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APPEAL TO A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. . Is you de Justice ob de Peace ? I has a little case About a little matter, sah, dat happened on de place. I's nuffln but a nigger, but I's feelin's all de same, An' de way dat Massa Henry went an' done me is a shame. Last spring I foun' a little chicken, runnin' in de road, An' took it to dc quarters, sah, an'kep' it till it growed. I neber stole it, kase de law says ebcryting you fin' Belongs to you; au' so, ob co'se, de chicken be was mine. A week dis coniin' Tuesday, I was comin' from de fiel', An' happened for to 'member I was out ob meat and meal; So I begins to study 'bout what I's a-gwine to do, And thinks, says I, "Dat chicken's gittin' big enough to stew." So when I reached do quarters, sah, I says unto my wife: (I wouldn't tell a lie to you?no, not tosabe my life!) Says I to hei, "Ole 'onian," (you kin b'lieve me, sah, or not,) "Go catch dat Dominica/quick, an' put him in de pot!" She ?ays to me, "I t'ink myself dat chicken would be good; But how's I gwine to cook him, when dar ain't a bit ob wood ?" Dat was de combersation, sah, I gibs it word for word, An' Chloe she kin testify dat dat was what occurred. Says I ,'Go kill dat chicken! Don't you t'ink I has no sense?" An' I went to massa's wood pile, in de cor? ner ob de fence; I looked, an' didn't see no one, nor hear no An' so I toted^dF wood enough to do me for a week. I wasn't stealin' when I went an' fetched de wood away, For ebery stick I 'spected to return some oder day; An' if a man kain't borry wood dat's layin' out ob nights, I'd like for you to tell me what's de use ob cibbil rights. "Well, Chloe picked de chicken, an' she soused bim in de pot, De fire was burnin' libely, an' de water git? tin' hot. When somet'ing went "o-rum! b-rum !" right in de chimbley place, Au' oll de smoke an' ashes come a blowin' in my face. I fought it was de debil, an' it skeered me mos' to deff. * De smoke it come a puffin' so I couldn't draw my breff; De wood, de pot, de chicken, day was scat? tered 'bout de floor, An' me an' Chloe had important bizness at de door. De folks dey came a-runnin'; dar was Bob an' Pete an' Bill, An' dar was Massa Henry, jes' a-laughin' fit to kill. Good Men and Politics. From the Southern Christian Advocate. Every morning the public conscience is shocked by new revelations of official corruption. The daily papers might keep certain head-lines "standing," for con? stant ose. Indeed, we are surprised when the telegraph does not bring us tidings of new frauds practiced upon the people by some of their servants?otherwise called public officers. Men ask their neighbors, as they open the morning paper, "Who fell yesterday?" or "Whok found out now ?" It seems to be very like a gener? al pestilence; it is here, there, everywhere. As in a great city desolated by cholera or yellow fever, they cease to count the dead, except in official records. Men be? come accustomed to death. At such times they grow careless and hard. We saw, on one occasion, daring a cholera season, men quarreling around an open grave, about the fee for digging it. So now, official corruption has become so common that the people cannot "keep tally," and the time has passed that new revelations can surprise them. Official reputations are tumbling on every side. From the War Secretary down?or up as men may judge?new names are being entered on "the black list." It is growing fearfully?portentious ly long. It is inexpressibly distressing and humiliating. Above all, in this Cen? tennial year! Does it not seem that the revenge now? What are we to think? What are we to do? One thing is quite clear to us; we must not fall into the state of morbid suspi ciousness of all public officers, because so many*have turned out tobe thieves.? There are no doubt hundreds of thieves, but, as We believe, there are thousands of honest men. This is a day of investiga? tion, and therefore of retribution, for the thieves. Investigation turns a calcium light upon them and makes them con? spicuous. But let us resist the temp ta? tion to universal suspicion. We cannot get along in society without confidence in each other. A fundamental article in our social and religious-creed is this: "Honest men are in the majority." To us it is, like the doctrine of justification by faith, "wholesome and full of com? fort." Croaking now is a sort of treason to the country. The Roman general who, in a time of disaster and distress, "did not despair of the Republic," deserved thanks voted him by the Senate and peo Sle of Home. Good citizens should not espair of our American Republic to? day. But there are some great practical questions, we bad just as well make up our minds to take hold of in real earn? est. For one thing, we have had enough of government by professional politicians and chronic place-hunters. They have grown too great in their own eyes to be great in the eyes of sober men. They seem to think that the people exist for them. They will actually bristle up with porcupine indignation if their right to govern and tax the" people for their spe? cial benefit be challenged. Did they not create the people? And do not the peo? ple belong to them ? The peoplerya great, patient pack horse?has carried the intolerable burden of mere place-hunters for a generation.?' But the load has grown burdensome, and the horse is going to "unload"?in some way. The nders would save trouble by dismounting at their "earliest conven? ience." The patience of the people is ereat. but it is not infinite. monarchies are having their Let the people-r-the good citizens?take their affairs into their own hands. They are quite able to manage them. Let them begin at the bottom?attend the "primary meetings" and vote and speak as well as the "professionals." It will startle the serenity of not a few. But the people can stand it if the office hunter's can't. There is great need of reform, as it seems to us, in this matter of attending the "primary" ward and.county meetings. They have been welded into "rings" by the place-seekers, let the people break the rings and make them what they are prop? erly called, "conventions." Our best men, as a rule, do not go near these meet? ings. And it is a very great misfortune for the country. The good men frequent? ly wake up to the necessity of doing something to keep bad men from con? trolling public aflaira, but generally, when it is too late. The time has come for self-denial?if self-denial be necessary for the discharge of a patriotic duty. Good men must take ?art?an active, controlling part, in politics. 'hey must, and if they will they can, tut bad men out, and good men in, office. In both parties there are honest and true men; men who fear God and love their country; who will administer the laws righteously and collect the revenues honestly. Let them be sought out aud brought to the front, They are not loud moutbed men; they do not blow a trum? pet before them in the streets.. But the people can find them. We want the wisest, strongest, purest, best men to rule over us. But the wisest, strongest, purest, best, are not the men who nave no business or trade in the world, but to hold office, and who have never done anything to merit office ex? cept to rend the heavens with their own praises and to weary and disgust decent people with their interminable clamors, crying like the two daughters of the horse leach?"Give I Give!" Italianlazzaroni are modest in comparison with these pro? fessional office-seekers. Indeed, the com? parison does injustice to the lazzaroni, for although no gifts can satisfy them, their importunate mouths may be stopped for a while. A. G. H. Oxford, Ga. Good Joke on a Married Man. A joke is told on a certain gentleman of this city which is too good to be lost. Our friend, who shall be nameless, pur? chased a pair of pants a few days ago, which, upon being tried on at home, ne found to oe a little bit too long. That night he remarked to his wife that he wished her to take off about an inch from each leg, which would make them the desired length. Being fond, as a good many wives are, of teasing her husband, she told him 'fiat-footed' that she shouldn't do anything of the kind, and he retired finally without having obtained a promise from her that she would attend to the matter. Soon after he had left for his room, however, she as a matter of course clipped off the superfluous inch, as she had been requested to do. The family is comprised of six female mem? bers, in addition to the 'good man,' and it chanced that each one of the other five, who were in the adjoining rooms, inclu? ding the mother of our friend, heard the dispute between the man and wife about the pants, and after the latter bad taken off the inch and retired, the old lady, desiring to 'keep peace in the family,' and not knowing what her daughter-in-law had done, cautiously slipped into the room and cut off another inch. In this way did each of the five ladies, unknown to the others, and all with the praiseworthy object of preventing any misunderstand? ing between the married couple, clip an inch from the legs of the gentleman's trowsers. The following morning, all unconscious of what had taken place during the night, he rolled up the pants in a piece of paper and took them to his tailor to be shortened to the desired length. Upon a hasty glance the latter ventured the opinion that they were al? ready rather snort; but the owner was too well posted on that score and insisted that they were fully an inch too long.? The tailor had no more to say, and our friend retired. On the following Satur? day he called for the pants and took them home, and the next morning, when he come to put himself inside of them, he was supremely disgusted at finding that the legs reached only a trifle below his knees. In other words, they had been altered to the fashion of a century ago, when knee-breeches were in vogue. He straightway accused his tailor of having ruined his pants, and his indignation was expressed in language anything but mild. His wife heard him and came to the res? cue of the Knight of the Shears, explain? ing that she had taken ah inch from each of the legs; and her acknowledgment was followed by that of each of the other five ladies, when iL was discovered that, altogether, the legs had actually been shortened to the extent of seven inches 1 ? Wilmington Star. Romantic Incident in Boston.?A rather remarkable incident occurred re? cently in the prosaic city of Boston, which has at least the merit of novelty, and is not lacking the poetic element. A stranger entered a horse-car, and was quietly seated in a corner, when a lady with a bright-eyed little girl of three years entered and took a seat next to him. The child, wishing to watch the street sights, stood up between the two. Mr. A., noticing that the child was playful, indulged in a little quiet familiarity, and at length remarked, as the car passed round a curve: "Don't fall, baby, papa will be sorry." The lady's face, which had worn rather a smiling expression, changed at once, but, before he recovered his senses, seeing the faux pas he had made, the little girl exclaimed: "Papa's dead." The position was embarrassing, but he turned the conversation by a cas? ual remark. The child, however, turn? ing her blue eyes upon him, said in the most artless manner: "You dot any little girls?" "No," replied the gentleman; "I had a little girl once, but she and her mother are both dead." The mother of the child was now more confused than ever, but when her eyes met those of the gentleman, there was a sympathetic ex? pression perceptible. The lady left the car, and though no word had been ex? changed between them, the fact that the one was a widow and the0other a widow? er was known to both. The favorable impression created was mutual, for a chance meeting, a few days after, was availed of by the gentleman to offer an apology for what might be considered rudeness on his part in speaking to the child, and the lady's excuses for the for? wardness of her little girl led to an ac? quaintance, which will in a few weeks, if report speaks the troth, result in an al? liance, which will unite the mother and child to a most excellent husband and fond father, who holds an honorable po? sition in a western city.?Boston Jour? nal. Let it Dry.?Mr. Spurgeon once went to preach in a church a little outside of London. The day was wet and muddy, and the pants of Mr. Spurgeon were plen? tifully covered with dirt. A good deacon in the vestry said, "Brother Spurgeon, let me get a brush and take off some of that mud, you can't go into the pulpit in that state." "Don't tie foolish, deacon 1" said Mr. Spurgeon in his usual good humored way, "don't you see the mud is wet, and if you try to brush it off now you will rub the stain into the cloth? Let it dry and then it will come off easy enough, and leave no mark." There is an admirable hint here for every one. When evil spoken against as we may be for the sake of the truth and men throw mud at us, don't be in a hurry about brushing it off. Too great eagerness in this respect is apt to rub the stain into the cloth. Let it dry, and then, by and by, if need be, it can be removed by a little effort. If there is a little trouble in the church, don't foster it by haste and hurry in do? ing something. Let it alone, let it dry and it will be more easily settled than you think now. Time has a wonderful power in such matters, and it is surpris? ing how many things in this world would be far better arranged and how many dif? ficulties easily got over by judiciously let? ting them dry.?Baptist Standard. -???-/ ? The other day a Detroiter who had a good record of army service, took down his revolver to shoot a cat which had been hanging about the house. After looking at him while he fired six shots, the cat walked away. While he was loading up for more destruction, the shooters small boy inquired, "Father, did you ever kill any one while you were in the army?" "I suppose so, my son."? After a long pause the hoy continued, "Then you must have got near enough to have hit 'em with an axe, didn't you ?" It was then discovered to be about school time. ? A lady who had visited the Centen? nial, and consequently has valuable ex? perience, says that those who go there must not wear any articles they do not expect to ruin entirely. The grounds are five miles from the city, and the streets are deep with dust which goes through clothing like a sieve. Ladies are advised to wear linen suits, and hats should be as near dust color as possible and very plainly trimmed. A Toothache Story. A man Darned Holland, living out on the Gos.s farm, was attacked with a severe toothache the other evening, and he thought his head would, split open. He would sic down for a moment, holding his fafle in one of hid bands, and groan. Then he would jump up and pace the floor, and kick at something that happen? ed to lie in his course, and then sit down 1 and groan some more. It was a bad case. Everybody in the house was made miser? able by the man's sufferings and lamen? tations. He tried holding alum and salt in his mouth, and binding horse-radish leaves on the outside of his jaw, but they did no good. Finally somebody came across a copy of Dr. Chase's Receipt Book, and therein was a balm for every ill. In two minutes a recipe was selected and a courier dispatched with it to a drug store in the city to have it "put up." He returned in due time, and a dose of the compound, which contained among other ingredients liberal quantities of ether and chloroform, was administered. Present? ly the toothache was relieved and the pa? tient felt himself gradually being over? powered by sleep. The suspicion all at once crossed his mind that he had been poisoned. He became greatly alarmed, and appealed to those present, in a frenzy of desperation, to save him from his im? pending fate. A doctor was immediately sent for, and while the messenger was gone the alarm was communicated to the neighbors. One of the men seized a pail ana rushed out into the pasture, where he woke up a cow, milked about a quart and hurried back to the house. This the dying man drank, and had just finished when another neighbor came in and said that there was nothing so sure an anti? dote for all kinds of poison as raw eggs. Seven or eight raw eggs were given the suffering man, and be bad just intimated that it wasn't possible for him toswallcw another, when two more neighbors ar? rived simultaneously?one bearing a can of lard and the other a tea-saucer full of coffee. The lady with the lard said that they must help her to get some of it down him right away?there wasn't a minute to lose?and the one with the coffee set about preparing a cup of that beverage for the dying man, which, she said, must be strong enough to bold up an iron I wedge. The unfortunate man bed got down a tea-cupful of lard when the cof? fee was ready, and he unbuttoned bis waistcoat-and swallowed it. There seem? ed to be just room enough left for it.? Another neighbor came in, and insisted that what the patient needed was an emetic to throw the poison out of the stomach. He said the quicker they did something of that kind the better it would be for him and that it was danger? ous to delay the matter a moment longer. They had prepared a quart bowl of strong salt and water, and were urging Holland to take some of it when the doctor ar? rived. He examined the contents of the bottle carefully, tasted it, and then said: "This is all right; a very good remedy for toothache and neuralgia?gives the patient a rest for a time from his pain." "And ain't it poison ?" gurgled the man, who was so full of new milk, raw eggs, lard, coffee, and salt water, that he could scarcely articulate, "ain't it poison, doc? tor?" "Well, no ; not exactly; and yet, a quart or two of it might kill a man?or it might not?it would depend a good deal on his condition. A man of your health and constitution could easily get away with a churn full of it."?Find du Lac Commonwealth. Beautiful Tbibute to, Woml..,? We have read many beautiful tributes to lovely women, but the following is the finest we ever read: Place her among flowers, foster her as a tender plant, and she is a thing of fan? cy, waywardness and folly?annoyed by a dew-drop; fretted by the touch of a but? terfly's wing, ready to faint at the sound of a beetle, or the rattling of a window pane at night, and she is overpowered by the perfume of the rose bud. But when the real calamity comes, rouse her affec? tions, enkindle the fires of her heart, and mark her then 1 Place her in the heat of the battle, give her a child, a bird or any? thing to protect?and see her in a relative instance, lifting her white arm as a shield, as her own blood crimsons her upturned forehead, praying for her life to protect the helpless. Transplant her in the dark places of the earth, call forth .her ener fles to action; and her breath becomes a ealing, her presence a blessing. She disputes inch by inch the strides of a stalking pestilence, when man, the strong and brave, pale and affrightened, sinks away. Misfortune daunts her not, she wears a life of silent endurance, and goes forward with less timidity than to her bridal. < In prosperity she is a bud full of odors, ?waitmg for winds of adversity to scatter them abroad?gold, valuable but untried in the furnace. In short, woman is a miracle, a mystery, the center of form which radiates the charm of exis? tence. A Warning to Boys.?It has long beeu known that it was injudicious for any one to go into the water to bathe just after eating a full meal, but it is not so well known that the practice may result in death. This latter fact seems to have been demonstrated by the recent death in a bath in Bristol, England, of a boy thir? teen years old. He had never had a fit, and is believed to have been in perfect health. When found in the water the crown of his head was just above the sur? face, and he was standing in a stooping position with his face just under the wa ter. At the place where he was the wa? ter was only three feet four inches deep, while the boy's height was four feet nine inches. The temperature of the water was seventy-six degrees. The medical testimony disclosed the fact that the de? ceased had eaten heartily before entering the water, or at least he had not given his food time to digest. He had vomited a large quantity of food and when found his mouth and throat were full. The opinion was expressed in the medical tes? timony, and indorsed by the verdict of the jury, that death resulted from epi? lepsy, brought on by the dangerous prac? tice of entering the water immediately after eating a meal. Ten Years of Faithful. Love.? I Ten yeas ago, a young man was sent to the penitentiary from Marshall county, la. He was engaged to a worthy young woman, and when he went to prison she made the journey with him. He was in? toxicated when the crime was committed, and otherwise would not have committed it. The woman has kept her faith through all these years. She has regu? larly visited him, and for the past tew years, has made constant efforts to pro? cure his release; but the Executive has turned a deaf ear to her entreaties, until a short time ago, she appealed to Gov. Kirkwood with such devoted zeal, that he granted her request, and, with the pardon in her possession, she hastened to the penitentiary and presented her pa fiers. The prison doors swung open, and caning on the arm of him she had lost and won, she made her exit, a happy smile wreathing her face. Chaplain Williams courteously tendered his ser? vices to complete the fruition of their their hopes; but the patient maiden re Elied that, after ten years' waiting, a few ours' delay could be endured, so that her friends might share with her the joys of love's labor won.?Chicago Tribune. ? When the late Judge Underwood reached a small mountain stream which had been swollen by heavy rains, he hes? itated to cross in his buggy, and was asked if a good Christian like himself was afraid to attempt the ford ? "I have read in the Bible," he said, "that to every man's life tnere is an appointed end, but I don't want it said of me that I was drowned in a creek called Oonchecke foone." ? When do two and two not make four? When they stand for twenty-two. | All Sorts of Paragraph*. ? There is a fellow who comes to town once in a while who is part fish?at least his head swims. ? A farmer has mowed with the same scythe for thirty-five years, 'tis said, and he expects to use it until he is no mow? er. ? A gourmand once said: '"To enjoy a stuffed turkey thoroughly, there should be only two present?yourself and the turkey." ? Some mean fellow after saying that there is one physician to every eight hundred inhabitants, adds that they be? gin this way, but after awhile there are not so many inhabitants. ? Sixteen hundred young women in Cleveland have pledged themselves not to associate with young men who drink. This leaves a chance for 1600 other young women to get drunken husbands. ? It was a New Jersey wife who said. "My dear, if you can't really drink bad coffee without abusing me, how is it that you can always drink bad whisky with? out abusing the barkeeper?" Argument exhausted. ? "Why is it, my dear sir," said Waf? fles' landlady to him the other day, "that you newspaper men never get rich ?" "I do not know," was his reply, "except it is that dollars and sense do not always travel together." ? "Madam," said a trance medium, your husband's spirit wishes to commu? nicate with you.'5 "No matter," said the widow; "if he's got no more spirit in the other world than he had in this, it's not worth bothering about." ? "My poen is rather lengthy," she said, and maybe you won't have room for it this week." The editor yawned and replied : "Oh, yes, we could find room for it if it was twelve times as long?our stove is a large one, you see." ? The Ohio Legislature has passed a ! bill providing for the punishment, by fine and imprisonment, of all persons who get on or on railroad trains that are in motion. If a man thinks proper to break his neck in that way, we don't think t's anybody's business. ? A farmer in Randolph county is using brooms to sweep his cotton with.? It seems to us that if the plan proves successful, the ladies might include cot? ton raising among their other household duties, and by that means allow the men more time for social intercourse with the world. ? Danbury News:?"'A sick bed is a good place for observation. We learn some things there which we could not very well acquire elsewhere. One of them is that two women whispering in the next room can*be plainly heard, while you might lay there ana yell at the top of your voice without making either or even both of them together hear you. We don't pretend to under? stand this, but know it is so." ? A clergyman who had been staying for some time at the house of a friend, on going away, called to him little Tommy, the four-year-old son of his host, and asked him what he should give him for a present. Tommy who had a great re? spect for the "cloth," thought it was his duty to suggest something of a religious nature, so he answered, hesitatingly: "I ?I think I should like a Testament, and I hnmo I should like a popgun !" ? Petersburg Post: A young woman of Baltimore, who has been pronounced incurably ill from a spinal disease, has requested a prominent physician after her death to make an examination into the cause of her diseases, in the presence of a few medical students and physicians. Her reasons for making the request are that the post mortem can do her no in? jury, and may benefit science; that she desires in this manner to express her gratitude to her physicians who labored for her relief; and lastly she regards it as a duty -she owes her sex and her God. She is a curious woman. on the occasion of the visit of Dom Pedro to the Supreme Court in Washington. Dom Pedro was conversing in an audible tone with the Brazilian minister while Justice Miller was reading an opinion.? The Marshal of the Court rapped and commanded silence, and Justice Miller suspended his reading and remarked sternly; "We don't allow but one to talk here at a time." The Emperor was quite discomfited, and shut up at'once, and as soon as he recovered his equanim? ity, left. Neither the Justice nor the Marshal knew who he was. Af? terward some one remarked to Justice Miller that it was the Emperor, of Brazil whom he had rebuked, when the Justice said Emperors must respect the proprie? ties of the court room just as well as common people. ? An incident Greenville and Columbia Railroad. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. Passenger Trains run daily, Sunday excepted, connecting with Night Trains on South Carolin? Railroad up and down. On and after Monday, May 29, the following will be the Schedul?: OP. Leave Columbia at. 7 45 a ta Leave Alston. 9 30 a m Leave Newberry.M.10 50 a m Leavt Hodges.? 2 17 p m Leave Helton. 4 00 p m Arrive at Greenville..... 5 35 p in DOWN. Leave Greenville at. 8 05 a m Leave Briton. 9 65 a m Leave Hodges.-11 33 b m Leave Alston.4 20 p m Arrive at Columbia. 6 55 p m ANDERSON BRANCH-DOWN. Leave Walhalla.-.?.;.6 15 a m Leave Perrrville. 7 00 am Leave Pendloton. 7 50 a m Leave Anderson. 8 50 a m Arrive at Bclton. 9 40 a m UP. Arrive at Walhalla.7 15 p m Leave Perryville. 6 35 p m Leave Pendleton. 6 00 p m Leavo Anderson. 5 00 p m Leave Belton.... 4 00 pm THOMAS DODAMEAD, Gen. Sup't. METROPOLITAN WORKS, Canal St., from Sixth to Seventh, RICHMOND, - - VIRGINIA. ENGINES, Portable and Stationary. Saw Hills, Grist mills, Boilers, Castings of Brass A Iron, Forgings, Ac. ARCHITECTURAL. IRON WORK, IN all its branches, done by experienced hands. We call special attention to our Improved Por? table Engines for agri? cultural and other purpo? 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 MILLINERY. GOODS. JUST RECEIVED, a select assortment of Spring and Summer Goods, such as Ladies Hats and Bonnets, Fl?wers, Rib? bons, Collars, Cuffs, &c, which will be sold at the lowest figures for cash. I ask my friends and customers to examine the stock and prices before buying elsewhere. Mantua-Making and Stamping attended to as usual. MISS DELLA KEYS, Up Stairs, No. 3 Brick Range. April 6, 1876 38 3m AT LAST I AM READY TO EXTRACT TEETH WITHOUT PAIN t WITH NITROUS OXIDE GAS-but it costs something. To Physicians, applicable to all rises of minor surgery, or where the vitality is too low to admit the use of any other anesthetic. W. G. BROWNE, Dentist. March 30, 1877 36 THE MONEY MUST COME! -o WE NEED EVERY DOLLAR DUE US, AND YOU MUST CALL AND SETTLE YOUR NOTES AND ACCOUNTS AT ONCE, OR ZP_A-"5T THE 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 C ALL. LEWIS & CO., NO. 2 BENSON HOUSE PLACE Jan 20. 1876_27_' LOOK OUT ! LOOK OUT ! -o PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT. WE desire to call attention to the fact that we have on hand a LARGE and well-selected stock of Heavy Groceries, Dry G-oods, Boots, Shoes. Hardware Crockerv Ware, Etc* "We have just received a large lot of BaiSm Sides, Shoulders, Sugar-Cured Hams Cheap Grades of Syrups, Muscovado, Do uerara and New Orleans Molasses, 100 BARRELS CHOjCE FAMILY FLOUR, A complete assortment of Sugars, Coffees and Teas, Pickles, Canned Goods, Ac. A very large stock of Iron, Steel, Hoes, Shovels, Spades, and farming 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. And now a word to those that w e 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. -o Important to those Indebted to ITs. 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. BYRUM & McGRATH, Mechanics' Row. Pot 7,1875_ :_'2 ly* a A. REED, A. S. STEPHENS. REED * STEPHENS, MANUFACTURERS OF BUGGIES, PHOTONS, ROCKAWAYS, CARRIAGES, WAGONS, &C-, &C. A. J. STRINGER, Agent, W. J. HI A, Agent. Belton, S. C. atr Play. ESPECIAL at? tention paid to REPAIRING, and all work ful? ly warranted. We claim the most thorough Ironwork, Wood work, Painting and Trimming, as we employ on? 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'workfor themselves. 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 INOANCE COMPANY -0 C. E. THAMES. President. T- N. F0WLEB, Secretary. Gen. S D. LEE, Superintendent of Agencies. o 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. WHITNER, President. F. C. v. BORSTEL, W. H. NARDIN, J. L. ORR, Secretary, G F. TOLLY, T. B. LEE, C. A. REED, R. F. DIVVER, J. B. LEWIS, J. A. HOYT. The above gentlemen are insured in Company, and will take pleasuro in giving information as to obtaining policies, and any facts as to Company. WM. WATIES, Agent. Sept 2, 1875 47 _ THE BEST PUMP IN THE WORLD. -0 OTHING conduces more to GOOD HEALTH than T?RE 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 fresh 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 Elbcrt in Georgia, I"' ALOISTZO L. WELCH, Anderson O. Ii-, S. O. Send in orders at once for Pumps, and they will be c" _livered? and put in immediately. He means business. March 2, 1875_33_ly CONFECTIONERIES, FANCY GOODS, TOYS. J". HZ>. FAHT, 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, Ac. 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 very best quality, Toilet Sets, Fine Silk Flowers, Musical Instruments of different kinds, Wax Dolls of everv kind, from 5c. to $7.00. I have one of Mathews' 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. AM now ottering my entire Stock of Merchandize at VERY LOW PRICES FOR On hand, I have-r Groceries, Hardware, Iron, Crockerywarc, Buggy Material, etc. * ? The following Goods I will Sell at Cost for Cash, viz: Clothing, Hats, Boots, Jeans, Cassimeres, Etc. I can also supply the Farmers with first FERTILIZERS, And the justly celebrated "CUEATE All \ COTTON SEED/' Call and see nie, 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. Feb 3,1875 29 P. P. TOALE, MANUFACTURER OF DOORS,SASHES, Blinds, Flooring, &c. DEALER IN BUILDERS' HARDWARE, Faints, Oils, See SOLE AGENT FOR The National Mixed Paint Co. Great American Fire Extinguisher Co. Page Machine Belting Co. Send for Prices. OFFICE ND W AREROOMS, Nos. 20 & 22 Eayse & 33 & 35 Pincfcaey 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 BUND FACTORY owned and mafiaged 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_ SIMPSON & SADLER, DRUGGISTS, BENSON HOUSE CORNER, RE RECEIVING ADDITIONAL sup- | k plies of DRUGS AND MEDICINES Every day, and also a large lot of WHITE LEAD, PAINTS AND OILS, Of every description, which they are offer? ing very low for the cash. Thev still have a small lot of Chemicals, and plenty of Garden Seeds to supply their customers. April 2Q, 187G 40 THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ? COUNTY OF ANDERSON. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Albert J. Clinkscalcs, Plaintiff, against The I Pendletou Manufacturing Company, Wil? liam Perry and others Stockholders, Wil? liam M. Raniply and others, creditors of] the said Comp., .v, &c, Defendants.?Com? plaint for J/yV) 'on, Appointment of Re? ceiver, Sale of P. operty, Relief &c. To all and singular the Creditors of The Pendteton 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 mv office, on or before the FIRST DAY of JULY next, JOHN W. DANIELS, Special Referee. Clerk's office, 1 April 26,1876. J_41?10 THE ANSON HARDY COMMISSION HOUSE. Orders for every description of Eastern Manufactures and Importation?, Promptly filled, strictly upon commis? sion. Send for circulars. ANSON HARDY, AUBURN DALE, MASS. Feb 10, 1876 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. Feb 10,1876_30_6m LUMBER! LUMBER! IAM now prepared to furnish PINE, OAK, HICKORY and POPLAR LUMBER on the Blue Ridge and Air Line Railroads at Seneca City, in any quantities desired. Mr. Jas. H, McConnell is my agent at Anderson, who will always be found at the Sheriff's Office, ready to wait on cus? tomers. WM. J. HARBIN. July S, 1875 ?1 New Advertisements. FOR THE CAMPAIGN. The events of the Presidential campaign will be i??rll??? ??,d ful'y '"ustrated fn the THE NEW YORK SU as to commend It to candid men of all parties! Wc will send THE WEEKLY EDITION (eight paces) post paid, from now till after election for Fifty Cents; the SUNDAY EDI? TION, same size, at the same price: or the DAILY four pages, for Three Dollars. Address _THE SUN, New York City. $12 a day at borne. Agents wanted. Outfit and terms free. TRUE 4 CO., Augusta, Maine. VISITING CARDS, with your name finely printed, sent for 25c. We hare 200 styles. AGENTS WANTED. Nine samples sent for stomp. A. H. FULLER 4 Co., Brockton, Mass. THIS CLAIM-HOUSE ESTABLISHED 1865 PF'MQTfi'NTQ obtained for Officers. Soldiers r?ll\ OlUIN ? and Seamen of WAR of 1861 and 5, and for their heirs. The law includes de? serters and those dishonorably discharged. If wounded, injured, or have contracted any disease, apply at once. Thousands entitled. Great num? bers entitled to an increased rate, and should ap? ply immediately. All Soldiers and Seamen of the WAR of 1812 who served for any period, however short, whether disabled or not?and all widows of such not now on the Pension rolls, are requested to send tnc their address at once. "DnTT'M'rT1'V's Many who enlisted in 1861-2 DUUllili and 3 are entitled. Send your discharges and have them examined. Business be? fore the PATENT OFFICE solicited. Officers re? turns and accounts settled, and all just claims pros? ecuted. As I make no charge unless successful, I request all to inclose two stamps for reply and return of papers. GEORGE E. LEMON, Lock Box 47, Wash? ington, D. C. I recommend Captain Lemon as an honorable and successful Practioncr.?S. A. Hurlbut, M. C, 4th Congressional District of Illinois, late Maj. GenM U. S. Vols. In writing mention name of this paper. $7? A WEEK GUARANTEED to Agents, Male and Female, in tbelr own locality. Terms and OUTFIT FREE Address P. 0. VI CK ERY 4 CO., Augusta, Maine. ?^ in &Qfk per day at home. Samples worth $! $J IU <j>4U free Stisson 4 Co., Portland, Maine ?<PSYCH0MANCY, OR SOUL CHARMING.* -L How cither sex may fascinate and gain the love and affections of any parson they choose, in? stantly. This art all can possess, free, by mall, for 23 cents; together with a Marriage Guide, Egyp? tian Oracle, Dreams, Hints to Ladies, etc. 1,000, 000 sold. a queer book. Address T. WILLIAM 4 CO.. Publishers, Philadelphia._ A GREAT OFFER! month we will dispose of 100 new and second-band PIANOS and ORGANS of first-class makers. Including WA? TERS' at lower prices than ever before offered. New 7 Octave Pianos for $260 Boxed and shipped. Terms, $40 rash and $10 monthly until paid. New 5 Octave 4 Stop ORGANS, with book closets and stool, warranted, for $100?$20 cash, and $5 monthly until paid. Illustrated Catalogues mail? ed. aoekts waktbd. HORACE WATERS 4 80N8, ' 481 Broadway, N.Y. THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. COUNTY OF ANDERSON. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. James B. Charablee, Plaintiff, against W. H. Williford, L. O. Williford, J. M. Cham blee, Defendants.?Summons for Money De? mand?Complaint not Served. To W. H. Williford, L. O. Williford and J. M. Chamblee, Defendants in this action: TOU are hereby summoned and required to answer the complaint in this ac? tion, which is filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the said County, and to serve a copy of your answer on the subscriber at his office, at Anderson, South Carolina, within twenty days after the service of this summons on you, exclu? sive of the day of service. If you fail to answer this complaint with? in the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff will ap? ply to the Court for judgment against you for the sum of Six Hundred and Fifty three Dollars and Forty Gents, with interest at the rate of ten per cent, per annnm from the 12th day of January, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, and the sum of One Hundred Dollars in Specie, with interest at ten per cent, per annum from July 4,1873. and costs. Dated April 15, A. D. 1876. JOSEPH N. BROWN, Plaintiff's Attorney, Anderson, 8. C. To the Defendants, W. H. Williford and L. O. Williford: s 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 11,1876 43 5 Can boy 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 reputation 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 of 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."?(Rowell's 4 Co.'s Monthly Reporter and Printer's Gazette.) The LATEST IMPROVED HARDT CARD CUTTER is pronouueed the most desirable Caed Cutter in the market, for the general uses of a printing office. The well-known RUGGLE8 CARD CUTTER with my latest improvements, li still preferred by many printers, and holds its favoritism over other machines. On- None genuine but these having my full ad? dress lettered in the castings. DCjr 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 6m TALB0T & SONS, SH0CK0E MACHINE WORKS, RICHMOND, TA. M ANUFACTURERS OF Steam Engines and Boilers, v Agricultural Engines, v Circular Saw Hills, Grist, Bark and Plaster Mills, Shafting, Hangers and Pulleys, Improved Tarbinc Water Wheels. Octl4, 1875 ,13 .IT WM. ETTENGER. p. P. EDMOND. 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 M. GOLDSMITH. P. KIND. PHSNIX IRONWORKS, COLUMBIANS. 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 Brase. We guarantee to furnish Engines and Boilers of as good qualitv 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 & KIND, Columbia, S.C. May 28,1874 46 ly