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^BUSINESS?? IN MISSISSIPPI. BY IB WIK RUSSELL. Why. howd'y', Mahs'r Johnny! is you gone to keepin' store? Well, sah, I ? surprised! I ncbcr hearcd ob dat afore.1 Say, ain't you gwine to gib me piece o' good tobacco, please ? I's 'long wid you in Georgia, time we all was refugees. I knbw'd you would; I alluz tells do people, white an' black, Dat you's a raal genTman, and dat's de libin lac'? ? Yes, sah, dat's what I tells 'em, an' it's nuffin' else but true, An* all de cullud people t'inks a mighty heap ob you. Look heah, sah; don't you want to buy some cotton ? Yes, you do; Dere's oder parties wants it, but I'd rader sell to you. How much? Oh, jes' a bale?dat on de wagon in de street? Dis heah's de sample?dis is cotton mighty hard to beat! You'll fin' it on de paper what de offer's is dat's made; Dey's all de same seditions; half in cash an' half in trade? 1 Dey's mighty low, sah?Come, now, can't . you 'prove upon de rates Dat Barrot Brudders offers: only twelb an' seben-eight's? Lord; Mash'r Johnny, raise it! Don't you knows dat I's a frien', An' when I has de money I is willin' for to spen' ? My custom's wuf a heap, sah ; jes' you buy de bale an' see? Dere didn't nebber nobody lose nuffin' off o' me. Now, what's de good ob gwine dar an' a-zaminin' de bale? When people trades wid me, dey alluz gits a - hones' sale; I ain't no han' * for chcatin,; I belicbes in actin' fa'r, An' eberybody'U tell you d^t dey alluz foun' me squar'. I isn't like some niggers; I declar' it is a shame De wa3rsome ob 'em swin'les?what ? de cotton ain't de same As dis dat's in de sample? Well, I'm blest, sah, if it u/ Dis heah mns' be my brud<ier's sample?yes, sah, dis is his. If dat don't beat creation! Heah I've done been totin' roun' A sample dif rent from de cotton ! I?will ?be?consound ! Mahs' Johnny, you mus' 'scuse me. Take de cotton as it stan's, An' tell me if you're willin' for to take it off my ban's. Sho ! neber min' de auger! 'taint no use to bore, De bale is all de same as dis heah place de baggin's tore; You oughtn't to go pullin' out de cotton dat away, It spiles de beauty ob de?what, sab! rocks in da, you say ? Rocks in dat 'ar cotton ? How de debbil kin dat be? I packed dat bale myse'f?hoi' on a minnit, le' me see? My stars! I must be crazy!. Mahs'r Johnny, dis is fine! I's gone an' hauled my bruddcr's cotton in . instead ob mine! THE HONEST MAN WHO PAYS. There is one among the many, Can you tell me where he stays ? He's an old, old-fashioned party, Called the honest man, who pays; Yes?the honest man who pays Every dollar he may owe, Keeping up the good old ways That so many scarcely know. If he gives a word of promise 'Tis a bond as good as gold; If he holds a post of honor, Not a trust is ever sold; By the honest man who pays Every debt he may incur. Yielding each a just reward, And no grudging or demur. And I'm told this rare old party Lives?within his income, won By the fairest, squarest dealing We see beneath the sun. And the honest man who pays Always holds it good and right, For the rich to help the needy When the times are tough and tight. ' Bnrying the Hatchet. Not long ag?, Gen. E. B. Vance, a member of Congress from North Caroli? na, made a most patriotic and conciliato? ry speech. In the course of his remarks, he was interrupted by Mr. Kelly, of Pennsylvania, who spoke as follows : I happened to be, on last Decoration Day, in one of the towns of South Caro? lina, when I saw a lady decorating as I had never seen a grave decorated, fram? ing it in sprays of arbor vitfe and letter? ing it beautifully, "as the grave of some? body's loved one." On returning to my hotel I inquired who the soldier was, and learned from a Northern geutleman, who has passed many winters there, that it was a straggling Union soldier who had died of his wounds in that town?Aiken, South Carolina. He also told me that the lady whom I had seen decorating that grave with such care was, to use his phraseology, a rebel's wife, who prayed that somebody might decorate her son's unknown grave. From Augusta, Georgia, my son and his companions, eight in number, re? turned in the evening; they had gone thithor in the morning in roystering spir? its, as is the wont of youth, to see the fes? tivities} of the day, a procession and the unveiling of a monument to Confederate soldiers, and they tell with emotion of the tenderness with which they had seen the ladies of that city decorating the graves of the boys who had worn the blue. I would heal the wouDds of the war; and want to say to the gentleman from North Carolina and others from the South that they must not judge the spirit of us of the North by votes we may give on par? ticular bills or special clauses. And, in conclusion, I now say to him as I have said to my own people and to those of Georgia and through him to the people of the entire South, treasure every tattered flag under which you fought; treasure every broken flag-staff as sacred relics; but attach to each, if you can, its whole story : let it tell all who may be? hold it how many hopefpl youths, how many stalwart men marched forth under it; let it tell where they died, where they were maimed, what widows and or phans were made by the gallantry with which that tattered flag or broken staff was borne. I say to those who wore the grey and to those who wore the blue pre? serve every memento of your valor and your sacrifices, for the day will come when all the people will treasure every memento Qf American courage and sac? rifice made in that great war. ("Ap? plause.] The day will come when those trophies, blending together as the dyes of yonder flag blend, will be cherished as among the richest heritages of a united and unbroken American people, and will warn our countrymen through all time of the terrible cost that would attend an attempt from any quarter to dismember the American Union. [Applause.] It is said that, upon the conclusion of Mr. Kelly's speech, Hon. Ben Hill walked over to the speaker and heaitily congratulated him. Just about that time, Senator Morton, at the other end of the capitol, was reviving the memories of his glorious exploits during the war, and waving the bloody shirt, which he had had freshly .sprinkled for the occa? sion. ? Air. Stewart's last business act was the personal supervision of an advertise? ment for the newspapers. He never found he was doing as much business as he cared to do. He believed in newspa? per advertising, and readers by the thou? sand; and strangely enough never reached the point of imagining himself and his great establishment so well known that advertising was unnecessa j A "Wonderful Subterranean Pal ate. Recent proceedings in the Hungarian Parliament disclosed a most remarkable discovery. The story, as condensed from the official reports, is tha? two peas? ants, from the valley of Ivan-Egerzeg, near the ancient city of Vezprim, and not far from Lake Balaton, came to Pesth, and to a jeweller offered some broken fragments of what evidently wns some very old golden ornaments* for female wear, probably a bracelet or band for the upper arm. The jeweller questioned the shepherds, and, their answers being unsatisfactory, he had the men arrested on suspicion of being thieves. On the examination they told a tale which was so astonishing that it was communicated to the Minister of the Interior, and this functionary ordered an investigation by scientific officers.. The information of I the shepherd was, that in the woods skirt? ing Ivan Egerzeg, where they had some huts for shelter when out at night, they had been digging at a little hill. Sud? denly they came upon what appeared to be a square structure of brick walls, with a stone covering the aperture. Removing this stone, they found that those walls enclosed an opening into the earth, and resolved to sound its depth. Lowering a stone tied to a rope, they ascertained that the shaft, about three feet in diameter, or nine square feet, descended perpen? dicularly to a depth of over a hundred square feet. The pebble they had low? ered reached what seemed like a stone floor beneath, and from the sound itself they judged that this opening must lead to some large subterranean cavern or hall. A day or two afterward the shep? herds were again at work They pre? pared a small square board, freighted with stones, and in the centre of it they {)laced three lighted candles. This they et down through the shaft, and by the light of the candles they saw distinctly that the inner sides of the shaft were smooth and apparently endeded in some large apartment. They nest prepared a rope ladder of the requisite length, se? curing several lanterns, and theu one of j them let himself down the shaft. At the bottom he stood in wonderment as he gazed upon a large square hall, the walls covered with faded paintings, chairs, benches and tables standing around, or? namented with gold and ivory, and large heavy doors, hung on golden hinges, leading to other rooms. The shepherd climbed the ladder and told his compan? ion of the discovery. Both of them went down together, and found them? selves in a succession of rooms abounding with elaborately carved furniture of a style they had never seen before. In some ol them were low, large stands, evidently once used for beds; there were also clos? ets, beaureaus containiug armlets, rings, medals, coins, daggers, chains, swords, shields and halmete. There were also breastplates of leather, covered with iron and studded with ornaments in gold. Some of the armlets they took away, broke them up and carried them to Pesth for sale, in which transaction they were arrested, as above stated. The officers of the Hungarian Min? istry of the Interior began their investigation under the ancient law which makes all such discoveries the property of the crown, and their report, as communicated to Parliament, is still more startling. Their researches clearly establish it as a fact that this subter? ranean structure was undoubtedly an old Roman castle, built many centuries be? fore the Huns and Magyars left their Asiatic homes to invade this part of J Europe. This section of Hungary was the province of Pannonia, of the Roman Empire, and in the vicinity of Lake Balaton there was a large permanent Roman camp, the agricultural and mili? tary settlements of the Romans extend? ing for many miles, and traces of this Roman occupation, which continued down to the sixth century of the Chris? tian era, have repeatedly been found. But how this vast structure, which is said to cover two acres, and built two stories high, with massive walls of stone and brick, was covered with earth to the depth of more than sixty feet, over which a forest of heavy timber had grownup? a forest, too, that is mentioned as exist? ing in the oldest preserved chronicles of | the kingdom the officers have so far found, is impossible to account for. In ope room several skeletons of human be? ings have been found, but the bones were too much decayed to indicate with cer? tainty the race to which they belong. A thorough search of this wonderful build? ing is now proposed. The shaft through which the first discovery was made is be? lieved to have been either a chimney or an observatory or lookout, as iron hooks have been found fastened to the wall in? side, to which means of ascent and de? scent were probably attached. Farming as a Business.?As a busi? ness, farming has not ranked with other* | branches of business, such, for instance, as manufacturing and the like. It has been conducted loosely, without any spe? cial regard to order or system. Few far? mers think it necessary to keep a set of | books in which to make entries of their transactions. No account is kept of the sales of stock, grain, etc., and none of the purchase of supplies. No notice is taken of the actual cost of producing a crop. When the end of the year comes they have very little idea bow much they have made or lost. Now suppose merchants and other business men should adopt this slipshod policy of carrying on their bus? iness, what would be its condition in a very short time? Would it not be miser? ably jumbled up ? And would not this state of things lead to bankruptcy and ruin? The same argument why merch? ants should conduct their business upon systematic plans applies with equal force to agriculture. If the one is a business, so is the other, and if the one finds it in dispensable to keep an accurate record of its entire proceedings, so the other will find it equally important. The farmer will suffer and suffer prodi giously, if he never knows the state of his business. It is an easy matter for him to record every sale he makes or ev ery purchase. There is no necessity of his being a scientific book-keeper to do this. Many of them have sons competent to do this work, and it is a good school? ing for them. In England farming is carried on systematically as any other business. No one pretends to conduct his operations without a regular set of books; and many wealthy farmers em? ploy book-keepers just as our merchants do. The result i3 that every farmer can tell at the close of each year, just how he stands, how much he is out, or what he has made or lost. The American farmer, as a rule, does not know how much he is making or losing. He is moving in the dark all the time, and must remain in the dark continually if he pursues the hap hazard policy which, as a rule, he now follows. Now, farmers, let us give this matter a littlo attention; self-interest and common sense demands it. Just try it one year. It is a great source of in formation as well as usefulness. A New Fashionable Affectation. ?The most popular affectation among young ladies ravenous for social notoriety is the "Florida cough," which is regarded by those who have been abroad as a fine substitute for "Roman malaria," so fash? ionable a few years ago. The Southern malady is supposed to be contracted sit? ting on the piazza of a Magnolia or Jack? sonville hotel, flirting and eating oranges alternately. Those who have never been near either place suffer dreadfully from the disease.?New York Gazette. ? The Duke of Wellington used often to remark that the secret of success lay in embracing every opportunity of being useful ; and that he never forgot the golden rule which he learned in the cat? echism, "of doing your duty in that sta? tion ot life to which it shall please God to call you." This was the secret of j David's n^cess. THE SOUTH AND THE UNION. Address of an ex-Confederate Kentucky Soldier at the Dedication of a Monu? ment. Col. W. C. P. Breckinridge delivered an address at the dedication of a monu? ment to the Confederate dead, in Bowl 'ng Green, Ky., on Tuesday. He re? ferred to the course and cause of the South in the late war, aud then said: "But whether we wish it or not, we are of necessity citizens of this Republic, and there are only two courses before us?one to fold our arms and say it is none of our affair?live in the past and abnegate our manhood in the present. The other to acknowledge our allegiance and perform our whole duty as citizens. We ask no favors?we make no claims. We are cit? izens equal with all other citizens, with free tongues and brave hearts. We love liberty and mean?God willing?to aid all who desire to preserve it. We unite with all good citizens to preserve to our? selves and to posterity the blessings of J good government, administered under the law, and we reserve the privilege of | resisting as may be necessary all who may attempt to usurp those powers or filch those rights; binding our children to no other and different pledge than that to which our fathers bound us, and to which all alike are equally bound. We bear no malice. We keep alive no ani? mosities. We make no confessions of | guilt. We loved the cause and our com? rades. We love their memories. We will honor their graves. We stand by their orphans; but we do this without bitterness to any one and without apolo? gy. While we remember that Lee and Breckinridge died proscribed, and Louis? iana and South Carolina are held by the throat, we wait without impatience or servile importunities for the dawn of a purer and better day?confident that no Polands can be kept enslaved in this country, that all will be free or all en? slaved, and that the liberties of every State are equally at stake, and the day of | a true amnesty is not far distant. We are not prodigals who return confessing that our substance has been wasted in riotous living, even though fatted calves be killed for our feast, and golden rings be ready for our fingers. We simply claim that we are equal citizens of a com? mon country, in which, with God's aid, we will strive to do our part. This is the true basis of reconciliation. A man? ly defense of the causes for which we fought, a frank confession of what was lost, and an honest avowal of our pur? poses to perform all the duties of citizen? ship. More than this would be craven and untrue; less than this unwise and undutiful. Brave men will believe and trust us; patriotic men will welcome our aid; free men will applaud us, and thus, true sons of our mother Commonwealths, and faithful citizens of our common country, we will.do our part to secure to every State and citizen the blessings of constitutional liberty. We will build up our own States by a wider education, in fuller development, and a more liberal culture, and thus add to the strength and glory of the common government, ad? ministered according to the principles of j a revered constitution, and loved because it will be just, impartial and pure. We will do our part to maintain for all citi? zens and every State the inalienable and inestimable rights of American liberty, regaining what may have been taken, preserving what remains, securing to the common government its just powers and true glory. We will strive to realize the glorious vision of our sires?a free coun? try of sovereign States, so strong that all will respect it, so just that all will obey it, so free that all will love it; a country where to do right is the whole compul? sion, to prevent wrong the sole restraint; where fealty is, through love and obedi? ence, an act of the heart. We, my com? rades, stand not in the way of the realiza? tion of this bright future. Let the curse of the patriot fall upon those who do." Benjamin H. Wilson. Another representative South Caroli? nian is no more. Colonel Benjamin H. Wilson, of Georgetown, died on Tuesday morning, at the residence of Colonel C. Irvine Walker, in this city. Colonel Wilson was born at Montenna Plantation, Georgetown District, in 1818. His early education was acquired under the auspices of the venerable "Winyah Indigo Society," and by them he was 3ent to the South Carolina College, where he graduated with distinction in the class of 1839. He studied law in the office of Henry A. DeSaussure, Esq., in Charles? ton, and after his admission to the Bar commenced the practice of law in Georgetown, where he continued to re? side and to practice his profession with? out intermission until his death, in his fifty-eighth year. He soon acquired the confidence and esteem <e his community and obtained a large and remunerative practice, which he retained to the end. He was at one time a law partner of Judge Robert Munro, one of the last of the old Judges of South Carolina who survives, and he was subsequently the partner of Judge A. J. Shaw, who was one of his warmest and most intimate friends. He always took an earnest and decided part in public affairs, and repre? sented the Parish of Prince George Winyah in the Legislature for many suc? cessive years, in the House of Represen? tatives, and afterwards in the Senate. For this service his temperament pecu? liarly fitted him, and few men in the State have exercised a more widespread personal influence on all questions of | State concern than he did. The tradi? tions of "The Mess," in which he lived during the sessions of the Legislature in Columbia, will long be remembered for their genial hospitality and the large social and personal influence which they exerted. Earnest, brave and fearless, he was genial and cordial, and attached every one to him by his attractive and lovable qualities. His friendships were life-lomj, and survived through' good report and evil report. There was no sacrifice that he was not always ready and willing to make for his friends, except the mainte? nance of a principle and the performance of a duty. In politics he was an earnest State Rights Democrat. A fervent champion of the "Parish system" of the State, he was one of the earliest and most consistent advocates of the State's closer union with the National Democratic party, and participated in its Conven? tions. He was a member of the National Democratic Convention which met in Charleston in 1860, and his last labor was in the Convention which recently met in Columbia to re-organize the Dem? ocratic party in the State. He for many years conducted the Geoigetown Times, and in journalism dis? played the same qualities as in politics? outspoken, uncompromising earnestness, tempered by the genial kindness and generosity of his nature. Alter the war he was appointed by the Federal authorities Provost Marshal of | Georgetown, and the fearless and impar? tial manner in which he discharged the important duties committed to him com? manded the respect of all classes of the community. He was a member of the Episcopal Church, and took the most earnest inter? est in its affairs, being for many years a Vestryman of the Church in Georgetown and a delegate to its Diocesan Conven? tions. He was prevented from attending the recent meeting by his last illness. Col. Wilson's death was not wholly un? expected, but the pain and the sorrow will, for this, be none the less severe at the thousand firesides where he was known and admired. It had been hoped that he, still in his mellow maturity, might have lived to witness the political redemption of the people whom he loved so devotedly and served so well. Then, indeed, would the highest aspiration of j his later years have been realized and his dearest wish accomplished.?Charleston Nexes and Courier, Yllh inst. Kissing the Bride?The custom of I kissing the bride at a nedding is of great antiquity, and while among the most re? fined classes it has fallen into disuse, it is still insisted on by many people with great-rigor. A very amusing story is told of a Kentucky backwoodsman who had, after a long and ardent courtship of the belle of one of the Kentucky cities, won her for a bride. She had for a long time wavered in her choice, undecided wheth? er to take him or a gentleman of wealth and position in the city, but finally choosing the humbler lot in obedience to her heart. The wedding was celebrated in great style, and the manly groom was almost as much admired for his colossal proportions and athletic symmetry as was the bride for her exceeding loveliness. Among the guests was the unsuccessful suitor, who was well aware of the jealousy with which the groom had regarded him but who had overcome his chagrin at his failure and was sincerely anxious to con? gratulate the bride. One by one the Suests offered their good wishes and their earty kisses, while the groom looked on with approval and delight. At length among the rest came the rejected lover. The young groom watched him keenly, but without the least animosity in his expression. The unfortunate rival felt the delicacy of his position, and not car? ing to provoke the husband's ire he did not proffer the salute which was custom? ary. As he was giving place to others af? ter wishing the newly married pair well, the groom grasped his arm with his iron fingers, and in a low tone said: She's my wife now, and I propose to see that she is treated as well as ray wife should be treated. If you don't kiss her I'll break every bone in your body." Rather than quarrel the gentleman kissed the not unwilling bride, and the groom was satisfied. ? Stammering.?A gentleman who stammered from childhood almost up to manhood gives a very simple remedy for the misfortune. "Go into a room where you will be quiet and alone, get some book that will interest but not excite you, and sit down and read two nhours aloud to yourself, keeping your" teeth together. Do the same thing every two or three days, or once a week if very tiresome, al? ways taking care to read slowly and dis? tinctly, moving the lips but not the teeth. Then, when conversing with others, try to speak as slowly and distinctly as pos? sible, and make up your mind that you will not stammer. Well, I tried this remedy, not having much faith in it, I must coufess, but willing to do almost anything to cure myself of such an an? noying difficulty. I read for two hours aloud with my teeth together. The first result was to make my tongue and jaws ache, that is, while I wa3 reading, and the next to make me feel as if something bad loosened my talking apparatus, for I sould speak with less difficulty imme? diately. The change was so great that 3very one who knew me remarked it. I repeated the remedy every five or six days for a month, and then at longer intervals until cured." All Sorts of Paragraphs. ? Man does not want to be an an ;el until he has failed at everything else. ? Poverty persuades a man to do and suffer everything, that he may escape from it. * ? The sweetest mouth in the world is >ne that says civil things pleasantly and talks no scandal. ? The first "trick horse" on record? the wooden one in which the Greeks jntered Troy. ? The author of the saying, "You must always take a man as you find him,' svas a constable. ? The unscrupulous and unprincipled ?toop to anything mean when defeated by facts and arguments. ? An exchange speaks of a woman so ;ross-eyed that when she weeps tears from her left eye they drop on her right ;heek. ? A South Carolina man died last week from rheumatism of the tongue. It's a iisease from which women are exempt? in Georgia. ? "What is the interior of Africa principally used for?" asked a teacher jf a pupil. "For purposes of explora? tion," was the reply. ? "What! no more amunition ?" cried the captain of a military company on a ?eld-day. "No; no more," replied his men. "Then cease firing,' replied the of 5cer. ? You may never have thought of it, but it is utterly impossible to get down? right angry without raising your voice. Control your voice and you are sure to ;ontrol your temper. ? Editors generally seem to be great? ly exercised in regard to the failure of the peach crop. Don't be uneasy, for you :an certainly worry through one year on ivhiskey. ? A Chicago woman wants a divorce from her husband because he kept secret from her before marriage the fact that he bad lost by an accident all the toes of one of his feet. ? A quarrelsome husband and wife in Iowa decided to separate and divide their property evenly. The land was measured off into two farms, and the house and barn were cut in halves, and each half removed a short distance. ? Nurses should be careful not to dis? pirit or frighten their patients. By a mistake.a married lady in London gave her husband, who was suffering from heart disease, a dose from a wrong bottle, labelled "Poison." The mistake was im? mediately detected, but there was no pois? on in the bottle; the patient, however was so frightened that he died the same afternoon._ THE GRANGERS LIFE AND HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANY United States of America. Authorized Capital, - $4,500,000, Of which $100.000 is to be owned in each Department. PARENT OFFICE, MOBILE, ALA. F. E. DAVIDSON, President. M. G. HUDSON, Vice President.* R. W. FORT, Secretary. South Carolina Department, Colum? bia, S. C. Capital Stock, - - $100,000. Thos. B. Jkteu, President. Tnos. A. McCreeky, Vice President. Ji. P. Green, Secretary. McMasteb & LeConte, Attorneys, Columbia, S.?C. J. H. Evins, Attorney, spartanburg, S. C. Dr. B. W. Taylor, Medical Director. Security 1 Economy I Liberality 11 Are the leading principles of this Compa? ny. All approved forms of Life and En? dowment Policies issued. Also, Term Poli? cies of one, three, five or seven years. All Life Policies non-forfeiting after an? nual payments, when the insured will be entitled to a Paid-up Policy, or cash surren? der thereof. Dividends may be used to protect Policies against lapsing in case of failure to pay pre? miums. This, with the non-forfeiting and cash surrender features, arc sufficient to make this Company popular among think? ing men. Good Agents wanted. B. F. MAULDIN, Jr., Agent, Anderson, S. C. April 13, 187G .'19 THE MONEY MUST COME! WE NEED EVERY DOLLAR DUE US, AND YOU MUST CALL AND SETTLE YOUR NOTES AND ACCOUNTS AT ONCE, OR IF.A_"Z" TEC IE COSTS. -0 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. Jan 20, 1876 lewis & co., IVO. 2 BENSON HOUSE PLACE LOOK OUT ! LOOK OUT ! PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT. JE desire to call attention to the fact that we have on hand a LARGE and well-selected stock of Heavy G-roceries, Dry G-oods, Boots, Shoes. Hardware Crockerv W^are, Etc? We have just received a large lot of Bai:on Sides, Shoulders, Sugar-Cured Hams Cheap Grades of Syrops, Muscovado, De .uerara and New Orleans Molasses, 100 BARRELS CHOjCE FAMILY FLOUR, A complete assortment of Sugars, Cotl'ees and Teas, Pickles, Canned Goods, <fec. A very large stock of Iron, Steel, Hoea, Shovels, Spades, and faming Implements generally. In short, we have everything that the farmer or man of family nseds. We are selling the forogoing articles at the most reasonable cash prices. Call and be convinced of this fact. ftS?" And now a word to those that wo have supplied with Goods during the year 187271873 and 1874. Unless you come forward and pay up, your Notes and Ac? counts will be placed in the hands of an Officer for collection. BYRUM & McGRATH. 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. Oct 7,1875 BYRUM & McGRATH, Mechanics' Row. 12_ly C. A. REED. A. S. STEPHENS. REED * STEPHENS, MANUFACTURERS OF BUGGIES, PH/ETONS, RQCKAWAYS, CARRIAGES, WAGONS, &C., &C. A. J. STRINGER, Agent. W. J. Ill A. Agent, Belton, S. C. Fair 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,/ as we employ on-1 lythe 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 tllGmS?l V6S 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 now set of HARNESS, or to repair old ones. Anderson, Sept. 9,1875_ 8 THE &LABAM& GOLD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY C. E. THAMES. President. T- IT. F0WLEB, Secretary. Gen. S D. LEE, Superintendent of Agencies. CASH CAPITAL PAID IN, $200,000 GOLD: Assets, $759,084.79. Surplus in hand, $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. F, J. L. C. A, WHITNER, President. ORR, Secretary, REED, F. C. v. BORSTEL, W. H. NARDIN, G F. TOLLY, T. B. LEE, P.. F. DIVVER, J. B. LEWIS, J. A. HOYT. The above gentlemen areinsurod in Company, and will take pleasure in giving information as to obtaining policies, and any facts as to Company. Witt. WATIES, Agent. Sept 2, 1875 _47_ THE BEST PUMP IN THE WORLD. NOTHING conduces more to GOOD HEALTH than PURE WATER. Such is fur? nished by the DOUBLE ACTING STONE FORCE PUMP, Manufactured by J. C. Nichols & Bro., Atlanta, Ga., which brings the water pure and/resh from the bottom of the well. No slime or filth collects on the pump or in the well. No snails, worms or green moss gets about the water. It is free from rust or other impurities, and can be operated by a small child with ease, and brings the water fresher than any oth? er Pump. It is of stone, glazed inside and outside, and never will decay. It improves the water beyond a doubt by ventilating the well, and keeping it like a moving stream of | water. With a hose attached, it becomes a good fire-engine, ever ready at your door to extinguish the flames in case of fire. It is better and cheaper than insurance. Its work? ing gives complete satisfaction, as those acquainted with it will testify. It is a home enterprise, permanently established, and relies on its own merits, upon which it asks your patronage. This Pump is represented in Anderson and adjoining Counties, together with the Counties of Hart and Elbert in Georgia, by aloitzo Xj. welch:, Anderson C. . IT., S. C Send in orders "at once for rumps, and they will be delivered and put in immediately. He means business. March 2, 1875 . 33 lv CONFECTIONERIES, FANCY GOODS, TOYS. CT. TRj. jTA.'NT, CONFECTIONER, - - ANDERSON, S. C, KEEPS constantly on hand a well-selected stock of CONFECTIONERIES of all kinds such as French and Plain Candies, Canned Goods of every description. Pickles, Jel? lies, Dried Figs, Raisins, Currants, Citron, Dates, Crackers of all styles, Fruits, ifcc. A large selection of toys and fancy goods, Such as Toys, of every kind, Ladies' Work Boxes, Companions. Writing Desks, Portfolios, Fine French and Bohemian Vases, Perfumes of the verv best quality, Toilet Sets, Fine Silk Flowers, Musical Instruments of different kinds, AVax Dolls of every kind, from 5c. to $7.00. I have one of Mathcws* splendid SODA FOUNTAINS for dispensing pure Soda Water. Tickets will be sold cheap. Any one buying three dozen tickets at a time will get them at 90c. per dozen. J. R. FANT, East End Masonic Building. CHEAP GOODS. IAM now offering my entire Stock of Merchandize at VERY LOW PRICES FOR j&L. ffl? JE-JC? On hand, I have? Groceries, Hardware, Iron. Crockcrywarc, Buggy Material, etc. The following Goods I will Sell at Cost for Cash, yiz: Clothing, Hats, Boots, Jeans, Cassimeres, Etc. I can also supply the Farmers with first FERTILIZERS, And the justly celebrated "cheatham cotton seed:1 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. Fcb 3,1375 29 P. P. TOALE, MANTFACTURER OP DOORS,SASHES, Blinds, Flooring, &c. DEALER IN* BUILDERS' HARDWARE, Paints, Oils, Sec. SOLE AGENT FOR The National Mixed Paint Co. Great American Fire Extinguisher Co. Page Machine Belting Co. ??f Send for Prices. OFFICE NO W ARER00MS, Nos. 20 Is 22 Hayne & 33 & 35 Pinckney Sts. FACTORY and YARDS, Ashley River, West End Broad Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. Sept 23, 1875 . 10 ly Encourage Home People and Home Enterprise. GEORGE "ST HACKER, Charleston, S. C. THE only DOOR, SASH and BLIND FACTORY owned and managed by a Carolinian in this City. All work guaran? teed. Terms Cash. Always on hand a large Stock of Doors, Sash, Blinds, Mouldings, Brackets, Scroll and Turned Work of every description. Glass, White Leads, and Builders' Hard? ware, Dressed Lumber and Flooring deliv? ered in any part of this State. March 16, 1876_33_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. MERRYMAFS GUANO, The best in the world, for sale by J. N. SUTHERLAND & CO. BELTON, S. C. Jan 27, 1875_2S_ THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ANDERSON. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Albert J. Clinkscales, Plaintiff, against The Pendleton Manufacturing Company, Wil? liam Perry and others Stockholders, Wil? liam M. Raniply and others, creditors of the said Company, &c, Defendants.?Com? plaint for Injunction, Appointment of Re? ceiver, Sale of Property, Relief, d-c. Tb all and singular the Creditors of The Pendleton Manufacturing Company: TAKE NOTICE, That by an order of the Court in the above stated cause, you are required to establish your several and respective claims against, said Company be? fore me, at my office, on or before the FIRST DAY of JULY next. .j.JOHN W. DANIELS, Special Referee. Clerk's office, ) April 26, 1876. J_41?10 THE ANSON HARDY COMMISSION HOUSE. Orders fur every description of Eastern Manufactures and Importations, Promptly filled, strictly upon commis? sion. Send lor circulars. ANSON HARDY, AUBURNDALE, MASS. Fcb 10, 1S7C 30 6m THE ANSON HARDY PUBLISHERS AND PRINTERS Commission House. Every article in the Publishing and Print? ing business bought at the lowest market prices. Strictly upon Commission. Send for circular. ANSON HARDY, AUBURNDALE, MASS. Fcb 10, 1870_30_6m LUMBER! LUMBER! IAM now prepared to furnish PINE, OAK, HICKORY and POPLAR LUMBER on tho Blue Ridgo and Air Lino Railroads at Seneca City, in any quantities desired. Mr. Jas. II. McConnell is my agent at Anderson, who will always be found at tho Shcrilfs Office, ready to wait on cus? tomers. WM. J. HARBIN. July 8,1875 _51_ ?\TOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT.? J_^l Notice is hereby given that the under? signed, Administratrix of John B. Earle, deceased, will apply to the Judge of Probate for Anderson County, on the 30th day of May next, for a Filial Settlement and dis? charge from said Estate JANE A. EARLE, Adm'x. April 25,187G 41 5 Y THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ANDERSON. '? C.OURT OF COMMON PLEAS. umo* B. Chamhlce, Plaintiff, againstW. H. wmii'oTd,- LrOrWnl WbTd,-Jr-M-.-?hsm ,. ' n. 'fendants.?Summons for Money De mZ'd-C. ****** ** 8?**. Williford, L. 0. Williford and J M Cham..v>lec'Defendanta'm tbia action: /->tt i "*>v summoned and required OU are hen. ^plaint in this ac i?- ?i the office of the Clerk jot. winch is filed pleaa for the said )f the Court of Com. of onr an3wer bounty, and to serve. $ at Anderson, >n the subscriber at his ^ s after south Carolina, within onJ ' exclu. ;he service of this sumnio.... i i dye of the day of service.. ^plaint with If you fail to answer this c -.nUfp will an n the time aforesaid,, the Pirn ?^Kt you ply to the Court for judgment .. * a -nfo.r for the sum of Six Hundred ?. %S three Dollars and Forty Cents, wita. 1 ^? it the rate of ten per cent, per anntu i^ncl the 12th day of January, one tho. ^ sight hundred and seventy-five, and ,je sum of One Hundred Dollars in Spec ' (vith interest at ten per cent, per anntu. from July 4,1873, and costs. Dated April 15, A. D. 1876. JOSEPH N. BROWN, Plaintiffs Attorney, Anderson, S. C.. Io the Defendants, W. H. Williford and'. L. 0. Williford: TAKE NOTICE, That the complaint in this action, together with the Summons, of which the foregoing is a copy, was filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Com? mon Pleas at Anderson Court House, in the County of Anderson, in the State of South Carolina, on the 15th day of April, 1876. JOSEPH N. BROWN, Plaintiff's Attorney. May 11, 1870 43 5 Can buy direct of the Manufr on favorable terms. "The ANSON HARDY CUTTING MACHINES are the best and cheapest low priced machine made, and have a national repntation for utility and du? rability."?(The Electro-typer, Chicago.) "The ANSON HARDY PAPER CUTTER is by far the best machine which can be obtained for a less price than one hundred dollars. It is of great strength. ? "These machines have always taken the highest stand. It is the only machine to which is applied the patent Movable Cutting Board. This device has 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 other. It greatly reduces the labor or preparation in work? ing the paper backward and Jorward. 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:"?(RoweU'i & Co.'a Monthly Reporter and Printer's Gazette.) The LATEST IMPROVED HARDY CARD CUTTER is pronounced the most eesikable C^kd Cutter in the market, for the general uses of a printing office. |_ The well-known EUGGLEfl CARD CUTTER with my latest improvements, is sun preferred by many printers, and holds its favoritism over othsr machines. . . , .?:-,'() -8S- None genuine but these having1 my fall ad? dress lettered in the castings. '.'*?. ' " t?3- Newspapers in want of advertising',: from first parties, should send for my circular proposal^ ANSON .HARDY, AUBURNDALE, MASS I will buy of those that buy of me. ' Feb 10,1876 30 . ' ' ftn' '' METROPOLITAN WORKS. Caxal St., fbom Sixth to Sevb?th,. RICHMOND, - - VIRGINIA ENGINES, Portable and Stationary. Saw Mills, Grist Mills, Boilers, Castings of Brass & Iron, Forcings, Ac. ARCHITECTUBAL IRON WORK, IN all its branches, done ) by experienced hands. We call special attention j to our Improved Por? table Engines for agri? cultural and other purpo-j ses. A number of second? hand ENGINES and BOIL? ERS of various patterns, in | first-rate order, on hand. Repair work solicited and promptly done WM. E. TANNER & CO. Aug 5, 1875 3 . ly TALBOT & SOffS, SHOCKOE MACHINE KQBKS? KICHMOJO), YA. M ANUFACTTJKERS OF Steam Engines and Boilers, Agricultural Engines, Circular Saw Mills, Grist, Bark and Plaster Mills, Shafting, Hangers and Pulleys, Improved Turbine Water Wheels. Oct 14,1875 13 It - FOR SALE. o BEING compelled by the late serious in? juries of Mr. Osborne to discontinue our business for an indefinite am;, we have concluded to offer at private sale our entire Establishment, situate in the incorporate limits of the Town of Anderson, near the Grcen ville & Columbia Railroad Depot con? sisting oil 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 9, 1876 34 V>'M. ETTENG*ER. H. P. EDMON'D. ETTENGER & EDMOND, RICHMOND, VA., MANUFACTURERS PORTABLE and STATIONARY ENGINES, Boilers, of all kinds, Circular Saw Mills, 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. WATSOX, Furniture Works and Lumber Mills, BICHMOXB, VA. COTTAGE Beadsteads, Chambor and Parlor Furniture, Lounges, Chairs, &c., 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 1c. GOLDSMITH. p. KIND. PHOENIX IRON WORKS, COLUMBIA., S. C. GOLDSMITH & KIND, FOUNDERS and MACHINISTS. HAVE always on hand Stationary Steam Engines and Boilers for Saw Mills, etc., Saw and Grist Mills, Cotton Presses, Gearing, Shafting, Pullies, etc Castings of every kind in Iron or Brass. Wo 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 Wheel, which we recom? mend for power, simplicity of construc? tion, durability and cheapness. We war? rant our work, and assure promptness and dispatch in filling orders. ? GOLDSMITH <fc KIND, Columbia, S.C. May 28,1874 46 ly "