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THE CASDIDATE. BY "THE JUDGE." "Father, who travels our road so late?" "Hush my child, 'tis the candidate! Fit example of human woes, Early he comes, and late he goes; He greets thtfwoman with courtly grace; He kisses the baby's dirty face ; He calls to the fence the farmer at work ; He bores the merchant, he bothers the clerk; The blacksmith, while his anvil rings, He greets; and this is the song he sings: 'Howdy, howdy, how d'ye do ? How iayour wife, and how are you? Ah it fits my list as no other can The horny hand of the working man.'" "Husband, who is that at the gate!" "Hide my love, 'tis the candidate!" "Husband, why can't he work like you ? Has he nothing at all at home to do ?" "My dear, whenever a man is down, No cash at home and no credit in town, Too plain to preach and too proud to beg, Too timid to rob and too lazy to dig, Then over h;s horse his legs he flings, And to the dear people this song he sings: 'Howdy, howdy, how d'ye do ? How is your wife, and how are you ? Ah, it fiis my fist as no otber can, The horny hand of the working man.' " Brothers who labor early and late, Ask these thingsp? the candidate ; What is his recora ? How does he stand At home ? No matter about his hand, Be it hard or soft, so it be not,prone To close over money not' his own. He has in view no thieving plan ? Is he honest and capable??he's your man! Cheer such a one till the welkin rings; Join in the chorus when thus he sings: "Howdy, howdy, how d'ye do ? How is your wife, and how are you? Ah, it fiis n?y fist as no one can, The honest hand of the working man." "LOYE POWDEKS.? An Imposition that Thrives Upon the Sickly Sentimentality of the Women. From the New York Evening Post. Ours is supposed to be an age of en? lightenment, and we are accustomed to look with something like contemptuous pity upon the superstitions ofj>ur forefath? ers, confident that we never should have reasoned so illogically as they did ; but there is reason to believe that supersti? tions of the absurdest sort are as common now as they ever were, the ditference between us and our grandfathers lying chiefly in our smaller readiness to pro? claim our belief in charms, and our faith in portents. Hard-headed men of busi? ness, who never grow visionary in the matter of an investment, sometimes carry buckeyes in their trousers pockets as a cure for rheumatism, or lucky-bones to keep off ill-fortune and bankruptcy. Every quack in the land does a thriving business, trading upon the insane cred * ufity of sane men and women, and if some-charlatan should advertise pactolian water at a dollar a pint, he would draw money remittances even from Wall street, in all probability. The only wonder is that no shrewd swindler has made the experiment. Mr. Anthony Cotnstock has recently made some arrests among the quacks who advertise love powders for sale at uncommonly high prices, aud his discov? eries are painfully interesting. The transparent absurdity of the pretense up? on which these male and female swin? dlers trade is not sufficient, it appears, to Erotect even young women who have een brought up in intelligent families and educated in good schools from falling victims to them. They read advertise? ments in which some man or woman offers for sale certain drugs, which, it is alleged, if administered surreptiously, will make the person to whom they are given love the person who gives them. The young women know, of course, that this must oe a lie, in the very nature of the case. They know, or they ought to know, that the affections are not material and are not to be acted upon by material agents. They know that these adver? tising quacks cannot be better skilled in the compounding of drugs or more learned in their properties than men of scientific attainments are; and they know that quacks are necessarily persons of bad character, swindlers, cheats; and yet they believe their transparent and self evident falsehoods, and send money to them, and get powder, which, in utter ignorance of the chemical nature of the drug they give, they surreptitiously ad? minister to some young man, refusing to reflect that if a drug given openly will not produce a certain effect, its secret administration cannot in the least change either its nature or its influence. Two, at least, of the letters which Mr. Comstock secured were from young wo? men of this city and Brooklyn who ought to have known better, and there is here a lesson for parents. It is not difficult to guess what sort of literature those young women have been accustomed to read.? The symptoms of arsenical poison are not more certain than are those which manifest themselves in such cases as these, of poisoning done to the intellect by unwholesome literature of the senti? mental kind. These young women have been allowed to grow morbid over senti? mental romances, and their condition is as truly one of mental disease as is that of the veriest lunatic at Blooraiugdale. The recklessness with which parents permit their children thus to poison and debauch their minds is a crying evil of . our time, and its ill results are not by any means confined to such slips as those which the young women have made in this case. Sentimental suicide is not uncommon, and worse things even than suicide befall young women sometimes, as the direct result of morbid sentimen? tality that comes of long indulgence in feverish literature. Even when no startling revelation of ill is made, great harm may be done, and many a woman's life has beeu made wretched by the early stimulation of her imagination, and her early schooling in romantic notions of what life and love and marriage are. On no other subject whatever is it more important that young persons of both sexes should have sound, sensible, wholesome views; on no other are unsound, senseless and unwholesome notions more generally prevalent, and upon no ether is there so much sickly nonsense written and printed. Every wife learns, if she does not know it before marriage, that good, sweet bread is more potent than iwiy love powder to retain the affection of a man, and that a tidy house, a neat person and a cheerful face are more winning in a woman than any magical charm can be. The pity is that these truths are not always impressed upon the minds of maidens, and that sickly sentimentality is permitted to fasten itself there instead. A Bad Rule that Won't Work Both Ways.?Tom Hamilton, of Beau? fort, an independent colored rice planter, one of the most liberal of the centennial legislators and a recent delegate from Beaufort to the Republican Convention, in a conversation a day or two ago said, in reference to the proposed plan of dis? charging employees who vote against the interests of their employers, that he con? sidered such a course fair and square. He said he knew it was done at the North in large factories and with the tenantry of England, and, more to the point, he expected every man employed by him on his rice fields to vote with him, and if they did not, he would get men who would. Hamilton is a regular Republi? can, was the man who nominated Cham? berlain in the convention, and a man of considerable influence in Beaufort County. ? "What's the difference," asked a Centeunial visitor, pointing to Memorial Hall, "what is the difference between that building and a vein in a young lady's arm t "Why one's an art gallery and the other's a gal artery." They car? ried him off in an ambulance, The Abuse of Titles. The Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel makes the following observations upon the indiscriminate custom of affixing titles to public meu: Nearly every person one meets in the street now-a-days is a Colonel, and the rest are Judges and Generals. In the South we are greatly given to clapping titles to persons' names, and John Phoe? nix's Western joke of the man who, when leaving a crowd of strangers on a steam? boat wharf, by calling out "good-bye, Colonel," received a volley of "take care of yourself, ole fel," is peculiarly appro? priate to this section. The practice has been carried to such an extent here since the war that sensible meu, really having a right to a title, have grown disgusted and begged to let it be dropped. Nota? bly, General Breckenridge, when trying a cause at Lexington, after his return from Europe, requested a?rotfier lawyer, who spoke of him as "General," to call him simply "Air. Breckenridge." If titles were confined to those who bad some right to them, or if the right titles were given, it would be bad enough, for in this country "so many men have held office of some description that the streets of every city are filled with military he roest.aud civic dignitaries. But bad as thafiisij is infinitely* worse ^hen we re? flect that fully half the men who respond, to the call of "Colonel" were never in the army and that nine-tenths of <he "Judges" were neverou the bench. Men are even promoted regularly as if regular soldiers. We protest that we have kuown men starting amonj* us plain Mister who rose by regular graduation' to be Cap? tains, Majors and Colonels 1 Every man who is at all promineut at. the bar is a Judge, every man who runs for any office uo matter how insignificant is Honora? ble, and every mau in any walk of life at all well known is Colonel. A man who.once has a title always has a title. It clings to him like a burr to a sheep's wool, aud there is uo getting rid of itr no matter bow annoying or inappropriate it may be. Ou the other hand occasionally a man misses a "title justly his due, and enough standing to make seed. Barley shou'd be sown thick, say three to five bushels on good land, l?ss on poor land. There is no end, in fact, to the benefit derived from a good, vigorous patch of barley during the whole winter. For milch cows nothing is better than an hour or two daily on the barley patch. It will give rich milk, and plenty of it. The calves will keop fat on it also, and m:?y have their turn of an hour or two, after the cows are out. It is needles'? to say how sheep will thrive ou it,' and how convenient a aelp it is for ewes alter the" lambs begin lo come. Poultry of all kinds will pick up a deal of flesh and fat from the barley patch, and the best Christmas turkeys in the world are those takeu ftffb from a range in which tbey^ have green barley tj pick. The ye'Iow fat will lie in wads ou the breastrnnd under the wings, and the meracry bf ii3 rVh less and flavor may be cherished for weeks after. By all means sow a barley paicb in rich land. But do not pasture it in wet, rainy days, because the soil and the ?''-op ! wilL-be greatly damaged by the tramp i ng.?Exchange. Manners in Church. Good manners in church require rever? ence in behavior, aud hence we must ex? clude ordinary conversation both before and during and immediately after tbe services. Chatting, whispering, motion? ing?all such conduct is out of place where people have come together to en? gage in toe most solemn act of which they are capable. What a spectacle for angels, who eve? convene with God's people in their worship, to be witnesses of tne animated tattle of two worshippers, who should be subdued into awe at the thought of being in the presence of God 1 I have sometimes taken my seat in con? gregations just as the services were on the eve of beginning, and there was in the church audible throughout, a con? fused buzz, which made me feel that I' had not come to worship God, but merely to be entertained for an hour. As for talking during divine worship, to charac? terize it as ill-mannered is not enough? it is wicked. At the conclusion of wor? ship I would not have friends debarred a recognition of each other in a quiet way ?especially is it admissible thus to notice a stranger who may chance to be near; but an immediate entering into general hand shakings and hilarious conversation must go far toward stifling the devout impressions which may have been in? spired during worship. It is also in bad taste to make tbe church the place for the show of fine clothes. There may be occasions when it is suitable to put on the costliest and richest dress which the means and the conscience will allow; but to make the house of prayer a scene for the exhibition of the latest fashions, and thus to appear before God, is out of all character. The plainest raiment which is in keeping with the usual habit of a person is most consistent with the gravity of religious worship. Thoroughly refined people are always averse to making a display of themselves. True worth craves neutral tints. Least of all do well-cultured per? sons wish tc*draw the gaze of a congrega? tion to them-elves, when they and others are met for the setious matter of religious instruction and devotion. They desire, also, that as far as possible all distinc? tions of rich and poor, great and little, shall disappear in the sanctuary; that thus, by an appearance of equality, the lowly may be encouraged to attend pub? lic worship. If there is one place where a true heart wants to be free from the affectation, or even the semblance of as? sumed superiority, it is in the presence of the great God. "The rich and the poor meet together; the Lord ?s the maker of them all." Barley.?It is time now to consider and provide for a patch of barley for Winter grazing. There should be an acre or two of the richest lots about every homestead sown for this purpose. Break up the land thoroughly and make it as rich as possible. Put on all the stable manure to be had and then add 200 to 400 pounds of good commercial manure. Sow after the middle of September, and begin to pasture on it in December. It may be used freely till March 1st; then, if the stock are withdrawn, it will make from 40 to CO bushels of seed per acre, or may be cut for green feed just before and after it heads out. One acre will furnish liberal daily food for soiling eight or ten head of cows or mules, and still leave we know of one or two men who received most flattering promotion in the army yet who have escaped any military prefix in civil life. But these are shining ex? ceptions to the general rule. So preva? lent has become the habit of bestowing titles that it is no unusual thing for two gentlemen when introduced to accost each other as Colonel. If the stranger shows age and is known to be a lawyer he is probably saluted as Judge. Astute politicians take advantage of the prevail? ing mania and have no acqaintauces be? low the grade of Judge or Colonel. Tbe custom has become an intolerable nuis? ance and exposes the Southern people to the ridicule of educated and refined strangers who travel in this section. Can nothing be done to abate it? As we have societies for the promotion of tem? perance, societies for the prevention of cruelty to animals, and societies for tbe suppression of vice, can we not have iu each community a society for the sup? pression of titles? Let us declare that we will set our faces sternly against all Judges and Honorables except where the persons addressed actually occupy official position, and that we will abandon the idiotic habit of calling every mau we meet Major and Colonel. Let us increase the number of Misters and eliminate the civic and military dignitaries from socie? ty as much as posible, All Sorts of Paragraphs. ? The true reformer is the man who reforms himself ? Wedding tours ..are all Centennial ward now-a-days. ; ? The man who-runs in debt may live to walk in despair. ? Economy is the new fall fashion, and a very good fashion, too. ? The man who minds his own busi? ness has a good steady employment. ? If falsehood paralyzed the tongue, what a death-like silence would pervade society. ? A true American is too proud to beg and too -honest to steal.. He gets trusted. . ? "Be content with what you have," as the rat said to the trap when he left his tail-in it. ? Why was the first of September like the transgression of Adam ? Be? cause it was the beginning of the Fall. ? A young poet of the realistic school writes: "Time marches on with the slow measured tread of a man working by the day." ? Along next winter when the wood gives out and the potatoes run low, it won't help the family a bit to remember -that they went to the Centennial. j ?- A boy has written a composition on I the turtle, in which he says: A turtle is not so frisky as a man, but he can stand a hot coal on his back longer without i squnlling. ? It is said that ladies who wear silk are less liable than ethers to be struck by lightning.. Every woman with a good husband will now be provided with a new I silk dress. ? If a man does not make new ac? quaintances as he advances through life, he will soon fiud himself left all alone. A man should keep his friendships in constant repair. . > ? A Connecticut school-marm, who -was recently kissed in the dark by mis? take, explained her Ouiission to use any light for nearly two weeks afterwards, ou the ground of hard times. ? A tramp was recently met by a hos? pitable farmer in Westchester, who asked him if he wanted work. "No," replied the tramp; "what I want is a bloody shirt and plenty of money." ? "Pompey, what am dat dat goes when de wagon goes, stops when de wagon stops; it am no use to.de wagon, und de wagon can't go without it?" "I ,gib it up, Clem." "Why de noise, ob course." ? A boy iuvTennessee committed sui? cide the other day because his mother sent Him to the woods for a hickory stick, with which he was to be punished for "taking sugar out of the sugar bowl." ? It is said that yellow fever never spreads in the pine woods, and cases taken there lose'their contagiousness. From this circumstance it is argued that rosin is the best of all yellow lever disinfec? tants. ? A beautiful but blind young lady recovered her sight after marriage. On hearing this a bachelor wickedly ob? served that it was no uncommon thing for tbe people's eyes toN be opened by matrimony. ? A Counecticut woman claims to be the most economical housekeeper living. She has been at it forty years, and has just, begun on her second paper of pins. She has used one needle almost daily for the past twenty-two years. ? A few years since, at the celebration of an anniversary, a poor peddler who was present, being-called upon for a toast, offered the following: "Here is health to poverty?it sticks to a man when all his friends forsake him." ? "I assure you, madam, it is no trouble to show goods," said a weak dry goods clerk ou Broad steet, who had beea taking down and putliug up everything in his department for two hours without making a cent. He said it very sweetly, but he lied. ? A theological siudeut, supposed to be deficient in judgment, vas asked by a Professor, in the course of a class exunii naiion, -'Pray, Mr. E?, how would you discover a fool ?" "By the questious he would ask," was the lather stuun' ig reply. ? Why is it that a man always defers knocking the ashes off his cigar until they have fallen iuside his vest, and a woman always tearfully declares, the morniog after the first white frost, that she had iutended to bring those house plants in the uext day ? ? In plowing down green crops, at? tach a heavy chain to the front of the plow beam, which drags down the grass, so that it does not choke the plow. In this way it can be plowed down so nicely that one would hardly believe two feet of clover had been turned under. ? A mercantile firm at Spirit Lake, Iowa, have adopted a new method of do? ing business. No books are kept. When a customer desires credit he goes to the desk and borrows money, for which he gives his note, payable with interest. He then buys his goods aud pays lor them. / ? "Is it becoming to me ?" asked a lady, as she paraded in the costume of one hundred years ago, before the man who is not her lord aud master, but is her husband. "Yes, my dear," said he meekly. "Don't you wish I could dress this way all the time ?" she asked. "No, my dear," he auswered, "but I wish you had lived when that was the style." ? David Durfee, of Ilhode Islaud, was recently killed by a fall from au apple tree. He was uiuety-aeveu years old.? People of that age ought to stay on the grouud. Adam was a comparatively much youuger man when he killed him* sell, and came so deucedly uear killing the rest of us, too, by laliiug from an apple-tree. ? Dobbs (who is a jolly old bachelor) and a brigbt young lady acquaiutance were bantering eacu other about mar? riage. "Oh," said she, "you'll get mar? ried one of these days, I know; and you'd have me now if I would wait for youj' '?You'd have to wait until my second childhood, then," said Dobbs. "Well, I shouldn't have loug to wait," was the quick repartee from the lady. ? In a thriving town of Michigan a year or two ago, when the country was full of agents, and almost everybody was agent for something or other, a certain iufant of that town, being blessed by the advent of a baby brother, was very in? quisitive as to where that little stranger came from. Being informed that Dr. S--had brought it, he stood in a brown study for a moment, when, with the in- I telligent look of one who has solved a a difficult matter, he asked: "Say, pa, is he agent for them ?" ? A writer in a Georgia newspaper says: "Within the circle of my acquain? tance are several youug ladies, who, al? though most tenderly raised, volunteered I their services, and actually spent the I spring months as hoe bauds in their fathers' cotton fields. They performed their work skillfully and cheerfully, from considerations of economy and a desire to advance the pecuniary interests of their respective households. Such con? duct is truly noble, and challenges the commendation of all sensible people." ? Several ladies were sittiug together on the balcony of the Clifton Hotel, Ni? agara, the other night, when the moon, although full, was somewhat hidden by the clouds. A natty little fellow came toward the group aud said softly, "Pussie, darliug I" whereupon all the young ladies jumped up aud came toward him eagerly. He selected one aud walk? ed away with her. The other brides sat down and told their respective Komeos, afterward, that it was "too ridiculous for anything," aud that they "never felt so embarrassed in the whole course of their lives," SPECIAL NOTICES. Questions for Every One to Answer. Are you troubled with Indigestson, Constipation of the Bowels, Dyspepsia, or any disease of the Liver? Have you suffered for years and found no relief | from the use of medicines? Do you have a faint appetite, and are you troubled with feelings of languor? If you have these feelings we know you have not tried the new discovery MERRELL'S HEPATINE, at Simpson & Sadler's Drug Store. It is performing wonderful cures in this and all other communities wiere the people use it. it is pronounced by all as the best Liver Medicine in the world. Two doses will relieve the jworst case of Dyspepsia or Constipation of the Bowels. Each bottle contains fifty closes, and a teaspoonful of this medicine in a wineglassful of water three times a day for one day, produces a most wonderful chance. Where the system is run down with loss of energy and appetite, or Dys? pepsia, with all its train or evil, is effect mg'its deadly work, this remedy, MER? RELL'S HEPATINE never fails to bring about a speedy and permanent cure. Those who doubt the merit and virtues of this medicine and live from day to day [without tryingthe HEPATINE, have our [sympathy, but cannot be cured unless they take the Medicine. The American People. No people in tbe world suffer as much with .Dyspepsia as Americans. Although years of experience in medicine had failed to accomplish a certain and sure remedy for this disease and its effects, such as Sour Stomach, Heart-burn, Water-brash, Sick Headache, Costiveness, palpation of the Heart, Liver Complaint, coming up of the food, low spirits, general debility, etc., yet since tbe introduction of Green's August Flower we believe there is no case of Dys? pepsia that cannot be immediately relieved. 30,000 dozen sold last year without one case of failure reported. Go to your Druggists, Wilhitc & Williams, and get ? Sample Bottle for 10 cents and try it. Two doses will re? lieve you.. Regular size 75 cents. Fine Sensibilities are Like Woodbines. Delightful luxuries, of beauty to twine around a solid upright stem of understand? ing, but very poor linings if unsustained by strength, they arc left to creep along the ground. So it is with the body, when sus? tained by streni'h and health, then all is beauty and happiness. But when enfeebled by disease, there is no silvery lining to. the clouds.v Gloom pervades all nature and hope dwindles.irito despair. Invalid, would you enjoy that estimable boon, health? know that it is within your power. Thou sands have- been as bad off as you are. Strength to their enfeebled limbs, and joy to their desponding hearts has been imparted by the judicious use of Dr. Tun's Vegeta? ble Liver Pil\s, the boon to suffering hu? manity. ANNOUNCEMENTS. FOR SCHOOL COMMISSIONER. ?$r The friends of Mr. ANDREW J. WATT respectfully recommend .him as a. suitable person for School Commissioner of Anderson County?subject to the nomina? tion of the Democratic Party. The many friends of J. N. CAR WILE respectfully recommend him as a suitable person for School Commissioner of Anderson County?subject to the nomina? tion of the Democratic party. Help our disabled soldiers. ?3i- The uncleriigned hereby piesentshis claims to Deruociatic Clubs for primary election for the office of School Commis? sioner. If nomioated by the Clubs, he will be a candidate for the office; if not, he will not be a candidate, but will support the nominee. WM. H. HAYNIE. The friends of Mr. ANDREW H. OSBORNE beg leave to nominate him as a candidate for School Commissioner at the approaching election?subject to the action of the Democratic party. FOR SHERIFF. ?Sr The friends of JAMES H. McCON NELL respectfully announce him as a can? didate for Sheriff of Anderson County at the next election?subject to the Democratic nomination._ The many friends of W. T. GRUBBS announce him as a suitable person for the office of Sheriff at the next ensuing elec? tion?subject to the result of the Demo? cratic primary election. Help our oue-arm Confederate soldier. FOR CLERK OF COURT.. ?S- At the solicitation of many friends, I present my claims to the Democratic Clubs at the primary election for the office of Clerk of the Court. If not nominated at the primary election, I will not be a candi? date, but will support tbe nominee. THOMAS P. BENSON. Messrs. Editors. Several Democratic Clubs having nominated me for Clerk of Court, I respectfully tender them my grate? ful thanks for their preference, and accept their nomination?subject to ratification at the primary election. _JOHN W. DANIELS. FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER. psr The friends of GEO. M. McDAVID respectfully announce him as a suitable candidate for County Commissioner?sub? ject to the nomination of the Democratic party._ $S3r W. ASBURY KAY is respectfully recommended by the Honetf Path Township as their choice for County Commissioner, subject to the action of the Democratic par? ty. There never has been a County Com? missioner from this section of the County, and the roads and other business needs look? ing after. Mr. Kay is a practical man, and qualified for the position. HONEA PATH DEM. CLUB. pif The friends of Maj. L. NEWTON respectfully recommend him to the Demo? cratic Clubs at their primary elections as a suitable person for the office of County Commissioner. Maj. Newton will cheerful? ly abide by the result of the primary elec? tion, and if not nominated himself will sup? port those who are nominated. The many friends of SAMUEL BROWNE (Broadaway) announce him as a suitable person for the office of County Commissioner at the ensuing election?sub j ject to the result of the Democratic primary election._ To the Democrats of Anderson County : The undersigned, having been suggested [ *y several Democratic Clubs for re-election as County Commissioners, respectfully an? nounce that they will not seek or decline the office, and if nominated at the primary election will serve the people as hereto? fore?otherwise, we will cheerfully support the choice of the people for this important position. O. H. P. FANT, J. JAMESON. The many friends of Maj. R. M. BURNS recommend him as a suitable per? son to represent them as County Commis? sioner from the northwestern portion of the County?subject to the result of the primary election._ Having been nominated by some of the Democratic Clubs for one of the County Commissioners of Anderson County, I take this opportunity to return my thanks for the compliment which was unsought by me. If nominated at the primary election I will become a candidate?not otherwise. In consenting to become a candidate I desire to say that I cannot undertake to canvass the County for the nomination. I believe that in this, as in every other case, the office should seek the man, and not the man seek the office. JOHN C. GANTT. FOR PROBATE JUDGE. Messrs. Editors: Allow me to tender my grateful acknowledgments to the Demo? cratic Clubs who liavc nominated me for the office of Judge of Probate, and an? nounce my acceptance of the nomination? subject to ratification attheprimarv election. W. W. HUMPHREYS. Messrs. Editors : Allow me to say that I accept, by tbe persuasion of many friends, the nomination of the Democratic party for the office of Judge of Probate?subject to the primary election?and my many thanks to my nominating friends. M. B.-CLINKSCALES. GET OUT OF DEBT! GET OUT OF DEBT !! WE have given liberal credits the present, as well as past years, and the time for col lectiiig our Money has about arrived, as we are not going to wait much longer before sueing, and trying what virtue there is in law, as much as we hate to do so. We earnestly call upun all, and no person is left out who owes us a cent for Merchandize or Guano for the present or past years, that theymust pay us up out of their first Rathering of Cotton this fall, and if no Cotion, WE WILL TAKE THE MONEY! Times are hard, we admit, but we cannot help it. We have to pay our own debts promtly, and it is reasonable that we should expect pay from others. The longer vou let vour debts stand over, the harder thev are to pay. WE WANT OUR MONEY?BONT FORGET IT! We have a large stock of Goods on hand, and solicit the patronage of prompt paying customers. Anderson, 9. ??., August 22,1876 BLECKLEY, BROWN & CO. S. BLECKLEY. GKR,:ELA.T IBA-IRGhA-IIISrS In the way of Good Goods at Extremely Low Prices, AND AT COST FOR THE CASH. Call and ask for what you want. ZELL'S AMMONIATED BONE PHOSPHATE, AND ACID PHOSPHATE, For sale, which are highly recommended for Turnips and all small Grain Crops. . ? tova j WILSON & REED. Aug 17,1876 5_._ SECURITY LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY, OF NEW YORK. Assets January 1st, 1876.,_$3,693,900.25 Surplus January 1st, 1976. . 536,427.00 RATES! as low as any Company on same plan. Life and Endowment Policies issued on all approved plans. Policies will ?also be issued on Stock Rates to those who may desire that Plan of Insu? rance. BRANCH OFFICE?CHARLESTON, S. C. LOUIS SHERFESEE, General Agent, 40 Broad St. T. HASELL DICK, Travelling Agent, Sumter, S. C August 3, 1876_33 3_' ly CONFECTIONERIES, FANCY GOODS, TOYS. 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, &c. 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 every 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. FAXT, East End Masonic Building. ARE YOU GOING TO PAINT? Tu-tn Use New York Enamel Faint Go 's CHEMICAL PAINT! READY for use in White, and over Ons Hundred different Colors. Made of strictly prime White Lead, Zinc and Linseed Oil. chemically combined, warranted Much Handsomer and Cheaper, and to last TWICE AS LONG as any other Paint. It has taken the FIRST PREMIUMS at twenty of the State Fairs of the Union, and is on MANY THOUSAND of the finest houses in the country. Address, NEW YORK ENAMEL PAINT COMPANY, 103 Chambers Street, New York. Prices Reduced. Sample Cards sent free. May 18, 1876 _44 ly FURNITURE!_ FURNITURE 11 ANOTHER GENERAL REDUCTION IN PRICES! Anderson the Cheapest Furniture Market in the State. PRICES THAT DEFY COMPETITION! -0 IN consideration of the scarcity of money, I have put down prices to the following remarkable, unhcard-of low prices: ROOM SUITS, consisting of Dress Bureau, Bedstead and Washstand, from $16.50 up? wards. With four Chairs, Rocking Chair, Table and Towel Racks, (complete suits of ten pieces,) from $24.00 upwards. SOLID WALNUT SUITS, consisting of high head-board French Bedstead, Deck Dress Bureau, (five drawers,) and Washstand, from $30.00 upwards. With four Walnut Chairs and Walnut Rocking Chair, from $40.50 upwards. GOOD COTTAGE BEDSTEADS, hard wood, not pine, reduced to $4.00. Without slats and castors, to $3.50. Good Washstand, with drawer and towel end, reduced to $1.50. Good Tin Safes, with two doors and drawer, $5.00. The celebrated Kentucky Double-wove Cane Seat Chairs, varnished or painted, warrant? ed to be the strongest Chair made, at ninety-five cents apiece. Rocking Chairs, of the same kind, at $1.40 apiece. These prices are no ketch-pennies, but all my goods are at the same low figure. I have on hand a large Stock of Furniture of all kinds and description, which will be sold cheaper than can be bought from anybody else or any other place. Come and see TOLLY and he will do you right. HE WILL NOT, OR CANNOT BE UNDERSOLD. G. F. TOLLY. May 18,1876_Depot Street, Anderson, S. C. THE OLD COTTON GIN WITH A NEW NAME. The Exact counterpart, without Addition or Alteration, of the genuine Sam'l. Griswold Cotton Gin, and the only true copy of that celebrated Machine made! THE MACHINERY is entirely new, of the latest and most approved kind. The Workmen are entirely first-class, practical Gin-Makers. One of the workmen was Foreman for Sam'l. Griswold, in the manufacture of the Griswold Gin. Send for descriptive circular and price list. J. E. PEOPLES, Agent, Anderson, S. C. IBP HH Finlay's Improved Wrought Iron Screw Press?the best made. Finlay's Eclipse Screw Press packs the bale in twelve rounds. Finlay's Horse Power, ordinary Gin-Gearing, Segments and Pinions, Shafting, Pulleys, &c. GIN BELTIN G FURNISHED TO ORDER, ANY SIZE. PRICES LOW July 20, 187G J. E. PEOPLES, Ag 'iit for the Upper part of South Carolina, 1 THE GRANGERS' LIFE AND HEALTH INSURANCE COxOTANY of the 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. Tuos. B. Jeter, President. Thos. A. McCreery, Vice President. H. P. Green, Secretary. McMastbr & LeConte, Attorneys, Columbia, S. C. J. H. Evins, Attorney, gpartanburg, S. C. Dr. B. W. Taylor, Medical Director. Security I 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 lajwing in case of failure to pay pre? miums. This, with the non-forfeiting and cash surrender features; are sufficient to make this Company popular among think? ing men. Good Agents wanted. B. F. MAULDIN, Jr., Agent,; . 1 Anderson, S. C. ' April 13, 1376 ? 39_ GILKEATH & PEOPLES, Wholesale and Retail Dealers in STOVES AND TIN WARE. We also keep a full line of HOUSE FUR? NISHING GOODS?such as Chamber 8ets, Water Coolers, Waiters, Casters, Muffin Pans, Spittoons, Potwarc, Ovens, Spiders, Andirons. We also pay the highest prices for Rags, Beeswax, &c. Merchants will save their Rags, as our wagons are out with Tin. G1LREATH & PEOPLES, Cotton Buyers. Jan 6, 1876 25 Van Winkle's Improved Pat? ent Cotton Gleaner and Gin Feeder Combined. THIS Machine has received the highest premiums wherever exhibited, and consid ed by all as indispensable to any one gin? ning cotton. It saves a hand, (the feeder,) which will pay its cost the first season. It takes out all rocks, nails^and any hard sub? stance, thereby saving the gin, and a protec? tion against fire. It cleans the cotton, which makes a better sample, and it keeps a perfect ro'I, and the gin can clean the seed closer. It suits any make of gins, and can be attached in ten minutes. *A pully is sent to attach on the gin for the driver. This attachment will more than twice save its price in one season. Price, $1.25 per saw, according to size of gin. J. E. PEOPLES, Agent, Of the firm of Gilreath & Peoples, Anderson, S. C. Aug 10,1876'_4_ LAST NOTICE. The Notes and Accounts Due the firm of SIMPSON, HILL & CO., Will bffplaced in the hands of an OFFICER for collection by the First of November next. A year has transpired since its dissolu? tion, and you have had time to make anoth? er crop. Vo excuse can be given for not settling immediately. The old firm business MUST be wound SIMPSON, HILL & CO. Sept 14, 1876 0 BUIST'S NEW CROP TURNIP SEED. ALSO, DRUGS, MEDICINES, PAINTS, OILS, LAMPS, PERFUMERY, TOILET ARTICLES, CIGARS, TOBACCO, and DYE STUFFS GENERALLY, AT WILIIITE ?fc WILLIAMS'. July 27, 1S76 2 _ GKARlNft MADE I ;/? ??? .: MlTOI3.gBMH?HIB& aUTATERWHEEr.,-.7000 iu use. ifOft CIRCULARS- BALTIMORE. MD. " - ;S.L!Ar i l?jG,PliLl?YS AND HANGERS] N L'?UALLEl) JAS. LEFFEL DjO?BLEj AoDKEss, POPLE Sc HUNT, | Groceries and Provisions. SUGAR. Coffee, Bacon, Lard, Flour, &c, for sale low for cash, by _TOWERS & BROYLES. BARGAINS! TO be had at TOWERS & BROYLES', No. 4 Granite Row, Anderson, S. C, in DRY GOODS, HATS, SHOES, SAD? DLES, HARNESS, CLOTHING, &c. Give them a call before buying. June S, 1876_47_ BARGAINS. IF you want Bargains, call on us. -TOWERS & BROYLES. Mew Advertisements. THE GSE ATEST DISCO VEST OP TEE AGE. DR. TOBIAS' VENETIAN LINIMENT, Over 29 years before the public. Warranted, or the money returned, to enra Dysentery, Diarrhea, Colic, Spasms, Croup, and Vomiting, taken inter* nally. Perfectly innocent; see oath with each bottle; and Chronic Rheumatism. Swellings, Sprains, Bruises, Pains in the Limbs, Back and Chest, externally. Not a bottle has ever been re? turned, although millions are sold annually. Price, 50 cts. Dr. TOBIAS1 HORSE LINIMENT, in Pint Bottles, is the Best in the World for the cure of Lameness, Old Sores, Sprains. Colic and Distemper. Price, $1.00. TOBIAS' DERBY CON? DITION POWDERS are superior to any others, or no pay. They allay Fever, Purify the Water, Soften the Skin, give a Fine Coat, and improre the Appetite. Price, 25 eis. Perfectly innocent, as Col. D. McDanicls, who has seen the recipe testi? fies to, as well as the Liniment. He has some of 1 the Fastest Running Horses in the World. Thou? sands of certificates have been receired. speaking in high terms of the above medicines. Sold by the Druggists. LIPP?AN BROS., Savannah, Georgia, Agents._ THE BEST FAMILY MEDICINES, Tested by popular use for over. A QUARTEROF A CENTURY ! Dr. Strong's Compound Sanative Pills Cure Constipation, Biliousness, Lirer Complaint. Malarial Fevers, Rheumatism, Erysipelas, and all diseases requiring an active but mild purgative. Dr. Strong's Pectoral Stomach Pills Cure Coughs, Colds, Fevers, Female Complaint*, Sick Headache, Dyspepsia,, and all derangement! of the Stomach. C. E. H?ll & Co., New York, Proprietors._ dtETE; o 011717 a Week to Agents. Samples fre?. tpOO g H>f /P.O.VICKERY, AugnaU.Malna. WANTED.?Any person oan make 9500a month selling our letter-copying book. Any on* that has a letter to write will buy it. No press or water used. Send stamp for circular. EXCEL? SIOR CO., 17 Tribune Building, Chicago, DUnola. STAMMERING cured by Bates' appliances. For description, &c~ address SIMPSON & CO, Box 5076, N. Y._" NEWSPAPERS ~ OF THE UNITED STATES A complete list of American Newspapers, number? ing more than eight thousand, with a Gazetteer of all the towns and cities in which they are pub? lished: Historical and Statistical Sketches of the Great Newspaper Establishments; illustrated with numerous engravings of the -principal Newspaper Buildings.. Book of 300 pages just issued. Mailed, post paid, to any address ior 35 cents. Apply (In? closing price) to Superintendent of the Newspaper Pavilion, Centennial Grounds, Philadelphia, or American News Co., New York. ^ EVERY ADVERTISER HEEDS 1?. TALBOT & SONS, SH0CK0E MACHINE WORKS, ..,/ RICHMOND, VAw Manufacturers of Steam Engines and Boilers, Agricultural Engines, Circnlar Saw Hills, Grist, Bark and Plaster Mills, Shafting, Hangers and Pulleys, Improved Tnrbine Water Wheels. Oct 14,1875 13 IV Encourage Home People and Homo Enterprise. CEORCE ~S?T HACKER. Charleston, 9. 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 the PAMETTO COTTON GIN. THE PALMETTO is but another name for the Griswold Gin, with all the la? test improvements, and for style, workman? ship, beauty of finish, &c, will compare with the best Gins made, and in perform? ance is surpassed by none. To be convinced of this, it is only necessary to give them a trial. Satisfaction always guaranteed, and references given when desired. The best CONDENSERS made furnished to order. Belting and Gin Material kept on hand. Address the manufacturer, J. M. MATTHEWS, Ninety Six, S. C. Agent for the Sweep Stakes Thresher and Champion Reaper. July 27,1876_2_3m OEO. W. WILLIAMS. FRANK K. TAYLOR. WILLIAM Bir.ME. JOSEPH R. ROBERTSON, ROBERT S. CATUCART. GEO. W. WILLIAMS & CO. COTTON FACTORS, Corner Hayuc and Church Sts., Charleston, S. C. July 20,1876_1_6m WM. ETTENGER. IT. P. KDMOND. ETTENGER & EDMOND, rihmond, 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_ 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. W. T. Reed is my agent at Ander? son, who will always be found at the Lumber Yard, ready to wait on custo? mers. WM. J. HARBIN July 8, 1875 51 G. F. WATSON, Furniture Works and Lumber Mills, RICHMOND, YA. COTTAGE Bcadsleads, Chamber and Parlor Furniture, Lounges, Chairs, &c, manufactured of Walnut ar.d cheap? er hard woods. No soft Pine used. "Cot? tage Bedsteads and Cheap Mattresses leading articles. Oct 14,1875 13 ly PREPARE! PREPARE! WE respectfully and earnestly request all persons owing us, by Note or Account, to prepare to meet their obligations by the 15th of November next. WE MEAN- BUSI? NESS, as we wish to close up and pay our debts. So make your arraugements to meet your obligations to us promptly, as longer indulgence cannot be given. TOWERS & BEOYLES. THE MORRIS GIN. THIS GIN is still In the market, and after forty-two years' trial, is pronounced the the ?est in cse. Price, $3.00 per Saw. Warranted. Address, E. MORRIS, Columbia, S. C. . June 15,1876 48 3m