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WHY IS IT SO ? BY FATHER RYAN. Some rind work where some find rest, And so the weary world goes on; I sometime* wonder which is best; The answer comes when life is gone. Some eyes sleep when some eyes wake, And so the dreary night hours go ; Some hearts beat where some hearts break; I often wonder why 'tis so. Some wills faint where some wills fight; Some love the tent?and some the field; I often wonder who are right? The ones who strive, or those who yield. Some hands fold, where other hands Are lifted bravely in the strife ; And so through ages and through lands Move on the two extremes of life. Some feet halt where some feet tread, In tireless march, a thorny way; Some struggle on where some have fled; Some seek, where others shun the fray. Some swords rust where others clash; Some iall back where others move on; Some flags furl where others flash Until the battle has been won. Some sleep on, while others keep The vigils of the true and brave; They ?will not rest till roses creep Around their name, above a grave. Brains and Method In Farming-. The editor of the Southern Cultivator has an incisive style which makes the sparks fly as steel against flint, when his logic strikes the persistent follies of Southern agriculture. Hear him "let out" on shiftless, routine farmers: Could talking or writing have availed anything, enough has been said and written long ago to have depopulated the towns and established au impassable blockade for bread and meat around the Cotton States. We do not propose now to wasto ink arguing the point. Our purpose is, if possible, to aid those who arc content to stay in the country and work. We believe that farming proper? ly conducted, does pay?that its profits are reasonable and sure, when brain and brawn co-operate cheerfully, intelligent? ly and energetically ; but we believe just as fully, that speculative, careless, rou? tine; uncalculating, unscientific farming will not pay, but will, with fearful speed, make bankrupts of those who practice it. Illustrations of the latter proposition abound on every side?those of the for? mer, whilst far from being so numerous, may be seen in almost every communi? ty?a few farmers standing head and shoulders above the unthinking crowd. Ever since the war, the land has re? sounded with complaints of labor; with more justice it should be of lack of drains?brains to plan, brains to calcu ? late, brains to execute?brains to decide what crops will pay, how much labor will pay, how much and what manures will pay?what rest should be given to the soil, what restitution made for its de Eletion by crops, what rotations will pay est and longest maintain fertility of the soil?what stock will pay, best and most economical modes of feeding?these and hundreds of other like questions call most loudly for strong, educated, thor? oughly-trained brains. Away with the practice of making tenants or partners of negroes, and delegating to them the di? rection and management of our Southern agriculture. What would be thought of a merchant or a contractor .vho would put negroes in charge of his business ? Does farming require less judgment, less perception, less tact than buying and selling goods? ^ Whilst brains are called for on the farm every day of the year, they are es? pecially needed this month to plan the year's campaign. If the past has been a failure, what must be done to make the future a success? A decision on this point is,not always easily reached. The weather, the kind of crops, the time and manner of plowing?the manure used and its mode of application, the lack of manure, using too much labor and pay? ing too dearly for it?starting crops a little too late or lying by a little too ear? ly, a deep plowing when it should have been shallow, rows too wide?too many or too few stalks to the acre, good or bad seed?how great the factors that enter the problem ! Think you that any but a careful observer, a close calculator, a patient and profound thinker can solve __^J8?Ul Ulb liglr?T*"past experience^e fore us, what crops shall we plant ? A part of the answer is as plain as the noonday sun: provision crops of some kind, sufficient at least to run the farm. Everybody sees and admits that. In this connection, we would urge again the mannring of all corn lands, not likely to suffer from drought, to a very high degree. Very much is to be gained by pushing such lands to a yield of 75 to 100 bush? els per acre. On dry uplands the bene? fits of high manuring may be lost through drought. Not so with valley lands. Seventy-five to one hundred bush? els of cotton seed and three to four hun? dred pounds of acid phosphate per acre, may be very safely ami profitably applied. The cost will be from 15 to 20 dollars per acre?the gain' (with same hoeing and plowing) from 60 to 75 bushels corn. Will not those who doubt, try the exper? iment on one acre this year?or if their faith is very weak, on a half or quarter acre ? We want, friends, to get you out of the old ruts?the draft is too heavy and you are about to stall. There is no wisdom, no common sense, in pursuing the same course year after year, when the end is nothing but failure?utter failure. Another proposition, palpable to every reflecting man, is that every one's opera? tions should be brought sharply within the limit of his means. Credit at. all times is hazardous?during periods of great financial disturbance it is almost invariably disastrous. Creditors tben become unusually clamorous, and prop? erty brings little when forced to sale. But what should be done if one is al? ready in debt, it may be asked. Sell if need be everything over and above what is needed to run a one-horse farm, and start from the bottom. Show yourself honest and you will not need homestead or other laws to protect you. ? Creditors are exacting, because they fear dishonesty. When one firmly and cheerfully resolves to pursue a course like this, it is surpris? ing how little is required to run a farm and support a family till a crop is made. A cow and a garden will keep starvation a long way off. Just think of the quan? tity of Irish potatoes that can be raised on a little patch of ground?how early in the season they are available?and how nearly this tuber can supply the place of bread. Whilst urging this he? roic treatment, we hope few will need it. We are sure, however, that very nearly all our farmers would be bettered by more or less contraction of business, sell? ing enough to pay off old debts and then adhering firmly and inflexibly to the maxim, "pay as you go." ? Gen. Washington now and then, says the Springfield (Massachusetts) Re? publican took notice of singular facts in natural history. Two years before his death old Col. Perkins, of Boston, then a young gentleman, visited him at Mount Vernon. As he was sitting with young Perkins, on the veranda, which over? looked the Potomac, a toad bopped along on the ground near them, "which lea him to ask me," says Col. Perkins, "if I had ever observed the reptile swallow a fire-fly. Upon my answering in the neg? ative, he told me that be had, and that from the thinness of the skin of the toad he had seen the light of the fire-fly after it had been swallowed. This was a new and to me a surprising fact in natural history." ? Jo3h Billings says: "I don't recol? lect now of ever hearing of two dogs fighting unless there was a man or two around." Tue Fence Law. A question which in time will loom up into great importance in the State, and is already an absorbing topic in the thickly settled agricultural communities, is the Fence Law. This law was enacted in the earliest colonial days, when popula? tion was sparse, and but little land was cultivated; so it was a muck easier task to fence in the crops than to fence in the stock. It provides "that all fences close? ly and strongly made of rails, boards or posts and rails, or of an embankment of earth, capped with rails or timber of any sort, or live hedges, five feet in height, measured from the level or surface of the earth,, shall be taken and deemed to be lawful fences." It provides further on, that if any person whose fields are not enclosed by a lawful fence shall kill, wound, maim, chaise, worry or in any manner injure any stock found in such field, he shall be liable in an action for damages, and by a subsequent act this injury is made an indictable offence. This law worked well enough while population was scattered, and afterwards, also, when labor was cheap and material was plentiful. But the murderous sys? tem of agriculture that prevailed before the war has in many places robbed the land of its timber, and rendered fencing almost an impossibility. Years ago it was said that there was not a lawful fence, "horse-high, bull-strong and pig tight," in the State. And since the war, with the prostration of industries ana the demoralization of labor, this remark is more true than ever. As the planting interests predominate over the others, the oppression of this law will become more apparent. In almost all other agri? cultural communities stock is fenced in, and even in our State, Edisto, Wadma law, John's and James' Islands are ex? empted from the provisions of the act. In many of the upper counties the law has been abrogated by popular consent, the people having become weary of de? ciding between the alternative of seeing their crops destroyed in a day, and of submitting to the inconvenience and ex? pense and possible danger of standing a suit for damages or a trial in the General Sessions. ; It is estimated that tbo value of the fencing in South Carolina exceeds that of the stock many times over, and that the expense of repairing broken-down enclosures is one cause of the paralyze tion of agriculture. Judge Mackev re- j cently, in a charge to a jury, showed that nearly two hundred dollars' worth of fencing was required to enclose a fifty dollar parcel of land. Continued but unsuccessful efforts have been made to secure a repeal of the fence law. Several difficulties present them? selves. First, many colored voters have each a pig or a cow, for which they claim pasturage on the lands of others; and, secondly, a great portion of the lower counties consist of swamp lands, on which a large amount of cattle and other stock feed; so that a "no-fence" law would to these stock-raisers be as onerous as the present law is to their farming brethren. Suggestions have been offeree! for the removal of these obstacles. Judge Mac key proposes to couple with the abolition of the present law an act providing that the laborer be allowed pasturage for a limited amount of stock on his employ? er's land. This would meet the objections raised by, the first mentioned opponents of the bill. Local option, heretofore recom? mended by the Newt and Courier, would settle the differences between the agricul? tural and the pastoral counties. The change has been adopted with success in certain counties in North Carolina, where, in order to prevent any conflict arising out of the existence of diametrically op? posed laws in adjoining counties, it has been necessary only to build a lawful fence -around the county1 in which the plantation fences have been abolished. The recent action of the Senate in ex tending the provisions of the House bill, so -that the counties of Anderson, Pick ens, Greenville, Union and Spartanburg will be permitted, in addition to Chester, to 70te upon this question, is eminently proper. It is sincerely to be hoped that the amended bill will become a law. It provides, in case the voters of thejespfcc^ tive Counties decide upon>tJhjis^change, j that petitions most bepr^ented by the County &mnus?ie??rs to the Legisla? ture, atitsjigtcsesaion, for appropriate legislatipsto carry the change into effect. If nfMuteration in the law be desired in gfc^counties affected, the vote wi'I show it, and the proposed act will have done no harm. If the majority deem the pres? ent law a burden, it is but right to give them an opportunity of freeing them? selves. - It i? a pity that the act was not amended so as to become general in its application. It may, however, be the opening wedge for a complete settlement of this question.?Newt and Courier. Loving and Being Lovhd.?Perhaps there*is no more painful time in a wo? man's life than the time of transition, when the assiduous lover is passing into the matter-of-fact husband, and the wooer is gradually changing into the master. Women, who are so much more sensitive than men, more sentimental, too, and less content to trust in silence to an un? demonstrative affection, are for the most part happy only while they are being made love to. It is not enough to be loved; they want to be told twenty times a day, and to have the harmonies of life enriched by a crowd of "occasional notes," embroidering the solid substance by which they live. Men, on the contra? ry, get tired of making love. When they have wooed and won, they are content to be quiet, and to take all the rest for granted. They are not cold, however, because they are secure; and to most? and those the best?practical kindness is better than flattery, security ranks before excitement and hysteria, and life passed in serene friendship, fearing no evil, knowing no break, and needing no prais? ing, is better than life passed in a perpet? ual turmoil of passion, where there are scenes and tears, and doubt, and broken hearts, if there are not endless courtships and fatiguing demonstrations.?Borne Journal. Measubing by the Eye.?Years ago, when we went to school in a little weather-beaten school-house, what exci? ting contests there used to be over the teacher's favorite exercise of having the scholars estimate with the eye the size and weight of different objects in the room! He would hold up his cane, and have each one tell how long he thought it was, and it was a lucky child that could come within half a foot of the right length. He would measure an urchin and then have the scholars try to repro? duce the measure on the wall. He would mark off an inch or a foot or a yard in some conspicuous place, and then see how near anybody could come to chalking the same length upon the black? board. And it was astonishing how wide astray one would go. The fact is, our eyes deceive us ridiculously even upon the commonest things. At first thought which should you Bay was the taller, a three-year-old child or a flour barrel? and could anything but actual measure? ment convince you that the same child was half as high as a six-footer? There is an old saying that a child two years old is half as tall as he ever will be; and after a few experiments in measuring one can easily believe it, but not before.? Boston Trantcript. ? In a Kentucky prayer meeting, ac? cording to the Henderson Newt, a negro sister, who weighed 250 pounds, stood on a bench and shouted, "Glory, glory, ? ?;lory?bress God?I knows I'm gwine ur to see dc Lord an' be taken in Abra ham's bosom?good bye, sisters and brudders, yes, good byo, I'm gwine fur 1 to leave von all." Then, under the de? lusion that she could fly upward, she jumped off the bench, ana fell with aw? ful force on a poor little negro boy who | was sitting on the floor, The Bead to a Father's Heart?How a Young Man Got a Wife. Jacob Bliveo is a young man who lived in Alleghany; be was desperately in love with Amelia S-?, and Amelia was said to fully reciprocate the youth's attach? ment. Jacob thought it was time to broach the subject to Amelia's father, who was unaware that Bliven's uncle had died two weeks before, leaving Jake a handsome legacy. The young man, with Amelia on his arm, came into the awful presence of the father. "Good evening, Mr. S -," said Bliv ens, hesitatingly, while Amelia grew scarlet. "Eh I" exclaimed the old gentleman, looking up, and bis prophetic soul telling him what was coining. "What's this ?" "Why, Amelia and me-" "Amelia!" interrupted the old man. "By dad I how the young dogs do get familiar on short acquaintance; it was Miss Amelia a week ago." "Yes, sir; but things have changed since last week," said Blivens, boldly, "an' we've come to ask your consent?" "Diabolical wretch 1-" Amelia here commenced her part by stopping the old man's mouth with a kiss. "Your consent," continued Blivens, taking Amelia by the band and kneeling at the "stern patient's" feet, to be joined in the bonds of-" "Pernicious caitiff I Out of my house," cried Mr. S-, wildly. "D'ye think my daughter shall marry a beggar ?" "Oh, just bold up a minute; you git mad so easy that nobody can tell you nothin'," said poor Blivens. "My uncle died-" "And what the deuce did he die for ?" said Mr. S-. "I didn't ask him, sir; but bein' as he is dead, and Amelia loves me, and-" "Mendacious parvenu! Do you love this villain, Amelia?" "Yes, papa," replied the fair Amelia, blush ingly. ?Til disown you for it," said Mr. S?. "I expected greater things of you." "Well, as 1 waa saying," Blivens went on, "she loves me an' I love hor, an' we both love each other, an'- we-want your consent." This was very bold in Blivens, and the old man didn't answer. Amelia looked hopefully at her Jake, and Jake looked anxiously at Amelia's papa. "And if you did marry her, what hare Iou got in the way ot furniture?" at ength said Mr. Smith ; "a paper collar and a boiled shirt, I suppose?" "No, sir; Pre got a box and five shirts," replied Jacob, after a moment's hesitation, "besides ten thousand dollars that my uucle left me, and?"? "What 1 my dear Jacob 1 Why. my dear boy, bless your heart, why the deuce didn't you say so before ?" cried the old man, snaking Blivens by the hand. "Here, Amelia ; take her, young man, and may heaven bless you both." It is reported that Mr. Smith has ask? ed bis son-in-law for a loan of nine thou? sand dollars, and that Jake has refused and taken bis wife to New York, where he intends to be free from father-in-law ism.?Pittsburgh Leader. Resources of South Carolina.? The present poverty of South Carolina is not due to a lack of resources, but to the manner in which these resources are em? ployed. The industrial returns of the Sir 1875 furnish the proofs on this point, ere were produced in that twelve? month 6,421,262 gallons of turpentine and 343,146 barrels of resin, 139,939,458 pounds of short staple cotton, 1,821,989 Sounds of long staple cotton, 897,146 ushels of rice, 9,454,341 bushels of corn, 662,912 bushels of wheat, 13,772 bushels of rye, 772.590 bushels of oats, 466,450 bushels or peas and beans, 1,568,533 bushels of potatoes, and 6,975 tons of hay. The freedmen show a good indus? trial record in these crop statistics, ex? clusive of what they raised on shares. They produced l,l77,732_jio*rrX' or more than half oi' all theiong'staple cot? ton raised, and over 27,000,000 pounds of the short-staple cotton, with corn, wheat, Jja^etc., to correspond. The products of the State are grouped in no less than twenty-six departments, and it is no wonder that a notorious United States Senator from that Commonwealth has declared to his political friends that there are "five years of good stealing in the State yet" Only get it out of the clutches of these political cormorants, and prosperity will soon roturn with its train of blessings.?Savannah Newt. Neuralgia in Women.?A physician of a London hospital writes to the British Medical Journal: "There is no recog? nised reason why of late years neuralgia of the face and scalp should have in? creased so much in the female sex . as compared with our own. There is no doubt that it is one of the most common of female maladies?one of the most painful and difficult of treatment. It is also a cause of much mental depression, and leads oftener to habits of intemper? ance than any other. This growing, prevalence of neuralgia may to some ex? tent be referred to the effects of cold up? on the terminal branches of the nerves distributed to the skin, and the reason why men are less subject to it than wo? men may to a great extent be explained by the much greater protection afforded by the mode in which the former cover their heads when they are in the open air. It may be observed that the surface of the head which is .actually covered in man is at least three times that which fashion allows to women; indeed, the points of contact between the hat or bon? net and the head in the latter are so ir? regular as practically to destroy any pro? tection which might otherwise be afford? ed." Men as Lovers.?In the first place, it is an imposition on anv well-brea girl to keep her up later than half past ten o'clock, when you have the opportunity of seeing her often. If you always leave her with the wish in her heart that you had stayed longer, you gain so much. Never run the risk of wearying her with your presence. Be just as earnest and straightforward as in your honorable dealing with men. Impress your friends with the worthiness and seriousness of your love, so that vulgar and senseless bantering will appear to them as such. Love in religion?the supremest happi? ness, wear it manfully and proudly, but holily. Woo a woman bravely. If there is anything humiliating to a woman, it is to have a lover, whom she wishes to honor, weak and vapid, ever yielding and half afraid of her. She longs to tell him to "act like a man 1" The man who con? ceals or denies his love for fear of being laughed at is a coward. A love that has no element of divinity in it is not love, but passion, which of itself has nothing ennobling. That was a beautiful in? scription on an engagement ring, /'Each for the other and both for God." Diphtheria.?Diphtheria (says a medical writer) is a term derived from the Greek, signifying a skin or mem? brane. It is an epidemic sore throat of great severity, often contagious, due to poisoning of the blood, attended with much prostration, and characterized by the exudation of false membranes and lymph on the tonsils and adjacent parts. It attacks all classes of persons and at all ages. Children are most liable to con? tract it. It is probably most fatal to the poor, or such as reside in damp situations and in badly drained houses. So far as known, local treatment does not afford much benefit unless commenced in the. early stage of the disease. Inhalations may then be of value; but the reliance must be placed in the good nursing, hy? giene of the sick room and a supporting treatment, to enable nature to work her wonderous cures. There is no specific remedy for the ailment, Why Has it Been So Warm ??In the first place it is a fact that the run is now three millions of miles nearer to as than it was last July. This is no idle statement but a fact. In the second place these warm winters occur with a periodity. The earth is visited with them, like a man visited with chills. About once in twenty-one years look out for their return. It is settled that the outside of the earth is but a crust which is cool enough to live on. Go ten miles deep into the earth and it is as hot as red hot. ? And the deeper you go the hotter it gets. A preacher once told bis congregation that if a man were taken from a furnace where iron was melting and put into bell the change would give him a chill in a second. The centre of the earth is hotter yet. That so hot a centre should send to the surface a varying quantity of heat is not strange. We hope therefore to hear no more complaint about hot weather. It may be hotter yet for some of us one of these days.?Exchange. All Sorts of Paragraphs. ? "Now, George Washington, you jea' cum an' put on your shoes dis minit. De idea of you beirr out doors barefoot on de Lord's Day! Why, folks will think you're Irish!" ? Among all the accomplishments of youth, there is none more preferable to a decent and agreeable behavior among men than a modest freedom of speech, a soft and elegant manner of address, a graceful and lovely deportment, a cheer? ful gravity.and good humor, with a mind appearing ever"serene under the ruffling' accidents of human life. LI'"Suppose," said a lawyer to a wit? ness he was trying to badger, "suppose I should tell you that I could bring a dozen , men of your town to this court room who ^p.ujd say., they ..would not belieye.ycu. on oath, what would you say?" And calmly the witness made his reply, "I would say you lied." A gentle smile' diffused itself all over the court._r.oom, and the wUness stepped "dowap.'i - A Danb?ry couple have a nice little daughter of some five summers. A lady visitor observed to the mother, "What a pretty child you/have ? She must', be ii' great cbmfoirt tayou." "She \s\ indeed/' said the fond mother. "When I'm mad at John I don't have to speak to him. Shee?lls-himitb his weals, and tells him to get the wood and other things that I want She's real handy." ? One of the most enterprising of Southern statesmen udder the new dis? pensation is the Rev. Mr. Smith, of Mur freesboro, Tenn. He officiates as pastor of the negro church in that city, known as Brack's Church, and is a member of the Alabama Legislature. The work of attending to the spiritual interests of his colored brethren in Tennessee, and at the same time to the temporal concerns of the whole population of Alabama, must be a tremendous strain upon his intel? lect. ? An English traveler arrived at one of those comfortable inns in the north of Scotland, and told the landlord he felt unwell, at which the latter expressed his regret. "What medical officer," said he, "have you here ? "Medical officer, did ye say, sir ? "I wish to see a physician." "Whaten kind o' man is he?" "Con? found it 11 want some medicine." "Weel, sir, we've only twa medicines in this part o' the country?tar for the outside o' the sheep, and whiskey for the inside o' oursels." ? "Young ladies have the privilege of saying anything they please during leap year," she said, eyeing him out of the corner of her eyes with a sweet "T??sr. His heart gave a great bound, and, while he wondered if Htajri?fgoing to ask the question whichu/he had so long desired and feared.AjS do, he answered, "Yes." "Andtfe^ young men must not refuse," sai4 sne. "No, no I How could they ?" ?sighed he. "Well, then," said she, "will I you?" He fell on his knees and said: I "Anything you ask, darling." "Wait till I get through. Will yo? take a walk, I and not hang around our house so much ?" And he walked. . ? . . ???????gagas?a ?ubli?li<gr$??ririlw? I Can buy direct of the Manor'r on favorable terms. "The ANSON HARDY CUTTING MACHINES I ere the beat and cheapest low priced machine mode, I and have a national reputation for utility and du? rability."?(The Elcctro-typcr, Chicago.) , J The ANSON HARDY PAPER CUTTER ts by I far the beat machine which can be obtained for ? I lesa price than ono hundred dollars. It is of great I strength. "These machines have always taken the highest I stand. It is the only machine to which is applied I the patent Morablo Cutting Board. This device has I a reputation of itself; by it, the cutting board can I be instantly and accurately moved,so that .1 perfect I cut is Insured. This is a very important point in I this machine, and one that is possessed by no other. I It greatly reduces the labor 01preparation In work I ing the paper backward and forward. We cannot I too strongly recommend the advantages of this pat I ent movable board. It is worth toe price of this I machine, and purchasers should -fully understand I bow highly it is to be valued."?(Rowell's & Co.'s I Monthly Reporter and Printer's Gazette.) The LATEST IMPROVED HARDY CARD I CUTTER la pronounced the most desirablk Caxd I CotTEB In the market, for the general;uses of a I printing office. I The well-known RUGGLEB CARD CUTTER I with my latest improvements, is still preferred by I many printers, and holds its favoritism over other I machines. 4S~ None genulno but these having my full ad I dress lettered in the castings. /fjT Newspapers in want of advertising, from I first parties, should send for my circular proposal. ANSON HARDY, AUBURN DALE, MASS. I will buy of those that buy of me. FeblO, 1876 30 Cm mm toils, MANUFACTURER OF |DOORS,SASHES, Blinds, Flooring, &c. DEALER IN BUILDERS' HARDWARE, Paints, Oils, &c. SOLE AGENT FOR The National Mixed Paint Co. Great American Fire Extinguisher Co. Page Machine Belting Co. ?Sfr- Send for Prices. OFFICE AND WAREROOMS, Kos. 20 k 22 Hayne k 33 k 35 Finckney Sis. FACTORY and YARDS, Ashley River, West Eud Broad Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. Sept 23, 1875 _10_ly_ BRIDGE NOTICE. rTlHE County Commissioners of Green I JL ville aha Anderson Counties will let I the contract for building a Bridge across Saluda River at Piedmont, to the lowest bidder, on TUESDAY, the 7th day March next. Plans and specifications to be made known on day of letting. Commissioners reserve the right to reject any or all bids. O. H. P. FANT, Chairman Board Co. Commissioners, Anderson County. JAMES BANISTER, Chairman Board Co. Commissioners, Greenville County. Fcb 3, 1876_29_5 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ANDERSON. IN THE PROBATE COURT. W. S. Williams, Survivor, vs. Sarah A, Ran kin, W. R. Rankin, et nl.?Complaint to sell Real Estate, Marshal Assets, <S& rTlHE creditors of Thomas F.-ftankin, de JL ceased, are hereby f notified to prove their respective claims be'.brc mc at my office in Anderson C. II., ?n or before the 29th day of April next, c* be barred of all the benefits of any decree in this complaint. W. \V. HUMPHREYS, L ..' Judge of Probate. I Jan 27, 187G 28 3m CAROLINA COLLEGIATE - INSTITUTE. THE Second Term of the Scliolastic Year of 1875-6, will open MONDAY, JAN? UARY 17th,4876, with a.fuU and efficient corps of Professors. V EXPEXSES PER TERM. 1 Primary Department.$ G 00 Intermediate Department. 10 00 Collegiate Department. 14 00 Music on Piano. 13 334 Useof Instrument, (i hour per day),.. 2 00 I Use of Instrument, (1 hourjerday).. 3 00 ' German and French, each.-..;.!.'.^..... 6 66 Ornamentals, each. 5 005 Entrance Fee, (paid once a year,). 1 00 Graduation Fee. 5 00 N. B.?A Term is one-third of the Scho? lastic Year. Board can be obtained in private families at rates ranging from $12.50 to $15.00 per month, varying according to arrangements made asTo washing, fuel and lights, I The President oners toboard hoys 'af#12.50 per month, exclusive of washing and lights. A few rooms can bo rented to those de? siring to board themselves. Some have tried it this year, and the arrangement has proved satisfactory. For further information, apply for a Cata? logue. ' ' '*? ? * ' ? ( ?? W. J. LIGON, President. Dec 9, 1875_21_ THE CARSWELL ' 1" INSTITUTE, MALE and FEMALE. -o THIS Institution is of recent birth. The building is now in process of erection. Itis beautiful rylocatedjtmrteWT^^ of Anderson, on the Lowndesville road. ! 'The exercises ?f its "first'Session will open [ on the FIRST MONDAY"in FEBRUARY, 1876, unless notice be given otherwise through!&hesowlumri|.:fr,y Qj ~\ The Literary DiaUitTimxT will he con? ducted by E. R. CARSWELL, Jf./A/MTfof Mercer University, Macon, Geo., assisted by M. L. Caeswell. of the same institution. ' The Aft and Mpsic^ep?rtnferftsi^ be presided ? over by I Miss Geoboia* (f.' ?abs well. New and improved methods of instruc [ iron in every-branch of stndy^ j fj Tenns\f Tuition are as fdHouh f ? ' For students in primary department...$16 00 Intermediate department. 20 0? A?ademic der^rtment.f..1.Ci.'.4. 30 00 These charges are for the whole Scholastic year, and will be made unless private ar? rangements are effected, which may be done to the advantage of patrons having several students to send. Board in good families at from $8 to $10 per month, fuel and lights included. Board from Monday until Friday from $4 to $G per month; For further particulars, address E..RV CARSWELL,, Jb., Principal, Or Rev. W. E. WALTERS, - ?? Chairman of-Board Trusteesr?" Dec 16, 1875_22_ RATHE O Iff fi'S ACORN COOK. With or without Portable Hot Water Rosar^ln^Setr Eoa't izj aa oll-fasbioael Stovt, M get oae With, all J?test im p r o y ements. Largest Oven and Rues. Longest fire Box fur long wood. Ventilated Oven, Fire Back and Fire Box B:rtcm?1> sures a Quick, Sweet and Even Bake and Roast Swing Hearih and Ash (SaW Won't soil floor or. carpet. Durable Double and Braced Centers and Ring Covers. Burns but little wood. Has Mica or Solid Iron Front Carefully Fitted Smooth Castings. No Old Scrap fron.;' Nickel Plated Trimmings. Tin Lined Oven Doors.; Ground and Silver-like Polished Edges and Mouldings. Heavy. Best New Iron. Won't craqk: . j WAS2AJTTSD 8ATISTAGT0B7. Manufactured by RATHB0NE, SARD & CO., Albany, N. Y. . Sold by an Enterprising Dealer in every Town. B. P. CRAYTON & SONS, Agent, U . ". Anderson, S. C. Not 25,1875 . . la.-._- 3m_ CENTENNIAL HOUSE, ANDERSON, S. C, BY t J. S. ASHLEY. j I :. ? i I,-. ? i A Oincinnatti Lager Beer! T J. S. ASHLEY'S. Fresh Fruits, Confectioneries AT , . J. S.. ASHLEY'S,, .: tit- -?"r TAKE NOTICE. APRESSING necessity compels the un? dersigned to appeal to all who owe them on open 'Account -or ?Note? tx> come forward at once and make settlement. AH, without exception, must pay, or make Mtisfactory arrangements, within ; \ THIRTY DAYS, . Or at the expiration of that time, our Books and Notes will be placed in an officer's hands for immediate collection. We will continue to sell all Goods in our line for very small profits for cash or on short time. McGRATII & BYRUM. Jan 20. 1876_27_, CJTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ? . ANDEBSW CarjN'TY. By W. W. Humjihrcys, Esq., Pro. Judge^ WHEREAS, Joann Elrod has made suit to me to grant him letters of Ad? ministration, on the Estate and offects of S. L. W. Elrod, deceased. Theso are thoreforo to cito and admon" ish all kindred and creditors of the said S. L-. W. Elrod, dee'd, to be and ap? pear before me in Court of Probate,, to, be held at Anderson. Court House, ojf Friday, February 25, 1876, after publica-, tion hereof, to shew cause, if any tbey I have, why the said administration should not bo granted. Given under my hand, this 2nd day of February, 187C. W. W. HUMPHREYS, J. P. Fob 2, 1876 30 2* QUICK SALES AND SMALL PROFITS; TOWERS & BROTLES, ARE offering their large stock of Season? able Dry Goods, at prices to suit the times. Give them a call before buying. bhy goobs. WE have a large stock Dry Goods, viz: Dress Goods, Black Alpacca, French Merino, Calico, Shawls, BLANKETS, Flannel. A large lot of Jeans, Cassimeres, Brown and Bleached Homespun, Bed Ticking, <fcc, for sale low by ' _ :? TOWERS & BROYLES. boots and shoes. A FULL line of the Best Boots and Shoes for sale low by _TOWERS <fc BROYLES. SLOTHING f WE have a fine. lot of Clothing, which will be sold at lower prices than ever offered in the market. Give hs a call. TOWERS & BROYLES. Saddles, bridles, and harness. WE have the largest and best stock of [ Saddles, Bridles and Harness in Town: The j Harness and Bridles we have manufactured j I in our store, of superior quality, and we I offer.induccments in this line to cash custo-1 mere. Any description of harness manu? factured to order On short notice, by * _ TOWERS <fc BROYLES. HARDWARE. - A COMPLETE assortment of Hardware, viz: Shelf Hardware, Iron.' Nails,' Axes, Plows, Plow Irons, Blacksmith Tools, &c? I for sale low bv * TOWERS <te BROYLES. Crroceries. ? RIO and Java Coffee, Sugar,'New Orleans*! and Muscovado Molasses, Rice, Salt,'Bacon, k Lard and Fancy Groceries, for sale low by ... .. TOWERS <fc; BRQYLES> CROCKERY, China and Glass. Ware, I Wooden Ware, Buggy Makers' Materials,1 Baggihg, Ties, CARPETS. ? A large assortment of Trunks and Va-1 Uses. ... ... .. ? * . ... All of our stock of Goods are now offered at prices to suit the times. GiveTis ? call, and see our goods. We charge nothing for | showing our goods. ? ,? TOWERS ft BROYLES. Dec 16,1875 , 22 ' . FLOUR! THE celebrated Tennessee Flour, "Swan's Down," and '?Gem of the Burg." Also, Buckwheat Flour, fur sale'low bv TOWK-RSufc, BROYI.ffiS.. hats: : A LARGE lot of Men's and Boys' Hats, Ladies' Hats, Fur Capes and setts of Furs at I uncommonly low prices, for Christmas presents, bv _' TOWERS & BROY-LES. ~"Nifrw Orleans* Molasses.? 1 i .'/,{*? * r t SPLENDID article of new crop N. 0. Molasses for sale low, in quantities to I suit the purchaser,-by <t 1. TOWERS & BROYLES. New Advertisements. , A IJOMESTIG ~ SEWING $12 A , Liberal Jers? of Ex changefor 8ecraa*karrrr^ Machines of every des? cription. "DOMESTIC" PAPER FASHIONS. The Beit Patterns made. Send Sets, for Catalogue. Address DOMESTIC SEWING MAGERTE CO. Aoxirrs Waithp. *Ctl 1TEWYOBK. a day at homo. Agents wanted. Outfit and terms free. TRUE ft CO., Augusta/Maine. ?ST?liTWifiN;GT "Yel forty dtyr, hid'NinixaA ihill'U wekhrmcn." Future events prophecied byrulesinBENNER'S PROPHETIC BOOK., , Fortunes foretold in the ups and downs of price3 fcf the next twenty years; the future judged by the past. What years to make money ou pig-iron, hogs, corn, provisions, cotton, and wbeu we will have the next panic, what year hard times will end ;.nd business revive again. Every farmer, manufacturer, legitimate trader and speculator should have this book to know the fu? ture, so as to avoid loss and be successful. ? Sent to any name, post paid, for $1. Address SAMUEL BECKER, Balnbrldge, Rosa County, 0 pSS- FOR 1876. Bill journal, Household Weekly Magazine, devotedto ! POPULAR LITERATt'RB, '?AD^ALL MAT? TERS OF TASTE AND CULTURJE. Appletons' Journal appears In new type and j with other mechanical improvements, making it the handsomest weekly literary Journal in the ! country. AppMrroN's Joctbnal alms to be;com {irebcnalve, including' in its plan all branches Of itoraturc, and treating all subjects of interest-to I intelligent-readers ; it designs ,to ,bo derated in taste and pure in tone; It gives in quantity fully twenty-five per cent. more than the largest of the Monthly Magazines, while in quality its literature j is of the highest class. j Price, $4 per annum; 10 cents per Number. -SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. The undersigned have ? procured, exclusively for1 I subscribers to AppLETOMei-JouRNAL, a splendid I steel engraving of. ? "CHARLES OlCKENS IN TllS STUDY,!' Which, is offered, under special Xonus, to every sub* scriber?In advance?.to Journal for 1876. . , .. This steel engraving is in lino and stipple.. It'Js not a fancy picture, bu ; an actual representation of Charles Sickens' study at Gadshill; while the portrait of the distinguished author :is strikingly faithful.; The size of the plate is 20 x 14, printed on heavy plate paper 21 x 30, making a large and handsome engraving for the parlor or library wall. The execution of tho plato1 is of a superior order. The ordinary price of a steel engraving of this character in the print-shops would not be less than five, and perhaps six dollars. It is offered exclu? sively to subscribers, in addition to the Journal for one year, for 83.00?that Is, for $1.00 additional, each yearly advanco subscriber to tho Journal for 1876 may receive a superb engraving worth fully fire times the amount. Tjij.engraving !? nnrjrnly, uaw.- It-frflf-n?"?r been for sale in the print-shops, and cannot be ob? tained except in connection with AttletonsI. Journal upon the toruis and conditions given above. It will be mailed to subscribers postage prepaid. - ? ? .' 1 D. APPLET0N &. CO., U H 549 & 561 Broadway, New York. A WEEK GUARANTEED, to Agents, Male and Female, in their own locality. Terms and OUTFIT FREE. Adaress P. 0. VICKERY A CO., Augusta, Maine. 1 iifi In <fcOfl per day at home. Samples worth 81 j^U It) ?p^U free Stinson ft Co., Portland, Malno ttpSYCHOMANCiT, OR SOUL CHARMING.1?' A How either sex may fascinate and gain the. love and affections of any pwson they choose, in? stantly. This art nil can possess, free, by mail, for 25 cents; together with a Marriage Guide, Egyp I tian Oracle, Dreams, Hints to Ladles, etc. 1,000,!. 1 000 sold. A queer book. Address T.. WILLIAM ft CO., Publishers, Philadelphia.,_ GENTS, the greatest chance of the age. Address, ?? with stamp, National Copying Co., Atlanta, Ga. EMPLOYMENT.?Male-aud-Fcmala, salary or commission. ' <Wc pay ngentsjasalarjrbCSMO a I week and expenses- Eureka MVu TO, Hartford, 'Coun. Particulars free. _ ? . ! tau, lilies. Vitt. W?bs? Mb 10 DISTINCT CHOICE KINDS, MAILED FOR 1. 10 FERNS, do., 81. 10 GREENHOUSE LAHT8ido.,8ir_10 FOLIAGKDPLANTB,do-?l. WINDOW PLANTE!, do.. 81. 10 ASSORT do.,8l. \'i VERBENAS do.,75 cents. 3 Choice Album Canmoasent v:iA each co?tction. Address The Greenbrook * Pateraon City Nurseries;, or J. GRKTVES, Sec"?, Box; 687,f Aiaaaog, ff. j. y XTOTICE 0F FINAX SEmEMENT. ?S Notice is hereby given that tho under? signed, guardian of Wm. Maddox, George N. Maddox, Nancy A. Masscy and Sarah J. Smith, will apply to the Judge of Probate for Anderson County on the first day of March next, for a final settlement and dis? charge from said guardianship. A U WM. ?HOLMES,-Guardian. Jan 27, 1875._21 _ 5 Notice. PARTIES having business, in my hands will find my office and papers in the care of Col. J. % Brown, who will attend to any business in mv absence. JAMES L ORR. ? Nov IS, 1875 18 LOOK OUT ! mOW?tjf ! prjBtic announcement: TXT E desire to call attention to the fact that we have on hand a LARGE and TT well-selected stock of Heavy Groceries, Dry Goods, . Boots, Shoes Hardware Crockert Ware, Etc* Wo have jnst received a large lot of B:i on Sides, Shoulders, Srigw-Cured Hams, Cheap Grades of Syrups, Muscovado,. D ? '.orara and New Orleans Molasses, 100 BARRELS CHO.fJE FAMILY FL,?XfRV A complete assortment of Sugars, Cot:?es and Teas, Pickles, Canned Goods, Ac. A very largo stock of Iron, Steel, Ho( , Shovels. Spades, and farming Implements generally. In short, we have everytl ug that the farmer or man of family nseds. We are selling the forogoing articles at the most reasonable cash price*. Call and be convinced of this fact. " ? - jp?- And now a word to those that wo have supplied with Goods during the year 1872,1873 and 1874. ' Unless yon come forward and pay up, yonr Notes and Ac? counts will bo placed in the hands of an Officer for collection. BYR?M & McGBATH. Important to those Indebted to:'ITs./'??;:V To those indebted to us on Accounts for last year, we will give'oMAfctf cent above tho market price for Cotton, in payment of such Accounts-and Notes, at any time between the 1st of -November next. W e. auist have the- .money gBj tbemacd do not wish to add any cost. So come forward at onco arid" settWup. ** . BYB?M * McGBAiBt.' , v ..: Mechanics' Bow* .Oct7, 1875 _ .._12 ? '?' " .,!? ly THE MM GOLD LIF[ I C. E. THAlffES, President. T- IT. FOWLER,'Secretary. - .? ? ? ... ? ?? . ? .;??. ? ? Gen. S D. LEE, Superintendent of Agencies. ... ... . ' ... _ ? : ??????/!. ?'! J ?? Z ~~? ^^T" ??V.W. 'S ? 'tfiU'l i '' CASH CAPITAL PAID IN, ? S^^GOtO, Assets, $759,084.79. Surplus in hand. $26d,92b47. * . ij . ,.i ":i .!.ftn will V '.~>tt.--lUf*i'.:::< THE above statement is based oh examination of Company by tho.Insurance Commissioner of Maryland, on admitting Company, to work in Maryland, The Company has paid from 17 to 27 per cent, dividends per annum' since organ!-' zati?n. Policies issued in Gold or Currency, and nbn-fdrfettable-after frtfo'y?aTs.' .'?''' ' ' ? ' 1 ' ir>' ' hrtft tntliV -?:?!.? "?ti? him tstxiv ,<*tni\ . ' ? BOARD FOR ANDERSON COUNTY. , ... ... .. ?. r-. :> . "B. F. WHITNER, President. F. C. v? BORSTEL, W/HiVNTflJSMH,- ? J> Iy. ORR, Secretary, G F. TOLLYk. - ; vX.Bv'LEE.; . C. A- HEED, ... ; R. F.DIVVER,.'.J. B. LEWIS, $j . ... J. A. HO YT. .? . The abovo gentlemen are insured In Company, and will take pleasure in giving information as to obtaining policies,and anyfacteas-to.Oonrpany. ?' M .-u ...... ... y i WM. WATIES, A-arent. Sept 2,1875. . , . 47_ ~?. .. .-? ? ......-.itilt" 'la EOTjjpW; C. A. REED. . . ;i A.;Sj. STEPHENS* REED ti STEPHENS. MANUFACTURERS OF -,f<....rtJ BUGGIES, PH/ETONS, ROCK?WAYS, CARRIAGES, WAGONS, &C, &C. n A. J. STRINGER, Agent. W. J. HIX, Agent, < Helton, S. C. Fair Piny. ESPECIAL at? tention paid to :RE PAIRING, and all workful ?ly warranted.'' - We claim the most .thorough Ironwork, Wood work, Painting and . Trimming, ! as we employ on-1 lythe best work-, men. "~. ' , ? None but welNsea?tM>?d4en:fa?r used fn the manufacture of our iwo^rk. All per pei^d^siriiig"lo purchase are cordially invited to call at onr Manufactory, (at tho buildings formerly owned by John A. Reeves, Esq.,) and inspect the work for themselves. . .. ... .,, .., BUGGIES always ort haiid at our REPOSITORY,'(near the Railroad Bridge, on. Main Street,) where Mr. Joseph Martin can always he found, Teadyto'seffanew' ntf .of HARNESS, or to repair old ones, i . ??' Hi-* jiojtn ri ? . ? uuZ **. Anderson, Sept. 9, 1875 ? , . . . . 8 .. ; , ?..;:.. > ,x..-raLJ0r i *;. M TALBOT & SONS, SHGCKOE MACHINE. WORKS, BIGELMOND, YA. AirrjPACTUBERS OF Steam Eujgines and Boilers, A^rlcfilforal Engines, 'arcnlaf SaTf MIDb,' ' Grist, Bark and Plaster Mills, Shafting, Hangers aud Pulleys, ? Improved Turbine Water Wheels. Oct 14,1S75 13 ly .?.:>C ??iis ;<i :;? ;l I Ml ; ,-iuub ?WJIi ETTEN'GEE. .1 h. p. EDM on D. ETTENGER & EDMONO. RI HMOND, YA., MANUFACTURERS PORTABLE and STATIONARY ENGINES, j Boilers, of all kinds, . Circular. Saw Mills, lc;.. , Grist Mills,. ^ . .. 7 .T^liU Gearing, ,.. ., id - Shafting. Pulleys, &c. American Turbine Water Wheel, Cameron's Special Steam- Pumps, i 1 ' ?' Send for Catalogtre.' ' Oct 14,1875" ? ? ' 13- j ' ry G. F. WATSOJT, Furniture Works and Lnmber Mills, RlfJHMOND, Vf. . COTTAGE BeadsteaMs/chlarab'er''and Parlor Furniture, Lounges, Chairs, eta.,-manufactured of Walnut and cheap? er hard woods. No,soft Pine.?sed. Cot? tage Bedsteads and Cheap Mattresses leading articles. '? ' : Oct 14, 1875 ia? ?. r .i ly . METROPOLITAN WORKS, Canal St., fbom Sixth to Seventh, ? ? RICHMOND, - - VIRGINIA. ENGINES, Portable and Stationary. Saw Mills.. Grist Hills, . , Boilers. Castings of Brass A Iron, Forging*. Arc. ABCH1TECTURAL IRON WORK. ? - I ' . . T li ' Al.l '. ?? IN all its branches, done.' by exneTicnced'Kands.' V7e call special attention j to our Improved Por? table Engines .for agri cultural and other pnrpo-1 ses. A number of second-1 hand ENGINES and BOIL ERS of various patterns, in-1 first-rate order, on hand. Repair work solicited and promptly done \VALj E. TANNER ?fc CO.. Aug 5, 1875 . 3 ly MEDICAL CARD DR. R. G. WITHERSPOOIV OFFERS his services as medical prac tioner. Office at Andersonville, S. C. Dec 9,1875 ; .21 . . 3m THE ANSON HARDY ~~ COMMISSION HOUSE. . . Orders for every .description of Eastern Manufactures and Importations, Promptly filled, strictly.upon commis? sion. Send for circulars. ANSON HARDY, AUBURNDALE, MASS. Fcb 10, 18J6 3) (5m THE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ?NDERSONi \ SUMMONS'FOR MONEY DEMAND. Williams. Lipon and- Rufua S. Hilly ners under the name,.and style of J &Hill, Plaintift^ against John B.,. : per, Defendant. -/' " Ir***1***? Tb John B. Harper: ;"\7*OU are hereby summoned.aM required JL to ansxver^He^eVmplaint 4n this ac? tion, which is filed- in my office, Anderson C. H.. S. C., and to serve a copy, of ypnr.an-. swer onthe subscriber at his office, within' twenty days after ihe service of this sum? mons, exclude of the day of service-'; If you fail to answer this complaint with- j in the time aforesaid, the Plaintiffs will ."be allowed judgment against you for the stun of Fifty-four Dollars and Twenty-nix cents, with'interest at the rate' of seven, per, cent. ? per annum, from the 13th day 'of Januaryr, A. D. 1876, and costs. ? * Dated Anderson C. H., Jan; 16j flww* '= ? . JOHN K. BREAZEALFv I - i , TriaL Justice. A?jpr ! Jari20.1870 1 ''"'TBFr . ,fc 6 . M7 GOLDSMITH. COLUMBIA, Si OJ'-1 5 GOLDSMITH & KLVB, FOUNDERS and MACHIXLSTS. HlJT HAVE always on hand Stationary ? StcamJEnginea an d Bollers-for Saw Mills, etc., Saw and Grist Milia, Cotton Presses',1 GeattngK Shafting, PnlUeji^et* Castings of every'klnd-inlron orTsraasi' We guarantee: to furnish Engine? and - Boilers of as good quality and power, aad , at as low rates as can be had in the North. We manufacture, also, the Gadfiv Ira-. proved Water Wheel, which were*omi": mend .for power? aimpllcltyioXoorurtmiw . tion, durability and cheapness. .Wevr^r-<. rant our work, and assure promptness and dispatch in filling orders. ' ,r r '" ''. GOLDSMCTH & KIND, iSolnmbjjttgLCtu^ May 28,1874" " 46. . ,.ly..?,?. A PPLICATION FOR* HOMESTEAD?? ? ?JsSL Mrs. Almanza Pruitt, Wido* ofJi'P. Pruitt, in behalf of herself nnd jnicor'.cM! dren, having applied to me for the benefit of Homestead in the Real and Personal, Es-, t?te of the said J. P. Pruitt decV^allper-'' sons interested will take notice that her an-1 plication will be, heard at my office on-the 8th day of March nextat 10 o'clock.-, ,., W. W. HUMPHREYS, ? Judge of Probate. Feb3, 1876 ? . 2? : ?? ' TWO MONT?S FBEEM THE.,NEW YORK TRD3UNE, ??The Leading American Newspaper." ...... . . - ; ? . '?'??,'? - .... ' {.-.- ? I On receipt of $2 and .this advertisement, TnfiWireKLYTiire?irE will be sent, postogV paid, to -any: address until December J3i;'' 1876, or for ^12.50, six copies; fttr 22, eleven; i for 30, thirty-one. - Address THE TRIBUNE, New Yortryi;'' ADVERTISING t Cheap t Good U Systematic,?All persons, who contem? plate making contracts with newspapers for* the insertion oF advertisements; should sera '25 Cents to Goo. P. Rowell & Co., 41 Park Row, New York, for their PAMPH? LET-HOOK (ninety-seventh edition), contain? ing lists of over 2000 newspapers and esti? mates, ? showings the "cost. ? Advertisements' ? taken for leading papers, in many States at a tremendous reduction from, publishers' rates., Get the book. ?' . _i per day; Agents wanted." _All classes of working peo? ple of both sexes, young and old, mike more'1 money at work lor us, in.. their .own locali-, tics, during their spare moments, or all the time, than at anything eise. We offer 'eoi-' Sloyincnt that will pay handsomely for every1 our's work, Full particulars,, terms, <fcc. sent free. Send us your address at oncev Don't delay. Now is the time. Don't .look, for work or business elsewhere, rmt? you*' have learned wliat we offer. G. Srursow & Co., Portland Maine. 14 ly