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An undeviating rule is to require Five Dol- I lars in advance for the announcement of every candidate for office. Fran the Charleston News and Courier. BAPTIST STATE SUITPaY?SCH00L CON? TENTION.. First Day's Proceedings. Anderson C. H., S. C, July 24. I This body was organized at Sumter Court House two years ago by a large and enthusias tic gathering of Baptist Sunday-School work-1 ere, and adjourned to meet last year, but owing to the Ku KIux difficulties in the upper conn-1 ties-at that time, deferred their assembling un? til this time. In the interim the business of I the convention, viz: organizing new schools and constituting auxiliary county conventions, I has been pushed on by the executive board, which was located in Charleston, The Baptist I Church at this place, with which the co'nven- f tion meets, is under the pastoral charge of Rev. I Hate General) Lewis M. Aver, as ardent a sol- J dier of the Cross as he was of his country. Delegates began to arrive yesterday evening, and last night the pulpit of the Baptist Church I was filled by Bev. John Gr. Williams, of Barn-1 well. The regular exercises of the convention began- this I thursday mobning at 10 A. M., when the body was called to order by Bev. O. F. Gregory, corresponding socre- [ tary, in the absence of the presiding officers of the last session. The opening prayer was made by Bev. J. S. Murray. After the usual prelim-1 maries the following permanent officers were elected: Bev. J. S. Murray, president; Bev. J. 1 K. Mendenhall,, vice-president; Bev. O. F. Gregory, corresponding secretary; J. M. John? son, recording secretary; and W. B. Peebles, j treasurer. About fifty votes were polled, and a delegation from Greenville and vicinity arrived j soon afterward. *? The president in taking the chair, after thank- j Ing the body for the honor conferred upon him, I proceeded to remark upon the grandeur of the Sunday-school work, and to demonstrate j this-by showing that every worker in the Sun? day-school is working for himself, his country and his God, The executive board was then elected, con? sisting of the president and correspoding secre- I tary, ex-officio, and .lie v. J. A. Chambliss, L. I H. Shuck and Samuel Biley. This board is lo . cated at Charleston. Reports by counties were then called for, and received. A huge majority of the counties were heard from; all presented very encouraging re pori&. Many new schools have been organized I iu every county, old ones resuscitated; Bible classes established, and great good accom? plished.. Some ten or twelve county Sunday school conventions are at work. Bev. O. F. Gregory announced the death of Dr. R. H. Jordan, late county superintendent of Chester, in a few appropriate remarks, and moved the appointing of a committee to pre? pare suitable resolutions: Revs. O. F. Gregory, j J. K. Mendenhall and G. ?. Elford. A com? mittee on statistics was appointed. ? the afternoon session { was occupied in the discussion of the general management of the Sunday-school. Mr. J. M. j Johnson, of Marion, opened the subject, and addresses were made by Messrs. Gregory, Stout, 'Borstel, Elkin, Bice and others. The question box contained many queries upon the various branches of the work. funeral. The convention adjourned at half-past five I 7. M., in order to attend the funeral services of | Mr. J. P. Hoyt, the aged father of Mr. James A. Hoyt, ot the Anderson Intelligencer, who was a delegate to this body. at night the introductory sermon was preached to a large congregation by the Bev. J. A. Chambliss, of your city, from' the text, "From a child thou hast known the Holy Scriptures." Second Day's Proceedings?Morning Session. Anderson C. H., July 25. The-convention was called to order-"by the . president, and after singing and prayer by Bev. W. B. Elkin, of Laurers, and Bobert Pratt, of Abbeville, proceed^ to regular business. Reports from counties were called for. Bev. W. J. Hatfield reported; from Chesterfield and Lancaster the Sunday-school cause at a low ebb, but that here and. there are to be found bright exceptions to this state. Messrs. E. Pratt, Bev. A. Bice and Dr. Williams rendered accounts of the Sunday-schools in various sec? tions of Abbeville County.* The report of the corresponding secretary, Kev. O. F. Gregory, was then read. He re? viewed the work of the past, the grand enthu? siasm which has been awakened in the Sunday School cause?that numerous new schools have been created?old and dying ones revived? that county organizations had been formed iu Darlington, Barnwell, Marlboro', the Edisto, Beedy Biver and Saluda Associations, Edge field and Marion. The report contained: 1. A statement of the financial condition of the con? vention ; 2. An elaborate plan for organization, as adopted by the last Southern Baptist Con? vention; 3. The question as to the future course of this body; 4. An account of an arrangement he had made, whereby Baptist schools could be furnished with Sunday School books, and re? commended Kind Words to the schools. The report was referred to special committees on each of these subjects. The next regular order of business was the discussion of infant class work, which was opened by Mr. George E. Elford, the'superin? tendent of the Greenville Baptist Sunday school. He gave an outline of the manner in which the infant department of his own school was organized. A. separate room from the main school, oral instruction, and a good leader of music were recommended. Remarks upon this subject were also made by Revs. Hawkins Mendenhali, John G. Williams, Gregory, Elkin and Murray. The next subject claiming the attention of the convention was Sabbath-school music. This theme was opened by Mr. F. C. v. Borstel: he was followed by Bevs. Gregory, Pope, Williams, Stout, K. 0. Rice, Meddenhall, and Mr. J. M. Johnso a. The Question box was opened and attended to. Adjourned with prayer by J. K. Mend'eiihalL . afternoon session. After Binging, the convention was led in prayer by Rev. Jno. GL Williams, for the con? version of scholars. The regular order was then taken up, and the convention proceeded to discuss the subject of i "Conversion of scholars and care" of young con? verts." Rev. W. B. Elkin opened in a fine ad? dress. Remark? were also- made by Revs. Williams,. Hawkins" and Mendenhall. The iiext subject was the discussion of the query, "Is the International Series-of Lessons practicable in country schools ?" The vice-pre? sident being in the chair, Rev. J. S. Murray opened upon the negative side of the question ; he was sustained by Rev. Pope and Mr. G. E. El ford. The affirmative side was maintained by Kevri. O. F. Gregory, J. K. Fant, Stou*, La mar, and Messrs. Pratt and Borstel. The ses? sion wa j closed with prayer by Rev. Dr. J? C. Furman. a night discourse. At qtarter-past eight o'clock a large assem? blage listened with deep attention to an impres? sive discourse from luv. Dr. Furman. His theme was "The Exceeding Great and Precious Promisfe," This venerable man of God ap? pears quite feeble, but preached with remarka ble'tenc erness. Saturday Horning. ? Anderson C. H., July 27. The convention was called to order, and af? ter eint ing and prayer by Mr. Pinson, pro? ceeded "io business. The committee on books and papers recom? mended the,' introduction of Kind W?rde, the Baptist Sunday-school paper of the South, into every school, and that schools in need of books, ?&c, she uld address Rev. 0. F. Gregory corres? ponding secretary, at Charleston, and order them tl rough him, that they might thus be sure of getting what they wanted. They also authorised the corresponding secretary to enter into a correspondence with the American Bible Society, to the end.that a grant of Testaments might Ite obtained, and a copy placed in the bands of every Sunday-school scholar. The committee upon plan of organization re? ported recommending the plan suggested in re gort of corresponding secretary, viz: "That the unday -school work is properly a work to be done ard supported by the churches; and in consequence the organizations formed of and connected with the churches, must guard, guide and control whatever pertains to the Sunday school interests of tho denomination." The plan than goes on to shew how this principle is to be carried out in (1) individual church; (2) the church association; (3) State convention; (4) Sou hern Baptist Convention. This report was adopted after considerable debate. A mi lority report objecting to the principle here eninciated and signed by Geo?E. Elford, of Greenville, and Root Pratt, of Abbeville,' was also read and ordered to be published with the minutes. The publishing of the minutes was referred to the executive committee. The committee on future course of the con-. v.ention reported, recommending that when this i body adjourn it adjourn sine die to meet at calk of executive committee, if in their judgment a -necessity for meeting should arise, and request? ing the executive board of the Church State Convention to bring to the attention of that the plan of organization adopted and this reso? lution. Adopted. Report of committee on- statistics was read and corimitted to corresponding secretary, with authority to make additions of any reports re? ceived before the-minutes are published. Adjourned at twelve to allow committees to report. afternoon. session. After the usual preliminaries and reception reports from several committees, the conven? tion was addressed by Rev. 0. F. Gregory, upon blackboard and object teaching in the Sunday schools. Afterwards, by request of the conven? tion, h 5 proceeded to give several practical demons trations of the various modes of using the board. I omitted to mention that. Rev. Jno. Stout, during the morning session, read an essay on "The Teacher^ Aim and Reward," which was an admirable production, full of thought and rich truth, and which was requested by the convention for publication in the Religious Herald and Working Christian, and to be read to-morrow at the meeting en masses of all the Sunday-schools in this town. The usual vote of thanks was taken standing. An appeal was made in behalf of the church at AbbBville. and a* collection taken in its be? half.' A collection was ordered to be taken up to-morrow after morning preaching, and turned over to the executive committee for the pur? poses o: this convention. After an address by Captain J. Patrick, it was unanimously resolved to attempt the rais? ing of Thirty thousand dollars in cash before the 1st January, 1876, to endow a. chair in Fur man University. Any contributions to this end ma;/ bfcsent to Rev. John Stout, Newberry, Rev. ?. F. Gregory, Charleston, or Captain Patrick, Greenville. This resolution was or derea to be published in Kind Words: . At night Rev. O. F. Gregory preached to a large congregation from "if any man love not the Loid Jesus Christ let him be anathema maran atha." Sunday. At 9 A. M- the regular'exercises of the Sun? day-sen ool took place, and most of the conven? tion were present, many of them assisting in the teat hing of the classes. Mr. F. 0. v. Bors? tel is the efficient and zealous superintendent of this school?one hundred and thirty-five was the total school. After the regular lessons. Rev. 0. F. Gregory gave them a blackboard: talk on the lesson of the day, viz; "The Temp? tation of Christ;" and, by request; another chalk rermon from "There was no room for I Him in the Inn." At 10 A. M., Rev. John G. Williams preached in the Baptist Church; Rev. John Stout at the Presbyterian Church, and Rev. W. B. Elkin at Colored Baptist Chnrch. At 4 P. M., amass meeting of Sunday-schools brought out a crowd of happy hearts and pret? ty face?. Speeches were made by Revs. 6. F. Gregorr ana John G. Williams, and Mr. J. M. Johnsoa, and the essay was read by Rev. John Stout. At quarterpast 8 P. M., there was a sermon preached by Rev. J.' K. Mendenhall, after which, the convention was called to order, a few appropriate parting words were spoken by the president, the closing prayer by Rev. 0. F. Gregor/, the parting hand was taken, and the convention adjourned sine die. Revilo. A Lady's Opinion.?The meanest and most contemptible of mankind may yot find some human advocate, and male coquettes have had, it seems, at least one defender. The poet Campbell says he once heard a lady, distinguished for beauty and rank, defend Sir Thomas Lawrence from the chaige of having been' culpable in paying attention to ladies without intending to follow them up by an offer of his hand. A gentleman remarked that Sir Thomas was highly blamable. "No." replied the lady, who was thought to have been herself the temporary object of the great painter's attention ;. "no, not exactly ; not so much to blame," said* the lady musing? ly. "Wfiat!" exclaimed the gentleman, "you astonish me. Not to blame for such con? duct." "No. not so much," was still the lady's mus? ing response. "Can you really, madame," said the gentle? man figain, "defend such behavior as deser? tion?" " Why, sir," interrupted the lady, "to confess the truth, I am firmly of the opinion, that the majority of the women would rather be courted and jilted than not to be courted at all." Correspondence of the Columbia Phoenix. Williaiiston Springs, July 26,1873. This is a village of 800 inhabitants, situated on both sides of the Greenville and Columbia Railroad, in the County-of Anderson, eighteen miles South of Greenville and eight above Bel ton, and about 880 feet above the sea level. It is high, dry and healthy, accessible by good County roads, and easily reached, of course, by rail. It has sis stores, doing a moderate busi? ness on an aggregate capital of between $50, 000 and $60,000. 2,000 bales of cotton are shipped here, iind 250 tons of fertilizers are re? ceived and di itributed here. The place has never had a large business. Its chief distinc? tion is as a pleasant and healthful summer re? sort for invalids and pleasure-seekers, and as the seat of prosperous schools, male and female. Before the Phtenix arose from the ashes of Co? lumbia, as early as 1856, it contained a large, magnificent hotel, owned by a joint Stock com? pany, and capable, with its 200 rooms, of ac? commodating, upon a pinch, 600 guests. The building three Btories high, coverea a'great ex? tent of ground,, was as large as the Mills House,, and cost $90,000. From a" gentleman who vis? ited the place :.n those halcyon days, we learn that the hotel was often crowded, and gaiety filled the scene by day and night in drives, par? ties, balls and concerts. It was destroyed: by fire in 1858 or 1859. Simultaneously with this thronging of visitors to the Springs. Messrs. Wesley Leverctt and Manning Belcher con? ducted here ore of the most prosperous male schools in all this beautiful upper country. Williamston still shows the same characteris? tics, and had it suitable and sufficient accom? modation, would probably again be visited in large numbers, seeking health, pleasure and recreation. It needs a well kept hotel, a bath house, livery Btable, bowling alley, reading room, circulating library, a lyceum'for lectures, and other meens pf entertaining visitors and r iking their time pass pleasantly. Some? thing, too, oug'it to he done against the fleas and fljes, which are in overpowering force here. As it is, there are some good boarding houses, and a goodly company of about a score of agreeable persons now visiting here. Mr. Deal's house is popular, pleasantly ? situated, and the table .veil supplied. Mrs. Lynch, in the same quarter of the town, has also several lodgers and boarders. lhe water enjoys a good reputation for tonic and invigorating properties. It is indicated more especially in cases of debility, dyspepsia and indigestion. It acts pleasantly on the principal organs of the system, causes no in? convenience, gives a good appetite, and is light and agreeable, the temperature being 61J de rees Fahrenheit. Large numbers of persons ave attributed the re-establishment of their health to its u< e. A gentleman now here?Mr. Whitmire, of Greenville?has, for nearly four years past, been the victim of dyspepsia, neu ralga and rheumatism, has visited several wa? tering places and consulted physicians, but without any sensible relief. He has been drinking the water for ten days, and has im? proved very much in health and spirits. He speaks highly of it. Other cases of illness sho^marked improvement in their symptoms' fromits use, in conjunction with good medical advice. There are two practicing physicians resident here, both highly esteemed and suc? cessful in their practice?Dr. B. F. Brown, a native of Anderson, and Dr. H. Epting, from Lexington County, near Columbia. From the catalogue of the Williamston Female College for 1872, we learn that each pint of the water contains 13? grains of carbonate of Iron, held in solution in an excess of carbonic acid, 3 J grains of sulp'iate of potash, 2} grains of sul? phate of magnesia, a. trace of iodine and a trace of sulphur. We shall have occasion again to refer to the schools, the female college, presided over by Rev. Samuel Lander, A. M., and the male academy, cond ucted by Mr. J. H. Carlisle, both agreeable, genial gentlemen, capable instructors and enlightened educators. There are three churches?Meihodist, Baptist and Presbyterian ?well attended. Dr. W. A. McCorkle, in charge of the railroad depot, and as agent of the Express Company at this point, makes eve? ry thing pleasant in those departments by his efficiency in business and the urbanity of his manners. You have already had some account of manufacturing in the neighborhood, in re? ference to the Piedmont Manufacturing Com 8any, on the Saluda, and to Mr. Pickle's Wool arding Factory, on Big Creek. We had the pleasure of hearing a lecture on Tuesday evening, from Dr. An as an sei , a native of Geneva, Switzerland, and a naturalized citi? zen of the United States. The Doctor is a man of extensive travel and varied information, speaking the English-language well, extremely agreeable in conversation, having a large brain, and withal good-looking. He has been a close observer of the events and scenes in' which he has mingled, and present his reminiscences, views and conclusions in a good English style, with force and effect In his lecture, he com? pared and contrasted the characteristics of the French and Piiissians with racy, humor, lean? ing with decided partiality towards the former, and concluding with a summary of their para? mount-claims ,o the regard and gratitude of the American people, by their devotion to the principles of liberty and their timely, cordial and valuable assistance rendered to the Ameri can cause in the great contest of the American Revolution, ? ? The Deffejence.?Meet a fellow when the! thermometer ii up among the nineties, and you see him mopping the sweat from his face, dig ging the dust, from his eves, his paper collar wilted, his linen coat streaked with sweat, and he exclaims: "Hot 1 Why, I never saw such weather I" He tells yon how the rubber in his suspenders has melted and run together; how ho could wring pints of water from his cloth? ing; how he has lost five pounds of flesh in ten days: how the sun has crisped his boots and ruined his eyesight, and he starts off with the' remark: "Never saw anything like it 1" Now meet a lady, and what do you see ? ^ Clean white dress, dainty collar, jaunty tie, hair nice? ly combed, eyes bright and smiling, no dust? everything as tidy and orderly as if the weath? er was October'. She doesn't hurry a bit, stops now and then right in the sun, cuts the air with her parasol as if she h?d no use for it, and always manages to just escape the furious cloud of dust coming up or down the street. There are no inquiries about the state of the thermometer, no longing looks at soda water signs and ice wagons, and no application of the handkerchief. She does not hurry, does not dash for the shade of a six-foot awning and hang to the spot waiting for a cloud to pass over the sun, and when she takes a car it seems to matter littlu whethenall the windows are up or whether they are down. How on earth do they manage it? A Tk?e Lady.?I was once walking a short distance behind a very handsomely dressed young girl, and as I looked at her beautiful clothes, wondering if she took half as much pains with her heart as she did with her body. A poor old man was coming up the walk with a loaded wheel-barrow, and just before he reached us, he made two attempts to go into the yard of a house, but the gate was heavy, and would Bering back before he could get in. "Wait," said the young girl, hurrying for? ward, "I'lPhold the.gate open." And she held the gate till he passed in, and received his thanks with a pleasant smile, as she passed on.. "Sho deserves to have beautiful clothes," I thought, "for a beautiful spirit dwells withiu her breast." ? ? Some one asked Col. Thomas C. Howard, of Georgia, the other day, if he thought a cer? tain pour'.cian of that State would steal.? "Steal I" said he; "why, by jove, if he was paralyzed and. hamstrung I wouldn't trust him by himself in the middle of the desert of Sa? hara with the biggest anchor of the Great R.Vjivrn. Stcnl ! 1 should think he would I" A Taste for Reading. We cannot linger in the beautiful creations of inventive genius, or pursue the splendid dis? coveries of .modern science, without a new sense of the capacities and dignity of human nature, which naturally leads to a sterner self-respect, to manlier resolves and higher aspirations. We cannot read the ways of God to man as revealed in the history of nations, of sublime virtues as exemplified in the lives of great and good men, without falling into that mood of thoughtful admiration, which, though it be but a transient glow, is a purifying and elevating influence while it lasts.- The study of history is especial? ly valuable as an antedote to self-exaggeration. It teaches lessons of humility, patience, and submission. When we read of realms smitten with the scourge of famine or pestilence, or strewn with the bloody ashes of war; of grass growing in the streets of great cities; of ships rotting at the wharves; of fathers burying their sons, of strong men begging their bread ; of fields untilled, and silent work-shops, and despairing countenances,?we hear a voice of rebuke 'to our own clamorous sorrows and peevish complaints. We learn that pain and suffering and disappointment are a part of God's providence, and that no contract was ever yet made with man by which virtue should secure to him temporal happiness. In boots, be it remembered, we have the best products of the best minds. We should, any of us esteem it as a great privilege to pass an evening with Shakespeare or Bacon, were such a thing possible. But, were we admitted to the presence of one of those illustrious men, we might find him touched with infirmity, or op? pressed with weariness, or darkened with the shadow of a recent trouble, or absorbed by ob? trusive and tyrannous thoughts. To us the ora? cle might be dumb,'and the light eclipsed. But, when we take down one of their volumes, we run no such risk. Here we have their best thoughts, embalmed in their best words, im? mortal flowers of poetry, wet with Castalians dews, and the golden fruit of wisdom that'had long ripened on the bough before it was gath? ered. Here we find the growth of the choicest seasons of the mind, when mortal cares were subdued; and the soul stripped of its vanities and its passions, lay bare to the finest effluences of truth and beauty. We may be sure that Shakespeare never out-talked his Hamlet, nor Bacon nis Essays. Great writers are indeed best known through their books. How Jittle, for instance, do we know of the life of Shak speare; but how much do we know of him 1 For the knowledge that comes from books I would claim "no more than it is fully entitled to. I am Well aware that there is no inevitable connection between intellectual cultivation, on the one hand, and individual virtue, or social well-being, on the other." "The tree of knowl? edge is not the tree of life." I admit that genius and learning are sometimes found in combination with gross vices, and-not unfre quently with Contemptible weakness; and that a community at once cultivated and corrupt it is no overstatement to say, that other things be? ing equal, the man who has the greatest amount of intellectual resources is in the least danger from inferior temptation j,?if for no other reason, because he has fewer idle moments. The ruin of most men dates from some vacant hour. Occupation is the armor of the soul, and the train of Idleness is borne up by all the vices. I remember a satirical poem, in which the Devil is represented as fishing for men, and adapting his baits to the taste and temperament of his prey; but the idler, he said, pleased him most, because he bit the naked hook. To a young man away from home, friendless and I forlorn in a great city, the hours of peril are J those between sunset and bedtime; for the moon and stars see more of evil in a single I hour than the sun in his whole day's circuit. The poet's visions of evening are al liompact of tender and soothing images. It brings the wanderer to his home, the child to his mother's arms, the ox to his stall, and the weary laborer to his rest. But the gentle-hearted youth who is thrown upon the rocks of a pitiless city, and stands "homeless amid a thousand homes," the approach of evening brings with it an aching sense of loneliness and desolation, which comes down upon the spirit like darkness upon the earth. In this mood his best impulses become a snare to him ; and he is led astray because he is social, affectionate, sympathetic and warm-hearted. If there be a young man, thus circumstanced, let me say to him, that books are the friends of the friendless, and that a library is the home of the homeless. A taste for reading will always carry you into the best possible company, and enable you to converse with men who will instruct you by their wis? dom, and charm you by wit; who will soothe you when fretted, refresh you when weary, counsel you when perplexed, and sympathize with you at all times.?Qtorge 8. Billiard. All Sorts of Paragraphs. ? The dressing-gown is the most lasting of all garments; it is seldom worn out ? "I have a fresh cold," said a gentleman to his acquaintance. "Why do you have a fresh one ? Why don't you have it cured?" ? A watchmaker wants to know whether, if: a man runs away from a scolding wife, his movements should not be called a lever escape? ment. * J ?'? _ We should give as we would receive cheerfully, quickly and without hesitation; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers. . j ? A convention of young men who part their hair in the middle is shortly to be organ? ized fur the consideration of the question as to whether they have no rights that are % be respected. ? A very observing young lady of this qity says she can always recognize a newly married couple when they make, their first appearance at church, as they sit either too close together or too far apart. . ? A gentleman lying in bed one morning was informed that he had better get up quick, as breakfast was jnst coming up. "Let it come 1" he replied, defiantly. "It will find me ready to meet it J" ? The ?vill of a Kentnckian, made before his marriage and giving all his property to the lddy who became his wife, has been successful? ly contested by his legal heirs, it being held that the marriage operated as a revocation, and that the widow is entitled to only one third. ? The communication of "Sewing Machine Agent" is respectfully declined. If he is not pleased with the fact that people in the coun? try turn their dogs lome when they see him coming, his first duty to himself is to emigrate to a country where there are no dogs to turn loose. ? "How on earth do you manage ?" asked a gentleman of- two inseparable loungers.? "You are always together, you never do any? thing, and ye? you always have plenty of money." "Simplest thing in the world, my dear fellow," was the candid reply. "We bor? row of one another." ? A writer in the Fairfax (Va.) News says of lightning rods: "I. suppose there are 5,000 buildings in Fairfax County. My knowledge of the county covers a period of twenty-seven years, and I cannot call to mind a single in? stance of the destruction of a building during that time. Some have been struck, and more or less injured, but no person has been killed. Two or three hundred dollars will cover the loss in twenty-seven years." ? A fanner and his wife called at a Detroit photograph gallery last week to have some photographs taken of her, and while the opera? tor was getting ready the husband gave the wife a little advice as to how she should act: "Fasten your mind on something," he said, "or else you will laugh and spile the job. Think about early days?how your father got in jail, and your mother was an old scolder.aud what you'd been if I hadn't pitied you! Jest fasten your mind on to that!" Sbe did not have any photographs taken. ? The editor of the Starks Herald is in a bad fix. In view of the new postal law, he revised his mailing list and cut off all the ex? changes he didn't want The next week the other papers having cut off all the exchanges they didn't want, he was surprised to find his post office box empty. ? Daniel Webster is not the only bright boy born in New Hampshire. The Boston Globe has heard of another?a youth residing in Dover, who refused to take a pill. His crafty mother thereupon secretly placed the pill in a preserved pear, and gave it to him. Presently she asked, "Tom, have you eaten the pear?" He said, "Yes, mother^ all but the seed.." . ? The Nashville Banner tells us that Mr. G. S. Newsoni, of that city; "has invented a most ingenious washing machine." The best washing machine we ever saw was invented thousands of years ago, and sold before the late war for $800 or $900; but one of Lincoln's proclamations broke the main spring of it, and it has been rather a worthless piece of machin? ery every since. ? A member of the Detroit bar, who went out to Orchard Lake on a fishing excursion, the other day, went off by himself to take a j bath, and when he had taken it he couldn't ] find his clothes, which had been appropriated by some thief who didn't care a cocoanut for law or lawyers. The attorney jdon't care so much about the loss of the clothes and $18, but he said it was awful gloomy waiting behind a haystack until he could find some one to go and borrow an overcoat and a pair of overalls of a farmer. y AUWarhWxmuditL LOWEST PRICED.H f. SesdpfPnteLUf. LH HALL & CO, 3A22tTJEascB<m' CHARLESTON/ 9, This Cat entered according to Act of Congress,- in the year 1873, by I. H. Hall A Co., in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. June 26,1873 51 ly DOORS, SASH and BLINDS, MOULDINGS. BRACKETS, STAIR FIXTURES; Builders' Furnishing Hardware, Drain Pipe, Floor Tiles, Wire Guards, Terra Cotta Ware, Mar? ble and Slate Mantle Pieces. WINDOW GLASS A SPECIALITY. Circulars and Price List sent free on application by White Pine Lumber for Sale. PJ P. TOALE, 20 Hayne and 33 Pinckney Sts., Charleston, S. C. Oct3,1872 13 ? ly GEO. S. HACKER Door, Sash and Blind Factory, Charleston, S. C THIS is as LARGE and COMPLETE a Factory as there is in the South. All work manufactured at the Factory in this city. The only House owned and managed bv a Caroli- , nian in this city. Send for price list. Address ) GKO. S. HACKER, Post Office Box 170, Charleston, S. C. Factory and Wurcrooms on King street, op? posite Cannon street, on tbo line of City Rail? way. Nov 7, 1872 18 ly DR. W. G. 0ROWNE, Surgeon Dentist, ANDERSON C. H., S. C. YOUR ARTIFICIAL TEETH, wiUbe made without delay. The price of Gold riates reduced; also, Rub? ber work. Attention given to restoring the contour of tho features. Satisfaction guaran? teed, and tho 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. isj- A reliable Tooth Powder for sale Nov 28, 1872 21 J. B. HARMSOX, of SouthCaroIina, WITH T. J. MAGRUDER & CO., Wholesale Dealers and Manufacturers of Boots, Shoes and Brogans, NO. 1 HANOVER STREET, FIRST HOVSE FROM BALTIMORE STREET, Aj>ril 3, 1873 BALTIMORE. 31? Oni rPURELY A VEGETABLE PREPARATION, com poeedBimply of well-known ROOTS, HERBS and FRUITS, combined with ether properties, which in their naturo aro Catliar?c, Aperient, Nui tritiona, Diuretic, Alterative end An?-Bulious. Tho whole is preserved in a sufficient quantity of spirit from the SUGAR CANE to keep them 1& i&7 climate, which makes the "plantation Jr Bitters one of the most desirable Tonic? and Cathar? tic* In the world. They aro intended strictly as a v Temperasice Bitters only to he used as a medicine, and always according to directions. ?? They aro the sheet-anchor of the feeble and debili? tated. They act upon a diseased liver, and stimulate to such a degree that a healthy action is at once brought about As a remedy to which Women are especially subject it is superseding every other Stimulant As a Spring, and Summer Tonio the have no cquoL They are a mild and gentle Purgative as well as Tonic They Purify the Blood. They are a splendid Appetiser. They make the weak Btrong. They purify and invigorate. They euro Dyspepsia, Constipation and Headache. They act aa a specific in all species of disorders which undermine the bodily strength and break down the animal spirits. Depot, 63 Park Place, Hew York, . Only 50 Cents par Bottle^ tt promotes the GBOTVTII, PRESERVES v the COLO It, and increases the Vigor' and BEAUTY of tho RAIS. -4' . Oveb TnrflTT Yarns ago Ltok's Kirauaoj;* to?( tot Hub waa first placed in the market by Professor E. Thomas Lyon, n. gr:uluato of Princeton College. The name is derived from tho Greek, "Kathbo," sig? nifying to clidnsc, purify, rrjuttnatt, or vtttort. Tea favor it has received, and tho popularitv it has obtained, is* unprecedented and incredible. It increases the Gbowth and Beatty of tho Hub. It is a delightful dressing. It eradicate* Dandruff. It prevents tho Hair from turning grtfy. It keeps the hend cool, and gives the Jwir a rich, soft, cilossy uppearance. It is tha baue in Quantity* nnd Quality as it was over a Quab tsf. of a Cxstuby Aoo, and ?sqld by all Drugpsta und, Country S'.orcs at only fifty Cents per liottlo. Iom's filory is Her Hair. CAROLINA LIFE INSURANCE COW, OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE. -o ASSETS, - - - - $1,100,000. -o HON. JEFFERSON DAVIS, President. GEN. WADE HAMPTON, Vice President, and Superintendent of Atlantic Department. J. D. KENNEDY, State Agent. WM. S. BROWN, Agent for Anderson County. ?. Db. P. A. WILHITE, Medical Examiner. Among its Directors are some of tho, first business men of the country. We guarantro honesty of management?i. e., speedy settle? ment of losses. Sept 12, 1S72 - 10_ --jg?_ M. GOLDSMITH. T. KIND GOLDSMITH & KIND, FOUNDERS & MACHINISTS, (phojxix inoN works,) COLUMBIA, S. C., MANUFACT?BERS of Steam Engines, of all sizes ; Horse Towers, Circular and Muley Saw Mills, Flour Mills, Grist and Sugar Cane Mills, Ornamental House ami Store Fronts, Cast Iron Railings of every sort, inclu?ing graveyards, residences, &c. Agricultural Implements, Brass nd 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 OORE'S SOUTHERN BUSINESS UNIVERSITY, ATLANTA, GA. Estab? lished 15 years. A Standard Institution. The Largest, Cheapest, and B?st Practical Business School in ihc South. "One of the best Business Schools in the Country." [Christian IndiX. For Terms, &c, address B. F. MOORE, A. M., Pres. June 1?), 1873 50 ly To Contractors. THE contract for rebuilding Bridge across Broadmouth Creek, near Broadmouth Church, will be let to the lowest bidder on tho spot, on Saturday, the 28rd of August next. .Specifications may be seen by application to Commissioner Lea veil, and will bo exhibited on the day of letting the contract. A bond with approved surety will be required for the faithful execution of tho contract. By order of the Board. W. W. HUMPHREYS, Clerk Co. Com. July 24,1873 3 0