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?totes0it fnttttsgtttctr. A HUNDRED YEARS TO COME. In these days when the Centennial reigns in every story and song, we may fitly pause to read the following beautiful lines: Where, where will be the birds that sing A hundred years to come ? The Sowers that now in beauty spring, A hundred years to come? The rosy up, the lofty brow, The hearts that beat so gayly now? O, where will be love's beaming eye, Joy's pleasant?sniiles, and sorrow's sigh, A hundred years to come? Who'll press for gold this crowded street, A hundred years to come? Who tread yon church with willing feet, ?i A hundred years to come ? v Pale trembling age. and fiery youth, And childhood with its brow of truth? The rich, the poor, on land and sea; A hundred years to come? We all within our graves will sleep, A hundred years to come? No living soul for us will weep * A hundred years to come. But other men our lands will till, And other men our streets will fill, While other birds will sing as gay; As bright the sunshine as to-day, A hundred years to come. MY MOTHER-IN-LAW. "Take my advice," said,uncle Israel to me, when I told him that pretty Susie Hoyt had consented to be my 'wife? "take my advice and get as far away from your mother-in-law as possible. I speak from experience. Taking it up and down, I've had a fair share of matri? monial happiness, but the majority of -the differences of opinion between your aunt and myself, I attribute entirely to the influence and interference of my mother-in-law. -By the way, who is Mrs. Hoyt? I don't remember hearing you speak of her." "She ceased to be Mrs. Hoyt when Susie was five years old, and became Mrs. Gardiner. Hoyt, as far as I can learn, left her nothing but Susie. Gardiner left her a law suit." "Oh! a widow again V "Yes, and uncle Israel, she is not one bit like the traditional mothers-in-law. She is a little model of a blue-eyed wo? man, as gentle and sweet as Susie her? self." "They all are. Batter would scarcely melt in the mouth of Mrs. Bond before I married her daughter Julia, and?well, you have heard her discourse." I had. Cold chills of apprehension crept over me as I imagined Mrs. Gardi? ner assailing me in like fashion. Upon the strength of uncle's mother-in-law, I went at onco and secured a house at the very extremity of the city suburbs?a gem of a cottage, with a whole city be? tween its white gate and my mother-in law elect*s residence. I saw her lips quiver when I told her where we were to live, and there was a pitiful tone in her low voice when she said, "It is very far from here;" but she made no other remonstrance, and I har? dened my heart and furnished it. Di? rectly opposite was a handsome residence, with wide grounds, a lovely country man? sion within easy distance of my business, for which I longed, but waited for for? tune's wheel to give a turu in my favor to purchase it. After we were married and settled in our cozy little cottage, Susie and I would sit upon the porch and talk about the ?happiness of living in the house I cove tea, and which was for sale, though ren? ted and occupied. Sometimes Mrs. Gar? diner would come over to spend the day, and Susie would tell her of her castles in the air, when my cotton speculations made , us rich. I was doing a small business at that time "in a wholesale leather store, being junior partner; but 1 had invested, every spare dollar I could demand in joining a company to buy some thousand acres in cotton m Louisiana, growing. We felt certain of realizing an immense fortune when our cotton was ready to pick and put into the market, aud every letter from our agents in the South gave us new hope. So we furnished the new house, in imagination, and looked for? ward to owning it one day. But in all this time I could not truly find any reason to regret my connection with my mother-in-law. It is true she often advised me, hurting my married dignity somewhat by taking the ground that she who had been my Susie's con? stant companion for nineteen years, understood her disposition aud peculiari? ties better than I; who "worshipped the ground upon which she trod," etc. But honestly I could never say her advice was not good, and Susie was quite will? ing to admit I understood her perfectly. So nearly a year glided by, and my blue-eyed mother-in-law was just as lova? ble and gentle as before the marriage. My heart smote me sometimes when she spoke of the loneliness of her home without Susie, but I thought of uncle Israel and was firm. It was in the fall of 1867 when appalling news reached the company of cotton speculators, aud we looked each other blankly in the face. Instead - of the Vales of cotton we had expected coming to be coined into gold, we received news that our agents had employed inexperienced hands, had irri? tated the seed men, who would nave been Slad to get the work, and so mismanaged le whole affair that our cotton was worthless. There was no one to go but myself,.and my home affairs hehl me. Snsie was not well, and I did not wish to leave her, yet there might be something saved if a competent agent went to Lou? isiana. While I hesitated aud lamented, Mrs. Gardiner came to the rescue. "Yon might go," she said, "and leave Susie in my care. I will stay here with her, and yon can return as quickly as possible. Hannah will come, too." Hannah was a family servant who had been Susie's child nurse. I engaged a nurse recommended by Mrs. Gardiner, and with a heavy heart set my face Southward. It is not necessary to enter into my business worries. For a month I was detained, trying to get some return of the money we had invested, and fail? ing utterly. Then, heart-sick, I started for home. In the great cities the yellow fever raged, and I avoided them in my route; but on my way from New Orleans to Memphis, at a, little place called Vaughen Station, I was taker, ill. Put off the train, bag and baggage, I was driven to a wretched little tavern, and left to die or recover as I saw fit I have a distinct memory of, a doctor feel? ing my pulse, of a dreary certainty of filth and discomfort all around me, and of burning thirst Thee followed agoniz? ing dreams of delirium, with pain in every limb, racking headache, loneliness, madness. I was fever racked, with hor? rible fancies?now being sawed apart by medical students, now beset by wild beasts rending me limb from limb, now in a sea of fire, now in a desert, craving water I could hear tingling from a near fountain and could not reach it Then in my delirium came some angel who cooled my Ups, put water to my head, let air in upon my stifling agonies. I could not make my tongue utter the words in my mind; it would babble of everything else, but chiefly of Susie, and the fear Susie would come to take the horrible fever. And in my house there was enacting a scene I have heard described so often I can put it here as if I bad seen and heard all. Susie lay white and weak in her own room, with our first born in her arms not two days old, when a telegram came to her. The doctor at Vaughen Station had found my address in my note book, and telegraphed my condition. "Oh," sobbed Susie, "he will die there all alone, and will never know, mother, what you have done for him." - "He shall not die alone," Mrs, Gardi ner said, resolutely. "He shall have a good nurse and a loving one as fast as 8team can carry her. Eh, Hannah ?" "Yes'm," said Hannah. "You make your mind easy, ma'am. I'll do my duty." ' "There is no train till night. Can we pack a trunk of invalid comforts, Han? nah?wine,, jellies, clean linen, bed clothes and fruits?" "Yes'm " said Hannah again. So while I tossed and burned these two-, .raced about the city gathering up comforts for me, till the trunk stood packed and ready, when the carriage came to bring my nurse to me, and Susie cried over her baby and sent tender mes? sages to .joe. . "From some abyss of horror?some hor? rible rock of delirious agony, I have a faint memory of being recalled to a dim consciousness of realities by a low, sweet voice saving: "Drink this!" Something.cool and pleasantly bitter was but to my parched lips, and over every sense crept a torpor, a gentle sooth? ing to slumber,.till all consciousness died in a deep, profound sleep. I did not know how long I slept, but I awoke with every sense clear and the fever fancies all gone. I looked about me. I was perfectly conscious that I had lost my reason in a bare, desolate room, where the sun streamed in through dirty windows, and the barest necessities of life around me were of the poorest description. I looked at the windows shaded by dark-green Japer and soft muslin curtains; at the oor, scrubbed and sweet-smelling; at the bed-linen, white, clean and cool; at a little table beside me, with snowy cloth, upon which lay great white grapes, lus? cious oranges, tamarinds in goblets of water. Then I feebly turned my head to see,- standing- beside me with anxious tenderness in her soft blue eyes, my? mother-in-law. "You must not talk," she said, very gently, her soft, little hand falling upon my forehead like a snowfiake, "but try to keep very qniet. All is well at home. I hear from Susie every day. She is getting well fast, and your son is in splendid health.'" "My son I" "Now I have given you a pleasant thought to- dream upon, try to sleep again. But first take a drink of beef tea. It should taste of home, for I bought the condensed beef in cans from your uncle Israel's store. He sent the grapes and oranges, and a lot of good things you shall have by-and-by." "But yon?" I said, wondering still, 'are you not afraid of the fever?" "I nave taken all prudent precautions," was the reply, "and my fear was not so strong as my love for my son." "Thank you, mother," I whispered, and. I saw through my own misty eves her lips quiver as I called her by that name for the first time. Can I ever tell how she nursed me back to health, humoring all my sick fancies, yet guarding against all hurtful indnlgencies? All the cheery letters Susie wrote she read to me and answered for me, till my weak fingers could guide a pencil. In her thoughtful affection, she had packed in the wonderful trunk light reading to beguile the hours of con? valescence. When I could sit up, she exerted her ingenuity to keep me from feeling lonesome, and would talk un weariedly of that wonderful two days' baby, with eyes blue as a patch of sum? mer skies, and a mouth like a clear rose? bud. Susie's letters were a great comfort, and answering them, giving humorous accounts Qf our wretched accommoda? tions, occupied many hours. But the day came at last when the doctor said I might start for home with? out fear of carrying the contagion with me. Carefully we destroyed every article that could endanger our dear one, and started for Memphis with the pleasing certainty that no accident befalling, we could travel by easy stages and reach home before my boy completed the sec? ond month of his little life. The unwearied tenderness that had brought me back from the jaws of death removed all discomforts from my journey and arranged for needful rest. It was early morning when we reached the city and drove across to our country? like home. But the carriage, instead of | stopping before the cottage gate, turned in the gateway of the opposite house, driving up the wide, shaded avenue to where, npon the porch, Susie was wait? ing, with our boy in her arms. I could not ask questions then. It was enough to fold my treasure in my arms in utter thankfulness. But when Susie led the way to the wide drawing-room, furnished exactly as we had so often planned, I cried out in amasement. My mother-in law, leading me to a sofa, made me sit down, saying: "You must allow me to explain, wanted to prepare a pleasant surpiise for your home-coming, and Susie has ar? ranged everything for me. You will accept this house from your loving moth? er, will you not? I have won my law? suit We never talked ranch about it, Susie and I, because I scarcely hoped to gain it. My husband left me two hun? dred thousand dollars, but his relatives disputed the will. After nearly three years litigation, the case has been decid? ed in my favor. But Susie is my own child, and all I have is hert, so you must let me give yon the house you like so much for your home and heir's." "I will on one condition." ' "What is that?" "That you come and share it with us. There is no longer the width of a great city between you and your children, for Sou must never say again, mother, that usie is your only child." "But you do not like a mother-in law?" "I have had many foolish likes and dislikes in my life," I replied, "but never one so utterly unfounded and idiotic as that one whose basis existed only in my imagination. Do not punish me by re? fusing to come to us." Susie's blue eyes pleaded more elo? quently than my tongue, and the baby struck in with a most coaxing; "coo," so Mrs. Gardiner consented. Whether she ever repented I cannot say, but I know that from that day to this we have had a happy, united home. I do not know that my own mother, had she lived after my babyhood could ever have given me warmer affections than my wife's mother bestows upon me. I do know that there is no named more loved and reverenced in my home than that of Mrs. Gardiner, in any capacity, whether as Susie's moth? er, the children's grandma or my mother in-law. An Eccentric Ttavellee.?Among the arrivals from the South at Camden Sta? tion recently was a rather eccentric-look? ing old man, apparently about sixty-five years of age, who was attired in knee breeches, buckle shoes and other garments of Colonial style. The only thing modern in his make-up was an old slouch hat, which looked rather out of place. His hair is exceedingly long and arranged in a queue, and altogether he was the most singular-looking individual that has been seen in this city for a long time. He stated that he was from Boston, and had been hunting for the last three months in the interior of Florida. His baggage consisted of several packages of sugar cane, palmetto leaves, bear skins, deer antlers, etc., which he claimed as bag? gage, saying that he intended to utilize the the bear skin in provising a uniform in which to visit the Centennial. With the 8tag antlers he said he intended to make a crown to wear on the same occasion.? He spent most of his time in Baltimore in wrangling with the officials about his baggage, ana would, he said, institute a suit for damages because they would not check it as wearing apparel. As the New York train left he was still relating his grievances to a sympathizing au? dience on board of the train,?Baltimore Gazette. Oat Straw.?On the first of last April one of our shrewdest surburbaus came into town witb an open wagon loaded with oat straw, which he was anxiou: to sell to those about putting down their spring carpets. He accordingly drove through the more quiet streets, crying "Oat Straw 1" at the top of his voice. When the wagon was half emptied, some fellow put the stump of a lighted segar under the straw and left it to take care of itsett He rode along, crying "Oat Straw!" until, by and by, a small boy said: "Mister, your cart is afire!" He bad it full in mind that it was the first of April, and took no notice of it, but kept on. "Say," said a gentleman as he passed, "your straw is smoking." "So's your aunt," be replied, looking very cunning. "Mister I" screamed a red beaded wo? man from an upper chamber window, "your straw's burning." "So's your thatcb, mum ; put your head in a bucket of water, mum, and 'stinguisb it. Oat Straw I" Thus he went on, touching his nose at some alarmist, ana replying to others, till he met ft policeman. "See here,' said that functionary, "are ? you a cussed incendiary, going to burn the town ? Your wagon is all on fire." He dared not reply saucily, but with a riu assured the man of buttons that he new chalk from cheese on the first of April, when bis horse was suddenly seized by the bead and turned around, the wind bringing the smoke full into the driver's face. "Fire!" he yelled. "Oat Straw!? Fire, and I thought all the time that it was a stupid first of April hoax. Sev enty-five cents cut and no insurance! Who in the thunder ever heard of a spontaneous combustion in April I" Points in Cohn Culture.?A corn grower in the corn State of Illinois, makes the following points: 1. In the fall and winter the ground should be plowed from eight to ten inch? es deep, but in the spring from four to six inches is deep enough. It does not pay to go down in search of a new farm at that time of the year. 2. It does not pay to plow corn stalks under in the spring unless the land is wet or liable to bake. 3. Corn, drilled one stalk in a hill, does not grow so strong at first, and is harder to keep clean than if planted two or more together. 4. Corn checked and plowed both ways is injured more by storms and drought than if drilled. 5." Two stalks every two feet has proved the best with me. 6. Corn that is well harrowed and then ploughed twice, will be cleaner and grow better than if ploughed three times with? out being harrowed. We should be pleased to hear the views of our corn growing readers on the culti? vation of this important staple. It will be useful to compare ideas and methods of practice, and lessen the cost of a bushel of corn, if possible. All Sorts of Paragraphs. ? Nearly all the fruit in East Ten? nessee has been killed by the frost. ? Frogs were original greenbacks, and since they first drew breath they have been inflationists. , fj-r Said a philosopher: "My friend conducted his future wife to the altar? and here his leadership came to an end." ? It has been found that in nearly every civilized country the tree that bears the most fruit for market is tbe axle-tree. ? A New York doctor advertises that he can make people lean, but this isn't what is wanted. People want straight? ening up. ? A Persian proverb says: "There are only two days for which to feel anx? ious. One is the day that is past, the other is the day to come." ? ''Remember," said a trading Quaker to his son, "in making thy way in the world, a spoonful of oil will go further than a quart of vinegar.1' ?How few men classed as great re? member to polish the heels of their boots or know how to tie a beau-not. In this world there is no such thing as perfec? tion. ? A Pennsylvania farmer has eleven daughters at home, all grown up, and unmarried. Sewing machine agents and lightning rod men kindly wel? comed. ? Schoolmistress-"Johnny, I'm ashamed of you l When I was your age I could read as well I can now." "Aw, but you'd a different teacher to what we've got." ? "My son," said an old man, "beware of predjudices. They are like rats, and men's minds are like traps; predjudices get in easily, but it is doubtful if tbey ever get out." ? A man who contracted a debt of $1143 promised to pay it in two install? ments. Last week ne forwarded $11, and premised to send the other $43 as soon as times got better. ? Show us a young lady who reads the papers, and keeps posted with the current events of the times, and we will warrant that she makes an amiable, accomplished and companionable wife. ?Gray eyed men make the best sports? men; amber eyed men make the best musicians; hazel eyed men make tbe sharpest critics; blue eyed men make the warmest poets; red haired people make the best cooks. A hair in a restaurant hash is always dark brown and just eight inches long. ?In alumbermen's camp, in Colorado, a dispute arose as to the proper pronuncia? tion of "Newfoundland." The two con? testants sent a man ten miles after a dic? tionary, but while he was gone the dis? pute changed to a quarrel. One knock? ed the other down, and was immediate? ly shot. ?Blessed is the man who knows enough to keep his mouth shut. Some people live sixty years without learning the art. Indeed, the older they grow the wider their months open. A man or a woman who is a gabbler at forty-five is a dread? ful affliction to a house or a community. There are two things this age needs to learn?when to say nothing, and when it says anything to say it well. ? A wedding in a dentist's office is the latest romance in North Adams, Mass. The bride's father refusing to smile upon the would-be son-in-law, was not let into the secret, and the young woman left her home on the pretext of taking a music lesson, and found the dentist and minis? ter, awaiting her at the office. The pa? rent-has turned dentist so far as to look quite down in the mouth. ? The Charlotte, N. C, Observer says that a freedman of that city approached a citizen the other day, and asked him if he would accept an office. "Fur," said the sable voter, "we niggers wants some? body fur mayor, wbat'lllet de cows run loose, what'll let de barrooms stay open on Sunday, an' what'll let de gamblers raise hell every night if dey wants to, an' you isjust de man dat we wants." ? 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WE NEED EVERY DOLLAR DUE US, ?ND YOU MUST CALL AND SETTLE YOUR NOTES AND ACCOUNTS AT ONCE, OR ZF-A.1T TIHIIE GOSTS prompt paying customers can continue to buy goods at prices as low as the lowest. -o OUR STOCK OF GENERAL MERCHANDIZE IS COMPLETE. GIVE US A CALL. LEWIS & CO., . NO. 2 BENSON HOUSE PLACE* Jan 20, 1876 27 LOOK OUT ! LOOK OUT ! PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT. WE desire to call attention to the .fact tha* we hare on hand a LARGE and well-selected stock of Heavy Grroceries, Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes Hardware C rockers Ware, Etc. We have just received a large lot of Bacon Sides, Shoulders, Sngai -Cared Hams Cheap Grades of Syrups, Muscovado, Du >.crara and New Orleans Molasses, 100 BARRELS CHOiCE FAMILY FLOUR, A complete assortment of Sugars, Coffees and Teas, Pickles, Canned Goods, Ac. A very large stock of Iron, Steel, Hoej, Shovels. Spades, and farming Implements generally. In short, we have everythl jg 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. And now a word to those that w e have supplied with Goods during the year s73 and 1874. Unless you come forward and pay up, your Notes' and Ac? counts will be placed in the bands of an Officer Tor collection. ? BYBLM & McGBATH. Important to those Indebted to Us. To those indebted to us on Accounts for last year, we will give one-half cent above the market price for Cotton, in payment of such Accounts and Notes, at any time between the 1st of November next. We must have the money on them, and do not wish to add any cost. So come forward at once and settle up. BYBUM & McGBATH, Mechanics' Bow. Oct 7, 1875 12 ly . C. A. REED. A7 8. STEPHENS. REED * STEPHENS, MANUFACTURERS OF 7 BUGGIES, PHOTONS, ROCKAWAYS, CARRIAGES, WAGONS, &C, &C. A. J. STRINGER, Agent. W. J. HIX, Agent. Helton, S. ?. * air Play. ESPECIAL at? tention paid to REPAIRING, and all work ful? ly warranted. We claim the most thorough I Ironwork, Wood I work, Painting 'and Trimming, j as we employ on-1 ly the best work? men. None but well-seasoned lumber used In the manufacture of our work. All per? sons desiring to purchase are cordially invited to call at our Manufactory, (at the buildings formerly owned by John A. Reeves, Esq.,) and inspect the work for til c" m 361vcs BUGGIES always on hand at our REPOSITORY, (near the Railroad Bridge, on Main Street,) where Mr. Joseph Martin can always be found, ready to sell a new set of HARNESS, or to repair old ones. Anderson, Sept. 9,1875 8_1 THE ALABAMA GOLD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY C. E. THAMES. President. T- N. FOWLER, Secretary. Gen. S D. LEE, Superintendent of Agencies. CASH CAPITAL PAID IN, - - $200,000 GOLD. Assets, $759,084.79. Surplus in band, $266,921.47. THE above statement is based on examination of Company by the 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 organi? zation. Policies issued in Gold or Currency, and non-forfeitable after two years. BOARD FOR ANDERSON COUNTY. B. P. WHITNER, President. P. C. v. BORSTEL, W. H. NARDIN, J. L. ORR, Secretary, G P. TOLLY, T. B. LEE, C. A. REED, R. P. DIWER, J. B. LEWIS, ? J. A. HOYT. The above gentlemen are insured in Company, and will take pleasure in giving information as to obtaining policies, and any facts as to Company. WM. WATIES, Agent. Sept 2,1875 . 47 THE YEAR 1876 IS HERE I AND WE ARE NOT PAID ! WE want EVERYBODY to pay all they owe us! No people can prosper and all the time be in debt. Come on and pay us up and begin anew. Some of you will be SUED the first thing you know! We have a LARGE STOCK OF GOODS always on hand to sell for Cash, or on Credit to good men. THE PRICE OF THE WANDO FERTILIZER IS RE? DUCED THIS YEAR. We sell IT ONLY because we believe it as GOOD, OR TEE BEST MADE IN TEE WORLD. Come and get what you want of it for cash, good credit, or for Cotton at 15 cents per pound. * BLECKLEY, BROWN & CO. S. BLECKLEY. Peb3,1876._._ COTTON FOR GUANO! A FAIR EXCHANGE! THE CELEBRATED FERTILIZER, WILCOX, GIBBS A CO.'S MANIPULATED GUANO! IS OFFERED ON THE;FOLLOWING LIBERAL TERMS: ON Credit to 1st November, 1876, with option of paying in Cotton on the basis of 17 cents for Middling, delivered at Planter's nearest depot, (Planter paying expenses on Guano to destination,) #70 Per Ton. The advantage to the Farmer in buying on these terras is plain, as he will know when he buys the Guano, that 412 pounds Cotton, (Middling) will pay for it, no matter how low the price may be, and can make his calculations accordingly. The quality of this Guano is unequalled, as has been thoroughly established by the use of the many thousand tons we have sold. Our Agents sell on same terms. WILCOX, GIBBS <fc CO., Importers and Dealers in Guano, Charleston, S. C, and Savannah, Ga. For sale by N. K. SULLIVAN A CO., Agents, Anderson, S. C. Jan 27,1876 / 28 3m SOLUBLE PACIFIC GUATSTO, AND COMPOUND ACID PHOSPHATE THESE well known Manures of high grade, made under the supcrvisiou of Dr. St. J. RAVENEL, are for sale at reduced prices on limited terms. For descriptive circulars containing full information and prices apply to E. Ii. FROST & CO., General Agents, Charleston, 8. C. W. S. SHARPE, Anderson, S. C. A. J. STRINGER <fc CO., Belton, 8. C. T. A. HUDGENS, Honca Path; S. C. Jan 27, 1876 28 3n? CHEAP GOODS. IAM now offering my entire Stock of Merchandize at VERY LOW PRICES FOR On hand, I have? Groceries, Hardware, Iron, Crockery ware, Buggy Material, etc. The following Goods I will Sell at Cost for Cash, viz: Clothing, Hats, Boots, Jeans, Cas3imeres, Etc. I can also supply the Farmers' with first FERTILIZERS, And the justly celebrated " CHE A THAM \ COTTON SEED." Call and see me, for I mean what I say. C. A.. REED, Waverly House Corner. N. B.?Those who have not yet settled their accounts are earnestly requested to come forward and pay up, or close their ac? counts at once by well secured notes. ,Feb3,1875 29 . P. P. TO ALE, MANUFACTURER OP DOORS,SASHES, Blinds, Flooring, &c. DEALER IN ' BUILDERS' HARDWARE, Paints, Oils, ?See. SOLE AGENT FOR The Nation^ Mixed Paint Co. Great American u ire Extinguisher Co. ] Page Machine Belting Co. ?S~ Send for Prices. OFFICE N D WAREROOMS, N03. 20 * 22 Eavco & 33 & 35 Pincbiey Sts. FACTORY and YARDS, Ashley River, West End Broad Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. Sept 23,. 1875 .10 ly THEN BUY FOR CASH AND MONEY SAVE. HAVING exhausted all our means by selling Goods on credit and not get? ting paid for them, we will hereafter sell for CASH or its equivalent. Call and examine. You can buy Goods Fifty per Cent. Cheaper by paying cash. MERHTMAN'S GUA50, The best in the world, for sale by J. N. SUTHERLAND & CO. HELTON, S. C. Jan 27, 1875 ' 28_ THE ST0N0 PHOSPHATE CO., Charleston, S. C. SOLUBLE GUANO.?(Available Bone Phosphate of Lime, 18.55 per cent.? Ammonia, 3.14 per cent.) April 1st, $44. Nov.' 1st, $50. Cotton option?middlings at 15 cents?$65 ACID PHOSPHATE.?(Available Bone Phosphate of Lime, $22.83 per cent.) April 1st, $28. Nov. 1st, $33. Cotton op? tion, as above, $45. Speck! rates to Granges on cash orders. For particulars apply to E. C. WILLIAMS, Treasurer, Charleston, S. C, Or to C. A. REED, Agent, Anderson. S. C.; J. & D. 8. M<?ULIX)DGH, Agent, Hon eaPath. Jan 27,1876_28_3m FOR SALE. -0?: BEING compelled by.the late serious in? juries of Mr. Osborne to discontinue our business for an indefinite time, we have concluded to offer at private sale our entire Establishment, situate in the incorporate limits of the Town of Anderson, near the Greenville &, Columbia Railroad Depot, con? sisting of One Lot One Steam Engine, Grist and Saw Mill, Two Cotton Gins. Brooks' Press, either by hand or power, Turning Lathe, Tannery complete, wooden building, ca? pacity 3,000 sides per annum. ? Buildings all nearly new, and in good con? dition. Terms easy. Apply at once. OSBORNE & McCULLY. March 0,1876 34_ CHEAPEST TOBACCO IN TOWN AT T. J. LEAK'S. HE has just received a fresh lot of SMOK? ING and CHEWING TOBACCO. He will sell you from Five to Eight Plugs Tobacco for One Dollar. By the Chunk, from Forty-five to Sixty five Cents per pound. Fanners will do well to give him a call at the Elephant Sign, NO. 1 BRICK RANGE, ANDERSON, S. C. March 23,1876 '36 5 WILHITE ft WILLIAMS. ANDERSON, S. C, DEALERS IN DRUGS, MEDICINES, Paints and Oils, FIELD AND GARDEH SEEDS, CHEMIOAXS . Homemade Fertilizer. Feb 10,1876 30_ STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ANDERSON. IN THE PROBATE COURT. W. S. Williams, Survivor, vs. Sarah A. Ran kin, W. R. Rankin, et al.?Complaint to sell Real Estate, Marshal Assets, <tc. THE creditors of Thoraas F. Ran kin, de? ceased, are hereby notified to prove their respective claims before me at my office in Anderson C. H., on or before the 29th day of April next, or be barred of all the benefits of any decree in this complaint: W. W. HUMPHREYS, Judge of Probate. Jan 27,1876 28 3m New Advertisements. Mm "WIFE J i No. 19. BBIS&ArS WIFE _. _ ?o. 19. Th. modtDCcm of Uu mi. 30th ?? P"*t-..r XzpoM of Mormon Urn ?d Polygamy, a YVr |ig story ??w fa HE icir?- ? mart'* 8tory toid fa foil, introduction! i, John E. Oouah ^d Mrs.Llvermore. BnaBrrt.vithr-.-jjr a OOuWrtUeai. Do n???nnn with ?ayiook ?etil r- ?*? - -? Tii...~ >~i r-i~?l..V?I.. ] ,r7., palM, P<:.: .it' . rl.? ?^tout IUnitnM Clrculin, tbowlnjr turn ?t DUSTIM^OILMAN *OO..RWv XT? a day a* ho?9- AwmtswanUd. Outfit and $12 t%nns free. TBUE & CO.. Augusta, Maine. ?flENTV' WANTED! Medals anrXDipIonas PICTORIAL BIBLES. 1,800 IHustr*4!?, ns. Address for new circulars, A. J. HQLMaVN * CO-, ggj Arch Street, Phlla. " " FREE TICKET Philadelphia S&fgfSRS; om ^n-? lint in U. 8. eait of Ut tu. TO a w "* R- H. Ti<*ee (it also ad n u a. n J 9 SuTtc Canfannial Ground,, ork. - Ann A WEEK GUARANTEE Mj .?18 ( WWMilfl and Female, In their I III Terms and OUTFIT" FREE. -Ai??? f. 6 T 1 1VICKERY A CO., Angnata, Mak'*_ HETANITECO., SrTROUDSB'UHG, Pa.. Emory Wheels and Machinery. AROMATIC EFFERVESCnfG* BEVERAGES: Orange, Lemon, and Sarsaparlftf Sarora. De? lightful drink by simply mixing wff? water, eend 25 eta. and receive, post paid, four patlfaWJssortea. WM. HEBBERD, 68 Wall street, New Jvft. dbK *a 4>on per day at home. Samples w<9ttfil$>. $0 ID ?p*v faee Stimsox & Co., Portland, Maine' 14TJ6YCHOMANCY, OR SOUL CHABIONG/ How either sex may fascinate and gain the-i lore and affections of any person ibey choose, in? stantly. This art all can possess, free, by maU, for 25 cents; together with a Marriage Guide, Egyp? tian Oracle, Dreams, Hlnta to Ladles, etc. 1,000, 000 sold. A queer book. Address T. WILLIAM. A CO., Publishers, Philadelphia. ? . . Ten years ago Messrs. Geo: P. Rowel* A Co- es- ? tablished their adTertiaing ageacy.ia New York . City. Fire years ago they absor&ed the business . conducted by Mr. John Hooper, who was the first . to go into this kind of enterprise. Now they hare the satisfaction of controlling the-most extensive , and complete advertising connection which has . ever been secured, and one which would .be baxdly possible in any other couptry but this. They have ? succeeded in working- down ? complex buaineaa. into so thoroughly a .systematic method that no- - change In the newspaper system of America can escape notice, while the widest information upon aTl topics Interesting to advertisers la placed read- ? ily at the disposal orthe-pubUVs.' '- ?? - - ?'. NEW YORK TIKES, Jane, 14,1875. Can boy direct of the Man err owomuabl* terms. "The ANSON HARDY CUTTING MACHINES are the best and cheapest low priced machine made, and have a national reputation for utility and dn rabUlty."?(The Electro-typer, Chicago.)'; . "The ANSON HARDY FAPERCuTTER Is by far the best machine which can be obtained for a less price than one hundred dollars. It is of great strength. 'These machine* have always taken the highest stand. It is the only machine to which is applied the patent Movable Cutting Board. Tbisderfcehas a reputation of itself; by it, the cutting board can be instantly and accurately moved, so that a perfect cut is insured. This is a very important point in this machine, and one that is possessed by no ether. It greatly reduces the labor or preparation in work? ing the paper backward and forward. We cannot too strongly recommend the advantages of this pat? ent movable board. It is worth the price of this machine, and purchasers should fully understand how highly it is to be valued."?{Bowell'a ACo.'s Monthly Reporter and Printer's Gazette.) 1 The LATEST IMPROVED HARDY CARD CUTTER is pronounced the most desirable Card Cotter in the market, for the general uses or a printing office. v,. H, Ihe well-known RUGGLES CARD CUTTER with my latest improvements, li still preferred by many printers, and holds its favoritism over other machines. ? ? : ? , 49* None genuine bat these having- ?? ML mir dress lettered in the castings. 49* Newspapers in want of advertising,- ffemn first parties, should send for my circular proposal.. ANSON HARDY, .AUBURNDALE, MASS., I win .buy of those that buy of me. Feb 10,1876 ? 80 . 6m METROPOLITAN WORKS, ' Ca mal St.; from Sixth to Seventh, RICHMOND, - - VIRGINIA.. ENGINES, Portable and ! Stationary. Saw Wills, Grist Wills, Boilers, Castings of Brass A Iron, Forging*, Ac. i ARCHITECT UK AI, IRON WORK, TN all its branches", done ! by experienced hands. We. call special attention j to out Improved Por? table Engines for agri? cultural and other purpo-| ses. A number of second? hand ENGINES and BOIL? ERS of various patterns, in f first-rate order, on hand. Repair work solicited and promptly done WM. E. TANNER & CO. Aug 5, 1875 3 ly TALBOT & SONS, SH0CK0E MACHINE WORKS, RICHMOND, TA. JVIanufacturers of Steam Engines and Boilers, Agricultural Engines, Circular Saw Hills, Grist, Bark and Plaster Hills, Shafting, Hangers and Pnlleys, Improved Turbine Water Wheels. Oct 14, 1875 13 lv wm. ETTENGER. H. P. EDMOND. ETTENGER & EDMOND, RICHMOND, VA., masufact?bers PORTABLE and STATIONARY ENGINES, Boilers, of all kinds, Circular Saw Milts, Grist Mills, Mill Gearing, Shafting. Pulleys, &.C. American Turbine Water Wheel, Cameron's Special Steam Pumps. Send for Catalogue. Oct 14,1875 13_ly_ G. F. WATSON, Furniture Works and Lumber Mills, RICHMOND, VA. COTTAtiE Beadsteads, Chamber and Parlor Furniture, Lounges, Chairs, etc., manufactured of Walnut and cheap? er hard woods. No soft Pine used. Cot? tage Bedsteads and Cheap Mattresses leading articles. Oct 14, 1875 13 ly M. GOLDSMITH. P. KIND. PHENIX IRON WORKS, COLUMBIA, Si C. GOLDSMITH & KIND, FOUNDERS and MACHINISTS. HAVE always on hand Stationary Steam Engi nes and Boilers for Saw Mills, etc., Saw and Grist Mills. Cotton Presses, Gearing, Shafting, Pullies, etc Castings of every kind in Iron or Brass. We guarantee to furnish Engines and Boilers of as good quality and power, and at as low rates as can be had in the North. We manufacture, also, the Gaddy Im? proved Water Wneel,' which we recom? mend for power, simplicity of construe tion, durability and cheapness. We war? rant our work, and assure promptness and dispatch in tilling orders. GOLDSMITH & KIND, . Columbia, S.O. May 28,1874 48 ly