her some twenty bottles of the oleagi?
nous iluid he discovered he was working in a
circle?as fast as he presented them sue re?
turned them to the store, thus dutifully making
trade for her father. No cards.
? In wounds from bullets, it is often difficult
to discover the position of the ball, prelimina?
ry to extraction. A member of the French In?
stitute has devised an eiectrical probe, so con^
structcd that when it touches a metallic sub?
stance it rings a minature bell. The missile
once found, the worst half of the extractor's
task is over. There is a touch of quaintness in
the idea of a bullet telegraphing its wherea?
bouts
? Covington, Ga., has a colored debating so?
ciety. The question last discussed by this au?
gust assembly was : "Which is the more useful,
paper or gun-powder." The President was for
a long time in great doubt as to which side had
produced the strongest argument, when one of
the powder side arose and very gravely said: "Mr.
President: 'Spose dar was a bar out dar at de
door, and you was to go dar and shake dc pa?
per at him, you'd see what de bar would do.
Hut jes shoot a cannon at him and mark do re?
sult. I calls for de question." The President
forthwith decided in favor of powdor. ;
C. A. REED.
New Goods! New Goods!
JL HAVE just received, and offer for sale at
LOW FIGURES, a very largo and carefully
selected assortment of
GENERAL MERCHANDIZE.
Feeling thankful as I do to my friends and
customers for their former patronage, I solicit
a continuance of the same, and cordially invite
the public generally to call and examine my
stock before purchasing elsewhere. You will
find polit e an5 attentive Salesmen who will take
pleasure in showing and pricing you Goods.
C. A. REED.
Dress Goods.
E
OR neat and handsome Prints and Dress
Goods, call at
C. A. REED'S.
Fancy Goods and Notions.
OR anything in the Fancy Goods and No?
tion department, call at
C. A. REED'S.
F
Shoes and Boots.
I^OR Shoes and Boots to suit both ladies and
gentlemen, call at
C. A. REED'S.
Ready-Made Clothing.
ft Gent
call at
JpOR
C. A. REED'S.
Family Groceries.
ies, call n
C. A. REED'S.
JjlOR Choice Family Gro<
Groceries
i
profits by
-A. 1
C. A. REED.
Bacon, Lard, &c.
g and T
C. A. REED'S.
XpOR
Wooden Ware.
cind
C. A. REED.
JjV)R Wooden Ware, of an,
Crockery.
IF you want Crockery, Glass and China
Waro, call on
C. A. REED.
Hardware.
IF you want Hardware of anv kind, call on
C. A. REED.
Buggy and Carriage Material.
YOU will find the best assortment of Buggy
and Carriage Matorials in the up country
at C. A. REED'S.
0
Iron
F nU sorts and sizes on hand at
C. A. REED'S.
For Anything
USUALLY kept in a first-class Variety
Store, call at C. A. REED'S.
Oil Paintings.
SMALL lot of handsome Oil Paintings just
received and for sale low at
C. A. REED'S.
Country Produce.
IF you have Country Produce of anv kind to
soil, call at C, A. REED'S.
Sept 27. 1871 13
NEW FALL AND WINTER
GrOCXDS
AT THE
CLOTHING EMPORIUM.
THU undersigned are now receiving a fipe
. and woll selected Stock of Gools ui thdii
line, such as?
Black French Cloths,
Black Doe Skin Cassimores,
A fine line of Fancy Cassimeros and
Colored Cloths,
Beaver Cloths and Coatings for suits,
English Diagonals and Vestlngs,
All of which we are prepared to furnish to our
customers in tho LATEST and most approved
style of CUT and MAKE.
ALSO,
A NICE LOT OF
I
Gents' Furnishing Goods,
And other articles usually kept in our line.
Wo would respectfully request our friends
and customers to give us a caU and oxamino
our stock, as we are satisfied wo can give them
satisfaction, both in goods and stylo of cut.
J. B. CLARK & SON.
Sept 28, 1871 13
"SCIRE FACIAS."
GILREATH & BURGKS,
CONDUCT A FIRST CLASS
TINWARE ESTABLISHMENT
AND are prepared to execute at the shortest
uotico, and in tho best workmanship,
anything in that line. Their salesroom is con?
ducted by an attentive and experienced sales?
man, who will be pleased to have the public
give him a call and examine tho stock and
prices.
ORDERS SOLICITED.
COOK TNG STOVES made a spccialitv. A
full stock of Stoves of every description always
on hand, and at prices to suit all.
Competition defied. They cannot be under?
sold !
COTTON RAGS boughtat tho highest price!
WRAPPING PAPER in any quantity at 8
cents per pound.
TSTO. it BRICK RANGE,
ANDERSON, S. C.
Oct 12, 1371 1">
REMEMBER
M. LESSER,
WHEN YOU COME
To Anderson !
IHAVE just returned from New York City,
and have brought the largest and most
complete stock of Goods ever opened in this
market.
It is unnecessary to attempt enumeration of
my stock, as every department is full and com?
plete.
GENTS' CLOTHING
AND
Gents9 Furnishing? Goods
Made a speciality.
DRY GOODS, HATS,
BOOTS, -SHOES, TRUNKS,
? UMBRELLAS', '
YANKEE NOTIONS,
HARDWARE,
GROCERIES,
GUNS, PISTOLS,
And any and everything generally kept in a
retail Store, either in City, Town or Country.
I have a full and attchtivo corps of Clerks,
who, with myself, are always ready to wait on
customers, and sell them "Goods as cheap as
anv one.
All kinds of Country Produco taken in ex?
change, at highest market value.
I buy Cotton, and would bo glad for you to
givo mo a trial before selling.
Only try me and be Convinced
That I mean to sell Goods
REASONABLY !
if. LESSER,
No. 3 Granite Row, Anderson, S. C.
Oct 5, 1871 14
W. F. BARE & CO.,
ARE NOW OPENING
Fall & Winter Goods,
A.t No. lO Granite Row.
WE are receiving a largo and complete as?
sortment of
DRY GOODS,
GROCERIES,
HARDWARE,
CROCKERY and
GLASSWARE,
BOOTS and SHOES,
HATS .ma CAPS,
SADDLES and BRIDLES,
&c, &c, Ax.
Especial attention is invited to our stock of
Dry Goods, embracing
LADIES' DRESS GOODS,
Consisting in part of DeLaines, Poplins, Eng?
lish and American Prints, Japanese Silks,
Plain Black and Rep Silks, &o.
A full line of CASSIMERES and other goods
for Men's Wear.
Also, a heaw stock of Staplo Goods, such as
Bleached and Brown Shirtings, Sheetings, Bed
Ticking, Osnaburgs, Ac.
Thankful to the public for palronago hereto?
fore extended, we respectfully solicit a call at
our now location,
NO. 10 GRANITE ROW,
Whore wo will endeavor to sell you Goods at
f>ricos equal, if not lower, than any other cstab
ishment.
The highest market price paid for Cotton, and
always hi the market. Produce of all kinds
taken in oxchange for goods.
W. F. BARR <fc CO.
N, B.?Those indobted to us must make pay?
ment, as we need the money to carry on our
business.
Oct 5,1871 14 3m
GEO. S. HACKER,
Door, Sash and Blind Factory,
Charleston, S. C.
THIS is as largo and complete a Factoij as
there is in tho South.
Wc keop no Northern work to fill country
erders. Js?- Send for Price List.
Address, GEO. S. HACKER,
P. 0. Box 170, Charleston, S. C.
??r* Factory and Ware rooms, King Street,
opposite Cannon Street, on line of Citv Railway:
Sept 7, 1871_10_lyi
Doors, Sashes, Blinds, &c.
P. I>. T O A L Ej
Manufacturer and Dealer,
Nc. 20 Hayne Street and Horlbeck's Wharf?
CIIALESTON, S. C.
j&r THIS is the largest and most complete
Factory of the kind in the Southern States, and
all articles in this line can be furnished by Mr.
P. P. Toalk at prices which defy competition.
A pamphlet with full and detailed list
of all sizes of Doors, Sashes and Blinds, anil
the prices of each, will be sent free and post
paid, on application to
P. P. TO ALE, Charleston, S. C.
July 13, 1S71 2 ly
NOTICE TO CREDITORS OP
JOHN 8. SLOAN, B??'B.
M C Lindsay vs. Claudius S Beaty, Talnlah E
Sloan, et ah?Bill to sell Property, Marshal
Assets, <?v, of John B Sloan, deceased.
11HE Creditors of this Estate are required to
establish their claims before rhe at my
orrieo on or before the 25th day of Fobruarv
next, upon pain of being excluded from all
benefit of the decree to he rendered herein.
JOHN W DANIELS,
Clerk.Court Common Pleas Anderson Co.
Oct 1!>, 1871 16 3m
NOTICE
TS hereby given that an application will bo
made at the next session of the Legislature to
amend the Charter of the Town of Pendkton.
Oct 1!>, IS71 IG j
JUST RECEIVED
A LARGE STOCK OF
FAMILY GROCERIES,
Of every description, which we
Will Sell Low for Cash.
McGRATH & BYRUM,
Depot Street.
WANTED,
95,000 POUNDS
OF
Cotton Rags
For which we will pay the highest
CASH PRICES.
McGRATH &, BYRUM.
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All kinds Country Produce
Taken- in exchange for Goods.
We are also in the Cotton Market,
And pay the highest Cash Price for Cotton,
Give us a call before you seU the article;.
McGEATH & BYRUM.
-o
j23T- We are thankful to our friends for their
past liberal patronage, and further solicit their
continuance. We also invite them to call and
oxamine our stock of GROCERIES before pur?
chasing.
Ice always on Hand.
McGRATH & BYRUM.
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LIGHTNING RODS
Put up at the shortest notice, and at the very
lowest price. All orders wiU be executed by
ono of the firm, who wiU personally superin?
tend the work.
McGEATH & BYRUM,
Depot St., Anderson, S. C.
July 13, 1S71 2
1S71. FALL .TRADE. 1871.
GUNS. GUNS. GUNS.
DOUBLE and Single Barrel Guns,
Breecaloading and Muzzleloading Guns,
of English, French and German manufacture,
At all Prices.
Single Guns at $2.?0, $4.00, $6.00, $8.00, $12.00 to
?20.00 each. Double Guns from $7.00
to $200.00 each.
Pistols, Pistols. Pistols.
Smith <fc Wesson, Coifs, Allen's, Sharp's and
all the popular and approved kinds.
Ammunition for Guns, Pistols
and Rifles.
Sportsman's Goods of Great Va?
riety.
BEST QUALITY and AT LOWEST PRICES.
Countrv Merchants and Sportsmen are invi?
ted to call and examine our large and well se?
lected stock of the above Goods, which we im?
port direct and buy from the manufacturers.
We guarantee quality equal to, and prices as
low as any responsible house in this country. ?
Orders by mail filled promptly, and sent by
express, C* O. D.
P0ULTNEY, TRDIBLE & CO.,
200 W. Baltimore Street,
BALTIMORE. MB.
Sept 7, 1871 40 ly
m. goldsmith. p. kikd.
GOLDSMITH & KIND,
FOUNDERS & MACHINISTS,
(pnajxix 1r0x works,)
COLUMBIANS. C,
MANUFACTURERS of Steam Engines, of all
sizes ; Horse Powers, Circular and Mule*
Saw Mills, Flour Mills, Grist and Sugar Cane
Mills, Ornamental House and Store Fronts, Cast
Iron Bailings of every sort, including graveyards,
residences, &c. Agricultural Implements, Brass
and Iron Castings of all kinds made to order on
short notice, and on the most reasonable terms.
Also, manufacturers of Cotton Presses, &c.
May 18, 1871 46 ly
WAVERLY HOUSE,
Anderson, S. C.
JOHN A. MA YES, Proprietor.
THE WAVER LY HOUSE lias been repaired and
fitted up, and has now a magnificent ap
peaiance. Mr Mayes is lately of Abbeville, and
is well known as a good Hotel keeper. The House
has been newly furnished, and has all the modern
improvements and comforts, and will give the beat
the country affords in way of fare, which will bo
served up in the best of style.
Stop and see us, and you will be well treated.
March 23, 1871 88
Kinsman & Howell,
Factors and Commission
Merchants.
Liberal Advances made on
Cotton and Naval Stores.
Charleston, S. C.
Sept 7, 1871 10 4m
wm. henry tresc0t. w. w. humphreys.
TRESC0T & HUMPHREYS,
Attorneys at Law,
llTILL practice in the Courts of the Eighth
y\ Circuit, and in the United States Court
Omcc in Broyles' building, opposite the Bensca
House, Anderson C. H.
Fob 9, 1871 32
J. C. C. FEATHERSTON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
WILL practice in the Courts of Anderson, Abbe?
ville and surrounding Counties, and in
the United States Courts.
Office?No. 8 Granite Row, up stairs, ocr
Watfon & ?ro's. Store, Anderson C. II.
Jan ?, lb71 27