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ORIGINAL POETRY For the Anderson Intelligencer. BIGHT. Tho king of day has sunk -with kfngly grace Behind tho bills, and evening hides the face Of blushing nature with a misty veil, Of purely gleaming folds, and texture frail. 'Tis Iwiu^hVNigta'sfeir bride, that trembling waits The coming of her lord, at vesper's gates. Beep silence reigns?all earth seems bowed in prayer? A holy calm pervades the evening air. What wonder that the pure and magic spell Should still the heart,.and angry feelings quoll? But now, with awe-bowed beads, we-turn to see The slow approach of earth's great mystery. Whose sombre shades enwrap the globe around, While gentle twilight, sinking to the ground, Ip soon absorbed within the inky folds Of Night, which power supreme and mighty j holds. As in our childish fear we backward shrink, We know not what we fear, the dreaded brink Is hidden by the sable folds of night. Imagined, may be, yet we love the light. Nocturnal shades, how much yon have con? cealed! ? And,'oh V how much, how much have you re? vealed ! Gould fancy, yielding to the potent power,. ? Show forth the hideous workings of one hour, What scenes we cauld portray, what horrors show, Tho great arch fiend himself doth only know. t'^l r,'j CT Jk. t */. The darkest hour has come?without, within, w^ndfiolng, see bat blight, the mark of sip. AUbYthe dark, how can we "fight the fight?" Oh, Father, bj^jos^A^^s reach tfcejight! -? ?. ,?^ula. Badly Swollen. Hi _ was before the war. " Old Major Wbarfon (I use, of coarse, fictitious names) was at the head of-a bureau in one of the departments, fr?d Harry Larrabee. a" clever, talented; and" handsome young fellow, was his chief clerk. Ihey were great friends, and roomed together at otd Borax's. The Major was a: "gentToman of the old school," affable, polite, and very, correct generally, hut he had one little failing. About once in two or three months he would j get on a "high old bender," a sort of dignified spree; drinking for several days together very deeply and with visible-effect upon him, al? though be never got down or went so far as to neglect altogether his personal appearance. The"rilajoT,s periodical lapses from sobriety gave his friend Ha rry a great deal' of concern ; but tiie latter feared to alienate his ohi friend should he attempt to remonstrate with him, and bemused to lie. awake nights, trying to think-of a-plan to- recall the old gentleman to atsense-of propriety without giving him at the same time mortal offense. At last he hit it. One morning, while the Major was still slum... beting heavily- in consequence of bis profound potations, Harry cut a slip of card-board and inserted it inside the lining of his glossy bea? ver, and then sat down in their common parlor to await the rdult. At length the old man ?woke. aroser made his toilet in grim silence, e^feaTthe{ parlor with averted face, (which xe&mbled the full-orbed moon just rising above &e^?rizon,)Tahd seized his hat withlhe ihteh: two of finding and putting himself outside, of I a. "modest quencher" at. the .earliest possible ' moment. The unwonted closeness of his bea? ver's fit-caused him a little embarrassment, and drew from him the ejaculation "My goodness!" whfch was about a3 near profanity: as he ever ventured. With some difficulty, which Harry watched with well-concealed amusement, the Mj^'(Hjneezc& bis hat on. and took his depar? ture. On the following morning a second strip of card-board inside the hat lining rendered the MajbrVcrowning ornament still montrdiffi cult of access, ami evidently gave him -a great deal of anxiety, although he said nothing? *you. know how it is yourself'-^a rnan'whb I^b^en drihtirlg heaivjy would; rather tske-it whipping?or a cocktail?tb^_eni*r into, con? versation with a friend when be first rises. - On the third morning Harry resolved to bring-matters to a crisis. He put two tr.ore'j strips of card-board inside the Majors hat lining;.'adef^aiied.' Indue time the old gen? tleman made his' appearance, and- assayed to don. his immaculate castor. It was no use. The hat wouki oot^o en. ;-The Major's coun? tenance chan^ett ?s "he tnrhed it over and over apdrJooked at it. There was no mistake, it wiaW?wn hat. He sat'it down; and placed Mb 'daod to h& acbing head. Hh) countenance looked ^considerably consternated when 4>e fnrned iiftoward Harry, {who had been mean? time reading, the mpming papers, and* had of | coqrsetakep/np notice of the Major proceed? ings,) and said, in a low and quivering voice: _ Harry?Harry, my dear boy: have you? havevpu nutice^?anythipg-^the matter?with me?Site last dtfy or two ?" - - ; 1 , "WUy, no, Major, I haven't There is no Ebing wrong with you, is there?" said Harry pith afieuted concern. 7'f Haven't you coticed," said the Major, draw fag'iiearer and .speaking still lower, "anything me*m:ttter--with my?with my?head eh.1" IAWithyouf head, Major?" said Harry, ta Kjng a leisurely" survey of tho old gentleman's cranium, fore and aft,, "there does seem to be something unusual in its appearance, but I an't make out what it is." wDfm't-^yo??tbiuk," asked the Major, speak? er g slowly and with sepulchral voice, "that it's bainy swollen?" . "Swollen?" answer the deceitful Harry. "Swollen? Yes. indeed ^tjmt'sjust ?wbat's the ?latter. * Why, Major; how in the wbrld-has it happened ? Are you poisoned ? Yes, its awfully swolleifc" ? I ? "I knew itl I knew it!" exclaimed the Ma? jor. "Harry, my dear boy, I've beeo drinking rather hard for a few days, and this is the re? sult. It's the liquor, Harry. I shouldn't wonder if it kills me. Take warning by mo, Harry, and never, never touch a drop of ardent spirits." r?Why, Major}" said Harry, "I- had no idea that yon ever drank more than a glass or two at once." "Not as a general and lapsing confess for some days back I've been going it rather strong for a man of my years. And I can't stand it, Harry, you can see that yourself; I can't stand it." Harry, who was new choking with sup? pressed laughter, managed nevertheless to give utterance to some incoherent expressions of concern and sympathy. The Major eagerly caught his hand and burst forth: "You're a good boy, Harry, and I am going to trust you. I'm going to bed, and I want you to see me taken care of. Make my excuses at the department, and then come and stay with me till I get over this, or die. If I die, Harry," here the old fellow broke down, aud Harry was obliged to assist him to bed. The Major would have a physician, and Harry accordingly called one, taki ng the precau? tion to confide to him the secret. As the patient was not really very "far gone," his recovery was rapid, his "medicine" consisted chiefly of some slight stimulants and an abundance of good fare. The next morning he felt so much better that he called for his hat. Harry drew part of the card-board from within the lining, and brought it to him. He tried it on. "The swelling's going down, ain't it, Har? ry?" said he, with a satisfied smile. "I think it is," said the graceful youth. "Your head don't look more than half as big as yesterday." ' "God bless you, my boy!" said the old man iervently, beaming affectionately upon the j young man. The following morning, wonderful to relate, j the Major's bat went on his head without any j difficulty whatever. ' He was cured?saved ! J?tr1 embraced "Harry and the doctor, and registered in heaven a solemn vow to abstain from intoxi? cating liquors forever. The doetor winked; Harry responded with a cough, and stifled his emotion by thrusting his hankerchief into his mouth to the imminent peril of strangulation. It was some months afterwards that the Ma? jor learned the facts connected with tho swel ling.of his head. Harry returned one day to his room at Borax's, and found the Major with all his portable property packed, ready for re? moval. "Why, Major, what's up now? Where are you going V he asked, in his usual brisk man? ner. "You young villian !"' exclaimed the Major, shaking his goldbeaded cane at him menacing? ly, "I ought to break every^'boue *in your ras? cally body, and if you ever dare to speak tome again jTJU[certainly -da-it.5*1 ?But hei&dr>'t;---He'permitted himself to be" mollified, and he remained with Harry at old Borax's, and he kept his pledge. But for a long time afterward heentertaiuedakeen sense of the injury that had been done him, and of? ten upbraided Harry for it. Both of them passed away gloriously during the "dark days of the Republic." ? f . . ? Climatic Changes. An intereatttig-paper has recently been-pub-, lished by a Southern writer attempting to ac? count for the increased se-verity^of tj^ Gulf States'" Winters. It is pretty conclusively es? tablished* thafc^tb?-eeW- o^former~-ye*rs-in't he cotton belt and lower basin of the Mississippi was Jess rigorous than now, and the fact seems to clash with the known mitigation of climate no^Il ifr?urrjpe;-A*raT^n^ the world,' as apparently due' to felling the forests,.and .clearingtheaoiU ?Th& writer in question accounts tor the climatal change by the felling of the Southern forests, affordiqg a ;more> unrest ricted scope to the'm>rtb west winds, chilled by snow on the Rocky Mountains. He also very strikingly contrasts the effect of-the winds which reach Southern Europe from the Arid 'and sun-scorched wastes of Africa and the Great' Desert" ?na those which blow from the Gulf of Mexico over tbfl Southern parr, of the United States. The African winds exert no inconsiderable intiuence on the climate of Southern'- Europe, producing higher tempera? tures, than.those which rule on,the same, paral? lels of latitude in this country^ while the gales from the Gulf, impregnated with moisture, only [increases the severity-of ? the 'cold derived from the northwest winds. In the early part of this' century the average temperature of New Orleans was more than seventy degrees, and that of the winters about fifty-six-degrees?figures undoubtedly too high for the present time. That the clearing away of the vast forests of lofty pines from the Southern States has opened new ways. and channels 'for the cold winter winds' from the" , plains east of the Rocky Mountains, is- highly ' probable and plausible; but It is probable that the rapid and widespread progress of emigra? tion: in fiie Upper Valley of the Missouri and throughout all the far Northwest has made a comparatively smooth plain over which the mountain winds may more freely and in greater volume descend upon the States of the Gulf. , Strange to say, the paper .alluded to has re? ceived a singular confirmation from an inde? pendent and very recent communication by Professor Schiaparelli to one of the learned societies of-France, ?in? which are given many curious observations 0/ great cyclones which have deposited in Italy some of the sands up? lifted from-the Desert o'f Sahara. *si If tiie observed increase of severity in the Southern "Winters is confirmed by long experi? ence it will work very material changes in the agricultural and sanitary condition of-the Gulf ! Stales. By increasing the winter rains it may 'accomplish, much good,supplying the soil with, stores of water against the usually destructive droughts of Summer. -M V> - : ' ' ' ! The Spring Jobbing Trade .Ol jCaarleston. 1 he experience of the past four years has conclusively-shown, that the interior merchants wuo.do^heiMifesi and ninsx remunerative busi : ae?i8^ro4rhoi?-wlw buysmaU-?tocks, and renew them as often as may be necessary during the season. . They avoid all" excessive outlay of capital, or damaging expansion of credit. Tliere U no stale-stock on their shelves, or in ! their_ showcases; They, keep abreast of the I changes in styles, and can always offer their I customers the latest varieties to be found in I metropolitan markets. How is this done ? ;8impjy by/n?king their purchases in Charles? ton, instdad rtf -rushing headlong to the North, 1 where they are little known and know little, ; and where, besides, 'they roust buy largely to warrant, the^xpens? of their journey. Yeat y^srf^he^erchahts' of the interior of South \ Carolina,, and of Georgia and Alabama, have i become better aud better satisfied that this is their true busineas policy. It only remains to convice them that Charleston is the best South? ern- ruatket (or their purpose: and the course of trade is signal evidence that this has pretty generally been done. Last year the business of the Charleston jobbing bouses was from fifteen to twenty-five per cent, greater than'in 1871, and the representatives of the principal j firms, who canvassed this State and adjoint tig I States during the early winter, are satisfied ; that the Charleston jobbing trade, this spring, will exceed that of anv previous season since the close of the war. This has given addition? al stimulus to the bouses in the jobbing trade, who are determined that their customers, whether old or new, shall have no cause, to regret having come to Charleston. ??We have personal knowldege of the fact that all the Charleston jobbing houses have had their buyers in New York for several weeks, and have tnado ample preparations for an early and extensive business. They have bought larger stockt, than ever before, and their friends in the interior, may cquntron finding in this city whatever lhey desire." In clothing, dry goods, fancy-goods and notions, hats aud caps, shoe*, and drugs and) medidhies), the room for choice and selection will be abundant. And it will be found also that, in price and terms, Charleston knows no superior in the Southern States. ? The writer of this has seen and admired the vigor with which the Charleston jobbers are making ready for the spring campaign, and we pati with confidence advise the merchants of the interior to make a visit to this fair city before encountering the annoyances of a trip to the North. Our word for it 1 he will find that he can deal more advantageously with his own people, who understand his peculiar wants, than'with comparative strangers, who know nothing of the requirements of the country trade 01 the South.? Charleston News. ? A school-boy's toast: "The Girls?May they add cbairty to beauty, substract envy 1 from friendship, multiply genial affections, divide time by industry und recreation, reduce scandal to its lowest denominations, and raise virtue bo its highest power." ? "Mrs. Jenkfl," said a little red-headed girl, with a pug nose and bare feet, "mother says you will obleegc her by lendin' her a stick of fire-wood, fillin' this cruet with vinegar, puttiii' a little soft-soap in this pan, and please not let your turkey-gobbler roost on our fence." ? A man is on trial in Massachusetts for kill? ing his mother-in-law. If it has come to that point in New England, that one must be caugfit up aud put in the prisoner's dock, like a com? mon felon, for simply killing his mother-in-law, then farewell to all liberty on this continent. ? A Danbury man avers that when he came down stairs on Thursday morning he found his his thermometer sitting back of the stove, and saying that "it would be hanged if it would stay out doors all night for any nun." < The Men Who Make Money by Cotton Plant? ing. Our experience since the war has proved that very "few large planters have made money by .cotton-planting. There have been some excep? tions.; There are a few gentlemen who have extraordinary skill in managing the negro, and others who have been fortunate in retaining gangs of well-disposed aud well trained ne? groes. These geutlemen, if they have owned good laud, and have started with or controlled sufficient capital to avoid debt, have done well. But tuest exceptions are rare. The list of large cotton-planters is, for the most part, a list of unfortunate;, whose crops, and even lands, are mortgaged beyond redemption. - Piasters, to a moderate extent, who raise their own provisions for man and beast, have often (scaped debt. They have generally made but little money. This small profit is, perhaps, 3uite counterbalanced, if not exceeded, by the amage which continued cotton culture does to theit lands. Bht there is a .class of persons who have made money by cotfon planting more'rapidly than they ever" did before. ' Cotton bears a better price than before the war, and their expense in its cultivation has not increased. Reference is made to the small farmers,who. with their sons, work their own'land, and whose wives und daughters pick.out the cotton. They did hot suffer by the abolition of slavery, as they n-iver owned negrops^or^at* most, a small number.""T-ney will continue to'make money by co:.ton-planting. The price of cotton is permaEiently raised far above its "ante-bellum" price. ' When, it descends below a given price its cultivation must' be discontinued in this icountr p, except, by the class of persons referred to. These men make their own bread and meat snd* mi Ik and butter, -'fheir-crothes are made at home. They buy scarcely, anything but sugar and coffee and thread. .They hire little or no labor. Their cotton is clear. If the pi iae^be^ow fteir/tnWme'is o?mffiishfd, -but neither their comfort or solvency is affect? ed, for thejfcave incurred no debt. It is pleasant to observe the steadiness with which these.small farmers are increasing their property. Chiefly among tbi3 class in Cobb county, sufficient success had attended previous experiment to warrant the purchase and use of one thousand five hundred tons of commercial fertilizers, which, at $70 the t?n, would amount to $105,000. These fertilizers were bought in quantities, from a few sack? to a few tons, j Now,'if these farmers will rightly manage their -gains; if they will not attempt to in? crease the area of cotton cultivated, but to in? crease the quantity produced from the same area; if. instead of buying more-land to in? crease their landed property, they would in? crease it-by deepening the soil which they already own ; if they will measure their land not by superficial, but by solid measure, not so ! many rods long or wide, but so many inches deep; if they will add to their stock, of cattle, sheep and bogt, supplementing the deficiency of manure from these animals by the purchase -of commercial fertilizers; and if they will adopt such a rotation as?with a sufficiency of manure?will keep "their land in a condition of ; steady improvement, they have before them the strong probability of soon reaching affiuence. Tlii i subject has been introduced to direct attention to. what the writer believes, in view of oar experience of the past, should be the futuro of cotton culture at the South. It point! to the necessity of the multiplication of small farms and small farmers. There are huudi-eds and thousauds of men among us who are cursed . with too much land. They pay taxes upon it. They are irritated by seeing their fence rails burned up. If the surplus land >e thrown out they are vexed by seeing it convirted into a commons for the pasturage of the fre'edmen's miserable cattle and hogs. To prevent the large body of land which is under fence from being overrun with briers and sedge, they are compelled to scarify it annual? ly with the plow, producing unremunerative crops-, and loosening sufficient earth to be washed away by heavy rains. Unless there be a change?if the fate of^some of our large landholders, were .chronicled, and if our lands had mouths, it would be a repetition of the end of Actheon or Dioihedes Tn classic story, eaten up by their acresjnstead of dogs or horses.. UiidW-ouV'presen^system the*e- lands can? not increase in value, that is to say in those sections i n "which large bodies are held by pro? prietors. They may receive"*' spasmodic aifl vanc i in a year in"wWch^cotWh''bears' a goocT price, but sink the next year when cotton is low. They cannot advance because with our present of farming, they rate at their full value; that is to Bay, a man of means, think? ing of investing in cotton planting according to the present method, would find, upon calcu? lation, that he could not pay more than five dollars per acre for an ordinary cotton planta? tion, without incurring risk or loss. The obvious remedy is, if it were practicable, to seil a portion of these large estates to small farmers, allowing a long credit, the whole sum to hi paid at the end of a term of years, in small annual payments. Bot where are the small farmers ? They must come from abroad. Their introduction requires legislative action; and this, it is to be feared, though certain in the end, is at present remote. There is a present partial remedy. One fea? ture of this remedy is the conversion of a large portion of our land into cattle and sheep pas? ture. If we value our land so pastured at $10 per ncre, we shall certainly receive, in this way, at least ten per cent.'on the investment. The other feature is renting our lands to the most reliable of the negroes, under long leases. The English leases run from ten to twenty yean. The mode of culture, rotation of crops, amount of manure, number of live stock, ap? portionment of taxes, care of buildings and fences are prescribed with the utmost minute? ness by the landlord.' If the tenants are small farmers, the landlord, for a stipulated sum, furnishes reaper and mower, thresher, wool carder, and, in many instances, grain-mill (run by water or steam,) together with all such agricultural- machinery as the small'farmer, cannot buy. A man, white or black, who rents a piece of lam; for one year, feels no interest in it, except to obtain the greatest possible present crop. It is of ho consequence to him if the goose dies after he has gotten the golden egg; it is not his oss. But if he is to have the use of that land for, ten or twenty years he has almost the feeling of ownership. He will be motodcareful of it than if it were his own. If it belonged to him lie might be as careless as he chose in its man agevnent. But as he holds it under contract from another person, if he fails in. that cou tract, after all his improvements, he is liable at any moment to be ejected. If these long leases with the blacks arc pos? sible it would place the Southern planter pre? cisely in the condition of the English country gentleman, which is, perhaps, the most envia? ble upon earth. This system of cotton culture would place it very much upon n similar footing with silk culture in France. AH the preliminary work is done by the farmers and their families. Tho* crop is prepared for market by the proprietor. ?Plant at ion. ? A witness before one of the courts in this city was asked the following question : "Do you know where-is at the present time?" The reply came immediately: "I can't tell; he has been dead several years." ? In Congress, the other day, Ben. Butler, in alluding to the Geneva award, said : "The question is, whose money is it?" It will be remembered that the General has not always beeii thus particular in inquiring for the own? ers of valuables. ? Jones has discovered the respective na? tures of a distinction and a difference. He say, that "a little difference" frequently makes many enemies, while a "little distinction" attracts hosts of friends to the one on whom it is conferred. Things a Married Man cannot Help Thinking.?That all the girls used to be in love with him. That all the widows are now. That if he were a widower he could marry again whenever he chose. That all the other fellows are fools. That he wouldn't introduce any fellow he knows to his sister or his daughter. That his wife is a little jealous. That she used to be a pretty girl. That his mother could make good bread; that his wife cannot. That he wouldn't trust most women. That if he should ever speculate he would make his fortune. That he would enjoy a country life. That his girls will never be so silly as to marry. That his mother-in-law may be a fine old lady, but? That smoking never hurt a man yet. That with a little management the servants would always do well, and never give warning. That hia shirt buttons are grossly neglected. That he is going to make his fortune some day. That he despises old bachelors. Things a Married Woman cannot Help Thinking.?That she was very pretty at six? teen. That she had, or would have had, a great many good offers. That all her lady friends are five years older than they say they are. That she has a very fine mind. That if /her husband had acted ou her advice, he would be a rich man to-day. : . That people think too..much of the looks of j that Miss -?-, who would not be called hand*, some if'she didn't make'herself up. That her mother-in-law is a very trying J woman'. That her sister-in-law takes airs, and ought, to be put down. ' That her girls are prettier than Mrs; A.'s girls. That she would like to know where her | husband spends his evenings, when he stays out. That her eldest son takes after him. Thkt he is going to throw himself away bn.| Miss Scruggs; ' ? ' That Miss Scruggs set her cap for him, and did all'the courting. That her servant girls are the worst ever known. . . . That she has taste in dress. That she has a good temper. That she pities old maids. i_ ? The ladies of the royal family of Russia are said to be among the most beautiful women iu Europe. ? What is the difference between a cloud and a beaten child? One pours with rain, and the other roars with pain. Jittam Intelligencer. Rates of Subscription. Single copies for one vear - - - $2.00 " " " six months- - - 1.00 Ton copies for one year, $20,00, and an extra oopy to person making up the club. Twenty copies for one year, $37.50, and an extra copy to person making up the club. Fitly copies for one year, $75.00, and an extra copy to person making up the club. 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Obituary Notices exceeding five lines, Trib? utes of Respect, and all personal Communica? tions or matters of individual interest, will be charged for at advertising rates. Announce monts of marriages and deaths, and notices of a religious character, are respectfully solicited, and will be inserted gratis. Under no circumstances will an advertise? ment be received for insertion in out. reading columns. ?<n undeviating rule is to require Five Dolf lars m advance for the announcement of every candidate for office. THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUXTY OF ANDERSON. IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Cliarlos D. Sloan, Plaintiff, against Sallle T. Gaillard, Wm. H. D. Gaillard, J. B. E. Sloan, Susan Hall, W. P. Hull, Paul H. E. Sloan, B. Frank Sloan, Harriet Sloan, Miriam M. Sloan and Mtirrah Sloan, Defendants.?Sum? mons/or Rclicj. (Comp laint Served.) ' To the Defendants, Sallie T Gaillard, Wm H D Gaillard. J B E Sloan, Susan Hall, W P Hall, Paul H E Sloan, B Frank Sloan, Har? riet Sloan, Miriam M Sloan and Murrah Sloan: \7"OU aro herdby summoned and required to j[ answer the complaint in this action, of which a copy is herewith sorved upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said com? plaint on the subscriber at his ollico, Anderson Court House, South Carolina, within twenty days alter the service Hereof,; exclusive of the day of such service "fand if von fail to answer the ooitfplalnt within Tthe time aforesaid, the' plaintiff mfhTs action will apply to tfi'o Court" for the relief demanded in the complaint. Dated December. 1S72, Anderson C. II., s. c. 'Ov ? < ? '// ;n rr% A. T. BROYLES, Plaintiffs Attorney. To fie Defendants Murrah Sloan and 'Harriot" Sloan : TAKE NOTICE, That the summons in this action, of.wliich. the loTouoing is a copy, was. tiled in the, office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in the County of Anderson, in the State of South Carolina, on the first daycof January, 1S73. ( i. A. T. BROYLES, Plaintiff's Attorney, Anderson, S. C. Feb 6, 1873 81 6 DR. W. 6. BROWNE, Surgeon Dentist, C. II., S. C. YOUR ART! FICIAL TEETH, will be made without delay. The price of Gold Plates reduced; also, Rub? ber work. Attention given to restoring the contour of the features. Satisfaction guaran? teed, and the cash required when the work is completed. All you who-wear?Or try to wear?bad fit? ting Plates, come and get one that will fit. ,ZW- A reliable Tooth Powder for sale. ^ov28, 1872 21 . WEST'S GUANO DISTRIBUTOR! Price, s5.50?Patented August 13, lt*T2, WHICH took the Premium the past season at the State Fair of South Carolina, the Georgia State Fair at Atlanta, Cotton States' Fair at Augusta, the Fair of tho Carolinas at Charlotte, and at the Anderson and Abbeville Fairs, eun be had bv applying to B. F. CRAYTON * SONS, Anderson, S. C. Jan 23, IS7:*, 2!) 2m STILL THE FAVORITE! THE CELEBRATED AMERICAN One of the Best, and much the Cheapest ever offer? ed to the Public! THE SIMPLICITY, EASE AND CER? TAINTY with which it operates, as well as tlio UNIFORM EXC?t,LJfiXCE ?f its work, throughout the entire 'range' of Sewing, including all kinds of work done by any other Machine, with the addition of the beautiful BUTTON-HOLE and OVEJRSE AMING, places it unquestionably FAK in advance of any sim? ilar invention. -TJie.splenoUd-Juechani^m of, this .Machine., and. the superior workmanship aud material employed, in its construction, guarantee the Company *and its Agents' ih - warranting every Machine they sell to give entire satisfaction. The undersigned is agent for Anderson, Oco nce and Pickcns Counties, and begs that those wishing to buy a Sowing Machine,.' Will call and examine the "American" before purcha? sing elsewhere. Terms easy. , . C. A. REED. Jan^i, 187$ 26 Something A^rcfor the Ladies. THE.' , C, A. REED & CO., Proprietors, WAVERLY HOUSE, ARE now receiving ah entirely new and carefully stock of i i ' LADIES' DEESS GOODS, ?' Black and White Aft'accas, :-'<| Long Cloths, Cambrics, <fec. * ???Dress arid Hrft Trimmings, great variety; Large assortment of Ladies' and Misses' .Hosiery,.. , : . \-\r \ , ?; \ An elegant assortment of Gloves, A handsome selection of Toilet Articles,'" A large stock of Ladies' Ready MadeCloth 'ngi .... Chignons, BrXids, Curls, Ac; ? " A sihall lot of late style Hats, that we will ?eil very cheap ; Flowers, Bridal Wreaths and Veils. In short, EVERYTHING .that, the .Ladies NEED can be found and bought cheap at,' * I C. A.'REED &' CO'S. Jan' 16^ 1873 " ' '28 ,Ladies, .Misses and (Mdrens* SHOES! A SPECIALITY. J WE have a very large and woll assorted stock of Ladies', Misses' and Children's Shoos^ of every style, and intend to keep thein in great Variety always on hand at C. A. REED & CO"S. Jan 16,1373 2$ OTTR MANTUA MAKING ANT) Millinery Department /I WILL bo supplied with Ladies competent to do all work entrusted to us in the -latest styles i and most approved fashion* with all work fguaranteed. -Orders will alw ays have prompt attention. ? ' ? CA. REED <fc CO. Jan 16, 1873 2$ DOORS, SASH andiBLINDS, MOuT,DTNV,.< BRACKETS, STAIR FIXTURE^ Builders' Furnishing Hiirdwarq, Drain Pipe. Floor Tiles, i -Wire Gyards,Terra- Cotta Ware, Mar- j hie and Slate "Mantle Pieces. * ' . WINDOW GLASS A SP&PJ^LITY. Circulars and Price List sent free on application by , P. P. TO AIJB, 20_Haync and 33 Pinckney Sts., Charleston, S. C. Oct 3, 1S72 13 "home shuttle" sewing machines. OjNTLY $25.00. THIS is a Snrrrr/E Machine, has the Un dek Feed, and makes the "Lock StitohJ' idiko on both sides. It is a Standard, First Class. Machine,and thoonly low-priced "Lockstitch" Machine in the United States. This. Machine rocoived the Diploma at the' "Fair of tho two Carolinas," in the city of Charlotte, X. C, inj 1H71 and 1872. zsr- The amove Machine is Warranted koii Five Years. A MACHINE FOR NOTHING, Any person making up a cran for ."5 machines will 6c presented tho sixth onens a commission. AGENTS WANTED?Superior inducements ! given. Liberal deductions made to Ministers of the Oospol. Send stamp for circulars and samples of sewing. Address, Rev. C. II. BERKHEIM, General Agent, Concord, N. C. Dec ?"), 1S72 'JJ J v ' TRIUMPHANT -u THE CAROLINA WILL BE SOLD AS FOLLOWS: cash pkice. $48 per Ton, of 2,000 lbs. TIME PRICE. $53 per Ton of 2,000 lbs. Payable ^ovenihcr I, 1873, FREE OF INTEREST, Freight and Drayage to be Added. its success is UNPARALLELED, and its standard is A NO. 1. ?v1 -":'call'on agents foe . ABMANACS "-MD-CERTIFICATES. GrEO. W. WILLIAMS & COj^ Cliarlestoii, S. C. SHARPE A TOWERS agents at Anderson, S. C. CHERRY A BLECKLEY agents at Pendle ton, S. C. r BROSTS" & STRINGER agents at Belton, SC. J. Ife J. L. McCULLOUGH, Honea Path, S.C. THOMAS CRYMES agent at Williamston, S. C. ji Dec 1?, 1872 24 4m SIMPSON, HILL & CO., DRUGGISTS, Sign of the Golden Mcr'.ar, Anderson, S. C. IX addition.to their large stock of DRUGS, MEDICINES. Ac., Ac., have just received a large,lot of COMMERCIAL SALTPETRE, For making Fertilizers. The latest and most improved patterns of Lamps and Lamp Goods. CALL A1VI> SEE. 1 HILL & CO. Dec ]?<10i2' ? i , j s^'/i |Tyi -.n -li il 5 j C i<J f: 5 1 A-' CAROLINA I OF MEiroMSiVTENWESSEE. -?-o-- P ASSETS, ? - . 2 $1,100,000. 3LV: ??0-^? M.:<I$ON. JE^FERSO^AVIS,,, President. GEN. WADE HAMPTON, Vice President, and Snpe^intendentrof Atlantio -Depiu-tmentT J. D. KENNEDY, 3 State Agent. WM. K BROWN, Agent for Anderson Cpuntv. . Dn P. A. WiLHTTE, Medical Examiner. Among its Directors are some of the first business men of the country. We guarantee honesty of management?i: e., speedy s?t;le ment of losses. Sept 12, 1872 10 GEO. S. HACKER ? / ... . 1 A Door, Sash and Blind Factory, Charleston, S. C. TfEW is as LARGE and COMPLETE a FactorV as there is in' the South. All work manufactured at the Factory in this city. The only House owned and managed by a~Caroli? nian in this city. Send for price list. Address GEO. S. HACKER, Post Office Box 170, Charleston, S. C. Factory and Warcrooms on King street, op? posite Cannon street, on the line of Citj- Rail? way. . Nov 7, 1872_18_ly 91. GOLDSMITH. f. KlXn GOLDSMITH & KIND, FOUNDERS & MACHINISTS, (pnoixix mos wonss,) COLUMBIA, S. C, MANUFACTURERS of Steam Engines, of all sizes: Hor9e Powers, Circular and Muley iSaw Mills, Flour Mills, Grist and Sugnr Can* Mills. Ornamental ITousc und Store Fronts, Cast Iron Railings of ovcrysort, including graveyards, residences. &c. Agricultural Implements, Brass and Iron Castings of ?11 kinds made to order on short notice, and on the most reasonable terms. Also, manufacturers of Cotton Presses, &c. 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