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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